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Show Thursday, May 10, 2007 OREM TIMES Page 1 1 Navy man gets education veterans have always felt very strongly about my obligation obliga-tion to the government. It has always been a privilege to me. In fact, U it should be a volunteer service. The government paid for my marvelous education. Of course as V-12 students, we only got $50 a month, but we were under Navy rules, and if you messed up, scholastically or otherwise, you were out to sea the next day! So you were very careful about what you did. We had to get up at six o'clock every morning, fall out in our sweats, then jog in formation down the streets of Pasadena, and more often than that, down the streets of San Marino, where the very wealthy lived. There we were at six o'clock, "Hut, 2, 3, 4," etc. Jogging in San Marino lasted only one semester. Besides, we were falling asleep in class. We stayed up late studying, in spite of the rule to go to bed at 10:30. That "early" bedtime hour didn't make sense. Cal Tech is noted for its clever clev-er stunts. For example, some students would change the directions for the card stunts at a UCLA or USC game, so that when the cards went up, they would spell "CAL TECH." On one "senior day" (the day the seniors ditched class), one group of students took Many Levels of m T T"i f"? mmrrl in nrt .... M b n i r a t Qua Get a Gift Certificate for any procedure (S&StenniMi Et2 Copy Editor's note: This is the third of a three-part series about Reed Nixon, who lived in California when World War II broke out. He now lives in Orem. This week: Thanks to the Navy's V-12 program, Nixon receives a fine education. apart another student's Model T Ford, took the pieces to his dorm room, put the car back together, started the engine, and then reversed the lock on the door. It was a Navy tradition that its mess halls be run by Filipinos. Some of my friends made some Ni3I3 (nitrogen tri-iodide), a liquid compound that, when it dries, forms small crystals that explode when disturbed. They spread it all over the tables, so that every time a Filipino server put down a plate, jug of water, or tray, bang! there would be a little pop. So we lost the superstitious supersti-tious Filipinos for a day. A number of my professors were world-famous scientists and mathematicians. In April 1946, at age 19, 1 graduated from Cal Tech with a major in electrical engineering engineer-ing and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy, even though I had never been to boot camp. Of course I had had to do some marching and had been in some parades. I was sent to Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, to wait for orders. My orders were to fly to Pearl Harbor, where I stayed in BOQ (bachelor officers' quarters). The officers' clubs in Honolulu were wonderful. I could get a jeep out of the motor pool anytime I wanted, so after church on Sundays, I Heritage Care Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation Long Term Care Assisted Living Level 1 Respite Care Hospice Integrated Secured Unit Care to ? V4 nancing oac. 111 '3l:,5T' EXIT 269 (2 blocks iff mm 'Ik' ' it ' would ask the prettiest girl to go driving with me. I worked as a coding officer for CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet), coding and decoding messages. All I needed to know was how to type; a machine did the coding and decoding. And what was going on was scary! WWII was over, and the Berlin Wall and the Berlin blockade hadn't happened yet, so everyone thought we were "friends" with the Soviets. But the military brass know that war with the Soviets was a potential po-tential reality. There was a category of messages that was more secret than "top secret." The messages messag-es were about positioning the fleet in such a way as to give the U.S. a military advantage. This was also during the testing of atomic bombs in Enewetak. The military was anxious that the U.S. be the primary power in the world. I remember later seeing photographs pho-tographs of huge destroyers and cruisers standing on end in Bikini Atoll, a result of underwater under-water blasts. Some veterans may wish, on their own, to tape or digital record their memories of military service. These will be transcribed and archived. For instructions on how to do this, e-mail Don Norton, at donnortonbyu.edu. Center 350 East 300 North American Fork, Utah 84003 801-756-5293 es Needs Not sure what the name is yet. r but we're workin' on it. 1400 S. SANDHILL RD. OREM, UT South ofUVSC) '229-3600 1 . PoiceBeat I SELECTED INCIDENTS AS COMPILED BY STAFF. BUSINESS BURGLARY - A thief used a large rock to break the glass in the door at Gon-dalfos Gon-dalfos sandwich shop at 1126 S. State and managed for find $50 and stole some chips and a phone from the business. The burglary happened sometime early Monday morning, May 7, as the owner of the business had been at the store until about 4:30 a.m. Monday morning. Chamber of Commerce donates to SCERA The Women's Division of the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce has made a donation dona-tion to SCERA's Buy A Seat Campaign in the newly remodeled remod-eled XanGo Grand Theatre at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem. The $250 donation was pre All Ametkaid Montana SILVERSMITHS nOthinZ "ghiclogs 4 . wwwtui e V-fhHrfrnn'cLMl fftts. Women's Wrangler "Aura" Capris & Jeans WtartfrY MOST STYLES New Arrival U KET0KKA LADIES SANDALS WseASL BUSINESS BURGLARY AND AUTO THEFT - It was reported report-ed Monday morning, May 7, that sometime over the weekend, a burglar broke into the temporary offices of Incredible Auto Sales at 347 E. 1200 South. Once inside in-side the business, the thief took all the keys to the vehicles on the lot and took them outside to see which key fit a white 2005 Nissan Nis-san Murano. The Murano is now missing and has been listed as a sented to SCERA President & CEO Adam J. Robertson by Miss Orem 2006 Ashley Boulter, Boul-ter, who is preparing to compete com-pete in the Miss Utah Pageant this June. Involving Ashley was a natural fit, says Gayla Muir, Board Member and Treasurer www.heraldextra.comyellowpages mm rii Wm, " ,coUtKinjpiw7-3o Montana Silversmiths Buckles Lifestyles EarringsWatchesBracelets IWI.J jX ' Ariat Fat Babies Ladies 3M8 Boots 1 1 . . wanted vehicle. AUTO BURGLARIES - Of ficers were called to the Parkway Crossing Apartments at 1270 S. 1130 West about a car that had been broken into early Friday morning. A wallet with $491 inside had been taken. When the officers arrived, they found an additional six vehicles in the parking lot that had also been broken into and items stolen from. of the Women's Division. "One of Miss Orem's responsibilities re-sponsibilities is to be part of Chamber activities and represent repre-sent her city," she said. 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