Camp Adair Sentry
Chaplain Puls Out
Low Down for Gals
Wishes of Soldiers
Told Hostess League
(By Pfc. Raymond C. Johnson)
"What does the serviceman ex­
pect from a Junior Hostess?”
So you’ve been wondering, too!
Will, the one army man with all
the answers—the chaplain—knows
the answer.
It seems this question had been
troubling the Junior Hostesses,
those lovely girls in Corvallis who
help make the regular Tuesday and
Friday night dances there so much
fun. and the answer was presented
by the Camp Adair Chaplain, Capt.
I.loyd V. Harmon when he spoke
to the Junior Hostess league at
their meeting last week.
Soldiers want intelligent and un­
derstanding companionship com­
bined with the ability to carry on a
conversation, Chaplain Harmon told
the group. He went on to emphasize
the fact that soldiers are some­
times more self-conscious than the
girls who are serving in the ca­
pacity of Junior Hostesses, and he |
urged the girls to “take the lead
in carrying on the conversation,”
adding that often it is necessary
to wiggle a conversation from the
boys.
"Don't be sentimental,” was an-
other point made by the Chaplain.
In explaining this, he said that
girls should always keep in mind
the fact that many of the men in
uniform are already married or
engaged to girls back home,” that
the length of their stay in this
vicinity is undeterminable, He I
warned against the unhappy out- 1
come frequently resulting in “war
marriages.”
Chaplain Harmon reminded the
Junior Hostesses that a soldier can­
not tell all the truth about military
subjects and illustrated this fact
with instances he had known when
it was impossible for a soldier to
tell the truth.
In listing the qualities desired in
a Junior Hostess, he told the group
that a soldier expects his com- |
panion to be respectable at all
times and to be cheerful and not
to bother him with her own grief.
“The soldier has the huge task 1
of winning the war facing him and
already has enough worry and
grief of his own,” the speaker
added.
"The average private.” he went
on to say,” is the man responsible
for fighting the war and Junior .
Hostesses could do much for the '
n rale of these men if they would
stress their importance in the war
effort. The men with the stripes
and the bars." the Chaplain added, ,
“only train the great mass of pri- I
vates and direct them in what they ,
are to do.”
In conclusion. Chaplain Harmon '
said that nothing so honors a young ;
man in the armed forces as an invi­
tation to a girl’s home, where he
may meet her family and enjoy life '
as he remembered it before enter­
ing the army.
In the young blades of grass and
the vivid flower beds around the
headquarters of the 96th and 104th
Infantry divisions it is possible to
'ee. even now, a bit of the land-
scaping which could transform '
Camp Adair from a dust heap to a
garden, if only the camp personnel
care enough to do the job and the
money could be found.
Natives of this region know how
easily plants grow here and already
soldiers from distant parts have
noted it, in nearby towns where all
summer new roses have been bud­
ding and coming to bloom along
residence streets. One reason sol-
diers like to get away from camp
nowadays is that they tire of the
September 10, 1942
Page Severi
I sun tan soil that matches the sun David Thompson, associate engi­
i tans they wear.
neer with Lt. Col. R. E. M. Des
Commanding officers are aw’are Islets, area engineer, had shrubs
of the need and the opportunity. and small trees taken from the
At his conference with officers of grounds of deserted farm houses
the 104th Infantry division recent­ in the camp area and placed in a
ly, Major General Gilbert R. Cook nursery, where they will be avail­
said this:
able for whatever camp landscap­
“I am very much interested in ing is done. Money for grand-scale
making the divisional areas as nice camp landscaping is not available.
looking as possible. Mr. Gillette is
in charge. It might pay you to
Reliable Sign That
contact him regarding indigenous
plants and roses. When calling or Winter Is on Way Is
contacting either construction or Found in H. Q. Order
camp headquarters or personnel,
indicate your interest in the sub­
You wouldn’t know it from the
ject for your area.”
present weather but winter, believe
“Mr. Gillette” is James Gillette, it or not, is definitely on its way.
area engineers gardener trans- First sign of it was the following
ferred here from Bonneville dam.'order from H.Q.:
Here his staff have planted zinnias , "Attention will be directed by
in profusion around the two divi- all commissioned officers to ‘sea-
sional headquarters and have set sonal burning’ of leather and rub-
out other flowers not yet in bloom, ber shoes and boots by enlisted
But the big job along this line men seeking to warm their feet,
so far has been one of salvage. Particular reference .»will be made
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