Friday, July 23, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Two Abbot n’ Around * Being a weekly calendar of events listing: activities in Camp and Bend for Cam p Abbot personnel. F o r listings phone Ext. 8 PUBLISHED EVERY RI DAY FOR ALL UNITS ON TIIE POST Founded May 21, 1943 A bbotizers P IN UPS FOR CHIN-UPS FRIDAY BEND USO: “Juke Box” dance, Elks Club, 2030. BASEBALL PRACTICE: Post. Hqs., 1800. Try out for the team. SATURDAY A w eekly n e w sp a p e r published by a n d fo r th e m ilita ry p erso n n el o f C am p A bbot, O regon, u n d e r su pervision of th e P o st Special S erv ice b ra n c h . A ll ed ito rial m a tte r p e rta in in g to C am p A bbot is av a ilab le fo r g e n e ra l release a n d r e p r in t in o th e r p ublications. A ll article» re p re s e n t p erso n al o p in io n s an d a re n o t o ffic ial new s u n le ss sp ecifically credited to th e W a r D e p a rtm e n t. All ed ito rial m a tte r should be dire cted to th e “ A b b o t E n g in e e r,” P o s t H qs. A n n ex , Bldg. 202. T elephone E x t. 8. Copies of th is o ffic ia l post n e w s p a p e r d istrib u te d f r e e to cam p p erso n n el. S u b ­ sc rip tio n to th e public, by m a il: 60 cent» fo r th re e m o n th s ; six m o n th s, 6 1 ; one y e a r, $1.50. T he E N G IN E E R receives m a te ria l supplied hv C am p N ew sp a p er Service, W a r D ep’t., 205 E. 42nd S t., N . Y. C. C red ited m a te ria l m a y n o t be rep u b lish ed w ith o u t perm issio n fro m C am p N ew sp a p er S ervice. 1st. Lieut. P. H. O’Brien......................... Director of Special Service 2nd Lt. S. D. Hopkins ....... 11th Group. Special Service Officer 1st. Lieut. Wayne B. Leitzell ...12th Group, Special Service Officer STAFF Cpl. Morrie C. Guss...................................... .. .......................... Editor T 4 George S. F ly ................................................Editorial Associate Pvt. Mary Graham ............................................... Feature Activities Pvt. Richard Shear!n ........................................ Editorial Associate Sgt. Roy L. Rider............................................... Sports Coordinator Cpl. Harlan L. Weeks.......... ................. Hq. ERTC Correspondent Photography and art work by Publications, Engineer Re­ placement Training Center, Camp Abbot. Oregon. BEND USO: ‘Yank Heaven” Dance, 5-piece band, 2030. BLDG. NO. 211: Officers’ dance, Informal, in Officers’ Mess, 2100 to 2400. SUNDAY ABBOTheater: Matinee, 1400; Regular Shows, 1830, 2030, week- ___ days. On weekdays, 2 shows nightly: 1830-2030. ATTEND CHURCH: Chapels on post or churches in Bend. CAMP BALL PARK: Baseball game between Camp Abbot and visiting team, 1400. Support the camp team. Free! BEND USO: Dunkers Club, 1015-1100; Musical Gems (classical recordings), 1500; Buffet Lunch, 1500-1700; Snacks, 1900- 2200; Party Night-Games, refreshments, community sing­ ing. Register at USO for Home Hospitality. BEND CITY PARK BAND STAND: Concert by ERTC Band, 1630-1800. MONDAY PILOT BUTTE INN—ARMY WIVES-USO Club Meeting, 2000. BEND USO: “Do as you Please Night”—Open House. ERTC BARRACKS 919: String Ensemble Practice, 1830. BIBLE CLASS: Post Chapel, 1930. TUESDAY BEND USO: Dance. Music by ERTC Band, 2030. WEDNESDAY STATION KBND: “Camp Abbot on Parade,” Studio in Pilot Butte FOOTT.OCKER QUEEN — Her I lovely tresses doing a left flank Inn, 145-2000. Interviews, speakers. Audiene invited. as the wind blew, this charming BASEBALL PRACTICE: Post Hqs. 1800. Camp Abbot civilian employe, CHOIR PRACTICE: Post Chapel, 1930. working in the Camp Exchange BEND USO: Bingo Party-Telephone call home to winner, 2000. "O D B . . . A FRIEND IN NEED" | office, is the fourth in a series THURSDAY V\ hen Breadwinner John Doe Becomes Private John Doe, there ALL-PURPOSE BLDG.: Try outs for camp show, 1930. I of p icto ria l glamorizations. is usually one question uppermost in his mind: How are my folks BEND USO: "Learn to Dance” Class 1800. VITAL STATISTICS: Name— hack home going to get along? One year ago, our government ans­ CHOIR PRACTICE: Post Chapel, 1800. Vivian L andenberger; Age 28; wered that question by establishing the Office of Dependency Height, 5 '5 ”; Weight 113 pounds; Benefits of the Army Service Forces. Today, the ODB issues j Color hair and eyes, chestnut four and a half million checks ev< ry month to take care of soldiers' and grey; Hometown: O lney.Ill.; dependents. And Private John Doe fights with greater spirit be­ i H obbies, dancing, knitting; cause he knows his folks will not want. Sports, sw im m ing and tennis; The task of “getting ’em paid” is a tremendous one. It requires Favorite color and flower, Blue a staff of ten thousand men and women, working in three shifts, ami Gardenia. Lives in Rand. She twenty-four hours a day to see that Dependency Benefits are paid. was one of the original crew of Besieged with requests for de­ and lees, the other half to be civilian workers on the post, The ingenuity of American mechanical genius has come to the aid of the ODB by perfecting special machines that facilitate the tails regarding enrollment in the paid by Uncle Sam, except that starting in late March. process of writing checks and sealing envelopes. These remarkable ( E N G I N E E R P hot o by Hah n.) Armed Forces Institute, Uncle the latter’s share will not ex­ machines also keep errors down to a bare minimum. ceed $20 for any one course. But the job of ODB will not end with the mailing of checks. Sam’s correspondence school for (4)—Enlisted personnel must Its work is highly personalized. Approximately 60,000 letters are received by the ODB every day. These letters vary from the usual enlisted men, the post Special not be subject to early discharge. question of “When will I receive my allotment?" to a mother’s plea Service Office today announced • 5)—Applicants’ requests will for a package of safety pins for her baby. Every letter is answered five regulations governing off- not be okayed if there is any individually. Wherever possible, the ODB finds an answer to every G. I. movie patrons flock^ duty educational pursuits by reason to expect that they will problem. fast and furious to the ABBi1^ ' The Office of Dependency Benefits, located in Newark, New Camp Abbot soldiers. not satisfactorily complete the Theater last Sunday to estab­ Jersey, has pledged itself to “Get ’Em Paid.” It is living up to that (1) —Enrollecs must have ser­ courses requested. lish, for the second consecu­ pledge. Today our men on the battlefronts are fighting with greater ved in Army as an EM for at Covering almost the entire confidence and faith; confidence in the knowledge that their fami­ tive week, a new daily atten­ least four months. conventional range of instruc­ lies are free from want, faith that we shall win the Victory and (2) —Approval must be obtain­ tion, Armed Forces Institute of­ dance record, Lt. B. Klabanoff, the peace. ed of respective organization fers 357 courses for college and theater officer announced. Previous b.o. mark of 1495 on applications sub­ university credits and 87 to­ paid a d m i s s i o n s was for 56th Bn. to Be Acti­ Whew-w-w! Sure Is a Hot commanders mitted in letter form, through wards high school degrees. Day for Xmas Shopping Group, battalion and company “Stage Door Canteen” screen­ While Old Sol beats down on GI channels, to the Director. vated on July 25 Abbotmon Personnel Division. Special Service officers have ed two weeks ago. Judy Gar­ is hardly the ideal Under the command of a West time to remind (3) —Be willing to pay a tui­ copies of the AFI catalog and ap­ land’s looks and ditties must G. I’s here that Point graduate, the 56th Engr. there are only 169 shopping days tion fee of $2 for each course plication blanks. Full informa­ have magnetized the crowds Tng. Bn. will be activated July to Christmas. for which application is made. If tion also may be obtained from to see “Presenting Lily Mars.” But a Inly hot spell does not correspondence course taught by the camp librarian, presently A total of 1498 responded. 25 and will begin its arduous combat engineer training sched­ preclude th o u g h ts of Yuletide. any of the 76 cooperating uni­ operating in the 11th Gp. sub­ Thus, the P ost Office d ep art­ ules the following day. m ent in W ashington, D. C., an ­ versities and colleges is chosen, library. The Armed Forces In­ Capt. Allen Jensen, battalion nounced th is week th a t Xmas applicants must pay one-half of stitute is located at Madison, A Pair of Corporals Were commander, graduated from the gifts for A rm y personnel over- the total cost for text material Wis. Busy During Retreat A Hopkinsville, Ky., soldier' University of Utah in 1937, then ( seas m ust In- mailed I »-tween appointed to the United States Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 to assure Cpy. William G. Johnson, ^ Military Academy in West Point, delivery. Det. 11th Gp., was signally hon- The dates for gifts to Navy and upon graduation was assign­ men ■ ored last Friday upon his selec- overseas were fixed at ed to a post in Hawaii. He re­ Sept. 15 to Nov. 1. ! tion as “general’s orderly” when mained there until Nov. 1942 There are some periods in a Do your shopping early! Dead center bulls-eyes by Brig. Gen. Clarence J. Sturde- when he returned to the States man's life when you just have trainees of the 1st platoon, A-52, vant was honored at a retreat and became executive officer of Army Chaplains Serve on to take it. Now we are an in­ cost their commander, Lt. A1 parade by the 11th Gp. troops. the 31st Engr. Tng. Bn. at Ft. All Global Fighting Fronts tegral part of a great civilian Willis merely 14 cases of beer, or Bill stood in rear of the re­ Leonard Wood. Mo. He arrived Many chaplains already have Army. You have been accus­ roughly 35 bucks. But it was viewing line, firmly holding a at Abbot May 15. red guidon with a single silver given their lives for perform­ tomed to a free society where a worth it! The 56th is a component unit ance beyond the call of duty. man can speak his mind. Now Faring not so hot in their pre­ star. Of the 12th Engr. Tng. Gp. T/5 Wayne Appel, Hq. ERTC. Post Chaplain William H. An­ you are restricted. There is no liminary firing, Lt. Willis had an Company commanders include drew said in a radio broadcast way around this except to realize idea. “If this outfit shows im­ was Col. Besson’s jeep driver (A) Capt. W. H. Zwick; (B) over KBND on the regular that the Army is not a debating provement, practices hard, and during the colorful review. Capt. S. M. Lane, (C) Lt. John Camp Abbot hour Wednesday society and never can be. Com­ really does some expert shoot­ mand cannot be distributed;'it ing during record squeezing. I’ll Griffin, and (D) Capt. W. H. night. Yarborough. "They are at the front, they must be centralized. While you buy the 3.2 and you can drink Let's G o to C hu rch are in the hospital, they am with are here it is best to learn to it.” (Post Chapel is Bldg. 208 on the commandos, paratroopers, accept orders. It may seem like HIGH s< HOOL M. R. s Last Monday night the boys Group Ave., near Center Street.) every branch of the service, do­ a paradox but we need to de­ INSTRUM ENTS TO HOSPITAL had a sudsfest in rear of the JEWISH SERVICES: Post fend our Democracy by an army 52nd Bn. Hq. and everyone had The problem of obtaining in­ ing their best," he said. Chapel, Friday at 1930. and an army has to learn to take a “ale-ava” good time. Pvt. Rudy struments for members of the NO SHORTSTOPS, PLEASE! CATHOLIC SERVICES: Until orders. Sd for the duration be Foschi emceed the show. Pvts. newly-organized Station Hos­ "When in Wacland, do as the further notice Mass will be said pital orchestra was solved, at Waes do,” will lx- the motto of a good soldier! You will appreci­ Cota and Madrid strummed their Sunday at 1630 at the Post ate the freedom your forefath­ gee-tars and Lt. Willis, happiest least temporarily, this week the women of the Guild, wom­ Chapel. when the school board of the en’s service club of the Episco­ ers fought for by enduring their person at the G. I. clambake, L. D. S. SERVICE: At Chapel Bend High school agreed to pal church of Bend, who will en­ trials. And you won’t be un­ sang in his best baritone voice No. 1225, 11th Gp. Chapel Sun­ happy. In a larger sense we “Gina Nina Mia” and garnered lend the soldier-musicians a joy army mess for the first time day at 1500. number of the school’s hand and tonight as guests of the Wac have to learn what Paul means plenty of mitt-noise by his car­ PROTESTANT SERVICES: when he says, “I have learned bon copying Jolson’s epic, "Son­ orchestra instruments. Dot. SCU 1973. how to be content in whatever ny Boy,” finishing with an as­ Post Chapel at 1000 and 1930. STATION HOSPITAL: Serv­ state I have found myself.” And sortment of funny Sam Lapidus ices at 1030, Red Cross room. as soldiers and officers of this stories. CA1BOUC CHOIR PRAC­ ABBOT SUBSCRIPTION great Army of the United States, TICE: In Post Chapel Thursday we can also say with Paul. at 1930. file Abbot ENGINEER can be sent to the home front for “We're marching forward,” in PROTESTANT CHOIR PRAC­ 13 weeks at a cost of 50 cents, or 26 weeks for $1. If you wish the right spirit. TICE: Post Chapel, Wednesday the ENGINEER sent home, fill out this blank, enclose money f°r.wL;lrtl via Messags Center or U. S. mails to: Abbot Camp Abbot’s first Wac se­ at 1930. ENGINEER, Public Relations Office, Camp Abbot, Oregon. SIGN SERVICE REVEALED BIBLE CLASS, Post Chapel, Besieged with requests for in­ lected to attend OSC at Ft. door and outdoor signs, post Des Moines, Iowa, is T. 5 Ruth Monday at 1930. Send to authorities today announced that M. Strawn, 23-year-old former SPECIAL SERVICES: Serv­ Publications section will design Los Angeles county recreation­ ices for 55th Bn. (quarantined) Address .... and paint signs to identify offi-; al playground supervisor. in Post Chapel. 1830 Sunday. ces. branches and sections on Services for 56th Bn. (quaran­ cardboard, while outside signs of City ------State.. When You've Read it—Please tined*, same time, place to be wood will be painted by the Post Pass The ENGINEER AROUND. announced in DIB. Engineer. . Rules d i e d for Enrollm ent In G . I Learn-by-M ail S c h o o l G. I. Cinema Sets New B. O. Record The Chaplain's Corner ENGINEER Lt. Willis' Bargain Costs 35 Bucks T/5 Ruth Strawn Chosen for O C S