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The Church had grown so much that a building at 926 C Street, right around the corner from the 10th Avenue site, was leased.  It was much larger, with a second story towards the rear of the building and an unused basement full of junk.  I was discharged from the Navy on May 18, 1973 and went to work full time at the San Diego Org.  As staff pay was a pittance I had to enroll onto California's unemployment rolls in order to pay my rent and living expenses.  On June 3, 1973, the Church put on an event at the 10th Avenue location.  Our guest entertainer was Marilyn Ellis, from Celebrity Centre.  I was at my desk, still working as a test grader/evaluator when she entered the building.  She stopped to talk to me and helped me fold some papers.  That small gesture prompted me to write a poem to her, I wonder if she still remembers it?
 
The Church had grown so much that a building at 926 C Street, right around the corner from the 10th Avenue site, was leased.  It was much larger, with a second story towards the rear of the building and an unused basement full of junk.  I was discharged from the Navy on May 18, 1973 and went to work full time at the San Diego Org.  As staff pay was a pittance I had to enroll onto California's unemployment rolls in order to pay my rent and living expenses.  On June 3, 1973, the Church put on an event at the 10th Avenue location.  Our guest entertainer was Marilyn Ellis, from Celebrity Centre.  I was at my desk, still working as a test grader/evaluator when she entered the building.  She stopped to talk to me and helped me fold some papers.  That small gesture prompted me to write a poem to her, I wonder if she still remembers it?
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That June I was sent to the Excalibur, based in San Pedro, for the Sea Org training course, Product Zero.  While on the Excalibur I met Pat Maroshek (the person on the left) of Back Pocket who was also doing Product Zero.
  
 
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Howard Dickman
Image Howard98.jpg
Country USUnited States. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).
State OK
City Chandler
Postal Code 74834
Email BlkC5vette@aol.com

My involvement with the Church of Scientology was from August of 1972 to December of 1977 when I routed off, per policy, of staff at the Church of Scientology of San Diego. I was also a member of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)., having spent time on the DPF and RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) aboard the T.S.M.Y. Excalibur. My article about my time on the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) is here - RPF on the Excalibur.

What remains with me today, from my experience with Scientology, is the camaraderie of all the wonderful staff members that I have had the pleasure to serve or interact with. The work that I do for this site is dedicated to all those Scientologist's, (past, present, future, in or out), who I have been lucky enough to have known.

Now that I have finished Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch's bio I find myself with time to write about my own experiences in Scientology. I last practiced Scientology in 1977 and have lived in Oklahoma since 1978, far away from anything related to Scientology. I live and own a business in the county seat of our area. As such I count among my close friends the professionals from within and around this county; the doctors, the lawyers, the politicians, the bankers and others. I have accomplished many good things for my community and Oklahoma. I belong to many good organizations throughout the United States which has garnered for me many friends scattered far and wide. I only write this paragraph to make a statement that I am more than a label of being an ex-Scientologist or a kool-aid drinker.

What I want to accomplish here is a view of what it was like to be a staff member at a Class IVHubbard Advanced Auditor. (Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) Org during the 70's. There are volumes and volumes of stories about bad treatment at the hands of Scientology, of which I believe to be true. While we, at the Church of Scientology of San Diego, were not a Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Church, although many of our staff were Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). members, we did not experience the same fate as those staff members who worked on Scientology Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). ships or in land based OrgsShort for organization. (HCO PL 8 Sept 69).

If you care to read about a snapshot of the life of a Scientology staff member here is my story.

My introduction to Scientology

In August, 1972, I was a naval student at the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare School in San Diego, California. On August 7, I was walking down Broadway when Maureen Turner approached me, handed me a handout, and asked if I wanted to take a personality test. As I had nothing better to do I followed this lovely lady to Carl Barney’s Scientology Coordinated Services mission at 1052 10th Avenue.
The Scientology handout that introduced me to Scientology
After taking the personality test I enrolled onto the Communication course and bought the book “Dianetics1. DIA (Greek) through, NOUS (Greek) mind, deals with a system of mental image pictures in relation to psychic (spiritual) trauma. The mental image pictures are believed on the basis of personal revelation to be comprising mental activity created and formed by the spirit, and not by the body or brain. (BPL 24 Sept 73 V) 2. Dn addresses the body. Thus Dn is used to knock out and erase illnesses, unwanted sensations, misemotion, somatics, pain, etc. Dn came before Scn. It disposed of body illness and the difficulties a thetan was having with his body. (HCOB 22 Apr 69)...more, the Modern Science of Mental Health”. Due to my training in electronics I quickly understood Hubbard’s explanation of the mind3. a network of communications and pictures, energies and masses, which are brought into being by the activities of the thetan versus the physical universe or other thetans. The mind is a communication and control system between the thetan and his environment. (FOT, p. 56)...MORE. That night after starting to read DMSMHDianetics the Modern Science of Mental Health words flooded into my head about what I was experiencing. I quickly wrote them down, lest they would escape me (see my Scientology poem in the picture gallery below).

I graduated the Communication CourseGives people a reality on Scientology and teaches communication formula by dummy auditing. (HCOB 5 Apr 73) on August 28, 1972; my course cert was signed by Peggy Spurlock and Bill Griffith. I then retook another personality test before enrolling onto the HQSAbbreviation for Hubbard Qualified Scientologist. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) Course. I used a blank OCA test to graph my before and after results (see picture of it in the gallery below).

Dick Coanda, an associate professor of English at the University of San Diego, was my course supervisor for the HQSAbbreviation for Hubbard Qualified Scientologist. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) Course. He was a great teacher, who by the way grew up just a few miles from where I grew up. On September 16, 1972 I traveled, with staff members from the mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R), to a Scientology event in Los Angeles. I was memorized by the sight of Daina Hubard Horwich with her long red hair as she spoke to the audience. I watched as Quentin Hubbard performed an auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) demonstration on stage. We had great seats, to the right and back from the stage. During all this time I was still studying at my classes at the navy base. On September 22, 1972 I was promoted to E-4 Sonar Technician. On December 15, 1972, I graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Sonar Electronics Intermediate course at the top of my class. I felt that my studies in Scientology had helped me garner this award. During the Christmas holidays the Scientology mission decorated its front windows, of which I took a picture (see below). On December 28, 1972 I graduated the HQSAbbreviation for Hubbard Qualified Scientologist. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) Course. My certificate was signed by Dee Johnson and Bill Griffith.

Introduction to Scientology picture gallery

  • A poem I wrote about Scientology, August 7 1972.

  • My Communication CourseGives people a reality on Scientology and teaches communication formula by dummy auditing. (HCOB 5 Apr 73) graduation certificate.

  • My OCA tests, before and after the Comm Course.

  • Dick Coanda in the 70's.

  • Scientology event, September 16, 1972.

  • My navy promotion to E-4.

  • Head of my class certification.

  • San Diego Scientology Mission, Christmas 1972.

  • My HQSAbbreviation for Hubbard Qualified Scientologist. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) graduation certificate.

My life as a staff member of Scientology

Right after graduating from the HQSAbbreviation for Hubbard Qualified Scientologist. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) Course I signed a five year staff contract with Carl Barney's San Diego Scientology Mission.

After graduation I also purchased a block of 25 hours of Scientology auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975). The mission hired Larry Little, a Class VI auditor1. one who listens and computes; a Scn practitioner. 2. one who has been trained in the technology of Scn. An auditor applies standard technology to preclears. 3. a person who through church training becomes skilled in the successful application of Dn and Scn to his family, friends and the public to achieve the ability gained as stated on the Gradation Chart for his class of training...more based out of Los Angeles, as my auditor1. one who listens and computes; a Scn practitioner. 2. one who has been trained in the technology of Scn. An auditor applies standard technology to preclears. 3. a person who through church training becomes skilled in the successful application of Dn and Scn to his family, friends and the public to achieve the ability gained as stated on the Gradation Chart for his class of training...more. What Larry did for me was a very positive thing. I was raised as a Lutheran and was at the top of my confirmation class. I recall sitting in class, at 12 years old, wondering whyThat basic outness found which will lead to a recovery of stats. (HCO PL 13 Oct 70 II) I was here now and to these parents and knowing that religion could never truly answer my questions. In Larry's capable hands my questions were answered and I will always be in debt to him for giving me that gift.

On January 20, 1973, as I was using the head (bathroom) at the naval base, words again flooded into my head. I had to immediately write them down on toilet paper (the navy paper was tough enough for me to do that). Those thoughts cemented my decision to do Scientology full time (see my Scientology poem in the picture gallery below). During this time there was a Church of Scientology in La Jolla which I had visited on occasion. It had been established on April 8, 1971 by Robert Fell II and Gary and Janet Lawrence. There were rumors around that the church and the center were going to merge. The rumors were true as the Church of Scientology of La Jolla and Carl Barney’s San Diego Mission merged to become the Church of Scientology of San Diego on February 9, 1973.

This is when I met the incomparable Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch, the commanding officer of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre.
Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch
Here I was, a poor young navy sailor, very new to Scientology, working as a lowly personality test grader at the mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R). I remember this like it happened yesterday. I was sitting at my desk grading a personality test when I saw a lady walk through the front door. I had just glanced up for a second and had went back to grading when that lady stopped directly in front of my desk. She introduced herself as Yvonne and we talked for a few minutes as if we had been lifelong friends. She was our guest speaker for the grand opening of the Church of Scientology of San Diego and I was the first person she talked to when she first arrived. Mere words cannot describe what a truly wonderful person she was.

The Scientology Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). ship, the Excalibur, docked in San Diego during the grand opening of the San Diego Org. What a beautiful white ship it was! A lovely lady, whose first name was Kenda, was one of the ship’s crew members. Wow, I thought, if this is what it’s like to be a Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). member where do I sign up? Sign up I did, for one billion years!

As part of our staff training in San Diego we had to make a copy of the Church’s organizing boardA board that shows what functions are done in the org, the order they are done in, and who is responsible for getting them done. (HCO Admin Ltr 30 Jul 75). In the picture gallery below is my March, 1973, copy of the board. I had been assigned as "Testing in Charge" with Sue Gallagher as my senior. On April 6, 1973 the Church of Scientology of San Diego published a list of all who were staff members. They included the following people;

Lindy Allen, Michael Bailey, Ray Beeson, Janet Blackburn, Blake Bowen, Larry Brancato, Daniel Brandis, Becky Burns, Teresa Christiansen, Dave Clark, Dorothy Crosby, Bob Crafton, Don Crom, Howard Dickman, Todd Fifield, Joe Fowles, Sue Gallagher, David Gillilan, Bill Griffith, David Hamilton, Tad Hammer, Dietz Harris, Bob Hill, Dee Johnson, Eric Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, Michael Karpinsky, Jerry Kirk, Jeff Kroth, Gary Lawrence, Janet Lawrence, John Loftus, Fauna Lucas, Tom Mallan, Victor Martychenko, Nancy Maston, Eugene Miller, Donna Mulliner, Bob Pierce, Mark Pisani, Don Pelton, Edie Pope, Jerry Pope, Leonard Romans, Clint Seiter, Elaine Schuman, Doug Swanson, Craig Theis, Dave Thomas, Phillip Thomas, Dave Thompson, Glen Thompson, John Town, Clyde Trent, Steve Vasing, Jerry Walker, Tom Wallek and Gary Webber.

The Church had grown so much that a building at 926 C Street, right around the corner from the 10th Avenue site, was leased. It was much larger, with a second story towards the rear of the building and an unused basement full of junk. I was discharged from the Navy on May 18, 1973 and went to work full time at the San Diego Org. As staff pay was a pittance I had to enroll onto California's unemployment rolls in order to pay my rent and living expenses. On June 3, 1973, the Church put on an event at the 10th Avenue location. Our guest entertainer was Marilyn Ellis, from Celebrity Centre. I was at my desk, still working as a test grader/evaluator when she entered the building. She stopped to talk to me and helped me fold some papers. That small gesture prompted me to write a poem to her, I wonder if she still remembers it?

That June I was sent to the Excalibur, based in San Pedro, for the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). training course, Product Zero. While on the Excalibur I met Pat Maroshek (the person on the left) of Back Pocket who was also doing Product Zero.

Life as a staff member picture gallery

  • Larry Little in the 70's.

  • My poem of January 20, 1973.

  • Articles of Incorporation for La Jolla Org.

  • Announcement of the grand opening of the San Diego Org.

  • My picture of the Excalibur docked in San Diego, February 1972.

  • San Diego Org Board, March 1973.

  • Staff list, San Diego Org, April 1973.

  • My poem to Marilyn Ellis.

  • Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). ship, the Excalibur.

  • Back Pocket.

My stint on the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434)

Articles

Pictures

  • Howard Dickman, RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434) Excalibur, Fall 1974

  • Howard Dickman, August 22, 1975

  • The staff of the Church of Scientology of San Diego, November, 1976

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