European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 6, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 7 expediter replaces scrounge Giessen Germany special something new in the line of the notorious parts scrounge has been initiated by the 2nd support brigade s 19th maintenance  official title of Tho Job is Materiel readiness expediter and As the title indicates its primary purpose is to bolster the Materiel readiness posture of the 19th s customer units especially around the quarterly Readi Ness reporting  expediter s sole Job is to search for parts for any customer unit or the 19lh maintenance shop concerned enough about particular part s request to make a special Call. The expediter first ascertains that the parts were properly requisitioned and no available from the customer s usual supporting Supply  then consults a Long list of phone numbers of possible sup ply sources one of which is an other 19th Man permanently stationed with the 2nd support Bri Gade s 296th collection classification and Salvage co in Hanau. In the first month of this pro Gram initiated on 12 november the expediter was Able to locate30 per cent of required parts. According to it. Col. Wallace. Dawson Iii commander of the 19th Maint in these part returned More than 70 items of equipment to an operable Condi Tion. The Success of the project has been such that the Materiel readiness expediter is now a per manent member of the 19th staff. Current named ship of the year Washington special our Navy Magazine has selected the Navy s Salvage ship current Ashe ship of the year because of its outstanding performance of duty and for upholding the High est traditions of the . Nav during 1068. First runners up in this ninth annual contest were the aircraft carriers Kitty Hawk and Bon homme Richard. Second runner up was the amphibious fire sup port ship Carro Nade the first ship in its class Ever built. Third runner up was the nuclear pow ered submarine  awards for these honors will be presented later this Yea rat a place to be selected by the commanders who nominated the ships from their Force Pitburg to get credit Union Pitburg Germany special a credit Union has been established at Pitburg air base witha tentatively scheduled opening Date of feb. 24, it was announced by it. Col. W. J. Provance base comptroller. A Ron in tin top operator s. Sgt. Newell f. Adams left is congratulated by col. Fred m. Barricklow 6910th Security Wing com Mander after Adams was chosen communications operator of the year 1968 by the worldwide air Force Security  photo  time to swing for 82nd army band Stuttgart special the82nd army band under the direction of two Adolph Harstad is scheduled to play at six fes Tive balls during the . Highlights of the Vii corp bands engagements include the Rose monday costume Ball an the formal grand session of the Rose monday Fasching Assoc a reformer return units Start Back saturday Vilseck Germany special the main body of reformer i troops will Start leaving Ger Many saturday to return to dual bases in the United states. The 5th surgical Hospital of it. Knox ky., will leave Nuernberg Airport at 1 . Saturday aboard one of the 65 c141 Star lifters thai will transport the 5,000-Man main body Back across the Atlantic Ocean. It is the Only flight scheduled that Day. Two will follow on Sun Day and on monday the opera Tion goes into High gear with six departures. The 5th surgical Hospital the first main body element to touch Down at Nuernberg Airport Jan. 20, will be leaving just 19 Days after its arrival. The main body will travel by commercial bus from the seventh army training Center at Grafe Woehr to Nuernberg air port a distance of about 60 Miles. While the main body s return is scheduled to continue daily until feb. 22 from Nuernberg thereat party will be moving equip ment Back to pre position storage Sites. The first of 32 Road convoys will leave Grafe Woehr feb. 7, and the last will depart there March 3. Meanwhile tracked vehicles will be moved by rail on a total of 31 trains scheduled to Origi Nate at Grafe Woehr Between feb. 9 and March. 3. The rear party which As Treadvance party preceded the main body to Grafe Woehr be ginning Jan. 6, will Fly Back to the United states from Rhein aboard 99 military Airlift com main air base near Frankfurt aircraft. Starting feb. 14. J seven More flights will carry most of the rear party will i final elements of the rear party have left Germany by March 13 Back to the . By mid april. Tion of  Vii corps officers will receive invitations for both the formal Ball sunday and the cos tume Ball feb. 17, which will be held at the stut Garter lieder Halle. This will be the tenth consecutive year the 82nd army band has furnished music for these events. Among other major Fasching balls the Jayhawk Bondsmen Are scheduled to play for Are the grand session of the Geislinger carnival association Schwarz Weiss. Feb. 16 the hairdressers Guild Ball in Stuttgart. Feb. 8the federation of German Catho Lic youths feb. 14 and the Union of hotel and restaurant owners gastronomy is Ball on feb. 11. Winners Vicenza american High school s Bauseh and Lom science award winners David Bishop left and Thomas Mayberry work out a big problem on the school s six foot slide Rule. Selec Tion for the award makes them eligible to compete for four year scholarship at University of Rochester . Army i Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial spec. 4 Tate b. Jennings of Btry a 4th in 57tharty, has been selected As the 69th arty group s Soldier of the Quarter. Sembach Germany special s. Sgt. Thomas Shupe of the 2134th communications so re i gently nominated for the Cen trial european communications Region no of the Quarter has walked away with that award for the Quarter ending dec. 31, i 1968. Pitburg Germany special capt. Hendy d. Thrash a mis Sile Complex commander was presented with the 71st tac \ tical missile so s first Quarter i by launch Zero defects award for the 7-1 Complex at the Rittersdorf site. I Munich special dramatically outlining importance of patriotism despite today situation Steve Droullard 17, Munich american High school won first place in the american legion oratorical contest held recently. The win Ner received u $25 . Saving Bond and the Opportunity to compete against other District winners in the regional contest. Winner of this event will Besent to the United states to compete for valuable scholar ships and other honors. Second honors and a Silver oratory medal were won by Tom Tsirimokos a senior while Edward Allen was awarded a medal for third place. Successful in attach on polio March of dimes dedicated to research into birth defects editor s note this i another in a series of articles outlining the purposes and pro Grams of those associations some 22 in All which have combined this year in an America wide Appeal for Public support of the common welfare. The combined fed eral Campaign will be conducted overseas from feb. 15through March 31. March of dimes each year some 250,000 Ameri can babies come into the world with serious birth defects Many of which if instantly detected can be corrected. These birth defects medical scientists agree Are the result of imperfect development of the child before birth a condition that can be avoided in mos circumstances by proper Atten Tion and expert pre Natal care. The National foundation March of dimes is an association dedicated to research into fes nature of birth defects their Early detection and the Means of treating them More  of dimes the forerunner of today Smarch of dimes was the famed National foundation for infantile paralysis founded in 1938. The Success of this Organiza Tion s attack on the polio prob Lem is a matter of history Andin 1958 the foundation announced triumphantly that it was now expanding its goals and would henceforth use its resources to combat other major health prob lems with arthritis and birth defects among its new targets. An account of advances made during the past 18 years in these Fields of Medicine is heartening physicians have gained a vast i knowledge about the correction and cure of abnormalities that were once considered  most important has been the discovery that Many defect scan be warded off during preg Nancy by Means of simple commonsense precautions. The March of dimes now operates 53 birth defect cent Ersin 51 cities concerned with diagnosis preventive measures rehabilitation and care of afflicted children