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Vol. IV, No. 40 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-L~A~S~C~R~U~C~E~S~,~N~E~W~M~EXICO,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1953

Lt Col. James Fraser Civilians on Proving Assumes New Dot Ground Enjoy Early

WB, WBS, ·Employees' Increased in Frrst 19 I t G ly as Payday for Holiday

nspec or- enera When pay day comes ahead

ilecently assigned to the White of time, it's news. It happened Sands Proving Ground, as Inspec- last week al White Sands Prov­tor General, Lieut. Col. James W. ing Ground to civilians. Fraser, IGC, assumed h is new Ii follows that behind it was duties last week.

• Col. Fraser, who was a member

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of the 7th Illinois Infantry in ··-- .1917, was transferred to the Ord­~nance Corps in February 1918. He

was stationed at Camp Herring,

some effort. In this case, it was the work of the Payroll Section of Civilian Personnel, done un-der ad verse circumstances.

Because of the weather on Tuesday, December 22, all off.

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post personnel was dismissed at 2 p.m. But payroll employees, headed by Eugenia Lane, re­mained on the post and worked a t night so civilian personnel might have checks on Wednes· day preceding the holidays. Normally, p ay day is Friday. All pay roll employees, with the exception of Miss Lane, live away from WSPG.

Miss Lane stayed, too.

Women's· Club to See Art Museum At Service Club

LT. COL. JAMES W . FRASER The Service Club will be set-

lll., testing and proving ordnance ting for the regular monthly materiel procured for the armed meeting of the White Sands Prov­forces. In Feb. 1922 he received ing Ground Woman's Club on a commission as 2nd Lt., Ordnance Tuesday, January 5, at l p. m. Reserve. The walls will be hung with

In February 1941, he was or- lithographs of cowboy life by the dcred to active. duty and assigned Santa Fe artist Theodore to Fort Lewis, Wash. While there. ' he assisted in activating and form- Soele~. . ing ordnance ammunition com- Th!S will be the second in a panies. series of Museum of New Mexico

Following that assignment, Col. traveling exhibitions this season. Fraser was transferred to t he The first was an exhibit of silk China-Burma-India Theater of screens of New Mexico Indian operations on duty with the Chi- paintings on October 6. nese Fifth Army. After V-J Day, he took command of the 93rd The latest exhibit will be on Urdnance uruup m vallU, '.1.II. I di~P1 '1Y through Jan11ary 17. "En-He remained ihere two years. titled,,"~oV.:boy Life of the South- I

In 1949, he was assigned to duty west, it includes twelve large in Augsberg, Germany. On his lithographs-"Water Tank," "Cow return to this country in 1952, he Country," "Morning," "Bridling was placed m the Inspector Gen- th e Buckskin," "After Supper," e al Corps and assigned to the "Working with the Wagon,'' Chicago Field I nspection Office of "Spring Branding," "The Cook,'' t c Chief of Ordnance. "Gentle Pony," and "Beans for

A furmer public rel2.tions direc- Supper." tJr for the P acific Gas and Elec- Through arrangements with tric Company in San Francisco, Manager Jack Gregory of the Cul. Fraser is a graduate of Spald- Hotel Cortez, El Paso, a chef w ill ing Technical Institute of Peoria, be present to demonstr ate the lllir,ois. preparations of canapes and hors

The Frasers and a daughter, d' oeuvres. Doloros, reside at th e proving Hostesses will be Mrs. J. R. ground. A son, Lt. James R., is Mills, Mrs. W. L. Wood, Mrs. currently stat10ned at Fort Ord, James Bushnell and Mrs. Frank Calif. in t he 6th Infantry Div. Beighley.

Ordnance Corps Procures Nearly Half ft'!ateriel Used by Defense Department

The Ordnance Corps, Depart-~-ment of the Army, spends ap- Tank and automotive vehicles proY.'•:m.+..cly half the total allot- which were procured under th~ ment for mater':i1~ for the Armed authority of the Office, Chief of Services, a recen t stuci~ eveals. Ordnance, Detroit, reached the

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Former W&S ·Staffer Named to Duty as Chaplain's Aide

Cpl. Darran E. Montgomery Jr. re-:e atly a~ :urned duties as assist­ant to Chaplain Harold A. Mer­cier, Post Chaplain. He reµl:•..:es Sgt. Robert H. Rodeli, who t''

Entrance Tests for Ca-Ops Scheduled \ S~tn,rday, January 9 I

1.,...ivu ~ei Vi<.:e entrance tests for 1 · student trainees under the Co-

·-P~DRE ?-ND FRIEND-This is a familiar seen'? at White Sands Proving Ground ai. Post Chap· lam !M:i-1or) H~rold A. Merci_er and ,~is boxer :: Caesar·· travel toward ihe Chapel in Chaplain Mer c1er_s f avorite transportation-a Pop -cycle. The Chaplain didn't say, but Caesar appears to b e looking out for the MP's.

Service Turnover Causes Greater Interest Is

Top Concern in Pentagon ~h;.~ on Post in The top brains of the Department of Defense and various f ICtency Awards

bran.ches of _the Armed Forces are stu dying the problem of !he Efficiency Awards Com-makmg service careers more a ttractive. mittee announced last week that

The problem is of national importance. It has high-level the greater interest displayed by government officials ~nd le15islator s worried. For if the un_ personnel of White Sands Proving pre.cedent~d. turnover I? tramed manpower could be cut ma- Ground in the Suggestion f>ro­tenally, m ilit ary spendmg would drop while combat effective- gram has resulted in receiving ness actually would increase. more suggestions for the first half

The Pentagon estimates that it I at the crazy quilt of laws and ad- of. fisca! year 19~4 th'.ln were re­casts $3,200 to put a recruit ministrative rulings handed down ceived m the entire fiscal year of

. t . 1 d" th 1953. through basic training. Technical m.recen years, me u mg e cur-. . . ta11ment of many of the so-called From 1 July 1952 to 30 June trammg runs r:iuch higher-up to "fringe benefits" which in the 1953, the Committee received 82 $50,000 for a pilot. past have been considered part suggestions. For · the fiscal year

Big Personnel TurnoTer and parcel of service remunera- 1954 which started 1 July 1953 to

operative plan who will enter either Texas W~stern or New Mexico A&M college in 1954, will be given at 8: 30 a. m., Sat .. rday, .Jan. 9 in the Sun Room of Milton Hall on the New Mexico A&M college campus.

1 The test, designed for students

who plan to enter either college in February, will be given by I James Linard, program coordin­ator ~or the Training Branch, Civilian Personnel Office at I WSPG.

Requirements for prospective Co-Op students include: Age . 17-35, (except for veterans;) Citi­zen of the U. S.; pass the civil service test, and be eligible for college with at least 21h units of {;pl. Dargen E. Montgomery, Jr. Math. For the first time, gi.d stu­dents may apply for Co-Op train­ing in Math or Physics at New Mexico A&M college only.

Prospective Co-Op students are asked t t '"1 Form 5000AB and Forr post office before

1e test, according Green, Executive

Secretary of the Board of Civil Service Examiners at WSPG.

served at WSPG since taking basic training here in January, 1951, and who will be separated from the service January 15.

Cpl. Montgomery arrived at WSPG in January, 1953, after completing basic training at Aber­deen, Md. He was assigned tu the WSPG Public Information omc·e, ,, as information specialist and re­porter with Wind & Sand. During Wor ld War II, the ArlOY staggering total of over 2,443,000

Servic Forcci: ~roe · ·ehicles. Light tanks weighing :j;G",450,000,000 worth of war fua- about 15 tons reached 28 800 tcriel Of this, the Ordnance units; medium' tanks, about' 33

r.•---- Corps spent $34,084,000,000 for tons. reached 65,000 units; heavy Rrrils, nmunition, v eh i c 1 es, tanks which weighed from 96,000 tanks, aerial bomb:; and other to 126,000 pounds were produced ordnance. for a short period. They proved

During the past year the Armed tion, shows why many men are 31 December ther~ have been 84 Forces lost a million men turning their backs on the service proposals submitted. through expirations of their as a career. Then, a comparison Of the suggestions received terms of service or other causes. of the benefits of a service career during the last six months 18 Of those eligible to re-enlist, only with the advantages available to have been adopted, 16 for cash about 30 per cent, or 160,000, did a young man on the outside, gives awards and two to military per­so. Of the draftees, only five per an even better understanding of sonnel. . . The amount paid out cent, or one out of every 20, sign- the reasons for a situation that for these awards was $347. High­ed up for a voluntary second has become alarming to defense est individual award was to hitch. officials and those lawmakers Charles Manquin who received

If prospective students elect to take either the work phase at the proving ground or the study phase at New Mexico A&M col­lege they must major in one of five subjects: Electrical Engi­neering, Civil E n gin e er in g, Physics, Mathematics or Mech­anical Engineering. At Te.xas Western where the plan is being initiated for the first time, the study course will be confined to

In addition to his military duties, Dargan is an active member of, and soloist with, the White Sands Glee Club, which he hel\)ed or­ganize.

The largest single item pro- unsuccessful in combat so that curement was in small arms am- only 1,800 units were purchased. munition. The total ammunition The balance of 2,347,000 trucks procured for thirty caliber, forty- consisted of wheeled vehicles :five and fifty caliber was 39,000,- from jeeps to ten ton special pur-000,000 rounds. pose trucks. The 21h ton truck,

Artillery ammunition was the commonly called the workhorse next largest amount purchased. of World War II, was the largest For all types of artillery from single type vehicle procured. 20mm to the 155mm and heavier Ordnance Corps purchased 795,­guns, the amount of ammunition 000 of these trucks. produced was over 1,000,000,000 Rifles, submarine guns, pis-complete rounds. tols, revolvers, carbines, and

If the same rate continues who are concerned with the $60. for his suggestion. Mr. E . through 1954, there will be an- nation's best interests. Clark Rouze won the highest total other big turnover with resulting Writer Gives Comparison cash awards, $120. for six propo-high costs and no increase in Such a comparison was given sals which were adopted. strength or combat preparedness. by John G. Norris, staff columnist During the fiscal year 1953, the

The tendency of career men to for the Washington Post, in a re- Suggestion Program for the abandon the service, and the low cent issue of his paper. He writes Army saved the tax payer over re-enlistment rate on the part of as follows: $13,000,000. There were 57,517 draftees, are in spite of intensive "Just suppose you are a young suggestions submitted of which

Electrical Engineering.

NEW YEAR ISSUE This is the last issue of Wind

& Sand for 1953 and the news· paper will return to its regular deadline next week. Corres­pondents' columns for nex:I: week's issue should be in the Wind &: Sand office no later than 1615 hours tonight (Wed­nesday).

He directed the successful GI comedy-play "Missile Aw a y," which was presented to a capa­city crowd at the EM Service Club last. April. Presently, he is taking part in writing and pr -ducing a musical comedy to be presented early this spring.

As a bass vocalist, Dargan has entertained at various orgciniza­tions and functions at WSPG, Fort Bliss and Las Cruces.

Cpl. Montgomery is the son of Mrs. Harriette M. Montgomery of Louisville, Ky. He holds a B. S.

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Aircraft bombs totalled more shotguns purchased totalled more than 6,860,000 short tons of which than 18,370,000 units. Machine more than 1,554,463 tons were guns and aircraft cannon from .50 dropped over the Eureapon Thea- caliber to 20mm guns reached tre of Operations. 2,882,000 units.

internal recruiting programs, man who is f inishing up his 24- 11,814 were adopted. Cash awards career guidance programs and re- month draft period or a three- for these proposals totalled $282,-enlistment bonuses. But a look (Continued on Page 6) 520.

BACKWARD GLANCE AT 1953 REVEALS PROVING GROUND PROGRESS At midnight tonight personnel~solutions and feeling of making• gress, can be reviewed by scan-• to an end-at least for the time~ So it would seem worthwhile

oi White Sands Pr;oving Ground I a fresh start toward the solving ning the front pages of the past being. A brief account of this for the writer reviewing the see ·~he close of another eventful of old problems or the tackling years' bound file of Wind & Sand important mile.stone in world his- year's most importar;it events to year-a year marked by progress, of new ones the prevailing atti- copies. tory appeared m boldface type on start at the begmmng and go

can at best be only a matter ofi Both concerned events actually opinion. The best criterion may taking place in 1952: 350 Children be that of the editor in determin- Welcome Santa Claus to WSPG ing which story should be played (on Dec. 23), and Fort Bliss Crew above others: the one of interest (C Co., 41st Sig. Const. Bn.) to the greatest number of readers Builds New Telephone Line Here. usually gets the top spot, or "big- Also in that issue were pictures of continued growth and an overall tude is one ~f "a job well done." On the international scene, this the front page of the July 30 is- through to the end, selecting the

feeling of accomplishment. Many I mportant Events task would not be so difficul t. sue of Wind & Sand. leading stories in each of the 51 To be sure, the: calendar year Looking back over the past Without doubt the story of the Interest Is Criterion issues.

'953 saw its share of d isappoint- year in an attempt at evaluation, year would be the truce in Korea, But the editors, reporters and But for the sake of brevity, ments, discouragements and, no it would b.e virtually impossible signed Monday, July 27. readers of Wind & Sand are con- only brief descriptions of these doubt, even frustrating minor to single out the ONE most im- More than three years of bitter cerned mainly with the local leading stories can be given. In failures. portant development on the local and bloody conflict, made no less I scene. And there were literally most cases the headlines should

But on the whole, as the old scene. Scores of outstanding bitter and heartbreaking by the I hundreds of important local suffice. And the reader should year bows o:it ana makes way for events, each constituting a defin- fact that no formal de?laration of stories feature~ on the paper's I bear in mind tha~ se~ection o~ the the n ew, with the customary re- ite milestone on the road of pro- war ever was made, fmally came front pages durmg the year. top story or stones m each issue,

gest play." WSPG firemen assisting the Las Top Stories of 1953 Cruces Fire Department in fi!jht-

So here are the "top stories" of ing the $100,000 blaze in down-1953, in chronological order but town Las Cruces in December. not necessarily iu the order of JAN. 8-New Pusu1 nel As-their importance: signed to 96th Ord. Co.; Top-

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'2 4 WIND &: SAND Thursday, Dec. 31. 1953

Published weekly as a civilian enterµrise in t he intCJ·cst of the Mllltary and Civilia n personnel of White Sands Proving Ground , Las Crm·es, N~w ::\iexico, by t he Las Cruces Citizen ol Las Crnces, New Mexico, In conformity with SR-355-20-1, dat ed 17 October, 1949, a nd a ll changes t here to.

Policies a nd statements re flected in the news and editorial columns represent the views of the ind ividu al writ ers a nd under no t'lrrums ta nces a r e to be cons idered those of the Department ol the Army. Advertisements in this publication do not constitut e an endorsement by t he Depa rt ment or the Army or the products or services advertised.

All n ews matter tor publicat ion should be sl'nt to the Public Information Oflicer, White Sands Proving Ground, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Telephone 4203 or 5203.

This newspaper receives Arm ed Forces Press Servl<"c ma teria l. Armed Forces Press Service materia l which Is not copyr ighted or syndicat ed ma y be repr inted or reproduceu wit hout fu rther permission, provided proper credit is given. Copy right ed an!l/Or syndi­ca t ed matter is not to be re produced without specific permiss ion o! Armed Forces Press Service, or the syndicate or the copyright owner.

This paper is not an offic ial or semi-officia l Department of Defense puallcatlon. All pictures a re by White Sands Proving Ground photographers unless otherwise

stated. Advertis ing copy should be sent to: Las Cruces Citizen, P. 0 . Box 270, 114 s. Church

Street, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Phones 10, 11. Subscription of! Post $4.00 per year ; $1.50 !or three months. Dis tribution on the Post free.

Backward Glance at 1953 Shows Post Progress in Year

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Flight Entertainment Scheduled for NOO Club.

JAN. 15-0fficers from Fort Bliss School Tour P r o v i n g Ground; WSPG Officers to Enter­tain 66 Las Cruces Couples (Jan. 17).

Commissary Opens JAN. 22-Fort Bliss Officer,

Brig. Gen. W. E. Waters, Inspects WSPG's 1st GM Brig. Det.

JAN 29-Bloodmobile to Visit Post Feb. 2; March of Dimes Drive Under Way with Post's Goal $4,000.

FEB. 5-Personnel Turn Out to Give Blood; Mrs. Eddy and Mrs. Quirk Cut Ribbon at Ceremony Opening New Post Commissary.

FEB. 12-WSPG Receives Am­erican Legion Certificate of Ap­preciation for Aiding Veterans (given annually to establishment employing largest number of disabled veterans in state); Post Nears $4,000 Goal in March of Dimes.

FEB. 19-Post Goes Over Goal in 1953 March of Dimes ($4,053.70 raised); Bloodmobile (on Feb. 2 visit) Collects 357 Pints to Set New Record for Tucson Region.

Advanced Co-op Program FEB. 26-Red Cross Drive

Opens with Quota Set at $2,200; 96th Ord. Co. J?egins 12-Week Unit Training Program.

ARCH 5-Advanced Cooper­Student Training Program ed (for college t;raduate

cn t:;-J ; Uniq~ Ain1y Flying Unit Pat.-ol~ Range to Track Down Fired Rockets.

MARCH 12-Red Cross Fund Expected to Reach $1,000 Mark by End of Week; Missile Fuel

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Handling Course Launched by Field Service Division.

MARCH 19-Advanced Co-op Program Approved by New Mex- I ico A&M College; General Elec­tric Co. Presents Peter Hurd Painting of Missile Takeoff to WSPG on Permanent Loan. Also in this issue: Enlisted Men Ten­ants Begin Occupying First Com­pleted Units of Wherry Housing Project.

PX Cafeteria Opens MARCH 26--Aerobee Missile,

Mock-ups, Movies Shown by WSPG Personnel at A&M 'High School Day'; Wind & Sand Begins Fourth Year of Publication. Also: Red Cross Total Goes Over $1,500.

APRIL 2-Army's Newest Weapons Aimed After Firing; Post Woman's Club Schedules Annual Spring Tea April 7. Also: Wind & Sand (formerly Wind and Sand) Gets New Name and New Look (new Page 1 name­plate designed by Illustrations Dept., Troops & Training Divi­sion).

APRIL 9-WSPG Raises $1,803 for 81 Per Cent of Red Cross Goal; Rehearsals Under Way for 'Missile Away!' (original comedy drama with soldier cast).

APRIL 16--New PX Cafeteria to Open Friday, April 17; Army to Set Up Nike Batteries for Anti­Aircraft Defense.

Bloodmobile Returns APRIL 23-P o s t Employees

Presented Awards for Sugges­tions Resulting in Savings.

APRIL 30-Bloodmobile to Re­turn to Post May 4; 183 WSPG Men Help Fight Fire in Sacra­mento Mountains. Also: Capacity Crowd Sees 'Missile Away!' at EM Service Club (April 22).

MAY 7-Plans Completed for Observance of Armed Forces Day May 16; Bloodmobile Collects 310 Pints at WSPG (May 4).

MAY 14-Army Emergecy Re­lief Fund Campaign Launched on Post; Armed Forces Day Pa­rade Set in Las Cruces May 15. M~ Y 21-Re-registration of

Cars Under Way on Post with De­cals Replacing Metal Tags; Wo­man's Club Holds Spring Fashion Show (May 16).

Construction Program MAY 28-New WSPG Con­

struction Totals $5,00-0,000 (con­tractors at work on three labor­atory buildings); 14 Graduates Receive Diplomas as Post School Holds First Commencement. Al­so: Chief Signal Officers' Advi­sory Council Tours Post, with White Sands Signal Corps Agency as Host.

JUNE 4-High-Ranking Mexi­can and U. S. Army Officers Tour Proving Ground; Bank Janitor Rewarded After Finding $12,718 in Open Desk Drawer.

JUNE 11--Generators on Post Add to WSPG's Supply from Elephant B Safety Measures in Ha erous Missile Fuels Ac for Post's Perfect Eight-Year Record.

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GI Buses Transport More Than 2,100 Passengers Per Day

If you are driving east on U.S. Highway 70 from Las Cruces any weekday at 4: 30 P .M. you will meet a caravan of G.I. busses wheeling over San Augustine Pass. Or, if traveling north on the desert road at the same hour, you'll see a similar convoy head­ing to El Paso.

The Transportation section of White Sands Proving Ground performs the gigantic task of transporting more than 2,100 pas­sengers per day. They are mili­tary persons and civilians em­p loyed at the proving ground w ho live in El Paso, Las Cruces and Alamogordo.

This bus service initiated in December 1947, has set the re­markable record of more than six years of operation without accident or injury to a passenger.

PROTESTANT SERVICES:

Sunday School-1000 Worship Service, Sunday-11 Choir Practice, Wednesday-

CATHOLIC SERVICES: Mass, Sunday- 0900 Sunday School-1100

1830

(Bldg. 4648) Rosary and Confession,

Saturday-1600 Daily Rosary, Monday through

Friday-1620

JEWISH SERVICES: Services, Friday-2000

normal duty hours, the section maintains four st::hedules for per­sonnel who wor k out of n ormal duty hours. ~

The bus section of th e motor. pool is under the command o Lt. Hart Walker of Las Cruces. Sgt. James E. Trisler is the NCO in charge.

Civilian chauffers are selected only after they pass s tringent medical examinations and apti­tude tests. Once a year, or more often if deemed necessary each driver undergoes a medical ex-

THE LONG LINE HOME-This photo of off-post civilians who ride the GI busses daily from · t • White Sands Proving to Las Cruces, El Paso and Alamogordo, illustrates on a small scale the amma ion. Army regulations also gigantic task faced by the Transportation Section daily. The busses in the background transport dictate that each chauffer pass a thousands of workers daily to and from the post to nearby communities. rigid road and aptitude test.

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Essential to Isola~ed, Po_st Like sto~k;. Three New Warehouse I NOV. 19-Women Students to WSPG_. Also: Nat10n s. ~rrst Co- Bmldmgs Complete at Cost of Be Admitted to Co-op Program operativ_e Student Trammg Pro- $~06,000. Also: New Year Be- Next Semester; Motorists Warned gram Big Success as New Class I gms for W~PG School Studer;its; of New Crackdown on Post Traf-Enrolls. Probers Fmd Charges Agamst fie Violations

JULY 2-Army Emergency Re- Exchanges 'Loose and Reckless.' · lief Drive to End July 3 with SEPT. 10-Grand Opening Set . NOV. _26--Survey Shows J:Ious­Drawing at Post Theater; Quiet Sept. 11 for New Radio-TV ~g Scarce oi: Post but Available Fourth to Be Observed at WSPG. Hobby Shop; Post School Enroll- m Surrounding Towns. . Also: New Emphasis Placed on ment 250. DEC. 3-WSSCA to Begm Pre­Work Simplification Program. SEPT. 17-Navy Training Pool ventive Maintenance Course Dec.

JULY 9-WSPG 0 b serves rs Re-Named and Dedicated in 4; Three WSPG Men Represent Eighth Birthday. (A 16-page Honor of George Thomas Hol- ~rea at A_merican Rock~t So­"Anniversary Edition" contained land; Interest in Suggestion Pro- c1ety's Nah~nal Convention in many special stones and feature gram Shows Increase. New York City. articles on the history and accom- SEPT. 24--High Praise Given Chrisimas Edition plilhments of the post, history of WSPG by Maj. Gen. E. L. Ford, DEC. 10-More Than 400 At-guided m is s i le s, t e ch n i c a 1 Chief of Ordnance, on Visit to tend Dinner-Dance as Las Cru­achievements, progress of various Post. cens Honor WSPG Personnel; projects and comparisons of the OCTOBER 1-Guided Missile Fort Bliss Soldiers Complete Mis­"old days" with the new. Also in- Program Discussed in Two-Day I sile Fire Fighting Course at eluded were the names of most Meeting Held on Post; Big WSPG. Also: Girl Scouts and of WSPG's "oldtimers," person- Crowd Attends Style Show, Tea Brow~ies Launch Drive to Collect nel who had been here five or Presented by Womans' Club. Clothmg for Las Cruces Orphans. more years, and many pictures Space Travel Forecast DEC. 17-Mrs. Robert H. God-showing the changes that had OCTOBER 8-Mankind Is on dard to Visit WSPG Next Month; taken place on the post during Verge of Exciting Journeys to Annual Children's Christmas its eight-year history.) Unknown, Rocket Society Panel Party Scheduled at Post Theater

Commissary Restriction Agrees; Traveling Indian Art Ex- Dec. 23. Also: a number of spe-JULY 16-Mesilla V,plley Ki- hibit Opens at EM Service Club. cialstories and articles in th~ an­

wanians to Get Charter Satur- Also: Work Is Completed at NCO nual "Christmas Edition" of day; Need, Not Rank, Determines Open Mess. Wind & Sand. Patient's Treatment at WSPG OCTOBER 15-Area Contrac- DEC. 31, 1953-Happy New Dispensary. Also: Army Erner- tors Paid More Than $2,364,381 to Year! and other stories in this

over vehicles, drivers, and pas­sengel's by Transportation Corps personnel. Each convoy is attend­ed by a non-commissioned offi­cer who supervises conduct of the convoy. Daily the motor pool dispatches about 19 busses for Las Cruces, six to El Paso and two to Alamogordo. These vary with the amount of passengers for separate destinations.

YES - - STOP HERE The vehicles, Army and Navy

busses, are maintained by the Transportation Section to rigid Army Ordnance standards. Daily inspections by each driver of his vehicle before and after each run assures safety in operation.

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JULY 23-'-Civilian Food Neces- Be Permitted on Portions of sities Available at PX Cafeteria WSPG Range; Ranchers Given 90 (order from Washington closes Days to Clear Range of Livestock. Commissary temporarily to civi- Also: Chest X-Ray Program Un­lian employees living on post). der Way on Post, and WSPG

JULY 30- Gen Eddy, Civilian Firemen and Military Police Aid Committee, Discuss Post Prob- in Fighting Blaze at Las Cruces lems; Civilian Personnel Policy Compress. Board Set Up with T. J . Pickett OCTOBER 29-WSPG Military as Chairman. and Civilian Payroll Over $1,000,-

A UGUST 6-Commissary Buy- 000 a Month. ing Restriction Lifted for WSPG NOV. 5-Maj. Gen. E. L. Cum­Civilians; Secretary W i 1 son rnings Succeeds Ford as Chief of Clarifies Policies Concerning Ordnance.

Employment of Civilians. NOV. 12-Congressional Bud-AUGUST 13-All-Out Drive get Sub-Committee Inspects I

Launched Against Traffic Viola- WSPG; New Co-op Program with tions as Increase in Highway Texas Wes tern College Being Deaths Causes Concern; Motor- Prepared. Also: Two Dead and , cycle Accident Kills WSPG Sai- Three Injured in New Rash of l lor, Injuries Det. 2 Soldier. Also: Automobile Accidents. Gen. Eddy Renews Appeal for Careful Driving.

AUGUST 20-Instrumentation Structures to Take Most of New $2,917 ,000 Post Building Alloca­tion; Post TI&E Schedules En­rollment Sept. 8.

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AUGUST 27-Clarence Bud­ington Kelland Serial with WSPG Setting Begins in Saturday Even­ing Post; WSPG Accident Rate Jumps During August. Also: 129 112 S. Main St.-Las Cruces NCO Open Mess Closes for $7 ,000 Remodeling Job.

SEPT. 3-WSPG, Ft. Bliss Move to Clear Range of Live-

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JUNE 18-Army Emergency Relief Fund Drive Extended to July 3 (in effort to raise $5,000 quota); Brig. Gen. G. G. Eddy Receives 'Honorary Doctor of Sci­ence Degree from New Mexico A&M College at Commencement r-- -------.-.iiliiimiiil-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;iiiliiil;.·;.--,;;.- .,

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JUNE 25-WSPG Baseball Team Upsets Fort Bliss, 9-8, Snaps Falcons' 27-Game Winning Streak; Post Exchange Facilities

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RECRUITING PROGRAM FOR CO-OPS SWINGS TO WEST TEXAS JAN. 10

Bill Montable, Assistant Co-~-------------­ordinator for the Training Branch of the White Sands Proving Ground Civilian Personnel Office,

M. ~ve Sunday, Jan. 10, on a

· , . .our of cities and towns in e est Texas area.

Mr. Montable will visit 22 high schools during the 10 pays. He will explain the Cooperative Student Training Program to members of the senior classes and other interested students.

civil engineering mathematics and electrical engineering. At Texas Western, where t he program be­gins in February, it will be con­fined to electrical engineering majors at first, but may be ex­panded later to include the other four subjects.

Thursday, Dec. 31, 1953 3

Up to Date With the 138th By McGonagle and Wilner

WHY ONLY CHRISTMAS . .. $being in the bathroom alone This column is primarily written I (that's a latrine to those foolish for the enjoyment of the troops civilians its real quiet, honestly. I and as such, we try to keep it as was wide-eyed at the fact that humorous as possible. It is some- my mother managed to get all what out of character I guess, to the food on one plate, which be­try and write a column with, as lieve or not had no compartments Hollywood calls it "a message." on it. Some how the desert didn't

* get in the string-beans or pota-

High school graduates are now being recruited to enter the pro­gram in February either at New Mexico A&M College, Las Cruces, or Texas Western College, El Paso. They may enter either the work phase of the program at WSPG or the study phase at one

Also in February, the program will be open to women students for the first time. Women desiring to major in physics or mathe­matics may take advantage of . he program at New Mexico A&M College.

The Cooperative Student Train­ing Program also is available to studen's of Denver University, Denver, Colo., and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

To me Christmas is a beautiful toes and they really taste good time of the year. Not the weather, alone. Yes its a strange exper­or the scenery because that's dif- ience on the out side. HELPFUL ferent all over the country. No, its ffiNT TO THOSE GOING HOME . the spirit. Everybody knows ... Take a jar of New Mexican

\ there is such a thing as Christmas sand with you. When you get spirit. You see it in the papers, home, set up an electric fan. you hear about it on the radio, in Throw sand into fan keeping eyes fact you can feel it in your own open. This will hold you until heart. What is this mysterious you get back here.

of the two colleges. Mr. Montable and James Lin­

ard, Program Coordinator for the g Branch, completed a tour of cities and towns

i ona last month. Response during and following their visits indicated that the J\rizona trip was highly successful.

Alternate Work. Study Under the plan, "Co-ops" work

full time at WSPG for six months each ~ear, then study full time in college for the remaining six months. They· g::iin an advantage of two and a half j·Pars of prac­tical experience while still in col­lege, at the same time finance part or all of their college educa­tion.

Co-ops are paid from $1.32 to $1.53 per hour during the work periods. After five years in the program, alternating each six months between work and study, they receive bachelor's degrees and may become eligible for full­time positions at WSPG.

At present more than 300 stu­dent-trainees are taking advant­age of the program at New Mexico A&M College and WSPG. Ap­proximately half are employed while the other half study, and the two groups alternate twice yearly.

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The itinerary for Mr. Montable's West Texas tour is as follows: Monday, Jan. 11:

8:30 a.m. - Van Horn High School.

I p.m.-Marfa High School. 3 p.m.-Alpine High School.

Tuesday, Jan. 12: 8:30 a.m.-Fort Stockton High

School. 11 a.m. - Grand Falls High

School. 2 p.m.-Crane High School.

Wednesday, Jan. 13: 8:30 a.m.- M c Camey High

School. 11 a.m.-Iraan High School. 2 p.m.-Ozona High School.

Thursday, Jan. 14: 9 a .m.-Sonora High School. 2 p .m.-Big Lake High School.

Friday, Jan. 15: 8:30 a.m.-Big Springs High

School. 1 p.m.-Midland High School. 3 p.m.-Odessa High School.

Monday, Jan. 18: 9 a.m.- Monahans High School. 11 a.m.- Pecos High School. 1:30 p.m.- Wink High School. 3 p.m.-Kermit High School. Tuesday, Jan. 19: 9 a.m.-Andrews High School. 11 a.m.-Seminol~ High School. 2 p.m.-Brownfield High School. Wednesday, Jan. 25: 9 a .m.-Lubbock High School.

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CHILDREN'S PARTY at the White Sands Proving Ground Elementary School auditorium Friday. December 19 wound up with presentation of "Frosty the Snowman" (top) and "Susie the Snowflake" (boitom). Children of the school took parts in the presentation.

cordage offer groin murder hoe lifts hoar udder site offer florist. Shaker lake, dun stopper laun­dry wrote, end yonder not sorg­hum strenches dun stopper tor­que wet strainers."

otter bet, disc curl and bloat Thursday woof ceased pore Ladle Rat Rotten Hut and garbled erupt. Mural: Yonder nor soug­hum stenches shut ladle gulls stopper torque wet strainers.

I told you I would break the monotony, didn't I?

spirit everybody talks about that * just turns up once a year? All it is, is a genuine interest in your fellow man, a compulsion to do good. We all know the warm feeling we have about Christmas time every year, and if we think about it we realize the feeling is there because each one of us is thinking about making someone else happy instead of himself. WHY ONLY CHRISTMAS?

* NEWS FLASH! ! ! !At last the

men have been separated from the boys! The mighty 138th, W. S. P. G.'s favorite outfit, has been streamlined. Three new companies, the 4th Ord. Co., the 54 Ord. Co., and the 155th Ord. Co., have been formed from the ranks of the 138th, leaving us with an outfit of 86 officers and men. Since the men of these com­panies are all former 138ers, you can bet your last peso that they will be darn good companies. We wish you well former comrades­in arms, but don't try to take Sgt. Struzik from us, it may mean war!

* COLUMN AT HALF

STRENGTH .. . I hate to admit this but my partner McGonagle chickened out, and went home for Christmas. I hope he doesn't make the same mistakes I did the last time I was home, like field stripping a butt on the living rug, which didn't go over too big, sa­luting a door man in front of the Hotel New Yorker (A natural mistake), showing my pass to a cop at a toll gate (He was unim­pressed, and still wanted twenty­five cents) and a few other fool­ish things. I was a little shaken at

"OPERATION SANTA" BIG SUCCESS. . . Although a good 85% of the company were on leave the men of the 138th with the help of their former buddies in the 4th, 54, and 155th Ordnance Companies m a n a g e d to get enough cash together to buy Christmas presents for all the kids on the post. The presents were far from elaborate, but the thought was there. Best of all Santa Claus took a little time off on a real busy Christmas eye, to come down to White Sands and helped the boys deliver them. THANKS SANTA FOR HELP­ING US OUT. (The red suit threw the boys on the guard gate into a panic)

See you next week. A happy and prosperous New Year to all.

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THE FREQ'S

"Hoe-cake, murder," resplen­dent Ladle Rat Rotten Hut end tickle ladle basking and stuttered oft. Honor wrote tudor cordage offer groin murder, Ladle Rat Rotten Hut mitten anomalous woof.

Inner ladle wile Ladle Rat Rot­ten Hut araft attar cordage and ranker dough ball. "Conb ink, sweat hard," setter wicket woof, disgracing is verse. Ladle Rat Rotten Hut entity bet rum end stud buyer groin murder's bet. "Oh, grammar," crater ladle gull, "Wart bag icer gut! A nervous sausage bag ice!" "Buttered lucky chew wiff, doiling, whiskered disc ratchet woof wetter wicket small. "Oh, grammar, bater bag noise; A nervous sore sutute ano­malous prognosis!" "Buttered small your whiff,'' inserter woof, ants mouse worse waddling. "Oh, grammar, water bag mouse gut! A nervous sore suture bag­mouse!"

Some folks persist in telling jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiii~jiiiililiiili"iiiiliiiiiiij the truth even if it hurts--some-

By Ophelia Domingues "Wail, wail, wail,'' set disc wic-ket woof, "evanescent Ladle Rat

The Technical Analysis Branch Rotten Hut! Wares or putty ladle would like to thank Sgt. Martin, gull goring wizard ladle bask­for the nice pork chop lunch ing?" which he gave for them last Wed- "Armor goring tumor groin nesday. murder's," reprisal ladle gull.

The solution to last weeks cry- "Grammers seeking bet. Armor ptogram is: ticking arson burder barter end

SULKY BR 0 W N APHID shirking cockles." HUNTS DUSKY CRYPT, "O hoe! Heifer blessing woke," F 0 UN D FI RS T, AM 0 NG settar wicket woof, butter taught ROCKS, GAUNT SNAIL. SLIMY tomb self, "Oil tickle shirt court BRUTE FROZE, SNAPT. VITAL tudor cordage offer groin murder. VIGOR TAXED, JOUST QUICK Oil ketchup wetter letter, end den

There has not been any activity, -0 bore! as far as the column is concerned. Soda wicked woof tucker shirt in this Division. So as to break court, end whennev retched a the monotony, I shall tell you a cordage offer groin murder, pic­story-the story of Ladie Rat Rot- ket inner window and sore debter ten Hut. pore oil wormig worse lion inner

Wants pawn term, dare worst- bet. Inner flesh disc abdominal ed ladle gull hoe lift wetter mur- woof lipped honor betting adder der inner ladle cordage honor itch rope. Zany pool down a groin offer Lodge dock florist. Disc murder's nut cup and gnat gun,

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WIND & SAND Thursday, Dec. 31, 1953

Miss Helen Mercado of Las Cruces is Wed to Sfc. Robert V. Wesley of WSPG

The marriage of Miss Helen~>-----­

Mercado of Las Cruces to Sfc. M/Sgt Vass has dug deep into Robert V. Wesley of White Sands his repertoire of re-up propagan­Proving Ground was revealed last da by telling his short-timers that week. the outside world is rough and

The couple was married in a that locks are being placed on double ring ceremony in Roswell. the garbage cans. To which I ask, Eleanor Sherwood was maid of if the garbage cans are being honor while Sgt. Robert Carter locked, where will the mess halls of WSPG was best man. get food, Sarge?

Who was the hungry looking Sergeant Wesley, stationed at character in your room the other

WSPG with the 138th Ordnance night looking for some early Co., for the past year is a native chow, Pereira? ... Honestly, Art of Kentucky and spent two years I don't know where you meet of his service time in Korea. these Californian characters.

Miss Mercado is the daughter Because a very scared and of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Mercado of slightly sick Santa Claus was Radium Springs, and has been presented to the Holloman kid­employed for a number of years dies by Lt. Spurlock who flew St. with the Las Cruces Citizen Nick from his North Pole domain where Wind & Sand is printed. in an Army L-19, Santa has

She is a gradu9.te of Las Cruces sworn never to travel with a Union High School and attended carefree young First Lieutenant Robbins Bu 'iness School. again but to stick to his conven­

tional manner via reindeer. At . the c remony in Roswell, FACTS & FIGURES: Captain

Mrs. Wesley wore a gown of John Gray has a total of 415 hours Chantilly lace over satin with a Korean combat flying time. . . . matching bolero of lace. A crown Det. 3 now proudly owns a total of pearls and orange blossoms of 10 aircraft ... Lt. Bradley has held the veil of illusion and she compiled more than 1300 hours in carried a bouquet of gladioli and Army aircraft ... Smitty has 75 white satin ribbon. more days to D-Day.

After returning from a brief From all the members of Det. trip to Liberty, Ky., the couple is 3 a Happy New Year to you all. at home in Las Cruces.

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Lt. Hugh G. Spurlock Jr., our very efficient supply officer, is the latest in Det. 3 to join the "sil­ver bar brigade." Congratula­tions, Lieutenant, on a very de­serving promotion.

Det. 3 is about to lose two of its most able men in Cpl's Joe Golej & Joe Palmer. Golej as crew chief and Palmer chief engineman, will be hard to replace both as sol­diers as well as technicians.

Pvt. Phil Schneider is the sec­ond member of Det. 3 to be con­fined to the Base Hospital because of chicken pox.

Because Cpl. Lou Epplin will soon be discharged the "Bob Hayes for Assistant Bjarrack's Orderly Movement" is underway. Bobs promises will win many a vote .... Too numerous to list.

Hear Yel We proelaim our

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a prosperous New Year!

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New Arrivals

MILITABY

Cpl. Samuel J. Basnett, 9393 TSU. former resident o! Hannibal, Mo .. veteran or the Far East.

Pvt. James A. Best, 9393 TSU, 9393 TSU, former resident or Ripley, Tenn.

Pvt. Bennie Carter, 9393 TSU, rorme,­resldent ot Atlanta, Ga.

Pvt. Benjamin Carter, 9393 TSU, former resident of Atlanta, Ga.

Pvt. William G. Clark, 9393 TSU. former resident or Woodbury, N. J.

Pvt. George R. Diana, 9393 TSU, former resident or South Plainfield, N. J.

Pvt. Charles F. Hanson, 9393 TSU, form­er resident of Red Wing, Minn.

P!c. Donald W. Harl, 4119 ASU, former resident or Indianapolis, Ind., veteran or the Far East.

Pfc. Cecil E. A. Lucas, 4119 ASU, form­er resident of Lavalette, W. Va., veteran or tho Far East.

P!c. Jesse P. Manning, 9393 TSU, rorm· er resident o! Cuero, Tex., veteran ot the Fnr Eust.

Pfc. Lawrence E. :\ilddlebrook, 4119 ASU, former resident or Hewlett. Va., veteran of the Far East.

Pvt. William B. Millspaugh, 9393 TSU, former resident of Cobden, Ill.

J>vt. Donald O. Niedermeyer, 9393 TSU, former resident or El Cajon, call!.

Pfc. Worth Poteat, 4119 ASU, former '"''"!dent of North Wilkesboro, N. C., vet­eran or the Far East.

P\'t. Robert E. Reed, 9393 TSU, former resldcnl or Ventura, Calif.

Pvt. Charles J. Roach, 9393 TSU, former resident o! Brookline, Mass.

Cpl. Donald W. Smith, 9393 .-su, former resident or Tampa, Fla.

p,i.. Earl Q. Thulin, 9393 TSU, former re dent o! Salem, Ore.

cpl. Everett Walsh, 4119 ASU, former re,ld<·nt ot Memphis, Tenn., veteran ol Japnn.

Pfc. Odie L. Ward, 4119 ASU, !onner resident o! Ripley, Tenn., veteran ot Ew·ope.

Pfc. Gene F. Wule, 4119 ASU. fonner resident of Mlnneapolls, Minn., veteran of Korea.

Cupt. John H. Longbottom, 4th Ord. Co., former resident of Washington, D. C .. ''el· eran or Korea.

---{;IVItrAN-Mrs. Dorothy D. Buckner, property and

supply clerk, 1211 East San Antonio St., El Pnso.

Robert Arthur Dinkel, lab mechanic genernl, resident or Las Cruces, former 1·e>ident of North Bergen, N. J.

:\trs. Kreszcnz Gu:w,·ich, draflllman. 7111 Carswell Drive, El Paso. Mrs. Jsabel Catherine 1'1alloy, clerk-typist, 504Jh N. Alameda Blvd., La:-; Cruces, former rest· dl'nt of Paterson, N. J.

Uol>ert Pike :\11tchell, mathematician, former rt'Hident of Denver, Colo.

Mrs. Rosemary Silva, clerk-typist with ?l!llltary Personnel, resident of Las Cru­ces, former resldEmt of Denleon, Iowa.

Clarence Joseph Snodgra.se Jr., lab .. electronic mechanic, former resident of

Valley Park, Mo.

"Darling, darling," cried the young salesman as he burst through the door one eveningn. "Guess what! I've just got a com­mission in the Air Force."

"A commission again!" wailed his young bride. "Why can't you get a regular salary once in your life?"

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~ =cc cc cc cc cc cc cc c Greetings to Maj. L. E. O'Dell bow. who is replacing Maj. W. C. O'- At last a name has been selected Next week Yours Truly will be Kelley as missile recovery officer. for the dispensary basketball on leave. A nev!""columnist, yet to (Recovery stays with the O's ... ). team-The team shall henceforth be named, will fill in until I get Maj. O'Dell is finding the days be known as the "Hypos." back. You lucky people! pretty long from the time he gets Goin' on Leave: Dr. Sterling Well, fellow sufferers, must be up in El Paso, drives to the Post, H. Fly, Jr., Sfc. Paul Monteith toddling along for this time. Have flies recovery missions over the I and Cpl. Jim Herczeg. Have a a Merry Christ!Ilas! . . See you range, and then rides back to El good time, men! around the post ... Paso ... Wonder if that accounts Welcome back to duty Chief .:-iiiiiiiiiiiiii for his asking to check-out a pup- Nurse Schramm. We're glad to I tent on hand receipt? ? ? ? have you back with us, after such

A/3C Enrique B. Martinez from a long sickness. Holloman AFB is a new crash SECTION IN THE SPOT­crewman assigned Condron Field. LIGHT: This week's Section is Airman Martinez replac'es A/3C the USAD Laboratory. This able Lester J. Fogelquist who returned staff is headed by Pvt. "Chauncy" to Holloman just prior to the holi- Johnson from Kazoo, Mich. days. He is in command by virtue of

If you want to take a 50-cent his "18 days in grade" (E-2) over tour of the Post and outlying in- his assistant, Pvt. "Chaz" Brew­stallations, better than a famous er, Louisville, Ky. Let's get this Cook-Tour, ride the shuttle bus straight onee and for all. . . to Condron Field ... The courteous "Chauncy" is the TALL one! driver will point out the "arrow" On "detached service" from the on the mountain, deer in the val- British Medical Corps is a lad who

I ley, static test stands, and other sadly finds himself in two armies interesting sights ... I didn't real. at the same time. However, Scot­ize what I have been missing land's loss is our misfortune and

I these past six years. . . we salute Pvt. George "Bicycle

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ALL THE KIDS of he Post were there and some big ones loo. The Annual Christmas party for children of White Sands Provl,ng Ground, sponsored by Post Chaplain at the Post theatre. The program included animated cartoons and gift presentations. And there were no speeches.

Total Loss ... Thus ends an other- Dr. Walter J. Walker is the wise perfect year in respect to Lab Officer. The sign in the win­aircraft accidents at Condron dow says, "French spoken here." Field. Bob Coleman won $35 at the

The Blue Bomber, cut out, glued Service Club Monday night, play­together, and painted by A/3C ing Bingo. But don't get any ideas Carl J. Baker, was launched from about borrowing any of it ... the atop the Control Tower at Con- Medics have already taken care dron Field by A/lC Clifford T. of that little matter. Congratula­

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Sgt. Taylor Leaves For New Assignment With Aberdeen MP' s

M/Sgt. Loys B. Taylor, Det. 2, 9393 TSU, a veteran of more than six years service at White Sands Proving Ground, will leave Janu­ary 14, for a new assignment with the 25th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment, Aber­deen Proving Ground, Md.

In World War II, Taylor serv­ed for 27 months in the Southwest Pacific with the First Cavalry D i v i s i o n and Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Military Police Command. A familiar figure at

M/SGT. LOYS B. TAYLOR

White Sands, he reported here in 1947 and was assigned to the then-embryonic Information and Education Office. Later the sol­dier served as NCOIC, Visitors' Bureau, the Mail and Record Sec­tion, and recently completed duty with the Provost Marshal's Office as an investigator.

While here, the sergeant re­ceived his High School diploma from the state of New Mexico by successfully passing the General Educational Development t e s t given by the Information and Education Section, and also re­ceived one years' college credit in the same manner. He graduated from the Military Police Criminal Investigation School, Camp Gor­don, Ga., in July 1953, and intends to make a career of this field while in the Army.

His service to date has earned him the Bronze Star Medal, Asi-

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Safety-Paze the Blue Bomber shot through the Bob. air (speed secret) with the grace So long to M/Sgt. Henry Carl- • d d d d d d d c of a bullet in an apparently nor- ss1o~n~a~n~d~S~g~t~.~B~ru~c~e~F~u~d~o~l~d~.~B~o~t~h~-~=-~~-!~-~~-~=-~=-~~-~~· mal flight. Suddenly, the giant ~

·ccccoccococooooc craft went into a loop, and from One docs not have to be an MP all indications, was completely out

to note the many infractions of of control. Spiraling earthward, traffic regulations at White Sands it nose dived into the ground just Proving Ground. missing the Operations building,

The cause of many accidents is where the Aircraft Dispatcher simply failure to look before back- was WORKING. There was no in-ing. It is a simple act to turn one's I vestigation (Fortunately) ... head and LOOK to the rear. Do The mass of torn fabric and not trust a mirror. It is also a splintered wood, the remains of good habit for heavy equipment hours, and hours, (and at least drivers, whose vision is impaired twenty-five cents eash money) by the length and structure of spent in its construction, that their vehicle, to dismount and marked the site of the catastrophe, walk around the vehicle to make was removed to the nearest waste­sure that no hapless pedestrian, basket. Thus to Glory went an­or vehicle, is behind them. other frail toy that cost three

Too few drivers extend the times as much as it should ... common courtesy of employing hand signals-they e v i d e n t l y think that other motorists can in­terpret their thoughts. It is too bad that this type of menace can­not interpret the thoughts of the careful motorist who is trying to figure out just what the he--­(heck) the lethargic character is going to do. These thoughts, if transferred, might prompt our seemingly muscle bound friend

"I've talked with her three times, and carried her books twice," Elmer told Johnny. "I bought her ice cream sodas twice and took her to the movies once. Now do you thiilk I ought to kiss her?"

"Nope, you don't need to," Johnny decided after thinking it over. "You've done enough for that gal already."

to indicate what he.-or she-is -------------­going to do. Merely popping out previously in this column, every­the hand is not enough, it should one loves a guessing game (?). be done sufficiently far enough Another common mistake is to in advance to allow an oncoming, clearly indicate a signal and then or following, motorist, to correct- suddenly change one's mind. Once ly identify the signal a signal is given, FOLLOW

we also see the lightweight THROUGH. In addition, too many h h. · k" ut f th drivers rely solely on turn incii-w o pops is pm ies o o e

window in a gesture that could cator if their vehicle is so equip­mean anything. This really con- ped. Short circuits will occur and fuses the issue and other drivers, bulbs will burn out. It is best to who were merely curious as to combine both hand and mechani-what our friend intends to do, cal means. are now definitely and complete-ly in the dark. As we have stated

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Basketball Residing in Las Cruces with his

wife, Eloise, and two children, Pamela 7 and Ronald 5, Taylor has been active in community af­fairs and is a member of the Las ' Cruces Elk's Club and the Veter­ans of Foreign Wars organiza­tion. He lists the varied hobbies of fingerprinting, music and horseback riding,

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WSPG Closes 1953 Sports Year With Eye To Future Outlook Good For Athletics During 1954

The Sports Orderly Sport s Quiz

By Roy Albertson

The 1953 sports seasons at White Sands were brimming w ith thrilling wins, heart-breaking losses and high-spirited competi­tion between the teams.

Highlighting the year were the appearances of the post basket­ball and baseball teams in t he Fourth Army tournaments. With better practice and facilities, both teams could have finished among the top squads in both tourneys.

Big Bernie Walton Adds College Prowess To Rocket Cagers

Basketball Last Spring, the WSPG basket­

ball team, then called the Red­landers, were an entry in the Armed Forces League in this area and also competed in the Fourth Army tourney a t Ft. Sill. The Redlanders held a .500 won- lost record in AFL p lay . In the 4A tourney, they lost their f irst two games, one to B. "oke Medical Center and 1 e secc" ,d to Beau­mont Hospital . . 1 irlller, 77- 73.

No inter-post league was or­ganized last year, but for the coming season at least eight teams are set to go in the 1954 trophy chase. Play is expected to begin in the Navy gym next week.

Baseball The White Sands baseball

squad was the shining light dur­ing the 1953 sports season.

Finishing sixth in the Fourth Army tournament at Ft. Sam Houston, the Rock ets were re­garded as the most successful club ever to represent WSPG on the athletic field.

Billy Perkins, who's the prop­erty of the Boston Red Sox, led the locals at the plate, finishing the season with a .434 batting average, and had a swatting aver­age of .500 in the 4A tourney.

The Rockets placed third in local Armed Forces league com­petition behind Ft. Bliss and Biggs AFB. T'hey had a record of seven wins and seven losses in league play.

Sofiball

Forward Bernie Walton of the WSPG cage squad is due for a lot of action on the court this season.

Walton, who hails from Syra­cuse, N. Y., is one of the tallest men on the team. His 6 ft. 3 in. frame will carry much of the under- the-basket load for the White Sanders this year.

Walton picked up his cage ex­perience while attending Syra­cuse Central high school and then

BERNIE WAL TON

added two years on the court at Utica Tech. Last year he played for Redstone Arsenal and went to the Third Army tournament with that squad.

The 24-year old cager is mar­ried and resides in Las Cruces. He is attached to the 54th Ord­nance Company.

NIMROD &

REEL By EMH

There are few dry eyes among the hunting clan- the general hunting season ended yesterday with the close of the quail sh oot­ing.

To assu age this wide-spread grief, we m ight suggest that there is no closed season on predators, i.e., coyotes, crows, mountain lions, some species of hawks, etc. The nimrod wishing to match wits against t hese creatures will discover that this type of gunning is excellent p ractice and a great sport . In addition, pred ator con­trol protects the lives of man·y game birds and animals and ben e­fits the hunter immensely by in­creasing our " useful" wild life population .

However it is well t o remember that there are m any species of wild an imals which a re classed as pr edators. Some are d est ru ctive under certain conditions, others are of little econ omic consequence one way or another, an d still ot hers are almost wholly ben e­fiscal. T he average ind ividu al does not know the difference even in some of the most common birds of prey. Indiscrim inate destru~­tion of some of these alleged

PAUL CAMERON. UCLA's All· American passer, warms up for Friday's big baUle with Michi· gan Stale in the Rose Bowl. Red Sanders, UCLA coach, says Cameron is the great est single wing tailback he ever coached.

horned owl are definitely destruc­tive birds. Other species of hawks and owls may be totally, or partially beneficial to nature's well-laid plan . To shoot the latter is defeating a purpose. Many of these predators protect our game birds and animals by destroying pests that might otherwise molest and kill them. Study these alleged "pests" and be able to identify them. Shoot only those that you know are harmful and do not ba\}g away at everything wearing fur or feathers that is not on the pro­tected list.

"vermin" can possibly do more Lawyer in chair to dentis1: "Do harm than good. ·you swear to pull the tooth, the

For instance, crows, sharp- whole tooth, and nothing but the sh inned hawks and the great tooth?"

DEPA RTMENT OF THE ARMY

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDN ANCE

WA6HINGTON

15 December 1953 Softball provided the most

thrills and chills of the 1953 sports year.

Two unseeded teams, the 138th Ordnance and Post Property, up­'"' ' all applecarts with their wins in the league tournament in Au­gust.

Walton studied retailing while in college, so sports fans hope that he'll be able to "sell" the post cagers ri_ght into the Fourth Army championship.

Dear General Eddy:

The personnel of the Ordnance Office join me in extending to you and the members of your command our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year.

The 138th finished way down in the regular season standings and weren't given much of a chance in the tourney. The Boondockers responded by winning all but one game, losing to Det. l, 2-0.

The 138th came back in the final game of the tournament to whip Det. 1, 6-4, and take home the trophy.

Post Property, paced by Steve Bodnarchuck, upset all the ex­pert opinions by winning three games before bowing out of the tourney.

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The year 1953 proved to be<f one of the finest years sportswise · in the history of this post. None­theless, athletic recreation at WSPG still leaves much to be desired.

For a post of its size and im­portance, the sports program here is lacking in the necessary ele­ments needed to make it worth while, namely: Creditable repre­sentation and good local support.

Most of the men on the post can't understand why such a situ­ation should exist. With its ex­treme isolation, White Sands could be a natural for terrific spectator support. The only rea­son that people dont' turn out to watch the teams representing this post is that they have noth­ing to watch. As a general rule, they can expect the locals to take a licking, and, too, the only op­ponents that our squads play are the same old local Armed Forces League teams and the usual local independents.

This isn't the fault of the men who play on the teams-they do their best with the practice and facilities offered them. But take athletes of the same calibre as we have, give them good opportuni­t ies to practice, good equipment to use and good fields and courts to play on, and they could take on some of the best service teams in the nation.

During the coming year , we hope that some big improvements are made in these direct ions, both for the good of the men and the betterment of White Sands in general.

t t Prospects for the coming year

in all sports look pretty good. The basketball squad might be the surprise team in the Armed Forces League, if they can get by Holloman and Bliss. Holloman looks like the team to beat in the AF loop. They have a tall squad, with loads of experience, and have been practicing since Sep­tember.

Baseball should also have a good season during 1954. Regulars George Adams, Russ Gereau and Dick Berquist will still be around to bolster the squad, along w ith

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Football and softball are un­known quant ities because teams t o represent the post are usually chosen from the ranks of the in­ter-post squads.

In the minor sports, WSPG will be able to draw on some pretty fair talent to send to Fourth Army tournaments. In golf, Dick Reese is looking for some depend­able duffers to enter the 4A links tourney w ith him at Ft. Sill in June. The 4A bowling competi­tion is coming up in February at

-QUESTIONS-1. What is the score of a for­

feited football game? 2. Who was the 1952-53 t op

scorer in the National Hockey League?

3. What college grid team ended Princeton's 24-game w in ning streak last year?

4. What National F ootball Lea­gue team holds the record for scoring the most points in one season?

5. Is it an offside ;when a foot­ball player charges ;11'.·1 the neu­tral zone but gets back ir.to l egal position before t he baJl is snap­ped?

-ANSWElRS-

1. The score is 1-0. 2. Gordie Howe of the Detroit

Red Wings with 49 goals and 46 assists.

3. Pennsylvania beat Princeton, 13-7, on Oct. 11, 1952, at Palm er Stadium. N. J.

4. The.Les Angeles Rams total­ed 4()6 points in the 1950 season (12 games).

5. No, unless the play er touches or in any other way interfere~ with an opponent.

Ft. Sam Houston and a good team ~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;-----;;;;;;;;jj could be picked from the keglers here to represent WSPG.

The Fourth Army has 12 spor ts tournamen ts planned for the year 1954. Let's send representatives to them all.

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Det. 1, noted as a weak-hitting squad, kept in the race all the way behind the superb pitching of Howard Mosbacher. He shut out the 138th to hand them their only tournament loss.

Touch Foot ball Once again the 138th Ordnance

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George Lathuras and Gewge Adams carried much of the scor­ing load for the 138th during sea­son play. Adams was named to mans<;P the All-Star team at the <:nd 01 ;.n season.

Det. 2 t , .k second place in the league, establishing a league scoring record in trimming 9577th to the tune of 46- 'l.

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New Wage Hike Is Seen for WB, WBS Employees on Post

(Continued from Page One) lower grades. Hourly rates for the top grades remain the same as under the old schedule. Biggest hourly increases, ranging up to six cents, will be enjoyed by the lower grade employees.

Policy Explained An explanation of the above

policy accompanied the announce­ment of the new schedule. It reads as follows:

"Prior to the application of the new Wage Board Supervisory pa/ plan, rates for grades above 17 were established on the basis of an approximate three per cent curve. That is, the second step rate of each succeeding grade was approximately 103 per cent of the second SLe:,> rate of each pre­cening grade.

"This method was adopted in 1947 in order to increase the dif­ferential between the rates of supervisors and their subordinate employees. It provided increments between the rates for grades above 17 which were greater than those between the rates for grades below 17.

"Inasmuch as all regular Wage Board employees were paid from the same schedule, non-super­visory employees whose jobs were evaluated to grades above 17 re­ceived the same rates as super­visors. even though wage survey data may have indicated that such

}'ates for non-supervisory jobs ,.,! were above prevailing locality

rates. "Since separate schedules are

not being issued to compensate supervisory employees, revised regular Wage Board schedules applicable to non-supervisory em­ployees will not have a three per cent curve above grade 17. Rates for all grades on these schedules wilJ. be established to conform, as nearly as possible, with prevail­ing rates for comparable skill

v .. J.s. "This action will be taken only

as general revisions in schedules are approved. In no instance will rates for grades above 17 be re­dut~d as a result of this change. In a number of areas, however, increases granted to grades above 17 will not be as large as those applicable to grade 17 and for

some grades no increase will be granted. If this is the case in ref-ence to the attached schedule, it is for the reasons explained above."

WAGE BOARD SUPERVISORY

Grade Steps l 2 3 4

1 1.77 1.86 1.95 2.05 2 1.89 1.99 2.09 2.19 3 2.01 2.12 2.23 2.33 4 2.14 2.25 2.36 2.48 5 2.24 2.36 2.48 2.60 6 2.35 2.47 2.59 2.72 7 2.45 2.58 2.71 2.84 8 2.56 2.69 2.82 2.96 9 2.69 2.83 2.97 3.11

10 2.84 2.99 3.14 3.29 11 3.00 3.16 3.32 3.48 12 3.16 3.33 3.50 3.66 13 3.33 3.50 3.68 3.85 14 3.51 3.69 3.87 4.06 15 3.69 3.88 4.07 4.27 16 3.90 4.11 4.32 4.52 17 4.12 4.34 4.56 4.77

(Shift differentials: Second shift, 4 cents; Third shift, 6 cents.)

New Assistant For Post Chaplain Named

(Continued from Page 1) degree in psychology from th e University of Louisville, an d has sung both professionally and non­professionally in summer stoclt, radio and TV.

In addition to duties as Ch ap­lain's Assistant, Dargan directs the Catholic and the P rot est ant Choirs of the Post Chapel.

SITTING PRETTY- Nineteen­year-old Dolores Dorn, who was discovered while drink ing a glass of milk in a d rug store in Hollywood,

BROWNIE AND G IR L SCOUT TROOPS of Wh ite Sar.ds Proving Ground last week contributed more than 80 pairs of shoes. 300 pounds of cloth ing and $30.75 in cash to the girls of the Home of the Good Sheph erd. The drive. under the d irec t ion of Mrs. Eylar Thompson. Mrs. Howard Nolte, and Mrs. F ields, was a project of th e combined Brownie and Girl Scouts of WSPG. Thursday the girls visited the orp hans' home wh ere they made their contribution and sang carols for the girls of the Home. In turn. the girls of th e Home presented several· Mexican dances and escorted the Brownies and Girl Scouts on a tou r of the Home.

Training Class is

Held by Brownies,

Girl Scouts on Post Th e .first training class for

Brownie and Girl Scout leaders at White Sands Proving Grou nd was completed last week.

\ General Vincent Prophesies Space Travel in Future

Cub Scout Pack on Post Is Reorganized

Cub Scout Pack 79 of White Sands Proving Ground has again

The course included scouting policy and procedure, troop train­in g techniques, supervision of games, songs and folk dances.

The six week instruction period was un der the supervision of Mrs. Martha Brawley, volunteer train­ing officer for Dona Ana County.

Among the subjects taught were: Handicrafts given by Kay White; Hiking and Camping tech­niques by Maj. Wm. Wentz; Folk Dancing instructed by Mrs. Lloyd Hillen and Emergency First Aid by Mr. Julien Anderson of the ARC.

The next class which will be given in the spring will include ou tdoor techniques. Se v er a 1 camping trips are planned in the curriculum.

Mrs. Brawley, a native of In­dianapolis, Ind., is a graduate of DePauw Univ., Greenville, Ind. She is a member of the Aipha Phi National Woman's Sorority. A former president of the P-TA of Bryan, Texas, Mrs. Brawley was a girl scout executive in In­dianapolis, Ind., Wilmington, Del.,

Brig. Gen. Thomas K. Vincent, become active. in an address to the 14th officers' The organization, which ceas­class of OGMS, expressed optim- ed functioning in November 1952,

ism in the possibility of space ~:m~:~;,g:~~~~~in;~~h Sc~~t~=~ travel in the not-too-distant fu- ter (Pvt.) Richard c. Ross. ture.

"I don't expect to see it in my lifetime," the commanding gen­eral said, "but probably in the next 50 years-maybe 4-0-there will be some exploration of the planets."

The general told the eight young officers who had just com­pleted the guided missile course that they were "men of tomor­row." He predicted that they would see changes and advances that they cannot conceive of now.

"You have just completed a course in fundamentals of what may be the space travel of tomor­row," Gen. Vincent told the gra­duates.

Scranton, Pa., and Rahway, New Jersey. She and her husband, Mr. Daniel Brawley and their four children make their home at White Sands Proving Ground.

At the first meeting of the Pack, held Monday evening, De­cember 14, the group was band­ed into six Dens and a project on "Showmanship" was planned during January, 1954.

In January each Den will meet weekly to work on the project at the residence of its Den Mother. The groups will then compete during a full Pack meeting at the end of the month, when it will be determined w h i c h Den has achieved the best results on the project. A project for the follow­ing month will then be selected.

Boys aged 8 to 11 are eligible to join the Pack. Interested boys, their parents, may contact Pvt. Richard Ross at the Post Chapel.

Den Mothers of each of the six Dens already organized are: Mrs. Mary C louser, Mrs. Dora Mc­Millan, Mrs. D. Jean Devirian, Mrs. W. Anna Morrison. Mrs. Norma Peterson and Mrs. Shaver.

I Service Turnover

I Causes Concern In Washington

(Continued from Page 1) or four-year first enlistment. You have liked being a soldier, sailor, airman or marine, and have re­ceived a couple of promotions and are in line for another. Before making up your mind, you take stock and balance the pros and cons. Here's what you get if you quit:

"l. Mustering out pay amount­ing to $300 if you served overseas, or $200 if you didn't.

"2. Good prospects of a job out­side, according to the want ads in service papers, and particularly if the service has taught you a skill that is in demand. Civil Ser­vice preference if you try for a government post. And if you should fail to get a job, you can collect $26 a week for 26 weeks under certain conditions of the the Korean GI Bill.

'Pretty Good Deal'

"3. An education at government expense, under the same GI Bill. That includes a four-year course in college or vocational training, with all tuition and books paid for, plus living allowances of $100 a month if you are single, $135 a month if you have a wife, and $160 a month if you have a wife and child.

"4. A loan guaranty from the government for the purchase or construction of a home, farm, business property or equipment for farm or business.

"Looks like a pretty gocd deal, but what about making the serv­ice a career? Here's what is of­fered:

"l. A re-enlistment bonus of $90 if you sign up for another three years, ad higher sum if you re-enlist for longer.

"2. Security, but a pay scale that has fallen behind the cost of living and the salary in indus­tries where the rate is tied to living costs. Free life insurance, but a definite ceiling on what you can make.

Fringe Benefits Curtailed "3. Fringe benefits that in­

clude free medical and hospital care, and the right to buy in gov­ernment commissaries and post exchanges. But the shortage of

doctors and the efforts of pres­sure groups have greatly curtail­ed these inducements. You'll have to take your chances of having your family taken care of by ser-

vice doctors and in military hos­pitals. Retail merchants associa­tions have put on the heat and forced the government to levy charges on commissaries and ex­changes and the lat ter have had to raise prices. Service pay does­n' t go as far as it did.

"4. Retirement on a pension, but some recent laws have cut disability benefits and restricted voluntary retirement below the maximum age limit. Meanwhile, on the outside, more and more industries have been establishing retirement systems.

"5. Opportunity to travel, but this has become a liability rather than an asset. The far-flung commitments of the cold war have sent servicemen into isolated areas overseas where they are separated from their families."

Outside More Attractive The objective observer can see

that the advantages available outside the service outweigh those enjoyed by staying in. This has not a lways been the case, and many times in the past able young men have decided on mili­tary careers after thus balancing their prospects in each instance.

And Pentagon officials believe that if a few things are done the present trend away from service careers can be reversed. They have outlined a four-point pro­gram which, if carried 011t, they believe will retain in service the high caliber professional person­nel necessary for an efficient de­fense force. Here is their pro­gram:

I.Amend the Korean GI Bill to make men remaining in service eligible for home loan guarantees and educational benefits. It is not generally realized that carear men are excluded from the GI Bill, and that many enrolled in correspondence courses or night classes are paying their own way.

More Defense for Less 2. Increase the re-enlistment

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3.A greater "spread" in base pay. Ease the limitations chances for advancement.

4. Restore some of the fringe benefits which have been cur­tailed or halted entirely.

Pentagon chiefs believe such a program would pay for itself many time over through attaining greater military efficiency while slashing training expenses. They believe it would be the best pos­sible method of achieving one of the most-desired goals of Presi­dent Eisenhower and Defense Secretary Wilson-that of obtain­ing more defense for less money.

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