"A.B.S.E.N.T.", Vol. VII No. 2

              DOCUMENT DEPARTMENT-~~, . .,,1r.p_. l'."t,...,._,_
. PUB LIO LIBRA RY 2 4 1945
SOUTH BEND .
- - And-' '1-t is ·ordained:
~he Schooner Song - THE Ex NEW. S -TIMES M-e-wsS-Thaiml es beD rtihnek ingo fHfi •c ia• "l
- Vol. VII. Schooner Song Number, June 15, l945, Chicago, Illinois ,U.S.A. No. 2 -
THE SCHOONER SONG, the News-Times Drinking Hymn
Oh, see those schooners go a·sailing by Oh, gather 'round and help us put away another load
Across that foam flecked shining bar; Before our kineys are all gone.
Just put your foot right on that brass rail thar We'll put old Andy Volstead 'neath the sod-
And lift a gleaming stein on high. Yes, by God-'neath the sod. 'Neath the sod.
Typical of the q;ood fellowship that last~d throughout Jackson,novf of the Chi Tribune .Nam~ of chap at
the d~ys, and niGhts, of The News-Times were the nany left,standing,escapes us but he was from the
i rnpro~p tu gatherings at which ''The Schooner Songtt was circulation ae2t.Next,Kirk Ee.rnshaw1 Her-Ex;Bob.f
heard again, and again. Johnny Woodworth,N-T PhotoE;, Hoenig of the Nayy;and Jay Walz Wasn Bureau o
recorded one of those familiar scenes for posteri:ti'. N.Y.Times.At left, seated Geo.A.~cheuer,Ex N-T;
At extreme top, and leading the song,is i\ichard(Ch1.ck) Mrs.Earnshaw a.nd Mrs. Woodworth. (N-T Photo.)
HUSTON'S SON DIES Francis T. Ahearn Puts Christmas Decorations
BRYN MAWR,Pa.,Ma.rch 2-( AB) f k
ri:i the ~ervic~ or his ?0 untr:1 Away· Finds Notes rom Millis to City Des Killed in act1on.Locat1on and I
date undisclosed. Lt. (j.g.) By Francis T. Ahearn
Janes McCready Huston, Jr., age HARTFORD! Con:i•, March 1-AB-If the sole purpose of your last issue of the
21 a carrier-based airplane most tra1tor1ously re-named ABSENT was to get a rise out of the 1Jiearns
pi iot Born in South Bend '2~ , you may rest 0~ your oars. • • we'r~ here. There were any number of
• ' things to intrigue us. . ·----------~---------
- McC~ ~ady and Daryl Huston , First of all there was a note · ~~tc to be good for. a column some
819 i.ionte;omery Ave., Bryn Mawr from Mike Keyes.Now way back when " <:fay.For instance ••• the
---***___ ? FTA first joined th~ News-Times mongrel dog that made
ANYBODY HEARD FROM Coor. MilCe Keyes was part of a glamorofl.s the mistake of walking
If any of the South end tradition alreaay and he liad pre- into the office. Bill
. bureau members hav~ hea~~Er~om ceded me only by a year or two.But pi7ked up. the ~og and
Lt.Har9ld Cook7 since av Bill Voor was forever talking of climbed with him up a
we would appreciate wo~d here what bacchanalian riots he took a ladder to drop him
so we can t:~; .. ~~-res • art in when he roomed with Mike, ~ough the tl"ansom
fTr!A.T OF BOB HOENIG? . ~obo Corcoran and others in a boa- into Harry Elmore's
Still looking for further
information on return of Bob
Hoenig from New Guinea.
rding house known as The Stables. darkroom.1"1hat wasn't
Se~ms the princiEal architectural discoyered ~ntil ~rry
feature of that Joint was a mantel came in next morm.ng
festooned with liquor bottles Bill wa(a that ~e ~ound liad
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