Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1959 Page: 1 of 14
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VOL. 17 NO. 29
Confidence that the goal of $60-
000 can be reached in the 1959-60
United Fund drive has been ex
pressed as the seven week drive
ends its second week tomorrow.
Keymen of Fort Hood Killeen
Base and Gray Air Force Base
have been working the past two
weeks to tell the story of the
WtA
firkin
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painted the sign.
Assignment to the 2d Armored
Division at Fort Hood of Brig
adier General Walter A. Jensen
and the assignment of Brigadier
General Howard Snyder now As
sistant Division Commander 2d
Armored Division to the Eighth
U.S. Army in Korea recently was
an no S re a of
Army Wilber M. Brucker.
General Jensen's assignment to
the 2d Armored Division is ef
fective in November and General
Snyder's assignment is effective
in February.
Specific duty assignments for
the two Generals have not yet
been announced.
General Snyder then a colonel
became Assistant Commander of
the "Hell on Wheels" Division in
July of last year. Before coming
to Fort Hood he was senior aide
to Army Chief of Staff Maxwell
D. Taylor now retired. He was
promoted in October of last year.
While at Fort Hood the Assist
ant Division Commander has also
been president of the Fort Hood
Golf Association the Rod and
Gun Club and the Safety Coun
cil.
The son of a Regular Army of-
Hwy 190 Traffic
®Will Be Slowed
By Construction
Fort Hood soldiers and civilian
employees who drive Highway 190
will for the next several months
be "victims of progress."
The highway is being widened
to four lanes froi.i the west city
limits of Killeen to the Bell-Cor
yell County line near Fort Hood's
west gate.
West-bound traffic leaving the
post by West Gate will not be in
convenienced but east-bound traf
fic leaving the post by either West
Gate or the Main Gate will have
to move slowly carefully pa
tiently.
The work being done is similar
to that recently completed on
Highway 190 between Killeen and
Belton.
Highway 190 will remain open
between Killeen and the post while
the work is in progress but the
speed limit will be reduced to 40
miles per hour. The practical safe
speed may at times be much less
than 40.
During peak traffic hours
morning and evening—traffic is
expected to back up for a consid
erable distance on the section un-
der construction. The Nolan Creek
(bridge which will remain open to
two-way traffic but will demand
greatly reduced speed is one of
several factors that will cause the
back-up.
Approximately 9000 cars use
the section of highway each day
most of them during to-and-from-
work hours.
United Fund Drive Officials
Confident Of Reaching Goal
United Fund to all military and
civilian personnel.
In a letter recently published
Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler Fort
Hood and 2d Armored Division
Commander stated he felt the
goal of $60000 could be reached.
He said:
"I consider our goal of $60000
Snyder Is Korea-Bound
Jensen Coming To Hood
ficer General Snyder was born
at Fort A. D. Russell Cheyenne
Wyoming. He was graduated from
the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point New York in 1936
and was first assigned to the 29th
Infantry at Fort Benning Ga.
After normal staff and com
mand assignments he joined the
3d Armored Division at Camp
Polk Louisiana (now Fort Polk)
early in World War II. By early
1943 he had become Operations
and Training Officer (G3) of the
Division. He remained in this po
sition through the Division's train
ing in the United States and Eng
land and through the early com
bat in Normandy after the inva
sion. In August 1944 he became
G3 of XX Corps and remained in
this assignment until after V-E
Day.
After the War General Snyder
spent almost two years as a staff
officer in the GS Section of Army
Ground Forces helping in the
conversion to peacetime opera
tions.
His next assignment was at
West Point where he was Regi
mental Executive Officer and
Acting Regimental Commander of
the Brigade of the Corps of Ca
dets until August 1949.
After completing the Strategic
Intelligence Course conducted by
I el iv is on A
General Staff he was assigned
to Headquarters European Com
mand first as Assistant Secre
tary then Secretary of the Gen
eral Staff until May 1952.
He then commanded the 6th Ar
mored Cavalry Regimental Com
bat Team on border patrol along
the Iron Curtain until he was se
lected to attend the Army War
College in August 1953.
Eleven courses are being offer
ed for the Fall semester of the
Mary Hardin-Baylor College Fort
Hood Branch.
The fall term is scheduled to
begin Sept. 28 and end Dec. 1.
Military registration for tuition
assistance began Monday and will
end Saturday (tomorrow Sept.
26??) from 7:30 until 11:30
a.m. in the Army Education Cen
ter Bldg. 212.
Department of the Army
tuition assistance is granted
only to persons registering for
it. Fees are $7.50 for persons
entitled to Army assistance
and $30 for others.
College registration payment of
fees and purchase of books will
begin at 6 p.m. the first night of
classes in the classrooms.
Here is a list of courses and
meeting days:
from our Fort Hood community
for the United Fund to be a very
modest one. Unquestionably with
our military and civilian popula
tions at Fort Hood Killeen Base
and Gray Air Force Base every
one's fair share contribution will
put us over the goal."
Drive officials have stressed
6000
THE UNITED WAY—Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler^ Fort Hood and 3d Armored Division command
ing general points the way to Fort Hood's $60000 goal for the United Fund. The sign showing
the "united way" was erected at Liese Field this week by men of Headquarters Company and
Company A of the 17th Engineer Battalion 2d AD under supervision of Capt. William P. Lynch
right Company A commander. Artists of Fort Hood's Fourth U.S. Army Training Aids Subcenter
After completing the War Col
lege he was Chief Reserve Com
ponents Division Office of the As
sistant Chief of Staff for person
nel matters (Gl) Department of
the Army until becoming Senior
Aide-de-Camp to General Taylor
in July 1955.
(See SNYDER Page 2)
The 3d Artillery's Team No. 1
took top honors in the carbine
matches. The three top individual
scorers also were from 3d Artil
lery.
The 66th took top place in the
pistol matches with 1300 points.
Second place was the 37th Armor
Red Team with 1286 points and
third was the 37th Armor Blue
Team.
The 41st scored 1354 points in
the rifle division with the 51st In
fantry second with 1329 points
and the 58th Infantry third.
In the carbine matches first-
place 3d Artillery scored 1168
points out of a possible 1200. Pro
visional Battalion Team No. 1 was
second with 1148 points and 14th
Artillery Team No. 1 was third.
The Provisional Battalion team
was composed of men from 2d
Armored Division Headquarters
Company 502d Administration
Company 502d Military Police
and 502d Aviation.
Military Registration Underway For
Mary Hardin-Baylor Fall Term Courses
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY
Education 339 Secondary
School Education. Prerequisite:
Ed. Psych. 230 Introduction to
Ed. Psych. Classroom 1.
History 437 History of Mod
us a re re is it ix
semester hours of history or con
sent of instructor. Classroom 2.
Mathematics 131 College Al
gebra. Classroom 4.
Tanker Game To
Be Broadcast
The football game between
the Fort Hood Tankers and
Fort Carson is scheduled to
be broadcast over KSSS in
Colorado Springs Colo. and
KLEN in Killeen Texas at
p.m. on Saturday.
Aemoml
that each budget of the 18 local
participating agencies has been
carefully examined and in every
case there is need for more funds
than they will receive from this
year's drive.
There are three ways in which
an individual can make a con
tribution. In all cases a receipt
will be given the donor.
Donations may be made by a
straight cash donation. If the in
dividual wishes to make an
anonymous donation in a sealed
envelope the keyman will give
him a receipt for the envelope
itself and not the amount of mon
ey involved.
Another method of donation is
by pledging a contribution. In
this case an individual will fill
out a pledge card provided him
by his keymen then he can com
plete his fair share payment in
two installments.
In donating to the drive a con
tributor may specify one parti
cular agency to be the recipient
of his entire donation by writing
the name of the agency on the
envelope or pledge card.
Col. Donald W. McRell is chair
man of the Fort Hood drive.
Special Half time Show
Set For Football Game
A special United Fund half-
time show will be unveiled at
tomorrow's football game be
tween Fort Hood and Fort
Carson.
The 501st Aviation Com
pany 1st Armored Division
commanded by Capt. John W.
Humphreys will demonstrate
a little aerial football with a
a a a
Humphreys will be assisted
by First Lt. Charles K. Kil-
lough of the 501st.
Also on the halftime agenda
is a sophomore league foot
ball game featuring two
teams from the Fort Hood
Youth Activities league. It'll
be the Panthers against the
Rattlers in ten minutes of
gruelling football.
"Hell On Wheels" Matches
Won By 41st And 66th
The 66th Armor and 41st In
fantry took top places in the pis
tol and rifle matches respectively
in the 2d Armored Division "Hell
on Wheels" Matches held last
week.
In the individual competition
M-Sgt. Lubin K. Hernandez of
Company B 37th Armor took top
place in the pistol matches with
337 points.
Second place winner was M-
Sgt. Robert R. Abbott of Com
pany of the 37th Armor who
also had 337 points.
The tie was broken by the
highest score on the 15 yard rapid
fire with Sergeant Hernandez
shooting 100 and Sergeant Abbott
shooting 99.
In third place was SFC Wil
liam G. Horton 66th Armor Head
quarters Company.
In the rifle individual competi
tion first place was SFC Jimmie
N. Stitt of the 41st Infantry with a
score of 242.
Second place was M-Sgt. Olsen
of the 51st Infantry and third
place was SFC Aster Watts also
of the 41st Infantry.
High scorers in the carbine in
dividual matches all from 3d Ar
tillery were SFC Donald Oxford
Battery C 1st place Sgt. James
Little Headquarters Battery sec
ond and Cpl. Lonnie Carter Bat
tery C third place.
Mathematics 231 Analytic
Geometry. Prerequisite: College
Algebra and Plane Trigonometry
for sufficiently high score on
at he at a
Classroom 3.
Public Speaking. Classroom 5.
TUESDAY-THURSDAY
German 131 Elementary Ger
man. Classroom 2.
Business 232—Personnel Man
agement. Classroom 1.
History 231 U. S. History
through 1865. Testing Room.
Mathematics 132 Plane Trig
onometry. Prerequisite: College
Algebra or sufficiently high score
on mathematics placement test.
Classroom 4.
Sociology 233 Introduction to
Sociology. Classroom 5.
English 131—Rhetoric and com
position Classroom 3.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1959
Several Clinics
Relocated At
Post Hospital
Relocation of several clinics
at the U. S. Army Hospital to
provide more efficient medical
care and for the convenience of
clinic patients was announced this
week.
The surgical pediatric and or
thopedic clinics have been moved
to Wards A-21 A-19 and A-23 re
spectively.
Beginning next Monday after
noon the Emergency Room will
be in Building 3210 located on
Hospital Road between the Eye
Ear Nose and Throat Cilinc and
Dental Clinic 2.
Phone number for the emer
gency room which is listed in the
telephone directory as Emergency
Ambulance Service is 33102.
Beginning Tuesday the medical
clinic presently located in Ward
C-23 will be moved to Ward A-17.
A Central Appointment Desk
will be in operation beginning
Tuesday in Building 3210. Ap
pointments for all clinics except
for the OB-GYN section will be
made through the desk. The phone
numbers are 35205 and 44105.
Telephone numbers for all the
clinics will remain the same.
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The first Wac of Fort Hood and
the Fourth U. S. Army to be
promoted to E-8 was honored
Monday.
M-Sgt. Sidonia L. Geiger Chief
Clerk Deputy Post Commander's
Office was honored upon her pro
motion at a brief ceremony at
Post Headquarters.
Among those attending the cere
monies were Maj. Gen. Earle G.
Wheeler Fort Hood and 2d Ar
Correction
'Keymen' Listing
In last weeks edition of the
ARMORED SENTINEL the
following "KEYMEN" in the
post United Fund Drive were
incorrectly listed. They are:
Major Herbert F. Sammis
United Fund Drive Project
Officer 2d Armored Division
phone 35226 and Major H. H.
Morrison Project Offi
cer Fort Hood Staff phone
43119.
(JLVE THE {JNITED WAY
Fort Hood WAC Is First
E-8 In Fourth U.S. Army
mored Division Commander Col
William R. Prince Deputy Post
Commander and Capt. Lucy Rig-
by Commanding Officer WAC
Company U. S. Army Garrison.
Sgt. Geiger entered the Army
in 1943 and completed training at
Fort Des Moines Iowa.
TV Topic This
Month--"What Is
Modern Army?"
"What is a Modern Army" will
be the topic of this month's "Fort
Hood in Review" television pro
gram.
It will feature highlights of the
recent AUSA convention includ
ing a special motion picture tak
en at the convention.
This month's guest will be CWO
Gerald P. Spellman. Program
time is 4:30 p.m. Sept. 26 on
KCEN-TV Channel 6 Temple-
Waco.
If-'
Before arriving here she was
assigned to the Army Security
Agency in Frankfurt Germany.
She is a graduate of Napa Un
ion High School Napa Calif. and
worked for the Bergluno Tractor
and Equipment Company Napa
before entering the service.
She is a member of the Na
tive Daughters of Golden West
and the Degree of Pocahontas
both of Napa.
She and her mother Mrs. Lou
ise E. Geiger live in Chaffee Vil
lage Fort Hood.
Hood Accidents
Automobile Week 1959
17
80
179
Training
2
224
Others
3
233
—14 Pages
Two CPO Men To
Attend Meet In
San Antonio
Two Civilian personnel supeiv
visors will leave Fort Hood next
week for a Fourth U. S. Army
Civilian Personnel Officers'
Workshop and Conference in San
Antonio.
The two are Mr. Rollins Teas
Fort Hood's civilian personnel of
ficer and Mr. C. O. Buckellew
chief of the Personnel Assistance
Branch of the Civilian Person
nel Office.
The workshop-conference will
be held at Fourth Army Head
quarters Sept. 28-30. Opening re
marks will be made by Brig.
Gen. John C. Hayden Fourth
Army Chief of Staff.
Purpose of the workshop-con
ference is to develop a better
awareness of the policies and ob
jectives established by the De
partment of the Army and the
command for the civilian person
nel program fiscal year 1960.
There will be roundtable dis
cussions to evaluate and develop
reassignments affecting new pro
gram activities.
Two representatives from each
Fourth U. S. Army installation
will attend* the meetings.
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