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When the corner of her office kept leaking,
someone suggested painting a waterfall in the
corner of Counselor Thelma Collier’s office. The
leak was finally stopped but she got her waterfall
anyway, along with a blue sky and white clouds
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More than 3,000 Georgia Army National Guardsmen, participating in a
special mobilization readiness test exercise April 7-9 at Ft. Stewart, Georgia,
went into simulated combat conditions overnight after leaving their civilian
pursuits. Members of the Guard’s 3rd Brigade, 30th Infantry Division
(Mechanized), they are part of a Department of Defense evaluation program
to determine if fully equipped Guardsmen can shorten post-mobilization
trainiirg time.
Men of Perry’s Company B, Ist Battalion, 121st Infantry prepare their 3.5
inch Rocket Launcher for a simulated firing against “enemy” forces. The
gunner is SP4 Gene McKnight, Americus, and the loader is PFC William
Jones, Ft. Valley.
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and a few trees. Mrs. Collier admires the mural
painted by Gary Nall, left and Buddy Redmond.
They used ordinary wall paint and added a coat of
shellac to the waterfall to aid the glistening effect.
(Photo by Maxine Thompson)
Perry Cadets
Get Ribbons
The Perry High School
AFJROTC unit’s AEI Lt.
Col. Leo Polnaszek, and
Asst. AEI CMSst. Charles
Robinson awarded
Academic Ribbons to the
cadets who met the
prescribed standards set by
the Department of Defense.
A total of 20 cadets were
awarded the Academic
Ribbons
The ribbon is awarded for
academic excellance as
signified by attaining an
overall “B” average for one
semester. The recipients
must also have an “A”
average in the AFJROTC
program during the period
covering the award.
The following cadets were
recipients of the Academic
Ribbon: Cadet Captain
Garry Beavers, Cadet First
Lt. Steve Howard, Tony
Gray, Larry Beavers, and
Harvey Bush; Cadet Second
Lt. Curtis Bass, Tommy
Hilburn, and Jack Brewer;
Cadet Sgt. Arthur Farr,
Brian Eastman, Derwin
lister, and Dean Bramlett;
Cadet AIC Tim Bramlett,
David Willingham, Russ
McKinley, and Ed Warren;
Cadet Amn. Mike Prin
cipal©. Samuel Miller, and
Edward I^imberth.
Perry Guard
Unit Trains
At Ft. Stewart
Middle Georgia Guard
smen of Detachment 1, Co.
B, Ist Mechanized Infantry
Battalion 121st Infantry (the
Old Gray Bonnet Regiment)
joined some 3,500 Guard
smen from 32 Georgia
communities in a 24 hour
continuous tactical training
exercise at Fort Stewart,
Georgia, on April 7.
The Ferry Unit, according
to Lt. Robert Baird 111,
commander, is organic to an
Infantry Battalion which,
along with one other Infantry
Battalion and an Armor
Battalion, comprise the 3rd
Brigade, 30th Infantry
Division (Mechanized.)
The 3rd Brigade is among
units selected by the office of
the Secretary of Defense to
reduce their post mobile
time (the period of time from
which first mobilized would
be required to commit the
unit to combat.)
These new readiness
requirements are in con
junction with the volunteer
Army concept, under which
certain National Guard units
must be prepared to im
mediately augment the
scaled-down professional
Army.
“These training exercises,
scheduled over the next 18
months, are going to
demand much from both a
physical and expertise
standpoint from the citizen
soldiers of this community,”
Lt. Baird said, “and for this
reason I personally solicit
the cooperation and un
derstanding of employers,
wives, and even girlfriends
of members of this unit.
“Your employee, husband,
or boyfriend is an integral
part of a highly profession,
can-do, infantry outfit and
your attitude and actions
have a profound effect on
these soldiers as they per
form an all-too-often
thankless service to their
country,” Lt. Baird ex
plained.
Navy Seaman Gary S.
I.ambert, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Iximbert Jr. of
Route 1, Kathleen, Ga., and
crewmembers of the
Charleston, South Carolina
based ocean minesweeper
USS Exploit, will play an
unsung but important part in
Sunday’s Apollo 16 lift off.
As a part of Task Force
140, the Exploit and other
ships will be on rescue watch
in the Atlantic Ocean should
the moon bound rocket en
counter difficulties shortly
after take-off from Cape
Kennedy.
For Mid State Area
Severe Weather Warnings
To Come From Robins Unit
Radar reports covering
severe weather including
tornadoes will now be made
available to Middle Georgia
through the cooperation of
the Department of Com
merce’s National Weather
Service, and the USAF Air
Weather Service.
Captain M. K. Austin,
commander of Detachment
13, 15th Weather Squadron,
Robins AFB, said that ap
proval of the new service will
be made as soon as a letter
requesting the service is
received from the National
Weather Service office at
Lewis B. Wilson Airport in
Macon.
Details were worked out
April 11 in a meeting at
Robins AFB. Attending the
meeting were Sam Davis of
the National Weather Ser
vice, John Lynn and Ray
Thomas of WRBN radio
station in Warner Robins,
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SAVINGS ANDTOAN ASSOCIATION
Offices in: PERRY-FORT VAUEY-HAWKINSVIUE -WARNER ROBINS
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29. IWTt
and Randall H. Lanier of
the Warner Robins Air
Materiel Area, in addition to
Captain Austin.
Heading the project to
work out the agreement was
Lewis Brinson of Byrom
ville, for the WRAMA
Directorate of Plans and
Management, plans and
programs division. Lanier,
Centerville, is a planner for
the division.
Provision of Air Force
radar weather information
to the community through
the National Weather Ser
vice is an outgrowth of an
inquiry by WRBN at a news
conference held on the base
two weeks ago. Thomas
pointed out that a tornado
had passed over the com
munity recently but there
were no advance warnings.
Warner Robins was hit by
a tornado April 30, 1953,
killing 18 immediately or
later through fatal injuries.
Hundreds were injured when
the twister cut through both
the community and base
housing without warning.
The tornado hit just after the
base discharged its work
force.
Captain Austin said that
the base has local radar to
facilitate providing essential
weather information for ca
rrying out various military
missions at the base. He said
that the detachment of the
Air Weather Service of the
Air Force will not provide
interpretive data. Haw radar
observations will be called to
the National Weather Ser
vice at Wilson Airport and
this information will be put
into proper meteorological
form, and then translated
into necessary warning
bulletins and fed to local
news media.
“We feel that this
cooperation between the
National Weather Service
and the Air Force’s Air
Weather Service is in the
best interest of our area
population, and may provide
the necessary information
we need to prevent loss of life
and prevent injuries,” said
Davis.
Call
987-1823