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About Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1942)
Camp Adair Sentry Sweetheart of The Marines NOTICE EMPLOYEES Corvallis Cantonment ROOM and BOARD 75 per day t Blankets and Linen Furnished ★ ★ Live in Camp — Save Rubber and Gas Han’ dau*ht‘'r of Lt. Col. George Thomas Hall of Marines, spent most of her life near Marine barracks. Unofficial sweetheart of Marines, she’s also a University of Washington graduate cum laude. cause our primary purpose is to furnish men for the Portland ship builders and there all the work al most, is with electricity. “It is a wonderful opportunity,” Mr. Guild concluded, “for ambitious More Than 50 Now men to learn a good trade while putting in a shift at the camp. We In Shipyard Employ make allowances when necessary to sandwich in time, with the shifts at More than 50 welders, trained in 1 ■ V .. . , . , , . . '-amp Camp .nuaii. Adair. We we uun don't v wttiu want LU to take vaive the vocational education welders . . . u........... 'workers away from the camp, but school at Corvallis since its open hope to have them ready for a bet ing January 19, are actually on the ter job when the camp is com job in Portland shipyards now and pleted.” are drawing a minimum of $1.12 an hour. This information was given The Sentry by Valen L. Guild, Work Goes Forward on head welder. Classes are operated Camp Water System by the federal government and are under supervision of J. F. Schenk, A crew is working southeast of superintendent of schools at Cor the camp on the new water sys- vallis. “More than $10,000 worth of ■ tern which will furnish' water for welding equipment has been set the entire camp. The work may be up the Moore hatchery building seen in travelling the Albany-Cor near the high school on North 11th vallis highway where is crosses street,” Mr. Guild informed an the road under the pavement. Water will be pumped from the interviewer. “There are M arc welding machines, each in its own Willamette river, settled and puri booth, and five more are due in an fied, and stored in a reservoir on a expansion program necessary to hill in the camp. Welders’ School Is Turning Out Grads ★ ★ Smith-Hoffman & Wright Hospital Area SEE TIME-KEEPER Don C. Wilson, Agent New York Life Ins. Co. Corvallis—865-M Round-up Dance Saturday Night. May 16. at Round-up Hall at Crawfordsville Music by Jim Lawson and His Lumberjacks of Eugene Popular Prices meet our quota of 300 men by Sep There are several trailers for I tember 1. Three shifts of six hours Mounted Posse Will each are conducted now. caring for sale in the Camp Adair area. Some Attend in Uniforms 15 trainees in each shift. In our are listed in the classified section. Queen's Election. Too! new set-up we will care for 20 men per shift and will operate four 6- hour shifts a day.” The present program begins at 6 o'clock in the pioming apd end, at midnight. There is a similar vocational edu cation set-up now operating in Leb anon Albany an<F Salem, Mr. Guild says. Is The Best Place to Buy Tools The amount of .schooling f sary differs with the individual. ¡ Our stock is from such well known makers as Stanley, Mr. Guild jayt, apd Q>e bouts ngc- L Disston, Atkins. Lufkin. Master. Zenith. Irwin. Eskil- essary run from 135 to 200. When trainees leave .the. school, hete tfceyj stuna. and others. If quality is what you want, the go directly to a welding job in the place to come is Portland shipyards. Two other in structors assist in the training. “Although we have equipment in both gas and electric welding, we 330 West 1st St Albany, Ore. are training men now in only the arc method." Mr. Guild said, "be- A Good Hardware Store WARNER HARDWARE CO
