NOTES BY THE WAY

Rangiora Gunner, Volume 1, Issue 2, 20 October 1942, Page 3

NOTES BY THE WAY

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,v.?| Who’s the Gunner who needed assistance from four.mates and'a taxi- ..; " .'■< driver •to put him to bed on. a recent Saturday night? Ask the fellow with J’, 'Jijthe black eye I ■ . . >* .... -•£><, -■■■■■ -• .... ■ .? JteJ' Come on Gunner H. give out and- tell’ J the awfpl /.truth abo.ut.-.your forehead, lould it have happened at.-■ the though? W'e-. wonder-, , \ - P GG- v;. <*;. 7 ,h/‘sGGG G.. >. .■ ; ' ’• ■ *•. ■ a? -■ --0 1 . YjJ- ■ ■ :■ • ... ■ e -'. J . • - ' •.-.'l ‘7 <’ r -T • .. ■ •■■ • • / ihp; Congratulations -to '■popular. 'VS now” -.of the'. -Officers Mess--.'on-recent Wedding Bens. . ■'■’G-\............ ;> < ' <- ~ A certain Gunner was- ; caught making.-petty, excuses to.lthe. girl of his ...dreams on' the Y.M.CI'A.; telephone* What .about it> -fellow? "rj ' t •' ■ "* ‘ ♦i • • I♦ r . G . z ’ ' »' • * * v v p: .Then there were the two lane e-bombadie rs, both of whom .had -taken-.-a cerStain. lassie home after a local dance (at different times, -of course) .When,/, g G'they phoned the. young lady recently they thought they had /used the wrong •number. She didn’t know either of them..- so .she said I ' ■ J lit; • ........... ■//•■ — .... •• . ; . v . ' ■ S ' ' ' . • .A- ... .... ’ ■ , .... ■'/ •’ j ’.. , • 1 ‘ ' S, Who uses the Y.M.C.A. telephone most frequently? Is it Sergeant-Major '■ M. --—, by any chance? ; . ' ' . ~ ; ; . 'li? ... ■ .... i - ’ " - ♦.••••••♦. • .?. - ... -, rV? .. ■- ■■ ■ ■ ?. . ■ ■. , ■ ■. -. :■ .- • o' ■’ ' ■- ‘ J. ' J.- ’ ' ' ' Wi-th the' warm summer sunshine- now .appear i more frequently the '”rage'”', « for shorts has taken Rang!ora Camp by storm* The landscape, is dotted with .. L -sundry legs'' - thin legs, fat legs, crooked legs-,;-tanned legs., ’- fungUb-\ •- legs - in fact legs of all shapes and size% *~.. There are still a few ■ conservatives who have not yet adopted ■ the.-..current fashion, • and who apparently .prefer to ”stew” in . full 'dress, • ; ? o i. -.-- .■ ■■ - ■. ■ '*■' ' - - • 1 ' ■' ' " . .’r •’ ' ♦ • •' •, , ■ . . ' 3.V ‘Who’s an authority oh diesel-- engines*?' 3 Ask Jack .- — • Who 'discussed their merits : nd-' demerits for a solid hour on the leave train one fine Saturday? Yes Jack; And - ship’s refrigerators. A highly technical subject, v ' • *••*••«•*•• • - - •..., . - '/(A Y- ' Extract from a disgruntled Gunner’s letter- pas Aed,- on 'to '.us, by the. cen-." jiSor:- "Dear Pa, - If you want me to come back to the farm, when the Army -. says it don’t need me any more - here’s.what you’d better do. Buy two of . "the meanes t : ho.rses you can find. Name one of them ’Bombadier’ and the other - ’Sergeant’. I’ll be glad to spend the rest ’of my days just telling ’em why I /made a mistake when I didn’t join the Navy instead of falling for this Artillery stuff. - Bert Higgs.’’ ~.g< ’ 000000 . . ... •" . No matter what may be your duty in this war effort, do' it with the true spirit'of serf ice-- always putting your heart' into your work that- you may do it with interest and with a lofty purpose. ;We are all cogs that must ; mesh properly-. One defective cog will jam the works. . .