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CAMP ABBOT, OREGON
S. S. O. Chief Toasts Camp Hostesses Pyj}|jç AdOTCSS
Learn in Army
System Will
Amplify News Program Starts
Special Service Office
Project May Soon Air
Reveille, Rretreat Calls
WELCOME TO ABBOT—Photographed at a recent G. I. dance
in the All-Purpose Rec Hall, Lt. P. H. O’Brien, post Special Ser
vice O fficer is shown engaged in an anim ated conversation w ith
these three charm ing voung women who have been selected as
hostesses. Miss Helen M. Souhrada, left, in charge of th e cafe
teria; Mrs. Helen S trong Sm ith, Service Club director, and Miss
Caroline Paddock, chief librarian.
ABBOT
FACE!
Hostesses Are
G lad as Units
Near Finish
ST R IP TEASE—A story is
told of a draftee who needed a
m in o r nose treatm ent. “As long
a s you’re the one who discovered
This,” he told his d raft board
doctor, “how about you doing the
tre a tm e n t” T he doctor told him
to rep o rt a t his office th e next
m orning . . . W hen he arrived,
th e doctor said: “Go into the next
room , and rem ove all your
clothes” . . . "Ju st for a nose
tre a tm e n t? ” th e patient p ro test
ed. The doctor repeated: “Re
m ove all your clothes.” The m an
w ent into th e adjoining room,
and removed his clothes. There
khe saw a stranger, nude, holding
ci package. "All I need is a m inor
nose treatm en t,” the draftee told
him , "and the doc m akes m e take
off all m y clothes” . . . “T hat’s
nothing,” sighed the n u d e
stran g er. “I ju s t came to deliver
a bundle.”
T hree happiest women in
Camp Abbot today—aside from
the W aes—were civilian hostes
ses whose jobs it will be to
supervise recreational, s o c i a l
and educational facilities estab
lished fo r enlisted m en by the
Special Service office.
Mrs. Helen Strong Sm ith, di
rector of the Service Club was
jubilant because w orkm en reach
ed th e interior phases of the
beautiful and large G. I. rendez
vous on Group Ave. C ontractors
hope to have the building ready
in mid-August.
Miss H elen M. Sourhada was
flashing h er p rettiest sm ile as
draym en unloaded van a fte r van
of furnishings and fu rn itu re for
the cafeteria in Bldg. 205, ad ja
cent to the All Purpose Rec hall.
The cafeteria, which she will
m anage, accom m odates 120 per
sons and 40 m ay be served in the
fountain located in a wing. Civil
ians will sta ff the cafeteria, ser
ving a variety of m eals, snacks
or dessert a t economical prices.
Miss Caroline Paddock, chief
librarian, has completed catalog
ing th e thousands of books
eventually to be placed for dis
tribution to all cam p personnel
in the m ain library in th e S er
vice Club and sub-libraries in
each of the two G roups here. At
present, books, m agazines and
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RED LINE ITEM—Personally
w e don’t cherish the idea of be
in g a tattle-tale but to prevent
a sartorially-m inded M.P. from
being “gigged” we pass th is in
form ation along to the guilty
m em ber of th e cam p M otor P a
tro l squad. Several days ago you
w ere seen (yes, w e saw you!)
astrid e your powered scooter,
License No. 61333, on highw ay
97 w earing red socks, which,
definitely isn’t G.I.
Up to the m inute news flashes,
im portant announcem ents from
post
headquarters, popular
phonograph records and bugle
calls will be “broadcast” to per
sonnel of Camp Abbot through
the medium of a new public ad
dress system installed this week
in th e All-Purpose Recreation
hall at Center St. and Group
Ave.
In addition to public announce
m ents and news flashes, a daily
w ar sum m ary will be read prob
ably around 0800 daily except
Sunday. Lt. P. H. O'Brien, direc
to r of Special Services, will be
announcer, and new scasts will
em anate from a soundproof
“penthouse” studio in the recrea
tion hall. As soon as a turntable,
ordered recently arrives, calls
fo r form ations and popular
records will be included in the
program .
The am plifying unit can be
heard distinctly in the 51st and
57th Bn. areas on either end of
Group Ave., at the Station H os
pital and on ta rg e t ranges, Sig
nal Corps officers who su p er
vised installation and testing of
equipm ent reported. Reception
is expected to be improved con
siderably w ith the installation of
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B-51 Builds First
Ponton Bridge
Using a short crew of 92 men,
instead of 106, B-51 became the
first Abbot unit to construct a
heavy ponton bridge over the
sw irling D eschutes riv er in th e
vicinity of the ponton w arehouse
last Tuesday.
Utilizing 13 two-ton ponton
boats, th e trainees built a 205-
foot bridge in 3 hours and 50
m inutes. Capt. C. E. Spahr, com
pany com mander, w as en th u s
iastic over the m an n er in which
his rookies m astered the rugged
job. The bridge, having a load
ing capacity of 25 tons, w as dis
m antled in 1 hour and 45 m in
utes.
Retreat Parade Is
Slafed Today for
Gen. Sturdevanf
H onoring Brig. Gen. C lar
ence J. S turdevant, assistan t
to the Chief of Engineers, a
re tre a t parade is scheduled
F riday between 1* *00 to 1800
on th e parade grounds by
the l l t l i E ngr. Tng. Gp.
Gen. Sturdevant, accom
panied by m em bers of his
sta ff will m ake an inspec
tion of ERTC training facili
ties and confer w ith cam p
authorities, headed by Col.
F ra n k S. Besson, post com
m ander.
have been held in Bend are: Mr.
C. J. Lindh, chairm an of the
Cham ber of Commerce housing
com mitee; Mr. S. D eitrick and
Mr. John Cusick, com m ittee
m em bers; Mr. D. H. Peoples,
secretary of the C ham ber of
Commerce; Mr. W. C. Coyner,
chairm an, fair ren ts com m ittee
and Mr. P. B. Johnson, Mr. J. F.
Arnold, Mr. R. H. Prentice, and
Mr. W. A. W irtz, com m ittee
members.
Of 356 housing questionnaires
completed by civilian personnel
w orking at Cam p Abbot, 285
have indicated th a t they a re sat
isfied w ith th eir accommoda
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Ninth Service Unit
Chief Reveals Varied
Plans for Camp Abbot
By l pi. M orrie C. Guss
(E d it o r, Abbot E N G I N E E R )
A six-point educational pro
gram . designed to increase mil
itary efficiency and assist am
bitions Abhotm en who w ish to
get ahead in lift*, has been in sti
tu ted by the Special Service
Branch Hqs., N i n t h Service
Coma lid, Ft. Douglas, l tab.
These off-duty educational op
portunities, available to all m en
and W acs in camp, consists of (1)
correspondence instruction, <21
self-taught foreign languages,
Over ninety-five p er cent of (3) self-taught basic subjects,
the Wac contingent at Cam p Ab i4) a rt and hobby groups, (5)
to u rs of places of historic inter
bot have indicated th e ir inten est, and (6) group discussions.
tion to “take it” as an an sw er to , A rm ed w ith colorful posters,
th e A rm y’s offer to “take it or I ext books, catalogs and praise
leave it” when the oath of se r w orthy le tte rs from other A rm y
vice is adm inistered to the wom posts in the NSC, Capt. George
H. Ivins, education oificer, out
ens’ corps in the n ear fu tu re.
lined the program to cam p a u th
A 60-day period of grace has orities who im m ediately approv
been granted to presently-enroll ed its w orthiness and began
to
form ulate classes
ed Wacs to decide w hether or plans
am ong all units stationed on the
not they will rem ain in the ser
post.
vice to release a man fo r active
The program will lx? directed
fighting duty. T here is to be no by the post Special Service Of
coercion used to persuade the fice. Lt. P. H. O'Brien, director,
women in khaki to “stand by said full inform ation about any
th eir gu n s” and A rm y and Wac phase of the educational plan is
officials are of the opinion th at available, and assistance will be
th e num ber who leave the corps given to organizing the neces
will be “very sm all.”
sary classes, supplying self
teaching tex ts and m aterials,
aid soldiers in selection of
S Sgt. John L. Overman to and
correspondence courses through
Attend Finance School
th e Arm ed Forces Institute.
S /S g t. Jo h n L. Overman, Fin
The la tte r organization, under
ance branch, Hqs. Co., SCU 1973, governm ent supervision, covers
today w as en route to the Army alm ost th e en tire conventional
Finance school at W ake Forest
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College, W ake Forest, N. C , for
a th ree m onth’s special finance
course.
Large M ajority of
Abbot Wacs W ill
Remain in Service
Date fo r W aring
"You’re Turning Out Swell Soldiers" Band Camp Abbot
Dedication Nears
B r
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B auauon R ating C hart
Cam pH ousing Board Reports
Results on Questionnaire
Cam p Abbot authorities today-
studied results of a com prehen
sive housing survey initialed
several weeks ago as a project
of the Personnel Relations Divis
ion.
M embers of th e H ousing
Board, named by Col. F ra n k S.
Besson, post com m ander, com
prises Maj. Russell D. T urrill,
D irector, Personnel Relations;
Capt. Thom as B. Fulkerson, QM
P ro p erty O fficer; Lt. John Q.
Gelder, A ssistant Sales Officer,
an d Lt. John N. Alders, A ssis
ta n t Classification Officer, E n
listed Men’s Personnel.
M embers of civilian com m it
tees w ith whom joint m eetings
Education Is
Offered in
Off-Duty Hours
CONGRATULATIONS—Col. F ra n k S. Besson, po-r
m ander, left, w as p r o u d of Capt. W i n s t o n W. Eh;
C-51 a fte r records revealed th at his com pany was adjud, •
in the Bn. ratin g chart, shown in th e background. Tabu
w ere based on com pany m arksm anship, tactical, technic
adm inistration achievem ents.
Thirteen days before tlie na
tion learns about Camp Abbot
when Fred Waring’s “Victory
Tunes” radio program is dedi
cated Co the Army’s newest
ERTC, names of songs to bo
played by the famed band were
stilf undisclosed due to the num
erous requests yet (touring in the
Special Service Office.
On Ju ly 29, from 2000 to
2015, over 129 stations of th e
NBC red netw ork, the W aring
organization will tell in sto ry
and song the aim s and present
achievem ents of th e cam p th a t
is destined to become the la rg e st
ERTC in the country.
Tile Ju ly 23 issue of the E N
G IN EER will c a rry full details
of the W aring program , includ
ing the three most popular songs
w ith Abhotmen. P lans a re un
derw ay to c a rry th e quarter-
hour p rogram over th e public