Thursday, May 18, 1944
Mothers Praise
B Co. Barracks
By Cpl. R O. Behringer
Company B held "open house"
for the visiting Academic Regi
ment mothers last Saturday af
ternoon. At dinner in the mess
hall we had as guests Mrs. Ethel
Marquardt, mother of Cpl. Rich
ard Marquardt of our company,
and his wife, Beth, as well as
Mrs. Esther Berman and her
daughter, PFC Helen Berman, of
WAC One. Official escorts also
present were Capt. Moynahan,
Lt. Isaacs and Lt. Hoyt. The
mess sergeant, S. Sgt. Frost,
blushed profusely again and a
gain as many fine compliments
were given to him and his staff
for the table arrangements and
the food. The guest table was
gay with white cloth, beautiful
bouquets of spring flowers, and
all the excellent food that the
guests could eat.
After lunch the Mother’s Day
contingent inspected our kitch
en and again praised the staff.
Next they took a turn through
the barracks and were very much
surprised to see what good “bed
makers" our boys were—espe
cially the fellows who sleep in
the upper berths.
We hope that Mrs. Marquardt
and Mrs. Berman liked us well
enough to come and see us again
sometime.
WAC One Host
To Guest Mother
By Sgt Jeanne Nadder
Friday May 12 brought the
happy reunion of PFC Berman
and her mother, Mrs. Esther
Berman, as a result of the recent
Fort Benning drawing to deter
mine the fortumates who would
have their mothers as guests of
the post. The joy manifested by
Helen upon her mother's arriv
al was equally shared by all the
girls of the detachment. Mrs.
Berman, whose home is in Prov
idence, R. 1., was accompanied
on the planned tour by Mrs.
Ethel Marquardt of Seattle,
Wash., the mother of Cpl. Rich
ard Marquardt the other fortu
nate winner from the Academic
Regiment. Co. B was given the
pleasure of having the mothers
for dinner Saturday noon. A
trip to Harmony Church to wit
ness the training of the K-9 fol
lowed the dinner engagement.
The busy afternoon was then
completed by a visit to the WAC
Detachment. Harmony Church,
for a delicious supper prepared
by our excellent cooks. Know
ing that nothing was too good
for the mothers, the cooks had
the table beautifully decked
with flowers placed upon a snow
white table cloth The appre
ciation and pride were quite
evident in the eyes of the moth
ers. After a brief stay in the
day room the mothers departed,
taking with them the good wish
es of all the* girls.
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TPS, 443rd Ord.
Test Softball Profs
The softball Profs face their
sternest test tonight at 6:45,
TPS Field, when they collide
with the 1943 Post League
champion Parachute School
Ten. Earl Varchminn, conceded
to be Benning’s best hurler,
will work for the Chutists.
At Regimental Field, Tues
day night, 6:45, the Academ
ics tangle with the 443rd Ord
nance, a new entry to the Post
League.
Mothers' Visit
(Continued from Page 1)
She was greeted by Lt. Vernon
C. Hoyt and her son and daugh
ter-in-law, whom she had not
seen since last November.
By the time she arrived tn the
cuartel on the Main Post, Com
pany B and WAC One were mak
ing elaborate preparations for
her entertainment. On Friday
the other mothers arrived—in
cluding Mrs. Berman, who came
from Providence, R. 1. and was
greeted by her daughter and
Capt. Mary K. Moynahan. The
parade through town was one of
the most exciting parts of the
visit for the mothers, who were
escorted down the main street
by a company of parachutists
and an Army band. That even
ing they dined at Service Club
Number One, with Brig. Gen.
William H. Hobson as the official
host, and took part in a radio
program sponsored by WRBL.
In the evening Mrs. Marquardt
retired to the guest house on the
main post while Mrs. Berman
"settled down” at the hostess
house in Harmony Church. Mean
while interest had spread
throughout the post as soldiers
off-duty saw the numerous se
dans bearing the placards “Fort
Benning Mother’s Day Guest.”
Saturday, after breakfast with
the supply division, the Mothers
went on an extended tour of the
post, which was still the subject
of numerous exclamations late
Saturday afternoon.
“Everybody here seems so
happy at his work," said Mrs.
Marquardt. "We saw how the
Infantry would go into action,"
recalled Mrs. Berman, “it was a
successful operation by tiie looks
of things.” “I never realized that
military training was such a sci
ence," said Mrs. Marquardt who
was also impressed with the
sportsmindedness of Benning.
“We haven’t come down to
earth yet,” laughed Mrs. Ber
man, as she tried to catch her
breath after the tour
“WHO NEEDS REST!”
When asked if she needed a
rest after being the center of so
much excitement, Mrs. Borman
exclaimed:
"Rest! Who wants to rest” Do
you want to rest. Mrs. Marquar
dt?" The other Academic moth
er was equally determined to
see everything there was to see.
Dinner in the B Company mess
hall was a bright and cheery as-
REGIMENTAL MIRROR
Tec's Jawbone
At Headquarters
ELLSWORTH
Two “T-ratings" got an un
usual chance to “jawbone” in
headquarters this week when
it was decided by the com
pany commander, Lt. Vernon
Hoyt, that the six-stripers had
too much to do, what with ro
tation of troops and under
studying each others’ jobs. Tec
4 James A. Freely, intelligence
clerk, was appointed acting
first sergeant, and when he left
on furlough, Tec 5 Paul Ells
worth. plans and training
clerk, became acting acting
first sergeant.
Freely hails from Chicago,
where he was an insurance
adjuster before he got his
“greetings” about two years
ago. Ellsworth was,a restau
rant manager in Fargo, N. D..
at the time that he entered
the service in the summer of
1942
fair. The cooks were actually
asked for some of their recipes
and serving secrets, and on their
tour of the barracks the mothers
expressed delight at the neat
ness of the bunks and lockers in
the B Company squadroom.
In the evening they had sup
per out at WAC Detachment
One. where once again they real
ized that military uniformity
means anything but drabness
and lack of spirit After supper
they spent the evening in the
WAC day room with PFC Ber
man’s detachment mates, learn
ing at first hand how the Ameri
can woman has taken up "sol
diering.”
The official visit was climaxed
on Sunday with a special pro
gram at Doughboy Stadium, part
which was broadcast over WRBL.
Band music and chorus songs,
with brief talks by Benning of
ficials left them with the fare
well impression that the soldier
attaches great importance to
home and enjoyed playing host
during this “furlough in re
verse.”
For the past few days Mrs.
Marquardt has been visiting with
her son and daughter-in-law,
Beth, at their home in Colum
bus On Monday she will leave
for the West coast.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Ber
man left for Atlanta, accompan
ied by her daughter who was
fortunate enough to get a three
day pass to add to the joy of the
occasion.
Prof-Raiders
Box Score
Raiders AB R H PO A
Ghiglieri. 2b 5 0 13 2
LeMond, cf 3 114 0
Kei finer, rs 3 0 0 3 0
a-Felinski, rs 0 0 0 0 0
Gekoski, If-c 4 0 2 1 0
Peden, ss ... 3 0 0 4 5
b-Danielson, ss. 1 0 0 0 0
Brenner, c . . 1 0 0 2 0
c-Cassman, If 1 0 1 2 0
Timko, lb 3 0 1 6 0
Szepanski, 3b 2 0 0 2 0
d-Bojarquez, 3b 2 0 2 0 0
Bender, p 1 0 0 0 0
Kostek, p 0 0 0 0 0
e-Holland 1 0 0 0 0
Richards, p 1 0 0 0 0
f-Somers 1 0 0 0 0
g-Fernandez 1 0 0 0 0
FREELY
Totals 33 1 827 7
PROFS AB R H PO A
Russo, ss 6 112 3
Zientara, 2b 5 2 117
Niebler, cf 6 3 3 1 0
Lawing, If 3 12 0 0
Prasse, rs 2 4 2 1 0
Bremer, c 3 1110
Reynolds, c 1114 0
Cox, lb 4 1 313 0
Pirrcllo, 3b 5 12 2 3
Rundus, p 4 0 12 2
h-Harris 1 0 0 0 0
Dickinson, p 0 0 0 0 0
i-Irsfeld, If 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 15 17 27 15
a-Batted for Keiffner in Bth
b-Batted for Peden in Bth.
c-Batted for Brenner in 7th.
d-Batted for Szepanski in 6th
e-Batted for Kostek in sth.
f-Batted for Richards in 9th
g-Batted for Timko in 9th
h-Batted for Rundus in 7th.
i-Batted for Lawing in 7th
Score by innings:
4th Inf. 000 001 000— 1
Acd. Regt 025 320 03X--15
Errors: Ghiglieri 2, LeMond,
Russo. Runs Batted in: Niebler,
Lawing, Prasse 2. Bremer, Rey
nolds, Cox 3. Pirrello 4, Gekos
ki. Two-base hits: Russo, Prasse
2, Cox. Three-base hit: Lawing.
Home run: Pirrello. Double
play: Russo to Cox. Sacrifice
hits: LeMond, Brenner. Stolen
Bases. Niebler 2, Zientara. Left
on bases: 4th Infantry, 7: Aca
demic Regiment, 10 Bases on
balls: Off Kostek 3, off Richards
3, off Rundus 1. off Dickinson 1.
Hits: Off Bender, 9 in 2 2-3 in
nings: off Kostek, 4 in 2; off
Richards, 4 in 3 1-3; off Rundus,
6 in 7; off Dickinson, 2in 2.
Struck out: By Kostek. 1: by
Rundus, 1; by Dickinson, 3, Win
ning Pitcher: Rundus: Losing
Pitcher: Bender. Umpires :
Futch, Hanson and Meadville
Intro-Regimental
League Standings
W L Pctg
Company C 3 1 .750
Company B 3 2 .600
Company D 2 2 .500
Company E 1 2 .333
Company A 0 1 .000
Hqs. Co' 0 1 .000
PAGE FIVE
4 More Contest
Prizes Announced
(Continued from Page 1)
steel announced that Brig Gen.
Henry P. Perrine, commander of
the School Troops Brigade, has
been appointed as coordinator of
Infantry Day activities at Fort
Benning. General Perrine will
release very shortly a complete
schedule of special events to be
held here on June 15th. Plans
for Academic Regiment partici
pation will be announced next
week.
Academics who wish to com
pete for any of the prizes offered
must comply with the following
regulations of the contests:
CONTEST SETUP
I—The post-wide contest is
limited to the fields of literature
and art. The regimental contest
is open to all forms of expres
sion Both contests are on the
theme of "The Infantry and/or
The Infantryman." Both contests
close May 31st.
2—Academics who want to en
ter the post-wide contest should
submit their entries to “Infan
try Day Contest, Public Rela
tions office, The Infantry
School." Academics who wish
to enter the regimental contest
should submit their entries to
the Academic Regiment public
relations office. Most entries will
be eligible for both contests
(some entries, like songs, will
be eligible only for the regimen
tal contest), and Academics who
wish to enter both contests are
free to do so PROVIDED: they
submit separate entries, in those
forms where that is possible, to
each contest. In those art forms
(like sculpture, murals, etc.)
where separate entries are ob
viously out of the question, Aca
demics should ENTER THEIR
WORK IN THE POST CON
TEST, then inform the regimen
tal public relations office that
they wish the Academic judges
to arrange to view and consider
their work for the regimental
contest too
Regimental contest judges are
Lt. Vernon C. Hoyt, special ser
vices officer, Lt. Frances Van
Nice, commanding officer of
WAC Two. and Sgt. Walter Mil
ler. editor of the Mirror
A roundup of sections of the
Regiment today revealed that
many writers and artists are al
ready at work on various en
tries. At least one song-writer
is known to be working on a
musical entry for the regimental
contest
Any soldier having any ques
tions about the contest should
cal! Lt Hoyt at 2891, Lt. Van
Nice at. 3408, or Sgt. Miller at
3646. or see any of the officials
at their respective offices
Company Softball
Card Os The Week
Fri.. May 19—Hqs. Co. vs. Co. E
Mon.. May 22—Co. E vs. Co. D
Wed., May 24—Co. C vs. Co. B
