Clarence K Bronson (DD 668) - Naval Cruise Book

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Aberdeen, a small fishing village, where we were taken by native junks to the floating res- taurants. Shrimps, lobsters, snails or any fish you could name were available— you could even pick out yom- own dinner from the nets. On returning to the city, we stopped on the mountain above it and looked down at it, shim- mering in the dusk with a background of our ship in the bay and the lights of Kowloon shining dimly. we all remember best. Although our patronage was most willingly volunteered because of the excellent clothing and inexpensive tailoring, we must admit that the custom of drinking beer supplied by the firm while discussing business terms led us all to consult with our outfitters at greater length and with more fre- c[uency than we would have done at home. We left Hong Kong happy in the knowledge that when we returned to Newport we would be the best-dressed paupers in town. Hong Kong had even more to offer us commercially than it did artistically, and we cut quite a financial swath through the city. We bought furniture, laces, cottons, linens, watches, luggage, cameras and jade to such an extent that we had to open up one of the ship ' s magazines for storage space. The city ' s prices were amazingly low, and to give us service deluxe, all the merchants sent their represen- tatives to the ship— the fantail looked like a bazaar. The tailors, however, are the ones that 60

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Cmsin ine Xme 21-22 November, 1953- in which certain members of the Branson, to wit: Pollywogs, were ini- tiated into that august fraternity, to wit: Shellbacks, in accordance with the strict, serene and most dignified ceremonies . . . In the Superior Court OF THE REALM OF NEPTUNE IN AND FOR THE District of Equatorius The people of the Realm of the Deep vs. ALj)|fcTy Si,,j4 Eott M ts[[[( of the U. S. S. C • r ji j QAj sd J SUBPOENA Filed this date f r ' l3S . . Davy Jones, ICIerk Peg Leg, Deputy 62