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Show Page November HILL TOP TIMES 10 14, 1975 ook Week Promotes Interest Of Young People In Books Hill AFB and the Gerrity Memorial Library The Children's Book Council in New York City formulates are National celebrating Children's Book Week Nov. 17 to 23, to promote the interest of young people in good books. The 1975 theme, "Read On," will prevail. National Children's Book Week was started in 1919 by Franklin K. Mathiews, a writer of books for boys, and Frederic G. Melcher, a publisher and editor. The first Book Week poster was designed in 1921 by Jessie Willcox Smith, a popular illustrator of children's books. It urged "More Books In The Home." Since teachers, then, booksellers, the plans and precedures for observing Book Week. Close to eight million pieces of printed materials, including more than 60,000 posters, are issued annually to promote the celebration. . Book Week celebrations include exhibits of rare or outstanding children's books at city and school libraries, personal appearances of authors and illustrators at book fairs and autographing parties, television and radio parents, librarians, publishers, authors and book reviewers have joined in the annual effort to stimulate reading by children. editors, programs, motion pictures and story hours for young readers. Since the Book Week was observance begun, it has contributed greatly to the improvement of children's books. In 1919, there was only one children's book editor in the publishing business. fL-L- Today, there are between 60 and 70. In 1919, only 500 new books children's were 40 published, nearly To 1,600 years later, are published. celebrate Children's Adssmi',:--.?- .... Book Week, the Gerrity Memorial Library has the following new children's books - available: Why the North Star Stands Still, and other Indian legends; Ruffles and Drums and Redcoat in Boston - early American historical novels just right for the young reader for book reports on the Bicentennial; When the Wind Stops - new illustrations make this new edition a book to treasure; Bug City by Dahlov Ipcar identifies many different -- kinds of bugs in a clever and charming story of the small citizens of Bug City. i' Federal Women's Program Training Class Jo Scott, Federal Women's Coordinator at Hill AFB conducts a special training class for key Maj. Wray D. personnel involved in the Federal Women's Program. Attending were (1-V. and P. Thora Schmidt Maxene instructor, Eubanks, Calahan, Mary Wayman, Phillips, Kay Joe Trujillo. (U.S. Air Force Photo) r) r ' "- 1 i Summer Employment Deadlines Set for Deadlines filing applications for the 1976 Federal .. mining, " V I ', I Summer Employment Examination have been announced by the Civil U.S. Service scheduled locally by area offices. Opportunities for summer employment are extremely limited Officials Commission. The examination covers most positions at grades CS-through (iS-- in the general clerical and administrative-aiareas, as well as 1 should r.;r . . w : d subprofessional engineering, i ? I jobs in the physical, or biological sciences. Officials say applicants who file with the Commission's area offices by Dec. 12 will be tested in January. V Those who file by Jan 1G will be tested in February Applications for the test . postmarked after Jan 16 will say applicants file early for U-s- t chance of consideration. Each 4 '..-U- Tests are not be accepted. summer, ln.oon positions approximately are filled from alout loo.ooo candidates who qualify through the examination Alxtut 8.000 of the jobs filled are clerical and aUuit 2.ooo are in the subprofessional fields. has been one significant change in the There pro cram Students will no longer bo able to substitute a high average for the written test. Students who qualified on grade-poin- t the basis of grade-poin- t able average in 1U75 will not 1 to renew this eligibility, but will have to qualify by taking the test this year. Candidates who took the test and qualified for summer employment in 97. may renew their eligibility without 1 test the an updated form retaking by Feb 27. Instruct ions for filing for the written test and renewing eligibility, along with the necessary forms, are included in Civil Service Commission 414. No. Announcement "Summer Jobs " AFNSi AFJR0TC Seeking High School Instructors personnel Corps has maintains a list of retired officers and NCOs interested Reserve Officers Training retired CKHTIFICATK Verdon Nicholas accrpt a rrrtifif atp signifying 40 year of federal ertee from Maj. Gen. Kdmund A. Hafalko, Ogden Air lxgisiic Crnter commandrr. Mr. Nit h(A looks on. t.S. Air Force Photo Nicholas Honored For Service Verdon Nicholas of Sunset has become one of five civilian workers at lid AFB who has ) years of federal service. Gen. Edmund A. Kafalko, Ogden Air logistics Maj. Center commander, preMTited pin and certificate of Mr. Nicholas in a fo service a 40-ye- ar recent staff me1ing Mr. Nicholas is an inventory management specialist in the Materiel Directorate. Management He retired from the Navy a a thief petty officer after a 2.1-ye- career. Mr. Nicholas ha worked at Hill AFB for 17 years, adding up fo the 40 He and his wife have four children departing, ano replacement units being introduced. AFJROTC The director of the junior program for Air Force announced officers that and schfols for coasideration. The schools negotiate contracts with the instructors and agree to pay at least the difference between retired and active duty pay. Applications and additional information is available from noncommissioned officers fNCOs) are being sought for instructor positions at high schools in the United States and abroad. becoming educators, Entering its tenth year and now located at 275 units in 41 Orem Man Assigned To Hill in AFJROTC aerospace maintains applicant files from which names are submitted to high the District of Merlin R. Makin. son of Columbia. Guam, and Europe, lAicille II, Makin of Pleasant the Air Force Junior Reserve drove, has been promoted to Officers Training Corps the rank of sergeant at Hill f AFJROTO welcomed 21 new AFB. schools to its program in 1375. He is a communications and states, To fill vacancies created by relay center repairman at Hill. equipment AFJROTC-JR1- . Maxwell AFB. Ala. 36112. rAFNSi Sergeant Makin has two years of military service and was assigned to Hill from Sheppard AFB. Tex. He is married to the former Debra Steele, daughter of Fay Steele, of Orem. They have one child. |