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

              VOL. 2, No. 7
FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT WOMEN'S RESERVE NEWS MONTHLY
JUNE 15, 1944
Sunburns and Sore
Muscles With a Smile
Dorothy  Fontaine,  Lieut,   (jg)
Where would you rather be than New
England in the summertime? From Bar
Harbor, Maine, to Newport, R. I., the
WAVES are swimming on the famous
Yankee beaches, riding horseback, playing golf and tennis, spending liberty and
leave out-of-doors, a survey of F.N.D.
Recreational  Activities  shows.
At Bar Harbor, the C. O. has given Base
personnel permission to sail his 50 foot
cutter, providing some experienced person
accompanies each trip. WAVE Officers
play tennis on the courts of the Bar Harbor Club, and golf within walking distance
of the Base at the Kebo Valley Golf Club,
There is mountain climbing in Acadia
National Park, and bicycling to such spots
as Thunder Hole, Anemone Cave and the
Shore Path.
Moreover, there is ice-swimming in the
cold waters at the public beach next to
the Base. Since Mount Desert Island is
one of the most scenic spots in Maine,
there is ample opportunity for rest and
relaxation in biking and touring the island.
RIDING   WAVES
The WAVES at the Recruiting Station
in Portland are organizing a riding club.
WAVES are using the new USO which is
described as "magnificent"; and the Falmouth Hotel in town has a State of Maine
room which keeps coffee brewing evenings
in line with good Navy custom.
WAVE  and  male  officers at  the base
have formed rowing crews of four each, in
charge   of   Boatswain   Clayton.   Enlisted
girls row at Deering's Oaks Park.
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Four "Second Anniversary" Visits
Paid By Captain Mildred McAfee
"Isn't this a nautical company!" Captain Mildred McAfee, Women's Reserve Director,
exclaimed when she visited the new WAVES' Barracks, Boston, just shortly before the
WAVES all-important Second Anniversary birthday celebration. And her sentiments
were the same for Quonset, Davisville, and Newport, which she toured the preceding
week.
"D" DAY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY BOSTON ONOP AS
THIS WAS THE DAY OF THE "INVASION LETTER". THROUGH THE
DIN OF FOURTEEN TYPEWRITERS,
THE RADIO BROADCAST FROM
NORMANDY, AND THE BACK AND
FORTH OF ELEVATED TRAINS,
EIGHT-FIVE HUNDRED "INVASION"
LETTERS WERE ADDRESSED AND
SENT OUT TO PROSPECTIVE WAVE
APPLICANTS.
"DIRECT HIT" SELLS
$35,000,000 IN BONDS
By Mary Ann McClintock, Lieut, (jg)
Thirty five million dollars worth is the
great and grand total of war bonds sold
by "Direct Hit"—the service show that
toured New England with five WAVES as
star entertainers.
This musical show, written and produced
by the Army, covered* approximately 28
cities in New England in about three
weeks; and worked a good 16 hours a day,
according to Lt. (jg) Leona Cloutier, who
was in charge of all women in the show,
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"I wish I could be with you in the First
Naval District on July 30th, but I have to
be in Washington. We're having a parade.
—or at least that was the plan when I
left Washington. It ought to be quite a
sight; there are 13,000 WAVES stationed
in Washington, you know."
"A year ago I spoke at WAVES Night
at the Esplanade Concert, and there was
just a little cluster of WAVES gathered
together in the center of the audience.
What impresses me about Boston and the
First Naval District is the way the number of WAVES and their activities have
grown here too. In the second twelve
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