Chipola (AO 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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FATHER HOFSTEE RECEIVES TOYS FOR DISTRIBUTION AT THE TALA LEPROSARIUM THE KRAUSS MEMORIAL FUND Last October while CHIPOLA was at sea as Part of the recovery force for GEMINI V we had the unfortunate occasion to lose William G Krauss Boatswain Mate second class one of our most esteemed shipmates The Krauss Memorial Fund was created by the crew of CHIPLA in memory of Krauss The money from the fund has been offered to assist a two and one half year old Filipino child who is suffering from a heart defect Through contact with Father Antony Hofstee American Dominican Priest who has given his life to the care of lepers in the Philippines CHIPOLA came to know Reynaldo Cajucom Reynaldo was born 2 November 1962 in the leprosarium at Tala on the island of Luzon Due to a severe heart condition he was placed in Our Lady of the Star Nursery where he can be cared for by Father Hofstee and his team of nurses The crew has con and seriousness of Reynaldo s heart defect a suspected hole in the ventricle The money donated by the fund will continue to be used to defray surgical expences with hope that a cure can be found so that Reynalde might grow to live a normal life The money will be later used to assist in his childhood needs and education Without this assistance lf is feared that Reynaldo may not live past the age of eleven ' D , . . . l . , an , . tributed generously enough for laboratory tests to begin to determine the nature . , . . , .

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SFI! The distribution of food, clothing, medical and educational supplies to people of friendly foreign coun- tries by pacific Fleet ships through project Handclasp has served to successfully promote international under- standing and win friends for the United States throughout the world. I-Iandclasp-type materials, collected by charit- able groups in the United States, are delivered under this program to needy persons by U. S. Naval ships deploy- ing from the United States to forward areas. Used clothing weighing a total of three hundred pounds was collected by the Maryknoll Sisters of Honolulu and Ford Island Wives Club and consigned to the USS CI-IIPOLA QAO 635 for delivery to the Mary- noll Refugee Center in Hong Kong. CHIPOLA carried this clothing from her departure from Pearl Harbor in December, until final delivery was made on her April call in Hong Hong. CHIPOLA crew members loaded one of the ship's boats and, accompanied by Father M. W. Krumpelmann, MM, the catholic chaplain from Fenwick pier in Hong Kong, carried the used clothing to Kowloon, where it was taken from the boat and placed into waiting trucks. The clothing was immediately taken to the Mission Center and cartons opened. Within a few minutes, people had gathered to collect the clothing for their families. The quick distribution of this used clothing points out the urgent need for more effort along these lines. It was a pleasure for CHIPOLA to have been a part of this people to people program. She continues to look forward to future participation and solicits assistance from any charitable group that would like to work toward that end.

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