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Show I ... ji- - v'. , .. , J.' . .. ( V- - - ' . a . I'' r . tlBFlMH' APR 23 1984 7 U; A; J , y TATI HISTOMCAl SOCIETY " - f . , ifT t The i a. i. V ! . . H K' . KV ' ? f ? AT sv tx " v ,7 .j y j-- '" J.- - . 'V' s- : - , n mgjafri-- '.V r: - K HI;:- 'i- - V . S' , J ' . i : . ir r. r ) I j i; i ii v a r Sll j it A bj I ''Published in the interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. u' f s 5 n 7 i - ... SHv . j !'., . J ' 1 '1 . r 3: VSvX J'- X-- - :?1 : " "v ssHtv h;sh( f rx ; V : , A-- ' ! I l ' - 3-r I Friday, I' March 30, 1984 ; ((WE'RE NUMBER 1!H Robert Argyle jumps for joy as the Dugway High School Mustangs in 3 years. For details see page 6. Photo by Sp4 Tim Karas ; 9 . . -- J) ; '- -q ;U . v defeated Beaver to. win their second state I A championship y riescyiea4em!rxav.'piui8i 7 DugwayXhru v. . . , $4-nours- ' workers began arriving-athe plant in Ditto and began .the chore of firing up the There we were, the cannon had just sounded retreat, and about 200 folks started for the Credit Union 25th Anniversary Dinner at the Community Club when t generators. Tuo generator down the world went black at To their dismay, one of the smaller of the six generators was inoperative await- DPG at 6:05 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Undaunted by the sudden ing parts, and another had contaminated oil that pre- mood change, CW2 Arnold Toy and his staff mustered vented it's use until a complete oil change was per- all the cancjles they could find and proceeded to serve the dinner anyway. At about '8 p.m. we got the grim news. . . Ice on Rush Lake 30 miles East of Dugway near Stockton had shifted shearing off 11 Utah Power and Light Poles car- formed, Monday. This meant we only had from the generall built ators, prior to or WWII and installed during not much later. Crews from Hawthorne . 23 capacity tried feverishly thru the rying the main electrical transmission line to Dugway, Vernon, part of Stock-toClover, Terra and Wil- night to bring all the housing areas and essential ser- vices on line, but the total load was more than the anti- n, low Springs. HERES THE JUICER After 64 dark, stormy, cold hours Dave put Avery of Hawthorne throws the three big blade switches to serDugway back on line with Utah Power and Light Company vice. (Photo by SFC Phil Hale) quated plant could handle making it necessary to switch power to whatever Mr. Wayne Smith o Hawthorne Aviation sprang into action, calling in his ' 's electrical crew to get the system would bear, hoping that at least some power got to each area for a while. l)espite the inconvenience, comparatively few Dug-way- auxiliary generating system on line. By 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the complaints were received. Those came from homes where there was concern for the warmth of small children, or fear of the loss of frozen foods. A few claimed favoritism was being shown, however power was supplied to whatever circuits that the overworked could sustain. generators morning, reinforcements arrived, to continue the battle to keep us all warm ' and our freezers Sunday frozen. Keeping everyone informed Two of the major combatants throughout the blackout were .Wayne . Smith who coordinated all the engineering efforts, and Provost Marshall Major Gabino Caballero who called in extra MPs to assist where needed, and rode with thepi oh patrol to ensure the effectiveness of the public address annouhcements that were one of the key links most . . i Dugwayites had to information on the situation. SFC George Smith of the 65th MP Platoon can be credited with the idea of the fliers. He roughed out the first one, xeroxed it at the MP Station and drafted the Police Cadets to deliver it. The second was delivered by a half a dozen Boy Scouts from the Post Chapel sponsored Troop 517. Another way information . - got to. folks was from the pulpit at church services. Post Commander Col. Car-rut- h passed the word to the Protestant and Catholic congregations while CPT David Stoddard spread the news to his brothers and thing to discontinue the special services. Publishing Company, a private Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by the writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The ap- - long-winde- long-distan- ce . . al sis- By far one of the most dif- ficult jobs throughout the blackout was that of desk sergeant at the Provost Marshals Office. In the order that we all relied upon them: Continued on page 5 I I There is also a payment system set up with First Security Bank and the Dugway Federal Credit Union for automatic payment of phone bills from an existing bank accounts. With this service, the .phone company receives payment direct from the account, and the subscriber seceives a copy of the detailed bill. With some phone companies, a deposit is required, but with Dugway residents, the deposit is being waived. If bills are paid in full and on time, no deposit will be requested. Phones now in quarters will have to be turned in and your personal phones installed soon after May 6. The new number will be fairly simple for most residents. The nubmers are being assigned by the Bell representatives when you sign up and for all except about 130 residents will be the new prefix 831 and a 4 followed by the same last three digits they now have. Mountain Bell does not rent or sell telephones so you will have to buy one elsewhere. Officials caution to buy a sturdy reliable phone and to get out to Salt Lake it will either have n t- Pearance of advertisements Inserts In this publication does not ah endorsement by the Department of the Army. -- A l ilJ i a . ; con-stltu- te ' i: f" r - to be touch tone or touch pulse type. I f r ? Fries Park. - 1 t ters at the Church of Jesus Saints Christ of Latter-da- y service at their chapel in ay 6 seS as dat for switcEi) to ML Bett telephone service pitfalls of commercial telephone service, the options and custom services offered to Dugway are just as modern as those services offered in the big city. We will be able to have call waiting (one way to break through the d chatter of teens to get 'a word in edgewise'), call forwarding, three-wa- y calling and speed calling. The last of these options ' allows callers to access numbers that Would require depressing several numbers (like with access codes and special numbers for some of the dialing services) by a coded combination of two buttons. These services are not free, however. Individually, they range in cost from $6.22 for call waiting to $2.60 for three-wa- y calling. When more than one option is desired, package deals are available at a savings over the individual charges. It may be worth noting that there will be no special instal- lation charges for these services if you make arrangements for them before the May 6 date. After that time, there will be an installation charge of $11.00. You might like to test-dione or more of these services now, while there is no installation charge. It doesn't cost any- ! . .7 by S. J. Beeler With the arrival of a March 19 letter from the folks at Mountain Bell, many Dugway residents are realizing that and soon! phone service to our post is in for a change, and confusion over Many questions have been generated, the switch from government services to Mountain Bell service has been on the rise. With approval from the Public Services Commission, the to occur on May 6. Reprebig switch is tentatively scheduledset up camp at the Dugway sentatives of Mountain Bell have Credit Union to handle the throngs that must sign up for the service. per Dugway subscribers will be charged a rate of $13.00resiat their extentions of number of month regardless the Lake dences. This rate will allow subscribers to access Salttouch-tone require City, Tooele and Grantsville exchanges that have an option service. Originally, Dugwayites would touch-ton- e at an and of service, regarding the acquisition additional price. For those residents who have experienced the joys and i . ....... ? f |