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Show Lcora Hunter Pace Inspector At Utah Naval Supply Depot & If you should ask the average j woman to test the specific gravity ( of sulphuric acid with a hydomat-er hydomat-er or use a volt meter to ascertain the voltage of a battery, you would undoubtedly be met with a bewildered be-wildered stare but not If you asked Leora H. Pace, former Cedar City resident, now an employee of the Naval Supply Depot in Clearfield Clear-field to test everything from nursing nurs-ing bottles to diesel locomotives sine? she became one of the first five women to be tralntd and used as an inspector on the depot. Five months of practical experience exper-ience went into the preparation for this fascinating work before Mrs. Pace and her women companions were ready to take over the important im-portant assignment. The five women wo-men and 11 men who make up the personnel of the Inspector staff, Inspect til material received at the depot not already carrying an Inspection stamp, and check ill damaged goods. The variety of items Inspected Is almost unlimited, and the Instruments Instru-ments used to measure them are numerous and compicated. Among the more common ones are volt meters, micrometers of all kinds, ball guages, telescope guages, inside in-side and outside calipers, and screw pitch guages. Qualifications for an inspector include a high degree of intelligence, intellig-ence, Initiative, good judgment, and some mechanical skill. All these Mrs. Pace possesses. Leora Pace is the eldest child ind only daughter of Mrs. Lcona Hunter of Cedar City. She attended attend-ed the Branch A. C. here and the U. S. A. C. at Logan, where she majored in education. She affiliated affiliat-ed with Chi Omega sorority. During Dur-ing vacations throughout her 'school years, Leora worked In the southern south-ern Utah parks. Prior to going to Clearfield she taught school for a period of four years two In Cedar Ce-dar City end two in St. George. Three of Mrs. Pace's four brothers broth-ers are serving their country in the armed forces; Donel, with an engineers group In France; D. V., with a transportation unit In India; In-dia; and June, a Seabee, wounded wound-ed at Arzew, Africa, has recently been given a medical discharge. A fourteen-year-old brother remains at home. Her husband "Tony" Pace, a former radio technician Is also employed at the Naval Supply Depot. |
