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Show national Guard Picks Riffle Tec a Plans for Boxing Team Underv;; i The queen contest ruife now available for any 0! girls interested in trying fo the queen of the s-.' , ville National Guard iji ball. 2nd Lt. Blaine M. j is the chairman of the 0 contest, he has the ( blanks and contest rules r talent, modeling in h suit, and sociability wii; most of the points fot queen contestants. On the 16th of De 116th had a roller skatir. jty at the Park Ro-She rink. The officers an; commissioned officers sti rest of the enlisted men; company to a game o: away with a basketball.; and being able to sta-knocks, sta-knocks, kicks, and bio vored the enlisted men j ever, and they won. Race j held also and again ti listed men won. After s j for two hours the guarc j bers went back to the a ! where they stuffed the; j on barbequed hamburge: : soda pop. The officers c j serving while the enlists ate and took care of th- ! ing casualties. The 116th Engineer Company Com-pany (lt. eq.) has been busy the past few weeks picking a rifle team, making plans for a boxing team to enter in the state competition, and preparing prepar-ing for the coming queen contest. con-test. In the past three weeks the 116th has had three shoot-offs to determine the best 22 rifle shots in the company. The ten men with the highest scores were selected for the team. They are 1st Lt. Kenneth G. Larsen, 2nd Lt. Donald C. Cole, Warrant Officer Robert Bringhurst, M-Sgt. Paul Ence, SFC. Dean Tipton and J. Frank Hunt, Sp2 Jesse K. Marrott and Dennis Tanner; Sp3 Duane Hone, and PFC. David Boyer. The first practice shoot will be at the Spanish Fork Armory Thursday night. Competition will be the 145th Field Artillery, Btry. C from Spanish Fork. After a few practice shoots seven of these ten will be selected to enter into in-to the state contest as the team from the 116th. The Utah National Guard is sponsoring a boxing program this year in which winners at the state contest will be entered enter-ed into the state AAU match. The Springville guard unit has some very good prospective boxers that should do- well in the contest. Plans are being made now for a training program pro-gram and some practice bouts with nearby communities. The 116th team members will compete com-pete in the 116th Eng. Group contest in Murray. Winners here will go to the state meet, then to the state AAU if they win all bouts. |