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About Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1943)
Adair Sentry MEWS FROM CAMP OUTFITS Theodore, The Timber Wo// Finance Section Classes Continue The Pest Finance Section held it - second open forum finance class recently, with Lt. Langhauser pre siding. On this occasion, the class was honored by the presence of Lt. Col. Lee R. Woods. Jr.. Post Finance Officer, as well as Lt. Payne and Mr. Hatala. Sgt. Gierman made /a thorough review < f officers’ pay voucher problems, while Sgt. Anderson ex plained the various steps involved in figuring mileage. The Finance Section is proud of its line lecturers. —T/4 Robert S. Torcasio. TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS A few lines are in order to those worthies who regularly submit unit columns to the Sen try. In keeping with our policy of improving the Sentry at all times, we have cut up some of the columns submitted, rewrit ten the material into straight news form, giving credits, and spread them about on this page and throughout the paper. Continue to send in columns as usual. Comment on our new system will be welcome. NOTICE For the information of the re maining personnel of the 150th Ordnance Bn. Hq. Det., the 3505 Ord. Motor Pool “Chaplain,” Pvt. Quagliana, has his office open every evening from 2100 to 2300. If you ain’t got troubles to take to Pvt. Quagliana, he’ll see to it that you get some. —S/Sgt. R. X. Ruta. Military Police Barracks Banter Checks Out Early When Headman III L. W. Bentley of the Post Civil- ian Personnel Section was incapaci- tated for three days, accounting for the civilian employees’ checks being out four days early this pay day. Even though it will probably delay the checks in the future, the girls are glad to have Mr. Bentley back with them. (Ed. note: After all, he’s a man...) I — 1 , : | Ma j. Ralph E. Riordan Visits Daughter, Alla Alla Riordan, of the Civilian Per sonnel Section in Post HQ, has as a visitor her father, Maj. Ralph E. Riordan, formerly of Camp Adair, now stationed at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. While Maj. and Mrs. Riordan spend a week in San Francisco, Alla and Allene Robertson will keep one another company in Cor CATAN EO QUIETS DOWN “Lefty” C a t a n e o, man-about- vallis. town of the 150th Ord. Bn., has LA GUERRE. TOUJOURS quieted down considerably since he L’AMOUR returned from his recent furlough. The Post Finance men are really Could it be that the little woman in the big city has put the finger managing to forget the rigors of war. Two reasons in blue account on him ? for this amnesia. Miss Hobbs, the bond authority, GIRLS COME AND GO and Honeycomb, a mileage expert, Ava McCarty has returned to her duties in the Record Section of do their part for Finance’s morale. C’est la guerre! Civilian Personnel in Post HQ. T 4. R. S. Torcasio. while Marion Cleveland, Sgt./Major Birkes’ girl Friday, is taking a week’s leave in Seattle. Pfc. Frank Marrin, your latest arracks Banterer, by now, is well ' his way to school. This left the Sentry without any anterer. so rather than let the ' lumn die, yours truly graciously r ) accepted the temporary role of rracks Banterer. For the well being of all con- med the by-line will be—Anony S/Sgt. Rudolph L. Gross ms. So be it. % In cases such as this and in ac- Congratulations to Maj. Hardt : C. A. Edwards is leaving his pting the Presidency, the lucky and 1st Lt. Blauvelt on their re- position as Clothing and Equipment rson usually says some words, ; cent promotions . . . Now, all that ; Repair Shop Superintendent this note. “Falcated by the fickle fin- i is needed to make the picture com i week. “The Boss” has seen the shop r of fate” (Editor, please note, plete is' for those WO (jg) appoint grow from turning out three items alcated hooked,” Webster.) ments to come through. ¡ daily to several thousand. o-O-o t seems that among the many The Medics are really buckling i Through patience, hard work and ' ies of the MPs fire detection down to a tough grind, what with guidance, a crack personnel has LOVER COMES BACK 1 control has a paramount place. no beer, week-end passes once in been formed and all regret his By Cpl. “Dubby” Duboff Cpl. “Dubby” Duboff, ex-romeo resignation. To Pvts. Ferrill and Kerns should a blue moon, furloughs found only Hq. Co. SCU 1911 “Gees,” as he is informali'. of the War Bond Section in Post orchids on the way they handled in the AR’s, and emergency duty known, will take up his duties as I HQ, has returned to O. D.-collar ’ crowd at the Salem Tea Garden not often than 4 times a week. INJUSTICE . . . Acting editor work after a short-lived career as ■ night the kitchen cauglit fire, The best they can do in the Sat the Landis representative in the ; in charge of the Sentry during the t was fortunate they were in urday inspections held among the Northwest on September 1, and he a “duty non-com, ” and is now in absence of Sgt. Bob Ruskauff is the Training Division Office. it establishment when the fire Post Complement is to rate first leaves with the best wishes of one Pvt. Lionel Kay. «, every employee. • rrted. I for 3 consecutive weeks. He is a graduate of Harvard Uni In line of duty, hi* will return j •rehids also to the MPs on duty 1 Tne only bright spot in the pic- NEW ARRIVALS has never learned for a monthly inspection of the 1 The 150th Ord. Bn. announces versity, but gust 1G in Albany. They not ture is the short 12 hour day. the phrase “three the meaning shop equipment, and will be wel- ' two new arrivals in the outfit, T/5 !y discovered the fire there, they for three. ” Bryson and Pvt. Ison. tified the Fire Department and My room-mate, who was present coined by his friends. Reporting a .hen helped put it out. at the openings of ‘This Is The played by Hq. Co., I mentioned the o-O -o Army’ in Corvallis and Albany last fine playing of Cpl. Herb Wuehr- To Sgt. Paul Nichols “Tears” on week, tells me that the success of mann and added that he was pretty .'. count of he didn’t know enough both gala premieres was due, in no handy with the stick, getting 1.» get out of the way of a line small measure, to the emceeing of “three for three.” Sgt. Angelo P. Calabrese—with the drive by Cpl. Arnerich. Pvt. Kay • ouldn’t understand the able assistance of the SCU band, Result, he got clipped in the eye meaning, and so he took an easy and then fell and broke an ankle. Sgt. Nick Sansonia and Pfc. (Gyp way out, by cutting the article in sy Rose) Gates. Horrors! What a delicate MP. half and obliterating the good “Nick” says. “Don’t send me work of Cpl. Wuehrmann. If the boys in the Sentry cutting sympathy, send Chesterfields.” For Pvt. Kay’s future informa Honestly, “Nick,” we are sorry room continue on their rampage tion. I want to explain the mean of the past few weeks, the only and miss you. ing of this difficult baseball i thing remaining of this column will o-O-o phrase, right here and now. There is a certain Sgt. (there is be the title and contributing editor, It is very simple; all you have a prefix too) who had better com- if one can be browbeaten into serv to do is to apply grammar school ply v 1th the memorandum dated ice. (Ed. Note: You got off lucky knowledge, leaving your college de this week, pal. You should see' August 4. grees on your shelf to gather dust, It says it’s by order of the De- what happened to some of the other as you do with everything else. columns!) tachment Commander. You then count three, very slow He is in the 3rd Bks. ly, of course, not to strain your GOURMET & »EPICURE limited service back. (Ed. Note: Wednesday night has become the Eyes, Dubby, eyes.) traditional “night out” for men of Taking for granted that a ball Post Finance. player goes to bat every time his With dinner in Albany and danc turn comes around, you could ing in Corvallis, the group’s win eliminate the possibility of getting It could happen to you, but the ing. dining and dancing is capably all “balled” up. boys of the 289th Ord. Co. are supervised by the master planner. The next step is the hardest, as wondering what kind of an expli ana- Urrere-Pone, a minor league Lu you must' calculate the number of tion Joe Messer gave to Helyn cius Beebe. times at bat against the number when he received a letter from her — R.S.T. of times the batter has safely which read: reached first base, or better, by “What gives, Joe, my friend? CONGRATULATIONS! means of a “hit.” Explanation required! Please.” Ordinarily reliable sources Now you have it, and so let us (Signed Helyn). port that “Barney” Healey, of give ci edit to Cpl. Herbie Wuehr Enclosed with the letter was an Post Finance Office slipped a ring mann for his perfect score of envelope addressed to “Bernice,” on a certain little girl’s finger v"^rtpirdy | $aid I could go for any guy in a uniform “three for three." (and we apolo but Joe had made the mistake of when he was home, recently, but r$ ridiculous1 gize for the acting editor’s ignor- mailing it to Helen’s address. furlough* » ¡ I Materia • Medica We Wonder How He Explained It C & E Repair Shop Boss Leaves for ! Another Position