Show i The Aurora Borealis OFFICIAL CAMP NEWS VS COMPANY NUMBER 2910 Moon Lake Camp F 37 On The Little Yellowstone Edited B By Stephen Zaccaria Veteran Contrary to the generally accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac opinion that all camps are exclusive s stag g parties Company Company Company Com Com- pany 2910 hereby presents to a mistaken the the- information that one of the oldest members of the company is a haired brown-haired blue eyed buxom young matron She has been attached to this group since 1933 when this company company com corn pany pony was known by its 3rd corps area number 1345 down there theore in Moab She has sons in six different different different differ differ- ent camps of the Fort Douglas district and strange to relate there Is also a daughter with the Salina camp Having no snobbish traits she has become attached to the boys and the and the boys to her Any x evening she may be seen at the canteen bar being smothered with candy by the members of pf this camp To us she is plain Nell and andis andis andis is the cutest little terrier in the service c C c What Would Happen There has ever been a certain nervousness in the atmosphere surrounding the Yellowstone camp campas floated as the strains of Taps through the pines This was due to the uncertainty of the breakfast call the following mornin This unrest was caused by the all too provoking fear-provoking query offered by bythe bythe bythe the camp philosophers philosophers- What would happen should the night watchman fail iaU to awaken the cooks However the disturbed air of the latrine was somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what clarified and the fear or hunger dissipated as the reply to the foregoing question was ade- ade the demonstrated by I f Isterling sterling kitchen force of Smith and Co It was somewhere about 9 a am a.m. m m. m Wednesday last when Smithy awoke and decided something something something some some- thing h had d gone amiss So he immediately immediately immediately im im- mediately dressed and fearlessly facing the cold gently awakened the night watchman and all was well We would like to recommend this spirit of reciprocity to all camps or to any organization wherein night watchmen are re employed em em- I c C c Where here The Twain Tanis Met Oh East is East East- Easta a and d West Vest is West Vest but never ui the tw shall meet But contrary to fore fore- ore ore- and West faced each up p on ongoing ongoing ongoing going Kipling prophecy f East the mountain tops abo However this was no ISA guine encounter ter it was as a balU of wits and sad to relate the Alabama Alabama Ne New New Yorkers York York- ers scored ers scored a significant id permanent permanent permanent per per- manent victory Never ag ih may are we e name the East effeminate Those easterners s easterners proved themselves themselves them them- selves s stalwart primitives while our western boys who by the way happened to be two officers anti and twelve men from the Moon Lake camp could be seen going daily dally to the bath house and accomplishing accomplish accomplish- ing such silly feminine tricks gas tas I co combing bing hair cleaning f fingernails I and actually saying please at the the table But we proudly arid and justly assert that the stars from Alabama Alabama Alabama Ala Ala- bama staunchly held th their ground and since most of the groUnd was ground was in the mess and kitchen the Moon Lakers following p a four day partial par partial fast due to finicky table habits habits habits hab- hab hab hab- its and the foolish theory that cooks should occasionally wash surreptitiously sent an S S. 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S to Fort Douglas for a truck and as the Shadows lengthened on the evening g of July this little band of westerners crept into their primeval home on the little Yellowstone river defeated and crestfallen yet seemingly happy in inthe inthe inthe the thought that they could follow unmolested their odd and strange ways of sanitation c C c Little Lord Fauntleroy Fauntlero I At least they were not all strangers in a strange land The maids maids' of f Ephraim cast inquisitive eyes in the direction of the sons of Moon Lake reciprocated with an added zeal However that little would rom thing was missing that bring tiring the two parties to an understanding understanding untiring un un- indicative of the total d de destruction of preliminary It was at the moment when the men and the mai maids were about to go their reluctant ways I that one of the he demure daughters i spotted our own handsome Bob assuring assuring assuring as as- Hadlock and with a a. gesture suring all that the veil was cast Bobby with a aside approached sweet and maidenly yet possessive possessive possessive posses posses- sive and maternal smile to the ejaculation of Hello Goldie It transpired d following a more intimate survey u vey of t l years that Bob and this gracious lady had been sweethearts back I in the days when our hero wore knickers cute little red bow shoe shoelaces shoelaces I laces and lovely golden goden locks I Thanks to Goldie a touching I friendship resulted for all culminating culminating cul cul- cul- cul i in the wee small hours to a beautiful rendition of Sweet I Mystery of Life Lite at Last Ive I've Found You rendered by a mixed chorus under an Ephraim moon c C c Speaking of Pete Captain Bittman has been very tolerant in respect to mascots and pets in fact one may even say his attitude has been one of encouragement encouragement encouragement en en- to those boys who loved th their ir goats dogs squirrels I and whatnots and we feel that his recent verdict limiting these things to lesser proportion than that recorded recorded recorded re re- re- re corded in the ark will meet w with wilh popular approval He has not yet said that one may not take his cat or pet lizard to bed bcd and well since ince there are other and cozier pets let us be careful And so we ask J Joe oc Luck and Emery Curry to refrain in the future from smuggling their trout into bed These not only are cold bedfellows bedfellows bedfellows bed bed- fellows but they have been known to spoil the linen c c cC C c Herculaneum About the foulest thing in life is to see tireless and almost superhuman superhuman superhuman sup sup- effort ridiculed Whether the aspirant is animate or inanimate inanimate inanimate inan inan- one feels that to even venture venture venture ven ven- ture the thought of detracting from honest effort is a thing unholy unholy unholy un un- un- un holy and silently alone I have in mind at this moment the late arrival arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival of the G G. 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I truck last Sun Sun- day I think of the disgusting impatience impatience impatience im im- patience of that steady parade of boys asking for mail from 2 p p. m. m until the truck eventually arrived shortly following Taps The truck driver profuse with apologies apologies apologies apol apol- ogies assured all that he and the truck had done their best Albeit those who run may read Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore permit me to quote a society note from the Basin Record as follows The friends of Half Halfton HaUton ton Chamberlain were overjoyed to witness his safe arrival at the Moon Lake camp at precisely 1015 p p. p m. m Sunday evening c C c Grand Opening ng of Dance Danco Pavilion Saturday August 3rd will herald herald herald her her- ald the christening of the new and I palatial open air ballroom at camp F 37 on the Little Yellow Yellow- stone It is one of the most spacious sp ious and beautifully constructed pa pavilions in the west Uniquely situated it nestles in one of Utah's natural beauty spots Flanked on the East and West b ban byan by byan an original design in barrack barrack bar bar- rack walls it forms a somewhat canyon like appearance the North and South entrances presenting to the roving dancers' dancers eye romantic romantic romantic roman roman- tic views of the gurgling Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- stone ricer and her verdant banks This This picture is punctuated by beautiful gardens created by the boys of the camp The ceiling willbe will willbe willbe be done in tints of dark sky blue dotted with sparkling silver that is on clear nights The Grand Opening will be pre- pre by a fast ball ban game between between be- be tween the Manila camp and the Moon foon Lake boys Put on your Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day day togs and join us The Camp Landaus and Victorias will be at atthe atthe atthe the disposal of the public Come early c C c Puppy Love The Cause Of It All Sunday afternoon a group of our studious young men were wondering why the hallway leading leading leading lead lead- ing to our camp library should be beso beso beso so well fortified with axes saws hammers etc all aU in a heap at atthe atthe atthe the hallway entrance Upon closer approach to this pile of implements implements ments of destruction there could be heard such long strings of wild oaths ending up in little of that even the bravest of the group stopped just out of the he stricken area Two of our camps most fearless fearless fearless fear fear- less young men finally ventured their way through the litter to the library door These two adventurers adventurers adventurers ad ad- brought to light a very colorful picture standing there therewith therewith therewith with a crow-bar crow in one hand and an axe in the other with a look that seemed to be even worse than usual stood our our highly respected respected respected re re- re- re editor Zaccaria The cause of the whole commotion commotion commotion com com- motion was later revealed by one of Steves Steve's bosom friends by the means of a little bribery It seems that after getting a letter from the Ithe little girl back home Steve left the office in a d daze and forgot forgot forgot for for- got to unlatch his proof burglar-proof lock before leaving He then immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately proceeded to tear out outa outil a il portion of the wall to gain entrance entrance entrance en en- trance again Steve and the camp carpenter will try iry and put the wall wallin in repair tomorrow I Rex Rex Nurse Day Tucker c C c Golf and mashies flashed upon the greens of the Moon Lake camp as several of the rated men about camp engaged in a golf tournament tournament last Sunday Neil Wilcox proved to be the star performer performer performer per per- former of the day he defeated several of the talented golfers of the camp Wilcox's drives and putts proved to be too much for his opponents c C c Hospital Notes Several cases of Scarlet Fever developed at the Moon Lake stub camp at Uintah The camp quarantine quarantine antine there has been extended for several weeks more The Moon Lake camp quarantine quarantine quarantine tine will be lifted Wednesday July 31 as no cases of Scarlet Fever have developed during the past week Jim Booth was brought from the Uintah stub camp following an accident which resulted in cutting cutting cut cut- ting a deep gash in his left leg while he was cutting timber Seven Seven Seven Sev Sev- en stitches were necessary to close the wound He is now recovering recovering recovering re re- re- re covering very rapidly and is expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex to be taken back to the stub camp before long |