Friday, April 7, 1944.
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Where Does Eire Stand?
WAC Officer Expert with .45
Offers News Displays,
Radio Cash, Movies;
Hobby Shop Scheduled
Bright new signs mark the new
Orientation Center located on D
street between 1st St. N and 1st
St. S., which opened this week for
the benefit of officers and enlisted
men of SCU.
It is a place where men may
find answers to their questions
about the Army and all phases of
the war. Organized displays of
maps, news reports, photographs,
Signal Corps Photo posters, clippings, pamphlets and
" IND NEXT.” said Lt. Laura McNair, “we will take the
books are on hand.
carbine.” This was just after Camp Adair's only WAC Officer.
A radio is provided for news
\a«istant Post Exchange Officer, had made expert last week on
the range with an Army .45.
broadcasts during the noon hour
! and evenings and the latest radio
I news bulletin is posted each day.
A class room is provided for eve-
“Next will come the carbine,” bor, she felt that she would be of ! ning discussion groups and GI
-aid Lt. Laura McNair, Assistant more benefit to her country if she movies.
Post Exchange Officer, who recent- would get into one of the services,
Orientation officers on the post
y qualified as expert with the 45 so she entered the Woman’s Army may obtain information materials
Automatic.
Camp Adair’s only Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. On , at the Center for their classes.
WAC, commissioned or otherwise,' December
___ 29,
2_, 1943, she received
As soon as the necessary equip-
us born in Charlotte County, Va. her commission as Second T.iotit-
Lieut- ' I ment and materials can be pro-
NEUTRAL. STRATEGICALLY-LOCATED Eire has tri
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Recently the U. S. and Great Britain asked the In
all SCU EM.
government to expel enemy agents from Eire—on the grounds th
’ 1 harlotte, N. C., where she received ties are Assistant Post Exchange
The project is under the super-
they were using Ireland’s position to spy on Allied troops ia El
r BS degree. She completed her Officer.
vision of Capt. Gilbert A. Waite,
land. Eire refused, and now Britain has suspended all travel
ducation by graduate work in,
Director of Personnel, and Capt.
both Eire and Lister (Northern Ireland). International observ«
M ithematics at Columbia Univer- Wat in ell Would You Expect
believe the Irish hope for an Allied victory.
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Russell G. Floss, Special Service
ity and Business Administration Of a Billeting Expert?
Officer. Teco Bob Henry will be
t the University of North Caro-
Washington (CNS1—Ens. Helen on hand to assist all who wish to
ii a, later taught business adminis- McCreight, a Wave, whose job in use materials at the Center.
■ation in North Carolina and vir- the billeting office of the Navy De
inia.
partment is to find shelter in
Airplane Instructor
ington for Navy personnel, could
By Pvt. Roby Wentz
Later on Lt. McNair attended n’t find a place to sleep herself on
airplane mechanic’s school at a recent visit to New York.
The beautiful lady in the starched uniform, beam
Seymour Johnson Field. N. C,
Ens. McCreight spent the night
Servicemen of Camp Adair are 1 super-duper sundae, passed Pfc. Bronckhorst for the «
where she became an instructress in a hotel lobby because she forgot
'to^'attend
“union'^Easter! Lirne in ten minutes, bound for the far end of the cout
invited
1
of airplane mechanics, specializ- to make a reservation in advance
Sunrise
Services
to
be observed in|anil Bronckhorst felt his patience ____ ] “—, u;,„
with
in hydraulics.
turned, eyed him slowly, with
I of her week-end trip to the Big ' Albany Easter morning at 0645. ' ebbing.
After the bombing of Pearl Hur- Town.
taste.
Weather permitting, the services
“A chocolate soda, please," he
“Oh, oh!” The corporal b<
will be held on the steps of the ventured, as she went by. There'
Bronckhor-t clucked his com
Linn County Courthouse at 4th and | was no response. She continued on I el.atl„
Post's Newest Important Room—Orientation
eration. “That did it, pal.
Broadalbin Sts.; otherwise, the to the far end of the counter. I
„ 1 as well blow. She never
services will be conducted indoors smiled at a master sergeant just!
wait on you, now."
at the First Presbyterian Church coming in the door, and carolled |
! “Blow, hell! A chocolate
on 5th and Broadalbin.
"What’s yours?”
¡cream soda, please,” he breat
Rev. Orville Mick, pastor of the
“A chocolate soda, pl—” The rest j leaning on one elbow, eyeing
Church of Christ, Albany, will de of Pfc. Bronckhorst’s plea
was ■ young lady with lustful orbs
liver appropriate Easter medita drowned out by a blast from the
she made her latest pilgrim
tions. The music committee, con- juke box, Roy Acuff howling "The
past his position. She stopped.
[sistiug of Ivan Correll and Lural
Prodigal Son.” The houri of the
"You wanta get tough, fella
Burggraf. has arranged a pro ice-cream dipper, still superbly un
gram, including congregational aware of our hero and 16 more she said, "you go right ahe
I can get tough, too. See?"
| singing, solo, duet and quartette
GIs who had been counter-leaning
Another five minutes pai
numbers.
for an average of one quarter-hour She stood again before the
each, went by oblivious, What’s thoroughly humbled Bronck
America! Division Makes I yours?” she asked someone's girl “Did you have an order?'
History at Guadalcanal friend, who had ju«t come to the queried sweetly.
front.
“A chocolate soda.
Bougainville (CNSl
Members
A Minute of Your Time
Bronckhorst humbly.
of the Americal Infantry Division,
As she approached again,
She moved toward the ice
the only unit in the U. S. Army
Bronckhorst braced himself. cans, then glanced at her «
designated by name rather than
"Look, sis,” he announced. “Conld watch. “Oh. that’s too bad—
number, have been making a name
for themselvea by beating back Jap 1 please have a minute of your closing-time!”
And the lights blinked warni
attacks on our positions in Bou time? I want a soda."
The beauty of the syrup-founts in Service Club No. 3.
gainville.
The Americal — whose name is
a combination of "America" and
“California”—was the first U. S.
Army division to take the offen-
sive against the enemy in the Pa
cific. Activate«! May 24. in New
Caledonia, the division landed here
on Christmas Day. 1943. and went
to work on the Japs right away.
Since that date its deeds of indi
vidual ami collective heroism have
become legendary in the Solomons
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Li. Laura McNair Shows How h's Done
Ad a ir men Invited
To Albany Service
Scotch For Jap«
1911 Hand Barracks on
Theater Av».. between 1st St. N md 1st tM. S.. is < amp Vdair's
new Orientation building. Her* < pl Hob Henry renews part of
tbe array ef nap> and material which will help tik la better
understand "why w* fight" and a her* and how.
The division is made up of men
from every section of the V.
backed by a nucleus of Nati
Guan! outfits from lUtnois. N
Dakota and Massachusetts
commands r ■- M.. Gen Join
Hodge, of Carbondale. III., whose
offer of a bottle of Scotch and a
case of beer to every soldier in
the division who brings in a Jap
prisoner has made him one of the
i moat popular commanders in the
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