Friday, August 13, 1943.
The 70th Division Band
'This Is the Army'
In Oregon Aug. 18
Page Seven
Impressions While At Adair?
Only Complaint-Rain
Men may beef and ggipe and com- I ... The only thing that I did not
i plain about Camp Adair, the rain like was the weather—it was too
and mud, the heat and dust, but wet.” (Note: Imagine that!)
A former member of thy SCI
I down in their hearts they really
I Detachment Sebastian Lockert of
j like it.
The long-awaited Oregon pre
Checking with a sampling of South Dakota, has a hit to say in
miere of the widely-heralded, all
j men who had recently been dis- his note:
technicolor movie, “This Is The
I charged from the Army, the con-
“As far as army life in Camp
| Army” will take place the night
! sensus of opinion was definitely Adair is concerned, I was well sa -
of Aug. 18, simultaneously, in the
i favorable.
' isfied. I have talked with quite i
cities of Portland, Corvallis, As
The question posed was, "What | few soldiers on my trip home . . .
toria, Eugene, Albany, Medford,
were your impressions of Army ■ I think from the way some of the
. Salt in, Bend and Klamath Falls.
life while you were at Camp I boys talked about the way they bad
Produced at a cost of about one Adair?”
¡things in other camps, we had a
million dollars the picture is War
Angelo Esposito, formerly of the 'very nice outfit in Camp Ada r.”
ner Brothers' contribution to Army Deadeye division and Headquarters
"From what I gather from
Emergency Relief. Hollywood stars Co., SCU 1911, now of New York,
other
soldiers I have seen and
I graciously donated their services.
said:
talked
with ... I think Camp
1 The original Army cast, which gave
"I was treated swell by every
Adair came pretty high for <11-
the stage production the fame it one . . . Camp Adair is, I think,
around entertainment for sol
deserves will be featured. The one of the best looking camps on
diers
. . . What I experienced in
musical score was written by Irv- the West Coast . . . My military
I
in
Camp
Adair is darn hard to
: i.ng Berlin.
i life at Camp Adair is something
beat.”
Opening night prices are scaled , that I will never forget.”
i at $5. $".50, and $1.00 in Corvallis. j From Pennsylvania, Alvie E. . And so it goes. The fellows will
Albany and Eugene. In Albany and : Golden, formerly with Co. L of the 'gripe while they're here (the sol
; Corvallis all proceeds will be turned i Mountaineer infantry regiment, dier's basic prerogative), but when
over to Army Emergency Relief. I writes us:
they’re out, they only remember
In Eugene the A.E.R. will receive
“. . . the first couple of months the best of Army life.
everything above the actual oper I did not like the Camp but af- I At my experiences are some that
ating expenses.
i ter that it was not a bad place i will never lie forgotten. And ol -
Camp Adair is actively interest- 1 to be. I think it is as good a j viously, Camp Adair, in Oregon, is
' e I in the promotion of the film’s camp as you will find anywhere j one of the best places to have them
■ premiere in the cities of Albany.
Corvallis and Eugene. Through
I The cats are on the in on th s
civilian and military committees,
disc, and it is just meat for the
formed especially for the purpose,
music eaters. You are the lucky
lands and men from the Post will
: one, if your music store still has a
be used to provide appropriate set
i recording left, either in ten or
tings for the occasion.
i twelve-inch slides.
Serving with the committees
j Although recorded in 1936. it's
By Paul C. Rosenberg
sponsoring the film’s showing in
¡popularity has never faded. hi
the cities of Corvallis, Albany and
fact, it is the lonely gate who
i Eugene are the following Camp
Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing,
hasn’t given the ear to Goodman’-
Adair officers:.
Sing,” is the top player arrange
, “Sing, Sing, Sing.”
Albany: Col. Eugene I. Foster, ment recording of all time.
chairman, Capt. Earl W. Scovell,
The king of swing really gives
Lt. Frank L. Moore, Lt. Paul B. i out with his million-dollar band.
Morgan, Lt. William H. Ross, Lt. J Harry James, Ziggie Elman,
William G. Langhouser.
i Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, Ted-
Eugene: Lt. Col. James W. Fras i dy Wilson and Benny, take off
er, chairman, Capt. Harry G. with some refreshing, tantalizing
All personnel sending mail un-
Kautz, Capt. Byron C. Wright, Lt. jive that keeps the blood and heart der the free mailing privilege ar*
Henry J. Baumann, Lt. George beating at top youth tempo. You now required to place their Army
Kressaty, Lt. Aaron Lopatin,Lt. can feel yourself going out of this ' Serial Number in their return ad
Charles O. Thrasher Jr., Lt. An- world, when James and Krupa dress, in compliance with a recent
| thony W. Marchionne.
start jumping, and the old maestro War Department circular.
Corvallis, Lt. Col. Lee R. Woods joins in on the licorice stick.
Mail orderlies have been in-
Jr., Maj. Lloyd V. Harmon, Maj.
, structed to check ail outgoing mail
This two-sided, twelve-inch disc
Fisher J. Smith, chairman, Capt.
ifor the proper return address and
has yet to find an equal for that
Collins L. Carter, Capt. Thomas L.
all mail not bearing the sendei >
real solid jump swing. You can
Chambers Jr., Capt. John F.
name, rank, serial number and or
just picture each note and beat,
, O’Shea and Lt. Walter L. Sindling-
ganization will be returned.
when the groovy drums starts off,
i er.
This ruling includes all persons
The state military committee is then the hot licks of the trumpet using the free mail privileges.
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composed of Col. J. J. Fulmer, Col. ; joins in, and in turns, clarinet,
I
trumpets,
drums
and
saxs
take
iJere Baxter, Lt. Col. E. I. Foster,
Soldiers Must Have
I Maj. Fisher J. Smith and Lt. over. Each increases the beat and
Coach Reservations
I George II. Godfrey. Col. Foster, tempo, till they’re really off.
No greater assembly of music
* Maj. Fisher and Lt. Godfrey com-
Coach space on Southern Pacific
ians
has ever been formed, since
j prise the Camp Adair committee.
trains must now be reserved by
Gov. Earl Snell heads the state those Goodman days, which could service men as well as civilians, ac
committee which includes Mayor equal the showmanship and giving- cording to a recent announcement
Earl Riley, honorary city chair out ability that Benny’s array of by that railroad.
man; Mr. A. M. Frank, civilian men had.
Service men will be given prefer
The band members have gone ence, but they are urged to. buy
state chairman; Mr. Eddie Smith,
state publicity chairman; and Col. their wray, and each have cut their tickets and make reservation* as
J. J. Fulmer, army state chair own notch in Music’s “Hall of early as possible.
Fame.” James, Krupa, Elman,
man.
Under the new arrangements,
Hampton, Wilson, had their start coach reservations will be made for
A good salute helps to make a ! in the “King's” grcatest-of-all-timc definite trains but not for specific
seats.
I bands.
good soldier.
Entire Proceeds Go
To Funds of AER
FRONT ROW: T/Sgt. Bill Rankin. T/4 Sam Herman. S/Sgt.
Van Henderlider. Sgt. Kenneth Cool, standing: Chief Warrant
Officer Lorn E. Christianson. Sealed on the ground is “Sonny,”
the band's mascot. Second row : T/4 Irving Trestman. T/5 Bob
Kirkpatrick. Pfc. Max Mehiman. T/4 Doane Gurnee. T/5 Verne
Norris. T/5 Armand Robbins. Third row: T/4 Donald Bell. Pvt.
Bob Edmiston. Pfc. Gerald Pennington. Pvt. Bob Heggeman. Pvt.
Al Caruso. Pfc. Irving Fishman. T/5 Mauncc Dieffgnbach. Fourth
row; Pfc. Bob Cozine. T/4 August Storkman, T/4 Don Miller, Pfc.
Clifford Smith. Pvt. Bob Post, T/4 Bill Rhodenbaugh. Pfc. Jay
Terry. Fifth row: T/4 Jean Whistler. T/5 Al Pollard. T/5 Denis
Barrett. Pvt. Perdue Powlen, S/Sgt. Dale Darling, Pfc. Clinton
Watson, Pfc. Milton Witthuhn. Back row: T/5 Carl Hubert, T/5
Merville Davis. Pfc. Edward Webb, T/5 Clinton Nordquist.
Post Units Cooperate
With 'Army' Premiere
(Continued from Page 1)
lowed in the finale by the spirited
singing of 400 men in full battle
dress.
In the cities of Albany and Cor
vallis the time of the film’s show
ing has been arranged to permit the
full SCU 1911 band to play at the
theaters in each city.
Weapons of war will be placed on
display in each of the cities by the
Service Command Ordnance De
tachment.
Committees, consisting of Camp
Adair officers and prominent lo
cal citizens, are cooperating to pre
sent a program befitting the occa
sion.
Personnel of Camp Adair’s 96th
Division together with their band
and artillery units will proceed to
Eugene for the film’s opening in
that city.
The officers and men of the divi
sion, and the military and civilian
committees concerned, are prepar
ing another prologue to the Eugene
showing of the Warner Bros.’ tech
nicolor film.
Something's Wrong;
KPs Want to Work!
At Camp Shelby, Miss., KPs keep
the mess hall ringing with phrases
like “Let me peel those spuds,
surge” and “Oh, I’ll see that the
dishes are washed.”
No this is not a dream. But
there is a reason for everything.
The QM at Shelby has just in
stalled an electric potato peeler
and an electric dishwasher. It’s a
KP’s picture of Heaven now!
Summer Affects Girls
Of QM C & E Repair
As the weather grows in
creasingly warmer, upsweep
hairdos, lighter lunches, rosier
cheekx
(natural),
summery
clothing, icy contents in the
thermos thirstily consumed
during rest periods, appear
among the employees of the
QM-C & E Repair Shop. A
steady three-day rain, as only
Oregon can have them, would
be appreciated by all, but the
girls keep telling themselves
they can take it as is, the girls
keep telling themselves.
Cp. Abbot Hostess
Visits Cp. Adair
On an official mission from Camp
Abbot, Miss Helen Smith, principal
service club hostess at that camp,
is now visiting Mrs. Margaret Blod
gett, hostess at Club 1, to study
the methods of operation and or
ganization of clubs at Camp Adair.
Answers Manpower Shortage, Too!
Holbrook, Ariz. (CNS)—When
informed that the Navajo Indian
population is increasing three
times as rapidly as that of the
white race in the U. S. A., 82-year-
old Hendy Chee Dodge, veteran
tribal sagamore, came up with a
heap big solution to the problem.
Every white man, he suggested,
should he given three wives.
Notes to
You
ASN Must Be on
Free-Mail Letters
Busy SCU Band Stops Long Enough for Picture to Be Taken
After Long Illness,
June Powell Back
Convalescing from a recent near-
fatal illness, lovefy June Powell
was a visitor at Camp Adair this
week accompanied by her mother,
and it is expected she will soon
return to her Post duties in the
Service Club libraries.
June, who was the “Sentry Prog
ress Girl” in our April 15 edition,
is an accomplished dancer and a
much-admired acquaintance of offi- j
cers and EM at this cantonment.
Give thanks that she came
through one week of desperate ill
ness and be glad for her return.
THE WELL-KNOWN SCI' Military band will be very busy the next few days playing in Corvallis and Albany as their eontribu-
tion to the success of the Oregon premiere of “This Is the Army.”—Sentry Photo.