Ttil ROCKETUa
IMonte fris~ WHI
I
Represent State at
Nat'l. I
Science fair
I "I was ready to go home after the
announcement of the Honorable
Mention awards; I didn't expect to
win the top award." With the dis-
illuSioned thought in mind that his
exhibit didn't even gain an honora-
ble mention, Belmont Frisbee stayed
on to hear himself acclaimed as one
of two winners chosen to represent
the California Central Valley at In-
I
dianapoiis, May 11 through 14.
Monte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bel-
mont Frisbee, China Lake, first
toyed with the theory behind an au-
. tomaUc digital computer fee d
(ADICOF) about two years ago as
WIDE APPEAL-Young accordionists (foreground)
rela...x momentarily during the music program pre·
BCllted under the direction of Ruth Pearson. The
!.tudent entries (front table) rccch'e the Wldivided
attention of the junior set. Sylvia \Vinslow's desert he "doodled" on graph papcr and
landscape scts the pace for the theme "Desert En- found that each of the numbers
chantment" and, as always, (lraws attentive gazes. Ifrom 9 through 0 crossed a differ-
O"cr 2500 persons viewed the show. ent series of lines, making identifi-
[
Russ Bjorklund Wins
iArea 4Speech Meet
,- Over 40 1I'0astroasters and their 11''-.J:.'''"'.....~·
.uests were present at last Thurs-
day's Area 4- Speech Contest to hea r
Russ Bjorklund's presentation, I'The
Ideal Secretary," judged- thc ",il1- H.~-.--,
mng spccch of the evening.
Bjorklund's winning of the Area
• . contest earnsl him the right to
IJ.epresent this area at the District
Contest -to bc held in' Las Vegas
this Sunday.
: Runncr-up in thc spcech fray was .
Dick Lewis of the Desert Toast-
'wINNE~Russ Bjorklund (I) Is
set to receive the winning speech
~ophy fro m Toashnaster Dick
Days.
basters Club No. 899, whose subject
\Was the "Lure of Indian Wclls Val-
ley."
. Bjorklund and Cdr. Sid Brooks,
who spokc on "Our New Navy,"
represented the China Lake Club
853. "The Training of American
Youth" was Bob Stephenson's
speech title, who also rcpresented
Club 899.
Dick Hays of the China Lake
Club scrved as toastmastcr for the
contest. Jack Whalen, Cub 899
president, handled the table topic
session.
Contest judgcs were Al Christ-
man and Tcd McAllister of Club
&3; and Bob Walker and Bill
Thurm of Club 899. Timer was Ed
Sopkc.
guests and new Na.,'Y League officers who were in-
stalled at a dinner meeting held at the IDdeaway last
Friday (I-r) are: Capt.. W. W. Hollister, NOTS Sta·
ton, Jr., "ice-president; Dr. James Bemr)" president;
Jerry Berry, sooremry; Bpb Smith, MO, (oRoder of
local cowlcil; and Capt. H. B. Hahn, NOTS Exec.
!BcPwoL Noted. !
THE GLEN BIGGERS AWARD
was presented to John Hobbs, Bur-
roughs senior, for his outstanding
work in dramatics during his high
school car e e r. A promoter of
drama and speech, John scrvcd as
prcsidcnt of the National Thespian
Association during his scnior year.
He is also a member of the Math-
lete team, the California Scholastic
Federation, and rcccivcd the Class
Achievcment Award and the Boys
~~--~~~-----------------------
State Award in 1959. C 't C '1
JACK E. KRISTENSEN of Bur- ommuni y ounel
roughs is one of sixty teachers se- To Comp'lle ll'st
lected to attcnd the Summer lnsH·
tute for science and mathematics Of Organizations
teachers. Sponsored by the Na-
tional Sci e n c e Foundation, the Due to the resignation of Mar·
eight-week s e s s ion will be con- guerite McBride of the Community
ducted at the- University. of North Services Branch, Personnel and
Dakota beginning June 13. Community Relations Dcpartment,
Saturday 'Story Hour Set
All Station children, from six to
ten, arc invited to the Fairy Talc
Story Hour at the Station Library
where the original club directory
was compiled, the China Lake Com-
munity Council has volunteered to
undertake the task.
-------________ \ tomorrow at 10 a.m. Those attend-
M
. P·I ing arc asked to be on time.
Richard Frederick, president of
the Community Council, has ob-
tained the services of G e 0 r g i a
Bushnell, 57-B Franklin, Chi n a
Lakc, to render this community
service. Clubs and organizations
should submit to her all up-to-date
information cquivalent to that con-
tained in last year's directory.
arlne I'ot The Story Lady will be Ruth
• • • Ohler, Station Librarian, The pro-
se
One of the objcctives of the Of-
fice of Carcer Development will be
to inventory career executive per·
sonnel for the purpose of setting up
a central' recruiting and inter-
agency placcment service to assist
agencies in meeting their needs fo!'
career exec.utive, managerial, and
professional talent.
Woman Att'y. Joins
NOTS Patent Staff
Mary Moore, sole distaff member
of attorneys in the Office of Naval
Research, joined the Patent Divi-
sion of the Technical Information
Department last week as patent ad-
visor in the chemical field.
She had been previously associat-
ed with the Bureau of Naval Wea-
pons Patent Division and reported
on board from NOL, White Oak,
where she recently completed a
brief training period in prcparation
for her new dutics.
A graduate of West Virginia Uni~
versity and the Amcrican Univer-
seven years ago.
She is a member of the Civil
S e r v Ice Toastmistress Club in
Washington, D.C., member of the
Women's Bar of the District of C0-
lumbia, is licensed. to practice in
the Supreme Court of West Vir-
ginia, and is affiliated with the W.
Va. Federation of Business and Pr0-
fessional Women's Clubs.
Miss Moore visited herc in Feb-
ruary 1958 whilc touring field pat:
ent branches on the West Coast and
was favorably impressed with the
friendly atmosphere at NOTS. At
that time, she prophetically stated
she would somc day enjoy living In
desert community.
1960 Census Job
Ends This Weekend
The 1960 Census cnumcration will
be completed this weekend well
within the estimated four-week
period necessary to complete the
job in the Ridgecrest-China Lake
arca, according to area crcwleader
Rose Dorsey.
Enumerators reported that the
excellent cooperation from resi-
dents has enabled them to submit
complctely accurate statistics in the
minimum of time estimated to do
their big job.
A unique method of grouping dis-
plays was accomplished by descrip-
tive classifications. Winners in each
class a re as follows: Our Desert
Lives- Joan deGroot, Ann Lindberg,
and Laync Gambrill; Greasewood,
Cactus, Rocks and Sand - Jeanne
Bruce, Betty Ann \Vilson, and Bil-
lie Hise ; With Golden Sunsets -
Eleanor Wilkerson, Evie Ashburn
and Lila Sholes; Pur pi e Hills -
Layne Gambrill, Joan deGroot, Li-
Ian Harman, and Lila Sholes; A
Dry and Thirsting Land - Billie
Hise, Mary Moore, Ann Lindberg,
and Lila Sholes; Along the Trail-
Mary Moore, Layne Gambrill, Joan
deGroot, and Norma Hollister; One
Finds Cont.entment - Mary Moore.
Wanda Shomate, and Joan deGroot;
With Changing Hues - Betty Ann
Wilson, Evie Ashburn, Peg g y
1!:wltz; and Billie moe; Beauty of
Line - Cynthia Heerwagen, Wanda
DEsERT JOSHUA-Over t500 visitors viewed the
desert Yucca tree which was a. prominent display
at the:. 16th Annual Wildflower Sh~w. l\~la.rine! person-
nel who assisted 1 nbringtng the Joshua. were Lance
LOl'poraJ tiCIi Sievers U) and Act'"" <.;orvoral Wayne
Persons (r). tihown with show co-chainnan LouUie
Curti. and chalrma" Wit"", RlcbaJ:d.. Not I!ietu~
' Is Lance CpL Wayne Bradley who also _Isled.
The arca crew leader wishes to
thank all Station officials for ex-
tending their help in facilitating
access of .required information to
\he enumerators py supplying them
(Continued on Page 4.)
, OCR Text: Ttil ROCKETUa
IMonte fris~ WHI
I
Represent State at
Nat'l. I
Science fair
I "I was ready to go home after the
announcement of the Honorable
Mention awards; I didn't expect to
win the top award." With the dis-
illuSioned thought in mind that his
exhibit didn't even gain an honora-
ble mention, Belmont Frisbee stayed
on to hear himself acclaimed as one
of two winners chosen to represent
the California Central Valley at In-
I
dianapoiis, May 11 through 14.
Monte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bel-
mont Frisbee, China Lake, first
toyed with the theory behind an au-
. tomaUc digital computer fee d
(ADICOF) about two years ago as
WIDE APPEAL-Young accordionists (foreground)
rela...x momentarily during the music program pre·
BCllted under the direction of Ruth Pearson. The
!.tudent entries (front table) rccch'e the Wldivided
attention of the junior set. Sylvia \Vinslow's desert he "doodled" on graph papcr and
landscape scts the pace for the theme "Desert En- found that each of the numbers
chantment" and, as always, (lraws attentive gazes. Ifrom 9 through 0 crossed a differ-
O"cr 2500 persons viewed the show. ent series of lines, making identifi-
[
Russ Bjorklund Wins
iArea 4Speech Meet
,- Over 40 1I'0astroasters and their 11''-.J:.'''"'.....~·
.uests were present at last Thurs-
day's Area 4- Speech Contest to hea r
Russ Bjorklund's presentation, I'The
Ideal Secretary," judged- thc ",il1- H.~-.--,
mng spccch of the evening.
Bjorklund's winning of the Area
• . contest earnsl him the right to
IJ.epresent this area at the District
Contest -to bc held in' Las Vegas
this Sunday.
: Runncr-up in thc spcech fray was .
Dick Lewis of the Desert Toast-
'wINNE~Russ Bjorklund (I) Is
set to receive the winning speech
~ophy fro m Toashnaster Dick
Days.
basters Club No. 899, whose subject
\Was the "Lure of Indian Wclls Val-
ley."
. Bjorklund and Cdr. Sid Brooks,
who spokc on "Our New Navy,"
represented the China Lake Club
853. "The Training of American
Youth" was Bob Stephenson's
speech title, who also rcpresented
Club 899.
Dick Hays of the China Lake
Club scrved as toastmastcr for the
contest. Jack Whalen, Cub 899
president, handled the table topic
session.
Contest judgcs were Al Christ-
man and Tcd McAllister of Club
&3; and Bob Walker and Bill
Thurm of Club 899. Timer was Ed
Sopkc.
guests and new Na.,'Y League officers who were in-
stalled at a dinner meeting held at the IDdeaway last
Friday (I-r) are: Capt.. W. W. Hollister, NOTS Sta·
ton, Jr., "ice-president; Dr. James Bemr)" president;
Jerry Berry, sooremry; Bpb Smith, MO, (oRoder of
local cowlcil; and Capt. H. B. Hahn, NOTS Exec.
!BcPwoL Noted. !
THE GLEN BIGGERS AWARD
was presented to John Hobbs, Bur-
roughs senior, for his outstanding
work in dramatics during his high
school car e e r. A promoter of
drama and speech, John scrvcd as
prcsidcnt of the National Thespian
Association during his scnior year.
He is also a member of the Math-
lete team, the California Scholastic
Federation, and rcccivcd the Class
Achievcment Award and the Boys
~~--~~~-----------------------
State Award in 1959. C 't C '1
JACK E. KRISTENSEN of Bur- ommuni y ounel
roughs is one of sixty teachers se- To Comp'lle ll'st
lected to attcnd the Summer lnsH·
tute for science and mathematics Of Organizations
teachers. Sponsored by the Na-
tional Sci e n c e Foundation, the Due to the resignation of Mar·
eight-week s e s s ion will be con- guerite McBride of the Community
ducted at the- University. of North Services Branch, Personnel and
Dakota beginning June 13. Community Relations Dcpartment,
Saturday 'Story Hour Set
All Station children, from six to
ten, arc invited to the Fairy Talc
Story Hour at the Station Library
where the original club directory
was compiled, the China Lake Com-
munity Council has volunteered to
undertake the task.
-------________ \ tomorrow at 10 a.m. Those attend-
M
. P·I ing arc asked to be on time.
Richard Frederick, president of
the Community Council, has ob-
tained the services of G e 0 r g i a
Bushnell, 57-B Franklin, Chi n a
Lakc, to render this community
service. Clubs and organizations
should submit to her all up-to-date
information cquivalent to that con-
tained in last year's directory.
arlne I'ot The Story Lady will be Ruth
• • • Ohler, Station Librarian, The pro-
se
One of the objcctives of the Of-
fice of Carcer Development will be
to inventory career executive per·
sonnel for the purpose of setting up
a central' recruiting and inter-
agency placcment service to assist
agencies in meeting their needs fo!'
career exec.utive, managerial, and
professional talent.
Woman Att'y. Joins
NOTS Patent Staff
Mary Moore, sole distaff member
of attorneys in the Office of Naval
Research, joined the Patent Divi-
sion of the Technical Information
Department last week as patent ad-
visor in the chemical field.
She had been previously associat-
ed with the Bureau of Naval Wea-
pons Patent Division and reported
on board from NOL, White Oak,
where she recently completed a
brief training period in prcparation
for her new dutics.
A graduate of West Virginia Uni~
versity and the Amcrican Univer-
seven years ago.
She is a member of the Civil
S e r v Ice Toastmistress Club in
Washington, D.C., member of the
Women's Bar of the District of C0-
lumbia, is licensed. to practice in
the Supreme Court of West Vir-
ginia, and is affiliated with the W.
Va. Federation of Business and Pr0-
fessional Women's Clubs.
Miss Moore visited herc in Feb-
ruary 1958 whilc touring field pat:
ent branches on the West Coast and
was favorably impressed with the
friendly atmosphere at NOTS. At
that time, she prophetically stated
she would somc day enjoy living In
desert community.
1960 Census Job
Ends This Weekend
The 1960 Census cnumcration will
be completed this weekend well
within the estimated four-week
period necessary to complete the
job in the Ridgecrest-China Lake
arca, according to area crcwleader
Rose Dorsey.
Enumerators reported that the
excellent cooperation from resi-
dents has enabled them to submit
complctely accurate statistics in the
minimum of time estimated to do
their big job.
A unique method of grouping dis-
plays was accomplished by descrip-
tive classifications. Winners in each
class a re as follows: Our Desert
Lives- Joan deGroot, Ann Lindberg,
and Laync Gambrill; Greasewood,
Cactus, Rocks and Sand - Jeanne
Bruce, Betty Ann \Vilson, and Bil-
lie Hise ; With Golden Sunsets -
Eleanor Wilkerson, Evie Ashburn
and Lila Sholes; Pur pi e Hills -
Layne Gambrill, Joan deGroot, Li-
Ian Harman, and Lila Sholes; A
Dry and Thirsting Land - Billie
Hise, Mary Moore, Ann Lindberg,
and Lila Sholes; Along the Trail-
Mary Moore, Layne Gambrill, Joan
deGroot, and Norma Hollister; One
Finds Cont.entment - Mary Moore.
Wanda Shomate, and Joan deGroot;
With Changing Hues - Betty Ann
Wilson, Evie Ashburn, Peg g y
1!:wltz; and Billie moe; Beauty of
Line - Cynthia Heerwagen, Wanda
DEsERT JOSHUA-Over t500 visitors viewed the
desert Yucca tree which was a. prominent display
at the:. 16th Annual Wildflower Sh~w. l\~la.rine! person-
nel who assisted 1 nbringtng the Joshua. were Lance
LOl'poraJ tiCIi Sievers U) and Act'"" <.;orvoral Wayne
Persons (r). tihown with show co-chainnan LouUie
Curti. and chalrma" Wit"", RlcbaJ:d.. Not I!ietu~
' Is Lance CpL Wayne Bradley who also _Isled.
The arca crew leader wishes to
thank all Station officials for ex-
tending their help in facilitating
access of .required information to
\he enumerators py supplying them
(Continued on Page 4.)
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