The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-24
News From
CAMP HAM
Red cross Training school

Red Cross Training School
Starting on July 14th and extend
ing to July 25th, inclusive, eleven
selected men from this regiment
will attend a Red Cross First Aid
Course held at the Regimental as
sembly room at Regimental Head
quarters of the 18th CA (AA). The
SO of the AATC will direct the
school and a Red Cross First Aid
Instructor will be in charge Of the
technical training. These eleven
men will attend school from 100
to 400 p. m, and from TOO to 600
p. m. daily except Saturdays and
Sundays. Instructions will also be
given on Wednesdays.
The enlisted men for this course
were carefully selected as they are
to serve as instructors in their own
batteries and units after their
course is completed. They will re-
main at camp while the rest Of the
Regiment is at the firing range in
order to finish the training. The
following is list of men and the
batteries they represent: Private
Donald Kringen, Regtl Hq Btry;
Corp Kenneth Nelson, LIST Bn Hq
Btry; Corp Frank Brownell "a
Battery; pvt Robert T. Rotrame,,
"B" Btry; Pvt Wendline Wagner,
&C" Btry; Pvt Jerome Motzke, ID"
Btry; Pvt John Kramer, End Bn
Hq Btry; Pvt Don La Plante, CO.
Btry; Pvt John Voorhis, eff" Btry;
Pvt Thomas Woodward, &c" Btry,
and Corp Willard Johnson, III"
Btry.
Construction of 2l7th's New
Chapel Started
A little more than a week ago
construction was begun on a new
chapel for the 217th Regiment. The
ground has been cleared and forms
for the foundation laid and work
is now being started on the rough
ing in details.
This new chapel will afford the
personnel a finer place to attend
religious services and will make
those attending much more COM
Portable. It will also make possible
a separate office for the chaplain.
This chapel is one of five hun
dred Regimental Chape's to be
built at the various posts and
camps of the 9th Corps Area. Each
of these chapels will cost $21 200
and will seat 400 men.
Earl Carroll Vanities Show
Headed by Earl Carroll himself,
known worldwide as a connoiseur
of feminine beauty, twenty-four of
the worlds most beautiful girls"
captained by Miss Fay Lacey and
supported by sparkling cast of
the Slate brothers, ace comics;
Buster Shaver with Olive and Geo.
the midgets; sultry songstress Fay
Carroll; Jeanne Devereaux, baller-
ina; Al Norman, dancer Anna Lee,
Lois Morrissey, Beverly Carroll,
the Bynton sisters, tumblers; and
the musical and dancing comics,
the Where brothers: arrived at the
217th Rec hall at 4:30 Tuesday af-
ternoon, July IS, 1941, to put on
a benefit performance for the
camp personnel at the Ham Am
pitheatre.
The troupe, fresh from an en-
gagement at Oakland, California,
and next scheduled for the Para
mount Theatre at Los Angeles, ar
rived at camp in two special busses
and several private cars. Earl Car
roll has two shows, one in Holly
wood and one on the road. Man
ager Jim McKechnie, who incident
ally is brother of Bill McKechnie
of the Cincinnati Reds, accompan-
led the road performers on their
trip. The players were ushered
Immediately into the Rec hall
where Captain Carl S. Fischer,
Regimental Public Relations offic-
err, welcomed them for the Regi-
ment. AS each member of the cast
passed through the door, they sign
ed a special guest book that had
been especially made for the oc-
casion. The time before supper
was spent in impromptu ping pong
games, autographing, interviewing,
picture posing with pleased mill
tary personnel and generally get
ting acquainted all around. At this
time selections were also made for
the girls who were to eat at the
different batteries.
When the mess whistle blew, the
girls broke up, two or three going
to each separate battery to eat.
The remainder of the company
dined at the officers mess as guests
of the officers.
Later in the evening the 217th
marched down to the Ampitheatre
for the show that was scheduled
to start at 7:45. The eleven-piece
orchestra led by Director Irving
Aaronson was unayoidably detain-
ed so the show was a little late,
but the first number, the chorus
girls picking out the best-looking
boy in camp, started a program
that sailed merrily along with not
a dull moment. After the girls
had looked all the applicants over
very carefully and checked and re-
checked, they finally decided that
Private Andrew Buddy" Thorstad
of LIST Bn Hq Btry, PIT CA CAD
was undoubtedly the most hand
some man of the lot. Private Rob
ert Gritzmacher of Regtl Hq Btry
was a close runnerup in the con-
test. The second number was a