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Show ' gjj- hm PtJBUSHEDFORJHnjAIR . Mm I Prizes To Be jfeas mm aw OBSERVES Turning Back the Pages of Time Birthday Quietly Celebrated With on Vital Projects Iran Away it Base (The spirit of Vork-as-Usu- al Drawings Christmas will settle busy getting their shopping" done early. shopping consists of purch Their are approximately 1 and 22, 60 rl prizes em- W will be given to civilian cees at drawings on December ST 21, Davis, Welfare I "The according to John president of the civilian council. best thing about this Davis explained," is employees will be able g," drawin- that civil-V- n to obtain Jickets for the drawing without living to buy them. Tickets will be Jven away free with every pur- made at the civilian restau-durin- g to the period of December December 19. Regardless le of the size of purchase dur-th- at the civilian cafeteria time, the purchaser r is (if a vilian employee) will be presented ticket The stubs of these tickets fluid be deposited in a container be displayed in the cafeteria lunch periods on De- and 22 drawings will made and the prizes given away. As this is an activity sponsored tne civilian welfare council, only nans will be able to participate, military personnel ' will be en- led id during ar imber 20, 21, to receive tickets with their the cafeteria. be necessary to be at restaurant at the time of the urchases at It will not The musty files in the newspaper morgue at The .Standard-Examincontain many headlines and stories telling of Hill AFB in its infancy ten years ago. Marion Lohrman, one of the first civilians to report to work at the field, looks through a scrap book that features a story dated February 3, 1940 stating that spending of the first S and million dollars of the 8 million appropriated for the base had begun. This initial investment has since climbed to $31 million for the buildnewspaper of ten years ago also ings runways and equipment. The besides the history of Hill Field. In items other interesting shows 1940 new cars could be bought for $695, coffee sold for 24c a pound, steaks were 26 cents a pound, men's overcoats were around $10 and you could get two pounds of hamburger for a quarter. Which Hill AFB isn't the only thing that has changed in eeoes to show that er to win nrizes. Davis con- When civilians claim their wings iaued. es, all ieir ticket they need do is show stub and civilian pass. Christmas prizes to be eiven iway will be very desirable ones, wumg to Mr. Davis, They will worth approximately $50 each 1 ft UOre exnpnaivo errand nn'70 be given each day during away tnree-da- v drawings Tr ia nnti- 'Pnat.ed that approximately 20 prizes Zr Len away at each drawing; m. - Christmas asing By SSgt. Jim Glenn Enemies of free men all over the world know the crushing fist of f he mighty and flexible, hJEfnHw 5 l-- is strong Force Base. V- Ahis wwling air base reached its tenth fSt Vteatay' k- f 86 W " J' U hES WFitten an enviable historV in ' Ufrthnl its On November 7, 1940 hen the base was activated, V was seen by fl"t cmmanfdinK officer, Colonel Morris Herman, as a collection of barracks and a mess hall huddled together W " " ity ln USelf' W"h Ver 400 buildiEs of ever? deslriptioS Work had already started on the grading and paving of the run- najs uy me Liiiie v,uiunei oermant crews who had kept them in the arrived. In order to be nearby, the ana to the crews that Colonel moved into one of the bar- flewuveraeus, and fought in them. racks, and named one of the others Some of the Air Corps most famous aircraft came to Hill to be reas headquarters building. and overhauled, and the Preliminarv construction went. paired men and women of Hill Field will ahead, and on January 20, 1941, the remember the patches, holes nrsc ennstea men arrived. In May long and tears had to repair. But and June of 1941 classes were op- they were they put back in the sky to ened in Salt Lake City and Ogden fly and fight again. to train workers to maintain the During these violent the growing Air Corps. Many of the base won many honors foryears, its work were that these trained in people in helping win a war. original classes are still employed Hill AFB's record in is as at run Air orce case. excellent as in war. Withpeace a reduced As the base was takincr ifcn first force just large enough to keep a of trained personnel, the faltering steps in building and con- nucleous kept, turning out planes for struction, the Japanese struck at abase post-wAir Force. , Pearl Harbor. At the outbreak of the Korean Construction went ahead in sDite of difficulties. Freezing winters war, the base . expanded and was to supply all demands made Drevented Dourinc of nnnorpta Cri able on it the Air Forces. by tical materials failed to arrive when Hill Air Force Base, after ten were most they urgently needed, service to the nation, is and the slightest rain turned raw years of earth into deep mud, furthering proudas ofa its record, and stands toliving resolution of erosion and washiner tha nmmH day away from foundations. f Air Force Base next month Wk to efforts of the Civilian memocrs ui tne Welfare council, an uacU j FORCE BASE, NOVEMBER 10, 1950 ne I 4.1.. 1Aof MOlr bile ... (Photo by Pfc. Ellis Balrd.) VAQN But now, ten years later, those very foundations support one of the nation's strongest arguments against aggression Air Power. In Februarv. 1943. the hnse started flexing its muscles it took over the modification of 4 hnm. bers. These planes, veterans of sky Datties on every part of the globe, were fed to Hill from the twelve ts in the Ogden area. The Dig snips were patched and re- naired. Little of the oricinnl nlnne was left a tribute to the ground B-2- sub-depo- New Inspector General Charles W. Major former Air Inspector at Tennant, Hill AFB, has been appointed acting Inspector General at Hill Air Force base according to Brig. General Norris B. Harbold, commanding general. Major Tennant succeeds Lt. Col. Stuart R. Petersen, who had been inspector general at Hill since 1947 and was recently assigned to Headquarters, United ' States Air Force and transferred to Chicago, Illinois. of Hill AFB in Last 10 Years Show Development 'Before and After' Pictures , yfammammmmmmmmiimmytjma i v ,tv. j, . - 'i, t- - X1 JUT- - gf the barren flat plain shown na seen HHI Alr lor5e BaH!S 1 1 riVht. Ten years ago this week huKe Powerful Air Force base orders ac- Jhe . VAKeneral Morris Herman, first commanding officer u wooden barracks ISeTTB-r5--- - t Colon- -i yars -- time station, bowling alley, post office, telephone exchange, church house, machine shop, a street department to keep 68 mUes of roadways in repair, a power plant, radio station, Western Union office, a library, service club, three night clubs, and departments to dis- pose of garbage and furnish water. On November 7. 1940. the flint two civilian. to work at the bam. Todav Hill Aim la th. t .inB.iA mr.i.. l |