Camp Adair Sentn
August 27. 1942
Camp Adair Sentry
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WHAT SOLDIER?
Aloni; with the querie, “how far
I m ih >” and “how long is a piece of
string” cornea the natural question:
“How many wise guys does it take
to spoil a good thing?” It’s poor
policy perhaps, to refer to the civil
ian population, the towns, tradi
tion and good will of the com
munity as a “thing,” hut for the
sake of the illustration, let it pass.
But let’s not overlook the fact that
some pressure is needed for the
“spoilers.”
The press, radio and service or
ganization have succeeded in con
vincing John Public that the army
today is composed of several mil
lion men with at least average in
telligence, men. who as individuals,
know through instinct or training
th< fundamentals of good conduct.
For those agencies it was a good
job well done, but they forget to
warn J. P. that there's always a
small percentage of odd fellows
I not I.O.O.F. > w ith every outfit
wise guys with extra lip anxious
to make a pass-in any direction and
at any time. Wise guys with a
"loqal-yokel” brush-off for anyone
with an idea of a good time that
differed from his.
There is no over-all indictment,
yet, of the soldiers stationed in
this area. We're no worse, and
surely no better than those sta
tioned in hundreds of other camps
all over the world. Fortunately
the good soldiers, those realizing
theii actions ure the measuring
stick by which the army's conduct
is judged, far outnumber the oth-
ei
Unfortunately, it's the un-
fav< table reports on what almost
amonnts to the “organised minor
ity” that widens the barrier sep
arating the soldier from the good
.■races and hospitality of the com
munity Right now we’re enjoying
that enviable state of affairs.
These friendly relations can be
assured and continued through the
courteous treatment to every per
son. civil or military, and by the
willingness of the soldier to accept
that responsibility as his own.
Here at Camp Adair we have the
advantage of being stationed in a
country where hospitality is an
established tradition, not a cloak
put on each year for the benefit of
the visiting firemen. Let's make
the beat of it.
POLICE YOURSELF
The Sentry is in receipt of a
number of complaints from soldiers
over treatment accorded them in
one of Albany's cafes. (We are
omitting the name in spite of con-
suleiable pressure.) In vestigation
reveals that MP's are called in to
clear this cafe of soldiers at mid
night while civilians are allowed
to remain until one o'clock and even
later.
thir advice to the soldiers is to
stay away from the place regard
less of the hour. It is most cer
tainly not the privilege of soldiers
to dictate the policy of any civil
ian enterprise. If owners and man
agement of such places wish to
discriminate, that, in our opinion,
is t)ieir own shortsightedness.
Certainly there are enough places
for the soldier to go nearby, places
proud and willing to do their best
to make the man in uniform wel
come. So let's patronise those
places. Soldier. Let's conduct our
selves as true soldiers and gentle-
men and forget the
very
[invitations were Major General
[James L. Bradley, Brigadier Gen
‘
eral Pau! V. Kane and Colonel C. I.
I
McClure, all of the 96th division.
I
-Mr. Frank White, brother of the
bridegroom. and his family from
Seattle. Wash., and the bride
Flowers Bank Altar in groom's mother, Mrs. Bishop, mem
bers of Lt. Bishop's battalion and
Ceremony Here Sat.
many other guests attended.
For a wedding trip, the couple
At a full military wedding per
motored to Agate Beach, where
formed last Saturday afternoon,
August 22, at 2 o’clock in the Field they spent four days. They plan to
make their home at 425 Fifth
Artillery chapel, Miss Gloria Wal
street.
Independence.
lace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Wallace, 1024 S. 8th street,
During the Napoleonic era the
Chickasha, Okla., became the bride
of 2nd Lt. George F. Bishop of the crowned heads of Europe were
96th division and son of Mr. and trembling in their shoes.
small I
minority of civilians that consider
the present emergency only a pre-
tense for fulfilling selfish motives.
SHE’S THERE!
By Pvt. Thomas IL Goodyard
(DF-.ML Sect.)
The bugle’s playing sweetly
And I hearken to its call.
It makes me think of you, sweet
heart.
The fairest of them all.
This jawbone war is over,
Beneath a lover’s Snoon
I’m dreaming of you, dear one,
And I’ll see you very soon.
We’ll do the things we planned
To do before I went away.
I shall be there with you always,
When comes the end of day . . .
But now it’s late and I can hear
The bugle softly cull.
I'll see you in my dreams tonight,
O dearest girl of all.
Editorial note: This is, we be
lieve, Pvt. Goodyard’s initial pub
lished work. What inspired it we
don’t profess to know, but we in
vite the rest of you to let us know
when you feel like trying some
poetry of your own. We’ll print it
if possible. We always sort of
wished there was a bard or two on
the staff anyway.
Mrs. E. G. Bishop. 1682 Wyandotte
avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. Chaplain
Howard H. Patrick of the 96th
officiated at the ceremony per
formed before ail altar banked with
yellow and white gladioli, and
palms.
The bride, given in marriage by
Major John P. Daley, commanding
officer of Lt. Bishop's battalion,
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wore a white chiffon gown fash
ioned with a high neck and trimmed
with lace, and a finger-tip length
veil of tulle. She carried gardenias
on a white Bible.
Miss Helen Woodruff, 1117 Mis
souri avenue, Chickasha, 'Okla.,
was maid of honor and wore a
formal gown of turquoise blue with
a corsage of yellow gladioli. Best
man was 2nd Lt. Malcolm J. Lang,
also of the 96th, and also from
Lakewood, Ohio.
The ushers included Capt. B. E
Haessly. Lt. John J. Pfaff, Lt.
Walter D. Trott, Lt. B. J. Rogstad,
Lt. Ira Lambert and Lt. L. S. Mc
Laughlin.
Wedding music consisted of the
playing of Beethoven’s “Moonlight
Sonata.” and the Lohengrin and
Mendelssohn wedding marches by
Major Ralston who also accom
panied Cpl. Lyle Heits who sang
“Ah Sweet Mystery of Life” and
“Because.”
After the ceremony, the bridal
party left the chapel beneath the
traditional arch of sabres and pro
ceeded to the Officers club where
a reception was held. A three-tier
wedding cake graced the banquet
table and artillery punch, orange
ice and canapes were served. Sum
mer flowers were used for decora
tion.
Among the honored guests of
the military who were extended
To the Editor:
During the past 10 days new
officers have arrived at Camp
Adair from the various schools of
our country.
Fresh from the grind of a three
months training course which
sapped them continuously both
mentally and physically and won
them the title of "90-day wonders.”
these future platoon commanders,
executives, motor officers, and com
pany and battery commanders are
ready to stand firm in their pledge
to strive on to finish the work we
are all now in.
We know we can rely on these
officers to train our men, to main-
tain discipline, to uphold moral
and to meet their every needs be
cause they too were once enlisted
men and can appreciate a soldier’s
thoughts and problems.
During the activation of this
camp these men will constantly lie
called upon to perform duties of
more experienced officers, and mis
takes will be made, but let’s take
the advice of our camp command-
er. Colonel McCoy, and make
friends with these newcomers in
our ranks, because they have only
TYPE WRIT E RS
one thought in mind and that is to
FOR RENT
fulfill the promise of orr good
president when he said, “We are
going to win the war and we are
going to win the peace that fol-
lows.”
115 N. 16th, Corvallis. Phone 149-1
RICHARD J. NOLAN.
2nd Lieut. Field Artillery.
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NATIONALLY AOVISTIttD VALUi
Four County Council
Holds Business Meet
S57.5O
7 Brilliant
01 A M ON OS I
Statina styl«!
Meeting in Independence with
Dr. W. J. Butler as host, the four
county cantonment council trans
acted business Monday evening.
Most of the evening was given
to discussion of whether or not the
office of the coordinator would lie
continued but no decision w»s
made.
Mile Detour Forced
By East Road Oiling
Blacktop is being spread on the
highway south from the east gate
of camp and the road is closed until
completion of the job.
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