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A Board of 'Of ficers from, the Public '.
Works .Department. have'.- selected ■*, Franfc-,
Henry, Ewuipmen.t Operator. First Class,.,
as. the "-Sailor- of; the,. Month" * in the*
?Public - Wpfks Department-for ■ January.
...Henry -entered • the ‘service..in Junea
1942. and lists has home address; as*
Cullman, Alabama*-;•■.He.>$ervpjd as.:a Gun-'
ner^s Mate until 1955 when-.he. cross
rated to Construction Driver, then', to
Equipment Operatorr ‘upon the phasing
out of.the now; defunbt QD.ratOc- ■
He is married-to :tne former Gloria
nee Cunningham of Sheffield-, Alabama#
The-'Henry*s /have two- children,--both
boys. .They are presently ■residing''in
■ Oxnard,'California^ and Henry,' is anx-.
:iously awaiting their arrival in the
very near future# ■j’ .
1 n.7 ,' Henry arrived here on-!AtlaIt last Oct*
•v ober I960’and ' since that date he has
been assigned- as Supervisor, of.the
Transportation" Department's Hdqvy Eq
uipment‘Branch and snow removal. In
‘the words of Commander 'Compton, the-'
Public Works Officers "It wai the ef
'forts Of'Henry and his crew'that kept
tHedrunways ' cleared and the Station
roads opdn' during the two'blizzards "
experienced during January. ’It. was*
this excellent job in addition td his
outstanding every day performance that
resulted in his being 'selected as'the'
Department's Man of the Month."
At ceremonies held m the Public*
Works area on 10 February the Command
ing Officer, Captain S« M, Shelton
presented Henry with a $50.00 U. S.
Savings Bond for his outstanding
achievement. - " " ' r’
Runners-up to Henry' for "Man ofthe
Month," and- receiving Honorable Men
tion were* Sammy D. Harrison,'Constru
ctionman from the' Utilities Division'
and Osward W. Peters, Construction
Electrician Third Class from the Main
tenance Division.
ATJ M SbORTSjvlTjN
Thare wi-lKbe a meeting g.f the Adak
NRA Sportsmans Club tbnight at 1930,
so, come one, cqme.,a,l.l!._This meeting
offo'rs the opportunity i to. inspect the
new indoor“Small bore range.
The move 6f-- 'the ringe i's = now corh
rJplate. The.range •. operating -schedule
. tend the" classes,in rifle marksmanship
*■' for women and': juniors'will be resumed,
'•For information concerning the-classes
contact Mr, Ri'stcw. •" ‘
The herculean task -of moving the
range (now bigger and'better-than ever
before)-was accomplished through the
errorts or many or me oiuo members
who contributed-the-dr-time and talents
during off duty* hours • at night and on
wedfc-eridS. To mention just a few of
those'who' contributed so much to :the
projects Chief Kaiagas* coordinated and
supervised the work. • Without*his able
direction the -jbb would'be still :far
frenf completion, Mr. Ristow"■••planned
and designed the range--and the bullet
backstop. The very-: important job of
erecting the backstbp was ''undertaken
by AT Gorhez SW1 and Johnson-BUI,
'They,1'-with‘'the assistance of ' several
others really did a "Bang-up”' job, it
would'require • far toomuch space to
^mention by name' all 'those who:'‘contri
buted tpward-th'a move ofthe’range, so,
to all of you, a hearty "Well' Done"
and "Thank you”, ' ‘ i;
in? •installation or insulation,
wallBoard, 'a;coustrc ceiling, ’lighting,
and ’heating1' systems which took' many
hours of work to accomplish will make
for mof'e •pfea'santdnd accurate shooting.
The program forth'i’s eveningf includ
es the movie "Alaskan Big'Game", . re
*■ freshments, and,what have you?Visitors
•’’are corcjially invited to attend. The
meetings are interesting and 'informat
ive* ’Lets make this the* big'gest meet
ing ever. See you tonight.
Did you know? Varment permits
issued "prior to 1 January 1961 ar'e not
valid unless they have been [rotated by
the’ Club President and authenticated
by the Command Conservation,Officer.