. QST . ector: Pacific DivisionHARRY M. ENGWICHT. ... ... ... .W6HC 770 Chapman, San Jose 26, : Roanoke Division P LANIER ANDERSON, JR W4MWH 428 Maple Lane, Danville, Va. Vice-Director: Theodore P. Mathewson . . W4FJ 110 N. Colonial Richmond, Va. Rocky Mountain Division CLAUDE M. MAER. JR ■,, ....W0IC 740 Lafayette St., Denver. ( olo. Vice-Director: Walter M. Reed W0WRO 1355 E. Amherst Circle, Denver, C olo. Southeastern Division JAMES P. BORN, JR • •• ■ .W4ZD 25 First Ave., , Atlanta. Ga. Vice-Director: Randall E. Smith •■■■■■•• .W4DQA 902 Plaza Court, Orlando, Fl


. QST . ector: Pacific DivisionHARRY M. ENGWICHT. ... ... ... .W6HC 770 Chapman, San Jose 26, : Roanoke Division P LANIER ANDERSON, JR W4MWH 428 Maple Lane, Danville, Va. Vice-Director: Theodore P. Mathewson . . W4FJ 110 N. Colonial Richmond, Va. Rocky Mountain Division CLAUDE M. MAER. JR ■,, ....W0IC 740 Lafayette St., Denver. ( olo. Vice-Director: Walter M. Reed W0WRO 1355 E. Amherst Circle, Denver, C olo. Southeastern Division JAMES P. BORN, JR • •• ■ .W4ZD 25 First Ave., , Atlanta. Ga. Vice-Director: Randall E. Smith •■■■■■•• .W4DQA 902 Plaza Court, Orlando, Fla. Southwestern Division WALTER R. JOOS v ■ , • h -i r^.n?^^ 1315 N. overhill Drive, Inglewood 3, C : Robert E. Hopper. . ... W6YXU 4327 Santa Cruz. San Diego 7, C alit. West Gulf Division nORKRT F COWAN W5CF 3640 Encanto Drive, Fort Worth 9, Texas Vice-Director: John F. Skelton ... .^^ . . W5MA 1901 Standish Dr., Irving, Texas It Seems to IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST . . We write this just a week after a flooddisaster ravaged our Northeast, still aghastat the tragedy of loss of life and property,vet with a growing feeUng of pride in beinga member of the body of amateur radio whichdid such a magnificent job of providing vitalemergency communication. This brief tribute will be woefully incom-plete. In the true tradition of service, amateurshave been too busily engaged in disaster workto take time out to inform Hq. of their manyaccomphshments. Yet our own experience,even though Umited almost entirely to the twospot frequencies housing the Connecticutphone and nets, makes it thoroughlyevident that amateurs throughout the disasterareas banded together in the public interest,convenience and necessity, whether they armbands and manned the Radio AmateurCivil Emergency Service organization, orserved strictly as amateurs in the various sec-tion and regional nets. A full week after thefirst alert, many are still at thei


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