Fairbanks Daily News-Miner from Fairbanks, Alaska • Page 7

Large Crowd Attends Dance Staged by Ladd Wives- Club A larse crowd attended the "Country Dance" sponsored by the Officers' "Wives club on the base Friday evening. Proceeds the dance wure divided finally the Air Force- A id Society and the Army Emergency K'-ijcf Society. Barn Dance Motif The uniquely in niolif. feM sired tnc bandstand rss the barnyurd with animals looking out over the fer.ce. club was covered with morning glories und other fiowers.

A "chicken in basket" per followed by dancing. Fancy work, waa sold at one of the many booths, pfc. Gene McNculy as auctioneer in the- elephant auction and there a cornulote sell-out of all articles. Taxi-cirls sole! tickets tlur- tlit evening for the cake walk, v.iii.-h enjoyed by all who par- C'onstable Kept Busy In tin" country fashion, the v.as kept busy arrestinE all uho were not heeding his laws, and the jjuilty parly had to be out by his partner. Fines went to the benefit.

A hot dog set tip later in the evening did a land-office business. Members of the club who served on the committee included Mes danies: William L. Koob. Samuel G. Keily, Ralph Biekerton, Harold F.

Rend. Marvin D. Flernming. f-'red J. CSubb, Joseph George, Donald B.

Smith. Clyde E. Cassidy L. W. Koogler.

Floyd £. Jones. O. G. Wyatt, Ralph D.

HoH- man, Florence Meadows, Carl A. Anderson, Carl H. Anderson, A. P. Croonquist.

John J. Manbeck, William H. Shirmer, Redick Ham- cr, Edward Schnieder, Robert G. Sehoenfeld and O. H.

Van Hooser. Many other members contributed cakes, fancy work, white elephants and their time. Kaised Over 31,000 Last month a bake sale for the same benefit's was held in which many wives put in long hours, and others contributed. The club wishes to express thanks to those who helped so willingly in both projects. A total of 51139.5:5 was raised in these two enterprises.

Harding Lake Rest Camp Is Opened for Servicemen A Harding Lake Rest and Recreation camp for the benefit of was opened July 4 by liaxi' special services. The carnp will be open from 8:00 fl.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily. Fishing rods and tackle may be checked out at the Lodge.

The snack bar will operate on weekends and holidays. Swimming is permitted on weekends and holidays only, from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. tinder tt r- vision. Other facilities available include a lodge, shower rooms, and a game room.

Bus schedule to Harding Lake effective now on weekends is: Leaving Eielson, 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. from the Motor Pool. All blisses with tbe exception of the last will return immediately; the last bus returning to Eielson at 10:00 p.m. The lodge is open daily, and may be used for parties on weekdays upon proper request to the Base Personnel Services Officer.

All military personnel are reminded that property at Harding Lake is Off Limits to military personnel with the exception of the Eielson Facility, the Harding Lake, Store and Boat Dock. HE WENT THIS WAY Classes Being Held in 450th Education Center Classes are now being held in the new -ISOth AAA battalion VSMBL 1 troop information and education center. The center was recently completed and equipped by Hie headquarters battery 450 AAA Bn. A featured note in the renter, rapidly wide favor battalion personnel, is UK- extensive of current fiction, donated by Mr. and Mrs.

Jules Fiir- thnm. Culver City. Calif. Additional books for the library nre enroute from the Kurthams nnd from Mr. and Mrs.

Collier Young. Mr. Young is Hollywood producer and Mrs. Young is better known to film fans as Joan Ij'on- tainc. The I nnd center decorated with pictures drawn by Pfc.

Leonard Young, headquarters and headquarters company, 4th RCT. la addition, tho centct contains the current and news display, Kames and music facilities 1949 Panel A real work truck. 4 speed $795 00 Wells Alaska Motors Corner Lacey Rh. 3300 Special This Week SCOTTISH CLEANED' AND PRESSED Ml SYSTEM CLEANER 4-K0UR SERVICE FOR LESS! MENS SUITS 52.00 LADIES DRESSES G.I. PANTS 75c G.I.

SHIRTS 50c Lower Than Stateside Prices NEXT TO THE U.S.O.—512'/ 2 1st (Photo by U. S. Air Force) Cot. Carl E. Lundquist Awards Diplomas Graduate From4th RCT Regimental Radio School Sixteen men graduated July 31 from, the Regimental Radio School, 4th RCT.

Col Carl.E. Lundquist. commanding officer RCT, awarded the graduates their diplomas in brief ceremonies at the school. Top honor gra-duate for the course was Pfc. Harold H.

Schreter, Headquarters" 1st Battalion, 4th RCT. Two students, Pfc. Carl Lamm, Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th RCT-, and Pfc. Norman 'White, 2nd Battalion, 4th HCT, tied for second place honors among the graduates. Special Training Regimental-level communications from transmitting to message center is offered at the school which is under the direction of the Communications Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th RCT.

The main topic covered at the school was the radio operators' code which covered voice and Morse code transmission and reception. Secondary phases of instruction included wire communi- cations and operation of Army radios Others Listed Other graduates of the school were: Pv-t. Alvin J. G'ries, Battery, 274th AFA Battalion; Pfc. Clifford'Moore, Company, 3rd Battalion; Pfc.

Lerawen P. Speer and Walker. 2nd Battalion; Pfc. Fred Wood, Company. 3rd Battalion; Efc.

El red Service Company, 4th RCT-; Pfc. Robert Stalaboin, Company, First Company, 2nd Battalion; Pfc. Leonard Mansfield, 274th AFA Battalion; Sgt. Claude Beers. Headquarters -and Headquarters Coiripariy, 4th RCT; Pfc.

Jessie R. Bouman, Company, 2nd Battalion; Pfc. Wayne W. Remington, Company, S.rd Battalion; and Pvt. Richard Lang, Battery, 274th AFA Battalion.

Chief instructor for the Commo School is. Sgt. Donald assistant is Cpl. John Ong. Both men are assigned to Headquarters arid' Headquarters Company, 4th RCT.

Two North Carolinans Set Record for Similar Duty It be. very difficult to be more alike than two non-related 21-year-old" North 'Carolinians assigned lo Battery 450th AAA Bn, 4th AAA Group, week. Pvts. Don Farlow and Clyde G. Price, both of High 'Point.

N. attended High Point High School at the same time. They wcre'drafted on the "same" day', sent to the same station, started basic training'in the same unit, and chose thp same specialty, radio. Both Graduate Graduating from 'radio school, both were alerted for overseas at the same, time, got the same number leave nt the same time, departed and s'pent their leaves in tbe same town, their hometown. The five days traveling time they both received was used on their trip to the port of' embarkation.

They traveled and arrived together aboard the same transportation, were processed and departed on the 'same vessel for the same destination in Alaska; Same Battery After passing through the 4 RCTj Personnel Section to the 4th AAA Group Personnel Section, and tlten, to the 450th AAA they ended up in tbe same battery on the same clay. Incidentally, tbe two brown-haired soldiers, born one month apart in weighs 160 pounds and stands five feet nine. Corporal Persinger Separated at Ladd Corporal Persinger, 829 Ninth was separated active duty with the United States Army July 11. Persinger is the son Mr. and Mrs.

Halph. Persiriger, Badger Road, who are part owners of the Ideal Service Station, 4th and Lacey. Persinger entered the Army July 13. 1951. After completing basic training at Fort Richardson, Alaska he was assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, First Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.

Later he was transferred to Service Company. 4th RCT, where he served as a wheel mechanic. Persinger was promoted to Pfc. February 1952 and then promoted to corporal December 1, 1952. 'Successful' McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, July 14, air force Monday described as "successful" its training" program that sent some l.GOU jet and propeller-driven aircraft from two countries into the air in battles over a wide part of the country.

Marring the training exercise. however, was a jet crasli that kill- ad a pilot and a radar observer Sunday. Two other men were feared, lost Friday when a radar-controlled jet pjane disappeared on a flight over San Pablo bay in California. A search failed to find a trace of the plane. The coast-to-coast maneuver, called "Operation Tailwind" and designed to give the air defenses of the United States and Canada a r.boro'ugh test, got under way.

Friday morning when "enemy" bomb- came from the U. S. air force's strategic air command and the Royal' Canadian air force's bomber Atom-carrying B-3Rp swooped over the Olympic mountains of western, Washington and skimmed inland over the Cascades lo attack the super-secret atomic breeding plant at Arco, Idaho, in a low level attack. Jet fighters from McChord, Paine, Portland, Geiger ancf Larson air force bases answered the to attempt interception tjjie attacking bombers. How they fared was "not rcvcal- 3d, but the RCAF said several of the "enemy" planes were "clown- od." Wanted: New- Fairbonks News-Miner, Tuesday, July 14, 1953 Page 7 Armed Forces Sheet Shoot Twice each year the top men from each unit of the 274th AFA 4th RCT.

vie for tiie honor of being the "best" in the battalion. Upon completion of a six-station Bounty fair at Ladd AFB the following winners and runners-up of the competive training were announced. Best all-around soldier: SFC Fr.ed C. Smith, Battery, 274th AFA Battalion: Pfc. Theodore Mak.

Headquarters Battery. 274th AFA. Best Corporal: Cpl. Richard Moyer. Heavy Mortar Company.

4th Corporal Arthur Gill. Service Battery, 274th AFA. Best Private: Pfc. John Bischoff. Heavy Mortar.

Company 4th RCT: Pfc. William Cccick, Service Battery, 274th AFA. Best 4.2 Mortar Squad: Squad Leader, Cpl. Fitzgerald. 2nd Squad 1st Platoon.

Heavy Mortar Company, 4th RCT. Best 105-mm. Howitzer Section: Section Leader SFC Paul Faulk. "AV Battery, 27jttli AFA. Hbnor Graduate" of.

Leaders Course: Sgt. fiarl Erwin. Heavy Mortar Company, 4th RCT. The first named in all cases is the in the battalion and the second named is the runner-up for the "best" award. Narrow Width average width is less than the distance.

New York to Philadelphia. The southern part of Canada; is farther south than is northern California. (An Editorial) The News-Minor has started the publication of a military section every Tuesday with the intention of giving ail military units in this vicinity a chance to have news of their outfit in print Any military organization in this area is welcomed to contribute news items. It isn't necessary to write up all releases in a polished style. The News-Miner staff can take essential facts and prepare the story for printing.

Every news item brought to the News-Miner for this page is appreciated. We'll try to print everything submitted to us. Individual units at, Ladd and Eielson, as well as other military groups anywhere in the Interior are welcomed to submit news items or pictures for this page. The news to be submitted may be routed to the News- Miner through PIO offices, where such clearances are necessary. Here is an opportunity for all military organizations to g.et news items and photos printed in the Daily News- Miner.

Servk't-nu'r. a 1 vtiM forces stations in will meet at Lartd Air i-'orco Base 15-CO Hir ibe Ai uu'd Foives Tr.tp Tuui'uuau-nt aiui Uio Forces Unle and Pistol Meet. The liOilimeiual Comlxa L'euiu will Iv host tor marksnumsliip eon- which start with small bore ride, marksmanship. KiinninK four cuiyr. 1S-1S.

the rii'io and pistol ir.ivt will consist oi tour fvonts. The i'ivM will be the caliber rule e.i,:ieh on thi' 50 1'oot range. Following this on Hi will bo shooting of the National a ii Course with caliber pistols, l-'ri- day service type caliber pistols will be used to tiro the i ii rouiul. The final round will bo firod with 30 caliber M-l rifle. Kirinii 1'or tlu- n.und will be dop.o on a niiii- tary course.

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