Image provided by: Deschutes Public Library; Bend, OR
About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1944)
'O R r r o M LIP^A^Y MAU H» W4 Talent Hunt 1$ Now On! How About You? Vol. 1 C A M P ABBOT, O REG O N No. 43 Camp Abbot, Ore., Mar. 11,1944 Available Men May Get Leave HELL FOR HITLER Delay Enroute May Supplant Furlough If Time Is Short “When at all possible, our hope is to grant men of the first shipping wave eligible for furloughs enough de lay en route to their next station to give them seven days at home,” Lt. Col. Russell D. Turrill, director of personnel, said this week. The declaration was made to clarify the furlough situation of those men who, because of training or medical requirements, will not have sufficient time to go home before being reported available on March 20. A personnel memorandum Talent File Seen as Boon To Gl Shows w as given out by the personnel director Monday. Enlisted m en of the cache who are being re leased for service overseas should be granted furloughs prior to shipm ent to ports of em b ark a tion or replacem ent depots un less urg en t m ilitary necessity prevents, the le tte r read. However, inasm uch as such Overseas theatres as well furloughs m ay not be g ran ted as Camp Abbot and other in until all training required by stallations throughout the N inth Service Command o rd er nation are expected to receive is completed, w h i c h in m ost cases will be som etim e during big entertaiment dividends th e next two weeks, m any m en through a new program con of th e first wave will be unable ceived by the Special Serv to get home before being m ade available. ice Officer here this week. Those scheduled for release Plans provide for estab- A pril 20 or May 20 will have no “Hitler” and “Tojo” literally burned up when Camp Abbot went over the top in the Fourth War lishment of talent file listing Loan Drive. The achievement was celebrated this w ^ k with the burning of effigies of the Axis duo ¡n detail theatrical and rccrea- difficulty in getting furloughs if eligible fo r them, the director after they’d been drawn to the top of the scaffold as sales mounted. A flame thrower was used to „t add the engineering touch. Sales reached $113,237, well over the unofficial goal of $100,000. tional expenenee of evciy man stated. in the E ngineering Replace As replacem ents requisitioned m ent T raining C enter here. to fill vacancies left by available D ata cards will be used here men arrive, men qualified for in the selection of talent for overseas duly will be relieved post program s and forw ard from assignm ent, and made a t ed to Special Service O fficers of tached unassigned. They will units to which men are assigned then be reported available fo r on completion of th eir training. reassignm ent as casual replace War bonds worth 8113,337 at maturity—well over twice "The aim is to teach soldiers m ents with the request th a t the total reached in the last war bond drive—were sold for not only to en tertain themselves these men be retained for a pe cash during the two months of the Fourth War Loan Drive ending February 29, Lt. Col. Russell D. Turrill, co- Cam p Abbot's contributions to but also to en tertain others, riod sufficient to train an un chairman of the Camp Abbot War Bond Council has the A m erican Red Cross N ation Capt. V. G. Henderson, Special derstudy for th eir job. This understudy period, unless Service Officer, said. Plans for announced. The right to display the 1 J. S. Treasury “Minute Man al W ar Fund drive reached $?,- aw arding certificates of recog the position carries highly tech 395.50 yesterday, 10 days after nition to soldiers participating in nical skill, will not exceed 30 banner was won by em solicitation fo r the month-long en tertainm ent program s here days, and in all events will not ployees of the QM Laundry, also are under consideration, he last beyond Ju n e 30. No m an who led all civilian person cam paign w as started. will be reported available fo r re added. nel in pay reservations with an The m ajority of contributions D ata cards subm itted by m em assignm ent until his replace average of 12.5 per cent of their to date have been from enlisted bers of the 51st and 52nd B at ment actually arrives, the mem m onthly earnings. The banner men; since personal solicitation talions already are being review orandum emphasized. w as aw arded to this post for ex of officers and civilian personnel ed by Sgt. Buddy Hyde, program ceeding a ten per cent pay res has not yet had tim e to gain mo director for the Morale Branch, O rganization of an a rt league ervation by 90 per cent of per m entum , F ran k Dunning, Red and Cpl. Agnes Sonnenfelt of the sonnel. A verage civilian reser and the possibility of conducting Cross field director for the cam p W ac Company. T rainees with vation for the post w as 10.9 per classes in a rts and cra fts will be explained. As the ( amp Abbot boxing prom ising records will be per cent, w ith 100 per cent partici discussed at a m eeting to be held C ontributors include: Head sonally interview ed and record meet neared an end, tl\e men pation. at the Service Club a t 3 p. m. to q u arte rs personnel, $371.91; ed as available for Camp shows, emerged from last night's Over 51 per cent of the mili head q u arters officers, $58; Red m orrow , Miss Caroline Paddock, radio program s and sim ilar ac bouts as (lost champs. ta ry personnel is investing 13.3 Cross staff, $36; 12th G roup $1, Ill the 118 pound class. Scoti, per cent of its base pay m onth librarian announced. The m eet 117.03; 11th Group, $615.16; Med tivities. ■56th Bri. deeisioned Peti, 57th; It is planned to have each in ing, open to all personnel in ter ly. Officers have pledged m onth ical D etachm ent, $48; civilian 126 pounds—Soler, 58th, de ly allotm ents totaling $5,718.75 ested in the proposed project, personnel, $28.50, and Personnel coming battalion subm it talent cards soon a fte r arriving on the feated Sutherland, .59th, by for and enlisted men each month will be in charge of Cpl. Angelo Division officers, $121. Post. Battalions which already feit; 13.5 | miii n ils— Holquin, will buy $27.341.25. W ith the Caravaglia. have completed p art of then- 58th, KO'il Hiukley, 57th, in civilian pay reservation total of Miss Paddock pointed out th a t training will not be interviewed, the second round; 1*5 pounds $17.929.70 a total m onthly w ar should plans fo r organizing a rt but men who feel qualified are —Ward, 56th, deeisioned Fra bond sale of $50,989.70 will be classes m aterialize, m em bers ley, 57th; heavyweight—Bern urged to contact Sergeant Hyde achieved. ill have a t th eir disposal a wide at the Morale Office, 'phone 160. hardt, 55lh, won a decision variety of a r t supplies ordered from Lino, 57 th. recently by th e Service CI ud . All eyes will be smiling— With two bouts still remain W ac Lt. Here to Study Sinc e it was not known in which Amphibian Command Is all eyes will he Irish— when ing the 58th Bn. lead* the box Company Administration loom of th e club tom orrow 's the patients of the Station Hos KBND Broadcast Topic ing race with 10 points. Other m eeting will be held, she re L ieutenant L aura Randal], ad A new phase of the E ngineer quested th a t those planning to pital jlglim e Into a gay old St. program , th e E ngineer Amphib standings: .56th, 6; 5*th, I; m inistrative officer of the W ac Patrick's party Thursday eve 55th, 3; .59th, 1. attend inquire at the library. ian Command, w as discussed in Company a t Camp W hite O re ning. It'll be a fine hit of Erin— the w eekly Cam p Abbot radio gon, is serving for 30 days w ith FREE Tl< KETS MAIL HOI RS CHANGED with a blarney stone (for broadcast over KBND, Bend, F ree tickets for the violin ic- the Camp Abbot W ac Company- Service hours at th e Cam p Ab kissin'l, a well (for wishin'), W ednesday night under direc cital Monday in Bend of Patricia in the sam e capacity. bot post office have been extend spuds (for rollin'), and ballads tion of the M orale Services Div T ravers, widely acclaimed young ision. According to Lt. Patricia E. ed to include a period from 6 to (for singin'). Sgt. Buddy Hyde and Pvt. violinist, a re still available to Elwell, W ac com m ahder here, 8 p. m. W ednesdays. The Wed Shamrocks and daffodils will enlisted men and women a t th e L t Randall will com pare adm in nesday schedule will rem ain in he everywhere, and maybe a C harles D /ak e and Riley Crabb Service Club or Special Service partic'pated in the inform ational istrative m ethods em ployed in operation as long as patronage greased pig, too. office. program . w arra n ts it .officials said. th e two W ac organizations. Sales in Bond Drive Double Earlier Total S2.395 Donated To Red Cross in War Fund Drive Meeting of Art Group Scheduled Late Fight Results Patients to Hold St. P atfs Shindig