OREGON STA rp LIBRARY" Sentry Camp “No non ran suffer too much nor fall too soon, if he suffers or if he fall in the defense of the liberties and constitution of his country."—Daniel Webster Mounting Guard in Camp Adair, Oregon NOV 2 8 1942 | weekly journal devoted to maintaining morale, with the responsibility of circulating post informa tion and news at Camp Adair, Oregon. Camp Adair. Oregon, Thursday. November 26. 1942. Vol. !.. No. 31. FIRST USO SHOW AT POST TODAY i Adair Bakery Opened Thanksgiving 37,000 Loaves a Day Reasons Many Home Made Bread Now on Camp Menu; Baking Routine Explained FUN FOR ALL Four parties with food, games, clothing and possibly manners, al Itypical of four parts o. the United States, will be given for soldiers and towpispeople at 8 o’clock on Saturday night, at Corvallis. • In the Baptist church center it will be Texas; at the Elks Temple, New York; at the USO, Dixie; and at the Federated churches. New England. Super Turkey Dinner; USO Show; Big Radio Feature—Yep, It is Real Thanksgiving! From now on for some of us and by Tuesday for all of us —our staff of life will be GI, home-baked and good! The new post bakery of Camp Adair on Saturday went Soldier— Your Aunt Minnie in Keokuk is into operation for its first test run of 600 loaves. Thankful because she found her On Monday 1,000 loaves were baked for Tuesday’s issue. store teeth behind the drain board. Each day this week there was increase of a thousand loaves. Today she An eat. This Saturday, when the bake is made for Monday’s con Your rich Uncle George at the sumption there will be a full issue of 8,000 loaves. I Carleton-Plaza is Thankful because From then on the output will be increased as the post his gout has eased. personnel increases. The bakery will be capable of a maximum At one company day room there is a little white dog. He is Thank output of 37,000 loaves per day. ful and shows it with every wrig Col. Baumeister in Charge ♦------------------------------------------------- gling muscle of his body, because Lt. Col. T. A. Baumeister, direc one trooper saw him lost and lone tor of supply, nurtured the new ly in Tuesday’s rains and pitied completed project “from a piece of him; and he has at last found swampland to the construction of warmth and friendliness. the new bakery” which will be oper There is room for an all-tran ated with ultra-modern equipment scendent feeling of Thanksgiving and a trained personnel, to “bake Newly-Promoted Gent ( because, overseas ahead of us, com- , broad as nutritious as it is poss Eldest Brother Serving rades of ours have been carrying ible to make bread.” ______ | out the dirty work of the greatest Per regulations, bread only will Lt. Col. N. George DeDakis, 35, job of our lifetime, in a manner be baked. For the time being it will be white. Later, there will also Special Service Officer of the Tim- .that beggars any words we could be whole wheat loaves. ber Wolf Division, and just promot- • I use. “When you get down to it,” said Post Bakery is located at Build ed from major, was born in Greece the boss-man, “there are so many ing T-4-401, at juncture of 3rd St., and his father, George B. DeDakis, l* things that you’d better just give N. and Av. I. Entire operation of the bakery now of Chicago, fought in the Bal it a ‘What’s what at Camp Adair,’ will be under Col. Baumeister, via kan war by which Crete was freed and let ’er go.” the division of Sales Office, under from the Turks. For most of EM. unless other The colonel has served at Ft. Sill, wise ordered, there will be no work Capt. Kenneth Horne. Lt. Wesley P. Herrmann is acting Sales Offi Okla., Camp Barkeley, Texas, and or drill. It will be the day ideal to cer while Capt. Horne is in the Camp Sheridan, Ill., and his mili fully appreciate: tary training began in the R.O.T.C., hospital. Here We Go Operating personnel will vary at the University of Chicago, where • Chow-? -Buf- from 24 to 30 men. There will be he was graduated in 1929. He has fice that it will, degrees of Pli.B., and J.D., and has no women employed. according to all Warrant Officer George B. Stan been a Chicago attorney. Later he mess sergeants, ley. for 12 of hit 14 army years an was a superintendent for Spiegel, be the best to instructor in Bakers and Cooks | Inc., mail order house, and was date nerved. school, is bakery officer. Chief i stationed in South Carolina. His That ’s one pound wife and daughter now live at Cor baker is T Sgt. Paul B. Petre. of turkey for ev As an extra-curricular function, vallis. ery man and all Ordered to active duty on Jan. the bakery wil lalso be used in in of the trimmings that go with it. struction of students from the 19, 1942, he was a service battery Served at noon-time. Plus (for commander of artillery in Texas School of Bakers and Cooks. some) the new GI bread. Taken all in all. the splendid new and later here, before taking his That free USO-Camp Show, plant can stand on its merits as present post. He is much interested “Soup to Nuts,” will appear as one of the show places of Camp : in the divisional basketball pro wirtten up elsewhere on page one gram, and in a forthcoming radio Adair. in a series of performances, at War series with soldier talent. There are 10,000 square feet of Department Theater No. 5. The lo floor space. Half is concrete; but The colonel is the oldest of four cation is Ave. D and 5th St. See 5,000 feet are qf fine Louisiana brothers, all in the service. One, your company commander about pecan flooring. The entire plant is 1st Lt. Jamis DeDakis, is abroad tickets. electrically operated, With a total now' as a bombardier. Thomas is i Church Services of 41 electric motors. Even the an instructor in an air corps tech-' Special church services — These ovens, though oil-fired, have elec- nical school in Nebraska. Another will be held at various times dur trie motors to expel vapors. is graduating in an officers’ candi- ing the day. The Chaplain’s In fact, since we’ll be dining date school. Column, page two of the Sentry, heartily and getting fat on bread In short, the DeDakis family carries full details. a la Camp Adair from now on, let’s feel strongly on the war. It has The theatres — No. 1 is play go along with Mr. Stanley and bo- been a long, long time since word ing “Springtime in the Rockies,” peep the works: has come from members of the with Grable. Payne, Miranda (it’s (Continued on page 4. column 5) i family still living in Greece. Carmen, yah!J; plus Japateurs, a short and movie tone news. Eve ning show 6:30 o'clock No.’s 3 (at 6) and 4 (st 6:45 p.m.) is xhow- <Continued on page 6. column 4) Louise Murphy Nov Has 1 Brothers in Country's Service a? Lt. Col. DeDakis Has 'Family' Army Career Ten Officers Upped In Serv. Com. Unit iving Doy'42 Cols. McCoy and Ferch Honor Guests of MP's Capt. Hale Host to Officers, Men, Their Ladies in Gay Holiday Feast Col. Gordon II. McCoy, camp commander, and Col. George C. Ferch, executive officer, will be the guests of Capt. Julius Hale, Provost Marshal, and the Military Polio? today (Thursday) at Thanksgiving dinner. They and other officers anil enlisted men, with wives and children and uiai’be grandchildren, will distal Itrli mess hall festive with holiday decorations, such as pumpkins, corn, fruits, and so on, and the SCU Orchestra will play. Not content with the G. I. bill-of-fare, which is more varied and more abundant than most homes in the land can afford, the Military Police have drawn up another of their own. It is as follows: Crab Cocktail Oyster Soup and Crackers Saltines Roast Tom Turkey Oyster Dressing Cranberry Sauce Giblet Gravy Snow flaked Potatoes Sweet Mixed Pickles Celery Hearts Shrimp Salad Baked Ham Candied Yams Buttered Asparagus Tips x . ( reamed Sweet Corn Fruit Cake Cocoanut Layer Cake Mince I’ie Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream Mixed Candies Icc Cream Assorted Fruits Apples Oranges Seedless Grapes Bananas Assorted Hot Rolls Rye and Whole " heat Bread Rutter Coffee Cigars Cigarettes Dinner will lie served at I o'clock and in thr seating arrangements husbands and wives are given pecial consideration. In fact even chronic M.P.s are listed as guests if their wives are expected, too. Thus the list of guests goes as follows: Col. and Mrs. McCoy and family; Col. and Mrs. Ferch; Lt. and Mrs. Hugh H. Tonsfeldt; ( apt and Mrs. Julius Hale; Lt. and Mrs. Walter R. Padrick and family; Lt. and Mrs. Oscar If. Huskey, Jr.; Master Sergeant anil Mrs. Gillis Narramore and their children, Eugene, Juanita and Eileen; 1st Sgt and Mrs. E I Stair«; S/Sgt. and Mrs. (Continued on page 4, column 5.) Watch Their Smoke Real Pioneers of Camp Adair Now 1st Lt's, Capt's, Majors Ten officers of the Service Com officers’ training school at Hono mand unit, including some of lulu. On Sept. 10. 1940. he began Adair', pioneers and some in key active duty as a second lieutenant. positions on the post, have been Major Horne, 33, Assistant Camp promoted and are now being con Quartermaster, was formerly of gratulated everywhere in the camp Vancouver Barracks and his wife which has grown up around them. and three children are now at Cor The ten are as follows: vallis. He studied busineM adminis Major Fisher J. Smith and Major tration at the University of Hawaii Kenneth Horne, both promoted and studied law through University from captain. of Oregon extension, at Portland, Capt. OUins L. Carter, pro and then attended the United States moted from 1st lieutenant, and 1st Immigration school. He has been a Lieutenants Clarence S. Brasel commanding officer of the Civilian ton. George H. Godfrey. Milton Conservation Corps and a warrant Earl Harris. Pete A. Lafka. Edwin officer and he attended the QM S. Mac Allaster. Victor J. Mix, and administrative school at Philadel- Hugh H. Tonsfeldt. all promoted . phia. I Capt. Carter, 36. in charge of from 2nd lieutenants. Major Smith, 35. Director of Sup ' the Transportation Section of QM plies. has his real home in Salinas. there, came from Alboin. Mich . and Calif., although his wife and two | was in the R.O.T.C. at Culver Mili- children are now living at Cor j vary Academy and Plattsburg, N. vallis. He was schooled at the Uni Y. His original commission was as versity of Utah and the University a second lieutenant of infantry, in of Hawaii, specializing in business 1928 He went into active duty at administration and he has been in Ft Francis E. Warren. Wyo_ on the wholesale manufacturing and . March 18, and came to Camp Adair distributing business. He entered j on May 2. becoming pest rail and the service in 1*34, being commis motor transportation officer. sioned thmnrh the Onartermn-ter** ! (Continued on Psge 5, Cn|«mn R| Another USO-Camp Shows Unit to Appear Dec. 17; Top Vaudeville Acts in Thanksgiving Day Debut At long, lonesome last the USO-Camp Shows will bow in at Camj) Adair. Today (Thursday, November 26, remember!) there will be two evening presentations (and perhaps a matinee) of the New York variety show, ‘Soup to Nuts,” shown at War De partment Theater No. 5. The address is Ave. D and 5th St. S. The admission is free. The show is strictly EM; not for civil ians. The matter of dress is governed by customary theater rules. Evening shows will lie presented at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. There will be no motion pictures at Theater 5 for the day. This theater seats 1038 persons and tickets compatible with the number of performances have been distributed to the various post units equally, through office of Capt. Alex F. Ruth, Special Services officer. Recently your camp newspaper ran a story shout Miss Louise Mur phy, who is both worker and orna ment at Adair. It said that she was the daughter of the late Col. E.V.D. Murphy, formerly University of Oregon ROTC commandant, and that six of her brothers were in the service. Now a seventh brother, Edward, 18, has quit the freshman class at ------------------------------------------------- 4 Get Tick,u from c. o. the University of Oregon and gone Tickets available to personnel of into the service. Mrs. Murphy, liv TOMORROW’S POIPER SCU 1911 will be obtained through ing st Eugene, is thought to be the TODAY! your company commanders. Tickets only seven-star mother in Oregon. In this issue of the Sentry you otherwise have been distributed lncidentslly the story shout Miss through divisional special services get tomorrow's paper today. Murphy was picked up by various We carry Thursday dateline officers. newspapers over the country. Today's show, which is Unit 75 per Sentry custom, but the Thanksgiving delivery service of the USO-Camp Shows, head being what it is and event* of quartered in New York, is the first the day what they are, you, our of two currently scheduled for good customers, simply get the Camp Adair. Dec. 17 is date of the paper a little ahead of time. variety show "The First Year,” News yarns, take note, are writ- travelling as Unit 76. And what’s for today? ten with the "slant” that today "Plenty of sugar and spice went means Thursday. Hospitality League into the making of ‘Soup to Nuts',” 'All-Out' for Men says the advance release from Max Climaxing Romance, well C. Fox, publicity director of The Home Hospitality league Cpl. Demarque Weds the USO-Camp Shows. working in connection with the Stage Revue Alice Morgan Today USO in Salem, offers, to visiting The varieties, presented stage soldiers in Salem the privilege of revue style, include and will be good home cooked meals on Sun Cpl. Martnin Demarque and Mixa opened by the six Taft Kretlow days. Alice Morgan will be married on Girls, offering “smurtly precisioned In any USO club, there is a bul Thanksgiving day morning at 1) dance routine;” James Evans, foot letin board on which soldiers who o’clock and Capt. Paul S. Rutledge, Juggler; Wilbur Hall and Ronie, a desire homo cooked meals may commanding officer of Hdq. Co., man and woman comedy act; Ver SCU, will give the bride away. non and Draper in sophisticated sign up. Simple, isn’t it? Then again if Chaplain Newman will perform the song and dance. you visit any church in Salem, ceremony. Says the advance: "The show Cpl. Demarquc, of the Cook» and moves fast, with gags, songs, whatever your nationality or reli gion you will be invited out by Baker* School, 1* 29, and the bride dances and specialties routined members of the church. This is is 28. Both formerly lived at Lo* with nice timing. Cast is strictly just another one of the Home Hos Angeles, but »he 1» now at St. Hel big-time, with plenty of pulchri pitality services. Thia organiza ens, teaching. The bridesmaid will tude.” tion, working in connection with the be her friends, Miss Helen Txitz. and Hix Lovely Eadies USO of Salem is offering the men the best man will be Cpt. Albert The six lovelies open the show with a precisioned dance number of the services a home environ W. Spiegel. The bride will wear a white gown and work throughout with their ment. and veil and a wedding picture is original routines, which include a There arc within this Hospitality planned. At this writing, the cor "socko Jitterburg” and boogie- la-ague families who invite soldiers poral's only worry is over what to spend the nights at their homes. plans certain members of Hdq. Co. woogie military number. Evans' act is billed "Foot Feats” Don't neglect to take advantage of may have, in connection with the and he can reputedly juggle every- this hospitality, there is nothing wedding. (Contlnued on page 5. column 6* better to chase away the blues than a nice home cooked meal, a warm fireside, and a pleasant chat with folks like those you left be hind and long again to see. Re member the offering the place and town. Home Hospitality league—USO Club Salem, Ore- gon. Home Cooked Dinners For Asking in Salem Orientation Course Gives Review of War HEADS UP, ELKS! B.P.O.E. 1413 of Corvallis desires the names and home lodge num bers of all Elks at Camp Adair ('amp Elks will be invited to social functions now being planrod for the winter. The camp Public Rela tions office will takr your regis tration. A Stud; in ( PMeartmeat — Five of the ten poet officer- recently upped in rank traded cigars and posed for thio picture. Congratulation» are in order from left to right top row. to 1st Ms. Victor J Mix. Petr A. I.afka and ( mrence 8. Braselton Bottom row |«t I t* George H Godfrey and Fdwin 8 Mr Minster Public Relations Photo. 'Soup to N uts/ Comedy Revue, at Theater No. 1 "WE” STEP OUT Camp Adair is really achievc- ing international (or at least intra-hemispheric, fame! Why? We thought you’d ask. And we use the editorial "we” in justified pride, for the fame of the camp, of which we spoke, is reflected from the fame the “Camp Adair Sentry” is ach.eye ing. Last Monday, the Public Re lations office received a com munication from the Depart ment of National Defense, Longue Pointe Ordnance Depot, Longue Pointe, Montreal, Que bec, Canada. It was in the na ture of a request that “we” place them on the Sentry’s ex change mailing list. Ain't that somethin’? Schedule to Start Dec. 2 for Personnel Under Gen. Bradley By Pvt. Paul R. Kalman. Jr. A comprehensive picture of World War II from the invasion of Poland in 1939 until the recent oc cupation of North African base« by Allied forces will be included in a special orientation course institut- od for military personnel under the command of Major General James L Bradley, which is scheduled to begin on December 2. Designed primarily as a method of presenting a factual and un biased description of events up to and Including the present world turmoil, the program will be of in terest to civilians as well as offi cers and enlisted men. As the present day military situ ation has made it necessary for the armed services to accept thousands of individuals whose work or en vironment prevented them from ob taining a clear and concise knowl edge of their part In the war, the course will attempt to instill in these persons an idea of what the United States is fighting. On the other hand, those whq are well versod in the War eith^ from the angle «if experience in personal conflict or newspaper ami periodi cal reports will find the course both interesting and instructive. The scope is of a worldwide nature and includes a description of the work being done by all of the armed services, whether on land, on sea, or in the air. To emphasize and enhance the current phases of the war, descrip tive maps and literature of the aters of operations will be (Misted on bulletin boards in squad rooms and in the day rooms of every company. Twice weekly, the mili tary situation will be discussed by responsible officers with the men of their command. At the end of each week, a news -ummary in the form of a map with attached de scriptive matter will be posted in a place which will be easily acces sible to all soldiers. A number of unit orientation of ficers have already been selected for their ability and knowledge of international relationships and are at present preparing both written and oral matter which will be pre- sented by means of radio, printed (Continued on page 5, column 6.)