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.”
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| 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
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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.)