The Apache sentinel., 1944-08-18
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Not Bad! Not Bad


ange Juice the next afternoon
Here l found Pvt Bonita Franklin.
chin up, with cast on her foot a
sprained ankle it is. frankie, with all
of her New York jive, is missed down
at the Photographic lab. What [
like about frankie is all of her spirit,
for a sprained ankle has to stay in a
cast quite some time.
Pvt. Naomi E. Ellis is making use
of her hands by crocheting a lovely
bed spread, and it's her first try at
this sort of thing. Pvt. Irene Watts is
quite busy lady around the place
/ keeping busy doing something at all
times, keeping cheerful. PVts. Ruth
Hall, AdeIa 3. Chew and Virginia
Blake bade us a snappy so long, and
Virginia brought back a beautiful bou-
quet the next day that's still as fresh
as when she brought it.
Since my arrival we have Pvts. Mary
X. Butts, Lois Hand and jamie Scott.
After Butts came, we have been eat
ing chicken of evenings. Don't get the
idea that all Wacs are in the ward,
for there are several JoSephineS.
4 Between all of this ! stepped up to
the big executives office Sunday
/ morning last (CoI. M. o. Bousfield)
and with a salute, smile, and about
face, walked away with a pass.
/ Pretty nice place, eh? ! saw the base
ball game between Douglas and the
/ SCU our team winning the game.
/ Monday orning saw nurses
smartly attired in brown striped seer
/ sucker similar to the WAC fatigue
/ dresses, but more dressy. / understand
4 they have jackets to go with them
too. Our uncle is going through a
process of dressing his daughters of
| the service up with the WACs
! stepping out in an off duty sports
dress.
Some of the fine and new acqualnt-
ances I've made since being over here
are those making up the ward "2o'
staff headed by Capt. VIM. B. Price,
ward officer. q will tell you about
him Iater). 1t Sarah F. Harris, Pitts
burgh, Pa, was one of the first of the
staff | met. She's nice and she's
charming too. 1t. Ruby L. Rose, who
/ has been in the service a little over a
month now, coming from AIben, Pa,
is still very dionified =. the way one
acts his or her last year in high school.
1t. Ora D. Pierce is chief ward nurse,
and she celebrated her third years
service ON August 8. salute you,
Lieutenant. :. Attractive Miss Mu-
rieI Davis, physiotherapy student who
expects to wear gold bar soon, is the
one who kept the heat rays on me.
] 1t. Josephine A. Cherry is back with
us as a patient, and everybody sort of
gets quiet when she walks through.
still carrying the efficiency she was
known to have when on duty not
| forgetting 1t. Martha A. Gilliame who
has a months service, sophisticated. a
little blushy yet, and loads of per-
Sonality.
Not on our ward, is 1t. Hazel Ried,
San Diego, California who has
brought me her CHEEKY hellos almost
daily. Well be seeing her photo under
Presenting Huachuca Nurses" soon.
From. six o'clcck on if he isn't
around, every lady on the ward is
chirping "WiIIe." He's one fine guy
that a lot of women are in love with
because he's so nice to us all.
Willie sees that you're we'll tucked
under, get your fruit juice, mineral
oil and what have you? III introduce
with pleasure Pvt. William (WIlie)
Henderson.
We also have Pvt. Henry l.. Thomas
and Cpl. Hattie Stanback, WAC stu
dent, working on the ward.
Personalities Here and There
Capt. Marshbanks was the weekend
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wash
ington A retired Army man, Capt.
Marshbanks has a son who is a flight
surgeon now on duty somewhere in
Italy. Mr.. Washington is the operator
of the Washington bus lines and taxi
cab concession on the Fort.
Capt. Louis Cans left Fort Hua-
chuca this week for Fort Sheridan,
H., where he will await retirement
from the Dental Corps. He will be
placed on the inactive service list
which affects dental officers over 3S
years of age.
1t. Josephine Cherry, now a patient
at the Fort Huachuca ASF Regional
Hospital, Section One, was scheduled
for an overseas assignment with a
hospital detachment. Had to miss
the boat because of illness. Was re-
Gently sent as principal nurse with
group of Fort Huachuca nurses as
signed to duty at an Arizona Prisoner
of War camp.
Things We Hear About
We get mail and tid-bits of news
all along around here. Cpl. Villa
Hardgrove makes her appearance each
hiqh noon. Before seven O'Clock We'd
nesday morning we had learned of our
c. O.'s elevation to the rank of Cap
ett