Page Two ABBOT ENGINEER Official camp newspaper, publisher! weekly in the interests o f the personnel o f Camp Abbot, Oregon, under supervision of the Special Service Officer. News matter pertaining to Camp Abbot is furnished by the Public Relations Branch and is available for general release. Written contributions, art work and photographs are solicited and should be directed to the Public Relations Branch, Poet Hdiis. Annex, Bldg. 202. Telephone Kxt-8. The ABBOT ENCINEER receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Service, War Dcp'L, 205 E. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Credited materia» may not be republished without permisión o f Camp Newspaper Service. Distributed free to camp personnel. Subscription rate to public, by m ail: 50 cents for three months; six months, $1.00; one year, $1.50. FUN SCHEDULE Entertainment On and O ff the Post for Week October 30 to November 6 SATURDAY Bingo Party, Rod Cross Recreation Room, 7:00. Open House, Service Club. Open House, USO, Bend. SUNDAY Open House for friends and relatives, Red Cross Recreation Hall. Station Hospital, 1:00-8:30 p. m. Music Hour, USO, Bend, 10:00-4:30-5:30 p. m. MONDAY Song Fest, Red Cross Recreation Hall, Station Hospital, 7:00. Oame Night, USO, Bend. Music Graduation Small Instruments, 52nd and 53rd Bns., Service Club, 7:30 p. m. TUESDAY Card Party, USO. Bend, 8:00 p. m. Bingo Night, Service Club, 8:00 p. m. WEDNESDAY Home Movies, “Scenes in Oregon,” Red Cross Recreation Ilall, Station Hospital, 7:00 p. m. “ Camp Abbot on Parade” (weekly radio broadcast) KBND, 7:45 o’clock. Stamp Club, USO, Bend, 7:30 p. m. Dance, Service Club, 8:30 p. m. THURSDAY Open House, Red Cross Recreation Hall, Station Hospital. Bingo, USO, Bend. Talent Show, Service Club, Medical Detachment, 8:00 p. m. FR ID A Y Movie, “ Dixie Dugan,” Red Cross Recreation Hall, Station Hos pital. Dance, USO, Bend. G I Movies, Service Club, 8:00 p. m. SATURDAY Jigsaw Puzzle Night (with prizes), USO, Bend. Open House, Service Club. THEATER SCHEDULE SATURDAY “ HI YA SAILOR,” Donald Woods, Elyse Knox, Eddie Quillian. "TEXAS KID," Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton. SUNDAY and MONDAY “ FLESH AND FA N TA SY ,” Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson; RKO News. TUESDAY “TORNADO,” Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly; Foot ball Feature. WEDNESDAY “ YOUNG IDEAS,” Mary Astor, Herbert Mar shall. THURSDAY and FR ID AY "PRINCESS O’ROURKE,” Olivia de Haviland, Robert Cummings, Jack Carson; RKO News. SATURDAY “ YOU’RE A LUCKY FELLOW, MR. SMITH,” Allan Jones, Evelyn Ankers, Patsy O’Connor. "M YSTERY BROADCAST," Frank Albertson, Ruth Terry, Nils Asther. Club W ill Hold Open House To Exhibit New Furnishings The Camp Abbot NCO Club NCO canteen as one of its out- will hold its first formal “ Open lets. Formal permission to effect House" Monday, Nov. 8, direc *^'s pl*ange has been made by the club officers. tors of the club announced this week. All enlisted men of the first five grades art' invited to M ORE ABO UT attend and it is hoped that ma.iy will be sufficiently impressed with the club facilities to become members. (Continued Fiom Page One) The gathering will also be treated to a special floor show on the l>asis of one article per and music is being arranged for, man. with the possibility ol informal Two types of sweaters were dancing in the club game room. available here, a turtle neck The club room took on a more model with sleeves and a sleeve club-like atmosphere this week less, V-neck type. Helmets follow with the installation of new fur the pattern o f hoods used by niture. Gayly colored daven knights during the crusades, pro ports. easy chairs and occasional tecting the entire head with the chairs brightened the atmos exception of the eyes and extend phere of a room hitherto pre ing to the chest and back. senting only somber tones. Intra-camp distribution was The directors also announced handled by the local field office plans for construction of booths, through supply sergeants of var both in the game room and the ious units. canteen. These are expected to be completed this week. The di- **X'Ctors also voted funds for paint Abbot Food Inspectors to '?J cover the dull grey cement Attend Ft. Lewis Meeting floors. The color scheme « i l l In connection with the Army- blend with the furniture and food conservation plan, Lt. window drapes decorations. Thomas P. Kruzic, food service Increasing interest is being supervisor; Lt. Keith \V. Beard- shown in the club and it is hoped more. assistant commandant, the canteen and bar will be un School for Cooks and Bakers, der exclusive jurisdiction o f the and Lt. Willard L. Langhus, hos club, rather than the Post Ex pital nutrition officer, will at change, as at present. Post Ex tend a conference for food in change officials have indicated spectors at Fort Lewis. Wash., their willingness to release the November 4 to 9. Winter Clothes Saturday, Oct. 30, 1943 DOG S LIFE Hayes Composes "Modern" Waltz Likely to Click Cadre Members To Fire Carbine In compliance with a War De partment memorandum al 1 members of the ERTC cadre who do not have a familiarization firing recorded on their service records will be required to fire the sub machine gun and car bine. Officers, Warrant Officers and members of the Camp Abbot band «411 also fire the pistol for familiarization. Instruction classes started this week and will extend through November 26. Twenty classes have been formed from the vari ous divisions of the cadre and will involve two separate peri ods. The first phase will cover preliminary instruction in the mechanism and firing of the Tommy gun and carbine; on the Sunday following each class week day preliminary instruc tion actual firing will take place on the range. Each individual « ill»bring a lunch on the all-day firing periods. Firing will be for familiarization only, not for qualification. Individual scores will be recorded. Ammunition al lowance will be 40 rounds for the carbine; 25 rounds for the Tommy gun, and 25 rounds for pistol. S/Sgt. Jack Hayes, Camy Ab bot’s most prolific composer, came through this week with "Valse Grotesque,” a departure from run-of-the-mill waltz treat ments and a composition which might conceivably find an appre ciative national audience should the work reach an interested publisher. Played by the 28-piece Camp Abbot band this «-eek, the selec tion evoked requests that the work be published both from bandsmen and a small audience which heard the composition be fore its introduction to the pub lic. Hayes declined to indicate whether he intends to submit the work to a publishing con cern. Esther Williams, starlet and Scored especially for the rela former national swimming cham tively small post band, the ar pion (as if that made any differ ence), takes a sunbath with her rangement imparted a “fullness” pet pooch. Who says it shouldn’t seldom heard by this reviewer in happen to a dog? military bands of considerably more pieces. “ Valse Grotesque” represents | an effort toward departure from LOCATION OF CHAPELS waltzes usually played by mili Tost C h a p e l , Bldp. 208; 11th Gp. tary bands and an attempt at Bid?. 754: Hospital Chapel in Red Cross Chapel, Bid*. 1255 ; 12th Gp. Chapel, providing a different and less Recreation hall. blatant type of arrangement. By JEWISH SERVICES substituting string basses for Friday, 7:30 p. m. Post Chapel tubas and altering the rhythmic (BIgd. 208). pattern, the composer has suc CATHOLIC SERVICES ceeded in doing both. Confessions Saturday, Post The “ grotesque” quality is es Chapel. Masses at 9 a. m. and tablished in the introduction 6:30 p. m. Sunday at Post Chapel. Some 200 soldiers, their wives through the use of orthodox Masses daily, except Thursday, and guests witnessed graduation chord structui e combined with a at 5:10 p. m. at Post Chapel. exercises for a 52nd Battalion plaintive and somewhat eccen Choir rehearsal 7 p. m. Tuesday. song leader class at the Service tric melodic strain. Club Monday night. The pro PROTESTANT, SERVICES Hayes gives the theme a mod gram, first of its kind held in the Services at 10 a. m. and 7:30 ern treatment in thirds with club, consisted of a singing dem p. m. Sunday at Post Chapel. reeds carrying the melody. A onstration led by Owen Brown, second melodic interlude is ar 11:15 a. m. Protestant Commun USO music supervisor »who in ion Service. Service for 54th Bn. ranged in four part harmony, an structed the class, and im other sprightly innovation of the (quarantine) at 11th Group promptu numbers by members Chapel at 6:00 p. m. Bible Study modernist school. Although the of the class. composition is relatively short Class at 7 p. m. Monday at Post Diplomas were awarded to 11 Chapel. Choir rehearsal at 7 p. and bears a single key signature, members of the singing battal a generous use of chromatic har m. Wednesday at Post Chapel. ion by Lt. Albert P. Willis, music H O SPITAL SERVICES mony carries the m e l o d y supervisor for the Special Ser Catholic confessions at Red through a number of brilliant vice Office, who acted as master changes, gives it a certain crisp-1 Cross Recreation Hall at 7 a.m. of ceremonies. Pvt. Chauncey Sunday. Mass (visitors invited) ness and provides the dramatic Hyde, an emcee prior to his in emphases which mark the work at Red Cross Recreation Hall at duction, played several piano se an interesting departure from 7:30 a. m. Sunday. Protestant lections. the nostalgic and stereotyped service at Red Cross Recreation Graduates are Pvts. Jack Hall at 10 a. m. Sunday. j w'altz version. Dallas, A. I. Vickland, Harold A. Hayes has written several se D ENOM INATIONAL DeFord, Arthur G. Anderson, lections for military and dance SERVICES Floyd C. Jones, Charles Maxwell, bands previously, including an L. D. S. service at 7 p. m. Wed J. E. Van Deusen, Edward official ERTC march. His first nesday at 11th Group Chapel. Scherer, Ralph Beachel, Winfred venture into the field of more Christian Science service at 7 p. Deaucett and William Poland. | modern composition was a suite m. Thursday at 12th Gp. Chapel. Similar programs on a larger for band, and the waltz is the Lutheran Communion at 7:30 p. scale are planned for the Service second. Prior to his induction, m. Thursday at Post Chapel. Club soon, Lieutenant Willis Hayes was an arranger for NBC said. in Hollywood and for Universal Sid Gordon of the New York Studios. His arrangements of Giants has been inducted into When You’ve Read lt—Please well-known compositions have the coast guard. Pass The ENGINEER AROUND. been a regular feature of con certs by the post band. C H URCH RITES Graduation for 52nd Song Class At Service Club by Sansone The Wolf Copyr'gM by le v «*«» S i » * ) " « d«»«b»t»tJ by C*n»p N « .t p *p *. Semi New Furniture For Service Co. Day Room Here With prospects of a long cold winter ahead, members of Ser vice Company were assured of additional comforts in their day- room when additional furniture arrived the first part of this week. A davenport and two big easy chairs have been purchased and delivered to add to the all ready well stocked day room. Capí. F. B. Hohenhorst, commanding o f ficer of the unit, announced that a ^ool table has been ordered for the room and will be installed upon delivery. The Service Company day room is already equipped with a radio.several comfortable chairs, writing tables and other chairs as « e l l as a continaul supply of up-to-date magazines and is in popular demand among the members of the unit. i " ' j-d m When did you become jo interested in AR T r