Corvallis Organizes
Recreation Activity
Entertaining of 3000
Soldiers Is Goal Set
Camp Adair Sentry
July 23, 1942.
Page Eight
I engineered by Mrs. J. L. Gault,
who has headed up the Hostess
league activity. Girls belonging
have passed all* necessary qualifi
cations, have been passed on by
i two committees, one of which is
J. A. Cooper, long time employe
secret, and have identification
cards bearing their photograph, of the Corvallis office, is in charge
of the Camp Adair main post office,
j Mrs. Gault says.
Corvallis branch, which is located
in the center of the headquarters
area, with hours from 8 a. m. to 5
p. m. Earl Leutin, recently of Ritz
ville, Washington, is assistant. Lyle
P. Davis of Tacoma, Washington,
experienced with Fort Lewis mail
matters, is in the central Corvallis
Figures released from the local office to assist in camp mail de
sugar rationing board show that tail.
4156 sugar certificates have been
Every box in the Corvallis office
issued in Benton county for a to
lobby is rented, and Postmaster
tal of 1.'12,273 pounds of sugar since
Moses has applied for 100 more.
the sugar rationing began.
One window has been devoted
Also, 824 persons have been
granted the privilege of excess to special sale of bonds and stamps.
sugar to the amount of 22,863 Recently one Camp Adair contrac
pounds. Most of these applications tor too kout 500 applications on the
have been made on spring canning, 10 per cent wage plan and another
but a few' were made for the entire applied for 150 applications. In
year. The average amount of suga- coming and outgoing mail is get
granted each family for spring can ting heavier every day.
ning was 30 pounds.
Many Benton county auto owners
The final day for applying for
have not yet secured the $5 stamp
spring canning will be Monday,
federal tax for the coming year.
August 3, the board said. No more
Internal revenue notices have been
will be granted until August 15 received saying arrests and convic-
when fall canning begins.
tions will be given to persons unable
to produce stamps.
2 Cent First Class
Postage to Camp Adair from
Corvallis will be two cents an ounce
Postage fo Camp Adair on regular first class mail, said
Postmaster V. P. Moses today.
Camp Adair is a branch of the lo
cal office, hence local postage rates.
All other rates are local including
parcel post.
Sugar Rationing
Figures Released
Corvallis is entertaining aoldiera
who come into that city each eve
ning, through two centers which
have been available for some time
to soldiers who are passing through
or who are stationed there during
patrol duty. The two places are
Neuman hall, next to the Catholic
church, and Harper Soldier center,
in the basement of the Madison
Street Methodist church, at the
corner of Fifth and Madison street.
The recreational committee of
the civilian defense council for the
area has elaborate plans for soldier
entertainment during the coming
months, according to Ralph Cole
man, chairman. Mr. Coleman is
baseball coach at Oregon State col
lege, and is known to Camp Adair
personally through his present
coaching of the Four Builders’
softball team in the Corvallis city
league.
Mr. Coleman has assembled as
Aunt Maria glanced up from her
sistants from every organization knitting.
in the city and a minute survey has
"John, do you know that next
been completed of all entertainment I Sunday will be the twenty-fifth
facilities in the area. Churches, anniversary of our wedding?”
lodges, patriotic organizations and
“You don’t say, Maria! What
service clubs have combined to pool about it?"
their facilities for as many soldiers ' “Well, I was just thinking we
as can be handled.
ought to kill them two Rhode
Leading the list of regular avail- I Island Red chickens."
able entertainment for Camp Adair [ "Now, Maria, why blame them
soldiers will be dances held regu for what happened twenty-five
larly Tuesday and Friday nights, i years ago.”
probably at the Women’s club and I
the Elks Temple ball room. There I
will be games of all sorts available
in other halls and church base- '
ments. as well as writing facilities,
CORVALLIS
music, taffy pulls, snack suppers
THl’RS. - FRI. & SAT.
and various other get-together oc
casions. The Corvallis Hostess
league will participate in all these
events, Mr. Coleman says, and sol
diers W’ill meet the hostesses in all
the various places under whole
some conditions for the entire
group.
When the coordination of all
these plans becomes effective, Mr.
Coleman believes that Corvallis
will be able to show a good time to
from 2000 to 3000 soldiers in an
evening.
Dances held already have been
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