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C A M P ABBOT, O REG O N
Camp Abbot, Ore., Mar. 18, 1944
UP SHE G O ES
Enriquez Wins
Boxing Title;
51 st Fights On
Abbot Pushes
RC Campaign
'Over the Top'
A fast jabbing left gave
Pvt. Enriquez, C-59, the mid
dle weight post champion
ship Thursday night when he
outpointed Pvt. Dillon, B-56,
in what proved to be “the
fight of the evening” on the
Post Recreation Hall’s box
ing show.
Eight other bouts featur
ing members of the 51st
training battalion kept a
crowd of more than 200 per
sons in constant suspense. Open
ing th e fisticuffs Edw ards, 159
pounds, A-51, decisioned 158-
ponder Brown of C-51. In the
175-pound division Bostick, B-51,
beat out Cockman, also of B-51,
in the second duel of the eve
ning. Levi Espinoza, B-51 had
little difficulty in w inning a de
cision over another B company
m an, Adams, w hen they threw
punches in the 125 class. F irst
technical K.O. of th e evening
w ent to 150-pounder N orton, B-
51, when the la tte r m anaged to
connect in the third round w ith
som e dam aging blows to the
head and body of Burton, B-51.
Felax Espinoza, B-51, followed
th e puglistic victory of Levi with
a jabbing rig h t which caused
th e judges to aw ard him a de
cision over Giacomini, A-51, in
the 145-pound class. B company
scored again w hen th e towel
w as throw n in fo r Beebe, 160-
pounder from C-51, giving Kasa-
lik credit fo r a technical in the
second round. A nother knock
down drag-out affa ir gave Mann,
B-51, a technical K.O. over
F ü rst, A-51, in th e 145-pound
w eights. Final bout of the eve
ning witnessed an evenly-match
ed fight between Youngstrom,
A-51, and Barnes, B-51, both tip
ping the scales a t 164 pounds.
B arnes won a very close de
cision. W elsh E asterling and
Sam L ittle acted as "refs.’’
Red Cross Loans
Total $4,634
N in e ty -n in e loans totaling
$4,634 w ere m ade to m ilitary per
sonnel by the Cam p Abbot field
office of the A m erican Red
C ross during F ebruary, F ran k
Dunning, director, reported this
week. In addition, the office
m ade outright g ran ts totaling
$1,277 to 43 soldiers during the
30-day period.
Cases acted on by the office
during the m onth totaled 561.
O ther services included the
handling of 924 incoming and
618 outgoing letters and 421 in
com ing and 473 outgoing tele
gram s.
USO Troupe to
Appear M ar eh 28
Camp Abbot soldiers will
again be entertained by a l'SO
tabloid troupe show scheduled
to arrive here on March 28.
The sprightly one-hour show,
emceed by veteran comedian
lack Watson, features song
and dances, mask- and magic
—all presented by a talented
group of entertainers.
A check for $2,472.60 was
presented to the Deschutes
County Chapter o f the
American Red Cross by the
Camp Abbot field office this
week to push the county unit
over the top in its goal to
raise $22,250 in the Ameri
can Red Cross National War
Fund Drive.
The b u lk o f contributions
were from enlisted men, but
since solicitation among civil
ians on the Post still is u nder
w ay it is probable th a t several
hundred dollars still will be
poured into Red Cross coffers on
the post before the drive ends
March 30, F ra n k Dunning, field
director, said.
Contributions this week in
P o st S ig n a l P h o to Lab cluded $39 from officers of the
Timber flows as if in a drunken game of pickup sticks when Abbot added actual demolition of a T raining Division, $33 from of
fixed bridge to its training program recently. Blasting of the bridge, a plan conceived by Col. Frank ficers w orking under Maj. M.
S. Besson, EI1TC Commander, when he was CO at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., was executed by Com J. Cuadra, H ead q u arters com
pany A of the 58th Battalion.
m andant, and S74 from Red
Cross w orkers of the Station
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Hospital.
I R eports of collections still are
forthcom ing from officers of the
hospital, but otherw ise solicita
tion am ong officers and enlist
ed men has virtually been com
pleted, Mr. Dunning said.
Solicitation of civilians is in
Capping off a number of “dry runs,” actual demo
the hands of w orkers who served
lition of a fixed bridge— an idea suggested by Col. Frank
as “m inute m en” in the F ourth
S. Besson, ERTC commander, more than a year ago while
How would you feel if one day
at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.—has recently been put into an attractiv e W ac w ere to ap W ar Loan Drive conducted here
practice by the Training Division here.
proach and kiss you while you during F ebruary.
Abbot Soldiers Learn Here's Program
How to B last Bridges Which May Fill
Station Hospital
Last week Company A of the 58th Bn. spent their
next-to-final period of demolition training destroying a
standard H-15 timber tres
tle bridge with steel spans.
The spans were tied with
cables to th e shore to prevent
them from sinking. Then, a fte r
a num ber of practice place
m ents, a charge of nitrostarch
and other explosives, detonated
electrically, blew up th e Des
chutes river span.
I t is planned to have one com
pany in demolition training
blow up a fixed bridge and an
other unit, train in g in fixed
bridges, repair it. T h e first
bridge, destroyed by A-58, was
repaired by the entire 57th Bn.
Showers Tops,
Says Rec Crew
w ere lying in bed?
Well, such was th e good for
tune of several soldier-patients
d u r i n g a new ly-inaugurated
w ard to w ard entertainm ent pro
gram given last W ednesday by
W ac Cpl. Agnes M. Sonnenfelt
and Sgt. Buddy Hyde.
T he idea of touring the camp
hospital w ith a piano w as con
ceived by Red Cross program
hostess, Mrs. R. E. Charleton,
but plans were held up until the
hospital requisitioned a small
moveable studio piano. The pro
gram was well-received especial
ly by the recipients of a "sm ack”
from "Sonny” Sonnenfelt during
her rendition of “How You Go
ing To Keep Them Down On the
F arm .” Sgt. Hyde accompanied
her and also gave forth w ith a
few songs of his own. Cpl. Son
nenfelt w as tran sferred to the
special service departm ent from
the m otor corps afte r a recent
illness.
N ew locker rooms and show
e r facilities, installed in the Post
Recreation Hall in response to
suggestions subm itted to Post
H eadquarters via com pany "idea
boxes,” w ere used fo r th e first
tim e this week and pronounced
“excellent” by directors of the
P o st’s athletic and recreation
program s.
Equipm ent, which occupies &
new addition on the west wall of
the building, includes 25 lockers,
N SC Gets Coveted Flag six show ers, two w ash basins,
For Civilian Bond Program w ater h eaters and latrine facili
From th e H eadquarters N inth ties.
Service Com mand flag pole on
the F ort Douglas, Utah, parade
grounds soon will fly the T reas
Earlier Night Rate Colls
ury D epartm ent’s coveted “T ”
A com prom ise on the soldier Economical for Soldiers
flag, M ajor General David Mc-
N ight rates on long distance
Coach, Jr., Com manding Gen vote bill has been reached, pro
viding Federal ballots but lim it \ calls now s ta rt at 6 p. m. instead
eral of the A rm y Service F orces’ ing th eir use to m en overseas ! of 7 p. m., a change which is ex-
larg est command announced this who apply for S tate absentee bal • pected to help soldiers who arc
week.
lots but don’t get them in tim e, able to telephone only during the
T hree other m ilitary com and who come from states whose j early evening hours. Day rates
will continue to go into effect at
m a n d s— the F irst, Third, and governors approve th e ir use.
A lthough th ere are still some 4:30 a. m.
Seventh—in the nation now fly
T here will be no change in the
m inor details to be worked out,
the aw ard, w hich symbolizes it seem s probable the com pro ! hours th a t the cam p telephone
participation by at least 90 per m ise will be accepted by both building will be open, Blaine
cent of th e ir W ar D epartm ent houses. The S tate governm ents Johnson, acting m anager for the
civilian em ployees in reg u lar will, it appears likely, bear the post, said. Calls m ay be placed
purchases of W ar Bonds th ro u g h b ru n t of servicem en’s voting by on w eekdays from 6 p. m. to 11
payroll reductions of not less using or authorizing the use of p. m. and on Sundays from 9 a.
m. to 11 p. m.
th an 10 per cent of their wage. absentee ballots.
Compromise on
Gl Vote Reached
Engineers Find
Early Booby Trap
Arm y engineers dredging the
D elaw are R iver n ear Philadel
phia recently uncovered w h at
m ay be the first A m erican
"booby trap .” It is believed to
have been set by George W ash
ington’s arm y in 1777.
The trap, called a "stockade,”
was a wowlen crib 30 feet long
and 20 feet wide, weighted down
w ith boulders and fitted w ith
long spikes facing dow nsteam
ju st below th e surface. T he
spikes w ere intended to pierce
the hulls of wooden ships.
The story is told, however,
that the British were shown how
to avoid th e stockade by a tra i
tor, and so w ere able to sail up
the D elaw are and capture P h ila
delphia.
USO Qals Sport
Shades of Erin
Kelly green will come info
prominence at the I SO in
Bend tonight when I SO junior
hostess sport skirts and hats
of Ireland's fat »rite color in
celebration of Sf. Patricks
Hay. The hall will he appropri
ately decorated with sham
rocks and other gadgets suit
able for the occasion.
The costumes, purchased by
the girls themselves, were
worn for the first time at the
Wednesday night dance at (lie
Service club.