Bradley beam., 1945-03-10
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M/Sgt. John T. McAlIister

WEDDING BELLS: At last this column has some real news! S/Sgt. | David A. Halt, of the M. 1. T. weather station in Cambridge, for mer Bradley weatherman, and Cpl. Eleanore Altman of Bradley, will be married this afternoon in Quincy, Mass. The single ring cer- emony will be performed in the parsonage by the Rev. Martin Hali nen, pastor of the Lutheran Church in Quincy, who is a friend of the groom. The couple will be attend ed by Sgt. Virginia Schultz of Boll- ing Field, who was stationed at Bradley until last July, and by Leo Ollilo of Worcester, Mass. For the benefit of the women readers your correspondent found out that the bride plans to wear her OD uni form and carry flowers, probably gardenias. There is, of course, no doubt about what the groom will wear. Work schedules are likely to prevent g Bradley delegation from attending the event, but several in dividuals are going to make great effort to be there. The whole wealth CT section is very happy about the whole thing and wishes this popu- lar couple all the luck and happi- ness that they so richly deserve.
 AVE ATQUE VALE: Cpl. Ed Stanich returned from furlough last Wednesday in fighting form for the farewell party that marked his departure soon thereafter. Joy over the Halt-Altman nuptials was somewhat tempered by grief at the simultaneous loss of our king-siZe jester. But that is the way it is and probably the boys where Ed is go- ing need to have their morale boosted lot more than we garri- son soldiers do. Again press sched- ules, to say nothing of S-2, pre- vent our disclosing any specific in formation about the Aloah festivi- ties, but oral reports will be re- leased to trusted friends on appli- cation and payment of some small token like an aspirin tablet.
 CONGRATULATIONS: This de- tachment extends it's sincere con gratulations to our Region Control Officer, Richard M. Gill, on his re- cent promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. A onetime Eastern college track star, It. Col Gill now takes his place among the many com- paratively young men who have at
 tained distinction and high rank in the Army Air Forces.
 THING SESSION: Pilots and others of our customers may have wondered why every Monday aft ernoon there is never forecaster to be found in the weather station until one is summoned from behind the closed doors of our smoke-filled back office. What is going on in there is not what you might sup pose. No game of chance would ever induce the glassy-eyed stare and throbbing brow that character izes one of our men emerging from said inner sanctum. Instead the forecasters, are assembled there to inflict on each other peculiar form of torture devised and order ed by much higher headquarters and called the technical seminar. With the admittedly commendable purpose of improving the accuracy of Army forecasting, h. h. requir- es that we spend Monday afternoon listening to each other lecture on and lead discussions about certain meteorological subjects. For ex- ample, S/Sgt David Kennedy last week held forth on moisture. Pass that coke bottle, please! My throat feels parched even to think about it. Not that it was Dave's fault. He didn't pick the subject. And no one can put more shattering eloquence,