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PUBLICATION OFFICE • • Las • Vol. IV, No. 27 LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1953 114 So. Church St., Cruces, N. M High Praise Given WSPG by General Ford * * . 'Back to School' More Than I00 Attend * * * • I'. Ordnance Chief Lauds Personnel Styles Modeled Year's First Meeting For 'Vital Role' At Post Theater Of White Sands P-TA Maj. Gen. E. L. Ford, Chief The White Sands Parent­ I I The style show sponsored by of Ordnance, U. S. Army, paid the White Sands Proving Teachers Association held its first meeting of the 1953-54 high tribute to personnel of Woman's Club was presented school year Sept. 17 with more White Sands P roving Ground Tuesday at the Post Theater. than one hundred parents in at­ during a visit to the post last The revue, offered in co­ tendance. operation with The Budget Presiding at the meeting, which week. " Shop of Las Cruces, featured was held in the WSPG school He praised WSPG personnel "Back to School" ensembles. I auditorium, was Mrs. H. L. Rez­ specifically for their vital role in ner, president of the association. Frances P. Zalesny, style spe­ the national guided missile pro­ cialist of The Budget Shop, gave John R. Hoover, principal of gram. the commentary during the show. the school and first speaker, ex­ Mrs. Zalesny is well known for pressed his gratitude for the large General Ford, with Maj. Gen. L. E. Simon, Assistant Chief pf her fashion revues and stage pro­ attendance and interest of the Ordnance for Research and De­ ductions. -U. S. Army Photo parents in the P-TA. He then out­ velopment, came to White Sands The showing was presented in Sgt. Herbert D. Baker of the WSP G Military Police Detach­ lined some of the problems facing from Washington. From WSPG, several age groups, w hich in­ m ent is shown investigating the wreckage of an auto in which a the teachers, especially since many of them have to double up cluded the pre-school age group, White Sands soldier w as seriously injured. The collision. in­ General Ford flew to San Fran­ the elementary school selections volving four cars. occurred six miles from Carrizozo. Accident on classes. cisco last week-end. investigation is one of the main duties of the MP personnel. "Your teachers," he said, "are 'Doing Grand Job' and the teen-age group. Creations -Signal Corps Photo forever conscious of their respon­ The Ordnance Chief, speaking for the mothers of school age Ma j. Gen. E. L. Ford, Chief of Ordnance (left), and Maj. Gen. * sibilities toward your children. at a luncheon in the WS PG Of­ children were also shown. * * * * Their day is never over with the L. E. Simon, Assistant Chief of Ordnance for Research & De­ ficers' .open Mess last Fr iday, Acting as m odels for the pre­ 3: 30 bell, but they carry work velopment. are shown with Brig. Gen. G. G. Eddy (right). Com­ school age group were Sally Ann manding General of White Sands Proving Ground, during their emphasized "the unique position home every evening and week­ of White Sands Proving Ground Bushnell and Stephen Sims. WSPG Military Police ends. Your cooperation is needed, visit to WSPG last week. General Ford paid high tribute lo per­ where the Army, Air Force and Other Models sonnel of WSPG. including all branches of the service and civ­ (Continued on Back Page) ilian employees, and to General Eddy for their vital role in the Navy work wholeheartedly to­ Phyllis Quirk, Carol Purvin, national guided missile program and their outstanding contri­ gether." J ayne Brechwald, Lynn Dee Arm­ butions to the defense system. He con tinued: "You are doing strong and Barbara and Cheryl Handle Variety of Tasks M-Sgt Johns Unhurt a grand job and deserve the Glenn m odeled the elem entary warmest congr atulations. You age girls' creations, while Blake By Roy Albertson • WSPG w as activated following But Cow Is Kifl ed have worked quietly- without Powell, Jimm ie Brechw ald, Brad Patrolling a post as large as World War II. !3-Day Outing, Other much fanfare- due to the high Armstrong, Mike Shinkle, Allen White Sands Proving Ground Now comprising one officer, In Desert Collision classifications placed on your job. Rezner, Freddie Reiser, Donald r equires a police force the size of one warrant officer and 28 enlist­ But, believe me, your efforts have M/ Sgt. David Johns, manager !Events Being Planned Grant, Tommie Clement, Rickie those in small cities. And that's ed men, White Sands' f inest han­ made an outstanding contribution of the White Sands NCO Club, Shaver and Mike Warren showed just how large the Military Po- dle a variety of tasks, ranging tribution to our defense system." lice Detachment has become since from picking up stray dogs to in­ narrowly avoided serious injury I the boys' styles. vestigating serious cr iminal cases. on the night of Sept. 14 when the For Scout Troop 74 Commends Gen. Eddy Other elementary school models * * • Although any la w-enforcement car he was driving hit a cow on A thr ee-day outmg for mem­ General Ford, who will retire were Vonnie Sheets, Kathy agen cy is subject to abuse from the Desert Road six miles south bers of WSPG Boy Scout Troop in October, particularly com­ Sheets, Chama Teitlebaum and law-abiding citizens, the value of the Proving Ground. 74 is being planned for the secon d mended Br ig. Gen. G. G. Eddy, Judy Warner. Military Policemen of an efficient police system such Johns said that he w as blinded week in October, Scoutmasters Commanding General of White Welcoming Tea Held as that at WSP G can easily be by the lights of an oncoming car Arthur Stone and J ohn Dreiling Sands Proving Ground, for his The teen-age group was repre­ To Sponsor Birthday measured by a glance at the rec­ and failed to see the cow unt il it announced this week. leadership "on this rapidly ex­ sented by Betsey Mercier, Karen or d of actions taken every day. was too late to stop. A ditch on The outing will be held in the panding post." Crouch, Carolyn Thomas, Pat V'ariety of Duties the right side of the road pre­ Cloudcroft area. Further details He also praised the U. S. Navy Quirk, Valecia Courtney, Vicky Celebration Saturday Hardly a day goes by that the vented J ohns from avoiding the concern ing plans for the event and U. S. Air Force, "for their Seligmann, Ruth Ann Linder, Saturday marks the 12th anni­ MP's ar en 't called out to investi­ stray animal. will be announced later. cooperation in an integrated cap­ (Continued on Back Page) ver sary of the founding of the gate an ·accident on post or ad­ C. E. Hender son, dr iver of the Next Meeting Sept. 30 acity." Military Police Corps, and WSP G joining h ighways. Their assist ­ oncoming car, verified J ohns' All boys between the ages of 11 Concluding his remarks at the policemen have plans for an all­ an ce to the State P olice in acci­ statement. Henderson is em­ and 18 who live on the post are luncheon, the Chief of Ordnance day celebration. dent prevention and investigation ployed at Shops and Services. eligible to participate in Troop declared: "At White Sands Prov­ 'Hollywood Varieties' ing Ground it has been demon­ The enlist ed m en of the MP has proven invaluable. The impact smashed the front 74 activities. Regular meetings - Signal Corps Photo strated that the branches of the Detachment have made arrange­ The safety measures the MP's end of Sgt. Johns' 1952 Cadillac are held every Wednesday at 7 SGT. OMER R. COSSEY Armed Forces, and industry rep­ Presented at EM Club ments for a picnic and bar becue have pr ovided on post r ange from coupe, but he was uninjured. The p. m . in Bu ilding N -50. The to begin at 11 a. m. Saturday at • * * meetings are conducted almost resented by civilians, can work "Hollywood Varieties of 1953," organization of a school safety cow was killed. the Hal Cox Ranch. Local law entirely by the Boy Scouts them­ together in unity." an entertainment unit consisting patrol to an increased drive to White Sands Proving Ground enforcement agen cies have been reduce speeding and car eless recently took action to have cat­ 4119th Man Studies selves, with Scoutmasters Stone of song, comedy and dance, was invited, and 100-per -cent attend­ and Dreiling serving in an advi­ presented at the EM Service Club driving. The Military P olice saw tle removed from·~1he desert fir­ PIO Staff Member With Eye on Career sory capacity only. last Monday night. ance is expected. Special enter­ to it that center stripes were ing ranges. Letters requesting tainment will be on the p rogram. painted on th e roads and high- such action w er e sent to approx­ The thir d meeting of the new Trans£ erred io l&E The show was originally sche­ After Army Service school year was held last night. Mrs. Eve E. Simmons, Post His­ duled to appear at the NCO Club, Before the foundation of the ( Continued on Back Page) imately 125 r anchers. Corps on Sept. 26, 1941, MP's The next meeting will be held in torian, has been transferred from but due to the r enovation work in Sgt. Omer R. Cossey, 4119th were drawn from units, each unit Bu ilding N-50 at 7 p. m. Wed­ the Public Information Office to progress tqHe, arrangements ASU, is ty pical of soldiers on supplying men according to its nesday, Sept. 30. the Information and Education were made by M/Sgt. David active duty who are taking ad­ strength. This system was not First Meeting Held, Officers vantage of educational facilities Committee Meets Oct. 1 Branch, Army Education Center. Johns Jr., NCO Open Mess Man­ satisfactory b ecause the men who ager , to transfer the entertain­ available through the U. S. Ar m ­ The next meeting of the Scout Mrs. Simmons, formerly an in­ volunteered for police duty w er e ed Forces Institute and the Troop Committee will be held at 7 p. m . formation specialist, will devote m ent to the Service Club. not properly trained or qualified. Named by NCO Club Auxiliary "Hollywood Varieties" has ap­ Information & Education pr o­ Thursday, Oct. 1, also in Building full time to the history and the Presently, the MP's have their gram. N-50 All m em bers of the com­ preparation of a daily news sum­ peared at the P r oving Ground own training pr ogr am at Camp The first meeting of the newly• dent; Mrs. Muriel Wood, secre­ befor e. S tarring in this new edi­ With an eye toward eventual mittee and par ents or other adults mary for distribution on the post. Gordon, Ga. It consists of 16 or ganized NCO Club Women's tary-treasurer; Mrs. Betty Zeag­ retir ement from military ser vice, interested in the Scout move­ tion of the show was P a t Patrick, weeks basic training, the last Aux iliary was held last week at ler, correspondent; Mrs. Betty star o! the Edgar Ber gen radio the 20-year-old Sgt. Cossey is ment are urged to attend. eight weeks of which is police the old school building. Sixteen Wallace, chairman of the publi­ working toward a degree in elec­ An active program is being Can't Win for Losin' show. schooling. Also at Camp Gordon wives of mem bers of the WSPG city committee, and Mrs. Peggy Bobert Hjorten and George Other specialty acts were Jillia trical en!ineering and a career planned for the 1953-54 year. is the Military Police Criminal NCO Club attended. Whitten, chairman of. the tele- Scouts will take part in civic af­ Sullivan spotted a policeman in Webb, song stylist; Gloria Padilla, as an instructor in that field. The Investigation School. Mrs. Ann Watson was elected phone committee. fairs as well as Scouting activi­ Astoria, Ore., about to tag their Latin dance specialist; Tommy son of W. G. Cossey of Yama, The Corps is commanded by president of the new auxiliary. The officers will serve six ties. The program is expected to cars for overparking. They dash­ Mills, master of ceremonies; and I Ark., he began his plans for the Maj. Ge n. William H. Maglin, Other officers elected were Mrs. months. Membership in the NCO become extr emely popular on the ed across the street to put nickels the Hollywood Starlets, a group future while he w as confin ed at Provost Marshal General. Marion Hou seknecht, vice presi- Club Auxiliary is open to all post, due to the isolated location in the parking meter to avoid the of dancing ladies assembled from Fitzsimmons ·Gener al H ospital, wives of m embers of the NCO and scarcity of other recreational 50-cent parking fines, and were the movie colony. Denver, Colo., for treatment of a Club, including Army, Navy, Air lung ailment. facilities for boys of ages 11 fined $1 each for jaywalking. Force and civilian per sonnel. Sgt. Cossey completed two through 18. (AFPS) Dr. Zucrow, Authority on Jet Propulsion, Women residing on the post courses provided through USAF!, whose husbands are serving over­ in addition to a commercial self­ Visits WSPG, Addresses Rocket Society seas also are invited. teaching course in radio. Later, Series of Quiz Shows Begins A committee composed of the at WSPG, h e completed his ele­ One of the world's foremost j e t ~fect and was asked what practical officers and committee heads mentary education in classrooms P.ropulsion authorities, Dr. Mau- use does this have? 'Ma dam ,' he was named to draw up th e organ­ of the Army Education Center n ee J. Zucrow, head of the De- qu iped, 'What is the practical use At Post Enlisted Men :S- Club ization's constitution and by­ (TI&E) . He applied for his h igh p artmen t of Mech ankal Engi- of a new-born babe?' " laws. These will be presented at school General Education Dev­ With bells and lights flashing,• point, a wrong reply subtracted a • n eering at Purdue University, is New Groups Planned the next meeting of the auxiliary, elopment (GED) test after a re­ the first in a sparkling series of point from the contestant's score. on a two- week visit to WSPG an d In the capacity of consultant scheduled at 7: 30 p. m. Mon day, quisite course in mathem atics. quiz sh ows entitled "Quick and Volunteerin g from the au­ was speaker at a special meeting engineer, Dr. Zucrow has been Oct. 12, at the NCO Club. Regular This month he qualified for and Right" was presented at the EM dience, three groups of three con­ of the American Rock et Society, conferring with th e Proving meetings will be held on the sec­ received his high school diploma Service Club Tuesday evening, testants each took part in Tues­ New Mexico-West Texas Section, Gr ound's m ajor guided missile ond Monday night of every from the Arkansas Department September 15. day's show. An attempt was made held in Alamogordo Thursday, agen cies. month. of Education, Little Rock, Ark. Emceed by the Proving to re_present every unit on ?~st. September 17. The first step in the American The 411 9th ser geant plans to Ground's own Martin "Marty" . Wm or lose, each partic~pant Dr. Zucrow, a member of the Rock et Society's present expan ­ The newly elected officers will be installed at the Oct. 12 meet­ continue his studies in principles Wilner of the 138th Ord. Co., is awarded ~ package of c1gar­ Eoard of Directors of the ARS, sion pr ogram will be tak en short­ and practices of radio servicing, comedian first class, and an- ett.es. The wmner of each gr~u.p .; t he a uthor of a w ell-known ly with the starting of an active ing. All women eligible for member ship are invited to attend. mathematics for technical and nounced b Miss Patricia Pierce gamed a one-dollar PX ce.rtifi- tr. t and r eference book on rock - group in the Holloman-Alam o­ vocational schools and college­ . Y . . ' cate, and for the grand prize a Objectives of the NCO Club Assistant Service . Club DJrectol", sterling silver identification bra­ ~ rl y entitled "J et Propulsion and gordo area. The expansion plans level algebra. He has already r e­ Auxiliary, as outlined at last Gas Turbin es." His work has be- in clude also the formation of ceived his first-class radio-tele­ the show v.:as_ receive.d by a small celet was presented to the con­ co n1e a standard primary source fu nctioning groups in the El week's m eeting, will be to pro­ but appreciative audience. testant winning in a playoff phone operator 's license. ~ l r any serious student of rockets Paso-F ort Bliss area and t he pos- mote and assist with social acti­ Sgt. Cossey and his wife, Es­ Assistin g were Fred Merkel r ound. - U. S. Army Phot o and jet propulsion. sible form ation of a group in Al- vities of the NCO Club, to spon ­ tralla, make their home at 224lh (9577th TSU) , who kept the con- Art Pozner (9577th TSU), who Lt. Robert L. Smith. above, Ouestions AnswereCl buquerque. sor other projects in connection testant's score on a blackboar d, dazzled the audience with his • has assumed new duties as Chief with the NCO Club's progr am, W. Moun tain, Las Cruces. of the Military Training Branch. T he doctor 's addr ess dealt with Th e present r egion al vice pre- and Al Letzler (9577th TSU), J oel Cupperman-like answers to Troops & Training Division. A the general aspects of jet propul- sident for the Holloman- Alamo­ and to assist in any way possible Promoted io Corporal who man aged the con~inuity ~f a group of scientific questions, former resident of Englewood sion . He answer ed specifically gordo area is Maj. David G. with all worthwhile activities on 6 the program and supplied music walked away with first prize. such questions as why rocket Simons, Chief of the Space Bio­ for the musical auestions. The other group w inners were and Denver. Colo., he served in the post. Six members of the 66th Engi­ the U. S. Air Force during 1951. propulsion is necessary for tr avel logy Lab at Holloman Air Devel­ neer Gas Generating Detachmen t Based on the radio program Dick Ayam (9577th TSU) and He received his Army commis­ at supersonic speeds a nd why it opmen t Cen ter. h ave been promoted to the r ank "Quick as a Flash" (now on TV Dave Phillips (1st GM Brig. sion in October 1952 from the will be n ecessarily used in space ------New Legion Head Named of corporal. under another name), the show Det.). O.C.S. at Aberdeen Proving travel. Cash for Sale Arthur J . Connell of Middle­ They ar e former Pfcs. George had its contestants sit each with "Quick and Right" will be pre­ Ground. Prior to entering serv­ A new item was offered at town, Conn ., was elected National Berezonsky, J ohn P. Bonnici, a push- button bell and light box sented every other Tuesday night ice he was graduated from It is related that w hen asked once by a sceptic just what pr ac­ an In diana supermarket. The Commander of the American Charles T. Lowe, Joseph W. San­ at his fingertips. As the questions at 8 p. m. Furthermore, a box has Englewood High School and at­ Legion at the veter ans' annual sone, Peter J . Riccio and Joseph dealing in any topic were fir ed been set up in the Service Club tended the University of Color­ tical application space flight has, store w as selling money. The Dr. Zucrow replied, "It is like m arket was selling $5 bills for convention in St. Louis. Connell J . Wachowski J r. out by Wilner, the first to ani- foyer in which anyone may at ado. Lt. Smith and his wife, The promotions b ecame effec- mate his box was privileged to any time submit questions for the Helen. make their home in the Far aday said after he had dis­ $4.89- but only one to a custom er . served in the Navy during WWI. (AFPS) tive Sept. 16. answer. A r ight reply gave one show (include answers, please). Army Housing Area• cover ed the electro-magnetic ef- (AFPS) 1 • r

Thursday, Sept. 24, 1953 The As Seen by Shaw By Cpl. Tom Shaw • SCAnner By Art Pozner Style Notes from All Over By McGonagle No. l Division, Blocked Fatigue Caps l'ubll,h<'d weekly 11• a clvllllm enterprise In the lnle"PSt of t he Mt!Jtary and Clvlllnr. pe r"• on~ I or White <;and• Proving Ground, LIUl Crures, New M~xtro, by the Las Cr uce> Now that autwnn breezes Section: In this we plan to briefly Cltt.1.Pn of LaH Cruc-ea, New M~xko . caress the catcus needles, tender­ SCAn the history of this recent Pollcle• antt .•tatement• retlet"ted In the new• and editorial C11t of thf' Arm\' Advertlsementfi In fhJ~ publJ<'atl' n do n. · 1 n~!JtUl f' spirit of fall, to resume the week­ Locally, this custom originated • :;;/$,~· ..~l" 1U1 endorsement by the DepartmeRt of the Army ol the prndu<'I• •• •Prvlrp< " ,..<1 ly Saturday morning inspection. in Captain George Elmore's sharp "~~~ .. AU news matter tor publication 1hould be 1ent to tne Public lnlormatlon >t1 1··er, ~ How the troops survived a month 138th Ordnance Company and has --..,~ White Sanda Provln11 Ground, La.I Crucea, New Mexico, Telephone 4203 or 5203. gradually infiltrated the entire Thia newspaper receives Armed Forcea PreSI Service material. Armed Forces Press or longer without this quaint old ~ ;o+'"' Service material which la not copyrllfhted or 1yndlcated may be reprinted or repr..xluced Army custom is beyond me. post. without !urther perml11lon, provided proper credit Is tilven. In my opinion one of the most **** Thia paper la not an otttclal or Hml-ottlclal Department of Oefenae publication. picturesque phases of Army ex­ Broadening our scope to the All picture• are by White Sanda Provlni Ground photo11raphers unless otherwise 1tatPd. istence is the Friday evening be­ international arena, armies seem Advertlalni copy lhould be 1ent to: Lu Cruce1 Cl•lzen, P. O. Box 770, 114 S. Church fore a Saturday inspection. This to be ' divided into two distinct Street, Laa Cru.,e~. NPW Mexlco, Pho"" 10, 11. Sub•crlptton ott Poat $4.00 per year; $1 M fnr tllrPP mnnth1 Dl1trlbut1on on th• P,,..t trPe time is set aside to rearranging categories-hard hats and soft wall and footlocker contents hats. Hitler's late and I hope un­ from their normal condition to lamented Afrika Korps did wear Columbus of the Future the way they are supposed to be. a blocked cap which became D This Friday night preparation practically a trade-mark. It really for inspection is to the American looked sharp, almost terrifyingly Soldier as Spring Cleaning is to so, in fact. (Historian's note: the American housewife. It's tra­ Nevertheless they lost!) -~- dition, and who are we to fight it. With the big, floppy pre-World Let's face it. What this man's War II fatigue hat, a poor, down­ ; f Army needs is more and merrier trodden GI had at least one ave­ inspections. It's great for morale. nue of free expression open to ;;.. ~--::: ;;,' • The true soldier likes to know him; there being literally thou­ that he's "shaped up" and inspec­ sands of ways to wear the thing. tions tell him just that. The troops The present cap, either blocked or want more inspections. In the otherwise, in the SCAnner's words of Pvt. Jacknowitz who humble opinion, lacks the nobility spoke straight from the heart, "I of character possessed by its SERVICEMEN FEEL INCOME TAX BITE eat this stuff up, we ought to get predecessors. f;iviliana inspeded more often." And once again we arrive at INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ANF) the U. S. Army Finance Cen ter- · * two schools of thought, depending By Dorrie Castilo -Uncle Sam's income tax collec­ was received in payment by the HOT TIP OF THE WEEK-Ac­ on whether you say yes or no to To continue with the events of tor isn't over-looking men in Director of Inter nal Revenue in cording to an ad in this month's this burning question, namely: the past week, we have first a uniform. Indianapolis, where the Cent er is Field & Stream, the meagre sum Can a GI look smart in fatigues? plea to all our readers-Wanted: Just like you, they never see located. of 20 cents will purchase "the One word of caution-tests con­ One ankle cast in good condition. many of their pay dollars-the GI's biggest little helpmate." The ducted in our homemade wind Must have zipper. If you know bite is put on them befor e they Patronize W &S advertisers first. ad also claims that this invention tunnel have conclusively demon­ the whereabouts of such an item, step up to the pay table. has been used in foxholes of the strated that a blocked fatigue cap please contact Winona Waldon. The biggest single payment World and is worth a million can and does develop consider­ Why, Frances, does the dis­ ever made by the Army for Fed­ when you need it! This miracu­ able lift; so when the howling charge of one soldier cause such eral income taxes withheld from lous gadget is non other than the winter blasts arrive at WSPG, the a long face in your corner of Ad­ the pay of Army personnel was common C-RATION CAN air may well be filled with flying ministration? After all, the Army made this year-more than $132,- OPENER (M4). fatigue caps, cluttering up radar has plenty of soldiers. 000,000. At last the mystery of why we screens and generally snafuing Then we also have the Navy The check-written for $132,- must eat C Rations on Monday is operations. And who knows, per­ represented in Administration. I 127,691.13 by Brigadier General solved. We must make this small haps the flying saucers of recent believe it is in the capacity of Emmett J. Bean, Commander of sacrifice to enable Army & Navy fame were nothing more than chauffeur (after hours) but for Stores to sell these surplus can fatigue caps on the wing. At any complete job-description contact openers to the American Public. rate more investigation will be Jo. Scene at the "ALCAZAR" Restaurant in Juares Now we can eat our C Rations required in that line. • * • p p SERVICE and proudly say, ''This is my con­ **** Tuesday, when Dick was out 0 0 tribution to the American Way of Not too many days ago, a very in the field, he met Zim, who gra­ R R Life." solemn ceremony took place in ciously offered him a ride back to R R CLUB • • • the barracks. Norman Cornish of N-24. After waiting in the car for 25 minutes Dick decided it was 0 0 THURSDAY, 24 SEPT. The unsinkable desert Navy Data Reduction decommissioned of WSPG boasts of a canine called a set of venerable fatigues that quicker to walk back. His theme 2030-Ballroom Dancing Class, song for the week: "Where, Oh N N Rhumba, Swing "Guns." We of the 138th have two had at last succumbed to the . ~,~~- pint-sized hounds as mascots. stresses and strains of PT. Norm Where Has Zimmerman Gone." FRIDAY, 25 SEPT. H's an old Spanish CWJtom drinking from the "PORBON" Neither of these twin brothers has has worn them continuously Correction: Instead of cute 2000-Cards, Recordings ••• haYe a gay time In Juares ••• 'rilli the been named. Every now and then (laundering them as needed, of bland steno, meaning Diana SATURDAY, 26 SEPT. Safety-Paze Settle, the column should have • you hear, "Hey dog!" Just as of­ course) since the dark days of 1400-Croquet on the Lawn read cute blonde steno. It was Barring the unforseen, a safe ten some term of infamy or du­ basic. He assembled all his old ALCAZAR RESTAURANT still a compliment, Diana, cause SUNDAY, 27 SEPT. highway rule is to keep within bious questioning of these can­ buddies, who then autographed BEST OF AMERICAN AND SPANISH FOODS according to Webster's Collegiate, 1000-Coffee Hour the legal speed limit and "flow" ines' lineage is heard. the fallen fatigues with senti­ Ralph and Mike, Managers 1300- Picnic Tour to Elephant The problem at hand is giving ments appropriate to the solemn­ bland means soothing or not irri­ with the traffic. tating. Butte Dam Those who dart in and out of these mutts the proper names. ity of the occasion. MONDAY, 28 SEPT. traffic not only invite disaster but One suggestion of "Moe and Joe" Choked with emotion, Norm • • • has been vetoed in order to pro­ declared, "They served well, and Duane has a little cast. 1800- Photo Shop gain very little time in reaching Winona has one too. .. 2000--Bingo-Jackpot their destination. Highway speeds tect the innocent. In effect, if soldiered to the utmost with ,un­ . anyone has a likely suggestion as questioning lo y a 1 t y-Rest in Duane's wife broke his little TUESDAY, 29 SEPT. may be high and in most in­ arm, 1800-Photo Shop stances will allow the motorist to to what these dogs should be Peace." named, write the names on paper, But, Winona, wha happened to 2000-"Quick But Right" "skim" right along in his travels. •••• you? * •• wrap it around a rock and at ex­ Whenever There's a Good Deal, NOTICE! Quiz Show In flowing with the traffic, actly 8 a. m. next Monday, heave You Can Count on These Boys Dependents of Enlisted Men can now be covered by WEDNESDAY, 30 SEPT. it through the orderly room win­ 1830-Chess Tourney keep in mind that this does not Dept.: Engineering Evaluation's mean "bumper-to-bumper" driv­ dow. Sgt. Mizelle will be eagerly Art Karp, Lew Byrd and Al Pie­ Solly's HOSPITALIZATION, SURGICAL THURSDAY, 1 OCT. awaiting your suggestion. trasanta are now enJoying twelve 2030-Ballroom Dancing Class ing. Distance between yourself BENEFITS, and LIFE INSURANCE and the autoist ahead can be * (12) weeks TDY with the Nation­ Hobby Shop Arrangements are now being al Bureau o~ Standards in Wash­ The Army maintains 69 depots roughly computed by 'the tried for F AMII.aY! and true formula adopted by made for a "Welcome to Fall" ington, D. ~ where they plan to 200 W. Lucero An. in the United States and 68 depots Fashion Show, which will be pre­ learn the ins ·and outs of the digi­ in overseas areas to receive, store service convoy drivers under Las Cruces. New Ke::tdco normal conditions. It is simply sented in the day room during tal computer business. W.S.P.G. GROUP HOSPITAL and issue military supplies and next Saturday morning's training Never believing in half way OPEN ALL THE TIMEI equipment. this: multiply your sped by two; this distance, interpreted in yards, period. This style show will fea­ measures the boys have already Model Plane Engines ••• • ture the latest fall fashions, soon secured a furnished apartment in, and SURGICAL INSURANCE Advertising Doesn't Cost. It Pays! should be your approximate dis­ First ln Quality and tance from the car ahead. For ex­ to be seen in the 138th. I believe, Alexandria, and things Proven Wlnneral NO NO ample, if you are traveling 40 Pvt. Guminski will model the are as usual under excellent con­ AGE WAITING new 0. D. dress uniform, com­ Cuba •• & Spitfire Englnu. miles an hour, you should main­ trol. Undoubtedly, Mother Karp LIMIT PERIOD FOR RENT tain at least 80 yards distance be­ plete with leather bow tie, 3-inch is slated for the role of chaperone I Forster •. Torpedo •• BEAUTIFUL NEW tween your vehicle and the one peg on trousers and padded coat for gay young blades Lew and Al. Ohlsson & Rice •• O. K ••. cavity for shoulder holster. Sgt. In case of battery trouble, Lew See - Sammy Kaye with BMA ahead. This formula- like most­ Select Your Favorite 1. 2 and 3 is not infallible but it does pro­ Seiler will wear the latest in took along an ample supply of WSPG Phone 3252; Residence, Las Cruces 1179 Bedroom Homes vide a good yard-stick. fatigue pants which feature the ADX-2. Airplane Kit from .... * insulated hip pocket for rum 100 Varie.ties ... Also *MORTGAGES *ANNUITIES Now avallable to non-defen1e personnel, toddy flask. Pfc. Wilner will sport This brings up a question: "Can "Am I the first girl you ever Models Train & Model Can With or Without the current favorite, 'arrow-proof slow driving be dangerous?" kissed?" Stove and Refrigerator "long johns," designed to prepare The answer is "yes." Driving "Now that you mention it, you the G.I. in event of an Apache up­ Starting at $60.00 per Month too slowly impedes traffic and do look familiar." rising against White Sands. The All Houses with Venetian Bllnda. Air irritates drivers who are trying to latest in clothing for off-post men : ond.itioners ~ Automatic Waaher Con­ operate at r easonable speeds . Watch W & S ads for bargains. ,~cttons . Showers ln all Batba. Metal This rudeness may even lead will be modeled by Sgt. Olen. {1tcb.en Cabinets, Completely Modern This creation is the new fatigue and a Gene Autry shirt. Don't hrouqhout ~ some to pass such a "snail" in an set which when reversed easily miss this preview of what will be Children and Peu Welcome unsafe place. in 5 minutes becomes blue jeans worn in the 138th this Fall. Dale Bellamah Addition To sum up the situation and FOOTBALL Upper Colleqe Road using emphasis through the me­ dium of ·repetition, the good driver moves along at approxim­ ately the same speed of other vehicles on rural highways, park­ ways or wherever traffic is Bulldogs heavy, provided such speed is • safe. vs "Waiter, it's been half an hour FOR THE since I ordered that turtle soup." "Sorry, sir, but you know how slow turtles are." BEST Farmington IN COMMERCIAL Friday, Sept. 25th BUILDING 8 P.M. • High School Field

We have a complete line of hardware and painting ADMISSION: auppllea. For the beat ill quality ....us toc:layl Adults $1.00 Students and Military GENERAL CONTRACTOR \ BACK THE BULLDOGS BY Personnel Carver Bulldlnp ATTENDING ALL HOME GAMES! Phone 973 La• Cruce• • wnm 11: s'.im 3 NIMROD Thursday, Sept. 24, 1953 The Army issued 143,044 Com­ & bat Infan tryman's Badges during a r ecent nine-mon th period . (By Armed Forces Press Service) REEL Football, which Dizzy Dean• every $10. sale. It is called the By EMH termed "unnecessary roughness" bigegst one shot deal in college is back on the scene. And it prom- football history. The State Game Commission of New Mexico has issued a pamph­ CLASSIFIED ises to be one of the dizziest sea- Army Lt. JIM BRADFORD let on the relationship between sons in a dozen years, even before finished third behind DOUG the nimrod and the landowner. ~ ~ *Work Wanted it starts. HEPBURN (first), Canada's one Suggestions therein are merely The Football Rules Committee man team, and JOHN DAVIS, a matter of courtesy and com­ I WILL DO BABY SITTING in has tossed away the two platoon U. S. Olympic champ (second) in mon sense-it is a shame that so my h ome by hour, day or week. much to the delight of the fans international weight lifting in many "sportsmen" fail to follow Mrs. Jerry Rouze, 1209 South who now hope to be untroubled Stockholm. Hepburn set a world's the dictates of common intelli­ Chaparro. 4tp-01 by the mob scene of changing of- record of 369 pounds in the press gence in this important relation­ fensive and defensive teams, but event. ship. to the unhappiness of many ma- U. S. COURTS VICTORY- chine-building coaches. Tony Trabert's brilliant service • • • • Coaches like FRANK LEAHY and all around finesse on Forest One of the most essential fac- of Notre Dame are lucky, in- Hill's well-manicured center tors in hunting and fishing is to deed, to have such a fellow as court in the national grass tour- gain access to the land upon JOHNNY LATTNER who can nament has given the tennis which these sports may be ob­ play both ways as well as CHAR- faithful a new outlook on Am- tained. This land may be posted LIE CALDWELL of Princeton erica's chances of bringing the by the individuals who own or with his HOMER SMITH. But on Davis Cup back from Australia control the property. Smaller the other side is BIGGIE MUNN where it has rested since 1950. areas each year are becoming at Michigan State who has built, Trabert blasted Australia's available to the rapidly increas­ over the years, a two component youthful prodigy Lewis Hoad and ing army of sportsmen. system of offensive horsemen and Wimbledon champion Vic Seixas In the majority of instances, defensive blocks of granite. off the courts on successive af- these lands are not closed by -U. S. Army Photo The small colleges, unhappy in ternoons without losing a set. landowners to exclude lgeitimate Members of !he White Sands Rockets, pictured above, completed the 1953 season with their competition with the giants, The Davis Cup has been a bar- hunting and fishing, but because ~n. enviaj:>le record of 33 wins and 18 losses-the best ever compiled in three seasons of compe­ legislated out the free substitu- ometer for world politics. The they are forced to do so to protect hhon. Bottom row (L-R) Pvt. Roy Albertson, Pfc. Mike Hudak, Pvt. George "Skip" Adams, tion rule, once devised to aid their battered trophy was won by their property. After an: you M/Sgt. Russ Gearou, Mgr., Cpl. Thomas Shaw, and Pfc. Charlie Staats. Top row (L-R) Cpl. Bill inadequate manpower resources. Australia in 1914, the start of would not attempt to encroach on Sullivan, Pfc. Dick Tippett, Pvt. Dick Bergquist, Pfc. Tom Casey, Pfc. Frank Me!ully., Pfc, Art 412 N. Main O'Leary, and Pfc. Thaddeus Majzer, Team Stafis Hcian. Not shown are Sgt. Billy Perkins, M/Sgt. The one platoon rule, another WWI, the start of WWII, and Iyour neighbor's back yard and feel Phone sss-M step in that direction, has been again in 1950, year of the Korean free to do as you please-if you James "Swabby" Simpson, and Pfc. George Lathuras. under attack by representatives War. America won it back in 1920 did you would expect to be evict­ of small schools as a phony cure and 1946, immediately after the ed and denied future entrance. Lower-Three-Graders to their ailments. wartime interruption. • • • • Shop in Las Cruces First • • • According to historical trends Among many things that make Need Okays fo Re-Up PERSONALITIES-Navy's all- we are due for a winning spree at the fair-minded landlord see Regular Army enlistments and time great, JOHN (BABE) Melbourn, Australia this Decem- red are: sportsmen walking or re-enlistments of personnel in the BROWN, JR., will be one of 16 ber. driving through farm crops, leav- bottom three pay grades will be Avoid Sudden Battery Failure! former players throughout the ing gates open, damaging fences, limited to individuals who can nation this fall to be honored by AJ) Arm T leaving dirty camps, leaving By Margaret Camillo get okays from their respective the Rutgers University Football • y ournament burning fires, shooting near resi- unit commanders for reassign­ "Hall of Fame." He will receive dences, shooting and making dis- The boys from outer space had ment in their own units. a wonderful party down on the a special award at the Navy- Won by Ft BeJ • turbances around livestock, Under recent changes in Dartmouth game at Annapolis, • 'VOlf camping too near stock watering Rio Grande Saturday. The food at AR 615-360, June 24, 1953, cov­ ~,FREE TEST El Patio was excellent. Major Oct. 16, a game set aside to honor According to spectator enthusi- places, and failing to contact the ering general provisions in EM Records and Captain Rhoney •NEW ELECTRONIC METHOD Navy's All-American players. asm, the All-Army Tournament landowner before entering his discharges, a statement from the If wins the held recently at Ft. Sam Houston property. were kept busy at the grill. Lee • TAKES JUST 2 MINUTES- Dall, Ferry Westfall and easy­ CO to the effect that a lower­ NL title this fall, he'll was undoubtedly the most excit- Remember, a hunting or fish- three-grader will be accepted in going Paul Votaw contributed to • A U.S. ROYAL COURTESY * • • ing seen in many a moon. The 14 ing license, does not permit you his old unit is necessary for en­ game tourney, featuring four ex- to carry on your activities with­ the gayety. David Fountain and listment or re-enlistment. This tra inning tilts, was won by Ft. out the permission of the long­ Bill Vanderstel remained good was spelled out in paragraph 5a ·~=~=~ Forth ose w ho want t hb e est I Belvoir, Va., representatives of suffering landowner. Joes. The Air Weather boys (3) (e), SR 615-105-1. (AFPS) • the Military District of Washing- should have more parties. * * • to~a~pc. Atterbury, 5th Army CHESS STANDINGS From Fort Bragg, welcome A couple of girls handed the U.S.SUPER POWERLIFE cashier at a cafeteria, on their champs, astounded first round THURSDAY-17 SEPTEMBER­ back to White Sands: Sgt. McCoy ~ Guaranteed 3 lull yearsl enthusiasts by defeating Ft. Ord's and Sgt. Pierce. Sgt. Pierce hopes way out, a slip of paper with the Van Landuyt ...... 1270 EASY CREDIT TERMS Tom Morgan, Yankee stalwart, in to have his family here soon. Sgt. numbers 1004180 on it. The cash­ Harley ...... 1190 McCoy is single, good-looking, extra innings. They overcame a ier let them pass without paying. 7-2 defictt to score }hree runs in Frank ...... 1180 pleasant, and has a beautiful car. Borka ...... 1060 To Bruce McAuly, MP, a very Why? Because the note read: "I SHOOK TIRE CO. the 8th and four times in the 717 N. Main Las Cruces 9th, finally winning the game in Fields ...... 1030 hearty welcome to the Post Lib­ owe nothing, for I ate nothing." • Ph 1111 the 10th inning. McGiveran ...... 1020 rary. In the second round of the Spieler _...... 1000 The September issue of Refri­ losers bracket, a 12 inning game Pozner ...... 1000 gerating Engineering contains fe aturing the hitting and pitch­ Smith ...... 94-0 news you home freezer owners Las Cruces Moving&. Storage 229 E. May, Las Cruces ing of Brooke Medical Center's, Hagan ...... 900 will want to read. Hy Cohen gave the Comets a 6-4 Thomson ...... 900 • • AGENT FOR UNITED VAN LINES MAKE DAILY TRIPS TO W.S.P.G• victory over Ft. Dix, 1st Army Morris ...... 880 On order and expected in this champs. Ross ...... 870 next week is W. R. Burnett's, BORDER TRUCK LINES Phone 32 Another 12 inning game was "Adobe Walls," a well written won by tournament runners-up, Navy Pistol Team Wins tale of the last Apache rising. Ft. Lee travellers, who eliminated A crisp, fast-moving action story ..... Ft. Jackson, 11-8. In their next .45 Caliber Matches with good dialogue, period, scenes LAS CRUCES, game, and the final of the tour­ CAMP PERRY, Ohio (AFPS) and characterization. Proof that PROGRAM OF COMING ATTRACTIONS! NEW MEXICO be the first Cincinnati player to - A Navy team zeroed in 1,120 good Wes tern stores are being do so since FRED ODWELL in ney, the 2nd Army champs bowed points out of a possible 1,200 to written and not all for pulp mag­ 1905. Odwell had nine homers to F,t. Belvoir, 5-2 in an 11 inning thriller. win the .45 caliber pistol matches azines. that year... Pittsburg Pirates while the Army placed second twin infielders, EDDIE and How they finished: New records in the Library: TEAM W L with 1,118 and the Marine Corps ••••• ODJCB:J!l~l•]I •·•·• JOHNNY O'BRIEN, were due to Yma Sumac, Guys and Dolls, · THUHS.-FRI.-SAT. 1. Ft. Belvoir, MDW 4 0 third with 1,115. THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY - Sept. 24-25-26 report for Army induction Sept. Oklahoma, Show Boat, With a Sep.t. 24-25-26 2. Ft. Lee, 2nd Army 3 2 A Marine team ranked first in Song in My Heart, Snow Maiden, 10 ... The Baltimore Colts lost the .38 caliber pistol shooting ANEW KIND -their top quarterback, BOBBY 3. Ft. Jackson, 3rd Army 3 2 This is My Beloved, Little Blue f ...... 4. Brooke Medical, 4th Army 2 2 with 1,147 points out of 1,200 OF THRILL WILLIAMS. He reported to the Riding Hood and St. George and f 5. Ft. Dix, 1st Army 1 2 with the Army second with 1,145 in Navy, Aug. 26 ... Returning to the Dragonet. 6. Camp Atterbury, 5th Army 1 2 points. The Army previously won Boston College this month is SAM the .22 caliber matches, however PIRO, Boston's 1950 fullback, 7. Ft. Ord, 6th Army O 2 The youngest major league 8. Ft. Shafter, 7th Army O 2 they scored 1,163 points rather ballplayer was Joseph Nuxall. He from Cherry Point Marine Air than 1,103 as reported in the Station, N. C. 14 14 pitched his first game for Cin­ AFPS Clipsheet, dated Aug. 30. cinnati on June 10, 1944, at the Sales manager Spencer Heaney age of 15. said his Philadelphia grocery TOUCH LEAGUE bought up a block of 40,000 tic­ '-tSERVICE STARS :: . At the age of 18, Phil Cavarret­ kets for the Sept. 21 Georgia-Vil­ OPENS SEPT. 20 ta became the youngest player CO-FEATURE: lanova game to give on certain . ~~@A The official White Sands touch 'iHE Rl(7!lT-14AND~ l'liCHEt> THE ever to participate in a World days a $2.60 reserved seat with FT. LEONARD WOO{), MO., HILi.TOPPERS Series. GREER GARSON· WALTER PIDGEON~ football season will get under 10 T~E NATIONAL SEMl-""O TITLE · way Sept. 28, with eight teams AT Tl-IE WICHITA, . competing in the seven week, 28 KANSAS TOURNEY . SUN.-MON.-TUES. game schedule. IN AUG-U&T WITH Scandal~Scourie~ Sept. 27-28-29 r'"'-'"'"'"'"""'''"'~ THREE OF ntEIR. . Adm.: Adults 69c - Children 20e - Students 5Se Special Services Officer, Capt. SEVEN VICTORIES ••• 2 FIRST-RUN FEATURES! Photostat (3-D Viewers~Extra) roller skate George Wakluk, announced that ?~E.VIOUSLY SAW ~ ~ SERVICE WITH all games will begin at 16: 15 THe omoir T1(£RS! hours, Monday through Thursday. Service SUNDAY-MONDAY-TUESDAY - Sept. 27-28-29 ~tonight ~ The failure of a team to show be­ IS offf'f':'d hV the . ~_,,..,_,_,,~ fore 16: 30 will result in a forfeit ,, . LAS CRUCES ABSTRACT to the opposing club. & TITLE COMPANY There is also a call for referees 129112 S. Main St.-Las Cruces to officiate at these games. Any­ ..,,_ • Enjoy a fun­ one with a little experience and -i- ftlled evenin§ ~ ~ Keep an exact copy of your who can be depended upon to Where there s iHl9 YE~R Bl.AC" HAO 11 WIN9 important documer.b music, skates handle all of their assignments AND NO LOSSES IN REG-ULAR SEA"sc»I! end laughter. .A great recrea•. are asked to contact the Special _tlon for alL Services Office, Ph. 3237, as soon as possible. It will be these officials along, Enroll now for beginners and with each t eam manager, who advance skating instructions will pick the all-star team to rep­ COLLINS PARK by Larry, formerly with the resent the post at the 4th Army Located between Alameda and Main, National Academy of Roller touch football tournament. long recognized as EVERY TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY ARE YOUR Skating Detroit, Michigan. In­ The eight team league includes: Officers Club, 1st GM Brigade, BIG NIGHT$ - YOU HAVE MANY REA$0N$ struction start s Oct. 4, 1953. Det. 1, Det. 2, 9577 TSU, 169th Las Cruces' Most Ideal Spof TO ATTEND! (Courtesy Registrations Tuesday) Sig. Constr. Co., 4119 ASU, and LAS CRUCES the 138th Ord. Co. for Residential Expansion STARTS WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30th - 4 BIG DAYS The opening game pits the Of­ Is now a reality. Construction starting on more ROLLER RINK ficers Club against the 138th, 111 E. Willoughby Sept. 28 at 16: 15 hours. ~~~..A~­ STARTS WED.. Sept. 30 3 and 4 Bedroom Homes ~~ · --4 DAYSI-- Hardwood floors, ceramic tile baths, central heating • PRECISION WATCH REPAffi systems, two baths on most plans, carports and garages, Exclusive Agency for wide variety plans, approved FHA financing. LONGINES. WITTNAUER Choice lot locations available. Choose now! and GRUEN WATCHES Prices from $11.750 lo $18.550

TUCKER'S JEWELRY Seaborn Collins Agency You Have Many Big $ REASON$ to Attend on $ 328 N. MAIN • LAS CRUCES 886 North Main Las Cruces Tues. or Wed. $ YOUR BIG NIGHTS $ 4 WIND lk SANJ) Thursday, Sept. 24, 1953 'Prop Jockies' ettie's By Pfc. Henry Muszynski THE • between Latest to leave HAFB for cross­ Comp country excursions have been ightmare FREQ'S Capt Gray and Pfc. Green who N BET. 2 flew toward the general direction By Nettie Foresman By Kay Eldridge (By Armed Forces Press Service} of the West Coast. Also departing Quotes It's going to be quite dull We are mighty proud of one Franklin L. Orth, Milwaukee from Holloman were Lt. Bradley around Engg. Division for the of us next few months. Walter McClen­ Sgt. John Kimbler, Ft. Bliss Mon­ attorney, has been appointed Spe­ and Cpl. Neilson who flew to By Frances Williams itoring Station, who has been cial Assistant for Reserve Forces By Mau Brigida Florida. These flights come under and nan, Lew Byrd, Al Pietrasanta, Art Karp and Danny Rork have awarded the Army Commenda­ to the Secretary of the Army. He and the heading of Cross Country Dorothy Ochs tion Ribbon with Pendant for will be concerned with the pro­ Navigational Training, a certain been chosen to do computer study Jim Nelson Newcomer: Alice S .. Tapia, at the National Bureau of Stand­ meritorious service in Korea. The grams for all civilian components amount of which are compulsory Manpower Section, Management presentation was made by Brig. including the Army Reserve, MISSILElaneous: An article by Army and CAA regulations. ards. Someone should warn appearing in the September issue Branch. This is her first attempt Washington of their arrival! ! ! ! General G. G. Eddy last week. National Guard and Reserve Of­ Lt. Glenn W. Bradley has re­ in the business world. She hails I * * • ficers Training Corps. During of HARPER'S MAGAZINE titled cently been casting insulting re­ **•* "Rocket Shoot at White Sands" from Deming, N. M., where she Charlotte Carlisle reported Joe Santos is now working at WWII he served in Burma where marks at the Army L-19 aircraft, attended high school. proved to be interesting reading. having a wonderful time in the Ft. Bliss station. he commanded an Infantry com­ by calling them grasshoppers, Our Claudia has been getting Tommy Tooker has returned bat team. And we'd like to quote some of lowgears, etc. Reason for this Dallas visiting friends and rela­ Jonathan Norton Leonard's state­ too wise for her age so they had to tives. Although I understand she from vacationing in California, ••• sudden turn of events has been take out a wisdom tooth. Hope the Bay Area, with many tales o:t ments: Lt. Bradley',s first flight in a JET was anxious to get back to "good A new antisubmarine version she recovers soon. ole" WSPG. Wonder why? ? ? the fine weather. We kid Tommy, of the P2V Lockheed Nepturn "The men of White Sands do aircraft. This has left Lt. Bradley Top tune on the Hit Parade for but we really envy him! not talk lightly about these fear­ about as "happy as a pig in mud," Incidentally, we underestimat­ patrol bomber has gone into pro­ the Cost Branch: "It's 2 o'clock ed Ray Rees' salesmanship. Mannon Wallace has just com­ duction for the Navy. The new ful projects... But when the quiet and not desiring to pilot any­ in the morning," or "Pass the pleted a course at Ft. Bliss I&E of night has crept over the deesrt thing that will not approach George Fariss bought the dog! adaptation features an elongated Black Coffee, Casey." How about that? and is now the proud owner of a tail area which houses extensive and the brilliant, many colored Mach 1. Have a nice trip, Mrs. Tennis. high school diploma. That's ambi­ stars flash in the clear sky, the • •••• equipment for use in antisub­ * • She is visiting her daughter and tion with a capital "A," and we marine warfare. men of White Sands like to turn Have you noticed the extra MYSTERY OF THE WEEK; family in Des Moines, Iowa, and Who is the major that stopped congratulate you, Wally! ! ! ! .... their thoughts, half apologetical­ "brown ring" Pfc. Golej has add­ friends in Omaha, Nebr. Lynn Wildman is again pinch­ ly, toward a more peacefu~ pro­ ed to his colle<:tion. The motto of a "suntan clad" civilian? I'll brief Army draft quota for Novem­ **** you with the following: hitting for Dave Waddington ber has been set at 23,000, accord­ je<:t-the conquet and occupation this tale is you to can have brown while Dave is on TDY. Papers of the vacuum above their heads. rings by eating with the K. P.'s Catastrophe of the Week: Lee MAJOR: Where's your hat, ing to the Defense Department. • Trafton accidentally shaved his soldier? are flying. This is the same figure which has Even the enlisted men-some of and arriving at the hangar at John McAdory is really burn­ them learned G. I.'s who play hot 0630. moustache off last week. After Considerable s t a mm e r in g, been called for the past few you get his age, it's kind of hard ing up the road between Ft. Bliss chess in the crowded barracks Det. 3 has added and lost one then: months. The Navy, Marine Corps ee to keep a steady hand. and Las Cruces. Mac works at and chat in the chow lines about each Sgt. The departed is Sgt. CLINGING VINE?-As cute a 1st CIVILIAN: But I work and Air Force do not intend to 1 DIDJAKNOW THAT: Mr. Tei­ here, sir. Bliss but lives in Cruces, and quantum mechanics-realize that Bob Milges to Det. 2 at "Sands." sparrow as ever walked a limb, place calls with Selective Service telbaum has a pen that drips ink MAJOR: I don't care where sometimes finds it necessary to for November. they are working at the closest The newcomer is Sgt. Myron G. Shirley McCrea, proves that make more than one trip daily. place on earth to space. . ." un­ on the floor, but won't write on you work, you're supposed to Bethard fresh from FECOM via paper? How come that? ? ? Miami's foliage is often as pleas- How's the mileage? quote! ! ! ! Det. 1. Sgt. Bethard hails from wear your hat! with oxblood thread-needle Glad to see Dot Ochs made it ant a subject as its beaches. Shir­ 2nd CIVILIAN: Major, he hap­ • * • • California. ley's approach makes bird shoes and brightly colored argyle * • * back okay from her vacation-but pens to be a civilian. What with the change in wea­ socks. POT POURRI: Bill Voorhees After seeing the "doll" that Lt. watching far more interesting, ther, fall clothes are being seen she has gone the way of most fis­ (Was someone's face red!) No A real "cool cat"! ! ! But don't and Richard Symes: It was the El Greene was escorting, it is no cal workers. Already she's got more frequently all over the post. wonder that he was in no hurry offense, Major, it could happen snicker-these things are all on Patio where Margaret spotted you that fluorescent pallor on her to anyone. After viewing new fashions in people on that forgettable nite... to leave the Dispensary. This ob­ magazines and reading articles the market and, we understand, server did not get her name, cheeks and that haggard look •••• the sales are high for all ages! Joe Mink-good to see you back which is what we are all wearing written by Paris fashion design­ in circulation.... serial number, or measurements, New NEWCOMERS: We have a new ers, we are waiting to see some • * • this year. secretary in Div. Hqs., Miss Thula Since Paul is rather fond of his but did get her rank and profes­ of these new ideas put into effect: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF: Hope Gladys Uttley reads the Hardie, El Paso. Also Calvin 33 and 45 rpms, can see why he sion. A 1st Lt., no less, whose du­ things such as green, blue and Major Hagerman left the air paper because we just want to Guild who hails from Austin, has tagged "L. P." DeConinck... ties are that of a nurse. yellow nail lacquer; color com­ conditioner "off." tell that we are all sorry she isn't Arrivals Minnesota. Calvin is working • • • well and hope that before- long binations of pink with red or Bernie Rieske turned school Re<:ently a demonstration in A common scene at Hangar 3 -MILITARY- with the Evaluation Branch. Wel­ she'll be back working. brown with blue; dresses trim­ teacher. CBR was given by the Chemical is the close companionship be­ Pvt. Ray P. Bcncvlt, 9:19:{ TSU, former come to Engineering! Corps boys of Ft. Bliss, while they resident of Reading, Pu. med with sealskin or mink col­ Philly Doming1,1.ez remembered tween Sfc. Just and Pfc/ Landry. •••• Pvt. Roy A. Bencvll, !J393 TSU, former •••• lars anod cuffs; plaid stoles that office door key. were throwing those tear gas gre­ ODE TO A SUPERVISOR: resident of Heading, l'u. One might say the pair are in­ CORRECTION PLEASE: We resemble horse blankets; the Carol Kemp didn't complain nades resembling , we separable, surmising this from the Hail, oh Noble Supervisor, Sgt. lllyron G. Bethard, 9393 TSU, former did have a new secretary, but a picked up a tought wave from resident of Matador, Texas; veteran o! crazy suit lines. about cobwebs. fact Landry has been suffering With your eyes like a hawk's; Koren. good offer from Ft. Bliss was too Due to the fact that most top­ Lynn Wildman wasn't sleepy. M/Sgt. Gearou via mental tele­ pains in the nose as the result of With shoulders big and broad, Pvt. John K. Denny, 9303 TSU, former tempting and she resigned. We pathy-"equip all soldiers with resident or Felts Mills. N. Y. 19'11 gradu­ notch designers are males, the sharp turns by Just. By the same To carry all our squawks. ate of Clarkson College of Technology. can't blame you, Thula, that bus "bare look" seems to be here to baseball bats and sock the things token another friendship has n ot Sfc. Joseph E. Duffy, 9393 TSU, former ride from El Paso gets mighty back where they came from." Your row is a hard one to hoe resident or Fall Hivcr, Muss., veteran of stay-sleeveless and backless vel­ escaped noticing. That between in life; Korea. old. Good Luck! Don't know, Sarge, with your veteens, sleeveless Cashmeres. Liquors -Wine- Beer the Company 1st Sgt., M/Sgt. Your back must be strong to Pvt. Cyril R. Kapinus, 9:193 TSU, former •••• batting average, a mask is almost resident or Olyphant, !'a. Men's dress has aways been re­ Vass, and Pvt. Don Davis. Com­ repel the knife, Sgt. Billy E. McCarl, 93!13 TSU, former We received a postcard from a must... ferred to as "standard" and "con­ mon sense will tell you that both That your workers throw when resident or Albany, Calif., Yeteran or Ernie Zambelli during their visit servative.'' Can you feature a AZTEC PACKAGE • "peon's" objects are "brownie Korea. at the Grand Canyon. He men­ * * * you're not lookin' 1•vt. Vincent D. Puvanl, 9:sm T!::iU, rorm­ high ranking officer wearing a STORE We bid farewell to Harold Hu­ points." And when you come over to er resident or St. Louis, ;:\Jo., HJil2 gradu­ tioned that a skunk had visited polka-dot vest, tweed slacks, a ate or St. Louis University. 1175 W. PICACHO ber of South Wing Up. Funny I often wondered why Pvt. see what's cookin.' their camp for two nights but he woolen plaid sports coat, pastel thing about this guy-he knows Pvt. Georg<• A. Puree!!, 9:1!J:J TSU, form­ Walter Goss, Owner Pereira eats chow twice at noon. Are the reports all done? er resident or Hancock, N. Y. proved to be friendly (or deor­ oxford-cloth shirt with wing col­ the name of his hometown in Pvt. Harold R. UidC'r, 9:l!J3 TSU, former dorized). Is it possible that he is bringing Is your work up-to-date? lar, pure silk hand-painted tie Ohio but not too familiar with "scraps" for those two off-post resident or .Stoc-kdale, l'a. Boyce Brewster, formerly of • • Pvt. Jimmie C. Smith, 9:!!J3 TSU, form­ bearing portrait of Marilyn Mon­ neighboring cities around him­ Hurry up and finish, or this leeches Sfc. Ellinger and Pfc. er resident of Paducah, Ky. of Lapland, Arkansas (the por­ more and tied in Windsor knot, "We Trade Paper Back Books. not even Cleveland! ... Also on month we'll be late. M/Sgt. Lewb A. Whiles, 9:l9:l TSU, Johnson? ? ? ? former resident of Halston, Okla. tion of Arkansas that laps over and a hat with striped hat band. Bring in 5 and get 4 back.'' the list of outers are Carl Ford Nomination for the worker of Oh, how you'd like to choke into Oklahoma) has been visiting 'em --CIVILIAN- All this topped (or bottomed) off and Joe Sartori. Best of luck... the week goes to Pvt. Ted Krein with "The Tribbey," relatives Then 'cut 'em into pieces; lllrs. Louise Mary Beckert, clerk-typist, Out at the Ice Show-Tom Without Ted a chaotic situation 0175 Alameda Ave., Bl Paso; former resi­ from Cow's Corner, Arkansas. Then when you've done this Voltz, Huber and friends from resembling Juarez on payday dent of North H~llywood, Calir. Boyce says, "It shore is good to pleasureable work, llobcrt Winston Brinegar, Civil Engineer Hugh A. Newman, Authorized Dealer Det. 1 (oops, we said it, Det. 1) ... would result in the Orderly see my kinfolk agin." You'd like to make the speeches with T1'..'TB, rcsldf'nt or ltl. :.l, I.as Cruces; TO THE 138th: Blocked hats Room. former resident of Raton, N. 111 Dudley Cottier is spending a and shiny buckles-you laughed You've been saving all this Mrs. Louise Brown Cluuoc, clerk-typist short vacation at home this week. time, with Bil Icing Office, W:.l :lrd St., Las Western Auto Supply last and the best... we submit! I Cruces; former resident of Pico, Callf. Chances are Diane has him busy Like telling them to go-- Mrs. Helen L. Early, Physical Science mowing the lawn and painting. GOOD LINE TO REMEMBER: Aide with FDL, 600 W . Parker St., Las We Carry Susan Hayward appearing in the •••• Cruces. Did I say "vacation?" ? ? ? ? "Lusty Men" making with the Not much news this week as Mrs. Sallie Olivia :\lnrie Estes, general A Complete Line of Accessories for Your Car Frances is unbalanced-her ac­ clerk, 1775 South Alamo St., Las Cruces; The nation's only Anti-Aircraft line, "Don't know if she's outside Five o·a~s former resident or Hatch, N . .M. Plus Home Appliances and Utility Items trying to get inside that dress, or counts, that is! ! ! Frederick \.\'Hllam Gan:iu, Security Artillery Replacement Training Guard, resident of 2021 Princess Jeanne Center at Fort Bliss, Texas, has inside trying to get out".... St., Las Cruces. We Give S&H Green Stamps Mrs. Alice Mattel Knight, mathemati­ trained mor~ than 40,000 soldiers cian, 203 Wherry Drive, WSPG; Iurmer since its re-activation in August, 129 S. MAIN PHONE 121 Labor resident of Columbus, Ohio. Figures Show How Army Post John Lawrence Hamm, Electronic 1950. Mai Equipment Installer & Repairer; former Strength Is Dispersed By Rose Lewis rcsiclC'nt of Phlladclphla, Pa. WASHINGTON (ANF)-More Las Cruces won't be the same Visitors Frank Pinoncs Lopez, janitor, resident of La Luz, N. M. than 658,000 of the Army's 1,500,- anymore! ! ! Len Pierson and Bill Visitors to White Sands Proving Ground M1·s. Charllecne Arrott ncDanlcl, clerk­ 000 men and women were station­ Mimmack have decided to give last week Included the follow Ing: lyplst, Stale College; former resident of • T /Sgt. T. H. Holland and Mrs. B. N. 122 South Valencia SI., El Paso. ed overseas during the past year. the gals a break in El Paso and Bennett, Swimming Pool Dedication. Mrs. Billie Ruth Painter, clerk-typist, The remainder of the Army's take up residence in the Metro­ Col. Maucher, visiting EML. 1016 N. Armijo St., Las Cruces; former re­ DRIVE IN OUR LOT TO TR~DE From Civilian Payroll, Albuquerque: J. sident or Decherd, Tenn. strength was dispersed approxim­ polis, Las Cruces. . .. Jlrestone, Jr., C. Burchett, G. Blake. Frederick E . Stuehmcicr. Data Prepnr· ately as follows: Another Fugitive (OF WHAT) From Corona Lab: G. Landsman. atlon, ll69 N. Walnut St., El Paso; former From Douglas Aircraft: L. Czarnowskl. resident o! Centralia, 111. General Reserve...... 253,000 ....has moved from the BOQ to From JPL: R. E. Scott and Mr. Herdad. Miss Allee S. Tapia, clerk-typist, 504 Trainees ...... 224,000 Las Cruces, You Guessed IT... From SCEL: Lt. Tatum and S. E. Petrillo. South Pearl St.. Deming, N. M. Operations within the Johnny Coffee. From San Antonio General Depot: Maj. Julian Serna Torrez, Security Guard, 908 AT CACTUS USED CARS D. M. Ha rmon, D. E. Cadena, 0. C. Kuber· W!ishington Sl., Alamogordo. United States ...... 117,000 * • • • skl. P. P. Kaspick, H. F. Bull, Jr., and C. Training Instructors ...... 105,000 We would like to report that H. Bohnan. From Bendix Aviation: H. B. Hoeper, M. Watch W & S ads for bargains. EASY TERMS THESE CARS GUARANTEED Transients ...... 79,000 Sgt. G. A. Keith of FDL Supply Seisler, W. Lieberman, C. E. Stamper, and • Students ...... 40,000 is slowly recovering from the R. E. Geller. From FDL: W. J. Greer. Patients ...... 22,000 latest practical PRANK that NO From OCO: R. E. Magee and K. D. Rob­ RUGS 8t FURNITURE Department of the Army one seems to know anything erts. CLEANED Administrative Area ...... 17,000 about? ? ? ? From Redstone Arsenal: E. P. Atkins, K. 1952 Studebaker Commander Sedan .$1695.00 K. Dannenburg. By Approved Hild System Special Foreign From Rock Isl,and Arsenal: V. W. Mc­ • • • In Our Modem Plant Activities ...... 17,000 E lroy. We are happy to report that From Army Chemical Center: Pfc. C. or Location Cleaning Cadets, United States Peggy Graves has a Baby Girl, Koehlert, Pfc. E. Haberlandt and H. L. 1950 Mercury Sedan ...... 1395.00 Military Academy ...... 1,700 born the 15th of September. Con­ Solomonson. "Free Pick-up and From Ent AFB, Colo.; Col. E. T. Ash· gratulations, Peggy and Wenn.. . worth, Col. A. A. Mccartan. Lt. Col. M. L. Delivery Service" Congratulations! ! ! to Mary Parsons, Lt. Col. R. M. Clock, Lt. Col. elore midnight Oet. 15, 1953.. when someone around Condron which read: "Candy for Sale... 7c One of the most colorful and of New Mexico, rode Billy the young son, Henry. was assigned the job of writing Letters · received after · that decides to go in hiding. After two each or two for 25c." Sech humor most dreaded Indian chieftains Kid. The war was marked by op- Colonel Fountain skirted the this column, I frankly looked on 4ate wlll automatically be hours and thirty minutes of tele- that is to be found around here.' of all time who rode the frontier position of two factions and Billy southern part of the White Sands it as a chore, something that had eansidered .for next · 1u:r'• phoning and checking every like- * • • which is now part of the missile rode to avenge the mu:der of area en route to his home at Las to be done. It was sometime later eaatest. The Jetter must be not ly spot on the Post, the Crew- After reading the article on firing range was Geronimo, the Tunstall, a wealthy Engllsh~az;, Cruces after prosecuting cattle that I discovered that I was ac­ .-re than 500 words, and chief on a transient aircraft was Marilyn Monroe's beauty secrets famed Apache leader. His name by members of a deputy sheriffs tnieves following the Rustler's ·should bear your signature, not found until the local MP's all the girls at MPO are practicing tualy enjoying seeing my non­ .nnk, service number and or­ was used as a battle cry by his posse after Tunstall had surren- War at the close of the Lincoln sense in print. Some people went were called to join the search. the "glide" walk. I won't mention own wariors, and later by U. S. dered his guns. County War. pnization. You must be oa Where the MP's picked him up, any names·}:lut one gal was trying so far as to tell me that they en­ active duty in the Army, paratroopers fighting the Ger­ The Lincoln County War at- End of Colorful Era joyed reading it, and they were­ I don't know, but I can name so hard she slid right out of her mans in Europe during World NBVJ' Air Force, Marine tracted desperadoes from all parts He drove a democrat wagon. n't trying to borrow money, Corp; or Coast Guard to be fifty places where he wasn't. . . . shoes. This situation has been War II. of New Mexico, Texas and Colo- When he failed to return to Las either. The pilot, a bird colonel, was corrected due to abolishment of Geronimo was a master of elicible. rado even from south of the Rio Cruces, a posse was sent out. Be- Of course, that made me feel very decent over the delay. A all movie magazines which have guerrilla warfare tactics. He out­ and resulted in the Kid's d d A Gra~de s pretty good, but when I would lower ranking officer would been replaced with SR's, AR's witted the U. S. Army for years last da;ing exploits that ended in tween White San s an an u- He will be a slave for ever, be­ probably have fumed, or have and what have you... by order and, historians relate was largely gustin Pass, marks indicated that ask what they liked about the cause he does not know how to his being sentenced to hang at the his team had ben forced off the column they would give some taken off without him. of BTO (which comes with six responsible for costing the United age of 22, only to foil the the road at a gallop; the posse found use small means.-Horace. It was simple when checking the stripes). States 38 million dollars to ex­ answer like, "Oh, I don't know. Post Library. Margaret Camillo, • • * hangmen and be shot by Pat Gar- the wrecked wagon. It's just that you never can tell terminate less than 100 Apaches. 25th, there will be a dance at the Librarian, says that she keeps a We would write something rett at Fort Sumner. . Fountain's rifled traveling bag, what you're going to find in the Navy EM Club. The Daugherty Soldiers Massacred Fort Conrad, esta?llshed at his legal papers scattered, was roster of "lost souls" who wan- about Enlisted Records Section, darn thing." Which left me Brothers, from Hot Springs (or Valverde, on . the Rw Grande also found, but there was no trace der into her establishment, the but somebody said they weren't Dog Canyon, with its adjacent slightly confused, frustrated, and Truth or Consequences, take your mountain peaks, was an ideal re­ near Fort _craig~ was abandoned Iof Colonel Fountain and his son. happy, at the same time. second favorite hiding place, so doing anything anyway, except in 1853. Little is known of the He had been reported seen at cherse) will be making with the that she will not have to ask Bernie Kopelman. . . . RAH. . . connaissance point for the wily The reason that you neve:r music. The Daughertys have chief. Mounting the peak he fol­ fort'~ history except that Colon~l Lunas Wells and at the Lincoln­ could tell what might be found names when people begin to hunt. Rah! The Officer's Section is hav- Edwm yose Sumner removed his Dona Ana County line by the made several appearances here ** ** ing a contest to see who can sing lowed, with bright and malicious there was forced on me. It seems lately, seem to be quite popul.ar. eyes, the approach of soldiers occupation troops from the towns S/Sgt. and Mrs. Richard L. the best. Say Joiner, that tenor of Las Vegas, Rayado, Albuquer­ postman. that some joker passed the word The regular Tuesday night from Fort Bliss, sent out on de­ Johnson have be"!n assigned is terrific (if I had a door on this que, Socorro, Dona Ana and El Colonel Fountain's presumed when I first came aboard that I Bingo Games at the Navy Club tail to capture and subdue the quarters on the Post. The John- office I'd close it.) Paso, and stationed them at Fort death has been attributed to poli­ was a CID man. Consequently, continue, with the Jackpot up to Apaches. When the unsuspecting tical enemies, to revengeful rust­ people would cross to the other sons plan to move in by the end • • • Conrad and other new posts away $110. Please stay away, so the of the week.... Welcome to you, For those interested in our soldiers neared the peak, Gero­ from the towns. lers whom he had convicted and, side of the street when they saw odds against me will be smaller. nimo assigned his warriors to by one historian, to his having me coming, or move away from Sgt. and Mrs. Johnson. clean-up program... report any Forts Abandoned I hear it is planned to install lure the soldiers into Dog Canyon proclaimed knowledge of the lo­ the bar. • • * • afternoon at 1545. It's really lots In a letter to the Adjutant Gen­ Television in the Navy Club where they were surrounded and cation of a rich gold mine in the Now, then, a reporter can't get eral, H. Jones, July 19, 1851, shortly, also in the lounge of the Lt. Glenn W. Bradley, strictly a _o.;;;f;;;f;;;u;;;n;;;!;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ massacred. San Andres. For whatever reason news that way-he has to talk to "deck pilot," got a dose of his own ;. Sumner, then stationed at Fort Enlisted Men's barracks, funds for Yet another incident highlight­ Colonel and young Henry Foun­ people. So I just had to sort of flying a few days ago while rid­ Union, advised that he had "es­ same to come from the Club and ing the Fort Stanton area was tain's disappearance, the story make it up as I went along, and ing as a passenger on a jet air­ tablished posts on the Rio Grand~ the Recreation Committee. Tom connected with Billy the Kid's adds to the lusty history of the I was bound and determined to craft flying over the lava beds. near El Paso (Fort Fillmore), one Mix will ride again! boyfriend, Jesse Evans, a member Proving Ground area. keep the Navy in the paper. I was From the observer seat, it seems of the Seven Rivers Gang. The at Valverde (Fort Conrad), and One last interesting note relates pretty unhappy about it at the + + "unfunny"... Lt. Bradley still 3 Security Information: On a re- gang attempted to drive Alex­ one at Canon Bonito (Fort Defi­ to the Southwest, of which White time, beacust? I thought people looks a little "limp"... "That's ance). The troops were taken cent visit to a Las Cruces busi­ DAY ander McSween out of Lincoln Sands Proving Ground has be­ didn't like me. After I found out ness establishment one night, one fine," says a long line of limp County. An associate of Mc­ from the towns 'in a high degree come a most important part, and about it I was amused, both at people who lost their "starch" of demoralization for the purpose of the White Sands Naval per­ SERVICE! Sween's, John H. Tunstall of Rio is the conclusion of a colorful myself and at them. They should (among other things) while un­ of discipline and instruction." sonnel encountered a rather sin­ Feliz Ranch, was killed. His mur­ era. have known that a CID man dergoing the "Bradley Tech­ on all Fort Thorne, near Hatch, was ister individual who engaged him der was timed with the arrival On August 1, 1950, President never looks like one, except in in conversation and plied him nique"... We know how you feel. of the Reverend T. F. Ealy, Mc­ established in 1853, and was the movies. abandoned in 1859. There are Truman signed a resolution ad­ with refreshments. Part of the Sween's brother-in-law, a mis­ As I said, I later came to enjoy All loves should be simply only a few graves in the sand and opted by Congress under which conversation went like this: Watch Repair sionary and physician requested some 66 flags, guidons and other the job. Commander Clement, the "So you're from White Sands, stepping stones to the love of by McSween to serve Lincoln mesquite to mark the location to­ God.-Pato. day. emblems, captured during the Navy's PIO officer, gave me a eh?" Specializing in: County and the area now sur­ free hand in 'my choice of ma­ Where the modern highway Mexican War, were returned to "Yep." rounding WSPG. terial, although often making • Chronograph and crosses the Rio Grande, nudging Mexico. Some of them were un­ "I hear . that they are working helpful suggestions. Eve Sim­ St9p watches. 'Kid' Sang Hymns the Proving Ground boundaries, doubtedly taken in the area sur­ on a lot of Secret Stuff out there, WHITE CROSS mons, I&E newspaper woman, The Parson learned of Tun­ is the ruins of Fort Seldon, all rounding the nations' present right?" PLAN •All work guaranteed. stall's murder upon his arrival at that is left of a once important foremost guided missile and long­ who used to write the "Eye See" "Yep!" Fort Stanton, a trail stop-over. At military post established in 1865 range rocket center, and their re­ column, was a constant help, as "And just what do you do out • Gifts for all the fort, Mrs. Ealy tearfully beg­ as a means of protection against turn completed the gory history was Charles Poisall, of PIO. there?" occasions. ged her husband to turn right the Gila Apaches. of the wedding of two nations and Whoever takes over the job of "Oh, I tend ·bar at the Navy around and "go back to the Searched for Treasure 99 years of progress in the art of writing the Desert Navy will find Club." States." Just south of the old Indian de- war. that he has a chance for some fun We wonder if the stranger With the Ealys was a Miss fense is Roblero Mountain, which and good people to work with, could have been Clarence Bud­ Defee' s Jewelry Gates, a school teacher who was used as a heliograph station Army Ready for 1954 but note that I use the word work dington Kelland. At any rate, he Charles Diana taught during the week and on during the campaigns against the advisedly. As Mortimer Snerd went away talking to himself. 515 No. Main The Army plans to operate 13 luuranee Sundays turned her schoolroom Apaches and other Indians, the said, when Edgar asked him how Regards, Lu Cruces replacement training centers and Box 1237 Phone lUS over to Reverend Ealy who messages being flashed from Fort he could be so stupid, "I work at maintain seven training divisions Boats' preached sermons interspersed Bliss to Fort Seldon. Later, in it!" during fiscal '54. The divisions with hynms played by Mrs. Ealy 1882 it was used as an astrono­ + + and training centers will be used on the piano. Among the cow­ point to study the transit of Married: Yvonne Bennett, mic~! to train approximately 438,000 in­ boys, who clustered about the Venus. _ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miles piano to sing, was a slender, ductees and enlistees the Army Bennett of Las Cruces, N. M., to The old fort ruins today are expects to receive during the graceful youth with a medlodious still searched for buried treas­ R. L. Stevenson, son of Mr. and year. The Army also plans to c~n­ voice. His name was William H. ures. Legend relates that citizens, Mrs. A. D. Stevenson of State duct 500 courses at 58 service with no banks in the territory. College, Miss., at Las Cruces on schools to train its specialists and buried their money and other 12 September. The Stevensons valuables within the walls of the technicians. are temporarily living in Las fort for safekeeping. Vandals have Cruces. contributed much to the ruin of WeLcome Aboard: Herring, FN, one of the earliest military land­ • KOT AUi from USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). marks of the area. + + It was for an expedition into Tomorrow night, Friday the this area, against the Apaches, IT'S A GOOI) IOU, that pemmican was first intro­ C r1s· p • • • New • •• Beautiful FOLKS. TO DROP IN ducted into the Southwest by Colonel James H. Carleton, later FHA HOMES a Brigadier General. One histor­ Atlas SubdiTision / ian noted: "Pemmican, probably one of Low Down Payment the first industrial enterprises POSSESSION established at Los Angeles, was FALL COTTONS FOR &AMDAGES,LINI• WITHIN 2 WEEKS described as 'the name of a food Amazing assortment consisting of Yarn Dyed Woven Ginghams, Everglazed MENT& ANO SICK­ Prints Combed Chambrays In plains and stripes. Fancy colored yarn novel­ prepared by Indians of t.he m~s ­ • t\OON\ SUPPLIES.' sions and adopted by the mhabit­ W. J. LITTLE, Realtor ties. Broadcloths and high style prints. Every Inch a saving. Lovely patterns ond colors thot wilt make you want to sew and save. ants of New Mexico.' 118 E. Griggs, Ph. 1270or1305 "It is made by cutting meat into Las Cruces thin sheets or small stripes, then drying it 'until the moisture is "Say when." driven off. It is then pounded and seasoned and as much hot lard or $ fat as it will absorb is incorpor- Why Is ••• ELECTRIC COOKING at~d into it. It is then packed YARDS firmly into balls or bags.'' CONVENIENT? Enterprise Fails Carleton's pemmican was a failure as an article of diet. A sol­ dier, a counterpart of the Gis who Here's why- 3 to 5 Yard Length• complain today about C- rations, told of its unpopularity in a letter The electric range"s automatic to the DAILY ALTA, from near timer lets you spend the day Tucson, and published on August shopping or playing bridge, 10, 1862. Si:z;e 81x99 "Pemmican for the men has confident that the heat will be ...... _.,....,,...... -.v.-.·.-.·.-.·.·.·.·n-.-..._._.,Jt. •• -. .• ·.·.-.-.·.·.-.v.-.·.v.· automatically turned on at the time you indicated. When you come home-there's the fami· MUSLIN SHEETS SCHNEIDER Fine 128 thread count quality. ly's dinner, cooked lo perfec­ Wide hems, selvedge edges. Stur­ tion, ready to serve. dily constructec.. to stand worlds of ELECTRIC &. NEON CO. wear and launderings. Stock up J7.7 now and save. Wiring Installation Appliances Commercial Domestic ~ Neon Signs: Installed Repaired ... •&•• 81.8CTalC finJ/i ' ~ ~~~ • LC c R A N T H ON Y~ . ' • 1301 W. PICACHO PH. 289-R A • A x-r A' I N G , u I l I c u 11L11' 1 ' -----"""'' WSPG Military Police Handle Many Duties I More Than 1oo Attend Army Posts Hit . · First P-TA Meeting • (Contmued from Page 1) tigation School at Camp Gordon, Iways on the Proving Ground, toI Ga., and another is a former New Of New School Year By Economy Axe 1 call a halt to passing in dangerous York City policeman. (Continued from Page 1) zones. Little Services Important WASHINGTON (ANF)-The Each payday at W.Q.ite Sands, As any other city por e fo to understand the big task which Army has taken steps to save the Military Police are assigned the Provost Marshal's ~~fice r~e, faces us today when the class­ American tax-payers an estimat­ the task of guarding the payroll its own jail. In addition to co~= rooms are crowde~ and good ed $31,000,000 a year by closing from the bank to the po~t. They fining Army prisoners serving teachers at a premmm. We are 18 Army instaHations. also escort secret shipments, thirty days or less, Navy and Ma- lucky, .however, at WSPG to ~,ave The installations which have ccu.riers,~n~ •:·~tu1~ Wh.1 ever ,a rine ~risoners are held here while an eff1c1ent, competent sta~f. already been closed or are in the nuss1le .s , ) ue fired, the MPs awaitmg transportation to a Navy . Lt. Col. Frank Laskowski, Ad­ process of being closed are: .SL~ up ! ead tlocks on :.ear-by brig elsewhere. Jutant and Post School Officer, 1. Camp Edwards, Mass. public highways and contl'ot traf- A more familiar feature of the expressed his personal gratitude 2. Camp McCoy, Wis. fie by their two-way radio sys- MP work is the Las Cruces town to the staH for the efficient job of 3. Camp Cooke, Calif. tern. administering the school and cur- 4. Camp Drum, N. Y. Handle Registration patrol. Besides overseeing the off- rkulum. Another duty that has fallen to duty activities of military per- 5. Fort Custer, Mich. sonnel, the desk sergeant on duty Mrs. R. W. Tisdale was elected 6. Fort Huachuca, Ariz. the Provost Marshal's office, 24 hours a day is often called treasurer of the association re- 7. Fort Hancock, N. J. through which the Military Po- upon to assist and direct new ar- P 1acmg · M rs. J. L. Adams, who has 8. Fort Vlorden, Wash. lice operate, is the task of regis- 1 f WSPG rivals to White Sands. The desk c t · 9. Fort Flagler, Vlash. tering all priv·ately-owned ve- 10. Fort Adams, R. I. COOL BUNNY-That old song hicles driven on the post. Even sergeant also keeps in close touch Mrs. Rezner outlined plans for 11. Fort Crockett, Texas may advise the daughter not to dogs and cats belonging to WSPG with local law agencies and as- the October 15th meeting, which 12. Indiantown Gap go near the water, but Miami's personnel are registered through sists them in actions involving will present a band concert by Military Reservation, Pa. Bunny Yeager demonstrates this office. service personnel. the Ft. Bliss band at the baseball 13. Army Transmitter Station why some old sayings are not All of these activities are sup- But it is the little services that diamond, and refreshments at the Alexandria, Va. always the best. Not only does ervised by Capt. Clair R. Swee- are never entered in the record, EM Service Club. A portion of Fort Lawton, she go near the water - she ney, Provost Marshal. Capt. such as helping stalled motorists Following last Thursday night's beautifies it. Sweeney came to White Sands in and acting as an information bu- meeting, refreshments were serv­ Wash., has been closed in the in- February and assumed his pre- reau, that make the White Sands ed by a committee composed of terest of economy. 4. Camp Rucker, Ala. sent duties in March. Military Police Detachment the Mrs. Wentz, Mrs. Newcomb, Mrs. Five addition camps slated for I 5. Camp Atterbury, Ind. • His chief assistant in i.aw en- vital arm that it is. Patterson, Mrs. Sweeney and closing during the forthcoming All these stations except Forts year are: Worden and Flagler, Wash.; Fort forcement is W /0 George G. Mrs. Silva. 1. Camp Breckenridge, Ky. Adams, R. I., and Fort Crockett, Peterson, who heads the Criminal Middle-age for some folks is ------Investigation Section. This newly followed by what is known as the The chief assets for success are 2. Camp Roberts, Calif. Texas, will be on a standby sta- - Signal Corps Photo formed bureau investigates vehi- meddle-age. character, ability and reliability. 3. Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. I tus. Brig. Gen. G. G. Eddy, Commanding General of WSPG, is cular accidents and minor crimes shown presenting a Bronze Star Medal to Sfc. Jesse M. Jones and not constituting a felony. The a Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant to Sgt. John H. section isn't lacking in experien- Kimbler during a special formation at the 9577th TSU. Both men, now serving in the 9577th, distinguished themselves while serv­ ced investigators; one man is a • ing in Korea, where Sgt. Jones saw duty as Mess Sergeant and graduate of the Criminal Inves- Sgt. Kimbler served as Senior Radio Mechanic. * * * * * 'Back to School' Two Members of 9577th TSU Fashions Modeled Value Sc·oop! (Continued from Page 1) Decorated for Korean Service· Miriam Shinkle and C e c i 1 y Thomas. Brig. Gen. G. G. Eddy, Com-• ment, 45th Infantry, is cited for The creations for the mothers Living Room Suite mantling General of WSPG, pre- meritorious service in connection were shown by Mrs. D. W. Heagy, 11-Piece sented a Bronze Star Medal to with military operations against Mrs. J. C. Manatt, Mrs. J. Bush­ Sfc. Jesse M. Jones and a Com- an armed enemy in Korea from nell, Mrs. Durward Sims, Mrs. mendation Ribbon with Metal 1 September 1951 to 3 April 1953. L. E. Armstrong, Mrs. D. M. Pendant to Sgt. John H. Kim- "Serving as Radio Mechanic Recksiek, Mrs. C. Crouch, Mrs. bler in a recent special formation and later as Senior Radio Me­ D. Gregg, Mrs. W. C. Kilgore and at the 99577th TSU. chanic, Sergeant Kimbler dis- Mrs. C. G. Wadsworth. Both men, members of the played a remarkable degree of Following the style show at the 9577th, received the awards for initiative, intelligence, ·and will­ Post Theater, a tea was held by· meritorious service in Korea. ingness and greatly enhanced the the Woman's Club at the Rocket The citations accompanying accomplishments of his orgaJ:\iz­ Room of the Officers' Club to wel­ the awards were read as follows: ation. Sergeant Kimbler was in- come new members. The two Sfc. Jesse M. Jones strumental in achieving efficient events marked the first monthly "Award of Bronze Star Medal: radio communications and in the meeting of the new season for Sergeant First Class Jesse M. subsequent maintenance of these the Woman's Club. ' Jones, RA34858816, Infantry, Un- facilities. As a result, his unit was ited States Army, a member of always well supplied with radios tious and diligent efforts greatly • Company C, 17th Infantry, distin- and radio equipment which were enfluenced the success of his unit guished himself by meritorious in excellent working condition, and reflects great credit upon service during the period 1 Nov- enabling fast and accurate com- himself and the military service. ember 1952 to 2 March 1953. munications. Entered the Federal service from Kentucky." "During this period, Sergeant "Sergeant Kimbler's conscien- Jones performed his duties as Mess Sergeant in an exemplary manner. Sergeant Jones devoted many arduous hours under ad­ You'll find ~ .. verse conditions to ·prepare hot meals for the men of his unit. ELECTRIC Continually practicing supply economy and urging food conser­ WATER HEATING vation, Sergeant Junes was able to maintain a highly efficient kit­ Dependable chen and provide the men of his organization with the best pos­ It's as slmple as turning on a faucet sible food from the materials available. to enjoy all the hot water you want "The excellent service Sergeant -If Reddy Kllowutt Is on the job­ Jones rendered his organization because an electric water heater ts heightened unmeasureably the thoroughly automatic. It needs no at· morale of the unit and contribut­ tentlon once It's Installed, and an ed directly to its combat effi­ • automatic thermostat turns It on and ciency. The meritorious service "PLUG IN. off to maintain a constant temper­ of Sergeant Jones reflects great I'M REDDY!" credit upon himself and the mili­ ature. Enjoy dependable hot water tary service. Entered the Federal service in YOUR home soon! service from South Carolina." Sat. John H. 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