'. ...,.0 · October 31,1991 General Motors Is Rewarding Your Efforts With All Opportunity. The d ivisions of General Motors are proud of America's Armed Forces. T hat's why from now until the end of the year, your Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsm obile, Buick, Cadillac and GMC Truck dealers are offering a Special Military Program to all active U.S. Military personnel and reservists called to active duty during the Persian Gulf WlIr or their spouses. While these GM d ivisions already have incentive plans in place that help m ake it easy to buy a new car or light truck, the Special Military Program makes it even easier. Under the p rogram, you get three hund red dollars in down-payment assistance, plus any additional down payment you make is matched up to five hundred dollars when you buy a new GM car or light truck and fmance it through GMAC. That can mean as much as eight hun- d red dollars toward your purchase. Add that to existing GM incen tives, and you can save even more. T he Special Military Program is not avail- able with the college graduate, first-time buyer or overseas vehicle purchase programs. See your participating GM dealer for qualification details. Many of your com rades in ar ms have already taken advantage of the GM Special Mili- tary Program . So visit you r GM dealer today, and see how m uch we appreciate your efforts. CHEVROLET-PONT1AC OLDSMOBILE - BUICK CADILLAC - GMC TRUCK BUCKLE Up, AMERICAl 0 1 991GM Corp. All RighlS ~. Oct. 31. 1991 ON THE INSIDE •• •• PAGE Skipper Sez. . . . . . .. 2 IDEAs . . . ... . . ... 13 Sports . . . ........ 16 Personnel News . ...17 Classifieds. . .... ...23 Peak Max Min Gusts Weds. 79 58 27 Thurs. 75 41 12 Fri 74 39 13 Sat 74 56 30 Sun. 68 44 22 Mon. 63 40 22 Tues. 70 33 20 Voting Officer can help sailors find election details WashingIon (NNS) .. The \bUng Information Center pr0- vides recorded messages 24 hours a day from candidates, as well as information concerning elections. Candidale personal messages are usually available 60 days prior 10 elections. Besides hearing the messages and other infonnation, individu- als may leave a message for dleir congressman, senator or governor. To access the Voting Information Center, call (703) 693-6500. General elections for major cities are Nov. 5. For additional information, such as verifying election dales for par- ticular Slales, call Ihe Naval Weapons Center's Voting Offi- cer at NWC eXL 2203 . OUR GOAL I 40% I We .., need your helpl Let's donate todayl Clifford Smith's 45-year 'temporary' job By Barry McDonald, Rocketeer Stan Writer Qifford "Smitty" Smidl had been IOId there were job openings at China Lake by a friend who was working here as a building contraClOr. So, since the job markel in Los Angeles was slim, Smidl decided 10 corne 10 China Lake, earn a few paychecks and go back 10 L.A. Thai was October 1948 and he's been here ever since. "I never expected 10 Slay here," said Smidl who was recently pre- sented widl a pin for 45 years of federal service. Born in Houma, La, Smidl graduated from Jefferson High School in L.A. and has attended CampIOn Junior College and the then-Desen Division of Bakersfield CoUege. His federal service began widl a !wI>- year tour in the Army Air Corps, whert he lOOk machinisl courses and served in boIh Africa and Italy. He said, when he first got here, the wind blew every Friday. "New guys would come in on Friday, so they'd be ready 10 go 10 wort Mon- day, " he remembered, "but (beeause of die wind) they didn'l Slay 'til Monday: Like a 101 of people who can'l really say why they've stayed on, he said, "The place just grows on you." Married in 1949, he said, "My wife didn'l like il here al all." BUI afler awhile. he explained, when she'd )(0 10 L.A. 10 visil for a week- end, she could only lake il for a day and have 10 corne back. Widl die suggestion, maybe il was the wide open spaces and nol being closed like die city, be agreed and recaued another incident "I had a 1962 convertible and one nighl I was driving my liule four-year-old nephew up from LA.• and 1noticed he was slaring up at the sky," he said. "I said 10 him, those are die stars. And he said, 'Yeah, where have they been?~ Starting OUI as a janitOrial laborer in the Public Works Department, Smidl moved nexiro a job as a general helper in die paint shop. Then, when he was supposed 10 go inro the machine shop. he got senl instead 10 the Iypewriter repair shop whiie he waited for another opening at the machine shop. "That was a pretty good job, !hough; he said. "I had the run of the base...got 10 go 10 a lot ofdifferent offices and meet a lot of people: When he did make it 10 the machine shop, he came in as a helper, and was accepted inro the machinist apprentice program in 1953 at the Naval Air Facilily (NAF) model shop, where he Slayed for most of his career. Following apprentice training, he was. promoted 10 model maker (machinery), dlen leading· man and evenmally foreman model maker. (Continued on Pal!t 2) , OCR Text: '. ...,.0 · October 31,1991 General Motors Is Rewarding Your Efforts With All Opportunity. The d ivisions of General Motors are proud of America's Armed Forces. T hat's why from now until the end of the year, your Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsm obile, Buick, Cadillac and GMC Truck dealers are offering a Special Military Program to all active U.S. Military personnel and reservists called to active duty during the Persian Gulf WlIr or their spouses. While these GM d ivisions already have incentive plans in place that help m ake it easy to buy a new car or light truck, the Special Military Program makes it even easier. Under the p rogram, you get three hund red dollars in down-payment assistance, plus any additional down payment you make is matched up to five hundred dollars when you buy a new GM car or light truck and fmance it through GMAC. That can mean as much as eight hun- d red dollars toward your purchase. Add that to existing GM incen tives, and you can save even more. T he Special Military Program is not avail- able with the college graduate, first-time buyer or overseas vehicle purchase programs. See your participating GM dealer for qualification details. Many of your com rades in ar ms have already taken advantage of the GM Special Mili- tary Program . So visit you r GM dealer today, and see how m uch we appreciate your efforts. CHEVROLET-PONT1AC OLDSMOBILE - BUICK CADILLAC - GMC TRUCK BUCKLE Up, AMERICAl 0 1 991GM Corp. All RighlS ~. Oct. 31. 1991 ON THE INSIDE •• •• PAGE Skipper Sez. . . . . . .. 2 IDEAs . . . ... . . ... 13 Sports . . . ........ 16 Personnel News . ...17 Classifieds. . .... ...23 Peak Max Min Gusts Weds. 79 58 27 Thurs. 75 41 12 Fri 74 39 13 Sat 74 56 30 Sun. 68 44 22 Mon. 63 40 22 Tues. 70 33 20 Voting Officer can help sailors find election details WashingIon (NNS) .. The \bUng Information Center pr0- vides recorded messages 24 hours a day from candidates, as well as information concerning elections. Candidale personal messages are usually available 60 days prior 10 elections. Besides hearing the messages and other infonnation, individu- als may leave a message for dleir congressman, senator or governor. To access the Voting Information Center, call (703) 693-6500. General elections for major cities are Nov. 5. For additional information, such as verifying election dales for par- ticular Slales, call Ihe Naval Weapons Center's Voting Offi- cer at NWC eXL 2203 . OUR GOAL I 40% I We .., need your helpl Let's donate todayl Clifford Smith's 45-year 'temporary' job By Barry McDonald, Rocketeer Stan Writer Qifford "Smitty" Smidl had been IOId there were job openings at China Lake by a friend who was working here as a building contraClOr. So, since the job markel in Los Angeles was slim, Smidl decided 10 corne 10 China Lake, earn a few paychecks and go back 10 L.A. Thai was October 1948 and he's been here ever since. "I never expected 10 Slay here," said Smidl who was recently pre- sented widl a pin for 45 years of federal service. Born in Houma, La, Smidl graduated from Jefferson High School in L.A. and has attended CampIOn Junior College and the then-Desen Division of Bakersfield CoUege. His federal service began widl a !wI>- year tour in the Army Air Corps, whert he lOOk machinisl courses and served in boIh Africa and Italy. He said, when he first got here, the wind blew every Friday. "New guys would come in on Friday, so they'd be ready 10 go 10 wort Mon- day, " he remembered, "but (beeause of die wind) they didn'l Slay 'til Monday: Like a 101 of people who can'l really say why they've stayed on, he said, "The place just grows on you." Married in 1949, he said, "My wife didn'l like il here al all." BUI afler awhile. he explained, when she'd )(0 10 L.A. 10 visil for a week- end, she could only lake il for a day and have 10 corne back. Widl die suggestion, maybe il was the wide open spaces and nol being closed like die city, be agreed and recaued another incident "I had a 1962 convertible and one nighl I was driving my liule four-year-old nephew up from LA.• and 1noticed he was slaring up at the sky," he said. "I said 10 him, those are die stars. And he said, 'Yeah, where have they been?~ Starting OUI as a janitOrial laborer in the Public Works Department, Smidl moved nexiro a job as a general helper in die paint shop. Then, when he was supposed 10 go inro the machine shop. he got senl instead 10 the Iypewriter repair shop whiie he waited for another opening at the machine shop. "That was a pretty good job, !hough; he said. "I had the run of the base...got 10 go 10 a lot ofdifferent offices and meet a lot of people: When he did make it 10 the machine shop, he came in as a helper, and was accepted inro the machinist apprentice program in 1953 at the Naval Air Facilily (NAF) model shop, where he Slayed for most of his career. Following apprentice training, he was. promoted 10 model maker (machinery), dlen leading· man and evenmally foreman model maker. (Continued on Pal!t 2) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1990s,Rocketeer 1991,Rktr10.31.1991.pdf,Rktr10.31.1991.pdf Page 1, Rktr10.31.1991.pdf Page 1