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Show Assume Leadership ol Utah Wing. AFA -- PUBLISHED AT KAYSVILLE, UTAH Tu S-- -N : , wot istorie fenals Stort. r 1955 June 3, pinsaumg tvent n Colonel Browning Shovels First Dirt; Recalls Same Job in 1940 Transferred at History repeated itself V-r- TTiii at?r " , . XJ,iao"..weeK.wnen Lionel Frank " i"""11"1"ugaen V tinancier, turned the first shovel of dirt at special ground-breakin- g ceremonies. The event recalled a day in December, 1940, when Col then chairman of the Ogden Chamber of' Commerce miUtary uviiiiiiivfvj uvixvi mu biic acinic rite with the same shovel. That day in 1940 signified beginning of Hill AFB. This time thecolonel, members of For the Ogden chamber, and Hill AFB military dignitaries had gathered A formal farewell party for Lt. for the beginning of excavation of Col. C. F. Harris was held last Hill AFB s $3.5 million runway. week at the Hill AFB Officers' Lifting of dirt touched off con Club. Col. Harris, Director of Personstruction that will take more than nel at Hill for the past three years, a year to complete. will leave Utah next month for Run Southeast By Northwest Scotland. There he will assume duThe new landing strip will run' ties with the 1602d Air Transport southeast by northwest and be Wing, MATS. more than two miles long. It is beMore than 30 friends and fellow ing built by Peter Kiewit and Sons workers turned out to bid the col of Omaha, Neb. One of the largest onel goodby. Col. Harris thanked construction firms in the world, his staff for cooperation and supKiewit recently completed a huge port given him during his tour of Atomic Energy Works at Ports- duty. mouth, Ohio. The new runway is the latest construction task to be undertaken by the concern. Exact dimensions of landing strip will be 13,500 feet long and 209 feet wide. A 1,000-fostrip at each end of the runway will be con- 7SS Farewell Dinner Held Colonel Harris H. CoL J. Kieling I. Kieling L 1 Cam CaaI rai udoL j iu Mond to Harry J. Kieling, Hill Commander for the is, will leave Utah B past three early in yfor a new assignment, c will be assigned to a position k the Intelligence Division of Air Forces. Kieling arrived at Hill AFB My, 1952, and has been Base East Far !ol. since that ed here from an uunander i the DSAF Director of headquarters time. He Intelligence in the Pen-o- ling of Yuma, Arizona, enlisted in the Arizona n. Col. Na-n- Reassigned ot constructed of crete. Cement ends are provided for initial touchdown of heavy aircraft. Between the two concrete ends will be an 11,500-fostretch of asphalt material laid over a stabilized base. steel-reinforc- assignment native I rett- ed a private. a second ntenant in the Infantry in 1932 Will Be Completed in 1956 transferred from the Infantry the The Air Army runway, when completed in Corps in 1940. November Sraduating from the 1956, will accommodate University Maryland with a B. S. aircraft in existence of any type degree in the Air Force he later did today or anticilp, at Georgetown officials statin the pated future, in University i field of ed. was 1 post-gradua- te international relations. M he attended the Command On hand to witness the historic (General Staff College. In 1947 event were Col. L. L. Kunish, Svd his diploma from the OOAMA Deputy Commander; Col. gtaal College of the Armed H. J. Kieling, Hill AFB Commander; G. Ted Hone, chairman of the arm? WnU rtr tt --t i w. Ogden Chamber of Commerce milil served wifh v, a: m tary affairs committee; Orson M. and the nth Air Force in Slack, first vice president of the gnd chamber; Bernie Diamond and Col. m. r noting secretary-manag,m,eaal and the Graves B. McGary (ret), rV,l. and assistant manager, lueaai. the past respectively, of the chamber, and JF er other leading Ogden businessmen. many Hill Military Gets Reduced Rates to wing Made or Horace Heidt Show C r'Wide Bond Drive Military personnel, their familwill get special ies, and partners, fc made to the p ond drive for a reduced prices for tickets to be Show 1 Horace Talent Heidt July June 7. The presented Tuesday, we,gle, bond project of- - show gets underway at 6:30 p. m. in the Ogden High School audito- rium. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, wiu? Program. Also, show., features contest 'tosulSL 7 A induce work national, competition, ? P)ced on a larger 'tf Ogden Jr. the talent Captain S. L. Hislop Captain Hislop Leaves Hill AFB Hsl,P' Captain Sherman L. chief, has Division Analysis Quality two-yea in enroll to base left the aeronautical engineering course at the University of Colorado. the He came to Hill AFB from at While 1052. in Alaskan Theater reassumed Hislop Hill, Captain of producsponsibilities of chief recent most his and control tion analysis. of nosition as head qualitydistinction The captain holds the civilians of being one of the first He hired in employed at this base. worked at and during July, 1041, m the until th depot existing 1043 in Army Air Corps the Armed in his years During as a nav gator from the Naviga-In tional School at Huston, Texas.. The completed pilot training Barksdale AFB, La. Vocational accomplishments bourse at Eastern Oregon the Sate Teachers' College and His-bp University of Alaska. Captain also holds numerous- diplomas from extension, courses... winners in plus such Doodles stars as Weaver,. Johnny larger and Ralph Sigwald. CttthrJM8 latter wove Standley, ' Regular $1.65 tickets for main floor seats will be available to inC! beftft drive for il military personnel ..for $1.10,event the for tax. Tickets cluding will fc are on sale at Personnel Services Office, Building? 465. 's Talent competition to select Heidt Horace W cvilian I 4be conducted entry in the contest will be held tonight in the Ogden High School auditorium at sity. 7:00 p. m. ?E.?Wr ci-re- vj18-Militar- Og-den- n k x , - x c xxv x These Hill AFB employees made nearly a "clean sweep" of top SiPts of.the Utah winff. AFA, at a recent wing convention el" at Lake City. Looking over a list of projects for the coming year (front row, left to right) are George II. Van Leeuwen, supply, new wing commander and Charles M. LeMay, maintenance, 1st vice commander. Rear row (left to right) are Joseph C. Jacobs, programming, treasurer; George B. Holbrook, Comptroller, 2nd vice commander; and William J. Farmer, Comptroller, secretary. Geo. VanLeeuwen Put In Utah AFA Top Spot New officers were elected to command the Utah Wing of the Air Force Association at the AFA state-wid- e convention recently held at Salt Lake City. George H. Van Leeuwen, chief of base supply division at Hill, was named Wing Commander. He replaces Paul M. Fisher, executive assistant to the Director of Maintenance Engineering, who has held the commander's spot for the past year. Charles M. LeMay, deputy for maintenance's Command Workload Control Division, was nominated as 1st vice commander. George B. Holbrook, chief of manpower and or- Dad-of-Ye- ar ganization, Comptroller, was selected as 2d vice commander. Duties of secretary and treasurer, respectively, were assumed by William J. Farmer, Comptroller and Is your pop tops. If so the Ogden Joseph C. Jacobs, programming. Chamber of Commerce wants to Frank E. Moss, Salt Lake County hear about him. presecuting attorney, was elected The Ogden chamber is conduct to the post of Judge Advocate. ing a contest to determine the Og Aims of the wing are three-folden fathers of the year. Not one according to Commander Van Leeu- father, but one each from the fol wen. First, assist in obtaining and lowing divisions: maintaining adequate airpower for Division Nr. 1 will be the profes national security and world peace. sional dad of the year. Lawyers, Second, keep AFA members and the dentists, educators, doctors, civil in public abreast of developments service employees, accountants and the field of aviation. Third, pre- other professional - type men will felserve and promote the spirit of in class. this qualify lowship among former and present Division Nr. 2 will be the agricul members of the USAF. father of the year. If he is a tural Since activation in 1953 the wing or deals in live farmer, has grown to include more than stock, hedairyman, is eligible. withCOO Utah residents Division Nr. 3 will be the mili in its ranks. Three squadrons are now in operation throughout the tary father of the year. If he is an or airman, he is the man for state: Ute Squadron, Ogden Squad- officer this spot. ron, and the Salt Lake Squadron. Division Nr. 4 will be the indus Commander Van Leeuwen said dad of the year. If he is a trial for have big plans wing officials machinist, the coming year. Included are such bricklayer," carpenter, truck driver or holds any other job projects as organizing new squad- in industry, he is eligible. rons at Provo, Logan, and Brigham Utahns Division Nr. 5, the last category. City; further acquainting with AFA aims and activities; and will include the retailing father of publication of a monthly AFA ma- the year. He is the man who works in the grocery store, service stagazine. tion, clothing store, or perhaps the corner drug store. The contest is open to all Hill AFB personnel Military and Civifor lian whose father resides in the Ogden area. All you have to do is A tournament for all Hill write a letter stating why your AFB civilian golfers will be held father or husband, or someone elses Cat,i.1av June 18. according to father, should fit one of the five Gordon Milne, management pro categories. rodnres office, supply. Submit your letter to Manager, TUa tAiimov is an annual event Chamber of Commerce, HoOgden and will be held at Bonneville" Golf Ben Lomond, Ogden, Utah. Entel ' Course, Salt Lake City. tries must be postmarked not later Anyone is eligible, Milne said, than midnight of Saturday, June providing he is civilian employee 11. The letter can be of length. of the base. Those desiring to en- And a photo of pop can any be included June no than later ter must sign tip if so desired, Chamber of Commerce in in frder to participate. officials stated. or get To enter the competition, Contestants must either desigmore information about it, golfers nate the particular category which offices in the following designated dad to be judged or let want they should contact tnese represents officials decide . Tncnpptor General. Judge Ad by indicating the of work the father does. vocate, Adjutant, Base Commander type Winners of the contest will be Don Windham, ext 798; Comptrol- announced on June 16 at a ' Proler, Information Services, Morris function to be held in Ogden.public arl Quality-Egramming, The outstanding father in each ext 692; Supply Gordon Milne, ext class will receive a $50 gift certifiVincent Smith, Maintenance 504: cate, enchangeable for some of his Gordon Dyer, Personnel ext 088; 8235: and Procurement Jack favorite merchandise at an Ogden store. Millar, ext 211. , Ogden Contest for Open To Hill Personnel air-mind- ed ar bummeree in community func- - ill d, ot al in 1929 as commissioned Guard 'tN ?x f 'Super' Runt Civilian Golfers Set Tournament Date f . |