Circus Star All Set
To Perform at Adair
3cn. Bradley Predicts
War Front Christmas
Flew ter Finland
In Holiday Greeting
To Division He Leads
Acrobatic Maus Is Now Private
But Still Eager to Be Showman
In the form of a General Order,
adhering to military form. Major
General Bradley last week ad
dressed the officers, warrant offi
cers and enlisted men of the 96th
Division as follows:
“I take this means to convey
the Season's greetings to every
member of the 96tli Division. Keep
ing in mind the meaning of our
American Christmas, while we are
far from our homes preparing for
'he tattles that await us. let us
rcdedicate ourselves to the service
>f our country.
"The spirit in which you have
met the obsetcles thus far en
countered is in your training augurs
»fell fm your future conduct against
greater obstacles. 1 anticipate we
will celebrate our second Christ
mas together, as a combat division,
in some remote liattle area.
“Let us establish and maintain
a reputation for the 96th Division
of which we and our countrymen
may be most proud. Our faith in our
own capacities is reinforced by the
faith and devotion of our loved
ones at home.”
"L nder the Big Top,” care of "The Bill Board,” has been
’he address for a good part of the life of 25-year-old Bernard
Maus. Now his address is more permanent since he answered
Lncle Sam’s call to the army. It is Pvt. Bernard Maus, Com
pany M, Col. Arthur J. Touart's infantry regiment, Timber
Wolf division.
Maus is an entertainer by profession and has travelled
widely with circuses and to put on his act in theaters and
night clubs. For several years, he and his uncle, Arthur Maus,
appearing under the pseudonym of “The Mann Bros.” have
featured two acts: “The Two Golfers on the Rolling Globes”
and "Two Sailors on the Bounding Rope.” Bernard’s ambition
at present is to have an opportunity to try out for perform
ances given by Camp Adair soldiers. He has sent home for his
Indian clubs and other equipment and is rounding into shape
again before admiring groups of his buddies in Company M.
The soldiet- was born in the en
tertainment game, his parents
LAUNDRY HELP NEEDED
having been acrobats and they
The Camp Adair Post Laun
travelled with circuses In the old
dry has issued an urgent call
country for years. Maua says that , for civilian help. If interested,
far back as he raq^remember,
apply direct to the Civil Serv
3c was billed on the jte^grams and
ice headquarters, Camp Adair,
appeared in minor ¿gofer. As a
or to your U.S. Employment
Tyko I.aaksonen. no« a private in the artillery of the Timber
¿.kiiept at
youngster, he
Service. Opportunities are ex
Wolf Division, «as a lieutenant and reconnaissance flier in his
juggling and tightej« p- . walking,
cellent to “learn while you
native Finland, during the »ar with Russia.
I-irter he Icarneil ty 14^ il the paper , earn” since instructions will be
Later he came to this country with the idea that lie could
be of service in the American army. He decided to enlist first
m«che ball up an mc(akc''an
given in the various laundry
^e’ and then
and learr English later. He still knows little English, but the
ijowii
In Mtcr vdafi^c and
a
his
operations, such as the mangle,
division has Lt. Leo ('. liardell, of Finnish ancestry, who acts as
WH'le featured this corfflAivt
various presses, flat work iron
------tion act.
interpreter when needed.
Before joining up and being sent here. Laaksonen was a
ing, washerman, tumblerman,
Bernard has the reputation of
stock clerk i.i a Brooklyn store, lie still hopes to get into war
extractorman, checker, distrib
^hig a ball smaller th« a. other
flying. Signal Corps photo. Statesman cut.
)>«rformer in the world in the ball ' utor. and marker. Pleasant in
side
working
conditions
in
an
act on the tecter-tottf rglie juggles
up-to-the-minute establishment.
his Indian clubs whlje Virrforming
tHs feat, thus combining three (
tricks in one. Bernard also became
aiyxpert at tap dafntifl^.*tumbling
aid working with li larial rope. I
g
Art of Rolling The Ball
Accustomed to
! routine,
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“letting on the beam" jir more ex- *
p'eitly “on the bafjf'^is a trite
Many Repeaters Are
siying with the Mann Bros. Ber-
nnl explains that roliinif the ball
Good Will Evidence
u and down inclines, |ak< ¡es very
By Pvt. Bob Ruskauff
prticular balancing. Somp
ne m<
months
Approximately 500 enlisted men
ap, Bernard’s un?lc slipped
(Sports Editor)
’
1 and
stationed at this post have ex
fd, breaking an ankle. The team pressed the wish that through the
The great civilian world has had a rocky year in sports
hd signed up for u six weeks' medium of the “Sentry," their sin —so rocky in fact that 93,000 are still expected to jam-pack
egagement before soldier groups, cere and heartfelt thanks for being the Rose Bowl for the Georgia-UCLA classic tomorrow—but
it entertainment featur«d by the invited into homes surrounding this
at this Post our half-year backward look discloses Camp
. when Bernard jvas inducted camp area be extended to the many
X-
this schedule had to be can- residents extending their hospitali Adair has made tremenduous athletic strides.
The future, as far as anybody is going to look, is sound.
cqed.
ty on Christmas day. For approxi
'he Mann Bros, have worked mately 500 dinner invitations
Rationing won’t bother our athletic maneuvering so
wh Russell Bros, circus in poured into the camp prior to the much. Anyone can walk to Field House and since the elabor
/tnada, with Hagenbach and Wal- 25th, and the placing of men was
ate gym has begun to house important events during the past
/ate and the T. G. Gray Shows in in charge of Mrs. Florence C. Mer-
six
weeks, it has lived up to every advance expectation.
Ahc United States. At Soldiers' riani of Club 2.
Field
House has proved not only 1 1
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(Field and in theaters in Chicago
i
Invitations were divided propor-
NUMBER PLEASE?
I as well as in night clubs, they tionately among the men of the one of the best gyms in the country
Officers ari* urged by the Post
have appeared in many return IX company, Special Troops. SCU —on Army Posts or anywhere—it
Signal officer to make or charge
engagements. Maus remembers go and the 96th and Timber Wolf di has been proved a nigh-perfect
all persomil or unofficial tele
ing to Detroit for a two weeks' visions. The towns of Corvallis, ball-room.
Tonite to Frolic
phone calls to their BOQ. Long
tryout and it was 13 weeks before Salem. Amity and Dallas were
And tonight, with the finest GI
distance calls on official army
they could get away.
among those municipalities playing
and civilian talent in the country
business should be billed always
Acting and stage entertainment host to the most men.
(reading both ways from Division
and only to the officer's Class
have been a family tradition of
There were general and special
“A” office telephone number.
the Maus family. Three brothers invitations. Several of the men Street) performing on its new,
All unofficial or personal toll
were in this business..- Bernard's who had spent Thanksgiving day proscenium-equipped stage, it is
calls will be billed to officer in
father quit after World War. No. 1 with families, were invited back for expected to prove itself acoustical
charge of BOQ finances. For
endod. His uncle, Arthur Maus, Christmas. One family in Amity, ly ideal for shows such as the big
their protection these officers
kept going and Bernard Jyas still for example, requested three sol Camp Adair New Year’s Eve
should forward a new approved
working with him ’whet» he was diers. about 29 years old. to take Frolic. But we were discussing
list of officers to be granted
inducted last month. A--WflM hro- the place of their son now in the the more athletic sports . ..
Camp Adair has taken unto it
credit at each telephone. Oper
thcr works in the New York tho- Aleutians,
Another family re-
ators will limit credit to such
aters and night clubs. All have quested a soldier who would take self many phases of sport and is
officers.
been very successful in this chosen the place of their son who was doing them up rather brown.
In basketball, for instance, wo
profession. Bernard's h Ig^her. Os- Somewhere with the U. S. navy.
t\Jn, Dollic There were requests for men from can salute the Timber Wolf divi down to it, that, this r a very busy
car Maus, and hi
ly
da nc team Certain states or regions; others sion for the heat they've put into ! Post and the athletic program car
Manning, compose a dance
for men of particular faiths; still their “hot stove” divisional league, rics on when the rest of our cur
which ge's glent^ ■ “Í—
' ricular program is taken care of
amund Chicago.—By > filliani others for men of various frater with 15 teams in action.
nal attachment*.
we've proved ourselves pretty
N. Batdorf.
Timber Wohe* Rmr
sporting, what!
This is hut one way In which it is
The Timber Wolf division team
SHORT A RAINCOAT?
becoming more and more evident *! s made a more than creditable
A raincoat with the mark B-136Ö that the residents of the Willam
showing in roving competition. Lt.
alley, ette valley are taking Camp Adair
was left at Ixmis' bo
Bob Duffey's cag'-sti-r', «tars in
t. Bill am! the Camp Adair family to their
Albany, it is reported
civilian days, have made plenty of i
E. May. in the 3R2M Medical De hearts. The fine deportment and
Si-rvici- Battery, Ma ¡or Shinkle's
progress despite the comparatively ;
tachment of the 96Ü1 Division.
congeniality of the soldiers at
Bn.. T. W. division, welcomes 2nd
limited amount of time allotte'l to
Thanksgiving prompted even more
Lt. Bartz, tipis. “Flash" Yblonsky
work-out. Their games will resume !
folks to play host to Camp Adair
and “Spiinl” Heidi are the only
at the Yulctidc season. It is the January 9.
ones to lout the gun. Other card'
In volleyball, the 96th division men got only five.minute fur
spirit that has been so desired by
the commanders of this post. It is took a big and early bite into the I Ifiughs. Life ain't worth two cent"
the spirit that builds for a con situation. You’d have traveled many if you make noise while M .Sgt.
a merry mile in the old days to ■ e (Profissort Guzi-nski and Pft.
ercte civilian-military morale.
a series any warmer than that in “Pop” tiiKMlwill are li«lci inr t*
CORVALLIS and ALBANY
which the Signal Company team qews broadcasts.
Corner of
Corner of
China Letter Tells
Ninth 4 Monroe Fifth 4* Lyon
won the divisional finals from Bat- !
Pvt. Pettingill is the new cook
Minister
Min«er
tery A. at Field House December «nd his protruding “chest” sug
Of Fantastic Prices
Edw. B. Hart Edgar B. Euthcr
1«.
gests good eating . . . Our mini»
With volleyball fairly tucked hire, dervish-twirling, gyrating
WE HAVE SEEN YOU —
To
officers
in
this
camp
ha*
NOW WE WOULD LI
TO
■way. the 96th is now rounding out ts-rps ¡chorea n dynamo, Sylvester
come a letter from the Far East its own divisional liasketball league
BECOME ACQUAIN
>!
(Shorty) Verronc, is sure to be th'
Section of Starr. Park and Free to start in January.
hnttalion «how's hit.
When on leave—
man, Inc., 101 Fifth A vm New
Boxing at the Post was put or
By "Brookl; n'
Turk, telling of conditions in the map with the rousing «even
Shan,Thai. It is dated Dec. 16, and bouts in the Field House December
New Year Party
Bible School Sunday 9:45 A M.
say«:
14. The card offered plenty "f'
Morning Worship .11:00 A.M.
“Most of the large building«,
action
but,
more
imjiortant.
di
—
i
“
Spend
New Ymr’s Eve at the
Young People's Hour 6:30 P.M.
dubs ami principal hotels have been
Evening Worship— »
closed that there is a big fistful , Christian church' is the invitatio'
tpken over by the Japanese for
of pugilistic talent here.
7:tó
hri-aiicast by the minister. C. W
Alban» .4..
tkilitary ami other purposes. Prices
Corvallis
......... 7:30
Two months ago a fine series of Reynolds, on card« and by word of
arc fantastic. Multiply the cost of
exhibition matchro on the Lorenx mouth from th« church in Corval
most things in 19B9 by twrlve and
The minister assures service
you won't I* far out. Most eom- Court injected Camp Adair enthu- , lis
siart« with the handball virus. , men of a good time beginning at
■aodities
are
rationed;
butter
is
In .our fellowship club rooms
off: bread is »bout 83 50 a pound, Among its participant» it app«»ar» 11:30, although men may come in
in our churches. OPEN —
Salday..................... 12rii0-10:30
and a suit of clothing 83.000 to to be most deadly. Anyhow, the 1 any time before that »• there are
84.“Oo A bicycle second-hand costs result is the Camp Adair open piny, pong, shuffle board and other
Soturday ... - -
CorvMllii*.
edne.*<l>T. InAO-10 I *.000 No buses or motor cars; ■ingles tournament which will start games svailaMr Refreshment« will
Albany. Thursday, 6 »10:30
ttchsha fare one dollar a mile mini- January 11, with two 16-player hr served about 11 o'clock,
ipum.
Tram fare minimum 30 cents, bracket- q^pected to i tart belting midnight communion service
Ol.DIER-S — Do« keslitate to
th<- “liehtesl circle of friend
die only way to travel nnle«- vmi the little Mark hall shoot.
, U|. W e are reads 1« serve »«• '
m get riglsl Will I
A Sporting New Year!
Enlisted Men Thank Athletics Boom Here
¡Their Holiday Hosts
Many Sports Blossom at Post
And 1943 Prospectus Is Good
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BAPTIST
CHURCHES
Worship With Us
Rest and Relax
Page Thr^e
Thursday December 31. 1912.
r«n>n Adair Sentry
332nd Depot Co.
Activities
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hook. Sgt. Brock went t» the In
firmary to have the wound e'ean cd
end band-grit. In n counle of hours
he was buck on the i' b «-or*
We’rc glad to -re Pfe. Win.
Quigley and Paul Wit a- chek back
from the hospital, They were con-
fined for a «hole «cck with the
flu.
Sgt. John Forlie
irg a hard time giving orders thi«
week. He has a sliyht case of lui yr.
gitis.
Pvt. Oral (Santa Claus Ibi -ill
lias the respect of every mail in the
■'138ml.) Whenever a prison is need
ed for a tough detail. Pvt. Russell
always draws the assignment he-
cauie he's such a willing and hard
worker.
No one «-oiild have b ■
»..... <-
nlcased with a present than Pvt.
Robert Fa ett. His brother anil
mother ent him a icenrd which
they had record'll, lie li ter- <1 to
his mother’s vice -eviial linns
with a gleam of satisfaction.
Corporal Edg; r Rix ker i our
general ha’ ilv man. Our radio was
on the blink: so he chu< kid the wil
i ing. went te Salem for a tube, anil
put our music box in tip lop shape.
I’fc. Edward Patterson's sisters,
Connie and Ruby came tn visit him
over the Chri- tmn holidays. They
live in Seattle. Washington.
It
didn’t take Sgt. Art* Dielemaii long
to get acquainted with them. Five
minutes after he met the girls, Sgt.
Dieleman was taking a picture I
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with them.
MEMORIAL INION I)\NCES
Here s to
Victory
in '43
★
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The
Buster Brown
Shoe Store
Wishes You
A Very Happy
New Year
And Thanks
. You For
Your Patronage
During The
Past Year
Pfe. Roger llufenus received
<>me phonograph records for
Christmas which are the envy of
almo-1 every man in our company.
11 is sister sent him the Vai e
Triste, Danse Macabre, and the
Messiah.
Members of the 332nd Quarter
master Depot Co. really made in. r- T W. .OITIi EUS' ( LI II PARTY
The hutldsome officers' Club ef
ry on December 23. The Me * ¡bill
was decorated by nine K.P.'s un-
iler tile supervision of Mess Sgt.
Guy Blackmore. Those working un
TYPEWRITERS
der him were Pfe. Ben Brown: Pvts. |
Everett Willman, Theodore Spier,
ADDING MACHINES
Merrill Anderson. Hollier Almond,
Fred Kelly, Harold Bradway. Dew-
REPAIRED
I
cy. Chenault and Alvin Drousth.
Woodsman Sgt. William Trout
chauffeured by Jack-of-All Trade«
Pvt. William Liddell canvassid the
hills for greens. On their jourroy |
they climbed many a tree to cut
down mistletoe. At times they were |
I temporarily halted while scaling
t barbed wire fences. In th" end
Ithsir efforts were appreciated bv ■
our gang because the Quarters at |
. the 332nd Depot Co. had that holi
day season appearance.
Sgt. Reynold Niemi was Master
of ceremonies at the party. The
program opened with "God Bless
America.” Pvts. Barney Siegel and
Seymour Fienbcrg put on a few
card acts This was followed by a
group of four community
Pfe. Ben Brown accompanied our
group. Pvt*. Jim Kennedy and
Richard Lindberg sang two A Cap
pello duets. Several other numbers
were sung by our whole outfit
The program closed with "Should
Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?”
The following day, Lt. Burnett,
commanding, received a present
from the men. It was airplane lug
gage and a card < nelo cd read'
"From the Fighting Quartermas
ters.” The gift was pre: ented by
Pvt. Ray Whitlock.
A great <l< al of credit for mak
ing the affair a un-es - should !•>>
to Lt. Rolterl Si-ng who mad.- it
possible for us to in quire a pia'io
from the 336th. Quartermaster De
pot. Co.
Pvt. Che-ter Mo e|«y has lieeii n
busy man for the past week, lie
had to fire the furnaces for laith
of our barracks and th<- orderly
iH>ni. Pvt . I s' ler Ciui" »»« in the
hospital, anil it wa- irnpo-siblc tn
find n rcplai' incut on nu ll short
notice.
The men in tin- cotn|Mny offer
•heir b<- t wiiliri to Pfe Jav Back
■ngcr who was mnri o-i on Dcr-t m
’«•r 12 in All*,-" y Hi brid" vis
the former Fhpilone Ilicktor o'
R'-cktsm, Uliroi
Since tl je return from the ho»d
al of Pvt, Johnny tdmirhl'ovt Vil
'alnliow, pr rmeicr Ray Whitlock i*
making arr rtigemcnt'i to train hiir
'or the Gan p Adair l.aritam weigh
itle.
rrorr men will lx? <>n ^ur
•ough by the fir» t "f the year They
ire Sgt Ger-Ion Young who ia
orc-ent ■ pending hi« time in So
itle, Wa ■hingt rm ; Sgt. Ralph lx-<
who will bi- Ohi- ’w'und to «er hie
wife Th i- la-t ti me -he saw him
Sgt. Lee was jus t a buck privato.
Pvt Ed Brown « g".ng to Ki»r>,
’■I'ky. Private Dewey Chenault
■will be headed pos
fnr I r-
'liana to see his wif
w fam.
fly mtnnber, a baby
wl Cor
twral Walter Steil mach our ina il
man is traveling to Minnesota Sgtk
Guy Bla kin*>re, our Mrw Sgt I •• i
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leaving for Wyoming. Sgt. William
Trout for Idaho, and ( orporal Lut«
Defriese for Karfsas
Sgt. Ron» I Brock is a« tough at
they mal
ware hoir
be v Mi I
the Timber Wolf Division will b«
the si ttii g f ’r a gay New Year
natty on S'tunlay night, beginning
aliout 8:30 p. m. It is sponsored
I v the 415.h Contbut Team *n«l
invitations hav< been ent to Major
General Gillnrt R. Cook, Brigadier
General II. F. Kramer an I Briga
dier General William
Dunckel.
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□ Uniform Buttons
I 1 Serge Pants
r J Money Belts (With
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[ 1 Zipper Utility Kits
[ i Slippers-Packed in Kit
U Chevrons for All Grades
[ ' "Aunt Lydia's" Thread
f 1 Web Belts, Brass Buckles
H "Spiffy" Collar Stays
I J Reg. Buckle Oxfords
□ Officers' Slacks
[ J O. D. Laundry Bags
( Pir k A/ Gr«*on »
Li Sewing Kits
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Brushes
30 mid 45 íMllhrr
Sweaters
C] Soap Boxes
nQ p CoHon & Woq| Sqx
Officers' Raincoats
□ Shoe Brushes, Shoe Paste □ Military Jewelry
□ Leather Wallets
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Tooth Brushes (p„,„hyh«tie>
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Copper Button Boards
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