ADE7?CN m Friday, March 10, 1944 Camp Adair Sentry Corvallis Conversation Club, Salem Trip Sunday to Ranch on USO Agenda COL. SAID: “NO THANKS” “Wulfie” (Pic. Ross N. Wulfekammer, 3rd Platoon Mes­ senger) gave his foxhole a fi­ nal pat. picked up his engineer shovel, and walked toward the Co. CP. As he neared the figure, dimly visibly in the dark, he said. “Here’s the shovel. Sarge. Y'ou can work on your fox hole now.” As the startled WXilfie caught the glitter of the silver leaves, the Lt. Col. rejoined, “No, thanks. I don’t believe I’ll use it just now. USO news this week brings the spotlight on . . Sunday’s trip by Chemeketa USO (Salem) to the “Flying E” Ranch home of Arabian horses. The time, 1400 .. . Corvallis' Con­ ctätf i ir**« Page Second Birthday at Adair versation Club, meeting Sunday*----------- ---------------------------------- night, at 1900. The subject, “Do TRIP TO FLYING E' You Find What You Look For?” Once again the trip to the pop­ Drop around . . . There’s a special ular Eyerly “Flying E” ranch has vaudeville worth your time at been scheduled by the Chemeketa George White Center. Portland. USO. Salem, for this Sunday. The The date, tomorrow night. Big-time j bus will leave the USO building entertainers, now employed in Port- 'at 1-100. land, will take their cues . . . According to USO officials, this I is an interesting trip, as the Eyer- lys extend true western hospital­ New Discussion Series Si«**l Corp» Photo ity. Because of the large demand The Conversation Cltlb, which for the trip, the number to be GATHERED ROUND A drafting table at the Pont En­ gineer office are a few of Camp Adair’s "original" employees. meets each Sunday night at the accommodated is limited to 50. Re- members of the U. S. Area Engineer’s staff, they moved to Corvallis USO, will discuss “Do I servations may be made by sign­ I As Adair from Albany on Mar. 8. 1942, setting up shop in what is now You Find What You Look For?”| ing at the USO and there is no Post Headquarters, the only completed building at that time. There’ll be a toast to the witti­ The group includes (1. to r.): Frank llaherle, draftsman; Chet the second in the, new series en­ charge. Lynda, plumbing foreman; Royal Berry, property section; Frank est, a scramble for the prettiest— titled “The Fine Arts of Living.” Included in the trip are exhibi­ Koehler, engineer; Warren Clarke, electrical foreman; Hetty The series began last Saturday tions of valuable saddles and guns, and a col-sage for all the lassies Gunther, property section. that SCU Non-Coms take to their night under leadership of Viron A. -1 riding beautiful Arabian horses, re- “Mairsy Doats” dance party to­ Moore, principal of Corvallis High ’ 1 freshments ......s served in the game Pioneer Camp Employees Saw I School. The informal talkfests take 1 room of the ranch house, formerly night at their Clubhouse on D Ave­ nue. according to Tec4 Joe Daugh- I place in the third floor fireplace a country club. e r t y. entertainment chairman. room. All GIs, their wives and j Music will be by Joe Sieff’s Medics junior hostesses are invited to Purim Carnival Marvels. join the group at 1900. * I The engineers looked out the As part of the celebration of the March 19 the subject will be Tec4 Edwin Cusack announced j window at Post llqs. and saw—my “What Do You Believe About Feast of Lots (Purimi, the Jewish success in the membership program ' gosh, a soldier!—the first soldier Race Superiority?" and on March Community Center, Portland, is recently launched with last Fri­ at Canip Adair! 26. “What Part Does Superstition sponsoring a Purim Carnival to­ day night’s stag party at the club. “It was on a Sunday,” recalla morrow night from 2030 to 2345 in ! Play in Your Friends' Livgs?” Frank Haberle. “He came trudging - • the USO building. 1636 S. W. 13th in, his barrack bag slung over hiH Ry Camp Newspaper Service | Avenue. shoulder, and wanted to know whom I) 1RECTOR TRANSFER RE 1) 1 More than five million Ameri­ , to report to. llow should we know? A committee headed by Phylis [ Miss Eleanor McFall, adminis­ i Benvenisti promises an evening of ! cans—two thirds of the U. S. Army . Well, he hung around and slept trative director of the Corvallis fun. magic, roulette and music. —will be overseas by the end of ! overnight in a little garage. The USO for the past 18 months, has I Personnel of H Co., 361st In­ 1944, Secretary of War Henry L. next day several trucks arrived, been transferred to a new assign- _ fantry, will hold a party-dance at Stimson has announced. I loaded with soldiers who started the Regimental Recreation hall to­ ment in San Diego, to a unit which I This disclosure by the War De­ ' pitching tents, and this EM joined is one of the largest on the Pacific — — night (Friday). Music by an eight­ partment that major changes af­ 1 them.” coast and which serves both mili­ piece band. Wives and girl friends fecting both officer and enlisted Wednesday eight original em­ tary and industrial personnel, men of officers and EM wijl be guests. | personnel of the Army had been ployees of the Area Engineers, who and women. Non-commissioned officers of the Lunch and other refreshments will ordered as the result of a re-study started the building of- Camp Until a new director arrives, 361st Infantry Regiment will hold I be served. of troop requirements for the com­ Adair, celebrated their second Miss Virginia Guernsey and Fred- a dance at the Regimental Recrea­ ing year. 1 birthday here. They were Viola ric Klein will direct USO activities. tion hall Saturday night. Sweet, TRUCK RIGHT ON IN! Under the new plan, U. S. sol­ Brown, Post Hospital Utilities; hot music will be played by a 14- England—A sleeping GI was diers stationed at home will be care­ Betty Gunther and R. I,. Berry of piece orchestra composed of mem­ I awakened by the sound of a truck fully reviewed for physically fit, the property department; Frank Vaudeville Tomorrow bers of the 91st Division Band. Tap being turned around just outside I i well-trained troops. The best men Koehler and Frank Haberle of the Tomorrow night at 1930 music­ dancing and other entertainment his window. “Hey,” he yelled,, ians, actors and hoofers, some of is also scheduled. Soft drinks will “you’re making too much noise. I j will lie sent overseas and their engineering department; Chet i places at home assumed by civil- Lynds, plumbing foreman; War­ the best professional talerjf on the be served. Why don’t you bring that truck members of'¡he ren Clarke, electrical foreman; all Coast—now employed in the Kai­ riorkt A* fFtal £ - — - - - right r*r» on inside?” At that r»ig moment, I WAC and soldiers who are either under Lt. Col. Clarence R. Steele, ser Vancouver Shipyard, will put Visiting hours at the Station the driver's foot slipped from the I ■ too old or not physically equipped I Director Repair and Utility Divi­ on a vaudeville and variety show in J Hospital are 1400 to 1600 and 1900 clutch, the truck lurched and I to withstand combat warfare. sion. The eighth person, Ernie Ol­ the Little Theater, third floor,' to 2100. Get your pass at the in­ backed through the wall into the The Army plans to place on the sen, is now a warehouseman with George White Servicemen’s Center, formation desk as you enter. GI's boudoir. inactive list commissioned officers another post unit. Portland. who are over 38 years old and no “We moved into the present Post These entertainers, now building longer needed for active duty. Hqs. building March 8, 1942, in ships, promise to give out with one Preparing for this huge exodus the south wing. As far as you could of the best shows seen in George of U.S. based troops, the Army see then, there were nothing but White’s. already had closed many training stakes.” camps. The new program will mean But when building operations IM) YOU DANCE? a gradual tapering off of the train­ started, it didn't take long. The If you don’t dance and want to ing program ami concentration on troo|w were ensconced in barracks learn, here’s your chance. Each the all-out offensive phase. in a few months. Bv CpI. Ben Hirschkowitz Friday night at 2000 there is a The War Department has or­ Next to doing it yourself, the next best way to learn is dered that physically qualified vice overseas. Enlisted men under free dancing class at George White’s, Portland, on the fourth to observe someone else doing it, hence the phenomenal in­ men who have served more than 30 will go first, then those over floor. crease in the use of training films to supplement training in 12 months at fixed stations or over­ 30 will be reassigned, in the order head activities in the U.S. be re­ of their age, with the youngest ’ the field. Without moving from* his seat a soldier can observe tac­ complete facilities for the show, assigned to units destined for ser- first. INCOME TAX JITTERS If you GIs still don’t have your tics and weapons in use from the ing of films to small group«. income tax return made out, drop frozen north to the South Pacific. The smaller room seat« 15 and Their Work Vital in Your Training The adequacy of the Adair Train­ the larger has a capacity of 100 by the George White Center, fifth floor, where attorneys are on ing Film Library was commented with (believe it or not) plush hand Tuesday and Friday nights to upon by Major Thomas D. Clag- upholstered theater seats. ?stt, Chief Army Pictorial Branch, give you free legal advice. They ' From the library units in train­ will help you fill out your returns. Ninth Service Command, when, af- ing at Adair and other nearby in­ They are in the office from 1900 ! ■ ter a recent tour of inspection, he stallations obtain training films to to 2130. If possible, make an ap-I ¡called it the neatest and best be shown to their troops. film library in the Ninth pointment in advance with Mrs. ¡equipped j Available are a total of 1149 ' • Service Command. . Hibbs or Mrs. Metcalf, recreation-1 prints covering a total of 597 sub­ The Film Library, located in al hostesses. jects covering almost every phase a spacious two-story building at 1st of training. This is supplemented I St North and Ave. E.. is super­ by 2572 prints of film strip “stills” Hostesses on Hand vised by Mr. U. S. Burt. Film covering a total of 710 subject«. Junior hostesses are always on Library Coordinator. The staff con­ i Overall attendance at showings | hand at Chemeketa Street USO, sists of 5 enlisted men and 2 I of training films obtained from Salem, even if nothing special is civilian girls. planned. A plan is now in operation Mr. Burt, a veteran of World the Adair Film Library totaled by which GSO members definitely War I, has a background of 23 237.856 last month and the sign up to be present on specific years in the field of visual instruc­ “stills” before an additional 36.- nights, with one girl as hostess in tion. Prior to coming to Camp