REGIONAL INSECT CONTROL PROJECT - (RICP)

 
          THESE PAGES ARE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE REGIONAL INSECT
                  CONTROL PROJECT,  AND ARE DEDICATED TO  JACK  W.  MILLER,
                         CHARLES  'AL'  TEMPLE  AND  DONALD  A.  DAVIS  OF RICP,
                                   AND TO GILBERT CLANCY OF MITCHELL-COTTS/
                                       TENDAHO PLANTATION. ALL INFORMATION
                                            AND PHOTOGRAPHS WERE PROVIDED
                                                 BY DON AND SUE DAVIS, AND THE
                                                          FAMILIES OF AL TEMPLE
                                                               AND JACK MILLER

                                               CLICK PHOTOS FOR A LARGER VIEW

              L to R   DON DAVIS, AL TEMPLE, GILBERT CLANCY AND JACK MILLER  

              Gilbert Clancy was Plantation Manager of the Mitchell-Cotts/Tendaho Cotton
                                      Plantation in the Awash/Afar Region of East Africa.

           

L TO R:  STANDING  -- WILLIAM PIERCE, CALVIN FRANKLIN, SHANNON WILSON, JAMES COURTRIGHT,  FLOURNOY PHILIPS,  NED POWERS,  WILBERT RIDGWAY,        LEO IVERSON,      EDWARD MILLET,        DONALD DAVIS,        CARL SHIPMAN,          DUANE BARTHOLF,    CHARLES BROWN
  
LOWER ROW: ARTHUR 'TIM' WOLFE,   JOSEPH ZEGLEN,   CHARLES 'AL'TEMPLE,    PHILIP SCHROEDER,   JACK MILLER,   ARTHUR KAATZ

                                           REGIONAL   INSECT   CONTROL   PROJECT
                                                                                RICP
                                                                             
                                                             

Staffing                                                    Name                                                 Remarks

Washington, D. C.
Asst. to Dir. Foreign Tech.
Programs, PPCD, ARS                         Edson J. Hambleton                        1/1 - 3/29
                                                                                                                      (RICP 1951 - 1964)

Assistant Director PPCD, ARS          Leo G. K. Iverson                           3/29 - 12/31

           
Beirut, Lebanon Coordinator              Roland Q. Gardenhire                      1/1 - 4/7
Coordinator                                            Wilbert O. Ridgway                        4/8 - 12/31
Reg. Plant Quar. Spec.                         William H. Pierce
Entomologist                                           Charles R. Brown                           6/7 - 12/31
Administrative Officer                          Joseph J. Zeglen
Secretary                                                 Willie Jo Vickers
Secretary                                                 Lisa Katmerian 

Kabul, Afghanistan
Entomologist                                          Edward R. Millet  

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Entomologist                                          Philip M. Schroeder
Entomologist                                          Duane E. Bartholf
Chief Pilot                                              Calvin C. Franklin                         6/3 - 12/31 Pilot                                                         Charles A. Temple
Pilot                                                         Donald A. Davis
Pilot                                                         Jack W. Miller  

Asmara, Ethiopia
Entomologist                                         Wilbert O. Ridgway                          1/1 - 3/2
   
Tehran, Iran Entomologist                 Shannon W. Wilson
Pilot                                                        Calvin C. Franklin                           1/1 - 6/2
Pilot                                                        James C. Courtright                   10/18 - 12/31  

Khartoum, Sudan 
Entomologist                                         Arthur Kaatz
Pilot                                                        Ned R. Powers
Pilot                                                        Carl A. Shipman
Pilot                                                        Arthur T. Wolfe                            3/26 - 12/31

Ankara, Turkey
Entomologist                                         Flournoy M. Philips


TO READ ABOUT RICP PRIOR TO 1965 CLICK HERE

INSTRUCTOR PILOT JACK MILLER, STUDENT PILOT GETCHEW HABTE, INSTRUCTOR PILOT DON DAVIS AND STUDENT PILOT YEDETA DAY IN FRONT OF RICP SPRAY AIRPLANE N9854F.

INSTRUCTOR PILOT JACK MILLER WITH STUDENT PILOT GETCHEW HABTE.  AUG. 1964

INSTRUCTOR DON DAVIS WITH STUDENT PILOT YEDETA DAY.  AUG. 1964

JACK MILLER AND DON DAVIS WITH STUDENT PILOTS YEDETA DAY AND GETACHU HABTE RECEIVING TRAINING ON SPRAY APPARATUS OF THE RICP PIPER CUB.

INSTRUCTORS DON DAVIS AND JACK MILLER INSPECTING THE ____________ SPRAY APPARATUS ON RICP PIPER CUB.

RICP/REGIONAL AERIAL-HEADQUARTERS ETHIOPIA UNIT AIRCRAFT--3 CESSNA 185's, 5 PIPER PH-18-A's

RICP AIRCRAFT SPRAYING IN AUGUST 1964  JACK MILLER LEAD AIRCRAFT
DON DAVIS IN REAR AIRCRAFT

RICP AIRCRAFT SPRAYING IN AUGUST 1964.  JACK MILLER LEAD AIRCRAFT--DON DAVIS IN REAR AIRCRAFT

TIM WOLFE, SEEN HERE REFUELING WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE AEROCOMMANDER THAT MAPPING MISSION LEASED FROM TONY BESSE OF DJIBOUTI. MR. WOLFE TRANSITIONED FROM RICP/DESERT LOCUST CONTROL SUDAN TO MAPPING MISSION AFTER THE COMPLETION OF ACTIVITIES IN SUDAN IN 1965.