Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-09-20
20 Youths
Enlist In
u. S. Army

young men from Montgomery
County, including five gradu-
ates of Richard Montgomery
High School, signed up for
three.year tours with the Regu-
lar Army, according to M/Sgt.
Ed Brown, local Army Recruit
er at Rockville.
From the class Of 1862 at
RMHS were Larry Jones, for
merly of Kenyon Court, Rock
vile, who was accepted for at
tendance in the Engineer Equip
ment maintenance course at The
Army Engineer School; Terry
Macdonald, 315 Faragut ST.,
Rockville, selected duty with the
Army Security Agency, as did
Charles r. Hedges (class of
SD, of 11006 Chandler rd., Po-
tomac.
David L. Bocook, lO4 Grandin
ave-, Rockville, class of go at
RMT1S, will enter preventive
medicine schooling upon COM
pletion of Army basic. Ronald
D. Powell, 1907 Edmonston ave-,
has been enrolled in telephone
telegraph maintenance and will
enter the Army Southeastern
Signal School, Fort Gordon,
Georgia, sometime in Novem-
Der. Another RMHS grad, john
ny Greene, 13208 Ardennes ave-,
Rockville, enlisted for Army Sc
curity Agency last Monday.
Kenneth Beard, HOS Scott
ave-, Rockville, a graduate of
this years class at RMHS,
achieved one of the highest
qualifying scores ever recorded
among Armed Forces applicants
Ia SO out of a possible 100
during recent examinations. Be
cause of his superior 10 rating
on additional aptitude tests he
was selected for duty with the
Army Security Agency, an elite
organization having responsible
ity for maintaining communica-
tons security within the De-
partment of Army. Ken is now
completing basic at Fort Dix,
N. j., prior to entering com.
munications schooling.
From Gaithersburg High
School, class of 1862, were five
young men who decided to en-
list. Now at Fort Dix, N. J., en-.
route to an assignment with
ASA is James Whitley of Der.
wood. Paul Knott of Boyds,
signed up as a paratrooper /.
Tom Reed, RID 2, Gathers
burg, now at Fort Jackson, S.
c., enrolled for nuclear weapons
maintenance schooling at the
Defense Atomic Support Agen-
cy, Sandia Base, Albuquerque,
New Mexico Scheduled for
enlistment Monday will be John
Clipper, Rt. 2, Germantown, and
George Duvall of Route /,
Gaithersburg. Clipper will enter
radio communications while Du-
vail prefers assignment in Eur.
ope.
Enlisting recently for automo-
tive maintenance were Vincent
Becker, 1929 Lakewood Drive,
Wheaton, William Koerner, TIP
Hudson ave., Takoma Park, and
Grady Voigt, 106 Dawson ave-,
Rockville. Reed Power, 1895
Bethesda Church I'd, Damascus.
a graduate of this years class
at DIS, also entered auto re-
pair for schooling beginning in
November. Joining the Regular
Army for paratrooper training
were Bernard Railey, Jr., 12225
Lakewood dr., and Jack C.
Chomko, 1876 Conn.,, Ave, both
of Wheaton. Leaving for Fl.
jackson, S. c., on September
9TH were James Coker. 11714
Gait ave-, who'll enter telephone
maintenance, and William E.
Marvel III, of 2814 Hardy ave.,
Wheaton, for supply admins
tration training.
Four alumni from this years
class at Damascus High School
who enlisted in the Army's
Graduate Specialist Program in
late June, returned home for a
brief visit during early Septem.
Der. George Johnson, a slim six.
footer from Clarksburg, is en-
rolled at The Army Southeast.
ern School, Fort Gordon. Geor.
gia, in a 20-week teletype main.
tenance course. Frank Walters
of Rt l, Germantown, will en-.
ter the same school, but for a
different course telephone
maintenance. Ronald Hodges
27412 Ridge rd., Damascus, is
enrolled in aircraft maintenance
at The Army Aviation School.
Fort Rucker, Alabama. George
Gregg, Route 3, Mt. Airy, re.
ports to Fort Roberts in SUNNY
California, for utilities training.