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moiusst maidensTciiiEJil V. 5- ?»*»*' C?Srlt;(]':]lt;$U'wmi lt;* .e, *. VS-Sl*fsound planning and hard work which you devoted to this program was aii inspiration to all wIhj had the opportunity to work with you. ft was in recognition of this achievement that the Agency presented to you an Outstanding Hating and Sustained Superior Performance Award.”A native Coloradoan, Shaffer was a flying officer of both World War ! and World War If, and also an early day air mail pilot.Mrs. Shaffer is the former Helen Hopkins of Greeley. She was principal of the Franklin Ele-rnentnry School before the couple moved to Buttle Creek.“Our office will soon be complcjciy auiomafed, Miss Pringle, this is the new boy in the stock room.W. L. Shaffer Will Retire From OCDMWilliam L. Shaffer, director of the Office of Civil Defense Mobilization’s rural artiviiics of-ice in Battle Creek, Mich., will retire Aug. 20 and return io his farm home north of Greeley.Shaffer was .the Colorado farmer who developed and administered the nation's vast rural civil defense program for the office of Civil Defense. He has been with the OCDM and its predecessor, the Federal Civil Defense Administration, since Sept, wits.Traveled Widely While directing OCDM's nationwide educational program to inform rural Americans in non-target areas of the threat of radio active fallout and protective measures they could, take, Shaffer traveled widely and became known throughout ihe United States. :His program reached into more than 3,000 counties and found widespread acceptance, His proram materials were acclaimed by slate- and county civil defense officials.Organized Operation WelcomeShaffer first attained national notice in civil defense in 1554 when he organized and conducted Operation Welcome in Colorado. This was a test of the Weld County Civil Defense organization in which several hundred simulated evacuees from the Denver area were received and processedin Weld County, Evacuees were assigned to rural homes for the assumed period of the emergencyCivil defense will remain a posi tive activity in Shaffer’s retire ment Mure. He has established art office as nuclear survival consultant here and has negotiated franchises for the sale of fallout shelters and other survival equipment.Commenting on Shaffer’s retirement, OCDM Director Fratik B. Ellis said, “When I delegated the rural information program, which you pioneered, to the secretary of agriculture earlier this year, it was a satisfaction to know that we were turning over a going operation,The fact that your efforts inspired 1,800,000 people to learn about the threat of radioactive fallout ami how to meet it. is record of which you can be proud The extraordinary dedicationPennNEVER BE AND NEVI9JNBEI
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Tue, Aug 15, 1961
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