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Show Vol. 2 No. 12 Ft. Douglas, Ut 84113 DESERET TEST CENTER Dugway, Utah, 84022 ilium SEE - NEW CHAPLAIN Chaplain (LTC) James B. Ronan the new Catholic Chaplain for Dugway Proving Ground. is LTC James B. Ronan Is New Catholic Chaplain With a record of foreign as impressive as a three month trip around the world, a new Catholic chap- lain has arrived at Dugway Ground. Proving Chaplain school at Boston College where he majored in Greek and graduated from St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass. He has also attended the US Army unapiain acnooi at ft. (LTC) James B. Ronan, who arrived at Dugway on July 22, replaced Chaplain Edward J. Hart who went to Ft. Ha-milton. New York. While officially residing at for only a month, Ronan spent much of that time in the LDS Hos- pital in Salt Lake City and on convalescent leave. He just re- to Dugway this past "I'M VERY enthusiastic about coming to Dugway," states Chaplain Ronan. "I like the surrounding country, the people, and am quite anxious to work with Dugway's resi- dents to achieve a better General Horner To Be AMC Chief of Staff Colonel Elkin, CSM Hoard Attending TECOM Conference Major General Charles T. Homer, Jr., will become Chief of Staff of the Army Materiel Command following an orien- tauon tour oi tne iommanas major subordinate elements during August General Horner is the former Commanding General, 2nd Logistical. Command in Okinawa. his BEGUN HAVING enlisted as an career Army man in 1H34, General Horner is one of the Army's more, officers. decorated highly War World II, he During served in eight major campaigns in the North African and European theaters, including the amphibious assaults on Oran, Sicily, and Normandy. As an infantry battalion commander, he ticipated in the assult landing at Gela in Sicily and at Omaha Beach in Normandy, For past service. Gen. Homer has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star with V device and three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Combat fantryman's Badge and ous foreign decorations, He is a seasoned logistician who has held high positions of command throughout his reer. Among his key ments are: US Army Infantry Representative with the Unit- ed Kingdom War Office and School of Infantry, London; Research and Development Colonel Max Etkin. DTC commander and CSM Harold l. Hoard are attending impor- taut U.S. Armv Test aiid Evaln- atio,, Command Umferences 1.; held at lercleeii I'rov- - par-servi- Hamilton, HIS OVERSEAS duty in- dudes tours in Okinawa, Japan, Italy, Germany, Korea, and the Republic of Vietnam. Chaplain Ronan has re-ceived numerous awards and decorations while in the ser- vice. He now holds the Na- tional Defense Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal with the First Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commen- dation Medal, Army Commen- - dation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf numer-Chapla- tionship, CEN. HORNER is a 1940 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has coin- pkted then Executive Man- agcment Course at the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh. He is also a graduate of the Army War College. He is married to the former Joai. Mary Davy; they have five children, four sons and daughter. weveiopmenrj llUrSery ence while 17 of the' top TECOM sergeants major are convening. The Commanders were welcomed by Major General Frank M. Ieiiour, commanding general of the Test and Evaluation Command, who is presiding at the commanders The principal purpose of the Commanders Conference is to consider the test missions of the command and related matters. Major areas of testing, including test management in jlnCCntlVC AWaFCiSl fLrFOUD a KtTirilflVPP RpTlFPfiPTlt 1 J AlVr - has irrr:. -- or Suggestion DTC personnel both military undergone t rUll LfperatlOn in OCnOOl e aj-- ing. The Incentive Award O-- centive Award mittee of Deseret Test Center program arises. .."nf," t UpenS ItlOnClay Col. O'Brien Named Approximately 40 conferees on hand for the periodic GENERAL Izenour also greeted the senior noncommissioned officers of the command when the TECOM Sergeants Major Conference convened with Command Sergeant Major Franklin M. Wickhan presid- members were nominated from offices and directorates and will ttv tti 1 1 pv KjiSLYG represent employees from their areas in many matters pertain- ine to Incentive Awards. TVT 1 d Ik IT O 1 THE MEMBERSHIP of the buii.iiiiiicc nm uiciuucs Dwuue Rvdalch, Civilian Personnel and . ...... w , ine uugway x, nurxry uay ana repaimeu,i anuj appranmaie- - uie scnooi monuay uiruugii rn- - executive secretary of the com-CaCenter has opened and is ly 400 to 500 hours of work., day, $20 month for a three day mittee. jj q Speirs, Test now in its second day of opera- - have been donated by the van- - class which meets on Monday, Operations; Betty Olsen Com ration of the new year with chil- - ous groups and individuals," Wednesday and Friday, and $15 Sharon Raben Security dren of all ages spending a few stated Mrs. Shields. month for a two day class meet- offices- ' Edward . a day here with other .The day care center is open ine on Monday and Wednesday. T A VT.i , ... . ! " ""h"""-"I . .usl r nn a.m. muiiuiLV VflJ .' . , , . men i i.ni inrpn miur l.ne mrrr vein r .1 Willie iiiuiiicia tinim T in iu aiuu cniiuren ., . . . ., , , . .. .. i .. , aouuiwonn, Aieaicai ana NUety. attenaiuncneonsanootnermeex- - mrougn rnoay o. eacn wee old to De eugioie to attena tne Also meml,ers of the committee r"!! ! W F- - Hkh. Hospital; i r.. ... ... ..E r ,uure.i William Tanneri P&A. Mako the nursery this year. One is for two children and 70 cents tunity to learn with supervised vicncn. nwij that the nursery is now under the per hour for three or more chil- - play under the supervision of Gauthier, T&TS; Charles Con- uucL'uwi ui uic viivuuui "cuaic uin. very (luuiiicu, uiicrcsLcu icttui- - tant, PT&A and Clair Synder- THE NURSERY School will era. fund with Mr. John Sees as gaard. Civilian Personnel. instead of the nursery open on Monday, August 31 at THERE ARE no hot lunches custodian, Ine following persons are now . . , , , -- I n.nn ..n.. .or t u.c 1 : : o, council, ine nursery council nas Bitemate memlers: provioea lor ennoren wno remain seeing oesj.u.mg at tne center over tne noon nour Tom See, Roliert cnangeo to tne nursery com- - classes. aroiyn na.ey w.i Tripp, Tommy e icacn ng u.c nursery scnoo. u you wisn to nave your cnuci Matsushita, nrntee, neauea oy .ane aiaa Whitaker, Henry uic upcm-- cia mauc up ui cniiureu ages eat mncn wnue ne is mere you oaae, anu Tames G Olson Lucille Tea-tio- n of the nursery and makes three to four and a half. will need to provide a sack Rardeni Karl R. Johnson, John ai me present time mere are lunch. Mint anu juice is avail- - a Ceorce Ben Iju-- and Wil- suggestions on now me nursery could be improved. 21 children enrolled in the Nurable and may be purchased for jain B0iton MRS. DIANE (Lacy) Shields sery school and spaces on a 5 cents. IT IS THE oral nf the nw will assume the ' duties of the waiting list are available. If we are open now ami we mittee to improve lne i,Kntive director of nursery operations nine more children are register-agai- n hope to see all the children who Award, and personnel which she has held since ed another nursery class can were here last year and many AmM Program, C0l)tart one of the com- 1 of this lie started. January year. " mittee memlxrs it any cmestions 7""' The day care center and the The cost of nursery school is Mrs. Shields. or problems concerning the In- for cleaned those children attending $25 playground have been UUffWIiy Llciy to- - meeting. Tn each sergeant major on each A social hour and dinner of TECOM's 15 proving was held Thursday night at grounds, service test I wards, the Noncommissioned Officers environmental tost centers and Open Mess. spvial test activities, Jay. ed Clusters, and fog Ground yesterday assign-wee- k. attended Ronan Father Infantry School, Ft. Benning; In- Commanding Officer, 1st fantry Brigade, Ft. Benning; Executive Officer, Programs neaa- Division, Supreme Powers Allied quarters Europe; Commanding Generaii 2nd Logistical Command, Ft. Lee, Va.; Assistant Divi- sion Commander of the 5th Infantrv Division. Ft. Carson, Colo.; and Chief of Staff, I Corps (Group) Korea. ce Service Division, Vietnam Assistant Office, Medal Vietnam Commenda- - Chief of Staff, G-- 4; Chief of tion Medal, Armed Forces Re- - Staff, Military Assistance Ad- rela-- serve Medal and two Overseas visory Group, Vietnam; Chief, Bars. Office. Combat ty Friday, August 28, 1970 k"" ideas and it is hoped that these ideas can be utilized to improve the operation of Deseret Test management, improvements, personnel and financial outlook for the current fiscal year, will be explored. The commanders will le guests of honor at a reception hosted by General and Mrs. Isenour and, later, will join the TECOM directors and staff officers for dinner at the Officers Open Mess. LIEUTENANT General II. A. Miley, deputy commanding Materiel general of. the , valHr fnrlav "7' Followine ODenine remarks by CSM Wickham, the scr- geants majors reviewed the organization and mission of the command. The agenda in- eludes a briefine on nonao- - ,:iii,nli Center. personnel should be on the look-out for improvements and then aiMi open proprid f-- t' " " and a presentation hv messes, the committee. Director of Electronic Material Testing Colonel Holier! T. O'Brien of Mass., has been named director of electronics materiel testing by the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command headquartered here. Lieutenant Qilonel Richard A. Humes, who served as acting director since February, is now deputv director. COL. O'BRIEN has been stationed in Washington for the past three years. He was as- signed initially to the office of the Army Chief of Research and DeveloiHnent before joining the office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering in Medford, April 1969. The colonel was Ixirn in Mas- saclmsetts in 1926, the son of Mr. George L. O'Brien of 1(K) Memorial Drive, Cambridge. He was commissioned in the Signal Corps on graduation from the U.S. military Academy in 1949. A graduate of lioth the Army Command and Ceneral Staff Col lege and the Armed Forces Staff College, he was awarded a mas- ter of science degree in electri- engineering bv Stanford Uni-versity in 1959. pleted the advanced course for Signal officers at Ft. Monmouth, and pursued postgraduate studies at Stanford. In May 1939, he joined the 7th Signal Service Battalion, then in Paris with Supreme Headquarters. Allied Powers, Europe. He was the battalion's signal operations officer until July. 1962 when he returned to the States to become a student at the Command and Ceneral Staff College, His next assignment took him to Ft. Ord, Calif., where he served three years at chief of in- - at Headquarters, Combat Develop- ments Command Experiinenta- tiou Command. He reported to the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va., in January 19oo. strumentation U.S. Army uarv 1966. SIX MONTHS later, Col. O'Brien was in Vietnam with the 1st Infantry Division. He commanded the 121st Signal Battalion until October and was then reassigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army, Vietnam, as chief of per-csonnel services in the GI section, Before returning to Washing-Afte- r completing basic officer ton in the fall of 1967, he partic-coursat Ft. Riley, Kan., and at ipated in Phase II and Phase III the Signal School at Ft. Monmo- - of the Vietnam Counter-offensivThe colonel's decorations uth, N.J., he was ordered to in 1950 for duty with the dude the Bronze Star Medal 7th Infantry Division. He took with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious part in five campaigns of the Service Medal, and the Army Korean War as a wire platoon Commendation Medal, Colonel and Mrs. O'Brien leader with the division's signal have five children (Henrietta) company. RETURNING HOME in Jan- - who range from 10 to 20 years of Mrs. O'Brien and the chil-eigtiary 1951, he spent the next age. mo-- dren remain at the family home at in scholastic a vears " V r u s.. ri...--r ...I , wucic me wjiu--aina. sphere. lie was an UCJS training ' officer at Ft. Monmouth, taught nel is active in Utile League mathematics at West roint, com- - ana Kennei ciuo programs. al es e, ea ht ... ..j. re w. "t. TJLS S . uik-ilvic- .. W-J- -i- ES sf - Dal-hou- rs 1 "Uhl ""T? HiJ,, s - Summer Retreat Planned Tonight The Annual Protestant Summer Retreat will be lield tonight and tomorrow morning at the Boy Scout Camp Site at South Willow Canyon. The retreat activities will commence at 6 p.m. tonight and will conclude tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. A style dinner will be first on the agenda as families and friends gather to eat at 6:30 tonight. All families are asked to bring enough food for the number of people in their group. After the dinner meal, there wfll be singing around the campfire, devotions, testimonies, and good Christian fellowship. "As always, the retreat will be quite enjoyable and very inspiring," states George Eastland. "We certainly hope that everyone, including all military personnel, will join us for the event" Any person or family desiring to attend the retreat should contact the Chapel Office, 2808, or Mr. Eastland, 2031, so that an accurate number of participants can be derived and an entrance sticker for the Boy Scout area and a reserved camp site may be established. pot-luc- k , - Mrs. Linda Alexander, Post Nursery the employee, paints swing set and slide at the Nursery Playground in preparation for the opening of the Day Care Center and Nursery School. In the back ground is Mr. John Sees, Custodian of tlie Civilian Welfare Fund, repairing s one of the at the playground. PAINT-UP- FIX-U- P mcrry-go-round- Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Com- pany, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions ex- - "Big" Tiny Little To Perform at OOM Tinv Little name pian- "Big" . ist and show. business personality r will orovide entertainment lor Month A PT and the .heduled for theWers Open Mess on Fridav, Septemlier 11. nrcmrc i.: i.. , Month Septemlier 11 lieginning witn a .nappy nour at j rti p.m. tol lowed ly a buffet at 6:30. .....ii Dancing and :) the "Big' Tinv Little Show will begin at 9:00 W.OO for couples. The Buffet . ..... . . ! continue until i:iKJ a.m. win cost an additional 12.50 I rice ot the tickets for the show per person. Dress for th. will $2.(K) for singles and sion 'will be casual .....1 U business stature he is also big in physical presence standing 6' 3" and tipping the scales at 300 pounds. He first came to the atten tion of the American public in his earlv vears when he starred on the Lawrence Welk TV show. Later, after his break from Welk in 1962, Tiny headed for his own show from Hollywood and repeated guest appearances on variety shows including Dean Martin, Ed Sullivan and Mike Douglas plus various specials with Al Hirt, John Gary and George Jessel. Tiny Little with the "Big" Tiny Little Show are frequently booked for repeat engagements at major chilis throughout the country. Some of the clubs he has played at are: Continental Plaza Hotel, Chicago; Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe; Stardust and . Tropic-anaLas Vegas and Al Hirt's Club in New Orleans. with' The show, outstanding musicians and singers in addition to Mr. Little's amazing piano playing ability-aralso the hit of many state fairs such as the large New York State Fair and the combined Mississippi - Alabama Fair. A RECORDING personality of important dimension as a result of over two dozen albums for the Coral Laliel, Big Tiny Little is appreciated even greater when seen in person where his great versatility, musicianship and showmanship can lie more fully displayed. The memliers of the Dugway Officers Open Mess will have a chance to see him perform live at the PT and A Partv of the 8 W - MR. PIANO Tinv Little, piano star of the tawrence Welk television show will be at Dugwav with a special show on Friday, Septemlier 11. for the IT & A sponsored Party of the Month at the Officers Open Mess. pressed by publisher and writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of adver- - tisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. |