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"For The Men" - Tele
Of 9 Handball Courts
Gift of Contractors, Engineers;
Lorenz to Be Championship Court
DO YOU KNOW Sl'SIE?
Susie is a definite brunette,
with sparkling eyes. She's small,
weighs about 90 pounds. And
what an appetite! She ate 40
pancakes for breakfast Sunday;
likes salads, i, fruits, vegetables,
She doesn’t eat meat.
Whether Susie, the little
black bear I now proudly owned
by Tech. ( pls. Harold W. Brad
ley and Edmund H. Emeritz and
housed at barraeks between D
and E Sts., an 2nd Av., S., will
in any manner officially suc
ceed the lately present Car
michael, is not known. What
ever, she seems far more pleased
with life in these parts than
( army was. But Susie has a
shed built for her.
She was picked up recently
during exercises at Newport.
Now seven months old, Susie
was a bottle-fed baby. She's now
waiting the WAACs.
unteer workers knit them and they
are distributed by the individual
army camp directors. The sweaters,
however, are issued only at the re
quest of a commanding officer —
and then proof must be shown that
the sweaters will be put to good
Company "B”«f the Umpty-Umpth use.
Was waiting for this man,
The Red Cross now makes sure
And when he stepped down from that only soldiers who have defin
the train
ite need for the sweaters are issued
He got a friendly hand.
them.
B ASIC TRAINING
By Cpl. Charte« Bowden
Willie was a rookie
Who was sent to Camp Adair
To receive that basic training—
There was no time to spare.
BIG DRINK
TO GO BUY !
All fell out at crack of dawn.
If each of the 31 million U.S.
The sergeant whistled—shrill;
i families bought one less can of
First command was, “Dress right
i canned goods per week, the steel
dress,”
saved would meet steel require-
And much confused was Will.
' ments of 5,000 medium tanks, there
The story of Camp Adair’s nine
handball courts and how they came
PEFSI-COU ii art* mly by
to be is another tale that illus
ftyd-Cd. Cww, Uat IM City, N.
trates how you can take an idea,
»-•id holly b>:
sprinkle with enthusiasm, mix co
operation ind soon start cookin’
So when the sergeant called the I would be tin for 3(50,000 75 mm. Pepsi Cola Bottling Ct
with gas.
Howitzers, rubber for 2.000 jeeps.
roll
of Corvallis
Bark “when,” there were no
He answered softly, “Here.”
court.-. Bulk of construction work
“Sound off!" the sergeant barked
on Camp Adair was completed,
right back—
Those who had done it wanted to I
In
Willie
’s eye was fear.
leave something for memory's '
sake; something Camp Ailair sol-
’’The first thing taken up today
diets could use.
Will be to make your bed.
Spokesmen approached Col. R.
Where and how to hang your
E. M. Des Islets, area engineer.
clothes—”
Being a handball enthusiast dat
A list for “shots" was read.
ing his We-t Point days and know
“All the barracks will be scrub
ing the supeib recreational value
bed,
of the sport, the Colonel suggested
Latrines will be just so.
ha ml ba 11 courts lie built.
The grounds policed get every
It was like that - — first the wish,
thing,”
then the thought, then — »presto!
The U. S. engineers furnished the
That sergeant said, “Let's go!”
materials. Contractors countered
Willie had an awful day,
by donating the labor. Eight dandy
'Twas hard to do things right.
four wall courts were built at stra If Tootsie's Games Are
His arm. that “shot,” it hurt like—
tegic areas about the camp, All Cutely Rounded, Lisle
well,
arc regulation size; al) built of the
He couldn't sleep that night.
best material priorities would al- Okey—Song Expounded
law at tune of const)action.
At least one soldier on the post But Willie’s in there pitchin’,
1 . Chief A I. Siu > k had an-
I heard his corporal say
is
appreciative1 of * the dimpled
Ath< i thought. If there cimld be
He’s got a soldier’s makins
twinklings
(feminine
legs
to
you)
one more court, built even more
And improves from day to day.
strictly to every A.A.U. specifica about the post. Fearful lest the
SLIPPERS SHE WIU
proud
possessors
of
the
camp's
tion for championship play than
the rest
to lie used constantly more shapely gams become too un Those Cold Cold M.P.'s
LOVE FOR XMAS
of course, blit likewise to be kept happy about the silk shortage he
To Get Warm Sweaters
in “tournament shape” every hour has penned these cheerful yet de
termined
lyrics.
.May
they
help
you
of every day. If there could?
The average soldier may or may
Sherk found hi« man. It wm lassies to bear one of the grimmer
Emil Lorenz, one of the four con war shortages. The lyrics should be not be glad to learn that Camp
tractors. This contractor had built sung softly to the tune of “Smile Adair M. P.’s will be warm this
Ladies we give you: winter as they walk their post.
courts (they are surprisingly A While.”
Adair Red Cross ol* lais have an
LISLE A WHILE
tricky things, they say, to build).
He was willing to "give." So was I.isle a while and lick the Japanese, I nounced that they are gathering
Rayon
l»»rn Lorenz court, which may be Lisle's the style to wear on pretty | enough of the O. D. sleeveless
sweaters
to
take
care
of
all
the
knees.
scene of plenty sizzling handball
“Just what I wanted,” she’ll sav to these BLUE, RED of
encounters of national champion Now that skirt- are worn so high, post M. P.'s. An infantry regiment
has also applied and received offi
ship i peed ere long.
BLACK bootees with WHITE bunny fur,..or the RED,
Lisle's the thing to catch the eye.
cial OK for the issuance of the
C< >rt i* regulado
GREEN, PINK, BLUE or BLACK “scuff»” with fluffy
Lovely legs look smart in cotton
sweaters.
sherling. Give either!
mesh
The sweaters are knitted to spe-
liti’ !'
Don't wear bloody silk next to
c if ¡cations
nusliuin and
most
your flesh:
large size
th -
Until pence shall smile afresh.
Red Cross
a hand- \\ e w ill lisle a while.
Corner Court & Liberty
SALEM
Red C i os -
won at 21
CHRISTMAS
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PARAMOUNT SHOE STORE
k
ntial station ftre-
1 court will be kept
>« at all times, in
sweeping, Flayer»
for use of the court,
Ml
card at th> fir* ata
ri' is also dressing
■ is Sneakers must
ay. Otherwise, it's
ca.se of obsi rve the rules,
*. Handball ■ asna i* about
Camp Adair. •
Retreat
'Tis in th«' quiet of evening
After megs that it comi*
That mslarchidv feeling
When duy is done.
Whooos, My Dear; Big
Bold Firemen Go in
For Postels and Such
What do firemen do when
are waiting to put out fires, besides
| shooting the breeze, playing hand-
, luill. checker«, Acey-Deucy, poke r,
deminos, Mick-gam mon and kt«'p-
I ing the things ship-shape that they
iput out fires with?
Plenty. For instance, the lad* at
No. 1 Station are just now finish
nig up a job of painting in lovely
past-1« («i-CCU material) their
entlie plice. They've also installed
I ruin acrvio the hills and valleys
a st ream-litted kitdmn.
< omes th* bugle'* clear, sweet call. I The example set at No. 1 under
Aial isch loyal soul "ralh**,"
Capt. Arthur Kiel block will b* fol
Cuaie* to ”Attention" one and all lowed non at the six fire house«
throughout the post
’Tis “Rettvat" the" bugle proclaims
It is Coxy, homelike. Still lack
A» the flag comes drifting dawn,
ing. though, i* a womans touch.
And i agv-r hands reach to claim
So far there ar* no port*«.
Krr ita beauty touch th* ground.
The men lik* it. admittedly. How
I'heti with rev «went adoration
much though, is a poaer It waa
It i* carnal and laid away.
suggested that, things twing cogy
Rut it shall ever riae, loyal Mainai. maybe they wouldn’t even dare to
1« giesst aach dawning day.
go home now wham off duty to
their various renal« aces at *urh
And m> «hen this hfe is aver.
way points as Albany. Corvallin.
And my Retn st « been played.
lehunon. Ihdi-perxiencr, Dallas et
J shall rest m Mie knowing
al. The reply W« >a chorus
<h*r Hag haa always waved
"Ho. ho. ho. ho. ho. ho. ho. ho—
haw-
Ü. 8 Army hebwrts ar* af nan
magnetic steel and don't affect
rompane« carried Uy tronfia.
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