Sentry
Camp
i weekly journal devoted
to maintaining morale,
with the responsibility of
circulating post informa­
tion and news at Camp
Adair, Oregon.
Camp Adair, Oregon
Mounting Guard in
Vol. 1, No. 46.
WHAT’S VP?
By special arrangement.
USO programs for towns
surrounding Camp Adair
will be published each
week. You will find them
tabulated on page three.
Clip and post it.
Camp Adair, Oregon, Thursday, March 4, 1943,
$1.50 a Year by Mail
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Timber Wolves Hosts on Air Show Tonight
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Camp fo Have
Bank Service
U. S. National Branch
From Corvallis Will
Offer Facilities in
Location Here on Post
SCU1911 Non-Com
Club Opens Saturday
Coffee Is Being Served in the Drawing Room
With Saturday night—-just three through the various departments
days away—scheduled as the date of the station complement, Post
for the grand opening, the long Engineers, Quartermaster and
Sales Commissary, to name a few
heralded Non-commissioned Offi­ as well as individual donations by
cers’ Club SCU 1311 is undergoing Lt. and Mrs. F. L. Moore, Mrs. Rose
Deckforth, Aaron Frank, SCU
finishing touches.
As paint brushes were plied and 1911 Officers’ Club, the Kaiser and
the mural was being placed last Foster Advertising company of
night, temporary board members Portland, Edmund Willis of MGM
of the club realized that what had studio in Hollywood and many
once been just a plan on paper others.
was now a finished project.
As a finished project the club
But back to Saturday night. From compares favorably with those now
i the time the doors are opened to in operation on old established army
I members and their guests at 8:30 posts. From the ultra-modern
| until Bob Black and his orchestra lounge, glistening with colored
| swing into “Home Sweet Home” lights and chrome to the Hawaiian
I an evening of entertainment has bar of bamboo and palm leaves.
been planned that promises to nothing has been overlooked to
equal if not excel anything of its make this recreation center for
kind on an army post.
-
i non commissioned officers and
Specialty numbers galore have ! th»ir guests a welcome haven.
been booked to intersperse the
Non-Coms of SCU who have not
dancing and the buffet supper. ' yet applied for membership still
There is not space here to list them have time to get in on the formal
individually, you’ll have to be there opening. Just hunt out one of the
to find out.
members of the board of directors,
Club Well Sponsored
' give him your name, organization
This NCO club is made possible and a five dollar bill.
Camp Adair will have a bank­
ing s. rvice of its own according to
preliminary announcement issued
by officials of the United States
National Bank of Portland. That
bank has been officially authorized
by the United States Treasury De-
partment to establish at Camp
Adari banking service under the
name of the Camp Adair Financial
Agency, and the services to be put
into operation will consist of cash­
ing checks, accepting deposits, is­
suing bank money orders, drafts
and travelers cheques, and the sale
of war bonds and savings stamps,
A building at the Camp is being
made ready now for “banking quar­
ters.” When completed, this will
be manned by a trained banking
staff. Opening is scheduled for
some time within the next 30 days.
This Camp Adair Agency of the
United States National Bank will
operate in conjunction with the
bank’s Corvallis Branch.
As pointed out by P. A. Eckman,
Manager of that Branch, such a
banking station at Camp. Adair will
not only afford a convenience to |
the men stationed there, but will !
be a means of assisting them in
conserving their»funds. For those
who are sending funds home, the
bank money order service will pro- |
vide a safe und convenient form of
transmittal.
A similar banking agency of the I
United States National Bank was I
authorized by the Treasury Depart­
ment for establishment at Fort 1
Stevens, near the mouth of the '
Columbia River, and this Agency
is announced as already in opera- I
tion.
All-Soldier Revue to
Feature Bill at Club 2
Music, Comedy, Vaudeville Skits
Predorr'nate in Full 6C Minutes
Of Entertainment; O’ KWIL at 8
Tonight’s “Camp Adair On The Air” radio broadcast,
from 8 until 8:30 over the Mutual Broadcasting System’s
KWIL outlet, will feature talent from the Timberwolf Divi­
sion, and will be held at Service Club 2. The show is being
directed and emceed by Sgt. Arthur Richardson and has been
termed the “All-Soldier Revue ... 99 Men and a Girl.”
The air show will open with se­ ♦
“ . . 8 Ball; Side Pocket”
lections by the Division Artillery
—A Short, Short Story
Band under the baton of w. o.
If
John Cruikshank, a soldier
Rubel and will feature “The Plains-
of
Camp
Adair and formerly
music
men,” with mountaineer
of
Grimes,
Iowa, will visit the
from the Red-leg Battalion and
Beaver Pool Hall in Corvallis,
“Happy Jack” Ogen, ballad singer
134 S. 2nd St., he may recover'
who was a mid-western radio star
before induction. Also. Pvt. Pic­ his empty wallet there.
ciano will appear with his accordian
as will Pvt. Frank Maden, concert gram will be Pvt. John Dempsey
violinist who formerly appeared with a doll dance; Pfc. Whyne, vo­
with the St. Louis Symphony Or­ calist; an instrumental duet with
chestra. Other numbers will be of- Pvt. Geisler on the electric guitar
| fered by Cpl. Harry Yblonsky; Pvt. and Pvt. Picciano on the accordian;
j Setzer, who will impersonate ra- Sgt. Griffin who will interpret the
| dio’s female Frankenstein, “Tizzy “Global Dance of the War Lords”
’ Lish,” in addition to a comedy skit and Cpl. Marpurgo who will inter­
| or two by Pvt. Alex Santos and pret the “Fall of Bataan” by med­
Sgt. Richardson. This portion of ium of the dance.
This is the second in a series of
the program goes on the air from
; regular weekly KWIL radio shows
i 8 until 8:30.
i broadcast direct from Service Club
Pre-Show, Too
But the pre-air show merits your 2. Come on over and participate in
I hurrying to Service Club 2 right i , the fun.
I after chow to get a front-row seat I | Remember! The Pre-Show starts
Featured in this portion of the pro- at 7:30. Be on time.
When the telephone operators at Camp Adair hold open house (as they did one day last week)
BIGGER. BETTER EM DANCE
they REALLY have guests. Here we see Miss Clair Buckner pouring coffee and Miss Henrietta Bell
c-orvinw rake tor Major General James L. Bradley, Brigadier General Claudius M. Easley, and
TOMORROW AT FIELD
Colonel Hammond M. Monroe, all of the 96th Division. (Story on Page 5.)
Signal Corps Photo.
HOUSE
The first of a series of Fri­
day night dances for the enlisted
men of Camp Adair will be held
Capt. Grant Arrives
tomorrow night, beginning at 8
o’clock, at the Field House, 1st
To Work With SSO
St. South and Avenue F.
This new series is the result
of the two Service Clubs merg­
With avowed intention of mak­
ing for thiB regular weekly so­
ing the soldiers of Adair the “eing-
cial activity, and it is felt that
Voluntary Donations
there will be far better dancing ingest” of armies, Capt. Richard
W.
Grant
has
arrived
on
the
post.
facilities at the Field House and
From Adair Soldiers
And Capt. Grant will probably
that even larger crowds can
accomplish
just
that
because
that
’
s
Will Be Accepted in
Gentlemen, officers and Anita Loos may prefer blonds,
be accommodated. The Service
Clubs will remain open for other his business. He is one of the 37 but the EM of this Post unquestionably are bucking for the
Campaign for Funds
officers who have just completed
activities, however.
brunettes.
T/Sgt. Bob Black and his SCU a course at Fort Meade for pro­
For two brunettes—each one so dark, so lithe, so lovely
Dance Demons will play for the moting the widest possible utiliza­
“In wartime the welfare of
affair, and for the sports fans, tion of music in the Army as a i —are the finalists in Camp Adair’s PX girl contests.
stimulant
to
morale
and
espirit
de
America
’s service men and their
They
are
brown-eyed
Betty
Frick,
who
just
seven
days
our sports editor informs us
families comes first. The Red '
that the final championship corps in the field.
ago
was
made
the
manager
of
PX
No.
10
at
3rd
St.
S.,
on
Capt. Grant will work in coopera-
playoff in the Timberwolf Di-
C Ave. and blue-eyed Dorothy Caldwell—her nickname is Cross, through a vast coordinated i
vision basketball league will be tio’. with the special services offi­
April—who is second assistant manager of PX No. 5, on program, is safeguarding that wel­
staged beforehand starting at cers of the 96th and Timber Wolf l
fare.” These timely words uttered
divisions
and
the
Post
special
serv
­
6th St. N. and D Avenue.
6:15.
In the next issue of the Sentry*------------------------------ ——--------- by Norman Davis, National Chair­
So remember: what? EM ices officer. Although complete de­
Limited Service Men
dance; where ? Field House; tails were not available at press we intend to name the winner be­
Simply follow the directions, put man of the American Red Cross,
Under 45 Acceptable
when: 8 until 11 tomorrow time, it is believed that a pre­ tween these two beauteous crea­ the ballot in an envelope and mail served to inaugurate 1943’s RED
CROSS MONTH which opened on
night; why? for your entertain- scribed course in group singing tures. But before that, soldier—
| it to: PX Girl Contest Board, Post March first.
spanning a period of several weeks YOU must pick her.
Commissions as first lieuten­ ment.
will be inaugurated immediately.
ants await 68 sanitary engineers
Verl Lewis, Field Director of the
Elsewhere on these pages will Public Relations Office.
Capt. Grant was for 20 years di­ be found a ballot carrying names of
who meet the liberal qualifications
After this we can only echo the Red Cross at Camp Adair, an­
rector of music at Penn State be­ the two finalist contenders. These
governing age and physical condi­ Sgt. Wise and Lovely
nounced his department’s plans for
fore his appointment to the music must he cut out and mailed to old Roman philosopher who said: the operation of the annual drive
tion for such appointments.
“May the best mama win,” but
advisers group.
Applicants must have completed Jean Carkin Out-Step
reach the judges not later than we can help you in the pre-flight for funds this week.
a four-year college course and re­ Salem Dance Jitterers
According to Mr. Lewis, civilian
Monday.
'Continued on nage 4 enhimn 4*
ceived a bachelor’s degree in civil,
personnel on the Post will be so­
Timber Wolf Marshal
sanitary or chemical engineering,
licited during the month through a
You Con Pick the Winner—if .
Sgt. John E. Wise of the Timber Promoted to Major
and must have had at least four
plan devised by Mr. Lyle, chair
years experience in sanitary and Wolf Division jittered to first hon­
man of civilians employed here.
An announcement released re­
public health engineering, includ­ ors with his petite and vivacious
Civilian membership in the Red
cently
by
the
Timber
Wolf
Division
ing two of the following activities: brunette partner, Jean Alice Car­
Cross has been set at a one dollar
Mosquito control, rodent control, kin, at the regular Saturday night headquarters revealed the promo­
minimum and membership cards ;
water supply and sewage treat­ dance in the Armory at Salem this tion to Major of Captain Raymond
and Red Cross buttons will be fur­
Criswell, Provost Marshal and the
week end.
ment.
nished to members at the time of
commanding officer of the division
A master’s degree in sanitary engi­
The judges were unanimous in
solicitation. It is expected that the
neering may be substituted for one their decision although Pfc.* War­ Military Police platoon.
entire civilian population of the
Major Criswell, formerly of Ft.
and one-half years experience and ren W. Camplin of the SCU Medics,
camp will be approached before the
Sill,
Oklahoma,
was
commissioned
qualification.
with his partner, Kay Crowder, cer­
termination of the drive.
Applicants must be not more than tainly had the judges guessing un­ a second lieutenant upon his grad­
Officers of the Post also will
uation
from
the
University
of
Ok
­
45 years old. Men in limited service til the final minutes of the exhi­
have an opportunity to contribute
will be acceptable.
bition. Cpl. Charles Zalabak and lahoma in 1936. Since that time he
tp the Red Cross fund through so-
i
Since a quota of two candidates his wife, Cecelia, took third place has progressively been promoted
licitation, The machinery for this
has been set for each district, pros­ ' before a crowd of several hundred first lieutenant and captain. The
solicitation is now being set up at
major is a graduate of several mil­
pective candidates in Oregon are I dancers.
Red Cross headquarters and the
urged to submit applications im­
Another jitterbug exhibition will itary schools including the Provost
method by which funds will be col-
mediately to the field office of the be held for service men Saturday Marshal General school at Ft. Mey­
I lected will be announced during the
Portland Officer Procurement Dis­ night. Dances are held under the er, Va.; Command and General
“drive month.”
trict. 316 United States National auspices of Capitol Post No. 9, Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth,
Strictly Voluntary
Kans.
Bank Building, Portland, Ore.
I American Legion.
Enlisted men comprising the
The Provost Marshal of the Tim­
complement of Camp Adair, like-
ber Wolf division is a native of
wise will be offered an opportunity
Dorothy (a Id well
Wewoka, Oklahoma, and practiced
Betty Frick
of contributing to the national or­
law in partnership with his father
ganization, During the month, ac-
in that city before taking up active
cording to plans recently formu­
military duties. Major Criswell
lated, each regiment and company
earned his B.A. and LLB degrees
will have an appointed collector
while attending the university in
who will accept any contribution
Of interest to the men in Head- i At a simple but impressive cere­ his native Oklahoma.
that enlisted personnel i^py choose
quarters Company, SCU 1911... mony, the couple wore married last
to make. Membership in the Red
and especially to those Adairmen Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28, at 2:30
ART INSTRUCTION
Cross as it concerns enlisted men
on special duty with Post Head­ p. m. at the First Presbyterian
A new series of art lessons is
is strictly on a voluntary basis, it
quarters . . . comes the announce­ Church, Vancouver, Wash., with the beginning at the Corvallis USO
was announced by the field di­
ment today of the wedding of Staff Rev. Presley, pastor, officiating.
Club and will be held on Wednes­
rector.
Sergeant Sanford Shapiro and Miss ' The bride, given in marriage by days at 7:30 p. m.
“Our national Red Cross quota
(Mark ,(x) in square of your choice.)
Mary Louise Martin. “Sandy” is her father, wore a white woolen
Mr. Robert Saunders, profes­
for 1943 has been set at 125 mil- I
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Sha­ suit and white accessories for the sional artist at Oregon State col-
Name and rate
..................................
lions of dollars,” stated Mr. Lewis .
piro of Yakima, Washington, and occasion. She wore an orchid cor- lebe, is teaching the class and will
when interviewed recently, “and ,
heads the “Miscellaneous” section sage. Her matron cf honor was welcome beginners with no pre­
Outfit
we know that Camp Adair will I
at Headquarters. His bride is the Mrs. Irene Greer of Yakima.
vious instruction. Special atten­
acquit itself in a 100 per cent 1
Mail to PX girl content boardt Public Relation« Office.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee A.
S Sgt. and Mrs. Shapiro are tion wall be given to pastel work,
fashion.”
Martin, also of Yakima.
making their home in Corvallis,
with landscape being featured.
(Continued on Page 1, column 3)
Post Group Singing
Io Be Inaugurated
Brunettes, Wght. 108, Red Cross
Are PX. Girl Finalists Drive Opens
Clip Ballots Herein; Vote for
Betty Frick or Dot Caldwell
Sanitary Engineers
Wanted as Officers
S-Sgt. 'Sandy' Shapiro Takes the Leap
Now Il’s Sgt. and Mrs. Sanford Shapiro
My Choice For
PX GIRL
Befty Frick
Dorothy Caldwell .
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ALL, XOLBJiL
Last week the Portland Special Train presented a pretty
sad spectacle as it chugged out of Camp Adair carrying only four
hundred passengers ... a new low to date.
Now, in view of the above, we feel that it is about time you
had some facts about your train. Here is the story:
When Camp Adair was growing larger all the time, the bus
companies found themselves unable to cope with the local week
end traffic, let alone the hundreds who flocked to Portland. With
this condition existing, a definite transportation problem had to
be faced, and in desperation, the bus companies discontinued the
Camp Adair to Portland busses, and reassigned them to the local
runs. This move brought about the topic of the moment . . . THE
PORTLAND SPECIAL TRAIN.
This train was much talked about, and became an estab­
lished fact only thru the efforts of the post transportation of­
ficer, and the good graces of the Southern Pacific officialis. Much
needed equipment and manpower had to be diverted, and pas­
senger and freight schedules rearranged to sandwich in the
Portland train from Camp Adair. With the $>ost transportation
and the railroad functioning effectively, all this train required
to make it a huge success was the cooperation and support of
the military personnel. BUT—that is where the plans fell through,
for the soldiers on the Post refused to accept their responsibility,
and what seemed like the solution to one problem now becomes
a problem itself.
And now, the future of the Portland Special looks gloomy
indeed. For, without an immediate rallying of forces, the train
stands to de discontinued, and the transportation setup will revert
to the already too familiar story of too many soldiers and too
few busses! But you still have the chance.
Give a little more thought to the matter on hand, and sup­
port your train, and your train will support you. Remember, it
doesn’t rain in Oregon all the time, and with the nice weather
on hand, the many varied activities of the City of Portland will
prove little more than a mirage to most of you men if this
train becomes a thing of the past. It is for you to decide.
This is your last chance! Saturday afternoon at 2:30 P.M.,
the train will leave Camp Adair and arrive in Portland at about
6:00 o’clock. This train has been making the Portland run con­
sistently in three and one half hours. Why the bus in its best
days took three hours! Compare the comforts of the train to the
comforts of the bus, and get wise to yourself. The smart man
rides the train!
For the return trip Sunday evening, the train will leave the
Union Station in Portland at 8:15 o’clock and arrive in Camp
Adair at the midnight hour! The roundtrip fare is only $2.00!
The whole .matter is in your hands! This coming Saturday
will determine the fate of the Special Train. Buy your tickets
early, and let’s get this train really rolling.
Tickets are on sale in the 96th and Timber Wolf Divisions,
with the unit Special Service Officers, and men in the Service
Command may purchase their tickets from the Post Special Serv­
ice Oficer. After Friday evening at 5:00 o'clock, the tickets will
be available at the Oregon Motor Stage Bus depot, and the
Southern Pacific station at Wellsdale. (Wellsdale to Southern
Pacific . . . Camp Adair to you, at First Street South and
Avenue J.)
Brother, this may read like a sob story to you . . . but if
you let us down on this train, and force it to be discontinued by
your indifference . . . wait till you see the sob stories that will be
written about the hundreds and hundreds of men waiting down
by the bus depot this coming summer. Our train leaving with
four hundred men was a sad spectacle indeed, but those four
hundred men waiting for a bus some week end to come will be a
far sadder sight.
Ride to Portland on the train today, or walk to Portland
tomorrow. You may laugh, but shoes are being rationed too!
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