Camp Adair Sentry
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Ao ladependmt weakly newspaper pub­
lished for the laboring *zkd military per-
•oanel of Camp Adair, Oregon, and its
arormunding interests by the Camp Adair
•Gentry at Corr al ha, Oregon.
Editor and Manager...... Don C. Wilton
9. O Address, Box 347, Corvallis, Oregon.
Phone M5 M
The Camp Adair Sentry is circulated
tree at Camp Adair and is available to
«very workman employed there daring
•on ft ruction, by nermiseion of Lt. Col.
K. E. M. Des Islets, U.R.A., area con­
struction engineer. News from the ramp
area undergoes censorship prescribed by
area headquarters and is available for
reprint
Subscription by mail fl.50 a year or
•1 for six months.
Advertising rates upon request.
Address all communications ft» ’’Camp
Bdair Sentry, Corvallis, Oregon.”
GET ADDRESS RIGHT
To save confusion and time in
delivery of mail here, properly ad­
dressed mail for this post should
be:
I
Camp Adair
July 30,1942.
Page Two
dressed to “Linnton,” but goes
through the Portland office.
The Sentry takes no sides in the
petty jealousies such as has caused
the confusion in addressing mail
to camp. If the towns (few persons
in them) believe they can help
themselves get more business out
of camp personnel by little and
big squabbles — then it’s just a
case of their judgment against
ours. Our “Crab Pot” column
carried a nice piece from a camp
worker about this angle when dif­
ferences were even more pro­
nounced.
The Sentry believes differences
should be rigidly hidden in a close
cooperative effort to provide the
best possible for Camp Adair sol­
diers in all the towns. Conferences
between towns across a table would
accomplish this. Petty jealousy and
intense competition for soldier
business is all wrong and even
silly. There will be more than any
of the towns can .handle. They’ll
all be full. The effort should be
spent in widening their services—
the surest way in the world to
fatten their pocketbooks.
Yardbird So-and-So,
Outfit direction (get from t'o.Cum.)
CAMP ADAIR, OREGON
The latter, of course, is the line
this piece is about. Confusion has
l>een created owing to stories car­
ried in Portland papers emanating
INVERTED SABOTAGE
from the jealousy of towns here­
Any worker on any government
abouts as to which town owns
war-time
project, who deliberately
Camp Adair. The Sentry’s interest
is nut in the squabble—it’s disgust­ fails to give out in his labor the
ing but in the necessity of having best he can, is a saboteur just as
incoming mail addressed correctly surely as if he threw a monkey
in order to save delay in delivery wrench into a big machine.
There are two reasons why a
of mail.
man should give all he can to the
If your mail is addressed to
job in this critical time. He’s being
"Camp Adair, Oregon,” it will come
well-paid and he owes his best to
bathe camp branch postoffiee by
Uncle Sam.
D* most direct route, which is into
The man who shirks deliberately,
Corvalils and then to camp. The
lays down on the job, listens to
camp postoffice is a branch of the
unrest and low talk of his fellows,
Corvallis office hut the word “Cor­
is fighting the axis battle just the
vallis” is not necessary, according
same as if he were shooting at his
to Judge Victor P. Moses, post­
brother Americans.
master at Corvallis.
Why? Because time is the big
Mail addressed to Camp Adair,
element in the American and Allied
Ore., is bundled or pouched enroute
program of preparation for the
to Corvallis and these pouches
day when we can strike back in
come direct to the camp office
force and on all fronts. Then and
without being opened in Corvallis.
only then will the war be won.
If the word, Corvallis, is inserted,
Every war job points toward bring­
the niuil may l>e left out of Camp
ing that time closer.
Adair pouches and have to be
The man who does his job well,
“worked” in the Corvallis office,
to the best of his ability, and even
with a possibility of delay.
gives a little extra, is the patriot.
There is no direct mail to Camp
There's no place here now for sel­
Adair from anywhere else than fishness, dissatisfaction and grum­
through Corvallis, Judge Moses bling.
l>ointed out. Letters mailed in Cor­
There ought to be a law.
vallis for a camp address require
two cents postage, just as local
NO ROWDIES
Corvallis mail. Letters mailed in
Soldiers, The Sentry salutes you!
any other town require three cents
postage, and if addressed to any Not because of your shoulder in­
other town, would be delayed 12 signia, nor because of your chev­
rons, nor because of your uniform,
to 24 hours, Judge Moses said.
Judge Moses compared the local but because you are regular guys
situation to that of Ft. Lewis. and keep your noses clean. That's
Washington, which is a branch of a great compliment to the Ameri­
the Tacoma postoffiee, although can way of life and upbringing.
There may be rowdies in the
mail is properly addressed to Ft.
Lewis, Wash. Another comparison bunch which will come because
he drew is that of Linnton, a sub­ there is a small percentage of them
urb of Portland with a branch in any group of men. But to date.
postoffice. Mail is properly ad-and for the future we hope, the
He Is Dusty All The Way Through
Elmer, the camp tramp, complain.* that he can't ret clean
with cold «ater
He want* wme action eat of the boilermakers'
local and he’s ashing »beut jeMa« up »• he'll have a vete.
small percentage hasn't shown up.
The Sentry has taken the inter­
est to check in the towns around
Camp Adair. Personal observations
and answers to inquiries are all the
same—that the boys here so far
are all gentlemen and conduct
themselves as such while they’re
in town.
This situation is a source of pride
to The Sentry. Col. McCoy, camp
commander, is proud of it. Others
of the administrative staff are
proud of it. If each soldier, non­
com and officer feels that same
pride and asserts the feeling now
and then, there will be a minimum
of rowdiness as new groups show
up. You don’t have to be a sissy
to be a regular guy.
.
People in the Camp Adair area
are just people like yourselves.
They ask only reasonable deport­
ment. They will meet us half way.
We’re all going to have to get
along together for a while, so let’s
make it as easy on ourselves and
those we brush up against too.
As we said in the beginning, it
looks good so far. We salute you!
HERE WE GO
We thought the great Northwest
was won
With Oxen teams and buffalo
gun.
Let's pause and look, again take
stock
Of all the things we’ve done.
For in man’s quest for freedom
His fight is never won.
So there is bustle, noise and clamor.
There’s the sound of saw and
hammer.
There’s a ‘dozer,’ hoist, a yard arm
On the spot where stood a cow
bam.
Camp Adair is in the making!
Blasting keeps a mountain shak­
ing.
And really they had just begun
When major things were almost
done.
Contracting firms who gained a day
Earned the praise of Des Islets.
of those colored boys as they
downed the melons.
"I wish my chef could have been
there,” said John. “He would have |
learned something valuable to him ,
and to me along the line of how to .
cut and serve watermelons.
A picture in another column in
this newspaper will give you an
idea of the fun Mr. Wagner had,
watching his grand idea bloom.
Corvallis
Sales and Service
Modem Shop — Best
Mechanics
Wilson Motors
Phone 43, 3rd & Jackson
TEN LITTLE WORKERS
Ten little workers, feeling fit and
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fine.
One smoked in the oil house—
Then there were nine!
Nine little workers, thought they'd ]
be late—
By Appointment
One cut thru the r. r. yards—
Evenings
Then there were eight!
Eight little workers, looking up to
Phone 470 or 440-J
heaven—
One fell down an elevator shaft—
DR. A. W. MARKER
Then there were seven
OPTOMETRIST
Seven little workers, putting in
Corvallis — Ball Bldg.
hard licks—
One mixed booze with gas —
Then there were six!
Six little workers, glad to be alive,
One forgot his goggles — Then
there were five!
Five little workers, standing near1
Jewelers
the door—
PATRICIA
One thought a wire was “dead” — I
17 gwd»
Then there were four!
Four little workers, one scratched
his knee—
Didn't go for First Aid — Then
there were three!
Three little workers, nothing much
to do—
One tried to oil a moving shaft—
Then there were two!
Two little workers took stairways I
on the run—
One missed his footing — Then
there was one!
One little worker, thought of the
other nine . , . .
BEGAN TO PRACTICE SAFETY
—AND NOW HE’S DOING Certified Watchmakers
FINE!
313 W. 1st St, Albany
—Lifted. Safety Section.
Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
Albrow & Tenbrook
Lord help the poor, benighted boss
Who faltered on this sod.
The only place to lay his case
Was in the lap of God.
Democracy in action, man—
For all the world to see.
We’ve passed some laps on this ■
long climb
—The road to Victory!
—U. S. Guard Harmon. I
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HE KNOWS WHAT
John Wagner, restauranteur of I
Cotvallis, knows what to do when
it comes to these bellies we've
heard the army fights on. And he
doesn't need any blueprint and
specifications.
Last week he saw a truck-load ,
of negro soldiers parked outside ,
his restaurant. The soldiers were [
sitting in the truck and just look­
ing. John wondered why. We went
out and found out that the colored
boys were backward about circu­
lating about town, not knowing
what reception they would have in
the town.
Those guys are in the same uni­
form and are going to do the same
sort of fighting as anybody else,
thought John. Some people won’t !
appreciate this fact, he thought. ’
There may he some embarrass- '
ments. both to these colored sol­
diers and to shop-keepers about
town.
So John sought out an officer *
1
and made a secret appointment for
the following evening out at the
camp.
When John arrived at the bar- .
racks in Camp Adair, where these
negro troop« are quartered, he had 1
hi* family sedan piled high with—
Watermelons!
He toek out enough watermelons
to feed the whole kaboovile of them
He did it out of the goodness of
his heart, and it really bent his
port«.
John had hi« mamey'* worth, be
says, in watching the appreciation ¡
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YOU'LL FIND A BIG SELECTION OF
THESE FINE SOX PRICED
2 pairs $1.25 and 3 pairs $1.25
at NOLAN'S
3rd & Madison
B IT Y W AR BONDS
Corvallis
and STAMPS
Service Men
our portrait in uniform is your
family’s most prized possession.
Have it done right — 15 per cent
discount to all service men during
August.
The Ball Studio
To
Ball Bldg., Corvallis
waiting, phone for an appointment.