Saturday, Sept. 11, 1943
Midget Obstacle
Course Trains
52nd Soldiers
Soldiers of the 52nd Engineer
Training Battalion who have
trouble negotiating certain haz
ards on the Post’s o b s t a c l e
course can improve their tech
niques on an abbreviated “dry-
run” course recently constructed
in the rear of battalion headquar
ters.
Obstacles on the b a t t a l i o n
course include an eight-foot scal
ing wall, hand-over-hand bars
and a rope swing device, which,
according to Maj. Lawrence J.
Fuller battalion commander, are
the toughest barriers on the Post
course.
Hotels to G et
Towels Taken
By G l Patrons
A number of Camp Abbot sol
diers who’ve made a practice of
expanding their towel supply at
the expense of various hostelries
suffered an awful let down this
week when their laundry bun
dles came back with slips mark
ed “hotel towels withheld.”
T-ceding which originally was
the . , jperty of hospitals, hotels,
the Pullman Company and the
YMCA were rounded up on or
der from the Ninth Service Com
mand, which lent a sympathetic
ear to establishments bemoan
ing the fact towels are getting
scarce. Conditions being what
they are, it’s almost impossible
to obtain towels even for pat
rons who don’t swipe them, ho
tel owners pointed out.
The Post laundry’s haul was
Impressive. Lt. Howard I. Pul-
ver, laundry officer, reported re
covery of some 100 towels, many
of which had dried self-appoint
ed owners on trips across the
enny^nt. The Pullman Com-
pau^W as well represented, as
was the Pilot Butte Inn in
Bend, and E a s t Coast hotels
from New York to Florida.
Hotels reclaiming towels will
pay laundering expenses, but
the main problem now is how to
get them back to their original
owners, Lt. Pulver s a i d . The
Ninth Service Command has is
sued no instructions as to dis
position as yet, but it was be
lieved the purloined goods would
be turned over to Hotel Asso
ciations.
Meanwhile, soldiers whose
losses were heavy will have to
dry the best way they can. The
laundry isn't responsible for
making replacements.
Civilian Employes Dance
Will Include Floor Show
Members of the ticket commit
tee for the dance and added en
tertainment to be given at Car
roll Acres by Camp Abbot civil
ian employes, located on the
southern outskirts of Bend,
Thursday night, Sept. 16, were
announced this week by Merle
B.dlantyne, director of employes
relations.
The committee includes: John
Jones, Mrs. Robert Henry, Ray
Cooper, Harold Schanno, Thel-
rr.a Farrar, Lloyd Baker, Julia
Powell, Irene Jones, Lucille Bra
ves, Maurice Van Sickle, Doro
thy Koci, Gerry Hortkotte,
Louise Lee, Viola Thompson,
H elen Souhrada, Caroline Pad-
ck. Olive Michaels and Mar
garet Keith.
A floor show and refresh
ments will be an additional fea
ture of the program, Ballantyne
ABBOT ENGINEER
PRETTY ENOUGH TO EAT
Page Three
Legal Service
Now Available
Legal advice and assistance to
military personnel in the con
duct of their personal affairs is
now available at Camp Abbot
through Mr. Charles R. Marsch,
paymaster at the Smith, Hoff
man and Wright Company. A
member of the Oregon State and
Deschutes County Bar Associa
tion, Mr. Marsch devotes eve
nings to camp personnel who
wish legal assistance and can be
reached for appointment at 153.
This service is one w hich was
established by the War Depart
ment in joint sponsorship with
the American Bar Association
so that military personnel can
obtain legal service from volun
teer civilian lawyers and law
yers who are in the armed
forces. Each army post within
the United States is authorized
to maintain such a service, un
der the jurisdiction of the Judge
This appetizing dish is GeGe Pearson, another of the beauties
NBC gives us a line on from time to time. If you’d like to hear Advocate, with modifications to
meet local conditions. Volunteer
her, too, tune in on "The Gallant Heart” show.
personnel give their services
gratuitously unless the trans
action involves expense such as
notary fees, etc.
First Group Graduates From Camp
Cook and Baker's School Here
August 28 marked the grad L. Church, John L. Hedgepeth,
uation date of the first group of Van Scott, Hulsey, Salvatore A.
Abbotmen from the Camp Abbot Taccarino, Leonard J. Jablonski,
branch of the N i n t h Service William E. Joseffer, Helmut W.
Command School for Bakers and Pasch, Glenn M. Wood, all of
Cooks. Pfc. Robert T. McCart Co. D, 51st Bn.
ney, Jr., SCU 1929, received his
Tomorrow sixteen members of
“degree” as assistant baker and Co. D, 52nd Bn., will complete
the following had first cooks their course in the school, Pvts.
ratings conferred upon them: Anthony C. Cordova, Horace J.
Co. D—51st Bn., Pvts. Hubert Daniel, Joseph Feitl, Jr., Wesly
A. Alcock, Sedford G. Bell, Joe L. Hemquist, Virgil E. Lawson,
C. Craddock, Robert C. Dowling, Miles McClure, Charles D. Mea
Kendrick M. Hemingway, Rich dor, Rodrick R. Nadeau, Charles
ard E. Klein, Gustave Roth, Au R. Smith, Sidney E. Stinnett, Joe
gustus Theoharris, John A. Zo- I. Stonebraker, Alphie J. Thibo
romski; Quartermaster Section, deaux, Sammy T. Vasquez as
SCU 1973, Pvts. George Bretz first cooks, and Pvts. Jack A.
and Fred C. Miller; Wac Com Dhler, Tommy A. Payan, and
pany, Pvts. Kathryn R. Babb and Joseph Sorbella as second cooks.
Capt. Smiley Rayburn, Jr., is.
Lucille White.
Second cooks of the class were ' assistant commandant of the
Pvts. John Agulla, Nelton E. At school. Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Pet-
kins, Velton M. Caussey, Robert aja is senior instructor.
Tax Extension
Granted for
Armed Forces
Washington—Servicemen and
women can forget all about fig
uring up their estimated income
for the year and filing a declara
tion with the government—at
least for the time being, the
Treasury has announced. Al
though civilians must make a
declaration on September 15,
soldiers—even those who did
have an independent income this
year— have been granted an ex
tension until March 15 of next
year.
Here's the Treasury’s kind
paragraph, couched in official
language:
“Any taxpayer who is a mem
ber of the military or naval
forces of the United States in
active service on September 15,
1943, is hereby granted an exten
sion of time for such period as
may be necessary but not be
yond March 15, 1944, within
which to file the declaration of
estimated tax required by sec
tion 58 of the Internal Revenue
Code, as amended, and to pay
such estimated tax or any in
stallment thereof otherwise re
quired to be paid before March
15, 1944. If under the terms of
the extension herein granted the
time for filing a declaration of
estimated tax is extended be
yond the close of the taxpayer's
taxable year and the taxpayer
makes his income tax return and
pays the tax for such taxable
year on or before March 15.
1944, no declaration of estimated
tax need be filed for such year.
4 Medics Off
To New Schools
Manpower Chief
Visitor to Post
Brig. Gen. A. W. Lane, Ninth
Service Command representative
of the War Manpower Board,
conferred with high ranking
Post officials Monday on the
general problem of economy in
the use of manpower.
Object of the general's brief
visit—it lasted for slightly more
than an hour—was to determine
what this installation could do
toward solving the manpower
problem.
General Lane arrived by bus
from Klamath Falls and a short
time later departed by the same
means. A command car was pro
vided for the general's use, but,
except on trips to and iron» the
bus station, its one-star llag was
furled.
Second ERTC
Unit finishes
Training Here
(52nd Bn. Correspondent)
The second contingent of train
ees to reach Camp Abbot, mem
bers of the 52nd Engineer Train
ing Battalion, were “graduated”
following a field day program
last Saturday.
First event on the program
was a fight contest between
squads of the battalion's four
companies. Company B punched
out a decisive victory over Com
pany D to win the 52nd champ
ionship. A consolation award
went to Co. A which defeated a
Co. C team.
Training tests were held Sat
urday morning and the program
concluded with a review and an
al inspection of troops in the af
ternoon. Members of the review
ing party, headed by Col. Frank
S. Besson, Post commander, were
Col. Lester H. Hall, executive of
ficer; Lt. Col. C. C. Custner, com
manding officer of the 11th
Group; Lt. Col. Merrill A. Pim
entel, director of the Supply and-
Service Division; Capt. Dale M.
Smith, Engineer property ofnc-
er; Capt. John C. H. Nelson, Post
signal officer and Capt. M. P.
Coover, Post intelligence officer.
Following the inspection, a
farewell address was delivered
by Colonel Besson.
During its stay at Camp Ab
bot, the 52nd came in for a num
ber of “firsts” both in training
and in sports. A new record in
heavy ponton bridge constitu
tion was established by Com
pany A recently when it spanned
the Deschutes river in four
hours, two hours and five min
utes ahead of the previous ie-
cord. The battalion was the fust
to conduct its own golf tourna
ment and tlie first to have a
weight lifting contest.
Commanding officer of (he
52nd is Maj. Lawrence J. Fuller.
Eligible Soldiers' Wives
Personnel Section Handles Asked to AUW Meeting
Emergency Furlough Cases Eligible soldiers’ wives ate in
Four members of the Medi- j Unit commanders were re
vited to attend a meeting of the
cal Detachment, Station Hos
minded by the Personnel Divi Bend Chapter, Association o£
pital, have been designated to sion this week to have men ap University Women, to be held it
take special technical courses in plying for emergency furloughs the home of Mrs. Allison flood-
Army General Hospitals. Sgt. report directly to the Enlisted fellow, 1436 W. Third street, at
James W. Goldsboro will take Personnel Section with the tele 8 p. m., September 16.
an eight week course for labora - 1 gram, letter or other record of
An outline of the year's work
tory technicians, and Pfc. Ray-' circumstances instead of making will tie given by Mrs. George
mond L. St. Hilare, at a dental application through the Red Simmerville, who will discuss
technicians s c h o o l , Fitzsim Cross. Application through the the clubs subject: “History of
mons General Hospital, Denver, Red Cross retards granting of t h e United States Foreign
Colo. Corporal Raymer O. Stock- the furlough in addition to caus Policy.” Ail eligible army wives
dale, a course for surgical tech ing much extra work for the Ri-d are urged to be present. A musi
nicians, and Pf c . Houston I. Cross, it was pointed out.
cal program has tieen arranged.
Wheeler, Jr., for medical tech
nicians, at William Beaumont
The Wolf ---------------------- by Sansone
General Hospital, El Paso, Tex.
d*tnb»H d by C«a>p
W nu
C affo i* » 'X J h l*oa«rd
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The latter school w i l l extend
over an eight week period.
Sergeant's Club to Get
Decorations, Furnishings
Plans for converting the Ser
geants' Club into one of the most
attractive recreation spots at
Camp Abbot were announced by
club officials this W'eek.
Redecoration of the club's
game room, library room and
bar is under way, and new fur
nishings are being purchased.
For the redecorating program,
the club has obtained the servic
es of Pvt. Howard Boyer of
Company B, 56th Battalion, who
for 17 years prior to his induc
tion was an interior decorator
for Marshall Field Company in
Chicago.
Club officials also announced
that Sgt Max Mannheimer of the
Post Finance Office has been
n a m e d treasurer to succeed
M Srjt. David Moreland, who re
cently was transferred to anoth
er station.