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Show EV23ssi3e Congressman Burton comnuyniccaflons OiroybBesBiooSer enpScalms For example, at the Blanding site, "commo"men installed approximately five miles of cable or wire interconnecting more than a dozen equipment vans and -- you begin the day, your tool pouch weighs 12 pounds -average. . by the end of the day that pouch feels more like 12 hundred pounds!" That's the comment of trailers. This maize of circuitry includes 35 intercom sets and Installer-Repair20 field telephones, in Floyd addition to data circuit Littleton, assigned to the Outside Plant Branch of the A failure - in White Sands Missile Range either a voice net or a data Communications Directorate. communications link - could "Commo" men work regresult in a "hold" on the ularly all over the 4, 000 firing. square miles of the missile-rang-e activities, During in southern N, M. , the countdown and the laying wire and checking lines launch, instantaneous comto assure instant and good munication is a must among communications for range the many operating elements business -- - the testing of of White Sands Missile Range missiles and missile systems. and those of the troops firing During firings, the PERSHING. such as PERSHING missile Without such communicalaunches from isolated sites the missile could not tion, in Utah, the "commo" be allowed to leave the is man's job even more diffiground, or, once airborne it cult, more rigorous. may have to be destructed or "It's no bed of roses," inhibited in its intended declares Floyd, .and he's flight to White Sands Missile right. Range nearly 400 miles Through sand and wind, away. snow and muck -- - depending The Blanding site posed some on location and time of unique "commo" problems. the "commo" man year Many of the range's radar must be ready to troubleand instrumentation vans shoot a vast maize of wires and trailers, are emplaced and cables interconnecting on White Mesa. a multitude of instrumentaSix miles to the southwest tion and control vans and as the crow flys, is the trailers. launch site on Black Mesa. Burdened with his tool Here, other vital equipmert pouch of pliers, wrenches, is positioned including screwdrivers, splicing tape, that of Army Missile Test et al, he must maintain and Evaluation, the Test communications to and from a variety of equipment Director, and Project Control. stations; telemetry, timing, Once the missile is in met support, missile flight position at the launch point, surviellance, ground safety, data collection, and range continuing equipment and missile checkouts are made control, to name several. to assure that all possible Each unit or station pertest objectives will be obforms a vital function in tained, and every possible preparation for, and during safety precaution is being launch of a missile. taken. Long before the troops who The efforts of the "commo" are to launch the missile reach his from men, the site, the "commo" men the range, contractor perhave been hard at work. sonnel, and those of the They are the "field" working firing troops, bring the schedarm of the Communications uled and desired result: Directorates, which is re"Three. . . Two. . . .One. . sponsible for all communicaLIFT OFF!" Ignition.. tions required to conduct an off -- range firing. That the work is hard, and the hours long, there can be no doubt. The "commo" men is also faced with frequent long absences from home and family. Jim Hill, Installation Repair foreman, Communications Directorate, declares: "I spent so much time at the Blanding, Utah launch site this year that I feel I should join the Ute tribal er pre-laun- ch off-ran- Next, hook up to the Project Control Van. j:vL vN'-'- , t Comrao lines all laid. ..now tie in to the terminals. Join us in a game of bridge council. " Commo comments concerning assignments can be pretty well summed up like this: "In winter or spring at Ft. Wingate, N. M. , it's colder than a well diggers off-ran- ge Everyone Welcome brass Monticello Bridge Club Friday, 7:30 pm Monticello Libra ry belt buckle!" "All Blanding and Gilson Butte, Utah have is wind and dirt!" However, the magnitude of the job itself is the big problem. Busy day. . . Man, this pouch is heavy! tool trouble with "CAR SNATCHERS jr at your house? Snatch one of these low - cost Used Car Redds CHEVROLET Bargains at Three hundred and forty-si- x years ago, Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The people of the colony were to give thanks to God for a bountiful harvest after an unhappy period of great suffering -- - a period when the grim spectre of starvation peered into every cabin and loomed in every- - kitchen. At long last, the colonists whom Governor Bradford was responsible -- - could face a winter without feat. Their com bins were full. They had enough food to last them till Spring, One can imagine the deep sincerity with which .hat determined and desperate group of immigrants gave thanks to God. One hundred and sixty-eigyears were to pass before a national day of thanksgiving was proclaimed. It was proclaimed by George Washington to give thanks to God for the bountiful liberty that this country had won -- - liberty to pursue happiness each in his own way. Another seventy-foyears were to pass before the celebration of Thanksgiving Day became a yearly event. In 1863 242 years after Bradford's first proclamation--AbrahaLincoln proclaimed that the last Thursday in November be celebrated every year as a day of national Thanksgiving. In 1941, Congress made it official: the fourth Thursday of Novht ur m ember was decreed as Thanksgiving Day. Let us look beyond the physical things and there are many of them-- - for which we should give thanks. Consider instead our spiritual possessions our freedom to say what we want, where we The family of Frost and Lucille Black will spend all the Thanksgiving holidays in Mesa, Ariz. , at the home of their daughter Renee Pincock and her husband. Frost and Lucille, and their children Arvid, his wife Eileen and. their children; their daughter Owaine Foye and her husband Bill and their children, will attend the family gathering from Blanding. Ramon, another son, his wife Carol and their family, from Reno, Nevada, and a son Pete and wife Charlotte from Provo will also be in attendance at the Pincock home. Mrs. Grant Bayles and Mrs. Pearl Bayles, took young Matt to Salt Lake for medical attention last week. Bart and Venice Lyman spent the weekend in Salt Lake City last weekend. Bart attended to business matteis while Venice shopped. While there they met Ashton and Vernis Harris who were in the city attending the Farm Bureau convention. In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bailey who will leave this week for Mesa, Ariz. , a testimonial was held in their honor at the second ward evening services. The couple has been active in the ward and will be missed very much. Doris Alexander and Anne Harvey entertained at dinners for the couple. Funeral services were held Monday in the Indian Branch chapel for Dana Lee Jackson, the infant son of Bert and Sandra Jackson. The baby was only 2 days old. Glen Shumway presided at the services. The speakers were Patsy Black and Devon Hurst. Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Neldon Holt and their children and by Gwen Smith and Agnes Hurst. Prayers were offered by Lynn Laws and Curtis Palmer. The grave was dedicated by James Slavens. and Window Glass BROKEN? New Glass b r ake t- -. OUR Business m V a r ; ja .1 iti oni i g, white transmission. 63 Buick Le Sabre Coupe with white sidewall tires. Detailed and ready to go. YOUR Satisfied Transportation Highway 160 East ft . sidewail tires and automatic 64 Oldsmobile Four door hardtop with power steering, power brakes, air conditioning and white sidewall tires. s Well, here it is Thanksgiving time once again. Just hope the lovely nippy weather lasts so that everyone journeyOur want and when we want. ing into or out of our commfreedom to worship God in unity for the holiday's will have a safe enjoyable trip. any fashion or form that we believe ina Our freedom to Jack and Gloria Kidd and children Tammy and Alan read, without restraint of any left last Friday for a week's sort, articles in our newsvacation in Denver City, papers that criticize even the Texas. They' 11 spend Turkey President himself. In short, let us consider that "inner" Day with their folks. It was good to see Herschel freedom on which all our and Elsamae Wolf visiting "outer" blessings are based. out here a little over a week Believe me, as sure as ago. They were on their night follows day, our material abundance is the direct way back home after visiting Lyle and Marlene Wolf and outgrowth of our mental and their new granddaughter in spiritual freedom. Our preSalt Lake City. Herschel is sent oustanding position in the wor'd was reached under superintendent at the Roswell a system of free and unstation now. trammeled individual liberty. Speaking of new grandWe were free to make our own daughters. . . that's just what mistakes and to learn from Bob and Lucille Nelson have them. We were not forced now. The Nelson family into taking a particular podrove down to Gallup to see sition by higher powers who the new family addition, , were alarmed at change. whose name is Sherry, over Nor were we hounded into the weekend. They brought change just for experiment's grandson Mike home with sake. We were left to make them until Thanksgiving our own decisions as much Day when Boyd, Marge and as it is humanly possible to Little Sherry will come to do so. join the family for dinner. We made mistakes--ba- d Those of you who went to ones. There is no deBlanding last Wednesday nying that. But when those evening to hear the New mistakes became apparent, Christy Minstrels were really when the results were seen to fortunate. It was a real treat and one to be remembe wrong and tragic, it was bered for a long time to come. the individual working with Judy McAlpine had her the millions of other indififteenth birthday on Nov. viduals who set us on the 15. On Friday evening a right path again. In the of her Blanding friends group tremendous our of growth, days rode out on the school bus we did not turn to some to enjoy a late birthday central braintrust to solve supper with her. The party our problems. We used our was made up by Colleen own brainpower, our own Black, Racheele Hurst, judging by strength and Black and Klark Black. Jeff we were right the results mom drove them back Judy's most of the time. into town later in the evenWe did not people a coning. tinent, carve Sut a civilizaWe had three weekend a build network tion, mighty guests from Blanding. Julie of cities because a Federal Ann Bradford stayed with Government decreed it so. Debbie Reeves, Jeff King was We followed no set blueprint. with Billy Reeves and There was no government Sheldon Johnson was at Robbie publication that mapped the Brock's. route across the prairies and We hope by the time this over the Great Divide. The is read that both Ann Neifert inventive genius of the indiand Bev LaLonde will be vidual, his dogged determinfeeling a lot better. Bev had to be hospitalized in ation, his capacity for labor, Cortez again and Ann was when he knew that the fruits of his labor would remain As we observe Thanksgiving his this is what built Day this year, however, let's America, this is what made America a great nation. give thanks for the freedom of opportunity which made Since the turn of the Cenpossible the achievements tury, we have traveled the of the past and look forlong road from the surrey ward with confidence that with the fringe on top to the even more will follow. And space capsule. But we still let's pray for the guidance have a long way to go to we need to solve the problems solve all the problems facing that still face us both here us. Perhaps we never really at home and abroad. will. Its only fittin that we all pause in retrospect to ponder the fine life that is ours to enjoy in these modern en- cases Door power steering and power brakes. Ready to go. 587-225- ite 6SEB&HB badly burned when the oven in her home exploded. She's been convalescing at home this past week. On Wednesday afternoon Dee McBroom and Myrtle Warren left for Provo, Utah where they were to attend a two day workshop for all Headstart personnel. Jim Newport celebrated a birthday on Friday, the 17th. We have a group of about -o-be teenaged boys out here who need someone to teach them good sportsmanship, good citizenship and how Reports from Washington job WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANCF, N. M. - "When 1 8 & Screen Wire Installed in Wood & ... to give some lightened times thought to, and thanks for, our own free agency and this land of freedom in which to exercise it. Im especially mindful of Natural Gas and its contribution to our many comforts. Its a gift of nature to serve our needs to be sure . . but as a service, Natural Gas competes freely for your favor and is . Aluminum -t- to grow into nice, healthy young men. There are many who say let someone else help them; I'd rather sit and relax and watch TV. When you were their age I imagine someone gave up a little of their time so that you might enjoy being a Boy Scout. How about a couple of you passing on the favor and becoming Boy Scout Leaders? The Lions Club sponsors this group but without a leader very soon they will, lose the charter out here. Our troop has always been a good one with a high ability in Scout work. Please, won't someone take over and help these youngsters out? jThe San Juan Record Monticello, Utah Thursday, November 23, 1967 Page Six LITTLE THEATRE Utah Monticello, Show Time 30 Pt M. 7: Nov. 25, 27 - 28 THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT!!! Don Knotts Nov. 29 Omar Sharif - 30 Dec. THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS 1 Peter O'Toole Tree Show - -- Bring Ad Mrs. Lucille Orr ever being improved to better serve you and deserve your confidence . . . improved to do more ... do the job better, and cost you less. And suh! In pausing this day to give thanks I enjoy a special feeling of comfort and security knowing that Natural Gas . . that silent servant in the home, goes on with never a moments in. terruption . . . dependable affected by the elements . . . with never a day off. . . . . . . un- constant Col. Ugasco says: Windows and Doors MONTICELLO LUMBER & HDWE. 587-24- "Neighbor, Gas Service that really counts is the kind that is always there when you need it. UTAH GAS SERVICE COMPANY Serving Natural Gas to Eastern Utah 24 Monticello ( 4 |