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Show ipcsti'ir Published iii the interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground" Published by the Transcript-BulletiPublishing Company, Tootle, Utah, a private firm, in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed 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 advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of tlie products or sen ices advertised. n Dugway Proving Ground Vol. 5 No. 4 " Of Bit Dugway, Utah S4022 Friday, July 20, 1973 DTC disestablished as joint-servic- e Colonel Robert A. Shade, commander of the Deseret Test Center and Dugway Proving Ground, has announced that on June 30, 1973, the Deputy Secretary of Defense approved the disestablishment of DTC as a Joint Activity, effective July 1, 1973, and asto the signed responsibility Army for the conduct of chemical warfare and biologi activity cal defense (CWBD) testing for the Department of Defense. Additionally, the Army will continue to operate the joint contact point, for chemical and biological information. The Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Forc'e will each assign one liaison officer to the Center. Officers and enlisted personnel of these services now assigned to DTC will be DTC was originally activated as a jointly- - staffed The CWBD test mission organization and a special l and resources of the Deseret project under the U.S. Command at Fort Test Center are being transferred to Dugway Proving Douglas, Utah, in May 1962. Ground, which will operate It merged with the Dugway under the jurisdiction of the Proving Ground in July 1968. Headquarters, U.S. Army Test Elements of DTC at Fort and Evaluation Command, Douglas were relocated to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Dugway Proving Ground in May 1973. Maryland. reassigned. Army-Materie- Morgan assigned as new Facilities chief Major Harold D. Morgan has assumed the duties of Dugway Proving Ground Post Engineer. old South PittsThe is a gradunative Term., burg, ate of Tennessee Technical win Cheerleaders, honors at Logan workshop D-Ett- bache- A Red Cross blood drawing is scheduled for Monday at the Sandy Acres Service en- gineering. HE ENTERED military service in October 1956 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps upon completion of Signal Officers Basic Course in 1959. Maj. Morgan transferred to the Combat Engineer Corps in October 1963. During his career, he has served in Germany and South Viet Nam, and at such stateside posts as Forts Campbell, Monmouth, Benning, Bragg and. Bel voir. MAJ MORGAN holds the Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal, the Gallantry Cross and the Bronze Star. Maj. Morgan and his wife Joan reside at 520A Bonafin Drive in Dugway, with their two sons, Harold, 6 and Marshall, 4 and daughter Michelle 3. i attending the workshop at Utah State University were: (front, from left) Candy Cooper, Verna Stelling, Sherrie Hein, Jackie Wilde, (second row) Cindy Crane, Nina Kraut, Debbie Johnson, drill mistress Cathy Morris, (third row) advisor Mrs. Terry Carr, Cindy Cooper, Sandy Bowers, Kayline Clayton, Rhonda Stangler, (fourth row) Phyllis Slangier, Jane Fowler, Raelynn Gardner and Robyn Maihot. notice 35-ye- ar University, holding the lor's degree in mechanical rr or Blood drive " 'ffi "SI ; f Club between the hours of 10:00 ajn. and 2:00 pjn. Blood donations may be received from Dugway Proving Ground employees and military personnel, their wives and children (over 18 years of age) and their parents and grandparents who have not reached their 65th birthmust have day. Those of the written permission their parents or guardians. Persons should not have donated blood during a period of two months prior to the 18-2- 1 drawing-Part- icipating donors are allowed four hours of administrative leave without charge. Major Harold D. Morgan by Terry Carr BAO established ON THE INSIDE status of the mva First in THIS YEAR the won this first place Superior Trophy for over-a- ll highest average at the workshop. Their activities included school spirit, drill downs, uniform fashion, original competition marching and performance of newly learned marches. For the first time the won a second trophy for the original competition march they performed. This was for "Outstanding Performance." The march was a novelty routine to "The Syncopated Clock." The girls wore pink and white checked aprons with matching ribbons in their hair. There were 82 drill teams that the competed against. While at the workshop in Logan, the were instructed by highly qualified instructors from California, Texas, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado and Utah. Also a special instructor this year was Mr. Jim Perkins, who is responsible e for many shows of NFL football games. THEIR INSTRUCTION consisted of 32 new marching routines, learned individually rather than as a team, showmanship, new uniform ideas, hand routines, money-raisin-g ideas and basic military drill. hard-worki- Cheerleader and Advisor atDugway High School cheerleaders and tended the Seventh Annual Intermountain Workshop at Utah State University in Logan June They were among 15(X) girls from nine western states v ,. who attended the workshop. FOR THE second consecutive year the Junior Varsity (JV) cheerleaders won five rilbons in daily evaluation and in final competition won a deserving "Excellent Performance" trophy. The Varsity cheerleaders won five ribbons in daily evaluation and in final competition won an appropriate "Superior Performance" trophy. Daily evaluation for the cheerleaders consisted of a meticulous evaluation of a cheer learned that day, plus an ' original cheer of the group. Each checrleading squad is rated by highly qualified National Cheerleading Association instructors. The cheerleaders are also instructed by these D-Et- es 17-2- 1. same people. THEIR INSTRUCTION consisted of new yells, formations, technique, chants, sportsmanship, tumbling, double stunts, novelty cheers, crowd psychology, pep rally ideas and methods of boosting school spirit. The cheerleaders earned money to pay for their expenses by selling pens during the week of try outs and by washing windows. The won a total of 86 individual ribbons and for the third consecutive year brought home a trophy in over-a- ll workshop activities. e, rQ' allotments end es es es es pin-a-for- e es es half-tim- The earned money for workshop by selling week the of try outs, mowing and caring for pens during lawns and by sponsoring bake sales, a swimming and watermelon party, plus a picture contest. Money received from the also was review used, es D-Et- te the D-Et- te review was also used. The NCO Womens Club, Booster Club and High School all donated money for the girls' trip. a series Congress has passed a new law which provides for the payment of basic allowance for quarters (BAG) for dependents of enlisted members in pay grades E--l through E-- 4 with less than four years of service. The legislation has an effective date of July 1, 1973, and ends the Dependents Assistance Act which required payment of a Class Q allotment to a dependent by servicemen in these pay grades. To preclude immediate hardship on dependents, Class Q allotments in being prior to June 30 were converted to Class T (temporary). These will continue to be paid until the service member has had an opportunity to either make arrangements to establish a Class E allotment for support of his dependents or terminates the "T" allotment. Allotment authorizations or terminations must be received at the U.S. Army Finance Support Agency by August 17, 1973, to take effect in August. of reports THE FAMILY LAWYER Runaway trailer CAMP KOSTOPULOS A special camp for Dugway9 special children POST RESTAURANT FUND CIVILIAN WELFARE COUNCIL Serving the civilian worker New playground equipment Dugway tots have another activity to include in their hectic schedules with the installation of new playground equipment. Due to the efforts of Utah National Guardsmen and Facilities Engineering Division, the area between Rcnncau Court and the Post Office should become a major summer attraction for Dugway's younger set. 1 ' i ii lahllfc" Mnlia Dugway High School Cheerleaders competing at the Logan Workshop were: (clockwise from top middle) Danna Duncan, Kim Hansen, Tamara Phillips, Christine Ellis, Julie Knox, Karen Hays, Jayne Hooley and Cindy Harris. a |