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About Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1942)
Paire Four ing pins, each weighing about three pounds and six ounces. He even has a plan to have bowl ing alleys donate their old pins so that he can rebuild them at cost, for the army. Also he used to be a railway postal clerk and has the Ceremony Invitation I railroad mania, or complex, so that From Citizens to You when it comes to transportation he thinks of a train rather than a bus. So here is his idea, and let it The new enlisted men’s center ride: in the Armory at Dallas, was offi “On the way out of camp recent cially accepted in behalf of Camp ly I noticed an engine and string Adair at ceremonies during the opening celebration last Thursday of empty cars about to pull out, night. Captain Frdank C. Wimer, standing just north of Wellsdale -preial service officer, accepted the station. ‘What am I waiting for?’ club in behalf of Col. Gordon H. I said to myself and approached McCoy who was unable to attend the engineer, who turned out to due to last-minute military com have a son in the navy and a son mitments. The Dallas Service Men's in the army air corps. He ex <lub, as it is officially called, was plained the workings of the an turned over to the soldiers by the tique little kettle and the fireman mayor of Dallas, Lief S. Finseth. told me that if I would sit on the The program started with the cushion beside him I was welcome singing of “God Bless America” by to ride to town in the cab. Thus I Josephine Albert Spaulding, so- had the honor, so far as I know, of nrano, and was followed by the being the first soldier to use the nvocation pronounced by Chaplain railroad as an unofficial means of Alf. F. Jorgenson. transportation to Corvallis. Capt. Wimer, in a brief message "This single track is a direct to the audience, stressed the need route. Although we crawled along for similar clubs "where our men at 20 miles an hour we soon reached can find relaxation and entertain Corvallis Junction, where the Al ment in healthful and wholesome bany-bound trains make a sharp surroundings" and praised the peo U-turn to the left and connect with ple of Dallas and those instrumental the line from Corvallis to Albany. in organizing the club for their This intersection forms a triangle patriotic gesture in behalf of this nation's defenses.” The captain and in railroad language is called a wye. further pointed out that clubs of “Now I hear that the single track this kind, the nation over, are aid ing materially with keeping the passing through the camp was morale of the men in service at a once an electrified railroad com plete with a catenary system and peak. Hollis Smith, chairman of the five red electric cars, running be «xecutive committee in charge of tween Corvallis and Portland. planning and seeing the completion What better way of going to town? of this project, thanked his com With the catenary system restored mittee and all others who had con to Albany and Corvallis, and pos tributed time and money to the sibly Portland, the electric cars chib. can make the trip to Corvallis in The entertainment portion of the 15 minutes and to Albany in 25. urogram featured the Dallas band “Soon the part of the line near augmented by entertainers from the west gate will be torn up in the camp. Pvt. Angelo Calabrese favor of the recently constructed was master of ceremonies and intro but not yet integrated new track duced Pvt. John Walsh, operatic behind post headquarters. This new baritone, Pvt. Nick Sansonia, pian section skirts the main part of ist and singer, and Pvt. Andy Dahl camp to the east and rejoins the who played selections on the banjo. old line near the Medical section. Following the dedication and en Why can't the Southern Pacific tertainment, the club hostesses system, while in a constructive served refreshments' and the re mood, replace the simple system of mainder of the evening was devoted electrification over these tracks to dancing. The upper floor of the Armory and once more service it as a regu has been converted into clubrooms lar passenger line as well as for freight? .nd reading rooms for the soldiers "To the north, and somewhat to nd there is a large dance floor, where regularly scheduled dances the east, stretching across the mighty Columbia river, is the im will be conducted. Shower facilities are also avail mense Bonneville dam. Here, one able and plenty of coap and towels of nature's most abundant sources have been furnished by the resi of energy is harnessed and cheap dent* of Dallas. electric power is sent into the The club will be open from 7 p. m. countryside. No tank cars, tank until 11 p. m. each evening, ex trucks or valuable ocean-going cepting Friday- and from 2 p. m. ships are necessary to bring it to until 11 p. m. on Saturdays and the consumer. Sundays. "Aside from soldiers, many civil The people of Dallas extend a ians come to camp from nearby cordial invitation to the enlisted communities. All use cars or buses, men of Camp Adair to “drop in“ using valuable rubber and gaso whenever they're in town. The wel- line. Yet the river is always there, •onie mat is always out. turning the giant turbines of Bonneville and producing a never- ending stream of electric power. Pfc. Struve Offers Why not use it? New Traffic System, "On the east coast the gasoline Priorities or Not! and rubber shortage grows acute. Months ago the electrified lines ' Pfc. Kenneth Struve, Hq. Co. that had been abandoned were put ■ postmaster, is the first to respond put back into service. They use to the Camp Adair Sentry's offer steel tires, easily replaceable, and to publish suggestions on how to common electric current. reform the army or how to do any "Most of us in camp now reach thing in camp better than it is towns only through the kindness done at present. of civilians who must use their ' His idea, though, is to improve cars. Hitch hiking is haphazard eoldicr transportation between the and is discouraged. With the re ramp and nearby towns and cer birth of a rapid transit system I tainly no subject could be more am sure that every man in camp popular. In that respect, at least. would give thanks—and patronise Pfc. Struve has made a 10-strike, it." ■nd the expression is apt, because he owns a bowling pin factory in SERGEANT — A real sweet, New Jersey, managed a bowling good natured chappy. One who alley there, and is probably the only eats raw eggs and site in boiling — «■» - - ~ 2.... * ft— Dallas Center Given To Camp Adair Men Camp AdairSen^ September 10, 1942 One Way to Be Sure Is to Read This List Col. Gordon H. McCoy requests that all officers and enlisted men concerned pay particular attention to the following directives which have appeared in the Post Daily Bulletins. The Sentry publishes the list as a handy way to keep track of what you should know; bulletin numbers are first, followed by paragraph numbers and subject: No. 2-No.3-Conservation of Tires, No. 6-No. 3-Correspondence, No. 10-No. 4-Correspondence, No. 10- No. 8-Staff Cars, No. 20-No. 1- Auto Licenses, No. 25-No.27-War Savings Bonds, No. 28-No. 1 Pri vate Vehicles, No. 28-No. 4-Train and Bus Service, No. 29-No. 5-Fire Control, No.32-No. 1-Requirements for Registration of Cars, No. 32- No. 3-Publications of Military Af fairs, No. 34-No. 2-Identification Tags, No. 38-No. 4-Firing of Arms, No. 42-No. 6-Conservation of Pa per, No. 44-No. 1-Proper Approach, No. 46-No. 3-Fire Hazards, No. 48- No. 3-Salutes, No. 49-No. 2-Offi- cers Driving Government Cars, No. 50-No. 3-Army Personnel. Band Tooters Wanted, But Not for Reveille Are you musically inclined? Have people laughed when you sat down at the piano and you had the last laugh when you showed them you could handle the ivories? Well, if you can p'ay any *n" strument from an Egyptian lyre to a zither, but preferably piano, sax ophone. trombone, trumpet, drums, etc., add your talents to the SCU 1911 orchestra now in the process of formation. Musicians are need ed, so why not join up with this new band. Make application at the Special Service office, Building T- 7-502 on 1st street north or phone Extension 2941. Let’s get a dance band started! THi WATCH THAT CANT BE COPIED HI GRUEN CURVE) Dance Band Jobs Open For Men Who Can Toot Joe Cosby’s dance band of Cor vallis has openings for several musicians if they can cut the mus tard, the band leader told The Sen try yesterday. Those interested should get in touch with Joe Cosby, 1356-W, Cor vallis. ■---------------------- ■ CUtVEX SENTRY Only Gruen Carver offers the ingenious MILITARY TAILORING Curve* movement, potent protected again# Inferior imitations until 1959. Style on# accuracy combine to make Gruen Curve» the best watch value we can offer. 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