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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1943)
Page Two ABBOT ENGINEER Friday, Aug. 20, 1943 "D EN K" YOU VERY MUCH, SAYS ONE BROTHER TO OTHER PUBLISHED EM1BV FRIDAY I'OR ALL UNITS ON THE POST Founded May 21, 1943 A weekly newspaper published by and for the military personnel o f Camp Abbot. Oregon, under supervision of the Post Special Service branch. All editorial matter pertaining to Camp Abbot is available for general release and reprint in other publications. All articles represent personal opinions and are not official news unless specifically credited to the War Department. All editorial matter should be directed to the "Abbot Engineer,’’ Tost Hqs. Telephone Ext, 8. Copies of this official post newspaper distributed free to camp personnel. Sub scription to the public, by m ail: 60 cent* for three months; six months, 11; one year. $1.50. The ENGINEER receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Service. War Dep’t.. 2 f’-, E. 42nd St., N. Y. C. Credited material may not be republished without permission from Camp Newspaper Service. 1st. I.icut. V. G. Henderson...................Director, Special Services 2nd Lt. S. D Hopkins......... 11th Group, Special Service Officer 1st. Lieut. Wayne B. Leitzell....l2th Group, Special Service Officer STAFF Sgt. Morrie C. Guss..............................................Editor-in-Chief leorge S. F l y ......................................... Editorial Associate M ry Graham ....................................... Camp Activities Richard Shearin ................................... Editorial Associate Sgt. Roy L. R id e r......................................... Sports Coordinator Cpl. Harlan L. W eeks........................ Hq. ERTC Correspondent Photography and art work by Publications, Engineer Re placement Training Center, Camp Abbot, Oregon. ment Une? True, you do not have much free time, hut you have some—How are you using it? SELF-IMPROVEMENT BONDS FOR FREEDOM WACS UNDERGO GAS T R A IN IN G - This quartet of soldier- ettes, along with their khaki-clad sisters, are nearing completion of a five week chemical warfare course. “The Wacs took the demonstrations in excellent manner,” said Lt. Leonard S. Brooks, post Chemical warfare officer. PX's Ration Items 'Front and Center' FROM YOUR For CampWcrkers That ole dchbil “ ration” struck camp this week! Civilian employes at Camp Ab bot will he permitted to purchase only a limited number of items from post exchanges in the fu ture, unless they are wives of service men, Lt. Charles H. Keit- hahn, exchange officer, announc ed today. On displaying their identifica tion badges, civilians may pur chase soft drinks, ice cream, gum, bar candy but not box candy and a limit of two pack ages of cigarettes daily. Wives of service men, regard less of where their husbands are stationed, may purchase any thing offered for sale subject to quantity restrictions on certain items. Special identification cards may be obtained by wives of service men from the Ex change Office in Building 308, between 0800 and 1700 daily. No sales will be made without prop er identification. A brand new sub is pulling at A few Abhotmen nave taken her leash. In a matter of days advantage of the op|M)rtuiiltics she will slide down the ways. . .. offered in the off duty education eager to nose out into the Pa cific on her first Jap hunt. program; many more might. The Special Service Officer Foundrymen, machinists, engin- can and will give you assistance 1 eers, laborers, all have gone into in selecting courses through the action, worked day and night to 1 Armed Forces Institute. He will finish this weapon of war way Civilian Librarian Aide Appointed secure records and materials for ahead of schedule. With luck and skill and daring men desiring to study a foreign Miss Alma Halvorsen, former language. He will help set up she will sink and destroy enemy Bend junior high school teacher classes for the study of typing, troops and supplies. Do you has been added to the post li shorthand, physics, arithmetic, know what that really means? brary staff as a civilian assi- algebra, trigonometry, geome American men will live and fight I tant, Miss Caroline Paddock, li- try, military correspondence and that would have perished at the ■ brarian announced today. Formerly employed as a filing bookkeeping, for he can secure hands of the enemy dead and self teaching texts for your use. their equipment. clerk in the Post Hospital ser The strength and energy of geant major’s office, Miss Hal- He will help arrange tours to places of historic and education this nation are evidenced in the > voi sen has had considerable ex al interest. He will help form purchase of War Bonds. Bonds perience in library work. hobby groups and provide the are the very life blood of battle, and by putting at least 10% of WEINER KRIEGER RITES materials. Why not he wise and take ad- our pay into bonds we not only ! The post chapel again was the vange of these services that he insure an earlier victory, but a scene of a wedding Saturday eve can provide for your improve finer and richer future. ning when Pfc. Rose Weiner, Soldiers In training and civil Wac company, became the bride ment? After this fracas is over, where ians employed here should say it of Lt. Mervin Krieger of Camp Mill you stand in the employ- with Bonds—every pay day! White, Ore., Chaplain Norman M. Goldburg reading the vows. The couple were attended by Pfe. Phyllis Siedenberg and S Sgt. Mitchell Bratko. D-54. 41 ,000 Pieces of Joy From Home If you're looking for someone to dispel all doubts as to the popularity of Camp Abbot sol diers, any employe of the Post Office here should make a No. 1 candidate. Camp postal workers sorted over 41.000 pieces of mail for soldiers from Aug. 2 to Aug. 6 . Pass The ENGINEER To An other Abbotman He'll Appreci ate It. ABBOT Victory Ideas Contest Opens “ Suggestion boxes" have been placed in five Camp Abbot build ings for the convenience of civil ian employes who wish to sub mit suggestions for the “ Ideas for Victory” plan. Boxes are in the main waiting rooms of the hospital and Post laundry, the Civilian Personnel branch of post headquarters, the Repairs and Utilities administra tion building, and the Supply and Service Division administra tion building. ENGINEER Send to Address C it y ---- State Muj. illiam H. Vndrew Post Chaplain Your G. I. Testament is wait ing for you at your Chapel. Your government thinks enough of religion to provide Testa ments in each of the three major faiths Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish—free for your request ing. No man is compelled to read his Testament; every man ought to. Your Mothers did, and that is one of the great things about America. David, the great king of Israel said: “ Thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin tigainst Thee.” A good couplet to write on the fly leaf of your G. I. Testament is; “ This book will keep me from sin; sin will keep me from this hook.” L e t's G o to C hurch LOCATION OF CHAPELS Post C h a p e l . Bl.lir. 208 ; 11th Gp. Chapel, 1255 : 12th Gr. chapel. I HKlvr. 754 ; Hospital Chapel in Red Cross Recreation hall. G l T eam w ork at 1100 in 12th Gp. chapel. SPONSORED ACTIVITIES Monday. Aug. 23—Bible class, 1900 i Protestant). Tuesday. Aug. 24— Catholic choir rehearsal, 1900; Wednesday, Aug, 25— Pro testant choir rehearsal, 1900; General song service on Thurs day, Aug. 26, in 12th Gp. chapel, at 1900. Are You Hoarding Pennies? Camp Bank Can Use 'Em DOGFACE WITH GI CANINE Sgt. Raoul Mound of the MP Co. shown with a husky, intelli gent war dog of the type soon to arrive here for sentry duty. Kennel site has been selected and construction will get under way shortly. Mound will attend a refresher course and person ally train the sturdy K-9 corps coming here. Job Work Studies introduced Here By Civilian Head I f you encounter a Camp Ab bot civilian w i t h a furrowed brow muttering the questions “ why, what, where, when, who and how,” don’t be too worried about him. He hasn't lost his wife; he hasn't lost his way; he’s just another civilian who is tak ing Job Methods Training. Job Methods Training is the latest phase of “On the Job” Training to have its inception among the civilians at Camp Abbot. Mr. John G. Jones, chief of training and safety section, Civilian Personal branch,- recent ly completed a Job Methods in stitute course in Boise, Idaho, and started the first Job Meth ods conference group in Camp Abbot the same month. Abbotmen C a n Be Paratroopers JEWISH SERVICES FRIDAY. Aug. 20, at 1930 in 11th Gp. Chapel. Camp Abbot trainees who are CATHOLIC SERVICES SATURDAY, Aug. 21, Confes physically qualified and desire sions, Post Chapel. SUNDAY, , duty with parachute troops may Aug. 22; Mass, 0900. (Mass daily request transfer to the Para- at 1830 e x c e p t Thursday in 1 troops through their company commanders, Post Hq. announc Post Chapel.) ed today. PROTESTANT SERVICES Names of applicants will be SUNDAY, Aug. 22, at 1000 reported to the Personnel Pro- and 1930 in Post Chapel. • curement officer who will return HOSPITAL SERVICES SUNDAY, Aug. 22, 0745, Cath application blanks to enlisted olic Mass; 0745, Protestant ser men volunteering for Paratroop duty and make arrangements vices, 1000. ' for physical examinations. Re SPECIAL SERVICES SUNDAY, Aug. 22 lor the ports listing the names of volun 56th Bn. in quarantine, at 1830, teers will be sent to the Adjutant in 12th Gp. chapel. General ser General on completion of train vice for 57th Bn. in quarantine ing cycles here. (In Post Chapel Unless Otherwise Noted) SUBSCRIPTION Tiie Abbot ENGINEER can be sent to the home front for 13 weeks at a cost of 50 cents, or 26 week* for 51. If you wish the ENGINEER sent home, fill out this blank, enclose money ” 5*1 forward via Messags Center or U. S. mails to: Abbot ENGINEER, Public Relations Office, Camp Abbot, Oregon. C H A P L A IN “Here’s your helmet liner, Deuk; found it in the bat talion area,” a fellow soldier told S/Sgt. Herbert Denk, A-35 mess sergeant. The name “ Denk” was written across the front of the headpiece, but it wasn't the sergeant’s. Denk consulted a file clerk in battalion headquarters to find the owner. “Must belong to Walter H. Denk of Oakland, Calif.,” the clerk said. “ He's in Company D, right across the street from you. Know him?” “ Slightly,” the sergeant re plied. "H e’s my brother.” Private Denk was in the merchant marine until his induction recently. The last time the two had correspond ed, the sergeant was station ed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Since the reunion, Pri vate Denk has pulled K.P. in his brother’s mess hall. Got any coppers you can spare? The camp branch of the Bend unit, First National Bank of Portland issued a f o u r - a l a r m for pennies. Seems there's a shortage. Any Abbotmen or Wac “hoarding" coins of the smallest denomination are urged to take their piggy- banks to the bank in Annex “ A ” where bank attendants will provide wrappers and then, exchange them for lar ger coins or currency. New YANK Prices YANK, The Arm y Weekly, will ante its subscription rates effective Sept. 1, 1943, Camp Ab bot authorities w-ere informed this week. Old rates—eight months (35 issues, SI. One year, S1.50. New rates— six-months (26 is sues», 51- One year, $2. The single-copy price of 5c is not affected. New Service Men's Club In Bend Invites Abbotmen A new haven for Camp Abbot servicemen has been opened in the basement of the Bank of Bend building, near the intersec tion of Oregon and Bond streets. Operating under the title of Christian Service Men's Center, it is open evenings and equipped with various facilities for enter tainment and recreation. HE MISSED TH E P O IN T An American toldier in England waa Vivin* tome illustration« of the tise of hia country. "Y au can hoard a train in th« •tuta af Tetaa at daw n." he «aid inpres- •hrely. and 24 hours later you'il »till be in Teaas." "Ye*. I know." said the Britiaher. "w e have traias like that here in England. too."