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About Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1943)
p Adair Sentry Friday, November 19, 1943. Page Nine wnksgiving Takes Top Billing Äs Division Moves. So Does Communication EVEN FURLOUGH MATTER OF “DIG. VOL SINNER“ It was a busman’s holiday for Sgt. Clyde Rytting. H Co. 274th Inf., when he went home on fur It will be “Happy Thanksgiving to You” for all GIs at lough. Seeking a rest from dig irby USOs next week . . . Over at Albany they’re jumping ging foxholes and slit trenches, gun and will celebrate Tuesday night with a big formal the sergeant found that the first Ce—the first of the season at*------------- -—---------------- ------------- chore awaiting him back home t club . . . Both Corvallis and 1 reservations for Tuesday nights. was to dig a 150-foot trench. >m will have homes to which Saturday night dances with mili I may go for a home-cooked diq- tary orchestras are also popular, —IF you're reasonably sure of! as plenty of GSO members are on :ing a pass that day. hand as Junior Hostesses. Other nights are not crowded but » there is always dancing to popular I \rvallis Offers Free dance bands a la juke box, with I onksgiving Dinners room to try out new steps and [ 3rd Bn. Initiated learn new routines. Em who want their Thanksgiving 1 Series Last Friday Iner "family style” may register j TRIP TO CAPITOL |:he Corvallis USO and be enter The first retreat parade held in The sightseeing trip Sunday af med in Corvallis homes, club of- ternoon will be to the Oregon State the 362nd Inf. Regt, since the re Trailblazer Photo RIGHT W ITH THE first line of offense comes communica ■als report. Capitol, leaving Chemeketa Street turn from Bend was staged last tions. The 570th Signal Co. show how fast-moving trucks spew out klen are asked to register as USO, Salem, at 2:30 p.m. Friday by the 3rd Battalion, The telephone wires as Pvt. Noe Gomez (back to camera) and Pvt. Dan bn as possible at the main office I high-stepping Third massed in Masterson “pike” wires off the road. On the communication truck the USO. Both noon and evening I are (left to right) Pvt. William Devall. who tags the wires; Pvt. their motor pool and then passed THANKSGIVING DINNER lais will be available. Denver Bush at the winch; Pvt. John Schwartz, joining wires. Pvt. in review before their commander, Servicemen who have registered Harold Sargent and T/5 .Merreman Moodhull, who inspect the Major White, to the stirring ca- unreeling lines. for Thanksgiving dinner in Salem I ■ MISS HEHNKE SELECTED dence of the division hand. ■Tenth Girl of the Week to be | homes will meet their hosts at the Bected at the Corvallis USO is! Chemeketa Street USO at hours' The dirt and grime of maneuvers Through These Cables Flow the Messages had been scrubbed and polished ■ss Beula Hehnke She was pre-l previously arranged. away, and from shoes to fixed bay- luted a gold USO pin at the Wed- ! i onets, equipment gleamed in the MUSICAL PROGRAM ■sday-night dance at which she i ns introduced, and her picture! A musical program, prepared by late afternoon light. The troops ■s joined those of the other Girls the Salem USO advisory music massed in rigid array to honor the ■ the Week in the Hall of Fame. | committee, will be a feature Sun | colors and then marched out in re IA graduate of Corvallis High day at Chemeketa USO. Towns view at the ringing order, “Pass Lhool, Miss Hehnke attended Ore- people will be invited to join serv in review,” of the battalion com mander. Inn State for three years, major- icemen from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. kg in secretarial science, and is It was the first parade in a long low employed at the County Clerk’s time for the division band,*too. and IT’S THE ARMY WAY Iffice. Ft. Logan, Col. (CNS)—Before they forgot the jam sessions which She is blonde, has brown eyes Irving Gold was drafted he was they had given in the field to pro nd is 23 years old. She spends con- vide regular march music under bderahle time at USO and Camp a civilian instructor at the Army; the direction of Mr. Brann. Air Forces clerical school here. His lances, also assisting with informal Activities in the club, and is well salary was $216 a month. After his I Weekly retreat parades by one induction as a private he was as of the battalions will be the prac inown to men of Adair. Trailblazer Photo signed to his old job. His salary — I tice within the regiment. Today JOINING HEAVY CABLES through which flow all the the 1st Battalion will hold a re $50 a month. battle messages of the Trailblazer Division are T/Sgt. Verna rree Turkey Dinner treat parade. Reynolds (left) and T/l Walter Petersen. i I Yes, turkey’s s^a^ge, but yqji're ping to have it at the George SWAPS COLUMN pVhite Servicemen’s Center on [Thanksgiving Day if you drop in I.oets — Founds there for dinner. All the trimmings Wants — Sales for a regular Thanksgiving Day et cetera The Post MPs, who get around dinner are promised. from one town to another and are I In the evening there’ll be a big BY PVT. EDMUND ARNOLD Harvest Festival - Thanksgiving LOST: From McMinnville, Nov. really in the know, report that Co. A. 274th Inf. Dance. Remember the date, next 7, golden cocker spaniel, child’s Communications being the nervous system of any com Dallas. Ore., offers the service Thursday. pet. Answers to “Peggy.” Has bat force and the Trailblazer Division working to be one of the man one of the l>est recreation been under veterinarian's care for spots among those located in the THEY'LL WRAP THEM! ¡distemper. Last seen with soldiers best of those combat forces of the Army, it is expected that vicinity. its communication system should* Remember how the George White ’ from Camp Adair. Call M. C. Cook, In addition to the usual facilities, Construction Center Works pervicemen's Center wrapped your collect, at 287 or 133-W. Reward. be the best that American brains i such as game room, reading and can devise. From camouflaged trucks, sig [Christmas packages last year? i _____ writing facilities, snacks and re nalmen unpacked the large mes Tell, the Monday after Thanks- L0S T-A LOST —A blue blue and and gold gold Ever- Ever- ! Juit 8uch a iystem " the on‘ freshments and a l>ed for the night kiving Day they’ll be at it again. ’ sharp pencil initialed B G at the th“1 M“j°r General John E. Dahl-j sage center, a completely black are offered absolutely free. ed out tent. Nearby, the con |*t's a completely free service, and 276th RSO on « November ’------•— ” *«- 1 by —Iquist and his staff will have at j 11th When the MPs recommend a kijrds. ribbon, WTappings, twine Pvt. Ben Gri; Hdq. 3rd Bn., 276th. their command when the 70th Divi- 1 struction center was opening place, 'snuf sed. telephone trunk lines and testing and paper for mailing will all be Reward. sion goes into action. The 570th \ them on an ingenious board de furnished. Signal Co. will see to that, as they vised by the men under Lt. My fast,” observed Lt. I-eszynski. PUBLIC NOTICE—Next soldier demonstrated that last Friday dur ron Leszynski. The car is a GI's dream of para \Thanksgiving Formal who starts hanging around here ing a black-out problem. Other men, armed conztantly dise. Cool when the weather’s hot. Thanksgiving will be celebrated ' making love to my 18-vear-old Early in the afternoon trucks with carbine and M-l, dug the pits , warm when the weather’s cold, the iTuesday night (instead of Thurs-Ìdaughter is going to get in serious started shuttling men and equip into which the whole apparatus car is completely air-conditioned, jdayl at the Albany USO, with the trouble if he doe« not leave my ment to a spot near the simulated would lie sunk and camouflaged. > That is not primarily to keep its first formal of the season on tap. last case of bourbon alone. This division battle headquarters. Bear- I Thick, black, snake-like cables crew happy, but because it is gas- The ,0th Division Rhumba Orches means you!!! Max K. Goldbrick. I ing huge reels of telephone wire, were joined to the forward con- proof so the enemy cannot anesthe tra will provide the swing for the Corvallis. • the trucks roared down highway trol post. The whole process, which tize the vital nerves of communica Ioccasion. and Albany Junior Host-j -------- j and across fields, spinning out a formerly took hours, was complet tion. The air-eonditioning appara wws will be on hand. RIDE—to Los Angeles on fur- network of lines as a spider does ed in a matter of minutes. tus is powered directly from the Refreshments and punch will be |ou)fh [lw j and will take 2 or 3 his web. Crewman with pike-poles Messages by telephone, telegraph truck motor, but from an engine •erved. and the club will be decor- pass„n|rers to share expenses. Pvt. 1 guided the wires to agile linemen, or teletype—all on the same wires mounted on a trailer behind, comes ated ln keeping with the Thanks- Paul RoM>nberg, MP. SCU 1911, who scuttled up poles and trees, to —were soon being handled at mes the juice for the giant transmit rvng theme. ! phone 2879. make them fast. sage center. “My men are learning i ting and receiving set in thy yr. it USOs Next Week 362nd Infantry Will Hold Weekly Reviews I 570th Signal Co. Has Modem Equipment BEGINNING DANCE CLASS And then in case you can't mce, here's your chance to learn, f< f the Albany USO is sponsoring h ir nning ballroom dancing class- *«ch Thursday night. Junior H ■-’esses will be your partners. 'Construction Center' Nerve Center of 70th Communications MPs Tell Tales of Dallas Servicenter Message Center Blackout <H 1Z PROGRAM ON AGAIN! Uh and Consequences, omitted fr. the schedule last week, is ba at the Albany USO club Ma n Sunday afternoon at 4 o’cl ck. Free prizes will be given to '•inner« and losers alike. ^hen Do You Dance? Trellillle BEFORE ITS PROTECTION has even been dug. the construction center 1» ready for action. In this Trailblaaer photo T/J Hill Pavlock. carbine on shoulder, digs the pit into which the whole set will be housed and camouflaged. Call* already pour Special dance« continue at th** through the switchboard that Pvt. Lloyd Alley (center) is operating while T/Sgt. Sal»m < bemeketa Street USO. with different military unit« making Reynolds tests the line* before connecting them to the permanent board. [ HERE’H THE INTERIOR of a Marked oat ■swage reater «h«*i«| the table at which Pvt. Jehu F rhoa»p*««i «it«, read« ta diapatrh mmoages by anj oae of «eversi mean* of re«aiaaigaU<A At. the telephone >• Pvt. Laorenee Cartwright.