OREGON ST« ’T l C-. Sentry Camo i weekly journal devoted to maintaining morale, with the responsibility of circulating post informa­ tion and news at Camp Adair, Oregon. Mounting Guard in c 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. * : 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 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 □ □ 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! f