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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1943)
Not Quite So Monotonous By DICK MURWAY Cartwright settled back in the overstuffed chair, relit his pipe and smiled. “I, too, have a story,” he said. “You want a story with every thing-—a Christmas tree in front of the fireplace, gifts tied with wide red ribbon, snow on the roof, the moon hanging in the clear night like a great candle, everything . . .” He paused and modestly blew eleven perfect smoke rings. "It was Christmas eve on the Ki viera. The sand of the beach was white like the snow of my native Cascades. I stood looking out to the sea- the purple eye ball, as Jeffers called it. Sudden ly, I saw something' white com ing out of the surf toward me. It stopped about 20 paces from me. When my eyes focused, they were almost blinded by the dazzling beauty of the girl who stood there. "She was Hedy Lamarr and B-tty Grable skillfully blended into one by the men who know tobacco best. She was dressed, in a nair of sheer nylons. Her hair Lowed in the sea breeze, the ends clipping into the purple moonlight r>”.“r the edge of the world. " 'Hello, soldier,’ she said, and In voice sounded like a juke box with a Duke Ellington record playing. ■Yeah.’ I replied, trying to be nonchalant. I was drooling like i .vere-wolf, but I'm not a were VVi If. ’’ What time is it, please?' Again the voice. This time Artie Shaw's old band and ‘Begin the E guine.' 'Eleven forty-five,’ I told her, gl id that my wristwateh had a luminous dial. 'I must leave at midnight.’ 'Leave! I thought you girls had late permission tonight.' Some of them may,’ she pa rod, ‘but I’m different.’ T can see that.’ Do you want to dance .” Imagine! she asked me! I took In- ■ in my arms and started to '.oice. An invisible orchestra (>■’ yed Spioke Gets in Your 1 , os.’ 1 was li dding her as close as I could without making' her think I did my dancing at the Holland. I damned myselt- for having my G.I. shoes on. “ 'Having a good time, sol dier?’ she asked. “I looked at her close then, but she hadn’t turned into a USO hostess. ‘Who are you anyway?’ I wondered. ‘You’re not engaged are you?’ “ ‘No, I'm not engaged,’ she winked. "I had to bo sure. She didn’t have any sweater to hang a ljfat pin on. ‘You’re not a new vocal ist for Owen Bailey’s band?’ She shook her head. What a gal! She hadn’t even asked me for my liquor card yet. I wondered if she would fit into a barracks bag when I shipped. “ ‘In thr.ee minutes I go,’ she announced. “'What do you mean?’ “ ‘I appear for 15 minutes eacli Christmas eve. In my own small way I try to give the boys some thing to fight for.’ “ 'Oh, but how about a week's holdover by popular demand.' I pleaded. “ ‘Sorry. Think of all the boys at Camp Adair.' “ 'I’d sooner think of you.’ “ ‘Two minutes,’ she said. “r pulled her closer. I wasn’t going to let her get away. We danced like Bury riding a South ern Pacific streamlif-.; The world was a crystal sphere whirling in spaceless time. The moon was laughing'. “ ‘One minute,’ silo declared, like a proctor ending a three hour calculus test in an hour. " 'Oh, no,' I cried. ’Be my ASTI) Sports In Limelight By DAVID PIERCE Last week was a sports week end for hundreds of book-worm ASTU men who battled valiantly on the Igloo’s basketball courts. Twenty-five cage squads from companies A, B, C, and D par ticipated in the basketball tour ney which is not yet completed. Right after the physical in spection Saturday, 20 of the 25 teams swung into action. There was basketball “all over the place.’’ There were three games blazing away for three hours in the ASTU grand basketball tour nament. In some games the bas ketball was of the spirited but “unsmooth” variety, but in most cases there was a surprising dis play of excellent ball handling and flashy sharpshooting. “Honest” John Warren, who coached the ASTU Brainbusters football squad, had his eyes out for talent among the section's teams. No doubt “Honest John” beamed at the acey left-handing of Bob Worth, glowed not a little at the work of a eager by the name of “Sully” and was pleased no end to see ivory tickler “Sut" Sutton sink long shots with the same ease as old “Sut” grinds out the boogie woogie beat in the ASTU band. At this time the contest has narrowed down to three contest ants. <11-1-1 the Rhu La C boys) whipped A-l-1 after a hard battle to win a place in the finals. B-l-1 and C-5-1 will clash tonight to decide who will go against the stellar ROTC five. Christmas present. Be under the tree in the day room in the morn ing. Be my valentine. Be any thing, but be . . .’ "Apparently my speech train ing had been of no avail. She dis solved, quite simply dissolved in my arms. All that remained of her full, beautiful form was a straight, unattractive broom. “Oh. well, had to have some thing to sweep out the room with in the morning. . . A new ehsctric pottery kiln, the only one of its kind in Iowa, has recently been installed at Iowa State Teachers college. Have a Coca-Cola = d’Que Tal? (WHAT’S UP?) ) iv a kb :n , ,, in Panama as in Pittsburgh o iQue :is the friendly !' /•..•/’» up? of tl»c citizen of Panama. Equally . i eh; 11.:: j .1 "Co!: S' of (lie American soldier. Around the i world dik.i t ola stands for the pause that rejresbvs,—lias become p the li.'^h-sign of lriendl)-minded folks. 1 UOTREO UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COtA COMPANY BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF EUGENE i It’s natural for popular name* to acquire friendly abbrc' : i tions. 1 hat’s why you l.cac Coca-Cola called “Coke”. 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