Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-01-25

Sgt. BrotOn sands eager to
don the conventional Blue uniform
of the Air Force.
GROUND FORCES WIDE
OPEN . The Regular Army,
meanwhile, has shifted into high
gear for an all-out drive to secure
the best type of young men. Twen-
ty- five applicants were accepted at
the Rockville Recruiting Station
during the first three weeks in
January. Those from the upper
county to Ego Regular Army"
we're: Hugh Mullican, Damascus;
James A. Thompson, Gathers
burg; Charles E. Kelley, Rock
vile; Ernest R. Dudley, Pooles-
vile; Harold L. Hill, formerly
from Germantown; Donald B.
Wright, Damascus; ] a m s
E. Brown, Derwood; Gilbert v,
Copeland and Eugene C. Tibbs,
Poolesville; George H. Berry, Rock
vile; Wallace L. Comegys, Rock
vile; Harvey B. Elledge, Sandy
Spring; William R. Poole, Gath
ersburg; Albert l.. Doane and Will
liam H. Harrison, Damascus. Those
from the down-'county area to
choose the Ground Forces were:
Jerome Springman, Kensington;
Joseph G. Oglethorpe, Silver
Spring; David Ezekiel, Bethesda;
and William F. Burton, Takoma
Park.
Air Force enlistments from the
1st through the fifteenth of jan
uary included: Frank W. Boleter,
Kensington; Charles w. James,
Silver Spring; George M. Chand-
ley, Takoma Park; Robert An
drews and Morton Burmese, Silver
Spring; and Robert W. caves, Be-
| thesda.
AT ANDREWS AT BASE :.
Richard j. Moore of Gaithersburg
who enlisted in January for the
Air Force, is now stationed at An
drews Field, Maryland.
PROMOTED D.. Earl l.. Bur-
dette, son of Mrs. Marjorie N.
Burdette, IL Russell Avenue,
Gaithersburg, was recently pro-
NOTED to the grade of Sergeant in
the US. Air Force. Sergeant
Burdette volunteered at Rockville
in 1948 upon graduation from High
school. He is presently assigned
to a Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron in the North Pacific
from an Air Base in Japan.
KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
Denver R. jefferson, son of Mr.. C.
r. Jefferson of Gaithersburg, has
recently been promoted to the grade
of Sergeant First Class with the
552d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun
Battalion in Germany. He is now
assigned as Commander on
Comm gun.
GAITHERSBURG AIRMEN
RECEIVES PROMOTION
The Air Forces Training Aids
Wing at Chanute AT Base, Illinois,
recently announced the promotion
of John j. Chisolm, III, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John ], Chisolm, IT.,
Beallsville, to the grade of Ser
geant. His unit commander in
formed the SENTINEL this week
that Sergeant Chisolm merited this
promotion by his efficient work as
an aircraft engine instructor. He
is on the teaching staff of a Mobile
Training Detachment which con-
ducts special training courses on
aircraft. Prior to joining the
Training Aids Wing, Sergeant
Chisom attended the Air Forces
let Engine School.
AT BOILING FIELD E. PFC
Clyde Terrell. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Otis C. Terrell of Route |, Gath
ersburg, is now surgical technician
at Boiling Air Force Base. Clyde
attended Surgical Technician's
School in Texas and was formerly
assigned at McDill Field, Florida.
HOME FOR WEEKEND &.
Paul l.. Morris, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. +. Morris of Washington
Grove and the brother of j. d.
Morris, Rockville policeman, spent
last weekend with his parents. He
is at present assigned with the
Quarte;master Corps at Camp Lee.
WOODFIELD LAD IN CALL
FORNIA PFC George p. Wood
field, Jr. of Woodfeld, was recently
transferred from Kessler Field,
Mississippi, where he completed a
six-week course in radar operation,
to Hamilton AT Base, near San
Francisco. George enlisted for Air
Force duty last October and was
recently promoted to Private First
| Glass.