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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1943)
Friday, December 24, 1943 A B B O T EN G IN EER Page Two Official camp newspaper, published weekly in the interests of the personnel of Camp Abbot, Oregon, antler supervision of the Special Service Officer. News matter pertaining to Camp Abbot m furnished by the Public delations Branch and is available f o r general release. Post Schedule For Christmas Far From Dull IT S A GIFT Camp Abbot's Christmas season will be anything but dull judging from items listed on a program The A B B O T E N G IN E E R receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Service, W a r Liep't., 205 E. 42nd St., N ew York, N . Y. Credited material may not published by the Special Service be republished without permision of Camp Newspaper Service. Office this week. Tonight carols by the Bend ail : 50 Distributed free to camp personnel. Subscription rate to public, by cents for three months; six months, $1.00; one year. 11.50. High School choir, a radio broad cast and concert by the Camp Ab bot band and selected solo num bers are on tap for Service Club audiences. The high school choir will tour the camp in a bus pro vided by the Red Cross at 8:30. Entertainment On and O ff the Post for the Coming Week Open house will be held at the club tomorrow. Refreshments will FRIDAY Band concert, radio show, and carol program at Service Club he served. A 2 p. m. matinee is at 7:30 p. m. scheduled at the Post Threatre in Singing tour of camp by Bend High School choir at 8:30 p. m. addition to regularly scheduled SATURDAY showings. Open House at Service Club. The regular weekly dance will Informal dance at NCO Club at 8 p. m. be held at the Service Club Dec Christmas tree party at W AC day room at 10 a. m. Dinner and dance at Officers’ Mess at 6:30 p. m. ember 29, and sports fans will SUNDAY have an opportunity to witness a Open House at Service Club. basketball contest between Camp MONDAY Music class graduation for .35th Battalion at Service Club at S p. m. Abbot and Prineyille at the All- TUESDAY Purpose Recreation Hall. Music Bingo at Service Club. U Tnv_en , v for the dance will be provided by Weekly dance at Service Club at 8:30 p. m. the Camp Abbot band. Game time Basketball game, Camp Abbot vs. Prineville, at All-Purpose Bldg, is 7:30 p. m. at 7:30. Another edition of “Khaki Kap- Stag party at Military Police dayroom at 2 p. m., and informal ers>.. regu]ar weekly variety show- dance at 9. } } is set for December 30. THURSDAY i New Year’s Eve a dance will be ‘ Khaki Kapers" show at Service Club. FRIDAY held at the Service Club with Broadcast and dance at Service Club. music by the Camp Abbot band, The young lady is Elaine Riley, Formal dance at Officers’ Mess at 9 p. m. and at the Post theatre, a mid RKO starlet who creates a traf Amateur show and midnight matinee at Post Theatre. night matinee and amateur show fic jam every time she walks on SATURDAY is scheduled. Open House at Service Club. the studio’s Hollywood lot. We Dance at NCO Club at 8:30. Informal dancing will be on the heard r u m o r s i never mind program for the NCO Club THEATER SCHEDULE where) that we could find some Christmas evening, the VV’ac Com thing just like this in our stock SATURDAY—“ She’s for Me,” Grace McDonald, David Bruce, pany will hold a Christmas tree Eddie Lc Baron and orchestra; “ Whispering Footsteps," Rita Quig- party at 10 a. m. and dinner and ing Christmas -but not being in terested, we pass it on to you. ’s IjNDAY^nd^M O NDAY “Government Girl,” Olivia do Havil- dancing is scheduled at the Offi- land, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley; Army-Navy Screen Magazine; cers Mess from 6:30 to 12 mid- foreman; Cpl. Joy J. Pile, labor RKO Pathe News. night. TUESDAY—“ Minesweeper,” Richard Arlen, Jean Parker; The Military Police day room foreman and Pvt. E l m e r E. “ Music Will Tell" (short); "Task Force," (short). 1 m h s c e n e o f a e t a e n a r t v Klotz, stone cutter. WEDNESDAY -“ Holiday Inn," (revival), Bing Crosby, Fred be the scene of a stag party Capt. Thomas M. Huber, as Astaire; Community Sing. at 2 P’ m’ and an informal dance sistant executive officer, was THURSDAY and FRII>AY—"The Gang's All Here,” Alice Faye, at 9 p. m. James Ellison, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman and orchestra. A formal New Year’s Eve dance program chairman. RKO Pathe News. ____________________________________ will be held at the Officers' Mess at 9 p. m. with music by the ERTC pickles were served. Candy and dance orchestra and a floor show, C H U R C H R IT E S Jewish Members Enjoy cigarettes were also dispensed, and members of the NCO Club LOCATION OF CHAPELS Social Hour at Chapel Members of the Jewish faith The party was under the aus- an<f their guests will attend a New Post Chai»el, Rid*. 20g ; llt h Gp. Chapel. Bid*. 1255: 12th Gp. Chapel. Bldtr. T'.-i ; Year’s dance at the club rooms enjoyed a social hour in the 11th pices of the Jewish Welfare Hospital services, Red Cross Recreation Hal!. News Year’s Day. Group chapel following observ League. JEWISH SERVICES ance of Hanukkah, a Jewish holi Friday, 7:00 p. m. Post Chapel day, at the Post Chapel Tuesday War Ixtnd.s ami stamps build (Blgd. 208). MORE ABOUT night. ships and bombers. Buy them CATHOLIC SERVICES Kosher meat s a n d w i c h e s , now. Christmas Eve, confessions from 6:30 to 11:30 p. m., followed by midnight mass in Post Chapel. of tyranny and is an analogy (Continued Ftom Page One) Christmas, Mass at 9:30 a. m. in comparable to the fight today 12th Gp. Chapel. Sunday. Masses with the forces of Hitler," he de available for persons awaiting at 7:15 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. in calls. clared. Post Chapel. Mass daily in Post Previously it was necessary Chapel at 5:15 p. m., except Chaplain William H. Andrew for persons making long dis also made brief remarks in tance calls to use public phones. Thursday and Friday at 7 a. m. which he paid tribute to mem Pay stations in the camp are lo- Study Club Wednesday at 7 p. m. bers of the faith and the pleasure cated at thP llth and 12th Group he had enjoyed in serving under Post Exchanges, the Station The W olf “ May this flag inspire you to Colonel Besson and being asso- Hospital, the bus station at Cen- be better soldiers and better ciated with Chaplain Goldburg. ter street and Warehouse ave The Chaplain's Hag is o f pale nue and in Building G-1701 in men,” Col. Frank S. Besson, ERTC commander, told an audi blue silk in the center of which the WAC Company area. ence of almost 100 service men are replicas of the tables of and women in dedicating the stone given to Moses on Mt. Jewish chaplain’s flag at the Cinai. It is surmounted by the MORE ABOUT Star Of David. Rost Chapel Tuesday night. Written contributions, art work and photographs are solicited and should be directed to the Public Relations Branch, Poet H(1 q &. Annex, Bldg. 202. Telephone Ext-8. Abbot ’n Around New Exchange New Chaplain's flag Dedicated By Colonel Besson Military personnel of Camp Abbot were advised by the Hous ing Board this week to discour age their families and friends from visiting Bend because of an acute shortage of housing fa cilities. An announcement in the Daily Information Bulletin quoted the executive secretary of the Bend Chamber of Commerce as say ing every available housing fa cility in which babies and small children can be accommodated has been filled and it is doubh- ful any additional accommoda tions can be located, at least un til after the holiday season. More Amateurs Sought for Show There’s still room on the list for amateurs wishing to com pete in the Post's amateur con test to be held at the Post Thea tre preceding the midnight mati nee New Year’s Eve, Pvt. Sey mour Goldston, master of cere monies, said yesterday. A num ber of promising acts already have been registered but more are needed The contest is open to all sol diers, whether they were pro fessionals in civil life or not, and all types of acts are accepta ble. First prize is S15 in cash and second prize. S10. Other prizes also will be offered. For those whose performances fail io meet with the audience’s disap proval there’li be the hook. Contestants wishing to regis ter are requested to call the Spe cial Service Office, 'phone 60, or Private Goldston, 'phone 41. in 12th Gp. Chapel. PROTESTANT SERVICES Services at 10 a. m. Christmas and 7:30 p. m. Sunday at Post Chapel. Services at Post Theatre at 7:15 a. m. Sunday. HOSPITAL SERVICES Christmas, Catholic Mass, 8:30 a. m., following confessions, in Red Cross Recreation Hall. Sun day, Mass at 9 a. m., following confessions, in Red Cross Rec reation Hall. DENOMINATIONAL SERVICES L. D. S. Service, llth Group Chapel at 7:00 p. m. Christian Science service, 12th Group Chapel, Thursday. by Sansone ’Bush Raising' “ This flag shares honor with the Christian chaplain's flag ami Is a symbol of (he joint purpose (Continued from Page One) of Judiasm and Christianity," he I • • • said. For the benefit of soldiers tive officer; M a j. Charles C ptedication of the flag was co who were (or will he) surpris Hull, director of repairs and incident in observance of Hanuk ed to find free cigarettes on utilities: Capt. Smiley Raburn, kah, a Jew ish holiday, similar to their mess hall tables or in chief of the schools branch; the Christmas festival observed their barracks this week and Capt. John V. Banks, in charge by the Christian world. wondered (or would have) of design; Capt. Howard F. Mc- The services were under the w her*- they came from, here’s Keown. in charge of construc direction of Chaplain Norman the answer to the mystery: tion: Lt. James R. Rogers, in M. Goldburg, who said it was the Nome 7,0<M) C a m e I cigarette charge of logging operations: T/- first flag of its kind ever t o ' were given to (am p Abbot by Sgt. William M. Corts, NCO in grace a chapel in the many the R. .1. Reynolds Tobacco charge; Sgt. Ernest C. Holtz of Arm y posts where he had been Company as a feature of the the woodworking ship; Sgt. Don Stationed organization's “Thanks to the ald E. Kramer, lumber yard: Chaplain Goldburg traced the Yanks" program. Sgt. Elmer L. Spenser, sawmill: history of the Jewish holiday ; Sgt. Arthur J. Mercure, finish which originated, he said, sev Pass The ENGINEER To An carpenter: Cpl. John D. Shim- eral centuries before the Chris other Abbotman— He'll Appreci- sky. stone and metal worker: ■ tian era. "It dates back to an age ate It. Cpl Joseph F. Krejci, carpenter Free Smokes' Soldiers Warned Of Acute Housing Shortage in Bend . now that we re off—what II you miss th moít'," ',