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Show December 8. HILL TOP TIMES Page 4 bilities are needed. Military vehicles now employed , at air bases in the continental Uni ted States will be replaced with Lowly Jeep, World War II, is about to disap- standard commercial-typ- e carriers from Air Force bases in the such as the half ton truck, the half pear The Air Force can expect to save United States. It is being recalled ton carry-al- l, trucks, truck tractors and semi at least $5,610 of the taxpayers' to overseas duty. money next year thanks to three ' Under a., program announced to- trailers. , A moneysaving ideas turned in by day by the Air Materiel Command, saving of approximately $79 000,000 will be effected under these the Jeep and other military-styl- e civilian employees at Hill AFB. . A suggestion devised by Hilton vehicles will bemused only where proposed changes by the end of the L. Johnson, 955 American Beauty their ruggedness and special capa next fiscal year. Drive, Salt Lake Oity, will cut in half the work of machine processing inventory reports in the supply division. His suggestion eliminates the necessity of manually pulling out cards that are out of balancr and thus releases two clerks for other duties in the office. For this suggestion, Johnson was presented a ca3h award of $30.47 by Colonel Clarence M. Sartain in brief cere- Joep to Have Overseas Three Money Saving Tour of Duty warhorse of The Counterbalance I Ideas Adopted -- m ptake-and-platfor- I ! Hsu it- - J t m 0 0 Vi SOLES monies held recently. Prefabricated box pallets for -depot shipping at Hill AFB will save at least $3,392., according to J, Reid Moore, secretary of civilian awards committee. Leland M. Thorup, 0-- 3 Wasatch Drive, Lay- ton, constructed these sectional pallets to use in transporting small items between the warehouses. These pallets are so built that several items can be transported with no chance of disturbing the material or paperwork, thus eliminating a lot of checking and accounting time. For this suggestion Thorup received $109. . Eugene E. Snyder, 3508 Washing ton Blvd., received an award oi $25 for suggesting a more efficient way of distributing publications at Hill AFB. li inter- I) 11 FRIDAY and SATURDAY B-2- 9s 50-pou- nd Men and Boys Y Women and Girls $U9 I $1.19 Your Choice Boston Shoe Repair s STATE and Factory CLEARFIELD (CENTER STREETS Food Service Airmen Cement Blocks Hung on li Engine Hill Air Force base airmen have ' to boast about the food servMounts Provide Needed Counterbalance reason ice facilities at the base. Their jpPr B-- 29 For "Her" Xmas'. : . B-2- B-2- 9's vy - . brother airmen returned from Cook ing and Baking schools with top honors. . TSgt. Gerald Lien recently- came back to Hill Air. Force base for duty after completing a three months bakers course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He won distinction by being top man in his class, and was awarded a complete bakers decorating kit by the school for his outstanding accomplishments. Sergeant Blaine Pannett, returning from an 8 weeks cooks course at the Presidio of San Francisco, brought back comparable laurels. For capturing the top spot in hir class, he was presented a pen and pencil set from the school. Both men are serving with the 25th Food Service Squadron at Hill, and were among the first of several men who will be sent to schools from that: organization. - Leather or Composition RUBBERS and GALOSHES REPAIRED SOLES HEELS PATCHES Top Honors Won by When 9 Superfortresses go down the production line at Hill Air Force Base to be made ready to receive "flying tanker" equipment, they are peculiarly bedangled with clusters of yellow cement blocks. And it took some engineering to get the incongruous objects placed where they are. First of all when the severalT thousand pounds of engines are re- on the engine mounts and could at have a tendency the same time support the 1200 moved, the and they tilt back- pounds, of cement to be counterbalance wards. Thus the need for a coun- weights. The platform and weights terbalance. , become a part of the airplane while Then, when the engines are out it is being modified and moves of the way, mechanics need a plat- right down the line with the planes. form of engine height to stand oh the arrangement looks So, while working on engine mounts sadly though out of character on a mod and wing sections. Moveable stands ern streamlined airplane, its sim proved cumbersome and required piicity" serves a definite purpose constant moving. in the most work done for To the rescue of the mechanics thegetting least amount of money. and plane jugglers came Desmond Young, an- employee1 of the Production Facilities section. He de- Model Duilders Invited signed a simple platform of tublar construction which could be hung To Use New Equipment . ,j. r tim Arc model bugs may now relax in a comfortable and complete model shop. The Special Service Be Expensive! hobby department recently purch ased several hundred dollars worth of supplies and equipment for mo Make This A del enthusiasts, thus allowing mo dels to be constructed with no ex Photograph pense to the builder whatsoever. The shop, located in building 0 Christmas Q) across from Main PX, is stocked 0 with materials, special tools, and all Reasonable 99c For Small Children ' When engines are removed from undergoing modification at Hill AFB, the airplane becomes tail heavy and without a counterbalance would tip backwards. Desmond Young, production facilities section, (above) designed the above platform which is hung on the blocks of cement. Meengine mounts and is draped with chanics use the platform as a work stand and the cement blocks provide the weight needed to balance the aircraft. tail-hea- f ' p . . ' NOTHING CAN MATCH THE REAL THRILL FEEL WHEN SHE RECEIVES A DIAMON- D- . SHE WILL ( . jj8 . . NOTHING CAN MATCH THE THRILL OF GIVING A DIAMOND! . - . Is w SELECT NOW . . . from our beautiful collection of perfect gems . . . all at prices you can afford to pay USE OUR LAYAVVAY PLAN or BUY ON CONVENIENT TERMS! Jewelry at the MOM ARCH JETTY Kaysville, Utah Reed B. Whitesides Phone 400 Gayle A. Stevenson E-1- Always Prices t O Q. 0) c LL other facilities and paraphenalia necessary to the model builder. Model boats, race cars or gliders may be made if desired. Some gasoline No Appointment Needed Penney's Portrait Studio (J. C. Penney Co.) Ogden - Salt Lake rJ U powered aircraft models are available for instruction purposes. Model builders meetings are held in the hobby shop every Tuesday evening at 7:30 for the purpose of instruction, discussion and building The modelers may work every evening, but the models may not. bo taken from the base until fully completed. D CP"T" IVlHlvTXlC I V A VV HiU Air "I'd love to have that adorable sweater, but I'm flat busted!" ft0 at Hiway You look beautiful. You see comfortably . . . 91 clearly PHONE Kaysville 693 ... when you wear Standard "Guaranteed Glasses' V Shop here for and for Iftsn Top-Qualit- y, Garden-Fres- h Selected Meats Vegetables RayA Nothing Down, 01 A Week OPEN DAILY and SUNDAY: 8 A, M. to 10 P. M. 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