Camp Adair Sentry
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August 20, 1942.
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Vignettes of Army Life____
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By Pvt. R. C. Johnson
Page Five
then? Why they took over the
Miami hotels where Green had his
studios and then to be quite sure
he wouldn’t suffer for lack of a
job—they kindly drafted him. But
Green likes the army. At Adair he
has much to do with the various
shows that have been earning high
praise and large cash (for the
camp athletic fund) in neighbor­
ing towns. He would like to start
an officers’ and nurses’ dancing
class similar to one he ran at
Ft. Dix, N. J.
The pay-off on Pvt. Green
though—just to show you what a
dance enthusiast he really is—is
this. What does Green look for at
a dance? A pretty girl with lots
of you know what? No. A good
dancer is all he want«. If he finds
her, and she's as ugly as your first
sergeant at Monday morning re­
veille—he’s still happy. “I'll have
a good time," he says.
with the Provost Marshall if they
wish to operate their cars within
the limits of the military reserva­
tion, To register a car these three
requirements must be complied
With: 1. Auto must be insured with
at least $1000 property damage and
$5000 public liability insurance.
2. A bill of sale or acceptable cer­
tificate of ownership must be in ap­
plicant’s possession. 3. Some state
operators license must be shown.
WAFFLES - ANY TIME
Steaks and
Lunches
THE WAFFLE SHOP
Across from Albany Hotel
The alphabet nas always been convey the sweet nothings her ten­
a mystery to Joe Rookie. But the der heart poured out to her favor­
straw to break the camel’s back ite soldier. But these only served
was tossed on by the Army. Never to confuse Joe all the more—for
until Joey came into service did she _____
_____, forgot to
_ _____
___
completely
send the
he bump up against so many initials key. Father remained unperturbed,
Military personnel driver’s li­
and abbreviations that left him as 1 After all he knew those abbrevia-
cense must be the same as the car
puzzled as a mouse trying to run tions long before Joe was born.
plates. For example, if Georgia
through a psychologist's maze.
So, Joe returned to his child­
car plates are used — the driver’s
The day after induction these hood days again—while toying with
license must also be issued in
cryptograms loomed in front of the alphabet. Those abbreviations
Georgia. A car with Georgia plates
Joe at every step. Such combina­ were so simple when he found out
cannot be driven with an Alabama
tions as GHQ, QM, MP, PX, X what they stood for. But he must
driver’s license. In cases like this,
marks the spot, and the like rico­ have seemed awfully dumb at first,
the driver should immediately se­
cheted off his malleable mind like he thinks. So what, Joe, that’s a
cure an Oregon driver’s license.
rEPSI-COLA i> »4« mly by
drops of water bouncing off a rookie’s privilege!
f«pri-C«k Caaytay, L«i| Idud City, N. T.
rock. It made him feel so mentally
Oregon driver’s license may be
(•"Mtoolybr:
unmilitary. He could be certain of
obtained in Corvallis city hall ev­
only two—A.W.O.L. and K.P.
ery Tuesday, from 0700 to 1700, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
Camp Adair
after passing a written examination
The initials A.W.O.L. "might
of Corvallis
and driving test. The cost is $1.50.
mean anything from “After Women
DIME MUSEUM
or Liquor” to “A Week On the
By Pvt. John J. Gubelman
Loose” to the civilian, but not to
Joe. He swears by stars above that
A.W.O.L. is the one thing he’ll
Yardbird—how would you like to
NEVER do, even if it means his teach dancing to Madeline Carroll
Soldiers and civilian workers
UNIFORMS .,. INSIGNIA ... SUPPLIES
returning to camp sixteen hours —get paid for it, too? Or teach must now register their automobiles i
L. T. Chellis
1520 Jefferson St.. Corvallis
before his eighteen-hour-pass is. Nancy Carroll to twist her hips to
void. The mere thought of A.W.O.L. fast rhumba time—and have her
creates a nightmare in Joe’s mind throw in a few bucks for the privi­
STORE HOURS
—he can visualize bar-studded, lege?
9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
eagle-studded and star-studded of­
Open Until 9 P.M.
All you have to do is become as
ficers sternly bearing down on his
Saturdays
expert a dancer as Pvt. Leonard
shrinking form as he is court
martialed, he can hear the firing Green, at present attached to the
squad outside priming their guns, Camp Adair, Special Services Of­
fice. Leonard, who is a native New
then he can hear dead silence.
Joe’s other pet dread is K.P.— Yorker, used to operate a dancing
symbolic of a den of iniquity in studio on Fifth avenue, and four
league with drudgery, dish-pan others spotted at the more swank
hands, housemaid’s knee, and the of the Miami Beach, Fla., hotels.
“By-The-Time-I-Get - Out-Of-Here- In addition and simultaneously he
It - Will - Be-Too-Late-For-A-Pass- managed and danced in acts which,
Blues.” After all he didn’t join the all over the country, hit the gin­
army to learn the art of slinging mills inhibited by a class of folk
hash! But why complain, Joe? known as “Cafe Society.”
A few of the swank spots which
They pick K.P.'s according to the
alphabet, unleas you try to get Green has played include “The
away from polishing your shoes Tropics” in Detroit, “The Beach-
by stuffing them in the barracks comber” in Boston, the rhumba ca-
bag during inspection, or saving sino of “The Field and Hunt Club
your bed looking as if it hadn't of Boston” and “Leon & Eddies”
been made since December 7, Be- in New York.
*Ot. t0Jat’ and 1 Only 25 now- Leonard has man­
SOMEBODY has to help. Then, too, aged dancing schools of his own
Sears
think what a marvelous help-mate for two years, danced in acts for
you'll make Daisybelle!
price
three. He got top prices, too. In
only
Then there's M.P., the long arm Miami Beach, where he had a dance
COMPUTE
of which he doesn’t desire to be team stationed at the various ho­
Set includes everything you'll need foe trolling, still fishing or costing Browntone
touched by; P.X., where he can tels, the fee for an hour of instruc­
drink cokes and write to Daisybelle; tion rang the cash register for a
split bomboo pole measures 9 feet, 5 joints.
O.D. which in civilian life mean! sawbuck. Race touts and Russian
• Fly Rod • Fly Reel • Fly Line • Snelled Trout Flies, 3 each • Bait Egg*
“obnoxious drip" according to the countesses mingled democratically
• 6 Snelled Bait Hooks • One Box Split Shot • Fish Basket • Fly Spinner
hep-cats; and D.E.M.L., which he I [at his Miami studio—the only re­
was led to believe means “Darned quirement was a desire to dance,
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that was strong enough to turn
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Came the day when the Sergeant their pockets out. But practically
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SALMON BAIT EOOS ............ 33p
asked Joe to do an errand. “Go all paid without a wince. For it
over to HQ, get the OD to release seems that most of Green’s yearn-
four DEML's on guard and tell ers after smooth-floor-form were
two of them to report for KP and over 40 years old, and toted their
the other two to QM. and on the share of the gravy train. Green’s
way back, ask the C.O. of the charges (often running in the
M.P.’s if he’ll furnish the guard
3100's) were put on the hotel bill
for the PX, the MC ladies' lounge
along with the champagne and
and WH-4.” The way he got con­
See thin wonderful split bamboo fly rod ... at Sears’...
I toothpick items—and his bald pat-
fused was a sin, and a turn in the
Take it in your hand ... Fee) how finely balanced it is...
ed dandies signed without turning
stockade loomed. But he’d rather
Notice it* “play” ... Thrill to its action! Only then, will
a hair. Leonard's biggest customer
you understand what a marvelous value it is.
forget about that! His Dad had
was a shirt king from New York
*told him there would be days
who planked down $500 for lessons.
like this, but he didn’t tell him they
Green's oldest customer was a 76
would be consecutive.
year old hep-cat who according to
But the first few days were the
Green “did a terrific dance.”
hardest—at least where abbrevia­
•o.t cottine real with chromium finrdwd from« and bolonc««
Incidentally Green had more call
tions were concerned. If the Army
hard!« fhot'i «o»v 1» tok« «port N«wly constructed nflht plot«
to
teach
the
rhumba
than
any
other
used initials, he'd use initials. So
cannot readily be bent out «f ihop« Spoof ho« ad|utrobla r«w-
'dance.
Mostly
popular
now
in
the
after a week he, too, became
•l«d baoring*.
cryptic. He spoke and thought in large metropolitan cities such as
New
York,
Chicago
and
Los
An
­
terms of initials.
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His reaction even carried over geles, Greene predicts that coming
8*1« t.4 nr ll»m that will la«t • Ions tima «nn
years
will
see
the
rhumba
sweep
into his correspondence, and poor
deliver
«V «««r. wear. Thoron«hly ••!«-
Brootad
aad ailed. Amber ««lor. M-rard eolia
Mother was forced to pillage the the country — popular in every
family attic to locate Father's iwhistlestop and crossroads. The
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[consists
mainly
of
a
movement
Aluminum cose.
reel. Line guide. Copocity, 50 yards
definitions which would help un­
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ravel the jumbled contents of her f from — »k
the — Lin-
hips dnrarn
down. Tn
In - another
CANVAB CBKEL . . .
Joseph’s letters As if they weren’t coming dance, the samba, mostly
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Copper wire mesh bottom.
Bit talc le«v«w two »-r««t«.
hard enough to decipher before- the opper portion of the body rolls,
hand. Now she was convinced the Dancers of the future are going to
Army had made Joe write his cor­ be able to work out some interest­
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respondence while bouncing around ing combinations, we figure.
22.3 W. 2nd Street Phone KM)
Green’s biggest thrill, so far,
in a jeep!
Daisybelle simply loved her was dancing with his partner in
ALBANY, OREGON
Joey's new.code. So she made up the Boston Garden before 30,000
some of her own which would soldiers. What did the army do
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