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Page Three
Thursday,January 14,1943.
Talent Shows Hit
for Two Audiences
Producer Arranges
Weekly Skits Here
Well ’les at Canip Adair
Pvt. Raymond L. Boyd. Hq.
., Bee Bn., Timber Wolf Ar­
tillery, was born on Friday.
June 13, 1910. He was shipped
from Ft. Sheridan. III., to Camp
Davis. N. C., on Friday. June
13, 1941. He was later dis­
charged, but after 13 months of
liberty he was recalled to
service. On Friday, Nov.
1942, he was transferred
Camp Adair, where he was
ceived by an infantry unit hav­
ing similar numbers and was
assigned to bunk 13. Recently
he was called in to sign the pay
roll and there was his name on
line 13.
Corvallis
pOKS.
Remember When
matrimonial
DANCE
JHeeb.-cn. nitrii
M Sgt.
only to “Fancy” Sam Farkas,
former New York state champion,
as a ping pong player, is also high
up on the “hit” parade of checker
players.
The talent shows of Camp Adair
are going strong—with two fast-
moving shows presented on Mon-
day night and last evening.
The show last night was pre-
.‘■ented at Recreation Hall of SCU
1911 for an enthusiastic houseful
of EM. officers and guests and, as
producer Pfc. Leonard Green ex­
plained, is designed as the first of
a weekly series.
Forthcoming shows, displaying a
horse, to help him get through the
variety of the talent which is de­
veloping throughout this Post, will lines. All night long he carried
messages.
be held each Thursday at 8 p. nt.
Later, while serving as a bat­
This is for your little red book.
talion sergeant major, he was sent
Of the Timber Wolf entertainment,
forward as an observer when the
which drew laughs for a solid 90
man he replaced became a casual­
minutes:
ty. Fine served in the St. Mihiel
Produced by Pvt. Bruce Sharritt and Meuse-Argonne offensives.
Once upon a time it rained and rained in Oregon. Proof is herein presented in a photo that
recently arrived by ox team.
____ __________________
_____
(Eddie Bruee of the movies) and
It shows the Mellow _____
.Moon __________
dance hall __
and ___
roller
rink _ resting imeoni-
fortabl) under the West Salem bridxe. The bridge has since been repaired. The Mellow Moon, alas,
with a cast headed by emcee Cpl.
is no more.
Floyd Healy, Timber Wolf Divi­ Hitch Hiking a Cinch
sion, Special Services Section pre­
When Wife Does Work
sented the first of a series of trav­
Sergeant’s Mother M as Right
eling ultra-division shows last Says Private Rudner
Sergeant (sweetly addressing
Monday night at the Recreation
his men at the end of ah exhaus­ I "Ql’OTES and QUERIES”
Hall of the Seagull Infantry Ragi-
Claiming to have perfected a
tive hour of drill): “When I I Pfc. F. Smith—Sgt. M. Gaines
meut.
brand new technique for soldiers
was a bit of a tot, I had a set
Elsie Lee Stars
who want to hitch-hike without
"Hi t Ml”
Says Anti-Tank Group of wooden soldiers. There was
A feminine attraction. Mrs. Elsie “hitching” (thereby keeping well
a poor little boy in the neigh-
or
Is Perfect on Range
Lee Meyers, wife of T '5 Meyers within Army rules), Pvt. Sidney
forhood and after I had been to
(Introducing
at IK!» and 170
of Div. CWS, lent spice to a pro­ Rtidner, library worker at Service
Sunday school one day listening
The range season is over but the
Lbs.
Respectfully
Ye Q.M.
gram which included such well Club No. 2, today told how he
to a stirring talk on the beauties
Editors.)
known entertainers as Pvt. Law­ recently completed a round-trip to final results aren’t in. The top
of charity, I gave them to him.
rence Perez and his bird calls, Pfc. San Francisco while on furlough unofficially appears to be the Anti­ Then I wanted them back, and
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When people first meet
Pete Wong singing Chinese words without once lifting his thumb or tank Co., which claims a 100 per
cried, but my mother said. ‘Don’t
cent qualification on its principal
They soy "Hellu".
to American popular songs, Sgt. his woice.
cry. Bertie; someday you’ll get
weapon. Perfect is hard to beat!
| But all we can say
Angelo Calabrese with words and
your wooden soldiers hack.’
“It was simple,’* said Rudner.
“Troubles conic not in single
Is Read Below
by-words, Pvt. Gene Logan and “My wife, Ida. made it simple. Be­
“And believe me , you lop­
git-tar and Pvt. Roger Rooney. A cause she did the hitching. I mere­ number but in whole legions at a sided. muttonheaded, g o o f u s ( First, for good reading.
Go elsewhere,
six-piece orchestra led by Pvt. Joe ly went along. As cars approached time,” somebody said once. Take
brained set of certified rolling
Our’s is for those who don’t
Sieff rounded out the entertain- us, she’d look so wistful it would Pvt. Sol Schaehtman, Service Co.
pins, that day has come!"
Give a----- care
ment.
—Timberwolf Cannoneer.
break your heart — and then she’d His “Sweety” came all the way
So don’t expect much
Featured skits included such ‘thumb’ gracefully. It almost from the old Windy City to visit
From this gruesome pair.
hilarious nonsense as “The Vam- caused pile-ups, it was so effective. him during the holidays, but he,
To those that do—
pire,” "The Cameraman, », ” and a In fact, it got so we’d wait for alas, was on the rifle range by day Them Ain't No Zebras
We say "Beware’’
piece of business we’ll have to call I , swell-looking jobs to come along. and cleaning his rifle by night. You're a Looking at;
“Guardhouse Blues.” since no other Why not? After all, you want the Then came the quarantine. As if Them Is 96th Div. NCO's Am! in the future
this weren’t enough, Pvt. Barnett.
When you have nothing to
title can adequately describe it.
little woman to have the best.”
Expected to bring down the
i Come around and sa.v
leaving Corvallis December 27. Sol’s true and trusted friend, was
The 9(’>th Division decided they
"Hello" to us two.
house again during its repeat per­ Rudner and his wife ran into a seen in the company of the young
had
a real bunch of he-men sol­
lady
by
a
disinterested
observer
formances throughout the division, series of what he called “four-
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Proof that our column is some­
the show will be scheduled again gallon” rides. These ended with a while Sol was faithfully on duty! diers. So this week they decided
Congratulations are in order for to celebrate and what happened? times read i the furlough granted
in another infantry regiment soon. mad 110-mile dash over the Cali-
those
new six-stripers of the regi­ A lot of EM were promoted. Here to Sgt. Weinstein, dispatcher at
Watch for it.
fornia line, done in one hour, 50
ment, M/Sgt. Bert McLeod, Ser­ theyare in all their new glory and our motor pool, after n notice in
minutes flat.
the Sentry last week about his wan
vice Co., and 1st Sgt. D. C. Scott. stripes:
Private Impersonated
"We didn’t mind the speed at Anti-tank Co.
appearance.
S/Sgt.
—
Clifford
Anderson.
Jr.
first,” Rudner explained, “until we
Officer, Won Honors
Notice to owners of names in
Winner of the prize for Maggie's
Sgt.—Richard Handschin, Rich­
noticed the driver was letting his
this week’s column: “Stand )>H<-k
drawers
appears
to
be
Pfc.
Bert
ard
Anthony
Bauman,
John
L.
The Redleg Bn. of the Timber pre-New Year’s glow go down to Mitchell. Service Co., who thought Gorman.
fellows, we’re all out of them. Fur­
Wolf Artillery has a first class his feet and on to the gas. Then, he must have wandered into a dry
loughs,
that is.”
T/4—Charles A. Saylor.
private who received the Order of his wife started shpving road-maps goods store! Hot shot of that
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Cpl.—Oily Robert New, James
the Purple Heart, in World War in front ef his face and telling us company was Pvt. Frazier, who
Into the contest for most years
R. Keller, Frank Palmieri, Law­ , in this man’s army, we humbly
No. 1, partly for impersonating an what a wonderful driver he was walked off with the $5 jackpot!
when he was sober. This with the
officer.
rence James Sjogren, George B. submit the name of M Sgt. Sin­
Ping pong champ of the regi-' Deinhart, John F. Mencin, Mat­
At that time Pfc. William Fine rain on the windshield, made the
ment
still seems to be our genial | thew T. Savino, Allen L. Berryman, nott, QM’er attached to the finance
visibility
just
about
invisible
for
was in a headquarters battery of
office. Those ten little marks on
the Fourth Division, He was a him. Still we didn't much mind, postmaster, Sgt. Leonard “Jim William A. Tague, Lawrence C. his sleeve, for the benefit of all,
one-man liaison between his bat­ until the whole windshield blew Farley” Boyer. The reason he's j Johnson, Edward L. Carr.
mean 30 years in Uncle Sammy’s
talion and the advance infantry completely off the car. We sudden­ still champ is that he listened to i T/5—Thomas W. Nichols, Wil­ Armed Brigade.
all the challenges—then took off
units. Because of the breakdown ly decided then to walk a little.
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on a furlough after the Christmas . liam J. Schmeissing, Bertrand
of other means of communication
Thumbing From a Lobby
Nathan. William J. Akin, Claude
Without any publicity, S 'Sgt.
rush!
If
he
doesn't
play,
you
can
’
t
(
he was given a first lieutenant’s
i H. Bazil, Harry J. I.uczak, William i Cooley and staff (no pun intended)
“At Shasta City that evening,
coat and bars and his colonel’s we were stymied. No cars were beat him!
■ D. Wilkie, Paul H. Moseley, Paul ' did a commendable job in mid
With the basketl«ll league abdut D. Haigh, Jr., William T. Hal), Jr., 1 around Eugene during the Wiliam.
going through. For ten hours we
stayed in a hotel lobby, running under way, there’s a lot of argu- I I George Butta, Robert G. Ballenger, ette’s latest "uprising.”
out now and then to try and flag ment between the 2nd Battalion Virgil Tenney, Hubert I. Muenster-
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Roy Lancaster, one of our
down cars we imagined were com­ and the 3rd as to who is going to man Robert Joseph Raleigh.
“flood-floogiis,” f«‘ll asli i p with a
ing. They were ALL imaginary— cop the pennant. There is a rumor
AUTO
ACCIDENT
[ lit cigar in a (censored). Result:
for ten hours! But we weren’t thi’t there are some other teams I
FIRE
LIFE
Timber Wolves on Make i One slightly sunburr id police
alone. Some well-dressed gentle­ in the league that these groups .
BURGLARY
have
net
yet
considered!
However,
j
In
Promotional Manner blanket.
men staggered out from the bar
and all others
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and decided we needed some money, 1st Sgt. Thomas, leader of the
Reliable Stock Companies
3rd Bn. team is already dusting
St< nzh i, fugitive fr<»ni an
though we politely said we didn't.
When promotions come along in
One tried to hock his suitcase for off a spot for the trophy!
Hie Timber Wulf division they fall (MMturn furlough, went down for
Top story of the week concerns
INSURANCE & BONDS
us?
us. but the hotel manager wouldn't
like the gentle Min.from th«' < »r« (¡.I. glnb *• Thu butter io
an anonymous private of Co. B who
Elks Bldg.
Phone 142
Or tlirni frnmi« 1
take
it.
He
then
insisted
his
pal
gon
heavens.
Which
is
just
that
a
Corvallis, Oregon
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empty his pockets of all change dashed into the guard house the lot of Camp Adair Wolves are on
Pvt. Vincent Frsni i Amalfitano
and turn it over to us. ‘I've l>een other night when it was raining the make. Promoted to:
as usual, with the exclamation, “I
buying him drinks all evening, any­
Captain—Gus A. Craig; First (a name) is one of the rru-ons for
did it, I finally did it!” Quizzed,
the length of the Q M. roll cull.
way
—
it
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s
jus
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a
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contribushun
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TO« WARTIME
Lieutenant—II. F. Harfst, Henry
the following story came out:
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think he oughta make cause you’re
W’alking his post with the rain U. Bettendor, Benjamin IL Leon­
/ ECONOMY X.
A new pdditiop to our l lotbing
a li’l soldier boy and anyway, he
beating in his face and covering ard, Roger Humbert Rebman, <’. Warehou e i» la-onard Benton, for­
won it on a slot machine.’
his glasses, he thought he saw a
merly of Joe’s Clothing -tore and
“Altogether we rode in 24 differ­ person approaching. "Halt!” cried W. Carroll; W. O. (JGl Donald J
Smith; 8/Sgt.—Albert E. Kreme more recently of th< .Ml’«.
ent cars,” Rudner stated. "And our able sentry. The pemon con­
. wicz; Sgt.—‘Alvis L. Tucker; T'4
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with twenty-four of the most ‘dif­ tinued on. “Halt!” cried our noble
Faust, Adrian II. Carr.
Ssh! Via u ’’Winchell Whisper”
ferent’ people you can imagine. sentry. The person continued on. —Joe B.
: Ramon L. Sparks. Antone B. Wen- we heard that I’.F.C. Levitt, of the
One was a Navy lieutenant who Growing a little suspicious, the '
Henry G. Brugtfcr, Wil- Property Office, 1« contemplating
talked about the Navy. One was a sentry lifted his glasses, and |o! da; Cpl.
having hi
ham F. OTrxile.
milk-truck driver who talked about he’d been challenging a 20 MPH
milk. One was a labor conciliator speed limit sign.
WITH BXPERT
who talked about labor. Another
Have you recognized that husky,
was a mayor who talked about masculine voice on the bi-weekly
what mayors do. And an Army orientation radio program ? One
»OFFICIAL*
Nurs* coming to Camp Adair who of ’em belong« to our own Sgt.
talked about —I couldn't believe It! Dan'l Myers, Co. K. who not only
a/
—Camp Adair. Then there was the performs on the program, but pro­
Spanish family, who didn't know I duced and wrote one of them bim­
spoke Spanish, and who talk«! self! In addition to bi« other
al>out me.
duties, too!
Expert Watch Repair
“The payoff was the rU< given
Name of the week:
TIRE
department will com­
us by a millionaire who. of all peo­ BIGSOLDIER. AT Co.
TIRES INSPECTED
INSPECTION
pletely repair your
ple, didn't talk about his millions.
Forlomest soldier of the week :
STATION
watch. You can depend
He drove us in his new Cadillac Sgt. Biexcdad, ex Service Co«
upon Brown’« long rec­
right up to the swanky St Francis present K Co. Once a soft office
Holders of "A” cards must have tin iiisfHTtnl Is
ord of watch service
Hotel in San Francisco. Tm stop­ worker, Sgt. Biexcdad ha
has been
M^rch
31. 1943—Holders of “B" and ”C” card
for. quality workman­
ping here.’ he said. ‘Are you?’ spending long hours on the range,
have tires inspected before February 28, 194 ’..
ship.
■Well, to be technical, nr.' 1 told only to find the day's work barely I
him. ’let’s just say I’m getting out under way when he returned V’ the
Don't Wait -- Come In Today!
here with my wife.* And we did.” barracks. “At least." he says, “Fm
losing some of this fat!"
FIRESTONE TIRES
—Pvt John Jurick. Serv Co..
Pvt. Berwick, formerly of the
JM3rd Inf.. Mth Division
Swias army, now in the Medics at
limp Bark-ley, Texas, and the
camp’s ehnsapwin »norer. recently
A «on u bom to Cpl. and
was hooked up to a publir address Merritt Sander. Hr b»lon<’
2nd at Van Buren
Service Btry., Redleg Rn.. T
Member Reiter Vi„iM last it «te system while he slept. The ramp
I—A «1 fs din bomb« r
Wulf artiHrry
Pvt. Jurick Reports
On 96th Div, Affairs
Jitterbug Contest for Men in
Uniform . . . Cash Prizes
Lots of fun anti girls. Music by Salem
TOPHATTERS
Ailm. 40c. Salem Armory Every Saturday. S
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Sgt. Manuel Fenner and Cpl.
Hany Dworkin, QM’s gift to the
gas school, as a result of a test
without masks, are going around
with “tears in their eyes.
^IIIIIIUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIHIimiHHIlA?
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AT THE EXCHANGES OR IN TOWN
Sights Around Adair
An ambulance was seen outside
our Salvage Warehouse. Question:
Were they salvaging one of their
patients ?
Lt. Reier (clothing magnate) and
Lt. Lawrence (Asst. Property Of­
ficer) walking the railroad track
back to Camp from Albany during
the Willamette’s recent surge.
That Q.M. ‘‘quartet" Pvts. Calen­
tó and Mctice walking down the
street paging Ringling, liarnum
and Bailey circus!
IN BOTTLES
Dr. Pepper Buttling Co., Salem
"Dives, dumps and clip-joints
thrive because nature provides a
sufficient number ot fools to make
their wares commercially .irufit-
able," says the Kirkland Fa Id
magazine, at Albuquerque, N. M.
It'sTime
to
Think
If submitted in time, the winning
fish story in the recent contest
here might have been won by the
I soldier who swam, with wall pack,
across a Louisiana river, vul on
the way caught a fish in his hip
pocket.
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