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JAMES E. BATCHELOR OF PERRY is shown pro
cessing one of the base-level accounting systems in the
Computers Play Big Role In
Complex Operations of WRAMA
ROBINS AFB—Did you ev
er wonder what happens to
a supply requisition? Where
do they come from? How
do you keep track of all
those items?
The answers are found in
the Data Automation Divi
sion of the Warner Robins
Air Materiel Area Comptrol
ler. Some 15 computers in
Robins AFB Bldg. 300 take
care of requisitions and all
the rest of WRAMA’s data
processing needs.
When a need for parts is
determined by an Air Force
base, a requisition (or parts
order) is prepared. This in-
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formation is transmitted to
WRAMA over the AUTODIN
(Automated Digital Network)
lines.
If a C-141 aircraft tire is
needed at Clark AB, Philip
pines, base supply at Clark
would send their require
ment to a terminal at the
computer. This 1052 termin
al would receive the electri
cal signal and transform it
into a punched card.
The D3OIR computer reads
the card and validates the
requisitions priority. It
writes the information on
magnetic tape for further
processing.
The System 360/40 receives
the magnetic tape and mat
ches the requirements ag
ainst the master file of depot
supply items. The require
ment for the tire would be
compared with the number
of these tires on hand.
This is done through use
of a disc storage system.
Some 247,000 different items
are “remembered” by this
disc. It keeps track of pro
curement and requisition
history and of current stock
levels.
If there is enough stock
to fill the requisition, this
computer will order a ship
ment. giving the Ideation of
(he stock to materials hand
ling personnel.
The System 360 40 is the
first of a series of new state
of-the-art computers to be
installed at WRAMA. It at
tains processing speeds in
nanoseconds, that is bil
lionths of a second.
This fast processing enab
les the handling of large
vast computer complex at WRAMA. Batchelor is 3011
computer system operator. See accompanying story on
WRAMA's computer complex.
quantities of information in
a very short lime.
The System 7080 performs
scientific and management
processing. It is capable of
handling a great volume of
information from tapes. It
can read or write on tape at
the rate of 90.000 letters or
numbers a second.
The 1401 computer is used
here to read and write for
the 7080, because the 7080 is
too fast for a card input or
a printer output. It is so fast
that our two 7080’s keep five
1401's busy nearly all of the
time, around the clock. (The
1401 converts cards to mag
netic tape for the 7080).
This computer “team”
handles the civilian payroll
for WRAMA.
The 301 computers process
most of our base systems’
work, such as the Resources
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Wednesday, May 13 Sunday, May 17
Admitted Admitted
Oscar Sims Jewel McCommon
Cliff Harper Clearessa Davis
Dismissed Dismissed
Joan Keiner Claude Wagner
Darby Bryant . Monda 7' May 18
Dudley Christy Admitted
Thursday May 14 ’ Je£mne Tra vis
Admitted Martha Alexander
Claude Wagner Elizabeth Lewis
Dorothy Johnson Brenda Sledge
Dismissed James Sledge
Arthur Scott Ru ' ih Askew
Quincy Slripland Dismissed
Essie Hagin Tamara Morgan
puff Harnpr Annie Robinson
Friday, May 15 Clearer Davis
No Admittance Jeanne Travis
Dismissed , Tuesday, May 19
Susy Hancock Admitted
George Porter Alan Kennedy
Miller Dixon Elaine Moss
Saturday, May 16 Dismissed
Admitted Bm Sylvester
Annie Robinson Oscar Sims
Bill Sylvester Lynard Holiday
Dismissed
Paul Barrett
niTrayTo? Watch Perry grow.
• OPEN FOR REGISTRATION •
THE HUMPTY DUMPTY HOUSE
KINDERGARTEN
PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED BY
MRS. WILSON MOODY
1106 Cater Circle, Perry, Georgia
For information, call 987-1760 after 4 p. m. Monday
through Friday and anytime weekends.
A FORMAL OPENING OF THE KINDERGARTEN
WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER
Management Systems (RMS)
and military personnel ac
counting.
These computers will even
tually yield their position to
faster machines in order to
serve better the data pro
cessing needs of WRAMA.
Other people in the divi
sion are important to the ac
curacy of information. These
include programmers, who
tell the computers how to do
the processing; data control
personnel, who assure the
timeliness and accuracy of
products; librarians, who
keep track of our 60,000
tapes; and schedulers, who
assure optimal use of the
computers.
All in the Data Automa
tion Division have same ob
jective to process the in
formation needed to make
accurate and timely deci
sions.
Henderson
Girl Gets
Top Honors
Maida Ragan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis I. Ragan,
Sr., of Henderson, has been
chosen from approximately
350 students in the Division
of Business Administration
at ABAC as an ABAC Fellow
in recognition for excellence
of performance in all acade
mic areas and cum laude
honors in the Science of Se
cretarial Administration.
To become an ABAC Fel
low, a student must have a
“B” academic average in
college work. Then he or she
must take the appropriate
standardized National Busi
ness Association Tests and
pass them with either a
“good” or “superior” rating.
The student must also write
ten business letters that re
quire considerable tact and
good human relations.
After passing all these
tests, the student must appear
individually before a panel of
distinguished businessmen
and business women who in
terview him concerning gen
eral business and current
events.
Maida, a 1968 graduate of
Perry High School is presen
tly attending ABAC majoring
in Secretarial Science. Some
of her activities include;
Secretary of the Sophomore
Class, Secretary of Alpha K.
Sorority, Secretary Treasurer
of Creswell Hall Dormitory,
Secy, of Creswell Hall Dorm
Council, and Secy, of Phi
Beta Lambda. She was also
selected for Who’s Who in
American Junior Colleges.
Upon graduation she will move
to Macon where she has ac
cepted a job with the Macon
Chamber of Commerce.
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MAIDA RAGAN, 1., is shown with Dr. Mary LaMar, Chairman of tho Division
of Business Administration at ABAC. Dr. LeMar initiated ABAC Fellows, and ia
the sponsor and Association Advisor.
Hospital Auxiliary Holds Meeting
The Perry - Houton County
Hospital Auxiliary held its re
gular monthly meeting, May 5,
with emphasis on a capping
ceremony. Six of the Pink La
dies were eligible for caps, hav
ing served 50 hours of volun
teer duly at the hospital. These
were: Pearlie Dixon, Hazel Mi
chael, Mildred Ogletree, Helen
Tucker, Charlotte Trotter and
Janice Walker. There were 11
ladies receiving while stripes,
for having served one hundred
hours. These were Helen Bush,
Janice Colwell, Nancy Colder,
Norine Jones, Virginia Jones,
Doris King, Chri Lewis, June
Meeks, Mildred Ogletree, Jan
et Sliner and Barbara Wil
liams.
In observance of National
Hospital Week, May 10 through
16, and Pink Ladies Day, the
Perry-Houston County Auxili
ary met Wednesday, May 13
lor a Dutch luncheon in the
hospital dining room,
FFA Members
Attend Rally
Five members of the Perry
High School Chapter, Future
Farmers of America, attended
the District (HI) FFA Rally at
Tifton on May 16.
The program for the meeting
consisted of acetylene cutting;
arc welding; hard-surfacing;
rafter cutting and Farm elec
trification.
Attending from the Perry
chapter were Donnie Shipes;
Buddy Irby; Billy Johnson; Bil
ly Marshall and Pat Morton.
They were accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Cheek and
Mr. T.B. Kahn.
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