TEMPERATURES -.MII\. 0<'1.30 63 43 0"'.31 66 39 Nov I 68 42 N 2 67 $2 Nato. 3 67 "I No¥." 69 37 Nov• .5 704 >12 P'edpiloliOff, Su... cloy, N..... 1-.14 '''''' Friday, November 6, 1959 UCLA Now Offers College Level Art Due to tbe popular demand for a eollege. level art eoUnM!! at China 4ke, the Education Office of Per· ~nneJ and Community RelaUona Department baa arrana:f'Jd to otfer Art 2A under the UCLA pfOlJr&M. Thla will be the first enllege aecred· lted art COUrM ever offered here for Indian Wells Vallq retldenta. PbiIlp Schuyler, prominent IoeaJ artlal, baa been appro"oo by UCLA. to teach the 1&- week, two-credlt COUnM!! which I, scheduled to ,tart Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m. In the art room of Bu.... roughs HIgb &bool. Rea:lrtra· tlOIUI and the tul~ tion fee of $4.11 will be accepted on , . openlna: night. J hlll(1 Schuyler Successive cla.ucl will be held on Tuesday. from 6 to 9 p.m. The curriculum, Identical to art course. taught on the. UCLA cam· pua, will cover drawing In all media: a thorough tludy of linear penpec· Uve from Ita l:oe&:,innln&, to the ren· derlne In different media of com~ pUcated p('rapecUve .tudlca; a com- prehensive Iltudy of color and Itt application from the very Ilmplo to the compleJ[; and proVide some of the background for technical U1u.. traUon. Some of Schuyler'. profet:llonal experleoce Inc1udel poaitlona .. art director for Republic Pictures. staff artillt for the eo.ton. Herald and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and h('ad of the art department at the colkre ot Steubenville, OhIo. HII portl'alta In· elude a IiCrtes done in Mea:len under the allJlpicea of the CulturaJ Attache, U, S. Embuly. • c nday, November 8th Admiral Henri L. J. M, Nomy, Chief of the French Naval General St:lff, will make a seven-hour tour of the Station today, The distinguished naval officer :lnd his of~ ficial party are expected to arrive at the Naval Air Facility at 10 :I.m. where he will be grttted by Station Commander Capt. W. W. Hollister and other officials. A rapidly paee.d program It out· The Admiral and his party will llned for tbe Admiral durin.. hla I depart from the Nav&) Air Facility brief vilit here. Upon their arrtvu thlJ aftemooll at 6 o·dock. the party .....111 go dlreetJy to Klebel· -an L.-.b where CapL BoUlater will formally _Icome the ,roup and preaent the Intr'Oductloo to the NOTS fUm "Expandln,. FroDUen of Ordnance." Followln. the vlewtnr of the fUm the Admiral and hit party wiD be ennducted 00 a tour ot Hlc:be:laon Lob. 'NOW _ Toclt)· Ctlina lAke. nwn fadUly of the Xa,-aJ Ordllallee Test. 8taUon, no.... e.ol·('rt an area onr l.%tI Iquare ml~ Its modem Federal Knustnl" anu pro,-ideB s.ooe homes for 1.%.701 mllltaf)' and eh'lllan residf'n' emPlo)'ef'S and tbeir de· pende:nts. \1--.lh IIIe lIl'n'ieu of • Comml_ry Store, Na,-)' £Jr:ebanc-e facilities, (lbureh, bank, post offl~, a tbealer, ree.rea.t10nal faelllUes and IoChook, China Lake it tl\(' XaV)" 001)' full)' owned c.it)· In the e.ontlnenlal Unlled S1ateL OIMr fae.llilies a"" NOT'S Pasa· dena. the blorris Dam T('51 1tanSe, .....n.. 8Nd\ and S.n Clenll':nte bland where under. waler liludles and _-range test. are ('OnduclecL. XOT'S productl are Introd~ to the F1t"'t Ihrougb a ",·ell~interrated tt:6ln of UMlO 5C-ienti!t18 and enpneers and s,&OO other cll'lIiant lOUpported by approxin..tdy J.tOO Na,')' and Marine Corps pef50nnel. ornce, HOUilng Bid.... Top Deck • U. S. Neval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake. California ROCKETEER Budd Got*, EdItor And tfOW ob;d- elk, I<>itk, "",,-, charity. thot.. ,"'", btaWiJ.hed l, yN'" aso, XOl-ember .. 19oIS, by a III~tlf'e from the Secreta", of the Xa'''" )."'rank Knox as &Il. a<:lhlt)" of tbe Ek'-entb Nual Olslrlct onder tbe eosniunoe of the 8ur'NU of Ordnanee. 8ullt on the II&Ildy floor of 1M lUoja"e Oeser[ and rimmed by the 10'AerinJ pl'&ka of tbe S6erra :Sevadu and thJ'fll ott!pendent upon the Fund drive for Test Departnlenl, will provide the their very ui'lence. Only 16.:5 per IUpport of thla Initial performance commentary for the flrlnr· I wlll determln~ the poaslbllity of fu. cent of the S3:i,500 &:,Gal h... been Alter wltnesalna: the firing the ture eoncerta for the children of received In hla office, a~cording to vl,ltol"l will return to Michelson thl. area. Cdr. Ben Gantz, TreElllurer. Lab for brleflna:s on the Terrier Mr. Hinton hu spent the greater I'ereenta.ewllll', E,' l.onS, presl. program hy Maj. Loult Baerllwyl, ,hare of his life In re/ICRrch and denl of the UnUl'd Fund Board of the Sld('wlndcr program by Dr. W. preaentaUon of folk IIOng.. Hi. Dired0l'lio ,tall'S tlla" only :20 per F. Cartwright, and the Polarl. pro- many linc roviews IndIcate that hi. ceclll of the working population of gram by Cdr. R. M. Clark. performance will offer an hour of tile Station hl,,"e eontrlboled, U of A brieflna: on the Slation'l over. Interesting vocal and In.trumental lalll \\'('dne!ld:I)·. all proa:ram and Ita million will be InterpretaUolUl. The proa:ram II de· Only three weeks remain In preaented for the vl.lton by H. G. .lgned to appeal to children ot the whiCh the remalnJng $Z9.63-4 mUllt Wilson, StatkJn Aaaoclate TechnlcaJ lower gradca all well .. e.ollcge snd be COllected. Today I. a payday for Direetor. high school a:roupa. all clvman ('mployees ot the Station Admlnll Yloncer Aviator Tlcketa will be 50 centa for adulta -how about tendln&:, In your gift Admiral Nomy Is a pioneer In and high IiCbool studenlll and 2$ to the United Fund before you fln- French Naval Avlatlon, havinr "'"' eenta for children up to the 8th Ilh reading the Rocketeer! celved hlJ wlngl In 1923. From 1927 a:rade. Ticketa will be auld at each 1.;===-------------,1to 1930 he .erved .. a tellt pilot. aehool on FrIdsy, Nov. 13. before thl'.n rapidly advanced to command· tchool at lunch time, and l:oefore Earlier Deadline In&:, alr ItQUadrOIll, avlaUon ~ the performance at the thee.ter. Due 10 lite \'eleran's Da)' holl- and Haplane carrie,.. In 19U be Ticket salesmen off the tchool t!aj, next \\'ednt5da)., .No". n. became Commandant of the French camplIJI are: Ava Lou Seybold. l56-B tke Rocketeer de..nIne. for lItIb- Naval Aviation Forea In AuguR Rowe; Chriatlne It,yer-. 228 CIaco; mlttin~ ne'" for the. Friday. of the aame year he took part In Catherine Marcua. :57-B Rodman; NOl·. IS ttlllUe wiU l:oe mowd up the landln&:, ope....Unna on the .auth· Mary Hia:hbe,.., lI07 Eaex Circle; one day. All ~terUll for thai Is- ern eout of France and W'U namN Dovey Leonard. U2 Helena; Mlrth lie I.. be ~t Commander de la Lepon d'Honneur HammerberlJ, 411-B Independenoe; -MC."'·iA;;' ~ =- for war ..rvicea. Be wu promoted Louiae Arnold. 118 Sunaet; lo1lna . 'OY).#, Modfof the to Rear Admiral In liU, Vice Ad- Belche:r, Randabuq:; Hobby Shop, 4:. p.ro.~", mlraJ In :til5O, and to Admiral III Rldcecrellt; Jane Bach1nak1, 73-A 1_ lie Be became pe.rmanenl ChIef Rowe; and Trona Hilh SChool .lo- tit &atf In WL l..eoll 1'1eilhu Pavillon at thc 19M BrUNell \Vorld'. Fair. The 1ate great planllt Artur &hnab('l strictly adhered to a rule thal he would never teacb anyone, no matter how lalented, under IIllt- tecn. In 1938. however, when 10- )·tllr-old Flellher wa. brougbt to IJlay for him, the rule Wlla promptly en. Schnabel took the boy un· .J'" hla wing and the aIlIQClatlon continued for ten y('an. Leon Flelllh. er It often compared with hit lJ"teat teacher although critics and audl· encca are quick to ..ree that he La no mere earbon copy. Wln.lng his way to concerU In e~·erylhlna: from a BrlJtol Britannia to a bellenpter, F1eillher It truly a product of his Umes-aD alrborne virtu<*). &lectlons which wl.1I be Included In ~eIJher'1 pro..ram are: Chro- matie Fantal)' and FulJUe by Bach; Rondo In D major, K 4115 by Mourt; Sonata In B minor by Uazt; Sera· nad(' by Stral1nJky; EI Puerto by Albeni&; and Albarado del Gracioeo SD>PL17 Rf..'TlRl:E _ Frank S. Gaine)" Equipment lnspeetor, """ tires with 18 )-e&11I of Oonrnment Rrd~. On Station ~nl'e J.t.47, first with l>UbUe Works and the:o ",;th Supply. Galne)' will remain In the area tl':nlpOrrail)-. Cdr. iUeh'ln Hoffman One of the pioneers of Navy's air force, Cdr, M~ u C. HoHman, retired la st wttk after H years of Naval service, Designated a pilot in 1929, he spent 16 yea~r nearly half of his service years -a}x}ard aircraft carriers, Reportlna: to the Naval Air Fad'· lit)" Ill. AUj:'Uat. t~ from the Staff, U.s. Naval Forces. Eaatern Atlan- tic. JoledlterTanean. he $Crved .. NAF Executive Officer until bls retirement on Nov. L Temporarily at home at their Coronado home. the Hoffman's plan an extenaive l..cation aa the)' ] tra,-d throughout the three west· ernmOit atatl'S ""hlle considerinlJ l..rlOUS job poaibllitles. Amon,. the ml'dal.s and decora. tloOl Cdr. Hoffman Is enlilll'd to ..-ear are the Navy Cross. Distlna:u. Ithed ~yln, Croaa with four gold Ital1l and the Air Medal with one &:'Old atar. Duty atations and ships at which Cdr. Hoffman h.. 5erved Inclutk the I'\'a\'al War College: ~eet Air Gunn('ry Unit at EI Centro; Naval Air Station, Denver: Naval Air Training Center, Patuxent Rh'er, Md.; USS Saratop: USS Lexing. LOn; USS Aua:u,,,,: USS California: USS Wright: USS Oplala; USS Yorktown: USS Bennington: USS Vallcy Fo~, and the USS Balro_ ko. A ,..v1sed method of mark In,. ""- port cards h.. been adopted by the Olina 4ke Elementary Sch031 8Qard and faculty, The ,ymtooll 0, Sand N ha"e been cban,l'd to A_ B. C. D. and F. No chana:el mn'e bel'n made In the Iymbols Indicat- ing achie'·ement and area dfort. Proi'fNlI. character and cltl~nlhlp will b(' markl'd In another teCtloo of th(' card. The first report card period end'l Nov. 6, but leachen wlll retain the cards until the parent-teacher con· ferencea In order to Interpret .ym- bol. to parcnlll. Children whO!'t' parentt do not attend confcrencPJ will recel\·c their rcport carda af· ter confercnce. are complcted. -.. His morc than 20 )'cars of II"-!"'.....- -...;;:; Naval experience emphasized the need for more specialized training to LCdr, Seymour J, Premselaar, who will now en- roll at California Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, to earn a baccalaureate degree in areonautical engineering. With hia retlremcnt effecUve on No\'ember 1, the one.tlme apprcn- t1ce leaman concluded two dccad~, of service filled full with action and rt'«lgnIUon. Enliatlng In 1938. he achieved the rate of Chief Aviation Ordnanceman within fh'e yea,., Accepted for flight tralnln; In 19u, he wu com· mlssloned an enslan the followln,. year. One of the Naval Air F'Bclllty'a earliest project pUnta, LCdr. Prem~ selaar was initially ltUlgned here In 1951 and served .. project pIlot for Boar, an alr·laullCbcc1, air-to· ground mballc and for 80me of the earlier rocket launche,., TraNI· ferred to Air Development Squad· ron Fi"e (VX~), then at Moffett Field, the aviator reluml'd to China Lake u p 0 n tbe deployment of the Squadron to NAF In ItO&. An aclive participant In varlOu. community acth1tiet and ae.rvlcea. the Prema('laan. with tbelr four chUdren, wlll live at 644 Patricia Drive, San Luis OblJpo, durin,. tbe yeal"l the pilot will devote to col- lege tratniDJ"- (lUECKDiG THE IttXX:mD-LCdr. "0('1 Prell1!JoNur (I), and C.IlL T. A. Grell, XA.· ConIIl\lllndlnJ QUia-r, thulllb throoJh Ihe 101' booIL In whic.h are Io,:ged PreDl5('_r' O("&rl)' 4,000 houl"5 of m~ht lOme. InciudinJ 50me J,JElt hou~ flown In jl-t alrenlfl. Burroughs Alumni Set Banquet, Dance Alumni of Burroulha Hlah School will hold tbelr annual Banquet and Homecoming Dance on Saturday, Nov. 14.. The Banqu('t will tak~ place at the Hideaway at 7 p.Ol. and the Dance will be In the An_ choraa:e from 9 p.rn. to 1 a.m. Reservationa for the Banquct for Mch alumni and lJUl'St lhould be made by Nov. 7 with the committl'e ennaisting of Donna SproUl(', Ext. 88Oi6. Darlene Bo)·ack. Ext. 14M2, or Dale Lane, Ext. 87646. Friday, November 6, 1959 Parcnt-teacher conferences have been scheduled for Nov. 9, 10, 16, 17. 23 and 24 for grade. t through 11, and No,·. 9. to. 12, 16. 17 and 19 for grades 1 and 8. Half-Century of Naval Service Ends ,~ R 0 C-K ET EE R THE G>thdf OTS Officers Leave T'A'o more naml'S were officially placed on the US Navy list of re- Ured oHlcel"l last Sunday, Nov. 1, wh('n tM retirement of LCdr_ Pad W. Hebert, Commluary Store Of- flct'r, and LCdr. Victor A. E~r, security Officer, became ('H~ive. Both officel"l had been here ap- proximately one y~r and were two of four whOR ,..tlrementt became effecth'e wt weekend. The other two were Cdr. M. C. Hoffman and LOdr. S. J. ~mJlelaar of the Naval Air Facility. LOIr. Hebert will be makina: his home In San Ol('go, but other plans of future actlvitll'S were 'till ill- ddlnlte at the time of hiB depan- .~ LCdr. Ener retunlJ to his hom... atate of Tnu where he haa ac_ cepted a poitltlon with SouthweJtem Personnel Conlultant A.sIocialion in Autin. (Continued rrom "are 1) tend the official w('lenme to the Show vialtol"ll at 7 pm. tomorfO\O," evenlna:, accordlnr to Thomaa B. Wood, Rockbound prellident. The Show will feature dilpl~ uhlbUl'd by membel"l of the locaJ &,('m and mineral club. .. well .. dl,pla". off('red by col1l'Ctol"l fcom other &I'('lLt. Most widely publicbed ~Ial ex- hibit at the Show will be the AUI- trallan flre opal Iphere owned by Ralph W. OIeu.. It has been aho-.na at two annual com·entlon. of the California Federation of Klneraloa:- lcal Soelelies, and w.. one of the special uhlblta at the joint conl'en- tlon of the American and North"'-l'St Federation In Portland, Orea:on In &ptember. A mlcromount collection, alor1&" with an educational dlaplay, will be the .peelal exhibit prepared by Mil- ton 1... Speckek. The educational display will demonstrate the tech· nlqul'S used In the preparation of micro-minerai speclmenl. Lee E. Huml'ton wlll feature a portion of hi' collection of faceted precious gema enllectl'd from all over the world. The fluorcacent di,_ play by Mr. and MI"I. Elmer 1.. Hetrick will be repeated. and hal proven mOlt popullr, partiCUlarly with thote only caauBlly Intere.ted In rocka and mineraI.. Five film' Ind two sell of ,lIdc. wlll be Ihown contlnuou.ly during the .how. Gencral chairman for thIs year's e..,ent II l'tfl"l. Alden J. Shumaker. Speclnl projecta will be Bupervilled bv the followlna: membel1l: Mr. and Mr•. Elmer L. Hetrick, fluorueent dl.play; Ralph W. Dlet~ ,peclal Clt- hlbltt: Richard D. Fulmer and Charlc. D. Vollmcr. movies: Alden J. Shumaker and Armin \V. Holle, lapidary; Kenneth G. Shumway and William P. Norris.. club booth: Wil- Ham R. McBride and Charlcs B. Vollmer, publiclty; Other project chairmen are: Ph)'l- III Patterson and Me.. George A. Pruitt. deooraUon.; :Milton 1.. Speck- I'll, Ru-.ell B. Allen, E"erett S. Louderback, Mr. and MI1I. Tbomaa B. Wood, Ard('n F. Han('a. Robert Stout. and Mr. and loin. Jaml'S 1... Field, lpeelal HrvlCft. In addition. the participation and cooperation of all the membel1lhlp of NOTS Rock. bound. will make thlt one of the laq:ett and bett ,holt..s In the club'a hlttof)·. I I r I r • A W'OIf, klddles, I. a man who whisUel wblle he lurks. Story Hour Tomorrow Commemorates Annual Children's Book Week All Station children betwa-n the agea of 6 and 10 are invited 10 at· tend the Book \veek Story Hour "'JTCU" _ Bewllehlng Elaine, betlt tomorrow morning at the StaUon frlelill of his wife, Ilro,'Jdea olle of Ubrary. Eleanor Boland and Ruth tile Comlillcalion. In the life of Ohler, Ubrarlan, will be the story- tellers. Childrcn attendIng .hould IUch.rd Sherman In "The &,"('n- be on time since the Story Hour 'Io'ear Jtch," 1'0 be IJtelil'lIted Prill.)' will begin promptly at 10 a.m. and Salurda)', .No", 18 alul 14, at This past week. aehools and 11. the JamCll Monroe School In IUdge_ brarlcs throughout the nation ha\'O cte!tt by the Oblna l.ake I'la)·cfll. observed Children', Book \VCi'k. In 1'Iekeb lire 011 Iiale from Ihe l'la)·. keeping with the times. this year', (,flI, Uobb'l UardWDI"Il alld Slenk', theme Is "Co Exploring In Books." Local schools and the Station Tolltlltery In IUlI,eeretll, allll will lie Ubrary have observed Book Week a,-.llahle 11.1 the door before eae.h with poIlIten. apecial dlsplay3 of I:",_,r_o_._~_n_ .. .:... _ new books and the special story hour tomorrow morning. Two libra- Gem Show rlans from the Young Adult Dlvl- ••• slon of the Kern County Free Ubr· ary helped with the eelebratlon 01. the week at Burrouaha H1a:h School by tevlewina: boob for the frt'lh- maD cl&llll(':ll., 8elit Children's Books <:::hosen by the librarian, of the naUOD as eontributlna: the mOlJt to children'. literature thl. y~r ar,. '"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth Speare, an exciting talc of Colonial dayw., and "Chantlc~r and the ~.. a new edition of CbaUc.o:"l tale, beautifully lIlustr:at_ l'd by Barbara Cooney. Both boob are available at the Station LJbrary and at the IICbooI IibrariCIL Plyehlatrlat to male patient: "'And did this fl'elin&, of Inslpm_ eanee come on auddenl)' or develop normally with marriage and par. enthood!" Readers Di~t 75~2 Cv, Page Four C The Meanest Boy in To.J.,n'~·." H;dl()w~n-lid'J night-when youngners dress up 2$ their Inonle tcll:vision, comic book ()(" mol'it chOlractcr-wben everything thu's fun is tbe order of the evcning. and ....hen. literally, the world lie know it geared to the pkuures of our children. Lt...ther up. Jun glancs, p,cOluhirt, sideburns and g03.tec-:lI minia- ture bennik with shining C')"C$ and an ear-t().C:lr grin busily knocking on doors with the happ)" l1nlicip1tion and complete ab1 local commlt~ membel"l Em_ mett Mitchell, Stanley Gaston or Red RoJllnpon, or hldea may be delh-cred to the Elb Lodge Hall, Red Cross Class in Child Care To Begin Berniece Downard, a...., will tl'8ch tho parent and child care 12 P'edpiloliOff, Su... cloy, N..... 1-.14 '''''' Friday, November 6, 1959 UCLA Now Offers College Level Art Due to tbe popular demand for a eollege. level art eoUnM!! at China 4ke, the Education Office of Per· ~nneJ and Community RelaUona Department baa arrana:f'Jd to otfer Art 2A under the UCLA pfOlJr&M. Thla will be the first enllege aecred· lted art COUrM ever offered here for Indian Wells Vallq retldenta. PbiIlp Schuyler, prominent IoeaJ artlal, baa been appro"oo by UCLA. to teach the 1&- week, two-credlt COUnM!! which I, scheduled to ,tart Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m. In the art room of Bu.... roughs HIgb &bool. Rea:lrtra· tlOIUI and the tul~ tion fee of $4.11 will be accepted on , . openlna: night. J hlll(1 Schuyler Successive cla.ucl will be held on Tuesday. from 6 to 9 p.m. The curriculum, Identical to art course. taught on the. UCLA cam· pua, will cover drawing In all media: a thorough tludy of linear penpec· Uve from Ita l:oe&:,innln&, to the ren· derlne In different media of com~ pUcated p('rapecUve .tudlca; a com- prehensive Iltudy of color and Itt application from the very Ilmplo to the compleJ[; and proVide some of the background for technical U1u.. traUon. Some of Schuyler'. profet:llonal experleoce Inc1udel poaitlona .. art director for Republic Pictures. staff artillt for the eo.ton. Herald and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and h('ad of the art department at the colkre ot Steubenville, OhIo. HII portl'alta In· elude a IiCrtes done in Mea:len under the allJlpicea of the CulturaJ Attache, U, S. Embuly. • c nday, November 8th Admiral Henri L. J. M, Nomy, Chief of the French Naval General St:lff, will make a seven-hour tour of the Station today, The distinguished naval officer :lnd his of~ ficial party are expected to arrive at the Naval Air Facility at 10 :I.m. where he will be grttted by Station Commander Capt. W. W. Hollister and other officials. A rapidly paee.d program It out· The Admiral and his party will llned for tbe Admiral durin.. hla I depart from the Nav&) Air Facility brief vilit here. Upon their arrtvu thlJ aftemooll at 6 o·dock. the party .....111 go dlreetJy to Klebel· -an L.-.b where CapL BoUlater will formally _Icome the ,roup and preaent the Intr'Oductloo to the NOTS fUm "Expandln,. FroDUen of Ordnance." Followln. the vlewtnr of the fUm the Admiral and hit party wiD be ennducted 00 a tour ot Hlc:be:laon Lob. 'NOW _ Toclt)· Ctlina lAke. nwn fadUly of the Xa,-aJ Ordllallee Test. 8taUon, no.... e.ol·('rt an area onr l.%tI Iquare ml~ Its modem Federal Knustnl" anu pro,-ideB s.ooe homes for 1.%.701 mllltaf)' and eh'lllan residf'n' emPlo)'ef'S and tbeir de· pende:nts. \1--.lh IIIe lIl'n'ieu of • Comml_ry Store, Na,-)' £Jr:ebanc-e facilities, (lbureh, bank, post offl~, a tbealer, ree.rea.t10nal faelllUes and IoChook, China Lake it tl\(' XaV)" 001)' full)' owned c.it)· In the e.ontlnenlal Unlled S1ateL OIMr fae.llilies a"" NOT'S Pasa· dena. the blorris Dam T('51 1tanSe, .....n.. 8Nd\ and S.n Clenll':nte bland where under. waler liludles and _-range test. are ('OnduclecL. XOT'S productl are Introd~ to the F1t"'t Ihrougb a ",·ell~interrated tt:6ln of UMlO 5C-ienti!t18 and enpneers and s,&OO other cll'lIiant lOUpported by approxin..tdy J.tOO Na,')' and Marine Corps pef50nnel. ornce, HOUilng Bid.... Top Deck • U. S. Neval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake. California ROCKETEER Budd Got*, EdItor And tfOW ob;d- elk, I<>itk, "",,-, charity. thot.. ,"'", btaWiJ.hed l, yN'" aso, XOl-ember .. 19oIS, by a III~tlf'e from the Secreta", of the Xa'''" )."'rank Knox as &Il. a<:lhlt)" of tbe Ek'-entb Nual Olslrlct onder tbe eosniunoe of the 8ur'NU of Ordnanee. 8ullt on the II&Ildy floor of 1M lUoja"e Oeser[ and rimmed by the 10'AerinJ pl'&ka of tbe S6erra :Sevadu and thJ'fll ott!pendent upon the Fund drive for Test Departnlenl, will provide the their very ui'lence. Only 16.:5 per IUpport of thla Initial performance commentary for the flrlnr· I wlll determln~ the poaslbllity of fu. cent of the S3:i,500 &:,Gal h... been Alter wltnesalna: the firing the ture eoncerta for the children of received In hla office, a~cording to vl,ltol"l will return to Michelson thl. area. Cdr. Ben Gantz, TreElllurer. Lab for brleflna:s on the Terrier Mr. Hinton hu spent the greater I'ereenta.ewllll', E,' l.onS, presl. program hy Maj. Loult Baerllwyl, ,hare of his life In re/ICRrch and denl of the UnUl'd Fund Board of the Sld('wlndcr program by Dr. W. preaentaUon of folk IIOng.. Hi. Dired0l'lio ,tall'S tlla" only :20 per F. Cartwright, and the Polarl. pro- many linc roviews IndIcate that hi. ceclll of the working population of gram by Cdr. R. M. Clark. performance will offer an hour of tile Station hl,,"e eontrlboled, U of A brieflna: on the Slation'l over. Interesting vocal and In.trumental lalll \\'('dne!ld:I)·. all proa:ram and Ita million will be InterpretaUolUl. The proa:ram II de· Only three weeks remain In preaented for the vl.lton by H. G. .lgned to appeal to children ot the whiCh the remalnJng $Z9.63-4 mUllt Wilson, StatkJn Aaaoclate TechnlcaJ lower gradca all well .. e.ollcge snd be COllected. Today I. a payday for Direetor. high school a:roupa. all clvman ('mployees ot the Station Admlnll Yloncer Aviator Tlcketa will be 50 centa for adulta -how about tendln&:, In your gift Admiral Nomy Is a pioneer In and high IiCbool studenlll and 2$ to the United Fund before you fln- French Naval Avlatlon, havinr "'"' eenta for children up to the 8th Ilh reading the Rocketeer! celved hlJ wlngl In 1923. From 1927 a:rade. Ticketa will be auld at each 1.;===-------------,1to 1930 he .erved .. a tellt pilot. aehool on FrIdsy, Nov. 13. before thl'.n rapidly advanced to command· tchool at lunch time, and l:oefore Earlier Deadline In&:, alr ItQUadrOIll, avlaUon ~ the performance at the thee.ter. Due 10 lite \'eleran's Da)' holl- and Haplane carrie,.. In 19U be Ticket salesmen off the tchool t!aj, next \\'ednt5da)., .No". n. became Commandant of the French camplIJI are: Ava Lou Seybold. l56-B tke Rocketeer de..nIne. for lItIb- Naval Aviation Forea In AuguR Rowe; Chriatlne It,yer-. 228 CIaco; mlttin~ ne'" for the. Friday. of the aame year he took part In Catherine Marcua. :57-B Rodman; NOl·. IS ttlllUe wiU l:oe mowd up the landln&:, ope....Unna on the .auth· Mary Hia:hbe,.., lI07 Eaex Circle; one day. All ~terUll for thai Is- ern eout of France and W'U namN Dovey Leonard. U2 Helena; Mlrth lie I.. be ~t Commander de la Lepon d'Honneur HammerberlJ, 411-B Independenoe; -MC."'·iA;;' ~ =- for war ..rvicea. Be wu promoted Louiae Arnold. 118 Sunaet; lo1lna . 'OY).#, Modfof the to Rear Admiral In liU, Vice Ad- Belche:r, Randabuq:; Hobby Shop, 4:. p.ro.~", mlraJ In :til5O, and to Admiral III Rldcecrellt; Jane Bach1nak1, 73-A 1_ lie Be became pe.rmanenl ChIef Rowe; and Trona Hilh SChool .lo- tit &atf In WL l..eoll 1'1eilhu Pavillon at thc 19M BrUNell \Vorld'. Fair. The 1ate great planllt Artur &hnab('l strictly adhered to a rule thal he would never teacb anyone, no matter how lalented, under IIllt- tecn. In 1938. however, when 10- )·tllr-old Flellher wa. brougbt to IJlay for him, the rule Wlla promptly en. Schnabel took the boy un· .J'" hla wing and the aIlIQClatlon continued for ten y('an. Leon Flelllh. er It often compared with hit lJ"teat teacher although critics and audl· encca are quick to ..ree that he La no mere earbon copy. Wln.lng his way to concerU In e~·erylhlna: from a BrlJtol Britannia to a bellenpter, F1eillher It truly a product of his Umes-aD alrborne virtu<*). &lectlons which wl.1I be Included In ~eIJher'1 pro..ram are: Chro- matie Fantal)' and FulJUe by Bach; Rondo In D major, K 4115 by Mourt; Sonata In B minor by Uazt; Sera· nad(' by Stral1nJky; EI Puerto by Albeni&; and Albarado del Gracioeo SD>PL17 Rf..'TlRl:E _ Frank S. Gaine)" Equipment lnspeetor, """ tires with 18 )-e&11I of Oonrnment Rrd~. On Station ~nl'e J.t.47, first with l>UbUe Works and the:o ",;th Supply. Galne)' will remain In the area tl':nlpOrrail)-. Cdr. iUeh'ln Hoffman One of the pioneers of Navy's air force, Cdr, M~ u C. HoHman, retired la st wttk after H years of Naval service, Designated a pilot in 1929, he spent 16 yea~r nearly half of his service years -a}x}ard aircraft carriers, Reportlna: to the Naval Air Fad'· lit)" Ill. AUj:'Uat. t~ from the Staff, U.s. Naval Forces. Eaatern Atlan- tic. JoledlterTanean. he $Crved .. NAF Executive Officer until bls retirement on Nov. L Temporarily at home at their Coronado home. the Hoffman's plan an extenaive l..cation aa the)' ] tra,-d throughout the three west· ernmOit atatl'S ""hlle considerinlJ l..rlOUS job poaibllitles. Amon,. the ml'dal.s and decora. tloOl Cdr. Hoffman Is enlilll'd to ..-ear are the Navy Cross. Distlna:u. Ithed ~yln, Croaa with four gold Ital1l and the Air Medal with one &:'Old atar. Duty atations and ships at which Cdr. Hoffman h.. 5erved Inclutk the I'\'a\'al War College: ~eet Air Gunn('ry Unit at EI Centro; Naval Air Station, Denver: Naval Air Training Center, Patuxent Rh'er, Md.; USS Saratop: USS Lexing. LOn; USS Aua:u,,,,: USS California: USS Wright: USS Oplala; USS Yorktown: USS Bennington: USS Vallcy Fo~, and the USS Balro_ ko. A ,..v1sed method of mark In,. ""- port cards h.. been adopted by the Olina 4ke Elementary Sch031 8Qard and faculty, The ,ymtooll 0, Sand N ha"e been cban,l'd to A_ B. C. D. and F. No chana:el mn'e bel'n made In the Iymbols Indicat- ing achie'·ement and area dfort. Proi'fNlI. character and cltl~nlhlp will b(' markl'd In another teCtloo of th(' card. The first report card period end'l Nov. 6, but leachen wlll retain the cards until the parent-teacher con· ferencea In order to Interpret .ym- bol. to parcnlll. Children whO!'t' parentt do not attend confcrencPJ will recel\·c their rcport carda af· ter confercnce. are complcted. -.. His morc than 20 )'cars of II"-!"'.....- -...;;:; Naval experience emphasized the need for more specialized training to LCdr, Seymour J, Premselaar, who will now en- roll at California Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, to earn a baccalaureate degree in areonautical engineering. With hia retlremcnt effecUve on No\'ember 1, the one.tlme apprcn- t1ce leaman concluded two dccad~, of service filled full with action and rt'«lgnIUon. Enliatlng In 1938. he achieved the rate of Chief Aviation Ordnanceman within fh'e yea,., Accepted for flight tralnln; In 19u, he wu com· mlssloned an enslan the followln,. year. One of the Naval Air F'Bclllty'a earliest project pUnta, LCdr. Prem~ selaar was initially ltUlgned here In 1951 and served .. project pIlot for Boar, an alr·laullCbcc1, air-to· ground mballc and for 80me of the earlier rocket launche,., TraNI· ferred to Air Development Squad· ron Fi"e (VX~), then at Moffett Field, the aviator reluml'd to China Lake u p 0 n tbe deployment of the Squadron to NAF In ItO&. An aclive participant In varlOu. community acth1tiet and ae.rvlcea. the Prema('laan. with tbelr four chUdren, wlll live at 644 Patricia Drive, San Luis OblJpo, durin,. tbe yeal"l the pilot will devote to col- lege tratniDJ"- (lUECKDiG THE IttXX:mD-LCdr. "0('1 Prell1!JoNur (I), and C.IlL T. A. Grell, XA.· ConIIl\lllndlnJ QUia-r, thulllb throoJh Ihe 101' booIL In whic.h are Io,:ged PreDl5('_r' O("&rl)' 4,000 houl"5 of m~ht lOme. InciudinJ 50me J,JElt hou~ flown In jl-t alrenlfl. Burroughs Alumni Set Banquet, Dance Alumni of Burroulha Hlah School will hold tbelr annual Banquet and Homecoming Dance on Saturday, Nov. 14.. The Banqu('t will tak~ place at the Hideaway at 7 p.Ol. and the Dance will be In the An_ choraa:e from 9 p.rn. to 1 a.m. Reservationa for the Banquct for Mch alumni and lJUl'St lhould be made by Nov. 7 with the committl'e ennaisting of Donna SproUl(', Ext. 88Oi6. Darlene Bo)·ack. Ext. 14M2, or Dale Lane, Ext. 87646. Friday, November 6, 1959 Parcnt-teacher conferences have been scheduled for Nov. 9, 10, 16, 17. 23 and 24 for grade. t through 11, and No,·. 9. to. 12, 16. 17 and 19 for grades 1 and 8. Half-Century of Naval Service Ends ,~ R 0 C-K ET EE R THE G>thdf OTS Officers Leave T'A'o more naml'S were officially placed on the US Navy list of re- Ured oHlcel"l last Sunday, Nov. 1, wh('n tM retirement of LCdr_ Pad W. Hebert, Commluary Store Of- flct'r, and LCdr. Victor A. E~r, security Officer, became ('H~ive. Both officel"l had been here ap- proximately one y~r and were two of four whOR ,..tlrementt became effecth'e wt weekend. The other two were Cdr. M. C. Hoffman and LOdr. S. J. ~mJlelaar of the Naval Air Facility. LOIr. Hebert will be makina: his home In San Ol('go, but other plans of future actlvitll'S were 'till ill- ddlnlte at the time of hiB depan- .~ LCdr. Ener retunlJ to his hom... atate of Tnu where he haa ac_ cepted a poitltlon with SouthweJtem Personnel Conlultant A.sIocialion in Autin. (Continued rrom "are 1) tend the official w('lenme to the Show vialtol"ll at 7 pm. tomorfO\O," evenlna:, accordlnr to Thomaa B. Wood, Rockbound prellident. The Show will feature dilpl~ uhlbUl'd by membel"l of the locaJ &,('m and mineral club. .. well .. dl,pla". off('red by col1l'Ctol"l fcom other &I'('lLt. Most widely publicbed ~Ial ex- hibit at the Show will be the AUI- trallan flre opal Iphere owned by Ralph W. OIeu.. It has been aho-.na at two annual com·entlon. of the California Federation of Klneraloa:- lcal Soelelies, and w.. one of the special uhlblta at the joint conl'en- tlon of the American and North"'-l'St Federation In Portland, Orea:on In &ptember. A mlcromount collection, alor1&" with an educational dlaplay, will be the .peelal exhibit prepared by Mil- ton 1... Speckek. The educational display will demonstrate the tech· nlqul'S used In the preparation of micro-minerai speclmenl. Lee E. Huml'ton wlll feature a portion of hi' collection of faceted precious gema enllectl'd from all over the world. The fluorcacent di,_ play by Mr. and MI"I. Elmer 1.. Hetrick will be repeated. and hal proven mOlt popullr, partiCUlarly with thote only caauBlly Intere.ted In rocka and mineraI.. Five film' Ind two sell of ,lIdc. wlll be Ihown contlnuou.ly during the .how. Gencral chairman for thIs year's e..,ent II l'tfl"l. Alden J. Shumaker. Speclnl projecta will be Bupervilled bv the followlna: membel1l: Mr. and Mr•. Elmer L. Hetrick, fluorueent dl.play; Ralph W. Dlet~ ,peclal Clt- hlbltt: Richard D. Fulmer and Charlc. D. Vollmcr. movies: Alden J. Shumaker and Armin \V. Holle, lapidary; Kenneth G. Shumway and William P. Norris.. club booth: Wil- Ham R. McBride and Charlcs B. Vollmer, publiclty; Other project chairmen are: Ph)'l- III Patterson and Me.. George A. Pruitt. deooraUon.; :Milton 1.. Speck- I'll, Ru-.ell B. Allen, E"erett S. Louderback, Mr. and MI1I. Tbomaa B. Wood, Ard('n F. Han('a. Robert Stout. and Mr. and loin. Jaml'S 1... Field, lpeelal HrvlCft. In addition. the participation and cooperation of all the membel1lhlp of NOTS Rock. bound. will make thlt one of the laq:ett and bett ,holt..s In the club'a hlttof)·. I I r I r • A W'OIf, klddles, I. a man who whisUel wblle he lurks. Story Hour Tomorrow Commemorates Annual Children's Book Week All Station children betwa-n the agea of 6 and 10 are invited 10 at· tend the Book \veek Story Hour "'JTCU" _ Bewllehlng Elaine, betlt tomorrow morning at the StaUon frlelill of his wife, Ilro,'Jdea olle of Ubrary. Eleanor Boland and Ruth tile Comlillcalion. In the life of Ohler, Ubrarlan, will be the story- tellers. Childrcn attendIng .hould IUch.rd Sherman In "The &,"('n- be on time since the Story Hour 'Io'ear Jtch," 1'0 be IJtelil'lIted Prill.)' will begin promptly at 10 a.m. and Salurda)', .No", 18 alul 14, at This past week. aehools and 11. the JamCll Monroe School In IUdge_ brarlcs throughout the nation ha\'O cte!tt by the Oblna l.ake I'la)·cfll. observed Children', Book \VCi'k. In 1'Iekeb lire 011 Iiale from Ihe l'la)·. keeping with the times. this year', (,flI, Uobb'l UardWDI"Il alld Slenk', theme Is "Co Exploring In Books." Local schools and the Station Tolltlltery In IUlI,eeretll, allll will lie Ubrary have observed Book Week a,-.llahle 11.1 the door before eae.h with poIlIten. apecial dlsplay3 of I:",_,r_o_._~_n_ .. .:... _ new books and the special story hour tomorrow morning. Two libra- Gem Show rlans from the Young Adult Dlvl- ••• slon of the Kern County Free Ubr· ary helped with the eelebratlon 01. the week at Burrouaha H1a:h School by tevlewina: boob for the frt'lh- maD cl&llll(':ll., 8elit Children's Books <:::hosen by the librarian, of the naUOD as eontributlna: the mOlJt to children'. literature thl. y~r ar,. '"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth Speare, an exciting talc of Colonial dayw., and "Chantlc~r and the ~.. a new edition of CbaUc.o:"l tale, beautifully lIlustr:at_ l'd by Barbara Cooney. Both boob are available at the Station LJbrary and at the IICbooI IibrariCIL Plyehlatrlat to male patient: "'And did this fl'elin&, of Inslpm_ eanee come on auddenl)' or develop normally with marriage and par. enthood!" Readers Di~t 75~2 Cv, Page Four C The Meanest Boy in To.J.,n'~·." H;dl()w~n-lid'J night-when youngners dress up 2$ their Inonle tcll:vision, comic book ()(" mol'it chOlractcr-wben everything thu's fun is tbe order of the evcning. and ....hen. literally, the world lie know it geared to the pkuures of our children. Lt...ther up. Jun glancs, p,cOluhirt, sideburns and g03.tec-:lI minia- ture bennik with shining C')"C$ and an ear-t().C:lr grin busily knocking on doors with the happ)" l1nlicip1tion and complete ab1 local commlt~ membel"l Em_ mett Mitchell, Stanley Gaston or Red RoJllnpon, or hldea may be delh-cred to the Elb Lodge Hall, Red Cross Class in Child Care To Begin Berniece Downard, a...., will tl'8ch tho parent and child care