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iv1 ICHAEL R. lE !GER 1st Lieut., Med-Res.,

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JOHN \JV. DAVIS JR. Capt., Marine Corps,

Cor.lilanding

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February 1936

Voluue One

Nunber

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1583, Canp D-4, ·\. ·. ValparaiRo, Indinna.

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VANE RATED· HIGH BY HAPPY DAYS

The first issue of the Valpo Vane was released last month.It immediately won the praises of those who judge and evaluate camp papers. Moulded alonw the style and makeup of the 1 San-dunes of 1563 11 , the Edi tor 1 s previous publication, the Vane crashed right into the front ranks of camp publications, following in this respect the Sandunes which had gained national prominence. 11 Extraor-dinary11, said Happy Days. Quot-ing from the latter--11 The first issue of The Valpo Vane, Co. 1583, Valparaiso, Ind., is one of the best 11 firsts 11 any outfit ever published. It is neat·, immaculately put together, and it will win praise fron the most critical of judges. It is bound in stock blue covers, the front page illustration being

DUNAJEWSKI EDUCATIONAL

TAK ES PRIZE

The educational prize, pres-ented monthly for the highest attendance, was won by Enrollee Dunajewski for the nonth of January with a total attendance of 91, thus averaging approxim-ately three attendances per day.The prize is a three dollar cash award.

"Father" John Janczura, Sen-ior Foreman, was second in the nur~ber of attendances with 87. Janczura received a two-pound box of chocolates. Mine others received boxes of chocolates.

printed in silver ink. The in-side pages are of a variety of colors - white, red, yellow, blue, and green. The contents are printed in a variety of colors also -- black, purple, red, and green. Pages are well laid out, and the articles sport even margins right and left ••••••••• " Nor was Happy Days alone in its praise of the Vane. Upon her heels came the Fifth Oorps Area bulletin which judged the Vane "the best-new camp paper in the Fifth Corps Area". To quote frorJ this bull-etin, "The first issue of the VALPO VANE of Co. 1583, Valpa-raiso, Ind., is one of the best appearing carlp papers ever seen in this office. It has 20 pages of excellent r:iaterial, well-arranged and well-written."

ADVISER TO SHOW FEATURE FILMS

In addition to the elaborate prograt.l of educational aovies already in operation, Conpany 1583 is embarking on a series of feature pictures and car-toons. Adviser Jessup, visual educational advocate and en-thusiaet, has announced that a feature of four reels and a comedy will be shown once each week. It is planned to show these filas in the Recrea-tion Hall on Friday or Saturday nights o These progrru:1s should add ouch to the entertainnent cf enrollees at the 'camp.

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NEW COMMANDING OFFICER

HAS ENVIABLE RECORD Captain John W. Davis Jr., liarine Corps, assumed command of

Company 1583 last month, succeeding Lieut. R.C.Winsted, now comm-anding the Fort Wayne camp. Capt. Davis, preceeding his transfer, was in command of Co. 1564, Huntington, Indiana.

The Captain has an enviable record as an Officer, having re-ceived several citations and .. decorations.

Graduated from the Georgia Hilitary Academy in 1914, the Capt-ain entered the Royal Naval Transport Service in the Orient as Signal Officer. In 1917 he conpleted training at Fort Sheridan and was co:omisioned 2nd Lieutenant of Cavalry. Training in avia-tion followed at the School of Aeronautics, Austin, Texas; Prim-ary Flying training at Ellington Field in Tcxas;and at the school at Pensacola, Florida. He was then commisioned 2nd Lieutenant, Harine Corps, and went to France in 1917. Completing his trnining at Issudon, Ca.pt.Davis was assigr+ed to th~ 26th French Escadrille known as the Stork Squadron. Wounded five times by oachine-gun bullets while engaged as a coobat pilot,Capt.Davis was officially credited with bringing down five Gcrnan plancs,oaking hin an Ace. Capt. Davis was decorated with the French Croix de Guerre, the French Army citation, Aoericn.n Aruy citation, Purple Heart, and the Flying Cross. In Novenber, 1918, he was transferred from the 26th Squadron and assigned as Courier in the French Air Service. He returned to the u.s. as 1st Lieutenant and was assigned as the chief test pilot by the Curtis Airplane Conpany of Buffalo, N.Y. The Captain was pronoted to his present rank in 1926. Since 1919 Capt. Davis has served in eight foreign countries as a Marine Officer, including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru,He returned to Washington, was assigned to CCC duty, and took connand of the Huntington cru:1p in July, 1935.

Capt. Davis is a uenber of the Caterpillar Club and the Quiet Birduen. The latter organization, althouc;h having no regularly elected national officers nor national headquarters, requires a 2·.iininun of 500 flying credit hours, and boasts of s01:1e of the nost fanous and experienced aviators including Col .. Lindbergh, Capt. Rickenbn.cker, and Capt. Hawks.

LIEUT. LAl\IDAW POPULAR WITH CAMP PERSONNEL

Lieutenant Clnude R. L~ndaw, conpn.ny 1 s J.!ess Officer, cane here fron CorJpn.ny 1564,Hunting-ton, when the latter canp was disbanded. Ir:u.:10dia tely after his arrival, the Lieutenant pro-ceeded to decorate the ness h[tll with a coat of gray paint and several large frn.ned pict-ures. Gifted· with n. plea.sing

personality, an nbundance of energy, and bubbling over with activity, Lieut. Landaw is rap-idly becoaing popular with the i'JOn of Conpany 1583.

The Lieutenant was a neIJbcr of the Indiann National Guard before the war, and resigned fron that unit to join the Navy for war tine service.

VERSATILE ENROLLEE RETURNS TO CLERICAL

EGER DUTIES

Once more the familiar fig-ure of Willian J. Eger 1001:ls before the typewriter ns the latter echoes forth itA rnpid, rhythmic Ataccnto. Having ren-dered excellent service as the Conpany 1 A Senior Foreuan for several nonthA, Eger is bo.ck at· his old position as Conpany Clerk.

Eger was previously with Co. 1563, Chesterton, Ind., joining that conpany in July, 1934., He cane to Vnlpnraiso as cadre clerk in July, 1935. Unable to replace Senior Faren.an Hiestand following the latter's dis-charge, 11 Willie 11 was · given the assignnent which he fulfilled brilliantly in addition to carrying tlie brunt of the cler-ical work. Having found a suit-able replacement in Senior Foreman John J. Janczura and in great need of a clerk, Eger was

MOVIES SHOVVN IN DISPENSARY

While the enrolleeA who re-1~m.ined in car.1p over the week-end were cnjoyinG a feuture fil1.1 Saturday night at the Rec Hall~ four of the nen were con-fined in the Dispensary Wnrd convalescing fron ninor ail-ijent s, unable to attend the show. RealizinG the plight of the four enrollees and a chance to cheer thei1 up,Lieut,, Zeit;er, CaiJp Surc;eon, suc:;gested that the Dovie be shown to the nen in the Dispensary. The beds were rearranged, a sheet ad-justed to the ·wall, and the filu shown in the Dispensary Ward, a procedure which is be-lieved to be unique in the way of Dispensary entertainuent~

shifted bnck to his old posi-tion.

Faniliar with adninistrative natters, 11 Willie 11 is one of the nost valuable enrollees in the ccmpany .Weicshing but 110 pounds when a rookie, 11 Willie 11 was known as the 11 Schoolboy 11 to his r.1ateR .AR understudy cadre clerk he developed Ao rapidly in eff-iciency that he was referred to as the 11 Schoolboy Sensation11 of Rensselaer.Having sained thirty pounds in weight since his rookie days, and gifted with h fn.st thinkinG uind nnd unuRuc.l durnbili ty, EGer hns r.mtured so fast that his juvenille sobri-quet has becor.1e obsolete. The 11 Schoolboy 11 of other dnys has becone the 11 \V>illie 11 of today. Eger typifies the enrollee who has on.de 11 good11 in the C's and who hns developed an excellent background for future work.

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Chaplain Hednryville

Sector

The editor of the South Bend Tribune directs ray attention to a story which appeared in his publication several days ago, and which will, no doubt, be of· interest to the enrollees. The yarn:

11 In the last em·olh.1ent of the local CCC Canp there was in-cluded in the nui:1ber of boys accepted, one Lee Wong, American born Chinese. Wong was detailed to permanent KP shortly after-ward. The kitchen crew began to razz Wene, putting rice in his shcies, and twiGS, leaves, and other debris in his bed. Wong nev-er so 1:1Uch as mentioned his inconveniences uritil finally the gang agreed that he could tnke it. The ness sorge11nt called Lee before the ness h2.ll Gane:; one morning, and infortied hir.i that he was O.K., nnd thnt the hazin3 would cea,se. ·

1 You r.loo.n no nore 1~100 in shoesics - no more junk in bedio? 1 1 Tho.t 1 s ri5ht, Tiong, 1 said the sergeant. 1 Allee sanee O.K. by ElC. 1iJong no norc puttie :r:1icc in coffee, 1

replied the g1~0,teful Chinese boy • 11

'TVJAS 11 How is it," o..sked n r,mn of Q uinister, 11 tl)n.t your :reliGion

has been 0oing for nonrly two thousnnd years nnd hns not influ-enced acre people thnn it hns?"

For :Leply tho ninistcr nsked n.nothcr question: 11 HoTI is it that water ho.s 'been flowing for nore thnn two nillion yeo.1~s n.ncl that so nany people n.:rc still dirty?"

Here's a tiu for Officors 1 aess orderlies~ In Los Angeles, Olen Dn: .. per, ivD.i tress~ cave 2, custone1' such poor service that he shot her through the stoaaoh. He said l~ter that he aiacd for the stoDach to preserve the restaurant notif.

TC.) 11 An ex~:ert is just an oxdino.:ry fell ow o..nong strangers .n

(As turned in by Chnplc:tin: An expert is a fool away froa hor:.w)

ME Quoting uy old f1'iend Tiny Tin: 11 Goc1 blcRs you,every. o:ie. 11

HCJDSIER CIVIE LEADS INDlANA Pl..JBLICATIC)NS

J.iuch has been written about Indiana's car.ap papers. Eany of the camps have released puo-lications in the face of stumbling hardships.

Perhaps the greatest difficulty is time. Those en-gaged in editing and writing cawp papers do so in add-

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· \~, l available ti1~1e is insufficient. An edition of a \ '( Cl. . ... ry ition to other duties. More often than not the· ~ y previous publication by this. writer which re- ~ y "· ·· ~ ceived the "best paper" citation from Happy Days,

Thus far we have nei the1' seen nor heard any ;·;risecracks about the Valpo 11vane rr, not even frm::.1 Snoope11 i te Donald 1:J: 1son 1 s 11 Echoes of 1531 11 from down Eedaryville way. What ho, ·iJ7f (;;uld friend, do we 'JVai t in vain? •••.•• '..Jhile on the subject c·f the oldc st caDp in the sector, i:1ay 17e say "Hellort to 11 our 11 Lieut. Sr,1i"Lh. ?lo 1 re still low and ii.J.lEILme up he1·e, Lieutenant, and the Tin Roo:,1, ah the Tin Roma, it still vibrates ••. , •• Thanks, Bo..ilcy, f'o:c your recent vis-it. Did you give ray regnrds to Keyhole Van Hoose? •••.•. A greeting to Di ck ~!vanpler, and a cheerio to Johnny KeIT. We 1 11 r::io.,ke it vnl-ont ine s for Super intendcnt Jack Warner .••••• \fo vvere gratcfuJ. when Public Enemy No.l. (Lt. VJinsted 1 s radio) took it on the lf!_;;.1 .. But ;.1ow we have two rndiocs in the Officers 1 quarters and they go round 2..nd :round ••.•.• With the ar11 i val of Lieut. Claude Landaw, -:::hu:rch D.ttcndnnce ho.s incrensed to a new "high". Acco1·ding to ;_i:;:. Jessup, EducQtional Adviser, the average attendance hC'_.,s i~ocketed from 35 to 140. What time wn.s that, lir. Jesffup? ••• ~ ••• Lieut. VJ'instod has taken corn11and of the Fort ~7ayne camp. We hope the five o 1 clock. radio hou:r is cnj oyecl by o.11 who have to listen •..•• Requests for copies of. the Vane n.re canine; fron cr,mps c,ll ovei· the country,. ••••• v:re hc;:u that there ir:i an Qbundance of lcuon pie c.. t the Bluffton co.Dp. How, no•H, Oe,ptnin L~cim·oc, you CD..n 1 t do that to ne •••... The dancing boys continue to sto:rn the Fri nite classes at l

\, \f ON OUR

BCIDKSHELF YOUTH REBUILDS

(Ovid Butler) What is the Civilian Conservation

Corps doing for the Youth of America? Has it given them health, hope, faith in thenselves and country? A collec..::. tion of personal experience stories, portraying the desperate struggle with idleness, poverty, and often homeless-ness which blighted the lives of thousands of young men of working age during the past three years. Their ~ental and physical suffering wrench the heart, but in their stories there is so~ething inherently fine. It is the vibrant, triunphant response of American youth to a fighting chance to rebuild. themselves and their country through'orderly and helpful work.

In the whole history of the country no similar opportunity has been given youth on such a vast and humanitarian scale. Their reactions to the depress-ion and to a chance to do useful work; their innermost thoughts and feelings are best told by themselves in YOUTH REBUILDS.

PAGEANT OF AMERICA (Malcolm Keir)

Volmne Four of the Pageant of Anerica is a pictorial review of development of Araerican co1~jerce throughout the many decades since the birth of the great Commonwealth, the United States of America.Many dozens of pi_ctures tell a.· graphic story of trav-el, cotiLlunication, and transportation, including the growth of railways, the development of telegraph and radio, the invention

·of aviation, and the history of the horseless carriage, the back-bone of the private and commercial life of the United States. This book will interest even the most casual reader for its pic-tures will .oarry th& ~Y ..ev.en without the inli..e.restin$ text.

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"\.I_ .. An \.. .. '-- \ ,' -.' \_..141--i..-"' . .:.;; --.,.r·) ~)':_-\. ":,. _ ,_',I.~ (__ ·- ;:/ Qlft:zllQt=IPCf- IF P_"'OA &

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T~~.HOUSE BY THE u .::.; ~- ~ .......... 11

There are -~er~lt,~ouls that live withdrawn~-;f.._~11.~·:~~1\lrr==f·~rGB-~.=.;:;:~::;:; In the place of their self-content; ~~~ -

There are souls like stars,that dwell apart, Lv~\J~~~~~~ In a fellowle'Ss firmanent';~ ~

There are pionecr,souls that blaz{f'-their paths Where hicways never ran -

But let me live by the side of the road And be a friend to man.

' Let me live in a house by the side of tho road Where the race of men eo by'-The iJ.en who arc good and the raen ,who are bad,

As good and as bad as I. '··...,.. I would not sit in the scorner's seat........_

Or hurl the cynic's ban - --........... ... TO -Let me live in a house by the side of the 'road

And be a f~iend to r.uan. Jir .JOHN W. DAVIS Sr.

I see from ray house by the side of the road, By the side of the highway of life,

The ncn who press with the ardor of hope, The rJen who arc faint with the· strife,

But I turn not away frou their snilcs nor their Both parts of an infinite plan -

Let oe live in a house by the side of the road And be a friend to lJ.an.

I k:now there are brook-gladdened neadows ahead, And i:1ountain8 of wearisor.1e height;

That the road passes on through the long afternoon And stretches away to the night.

And still I rejoice when the travelers rejoice And weep with the strane;ers that moan,

Nor live in uy house by the side of the road Like a nan who dwells alone.

Of Galveston, Texas, who has been

ill for several

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Let r:.ic live in ;:.1y house by the side of the road, Where tho rn.ce of l;.1.en fSO by -

They are good, they are bad, they nre weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish - so an I ..

Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat, Or hurl the cvnic's ban?

the road to an e£i,rly reco-very, this poe::1 Let r:ie live in" ny house by the side of the road And be n friend to nan.

- San Walter Foss ·s dcd-·cated.

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13 Our heavy equipment, tractor trailbuilder and three draglines, were forced to suspend ·operations due to the condition of th ground, making it impossible to obtain satisfactory results. These draglines are irmnense, seemingly unwieldy machines, .. weighing between fifteen and thirty tons. The "pachy- ... ~············· derms" used at this carup va,ry in capacity from 5/8 ..,,_..,.,,~,, .... Yard bucket to one yard bucket. It would take one _,,,:.; ... >... .. man about an hour to rJove the amount of dirt _,_,,. ... r .... ··.. _.., ..... ····· that one of these machines move with a ...... ··'~ ::!! ............ ····· single scoop of the la:r.ge bucket a o.,. . ... ~ ....... ·····::· '~~:Ii!f:ii~>:i! ................. ····

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