"THE TO'/fflSHJP TAITLE"

Issue I?

TO MILLBimSF MEN II" TEE ARMED FORCES . . „ , . , . , . .

As wo aro of the fir;.i opinion t h a t a s :nso or hurior
i s an e s s e n t i a l item in the r e a l i z a t i o n of V i c t o r y ( i t . in
heartening t o note the pouty pu3f! Adojjbh hidos beneath h i s
ridiculous l i p toupeo, and tho mirthless t o o t h flashing

on T o j o ^ gruody pan)»»« vfa continue on our merry,

way. All you have t o do i s 'write us more l e t t e r s .
Then* a l l we have t o do is boomerang them r i g h t "back a t
you,.»a'id you...(and we do moan YOU),.,

Just hand us throe "big trowelG •«. • . .anrl w e ' l l s t a r t

spreading cheer a l l ovor again!J.J

(we hope y o u ' l l l i k e i t l )

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TOFilBHEP TATTLE

September 1942,

Published a t Millburn, How J e r s o y by

American Women's Voluntary S e r v i c e s .

Well here we go again boys and f i r s t h i s old love ~ t h o A i r Forco ~ but h o ' s
of a l l w e ' l l acknowledge, with t h a n k s , studying t o bo a mechanic w i t h t h o ground
Handley Dickinson's "thank you" l e t t e r . f i o l d corps• Prod had hopod t o bocomo a
Ha l i k e s t h i s organization 1 '^ f a r e w e l l p i l o t but something i n h i s p h y s i c a l mako-
taken of an unbreakable mirror - oven Up disagreed w i t h high a l t i t u d e s * No ona
though ho has very l i t t l e time to look at understands that batter than us because
himself in i t . If ho did, he'd sea Hand- while? wo wouldn't know about tho physical
ley enrolled as an Air Cadet stationed at sido, just looking down from a two story
Mitchell Field - the lucky dog - because building gives t h i s timid soul tho hocboo
that surely means he can got home oftener jooboos, so "ground work" sounds like a
some of t h e r e s t of you, promotion.
Tjhich reminds us t h a t Dick Rumory of Corp, Roy Bumstud, an o"-Short Hills -•
Short H i l l s i s a l s o at tha same f i e l d . Princeton addition is busy but did find
though in the Ordinance Dopt», but perhaps time to play in the Hawaiian Opon Golf
they'll get together. Championship matches - which will give
Mark Ardorson who recently entered tho you a sneaky idoa whero HE i s now, Uon-
service is now at Jefferson Barracks, Mo< dor i f Roy knows Corp. Anthony DoPaola
and i s glad t o be doing work r i g h t up h i s who j u s t sont us a b a f f l i n g shout from
alloy Mark is busy pinning planes t o - the Island of Oahu? At f i r s t glo.nco wo
gether-aa a ground mechanic in the Ai:." thought lofty was calling ur; names, so
Forco. much of his l o t t o r was written in dialoct
More local highlights are now "oandi;- with a native typewriter. Luckily for
dates" and what with our foeblo non-raili' ovoryono concerned, a glossary was in-
tary minds, plus tho on-rushing election, cludod so it f i n a l l y dawned t h a t his was
i t s t i l l never fails to jar us when wo r e - a very nice noway l o t t o r - compliments
CGivo another flash* For instc.nco, " and a l l , so ho's forgiven*
r
farren Aus-chuutz, was a private f i r s t And, t o return to thoso "candidates" -
*olass- until ho swapped i t for the t i t l a of Preston Courscm managod to gut a short
Cand'idato at Quantioo, Va, I t keeps him glimpse of Short Hills boforo entering
"•on his toes and sleepless but just think the Officers Training School at Fort
how becoming those gold bars will bo with Banning, Ga,
War-ron's complexion. Corp Edward Chdif also loft for tho
David M« Bartroft is driving sr.mo training in tho samo placo aftor
tanks at Fort Knox, Ky, v/hon ho i s n ' t driv-throo days in Short Hills with his family,
ing tho Bartron Brain briskly through tho Speaking of Chalifs, here's ono for the
Officers Course. "My, My," or "Small "ForId" department
And speaking of driving - Aaron Bass may but we're not going to snap tho old t r a i n
not bo a Candidate but ho is certainly no of thought by pigeonholing t h i s juicy b i t
slouch, or a poor fish either (ouch). until "lator, Tho Chc'lifa, as you must
Mister Bass hus navor boon satlsfio&uwith know, have always boon up high in the
anything but the bast - so ha is now driv-j torpsichor ;an worlft - k i l l e r d i l l a r s on
ing a G3I®RAL, if you ploci.so. tha denco floor, in other words. Now,
Cyrus Bannott is also riding'high, wido, cftor novar having pointed anything more
and bx.n&.somG those days. Just in case you deadly than a well-turned ankle, tho Japs
don't soo through our whimsy, Cy is t r a i n - ncd bottor watch thoir stops.
ing to bo a pilot and has just taken to the i M l e Eddio was homo his 24 yoo.r old
air aftor finishing tho ground work. brothor wc.lkod i n , clso on e. fov; days
Corp. Frod Brown is s t i l l oonnoctod vrith loo.-vo boforo ontorlng officers training
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in Miami, Amos, for a kindly guy i s knock- Lloyd. Smith J r , is another busy boo a t -
ing off rocords right and l e f t . He is not tending classes right up until 7:45 ovory
only tho only bombardier in our Air Force n i g h t tho sun sots on Port Monmouth. (Dad
to win his -wings without f i r s t becoming an you got to Spring Lako for any of thoso
officor but — got t h i s — Amos holds the u.S.O. partios t h i s summer, Lloyd?
bombardior rocord for tho cntiro U»S»A*F. - - • • • • McCollum i s training in the tech-
Robert
Tith 12 b u l l ' s oyos out of 12, nical problems. Sounds liko heavy work
CancU Frank Duryoa i s training t o bo an somowhoro but Bob only voluntoors the in-
offloor in tho Signal g Corps at Fort Mon- formation that ho doosn't liko snakos - 30
mouth* Another luoky bird booauso the th your guoss is as good as ours as to whoro
Fort M, boys not only got plonty of sea ho finds thorn*
bathing but thoy woro tho fotod darlings Scrg, Fred Stonoall has writton from
of tho~summor crowd along l the
t JorsoyCoast.
JC Manhattan Boach,Cal. that ho enjoys this
The some "ows goes for Scrg, Milton Buglo vory much. Yoayyy Fred, So do wo
Doachuck - so you two had bottor got t o - as noon as the last line is written. 1
gether and have a cooa cola for doar old HOY;, to stop into tho upper brackots
Millburn. with a note about 0. Captain. George
Lti Adrian Dodockor i s now in chargo of Trundlo with his unit i s now attached to
tho officers club at Fort Bragg, so his Genoral MacArthur*s hdqrs. (you know whoro
pals had bottor not suggost a quiet gamo and won't t a l k oxoopt t o say tho food and
of Gin Rummy tho noxt time Adrian blows weather are wondorful - tho l a t t o r just
into town. liko our September, Ho certainly can't
To snap back a fow paragraphs, why doos- m o a n the damp Indian Summer Millburn
n ' t Daniol R. Forman look up Mok Doadoyo drippod through, can ho?
Amos Chnlif? They arc both at tho samo Sorg. William E. laplin blow into town
training school in Miami, I t might bo tho f o r Q fow days from lewport, R*I. Evi~
boginning of a boautiful friondship, dontly tho old burg stands up nobly under
Corp. Toronoo Gili must havo a soro arm the strain of comparing i t with N's marble
because he hasn't written us lately and palacos and Bill was nico enough to admit
his lottors woro always good. Maybe you ho likes t h i s shoot. Thanks again, and
think you did enough by dropping by head- throe not-too-doop curtsios for Sorg. Tap-
quarters on your recent furlough to say lin.
"thanks" for tho papor. Very nico gosturc T h o n a v y m u s t agree with Lt. William P.
and you soo we heard about i t but now t h a t Q o o p f o r t -y^o came home a whilo ago. We
you're back a t Fort Bragg how about bond- wouldn't know whothor i t ' s tho food or
ing tho olbow (not vrhat you think) and j U s t booauso he's happy but Bill had rt
whipping off another l a t t o r to us not~so- better watch that spare t i r o . In spite of
humblo e d i t o r s , Tcranco? • the shortago ho is gaining weight ovor
Eugene Grccnbcrg - Alfrod's brother - i f somothing,
you know Alfred, rocontly onlistcd and i s Major Eugono Hoinzingor has been flashine
now one of Efowport's 400,000 stationed at those gold maplo loaves around the country
tho U.S. Naval Training s t a t i o n . at a t o r r i f i o pace l a t e l y . In one month
Eoss Haddcn Gray got homo for a furioughGono whipped from Camp Blending, Fla* to
recently and i s now a cadet in advanco p o r t Ruckor, Ale* to Camp Livingston, La.~
flight training at Ponsaoola, F l a . s o don't ask where to find him now. Wo
Albert Mayor, J r , i s now a midshipman a t h a v o n t t i ccp t track for throe weeks*
tho N.Y. Midshipman School -"wrapped Up in Aviation Cadot Robert Brooks Kostcr
his work" and also wrapped up in a t a s t y has p a B S 0 < 3 tho 40 hour t o s t in tho Army
outfit of Navy blue. Very bocoming Al* ? r j ; l r F o r o o | :- ; o b i s brother Chris is doing
aron't your oyos really bluo? m o r o t h a n 4 0 hours but not at a strotoh -
Scrg* Eric Harold Fostor i s vory busy, h ard at Forsonnol work at Fort Hancock,
and, to quote, "wrapped up" too - but our J o s o p h F , toarnoy i s a nowoomcr in the
sleuths don't t o l l us doing what. Come, s o r v i o a 00mparod with some of you old
como, E r i c , drop tho Tattle a line to olcc.£ OQBonod i c i n o r s but ho i s taking t o i t
tho air booauso wo've got vivid imagina- l i k o t h o w o l l ]znmn d uo k t o viator. Joo
tions, onjy wishos he was nearer homo, being
stationed c.t Ccmp Grubcr, Okie. Kqop he is staioncd a t ,
reading Mr, Kearney and you'll discover Pvt. John P c t r i l l o also had a furlough -
a gang of former Millburn men arc right 15 days no IGSG - and after casting his
there with you - a l l you have to do is bright eyes around Millburn's center Joe
look them up« sp^nt most of the tiuo at Lc.valotto v i s i t -
Robert Kennedy is another pel who re- ing his family. Ho doubt you a l l remember
cently joined the A»A»F«.T»S. Bob stud" Jack's s i s t e r , Mrs. D'Eiano - better known
ios and d r i l l s away the days end they o.s "llickqy" t o the rost of the draft boardk
arc days too, from 4 A.Li. to 10 P.M. Other Xucky 15 day leavers were Nicholas
(or i s n ' t this ncw.a to you?) Marcantonio and ITick Marokotta who gc.vj
Fred Hcrrigcl 3d ir~ also at Camp thv townja chance to admirejtheir unif orms^
Grrubcr (SCJ what wo mean Joe? Fred says Wilbur Dunkoi has oomplctcd TITS'1 ^r^iffiaf J^***"
the camp is" new, air conditioned and tho training cad is now or, be sic training at
food good. In fact, o-v^rything's rosy the Army Flying School ±u Viaco, Texas.
oxoopt the moat which is :r~v3r rare Ccrirdne Idore sounds as though ho was
enough to suit Mistqr Herrigal the Third. having a-.nifty tiuo - but i t is r e a l l y
Grrrr - throw ours on tho floor, Jo.ves. onjy on tho surface. I t ' s hard work oven
George Pondorgast is bashing ia Cali- if i t is "spending his time on radio and
fornia's sunlight and orangq juioo at •television". How do we look from hero,
March Field at this moment. "Jiggs" is Carmine?
with tho Engineers A.F» end likes i t . , Pvt< Vincent Kano is pitoher on the soft
17cf re not up on our geography "but per- ball total - the one that h-ads a l l the
haps he's noar enough to spend some spnro lor.gucs at Camp Gr'ubor, 01cln» Could i t
time with Prentice Jjathcrs. . Thoy wore bo that old M.JI.S-, training popping up?
neighbors in Short Sills and now Pete is Richard Prioa is in officers tra-ining
an Air Cadot at Santa Ana> Gal. Prentice school at F t , Honmoutli, which brings that
is enthusiastic about everything - espec- Short Hills-LUlburn conti :go:it almost on
ially the not-cxaggaratad "festcrn hospi- a par with the Grubcr boys of home grown
t a l i t y . En route to report he and oth:r talent.
oadcts stopped off in Los Angeled and Speaking of par, Pierca CasBcdy J r . is
were swamped with kindness » Strangers now a naval cadet, which doc s n ' t allow
stopped them on the s t r u t s and offered much timo for golf. He'd bettor watch out
them passes to chows and enough homo- or his pop, the genial Doctor pf tho sauo
cooked meals to havo kept them busy and nc.no, will outdrive him no::t tima Pierces
stuffed for a wgok - if they'd had time . plc.y together at I3altusrol.
t o accept any of the invitations. Thpnics F t Flynn i s down at Camp CEwffeo,
Harold Smith> son of Police Scrg*Smith Arkt and likas tho U.S.O. dances. Only
•can't or won't t o l l irhe.ro h". i s but he catch is they don't havo enough to suit
gives a pretty good idea i t i s n ' t TSoyr Jor-Ton booauso tho ^rkansaa beauties\rc
sey. Ec has to brush lizards out of his something spooic.1. -••'-..'•«•-..,...!.- -..•.
bunk ivory night before getting in i t and There arc throe Colandrov. bojrs in tho
th^re are also plenty of mosquitoes, ante, s-rvice nor;, Corp. Albert --ho cane home
wild pigs, poisonous coral and raud. On for a short tine t h i s f a l l j Li, Serg. Carl
the otlur ha:;d Harold has enough coooanuts Hho in i;.j Parts Unlcttpv/nj and li'-aynond, who
bananas, blu^ mountains nd sh::r bluffn is we don't know whero oithp'rj oxcopt
t o offset the discomforts of tlie univit .,d that Ray lil:os tho -"-rmy. A lucky thing
pets. In fact thorp is lots of local under the cirourastenccs.
color. '— mostly dark t'-mugh* Art. S.« Ifcoonbor, vrho i s '.vith tho Air
Force at Yakiiaa, '.i:,ah, ic cleaning Up-
llorvclle Sharps A.S, should be able to and yrs don't mean K.p, bithor. Aside
dish out ci nasty p i l l to some JIazd. soon. from stud5ring drafting which he wisely
Uforvollc is at the U.S. ITaval Hospit-.l in fe^ls Will licl-p him get a better job
Brookl3rn studying to be a Pharraa c i s t ' s this is over, he has be_u -working in tho
Mate . f i e l d s , Lc\bor is so scarce the farmero
Serx* Frank Xaspcrgon, vho pitches i'or are hiring soldiers to help bring In tho
tho baseball team, i/as homo on leave but crops and Art id earned five sjiac^cers in
histor3' doesn't t e l l us just which post
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six hours picking tomatoes, l i c e moaoy Col. Stansbury, a Host Point graduate,
for anybody. I t was hot work too, but ho has boon in the Army sin'oo T.rorldTiTc.r I .
could always look up at tho snowy tope of Going down the lino, tlicro nra tho
Mfcs, Rainier and Hood whoia he folt liko following recent Captains, Fioldor Dudley
cooling off, and William B. Shop' rd in the Army, and
Honry Lc-.urino i s having an interesting Thomas O'Mahonoy in the USS.M.C. (como
tino t o o , and takes somo of i t t o writo a t o think of i t Loathernocks aro a branch
fine l e t t e r , Henry i s helping to build of tho U.S.Navy, though t h e i r officor
tho Alaskan Road and i s now in tho sovonth ran i c i ngE3 n r o i\[,Q thoso in tho
month t h withith t he A
^rmy E i
Engincm-s. Th'
They've Among tho shiny-new gold shouldor bars
had a vrondorful summer with mod orate arc second Lieutenants Thcodoro Prico,
weather - but he h a s n ' t had a furlough John Coroy, Edward Borkoski, Carl Roggo,
homo in a year but hopes t o SOJ h i s and Rodman Batos. (Consult Cupid's Corner
family and friends soon. for more hoartfelt naws on Lts. Roggo
Vincont Schaulor J r , has graduated as a and Batos.)
radio operator from tho Technical School With tho Non-cons, wo discover tho
at Scott F i e l d , 1 1 1 , and i s now assigned insigno of Master Sergoant adorning tho
t o a pursuit or bomber squadron as a slocvo of Josopfc. Gubernat, while Ed,
junior radio operator, A far c a l l from Lonorgan has bocomo a Tech, Sergeant
tho old days when Vinco usod t o be an (in ono of thoso th.To-donTt-know-¥/horos")
operator - but in tho novio t h e a t r e in Anothor Toch« Sorgoant is Waltor Mackoy,
you know whoro. Now Staff Sorgoants include Goorgo Bato-
And now hero's our f i r s t "V" l e t t e r in r.ian, Theodore Kinum and Jamas Hooloy,.*
answer t o tho paper. I t comes from John and s t i l l entangled in t r i p l e o hovrons ,
Dclgaldo who i s i n A u s t r a l i a and the wo find Harry Uunovillor, promoted t o
f i r s t issue has only just roachod him. 1st Sorgoant, and John Bates as Sorgaant
John i s having a good timo and tho (How aro you at bellowing orders out of
Australians arc very n i c e , but i t was tho sido of your mouth, Boys?)
funny a t f i r s t g e t t i n g used t o t h e i r Apparently, the needles havo boon busy
expressions and money. By r i g h t s wo too, sowing doublo chovroas on stalwart
should have givon John's microscopic slcovos—judging from tho improscivo
l e t t e r t h e load for winning the dint"nao l i s t of corporals, Billiard Eddy, Edward
record, but sinoc ho onds with a poem of Prcndorgast, J r . , James Grossman, Robort
hiis own composing, woTvo decided t o r e - Bruriborgor (more about Bob in "Silver
p r i n t i t as a f i n e , though borrowed, Lining Dcpt.") and Lewis Lasacr (and if
flourish. ^horo aro thoso among you who s t i l l think
T ho Guard' s Prayar. "M,P,s" havo no hoarta—see Cupid's Cor-
by John Dclgaldo. ner for tho latest dope on Lewis' card"
As I walk my post a l l tho night through iac condition)
All I do is think of you. I t ' s P.F.C, boforo tho nanos of Norman
The sky. i s so c l e a r , tho stars aro so Marks and George Monahan (Gcorgo, i n c i -
bright dentally net Movio diroctor Howard
Oh how I wish I was homo tonight. Hawkos while visiting the sot where
Tho moon up high is ray guide, "Air Force" is being nado, and shook
And God is always by my side the famous hands of John Garfiold, Harry
To protect mo and carry me through Caroy a\d other scroonnnotablos)., Norman
Until I got home safely to you. Marka, rooontly homo,, while on a duty
So lot us havo faith in God above. flight from the Hoosior Stato, was the
For ho is the One to unite our lovoi only lad bolDW the rank of Corporal to
be 3oloctod to attend tho Advanced
BARS, STRIPES, AM) CHEVRONS Training School for T.Yf.A-. conditioning*
Well,"let c s see, „ / , .starting at tho top gpoakine of schools., Murray Elba a and
of the l i s t , on t e r r a firm (good old Joseph P,. Day., j r e aro in O.C«S»
Jersey mud in our case, if not in yours) And now, l e t ' s go t o Soa,,».Splash! \\
with the Ar my... .Vic find a Colonol's Stumbling over a fow Binnacles and barn-
promotion for Elmor V. Stansbury, aclos, wo come upon tha following Full-
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Tvro Stripers...Lioutone.nts Ridloy Yfatts graduated fron I . H r S , in 1940 j was vrith

(Roraorabor tho crao lc shot of tho Trigger the Essox Troop, and a£t<r a o u r so xu
Oiub?) and'Paul Paulson, plus Frank Hun- Military Police T a c t i c s a t F t , Lo .-vo:>
r i c h a nd William C, Rldgoway (and who a worth, is now p o l i c i n g F t , BliiJs« The
B i l l completes his prbsortb course in Lassors havo our varnost good wishes a
Communications, ho w i l l undoubtedly be They w i l l livo In E l Paso, whore garuon-
ablo t o t o l l Shioklogrubor t h a t his s l i p ias grew in tho front yard,
is showing., by sign language, among othor Mr. and Mrs, John Ruggioro of 557 M i l l -
things 1) burn Avo, have announood tho ongagenont
Redmond P» Rogors has boon pronotcd t o of t h o i r daughtorj Mario Annoinottc, t o
Soaman 1st Class and Jimmy Dog-nan is now 3d Class Potty dfficor John J , Forrd-
in tho Navy School for Pharmacists Mates,. oholla-UoS «Iif,, prido and joy of Mr« and
a l l of v/hich wind s up t h i s dopartraoat for Mrs. John Fornicholla of Surx:it, Ho
t h i s issuo (How about noro nows from sono dato has boon sot for tho wodding,
of you Old S a l t s for noxt tirac? As you 2d Liout, Rodman Bates and Miss Barbara
sec, wo could uso i t I) Dunshoo of Wast Orango havo announood
t h o i r i n t o n t i o n of doing t h e double
01 THE FEME M HE FROM " I do" at an early d a t o . Congratulations
The first~^favc 1r "Qrilfstod~"frora Millburn Lis. Batos, und mn ny thanks for your nioo
Townshipj i s Miss Harriot Elizabeth Hoiscr l o t t o r ,
who loaves for t r a i n i n g in Octobor Anothor ongagonont which has our hoart-
A Smith Gollogo graduate, sho w i l l r e t u r n iost good wishos is that of Staff Sorg-
t o her Alffla Mator for a four months oant Edvrard L, Groonbaun t o Miss Eliza-
cpursc, which, whon completed, w i l l cn- both Rolla son of Hiddlotwon, Conn, Wish
t i t l o hor t o tho rank of Ensign* wo had noro d o t q i l s .
And horo is Rocco S» Giannattasio, v/ho
CUPID'S CORKER not only has had his ongagoncnt announo-
ClangI ClangJ Bloeding hearts and white od to tho flowpr of tho I/focco fa r.iily-«-
orchids in the moonlight. Here we go Miss Mary—but v/as hono on furlough to
again. Early i n August, Miss Rana Mo.r~ do i t . Our vory vrarr.iost, Mary and
j n r i e TiTolcott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Rocco,
Ralph S, YTolcott of Short H i l l s beor.rie Mastor Sorgoant Joseph Gubarnat has
the bride of 2d Lieut, Carl Fredoriok poor Cupid on tho ropos by writing us
Rogge, J r . at t h e hone of the bridegroom's that his wife, a for:ior Madison g i r l ,
parents on F a i r f i e l d Drive, Judge G, is with him in Jacksonville, Florida,
Noyes Slayton, of local fane, performed but ho doosn't say YIHO she i s , Sho
the oernony e f f i c i e n t l y and a wedding nust bo a splendid brido, anyira.y» as
dinner was served a t Chanticier* (Ever ho roports that tho hqat enables thorn.
heard of i t ? ) The bride wore a black, t o savo gas by cooking on tho sidov/alk.
s t r e e t length d r e s s , trinned with pale Mr, Caruine Pedecins was host recently
blue and a pink orchid corsage. Her at a dinner party in honor of Corporal
maid of honor, Miss Marjoris Hoggs, wore Albert Colandroa of 28 llillburn Ave,,
beige triinned with purple, and purple Springfield , who was hone on furlough,
orchids. How do you like t h i s boys? tleribers of both fa:iilies were present
L t . Roggo, no doubt, wore a oostune of and also Miss Grace Dedecker, fiancee
olive drab, Mrs, Rogge attended Millburn of 1st class Private Cari.iine Pedecine,
High School and Blniro College and Liout, J r , A gay tine was had by a l l . The
Rogge also an M,H,S, alunnus, graduated Colnndrea family is lOO/o Array, as Al's
fron Yleslyan, brother, Carl, is a Master Sergeant in
At a m i l i t a r y wodding at Fort B l i s s , Trinidad end Rayraond c. Pvt, sonewhere
El Paso Texas, on August 8th, Corporal a i-iong the Georgia peaches.
Lewis Irwin Lasser, son of Mrj and Mrs, Good old Lewis Bufo e.diaits our alleg-
J , A. Lasser of 515 Tfyoning Ave t , ation about tho broken heart (see last
married Miss Grace A l l r i c h , daughter of issue) and, says ho w i l l be hone to nend
Mr. and Mrs, Goorge I-I, A l l r i c h of East sane, one of those days, but no engage-
Leavenworfch, Kansas, Corp, Lassor nont has yet been announced. Ho says

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f he misses our cheerful f-ces around the
i Tov;n Center, too. Thon'ks so much Lew,
\ and for your nice letter, too, / presence of rrtmy broKen down rocking
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hnsign Fred i . Kosseiend, of p: r t s un-
knownr is making same r\ng with the
romantic s t r a i n s of nn aeoordian which he
brought t h e r e , bounds like old isepoli to
UPd We £,uess not, but if BO, do your
worst, ;<'red. By the fuy, vie arc covered
with blushes for mistakenly addressing you
as "iieei.jen". Do forgiveJ
Private Alden tiine, F t . ,..oriraouthf is
breaking into radio Tuesday ni^ht with a
Soldier's tilee Club. ,te have no dope on
whether he w i l l also play his locorice
s t i c k ( c l p r i n e t to you) on which he is s
sxilled wan. <e'll rail be l i s t e n i n g Aldie
so worra up your voice with a couple of rsw
eggs.
i.fljor Bowes thanked our Commander A*A«
French l e s t week for kindly permitting
two of. bis Uoest Uunrd seamen to sin^ on
the Chrysler hour. They were good too.
Don't you think t h i s i s a tweet t'.'.'eet?
SILVMt Ll'.lliU
ti hesvy carload of appreciation, in
l e t t e r form, has reached t h i s l i t t e r e d
l i t e r a r y desk from Pvt.Bob Lurtz*..who
has hopes, eventually, of feeing t r a n s f e r r -
ed to a more frigid zone»..ne crypitcolly
odds that perhaps Harry Smith's lamented
loss of sleep(see Issue LL of the Tattle)
is not altogether duo to work???(Don't
bite your tongue oi'f while i t ' s s t i l l
parked in your cheek, Joep bobj)
T om ijs be oc k • . » s oivevrhe re in Lng Is n d . . .
writes t h a t he is lucky to h a i l frora our
p a r t i c u l a r and thoufntful "Suburbia" es
none oi' hise ssocis t e ' s homo towns have
done anything for them in a like manner.,
I've v>ieh we could reoch across the Atlantic
to pat you on the head for till thd other
nice things you uttt-red about us too'4.Topu
ivever l e t i t be said t h a t • o docile (?)
Damsels are not {L.rateful-.o .a l80> t'io are
hsppy that you were ^?.ed to read nbout
your pol Dick Sveet (Don't look now, but
wo think there i s more news of Dick else*
v,rhere in t h i s Bugle,)
Excerpts handed to us by his mother,
from » l e t t e r she received f'roia Sergeant
Richard Sweet* make very i n t e r e s t i n g
reading, as he ^oes into d e t a i l rsbout ithe
native l i f e in his locale•«thatched roof
T
• - - ' - • " • ' - : .'•-•'• ''.- " ., . - l
huts, containing no bods,« »thoup,ii t h i s
oversight is p a r t i a l l y p.rade up for by the
chairs (shades of i ; ildred Bailey '• ^)-,,.. f.
biXTG sKtnned aboriginal t o t 6 . - . one small
and n.uddy-ish woter hole wliers the .local
niamp s do tho fUMlly lnundrye »«t'nd a
h i s t o r i c a l , crumbling fort rep\'ted to be
over 500 years old, which f l i e s the
American 1'lad right nov^.. ju?st to ^iva
you a roug.h idea of Dick's surroundings.«,
From pvt.Samuel Oavornio, we received
a fine l e t t e r cor.plete with poem (the
l a t t e r is printed soiJievmero in t h i s sheet)
wherein the enthusiastic youn^ leatherneck
recants the glories of marine t r a i n i n g . . .
quote. ..",,e arrived at the Training
Station as carofroe c i v i l i a n s without a
care in the v<orld..«but now, v;e are
finished i arines with a stern look and a
definite purpose in mind*.«which will
eventually be the ruination of a l l
enemies of tho U.S." (judging by the
sample of the Solomons.* .we are i.iore than
inclines to agree with you,SamJ,,»we like
your s p i r i t too...Good old Juarine t r a -
dition and a l l » )
id Shive, an ivi.P, 'way out v e s t , writes
thbt he knows that e l l you lads appreciate
wht't vve are doing(Just what in the heck
we AAL doing i s s t i l l hazy in our lace
trimmed minds.. .because. ..uIl/iT YOU ALL
/aiiii DOIhU i s so t e r r i b l y importent to
the future oi' every uion, woman and child
in every free thinking country..«so, you
see*.,we feel that i t is up to usto do
the appreciating, of which the t o i l on
t h i s gazette is but a minute cruxab)...
By the vrdyf to, those longed for books
and crossword puazles ?->.re bcin^ sent
out by tne Junior A..W.V.S.
p^'.Gr. Charlie Sciosca is so busy
H
Yum<»yuiMriing:' over the t a s t y menus
Bpreud forth ot his camp that he has
hardly i ot.iced the heat except to consid-
er the possibility of frying an occasion-
al og;g fn the sand (some foot! for
thwght*) >eo.iiwbilo.;..wo think Santo Glaus
be'htfc.i" i'.ind rogm i'cr one oversize belt
in 'Jharli-j's BVoo:cxr.g-> „
P J.''JO. •ule'nti TtluJliy^r puns enthuEia3»
t i c liros el bout HulH"Jiu3.as .vith e wishing
gfaao 5kiri.6 (y^v k*io\v -.har^.: .)-uid 'oh?»u&S
he adru:.ts thzt' ;;hc /.r-lond i3',5-i; qv.its up
to the Hoj.ly.'ioo'i version "n p'ciiie r^fpects
on the other handj, the people's splrir,
is marvelous and each and every one is
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doing his, or her bit toward the vtr TOO BAD DEPARTMENT
effort...Combine this fact with the more Lt» Wm» S« Baker, who has had a six
trivial item of an undefeated baseball months illness is recuperating at the
bnam (and don't forget them thar straw Army and Navy Hospital in Hot Springs,Ark.
dirndls!) and we can see why Glenn is so and says it is a fine place, So g.ia'd you
are feeling better, Lieutenants
y
LtrJohn Bormingham,, of the U«S. Naval
"Texae ie making a man out of me" is Station,Jacksonville, Fla o , has recently
the gist of a pest card poem we received been released from the hospital where he
from P.F.C. Anthony Maneione»,and a card underwent a major operations Sincerely
from P.F.C* Clarence Hcke Jr. wishes us hope you are feeling strong again, Lt»
Luck (WITH YOUR CORRESPONDENT COOPERATION) Birmingham*
in our little "Billy-do©". .Clarence also Staff Sergeant, Jarats Hfloley has been
• wxshes he could join us at Kaiser's for a in the station hospital at Fort Dix for
sake ('Oh, Private Hoke sometime. Ie dont know whet the trouble
We'd l»ve that coke is but do hope it is a thing of the past
When the Japs have had the worst nw«
And every Hun Also Victor principal, the same, at
I Has been undone
Fort Douglas, Utah. Won't you boys drop
THEtt, we'll quench our thirst")
us a note and let us know how you re?
in ether wf>rdo, its a date, Clarence, and
The hospitals^ of Ft. Dix and Ft.Dcuglas
that date can't come too soon far us! By
fcught tr» be able to scare- up a pencil
the way, to answer your question..any
and paper each and you should have a spare
local residents can purchase copies of the
moment.
"Tattle" at h,W .V.S,HeadquarterB(The old
Poer James Uordon is in the hospital
Coletta bicycle shop) in Millburn for five
ot Ft, Eustis, Va.,following a motor
cents (we are grateful if offered mire
accident in which a truck in which he was
too...as all such funds are used: toward
riding got out of contrcl and overturned.
defraying costs of this publication)
A passing farmer picked up 20 boyB, We
Our most swooping thanks to Steve
do hope you were not seriously hurt,
Rogers for his card of g«od wishes too and
Jimmy and th above writing goes for you
more «f same tc Corp.kiehael DeBlis U.S.
too,
M.C. for his encouraging letter on our
behalf•••We'll pavs on yaur request for
back copies to the mailing Mesdambsl... SMALL WORLD
and Here's hoping that that extra chevron The world must have grown larger this
ie yours when this arrives. month and this column ie practically an
i aching void, Pvt, Jimmy Luitweiler,
TARMStiED SILVER LlMllMU DEPT. foHewing our advice last month, has
? You birds are so darned happy these written stiraulatingly to Thure Anderson
days that this department looks definitely with no re suitj also wants to hoar of
on the skids»..nary a complaint in the Duffy lVicphail* How about you two boys
lot...which, we assume,proves you can all dipping a swift pen? Your ge-neral news
take it*.and like itil.«,Even the slight letter sounds like a fine idea, Jimmy,
bit of gloom shed by Charles Kirkpatri°k and wo can see that you have plenty of
(who writes that, as he spends imst "problems" including a skittish type-
•f his time under a gun.,.24 hours a day, writer^ eve-n as we.
practically,..it is really impossible to Sergeant Gubernat writes that it is a
say much in his letter) doesn't really big world to him too, the only person he
deserve to be panned in this paragraph.* has met since his eojourn in the South is
As Charles winds up by saying ''We all Pvt. Storke,who was changing trains at
have a job to do which must be drne"'. Columbia ,S«C,on his way home- for fifteen
Nevertheless.*.here we are sobbing over a days leave. The lucky s t i f f — — t o quote
typewriter...just thinking of you,Charles the sergeant.
under that gun. And hero is a patriotic gentleman who
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Is relecving his grandson for active daily deluge, the Indians continued their
service with our armed forces by assuming winning ways by trimming the Pittsburgh
the care of his mother end other responsi- Junior Leaguevs of Newark,. 7-2, whu put
bilities. This fine chap has lived 104 up a better battle than the score indic-
busy years but has never had a chance for ates, Their winning stro^k ended in a
a wrack at our enemies, having been turned hot Jy oontcst-cd game with the tviontclair
down in the Civil War for physicrl disabil- Starts, 11-10 in the 11th inning. Cal
ities and in World Wcr for being too old! Ehehalt W O K unable to pitch, and palumbo,
Doctor's please note* McCarthy and Donfc-j.reh.allwere too wild
to Bt-il] bhe etars rats.
COMEDY DEPARTMENT The following Sunday} starting the 1st
Have you heard ab,out the yardbird who as if thoy were going to'a fire> the
was BO dumb he thought a Jeep was a female Maplowcod Firemen invaded the precincts
Jap? of the undaunted Indians• When the smoke
Or about the cockroach who kept running had cleared away, and the engines back in
up and down the edge of a crackerbox until their stalls the Redskins had bagged a
his pal asked him whet on earth was the 17-5 victory.
matter with him. "Why",he cried,"Look what Last week Don Marshall,Bob lard and Joe
it says here 'Tear along this line1",Don't Soandoro Were among 30 participants in
shoot, boys. try-outs for the Dodgers at Ebbets Field
on invitation of Millburnite Ed Marshall
SPORTS Dodger scout. Only 7 of the 30 were se-
The Seventh Ward continued an unbroken lected for contracts for spring practise
Btring of victories by defeating Spring- tut all 3 ikillburn boys wore among them.
field 8-7 and the Cuhs 14-6* Springfilod Marshall also hit longest hit of any
had victory in their grasp, leading 7-5, rookie. None of tho three can,take ad<-
with only two outD to go in the seventh vrntnge of the offer, however, as all
inning, but a walk by Weidner, singles by are going back to school.
Sperango and Olempio and a long triple by In the latest game the Indians crushed
A.ngelo DiLonno,"brought across the.; winning the Irvington Stanleys 15-3. Cal Ehehalt
runs and saved the Warders unblemished again pitched good ball andjoo Fiq'la
rooord. They downed the Cubs easily,scor- who has left f&r the Marines,,, worked the
ing nine runs in the 1st inning. DiLonno last two frames without giving up any
collected three hits, whilo Ted Szrnans,., C. runs.
Spriggs, D. Pacifico and Weidner collected Tho latest team standings for:Soft
2 apiece. The Cardinals continued to slip ball leagues that your miserable corree-
as Springfield put the finishing touches pondent can find are pretty old, but here
oh them 5-4 in a well.pitched ball game* they arc anyway; Y^on Lost
The Seventh Wardero then defeated a
select groug of 4,11-Stnrs in a Thursday South Mountain 2
efternoon base >?all classic, Tho score was Wyoming 2
11-7 with Warders scoring 4 runs in th^ lot. Firemen •. 1
SiLonno not only pitched a sweet game for Homely men 1 2
the victors but Ranged out 3 straight hits. Boeohcryft 0 2
The Seventh Y/ard then won their final
game in a hard fought contest 5-4'against While we're on the subject, Glen Bull-
the Cardinals,They, celebrated their triumph iver writes us from Hawaii, that they've
by a trip to the Yankee Stadium to see the get n baseball team which bids fair to
Bostonsplay the Yankeas.. make an island record 3 7 straight victor-
Meanwhile fans at Taylor Park went home" ies-w some of them&hat-outs. Our Glen
feeling as if they had seen a track meet as modestly .stater. he is not a member of
the killburn Indians scalped the p&ala •the team* bi"t he mnst bo a fan; Indians
Association of Jersey City 20-1. Sal and other Moundsrnen fake note,
Ehrhalt pitched for the Redskins, Their Ted faemand won t-ho senior pr. ddle ten-
next game was washed out as were many nis tournament defeating T^ny DiLonno
Millburn cellars by such weather. Then,in 7-5, 6-0r 6-2« Bob pearson vwn the Jun-
a game which ended in the 7th with the ior Championship by downing Dick Horton
 6-2, 6-0.
Newark won the State Public parks ten*?
nis Tournament held in Taylor Park, 16
points for Newark, 14 fc.r Millburn.
Bill Umstaeder of Millburn walked off
with Mens division crown, dropping only
3 games en route.
Bernie Piela has been appointed head
football coach at Millburn High school
replacing Paul Cherin, now a Lieutenant
in the Navy's physical fitness division*
whom he assisted last year. FoottC'Ll
practise is gutting underway nnd eight
games are scheduled aa follows:
1942 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
1941 score
Date ' Opponent Millburn- Opponent
Oct. 3 Westfield at Millburn 0-40
Oct. 19 Stimmit at Millburn 0-26
Oct. 17 Glenridge at Glenridgu 0-19
Oct. 24 Caldwell at Caldwell 0-30
Oct. 31 Scott at East Orange 12-39
Nov* 7 Roselle Park at Mill. • Rizzo have both arrived safely and are
Nov. 14 Verona it Verona 3-9
Nov. 21 Madison at Madison 0-6
"GUESS WHERE"
So many men are now en rout© to, or
have reached parts unknown am} unpublish-
able, we've decided to give them a spe-
cial space. Then, as the mew addresses
4 oome through their names will bob up
, again under other headings*
» Ensign Waring C. Carrington writes that
he is well an* working hard in foreign
service. His brother, Ward is an Air
Cadet stationed at Greenville, kiss.
Ward was home over the Labor Day weekend
and said he likes the paper because he
oan find out where his friends are. In*
: oidentally we have more than asneoky
feeling that Ward will-break into Cupids'
corner any month now.
To quote his mother, Lieut. (J.G.)
Charles W. Bulkley is dc ing wall tout ho's
"North South, East, cr West - which is
as definite a location as she can give,
Lt. Arthur Bortcn writes, "if it were'nt
for the business at handj thiswould be
a wonderful trip". Maybe some of you
readers will recognize his name if not
his face, in your outfit } and be able
to tr'ade home news together*
P.F.C. Aloyciu:-, Berberick, in a lett-
er home says the food is good and he ne-
ver felt >etter in his life - that's the
old spirit Al«
The family of Seaman Joseph Moulton
are ar. niv.ch at sea as ho is. Joe has
phoned cbom three times lately to say
he ifi well, l'^ppy, has received the
Tatt.lo, ari .Kka.sit, but he couldn't
tell their, where ho wassailing from.
Another Seaman •• Harry Nuse ~ wrote
home he was safe and well tco s
Ensign Crawford Winner's family don't
know if he*s on land or sea, but> with
a name like that Crawford can't lose
either way.
Lt. Henry Herpers Jr. is working hard
from 6 A.M. to midnight, ready and wait-
ing in parts unknown for the japs or
any other gnat that comes along.
Pvt. Nicholas Rizzo and dorp. Anthony
enjoying themselves. Sorry - we don't
know if the Kizzo boys are mowing 'em
down together or singly.
Allen Daniel Snyder is another who is
doing all right - "Well and happy" in
spite of an address that looks like a
code.
With all these hidden locations it is
a relief to wind up the list with some-
thing a touch more definite. Brantley
Weathers also has a pretty foxy address
but i-t least we can say he is somewhere
in England. Brinx only arrived there
recently but seems to be- having an in-
teresting time working in a hospital.
Ho Would - but could it be because of
the pretty nurses, by any chance pvt.
Weathers?