European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday july/15, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 9 Daley welcomes Aras to Trieste convention Trieste Italy up the third annual convention of the association of regular army sergeants Aras opened Here tues than 200 delegates representing the organization s 10,000members in the . And Europe together with some goo Aras members from european Barracks were welcomed by Trieste mayor Mario Franzil. A sgt Earl l. Livingston jr., National Aras president who arrived from Washington last week accepted the keys of the City from Franzil. Daley Speaks m sgt William d. Nielson convention master of ceremonies an president of Barracks 46 of Verona then introduced guest speaker maj Gen John p. Daley co of the Southern european task Force. In his address Daley extended greetings on behalf of Gen c. D. Eddleman Usa eur commander in chief. As a group individually an collectively you show a great sense of responsibility Daley said. You As a group Are a priceless asset to your country and a Price less asset to the free world he said. A doubt whether any country anywhere any time has had Sucha group of Battle trained leaders. Now in peacetime you american regular army sergeants find your selves a mainstay of City reception after the opening session the delegates attended a pre luncheon reception hosted by the Trieste authorities at the City Hall. Following lunch the delegates gathered at the convention Hall to begin a week of work which will include the election of National officers. The convention will close Satur Day following the annual banquet a which col Robert j. Conran set 3 generals to retire Washington special retirement of three army general officers has been announced by Secretary of the army Wilber m " maj Gen Earl c. Bergquist cd of the army training Center at it. Dix has requested voluntary retirement on aug. 31 after More than 32 years of service. Assignment of Bergquist to be the Deputy inspector general of the army effective aug. 1, which was announced last april 14, has been rescinded. Brig Gen Dale b. Ridgely director of dental activities Brooke army medical Center it. Sam Houston tex., will retire on aug. 31. Brig Gen James p. Hannigan Deputy cd of the army training Center it. Chaffee ark., will re tire on july 31. J Muri Iau school lists 4,500th 59 graduate Turnau Germany special Sec Joseph c. Westermeier of 3d engr in he co became the 4,5pothgraduate in the current fiscal year to graduate frown the Susareu Engineer ordnance school it was announced Here Westermeier was also Honor graduate in the nine week no combat Engineer class with a average of 97 percent one of the highest Ever achieved in the he Glria Ewend ordnance schools have been instructing since 1942and 1945 respectively and have trained an aggregate of 106,000students for assignments in Europe officials reported. Of chief of staff will deliver the main address. Three Barracks of the association in Italy Are acting As hosts to the convention. They Are Barracks 46of Verona Barracks 32 of Vicenza and Barracks 45 of leghorn. Sec Robert e. Dollar of Vicenza was elected convention chairman. Safe names 65 for schools Wiesbaden Germany special sixty five Safe officers have been nominated to attend commandant staff school classes in 1960, it was announced Here. Ten other officers were named As alternates. Included in the nominations are48 captains and 17 majors. Alter nates include eight captains an two majors. All the nominees Are due for rotation to the . Before nov. 30, 1960. Final selection of students an designation of the school of attend Ance will be made by . Air Force he in september officials officers nominated and their duty stations Are Germany cats John w. Armstrong Edward Wilding Jamos 0. Smith. Go oreo f. Vlis Idos and maj Robert e. Coates Anil Charley l. Davis bit Surg. Cats Charles e. Crecellus Rich Ard l. Evans John t. Farady Bernard c. Cans William w. Hammett. Cohort w. Poin Dextor and maps John Elefterin Duano a. Kuhlmann 26th inf sets record for recruiting by Howard cot by. Staff writer Baum older Germany is a streamlined Man to Man method of recruiting employed in the 26th inf has exceeded All expectation Sand established new records in. Battle group and company level recruiting throughout Usa eur it was announced Here. system introduced by Scearl d. Teal 26th recruiting no almost doubled the previous usar eur monthly record for a Battle group size unit. Headquarters company led other units. Teal said. It also accomplished the first and last individual re enlistment in the month Long Campaign. The recruiting no attributed the Success largely to getting the facts across to the men in. An understandable m a n n e a and to pointing out the advantages of remaining with their unit instead of moving on for reassignment elsewhere. Our re up efforts Are strictly on the Man to Man level Teal later commented. Those men who expressed desire to re enlist while on Field training were flown in to their company areas by helicopter for the mass ceremonies. Teal feels almost sure the 26thwrote up another first when two of the re enlistees were processed and sworn in during a 2vi-hour period on the last Day of the processing normally re quires a couple of Days Teal concluded. All that is not Golden by Paul Spier staff writer London is there s a extra attractiveness when the Eagle screams for Navy enlisted personnel Here. John Gay the British poet an dramatist was t far off the Mark when he wrote if the heart of a Man is Depres with cares the Mist is dispel d when woman chief disbursing clerk Margaret e. Golden pays out More than $32,-000 every two weeks to approximately 1,000 personnel. She is one of the few naval enlisted personnel who act As pay master. The Job is usually As signed officers. C officials Here said she has Bee assigned the Job because payday is held in so Many different area sin London that the disbursing officer must have assistance from enlisted about handling More than $820, 000 each year she said the Money in t mine. I know when payday is Over it will be All gone so it does t make me feel any different. Anyone who has been in this kind of work for any length of time knows How easy it is to make mistakes with Money. We handle it with when not acting As paymaster chief Golden is in charge of the fiscal Section of the disbursing office. A Veteran of 15 years of naval accounting she is a native of Scranton a. Chief Margaret e. Golden review at Toul honors newcomer Toul France special Briggen Henry c. Newcomer depart ing commander of the 50th Tacti Cal fighter Wirig addressed his troops for the last time Here be fore departing to become com Mander of the . Logistic group at Ankara Turkey. Parading in Honor of the general at Toul Rosie res air base were seven squadrons of the Wing the 52d eng co from the army ordnance Deport Toul a company from the French Engineer company. And Thomas j. Zatowski. Lindsay. Capt Jamas c. Gibbs. Hahn cats Ralph 9. Fez cd Thomas. P. Gavin. Ouon tin j. Ogle. Rodney j. Wood and maj Thoumi p. Ingracia. Ram Stten cats Lawrence s. Glass Govind 8. Kark Chester n. Keeler cohort c. Mason. Winfield g. Mulkins. Wayne Musgrove. Jimmy. K. Self and maps William f. Goeken and John g. Kotch Rhine Maln. Capt Ranion l. Burkey and maj Charles r. Croft. Or. Somach capt Warren g. Murphy Spang Dahlbom cats Lowrell e. Call. Eugene j. Kranake. And maj Neil e. Gallia to Wiesbaden and maj Robert r. Snook. Gie Belstadt. England cats bit Rte e. Bali Gardnor Morton c. Mumn a Iii. George f. Pinney. Richard h. Schoneman and John c. Trohaugh by no Waters maj Ralph a Lerch. South Rizii lip cats John s. Patrick. Or. And Richard g. Schultz and maj Felix a. Blanchard. Wethers Field cats Homer r. Cd Milton. Or. And Frede Rick a. Roll or. And maj Charles a. Watry Wood Ridge. France cats John s. Finlay Iii and Thomas a. Sanders. Chaumont cats Edward a. Burn cd William j. Mitchell. Burritt h. Pond and maps Robert u Carroll and Donald e. Mcc Willoch. Devreux cats Carroll r. Griffin or. And Harlan c. Hobbs Etalon cats Thomas m. Hamilton and Leroy c. Knipe. Laon cats John j. Kerwyn and Alvers i. Singleton Phal Bourg. And capt James d. Clendenen. Toul Rosier. Netherlands capt Richard b. Smith. Or. So Osterberg. Turkey maj Orrin g. Zebarth. Officers named As alternate were capt James t. Farr bit Burg capt Edmund Hartenberger or Furstenfeld Bruck maj James a Lunsford Hahn cats Richard and Roy w. Wampler Lindsey maj George Mccaffrey Wiesbaden capt Victor c. Kelly and John j. Muldoon Devreux capt John j. Wortman South Ruislip and capt Ralph a. Hoyt Wethers Field. 17-gun Salute for Roderick Heidelberg Germany Sper Cial assistant Secretary of the army George h. Roderick was honoured with a 17-gun Salute and Parade at Usa eur he tuesday. It was his third Day of an 11-Daytour of Usa eur installations and conferences with european officials. Following the ceremonies at the Campbell Barracks Parade ground the assistant Secretary for financial management conferred with Gen c. D. Eddleman Usa eur com Mander in chief. Roderick leaves thursday for Atwo Day visit to Berlin and conferences with maj Gen Barksdal Hamlett . Commander in Berlin. Roderick will also visit Copen Hagen Brussels and Paris before leaving for the . July 23. Part of the re enlistees of the 26th inf who helped set Usa eur re up records form a Spade the 26th s Symbol As co col Benjamin a Davis congratulates so Earl a Teal recruiting no. In the Center of the Spade Are company cos first sergeants and color bearers is photo Rhine main unit claims record Rhine main German y Spe Cial a maintenance men of the 7406th support so commanded by maj Paul h. V. Swanson Are claim my an air Force record time for changing the engines on a lock heed c130a aircraft. The Squadron is also claiming Tobe Only the second known outfit to pull a Block engine change Chang ing of All four engines at once on this Type aircraft. The aircraft had completed 795 hours and 15 minutes of flying time without an engine or prop change prior to the new record according to capt Harold h. Kin Der 7406th maintenance sgt George e. Pomrening Crew chief of the Hercules at the time and his Crew chief joined an engine change Crew headed by s sgt Jacky Knight to remove the props fro the aircraft remove he old engines install four new engines re place the original propellers and have the aircraft ready for Check out in less than five working hours. E8 named at Oslo he Oslo special the first armye8 promotion at Allied forces in Northern Europe was received Bym sgt Thomas p. Galvin assigned to the a division of this Nat command since april 1956 the army element Here consists of 18 officers and 21 enlisted men. K or. I .11 l Inkil i j j,,. To
