Shore salt: First Naval District Women's Reserve news monthly

              VOL. 2, No. 6
FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT WOMEN'S
V
JUNE 15, 1944
ESERVE NEWS MONTHLY
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New England is often called "The Nation's Playground" because of its famous
shores and beaches, mountains and lakes.
Even on short leaves and liberties,
WAVES on duty here, from Quonset, R. I.,
to Bar Harbor, Me., can take advantage
of the opportunities. Your Welfare office
has a supply of information.
If you want additional pamphlets on
where to go, and lists, descriptions, and
prices of hotels, famous eating places,
and tours, there are several well organized
agencies standing by to help you out.
Drop them a post card. Central clearing
house is the New England Council, Stat-
ler Office Building, Boston. Each state
has its own agency too: Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Me.; New
Hampshire-State Planning and Development Commission, Concord, N. H.; Vermont Publicity Director, State House,
Montpelier, Vt.: Secretary of State, State
House, Providence, R. I.; and the Massachusetts State Development and Industrial
Commission, Park Square Building, Boston.
Interested in the mountains? For the
famous White Mountains write Mrs Tom
Harris, Eastern Slopes Region, North Conway, N. H., and find out how to climb Mt.
Washington or when to watch a horse
show. For the Green Mountains write
Miss L. M. Tye, Green Mountain Club,
Rutland, Vt., and get a map of their leafy
trails or best picnic spots. Berkshire information you can get by writing the
Berkshire    Hills    Conference,    Pittsfield,
(Continued on page 4)
48 HOURS PLUS SUMMER
Capt. Mildred McAfee, official Navy
Photo taken recently in Washigton, D. C.
WAVES GO TO WORK
ON 5th WAR BOND
DRIVE
By Janice Rogers, SK2c
Six First Naval Distric WAVES may
now be found on duty serving as "vaudeville troupers" and touring the New England states in a four-week June 12 to
July 8, All-Service Revue, put on for the
benefit of the Fifth War Loan Drive.
There will be more than 50 representatives of the men and women of the Army,
Coast Guard, and Marine Corps, as well
as Navy, with guesr stars joining them
along the way. "Direct Hit" will be a
picture of service life in the canteens and
on stations in the form of singing, chorus
and dancing.
The Waves taking part in this extravaganza are: Loraine Crutcher, PhMl/c
from the Navy Yard Dispensary at Portsmouth; Bertha Hawker, HA2/C from
Chelsea Naval Hospital; Doris May Hol-
man, SK3/C N. T. S. (MM) Somerset
Hotel; Lucy Miller, SK3/C, Naval Air Station, Quonset Point; and Vivienne Whorl
Y2/c, N. T. S., Newport, and Priscilla H.
Trent, SK3/C, Boston Frontier Base.
Admission fee is a contribution to a war
bond, so everyone join in and give the
cast, especially our WAVES, applause and
courage by going to see them in "Direct
Hit."
Will Attend New Boston
Barracks Commissioning
By Jane Whitehead, Lt. (jg) USNR
When the flag goes up for the commissioning of the WAVES Barracks,
Charles St., formerly, before induction into the service, the Hotel Lincolnshire, it
will announce not only the arrival of
Captain Mildred McAfee, but also her
first official visit to Boston this summer.
Date for the celebration has yet to be
announced, but "reliable sources" report
that it will be as soon as possible after
the steam tables have been set up and the
badminton birds logged in.
Captain McAfee may not recognize the
Lincolnshire in its new uniform, but, as
all District WAVES know, she is well
acquainted with New England. Her peacetime residence is Wellesley, Mass., and her
civilian profession the presidency of
Wellesley College.
Non-Navy personnel have been' taking
an active interest in the WAVES new Hub
center, too. A long line of Back Bay
citizens. Beacon Hill denizens, and little
boy dozens, have been studying the situation through the portholes, sometimes
even actually penetrating the gangways.
One afternoon a small black dog reported
for duty. Another afternoon two women
tried to present Officer-in-Charge Lieut.
Barbara Ziegler with their torn cat as a
ship's mascot.
Contrary to enemy propaganda, the
WAVES met no opposition when they
boarded the Lincolnshire. They were met
at the door by the management, and instead of umbrella onslaughts and withering word barrages, they were welcomed
with active inter-allied cordiality.
TIME MAGAZINE ANALYSIS
The May fifteenth TIME carries some
interesting figures on the Waves in Washington. Navy Headquarters in Washington states that almost half the uniformed
personnel are now women. By March of
this year, enlisted women outnumbered
enlisted men by more than 2-to-l; in two
departments by 2-to-l. However, male officers still outnumber women officers by
3-to-l And  apparently    one-half    the
billets at the Armed Guard Center in
Brooklyn, N. Y., will soon be filled by
Waves.