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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1943)
Saturday, November 27, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Two ilm e r Non Corns Dance At Club Tonight Daisy May Faces Loss of Stripes For Going AWOL S/Sjjt. Daisy May, o f the VVac company, faces the loss Members of the Non Corns of her chevrons. club will celebrate the Thanks Official camp newspaper, published weekly in the interests o f the personnel It appears that Daisy May o f Camp Abbot, Oregon, under supervision of the Special Service Officer. News giving holiday tonight with a matter pertaining to Camp Abbot is furnished by the Public Relations Branch and declines to take her job seri dance in the game room of the is available for general release. ously and follows members of club. Wives and girl friends will Written contributions, art work and photographs are solicited and should be the company to their various directed to the Public Relations Branch, Poet Hdqs. Annex, Bldg. 202. Telephone be their guests and music will be Kxt-8. posts when they leave the furnished by a band under the The ABBOT ENGINEER receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper VVac area after breakfast. At Service. War Dep't., 205 E. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Credited material may not direction of S/Sgt. Jack Hayes. be republished without permisión of Camp Newspaper Service. Club officers announced this the outset of her desire to go week that a snack lunch bar will AW O L from duty the matter 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. be available soon. An electric was passed over. She was then grill has been purchased and var threatened with company pun ious types of sandwiches will be ishment, but the wanderlust available. A coffee urn has been desire to see more of Camp purchased and the real nectar in Abbot was too much. The VVacs remember the lieu of the rather weak G. I. will Entertainment On and O ff the Post for Week ease of "Smoky” who boldly be available to the coffee drink November 28 to December 4 deserted the company to join ing fraternity. Several new rules have been up with an engineer training SATURDAY promulgated aimed at improv battalion. They had hoped Formal Dance, USO, Bend, 8 p. m. ing the deportment of the club Daisy May would live up to Open House, Service Club, Camp Abbot. SUNDAY ! and additional luxuries will soon the tradition o f the corps and Breakfast Hour, 11 a. m. USO Bend; Buifet Lunch, 3-5 p. m.; 4:30- \ be in evidence in the library be a good VVac. 5:30, music. However, “ Snowball," the room. Table tennis continues to \ Open House, Service Club, Camp Abbot. be the club’s most popular in- tailless eat who stays right on Classical Music Hour, Guest House Lounge, Camp Abbot. MONDAY j door sport. the ball is some comfort to the Games, Service Club Camp Abbot. company. “ Snowball” prefers Game Night, USO Bend, 8 p. m. to confine his wandering.-, be TUESDAY tween the orderly room and Bingo, Service Club, 8:00 p. m. MORE ABOUT Card Party, USO, Bend, 8:00 p. m. the mess hall. FUN SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY Dance, Service Club, Camp Abbot, 8-10:30 p. m. Stamp Collectors Club, USO Bend, 8 p. m. THURSDAY Bingo Party, USO Bend, 8 p. m. Special Show, Service Club, Camp Abbot, 8 p. m. Twice Wounded (Continued from Page One) * * * ammunition was carried aboard FRIDAY | his ship. On one trip he recalls, Quiz Contest, USO Bend, 8 p. m. Spelling Bee, Service Club, 8 p. m. and which was to an unnamed SATURDAY 1 port in New Caledonia, after the Dance, USO Bend, 8 p. m. .; cargo was unloaded it was neces- j sary to return with water bal- THEATER SCHEDULE .! last. But so perilous was the re S ATU R D AY—“ Henry Aldrich Haunts a House,” Jimmy Lydon, turn trip with even this ballast Charlie Smith, Joan Mortimer; “ Gildersleeve on Broadway,” : at times the ship listed to a 45 Harold Peary, Billie Burke. SUNDAY and MONDAY—"Guadalcanal Diary,” Preston Foster, degree angle, almost a danger- Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix; Added Attractions—“ Good Night 1 ous position for any ship. Rusty,” “ Madcap Models," RKO Pathe News. Sgt. Denk has shipped before TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY— “ In Old Oklahoma,” John Wayne, the mast intermittently since Martha Scott, Albert Dekker; Added Attractions—“ Army-Navy 1932. He was inducted in the Screen Magazine,” Community Sing, "Hits of the Day.” THU RSDAY and FR ID A Y—"Riding High,’.’ Dorothy Lamour, Dick Arm y when he remained ashore Powell, Victor Moore; Added Attractions—“ This is America,” two months following his exper- RKO Pathe News. , ience in the Southwest Pacific, a rest he said was necessary after such harrowing experien ces. He was inducted in July, MORE ABOUT took his basic training at Camp Abbot, and is now attached to the officers’ mess in the capacity of head baker. (Continued From Page One) A beginners class in dancing pounds in weight during his first fo r G I’s who would rather be on few weeks at the training camp. the floor than be wall flowers, I On the basis of our large army, w ill be held each Friday night in it is estimated that 12 per cent By Sgt. Curt Foreman a room immediately above the of the total poundage of meat How did you meet your wife? USO club in Bend. Competent available for this year goes to A few of our better barracks the soldiers. The remaining 80 philosophers were kicking that instructors will bo available, as per cent is used by civilians, it w ill members of the Bend Junior self indicating that fair and pro one around the other night, and some dandies cropped up. In Hostesses. Complete privacy is portionate share is computed on fact, it finally got ankle-deep assured so no dog fact' need be a mathematical basis. This can and the boys had to roll up their bashful. only be accomplished with ac trousers and wade out. But one curate control by military effi MP, a former paratrooper who ciency and co-operation of mili had the misfortune to bail out tary personnel.” in a thing somebody assumed LOCATION OF CHAPELS was a parachute, got o ff the best Post C h a p e l . Bldir. 20«; 11th Gp. of the bunch. Bldg. 754: Hospital Chapel in Red Crotta Service Club Now Boosts Chapel, Bldg. 1265 ; 12th Gp. Chapel, Seems that our hero was flit Recreation hall. Lost, Found Department ting from joint to joint, engaged JEWISH SERVICES Establishment of a lost and Friday, 7:30 p. m. Post Chapel found department in the Service in a little elbow calesthentics, and having all the fun in town, ABlgd. 208). Club for patrons who are absent when he inadvertently found CATHOLIC SERVICES minded or just plain don’t give Confessions Saturday, Post a damn was announced by Mrs. himself in conversation with a Chapel. Masses at 9 a. m. and Helen Smith, club director, this trio of strangers—two girls and a man. Well, seems that the 6:30 p. m. Sunday at Post Chapel. week. trio was also pleasure-bent, aft Masses daily, except Thursday, Collected to date: Two keys, at 5:10 p. m. at Post Chapel. a compact, a lady's blue sweater, er a fashion, but the man was Choir rehearsal 7 p. m. Tuesday. a plaid scarf, a pair of brown simply an old meanie. Tcmpus PROTESTANT SERV ICES anklet socks (presumably for Fugits. More elbow calesthen Service Sunday at 10 p.m., female) and half a "dog tag” tics. Then one word let to an Post Chapel (Bldg. 2081. At 6:00 bearing the name of Donald other, as words invariably will, p. m. services for 56th Bn., Moyer. Owners are requested to and Old Meanie got up and (quarantine) at 12th Group reclaim their belongings as soon smacked Our Hero right in the puss! Don’t ask why. N o one Chapel and at 7:30 p. m. Post as possible. knows. Not even Our Hero. And Chapel. maybe not e v e n Old Meanie. HOSPITAL SERVICES Pvt. Ilal McCullough, star Nevertheless, a broken hunk o' Catholic conlessions at Red Cross Recreation Hall at 7 a.m. Cornell halfback in 1939 and man lay on the floor, while Old Sunday. Mass (visitors invited) '40. can't shake the number 63. Meanie took one of the girls by at Red Cross Recreation Hall at He wore 63 on his jersey when the arm and. puffing elaborate 7:30 a. m. Sunday. Protestant he r;yi wild for the Big Red ly on his cigar, strode trium service at Red Cross Recreation teams of Carl Snavley and now phantly out, leaving the other he’s been assigned to the 63rd girl kneeling beside the pros Hall at 10 a. m. Sunday. Infantry division at Camp Van trate form. DENOMIN VTIONAL Dorn, Miss. SKHVICES “ You poor, poor man;" a soft, L. D. S. Service. 11th Group v arm voice floated delicately in Chapel at 7:00 p. m. Christian Pass The ENGINEER To An to his ringing ears, and Our Science service, 12th Group j other Abbotman— He'll Appreci Hero heart! the angels sing. His Chapel, Thursday. ate It. rear echelon was guided some USO Dance Class For Beginners Food Saving Notes From the Bull Pen C H U R C H RITES 30 Rewarded For Study In Music Program Thirty members of the 54th Engr. Trng. Bn., who for the past month have spent one hour each evening in small instru ment and singing classes were rewarded with certificates of proficiency signed by the ERTC commander at conclusion of their graduation program in the Service Club Monday night. A special program was play ed by the group who have mas tered the tonettes and ocarinas , and the group taking instruc tion as song leaders really bore down on the musical notes. Members of the class were pre sented with the certificates by Lt. Col. A. M. Mock, executive of ficer, who personally thanked each individual and lauded him for his willingness to give an hour of his own time in order that m u s i c a l entertainment might be provided for others. He shook hands with each individu al as the certificates were award ed. Major B u r r Adams, com how into a chair, and his eyes mander of the battalion, was opened. There she stood! Femi also present. He, too, showed nine Perfection! And sooo sym much interest in the class per formance. pathetic. In addition of the class pro Well, Chums, Feminine Per gram several other acts were fection is now Mrs. Our Hero. presented under the direction of And—guess who Old Meanie is Lt. Albert P. Willis, and Lt. John —. Never mind, this will save , Spierling, who was in charge of time: Old Meanie is now Our the music class. Hero’s brother-in-law! Pvt. Don Goers imitated Don ald Duck, and Pvt. W. H. Lewis, a OVERHEARD: Listen, sol dier . . . I ’ll hit you so hard and piano solo. Lt. Robert Herring, so fast it’ll sound like the ap in a song and two encores gave plause of an amateur's mother! ample proof why he was a star in Broadway musical shows. It ’s to be expected—soldiers The audience joined in group complaining about this and that. singing l e d by Pvt. Warren (There’s a more robust word for Chamberlin. it.) Maybe it’s a good thing. Maybe it provides a vent for totally blind. An 18-year-old kid pent up steam. But analyze each —blind! How easily he could individual complaint. Reduce it have given up. But h<! didn’t. to its basic elements and chances Bob Grimes was not that kind are you wouldn’t have enough of a man. He developed a high material for a good, audible ly sensitive touch. Little by lit- ttle his hands became his eyes. squeak. Last week Pvt. Joe Dangelo This man worked long, strenu of the Police and Prison staff ous hours against almost unbe- received a letter from a friend liveable odds. T o d a y , Bob in San Jose, Calif. Joe began • Grimes c a n dismantle a huge talking about his friend. T h e ! diesel engine, and put it togeth more he talked, the more he j er again. He makes his own was urged to talk. It was an ! precision tools! He is an expert machinist and mechanic, hold inspiring story. Several years ago this friend, ing his own with the best . . . Bob Grimes, by name, was a with men who CAN see. How about it, lads? racing driver—and a good one. He was only 18 years old when, during a race, his car went over \ Pfc. John Taylor Brickley, son a wall. The youth was v e r y ' of Charley Brickley, famed Har badly battered up. But as time vard drop kicker, is attached to went on, an even more serious an MP company at a South Pa result developed. He finally went cific base. The Wolf by Sansone H, p '-!>} You re getting shipped—teach her what you know1'