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Show August29aJ HILL TOP TIMES Page 2 Oven, 100 Navy Men 'Zfiitl At Hill for Gunnery Training BUT LA WD, PLEASE DON'T HELP THAT BEAR! Hill Air Force Base became the Having a 400 pound wild animal as an uninvited midnight guest in a flimsy camping tent sounds like a typical wua-we- st scene of a joint Naval and Air story of years ago but a Hillfielder and his Force operation this week when wife found themselves playing two principal roles the Navy's crack VF-72- 0 Fighter in just such an adventure, with the starring part be- 'Squadron moved in for summer Vern gunnery training. ing played a big brown and hungry bear. swear his and Claudia, rubber wife, repair, Nearly 100 navy men, who pilot Egan, there's just no sound to equal that a big bear thump- and crew the sleek F8F "Bearcat" two ing around outside of your tent. There's just one fighters settled down for aForce Air Utah at week feller lifts the when the that's stay worse, they declare, J thing up his big paw, claws himself an opening, in the tent, Depot. They will "stage" out of crawls in right over the bed and starts looking Hill Field, and practice air gunnery, - and around for something to eat. That's the predica- - rocket firing, and bombing at the Vern Egan ment the Egans found .themselves in when they Air Force range at Wendover, acspent their recent vacation camping out at Yellowstone Park. With cording to Lt. R. M. Chambers, the unwelcome Squadron Public Information Ofthe Mrs. in a state of shock, it fell to Egan to get rid of 400 out to scare the door and pound bear ficer. visitor. Opening the trying Lt. "We are weekend-warriors- ," to ailed stove disturb the beast at the f a on tin against pan by beating nick He said. Chamber decided the he'd discovered used and cheese of the he'd finished all. When piece name applied to Naval Reserve that the occupants of the tent didn't appeal to him as a midnight snack, men who are technically civilians, came in. he out The shaken on the shuffled way Bruin calmly Big wife swears the bear thumped around outside the tent the rest of the but report to active duty on weekends and for two weeks each sumnight, but Egan thinks the noise they heard was just the combined mer. The Squadron is based at the pounding of their hastey hearts. Naval Air Station at Denver, but TOE TAPPING six of the pilots are from Salt Lake An extra special treat for engine repair workers on the swing shift City. has kept everybody's toes tapping during lunch period. It's good old The Public Information Officer western music and old time waltzes being sent out over the shop"s ampli- said that the purpose of the trainfying system. And better than ever, the music is furnished by local ing is twofold: To keep the unit at talent a trio of engine repair workers who get some ral music out of top gunnery effeciency level, and their blending of an accordion, mandolin and guitar. Ai Jorgensen, shop to sustain flying proficiency. maintenance branch and a former USO trouper, on the accordion; Phil "That scar on Krebs, engine repair branch, on mandolin; and Floyd Byington, engine head must be are the musicians who are getting the ap- very annoying." your repair branch, on guitar "Oh if o f n aH,I,. plause and pleas for more from engine repair folk. CAREER GAL Glad to be back in her favorite working spot supply is Edith E. Stoddard. Edith returned to supply last May after spending several years at the Naval Supply Depot at Spokane, Washington. She got her first taste of supDear Friend or ply while working at Hill from 1946 to 1947. "Pm glad to get back with ail my friends," she says. In addition to her many duties in the material facilities Fellow American: division, Edith also acts as 'news reporter for her coworkers. And, that's not all, in addition to being a career gal, Edith and husband, Basil, are doing a In recent years, no seg-me- nt wonderful job of raising three lovely daughters, Joyce of our American pop15, Janet 13, and Judy Sue 3. Basil also is a supply worker with job as warehouse forman in the stor- ulation has been more acEdith Stoddard age branch. LOUIE'S BACK! Louie, One of Edith's top stories in this issue is: tively and earnestly ento material facilities division employees, is Louis B. Bonomo who will be back to work at Hill as a civilian in a few days. TSgt. Bonomo was regaged in political affairs x called to active duty in February 1951. He has been stationed at than working man. Air Depot, France, where his wife, Norma (former secretary to William G. Leithiser) and twin daughters joined him in December 1951. This is a healthy situation. Bonomo was commended while in France by General J. H. Hicks (former director of Supply at Hill) for outstanding warehousing. "Which," This interest in politics states reporter Stoddard, "is not too surprising to material facilities division as he was doing outstanding work in warehouse 4 when he was prompts me to make a sperecalled to duty." cial effort to call your atPARTY PATTER 15 food and and for fun the date, was the place, August Lagoon tention to my attitude and all was on the calendar for inspection and research branch, supply, pertwo held to the for sections annual was event the The party get sonnel. my record regarding the better acquainted. Thanks for a successful party go to committee members Dennis DeGreve, Wayne Gamble, Leah Lindsay, Chloe Harington, importance of wages and ' Shirley Cook and Margaret Hartley. salaries. My economic philAn evening of dining and dancing at the Chick Chick Inn was enAda joyed by personnel from warehouse 8A a week ago Saturday. . . .wishosophy can be summed up was extended gifts and best Jensen, packing and corrosion control, held her for Ada's a the other farewell at party es by day. in a few words: forthcoming schedule calls for two months in California and the winter in Florida. Prosperity begins with Playing hosts to a dinner dancing party at the Apollo Club were material facilities division personnel. Among invited guests to the af the wage earners. If the fair were the visiting AMC area activity team and various division and branch chiefs. . . . Management and procedures office personnel and in people who work for wages vited guests met at the officers club recently for a farewell lunch in and salaries and make up honor of John D. GoldncK, wno is transiernng irom tim alter years of service in the supply division. Toastmaster for the affair was R. R. the broad base of our econHarington. Alene Hyde, accompanied on the piano by Lola Mae Argyle, selections. musical two with entertained omy earn enough, they will A "whale of a good party" to welcome new personnel recently transferred from AMC was held by material control division at Lagoon. buy and consume ample Swimming, eating and sports were enjoyed by those in attendance with goods to keep the producsupply folks gathering later in the afternoon for a program. MARRIAGE MEMO'S tive facilities of the counWedding bells rang for Rose Brown, packing and corrosion control She is now the new Mrs. George Bradshaw from Tremonton. . . . Rectry booming. This IS proslamation section now lists two young newlyweds on their roles. They perity. are James Anglin and Marilyn Burden, who decided to make it Mr. and Mrs. and chose Elko, Nevada as their weding site. BABY TALK In the depression days, Walter Pantle of inspection section, is passing around the cigars when I was serving as this week celebrating the arrival of a new son. This makes six little A baby girl, weighing 8 and Panties. pounds arived at the W. W. chairman of the Federal Schrieber home a few days back. Captain Schrieber, the "proud pap" is . . . office. "Brad" is name control of the the packaging chosen in charge Reserve Board in Washingfor the new son born to Laurence A. Hyden, wash rack, maintenance. ton, D. C, my great aim WE'VE BEEN TOLD Melvin Rigby, employee in cargo operations, transportation division, was to place in the hands Is mighty proud of his younger brother, Glenn, who is now stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington. Glenn has just come through a rugged exof these wage and salary perience as a prisoner of war in North Korea and Manchuria. Glennearners the means of buymade two attempts to escape, and failed, but the third try proved sue- J Chat-earou- ... It's still all the style to hit the vacation trail, and Hillfielders are still at it. Dell Saxton, supply, and wife, DeVona, civilian personnel, en- joyed the sights in Yellowstone. . . . Theola Fay, supply, is vacationing in Nebraska for a very special reason. She's visiting her first grandchild. . . . Derrah and Mary Wiggill, inspection division, enjoyed a vacation trip to the park also. . . . John and Barbara Pears enjoyed a five day vacation in Sun Valley, Idaho. John is chief of manufacture and repair branch inspection division and Barbara is a machine shop inspector. . . . Louis Slagowskl, cargo operations section, and his wife travelled about 5400 miles on their three-wee- k vacation through Eastern America. . . . Melvin Rigby, transportation, and his wife made a trip thru the Pacific Northwest, Calnfornia and Nevada. . . . Ruth O'Neill, passenger and household goods branch, her husband and sons spent their vacation in their trailer in Yellowstone. Butterfingors? NO ... AIM'S ing goods and services. To accomplish this, I cated and had much to do with the program of public works, debtors' relief, un- - LENGTH BLUR! Your bifocals may not be giving you proper aid in the "arm's length" range of vision. Visit a skilled optometrist. Let him explain how CONTINUOUS VISION LENSES can give you clear, comfortable continuous vision in all visual fields near, arm's length, and distance! Fog at your finger-tips- ? - PAY NOTHING DOWN, 51 A WEEK 2443 UTAH Washington Blvd. . . OGDEN, SALT LAKE CITY 273 South Main . employment compensation, and old age pensions. IIS? fsP Other parts of the same program which I helped bring about are the Feder al Deposit Insurance, which guarantees the average family's bank deposits, and 'the Federal Housing Act, which stimulated home building and makes it pos sible for every family to own a home. the li !6SSf 111. 1 The philosophy of starting prosperity at the bot tom instead of at the top is of vital importance to the man or woman who works for a wage or salary. This is my economic , In addition, if nominated MAIffilliB! S. ECCLES r Candidate for SENATOR and elected, I will support a program for maximum employment and production within the framework of a stable economy, and I will fight with all my the knowledge and energy inflation that is destroying the purchasing power of wages, salaries, and Republican Party I sincerely hope that my of the ECCLES In the Primary September 9th activities on behalf great wage and salary group will entitle me to your support at the pri mary election September 9. 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