Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, January 28, 1943.
It's Information on
Adair'Hello Girls'
Bell's Belles On One Party Line
Camp Phone Exchange Operators
Live, Work and Dine on Post
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n°t wr.on^ numbers and “Information Please" in the life of telephone operators here in
camp. .e to right in the living room of iheir quarters on the p<ist, Bessie Monjay. Henrietta Bell,
t <le Phot <>r* ' ,rK,nia Gurnt, Ruth ('ampbell. Be ie Humphreys and Louise Cooper. Public Rela-
Service DeLuxe
Out cl the HO. Well
By Cpl. “Dubby ” JDuboff
Hq. Co. SCU 1911
Our Monday night NON-COM
meetings are a definate success.
They are educational, informative,
and humorous. But then why
shouldn’t they be? From Maine to
California come the men that are
attached to Hdqrs. Company. Law­
yers, school teachers from the best
colleges in the land, business men,
butchers and painters. (With refer­
ence to the latter they deserve a
big hand for recently completing
and beautifying the Post Head­
quarters Building, A-L.A Country
Club fashion.) The men in Head­
quarters Company are experts and
Harriet Schwendker. Catherine Hanley and May Belle Beals, I do their jobs well. To prove my
post phone operators off duty, prepare a snack front their kitchen I point, out of 51 enlisted men select­
refrigerator. Public Relations photo.
ed for OCS school, 24 were Hq.
property. We miss “those regular
Calling Mother Hubbard
fellows” that have left this camp:
Scotland, GeBauer, Patterson, etc.
But the gap they left in the various
departments, were quickly filled by
other Hq. men who are capable of
any task. Now we have to say good­
bye to a couple of “oldies.” They
were here since the days of “Tent
City,” “No Showers,” “Food on the
Fly,” and “Water with a dash of
chlorine in the Lister Bag.” OCS
bound is Master Sgt. Maynard S.
Boge, and Cpl. Morris Breunstein.
Aurevoir—and Bon Voyage, until
we meet again.
Acting Cpl. Gerity, William S.,
wasn’t acting when he took up
basketball as a hobby. Seriously
he sat on the bench and waited for
his turn to enter the game. The
opposing team had tired all the
players, until he, Gerity, was the
last on the bench. 1st Sgt. Ray At-
kins gathered all the players and
Mrs. Emma King, telephone operator's house matron, is ever
jn a huddle they were deciding
watchful of her charge-. Here she i- tendering broth to an indis­
what to do when the whistle blew.
posed operator. < I tire Bu<kner. Public Relation'- photo.
The Sgt. called "Gerity, get up and
let the bench in.” But all Garity
The Boss Looks Pleased
could hear was his name, He
dashed on the court, and full
speed ahead ran slam bang into
what he thought was the ball. But
Alas and Shellac it was the wall
instead.
Yes, njy dear Reader, Gerity for­
got his glasses.
Burning a hole in his pocket and
t)is conscience was the $20 that
Pvt. Jim O’Connell of SCU 1911
won with his answer to three ques­
tions in. the “quiz kid” phase of
Monday night’s KOIN broadcast.
What Could one get for the Hq.
Co. day-room ? That, incidcntly, is
what the 20 bucks was for.
“The Boys” have decided it for
him. Nothing would be more fit­
ting than flowers.
And no flowers would fit better
than Four Roses. What say?
Miss Mae Belle Beals and .Miss Harriet Schwendker jx>ar tea
The Southern Pacific Express,
for Cal Horn. Camp telephone exchange manager, in the phone
also
known as “The Flash Takes
operators’ quarters o' » the post. Public Kelatiors photo.
the Trash for Cash.” arrived at
rse is being given in the Portland from Camp Adair try way
Ambulance Corps Rifle
led indoor rifle range at of Panama. A minor factor to the
Class Proves Popular
mory, with rifle* fur- railroad was the fact that the trip
nished by the Corvallis Rifle Club, took about six hours. A major point
The six weeks' course in riflery After a class in sighting and aim- to the soldiers was the fact that
being given by the Corvallis Rifle ing last week the women did actual they arrived at 8 p.m., too late
Club to members of the local pla­ shooting thi i Monda
January _ to buy some, shall we say, “Dnnk-
toon of the Oregon Women’s Am­ 25 th
. G<*orjr<*na
maon re- akola,” and three hours late for
bulance Corps is p-oving very pop­ ceivc
manship their dates. < My date was so old
ular.
. ,
that three more hours made little
.elective difference.)
ung pro-
On the return trip only half as
■n'l Am- many showed up, although all
I courses bought round-trip tickets. Singing
ly litter “Show Me the Way to Go Home”
,uto me- and “Sweet Adeline” the boy* were
For Ovality Shoe
md fire- having a good time until one pri­
Repairing
vate became too happy, and started
We pnarante< both work­
sbulance exercising his muscles instead of
manship and materials.
ined and his vocal chords. The likeable MP
women Sgt “Jock” J. “Johnny on the
Full line of polishes
e charge Spot” Samanduroff was there and
and shoe laces.
ncy that soon had the “ritua’-.on well in
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We Are The Unseen—ever watchful, never sleeping,
Binding Atoms to-gether.
Not ours the glory nor applause,
We wear no uniform—and yet—are part of our land's destiny.
Guarding her secrets well.
We are the unseen—loyal—true to an ideal,
One God—One Country—One Rag.
We want no praise, knowing, out there,
Men have shed their blood that we might live
With others soon to follow them.
Our reward shall be—one day—with the touch
of magic at our fingertips
To send across the quivering wirts.
One far-flung cry—“Ours Is The Victory."
—Eleanor Dayton Surry,
Washington, D. C., Toll Operator.
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The above poem, penned by a any of the civilian operators,
Bell System telephone operator has chorused the Camp Adair felt ■phon
been adopted by the system as its bevy, “we enjoy our work hi »re o
official watchword during the the Post, and although we work
present emergency. Copies of it at peak loads constantly, w o finí
appear upon the walls of every that the Army personnel here is ex
branch in the country and the tele­ tremely cooperative when placing
phone operators stationed here on calls, and we have no trouble with
the Post regard it and its message sarcastic and grouchy customers.
as an important adjunct to t(ieir It’s a real pleasure!”
daily life.
Phone in Emergency Only
Mr. Horn, in bringing the tour
“Their daily life" just what does
to a close, brought out the fact that
that phrase imply?
Our editor, inquisitive soul that it is now necessary for the Bell
he is, assigned us to ferret out the System to advertise, “Don't Use the
j facts behind the pleasant, "Number Telephone Except for Calls of Ne­
Please,” we all hear when picking cessity,” in an effort to sharply
up a telephone around Camp Adair. reduce the tremendous load now
carried by the telephone company.
Cal Horn. Manager
In an interview with Mr. Cal With millions of men in the armd
Horn, Camp telephone manager, forces, it is easily discernible that a
we discovered, while touring the complex situation would be created
operator’s- living quarters, that the
spacious and modern accommoda­
tions were furnished by the Army
in cooperation with Captain Norvel
G. Reetz, Post Signal Officer, last
year.
Telephone officials, in selecting
the personnel to man or rather “to
girl” the camp system, scoured the
whole State of Oregon in an effort
to acquire the cream of operating
talent and efficiency. The fact that
our camp system today is one of the
best operated in the entire country
bespeaks well of their selection.
. Seasoned Operators
Ten seasoned opertors, with
PEPSI COLA I. ud< Mly by
years (175) of telephone experience Ptyd-CeU
L m ( Itlaatl City, N. T.
behind them, were chosen from ex­ feMMhuHrM:
changes in Portland, Eugene, Klam­
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
ath Falls and Bend for the Army’s
benefit. These ladies, whose ages
of Corvallis
of service average 17 each, occupy
what the Army officials aver is
the finest dormitory for operators
in any camp today. Each girl lives
on the Post and has her own fur­
nished room for sleeping accommo­
dations; a centrally located recep­
tion room is situated in the front
of the dorm and affords an ideal
social and recreation room during
idle moments.
An ¡novation, strictly the girls’
idea, is the addition of a “midnight
snack bar,” where any gal off shift
may prepare her own lunches. “The
most popular place in the quarters,”
declared Chief Operator Henrietta
Bell when queried during our tour.
Motherly Mrs. Emma King presides
over the entire entourage as ma­
tron, and hers is a twenty-four
hour a day task to keep all of the
girls happy and healthy as possible.
When contacted last week, Mrs.
King was in the act of ministering
to Chief Operator Bell, who has
been confined tn quarters due to an
illness.
"We woudn’t trade our jobs with
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if only part of this number used
the long distance telephone. Un­
less it is an impertaive telephone
call, soldier, let the motto be: "Be
Mum. Chum!”
OSC Graduates Best,
War Department Says
Graduate officers of the OSC
have been a tremendous success
both in training camps and on the
battle field, according to a recent
War Department announcement.
So successful has the plan been
that Army policy has definitely
set on getting almost all new offi­
cers from QI’S with the only com­
missions handed direct to civilians
in the future will be in the Medical
Corps, the Judge Advocate Gener­
al’s Department and some special­
ists in the Engineers and Ordnance.
At the present t’nu about one-
third of all officer* in the Army
have come up from the ranks
through Officii- Candidate schools.
About half came from the National
Guard and organized reserves with
a small petventage appointed
straight from civilian life because
they were specialists of one kind or
another.
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