The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-24

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chief use seemed to be decorative,
which they did very satisfactorily
and to all the soldiers immense
satisfaction. Blonde songstress Fay
Carroll warbled a torch song and
then Anna Lee followed with a
bubble dance that nearly stole the
show. After Miss Lee had finish
ed her dance, the two midgets,
Olive and George, put on little
dance and song number, assisted
by Buster Shaver at the piano.
When the girls reappeared on
the stage, someone came out be-
comingly attired as Miss Amer
, lea" and while there is no proof,
, 1t is suspected that the ravishing
beauty was one of the persistent
Slate brothers. Little Olive, the
midget, came out when the Slate
brothers had completed their act
with Miss America" as their foil,
and gave an impersonation of Car
mon Miranda. Then came the
Where brothers, another dance by
the chorus, and Fay Carroll then
made her second and most out
standing appearance singing, I'm
the kind of gal you dream about"
in a manner that softened up the
audience for Jeanne Devereaux,
noted ballerina, who pirouctted,
swirled and danced her way into
deafening applause.
The last act was d Patriotic col
or ensemble of the entire chorus
with little Olive singing the "An-
vii Chorus" as a grand finale.
The show took over one hour
and a half without single inter-
mission and at its conclusion Earl
Carroll and his entire company
were cheered to fare-thee-well for
their splendid show.
217th BarstOw Bound!
For the twenty-eleventh time
eyes glanced at wrist watches or
pocket watches for the time that
would start a convoy of over fif-
teen hundred men. At exactly
nine o'clock sharp, the quiet, SER
enc appearance of the camp sud-
denly blazed with activity. Truck
motors were turned, coughed and
began idling; tents buzzed with
the checking of equipment and
quick eyes skirted the corners for
a missing gas mask or denim hat;
hurried figures darted out Of the
tents staggering under the load of
equipment, bent on being on the
trucks to get somewhat comfort
able position; long lines of men in
formation talking in low tones
about how long it would take and
how hot it would be. All activity
suddenly stopped when the COM
mander yells Lights out" a pick
final check and the warm motors
responded to light impatient pres
sure of a tense driver. The Motor
cade is on!
Yes, the 217th Regiment moved
out of it's training center at Camp
Ham at the precise stroke of 900
p. M, Tuesday, July 18th, 1941, for
the Mojave Anti-Aircraft Range,
some one hundred and thirty-odd
miles due north by northeast. The
first serial commanded by Captain
Mickle Bang lead the way and one
hour later a detachment of kitchen
detail from each battery plus the
officers mess left. According to
the schedule, at one minute past
midnight the second serial, COM
manded by Major Horace M. Rob
bins started out and followed in
the same direction as the first fleet
of dark forms already spreading
out in proper intervals for the long
trip. Each serial had it's own mark
ers and road guides to direct and
guide the convoy through mountain
roads and paths safely and speed
lily to the conveys destination.
The Regiment, under command
of It. Col. Roy L. Scott, is sched-
uled for a ten-day stay at the fir
ing range and arrangements have
been completed with an air squad
ron to provide aerial targets and
problems for the guns emplaced in
the desert reservation.
The communication section which
had been out in the desert since
last Friday, under the supervision
of 1t. Cole, Immediately set to
work erecting and connecting all
phones to facilitate inter-camp
communication. Lines were strung
to the most important points with
in the regiment.
In order to maintain constant
contact with the home units at
Camp Ham and to insure proper
care of government property, a de-
tail guard of the batteries was re-
tanned there, consisting of a de-
tachment Of sixty-five men; two
sergeants and two corporals and
a small number of privates from
each battery; one reconnaissance
car and two IL ton trucks. All
members of the guard detail will
mess with the First Battalion Hq
Btry and placed under the sup
ervision of Captain Shervon who
was placed in charge of the 217th
area during the absence of the
regiment at Barstow.
The entire personnel of the 217th
Regiment has oriented itself in it's
new position and all phases of
night and day firing with prob