^amP Adair Sentry Page Th re« Sepember 17, 1942 — j .- j ; = >l1111111"111111 ■Hllllll tlltlUM tltllllllllll||llll|||||||l|lll|llltlllllllllllllllllllllll±: (MUTTERINGS 1 VICTORY VENUS o,™R By H. B. ',l"1 >i >>i in 111 h min ilium (l| KI iiiiiiiiiiiimiiiii 11 numi M|iu jimiii iiiniiiii in Col. Ferch Speaker At Corvallis Legion Adm. Officer Tells 'em At ( rater Lake, Oregon’s blue “And the earth was without Must Woke Up to Wot water, a soldier may see the peace form, and void; and darkness was | Demi-tasse will replace the present which has followed a war of fire upon the face of the deep. And the The need for the people of Cor and ice—a war that wrecked a Spirit of God moved upon the face coffee mug and tea as well as vallis to become aware of the seri mountain said to have been loftier of the waters.” . . . “The waters are table spoons will soon grace our ousness of the present world con and more massive than any now' hid as with a stone, and the face board. . flict was cited by Col. George C. existing on this continent. I Rumor that “Pop” whipped up of the deep is frozen.” Ferch, executive officer of Camp I saw it last week. For the first the now infamous S.O.S. breakfast While we looked, hoping for a Adair, when he addressed members time, since arriving here in June, change, the mists parted, exposing special is of a malicious nature and of American Legion Post No. 11 I passed a night away from camp, a patch of sky, and suddenly I saw . has no basis in fact. last Friday night. staying in a cabin on a plateau of that one corner of the lake was Only one person in 10 in Corval- _ the Cascades, and seeing a little more blue than I had ever supposed lis. in the colonel's opinion, is real- Sgt. JOOS \jreen ShrVPS, girl chase a bear to take his pic than any blue could be. Later, as ly fully aware that there is a war , JurPS Green V/lth EHVy ture, and dropping in on the 36 the sky cleared, the water in its on and he said that a concrete ■ Adair men who are tearing apart ever-varied expanse was all shades example of this is the property j I M Sgt. Gillis Narramore-called a C.C.C. camp between Ft. Klam of blue—turquoise, cobalt, ultra- owners who have property to rvnt. at the Hdq. to. orderly room to ath and the lake. | marine, sapphire, azure, indigo— Colonel Ferch pointed out that sign the payroll. (Sure, even mas- As one who has climbed Mt. and the margin of Wizard Island, it is the patriotic duty of veteran ter sergeants do that). He puffed Vesuvius and crossed Death Valley the volcanic mountain rising with organizations, such as the Ameri up the steps, wide-eyed over the and seen the glaciers of the Alps in the huge hole in the mightier can Legion, to impress upon the sight of the rose bush in bloom, and looked on Niagara Falls and mountain, was that magical green public mind the seriousness of the the green trees and shrubs, and down into the Grand Canyon I wish which Leonardo da Vinci chose present war. to say that Crater laike is a won for his skies. 1 the tiny blades of gruss coming In an effort to dispell the idea out of the ground. Then, having The Crater Lake blue, that fair der spot of our earth and to ex that the soldiers stationed at Camp caught his breath, after such ex press a hope that many of us will reach of water in its mountain Adair are merely a bunch of “gun ertion. he remarked: manage to go there during our bowl, with a setting of peaks and ners,” the officer reported that ( “Where did you ever get all of stay in this section. canyons spread in awesome silence The guest of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd under the sky, is a perfect sign they are a fine group of men. The t __ he • trees and beautiful things?” troops are entitled to some fun ! "From a nursery.” replied 1st Fisher, of Corvallis, I was taken of the peace which came to a moun to the rim in an hour when mists tain after unimaginable masses of while off duty, and he said that Sgt. Ray Atkins, always willing hid the surface of the lake. It was. ice and fire clashed there and shat they are no more difficult to han to help a fellow needing a lift, or on that morning, not at all like the tered it. dle than college students after a a push. picture cards that we have been big football game and are less | “Fine,” said Sgt. Narramore. Mount Mazama, the scientists sending home. Instead of being a say, may have risen to a height trouble than adults attending a -|,ut I too, have a nursery.” fantasy in vivid hues, the lake and of 18,000 feet above sea level, or convention. “Sure,” Sgt. Atkins acknowl- its so-called crater were a chaos of nearly 12,000 feet above the level Colonel Ferch is a past com- (a, “you mean the M.P. bar grays and whites, with no more of the present lake. On the sum- mander of both the American Le racks, but although your plants than a hint of color, in pastel mit and far down the slopes, snow gion and Veterans of Foreign Wars are green, they won’t grow.” shades, when »he mists shifted to fell, through thousands of years, posts. reveal part of a thousand-foot and became ice, which accumu Darleen Griffin (above), 21. cliff, a broken crag, the worn ribs lated until the vast bulk of the of the mountain, or the uncertain mountain was burdened with a a war worker employed in an Chow Hounds Concoct aircraft plant at Los Angeles, outline of a shore, far below. frozen sea a mile deep. was chosen by the National Exquisite Dreams as Special Rates Height, depth and contour were Progressive Chiropractic as- Meanwhile, within the mountain Mess Sgt. Gets Raise Special Service sociation in 20th annual conven- confused. I thought not of the gor and far below’, colossal fires raged, Highest Quality geous picture cards but of those pushing upward and melting the tion at Los Angeles as its “vic- Headquarters company agreed, tory venus.' She beat out sev- sombrely, imaginative engravings rock, until weight and pressure eral hundred other competing in toto. Consensus, with much sa in the old Family Bible, the ones were too much for even mighty beauties. gacious nodding of noggins, was depicting the Creation, the Ark on Mazama to sustain. that “he got his just desserts.” the Flood, the Tower of Babel. Then ice and fire met. The upper 1,000 to 2.000 feet above the sur- Occasion was the announcement Lines from Genesis and Job came mountain of ice fell into the lower face. on Friday of the promotion of to mind: From points all around the rim, Mess Sgt. Lester W. Bowman to mountain of fire. Glacier toppled into volcano. Tremendous rocks, visitors look on rocks ground by the grade of staff sergeant. “Pop", themselves small mountains, ancient rivers of ice. on huge cones as S Sgt. Bowman is more famil dropped into seething lakes of of cinder and slag, distant • lava iarly known, came to Camp Adair flame and were consumed or the fields and farther away the tower from Ft. Lewis, before the tall, tall spray of them (as it is called) was ing crests which still support gla grass of Tent city was trampled hurled hundreds, even thousands, ciers and are white with everlast by marching feet. In other words, of miles away. Then avalanches ing snow. And as they see frag At The swept down the steep miles to the ments of a mountain that exploded, plain, and the sound of them must the imagination strains to conceive HURLEY'S LOTION have surpassed the noise of all of that gigantic shape that ghost I For Poison Oak the guns that men have fired since mountain—which once rose in this Third and Monroe Over 5000 bottles sold. Guar place, dwarfing all the rest. Scarred the discovery of gunpowder. Also Corvallis, Oregon anteed treatment for poison rock and --------- embers ------------ remaftt. , now, as 520 State St - Ground Floot gigantic streams of lava rose far,------------- oak relief. 50c bottle bv mail. into the sky, along with cinders | the last reminders of the catastro- HURLEY’S DRUGS. Albany Phone 5722 Salem and ashes that darkened land and phe and these remnants of an awe some past, a disaster deep in the ocean over enormous distances. Today a blue water, presumably mystery of time, are today mere melted snows and rain, has risen items in the setting of Crater Lake. in the immense hollow which As if on sentry duty, guarding , formed when the mountain fell in the lake from any harsh encounter on itself and was partly scattered with forces which destroy, gnarled in gas and in the mingled debris white-barked pine hold the heights of volcano and glacier. The blue about the serene water and detach When you buy automobile or lake fills a bowl six miles across ments of Alpine pine and Douglas truck inaurane« and in places 2,000 feet deep. fir are on patrol around the rim From the water loom sheer walls itself. Pressing down the ridges, You Want and bluffs, making a rim that is filling the mountain valleys and Complete protection marching in green array all down Real service the vast slopes, is a formidable Cess cost army of cedar, spruce and hemlock. ARMY MEN! MILITARY TAILORING w ARMY STORE We Have It EARL HITE Dist. Mgr.. Phone 844 221 W. Ist, Albany, Or. The First National Bank of Monmouth FARMERN AUTOMOBILE intlr INSURANCE Complete Banking TRUCK INSURANCE Safe Deposit Boxes UCHAXGI Service _____ _ 7 Instead of the dazzling snow and glittering ice and lurid flames that were the colors of ruthless warfare in a period long gone, we see today the quiet shades of leaf and fern moss, in dells of green twilight, and we note the ruddy hue of pumice desert and the constant rocks, in pale lavender, fawn, sil- ver gray and ashes of roses, and delicacy, flowers of an exquisite i For nature, as with us, warfare sometimes may be the way to true peace. Cataclysmic might and vio lence incredible, by human stand ards, precede the serenity of moun tain and lake that we hold dear. Cosmic upheavals in the ocean lied bring into being those glamorous islands that adorn the sea. This, surely, is the lesson of Crater Lake, especially for today’s soldier as he enters a war so stu pendous that it may take the best years of his life and carry him to some remote region of a globe whirling incessantly on its hazard ous path among the stars. Camp C.W.S. Admits Getting Along Okey The Chemical Warfare section of SCU 1911 has finally come into its own! It now boast« a total of five enlisted men in it« complement, the two latest additions being Privates Joe Keneaily and Ray Salvano, formerly of the old DEML section and now Hq. Co. The remaining men, all graduates of Edgewood Arsenal. Maryland, are Sgt. Bob Nastre, and Privates John McCor mick and Charlie Fabich. However. Sgt. Naatre will soon be returning to Exlgewood for the Officer Candidate school and it ««ema that the CWS section will never reach its full quota of six men. I carries on the Ball studio, started by his father many years ago. The camp studio is about ready to open. Films and amateur work are now accepted at any post ex change, and soldiers will meet Mr. Ball in connection with his work here in camp. Camp Judge Advocate. Lt. Arthur W. Kirschennian«, who had served in that capacity temporarily, has been reassigned as ■ Assistant Camp Judge Advo cate. Robert L. (Bob) Ball, eamp Capt. O'Shea Is New photography concessioner and art Camp Judge Advocate ist. has just received word of his selection among 15 Master Photo Capt. John F. O'Shea, who re graphers of the nation. Selection cently arrived here from Fort was made by Charles Abel, pub Douglas, Utah, has been appointed lisher of “The Professional Photo —— grapher,” and executive manager of the Photographers' Association of America. Mr. Ball is humbly pleased with Funeral Home this section and says it is the (Formerly Hollingsworth) highest honor his profession could Corvallis C(lnfv|. Ht, has be,.u „ p„rtiaiture Madison St. at 8th. Ph. 45 artist jn Corvallis for years and x. j , —------------------------------------------------ » he was one the scene long before the self-styled "pioneers” of the post arrived from the east. Although S Sgt. Bowman was not available for a direct state ment, or to receive the congratu- lattions of the press, it is taken j Local Man Honored by Professional Artists Buy today. War Bonds DeMoss-Britt GUNS-SUITS-LUGGAGE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WATCHES & JEWELRY Star Exchange Loan Office • MONEY TO LOAN • 311 N. Commercial Street SALEM,OREGON — Non - Coms - Soldiers Officers Notice the many additions to your shopping list this week. New mer chandise is arriving daily. We are combing the markets for the new things you will want as they come out. WATCH THIS LIST AND CHECK ITEMS NEEDED Or better still — come into either of our stores—at Albany or Salem— and go over the stocks with us. □ Copper Button Boards □ Wateproof Field Jacket Regulation, Wool Lined □ I ! 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Laundry Bags □ Ties, Suntan and Black Metal Soap Boxes ; Garrison Cap, Pdr, Boxes Regulation Wool Sox □ □ Gun Cleaning Brushes Military Dress Shoes Brass Wire All Types □ ELECTRIC SERVICE LOWER COST —AT BUY MOPE BOMBS AMP STAMPS Mountain States Power Company ' Officers' Elastique Slacks Pink □ Army Wallets □ Combs Officers' Elastique Slacks Folding and Barber Size Green ' □ "Dyon Shine" Shoe Polish Army Discharge Holders □ Housewife Kits - Roll Up Saddle Soap □ Metal Trench Mirrors Rainttte For Waterproofing Jackets □ Glastic Dog Chains Sewing Kits □ Fitted Inspection Kits Army & Navy Goods Store “A Self Rapportine, Ta«-Parme Privale Enterprise" “Your Dollar's Worth Always” TWO STORES FOR YOL'R CONVENIENCE We nerve the citie«* and rural territory Surrounding Camp Adair. J Stamps > 2 | 1 0. D. Cotton Sox GOOD BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PLANNED AHEAD TO SERVE YOU BETTER and 206 W. Second St 233 N. ( ommercial , SAIEM ALBANY ■ *