Worden (CG 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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KOBO COTTAGE ORPHANAGE IS LOCATED IN HAYAMA, JAPAN, FIVE MILES WEST OF THE YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE. THE COTTAGE IS HOME FOR FIFTY YOUNG PEOPLE OF AGES 2 TO 18. WORDEN SAILORS SUPPORTED KOBO WITH TIME, ACTIVITIES, CLOTHING, TOYS AND MONEY. THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT, TO RECIPIENT AND DONOR ALIKE, WAS TIME AND FRIENDSHIP. A SHIP'S MOTTO WAS WORDEN SAILORS WATCH OUT FOR KOBO KIDS! MOST INPORT WEEKENDS A WORDENMAN AND A KOBO KID COULD BE SEEN AT THE TOKYO ZOO, OR A MOVIE, OR JUST OUT FOR A WALK. CHAPLAIN RAMMING, SN GRAHM AND MM1 DELANEY IAT RIGHTI ENJOY SOME HORSEPLAY WITH THE BOYS ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE ORPHANAGE. PICTURED ON PAGE 72, MMI DELANEY GETS A TUG FROM A YOUNGfKOBO SWEETHEART. KOBO COTTAGE - JAPAN f wb ml' W-I1 Nyq ...Q THE INDIAN OCEAN CRUISE KEPT WORDEN AWAY FROM HOMEPORT AND THE CHILDREN FOR THREE MONTHS. KOBO, HOWEVER, WAS NOT FAR FROM MIND. WHILE ON CRUISE S180 WAS COLLECTED AND UPON RETURN TO YOKOSUKA DECEMBER 21ST, THE CAPTAIN IAT LEFTI PRESENTED THE CHECK TO MS. ESTHER HASEGAWA AS MRS. BAUMGARDNER AND THE MEN WATCH.

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NEW CABALON PHILIPPINES HELPING HANDS REACHED OUT TO THE NEGRITO SCHOOL AT NEW CABALON, ZAMBALES, PHILIPPINES. THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MINUTES BY CAR OUTSIDE OF OLONGAPO CITY ON THE ROAD TO MANILA. IT IS SITUATED ON A HILL OVERLOOKING THE JUNGLE RESERVATION OF THE NEGRITO TRIBES. THE NEGRITOS WERE THE NATIVE INDIANS OF THE PHILIPPINES. MANY STILL LIVE ON THE RESERVATION AND FOLLOW THE OLD CUSTOMS. FAMILY INCOME IS DERIVED PRIMARILY FROM CUTTING HARDWOOD TREES IN THE JUNGLE, MAKING CHARCOAL AND SELLING IT. THE SCHOOL PROVIDES A PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR FIFTY-FIVE YOUNGSTERS WHO WALK UP TO THREE MILES ONE-WAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE AND HILLS TO GET TO SCHOOL. DURING 1977 PORT VISITS TO SUBIC BAY, WORDEN COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF S300 TO PURCHASE SCHOOL SUPLIES AND FOOD FOR THE LUNCH PROGRAM. THE MEN BUILT CLASSROOM FURNISHINGS AND DONATED MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES. THE SCHOOL'S TEACHER, MISS NETIA ESTELLA IPICTURED BELOWI, LISTS THE NEEDS FOR CHAPLAIN RAMMING. WOHOEN SAILOHS HIKE IPICTURED ON PAGE 73 OOWN TEE HILL INTO THE BUSH AND JUNGLE OF THE I Logglnfjg TEXSVEEHEATION. OEOAOES OF INTENSE THE RESERVMO EFORESTED LARGE PORTIONS OF FOR THE TRIBES N CREATING ECONOMIC OIEFIOLILTIES FROM HCM LIVING ON THE RESERVATION. ES LIKE THE ONE PICTURED AT LEFT NATIVE CHILDREN WA I JUNGLE AND BUSH. LK TO SCHOOL THROUGH THE I1 H

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WORDEN WIVES AND FAMILIES PITCHED IN DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE SHIP TO MAKE DECORATIONS, BAKE COOKIES AND WRAP PRESENTS FOR THE ANNUAL KOBO COTTAGE CHRISTMAS PARTY. ALL OF WHICH DEMONSTRATED THAT WORDEN FAMILIES CARE TOO. PNC CARR FROM THE DEPENDENTS ASSISTANCE TEAM VOLUNTEERED TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS SO THE FESTIVITIES WERE COMPLETE. SANTA, AT LOWER RIGHT, DISTRIBUTES GIFTS AS MISS ESTHER HASEGAWA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE ORPHANAGE, WATCHES. -fr., I L. 76