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i weekly journal devoted
to maintaining morale,
with the responsibility of
circulating post informa
tion and news at Camp
Adair, Oregon.
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Vol. 1, No. 46
Camp Adair,, Oregon
WHATS UP?
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 Mai)
Timber Wolves Hosts on Air Show Tonight
Camp to Have
Bank Service
SCU 1911 Non-Com
Club Opens Saturday
U. S. National Branch
From Corvallis Will
Offer Facilities in
Location Here on Post
Camp Adair will have a bank
ing service 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 j
be a means of assisting them in i
conserving their funds. For those
who are sending funas home, the ,
bank money order service will pro
vide a safe and convenient form of
transmittal.
A similar hanking agency of the 1
United States National Bank was
authorized by the Treasury Depart
ment for establishment at Fort
Stevens, near the mouth of the
Columbia River, and this Agency
is announced as already in opera- |
tion.
Sanitary Engineers
Wanted as Officers
Limited Service Men
Under 45 Acceptable
Coffee Is Being Served in the Drawing Room
I
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
i heralded Non-commissioned Offi- as well as individual donations by
1
cers’ Club SCU I3il is undergoing I Lt. and Mrs. F. L. Moore, Mrs. Rose
finishing touches.
Deckforth, Aaron Frank, SCU
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 i Portland, Edmund Willis of MGM
| of the club realized that what had studio in Hollywood and many
j 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
the time the doors are opened to ’ in operation on old established army
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
an evening of entertainment has I bar of bamboo and palm leaves,
been planned that promises to 1 nothing has been overlooked to
equal if not excel anything of its make this recreation center
kind on an army post.
non commissioned officers
Specialty numbers galore have ‘ their guests a welcome haven.
been booked to intersperse the
Non-Coms of SCU who have
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.
Music, Comedy- Vaudeville Skits
Predominate in Full 60 Minutes
Of Entertainment; On KWIL at 8
Tonight’s “Camp Adair On The Air" radio broadcast,
from 8 until 8:30 over the Mutual Broadcasting System’s
KWH. 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.”
When the telephone operators at Camp Adair hold open house (as they did one da) laat week)
they REALLI hate guests. Here st see Miss Clair Buckner pouring coffee and Miss Henrietta Bell
eervin» -ake tor Major General Jame^ L. Bradley, Brigadier General Claudius M. Easley, and
( olonel Hammond M. Monroe, all of the 96th Division. (Story on Page 5.)
Signal Corps Photo.
Post Group Singing
To Be Inaugurated
BIGGER, BETTER EM DANCE
TOMORROW AT FIELD
HOUSE
The first of a series of Fri
day night dances for the enlisted
men of Camp Adair will be held
tomorrow night, beginning at 8
o'clock, at the Field House, 1st
St. South and Avenue F.
This new series is the result
of the two Service Clubs merg
ing for this regular weekly so
cial activity, and it is felt that
there will he far better dancing
facilities at the Field House and
that even larger crowds can
be accommodated. The Service
Clubs will remain open for other
activities, however.
T/Sgt. Bob Black and his SCU
Dance Demons will play for the
affair and for the sports fans,
our sports editor informs us
that the final championship
playoff in the Timberwolf Di
vision basketball league will be
staged beforeiA»nd, starting at
6:15.
So remember: what? EM
dance; where ? Field House;
when: 8 until 11 tomorrow
night; why? for your entertain-
ment.
Capt. Grant Arrives
To Work With SSO
Commissions as first lieuten
ants await 68 sanitary engineers
who meet the liberal qualifications :
governing age and physical condi Sgt. Wise and Lovely
tion for such appointments.
Applicants must have completed Jean Carkin Out-Step
a four-year college course and re
Salem Dance Jitterers
ceived a bachelor’s degree in civil,
sanitary or chemical engineering. 1
Sgt. John E. Wise of the Timber
and must have had at least four
years experience in sanitary and Wolf Division jittered to first hon
public health engineering, includ ors with his petite and vivacious
ing two of the following activities: brunette partner, Jean Alice Car
Mosquito control, rodent control, kin, at the regular Saturday night
water supply and sewage treat dance in the Armory at Salem this
week end.
ment.
A master’s degree in sanitary engi
The judges were unanimous in
neering may be substituted for one I their decision although Pfc. War-
and one-half years experience and i ren W. Camplin of the SCU Medics,
qualification.
with his partner. Kay Crowder, cer
Applicants must be not more than tainly had the judges guessing un
45 years old. Men in limited service til the final minutes of the exhi
will be acceptable.
bition. Cpl. Charles Zalabak and
Since a quota of two candidates his wife, Cecelia, took third place
has been set for each district, pros before a crowd of several hundred
pective candidates in Oregon are dancers.
urged to submit applications im
Another jitterbug exhibition will
mediately to the field office of the be, held for service men Saturday
Portland Officer Procurement Dis night. Dances are held under the
trict. 316 United States National auspices of Capitol Post No. 9,
Bank Building. Po tland. Ore.
i American I-egion.
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: S-5gt. 'Sandy' Shapiro Takes the Leap
: Now Il’s Sgt. and Mrs. Sanford Shapiro • |
Of intereat to the men in Head I At a simple but impressive cere
quarters Company. SCU 1911... mony. the couple were married last
«nd especially to those Adairmen Sunday afternoon. Feb. 28. at 2:30
on special duty with Post Head p. m. at the First Presbyterian
quarters . . . comes the announce Church. Vancouver, Wash., with the
ment today of the wedding of Staff Re». Prefer, pastor, officiating.
Sergeant Sanford Shapiro and .Mis#
The bride, given in marriage by
Mary ^ouise Martin. “Sandy” is her father, wore a white woolen
the son of Mr. and Mr». Simon Sha suit and white acceasoriea for the
piro of Yakima. Washington, and occasion. She wore an orehid i
heads th«- "Mi»cellaneo«s"*section sage. Her matron of honor
at Headquarters. His bride is the Mrs. Irene Greer of Yakima.
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Lee A
S 'Sgt. and Mrs. Shapiro ar»1
Marti*. aHn "f Yakima
« making their heme in CowsIM«
With avowed intention of mak
ing the soldiers of Adair the “sing-
ingest” of armies, Capt. Richard
W. Grant has arrived on the post.
And Capt. Grant will probably
accomplish just that because that’s
his business. He is one of the 37
officers who have just completed
a course at Fort Meade for pro
moting the widest possible utiliza
tion of music in the Army as a
stimulant to morale and espirit de
corps in the field.
Capt. Grant will work in coopera
tion with the special services offi
cers of the 96th and Timber Wolf
divisions and the Post special serv
ices officer. Although complete de
tails were not available at press
time, it is believed that a pre
scribed course in group singing
spanning a period of several weeks
will be inaugurated immediately.
Capt. Grant was for 20 years di
rector oi music at Penn State lie-
fore his appointment to the music
advisers group.
All-Soldier Revue to
Feature Bill at Club 2
I
I
Brunettes, V/ght. 108, Red Cross
Áre PX Girl
Drive Opens
Clip Ballots Herein; Vote for
Betty Frick or Dot Caldwell
Gentlemen, officers and Anita Loos may prefer blonds,
but the EM of this Post unquestionably are bucking for the
brunettes.
For two brunettes—each one so dark, so lithe, so lovely
—are the finalists in Camp Adair's PX girl contests.
They are brown-eyed Betty Frick, who just seven days t
ago was made the manager of PX No. 10 at 3rd St. S., on !
( Ave. and blue-eyed Dorothy Caldwell—her nickname is !
April—who is second assistant manager of PX No. 5, on !
6th'St. N. and D Avenue.
Voluntary Donations
From Adair Soldiers
Will Be Accepted in
Campaign for Funds
"In wartime the welfare of
America’s service men and their
families comes first. The Red
Cross, through u vast coordinated
program, is safegu irding that wel
fare.” These timely words uttered
In the next issue of the Sentry*----------------------------------------- — by Norman Davis, National Chair-
we intend to name the winner be-
Simply follow the directions, put t tpan of the American Red Cross,
tween these two beauteous crea-
the ballot in an envelope and mail served to inaugurate 1943’s RED
tores. But la-fore that, soldier—
CROSS MONTH which opened on
it to: PX Girl Contest Board, Post • March first.
YOU must pick her.
Elsewhere on these pages will Public Relations Office.
Verl Lewis, Field Director of the
I k - found a ballot carrying names of
After this we can only echo the , Red Cross at Camp Adair, an
the two finalist contenders. These old .Roman philosopher who said: nounced his department’s plans for
must tie cut out and mailed to "May the best mama win,” but the operation of the annual drive
reach the judges not later than we can help you in the pre-flight for funds this week.
According to Mr. Lewis, civilian
Monday.
Cnntinn-d on nag- 4 eohimn 4-
personnel on the Post will be so
Timber Wolf Marshal
licited during the month through a
<B
You Can Pick the Winner—if
Promoted to Major
plan devised by Mr Lyle, chair-
I
man of civilians employed here.
An announcement released re
I Civilian membership in the Red
cently by the Timber Wolf Division
¡Cross has been set at a one dollar
headquarters revealed the promo
. minimum and membership cards
tion to Major of Captain Raymond
I and Red Cross buttons will be fur
Criswell, Provost Marsha! and the
nished to members at the time of
commanding officer of the division
. solicitation. It is expected that the
Military Police platoon.
J entire civilian populate >n of the
Major Criswell, formerly of Ft.
"amp will la- approached before the
Sill, Oklahoma, was commissioned
termination of the drive.
a second lieutenant upon his grad- ■
Officers of the Post also will
uation from the University of Ok- !
have an opportunity to contribute
lahoma in 1936. Since that time he
to the Red Croa, fund through so- '
has progressively been promoted
licitation. The machinery for this :
first lieutenant and captain. The I
solicitation is now being set up at i
major is a graduate of several mil- j
1 Red Cross headquarters and the
itary schools including the Provost :
. method by which funds will be col-
Marshal General school at Ft. Mey- I
1 lected will b<- announced during the
er, Va.; Command ’and General
“drive month.”
Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth,
Strictly Voluntary
Kans.
Enlisted men comprising the !
The Provost Marsha! of the Tim
complement of Camp Adair, like
ber Wolf division is a native of
wise will be offered an opportunity !
Wewoka, Oklahoma, and practiced
Hetty 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 plan»: recently formu
military duties. Major Criswell
lated. each regiment and company
earned his B.A. and LLB degree*
will have an appointed collector
while attending the university ir
I who will accept any contribution
hi* native Oklahoma.
i that, enlisted personnel may choose
! to make. Membership in the Red
ART INSTRUCTION
Cross as it concerns enlisted men
A new serie» of art lesson* is
J is strictly on a voluntary basis, it
beginning at the Corvallis USO
- was announced by the field <11-
Club and will be held on Wednes
| rector.
days at 7:30 p. m.
“Our national Red Cross quota
uuare of your choice.)
Mr. Robert Saund< n>. profes
for 1943 has been set at 125 mil
sional artist at Oregon State col-
lion* of dollar»,'' stated Mr. Lewis
lebe. ia teaching the class and will
when interviewed recently, “and
welcome beginners with no pre
we know that Camp Adair will
vious instruction. Special atten
acquit itself in a 100 per cent
board, Public Relation* Office.
tion will be given to pastel work,
fashion ”
with landscape being featured
(Continued on Pag- 4, cohimn S»
My Choice For
PX GIRL
Dorothy Caldwell
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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 Cruikshanki a soldier
Rubel and will feature “The Plains
of Camp Adair and formerly
men,” with mountaineer music
of Grimes, Iowa, will visit the
from the Red-leg Battalion and
Beaver Pool Hall in Corvallis,
“Huppy Jack" Ogen, ballad singer
134 S. 2nd St., he may recover
who was a mid-western radio star
his
empty wallet there.
before induction. Also, Pvt! Pic
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 electrie guitar
fered by Cpl. H»rry Yblonsky; Pvt. and Pvt. Picciano on the accordian;
i Setzer, who will impersonate ra- Sgt. Griffin who will interpret the
j dio's female Frankenstein, ”Tiz»y “Global Dance of the War Lords”
[ Lish,” in addition to a comedy skit and CpI. Marpurgo who will Inter
I or two by Pvt. Alex Santos and pret the “Fall of Bataan" by med-
Sgt. Richardson. This portion of-e>im of the dance.
, the program goes on the air froisF Thin is the second in a series of
regular weekly KVVIL radio shows .
8 until 8:30.
broadcast direct from Serv
' tub
Pre-Show, Too
2.
Come
on
over
and
parti.
' ;n
But the pre-air show merits your
hurrying to Service Club 2 right . the fun.
after chow to get a front-row seat I Remember! The Pre-Show starts
F,- -»tur«i in t hip portion of the pio-
7:30. He on time.
ITS ALL YOURS!
Ijist 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 facta about your train. Here in the story:
When Camp Adair was growing larger all the time, the bun
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.
Thia 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 officiajis. 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 post transportation
and the railroad functioning effectively, all this trnin required
to make it a huge success was the cooperation and support of
the military.personnel. BUT that is where the plan- fell through,
for the soldiers on the Post refused to accent »heir r-nonsibillty,
and what seemed like the solution to one problem now bee-mes
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. Remembar, it
doesn’t rain In Oregon all the time, anil 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 beat
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. (Well.dale to Southern
Pacific , . . Camf> 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 tie 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 hundrrd 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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