The following issue of the "Look-Out", 15 October 1950, was published with at least 8 pages. We only have 2 pages.
The LOOKOUT is published
semi-monthly for the enjoy-
ment and information of the
crew of the U.S.S. HELENA
(CA-75). It is printed on
U. S. Government equipment
at no cost to the government
from non-appropriated funds.
This newspaper is printed
in compliance with NAVE XOS
Directive P-35, appendix B,
Revised November 1945.
RAdm C. C. HARTMAN
ComCruDivTHREE
Captain H. O. LARSON
Commanding Officer
Commander D. I. THOMAS
Executive Officer
LTJG W. K. Humphreys
Advisor
Ensign W. R. Blane
Co-Advisor
A. H. Slagle, YNSN
Editor
H. C. Cofield, SA
Assistant Editor
J. L. Sheek, BM1
General News Editor
J. C. Sexton, SN
Feature Editor
A. J. Lersch, SA
Sports Editor
B. W. McDaniel, Jr., BT2
Circulation Manager
J. L. Jones, SA
Ass't Circulation Manager
W. K. McPhersen, SN
Cartoonist
R. J. Ruffner, PI3 and
A. T. Huckaby, SN
Printers
This is the first pubkica-
tion of the LOOKOUT since
June. It is the common aim
of the staff to bring you
a paper that you will enjoy
reading and will want to
send the folks back home.
Any suggestions or critic-
isms will be appreciated.
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A man has so many more temp-
tations than a woman be-
cause he knows where to go
to find them.
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Conceit is a form of
"I" strain. |
the
Chaplain
A couple of years ago
it was my fortune, good or
bad, to have duty at the
much stuccoed, green-grassed,
ornamentally hedged and
beautifully equipped Training
Center, San Diego. Not being
one in the high-priced
bracket of employees, my
duty station aboard was a
little office in Camp Paul
Jones, directly across the
road from number seven fair-
way of the Sail-Ho golf
course.
Around that particular
camp the morale ordinarily
enjoyed a rating of about 3.8.
The people no longer con-
sidered themselves recruits
(how lowly can humanity find
itself and still consider
itself humanity!) no more
threats of :square needles
in the arm"; the haircuts
had healed; and now they
could validly greet the un-
ending parade of raw civilians
marching from Gate One to
the Receiving Unit with the
familiar, but not at all
original salutation, you'll
be sorry; they, dear readers
were by then a salty lot!
After ten days leave these
stalwarts of the sea returned
for a few days of so-called
re-training, and during this
period it was my privilege
to address them, one or two
companies at a time.
Amongst other things like
obedience to regulations,
respect for authority, the
importance of apparently
unimportant jobs (with a few
very obvious examples) the
best BonMot in the way of
advice that I could think of
was that any shiper station
was only as good as the people
in it - this to awake in
each one a sense of personal
responsibility. |
How often have we heard
the remark "She's a great
ship!" That's a compliment
to all the people on that
ship. By their unselfishness,
devotion to duty, cheerful
cooperation in work and play,
they have breathed a
distinctive personality into
the steel plates and wooden
planks of the vessel they
affectionately refer to as
"she".
They don't realize it but
in their proud boasting
about their great ship they
are merely remarking that
they see in that floating
mass of steel a reflection
of their own outstanding
qualities. The HELENA or any
ship we are attached to is
and will be as good as the
individuals therein.
I would say of the HELENA,
"She's a great ship", only
because it is full of a whole
lot of cooperative, hard
working, great guys. Let's
keep her that way!
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