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Show lne Deseret Sampler, Friday, April 4, 1975 Flings and Things Trails Dugway Proving Ground Through Salutes Personnel History By Ouida Blanthorn Commuters' to Dugway tile community daily pass through a sleepy little in Utah and the first mining town unaware of the important camp in die state, or die West, role it once played in Utahs to have its streets surveyed and history; and it aU began when laid out complete with names soldiers clambered up die and according to compass. It mountain sides above the town could boast of having the first in search of gold and silver way in Tooele County telephone back in 1862. ( Ba-- I ; (installed in Connors Great THAT THE mountains of sin Nonerine die and Mine), Utah teemed with minerals was first electric FolUtah. in lights no secret to die Mormons, as lowing his discharge in 1866 (he they early saw a display of prewas promoted to Brig. General cious stones in trinkets and jewfollowing die Bear. River Batelry worn by the Indians. (In tle), Connor moved to Stockton, Rush Valley die Goshiutefc which he christened from his mined lead for fire sticks.) old home town in California, However, since die Mormons and along with a number of were dependent on an agriculfriends and some fellow Army tural economy, they were not officers, he organized the Rush in favor of eating gold and silver Valley Smelting Company and and discouraged their people built Utahs first large smelting from mining. It was not until furnace. (This furnace was later 1862 when an Iridi Postmaster abandoned and a second one of Stockton, California, was also proved unprofitable a commissioned to recruit 750 number of factors being ressoldiers and bring diem from He ponsible. spdnt 80,000 of die California gold field to his own private fortune, but it Utah, where they swarmed die should be remembered that only hills with Army subsidized with die coming of die equipment, that mining activity Railroad, which the Mormons began in die State. helped build and finance, was The L company of Colomining a successful industry in nel Patrick E. Connors Califor(Utah.) ' nia Volunteers From his home in Stockton Camp Relief, Colonel Steptoes the bellicose old soldier saw old grazing ground on Stockton camp after camp materialize as Lake in Rush Valley. During his soldiers made strikes all over Steptoes stay on the lake , his and hence started communities soldiers had built roads and such as Park city all over die bridges in die nearby canyons, state. and now Connors men riding Today Connors men who in die mountains east erf the dreamed and slaved of making Camp observed outcroppings of Stockton a great mining center lead and aride and die proshave gone; but his Great Basin pecting of die soldiers soon met Mine still lies in die shadow of with success. . Assays from the great gravel bar of ancient early ledges proved to rich in Lake Bonneville and brandies silver." (Ut. Hist Quarterly, out. to cut .under die many Century of Mining.) small mines of the district, sevFrom his headquarters at Ft. eral of which arq two and one-ha- lf Douglas Colonel Connor was miles from the portal prompted by die successful lo(DUP History, Tooele Co.) Tm cations above; Camp Relief to water flow from die drain tun-nell lay out a town below. was so great that for many THIS TOWN, whose main yean it watered fruit trees to street today, Connor Street is produce one of the largest orchards in die state at Bauer. Stockton, became the first Gen (non-Mormo- ' SP4 Larry Gurule was awarded a Certificate of Merit for Safety and Badge for safe driving during the period 5 March 1974 to 4 March 1975. lie is assigned to the Post Motor Pool: Mr. Jesse Lamareaux is presented a Certificate of Merit for Safety. Lamareaux of Facilities Division, was given the honor for the period March 5, 1974 to March 4, 1975. Gerald R. Porter, electronics division, recently received an Outstanding Performance Appraisal as Supervisor, Electronic Technicians. OFF - Delbert K. received a $50.00 Huggard for the Award Suggestion Installation of Air Hoses for Cleaning Samplers. PAYS Juan Mercado of HIIC was recently promoted to SP5. He works at Chemical Assay. . Mrs. Donna B. Sweeny, who has worked at Dugway for sixteen years, receives an Outstanding Performance Certificate from Leonard Sorenson, Chief of Dugways Communications Center. 9 million alcoholics By II. J. Heller - That fellow at the other NEW YORK OJPn end of the bar having difficulty balancing himself on his elbow is me in 9 million. That is the number of adults the government says has developed the disease of alcoholism. . . Only a small proportion of heavy drinkers (less Than 5 percent) are on skid row. The rest are while and blue collar workers, doctors, lawyers and even housewives, many of whom maysbe secret or open . SP4 Gilbert L. Widows was presented a Certificate of Achievement. Widows, a member of Dugway 's 65th MP Platoon (Svc), was chosen as Soldier of the Month for January, 1975. tipplers. According to a presentation made at the recent, meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciendc, nonworking women find it easier to hide the habit since they do. not have to contend with surroundings necessary in Job situations. The report authored by Drs. Nicholas A. Pace and Milton Helpcro lists so many calamities caused by alcoholism it is enough to drive a person to drink a soft drink that is. Sharing your 'gate pass Can cost $$ and benefits d paycheck with a Would you consider sharing your substantial a afford have to And can you portion Mend or rotative? 9f your pay denied you, as punishment for your goner baity? to a variety of benefits Your military ID Card is. your gate-pagranted by Congress to Service members and their dependents. Ihese benefits subdivided into entitlements (medical care) and attractDrivileges (commissary, exchange, theater, etc.) form an ive bonus to the paycheck which Indirectly brings the Service-iwmber- 's pay up to par with Ns civilian counterpart. The benefits of the military commissary and exchange privihard-earne- ss Their posileges evolved through extremely delicate legislation. tion has grown more precarious through the yebrs, however, because of the potential abuse by authorized patrons. Thus the enactment of exchange and commissary systems was accompanied would control paby a Congressional mandate that the Services of shopping privileges. tronage and prevent abuse by patrons Abuses are defined as: e Making any sale,, exchange, transfer or other disposition of unauthorized commissary or exchange merchandise or services to. of a personal persons, whether or .not for a profit. (Customary gifts nature are.permtssible.) e Using commissary or exchange merchandise or services in the conduct of any activity for the production of income. e Other offenses such as shoplifting and intentional or repeated presentation of dishonored checks. viola-tion- s. These abuses are serious and so Is the punishment for such in term in the regard privilege" The significance is highlighted to commissary and exchange patronage, as opposed to the term entitlement. A "privilege" can be revoked for cause, and any abuse listed above Is adequate cause. or relative' who requests the Say no to the neighbor, friend in any way commissary and resell to the Resist urge shopping favor. In Jeopardy is your own and The privilege merchandise. exchange the loss to you equates to a portion of your pay. Use your cqmmissary and exchange privileges, don't abuse them and lose them. For instance, alcohol is responsible for 50 percent of all fatal auto accidents, accounting for 27.750 deaths per year not to mention 500,000 major auto injuries. And the paper said auto deaths of youths hare increased tremendously in states that hare lowered the drinMng age. Some of fix secondary and often fatal effects of alcoholism are listed in the report as cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis, colitis, ulcers, gastritis,, gout, anemia, cardiac complications, convulsions, . neuritis, homicide, suicide the list goes on and on.-The two specialists are especially concerned with the escalating consumption hf liquor by youngsters whom the report says are gang from soda pop to fruit wines: Pass by most city school yards and you will sec kids passing the bottle in brown paper bags. The parents of many of these kids are relatively unconcerned, since it is they who often set the drinking pattern for their children to follow. Parc and Heipern call alcoholism the country's most misunderstood and neglected disease and they suggest a minimum of a threefold program to combat it: , 1. The physician in his office or emergency room of a hospital must be taught to have a high degree of suspicion of alcoholism and the techniques of how to make make the diagnosis. He must also lcam to overcome the patient's denial and provide motivation for treatment. 2 Detoxification in a controlled environment where the patient can receive treatment for the physiological and medical complications of the disease. 3. Rehabilitation allowing the patient to be separated from the stresses of his home and work environment. Herb encounter group therapy is recommended such as Alcoholics Anonymous SAFETY PAYS - Bill Woods (2nd from left), presented the Electronics Division with a Certificate of Merit for Safety. Accepting for the Division are (L-R-) Charles DeWitt, Jack Milne and Gerald Porter. - - SAFETY - FROM THE period of March 1, 1973 to March 1, 1975 netted Raymond C Chapman, W.O., Michael Army Airfield, a Certificate of Merit for Safety. SP4 Ross J. Giacomo of tiie Motor Pool branch, was promoted to his present rank recenvly. Mr. Neldon Pullman of Electronics Division is presented a Certificate of Retirement after his completion of 26 yean and 5 months of Federal Service. Looking on at the ceremony are Mr. Pullmans wife Verda and son Robert. Presenting the Certificate is Post Commander COL Adalbert E. Toepd Jr. (UA Army Photo by Roberta Keck) |