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Camp Adair Sentry Billfold Girl Camp Impressions Given by Soldier to enlist in that portion of the United States Army which subse quently became a unit of the Rain bow Division. At the university, our fraternity Bed was made up by a couple of fellows named Healy and McGlone. In return, the Editor wrote their English essays, thus enabling them to graduate cum laude. To this day they are conscientious citizens of Denver, Colo. Good Natured Griping Requisite Of Trained Fighter He Declares Scene at Q. M. Retreat or strict ly G. 1. Carrying things slightly Cooking With Gas to an extreme was the "Khaki Kid,” who when caught bj Retreat, while By Pfc. Norman P. Hughes climbing a ladder to the roof of his Of Cooks and Bakers School barracks, tried to come to attention. Proof that reason came to him in L-------------------------- time is the fact that he’s still “What about Chow?” This is the foremost question in around to read this. the minds of all the fellows going Even, or in this present day out on maneuvers. Not so long ago should we say, especially. Kings this question was u very serious problem for the men in the mess must fall. With that thought in organizations, but due to the pres mind, we report the results of two ent day army developments in the ping-pong games played in the mess, it has become practically ex Service Clubs, January Sth and tinct— bo the men in the field need 15th. In one corner was QM’s own “Fancy” Sam Farkas and in the no longer worry. other. Al Niemac, of the 96th Div. The army now has what is called Both battlers are two-stripers (Cor Jthe emergency field ration, which porals). Results: "Sam we mourn has been developed and perfected your losses." by dieticians and food authorities. Quartermaster Quin-Type Several types of these condensed While it’s true, “dead men tel) rations have been successfully pre no tales.” it’s another story about pared and nearly all of them prove the Dead Men’s caretakers, All of to be very nutritious ajul palatable. which, introduces today’s Quin The latest addition to the ration types. Pfc. Julius Leighty, former family is known as the “K" ration. embalmer and Undertaker for 14 It is exceedingly important in con years in and around Kansas City. ducting field work because it re Pfc. Leighty works in the QM quires no cooking before serving. Clothing Warehouse. We know it The outstanding factor, however, is would make better reading if we the manner in which it is packet!. said he worked in the Dead Storage Each unit, of which there are throe, Section but "it ain’t the truth." To is packed in a light waterproof car those who enjoy hair-raisers. we ton that can he added to the pack suggest you corral Pfc. Leighty without much additional bulkiness. some day and listen. The “K” ration has been scientifi This past Wednesday night, cally tested to insure the greatest M Sgt. G. E. Jacobson conducted amount of energy producing ma our non-coms, class. The topic terial, upon which the strength of was, "Action Against Air Raids." our armed forces depend. Mimeographed forms were dis Well-known “chow hounds” un tributed and the action they’d have doubtedly will complain that the to take. The meeting was very ration is not filling. But through well conducted and much informa actual tests, it has been determined tion gained. that the "K” ration is sufficient to satisfy the pangs of any average If Your Name Is Here soldier’s hunger. Supplements have been added to You Have Mail at P.O. the basic “K" ration for use in vari The following named persons ous types of climatic conditions which tho fighting men will encoun- ' have mail in the Post Office, which ter. They are to be used only in cannot be delivered because of in emergency cases and for not more correct or insufficient address. It than three days at the very most, is requested that these persons cull So don’t worry, fellows, your at the window for this mail and “Chuck Wagon” will still bo “bring leave their correct address. Malcolm A<lams. ing up the rear” for most of your F, A. Buchaiuin. K M. Bremner. meols. Bunn, Henry Bernip. Edward Brarman, T E. Black. J A Blackfill The School for linkers and Cooks .’ack (.'lam, ('liristophvi- I'nm, Mauricio proudly states that it will have t'atiniiz l'i limit < ramlall, F.tuest f'ollier, Howard < 'haimoii. I.eon Leng I’hAae, samples of the “K" ration on dis Nirhaloa (’«»stellt». Oliver Everton play in its newly constructed class John H, Fatrell. Kenneth Finnaw. Lawrence (Irtives, (lill (lorirdon. A. N room building. J By Pvt. H. W. Hansen. ! DO YOU PLAY ’EM As the soldier stepped from civ ilian life into military life, he cast ON JUTE BOX? Then we awakened one fine Au EM of Camp Adair who want off all his old traits and character gust morning in 1922 with a hang istics except one—and that is the to say, “Hi maw; hi paw” and over and a bride. This affair lasted genuine habit of all Americans— not bother to write it all out, 15 years, five months, fourteen can do so beginning immediately never being satisfied. days, three hours and 35 minutes The soldier’s life at Camp Adair at the Soldier Men's Center at . . , The next time we awakened is as tough and strenuous as can 8th and Monroe Sts.. Corvallis, we had only the hang over. where there is now a record mak be found wherever one might try • to find, and at the same time, it ing machine, installed through But we are proud to write in the provides him the opportunity to rid the courtesy of the Pepsi-Cola Merciful Memoirs of our Sunset icule every new step he is forced company. Years that throughout our life we Of The Week" It is strictly for EM of this to take. He cannot talk back to have fought the Twin Bed Evil. Post, it was announced by Grant his superiors if he disagrees be Pretty, isn’t she? I------- - cause he knows he has to acquire O’Donnell, company representa Did you ever see pink ant eaters She belongs to Pvt. William tive, who will be on hand to as J. the disciplinary principles taken in by every soldier in order that his sist and supervise recording Linahan, Jr., popular greeter at with purple flame sprouting from army will become the strongest and during a two-months stay in Service Club No. 1. Bill, the lucky their eyes, ears, noses and throats most powerful in the world. But town. Mrs. Tracy W. Johnson guy, is married to the above pretty conic at you in Endless Droves over girl, and has been for the past two the foot of a Bed? They usually though he could not speak out loud, is hostess. You can make recordings after and a half years. arrive just ahead of the Pink Ele in general, there was one way he 4 p. m. daily and all day on Sat Mrs. Linahan, who Bill calls phants. This brings up the inter could continue this habit. That was by grumbling quietly urdays and Sundays. Margaret, met him in Hollywood, esting question of when is a Bed where he was employed at the Not a Bed? to himself. And there is no doubt that it has helped him make the and ploughing through rough coun Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion pic charge so that he would derive the try side, he has become tough. Not ture studios. Margaret, who here The answer is simple. It’s a benefits. It was a tiresome of all of them have reached this point by becomes the Sentry’s initial Barber Chair, in one of which we drilling hour after hour without hut it is soon expected that every entry in the "BILLFOLD GIRL slept near Jack Demjisey in the some change of routine. His feet one will not only be the equal of his CONTEST,” is now busily engaged Hotel Barbara at Los Angeles the and tired body puiled him to bed opponent but superior in every re at a Southern California plane fac New Year’s eve of the Rose Bowl at an unreasonably early hour after spect. At first the soldier went tory and Bill’s barrack buddies football game in which Columbia inarching twenty miles through through his training in half heart state that with all of her defense defeated Stanford, 7-0. We are rain and mud with full pack. He ed manner, but soon it swept over work she still has time to make very tardy on our dates here in went out in the hills anl ploughed him the seriousness of the situation, him the most frequent caller at the Camp Adair, Oregon, but we re over them in tactical maneuvers, and now he has accepted the serious SCU 1911 mail room. member that Dempsey had his own . dug fox holes and squirmed in them phase of it. Soldier, get that picture of private Barber Chairs and Barber. In the meantime, the soldier has your girl friend or wife out of your waiting long minutes for an imagi We got off to a wonderful start. nary enemy, and then learned how been receiving education that he billfold and enter it in the "Bill Barber, not Bourbon! to creep and crawl through mini never looked for and never would fold Giri” contest, which will be a that left him damp and cold. Shiv have realized its importance, and weekly feature in the CAMP Perhaps “Beds in Which I Have ers crept through him when he first yet it was the most important study ADAIR SENTRY. Slept” would be a better title for took his bayonet and fixed it to his he could acquire. Ami that study Every soldier on this Post has a rifle. Its long, ugly point suddenly was learning how to live with peo billfold, and usually contained these remarks, but on the other made him realize just what could ple, know their different manners, therein is an informal snapshot of hand, this is a Column; not a Con happen to him in a close encounter. making new friendships which the gal back home. The contest fession! would help make him, his platoon, Founds Things Different editor wants that picture. How He no longer walked into a shoe his company and his division into a ever, he doesn’t want it permanent However, while musing on the shine shop to have his shoes polish hard fighting unit. The first part ly; he just wants to borrow it for Pause that Refleshes, we think, ed nor did he leave his personal of camp life was extremely diffi a short time. that aside from private boudoirs, effects strewn around his bunk as cult for the Camp Adair soldier as apartments, parlors, kitchens, box Soldiers who desire to enter the ■was the case of his room at home. he was thrust into a large group contest are urged to send in their cars, desks, automobiles, desert Daily inspection by some officer of other men and he had to accus “Billfold Girl” to the contest edi sand, auto courts, divans, chairs has taught him the habit of strict tom himself to living in this man tor and entries will be judged from and corridors in and upon which neatness and cleanliness. He shiv ner. a standpoint of beauty, clarity of we have slept, we have found the Gets Education ers for two hours on inspection day BEST BEDS at the following However, this was his education. the photo, and eye appeal. The places: anl prays that his rifte ,is clean entries should have your name, ad enough so that he will not be given He met men front every section of "QUOTES and QUERIES” the United States; men who had dress. and name of the girl whose extra detail. — Pfc. F. Smith—Sgt. M. Gaines j Hotel Del Monte, Calif.; ('.aliente picture is being entered. But the hardest thing the soldier traveled and tell tales of their ex Valuable prizes are being lined Hotel at Agua Caliente, Mexico: has had to accustom himself to periences; men of all nationalities up for contest winners. So soldier, Hotel del Coronado, Calif. ; the Again we copic with printed poem— were the many and various types of and with different types of dialects; if you want your gal in the SEN Riverside, at Reno; the Biltmore, To bring headaches to your Army labor around his section. He swears men with different traits and char- TRY and you want to win the Alexandria, Roosevelt, Ambassa “home” and wishes he were taking a twen actertistics. It was a place where dor, Town House, Marsden, Cha AU of which should introduce— weekly prize, send in your entry ty 'mile hike rather than sweat they could exchange conversation, the "Billfold Girl" Contest Editor, teau Marmont and Garden of Allah Some Q. M. items lying loose. over a pile of pots and pans in K. Ik learn about each other, share each in Los Angeles and Hollywood: tho Public Relations Office. Talk about Strange As It Seems! He never imagined the time would other’s joys and sorrows. It was All entries will be returned old Virginia, at Long Beach. Calif.; It took a World war, a draft notice, come when he would have to do the laying of a foundation for the promptly after judging each week the Hilton, at El Paso, Tex.; the and a little item like a 10-day fur- this type of work. His thoughts strength and spirit that each was and entrants may be assured of re Roosevelt, New Orleans, La. ; the lough for T/6 Dorn Arbia, Ware- center on the fact that he might to find in one another in order to ceiving their pix back in good con Miami. Fla., Biltmore; the Roa house Driver, and his relatives to become a “beautiful wife” to some make them a well-knit team. dition. noke, at Roanoke, Va.; the Monti meet. Till Fate, in the form of his Has Fun. Too girl with the general household cello at Norfolk, Va.; the Mayfair, furlough papers, came to the res The soldier at camp, however, duties he gets in the barracks. He’s Military Police in Washington, D. C.; the Waldorf- cue, Dom and his relatives had sad when he doesn’t get letters, but hasn't been completely without fun Astoria, Lexington, Belmont-Plaza never come face to face. To his then when they do arrive, he is and relaxation. He has been able and New Yorker in New York; the relatives, we say: "We’ll bet you’re happy at first and later he be to go to various small towns around Barracks Banter Statler in Cleveland; the Palmer SORRY.” comes boody as he thinks of his camp and have a change from “the X____________________________ ___ House in Chicago; the Fontenelle parents, friends and wife or sweet same old routine.” There are any By Pfc. Wallace X. Rawles in Omaha, Nebr.; the Plains, in To all those who are silly enough heart. He wants to get this job number of dances he can go to and finished in a speedy manner so that draw his mind-away from the next ??@'««A-,/4 aoinshrdlu cmfwyp ZZ Cheyenne, Wyo.; the Brown Place, to want their names in this column ETAOTN ( ),.-»■» (a % in Denver: the Utah in Sait Lake we print a fe wwords of warning he too can once more enjoy life day's work. In camp he buys arti cles at the post exchanges and has x?x?x??-?-.,.,-HH*(<ffl>’4* & Ik city; the El Tovar at Grand Can After one little notice in our hodge as it once was. food at the mess halls which civ etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp vbgkqj xzzz yon, Aris,; the Multnomah, in Port podge. M Sgt. Sinnott was trans Hardships I.essen land, Ore.; the Santa Barbara, ferred to Finance. (All those in And so it goes on. The < amp ilians are finding difficult to have Since history dawned, many Calif., Biltmore and the Tower of this week's “rogues’ gallery” please Adair soldier grows stronger in now. He has the latest movies at body and more experienced in mind the camp shows, and to enjoy his things have been said about beds, the Sir Francis Drake in San Fran pack your barf acks bag.) Despite jealous comments like: The hardships which at first faced favorite malt, he journeys down to but it remained for one of our cisco. “The QM Cooks are working with him have n6w become daily routine. the Service Club where he can cas better second lieutenants to make With calisthentics. running obstacle ually flirt with a counter girl. All the above remark while “gigging” But that hotel bungalow in Cali the Medics,” or “It’s not a mess the editor for a corruptibly con ente, Mexico! What atmosphere! hall, it's nn annex of the Station courses, walking long, weary miles, of this is easy on his small pay. But from the time when he was a structed bed in the upper flight of Soft guitars tinkling outside the Hospital,” Q. M. Mess Hall No. 105 new recruit to the present when he Barracks 1, Militarq. Police, last windows through which whispered .Mrs. Sophie Gaines Hnd Mrs. Marge was honored by the presence of has been developed into a fighting Saturday morning, Jan. 23. the delicate scent of honeysuckle Semon. Yes!!Ilf Before anyone soldier; when he has been taught and jasmine upon the subtle night how to fight and kill and not be Interpreted liberally, the lieuten air! Tinkling ice in an amber fluid asks—they're still breathing. We’ll admit it’s slight but it’s honest-to- killed; how to hate with deadly ear ant said: “Rawles, yours is the that Quenched the Thirst and goodness breathing. nestness, the Camp Adair soldier worst made-up bed I have ever seen Aroused the Imagination. Here we still loves to grumble. He and his in the United States Army.” were surrounded by Beauty. And Speaking of our mess halls, we'd buddies get together every spare Sales and Senice what a Lovely Thing, that Beauty minute and have their bull sessions. The lieutenant was right. He re Re-t Mattress Complete with Beau like to clear up a question every Modern Shop — Best one's asking. Those “Men in This way they can argue just mains our good friend because he Mechanics ty Rest Springs. What a BED! White" coming from the mess halls why everything is done wrong, ac- I was sportsman and officer enough I aren't internes, they're the “dough cording to their estimation of the to accompany us to our barracks All of which brings up another boys” from the Q M. Bakery. problem, but usually never give a later in the morning to patiently Phone 43, 2nd & Jackson better solution. One continuously show us HOW TO MARE A BED. interesting point, to-wit: When m * ■■ ■■. ) £! Cleopatra entered Mark Antony’s * ■ 1 1 ’ ' talks about his civilian life and tent upon the Burning Sands of iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih. wishes he were back "to the good “How to Make a Bed What a old days.” But given the chance fascinating subject for a column. the Nile, he was too busy Dialing to quit, he would refuse and be < Here we go, converting everything his Radio to notice her. Nor did she roaring mad. Another can only into grist for the mill. I In our near inspect his Bed to ascertain if it pick out the bad points of his out ly half-century of life on this Vale had hospital corners, a la U. S. fit, but when he gets into a differ of Tears and Army cota we have Army. But when their glances ent atmosphere, whether civilians I made lots of things, including taf met .. yes, you are right .., the (Not Christian Church) or soldiers, he brags about his com fy, but Making a Bed, especially Lady was merely looking for But 3 730 E. Sth St. Complete Banking pany, his buddies, how tough they in a public place such as the Army terflies! ALBANY. OREGON Service ? --------- are and that nobody in the whole barracks, was part of our broad MOOSE HALL Moral of this Column: Be it ever damn place can lick him. education that had been neglected 3 SEE rs FOR 2nd St., Corvallis so humble, there's no bed like your The change has been made and YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS «adly until January 23, 1943. A.D. own! the results are on the asset side. Bible Cla«8 . 10:00 A. M. The one thing which sometimes was We remember that date distinctly Preaching ..11:00A M. placed under a damper has contin because it wax the first snowy Moral Number 2: Go, old soldier, uously sprung forth and is now morning we had been conscious of and Flynn no more! Communion .11:45 A.M. | proving to be one of the major fac seeing Staff Sergeant Joseph Preaching ...8:00P.M. tors in making his a fighting sol Holmes at reveille. (Voice from Fair Trade AUTO ACCIDENT dier. The initiative which Ameri Corporal Bob Dreher’s d«<wny One of India's outstanding ath- FIRE LIFE cans have so long been used to lounge of love: “You're not con Jet*« has traded hie turhen for a 3 BURGLARY to Worship will now provide the method which scious yet. you Number 8 hall.” G. I. hat at ( amp Kohler. Cal. 2 and all other« will outwit the enemy in battle. The Pvt. A. K. Mehta, 42- year-old Mos spoken in his meticulously culti- Soldier's Invitation Reliable Stock < oapuiea soldiers at Camp Adair have this voted New Jersey tone.) lem, holds the All-lndia 3,600 meter «pirit set in their minds and cycling record record and was a hearts, and it will he this that will In the beginning, <«r Mother and star m track and field while attend- , Claude A. Guild, Minister I INSURANCE & BONDS make the Timber Wolf Division a Sister« made up the Beds until w* Elka Bldg I’hone 112 Aligarh university. 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