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• PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CIRCULATION OVER 5,850
SERVING THE NATION'S FOREMOST GUIDED MISSILE CENTER
In the Interest of military and civilian
· penonnel of WSPG for a betterment
of understanding between the Military
Senlc:es and Federal Employees, and
a greater Guided Missile Program for the national defense.
• VOLUME VI, NO. 46 SIX PAGES WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND, N. M., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1956 PUBLICATION OFFICE 114 SOUTR CHURCH STREET LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXlCO
WSPG C.ombined Charity: Drive Wil Ope~ J oday; ddie,. Debbie To Entertai-n Here End Of .. _:M·onth·
New Hi-way To Provide
•1Saf er Travel ~:tc Sands Proving Ground s;ncl living in Las Cruces may look forward to traveling to and from work over a modern four-lane super highway.
A contract will be awarded! on March 30 for construction of the first stretch of four-lane highway on U. S. 70, it was announced this .. wck. Tentative plans call for letting a contract for the second stretch on April 28.
Leland R. Doty, Pl'oject Engineer for the State Highway Departnwn t, said the department plans to advcrtise_.for bids on the first project starting around March 10. Bids will br opened ·by the State Highway Commission in Santa Fe on March 30, and the
A contract will be let at that time 9 to the lowe>st bidder.
Th~ State Highway Department is now acquiring right-of-way for·the new projects along High"' way 70. All right-of-way for the first fivf'-mile stretch will be acquired, either by direct purchase or by condemn at ion ;;ui t, befcire Mareh 30.
Doty, who moved to Las Cruces on Feb. 1 after completing two bridge jobs at Deming, 1has :previously w or k e d on several other projects in the Las Cruces area. He has set up an office at 1604 E. Griggs in Las Cruces. He now heads a crew of nine State Highway Department engineering aides, surveyors and instrument men working out of Las Cruces, · but within 30 days expects to have a crew of 25 or 30 men. These will be in addition
• to the contractor's construction work~rs.
Actual construction is expected to start within 10 days after the first contract 1is awarded. The initial five-mile stretch will sfart at Madrid Roadi (northeast city limits on N. Main Street) and run out Highway 70 to a point one-fourth mile east o'f the Jornadro Range Station access' road.
The engineer's• estimate of cost
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the five-mile section ds apidmafoly $500,0-00. The money been set aside and includes
about two-thirds obtained from
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the U.S. Bureau of Ptjblic Roads and about one- third from the
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HOLIDAY Wednesday, Feb. 22. will be
observed as a legal holiday, post officials announced this week.
All mililary and civilian peri;onnel will be excused from duty except necessary guard and fatigue details.
SPARTANS - Members of ihe Monroe Rocket Club, Albu_querque. surround G. H arry S t ine, seated right. and deluge him wiih questions about rockets and guided missiles, The club, made up of members of the Monroe Junior High School, journeyed from Albuquerque during a heavy snow fall fo visit White Sands Proving Ground.
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Young Duke City Rocketeers .Brave Storm To Visit WSPG
"Neither hail, nor rain nor of 256 miles to visit at the shrine tion Group; Jerry Hobart, George snow, nor hill too steep can stop of their rocketry worship. Dwight, Donald Christopher, these couriers from their appoint- The neophyte racketeers, ac- Johnnie .Duffie and Earl Bushed rounds." The writer of these companied by Dr. David Dennis, famous words, immortalized by the Post Office Department, must sponsor of the club, and several have had the Monroe Rocket Club of Albuquerque in mind.
parents, were treated to ari unclassified tour. They visited the mi~sile display in front of WSPG Headquarters and had lunch in the U. S. Navy Lounge.
Last week, during a heavy snow fall, 28 young members of the rocket organization drove from Albuquerque_ to White Sands Proving Ground a distance
Following lunch, the · club saw several films of German V-2 and
------ Navy Viking missile launchings.
man of the Fuels Committee; Billy Douglas; Charles English; Grace Colvin; Peter Lee, Bob Solenberger, and Raymond G. Stone Jr., members.
Accompanying parents were: Dr. F. W. Best, Raymond G. Stone, Sr., and CWO John A. Colvin, USAF.
Snow Gone', Restless Manager Issues Call For Baseball Players Now that the snow has melted
and the baskctbaH season heads into the home-streleh, M/Sgl .. Russ Gearou has taken his cue and announced that a meeting of al'l interested! baseball players wm 'be held Feb. 21, 1300 hours, in the Det. 2, 9393rdi TU, dayroom.
Gearou, who managed the 1955 Class AA Fourth Army Champions, will have a sharp-eye peeled for pitc:!hers. He has only two returning from las•t year's squad. . · The 1956 season's schedule will be discussed and the first practice date will be set. Batteries will turn out a few weeks in advance. Players will a1so be asked to fill cut a personal ·baseball history form.
According to Sgt. Gearou, only seven players are returning from last year's squad. The returning "lettermen:" are led by Catcher B.uster Clpud, .who was voted last years' '.Mos.t Valua·ble. Player and h~aded the Rock~ts. ba.tters with a dazzling A67 batting average. Hard on his heel.s is returning Right Fielder Bob Williams. Williams finished the '55 season with a.. choice .403 batting average and led the team in homeruns with 30;. hits with 97; runs scored with 97; and! runs-batted-in with 134.
Frank Kaiser, (.363); Tom Coble, (.166); and Don Gardiner, (254) are returning fielders.
Harry Stranski, last seasons undefeated pitcher, heads the returnill!g moundmen. After .getting a late start during 1955, Stranski finished the season with a perfect 5-0 record, and will be depended greatly on this year.
Ernest Struebing is the other returning pitcher. He also joined the squad! during fue season's end and never rounded into top condlition. He appeared' in one .game last season, pitching four innings.
Woman :S- Club Pf ans G. Harry Stine, Assistant Project Engineer, USNOMTF, lectured NotAvailable Un.der GI Bill
Canasta And Bridge the group on rocket propellants and aerodynamics.
The White Sands Proving The Monroe Rocket Club, es-Ground Woman's Club will hold tablished at the Monroe Junior a bridge and canasta party, High School, is a fully organized March l at 12: 45 in the Service unit to foster interest in rocketry. Club. The members build and fire their
own small missiles. They also Door prizes donaied by mer- manufacture the propellants used.
chants of El Paso and Las Cruces Dr. Dennis; mathematic teachwiH be given during the after- er, and coordinator of the club, noon, and cash prizes1 will be award<:d for h 1gh scOl'e in bridge and canasta.
provides the firing range for club use. The organization includes: Electronics, Observation, Safety, Fuels, Technical, and Rocket De
Re:reshmen t·s or soft drinks, sign Committees ·and a Director coffee and cookies w ii bC' served of Rockets in ad'1ition to a Prcs-
Admission for lhe party w il I be ideni, Secretary and Treasurer. 50 cents. TiC'ke>ts mny be securC'd Among those visiting WSPG from Mrs. L. M. W'hilc, Mrs. Carl were: Dr. Dennis, Peter ZimmerAllain, Mt·~. Ftnnk SC'ott, Mr~. man, President; Cynthia Hewitt,
, . , , Sel'retary and Head of the Ob-Sc1m T<'11tlhaum , or :lily mcmbrr t' G D Nl Elder of 'the Woman\ (;lulJ. Prn •ram st·rva ion roup; ou~ as . , Committee. g 1 Treasurer; Jerry We1bert, D1r-
edor of' nockcts; Robert Best,
ProperCourtingT echnique To Be .DemOnstrated Here
Claude Marsan, well-known French expert on the techniques of courting, will present "The Proper Courting . Technique That Gets Results" at the EM Service Club Thursday, Fe'b. 23 at 8: 30 p.m.
Appearing with him will be his shapely as;.;istant, Mademoiselle Jacqueline.
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iller' Arrest Revives Interest In Pohl Murder
I Assistant Direclm:; John E. Rein
' dorp, Chief of Safety; Floyd Hill,
I Rocket Design Committee; Joe Tipton, Technical Committee;
' Don Johnson, Electronics Comm it tee; Steve Linville, Assistant Fuel Director; Everett Merriam, E l cc tr on i cs Committee and
Marson has presented his talk and demonstration throughout the United States and several European countries, elaborating on his CO'pclusion t.hat "while American men make automobiles and electric fans very well, they make love very badly."
Americans let their marriages become dull and unromantic, Marsan believes, whereas Frenchmen continue their courtship after marriage. Another "lead" in the slaying
of Pvt. Roy E. Pohl, a While Sands Proving Ground soldier, has about petered out and his
• murder remains a mystery some lil month:; after he was found on a lonely stretC'h of highway in Northern New Mexico.
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Pvt. Pohl, n~signcd to the Nike Projl'ct, left WSPG on leave Friday, Aug. 27, H.l54, to hitchhike to his home in Omaha, Nebraska. He apparently caught a ride to Albuquerque and was believed last seen on the edge of Albu-
que hitchhiking east on U.S. way 66. s body was found by a ranch
er late Saturday, Aug. 28, l!l54, in an abandoned gravel pit near Moriarty, N. M., some 40 miles east of Albuquerque. He had been shot four times in the head, twice in the back and once in the chest by a .22 caliber pistol or rifle.
The latest suspect was David Cooper Nelson, confessed slayer
of two motorists wt1o Is now Geo1·ge Ashley, Safety Committ awaiting trial at Santa Fe. The ice.
Charles Burmeister, Observa-Las Vegas, Nevada, sheet metal worker was questioned by ShC'l'-i f[ Olin Rogers of Tor ranee County conccrniTlg the s laying of Poh 1. The officer th is wN·k said , he was "just about convinn'(l" that Nelson did not kill Pohl. '
Pvt. Pohl, desenbccl tly his buddies as a quiet, good natured soldier, had plannrd to bring his wife, Dolores, back to New Mexico from Ornnha. He also planned to visit his father, Lewis Pohl, in the Nehraska city.
He was in uniform and was l'arrying only a small sum of money. His pockets h<id been emptied, but the kil !er overlooked an identification bracelet on Pohl's wrist. He had been stationed at WSPG only about six weeks. He entered the Army on Nov. 30, 1953, and received basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas.
C'arden Club ./folds Valent;ne ~feeling
The Valentine meeting of the WSPG Garden Club was held Monday, Feb. 6 in the Navy BOQ.
Featured speaker was W. J. Wiltbank, Extension Horticulturist, New Mexico A&M, who spoke on house plants.
Mrs. 0. D. Carter, who is leaving post in the near future, donated a door prize of a house plant, which was won by Mrs. Lennie Horne.
Refreshments of V a I e n 't i n e cookies, coffee and soft drinks were served.
Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. H. W. Orser, Mrs. G. C. Clute and Mrs. Horne.
Quoted in a recent issue of Life magazine, Marsan said, "An American man comes home tipsy and disheveled after working late . He bores his wife with long accounts of what happened at the office, tells her ancient jokes, blows smoke in her face, and then settles down with a newspaper and doesn't say another word until he complains about the toast being burned at breakfast the next morning. This attitude does little to encourage romance.
A Frenchman arrives at home sober, brings flowers and braces his wife warmly. strokes her hair, admires her knitting, praises her hat regardless of what he really thinks, and sings love songs to her before laking her out to dinner."
Following his demonstration, Marsan will answer questions from the audience.
DEMONSTRATING C 0 U RTI NG TECHNIQUE - Curvaceous Mademoiselle Jacqueline, assistant t o French Love Expert Claude Marsan, will aid in the demonstration of "The Proper Courting Technique that Geis Results" at the Service Club,
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EDDIE FISHER and DEBBIE REYNOLDS
Service Club Mardi Gras To Be Celebrated SundaY
Mardi Gras time has just terminated in New Orleans, with more than half a million people joining in the pre-Lenten festivities. Despite a difference in crowds, the spirit will be the same at the WSPG EM Service Club Mardi Gras celebration Sunday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
Streamers and balloons of purple, green and yellow, the official Mardi Gras colors, will decorate the club, highlighte<l by a large glittering throne for the King and Queen of the Mardi Gras.
During the dance, the best dancing c·o11plc on the noor will be cho~en to reign ~1s King Rex and Queen Hermf's, and will be crowned by the Jack of Knaves, SP3 Paul Mears.
The royal couples' court will be composed of 20 c·lowning characters, inducting jf's1 f'l'S and maskers.
Paper hats nnd 111asks will be presented to the guests :1s they enter the club .ind favors will be given to all. SpcC'ial gills will be presented to the King ancl Queen, in kcrping with Mardi G1·as trnclition.
During intermission guests will be entc1·tained with lhe breaking of a Spanish pii'rnla. Following Spanish <.:Ustoin, one person w i 11 be blindfolded and giv<.>n a stit·k with which he will try to b1·euk the pifiata.
serve punch and cake. Dress for the event will be
costumes, coats an,d ties or Class A uniforms.
Transportation for El P aso girls attending the dance will
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CPO CLUB PLANS 'DOGPATCH 'HOP
Lil' Abners, Daisy Maes and Moonbeam McSwines will make their appearance at the Chief Petty Officer's Club, Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8:30 p.m., when the Club holds its Dog Patch Sadie Hawkins Day dance.
A buffet dinner featuring "Yokum" ham will be served during the evening.
Music for the af fair will be provided by "The Dusters." A prize will be awarded for the best costume.
In charge . or the buffet are Mrs. David Hardin, Mrs. James L. Armstrong, Mrs. George Evans, Mrs: R. L. Thompson and Mrs. E. E. Sweisford. .
All Chiefs, Master Sergeants and their guests arc invited to attend.
Persong w~o wish to contribute dishes for the buff~t should phorie Mrs. Hardin, phone 21207 or Mrs. Evans, phone 1027.
Stage Show to Feature El ·Paso Entertainer, 4th Army Winner
'BIG DOINGS! On Feb. 29-March 1. Eddie
Fischer and Debbie Reynolds will visit White Sands Proving Ground to stage a show and help ·the Combined Charity Fund Drive which opens i'oday with a stage presentation at the Post Theatre at 3: 30 p.m.
Kicking-off the 1956 campaign wi'll be a .stage presentation s<tarring Bill Risley, El Paso hypnotist and Phillip Angeloff, 4th Army talent contest winner for 1955. Included on the program will ·be the Holloman Air Force Band Glc€' Club.
All personnel are invited to attend.
Edld!ie and Debbie, the internationally known movie stars and honeymooners, will be brought here by Mic:!hael Todd, prod'Ucer-
Todd Toddles Home; Price Up $1,000,000
Hollywood Producer Michael Todd, who plans to unveil in September the Todd-AO widescreen 'version of Jules Verne's ,;Around ihe World in Eighty Daya," reluctantly left the proving .g:round with his crew last week, announcing a t the same time that he would be back Much 1.
P urpose of Todd's visit was to p hotograph an u nclassified m issile shoot with the idea of usin g it in connection with the p r o l o g u e lo t he picture. Weather conditions and mechanical difficuliies interferred.
In a recent issue of Colliers magazine, a complete color layout of the picture was presen}¥' e.d and writers mentioned ~ figur e of $5,000,000 for the filrn • Todd said here the figur e had reached $6,000,000.
director, who is coming to WSPG to film the Col'poral mis..~ile for use in a forthcoming production of Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days."
Lt. Col. M. D. Sloane, Chairm~111 of the Operating Committcf', last week announced a list of t'hc first four prizes 'to ,be awarded to encourage contt1ibutions to the campaign.
The grand 1prlze will be a 1956 Cadillac Seville sedan.
Second prize will be a Gulbransen spinet. Of standard key,board diesign, the min<Uure piano has a mahogany exterior,
Third prize will be a set of twelve goli dubs and carrying bag. The latter is ·of nylon and leather construction. The clubs include three wood.ls: and nine irons.
The fourth prize will :tie a set of white wall tubeless automobile tires.
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Music for the occasion will be provided by Jeny Giordano and his 01·<:hestra.
The refreshment. rnoin will be decorated in the theme or a French sidewalk c·afc, and will
New Separation Policies To Increase .Promotions
Stauffer Receives Fourlh Cash Award William Stauffer. Envil:on
mental and General Branch. EML. recently was awarded $25 for his suggesiiort on a circuit control for high altitude simulation tests - his fourth suggestion award during the 1955 fiscal year.
His first suggestion for a timing device on temperature recorders used in conditioning tests and pre-flight condition· ing of missiles brought him an award of $275.
A $100 award was made for his suggestion concerning the use of standard industrial tagout systems for electrical circuits, as a safety device.
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The Department o.£ the Army 1 notified Fourth Army headquarj ters today that new Army separation pol icies for enlisted personnel, designed to increase readiness for atomic-age mobilization and to improve promotion opportunies for young career soldiers, have recently been adopted!.
The program, similar to one now affecting officers, will be accomplished: primarily through retirement of ipersonnel with more than 30 years service and those over 55 years old with 20 years service.
Army officia'ls point out that lhe large numbers of men in the top enlisted grades (E-7, master sergeant first class) remaining on aci.ive duty since the Korean conflict have caused! virtural promotion stagnation at the top of the enlisted structure. At the same time, reductions in strength have emphasized the need! for young,
capable leaders in today's peacetime Army who are capable or p!iaying a long term role under mobilization.
'Certain ind'ividuals whose performance is rated outstanding and others who are highly decorat Pd will be exempted from the program. In addition. to the retirement features of the program, enlisted personnel of the Reserve components on active duty in the top two grades (E-6 and E-7) will be required to enlist in the Regular Army or be .relieved! from active duty.
Initial separations will not occur until Dec. 31, 1!)56. TI1e Anny stated that very few personnel would be afrCetlcd during the Cirst 1.wo years of the program because of the smaH numb<'r who have already reached' the age and service criteria of the program and sinc·e a number of exemption;.; h:tvP been provided.
2 ··WIND & SAND~. Friday, February 17, 1956
Published weekly as a civilian ent•rprlse m the Interest o~ the MU!tary and Civilian pPrsonne\ of White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, by the Las Cruces Citizen of l.as Cruces, New Mexico.
Pollc!es and statemPnts re!lected In the news and editorial columns represent the "1ews or the lndlvldua l writers and under no circumstances are to be considered those or the Depar tment of the Army. Advertisements Jn this publication do not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised.
All news matter tor publicat ion should be sent to the Public Information Officer, White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, Telephone 4203 or 5203.
This newspaper receives Armed Forces Press Service material. Armed Forces Presa Service material which Is not copyrtr;hted or syndicated may be reprinted or reproduced Without further permission, provided proper credit ts &lven.
This paper ls not an official or sem!-oftlcial Department of Defense publication. ltat~~I pictures are by White Sands Proving Ground photographera unless otherwise
Advertising copy should be sent to: Las Cruces Citizen, P. O. Jlox 270, 114 S. Church Street, Las Crnces, New Mexico, Phone JA 6-5575. Subscription off Post $4.00 per year S.1.50 !or three months. Distribution on the Post tree.
Eye Care Essential The man working in the shop, the housewife, reading or
ironing, the child at play - all have a 90 to 1 chance for a lifetime of good sight. That is, provided the eyes are cared for properly.
G U IDED M ISSIL E CRUISER - The converted cruise r Boston is pushed by tugs into Philadelphia Navy Yard for her recommiss ioning Nov. 1. The a fte r gun turret and one stack were r e m oved to m ake room for t wo guided missile launching platforms. The 12-year-old Boston is the first combat ship eqqipped to fire super sonic antiaircra ft guided missiles. Its chief weapon will b e the Terrier.
- - Your Military Future - -The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness This series on reserve activi- soon, but I don't want to put in
eight or ten years in the active reserve afte1,wards. Isn't tlhere some way for me to get all of my service over wi,bh and not have to join the reserves?
recommends the following rules to help us maintain our ties is furnished by Unit Ad-eyesight. visors Office, 111 South
DO: Church St., Las Cruces, N.M.
Wear safety glasses while doing hazardous J' obs. Question: I am a student at
S . . the University of New 'Mexico
eek competent eye care for blurred v1s10n, eye fatigue and I expect to graduate this A. Under the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, you 'have a 'Siix year military obligation even if drafted. Since you wou]d ordinarily be inducted for two years, you would have a remaining four years to serve in the reserves. The only other way to avoid reserve service, is to enlist and serve on active duty for a full five years and one more in the Standby Reserves.
or other symptoms of t~ouble. . coming June. I am 21 years old. Have your children s eyes examined before they start I am married and we expect a
school, and at least once during each school year. child this July. Can you tell me DON'T: how I stand wit'h regard to my
military future, and if there are reserve programs which I can enter to avoid induction.
Allow your children to play with bows and arrows, pointed sticks or air rifles.
Rub your eye when a cinder gets into it. If the eye's natural watering reaction doesn't wash it out, visit your doctor or eye clinic.
A. The on1y "draft-deferred" section of the new Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1955 is Section 262. This is the provisfon offering deUse an unshaded light for reading.
Neglect failing vision or other symptoms of eye trouble. ferment for reserve enlistments to men 17 to 181/z years of age during an eight year period of reserve service. They must partidpate in six months of active duty for training, but are deferred !from this until they satisfactorily complete high school or reach the age of 20, whichever comes first. There is no other reserve program offering draft deferment. ln your case, y our own selective service board< must dec.ide on your situation, and your chances for being drafted depend on the criteria they are using for selecting men in your home district.
Q.: l am a senior tin High School, and will graduate this mid-term. If I have to go into the Army, I would like to get a commission. l s ther e anything I can do now to do that? WHAT'S
NEW? By L OU WISEMAN
Things to do .. . Mardi Gras time at the EM S ervice Club this Suncfay ! King R ex and Queen Herrp.es will be crowned in Mardi Gras tradition by the Jack of Knaves. Jack Giordano and his orchestra will p rovide music for dancing. Promises to be quite a shindig! Admission, of course, is free.
Out and about . . . " Ballet Russe" at Liber ty Hall, El Paso, Saturday, F e b. 25 at 8:30 p.m. Jacob Lateincr, concert pianist, will be featured guest with the El Paso Symphony Monday, Feb. 27 at 8:30 p.m. in Liberty Hall. Tickets for these e vents can be ~ecnred throug h the Special Services Office. The S tate Theater in Las Cruces is having a Film Festival . . . int:luding several w idely talked-about movies. The s . ond one in the series ends tonight, "The Game of Love" ... with one sh owing, beginning at 8:15 p .m. Other s scheduled are "Aida", "The Divided Heart," "The Sheep Has 5 Legs" and "Bread, Love and Dreams."
Sports . . Cribbage and chess tourneys were completed at the EM Service Club this week. Duplicate bridge play-offs will be Tuesday, F e b. 21, and Double Pinochele on Sunday, Feb. 26. All military personnel a re invited to enter this competition. Winners of the WSPG tourneys will meet area competition here, Thursday, March 8.
Stork Club ... Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kurtz, Management Program Office . . . a daughter, Deborah Ann ... s ix pounds, 13 and a ha lf ounces . . . at Las
Cruces Memorial Hospital. Other children are Linda, 6, and Russell, 2 ... they live in Las Cruces.
News from alumns . .. Lowell Page, formerly with the Army, assigned to I & E, maITying Netta Lou Clegg, El P aso ... a recent graduate of New Mexico A&M ... Saturday, Feb. 25 in St. Paul's Methodist Church, El Paso. Page is now employed by the Standard Oil Co., El Paso. Ted Kirby, a former EM with the FDL Photo Lab, playing the lead in Thorton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth" atMexico City College, where he is studying art. John Steen, formerly with the Army, assigned to Ord. Mission . . . now employed by General Electric, Utica, N. Y.
New faces ... Mrs. June Spadachene, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, clerk-typist in Civilian Personnel Office. Husband Mitchell is stationed at Biggs Air Force Base .. they live in El Paso. Dewey
Fischer, Waterville, Ohio, new Junior Electronics Engineer, Raytheen ... lives in El Paso.
Coming and going . . . Charlene Burke, Installation Engineering Office, reeen tly returned from home in Wilton, N. H. Her mother, Mrs. John Burke, accompanied her here for a visit. Lt. William Johnson, Consolidated Mess ... to Berkely, Calif. where he will attend the University of California. SP3 Richard Sparge . . . to attend college in Springfield, Mo. Lt. Col. W. D . Pritchard, Integrated Range Mission, on quick trip to Washington, D. C. Robert Bolles, formerly with Ord. Mission • . . here on visit from the Department of Defense, Washington, D. C. Pfc. Dan Silberman, Det. 2 . . . on leave to home in Philadelphia, Penn. Edna Perkins, Payroll, back from two months visit to former home in Milwaukee, Wis.
Out and About ... El Paso Playh ouse Inc. production of "Road to Rome," starring Lois Kibbee, ends Saturday, Feb. 25. Performances are sch~d!uled for tonig"ht and tomorow night •.. and Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25 ... curtain time 8: 30 p.m. . . . admission $1.QO for military and stud~nts andl $1.50 for o-thers. 'I'he Playhouse is located at Oregon and! Yandell in El Paso.
FORMER ORDNANCE GENERAL NAMED TO NEW POSITION
Maj. Gen. Leslie E. Simon, U.S.A., Rel., former Assistant Chief of Ordnance for Research & Development, recently was named a member of the board and a Director of the Gruen Precision Laboratories, Inc.
Upon his retirement last November, Gen. Simon was named Director of Research & Development for the Carborundum Company of Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Brig. Gen. W. L. Bell, Jr., former commanding g e n er a 1, WSPG, was named to succeed Gen. Simon as Assistant Chief of Ordnance for .Research & Development.
Q.: I am 20. years old, and' am working 'here in Las Cruces. I will proba1bly be d!rafted! sometime
Tai/Winds
By RUTH A. MABE
A. There are a number of ways men receive Army Commissions, aside from West Point. If you were to continue to college, and complete a regular Reserve Officers Corps course satisfactorily, you would receive a reserve comm iission, and serve as an officer. If you entered the service at this Ume, you could apply for Officer's Cand.iete School after your basic training. This is a tough course of training lasting over four months, and would extend the required amount of active d!Uty. Anot'her possible course is to enlist in the 17 to 181,2 year old' reserve program in which you would have to serve six months on active duty , i and the remaining 71/z years in , a reserve unit. During this time y.ou I can receive a reserve commission by taking certain correspondence courses, and passing the necessary physical and mental qualifications. ·
Heroes of the "Icecapade" at Organ were W. H. Robertson and 1st Lt. C. M . Tomlin. After working hard! to thaw out their own water andl lines, the two men earned merit bad1ges for render- , ing service beyond the call of duty .. . They thawed several widows' water lines.
HOT AIR
Overheard George Chandler, proprietor, 0 r g an Mountain Lodge and! City Mayor, discussing the probability of installing Park-0-Meters. However, from the conversation, I couldn't tell whether the Park-0-Meters' were to be installed! a t the bar or outside for cars.
"Operation Cool-Off" melted ... A/3C Carl J. Baker's orders for DO think it was the same one. Greenland! are cancelled" It is RU- SP3 Bill Stephensvn, pharma'MORED that Airman Baker will cist-columnist, was beside himbe around Condron Field for the self trying to find the right colors next nine months, the time his for some pills. I like to nave pills enHstment expires. that match my eyes but Bill
MY DAY (At the Dispensary) couldn' t find anything to make -Anytime you don't have any- them (APC's I think) gray, thing to do, drop by the Post Dis- flecked with green, with a slight pensary and amble around. lt is red streak. So, I fina'lly agreed to a fascinating place. Of course, one take the white ones. iS' supposed! to have some aches Nurse Shook made several and! pains to go there, but if a trips through the lobby. I think person feels bad, how can he en- she was checking the clock to see joy himself? And, I had a dchght- how near it was to 1615. . ful time when I dropped in the Nurse Walker was making an other day. appointment by telephone for
At the Reception Desk, I dis- some lady who was standing at covered that my record envelope , the desk. It might have been a that I strive to keep so round, so hair appointment, anyway, she firm, so fully packed, was empty. hung up the receiver just as MaSgt. C. J. Striegl explained! that jor W. E. Brown came into view. the old! records had' been retired I finally reached the x - ray to permanent files, so asked a room where Sgt. Ernest Converse new assistant, Pfc. Billy Graham, made some pictures. If they are or maybe it was Pvt. L. J . Addes- good. I asked him to develope a sia, to make out a new record dozen for me. That will take care form fol' me. I really don't know of twelve people on my Christmas how 'he expects me, nor the new shopping list. assistants to know an. of my re- M/Sgt. A11ms trong, the FIRST corded ailments. I started· telling SARG, who has just moved from the assistant the things I could the old building, was in a cozy remember but the Sergeant stop- nook pouring over his anatomy ped me, insisting that my name assignment by candle light , was all the infoPmation necessary. I was headed for the Ward, the I suppose every ti>me I want to on ly room I had missed, when two see what I had! recovered from , fellows in white jackets, whose they will have to spend hours go- names I don't know, stopped me. ing through the retired files. They said that they wanted to
Anyway, I gave my name, and show me something. With one on soon Nurse Dillon called me in to each side, they steered me to t he see Lt. G. E. Wrig'hl. Lt. Wright front door. I tried to convince didn 't seem too en thusiastic about them that I had seen that door the color scheme of Grace Kelly 's many times , but they insisted· that bathroom, but in his most sympa- it looked differently from the outthetic manner, he assured me that side. Well, I went outside to look, I am not suffering from "House- but for the life of me, I couldn' t maids Knee" but on'ly the on-set see a thing different. l tried to go of age, which is very discourag- back in to tell them t hat they ing. w ere wrong, but for some reason
Back in the Reception Room, or another, the door wouldn' t Mrs. J. H. Harrier, Lt. Col. Bus- open. It must have been ::-tuck. Oh cemi's secretary. was rushing well, I rushed to a telephone and l down the hair carrying a sheet called engineers to go up and fix of paper. Then, Nurse Higgins · the Dispensary door. ·-
l OON AT THESE PRICES AND HIJRRV 111 OIJR A a r o n son B r o s.
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SALE STARTS FRIDAY, FEB. 17
Doors Open at 9 A. M.
Cash! - Charge! - Lay-A way!
LADIES' BLOUSES
All 1st quality. Linens and cottons. Worth twice the price!
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LADIES' DRESSES
JUST UNPACKED! Fresh from their wrappings. We offer you a gorgeous array of Spring dresses at great savings. Come early and be prepared to select from every new spring style, every new spring fabric in a galaxy of new spring shades.
S IZES 10-20. 9-15. 16¥2 124 l/2. 46-52
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GIRL'S SKIRTS AND BLOUSES LADIES' NYLONS Special ly pur chased for th is sale. Washable, lon g- wear ing cottons.
SIZES 3 - 6. 7 - 14
LADIES' BRAS Nationally Adverti~ed. A , B, C cups including padd ed sty lcs.
LADIES' SLIPS
100 '1n Dupont Ny lon. All l a vishly lace trimmed in pink, w hite and blue . You will w ant sev eral at this lo w , low price! R ayons too !
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Men's
SLACKS Solid gabardines, fancy fayons all expertly tailored. Specially purchased for this sale. Truly outstanding values.
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First Quality! Regular $1.35. Famous Brand in black, brown or navy heels.
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LADIES' PANTIES Outstanding Value! Lace inserts , elastic and band leg briefs.
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Crisp new Easter dresses. Nylons, cottons, trimmed cottons, tailored or fussy. New Spring colors.
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UNDERWEAR T shirts, briefs or Athlcti c shirts. Irregulars of nationally adv er tis e d brands at a fraction of their regular price.
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STRETCH SOX Hcllaca nylon yarn. First quality solids or fancies, specially sale-priced.
2 for $1.00
Bouffant and staple s ty les in nylons and cottons.
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SLACKS Fine weight, washable good quality cottons in faded blues, tan or gray. An excellent value at this low price.
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2for BOYS' SUITS BOYS' JEANS Boys' Men's Sample Sale
SPORT SHIRTS Brand new for Ea~ter. L u i- SPORT SHIRTS ens an d R ayons. T a il ored Fi rst quality. neinforccd
We bought these brand new
like his Daddy 's. Special purchase of fine samples from a n at ionally
knee, ~anforizcd denim. wtton and washable rayon famous shirt maker. Ex-in the newest styles and traordinary values in new
SIZES I - 12 SIZES 2 - 12 colors. styles , fabrics, and colors.
SIZES 2 • 16 SIZE MEDIUM ONLY
$5.99 $1. 0 s1.oo $1.77
Aaronson Bros .. 108 N. Main Las Cruces
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JUDAH'S WALL - Trim Dody Judah, soaking some of ihai winier sunshine at Miami Beach. Fla.. stretches herself on a garden wall. Now tJi,at normal weather has retur~d io semi-tropical Miami. Dody · once age.in frolicking at th bc<1ch.
One acre out of every ten !anted in the U. S. 1s lost an
nu<dly to insect damage. came rushing from the other di- Conclusion : You hafta be read I rection with a ~heet of paper. I t'be wrong. '-----------------------------1!!!!---------------------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I!!!!!!!!!!!!'!!!!!_,
•WATCHING THE 9577th One or More From Det 4
2 WEEKS SUMMER RESERVE TRAINING TO BEGIN JUNE 3
Friday, February l?, 1956 • • WIND Bl SAN'D • • 3
By H. F. THORNE JR.
'!'he word 'lpass" has come to be ,--- ---------music to the ears of any redblooded trooper. Not wanting to d~minish the age-old popularity of the w ord, the Organ Pass has performed admirably the past few weeks. Certainly is wonderful to see that even the landscape is cognizant of tradition .
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We have. been wondering about the success of Operation Antilnsect which is ·being conducted in the Detachment area. We have thought about getting the patent r ights if it proves as successful as is antici'Pated. The campaign should result in two new words being adided to an ol'd>maxim. The · ds "or insect" will be inserted
the word "man" in the say-
Service Club Sponsors Mardi Gras Dance
(Continued from Page 1) leave the Armed Forces Y.M.C.A., 300 San Francisco St. at 5:30 p.m. and the Y.W.C.A., 315 East Franklin at 6:00 p.m.
Las Cruces and New Mexico A&M girls wishing to attend should contact the WSPG Service Club, phone 22120, for transportation arrangements.
All girls will be returned to their homes immediately following the dance.
There will be no admii;sion charge.
OVER HILL. OVER DALE-Army H-19 Sikorsky helicoptei:s help lighten the soldier's burden by flying in 7Smm. pack howitzers during training exercises at the Army Aviation Center. Camp Rucker. Alabama. The H·l9 is also designed to deliver troops in batile areas.
By OSSIE
"Bring 'IDm Back Alive" came back last week aiter a short excursion to California to pick up a couple of AWOL's. A vacation he cal'ls it, and I believe him if what he says can be put down as fact. Det. No. 4's "Lover Boy," while in LA, waiting for the next train, called beautiful R ita Moreno and did the town .. . I heard once that Marilyn Monroe used to be one of his favorite dates but somehow t'hat man they call JOE stepped; in and cut his time. Stick to Rita Sarge; Marilyn's not you!!" ty.pe anyway.
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An estimated 14,000 U.S. Army reservists, approximately 27 per cent over last year's· figure, will attend annual two weeks summer field! training at Fourth Army instaJ.lations from June 3 to Sept. 2.
This increase is attributedi to emphasis on recruiting, the acti-
The Desert
NAVY vation of new units, and an inten- By BEA PLATH sified Reserve publicity cam- Had a variety of things taking paign. place this week includtlng another
All personnel assigned to troop snow scare. The Old Desert Sun program units, mobilization de- made short w ork of the snow on signees, and officer reinforce- the Base but it closed! the pass to ments training as ass•igned imem- Las Cruce for a while.
Wal1ker MMC each re-enlisted! for a six- year hitch in this man's Navy. Chief has been in for 14 years and Chid Walker has been in the Navy for 20 years. Congratula tions!
Civ il1 Service News: Ralph II. Ormslby is the new Safety Inspec tor for the Navy. We're happy he got over his unfortunate accident so well. Vernon 1R. Spencer, J r., is the new Stockman in the Operations Dept. Evelyn D. Stephenson of the Transportation De:pt left to work for Special Services Division of the Air Force at Biggs• Field.
The other day Chief Hudnal decided his fence was sagging and decided to 'level. About the time he swung t he hammer in an upward motion and aimed for the fence his ankle turned andi Chief and not the fence was leveled. At least that was his e~planation for his recent bump on the head! ihat "Man cannot live by
d alone." ~'< * * ,a . Lt. Carl Alsen has added his Vic Vet· says VISION OF WSPG CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
TO BE TESTED BY NEW .ORTHO- RATER
Keep your eye on Pfc. Harriman. He's going places. Every morning in fact; dlown to the motor pool at 4: 3-0, rag in hand, polis'h in his pocket, and plenty oif ambitrion to buff and buff that sedan of his. Why does he do this .. because the night drivers u se his sedan and doity it all up.
ROOFI NG SPECI ALS
bers of U. S. Army Reserve school The hig question in the Armory student detachments are requir- is whether GM2 Holden will realed to attend their :respective units' ly take the big step on leave this annual unit training. time and get married, he really
Largest participat ion will be at keeps 'his •buddies .guessing. .Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ Fort Hood, Tex., where close to
T voice to those of the Methodist Church Choir in Las Cruces. CongTatulations. This sort of outside activity helps maintain the fine relations between the city and the military. l:· The men of this· Detachment can be proud of their Tecent par ade performance. Most spectators were agreed that we were standing tal'l for the occasion.
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8,000 Reserve officer and enlisted Welcome aboard: to G. J . Boone personnel ·Will train in engineer- ETl, W. B. Dean ETl, and V. L . ing and mili tary government, and Nels'On ETCA who have all 1been the combat arms of infantry, ar- assigned to the Electronics, Labmor, and artillery. The 9-0ih In- oratory. L. V. Taylor FTl joined B
The Ortho-Ratcr, now being· Anyone w'ho is interested in a fantry Division of Texas• will Division from the USS Forest used in the WSPG Occupational ployee's position in jeopardy. No good 1953 Buick, Super 4 door train at Fort Hood, June 3-17, and Royal. B. C. Salisbury MMl is Vision Program, measures 12 of worker will lose his job because Sedan for on'ly $1,400, contact the 95th Infantry Division of over at GMU coming from the the visual skills that are most his vision is found by the Ortho- Bruce Tepley at JA 6-8816 after Oklahoma, Arkansas and! Louisi- USS Skagit. The new fellow in important m industrial jobs. Rater to be defective. duty andl at 2-2152 during duty ana, Aug. 19_Sept. 2. the Administration Dept. is 0 . L.
Under the program, sponsored In fact, the progiram is desjgned hou.rs. This car is in excellent Puckett. He hails from North b h P t S d th p t h Reservists at other installations Carolina and comes here from y t e os urgeon an e os to help the employee by enabling s· ape. will train in such non-divisional Safety Officer andi conducted by him to correct any defects in his I also know a person who Great Lakes, Ill.
organizations as engineering, n -f:l * Post Infirmary personnel, the vi- vision and consequently be a,ble would like to get a hold of '39 or transportation, and field artillery, sion of every civilian employee of to per.form his work more effi- '40 Ford in case someone wa.nts to Good news from Mr. and Mrs.
in addition to technical and spe-WSPG will ,be tested. Each te~t ciently, more comforta,bly and sell one. Just get in touch with the cialist training. Tony P. Telles. The became the
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We enjoyed this. SP3 Phil Kam'merman was inquiring about a coming attraction at the post ·~th ter. He wanted to know who
· it. Someone replied that e Murphy was the star. Kam
erman retorted, "Who's she?"
requires approximately seven m1- with less liability to accidental mailclerk at Det. No. 4 (4119th.) proud parents of a baby boy on nutes, and the program will ex- injury. · I Looks like the snow flurries Fort Sill, Okla., will be host to 28 Jan. Mark Anthony weighed in
I tend over several months. It may The service is voluntary and have subsided for 11while so now an estimated 2,300 reservists; Fort a t 6 libs. 4 oz. Telles is a chauffeur be extended to military personnel free of charge. It may be c.ompar- everything can get back to norm- Polk, La., to 1,700; and Fort S~m in the Transportat ion Dcp l. and
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We assume he was drafted! follo~in~ completion of the tests ed to the free cJ1est .x;-_ray ' ~i;:o- [ al.- · Houst~n, Tex., to 1 ,?~0. Oth~r m- lives in Las Cruces. for c1v1lians. nram~ conducted;, by n'iob1le x~rjlly I stanatio?S to be utilized will be Our ex-profesor, Dr . Hilliard, 11- ~t:". .;1
This week's familiar face is M/Sgt. Earl T. Nichols, Sr., Detachment First Sergeant. Sgt. Nichols resides on post with his wife Doris and son Earl Jr., and daughter Rose Marie. He has had fifteen y'ears experience as a First Soldier in nearly every corner of the earth.
f or full inform a tion ('.Onta.ct your llt:arelft V ETl<: RA NS .ADMrN l~TRA 'rlOS ofli t e
i t in near ly every capacity. B & D Roofing Co~ : · The Ortho-Rater, built by ~nits fri. the'' ~ight. a'ga\nst''tube'r- : "But Johnny," asked the lad's I Fort Bliss, Tex.; Camp Chaffee, will l eave Industrial Relations
Bausch & Lomb, me~sures ~hose culosis. All civi~ia1: empl9ye~s, I mot~er as sh:. bathed the lu~ps Ark., and Camp Leroy Johnson, work and r etur n to 'lect ur ingskills in vision which contnbu\~ regardless of their JObs, wil·~ be on bis head, 'when that bad little . La. . . . , . . for one evening. He is scheduled most to the comfort safety and given the vision tests: · · · • ~- · boy threw rocks at you w)iy Trammg will be principally to address the Unitarian Church Contractors & Distributors We asked Sgt. Nichols. to tell
us the first thing that popped into his head when asked to recall some interesting event in his career. He recalled a time in North Africa when 'his outfit was ordered' to camp for a night on an abandoned! air fi eM. They received the good word aboub 11: 00 p.m. They dropped in their tracks, coveredl up with their blankets a nd slept. When he awoke the next morning, the Sg,t. noticed that t'h e fellow next to him had selected' an ant hill for a bed. The .fel'low was snori ng happilyi while the ants TOamed about his mouth, nose and eyes. T ired, hugh?
ease with which jobs' can be per- The vision tests will be m~d~_py didn't you come and tell me?" conducted out o~ d~ors. The g~n- of El Paso Sunday the 19th at CASH AND CARRY formed. However, it determiri~s divis~~.ns .. ,Em,pl.0:yi;~ .. ~:'.WiJl::1;l.ii\'~?.l,ii- . "Aw, Ma~·'.' he shrugged, "it eral!_ p~og~a:n iw1ll mc!ude tram.- 7:30 •p.'i:p., on "TJ::n·ce ReJ.igious
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Ph. JA 4•4503 Dar or Hite only how the eyes perform; it ,fied by:: Post;.~nf1rmar:Y"'M.t.S~~l wouldn't have done any good. mg m md1v1du8:l and ~rew served World-Views." · 2002 Solano Drive cannot be used for 'diagnosis of of the ·results. Those wh&.,have You couldn't hit the side of a weapons, overmgiht bivouacs, and 9P~au~l~M~a~c~L~e~a~n~Y~M~C~a~n~d~J~.9L~. ~~~=~~~~~~~~~
· We learned that the job of First $ergeant involved more t'han r(mning· an orderly room during Wol'ld War II. Sgt. Nkhols received the· Combat Infantryman's Bnd!g·e with two awards, Pu<rple
specific visual defects. Only an I been trained t.o operate th~ . Ot· house.::·· . smaJil unit tactical. problcm.s., tr -----ophthalmologist or an optometrist tho-RB:ter include ·Sfc. Bill J. ., •" The su:nmer field . trammg can perform this function. Tucker, Sfc. George S ... Harold, There are approximately 225,· program is _a ye.ry important
Consequently, WSPG employ- SP2 David Bustos, SP3 Charles r(\ . 000 aufomobili:!s in use in Russia. means of mamtammg th~ Army ees fo1.md by the Ortho-Rater to Duncan, Pfc. Raymond1 Meyer and Reserve in a slate of readiness. NO W OPE N! have visual defects which may be Pvt.-2 Tom Gambarde' la. I corrected by wearing glasses wiJl The Ort.ho-Rater wa~ i~st1e~ ·~n , be advisc>d to sc.ck professional WSPG by . the Occupational ' yihe Ip. sion Branch of .• th(' Army -F..nv!-~
' Health, Bronze Star, Good Con\ ni{!t Medal, Commendation RibbM with Medial Pendant and iit:ihy other awards indicative of m~re than administrative ability. • In 194.l, Sgt. Nichols received one of the last NCO Warrants ii;g. ned by a General grade officer. lilc:' was' signed: .by General Mauijt:ir.gtlc, the Chief Signal Officer, sMrtly before his retirement. /·During the Korean conflict, the Sergeant served as a Warrant Oflicel' lot three years. His military t!arcer <began wit!h a four-year hitch in the Navy. Needless to say, he- has seen the world and' served
See you next week.
The Seventh lnfantry Regiment of the Thir d Infantry Division is known as the "CotLonbalers" because of its part in the defense of New Orleans behind a barricade of cotton bales in the War of 1812.
Those who wear glasses and ronmcntal IlealJh Laborutory- at perform jobs clas>:ified as eye- Edgewood, :fytaryland. The A'tUL· ha·zard'ous by the Post Safety Of- also provide<}'. assistanee in ~ttjn.g !ice will be provided prescription- up the program het~. Capt. R,.}N. ground safety glasses at ·govern- Bailey of the OccUp!!-timial:,Vi.lfl~n ment expense. Those in similar Branch visitM WSl?'G·.'.'.f'-0~~-·.:~.ljte · jobs who do not require correc- week. recently to ttP,iri. the.Qtthotive lenses will be furnis'hed witp Rater operators andl hitlp . t~~m plano glasses for protection on seb up the testing ·proi:ram. ·
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Surgeon, andl Frank D. Mayes, Safety Officer, emphasized, that the Occupational Vision ProgTam is not designed! to place any em-
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SLOW DOWN AND LIVE
NATIONAL t'7b-j ~ DEFENSE DAY ~
proclaimed at Las Cruces High School
ON FRIDA Y, FEB. 17, (February 12 fo 22 is National Defense Week)
On this · day the following High School Students.
members of the UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE
will be honored and recognized for their patriotic spirit in participating in the Army Reserve program.
Pvt. - 1 Geo. W. Chappell Pvt. - 1 Phillip G. Hamm
Pvt •. 1 David C. Chavez Pvl. - l James K. Hanson
Pvt .. 1 Manuel L. Corral Pvl. - 1 Arthur B. Harris
Pvt. - l Joe N. Diaz Pvt. - I Arthur E. Johnson
Pvt. · l Melvin Fielder Pvt. - 1 Albert J. Leyendecker
Pvt. · l Kenneth H. Gryder Pvt. • l Alvia G. Owens
Pvt. • l Paul T. Radtke
• Movies • Talks by Reservists • Assembly
• All High School Reservists will be in uniform ese young men deserve a vole of appreciation from every loyal American. They
realize that every citizen who enjoys the protection of a free government owes his
personal services to the defense of it. These men are doing something about it -
W HAT ARE YOU DOING? By volunteering for the Army Reserve before you reach draft
age you gain these advantages:
• SHORT ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING PERIOD. (Only 6 months) e DRAFT DEFERRED (As long as you participate)
e FINISH HIGH SCHOOL (before taking 6-months' training)
• TRAIN AT HOME (afler 6-months' duty)
• CHOICE OF UNIT (4 to choose from)
The Army Reserve Program is endorsed and supported by: 1. Chamber of Commerce of U. S.: 2. Nat'l. Hq. of the American Legion; 3. U. S. Army Recruiting Service.
UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE TRAINING CENTER
111 S. Church Las Cruces Ph. JA 6-6321
The presence of. the U.S. Army troops alo~ the Iron and Bamboo Curtains, ready to fight if ' necessary, is ·a constant remiri°dJlr· to any potential aggressor that he will be met promptly by an American soldier.
About 20,000 Federal employees work in the physical sciences, nearly 50,000 in engineering, 10,000 in the social sciences, 66,000 in medicine and allied fields, and 18,000 in mathematics and statistical work.
Two weeks ago, 8-year-old Lee Sawyer came home with
· a 4'strep" sore throat, which went un'treated. In his case, '' stret>" infection led to
rheumatic fever, frequent forerunner of rheu• matic heart disease. · · · . · ·
With :the other kids ha;ing iun' outdoors; it•s a tough break for Lee. Especially so, . because
• medical science now has tht! knowledge to prevent rheumatic fever in JnOSt cases. (Knock out the "strep•• infection with penicillin or other antibiotics, and ·you close the door on this leading crippler and killer of children) • . 'Ih1t tbe picture isn't all dark.
Thanks to r~eareh, Lte's chances of a normal ure are immeasurably better than they would have been only a f •w years aro. That's because p~ysicians can now safeeuard youngsters against recurr~nt attacks of rb'eumatic fever, with its dancers of cumulative heart damage.
In this broad land of 0urs are more than 500,000 Lee Sawyers - younpters with histories of rheumatic fever - children whose hearts TO· MORROW need YOlJI' help TODAY. Your gift to the 1956 Heart Fund is an investment in their hearts - and in hearts everywher~~
HELP YOUR HEART FUND -HELP YOUR HEART · Ci"i' diieelly lo yo..,. lor.al He11rl .t-lalloa • ..,
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Secretary, Incentive A w a rd s Committee, spoke to Branch Chiefs . of the Flight Dctermin~ 'ation Laboratory, this wcc>k on the Incentive Awards Program.
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JUST BELOW THE VIADUCT Particular 1phases discussed were cash awards for wggestions and inventions, sustained ~uperior work performance awards, special acts or services awards and
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• 4 .. WIND 8r: SAND·· Friday, February 17, 1956
Sports Orderly I Rockets mbushed While LT. HORSFALL WINS All-Army
• . • - SPORTS CAR EVENT -- ntertainment e e Next Month
By BOB WALLA CE
• T have been talking lo several Sartain, who have bcc11 out of acpcoplc the past few weeks who tion for some time now. Blue arc interested in having a Post wasn't expected to play any more softball team this year. I don't know if any plans have been this season, but his injured! knee made along t h.is line by Special responded to treatment better Services, 1but I do think it would than expected, and he's ready to be a good thing. go again. Sartain has been out
There would naturally be pro- with a sprained ankle for about tests from managers of unit three weeks, but seems rarin' to teams, but I think they coulO! be go. These two men will give the led to sec it would benefit every- Rockets badly needed! reserve one. A team this year woul'd serve strength. as a test, to see if this woukl tr 'le tr work. The "Five Star Tournaments,"
It is still a little early to worry which started last year 1by Area about it much, but if you are in- service installations to give the tcrcstcd, and think the Post individual a chance to show his should have an all-star team, let stuff, will be held at the White your team managers know, and Sands service club at 1400 hrs., call Sgt. Hirte al Special Services March 2. Post Competition is unand tell him what· you think der way now to decide the White about it. Sands representative in the tour-* P * I nament. The tourney will include
The Rockets are very glad to cribbage, double pinochle, dupliwelcome back John Blue and: Sam cate bridge, and chess.
BY JOE CELENTANO, JOI. USN (AFPS Sports Writer)
The HJ56 U. S. Open golf champ1onsh ip will be held at the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N. Y., June 14-16 ... Holy Cross has anounced a nine-game football schedule foi; next season with Quantico, Va., listed as
the oppositrion ~ .. .__.,, Oct. 28 . . . Bill
Abbey, who coach c d Ft. Ord. Calif., to the 1955 nati'onal service foot-1ball title, has accepted the head coaching job at Monterey Pcnin s u l a JC in California.
nm Abbey In two years al F't. Ord his Warriors had posted' a fine 23-2-1 record.
Armed Forces Press, Radio and Television Service is featured in the March edition of The Ring magazine . . . Pvt. Ralph Miller, U. S. Olympic skier from Ft. Carson, Colo., was on the cover of the
Feb. 6 SpoTts Illustrated .. . The Naval Academy's Royono finished 15th in the 1,200 mile Buenos Aires to Ri'o de Janeiro yacht race .... This column welcomes service sports news from readers.
Frank Bowman, veteran N. Y. Giant trainer and Bob Bauman, who handks the same job for the St. Louis Cardinals, arc brothers . . . Joe Haynes, vice president of the Was'hintgon Senators; oldtime catcher Mickey Cochrane; Bobby Young, Cleveland second baseman; Edi Hurley, Al ump, and Johnny Welaj, manager of t'he: Senators' farm club at Hagerstown, Md., left the U. S. Feb. 10 to conduct a USAFE-sponsoredr series of baseball clinics in Germany.
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To say that patrolman Winfield Allen is a good pistol shot is the understatement of the year. He fired one shot from 10 feet away and shattered a mayonnaise jarfreeing a skunk who had his head caught in the bottle.
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Like beverage, this column seems lo get better with age. Too bad the season doesn't last longer, because we probably could bring our average near the .900 mark just before Christmas. Last week we hit on 28 predictions, while missing the boat on 12, for a fair .736. We missed out on two via the overtime route, but compensated for this by picking UCLA over Stanford' .by two ·points. The final score being 50-48.
Hoping to bring our average up near the .800 neighborhood, here arc our predictions for February 18:
Alabama raps Tulane ·by 9 po in ls.
Arkansas tusks Texas by 6 points .
George Washington p a 11 c r s Army by 15 points.
Baylor claws Texas A&M by 7 points·.
Tul1sa oils Bradley by 5 points. Wyoming guns Brigham Young
by 4 points. California claws Washington
Slate by 8 points. Ccini sius u•psets Hol y Cross ·by 2
points. Cincinna ti tr ees Toledo by 20
points. Missouri outlasts Colorado by
4 points . ConnccticL1t drowns Rhode I s
land! by 22 po in Is . Yale trips Cornell by 5 points. Dayton corners Louisville by 2
points. Utah. corrals Denver by 12
points. Duke balloons Navy by 13 points.
Ford1ham butts l\cw York U. by 9 points.
Houston tha ws ou t Oklahoma A&M by 3 points.
Washington fan gs Idaho b y 6 points.
Illinois conquers Michigan S tate by 5 points.
Indiana plows Mic11igan by G points.
Iowa State skips over Nebraska by 7 points.
Iowa clubs Wisconsin by 8 points.
Kansas ,backtracks Oklahoma by 4 points.
Kentucky disarms Depaul by 11 points.
North Carolina State pops Maryland by 10 points.
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Below .500 Average Club participated in the sports car gyimkhana held on the Post
The While Sands Prnviiig Headquarters parkingi lot reccnl-Ground Rockets arc starling the ly. .next to the last week of play be- The gyimkhana, which taxed fore the Fourth Army tournament the manueverabi!ity of the car after returning from a disaster- and the ability of the driver, ous road trip to Arizon<i. The was won by Lt. George Horsfall, Rockets dropped games to the Jr., STD. Second• place was Davis-Monthan Air Basc>, and• the awarded to Kurt Neumann of the Fort Huachuca Signal team. Southwest Sports Car Club of El
Friday night at Tue-son, the , Paso. Third place was taken by Rockets dropped a 92-80 decision OFFICERS LEAGUE I George Stivers also of the South-to Davis-Monthan Air Base. Th<' 1 TEAM W L Pct. west Sports Car Club of El Paso. Rockets kept pacP with the Air 14th Ord. Bn. 15 5 .750 The Team Trophy was• awarded Force five until the end of the wsscp..;_ 15 5 .750 to the Southwest Sports Car Club third quarter, when the Tigers Civilian Persn. 13 7 .650 of El Paso and the Ladies trophy five quick field goals gave them a Navy 11 9 .550 went to Polly Harris of the El 15 point lead. The Rockets could- FDL 11 9 .550 Paso Club. n't catch up,and wound up on the OSS 10 10 .500 Crowd control was facilitated short end of a 92-80 score. CPL. 10 10 .500 by the White Sandis Proving
Sam Jones, averaging 32.7 Medics 9 11 .450 Ground Military Police. points in his Last seven games, led STD 71;~ 12Y~ .374 Members of the White Sands the Rockets in scoring, pumping Logistic's 6~~ 13 V2 .324 Sports Car Club who assisted! in in az. John Bakke supported P. X. 6 14 .300 the event were: Helen Steele and Jones with 15. Nike 6 14 .300 Richard Steele, WSSCA; Al Doak,
Saturday night against Ft. Hua- High Ind. Average, Bradley, I&S; ET-2 Herb Ashman, USN; chuca, the Rockets again Jct the 177. Pvt. Frank Heany, 9577th TU; Sfc. oa1ne gel out of reach before ral- d 580 Bill Pfleger STD; Lt. and Mrs. ,., High Ind. Series, A ams, . 1 D 'd USN C t · lying to try and catch up. The Doug as av1 's 1 ; ap am Raiders of Hauchuca turned a High Ind. Getme, Wynne, 234. Edward Regrutto RSD; Lt. and dazzling- shooting attack in the Hi1gh Team Series, WSSCA, Mrs. Norman Geiss; ancli Pvt. third period, hitting on more than 2474. Frank Collins, 14th Ord. Bn. 60% of thci1· field! goal attempts. High Team Game, STD, 865.
The Whi le Sands Prnving Ground division of the Hl56 Al! Army Entertainment C<Jnlcst will be held <Jt the Sr1·v i<'c Club Thursday, M<ll'<.:h W ;it B p. m., with the dcadlitw for c·nfri f's set for Monday, March 2G.
Acts will be clivi clc•cl into :1 " live" division and a " rccurded" division.
Comprising the "live" division will be the following:
a. Solo voral isl. b. Solo instrumenta l presenta
tion. c. Solo specially a ct. d. Vocal groups of fiv t! people
or less. e. Instrumcntul groups of five
or less. f. Specialty groups of fi vc or
less. The "recorded" division will in
clude the following: a . Barbershop quartets. b. Country or Western groups
of four to seven members. This will include instrumental music,
the leader. Songs must be sung m unison in march tempo, and be presented without a ccompaniment.
Acts presented in thr live divi sion must be lir:nitccl to four minutes, while six minutes a1A allowed for "recorded" divisioFperformances.
Entries may be secured at the Service Club, the Special Services Office and the Post Library.
Judges for the contest will be from El Paso, Las Cruces and New Mexico A&M.
Winners of the "live" division of the WSPG contest will compete with winners fro military installations at th quarters Fourth Army Competition at Fort Hood, Tex., Wednesday through. Saturd& April 11-14. T
Tape recordings of the winners in the "recorded" division will be forwarded for entry in the fourth Army Competition.
with or without accompanirnent. [ 688.000 ARMY EMPLOYEES c. Battalion or regimental chor- The Army employs 688,000 ci-
uscs composed of at least 12 mcm- 1 vilian workers throughout the bers includmg the leader , with or world. They are in 1,200 occupawithout accompa.ni_n;cnt. tions, ranging from laborer to
d. Post or d1v1s1on choruses research physicist and from file composed of at least 20 members clerk to procurement specialist. including the leader, with or .,;-iiiliiiiiiilii- • ...iiri-.---------i without accompaniment.
The Rockets played catch-up the Jj h R d rest of the way, but couldn't quite n t e e make it, as F t. 'Huachuca staved OLD SOLDIER OF 24 • AUTOMOBILES off a fourth period rally for an A fcll<Jw we know received a New. Used or Refinanced
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85-65 win. SERVED 4 ARMIES letter from a friend (?) of his Moving - Anywhere • FURNITURE Once again 8'oncs led the Roe- which ·began in blue ink. The sec- for belier service • EQUIPMENT, T.V., etc.
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Sunday night th e s tory was the armies of four nations before significance of this became ap- •We sell insurance of all :;amc, with Huachuca laking a 91- reaching twice that age. I pa~ent when ~e g~t to ti:ie post- & Storage Cruces Credit Corp. 74 victory over the W·hite San- Specialist Third Class Tadousz scnpt, also wntten m red mk. The JA 6-9161 - Anytime 745 N. Main Ph. JA 4-4561 d ers, who just couldn't get start- Przegalinski of !Bremen, Ger- writer asked for a loan of $10. _ _
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These three losses bring the rainian, he was then a truck faW • • • :·? •. ,-,~.~ Rocket s season r ecord to l 5 won, I driver. res upplying . the Ger~an )!j}: fo,,, and 16 lost. - - - - Army 111 its thrust mto Russia. Wt! wf 4 ~~i:tsMcxico Aggies, crippled P1;~~~~i~~ ~'.I:ca~~~~~~s ri~t;~~i: :lri 19 5 6 T H B I R D :~:~. j somewhat, over Wes t Texas State iication ·papers, and found. iwork fP :·=/ by 3 po in ts . in a steel factory in the Amer- #ff -_:
Niagara blister s Scranton b y ican zone of Germany. In 1950, he \@\ , ,, 14 points. joined! a Polish Company of the I:% PL y %~
u. c. L.A. shakes Oregon State English Army which was com- @M I N W Q DI _ _ [ .r'.·;"" .. ~ .... _'.~.'~.,; by 6 po in ts. posed of exiles who had fled Po- lt~* w."'"
St. Francis o[ N . Y. over St. land. Later he transferred to the fi'6i @i'j JoscphsofPa. by 6points. Polish Army. MH .· IN OUR SHOW ROOM I ~~
St. Louis tics up Wichita by Discharged from the Polish :~~J • 6 points. Army, he joined lhc American Mij
San Francisco ear thquakes. St. Army in 1952 and was assigned @M Marys of California by 15 P.omts. to Fort Dcves, Mass., ~here he fa~)i
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U S. COllfMISSIONER ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN COURT SC/JEDULE I• J{OM "WIND and SAND," child b o rn ncarcs1 to n11d111ghl,
An int:rc~;ising number of dea th FEBRUARY 21 , 1951: l•'cb. 21, the time officia lly desig- Underground fortif i cat i o n s, i-l u <1 r;iscs in which the pl'oper rccip- Treasury D0partment officials naled as 1he selection. deadline. hidden railways and disappearing icnl of GI insurance proceeds have selcctcdl White Sands Prov- Parents of the baby must be offi - cannon were all part of the rcwas in doubt, because of the in- ing Ground! a s the forthcoming cially connected with White sponsibilitics of Benjamin E. sured failing to designate a bcn- birthplace of what will be Am- Sands Proving Ground in some Billups, now Deputy Chief and ~ cficiary, was reported by the ct·ica's first "Bond Baby," Col. capacity, either civ ilian or mili- Tc:·hnical Director of the Data Veterans Administration today. G. G. Eddy, the post's Command- tary. Reduction Branch, Flight Deter-
"Evcl'y GI insurance policy- ing Officer, announced last week. mination Laborator.v. when ord-hulder should make sure VA has As part of the new National Capt. August Sabel left WSPG er:; came down early in January been notified of the beneficiary Savings Bond campaign to begin by motor on Friday, Feb. 16 1945 for his engineer battalion or beneficiaries the veteran wants soon, the selection of the lucky (1951), for Washington, D. C., to to rebuild and hold France's ·once to receive the proceeds of the child! will be in conjunction with take up his new duties with the fabulous Maginot Line. policy," E. R. Benke, manager of th e presentation of the First U.S. Ofiice of the Chief Signal Officer Billups, then a major in the the VA Center in Denver, said. Treasury Flag to the city of Las in the P lant Engineering Agency. !20th Engineer Battalion, 45th
Benl<e added that any benefi·- Cruces by Governor Edwin L . . . · M h c · ·11 b · Arnvmg from Hawaii in Oc- Division, was ordered to the Line C i,·lry changes the pol1'cyholder ec em. eremomes w1 egm t b . S b 1 , . t 1 30 F b 22 ( 1951) o er 1949, 'Captam a e was m when Germany's last major stand wishes to make from time to a L : C .p.m. ed · -11 . 1 d ' charge of Frequency Coordina- of World War II was launched in lime also should be recorded w1'th m as ruces, an , w1 inc u e a . . h the VA. parade by units of White Sands hon Sectwn ere at WSPG. the "Battle of the Bulge." Fif-
p . . Proving Ground and the Hollo- Construction of a new 518-seat teen miles of the Maginot Linc's olicyhol_ders m this area , man Air Force Base band. modern motion picture theater forts and passageways near the
ould notify the Veterans Ad- The "Bond Baby" wm be the has begiun at White Sands to ac- eastern corner of France were 1stratwn Center, Denver Fed- commodate the r ising numbers of rebuilt and re.furnished, in antic-
ral Cente~-, Denver, Colorado. t said, ·are upon reinstatement of civilian and military personnel ipation of another German count-Othcr mstances when VA lapsed GI insurance or conver- who are now on the post. erattack there. But all of Hitler's
should be n_otificd o.f .beneficiaries I sion of term insurance to a per- The theater, designed on the rapidly dwindling strength went ~hanges m beneficianes, Benke manent plan policy. style of the present new Head- into the all-out northern attack.
CLASSIFIED ADS I quarters Building, will be situat- Leaving the Maginot Line, ed directly behind the Enlisted Billups' battalion broke through Men's Service Club, in what will the Siegfried defenses and moved eventual'ly be part of a complete to C9 spot north of Wurms, where recreational area. . . they bridged the Rhine, con-11•••••••••••••••••••••••••-' Cost of the new theater is es- structing 1,400 feet of bridge in timated at $212,000. 12 hours.
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Latest figures on total Fort From Wurms, Billups and his Bliss contributions to the March outfit became part of the three of Dimes .. . amounted to a sky- divis ions that took Nurnberg. It rocketing $7,465.63. was a hard, exhausting struggle,
White Sands Proving Ground, and earned Major Billups his where Capt. Harry Craig, Pub- second Bronze Star. His first had lie Information Officer, was in come in recognition of a dangercharge of the campaign, collected ous two-man patrol made on the $2,035.39 for the fund. As in the Calore River, during the rugged past, White Sands turned its con- Italian campaign, in October of tribution in to the Fort Bliss 1943. chairman to be forwarded to the The second Bronze Star was National Foundation through Fort awarded for Billups' part in the Bliss. rescue of a number of victims of
a German strafing attack. Among the Americans who were buried by falling debris in the strafing attack and dug out by a group of men headed by Major Billups was Chief Deputy J'im Flanagan, also of New Mexico and now Chief Deputy Sheriff of Dona Ana County. Billups' quick action was credited with saving the lives of Flanagan and a number of his men.
Billups saw his initial action in the Sicilian campaign earlier in 1943, when he headed ashore at D-plus-1 1,2-hours. In Sicily he earned Ernie Pyle's admiration for his part in successfully transporting and distributing 83 tons of maps to be used in the invasion of Southern Italy. Pyle d evoted a chapter in his book, "Brave Men," to Billups' engineer battalion and its role in the campaign, mentioning Billups prominently.
An unpleasant memory was the taking of Dachau by the Allies. This i n fa m o us concentration camp had, at the time of its lib eration, some 40,000 prisoners dying at the rate of 500 a d;iv .
Major Billups' assignment w a the supervision of mass grave
TllE BIG BITE-Sergeant First digging, a grisly task at wllic li three bulldozers worked for two weeks before finishing.
Glass Kermit D. Hazard, North froy, Vt., finds Army "C" rations mightv tasty after a hard day or .. fighting" in the Colorado mountains. He's a member of the 7'7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), a.s his green beret indicates.
Dorn i'n Alamogordo on Dec. 5, 1912, Billups worked with the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the U. S. Forest Service and the International Boundary Commission before World War II. He also
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U. S. Commissioner R. R. Posey ter. PROTEST ANT:
announced thi s week that court School at 0900 each Sunday
Sunday. would be held on the proving
"The U. S. Commissionc•r wants to specifically warn you, not <is a matter o[ a threat, not lo cross the double yellow lines and do not drive a motor vehicle whi le under the influence of intoxicating liquor. As you well know, drinks pep you up, even in small amounts, and give people temporary courage to do and say what they otherwise would not; drinks enable people to forget rules and regulations, and drinks arc habit forming. No one ever expects to become a slave to drink when he starts as a social drinker. What the court is trying to say here is a friendly warning to keep out of court; obey the laws of the operation of motor vehicles on the base and thereby save yourself a lot of grief and trouble.
Worship Services at 1000 each ground each Monday afternoon Sunday. at 1 o'clock until further notice.
The Post Nursery is open from At the same lime he issued this 0845 to 1115 Sunday for the statement: younger children.
The "CAY" Club meets in the Chapel at 1930 each Sunday.
(Maj . Harry C. Hand, Post Chaplain)
"It might be advisable at this particular time to call attention to the compliance of all rules, regulations and laws pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles
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B. E. BILLUPS
attended New Mexico A&M College after moving to Las Cruces in 1936, but did not graduate before being called to active duty with the New Mexico National Guard in lg40.
He was separated from active service at El Paso on Jan. 31, 1946. He returned to New Mexico A&M for one year, and received his I3.S. degree in Civil Engineering in May 1947. During that year, he worked for the A&M Physical Science Laboratory at WSPG in his spare time.
Immediately after graduation, Billups accepted a full -time position at WSPG, serving as a Surveying Engineer for the Ballistic Research Laboratory Annex. In October 1951 he became Chief of the Data Reduction Branch, BRL Annex, pending lhc arrival of Dr. John Titus.
Upon Dr. Titus' arrival in April 1952, Billups became Associate Director of Flight Determination Laboratory for Plans. In the reorganization of FDL in January 1954, he received a promotion and became Chief of the Plans Office, FDL.
In February 1952, DRB had been transferred to FOL from the BRL Annex. Dr. Titus later became Chief of the Computing Branch, FDL, and Billups succeeded T itus' successor, Air Force Capt. Hugh T. Wynne, as Chief of DRB. Ile served in lhat capacity until early this month, when in another reorganization Capt. Wynne was named Chief of DRD and Billups was named Technical Director and Deputy Chief.
During h is years a t WSPG, Billups has seen a phenomenal g ro wlh in Flight Determination L;• llorntory and the entire post. Vlicn he came here in May 1947,
1" DL had a total of only 65 per"mmd. Today it employs a total 1f J .100, including military, ci,, i Ii ;: 11 , contractor personnel and I li t' branches at Holloman Air Dc'vclopment Center.
In 1937 in Las Cr uces, Billups was married to Miss Wilma Hust of Capitan. They have one daughter, Barbara Ann, 8, and reside in Las Cruces.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Billups are active in civic affairs. He is now a lieutenant colonel in the Organized Army Reserve, a member of Satellite School No. 4 of the Command and General Staff School. Ile is a member of the American Ordnance Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He is a charter member of the Mesilla Valley Kiwanis Club, and for the past two years has served as president of the MacAr thur School Parent-Teachen; Association.
Sunday Masses at 0745 and lll5.
Daily Mass at 0645. Confessions before all Masses,
and from 18(}0 to 2000 each Saturday.
Daily Rosary at 1630. (Maj• William J. McGinJey,
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JEWISH: Jewish Services in the Chapel
at 2000 each Friday. An Oneg Shabbat follows the services.
(Pfc. Stanley R. Weinberger, Chaplain's .Assistant for Jewish Affairs).
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Episcopal Vesper Services, conducted ·by .the Rev. Bancroft P. Smith of Las Cruces, are held in the Chapel at 1730 each Sunday. Holy Communion "On alternate Sundays.
Tasty lob Takes Soldiers On 'Cooks Tour' Of Europe . MUNICH - Three American \
soldiers 1here actually do what most of their comrades only diream about-they talk back to the cook andl get away w~th it.
They teH him to make fue toast crisper, to <put Jess garlic in the spaghetti sauce, or to cut the pie into bigger pieces. What's more, they get results.
These men with the discerning taste-buds and the eye for palatcplcasing dishes are members af the Food Service Division of the United Stales Army, Europe (US AREUR) Southern Arca Command.
It's their job to stick their noses into 288 mess halls and clubs to sec that cooks prepare food the way the Army wants them to prepare it-and the way troops want to eat it.
The thrce~Captain Charles E. Bowers of (51 Pine Street) Orono, Mc.; Master Sergeant John K Griffin of (541 32nd' Place) Hialeah, Fla.; and! Sergeant Joseph L. Magni of (1047 S. 10th Street) Omaha, Ncbr.-have a full-time job on their ·hands. One of them is always on the road to cover the command's 27,177 square miles.
T'hey know their business well, for they have spent a total of 54 years in Army mess halls and have cooked everyiwhere from under the mushroom cloud of an atomic explosion at Eniwetok to the snowibanks of Alaska.
Their interest doesn't end! with seeing that food is served pi•ping hot and ire8hly cooked. Just as important to them is whether food is transported and stored, whether mess halls a~e 'pleasantly decorated, and whether serving lines move smoothly.
"It makes a difference if food is served with a joke. If the troops are smiling when they eat, the food seems to taste better," said Griffin.
On the post, Billups is a mem ber of the WSPG Professional Development Committee, Incentive Awards Committee, Civil Sl'rvicc Rating Panel, Civilian
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Shots of Sand Dunes, Cactus Popular With WSPGPhotoClub 1
The Organ Mountains and the I great expanses of desert s mrounding White Sands Proving Ground have long been a ch allenge to photographers and artists in this area.
The following pos itions were re portf'd opr n lhi s week al the U.S. Naval Ordnance MissHe Test FaL· ility , White Sands Proving Ground :
On the Commanding Officer's staff-one Organization and Methods Examiner, grade GS-9, payin.g $5440 per year. Applicant
.;;,, must have had six years of ex-perience, including three years of specialized experience, or educational equivalent, and mus t pass, or have •pas~cd, three-hour written examination.
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(Continued from P age 1) New Mexico High way Commiss ion.
No estimate of time t o be allowed for completion has been made. But depending on the cont ractor's needs, actual completion may be expected any·W'here from 250 lo 350 working days after the March 30 contract le tt ing. Thus the first four-lane stretch may be ready for full use a round! the latter part of thi s year or earl'Y in 1957.
lane ~trips is being completed. Then that str~p will be turned over to traffic While the other is being completed. Toward bhe end of the construction period, when the approaches to the bridJges· are being completed, it may be necessary to re-route traffic over temporary detours for a s'hort time.
entir e route may be converted to four lanes with in the next three years.
Still later,. the Highway Departmen t ex·pectS' that four l:incs may be constr ucted for all thcrest of the 60-o dd m iles. between Las Cruces and H olloman Air Force Base. However, b ecause of stringent demands fo r p rc-scntly available and! ex tremely lim ited highway funds, sched ul ing of those projects is still in the fu ture.
c make special p1·ov1s1ons concerning- those roa cts from military installations to th e nearest centers of population. Al~o sponsored by the Sl ate HPprcsent<ili\'cS from all coun1il·::; with milita ry installations, il called for the addition of one-third to the actual traffic count in computing the necessity for improving such roads.
Commenting on the four-lane program, ProjcC'! Engineer Doty pointed out that thl· two stretches already scht ·du led arC' the two most diffirn It and most expensive
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• Although members of the WSPG Camera Club use diversified subjects for their carefully planned photographs, deser t shots are among the most popular , and a picture of sand dunes and cactus taken by Dwight Yell of the Photographic Lab, White Sands Signal Corps Agen cy, decorates the back of the Camera Club identification cards. An oil color print of the same picture hangs in the Officer's Club.
The WSPG Camera Club was organized in May 1955 and now has approximately 20 members. Meetings are held once a month in Bldg. N-66.
In the Public Works Department-one Fiscal Accounting Clerk, GS-4, .paying $3415 per year. Candidates must have one year oi general experience, one year of ~pecialized experince, and must pass, or have passed, a three-hour written examination. Certain educational substitutions are allowed.
In the Operations· Department -one Stockman, Step 1, paying $1.62 per hour. Applicant must pass a two-hour written test and have at le!lst one year of ware-
The project will include a double bridge structure over the arroyo northeast of the Las Cruces Country Club. Approaches to the bridges will be entirely new. For one of the lanes on the rest of the project, much of the present roadbed will be used. The arroyo channel will be widened, andi the present two-lane bridge will be eliminated.
From Madvid Road! to the Country Club, the new highway will have a raised median strip. The remainder of t'he five miles will have depressed median. The median will be at least 30 feet wide, separating east-bound and west-bound strips of ·pavement which will be 24 feet wide. Each strip will have shoulders wide enough that even the largest vehicles carr park off the pavement.
The project ·Will be the beginnfog toward! eventual construction of four lanes all the way from Las Cruces to WSPG. According to present plans which are still tentative, the second contract may be let on t\;pril 28 for a fourmile stretch going over San Augustine Pass in. the Organ Moun-
But "the present begin ning marks the culmination o[ some three years of effor ts by m any interested individuals and organizations, including th e S tale Legislature as well as those mentioned above.
In order to help make funds available for such highway improvements, which otherw ise did not qualify for them ibeca use traffic volume was not heavy enough except during rush hou rs, House J oint Memo11ial No. 21 was passed by the 22ncL Legislature.
on the route from WSPG to Las Cruces. So when more funds are made available, the remaining ~· m iles may be conslru<.:lcd :it mu~~ less cost per mile and in much ~hortc r working time pN mile.
Three contests have been held since the club's formation. The subject for the first contest, held in November, was limited to a pair of hands and some artifact. Winners of this contest were Frank Merry and Capt. James Smith, with Larry Palmateer and Capt. John McGary receiving honorable mentions.
The December contest was open to color shots, with no subject specified. Winners included Mer ry, Col. Howard Coleman and Capt. McGary. Palmateer and Jim O'Donnell received honorable mentions.
The third contest was completed last week, with judging held Tuesday, Feb. 14. The subject was limited to an indoor portrait in color.
lntercsts of the club members are not limited to still photogr a
WIND-SWEPT DUNES - This photograph of sand, cactus and a desert sky. taken by Dwight Yell, P hotographic Lab. White Sands Signal Corps Agency. decorates the back of the identification cards of the WSPG Camera Club members. Although the cactus appears io be several feet tall. in reality is measures about four inches. The shot was taken by p lacing the camera four feet from the cactus and burying it a few inches in the sand.
Army MP's lmproveMa~ksmanship By Shooting 'Bad Actors' In Movies
MANNHEIM, Gcrmany- U. S . Army military policemen here have an opporunity many a moviegoer w ill envy: They're taking pot-shots at the actors in a drama of the silver - screen.
However , they're concerned with neithe r bad hombres nor bad actors; they're firin g at im-
proved marksmanship ratings. It's a new idea in practice :fir
ing. The motion picture that unwinds on the target screen puts the military policeman on crowded city streets or country roadways andi provides such p otential bull 's eyes as speeding getaway cars, crimina ls evading capture and! burglars caught fleeing the
phy. Currently in production is a Dry rrel/ Bat·teries black and white western movie, LA
scene. The screen tlhat catches t'hese
images is a sheet of while pap er mounted on r olers in a large box lined with a ·backdrop of halfinch steel-plate. The box is ill uminated from within by fh1ores-
under the d irection of Capt. ']( 'L A · McGary . . The movie will br eep onger, nny filmed this month, wi th clu b er T 17 members as actors . 0ays, 1n 1, ree::qr
Other activit ies h ave inc1uded WAS:HINGTON~Who put the
housing experience. In th':! Industrial Relations De
partment one Supervisory Personne'l Assistant, grade G~-7. $4525 per year. Applicants must have had: four years of personnel experience, including one year of specialized experience. Certain educational equivalents may be substituted for the general experience.
In the Industrial Relations Department-one Personnel Clerk (General ) (Ty;pis t) , grade GS-4, paying: $3415 per year. Applicant must have at least two years' experience, one of which must have been in specialized: personnel work, and also must qualify with Civil Service as a typist.
The five positions are open to qualified p ersonnel at WSPG. Those interested should contact A. L. Hilliard, Industrial Relations Officer for the Naval Facility, Navy Headquarters, Bui lding N-103. FurthC'r information, and assistance with applications form s will be available there.
a special showing of colored flashligh t b::i ft e r i<'s in the deC'p slides, which took the spccla tors frc•t•zc"!
cent lights. I . ' Post
Visitors on a v icarious t.rip a ro\lncl th f' Sorne smart U. S. Army Signal world. Corpsman, in all likelihood. He · The c:lub is open .to any P.e:son , pickcd up ~he idea from the umatem· or prnfe.~s1onal, mill t:ii·y Army which is now refrigerati ng or civilian, who is interested in 1 its dry eell baUC'r y stor age facil :photogrnphy. . tics to ncal'- ZC l'O temper a tures in
As I.he projector fl ash es C'ach 1 scen0 on the scl'een, ~oldi£>rs
from th c> 382nd MP l3a ttalion here ba ng a way ~1t ·the criminal or veh ic le, as the case demands.
Whe n the bullet C'lllC'r s the box, ii hits the s tC'Cl backdr op and stops the p rojector automatically . The fluorescent ligh t through t h(' build hole ~hows !he marksman exactly v.he re h is sh ot Pntered th f! picture.
Disruption of the normal flow of traffic :will be kept to a minimum. The present highway will: 1be used for traffic while one of the new two-
tains.
WSPG Charl.ly Drt.Ve This second contract would call for construction of four lanes from a point just west of
To Open WI.th Show the town of Organ to a point one- fourth mile east of San Au
(Continued from Page 1) gustine Pass. Preliminary ·surveybe awarded al the conclusion of ing and plans for acquisition of the Drive on March 31. right- of-way are now :getting
A unique system of inducing underway. contributions and maintaining in- On the Organ Pass project, tenterest in the Drive will be to tative plans ·call for keeping the make weC'kl y awards at ~he Post present roadbed for west-bound Theatre. Contributions wiH be ac- traffic ands building a new twocepted during the day and an lane strip south of it for eastaward of two prizes· made be- bound traffic. The cut through tween the 6 ancli 8 o'clock film the pass will be widened to take showings. These awards are in care of four lanes ·instead of two, addition lo the ten to be g iven at and the cut may be made deepC'r the conclusion of the Drive. to lessen steepness of the grade.
To excite interest and competi- No completion date 'has been tion among the divisions of the set for the Organ Pass project. proving ground, a thermometer But comparison with the estimshowing progress of tht• drive will ate for the first stretch would inbe pa,in ted on the V-2 Rocket in d1icate that completion of the four the rnis~il<" 'park in front of Head- miles mi&t'ht be expected around quartPrs Building, with twelve the middle of 1957. miniature rocke ts re-presenting Then, spokesmen ior several cad1 clivi rn"nn and showin·g pro- .interested .agencies pointed out gre. s madt · toward Uie individual this ·week, the nine miles ·of four-
go~\~ision cl1iefs wi ll . abo be lane hig'hway on the 28-mile route from Las Cruces to WSPG
provided with awards for the per~ wi'll result •in safer, faster and son or persons solic:i!inp; the most more enjoyable trips twice daily contributions-. !or WSPG's Las Cruces com-
The divisions arc: Slaff and muters. Special Staff; Integrated, Ran:ge . Mission; Military Personnel Of- . These agencies, including .the
Introduced! by Frank Prich ard andl Earl S tull Jr., State Repn•sentativcs from Dona Ana Coun- 1 ty, HJM No. 21 author ized t he State Highway Departmen t to
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Eurnpean depots. Battcr ies so p~ement:H:Y to th~. S~~cial ~-~r- ~to:ed will r emain in u sable con\'1ccs Pho1o Lab, ~.llC1 Mc11y, dlf 1on for ~rv<'l'a l vPar~. vice-president. "They are con- A t the en d of w 'orld War II, t he cemcd with the processing of the Signal Corps, wh ich pur chases pictures. We try to help people dry tell ba tteries fo r more than develop techniques of taking pie- 1,000 militar y uses by all the tures and displaying them. Most Ar med Forces, began looking for of our meetings cPnter around a method o'f storage which would the 'how-to' of photography, and preserve batte ry efficiency over include demonstrations by ma jor long 'periods of lime.
The projector is · drsig ncd. for both siknt and sound piCturcs. When· ·sound' is indudcd, the noises ·of pursuit and rNurned gunfire have all the distracting qualities of a fi rst- rate Western.
Official visitors to the proving ground this week includC'd: Brig. Gen. Waltc.r B. Larew, Wi·Iliam L . Mcinnis, K enneth I. Lichti, J . H. Layman, Carl A. SC'hel!inger, Maj. Gen. A. P . O'Meara, Maj. G en. R. W. Osborne, Col. F. W. Gibb, Col. H. D . Thompte, Col. J . R. Wl'ight, C. W. Morgan, Col. F. E. Rossegicu, Col. H. B. Hudiburg, Col. J . Nor ton, L t. Col. W. M. Kendrick.
fi«e and the; 9;39;i Technical Units; Mesilla Va.Hey Chamber of ComCivilian Pcr~onncl Office; E&S merce, the Stntc Police, the and Provost Mar~hal OI!ice; In- WSPG Command and ·t'he Highslallat ion Engineering Office; way Department and Highway WSSCA; U. s. Naval facility and Commissi.on, are ·~oping that the ._ _______________ ..., __________ ~,
concerns producing photographic Under standard purchase, s torequipment, and lectures by pho- age and distribution circumtography experts." s tances, batteries were often half-
Persons interested in joining al>ive b y the tirne they w ere u sed. the Camera Club should contact Sometimes tlhe only life they had Capt. McGary, president, phone was on t~e s torage shelf. 4178 or Jim O'Donnell, secretary- The Sign al Corps star ted r e-trea~urer, phone 4266. sol ving their problems with t he
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(Continued from Page 1) made for his suggestion for a control system for portable field conditioning units. This invention was discussed in two publications of the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Co.. and the possibilities of securing a patent on it are now being in· vestigated by the WSPG Patent Committee.
The latest suggestion was adopted for use in October 1955 by the Climatic: Section. EML. and provides an estimated sav· ings of $501.60 during the first year.
The all important m1ss10n of the Army is t o uphold the interests of the United States in peace, in cold war or in a shooting war.
known fact that the rate of the chemical reaction in a dry cell bat tery-and that's what destroys i ts efficiency . on a warehouse s·helf-is doubled for every 10-degree (C) rise in temperature.
In a pilot study conducted over a t wo-y ear period, this thesis was proved correct.
Stored a t zero, the average flashlight battery used 'in the study produced 90 percent of its origina l capacity; but retained only 66 percent at 70 degrees. Smaller ba tteries retained only 44 percent output at the 70 degr ee t emperature.
Substantial monetary savings in dry-cell battery loss are expected when the Signal Corps European depots complete the current refrigeration project. The savings in loss of temper on the part of the Signal 'Corpsmen and oth ers w hose jobs depend upon efficient dry cell ba tteries is considered b eyond estimat e.
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In addition to helping MP's improve their marksmanship in simulated law-enforcement situations, the new "movie- shoot" t echnique also teaches them w hen not to u se their g uns.
WSPG Girl Scouts Hear British Official Thirty-eight WSPG Girl Scouts
from Troops 8, 38 and 39 attended· a rally fo; Lady Baden Powell, Chief Guide of the World As·sociation of Girl Swuts, at the El Paso High School, Saturday, Feb. 11.
The titled aritisher gave a humorous talk on Girl Scouting in Oreat Britain, and Vhe differ ences between Scout camps in Great Britian and the United States.
The rally was part of the area activities held in honor of National Girl Scout Week, celebrated this week.
Col. J . A. Ord., Col. E. W. Mansfield, Col. L. w. Byers, Lt. Col. C. A. Fleming, Lt. Col. W. B . King, Lt. Col. D. M. Ramsey, Dr. R. A . Weiss, Brig. Gen. F. F. Urbane, Brig. Gen. W. L. Bell, Brig. Gen. W. P . Pence, Col. C. W. Clark, Col. A. B. Dogan, Col. J. C. Dalrymple, Col. John D. Lawler, Lt. Col. C. G . Hemline, Lt. Col. L. P. Ward, Lt. Col. W. F . La Hatte, Lt. Col. R. M. Tarbox, Lt. Col. E . F. Mitchell, Lt. Co'l. L. W. Fritter.
Maj. Hugh Moore, Jr., Col. J. D. Joslin, Col. Thomas H. Beck, Lt. Co1. Francis S. Conaty, Maj. James M. Martin, Norma1JJ Paul, Philip K. Reily, Or.bra A. Phelps, Pvt. George M . Charnuska, James B. Wynn, Jr., Donald! Hall, Frederick Barnett, 2d Lt. Eugene Engels, Jr., John Merzweiler, Curtis A. Andehson, Paul B. Seaton, Brig. Gen. F. A. Hansen, Maj. F . W. Dill, Dr. Ernest J. Moore, Gordon S. Wiley.
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The Army expects to give training to about 300,000 men in the course of the current fiscal year.
an, Harold E. Duprez, Lee F. O'Kelley, Col. Clifford L. Woodliff, Corrine C. Bloss, Lawrence A. Ouellette, Everett S. Brooks, Herbert W. Cosgrove and: William A. Jacob.
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