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Show Ul mnrm "Parting." said the famous poet, "is such sweet sorrow," but Mrs. Faye Sorrow, chief, Passenger and Household Goods Branch, finds that parting can headache to also be a king-siz- e military dependents who must arrange to join their husbands on overseas assignments. wives of servForeign-bor- n icemen who do not speak English, taking their children and household goods from Hill AFB to strange countries with innumerable custom regulations need the most assistance. And this is where the Passenger and Household Goods Branch, Directorate of Supply and Transportation, comes into the picture to lessen the sorrow and increase the success of such activities. "But our mission also includes the arranging for and furnishing transportation for personnel on temporary duty or permanent change of status," Mrs. Sorrow said, "as well as arranging and procuring shipment and or storage of personal effects for all military and civilians in the State of Utah moving on official duty orders." To do the job effectively 31 employees trained to the requirements of the branch, handle interviews, check on carriers' service and take care of shipment and storage of household effects. Was Sole Employee At one time Mrs. Sorrow was sole employee of the branch. This was in 1947 after World War II activity diminished at the airbase. Some recent figures from her records show how much work is accomplished. Transportation is secured and arranged for between 1,000 and 1,200 passengers a month, and this does not count several hundred servicemen on leave or Partioi pi LAJ on official orders who travel on "space available" basis from Hill AFB. Statistics also show that in the calendar year of 1966 2,900 personal property shipments originated from this area, with 40 percent of them consigned overseas. Total cost of this program was $1,287,000. For the same period commercial transportation for passengers totaled about $1,182,000. Arrange Flights Transportation was arranged via military aircraft for 12,162 passengers and Military Airlift Command reservations were requested and confirmed for 2,638 passengers. May 418 lots of household goods left Hill and 335 lots arrived. Presently there are 816 lots of household goods in storage on a basis. Branch inspectors check the qualtiy of carrier packing and transport service. During non-tempora- ry Air Force dollars are saved by the branch through the use two of Hill AFB aircraft and one 9 two to transport personnel to T-3- C-5- 4s 8s, other assignments rather than using commercial carriers. In May alone $58,444 were saved when 608 personnel utilized base aircraft. n An example of the service given dependents is seen in a recent successful mission. A Japanese-bor- n wife of a serviceman, with three children living in Clearfield had to join her husband in Germany. She spoke little English, and she was at a complete loss until an employee from STP went to her home with preliminary papers, helped the girl fill them out, and later returned with tickets and a government car to take her to person-to-perso- the airport. Many letters "thank-you- " - ""-'- ...f have been received from such grateful dependents, Mrs. Sor- row said. Give Service In line with the idea of givintering service, a view counter was built when "sit-dow- n" the branch took over new of- last fice in Building are December. They adjacent to those of the Joint Airlines Military Traffic Office whose staff of airlines employees coordinates closely with the STP S-1- 80 staff. passenger lounge in Base Operations is also operated by the branch and is open for convenience of the passengers from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mrs. Sorrow said that distances personnel move vary from Hill to Clearfield from The Hill to Saudi Arabia. But no matter what the distance or what the problems the branch employees go all out to maintain quality service to Air Force, Army, Marine, Navy or civilian employee who is faced with temporary duty or reas- ITINERARY Mrs. Faye Sorrow, chief, Passenger , an n merarv lor d T . . .. mT nonrlont xviiU rtoi-nr.'. v Aiii ii iitu, manager. Airlines Truff cOft iicai uuur iu iicr unites in v'-- n o-io- A 1 1, t'A W m x in I - household goods: 23 i u. tism I LinJ signment to another duty station and needs assistance for himself or his family and Has uiu " Years Mrs. Sorrow's knowledge of the branch requirements stems, from 23 years in that area. She has been employed at Hill AFB for 25 years total. Her husband, Ted Sorrow, is also a long term Hill employee, a conductor on the Hill AFB railroad. "It is a job with many satisfactions although some days the problems become numerous but I wouldn't change it for any other job on base," Mrs. Sorrow said. And when she retires one day in the future, she will probably agree with the famous poet, "Parting is such sweet sorrow. Jiiiir 'ji" "iir iti-- ', i ' J - 1st Lt. Charles Crawford, 3027B Hill kj area, talks with Howard Wingate, inspector from theana?m and Household Goods Branch, about the packing ovaw alongside of the van as driver Emory Barker checks already loaded. MOVING ON ft5 (3(5SI1 : T'- IbOtSfiGS?) I EASY TERMS MARK IV MONIIQE ... . ... f .iit(.4 world's top selling, custom iimiw . flirfa a conditioner . Beats heat, humidity, dust, pollen Installs in hours . . . transfers whejyjJS 24,000 Factory warranty for 24 months or Nationwide service MARKS vi , .V "Horn of MCMury and KIIIST TRIP ftenpvipvo I nmi t, u : rangements for sending uoing to join her husband, WO-1- , U.S. Army: ricaant i.rove. llah; Mrs. Kduar,! W X gnTountr e7 ... 5 MP . . ZTf' ..LI. " V ' u T'8 l&t?' ! L:n" h )) ? 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