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The Aberdeen Proving Groundhog

Vol. 2, No. 12 / Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland / September 20, 1944

8 pages scanned

Names

• Adkins, Roland F. (Civ. — F.Ser. — picnic photo)
• Archer, Miriam D. (Mrs. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Armstrong, T. (Civ. — Met. — picnic photo)
• Aro, George ‘Pop’ (Civ. — spent week in Atlantic City — gossip)
• Askren, Capt. (Mil. — husband of Frances Askren — gossip)
• Askren, Frances (Civ. — formerly APG; now living in New York with husband Capt. Askren — gossip)
• Avery, Mrs. (Civ. — Purchasing & Accounting; returned from New York Giants-Dodgers series — gossip)
• Bache, Doris (Mrs. — QM; regained Southern drawl after Atlanta visit — gossip)
• Baker, Florence (Mrs. — returned to work after short illness — gossip)
• Banks, Ryland (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; fills cases for shipment — photo)
• Barofsky, G. (Civ. — Ind. Assembly; childhood ambition: nursing at Johns Hopkins — interview)
• Barrett, Stanley M. (Civ. — Havre de Grace; president and photo caption — photo)
• Barron, Golda (Civ. — Mail & Record; farewell after several years service — gossip)
• Bauer, Louise (Civ. — returned from New York — gossip)
• Bennington, Betty (Civ. — returned from Wildwood, New Jersey vacation — gossip)
• Bidelman, William (Dr. — Ballistic Lab.; discusses blast measurements — photo)
• Black, Hazelene (Civ. — new face at BRL — gossip)
• Bornish, Alfred (Civ. — Automotive Division; $15 Ideas for Victory award for tank grouser device — award)
• Bowen, John (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; cooks 384 cans at one time — photo)
• Bowen, Walter (Civ. — photographer, Havre de Grace article — photo credit)
• Brockmeyer, Oscar (Civ. — Arms & Amm.; picnic photo — photo)
• Brown, Carl (Civ. — horseshoe pitching at picnic — photo)
• Brown, Harriet (Civ. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Brown, Robert (Civ. — horseshoe pitching at picnic — photo)
• Campbell, Levin H. (Maj. Gen. — Chief of Ordnance; Rice Medal presentation photo — photo)
• Carr, Thomas D. (Civ. — Ballistic Lab.; measuring device for explosives — photo)
• Codd, L.A. (Col. — Ex. Ass’t Ch. of Ord.; Rice Medal presentation photo — photo)
• Coen, Ralph (Civ. — Cost Section; again father of baby girl — gossip)
• Connolly, Richard (Civ. — Lake Forest Academy classmate of Lt. Col. Heimbrodt — biography)
• Cousins, Nora (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; removes husks at 10 dozen per minute — photo)
• Crabble, LeRoy (Civ. — horseshoe pitching at picnic — photo)
• Crews, Gean (Civ. — Purchasing Dept.; farewell — gossip)
• Crowell, Benedict (Brig. Gen. — President, Army Ordnance Association; Rice Medal presentation — photo)
• Cullen, G. (Civ. — Gage & Photo; cover photographer — photo credit)
• De Reamer, Marion (Civ. — sun worshipper at picnic — photo)
• Deppish, Eugene (Civ. — Range & Observation; popular with children in water at picnic — photo)
• Devoe, Tillie (Civ. — Purchasing Dept.; farewell — gossip)
• Dickens, R. Rhea (Mrs. — Safety Section; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Durnford, Col. (Col. — Walter Leslie and Mrs. Ruth Woods occupying desks in his office — gossip)
• Dusenberry, Margaret (Civ. — formerly Ballistic Res.; married during the month — gossip)
• Eagleton, Margaret (Mrs. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Eddy, George G. (Col. — Director, Ordnance Res. & Dev. Center; Mrs. Lawrence worked for him 17 years — masthead)
• Edmonds, Erna (Mrs. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Eien, Ruth (Mrs. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Epstein, Alvin (T/Sgt. — editor, The Groundhog — masthead)
• Fennimore, Charles (Civ. — grabbed off a mate during the month — gossip)
• Ferguson, Louise (Mrs. — husband about to return from overseas — gossip)
• Fine, Milton (Civ. — Post Engineers; watermelon party — photo)
• Fisher, Doris (Civ. — Mail & Record; farewell after several years service — gossip)
• Fitzgerald, Betsy (Civ. — Rocket Section; bouncing baby boy — gossip)
• Frazier, J.H. (Capt. — Ballistic Lab.; surface burning measurements team — photo)
• Frierson, Lib (Civ. — Theory Section; reports on section activity — gossip)
• Gerdom, Milton ‘Bud’ (Civ. — Machine Shop, O.R.&D.C.; seaman 2/c Navy; engaged to Bernice Whisner — gossip)
• Gould, Mary (Civ. — Purchasing Dept.; farewell — gossip)
• Greer, Mary (Mrs. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Gross, C.P. (Capt. — Noble Grand, Morning Star Lodge, Odd Fellows, Havre de Grace — photo)
• Grubb, Virginia (Mrs. — Post Engineers; watermelon party — photo)
• Hardin, Joseph (Civ. — Amm. Supply; picnic photo — photo)
• Hardy, Margaret (Civ. — infanticipating — gossip)
• Harris, Charles T. Jr. (Maj. Gen. — Commanding General APG; Rice Medal recipient — award)
• Hartin, W.F. (Civ. — Auto. Division; picnic photo — photo)
• Hash, Kyle (Civ. — horseshoe pitching at picnic — photo)
• Heimbrodt, Carl E. (Lt. Col. — Post Engineer; biography feature; Lake Forest Academy and U. of Illinois graduate; architect — biography)
• Heimiller, Willie (Civ. — Field Service; recalls past at Legion Memorial — photo)
• Hibbard, Anna (Civ. — new face at BRL — gossip)
• Hollahan, E.E. (Civ. — Havre de Grace Town Councilman — photo)
• Hudson, Edda (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; final inspection of washed and graded corn — photo)
• Huff, Lois (Civ. — Arms & Ammunition; sews powder bags — photo)
• Hutchins, Nola (Civ. — received miscellaneous shower; honeymooning with Sgt. George Williams — gossip)
• Irvine, Bert (Civ. — Ballistic Lab.; prepares 500 lbs of TNT for fragment velocity test — photo)
• Jackson, B. (Civ. — attended hot dog roast and birthday party — gossip)
• James, Rudolph (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; dumps cooked corn from oven — photo)
• Jamison, Ann (Civ. — Stewartstown, Pennsylvania; leaving to enter State Teachers’ College, Millersville — gossip)
• Jellisett, Claudia (Civ. — Post Office; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Jenkins, Florence (Mrs. — full of pep after vacation — gossip)
• Johns, Thelma (Civ. — Field Service, Receiving Section; Texas childhood ambition — interview)
• Johnson, Anna (Civ. — Auto. Sec.; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Johnson, Doris (Civ. — attended hot dog roast and birthday party; returned from Wildwood vacation — gossip)
• Johnson, Hayden (Civ. — left couple of gaps when recently joined Armed Forces — gossip)
• Johnson, Thomas H. (Civ. — Ball. Meas. Branch — masthead overlap from prior issue; referenced — gossip)
• Jones, Arnold G. (Civ. — Fin. Dept.; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Jones, Frances (Mrs. — full of pep after vacation — gossip)
• Jordan, F.E. (Maj. — Public Relations Officer, APG — masthead)
• Keller, Wanda (Civ. — Executive Office; birthday party and hot dog roast at Forest Greens — photo and gossip)
• Kent, Robert H. (Mr. — Ballistic Lab.; discusses blast measurements — photo)
• Killian, Mrs. George (Civ. — Salvage Dep.; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Kimball, S.M. (Civ. — Havre de Grace Town Councilman — photo)
• King, Hazel (Civ. — attended hot dog roast and birthday party — gossip)
• Koesters, Mary (Civ. — back on job after week in New York — gossip)
• Kollender, LaVerne (Civ. — Theory Section; on sick leave — gossip)
• Koontz, Ethel N. (Civ. — QM; back from Canada vacation with sunburn — gossip)
• Lamb, Doris (Civ. — full of pep after vacation — gossip)
• Lane, Joseph (Civ. — Res. Lab.; picnic photo — photo)
• Lawder, R.R. (Mayor — Mayor of Havre de Grace — photo)
• Lawrence, Carrie P. (Mrs. — Arms & Ammunition Executive Section; terminated 17-year career; resigned for family — gossip)
• Lay, Helen (Mrs. — loads shell cases to prescribed measurements — photo)
• Leslie, Walter G. (Civ. — new Exec. Sec. of Employees Suggestion Committee; occupying desk in Col. Durnford’s office — gossip)
• Lewis, Pat (Civ. — sun worshipper at picnic — photo)
• Lloyd, Amelia (Civ. — Tran. Department; Chesapeake City native; 15 months at APG; cover subject — cover)
• Lowe, Grace (Mrs. — returned to work after short illness — gossip)
• Lowe, Vera (Civ. — attended hot dog roast and birthday party — gossip)
• Madsen, Barbara (Civ. — resigned suddenly; husband told her to hurry; now at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas — gossip)
• Malta, Vincent (T/5 — Art Director, The Groundhog — masthead)
• McCluine, Minerva (Civ. — returned from Wildwood vacation — gossip)
• McClune, daughter Minerva (Civ. — works in Control Branch — feature)
• McClune, Mr. (Civ. — Carpenter Shop 26 years; APG Christmas feature — feature)
• McDevitt, Robert (Hosp. Asst. 1/c — former Purch. & Actg. Clerk; visited office while on leave from Bainbridge — gossip)
• McGhee, Edith B. (Civ. — new in Executive office; Southern charm; single — gossip)
• McGraw, Robert (Civ. — Havre de Grace decoy maker for 26 years; worked at APG in WWI — photo)
• McHenry, Betty (Civ. — welcomed to Mail & Record — gossip)
• McLhinney, Walter (Civ. — Havre de Grace Town Councilman — photo)
• Mendelsohn, Rheabel (Civ. — Analytical Dept.; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Meyer, Joseph E. (Dr. — Ballistic Lab.; discusses blast measurements — photo)
• Meyers, Dorothy J. (Civ. — 4ft 10in; farewell; left for native Illinois — gossip)
• Miller, Bonnie Lee (Civ. — Technical Information Branch; on vacation — gossip)
• Mitchell, E. (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery exec.; inspects crop before picking — photo)
• Mitchell, Edith (Civ. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Mohl, Charles (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; fills cans at 140 per minute — photo)
• Mollikin, Joan (Civ. — Purchasing Dept.; farewell — gossip)
• Moore, C. (Civ. — Havre de Grace; photo caption — photo)
• Moore, V. Ellen (Mrs. — Recreation Section; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Morgan, Marietta (Civ. — Technical Information Branch; on vacation — gossip)
• Morrison, Anita (Civ. — new face at BRL — gossip)
• O’Neill, Lt. John (Mil. — War of 1812; single-handed struggle to prevent British sacking of Havre de Grace — history)
• Osborn, C.B. Jr. (Civ. — exec., C.B. Osborn Cannery; inspects crop before picking — photo)
• Parkinson, Edna (Civ. — returned from South Carolina wedding of Margaret Dusenberry — gossip)
• Pasquale, Dorothy (Civ. — dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Patteys, Delores (Civ. — welcomed to Mail & Record — gossip)
• Payne, F.H. (Col. — Chairman, Awards Committee, Army Ordnance Association; Rice Medal presentation — photo)
• Payne, Margie (Civ. — former Groundhog cover girl, February; formerly Gauge & Photo — gossip)
• Payne, Sgt. (Mil. — husband of Margie Payne — gossip)
• Payne, Vivian Maridell (Child — 6.5 lbs.; daughter of Margie and Sgt. Payne — gossip)
• Peck, John (Civ. — Tech. Planning; picnic photo — photo)
• Plume, Kellogg S. (Col. ret. — former Executive Officer APG; now Chairman, Plume and Atwood Mfg. Co., Waterbury CT; visited APG — photo)
• Podas, Mrs. William (Civ. — Automotive Division; spaghetti dinner photo, Havre de Grace — photo)
• Podas, William (Civ. — Rocket Division; spaghetti dinner photo, Havre de Grace — photo)
• Potter, C.B. (Maj. — Chief, Civilian Personnel; post-war employment statement — quote)
• Potts, Robert (Civ. — Ballistic Lab.; prepares 500 lbs of TNT for fragment velocity test — photo)
• Powell, Billie (Mil. — landed Normandy beaches D-Day plus 2; letter to mother reprinted — letter)
• Powell, Mildred (Mrs. — formerly Mail & Record; now O.R.&D.C.; mother of Billie Powell — letter)
• Powell, R.L. (Civ. — F.Ser.; picnic photo — photo)
• Procter, Mrs. Russell (Civ. — keeps office informed about U.S. points of interest — gossip)
• Raus, Betty (Civ. — Ballistic Lab.; surface burning measurements team — photo)
• Reichman, Evelyn (Mrs. — Analytical Dept.; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Reid, Mary Frances (Civ. — Theory Section; attended Naval Academy Fall Hop at Annapolis — gossip)
• Roush, Helen (Civ. — Rocket Division; picnic photo — photo)
• Russeth, Lorraine (Civ. — War Bonds work; firefighters of APG establishing record — gossip)
• Ryan, Lawrence R. (Civ. — Ind. Assembly Bldg. 525; played 12 years semi-pro ball in Susquehanna League; childhood ambition: ball player — interview)
• Sachs, Robert G. (Dr. — head, Blast Section, Terminal Ballistics Branch; quoted on explosives — photo)
• Seiple, Edwin L. (Civ. — Aviation Arms Section, Arms & Ammunition Division; $32 Ideas for Victory award for salvage yard — award)
• Sherman, Doris (Civ. — dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Sherman, Max (S/Sgt. — Ass’t Editor, The Groundhog — masthead)
• Shupe, Andrew (Civ. — left couple of gaps when recently joined Armed Forces — gossip)
• Sibernagel, Charlotte (Civ. — extolling Atlantic City after fine sun-tan — gossip)
• Singleton, S. (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; unloads 3.5 tons of Shoe Peg Corn into bins — photo)
• Sirangelo, Frank (Civ. — Auto. Div.; dramatic talent hunt contact, Ext. 3216 — drama)
• Spodis, Albert (Civ. — R.R. Trans.; dramatic talent hunt volunteer — drama)
• Spragg, J.A. (Civ. — Havre de Grace Town Councilman — photo)
• Springer, Ann (Civ. — Executive Office; returned from Wildwood vacation — photo and gossip)
• Stanton, H.G. (Col. — Executive Officer, APG — masthead)
• Stein, Annette (Civ. — formerly Ballistic Lab.; baby girl; husband Pvt. Arthur Stein now at BRL — gossip)
• Stein, Arthur (Pvt. — now stationed at BRL at old desk; proud papa of baby girl — gossip)
• Stephenson, A. (Civ. — Ballistic Lab.; measuring device for explosives — photo)
• Stregewski, Walter (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; cooks 384 cans at one time — photo)
• Stuart, Jack (Civ. — Finance; back on job with wolfish gleam — gossip)
• Swearingen, Norine (Mrs. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Taylor, Lee (Civ. — convalescing from appendectomy; expected back soon — gossip)
• Telfer, Margorie (Civ. — sun worshipper at picnic — photo)
• Thompson, Mary Lou (Mrs. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Tome, Ruth (Civ. — attended hot dog roast and birthday party — gossip)
• Treadwell, Myrtle (Civ. — full of pep after vacation — gossip)
• Vann, Wanda (Civ. — attended hot dog roast and birthday party — gossip)
• Von Duyck, Dorothy (Civ. — new face at BRL — gossip)
• Wagner, Beulla (Civ. — C.B. Osborn cannery; runs ears of corn through cutting machine — photo)
• Walker, Curtis M. (Pvt. — former Filtration Plant employee; visited friends at APG while on furlough from Fort Riley, Kansas — gossip)
• Warfee, Robert W. (Civ. — City Clerk, Havre de Grace — photo)
• Waterstreet, Irene (Civ. — Mail & Record messenger; born near Paris; relatives still in France — feature)
• Weber, Col. (Col. — Mrs. Lawrence worked for him 17 years — gossip)
• Weigand, Lt. (Mil. — grabbed off a mate during the month — gossip)
• Wheeler, Charlotte (Civ. — Executive Office — photo with Col. Plume)
• Whisner, Bernice (Civ. — platinum engagement ring; engaged to Milton ‘Bud’ Gerdom — gossip)
• Williams, George (Sgt. — recently returned from overseas; honeymooning with Nola Hutchins — gossip)
• Wolff, Doris (Civ. — Theory Section; leaving for week in South Carolina — gossip)
• Woods, Ruth (Mrs. — office manager in charge of suggestions; occupying desk in Col. Durnford’s office — gossip)
• Wright, Garnet (Mrs. — QM; remaining for duration while husband Chief Warrant Officer cleans up affairs overseas — gossip)
• Zaroodny, Mr. (Civ. — new papa of baby girl — gossip)

Locations

• Annapolis, Maryland — Mary Frances Reid attended Naval Academy Fall Hop
• Atlantic City, New Jersey — George Aro vacationed; Charlotte Sibernagel obtained fine sun-tan
• Bainbridge Naval Training Station, Maryland — Robert McDevitt on leave from there
• Canada — Ethel N. Koontz vacationed; burned by sunburn
• Chesapeake Bay — source of hard crabs for QM crab feast; Havre de Grace situated along it
• Chesapeake City, Maryland — hometown of Amelia Lloyd, cover subject
• Fort Leavenworth, Kansas — Barbara Madsen now splashing about there after resignation
• Fort Riley, Kansas — Pvt. Curtis M. Walker on furlough from there
• France — Billie Powell landed Normandy beaches D-Day plus 2; Irene Waterstreet born near Paris
• Havre de Grace, Maryland — full feature article; population 10,000; home to many APG workers
• Illinois — Dorothy J. Meyers left for native state
• Libya — M-4 tank victory referenced
• Millersville, Pennsylvania — Ann Jamison entering State Teachers’ College
• New York City — Mary Koesters and Louise Bauer returned from there; Mrs. Avery saw Giants-Dodgers series
• Normandy, France — Billie Powell’s D-Day plus 2 landing; letter reprinted
• Russia — M-4 tank victory referenced
• Sandy Point (Spesutia Island), Maryland — site of Ordnance Res. & Dev. Center picnic, August 13
• South Carolina — Doris Wolff vacationing; Edna Parkinson attended wedding there
• Stewartstown, Pennsylvania — hometown of Ann Jamison
• Susquehanna River — Havre de Grace situated at mouth; Lawrence Ryan played semi-pro ball in Susquehanna League
• Waterbury, Connecticut — Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company; Col. Plume now chairman
• Wildwood, New Jersey — Betty Bennington, Ann Springer, Doris Johnson, Minerva McCluine vacationed there

Units

• Army Ordnance Association — Rice Medal awarded to Maj. Gen. Harris; Benedict Crowell president; F.H. Payne awards chairman
• Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG — explosives research feature; blast measurements; new faces welcomed
• B. Osborn Cannery, Aberdeen area — 63-year-old survivor of shoe peg corn industry; 30% pack to Army; 1,200-acre crop
• Ordnance Research & Development Center, APG — picnic at Sandy Point August 13; 900 attendees
• Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company, Waterbury CT — Col. Plume now chairman of board; deals in brass
• Stockham Cannery, Havre de Grace — helps supply food to soldiers and civilians; tomatoes from local farmlands
• Terminal Ballistics Branch, APG — Dr. Sachs head of Blast Section; explosives testing feature
• The Groundhog — Vol. 2 No. 12; September 20 1944; 5 cents; published by Public Relations Office, APG