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PROJECT LACE SUPERIOR PERFORMER-James Blackwell, ammuni­tion inspector in propellants and explosives department, is congratulated by H~ A. Taylor who Is head of the test and evaluation qivision. Taylor congratulates Blackwell for sustained superior performance in connec­tion with project LACE.

J. Blackwell gets Superior Performance Award for Work on 'Project LACE'

James BI~kwell, ammunition in- ervtsors' attention. spector in ·.he propellants and ex- In spite of this, Blackwell estab­plosives department, received a S20Q Ushed an efficient, smooth-rmming award and cel'tiCicate for Superior unit. He planned the work of the Accomlishment based on six months unit, arranged for procurement of of sustained superior performance. tooling, and helped design a record

In September 1955, Blackwell was and report system. In addition, he assigned to the LACE program at suggested a measuring'device which Salt \"ells pilot plant. During the solved a difficult inspection prob­earJy part of the program he was lem and acted as liaison man with practically without his normal sup- engineers here and with respre­ervision be<:ausc of several other senatives from the UniverSity of projects that commanded his sLl:P- California Radiation Laboratory.

,superintendentj ..NoteJ By DR. EARL MURRAY, SlIperilltrndrnt of Chill" lAke School,

It has been noted that the curriculum of the Russian secondary school has for many years required an average of about 40 percent of the total school hours for study of the sciences. Only a year ago'it was announced that "more time will be devoted to the teaching of physics, chemistry, and biology by reducing the study of the humanities to secondary importance."

Earlier, the prirnary function of I pIe for a while and should concen­the secondary school was to prepare trate on training people for lower a rather select group of people for le\'el jobs. This adjustment is tak­higher education. With the attain- ing place concurrently \V i t h th~ m ent of mass secondary education, changes In the secondary school CUr­the Soviets are experiencing diffi- ricl!lum and with the .settIng up of cultles similar to those encountered new technical schools. in the United States, namely insuf- The new courses which have been ficient and O\'crcrowded institutions added to the secondary school cur­of higher }earning. more stringent riculum require practical studies of entrance requirements, and the fail - future use to students who enter ure of two-thirds of the secondary trade or technical work without ob­school graduates to be admitted in- I taining a higher education. Such in­to institutIons of higher learning. novations include surveying, dia-

The tradition still Ilersists in Rus- gram and graph draWing, calculat­sia that those \\ ho have receh'ed a ing on abacus, agriculture, machine secondary education shall not work wit.h their hands. This new situation to which the graduates ba\'e not wholly adapted themsel\'es, is caus­ing the Soviet authorities no little

construction, and electro-technology with -\'ariation~ in emphasis for ur­ban and rural students.

Insurance - Payments concern. Due bv Monday

At the prcsent stage of its de- Group Health Insurance pay-velopment the Soviet eCOl10my needs . ments tor July should be paid technicians and skilled laborers. Pre- nOW/' Maxine Booty, in charge mier Bulganin reported to the Cen- of collections, says no payments tral Committee of the Communist w111 be accepted alter l\londay Party on July 4, 1955. that the coun- due to the closing: of books for try was training a sufficient number ~ the year.

or -engineers and ~p~ro~f~e;,ss~i~OI;,a;l~pe~O~-'~!:;;~~~~~~~iii~~~~~

SUPPLY DEP.>\RTMENT OLD TIMERS-Five and ten-year pins are pre­sented to employees. Pictured above, fron1 row ( I. to 1'. ) are: Bill 11. l\litch­ell, 10 years; Ellen Scranton, 5 years; amI Rosalie Pelerson, 5 years. Back row (I. to r.) are: Jesse BeJJ, 10 years; James Rutledge, 10 years; and George SuJlh'an, 10 years.

THE ROCKETEER

List Qtrmn'f Ldgmn. IV-A Examinations

IV -3 competitive promo­tional examinations have been announced by the Board of Examiners, Eleventh Naval District (northern sector) at 1206 Santee Street in Los An­geles. Persons wi s h i n g to compete in these examina­tions should file card form 5000-AB with that office not later than August 6.

Competition is restricted to career or career-conditional Civil Sen-ice employees of the Naval Ordnance Test Station. Application forms may be obtained at the personnel depart­ment. Copies of the examination announcements are also available for review.

The listing of examinations to be given are as follows:

Leadingman electrician (aircraft): leadingman metalsmith (aviation); leadingman electrician (lineman) :. leadingman electrician (l i n e man communications); leadingman ma­chinist; leadingman ordnance me­chanic (experimental test); lead­ingman machinist; leadingman ord­nance mechanic (experimental test); leadingrnan inspector (ammunition) A; leadingrnan lnstrurnen t maker ; leadingman laborer (cleaner); lead­ingrrian sewage plant disposal oper­ator; leadingman wei del' (com­bination); leadingman metalsmith; leadingman inspector (ordnance me­chanical assemblies) A; Quarterman mechanic (aircraft trades) '; Quarter­man (bui lding, grounds and roads); Quarterman (grounds and roads); Quarterman (maintenance); Quar­telman carpenter; Quarterman heat­ing plant operator; Quarterrnan rne­chanic (mechanical and building trades); Quarterman heavy duty equipment mechanic; Quarterman machinist, and chief Quarterman mechanic.

Further information on these ex­aminations may be obtained by call­ing the personnel department in-formation office. •

By Tom Long and

Ken Antholt

Hey, you would be golfers, the t,:ec­reation department will make an announcement shortly on the date and hour of tile openiog of a golf clinic for the enlisted men . . . Golf lessons will be given FREE · for be­ginners and for the pros who want to improve . . . so, till we get the word, keep watching.

• A 'Vorel from Haley's Corner --

Enlisted men at NOTS can look forward to plans for a new bar in the 21 room at the EM Club. One of the main features will be draft beer. The draft beer served \V111 be the finest as those_ who indulge will rec­ognize when the new bar is opened. The draft beer will be served in 12 oz. mugs and large economy size pitchers. The new bar is roughly 30 ft. in length, almost twice as long as the old bar. Included on the agenda is an overall redecorating Qf the interior and. new TV lounge fur­niture to provide more 80mfort and room. The old bar will be moved to the Anchorage.

There will be a dance at the An­chorage on the 28th of July . . . time-2100 to 0100. The maestro will be Hal Campbell and his "Million­aires" ... $0 all you cats with your golden feet throw on your choicest threads and ease on down to the stomp.

Now a word to the female guests .. . although we hate to put this info out, THE WE ARI N G OF SHORTS IS FORBIDDEN in ·the club. Also -passed on to us is the fact that pedal-pushers are not en­couraged. OH WELL!

• Tidbits from Gl\IU-2S-=--

On the 25th of this month a steak fry \\<ith a few liquid refreshments at the Chief's Club will be enjoyed by all of the crew of GMU -25 in honor of J . M. Johnson, GSC, who is gOing out on ;'20" •. . Also trans ­ferring on the 25th is Rob e l' t Kephart, GSC, who will be sta­tioned in Pomona, California at the Guided Missileman'S school as all instructor. .....

July 20, 1956

I·

Chairman Vice· Chairman

Howard Auld, Louis Sidn'ey Announced as EMCO Heads

Howard Auld;NFFE representative, was elected chair­man of the Station's Employee-Management Council and Louis E. Sidney, Public \'Vurks representative, was elected vice-chairman at the group's July 11 meeting. Robert Du­guid served as last year's chairman and Muriel Adams as vice-chairman.

EMCO elects· a chairman and----~----------­v:ice'-chairman from among the em­loyee members at its July meeting. The Chairan presides over ~O meetings and serves as a member of the Agenda Committee to better enable hirn to conduct. the meet­ings. He is responsible for seeing that all ~inutes ate sent to mem­bers, and serves as a contact w.,·tb management as nee d e d between meetings. An employee member elect­ed as chairman ceases to repre­sent his department for the term of his office.

The vice-chalrman also s e r v e:s on the age n d a commi ttee, and assists the chairman. In the ab­sence of the chairman he performs ~he duties of that office.

Answer Given Agenda items of the EMCO meet­

ing irnpt,l1ta.nt w Station employ­ees are reported as follows: '

Plans are underway tor improv­ing NOTS park tacUities, a.ecor-ding to Captain F. A. Chenault, exec­utive officer. A long range pIan for the Station includes three 01"

four parks, one of which should be completed within the next twelve to eighteeen months, and an add­itional swimming pool.

Se\'eral conununity organization') are attempting to interest a Civilian doctor to set up a practice in the area to replace Dr. Pribus. To date, the atempts have not been success­ful.

Public works will remove (Navy) retrigerators "'om housing units, when the tenant has purcbased a larger size, and no longer has need

of the orIginal (Navy) refrigerator. Captain G. B. Carrithers, public works otficer, stated that publlc works can onJy perfonn this tunc .. 00.... ~ .. In~ as o;-f ..... ~ ...... S""'I'" .. is available tor the removed refriger .. ators.

Credit Information It was repor.ted that Station man ..

agement has received requests from business firms for ver1fication of a. person's employment at this aetiv­ity for credit infonnation. It Is Station policy that such requests will only be answ~ when chan .. neled through bona fide credit as .. sociations Ito·the Station's employ .. ment divlttion. P P l' ~,.. .... ,c: r'ln~;"' '1g

credit With a firm should infonn that 1il1ln of the Station's policy.

The public works officer and the community manager are "Working on plans whereby tenants may be able to add porches to present housing units. The additions must be rnade in e.ccordance with basic rules and specifications. Under preoont plan.s, materials used in construction will be at the expense of the tenant, since there are no Rpprooriated funds available to accomplish the mooifiCRtlon.

The station has asked the Civil Service Board of Examiners for &

date to establish a register for maintenance quarterman and me­chanic qual'ltennan. As soon as a. date has been established it will be announced. Wherry gate is now open twenty-four hours a day. a<:4 cording to Lt. Col. H. V. Joslin.

New Employees: Propellants an d explosives de­

partment-Marie Jenkins and James Smlth.

Test department-Jay Witcher, William Underwood and Roland VonHuene.

Public works department - Mar­garet stokes and David Conrad.

Terminations: Public works department - Wen­

dell Johnson, Edward Wade and Helen Reden.bach.

Supply department--Jerry Brown. Margie Strahalm, Evelyn Rutkow­ski and Nancy Reagan.

Central staff-Joan Diane Leon-ard. .

l,!ersonnel department - Nathan Snapp.

Command administration depart-ment--Jo Pittman.

.Research (lepartment - George Sutherland (LWOP) and W. De-Wjtt Cov..,n.

Propellants and explosives de­partment..--.Jimmy Dean.

l\tarine Barracks -- Rocket development department Not much from ttle men in khaki -:-William Laub.

this w~ek .. .. However, their Technical information depart­softball squad just l!;nocked off their ment.-Elsie McCune. last 3 games, (CPO, Clippers, and Test departmentr--Ralph Boal Jr., NAF) which now puts them in the Virginia Romanewicz and Dnrothy lead in the start of the second I Booth, half of play. Commissary-Imogene Case.

Vol. XII, No. 29 U.S. Naval Ordnanc:e Test Station, Chino ' Lake, Calif. July 20, 1956

Civil Defense Exercise

tOperation Starting

Alert' Today

"Operation Alert," a national civil defense training ex­ercise kicked off this morning as sin1Ulated nuclear attacks by enemy forces took place in 76 areas of the United 'States. The civil defense network went into action at 8: 15 this morning when t.he first alert signal (warning yellow) was flashed over the nation. Passive defense elements and the naval emergency ground defense force at NOTS were called out at 8 a.m. today. ---,

Commander F. R. Whitby Jr., at throUKh July 22, with limited oper­the direction of Captain F. L. Ash- ations for another 24. hours. worth, is in charge of "Operation At the clo:;e of "Operation Alert" Alert" at NOTS. \Vorlting in co- an opportunity will be afforded to operation with Cdr. \Vhitby are check and disCover weaknesses 1n Safety Officer LCdr. C. E. Hack- the interim survival plan, a pro­with, Carl Spain, passive defense posal for mass evacuation in major orricer lor NOTS, Marine Barr8(lks cities over the nation. News of the Commanding Officer Lt. CoL H. exercise will be natIon-wide and V . .Joslin and COrID11M1nica'jons Otf- will be channeled through an erner­ieer Lt.. Michael Bedwell. T his gency pre s s headquarters more group is primarily concerned with than 100 miles from Washingto directing military operations but D.C. The president and his staff will maintain liaison with local civil will partiCipate in the operation. defense authorities.

Purpose of Alert The purpose of the hypothetical

mass attacks, presumed to be far larger than an enemy could muster, is to train as many people as poss­ible in civil defense opemtions at local, county, state and national levels. Another aim is to perfect oomrnu-nications among the various government levels and between the government and the public.

At NOTS a command post amI moni'.oring station in the admini­stration building wiII be maintained for the exercise. This Station will direct the acth'ities of the Marin2 Auxiliary Air Station at Mojave, the Naval Air Fa.cfm,y at China Lake, the Navy and l\farine Re­serve Training Unit a~ Bakersfield and the Naval Reserve Unit at Las Vegas in the civil defense alert.

Cooperating with the S tation will be the civil defense unit in Ridge­crest that will handle the civilian end of "Operatlion Alert:' H. D. Williams is director of chi I de­fense in I ndian Wells Valley as des­ignated by Kern county civil de­fense officials. A dlre<:t line of com­munication will be establ1shed be­tween the military command post at China Lake and the Civilian command post in Ridgecrest.

No Bomb in This Area Since no bomb is scheduled to

fall on the China Lake-Ridgecrest area, the only problems to be dealt with from the civilian standpoint of operation is evacuation of people from Los Angeles-San Bernardino area to the desent area and the problem will be on a standby basis with local civilians ready to aid in any emergency that might arise.

There will be no public participa­tion in the exercLse in this area.. Civil defense otfices and 'the mili­tary will participate generally Wltil 8 p.m. tomorrow and Hie state off­ices will continue operations

Wherry Gate Open Around the Clock

Augmentation of the Marine security force has made possible the opening of the South (Wher­ry) cate, around the clock. This service was inaugurated July 16 for the convenience of NOTS employees I i v i n g in Wherry housing amI off station. partic­ularly those on swing shift and tropical hours.

Two factors will govern the continuance of this service, Cdr. Whitby announces. The two fac­tors are: The amount of traffic, particularly during early mom .. ing hours, and the con'inuanee of sufficient l\larine personnel to man the :ate on a 24.-bour basts.

Insurance Plan Revision Made

The group insurance plan in op­eration at. NOTS will be revise!l to permit the Blue Cross to take over part of the plan when It is renewed on August 1. Although there will be minor adjustments in the rates, S";ated R. H. Dudley, chairman of the Community Coun­cil insurance committee, the poJ,icy holders will have increased benefits in important areas.

At its July meeting, the council decided to renew its contract with the Federal Life Insurance Com­pany, but the Blue Cross will be participating .by covering hospitali­zation. The new coverage provided by the Blue Cross will include full coverage for the following: (1 ) use of the operating room, (2) materials from the surgical and anesthetic supply rooms, (3) splints, casts, and dreSSings, and (4) such laboratory tests as X-rays, blood counts, basal metabolism stUdies, and electro-car­diograms, needed to study the sick­ness or injury that has hospitalized the policy holder. The plan will pay the first $10 of the cost of all stand ­ard drugs used during the stay in the hospital and will pay half of everything over $10 for thase items. Full Coverage of Ward Room Rates

The revised plan will provide full coverage of ward room (3 or more beds) rates for 100 days. This will replace the present coverage that provides only $12 a day hospital benefit for 91 days, $300 hospital ex­

.tra expense benefits, and $100 hos­pital outpatient benefits. Under the 1956 plan maternity benefits will be reduced to $50, and the outpatient coverage will be discontinued. Plan Can Be Continued After NOTS

An outstanding feature of the re­vised plan is that the policy holders will be able to take the plan with thern if they leave the Station. Whether they terminate to take em­ployment elsewhere or retire, they can convert the privileges incorpor­ated in this plan for their contin­ued protection.

The plan will continue to be serv­iced through the resident adjuster located in the community services office in the housing offices, build­ing 35, room 11 (phone 71528).

New Rates The new monthly premiums will

be as follows: Male employee only, $3.90; female employee only, $4.65; employee and one dependent, $8.90; employee and two or more depen­dents, $12. The coverage, rates, and benefits will be the same for employees at Pasadena as at China Lake. .

Additional detailed information will be published in later editions !:;; ___________ ;;;;;i,! l of the ROCKETEER.

POUR IN' IN THE COAL - Loolting like space men these workers of the SNORT range operations crew load a liquid-propelled rocket Sled. This is the first

tiring of a liquid-propelled rocket sled at SNORT and marks a new phase in sled-testing history here. This sled will be used for general testing.

Mark New Phase in Station's Rocket Sled Testsj Liquid Propellants Used

The Station marked a new phase in rocket-sled firing on SNORT last week when the first liquid-propelled rocket sled was fired there. The sled, designed and manufac­tured by Aerojet-General Corporation for OTS, will travel at supersonic speeds and will be used for multi-purpose testing.

The firing on SNORT, one in a solid propellants exclusIvely for sled series to de~?e if the sled meets testing purposes. NOTS SpecifIcations, was conducted I Liquid propellants can be pro­here Wednesday July 11. Track 01f- duced more cheaply at. the present 1cials stated following the test. that · time than solid -propellants now o~:r ~an the usual o~mbonal available lor sled testing purposes. dif!Ic~l~es normally expeI'lenced in Another advantage of the liquid­the fll'mg of a complex item, the propellant engine over solid-prepel­test was generally satisfactory. lant engines at the present time is II the new sled meets specUi- that 10 second's uninterrupted

cations it will mean considerable burning time is allowed. ApproXi­savings financlally to the nation's mately three and one-hal! seconds weapon deve10pment program. With uninterrupted burning time 15 ob­the exception of tests made on tained with SOlid propellants now Baker 4. range approximately six available for sled test purposes. yefU"S ago with liquid propelled mo- Supersonic track division head S. dels, this Station has been using P. Judin ' states he believes the

NOTS Incentive Awards Program Hits Record High in Past 6 Months

During the six-month period from January 1 to June 30 of this year the Station's Incentive Awards Program has shown an increase in participation that sets a new Station record and one that may well be a Navy-wide record. The participation rate for Beneficial Suggestions increased ap­proximately 27 percent and Superior Accomplishment Awards increased by over 300 percent.

These increases show that an-.:...------------­average of about 1 in every 10 I ted suggestion to $840 as compared employees submitted a Beneficial With the dollar value per Suggestion Suggestion during this period and adopted oJ $491 for tAle last 6 about 1 of every 50 employees re- months of 1955. All indications point ceived a Superior Accomplishment towards this being a. Bureau of Award. Ordnance record high and the rec-

In the Beneficial Suggestion Pro- oId may well stand Na.vy-wide gram the a.m.ount of savings to the when final figures are released. Station and the Navy Department Ad Hoc Safety Panel increased 200 percent. This saving f ncentive Awards Director LeRoy increased the dollar value per adop· Jackson anDoWlced. this week the

COMMUNICATOR TELLS OF NOTS

Editor Don Wryslnski, in the first of a series of articles telling of the CaUlornia Interstate Tele­phone Company'~ c u s tom e r S,

chose the Na.val Ordnance Test Station as his first subject. In the CITCO CO~ll\fUNICATOR June issue the NOTS story is told as 'written by Ed Laney, ed­itor of the ROCKETEER •

Three pages of the COl\ll\IUN­ICA-TOR are dedicated to NOTS and are fully illustrated with pic­tures of naval activities here on the Station. R. A. Dinsmore, dis­trict rn.anager or the Inyokern district arranged for the public­ity.

appointment of an ad hoc wety panel. The panel will investigate tAle Station's past program In safety awards and will make recommend­atIons on sta-t1on needs in develop­ing incentives for improved safety. I t .is anticipated that a new pro­gram will originate that "Will recog­nize employees by making awards for safe-Vtwk practices and leader­ship .

Jackson also announced that dur­ing this calendar year, the sta.tion will p. SfoIl' ,.,0, e tnan 263 of service pins that will represent some 9500 years of federal service. 8760 years of this service is at NOTS. The NOTS !ervice will be divided Into 726 OIllJ)loyees who will receive (or have already re­ceived) NOTS 10-year pins and 300 employees who will re<:eive ·5-year Pins. .

liquid-propelJetI rocKet sled will take its proper place in future testing of guided missile components, air .. craft components and ordnance items.

Dr. W. D. Drinkwater, operations consultant for the test depa.rtm.ent is technical coordinator of "'e Aero­jet contract. Serving as resident engineer for Aerojet is Frank. Log~ gins.

Supersonic track division employ .. ees assisting with the test project

ROCKET LOADERS - Jim Pryor (left) and Paul Fisher, members of the supersonic t l' a c k division range operations crew, ace pictured here leaving the black house at SNORT as they begin loading liquid propellants to a rocket sled.

are: Paul Fisher, project engineer; John Gardner, range engineer; E. E. OllikkaJa, electronic instrument­ation; Ralph Bucher, photographic instrumentation; J e sse Bankston, test coordina:tion and Brooks Levan is in charge of the operations crew. All members of the track division are plaYing some part in the over­all operation and testing of the liquid-propelled sled. .~~~ .. ~.~ .. ~ .... ~.~ ~ Commissary Store ~ : Closes for Inventory 1 ~ The commissary store ,,,iU close 1 ~ for inventory ne:xt Tuesday amI ~ Wednesday. The inventory oper-~ ations will begin at noon Tuesday ~ ~ and continue through Wednes- l ~ day. Regular hours will begin. ~ on Thursday and the store will ~ ~ be open tor business at 10 a.m. ~ ~~ ... ~ ... ~~~ ...

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Publidted eve,y Friday 01 the

U1\ITID STATeS l'\AYAL ORD;--:Al'\CE TEST STATTON

CAl'"'_\IN r. L A>Ii\\- ORTlf, UKITLD 5TI\':"rI.5 NAVY

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The Rod I ,on authorized Navy publ:cotion h: pril1tecr~lcly-by Htlbbtlrd Ppintin'J. P.dgw­ernl. Cat f .• With appropr.ated fu"d~ and in complionce with NAVEXOS P..35, Ro:v. NQYcmber. 1945. Tn. Recke' .. r recetvM Ar~ F~rce, Press ~i<., materiol whicn 1'"10)' f'Ol be. repr,n~ wil~oul "FPS perm, ;00_ All photographs ore official U. S. Navy photos, unlou otl'lerwi5e ape,: fied. Oeodl,n New~ ~tor' ~, Tue~da/. 4:30 p.m.; photograph., Tue~day, 11:30 o .m.

F. ED. LANEY EdilOl'

BUDD GOTT AniUanl EdilClf

Phil s Wok, Ed"loriol C dc:; P~9 Gregory. Ann;'x Corre!poncanl (foolh II, phone E:d. 35l; Arl b.,. Hhntro Kl c;...... P. Tcchflcal 'nformot"on Deportmel'll. Photography by Roc~.·te~r Photo StoH-T. E. "'2. K n ~n!~ '. PH2. PhOlog[Op"'er~ for 1m POJOot:(lO column) ore-Shov Mo A. E B oc\;, ond J~on ... e S.'Il:Ih.

Office a",lding 3S, Top Deck - Telephone 71354, 72012, 716S5

-Photographs Of the. Week

OUTSTANDING IN"VESTIG.l\TOR- LCdr. Don Bah) (Icft) is the June \\inner or supply department's "l\Iug-of-the-l\fonth." Making the presen ­tation is Capt. R. L. lUye.rs. LCdr. Bah! is the first military man to win the awar(\ and he receins the a\\'ard as a result ot his thordUglmess a nd diligence in investigating' benericial suggestions.

RESEARCH DEPARTMENT A\\'r'\RDS-Dr. J. H. Shenk (standing) con­gratulates Virginia Proehl (seated), John Roberts (shaking hands with "h'g-inia I and Clifronl Pcntoney (right). Proehl receives a Superiol' Per-10rnmnce Award; Roberts and Pentoney get S uperior Achte,tement Awards.

A TO.\ST 1.'0 SERVICE-Research department employees are piciured proposing a toast to their future years of service, after receiving 5 and 18 ~·ea.r certificate'). Frank Greedy, center, 10 years, and Earle n.tayfield, ex­trenle ri"ht, 5 years, propose the toast, while Betty Pierce, sea1ed, a 5 ~'ear career "gal," and 5 year "eterans Ray Van Aken, 2nd from left and Eldon Dunn, 2nd from right, look on. Unable to attend were Dr. ,,'. F. Koehler, Andrcas Jensen, and Daniel Soto, all with 5 years ~f senrice.

THE ROCKETEER

Storting Times: 6 and 8 p.m. dCllily. kiddift' Motinee (Spkio! Movie,)

1 p.m. Soturdoy Matinee, 1 p.m. Sundoy

TODAY JULY 20 " D·DAY THE SIXTH Of JUNE" (106 Min.) Rob'l Taylor. Ricnord Todd. Dono Wyo r Wor story in color. An engrOHing love

~torv set 090in~1 the pollern ond lempo 01

wartime!

S"T.

SHCRTS: ~'Rockel B.,.e Boby" (7 Min.)

JULY 21 "ABOUU"HS HAREM" (88 Min.)

Gregory ROloff, Kay Kendoll The zony lovgh-drink-be·merrv eKopod < of

o ficlionol king In a fictional kingdom. It.s denied thol this is Fo~oukl la'<';$h prodvction ond lu~ious girls being cno)ed, moke! Ihis o mile risque ond NOT fOl' iuniOl'.

SHORTS: "Pecos Pell" (7 Mio.) "Invi!otioo 10 New York" (lO Min.)

MATINEE " ABSoll "NO COSTELLO

MEET KEYSTONE COPS" (79 Min.) "Myslerious 1~lo"d" N,o. 6 (16 Min.,}

SUN.-.MON. JUt Y 2223 " THE GREAT LOCOMOTiVE CH"SE " (BS Min.)

Fess Pork~r. Jeffrel Huoter An exciting. rop,dly mo g, Pin F I

odvenll!r yorn by WO'! Di)ney Th s cdv n lure 's 0 clouic in ro'j(ood o~ Ctvt! W hisloeV. SHORTS: "M"'n Agoin<1 Ihe Arctic" (30..Min.

TUES.-WED. JULY 2"·25 " RAW EDGE " (76 Min.)

tory Colhoun, Yvon 1 D·~Corlo, Morc Cordoy No synopsis o.oiloble ot priMing I,m ...

SHORTS: "Doffy Diely" 17 M'o "Golden Equofor" (l7 Mio.]

THURS. JUt Y 26 " THf 'EDDIE OUCHIN STORY " (123 Min. )

TVrone Power. Kim Novak The life slory lola fronklv ond well of tho

plo.,.er 'the world ro'<'.d 10 listen 10. ROling exc:elle(ll. In colOI'.

School Enrollment Figures Announced

Enrollment figures In the swnme[' program at China Lake elementary schools were announced yesterday by Harold P1erce, as&istant super­intendent of schools.

Approximately 460 pupils ha.ve enrolled in primary scboots and about 615 pupils have enrolled tn the- elect.ive program, 140 of \,,110111 are in the academic remedial pro­gram. The latter includes arith­metic, spelling and l·eading. New enrollments are still being accepted for the summer program iIi atl but the remedial classes.

The Workers Prayer By Eldon Gray

Dear Lord, give me a supervisor who understands,

One who looks at me as art hon­est man, .

One who knQws I've got feelings and »:rjde

Anli joyS and troubles that go side by side.

For a man like that. I'll work all day; .

By de~d and act I'll earn my pay. The clock's no p['oblem, ibp wjlge

no sin; Show me the work-lei me begin. But. Lord. give me a supervisor

who understand$, A goofl sOlUld thhlker, 'a maker or

plans, Not a genius-nay not so, Bui a man who can smile and say

hello. For him I'll work- I'll sweat and

sirain; rli conquer the task re"ardless

the pain. If he s hows he cares-il he trusts

me, too, PH not-.-let him (town-I'll see It

through. But Lord. I'm just. a worker, a

cOltlmon man; Please Lord, give me a supervisor

who understands.

TEMPERATU RES l\iax. 1\lin.

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Rocketeer Photo Dea.dlln. Tuesday, 4:30 p.m,

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By Helen l\lichel, recreation director

All ~dults re~iding on the Statiun are cordially invited to attend a dance with music provided by the Henry Busse orchestra tomorow night, July 21, at the Community Cen­ter from 9 p.m, to 1 a,m, This fine band, with the famous shuffle rhythm and the tunes made famous by Busse, is one of the most · danceable and listenable groups in the. music world,

There will be no admission charge and dress will be informal. This dance for Station residents is sJ)on­sored by the NOTS recreation divi­sion.

The next summer dance for the under 21 group will be held Wed­nesday. July_ 25, frotp 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Community Center. "The Millionalres" will provide music ami members' 0; WACOM will assist as hoots and hostesses.

At th!;. dance .on July 11, very finc intermission entertainment was pro­viqed bl: Eln]ore .C(!.mpbell, SH3, at the piano and Claude Oreen, AN, at the drums. These men are members of VX-fH5qua-dron. -The novelty ar­rangements and songs delighted the crowd: at the party.

Beginning social dance classes are herd each Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Center. All in the under 21 group are in­vited to learn to foxtrot, jitterbug, samba, etc.

The two programs for the junior tc~n age group have-- been very suc­cessful. The swimming party and the dance were well-attended. More of these events will be planned dur­ing the next month. L.A. I(ams ' :s. ~ya5h.!.nfton Rcdskins

Discount tickets for the L.A. Rams vs. the WashingtOn Redskins foot­ball game Oil AUgust 17, at the L.A. Coliseum are a.vailable in the recrea­tIon offiCe, Bldg. 35, Rm. 17. These tickets are available to all person­nel, military and civilian, on the Station.

Cactus Squares Plans are being made to hold

square danCing classes starting on September fiftetnth. A beginners class for adults wUl be held weekly for 20 weeks. Space for .dancing is

limited 1.0 15 squares. Military or civilian personner intereste<l, in at­tencting are urged to register their names with ,Jim and Jnex De Atley at Ext. 77742.

Recreation Council The recreation council is a con­

tinuous body deta.iled in writing by the commanding officer 'and conSists of civilian and military representa­tives. The custodian of the recreation fund is a member of the counciJ but takes no part in the audits or in­\'entorie& required by' regulation. Custodian of the recreation fund is also the special services officer.

The recreation councU is required to meet at least once a month for the purpose of reviewing reports of the enlisted recreation committee and to make recommendations to the commanding officer concerning special services matters including expenditures from the fund. Au­dit ana Inventory boards' ;(or the recreation fund are appointed from members of the lecreation council. Audit of recreation funds is con­ducted monthly and inventory of recreation properties is conducted semi-annually. This audit and in­ventory is also conducted at the time the custodian of the recreation fund is relieved and at such other times as directed by the command­ing officer.

Commander J. 1\[ . Shea is the senior member of the recreation council. The military mem bers are: Commander G. '1'. ,,'eir, Lieu tenant Commander ~. T. " 'aJdron, Lieu ten ­ant Commander H. H . Aull. Lieuten­ant S. V. Bell Jr., a nd Lieutenan t J. ~. Revenaur.'l. The following members represent t h e civilians on the council : R. C. O'Reilly, J . J . McLaughlin. l\L C. Lipp. H. R. T ur­ner a n d T. C. B lair.

IWV Recreational Council Wishes to Stay with 'Fund'

(·t::DITOJ:;·S NOTE: This arU('le is the t hird or a. series 'Or fea.tu:res to ~ppear in the ROCK ETEER telling of the IWV U nited Fund a.nd the organizations participating in the fund. rI'oday's article t ells bow the Indian Wells VaUey Recreational Council, Inc., as a n affiliate of IW\, United· F undJ sen'es Ch ina Lake, Ridgecrest and Inyokern.)

Indian ,Veils Valley Recreational Council, Inc., has re­cently confirmed its wish to remain an affiliated member of the IWV United Fund, says R, o. Huse, publicity chairm;ll1 for United Fund. -

Local ynupgitecs need not look for basketball: handball; softball; skat­excU,iI1,g and interesting things to ing: marble tournaments; hooked do in leisu~ hours the year around. rug classes for beginners and ad­The reel'ealiona} council, under the vanced; supervised games for 7th pJ'ofQSSional direction of Ruth Trim- and 8th grades; junior teen canteen ble of · Ridgecrest. satisfies every for 7th and 8th grades; yo-yo tour­constructive impulse for recreation naments; teen-age and young adult and entertainment. Skilled in.struc- dances; sununer recreation at the non, physical exercise, and 'social park, SChOOl, and pool: drama; activities with a. soundly COnceived rhythms; crafts; Woodwork; super­program of activities as extensive vjsed games for all age brackets, and varied as one will find any- and family night every Wednesday where in America is available. tluoughout the summer. . Approximately 500 youths amt adults of Dur com.munity are en­rolled and participatinr in the full summer sche(tuJe of e\'ents. Yo ung­sters who participate in the l)ro­gram are not plagued \\ith idle , i m e, bareHom, and restlesSness. Boxing, wrestling, ar's and crafts. dancing to name bands, standard eolle,iate games. yo-yo contests antt hayrides are part 0," the progr~m.

Fre-school and elementary school children also share jn a planned program from doll displays to kite making and marble tournaments, etc. The -program is conducive to promoting 'good mental health and good Citizenship among the mem­bers, in addition to constructively channeling .the explosive energies of youth. The unavailability of active recreation councils such as ours in many larger metropolitan areas is a contributing lactor in many prob­lems of delinquency.

The recreation program for 1956 and 1957 will include: sejYing for beginners and adults; boxing and wrestling lessons; tennis ; VOlleyball;

The Recreation Council is es­tablished under the Kern County parks and reereation department which is under the jurisdiction of t.he county bODrd of supervisors. The local council is composed of eight members, fout from R idgecrest and four from Inyokern, representing v a rio u s business organizations in each community. Members s e r v e four-year terms. with one member from each community retiring from the council each year.

Officers of the IWV Recreational Council are: A. J. Stuckey Jr .. chairman, Rid g e c res t; William Big g s. vice-chairman, Inyokern : Wanda Clark, secretary, Ridgecrest. and Bet ty Whaley, treasurer, R idge­crest.

United Fund donation monies pay for the expendable supplies and equipment of the council. The sal ­ary for the director of the recre­ational council is paid from county fUnds held in Bakersfield and paid out on requisition sent in by the director.

July 20 , 1956 TH E RO CK ETE ER Page Three

.New} t rom P aJaJena oInnex II

P ONY LEAGUE "ALL- STRS"-Pictured first row (I. to r.) are P ony League "AU Stars" Denny Sorge (Reds), Marvin J efferis (Cards). R4lnnie Nelia (Reds). Don Case (Re4s) and J ohn Pinney (Indians) , Second row 0, ' to r.) are: L. T . Cas-e, manager, Benny Stur"eo..;" (Reds), Richie Ca­shore (Cu bs). \ VilJi.e I\fajors (CardS), Da,\'ld l\l artin (Cards) and John McLaughlin (Reds). Th ird row ( I. to r .. ) are: Gary MaxweU (Cards ), DaJl in Childs (Cubs), J oh n Dragovich (Cards) amI Bob Koehler (Cubs).

WINNERS OF THE MINOR LEAGUE-Pictured above are the Buccan­eers, winners of m in or league play. They defeated Ule EAGLES two gam es out of three for the championship 01 the league.

Buccaneers Are Minor League ChampSi Defeat Eagles Twice in Play-Off Games

The BUCCANEERS of the na _ EERS is as follows: Michael Sorge, Joe Thorne, David Bens, Denny Stanley, mascot. Ran­dall Ward, Paul RoUing6C)n, Dick Barkofsky, David Luzinas, Roben Bartlett, Cam Metcalf, Richard Wil­son. James Gates, KeJmeth Sturgis, Donald Wilson, Dennis Sneed, Wayne Johnson, Mike Rambo, Robert Cher­ry, Wayne Cherry, Anthony Welch,

tional leagues (minors) were de­clared champions of minor league play when they defea.ted the EA­GLES by a score of 14- 13 in the final play-oft ga.i:ne at the Nation­al Little League diamond. The team "'''as managed by Ronnie Limuti. Coaches for 1956 were Ernie Goss-elin and Con Callaway. Ronald Peebles, Terry Hogue, Jeriel

Team roster for the BUCCAN- Smith and John Weber.

Herbert E. Howard Is Newly Elected EMCO President

HerbeL1; How a r d of PB089 was elected this week to serve as presi­dent of the employee-management council. Joe Martin, chairman of the supply and fiscal unit., will as­sist Howard as vice president.

Three units of El\1CO held elec­tions and named new representa­tives. Peggy Higgins is chairman of Unit A, comprised of the following groups; P802, represented by Oary Gordon: P80, PSOl, and P4502, rep­resented by Lennell Myers; PB07 and P7523, represented by John Watkins.

Voting in Vnlt C resulted in the election of JuliUS Stegman as chair­man. Nick Saines will represent P8M and P7502, Bob Bickel is to represent P808 (except branches at Morris Dam and Long Beach), and Bea Humason is the representative for P805.

I The pubHc works un i t elected

Mike Drabnik chairman. T. C. Byrne w1l1 represent P709 (except P7092 and Morris Dam), John Cross was elected from P7092, and John Geat­ley will serve P709 Morris Dam and military personnel.

Unitd D, CecIl Ballard, chairman; remain the same until January elec­tions are the following: -Unit-B7'Art'''orenle'' .. "''''ch'''a'''i'''rm''''a'''n'''; PB09 (except P8094) , Marjorie Glaze; PBD94, John Busik.

Unit D. Cecil Ballard, chairman; PB084 (MorriS Dam), Tom Corse, range - branch, and 130b Oraf, pro­pulsion lab; P8084 (Long Beach and military personnel), William Oal­braith.

Supply and fiscal unit, Joe Martin, chairman: P257 (except P25730) , Edith Allardyce ; P259, Richard Love­lace: P250~ P2051, P2567, P2584, P25730, Lillian Peterson.

Independent offices unit, James Allardyce, chairman: P55, R.D. Rou­bideaux; P19, POI02, P129, P7M, P659, P9506, P9509, Georgia Smith; P1933, F. J. Van Den Brouck.

American League Lists 'All-Star' Team: Todd, Hughes, National's Must SelefJt 14 Players from 22 Aitchison Are

As the American League DODG- from Ule pmATElS are Deming 0 d ERS and the NA'l'IONAL League Maclise, Steve Martin, Bill Schorr, New ES Boa r RED SOX battled for the China Charles Thorne, Cliff Wilkie, and Lake championship, one "All Star" Dave Wilkie. Ruby Todd of security. Bill Ait­

chison of transportation, and George Hughes of supply were installed last week as members of the board of the employees service organization. They were selected in a.n all-hands vote. Chuck Bailey won the elec­tion as Morris Dam representative.

The new bvard was to meet this

team has been selected, and "All Dr. Eli D. Besser has been nam­star" nominees have been named ed China Lake tournament director for another. The American League by Leonard Joseph, district tourn­has selected its "All Star" team. ameut director. Dr. Besser annOUD­The DOIXiERS won four berths ced that the AmeriCan League. "All placing Bob MCLaughlin. Mark Mc- Stars" will play the North Lan­Laren, Carl 'I\1rse, and Mike Kleine caster "All stars" here July 2'1. The on the "An Stars:' The ATHlEI'- National League "All stars", when lOS won three berths, John Brady, selected. will play the Edwards AFB week to elect officers for the com-Bill Majors, and Larry Nowak. The "All Stars" on that salne date. ing year from among their own TIGERS had three men selected, number. Tom O'COnnell, Earnie Bevis, and ~o I Named as alternates, by virtue Joe Beresford. The Y A N K E E S D of receiving the next highest num-placed four men, John Dunaway, bers of votes, were Peggy Higgins, Don MCLean, Andy Gllpin, and Op,lnortun:t:e.l. Leo Bullington, and Sue Burg. Bob Randy Hardy. r" .. i:I Graf is alternate lor Morris Dam.

The National League has named twenty-two "All star" nominees. from which fourteen will be se­lected for the "All star" team. Nomina.ted. from the RED SOX are Lynn Collie, Dennis Cox, Don Mc­Neill, Arnold Phillips, Bill Suther-1 .. 11, and Tommy Talley; from the BRAVES are George Childers, Ken­ny navis, Ri<:hard Davis, Richard Pa.ta, and Roy Stovall; from th~ OIANTS axe M i c h a e 1 Hayton. Charles Hightower, David Mamula, Leslie Maxwell, and John Westby:

Continue Extinguisher Rpmov .. 1 fr ...... ""aQses

Fire Chief A . C. Wright announ­oed today the schedule for the con­tinued removal of fire extinguishers from Station housing units. It is as follows: • July 23-27-Removal or fire ex­

tinguishers fro m all Duplexes south of Halsey.

• July 30·AuguSt 3 -Removal of fire extinguishers from all heus· ing east of Richmond. The removal of fire extinguishers

lrom Station housing by the fire dpnartment i<: i., comnli1\n~ with BuDocks InStruction 11320.11.

Mechan ica l engineer. G8-12. Head equipment section, design engineer­ing branch, development engineer­ing division. propellants and ex­plos~ve department. Supervisory engineer for design of pilot plant equipment. Call Thomas Hayes, ex­tension 9391.

Electrica l engineer, G8-U. Elec­trical design for pilot plant facil­ities and equipment. Oall Thomas Hayes. 9391.

Employee relations officer, GS-7 or GS-9. Employee management re­lations division, personnel depart­ment. Assistant to head of the employee management relations di­vision. Call Leroy Jackson, exten­sion 71592.

Clerk-stenographer, G8-4. Cam­mand administration department, safety office. For information call extension 71648 or 71393.

Supervisory budget speeialist, GS-8. Public works department. Cal] Wanda Talley, extension 72218.

Death and in jury take no week­ends orl. In 1955. 15,730 were killP.Cf and 766,090 injured in a uto accI­dents.

Annex Welcomes Recent Additio~s To Branch Staffs

Ne)V employees added to the An­nex staff in the past month in­clude the following people and their assignments.

Peggy R. Jackson, clerk-typist in P8024; John M. Oliver, electroniC mechanic, P8043: Arleen K. Ell­wood, typist, -P2573; Shirley M. Mo­itz, typiSt (WAE) , P6590; Veronica. E. Forde. clerk-typist, P8070 ..

Andtew C. CUllinane. machinist, P8094; Dorothy H . Orundmann, file c I e r k, P5531: Margaret A Oir­ouard. clerk-typist, P553l; Leon H~ly, guard, P1900; Nancy E. Rea­gan, property and supply clerk, P2573; and Richard J. Franz, heavy riuty equipment mechaniC, P7930.

NOTS Swim Club Wednesday, 5:30

Wagner's Pool

LONG BEACH TEST CONDUCTOR-In this picture, Fred Lu..", ordnance experimental test mechanic, is using the stadinleter to station a target boat at a specified distance during a. project a t sea.

Versatil ity is Required In Long Beach Test Jobs

Fred Lux is described by R ay Musgrave, in charge of the Long Beach test unit, as typifying the ki nd of man re­quired at that facility. He is f ully qualified for nearly every job existing there.

"As a test conductor," Ray says. decisions to obtain the necesary data "Fred is called upon to take charge to fulfill the functions of the test. o! all civilian personnel and projects He sets up problems at sea to carry at sea. He must make on-the-spot out the daily operating schedule,

Several Divisions Promote Employees In Recent Weeks

Late June and early July pro­motions have I1jsed the grade level of the following employees to those stated.

Lawrence E. Channel, physicist (general), 08-11, P1OOO.

L e s 1 i e E. Hildreth, production specialist (genera}), GS-9, P2573; Edith A. Lilly, procurement clerk. GS-4, P2573; Vernon W. Hayes, supervisory general supply assist­ant, GS-9, P2590: Evelyn D. Eck­ard, general supply clerk (typing), GS-4, P2597.

Edward C. Boos, production spec­ialist, 05-9, P5331; Frederick M. Nathan, supervisory personnel off­icer, 05-12, P6590.

John H. Campbell, engineering aid (ordnance), GS-5, P8023; How­ard R. Talkington, bomb design engineer, 05-12, P8082: Chaxles H . Black, general ordnance design en­gineer' GS-9, P8083 ; Richard E . McKee, machinist, 3rd step, P80M.

James H. Hall, supervisory ord­nance inspector (general), OS-11, P8092: ErneSto Burciaga, supervis­ory general engineer, 05·12, P8092; Ernest N. Oeland Jr., production Specialist (ordnance) , GS-I,1. P8092; Julia A. Kinard ~ editorial clerk (proofreader), GS-4, P8096.

Marvin D. ,Marcus On Fellowship From Foundation

Dr. Marvin D. Marcus, who was

takes ranges, and monitors commu­nications."

Fred, one of the oldtimers at Long Beach and at the Annex, performs a multiplicity of functions. In addi­tion to acting as test conductor, he operates artificial targets, bathy­thermographs, fathometers, radar, and sound - measuring equipment. When needed, he assists Pat Patter­son, head photographer.

He is frequently called upon to load torpedoes on aircraft and to fly aboard the plane. He rides aboard submarines to 0 b t a i n important data, and flies in the air-cover plane to search for missiles.

Although it is not mentioned in his PD, and he is perhaps unknown to Hollywood, Fred has appeared in supporting roles in' many motion pictures. He has just completed a term as EMCO representative from Long Beach, the most recent of his many extra-curricular services.

Man-of-the-Month I

to have returned to Pasadena Annex PSOM shops have chosen Cliff S hell -this summer, has received a Na­tional SCience Foundation senior post-doctoral fello\lt'Ship for contin­ued study next year. Dr. Marcus, a. professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia, is on educational leave from the an­alysis branch ot the guidance and control division of the unden"ater ordnance department.

man Man-of- the-l\Ionth for June. ~ na tive of Ohio. Cliff was a metal­sm ith there from 1929 until he en ­tered the Army in 1943. Ret.urnjng to civilia n life in 1946, h e came t-o work here for General Tire a nd Ru bber, transferring to NOTS with the project. He h as just fin ish ed his eighth year a t t he Annex-