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Snack Bar, open' from 7· a.m,.cto·1O:30 p.m.;·':.Com: Dining:,Room:' open:' , 9:30 : Golf Course ,Snack. Bar,'- open :from'" ,'. 8'a.m: to '7 'p.m.' ' .., t , Normal hours will be maintained Saturday, February 21. RAdin•. E. B •. ·,Harp; . . NOTS" Conlllumity Church,·the Rev.,JohnL &id,-jr.; NOTS'Hel}rew 'Temple'. StudentR8.bbiDon .Smger; , Pastor' santa: Barbara l\Iissions'l\Ionsignor J. F.' Ryan. The':new wing will serve the NOTS Hebrew congregation and ,be used by all faiths as a Parish House. U.S. Naval Ordnance !est!Sfation. China Lake. " OFFICIALS-Who cifficiatedat the' .. dedication of the East lYing of the All Faith Chapel' last Sunday, (L to r.) are: Station "Q". Jones; President NOTS Hebrew Congregation Dr. Max Dubin; 11th Naval District Assistant .Iai,n Cdr. F. H. Rickel; 11th Naval District Chaplain .. I;"vifed ,to ,L AAU't:'. :; "OUR.·· AMERICAN· HERITAGE" . Program' . Tuesday, Feb. 24 Community Center 8 p.m. '. , Vol. XV. No.7, His last .duty was as Executive' o If ice r' of the USS Tawakonl in WesPac' for the last 18 months. A- graduate of the College of the Pacific, class of 'W, where he ma- jored in" philoso- phy, Lt: (jg) Thor- Lt. '(jg) Thorsen sen attended Of, ficers Candidate School in Newport, ,R.I., after graduation. ' , ,He and his wife, Jacquelyn, have been assigned quarters at 202-A' ;Forrestal.· Mrs. Thorsen plans to do substitute teaching at China Lake schools. 11th Region Navy League Visits NOTS Fac:ilities , PASADENA-In recogmtlOn of hIS .outstanding Forty members of the Industrial Council, 11th Region cox, Head, Underwater Ordnince' Department, received one of the ten Arthur Navy League, arrived at the Naval Air FacilityWednes- mingAwards presented by 'the Junior Chamber of Commerceof Washington; D.C. day for a two-day visit to view NOTS facilities and wit- ceremonies yesterday iIi the Presideritial Ballioomof the Hotel Statler.' .', . -, . 'f ness a demonstration of the Variable Thrust Rocket Motor. Flemming Awards are granted 'aimually to: ten men uri'::, They were briefed on the Sta- keting, Turco Products, Inc.; Robert der of 40 in the Federal:Service who. have per- tion's new stop-and-go rocket en- L. Whitley, Controller, Beckman f d 'at d d' ' k' 'f d' .. b f' gine by D. Marshall, Klein, the in- Instruments; Harrison R. Chilton, orme unusu an outstan lng wor 0 IS tInct ene It ventor. The Navy League visitors Field Engineer, Air Lo'gistics Corp.; to the Government. Half of the Awards are in recognition were also given the opportunity W. Preston Corderman, Vice Pres i- of exceptional achievement ill scientific or technical fields, to work the control lever on the dent, Franc. E. Jenning, Manager and half are made for ichievement iIi executive or admin- rocket engine. H. R. Roglin 'of Test Contracts; Albert B. Scoles,' Mana- Department outlined the Supersonic ger of Operations, Litton Industries. istrative fields. ' Naval Ordnance Research Track (Continued to Page 2) . ,.Wilcox received the, honorary 'the Bureau of Ordnance. Resources (SNORT) programs for the visitors. .. Award, an engraved plaque, for out- of his organizatIon are'devoted to The distinguished visitors were D diN ,'. f. standing Government accomplish- exploration, development and test welcomed by Captain, W. W. Hol-' ea in e ear s. 0 r ment. As director of development of advancements in underwater lister, Station Commander. Includ- of weapons systems, he is responsi- warfare research programs, and in ed on the visitors list were: Michael Art 'Fe'st'elval· En' tr,ele's ble for the organization and coordi- assisting the introduction of result-- P. Bagdanovich, Executive Advisor; nation of the· work performed by mi.t weapons systems into industrial W illiam J. Oakes, Application En- more than 400 NOTS scientists, en- production and .Fleet 1 . Adults who wish to . enter their ° . dt h" ltd t I . t· W'l d' g ineer,' Darrell J. Kinsey, Technical gmeers an ec mClans oca ea· n nomma mg' 1 cox as can 1- paintings in the Kern County Art th P d A' t f dt f th Fl . A dC Military P I ann ing, Operations, e asa ena nnex m sUPP,?r 0 ae or e emmmg war, ap- Festival district competition to be 't" W W H II' t St t' C Northrop Aircraft; Robert Ringle, am . . 0 IS er, a Ion om- held in the Community Center on B' Ik 0 I 'f" t' d tt d' "Th m'" ·th Executive Advisor to V.P. General U ee assl lea Ion '. man er, sa e. e no Inee, WI March 14 and 15 must submit entry . I h d" t d th Man age r, Nortronics Division, -' A ' h -. 'C C .' d- SIgna success, as a mlms ere e Northrop. . blanks.to the County Parks and."- ut orlty onta,me.: complex internal affairs of his own Recreation Department 'in Bakers- -- ., .. 000 O'lr'eet'lve Department,.with its dispersed lab- ! Archie K. Beard, General Sales by March 1. oratories, test facilities and ranges, · Manager; Daniel Buist, V.P., Mar- Entry blanks and rules are avail-, Authority, to downgrade millions integrated his ,program with other or classified military documents o,ri- able at the Station Library. Addi- Departments at· NOTS, and coor- tional information about the com- ginated prior to January 1, 1946, is dinated and 'interlocked problEi"ms of petition may be obtained from Phil- contained in the Department of De- a nationwide complex of nearly' 40 ip Schuyler, chairman, Ext. 74824, fense "Declassification Directive" major industrial 'andgovermnental or Hazel Porter:Ext. 725213. signed·in September, 1958.' organizations.' He has.teamed the _The competition is open to all The! Directive automatically' can- efforts of these many. industrial residents of Kern County. Winners eels, except for a few limitations, conce'rns and applied, physics lab- in the district competition here will the securi.ty claslsificati'onsdof,dOtCU: oratories with Naval B1:1reausand -:. compete in the County' finals to be ments whIch no onger nee pro ec- such subordinate Navalactivities as . . - - . . held tile-second week in May-at the tion L .. the·national interest. In.-ad-. Cunningham Memorial Art Gal- dition, top secret " documents ex- tionunits, laboratories and depots." From State IneomeTax : lery l 'n Bake'rsfl·eld. empted from 'classification will be Douglas Wilcox, boorn in 1921,' is • ,- , ' ',Income tax ,responsibility 'is not' ' . Professional artists may exhibit downgraded to "secret." ,a native of Batavia, New York: His complete with the filing of a fed- non:competitively at the local com- The bulk, declassification pro- preparatory' education was l'eceived eral return; there remains the prob- petition. Artists' wishing to show gram is, expected. to rid the classi- at Cascadella School,' Ithaca, New lem 'of state income taxes. ,_ . their works in this group are asked fied files of millions of papers and York; Following a year.and·ahalf :'For .'servicemen·'claiming: Con- . to call Patricia Cox, Ext. 725361. No thus, 'the cost of storage and of study at Cornell University, he necticut,', Florida,' TIlinois: :Maine, entry blanks are needed for profes- ing of these' documents will be ma- enlisted in the Army as a private, Michigan, Nebraska," Nevada, Ne1]V sional artists to exhibit locally, how- terially reduced. ':.. and. within three years" was pro- Jersey, Ohio,' Pennsylvania,.· Rhode .. ever, there will be a g31lery' pro- This new Directive- was prepared moted to the rank of Captain.' At ". Island, South Dakota, Texas, Wash- vided af the county' finals. in B.ak- under the supervision of the Office war's end, he resumed his 'studies . . ington, West -Virginia' and "Wyom- ersfield for professional artists, and of" Declassification Policy, estab- and receIved a Bachelor of Mechan- ' ing as their legal, residence, there, those who wish to exhibit profes- lished in March; 1957 as a part of ic31 Engineering Degree in Febru- is no. stat.e tax;" sionally at· Bakersfield must sub- the Office· of the . Assistant Secre-_ ary, 1948 from Cornell.' 'mit . entry .blanks by· March 1." tary for. Defense for ,Public Affairs: ' Wilcox' was employed as a Junior. The following states exempt pay-" , ment of income' taxes on'all or some':. , 'rhe iiurpose of .the Ke. rn County . Station personnel - working With Professional at "NOTS • within - -a , . .. , active dtit.y,pay:··Alaska,· Arizona," Art Festiv,al ,is t,o encourage orig- Classified documents will .' find it month after' graduation; and is' the . , ,. . ,. Arkansas; Californ.ia," Color a'd 0 ,. . inal art by participation'in, and advantageous to familiarize 'them- first Head of UODto have made . . . ,.-- " . Hawaii, Minne-' . preciation by both youth and selves with the..provisions of the his career entirely within t.he or- , .. , '- ' '", - sota, Dakota, adults in the' county: and. to.· give new directive and with implement- ganization•. He progressed from an . . . ' .. ,. ,. homa, Or.egonand, ..'Wisconsin.-, .',:" -.". recognition to meritorious art, work ing instructions' from the Navy, De- entry level of (presently. GS-7) , ..' ..... Servicemen--'from: Idaho"a,re ex.' . ·done by, Kern County' artists. . pa-rt, .. m. ' .. }. - - to his'. present -position. ·empt from paying state tax on -ac-=" tive service pay if serving outside that state while those . from New Hampshire tax: only on income' from interest or dividends. _ ..... , " . ,NOTS servicemen are urged ·to' t make' certain that . they' arefami- liar with the regulations "of their. .} home states in regard to payment of state income taxes. Requirements " for filing of returns, information: on exemptions, due 'dates and other_ particulars" are available. in JAG INST. 5840.3, available at the Legal. :office, Ext. 71613 and the Navy Enlisted Personnel Division,' Ext.- 72204. New'Communications Officer Comes Aboard . ,Lt. (jg) Lloyd S. Thorsen, USNR, aboard to .relieve Lt. (jg) A. J.: Mueller,. Communications' Offic- · er and .Telephone-, Branch head in Command Administration Depart':, · ment. Examinations Open To NOTS Personnel "Applications will be accepted un- til 'February' 27,' for competitive promotion examinations for Lead- i1igman Automotive Equipment Op- · e'rator, (Annct. NOTS IVa-2 (59).) a'nd Quarterman (Laborer), (Aimct. NOTS IVa-3 (59).) . Card Form 4155AB and Standard I\'orm57 . will be' accepted from NOTS employees' at China Lake and Pasadena serving under a Career or Career-Conditional appointment. , Certification will be made of the \ highest three eligibles. Applications should be forwarded to the De- tached . Representative, Board of Examiners, I1ND, Code 6522, China Lake. '. , Further, information may be ob- tained .from the Announcements which are posted' in the Personnel Building and in local postofficeil. _0_'_'- ..._ ... \_ .. _, . '. Typist. Sten,o /Examsgpen Examinations: to establish regis- ters for Stenogr'aph'e'rs, GS-3: and GS-4, 'and ,Txpists, G8-2 and GS-3, · to' be employed at NOTS are 'now open; according to Betty Jo Geiser, Representative of the Board of Ex- . aminers at China 1Lake. - c,.. ' 1 J' 2" ... Application' Form ': 5QOO-AB may be filed . until fUrther nOtic'e .. with . the Board "of U'-S.CiviI Service aminers' Representative, on'the Sta- tion. ·Application forms may be ob:' .. tained from any first class Post Of- fice, or from Boards of U. S. Civil Service Examiners. I J r f l t , J I .. i ! t , I Priscilla Kuhn won the women's ' driving contest last Saturday with .a 162-;rard drive. Joan Reinhart, placed second with 161 J'ards and Nona Turner Cnetted third' place with a 157'- . l\Iembership Meeting " "'- ,The next meeting for the . bership will be held in' the Golf Club LOunge, Wednesday, FebruarY: . 25, at 8 p.m. . Membership is open to all mili4' tary personnel on the Station and all Civil Service employees as WAIT THEIR TURN...:.kixiously tee oft in Saiurday's tournament (Lto r.) are:-Test"Departpient's:BoILBraclien, Propulsion Laboratory's John Gonzales and Bob Grasley, Test Depart:" ment's "Chuck" Jaeger. . , I TROPHY WINNERS-Winners of the Fall Station Championship ! n:ament 'who were presented their 'trophies by the Statiori Commander I during 'Golf Club House dedication ceremonies last weekend (1. to- r;) _ ! are: Carl Turse, 4th flight winner; Dale Mead; 2nd' flight 'Winner; Uo', i -many; Enriques, championship flight willner;' Kermit Beavei, chaRi·: r .". pionship night;. and LCdr. Walt Henning, 1st Winiter and winneI' L . of both the driving. and putting contest held' over the ,veekend. l ,r i I l·'- .,- _. Entries in the putting contest hopefully eye the winning circle. Cdr. \Valt Henning won. -crowd of some 300 golf enthusiasts attended the day long open house festivities marking the dedication"of 'new -clubhouse last Saturday. , The men's 9-!J.ole' Calloway tournament, feature event of the day, was won by Bill' Kruse, a BuYard & Doc);:s industrial engineer, assigne'd here on an Engineered Performance Standards program. Runners-up were Normw:.allace, second, and Kermit 'Beaver, third, by virtue of ,3. tie play-'off with Raoul Voorheis 'of Trona.' .... .._ ".' , ,.'. : . . ,. .' _ , ., , ',.. Lorraine Voorheis of won: the women'.s !lole Calloway. Sharing a five-way tie for second place were Ge'rrY.Emberton, .Mable Shea; 'Pauline Var{ Dyck, and Mary DeLancey. Pris- cilla 'Kl1hn blasted i62ya;-ds" Winth'e"women's dri viIig contest; Joan' Reinhart placed second with 161' . yards; a;d' Nona Turner's 157-yard drive . ,.'- r- ,-" " "; Henning won themen'sdrivini:contest with a 259-yard drive which totalled up to two wins , for the 'NAF flyer in the day's"ev;nts, having won the puttingconte"st in the' morning by defeating,Ca,rl- . and Bill Thomas in: a 'three-way tie Dale MM.d placed second with a 258-yard drive and Frank St.' George's', 243 'netted him third place.. ,Club president Floyd Rockwell attributed much of the success of the open house affair to the hard work o'n the part of individuals' who served on the v'arious committees. The committees were' as follows: . Food-Chief Jim Linnell, chairman,' George Bowles,'- Ken Bryant, Hiram ,Moore" and Bill· Lasswell. Re- freshments-Jim Runchey, chi;lirman;Gus Mead; Bob 'Mead, Dale Mead, Bob Howard, and Ken Hopper. Tournament-Warren Murbach, chairinan,::iiaiTurner, Bill Kummins, 'and Adams. Movie ,photographic coverage was handled"by ,George Reger, press coverage by Rocketeer staff photographers and' Burroughs High School photographers. - -. -;:..-.- -:-. "-"'- < --' Capt. Hollister, first to tee LUNCH - Golfers enjoy a buffet lunch prepared by Chief linnelL watches his drive . Bill Ii:ruse, visiting industrial en- gineer, won the men's 9-hole Callo- way tournament :,last Saturday. Runners-up.' were Norm" \Vallace and Ii:ermit Beaver. New Golf Fees Announced Enlisted Men Off. & (Under Chiefs) Chiefs Civ. Week' Days ,$ .50 $2 $2 Sat., Sun. & HoI. $1.25 $3 $3 - ;Monthly (Single) $3.00 $5 -. ,$6, MontWy(Family)$5.00 $7· $8 '1· -"';c ___.... ;.... -= ...... """- ........ ...;..,;, ..... :.. ..;.",.,;,._-... ........__
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.' The Commissary ,Store will beclosed all day next Monday, Febru- ,ary 23, in observance of Washington's birthday. It will also be closed'all day Wednesday, February 25;'for.inventory. "
.. All NavY Exchange facilities will'be ,closed all day on February'. 23"following, Washington's '. birthdaYiexcept as noted below: __-' Service - Station . and ~. OutdoorShop;· open from .8 a.m. to 4 ,p.m. ; ..Community Center. Snack Bar, open'from 7· a.m,.cto·1O:30 p.m.;·':.Com:in.unitY'Ce~t~r Dining:,Room:' open:' ,fr·om:5--pjn~~-.to- 9:30 ~p:ni~~- and·-~tlie~-~~··:. :Golf Course ,Snack. Bar,'-open:from'" ,'.8'a.m: to '7 'p.m.' ' .., t, Normal hours will be maintained
Saturday, February 21.
RAdin•. E. B•. ·,Harp; . Pasto~,' .NOTS" ConlllumityChurch,·the Rev.,JohnL &id,-jr.; NOTS'Hel}rew'Temple'. StudentR8.bbiDon .Smger; , Pastor' santa:Barbara l\Iissions'l\Ionsignor J. F.' Ryan. The':newwing will serve the NOTS Hebrew congregation and
,be used by all faiths as a Parish House.
U.S. Naval Ordnance !est!Sfation. China Lake. Califor~ia.
"DEDICATION~ OFFICIALS-Who cifficiatedat the'..dedication of the East lYing of the All Faith Chapel'last Sunday, (L to r.) are: Station 'Chaplain.Robe~t·
"Q". Jones; President NOTS Hebrew CongregationDr. Max Dubin; 11th Naval District Assistant Chap~
.Iai,n Cdr. F. H. Rickel; 11th Naval District Chaplain
'Ev~-;Y~~ ..I;"vifed ,to ,L
AAU't:'.:; "OUR.·· ~
AMERICAN·HERITAGE"
. Program'. Tuesday, Feb. 24Community Center
8 p.m.'.,
Vol. XV. No.7,
His last .dutywas as Executive'o If ice r' of theUSS Tawakonl inWesPac' for thelast 18 months.
A- graduate ofthe College of thePacific, class of'W, where he majored in" philosophy,Lt: (jg) Thor
Lt. '(jg) Thorsen sen attended Of,ficers Candidate School in Newport,,R.I., after graduation. ', ,He and his wife, Jacquelyn, havebeen assigned quarters at 202-A';Forrestal.· Mrs. Thorsen plans to dosubstitute teaching at China Lakeschools.
11th Region Navy League D:J~Wileox,Oneof~~n~nNationVisits NOTS Fac:ilities GlvenAI·thnr~lemlllll~gAwa~.d
, PASADENA-In recogmtlOn of hIS .outstanding accomplishment,-Douglas,J.:Wil~
Forty members of the Industrial Council, 11th Region cox, Head, Underwater Ordnince' Department, received one of the ten Arthur S.Flem~Navy League, arrived at the Naval Air FacilityWednes- mingAwards presented by 'the Junior Chamber of Commerceof Washington; D.C. a~'day for a two-day visit to view NOTS facilities and wit- ceremonies yesterday iIi the Presideritial Ballioomof the Hotel Statler.' .', . -, . 'f
ness a demonstration of the Variable Thrust Rocket Motor. Flemming Awards are granted 'aimually to: ten men uri'::,They were briefed on the Sta- keting, Turco Products, Inc.; Robert der ~heage of 40 in the Federal:Service who. have per-
tion's new stop-and-go rocket en- L. Whitley, Controller, Beckman f d 'at d d' ' k' 'f d' .. b f'gine by D. Marshall, Klein, the in- Instruments; Harrison R. Chilton, orme unusu an outstan lng wor 0 IStInct ene Itventor. The Navy League visitors Field Engineer, Air Lo'gistics Corp.; to the Government. Half of the Awards are in recognitionwere also given the opportunity W. Preston Corderman, Vice Presi- of exceptional achievement ill scientific or technical fields,to work the control lever on the dent, Franc. E. Jenning, Manager and half are made for ichievement iIi executive or adminrocket engine. H. R. Roglin 'of Test Contracts; Albert B. Scoles,'Mana-Department outlined the Supersonic ger of Operations, Litton Industries. istrative fields. 'Naval Ordnance Research Track (Continued to Page 2) . ,.Wilcox received the, honorary 'the Bureau of Ordnance. Resources(SNORT) programs for the visitors. .. Award, an engraved plaque, for out- of his organizatIon are'devoted to
The distinguished visitors were D diN ,'. f . standing Government accomplish- exploration, development and testwelcomed by Captain, W. W. Hol-' ea ine ears.0r ment. As director of development of advancements in underwaterlister, Station Commander. Includ- of weapons systems, he is responsi- warfare research programs, and ined on the visitors list were: Michael Art 'Fe'st'elval· En' tr,ele's ble for the organization and coordi- assisting the introduction of result--P. Bagdanovich, Executive Advisor; nation of the· work performed by mi.t weapons systems into industrial
W illiam J. Oakes, Application En- more than 400 NOTS scientists, en- production and .Fleet use.;-~1 .Adults who wish to .enter their ° . d t h" ltd t I . t· W'l d'
gineer,' Darrell J. Kinsey, Technical gmeers an ec mClans oca ea· n nomma mg' 1 cox as can 1-paintings in the Kern County Art th P d A' t f d t f th Fl . A d CMilitary P I ann i n g , Operations, e asa ena nnex m sUPP,?r 0 a e or e emmmg war, ap-Festival district competition to be 't" W W H II' t St t' CNorthrop Aircraft; Robert Ringle, am . . 0 IS er, a Ion om-held in the Community Center on B' Ik 0 I 'f" t' d t t d' "Th m'" ·thExecutive Advisor to V.P. General U ee assl lea Ion '. man er, sa e. e no Inee, WIMarch 14 and 15 must submit entry . I h d" t d thMan age r, Nortronics Division, -' A ' h -. 'C C .' d - SIgna success, as a mlms ere e
Northrop. . blanks.to the County Parks and."- ut orlty onta,me.: complex internal affairs of his ownRecreation Department 'in Bakers- -- ., ~'In' .. 000 O'lr'eet'lve Department,.with its dispersed lab-
! Archie K. Beard, General Sales fiel~ by March 1. oratories, test facilities and ranges,· Manager; Daniel Buist, V.P., Mar- Entry blanks and rules are avail-, Authority, to downgrade millions integrated his ,program with other
or classified military documents o,ri-able at the Station Library. Addi- Departments at· NOTS, and coor-tional information about the com- ginated prior to January 1, 1946, is dinated and 'interlocked problEi"ms ofpetition may be obtained from Phil- contained in the Department of De- a nationwide complex of nearly' 40ip Schuyler, chairman, Ext. 74824, fense "Declassification Directive" major industrial 'andgovermnentalor Hazel Porter:Ext. 725213. signed·in September, 1958.' organizations.' He has.teamed the
_The competition is open to all The! Directive automatically' can- efforts of these many. industrialresidents of Kern County. Winners eels, except for a few limitations, conce'rns and applied, physics lab- I-----------~-.,..-;......in the district competition here will the securi.ty claslsificati'onsdof,dOtCU: oratories with Naval B1:1reausand Ser~ice"men.Wa·rr,-ed::,~. -:.compete in the County'finals to be ments whIch no onger nee pro ec- such subordinate Navalactivities as . . - - . .held tile-second week in May-at the tion L.. the·national interest. In.-ad-. torpedo-groups,~shipyards7·evalua-The'i~A.r~~.Not~;x~mp[:.::-.~.~Cunningham Memorial Art Gal- dition, top secret " documents ex- tionunits, laboratories and depots." From State IneomeTax :lery l'n Bake'rsfl·eld. empted from 'classification will be Douglas Wilcox, boorn in 1921,' is •,- , ' ',Income tax ,responsibility 'is not' '. Professional artists may exhibit downgraded to "secret." ,anative of Batavia, New York: His complete with the filing of a fed-
non:competitively at the local com- The bulk, declassification pro- preparatory' education was l'eceived eral return; there remains the probpetition. Artists' wishing to show gram is, expected. to rid the classi- at Cascadella School,' Ithaca, New lem 'of state income taxes. ,_ .their works in this group are asked fied files of millions of papers and York; Following a year.and·ahalf :'For .'servicemen·'claiming: Con- .to call Patricia Cox, Ext. 725361. No thus, 'the cost of storage and handl~ of study at Cornell University, he necticut,', Florida,' TIlinois: :Maine,entry blanks are needed for profes- ing of these'documents will be ma- enlisted in the Army as a private, Michigan, Nebraska," Nevada, Ne1]Vsional artists to exhibit locally, how- terially reduced. ':.. and. within three years" was pro- Jersey, Ohio,' Pennsylvania,.· Rhode ..ever, there will be a g31lery' pro- This new Directive- was prepared moted to the rank of Captain.' At ".Island, South Dakota, Texas, Washvided af the county' finals. in B.ak- under the supervision of the Office war's end, he resumed his 'studies. . ington, West -Virginia' and "Wyom-ersfield for professional artists, and of" Declassification Policy, estab- and receIved a Bachelor of Mechan- 'ing as their legal, residence, there,those who wish to exhibit profes- lished in March; 1957 as a part of ic31 Engineering Degree in Febru- is no. stat.e tax;"sionally at· Bakersfield must sub- the Office· of the .Assistant Secre-_ ary, 1948 from Cornell.''mit .entry .blanks by· March 1." tary for. Defense for ,Public Affairs: ' Wilcox' was employed as a Junior. The following states exempt pay-"
, ment of income' taxes on'all or some':., 'rhe iiurpose of .the Ke.rn County . Station personnel -working With Professional at "NOTS •within - -a, . . . , active dtit.y,pay:··Alaska,· Arizona,"Art Festiv,al ,is t,o encourage orig- Classified documents ~ will .' find it month after' graduation; and is' the ., ,. . ,. Arkansas; Californ.ia,"Color a'd 0 ,. .inal art by participation'in, and ap~ advantageous to familiarize 'them- first Head of UODto have made. . . ,.-- " . Hawaii, ~,Indiani;':Kansas;'Minne-' .preciation o~art by both youth and selves with the..provisions of the his career entirely within t.he or-, .. , '- ' '", - sota, Missourl,~NorthDakota, Okla:'~adults in the' county: and. to.· give new directive and with implement- ganization•. He progressed from an .. . ' . . , . ,. homa, Or.egonand,..'Wisconsin.-, .',:" -.".recognition to meritorious art,work ing instructions' from the Navy, De- entry level of P~2 (presently. GS-7), ..' .....Servicemen--'from: Idaho"a,re ex.' .·done by, Kern County' artists. . pa-rt,..m.ent..,~ '.. ~, }. - ~ - to his'. present -position. ~
·emptfrom paying state tax on -ac-="tive service pay if serving outsidethat state while those . from NewHampshire andTenn'~ssee'pay tax:only on income' from interest or ~dividends. _ ..... , ". ,NOTS servicemen are urged ·to' tmake' certain that . they' arefami- ~
liar with the regulations "of their. .}home states in regard to paymentof state income taxes. Requirements "for filing of returns, information:on exemptions, due 'dates and other_particulars" are available. in JAGINST. 5840.3, available at the Legal.:office, Ext. 71613 and the NavyEnlisted Personnel Division,' Ext.72204.
New'CommunicationsOfficer Comes Aboard. ,Lt. (jg) Lloyd S. Thorsen, USNR,r~ports aboard to .relieve Lt. (jg) A.J.: Mueller,. Communications' Offic-
·er and .Telephone-,Branch head inCommand Administration Depart':,
· ment.
Examinations OpenTo NOTS Personnel"Applications will be accepted un
til 'February' 27,' for competitivepromotion examinations for Leadi1igman Automotive Equipment Op-
~ Card Form 4155AB and StandardI\'orm57 . will be' accepted fromNOTS employees' at China Lake andPasadena serving under a Careeror Career-Conditional appointment.
, Certification will be made of the\ highest three eligibles. Applicationsshould be forwarded to the Detached . Representative, Board ofExaminers, I1ND, Code 6522, ChinaLake. -~ '.
,Further, information may be obtained .from the Announcementswhich are posted' in the PersonnelBuilding and in local postofficeil._0_'_'- ..._ ... \_ .._, .
'. Typist. Sten,o /ExamsgpenExaminations: to establish regis
ters for Stenogr'aph'e'rs, GS-3: andGS-4, 'and ,Txpists, G8-2 and GS-3,
· to' be employed at NOTS are 'nowopen; according to Betty Jo Geiser,Representative of the Board of Ex-
. aminers at China 1Lake. - c ,..' 1 J' 2 "... Application' Form':5QOO-AB maybe filed . until fUrther nOtic'e .. with
. the Board "of U'-S.CiviI Service Ex~
aminers' Representative, on'the Sta-tion. ·Application forms may be ob:'
.. tained from any first class Post Office, or from Boards of U. S. CivilService Examiners.
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Priscilla Kuhn won the women's 'driving contest last Saturday with
.a 162-;rard drive. Joan Reinhart,placed second with 161 J'ards andNona Turner Cnetted third' placewith a 157'- .
l\Iembership Meeting " "'-,The next meeting for the mem~
. bership will be held in' the GolfClub LOunge, Wednesday, FebruarY: .25, at 8 p.m. .
Membership is open to all mili4'tary personnel on the Station and ~:)'all Civil Service employees as wel1~'
WAIT THEIR TURN...:.kixiously waitini;th~-k"turn~to tee oft in la~t,Saiurday's tournament (Lto r.) are:-Test"Departpient's:BoILBraclien,Propulsion Laboratory's John Gonzales and Bob Grasley, Test Depart:"ment's "Chuck" Jaeger. .
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TROPHY WINNERS-Winners of the Fall Station Championship ToU~. !n:ament 'who were presented their 'trophies by the Statiori Commander ~ Iduring th~ 'Golf Club House dedication ceremonies last weekend (1. to-r;) _ !are: Carl Turse, 4th flight winner; Dale Mead; 2nd' flight 'Winner; Uo', i
-many; Enriques, championship flight willner;' Kermit Beavei, runner~up chaRi·: r. " . pionship night;. and LCdr. Walt Henning, 1st flig~t Winiter and winneI' L. of both the driving. and putting contest held' over the ,veekend. l
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Entries in the putting contest hopefully eye the winning circle. Cdr. \Valt Henning won.
'A'·'r~~ord-crowd of some 300 golf enthusiasts attended the day long open house festivities marking thededication"of .th~ 'new -clubhouse last Saturday.
, .~ The men's 9-!J.ole'Calloway tournament, feature event of the day, was won by Bill'Kruse, a BuYard &Doc);:s industrial engineer, assigne'd here on an Engineered Performance Standards program. Runners-upwere Normw:.allace, second, and Kermit 'Beaver, third, by virtue of ,3. tie play-'off with Raoul Voorheis
'of Trona.' .... . . _ ".' , ,.'. : . . , . .' _ , .,, ',..Lorraine Voorheis of Tron~Cwon: the women'.s \l~ !lole Calloway. Sharing a five-way tie for secondplace were Ge'rrY.Emberton, .Mable StinneifFJaii~ Shea; 'Pauline Var{ Dyck, and Mary DeLancey. Priscilla 'Kl1hn blasted i62ya;-ds" to~ Winth'e"women's dri viIig contest; Joan'Reinhart placed second with 161'
~-~Ciir~'Walt Henning won themen'sdrivini:contest with a 259-yard drive which totalled up to two wins, for the'NAF flyer in the day's"ev;nts, having won the puttingconte"st in the' morning by defeating,Ca,rl. Joh~son and Bill Thomas in: a 'three-way tie plai~-off. Dale MM.d placed second with a 258-yard driveand Frank St.' George's', 243 'netted him third place..
,Club president Floyd Rockwell attributed much of the success of the open house affair to the hardwork o'n the part of individuals' whoserved on the v'arious committees. The committees were' as follows:
. Food-Chief Jim Linnell, chairman,' George Bowles,'- Ken Bryant, Hiram ,Moore" and Bill· Lasswell. Refreshments-Jim Runchey, chi;lirman;Gus Mead; Bob 'Mead, Dale Mead, Bob Howard, and Ken Hopper.Tournament-Warren Murbach, chairinan,::iiaiTurner, Bill Kummins, 'and Cdr.~"Pinky" Adams. Movie
,photographic coverage was handled"by ,George Reger, press coverage by Rocketeer staff photographersand' Burroughs High School photographers.
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Capt. Hollister, first to teeLUNCH - Golfers enjoy a buffet lunch prepared by Chief linnelL watches his drive hopefuIl~'.
. Bill Ii:ruse, visiting industrial engineer, won the men's 9-hole Calloway tournament :,last Saturday.Runners-up.' were Norm" \Vallaceand Ii:ermit Beaver.
New Golf Fees AnnouncedEnlisted Men Off. &(Under Chiefs) Chiefs Civ.
Catherine C. Campbell, one of theStation's outstanding women, wasamong those selected for inclusionin the recently published First Edition of "'Vho's 'Vho of AmericanWomen," a biographical dictionaryof notable living American women.
As branch head, a position shehas held since October 1954, Catherine is in charge of UOD's technical'reports, the photographic laboratory and the technical library atiNOTS Pasadena.
Following her graduation in 1927from Oberlin College, where she received both the A.B. and M.A.' degrees and was elected to Phi BetaXappa, Catherine taught geology,for two years ;:it Mount HolyokeCollege. _In 1932" she received he'rPh.D degree from Radcliffe. Aftertime off to· bring up a child, she"returned to work in 1943 as a tech'=-'nical editor in long-range weatherforecasting. for the Air Force.. ' .
In 1946 she became technical edit~r on aCalTech rocket' project::under an- OSRD Contract and her'_career at'NOTS began in 1947' with'a.per-sonal-service contract. as a.'technical editor. -' ..
Catherine's husband, Dr. - IanCampbell, was recently named Chiefof the State Division of Mines'. '
. Robinson, clerk; Edward Davey, president; IreneDickson, treasurer; Edward Jones; Jr." board member; Lloyd Bierer, supervisory committee; Gerry Gold,chairman, supervisory committee;- and Edgar, Hurst,supervisory committee. Not present for the picturewere John \Vatkins; board'member; and Gerry J\losteller, credit committee.
't Pasadena' Proud .":Of ,Douglas Wilcox .! Pasadenans are justly proud ofDouglas -.I. ·WilGDX. not only for thehonor bestowed upon him followinghis Selection for' the Arthur S.Flemming Award, but for his finework and many contributions to theefforts of NOTS Pasadena.
A "Congratulations" party in hishonor was held at the Eldorado Innlast FrIday evening after work, before he left ·for Washington, D.C.,to accept the 'award..i During the 'past week, numerous:.newspapers, radio and television. stations h'ave carried the story ofhis award.
Destroyer Will HoldOpen House In LB
The Destroyer, USS MANSFIELD(DD 728), will hold open house tomorrow and Sunday, February 2122, in the Long Beach area. Visiting hours are 1-4 p.m. on both days.
Next weekend, February 28March 1, the USS HORNET (CVS12), Aircraft Carrier, will be dockedand will permit general visiting,
The exact location of the shipsmay be obtained by calling theShip's Information .Office, TE2-7533. _. \ ( ... Photography is ~not ,permittedaboard any of the ships.
, Fred Bellomy Volleyball TeamNewly-elected EMCOChairmanis 0 . F
Fred Bellomy of P8051. He will rg a n Izes 0 rserve in this position for the next S Lyear.. Since joining the NOTS staff eason eaguein .Iune, 1957 under the Profession- The NOTS Volleyball Team, man-al Development Program, Bellomy aged by Tom Lang, is scheduled tohas taken an active interest in em- begin practice games March 4, inployee organizations. He was a preparation for league play sponmember of the .Iunior Professional sored by the Pasadena DepartmentSteering Committee, chairman of of Recreation which will __ beginthe 1958 Hobby-Show, and is cur- ;March 11. All games will be playedrently chairman in charge of or- 'at Eliot .Iunior High. School' onganizing a Diner's Club program. iWednesday evenings, from 7-10
He is married and resides with p.m. The league will consist of 6-8his wife, Judy, and fifteen-month teams, with 12 players on eachold son, Gary, in Azusa. team.
Trophies wiII be awarded thewinning team and individual _trophies to ten outstanding players.
Lang urges all NOTS volleyballplayers to turn out this season.
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New Emplo!'eesCole Y. Watson, Jr., electronics
mechanic, in P80S, and :M:. EvelynMcDonald, cle~k-stel1ographer,''inP3O:J.
Promotio.as _.'PI9-Elner P. Price from super
visory' administrative services as'sistant, GS-8' to GS-9. . .
P25--James W. Carroll from supervisory procurement officer, GS-11to GS-12, and' Clinton V. Weaver,supervisors contract specialist (gEm~eraD, GS-l0, to supervisory contractspecialist, GS-11. '. .. pso--Waldo . C. Magnuson,', .Ir.,
from physicist, GS-7, to physicist(applied mechanics) .. GS-9; andRobert R. Hall from physicist, GS7, to electronics scientist' (instru~mentation), GS-9.. ".
Termination!>. E. Maxine' Talbot, clerk (dicta-. M· f E -T .
ting machine transcriber), and Ar_l oVles 0 _ urope 0 - ,nold M. Hubert, mathematician. Be Shown Wednesday
:, "Invitation to Europe," a movie- (NAVNEWS)-Last winter heli- covering a trip through 21 coun-"'
copters were used to blow heavy tries, 'wiII be shown -at . the noonsnow off telephone lines in Eastern time entertainment program on\Vashington, thus preventing dam-I Wednesday, February 25, at 12 noonage from heavy snowfall. _ in the Building 7 conference room.
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HOLDS J\lEETING-Shown meeting are members of'the Credit Union Board of Directors and conunitteemembers who will serve for the next year. Readingleft to right, they are: Gertrude Lindsay, manager;James Carroll, chairman, credit 'C1Immittee;l\labelQuinn, credit committee; Theodore Ravenelle, boardmember; Robert· Beresford, vice-president:. NRdine-
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MATINEE"FRONTIER SCOUT" (83 Min,) ..-<'
Tony MartinSHORTS, "Tree Cornered Tweety" (7 Min.)
< '''Hickok No.6" (18 Min.)* .
EVENING"PARATROOP COMMAND" (70 Min.)
SHORTS, "Bonefish and Barracuda" (8 Min.) ,'''Pearls of the Pacific" (17 Min.)
SHORTS: "Bwana Magoo" (7 Min.)"Ham and Hattie" No.4 (10 Min.)
AFSM No. 561 (18 Min.)
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"EVENING"GIDEON OF SCOTLAND YARD" (91 Min.)
> Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster- (Crime). ·"River Kwai'" Hawkins and Producer John Ford turn in a- tole of a typicalday for a Chief Inspector. Payroll robbers,bribery, a·nd a murder by a maniac keep theaction and suspense top·notch.,
SHORTS, "Right Off the Bat" (1 Min.) •"Sporting Dogs 'Afield"(9 Min.)
James Cagney, Shirley Jones(Drama). Stevedore boss of small union
decides to move _IIp despite Big Boss' warning. His rowdy means of getting elected area riotl Five new songs enliven the tale ofbroken jaws a nd laws.~, SHORTS, "Belle Boys" (7 Min.)
"Below th.e Keys" (9 Min.)
Basketball Team'
SUN.·MOI'ol. FEB. 22-23 iBattles Va rd Inc-"THE SHERIFF OF F.RACTURED JAW" ' •
(102 Min.) , /' J T 60 59 V' t.", Jayne Mansfield, Kenneth More 0,-. 1cory
. (Western Comedy). English glInsmith, sets The NOTS Basketball Team onup shop in the wild westl He gets in the February 9 won a hard-fought bat~
middle of a range war and is even elected tie against Vard Inc. with a finalsheriff. A real spoof on western fi Ims. And score of 60-59..Jayne dancesl
SHORTS: "Rockets Roar" (9 Min.) With one minute--and ten secondsof play remaining, the NOTS team
TUES.-WED. FEB. 24-25 'twas five points behind. Then NOTS"PARTY GIRL" (99 Min.) . secured the ball ahd' the winnino-
, . ,Robert Taylor, Cyd Charissa basket was made with one secondA Clnen1OScope-Metrocolor story about 1 ft' th .
gangsters and girls. e In e game.,SHORTS: "little Johnny Jet" (7 Min.) Scorers on the NOTS team were:
Tom Paine, 20 points; .Iohn Martin,17; Wayne Groesbeck, 9; Rod Rotter, 7; Ray Brooks, 5; and JerryGold,2.
MATINEE"KISMET" (113 Min.)
Howard KeelSHORTS: "Two little Indians" (7 Min.)'
,,"Wild Bill Hickok" Chapter No.7 (18 Min.)<' ...
for '.San .Bernardino. Other localwinners were Ray Richards, SeldonSchnur, Corinne Atkins, Phil Spran~kle and Don Kusterer. Ed Winne~more "drew" with his 1:lpponent. _- ,The next scheduled event is WithAnaheim on-March 15. Chess players .interested in tournament ~ playare invited to attend the meetingsat the Anchorage at 7 p.m. eachThursday•.
- .'_ Off-S~tionHighlights~ .Camellias will receive their proper share of attention at two eventsthis month.· The first, o~ February21 and .22, is a· two-day Camelliashow at Temple City.t On 'February28,'Temple City wiII stage aparadeof 50· miniature -floats, featuringthis flower, and designed and propelled by 'children. ','From Feb-.ruary 28-March 1, the world's largest camellia display will· be exhib':ited at the famed Descanso Gardens,,1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada. About 50,000 bushes and treesare in· bloom.
,The annual George Washington'sBirthday Regatta will be held inLong Beach Sunday; February 22.It, will be held ·in Alamitos' Baywhere the new multi-million 'dollarmarina has been completed. .
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By Jean Cone, Recreation Director
Webster deJines rec~eation. a~a ~'iecrtiatirig; a'refresh-'.. inent ofstrengtli after toil; a diversion or a mode of diver-
sion; play."It i~ what we do'in our leisure. .,There are dozens, of possibilities
, on the Station-:-enough so that every person here is provided the op
. portunity to find an activity whichwould provide. real' recreation forhim. There are groups of every kind
. ~sports; hobby; organizations,mu-. sic groups and many,' many more.
: Among the groups meeting nextc, week· is the ·.Valley Philharmonia
, Society' which holds 'a free monthlyconcert' in the' All' Faith. Chapel,open to all resident~,of the IndianWells Valley and surrounding communities~ DeFalla, Ravel, Sibeliusand Respighi will be the composersfeatured' at 'next Tuesday's con'cert,February 24' 'at 8:15 p.m: Anyonedesiring to receive announcementsof future concerts should send theirname and " address to the ValleyPhilharmonia Society, .101~A FowIE-: China Lake..
. :l\-lilitary Ball. ; All members of the Elks and theirguests· are invited to dance to themusic of the _"Millionaires" at theElks 'Military' Ball,' February 28 atthe Elks Lodge, 201 .E. ChurchStreet, Ridgecrest. Tickets are $1per person and all proceeds wiII beused in the BPOE benefit programfor rehabilitation of patients in veterans hospitals. Tickets are available_ from committee members andat the Elks Lodge· room, phone7J-8-85751. Dancing will begin at 9p.m. . _ . _. Part of the Elks' project concerns
c'ollection of old cameras, watches,clocks, scrap leather; radios, books(bound or paper backs) for repairby hospitalized veterans. Items suchas these may be brought to' theLodge the night of the dance.
RAFT Club"Hearts and Flowers" is the theme
of the semi-formal dance set fortomorrow night at the Club, andRAFT members have prepared festive decorations•.Don' Hoggan, Director, reminds all members thatthere is still work to be done, andaPy member who would like to helpIIlake this dance a real success anda lot of fun should come over andlend a hand today.
Nancy Boland, .I e n n y Dalton,.Elizabeth .Ieffries, Pat -Cox _ andPinkie Baron are assisting StefaDelys in welcoming the USC .IuniorHostesses who are coming for thedance.
: Don't let this dance go by. The"Constellations" will play and theyreally have "the beat.",Walter.Coomes of NAF was the
\veek's winner in the Pool Tourney,with Andy Gilpin from Burroughs'High School coming in second.Ping-pong winners were ThomasEgofske, -Marine Corps, first; andWayne Odell, VX-5, second._The Mel Cohn Combo, composed
of RAFT Club members, was a bighit at the Valentine Benefit Dancelast weekend. ,The dance was wella'ttended and' was sponsored byBeta Sigma Phi, with proceeds going to the National Cystic FibrosisFoundation.
Recreation Equipment '.Effective Monday, February 23,
recreation equipment for military_personnel and organized civilian, athletiC' teams will no longer be is
sued at the Station Gym. The newlocation for this service will be at
<the'lold Navy Exchange Toylandbuilding, located just north of thetennis courts.-Equipment for campirig ~ fishing,. hunting, basketball,golf, soItball"ofootball, volleyball,boxing, tennis, weightlifting, badminton and table tennis is availablefor Check-out. ,
;Equipment norm:llly used only inthe Gym will continue to be checkedout there. This !includes basketballs,volleyballs, tennis rackets:.and balls.CheCk-out time wiII be.durlnirgymhours.
- Chess Club. The China Lake Chess Club lost
their match to San Bernardino onSunday, February 15 in a hardfought and much closer series thanthe score of 11'h-6'h indicates. Eventhough the team lost, Carl Bitzer,playing the No.1 board for ChinaLake, defeated Roger Smook, a nationallr rated chess expert, playing
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China Lake, Calif.Captain W. W. Hollister, USN
Station CommanderBudd Gatt EditorPhillys Wair Assoc. Editor_
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, Edith Huse, Toni Jones, EIinar Field, Virginia Spaf- rford, Evelyn Ducoff and Elizabeth Anderson. An "Open House" wa!> held last Friday afternoolL
Dumpsters may be serviced folloWing a call to Ext. 72737.
held each. year with the intentionof stimuating student and public.interest in the sciences and in math:
Young scientists, from, the Bur-'roughs .IuniorHlgh School ,will'show their .. projects,. including· a'chemistry display by Pat Madden,.the' search for antibiotic molds in.China; Lake's soil, by Wayne Cher-'
N· -.L .~ , ry .and Shelly McEwan's demon-'
avy eague - " stration of a Van de Graff genera-. j.., • •• : tor. ';An experiment in hydroponicii'
. (Continued from p'age: 1). by- Richard Brooks,and Fred Rog- ., '.lames MacLean CummIng, Man- ers' study of techniques of radio ~
ager, Small Engine Systems; Low':. control of aircraft will be availableell'M.MiIIer, Engineering Supervi- for public viewing.sor, Rocketdyne Div., North 'Amer- '. Members of the .Iunior High "ica,n;' Alvin P. Cluster; Field Engi- mathematics classes will display'neer;' Edmund Pease, --Vice- Presi- projects in math~maticsand in the'dent:'Asst.; . John S. Fitzpatrick,Chi e f Engineer,' Telecomputing; ·science.of .numbers. ~-.lames F. Gardiner, Director Saies, High School projects in chemisAir Research Mfg. Div.; Howard M. try, physics; math, biology, photo- 'Mulder, Management Assistant Mil- graphy and industrial arts will beitary Relations; The Garrett Corp.; exhibited by Burroughs High stu.Iohn Zweers, G. A. Ghelke, Man- dents. Projects will be judged byager; Babcock Radio Engineering. local scientists, and prizes will be
Calvin' A. Gongwer, 'Mgr. Anti- awarded according to creative a'biSubmarine Warfare '·Div., Aerojet- Iity, scientific thought, thorough-:General Corp.; ThomasM. Hahn, ness, skill; clarity and dramaticTechnical Consultant, Sales & Con- value of the demonstration or extracts; Stanley R. Mickelson, Tech- hibit. The awards will be presentednical Advisor; Hughes Aircraft Co.; by Kenneth .H. Robinson, Head,Alfred D. Hammes, Manager;West- Technical Information Department"ern Distributors, General Electric; at 7 p.m. in the Burroughs HighKenneth··F.HaIlinan, Sales Mana- Library., . -ger, Western Div.; L. B. Osborn, Some of the high school students'·Customer Services Representative, projects include an analytical -stUdyAmerican' Machine & Foundry; of liquid chromatography conduct.lames B. Hallon, Homer F. Starnes, ed by Don Davis 'and Alan RobinContracts Coordinators, Hallamore son, a plastics manufacturing plant ~
Electronics Co. constructed by Bill MacInnes, and.Dave Thompson, .lames K. Kuno, an electronic demonstration of
Technical Service Rep., Narmco 'Boolian 'Algebra by David Scarr,Resins & Coatings; Joseph H. Good- which reduces algebra to a matterrich, Defense Communication Man~ of button pushing. Carolyn Ridpath.ager, Frank C. Lord, General Com- will enter a demonstration of themercial Manager, Pacific Telephone rate of the heart beat of chicken& Telegraph; Charles F. Nielson, embryos and John Vandaveer, DaDirector Military Sales, California' vid Scarr and Dale Cottingham "Div.; Warren F. Westermeier, Asst. state that their half-a-million voltMgr.· Military Sales, Lockheed Air- linear accellerator wiII be working'craft. . with maximum efficiency.,Edward S. Quilter, Manager, Mil- . The public is invited to see all
itary Planning, .Librascope, Inc.; the displays which will be set up inRobert T. Ross, Asst. tO,'Military the Burroughs buildings.Sales Mgr., Douglas Aircraft; Frederick W.- Thompson, Sales Engineer, Firestone Tire & Rubber;Manny D. Borks, Manager, MilitarySales;' Hoffman Electric; EdwardL. Korb;, Naval Programs, NorthAmerican· Aviation;D e Ito n . M.Lundberg and'Merrel G. Van Ackere; Senior Engineer, Packard Bell.
Demonstrations pin-pointing 'junior high and high school student interest'in scientific and mathematicat' study will be displayed at theaniwal Science and' Math - Fair,Saturday, . February 28.' Featuringp.rojects constructed by individualsand by ~groups, the Science Fair is
Elks ~Sponsor StudentScholarship Contest'C The annual Elks National Foun.dation Scholarship contest is nowbeing conducted locally to assistworthy high school students in theirpursuit of a college education.. Based on high school 'scholastic
iachievement, the contestants, willvie for local prizes of savings bonds.Tj1.e . National Awards range from$~OO to ~1200.
Exam for Oddfellows' .United Nations Trip to beGiven Burroughs' Students. The -Ridgecrest organization· of
the International Order of Oddfellows will give the United Nationsexamination to Burroughs HighSchool applicants, Thursday, February 26. The untimed exam covering the U. N. will be given, inRoom 12 at the High School at 2 :30p.m. Study kits are available fromCarolyn Croy, Pep Club Advisor. .
Selection of a representative fromBurroughs to visit the United Nations and nearby points of interestnext summer will be based not onlyon results of the examination, buton a, well-rounded 'personality aswell. . .
,Applicants. must be at least ·16years of age as of June .15, 1959and must plan to return to schoolnext year.', \Vinners 'will be announced in mid-April.
:,:Women"s',S~n9fest '.Women . interested in developing
their talents along quartet singingare invited to attend a songfest,andorganizational meeting tomorrownight at 7:30 in the 'Anchorage.. ,.: The popular Coronettes from Pasadena and Far Western -Regionchampions will highlight the .eventwith renditions of numbers demonstrating'the results .:of . training inthi,s field'-
NOW HOlUE7P~r~nn~l of AOD's~new Documentation ahd Visnal Arts Branch pictured in their new offices (I. to r.). are: 'Russell::Huse, Richard Hayes,.
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Only persons currmtly employedon this Sf:ztiOtiinay dpply for' thefollowing positions, and up.to-dateForms 58 should be sllbmitted whenapplying. .
Personn;1 Officer: G5:13._- PO ,12849. Code6501. Supervises and coordinotes activitiesof the Divisions of the Personnel Department.Plans, executes personnel se"rvices;- programs,plans physical needs of Department bnd performs duties of Head, Personnel Dept. on oc·casions. - . . .
Supervisory Placement Officer. GS-12,' PO30061; Code 652.. Ascertaining St~tion' ne'edsin the area of employment,- conducting research of literature and practices in thatfiela and -'developing" Station·wide programsto meet Station's objectives. Must coordinateeffort.s witn o-ther Divisions and serves· asconsuitant to other groups in his area ofspecialization. _ _
File application for" above -position; withMildred Beck, Personnel Bldg., Rm. -26. Ext.72723. by February 27.
Supv•. Mathematician, GS·12. PO '35137,Code 4063. Head, Analysis Section. Is responsible for. reduction and analysis of dataobtained frpm the Thompson Aercballistic.lab~ratory, and application of theory to aero·dynamics problems.
. Supv. General Engineer, GS·13, PD 35144,Code 4052. Incumbent will be responsiblefor development, and design of sotellite payloads and countermeasures..
File _application for above positions withFawn Haycock. Personnel Bldg., Rm. 34. Ext.71514, by February ='7.
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American Chemical Society_Dr. -.Iohn A. McBride, _Chief' of
Applications Engineering for . Astrodyne, Inc:' McGreg·or. Texas, wiIIspeak to the Mohave Desert Sectionqf the· American Chemical Societyat a. dinner meeting next Monday,February 23, at the Maison.Iaussaud ~ Restaurant, 1001' S..UnionAvenue, Bakersfield. Dinner beginsat 6:30 p.m. The public is invited tohear Dr. McBride discuss the significance of current trends in rocket and propellant requirements asthey affect solid propellants,. beginning at 8:15 p-.m.
lUAJOR RUSHLO\V VISITS-:-J\laj. Bruce Rushlow: (left) former' OinCof J\ICGUTU, visited here to discuss guided missile Terrier systems withl\laj. Louis Baerisw~·I.·M,issile experts who. accompanied. the. Major(I. to r.) are: ·Maj. C. Scheffer,' Marine. Corps Headquarters, M. J\L Barrett, Vitor Corporation, and Capt.'S. A. Herm~n, Marine Corps 'LillisonOfficer, Convair, Pomo~a. Maj. Rushlow is presentl~·.assigned as Marine Corps Liaison Officer to' the Bureau of, Ordnance.
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Unitarians MeetDr. Howard A. Wilcox will pre
'-' sent a talk entitled "Civilization and'Veapons" to the Unitarian Fellow
C ship next Sunday, February 22, in· the Anchorage at 7:30 p.m.
~ets • underway' Tuesday ~igh.t at .,~ .lwo'sect!ons ° ":t e- Vl~-6 p.m. at the Station gym. . 'tIon"Ordnance Departmen~, i T~~ E.!!g~~ee~i~g D.epartment are Were recently united to for~
, ' the defendmg champIons. The men b h . d' h D. . -' Out at GMU-25 NAF and VX-5 have a new ranc name t e oc~. . )eenworkfiig \;ut. the .past:month 1.lmel1tation'arid 'yisual-Arts
:an~have_Joo~e~_~reai good~ The Branch,headed-by-Russell 0.':r:o~nts,.score:I.m ,vCllIeyb~U ,comP~-' H " , _' , " ;:,,;::-.. .~, ,::.' '.
-tItIon counttoward.the Comman- use., .'crer's"Trophy· so"Tm"silre"we: will - The .form~~-RePo.rts.SectIon-and
-" - . •. - the IllustratIon SectIon were merged_s~esome fme. volleyball gameS. We to illustrate and document the AOD.play. three g~meseac!! 7'uesqay. ~nd. technicaillrogritrrts more"effecti~ly.
, 0 -- ~"Ih;~,rsdaymg~ts.~ Fo,!., an evenmg '~"The Documentation -Section han~of fme,e.ntertamment' come but and - - ~ --." -.'.' , ~ " ..' - -- . - -
_ ,- .,'" "'. • ~ '" '0' 0 ' dIes the edltmg ,and :WrItmg of re:--,>.pmlfor,'your-,faYonte.-team,-: .There: ',' "1"- t· i' "-~'dll' -li . -£, 'II" ~-: -is t ~9_ ad¥J-issi,on: chArge and'~v~ry~ por s, ar IC es, an. roc u:es. o~ ~-, bod { . rc-""~:J. ~,--.~ < _••~o"AOD••_The.edlto;r~ are1" Vl,rgmIa '~ ' .. /;~s.w~ ~~~l ~b li'&i;:d'i"~' 'Spafiotd~~'Erdith-Hus'e, mclia'rd"
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.L urs., e. , p.m., nglneenng. ts,' d 1 I . t t' d' I.: ! 'Dept..,vs.'Marine Banacks _' ,ou., ~n. ~rge'sca .e :; a ~c .!S~ ays.
Thurs., • Feb.. 26,. 7· p.m., ,VX-5 vs.!IIustra,tlO~s .r!l;.nge :! r 0 ~ ~Imple_~AOD-l-', . ,In~~d.: g~a~l;Is' ~nd 'sche,?~bcs. to
'T'h -.F b :26 8 -- NOTS 'elaborate aIrbrushed -cutaway-draw-urs., e. • p.m., .. I A t· t "E I
~MCGMTu..-., _ - mgs m co or.., ,T I,S.S a~e:_ v~ yn• New B~wlingRecord Set -Ducoff,. Mary trooper, Elmor FIeld,
rTh L' dl t t· d b' and ElIzabeth An!lerson., ,~. e, m ey eam, cap ame y. N h' II ltd -. '"Tom Short, bowled the highest game -. ow p .yslca y' oca e . In room(1047) and the highest series (2951) 302: of MICh:lson Laboratory, the
-'. th h' t f lib I' thO new branch IS prepared -to renderIn. e IS ory 0 oca ow mg. IS . Itt d '. t· 't'M d . ht i th P . a comp e ear an report servIce 0pas on ay mg n, e· remler .'Le t th Ch' L k B I' the people m AOD.· ague a e Ina a e ow Ing . ''Alley'No. 2.--Members of ' the team'.aM their averages are: Bob Koch-' Reg ister~ Soon for'man, 182~ Del Prescott, 165: Denny . .' , f k d~Haluska, 182; Earle Robie, 191; Tom I!Ways 0 Man.i!1.· /I'Short, 'U8: 'George 'Crittend~n, ,184. -In leading this team to a new rec- Pisc'ussion~Group
'-'ord:Earle Robie .had a 694 series, "Ways of' Mankind,", a Liberal"which is alsoa new,record for the Arts'discussion group, will be con'Premier League. ducled at the Station this semestel'· [The - Eleven,th 'N a vaL District under the auspices. 'of University· Bowling ,Tournaments will be held E t' -. UCL' Th dx enSlOn, ft. e group, un er· at· ,Tower Bowl in San Diego from the guidance of' M. V. Adamson,~March '16' through March 20.. For twiII' explore and discuss such' is-,further information call the Special sues'~as'the family, education, eth~'·S.ervices,__Of.f.ic,e, 7179.10_,r7.201.7.. '_ ..- - -, ics, . values, language, technology,
Basketball status' and authority through com-_The VX.-.5 _basketball team _won parisons of our society with others
the Station Intra.mural champion- different from our own.ship Tuesday. night, with, a thrilling . :R~gistration . for the discussion64-61 win ,.over .the, previously .un-, group will be conducted in the Edu'defeated NAF~ squad.. The game 'Cation- Office, "Room 1004;" Michelwas played befQre ,the iargest crowd. sOn Laboratory, from February 20
· of our· intramural season. Don througn February 25, or. until.' the':Mitchell with 24 ,points was the out- group. is' full ,(25 participants),
,- standing ~ offensiv.e.. player c of ~ the whichever is earlier. The fee, which.'game.Ver~ McDonald had 18 points inclu'des a two'-volume'set of read. for the losers. ·.Walt Richardson of·'.NAF and ·"Bugs';. Crable. of VX,-5 ipgs; ,115 $14 for' an individual' and
$20 _fo'r a married couple.· were the top ~ ~efensive players, of ~ The' .group will meet on Thursday· the game.' " . even1ngs from 8~1O p.m. for eleven
~. Final Standings:For Commander's Troph~' :: week·s. The first meeting wiII be
· Team _ \Von Lost March 5 in the Community Center.':'VX-5 .__...._.__.._~.__...__..._ 8 0NAF ..__.:__ 7 1