OREGv D Vol. 1 No. 27 * C A M P ABBOT, O REG O N Saturday, November 20, 1943 Camp to Observe Thanksgiving Sunday »— -------------------------------------------------------------- Abbot Pushes War Fund “ Over the T o p ” Camp Proves ERTC Troops Generous, as Will Worship Total $5,129 At One Meet YFP IT P F A i I Y H A P P E N E D The personnel of Camp Abbot will observe the Thanksgiving season in a general service at 1000 hours in the Post Chapel Sunday m orning. All the regular Sunday m orn ing services of all faiths will be combined. The Chaplains Branch will be assisted by th e Cam p Ab bot Chorus and the ERTC band in this observance. The principal address will be delivered by Col. F ra n k S. Besson, ERTC com m ander. Group Com m anders Col. Aubrey H. Bond and Maj. Gordon D. M oritz will assist. P o st Chaplain W illiam H. An drew will preside. As this will be the only T hanksgiving service of any kind a t the camp, the entire per sonnel who are not on dlity are urged to attend. E x tra chairs have been provided. Due to th e exigencies of w ar th e re will be no deviation from th e regular post training sched ule on Thanksgiving Day. In some com panies and sections it is possible th a t liberality m ay be show n in th e issuance of passes. In this connection the USO at Bend is anxious th a t any soldier who wishes to enjoy a T hanks giving dinner as the guest of a Bend resident reg ister a t the first opportunity at the inform a tion desk of the USO. A num ber of people who w ish to entertain soldiers have postponed their dinner m eal until evening. An inform al dance will be held at the O fficers Club Thanksgiv- I n o to n y M t h i'u n n r a i.i» » n s . The dream of every soldier becomes a reality. Look at these smiling G I’s rew arded for proficiency (Continued on Page 2) te range. Its the third squad of the third plat platoon, Co. B, 52nd E ngr. Trng. Bn., being served break- on the fast in bed by th e second squad of the first platoon. No Extra Gas For Furloughs O fficers and enlisted men ap plying fo r holiday furloughs w ere w arned this week th a t the Bend gas ration board will not issue supplem ental gasoline to reach leave or furlough destina tion and to return. Local gas ratio n boards will allow only five gallons to m ilitary person nel on leave. A statem en t from the Person nel Division asks th a t all enlist ed men subm it to the Rail T ran s portation O fficer by 8 a. m., Nov. 18, a le tte r signed by their com m anding officer that th e appli cant owns a car, or is to travel w ith a friend who owns a car. Unless such letters are received, tran sp ortation will be arranged by eith er bus or railroad and en listed men will be required to travel by the type so selected by the T ransportation Officer. The statem ent w arns th a t unless these instructions are complied with he faces danger of being left stranded at the nearest rail- bead. Col. Lyons Leaves Post To Join Ground Forces Col. Russell Lyons, for the past three months com manding officer of the 12th Engnr. Trng. Group, has left for a new assignment. He will join the ground forces and quite likely will be bound overseas for the second time at an early date. It is doubtful if a more popular officer was ever sta tioned at Camp Abbot. Col Lyons, himself, on the eve of his departure asserted that never in his long career had he been stationed in a camp which made such a profound impression on him. "I never worked with a better group C-51 Brings of officers or enlisted men," he said. Band to Help Win Contest It seemed like old times in a college gym when C-51 cagers took the floor in the All Purpose building. They were escorted to the building by their own versatile eight piece hand. The hand, under the direction of Pvt. Salisbury, inspired the team to a 55-11 victory. Col. Lyons has a long and dis tinguished record in the Army. He was one of the first 23 offi cers sw orn in as reserve offi cers under the act of 1916 au thorizing th e reserve corps. L ater, he w as made a provisional officer, then a lieutenant in the R egular Arm y. He served in France w ith the famed Third Division, the outfit credited with saving P aris from capture in the G erm an's last great offen- (Continued on P age 4) W ac Sergeant Dances With Brig. General Sgt. Mart llartoswiz, of the War company, was dared to ask Brig. Gen. Byrant .Moore, assistant commander of the I lilt h Division for a dance at the Service Club last week. Rut the Mat- sergeant was not ill the least sliy. Tin- general was preparing to leave, in fuel, had his overcoat on, when up marched the pretty War who said: “General I have lx-en dared to ask you to dance. How about it?” The general gallantly removed his overcoat and said: "Certainly.” Not in the least abashed the Mae and the general tripled the light fantastic and many other gals looked on with envious eyes. NEW HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE Maj. F erris Arnold is the new executive officer at Station Hos pital. He reported for d uty Mon day. His last assignm ent was w ith the 203rd General Hospital, For* Lewis. The m ilitary and civilian per sonnel of Cam p Abbot w ith ;i contribution of 85,129.67 provid ed the m om entum th a t pushed the D eschutes county W ar F u n d drive “over the top.” The handsom e contribution of both groups brought a sm ile of satisfaction on the countenance of the ERTC com m ander, Col. F ra n k S. Besson, when a check for this am ount was handed him by Lt. Col. Philip M. Bedessem, chairm an of the drive. Col. Bes son was in even a m ore jovial mood when he in tu rn , a few m inutes later, delivered th e Camp Abbot contribution lo Wil liam N iskanen, county w ar chest chairm an. The drive for funds had been a m atter close to th e com m ander’s h eart and at th e outset of the cam paign he urged every m em ber of the m ilita ry and civilian personnel give a donation. The contribution of th e civilian personnel was m ade to the ERTC com m ander last S at urday when M erle B allantync, chief employe relations, deliver ed a check in the am ount o£ SI 160.12. In tendering the check Mr. Ballantync told Col. Besson th at valuable assistance in th e cam paign had lieen given by th e following: Miss Teresa Breslin, medical division; G erry H orst- kotte, post engineer; A tth u c Larson, laundry; M argaret W al ter, civilian personnel; Olivet* Michaels, W esley P urdy and II. R. Schnnno, of the post engineer, office; Irene Janes, supply and service; Orval Johnson, Jr., fire-» m an; Helen Moore, postal sec tion; M arg aret Keith, control branch; John Jones, training division; Phyllis Webb, signal branch! Clara Moore, salvage; Fred Becker, supply and sei- <Continued on P age F our) New Panoram Now on Sale The current issue of Panoram , Cam p A bbot's picture magazin« represents ano th er neat Job by Dale Vincent, post photographer. The training shots, which ru n from the infiltration course to the practice of sw im m ing acros-- stream s with full pack and rifle, m ake it highly interesting from cover to cover. The pictures of th dedication ceremony m ake it invaluable as a keepsake to hare; on to afte r the w ar. Of partlc u lar interest is the large full |>age photo on the back of th' m agazine which shows low rrln,; of the huge garrison flag -t R< trea t on De dication Day C' ; may be obtained a t any i ' ' change. Mr. Vincent ha- •><. r issue in the course1 of -- i. tion and it prom i,-<- ' ly as interesting as th > t