Page Eight ROCKETEER 'Sugar,' CLOTA's lst musical of season, well into rehearsals Rehearsals are well Wider way ·in preparation for staging " Sugar." the ComrDlmlty Ught Opera and Theatre AsaocIation's first musical of the 1976 season, which will open on FrIday, March 19, at the Burroughs HIgh School lecture Center. Subsequent performances are scheduled on March 20, 25, 26 and'll. Heading the cast ·of this zany musical comedy will be Alex BelIen and Fred stahlman, playing Joe and Jerry, two musicians wbo witness a gangland slaying in Chicago during the 19:1ls. To avoid detection, they dress up as girla and join in an all-girl band traveling to Florida. The g&ngsters - led by Spats, Loren Dorrell - are Dlderot Ausseresaes, Ralph ' Vuono, Clyde IrvIne and Don Tilford. Joining the glrlB' band, however, causes some problem because of Sugar, a sexy specimen, wbo Is a heart-throb for any ''man,'' and especially Joe. Sendee Sch- warzbach will be seen In the title role. Allis not lost for Jerry, better known as Daphne, when he (or she) Is wooed by a milllonatre, SIr Osgood fielding, played by Alan Kubik. THE JIG'S UP - A 19305 gangster Don Tilford (left) catches up 10 two reludanl female impersonators, Alex Bellen (center) and Fred Stahlman, in " Sugar/ I now rehearsing for its March l' opening at the Burroughs High School lecture center. The musiul comedy is based on the movie " Some Uke It Hot." Other performances are scheduled tor March 20, 25, 26 and 27. -Photo by John Dunker The responsibility of keeping all of this IDlder control rests on the shoulders of Sweet Sue, the band's leader, and BIen- stock, the band's manager. These roles are being played by Suzanne Koerscbner and Leon Frels. Annual 'Whiske, Flat Da,s' fete now under wa,·in Kernyille area RoWlding out the fWi as girl band members are Nancy MIller Nowak, Mar- jorie Frels, Karen Buehler, Bomle IrvIne, Jan Austerman, Julle Pennington and StephanieHaien. Themen's chorus Includes Greg O'Gum, RUS8 Stedman, Tom Lehman, Reno Venturi, MIchael Burmeister and Jeff Halen. The play's director, Gall Falkenberg, bas alBo picked a talented crew. Her assistant director Is Terry Payne, while the mualcal director Is Joan Renner, the technical director Is Bob Wheeler, and the choreograpber Is Sally Erickson. The set bas been deaigned by JWIe Deatherage, and the costumes by Vivian 0Iildera. Elena Vitale Is IwMIIlng publicity with photoe by Jom Dunker. Uai.son bet~ the director and cast of "Sugar" and CLOTA's board 01. directors Is being hancDed by Eleanor Lotee. Each year at this time, the residents of Kernville, once known as WhIskey Flat, celebrate the livea and timea when gold was discovered on the Kern River in 11160. The 1976 observance of wbat Is now called "WhIskey Flat Days" began yesterday and will continue through the Washington's birthday holiday on Monday. Althoughthe originaltown site of WhIskey Flat (Kernville) Is now covered by the waters of manmade Lake Iaabella, the Kernville Cbamber of Commerce and otber service and civic groupe In the Kern River Valleyeadl year celebrate the mining days' era when It·was illegal for whiskey to be IIOId in QuarIzburg, (site 01. the BIg Blue MIne), where gold was first diaco_ed In the area. Nearby, however, the commllllity of WhIskey Flat grew ~ and had as ODe 01. Its matn commerdal enterprises the sale of firewater to the mInen wbo flocked to the Kern River Valley hoping to strike It rich. The WhIskey Flat Days fete began at noon NEW MISS RIDGECREST·CHINA LAKE - Miry Paine. 16-year-01cl daughter 01 CMrles and Slella Paine 01 RI....crest. was crowned by Renges Fabris pons, wiMer 01 the 1'75 Miss Rldgocrest-Chlna Lake Pageont, during a coronation supper held this past Saturday night. OrIginally seleded as the IIrst rumer-up tor the 1976 litle, Miss PaiM .... replaced Julie Beck, wIIo resigned recentiy for " personlll rell$OM.n A senior lit Burroughs High Schoo', where she is lin honon student, Miss Paine will represent the loelll area in the Miss C.lifornia PegHnt thllt is scheduled June 20 to 2'. Her fint officill' appear.nee as Miss Ridgecrest· China uu will be the Miss Tulare Pageonton Feb. 21. -Photoby Uta Reid yesterday with a IlDlcheon at EwIng's on the Kern, followed by a lamplight potluck dinner at the Oddfellows' Hall, which alBo was the setting for the presentation of an oldtlme melodrama. Highlight of the fi~y celebration will be a parade tbat will begin at noon on Saturday. Awards to winners In various categories of the parade competition will be presented at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Circle Park, where a greased pig catchln' contest Is slated at 2:30 p.m. Throughout the afternoon on Saturday, a barbecued beef dinner will be served at the Oddfellows' Hall and the second roWld of a frog jumping contest Is scbeduled at the Kern Valley golf course, alBo starting at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. For thoae Interested in the biatory of the Kern River Valley area, a conducted tour to Keysville will begin at 2:30 p.m., and there will be an old time fiddlers' conlelt at 7p.ID. in the Kernville Elementary Scbool, as well as a iquare dance at 8 p.m. In the auditorium of the Woodrow Wallace Scbool. The schedule of events on SWlday in- cludes a pancake breakfast at the Odd- fellows' Hall starting at 7 a.m. ; a WhIskey Flat trail ride tbat will get WIder way at 9 a.m.; a biatorical tour of Havilsh (former Kern County seat) starting at 1 p.m., and a costume parade at Circle Park in Kernville, alBo at 1 p.m. Semi-finala of the frog jumping contest are on tap SlDIday afternoon, and the evening's program calls for presentation of the WhIskey Flat Follies at 7 o'clock, followed at B by announcement of the winner of the WhIskey Flat Days' honorary mayor contest. Apet parade, swap meet and the fInaIa of the frog jumping contest will conclude the ann.ual celebration on Monday. The Pub to ope~ formally on Feb. 19 The Pub, an Engllsh-style delicateasen at the Commissioned Officers' Mess, will be officially opened next Thursday, Feb. 19, at 11:30 a.ID. by Rear Admiral R. G. Freeman m, NWC C»mmander. That day's special will be flab and chips for '1, served during IWich (from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and after 4:30 p.m. Free draft beer will be served to visitors during these hours. Members ofthe COM Advisory Board will attend the opening and all Interested per- sons are invited to the event. The Pub Is open dally (except SWlday) for IIDlCh and again from 4:30 p.m. tDltil the COM clOles. Although It Is open to the public for IWlch, it Is reserved for members and guests only after 4:30 p.m. February 13. 1976 SHDWBDAT MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of movie content for viewing by their children. (G)· ALL AGES ADMITTED General Audiences (PG)· ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (R)· RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompanying Parentor Adult Guardian CS · Cinemascope STO - Standard Movie Screen Regular starting time-7 :30 p.m. Program subject to change without notice - please check marquee. FR I. 13 FEB. " ROBINSON CRUSOE AND THE TIGER" (110Min. Hugo Stiglen. Ahul ( Adventure) The classic tale of a shipwrecked sailor who undergoes various tribulations on a desert island. (G) SAT. 14 FEB. "EM PEROR OF THE NORTH POLE" (123 M in.) Lee Marvin. Ernest Borgnine (Action Drama) I n the Midwest of the 19205, the world's greatest hobo and the world's toughest train conductor wage an eternal battle to see who can master the other. ( PG ) SUN. 15 FEB. " ONE OF OUR DINOSAURS IS MISSING" (9.fMin.) Helen Hayes. Peter Ustinov (Comedy) Set in London. this movie centers around a piece of microfilm which a British spy has stashed somewhere in the bones of a dinosaur. The microfilm is sought by two competing forces. f"eter and a brigade of nannies. (G) MON. l'FEB. " HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES" (88Min.) John Ireland. Faith Domergue ( Horror Dr.mA) A film producer.diredot'" decides to make a horror movie in an old Victorian mansion where many violent deaths have taken place. When he asks his cast members to spend a night in the mansion, all but one of them die in a macabre series of slayings. ( PG ) TUES. 17 FEB . " THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG" (101 Min.) Bill B ixby, SUSan Clark (ComHly) The seHing for this movie is a CalifOrnia m ining town. where Bill Bixby is a smooth talking gambler. When three orphan kids discover gold in an abandoned mine shaft. there isn't a person in town who wouldn't want to adopt them. To save the children, Bixby and stagecoach driver Susan Clark get married' solely to provide the kids a hOme. When two inept outlaws rob the bank where the kids have their gold. a madcap adventure and slapstick comedy follows. (G) WED. lIFEB. " SCARECROW" (112 Min.) Gene Hackman, AI Pacino (Dr.m.) Two sometimes·charmlng wanderers look for the answers to their dreams and some women to share them with. ( R) THU RS. " FEB. " UNDERCOVER HERO" (89 M !n.) Peter Sellers. Curt Jergens, Lila Kedrove (Comedy) Th is film has a WW II background and concerns the part played by Paris prostitutes to win the war. Madame Lila Kedrova and her girls lure Nazis into their place. But is is only for one visit; then they are slain. Sellers plays six roles (among them a British Guerrilla. French general and Adolph Hitler ) hilariously, thus creating a madcap comedy. (R) FRio 20 FEB . "T HE GROOVE TUBE" (111 M in.) Ken Shapire. Richard Belzev (Satire) Television is lampooned in the manner Of the sex film in a wild mixture of sketches being released under the title of "Groove TUbe." A group of 2001.type apes discovers a TV set which presents some very outrageous shows. This movie might prove offensive to some peq)le and is not recommended for any except mature dependents. (R) Aetna agent slates visit Lonl Kivett, the Aetna Insurance representative, will be at the Commllllity Center next Wednesday, Feb. 1B, from 10:30 a.ID. Wltil12:3O p.m. "tr,u.s. Govet"nmmt P.-Intlng Office : '97' 6C2 / NOofl0 From: PLACE STAMP HERE To: • \ Ex-Centerite recipient of Goddard Award Edward W. Price, former head of the NWC Research Department's Aerother- mochemistry Division, was the recent recipient of the coveted Goddard Award tbat Is presented annually by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIM). Price, wbo retired from ChIna Lake after spending more than 30 years at ChIna Lake, left here in December 1974 to become a profesaor at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Presentation of the Goddard Award to Price took place at the AIM's honors night banquet on Jan. 29 at the Sheraton-Park Hotel In Washington, D.C. The banquet was ODe of the highllghts of the Institute's 12th annual meeting and technical diaplay, which was held In conjWlction with the Aerospace Sciences Meeting. The Goddard Award consi.Its of a '10,000 honorarium donated- by UiUted Tech- nologies, Inc.; a medsl donated by Mrs. Robert H. Goddard, plus a certificate of appreciation. It is preaented to a peraon "wbo bas made a brilliant diacovery or series of outstanding contributions over a period 01. time In the engineering &dence 01. propulsion or energy COIIftralon." Prol.esaor Price's research Into the dynamics of aolld rocket motors developed (Continued on Page 5) Cafeteria service in Michelson Lab to be discontinued The Michelaon Laboratory cafeteria will discontinue regular service after today, and be converted to a snack bar llDlCh service over the next few months, a spokesman for the Employee Services Board (ESB) an- nolDlced. In the Interim, limited lunch service will be available from the food cart in the cafeterls and from the catering truck outside the laboratory. The' ESB bas been examining its food service operation at MichelBon Lab to determine how it can best meet employee needs in an economical manner. Full ser- vice dining was considered but was rejected as too costly and unneeded in light of otber nearby dining facilities. A snack bar IIDlCh service Is the most sensible alternative, the board decided. To minimize inconvenience to patrons during the changeover period, sandwiches, doughnuts, beverages, etc., will be served from the cart in the cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 12 noon daily. Cafeteria space can be used IDIW relw.b activities pre",rt It. The cart will continue to make its morning and af- ternoon rounds. A catering truck will be available at the Michelaon Laboratory matn entrance from 11:35to 11:50 a.m. and at the north entrance from 11:55 a.ID. to 12:10 p.rn. The new snack bar willbave a amaller but more attractive dining area. Separate (Continued on Page 5) Feb. 13, 1976 "we IOcketeel Naval Weapons Center China Lake California Vo\. XXXI . No. 6 DP3 Darryl B. ~aresch singled out as NWC's 'Blueiacket of Year' for 1975 One of the best-kept secrets on the Naval Weapons Center was made public last Saturday night when Data ProcessIng Technician Third Claas Darryl B. Marescb of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five was declared 1975's Bluejacket of the Year. The lW7"guests at the COM wbo attended the event, sponsored by the Indian Wella Valley Council Navy League of the United States, loudly applauded DP3 Maresch's selection as the outstanding Navy enllsted man assigned today at ChIna Lake. A selection commitlee, led by LCdr. Rhodes Harper, NAF Chaplain, had previously met and selected the winner from arno~ tbe year's Bluejackets of !be Month. As winner of the Bluejacket of the Year title, DP3 Maresch received a $500 check from the Navy League and a ,15 gift cer- tificate from the Butler Home Center. All other monthly winners, both thoae still stationed at NWC and those transferred to other duty stations, were awarded checks for $75. others in Contention The runners-up (In alphabetical order) were LNI Ronnie Brown, PR2 George E . Burwick, AMS2 Jerry E. Carr, MSI Joim J. Fitzpatrick, PN1 Richard C. "Rocky" Manzano and HM1 Grecory!L Pr:ater. HM1 Prater, wbo .... very recently transferred from NWC, and AMS2 Carr, were not In attendance. Other monthly wimers, wbo had been transferred to otber duty stations and Ibua were ineligible for the award, were YN3 Martha Zielke, MSI Melito Guanga, AOl WIlliam WIndle m and ADJl David Fair- banks. In hia preaentation on this occaaion, Rear Admiral R. G. Freeman m, NWC C0m- mander, ezplalned why the awards dinner bad special meaning for him: "By taking the time to aingle out thoae wbo have served 110 well, we reaffirm In a direct and visible way our respect and admiration for dedicated service, loyalty and individual leadership." :- - - PROUD MOMENT - Rear Admiral R. G. Freeman III. NWC Commander, (left) presents an NWC p"'que to DPl Darryl B. Mlrath upon his saledloR ....t Saturday night .,the 1975 Bluelaeke! 01 the Year. Looking on I. MichMl S. Molner. president 01 the Indian Wells Valley Council Navy uague 01 the United States, - loaI group which __ ed ftM event. The Admiral continued, "The fun- damental strength 01. the United States Navy - ill