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Show Visiting GOC Officers Tells BPW Club Program Importance "The Ground Observers' Corps is a veritable form of life Insurance Insur-ance and means of protection for everyone in case of an enemy attack." Mrs. Bruce Mineau told members of the Business and Professional Women's Club and many guests at a special ClvU Defense meeting held Wednes-Aav Wednes-Aav nioht at Hotel El Escalante. Mrs Mineau of Washington County and Just recently returned return-ed from two weeks intensive training in Ground Observers' Corps work in Florida, said GOC Is a very Important supplement to radar, which has many limitations limita-tions especially In mountainous areas. The GOC also furnishes the finest kind of training medium med-ium of our youth, Mrs. Mineau said. "GOC personnel. In addition addi-tion to serving as a secondary warning against air attack, can save many pilots as weU as thousands' thou-sands' of dollars for the Air Corps. Besides we can all be a vital part of a standing army for our country," she said. Iron County Civil Defense director di-rector Haldow E. Chrlstensen also al-so addressed the group, reminding remind-ing those in attendance that "we are only seven hours' away from Siberia, and one bomb dropped on the U. S. could cause more de-vastatlon de-vastatlon than all that experienced experienc-ed during World War IL" Another special guest was TSgt Emll Endslnga, sector ser- f.nm tha RakorRfleld Filter Center, Calif. Sgt Enslnga told h gathered erouD of the small amount of time It would take for a mass enemy attack of our country. She said that 1000 planes could cause death and In-Jury In-Jury to 24,000,000 in less than two hours time. Other guests Included Iron County Commissioner Jess Guy-mon Guy-mon of Parowan and Rube Win-terrose,- director of the Cedar City GOC unit now under organization. organiza-tion. Miss Mamie Eck was In charge of the meeting and Ellen Bulloch had charge of decorations which included red, white and blue col-ors. col-ors. Musical entertainment was furnished by Lois Munford who sang, "Bless This House." |