Isle Royale (AD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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CPO ' s cheerful ? Patient ? Observant ? Front row : Benson. Kelly, Cook. Fleming. Otterson. Cowart. Mangold, Whitehead, Villamil, Sanders and Brown. Second row : Rusheed, Close, Seitz, Pevehouse, Hooker, Reid. Clabaugh. Cooper, Ferrell, (iuida. Smith and Rhoades. Thrid row : Nugent, Crevar, Tucker, and Barker. Back row : Lynch. Feddock. Kemp. Edles, Foden, Pate, Kain, Bancroft, Harrison, Pippin, Evergin, Pratt. Ziemke and Bouchard. rful ? Observant ? The Chid Petty Officers Quarters, that source from which all things good (and had) flow, is home for an average onboard count of 45 chiefs, and the WESTPAC Cruise of [965 saw many improvements and moder- nization made in the quarters. New lounge furniture, wall paneling, and teakwood shut- ters over the ports constituted the major changes in habitability improvement. Donning the hard hat is the goal looked forward to by every career minded enlisted man, but he who attains that goal while on a Westpac Cruise is doubly-blessed ; for he can almost make his clothing allowance stretch by being able to purchase his uniforms in the Far East. Among the happier Chiefs this cruise are EVERGIN, James F., Jr., TMCA ; FEDDOCK, Lawrence, MMCA ; PATE, Theron O., MMCA; and PIPPIN, Kenneth R., GMTCA. The guiding hand of the CPO Quarters has been the illustrious Mess President, William D. Dusty RHOADES, DCCM. E ]uallv adept at using gentle persuasion or driving force. Master Chief RHOADES has been directly responsible for the majority i Patient ? 1 f Z! ' 1 « ' v-3 ' JQp -m l j dlH of improvements in the quarters. And he sees to it that Chief Petty Officers learn a little couth during their stay on ISLE ROYALE. The financial wizard of the CPO Mess Statement for the entire cruise has been John CLABAUGH, PNC. Taking the job of Mess Treasurer and allowing himsell to be re-elected month after month has al- lowed Chief CLABAUGH to prove that you can do a thankless job and still retain a sunny disposition ; and he did his job with the utmost efficiency. The position of Mess Caterer has rotated among many Chiefs, all of whom have performed creditably. The Chiefs disproved M that all CPO ' s are fat and slow, by taking second place in the ISLE ROYALE Bowling League in Subic Bay, by having a CPO on the first string basketball team that won the Seventh Fleet Tournament in Yokosuka, and by field- ing a Softball team that conquered all chal- lengers from outside ISLE ROYALE. All in all, the Chief Petty Officers of the ISLE ROYALE earned the ' respect of all hands during the 1965-66 WESTPAC Cruise.