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Show .SuJ HILL TOP TIMES Page 8 Tf 7"? ; ''4 " f pP1' ndBs? (Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles showing, living conditions at overseas AMC bases where civilian employees have been going through the Rotation plan. The articles were written by a Dayton, Ohio, reporter who toured the European bases. Notice that this story features a Hill worker who is now stationed at England, Charles LeMay, from Maintenance.) By DICK SHEARIN Daily News Staff Writer, Burtonwood, England When Betty LeMay, of Salt Lake City, needs something for her family at this air base she finds she has no difficulty getting it through one of three avenues the British shops, the air base's post exchange or the Sears Roebuck catalog. Betty is the wife of Charles in America. Her husband can LeMay, a civilian Air Force emget an excellent tailor-mad- e ploye at this Air Materiel Comeither through the base or suit mand base. She's one of many in the shops for about $45. American housewives living "on TJTCTTV WTT.T. fiWT mu iu " in ""-- i the British economy. transformers her house. Be For five wks the IMavs have . use, vnltntro ls 220 a"d because been marking time in a small i u there s a different number of v d5:i. shell use them for her re- furnishings and paying $54 a week toaster, iron and record frigerator, for room and board for her fam nouse has a ier piayer. ily. TV set British which has fewer Now she's found a furnished house which will rent for about lines than American TV hut excellent quality. fl4 a week plus an additional $40 have Jbven with transformers, the life a month for heat and electricity of her refrigerator will h nt during the nine months of winter. down because of the different cyShe's nleased about the house rates and she may need a jiew having a driveway for the car cle motor in about a year and a half n fenced-ithey're about to get and a a washer motor even sooner. The too not She's garden. pleased about the heating system which American electric clock is of no at all. She will find her elec consists of fireplaces use stove inferior to American tric in almost every room. Perhaps she'll switch to more convenient stoves and smaller, but sh still will be able to roast a turkey for kerosene heaters. t mi BETTY WILL BE ABLE to xnanKsgiving. use a transformer for her ONE OF the family's greatest American refrigerator and assets will be the small Rritia'h narwon't have to use the much they're to get next week. Most smaller British-typ- e Americans find U. S. cars- less usually available. That means that if practical than their British counshe wishes she can do her shopterparts. They're too large for the smooth but narrow and ping for a week by going to the base commissary or a numBritish roads and with gas winding costing ber of British shops, but chanc65 cents a eallon. a prt thaiwin es are she'll shop mostly in get 35 miles to the gallon is pref- the British community and buy several times a week just as There are a number of excellent the British do. British cars on the market at In either case she'll find the prices considerably lower than prices reasonable. Here are some those in the U. S. Time payments samples of shop prices: Lamb can be arranged, and on the return chops, 50 cents a pound; a large to the United States, the governloaf of bread, about 10 cents; liv- ment picks up the transportation er, 4!) cents a pound; stew beef, 30 tab. cents; excellent Danish butter, 60 The car can get the family to cents a nound and Npw polo matches, soccer games and butter, 45 cents; Tide, about 12 all manner sports withcents a box; newly laid eggs, 80 in a radius ofofoutdoor a few On cents a dozen; potatoes, 14 cents nights out it will meanmiles. can for five pounds, and milk, 7 cents dine at excellent British they inns and an imperial pint. restaurants once they've learned HER SON, CURTIS, 11, prob- of their locations. ably will be able to wear Tli'itioli shoes, but Claudia, 8, may have trouble and order hers from Sears at the first signs of wear to allow time for the delivery Bettv can oiTr the operarthTbalW9 areas like ManSesLlnd?N " pool. performance ter-go- er It's about Motion picture films and projectors can be borrowed at Hill AFB through the recent establishment of a "film library" in the Base Photographic Section. In charge of the office is John Barrett Haws. AFB for showing in their organi Films can be borrowed by civi- zations for orientation, training, lian and military workers at Hill and security purposes, Mr. Haw said. Hill Employees Are You Being Represented As to Effective Legislation in Congress? Do you know who sponsors Bills for or Against Your Benefit? Do you know what Bills are in the Congress now? If Not JOIN YOUR HILL AFB LOCAL 869. Films also may be loaned to edu cational, veteran or civic organizations in this area. Although the Air Fntv has a huge supply of film available for borrowers, only a limited supply of the film will be stored here, Mr. Haws explained. Most of the film will be ordered special for the customer by Mr. Haws from the Air orce western Film Exchange at Sacramento, California. In addition to the film, the offipp has a supply of 16 mm projectors, slide projectors, and screens they will loan. The projectors, however, cannot De loaned Also, only projectionists who hold gov ernment permits are authorized operation of projection equipment. Anyone desirine to hnrrnw mo tion picture equipment should con tact mr. naws on Ext. 8420 or at the Photo Lab located in Building on the east side of the main cafeteria. otf-bas- e. S-2- ADOLESCENT: A teen-agwho acts like a baby when you don't treat him like an adult. Phone PRES.: Gordon Q. Jones Ogden VEEP. Byron Christiansen Salt Lake IN TREAS.: James K. Davis J 2' Betty probably 04 Ogden CRITIC: One quick on the flaw. 45 Man, reading novel, to wife: "If there s a hero in this book, he should kill the author!" The Choice of a Lifetime 1 have American c ... MPnr mi. bricks with or wunout lull basements and garages, Clearfield. Many nice extras including lazy susans, Pull-mabaths, wardrobe closets kitchen exhaust fans, birch linisn. We will consideruviuiuiie your home in trade. Select your lot and brick J to P. 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