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Show Utilffite EemdersNecessary:. e Smooth Functioning Of Field Their Job It Couldnt oe uunv t, If the services supplied by the utilities, section at Hill Field were suddenly removed the consequences would be instantaneous and drastic. One of the first, perhaps, would be undusted desks, unswept floors, unremoyed waste and garbage, and a noticeable increase in the vermin population! Then some section or branch would find itself without hot water and no one to remedy the situation. There would be no one to push the snow off the airplane runways, no one to maintain the lighting system, the sewer system; no one to purify the water supply. Utilities performs a thousand and one services to the depot here possibly without which" operations would be inestimably curtailed, to func- halted entirely. If the water purification system alone failed could alone tion adequately, that cause incalculable trouble, terior of part of the Officers' Club d The employes in utilities here. are the plumbers, carpenters, elecAnother Shelley no relation to " v.-- -. 600-od- welders, tricians, cabinet-maker- s, janitors and paintersthefor the field. No one glamorizes jobs they do; but just let their services be lacking forinone day and Hill Field would be a jam. Chief of base utilities is Lt. Col. David Thomas; assistant chiefa are Francis F. Gray and Capt. Merwin B. Haase. Francis J. Hunt is general foreman, here since October, 1940, and one of the oldest employes on the field. Back in the old days he was an airplane barn- stormer. The multitudinous jobs utilities Is responsible for are allocated engineering, among six sections: administration,' ' plant operation, maintenance and repair, policing, and civilian dormitories project. Personnel Diversified Utilities employs a widely diversified personnel. It has magazine artists, former motor boat and midget auto racers, and doubtless one of the world's most peerless, dexterous and- versatile safe and loek men. The latter is Marion L. Shelley. In twenty seconds he can from a bicycle lock spring anything to the U. S. Treasury safe. He ays narcotics safes are more difficult. They require thirty sec onds. When airplane pilots leave their planes inlocked Shelley can open a jiffy if an emergency them should arise. He can even pick automobile ignitions, to say nothing of all types of door locks. In - , - "pick-'e- m" Shelley, directs the work of the engineering branch. He is Wayne L. Shelley, construction engineer. His job entails the technical control of all sanitary sewer mains, water systems, and gas and electrical distribution. His section also makes the drawings and estimates for all projects on the field, and designs alterations and additions to existing facilities.' It is also concerned with cost control of all facilities and makes studies to increase the economical use of power and machinery. Shelley has , been here only a month and a half, was formerly chief construction engineer at the Ogden Arsenal. Units not generally storage vaults, and evaporat- systems on the field, besides maintaining the Cardox airport fire truck, recently purchased for the post fire department to use in combatting airplane fires. The refrigeration unit is a part of the plant operations section, concerned with the operation and maintenance of all refrigeration systems on the field. Any time a heating system goes short, Shelley is a mighty good out or the oil furnace goes to pot, man to have on the right side of the heating section has just the the law. His two assistants in the man to iron out the difficulties. and safe-- . The field is divided into zones for legitimate cracking business are Gerald Byer-l- y purposes of heating maintenance, with one employe responsible for and John Tyner. When an employe with a key to satisfactory performance of the an important lock in his possession system in each zone. resigns from the field, Shelley ' All water used on the field is blitzes right over and changes the chlorinated to the correct degree tumblers in the lock, necessitating by employes of the purification a different key to open it just in unit who also take frequent routine case the former employe should re- tests to insure conformance with turn for something he "forgot." safety standards. In the painters' unit are such In charge of the janitorial secis A. J. . Manchester, recent top grade arista as "Speed" Carter, tion winner in other arms George Williams, and Jesse Wilde. minute-ma- n These men, and their assistants, and services during the last war are responsible for the upkeep of bond drive. Manchester's janitors all buildings as far as painting is take care of everything except the concerned, street signs, road signs, supply division and maintenance all posters pertaining specifically division. . to Hill Field. They even do tn- - The garbage disposal and vermin ' terior decorating. As with the over and rodent extermination unit. all responsibility of the utilities headed by Frank Lloyd, does just section, the painters' unit is mainly what its name implies. All edible concerned with the maintenance wet garbage is sold as feed, sal ' side of the job. At present they vageable material im taken to the are engaged in redecorating the in quartermaster salvage yard In lock-picki- s: ,Jm can't. In fact, these utilities safe and lock experts will ...anIf oldyouchicken bone. At work in the key shop making keys, cutting pick nythisf shafts, ant THEY'LL PICK IT from the family safe to wn icit w riiu. muling macnine are,luxe. j -- Shelley is Hill Field's Houdint In reverse. While Houdini coohi and locksmiths de into anything. He picks auto ignitions, nsrcetii reputedly get out of anything Shelley can reputedly get ease. The key shop is just one of the mur safes, airplane doors, or just plain locks all with equal services provided the field by base utilities. Operating a Byerly, key --- '- -" . -- known, Though several buildings and sections on Some the field are of the installations were done by utilities' refrigeration unit. More is being extensive planned for the future. The unit installs and operates all ice boxes, cold ing YW $r ng . . eluding lumber over four feet long from which all nails are removed. That under four feet is sold as kindling. The unit also operates the dump," located in the northeast corner of the field. All garbage cans are steam cleaned here. The guard cubbies used on the post, the rifle range, alterations in buildings, all shacks and special type cabinets are made by the carpenters' unit in the maintenance repair branch. Headed by OUie Johnson and Levi Clegg, about 140 carpenters repair doors, typewrit er desks, roofs, and almost any thing else made of wood. A glazing unit in the same branch does all kinds of glass work including of windows, doors, replacement counters and desk tops. Employes in the sheet-metunit are able to make anything at all from their material, including tool heating ducts, specialized trays, cleaning tanks, and roofs. They also make gutters and drain spouts, roof ventilators and stove jackets., Foreman is Percival J. al Downs. When maintain the natural gas distrib tion system on the field. Beckwith Chapman, recently ap pointed supervisor of the civiliu dormitories replacing Abe Safer, now in the armed forces, is responsible for dormitory admin tration and the availability of po tal and laundry services for Hill crest residents. The postal brand located at Hillcrest has a larger general delivery business than the Ogden post office. The recreatiea area recently constructed for Ell cresters was done by utilities. area. Responsible for the adminiitn? Maintenance and remodeling of tion of utilities employes Is the ad all heavy equipment, including ma- ministrative branch which msi and jor overhaul and repair, structural tains all records, prepares reaudits work orders, steel work, all welding, and the completes ani making of specialized tools where cords, procures all supplies for suppliN warehouse maintains the in is done welding, necessary, blacksmith and mechanic section on hand. Suoervisor is Ethel Uu of the maintenance and repair Kee. Her branch also records 0 branch. When the light; time and labor required to perfom bomber crashed in the roof of re- each job, is responsible for utito which pair hangar number one several ties' cost accounting months ago, structural steel work-- , eludes a breakdown of costs 01 H er from this section plugged up the jobs for analysis by the engineer hole. General foreman in main ing section. Rush-jo- b man in utilities is tenance and repair branch is RobRoberts. B. R. Folsom. Any. job wi ert on it crosses The policing branch is headed by "rush" marked He is re desk. Roberts' Haase. nditer includes Captain Policing being its picking up all refuse on the sponsible for post (cigar and cigarette butts, th iiMUHm section is j debris, paper, etc.) and the reabout' sponsibility for all disposal recep indispensable to the saUrf tacles. Prisoners of war and mili- tory operation of this depot tary prisoners are utilized exten- pairing airplanes and stocking I W nlU. would be made much sively in this work. Not amonz the least of utilities' difficult without the services prfunctions is the work done by em- ovided by this important secW BOB ployes of the plumbers' unit under a...im u mm it'a like OM W other Foreman Elmer Raat These men ties employe said the install and maintain all plumbing "We do everything the rest iaciuues. They , also operate and post can't, do." ing and distribution of all coal used on the field, including the coaling of the locomotives in use here. Moving and setting of all heavy equipment is done by this section. All beautification projects currently in progress on the field are directed by Arthur Strong and R. Clay Allred, landscape architects of the roads and grounds section. Allred has been supervising the planting of the rose garden, now completed, adjacent to the east side of building post schools E-16- . 4, A-2- Dot-ai-d it snows, Ernest Close. foreman, heavy duty equipment section, immediately gets a head ache. First of all, he must see to it that said snow is removed from the runways of them. sponsible all 94 highway miles His section is also refor the patching, clean ing, and grading of runways as well as all roads on the field. The section builds roads when necessary and resurfaces them. Bulldozers. "cats." carry-allcranes, shovels, ditching machines and road patrols are utilized. He also supervises the loading, unload- s. - Anything Out of SheetMetal , n . v. - : Evening Classes Begin at Weber Ready to Haul It Off Registration for new Weber Col lege classes night-scho- ol loooy, i it tor, announced this week. Those interested may register any time curing the day. Classes normally run two nights weekly, during the hours of from 6 p. m. to 9:30 or 10 d. m. and are held at Weber College in Og- Qcn, An night school term was concluded this month with many Hill Fielders in attonHnnna War production classes are given wunout ice, such as: Aircraft en gincs, weldinz. auto moph antra ma chine shop, production shop math .. . 1. . maMiid ttnu oi.w), uuusunoia repairing. Reasonable fees are charged for other courses for which oiin, credit may be secured provided the siuaem is a nigh school graduate Members of the armed tnr k.. sides government employes may auena classes in mechanical drawing and structural design without charee. Buss said special courses are being planned to start when shifts change here around the 10th oi January. n-we- ek 1 ENGAGED IX PREPARING . . . Sheet metal for use on the field are these tlnshop employes, left to right: Percival J. Downes, foreman; Ivan Richards, mechanic helper; James Burrows, asulstant foreman; and Loren Hayes, mechanic helper. Sheet metal work on buildings all over the post Is done by tlnshop employes. They repair roofing, make equipment, flashing, air duets, practically anything out of sheet metal. The above picture was taken in. the fssricsting shop. begins Jan. 4, in the Weber Gym waiter Buss, program direc Tuesday, 1 n 1 six-we- ek .. .nlAYCf .... fm llttlf .,.....r, DONT MAKE THEM . . . Utilities whicH niKif rennonKlbta fnr th hue.' M jLeft to h.right, rnn;r w Mln iwn arc: job, a can be seen from ""L. the picture. and Lcona Myer, heavy and truck drivers, t At duty operating the shovel. Ida and Inn. waiting for a lo" ? U . "Jt-- haul away for use in Voad grading. Utilities builds field where necessary |