The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-04-28
JUNGLE LAMENT" n o
WESLEY E. MAILMAN

RtOftctt1d NE tite NCihiihi q ACN
weeks ago. It was sent from
somewhere in the Southwest Pa
eific:
Up in New Guinea | was riding
a jeep
And at night | would dream and
toss in my sleep
In my cot was some sand and an
ant or two.
| was covered with chiggers that
stuck like glue.
My folding mess kit would al
ways fold up
AS tried to juggle my tool kit
and cup.
/ discovered that beans weren't
confined to the Navy
And my pie never missed being
garnished with gravy.
Shows were few. and the girl
didn't write
When at last she did she said
one night
81 have weakened; so don't be
enraged,
To an aircraft worker I am now
engaged.
But for all these troubles l care
not a whit,
My mind's on the home folks do
ing their bit.
My mothers named Rosie, my
sisters named Dell,
My daddy's a laborer and doing
quite well.
All my friends with money, and
no. gas to roam,
With Victory bonds each has
papered his home
But still our poor private is out
on his feet,
Wondering how his home-foiks
VIII De apie 10 a
SO the jungle has got him, It's
sad to relate
And the moral of this | will now
plainly state,
Forget the home folks and the
girls that don't write.
Lie under a tree and watch the
natives turn white.
Working in the rain and out in
the damp
Ed. Note: The censor got the
remainder of the poem, but left
enough to show that the writer
IN addition to having a sense of
humor, is also the possessor of
a sure snse of rhythm. rare quail
lty in most poems sent in by non
professional writer's.
Lynn Lear Due For Furlough
From Lynn Lear comes the
news that he is due for a furlough
and that he expects to start for
Pascagoula and home May s..
Boots who is the son of MI.
and Mrs. Duke Lear of Pascagou-
la, has been in training at an air.
plane factory near Haworth. Cal.
following his graduation from a
school at Greensboro, N. c. He
has been ip the service since last
July. Lear is near enough to Hol-
lywood to make frequent visits
there where he says there are
seads of pretty girls.
Blanchard Discovers Pascagoula
In Australia
While browsing about among
magazines in a library in Aus
Iralia. w. M. (Mosel Blanchard
an across a picture taken in Pas
agoula in 1890. He promptly APP
9ropriated it from the Geographic
Magazine OF that years vintage
md sent it back to friends of his
n Pascagoula. II depicts Toby
utmar and Clint Larsen together
with the 900-pound devil fish
which was caught near the city
n 1880. News of Pascagoula gets
about the world even If it does
wind up in a library.
First Sergeant r. C. Abbey
Transferred
Friends of First Sergeant r. c.
Abbey will be interested to learn
that he has recently been trans
ierred from Camp Rueker to the
l32nd Station Hospital at Santa
Anita near Arcadia, Calf. Sgt.
Abbey is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. S. Abbey Of Pascagoula.
Pvt. w. c. Taylor Enjoys
Furlough With Parents
Private William c. Taylor has
returned to Camp Crowder, Mo,
after a furlough visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ". 7. Tay-
Tor at Delmas Court in Pascagou-
Ia. Pvt. Taylor arrived Wednes-
Jay Of last week and joined his
parents in a visit to Newton Coun-
ty to be with their son. and his
brother. 1t. W. 7. Taylor Jr., who
~as home on leave Of absence