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OREGON STAFFI’RR*RY Trust your causa. Whatever is at tempted is never well done unless the doer breathes himself into his deed. - S. Parkes Cadman. Camp Adair Sentry JU' Mounting Guard in and Around Camp Adair, Oregon Camp Adair is In Ball League $1.50 a Year by Mail Camp Adair, Oregon, June 4, 1942. Vol. 1, No. 7. r in I “ j i »z A weekly journal deroted to tha Willamette Val ley's share in Uncle Sam's great war effort. BIG COAST DEFENSE GUNS IN PRODUCTION USO Campaign For Funds Near I » I I I I Three Teams Entered Representing Firms Familiar to Workers Want Arrangements To Get Gifts From Camp Adair Workers Camp Adair will have a large To get ready for the new U.S.O. share in the Corvallis softball l fund-raising campaign in Benton league this year, according to an county, a meeting was held Tues nouncement in the Gazette-Times Tuesday. Three of the six clubs day night in Corvallis when an in the league will be from the executive committee to engineer camp, with a seventh team of sol the drive was organized. Plans for diers now located in Corvallis the campaign were discussed. signed up. The committee is headed by Syd Teams entering the 1942 softball ney E. Trask as chairman and race in Corvallis are the Corvallis consists of Walter Kline, Marvin Lumber company, Pepsi-Cola. U. S. Jordan, L. R. Kern, Dr. George engineers from Camp Adair, Smith, Peavy, P. O. Urban and Mrs. Hallie IL ♦ Hoffman and Wright, contractors Ingle. from Camp Adair, Corvallis Laun “The United Service Organiza dries. and the Four Builders from tions as a joint body has been Camp Adair. functioning four years,” said Mrs. Opening dates for play were set Ingle, publicity committee chair On the production floor of an army ordnance department arsenal 16-inch seacoast cannon are as next Monday, June 8, at 7:30 man, in discussing the meeting readied for shipment. Two guns at lower right have already had breech mechanism installed. o’clock at the Corvallis park, locat Tuesday night. “It was first opened ed just west of the Mary's river ■ in rented quarters in Alabama, and bridge in the south part of town. flourished so that it has become Several loads of sand has been national in scope and seeks to pro put on the infield at the softball vide clean entertainment for sol. park, and the grounds are in excel diers anywhere in the country. lent condition, as are the stands. “Now, U. S. O. buildings are Secretary of the league Wally owned by the F.S.A. and manned Kruger said the city league will see Gets Encouragement by U.S.O. workers. In May a war Effort Made so That players in action from all sections of the nation this year, some top chest of $32.000,000 was budgetted Workmen May Attend In Trip to Portland Municipal Pool Will rankers, so it is claimed. and it is believed that that amount Rosters for the teams follow: Be Opened Next Week will have to be boosted. Pepsi Cola — Jack Sprick, Joe Changes in class hours in weld H. C. Johnson, coordinator, spent To All Camp Families Tuesday in Portland in a meeting “Benton county’s share in Clark, Harold Hearing, Bob Ques arg will allow working men several budget is $4,000. This is to he inberry. Duane Appleman. Bob three-hour courses a night. Two with the heads of all major oil made up through the generosity of Urban, Dick Sprick, Herman Dun three-hour courses are now offered, I Albany has advised the coordi companies, in an effort to gain those interested in our soldiers and can, Clair Miller, Gale Varrelmann, Harrison Wallace, Hal Huffaker. one starting at midnight and end nator’s office that their public I relief for those concerned on gaso, their leisure time.” Joseph Schiernail, with John D. ing at 3 a. m., another from 3 a. m. swimming pool will be open next line rationing as it is now affecting The U.S.O. consists of an organi. to 6 a. m. This is an attempt to week for the balance of the sum the workers. Sprick as manager. zation combining the efforts of the I U. S. Engineers—Ray Strawn, provide short classes for men now mer. “The picture now looks,” Nr. Salvation Army, the Y. M. and Harold Merryman, Roland Street. holding full time day jobs such as Those who are not familiar with Johnson said, “l more encouraging YWCA., the National Catholic Oliver Ruotsi, Bob Smith, Milo cantonment workers or others the swimming pool will have a than ever before and we expect im- Community Service, the Jewish Marlatt, Art DeTemple, Warren working in or around Corvallis. pleasant surprise in store for them, mediate results in the form of Welfare Board and the National Perryman, Bento Fielder, Jr., Al This course is free to the public inasmuch as it is one of the nicest additional gas galionage. Travelers’ Aid Association. These Rex, and manager Art DeTemple. Corvallis Lumber Company — and provides training for positions pools in this part of the state. "We should have,” he stated, groups served separately during Keith Morley. Merle Edwards, Paul as welders in the shipyards. Men There is a charge of ten cents “instead of 33’4 per cent under World War I, and their service haa Stagner, Bob Labhart, Lester completing the course are in great for the use of the pool, which also last year, at least 50 per cent over.” been greatly increased through tha Dunn, Frank Stevenson, Murray! demand. includes the towel. combined effort, Mrs. Ingle says. Allen, Wally Kruger, Harvey Hum- | Two six-hour courses continue to “We know that Camp Adair Workers at Camp Adair are es phrey, Dayle Stagner, with Dayle be offered, one starting at 6 a. m. workers will want to participate in pecially invited to avail themselves Work Continuing on Stagner acting as manager. to 12 noon, and another from 6 p.m. of the pleasantness of the pool in > Corvallis Air Field providing this service for our sol Smith, Hoffman and Wright — diers.” Mrs. Ingle continued, “and Bobby Knoll, C. H. Beasley, Don to 12 midnight. the evenings and any other time. Bower, “Duth” Simmons, Joe Dan-, Men interested in these courses they wish. we shall make a strenuous effort Work on the Corvallis airport, to make it convenient for them to iels. Jack Fatland, Smith. Joe should coniaci contact me the United States' The lels. fatland, Ron Smith, vnneo aiates a muni<.jpal!v operat. 1 three miles south of the city on Hellberg, Allen Anderson, Howard. Employment service at 357 Jeffer-!^ ha, been ftnAn ed nrnlAA project , Mnd and has open for for 9'JW continues apace, with the E. make their contributions. It is out Jeffries, Vol Neal, Gene Mattice, 1 son street in Corvallis or the United th (the past two years. I Its building £ Hall company and J. C. Compton of bounds to solicit for any pur Lewis Beck, Phil Larson and E. W. , States Employment service followed experiments ■..uh with swim- company, joint contractors, employ- pose at the camp, no we shall have Heckart, manager. ' cantonment according to ean ming in the Willamette river where ing from 50 to 100 men each day, to depend upon contributors front Corvallis Laundries—Doc Ques Beistel, local manager. la sunken floor was constructed but according to the weather and work- there making the extra effort of inberry, manager, with list not ing conditions. leaving their contributions at a complete. „ „ , .. 'proved unsatisfactory. H. C. (Sven) Johnson, coordinat-, . . Four Builders—Ralph Coleman, | The location of the pool is in I An exceptionally fine gravel designated place, or mailing them was in Portland on business .. . ...... manager, with player list not com or, T d . the eastern part of the city, near plant has been set up on the bank in.” • of the Willamette river, about one plete. the east end of the new highway j half mile east of the contractors*1 The Sentry will keep camp work viaduct. | offices on 99W, a traffic light ha- ers informed as to the program Dressing rooms and showers are been installed at the gravel truck when it is announced. available at the plant in connection crossing of the state highway, and i with the pool and every effort will the plant and trucks are busily at Local Men Guests at I work. be made to make Camp Adair swim Salem Chamber Lunch To facilitate bus service for Camp Adair workers to and from mers enjoy themselves throughout Corvallis, the chamber of commerce of that city is conducting a regis the summer, it is reported from Camp Quartermaster's Col. T. A. Baumeister, camp tration campaign to ascertain how many are now using or would use Albany. quartermaster, and H. C. (Sven) Office is Busy Place bus service if adequate service could be arranged. Johnson, coordinator, were guesta Details are being worked out and there will be registration slips Highway Commission at the Salem chamber of commerce Headquarters for the camp luncheon Monday noon. at prominent places in Corvallis or may be clipped from the Corvallis quartermaster’s department, tem Gazette-Times. Following is the information desired. This slip should Opens Bids on 99-W Both gentlemen sat in on a cham porarily located in the Elks temple ber transportation meeting imme be clipped and turned in or mailed to the Corvallis Chamber of Among 17 highway projects in at Corvallis, is a beehive of activ diately following the luncheon. Commerce: _ • Oregon, bids for which were to be ity with a growing office force of ■opened today, seven were in the civilians under direction of Col. Camp Adair area, according to T. A. Baumeister and his corps of Family of Harvey Lay I am interested in Bus Transportation to and from press association reports from officers. Visits Over Week-end Camp Adair The date for occupying the quar Salem this week The bids will be Mrs. Harvey Lay and son, Don let by the Oregon state highway termaster corps administration Name offices at Camp Adair is not yet ald, from Olympia, Wash., are in commission. __ Street Add. Telephone Work on the 99-W jobs will be! known, though work on these i Corvallis for a week-end visit with commenced as soon as contracts are , buildings is progressing satisfac- Mr. Lay. At camp I work for (contractor) let. R H. Baldock, highway engi- torily, Capt. F. J. Smith, adminis- Mr. I-ay is in on* of the con neer, said Tuesday. tration officer, reports. tracting firms at Camp Adair. ■Jo» » Rearrange Schedule In Welding Classes Corvallis Chamber Wants to Provide More Bus Service Albany Invites Folk to Swim Coordinator Hopes More Gas in Store