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VOL. 17 NO. 31
Ft. Hood Men Lauded For
Displays At Waco Fair
A hundred men returned to
Hood from Waco Sunday after
successfully displaying their war
equipment to thousands of fair-
goers.
An estimated quarter-million
persons going through the turn
stiles of the Heart O' Texas Fair
had to walk only a few yards
beyond the gate to examine Fort
Hood's big exhibit.
Fair officials called it the best
military display this year and the
best of all previous years report
ed the detachment commander
Capt. Alexander A. Pacifico S
^officer of 16th Artillery.
He said the fair and the rodeo
were a "complete success" and
that the military exhibit "greatly
aided in the success."
The fair lasted from Oct.
through Oct. 10. Oct. 8 was Fort
Hood Day and two additional
groups from post went to the fair
for separate performances.
The combined 2d Armored Divi
sion and 266th Army Bands in the
afternoon mounted a stage out
side the coliseum to give an open-
air concert little hampered by
a gusty wind.
A mostly transient audience
some seaied on folding chairs
heard numbers like the "Mad Ma
jor" and the "Light Cavalry."
The combined bands also had
Civil Service
Employee Cited
For Service
Mr. Charles F. Marley Sup
ply Liaison Representative Post
Ordnance was recently presented
a Letter of Appreciation.
Charles F. Marley
Signed by Col. Richard H. Pe
ter Ordnance Officer the letter
read in part "The valuable as
sistance you furnish our custom
ers has been acknowledged by
Fourth Army personnel in their
recommendations to other instal
lations to pattern their liaison ac
tivities and reports after ours."
Mr. Marley served with the
Army in World War II and has
been a civil service employe here
for 13 years.
He and his wife Earline and
children reside in Florence.
New 'Drive-By'
Mail Box Here
A "drive-by" mail box the sec
ond one on post is now located
)at the west end of Building 34
on 59th Street.
The mail box is conveniently
located so that drivers need not
get out of their automobiles when
mailing a letter.
The pick-up schedule is Mon
day through Friday 8:55 and 10:05
a.m. and 2:55 and 3:30 p.m. and
Saturdays 8:55 and 10:05 a.m.
There is no pick-up on Sundays
or holidays.
The other "drive-by" mail box
is located in front of the 2d Ar
mored Division post office.
gone to downtown Waco for an
opening parade Oct. 6 then to
the fair grounds for opening day
L-- ceremonies.
The evening of Oct. 8 the bands
provided music for Fort Hood's
i- musical revue.
The 90-minute review called
"Why Not?" also was presented
on the stage outside the coliseum.
The seated audience numbered
about 60 with three times as
many watching from the road-
way in front of the stage.
Seventeen Fort Hood men and
•2 dependents were in the show
which had a "New Army" theme.
The Fort Hood exhibit included
an Honest John rocket heli
copters transport vehicles and
armor and artillery equipment
There were tanks self-propelled
howitzers mortars signal equip
ment armored personnel carriers
and chemical warfare equipment.
Part of the signal display was
a teletype carrying World Series
developments for fairgoing base
ball fans.
Comprising the Waco party
were men from these units: 2d
Medium Tank Battalion 37th Ar-
mor Batteries and C 16th Ar-
i tillery Battery C 3d Artillery
124th Ordnance Battalion all from
2d Armored Division and the
501st Aviation and Headquarter^
Company 6th Infantry 1st Arm
ed Division.
The men were billeted in the
Waco National Guard Armory at
the edge of the fairgrounds.
They ate in the armory and
watched television on sets provid
ed by the National Guard unit.
The mess steward was SFC Carl
Crabb of 85th Evacuation Hos
pital. The First Sergeant was
SFC James A McCoy of 16th Ar
tillery and the mess and supply
officer was Lt. Thomas V. Hoff
man Headquarters Company 6th
Infantry.
Captain Pacifico said he per
sonally received compliments on
the conduct and dress of the
troops from many civilians and
fair officials.
The men were not only partici
pants but viewers.
They saw a few yards from
their exhibit a skindiver step into
a tankfull of water in an attempt
to break the world's underwater
endurance record.
SFC James McCoy of 16th Ar
tillery found the trailer of cow
boy star Dale Robertson the
Jim Hardy of television's "Tales
of Wells Fargo" series and
shook his hand for the enlisted
men at Fort Hood.
A
seven-year-old
Two New Bills
Affect Civilian
Employees
Two bills affecting civil serv-
:e employes were recently signed
he re a a
Hospital Bill and the Saturday
Holiday Bill.
Under the provisions of the
Health and Hospital Bill civil
service employes are now per
mitted to have money deducted
from their paychecks to be used
for hospitalization. Previously
they could not have hospitaliza
tion money deducted from their
pay.
Also under the bill the gov
ernment will now begin to
start paying a portion of a
civil service employe's hos
pital and major medical in
surance.
A minimum of $1.25 and a max-
of $1.75* will be paid by
government for a single em-
imum
the
(See
NEW BILLS Page 2)
UF Drive Reaches $38000
Two more weeks remain in the 1959-60 United Fund Drive at
Fort Hood. A total of $38000 has been collected so far this figure
representing about two-thirds of the $60000 goal.
Two more Fort Hood units have reported a goal of 100 per cent
"fair share" collections. They are the 108th Finance Disbursing Sec
tion commanded by Capt. John Hendershot and the 578th Engineer
Company commanded by Capt. Fred Stern.
Here are units—and their commanders—so far reporting 100 per
cent contributions:
1st Howitzer Battalion 14th Artillery—Lt. Col George V. Jump.
1st Medium Tank Battalion 66th Armor—Lt Col. Charles Jones.
518 Ordnance Company—Capt. Charles L. Westerfield.
Special Weapons Company A—Maj. Glenwood W. Flint.
18th AOD—Capt. Joseph W. Thompson.
578th Engr. Company—Capt. Fred Stern.
502d Military Police Company—Capt. Charles T. Garrison.
108th Finance Disbursing Section—Capt. John Hendershot.
Concessionaires operating at Fort Hood who have given 100 per
cent "fair share" are the Automatic Cigaret Co. Doss Taylors
Nolan Studio Straw Shoe Repair Hall Candy Co. Post Beauty
Shop Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Barq's Bot-
tiing Co* 7-Up Bottling Co. and Watch Repair.
fiililiiii
HOW HIGH? Three Waco
youngsters take a peek at the
anatomy of an Honest John
Rocket part of Fort Hood's ex
hibit at the Heart O' Texas Fair
in Waco last week. They are
Jack and Carolyn Faubio and
Sammy Warren. Their mothers
Mrs. Pauline Warren and Mrs.
Ruby Faubio were keeping a
close watch on the young rocket
eers.
State Dept.
Schedules
FSO Tests
boy got lost on
the grounds. Six Fort Hood men
helped search for the youngster
two of them with hand radios used
the exhibit and after a couple
of hours learned the boy had giv
en up the fair and walked home
alone.
Washington (AFPS)—The State
Department will conduct Foreign
Service Officer_.examinations on
December 5 at some 65 centers
throughout the United Sttes and
at Foreign Service posts abroad
it has been announced here.
The foreign service requires of
ficers who will specialize in such
fields as public and business ad
ministration and economics as
well as in language and area
studies international labor af
fairs and political science a State
Department announcement said.
To be eligible for the Dec
ember exam candidates must
be at least 20 and under 32
years of age oh Oct. 19
1959 the closing date for re
ceipt of applications.
Persons 20 years of age may
apply only if they hold a bache
lor's degree or are seniors in
college.
Application forms and other in
formation may be obtained by
writing to the Board of Examin
ers for the Foreign Service De
partment of State Washington
25 D. C.
Fort Hood's Red Lindsay Field
becomes circus grounds next
week when the 1959 Polack Bros.
Circus moves in with acts of the
old big-top.
The show open to all Fort Hood
persons and area residents will
play for two days with perform
ances at 4 and 8 p.m. Tuesday
and Wednesday.
New Weapon
Can Destroy
Heavy Tanks
Washington (AFPS) A new
shoulder-fired 90 mm. recoilless
rifle will enable a single infantry
man to destroy the heaviest
known tank the Army announc
ed.
Weighing 35 pounds the four-
foot long rifle will be operated by
two-man teams and in emer
gencies can be cafried loaded
and fired by a single man. It
fires a 9-pound shaped charge
that can penetrate the heaviest
armor at 500-yard ranges—twice
the carry of the 3.5 bazooka of
Korean War fame.
Despite this tremendous
power the new medium sup
port weapon has less recoil
or "kick" than an ordinary
revolver. The recoil is taken
up by exhausting gases from
a nozzle at the piece's rear
it was explained.
When the new weapon was un
veiled at Frankfort Arsenal Phil
adelphia Pa. Lt. Gen. Arthur
G. Trudeau Army Chief of Re
search and Development said
that it gives the infantryman de
structive capabilites almost equal
ling those of a medium-sized
tank gun.
"This kind of highly mobile
weapon gives us the flexibility we
need today for dispersed and
farflung battle operations in which
the individual soldier—the loneli
est man on the battlefield—may
be called on to stand alone against
the heavy preponderance of en
emy firepower and armor" he
explained "with it our fighting
man now has tremendous fire
power when and where he needs
it—that is while caught in the
thick of close and fierce com
bat."
General Trudeau said that the
a on no re a
tanks. It does not have the great
range versatility accuracy ar
mor and protection of supporting
machine gun fire of a tank-
mounted 90 mm. gun he ex
plained. Also newer tanks are
equipped with the more powerful
106 mm. gun.
Hood Accidents
Automobile Week 1959
Fatalties 0 21
Injuries 0
Accidents
2
Proceeds after costs will go to
PERFORMING PARTNERS—Three cheeky chimpanzees have a
pedigreed Scotch collie as their companion in Polack Bros. Cir
cus all performing together for the charming Patricia Konyot.
The circus will appear Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 20-21 at
Fort Hood giving afternoon and evening performances at the
Bed Lindsay Baseball Park.
Published by The Temple Sales Circular Co. a private firm. Opinions expressed by the publisher and writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department
of the Army. The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an indorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised.
FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 1959
Fort Hood Arts and Crafts en
thusiasts will be looking ahead
to Christmas and gift-making dur
ing Arts and Crafts week Nov.
1-7.
The week is observed Army=.
wide in consonance With the 29th
Annual American Art Week.
Mrs. Angela Silcox arts and
crafts director said there will be
instruction for making inexpen
sive gift items with beginners'
classes in leathercraft photogra
phy and woodworking.
One of the big scheduled
features is a fashion show of
leather garments conducted
by the Tandy Leather Com
pany of Waco.
There also will be a craft com
petition for craftsmen in six cate
gories: woodworking leathercraft
photography sculpture painting
and creative ceramics.
First second and third prizes
will be awarded for works in
each of the categories. Deadline
for entries to be submitted at
Building 211 is Oct. 28.
87
196
Training
Fatalities 0
Injuries 4
Others
2
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
Admission prices have been set
at $1.00 for adults and 50 cents
for children. Tickets are being
sold on a first come first
served basis at the Main Post
Exchange in the service clubs
Post Special Services office in
Bldg. 209 and the Young Sporting
Goods Store in Killeen.
An exhibit of the entries will
open Arts and Crafts Week at
1 p.m. Nov. 1 in Building 416.
There will be "Popular Opin
ion" ballot box for the best entry
232
253
Circus Coming To Hood Next Week
the Central Post Fund.
The show is scheduled to be
gin with Prince El Kigordo
and his mixed group of Afri-
•fcan Lions. The Flying Alex
anders end it with aerial
somersaulting highlighted by
Fay Alexander's triple-turning
efforts. Alexander is among
the few aerialists able to do
a triple somersault from a
flying trapeze to the hands of
the catcher. Because of his tri
ple somersaults he was select
ed as double for stars of three
circus movies in recent years.
Senor Cardona will perform on
cloud swing. The Czech-born
High Wire Coronas specialize in
cycling and somersaulting on a
slender steel strand stretched be
tween two lofty pedestals.
Princess Tajana also performs
on a trapeze this season with an
Indian theme provided by the
Bargette trained Aerialovelies
who also perform in unison in
their own number.
Members of the Reynoso Trio
do tricks while hanging by their
teeth one above the other.
Burger's Ken-L-Kade fea
tures Afghan hounds stream
lined shaggy dogs perform
ing with other breeds a cou
ple of ponies and a Barbary
ape.
The Besalou Elephants direct
ed by Mack and Peggy MacDon-
ald go through precision drills
and tricks. Opal the star ele
phant displays a "sitdown strike"
when she is introduced and goes
into an inverted position when the
other elephants rear on their hind
legs.
Patricia Konyot has an act
Gen. Williams Presents Fourth Army
Reenlistment Trophy To Fort Hood
FOURTH U. S. ARMY REENLISTMENT TROPHY—Lt. Gen. Edward T. Williams Fourth U. S.
Army Commander presents the Fourth U. S. Army Reenlistment Trophy to Maj. Gen. Earle G.
Wheeler Fort Hood and 2d Armored Division Commander. Presentation of the Trophy was the
highlight of the new Fourth Army Commander's tour of the post Monday (Oct. 12). The presen
tation was made at a luncheon held in the Fort Hood Officers' Club.
Craftsmen Look To Christmas
For Hood Crafts Week Theme
and at the same time will be an
exhibit of Texas artists and
craftsmen.
At 2 p.m. Nov. 1 Mrs. Silcox
will present an introduction to the
week and Maj. Carl W. Gatzke
Post Special Services Officer will
extend a welcome to visitors and
participants.
Later Miss Edith Hanna
head of the Art Department
at Mary Hardin-Baylor Col
lege will give an informal
talk on ''Art and Man"
pointing out the necessity of
art experience for man.
Film shorts beginning at 3 p.m.
the opening day will be titled
"What is Modern Art?" "Crea
tion of a Portrait" "The Open
Window" and "Creative Design
in Painting".
There will be tea time and open
house a demonstration of photo
film development by the crafts
staff and two more film shorts
"Craftsmanship in Clay" and
"Photography."
The schedule of second-day
activities includes formal
judging at 6 p.m. of the
crafts competition. Judges
will be representatives of
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
formed by three chimpanzees and
a Scotch collie while the George
Hanneford Family ride horses
bareback.
The Five Amandis alternate
tumbling with somersaults
from their teeterboard the
Tong Brothers execute con
tortion and balance on the
teeterboard the Ricardos
throw humor into their swing-
time trampoline exercises
and the Georgian Trio display
balance climaxed when two
girls revolve in opposite di
rections atop a perch support
ed on the shoulder of their
partner.
Ringmaster Ross Paul sets the
pace for the program to music
directed by Henry Kyes.
The group of circus clowns in
cludes Chester Sherman who has
been in the business 40 years
and Peluza a teen-ager from
Mexico City who has been a pan
tomime comic for four years.
Others are Ray Sinclaire Lock
or a in S he an
Sherman John Thomson and
Johnny Cirillino.
The circus is coming to Fort
Hood from San Antonio after
dates in other Texas cities
and a tour of the Pacific
coast that included Seattle
Vancouver San Francsico
Oakland Sacramento and the
Pasadena Rose Bowl.
In giving background the circus
management said there are no
longer any circuses in the United
States traveling on their own.
The Polack show uses chartered
railway cars to transport its ele
phants and horses. Everything
the Temple Association of Ar
tists and Killeen artists.
There will be an exhibit of gift
ideas and items completed in post
crafts facilities and a demonstra
tion 'Making of Photogram''
by the Crafts staff.
Mr. S. Li Jeffreys assistant
craft director will demonstrate
a potter's wheel at 7 p.m.
Highlights of Nov. 3 will in
clude an exhibit of work com
pleted in the art class "Tech
niques of Oil Painting" a dis
play of craft visual aids an
nouncement of winners in the
craft competition and an
nouncement of the most popu
lar entry.
At 9 p.m. Mr. Jeffreys will dem
onstrate "Use of Sculpture Tools
and Techniques."
Scheduled film shorts are
"Open Window" "Rodin" and
"Henry Moore."
"Rodin" and "Henry
Moore" will be shown again
the next day followed by an
informal talk on the sculptors
by Mr. William B. Stevens
a member of the faculty of
Mary Hardin-Baylor College.
There will be an exhibit of work
(See CRAFTS Page 2)
else moves by motor truck and
automobile.
More than half the performers
(See CIRCUS Page 2)
TEETH INTREPIDITY—"Iron
jaw trapobatics" is the way the
ringmaster of Polack Bros. Cir
cus heralds the the intrepid
aerial teeth suspension feats of
the Latin Reynoso Trio.
In a plane-side press confer
ence Gen. Williams said he was
very pleased with what he saw.
He added that he saw fine train
ing and said that the morale
was high.
Gen. Williams described his
visit as purely orientation. It was
his first visit to one of the four
major installations in the Fourth
Army. From here he left for
Camp Wolters.
Highlight of the General's
trip was the presentation of
the Fourth U. S. Army Re-
enlistment Trophy for August
to Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheel
er Fort Hood and 2d Armor
ed Division Commander.
The presentation was made be
fore a luncheon yesterday at the
Fort Hood Officers' Club and
which was attended by senior
staff commanders.
In presenting the trophy Gen
eral Williams said it was among
his first duties since assuming
command of the Fourth Army
area. He added that he did it
with great pleasure.
During the month of Au-
gust Fort Hood had an over
all reenlistment figure of 33.-
69 percent as compared to
Fort Bliss' 22.09 percent Fort
Sam Houston's 22.42 percent
Fort Sill's 30.58 percent and
Camp Wolters' 7.14 percent.
The trophy is presented each
month to the installation attaining
the highest overall reelistment
figure. At the end of a six-month
period the ^installation: winning
the trophy the most times retains
it permanently.
DOD Discloses
Holiday Season
'Early Out9 Plan
Washington (AFPS) An "ear
ly out" program during the Christ-
mas-New Year holiday period
for officers and enlisted men in
the continental U. S. has been
announced by the Department of
Defense.
Specifically personnel whose no
mal expiration of obligated service
or enlistment would occur during
the period Dec. 18 1959 and Jan.
4 1960 inclusive will be released
during the period December 10
through 18.
The Defense Department
said about 8500 military per
sonnel will be affected.
Excluded from the early out
policy are:
Reservists undergoing six-
months' active duty or training
under the Reserve Forces Act of
1955
Aliens seeking to qualify for
citizenship by completion of three
years of active military service.
The DOD said other service per
sonnel and other categories of
personnel may be excluded as re
quired by the needs of the in
dividual military service.
-—14 Pages
Trophy Award Highlights
First Official Visit Here
Lt. Gen. Edward T. Williams
new Fourth U. S. Army Com
mander left Fort Hood Tuesday
following a tour of the Post the
day before.
This marks the second con
secutive time Fort Hood has
received the Fourth U. S.
Army Reenlistment Trophy.
The post received it for July
in the last six-month cycle.
Gen. Wheeler and Brig. Gen.
Franklin F. Wing Jr. Command
ing General Combat Command
A 1st Armored Division greeted
Gen. Williams upon his arrival
at the Fort Hood Army Airfield
yesterday morning.
Immediately upon his ar
rival he inspected an Honor
Guard composed of two pla
toon size units of Combat
Command A 1st Armored*
They were composed of men
from the 1st Medium Tank Bat
talion 1st Cavalry and 1st Arm
ored Rifle Battalion 6th Infantry.
Capt. Homer R. Jenkins of Com
pany B 1st Cavalry was the Hon
or Guard Commander.
A 15-gun salute also marked
the General's arrival. The sa
lute was fired by Battery B
6th Artillery 1st Armored Di
vision under the command of
Lt. Ronald T. Wise.
M-Sgt. Floyd Kellnhofer was
battery firing chief and chiefs of
the firing sections were SFC's
Charles J. Brown Glenn H. Broy-
ant William H. McArthur and
William S. Summers.
Music at the airfield ceremonies
was provided by the combined
266th Army and 2d Armored Divi
sion Bands.
From the airfield the General
traveled to Post headquarters
where he was given a briefing on
post facilities.
Besides Gens. Wheeler and
Wing others members of the
brefing staff included Col..
William R. Prince Deputy
Prist Commander Col. Arthur
M. Murray Post G-4 Col.
Thomas H. Watkins post
comptroller Lt. Col. Robert
B. Holt Chief of Staff 2d
Armored Division and Col.
Oval H. Robinson Comman
der 35th Engineer Group.
From the briefing Gen. Wil
liams traveled to Sugar Loaf
Ranges where he observed tank
training. Capt. Harry Rivero
Commanding Officer Company B
1st Medium Tank Battalion 66th
Armor 2d Armored Division
briefed the General on the tank
training. Afterwards he observed
trainees of Company in various
phases of tank training.
Other visits of the morning
included a briefing on the Kil
leen Base facilities.
At noon he was guest of honor
at a luncheon at the Fort Hood
Officers' Club which was attend
ed by the post senior command
ers. Presentation of the reenlist
ment trophy highlighted the
luncheon.
The General's afternoon be
gan with an inspection of the
Religious Education Center
accompanied by Col. John
White post chaplain and
Chap. (Capt.) E. G. Edwards
director of the Religious Edu
cation Center.
From the Religious Education
(See WILLIAMS Page 2)
Aaron Killebrew All-Stars
Play At Lindsay Field Sunday
Central Texas baseball fans
will get a chance to see major
league stars in action Sunday
when Hank Aaron's All-Stars col
lide with Harmon Killebrew's All-
Stars at Fort Hood's Red Lind
say Field. Gametime is 2 p.m.
Aaron has replaced Willie Mays
as captain of one team. Mays
decided to forego this year's tour
after suffering a slump at the
end of the 1959 regular season.
Aaron Milwaukee Brave
star outfielder led the Na
tional League in batting aver
age and hits and was sec
ond in doubles and third in
homeruns and runs batted in.
His .355 average and 223 hits
were also major league highs
for the '59 season.
Other top players on the Aaron
team are John Roseboro Los An-
genes Dodger catcher Don New-
combe Cincinnati Red pitcher and
Harry Simpson Pittsburgh Pirate
long ball hitter.
Killebrew first bonus baby
in the history of the Washington
Senators finally lived up to his
potential in the '59 season belt
ing 42 round-trippers' to tie Cleve
land's Rocky Colavito for the Am
erican League lead. He was also
third in runsbatted in.
Killebrew will bring an
other Washington slugger
along with him for Sunday's
contest in the person of Jim
Lemon. Lemon bashed 33 four-
baggers in 1959.
Cal McLish 19-8 with the Cleve
land Indians last season will
join the American League strike
out champion Jim Bunning and
1957 20-game Winner Paul Foy-
tack both of the Detroit Tigers
and Bud Daley of the Kansas City
Athletics on the pitching staff of
the Killebrew team. Detroit sec
ond sacker Frank Boiling in-
fielder-outfielder Dick Williams of
Kansas City and Cleveland catch
er Russ Nixon will also be on
the squad.
Tickets are now on sale at
the Post Special Services Of
fice (Bldg. 209) Main Post
Exchange all service clubs
and at Young's Sporting Goods
Store in Killeen.
Tickets are being sold on a first
come first served basis. If any
tickets are left they will be sold
at the gate.
Red Lindsay Field is located at
the coiner of Hood Road and
Headquarters Ave.
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