Camp Barkeley News (Camp Barkeley, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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Firs! Meeting of
Camp Choir Will
Be Monday Night.
Plans for the Camp Bark-
eley male choir are coming
along fine!
The first meeting of the.
IT. newly-organized choir will be
y held next Monday, February
5, at Service Club No. 2 music
room. Be there at 7:30 pin.
Plans will be made at the initial
meeting for rehearsal dates, places
for the rehearsals and other mis-
cellaneous matters, according to Lt.
"J. Alton Hampton, director of the
choir.
Lieutenant Hampton said consid-
erable interest is being shown in the
new choir which is open to any man
at Camp and especially soldiers in
the 1845th Serv. Det.; Hq. Bet.,
ASFTC, and Regional Hosp.
If you feel that you have singing
.ability be sure to attend next Mon-
' ■>%>" •' •. meeting. You do not have to
h^r "y'ny great knowledge of music.
SoJO€rs 0f the 1845th Unit who
are iiTe -ested should see Cpl. Bert
Cassidy and Hq. Det. men should
see Sgt. Robert Van Driel. Men of
the hospital and others should see
Lieutenant Hampton at his office
in the special services building or
call him at 202.
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Hospital Patients Find It's Sweet Life?
High Interest In
New Language
Classes At Camp
Language classes, first step in a
varied education program for Camp
Barkeley-ites, got off to an auspi-
cious start this week at the Infor-
mation and Education Center on
19th street just behind the flagpole.
Considerable interest was aroused
among both officers and enlisted
men, 45 turning out Monday night
for the opening class in German.
Teaching is from recordings, plus
text books, plus volunteer instruc-
tors who speak the languages flu-
ently. Thanks to experience abroad,
the instructors are also able to en-
liven the course with stories and
descriptions of customs of the coun-
try whose language is under study.
The languages are handled on a
phonetic basis and the students
start speaking them from the outset.
Directing the language program
is Lt. Bill Chambers, an I. & E. of-
ficer.
The schedule of classes currently
in operation is a follows:
Mondays — 6:30 to 8 p. m., Ger-
man beginners; 8 to 9:30 p. m., ad-
. vanced German.
Tuesdays — 6:30 to 8 p. m., Japa-
nese beginners; 6:30 to 8 p. m.
French beginners; 8 to 9:30, advanc-
ed French.
Wednesdays — 6:30 to 8 p. m.,
Spanish and Russian beginners; 8
to 9:30 advanced Spanish.
The instructors are Lt. Col. B. D.
Holland, Training Division Director,
and Pvt. Silvio de Sao Paulo. Co. B,
54th Med. Tng. Bn., for Spanish;
Pfc. Gabby Yamamoto, 1845th Serv.
Det., for Japanese; Pvt. de Sab
Paulo for French; Cpl. Sidney Fields
Co. A, 57th Med. Tng. Bn., and
Chaplain Ernest Zizka for Russian,
and Pfc. Siegfried Reinhardt. Hq.
12th Regt., and Pfc. Paul King, Hq.
Det., ASFTC, for German.
The overall I. & e. program, un-
der the supervision of Lt. Klyde
Kraft, Information and Education
Officer, is planned to include dis-
cussion groups, the first of which
took place last night; hobby shops,
music appreciation sessions and
courses in such elementary, high
school and college subjects as the
men show interest inu
Two Hollywood starlets paid a visit to Regional Hosp. last week and spent most of their three-day stay
talking to patients in the hospital wards. Sponsored by the Hollywood Victory Committee, USO, both June
Carlson and Patti McCarty are veterans of more than three years of servicemen shows and nation-wide
tours. In the top picture, blonde Miss Carlson is chatting with Pfc. Emil Staub of Peoria, 111. Deeply en-
grossed in the checker game are Sgt. William C. Sullivan, Patti McCarty, T-5 Otto Rivenbark and Pfc.
Joseph Satterthwaite, both of Co. B, 53d Med. Tng. Bn., and June Carlson.
Soldier Boxers
Set For Tourney
Tomorrow Night
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The timeOFeeger’s bell’ will.,
ring at 8 'o'clock tomorrow
night -to* bring together the
first "two'/ighters in the open-
ing- bout of tiie,4845 edition of
the .Abilene Reporter-News
eighth annuaX-’-Golden. Gloves
tournament to T5e held at the
high sfcbool gymnasium.;
Fifteen bouts are 'on' tap for the
first night of the two-day tourna- .
ment .wlXFi the winners of the firsc
round fights meeting Monday night
to name the champions in the eight
weight divisions. Monday’s card will
also open at 8 o’clock.
Approximately ' 20 soldier sluggers
will be competing for district titles
and the opportunity to represent
Abilene in the Texas state finals
which will be held in Ft. Worth.
February 14 to 19. A solid. gokr
Golden Glove miniature trophy will
be awarded to the winner in ’
weight class along with the expenseT=
paid trip to cow town.
The outstanding sportsman of the
tournament in both the open and
high school class will be awarded
the Mackey Award. Winners of tbfls
award will receive wrist watches for
their outstanding performance.
From Barkeley will come 8 or 10
fighters representing four weight
divisions: light heavyweight, middle-
weight, welterweight and light-
weight. Each of these classes will
be packed with top-notch perform-
ers who hope to bring their re-
spective titles back to Barkeley.
Abilene Army Air Field is sending
a 10-man team to the tournament.
With an action packed card guar-
anteed for the opening night show
a big house is expected.
Doors will be open at 6 p.m. with
soldier general admission tickets on
sale at the high school for 30 cents.
Reserved seat tickets are on sale at
Sloans Drug and Crowell Jewelry
and also will be sold at the gate for
$1.20.
12th In Action!
The 12th Armd. Div., which train-
ed in Camp Barkeley, has been re-
ported to be in action with the U.S.
Seventh Army on the Alsatian front.
The division, which carried the
nickname of “Hellcats,” was at
Camp from November, 1943, to Sep-
tember, 1944.
Commanded now by Major Gen.
Roderick Allen, the outfit cut its
teeth in the bitter fighting recently
in front of Gambsheim.
The I2th was the fourth division
to train at Camp and the second
armored division.
You’ll be hearing more of the
Hellcats as they distinguish them-
selves in combat. Their official
song includes these words:
“We’re Hellcats marching together;
“Hell bent for victory!”
Patients at Regional Hosp. had an unexpected and
happy surprise last week end when two Hollywood
starlets paid them a visit lasting from Friday through
Sunday.
Sponsored on a tour of Army installations by the
Hollywood Victory Committee, USO, comely, blonde
June Carlson and vivacious Patti McCarty spent most
of their time here visiting patients in the wards and
talking to as many of them as they could.
Miss Carlson’s principal film experience was gained
under contract to 20th Century Fox, when she ap-
peared in more than 20 pictures of the “Jones Family"
series. “I was the little brat who always wanted to
act,” she commented laughingly. #
A veteran of stock theaters on the west coast, Miss
Carlson has been making tours for service men shows
for the past three and a half years.
Auburn-haired Patti McCarty, said to be a protege
of star Dorothy Lamour, has spent the past three years
in personal appearances for servicemen throughout
the nation.
Miss McCarty has played feminine leads in several
Western pictures, and is featured in a film soon to be
released called “Bluebeard," starring John Carradine.
“These tours have been wonderful experiences,"
Miss McCarty said, “and we enjoy every minute of
them.’* For their stay at the hospital, the starlets were
escorted on tours by two enlisted men of the hospital
annex. Pvt. Hollis A. Lindsay and T-5 James B. Cart-
wright.
Current tour for the two charmers will include
trips to El Paso and Beaumont General Hospital and
then back to Hollywood they ga
Backing It Up!
The Eighth Service Command ft
working to increase the production
of three critically needed war ma-
terials—shells, tires and cotton duck
canvas.
In a program that includes bring-
ing soldiers direct from the battle-
fronts to emphasize the need for
materiel and placing furloughed G.
I.’s on production lines, the com-
mand is adding impetus to a nation-
wide drive to keep supplies moving.
In addition, Major-Gen. Richard
Donovan, Commanding General,
has directed the strictest conserva-
tion and salvage oroaram in com-
Inrand history.
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