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Show P"BUSHEDl?iIiEg7-A- H December 31, 1954 54 Was Bio Year For H ii I i Have Given Gallon Each Listed Vinners i Gala t CWA of Hundreds Wrs frolicked at the big Christ-dance held at the White City C, last Thursday. received ected Christmas presents tow turned ud as the lucky era fit the nrizes distributed iltoom in Ogden Uid 26 lucky Hillfielders Civilian Welfare Associa- It was not necessary to be mt at the dance to win the the ies so ice of had a pointed all Hillfielders off icials winning, savings bonds. follows: S. S. M maintenance; Shirley L. were $25 were as (Prizes jinners W procurement; wurement; iterance; C. Glen installations: lintenance; Earl D. intaiance; services; B. Craige, Stewart. Clements, J. Fitzpatrick. E. Mont- - and Faunt maintenance lery. Milton C. lenneth C. maintenance: Weatherston, supply; u rrahm, maintenance; E. Colter Wilmot. Jwaine ion '1 mairtonanno Stranger, mm, Mr., maintenance; uwne B. Bonnie T froesett U&t sv ana rfuiici M- - van East, r,a- - v. pe, maintenance. btre Installs Wide Screen Facilities ST, "iis "ek Pt the enable base Iatest &&tto IZT is desied for SV2ift- Wide eise it conventional SCOp? wide-scree- n - fe itles can yeat? h! Conventional it1? ?ngxnal Stated the nfes kin3ffsreral reen Hieatre ft It thetre for th Iff toatth' 5rmePeen b,y educing ft. re- project was wide" ia ready for ng Field Director. Dean r. E. J. Park- and Helen P. maintn Hanni, supply; Md, maintenance- - sen. Ran Richard maintenance; maintenance: maintenance; Dodd, Seven Hill AFB employees receive "gallon pins" for having donated eight pints of blood each a total of 56 pints shown on the table in front of the donors. The pint bottle blood containers shown in the foreground represent the great amount of fluid donated. . Volunteers are (left to right) Norman W. Boeslund, Wayne W. Blair, Hyrum Smith Jr., Garrell Servoss, Kenneth Pierson, Ted W. Townsley, and Mrs. Eva Assenburg. The pins were presented by Ellis M. Husband, base American Red Cross life-savi- fire denartm Rice, was a big one for Hill During the past twelve months many important events were recorded and many accomplishments chalked up by civilian and military workers at the base. The approximately 10,000 civilian employees and 3,000 military per- AFB. Civilian personnel officials sons at the base drew a record are now in the process of transbreaking payroll. Over 47 and a ferring almost 300 employees from half million dollars were paid in the Arsenal to the Hill AFB paysalaries during 1054, according to roll according to civilian personnel the accounting division. Civilian division. So far this .year approxi250 former Arsenal workers employees received $41,800,570.03 mately while military personnel were paid have been added to the Hill AFB rolls. $5,992,201.91. All during 1954 Hill AFB em The year 1954 saw Hill AFB gain added importance in the defense ployees were establishing new picture by acquiring new responsi- records on the regular assigned bilities. Just this month security duties. Many planes, including and rolled off wraps were removed from the Air Force's most powerful fighter air- the repair lines. During the past "Voodoo" and at year thousands of tons of supplies craft, the the same time it was announced were bought, stored and issued to that Hill AFB had been assigned Air Force installations all over the world-wid- e responsibility for the world. maintenance and supply of the Military Units In Good Form "Voodoo." 1954 saw the militarv units as Support To Alaska signed to Hill AFB operating in In March 1954, Brig. Gen. M. E. the usual good form. The 461st Tillery, commander, Ogden Air juignt .Bombardment Wing gained Materiel Area, announced that Hill its full .strength and is now await7 "Night AFB was scheduled for big new ing the arrival of twin-jIntruder" bombers which responsibilities in support of the Alaskan Air Command. With this they'll soon be using instead of the The 28th .Logistic assignment Hill AFB started main- present bauadron continued on support tenance, supply, procurement, and with its mission vital as did the Alasfor the transportation tasks 4077th Radar Evaluation Flight. kan bases. Ana so Air orce Base comes Hill AFB made headlines in local to the endhut of another vear know 1954 the with in separnewspapers the last 12 months were suc ate visits of two Air Force officials ing cessful and lookiner towards 1055 who predicted a bright future for with for an even bigger optimism this air base. Secretary of the Air , year. in a Talbott Harold E. Force speech at the Utah State Kiwanis convention in Logan in September said, "Hill AFB will become increasingly important as the Air Force expands its offensive and defensive units into the northwest, the area served by Hill." Gen. Edwin W. Rawlings, com mander of the Air Materiel Com mand, in a speech to the Air Force Association in May indicated that WASHINGTON (AFPS) resnonsibilities in the guided mis Air sile field are in the plans for Hill Force reserve officers on active AFB. duty may apply for appointment as regular officers during the $10 Million Appropriated from New Year's Day thru In July and August congress period the end of February, the AF has ot bills nassed appropriation $10, announced. 125,000 for construction at Hill At the beginning of this semiAFB. The money was scheduled annual application period there to be used for construction of new are several thousand vacancies for and communications navi runways, The- AF said officers. trations. operations, aircraft main regulardoctors and nurses are parpilots, tenance and utility and storage and added but needed, that ticularly administration facilities. with many other backpersonnel Arsenal Take Over grounds and specialties also are Probably the biggest story of the desired. Doctors and dentists can apply hroke in earlv Autrust with tho announcement from Washing for regular appointments at any ton, D. C. that certain facilities of time. For other applicants, howthe Ogden Arsenal would be trans- ever, the opportunity is made availferred to the Air Force. Plans for able only twice a year. They must the occupancy of the Arsenal by be less than 32 years old and have In two years of college. The latter Hill AFB are still underway. the meantime many of the Arsenal requirement can be waived by a workers have been hired at Ilil major air commander. F-8- 4's B-2- 6's F-1- 01 Berglund, George which is drawing to a close 's, Harry Hansen, Mclam New Responsibilities Assigned; Payroll Reaches Over $47 Million The year 1954 Air Force Base. and their Hillfielders fee by Dorothy G. Nelson Dance ;hristmas AF "Gallon Pins" Awarded to 7 Generous Blood Donors Seven Hill Air Force Base employees were presented "gallon pins" recently for donating eight pints of blood each to the American Red Cross during the. past three years. Awarded were: Wayne A. Blair, Hyrum Smith Jr., Eva Assenbury, Norman W. Boeslund, from the Maintenance Engineering Director- tinued. ate and Ted W. Townsley, Kenneth lAJLKl fc, x' 1 lie A It; in Pierson, Garrell Servoss from Sup- that an was there Services Directorate. and ply neea ior dioou. xhc neeu iimcaoo The pins were presented by Ellis as science continues to develop new M. Husband. American Red Cross uses for this fluid. Field Director at Hill AFB, at a ceremony held last week at the much today as during wartime, he base Red Cross Office. pointed out. Mr. Husband expressed his apMr. Husband encouraged all able preciation for the splendid manner Hill AFB employees to donate in which the employees had sup- blood as often as they could. He cause. "Loyal ported the volunteers like you folks have pins to present to employees when made the blood program a success." nave aonaieu he said. "The lives of 50 people, they rrollrtna nf the nrecious fluid. who have needed blood, were saved The mobile blood collection unit or their recovery hastened because from the Salt Lake City Regional you were willing to give, he con- - Blood Center will be at the Officers Wednesday, Club, Building collection the for 19W T, see "Green Fire" which stars January The civilian and blood. whole of Grace Stewart Granger and Kelly. of the base The price will remain the same military organizations U to asked provide been have convenn and for both the for day. donors tional movies. jii;.jl ever-increasi- life-savi- life-savi- ng .0, wide-scree- B-5- et a-'J- ii. t ' AF Reserve Officers . May Apply Jan. 1st For Regular Status - |