The Wright Brothers to John Glenn
ew people have influenced the course of modern
s, rocketry and astronautics as
y as Theodore van Karman. In this 1941
March Field, Riverside, Calif., a group of
TODAY'S
CHUCKLE
-New diet: "Eat
anything you want --
just don't swallow."
Number 4
colleagues looks on as van Karman does some last-
minute calculations on the wing of an Ercoupe
aircraft prior to the first jet-assisted take-off.
Smlthsonlen News Service Photo courtesy of Caltech Archives
Theodore van Karman
by RITA C. BOBOWSKI
Smithsonian News Service
Scientist, engineer, teacher.
Advisor to heads of govern-
ment, consultant to industrial
firms, founder of international
organizations. Articulate and
witty, continental beth in style
and appearance.
All these qualities describe
a single man, Theodore van
Karman, whose career in
aeronautics and astronautics
spanned six decades--from
the Wright brothers to John
Glenn.
Theodore van Karman may
not be a name familiar to most
Americans, yet he possessed
one of the great scientific
minds and most colorful
personalities of this century.
More than any other single
individual, van Karman was
responsible for the direction
that modern aerodynamics
took in America during the
1930s and later. Each jet that
flies overhead, each
spacecraft that probes the
outer reaches of the universe
are realities today thanks in
part to the questioning mind
and unrelenting deter-
mination of this man.
This month marks the 100th
anniversary of van Karman's
birth. He will be remembered
in ceremonies at the
Aeronautical Institute (which
he once directed) in Achen,
West Germany, and at the
American Institute of
.aeronautics and Astronautics
in Long Beach, Calif. A
symposium in Washington,
D.C., and a special event at
the California Institute of
Technology in Pasadena,
where he headed the
aeronautical school, also will
commemorate the date.
A native of Budapest,
Hungary, van Karman was
born on May 11, 1881, into an
intellectual Jewish family. As
a child, van Karman was a
math whiz who often en-
tertained and impressed
family friends by multiplying
large numbers in his head. His
father, worried that the boy
would become an infant
prodigy, discouraged these
public displays of
precociousness and steered
him toward a career in
engineering--advice which
the young Theodore took to
heart.
During the summer of 1908,
following sints at the Royal
Joseph University in Budapest
and Gottingen University in
Germany, van Karman visited
Paris. There, he and a friend
drove at dawn to an airfield
just outside of Paris to watch
the French aviation pioneer
Henri Farman fly in a known as the "Karman Vortex oscillation of radio towers,
heavier-than-air machine. It Street," and it helped explain chimneys and other tall thin
was an image, van Karman other effects not clearly un- bodies in the wind.
recalled later in his derstood before, such as the (please turn to page ZA)
autobiography, that gave him
a lifelong fascination with the
airplane and aerodynamics.
"My strongest memory of
the earliest flying ex.-
periments in this period," he
wrote, "was the wonderful
courage exhibited by the
airplane pilots. Usually a
flight ended in a crack-up...
The dauntless pilot, if he was
still able, often would take off
again, as if nothing had
happened. I wondered
whether anything could he
done to make flying safer."
Returning to Gottingen in
1909 as an assistant in the
aeronautical laboratory, van
Karman worked on a
mathematical proof of one of
the most central concepts in
aeronautics--form drag.
When an object is set in
motion, the air around it does
not conform to the object's
shape, but rather breaks off on
either side in alternating
,vortices, similar to small One of the great scientists of the 20th century,
whirlpools. As van Karman
explained, "Instead of Theodore van Karman helped shape the
marching two by two, the course of modern aeronautics and
vortices are staggered like astronautics. This photb of the Hungarian-
lampposts along both sides of born scientist was taken in 1962, a year before
the street."
The phenomenon became his death. Smithsonian News Service Photo courtesy of
National Air and Soace Museum
CIRCULATING IN: ll|W RAMP$11111i - Lying, Lyme Center, Orford, Orfordville, Piermont, Haverhill Haverhill Center, Haverhill Corner, North Haverhill, East Haverhill, Pike, Woodsy|lie, Bath, Monroe, Lisbon, Landaff, Benton. Lyman, Warren, Glendiff, Wentworth . . .
VERMONT -- Thetford, East Thefford, Thefford Hill, Thetford Center, North Thetford, Post Mills, Fairlee, West Fairlee, Bradford, Bradford Village, Corinth, East Corinth, Topsham, West Topsham, Newbury Village, South Newbury, West Newbury, Wells River, Groton,
Ryegate Corner, East Ryegate, South Ryegate, Peacham, Hornet, West Barnet.
cleanmg
sizes and shapes to fit the
various chimney Lile sizes.
The brush should be matched
to the tile size of your chim-
ney. The brush can be moved
up and down in the chimney
with ropes or lightweight,
fiberglass, screw-together rod
sections. This equipment will
make the job quicker and
easier than many of the
homemade methods. Using
chains can easily damage the
chimney tiles and create more
problems to be solved.
Chemical chimney cleaners
are not recommended. These
products may reduce the
amount of creosote build-up if
used regularly but are not
effective in cleaning a dirty
chimney. Most of the chemical
chimney cleaners contain salt
which is very corrosive to all
types of chimneys. How
serious the corrosion problem
is has not been well studied.
How often do you need to
clean the chimney? . . . The
best and safest answer is
whenever there is a build-up of
14 inch or more anywhere in
the system. The time between
cleanings will vary from stove
to stove and system to system.
There is no one simple time
schedule that can be
recommended.
If you would like a free visit
from the Orange County
HEAT Energy Outreach
Advisor -- contact the Orange
County Extension Service
Office in Chelsea -- telephone
802-685-4540.
00,:00Chinm
ev
by ('IIRISTINE KJI£R
tra Advisor
Chimney fires are
the most common
related to wood
During a chimney
interior temperatures
exceed 2000 degrees
t]y high to
the chimney itself or
any combustible
that touches the
t. The best way to deal
fires is to avoid
are two simple
chimney fires:
l't let creosote build up
t, and
have fires in the
that will ignite a
ney fire.
burners are going
creosote. The only
to know how much
is being deposited in
is through in-
m. It is generally
that any creosote
of 14 inch or more
cleaned out. How
the chimney needs
;ng depends on a large
of factors. The safest
is to clean it as
necessary.
ag inspection of the
note the condition of
If inspection
a tar-like deposit in
or stove pipe,
going to be nearly
The tar will
Y gum up the brushes.
m no safe solvent that
used on this kind of
If the tar is a thin
leave it. A hot fire in
will dry, crack and
'n these so they
, later on.
material is
mey -- this
out with
mney brush (run up and
a couple of times). This
material to deal
cleaning.
material
once the
Thus, the
is for a hot
Present in the
very hard,
is en-
difficult
is ham-
:h a piece
damage
chimney
most cases it
deposits
THIS WEEK'S
PRESS RUN
going to clean
and stove
Would highly
d the PUrchasing of
• brush. The
Come in different
o ,.Serving Over 48 Communities in Northern New Hampshire and Vermont
10,220.
January 27, 1982
THI': MILITAR
Local serviceman
for Naval Administrative operated under the Joint
Command, Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff. The college
orfalk, "trginia
the. (00uarter00
is awarded !o
Pz Ualter (Cobb, USN
in recognition of foith[ul and oulstondin O service at the
Armed Forces Slaff College
YOUR 5EL£c'rIoN AS SAILOR OF TIlE qUARTI[R FOR TIII£ PERIOD
I'cX"rOBER - 31 DgCEWBER 1951 I$ A TRZBUT£ TO TII] PRO-
FKSSIONAL XOWLEDG£, E,'rrHusIASM. D£DICTIO.'t. ,t.'{D KXC£P-
'IONAL PERFOR]4ANC OF DUTY YOU IIA'f£ DISPL¥£D ! N COI-
rRII;UTI";G "[O TIlE ACCOMPLISHME. OF TIlE MISSION OF TltI
AV L DIISTRA'rIVE DIA.1D. ARMEO FOF.CES ST.F COLLEGe.
(.j'l.]' lhis 1"nl day o} ,:.xU,RY zs.
F. J. =AL'O
¢a[n s ottt%r
X.ival x,lattntat rat £v
honored by Naval administrators
Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter H. Cobb
annually conducts two 21-
week courses to prepare mid-
ca reef officers for assignment
to joint and combined com-
mands.
Petty ()fficer Cobb serv¢: as
a Religious Program
Specialist at the Staff ('()liege
Chapel. assisting the college's
Chaplain in preparations for
Sunday services, religious
instruction, and Bible study,
Illllll I I
Soldier.takes part in Mid.East war games
accomplish any mmsmn.
CAIRO WEST, EGYPT-- ideal location for an air- equipment fielded during the temperatures are a balmy ' ' "
While millions of Americans defense unit to complete any exercise, also required ex- eight or so degrees, plunging To those whose job it might
were reading about the Mid- mission given." tensive support and special to the forties at night. Blowing someday be toactuallyfight in
East exercise "Bright Star," a Bright Star 82 desert gear to operate and sand adds to the fun. Still, this enwronment, the
Littleton, N.H., soldier, Army "Bright Star 82," a multi- survive, most of the men and women revelations were many.
Sgt. Jeffry P. Ross, was in on service exercise and test of "I feel this was a very participating in "Bright Star" Navigation is tough, with no
the action, the nation's Rapid important exercise," said gained fromtheexporience• terrain features, to use in
Ross, 22, son of Stanley J. Deployment Force (RDF), Ross. "It not only gave us Better Soldier locating one's position. There
Ross, Mountain Lakes, highlighted many of the more confidence in ourselves, "To put it simply," Ross is little concealment for man
Woodsville, was with the 24th problems and situations U.S. but in my opinion showed the said, "I've learned that if the or machine, and the inevitable
Infantry Division's task force Forces would encounter in rest of the world we are the need should arise, my unit is clouds of dust give away
in the Western Desert some desert operations. The fine, best fighting force in the ready, able, and capable of movement for miles.
forty miles southwest of Cairo. abrasive sand coats world." deploying anywhere in the Distances are hard to
He was assigned as a senior everything with a gritty layer The troops of the 24th were world and can successfully (please turn to page 3A)
gunner with 5th Battalion, of dust. Engines require fortunate in onerespect, they
52nd Air Defense Artillery of constant attention to keep did not maneuver in the in-
the 24th Division. them going, credible heat of the high Your ad, this size,
This portion of the Western Optical sy§tems, weapons summer, when temperatures
Desert, scene of some of the systems--virtually canreach 120 degrees, making on page 1 of
fiercest battles for North everything--needs constant equipment almost impossible the Second Opinion
Africa during World War lI, is attention to protect it from the to handle and movement on
one of the most inhospitable environment. Soldiers, while foot an agony• During the JS 0nly $5.00
areas on earth. There are no probably the toughest piece of winter months, daytime
trees, no large rocks, no
hills-- nothing but a barren /
expanse of sand and gravel Your ad, this. size, on page 1 WANTED
stretching to the horizon in all 1955 CHEVY
directions, of the Second Opinion Cars&Parts
"It took me by surprise," AR';'S AUTO BODY
ROSS said. "I was expecting a iS 0nly $10.00 Bradford, Vt.
more hilly terrain. The flat-
ness of the terrain makes it an , 222-4451
as well as performing ad-
ministrative duties for the
Chaplain's office throughout
the week. Cobb has displayed
a special dedication to duty
and a professional attitude
while working in the
Chaplain's office, where extra
hours and weekend duty are
the rule and not the exception,
Woodsvie woman
nssi00ed to Kessler
Air Force Base
WOODSVILLE--Airman
Anna M. Allan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.
Fraser of Woodsville has been
according to a Navy Navy. His older brother, Petty
spokesman. Officer 1st Class Theodore F.
During one period inwhicha Cobb, is an Electronics
Chaplain's conference was Technician stationed in San
being held at the Staff College
he worked 13 days in a row.
In addition to his regular
responsibilities, Cobb has
volunteered off-duty hours to
support the college's athletic
program, tte coached one of
the women's volleyball teams
and acted as scorekeeper for
assigned to Keesler Air Force Brooks Jr., son of Mr. and
Base, Miss., after completing Mrs. Victor A. Brooks of Pike
Air Forcebasictraining. . has been assigned to Lowry
During the six weeks at
Lackland Air Force Base, Air Force Base, Colo., after
Texas, the airman studied the completing Air Force basic
Air Foce mission, training•
organization and customs and During the six weeks at
received special training in Lackland Air Force Base,
human relations. Texas, the airman studied the
In addition, airmen who Air Force mission,
complete basic training earn organization and customs and
credits toward an associate received special training in
degree in applied science human relations.
through the Community In addition, airmen who
College of the Air Force. complete basic training earn
The airmanwillnowreceive credits toward an associate
specialized instruction in the degree in applied science
air operations field, through the Community
Her husband, Stephen, is the College of the Air Force.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Allan The airman will now receive
of Randolph, Mass. specialized instruction in the
The airman is a 1980 supply field.
graduate of Woodsville High
School.
• BUYING ANTIQUES.
Oak roll top desks, tables,
bureaus, chests, tools
you name it...
1-603-272-5864 JIM MUSTY
WELCOME!
John & Judy Haggarty
From your friends at the Newbury and Haverhill
Churches
Happy Birthday
ANDY CORRIGAN!
Diego. His younger brother,
Petty' Officer 2nd Class
Frederic B. Cobb, I1, is also an
Electronics Technician and
serves at New London, Conn.
Cobb will complete a three-
year tour at the Staff College
in March, 1984. He has been in
the Navy for nine years. In the
two of the College's softball future he would like to serve a
teams, tour as Religious Program
Cobb has two brothers who Specialist with the U.S.
also serve proudly in the Marine Corps.
Pike man eompletes Air Force training
PIKE-- Airman Victor A.
Brooks is a 1981 graduate of Airman Victor A. Brooks
Woodsy|lie High School, N.H.
$125 PAINT SPECIAL ON ANY CAR
$15l) FOH Pi('K-UI" TIIU('KS
(inch=des paint materials)
BODY WORK EXTRA
(802) 222-44S1 FREE ESTIMATES BRADFORD. VT 05033
Paul and Scott
Happy Valentines Day
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE!
LOVes Hues, Kisses, MOJ
- FLOOR COVERING -
Carpet & NoWax Vinyl 3.89yd.&up ope.
10 DAYS
BARRE HOME SUPPLY
RT. 14 SO. BARRE, VT.
WALLPAPER 88' Single Roll o..
III I I II III I oDAvs
BARRE HOME SUPPLY
BT. 14 1000's of Rolls at / price so. BARRE, VT.
The Wright Brothers to John Glenn
ew people have influenced the course of modern
s, rocketry and astronautics as
y as Theodore van Karman. In this 1941
March Field, Riverside, Calif., a group of
TODAY'S
CHUCKLE
-New diet: "Eat
anything you want --
just don't swallow."
Number 4
colleagues looks on as van Karman does some last-
minute calculations on the wing of an Ercoupe
aircraft prior to the first jet-assisted take-off.
Smlthsonlen News Service Photo courtesy of Caltech Archives
Theodore van Karman
by RITA C. BOBOWSKI
Smithsonian News Service
Scientist, engineer, teacher.
Advisor to heads of govern-
ment, consultant to industrial
firms, founder of international
organizations. Articulate and
witty, continental beth in style
and appearance.
All these qualities describe
a single man, Theodore van
Karman, whose career in
aeronautics and astronautics
spanned six decades--from
the Wright brothers to John
Glenn.
Theodore van Karman may
not be a name familiar to most
Americans, yet he possessed
one of the great scientific
minds and most colorful
personalities of this century.
More than any other single
individual, van Karman was
responsible for the direction
that modern aerodynamics
took in America during the
1930s and later. Each jet that
flies overhead, each
spacecraft that probes the
outer reaches of the universe
are realities today thanks in
part to the questioning mind
and unrelenting deter-
mination of this man.
This month marks the 100th
anniversary of van Karman's
birth. He will be remembered
in ceremonies at the
Aeronautical Institute (which
he once directed) in Achen,
West Germany, and at the
American Institute of
.aeronautics and Astronautics
in Long Beach, Calif. A
symposium in Washington,
D.C., and a special event at
the California Institute of
Technology in Pasadena,
where he headed the
aeronautical school, also will
commemorate the date.
A native of Budapest,
Hungary, van Karman was
born on May 11, 1881, into an
intellectual Jewish family. As
a child, van Karman was a
math whiz who often en-
tertained and impressed
family friends by multiplying
large numbers in his head. His
father, worried that the boy
would become an infant
prodigy, discouraged these
public displays of
precociousness and steered
him toward a career in
engineering--advice which
the young Theodore took to
heart.
During the summer of 1908,
following sints at the Royal
Joseph University in Budapest
and Gottingen University in
Germany, van Karman visited
Paris. There, he and a friend
drove at dawn to an airfield
just outside of Paris to watch
the French aviation pioneer
Henri Farman fly in a known as the "Karman Vortex oscillation of radio towers,
heavier-than-air machine. It Street," and it helped explain chimneys and other tall thin
was an image, van Karman other effects not clearly un- bodies in the wind.
recalled later in his derstood before, such as the (please turn to page ZA)
autobiography, that gave him
a lifelong fascination with the
airplane and aerodynamics.
"My strongest memory of
the earliest flying ex.-
periments in this period," he
wrote, "was the wonderful
courage exhibited by the
airplane pilots. Usually a
flight ended in a crack-up...
The dauntless pilot, if he was
still able, often would take off
again, as if nothing had
happened. I wondered
whether anything could he
done to make flying safer."
Returning to Gottingen in
1909 as an assistant in the
aeronautical laboratory, van
Karman worked on a
mathematical proof of one of
the most central concepts in
aeronautics--form drag.
When an object is set in
motion, the air around it does
not conform to the object's
shape, but rather breaks off on
either side in alternating
,vortices, similar to small One of the great scientists of the 20th century,
whirlpools. As van Karman
explained, "Instead of Theodore van Karman helped shape the
marching two by two, the course of modern aeronautics and
vortices are staggered like astronautics. This photb of the Hungarian-
lampposts along both sides of born scientist was taken in 1962, a year before
the street."
The phenomenon became his death. Smithsonian News Service Photo courtesy of
National Air and Soace Museum
CIRCULATING IN: ll|W RAMP$11111i - Lying, Lyme Center, Orford, Orfordville, Piermont, Haverhill Haverhill Center, Haverhill Corner, North Haverhill, East Haverhill, Pike, Woodsy|lie, Bath, Monroe, Lisbon, Landaff, Benton. Lyman, Warren, Glendiff, Wentworth . . .
VERMONT -- Thetford, East Thefford, Thefford Hill, Thetford Center, North Thetford, Post Mills, Fairlee, West Fairlee, Bradford, Bradford Village, Corinth, East Corinth, Topsham, West Topsham, Newbury Village, South Newbury, West Newbury, Wells River, Groton,
Ryegate Corner, East Ryegate, South Ryegate, Peacham, Hornet, West Barnet.
cleanmg
sizes and shapes to fit the
various chimney Lile sizes.
The brush should be matched
to the tile size of your chim-
ney. The brush can be moved
up and down in the chimney
with ropes or lightweight,
fiberglass, screw-together rod
sections. This equipment will
make the job quicker and
easier than many of the
homemade methods. Using
chains can easily damage the
chimney tiles and create more
problems to be solved.
Chemical chimney cleaners
are not recommended. These
products may reduce the
amount of creosote build-up if
used regularly but are not
effective in cleaning a dirty
chimney. Most of the chemical
chimney cleaners contain salt
which is very corrosive to all
types of chimneys. How
serious the corrosion problem
is has not been well studied.
How often do you need to
clean the chimney? . . . The
best and safest answer is
whenever there is a build-up of
14 inch or more anywhere in
the system. The time between
cleanings will vary from stove
to stove and system to system.
There is no one simple time
schedule that can be
recommended.
If you would like a free visit
from the Orange County
HEAT Energy Outreach
Advisor -- contact the Orange
County Extension Service
Office in Chelsea -- telephone
802-685-4540.
00,:00Chinm
ev
by ('IIRISTINE KJI£R
tra Advisor
Chimney fires are
the most common
related to wood
During a chimney
interior temperatures
exceed 2000 degrees
t]y high to
the chimney itself or
any combustible
that touches the
t. The best way to deal
fires is to avoid
are two simple
chimney fires:
l't let creosote build up
t, and
have fires in the
that will ignite a
ney fire.
burners are going
creosote. The only
to know how much
is being deposited in
is through in-
m. It is generally
that any creosote
of 14 inch or more
cleaned out. How
the chimney needs
;ng depends on a large
of factors. The safest
is to clean it as
necessary.
ag inspection of the
note the condition of
If inspection
a tar-like deposit in
or stove pipe,
going to be nearly
The tar will
Y gum up the brushes.
m no safe solvent that
used on this kind of
If the tar is a thin
leave it. A hot fire in
will dry, crack and
'n these so they
, later on.
material is
mey -- this
out with
mney brush (run up and
a couple of times). This
material to deal
cleaning.
material
once the
Thus, the
is for a hot
Present in the
very hard,
is en-
difficult
is ham-
:h a piece
damage
chimney
most cases it
deposits
THIS WEEK'S
PRESS RUN
going to clean
and stove
Would highly
d the PUrchasing of
• brush. The
Come in different
o ,.Serving Over 48 Communities in Northern New Hampshire and Vermont
10,220.
January 27, 1982
THI': MILITAR
Local serviceman
for Naval Administrative operated under the Joint
Command, Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff. The college
orfalk, "trginia
the. (00uarter00
is awarded !o
Pz Ualter (Cobb, USN
in recognition of foith[ul and oulstondin O service at the
Armed Forces Slaff College
YOUR 5EL£c'rIoN AS SAILOR OF TIlE qUARTI[R FOR TIII£ PERIOD
I'cX"rOBER - 31 DgCEWBER 1951 I$ A TRZBUT£ TO TII] PRO-
FKSSIONAL XOWLEDG£, E,'rrHusIASM. D£DICTIO.'t. ,t.'{D KXC£P-
'IONAL PERFOR]4ANC OF DUTY YOU IIA'f£ DISPL¥£D ! N COI-
rRII;UTI";G "[O TIlE ACCOMPLISHME. OF TIlE MISSION OF TltI
AV L DIISTRA'rIVE DIA.1D. ARMEO FOF.CES ST.F COLLEGe.
(.j'l.]' lhis 1"nl day o} ,:.xU,RY zs.
F. J. =AL'O
¢a[n s ottt%r
X.ival x,lattntat rat £v
honored by Naval administrators
Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter H. Cobb
annually conducts two 21-
week courses to prepare mid-
ca reef officers for assignment
to joint and combined com-
mands.
Petty ()fficer Cobb serv¢: as
a Religious Program
Specialist at the Staff ('()liege
Chapel. assisting the college's
Chaplain in preparations for
Sunday services, religious
instruction, and Bible study,
Illllll I I
Soldier.takes part in Mid.East war games
accomplish any mmsmn.
CAIRO WEST, EGYPT-- ideal location for an air- equipment fielded during the temperatures are a balmy ' ' "
While millions of Americans defense unit to complete any exercise, also required ex- eight or so degrees, plunging To those whose job it might
were reading about the Mid- mission given." tensive support and special to the forties at night. Blowing someday be toactuallyfight in
East exercise "Bright Star," a Bright Star 82 desert gear to operate and sand adds to the fun. Still, this enwronment, the
Littleton, N.H., soldier, Army "Bright Star 82," a multi- survive, most of the men and women revelations were many.
Sgt. Jeffry P. Ross, was in on service exercise and test of "I feel this was a very participating in "Bright Star" Navigation is tough, with no
the action, the nation's Rapid important exercise," said gained fromtheexporience• terrain features, to use in
Ross, 22, son of Stanley J. Deployment Force (RDF), Ross. "It not only gave us Better Soldier locating one's position. There
Ross, Mountain Lakes, highlighted many of the more confidence in ourselves, "To put it simply," Ross is little concealment for man
Woodsville, was with the 24th problems and situations U.S. but in my opinion showed the said, "I've learned that if the or machine, and the inevitable
Infantry Division's task force Forces would encounter in rest of the world we are the need should arise, my unit is clouds of dust give away
in the Western Desert some desert operations. The fine, best fighting force in the ready, able, and capable of movement for miles.
forty miles southwest of Cairo. abrasive sand coats world." deploying anywhere in the Distances are hard to
He was assigned as a senior everything with a gritty layer The troops of the 24th were world and can successfully (please turn to page 3A)
gunner with 5th Battalion, of dust. Engines require fortunate in onerespect, they
52nd Air Defense Artillery of constant attention to keep did not maneuver in the in-
the 24th Division. them going, credible heat of the high Your ad, this size,
This portion of the Western Optical sy§tems, weapons summer, when temperatures
Desert, scene of some of the systems--virtually canreach 120 degrees, making on page 1 of
fiercest battles for North everything--needs constant equipment almost impossible the Second Opinion
Africa during World War lI, is attention to protect it from the to handle and movement on
one of the most inhospitable environment. Soldiers, while foot an agony• During the JS 0nly $5.00
areas on earth. There are no probably the toughest piece of winter months, daytime
trees, no large rocks, no
hills-- nothing but a barren /
expanse of sand and gravel Your ad, this. size, on page 1 WANTED
stretching to the horizon in all 1955 CHEVY
directions, of the Second Opinion Cars&Parts
"It took me by surprise," AR';'S AUTO BODY
ROSS said. "I was expecting a iS 0nly $10.00 Bradford, Vt.
more hilly terrain. The flat-
ness of the terrain makes it an , 222-4451
as well as performing ad-
ministrative duties for the
Chaplain's office throughout
the week. Cobb has displayed
a special dedication to duty
and a professional attitude
while working in the
Chaplain's office, where extra
hours and weekend duty are
the rule and not the exception,
Woodsvie woman
nssi00ed to Kessler
Air Force Base
WOODSVILLE--Airman
Anna M. Allan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M.
Fraser of Woodsville has been
according to a Navy Navy. His older brother, Petty
spokesman. Officer 1st Class Theodore F.
During one period inwhicha Cobb, is an Electronics
Chaplain's conference was Technician stationed in San
being held at the Staff College
he worked 13 days in a row.
In addition to his regular
responsibilities, Cobb has
volunteered off-duty hours to
support the college's athletic
program, tte coached one of
the women's volleyball teams
and acted as scorekeeper for
assigned to Keesler Air Force Brooks Jr., son of Mr. and
Base, Miss., after completing Mrs. Victor A. Brooks of Pike
Air Forcebasictraining. . has been assigned to Lowry
During the six weeks at
Lackland Air Force Base, Air Force Base, Colo., after
Texas, the airman studied the completing Air Force basic
Air Foce mission, training•
organization and customs and During the six weeks at
received special training in Lackland Air Force Base,
human relations. Texas, the airman studied the
In addition, airmen who Air Force mission,
complete basic training earn organization and customs and
credits toward an associate received special training in
degree in applied science human relations.
through the Community In addition, airmen who
College of the Air Force. complete basic training earn
The airmanwillnowreceive credits toward an associate
specialized instruction in the degree in applied science
air operations field, through the Community
Her husband, Stephen, is the College of the Air Force.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Allan The airman will now receive
of Randolph, Mass. specialized instruction in the
The airman is a 1980 supply field.
graduate of Woodsville High
School.
• BUYING ANTIQUES.
Oak roll top desks, tables,
bureaus, chests, tools
you name it...
1-603-272-5864 JIM MUSTY
WELCOME!
John & Judy Haggarty
From your friends at the Newbury and Haverhill
Churches
Happy Birthday
ANDY CORRIGAN!
Diego. His younger brother,
Petty' Officer 2nd Class
Frederic B. Cobb, I1, is also an
Electronics Technician and
serves at New London, Conn.
Cobb will complete a three-
year tour at the Staff College
in March, 1984. He has been in
the Navy for nine years. In the
two of the College's softball future he would like to serve a
teams, tour as Religious Program
Cobb has two brothers who Specialist with the U.S.
also serve proudly in the Marine Corps.
Pike man eompletes Air Force training
PIKE-- Airman Victor A.
Brooks is a 1981 graduate of Airman Victor A. Brooks
Woodsy|lie High School, N.H.
$125 PAINT SPECIAL ON ANY CAR
$15l) FOH Pi('K-UI" TIIU('KS
(inch=des paint materials)
BODY WORK EXTRA
(802) 222-44S1 FREE ESTIMATES BRADFORD. VT 05033
Paul and Scott
Happy Valentines Day
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE!
LOVes Hues, Kisses, MOJ
- FLOOR COVERING -
Carpet & NoWax Vinyl 3.89yd.&up ope.
10 DAYS
BARRE HOME SUPPLY
RT. 14 SO. BARRE, VT.
WALLPAPER 88' Single Roll o..
III I I II III I oDAvs
BARRE HOME SUPPLY
BT. 14 1000's of Rolls at / price so. BARRE, VT.
