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Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, May 13,1943.
Page Twelve
Yep! They're Leavin' Too!
THE
UNPRIVATE¡
CORNER.............
! One Night Heppens Hended Free Ducat
! So Pvt. Zilchski Iss Mincink to Ballet
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Bv • T 5 Bob Ruskauff
Managing Editor
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Ont* night happens I’m hengink soddcntly comes uompink from
around Soivice Club witt loose ends, ! de stage a fella. He’s wearink
vvehn a fraud is hendink me free! nottink but a stale leopard. De
a pas to de ballet. I m knowink i fella’s name is Adagio. Soddently
notting from ballet, but 1 m in de ( de goil Dansusy is seeink Ada­
gio. so she’s hiddink. So halp
mood, and de price iss right.
So gredually I’m arrivink de me. on de stage is not «an single
theatre, and hup iss going de coitin. piece foiniture. Bot she’s hidink.
Behind nottink.
Onto de stag e iss com ink oud,
Dass Dope, Adagio
mincink on tippy toes, gredually a
Adagio
iss lookink. In de exact
goil, dressed 40 degrees younger
middle
of
de stage she’s stendink
den Sprink in noddink but a simple
yet,
and
Adagio,
dot dope, ain’t
blue crepe de Cheney*. In de pro­
gram iss sayink de god's name is seeink her. He vonts! She’s jomp-
Dansusy. Her foist name is Prem­ ing avay! She dunt vont. So he’s
iere. In beck each laig looks like ■ ronnink witt jompink witt greh-
she’s cerryink a New England I bink. He wonts! She’s ronnink
witt leapink witt dokkink wot she
boiled dinner.
dunt vont. He vonts. She dunt vont.
Dass Iss De Goil
He vonts. She dunt vont. Oy, iss
She’s ronnink here, she’s ron- diss a bizzniz! So he stotts chas-
nink dere. She’s afraid somedink. ink de goil at eight toity-fife; I’m
I’m saying to mineself, wot’s leavink at tan twanyy-fife. So I’m
mekkink de goil so noivous, when not knowink how he made oudt!
Since, in the Army a lot of the
individual must be sacrificed for |
the common good and since the ,
Army is a thing of huge movement,'
hard and fast friendships are rare. I
It is a matter, between men who
meet and soldier and are buddies
for a while, of “hail and farewell.” 1
So the case of T Sgts. Brown
and Black is a strange one. From
Private to T Sgts, and now into
OCS together! The 2Bs left us
Saturday and in this department
they left more than the brief
shadow of sorrow that comes in
saying “So long. Soldier!”
Tent city “pioneers”
straight from the shoulder men
. . . EM of experience and abil-
ity and w ith each a huge fund
of that solid American quality,
humor . . . hard-workers who
went directly and with under-
standing to the job at hand and
got it done ... it was good that
the 2Bs were joined by a third
staunch member of SS and PR
departments—Sgt. Jim O’Con­
nell. Though not a tent city
pioneer. O’Connell w as a pioneer
at ’all other forms of devil-ment
three such staunch compadres
could enjoy.
The shoes our Managing Editor
willed us will be something indeed
to fill on the Sentry, but we’ll try i
. . . we’d like to close this tribute
with a flourish, but we’re just
about of a mind with T Sgt. Ed­
win Anthony Brown, who wrote as
his parting message in our little
book:
“This would be a hell of a good
spot for something clever—but my
“ghost” writer is already on his
way to OCS. Best of luck Bob. al-
ways. Brownie.”
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¡Shell Oil Show
Here Tomorrow
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Fest Variety Program
Here Two Deys; Plays
Theater 2 Tomorrow
Night; Boasts Gal MC
Post Headquarters is losing two petite and youthful “jeune
filles” (that’s French for gals) this week as Eva Grostefon and
Jane Wilde, w ith bag and baggage, prepare to hitch a ride to other
regions. Both have become very popular in and around head­
quarters, Eva having worked in Post Adjutant, ( apt. Waite’s office
as assistant clerk-steno to M Sgt. Cleve Eirkes, ard Jane having
been pr vate secretary for Post Public Relatiors Officer, Lt. God­
frey. From those smiles, guess the gals didn't keep on their
perch very long ... just long enough for Public Relations to snap
the photo.
left. Finally, the sergeant picked
up a stone, put it in the rookie’s
right hand:
“This,” he said, “is a stone. This
is your right hand. When I com-
rnand ‘right, face.” you turn
way the stone is. See?”
The rookie saw.
In fact the
strategy worked so well that the
sergeant gave the squad a ten
minute break.
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Everybody Just Has a
Whale of a Time When
Pvt. Moss Gets a Pkg.
As long as you are here, why
not "know Oregon?" It will help
to enjoy more the webloot state
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w hose w eather we
w e ’ ve so liber­
The 2nd St. North and E mail
ally and not a trifle unjustly
man,
Pvt. Harold Moss, seems to
fired at with a will for lo! these
be the only person receiving pack­
many months.
ages from home.
For instance we didn’t know
He receives such things as
until the other day that near-by
canned food of all kinds, salami,
Lebanon is known as the straw­
berry (or was it lettuce?) cen­
The rookies lit a cigarette and and cheese.
Whenever Pvt. Moss gets a car-
ter of the world and that Inde-
moved the stone to his left hand.
ton,
he and the boys go to Albany
pendence over on the other side
Then they fell in. The sergeant
of this cantonment, is the hop
called for a right face. The rookie to buy bread and butter. By the
time they reach the barracks, the
center of the world and gives a
promptly executed a left face.
big hop fiesta each September. I
In a deep purple rage, the boys are in excellent spirits.
This is usually about eleven or
Also, Corvallis was once the
sergeant strode to the rookie.
capitol city of Oregon.
That
“What in hell did you do with twelve o’clock at night; so they go
to the day room, take out the bread
should increase the pleasure of
that stone I gave you?”
our future visits.
“It’s here.” said the private. and butter, and open Pvt. Moss’
' package. Then the ordnance men
“Let’s see it.”
This story from Pvt. Emanuel
The rookie opened his left enjoy a midnight snack!
Manoff, is the kelly:
hand. There w as the stone.------------------------------
The sergeant was drilling a
For a moment the sergeant |
Supply vs. Demand!
squad of the rawest recruits and started blankly, not comprehend-| Springfield, Ill. (CNS)—“Heav­
one was so dumb he reminded us a ing. Then the horror of the whole ens! I hope he brought his ration
lot of our first few Army days.
thing over came him.
card wjth him,” quipped Mrs. David
Every time the sergeant roared
“Migawd!” he whispered. “Could Eddington as she took her new-
“right, face!” the dog-face turned I have made a mistake?”
‘born son to feed him.
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Male Call
by Milton Camff
Creator of
The Shell Oil Company’s social
contribution to the betterment of
the species EM—which is billed as
a racy, rip-raring 1 '/•_• hours of rare
entertainment — will hit Camp
Adair tomorrow.
The stay will be for two days
and during that time the aggrega­
tion will give of their best at least
five different times on this Post.
Two Theater Shows
Tomorrow night there will be
two shows — at 6:30 and 8:30
p. m.. presented at Theater 2.
Saturday there will be a pre­
sentation at Station Hospital, in
the various wards and afterward
the troupe will perform as an
entertainment feature of Cabaret
; Night at Service Club 2.
Headlining will be their MC—
she’s a gal by gee. It’s none other
than Patricia Lynn, who is also a
lovely songstress. Other talent
billed includes Johnny O’Brian, har­
monica wizard; Loyd Simpson,
novelty pianist; Phyllisita, lady
ventriloquist, appearing with Gab­
by Redwood and Bert Easley, the
slitely-tipsy-trixter.
And Not One Drop of
Whiskey In the House
Terry and the Pirates”
pcutMjw tu tÁUl
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War while under the command
of General Douglas MacArthur,
commanding officer of the 42nd
Rainbow Division.
He wears
three overseas stripes on his
sleeve and was with the Army of
Orcupation.
During World War I, he attained
the rank of Major and while active
in the Army Reserve, was promot­
ed to Lt. Colonel in 1926. He was
appointed a full colonel in Febru­
ary of last year while at Camp
White.
Col. Ferch’s executive ability is
recognized in the fact that he has
been influential in the organization
and development of the posts where
he has been stationed.
Wrong Jive—Take Five
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Post Farewell
To Colonel Ferch
Minneapolis (CNS)—Mrs. Jean-
Wormseed oil has been found to
ette Pearson, mother of a 10- be valuable in treating intestinal
month:old child, filed suit for di- ailments in humans that are caused
orce from her husband because he by internal parasites,
brought her flowers when it was I
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bacon and eggs that she wanted. | The Sentry needs reporters.
ST ....I LEARN YANKEE TALK 'V
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COL. GEORGE C. FERCH —
Executive officer assigned to new
duties.
TOWARD YANKEE BEACH-HEAP...
- KIPPER" IS YANKEE SUBMARINE,
WHICH ARE NAMED FOR FISH...
BLOCK BUSTER BOMBS WILL BE
. USED. TIME OF ATTACK IS 5-OS! i
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