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Show The Deseret Sampler, Fri., January 11, 1974 Black Americans in history Benjamin Banneker .. Dist . of Columbia project member Benjamin that Banneker was a planned and laid out the memljer of the team capital city of the United States. History reinemlers the Frenchman, Pierre Char les 1 Enfant, as the designer of the Grand Columbian Federal City." But Banneker and surveyor Andrew also played important roles. The two men completed the project after l'Enfant quit in anger. THOMAS Bannekers JEFFERSON procured mathematician job for him in 1790 when the and astronomer was 59 years of age. His appointment to the three-ma- n team was the capstone of Bannekers life. Banneker, the grandson of a slave, was bom free in Elk Ridge, Md., near Baltimore, in 1731. He learned reading, writing and simple arithmetic in a country school, but that was the extent of his formal education. Banneker earned his living as a farmer, but in the evenings he read and studied. While still a young man, Banneker mastered mechanical principles to the degree that he was able to carve a wooden clock which kept accurate time and struck on the hour. Some say it was the first clock manufactured in America. THE SKILLS Banneker used on the District of Columbia project were acquired late in his life. A neighlor gave him a book on mathematics and astronomy and astronomical instruments when he was 50. After that Banneker spent most of his nights outdoors wrapped in a blanket olrserving the stars. He soon was discovering errors in the lxioks. In 1789 he predicted a solar eclipse. t In 1791, while Banneker was still working on the capital city project, he liecame the author of an almanac. The first one contained a personal testimony to Bannekers ability by James McHenry, then secretary of war. contained BANNEKERS ALMANAC the usual weather predictions, tips to farmers, tide tables and occasionally lofty editorials. In one, Banneker urged the appointment of a secretary of peace. Jefferson sent one of Bannekers almanacs to the French Academy of Sciences in Paris. Another was used in Britain's House of Commons to support an argument for the education of blacks. Soon after his return from the District of Columbia project, Banneker legan to make his final plans. He was a scientist to the end. CALCULATING HOW long he had to live, Banneker disposed of his property to assure himself a lifelong income. On that calculation he was in error. Banneker died one night in 1806 while wrapped in a blanket ol serving the stars. He had lived four years longer than he predicted. From They Had a Dream (3 volumes), by George Reasons and Sam Patrick; 1969, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Los Angeles, CA. 90053. Used by permission. El-lic- self-taug- ht Addams retires Robert O. Adda ms, a cost accountant in the office of the Comptroller, is a certificate of appreciation and retirement upon ending his active federal service. Present for the ceremony are Dugway Prosing Ground Comptroller William M. Rilev, Mrs. Mary Addams, Mr. Addams, and Test Operations Director Clair B. OLsen. pre-sent- II i N iUi i Army Corps detachment. GENERAL Smith comes . to his new assignment from Saudi Arabia, where he was chief of . the U.S. Military Training Mission for the past two ' and a half years. Hus was his second tour of duty in Saudi Arabia, having been there for a year in 1963-64- , as Chief of the Joint Plans and Program Branch of the Training Mission. .Other major assignments ! He has also received nudecorations foreign including the French Croix de guerre with Palm and all four orders of the Vietnam Gallantry Cross as well as numerous campaign and service medals. He is authorized to wear the Senior. Cara?, chutists Badge, the Armv Aviators Badge and has received three awards of the Combat Infantrymans Badge. A graduate of South Char- BC Smith School, South W.Va., General Smith has studied at Louisiana State University, the University of Georgia and received his bachelors degree in Military Science from the University of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans., the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va., the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., and numerous courses at the Infantry School and other service schools. General Smith is married to the former Virginia Nunn. The couple has three sons, James, Robert and Steven. They will reside in quarters at Aberdeen Proving Ground. leston MANTES CHEVROLET CO. 882-31- 48 I V i v - v '4- a j v, Nursery program Three from Dugway attend EEO conference High Charleston, his assignments ranged from the regimental adjutant to battle group commander and at the U.S. Army Infantry Ft. Benning, Ga., School, where he served variously as an instructor, secretary to the general staff and deputy chief of staff. He was also deputy brigade commander and brigade commander with the 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell Ky.; brigade commander with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam and assistant division commander, 101st Airborne Division, also - January climatology Mr. York has been our service manager for the last ten years. He is a graduate of every Chevrolet and Oldsmobile Training School. When You Need Any Service For Your Car Talk to Jim About It! Our service work is warranted to your satisfaction. Your support will be appreciated. a 1 Children at Dugways Nursery and Day Care Center sing the songs of program for their parents during the. holidays. Their, pro?TVsna5L.rnl gram aim featured skits and special appearances by Santa Claus' and Rudolph the Reindeer for the benefit of the 60 parents in tlie audience. . i . . k t'' , merous f 23 South Main r Medal. in Vietnam.. u I MX II I GENERAL Smith has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with 24 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart - NmMMO 4 Multi-Purpos- v PROVING A new General Commanding deputy joined the U.S. Army Test Command, and Evaluation Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., on Monday, December 3, 1973. Brigadier General Olin E. Smith was greeted by Major General Charles P. Brown at an Honor guard ceremony in front of the command headquarters. One of the features of the ceremony was the participation of a color guard composed entirely of members of the Womens grounds proving ABERDEEN GROUND, Md. Meet Mr. Jim York our Service Manager! n The end of a school term and the beginning of tlie holiday period is marked by Dugway Elementary School children during a program in the School's e Room. Each class rang in the holidays with a presentation of favorite carols and songs. General O. E. Smith named TECOM deputy Academy as assistant GI in the Office of the Chief, Perwith the sonnel Division; 33d and 20th Infantry Regiments in the Panama Canal zone from 1955 to 1958, where J Klrmentary program (I-- r) have been with the 7th Infantry Division at Ft. Devens, Mass, and in Korea from 1948 to 1952; at the U.S. Military a ed Womens Program Coordinator Spanish Speaking Program Coordinator Kitsy Emelda Colanto and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Officer Nadine Veren attended the Army Materiel Command (AMC) Annual EEO Conference and Work1 at Huntsville, Ala. shop Dec. The conference was hosted by the U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal. The workshops addressed the current problems in the EEO program, ing training, affirmative action plans, program and compliance monitoring, EEO officer- - civilian personnel officer roles and relationships, numerical goals, timetables and action responsibility. Prominent speakers included Mr. Joseph Bennett, director of EEO, Department of the Army; General Henry A. Miley, commander. AMC; General R. L. Kirwan, director of AMC Personnel Training and Force Development; and Dr. Priscilla Ronsahoff, national president of Federally Employed Women. The need for achieving greater results in the EEO program was emphasized at the conference. According to Mr. Bennett We have progressed a little, but by no Dugways Federal Keetch. 10-1- Suggestion of was presented a Suggestion Award Certificate for her suggestion for a change in duty hours. Carole Jean Copcly PT-F- means enixigh. Average number of days with indicated weather: Snow 4.0 1.0 Rain or Drizzle Thunderstorms 0.5 6.0 Fog . 0.3 Ice Crvstals January averages just over five days with urahle precipitation (greater than 0.01). The total precipitation for the month is 0.50". The average snowfall for the month of January is a little over four inches with the greatest accumulation being snowfour inches. (Silver laike. Colo., holds the fall record of 76 inches, Apr. 1921) Tlie highest temperature expected in a typical January is 48 degrees with a low of five degrees. The skies are generally mostly cloudy with southerly winds at ftxir to six miles per hour. On January 1 the sun rose at 7:54 Mountain Standard Time (MST) and set at 5:17 p.m. MST. On January 31 the sun will rise at 8:42 Mountain Dayligjit Time (MDT) and set at 6:49 p.m. MDT. Courtesy of Det. 19, GWWg. USAF, AWS, (MAC) 24-ho- ur r, 14-1- 5, . 30-vc- ar awards Three Dugway workers are eited for 30 years of governmental service hy Dugway Proving Ground Commander Colour! Robert A. Shade. I.eft to right, they are: Ralph Hawes of Services Division, Clinton Sagers of Test Division and Thornton Darr of Services Division. |