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Volume 6, Number 16 Vanceboro, North Carolina, Thursday, April 21, 1983
Phone 244-0780
12 Pages
20 Cents
Vanceboro Citizen Invents
New Way To Exercise
ROBERT WILSON
From the green turf of his back yard to the
hard cement of his garage, went this inventor.
Wherever he chose to jump rope had many
drawbacks. The jumping on dirt dug holes,
jumping on cement gave aching of the legs from
the sudden jolts and jumping on foam rubber
didn't give the rebound necessary for a good rope
jumping session.
The search began for a substance that would
return to its original firm smooth surface jump
after jump on the surface. The material was
found, and so began the idea of a circular board
composition of rebound material. After many
days and nights thinking and dreaming of how to
make a practical way to use the jump board for
proper exercise and a proper place for jumping,
Robert M. Wilson, College Avenue, Vanceboro,
N.C. designed his “Jump For Joy Board”.
At the present time, Mr. Wilson is holding rope
jumping classes in Greenville, N.C. In his school,
he is using the jump boards and jump ropes
designed by him to teach the correct way to jump
rope.
He says rope jumping is like any other sport.
You can develop many wrong habits just as you
can develop many good habits, if you get the
proper training.
As a result of his classes, he has seen students
who couldn't get the rope over their head advance
to a minute of rope jumping without tiring. Other
students have stated their tennis game has
improved since learning the correct way to jump
rope.
So out of a desire to find a better way, we now
have available rope jumping classes, properly
made jump ropes, and a base to jump on that does
not ruin the grass, dig holes, or injure legs, bones,
and muscles.
Ernul Native Awarded
Coveted Honor
Colonel Walter R.
Hoyle, USMC of Ernul
has been awarded the
Defense Meritorious
Service Medal, the
highest Department of
Defense Award for
peace-time military
service. He received
this award for his
outstanding perfor
mance of duty from
July 1981 to February
1983 as a member of
the United States
uropean Command.
The citation accomp
anying this medal
read:
Colonel Walter R.
loyle. United States
Marine Corps, distin
guished himself by
noncombat meritor
ious service from July
981 to February 1988,
as Logistics Plans
Officer, Logistics
: i*lans and Analysis
Oranch, Logistics
i*lans Division, Logis-
ics and Security
Assistance Directo
rate, Headquarters
Jnited States Europe-
ari iCommand. Colonel
Hoyle demonstrated
outstanding profes
sional skill, manager
ial ability, and super
ior resourcefulness by
providing sound and
accurate input to
national, interna
tional, and North
Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization logistics
planning and studies.
He was the focal point
for many United
States/ North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
logistics interfaces
having established a
seldom equalled rap
port with many high
level North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
and alliance defense
officials. Colonel
Hoyle’s expertise in
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization reallo
cation planning is
widely recognized and
his ceaseless efforts in
this area culminated in
signed agreements
between the United
States and North
Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization Major
Subordinate Comman
ders. By his exemplary
performance of duty.
Colonel Hoyle has
reflected great credit
upon himself, the
United States Marine
Corps, and the Depart
ment of Defense.
Colonel Hoyle was
born September 14,
1937 in Ernul, N.C.
and attended area
schools and graduated
from Farm Life High
School. During his
high school years he
lettered four years in
football, baseball, and
basketball. Upon
completion of two
years at Wingate Jr.
College, he attended
East Carolina Univer
sity. His university
years gave him an
opportunity to become
a member of Platoon
Leader’s Class and
upon graduation in
1960, he was commis
sioned a second lieute
nant in the Marine
Corp.
The next three years
he attended basic
Major General F.J. Toner U.S. Army Commanding General for
Lo^stics and Security Assistance, Headquarters, U.S. European
Command, pins medal on Colonel Walter Hoyle.
officer school and
served in the First and
Second Marine Air
craft Wings and
Aviation Supply. Upon
completion of a three
year tour of active duly
he transferred to the
Marine Corps Reserve
and was employed by
the Federal Govern
ment in Washington,
D.C. for two years. In
January 1966 he
and served with the
Third Marine Aircraft
Wing at El Toro,
California and Second
Aircraft Wing in
Vietnam as an aviation
supply officer.
Returning to the
United States in 1968,
Colonel Hoyle attended
the Amphibious War
fare School and was
assigned as the inspec
tor/instructor for the
returned to active duty Washington. D.C
area.
In 1972, Colonel
Hoyle was assigned to
the First Force Service
Regiment in Camp
Pendleton, California
for two years in
logistics assignments
and in 1974, was
reassigned to the Third
Force Service Regi
ment in Okinawa as a
supply staff officer.
Returning to the
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