Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, June 17, 1943.
Page Five
PX Does Boom Business; Sells Best At Lowest Prices
Juke Box Jive In the PX Has Its Charms
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Cigarettes, Followed
By Beer, Lead Sales
PX Popularity Is Proved By
Heavy Patronage Of The EM
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Bv Pfc. Joseph Love
‘ost Signal Corps. Photos by Pvt. Bob Dante)
What single item is the biggest
seller in Camp Adair’s Post Ex
changes? Beer? Nope! We lost on
that, too.
EM WHOOPING IT up in a mild way at the juke box in PX No. 2 (better known as the
Clothing Exchange for EM and officers.)
On Second Thought, I'll Take Two
Baby Need Shoes? I
Baby Go to PX HQ
For Ration Ticket
Ahh! Brew!
In number two spot on the PX
merchandising parade comes
(ahh!) beer. (Ed Note—Some
say 3.2; so do we.) Each month
hundreds of thousands of bottles
A special form is provided fpr of the creamy brew are tilted
this purpose and must be signed and drained within the portals
bv the enlisted man certifying of Adair’s PX. That consumption
that he needs an additional pair of is about equally divided between
shoes other than those issued by ten-cent and 15-cent brands.
A close third is candy. In astro
the government and that he does
nomical
numbers, candy bars cross
not have or have access to sugar
the
counters
of our exchanges to
rationing stamp No. 17. After the
form has been approved by the satisfy the cravings of soldiers
EM’s Commanding Officer it may with a “sweet tooth.’’
In fourth place is the lowly
he taken to the Post Exchange Of
penny
pack of matches. If all the
fice where the shoe ration ticket
matches sold monthly were light
will be issued.
ed
at one time they’d make the
A separate form is provided for
Chicago Fire look like a jeep in
officers
desiring
to
purchase
a dim-out. In fifth place, but
shoes.
definitely in the money, are (but
don’t breathe a word of this to
the poor civilians) cups of coffee.
Patronage like this is proof of
the PX’s popularity with the en
listed man. Although managed by
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There’s only one place in Camp
Adair to get a shoe ration ticket
and that is at the Post Exchange
Office on G Avenue between 1st
Street N and 1st St. S.
REACHING FOR THE top shelf behind the merchandise
counter at PX No. 13 is Miss Beverly Stevens. Those reaching for
Miss Stevens are not show n in this photograph.
PX Profits Benefit
Post As Dividends
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Money spent at Camp Adair been declared by Camp Adair Ex
Post Exchanges not only buys mer change since its inauguration in
chandise at the lowest possible July last year.
prices but it also returns to the
That base ball equipment you use
enlisted man and to the Post in may have been bought by profits
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the form of tangible dividends.
from cigarettes. The book you read
At specified intervals, dividends
are declared out of funds accrued
from PX profits. Such dividends
are distributed to the benefit of
the entire Post, and reappear in
the form of gymnasium and out
door athletie equipment, books,
newspapers, gardens, uniforms and
in scores of other ways.
Three such dividends amounting
to many thousands of dollars have
It’s cigarettes! Adairmen buy
■ several hundred thousar4 packs of
I smokes a month—enough to reach
from camp to Salt Lake City,
Utah! And a well known brand
which claims “two to one” prefer
ence for its cigarette actually ac-.
counted for one-half of the total
sales.
last week in tbe library could easi
ly have been bought with the profit
from coffee.
And those boxing
i gloves, perhaps they’re the result
of beer—though goodness knows
the beer itself doesn’t pack much
of a wallop.
Don’t be afraid of opposition.
Remember, a kite rises against not
with the wind.
PX Office On G
Ave. Only Real
"Bank" On Post
The Post Exchange Office is in
reality the only “bank” in Camp
Adair to date. It is the once place
where checks can be cashe.d daily
between 8:30 A. M. and 4:30 P. M.
and on Sundays from noon until
4 P. M.
\D AIR’S FIRST PX
BORN IN A TENT!
Camp Adair’s first PX was in
a tent. It was located in Tent
City and opened its door (?)
for business oji July 10, 1942.
The latest PX to be estab
lished on this Post is No. 4 at D
Avenue and 4th Street North.
It was opened in February of
this year and serves the Spec
ial Troops area.
civilians, under the direction of
military personnel, the Post Ex-
\ change is an instrumentality of the
United States Government. It is
established and maintained under
special regulations issued by the
i War Department.
Lt. Frank L.
Moore, Exchange Officer, has exec
utive charge of all exchanges on
this Post.
The PX is the enlisted man’s
club, general store, fountain, tav
ern, tailor shop, restaurant, bar
bershop and bookstore—all rolled
into one.
No little part of its popularity
is due to the friendly and efficient
i service of the PX girls. Aren’t they
swell? (Ed Note: Yep.) There are
a few male civilians employed by
Camp Adair Exchange and from
time to time enlisted men are em-
■ ployed.
Busiest hours usually are from
7 to 9 P. M., and the busiest day
of the month is pay day. Each day
Adairmen spend several thousand
He'd Walk a Mile!
Enlisted men’s checks must be
endorsed by their commanding of
ficers. If the amount of the check
| is $10 or less it may be cashed at
any one of the Post Exchanges.
The sale of postage stamps is
another courtesy service of the PX.
INFORMAL DANCE TONIGHT
A crack dance combination
from the 70th Division, special
izing in rhumbas and Latin-
American rhythms, will play to-
night for the regular Thursday
night dance at Club 1. Jr. Host
esses from Dallas and Monmouth
will be on deck. Gals working on
the post are invited to come.
Ahhh! Beer ... Yeah, and We Could Go for Some Suds Now!
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DISHING OUT THE cold ones in PX No. 8 is^fi^^lori^M^r^^^^ates^econ^nWh^jales
list.
Miss Myers
WHO WOl LDNT (at 2 to 1) to get a smile like the one
Pvt. R. C. Gardner is getting from Mrs. Alice Furry at PX No. 2—
for they satisfy.