Page Ten Friday, December 31, 1943. I Theodore the Wolf MASTER MASONS MEET The Masonic Travelers’ Club of Camp Adair will meet Mon­ day, Jan. 3, at the 370th Medi­ cal Brr.' Rec.' Hall. D Ave. ami 3rd St. South. This replaces the meeting set lor December 27. All EM who are Master Masons are invited for a social evening and entertainment. Camp Adair Sentry ■ 1 L Trailblazer Officers Promoted Needles Thread in Demand as EM of 884th Add Stripes v/hat ere you staring at, soldier! Haven't you ever seen Mae Wests’ before?” ——-------------------------7-------------------------- Certificates of Merit Awarded to 274th Battalion Commander's Squads Fourteen weapons squads of the No Petty Larceny Here! 274th Inf. were awarded Certifi­ San Quentin, Cal. (CNS)—Be­ cates of Merit by Col. Thomas R. cause prisoners raised $100,297 Gibson, regimental commander, ns in war bonds they will name a a result of their proficiency in the bomber. Favorite now, is “Bad recent regiment, division and Check”—which always returns. 4th Army tests. Officially designated as “Battal- . ion Commander’s Squads,” squads ; were selected only after careful consideration of all phases of train­ ing, application of knowledge ami teamwork. The latter qualification was par­ I No more appropriate setting ticularly noted since it was felt could have been chosen for the teams working in full cooperation ' promotions of Pfcs. James Skyles, are those which prove moat suc­ Elmer Snyder ami Walter West­ cessful on the field of action. phal than the kitchen of Co. H, The Certificates of Merit were : 363rd Inf. designed and hand-lettered on . Swathed in soap, dishes and the parchment by Pvt. Robert .1. Wert* | shouts n the floor tu take this atraanal -hut of the new dai room nt Service Co.. 275th Inf. But the doughbuis of the rampant waa’t have to take to the floor, there are pienti of comfortable chair« awaiting their «rari bone« at the end of a hard da>. Trying out a few are (left to right) INt. Fluid Kurewh. Sgt. Harold Clevenger. 1st Sgt. Lionel Baker. Pvts. Everett Ba« ha avd James Kyle. Yew. (adv.) that-« the Christmas Sentry he’s reading. Favorite extra-curricular activi-, ty at the 884th FA Bn. this week is sewing on the new stripes that ' were awarded in special orders is- > sued Monday. One sergeant is listed in the 112, rdvancements. He is Sgt. Hugh W. Ivy, raised from the rank of cor- [ poral. All others are in the grade j of corporal, Tec5 or Pfc. I The promotions are: T*nHMazer ’’ho to PROMOTED THIS WEEK and now proudly wearing the insignia of their new rank are Mai. Schudt. Capt. Holton. Maj. Wiseman, Lt. Francis and Maj. Silverman. Trailblazer Officers Elevated to New Ranks Promotion of five officers, three .Virginia Polytechnic Institute and of whom became majors, was an­ i is from Woodstock, Va. Capt. Holton became a second nounced this week by Major Gen­ eral John E. Dahlquist. command­ lieutenant in April, 1942. and was ing general of the Trailblazer divi­ promoted to first lieutenant in No- sion. [ vember of that year. He has com­ New majors are former captains, pleted the Cavalry Basic Course; Leo H. Silverman, acting AC of S, is from Belen. New Mex. G-3; Charles W. Schudt. Schudt, finance! 1 Lt. Francis, a graduate of the officer, and Calvin S. Wiseman, University of Missouri and Kem- provost marshall. per Military Academy, was com- New captain is Russell G. Hol- ■ missioned a second lieutenant in ton, assistant G-3, and elevated February, 1943. He has completed from second to first lieutenant is'the Judge Advocate General regu- Marion S. Francis, assistant judge lav course, advocate general. ~~~ ■ 11 ’ 1 ’p BATTERY B Maj. Silverman, whose home is TO CORPORAL: Andrew J Conners, Joseph F. F ance. in Dallas, Tex., was recently named Thomas E. Kirkpatrick, James J. McAn­ j to head the important G-4 section. drew*. Ci -tide E Roberts. TO PFC.: A graduate of the Command and — , kill William A. Williams, Scmn*l R . fi ...... din. John D. Scott, James A. Wood, Russell W. General Staff school, he specialized 5CI*VICC AACuOlS 8»drr*. Leonard Landolfi. Val S. Gibson. Alfred R. Barnes, John W. Kelly. Frank [ in motor maintenance and supply. ' W. Flgaard. Raymond J. Holahaan. Clif­ He is a graduate of Brooklyn ! Nin«ty>one enlisted men of the ford R. Birch, William II. Over» nd. Wfl liam F. Schwope Leonard Venturoni. Er- , College and did post graduate work . 91st Division QM Bn. were awarded ue-d W. Freudenthal at the I niversity of Alabama. Ho Driver and Mechanic Good Service BATTERY C I was appointed a first lieutenant j Medals in recognition of outstand- TO SERGEANT: Feb. 3, 1939 and promoted to Cap-[ing work for their organization, it Ifegh W. Wv: TO CORPORAL tain in August. 1942. t was announced this week by Capt. Edward F. Lcppek, Jr.. John W. »ah«. Konneth AV. Hanish. Gene S. Lim. Walter The record of Maj. Schudt shows Theodore' Hegner, company com- G. Mattson. James F. Qqii'Iry, Arvid E. Rued. Joseph S. Stamick. Ray I.. Tarle­ ’ a rapid rise to his present rank ‘ mander. . ton Jr., James W. Wrntling, WiUiam II. from a second lieutenant in May, I- The presentation of the awards, Wil«««. TO TEC": 1942. He is a graduate of St. Johns first action of its kind in the bat­ Lesli« J. Andrus, Leona» d Svzdek. TO rFC , University where he majored. in talion, was made to R4 drivers and Kenneth D. Be km»n Phi'Ll Bluethe, Frank M. Bruce. Milton S. Burden, Cal­ ■accounting and finance. His com. seven mechanics. vin II Coll*, .lohn G. Dorgai. Joseph C. ' mission followed graduation from The driver medal is given to the Elser. Mervin J. Etntnel, Kenneth W. Fil kins. Eurer« G. F’*edcrick«on Car! B the OCS Finance School. driver who has a high qualifica­ Hamilton, William C Holman. Stanley A. Maj. Wiseman was appointed a tion rating in tests plus satisfac­ Koziol, Clifford C. Lee. Roy E Linsten. Clarence L Martin Robert O Plant. Hamncl I». rotter. Thomas L Richards. second lieutenant in May, 1940, tory driving for the Army over a Robert N. Rude. Prrsrrliano F Balan. promoted to first lieutenant in period of months. Oral R. Sereraon. Donald J. Snyder, January. 1941, and made a captain j The Mechanic Award is made for Henri R. Steher. I in August, 1942. continuous and valuable service SERVICE BATTERY His service schools include the for a similar length of time. TO PFC Ralph M. Lewis. Nick Shnpvt. Emil I K. Infantry Rifle and Heavy Wea­ ■ Ziarnik. Alfred F. Fnakeft, Francis Griffin, Ort in F Al»«»rn. Joe Perez. 1 pons Course, Unit Gas Officers - Ky Enlisted men wishing to cash rnn L. Burkett. James T. Joines, Arthur Course, Chemical Warfare Service, [checks at any of the PXs must Provost Marshall Advanced Course first have the checks endorsed by and others. He is a graduate of the their own company commanders. I BATTERY A TO CORPORXL: Arthur R. Ki ller, Peter C. Darrin vey I., (iray, Raymond E. Palmer. II Garrison. Chai les F. Kruger, .lac Gndrep, Sidney I. Karlin, Fredri Mitchell. TO TEC 5: Leo II. Brncstlf*. R u - m -I C. Damron, .iHmi* I). Barron. Edward J. Gordon, Rich­ ard H. Kern«, lumps J. Klein Jr.. Rob­ ert 1» Richard* Jack Rick*. TO PFC : L»*e A. Harn«. William J. Kules. Homer E. Roach. Charlie W. Berry, Calvin H. Jon«*, William D. Klapp. Jack B. J.itt’e. Loe E. Hoggin, Glenn E. Puncochar. Nor- nian Simpson. Cannier W Rzepka. Rob­ ert S. Buiarski. Louis Moran, Arthur Zchcnder. Roland G. Sims. Jack D. Bal­ lard. Carl R. Norman. Maurice J. Draper. Elton S. N.vsironi. Herman Haag. Leroy Lawson, Swanson W. Krauss. Wallace P. Mohrbather. Remi O. Vansteeukiste. 91st QM Drivers, 'Mechanics Given Benson Tech Boys Refurnish 275th Serv. Co. Dayroom On Dec. 23 the Benson Tech school of Portland played Santa Claus to the GIs of Serv. Co.. 275th Inf., by refurnishing their day room with beautiful furniture. The funds were “earned” by the students, who sold tickets in Port­ land. The project was arranged by . the American Red Cross. The Serv. ( o. men now claim they have the prettiest day room in the regiment. Finishing touches were made by [ carpenters Pfc Hofstra and Pvt. Heidorn. Even 1st Sgt. Baker got on his hands and knee* to wax the fl