July 18, 1956
Officials Check Supplies For Test Alert
Preparing for the Thursday civil defense test “operation alert,” Yamhill County CD officials assemble supplies for an emergency hospital at Memorial School where volunteers serving as casualties will be treated at the hospital to test medical department facilities. From the left are Dr. H.C. Menkel, county CD director; Jack Beeler, supply officer; Fred Muhs, purchasing agent, and Dr. John Manning head of the Memorial School emergency hospital. The state CD truck has been loaned to Yamhill County for the test alert and contains complete supplies needed in establishing the emergency hospital.