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OREGON ''■p' Trust your causa. Whatever is at tempted is never well done unless the doer breathes himself into his deed. - S. Parkes Cadmah. Camp Adair Sentry Mounting Guard in and Around Camp Adair, Oregon Vol. 1, No. 6. Johnson Tells Of Office Work Camp Adair, Oregon, May 28, 1942. Months on Alaska Job Dance Profits Said Adequate More Students Wanted In U. S. Welding School ' 'PR*ov 12 A 9 weekly K'4’2----- journal devoted to the Willamette Val ley's share in Uncle Sam'a great war effort. $1.50 a Year by Mail 40c Is Now Fare On Salem Buses Jack Klingbeil of Parkdale, Ore., For the first time since the class is a carpenter on the job here. Hr . started, vacancies now ekiat in the has a family at Parkdale, though i welding class of the vocational his children are now al) married. I . school at Corvallis. Each class , He goes home frequently on vveek- meets 6 hours per day, 6 days per Coordinator Makes Proposition Is Worked Conduct of Engineer j ends. week. There are three classes each Mr. Klingbeil spent 10 months Contacts in Various day. If sufficient number of men Out With Wood-Hart Party Is Satisfactory recently in Alaska, where he I desire this training a fourth class Lines in Camp Area Co. Now In Service | To All Concerned worked at his trade on new army I will be started. and navy works. He was seven I Those that are interested in tak H. C. (Sven) Johnson, coordina months at Ft. Richardson, Ankor- i More than 300 couples of merry- ing this free training should contact Low-cost transportation between tor, reported some of the activities age, and three months at Ft. Ray- makers, members and friend« of the United States employment serv Salem and Camp Adair for the ac of his office to the Four-County mono, nrond, Seward. Defenses^ being the Arniy Engineers at Camp ice, 357 Jefferson street in Cor commodation of cantonment work Cantonment council in monthly i built in Alaska are going forward Ajajr , attended the Engineers’ vallis or the United States employ ers was inaugurated Wednesday meeting Monday night at the Hotel >n good shape, Mr. Klingbeil re‘ dance last Saturday night in the ment service office at the canton morning. It was announced Mon Corvallis. This was the second ports, day night by officers of the Salem 1 Memorial Union ball room on the ment. monthly meeting of the council--------------------------- Oregon State college campus. The demand is so great for weld ' chamber of commerce, which has Z* M, Da||as A|J0 0|) Ljs) Doors were not opened to the ers that nine local men were called been carrying on a campaign to public, but attendance was gov- to the shipyards today, none of bring this about. Work on the Independence »..,,. «/» — — ' erned by the sale of tickets at the which had completed their train- Books of 30 tickets, each provid Granger road, that to the east of camp and by individuals in the ing at the school, the employment ing a 20-cent one way ride, were the eamp, was reported going for engineer group. office reports. ■ on sale. These provide transporta- ward. Heavy construction is being “Or.e of the finest dances I have | lion on the Wood-Hart buses, whose carried on from the east gate south School Equipment Is attended this year,” was the com Salem terminus is at the Grey to the junction with the Albany- ment of many who attended. The hound station in the Senator hotel Driven by Its Owners Corvallis highway at Granger, Mr. music was satisfactory, according building. The first buses under the Johnson reported, and maintenance Dallas bus service to and from to those attending and the great, new arrangement left the terminus of the road north to Independence Camp Adair, with a 40-cent fare, ball room in the fine college Me at 6:40 a. in. on Wednesday. In has been taken over by the state began Monday of this week, an morial Union building was a place formation as to the purchase of highway commission. This will cost nounced Lief S. Finseth, mayor fitted to such an occasion. ticket books may be obtained by Civilians Hired to approximately »20,000 a year, which The dance was originated as a of Dallas. The busses used are telephoning the chamber of com will be saved to the counties of Man Jobs in Office those formerly used to haul school benefit for athletic equipment for merce, 5738, Salem. Benton and Polk, Mr. Johnson said. children, are operated by individ the engineer athletes at the camp An influx of cantonment worker» Acceptance by the war department Many civilian employes are be- uals and have opened the service and the net was sufficient to com into Salem as a place of Tcsidchco of this road is hoped for, which will ing hired by the Camp Adair to Camp Adair on their own ini pletely outfit two engineer soft is expected immediately, since fW« make a main highway of it, he said. ball teams, with some to spare for quartermaster, Col. T. A. Bau Transportation systems at Sa tiative, without any guarantees future use, H. C. (Sven) Johnson, meister, and his corps of assist city is the only one w.^im com lem. Dallas and Lebanon have been from the rest of the business coordinator, reported. Equipment ing officers here. The temporary muting distance of Camp. Adkir which now has housing Available, assisted by Mr. Johnson's office, houses of the town. Englis over *’hen the camp is fln- quarters of the organization are on it was stated by Clay CocWrin, pro Rollie Middleton, J. A. _ ___ ___ he said, in getting their organiza and A. C. Voth are the men who 1 wiH »* for •»«* ot aal- the third floor of the Elk« Temple motion manager for the chaidper tion straightened out. These three diers to occupy the camp, the in Corvallis, pending completion of will operate tho line. The first of commerce. A considerable num-4 towns are all getting busses to tbs office building at the camp. bus started Monday and there will committee declared. her of houses, apartments and and from camp now. The members of tbe dance and A great deal of «office work is rooms have been made available In a recent check on the number : i be three, one run by each man, as ticket committees are satisfied of riders in cars, Mr. Johnson re demand is made for their service. with the results of their efforts, necessary, Col. Baumeister reports, in Salem. in getting ready to feed and cloth “The people of Dallas appreciate ported that still almost a third of Provision of the 40-cent round they report, both from the stand the soldiers who will be here this the public-spirited ambition of the ears leaving the camp during fare was one requirement Salem point of the dance itself and the summer and fall. these men in putting their busses the hour he checked, contained but sought to meet in order to be in money raised for athletic equip Col. Baumeister is also Camp one passenger, the driver, while , into service here,” Mr. Finseth ment. The committee expressed a cluded in the Camp Adair critical another third, approximately, con- i said. “No special pressure was vote of thanks to the dance com Quartermaster for Camp White, defense area so that construction ! Medford, and although a separate tained two passengers. The trans- i brought to bear on the bus-own- of additional housing will be per portation problem is growing and a er9’ but every assistance possible mittee who held a dance the same office force will have to be main mitted. Inclusion, however, is not night at Colorado lake. This party tained there, some of the work little later when the peak of labor wil* ,ri*en them by DaIlas busi- could not be postponed on account of Camp White will continue to go automatic now that thia require is here these problems will be ness men- ment is met. of previous arrangements, so the through this office. greater, he said. net receipts were donated into the Another purpose to be achieved Gasoline rationing to this ares Lebanon Considering engineers’ athletic equipment fund. by provision of low-cost bus trans- has been the subject of much ef- C/)o e Qf QOvernment Ed Allworth, custodian of the Coordinator Goes to portation will be the lightening of fort on the part of the coordinator. I ■' Memorial Union building on the Dallas for Contacts 1 traffic between Salem and the Rationing here allows the towns Lebanon is considering a change college campus, expressed himself camp. Morning and evening hours f a third less than last year, while ' of government to the city manager as well satisfied with the conduct H. C. (Sven) Johnson, coordina , have witnessed a steady stream of the need is for more than a year plan, according to press reports of the dance to Mr. Johnson. tor, spent Tuesday afternoon in traffic on the highway between ago on account of Camp Adair No future such parties are def Dallas ontacting members and these two points. in Salem papers. The action has workers who are here from other been considered on account of initely scheduled, although plans firms there interested in Camp Completion of arrangements for places, Mr. Johnson said. He has ! growth of the town from the new for additional dances may be made Adair. the 40-cent round trip through been promised relief from the sit mills and from Camp Adair work by members of the army engineers He complimented Dallas on its agreement with the Wood-Hart bus uation after an investigation from ers. group at the camp. transportation system. . line and approval of the public rationing heads in Los Angeles and utilities departmi nt marks cul Seattle. Is Oregon's Statehouse in Salem mination of a campaign conducted Many matters of lesser import by the chamber of commerce which ance go through the coordinator’s , involved the cooperation of hun office daily, Mr. Johnson reported. dreds of business firms and indi- ! viduals in Salem. The bus company Hop Prices Will Make announces readiness to put on ad Fall Jobs Pay Better ditional buses as needed. Chamber of commerce transportation com Hops will be removed from the mittee memtiers were pleased at price ceiling group of products, success in making thi« arrangement news stories in local papers indi- ! which makes unnecessary th« cate this week. launching of a separate transporta Many Camp Adair workers are tion system under chamber of com interested in hop picking jobs merce auspices. which will come in this neighbor hood about the time the camp is . Moose Pinochle Club completed here. This action may : make the hop business and hop Invites Camp Workers picking more money than other- ! wise this fall. Members of the Moose lodge who are working at Camp Adair and Co/. Des Islets Is who are pinochle players (or think they are) are invited to join in Salem Guest Speaker th. game Friday nights with tho Corvallis Moes« P iaahle club, ac Cal. R. E. M. Des Islets, area cording to Tobe Watkins, Corvak engineer. was a guest speaker in lis lodge. Salem Tuesday evening. He Was accompanied by his family. Pinochle club ae.t.ngs are held Col. Des Islets spoke to the Busi in the Moose eh.., >.eond floor, ness and Professional women of a few doors south <f the Ma the capital city. jestic theater, on Second street. c With 40c Bus Fares Camp Quartermaster Augmenting Forces