Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1965 Page: 3 of 20
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Friday April 231965
Not Just Baby-Sitters
Keeping children busy and
happy in wholesome and inter
esting surroundings at the Fort
Hood nursery is a full-time job
for a kindergarten teacher a
Each battalion of the three
Old Ironsides brigades and Di
vision Artillery have now un
dergone the 24-hour test under
the watchful eye of Lt. Col.
Van T. Barfoot (Carthage
Miss.) chief evaluator and his
team.
During these round-the-clock
periods the evaluators checked
and observed the operations of
the battalions on 245 separate
points that determine the unit
readiness in nearly every com
bat situation.
The field training exercises
featured 11 different situations.
These included most phases of
a combat operations tactical
movement attacks counterat
tacks defenses delaying ac
tions withdrawls and counterin-
surgency operations.
Armor-infantry cross rein
forced task force operations
received heavy emphasis and
simulated nuclear operations
simulated chemical attacks and
smoke screens played major
roles in the tests.
The 12th U.S. Air Force pro
vided heavy aerial support in
cluding photo reconnaissance
missions in RB-44 jets and sim
ulated bombing and strafing
missions in F-100 fighter-bomb
er jets.
ETHAN ALLEN GLOBE
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1. Cash
2. 30-Day Charge
3. 30-60-90- Day Charge
No Carrying Charges
4. Easy Budget Plan—
Up to 36 Months to Pay
Second Home Provided
By Fort Hood Nursery
'AND THIS LITTLE PIGGY'—Mrs. Joseph
K. Naleieha post nursery supervisor tells four of
the children served by the post facility each year
the story of the "Three Little Pigs" by means of a
felt board one of the many methods used by the
nursery in providing educational teaching in in
teresting ways. (U.S. Army Photo)
1st AD Receives
Post Safety Trophy
The 1st Armored (Old Iron
sides) Division continued its
outstanding safety record by
winning the Post quarterly
safety trophy for the third con
secutive quarter.
A separate Post quarterly
safety award $100 and a
£rophy will be presented to
S up or an or
1st AD Maneuver
Units Announced
Combat Ready
The three brigades of the 1st
Armored Division and all sub
ordinate battalions of division
artillery are "combat ready"
according' to Brig. Gen. Charles
S. O'Malley Jr. assistant di
vision commander for support
elements and test director for
^the 1965 operational readiness
^ests.
registered nurse and 15 assist- more than merely "baby-sit
ants. ters" for the children provid-
Mrs. Joseph K. Naleieha nur- ing them with educational toys
sery supervisor pointed out and games restful story read
that the nursery workers are ings spacious play areas and
afternoon naps in their careful-
ly-planned program.
outstanding overall safety rate
at Senior Command level dur
ing the 3rd quarter of FY 1965.
The Support Command (Mule-
skinners) are commanded by
Col. Leonard D. Simpson (El
Paso Tex.).
The 501st Military Police Co.
under Lt. Roger T. Williams
(Crane Mo.) won the division
quarterly safety award for sep
arate companies.
In the monthly competition
the 501st Aviation Bn. finished
first in the battalion-level cate
gory and three units tied for
first at company level. The
501st MP Co. Hq. Co. 3rd Bri
gade and Hq. Co. and Band
Support Command finished in
a deadlock for the top spot.
Summer hazards will be one
of the main topics at the di
vision quarterly safety council
meeting to be held in the di
vision conference room at 3
p.m. April 23.
All unit safety officers are
urged to attend.
Finally the division safety of
fice will conduct a semi-annual
safety inspection of each bat
talion and separate company
beginning May 24. Units to be
inspected will be notified three
working days before the inspec
tion.
Airfield Egg
Hunt Is Held
Children instead of aircraft
filled the runways of the. Fort
Hood airfield as the 2nd Arm
ored Division's 502nd Aviation
Bn. sponsored an easter egg
hunt for children dependents
Saturday afternoon. The affair
was planned-by members of the
battalion's Co. under the
command of Maj. Leslie A.
Layne. (Raymonville Tex.).
The hunt was divided into
four sections according to the
ages of the children. Prizes of
baby chicks and rabbits were
awarded to those who found
specially marked eggs.
E as re
hidden along the grassy turf
that borders the tarmac run
ways and in the storage-hangar
area.
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The facilities lat the nursery
also include schooling for chil
dren between the ages of three
and five running from Septem
ber to May.
"Miss Gerty" as the super
visor is known to the children
noted that the nursery which
was started in 1948 with a staff
of two now handles nearly 50-
000 children ranging in age
from six months to 12 years
each year.
"Each child is placed in eith
er a baby or toddler room"
explained Mrs. Alice Sasser re
gistered nurse "and all get
personal care and attention. We
try to provide the children with
a 'second home'."
In addition to the outside
play areas and schooling and
music rooms within the nurs
ery which is located on Bat
talion Avenue play houses dec
orated to resemble gingerbread
castles in Fairyland put realism
into the children's Land of
Make Believe.
Open to children of military
personnel or civilian employes
of Fort Hood the nursery plans
to include a hot-lunch cafeteria
in the near future.
Operating hours for the faci
lity are 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday 7
a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday 12 p.m.
to 1 a.m. on Saturday and 8:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays.
Rates for the service are
available by the hour or month
ranging from 35 cents per hour
to $35 per month for the first
child and graduated for addi
tional children or by a 100-
hour block covering two months
for $25 for the first child and
$7.50 for each additional child.
More information concerning
registration or any facet of the
facility's operations can be had
by dialling Mrs. Naleieha at 685-
6796.
SERGEANT CITED
A 2nd Armored Division Cer
tificate of Achievement was
given recently to an outstanding
motor sergeant in the 3rd Bri
gade. S-Sgt. Horace Bullard
(Maringoun La.) Co. A 3rd
Bn. 66th Armor was given the
award for his work from Oct.
1963 to Feb. 1965. The citation
noted sergeant Bullard's supe
rior ratings in two Annual Gen
eral Inspections and the out
standing level of maintenance of
the Iron Knight company during
Exercise Desert Strike.
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Temple Tour
Slated Sunday
A tour of Temple will be the
featured highlight of the Fort
Hood Service clubs this week
end. Buses will depart from the
service clubs at 12 noon Sun
day April 25.
The tour of Temple will in
clude stops at the Cultural Ac
tivities Center for a display of
painting and crafts a tour of
Scott and White Memorial Hos
pital and the Temple Junior Col
lege. A musical program at the
Cultural Center is optional.
At 4 p.m. a buffet supper will
be served to the servicemen
hosted by the junior hostesses
of the Temple USO and pro
vided by the civic groups of
Temple.
Servicemen wanting to take
the tour must sign up at any
post service club.
The tour and supper is free
of charge.
Darrell K. Ransdell 502nd
Administration Co. 2nd Armor
ed Division has been promoted
to sergeant.
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Chrysler Plymouth
Dodge Valiant
Dart Barracuda
Rambler Renault
Dodge
Trucks
BMC Sports
Cars
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
Post Wins Relay
(Continued From Page 1)
final steps of the 100-yard dash.
Hood's Don Carter took third
with a 9.9 clocking.
Nesmith put the iron ball
53-9 Y2 for a career best then
hurled the discus 160-2 y2 while
pole vault ace Wayne Wilson
cleared 15-0 to give him a three-
foot edge over his nearest com
petitor.
Wilson is undefeated this sea
son and has yet to be pressed
in his speciality. Nesmith also
took third in the javelin 194-1-
y2 behind a Lackland AFB
athlete.
Lee Smith 23-1% Jim Gran
ger 22-10 and Richard Hansen
21-2 in that order in the broad
jump and Granger 44-7% Leon
Layton 43-6 and Hansen 40-11
nailed down the first three po
sitions in the triple jump for
Fort Hood.
Granger's first and seconc1
place finishes were accomplish
ed without the benefit of an?
practices the week prior to the
relays.
Hood athlete Joe Robinson
completed the final two hurdles
to score a 15.5 victory in the 120-
Yon ftettw
yard high hurdles. Willie Lewis
claimed the runnerup spot with
a 15.8 time.
The team sprinted ahead of
the other contestants in the
440-yard relay 42.3 and the
880-yard relay 1:30.1. Stewart
Ralph Alspaugh Don Johnson
and Smith passed the baton in
that sequence in both relay vic
tories.
Alspaugh and Smith contrib
uted to Hood's second place
finish of 3:41 in the sprint med
ley. San Antonio College won
the event with a 3:33.30 per
formance.
With fellow teammate Al
spaugh held out of the mile
relay due to a leg ailment
Smith couldn't make up the
deficit in the final lap. Texas
A & I triumphed at 3:26.5. This
marked the second time this
season that a mile relay team
featuring sprinters Smith
Boone Jackson and Alspaugh
had met defeat.
Mel Cobb tied for second
place in the high jump with a
6-3 leap arid Robinson took
fourth at 6-2.
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Vehicles Ready
For Movement
Nine vehicles ready for rail
movement were displayed at
2nd Armored (Hell On Wheels)
Division's 2nd Bn. 67th Armor
motor pool.
Ranging from a jeep to a
five-ton wrecker the exhibit
was to serve as an example of
vehicle preparation for ship
ment.
Lt. Gerald S. Walker (Green-
briar Tenn.) battalion S-4 was
in charge of the project. He
said vehicles must be "cut
down" to their lowest silhouette
to prepare them for rail ship
ment. This includes removing
equipment above the steering
wheel line on wheeled vehicles
and compacting tracked vehi
cles packing tools and cover
ing and bracing vehicles.
He added that preparing any
type of vehicle for moving nor
mally takes three to four hours
The display was set up as a
model for all division units.
Glen R. Long Co. B 17th
Engineer Bn. 2nd Armored Di
vision was promoted to special
ist five.
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Festival Hootenanny with popular
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3 to 5:30 p.m. Music ribbon
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10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Cultural Activities Center
April 22-23-24-25 7th & Ave.
ALL EXHIBITS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Friday ...
4:30 Speech and Literature ribbon
awards. Men's hobbies—8:30 door
prize.
ATTEND THE HOOTENANNY.
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