Camp Adair Sentry
Sweetheart of
The Marines
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EMPLOYEES
Corvallis Cantonment
ROOM and BOARD
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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
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the vocational education welders
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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
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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
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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.
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The amount of .schooling
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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.
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both gas and electric welding, we
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