Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-07-29

the face While idling my watch
hours away here at the reception
desk, I CHANGED to glance up at the
list of enlisted personnel serving in
Comm CHI Headquarters, Conn.,
mander in Chief. You will never
guess whose name I noticed first.
Wright, S. E. Am l a happy sailor
tonight I'll tell the world. Just
think, an old buddy from my own
home town of Smyrna. Well, you
Smyrnians and Hercules Powder
Co. have lost something, but I've
gained an old friend. This all goes
to prove that old saying, Ones
loss is another's gain" First thing
in the morning 1 shall wander aim
lessly into Seaman Wright's office
and, in very SURPRISED tone of
voice, say, Why, you old Salt,
didn't we serve under the same
school colors?' Then from what
ever hour that may be, for approx
imately fifteen or twenty minutes,
the Navy Department will probably
find out that women will be women
wherever they may be, regardless
of what type of uniform you put
them in.
I was in Smyrna two Sundays
ago, and it really was good to see
the many familiar faces. Someday,
perhaps not so very far off, we may
be able to all be back home togeth-
er. And, won't that be a wonder
full occasion! Then, there was
chow at home. Real, honest-to-
goodness homecooked food. What
treat. And, incidentally, if you
have never tasted warm roll from
the oven of Mrs. Porter, you're
really missing something and you
have yet good part of your life
ito live.
Clarence CARTS seems to have
llnder-rated himself in his ability to
write a letter. 1 think he did
job well worthy of the Navy E.
Girls, this will interest you. In
fact, any of you regular movie
goers. Burgess Meredith is station
ed here in the Navy Department.
AS yet, 1 haven't had the Elk
IRENE pleasure of running into
him, but I know of several girls
who have. After they had gone
through the usual swoon, they were
able to come back and report the
news to me. 1t seems l just never
meet up with the right people at
the right time. 1t has taken me
ever since I arrived in Washington,
just three months ago, to locate
some people I used to work with in
Wilmington. So goodness knows
when I'll ever have the chance to
see Mr., Meredith, but you can bet
I'll have my eyes wide open from
now on.
There is certainly not whole
lot doing tonight. The Admirals
have all gone home and 1 am left
here with the Marine sentries, a
captain and lieutenant. Not very
much rank to what usually hangs
around; But, aftsr-all-w cant
expect everything all the time, can
we? Are you envying me :?
Speaking to the girls again. One
of the Marines looks exactly like
Robert Taylor, well, almost like
him. Then, another one is defin-
ately the Sterling Hayden type.
Which reminds me, I'm expect
ing to go down to Quantico next
week some evening. That should
be quite interesting, as it happens
to be the officers Training School
for the Marine Corps 1t is sup
posed to be quite base and Sterl-
ing Hayden is, I believe, stationed
there. Also, Tyrone Power is there
or was the last time l heard Of
course, he may have been transfer
red There now, please excuse my
reference to Mr.. P. He is definate-
ly my superior now l don't know
about Mr.. H, but l do know that l
should have referred to t. P. as 1t
Power, Can you imagine me try
ing to see either of those fellows
and salute them at the same time
| can't, but stranger things have
happened, 1 guess.
Well, guess I'll close before 1
have every girls in Smyrna enlist
ing in the WAVES, although 1
can't see anything so bad about
that either. Why don't some more
of you young ladies', who are 20,
start thinking about it? Think it
over and over, and then if you
think the way I'm sure you will,
that is if you think about it fairly,
I'll be seeing you in some sort of
aiaslniform.
Keep everything under control
and squared away in Smyrna, for
when we in the armed services get
this big deal over there squared
away, we're all going to weigh
anchor, wherever we are, and have
one grand reunion in Smyrna.
So, until some later date
"Gobs of love to you all"
Mary Lou Porter