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TW Feminine Sounding Names Plenty Trouble M. JtORJWSEN tive we'd never seen sent us glftsj Af WrHer I from the West Coast. My brothers If you haven't decided what cap pistols. 1 got a girl's ban- name to bestow on your little boy, present or future, take a tip from a battle-scarred veteran: Don'J saddle him with Francis. Or Gail, or Shirley--or any name which is more commonly applied to the female of the species.

JName him Oscar, or Osirisi or Ludwig, or Carlos. Just lay off the "oh. but 'that's girl's name," you're storing up trouble HtUe one. I've got the experience! to prove it. i On my day of schooj; bear- Ing a paper on which my had'- written my.

name. "Francis," I was the target of snickers and giggles when teacher listed me among the little girls in the primer class. Of course there, was the fight in the school- 'ahd got a bloody nose. Nearjy every it was the teacher but old routine of being'listed among girls and -having explain that "Francis" and "Frances" were, well, quite a bit different. Even at home it wasn't always tasy.

There wag the time a rela- 1M SYCAMORE ST. ky. Fortunately, 1 was able to trade this with ray older sister for her share of the peanut brit- tie. Before entering college, I refused someone's suggestion that I adopt the name "Frank." And I paid for that youthful error. In my first week as a freshmen, I got the were invitations to sorority teas.

1 was urged to try out for the women's choir and eVen was assigned to the women's choir and even was assigned to the women's physical 'education class. During the war, while in correspondence the Navy, I received glowing literature on the advantages of joining the Waves. Had to pass that one up, Right then, I decided to use my initials. And I've stuck by it. It works except when the government, or department stores, gr utilities require the filll n-a e.

Then it's the same- old thing. But once, waiting in a crowded room to take a driver's test, a stocky man looked at the paper in his hand and bawled out: I broke in fast: "Here." "Glad to know you," he said. "I've got the same namt. So's my boy." "And you call him that?" I asked. "Naw.

We call him. Frank. I named my son John. I know when I'm licked. PAY fm MfN INfOHMtQ Of INDIVIDUAL "Operation Pay," a system to the mea informed at all if tJbeir individual pay Has initiated for aome 2.WO per- onnel, Fort Dix, J.

According to article in, the RMY the 2,000 will be under the Military 'ay Voucher system. This new ystem, presents each man, each month, a complete account of his wy status and was first tried last bv the same units taking part in Evaluation tf the" summer test showed that with minor changes, was worth trying in actual; operation. The new test will run or at least Until the bugs lave been ironed out. Basically; tht plan will work like this: Two orms. are involved.

One, made up the personnel section, is a complete record of an individual's pay tatus. It forms a basis for pay and provides a record of what has een paid. Several copies are made, one of which goes to the Individual so that he knows how much is due, 13 REDS TURNED DOWN FOR PASSPORTS IN 1955 NEW YORK, Dfc. 17 New York Tribune gays only 33 persons out of 478,059 applicants for passports have been turned down on ground of Communist affiliations during tht flrit 10 months bM955. In a Washington dispatch byllned by James Warner, the newspa per said the figures were disclosed yesterday by Scott McLeod, State Department administrator of secu rlty and consular affairs.

the total number of applications from Jan. to Oct. the story said, of were iio' granted for technical reasons sufficient data of failure to pro vide the required Of the 40: remaining a McLeod quoted as saying, only 13 were re fused for Communist reasons. For Cfefmas Write Your in Gold personalized MY HOBBY BOX MAKE'S CORNER DRUG STORE Dial RE 3-8171 Sycamore at Bank 250-Car Parking Lot 100 Yards From OUT Complete your list with this practical Pol I I A an inrcttmtof in protection for the and ahead. $3.95 to $6.95 Acdtrding To Size THE DOLLAR DEPT.

STORE 119 N. SYCAMORE STREET TAKING ON HALF A HELICOPTER-A that can bt dismantled is tested the Air Force a means of quickly briniiof to combat areas. It'i the Piasecki H-21 tandem-rotor helicopter, which 20 men. The craft would be dismantled, flown to the land base nearest the combat area, and then reassembled. It would then fly the to out-of- the-way The forward half of the H-21 it bowt above beinf loaded onto a C-124 Globe- master at Sewart Air Force Base, Tenn.

It the flrtt iarft helicopter to be portable. what is being deducted, and why if is being deducted. The second form is a request for pay action form. Using-this form, ah individual can" ask 'for advance pay, partial pay, and various other pay actions. This form is to be approved by the unit commander, thua restoring to him some 'of the authority previously exercised by finance officers or higher commanders.

At Fort Benjainln Harrison, the Army Finance Center, a 'spe- cial test.unit has been set up to handle the special records involved in the Safeguards have been set up to establish procedures for men transferred out of the test units who will go into units using the old system. NEW CLASSES JANUARY 3 You can -begin January 3 in Day School or January 9 in Night School; to qualify for an office positioa You can complete Stenographic Course in 16 less time if you've had pre: commercial training. Let shorthand and typing become the "tools" -'with which you build your future security and enjoy a pleasant office position. Phone, visit our office, or mail the today for our latesUwlletin. There no obligation.

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