Camp Abbot, Ore., June 10, 1944
ABBOT ENGINEER
Page Four
SPORTS
Four Softball
Games Wind Up
Play at Abbot
Combat Rations
Include Sponge
Soldiers subsisting on the 10-
in-1 combat ration in areas re
mote from organized messing
facilities are finding a small cel-
j lulose sponge packed with the
ration fo r assistance in cleaning
their mess equipment.
About the o n l y noticeable
The 10-in-l, containing rations
change in the standings of the
1 fo r 10 men fo r one day, consists
post softball tournament as the
o f carefully selected processed
result of four games played
i foods. They are packed in five
this week, is the fact that Serv
different menus and may be
ice company is now tied with
Leaten without cooking. The ra
C-58 for top honors in the A m er
ft ion also i n c l u d e s cigarets,
ican league. W hat with “condi
matches, water purification tab
tions" and all, future ball games lets, soap, and paper towels.
w ill just have to wait until
everybody gets up to— you know
where. Scores in the final A b
bot games were Service com
pany, 55, B-58, nothing; B-55, 18;
Supply Co., 3; A-58, 9, C-56, 0;
B-54, 9; Hdqs. Officers, 00.
The final standings at Camp
Abbot are:
American League
c-r>8
.............
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Service Co...................... 5
A-r.8
....................... 3
H-r,8
....................... 3
A-5 6 ..............................3
B-67 ............................. 3
C-57 .................................................. 1
A-r,7 ..............................1
B-56 ............................. 0
National League
C-64 ............................. 6
B-55 ..........: ..................r>
A-54 ............................. 4
C-56 ..............................3
Supply Co...................... 2
B-54 ............................. 2
Htlqs. Officer« ................0
A-56 ..............................0
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2
2
2
4
6
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2
2
3
3
2
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Ree Hall
Ramblings
Lt. Butz of basketball, volley
ball, and softball fame, dropped
into the gym Thursday and
passed out those good two-for-a-
nickel cigars. Occasion: A cer
tain bouncing seven-pound boy.
The newcomer has the same
color hair as his father.
Feeling a need for exercise
the other day, an energetic duo
from Service company, Sgts. Joe
H arty a n d
Gordon
Hatert,
skipped m errily down to the ob
stacle course hand in hand,
only to discover the course just
ain't. It was "struck” last week.
Undaunted, the non-conditioncd
government issues ran up Lava
Butte non-stop, as a substitute
(it says here).
Pvt. Pease, 59th battalion, an
exceedingly s l i c k boxer, sur
prised everyone by defeating
Pvt. Ankcrman in the table ten
nis tournament this week. An-
kerman was a strong favorite.
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Abbot, Costello
(Continued Ft-om Page One)
fered to lend the camp free of
charge.
Buster Keaton, co-director at
the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stu
dios, was another Hollywood
figure who extended a friendly
hand, agreeing to lend his assis
tance where contact with the
studios would help.
Hollywood Film Enterprises,
Inc., offered the camp at no
cost, use o f it» collection o f
Keystone and Christie comedies
and other old timers. Ed Low-
rey, head o f the Victory Com
mittee, expressed willingness to
comply with any request ap
proved by the Ninth Service
Service Command.
In his meanderings about H ol
lywood and visits to movie sets,
Sergeant Hyde met many promi
nent figures with whom he had
worked in his civilian days, in
cluding Fred Astaire, Marie W il
son o f the Ken Murray radio
show, and Sam Hayes, networks
newscaster.
The D u ffy p i c t u r e , built
around a character resembling
the conductor o f the Toonerville
trolley w ill be shown at the
Service Club Monday evening at
8:30.
Guest House to Close
Refunds at Service Club
The Camp Abbot Guest House
w ill close at noon June 19, the
Special Service office has an
nounced. A ll men who have
made reservations subsequent
to that date w ere advised to call
immediately at the Service Club
for refunds.
Save for Security! Save with
Let Your Buddy Read The E N
Security!—Buy BONDS!
G IN E E R A fte r You've Finished.
The Wolf
by Sansone
« by C m » » Her « » « W w—
■— Photo by Signal Corps Photo Lab.
Speaking of pin-ups! Don’t stop to count ’em, but there happen to be exactly 273, including the one
Sgt. Itaoul Mound is thumhtacking here. This limitless sea of pulchritude is located in the sergeant's
quarters at the Post kennels. But the latest addition is not Lana Turner or somebody like that . . .
it’s a picture o f Mound's only son, aged 4 months.
Hughes Paddles
Our Attitude Is,
Hauser; Hubby- Fort Lewis Trek They’re All Good
Wife Win TT Set
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Last week we published a pic
overseas assignment.
ture o f officers and cadre of
Immediately upon receipt of
offical word o f the transfer, ci Company A, 58th battalion, with
Out of a field of 28 entries, 18- vilian employees at the post, a merit plaques, battalion colors,
year-old Thomas M. Hughes, great many of them wives of
and other unit identification
company A, 56th battalion, of trainees, started preparations
Racine, Wisconsin, won the lo r their remova' ->'so. In an banners generously displayed,
men’s singles portion o f the sec effort to place as many of them and made the rash statement
ond annuel Post table tennis ac possible in other Federal po that A-58 was the first company
to win all three o f the Technical,
tournament by defeating Sgt. sitions and assist them in mak
Administrative and T a c t i c a l
Hauser o f the Provost Marshal’s ing the transfer with the least
plaques in a single month.
office in titf-ee out of five games possible inconvenience, Lt. Col.
The E N G IN E E R was still
in the semi-finals at the Rec hall ( R. D. Turrill, personnel director
dizzy from its ride through the
last Tuesday night, Sgt. Leo o f Camp Abbot, and J. J. O’Don
press when a company officer,
Frizzo, athletic coach, has an nell, chief of civilian personnel,
who came to talk fo r the men
nounced.
have been in touch with various under Capt. Jack P. Burch, com
Hauser displayed considerable W ar Department agencies.
manding officer o f Company C,
improvement over his perform
A complete list o f civilian em 52nd battalion, dropped in to in
ance in the last tournament, and ployees who wish to transfer to
form us that that company not
was expected by many to win. Fort Lewis has been submitted
only had held the three battal
But Hughes' “ cut” and “ kill” to the civilian personnel office
ion plaques since its sixth week
proved too devastating. The W is on that post. It is expected that of training, but in addition had
consin :.id won the YM CA Junior all can be absorbed there, and received the M ay mess award
singles back in 1939, 1940 and definite requests for indiivduals in the 11th Group.
1941.
will probably be received within
Before w e had thoroughly
PhyllisHubbard took the wom a week. Their civil service em masticated the words w e were
en’s singles tne same night when ployment will be considered con thus forced to eat, a company
she emerged victorious over tinuous.
officer appeared in behalf of
Helen Souhrada in three games
Lists have been submitted also Capt. Warren J. Neiman o f C-57
out of a fast five. There w ere six
to various other Government and his command. From him we
starters in this field.
agencies, including the civil serv learned that the form er incre
Mrs. Hubbard joined her hus
ice office and the Bureau of Rec ment of that company had held
band, CpI. Harold Hubbard of
lamation in Bend. These agen the three plaques through its
Service company, later in the
cies would place personnel in the 14th to 17th weeks, had won the
e v e n i n g to win the mixed
battalion fisticuffs champion
I immediate vicinity o f Bend.
doubles. This came to pass when
ship, and had held the battalion
Names have been sent also to
the husband-wife combination
obstacle course pennant through
defeated a team composed of the Portland A ir Base, and rep out the increfnent. Furthermore,
Miss Souhrada and Sgt. Ed Char resentatives of that installation we were told that the new incre
w ill come to Camp Abbot to in
les o f Supply.
ment qualified one hundred per
The evening was not to slip terview- prospective employees cent in its first record fire.
into history, however, until Hel at their desks or the Civilian
Personnel office.
en Souhrada had tasted the
Fort Stevens, near Astoria,
sweet nectar of victory. She and
Mrs. Helen Smith, her vocation Oregon, and the Seattle port of
al associate at the Service Club, embarkation, have also taken
trounced Mary Bender and the lists.
Sgt. Bert C. Cole o f Holly
Thomas W. Craig, assistant di
Hubbard lady to win the wom
wood, who recently returned
rector o f the 11th Civil Service
en’s doubles.
from a Special Services post in
In the he-men doubles. Cpl. Region. Portland, visited the the China-Burma-India theater,
camp
with
Robert
Halliday.Bend
Fred Higginbotham and Pvt.
has been assigned to the Spe
Sam Rosenstock, both of Service civil service representative, to cial Service Branch Mere as a
acquire
a
list
o
f
persons
who
company, defeated the Charles-
talent scout and program direc
wish to find employment in Ore
Hauser combine.
tor.
gon. and will make every effort
In the overseas theater. Ser
to place them in similar jobs in
geant Cole supervised a num
the Bend and Portland areas.
ber of entertainment projects
Transportation o f those trans
in cooperation with Anglo-Indi
ferred on request o f Fort Lewis
an and British organizations.
w ill be paid by the Government.
Regulations in effect at Fort
Until illness forced his transfer
Camp Abbot headquarters has
Lewis at present prohibit enlist
to a less strenuous branch of
wired the Secretary o f W ar in
ed men not in the first three
the service. Cole was assigned
Washington. D. C „ to ascertain
grades from living o ff the post.
to the Chinese Training and
whether their household goods
Maj. M. J. Cuadra, headquarters
Combat Command. Prior to en
can be shipped at the expense of
commandant, announced t h i s
tering the service, the sergeant
the Government also.
week. The ruling will apply to
was an announcer and script
enlisted men leaving Camp Ab
w riter fo r Hollywood broad
bot for Fort Lewis, he said.
Buy National W ar Bonds N ow ! casting studios.
O'Seas Show Man
To Produce Here
Only Staffs Up
To Live Off Post
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