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A ft j ( \ * * rjSHp 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 > ' mskt iSRSJS? MOL, - * Mpp : - /s ’ * |BHk w ' Ppjp . V;'■-***»v' ’*■' 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. Going Out Os Town? Wife Need A Car? RENT A NEW FORD PROM US! All Rent-A-Cars Are Equipped With Air-Conditioning Just call your local Ford Rent-A-Car Dealer. He’s close to home. And in a jiffy he’ll rent you a new ltd Mustang, Torino or Pinto for a day, week or month. Low rates ... insurance included. FORD RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM H RENT-A-CAR Ford Comer 987-2411 Perry, G». MOODY MOTOR CO. 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, 2ecu/iity rjfefe/irf people are good people to know...they make buying a home andpleasart < ©Secu/titu 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