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Show 3 Friday, March 3, 1950 HILL TOP Page TIMES Postage Meter Results in Savings ' .5 William C. Phelps, motor pool, is seated at his table with an assort- ment of feathers, thread, hooks and other material in front of him. With this equipment Phelps ties many of the flies that fisher- men find successful in this area, as well as flies he has "dreamed up" himself. fly-tyin- .i g: Phelps Gets Ready For That First Big Fishing Trip Warm, lazy days clear, bright skies 'Tis Spring! And : . Public Information it's a well known fact that in the spring most men burst forth with a certain longing a longing that has lain dormant during the winter months a longing to take to the hills and go FISHING. And such is the case Of William C. "Bill" Phelps, who is now taking stock of his fishing equipment to make sure everything will be ready when the time comes So, Phelps is working with renewed interest on his hobby of tying flies. Tying flies is actually an art. There is no guess work in making the little creatures that are to tempt fish to "take a bite." Everything has to be just so. Flies are made by patterns, with the hook carefully Professor, Grizzly King, Royal concealed and with just a sparkle Coachman and Mosquito, but one of brightness to attract the fish. of his favorites, which he has found ' ; The same patience and skill that to be very successful on the Yel is needed to catch fish is needed lowstone, is the "Devil." He ties in making the flies. As you can this with a yellow body, the green well imagine, it takes nimble fing- and white part of a mallard's wing ers to assemble all of the following for the shell back and tail, and grey on a half inch hook: a body, rib- hackle and grey wings. While Phelps is busy with his bing, wing, cheek, topping, head, eye, hackle, joint, butt, tag, and hobby at his home at 19 Ellison his family have tail. St., Layton, Phelps, who began tying flies dreamed up ways to keep them stay in a hos- selves from getting lonesome and during a pital four years ago, has equipment each has a hobby of his own. His to make any kind of fly known wife, Mardell, crochets baby clothes and even a few of his own invent- and doilies; his son, Robert, 14, ing. He has feathers of every im- carves minature cars and wagons aginable color: orange, red, yellow, and his daughter, Marilyn, 8, has purple, green, black, white and dolls and guppy fish to keep her speckled. Many of these feathers busy. are from tropical birds from Afrias is an ca South America and Brazil. Also well as profitable interesting, says nobby, business are Phelps, who also sells a few of Reeded in the g WUUl bCWJ C41V1 his flies at a very nominal fee, ICVllOy "But the real thrill comes when who works in the drivers you tie a fly of your own particular Qf ng and testing branch of the brand and then the first time you at Hill AFB, is adept throw it out, a big fish hits it. Man, " &pool such flies as the Captain, then that s living!" asidr t, A new postage meter which will save about $80 per month in labor was recently purchased and put in to operation in the mail and distribution branch of the adjutant general's office at Hill, according to Fred Poster, chief of the mail and distribution section. Prior to obtaining the postage meter, 48 man hours each month were expended by Hill employees towards the procurement and use of the 6,600 stamps used each month by the base air mail letters and packages. Postage credit for the postage meter is purchased like stamps. But unlike stamps, which are easily misplaced, postage credit is never wasted. Each envelope fed through this devise is recorded, sealed and charged against the postage credit. In the case of packages, a small piece of gummed tape, recording the amount of postage paid, is dis pensed and placed on the package, Mr. Poster explained. Office Gets Commendation The Public Information Office at Hill AFB has been commended by headquarters Air Materiel Command at Dayton, Ohio for their work in publicizing the Air Re serve program at this base. The commendation was printed in the Public Information Bulletin for February which receives wide dis tribution and reads as follows: Commendations to Ogden AMA for the best Air Reserve publicity of the month. The . quality was good and the frequency of publication in the local press unusually high for this type of material." Engaged Heating Engineer Awarded Check For Suggestion Could It Be Spring? One of the largest individual awards ever to be given to a Hili employee was recently awarded to William R. Heath, Hill heating engineer. A check for $275 was presented to him by Lt. Col. Robert E. L. Knapp, air installations officer, for a suggestion on temperature heating controls. The suggestion for which the award was received is the application of temperature heating controls whereby all the areas, offices, warehouses, etc., are maintained at the uniform temperatures prescribed by regulations. The device also moderates the temperature during the night time and the heat is automatically turned on in the morning so the required temperature is obtained by the time it is necessary to occupy the office or area. During the first year of operation a saving of approximately $11,000 was realized and it is estimated that an annual savings of $48,778 will result from the installation of these temperature con- WHIT and TONY 3 wedding is being planned by Tony Haynes, maintenance property office, and Brooks Whittier, aircraft dispatch. They became engaged February 2, one year from the day they met. Tony reports that she and Whit (a confirmed bachelor) dined and danced at the same place where evethey first met on the eventfulcame ning. The engagement ring as a surprise to her altho she confesses she had been hoping. The ceremony will take place at the home of Tony's parents. They plan on making their home in trols. Ogden. A September -- ly-tyi- ng fly-tyin- J. T7M, fanned employees of Flight Test and ip rier employees of that section to attend a Flight Test arty tomorrow evening in the Civilian Club. a P. Calixto Canchola, telephone repairman, has been receiving many favorable comments on his radio show, "Musie of Old Mexico," which is heard over radio station KLO each Tuesday evening at 7:45. Canchola writes and produces his own program on which he music, interviews plays Mexican notable Mexican people and gives his own views on the "Spanish Speaking Neighbors in Utah." As a result of his popular radio program, he has been a guest speaker before groups of Weber college students and more recently spoke before the Ogden Rotary Club. 15-min- Test Party empn i Hillfielder Stars on Own Radio Show Road Foreman Happy Over Mild Winter ' ::: '; i 1 sk M a Florsheim vet Am I why pi If 4 FLonsiiEin PLAIN TOE SHOES The Civilian Club Manager Has Gone Mad are so comfortable Free Smorgasbord to All Club Members and Guests Merl Fowler is a happy man. fl've eot reasons to be happy it's the weather," says the foreman of roads, grounds, and runways at Hill. i 1 I J rs "The weather means a lot to me," he continued, "cause when it's bad, it's my to push, job haul, shove, and scrape it off the roads and run ways. Last year at this time we hn.l 1(1 ano w- - MERL FOWLER plows and four mo-go- 's working continually to keep now off the roads. This year," he grins happily, "we're doing summer work, like hauling gravel and clean the place up." m ing :i Fowler, who is grandpop to four little girls, two of whom are four ay year-ol-d twins, lives at Clearfield, Utah. His hobbies are raising bees nd fruit trees and a gar in ' den. growing er ;) "But, let me have one last word," ay ays Fowler, "maybe I'm prema turely happy my books show that on the 23rd and 24th of March year we got 15 inches of new t: laet now. I guess me and the boys still fc.1Ve time to get in our usual quota cz now-fightin- g." SUNDAY, MARCH 12 Cocktail Music by Three Different live Bands The Wheels of the Field Have Volunteered to Wait on Tables. This Is Your Chance to Order Them Around Don't Forget Reno Night March 17 Bring Your Friends and Your Be Change Prepared for a Gala Evening of Playing the Games! CONSULT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR FOR OTHER PLANNED PARTIES The Army Vet will tell you that there's a world of marching comfort in shoes seamless across the toe. A Florsheim Vet will tell you: Florsheim Quality in a Plain Toe shoe is tops in Comfort! TO ft NYE CO 5 |