Camp Adair Sentry
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
A weekjy newspaper published for the
t »htary and civilian personnel of Camp
di. ir, Ore.Kon, and circulated free to
lirem. soldiers and civilians by written
•^mission of the camp commander.
Published by the Camp Adair Sentry,
.«blotter. Box 847, Corvallis. Oregon,
m matter pertaining to Camp Adair,
' irniHhed by the Camp Public relation«
office, is available for general release.
Canrp Adair Sentry
September 3,1942.
Page Two
day many do not know poison oak
when they see it. If specimens were
placed in more buildings around
the camp all soldiers might get to
know poison oak at sight, avoid it
when encountered and still not
hesitate to walk in the woods be­
cause they couldn't tell what plant
was poison oak and what was not.
~ di tor and manager---------- Don C. VVihon
O. Address. Box 347, Corvallis, Oregon
Phone 865-M
Not all of us can hitch hike to
town. Not all of us can ride the
Subscription by mail $1.50 a year or $1 buses now on the run—Oh, well.
r **ix. months.
Save your money, soldier, and buy
A d vcrtiainr rate« upon request
Addra«M til! communications to “('amp war bonds.
John Walsh; Franck's anthem, “O Intelligence Wins in
Lord Most Holy"; Stainer's Seven­
fold Amen; Sullivan’s “Onward Bowling From Finance;
Christian Soldiers”; Claussman’s Money Isn't Everything
“Ta Deum Laudamus,” with Pvt.
Mantinband at the organ. A choir
The Military Intelligence bowling [
of 36 voices, from the First Metho­
team,
composed of Major Ralph E.,
dist church, Corvallis, will take
Riordan and Lt. George H. God-J
part in this service.
frey, now holds the undisputed, .
WATCHES & JEWELRY
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GUNS - SUITS - LUGG AGE
i
Even Generals AWOL in
Calling for Mail Here;
Pile Is Growing Large
Star Exchange
Loan Office
• MONEY TO LOAN •
311 N. Commercial Street
SALEM. OREGON
definite and final championship in
the M.I.-Finance league. The title j
passed to the eagle-eyed duo Tues-
day evening, when they crashed out j
a victory over the money bags by |
a margin of 96 pins for the three- >
game series.
Before agreeing to the final)
match, the Finance team captain, I
Lt. Col. Lee R. Woods, demanded I
and obtained one of the most re­
markable concessions ever granted
in organized sports. He was given
the privilege of using two other
teammates, and allowed to count
the highest of their scores.
PERFECT DIAMOND RING
Don’t look now, but that general
Give us a handcar on this rail­ across the way probably has some
NATIONALLY AOViRTISEO VALUE
road. Tracks run to all the towns. mail waiting for him at the Camp
Recalling the other war for a
$57-50
We could have certain hours. An­ Post Office. We’re not kidding.
rarload of soldiers riding into Cor-
swer: Railroad unions and common
The Camp Adair Postmaster an­
■ allis from camp the other eve-
carrier laws.
nounces that he has on hand, as of
ing, we decided that our Uncle
the first of the month, just to be
Sam is doing better. Here’s the
August 31,1942 military about the whole thing,
• lory.
some five hundred perfectly good
The A.E.F. tank corps was re­ .' To the Editor:
In response to that little article letters that he can’t deliver be­
■ruited from other outfits in !
France by volunteers. We went , in last week’s edition entitled, “If cause of improper address. Includ­
OLYMPIA
ed in the half thousand apparently
through a tank school and then You Don’t Believe There’s One Left
S37.5O
homeless soldiers are a couple of
cent up to the front and saw in the World Read This,” I hereby
'■
brigadier generals, not to mention
r.ctive service in two major offen- go down on record as being a
3 Fine large
•ivis. Tanks then were seven or party to the joke and it has been sqeh run-of-the-mill titles as colo­
DIAMONDS I
nel,
lieutenant
colonel
and
major.
ight miles an hour as compared misrepresented! The private was
A perfect
Captains
and
lieutenants
are
in
with .">0 or more today. Armament sent over to the D.E.M.L. supply
creation.
profusion,
as
well
as
master
ser
­
>a> French air-cooled machine room to ask for a skirmish line
. l*n.s and French one-pounders. and a squad wedge, by Captain geants down to those thoughtless
Rutledge! The supply sergeant corporals who blow whistle blasts
The tanks were French Renault.
in your ear at the first crack of
•The tanks used in action by the wasn’t there but his two assistants
dawn. (Personally, we don't care
1 DIAMONDS
S. troops were rebuilt. They couldn't find either of the articles.
if they never get their mail.)
in a now crown
ad already been through other So. said private told them to make
While many of the letters that
liuws under French piloting. They out a special requisition for one of
■ setting.
can’t be delivered are genuine in
.ere second-hand. We had more each but to make sure that the
every respect there are quite a few
leehanieal trouble with them than wedge was a green one!
Included
I am very grateful, and thank that are obviously the penmanship
e did with shot and shell.
of
alleged
comedians.
For
example
On November 4, we had been on the Sentry for allowing me to cor­
ALBRO & TENBROOK
there is one fat epistle brazenly
ire front 64* days. We turned our rect the story. There are two left
Jawelers
addressed
to
“
Burns,
Ect
and
Com
­
3rd & Monroe
■ mks over to an outfit whieh had and they belong to the D.E.M.L.!
Certified
Watchmaker
Corvallis, Ore.
The Misunderstood Buck pany." Another moniker that
rained in this country ami went
313 W. 1st St., ALBANY'
catches
the
eye
is
Sgt.
“
Crash
Private (M.P.)
ack to our base for a rest. We
Jeep” Byers. If there is such a
'(«led two days and then got a
guy, the case history of how he got ¿I Htlltlf I III II I UHI I liti IIIIHII lililí llllllf 111 111 UIIII11111111 111 III III II inutili Hilling
omplete complement of brand new
Will
Dedicate
the appellation would be a lot bet- I
amks. Boy! Were they honeys.
ter reading than this story..
They ’<1 go two or three miles an Chapels Sunday
But anyway, the camp postmas- |
linui faster than our old second-
ter has all this mail and he’d like i
land ones, and had some refine-
(Continued from page 1.)
to get rid of it before the Christ- '
nents.
104th division chaplain, will read mas rush. He is of the hopeful ’
We loaded them on those impos- the scripture lesson. Chaplain Har­
opinion that a general can’t remain t
ible French flatcars and had our mon will pronounce the benediction.
in obscurity forever, but refuses >
iders to go liaek up November 15.
Hymns sung at the service will to be quoted. His final bit of advice i
The armistice was NÌtfiìed Ml the include “Holy, Holy, Holy," by
before closing the general delivery |
leventh.
Dykes; Walton’s “Faith of Our window for the day was that "Be-
T wo weeks lifter the armistice,
Fathers”; and Giardini's “Come. lieve It or Not” Ripley might be
we got our first shipment of Thou Almighty King." Pvt. Walsh
able to get mail addressed in San­
American-built tanks. We got two. will sing “The People That Walked
scrit with invisible ink, but the
—They conserve by serving longer—so it’s wise
Two weeks later we got the balance in Darkness,” from “The Mes­
soldier can't.
to invest in quality merchandise that’s always
f the shipment, eight. That
siah,” by Handel, ami there will
Maybe it would help if the post­
featured at NOLAN’S.
. 11 And the war was over.
be an anthem by the Monmouth master would announce if the un­
Our Uncle is doing better this and Independence Inter-City choir,
delivered mail looked like bills from
time, don't you think?
Here are some of the names that are nationally
directed by Mrs. Florence Merriam. the outside.
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known for maintained quality:
The Hammond electric organ will
I.EARN WHAT'S POISON
lie dedicated at 7 o’clock Sunday
ANI) BE OAKEY DOAKEY
MORRIS
night, with the following program
OPTICAL
Two specimens of poison oak, of music: Prelude played by Pvt.
CO.
ach also labeled “Rhus Diversilo- James
Mantinband;
Invocation,
c
ba” for soldiers unfamiliar with Chaplain Edward N. Bartell; Dedi­
Sunday or
English, hang in frames on a wall cation, Chaplain Harmon; Choral
evenings b y
appointment-
ngar the entrance to headquarters Response, “Jesus With Thy Church
if not con­
f the 96th and 104th Infantry di- Abide," by Webb; Hymn, “Stand
venient other­
■ iaions. One is a specimen of the Up, Stand tTp for Jesus,” by Webb;
wise.
’la nt in bloom, the other has ber- "Saactus” from Gounod’s St. Ce-
Phone 552«
1 >«s like Qiiatletoe.
cilia Mass; Solo, Major Maurice I Dr. Harry E. Morris
Ever since the pioneers from the H. Henmark; “The Ixist Chord,“
444 State St.. Salem
aat arrived at Camp Adair thoy by Sullivan; "Festival Te Deum.“ 1
nave been warued against going by Buck; “A Sinner’s Sighs,' by
nto the bushes and have been cau- Dowland, and Dowland’s “Where
ioned about poison oak, but to this Sin Sore Wounding." both sung by
Z'lair Sentry, Box 34 7, Corvallis. Ore.”
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