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o o o 110 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mrfe& OrOa), Tbunday, Jun It, 1958 O McqvciB Keseirve Unit To Inteld pemi Hlyse Tours" Movies Are Scheduled During Anniversary Event Naval Reserve Electronics division 13-5, which includes men from the Rogue valley, will hold an open house Sat urday, June 14, Flag Day, in observance of the eighth anni versary of the unit here. - Highlights of the open house will include motion pic tures between noon and 8 p.m., guided tours through the unit's station in the Federal building, North Riverside ave. and general information booths. The open house is be ing held to acquaint the pub lic with the unit's operations here. The unit was activated in June 1950, after two years in a volunteer status, Lt. Ed ward Leonard, Medford, was commanding officer at the time of activation. Prior to that, Lt. Henry Fisher, Med ford, served as commanding officer. Prinsy Functions The division's primary function is to train electronic technicians, such as radiomen, sonarmen and radarmen. Since the Korean conflict, however, its main duty has been to orient young men on! Navy life before entering ac-j tive duty so that time spent j on active duty can be used' more advantageously. j The division here has been i one of the top electronics un its in the 13th Naval district, placing first . in 1951 and among the top five in other years. In 1956, it ranked third in the nation with sim ilar groups in the electronics field. Following Lt. Leonard's service as commanding offic er, others who commanded the unit include Lt. Horace Leland, Ashland; Cdr. Rod ney Keating-, Ashland; Lcdr. Richard P. Knights, Medford; and Lt. Richard Schuchard, Medford, the present com manding officer. The Navy has a policy of rotating com mand of the unit. , Training Duty A seaman recruit, entering the unit in a reserve status, may request two-weeks train ing duty at San Diego, Calif. He then becomes eligible for training duty aboard the shop the following year. Several local reservists have received advancements to storekeep er, hospitalmen, boatswain mates, and other ratings, in cluding electronic tech nicians. Recently, a Wave petty of ficer, Virginia Ghnings, den tal technician first class, join ed the local reserve unit. The unit is now open for a limited number of men. Eli v gible are high school seniors between 17 and 18V&, Navy veterans with ratines of ra diomen, radarmen, sonarmen, electronic technicians and quartermaster, and Navy men who have been released from active service during the past three years. Petty Officers Men accepted in the div ision are actually training to he Ettv officers. Lt. Schu- chara said. The present comp liment is 41 enlisted men and five officers. Lt. Donald Han sen Is executive officer, and Lt. Richard Bridenstine is in charge of training. Lcdr Knights is administrative as sistant, and Lt. (jg) Russell Johnson is assistant training officer-) Radioman Second Class Bob ghurchill, who recently moved nere irom cutte, mom. is full-time stationkeeper. The reserve unit includes njen from Butte Falls. Eagle Point, Ashland, Jacksonville, Phoe nix, Talent Central Point, and Medford. The local reserve unit is now in fourth place in the 13th Naval district, which in eludes 26 units throughout 7 XY ' 1 V . i la! 3ETtLriON Lt. Richard Schuchard, commanding officer of the Naval Reserve Electronics Unt 13-5, Medford, inspects members of the unit, assisted by Aviation Boatswain Mate Second Class Don Shef field. Inspections-are included as part, of the regular training tor men m tne unn, which is observing its eighth anniversary in the valley. INSTRUCTIONS Getting instructions in radar from Radarman Third Class Ken Walker, center, are Seaman Apprentice Lynn Johnson, left, and Seaman Gary Pree. The primary function of the unit here train men in electronics, but since Korean conflict, the unit's main duty orient young men on Navy life. is to the is to the states of Washington, Id aho, Montana, and Oregon. Lt. Schuchard said the local unit is the leading Oregon .unit. O jeammmmm ::v: .v....... ..ttt iTmv uitoimin virt rinss momhpr. Virginia J. Gennings. dental tech- Gee DuPoy receives inoculation from Dr. nician first class. Facilities at the local unit W. W. Stevenson, commander, medical will be open to the public Saturday, June corps, the local Naval reserve unit's phy- 14, Flag Day. sician. Assisting is the unit's only Wave Truck Taken Off Cambridge Roof Cambridee. England (UPI) A Civil Defense rescue team succeeded late Wednesday in removing a truck from the 150-foot high roof of a Cam bridge University building. But they had to cut it up with an acetylene torch first. 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