Standpipe and GOC

Anyone have comments about the Standpipe or GOC?

Here is a link to previous discussions:
Standpipe
GOC & GOCA

Note from Marvin Oster, left in the Guestbook

Nice Blog site. I peek in here once in awhile.

I enjoyed the articles on the STANDPIPE. I miss seeing it when I pass through. If that old standpipe could talk, it would have many stories to tell. I had the privilege? of going inside it each year to help my dad clean it. I also had the fun of clinbing it to paint over the graffiti left on it each year by the departing senior class.

Does anyone have any information on GOC? (Ground Observer something) I think. I know a building was moved in near the standpipe in the 50's and people would take shifts watching the sky for aircraft at night.
Fun stuff. Would like to hear more about GOC if anyone remembers.

MarvO said it

Haigler Standpipe

Hi -- This is a postcard I purchased. The back has written

"Here is the Water Works tank at Haigler which is 63 ft. high and 12 ft. across. They have curbs 10 ft. from the side walks and have this sown to blue grass which they water from the tank, it certainly looks fine in the summer, it and the trees together ".

-- Linda (Harford) Jones

Goca

Just wonder if anyone remembers Goca, where we used to go up to the standpipe, we had a little shack up there and listen and watch for airplanes, then we called in some where to report the planes.

I can remember doing this and we got awards for the amount of hours put in. It was called the Ground Observers Corp of America I believe. I used to go and serve my time a lot with Myrna Oster.


-- Claudine (Wiley) Sterner