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WANT TO BE A REPORTER? Abbotm cn— It's Better to The E N G IN E E R BUY BONDS Needs N E W S Than to W ear Them! About Y O U ! Vol. 1 C A M P ABBOT, O R EG O N No. 8 ABBOT F A C E ! WACInations— During a smoke break, a group of Abbot Wacs compiled a list of Wac-ky defini tions, herewith reprinted for worthy additions to the glossary of feminine G. I. lexicon: IVActivation— any new camp where the tala are sent. WACademy — where they’re taught the Army ropes. WACessory—G. I. gadgets, but female. WACcident— the gal had a mishap. W Acquaintance— a gal with whom you have a nodding friendship. WACrobat— former trapeze star in the service. WACtress— former showgirl in the ditto. WACination — ‘ ‘where it won’t show, please !’ * * * * RIDING HERD — A young shavetail, reports one of our fave mags, was given a command of a tough outfit in Georgia. Giving orders in a soft voice, he made a poor impression. Suddenly from the rear rank in a deep bass voice a yardbird chortled, “ . . . and a little child shall lead them.” The officer flushed, finished stutter ing his orders for the day. The men broke ranks with sly smiles. The next a. m. they gathered in front of a bulletin board to read: ',C Company will report at 0600 vith complete equipment for a 20-mile hike. And a little child shall lead them on a damned good horse.” * • * REUNION A T ABBOT — It was old-home week here one day last week when three former residents of Ardmore, Okla., renewed acquaintances in the SCU 1973 orderly room—Capt. Ab. -lolly, commanding officer. Pvt. Roy Simpson and Pfc. •Tames W. Denton were the par ticipants in the gabfest . . . after retreat. Married Couples Invited to Dance All married EM’s on the post and their wives are invited to attend an informal dance to night in the Pilot Butte Inn, starting at 2030, with music pro vided by S/Sgt. Jack Hayes and his ERTC band. Sponsored by the Bend USO- Arm y Wives club, similar af fairs are scheduled every other Friday evening, said Miss Anne McLoughlin, associate director, who with the following “ girls” comprise the committee on ar rangements: Mrs. Kay Schatz, Mrs. Henry Ungar, Mrs. Ruth Weeks, Mrs. Elsie Hicks and Mrs. Florine Hauser. The club will also sponsor a picnic every other Sunday. The group meets at 2000 on Mondays in the Pilot Butte Inn. 23 Abbotmen Awarded Good Conduct Ribbons The scarlet ribbon with the two white pencil stripes ver tically crossing its field— the symbol of the Good Conduct Medal— was awarded to 23 Camp Abbot soldiers yesterday at a formal retreat parade as the entire 52nd Tng. Bn. watched with interest the honoring of veteran G. I.’s by Col. Frank S. Besson, post commander. The review and awarding of ribbons was held on a vast grassy stretch of land in rear of the 51st and 52nd areas. Martial music by the ERTC band filled the air, furnishing rhythm for cadence as the re cruits, in arrow-like forma tions, marched in front of the reviewing site, under command of Maj. Lawrence J. Fuller, Bn. commander. Lt. Vernon E. Vrana, battalion adjutant, read the offi cial orders and served as parade adjutant. Attired in raincoats, O. D.’s wearing helmet liners and gas masks, the medal winners rep resented every leading organiza tion in camp. Hq. Co. ERTC led the list with 10 awards, followed by Hq. Co. SCU, 1973, and lltli ERTC Gp. with four each: 12th ERTC Gp. three, and Med. Det. SCU 1973, two. This was the first time in his tory of the Arm y’s newest ERTC that “ good kids' badges” were awarded to Abbotmen having demonstrated exemplary behav ior, efficiency and fidelity. Winners of ribbons from Hq. Co. ERTC and their home towns: M/Sgt. Herbert E. R a m s e y , Seattle, Wash.; M/Sgt. Newell M. Hunt, Burkville, Ky.; M/Sgt. Vilnier It. Shaffer, Russell, ... „ Kan ; M , Sgt. Lloyd W lakins. ltoten, Texas; M/Sgt. Bill V. Anthony, Earlham, Iowa; M/Sgt. Glen Roberts. Brownsville, T e x a s ; T/Sgt. Walter E. Deugaw, Nor folk, N. V.; M/Sgt. Willard E. Larson, Odebolt, Iowa: T/Sgt. William V. Hanson, Cheyenne, Wyo.; and T/Sgt. William C. Corts, San Augustine, Texas. Hq. Co. SCU 1973 soldiers honored: Cpi. Morrie C. Guss, Salt Lake City, Utah; S/Sgt. W il liam D. Thetford. Fort Worth. Texas; Pfc. Louis Kotick, Los Angeles, Calif, and Ist/Sgt. Omar K. Squibb, Salem. HI. From the 11th ERTC Gp. Ist/Sgt. Fred A. Bode, Corpus Christi, Texaxs; S/Sgt. William R. Heard, Des Moines, Iowa; S/Sgt. William F. Thompson, Philadelphia, Pa.; and Pfc. John Tartaglia, Newark, N. J. Medalists in the 12th ERTC Gp.; Ist/Sgt. James G. Sawyer, Castine, Me.; Ist/Sgt. Doyle W. Bell, Eugene, Ore.; and T/4 Arthur P. Rodwell, Warrcnton, N. C. Winners in the Med. Det. SCU 1973, M/Sgt. Arthur I.. Smizer, San Francisco, Calif., and S/Sgt. Stanley D. Inlow, Yandalia. Mo. Four A b b o i W acs Appear on Top Portland Radio Program ^ . > m Northwestern America learn ed about Camp Abbot from an officer and three privates of the War Det. SCU 1973, who appear ed last Wednesday evening on “ Northwest Neighbors,” one of the most popular shows on the ether lanes, broadcast over radio Station KGW in Portland. Faetured on the show, spon sored by a utility concern, were Lt. Emily Caldwell, third o ffi cer: Pvt. Agnes Sonnenfelt, one of the nation’s best known fem inine motorcyclists; Pvt. Flor ence Vandergriff, talented com edienne, and Pvt. Bettina Gor ham Stout, whose Job at Abbot — and one of the toughest in camp—consists of driving a de molition ammunition wagon to the range area and hauling dyna mite caps. Consisting chiefly of the inter view - type program. Abbot's Wacs proved highly entertaining performers before the micro phone. The script was prepared by Miss Vivian McMurty, Port- 1 .. .1 . J_ _— _ _ Í . M « f t«»W F C S V * iand advertising agency writer, who spent several days at the post gathering material. While in the “ Rose City,” Ab bot’s skirted soldiers, were feted by the utility company and also appeared as special entertainers at the Victory Center in down town Portland. Thursday eve ning they were guests of the 29th Engrs. m m m m m m m m a Two Original Cartoons Appear in Today's Issue Supplementing the usual array of art features in the ENG IN EER—comparable to any G. I. newspaper in the world—are two original cartoons by talented ERTC artists. T 4 E. R. Kroeppelin, lith- grapher in Publications, drew' the punchy pen-and-ink mural plugging G. I. insurance on page 2, while Pfc. Eric L. McKitrick. Hq. Co. 12th Gp. premiered his funny rookie adventure strip. “The Compleat Abboteer," ap pearing on page 3. Library Unit Is Opened In 11th Group More Than 11,000 Books Will Be Available in Three Reading Centers The 11th Eiigr. Tng. Gp. sub library on Group avenue will serve all personnel of C a m p Abbot until a main library build ing has been constructed. Miss Caroline Paddock, P o s t L i brarian, said this week. Con struction of a principal unit lias been approved and work is ex pected to begin soon. Three libraries eventually will be established at Camp Abbot, a main library and sub-libraries in the 11th and 12th Gps. In addi- tion, a limited number of books ^-Hi ^ available a* Recreation halls and day rooms. Some 6,000 liooks have been or dered by the Special Service Office for distribution to the three large units. Several ship ments of new volumes already have arrived and are being cata logued. This supply is supple mented by 4,000 books donated in the Victory Book Campaign (Continued on Page 2) Requests Pour in For July 29 Radio /"} £1(4 1 C n i t r o n Ç a \ a / U e ö l C O T I O n OHOVV Fred Waring’s “V i c t o r y Tunes” radio show will just have to do without S/Sgt. Jack Hayes’ march, “ The Song of the Abbot Engineers,” when the nation wide hook-up program is dedi cated to Camp Abbot July 29, Jack Dolph, manager of the or chestra, advised the Post Special Service Office this week. Since the “ Victory Tunes” series was instituted, the band has been forced to turn down unpublished tunes written by dogfaces from camps all over the country. Mr. Dolph explain ed. However, Dolph added, Hayes’ song is well above aver age. Waring and his crew of ex pert musicians have been work ing on a "general” Engineers’ song with the cooperation of military authorities, that will be premiered if finished in time for the Camp Abbot show. Leading in the balloting for popular selections on the pro gram this week w>ere "As Time Goes By,” “ You’ll Never Know,” and "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.” "Body and Soul,” an old favorite, was close behind. Think It Over! Ten thousand dol lars worth of Gov ern life insurance giving you full cov erage during time of war costs approxi mately the same as your monthly bill for cigarettes. Contributed hr T S|t. William V. Hannon Hq. Co. ERTi Friday, July 9, 1943 Beautification Around Flag Pole Nears Finish Beautification of the area bor dering the 102-foot camp flag pole neared completion today. Three lanes, bordered by logs, have been constructed and seg ments sodded with velvety grass. Cpl. Sal Martignetti. Hq. Co. ERTC, one of the handy boys in the carpenter school, and Cpl. Jack Cowan, C-53, supervised the work by recently-arrived 54th Bn. trainees. War Maneuvers Slated Near Area of Abbot Guadal Hero Commands 4th Army Sham Battles: Landowners Cooperate One of the dauntless heroes of the Guadalcanal campaign, Maj. Gen. A. M. Hatch lias been named commander of the Fourth Army maneuvers to be staged in September and October over a 10,000 square mile area em bracing three Oregon enmities, Various units of the post including Deschutes, w h e r e Special Service Office, designed Camp Abbot is located. to provide Abbotmen and wom Thousands of troops of every en with recreational and social part of the army will take part activities, were progressing in in the maneuvers, largest ever high gear this week much equip held in the Northwest. ment having been purchased. Gcu. Hatch commanded army Notable events included near forces on Guadalcanal, then completion of the exterior of came to Fort Lewis, Wash., early Service Club No. 1 on Group in June as corps commander. His Ave., adjacent to the Post Oregon headquarters will lie at Chapel. The Guest House, oppo Camp Abbot. site the All-Purpose rec hall on Assembling of laud for use in Center St., awaited arrival of (lie large scale maneuvers has furniture. The cafeteria equip been a job involving many long ment is nearly assembled and hours, much travel and lumyng grand opening is slated "in the the midnight oil, according to near future” in the annex of the Maj. Ernest II. Keene, ranking A-P building. officer of the Lauds and Claims A dance for trainees of the Board of the Ninth Service Com 51st and 52nd Bns. is scheduled mand, stationed at Camp Abbot. next Tuesday from 2030 to 2230. Knowledge of the terrain of Wacs, USO junior hostesses will the northwest by reason of his be on hand, and the ERTC band long residence in this section of will give out with very dance- the country paved the way for able music. Maj. Keene to a certain extent, but he attributes much of the speed in which land owners con sent is being obtained to the whole hearted cooperation shown by Oregonians in the war effort. Major Keene is a veteran in military circles. He lias served Under command of Maj. How with the \\ asliingtoii National ard F. Brook, veteran C. E. o ffi Guard and the C. S. Army Re cer, Camp Abbot’s fourth acti serve for over 40 years and lias vated ERTC unit— the 54th— seen the military establishment will begin training Monday, July of the United States grow hilo the most formidable in the. 12. An orientation period has, world. been scheduled for Sunday be- j tween 0900 and 1000 with Col. | VISITORS INSPECT CAMP Frank S. Besson, post command Impressed with the progress er, and Col. Aubrey H. Bond,! of Camp Abbot noted during a 11th Gp. commanding officer recent visit here were Dr. and and battalion officers, as speak Mrs. John H. Besson, and their ers. daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and The first week's training con Mrs. William Martin, all of sists chiefly of basic subjects. Portland, Ore. The doctor is a Company officers are (A ) I.t. brother of Col. Frank S. Besson, Louis M. Tierney; (B) Capt. post commander. Lt. Comdr. Charles F. Trapp, Jr., (C ) Lt. John Henry Besson, Jr., son of Robert I.. Schick, and (D ) Capt. Dr. and Mrs. Besson, also in -' Robert T. McClure. spected the camp. Progress Noted In SSO Units Activation of 54th ERTC Announced; Maj. Brook Is Chief W A N T E D : New s About You You You You You You You Seven-league boots aren't in cluded in the TOA. Sometimes the G. I. fourth-estaters in the Public Relations Office wish Uncle Sam would. It would make coverage of the camp for NEWS easier, and silently allow us to emit a hearty chuckle at gas coupons and tire rationing. Be sides, the vehicle assigned to our office could he utilized for a more important reason in camp. The Abbot ENGINEER wants new's about you. Everything that’s happening to you and other buddies in your organiza tion. Look over carefully today's issue: Is there any news about your platoon, your company, your Gp. in the paper? Probably the reason is we didn't receive any! If your organization hasn’t appointed an "official” reporter, why don't YOU volunteer? We’ll print all the news there is about your organization, if only you'll send it in. We’ll even take pic tures! Send us stories or short news items, preferably typed, double-spaced on only one side of the page. On big events, we'll be happy to send along one of our "star” reporters to assist you in “cov ering” the news-worthy affair. Our phone is No. H. We're locat ed in Post Hqs. Annex, Bldg. 202. We urgently request short stories, poems tit’s okay it they’re even corny!), jokes, car toons, and above all, NEWS! The \ NEEH jm > pafiei You ate important to the ENGINEER. And we want the ENGINEER to be important to you! —M. C. G. Only Pillows and Cases For Abbot Dogfaces Ahhotmrn will lx- issued only half of the Morpheusque require ments, namely pillows and pil low eases. Sheets? not a chance. Only ones being issued sheets are EM quartered in Station Hospital and Wac contingent. Even officers won't receive sheets, hut they may buy them at the QM warehouse 301 at the unit price of 92 cents, plus over head. Sorry, only four to a cus tomer and an officer has to have a room assigned to him at OQ.
