CAA CAMERA FANS URGED

TO ENTER PHOTC CONTEST

CIVA!R Cl-/f..lS TMAS DANCE

TC JE LONC:. CRESS AFFAIR

CAJ.. ladies will be sble to tc.'.:e their / fem.a ls out of c,ot h balis a;,.:1 dress up

·e;ra ;:,:1y Contest, according to ("/alt Sr:. ith, I ne::t mar.th-, as the Civair 8 Club's cocirJittee cha irman, 1aho reninded C.\.A · Christnas Oarice, Dece~be r 12, 'riil l :>e a ca::iera fans to hurry and suomit ent r ies .I lorit; dress affair, accordin:s 'co Lt>rgaret be.fore the Decer.,ber 10 deadlir.e. / Silliman, co-c:iainnan.

Only a very entc red in the

fe·:; pictures have bee n Civair 8 Club's Photo-

-",Tith suci1 s large nunoer of amateur I phot6G;ra:,hers in both the field and '.:e- J

gior1a l Of:.'"'ice ot CAP.. the ~oor sho;·;ing J

to date is veq disa ppoi:lting;," L:r. Smit_h said, '· It se~rns most ?eople ere I hesitatine; ·;;o su.·,rnit pict•1res be c:>.l'.se they fet? 1 ·;.;oo i:1~.ny experts will be com- -1

petinr, , so :.'1onica l ly enough ws,_•ve :s'.l-d a1mo-;t l".o c~'l'~-L' ics.

'· If e\1''€try car.:era fan in- CA.A turned in just one or t":·.'o of his best s>.?t ::i , \"te

could have ·an e:: cellent coritest, Co:,:ie ­tition is still rt ide open and t:ie C:e~,d­line is the "\;e"th of December , " he said.

All CA.A e,.::,loyees are eliisible to submit pi ctures in ar..y or all of t!i.e foUr class ific:itions J :>la ck and ·vt!lite scer.ics and candids and color s ce,1ics and candids. Color pictures m?.j' be p"rint7 or trar..spar0ncies. A first . ~rize of -~5 and first and se cond honor aJ l e me ntion ·:rill be '" ', ard·ed i n each classi­fication. An •addit i ona 1 ~5 will be awerded to the over-all be s t pictu r e .

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i7in,,int; contestanbs in the black and v1hite classifications wil l also receive an ll-by-14 inch mour.ted enla:-gment of their :,rize ~:itri c s. Er-.tries shoulcl. be suJmitteC.: to i'falt Smit h, Photo Ulb, Ref, 8 -55,

The ball will be held in Pior,e~r Hell and will start at 9 :30 PE a,:',c Inst ,mtil 1:30 AU, Tickets, includin:; a&nissi·cm and refreshrr.ents, will be :; l.50 ea~h.

Other committe e members a re: George l(arabelnikoff, co-chainnan; Robert ", i/il l iams , ;;(! Fis!le r, Bill Tl10..ias , Lanson r'.:,rve-y. and Gi l Joynt, refrea:-ae:ots; Bill Forres"t 1 tickets; Ke n l\311:rier, Jerry :Io•::e r d and Elnier· Titus, clean-u?; and -Bill Clayton, Dick Past:-o, '.Ieien Gul--lings and Art:ielle Evans, decoretions.

CAA FAMILY IN CRASH A CAA communicator at J,,n,,au and his

fa.'7! ily ·,,,ere ar,;ong the lD r,ersons killed in the crash_ of a Fan kerican DC-4 on Armette Island Octobe r 26, They ere J ohn Richa,-d Robb, :i.is ·r1ife Peggy and their beby deu:;hter J ill.

The Robb' s we r e_.-- return~l'.!:; :rom ~n.'lual leave , du r i ng ..,,hich the)' he.cl v is i ted Mr . ::!obi) 1 S f amily in Roches·cer, ]ie,1 for:C, a nd Hrs. Rob0' s _far.:ily i n ;verett, . Wash.

lir. Robb '!las 24 years olci · and f'i rst -came t o ·::o r:C for the CAA Je,mar:• _l, 1946 in the Eighth region at Ju,,eau, .,l'.e ,,as disotiari;ed from the Na vy AuQ-1st 20, 194.5· nith the rating of a first class radio man, having s e rved from I.larch of 1942.

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Cl\iIL A:::.:)::: .. t.-.::c3 .. ·1.~!~1:;12:?~.r ... to?r j Anc'1orc.:;e, Alask.A.

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NEW COMMISSARY SYSTEM Succes~ of the ne·-n ·"caShn- sy-ter,: !101"."

bein<0 2:-·ce .. ,lished et. ell field ccr.r•is~:l­ries'" deper.ds largely: o~ ·· !J:TIC'8 scr~din: in requisitions, lettert of trans~ittnl an-~ monE-y correspondirl[ ex~Cily ii.: na.:-:es &!1d· a~cunts, uccor~inr, to Norm Loncr..­st"E?in, Ccr.nP.1isse_ry h_ead.

Dt!rin: th~ pa.st fev; r.,onths, officials sa)· trv:::r :ic.ve not received one end-of­th49-!!lonth re~ort fror.i :the four ~tatio~s e lreafy on t~te rieyv system which .,-;as ccr­i-e ct. Either che·· totals of the reqt•isi-· t.io!is, l~t·ce.r ·of transroitt11l anc'. ,ccncy are not the same;· . ·,purcl-.ases are li:,'ced on the, transr.iitj;~l letter for ·;: '.1ic'.~ thsre A.re no· requisi,tioho• or mcney; req­uisitior,s an(l mor.oy are· sent in for v:hich t~1erc i6. no: l,i-sting on the letter of transr.ii·tta,l or<ar..y 1r.1r.10or of _o·C!wr com".)ina :..:;iof!.s of e.-rrots. · This ne cess i­tot.'9s rec'..1e.c~.:in('.;. of. all purchases, r eto­tallir.,, oi' o.l) pa.pe.rs ir,volv2.d a,cd ac;,:~­i:lo.:::.c.l. ·1ch.F\1\-:;eis . bei-nr.·:..' .. riiace· to t:!c :i''} ~·--· cha:ers, or 1~oney bein[ cre::!itc:H~ to t~1Cii' accoU.i.:t~, as the case .. :ay be.

·;·.ri t:, 8.11. t:1e field." cc:rtmi·ssa rie~ GOi~~-G on :r;;1.e ne 1; • .- system, · if :i'!or:.t~ly a~c0t1.:i.~"is are not ser..t iri correctly, ':JoO!G:eepinb ,;t the Rei;ional <1or.:Missary will become a kost ir.iposs io le, :Jue to t h-e slow mail. ~ervice to rn~ny st::-tions, it is not fce.­si:J.le to ·ser:.d ·· 811 the money, reqy.lsi­+, im,s nnd tr!jn·si,.ittol letters '.:lac!: to th-J st~d;ioi~s for· corr'e ~tion.

In order :a.I'. the new syater.i ·' to ,1orlc well, . it i3 · i."!l~rative for-~J.:TIC's t6 ~e:.~:;: 'J r.c.rt9.in of ~he follow:i!lb _,.·:ho:i t>.eJ·

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se'r;d in the p,i·y:cents and covering pape-rs to ti1e Recional Cor:lI!liss~ r-y ·at t!1e. e~d or eac h montr.:

1) tr.et the tote.ls of the requisi­tions, the total on the let·C·er of tran~­r:,ittal and the totc.l a:·,1ot:nt of money (checks and mo:1ey o:-c'ers) is in exact ae;!"eement, and

2) that there is a check or ::ionoy 0:-­der end a _requisiti0n, id~:iticel ic ~·;.~cunt and na_m8, ·ror eP.ch purchase list­ed on t~1.:· ietter ·of tranzmittnl.

Establishreent of the new "cnsh" sys­tsm in all field comr-.issaries bec~mes effe~tive ·sith t '.'le i_ss'cJJ.~-G of Parts I a~d II of 0 man~e.l of instruction.G pre ... ::iared by t~.e Cnrrutissar:,· as :;,art bf the new .book . of Adninistrative Publications.

pert .I d;els with the r;enz,sl policy ar..~ Ap~rpose or ··t:h~ Commis:a r:.' r.n:I PB.rt II cp.,,ers instructions to i'.:.eld pe!"son­

.P..31 '[:or Con~u1issar:· ~,u:..~c.'.. "'.n.ses. I!1 t-he lie'3.r future, Part III, covc::rin:::_ action at th$ Ales,:a. Supply Section, and Fart IV, c.Overing action et :C~!.~ Rec;ional Co:a­~issary \'ill be added to the nanUal~

Prices for commissary ·i~e;ns are the ss.rne at esch s~.;,tion an( n-r3 _listed in a ~atelo~'3 issued sevsrsl tii:'!'3S ,a .year by the Regional Con,nissar.1. ·The:: ar~ JaseC. on mirdrnum retail prices ~71 · },JJ.~:i.orvbe, in accc!"<lance ·:.,ith Depart:.1ellt qf Com­merce Order No, 3(). It is ,10,;2d t;o is­sc.e the cata lae:ue quart ·- dy. in . the · f,1-

t_ure so as to t _ake i!"i.to accou~~ "tlu_ctue­ti6r.. s in ·.i:h6le·ia le , .prices, ., hlr. I'..ov:eri­Ste:i.i1 s·aid ..

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The followinl'. · co=.unicator ·. ·. appointcents ·and seleCt.l..0.~s

recen_;i.;ly ~1a'U'e· _been··:r.ade: : ..

,<\PPOINTEZKTS , Patric!: De.ley

, .".' Den,-:is Belfy / Jose;,i, Pacue.tte

,fill iam C:urns Otha Lassiter. Jcihrt Eroe Gerald "Root Em,ud Hiliiard Annando De Jesus Leo T'.1oennes Dona1C: Dt:boys Marshall Davis

· Donald Grenseman. Clifford Burst

·Gor·don I!'<).rs~ IJarold Jester Loo Carofano. Geort;e 'i/oddel-1

~ Joseph Lacroix - Williem Jones

Robert Logan GeorGe Gillingham

- Joseph Frydlo _Eud Dodge Fred Vanderbosch Mil·::on Schabel Richard lli1ls Lo'i:"e·n Lasiter Fra~~;: Va ,;ro C!-i.a.rJ.es I:aon Kear.i.ey Benefiel Henry s-~e ck Geor~ Wood lJ,;rcus Levy Albert Gray Ferdiriand .Koetz

SELECTIORS A; Dufresne (a-sc;.COl.!~ Frances Lb':Jott {~r:.A) Zelda :Sic'"Cs . ·· Frank Scott Ma1J.ricc :rew Eu;ene Litz Francis Johnson (as CACOM) J oama !Ioll ie r ( Dahnub) Otto Unger (as CACOt'.) John l.lattson (::;;RAC) Victor Vinson (ERAC) William Fov,ler (ER~C) Ric;.ard T:imnerhoff (Er.AC) Richard Stein (ERAC)

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STENOC:RAPI-IIC PCXJL BEGUN

FOR JH~EE D1VISl0NS

A 'stenographic pool comoining deri­c;l help'and st~.t,ion files for thre" di­

·visi.ons. in the Reg1onal Ofcice, went in-, "to effect !Iovem'Jer 17 • Offices affe~tcd arc the maintenance divis!.ous of both t!-e Co=unications and. Flant ahi Struct:.ires '.;,ranches-. an'! the Com::iunications Opera-, tions division.oft~ Operations branch.

Mrs. A.lice Grossman, fo;-merly of Con­tract and Procurement, i:; in charge of t:ie pool; wM.c,i ·::ill maintain from six to ten ole rk typists anC: stenor:rn ::,he .rs a2 the ,•iO'rk. load demands. All stati,u files fnr each of the t;,re·e d,ivis::o!ls will be ccmbined· from nO'r/ on, according to Not!lan Stowell, cianagement analyst.

"The pool will :u-tilize time wasted under the forn<';r met·:1od W:".en ·clerical help in some divisions were not busy while others had too heavy a work load," l'.r. Stowell said. It will also decrease t:1e n:mber of persons nee-ded and elimi­nat.e duplication of the large station f;i,le·:.,. fomerly kept separately b.y each of the-- three di visions. n

The. pool is under·the. supGrv1s1·on of :v ;E. Knight, chief of the .Plant Rnd Structure~ hlaintenance division, and is '1o·cated in' to.oms 320 ant'. 321 on the sec-9nd · · f'loo·r: ·west. wine: · 01' the Federal uuilding. The chiefs of ·c:1e three divi­s.ions affected "!ill each retain a per­s-p11a l: ·sec reta1?' · ... ,

Richard Penc.e ·. ZZ Ke::i:c.eth Crev,dson P"i>'i: WilliilJn Steward JD Ken,ceth Carl KP rs u 1 Danner HJ.I William Seward RM Joseph Kinney KG Patricia Seifert KG William Mullaly (as OCOM) . HQ. ,;n::.iam Stahlhut (as OCCH) HQ Laurence Ekstedt UW Mildred Horsfall l'W

." Willi~ Avery (a~ SAC:OM) JE

ALMOST JOO A HE ND

·CAA HA.UOW EEN D Al\JC E

'i:he Civair C Club chalked up a!"!ot,~cr cay· Soci~l success Hallmveen niG!:.t ,!":.th it~ Costume dance in Pioneer Hall ;:;::ic!1 was· a_ttended "u~ ·. from 270 to 280 pers o:1s, accord in::; to A .V. Carroll, dance cho.ir­man.

Jore than half · of. those in attendance ca~e in costu;:,es ranging from the ccau­tiful to t:1c ridiculous. Prize fo,· the best woman 13 costume went to Alberta Bigelov1, traffic. clerk at the Anchora::;e Station·, r;ho Has captivatini;, thoush un­recor!1izaOle,, as R sea re crew. ::c:-!.' s prize went to Earry .HAgdahl, ex-CAA ccm­munica'car novr v1ork_inr; for a .local air-1 ines,, ~-rho ~·res equally uP..reco;,sr:izaJle Vlith false teeth, a garishly pn i,rced face anci c: ioarl~. It was not deterc.1\nod exactly rrhat Hr. fiegde.hl. r<Jpresente,::.

The ·idea of a costume ball seened po pule. r with CAA people as most of the costumes were excellent. Frank Swanson, wh6se orc:~estra furnished r.!Usic for the affafr, told committee met.lbers· it ,:ras the best turn-out of costumes h-s has s'le n in Alas!rn.

Al t!10u, ;h more than. half oi' th~ people o.tte~:(i!1c; 2urc::ased their tick~ts at the door~ rual;:ine, it difficult to est:=..'.-10.-·~e t!10 n:.10unt of refreshrncnts· r..eeded, ·:.:;~·1ere seemed. to be a suff'iciency, thar.1:::s to the in!;enui·Gy of Georg:e ~urdeau, ci1iof of rcfres:u::::::~s, an:l hi~ }?.elp~rs, Ric:1-ard !)e)orC., T:1o~as· Cianfrani, Robei-t Knucl:e:i ancl .. Rollert . .Finegold.

oth0rs co~1tributing- to the- -succeGS of the party ,·,ere Ralph \fostover, 6C, ai,d iligene i~r~, ticket- taker~ Special con­me.ndatio;1 ;:;oc,s to i;s,a'rs. Fine gold, Ti·u­d'3BU and Car·roll, who tu·rned ·out cerly · the next r.,o;·nL,~ to clean the hall.

Hitii'!.lir,ht o:'"' t~e da·nce was· the i'ir'3t public pr0:entation of the ne\v Civuii~ 8 Club ha ,1ncr, desir;ned by Robert T. Wil­liar::s·, pcrsoni.:el officer~ About sbc by four feet i:, area, :the banrie.r consists' of a vthite. fie:;i;re· 11 a•r ·u.ith w"ints anc1 the:

WRIGHT AND LANOl-5 THANK

PER.SONN EL FO~ SUGG£ S TION5

A copy of a joint letter fron T.F. 7Iri~ht, ac!.."!linistratci of CAA, $:ind James !J. Landis, chairman of the C,O.B, tha:1king; a ll CAit anci C.~B field persom1el fo:- sug­gestions submitted for tr:e revision of Pe.rt; 60 of the Ci"C'il Air Regulations tt'.iich we!lt into effect October ·s ".VeS ~­cei ved in th.-, Regional Office last montl:.

Part 60 of the Safety Regs deals with air traffic rules for all aircraft and had b'9en u.nde r reYis ion b~r the · C.t.:3 for a~out six ~onths pr:or to adopti0n of the final revision Aue;ust 8-.·

The letter said il'. part, '\"ie wish to thank the field personn3l of the CAA and c:,B for the many constrnctive sugg;es~ tions they v:Jlunteered ,.·theri~ t::is revisi­on was under consideration. Mar.y of; these su;,;gestions ,'1ere incorooratec in the new Fart 60 and we regret· that it vras L.1possible to adopt e.11. the ideas sub:-,itted -- the majority of "hich were very \'a luable, but ::ot applice.ble.

''~he· Regulations as tr..cy nov1 stand re pre sent the best t!1inking of both the industry and our a·gencies and we know that field personnel v:ill display the same fine spirit of cooperation i~ their enfoz·ce,,,ent that hns been s:,own in their revision and that they viill· be uniformly applied throughout all the Regions •.

11As aviation continues to [r'OVI and c:,.ange, it ·tiii.l, of course, be neces~ary to revise this and other !)arts of the Regulations, and ·constri.,ctive sugges­tions for i.ilprovement .of thB Regulations from those ir.timotely· connected with the problem ,•:ill cor.tinue to be ·:relcoir.ed. 11

words "Civair" 'above an:d ';Club'_' below in gold letters:, The backcround of the banner is blue. Special' thanks ··,as also extended by_t~e commttteo to ~arjo~ie Cham:ierlin who cut the r:iaterial for the banner tlnd L:rs. Ralrn Rich ,rho sewed it in order to ~ave '.it reaCy_-for the dance.

TE LET Y PE ANO 1/.AOrO RANGE

CLASSES 8.EGUN NOV.3

The four memoe rs of Class Six o.JeG!'!l their t.rainin:;; in the iirr_th re .~ion's ner.•ly-cm,:ii:ied Tcletypa and Radio Ran[;e sc:1001 Eorrdey, lJovem:)er 3, in the school's ne·;1 quarters in the '.'!e~J: CCC '.Ju ildL'lg o.1e'.1ind the Federal buildin.; ,

This is -:he first class since the cradu.:i·~ion of Class Five 'June 13 ~7'.r!.<° t!lS first to re~eive radio ran[;e r:ain-~c:.·.a ~:c"J train~n~ in ~d1ition to tel~type :~~i~te­nan~e ·~r·ai.n.i~3. Ed Ja !'"Vie co:1ti:-:ucs Ge

1~ ~~!-::i; !~s -~ ~~~1~~ ~~ ~ :~ i ~~: n~n~:~~~~ ~ ~:~.';~~:~ is :i!'l c:1:.r::_:e of ra<lio range traininG·

1!em"Je rs of this class a r e l"r:i;,.c is :fall, KeP-'. i; Harold Ervin, Tal!:::e ~tn,:.\j Ja cl;: ~Yo eds, Anc~·:ora se and James rn1itney, HC!l".er , Durin::; the firs t fou:- WPe!:s cf the five -r.rse'.~ course, students att-J;1d e one-\op~ cia~ly lect:.ire on rndio 1·~r.;~

"-r; h~ory an<l sr,er.d the rer:a 1n1n,. se\-en hou rs cac!1 <la~, on te letype m~int9r:.ance ir..st1:J.cti 1:in. The fifth w~e~: will '.Je st,en t c,ntir-cly on radio range la\:Jora tor.r v1ork .

E:0._uipr.,cnt used in the radio n.nc;" class is that which was used in the Ei:;!:th rcGion 1 ~ first radio rant,e; in­stRlled at Ruby about seven and a ru:lf yi::ar~ o:;o . It is co~plete vrith t·cens­r;,itter, tu.ntne; houses, couplin~ unit ~nd r,ont~·ol eqt: iprne rrt ar-d vms i nstalleU in

'the sc:wol ·Che first of this month by Bil~ i·:..;.'-i'..;l'-i; a~.C Ray Rive rs of Cor.~1 :u~~ i ca -· tio~1s !.c&L:·Gc .mnce.

Stu,.~.e~~),;:-: for the Teletype an i.:! i..adio Ran Ge sc:~o:il are selected from the ;'ield st~tions in order of the amount oc ~e le·· type eq-..\i~7-..1cnt to :'.lointa i n at the sta­tions .

A se~1e.ra t c VHF scl·.ool will be estab­lished a l so in the ciu ildil".g in a f ew rr.ont:1s f:lr pGrso!lr.a l selec ted. to i\;:l n the re:r;ionr s n3·.-, VHF repeater st:-tians.

.1~c i~t~:.·:ai:ce training on carrier te let:·pe and carri3z- telegraph equipment user in

OEPAHM[NT or CO!v'MERCE

Uv1PLOY£ES BOOKS 155U£0

Elr.ploy~e handoooks, setting forth persom1el pnlicies of the !lep9rtirent of Corr,merce, a re now be in£; dis·C:rib;;ted to all personnel in the Eic;hth r~liM,, Rob­ert T. ·1filliams, personr.8 1 of:i."icsr, ar..­nouncec this ::ionth.

The books were published ),ugu st 194'.' and are to be issued ta all e::i:l"yees in the Department. Fersonriel are urged to keep the books as a r-eferer:.ce on matters of :,eneral int-~rest to r.11 e!':'i)loyees and a re couticned not t0 lose or throw awny the ir copies, as on l y a linitcd n•..iwber were received.

A,:i ong su'.,jects covere ,:. in the ha nd­~ook are: the c ivil s e rvice pay scale, · incl:.i.din[ a chart coveri.~16 r.11 P, SP , CA? f:"tnd CPC positions; ei':.. ... iciP.ncy rat­inbs; disciplina:--y actior.; 01_e n3es and pt~!le lties i •1eter2.~s brie va;1c0s; &.:-:pl0yee cq;e.!lizations; lea ve 1·ec:'.lla ions; re­ti;ement ~nd leave r,~s·Jl ~:~:'i.ons .

NORTHWAY V H F CIRCUIT COMMISSIONED FOR ARMY

VHF trensr.;itt ing and reC'aiVi.."15 equip­rr.~:it ;;as commissioned at Eortb,~y o n air-~round-air channel 126.18 rn~s. Octo­ber 20 at the request of the />.r.:iy Air Forco, to provide c1Jmrr.<inication with P- 80 aircra ft b" ir.g f'e rr ied to Fairbanks fro,n the state s .

Jet fighter plqnes, P-80'c , re equip­;,ec. only with VHF raC:io . The circuit vrns insta lled on a ter.i:_JOr8.~~ bas is to be <iscd only until a 11 ti:ie iJlenes s re brought ta Fair:Oani<s. Arr~nge:aents v1ere als o made for 1:orthvray 'co ;;:ak.., holf­hourly weather ~:-oactce.sts over ""tr'.e VEF circuit i,t eight ar,d 38 minite s aft e r ec.ch hour durin:,; this t i.nEJ .

point-to-point co;il!l'!u~ications 0.i.ill be civen. This sc'i.ool also ,lill °M ·~nde :­t he supervision of V.r, H~r:-itl'.ew.

_: ~ : HOW TQ DO

ADMINISTRATIVE WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT

. To do· administrative work for the governrnent 1 · you rieei. an office, .. a desk I with two oat: boxes and three buzzers and 1

a secretary in the next room.

As soon as ·you he..ve seated yourself

' j;o get. s crne of it changed over from one pile to the othar; then- you can go home. N'ext- day ret most of the.stuff a'!clc i:;_to t .he other pile, dribblin5 some into tr.e

· "Outgo.ing" ·box, also being careful to dribble a little ipto the v:astebasket,

at your desk in what is s_upp_o_sed to be B~ sure to check your name off the route your office, eight mer. from.a large·.mov- list, ·or ·they will bring the damn stuff ine;" van appear in the hallway to move 20 back_ to you. By this .time a new a ccumu­more government administrative ,·ass is- \ lation .will be _fou.."ld in the· "Incoming" tents. into .your already crowded office, · :· box. For "the first few days, you sit quietly and hate one another.· ·.

Finally a crew of six me.,n plug_ in yo•J r- te le ,,hone • By · 'this time you have. learned your sAcret_a ry '. s. nam~, .. · ~d>· a new secretary is assigned." 'they thel) .c))ang_e the number ,,o.n your;·office door; As a result of this'· action, and because all gave rnment offices and all government secretaries look alike, you wandjlr into the v1rong office wh.en you come be.clc from l:tmch, You· work in this new office for three <l.ays before your secretary is able to find you, whereupon you a re r eturned to your :off'ice and chained. At this point, you a,:e assigned a new secretary whose name sounds like· Arrcha_vattat:

You are 1:cNt· ready. t .o go ,to work. This determination leads vou .to look. into . the two oak boxes on you~ des_k.'. Feople come into the office periodically and place · papers into one of these boxe.s. · It is your job to get them out of _th.at .box and into one o.f the other boxe·s, It i.~ .. tha­other one from. whi-<>h, by. the .. Grace of God, they ,rill go to someone .el:se,

procedure: put the .. ju,.k into f;to pil~ -~ on top of your desk. Try eac!l day

In tnne, the piies. get· so hig_h you decide to. report_ sick.- and ·stay • hOI:>.e o. few: days, hoping a lot of detbris vi ill vanish during· this absence, It won•t, And ·.when you return, the piles a re two feet higher, the position of your buzzer buttons have been changed, your tele­phone has been dis.connected, a :-iew sec­retary has been assigned to you, three

-more .desks have -been : placed in your of­f'ice and your name.s is no long"r on the door.

A note will be found on ·your desk ad­dressed to Joe. . It reads, "It's on my des:c, terribly important, KnO\• you are just the man for the job. You handle it this time. I'm just swan,ped. Ir you must reach me, I'll be in conference at the Cbb." At this moment you open the lower left-_hand drawer of your desk and a_ squirrel jumps out.

Obviously, the only thing to do is to ·"'hold a conferenc_e. A c.onfere_nc·e _is a

slight).y organized met'.tod of wasting time. Habitu'Sl cor;tferees usually lead unhappy home lives end prefer to sit in the office, and jaw one anot!ler than to

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P"-ge 6

EIGHTH R.EGION;'GLTS· ·. . . ·: ,_.

TEN.NEW ARMY HUCKS

Ten ne\"t su:~by-sii trucks· at Port Hueneme, Cc, lif., havo :,een acquired b,• the Ei;::1·Ch recion and are awaitin: ship­oent ·co Alaska for distribution to field s.t~tions,. Fred Yenr..ey, Pl:int and Struc­tures 1!ail'.tenance division, said this· month.

The tn1.c!:cs were transf'erred by Wash­ington directly to CAA from the Army :ind are unused. They will have radios in­stalled i;:i the;,:, cargo bodies put on.and •:,ill ·Je equipped with front-mounted snow plows. Some :1ave t_ropic canvas caJs which ,-rill :.ie replaced with metal cabs.

Five of then will go to ststions in the Bering se·a area and five to stetio;:is in th0 Interior, Mr. Yenney ·said.

I 1111d. srion: to, be a ~achelor; She hnd s,:orn to be a bride. Du~ ·r e:;Ue·ss you _know the answer; She had natu.re on her side.

HOC/ TO DC :,m,;n;ISTFJ,TIVS ·;rnRK . (Continued frm~ page 6)

go home and :,e jawed. At the conclusion of the confe,r8i.:ce ·' one .muS_t_ say, u 1!1 J:iC'" opi~ion, rrc s~1ou1d scra,p t~_\e whole !:)re­ject, as!:: for another oil lion and start over again. I onl:t re c·e i V6-d 18 _ .co"[li;s of the shir;:inc dire 1. tive ."

Bei:1!; ~1lin: from the poison gas. you have -been in) :·ou ,·-1histle for your see ... ins eye <las ancl stui:JJle back izito ::our ·office. The p:i.les on your des_:c are· muc·h ·hl ,:;her, for ·:·ol!r desk has been placed. 0)1

top of a coca-cola·, dispe!1se:r. The build­in&c has.-only 15 stories; so you can•t jump to your de·ath. Your secretary :·;oulii shoot· )'OU, but of·· course she is not there,,

Sipe~ it is now 3:30,' you curl up wi°th·tli.e squirrel in the desk drawer·a:,d <ileep fitfully u~til dawn '1-'hen · it starts all over again. --"Region Air·;

.PNA SUES ALASKA

ANO NORTHERN AIRLINES

Pacific _Northern Airlines this month filed suits in Third District court a:;e._inst Alaska Airlir.cs and t;orthe rn Airlines objecting to w;1at. it termed "flagrant" violations of CAB regula10ions in re:garc to nor,-scheduled flii;hts from Anchorage to Seattle and to points with-in _the territory. ·

A.G. Woodley, · president of PNA, de­clared, "the violations have now becn:ne so. numerous and .so flagrant that PNA has decided to appeaLt.o the court fer im­mediate relie,f." P~:A b.as lest '>V"lr $60<.JO as a result of Nc!'t!1er;:i and Al'lska airlines' non-sched'..lled activities the past three months, the su.it contends.

TH R.EE NCR Ht PCH S,

Al R FOR([ DIS COVE RS

Air Force planes have ,,,.ode mo.re than 100 flichts over the North Pole f!'or.i Alaskar. ·,ases in the. past 12 ,.1onths and ~-::ve discovered three macne'Gic poles J

according t~ CAA's Of[ice of Avi~tion Information.

Until Air Force planes invaded the Arctic in large .numbers last year, it was believed , there. was but· one magnetic pole _:_ on Boothia Peninsula, 1750 miles northeast of Fairbarik~. · ':Ore than 1000 variational readi~gs, ~"!.ow0ver 1 sho·::ed there was a m_agnetic i'iel,' olliptical in shape and co_ns.isting of three poles. The :cajor pole .. is on P_rince _of Wales Is land, in northwes·t Canada, wit!1 otner · pol"ls o;:i Boothia and bathurst Island.

CO!l:i:NT FROM THE U11BrlUCATED SCUTR DEPART!.!E1~:

Virgie: "'The , .'M.lkluk Tele{;ra;:,h' say3 Fairbanko Center Personnel are learn-ing to smoke salmon. n .

TK . .J: "Vionder which end they light."

,--:'!ixth Region "Aero-Antic~"

Fai;e .7

JOE ,WALSH .HAS ADVENTURE AT SEA . A st'?ry of howling wines, storny seas

and e.ight· days of being tossed around· in I a 50-foot boat on the Bering Sea ·hrinr; I a '.;rip w::ich normally tslces 24 hours was 1

told by Joe l"lfllsh, Pla:1t and S·~ructures· II

engineer, in R repo~t of the adventure wl,ich he brought back· to the . Resiol".al Office recently. I

Mr. ··:/als:, ':>carded the Vicky c.', onnGd 1 and skippered by A. Castell, Flt 9: 1,5 F.1,.

Septcm:,e r_ 4 at Norr,e on his way to Garn- 1

bell for +;he installation of .a s::i:•Hc.ry I syste:o in th!' control building .there. In a ·:1c1iticn ·co 1..:r. ·¥/alsh, there we1·c n·,o I ot~er ;,assencers and_ a crew cons.is-tine; of the skipper, his 14-year old son June n,:id D·iffy O'Connor's boy Eddie , Follow- I bf': ~re excerpts from the day-by-da:r rs:,- ,

r,ort ':1hich !ir. :walsh wrote:

'"ile p_luc;c;ed a lone; at aoout seven k,1ots and a':lout 1 A,M. were op:,os.ite j SledGa Island. It was foggy 3nd ,·:a I couldn't see · the island. ·,•/e fou :,;ht.:. heavy sea an.cl :,ad bod cross-curr:ents and a 1'0-ccile wind until ei;:;!ot in th9. ,,arr.- , in(; ·:;h<ln .Castell finally decided it 11as ,:io us.e to 1.Juck it any longer.

",:e or.ly had· ·50 miles behind us a -r:d I the s,sa r:~s ccr.1in~ over the (?oat so bad · 0,11,, Fart of the t i.r.ie could we . see the· I bow. It vras impossible to get. fro."'! the •::heel house to the for:,ard cabin, ten '· f ~et a•:,ay, 'oecause of the hee.vy sea . T!'.e ·,:aves sc.:»·<'ec! ountain-hi;h and the ,·,ind \•Jas t:h.istlinr; ayounq the ca '.) iTI so ..,·re cot:l ~: i--:2.1~ct1:, i1e8.r each other t2.l~;:. Af·;;c r turninf aro11~:d it Only took: us s -i::· hoL~i·s t,., roach Sledge ·Island where vre .. fcu;,c: a nice 'i'·\iet spot in the lea of the ,,ind.';

Mr. \',elsb. then tells of e~.tir.g a steak din:.1er prepara'.i by the 'Ski:;pir, the first since leevini; Nome, and .fina l­ly tunin:; in for some sleep, The ,:ie:;ct da~.- t!'!.e boat e;ot un<l.ervray again. 11Y1ith hir.;h !10:,:>s ci:l: . bebg in GAr.bell in 24 hciurs." Hit\ a fe ir \vind a. nd 'the sea ':>ehind then:, they made good tme until seven thut night when they ran into a h">ad wind again and high seas. Hi thin

ten rr.iles of Ssvoonge. on St. I.ewrence Island, their first stop, they ha ct to turn back at 3 A.M. tho next morn i ng , September 6.

They rode with the sea until rounding the northeast. cape .of ·St. Lawrence Is­land at 6 A.i.. e.nd· the r,atA:- becar.ie SI:loother:.- As the re . ~as sci ch a gate from the northl'1est, Skipper Caste ll decidec. they ,::ight be e.l>le to reac:i Gambell by g;oing around the south side of the .is~ land. However, there they e lso fou nd heavy seas, dec~ded this route .,.,o:.tld be impos s ible and found a quiet spot in which to ancl'lor. Tha t :lay was spen~ eating, rea ding and talki.n!s. They got Savoonga weather on the·radio, reporting 30-mile no:-tlrNest. winds, de·cided they couldn't hopo to get u nder.-ie.y .agoi:i un­til the wind changed and went to bed.

"Sept. 7: I woke a t five and heard the . wi,:id howling and the rain corning d own .L'1 sheets. The boat ·::a~ rocking a l o t so I just staye d in the sleeping be g os it was the . wgrr.iest and driest spot on the ~oat. About nine we e ll piled out and got t _he coffee pot going. and had a breakfast o.f bacon encl ogr;s. ;'ie had to watch · our coffe~ and e,s.;_;s as t r.a boat ,·,e s rolling ·so bAdly it uas hard ta eat rritl'lout · spilling t hings. After b reakfast I ,·1e!".t up to the wheel !10use · and tried to ::,ick up Eome vreathe r on" the rad io . All i ·cou l,l get ·was Eeti1el, and the~, had fine ·we-ather.

"All day long we just :;:r~ a.round and watched the sea go 'by and the thousands cf cucks and geese and conr.orants s it­ting on the ,vater. Thay vrere swi.nuning around in great flocks and ,·,,:,ren't fly­ing a t a 11, . which was a good indicat ion that the wind was bad elsewhere f or they were on their way so:.tth end no doubt just as anxious to get out of there as we were •••.• (Tb.at night) •••• the wind was howling a gale and the rain was coming down herd. It was a V'ery miserabl<' night to be sitting out in the pitch dark in a SO-foot boat just to$sing aro1..1nd."

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Accord_in:; to the report, thi:lr;s . re- . _wi)ld and .waves, C!!stell maioed the s'1!!le the r.ext day, Se:iternber '.1;·e\i"°'wel1-· t:irn around ar.d 8, with Savoonga still reportinc:; hic;r. side of the island.

decided we might try the south

v,inds. At noon the PBY- from N_ona flew. over, evideatclly looking for the Vicky C. 11Th!}~' circled us a few times, evi­denta 110• counting heads, and ~e waved to th"lm and !;hey· then headed out i'or i:orne. It . did seer.i good to know . the. 1'.oiics· e.t horne -,·,ould . la>.ov, v:e · were stil.l safe c..nd . sound."

The next t\·10 days the weather· was ·the same and the passengers and· ere": of' the Vicky C, s~ent the time eating, listen­ing to the radio, dozing and li~tcninG to the s'.~ip!_)er tell of his many ac.ven~ turous :'ears in the Arctic.

September 11 the TBY- came back a :;ain, The . pla:-ie c;ot the weather f_ro:,, Gtr.'..>e 11 by radio and the Vicky C. put a boat ashore with the· two boys in it. The plane dropped a r.ote to the boys, tell­in,; them that Gan,bell weather was im­provin& ar.d ou;;ht to be good by the t i..'lle the 0oat c-,t there and asking t'.iem to signa l if ev9 rything was all right. Af­ter hevine; trouble with a run-doc•:n oat-­tery, the crew finally ·got the engine going ae;a.in and the boat headed once rrnr~ for Se, voonga ·•

'-We had fine going until we Got J1 rou~d the cape and out into the open sea 8ga in. The r~, again, we ran into stronr; rri ncis and a heavy sea. We could not star.d up •:1ithout holdin;: on to sane-th i ne e. nr: the se.s boat so hard that

1,·;as comine; ove1· the most of the ti~e Yte

couldn't see the bow. Vfaves were. ·co:ning from all directions, due to the cross­currer.·cs ar.d that made the boat toss terribly. After two hours of just roll­ing and pitc,1ing and tossing about nnd making no headway at all &gainst the

l:ts;1J;::;r:;,· \ )W

'~le could see the waves dashing 50 feet in the air against the rooks alo ng t he coastlin·e and I v,as certainly glad that Diesel engine wasn't r-issing any beats. We had no sails on boarc.. If we had I would not have been. t'.1e least bit concerned. Castell, bein::;_th~ ol:i salt that ho is, could pull out of ~est any tough spot as long as he has a sail."

After rounding the cape t!,e we nther ,·,as fair again, accordine; to the re port. Then followed the tricky business of getting the boa·t throui;h viaters with ;:i,._ny rocks and shoals. i\fts:,r rnijnii,ht, tr.e skipper went to bod and his 14-year old son t ook the wheel and su ided th~ boat thi'o'->g_h th~ c!ang<'lrous \7aters.

"Sept. 12: ,O.fte ~ brea!::.'.'ast we just . sat eround and watched the shoreline go by end watched the mun;;,- millions of duc~s of all kinds swim;:!inb a:,out. SornP. of them were so fst they couldn't get up

· enour:h flying speed to c;et : of{ the wate r w!oen we =e by · so· thej' uc;ild dive to get away from us. Sout!'Tl\·03:t c» pe soan came into view and ·nhen we neared it. ·,•1e

savt many l1undrcds of see. lions on thi;, rocks, We went up qu ite close to them and cculd hear therr. be llo.-,. It s.,emeci t \1ere were thousands of t:iem for the rocks were simply covered,riththem."

Mr. \Valsh reports he then turned in for aw!oile and awoke about, !"loon es the :ioat ,,as in si;:;ht of C-£mbell. They

. dropped anchor at 1:30 P,M, and some na­tives came out in skin boats and took the men and baggage· ashore. After get­ting situated and unloaded, the passen~ ge~s bid the skipper goodbye and went ashore to shower end clean away the eight days of dirt that aoc~oulated dur­in,: the trip when f resh wate r could be used for drirucing only,

"It was a. nice trip, 11 He. 1."ial~h said at the end of his account, "one I would net have missed for a million dollars, but I wouldn't give a nickel a dozen for any more !ike it. 0

Page 9

Wt~ I TES A 8QUT P £ RFORATOR. G /SMO

The follo·,,i..,r; little bit _of' informn-­tio>1 ;;ii:;,t (I ··-say ::iir:;r.t) pc,ssi~l~-- one <la~·' ·::>e' inclttde·d in 2ak<?r :six_ e.r~.::· Sc~!l­Zighths. It U~~~ars to h8ve :Oee:, w_rit .. l.icn >r sc:ne dizcr~ti-:led ACCCti ' fot the bene-­.fit o;' his co-worke·rs, and when· irrcluded b B 6 unc! 7/8 r.i1ght be t1tled: "H,w.­Not to Load e Peri'orator."

J..s t ·l\e -::ilot s:,id to Dc,b:,1e, "T;,i.s- · is a s.uc;g·.i-ti~i.1, not a criticism . 11 (An:-.:a~ . .-, I 1M 1t :::,c·.: ·.:ho di1 it.)

1.n· ordc,· tc loAd the perfo·rato,·, r,,,e must rer.:ovc t!~.c wcorl'9n· gisrr.o in. the ?.'all iri ol"ci"e-r-· t~ rlcce se.me ·oye r the -com:·:,8 rr\-

path throui;h ·the pcrforator and soar. ex­ce,ecis its tensile strength ~nd· the only bing: left for it to do is breF.k. "lihi'ch it cti,1.- Twice,. In 'the rr,i Ul"e of e se­~uence, The fAct that'! didn't miss the Ses is due; no.d~~bt, to ~J gr~at ~anu&l dcxte:'ity in rethreading tlce t:.pe .in t r.a perfcirator i!'l thl'l amRz.ing tir:ie cf· seven min'.ltes i'lat, a:i_d t he . fact that th t<1 pe brcke !.~ter I had . poked my ·Heathor,

E!•.1t _it could . ~Ve - ?iroken befo~e ·•:h-ich i~ j~st a. matte-T" of se.::qr..ds, ond yo'.l rni.,ht b'3 teir.pted -to say, -"Wl,at i.s e few seconds bet'fleen friends?" iJ-ut tt,e ;,oi:it of the thing i .r.. t!::at if. it had. broken lie,fore I" poked ..,;y we,athe.!', tlce_l! we would

. r.·o lone;e.r be ."friends. · Anyr.oo, the roil witr. :r>issing cor;l.':iOArd r;ic;::o iz r.0w stashed· away·· "ir. the targ ca:i~net . in \,opes the chief will Jas?, off & requ isi­ti0n to the Consolidated Gis~o Co. of G ismo, Mier.,, for. a new ca rd:ioa r d gisrno or ,j•is_t 'tf..r~:rr: the damn ~i\ i nc t..Y.'9.Y.

b }.g·_.\1ooden c;i~~o on the pe rfor8tor \'r' -~ch is faste1:ied do-\-rn with a spiildle i.r.. °C~'tC :l'id:'le on ::. tr.e m..tstord on tcp. Thr·.t ·is fir.e --. rer.tove the woo<!~n gis?r:o if you r.iust (anC. ;lciU must or you won't get ai!y­where) ~nd t!1rc,w it a::,oy, teko it r,ome t to the v;ifc Ar,d bds or s~ve l:i,000 and :;er.d the:·: inb the·· ~-ee;ionel Offic-~ , .tor_ ·

··11r.ic,1 rou ,rill receive a r.asty lett"r ; fro~ the Vf:1reho•.1se, or do anything yo·.1 like ·.rith it, It ·makes no dii'fore!lce

It i:. _interqsting to n, te that tho woodc:i i;im::o· on t he, perforator with the

. sr,indlo is ·not man..tfacture,d b0 - the Cnn­: s ~lidated Gisrr.n Co, nf ~is~o, Uich,, but

by t!c.e Cnnsolid.sted Gis,no Co., Pty., Ltd., of Rock:-tampton, <tuaensland, A..ts­tr~li~.

to ~e.

But then .we c.mne t~ the _9arCboa·rd gisr.io ,.~:,ich is inside the roll . and •ins a round t:1e 1·:o.oden gismo. ( The- ,;oodSi1 [ismo by now; I pre zu,ne has tie en di.~­posed of, le3.vinb . a hole surroun<l"<l o:/ the cordoourd 1.::isr.,o like a dou[;l'~,ut, or.l; · '.1.'.I !'de r.) This co rd':>oard r;is,:,o, like the \"/(}oderi gisr.10, ·:1es built O_:• the Consolidated Gisr:!o Co. Of Gism~, ::ich., and wa s de;.s 2 .8d _to bo left s..trrour.,!:ns t-hs h"l: ,r>icl'. is thP. res_ult of rJa,_o-ir::iG the "oodcn ·Gite,o.

If one 1·crco"V'ls the cardboard ·,:i :sl':",O from the hclc l r~ft ~Y the · ~or:.oval of ·th~ Vt'Jbrlen giGr:~I'), t~1e _hole iS then.~oo ·1rirrie t.0 fit .co:rrectr~, on .. the ~6odcn_· t;~sr.:o ~_ o:i. the p<irforc.tor __ v:ith the spihdb in th" rr.idtll". :,s s. result, the roll -r,f' t,ip,, her,i_;s on thQ v1qoden gi sr.o and - d<1'ls not revolve fre~ ly · and .the tap·e be-~0:,-,9 3

tir;ht.~ned t:1roughout ·rts 1Cnrth. ·~r. its

The above gismo-· takes t?1" pla ce of the usual Heines poem, due to t he f a c t -that· tho walls- of ~he s~o!ceho1Ase, on v;i~ich the composin[ is ust.:ally do:1a 1

wer" beinf_ painted.

Doo>ie Stadt has s ~bmitted '1cr resig­natic-n efi'cctiv'l Novernb"lr 20 n:d ·,vill [,9.Ck nr her bug, close dO'lin ]1e r r<>stau­rant ahd ·ctP.r,~ r·t for Oi-e goi:'i'. Sb, c 9ul.dn 't

·rind s h"use .vithout r.oleG e nd· s o ·fig­ured 'th~t ther~ w9s no .. ~erc~ntaf;e in spending ~ 11 h!,r sale ry on f'c,el oil.

~ARL SEUTE

A shoe1ldiar str9.p . is r1,1at keeps an 'attrl\ctio-n from :·bec ominc a sansst i on.

. \,\ Hi;;h spots of the month were ,.ot so What price justice in the r.iunicipel

hic:l'i •••• \7hen you look ba~k over a -..:oe1·ch, I coc1rt? '.'ie rive you the c:.se o:t John Doe mail" iuc}:d-ents lose their seemii._1· i.r.":/or- chare,ed \·1ith rifling the poc~:e-~s of an-tan~e •:.'iJ.;~1 -;,;~1c perspective of time. De o.-~her mana The person ·:!:-.ose pockets the-~ as it ::oy, vnrious ir.itortac·~ :-.nd ! .. ·.·:ere fished testified in. the trial that r.ot so ir.:··-o~tar..t persor.s contL1Lto ·to the c~l-prit was 9. friend 6.1 .. >.is for ten sno·..1t off a0o'.lt statehood for A?,c,s::a, I :.:ears, and welccr.ie to ariythi~-:c he had. &:~1,.· last :::onth · no less a persor. i;h~n Result: fined ~so·. Second cr.se: A -...ron9n "Cap'' I..at'iro;, defended his a!lti-s'ccte- I called ti,e police late e,c :1i::;ht after hood. s<.;and on the very logical i;ro:1:..1cts returning . f~orn work, pointed out a that it could not possi:ily be financed I b::-oken door lock e!ld disclosei: a r:,a n u:1-y:ith. the !:.i:or:n preser.t territorial in- d-er her bed._ The charge: bt"eak:;..ng an<l. CO'!TIO. entering. The _result! c::se diSwis~ea.

A.."lc:1ora~e visitors 1.•.rill nc lon;:;er have to fin:' a place to flop. 'in.'l dt,· council has a::·,or oved a request for ·Jars anC: ni:-;ht clu0s ::.n the city to re,cc.in ore!! all r:.iGht week dsys -- an:! the city jail iS alt'i8~'S open!

The ASS (,Uasice. S'.;ea,,1shi;,) "Ser·,ir,g Alasko. 11 seet'!.s to v:ork in re vc rse. A 0~rge li!1e was formed to serve Alasl::s.n ports at a 35% redu ction in fr'lig;ht rates, Al l se t to go, the ba r ge li,1e wc.s , Stymied ~.vhen our 11 Servint; Ah\s::a 11

friend ,,retested to tr.e·.Maritime Corr.,ois­sior. . mostly en the gro:.inds tha'c ASS wo~l~ lose business .

On t~1e ,.·a•; to better rates for I.las­kans ,.r e Al~.s'ca Airlines cnct pan A.-::e1·i­can; ',Jot':': co~.: ;~ar.i:s armo"..lnced. decr:;ased o. ir fre.if/•.t rates to AlA.skar.. point.: (~ur­i r.·., ·~-he r::onth.

Grade school children i!l A:1c'.1ornge are lucky--or are they? Due to lack of facilities, grade schools operate in ·,;uo shirts, D to 12 AM a r,d 1 to 5 PUj t~1.,ts ea,:h c~1il:l gets four .hoU1·s schoolir~c ~)er day.

The CAA Halloween !,a:1ce is no d ou bt _obly re rorte d e l sewhere }:lerein. T::.e pay-6ff fer thr~e he roi c soLLls -:Ne.s ce;t­tinc tc bed ceb·,een 6 and 7 AM anci. ".;,,en .hit->,:;inf; the deck at Pionee_r !Tall at 8:30 J.Ji to clean up tl-,e joint. Some ·or tr.at hi-;;o,'le.red punch ~:as left, which hel)ed.

CAA'ers should glance et the cocl i n g ycs. r ·1 s cale nCer. Forty hou r vreek \'!O:-k ­e r3 will f::.nd it a lean yeor for holi­days et Uncle •s expen se; just twc,, after Jan. 1, 1918 -- Lnbor :Js.y onJ. 1<'.P-nks1siv­i!lg . And Jan. 1, 1%9, fa.lls 0:1 3 Snt ­u :-day, too~

Mot,,rists can copy; 'Ne hear tell of a new ca r, the De.vis, rnanufe.cturec\ in Los An,,;eles, 58 HP e,ngi:1e , 116 '.J'c!, $?95 I'OB L.A. Glitch may be t"te t'.1rce - ·.sheel ­ed design.

I had a little wonn, His name was 11otor;

I p:.it hi:n in a box , /l.n<: ciut bore d h,otor.

-,-Saturday i::ve,:::.!lg Post

~ccounrs GIRLS SPEND WEEKEND AT TALKEETNA

The Accounts section has settl.ed dmm for ·i:;hc ,:,il/,;cr no,..\'. we hope,· n:ftc:1· nn al?Tiost co~pl~te turnover j,n· personnel. il'e '11 :niss 0ur old friends b.ut also i'eel lucl7 in acquiring new girls like :.lice Bronn, Lucille , food one Ethel Risof_f.

Crll or r, ia Carr ~ft us October ~l a~er 1.5 r.,ont'.1s as head bookkeepe: r. . · She said she hadn rt made ·UP her min1 whether to go ;~orth a~,; get that fi sh-wheel or. take anothe r flye r Outisde , We bade h8r a t c>a ry fnrewell a t the · La Femme ·club thnt noon. To bri : hten sue', a sad ~riair as Georc;ia •s le c..,,ing we thr;,,., iri a "Happy [irtl:.day" fo,: .Frances ICirig., ~hief. of the Disbursin.; unit. · ·

By the vrny, Frances. became a proud grancktother ,rovember 2. · ,).: long-distance ca 11 :i'rom Vir:;inia, from s on-in~la,,: Pete, brour;'.'lt t'.13 :;l<>d tidinr.;s of the arrival of I1.lr:.;h Kint; Fetersor., ::; ix pounds. \:{e hav~ all be.,n S'."19ating it out the se me.ny mor.ths •:,ith Frances and. !!ugh and now •::e ~an all r~lax. Seriously th<:>ug;h, r1C're all ver-;1 h~ppy for the new grandpr,rents and lcnovr t:1e:· 1 ll spoil the child just as all gr,nclp~nut., spoil all grandc:1ilC:,u1,

3ylvia Van Curler is quite the :;fi­rure" in Accounts t!oe s e days. ifith a 11 Du0arr.- Cou:..·ce 11 in one hand and o.~ed with cc~rotc, "'l~ples, ora nges and :'u,e, cool ,·rnter d-.trin;r. 11 snack time 0 . _s)1.e.'s .re=-. ally r.1,,kinc; u.~ - rals c·ons.ciou3 of our waist-lines •• , .These gal s with perser­vernnce t

E-rel,'Tl Hedlund · just .returned from a six weeks vncation · in Chica e;o.,. where s,1e and h~r ht~s:lar;.d visi tea r.e1a·ti ves. ·!i'.hey had a nice fli; ·ht·. out, ., but drivinc :Oacl: ow ,· the higlw1a~, the mud ·just about bor;­ged dorm thei:- spirits a ~ well as t'.,eir car. Ye s ; ·.,,e .just abou,t lost •em. Cut no ·wonder - on a short drive out of Chi­cago to the co~ntry (40 r.iiles) she and J;i;r-,ey :.iou:;ht a dozen fresh '·ea·rs of corn on th~ cob for 35f; apples,· two pot>ct~s for 29/ -- Gee, what a place to shop for tlwt Th&nkz;:;ivinr; dinnert .·· ··

Dorothy Gschwend and your· ·reporter spent an inte!"esting weekend ~t Talkeet­na a. cwple of weeks >1go, where Dcrothy renewed old acquaint;nces end I met some swell new friends. E1 Yusc;ro·;o, chief comnunicator at tha CAA st~tion the re, tried to exp la in what Ed Shields was do­inc in all the clatter and bang of t he station and we tried to ex2l 2: in . to him what all those numbPrs meant on the pey­roll sheets. ! don't t :1 inl: r,e elea!"ed away :nuch haze either way, :-,ut ·it ·1s f·~n to k.r:ow how the 11 othar half 11 ·;rorks.

Theda i!.usgrove put on t:10 coffee pot when we returnee f;om o:.1r 11 fiel,:1 inspec­tion" and told us· a 11 ·about thA big wed­ding party they had for Joanne cahnub m-rl Zdwf>rd iioll:.er. We call<id on E"tty Ghields an<l ,,ould like to hnve kidnapped one of t:1ose beautiful little b,ov:n-llyed girls of hers.

The highlie;ht of the week<in1 was the sc~iool-hous~ ·danc~ 30.t1..1rday ni~ht a Eve­r-;cne was there, fro,n the pretty prim school teachar to the miners in hip 'uoots, with a generous sprinkling of kids of all ages.. We want to go 'Jack tl1ere for sure! Maybe to m~k3 the next "!.!ukluk Shuffle. 11

GrtACE SU!CL'.IR

Georgia Carr upon ent,orfn:; the post office at noon ·one da,, r:as co;tfronted by a yo11nr gentle,aan "ho had :.ieen franti­colly readin;; ovc>r the :iuilclin::; directory in sear~h of the Health De:1urt1ent. i.;ow Geore,ia, after a full lunci,··, Has not too nkrt and could not help t::e man, excu~­ed herself ar.d returned to work, ·where she asked the members of Accounts:

"Just where woul<l you g;o to get .a birth certif:cate for y our behy?"

. Mrs. Frank Le rri the·:i . (Flore), brig;ht­i;, volunteered, III would just r;o to the General Deliver/ V/indowr"

-- CLEA HAITTICK

Pa,;e 12

SPEER. AND FINf.GOLO GET

R.EC:IONAL OFFICE POSITIONS

1''11o for.ner chief aircraft cam.'!lunica­tors h..~ve recently transferrec fron field assign:,1e11ts to a r .... 11in i~trative :ro­siticas in the Rei;ional Office, Vincc,i:c Speer, ',odialc, and Rooert Fin<1:;0ld, Cor-· ciova.J are now airwa:!s opers.tiL·c.s s;,e.­c~c1lists i:,. the Operati0ns branch,

w~. S::ee:..~ c::-tme to the Ei!::hth re~io11 in J:.!ne , lS<tl., b:{ way of .Nebras!ca e.n<l !Jissouri, nl1c1~e he ~.,1as also er,1rlo:."ed ".Jy tte CA.A. ,Iis first Alaskan ass i(;l'_;.:cnt '.i>Os at :~odia!: in .the ea :·ly da~rs of t!12.t st:ticn , a;.'t~r ,·rhich he passed pro:yes­s i vc. l::,· t !1rouc:)1 -~he Arlc~:orar;e sta tio~1 as a ircr-:.:t communicator and t:le Nort~:ro~r, Fai!"Oanks ond i'~ode.ik stetions as ch~sf eirc:--E\ft co~:!tu:ica tor.

:2:3in& r.t one time from the 11 s;10':i r~e: 1

sLte, :,, .• S]?e3r had to see fot· :1:!.;1sclf if ,\las'.'.::: Hae ~ rood place to be. ,\p­par8ntly ~1e has seen. :Mr. S!?~er r.:i.1d wife :iz. ve purc>ased a ho-:r;e '\n Ar.c '.1.o r~.3e .

Er. Fi~2cold entered o~ duty r,it:·: the CAA 1n t:10 -ri.~1ird rc-~ion anC subse1uc!1tl;o/ ca::.c to th'2 8i3hth re gioa in June, 19 •:2 , for assign.,ent i;o one of the ,cost bct,u­tiful s,1ots in Alaska -- Haines. ::01-om Iiaincs :·.c ,·10;-,t to Gembell as c\~ief air­craft c or:1.-:u11icator. ar..d t hc1-~ in t ~?.O sar.~o capacity ·co Yo.!rut3t and Cordovn wi·c!Hcn intcri.n period of ir.t c rstute anc over­seas cor.,:-.iUj:icator duty at Anchora gc .

Delvin.:; i.ato l.lr, F.ine o,lc 's pd r sonal hi s tory , i n ~.-tllich tl1~rc ar::: SOi:,e thincs of ir..t0r~$t, r!c ca.:,c upon thG believe-it -or-no-c fact that Bob was r,ot only tho first Ci,..A Cml.)loyec married at G,-,m0oll, j ut h8. and his wifo, Irene• wore tlic first n:-..-ito couplu e yer to be nrnr4·ie:d th0rc.

Irona car,,c all tho \vay from i~i cl:ii:;an f or the ovc :~t; Jack J<? fford, our l,,::,.11dy man, \ ;ns )0st mo.n Hnd Pat Goodrich·, uifo of Ccrc1muni.c2tor Vclton Goodrich (Jun·cc,,) was mett'qn-of -honor. The groom has ro ·· gr;::tt.:·,1:, for:;ott.;n who r ave t;:o '.)ride aw:i~,, but !10 ~O\'l'S h~ got hc!r, ..-..·hich ,uas

CIR.CUIT AT UNALAKLEET

COMMISSIONED SEPTEMStR. 2 .3

Circuit E4S8 was com:oissioned at Ur.a­lakleet for the necessar::• eccomocation of Alaska Airlines Se pte;;:ber 23. E458 is on air-ground circuit fo1~ suprlying conu,unications services to air car:·iers in addition to the regular rucii.o rar.~e che,n.."!e ls.

The frequencies ernploy<?d at Unsla­!cleet are 29<;6 ond 5672 ,5 Ices, and the :.ou rs of operation are cur; ·cntly 16 hou rs a day on i.:onday, ~-ied:.:c: rlay, Friday anc Saturday. · The service is ;1 require­mer.t in cor'.:,ection 1·1.ith the c:.D ce rt ifi­ca t ion of Alaska :\ir l i1:"s ave,· t:1e Ar.­c hor·.::.ge-l{ome ro~te. Ot):cr s·G:·.tions e n the ain:z.y ~l£o s·u!)ply in5 =~58 com:-:1u r,i­oatior.s are J"nchorae:e, UcGr:.t~1. :.:nd Nome.

TWO AND TWO AR.E FOUR.

EDI!OP EUKLUK Ti::LEGRAFH: rrE:cim,,;:cE 7.!'E HUL:si' T2:J\?()1' TSCT-.:.ST OV.'::R Tr.: VALUE OF 2 AND 2; HSRE IS r:·;E ::TR;;IGHT GOODS Cl, · IT. \dILl IT IS C0!1-TP_.RY TO k"Y POLICY TO Ac'RL.:;; ·Ten .!1\.TLSN Oh ,. rY ,USS TI ON, I :!UST COE CEDE 1:--.:,; liAS S-,ii;:,G ,-ROUJ;D TO 7F.C: "NINFli'.C SIDE TliIS Ol<'CE, J..LTHCUGi: HE :!IGi·IT c;::.; •c:;:; 0-vi':R 'Ir.EN rC r1Zt\DS TEIS.

:'ACT 02 THZ lil'<Ti'ER IS, T};EF.:::; :'~-::; T'iW T','0' S, TH2REF'ORE PLURAL, A:": T;:zREF'ORE r;::::;y ARC: FOUR (~.E . D. )* He.,;.:,:~. 1:srn SU:; Is'°FOUR . DA :'ru!E COl:C\J'i:S IF TI'lS, M:O '_'iI·iATBETT~ ALiTEO~ -TY COUL:) YOU 11.SK.

-- YE:- 'OL S'.0.C.

• (Q.E.D.) The SOC i s a ver,· erudite gen­tlc:nsn. This is a Latin s:.·-:,,llol "ppes r­ing in texts and means ;itl~"'\-: ,;;t: ich was to be proved." --Ed.

·t he most important thin:: , or' co.urse . Tr3vel opportunitie~ bei.T".;:: ·,c ry linited

:on St. u,.wr~nce Is land, t\1Q .Fine golds ·ha d to be content ,·•ith :;,. •:ra l:~ dm·m the bench for a honeymoon , Tl'·.ay '.,ave two boys , ag;es one and threo, nnci t'.·1.0 fo:cily expects· soon to take up rcsidenc..: in Anchorage.

i:t •s a lone; hop to the nearest cro­cery s tore et many of CA:,' s isolated fi o ld stations in i:orthern and In-ee rie r Alaska; bu-:; thanks to t he annua 1 II Sa1Yca Claus Run" of J a ck J efford . • and nis Fli0·ht Ins p~ ct ion staff, Christmas dj n­uer tables at these places are loacl.ed with as many tasty fresh holiday ite:;is as those in the ,:iore .populatec' parts of the territory.

The "Sc1 nta Cla us Run" becins about a week or ten di,ys before Christ1:1as, v,hen Jeffo rd a n ,; his six CAA pi l ots ste. rt out on thei r noH-tradition91 deliveri3s of Christr.,as f ood oun.Hes by air t o CM\. pers o;111cl a t 20 or more field sts,t!ons who oth3I"'ii ise J';li'.i1t ct ine on canned snu­sage a nd ,h· i ed , ~unes cor.,e cleccrr.')e r 25,

The f ood is ?" eke ge d for delivery ty the Recional. Cor.: :. i ssa t,/ , •.irr.ich se nds . out c.ispotchcs t o th2 sta t to~.s o r:;on'ch o r po r e before C1u:istmas reque ~t~. r.c tr.at order$ be sent in. Among delicacies de ­livere d to tl1e cloors o.f our hBrd~, CAA pioneers ·are tPrteys, cranbe.rries, :::;roen ~) r oduco, c.:-.ndy anc.1 nuts. The Cor.,i1tissar~r is already ucr;hmin;; to ·assemble orde,·s for this year's Christmas dinners .

Tho Fli,;ht Ins ::,ect ion staff be~n tho Santa Clnus Ruas :i':lout 1941 w'1en CAA h:.id onl:.' Cossna :,lanos vlith which to mc, '..:c deliveries, During its sf::. years of op­crat'.on so i:ar o.1ly one of the stations on the run hc.3· boen missed, ·an,: that is. Moses Poi;,t r1c1iclt couldn't be t eachod i n the 1S'!4 Cllrist:nas s , ason because of :.icd ;,on t he r.

)

[1_JlUS P,U[l

The Flight Inspect ion staff now hes a fleet of rlanes a nd a staff of pilots to fly its Christn,gs deliveries t hat makes the originel Santa Claus end his rein­deer seem like a very ha phazard ar­r anr,e"le!lt, l':C-14, t he f irst DC-3 , was 3.cq12ireci i11 ?.:::icy of 1~~3, NC-5 arrived in i:ovembe r of 19 45 a nd l!C-62 joir,e::1 the fle<ct in the sum;r,er of 1946. In a dd it ion to the "Dougs" ·there a re two Bee chcrafts :.n0 three i~orserria ns a

The pil ots who fly these planes ere iJr, Jefford, Jim Hurst, : :or;;an Davies , Charlie ·.Toyer , " Fuzz" Roge1·s , J i.Cl Pfef­fe r a:;d Bill Hanson .

This yea r for the first time t urkeys r1ill a lso be· delivered to some stations for Thanksf:ivi ne; . 1li?fe 111on 1 t be rr, ·_;,king al'.J' special Tha nks i,;iving trips," ;Ar.

Jefford sa,id, 11 but i f any stations ·rove 1·ec;ues ted birds and we are c oi!1g t hat nay vre '11 pL,t t'1ero on ~oard." The first of the Tha nksgivini,; deliveries vient out : :ovea,oer 13.

T.hc first years of the Santa Claus RunS vrere the- most excitinc; , according ·Go Jefford. .1\.t t!\J.t ti::rn the st2.tions were moro i solnted than they are n oi:1,

i'Iith few, if ar..y, parsonr.8:1 Q'::ning their o~:tn plenes nnd comme r c i a l air sc;1 rv ice muc h more -limited than it is now. In t:,osu :iays when ~ CAA ple.no , loaded with C:u· ist:aas goodi e s, desce:oded a t ~ny out­ot- "Che-woy stntion, it ·was an event ~f1ici1 ~used c.11 t he people in the com­l!lt:nity to come out and wetch.

All the stnt ions a re on the run ex­cept [,';, irb~nks, t hose io Southeastern

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(Continued from paee 14)

and a few oth3rs ,•hich have access to local food su::,~clies. The run lasts for I a wee~ or so· and is broken down into re. gular or-c;anized trips • . One .of them is · to Bethel, Aniak, · McGrath and . return. :I A;,:other is to Kenai, Homer, .. !laknek, Port Heiden, Ilinnna f\nd ·return. · ,, A trip to I

· the north te.'.ccs in Galena, ·Tane.na, i;et­tles, Gulkana, :,.:Orthway and Big Delta. The only overni;;ht trip is t:,e oM to Nome v1 ,1ich also stops at Gambell, Kotze- I bue,. !"are•1el.l, Moses Point and · Ur:a~a- ,· kleet.

Favorite: food i tern amen~ the Cl1rist­mas _ 'ciali.ver~es seems to be the -fresh green I)TOdi.~Ce·~ acCordin[; to Mr. Jef1'"'orC.·. "They· can o.hmys_, .bake a ham or sooc­t)ling," he said, .1'but fresh green sti.tff is the real t1·eat."

Even more than the fresh .produce, however, are the .-real, :,;enuine .Christmas ·crecs which the p'.lpts ta!ce on

· their run to Irome, !-Jos~s Point,· !~otz.eOue and G~~'.Jell, rrhe:...~e no trees brart. \{The tree s _we first- took into Gaw'oe),l in 19-12 we.re t"hc f i rst :t~ecs 't\tc Es]:e_i~os -t:,ere

.. had ever seen,." J c .('.ford sn.id.,

The pilo·:s got the idea of incluC:inr.; trees in the 'dehvcrics to thcs~ places aftqr stoppin6 in.Kotzabuc . in 1941. "Cne of .. thc ro.dio electrichns thc-,-e had _mo.do a ioako-bcliove c"i,.ristrnas troc, 11 Jc_fford c.";c;.,l~incd·. "It .vras a broom sti_ch: fast­e·ned in a r:ood.ln base with skntcd

'°s.tici:s stucl: into the s:\.de of it. Ho

i I

ca::ie ba·ok on in to An_ch.cirage., . arriving about a· PM-December 24.

That. nitht one of the communicators at Farewell we.s ts.ken seriously ill and the Flight ;nspeci"ion staff propared to go bac:<:- to ·t!1e station and -make an emer­;:;ency le.ndi.'lc; in spite of the bad weath­er. The Ch.rd.sme.s ~ur>.dles Here loaded \Jack into the pla::ie and a crew was got­ten together which included Edna Thomp­son, ..rho works at the CAA hangar, and .'I..V. Carroll," operations specie.list.

.Jjiss _7n0lnp~on, w~:o ' is a registered nurse, was 8t a Christmas Eve party when ·c:,e emergency message came through. She C8.'Sle· along anyway, a p;,ropriritely ·dre.ssed ior a Chris tmas· mercy erra::id in s long white gown, Mr. Jefford reca lls.

Mean.while there was another : emergency at Farewe 11. One of the moc\l.9.nics hed caught his fingers in e diesel engine fe:n and had them cut badly. The · pbne landed ot . tho· stet ion t his ti,"Je, hopp.: d over to McGrath and ~:,ck · to :rick u;, o r e ple.cer.ent ··for -the inj ured c,e c,ia,iic and cnived bo ck in Anchor8 ge o.bout 4:30 AM C:iris trn:is dcy. - But Fa rewell .hi>.c t urkay for Christmas dinio~r that dai,.,

Although the Sonta · Cle.us very nice thing, i t i si'!·'t· the s ·ort of ~1olicc:,- oft•. ir usuc.lly cd . :"lith the~. dr9pp ing o1Y of po. eke.gos at peo;,les '. houses.

Run · is a licsurcily :1 ssociot­Christm~s

· ha d covc,e d i t ,·:ith greon cloth and cut. "We don'·t hove time to stop c.nd ·hnve tobacco cans into spini.l _. strips for . ten and tn.rts with ·the peoplo," Er. Jef­decoration." ford said. ' 'Whe·Ii it's· 30, 40 and 50 de­

It is tradhiona 1 now in the. R0gional Office for men from a 11 the· br,>"ncho_s ·co

, go ou·i; a f0w <le.ys before tho Hpma r..!n ·· and (}lthcr enoc\gh trees so· oO:ch C.i~·,

hous0 in thes ·J tree less Arctic stctions c r.n have one. CAA also· <ie1i vc rs a trfO to t:10 n3tivo school and one to. tho min-

·. is t c r each year at· Grunboll.

Althou~h only one station nas boon missed so far i;! ':he· six y~ars of the· run, Faro,rc)_l e>:i:ta close. . to it that sruae Y'-'ar, 19<'.l4. ·. The ·woa thor t:1-Jrc also '1as '··) 0 0::._d to _·~ry O ·landing so the pl:l.no

r;rees below o.nd the days ere only a few hours lonr;, ,1e try to get in o.nd out as fas t as poss ihle • .-. ..Va cell them on the r a dio ·b~forc we lrind ·to get ro"dy for us nnd stay ·et each place just ·long_ c!lough. '~ci unlo~.d. The ' stuff in tho plc. n,;s would fr'eoze "if· we tarried, in fact we hz>.vo- to cover it every tim0 we· open the doors."

· !lb soys the Senta Claus Run ~s more the nir_ ··of· a · "hi~ball expre~s" th!ln a Christm:,s· perty, but cfter ~.11, old St. Hie!.: hims e lf hes to get cround pretty fast · to mo.ke ~11 the stops on his run.

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Q It doesn't seem as if many felloYts

have ::ieen on·the air lately, as only one re:,art (:'ram KLThlK) has been received this month. --ri1r"act, KL-land so dead we•ve heard that W's ning to· co.:·,pla in about it. that "f.:ill sluiap"?

has been e.rc 0egin­

Could be

R1.1ss, t:1~ 011 at KL7MK, re Jo.ts the follm:inr, via. Jack atKL7CL: w· scz, "Hello ·co Schofield andJuY::·inan." And also: KL7ED, J,;o$eS Point, is :!oing fb uith his-:'.\:.ciave vertical on 40. A!1<l ls:.ve had t-c·ouple of nice QSO's r:id KI,7IS-Dic:, at Shungnak. Ik, also, is usint; a }-·wi3.Ye vertical.

KL7JI at Loses Point, and also Dick, 599X- t:ir in YO, ,mt Chet, I(L7ICC at

Poi"lt lio1ne, heard him QRK-2 a couple of wee 1::s a·Go and t hot he was aver on the other side of Alaska, Actually he ,·,as just tryinc to load his rhombic on 40 r..trs, Got an RST 599 out of KL7ICU \"1:,.0

is Paul 11'G I[FQD in Anchorae;e.

KL7JS over in UW is on 80. Russ, KL7i,;C, tried to work him cross-bend but 7 JS cot,ldn •t read him so he: thinks ·chat he was probably having skip tr'ole and juoping clear· over him. KL7EJ( also called CQ the otho,r ovanh,; and tho first call brot . in ZI.2FI and ZL3CTJ.

h{ost all stn·s hv bn rptg aurora trbl and poor co:1c\x to the states tho uost of lc>.1:t r.:onth, al tho tho. pnst •;,cclc condx on ton J1v ~>n ,_pd w~th the L!UF oft8n soi~"!G abova 50 .mc/s. 1

H-1 seen in some .o.f the megazir.o!3 thr-.t drastic ch.:1n,;os in comncrciol tic,,cts hv bn 1)ln nnc d c nd may soon be in 0 fie ct. FCC·.hr in HQ concurs. BiGt;ost of;:ect will be in rcdio-tckphono"licon30s. It is plan,1GC: to have 2.t least throe :ww grc.dos of Orea.dee.st tickots, ~nd l:.ishcst ,·rill inc ludo an cxmninn tion · on tolevi­s ion, This gra<:!c will allow tho hold.or to oo chief in '.lny and '111 stns o;: nny pm:cr, but only hold·o rs of this e;r!ldo nill bo !lllmrod to bo chiefs in stns of

NC-14 FLIES EAST

CAA plane NC-14 was flm•rn to Oklahorn· City by pilots Jim Hurst and Jim Pfaff~ October 28 to h:>ve res nings chsngcc Herb Sn'.x,rg, chief of the Aircraft Sar. vice section and John-Frooland, aircrBf flight mechanic, accOI!lpanicd them.

more than 50 Im. Thr aro like provision in the, l0\'1er gr!ldos. I!o:ct r:-.onth, I -,;il try to hnvc more detailed di:,ta on thcs. licenses, as at present the FCO hr in E hns not recd tho new licenses or cxcms.

!lcnrly cvcryoncc has hc,ord of tr. two .fella,:,s piloting cub ,,l:lncs 1 roun the v1orld, Ei.rans nnd Truman, but fv· knar.' how thc:ir tr3ffic c.r!.d progress re ports to their hom0 be.so in ,fashington D.c.,. wore hnndlcd (or docs anyor: ccrc?). Any.,,0y, c:notcur rc,dio again c:··.~:nc.: to tha rcsc1-:.c.

From tho time tho flyers left Shemy in the: Alcutirins until thoy landed c Elmendorf Field in Anchore.;o. progres reports end other pcriine:,.t doto wcr ebbinc,d from ATC by KL7HU c,nd rclaj•e to KL7AH, ,:ho in turn rclo.c•cd· them, A­on ten :-:ietcrs, dirc:ct to W3H!:J) i~ Mury land who stcycd ·in consto.:T:0 touch wit the flyc rs.' mcro gc rs and. ,Ii v0s. Aftc ti1cir orriwl in Anchorc:ge, the flyer cont:octed their ·,sivcs dircctlv on J!lck• rig (it consists of a moiss{1or Sig~ Shifter directly drivin::; c.n HIC-257B Cfa

:1 ibllicriftcrs' SX-42).

Jock (KLnE) is om of the loc11 RI's. Condx·,10rc gndupuntil Fridcy Eovc·!nbor 7, ::l"nd we cou1d ,;Jor:( W3NI.:D di roct fro!'l <bout 1100 AS7 to 1630 AST An end fed lo.nt; wir0, nbou'c 60 fe,ot of. the gr-o:.tnd, wo.s u-s.::d for tho D.ntcnno..

I "Hould oppreci0t0 · more news frrn tho field, 0!.'.c's, so shoot mo o line, er. let me kno~'l who you o. ru ,aorkine;, how d c.nd condx ere, vtho you c,rc end whet· ye er~ uoi~; or plc.nning to do with you rigs, Tcnks Chums ~nd 73 fm

-- D/1.l! W. CROCKL"'TT

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ENJOYS DANCING PARTIES

With circti~t 30LX receiving f~cili.:. ties ins·( Zt ll :: c:, Ed Gri~stad has cepz..1··~cd :,icGr2.th z'o1: ~·nc;·wra.ge headquarters. ·:;e

· enjoyec~. his 02.rbed CDr.'!nentf; ;1_nd .ec.sy Of­ficienc;• durin~; ,,is short stay here,

1:e n~eth F'~ber '".:as a recent visitor Oil

g to'J.r of io!Z:intenance inspectiDn, and ~rnest Fu"Cne.m s;..)'snt a few da:rs here 2.s­sistirlG G1 i!JstacL

A ~er; 'i'IIV tra:1s::ii tte r to C?~ used on E45fl is 'iei,i:; icistalled by and Bt~c:c 1.:icbO. The P..evr s ho:.i l<:: re licve the broken shortened tc:·.:p-z rs resultant -liall i ,1:; i'ron 305 to. Et,58.

);)_an nose rs t~ansr:, i tte r nails and

of hasty

Eallo1·.~ee:1 ·, :as the occssion for nur12r­ous ~12 !'"t ie~· e.:i~ci c~R::1ce s. 11 Lena the riye ;:.a :: ...-rns a·m~.rd.ad fi1 .. st ?rize at t~11: masque­rade a,10. '.)roved to be Dorothy Slone w:,on U!'l.rn2S1::c(t .

Tho Firei,;cn•s Club illcdical Ber.efit dance, ef."1cic,1'tly manac;cd· by John Cook­sey, SGM All,;, : • Slone: and Oscn r "Fly .. in~· Cor::1oy;; '..J L.1chs ll, v:as a huge success 2njoyc c~ by th..: entire populace anl~ .:. pia n-.:: ·1oad of pssscngcrs c?u·-ou"Go to Nome. Proceeds .rrill ~e Usdd to ~nint2.in the firs·t a icl. roar::, located at the.: !~.o!·:1c of Flol"'cnco ·.".'L1c!1oll, r8gist0red nursC,

Vern Domoc;alla rcluct:ntly r . tu:rned to duty fro,;; a n annua l kava spent hunt­ing and loa:."in:; to a llo·.v the fe m.er Juno Gadd to V[';ca·Ci.011 ·Nith hus'wand Puul Gvisel.

D01·othy 3ryc.nt 1 s name has been added to thG roster of ccrtifi~d air-~round comrnu·,, io,.tor:; and sh~ cc la bratcd the i._..;v..:.nt i..>y 0ocornii1~ o 11 j:·iid--:/a tch fJo'uc1.it"

I;,.Vorc, a li~s Clarence L. Es t es,' i's bus:. stud:1 i r·.s for· cc rtificoti on Gx cirns . Aftc r o.dcl.,·Js s inc him as Cla rvnco f o r 'b:10

Ylo...; !<S vtith lit-t l u or no r,:;~poris c ~ Y!c

found his ;n:,m11 co.lls hlm La Vero,

Mr •. -a r.d ;:!rs, Raymond Schncidor ro­cor.tly cnt~r·caincd ;!,1th c.. hous;:-wa rrnin:; ~t tlwir home in the villat,o , Schneider, g~norc.l mc.:cl1a~1ic, c.om-.: s tO_ Ir1cGrc.th cft0 r sp.:: nc':.nc 18 ,:1on-chs at Shcmya.

BEGINNiNCJ:

munEmnG m1T moE "Look D~ws," said :,:ohayre, blin.'<ing

:,is l:Jeautiful rreen eyes noisily and rustling the pc.e;es of t:,e las·c issue of uu:,LUK, '\,rhy don't you e;ive tho.t editor person a. brec.k and let her kno,·1 ,:,hat does in the re sion as ye·.! uove you r rheume.tic bones around?"

"What say·, chum?" queried the trove 1-ling mechanic, tentatively ra isine; h is he11d end lifting his beard out of the vtoy c.s he reached for a cigarette •. 11 You ~e en--·rne--e r--·:,rite something? 11

''Yah, you ·knot.-.·, 11 continued Hoe, 11 like · nhen we saw Rose no.u do•.:,n at Heiden - and

·c ::e 'Poto sky 's and th6t._ nice lunch they '.:icked together for Jim Pfeffer and us e·;; U::,olekleet -- oh, and ~:,out Joe Gerth ct :cotzebue !Ind t hos e ifo rthern Li:;hts -­t.,1, there's a thous cnd things you could s ay . rJaybe some of t hose other cherac­t crS i!"l th~ Eighth might like t 0 . kr,ow wlwt we do and see bouncing o. round."

11 rT.lrntTi, not c. Oad ideo--let r.i~ think ~ minut e ," s1;1 i<l the TY, clos inc; ·,1is eyes ~.nd rnutte rin.:; in hi~ whis!:crs, ;1Stodts, ~-~'.l li:lS, Frt.n fa.bbott, Robbins, D:tve Dishlw, Rose, •. " an:! on th:::t thour;h',; ~ rising crescendo of snores cuuscd i.Joo to shc.ka his sh~£g:_y he~d witt c balcft:1 look, turn r.round three t imes to fk·cten t he tundro. (;r::.ss and coll::.pse ,·1ith a sleepy Grunt alongside h is me.st e r.

l1JOTE: hloh.n.yre, rironouncej nLloe -hr:.ir, 11

is c,n ex-Gambq ll Siber i an Hus!cy of some ­,:1h.'.lt doubtful lineage, tho closest con­nection probably being a bcdragrlo d, r,oth-onten bathmat. At the expense of ?!\UCh patience, ;~:oo lee: rned to bnrk in :.:ni;lish end his pithy , poripc.tetic mus­inGs ,,:ill ::: ppec.r i,i o forthcomi,ig issue,

-- JOHN DXNS

· Audrone Lind wa s e le cted president c-.n<l i ~cric Corv.zr, secret:-,ry-trc:.surer of tho l.icGre>th Women 's Club a·c the iTovombe I'

moot in";, Pl~.n~ :c re now progressing for the comrni.tni ty Chri.sbo:1s pc.,-tYI which is s ponsored r.nnu::: lly by the \I/omen's Club.

-- ANN l::i, DOi,OGALLA

.frRLEnH WUCOMES;'G :N-flEMAN or WEATHER . B-UREAU

If some ono uould check up on the ,;;r,i'scnt persorL,el at Gakr.a, he v;ot,'fd find t:ie.t onl~, one of them spent tbi winter here last year'. Good oYd· · Ruta stuck b~, to :,uii"e the your.g ones thr.ou.:;!1 the 'Hinter. Such is the job of _l1TIC.

K~-:-11~c>· .:i.nd tfi~1 i'{ul.-:r de·po. rted aftcir e.n c::te1~c\ec'. vis i'i; at GQ for their ne.s·r jobs-;:-_{; :i~ Calta. Couey, ·after a l,~a,.:e in t'he state:,_ re2orted in ,t Jur.~au na;· doi:iri \~:·th~ ~>Cri...a_na . . ne lt co,.!ntry. D ic~ "Treder1;· -s-:~in mn·d0 ~is grsda 5even, c.nd two· tlavs lo:G6r truhsferrcd to rn· ·as· re­lief ~on:nttnicator. . Guess th0 .Ror;ion('.l Off"icc ·:!o.s loot:L1{~· out ro·r the ·Ne l.f8 ~e ot the :,nchot"~g;e citizenry, ns· we hear he tur:ic<i up at Fur:c·,scll' 8 couple or' UC\YS after le!\vinc; h~ro. ' ' '

l:0r1 pcrson.1el recently arrived · ·hc·rc arc the not: Ci\.CO!l Eob Doblenz and v;i:,."c Pat .from Sii;;:". After one gcoc! l00k a!'ounc~ the s ·~~·.·(ion th0 n.clr, c hil.:)f sr-.id, ·· 11 0 :1 rtcl.l , rte 're i10rc -now Sc v,a :r.i,:;ht o.s well stny . 11 J~l!_1h [ui'fc _r., vrife Rose :.n<l sons Dick end Jimr.1y .·· errivod eftc r ::-. qu ic'., 'cri ::, from FnirSanks. in ti:'c,2 to cf'tcP. cv-0r~ron2 m:prcparcd· . . _They dccl~n­cd to r,akc 0. stci.tomcnt. · ·

Goor:,,: Wooc! of T,,xcs and furry fa,,t fro-r.l the Oi.:l c-hom:-c City tro.ini"ng Center have o.rrivcd, c.nd bot~, ~grccld it '.'iOt'.ld

bo a cold \'tin':-:!" without cdsqu~t.i cloth-· ing. Sc~1::s o.s t~1ouc;h th..:. trc J.ning cori­t~r bo~··s ho.vcn't been o rou!1d th.J-tcrri­tory. r.uch durinc the v,in'tu' ,''.ind 1:.~corr,­m.z; n<l sc.:::Hlin:; HO'."! com!:'lu?\·icntOr.:s ,to . .h.lo..s!:a. withoi..r;.; :.ny cold rro~.~\lc _r c.·:.;i.r. _·For r..c;·-1 pcr soru!.c l ,_.,~to h~vo·nit l i :vud i!1 "I!°'.'t-.::r.ior ~-\las\c., it n0ul_d scum pr~-::-icr to rcccm­rn.:;nd ·!iomc; lone; -~·.r:dlcs,. wool shirts,

.wool· Soc!:!::, .mitts :.ncr cv0.rshocs t.o :5QJ' th0 ·lo::is·t', il'!s ·c,;c1.d of: cdv isi:1i:; ' thorn ·to

-wait unti l t'11t;'t.-~ ::1 rri~-- ~t th(.;ir n.~"'' st:-.­tior.s (.::ny~ 200 milos fror.i th0:· ·nc1'-r<:;st store r,h.:r~_ clothine; c::in be obtain0(l). :to c:c:t _t\1cir t{1ni;cr clothinf;. · ·

1-eici-.ael Loren home from Fairbanks and tbe only thing Ed. has t11ugllt hin ' so far is· "..o yell "::msh." Tosca had been look­ing rof.tard to the first of l,ovember to petur1~ to work, whil'e. Ed.,;1ill .c\,ange th<> dia:,ers on the dogs age tench the boy to

u1ush.

Don Slor.ecker is peace.Cull~' waitin!'; for the sprini,; :ireak-up so he can try his new out:ioard to see .if i·c works a·s

· ,·.;ell on ·the :ioat as it does as a mix­:·i!'.ster. ills wife claims it is nice, but a little ll.'i'k'.':ard to start.

Odis s'pike s · and Ge or~ i'food · a re the s tudents of. Ed Jones in thei r · ventures tov:::lrd u1a L:::.~; ~ goon ham. Spikes holds· t he . title .. of be icG t he oP-.ly co~:::1U!'licnto r to rece i,,e his wes.ther certificute in. time to sign it elnd retu i--r~ it t o the Regional Office ·.,

The ,faather Bureau !JF.s r:oved in ,fod \'te hope the y. will stay fo1· .n l c:ig. tbe. ?ione of us vre re . look in~ for;;~rd wit h r.iuc h relish to taking t:,ose observa'ti,cms these- cold winte r dars and' nights·. ·.or­fice r-ir.-charge Norm La uri ch. of K0tzebua, assisted i>y p·uul Fuller:ton of :Jet!ocl and ? ci irbanks, 1illnuel r.olt·. of ,Barrow. Qnd Claire Sosse r of McGrath', ... !).11 came .in and. set up operations end have now taken the co1:1r,'iete job upon themselves . '

The gentlemen of · t 'hc· Bu·rec,u, being eJC-Amy. pilots, spend a good dee. l . of time "han[n r fl: ·i ng''.' whe n they s hould be hor.1e v,ith their families. Tne whole group is now settlinc down for t he win'­tc r and are pre ;,e. rod for ·the c·old weath~ er and .. snow ahe,i'd, '.'/ith the famil ies all gotrig inside for ·thB· ·;:inter, only one ,·,ill not be hea.rfng the patt er of Ht-cle feet on the f loo, . IIis only • com­mt>nt is "I've been •too darn busy ,;/ith .:my n~w , C}:tiBf' s '..!~-t i ~·s . n .. ·;siich···is the · b itt~r r ruit of success.

In the ::i11inte.nance .. , .'.department, vte Hc\rry h!ts clocidcd to · give " course of ·· have John Sheldon and f0:8ily . from Tal.,.

instntction. to tl10 old. so'Urdoughs on ·chc :ceetna, 'Ed··cook. fro.ni·:sum,c,·it,.· Ross Cc56k <:cntlc art of ) inr; pnng;· ·1vhilv · ?;d J o:,:.; s from 3ettle's, · Jiro EeaJ, and .(amily. foi' .:. ~nd his ·i'ot; rtoar, are gi,•l.n:, the li('.'c · t1c rly of ·the USATS ' do~m the chain and ;r1')Vl t}'.O.:_fir::;t tes t~· . Mrs. Jones broL~b~~-;; 1 Cla1:i-c.,~,·srs"nde, ·rre~h ·/rom. Seattie-=-· ··

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SAO SACK OF TH.£ R.ADIO SHACK

"Tf-lE GREAT DAY"

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/ ~ ( ..

Home Sweet· Ho,,,.;

c·Emc1 FINALLY SPEAKS

Tvas ust vun September morning Ven der sun vas peeping out Dot CC::..:O vent a-fishing Ach! You shuc\ ;1ave ':,een -about. Der vas N~-rer, Turner, Robbie Vildo and Yessic too Dot vent a-fi.shi:.' on dot trip-­row ~0~1 't you vish tvas you?

Uc v·ife nor bus;Jand -accomParlied dem Now 0.on_ you tink dot fun? I t e ll .you ''.:lout dot trip ve took, About eac'-1 inc'.ividual wn. But first I tell o-.ir tale of voe Und vhy ve v ish ve didn't go,

Cu~ ve ·-hel r? i:G cause der sun stop Shine Und to in-oack der clouds recline? I say ve no cud >.elp it ... IJO! Dot -i ·i; decided it vud snow. Ve s ~~i ve 1· and vc sh!l'...:e as ve sit

on der la!.ce, De r knic hts of old voul:-!n't a.-bes n

so i)old As to sit oL der l ake ar:J . quake .

So vat did ve do, ve ieaf it to you; Der vives, der husbands :, dcy doubt

vat ve say. Ve come ri!:£ht home ven ve got o. vay, Vo do vat -oJC do, ,ve ~o vst w zay, But like de r :t·:ulcJ dG-y Dray a1~--~ · dey !)ray .. How0ver, vc bo tirad of abu s ,..:s , Ve no haft ·C~1c time now to give

dor e::--~cusos . So now to (1c 1· y i nr; les and yar1_c) e: s v c GO , Und maybe: ,-ou sec vhy ve haff

to co slou.

Der vas an olc'. men named Hayer, Vlho for dor i:;alz had a particdar flair, Ii.:- said he vent ·fishin', I:.ut ·: vas out ,;.rith t ,,ro chickens , So_ his vifc pullod out r,elf his hair.

De r · vas a n ol,'. r ooster ca llc·a Turnna, '."!hose vifo ,;cclo.rcd thn t ·he·· sprurda. He nlso vent fis)1in' ,\r.r:i ::; .i.nc" has been ~ishin r Tr.at she hafu1 1 i;· ·bcon quite s ·o burnda.··

Der vas a young lady nrur.ed·Yessie; , Four liddle :'ish did she catcl1ee. They vere o.l sUch Size That all of dem lies In der bott~m of de r lake at rfasilee.

(Continued on next page)

~'1.e follm•tl!'!; seiec"tion v:as r.-ritten ~ :i:"'or, and dedicatP-d to, "b:;o sir ls at j '.'.e rri 11 Fillld. , • ,

LA:,iENT OF A DI81LLUS IONED YO\H!G MAN

To those who 'follcr.v in our wake A!!.0 decide to quj_t "for a woma n's s-ake ~" (For these who have found t hfl.t

,; One and o'n ly 11 )

Eo re kind and con1iderate women I r.".3 ve r ~~new,

Of the se the ·No rlc has far too few, Their chaIT.1 and g r <>ce an~, ge nt l e touch To a lonely ms n me::ln ve~~ much .

Though they pos ses s these attrioutes , T~ey can bo ~onster·s 1 beasts, yes

and Gven brutes. ?iature 's beauti3s c.,,n :>G a deadly s pecia 'Lh-is we kno\'l if. we .1.t.udy- the .. .. 11.sr:..::. 1' ·

To have her is a tM te of hell. or heave n Like the dice game 's NUJ!'oer Se ven.

And whe n you ' pick up the dice --or pick up a dame

It's still just luclc if you win the game:

[ one of v:hori ·answered with this

lpertinont, thou[ h not 0riginal, jinsle •••• L__

,,omon l1C.ve many fauU·.s Y-' n hn.ve only two-­Everything thuy say And everything tney . 6.o.

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S I f K ~ WA NT S TO FI LL A LL HOUSES 8 Y CH R ! ST MAS

Can anyone tell ·us. the dii'ferehce be­tween "rain s,\awers 11: . anc . uintennittent · li:;ht ra i n''? \fo ll, it doe sn' t matter a.nY' :ay as the rain has been pushec". in-Go the baclcsr oun d this past ,:,onth with ·che wind ,_r urmin5 rsl-L:p!j.nt.·. ·. In fa ct · one · he.rd­ly c;ets n chance t o get v;et -- a rain sho:.•re r CO!Jes up·· and· - before· i": has a chance to precip , it' s over the hill.

f/ell , l ike vre .once .. said , neve r a dull ~omen~ ir: 3_:lt--'.~r"l . .Vie have a ll bes.,-1n ho l din~; our -:-;,cath for .t!--.e 48- hou r -;;ac!c coming up . since the -Gape. rtu re of Er . F.lasten frorr: Shes::, t;ounta i n. Think y;e will mG.k3 it th:!.s time . ~·lander 1·1hnt 1 s hold in.r.: u ,, :·nr . S,:cith of Fairbanks? Bet he'd l i'.:e to ' :r:ori.too . Eurn--we ll ·ue are very- -p~tb.nt ·people da\'/n he re $nd surely

CfillO (Continued i'rom page 20)

Der vas. also. a l acy ca.llGd \hllie Said . "A-::'is.'.1ir: ' I ' 11 go villie-r,_illie·, She f e l-1 in der la,:e Came .u:, :Yr5.-~h a shake. No\'.r , is::: rt our ;_-_~illie silly? ·

And last, but not least is young Robbins Vent o-fishi n • mit tcro liddle boubins. All r.s: caug':,t vas a uold Our story is told ---llama whac!rnd hin t'il' h·is· ·hea·d

WB$ a - throbbin '.

The vctr.s ve l e ft be hbd To do· de I' dirt:,- vo rk '.~ere I'hil De Ford and Unge r ·too•; Der jobs dey ~id not shitk, Dey pil:d u;i discrepancie s · And l'"ior::e c'. e:r:a? ·1 i:.:c be ave rs , Vhik, · sa.cl. to t oll , der .rest of'.us Ce.me home Hith chills and fvv<lrs;

The re ··ra s ·. a young ma n ca llod Sm( ','"[ho ha<l .a pipe in ·uhi ch he _burned hay. One day to his surprise His wife bl a ck,3r,ad :,oth ayes And a llowed he could sleep in the bay'. .

if :we. ji.tst hold on we w-ill-be fixed up : re tty.

' fo have some cha:-ir,es , somG temporary and some penl1ene_Ylt. t£r , - ;.-:a.Fchant, - ?.:TIC , is Outs ide i n t he: sunshine, we hope, and ;·'r, Sunden, iate of C,pe :-,ome, is ecti:-ig in ar. :-.~a rchant ' s absc ~ce. A very nice fello•!J, ~:r. Sunden. 7/e ,.,ender lv-v: co'!le he is st il! s : ngle ,:it"'. a ll the nice GO.ls up Nome way .. We haven r·;; any elit;i ­Jles here . ort ·· Japon~ki but ~~he town cf Sitka ·i s blqorning. ~-"ie 'll soe ,s~at we cnn do.

~,r. ·Butcher-, - l ate of Por'c Heiden, is mechanic for Sitlc!l a nd Jlior;~o. . !ie v:ill ralieve Art }jgll. for a lon6-a·:1aited ve­ce.ti,m. ae and his wife and t hree children are welcome additions to cur vil~age· . Ii'ra~.k ~'ii,ite is st i ll b2.tchins out at Eiorka. J patiently waitin~ his re­lief so '-.s can join his ,,:i±'e and three ,; i rls ·in [1ere-. i ho f°"'Tlily moved in to ,.-iut t'rlo of the ·girls i:1 school t'lis f ·11l.

The ,ra1·:asch' s -~rrived October 1. They came t a ·:us from lfortl-r.ny , a nd v1hat Has Northi.,Ve:Y ' z loss was our :-a i_:i - - nice pcopl o •. Of c_<:>1..1.rsa, wa k::.ow them when, 2 r.d .looked fOr<:iG. t°d to their arr iva l . ,.,y, ho-N Judy hfis grow:-, .

\ic ho ve a ,~oal -- al l l1ouses f'~ll by Chrishas •. One to -r,o afte r tll: a rrinl of ~:ir , fia l st-~n . . Of course i ·C is rcl serv­.ad for 1:ir . Smith -- hope he can make it . The r e are ten houses in I gorot·:i Villa5e .q.r;d·_d l we r e p:;.intec ·ins ~de o.n<l out this _G.Vnme :, and a!'.C just -uaitinG to i)e lived i~n .

.J" . ·-Yollpp i, our chia·f, is on VB.cat:iro. Ec' s staying n.o~e and cr.joyinb t he priv­·iloe;:· :of sleepin,:; in · c ~ch mon1ing. 0±' cou:"·sr:) thc· :lithtS a~rer to·:,!1 arc Cuming ?:Oorc :,rillie.ntly than -:vor--n: ·c:.1ing like

.-a vac3tion a;,,ong f riends .

'.Nu ll, cv:: :-;;one ,:ust stopped holding his breath. Mr. Halsten arrived with wifo e.nd baby.· · Su,x looks f;OOd to us . Ho ro about t h.om- next t UilC •

-- _YOUR SITKi, FiiID- SOCK

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r I

! ? E I\ SO J\J rJ E L TYPES or C!ViL SERVICE

APP01NTiv1ENT5

As t he ps,,s onr\cl division freque ntly receiv'! s ·quPstions f,-orn ~ield pe r scnnel inqu.i rinc; abo·~t t he va ri·ous type s of. civil ser­vice Appoir..trnents, ths iollo::1'ir.g brief su..'llf.':a:-y of the Se"'lera.l kinds of a;,pointmen~s held by personnel· of the Eig;ht h region :ciay ce of general interest.

At pres ent all position~ in Alaska ar!l classed as "excepted positions . 0 That ·· is, tl1e .emploJinc egen~y is no~ requireC. t o fill suc h ;>ositions throu:;h tr.e r Ac;"la r co~petiti·1e civil ser­vice pr,;, ce>dure. .iro,·,ever, t r.e a~ency may fill excepted po,sitio:,s t hr ough the regular .competiti,,e procedc,re ~y the trans fer, · r e in­stc tement, re~ssigr£?ent or promotion of t,ersons who me.y- Ce .. e li­i; ib le for s uch a ction c,y virtue of their compPtiti'·,e (::,e n trne nt) sta tus, Positions may a l so be fi lled by transfer r in-; , reassign­inr; or promoting person!i Ytith r!ar Gervice status . Positions i'.'1 th~ Bighth region have been filled throug r. a 11 of the ab ove methods; therefo re, .at '.)resent CAA employees in Ala s ka are serv­in;; uhder the f ol10·;1 in;; t:,t1es of appo int:nents:

A - Competitive (per:·:.:,;,ent) a;,:,oint:nents B - War· Service Indefinite a;>pointments C - E'7.cepted appointmer.t s ur.der Schedule A- 1-.ix, of indefi­

nite dur ation D - E,cce pted a ppo:.nt::ients under

rarJ duration specif ically ye.o.r or less.

Schedu l e A- 1-ix of ternpo­lireited to periods of one

The applic~tion of reg.,lations dea lfog ,rith such matters fls retirem'::!nt , l eave , red,1cti on-in- fo r ce , employee r ights in conz1"=c­tion with remova l a.ctio1~s, ?eriodic salary advqncements and oli­si'.l5lity fo·~ transfer to '.)O Sit ior.s outside of Alas:ca ma:· diffe r according to t he type of a;0"o i ntrr.ent he ld. Follo-::inc; are the r.ior e important ways in ·;,hich t!'le diffe rent types of appo intrce nts ms.:; a ffect employee.s of t he Ei,)1th reg.ion.

A - A pe r son se r v ing under a Competitive (perr.ane_n.!) a p­po1nt ment is subje ct to t he Civil Servic.e Re·(; i rement J,.ct :. is c or..s:dered ~,3 ~a~ent f o r · --l'3a '!8 p~l."r;iose s j ·i s· g iven · pre.fer-3nce eve r war :ervice and terr:?orc~:..-·y ,~. p­pointe es . under red0ic':ion-in- fo r ce ::,rocedu.res ; : ll'."Y: not

.be !:"<;t:10V8d except for SUC:1 caus e &S :,::.11· p.Z-OClO"te the effic iency of th~ service and will Ce gi";a n the oppor-

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tunity to reply to c,..:1r::;es; s eligi ;le for tra ns fer or l reinstate:::er.t to otl,"r ;:,osit ens in the federal service for ·::r.ich he is C;ui>lific,c:; s eligiole for pe:-iodic withir.-i:rade snlary adva."ncemen":s ~

B - A person serving under a ·,far- Service Indefinite ap­pointment is subject to the Ret:.rement Act; is ccns-ic­.e-red Fe,:;anent for leave purposes; -is g;iven preference ever temporary ec1;0!oyees under reduction-in-f orce pro­cedures; under CAA policy may _not ::ie re:noved for cause without being given the opportunity to reply to cl-.Ar­ges; is elie;ible for transfer to those positions in the fed9ral nervic<" fer which he is qualified encl for which tl-.e Civil Service Co"""ission has not yet held compc1ti­tive examinatior.s and establ ished reg;isters of eligi­bles for: probational ap'.ooint;;;ent; is eligible for reri­odic within-grade salary a dvan·cer..e.nts.

C .,. A person ser,ing under a n Exceete:i (Schedule A-1-ix) arpoint!:lent not li;1ited to a i)€ ricd of one year or l ess is subject to the Reti ,..e,aent Act ; is considereci.pe.rma-:: nent for leave purposes; is gi~,,ren pref_er.ence over •Nnr

-ser_vice emFloyees. and te:_-~.pora. r.f O?pointees under reduo­tion-ir.-Corce procc,:'u,:-es and is on.equal sta'1d ing .with a pema!lent employee in thi:j r:egard.; :under CAA policy, will not be re.r:-ovec\ f'o ,· cause •without beir.g given the opport unity t·o r e~ly t o charges ·providing he has com­p l eted 6::1e year cf 3ervice under s uc h nppo ::.ntment ; is not e ligible for t ,·2.r,3f'er o r reinstete:nent to positions outside of Alaska ·.-:hich nre in the competitive federal service;. is eli[io le for periodic ·.vitr.in-g_rade salary advanc~rilents. ··

D - A person serving under a TemlJora ry Bxce pted eppointment (Schedule A-1-ix) sr,iecif i cally lin:ited to_ a period of one year or less · is.·;not s ubject to tl~e Retir_.gment A.ct; i s considered tet:.po!"tlry i'or leeve purposes ; i s .. i n ihe lowest gen~ral r ete!1tion group under -.r.,,duct.ion-in-force -re@i.la"ti'6ns; is not elicible for trans f e r to other pos­i t iDns ;· does not P.s-ve the r ights in connection with re­moval ection p~ovided for t~e othe r . kinds of sppoint- ­r,ents 1 isted .above; is not eligible for withi!',-.;rade se. la ry .adva ncer:ie r.ts,

Until quite re cently a numbe r of CA.A er.iployees in Alaska were s e rvi r.g u r.der appointments kr.Ol'lll as a "temporary indefinite ap­po intnant · pending trn establishr..e nt of a register. " Upon in­st ru ct ions rece ived fr01:1._the Civ il Se rvice Gomr.:_iss i cn all ap­pointments of tr.at type he l d by Ei,;hth rei:;io:'.a l ·Fe r sonnel sta­tio!led in Alas ka . ·,;e re co:::verted over to excerted (Schedule

.A-1-ix) appo,~.tmeots of· indefinite duratio:,. ·converting those ap,1ointments h!ld the ei'.fec,: of o:!akiw; th~ employees eligl.ble .for crit hir.- r; re.de .salary increases and si:oject t o the Ret"i:reme:it Act,

SID £KICKS NOW 'HEAD WOMENS LEAGUE;

SEC T!ONAIRES BREAK RECORDS OCTOBER 29

Side !Cicks, CAA wives, have climbed from fourth to .top spot in the women's bowling leac;ue viith. 25 wins anci .15 loss.cs durint; the past . month's play. Noseeurr.•s at'e secor.d : w1th. i4"wins to 16 def~ats nnd Personnel is third ,;,ith 23 wbs and 17':losses.

Audrey Fan.:er, Fede re.·l Five, heads the list of individ'ual. standings with .,n aver . .:.ge of 133 for 30 games.. Art~:el.:..e Evans, Heir'l.11 Field,. is second witt a 132 , averac;a for 30 games .

Octooe'r 22

Personnel i,;oved up from second to first place by taking 4 points from t'.er­rill Field, The Secfionaires split· ti·,o each with Accounts, ···brinr,ing the i.look­keepe!"s donn from first to second spot. Mercedes Salas, ,Sectionaires, took both hi,ih sin~le and· high three for the night with 193 a 1rd 462.

October 29-

This is a nicht tl\8 Sectionaires won•t fore;ct,. They took 4 ;;,oints from the Federal Five in' ii ·s·coi-ing spree -\;;,:i t [OVe them'" tcem hi,gh iiingfo 'and taa,n high three honoq · f ·or. the ,se·ason so f ar ,rith 701 and 1960 and. moved them up· f rom· e ic,1th to seventh ._pla.ce. Al i'ce- :lcpman, of t he Sc c·d.on3,i re's , a1so i>'i-ocee dad to smash e:;c;ct:'.1cg ir.di:vidual records by rollinc: 195 for the ·se'ls·o·n•s indivitlt:al high s in::::lc <1nd 484 f o r · t 1\e sea so,~ 1 s­hi!::h t'hre0; Th-, Side Kie.ks tock 3 .fro1;1 F8 rso:-.nel, r,:ovine; up from f ou rth t o

thi rd and puttine; Personnel i!'. a r.:o-way tie for first with ;\ ccounts.

November 5

·The Side Kicks continued tllei,· rise : to the top by taking . 4 points from the Federal Five, putti·!:J.g· them in a two-v,ay tie for fi'rst with Ac.counts. Accour.ts stayed on top · by taking 3 from Person."lel and shoving the latter terun down from a first-'place tie to third ;,lace. Arthelle Evar,,s, ::errill Field, took hig;·, sini;le honor~ for the eve ning with 161 and Con­nie Clayton, · Noseeum •s, took high three with 438.

November 12

The Noseeum 's ca1pe up from fourth place to a two-way tie. with Accounts for top spot. The Side Kicks cl.rapped fro:n t he top into a two-way tie for second with Personnel.

November 19

The S~de Kicks took 4 from Accounts to. climb .bac.k ·up to first place, and Ac­counts tUJ:1bled from a first rlace tie to fourth· spot. Personnel o.nd ;ioseeum 's split two .. each to p1,1t the 1:00.eeum's sec­:ond and Pe:rs onne l t h ir,1 . :.The Fe de ra 1 .Five c~.imbed . out of the cellar into s ixt_h by t aking 4 from Me rrill Field 1

· and the Sectionai.-~s dro;iped back into last place by losing four to Payroll. Indi vidua 1 high three b'i.1or:i for t !1e evenini; .. went .. to Dorothy l!eredith, No-

... se.e.um•s, .with 444; and Im.a Leboin, Per­sonnel, took h igh · single honors with 169.

KLONDIKE GANG TOP TEAM IN FIRST ROUND:

OF MEN'S {EAGUE,. DUFFEY· TURKEY WINNER

T~ Klondil-e Geng . ,;o(m~ up winner of · the fint . leg of the · tbre·e-part CJV .. men• s bo,7ling see.son fol'l'owing pley }!i:i'­ve!!!ber 14 by winning 24 ..... and ,. losing 12 g~es. dtJring the. ffrs:t; rounci< .. The Prop Busters placaci seco.ri.d 'for the first leg wit.!l 22 wirui an,: 14, losse~.

New high sqores in ~i:{q~t team high sin;,;le .and toam high ·three classifica­tions ,·,ere ro.cked up sfnce the last is­sue of h"U'l;nJK. They are: bick Stryke·r, Pentodes, hi;;h single with 256; Dill Clayton, . Prop Dusters, high three t1it,1 572 and Gil Joynt, high average of 172 for b10 n.i~h.ts .' play, The Prop Busters' 865. for high team single and 2316 for high tean series still s'tands.

October 24 Dick Stryker of the ·Pe~,todes racked

up n re cord hich single with 256 tiiis nii;ht. The Prop Busters stole into first place by taking 3 points from the Sad Sac!.:s; and Sherrod Kendall of the Kiondike Gang ' had the hig)i: se'rics for the ni:Jtt r,itll 548.

October 31 Tl)e Klondike Gang tiloved into first I

place by w!1.i:,pini; t!c(J Kee Birds; ,.,hile Elm<H Titus· o:..' "clte Dirt St·iffs'hit 543 for weeklr high three and Bud CharniJard, Mus!.:eglars, and Bill Cla:,ton, .Prop Bus­tcr1<, tied fo!' high s.in,;lo '"ith 203 .

Movember 7

Tho kl.ondi1:o Gan<" retained first place by lmocl:in,: off t!'te Sad. Sacks for

-3 points. A newcom<'lr t .o our ranks, Gil Joyn·~ , took both hi:;h sin.;le and 1,i:;h three with 201 c:nd 548 to bring his av­era(;O up to 172 for the top SIJot.

Novembe r 14 This last nicht of the first round

wound up in a tight race, tho Klondike Gang winnint; the first. leg of the tiqo b 0: takin~ 3 points from tha Snfa Hit·~ors nhilc t!la l'rop Bust~rs held second place b~ taking 3 points from tho Stock

Cha·s·e!"s·, ·Bill ·Clayton, Prop Busters, ·broke the season hi~h three with a strong 572 series .. end Bud c:~ambo.rd, Mus­keglers,' hit 226 for, nightly high game. ·

November 21

All twelve tea'"s started the second. round of the season by rolline; for puc­try prizes. Howard Duffey, Safe Uitte rs, too!!: hie;:l honors. winnin:; the t u: ke .·r with a 30-pin incre·ase over his average. Nate Stowe 11, Kee Birds, a. ctua lly won all the booby prizes but \>as ar:a rd,id only the pound of v,e iners for a 32- p i n de crease under his average.

George Cutler, ~adulators, hit 301 f'or second lowest series and -:!on t h0 pou:1d o:' '1'1amburger, while Bob Fodders on , ciaherites, won· the lollipop ,-.,ith the second lowest game of 81 r,i::s (Stowell hit Gl and 257 for low s insle and low series).

A chicken was awarded to the man on each team ·.who ··rolle d the greatcest in­crease o,cr his average. following are

•tha· winners:

NA.i::~ . Bon Mayfield John T~rne r

· A . Howe rd Francis Georc;e Perina Ben Linder Ross Seely Jim Carter Dick Stryker Bill Clayton G~ Kara!>elnikoff f;urki~h' Putnam Bo~ .SScon ·.

TEA.\l INCR&<\.SE Stocke:1.asers ___ 29 Klondi::e Gang 9 !"ix its 17 Kee Birds . 16 ;:odub.tor s 5 Safe Hi ttcrs 6 Ethcrites 24 Pontoc,os Even Prop Busters 15 Dirt Stiffs 13 Sad Sacl:s 6 l'.uskoglcrs 28

·The Fixits, Etheritcs and Stock Chnsers started the new round with i:or­'fect· slat~s , win."ling four- points .:,ach to · tia for first place. Bud Chambo.rd, ;.;us­kc r;io.rs, ·: hit 243 for so cc,nd high seas on gruno !inc. ' Bill Clayton again. took wockly high thro·e with 548.

-- GEHE SCB.ARNZK

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GUST~VUS L.OSfS pUffYiDUUSN(

Looking . through ·the old copies· of" MtJKUJK, we see tha t Gustavus ~as last heard from in the month of June. Someone has been slipping on. this d.eal -- •taint me either, as my arm ·was twisted .last month by Boo Thomas of Yakataga to get· the. ZZ report into the. editor's ofi'ioe before the Eighth.

There have been a number of . comine;s and .Goings this month at Gustavus. Byerle;' 2.rrived from '(ekntaga., vis Cor­dova anc Juneo.u . Took only three air~· lines to get him here, plus three days. :,eat:10r r:as Good, too~ ?.'ad some very nice visitin:; i n Cordova end Juneau with ~x-Yakntega C!l .. i\ 'or:s.

.Du:'fy Dl'fresne gave Byerley a f= hours' notice, .instructi.ons · Vlherc to fine. a ~ou:,lc oi' fomw : and took of£ for a nnua l l eave, heeding for the state of Idaho via Mains to visit rel3tive ~ ;,ere and the·rc. The dormitory boys were VC::)'

happy to sec hil,1 go .. for ono n:as on alone -- they did;1 't hcn e :t.o eat his spaghetti chows . any,;iorc. PNA wUl:be, happy ·co .do SOrite, hOWCVOr, if they become W88.thc,r­J Ound. Wo ull hope Duffy made, out :or: on his loavo, On his r e turn . (apprnx'i­:natdy the middle of NoVE;>mbcr') .: ho. s.top­pod ct Gustavus '3nroute to his new sta·· ti c,n, l(odiak. All Gustavus person.'1~1 ere wondc r:\,11; who will crack. :tho ,·,hip ··:ith Duf;'y c;onc l

r WO N £ vi FOR D SEDA NS

ACOUJ/?.ED fy RtG/0 N

Tue new ca rs, both 19.47 sb::-cylinder Ford sedans, were assigr.ed to t .he Eighth region !!1st month. ·

. One is a "desert sand"- color !:\nd has been assigned to F)'ed. Pollard at the 1:aintenance Shop for use by all branches for higravay travel only. It may be secured by appointment through Blanche l3rown of Property Management, The. other is dark blue ir. color an<l has been as­si,;ncd to the office · of the regi9ne l administrator.

The following is an interesting post­war anecdote which has received only limited publicity:

A GI working at a railhee.d in . India ha<:! been severely re[Jrin:anded for taking ove r duti'es outside his dornain without order·s from headqua rters. He promised to 'reform.

N~t· long afte ,wards , headquarters re­ceived a start l int; t e l egra'71: ;1Tiger on 101,ding platform eating lieutenant. Wire i!lstructions .. 11

".I'm fed up on that," cried the baby, P.ointing to t he !1i;;l1 .chair,

Lowell Trump, .. is about to take the fatal step at tho tbe of this \7l."iting. Yu;:,, he's getting married, The only de­la:/ is .that he m,e ds a bit of. time off ·co · ,;et the job done and has been spend­inf 'cha · month waiting for Duffy to get 0 :1 ck to ·Gustavus •

Wo lost a very nice !.:'TIC. in the per­son of' Ralph ~\.nC.c rson who. is -headinG _"'Or Washington, D.C,, 'to take up s-'.:udic·s with CP..EI. Hope.to .s-e.c. anl[)h and wife back this · way ne:.."t year. Ji."n Vroom:i·n is the lucky mnn Hho step;:,ed into Ralph's boots, !Ie , vrife Betty and the Junior OP (baby c;irl) arrived tn ·Gustavus from Would. like to make pertinont remarks r,'a irbanks lest · month, C1;1n see .t,iat on othe r in.liabitants of Gustavus which Fa ironr.ks los·~ a good man. • We are new might be of interest, but will have to hoking for J:ir,,•s rircht-hacd man, l:r. be· around a bit longer befoTG that .c3n Jone·s·, Jir,1 is ·t.he b;~. who is lookine; ·be · dor,_o. This ·d·oesn't add up to much, th~ hP.rdest, and I can understand · r,1,:,· but· · will suffice to let .you kn.a,1 trot with thi's stacl: of equipnent sui-rou!'lc'c:o.!1.G G~stovus is 'still arcund -- c.nd on t he ~. j~.

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BUSI:'BSS Hi.l~'.GEL!.EYT SRARCH

Ellin E. Bell, cl~rk~typist, Property Lana geme ~"?t di vis ion·. ·

F. Jaunita Weberg, cle rk-typist, Prope r­·ty 1fanagement 'division.

Virginia !.i. Shaw, storekeeper, Property Hanage;nent division.

Jmoge ;1e · If~ Olson,· clerk-typist, Property HanaGement division.

Alice · D~ Gi"os_sman, clerk-stenogra;:her, Contra ct & Procure:nerit division.

Alice Li. · l':ronr,, clerk-typist, Accou:1°.;s div is ion.

Mir.ta A. Smith, payroll clerk, Acco!.>.:r,,ts.

J\1.E VI E 1\tl ? LOY £ E S MCNTH OF. c)CTOqER

Robert W. Holmquist, maintene.nce techni­cian, Communications idaintenance di­vision (Bettles).

Warren p. Flechtner, maintenance t e chni­cian, Cm:ununi~ations f.Ininte:~1ance di­vision (Woody Island).

AIRiAYS O?Er.ATIONS BRAl,CH

Pauline P. Cross, traffic clerk, Com,nu­nications Oper~t ions division.

CP.arlotte R. Coll i ns, tra_i":fic clerk, Commur.ications Operations division.

· Esther P. Birdsong, trai'fic clerk, Com­munications Operations division.

division, AFF f~NT & STRUCTURES BRAHCH

ANF COillc'Ui.f!Ci,TIONS BRANCH

Seve rl~• L. ITunte r, clerk-stenographer, CollU'lunic~tions Engineering di,ision.

James P. Entre::in, general rnecha..nic, Communications :·.Ie.intenance· division'.

Bill R. J e i'i'ord, general mechanic, Coin- ­municationS' ·ili! intenance division.

Paul Hargraves, ·mair.tenance tech.nician, Conmunic&tious ~ intene.nce di.vis ion.

Jesse O. Morris, ge;:ieral mechanic, Main­tenance. division ,

Jae!: I. r.adfield, general mechanic, :Maintena~ce division.

'1Ti1U.am A. Ott, general mechanic, Main­tenance division.

James k'urphy, general me.chauic , Mainte­nance di vis ion.

.\'Til;liam R. Hapson, general mechanic, :]Ja.intenance. division.

Pace 27

GULK~n~ REPORTS FOR FIRST TIME

Tn1s may cane as .a shock to. some peo-. ple, · but af'~er the slie;ht hint Gul::ana receive,'. recently .,,e thillk it's about tbe \78' came into the ·limelii;ht fo, a short debu'.;. ;',ccording to recent his·acl-:1' this is '.;lie J'.'i1·3t time this has li,, ;,,,ocned so per!1Aps we•re sticking our nec'.:s out or tr:·in:.; to '>renk the spell.

?or 'c'.>.e ;,c:nefit of the uniniti:.tc::l, Gulc:ana, loc~lh- kr.o·rn by'the 'oldtiJ::crs a,,' '.' Dry Ci.;ee!:," • is· locc,ted ·o.n tt\e. TI:ic!'l­areson !{i;'.:)Rro!r about 200 miles :tt"0!:1 EQ, 19 miles fron Copper Center, six r.,ilcs fra!ii Senta Claus Lod·ge, 80 rr.il~s from Paxs.~n I.;,'ce, liin.e miles fi·on Gg,':or.a. :.nd about 3000 mi'.les' 'ftorn the Los i.i,.gelii>S cit:'" lif'li·~s.

Tm clb:.te here seems · to be kinda nice, as ;·re h::>ve very little rc,.in .and a ~re cit deo.l ~'f. sanshine -- :-tarr.· "too·., lo.st sur.::cr, that was. We hit" on all-til::3 low las',; ,·:1r.:cer, minus 68, '.,ut t:-,et didri 1.t la~t .long.

As this i .3 sort of an i!",troductory t,rticle, ioer,!apii we'd bette?' pe.ss o,it the <iopc on t1l10 1 s ·who ·at XV. Operations is headed by c.,cm; D,W. Thomas and fam­ily, kt.Jl~, o_f Fa,ri3we 11, As f .o.r .the Jtmior 0rnss ·Pour.di:, rs, .there a 'co. L.L. Batt.:.;i, :.n o::c-G I from ,;ontana, a.;id fc1m­·11y; tho Jo,uctts, m~ri: and 'ilifo tc run fr"OQ Ore [;O~~, and M .\V·.- "Benr.ingfic l<l, on .::x.-G I t'rosc·, Lidia na, and, f~rr. Hy,

In tl: .. o L~-~ir.tcna?:lcc (re':?s rtr.:Cnt·, ,·,c ~1-0 at. prcs.::.i\'c ET IC-less r.s Ted Allenbuuch . t'r':::.nsfor!'od ,·,ith pro:noticiq td ·thd ' pos i.- . tion of CU!O 2.'c Noll!O •· .11.t .. ·t~o rnomont ·~ ho aoting Elec'cron Chaser Jno\: llooro is p1nc-h hit·cin.:; as l:TIC (if we don•t got a nC\~ ono prct~, soon we' ro· ··. g·oing to vote Jack in p.::rma,1ontly), \'lh.::it with :.'.'.i~:,t­·ing' th.: divorsity reoc~vcrs £rnd scrc>tc'h­ing tho scratcllos ottt of the 304 'i..-cying re la~, ho soc!;ls to !..-u.:p pretty busy .• c;:ioil of eciiirso thoro 's tho reittor o~ a tom­pcmon'dal (;OVornor on tho . cat to fciol

HELEN MATHEWS MAU/ED

'NOV. 8 IN BELLINGHAM

· Helell M:,thews, Pl9.nt and S·cructures Engineering di vis ion, became the bride of Robert L. Boiley Q1' the·District E.n­ginee rs the even in;';· of Kovenber 8 in :::e 11 incho.m, Wash. , hane of the e;room.

Due to a sudden change in plans, the fonner Hiss ~thews !llade a hurry-up trip Outside for the wedding, havill!; received a ·:,ire at 6 PM and boarding a . !'lane at 9 FIil :,ovai,iber S. The .Baileys ,,ill re­turn to Anchcrsge to m2ke their .hJ:ie tM lattd r part of this month,

with in 'his s·p,fre tir,e"; and even with all that he se·eins to get arotmd pretty uell, considering his agod o.r.d. decrepit . condition;

We also .i,ave a new general mechanic, IloD. Holeman, ·viho came ,-,ith 'his family f:-am Port ~iden, '·To complete the ros­ter, there is general mechanic Jo.hn :,u:iek, an ex.'-G;r (no on.a k;iows where he's i' ro8, 'Jut tha general trond of suspicion is that r.<c: owned the ori~innl homest.e.ad that the fie'id is no>', on snd tne ·only ,;ray the government coul~ rc;et it was ta hire him as well as pay the t12 for t .he place),

w~ have had quite a bit of activity btely with the Beru:etts coini; on an.'1uol end i:;ctting lost on the Ile i:,es Ct1t-:-0rf on the way t .o t 'he states. Botten, just e;ot word t:1at),e , g'ot his 0id on Juneau,'

Arid· the other. day, non.o other than Gena rel Lis0ii.h01:or: ~-ho!1orod. Us ~ith··a visit. Ile se ems to · bo a · ~,rct·0!,. go6d Joe and quite con;;cnial as ha posod for pie- : CUNS for station p.orsOI'.llCl, . 'i\e !Yid r.ioro g;old a:round iicire than Fort Knox. Thin,,s were in quite,. an uproar that day., nnd us·: t1,:in,; to sle.0 ;1 after the mid too. 11 0h well, ·you work your fing'Ors to 1

tho bono, ar.:I what .1o you got?" (Bony · fins-e rs··)

-- Y. W. B.

c1"?u1n8s FROM TH( cnmm1SSHR~

Eicl- Ch e::fo'use me, it·must have been I was ' just paid to plaoe the follow-the "nail'.iead" punch I had e.'t tlla't !fs:l~ -1·· ing statement in · this article, so I loweeu· dance, Please; c\on'.t ewr. whis.c·· sha ll now do so, Cle.rence i.;cCerthy per, a;/ heed can't _stand it.' .. I as!\:s, '":lhy don't I get a raise?"

The _ Civair dance was really a -;,ay riot. Ar.ioug the "spooks" seen there were: 'Non,\ Lowenstein.a:id Walkie Talkie)-: Mel Peterson and Ball & Chain, Wayne ·,1oodh'2a·d, i-..lice· Rep::ien, ~rnice · Cur1·ie and other cn1m0s. A fee of ·$1.-25 seerced pretty steep until you tasted that punch and then -noboc':· seemed to care ·what ·che r::ir ice Y1as.

In a disIJc·cch received he:ce :. ::e\1 months ar;o , Galena aslced the CAA to JU'. ' some co\1S wi·Ch ;_:ore hirld quarters ·C!ic.n front qu:. rte rs. In reply, we have · t;,is to sa·y: '·We will wire Luther Burbo:11c \/ho will -l.!Y'.!!ied:Iately _cross-br9:ed·a "cow po.rr:/' and a steer. Tl-,, off-sprin1' >fill ·then be a "c6vr-post. ... In "Lat in, ""' i"~a"rne·d that post means· bohi·nd·, Therefo"re·, m, now have c6Hs-b6·hind, and· thllt •s r. ·l'ot more hind quc.rters thon front qU~ rtcrs any da:1•. ·

I .The butcher came bobbing ot:t of the cell long · enough . to·.mal;:e a few sini?le ,·equests to the field ecs;1loyeos . In

. makins ·out meat orders; it ,rouLl help a lot if you would spe cifJT meat cl!"'(;s and sites -- such .as, 10 lbs._ Por'.c I.et: :least,

·01· 2 each Frying Chickens . '1''1is way there vtill be no ·mer.te. l uork attached for our poor idiotic butc:1er !lnd he will then be· a b l e to watch· tha cloc!;: closer so as not to be late for lunch .

· It isn't easy for Ben to 1,urcha se a·11 the fresh prodllce · requested Oy station enti loyees and now he is tllinkL>-12: of' cul­tivatints ·a garden in the 'fie.rehouse. Q_'

course, there isn't any·dirt the r e, but · ·';hat won•-t stop Boh , Ile 0 11 ,robably plant the seeds in the flou r or SCI!le­

-0~1ing ha.uUy.

;Jy now r.iost of the station ·commissa­ries are startintS operations 0;1 e: ca-sh

_ In ·a·nsncring au· the ·st9bo·ns a-sking bas is. The station MTICs e.rc cautioned for staa::Cs and · hind quarter cuts, wo to ;;,eke a clouble check to see ·chat req-ma ke th1s ;,lea: \"/hen -we order our meat · uisitior.s, transmittal letters and r,;oncey from _Sc>cttlo vie got an ·equal amount of a r o all in exact e.i;rcom8nt. This will hind quarters a.1d front quariers • .- This ·I; !frovont confusion :·in handlinf; all t h ri>e being .the case, it will be neces.,i"a:ry for . hore . field persoru1e l to be satisfie ·d with . roasts· and ha..'1\burger as well as s tee.k. If everyone will order : roosts e.nc:· front quarter c1.,'c·s , then we. -Yiill be. able .to s·upply_ evory order ·w ith hind quarter cuts. . In .. othe1· vtords., ''No roe.stee i . No steakee 111 •

Believe it or not, the C=i~sai-y _hns.· actually received some' letters thit are compl ben'.;a ry,' Eve r y!Jody down. h(, re is on the verge _of _a nervous collaps·c from the shock, :,ut it is true. It seam's . that some peor, lc r e ally appNciato our 3.t:Jrvicas and to. those ·poor moror1s, ue c:ive e. , risinc_ cheer of thank.s. Hooray I

·r suppose "I should tdl ·you about th3 bi:f figl_1t ·111 ·-the c99lo r la~t Y:oc ~:. It

· nas nvo old stale pfocos of. bread trying to ;got frosh.

:oh ;.,_c 11, 'blov! ,ciut tho . candl-:, I •ni cotiipg h<ir.i<?. 'u:t !_ ,.

--. Tiu; . CRAC:.KZR CRUliB

: i"Shc trsats her hus0end lilcc a Greci-

an '.God·. 11 ·

i11 F.ow•s that?" · ' 11 Sho -places e. burnt _of'ferin<; b~fore

!1im it evory mval"~".

BETHEL I tJ H AB IT A N TS' P EC UL I AR I TIES OE SC R. I B E 0

This o~us in illiteracy has to do, primarily, nith·the lives and times of the aircraft c6m.:unice.tors et oi:e of the lar,;er blotches on the fair epidemis of Alas!.::a. A place -:::-l1ere, for reasons with­out rh~,:me·, durinc; su.'11.---;e r nlont·hs mosqui­toes and rain persist, and during the ot'1er se;o.sons (v:iriter) the •::ind bloY:s, sr.ovr falls and, as durinc the other sea­son, the counting of passing stern lic::-lts is the ~,rcvalent r,astirne.

1\.s this h.os to do. mainly with air­er,:.£~ Corir-;n.t~~ice:.tors, I shall delve briefl~' into the characteristics ot these nuch-l:.ar~~icd and sometin1e"s .in:;eni­ous inc'.i vi<lv.c,ls \'/ho n re the calciu,-,, in the bac!c.,one of CAA. 'lo the casue.l Glar.ce t,1,,:· lool: no different than the avera.:;e ~,ore-s)at·Cered husks that ·con­stitute tJ:c, c:,·02tcr oulk of hUJ:Jcnity .... e, ros~ cano.r,\ I 2ssure yo,J.!

Insif~ tl1c~a noble bodies beats t:~ he3rt or a lion 0.11d lies tho soul o:2 o. poet. ·Cm.)·:·:unicc.tors arc generf'llly c om­) lncent i nd i vie':~~2.ls, gi V6n to occ:nsi or!~ l i.·.1 ild ;)l_1rsts of hyste1·ical ]aug}!~::c1·, rl rinkin~; tc excess, gambling ar:ay t~1c ir po.ychscks, Dea.ting their wives and c~/_}d- , ren ,.,.,i th beer b2.ts, o,., ?":iployinf u wonder­ful nnc'l i:1.e-or.ious codo v,:hich they util­ize in callir.~: each other "lid" c.~cross e:r0£1.t d isto.r:ccs .and livinc ir.ostly r.c­cordinc; to t'.lc ~·~or!"is Fl('.r,.. T:'..oy hs.vc a hell of a sooc1. ·Cir.a~

A covu1u!1i_ccCor, if asked to. help h£d .. ll

oil or other proletarian tasks, is oc~­tinu:d.ly · ~o:n;:,; on 01" corr,ing off v:q,tc!:. l~is ci"f-<luty J:ot.·.rs arc spcn-t in tc.llit:.g; 0v0ry0n•.) \".'ho ;,:ill list0n- "dho.t 2, hOrriOlo '[;i:Jrs9n the man he r-...;licvvs is. Eu is cxtrc·11:0 ly SCi!.S it:i v.;:, about his work, end. if wron_.-i:ly accused about en unchoc!.:od number or r.,ispl;)cod :dispDtch his r2.go roaches tar::;2-n-~u:::..n hdichts.

Eis plJ, cc of ornploy_ is a 'c"-1onde rous place. Tl'l<..; :-c in 0:10 ma~· find a s.:; ri ..... s of bc1Ju.tiful r.,.~c:l :;. :::.0s, <;;Bch producin::; j_-~s cw!l. distL:c<..: ivo tiurp, buz_z, Ocop or sq1Jaw!.:, <..'.11 C:o ing tho ir b0st to ~c:c: ·Q)

th1 p;c:~.·:·re.l .J.:i.r of m(.;chnniz0d caco1::Lon~--.

His work is tedious, exacting and very ungln,eorous and, with the possi:ile ex­ce;:rcion of one aircraft coTII!llunicator in Punxutawney, Penn., who screamed to high ,1eaven and the public prints for three weeks that he ·1:ns the sole poss'essor of a pair of chinchilla-lined a:r.::pit ab­sorbers, he desires no publicity.

In this pa,:,ticul',,r place, Bethel, these afore-mentioned noble end profli­Gete citizens res.ids alon:; with equally r.o':lle and pr.oflii;ate citizens of the ~~!eat!"'~r Bureau and some o·Chers of' small talent and great strencth, r.:u,1ely mech­anics, h"TIC's, etc.

The co=.unicato;s here are ,c,atched over by a e;imlet-eyed dis~iplinarian bearinG the official title of CnCOM. This, translate:", freely fro:;, governmen­tal jargon, serves merely to desig:nat~ a i:il).;;-sized over-paid co!llJI!unicrtor. This individual is the target of ;nuch ridi­cule from t:1c peons ·::!.-":o bear -Ghe brunt

_of his thwarted personality and is told :1:.~1~- times during his r:akins hours to 0 :8rop de ad t"

The corr.n:uni·cators the!!':se lve s repre­sGnt a Sh2.re-Cro2per~ Amt:ricana; Talka­tive Jerry Lo'tle.n, who.never has a seri­ous :o:omcnt and is ·forever pL~llin::; a ri­diculous story fro::i hi~ crab-')ag of hu­~'10:r' to the anaze-rer~t a nd de l ight of all; shy reserved A.1 Psts e l, Hho seriously collects hybrid corn speci,nens frorr. his native Iov.:a; stu::ious discri:nL1ating P,cul Nola::d, '.'tho· !1ss c.,ade n chai:i-pull operated r:3te r closet; gruff exacting Dick rlr,;an, who has seriously ur.dertaken a vast-reaching frost forecast to deter­nine the possible extent of daiaage to his carefully-pla:med citrus grove.

· The comr.ounity that harbors these Freudian characters is a lovely little sr~ck oi' blight on the banks of the a·,ie,hty Kuskolmb1 RiVer. It' has been named, accord.ing to my ilcGuffy rs Second Reader, Bethe 1,

Bethel, whos·e sole· resident for a :;rea·i; number of years ,,as an an::,hicious

(Con-timied on next page) Fo.y 30

(Continued fra.n pa~ 30)

Bedouin nt~-:,ed El Beth. And ·for ye,'.rs and yea rs t:,e p lace proudly ·bore t :w na:ne of its fi1·c-t citizen. However i ll later ,, e s. rs an influx of pseudo-i,::col­lects ~n<l do~a-~ic career people J t-1hose

'!'ighteous 'creud of thoui;hts coulc'.n•t star.ct the E · 1.Jefo;-a tr-.e B, changed t~1e ~.arr.e of: t!.it fair hllr,1let ·to Eet!.el. l'::ir ,·;'.,ich the nob le :c,omad , El Beth, seeing his life •s Y:ork shattered by morality, folde d his tent and silently drifted ~ack to his camels, r:anderings and llC.ran.

The vill;.;. ;:;e no:·.,r ,·.rould cause aged. Zl I)eth to '?rJ.v to Allah fo r st:-er,c;th. to ~ear ·th i s insidi0us wo~nd to his che~ac­ter. Co'.l[Jl <ce tely cm,nercialized, it ~1olds fo:--t J1 ·,·ii·C:1 store s , :-:io~ing-picturc palaces, ai~line offices 3nd o~e den?o­cretic ':>ist ro, the [Jro;,rietor of ·,,hich is a jolly ·rris'.lll'"-'1 nnr,:e:: , b)' some gr0e.t

my::: tery , Swede Jo1mson. Swede, hcrNever, swears this is e: e;ross error nnd v1ill spend hours shovring: his col lcction of cla,, ::,ipes, s,,e.oc,l:"ocks an~ Bus hmills.

The l a r gest store in Eethel is, o-f the ~·fo :t··Cb2 rn ColiU':le rcial ' s Den of

Th i s is ;,erha ps one of tho 0 uil c" ir:.ss in the village , the

Cor.,,,~rcial be i ng adh, rants of

course, Be r gin. . large st ,:orthern

<) \

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0/;0 .. ~~;, \o-t~r --1Ir .

. i!!ll ,~\J\!i ~

,~:;;;'1f'. 11 £:o t!i.an!..::s -- you cou ldn't ·get me

into one of thoso· thlq;s l"

-- Christian Science Monitor

tr.e old policy, "To heck Ytith quality, give 'em size ! 11 tio·:-,cver, the ·NC store has e. deli(;htful back-room •::here on"> may purchase various types of c,o·c:i.oles, all of v:hich. have the kic k of a sr:'o·Cted ~ule and a re IP-'" rante,3 d to be not less then r:'OUP.. I.iOl:TES old. This added r.ttraction so~ehov, seems to be res ·L:oi.lSible for e sort of ~cc:'£.::.!?.lia~ ?:1ie:rotion J~ o Beth:tl.. Litt ls. rn o re in favor· of the hE1L1bt may be said,

Of the strong llr,d untalented, most harried and most curse d is the L·:nc, Ro­be rt Douglas Bruce, who swea rs 'oe is of Seate'. descent. h"ost of tl,e ti.."'le this r.,e. :, is ';he recipient of banal accuss­tio;:-.s of being a great many tnings, m·ost of n'". ich are tco 'oars!t to be written here .

Fext in line for be ing harried is linrsh, demar:ding Dude Grif:'.'sy Hho is a strict sd'1erant of the "Eac'.c to Scotla,::l Eoveme~t, 11 via a series of e:1ptJ- Johnny i71lllcer hottles. The mc c'1anicc.l ,'lainte­'6ance personf .. e l cons:sts of <:.l"i~ee men wl,o ta'.:e ;;reot de liGht in s tealing s to,;-,;s from t'.e control bc1i l dinG, t e P r­inc; up · field li[hts ~nd other s;::,irited

· pra~1!GS.

They are: Ke n Lohn•.:s , tlie g-...;iding lit;ht ot mechanical maintc~:o.:!cc; Cd Dimock ). an e xpert on types o: e:;~~een vef­eto.t'.on and ".snk S!:omoel , a consUir.er of Her:10. Ha rJ.:: ·:1hc .say s, 11The stuff is loaded with vitami~s ?11 · consumes in the ne i ;;:.,oorhood of on" . jar of .J;;:,;-;io daily :ind fisures th.st in the event of a food shortai;e he ·::i l l --have enou(\h Yitemins in ~tore to seo him through t hree v,ecks of fasting. His favorite quip, upon onterir.g the "Sna.ke Rar,c h" (the l o"<'ing ly oestow~d title of the residence of !issrs , Nol2nd, Shombel and another ind i­vidual of no particule !" distinction. or talcr:t) is. '\/ell, I i;uess I'll have a

. vitamin or i::-.·o ! 11

And that i s a picture of Bethe l a s :;resent ed b:· an untiased and slightly bcfudclod obs e rver of stern lig,1ts. So I'm loavinf. t:'.is - infernal ma chino now a:nd think I• 11 enjoy a stec:ai~ hot cup of · H£1mo - Have you'had - your vitamins to­day too, !,[r-. Bor-de:i?

--' B. w·. 11:GALLS

PLP.nT ~110 .STRUCTURES CONS TRUC T!ON-

En!';ineer G ,'ff . Ro·:,a?"d has co~>[lk'ceci his season'-:- '."!Ork at Ee~!1el a~d i;; ~'.CJFT

at hCadc,_i..::-.r·Cers ·. !-;ennine: Johnson accon--: oa nied ITo,.w. rd fro:,, De the l anci is bus il:y ~nr11 .i;ed i:1 set·cling his far.:ily for the ,,inte: r ....

Joh:1 Fan:.1i:1i; arrived· f'rom Naknel: and is ?,~a)..:in~ :,rcpe.ration~ for his tier&rture to i-!a~~la, Ec:,p.r De.isle replc.ced Fan­ning o.:c i,Jo.l:nek and will. probal>l~· be there until the 1:iiddle of DeceC1ber.

Arne Eric::son has returned tp Koc\ia~ .:ifter o. sl1ort visit in Anchora.se to cativ~r eq1.,.i r.rncnt an<l mE. t e rials for the Shu~_,ak VII?. pro[;rnm .

Mrs. /-,nn Olc.ak8r is again at her desk a.ft..::r a i.Jrief illness this pa:st i:!Onth.

Joe :,.{alsl1 ha.!i re turned to Ancl1cr2 :;e afte r a \'leel..: 1 ~ s;iecial assignn:cn·c :'.t No:n9. ;:z::.~. l :'e lJoa is also back t.t rQ ::f­ter cor:;~·1leJ~in!s his as~it:nment ~t ~:oscs Point.

ilso baclc ia town a·re .. llarold· Tarbe rt, .. after completing raisc<;illoneous utili'o:[. ir:provei :ents at. Kir.chumiria, and Jo!'.l!. Goetz, follo··-in:; a week's trip to .Co.r­dova and Hir.c!1inl:irook.

Our office i s aga in bric:M:e,-,ed by the presen9e of. our chief, Geor ;e !C., who .. has r'etur~€d to Anchor~-Ee frOC1 an aimu,j leuve trio to Fairbanks, !!e c<:lne bac:: _·o!! duty ;~on~~y , _ Jfovec-,be r 10.

J. lfto Cor..i'lors, actin{'; chief in ~eore:.-e 1 :-:: o.bse.nce, ~ade tv,'o brisf tri1Js, one to ' fhit-cier end one to Earth Dutch in the compc-.ny of_ R. J. S=e r s , con­tractor,

Ralph Klo!.d:ovold . is reeking an extenc'.·· ed ins:_lection of the Southimstern VI'1" proj~ct , \/e.rren Y(ilkins returned to Juneau follo,·rin::; a week 1 s assi::;rr:<Jnt in tho Ano: oro~e offico this r-,onth.

ENGINEE,~ING

T):le middle of last month Elr:er Daal­rna:-i s;,er.t a few days- !n G·~l1::ar.a inspect­in:; the wa.ter system and obtaining de.ta ..°or record drawings.

A few days later William McDaniel tir.de an inspection of mat3rial e.nd quan­tities relative to the lel'.a Point access road, October 20 Scott Donaldson re-t u med from an with specJel heating, water

ins pection tour to i>!a.kriek plumbing, reference to

suppl y , _ etc.

Andy Zarles also made· a s \,ort trip to Naknek tlle first of this r.,rnth to in- · Sl_Je ct CAA facilities IlO\"! und.er construc­tion, i;orith specia l re fere~ce to electri­cc. l ;·,o rk.

Jerry i\empton, Dan Setch.fielc'. .and Vlad Bam.uta 3 re on annua 1 leave.. :i;:o~pton is in t~1a ~rocess· of buildin: a 11er1 house, Setclu'ield is i;ia_kinG "revis~ons " on nis present structure and Dar~:uta is . dri vin~ dO':m the hicrr::ay to the .5to.tes and Mexico. 2d ;'isher :',~.~ been r.cti;1g chief

.:of the Eni;ineerins di vis ion during Kemp­to1~ 's a bscnc;:e.

·c:d Griffin is te,~porarily ccting as resident engi:1eer at !:!arrO\'t Po inG . Bob ~atssn is i:1. Juneau _assistinz~ the re .c; i­<iG a t engineer. Bob Illacb:ood , 4,as been i n St, Ar-'l ' s Hospital _in Jui,eau for a physical check-up.

Leigh Robinson a nd Bob Tietjen ere j ack i:-: the office after completing the Y~.kotuga V}:F survey. ·This eras a l ong e.nd difficult assi~ent and the . boys are glad to be finished.

Charles E1."ern has completed· a two ;·Jonths assit7ll'lent ·at Point 6a.rrov1 naking Weather I3ureau improvenents.

K.K. Kellner made tion trip to !Codia k George Allen_ n:ede one

a routine inspe c­t his c:onth, and

to Un~la'.:leet. -- fa.RY SYXZS

11a intenance finally made it! J\t l:J.st we are happily ( ?) settled in ot1,· ne,~ quarters, Except.that we're still '.,ear~ ing; ,,,, occasional "Did anybody see ;;,y -­--? I !c1ow I put it in the top d1·ayre r of r.-,;\' desk !Jefore we moved U!)St~.irs_--F!as a!"lvbody seen rr.y top dra1.'le r? ! 11 But He fig,tre it ·.ron•t belong now.

HO:ve any of you girls seen . the lovely costt:c.:~e j_eYrelry . rnade ·b~· Tom Aldous of our division? We doc•t knov! how he does itj but ~1e claims it~s a "~i-r_1ch~ii rt c~rtainly is different. Anyone inter- . ested in he.ving a loo,c is cordially in- · vited to drop in anytime.

It seems ha rd to be 1 ieve, but a.rte r many n onths, our "Happy Family" is fi­nally unitec. again. l!r. Kelly was the last of the flock to wend his way hone. "¥fe Yioulci. have taken odds against his driving ·oo·ci, ,mys over the highway - and just as _\ie sur,nised, he and his f:::r,,ily flew baci:. The re we re two good ra:::D ons why n~ _si~sfectetl ~ t\•10-·.Va ~, trip 6ve _i: ·~he hi:;lr.,ay rrould. be just one ··:ay too r.,a,-.,y. The first r;a s Sanur.y, age 3, anc the sec­or.c., Susan, o.i;e 2. 2:r • . Ke lly says , ;: Boy those kids , sure v,ere i;lad ,to :J;et,. bac!, home." :tnrm{1 -- sure it ·:,as th.ose_ !::: i~, Sam?

1t'•s certainly strange to loo!;: int·o Mr. DishD.,'r' s office and see Dave s i·t'cing at his des!, for e chan·ge; For the pa.st few weeks he hns been so·. busy supervi_s­in,; thii ::,oundin;; of nails, placin.:; of part;i.tions, paint.in); of u&lls, movins of personnel and furniture, etc., etc., tha·~ his des!;: collected riothinc but dust and his "inconing" oasket coll°ected lots· of corres ;?Oi1c'.ence • But v;ith' the . ab i e assistance of i,!r. Rose and Mr, That.as , Dave is finally getting caui;ht up.·

'li'e'-.e a feeling that . Mr. Knight wonit care about taking ·another trip for ·<Julte a-.,hile, F.e realll' liad · that "Home Sweet HoUle" look in his eyes when · he f~nally returr.e d · from his tr!l'Ve ls.

NEW FURNITURE ARRIVES

Attractive ne" extra-large walnut I desl,s and _occ.~si~!lal leather chai.;-s were j installed int.he offices of the regional I aru·::ini_strator and ass~s.tant regicr..al ed­ministre tor thh: !uonth. The c.e sks .!'or-merly · used in these offices trill be as­signed to other offices in the or3:Sniza­tion and the old chairs will :ie '-lsed in the i::onfer:ence room.

Mr. '1Reirie;e·ratton Expett 11 Do.ws has re tu r!1ed from a fiV'8-weeks t:cip. He re­ports he got to Kotzebue just in time to nelcome K9.rl Z, Nielsen , former travel'i1g r.1eci·:anic, to h{.s new assigP-..:.1ent as per­manent station me chanic at KP. F'rom there t:r. Daws went on to Galena, com~ pleted his assignment and returned to HQ. As the weather ,,as a trifle ir,clem­ent (to put it mildly, says : :, , D) his return to Ar.choraze was delevod quite a

fevr dal's.

~;7e . V!onder v.rhet our ncl." ne ighb:ors tho.1::;ht of us when they heard ou. caval­cade of ':'leYl r.iec~1anics, · r""eCl=-Ui t e d by Er. !(ni_ght while he was · in Seat·cle, marching u p and do-;;n the lmll .the first !Jonday r.iorn:.ng after we ,;,av.ea into . ou r new of­fices . "::ie h;3d ·nine riieri, mul"'chin t; back and forth oet,.,een_ t }.e basement and pent­house for quite 6 f:'6\'/ hours, but We nOIV have then all st:·night e ned out and flown a,:,ay (oi1, \'!a.did rail a !'ew) to their new homes at various stations t:1roughout the territory. ife .. ))ope t hey'll be . .,,ell satisfied and stay' witi1 us for a i;ood l ong time. They impressed us as men who

. ·1c::.1oy: their Uusiness.

.'Jean McCrea, ,rho forme rly_ made news as .the recipient of' numerous lovely cor­sages during t re past few months, has lert us and gone to work for the rail­road,

. ~ore news next month. Things are !M::,':,ening ell the time.

-- PAULINE li:iARTEl·:S

BUDGET ANO MA."VAGEM[NT

N £ W T ULE Of O /'V'l'S I ON

Efrective t~1e first ·; of this. nont~'!.-, .e title of the Budge':. and Plar_Ylin6 di­s ion :,e.s been chon[ed ·to the Zud.i;et .d i·:£ar,6.g=!"Jent division. The refercnc·e ,r:10er, 8-175, re!nains the · swne. :

PAULINE MAR.TENS PLANS

VAC AT!OfJ TRIF OUTSIDE

Pauline !'.a rtens' . ' secretary to the I chief of 'the Plant i>:nd Structures Main.-

I, -te'1.a·nce divisi;n, w'i.11 · leave 1vith he!' husband Decem~er··1 for the· sta.tes for · a ·

I t nree months vacation.

This corresponds ·to the consol idat·ion the ~·fos'.1in~t.:,n Office o.f\ the llar.aee- ·

~nt An.3.lysis Service and the Budset

The couple will drive. Outside ·over t!1e highway and will visit·· "Br . llarten's :i'oi1ily i!l Iowa enroute to Boston to .· s100nd Christmas with ·pauline's fa mily. '::uring· their vacation, tr.e t::nrtens plan to motor through eastern and cent.rel ?c-rts of the state~ "l~okin,; for _hot ,ve·athei-." Feuline ·will be re»Is ced by Hell Ericl:s on during her absenc~ _:

! rvice LYCo the Dud get and 1Zan?.,;e:·_·_e;:\t ?ivice. ;.;r. J .2.-.. Gooav,in· is chief' or he divisio:1 i i~ ;..his region.

BIG DELTA TESTS BEGUN

Continu9•1s radio propagation trans·-· issions on 3020 lee. were becun at Bi.i,;­elta l as t 1,1 .:,nt:\ for the benefit of,.t::e entral . Radio .ProFecs.tion I.sboratory in ·as:\inr;to?l, D.:C:.>. and the University Of .las!:~. r,'1.ich are m~kinr,. tests. This is .h~ first in Q ser ies of such tests with !ig D0 1',;:1 ,;hich ,,ill be made over a "e r­.ad of save r!ll- · :sonths.

YIAH i'BD, PLi-W, to ,rent or keep f or s Jvor:l c:,e • ~cellcnt. core guar­a.nt0cd ·iu nice •.1ann hone· . C.ontact Gcorc;e i'rasier, Property ;fa.na·e;e-1,,ant, C;'t.A E;<. 60 .

A Sund::...y Sc:1001. teacher ·.·re s s ho':ti!:c; 1er cl::i,ss a :!cture of the Cli..ris·;;inn ::s rty rs i~1 C'c dor. ·. of l i ans ~ CnG 1 i:~·:.; 1-:: )oy see~:~/ .. cs~~ecially s·ad about i ·i:; . :1Ge,";, ;, he c::cl:1.ime<lj "look at that )OOr

little old. lio:i \'fay ir. the back -- ~~

·:on i t {;Ct a~y ! 11

/, flea anc. a fly in a flue ;[ero ir:ipri.soncd, but 'Nhat could they do?

Lc:,t u: fl,0 said t>:c fly, Let ~,s fl:· s ~i.:l the l'lea,-

So th~y fl~n t~::r-ouG;h e flaw i!1 th0 r1uo ·.

·STELL.A STAU LEAV£5

Stella Stall, fon:ier ·110ad of "'il and Files; ' has res ig:-1ed fro;,, C.\..', and cone Outside for medical treatment, She left October 28 and plans ta return s cmetime in the ·future if it is possible, It has noi; yet been · dete rmined v:l~o -.:ill repla c·e. her.

CLARK ,MAR.KS RETURNS

Service Representative Cl ~rk }lei-ks of the Aircraft and Co::l;,onents division ar­t'ived back in Anchorage the :first of tlTi s rnohth from a. r:,onth.'. s . tra.ining in f.innen' " Cou r se 1,o. 2 at Oklahoma City followed by a vac'ltion vlith his family i1: Corplls, Christi, TexBs . l'ir .• i·iarks wns checked out on all types of single and mui: ti~et.gine<J a·ircraft . during the course ,·,hich i~ e~,:0cia_lly .for · flight .ent,ineer­inc· inspectors.

I MISS WISSLER ON LEAVE

. 1Io.rilyn Wis s ler , secreta ry to the Ex-

I ecutiv~; of.fice.r ~~- Bu~ine ss Ean_ai;ementJ

I enj~ye~ a vi~it of several :'eel:s a.t home r11t1".._ n$ r family 1?1 Des .~oines, Io·,;,·s,

, t his mot.th._ S:lo left. f~ncho.;-~_-Ge pctoi.ler 29 by air.