A weekly journal de
voted to maintaining
morale with the respon
sibility of circulating
post information and
news at Camp Adair,
Oregon.
Remember the Train
To Portland? 'Twill
Roll Again Saturday
110 Voice Chorus to
Sing at Easter Morn
Field House Service
Featured by a 110-voice chorus
from Oregon State College, special
Easter morn observance will be held
in Field House, Lt. Victor E. New
man, Assistant Post Chaplain, an
nounced yesterday.
Time will be 7 a. m. until 8 and
to care for the breakfast problem
for EM, mess will be at 6 a. m. and
again at 8:15 instead of the usual
Sunday time. The Medics of SCU
1911 are making their own arrange
ments.
The chorus will sing two num
bers, the beautiful “Te Deum” and
“Christ, Our Passover.” A trumpet
fanfare is planned and the Ham
mond electric organ, moved to Field
House for the Special Services,
will be played by the accomplished
Cpl. Glenn S. Dann. All are welcome
to attend.
Not So! — Fast
Cafeteria eaters take note:
Cafeteria No. 1 will be closed on
Mondays and No. 2 on on Tues
days. Plan accordingly.
For us, the Sentry marks our first year of progress and who could we better pick (we ask
you!) as our “Sentry of Progress Girl” than one of our own? It’s June Powell, soldiers. She’s
that grand little lassie who helps out at Library 1, but whom EM probably know better through
her exhibitions of Spanish, Gypsy, Cuban and Hawaiian dancing. She was born 18 years ago in the
dancing school of her aunt, a ballerina of Boston and New York. She studied dancing under the
famed Tom Sheehey; polished her Spanish and Gypsy routines under Eduardo Cansino (father of Rita
Hayworth), studied the Hawaiian dance in the Islands. And posed beautifully for this Post Signal
Corps photo, taken by T 5 Joe Booth.
Further comment is strictly un
necessary. We simply share in our
big-hearted way the best “belly-
laugh” we’ve had since the hogs
ate the cabbage.
The correspondence is actual.
Names of persons, places et al are
Continued on Page 16, Column 4
Yeah; And Miss York!
Daytona Beach, Fla. (CNS) - A
niece of Sgt. Alvin C. York, World
War I hero, is serving at the
WAAC training center here. Her
name is Jeannie York and she is a
Leader (Sergeant to you) at the
tender age of 22
There will be softer sitting,
starting tonight, at Theatre No.
4 and subsequently at all of the
five Post Theatres. Reason: lea
ther seats.
Lt. Maynard Grunder, theatre
officer, announced that leather
seats will be installed at No. 4
today.
Tank Destroyers Take
Over Saturday Night
Cabaret at Club No. 2
Presenting a floor show they’va
laid ’em in the aisles with at
other posts, including Camp Rob
erts, the Tank Destroyers will take
over the entertainment in Satur
day night’s cabaret night at Service
Club 2.
Feature of the show presented
under Lt. Hammis, pinch-hitting
for Lt. Isaacs, will be a square
dance to accompaniment of a hill
billy band. The Destroyers in fact
give their all.
Flag raised over Post Headquarters building, April 28 ... huge trailer camp|
set up at Albany to help house civilian workers ... Col. (then Major) R. E. M. Des Islets,
engineer of wide experience, on Post to head Area Engineers .,. the Colonel’s wife,
lacking pass, held up at the west gate by MPs (story makes the Sentry) . . . Camp Adair
is founded on site of Wellesdule, between the towns of Albany and Corvallis . .. although
the Sentry was first newspaper published for the Post, it was preceded by two other
publications, the “Echelon” and the “Webfoot Courier,” both mimeographed .. . the po-b
was constructed by a group of five main contractors each of which built its own area
.... Editor of Sentry notes that Rita Hayworth cuts were still kicking around, a
picture of her was used in the first issue. We ain’t changed much ... Independence,
Salem, other surrounding communities, launch plans for service men’s centers .. . 4
H. C. (Sven) Johnson was camp coordinator . . . surrounding communities attempt to
cope with housing problem . .. men warned to watch for poison oak ... gasoline rationing;
anticipated.