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Guardsmen Heading For Camp Saturdayaccomplishm* their aaafgmed too.: minions.Units of the 45th Field Artillery Group going to camp are:1st Battalion 158th Field Artillery, which has the eight-inch self-propelled howitzer. The battalion has units in Lawton. Anadarko.Duncan, and Chiekasha.Others Going Also going will be the 2nd Battalion 158th Field Artil lery (Honest John), with units in Oklahoma City.Marlow, Walters, and Heald-Adair County Fair Set for Sept. 2-3The 1st Battalion. 171st Field Artillery, a target acquisition unit, will be sending units from Altus. Hollis. Mangum. Hobart. Elk City. Kingfisher. Guthrie, and Watonga.Also attending with the Artillery Group will be the 1st Battalion 189th Field Artillery with units in Enid. Blackwell. Alva. Tonkawa. and Cherokee. This Battalion us equipped with the 175mm Self Propelled howitzer.* S til well’s National Guards men will be moving out by ednvoy Saturday morning, bound for their annual twaweek summer camp at Fort Chaffee. Ark.The Stilwell and Tahlequah units are part of the 120th Engineers, headquartered in Okmulgee. Other units are at Henryetta. Wagoner. Musko^ gee. and Haskell.They and other guardsmen of the 45th Support Center and 45th Field Artillery Group will be the second large contingent going to Fort Chaffee this year. The 45th Infantry Brigade com pleted two weeks of training there on July 3.Gov David Boren is scheduled to visit Ft. Chaffee during the two-week encampment to see the guardsmen in action.Reviews CancelledWhen Boren became governor, he cancelled the Governor's Day reviews which had been held at past camps and ■chose instead to visit the guardsmen when they are on the job performing their training.During the two-week encampment. some units will take Army Training Tests to check their proficiency atDates of Sept. 2 and 3 were chosen for the Adair County Fair at the state park near Stilwell during a meeting of the fair board.Mrs Regina Ruckman. Fairest of the Fair contest chairman, said her committee plans to hold the annual competition Saturday. Aug, 28.Several girls are planning to enter the competition this year. Mrs Ruckrnan said.Details of the contest will be announced soon.The fair board said all classes of livestock, in both junior and open classes, are planned, just as last year.Voters to Register By Aug. 13
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Stilwell Democrat Journal
Stilwell, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Jul 29, 1976
Page 11
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