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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1956)
o SIX MKDFORD (OREOOK) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, HoTambar 27. 1858 Six Months of Active Duty Part of Reserve Prograrrf One of -Jie first of the local Army Reservists to attend the isew Army Reserve six-month ac tive duty program is Pvt. Car rie Byington f 1170 Oak St., Ashland. Pvt. Byington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Byington, ? Is a member of the Army Re rve"s 417ti Engineer Aviation p Brigade. Byington began his six-month training period' at Ft. Ord Mar. 11, 1956. After processing, he was assigned to a training regi mertcouiposed of six-month re aerrists. i4 Buring the first eight weeks training consisted of basic mili- . tary" subjects such as military justice, weapons familiariza tion, field, fortifications and close ordor drill. Basic infantry train ing is taken by all soldiers, re gardless of branch of service. In Byington's case, a two- week leave followed basic train ing. However, the leave does not always follow basic training, but may be granted later during the six months. After basic training, reservists begin eight weeks of specialists training. In Byington's case, he was assigned to a regular Engin eer battallion stationed at Fort Ord. For reservists whose mili tary job calls for technical train ing which is not available at Ft. Ord, they were sent to the nearest Army post offering the training. Byington received his training as a rod and tapeman for for a survey party. Following the eight weeks specialist training, reservists are assigned to a unit of their branch for the remainder of the six months and continue to learn through training. Following the six months ac tive duty each reservist is re leased and returns to his Reserve unit and continues toward the fulfillment of his military obli gation. Under the Reserve plan a young man may choose his branch of service, when he will go on active duty, when he can go to college, find a permanent job, marry, and settle down. Early in January, 1957, Lar ry G. Hammond, a 1956 gradu ate of Medford High school and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ham mond will start his six months active duty. Pvt. Hammond Joined the 417th Engineer Aviation Brig ade in October and will go to Ft. Ord. After his return next July, Hammond will rejoin the local Reserve unit and partici pate in weekly drills and annual summer field training. Thus far, Hammond is the only Medford Reservist scheduled to attend the January school at Ft. Ord from the 417th. The 417th Engineer Aviation Brigade, commanded by Col. William Prentice, meets each Monday night at 8 p.m. at the federal building in Medford. In terested young men between 17 and 26 are invited to attend and get more information con cerning their military obligation. THAT AIN'T FAIR Burbank, Calif. flj.R Two 15-year-old boys complained on Monday that turnabout isn't fair play. The boys, being held for a series of burglaries, complained to juvenile authorities that some one had stolen about S500 of their loot from its hiding place under a house. Twin Passes First I Hurdle for Surgery Boston :u.R) Blood tests ver ifying that Jimmy Foster of Mink Creek, Ida., is an identical twin have put the 13-year-old boy over the first hurdle for a life saving kidney transplant operation. The tests established the ma jor prerequisite for what may be history's fourth such operation. Doctors now may decide to replace Jimmy's diseased kid ney with a healthy one from his brother, Jerry. Jimmy suffers from a usually fatal kidney ail ment, nephritis. A spokesman at Peter Bent Brigham hospital said, however, the twins must undergo further tests before the specialists will I go ahead with the operation. If performed, the operation would be the first of its kind on children. Three previous trans plants were performed on adults. Desegregation by Law Said Bound to Succeed Washington (U.R! A southern editor and educator predicted Monday that desegregation by law "is bound to succeed." Editor Harry S. Ashmore of The Arkansas Gazette of Little Rock told the 43rd annual meet ing of the Anti - defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Jewish service organization: "Powerful forces are working to preserve segregation, but in every significant test for the last 20 years the forces working against segregation have proved stronger." Ashmore said the breakdown of racial segregation in the South is coupled with the chang ing economic pattern. He said southern leaders "working to in dustrialize the region are under mining the system, of segrega tion many of them so passion ately defend." SUNNYSIDE UP Hillsdale, Mich. OI.F) Wit bur Duryea was home-bound aft er a visit with a neighboring farmer when he noticed his mo tor was misfiring. 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