Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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i T l i T l i , ! 43? H, Q if BEACH P mv, Tiana TE Sbdy days Cul of llqe Slafeg' All work and no Budweiser' makes Jack a dull boy, To supply a well needed relaxa lion To all llengls, a series oT ship's parTies were sponsored on The l8Th, l9Th, and 2OTh oT June, While :the Shi!! was Tied up in TriesTe. u V Throuqh The eTTorTs oT The WelTare and Recreahon Council and The cooperaTion oT The TrusT Exchen 1 n ., e Service a caravan oT TwenTy Trucks and Two busses made The Trip each morning To SisTiana Beach and The Argy ResT ci T , Th ride To The beach was a parTy in iTselT. Through The ciTy and along The sea side, The drive was en er e acked wiTh scenic pleasures and hisTorical monumenTs. lT was a picnic Tor all SALEM shuTTerbugs, p AT The beach The men Tound such TaciliTies as swimming, volleyball, baseball, horseshoe piTching, shuTTleboard a large snack bar and lasT, buT noT leasT, Tree American beer. Each eleyg pany in iTselT was The highpoinT oT our sTay in TriesTe, JusT e shade less Than one Thousand men perTicipaTed in individual and group conTesTs, sTriving To win a myThical divisional TiTle. CompeTiTion was keen in sack races, leap Trog, wheelbarrow races, soTTball Throws, a pig race, and a pie eaTnng conTesT, Baseball games and Tugs-OT-war were also held beTween deparTmenTs. The Tugs-oT-war were perhaps The mosT exciTing evenTs, wiTh The losers being dragged Through a mud hole lvlany oT The crew Tound The beach and The swimming TaciliTies almosT equal To Those oT France. OThers enjoyed lounging on The beach, siTTing on The paTio oT The Snack Bar, Touring The caves in The nearby hills, or lusT plain drinking long TorgoTTen American beer. AT The end oT Three days, The records seT were a ThreaT To The Qlympics in Helsinki. The TiTle wenT To MTKE division, buT success oT The games was an all hands evoluTion. Three hundred and TorTy cases oT beer and one hundred and sevenTy Three cases oT coke cooled nine hundred and sevenTy men. The beauTy oT The park, The Tine TreaTmenT aTTorded by The TrusT Special Services, and The good Time had by all will long be remembered as high poinTs oT our T952 cruise. 4 Hoosie Hofsl MT SaluTe To The parTy N l f s ii ia 4 'ii we If ',:3 0- Qi' ' J il i ' flifqg' fl 5 T' 2253, rf T QW . C . 52914719 ff XX, Thnylrh OH N T ' M ' , F7 1 ' I Tfifekf' A WWW ii ii ' :X my V ii If ,, ' ask tl 3, ...ei ,ily fiom! P00697

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