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Show V3t T300yTrained In Weber Gllege Shops Wednesday 8 Sept. 29, 1943 Whole Family r in War Service a - J i 'Spirit of Mi f School Adopts New U. red Vocational Policy June 16, 1941, when Presi-j- t. w a TVon of Weber College at the request of Col. Morris Ber- man set up a program 10 lnstruci, "mechanic learners" for the Ogden Since VT i , x Air Service Command, nearly 3000 men and women have been trained in the college shops. The college purchased mechani cal equipment costing approximately $100,000 while the OASC provided aircraft engines and planes valued at $500,000 for instructional purposes. A staff of 40 instructors was each "learnand brought together er" took an intensive three-montcourse which included orientation, safety, shop, reading of blueprints and technical orders before taking his or her place on the Hill Field ' maintenance lines. "The helD riven us by Weber Col stated, "has lege," Col. Berman been of inestimable value to the Ogden Air Service Command in its vital role of repair and maintenance. I cannot say too much in MRS. NANCY CASPER . . ..Ia buay doing war work at Hill Field, of their cooperation and as and she does it gladly, because she has four sons in the service. The praise sistance." S. U. with week. Another the marines this youngest one joined the of recent landings In the attack Today, with the need for engineers was among the survivors on Munda in the south Pacific. A third son is back in the Aleutians field training reduced to a comafter recovering from a Jap bullet wound. The fourth son is a paraparative trickle because of inabilthe family . . . ity to procure trainees, Weber col trooper with the marines. And all of the women in are either engaged in war work or planning lege is discontinuing its ''mechanic wives of her sons to enlist. learner" program in favor of the Vocation directed government AAA When you have four boys fight Laura, is working with the for War Production work Training farm administration. ing for Uncle Sam anything less Staff Sgt. Dale Casper, 28, la ers, a program which provides spe than "all-ou- t" support of the war back in the Aleutians with a Jap cialist training. course of in effort is treason in the mind of bullet in his chest after a short This tuition-fre- e which for Weber college the of struction, convalescence in period Mrs. Nancy Casper. His wife, Vilma, is employed is reimbursed by the government, Now engaged as a staff car states. in the "tug" pool gives aircraft maintenance instruc as a driver at Hill Field, Mrs. Casper at Hilldispatcher tion in six crafts and their subdiField. A fourth son, Sgt Reo A. Casper, visions, it was announced. saw her youngest son, Willis, 22, is a paratrooper with the Some of the courses: Machinist, join the marines this week. Her husband, Melvin Casper, is marines, And when Willis Casper with instruction in the use of millbusy working the farm near Spen- joined the marines this week, his ing machines, lathe, shaper and cer, Idaho, after spending the winwife, Lucille, announced grinder; welding, electric and acetter loading shells at the Ogden she was enlisting in the WAVES. ylene; aircraft painting and dopWith such, an unreserved part Arsenal. sheet metal, aircraft aircraft ing; Capt. Milan M. Casper, 3d, of in America s fight, it is not hard rethe U. S. engineers, was among to understand why Mrs. Casper, leather and canvas, and aero pair. comtook who a war job after 30 years To accommodate workers on a handful of survivors in a day pany of 92 men engaged with in- of homemaking, feels as she does and swing shifts, classes arc schedvasion landings near Munda in the about backing the attack of her uled in both morning and evening south Pacific theatre. His wife. boys." three times each week for a weekly total of from seven to ten hours. The program is sponsored by the United States Office of Educa tion. ' Several score war workers are already enrolled in the courses to equip themselves for specialist as signments in essential occupations. i ... At the Base Hospital In above typical scene is Lient ON DUTY Blanche Diggs, shown in her "duty whites" as she tends to an uq. tdennnea patient. hs off-th- e- ... y - r S r sH . . Ogden Ceremony Weds Hill Fielders L CHIEF NURSE . . . First Lieut. Gertrude F. Hogan is relaxing uf the day room of the Hill Field nurses' quarters after a tiring day With her is Tippy, sky terrier pet of all nurses here, presented M I Captain Earl Harrison, base veterinarian. Army Nurses Work Hard. Have Little Time for Themselves pass er Te Hill Field soldiers and civilian workers the AnW day off a week may seem pretty- rare, bat for the Hill Field of shifts arranged to suit the needs ttj nurses, working on eight-hoBase hospital, if s almost like the proverbial dede egg their day t comes but once a month. ai In addition, the nurses are given one-ha- lf day off each week,rccr this is the extent of their free time. Despite this and the lack of affM ational facilities for them on the field (plans have been made to them the use of the gym one night a week) the nurses carry oat the work of tending the sick in the spirit and good cheer wnicn is tradition of the "Angels of Mercy," as hospitalised soiaiers can tAHtlfV. First Lt Gertrude F. Hogan, chief nurse, remembers with a shudi the cold windy night of Dec IS, 1812, when she and six otners wi arrived at Hill Field to set up the organization. Nothing but bleak in the empty nurses quarters met their eyes; outside nothing out But today, less than a year later, a healthy lawn and flower planted and cared for by the nurses, a comfortable day room, nrivate rooms add homevness to the auarters. Herself in the service almost three rears. Lieutenant Hogan, halls from Napoleon, Ohio, has served at Camp Grant, 111- onc Over 400 Washington Terrace Louisiana maneuvers in 1841, and at Hoff General hospital, residents appeared at the first Barbara, Calif. And she takes pardonable pride in her corps of or outdoor motion pic- nurses. snowing tures d resented here last week of the duty is the goal toward which all but two did not by the Ogden USO and FPHA Field"Foreign two Aiese are Mia "and corps Hegaa said, aspiring," oinctais. ff nurses available for f nlivmlMl unnriHwi A lia th rirld So successful was this trial Is sent to WasMagtea, and Headquarters there decide wkea showing, that arrangements to duty if win go overseas. they V present tne entertainment weekly 1 " fW. mm SlMlMIBi mt New at other housing projects in this overseas. She was stationed In Australia & has already served area have been comnltL innrH. Coaa, six mentlM before being assigned ts Ha Field. ing to Everett Whitney, associate Bfiss HT director ei ue Ogden USO, and uU I S Amlrm tt mKm,tUmrm became Iris LiHywhite, director of Special with nurses, as the ntetiea ptetures a often portray, she declares Services. FPHA. are weB lehaved aM eaase ae wiDsr- -. abnest patterns always Continuing as long as the she "Seavethnes," said, NeKleri may get a little fresh, bat weacner permits, the films will be shown weekly at Washington To became a member ef the Amur Nurse Corps, a woman nw Terrace, Sahara Village, Layton a erasesi of the United States, at least 81 years old, a graduate Trailer park, and Verdeland Park. A complete schedule will be an accredited school ef aursiag and a member ef the Bed Cress, a examination must abje be hurdled. , . nounced later. mm IWt ml mm Amv mtflmmr mt the Same raSS Paw la tk The outdoor movies at Washing- nurses the st do not receive allowances If facilities exist on ton Terrace will now h bIumm a new regulation in effect since bast October nursesoniw at 8 p.m. instead of 8:30 because Under tne stin remain members the days are getting shorter, it and . - ef the eerpe, and may now live urfa tlul. wu announced Dy Miss Barbara Uniforms Issued consist of a navy Mae coat, tight blue "kM Cordon, assistant RimHi tfallVA drAD wT sTsa aiimrlsP Have as.M ass avtsiAa director, FPHA. Another movie. uniforms are worn. issued for aw are whites" six addition In "duty is Made at Night," will the msiory hospital. be presented this Saturday. 24-ho- ur - ur Wash. Terrace Movie Success -, ux y . - V ,!. : t-t- t off-po- oi.. Larsen Serves on ASC ComtniUee Edward C. Tp.. m.. utii i the Instructional tt.ir unit, v the Civilian Training Branch, has : A - a mmrtnA been k t. i f ir service "j Command to serve en a special MB''B"MM"1aaasBaBawaaa g. iwmmuiee wnicn will meet ia L. George Green and Berthaa white aatin dress. Her veil of pur-DoPennsylvania, for the Of Uolfttifl Inlnln. . illusion was set off with the various rn "y'wmiMdrt depots of the ASC, and :n a crown of pearls. niu ncio, were married Filday to prepare guides and formats for the First Presbyterian church at Following the ceremony, a din- developing teaching material. Ogden by Dr. John Edward Carver. This conference will convene for Mtss Swart s was employed in ner was served in the English a period of about 30 days. This will the Supply division. Given in mar-- room of the Hotel Ben Lon. be the third such assignment for Wie by L E. Riggs, she wore tor members of the wedding parr. Mr. Larson. f i- Har-rUbur- se "T: 'This Is Army Being Sent To EM Overseas Note Decrease in Employes Who Are Torgetfuls' A marked decrease In the nuk streamlined versisa ef This of "forgetfuls" reporting of T, Is the Army" wt3 leave see for without necessary pass a on A a the front was noted the first week tear ef army camps la that thea vision of identification was ew tre. Irving Berlin, an to the "clockhouae," it nounced by R. Dan Algulre. of Identification. The Arnty Emergency BeBef Fund has already August at 28. was ? rorgeuttie . ...i.iAfl ef it. by seme flS4M4t Tne during August revealed. A " fro-Europe- an JJ it |