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Show The Hillfielder Jonu Continued Operntir Of OATSC Assure Workers Tell Of Early ExDeriences J. Ogden Air Technical Service Command : ; Brig. Gen. Ray G. Harris, Commanding General ' Capt. Betty Richardson. Public Relations Officer ' . EDITORIAL STAFF ,. . Editor '. Ivan M Draner Associate Editor Pauline McQuown staf Artlst Pfc. Lee Teaford maintenance "publications-reproductio- n section, Photography by division; Lt. Madison Geddes, photographic officer. . .....; r.nrdon Jensen momber the days when Field a was defense at Hill lareelf mat- ter of self -- de says fense," Gordon JenA sen, payroll clerk and oneaircraft time mechanic and t f Airm b aCorps r d i er -- material in the Hillfielder except that which Editor arc Invitee) to use supplied try Camp Newspaper Service . Jwdr,5V1J1" The Hillfieldei ia published weekly in the interest of the Air Technical Service Command. Hill S"eld. penonnel of the Oeden Branch of Personnel aervices fecn. cooperation with Ibe Information-Educatioand through It w dimributed free each Wednesday. It is printed with the facilities by individual writers uo the cooperation of The Deseiet News. Opinions expressed General, ine tot necessarily reflect the attitude of the Army or or the Commanding Service, War Department, material supplied by Camp Hillfielder receives , , - - - Newxpaper t t.. -Mnhliahul iril hflllt II J ..... v. v r.ni 14 w obicv, trunnion from Camp Newspaper Service. from the Hill Field Welfare Funds for thi publication are derived one-hafrom the Hill Field Centra post tund. association, bo 'That was back in the early days of 1942 and 1943 when we had to ur ! . . T- i lf one-ha- lf 'Well Done, Hillfielder9 This is the final issue of The Hillfielder, and frankly, I hate to see it go out of existence. All of us are going to miss our post newspaper which we have learned to take as a matter of course. For the past three years this publication has been on hand to give a definite 'morale lift' to the civilian and military personnel of this command. Correct information on what is going on at Hill Field; stories of personal accomplishments by our employes; reminders of the jobs that lie ahead. These cover only a portion of the things The Hillfielder has done far us. There were times during World War II when for one reason or another we were inclined to lose a bit of momentum in our united drive toward victory. Then it was The Hillfielder that outlined the requirements of unending effort and prodded us gently until we were again under full throttle. The obligations of a post newspaper are many and varied. They were fulfilled excellently by our field publication. It wasn't always an easy job either. Picking up a copy of The Hillfielder when it appeared at the clockhouse or orderly room has become such an accepted habit, that many of us are prone to underestimate the amount of effort that must be put forth to publish a weekly newspaper. Deadlines, for instance. Always a source of worry to the metropolitan daily papers . . . they were no less trying to The Hillfielder staff. Last minute changes in 'make-u- p' . . . story an hour or so before press time . . . these too contribute to the day to day existence of those who prepare your paper for you. Yes, a lot of headaches and hurriedly changed personal plans involving overtime work went into the publication of each issue. and off-duTo the entire staff of The Hillfielder, the publishers and to all those persons in other departments on the field who have contributed time and talent, I extend my personal tribute for three years of continued accomplishment. As Commanding General of Ogden Air Technical Service Command, I speak for all civilian and military personnel of Hill Field in saying: 'Well Done, Hillfielder. re-writ- es ty RAY G. HARRIS, Brig. Gen. U. S. A. struggle Jensen .through sand and muddy roads and sit on the floor to read tech orders. It has all changed since then. Beatrice Salisbury "The rush periods during .the gave us winter of 1942 really,ront-1 1n e a f re- I sense, of o n s sfoility, p E"tftt pyS Salisbury, the first person 3 to be hired In 1 if the medical supply branch. and "Manya time many the we got rush and tory cards in sleep. Mrs. Salisbury our When I first came to Hill Field there was enough lumber here to build a whole settlement and actually a whole settlement has been built since then."' Daniel Walter "The project was the number one headliner project at Hill Field as far as I'm ' c one erned," says Daniel ai Walter, mechanic now salvaging , B-- 24 r-c- raft in planes main tenance. "There was enough hustle and bustle surthis rounding to projectyour make head swim It gives you a Walter pretty big tug at your heart strings now. to help salvage planes that you once pampered so much. V-- E Day and V-- J Day: Well, they were more or less just ordinary work days. . Rhea Morgan "I was terribly green and " inexperienced when I first came to Hill Field," says Rhea Morgan, m there. Thousands of transient Army stopped over personnel who briefly at the Red Cross Canteen at the ATC hangar were furnished in fed with food part by the Hill Field Women. Something of a record was set in August of 1945 when 910 men were fed in eight hours. 1944 the Davis Early in County chapter of the American Red Cross was commended by the National organization and gave much of the credit for this recognition to the Hill Field ladies for the quality and amount of work done. In April, 1944, they became officially known as the "Hill Field Women's Organization," allying themselves with the National organization; and in September became affiliated with the National Association of Air Force Women. They were active in the Women's Auxiliary of the Army Emergency Relief and gave their time and energy to each War Loan Drive. Last Halloween the ladies sponsored a dance at the Officers' Club, proceeds from which went to support the War Loan campaign. A large box of clothing was n packed and sent tn Fran November of 1945 or the! re lief, or destitute persons there. Each Christmas season since its inception, the Hill Ffcld Women's Organization has and wrapped for me nuaren s ChristmasgiftspYfty. This last ' Christmas they Wso I' mished Christmas Wrapping service for the enlisted personnel of the field. pfr-chas- ed r r Field essen ger, t. i ?k- - , $ - " t A I - -- den b Suggestions Program He Saved Over $2,00 0,000 Inaugurated at Hill Field back in August, 1943, the suggestions award program, No. 1 boon to war department conservation, has enabled the government to save a total of $2,213,865 in manpower and material during the 28 months of its existence at The greatest number of gestion awards ever made Field were made in Septe a1 1944, when cash 65 resulting in an estimated! savings of $574,600 wen sented to deserving emptor The greatest sum of monej I OATSC. This amount is based on naid at a single award pre tation was paid to employ estimated savings from suggesei tions during their first full year August, 1945, when 4073 to up 3128 use. awards of suggestotaling Altogether, tions have been received by the made. committee " X UU1 Clliyivj'tsuggestions award winners in the and 821 suggestions authorized. ent i jack-pi HMffim At the first award presenta h1"1""" gesnons awaiu Octor on at Hill Field tion held v. C Tester. WCl C rM, uuvci r i .... ber 5, 1943, a mere handful of .lonnsuii, oioii IWrKav. oiamtjr. cash awards were presented by William A. Pintus. Lester Brigadier Gen. Morris Berman, ceived casn awaros i who presided over the meeting. authorized suggesuu But by Nov. 2, the date of the ing to a total of $457.50; second award ceremonial, em tor twelve suhw- twelw ployes were warming up to their up to $285; McKay, W volamnnntinfi task of invention and were tinnc unteering suggestions for everyJfintus ior ivre thing from table of limits for totaling up w netted UK. a i w Mars test cell operators to stream sum of mow? lined office procedures. cumulative est i j:.,Mna1 . H As outlined in the early days paid to an inuivi of the program,' objectives of ing $Ba.uu i"r the program were the elimina tion of unnecessary processes The first suggestion! and improvement of existing committee was cornposf methods; conservation of man- members: Major X power, materials and space; in- chairman, JacK creased productivity; eliminaGlenn Taylor, nance, tion of safety and health hazards, and invention of practi- executive ttxtci cal mechanical devices. " mittee since Among those who received existence. cash awards during the The only twe .ren-- g . few months of the program's ex- bers oi mis istence were Ralph E. Bell, Nor-be- rt Johnson and Tay or O'Leary, Lewis L. Hains bers are loi. j. Jr., William T. McKinney, Har- chairman, a 4hnr it . old E. Aste, Clyde Ross Stark, and Micnaei n. Henry W. Leavitt, Lewis Joseph, Ray L. Rawson, Everett P. PerBotM kins, Harvey W. Northrup, Warren Hansen, John W. Price, Leonard C. Osborn, Warren M. to Mn Garrison, Gayle W. Hartwell and John C. Jones. Henry Leavitt and Lewis Joseph received the first maximum 1 All Hi" ,nd cash award of $250 ever presentin terested tpriiel ed at Hill Field for their collaboration on an adapter for a 610 or Evelyn propeller governor test stand. at ext. 421 The second I'll 55 loads a week to sixty or eighty women's hf t f , carloads a day. We knew then Will DCJl" that Hill Field was growing up!" - ot . . -- Women's Organization Has Set Record for Good Work - inven- green Hill Commanding. , The Hill Field Women's Oran ganization has established enviable record since its organization in February, 1942. Only three charter members remain: Mrs. Minty, Mrs. Thomas, and Mrs. Younger; but in spite of memberconstantly changing ship the organization has contributed much to OATSC. Among the many things accomplished by these women was the supplying of approximately 3,000 . garments a year and Around- 11,000 surgical dressings a month, to the Hill Field hospital and the American Red Cross. Bushnell General ' hospital also was remembered in the form of cash donations each month which served to buy jitters counted In October of rthls year. Senator Abe xi '" ceived a letter from; Secretary of War Row ?k ' surinr the Senator that "the War Department 5 chancing the character or function of this 6V J made necessary by 'current appropriations .,thtl e expected reduction of the Army Air Force result Ji tion of hostilities." Thus the question of whether Hill Field I v installation seems to be well answered. The let? whk,; Murdock made public read as follows: "I have examined the authorization act (HR in,' a tablishment of the air force station at Ogden annTu forl given before the appropriations committee at thl v to the appropriation of funds for this establishment TV examined the air force postwar plan with respect S ment, and believe kthat there is in reality no confiw ure of the military to carry out the purposes rt congress in asking for authority and funds to crPavi the i ; establishment at Ogden. "Since our conference, I have sent an I officer to Ogderi to insure that the above unftS,1! fact being carried out by the commander and ofSnto(' the station; and the commanding general, Armv Air vS also issued a directive to the commanding Service Command, positively ordering that no chamI in the character of the depot at Ogden without war of the The War proval department. Department K iuuiruons of this dewl " necessarv bviiTcurrent armmm;nt; than ... as made ana th, r v rerliirT.inn rr.iiuuiis ; c ovnotoH rT ino o t result . cofinn nf Virtctil i tiec "Your interest in this activity and the keen local citizens in Ogden and vicinity are fully annwriW A ,'11. 1L. oooiivo m.. auu liicill Willi tKi lEouui me IOreSOlns (. Olll guu 4n jruu wxa xcuuLuuiia fvnu. uie activities at 0? in incic service the military goes from a wartime basis tn , basis. .Activities at Ogden will, according to our plan a basis. Funds were obtained from' the nearly to a pre-w- ar ugucu woo ucvciujjcu cts ail air lorce depot It gicsa toonucontinue it, postwar, in exactly the same tfatm plan ence to the hearings before the appropriations committee of gress prior to obtaining funds for the erection of the Ogden (pages 146 and 344 of supplementary appropriation 1940) indicate that it was the original intention of the Arm, rorce 10 esianiisn a uepoi ai ugoen xo serve the air units li in tne western pan oi tne united atates. rne depot was en that purpose and served that purpose prior to the heoi, the second world war. Definitely it will be continued for tne same purpose. "The congress has not indicated the size of the force; a large proportion of the Army Air Forces is stationed seas in occupational air forces in Germany and Japan. Due to conditions it is impossible to know at this time the exact the establishment which, can be maintained, postwar, at or the exact scale of employment which can be afforded! people in that vicinity at this installation, as I am sure yra appreciate." clerk and payroll clerk, "and so overawed by all the efficiency I saw that I felt like creeping under a ba r r e 1 . The planes, though, were . Miss Morgan later T re u"ul""i: a covered fromjittie this feeling of ineptness, however and began ".uiuciing my snare of the re- lwnsiDiiny." Le Roy Batchelor "I remember the first New Years Day we had to work at Hill Field and bow it made us suddenly realize that I vacations were ' f o v e r," says T.0 Pnv TJ u elor. veteran S I supply Vr I f V man I remember too the wind storm back in August 1941 a three - day blow which would have raised havoc Batchelor with granite boulders and how the material coming into supply suaaenjy jumped from live car hir) w4h van ... first DV -- - e Wnmen Asked . 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