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Show Area Highligh. Post Soldier of the Month .Dugway TEST RUN, Dugway Proving Ground, Friday, April 22, 1966 Gem and Mineral Club Views 'Wood Slides by Lt. C. Hodge by Helen Fletcher Collina Petrified Wood! To the Navajoa, the huge stone logs on the floor of the Painted Desert are "yeitsobitsin, or bone of. the monster whom the Sun destroyed, and whose Yeitso congealed blood we know as lava flow.1 Hie silicified material was the basis of the program for die Dugway Gem ami Mineral Society meeting in the Charles L Helm home, April 21. The more than 80 slides emphasized die fact that petrified, or fossilized, Twn wood is found all over the world, AU 11 and that the most colorful exThe marriage of Miss Patricia amples come from the Petrified to Mr. Kimberly Rez England Forest National Monument in Ellsworth was announced by her northern Arizona. Specimens Mr. Harold W. England, from Australia, and from Sco- father, Sr. 44C East 1st, Dugway. tland were among the pictures MR. AND Mix. Rex C. Ellsshown. It was noted that fosof Safford, Arisils of the earliest known plant worth, formerly now residing in Chino, Calizona, life were discovered near Aberfornia, are parents of the bridedeen in 1849. UTAH, as well as other groom. Miss England is also the daughsouthwestern states, has vast of the late Mrs. Ruth Anderter quantities of fine quality petri- son England and the grand daughfied wood. Among important of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderareas are Bryce Canyon National ter with whom she Park and Son Park. Collecting son, Crantsville, resided for awhile. the wood is forbidden within The couple was married April National Parks, but hunting is 7 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. good in other eroded sections MISS ENGLAND is a Class of the state. of 1965 graduate of Dugway High Petrification of wood appears where she had been Junior, to have occurred in two ways, School, Senior cheerleader; was second each having recognizable characattendant to Miss Dugway and,, teristics. was second attendant to the 1964 Along the Yellowstone River Tooele County Fair Queen. She' basin in Montana and Wyoming is presently attending BYU, mathere are large amounts of standjoring in accounting. ing petrified trees, many as tall Mr. Ellsworth, also a student as 12 feet tall. Often the stone at BYU, is majoring in animal is a perfect cast of the outside He has filled an LDS of the tree with no remaining husbandry. Mission in Southern Australia. trace of the former woody structure.. Often, too, die cavities are lined with amethust crystals grown from, the silicious infiltration. It is surmised that the forest was killed by flowing lava, so quickly that the trees were not toppled. ABERDEEN PROVING successive foSIMILARLY, rests in the state of Washington GROUND, MD. C. Edward Mil- were encased in basalt or ash ler. Technical Advisor on Chemical, Biological and Radiological beds from volcanic action in die Warfare to die Commanding Gencoastal mountains. eral, U.S. Army Test and EvaluaIn contrast to the wood petrition Command, Aberdeen Provfied by volcanic products, the ing Ground, attended the Departmajority of this rod; collectors ment of Defense Computer Instidelight was formed under water. The original species of these tute during the week of April 8. THE INSTITUTE is located trees have long been, extinct, but their characteristics have at the Washington Navy Yard been preserved by means of Annex, Uth and M Streets, S.E., Washington, D.C. and reports dipseudomorphism. Long ago in the Triassic Age rectly to the Secretary of Defense. Mr. Miller was selected as (when the dinosaurs roamed) of two Army one . trees grew to 200 of or heights representatives to attend the Senior Executive more feet, with trunks a dozen feet across. When these forests Course for fiagGeneral officers died, it is- theorized that the and civilian executives. ' The foundations of the DODCI Chinle Formation (a mantle of courses are lectures by well known mud, sand, and mineral-lade- n and professionally recognized involcanic ash), covered the fallen giants and preserved them dividuals in the military and ci- through countless centuries while vilian computer fields. The course die quartz-bearin- g waters of the provides instruction in the latest ancient seas seeped into the digital computer systems and is woody framework, and atom by designed to increase Defense Deatom, cell by cell, altered the partment capabilities in planning material from wood to stone in and operating its own systems. PRIOR TO accepting his' exact replication. PETRIFIED WOOD may position as technical advisor for be crystalline in structure, or CBR with the Test and Evaluation amorphous (massive, or without Command, Mr. Miller worked at crystal form) as exemplified by Edgewood Arsenal from 1946--' opalized wood. Among petrify- 1963, primarily in the fields of ing agents, other than silica, testing and evaluating chemical offensive and defensive materiel. e, are calcite, carbon, pyrite, Mr. Miller was bom in Balti-- .. and hematite, camotite, more, Md., and graduated from limonite, and perhaps others. Baltimore City College in 1936. The Dugway Gem and Mineral Society is indebted to the He received his Bachelor of Science Rocky Mountain Federation of in Chemistry from Washington Gem and Mineral Societies for College, Chestertown, Md., in the entrancing collections of Mr. 1940. He served in the Army and Mn. Richard Rice of Oregon, Chemical Corps during World and Mrs. June Zeitner of Smith War II and attained the grade erf lieutenant colonel in the Army Dakota. Scheduled for the clubs May Reserve. While serving with the Ninth U.S. Army, he participated meeting is A Mile of Agates. in the Rhine and Elbe River crossVisitors are always welcome. ings and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and die Purple Heart. suswas a camera Recently, Mr. Miller married the former pended 111290 feet in the AtGertrude Eva Spomey of Fern-dallantic Ocean, with a powerful Md., in 1942. The Millers illuminasearchlight providing tion. The amazing results were reside at 27 Lake Drive, BelAir, that there was an abundance of Md., with their two sons. fish, all the way down, and back-ma- ny of types and varieties unknown to man. ... series on some final installment of a three-pa- rt of the history and highlights of the Dugway area.) White Rock Springs is located about 25 miles north of Dugmiles by trail west from way Proving Cround by trail, or about 9 the Skull Valley Road jut a large formation of white granite and limestone on the east side of the Cedar Mountains. The area around the spring once furnished a camping ground of the Indian tribes wandering in this vicinity. This is a famous spot for the collector of arrowheads and other Indian artifacts. The spring furnished water for General Fremont on his second trip to California, about 1855. He stated in his diary that the mountain pass west of the spring was so steep that a corpse slid out of a wagon over the tailboard. Devils Post Pile, sometimes known as Moroni's Post Pile,, is located 18 miles northwest of Dugway Proving Cround on the southwest slope of the Cedar Mountains. It is a rare outcrop of cloumnar besalt, which sticks up about 150 feet and is separated into polygons. There are tumbled rocks around the. base for several hundred yards, giving evidence that the formation was much higher at one time. Some posts weighing well over two tons are a hundred yards from the base of the formation. The post pile can be approached only by jeep or on foot. Trout Creek is near Callao about 40 miles west of Dugway Proving Ground. The stream is narrow, swift and cold. Good to excellent trout fishing This stream is formed by the snow run-oof the Deep Creek mountains. Cold Hill is about 45 miles west of Dugway Proving Cround at the end of the Deep Creek mountains, on the Nevada border. (This is : Dugway Grad jnlo The Red Cross is always - JOIN JOIN UP there IN I I JtalloMl Cartoonists Society Editorial I Loyalty & Law Days, May 1 Symbols of Faith & Reason . In past yean there have been three modem celebrations held on May 1 that are much a part of our century and its history. One is the Communist May Day, when Red leaden swing out their aggressive military power in massive parades and make rambling speeches about their own version of die future Of the world. REDEDICATE AND DEMONSTRATE YOUR ALLEGIANCE s .li ff Formerly a booming gold mining area with a railroad to Wend-ove- r, Nevada, the area is largely inactive now. Several ranchers and settlers still live there. The neaiby mountain is pocketed with inactive gold mines and test holes. Bonneville Race Track lies just north of Route 40 about 120 miles by highway from Dugway Proving Ground. This is the site of the world record speedway where such famous drivers as Sir Malcomb Campbell, John Cobb and Abe Jenkins have set record speeds in specially constructed cars. September is the month for races at Bonneville since that is the time when the salt flats are smoothest and dryest. At that time one can witness motorcycle and speed car races over the measured mile. THE POST SOLDIER of the Month for April is Sp4 Cordon B. Goodrich of Hq and Hq Co. Specialist Goodrich has been assigned to the Chaplains Section for the past 18 months. He was Post Soldier of the Month in November 1964. A native of Compton, Calif., he will be discharged from the Army the latter part of May. TECOM CBR Advisor Attends DOD School A DAY TO TO THE IDEALS ?; Lovaltv lav. . . Law lav V Mav . Less auspicious, but honest, are the two designations for the day in the United States. For Americans, May 1 is both Law the recognition of two different and Day and Loyalty Day yet interlocking ideas that have helped build our nation. In Law Day we recognize the rule, not erf force, but of consent, that has enabled the United States to build a working government from a population drawn from every nation on earth. We acknowledge that it is through law we strive to meet the needs of all our citizens fairly aniftrithout discrimination. In Loyalty Day we look to the past for a lesson to use today and tomorrow. We see in the American society proof that the blind-fait- h loyalty demanded by the Communist and other by force forms of government is less effective, less strong, than the questioning, reasoning and understanding loyalty Americans have always given this nation. We recognize those of the past who have given their loyalty, and dedicate ourselves to an equal measure of faith. Loyalty and Law days stand in strong contrast to the Communist celebration of May Day. We offer human reason and faith in the ability of people to build a better world. The Communists can offer only massed weapons and the continued prolific of threat and fear. (AFPSi 5- - s x V. e X The Judge Says A A X V. V X. A A-- The DPG Test Run S bln af h atfXlan mi eivflUa pnwml ta Dugway fnylug Cnta. BaBatta MUSng Cta, Taarir, Utah. MMn mi Daw ta ky tha Itawnigl tk am aa Utarial mnaiiiu wgmaat Hm af a tatavtaaal writan n MMaS h tta ttofc, nwy tafcn "mm nflntaj ta V ; p tbow at ait Dapaahaaal af Hi Anay. ASvaHlaanaaH aal aaaalhala aa by lha Dagartnaat af Drltm af A pntaacta AH aaaia awtlar far gataicallaa AaaU ha and to the lafanaaHaa Offia Dagway mtag CnaaH TEST BUN. Dugway, Utah, lalaphaaa HMWI. Tkh la act aa afHrial Anqr aaaragar, hawavar Ah gahUcatlaa aathaa Annad Fereaa Plaaa Service an Ana y Nawa Vhatan natarial mi pagan are aaAariaaH la raarM aaa anf ywitta Am and ANV naiatW talAaal willlaa pnUaa. 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And remember, were all taxpayers. You owe it to our fighting men, and to yourself, to make the Zero Defects program work, and work right the first Him - SsstrcflSjy 0snfe 3HD seOsoD Ctb . 1 ES3S) dlDf7 07 dfep stud raasfl 0 GdgQb (pGKstfteed QxiEb Savings Certificates mar-casit- . by Captain John Bowman Respect the Law - It Respects You is the theme for the ninth annual observance of LAW DAY USA on May 1, 1966. This theme was chosen for its timely message. A glance at our newspapers and magazines tells us that disrespect for law and order is a major problem of our time. A major cause of the crime crisis which grips our country is public apathy. I am not talking about a tolerance or condoning of serious crime, but rather the indifferent attitude of our citizenry which tolerates and encourages unlawful conduct of a marginal nature. I could cite numerous examples, ranging from of children in the home to affirmative particilawlessness. in pation The LAW DAY Theme is applicable to every individual and not just those directly involved with law and law enforcement. Without citizen responsibility our cherished system of liberty under law is but meaningless words. There must be the will to insist upon just laws, and upon vigorous and fair enforcement thereof. Otherwise individuals will be induced to violate the law or to take the law into their own hands. If the meaning of these words be lost upon a complacent and bemused reader, I. would direct your attention to May 1 in another part of the world. I refer to the Communist May Day when the Communist nations show their military strength exemplifying the rule of force and fear. We have no vested rights to our lilierties, and it is every citizens responsibility to protect and preserve our heritage. No citizen is relegated to the sidelines in the contest to preserve law and order as our way of life. Whether it lie serving on a jury, or bearing witness against crime, or simply respecting and obeying die law, each strengthens our system in some way. LAW DAY is a proper reminder of our system of lilierty under law, and its continuance depends upon our respect for the law. i ARMED FORCES DAY Dedicated to the preservation of peace, die U.S. Army is prepared to fight the thrusts of aggression anywhere in the world. In peace and war, the Army .stands ready. QQ 4-- OF FREEDOM!! . the e. Editorial Primary Votes Count elections scheduled for your Keep an eye on any primary home state during the coming spring and summer. Study the candidates and the issues. TlAvote according to your convictions. Far too many persons ignore the primaries and vote only in the general elections. 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