Pilqe Eight ROCKETEER Whetmore Band Here Fe/b. 12 ·(or CPO Military Ball THE FABULOUS Jimmie Whetmore 13-piece band, renowned for its sweet and swing dance rhythms, will be the featured attraction, Sat. Feb. 12, at the Chief Petty Officen' 11th An· nual Military Ball, China Lake. C. W. Spragle, AOCM, chair· man of the affair, and J. A. Jordan, AQC, club manager, promise a gala evening of unparalleled cuisine and entertain· ment for members and their guests, Elaborate decorations for the CPO Club are being arranged by a committee neaded by Mrs. Wm. G. Foote, president of tne CPO Wives Club. ComNOTS and major Station commands are honored guests. Season's Fourth Concert Here Tue. 'La Boheme' Has China lake Debut AtTheater, Feb. 11 Featuring Soprano Marni Nixon, Voice of Many Silver Screen Stars China Lake concert goers are in for a double treat of not only seeing a native Californian, the comely Marni Nixon, but hearing the voice which has been heard by countless millions, apparently emanating from the mouths of glamour queens of / the screen at 8:15 Tuesday evening at the Station Theatre. Concert patrons will hear her in works from Handel, Brahms, C h a u s son, Poulenc, Mozart, Gluck, and Leonard Bernstein. Her accompanist will be Nata- lie Limonick. The Altadena-b 0 r n, russet- haired, blue.eyed, lissome so- prano was the voice of Audrey Hepburn in the song, "I Could Have Danced All Night," in the movie v e r s ion of "My Fair Lady," also Natalie Wood's in "We s t Sid eSt 0 r y," Janet Leigh's in "Pepe," and Deborah Kerr's in the "King and I." Mill Nixon's screen contract. stipulated that she was never - but never - to reve.1 that hers was the voice of the ,tar•. Marni didn't tattle, but the stars did. Deborah Kerr was probably the first. When she was mak- ing "The King and I," she had her s elf photographed with Marni and gave amusing stor- CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1.l n music, high 4 · Snakes 8 · Esuped 12. Bro.....n kiwi 13.Young hOrse 14.1 relOllnd 15-ContOll iner 15.1 ndustrious 18·lre 20. Metal I O· Silk.....orm 11· A month (~bb r.) 17.Enlisted man (colloq.) 19·Lat in can· Junction 22.0runkard 24. Ne gative 25.Heavy volume 26·Unclose 27·Piece of ••••••••••••••• MARNI NIXON , voice of the stars ••••••••••••••• ies to the press abo u t "her voice." Studio moguls trembled on tneir thrones, but the public (wnicn knew all about dubbing anyway) liked Deborah all tne better. The Kern County Music Ed- ucators Association is sponsor- ing a student's version of Puc- cini's most beloved opera, "La Boheme." It will be presented by the Pacific C0 a s t Opera Company on Friday, February 11, 1966, from 4 to 5:15 p.m., at the Station Theater. Pacific West Coast Opera is a touring company made up of young professional West Coast singers. The company present- ed the adult version of "La Bo· heme" here during the China Lake concert series last season. Their major aim is to famil- iarize and endear opera to all Americans, particularly young people. The i r performances are given in English, and the emphasis is on both good music and good theater. Tickets are being sold by the Music Parents Club of China Lake, the Ridgecrest P.TA, the Trona Parents Club and the In- yokern Parents Club, at each local school, until sold out. Friday, February 4, ~ SHOWBOAT FRIDAY FEIIUAIY 4 "SANDS OF THE KALAHARI" (11' M...) Stuort Whitman, Stont..,. Boker, Susannah YOtlt 7 p.m. (Ad...."tur. in Color) Five airli". POI- Mnger. Of. tlronded by on oir crosh in a SW Africon desert. Their attempt to turvive in the rock hill. and .ffect a r.seve i. hindered bv Ihe aspect of hu- man behavior. Whot would you hove doM? (Adult., SATURDAY fE••UARY 5 -MATINEE- " OlORY" (1 00 Min.) Morgor.t O'Brien I p.m. SHOIT: "!Mickey's 0.1.,._ Dot." (7 Min.) " O.,"f...... No. 10" (16 Min.) -IiVENINO-- ''"Me UNTOCK" (127 Min.) John Wavne, MaUtHn O'Hara 7 p.m. (W.......n/ C.m"' in C.tor) Wtwn a wife who kat been separated from her husband relurns 10 ask fOl' divorce, .he finds a pretty widow housekeeper hos been hired. This ignite, her jealous-love flome ond the fun or moyhem begins. Her.'s John ond MourHn at th.ir best...t.....o fiery t.mpe" ond 0 gleam in their ey.s. (Adults, you,h ond children.) SUNDAY-MONDAY FEIlIUAIY 6-, " MUSIC MAN" (lSI Min.) IWbert Preston, Shirley Jones, Paul Ford 7 p .m. (Musicol i. Colo,) Meridith Wilson', 76 TromboMs backgrounds rhe ,ole of tr~l· ing salelmon city Ilicker .....ho organizes a Imall to.....n boY'1 band by hoodwinking the 'a.....nfolk. A danic hit rho,'s a joy to lee and top a toe to. (Adultl, youth ond children.) TUESDAY 'DlUA.., • M.A..NI NIXON CONCERT 8:15 p.m. 'WEDNESDAY fEllRUAlY , "ltETUIN FROM THE ASHU" Max imilian Schell, Samontha Eggar 7 p.m. (MYlt...." The return to Paris of a Nazi concentration camp victim, believed dead, set. th. scene for intrigue, Ivspenle ond murder as she, her .tep-dough'er ond rn".- bond ore gripped in a lhocking plot. UI,ro...citing climax I! {Adult., SHOlT: " Pink Ie." (A Pi". 'onth...) (1 Min.) ntUISDAY FEIllUAIY 10 " onsY" (143 Min.) Noto lie Wood, Rosalind Runell 7 p.m. (Dromo/ Mulic in Color) The roll icking sJOry of 0 mother', determir\Otian to moh fler doughier 0 stoge star. And .he doel- 01 Noto'i. portrayl the fomed GYPIY ROle L.., QUH" of the strippen! All lhe triumph. heortbreaks and loughs thot go on behind the Icene. of bYrlelqve. A no' to be misMd clauic for ADULTS. FRIDAY fllDAY FEIlRUAIV II Mu.ie ,o,...b Club ._.. 5Iu_". VM'Si_ of "uceini' , " lA IlOHM1" .. p.m. Stud.nts thrv ColI~ SO centl Adult. SUlO FEIlRUARY 11 " QYJlSV" (143 Min.) Natoli. Wood, balind Run.1I 7 p .m. f.astener 21.Army officer (OII bbr.) 22. Pippen 23- Prepositio n 27·FemOllle deer 29. You ng mOlln 30-Look d in ne r ware 28· Man's name 29· Insec t 30-Mournful J2·Stri cter 33- ChOllpeau 36·Man's nick. Nevertheless, Marni was still under the oath of secrecy when she signed up to do the sing- ing for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady." A child violinist, a teenage actress at the Pasadena Play- house, a graduate of the Roger Wagner Chorale, an astonishing musician, an acclaimed comedi· enne in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss, a sought-after soloist, and a noted interpreter of I g 0 r Stravinsky's v 0 cal works, are among her many ac- complishments. Rug Club Plans ActiveCalendar prying ly 31·Pronoun J,2. Place 33.Ugly, old woman 34· Pra noun 35· Declare 37· Youngster 38·Chicken 39·Pit 4O·Fondle 41·Note of scale 42. Chestnut w ith wh ite interspersed 44· Hinder· 47.A state 51·Greek letter 52-Century plOllnt 53· Narrate 54. Worm 55. Young sOIIlmon 56. Great Lake 57·GrOllin DOWN I.Alms box 2· GrOllnt u s e of 3·Snarl 4-Genus of m Oll ples 5·0ftspring 6·Sufficient 7. WOIInder 8·Sense 9 · llIuminated nOlI me 37.More t4llut 38· More torrid 40·Adhesive lubstOllnce 41. Prefhc: down 43· Farae Islands .....h irl .....ind 44 · Strike out 45· Simple 46- Trick 47. H it lightly 46·Guido's high note <9 · ConJunction 50- Man's name Carrying off the ns wee p- stakes award" as a youngster by singing the "Blue Danube" at the Pomona Fair turned her to the entertainment field. She has appeared with lead· ing s y mph 0 n y orchestras throughout the nation and has sung the role of Gilda in "Rigo- letto," Suzanna in the "Mar- riage of Figaro," Adina in "Ex- iler of Love." New York music reviewers have raved over her clear dic· tion, warmth of her voice, and her c I ear penetrating tones, floating an octave above the staff. She is married to Ern est Gould, whose m 0 vie scores have included "Exodus~ The Indian Wells Valley Rug Club marks its tenth anniver- sary this year, and has marked the event with a calendar of activities, including an Open House later this year. The art of hooking and braiding rugs established itself in the Valley first in a recrea- tion class, whose members later formed the Club. They meet each Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Chapel Annex No. 4, across from the NOTS Housing Office. Ridge- crest participants not working on Station may obtain passes at the main gate. Club m e m b e r s displayed their work at the fair in Ridge- crest, and now hold an annual display at their Open House. Newly elected officers for the Club in 1966 include Marge Hammett, treasurer; Norma Mitterling, secretary and Betty Burfeindt, instructor and sup- ply chairman. From _____________ PLACE STAMP HERE TO Army Officer-Researcher Is Station's First 1st LT. JAMES T. COBB, JR. The U.S. Army has dispatch- l!d heavy artillery to the sup- port of research and develop- ment work at NOTS' Earth and Planetary Sciences D i vis i o.n, Code 50, in the person of 1st Lt. James T. Cobb! Jr. a Ph.D. in chemical engineering fro m Cincinnati Ohio. The first Army officer in the Station's history to be given a regular assignment to its scien- tific labors, Lt. Cobb will be working with the division's civ- ilian scientists in its weather modification studies. He and his wife Lana Jo have taken resi- dence in their new home at 312-A McIntire. Lt. Cobb won his S.B. after four undergraduate years at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, w her e he completed ROTC training. Upon taking his commission in June, 1960, he did graduate work at Purdue University at West Lafayette, Ind. for his M.S. and Ph.D. de- grees, where he met and mar- ried his wife. Before his assign- ment to NOTS, he had complet- ed the Army's Chemical Offic- ers Basic Course at Ft. McClel- lan, Alabama. His arrival at NOTS makes Lt. Cobb the second Army of- ficer to be regularly assigned . here. LCol. Richard S. Clark's assignment as Army Liaison Of- ficer in November, 1963, was a first for the Station. FROM UNDER THE SEA TO THE STARS Vol. XXI, No. 5 Naval Ordnance Te_t Station, China Lake, Califomia Fri., Feb. 4, 1966 Meritorious Award Honors Weapons Development Man HONORED FOR SERVICE-Earl G. Loomis, Code 401 program manager, has Meritorious Civil Service Award emblem pinned to his lapal by Capt. Jonn I. Hardy, ComNOTS. The 3D-year career employee w.. cited for his zealous dedication and outstanding ser· vice to his Department, the Station, and the Navy. He entered Federal Service in 1935. 'Woman of Year' Honor Goes To Mrs. Ida Martin China Lake-Ridgecrest's "Wo- man of the Year" for 1966 is Mrs. Ida Martin, Western Union manager and businesswoman of Ridgecrest, announced Wardna Abernathy. president of the China Lake Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club. Mrs. Martin was chosen by the club's members for her service to the community, in- cluding assistance to young people of the valley through her employment agency. She is also head of a telephone an- swering service, is a Notary Public, furnishes a Xeroxing service, and supplies a book- keeping and tax service in Ridgecrest. Earl G. Loomis Cited for Service Rendered Station Earl G. Loomis, program manager with the Weapons Development Department, has joined that elite group of Sta- tion employees who hold the coveted Meritorious Civil Ser- vice Award. He was presented the signifi- cant award emblem and certifi- cate by Station Commander Capt. John 1. Hardy last Friday. The award, the highest the Station Commander can grant and the third highest issued by the Navy Department, cited Loomis for his outstanding ser- vice in the contractual aspects of program management to his department. the Station, and the Navy. In addition, the 30-year ca- reer employee drew praise for his zealous dedication, and ex- traordinary performance which resulted in savings in money, time, and project manpower. Born in New York State Born in Ellery, N.Y., and a graduate of Jamestown High School, Loomis attended the Dobe School of Engineering in Chicago and Loyola University in Los Angeles. He began his Feder.1 Service career with the U.S. Treasury Department Los Angeles in November of 1935. He nad rilen to regional procurement (Continued on Page 5) THIRTY YEAR MAN-E. P. (Manny) Turse, left, is con- gratulated on completion of 30 year_ of Federal Service by Dr. G. W. (Bill) Leonard, Code 45 Head. See story, Page 7. Active in civic affairs since her high school teaching days in Rapid City, South Dakota, (Continued on Page 5) 'WOMAN OF THE YEAR' - Ida Martin, right, receives "Woman of the Year" certificate from Wardna Abernathy, China Lake BPW Luncneon Club president. , OCR Text: Pilqe Eight ROCKETEER Whetmore Band Here Fe/b. 12 ·(or CPO Military Ball THE FABULOUS Jimmie Whetmore 13-piece band, renowned for its sweet and swing dance rhythms, will be the featured attraction, Sat. Feb. 12, at the Chief Petty Officen' 11th An· nual Military Ball, China Lake. C. W. Spragle, AOCM, chair· man of the affair, and J. A. Jordan, AQC, club manager, promise a gala evening of unparalleled cuisine and entertain· ment for members and their guests, Elaborate decorations for the CPO Club are being arranged by a committee neaded by Mrs. Wm. G. Foote, president of tne CPO Wives Club. ComNOTS and major Station commands are honored guests. Season's Fourth Concert Here Tue. 'La Boheme' Has China lake Debut AtTheater, Feb. 11 Featuring Soprano Marni Nixon, Voice of Many Silver Screen Stars China Lake concert goers are in for a double treat of not only seeing a native Californian, the comely Marni Nixon, but hearing the voice which has been heard by countless millions, apparently emanating from the mouths of glamour queens of / the screen at 8:15 Tuesday evening at the Station Theatre. Concert patrons will hear her in works from Handel, Brahms, C h a u s son, Poulenc, Mozart, Gluck, and Leonard Bernstein. Her accompanist will be Nata- lie Limonick. The Altadena-b 0 r n, russet- haired, blue.eyed, lissome so- prano was the voice of Audrey Hepburn in the song, "I Could Have Danced All Night," in the movie v e r s ion of "My Fair Lady," also Natalie Wood's in "We s t Sid eSt 0 r y," Janet Leigh's in "Pepe," and Deborah Kerr's in the "King and I." Mill Nixon's screen contract. stipulated that she was never - but never - to reve.1 that hers was the voice of the ,tar•. Marni didn't tattle, but the stars did. Deborah Kerr was probably the first. When she was mak- ing "The King and I," she had her s elf photographed with Marni and gave amusing stor- CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1.l n music, high 4 · Snakes 8 · Esuped 12. Bro.....n kiwi 13.Young hOrse 14.1 relOllnd 15-ContOll iner 15.1 ndustrious 18·lre 20. Metal I O· Silk.....orm 11· A month (~bb r.) 17.Enlisted man (colloq.) 19·Lat in can· Junction 22.0runkard 24. Ne gative 25.Heavy volume 26·Unclose 27·Piece of ••••••••••••••• MARNI NIXON , voice of the stars ••••••••••••••• ies to the press abo u t "her voice." Studio moguls trembled on tneir thrones, but the public (wnicn knew all about dubbing anyway) liked Deborah all tne better. The Kern County Music Ed- ucators Association is sponsor- ing a student's version of Puc- cini's most beloved opera, "La Boheme." It will be presented by the Pacific C0 a s t Opera Company on Friday, February 11, 1966, from 4 to 5:15 p.m., at the Station Theater. Pacific West Coast Opera is a touring company made up of young professional West Coast singers. The company present- ed the adult version of "La Bo· heme" here during the China Lake concert series last season. Their major aim is to famil- iarize and endear opera to all Americans, particularly young people. The i r performances are given in English, and the emphasis is on both good music and good theater. Tickets are being sold by the Music Parents Club of China Lake, the Ridgecrest P.TA, the Trona Parents Club and the In- yokern Parents Club, at each local school, until sold out. Friday, February 4, ~ SHOWBOAT FRIDAY FEIIUAIY 4 "SANDS OF THE KALAHARI" (11' M...) Stuort Whitman, Stont..,. Boker, Susannah YOtlt 7 p.m. (Ad...."tur. in Color) Five airli". POI- Mnger. Of. tlronded by on oir crosh in a SW Africon desert. Their attempt to turvive in the rock hill. and .ffect a r.seve i. hindered bv Ihe aspect of hu- man behavior. Whot would you hove doM? (Adult., SATURDAY fE••UARY 5 -MATINEE- " OlORY" (1 00 Min.) Morgor.t O'Brien I p.m. SHOIT: "!Mickey's 0.1.,._ Dot." (7 Min.) " O.,"f...... No. 10" (16 Min.) -IiVENINO-- ''"Me UNTOCK" (127 Min.) John Wavne, MaUtHn O'Hara 7 p.m. (W.......n/ C.m"' in C.tor) Wtwn a wife who kat been separated from her husband relurns 10 ask fOl' divorce, .he finds a pretty widow housekeeper hos been hired. This ignite, her jealous-love flome ond the fun or moyhem begins. Her.'s John ond MourHn at th.ir best...t.....o fiery t.mpe" ond 0 gleam in their ey.s. (Adults, you,h ond children.) SUNDAY-MONDAY FEIlIUAIY 6-, " MUSIC MAN" (lSI Min.) IWbert Preston, Shirley Jones, Paul Ford 7 p .m. (Musicol i. Colo,) Meridith Wilson', 76 TromboMs backgrounds rhe ,ole of tr~l· ing salelmon city Ilicker .....ho organizes a Imall to.....n boY'1 band by hoodwinking the 'a.....nfolk. A danic hit rho,'s a joy to lee and top a toe to. (Adultl, youth ond children.) TUESDAY 'DlUA.., • M.A..NI NIXON CONCERT 8:15 p.m. 'WEDNESDAY fEllRUAlY , "ltETUIN FROM THE ASHU" Max imilian Schell, Samontha Eggar 7 p.m. (MYlt...." The return to Paris of a Nazi concentration camp victim, believed dead, set. th. scene for intrigue, Ivspenle ond murder as she, her .tep-dough'er ond rn".- bond ore gripped in a lhocking plot. UI,ro...citing climax I! {Adult., SHOlT: " Pink Ie." (A Pi". 'onth...) (1 Min.) ntUISDAY FEIllUAIY 10 " onsY" (143 Min.) Noto lie Wood, Rosalind Runell 7 p.m. (Dromo/ Mulic in Color) The roll icking sJOry of 0 mother', determir\Otian to moh fler doughier 0 stoge star. And .he doel- 01 Noto'i. portrayl the fomed GYPIY ROle L.., QUH" of the strippen! All lhe triumph. heortbreaks and loughs thot go on behind the Icene. of bYrlelqve. A no' to be misMd clauic for ADULTS. FRIDAY fllDAY FEIlRUAIV II Mu.ie ,o,...b Club ._.. 5Iu_". VM'Si_ of "uceini' , " lA IlOHM1" .. p.m. Stud.nts thrv ColI~ SO centl Adult. SUlO FEIlRUARY 11 " QYJlSV" (143 Min.) Natoli. Wood, balind Run.1I 7 p .m. f.astener 21.Army officer (OII bbr.) 22. Pippen 23- Prepositio n 27·FemOllle deer 29. You ng mOlln 30-Look d in ne r ware 28· Man's name 29· Insec t 30-Mournful J2·Stri cter 33- ChOllpeau 36·Man's nick. Nevertheless, Marni was still under the oath of secrecy when she signed up to do the sing- ing for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady." A child violinist, a teenage actress at the Pasadena Play- house, a graduate of the Roger Wagner Chorale, an astonishing musician, an acclaimed comedi· enne in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss, a sought-after soloist, and a noted interpreter of I g 0 r Stravinsky's v 0 cal works, are among her many ac- complishments. Rug Club Plans ActiveCalendar prying ly 31·Pronoun J,2. Place 33.Ugly, old woman 34· Pra noun 35· Declare 37· Youngster 38·Chicken 39·Pit 4O·Fondle 41·Note of scale 42. Chestnut w ith wh ite interspersed 44· Hinder· 47.A state 51·Greek letter 52-Century plOllnt 53· Narrate 54. Worm 55. Young sOIIlmon 56. Great Lake 57·GrOllin DOWN I.Alms box 2· GrOllnt u s e of 3·Snarl 4-Genus of m Oll ples 5·0ftspring 6·Sufficient 7. WOIInder 8·Sense 9 · llIuminated nOlI me 37.More t4llut 38· More torrid 40·Adhesive lubstOllnce 41. Prefhc: down 43· Farae Islands .....h irl .....ind 44 · Strike out 45· Simple 46- Trick 47. H it lightly 46·Guido's high note <9 · ConJunction 50- Man's name Carrying off the ns wee p- stakes award" as a youngster by singing the "Blue Danube" at the Pomona Fair turned her to the entertainment field. She has appeared with lead· ing s y mph 0 n y orchestras throughout the nation and has sung the role of Gilda in "Rigo- letto," Suzanna in the "Mar- riage of Figaro," Adina in "Ex- iler of Love." New York music reviewers have raved over her clear dic· tion, warmth of her voice, and her c I ear penetrating tones, floating an octave above the staff. She is married to Ern est Gould, whose m 0 vie scores have included "Exodus~ The Indian Wells Valley Rug Club marks its tenth anniver- sary this year, and has marked the event with a calendar of activities, including an Open House later this year. The art of hooking and braiding rugs established itself in the Valley first in a recrea- tion class, whose members later formed the Club. They meet each Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Chapel Annex No. 4, across from the NOTS Housing Office. Ridge- crest participants not working on Station may obtain passes at the main gate. Club m e m b e r s displayed their work at the fair in Ridge- crest, and now hold an annual display at their Open House. Newly elected officers for the Club in 1966 include Marge Hammett, treasurer; Norma Mitterling, secretary and Betty Burfeindt, instructor and sup- ply chairman. From _____________ PLACE STAMP HERE TO Army Officer-Researcher Is Station's First 1st LT. JAMES T. COBB, JR. The U.S. Army has dispatch- l!d heavy artillery to the sup- port of research and develop- ment work at NOTS' Earth and Planetary Sciences D i vis i o.n, Code 50, in the person of 1st Lt. James T. Cobb! Jr. a Ph.D. in chemical engineering fro m Cincinnati Ohio. The first Army officer in the Station's history to be given a regular assignment to its scien- tific labors, Lt. Cobb will be working with the division's civ- ilian scientists in its weather modification studies. He and his wife Lana Jo have taken resi- dence in their new home at 312-A McIntire. Lt. Cobb won his S.B. after four undergraduate years at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, w her e he completed ROTC training. Upon taking his commission in June, 1960, he did graduate work at Purdue University at West Lafayette, Ind. for his M.S. and Ph.D. de- grees, where he met and mar- ried his wife. Before his assign- ment to NOTS, he had complet- ed the Army's Chemical Offic- ers Basic Course at Ft. McClel- lan, Alabama. His arrival at NOTS makes Lt. Cobb the second Army of- ficer to be regularly assigned . here. LCol. Richard S. Clark's assignment as Army Liaison Of- ficer in November, 1963, was a first for the Station. FROM UNDER THE SEA TO THE STARS Vol. XXI, No. 5 Naval Ordnance Te_t Station, China Lake, Califomia Fri., Feb. 4, 1966 Meritorious Award Honors Weapons Development Man HONORED FOR SERVICE-Earl G. Loomis, Code 401 program manager, has Meritorious Civil Service Award emblem pinned to his lapal by Capt. Jonn I. Hardy, ComNOTS. The 3D-year career employee w.. cited for his zealous dedication and outstanding ser· vice to his Department, the Station, and the Navy. He entered Federal Service in 1935. 'Woman of Year' Honor Goes To Mrs. Ida Martin China Lake-Ridgecrest's "Wo- man of the Year" for 1966 is Mrs. Ida Martin, Western Union manager and businesswoman of Ridgecrest, announced Wardna Abernathy. president of the China Lake Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club. Mrs. Martin was chosen by the club's members for her service to the community, in- cluding assistance to young people of the valley through her employment agency. She is also head of a telephone an- swering service, is a Notary Public, furnishes a Xeroxing service, and supplies a book- keeping and tax service in Ridgecrest. Earl G. Loomis Cited for Service Rendered Station Earl G. Loomis, program manager with the Weapons Development Department, has joined that elite group of Sta- tion employees who hold the coveted Meritorious Civil Ser- vice Award. He was presented the signifi- cant award emblem and certifi- cate by Station Commander Capt. John 1. Hardy last Friday. The award, the highest the Station Commander can grant and the third highest issued by the Navy Department, cited Loomis for his outstanding ser- vice in the contractual aspects of program management to his department. the Station, and the Navy. In addition, the 30-year ca- reer employee drew praise for his zealous dedication, and ex- traordinary performance which resulted in savings in money, time, and project manpower. Born in New York State Born in Ellery, N.Y., and a graduate of Jamestown High School, Loomis attended the Dobe School of Engineering in Chicago and Loyola University in Los Angeles. He began his Feder.1 Service career with the U.S. Treasury Department Los Angeles in November of 1935. He nad rilen to regional procurement (Continued on Page 5) THIRTY YEAR MAN-E. P. (Manny) Turse, left, is con- gratulated on completion of 30 year_ of Federal Service by Dr. G. W. (Bill) Leonard, Code 45 Head. See story, Page 7. Active in civic affairs since her high school teaching days in Rapid City, South Dakota, (Continued on Page 5) 'WOMAN OF THE YEAR' - Ida Martin, right, receives "Woman of the Year" certificate from Wardna Abernathy, China Lake BPW Luncneon Club president. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1960s,Rocketeer 1966,Rktr2.4.1966.pdf,Rktr2.4.1966.pdf Page 1, Rktr2.4.1966.pdf Page 1