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Show AFB HAS MORE jfllX HILL AFB HAS MORE MILES THAN 40 THAN 23 MILES OF SIDEWALKS BOADS OF July 15, 1955 Briefs Northrcp Officials Savings Uppsd to So Mil. Can Jump m Mgnst S lls&m irt Military At 18 , Civilians Over 90 Mark Says Hill Bond Officer Maintenance Employee Takes School Honors Willard A. Erickson, maintenance jet engine minor repair, has been to Hill AFB's big bond drive is being extended to August 1, according Major Walter P. Weigle, bond project officer. presented a certificate of achievement and a mony clip by Allison "The drive is being stretched out in order to permit Hill AFB miliTechnical School, Indianappolis, tary personnel to catch up to their civilian counterparts," the major Ind. said. Mr. Erickson won the two awards for scholastic rating of 92 percent while attending the Allison engine course from May 2 through 27. Presentation of the award and certificate was made by Mr. C. E. Pfeiffer, Assistant for Depot Maintenance, at appropriate ceremonies, held last week. Mr. Erickson and wife, Martha, reside at Hill Garden Homes. They are parents of four children Tiliery extreme rignt, irontj, uuama shows an aerial view of Hill to a group of executives from B. Barton, Ogden Northrop. Seated (left to right) are Harmon and former class mate Commercial Security Bank f the president of Northrop; Whitely C. Collins, Northrop president; Lt. Gen. (USAF Retired) Ennis C. Whitehead, Northrop Gen. M. IS. Bri tjom-MBi- Vice-preside- and Gen. Tiliery. LUKunish OOAM A Deputy consultant; mresentative; dignitaries er nt Rear row (left to right) are Col. Commander; Les Coates, Hill AFB The and John R. Alison, Northrup spent last Tuesday morning on a good will visit. Vice-preside- Heads Five Winners Win Right To Compete Wet Denot In Road-E-Joust at Oklahoma AMA V Short Visit' Top drivers were named this as winners of Hill's orthrop O Week 1955 Road-e-- o nlaved host AFB this week Northrop three top executives of rcraft, Inc. of Hawthorne, io came to the base on ill visit. a Calif., good- - Collins, North-i- p Mr. John R. Alison, in charge of custom-relation- s; and Lt. Gen. (USAF (tired) Ennis C. Whitehead, Spe-- I Consultant to Northrop: re C. Mr. Whitely President; ived a tour and lunch-i- n morning briefing, their Tuesday during at Hill. Harmon B. Barton, vice- of Ogden Commercial Se-pi- ty Bank, was on hand to re- acquamtances with Mr. Col-Mr- .: Mr. Og-den- Barbara Moon, Benjamin ot base. Nat was a short brief in r and Mary Flint; hv f!nl Haney,Benjamin Speer, Louis Cor-te' Coffield. director of main- Leland and Larson; Bus ElKe engineering. Col. Coffield den Hamblin, Robert Kafka, and the erourj how tha a,, Charles Mormon; Truck-Tractof Northrop at Hill fit-m- o John Riggs, Brent Allen, and Roy the depot's maintenance Talbott; Fuel Servicer James ?ppiy picture. Strebel, Rulon Stephens, and Hos-pe- h wing a visit of maintenance Crawford. lUeS. thA mvirn J J WT Driefintr nrA o Hill AFB drivers took l rii : Sixty-twpart in the meet, held June 16 and Ton-and-a-H- z, or F-8- 9's dB.FdK;of7up; ntH I!4 v.'he nde was a "S"gni, new super" cstruction. ifgSSt9! 3fiied 17. Officer b wie -- Club the party, cli- - same CeSIideShow nhotoo'rnw base, Present O ' "J y O 115 New Area Picked for Scrap Lumber Sales Public sales of scrap lumber will be held at a new oroa of Hill Air Force Base, ac cording to Lt. Col. G. L. Southwell, Chief of the Disposal division. Persons wishing to purcnase eomn lumDer ana kuiuuiik wuu s between may do so on week-days. 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. except will area sales lumber Scrap be open saturaays irom i;w . Tl.TM. until tIip new sales area is located Hill AFB ..or tho North Gate of to xraiiic. a gate formerly closed Customer may gain access to thehv turnine off Highwnw f LffnAd,?lat.the Utah Power Wednesday v monitoring the base's civilian popu- ation. Mr. Freeman reports that his bond representatives at all lev els are again making the rounds, setting their sights on 100 per cent participation. "The reasons Sgt. Hakimoto gave for military personnel to buy bonds also apply to all Hill civilians," Mr. Freeman said. Maior Weigle pointed out that military and civilians working to- ( Continued on page 3.) uu-dav- ' photographer to ill Winners Road-e-- o run-f- fi by air fefc3 dePtedafternoon. i show opens Friday, July 15 and runs through Sunday, July 17. The production portrays in story and song the trials and tribulations of the trek of Utah's pioneers. Opening night has been declared Pioneer Night. One or more of the four living Weber County pioneers that came to Utah prior to opening of the railroad on May 10, 18G9, will be feted. Tickets for the presentation are at 50 cents for children, $1.25 for general admission, $1.75 for reserved seats, and $2 for box seats. Igor G o r i n, internationally famous baritone of concert, radio and TV, will again sing the role of Brigham Young. "All Faces West," has received national acclaim and rave notices from drama and music critics alike. The 01 at the Ogden-Riverda- le u, d, coneciors Polish, and- vhiM !. ..Hieg, c a. l oe making, the be w different rock collec- - V xfibilllsited to attend tt,0e will be no . .. -- . .i,m 5n the recent inners in each of live a Tinker AFB,' Okla Road-e-- o are ready to compete in zone f.nals John 0. August 10 through 12. They are (left Barbara Moon, Eldin Hamblin, winners Riggs. Strebel, Moon, Hamblin, from last year. First place v. fJ'revL X i .VAX . Col. G. D. Timmons Colonel F Presented Two Medals Colonel Gordon D. Timmons, 4Clst Air Base Group Commander, has been presented the Legion 01 Merit and Republic of South Korea's Ulchi Medal, according: to Lt. Frederick J. Seidner, 416st Information Services Officer. The colonel won his awards for an outstanding combat record dur ing the time he commanded the 17th Bomb Group in the Korean conflict. 6 His group in Korea was responsible for continuous harassing and destruction of supply trains, convoys, railheads, airfields and other strategic targets. While under Col. Timmons' command, the bomb group was awarded the B-2- Presidential Unit Citation, and re ceived numerous commendations from the U. S. Army praising its combat ground support. The colonel has a colorful ser vice record, nis military accomplishments include commanding a squadron or untisn "jjeauiignters during World II, establishing a a fighter-intercept- or training school, and graduating from the Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell AFB, Ala. While serving in the European Theater of War, he flew and direct ed his squadron through campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia and Italy. At Anzio he was cited by the French for his squadron's night support work. Col. Timmons also wears the Croix De Guerre, campaign .ribbons from Europe, Africa, and Pacific theaters of operation, and lumber as anyone else. "Hillfield- - has earned six major battle stars. A native of Elbert, Texas, the rs can buy all the scrap lumber colonel presently resides In Hoopuoi, that they can haul home," said er with his wife and six childrtn. Southwell. road, then following the road past o the drive-i- n tneaire xo nm K nrth Cats. . . Customers will De aireciea w a niu tht tiiv inmhAr sales area DyAFB gate guard. . . . . Snnthwell said that non- imotile scran lumber and kind wood can be purchased at the ling v.0.11 fnr is cents ner uw-iuand and trailer-loaauto $100 per truck-ioa$2 per Tha colonel emphasized that nil Air Force Base personnel are just as eligible to purchase the scrap ri o ?Proximately one hour Honored ! competition. First place winner in each of five classes were: Barbara Moon, Sedan; Benjamin Speer, Ton - and - a - half Truck: Elden Hamblin, Bus; ana jonn .uiggs, xrucK-xracco- r; James Strebel, Fuel Servicer. The winners will go on to com- HSlltielders Given pete in zone finals at Tinker, AFB, Special Invite Okla., on August 10 through 12. Winners of that meet will be eli- To "All Faces West" gible to enter the national finals Hill AFB personnel have been to be held at AMC headquarters, given a special invitation to the Dayton, Ohio, in September. presentation of "All Faces West," $100. Hill's civilian contingent has not 's feature of Four of the drivers were repeat the musical-dram- a been neglected. Roy Freeman, em Pioneer Days. winners "from last year. They are ployee services, is in charge of Speer, Elden Hamblin and James Strebel. Drivers proved their skill by Barton and the Northron jockeying their, vehicles over a ident were classmates in col- - precision driving course and passing written tests,' including the Theerouri was Pi-i- t State Vehicle Code. Kit Utah p.m nip. E. Tillerv. OOAM A Three winners were named in The general crave the vomitives each of the five classes. They were: briefing of the mis-m- Sedan Barbara Alnona Moon, the Vesident Major Weigle pointed out that civilian participation has passed the per cent mark. Military bond buyers now average IS per cent of the base's military strength. Accordingly, additional emphasis is being placed on urging Hill military to get on the bond wagon. MSgt. K. R. Takimoto, military personnel division, is directing the drive for military personnel. The sergeant is asking his bond monitors to take extra pains to point out to the military the advantages of buying bonds. "Buying U. S. Savines Bonds is a terrific way of saving" money," said Sgt. Takimoto. As example, he said, bonds held for 20 years return $1.80 for each dollar invested. "Store up a bunch of bonds and you can finance your education, have a business, buy a house, purchase an automobile, and lots of other things when you get out of the service," the sergeant said. Also bond buying is a sure way of financing your children's education, he reported. To make bond buying as easy as possible, Hill military can take out a minimum of $G.2o per month. This will give them a bond every three months. In one year the officer or airman will have saved |