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Volume II.
HOUSTON TO VISIT SEWARD
During the period July 25- 27 the
Houston is ' cheduled to visit Seward,
Alaska. Seward , which is located on
the south east corner oJ: the KenaI
Peninsula, has a population of only
a few hundred people. It is important
chiefly because it is the port for the
Government- owned Alaskan Railroad
\ ' hich connects the coast with inland
Ala ' ka.
The town itself is rather small to
absolb liberty parties; but, fishing,
hiking, and boating should offer ample
I creation. Resurrection River behind
eward affords fair trout fishing
( Dolly Varden trout)., i. e., fair fishing
in Alaska ' would be " good" in the States.
Salmon may be trolled for with
fair success in Ressurrection Bay and
along the shoreline of the U. S. Naval
Resel vation, this is subject to conformation
after arrival.
The KenaI Penninsular i famous
for its glaciers and it is believed that
some of these may be reached by
hiking parties.
Last summer the Wright arranged
for a special train which took a large
liberty party to Anchorage, a much
larger town about one hundred miles
up the river. The cost of the trip perman
was nominal, and including a
mid- day meal at Anchorage. The
ship's base ball team played the Anchorage
team ' in the afternoon. The
officer. an · 1 men who made this trip
reported a grand time, with a scenically
interesting trip on the train. It
is planned to make similar arrangements
during the Houston's vi it.
Cordova, Alaska, July 20, 1935
THE WHITE " E"
It is believ there have been very
few ships, first line, in the U. S. Navy
which have equaled the record just recently
completed by the Houston in
winning . the Engineering " E". During
he past four years this vessel has
been a\' arded every " E" possible for
aves. el in her class. The following are
the diffcrent" E" ' s, GUNNERY, ENGINEERING,
COMMUNICATION,
TuRRETS 1' 0. 1, 2, and 3, AA guns
- o. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the Torpedo tubes
and all four seaplanes. Whether or
not another ship has held as many
" E" '., the Houston and her crew can
fe 1 they have been doing their
bit in carrying out the. ideals of the
service and we must not rest on these
laurels but go on to greater achievements,
and many more " E" ' so
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.. ' IGHTING BOB" EVANS
One Sun, lay not long after the battle
of Santiago, Admiral R. Evans
was strolling down Broadway. As it
was yet some time before service he
entered Grace Church and seated him-elf
in a pew to rest. Before long a
' ell dressed man came in and seated
him elf in the ame pew. The man became
rc., tles - and . looked at Evans
with manife t ' anno ' ance. At length
he took a card, wrote upon it and re
ques efl the ~ lier t~ deliver it to the
man at the end of the pew. The card
beal ing the name of one of T ew York's
four hundred, cal'lied this information,
" 1 pay $ 100 for the exclusive
u ' e of thi pew". The word exclusive
as 1d rlined. " Fjghtingo Bob" drew
o It hi own card and sent back with
this reply, " You pay too damn
much". - Ex
Number XXVIII
THE NEW ATHLETIC YEAR.
July 1st heralded the beginning of
a new athletic year which means a
clean slate for all ships, including the
good ship HOUSTON, and now that
we have as permanent a crew as our
sister ships we should take full advantage
and boost the ship right to the
top in the General Excellence Trophy
race. As some of you have noticed in
recent editions of Naval puglications
the Houston scored 60.0 points' out of
a possible 760, whereas the Salt Lake
City, the winner of the General Excellance
trophy, scored 489.5 out of the
same possible points, which goes to
prove that there is always a way to
be up there despite ships movements,
etc.
With the neclues of a strong Basket
baH squad still with us, a baseball
team that has finally found its stride,
a wrestling squad in the making, several
members of last years mit artists
working out regularly, the pistol
and rifle team working out, lots of
fine materieal for rowing, and plenty
of time to become fully conditioned
before the official competition begins,
it looks like the Houston will follow
in the footsteps of her snappy engineers
and make a name in athletics during
the coming year.
There will be many obstacles and
dissappointments to overcome but
they will seem trivial if the objective
is obtained, so lets start off with a
vill to lead the fleet.
We have the materieal and can
come through with flying colors and
the iron man as well. |
