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Show A HOME ON THE RANGE to CHARLES E. WEST, whose interests run from planes and hundred a six and n wide-opespaces ponies, is bound for the coioraao in acre ranch forty iiext week. Back in 1941 he was heading for the cow country and the life of a nomad, when America plunged into war and he rolled up his sleeves and plunged with her. Practically reared with army equipment, he for his new was role in defense as armament In 1933 he branch foreman. own his owned parachute service in Denver and previous to that was engrossed in aircraft maintenance and armament work for years. Milestones in his career: as his first job at Hill Field he installed torpedo racks on a 6, later he repairever ed some of the first Charles E. West flown over Japan. Aspirations: (1) to go gallivanting about under the sun and stars meeting the tussle with nature can give; (2) to challenge that ' saddle horses. raise TIME OUT FOR APPLAUSE MARTHA E. BURROWS, who repairs, patches, and rivets over In sheet metal, donned her glad rags last week and joined thou sands of revelers in celebrating the two-da- y victory holiday then remembered that it was the. first time she had been off. the job for over a year. In spite of the attention demanded by a house, a working husband, and two husky children, she's managed to stick to her post without a day of absence. She knows the maintenance of hangars as well as she knows her own kitchen and the maintenance employes as well as her own pots and pans. But, she says, full-tibaking, washing, and sewing will corrte later. Once a beautician, she grew of a patronizing clientele tired '$ Villi Mltt0l c and yearned for the forthright-nes- s and work of Martha E. Burrows war industry. Hil Field Operators Are Heard Dirt Seldom Seen By Polly McQuown man. Spin the dial d She's your unheralded at 8' a.m. or 2 a.m., is there and the switchboard operator or Zannzibar if York New to ready to relay your call remains as necessary. And yet for all her service, she or Mrs. Bronx from the unknown to you as Lew Riley other voice at A. the L. the Conway somewhere down in a of middle in the long end of the line; the unseen person as the zero you chain of processes, almost as cipher-lik- e dial to summon her to your aid. h Behind the scenes, though, she becomes a servcommunications reality. Take a stroll to base ices, seek out the switchboard secluded away in one corner of the building, and you find her taking the calls and relaying the calls with all the precision There's Jim Bailey,- - chief operator, who knows as much about telephones and communications as Pattern knows about front-lin- e strategy, and Lillian O'Neil, assistant chief, and Glendora Jackson, night supervisor and Marsaret Clotworthv. Then there's Velda Drollinger, U. of U. coed, and Delores Kirkland. Mary Lawton, Elsie . Shields, Leona Ward, and Mable Wilkins. 'Work Must Go On' These employes were chosen by a preliminary interview with Lt. Mary C. Herdjna, assistant base communications service branch, and .a check through the. intelligence office. They know that, except for the usual rest periods and lunch period, they must stick to their duties with all the vigilance of a sentinel sticking at his post. They know also that the blowing of the shift whistle doesn't necessarily signal the Cessation of their activities. The regular switchboard team consists of three employes. Their chief business is to keep necessary calls flowing smoothly. A nimble flick of their wrist and they've connected you with Salt Lake. Another swift movement and they've relayed a report of fire or: an emergency call for an ambulance. Another gesture and they've placed a priority call to Wright Field, To the uninitiated, this switch board operation looks like a sleight of hand performance with all its digital gymnastics. As a matter of fact, though, the operator finds it all as automatic as pounding a typewriter. An BUS MAN BROWN especially adept operator can master the switchboard in LEONARD BROWN doesn't own a pair of seven league boots about two weeks and the average operator can become but during the two and a half years he has worked at Hill Field a whiz in three months. made-to-ord- down-to-eart- B-2- hand-to-ha- Club Offers WednesdayTalent Thursday niehiwith prizes! Friday-Bi- ngo odiuraay upen Sunday Dance tra. 2?fst - house. , .rSTfL night Game with QuartemJ Xiwh AAF base madron unit. ; jwunaay Bingo with prid j.uesaay Movie. Wednesday Dance with chestra. . Guests: 11T wac, lUZBth. and 1030th Air Service SqJ runs, luma wand, Medics 41 AAF base unit, guard squadl 1(V i3atn scu. 9s nd , : me down-to-ear- th he's chalked up enough mileage to insist that he does. As the No Time For Daydreaming driver of a bus frivolously dubbed the "Golden Goose" he's Presence of mind is one of the stellar requisites of this made a daily trek of one hundred and five miles from Hoytsville, to job, says Supervisor Bailey. The operator simply can't Hill Field and back, spending the the amazing average of Utah, drowse or daydream. Build a castle in Spain during three hours per day on the road. And what is more noteworthy, he's transported approximately forty passengers to work every work hours and you'll likely have a hopeless muddle and day without fail from comparatively isolated little Summit and an irate public on your hands. Morgan County towns. The "Golden Goose," once a glamour girl Chalk up also as top-notrequisites a pleasant perof her species, cost her original owner the round sum of $30,000 an a and voice, sonality, appealing and was complete with drawing room, kitchen, smoking room, and observation platform. When Brown bought her, he stripped off her memory. ornate trappings and converted her into a work-a-da- y The conclusion you might draw from the above is creature. He's known for his expert workmanship and diplomacy as an inspector obvious. If you can concentrate on your job as you'd over in ine maintenance vemcle section. concentrate on a mathematical stickler, remain unflus-tere- d RECORD SMASHER in case of emergency, and don't have that peculiar EDNA GRANT, a tiny figure almost hidden behind her desk mental quirk which makes 8264 come out 8624 then over in branch two, doesn't look as if she's helped to move mounor tains incite monumental events. And it's true that she hasn't you'll probably take to the switchboard as peaches to fired a gun or dropped a bomb or even repaired a plane over in cream. maintenance. But branch employes, checking her record the other day, decided that she had made her own individual contribution to the war by being neither absent nor tardy at Hill Field for the last two and a half years. She attributes this record to her zest for clerical work and to a physical fitness bequeathed her by her n i i sturdy forebears. "Illness has never kept me from work a single ! ch better-than-avera- ge Switchboard Slight of Hand r day in all my life," she boasts. Several years ago she studied clerical work in Chicago with Robert Gregg, originator of the Gregg shorthand system, and since then has been a home economics teacher and, more recently, defense worker. Present assignment: stock record clerk. the recipient of the Air m and oak leaf cluster bestoi upon her husband for merit! ous achievement in aerial fli Railroads Offer Jobs to Veteran; American railroads, especii those in the west, are facinj critical labor shortage and off e ine a variety of jobs to service men. Many soldiers i have never worked on a i road before, are believed by -- war department to have which are needed by the sli tra pprtation industry. Skilled workers required the order of their urgency,car machinists, boilermakers, nairmen and inspectors, m sheet fitters, telegraphers, electricu workers, sienalmen, Kispircmithc hrak'men. fire and switchmen. In additiod these skilled trades, 62,000 skilled workers are also nee Counselors at separation. ters can provide informa empl railroad onnrprninir ment, as can representative! t d;io4 the War "nATsr r--r q Rptii-emen- Manpower tl IS ON THE WEDNESDAY ir.HT" 11:20-11:5- "MELOj 5 V KSL 1160. The end of the war means Ogden temporary end of all Command corvirp tv,i r " the exfl aio programs, ,.,ih ". t tion of "Melodic Flight. w" late i evening musical from tn h hpard i1 to 11:55 every Wednesday . Jsl-over radio station 1 i- -oi v the world Air Transport Command's North African Division. Plugging away at full speed, he's now engaged in helping move thousands of veterans per month to the U. S., one of the greatest air transport movements in history. Previous experience: mechanical training at Hill Field; radio training at Sioux Falls, S. D., and Reno, Nev. "'"; V :- a;- - Theater "None But the P"rP,,e.jT became instantly .. r . HULL, fresh from branch five, is dusting off her equipment this week and going to work down in branch one. As the new supervisor of one of the stock record units in the branch, eye when it comes to checking paper work the has an for laDoraiop equipment and metals. She succeeded Hugh tf erred to another branch unit. Aird, who The three posthumous aws wmcn were to have been sented at retreat ceremonies Wednesday, August 18th. wil1 awarded instead on WednesJ August 29th. Because of the nouncement Aul Tuesday, xi ui, oi me surrender of Japanese, a large majority of troops at OATSC were relei from duty for a two day holil causing the postponement of treat ceremonies. .' An Air Medal and two leaf clusters will be presen Ezra Jensen, father of T- Dale E. Jensen, who was kij in action over Germany; the tinguished Flying Cross and Medal will be presented Helen B. Brown, wife of Ralph O. Brown, also killed action over Germany, and 1 Betty M. Bunderson, wifewillof William O. Bunderson, 'Melodic Flight' Continue on AirMi me . f Making Award: and mission. he-m- an NEW ADDITION Date Chanaed k. GALA DAY, NO HOLIDAY RALPH D. WOOLLEY, veteran property and supply clerk in A. O. C. P. section, followed the bent of a regular on the victory holiday and hied himself away to a ranch in Randolph, Wyo., to help round up cattle. ILENE NICHERSON, retiring miss over in miscellaneous repair, threw convention to the four winds and hitch-hike- d up Provo canyon with a girl friend. VERN C. STRAND, of area activities, wielded the hammer and the saw and went to work on his house in Salt Lake. MAIN-LIN- E MAN PFC. RUSSELL R. LAKIN knows Tripoli famous pre-w- ar resort and one-tiheadquarters for Italy's Fascist air force as well as he knows his native Salt Lake. For he's now stationed at Mellaha Air Base, just a few miles from this city, where as a flight radio operator he's a part of one of the largest airlines in SHIRLEY all-seei- ng Your Servid left-han- er B-2- J 1 'Hello Girls' Perform Big J0b On Telephone Switchboard Parade JPaS&infy AUGUST 22, The Hillfielder - . I. 1 me Japanese enrrpnaer,cv,J were cancelled pending m ll t nH content,. . . r J t iviiliav J T their helpmates, aim to please .fiL. on r,f "p"lors' pnasca w 7 Job twenty-fou- r hours a day. They are Mar-Car- et Lwill be in the near ?' presented Clotworthy. Mabel Wilkins. and Elsfe P. Shields. ture. |