the
Bulletin
PONMLKJIH
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M A R C H 1, 1995
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V O L .2
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T H IS IS S U E IS D E D IC A T E D T O T H E M E M O R Y O F
O U R F R IE N D A N D N E IG H B O R , T O M H O B A N
za
CITIZEN OF THE MONTH
O u r C itiz e n
o f th e
M o n th w a s
a v e r y s p e c ia l
p e r s o n . T o m H o b a n w a s a lw a y s th e r e w h e n y o u
n e e d e d h im . H e w a s th e r e e v e r y m o n th h e lp in g
g e t T h e B u l l e t i n o u t o n t i m e , g a t h e r i n g a r t i c le s ,
f o l d in g a n d t a p i n g a n d h a n d d e l i v e r i n g t o h e l p
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s a v e p o s t a g e . A v e r y u n s e lf i s h , f r i e n d l y , t a l e n t
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m a n , e n e r g e tic to th e
ed
end. He
le ft u s o n
F e b r u a r y 8 th . W e w ill n e v e r f o r g e t h im .
T o m s e r v e d in t h e N a v y , A r m y A ir C o r p s a n d th e
A ir F o r c e fr o m 1 9 4 1 th r o u g h 1 9 5 3 . D u r in g W o r ld
W a r II h e w a s a p ilo t a n d fle w t h e B - 1 7 , F ly in g
F o rtre s s .
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a ls o
C o n f li c t .
For
h is
s e rv e d
d u r in g
d e d ic a te d
th e
s e r v ic e
K o re a n
he
was
a w a r d e d t h e A ir M e d a l w ith t w o o a k le a f c lu s
te r s . In th e fo llo w in g 2 7 y e a r s h e w o r k e d a s a n
T o m w a s a m e m b e r o f t h e B u tte F a lls P la n n in g
a e r o n a u t ic a l e n g i n e e r f o r A e r o je t G e n e r a l . H e
C o m m is s io n , F r ie n d s o f t h e L ib r a r y , t h e B u tte
w a s o n e o f t h e fin a l in s p e c to r s o n th e b o o s te r
ro c k e t
e n g in e s
fo r th e
S a tu rn
and
F a lls L io n s C lu b , M a s o n ic L o d g e N o . 2 8 8 , t h e
S t o c k t o n S c o t t is h R ite a n d t h e B e n A li S h r in e r s .
M e rc u ry
H e w a s a b o a rd m e m b e r o f th e S o u th e rn O re
N A S A m i s s io n s .
g o n H is to r ic a l S o c ie ty . T o m a ls o h e ld a p r iv a te
Tom
w a s m o s t p r o u d o f h is g r e a t- g r e a t- g r e a t
p ilo t’s lic e n s e .
g ra n d fa th e r, J a m e s H o b a n , th e m a n w h o w a s
T o m w ill b e m is s e d in o u r t o w n , b u t h e w ill n o t
t h e c h ie f a r c h it e c t o f t h e W h ite H o u s e a n d a ls o
a
n u m b e r o f b e a u tifu l b u ild in g s
in t h e
b e fo r g o tte n . T h e a r t w o r k , w o o d w o r k in g , a n d
hom e
c o n s tr u c tio n
c o u n t r y o f I r e l a n d i n t h e t o w n o f D u b l in .
p r o je c ts T o m
lo v e d s o m u c h w ill
b e a r e m in d e r o f h im f o r a v e r y lo n g tim e . G o o d
bye Tom , w e Love you.
T o m a n d h is w ife , T a c e y , b o t h c a m e f r o m s m a ll
t o w n s in N e b r a s k a A f t e r s e e in g m a n y n ic e p la c
e s , t h r o u g h t h e U .S . a n d a b r o a d , in 1 9 8 9 t h e y
T a c e y w ill r e c e iv e a b r o n z e k e y r in g a n d a c e r tifi
p i c k e d B u t t e F a ll s a s t h e p l a c e t o s e t t le d o w n .
c a te , in T o m ’s n a m e , a t t h e M a r c h 1 6 th C o u n c il
S in c e th is tim e , T o m
m e e tin g .
h a s v o lu n te e r e d h is c a r
p e n tr y s k ills o n m a n y p r o je c ts in to w n , in c lu d in g
th e
B u tte
F a lls
L ib r a r y
and
F o r m o r e in fo r m a tio n a b o u t T o m H o b a n , c o m e
M useum . H e w as
a n d s e e t h e d is p la y in t h e B u tte F a lls L ib r a r y .
r e c e n t l y i n v o lv e d w i t h t h e B u t t e F a l l s A m e r i c o r p
p r o je c ts ; te a c h in g
and
a s s is tin g
th e s e
T h e d is p la y w ill b e th e r e a t le a s t t h e m o n th o f
y o u th
M a rc h .
w ith h is k n o w le d g e a n d e x p e r ie n c e .
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