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Show ,110' The T.j. Bone Retires From Dugway After 28 Years Ground and it is evident froni. aerial photograph or map Bone has made his mark upoi, earth." At his retirement banquet he honored by over 200 fellow vori officers and military personnel' wife, Edna and daughter, Kroll were also in attendance. ' Bone was also honored at a sun-family sun-family dinner party on Dec. 27 j home of his daughter and son-it-' Kay and Gary Howes of Lehi. At the guests were his wife and chilr-Jay chilr-Jay and Linda Garlick, Wayne Sandra Kroll, and Larry and Bone. Bone would like to spend his , time traveling, fishing, hunting,: woodworking. T j Bone of Pleasant Grove retired from Dugway Proving Grounds on Dec. 18, 1980, after 28 y1Ere. Bone and the late Issac Eugene (Ike) Bone fBorhn and reared in Lehi Bone graduated from Lehi High School in 1938 He served in the U.S. Army in ndia during World War II. Upon his return he married Edna Johansen and began employment at Geneva Steel In 1952 he left Geneva Steel for a position as an electrician at Dugway Proving Grounds. At the time of his retirement, he had advanced to the position of Physician Scientist. During his employment, he traveled extensively throughout the Continental U.S., Alaska and Panama. His accomplishments earned his many commendations from the Army, including the one presented him at a special retirement banquet held in his honor on Dec. 11, 1980. Colonel Charles H. Bay, Commander in Chief at Dugway Proving Grounds presented him with a silk screen on metal plaque which states, " ...'T' Bone will also remain in the journals of field testing as the individual responsible for the design specifications of Tower Grid and West Vertical Grid. These two grids are the free world's largest instrumental test facilities for point-source testing of toxic and biological munitions. The two grids are prominent landmarks at U.S. Army Dugway Proving , I' J I T.J. BONE |
