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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1943)
OREGON STATFUn** DEC I - V343 IF YOU CAN SING— JOIN THE CHORUS TENNISTOURNEY MAY BE YOUR LUCKY DAY CAMP ABBOT, OREGON Vol. 1 No. 28 Abbot Soldiers Are Alert To Save Food Amazing Results Here In W ar On W astage Realizing that “food is a weapon of total war,” Col. Frank S. Besson, ERTC commander has directed that all men be fed well but emphasized that careful check be made on waste. As result Camp Abbot mess sergeants have piled up a satisfactory record of food conservation. In a recent report made to the ERTC commander it was noted that human edible waste at this camp had been reduced to an average of seven pounds per 100 men. This is a sub- stantial reduction over pre vious months before the waste campaign was start ed. The results obtained are Abbot Civilian Employes Set Safety Mark directly the w ork oi M aj. A r th u r Davidson, food service su Civilian em ployes a t Camp Ab pervisor; Maj. Em il Mosheim, bot have chalked up a rem a rk a sales officer; Capt. John C. ble safety record, a survey of Burgeson, salvage officer, Lt. records since the cam p’s activa K eith Beardmore, assistan t com tion reveals. Only nine lost tim e m andant, School fo r Cooks and injuries have been recorded B akers; Lt. Thom as P. Kruzic, since June 1, and the present assista n t food supervisor, and m onth bids fa ir to equal the Oc Lt. W illard L. Langhaus, hos tober record w hen none w ere pital nutrition officer. reported. No tim e w as lost in A rm y efficiency is responsi June w hen only approxim ately ble fo r the success of the pro 200 civilians w ere employed. gram . All m ess personnel are One w as listed in July, and three required to ta k e courses in the in A ugust. Five, th e highest Cook and B akers School and the num ber, are reported fo r Sep careful supervision of those in tem ber, t h e m onth w hen the charge of the cam paign obtain post w as reaching its peak in ed results. In the general pro num ber of civilians employed. g ram instituted here recordings This rem arkable record is a t a re made on the cooks’ w ork tributed to the care on th e part sheets, showing th e menu, of supervisors, forem an, divi q uantities to use, special in sion heads and section and structions, cooking time, quan ti branch chiefs by J. G. Jones, ty prepared, edible w aste, and j chief of th e train in g and safety use for left-overs. section, civilian personnel. In an article prepared for pub lication, Lt. Kruzic points out th a t an analysis of th e A rm y’s food requirem ents indicates the am o u n t of food consumed per day is 5U pounds per soldier, as A redecoration program in com pared to 3 ‘i pounds per civ tended to provide additional ilian. Continuing his article color and a m ore home-like a t states, in p a rt: “W hen the civil m osphere w as sta rted in the ian becomes a soldier his food Service C l u b this week. Im consum ption increases consider provem ents include varnishing ably. He gains from six to 10 | of wood paneling in the w alls (Continued on Page 2) and installation of draperies in the club's social hall and library. Two n e w offices w ere con structed in th e end of the hall nearest th e cafeteria. One will be occupied by M rs. Helen Smith, director, and the other by a ju n io r hostess once she has been selected, N ew regulations in connection i The guest house also came in w ith holiday furloughs w ere an for its sh a re of im provem ents nounced this week. Soldiers with w ith the installation of curtains destinations in California, N eva purchased in Portland recently da and New Mexico traveling via and monk cloth drapes purchas K lam ath F alls will purchase ed and prepared by ladies of the round trip bus ticket from camp Pine F orest G range n ear Bend. to K lam ath F alls either a t s ta tion in Bend or from bus driver. A t K lam ath Falls tickets to des tination will be purchased at Southern Pacific station. Men traveling via Union Paci Japanese raids on undefended fic, G reat N orthern, or eastern Chinese cities, film s of the Que lines will purchase tickets at bec conference and fight scenes Bend railw ay station at least two including jungle w arfare in New days prior to effective date of Guinea, a ir action over Burma, furlough. At tim e ticket is pur construction of airfields in China chased soldier will be told which and the blasting of W ake Island bus and train he will depart on. by the N avy's greatest task F urloughs will be delivered to force will be shown a t the Post men only in tim e for scheduled th e ate r Tuesday and Wednes departure. T his will be done so day in the new est release of the th a t all holiday traffic can be "A rmy-Navy Screen M agazine” series. regulated. 'Home' Touch for Club, Guest House Furloughs Will Be Regulated Film Shows War On Many Fronts Saturday, November 27, 1943 HE FORGOT TO WRITE Believe It Chum They Dood It! Wac Lts. P atricia Elwell, com pany com m ander; Louise Bloodworth, adm inistrative of ficer, and Helen M artin, th eater officer, proved to th e satisfaction of at,I m em bers of th e M ac com pany th a t they can pull a m ean K. P. •lust to prove that w earing liars is no b arrier to w ashing dishes, peeling onions and ta k ing orders from a m ess se r geant and cooks, the th ree of ficers volunteered to do K. I*, duty Thanksgiving Day in o r der that th e W ars assigned to d uty might enjoy th e tu rk ey dinner w ith the rest of th e com pany. "They w ere on the hall,” said Mess Sgt. Evelyn Spray. Parties Mark Observance Turkey Day A lthough T hanksgiving w as a w orking day a t Camp Abbot the post made m erry in the evening h ours when m ost com panies served their turkey dinner. N um erous units staged special p ro gram s. One of the train in g com panies, B-52— w ent all out in decorating th eir m ess hall, al though it w as not the only one to add a home like touch to w hat is ordinarily a drab barrack. However, B-52 had fo r several w eeks m ade plans fo r th e occa sion. A fter dinner w as served th e com pany enjoyed a movie and then a floor show in which an accordionist w as featured. In the W ac com pany table cloths appeared for the first tim e on mess hall tables. Sheets, how ever, served in lieu of the more form al linen. A special Thanksgiving day dinner w as served in th e recra- tion hall of the Service club for 57 employes of the cam p la u n d ry and th eir guests. In the evening an o th er group of 16 w ere served dinner in the guest room of the club. A special talen t show was staged in Com pany C, 58th B at talion, under the direction of A1 Piper. (Continued on Page 4) Abbot Face! Ist Sgt. II. O . Biggs. Co. C, 51st E ngr. Trug. Bn., became so interested in building this novel idea to urge other (,1s to w rite home he forgot to w rite home himself and his folks thought he was hound overseas. Twice Wounded by Japs ERTC Soldier Is Baker Here Two Given Cash For Job Ideas Cash aw ards for suggestions designed to increase efficiency in the operation of Cam p Abbot were presented to two civilian em ployes Monday afternoon by Col. F ra n k S. Besson, ERTC com mander. Speaking in w arm term s of the effo rts of civilian employes in the w ar effort, Col. Besson told L. E. Rainey, of the P rop e r t y Section, Q u arterm aster Branch, and Marie H. Olson, em ployed in the sorting departm ent of the cam p laundry, th a t it was an inspiration to have such co operation in operation of Camp Abbot. Miss Olson’s suggestion dealt with a new idea to fu rth e r the lot num ber plan now used in sorting post laundry, while Mr. Rainey's suggestion dealt with a new plan in handling commis sary clothing sales. The aw ards were made in connection with the "Ideas for Victory,” spon sored by the W ar D epartm ent. Accompanying the two to Col. Besson's office, w here the aw ards w ere m ade was Maj. F r e d e r i c k J. Landenberger, chairm an of the com m ittee to consider suggestions. A Major in the Corps of En gineers, was recently ap proached hy a kindly old woman with these words, "Oh, Chaplain. I'm so glad to see you; my boy is in this ramp.” "But,” said the Engineer Ma Formal Dance in Elks Club Given by USO Tonight jor, “I am not • • A form al dance will bo held "And you have such a kind face, I know my boy will lie under auspices of the USO In the ballroom of the Elks Club, in good hands.” “But, Madam, I am not a which adjoins the USO building, in Bend, Saturday night. Chaplain.’’ said the Major. It will be a special T hanks "Then,” asked the woman, "Isn't that a church on your giving dance and favors will be given. collar?” Few soldiers stationed a t Camp Abbot can recall from m em ory more thrilling exper iences than Sgt. W alter H. Dcnk, m em ber of Service C om pany, who for m onths previous to hi>: induction in the A rm y w as .* m em ber of the crew of a m er chant ship which plied the sub m arine infested w aters of th e Southw est Pacific. Wounded twice when Ja p dive bombers attacked his ship in the port of Darwin, A ustralia, Sgt. Denk lived to tell of thrilling experiences in running supplies from Antipodes ports to the then beleagured American soldiers in the Solomons. The story of the attack on his ship reveals th a t Sgt. Denk, who was stew ard aboard the vessel, thought himself safe from the* Nipponese bombers when ho took refuge in a shelter deck. However, he was not safe from the spray of shrapnel of the Ja p dive bombers and was wounded in both legs. His ship was put out of action, four ships docked in the same harbor were sunk, and the entire naval crew of 18 men and one o f ficer aboard his ship wen* killed in the sam e attack. The ship disabled, he signe d on with another ship loaded w ith supplies for soldiers and marine*** in the* Solomons. Hi.s ship was one of four loaded with the sam* type* of supplies, th at was able- to effect the trip safely. It w as impossible to land the supplies in an island harbor and only through the resourcefulness oi Army tran sp o rt officers w ere they placed ashore. Anchored some mile-s rjff the appointed rendezvous th e supplies w ere ferried ashore aboard lig h ters under the* cover eif darkness. He made oth er trip s to South west Pacific islands in which »Continued on Page 2)