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Activities At “Y” Hut 232
■ from 7:15 .
I soldier went
I program
hia
VLant business
The first attrac-fflf, 1 r ,
the usual Vesper serve -■ v pr a l
the entertainment each .. . ..nf. f
service lasts from ten m ■ mmu •»
and consists of a short *>.
which the boys sometime.-, •hoot.. U
own favorite hymn After this ,b- ,
Honey man gives the bojs a y--L' 1
fisting hear-ta-heart talk which they lis
ten to with all sincerity, followed bj _•>
word of prayer, soldier Im. s s • •
to enjov the vespers, forth > na\. ... a
well attended during the past three w • ••• ■
Jt was after this service, while await
ing the arrival of Mr. Herbert Leon Con
the camp humorist, that the social s> -
retary, Henry Luessen led m a popular
sing, accompanied by Miss Miriam < <•-
hern. All the war songs, besides a f-w
others, were sung with all the ent .uisa-sm
ever possessed by any soldier audience.
A parody on the “Katy” song was thrown
on the sen
“Smiles.” which was sung .as follows.
There are smiles for General Pershing,
There are smiles for Haig, yo. u «<?*•.
There are smiles for all our a.u’d fighters
General Foch will lead to victory.
There are smiles for old-time men lu;e
Lincoln. General Sherman, Grant and
also Lee.
But our biggest smile goes to M ilson,
The man who gave us Democracy.
—SGT. COOPER.
90th infantry, Camp Hancock
* After a few introductory remarks by He
r secretary, Mr. Cope, camp soci I
f tary of Camp Sheridan, was calk d
-*>3,tform. and in his inimitable st i
, /<Z7llled the audKnce with humor from
<Zstart to finish. For nearly an bmr ami
' a half the boys simply laughed and
laughed att he witty saying that flowed,
the funny </• of a bachelors life. as
well as the blunders and mistakes of
married life.
“After all.” he said, “the fun, giggles
and laughter all come through the ig
norance and mistakes of others. Some
do not see humor in people as well or as
quickly as others, but it is tltot* neverthe
less. If a man comes to you and speaks
a harsh word and acts kinda mad, just
grin at him until he turns.”
“There is so much glad in the best of
us, there is so mu eh good in the worst of
us, that it ill behooves any of us talk
about the rest of us.” Mr. Cope gives
the, boys a temperance reading in has
huni -rows way, with impersonation, and
| says that after all the boys simply drink
L ti have some fun, but it is (he most dan
k j»rous thing in all the world when trying
live a decent life and make a mark
men. Let it alone is his advice.
Ujar jt has pulled many a man down from
O|He heights to which he has risen, so-
intellectually, or otherwise. Th-
program conclud'd with sev -ral
#YYjakin t.s by the soldiers themselves. This
the amateur part of the entertain-
Here and • there remarks were
concerning Mr. Cope, the funny
asking that he might come for a r-_-
engagement.
evening. January 28. was
night. “World Today,” Charlie
and “Mutt and Jeff” were
.'vYXffiF- ned to the delight nf all present.
MVFsper services preceded the pictures.
As the Y. M. C. A. has a fourfold vision,
| it does not leave any page of a man’s life
I unturned. The religious side of ;. man’s
1 life is very important, and he is given
r exceptional opportunity on Thursday eve
' ning to indulge in the singing of religious
| hymns and enjoying a real spiritual mes
[ sage from a real Christian gentleman.
| Friday evening is always given to the
I social side of the soldier’s life fat Hut
I 232. On this evening a double program
I.- was provided. Mr. Morse of New York,
with a very instructive ad-
for more than thirty minutes. Mr
IWorse is a layman who has given up his
in order that he might talk
the boys in all the camps con<
.AJieir lives in the various asp-cts He has
good flow of words, using the very '
■)es: diction. He mentions that a son Iris
■tf'en gassed in France. The bovs are
ys to listen to one who has had
Xw , r<encc w,th ,nen ln a!I "aiks of l.f. .
mjaß three quarters of an hour this
did address, the 1,<.%•;-» r. maim d in
seats to be amus.-d bv a ,•
from Augusta, s . ■
a party of nearly
bovs and girls, in a form »
kindly loaned by the Motor Tr.jns
:’V. W’ < ' Ol,, P anv ‘t Camp Haiwk Th- ie
chorus singing, vocal and ;»i-jrn . -,-
d.-uje. . and several r. l it .•
who took part were Mrs Co’. . d
Mflssts Kaihkvn I; ah I. v.
Frederlcka Dorset, Catherine Lavourseur
! and Bessid Saxon.
Saturday evening, February 1, five reels
• of war pictures—a comedy—was screened.
Music was had in connection.
Sunday’ morning, as usual, Mr. Honey
man took charge of church services and
Secretary Curtis taught the Sunday school
; lesson. In the evening a goodly number
1 of boys greeted Mr. Morse, who spoke
! about the Christ for a laymen’s point of
‘ view. It was a good talk all the way
' through.
<i» Plunk was scheduled to lecture at
“Y” 232 on Monday evening. Something
unforseen had happened and the. last min
! ute ini iigh! us Mr. Frazier, the popular
1 secretary of Y 77. 7lr. Frazer has a !■■■ -
1 turo on Palestine, illustrated with more
■ than fifty slides. He tells of the work of
General Allenby with the British in the
1 Holv Land. Pictures are shown of Mt.
’ of Olives, the city of Jericho. Bethlehem.
Holy Trinity Church, the Well of Samaria
and many other striking photographs con
nected with the land surrounding the
1 town which gave birth to the greatest
man that ever lived. These pictures are
‘ timely. Th' British did not destroy prop
erty in order that Jerusalem might be
captured, but fortified it against Turks.
COMING EVENTS.
Wednesday, 7:15 p. m.—
Vespers; 7:30 p. m., movies and good
i music.
Thursday. 7:30 p. m.—
Dr. Jenkins, pastor of St. John Metho
dist church, Augusta, will speak. Special
music.
Friday.—
Social night. Augusta ladies will enter-
■ i tain.
Saturday.—
• I Movies. Good show.
i Sunday. 9:30 a. m.—
I Church services; 9:30 a. m, Sunday
I school; 7:30 p, m.. fellow meeting.
: 232 will ge open for some time to
’ come. Every soldier is welcome within
its quarters at any time. Make it vour
. home while in Camp Hancock. The *sec
. I r<-taries will he glad to assist you in
. ' anything pertaining to your future voca
-5 lion, education, and other problems that
. arise in your mind from time to lime.
; Consult any of the following at any time.
Private conversation may be had
Building secretary, Harrv Curtis’ re
> Jigious work secretary, R. M. Honoyman-
• physical secretary. T. p. Riddick; busi
; ness and social secretary, Henry Luessen.
■ TRAINING BATTALION
WIN BASKET BALL GAME
FROM 90TH INFANTRY
Before a lurge crowd of men, the
. tranmg battalion gave the 90th infan-
I try their first lesson in basket ball
‘ ’ , no ‘'.me ,lid the 80th men have
Major Dixons boys in a dangerous
: place. There was too much St. tier
main in the game, as he scored 16
points. St. Germain did some of the
i best shooting that was ever witnessed
, on their court. He was very cool and
' Y s R la ?’, ed sreat Judgment at all times.
McArdle played a very good game
when one realizes that he has been
; sick for some time. He placed the
. ba.l on the toss up and made it very
, easy for the forwards to lose their
. opponents. Mullen, who was a new
i man on the team, played a wonderful
game. He was a great find and should
work wert with the team in the future.
The two backs made it very interest
ing for the 90th forwards, as they
1 could not score a basket. Both Sum-
mers and Grady have been with the
team and as long as they play, all the
; opponents' forwards will find it diffl
: cult to score. Score in full:
Training Bn. goth Inf.
■ Mullen Austin
Right forward.
St. Germain Wilson
Left forward.
McArdle Staley
Center.
Summers Shultz
Left guard.
Gra dy McCrudy
Right Guard.
Goals from floor—St. Germain 7.
-Mullen 4. McArdle Staler Goals
from foul— f ..ley 5. McArdle 2. St.
Germain 1. Referee—Lt. A. C. Ather
ton Time Keepers—Lts. McClure and
Gordon.
Non-Coms Promoted on
Headquarters Staff
M. T. D.
In a special order issued last week
by the headquarters of the Main Train
ing Depot announcing promotions, it
is interesting to note that two of the
staff of Lt. Col. G. W. C. Whiting (who
is commanding the depot n the ab
sence of Colonel Wickham) have risen
high in the ranks of enlisted men, al
though they expect their discharge
soon.
Battalion Sergeant Major Harry R.
Hertzel, of New York City, was pro
moted to the rank of Regimental Ser
geant Major, the highest grade that
can be ■ attained in the non-commis
sioned officers’ ranks in the head
quarters.
Corporal James Banks, of Chester,
S. C., was promoted to Regimental
Supply Sergeant, and this young non
commissioned officer has risen rapidly
while in the headquarters of the Main
Training Depot.
Extracts From The
Postal Detachment
Cheer up, boys! The latest authen
tic (?) news is that we'll all be on our
way home in thirty days. That’s most
welcome news to you, Damskie, ol*
scout, eh? No need of depending on
anyone to give your application for
discharge even the least little shove.
How about brother Pound? But we
forget. You're the only one of the
bunch who doesn’t seem to care at all
about going home.
Our worthy associate. Sergeant Ber
ger. who, by the way, is a. most con
scientious and tireless worker, is still
trying to discover who it was that
tried to dispose of some good record
cards from our files.
Lieutenant Ralls has been appointed
to sit on the board to pass on the
worthiness or unworthiness of appli
cants for discharge. Beware of him,
ye favor-seekers, for he plays no fa
vorites! He judges you solely on the
merits of your case.
Dances Resumed
At Soldiers’ Club
With the lifting of the ban on in
fluenza in Augusta on Saturday night,
the full activities of the War Camp
Community Service were resumed. In
consequence, the usual Wednesday aft
ernoon dance, from 4:30 to 6:00 o’clock,
will be held, and also the dance on
Saturday evening, February Bth. Good
music is promised on both occasions
and it is expected that there will be a
large attendance of soldiers present.
A large attendance of ladies from the
city will doubtless be present with the
usual list of chaperones.
WAR CAMP COMMUNITY
SERVICE.
Jos. W. Everett,
Asso. Secretary,
News of “Y” 75
The past week has been a very lively
one at "Y” 75. The lecture of Mr. Her
bert L. Cope on Monday night was a
treat for all nf the fellows, lb- had his
audience laughing from the start of his
lecture to the finish. If any of the fel
lows had the "Blues” when they came
in the building, they certainly had got
rid of them by the time they left.
Tuesday. Thursday and Friday nights
some very good pictures were shown. A
very lively Sing-Song , preceded the
movies on each of those nights, and
valuable health talks were made by the
surgeon of this battalion. On Thurs
day night Secretary Shields made an
interesting talk on Current Events.
Dr. Elliott was present with us on
Wednesday night and gave a very in
structive and interesting talk at our re
ligious mee.ting. The men enjoyed it so
much so that when they started singing
some of the songs the top of the roof
seemed as though it would be carried
away by the strains of the music.
On Saturday night, Secretary Plank
in a beautiful style lectured to the men
ab >ut Ills trip to India. One could
imagine that they were trawling in that
far off country as he followed the
thoughts of the speaker.
Rev. Ledb tter. pastor of the Congre
gational church of the city, preached a
very striking and soul-stirring sermon
to the men on Sunday afternoon.
Pleasantries From the Base
Hospital, Ward Twelve
(Continued from Page One.)
ter but is that any reason why the guar
dian angel from Ward 11 should not
come over? Miss Hanan is still here.
School girls Remember Us.
Twenty-five or Thirty pages of well
selected fiction, well-bound in attractive
< overs, were passed among the patients
last week. There were 16 of these pret
ty little booklets all of which were a
credit to the book makers’ art and the
pleasure of the boys was enhanced owing
to the fact that the makers’ names ap
peared on the fly leaves.
They were gotten up by pupils of the
Robinson school, Binghamton, N. Y., and
the patients in Ward 12 wish to thank
Mary Holt Zapple, Pearl Squires. Niona
Cable, Mary Sounihan, Anna Horton,
Phebe English. Eleanor Mangle, Pearl
Masters, Hazel M. Mreelove, Dorothy Ger
uiond, Ethel Harrington, Mildren Rowe,
Josephine Kennicutt. Gladys Hibbard,
Lynn Salsbnry and Raymond Myers for
this act of thoughtful kindness, as the
stories were very acceptable and much
enjoyed by the boys of the “crutch bri
gade.”
Doe’/ Podoksik. for from being a “cas
ualty” as was falsely rumored, has turned
out to be a great help around the house,
owing to his vast experience as a chem
ist and pharmacist.
To those unfortunates who were never
able to get into the base hosp” 1 h'-
reason why, army chow is called “mess”,
may always remain a mystery.
Tommin’s Studio.
826 BROAD
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Portraits and Photographs.
G. R. TOMMINS. Phone 2314.
WATCHES
DIAMONDS
and
JEWELRY
Wn. 0. WHITE
The Quality Jeweler
814 Broad St.
/RE N C
Y HUT 76 HAS
BUSY WEEK
Seven Picture Shows Exhibit
ed—Changes in Personnel
of Staff.
Every department of Y Building 76
is now on the alert to serve the men 1
of Group 2 and the Training Battalion,
and a big program is being carried on
in every department. During the past
week two picture shows were given on
Monday. Wednesday and Saturday
nights, and on Friday nights an extra
show was given. During the reels of
each performance the men sang both
old and new popular songs with lots
of pep. Dean Haley, our favorite pian
ist, officiated at the piano, and C. G.
Shopherd projected a clear picture on
every night. On last Tuesday night
Cope, the entertainer, made a big hit
with the audience.
The Educational Secretary is always
ready to advise with the men regard
ing their back home job and to sug
gest books for them to read. He is
arranging a special lecture for every
Monday night. On last Tuesday night
Dr. Morse of New York City gave a
mighty interesting talk on “Good
Citizenship.”
Basket ball and volley ball continue
to be popular with the men of the
group, and the Athletic Secretary is
on the alert at all times to introduce
new stunts. He is planning several
meets for the near future.
A new religious work secretary is
now attached to this building and he
has several good ideas for the moral
welfare of the men. It is planned to
conduct several discussion groups and
Bible classes and any men interested
should hand in their names at the
office. The regular religious services
on Thursday and Saturday nights will
be made more popular than ever by
having short snappy talks and good
stirring hymns.
Two changes have occurred in the
personnel of the secretaries of this unit
during the past week. Charles F.
Heuck, who faithfully served this
building from February to August,
1918, and from December 9th, 1918, to
January 16. 199, as building secretary,
left Thursday for Mississippi, where
ho will du Community Y. M. C. A.
work. We will miss Secretary Heuck’s
pleasing smile and personality around
the building and the group, and wish
him every success in his new field of
work. On Saturday James A. Norris,
who has been religious secretary of
this unit s’nde December st, 1918, left
us to return to his church in Hot
Springs, Va. Mr. Norris will be missed
by the men with whom he came in
contact and we wish him also much
success in his home field. Frederick
A. Smith, who was building serretary
from August to December, 1918, and
has been acting secretary since Jan
uary 16th. will again be in charge of
the building, and W. G. Allaben from
the Base Hospital Y. M. C. A. will take
over Dr. Norris’ work in the religious
department. Secretary Ross and Sec
retary Pingree are still on the job and
the above-named force will be always
ready to help the men of Group 2 and
the Training Battalion in any way
possible.
I’m Coming Back To You
Oh, the guns have ceased to roar,
Uncle Sam needs me no more.
I’m coming back to you.
Oh. the Hun lias got his fill.
Wove put the kibosh on Kaiserßill,
I’m coming back to you.
We have fought and we haw won,
We hav< beaten back the Hun,
I’m coming back to you.
Thank God. my dear, this war
Is now at last all o’er;
I’m coming back to you.
We have shown the world that we
Will readily fight for humanity;
I’m corning back to you.
We were slow right at the start
But once fight was in our heart
Wo swept them off their feet
And made them beat retreat.
Our task now is done,
We have finished with the Hun,
I’m coming back to you’
PVT. JOHN J. JAYNE.
Operation Section,
Devullup Batt. First
Provision Co. First
Croup Casualty Div.
Derc Parw: Today was sonv? rainy. *
This climat runs an S-hour shift a rain 1
atom, a wind storm and a sand storm
and each of it is the worst yet.
I got my old job back. I must uv had
a pull with the Mess Surge as they put
me on K. P. this A. M. and I sure spent J
a busy day. The cook sent nie over to
the other side of the camp to borrow a
dago-hanger and niaceroni sifter from a
friend of his named Spaketti. I had an
offal time finding the place but when I
told my errand that chef nearly commit
ted manslaughter. Well. I’ve been duckin
things over since my reduction into the
army and that skillet of hot fat just
missed me by about two inches. 1 dont
think I ever could get to like that Italian
cook-
We used to have a lot of dogs around
this detachment but since we have been
Demolishing the meat supply has run
short and we have been having a good
deal of sausage served to us for break
fast and the dogs are disappearing. 1 was
very fond of dogs but unless they change
their reel at the mess I’m goin' to ehang
my mind.
Dogs may be good friends all right but
those links of friendship may bo carried
too far.
There was a guy bloos into the street
yesterday and asks a fellow whht was
the quickest way to get to the Base Hos
pital and he says “Pick up the left
hind feet of that off mule on the Honey
Wagon and when yti wake up yu’ll be in
the Base Hospital.” This is an old one,
I’aw. but I never heard i> before and I
kno yu aint.
I got a pass to go to town last week
to see that Georgia Peach I mentioned
in my previous and had to get a pay
shav as the boys had bin usin my raser
to sharp their penclls-and it seemed to
be losin its edge. some. I always thought
a shav was a dime the year round but I'm
gessin again, as the feller says, and more
of that later. While I was sit tin in the
chair a colored b>y ast me if he could
shine my boots and not wantin to seem
stuck up I let him. Then a nice lookin
girl with wavy hair wanted to wash my
hands and pool my calh jes and i says:
“Us Vermonters is too well bred to re
fuse anything.” so she wnt at me with
her files and pee vies and I begun to see.
parts of myself that had been in cold
storage for quit some time, as they say
here. The barber kep on asink me if I
wanted a face steam, a nyissag and li
lacks nibbed in and as I wanted to look
inv best I told him to go as far as he
liked. Yu see this Southern Jane is one
whose grandfather raised so many slaves
and tobacco makes up her face everytime
she exjects me down and I wanted to
show her that I was ketchin on to her
ways. Os course I think washin the face
is easier but thte girls here seem to hav
the idea that enamel lasts longer. Well,
after these folks in the barber-shop
worked on me for an hour and fixed me
up so fine 1 had about, decided to corm
in again some time when 1 had the\ price.
I sposed the war was over, after that
2nd Leet, that I passed without salutin
get through with me but it broke out
again when that butcher found out all I
had was 3 nickels. I was savin the odd
nickel to ride to camp on the car but
that didn’t seem to satisfy them and they
talked about havin me arrested unless 1
pay them a dollar and a half more. Whad
dayu kno about that, Paw? A feller could
have a operation reformed at the corners
for that.
The barbers call themselves Tongsoreal
Artists down here but what we calls them
wouldn't pas the sensor. Still my lady
friend said I smelled like a rose garden
and it’s worth getiln throwed out of a
barber-shop to get a compliment like
that.
I wouldn’ uv minded glvin $2 if they
done a permanent job on me hut after 3
davg mv face fa as full us hair as ever
and my hands an nails Is gettin back to.
their natural color.
The barber claimed I had a very tough
face but I’ve been told that before an he
said if ho had my face down there a few
tiines he’d get to know it. Well. I left
him several oamples but 1 gess he'll know
me again without that.
The only barbr I vr knew that got
moren 10c for a shave was Mose Gowdy
to the Corners al home and then he al
ways went to his customer's homes. Yu
remember the New York feller that come
up there fishin las summer an forgot his
razor an they sent for Hank to shave
I s
All restrictions are now re
moved. Try a cold bottle
where soft drinks
are Sold
Augusta Ice & Beverage Co.
him. Well Gowdy laid him out on the
floor an knelt lonside him an lathered
him up good an then giv him a dandy
shave. When the feller had paid him a
quarter hr asked Hank why he didn’t
sha\ him in a chair an let him come to
his barber-shop Hank says: “Mister,
i ain't got no shop. Folks shaves them
selves down here if they do shave and
besides. 1 ain't never shaved a live man
afore.”
Yes, Paw. I’ll never get another shav
from that barber unless he gives me a
Hank Gowdy shav. as we used to cal] it.
So wishin yu the same an many of
them.
My Remains,
YUR DUBITABLI-: SON AN BROTHER,
JOE BONER.
Undressed as before,
PeMillup Batt Ist (’roup. Casualty Co.
Here ’ s || j
WRIGLEIHS
F 1
I For a welcome refresh- 1
i ment at a mighty small I
cost.
The longest-lasting sweet
I you can carry, and it
takes almost no room in
the pocket, sealed tight i
KEPT RIGHT 11
l ThC FlaVOr 1
Lasts 2 JI
P. S.—They claim
in Gorgfa but if that
he’o hav one.
A Challenge
Battling Tom McGratl'
as the ‘Brooklyn Terrorg®
termaster Corps, is
any 120 pound mnr. in
Battler is in the best oflM
would welcome any
eight or ten-round
ments can be made
Sgt. Clarence A.
tence Branch, Camp wj
■ office.