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
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*«- 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
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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.