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16 Get Chance For West Point Thursday, Sept. 2, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Four Seating Plan Altered for C A M P ABBOT PA N O R A M -vor \ m !... wL Wfc MÈ * tm *> * « "TITA" Opus W w ' Twenty-seven enlisted men, members of four ERTC training battalions who qualified for pre liminary admission to the Unit ed States Military Academy at West Point, have been ordered to Amherst College, Arherst, Mass., for special training prior to being accepted as cadets. Amherst is one of the three .such colleges where enlisted men applying for appointment, as well as those receiving Presi dential appointments, either di rect or through m e m b e r s of Congress, are sent for a three- month special course to qualify them for the military academy entrance examinations. The other two are Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y „ and Lafayette University, Easton, Pa. 5 Chaplains Serve Abbot Personnel Designation of assignments for members of the Corps of Chap lains at Abbot was announced today. Maj. William H. Andrew is post chaplain embracing Hqs. Group; Capt. Norman M. Gold- burg is chaplain of the 11th Engr. Tng. Gp. and an assistant post chaplain for Jewish person nel; 1 Lt. Camille J. B. Chasse is an assistant post chaplain for Catholic personnel: 1 Lt. David I. Segerstrom is Post Hospital and Wac Det. 1973 chaplain, and 1/Lt. Itrel T. Monroe is chaplain of the 12th Engr. Tng. Bn. Chaplain Monroe, a native of Springfield, La., is a graduate of the Chaplain's School at Harvard ""iversity. He was formerly sta tioned at Fort aMson, Calif., as a transport chaplain. He has also been a “sky pilot” at Fort Dix, N. J., Camp Adair, Ore., and Poses such as the one above were common here last week when (Tie first issue of Panoram, Camp Abbot photo magazine, went on sale at post exchanges. Perusing the new magazine, published by Camp Roberts, Calif. Pale Vincent, Post Photographer, is Cpl. Clyde I,. Turnbeaugh of Headquarters Detachment, 11th Engineering Training Group. - Photo By Vincent, Post Photographer Personnel C h o se n For Two Boards W a c Mess Sergeant Finds W om en Not So Particular Appointment of a new Officer Candidate Board and an ASTP Field Selection Board were an By Pvt. “Sunny” Graham nounced by Post Headquarters. Staff Writer Ma j. James E. Campbell, assis “ What do Wacs like to eat? tant executive officer of the 12th Everything in sight!" But S Sgt. Engr. Tng. Gp., was named pres Sarah Spray, Wac Co. mess ser ident of both boards. geant smiled when she said it so Others named to the Officers the reporter was encouraged to Candidate Board are Capt. Lil- the point of asking for an burn P. Staman, C. E.: Capt. orange. John C. Dyer, S E.; Capt. Emil It's a real responsibility this A. Mosheim, Q.M.C.; Lt. John small, brown - haired, smiling A Maxson. C. E.: Lt. Harold B. mess chief has, feeding the Wac Stafford, K.A.; Lt. William F. company, but she carries out her Ward, C.E.: Lt. Carl C. Put/ier, duties competently, unassum O. D., and Lt. Henry L. Hansen, ingly, and cheerfully. Like all A.U.S. mess sergeants, ''Spray'' has the Members o f t h e A S T P task of ordering all supplies for Field Selection Board are Cap the female soldiers and modify tain Staman, I.ts. Mason and ing government menus to fit the Hansen, and Lt. James R. Meeks, contents of her larder. In addi C.E.: Lt. Robert L. Demgen, tion, she has the added self-im C.E.; Lt. John Alders, A G P; Lt. posed duty of figuring “cornel's” Gene D. Foley Gilmartin, A.U.S., hen' and there to squeeze in fre quent delicious pies, muffins, and Lt. John D. Lewis. AGP. and other sweets which are real Make It A Habit to Let An ly the Wac’s favorite menu item. Working under the direction other Soldier Read The EN G IN of Lt. Patricia Elwell, mess of- EER. * M ale Call ficer, Sgt. Spray has a staff of 10 assisting her in the kitchen, her instructions being relayed and carried out by the two first cooks, T 4 Jo Gruca and T 5 Faye Honea. A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., the Wac commandant of Pans and Pantry, had her basic training at Daytona Beach, Fla., after which she attended Cooks and Bakers School for six weeks, followed by a four weeks' train ing course for Mess Sergeants’ school at the same station. NEW POST ENGINEER Maj. C. C. Hull, former area engineer at San Diego, Calif., arrived at Camp Abbot recently to assume duties as Post Engi neer, succeeding Capt. George E. Zelhart. Maj. Hull will be assist ed in his duties by Lt. J. O. Craig, who has been stationed for the past five months at Yak ima, Wash., as Post Engineer at an Artillery installation. I THINK O F f ANC? DAY...” N O ONE E L S E S E E M S TO Bracelet from Iran Is G ift To Hostess A hand-painted novelty brace let from Iran is the prized pos session of Miss Helen Souhrada, cafeteria hostess, a gift from an officer friend now on duty with the American Middle East Com mand. The bracelet, comprised o f numerous links, apparently fash ioned from shell, each link de picting a hand-painted scene of the glamorous east, is of the type sold by natives of Persia, Trans- Jordania and Afghanistan. One scene depicts an Arab seated on the desert nonchalantly smoking a Turkish bottle pipe, and an other is of peacocks, their WET BLANKET NOTE plumes being pained in natural Indianapolis (C N S )—A couple color. of soldiers felt warm so they In a letter, received from an jumped into a city fountain and other soldier also stationed in started splashing around. A cou Iran, and formerly employed as ple of MPs came along. They felt a fountain attendant at Fort warm, too, so they jumped into Leonard Wood, when Miss Souh the fountain, splashed around a rada was hostess there, com little themselves and then cart plaint is voiced because of the ed the original splashers away to lack of soft drinks. “ I haven’t the jig. had a Coke since leaving the states, and what wouldn’t I give for one now,” he wrote. ROBBER IS RIGHT Phoenix, Ariz. (C N S)— After the umpire at a softball game RED CROSS here m a d e a few choice de The American Rea Cross at cisions, the fans started to call Camp Abbot is located in Head him “ robber'" and “crook.” They never knew how right they were quarters Building, Annex A but after the game the ump where they are prepared to of was arrested on a charge of fer council, financial assistance, and information in regard to stealing $2 from a soldier. claims, Government insurance, etc. Frank J. Dunning is the SHE'LL CHUTE THE WORKS Field Director with the following St. Paul, Minn. (C N S)—Miss assistants; Harold S. French, Lois Fromer is going to save the Jr., E. P. McKinstry, Scott W il parachute her pilot boy friend son, and Nathan Weed. sent her until he returns from A sub-office to handle Fourth the South Pacific. Then she's Corps troops is located in going to use it as her gown on Building No. 2 in Fourth Corps their wedding day. Headquarters Area. by Milton Caniff. creator of Terry and the Pirates vou nioht J i A new plan for seating movie patrons will be in effect for the showing of "This Is the Army,” Thursday and Friday, Sept. 9 and 10, Lt. Henry L. Hansen, Post theatre officer, announced. To preclude the possibility of patrons staying for more than one showing of the film, n<? tick ets will be sold after the picture has started, and moviegoers will be required to leave the theatre at the conclusion of each show ing, Lieutenant Hansen said. The pian was conceived in anticipa tion of record crowds. All proceeds fo r the Irving Berlin extravaganza will be turned over to Arm y Emergency Relief. Starring men of the armed forces, the film also boasts an unusual array of pro fessional talent. Hollywood tal ent includes George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Lt. Ronald Reagan, George Tobias, A l a n Hale, Charles Butterworth and Kate Smith. ...WILL YOU MARRY M E W HEN THIS THINO IE ALL O V E R Fire Control Manual r ...T H A TSH O U LD DO IT, ^ G E N E R A L ... AND IP YOUR ' SUG AR STARTS CEYIN' IN H ER INK BOTTLE AGAIN — JU ST COW E AROUND A N D W E LL B D IL P U P A V-AAAIL THAT'LL BURN OUT T H E j C E N S O R S C O N D E N S E R .'/ man c m **
