By special arrange*
Dedicated to the week-
■ ly issue of interesting,
accurate and complete
GI news to the per
sonnel of Camp Adair,
Oregon.
Vol. 2, No. 4.
ment, I’SO programs
for towns surrounding
Camp Adair will be
published each week.
You will find them tab
ulated on page four.
Camp Adair, Oregon, Thursday, May 18,1943.
$1.50 a Ye ar by Mail
NEW GARRISON FLAG TO FLY OVER POST MAY 25
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Meet Dark Eyes—Champion Pickpocket
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It’s “Hold Everything!”
Herbeck Cancelled
The Ray Herbeck variety
show, originally scheduled for
the end of May, has been can
celled and in its place “Hold
Everything,” a new USO-Camp
Shows unit, will be staged.
The dates are May 29. 30 and
31. Watch next week’s “Sentry”
for additional details.
Mean
while, piit “Hold Everything” on
your entertainment list.
Public Will Witness
Impressive Ceremony ,
Governor, Post Commander In
Principle Speeches; Notable
Military and Civilian Guests
Symbolizing approximately a year of entrenched growth
and progress of a great Army cantonment and climaxing
the beautification program of Camp Adair, presentation oi
the new garrison
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- - - Post will be made in formal
flag
of - this
Retreat Parade, May 25.
Governor Earl Snell of Oregon and Post Commander,
Cob Gordon II. McCoy, will be principal speakers at the cere
Camp Adair Executive mony, whi h the public is invited to witness,
It will be simple, impressive, traditional,
Officer, Now Departed -------------------------------------
* A11 troops of Service Command
Post Farewell
Io Col. Ferch
For New Duty, Arrived
On Post Last June 20
The pride, the pet. the joy — and the thief extraordinary of
Tent City is Dark Eyes, baby raccoon who wandered in or.e day
and took things over. Dark eyes is here perched on the shoulder
of Pfc. Charles Beaman, baker.—Signal Corps photo.
Hail and Farewell!
Sgts. Brown & Black
We Lose an Editor and Musician;
Fabulous Pair Leave Camp Adair
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Last Saturday afternoon, two
sergeants who began their Army
career at Camp Adair, at the origi
nal Tent City back on June 17 last
year, bade farewell to the post they
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had grown up with and to their en
viable host of friends and acquaint
ances they have built up in the past
11 months.
They are the original “color
guard” of the Post Public Relations
and Special Services offices . . .
Black and Brown, the fabulous pair
that have come up through the
ranks together to the grade of Tech
Sergeant. Saturday they departed
for further training at Quarter
master OCS in Virginia.
Trailed Together
Both were inducted into the
army at Fort Lewis Wash., from
similar civilian occupations in
radio and newspaper work. Brown
New Bus Rule
Effective now, there will be
no more stops of the Oregon
Motor Stage busses into Camp
Adair, except at the Hospital
Information building or the Post
Stage Depot. The courtesy stops
made in the past must be dis
continued. OMS office revealed.
was radio editor of “The Ore
gonian” in Portland and Black
was studio manager of radio sta
tion KIT in Yakima, Wash.
Continued on page 4, column 5
Progress at Staticn Hospital
Sgt. Fred Siegel has sold his
Model A station wagon for five
bucks.
In Address
Col. George C, Ferch, the Post ,
Executive Oofficer since last July, |
said goodbye to Camp Adair and
his many friends ar.d associates '
here this week to take another as
signment in a Mid-Western army
post.
In his stay of nearly a year at
this cantonment, Col. Ferch made
a host of friends, both among the
officers, enlisted men and civilians
on the post, and he and Mrs. Ferch
were popultr in the social set in
and around Corvallis, where they
made their home.
On June 20 of last year, he re
ported here to take command of
the post, which assignment he kept
until the arrival of Col. Gordon H.
McCoy in July. At this time, Col. COL. GORDON H. McCOY, Post
Ferch was named Post Executive Commander, will deliver address
Officer.
at Flag Raising.
He came to Adair from Camp
White, Oregon, where he had been
stationed since March, 1942, and OCE Lassies Invite
before coming to Camp W’hite, was
on duty at Fort Ord, California, Us to Big May Fete
where he was assigned when he j
The Oregon College of Education
returned to active duty in Novem
at Monmouth will have its annual
ber, 1940.
May Fete, sponsored by the Col-
For Gallantry
Col. Ferch wears the Purple lecto Co-eds, a service club on the
Heart and the Silver Star for campus, on the evening of May 19
The college wishes to
gallantry awards, having been at 7:30.
decorated during the last World extend friendly invitations to all
Continued on page 12, column 5 service men of Camp Adair.
I Unit 1911 will participate in the
; ritual, which will be attended by
ranking military guests and promi
nent civilians, state and civic offi
cials of the northwest.
This was revealed in the an
ncuncement of plans yesterday by
Lt. George H. Godfrey, Post Pub
lic Relations officer, who is in
charge of the program, assisted by
Lt. Walter O. Sindlinger, Assist
ant Special Service Officer, and
Lt. L. C. Merrill, Assi tant Post
Adjutant.
Representing divisions at the
ceremony will be Major General
Gilbert R. Cook, commanding
general of the Timber Wolf Divi
sion, with his Chief of Staff.
Col. H. C. Mandell, and division
commanding general, Brigadier
General John E. Dahlquist. and
Governor Speaks
My Sister Eileen/' Many Coming Events, Featured
The rapid-fire series of hilarious j versity Theatre players of the Politz, Ethan Newman, Marie
incidents that befall two innocent University of Oregon, Eugene, Hewitt, Robert Over and “Duncan,”
Mid-western farm girls when they , will be staged in War Dept. The the dachshund.
Responsible for the appearance
descend upon New’ York to start atre No. 2. North 6th and Ave.
of this top-flight Broadway comedy
toward certain fame, furnishes the “C”, at 2:15 and 7 p. m.
Miss Dorothy Weygandt por that has left New Y’ork theatre
theme for “My Sister Eileen,” to |
be given here next Sunday after trays Ruth, while Miss Nelda Rohr- I goers roaring for nearly two years,
back portrays Eileen, and their is Mrs. Margaret Blodgett, direct
noon and evening, May 16.
Ruth, the elder, is a writer and landlord, Mr. Appopolous, is char ress of Service Club 1, through
feels her due reward will be found acterized by Robert Farrow. Oth arrangement with Horace W. Rob
in the metropolis while her “sister ers in the cast include Ralph Sto inson, director. The play is the
Eileen” aspires to be a great act ver, Bobby Joe Quigley, Frank work of Joseph Fields and Jerome
ress. Both land in the Bohemian Loomif, Gordon Cochran, Jack Chodorov.
labyrinth known as Greenwich Vil Leonard, James Bronson, Jimmy I As in the past, capacity audi-
lage and their adventures there Toner, William Wood, Betsy Stef ences are expected at both per
provoke those deep belly-Laughs fen, David Jahn, Ken Griffith, formances. Officers and enlisted
Gardner Williams, Helen Holden, men stationed at Camp Adair, and
that leave an audience weak.
“My Sister Eileen.” as inter Helen Johnson, Edwin MickeJ, Chic their guests, are cordially invited.
.
preted and produced by the Uni- (Chaloupka, Jack Titus, Charles Of course it’s free!
GOVERNOR EARL SNELL—In
address at May 25 Flag Raising
ceremony.
his Chief of Staff, Col. < harles
H. Owens.
Prominent Guests
Included in the roster of promi
nent guests will be Mayor Earl
Riley of Portland; Mayor J. M.
Doughton of Salem; Mayors Clif
ford Kno<j< H of Albany, Elisha
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