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Camp Atlair Sentry
Thursday, December 24,1942.
T« W. Artillery Show
Win Go on the Road
i
Depot Co. Activities
at
FIRST ST. SOUTH & E
o
by
Pvt. Harry Klissncr
Talent Hunt Begins With Show by
Men of Major Stangl's Battalion
E.M. at the 332nd Depot Co. arc
■ “-r
pieparinj; with hearty enthusiasm
fr
a series of battalion “home talent” shows,
for the holiday season which is
oni \.hw> a Timber Wolf artillery road show will be picked,
proof enough that the Christinas
as Riven last Friday night by the battalion which Major
j0Se,ii Single commands.
spirit js here. Especially is this
t)
those present, and sitting directly in front of
noticeable since Sgt. Wm. Trout
..e,
,um and a trumpeter who can blow the roof off,
and Sgt. Guy Blackmore chauf­
th*.
General William C. Dunckel, in command of
fe ured by Pvt. William Liddell
ne artiliez^ if the division. He explained that although these
took a trip into the hills to cut
r tk S
being organized and managed and put on alto­
gether by enlisted men, he and all of the officers were mighty
down a huge evergreen tree, some
Keen about it and were engaged in a talent hunt which would
mistletoe, and holly. Upon their
put the artillerymen in the middle of the map as showmen. I
return, the carpenters immediate­
Ii>ci<ientnlW, the general's con-*--------------------------------------------- r
ly went to work building stands
fidential kecRtary. Pfc Arthur M.lgnmly' a determination to rush
—
• •
RichardJloq,
^was master of cere- ' < the enemy.
Left to right: Lt. Col. Lee R. Woods, Post Finance Officer; Capt. und braces for these decorations.
New Band Gets a Hand
In the meantime a committee
monies. H^^sed be a Loew the­
Julius Hale, Provost Marshal; and Mrs. Robert L. Wilson, of PX tailor
The new band, only two weeks shop. Also a real bugle, almost obsolete now, and a canned bugle.
consisting of Chairman Lt. Robert
atre mar
in big eastern cities
and waff
•etary to the comedy old. and conducted by Warrant Of­
The G. I. towel in the left hand was located, so that Col. Woods, i E. Seng. Sgt. John Forbes, Ronal
star, BiH ®. Van. He has been ficer Joseph Rubel, got the biggest of Lt. Col. Lee R. Woods, Jr., the once a bugler, now Post Finance Brock, and Herbert Rothman com­
hand of the evening. Numbers
pleted plans for a Yuletide pro­
in the < ce since June 11.
sweet bugler of Cottage Grove, Officer, could pose holding it. To gram. Men in our organization are
Anot
his right, in the picture, is Capt.
with professional ex- ranged from a Sousa march to
perience- i s Pvt. Alexander San- I “Jersey Bounce.” When the show Ore., even before the other war, is Julius Hale, Provost Marshal, from contributing twenty-five cents
to, origiiit0j of Akron, Ohio, who ' | began, the recreation hall was not to catch his tears as he weeps whose building the calls, magnified apiece to cover expenses for this
has been nFîyaudeville and musical ! quite full. After the band played, over an honest bugle, victim of the through an amplifier, blanket a affair. Also each member of the
it was crowded with standees to mechanical age.
332nd, will give a present which
large section of camp.
shows, on th< production end.
the
doors.
This
band
includes
big-
does not exceed fifteen cents in
Nobody
murdered
the
bugler,
as
Also
in
the
picture
is
Mrs.
Rob
­
Nazi! Killed His Family
Irving Berlin threatened in his ert L. Wilson (Mary Lou), wife value. The one bringing in the most
Friday’s ’.ghow, consisting of time musicians.
But the
of the
oc- song of World War No. 1. The spe. of a Quartermaster staff sergeant. useful item will receive a special
...» class artist ...
— —
comedy and music, mostly light,
closed imjMtaively with a solemn casion was Pvt. Frank Mader, for- 1 cies is about extinct, though, ho­ She runs the tailor shop in the gift from Commanding Officer, Lt.
blackout
the more moving merly of the first violins in the cause the canned bugle has been Post Exchange across the way and Donald Burnett.
i’fc. Al liurzlaff has Iwen ap­
because of the sad family history Little Symphony Orchestra of St. widely adopted. No longer do com- is on hand for reveille call, because
' Louis. Without accompaniment, ' fades listen, in the stilly night. she anil her husband drive in from pointed Assistant Mail Clerk ami
of the principal figure on the
stage. This was Cpl. Joseph Mor­ I and on a violin not his own, he hoping that he will hit that bad their Corvallis home. She grew up will lake Corp. Walter Stellmaeh’*
purgo, a (,uuk. The Get mans, it played the familiar Bach Air for note. They know, in advance, that in Atlanta, Ga., came to Portland to place when he leaves on furlough.
After the Christmas season. Corp.
was announced by the M.C., have the G string and the Brahms’ Sev- the call, whatever it is, will be per- run a tailor shop, and then had one
enth
Hungarian
Dance.
|
feet,
because
every
call
is
played
*
Stellmaeh will need a vacation, for
at
a
29th
Engineers
Post
there,
killed eight members of Morpurgo’s
The extreme north and south ( on a phonograph record and the re­ where she and the sergeant met. 1 the mail is getting heavier every
family in this war.
states of the country blended in a wordings were made by experts and As a bugler, the present Col. Woods day. This can be taken literally be­
A sister and three children were
done until they were right.
was in Company E. 4th Inf., Oregon cause those packages certainly
killed by bombs which the Ger- lightly charming duet when Sgt.
With difficulty a real bugle, National Guar 4, at Cottage Grove, don't look light,
John
McClean
and
Cpl.
Winston
mans dropped from planes into
with mouthpiece missing, at that, in 1910.
In I’fc. Burzluff. our 332nd Dc-
the streets of Amsterdam, on May Hughes, with a guitar, got together
p, pot Co. has a capable man. Al-
on
the
stage.
The
first
hails
from
11, 1940. Another sister was killed
i though by trade he is a sign paint-
in that Wholesale bombing of Rot­ North Dakota, the second from
1 er which is fortunate for us, he
Texas,
and
they
made
a
big
hit
terdam, after Holland had met the
has shown his adaptability to all
with
this
talent
scout.
German terms. Two brothers, in
the army ways and will undoubt­
Other
acts,
all
much
applauded,
the merchant marine, were lost at
edly make a good mail man in the
sea when their ships were torpe­ were as follows:
absence of Cpl. Stellmaeh.
Pvt.
Lowell
Austin
of
Spring
­
doed. A cousin, convicted of sa­
“We’ve got our bovs to keep us
field,
Mo.,
in
hill-billy
songs,
with
botage, was stood up against a
warm,’’ is the, tune we sing every
guitar.
Put
a
beard
on
him
and
wall and shot.
morning when Sgt. Arthur Diele-
give him a “Tobacco Road" make­
Morpurgo, almost 42, made a up and he would be quite an act.
man liLws his whistle and kicks
The train pulled into the station at North Platte, Wyoming,
little speech, saying he hoped that
,
us
out of bed. Yes, the boys to
Davis and Hall, in blackface
was late afternoon and the approaching shallows of evening
what had happened to his family comedy. Leo Daniel, songs, with
( whom we have reference arc our
cast their grayness on the newly-fallen snow. But the train
would never happen to the families guitar, Pvt. Charles Houston,
was filled with the light-heartedness and gayety of soldiers,
■ firemen. Pvt. Chester Moseley and
sailors, and marines—most of them going on furlough for the
of any in the audience, and that playing harmonica. A skit about
. Lester Cline. These two get out of
first
time
in
many
months.
And
for
the
few
minutes
during
everybody should stick it out un- a- pickpockets' union, involving
bed every morning at four and fire i
which the train was scheduled to stop, the men in uniform
til victory has been won and the Pvts. Santo. James Luscher, Andy
carried their song and cheer into the station where the altruism
the furnaces; so we cun rise in i
last Nazi gangster has been put Frank, Joseph Watson, Walter
of the American people stood ready to serve the cups of coffee
comfort at six-thirty in the morn­
and cake that brighten the long journey of service men.
out of business, Then he read a Samuels.
ing.
poem about Bataan, reminding the
Colds and the flu sent fifteen of
audience that the enemy had to be
In the center of the table there was displayed a typical
our group to the hospital during
American birthday cake bearing 9 pink candies. The sweet liess
crushed on both sides of the world. Division Chief
i the last month. Among those con­
of a woman's smile was seeking someone in uniform who claimed
While he spoke, a group of sol­ Given Greeting
fined áre Corporal Stanley Krula;
a birthday that day. And the Goddess of Joy arranged to send
diers formed a tableau, with rifle,
one such soldier to that little station in North Platte, Wyoming,
Pfc.’s Edward Keating. Robert
that very day. When he happily took the cake from the
bayonet and knife all poised to
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Lipoid, Lawrence Roselle, John Ker
woman's
hands,
he
asked
to
whom
he
could
send
such
thanks
shoot and strike. It expressed, lier this war may terminate, with
non, John Blevins; Pvt-. Ernest
for the thoughtfulness that went with it. And the woman
victory for this nation and for our
Van Limburg, James Currie,
turned
with
a
tear
in
her
eve
and
pointed
to
a
little
crippled
f'
allies.
boy sitting in a wheel chair in the corner of the room. This
Franklin Brouhard, Phillip Del
was HIS birthday, anil it was his wish that the cake be given
“This being the Yuletide, may
Pozo, Richard Lindberg, Crynvivr
to some soldier or sailor whom that same day honored. This
■ we pause in our labor and depart
Ficnberg, Ben Graetz, John Villa­
is the little bit that counts!
'■ from strict adherence to military
lobos, and Rols-rt Fassctt. The ma­
| custom to wish you, “Doc” Cook,
jority of these nu n who returned to
Where is your little bit that counts? Whether you be
I the merriest of Christmases and
the 332nd Depot Co., have high
a soldier or civilian employed here at the Post, what are you
the greatest of success and happi­
praise for Miss Bridgman, u mem­
doing in the war effort that beam such meaning? It must
ness in the New Year, and to fur­
have been a great sacrifice to this crippled child to part with
ber of the Red Cross at the hospi­
one of the ioys of reaching another birthday. But this is the
ther pledge to you our lasting loy­
tal who is doing everything in her
Complete Bunking
era of sacrifices .... and may the child be our guide. For this
alty and endeavor to help you make
power to furni-h entertainnu nt and
Service
Christmas, let a WAR SAVINGS BOND be your gift to ALL
the Timber Wolf Division the best
recreation fur the ambulatory pa­
Americans in uniform. And let every pay day lie a gift day.
SEE VS FOR
division of our Army.”
Buy War Savings Bonds to the utmost of vour ability through
tients.
YOUR INSl RANCE NEEDS
the CLASS "A” PAY RESERVATION PLAN.
In accepting the scroll, formal­
Pvt. Wm. Liddell's wife spent
✓ ly presented by Col. H. C. Mandell,
two weeks with him, und today left
Chief of Staff, in the presence of
for California. They have two chil­
the other generals ami officers of man. It was followed by a party cranlierry sauce, ehilled celery, dren there.
Matches — Jewelry
the division down to company com­ for nurses in the day room, at bread, butter, pumpkin pie, choco­
Sgt. Glinn Teal and Sgt Connie
Musical Instrumenta
manders, General Cook said the 10:30 p.m., during which Miss Or- late cake, icing, coffre, fruit cake, Cronin have been taking turn in
Guns — Suits — Luggage
first paragraph on the scroll indi­ pen sang.
heading ;• rock hauling <hi.nl. ft
oranges, nuts, and candy.
cated his objective, and the second
seem« that Oregon h;< a few
paragraph his wish. He felt that
cloudburst« onto in awhile, and th"
Soldier
Passing
Out
the division would be the best in Adair on Air
ground gets quite -<‘ggy. Due to
Goods He Helped Make this many have referr d to our lo­
the Army, that even the newest re­ Again Jan. 4
cruits were doing their best to make
cation as "Swampy Adair." T<
He’s in the army now, but still remedy this situation truck load
it so, and he expressed a belief
( Con tinned Tiom Page 1)
that already the division was better will lie Pvt. George Johnson, for­ Pvt. Fred L. Smith is reminded of after truck load of rocks have been
I
trained than his battalion was on merconcert pianist and Pvt. George his old job when he helps Supply taken from th' hill«. Those whi
embarking for France in 1918.
M. Tordy, concert violinist, who Sgt. Hilcry K. Cason issue doth have accompanied Sgts. Teal und
Brigadier General William C. has appeared with some of the most and mosquito ne^-ing. because h<- Cronin on this detail are Corporals
Dunckel, divisional artillery com­ famous musical organizations in finds that he had a part in its Herbert Bloedel, Harry Ludwig;
manufacture.
mander, proposed the presentation the country.
Pfc.’s Jay Backcnger, Rex Red-
of a scroll to General Cook, and
Rousing applause greeted the ,Pvt. Smith. qow in the infantry house, Th<'<>dore Birch, Chari« Hol.
311 N. Commercial St.
headed the committee. The greet­ initial broadcast. In this John Car­ of the Timber Wolf division, cam< ton, Homr r Boone, Edward t'urn-
Salem, Oregon
ing was drafted in the G-2 office. penter. well-known radio per-onali- from South Carolina, when' mills cron, Norman Olson, Kern Tice,
ty, m.c.’d an<l music was fumishid process cotton into cloth for army Ijee Wh"t-nl; Pvts. It a y in o n d
Joseph Sampietro and hi- aug­ us«-. He worked at-looms making fk-Mseley, Harold Bradway, Jame*
Yuletide Spirit Prevails by
army duck and he made netting. Currie, Phillip Del Pozo, Jamas
mented KOIN orchestra.
At Station Hospital
Feature top-flight performers in­ The factory received the navy "E” Di«muke. William Dougla«, Clare
cluded Suzanne Burce, On gon’s rating and his sweetheart wr ars ence Farnur, Elroy Fetrow, John
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Victory Girl; Carol Worth (Mis.« the pin that was given to him. J«len, Pierre Oubre, Elmer Petty
Oregon
of 1942), Jimmy Riddell’» Smith worked seven days a week. Lowell Wylie, Oral Rus-ell, Charles
1 j ful "Nativity Story" will be pre-
—Pvt. William N. Batdorf. Barrett, anti Ernest Van Limburg
i ' *ented in pageant irt the auditor- KOIN chorps—also. Red Dunning.
Pfc. Joe Montalbano certainly
Norman
Anderson,
dancer
and
ten
­
i ium. by a group brought from Cor-
YOUTHFUL PASTOR
has a soft heart, fine of our boy/
, i vallis under auspices of the “Gray or Andy Clausen in his final pre-1
had a birthday recently; so he
Salem ha« a 14-year-old nii«-
Ladies” of I jmi , Polk and Benton army appearance. Ted Cooke pro- j
made a cake for him on his own
. counties. Mrs Roscoe Stephenson ducts) the show. KOIN will continue >Iunary, He works by mail, as
tittle.
He's always going out of his
follows:
to
handle
the
staging
and
sound
■
Regularly
1 is chairman of the group,
"Dear Chaplain Harmon—I way to do mething nice for the
By Mail
Participating in the pageant will details, with Earl Denham as sound .
men in the 32nd Depot company.
wish you would read the follow,
I be a 60-voice choir from Corvallis. engineer
It’s finally hapfi* ned. Th*' fog j*
mg letter to the men in the
The Gray lauiies were also re-
«o thick an>l the «wamp so «leef
service:
-ponaiMe for a humorous Chhst- Colonels to be Guests
that a sailor landed at Port Adair
“Hello, men. I am a boy 1 <
' mas play, presented by a Corvallis
At
Hq.
Co.
Dinner
the other day. He was visiting
years
old.
I
am
very
interested
i group far the station hospital pa-
« Bill and
in the army. If you aren't going with the 691st Laundry.
1 tient», last evening.
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tn
On Tuesday, when the ae»k of a Christmas design by Ikon Ly h, to any other church I suggest
F. A. DISK I SSION CLl'H
I functions began, hospital nurse« of the company, and carrying that you come to the First
Anybody in the Timber Wolf
CVMPl tDAIR SENTRY
Christian
Church.
Salem.
We
I ana detachment men enjoyed - greetings from Col. . McCoy and
rQox M7
Diviaion artillery is welcome to
have very good pastor. I wish
■ <pecial Christmas prog rark, Capt. Rutledge, read* a* foUot
join the new St Barbara Field Ar­
you
a
very
Merry
Christmas.
Orerò«
! brought from Salem and featuring
Olives, pickles, shrimp salad,
tillery Study club, for the discus­
the St. Paul's Episcopal Choir. roast turkey, gibiet gravy, dress- God bless you. men. Your friend. sion of current news and jwrson-
Richard
Bates.
The program was obtained through | in», mashed potatoes, candied
OR J 1.50 A YEAR
* lilies, it 1« announced by Chap-1
Pout* S. Box 1S9. Salem.
«If-« I
Cbaplaui V
)•'«■« j < weet p u ^qli w t
, »«•«<•* «1 c«»en,
lain Mu-Mi, at
ill Chapel N<>. lo
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Page Three
Horses, Dags, Cats Live
In Pccce on First Xmas
( ( Olli llli.eo Fl'.m P»V" ll
they a:v anxious about spring, be­
cause the cats are of both sexes,
and in the spring a young cat's
fa ncy lightly turns to thoughts of
love.
More Horses Cornine
The horses on hand now number
38, but 22 more are expected. They
are standard bred to thoroughbred
and if anybody is caught abusing I
them he doesn’t get to ride any
more, whatever his rank. The
horses are used for M.P. patrol
and by divisional reconnaissance
officers. They come from the cav­
alry at Ft. Lewis, and from Texn .
and there are range ponies'.
Sgt. Jensen and his assistant,
Pfc. Edwin Wiebe» have a nice,
little house nearby. With blow
torches they have antiqued the
wood and have made the place
cozy. Jensen Used to be a Montana
cowboy and California trainer at
the race tracks, lie plans to es­
tablish a riding ring with hurdles.
For Christmas the horses will
get extra oats and the dogs and
cuts will share the soldiers' dinner,
and a special friend of cuts means
to find them some catnip if he
Merry Christmas
from
bishop
Photographe
Salon »nd
p
The Season s
Best Wishes
Corva i lis
from
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