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
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1
texts and other equipment.
Pvt. Juanita Fox at the forward
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2
Upon completion of either type posts with Pvt. Laura Heaps,
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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
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— Photo By ERTC Publications.
posts.
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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.
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“ 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
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> 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;
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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
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Cent
Stamp
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Camp Abbot, Oregon