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United Fund campaigners make
an all-out effort tomorrow to raise
some $17850.69 the amount that
'still remains to be collected to
reach this year's announced
Brig. Gen. Clifton Jr. To
Address TWPA Meet
Brig. Gen. Chester V. Clifton
Jr. Deputy Chief of Information
Department of the Army will ad
dress the Texas Woman's Press
Association at the final banquet
of their three-day annual conven
tion being held in Temple today
through Sunday.
The Texas newswomen will be
guests of Fort Hood this afternoon
and will tour the post.
Since his graduation from the
U.S. Military Academy in 1936
General Clifton's military experi
ence has ranged from combat
leadership in World War II to
key staff position with the office
of the Secretary of the Army and
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Until World War II General
Clifton served in a variety of
command and staff positions.
With the outbreak of war he
rapidly received positions of
increasing responsibility and
in December 1943 led the
698th Field Artillery Group
into combat in Italy at Anzio
Rome-Arno and the Northern
Appenines.
In November of the following
year he moved his battalion once
more this time to France where
the unit participated in the Rhine-
land Central Europe and Arden-
nes-Alsace campaigns.
After the war he attended the
Command and General Staff
School at Fort Leavenworth Kan
sas and then was Assistant Pub
lic Relations Officer for Army
Ground Forces.
He completed the Basic
and Advanced Courses of the
Field Artillery School at Fort
Sill Okla. and then entered
ad at S of
University of Wisconsin
where in June 1948 he re
Foulk And Day
Named 2d AD's
Top
Soldiers
SFC LeRoy V. Foulk of Bat
tery B 1st Howitzer Battalion
3d Artillery has been named out
standing soldier of 2d Armored
Division in grades E-5 and above
for October.
He has received a Certificate of
Achievement lauding him for
demonstrating "exemplary per
sonal conduct and the highest
standards of performance in his
assigned duties."
The citation read:
"Sergeant First Class
Foulk's leadership service
military bearing military
courtesy knowledge of cur
rent events and continued
superior performance of his
assigned duties have been of
such excellence that he has
been selected above all others
In the division competition.
"His professional compe-
fence loyalty and devotion to
duty reflect the highest creidt
upon himself and the military
service."
PFC Charles V. Day III Head
quarters Company Combat Com
mand B has been named out
standing soldier of 2d Armored
Division in grades E-4 and below
for October.
He was selected for "having
demonstrated exemplary personal
conduct and the highest stan
dards of performance in his as
signed duties."
He has received a Certificate
of Achievement that states:
"Private First Class Day's
leadership service mili
tary bearing military cour
tesy knowledge of current
events and continued superior
performance of his assigned
duties have been of such ex
cellence that he has been
selected above all others in
the division competition.
"His professional competence
loyally and devotion to duty
reflect the highest credit
upon himself and the military
service."
onymous contribution in a sealed
envelope or he may use an en
velope provided by his keyman—
this donation may either be
anonymous or in name. In each
of these methods of contribution
he will be receipted.
$6
000 goal. As of late Wednesday
the United Fund treasury totalled
$42149.31.
Keymen at the various unit
levels will be contacting indivi
duals who haven't as yet con
tributed. Each individual will be
advised that he has three ways
in which to make a contribution.
He may make a straight cash
donation he may make an an
The contributor may indi
cate a specific agency or
agencies to receive his dona
tion or he may give without
specifying any particular
one. Upon receipt of a "fair
share" contribution by an in
dividual he will be given a
Brigadier General
Chester V. Clifton Jr.
as Assistant Secretary to the
General Staff Office of -the Chief
of Staff U.S. Army and as Spe
cial Assistant to General of the
A O a N ad
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
After graduating from the Na
tional War College in 1954 he
served in Europe as Executive
Officer 2d Armored Division Ar
tillery and later as Chief Joint
Plans J-3 Division European
Command.
In November 1956 General
Clifton was named Deputy
Chief of Public Information
Office of the Secretary of the
Army and Deputy Chief of
Information Office of the
Chiefs of Staff.
He received his promotion to
brigadier general in March 1957.
Included among his decorations
a re he on of it
Bronze Star Medal the French
Croix de Guere with Star "and the
Cross of Military Valor (Italy).
Through The United Fund
'Provider of wholesome recrea
tion for Fort Hood youth." This
statement pretty well sums up the
mission of the Youth and Com
munity Activities Association at
Fort Hood. Serving youngsters of
cradle age through the teen-age
group YCAA presently has about
1500 enrolled in their varied acti
vities.
It actively sponsors and su
pervises the following youth pro
grams: a nursery kindergarten
Unders School Brownies Girl
Scouts Junior National Rifle As
sociation Cub Scouts Boy Scouts
Explorers Teen-Age Club ath
letics and Camp Moonraker. Be
sides these twelve normal acti
vities YCAA conducts special so
cial events the Saturday Kiddie
Show and playgrounds.
With this gigantic calendar of
events it would seem that YCAA
borders closely on the edges of
"big business" but this is not tho
case. Youth Activities accom
plishes its unending mission
through the work of volunteer
workers devoting many hours to
advising planning and super
vising the multitude of activities
The bulk of funds required to
conduct this youth program
on a
through the United Fund Drive
at Fort Hood. Few if any of
these programs are self-support
ing.
Here is a general breakdown on
the varied activities carried on
by this versatile organization:
The Post Nursery needs no ex
planation to many working moth
wallet size card indicating
that he has given his "fair
share."
Drive officials have stated that
each budget of the 18 local par
ticipating agencies has been care
fully examined and in every case
there is need for more funds than
they will receive from this year's
drive.
Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheel
er commenting recently on
the United Fund drive said
is a it
Drive as I see it has three
in
ceived a Master's degree
Journalism.
From then until 1953 he served
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VOL. 17 NO. 23 FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY OCTOBER 30 1959 —16 Pases
Texas Woman 's Press Association
Group To Visit Fort Hood
A show of the modern STRAC
fighting man and his hard hitting
mobile weapons will highlight a
vi it he re to a by he a
Woman's Press Association. The
Association is holding its annual
convention in Temple today to
morrow and Sunday.
The group of professiosal writ
Army-AF-ARC Cooperation
Gets Soldier Home-Quick!
Army- Air- Force- Red Cross
cooperation enabled ia member of
Company E 17th Engineer Bat
talion 2d Armored Division to
be airborne on an emergency
leave within two hours after re-
TV Shows To
Feature Hood
Personnel
Fort Hood personnel will be
featured on two area television
shows Saturday (Oct. 31) and
Monday (Nov. 2).
The U. S. Army Language
Training Facility will be the sub
ject of this month's "Fort Hood
in Review" to be held Saturday
at 1 p.m. on Channel 6 KCEN-
TV.
The program will feature Capt.
Bronislaw Gmyr director of the
language facility and members
of the staff. A highlight of the
program will be a filmed tour of
the facility.
On Monday at 11 a.m. PFC
Muldoon Elder of the 51st Infan
try 2d Armored Division will be
Marvel Russel's guest on the
"Better Living" Show which is
seen over Channel 10 KWTX-TV.
As part of the interview Pvt.
Elder will give a demonstration
on techniques used in painting
battlefield scenes. Pvt. Elder who
recently completed a mural for
Company of the 41st Infantry
recently held an art show in Dal
las.
ers married to service men. All
military personnel assigned or at
tached to Fort Hood Killeen Base
and Gray Air Force Base and ci
vilian personnel regularly employ
ed by these military installations
are entitled to the use of nursery
facilities.
The school facility sponsored by
the Youth and Community Acti
vities Association is comprised of
Kindergarten and first grade
classes. Located at the west end
UF Drive Continues Climb Toward $60000
major areas for our con
sideration in giving to it:
"1. Every organization par
ticipating is known to be
worthy.
"2. Our military commu
nity gets back more than we
are asked to give.
"3. We all must bear our
"fair share" of the need."
Only eight units have reported
100 per cent "fair share" collec
tions so far. Of these officers
assigned to US Army Garrison
leads in total percentage of col
ers in addition to seeing the ar
mored might of the 1st Armored
Division also will be given a
briefing on the past present and
future of Fort Hood at Fiddlers'
Green the post's ultra-modern
service club for enlisted men.
Their visit here will culmi
nate tonight in a banquet at
ceiving notice of the death of his
mother last Wednesday (October
21).
Word of the death was received
in a telegram at the company at
8:13 a.m. from the pastor of a
New Haven Conn. church.
charge of Base Operations was
able to locate a flight leaving
Brooke Air Base in San Antonio
at 1:30 p.m. for Wright-Patterson
Field in Dayton Ohio.
A second call from Capt
Drever to Capt. David G. Emery
assistant Fort Hood Army Air
Field commander resulted in a
plane due to leave Gray Air
Base to San Antonio at 9:15
a.m. to be held over until 10:05
a.m.. so the soldier could be on it.
A final call from Capt.
Drever to Sgt. Choate request
ed that Brooke be notified so
the soldier could be put on the
flight to Dayton.
Speaking on behalf of the sol
dier and himself Capt. Drever re
cently expressed appreciation to
all persons involved in arranging
the flight. He added that he be
lieved that it was a record time
for a complete processing of an
emergency leave from securing
funds to obtaining a flight.
Youth And Community Activities Ass'n
Provides Recreation For Youngsters
of the Post across Highway 190
in Building 4819 this facility was
established in 1952 to provide a
school for dependents of military
and civilian personnel at Fort
Hood who are ineligible to enroll
in the local public schools be
cause of a State law requiring
a child to be six years old before
Sept. 1st before he can start to
school.
Kindergarten classes are avail
able for children four to five
BLUE DEVIL DOWNED—A Fort Hood Blue Devil is on his way
down following a short gain against the Junior Tankers in a
Sophomore League game held last Saturday at McNair Stadium.
The Blue Devils won the grid contest by a score of 26-0. The
Sophomore League is another of the many youth activities spon
sored by the Fort Hood Youth and Community Activities Ass'n.
lections with 120 per cent. Ac
cording to Maj. Herbert Morrison
keyman for this group a total
of $1060 had been donated by
the 110 officers assigned to Gar
rison.
Two battalions have reach
ed their 100 per cent goal.
They are the 14th Field Ar
tillery commanded by Lt.
or a
the 66th Armor commanded
by Lt. Col.. Charles Jones.
Both are Second Armored Di
vision units.
the Fort Hood Officers' Club
where they will hear an ad
dress by Mrs. Helen Vander
burgh president of the Na
tional Federation of Press
Women.
Fort Hood guests at the ban
quet will be Maj. Gen. Earle G.
Wheeler Fort Hood and 2d Ar
mored Division Commander and
Mrs. Wheeler Col. Frank F.
Carr Deputy Post Commander
and Mrs. Carr Col. James
Hollingsworth 1st Armored Divi
on an a
Mrs. Hollingsworth and Lt. Col
a or S W A
Hood Information Officer.
Eve Bartlett first vice pres
ident of the TWPA and Editor
of the Texas Press Woman's
Magazine will preside at the
banquet.
The group of writers will arrive
at Fort Hood about 3 p.m. Friday
While the soldier was pre
paring to leave Capt. Craw
ford H. Drever commanding
officer Company E contact
ed Mr. John T. Allison of the
Fort Hood Bed Cross office
and requested the initiation of
a Red Cross loan. The loan
was granted shortly after the
necessary papers were filled
out by the soldier at the Bed
Cross office.
Capt. Drever also contacted! Washington (AFPS) The sep
Gray Air Force Base where T- arate commuted ration for en-
Sgt. Cecil E. Choate NCO-in- listed personnel of all services
DOD Lowers
EM Ration
Pay To $1.10
will be cut to $1.10 a day five
cents below the current rate ef
fective Jan. 1 1960 the Defense
Department has announced.
The five-cent daily reduction in
the. ration allowance paid to thou
sands of enlisted men who take
their meals outside the general
mess will average out to roughly
$18 yearly per man.
The $1.15 ration currently in
effect is based on the cost of in
dividual meals in Army Navy
Air Force and Marine Corps din
in ha is re to
thirty cents for breakfast 45
cents for lunch and forty cents
for the evening meal.
What the revision amounts to
a Defense official declared "is
the fact that it will cost less to
feed a serviceman next year.
He is entitled to eat at the mess
or be given the value of the food
We are not cutting the rate
to save money— this is based
on the cost of the raw food.
years of age and consists of a
program of organized play sing
ing and rhythm reading readi
ness stories and story telling
art etc. The first grade has
program identical to that of the
Killeen Independent Schools.
The Girl Scouts have a wide
variety of program activities for
girls of various age groups.
At present ten Brownie Troops
ten intermediate troops and one
senior troop are organized on
post. Girl Scouting offers eleven
fields for young women to master
and put in practice.
Brownies are taught the funda
mentals of Girl Scouting and the
art of working and planning to
gether.
Boy Scouts have a program
planned for youngsters from 8 to
18. Scouting experience provided
by the YCAA gives the scout
healthful outdoor adventure such
as camping exploring and kinship
with the pioneer and Indian scouts
who led the way into the wilder
ness. Boy Scouts learn the Code
of Honor by which a boy af
firms his duty to God and his
country his obligation to help
other people and his aim to keep
himself physically mentally and
morally fit.
At present there are two Cub
Scout Packs three Boy Scout
Troops and one Explorer Scout
Pack on Post.
The teenage club is designed
to provide wholesome entertain
ment and environment for teen
agers of military and civilian per-
(See YOUTH ACTIVITIES Pg. 2)
Other units giving 100 per cent
are the 518th Ordnance Company
(DS) commanded by Captain
Charles L. Westerfield Special
Weapons Company "A" Major
Glenwood W. Flint commanding
18th AOD commanded by Capt.
Joseph W. Thompson 578 Engi
neer Co. (Field Maint.) com
an by a re S
and the 502nd Military Police
pa as he
Fort Hood Unit reporting a 100
per cent collection. The 502d is
commanded by Capt. Charles T.
Garrison.
Today
aboard chartered buses and will
be taken directly to Fiddlers'
Green. There they will receive
light refreshments and hear a
in on or by a
Moore of the post Engineer's Of-
fice.
The briefing on Hood will
be followed by an explanatory
briefing on the Army's STBAC
organization and the 1st Ar
mored Division's place in the
Corps by Col. James F. Hol
lingsworth Deputy Comman
der of the Division.
They will be taken from Fid
dlers' Green to a display point
within the 1st Armored Division
area to inspect the highly-trained
soldier and his combat equipment.
The 1st Armored Division is the
only such organization in the
Strategic Army Corps (STRAC)
America's answer to the threat
of limited war and has the re
sponsibility for being ready to
move within a few hours to any
part of the world in the event
of a "brushfire" war.
After the 1st Armored Di
vision show the group will
take a brief tour of the hous
ing area and end at the Offi
cers' Club for the banquet.
They will return to Temple fol
lowing the banquet and on Sat
urday night will hear the prin
cipal speaker of the convention
Brig. Gen. Chester V. Clifton Jr.
Deputy-Chief of Information De
partment of the Army.
Survey Shows
Seniors Seem
Seldom Sick
Washington (AFPS)—Are older
higher-graded civil service em
ployees healthier than their
juniors?
Probably not. But they take
less annual sick leave according
to a recently published statistical
study covering the records of 650
Army civilian employees in Japan
during calendar year 1958.
The study was made to deter
mine the relationships between
grade level age sex and other
characteristics of the work force
and the amount of annual sick
leave used the Army said.
Despite gradual physical
changes caused by aging the
report indicates that older em
ployees take somewhat less
annnal sick leave than their
younger colleagues. But the
decrease in sick leave usage
is more marked by grade
those with the higher ratings
using less than their subor
dinates.
This tends to confirm the
greater personal stability and
morale among the higher graded
and older employees the an
nouncement said. The survey also
seems to indicate that women
take more sick leave than men
but the Army emphasized that
the survey analyzed too few fe
male employees to warrant con
clusive findings.
The chairman of the art depart
ment at Mary-Hardin-Baylor Col
lege will be one of The speakers
discussing arts and crafts at Fort
Hood during Arts and Crafts
Week November 1-7.
Miss Edith Hanna will give an
informal talk at 2:15 p.m. Novem
ber 1 urging that crafts should
"incontestably be art expression.'
Miss Hanna this week said she
will point out how crafts have
become both a challenge and an
opportunity to every art program
She believes the craft proc
ess "is important mentally
spiritually and physically. It
provokes thinking and re
leases the creative urge to
gether with inhibitions thus
becoming an emotional out
let too. Creating and design
ing as he works the crafts
man is an artist in the best
sense of the word."
A member of the Mary Hardin-
Baylor art department Mr. Wil
liam B. Stephens also will give
an informal talk at 8 p.m. No
vember 4. He will discuss Rodin
and Henry Moore following film
shorts on the two sculptors.
Both talks and all Arts and
Crafts Week activities will be
Building 3 across from post
headquarters. Most facilities for
Fort Hood's arts and crafts pro
gram were moved to Building
last Saturday.
Equipment for wood
working automotive repair
and printing temporarily re
main at their old locations
but leathercraft sculpture
painting creative ceramics
HAND FULL OF DEUCES—Sgt. John Bullard of Troop 15th
Cavalry held a handfull of deuces last week when he reenlisted
from the seat of an armored personnel carrier. It was his sec
ond reenlistment in the 2d Armored Division "The Iron Deuce."
It was his 22nd birthday—and earlier in the day his wife gave
birth to an eight-pound boy—their second child. Sgt. Bullard
reenlisted for six years. His company commander Lt. Gordon
Grant* left administers the oath in front of the unit color guard.
Don't drop
the ball...
the goal
is in sight
GIVE THE UNITED WAY
MII-B Speakers To Highlight
Arts And Crafts Week Events
and photography are at the
new site.
The re-sale shop source of sup
ply for the whole program also
is in Building 3.
Arts and Crafts Week is ob
served Army-wide in consonance
with the 29th Annual American
Art Week.
Mrs. Angela Silcox Fort
Hood Arts and Crafts direc
tor said there will be instruc
tion for making inexpensive
gift items with beginners'
classes in leathercraft pho
tography and woodworking.
There will be a craft competi
tion for craftsmen in six cate
gories: woodworking leathercraft
photography sculpture painting
and creative ceramics. First sec
ond and third prizes will be
awarded for works in each of the
categories. Deadline for entries
wa!s Wednesday.
Here is the program for Arts
and Crafts Week:
Sunday
1 Exhibit of Texas artists
and craftsmen. Exhibit of entries
for Fort Hood competition. "Popu
lar Opinion" ballot box for best
entry.
2 p.m. Introduction by Mrs.
Silcox. Welcome by Maj. Carl W.
Gatzke Special Service Officer.
2:15 p.m. Informal talk by
Miss Edith Hanna chairman of
More Army Passengers
To Go Overseas By Air
the Mary Hardin-Baylor art de
partment.
3 p.m. Film shorts: "What
is Modern Art?" "Creation of a
Portrait" "The Open Window"
"Creative Design in Painting."
4:30 p.m. Tea time open
house.
7:30 p.m. Demonstration of
"Photo Film Development" by
Craft staff.
8 p.m. Film shorts: "Crafts
manship in Clay" and "Photog
raphy."
Monday
6 p.m. Judging of Fort Hood
Competition by representatives of
a a in a or
Temple Association of Artists and
Killeen artists. Exhibit of gift
ideas and items completed in
crafts facilities.
7 p.m. Demonstration of pot
ter's wheel by S. L. Jeffreys as
is an a re to at
Hood.
8 p.m. Film shorts: "Crafts
manship in Clay" and "Photog
raphy."
9 p.m. Demonstration of
Making of a Photogram" by
craft staff.
Tuesday
6 p.m. Exhibit: work com
pleted in art class "Techniques
of Oil Painting." Display of craft
visual aids. Announcement of win
ners of Fort Hood competition.
(See ART WEEK Page 2)
An Army proposal to move ai Independently of this study the
larger percentage of Army per-1 Military Sea Transportation serv-
sonnel and their dependents to
and from overseas areas by air
rather than by ship has been ap
proved by the Secretary of De
fense.
Beginning January 1 1960 the
Army will be authorized to in
crease the number of its passen
gers moving by air but must
under the decision of the Secre
tary of Defense continue to move
passenger traffic by sea to sup
port the operation of the Mili
tary Sea Transportation Service
nucleus passenger fleet.
iv is on of pa be
tween air and sea transportation
has not yet been determined. A
study is currently underway in
the Department of Defense to-
determine the optimum use of
each mode of transportation in
terms of man-year savings and
impact on both costs and the
readiness posture of MSTS. This
study will be completed by the
end of the year.
ice is no inactivating six trans
ports. This inactivation will be
completed by January 1960.
Throughout calender year 1960
MSTS will operate 17 transports.
Any resultant increase in Army
requirements for trans-oceanic
flights in calendar 1960 will be
handled by the Military Air
Transport Service through con
tract with commercial carriers
rather than by military aircraft.
Hood Accidents
1959
21
88
201
Training
Fatalities 0 2
243
Others
9
Injuries 2 258
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