Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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7'e 4 2 A ? REWARD FOR ENDURING LONG CHOW LINE, A HEAPING TRAY. I 5 2 X 5 S'2 Front Row: C.L. Bremer, LE. Murphy. Second Row: D.G. Davis, J.J. Andrien, G.A. Lemoine. The Horn of Plenty --and the Bozftomless Pill MESS COOKS pounce on spilled food, keep tables spotless.

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S-3 Front Row: C.K. Passmore, D.G. Aston, E.R. Hatten, W.H. Epperson, J.E. Pearson, R.A. Young, B. Ratzky, A. Arriaga. Second Row: C.R. Thames, O.N. Chlouber, P.T. Armbruster, R.W. Mauch, R.M. Rice, H.P. Traylor, j.A. Doan, R.N. Olson. They Get It For You Wholesale A OPERATED 24 hours a day, Laundry :handles 50,000 pounds of rough dry per Week, uses 350 pounds of soap powder, 200 pounds of soap builder, 100 pounds of soda ash, 50 pounds of starch. ' LTJG J.S. PETERSON The Q' ID6I'Cl'111ltS,, of S-3 Division are in business solely to provide the officers and men of the LEX with Hall the comforts of home at little or no cost. With facilities that are the envy Of smaller vessels, S-3's barbers, tailors, cobblers, and laundrymen offer gr21'fiS service to the entire crew, three ship,S stores sell everything from toothpaste to slide-projectors at wholesale priCSS, the small profit obtained returning YO the patrons via the the Welfare Hlld recreation fund, and the fountain, Of M gedunk H as it is popularly known, iS invariably assailed by a long line of svveet-toothed customers eager to supple' ment their diet with milkshakes, C21UClYv nuts, cookies, fruit juice, and the like.

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PASSING THE BUCK Spending approximately if 350,000 of the government's money monthly is the pleasant task assigned to the Disbursing Clerks of S-4 Division. The one annoying hitch, however, is that they must account for every cent they handle, a tedious job that involves a vast amount of paperwork. Aside from maintaining the pay record of each of the 3000 men aboard, computing his pay twice a month, and paying him the amount due on regular paydays, the division is also accountable for processing allotment checks, leave rations, longevity, and many other factors affecting pay and allowances, in- cluding receipt and payment of travel claims, Air Group per diem, and so forth. Additionally, Dis- bursingi is responsible for collections from all shipis service activities and holds exchange lines for foreign currency. Y ENS D.R. RUSCH S-4 Front Row: R. C. Hellestrae, 1. W. Long, B. J. Roland, L. E. Mettler C S Harrell Second Row I L Michalak H D Moret WQJ. Paskie 11, W.iH. Han, B. Gerber, F. Vasquez, Mc. Lambinicio. WMJMWIWMWWAWU WWA? glaw