Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-10-20

s&%sss #& equipment, has
Sgt. BroaUn to have emerge
tic. intelligent young men to man
that equipment. The day of the
crap-shooting, tobacco chewing SOL
der who spent most of his time
around the post gripping about the
long time between paydays are
about over. Some are still around,
but they are an uncomfortable
minority.
One Gaithersburg lad, who was
proven very capable and qualified
for Army service this week, was
Aubrey U. Walters, Jr., former
Guardsman with 115th Service
Company at the Silver Spring
Armory. Aubrey, after sweating
out the new entry exam that went
into effect the first of October, got
the go-signal from the recruiting
office and selected the Mechanized
Infantry as his career field. In
cidentally, the figures now show
that for every five men who seek
to enlist in the Army Air Force,
two fail to measure up to the re-
quirements and are rejected. Young
Walters, eager to get started to-
wards Fort Knox Tuesday evening,
passed the entry test with enough
points left over to see him through
the Army's Leadership School. He's
former student at Gaithersburg
High School.
AS entered the Rockville Re-
cruiting Office Wednesday morn
ing, to start another busy day, the
first thing that opened my half
awaked eyes was a neatly-dressed
young man, clad in the conven-
tional Khaki of the Air Force, and
carrying a proud expression of
complete success. At a glance,
knew it was Samuel Harper, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cole C. Harper, of
Dickerson, just. out of Air Force
basic at San Antonio, Texas. The
new Air Force blue and silver
chevron of a Private First Glass,
sewed neatly on his shirt sleeves,
convinced me of his successful
achievements since his enlistment
only three months ago. Sam, a
graduate of this years class at
Lincoln Park, stopped by long en-
ough to say hello before making a
surprise visit home for ten days,
cnroute to the Air Force Admins
tration School at Fort Francis E.
Warren, Wyoming.
Had several inquirers during the
past week for the army address of
WAC recruit Eloise Hubble,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Grady
Hubble of Beallsville. After getting
nice letter from Eloise, who sign
ed up for the Women's Army Corps
several weeks ago, can now relay
her present address to those inter-
ested. Address your mail to: Re-
cruit Eloise Hubble, WA 82OO437,
Company "a" 1st Battalion
2OO4th ASU, WAC Training Cen
ter, Camp Lee, Virginia.
= II
Managing a CT nightclub would
appear to many, as soft job but
to Corporal James H. Fling of 93O9
Montgomery Avenue, North Chevy
Chase, being head of an Army
night club is anything but easy.
Young Fling, who volunteered for
duty with the oath Infantry Divi-
sion back in January, 194S, has
the responsibility of seeing that the
Kousai, Japan night spot is run
on a legitimate basis for the well
fare of the enlisted men in that
Japanese area. Jim, who prior to
his enlistment, made quite a name
for himself as top-notch duck-pin
roller in the Bethesda area, attend
ed Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School.
II Il
Recently graduating from the
Air Force Jet-Plane Mechanics
School at Chanute Field, Illinois,
PFC Nevin E. Hoffacker, son of
Mrs. Edward M. Hoffacker of
Poolesville, is now a jet mechanic
with the 65th Fighter Squadron,
Selfridge Field, Michigan. A grad
uate of Poolesville High School,
Nevin signed up for the Air Force
in April 194S and received his
basic at San Antonio.
1t is comforting to suspect that
the Russians are as much puzzled
over our actions as we are about