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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1943)
Page Four 57thCagers Drop Contest To Service Co. Saturday, December 18, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER DISTINGUISHED GUEST Army Institute Gives Chance to Better Rating W AC Unit Organizes Two Cage Squads An opportunity to learn while you are in the Army is offered by the program o f the Army In stitute, presenting a great vari ety of correspondence courses through which, in your off-duty time, you can improve your The fairer sex is at it again Cagers from Company A, 57th chances fo r promotion and, at and this time it is a challenge to Battalion, who for many weeks the same time, continue your have paced the field in the Camp high school or college education. 1 all comers in the field of basket Abbot basketball league with a The Institute offers 64 courses ball. The W ac company o f consecutive string of virtories of at a very low cost—$2—in such Camp Abbot has organized two 11 games, finally dropped their subjects as bookkeeping, ac cage teams and opened their play first contest Thursday night to counting, automc die mechanics, with an intra-company game Service Company, a squad which trigonometry. I.i addition the for several weeks occupied the Institute offers a plan through Tuesday evening at the All Pur league cellar. Final score was which you can take a course at pose building. 37 to 19. high school or college level from Tuesday evening the “ Daisy The 57th quintet played with any of some 76 American univer Mae” team composed of First out the services o f their ace sities offering over 700 courses Sgt. Mary Moscatello at center, player, Schiller, however. Schil approved by the W ar Depart ! Sgt. Peggy Smith and Cpl. Lil- ler became ill just prior to the ment. Under this plan, half the [ lian Mayer at forwards and Cpl. game. The victory brought Ser fee will be paid by the govern j Ann Thomsen, Pvt. Rita Zering- vice Company’s standing in the ment (up to $20), half by you. er and Sgt. Laurene Oliver at league to seven wins and six If, for instance, the chosen the guards defeated the “ Snow losses. ; course costs $13, you would pay balls” 14 to 6. The “ Snowballs” STANDINGS $6.50, the government the rest. boast Pvt. Olga Paoletti, at cen Team Won Lost This fee also covers the costs of ter, Tec. 4th Bea Silberman, and A-57 ................................... 11 1 texts and other equipment. Pvt. Juanita Fox at the forward C-51 ....................................10 2 Upon completion of either type posts with Pvt. Laura Heaps, A-51 ................................... 11 4 o f course you receive a certifi Tec. 5th Edith Lacy and Cpl. Supply ..................... 8 3 cate of proficiency which may Mildred Cronin at the guard D-56 ................................. 7 4 be applied for credit towards j- — Photo By ERTC Publications. posts. 11 .2 ................................... 8 5 General Met oath signs the Service Club guest l>ook on a page i graduation from high school or The coach and director of the A -53 ................................... 7 I college. Those who do not need _ which contains the name o f five other generals o f the Corps of En- teams is Lt. Patricia Elwell, B-54 ................................... 7 credit for the courses will find ’ gineers and the IV Corps. "CO” of the company. Sgt. Char Service ................. 7 them o f value in their Army A -52 ................................... 6 7 Kruzic ...........108 156 155 419 McKeown .... 167 139 180 486 work or for the increased en- lotte Schneller was referee of the B-51 ................................... e 8 Diedikier ..... 136 101 112 349 Hammer .... 102 132 124 358 1 joyment o f some hobby or avo- match. Sgt. Moscatello was high scorer with eight points. Casual ................................ 5 8 Gearing ....... 131 172 109 422 j j cation. ----- “ Casualties” , cropped up in the Civ. Pers.............................. 4 8 McRae ......... 120 178 131 429 Means are now being arranged Totals ....961 693 729 2113 form of one scratched nose, and 0 5 2 .......................................4 9 so that trained officer and en one cracked “ funny bone” . One M e d ic s :i <) listed personnel on this Post will Totals .......621 718 616 1975 of the players, whose identity C-53 ................................... 2 8 ; be available for instruction and i was not revealed, pulled a coaching in a majority of sub Quartermasters “wrong way Corrigan” stunt in jects. A maximum o f men com Strother .... 113 128 158 399 looping iq a counter for the oth pleting the courses with the re Pulver ....... ...131 180 160 471 From the looks of what has sulting benefits derived is the er team. 150 Absentee . .150 Hedies 274 127 147 been taking place lately, D-56 object of the Special Service Of Monroe . Dell ....... 149 180 134 463 .172 143 168 483 Fulkerson ...154 145 125 424 will be a thing o f the past by the fice. Vest ........ MORE ABOUT Any interested serviceman is 162 192 151 505 time this issue is out. Friday Flanigan 126 121 188 435 Burgeson urged to apply to his command- Drischel 162 147 155 464 will find us in the Casual com Totals .... .710 772 741 2223 pany ready to go on furlough. 1 ing officer, or feel free to call Sagder .. 142 155 192 489 the Special Service Office for ( Wildcats There’s always a certain sadness (Continued From Page One) > Totals , 751 746 Oxford ..... ...178 134 137 449 in leaving an old outfit; even help and advice concerning his course or problem. Neophytes Rodgers .... 136 204 107 447 though you say you are glad to songs and other forms of enter Ribbeck ....... 93 120 123 335 Jarvi ........ 173 189 143 505 be going. There’s always some Edgren . 105 139 163 407 Burgess .... 201 189 147 537 one you sort of hate to leave be will do well anywhere it goes. tainment to be played at the Hoglund 110 131 125 366 Brown ..... .140 167 169 476 hind. W e o f D-56 have had a lot So long, D-56, good luck, A-58. Post Theater in lieu of the ‘can ned” vnusic records that are now Den 169 146 148 463 o f fun with the cooks, especial featured before the film show Wallace 116 128 141 385 Totals .... 911 966 786 2414 ly. A stranger in the company G l Readers Pick YANK starts. would think we would cut each As Favorite Magazine The machine was brought Totals 593 664 700 1956 Wahee other’s throats if we had the New York—GI readers voted from Portland by Les Marcus, Landenberg. 138 123 177 438 chance, but there was a lot of YANK a close second to LIFE staff announcer o f KWJJ, who lldq. Hotshots Smith ........ ...112 123 134 367 fun in that so called “ mess hall magazine in a recent survey con W ard ...... ......... 161 105 142 408 Fleischman .130 134 105 369 mutiny” we carried on with. In ducted by Special Services in broadcast several programs from Camp Abbot while here in con Shirk ...... 171 151 146 Huber .... 122 156 137 415 previous columns in this paper Hawaii. nection with the recently com Johanek .... .......123 108 105 Wilson 157 137 160 454 I have made numerous state Answering the question “ What pleted IV Corps maneuvers. Gardner ....... .... I l l 99 107 317 ments about the cooks that I are your three favorite publica Hohenhorst 144 134 179 457 657 673 713 2043 hope no one has taken to heart. tions?”, 28% o f all servicemen Totals . Strikers I only hope that the trainees inerviewed placed YANK at the MORE ABOUT Totals .. 710 Yancey ...... 127 115 156 398 now coming in will find Sgt. top of the list, with LIFE receiv Sad Sacks MacKnight .155 133 121 409 Kembel, Cpl. Cottle, and Cpl. ing only 4% more votes. The Sammarco .1 3 6 111 109 356 Kobel ......... 140 174 148 462 Monoya, as amusing as we have “ big three” publications, as far in the past. Perhaps some will as men in the Islands are con think at first that Sgts. Sawyer, cerned, are rated as follows; (Continued Fiom Page One) Mann, and Kesler are going to 32%—LIFE j hump, the Army finds itself with eat them alive. But they will 28%—YANK a surplus o f administrative offi- find sooner or later that these 23%— READERS DIGEST fellows may ha\^ tough skin, Other publication regarded as 1 cers and an abundance of field but soft hearts. We haven’t had soldier-favorites were listed in leaders to meet present and pro- too much experience with Cpl. this order. Time, fourth; Liberty, 1 jected requirements. The officers to be discharged Freeman, the new Company fifth. After these came Colliers, Clerk, that is clerking exper Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, will be men over the draft age ience, we had him all through Cosmopolitan. Scattered votes who were commissioned as training, now to leave him at the were registered for various specialists, and officers called disposal o f the next gang. As comic books and pulp detective from retirement early in the war when there was a shortage o f for the new cadre that moved in and westerns. men with Army administrative recently, I haven’t much to say. But I do know one thing. If there Buy National War Bonds Now! ability. is ever such a thing as a por table sub-machine gun invented, I hope they can find room for it SEND THE ENGINEER H O M E on their belts, along with those (Fold paper, fasten together, place l ' i c stamp in sabers and pistols they constant corner, mail) ly pack around. Notes From Bowling Notes P-56 Shows to Be 25,000 Officers With deep regret we announce the death o f one o f our favorite buddie's BROTHER, who also is an Engineer. Pvt. Bottari left Sunday for the funeral in Chi cago. 111. In departing, we express congratulations to all w h o were willing to put up with us during our training. As for me, the writer of this column, it has been a pleasure to record the events o f a company that From Cent Stamp Here Camp Abbot, Oregon