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Show Monday, April 10, 1944 THE SEAGULL Page 3 Naval Depot Observes First Commissioning Anniversary ONE YEAR AGO... today in a drenching downpour, the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot was literally “launched,” and has since become an integral part of the U. S. Navy. The scene from the commissioning ceremony pictured at left shows a section of the First Woman Employeon Depot Reminisces About “Early Days” “| knew it when,’”’ might be the statement of Mrs. Esther Porter, who not only was the first woman to be employed at the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot, but also helped in the actual plans for personnel organization which were formulated in the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Washington, D. C. Her orders the took her to Oakland, California, where actual operations were begun to form the nucleus of civilian personnel for the Clearfield depot. empty seats which were vacated when “the rains came.’’ Of the 923 civilians employed at NSD Employes Possessing Out-of-State Licenses at that time, 354 arestill serving May Obtain Stickers by employes and visitors, alike the Navy at Clearfield today. Twenty of the original29 officers remain after one year. Storage Group Boasts Several “Old Timers” One short. year. Highway ago, Lt. Hankins, .Assistant honor Chief The stickers will be ready her training. soon, and their issue will be At the present time her handled through the gas and heart is with the Army . . . since tire rationing beard. include considerably over 200 men and women to whose care has been entrusted a tremen-dous and ever-incerasing volume of Navy material and sup- her husband, Ross Porter, formerly of Driggs, Idaho, is with ie dee Personnel Increases the transportation corps some- where overseas, but her workin: ing allegiance is to the Navy Officer personnel has creased over 500 percentin the at Clearfield. last year. There are more en- Importance of Women listed men at the depot today “The importance of the work than civilian employes eight being done by womenin activmonths ago and the number of ities like Clearfield can not be civilians employed today has over-emphasized,”’ states Mrs. doubled in the last four Porter as she surveys work plies. Among. the numerous “old among the first Utahns to b2 hired at NSD and is the man who donated ‘NavyBill”’ as of- will Clerk. that organization has grown to Wally Blaylock, (right) was Patrol, windshield sticker permits issued by the depot on all cars bearing out-of-state licenses for 1944, announces Henry C. Comdr. A. M. Kessenich assited by two officers and 29 storekeepers took over the Storage Group at NSD. Today timers’’ of Storage Group are the three civilians pictured at right with Lt. Comdr. Kessenich and the depot mascot, “Navy Bill.” Out-of-state employes having other than Utah 1944license plates on their automobiles will be relieved to know that an agreement. between NSD and the State Tax Commission together with the State months. Skilled Positions Open At Clearfield Depot has increased to 33. Women on The following positions need the depot hold all kinds of ratings—stenes, typists, chauf- depot mascot. feurs, laborers, Clark operators, fire fighters, patrolmen, and many others. tion, CAF-9; Inspector of ConApril 10, and has one of the struction (Mech.) CAF-9; Inlongest civil service records of 'spector of Construction (Elec.) any depot employe. | CAF-9; Bookkeeping Mach. Eugene Reed (second from— z left) lived for 23 years on his ae pts. form which was located on the If you have, or know someland now a part of the Quonset |one who has, the training to hut area and part ofthe site of| fill one of these positions, consupervisor, was present- the Administration last Building. | ‘ In 1942 he wentto work for the | ee Hee Betty Se In contractors constructing the| bbb Navy Depot Calls For More Workers Sixty-five Indians have left their San Domingo Reservation farms to help relieve labor shortage at NSD. Some have returned to cultivate their : terviewer in the Personnel - Di=: ‘ farms while others are remain- base, and later transferred to Vision, and file your applicacivil service. tion for consideration. STORES MOVEMENT .. . has handled more than 24,000 cars at Clearfield NSD since the commisisoning of the depot a year ago. These cars contained equipment totalling nearly 825,000,000 pounds. Officer in charge of Stores Movement is Lt. (jg) J. E. Turley (standing) while C. E. Denny (seated left) is the administration supervisor. Beginning his employment at NSD just one year ago today, Joseph N. Buck (seated right) now serves as supervisor in incoming and outgoing cars section. KEEPING TRACK .. . of all material coming into the depot is, briefly, the function of the Incoming Stores Group, which has grown to one of the largest on the depot during the past year. Incoming Stores’ officer in charge and six of ‘its supervisors are all among those who witnessed the official commissioning a year ago. As pictured at right they are: (standing left to DISBURSING OFFICE sees that both civilian and military personnel get their pay. Up until a few weeks ago, Lieut. J. T. Schriver signed every pay check issued at NSD, but after 89,820 signatures he was relieved by the check signing machine pictured above. This gadget can make as many as 10,000 checks “legal tender” in an hour. problems of the 1416 women employed at the depot. Whenthe depotfirst started there were only two women supervisors; now the number Robert to be filled at the Naval Supply Spargur, (extreme left) storage Depot: Inspector of Contsrucficial Arriving at the depot, No| vember 20, 1942, she aided in setting up the personnel department at Clearfield and hiring employes locally. Since then she has advanced to head of the civilian welfare department where her work deals with both personal and work problems. Works in Washington Mrs. Porter attended both the Branch Agricultural college in Cedar City and the LDS business college in Salt Lake City. She has worked two years for private enterprise and five years for the government in Utah, Washington, D. C., and California since “she finished right) A. E. Krueger, Mrs. Rose Gaul, Mrs. Eva Moyers, Miss Vervene Johnson, Jess D. Hull. Seated are Roy Thomas and Lieut. C. V. Shawler. ing through the summer. NSD needs 300 male laborers, 350 female laborers, 250 box makers and 250 storekeepers immediately. Also positions are open for typists, stenographers and other clerical workers. |