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Camp Adair, Oregon, Thursday, March 25,1943.
Vol. 1. No. 49.
Athletic Drive Successful
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$1.50 a Year by Mail
The Colonel and the T-5
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$15,000 Net in Fund Dayton Donates
For Sports Equipment Vintage Cannon
Posi Benefits From "Break-down7
Made in Portland Conclave Monday
Capt. Tony Frank in
Receipt of Seven Ton
Load of Prized Metal
For War at Ceremony
Py I’fc. Bob Ruskauff
Sports Editor
The round-up of the now-completed Service Men’s Enough steel, of the finest grade,
Athletic Equipment Fund drive will see immediate -alloca­ ' to provide armor for a modern tank
was donated to the United States
tion of some $15.000 worth of equipment and cash to vanoua government Tuesday by citizens of
camps and detached units throughout Oregon, it was revea.led Dayton.
to the Sentry following a meeting of civilian directors, Post The imposing seven inch cannon,
athletic officers and Red Cross field directors Monday in pride of Dayton's city park for
more than 20 year, , was picki d up
Portland.
by a detail of sold er- from Camp
Session, presided over by Chairman Janies K. Richard­ Adair. The horse drawn weapon,
son, was held in the Public Service Building.
mounted on four sturdy wheels, was
From Adair
Representing this post were Lt. Soldiers on Furlough
Walter Sindlinger, Athletic Offi­
cer. and Verl Lewis, director Red Allowed Food Coupons
Cross Field office. Also present at
the conclave, from the Timbgf Wolf i Soldiers going home on furloughs
division, were Major Nicholas De- of seven days or more will he etl-
Dakis, SSO, and Lt. Bob Duffy. i titled to certificates for the pur-
Athletic Officer.
j chase of rationed foods, the Office
Civilians present who have served of Price Administration has an-
prominently in the fund drive were nour.ced.
Ray Montgomery of Chevrolet
To obtain a certificate, the sol-
motors; C. B. Stevenson, vice presi­
,
diet
merely shows his furlough
dent. First National Bank; Robert
T. Knot-son, managing editor. The j papers to his War Price and Ra-
Oregonian; Ernie Pate, physical i tioning Board and he will be given
director, Portland YMCA, and John i enough ration points to cover his
Scott, state representative of the time home on leave. The certificate,
American Red Cross.
Distribution of the fund, which however, must be used all at one
will probably be made on the rec- time, as no “change” in stamps
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(Continued on page 4, column 5) will be permitted.
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PORTLAND SPECIAL TRAIN ! ! I
What was the confusion at the bus depot Saturday?
No Brother, you’re wrong. It wasn’t a run on the
bank like in the good old days, but just the millions of
enlisted men from Camp Adair trying to get transporta­
tion to the nearby towns for the week end. Reason?
The Portland Special Train was not running, because
Southern Pacific equipment had to be diverted for vital
troop movements. And so no special train ... last week.
OH YES, the train will run this coming week end as
usual!
But the mad rush at the bus depot last week only
proved what we have been saying for a long time—
that without the Portland Special Train, the Camp Adair
transportation problem would be sad indeed. Sad isn’t
exactly the word for it... but we think you get the idea.
This coming week end, however, we are fortunate
enough to have our train back again, and we expect
to see more than ever down at the station, and going to
Portland, Saturday. March 27. 1943. The train will
leave Wellsdale at 2:30 p. m.. and for the return trip
Sunday night, will leave the Union Station in Portland
10:30 p. m. Buy your tickets today from your unit
Special Sen ice Officer. Roundtrip fare is still only $2!
believed to have seen service in
France during the last war, since
residents recall it was in perfect
working order and in excellent con­
dition when it was received.
Rites for Relic
Present to pay their last respects
to the relic, and to turn it over of­
ficially to Captain Tony Frank, as­
sistant director of supply at Camp
Adair, were Carl H. Francis, may­
or. and Earl Coburn, president of
the chamber of commerce.
The cannon was brought to the
city about 1922, when a group of
business men subscribed the amount
necessary for transportation. It
arrived in S-attle by boat, presum­
ably from the battle fields of
France.
The weapon is an 1899 model,
made at Rock Island arsenal in
1902. According to Captain Frank,
(Continued on page 11, column 4)
Sgt. Franklin, Hero;
Given Soldier's Medal
Rescues Drowning
Man From River
No, he isn't the youngest soldier at Camp Adair, but be'a
soldierly just the same, is T 5 Freddie Sylvia, aged 7. On a recent
visit to this Post the "Little Corporal" cracked out orders to a
squad from the 96th just like your favorite top kick, then posed
proudly for a picture with our Post Commander, Col. Cordon H.
McCoy.—Signal Corps Photo.
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Oh, Dear! The Chaplain Hear. Oh, Gee! The i
Chaplain See—Bad Girls WhisilintjilHt j
Thio camp, although less than a »
year old. has produced its second
It's Spring now, in Oregon just and imn dia'vly went over to — a
hero medal winner.
the same as in Sand Point and group of fou/ pretty young ladies
This was made known late last
Brooklyn (Ref: Dr. Carter's Al- (Psst. They y-ork in the Red Cross
week with official notice from Ft.
manac, which states that Spring offices),
Douglas, Utah, that Sgt. Clinton L. arrived officially March 21).
I “Were yoqi hailing me?
me?” ” asked
Franklin, of the camp Military Po­
Yes, it’s Spring and Capt. Lloyd 1 he ( ha | total
lice detachment has been awarded
There
moment of cm
the Soldier’s Medal. The citation is V. Harmon. Post Chaplain, felt it barrassel sil| nc«. Then one of the
enjoyably
as
he
walked
along
First
for the sergeant's heroic action last
girls said: ’ Pardon us. Chaplain,
New Year's Day, in rescuing a Street South. Vaguely he became we werr 4 siting for Corporal
conscious
of
a
low,
melodious
drowning man from the Willam­
Ryan.”
whistle.
ette river during a flood.
“My aMslak«,** admitted th«
"The
Swallows
returning
to
Thus Sgt. Franklin takes his
Chaplain gnj ioualy, and went his
place alongside Sgt. Clarence D. Capistrano," murnx red the Chap­ way.
I-each, of the Timber Wolf divi­ lain to himself and gazed skyward,
It's S| rta> now, in Oregon th«
sion, w ho was awarded the Soldier's But there were no birds. There Kume um
I Point and Brook'
Medal last fall for bravery .-hown was nothing, in fact, but dark bel- lyn-
If
w hen i a truck accidently caught lows of drifting sm k- from the
fire.
post laundry. **H<> Hum. my mis- iiMiiiiiiiiiimMiiiiiNMimiiiinMiniiitt
Sgt.
take,” admitted th
No unit 4'duMns thia week
Again the low
service
because of* <q*nre. Excuse
AUgust 1942. Two m
trated his pleasant
1 pieawe.
was transferred from
I and at
to a post mi Georgia.
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