Page Two Camp Adair Sentry • aonr.el of Camp Adair, Oregon, and ita aarr<.unding interrata by th« Camp Adair •entry at Corvallis, Oregon. Mitor and Manager_______ Don C Wilson g- O. Address. Boa 847, Corvallis. Oregon. Ch one 805 M The Camp Adair Bantry >a circulated Cre* at Camp Adair aud >a available to every workman empitryMl there during •onitruetloa. by permi>«kin of Lt. Ool. •- E. M Dee relate, U.R.A., area con­ struction engineer. New« from the ramp area andergora ceniorahip prescribed by •rea headquarter« and ia available for reprint. Bubacrlptlon by mail" 11.50 a year or • 1 for tin month«. Advertising ratea upon request. Addree« all commntiication« m ‘‘Camp •dair Hentry, Corvallia. Oregon ’■ • HERE THEY COME Camp Adair July 23, 1942. naively r serious. No bluster—no Tc. false »II illusions of his recent eleva­ tion to a commission—no fear of anything but his own ability to put out what will be necessary. Just a good, plain, hard-working Ameri­ can kid, ready to give whatever and all of his capabilities for his country, if someone will just go after him hard enough to get them ALL out of him. How you like that? Patriotism? Sure, coupled with a feeling in that youthful breast of the responsibil­ ity of citizenship in the greatest country God ever made. To us, it’s GRAND. Here they come? KEEP COVERED UN-NAMED With the love to live And the right to give, With never a thought of fame; Careless and gay And a love for play ’Til he treated war as a game. SNARLS FROM AN OLDTIMER But he gave his life In a stinkin* ditch By the side of the Burma Road. From an unmarked grave In an unknown spot His soul will pack his load. Onward, and Onward, Down through the years— Never a thought of ease— Our flag will fly As time goes by As long as we’ve boys like these. The Sentry had occasion to meet Although it is improbable that a main line train at Albany the we shall get heat as high on the other morning. With never a sign measuring stick as we had a couple “Here they come,” we thought, To mark their grave, of weeks ago. still it may get hot »s the train screeched to a stop. Nor a cross to mark their fall, enough to knock over the unwary. •Here they come.” They’ll do their best —There’s the point—unwary. In a final test— More shavetails tumbled off that If you follow the simple rules train than we ever thought existed In their greatest game of all. laid out by the safety service and —and we were one for much longer —U. S. Guard Harmon by Doc Reynolds, and don’t forget than we’re proud of. They jumped and slip, you’ll make it through. “SNARLS FROM AN OLDTIMER off all the oars where the train Old Sol has been on the job a long crew had opened the gates, and time and he’s in good form this By H.B., Casual Section they took the station, and the summer, owing to his many days When a man reaches 53 he is buses parked by the station, by of rest in this locality. He’s been likely to be a one-woman man, and ■term. hiding so much of the time this he is lucky to be that. They must be from way down spring and summer, that he seems So when the rest of you soldiers vast somewhere. When they were to be especially enthusiastic when piled off the truck at Corvallis rolling off the train they were he does show for a day or two and headed for a dance, I merely chiding each other to look out for hand-running. sighed for my wife in New York the Indians, and “where is the pony­ So respect him. “If you don’t and set out to get you some in­ express,” and such-like. wear your helmet he’ll knock you formation. But they're all good boys. No down dead," is the way Mr. Kipling Ever since that first shower and one could look them over—with a told the recruities out in India. plunge in the pool at Oregon State long and hot train trek behind them Take it to heart and keep covered. college one of the grand and me­ undoubtedly — and fail to feel a morable baths of my life, I had pride in them and what they’re IF I WERE------ ! been curious about that friendly here for, and at their apparent If I were one of these new offi- school, so I walked to the campus enthusiasm to get at the job. In the evening in the office one cers here and I had brought my and called at radio station KOAC. KOAC is of special interest to of them was about town looking new wife along to war, and had for a home—or a place to live. tried all the regular listings in an us because it will carry out our The Sentry didn't have any apart­ effort to find a place to park my own programs when we really get ments to rent, but we got to chew­ new wife while I’m out to camp going at Adair, and because KOAC will give us about all that we can ing the fat. He was asking ques­ working. I’d------ tions about camp and buses and In any free moment at camp. take, over the air. Gen. Bradley and all manner of I’d buzz around these workers un-1 It’s state-owned, non-commer- interesting things. In the course of til I found one who had a suitable cial, doesn’t sell time. It’s official the conversation The Sentry passed apartment or house and who was outlet for the Oregon State system of education. Programs are pro­ the comment that Gen. Bradley going to move out in a short time hail been overheard to say: “My ¡and then I'd take steps to stake vided by the University erf Ore­ gon. Oregon State college, Oregon boys are going to work.” It was out that place. Medical school and three colleges passed along as another of the In Albany and in Corvallis, at of education. things to be expected in this new least at the “peak of the load,-” The time is unlimited and KOAC shavetail's tour of duty at Camp there were approximately 1000 reaches more Oregon territory than Adair. strangers billeted in each town. any other station—85 per cent of “We expect that." he answered By far most of them are still here* the population. quickly. "We've been at it already. Some of the larger houses — and The school which grew into Ore­ We have had a toughening-up most expensive—have been vacat­ gon State college was founded in ed and are filled by some of the 1858, and OSC was the first school course to prepare us for it.” And then, after ruminating for higher-ups, but most of them west of the Mississippi to give just a moment, “It’s all right, should be available during the next a degree in landscape architecture. We’ve got a job to do and we’ll couple of months.^ You probably were charmed by­ You youngsters — you strangers buildings, grounds, and trees, as I need to put everything we've got into it. If Gen. Bradley is the man here—don’t be backward about in­ was. I am familiar with Harvard. who can get it ALL out of me, quiry and investigation. Take as Princeton, Yale, and other famous he's the man I want to soldier much of your problem as you can, college grounds in the East. in your own hands. And then do under.” The museum on the campus is I And he was completely and some hard work. worth while, whenever you run out He Can Almost See Over the Top Elasw. the ramp tramp has growing paia«. Hr’s been «orbing here from the beginning and hr ha« «worn la slay until the end He ran »re it filling up. ment, long out of use. weel‘ by week the women of different churches pitched in and produced the refreshments and served them. Members of nine churches share the expense of water, lights, etc. of girls. I was most interested in I Hank Monk’s old stagecoach. It rani between Missouri and California at I first, and then from Carson City I into the Sierras. Prince Alexander 1 of Russia, later the Czar rode in it when he went buffalo hunting, and so did General Grant. Rutherford fl B. Hayes, and the Prince of Wales who became Edward VII. This was I the trans-continental coach and on I one trip all passengers were killed I by highwaymen. While on the campus I tried to I get another shower, but the place was closed. I was directed to -the I town fire house, yes. the fire house. | Good showers too. 1 really was en- I titled to one. because before the i army finally let me in I was a fire I auxiliary in New York. Can’t prove | it, though, left my diploma at home I Dropped in at Harper Center, in [ the basement of the Madison Street I Methodist church, and had excellent I home-made ice cream, cake and I chocolate drink The place started I for the benefit of the soldiers I camped in the park to protect the | town. No. not from us. from the i Japs The postmaster s wife. Hrs. J Vina Moses, had the idea She and | other women scrubbed the Lave-I “Fall in!” the sergeant shouted. We did and he began asking about our religion. How many Protes­ tants. Catholics, Jews? At every question, hands were raised. “Now,” he said, “how many hypocrites?” No hand went up. The sergeant’s face grew red. “I don’t mean ‘hypocrites,’” he said. “I mean guys that don't have any religion.” Only one hand was raised. Then the sergeant explained that he was asking the questions merely to learn what provision should be made for religious services. About hypocrites, though, a couple of soldiers who hadn't been in church for years were quick to step forward when it was an­ nounced that a truck would carry- a few soldiers to the Baptist church at the nearby town of Independ­ ence. It seemed that every soldier who went to church would be in­ vited to dinner afterwards. Well, the truck was late and didn’t reach the church until the service had begun. The two soldiers were too shy to go inside, so they went and had a beer instead. But they were waiting at the church door when the congregation came » out and the pastor took them home with him. They had a grand dinner and a fine time generally and then the pastor hoped that they could at tend his late afternoon Bible class. What a pity, but they could®'t! They had to get back to camp ant stand guard. But that night, walking past, they had an uneasy feeling when they encountered the preach« again. He is the Rev. Loyal H. Vickers, and in addition to being a pastor he is a civilian guard at camp. He preaches and conducts weddings and funerals by day, and at night watches over the vast and growing military stocks at Ad«», Breakfasts Lunches Sandwiches Fountain 5 & 10 DINETTE Open 6 A. M. to 10 P. M. 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