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r ippp Sec. D, Frl., April M, 1987 Page 18 GoWebore (y.0.,1 Wewi-ArgM !■!!), Jj .Cs, ■ 5i» - !•* • a*-'. i«» c...'. ,. o’ n* ■'» • f ^ : ■■ S'*; ZOOM — A flight ot F-lOO Super Sabres streak across the runways in a draraatio scene soon to be typical of any day at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. (Official Air Force Photo) c ■> t—> WELCOME SEYMOUR JOHNSON PERSONNEL You'll enjoy the convenience of our vending machines on the base. Your cigarette needs ... coffee and others are at your finger tips. Vending Machines For... • Cigarettes • Coffee • Candy • Cookies WARD VENDING COMPANY ll» ORMOND AVE. PHONE 4235 ilP € ■■ I XT BASE HOUSING — This is an artist's drawing o f one of the 1,500 housing units expected to be started soon at Seymour Johnson AFB. (News-Argus Engraving) Over $21 Million: In Housing Seen For Seymour Johnson AFB Contractors’ bids to construct a 1,500 unit housing project for Sey mour Johnson Air Force Base at a cost of over $21 million dollars are being processed so work oh the job can be^n in about bvo. weeks. The project will ' contain 180 homes and 660 duplex apartments to house the families of 1,500 offi cers and airmen. First units of the project are ex pected to be ready in six months after work starts. Construction is planned to be completed'21 months after the initial units are. ready. Opening of the housing project is expected 'to allow more use of Seymour Johnson. Col. Roberft C. Richardsoh III, base commander, has said that Goldsboro has done For A Real Steak Dinner Visit Western Steak House The kind of steak dinner you'll remember. Thick, western aged beef specially prepared and cooked. • SEAFOOD • CHICKEN • STEAK SHEISH-KA-BOB DINE AND DANCE "Where The Elite Meet To Eat" WESTERN STEAK HOUSE One Mile South of Goldsboro — Mt. Oli Highway ... Open 4:00'til 12:00,* Saturday 'til 1:00 PHONE 55 all it can to help but the housing situation has become intense. . “We'are very anxious to see the rase fully utilized but we can’t adequately take advantage of it until we_get-housinff.^->^ School, Too Start on the housing project also allowed federal educational offi cials to allot money to the Wayne County Board of Education to build an eight-grade elementary school by the base for children housed in the-project. Bidding for the housing contract was stiff.. All bids were several million dollars below the $26.5 mil lion estimate of cost by Air Force and FHA officials. Low bid of $21,118,750 was sub mitted by a trio of contractors, H. C. Coble of Grensboro, Nello L. Teer of Durham and W. H. Weav er of Greensboro. Next was J, Bateson of Dal las. Tex., with 721.61:1,300. Third was T. A. Loving of Goldsboroj $21,- 694,590. Included In the base bids were heat pump, extra baths, driveways and sidewalks, clothes trees, gar bage receivers, terraces and ter race screens and-plaster walls. Excluded in the low bids were the costs of alternates of attic fan and air conditioning. The homes will be built of frame and brick veneer. Officers and first three grades of enlisted men will have priority on the homes. Duplex units with two bedrooms for airmen will contain about 942 square feet while the three-bed room units will have about 1,068 square feet. Officers quarters will range from H-Bomb Test Pilot Honored LOCKBCftjRNE, AFB, Ohio—A veteran of the hydrogen bomb test at Eniwetok last year has re ceived the Legion of Merit during a review of the 801st Air Division. He is Ltr Col. Roger A. Stevenson. Also honored during the review was Capt. George L. Olsen, naviga tor, who received the first oak leaf cluster to the Commendation Rib bon for the manual he wrote which explains In - flight procedures for repairing the radar bomb - naviga tion system of RB-47s. Pardonable Error SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — A young miss at the waterfront was searching for a sailor friend who she thought was a crewman “a- board the Kefauver.” It turned out she wanted the USS Estes: WBECOME AIR FORCE "GOLDSBORO'S FAMILY SHOPPING CENTER" W« sincerely wel’come you to Goldsboro' and hope that you'll bear with us during our expansion program. Our aim Is a bigger and better Belk-Tyler's to serve "Eastern Carolina's Shopping Center" and Seymour Johnson. The con tractors promise an early Fall opening with double the floor space and modern conveniences^ to serve you to the best advantages. Remember, when shopping at Belk-Tyler's, you'ro snopping at the home of better valuesi Home Furnishings 3rd floor, Reaay-To-Wear first and second. Men who know value choose our own shadow plaids sertin stripes - two-bedroom duplexes with square footage of 984 to single homdB with four bedrooms and 1,d05 square; feet of floor space. The one gen- j eral officer’s home in the project' V approyinwiely • 1,942 sque . feet. The project will be constructed in village style and will be entirely within the .4ir Force reservation. Future plans for the project include a fire station. Lt. J. I. Reich Commander Of Transnortation BUY 'EM BY THE BOXl SHORTSLEEVE SEASON'S HEREI DAN RIVER COTTON SPORT SHIRTS $ bright plaids novelty madros Sport shirt.s with double- barreled “plus” features! Our own Archdale true-to- size fit! Completely wash able Dan River cotton in more colors, textures and in teresting weaves than you could wear in a year of summers! Best of all, the price is right! Shop, compare . . . men who know value choose our own Archdale! Sizes S, M, L, XL. VL TAILORED JUST FOR US! WRINKLE-SHY FABRICS! ' Wash and Wear Orion - Dacron Slacks r f ■ 495.9 95 Truly impressive selection of interesting textures! Blues, grays, tans, all in a well balanced blend of modern fibers that'll wear long and look good. Wrinkle resistant, masculine comfort, and smart looking. Shop, compare . .. you'll say that combinations like these are hard to oeatl Lt. James I. Jleich came to Sey mour Johnson Air Force Base in January to assume command of the 83d Transportation Squadron. His transfer came at the end of a two-year tour with the 8th Fight er - Bomber Wing stationed in Japan. / Li. Reich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Reich of Crystal City, Mo., began hife Air Force career by en listing in January, 1952. Prior to that, he 'graduated from high school in 1949 and attended the University of Missouri and South east Missouri State for two years. • He entered aviation cadet drain ing in April, 1^53 and won his wings and a second lieutenant’s' commission in July, 1954. He then completed a tour of gunnery train ing before going to the Far East. Reich, a member of the Caltholic Church, lives in the base bache lor officers quarters. He is 25 years old and unmarried. WELCOME AIR FORCg Join your friends at our fountain for refreshments OUR^SPECIALTY TOASTED SANDWICHES HEADQUARTERS FOR GIFT ITEMS • Perfumes - Colognes • Men's Toiletries • Films—24 Hour Developing Service • Small Drug Items • Free Gift Wrapping and Mailing Service The Opera Shoppe Open 'Til 10:30 Next to Paramount Theatre • Phone 9204 "Fayorfex" SUITS 3-PC. ENSEMBLES WITH CONTRASTING SLACKS 29.95 Our own famous Favortex tailoring . . . that means easy, patural contours plus famous mill fabrics hand-selected for long wear, good looks! Great choice of new Spring fabrici including mixtures, new .slub-weaves! Blues, charcoal tones, graysf all vyith a great talent for shying away from wrinkles. And here's your value bonus: the extra pair of slacks means one outfit can do the wprk of two for you! Regulars, shorts, longs. ers GOLDSBORO
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