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PubficScho61sWeekActivities
Slated in We~k~ong Observance
P~blic Schools Week will beobserv~din'the China Lake,
Ridgecrest', and InyokernSchools from April 21 to 25. EaCh
school will hold an open house towhi,chthepublic is in:~
vited to come and visit, the rooms: This '39th annual ob~ ,
se~-vance is sponsor~d by the Indian Wells Val1~y Masoniq
Lodge NO:.961 'and local civic and frafernal groups;~,:_ ' (
:"':'Max ":Braswell,':'~hairm,arr Or the-'LinebacK,princlpaJ oiJames Mon..
event,' has"announcedthatopen, roe School, and LaV McLean; phy"
house will ,be-held at RicIllnond, sical education 'instructor at Bui-"l
View~g, Rowe and'James Monroe roughs Junior High ,School. .
Schools onApr~1 21'from : to 9 p,m. .' ,All ~i~th g~ad: stud~nt; will hold
S?~ool:work wIll, be on dlspl~s:and a :folk dance festival April .25 at
VISitOrs are enc.ouraged~to vlsILall Richmond School from 9 to 11 a.m~
roo~s. Vieweg .S?h~olwil1,ha:-e .a. Directing the students Will be wn-
?peclal ~r,t exhibit m.the. ~udltor. liam Stokes and Betty Nowak; six"!
mm durmg _the evenmg,Wlth_t~e thy:grade' 'teachers at Richmond:}
best work' from each class on dls- Bernice Boyd, Vieweg School; John,
play. . . ' " " Van' Essen, Groves Schol;i Ethel
Burroughs JUnIor High .School H le'r'Inyokern' and Hardin Line-
will be open to guests ~n April 22 b::k, James 'M~nroe. Fourth 'and"
from 7 to 9 p.m. On AprIl 24 at the fifth grade students will hold' foIl~'
same, hours Groves and Inyoke:n dance festivals' at the individual
Schools wil1 ?e opep.-.to ~he' publIc. schools, the same day; Local PTA;
• The MaSOnIC ~od.ge Will sponsor groups will' serVe' refreshments tQ,
a banquet'at 6 p.m.'m'theElks Club -, ,-~. -- --- -.,-
'I Th 'bl' . . 't d t both groups.
on Aprl 23. e pu IC IS mVI e o , '. ": . . ;
attend and the ,$2.00 tickets may be ' Pubhc,Scho.ols }Veekachvlhe~at
oOtafnea. by'calling .Lloyd Haycock, Burrough~High S~hooLhave been
chairman-of the"banquet at Ext. sc~edule,d on ,A;pnl, 29. ,AI!-. open
74581 or'71537:Dinner'\vill be'served house, and, f~hl~n- sh9WWlll be
by:niemb'ers.:cif-JobsDaughfers, held:on.that day, ""~',
Rainbow Girls and DeMolay. A pro- ..Dur~ngPublic_~c:h?o}s .'Yee~, ~11
gram, will be presented during tne the, China ,Lake Scl,IOOI cafeteri~s
evening." ,'" ' , 0 • - - . " will be open to 'the pU~lic;',Lunch~'
'An ho~or folk 'dance group"' from eon will,be served at '~he :sante
the seventh, and eighth grades will p'rice: ,cha!g~d: .tl!e:, st1id~nts' '~~d
present a festi~al at James'Monroe reservations. for, any sch90l,shou!d
Elementary _School from 9 to ,11 be m.ade by calling 'Mrs::SydneY,
a.m. 'on Ap~il 24.- This group. willShefler, Ext. 75001, or Mrs. ~ick
be 'under the direction of 'Ha~din Kleinschmidt, Ext. '74233.' ..
/"
Dr. H. A. \Vilcox
Named to New Posts
Assistant' Technical Director for
Research .and Department Head,
formerly Head of Weap'ons Devel-
'opment Dept.
" u. S. Naval Ordnance Test' Station,; China, Lake, California'
I
ON-SITE SURVEY PARTy':""visiting the Station this week on an "O~~ Davis Jr.; Ca~t. Roge'rs. Sec~nd row (I. to r.)are: C~~t. O.F. Clark, Capt~
Site ~SurVey'" assig~e'nt fro';' thk'Naval Inspector General's Office, 'F.A. Fielding, Col. 'R. E. FOjt, USMC, Capt. J. H. Beaman, Lt. H. N~
Washington,' D.C., is a. 27-member team;' headed by' Rear Admiritl Ii:. 1\1. Farnsworth, H. A. O'Neal, and J. l\L Cook. Third row (I. to r.) are: Capt~
Mcl\lanes, who will study the effectiveness of Station operations. l\I~m- R. L Gilman, R. R: Elder, Capt. N. E. Blaisdell, Cdr. A. W. Garner,
hers of the ·team (I. to r.) first row are: Capt. C. E. Smith, Oapt. J. Capt. C. H. Campbell, E.Ii:uhl, H. E. McClain, LCdr. E. J. S()cha. FourtIJ;
Hulme, Capt. \V. W. Hollister, Station Commander, Rear Admiral Ii:. 1\1•. r~w (I.' to' r.)are: Dr.F. Schulman,C. C. \VeissmlUl, Cdr. 'J. W. Seageri
l\Icl\lanes, Dr. \Vrn. B. McLean, Station TechnicalDirector~Capt. L. l\L A. Ii:.\Veymouth, and C. T.Newman., t
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'Vol. XVI. No. 14
,Noted Counselor'
\VILDFLOWER SHOW HOSTESSE~On'hand to greet. viewers at' the
. AFGE cliARTE~apt.\V. W. Hollister (right) lvitnesses presentation Cdr. J. J. O'Brien' (Rei.) 14th annual.Wildflower Show in the Community Cente~,April 26-27, win
of the}ocalLodge 1781 charter tO,president Cla~ence Smith by National He~d of Central Staff, formerly be(L to r.) Billie Hise, \VAOOl\1 president; Ann Phillips; Gail Anderson_
r '.,' ~ .' yi~e-p~es~ !~ }y.·l~irlfp~tr~cl" ,\ ~:~5~h qiyu' Sel\;i~e ~iversarYdinller, Officer- ln~ Oharge of lNOTS'-p~s'a~ieertage.iiostess; ana;Itliren'Wright,"jimlor' hoste's~;'AIi.~\vill:b~ ',veiuing
'last Friday. ,Budd G'!tt (rear) was master of ceremonies. ;, dena. ' , ' ,: I h~n'd'mad~ squIll\- dresse~. I \ , " . ' : ' ; ,
~~'0:g~~~::h~~~~~1~~~~
. 'crest area last week heard Dr. Rob-
l ert Hicks; of th~ Paul Popenoeln-
r stitute of Family Relations in Los
, Angeles" speak, on ,controlling., par-
, erits, developing a, working' philoso-
; phy and p'reparing- for marriag~
: subjects 'Which he' has studied arid
, with lYhich he'isconfronted daily in
, his counselling work; c. ' '
, - Students heard· that th'e divorce
_rate in'Los Angeles county equals
- one .divorce for every marriage. Dr.
~ Hicks' explained to his attentive
audience that every,' teel1-ager
should get acquainted 'with at least
'24 or' 25iJeopie of the opposite-sex
'before: rushing into marriage; land
that they should know just as many
people of their ownsex. / . '
In an entertaining yet positive
manner, he introduced the students
to their methods·,of getting what
they want out of their parents. He
discussed defense mechanisms em-
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'Friday, April 18, 1958
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NOTS SkiClub Races
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Evelyn L. Fisher, Inventory Divi-
sion Head of the' Supply Depart~
Evelyn- Fisher came from Ala..
barna, but ,not with a banjo on her
knee. She was born in Alabama,
called Louisiana her home,. and
spent eight years in Tenn~ssee,four ' J.
of it on the'Oak Ridge 'project with' liMa'n'Wh'o Cam"e to DI·nn~rll.,
the Atomic Energy' Commission. ,
Another four Tennessee years were , ' , ' ' . ,." '
~~~~:c~~.t~e~~~ll~homa wind tunnel ,S:'ateo'TonignforJd'Tomorrow '
Altogether she has been 15,years ' . Curtain' time will "b1e at,' 8: 1{£oni'ghrand
in civil sel.'vice, three and a half of
it at' China' Lake:, . " " night in the James Monroe School- auditorium 'in Ri~ge-
,"I love, my job," she says. "Ilove crest for :the'ChinaLake Planrs' spring production «The
my ,work, I like the desert, and I Man \Vho, CameJ,To Dinner." . Tickets are p'ricedat $1
like the people I work with." .
In August, 1954, Evelyn, her and will be available at the door.-,' ' ,
daughter' Louise' Anne, and 'her This is the story of one- of the' ~hwart,Maggie's plans. ,
mother; Lotiise 'Gilly (also from " most famous comedies of the Amer- Lorraine's tinselled' glitter temp-
Al11bama; 'ma'm) "came' to ,China ,ican stage. Sheridan Whiteside, .oprily_blinds Jefferson _who is ,per-
Lak'e: Then Louise Anne met an irascible--egotist: comes to dinner at suaded to leave 'for' Lake Placid to
Electronics Te~hnici~m in GMU 25. th'e Stanley home in a small mid~ "re-write" a play for ·Miss Sheldon.
It :was more than, just another~.~'-.., western 'town -and stays' for: six Maggie plans revenge through Bev-
; E~~iyn L Fisher, quaintance' evidently, because:j r' - " '--weeks because 'of an irijured hip;' erly Carlton; an actor 'friend. This
i~ent, st~nds in go~d ~os'iti~nto win and Neal Johns were getting i ! ' ; ! He bullies ,the entire' household is stymied by Whiteside. _
an ,award' for the "most 'genera- ous.- ,~..l.~,_ ~~ Just when it appears that Lor-
tions'; i{there were such an honor 'As 't he' courtship grew; Neal until Bert Jefferson, a .repo~ter rainehas succeeded, 'a' Hollywood
in~the desert. Sheha; four, genera- brougl!t a'shi~n!ate over to Louise ftrom thteh!OWI! .news~er,. arr:~e~ producer and a Christmas present
tions here. She comes. from the Anne's house. Another,ETl"John '~ up~7.C 1:1
reg~~e.. 1 ~r~~ng.h~ save the day. .
d S · th d" . 't·' 'th 'B F' h' d' t'l t k I'k' /, .-' aggle u er, IS, gu rl ay, as C t
eep. ou , an ,IS coun mg ,e . IS ,er Imme ,m e y 00, a I mg , fallen for the 'reporter and intends as '"
minutes until ,her 'hiisband comes to LOUlse,Annes mother, a~d the 'leaving/Whiteside calls in "femme Arthur Fields' as:
ashore from the Navy., But wait- two GM;U 25 boys were knockmg on - f t I " t -' La ' . "Sh'Id "t ' -Whiteside ,
we're, getting· ahead of our story. the' door, regularly. Evelyn., and a a e, .ac ress rram,e .~, on, o Shirley Johnson asl\Iaggie Cutler'
John made their decision ahead of --.-;.--------.-;.---.1 ,Frederick 1\ledlongas Bert Jef~
. \. the "kids," but after they learned ',San Bernardino Sun ferson' -
Natural Science 'Club that' LOuise' AnneoandNeal were ' . . Valerie Bales 'as Lorraine Sheldon
Sch,e~dule,'s',',F.ie,ld,'Trip'',':, planning to get,married, Evelyn and '. 'to Feature-NOTS: ,Phil1\larshasBeverly{Jarl~on"
John, decided' it best to let the Starting .next Tuesday; April R. G.SeIfridge as Mr. Stanley"
, A field trip to Mountain Springs .
and Petroglyph Canyons has been youngsters marry first.' On the 4th 22, the san Bernardino Sun will l\Iarguerite Pezzuto as l\Irs. Stan-
scheduled' by th~ Natural' Science MOf·FeJbrhuarBY' F
l ?5
h
5 E:-Fe~Yhn be~ame ' feature daily a China Lake newhs ,B.I..e
A
y• Fouse as June,
rs. 0 n . IS er., IS er, 'smce,- section fe'aturing NOTS andt ~
Club for, Sunday, 'April 27. The has gone tci 'sea'on the USS SOUTH. 'commu'ru'ty, accordl·ng ,to' Ernest J I Ch . t' R· h d
gro'up:,will assemble' at,the Schoc- ERLAN'D. " , ,oe ,rls Ie as IC ar ,.'
'George. S tat ion InformatiOl\ John Feemster as Sandy .
ffel Field parking lot at 8 'a.m. and ~oui!ie~A,nne,marriedNeal ,Johns. Specialist." ",' - GeanRomero as l\fiss Harriet'
plans tq return before5'p,m; Every~ He has since been discharged, -and "Bob Roddick, County' Edit'or; Stanley
one should bring lunches.,-" is'now an engineer with Convair. ~'isited'the Station ,this week Jim'Rhodes as Banjo, , ,"
Members and guestsplanriing to . Evelyu's'son Will Young arid wife, with Sun columnist Earl Buie, 'Ed Romero as Professor l\letz
participate should call Don Mooi'e; Edn'a Lee,· have' a' 6 month daughter Annette Clark as 1\II'ss'',Preen, ' ','
- " ' , to gather mat'erial for a series'of
Ext. 76924 afte'r' 5 p,m.,Names and making' Evelyn a' grandmother, of .'R. G. "Bud" Se\"ell a's Dr' Bradley
, " stories. Roddick said, "The Sun " -
pass, numbers' of, those' planning to course, 'Will works' on the'Doppler ' . . - Stella Grel'g 'as Sarah " "
, ,considers it a privilege to' serve
go "vill be· needed, ,as well as 'make r'ad'ar in' Test\Department, and ha's ' Bob T ftl'nau as John
this, the Navy's foremost', re- ~
and license numbers of cars to be s,erved 3% years in the Navy. __ --, " A~t Pfeifer,as \Vestcott "
. " .search and development missile •
use'd. In addition-.'to EvelYn 'Fisher's center, and its people with a Anne Norwood and , .
The trip will enable people to see mother,' son and' daughter, and ' - Edwina Spooner as·neighbor.. "
, ' , daily news section."
the' ,wildflower' displays' on the granddaughter, there are three ' . (Continued onPage 2)
northern' part 'of the, Station andpomeranians and a parakeet' with
the mini Indi';J.il'iock- drawings of this four' generation family' of 'Chi-
thePe.troglyp!:t',Canyon area.:, . ,: na Lake. - , ' '
Supply's Evelyn, Fis~~r,Hepresents' .
Four 'Genera'tions',at, This TeST Station
SLALOl\l WINNERS-Win~ersin the men and \vomen's divisions ,of the
annual NOTS Ski 'Club 'races held 'at l\Iarnmoth'1\lountain last Sunday!
(1'- to r.) are: Bill HolI~~\'ay, Ist'place; l\laryieeG~asley.1st place; Bob
Graslt;Y:;2nd pblce;1\lillie 'Elliott; cltibmember;~Neil'Krenzel,
1st pla'ce;
and Nancy Hay\l'llrd, 3~dplace. Not 'sho\vn" is2rid place winner for,
women, Tordis Bondelid.:' Rac~ 'cha'irman 'Bob Grasley im;ites' p.~n-niem~
bers interes~ed. i~ raCing to-join. '. '.
CUTTiNG :,'FEATIIERS:~.Eight-
year-old Kim Kt4iaian is too young _ _ : . _ . 0
to be'a junior archer but she's al- TARGET S~o~-~ar~et,c~p~a~n s,cores f~hearrows
waysia/oiuld,~so·J"oeStone puts'her :3!1I1\\'(1 ;(l.,;!pr.)',are: l{,m'I{~hlalUn;BennY:Sey~old:
(rom W~rd; Robe~t
to work.' - , , '\, ,': • , \Vair; Johnny, \Vard,·target captain; Leslie,l\laxwell; and Brian Cowan.
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'Joe Stone Fosters t e'Growl ':. considerabie ,planning~ai1d discus-
" sions with :Station officials, itwas
GfAre_,her,'.s Grou'p~,'._S,.-'.gtN.,".OT"S.; ~~;r~~n~~[I~h~ter~=~::tq~~~f:;~
. '. would be at his residence at 57-B
When Joe E., Stone, Superviso~Y.,Electronic T~chnici~m Rowe. '
in"the Engineering Department:transferred toNOTS from T~e. :P!ojec~ ~\'as.. cC?mple!ed ~n
.
Long Beach N,aval Shipyard in.',1950, ,he ~a:s,'presiderit ,of September~ 1957, providi!1g a. hopby
shop which' enal}led the youngsters
the, Long Beas.h Arcliers.·' Since _then,. Joe. has taugh!:, the to make: their' own arrows, bow
fundamentals of arcl)ery to approxiinately 900 archery ~en';; strings, etc. Equipped wit'h the'fin-
'h' .d . 'd ' I . b 'ld' ' . I est machinery and tools to turn out
t ustasts, an tnveste riear y $800 tn' U1 mg, matena s custom, workIDanship, the ,craft
and equipment which he may·neverrecover';-not"count-; adds to t'he fun and 'art of, the
'ing the endless hours of his time. ,- ,. '". ' sport.:In addition, an adjacent"out~
nul Joe 'is a dedicated 'man-hi~ door range" for shoots and tourna"
mentir,to :,develop' ,the skill 'of :the
dream was to foster ioeal participa~
, ' s p o r t c \vas ',: completed.-, Safety: is
tion in the cl~ane$t sporLin Arri.eri~ stressed; and' enforced. To : date;
ca' today-archery:' In addition ~ to there' have been no accidents;'.' '
developing ,skill ,~l.lld, keeping the
kids bUSy, 'archery is a sp'ort where Adult:ArclierY· Program ' '
parents and -, ~hildren alike 'COUld In ' 1956,' the" old' satellite'golf
participate in and enjoy. It was his course site on tne road to the pilot
constructive ,approach' to he I p Plant was given; to the local arch':
stamp out juvenile delinquency' and ers. Joe organized ,work parties, to
encourage a'healthyfamiiy rela- layout the 14-target range, build,
tion.ship: ' ,- target frames and recondition the
, Junior Archers Organized existing building for a club house:
,,In 1950,' soon after coining aboard, Approximately 50 members are now
he organized NOTS Junior Archers organized as the China Lake Bow-
and the membershiphas consistent- men.
Iy ranged from 30 to '40 boys arid The range is layed out to simu-
girls. In the summer months: if is late hunting conditions. Plans are
gen-erally'from 80 to 100. Although ,being. formulated to invite 'the
the' schools financed' equipment world's "instinctive" champion, Les
costs, the '-problem: of securing'per- Speal.s, and team to perform in.an
manent 'quarters remained unsolv- exhibition at the Station. \
ed and. frequent relocations caused An event i, that all 'archers anti-
considerable effort and time. ,- cipate is the 10-day archery season
TwQ 'years '~go, :joe JiIitiated ac- for deer hunting. One locai 'archer,
John Loper, has bagged two deer
since Joe introduced him to the
sport in 1955.
The ~hib has monthly shoots that
are accompanied. by potluck 'din·
ners creating a "robinhood-like" ate,
mosphere. ' ., .
.In' addition to his busy scheduIe
of archery activities; Joe is a'mem-
berof the adult advisory comrriit-
tee for the forthcoming. Station
youth center. " , ,
Last y';ar, ,as chairman of ',the
Community Cou n ~c il Recreation
Committee, Joeinitiafed 'a request
to the Sell1or'Member of the Wild-
life 'Council, CaptainG-. H. Q.ar.!'ith-
ers,to add cotton-tail rabbits to the
Station Wildiife ~ Sanctuary" and
planting additional rabbits- iri'
c
the
BirchemSprings area. This'" would
enable beagle houndo'wners-to'con-,
duct beagle: hound fielq'trials:' at
Bir~hem Sp'rings. ' ' " ,
Especially noteworthy iIi organ-
izing the archery' group is the op-
portunity this offers Girl and Boy
Scouts to qualify for Archery,Mer-
it Badges: " ' , ' ..',:
'Joe has cause to be particularly
proud of the prowess of.ltis 14-year~
old daughter Olivia. An; ardent
archer, since, the age of seven, Oli~
via has been awarded 'tlvo ,annUlil
tournament' trophies, •her;highest
score amounting to 262 out ofa,pos-
sible 270. 'In'1952, she \vas 'awarded
the classification rank of Braves
in'an annual National Mail lUatch
Shoot :sponsored 'by .l. T .... 'L' . :l t !- 4. . 1. l' ~ ...1 ' {l ~.;.. • • u i ~ ( "! ~ .. I f f ~~ t I ., \) r • 4 ~
• (L'fo r.) are~ ;}ohnny \vard; IBm' Ii:ehialan; "Tom '\vard;'Robert \Vatr;
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,Friday. April'18. 1'958
~.
PubficScho61sWeekActivities
Slated in We~k~ong Observance
P~blic Schools Week will beobserv~din'the China Lake,
Ridgecrest', and InyokernSchools from April 21 to 25. EaCh
school will hold an open house towhi,chthepublic is in:~
vited to come and visit, the rooms: This '39th annual ob~ ,
se~-vance is sponsor~d by the Indian Wells Val1~y Masoniq
Lodge NO:.961 'and local civic and frafernal groups;~,:_ ' (
:"':'Max ":Braswell,':'~hairm,arr Or the-'LinebacK,princlpaJ oiJames Mon..
event,' has"announcedthatopen, roe School, and LaV McLean; phy"
house will ,be-held at RicIllnond, sical education 'instructor at Bui-"l
View~g, Rowe and'James Monroe roughs Junior High ,School. .
Schools onApr~1 21'from : to 9 p,m. .' ,All ~i~th g~ad: stud~nt; will hold
S?~ool:work wIll, be on dlspl~s:and a :folk dance festival April .25 at
VISitOrs are enc.ouraged~to vlsILall Richmond School from 9 to 11 a.m~
roo~s. Vieweg .S?h~olwil1,ha:-e .a. Directing the students Will be wn-
?peclal ~r,t exhibit m.the. ~udltor. liam Stokes and Betty Nowak; six"!
mm durmg _the evenmg,Wlth_t~e thy:grade' 'teachers at Richmond:}
best work' from each class on dls- Bernice Boyd, Vieweg School; John,
play. . . ' " " Van' Essen, Groves Schol;i Ethel
Burroughs JUnIor High .School H le'r'Inyokern' and Hardin Line-
will be open to guests ~n April 22 b::k, James 'M~nroe. Fourth 'and"
from 7 to 9 p.m. On AprIl 24 at the fifth grade students will hold' foIl~'
same, hours Groves and Inyoke:n dance festivals' at the individual
Schools wil1 ?e opep.-.to ~he' publIc. schools, the same day; Local PTA;
• The MaSOnIC ~od.ge Will sponsor groups will' serVe' refreshments tQ,
a banquet'at 6 p.m.'m'theElks Club -, ,-~. -- --- -.,-
'I Th 'bl' . . 't d t both groups.
on Aprl 23. e pu IC IS mVI e o , '. ": . . ;
attend and the ,$2.00 tickets may be ' Pubhc,Scho.ols }Veekachvlhe~at
oOtafnea. by'calling .Lloyd Haycock, Burrough~High S~hooLhave been
chairman-of the"banquet at Ext. sc~edule,d on ,A;pnl, 29. ,AI!-. open
74581 or'71537:Dinner'\vill be'served house, and, f~hl~n- sh9WWlll be
by:niemb'ers.:cif-JobsDaughfers, held:on.that day, ""~',
Rainbow Girls and DeMolay. A pro- ..Dur~ngPublic_~c:h?o}s .'Yee~, ~11
gram, will be presented during tne the, China ,Lake Scl,IOOI cafeteri~s
evening." ,'" ' , 0 • - - . " will be open to 'the pU~lic;',Lunch~'
'An ho~or folk 'dance group"' from eon will,be served at '~he :sante
the seventh, and eighth grades will p'rice: ,cha!g~d: .tl!e:, st1id~nts' '~~d
present a festi~al at James'Monroe reservations. for, any sch90l,shou!d
Elementary _School from 9 to ,11 be m.ade by calling 'Mrs::SydneY,
a.m. 'on Ap~il 24.- This group. willShefler, Ext. 75001, or Mrs. ~ick
be 'under the direction of 'Ha~din Kleinschmidt, Ext. '74233.' ..
/"
Dr. H. A. \Vilcox
Named to New Posts
Assistant' Technical Director for
Research .and Department Head,
formerly Head of Weap'ons Devel-
'opment Dept.
" u. S. Naval Ordnance Test' Station,; China, Lake, California'
I
ON-SITE SURVEY PARTy':""visiting the Station this week on an "O~~ Davis Jr.; Ca~t. Roge'rs. Sec~nd row (I. to r.)are: C~~t. O.F. Clark, Capt~
Site ~SurVey'" assig~e'nt fro';' thk'Naval Inspector General's Office, 'F.A. Fielding, Col. 'R. E. FOjt, USMC, Capt. J. H. Beaman, Lt. H. N~
Washington,' D.C., is a. 27-member team;' headed by' Rear Admiritl Ii:. 1\1. Farnsworth, H. A. O'Neal, and J. l\L Cook. Third row (I. to r.) are: Capt~
Mcl\lanes, who will study the effectiveness of Station operations. l\I~m- R. L Gilman, R. R: Elder, Capt. N. E. Blaisdell, Cdr. A. W. Garner,
hers of the ·team (I. to r.) first row are: Capt. C. E. Smith, Oapt. J. Capt. C. H. Campbell, E.Ii:uhl, H. E. McClain, LCdr. E. J. S()cha. FourtIJ;
Hulme, Capt. \V. W. Hollister, Station Commander, Rear Admiral Ii:. 1\1•. r~w (I.' to' r.)are: Dr.F. Schulman,C. C. \VeissmlUl, Cdr. 'J. W. Seageri
l\Icl\lanes, Dr. \Vrn. B. McLean, Station TechnicalDirector~Capt. L. l\L A. Ii:.\Veymouth, and C. T.Newman., t
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'Vol. XVI. No. 14
,Noted Counselor'
\VILDFLOWER SHOW HOSTESSE~On'hand to greet. viewers at' the
. AFGE cliARTE~apt.\V. W. Hollister (right) lvitnesses presentation Cdr. J. J. O'Brien' (Rei.) 14th annual.Wildflower Show in the Community Cente~,April 26-27, win
of the}ocalLodge 1781 charter tO,president Cla~ence Smith by National He~d of Central Staff, formerly be(L to r.) Billie Hise, \VAOOl\1 president; Ann Phillips; Gail Anderson_
r '.,' ~ .' yi~e-p~es~ !~ }y.·l~irlfp~tr~cl" ,\ ~:~5~h qiyu' Sel\;i~e ~iversarYdinller, Officer- ln~ Oharge of lNOTS'-p~s'a~ieertage.iiostess; ana;Itliren'Wright,"jimlor' hoste's~;'AIi.~\vill:b~ ',veiuing
'last Friday. ,Budd G'!tt (rear) was master of ceremonies. ;, dena. ' , ' ,: I h~n'd'mad~ squIll\- dresse~. I \ , " . ' : ' ; ,
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. 'crest area last week heard Dr. Rob-
l ert Hicks; of th~ Paul Popenoeln-
r stitute of Family Relations in Los
, Angeles" speak, on ,controlling., par-
, erits, developing a, working' philoso-
; phy and p'reparing- for marriag~
: subjects 'Which he' has studied arid
, with lYhich he'isconfronted daily in
, his counselling work; c. ' '
, - Students heard· that th'e divorce
_rate in'Los Angeles county equals
- one .divorce for every marriage. Dr.
~ Hicks' explained to his attentive
audience that every,' teel1-ager
should get acquainted 'with at least
'24 or' 25iJeopie of the opposite-sex
'before: rushing into marriage; land
that they should know just as many
people of their ownsex. / . '
In an entertaining yet positive
manner, he introduced the students
to their methods·,of getting what
they want out of their parents. He
discussed defense mechanisms em-
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'Friday, April 18, 1958
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NOTS SkiClub Races
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Evelyn L. Fisher, Inventory Divi-
sion Head of the' Supply Depart~
Evelyn- Fisher came from Ala..
barna, but ,not with a banjo on her
knee. She was born in Alabama,
called Louisiana her home,. and
spent eight years in Tenn~ssee,four ' J.
of it on the'Oak Ridge 'project with' liMa'n'Wh'o Cam"e to DI·nn~rll.,
the Atomic Energy' Commission. ,
Another four Tennessee years were , ' , ' ' . ,." '
~~~~:c~~.t~e~~~ll~homa wind tunnel ,S:'ateo'TonignforJd'Tomorrow '
Altogether she has been 15,years ' . Curtain' time will "b1e at,' 8: 1{£oni'ghrand
in civil sel.'vice, three and a half of
it at' China' Lake:, . " " night in the James Monroe School- auditorium 'in Ri~ge-
,"I love, my job," she says. "Ilove crest for :the'ChinaLake Planrs' spring production «The
my ,work, I like the desert, and I Man \Vho, CameJ,To Dinner." . Tickets are p'ricedat $1
like the people I work with." .
In August, 1954, Evelyn, her and will be available at the door.-,' ' ,
daughter' Louise' Anne, and 'her This is the story of one- of the' ~hwart,Maggie's plans. ,
mother; Lotiise 'Gilly (also from " most famous comedies of the Amer- Lorraine's tinselled' glitter temp-
Al11bama; 'ma'm) "came' to ,China ,ican stage. Sheridan Whiteside, .oprily_blinds Jefferson _who is ,per-
Lak'e: Then Louise Anne met an irascible--egotist: comes to dinner at suaded to leave 'for' Lake Placid to
Electronics Te~hnici~m in GMU 25. th'e Stanley home in a small mid~ "re-write" a play for ·Miss Sheldon.
It :was more than, just another~.~'-.., western 'town -and stays' for: six Maggie plans revenge through Bev-
; E~~iyn L Fisher, quaintance' evidently, because:j r' - " '--weeks because 'of an irijured hip;' erly Carlton; an actor 'friend. This
i~ent, st~nds in go~d ~os'iti~nto win and Neal Johns were getting i ! ' ; ! He bullies ,the entire' household is stymied by Whiteside. _
an ,award' for the "most 'genera- ous.- ,~..l.~,_ ~~ Just when it appears that Lor-
tions'; i{there were such an honor 'As 't he' courtship grew; Neal until Bert Jefferson, a .repo~ter rainehas succeeded, 'a' Hollywood
in~the desert. Sheha; four, genera- brougl!t a'shi~n!ate over to Louise ftrom thteh!OWI! .news~er,. arr:~e~ producer and a Christmas present
tions here. She comes. from the Anne's house. Another,ETl"John '~ up~7.C 1:1
reg~~e.. 1 ~r~~ng.h~ save the day. .
d S · th d" . 't·' 'th 'B F' h' d' t'l t k I'k' /, .-' aggle u er, IS, gu rl ay, as C t
eep. ou , an ,IS coun mg ,e . IS ,er Imme ,m e y 00, a I mg , fallen for the 'reporter and intends as '"
minutes until ,her 'hiisband comes to LOUlse,Annes mother, a~d the 'leaving/Whiteside calls in "femme Arthur Fields' as:
ashore from the Navy., But wait- two GM;U 25 boys were knockmg on - f t I " t -' La ' . "Sh'Id "t ' -Whiteside ,
we're, getting· ahead of our story. the' door, regularly. Evelyn., and a a e, .ac ress rram,e .~, on, o Shirley Johnson asl\Iaggie Cutler'
John made their decision ahead of --.-;.--------.-;.---.1 ,Frederick 1\ledlongas Bert Jef~
. \. the "kids," but after they learned ',San Bernardino Sun ferson' -
Natural Science 'Club that' LOuise' AnneoandNeal were ' . . Valerie Bales 'as Lorraine Sheldon
Sch,e~dule,'s',',F.ie,ld,'Trip'',':, planning to get,married, Evelyn and '. 'to Feature-NOTS: ,Phil1\larshasBeverly{Jarl~on"
John, decided' it best to let the Starting .next Tuesday; April R. G.SeIfridge as Mr. Stanley"
, A field trip to Mountain Springs .
and Petroglyph Canyons has been youngsters marry first.' On the 4th 22, the san Bernardino Sun will l\Iarguerite Pezzuto as l\Irs. Stan-
scheduled' by th~ Natural' Science MOf·FeJbrhuarBY' F
l ?5
h
5 E:-Fe~Yhn be~ame ' feature daily a China Lake newhs ,B.I..e
A
y• Fouse as June,
rs. 0 n . IS er., IS er, 'smce,- section fe'aturing NOTS andt ~
Club for, Sunday, 'April 27. The has gone tci 'sea'on the USS SOUTH. 'commu'ru'ty, accordl·ng ,to' Ernest J I Ch . t' R· h d
gro'up:,will assemble' at,the Schoc- ERLAN'D. " , ,oe ,rls Ie as IC ar ,.'
'George. S tat ion InformatiOl\ John Feemster as Sandy .
ffel Field parking lot at 8 'a.m. and ~oui!ie~A,nne,marriedNeal ,Johns. Specialist." ",' - GeanRomero as l\fiss Harriet'
plans tq return before5'p,m; Every~ He has since been discharged, -and "Bob Roddick, County' Edit'or; Stanley
one should bring lunches.,-" is'now an engineer with Convair. ~'isited'the Station ,this week Jim'Rhodes as Banjo, , ,"
Members and guestsplanriing to . Evelyu's'son Will Young arid wife, with Sun columnist Earl Buie, 'Ed Romero as Professor l\letz
participate should call Don Mooi'e; Edn'a Lee,· have' a' 6 month daughter Annette Clark as 1\II'ss'',Preen, ' ','
- " ' , to gather mat'erial for a series'of
Ext. 76924 afte'r' 5 p,m.,Names and making' Evelyn a' grandmother, of .'R. G. "Bud" Se\"ell a's Dr' Bradley
, " stories. Roddick said, "The Sun " -
pass, numbers' of, those' planning to course, 'Will works' on the'Doppler ' . . - Stella Grel'g 'as Sarah " "
, ,considers it a privilege to' serve
go "vill be· needed, ,as well as 'make r'ad'ar in' Test\Department, and ha's ' Bob T ftl'nau as John
this, the Navy's foremost', re- ~
and license numbers of cars to be s,erved 3% years in the Navy. __ --, " A~t Pfeifer,as \Vestcott "
. " .search and development missile •
use'd. In addition-.'to EvelYn 'Fisher's center, and its people with a Anne Norwood and , .
The trip will enable people to see mother,' son and' daughter, and ' - Edwina Spooner as·neighbor.. "
, ' , daily news section."
the' ,wildflower' displays' on the granddaughter, there are three ' . (Continued onPage 2)
northern' part 'of the, Station andpomeranians and a parakeet' with
the mini Indi';J.il'iock- drawings of this four' generation family' of 'Chi-
thePe.troglyp!:t',Canyon area.:, . ,: na Lake. - , ' '
Supply's Evelyn, Fis~~r,Hepresents' .
Four 'Genera'tions',at, This TeST Station
SLALOl\l WINNERS-Win~ersin the men and \vomen's divisions ,of the
annual NOTS Ski 'Club 'races held 'at l\Iarnmoth'1\lountain last Sunday!
(1'- to r.) are: Bill HolI~~\'ay, Ist'place; l\laryieeG~asley.1st place; Bob
Graslt;Y:;2nd pblce;1\lillie 'Elliott; cltibmember;~Neil'Krenzel,
1st pla'ce;
and Nancy Hay\l'llrd, 3~dplace. Not 'sho\vn" is2rid place winner for,
women, Tordis Bondelid.:' Rac~ 'cha'irman 'Bob Grasley im;ites' p.~n-niem~
bers interes~ed. i~ raCing to-join. '. '.
CUTTiNG :,'FEATIIERS:~.Eight-
year-old Kim Kt4iaian is too young _ _ : . _ . 0
to be'a junior archer but she's al- TARGET S~o~-~ar~et,c~p~a~n s,cores f~hearrows
waysia/oiuld,~so·J"oeStone puts'her :3!1I1\\'(1 ;(l.,;!pr.)',are: l{,m'I{~hlalUn;BennY:Sey~old:
(rom W~rd; Robe~t
to work.' - , , '\, ,': • , \Vair; Johnny, \Vard,·target captain; Leslie,l\laxwell; and Brian Cowan.
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'Joe Stone Fosters t e'Growl ':. considerabie ,planning~ai1d discus-
" sions with :Station officials, itwas
GfAre_,her,'.s Grou'p~,'._S,.-'.gtN.,".OT"S.; ~~;r~~n~~[I~h~ter~=~::tq~~~f:;~
. '. would be at his residence at 57-B
When Joe E., Stone, Superviso~Y.,Electronic T~chnici~m Rowe. '
in"the Engineering Department:transferred toNOTS from T~e. :P!ojec~ ~\'as.. cC?mple!ed ~n
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Long Beach N,aval Shipyard in.',1950, ,he ~a:s,'presiderit ,of September~ 1957, providi!1g a. hopby
shop which' enal}led the youngsters
the, Long Beas.h Arcliers.·' Since _then,. Joe. has taugh!:, the to make: their' own arrows, bow
fundamentals of arcl)ery to approxiinately 900 archery ~en';; strings, etc. Equipped wit'h the'fin-
'h' .d . 'd ' I . b 'ld' ' . I est machinery and tools to turn out
t ustasts, an tnveste riear y $800 tn' U1 mg, matena s custom, workIDanship, the ,craft
and equipment which he may·neverrecover';-not"count-; adds to t'he fun and 'art of, the
'ing the endless hours of his time. ,- ,. '". ' sport.:In addition, an adjacent"out~
nul Joe 'is a dedicated 'man-hi~ door range" for shoots and tourna"
mentir,to :,develop' ,the skill 'of :the
dream was to foster ioeal participa~
, ' s p o r t c \vas ',: completed.-, Safety: is
tion in the cl~ane$t sporLin Arri.eri~ stressed; and' enforced. To : date;
ca' today-archery:' In addition ~ to there' have been no accidents;'.' '
developing ,skill ,~l.lld, keeping the
kids bUSy, 'archery is a sp'ort where Adult:ArclierY· Program ' '
parents and -, ~hildren alike 'COUld In ' 1956,' the" old' satellite'golf
participate in and enjoy. It was his course site on tne road to the pilot
constructive ,approach' to he I p Plant was given; to the local arch':
stamp out juvenile delinquency' and ers. Joe organized ,work parties, to
encourage a'healthyfamiiy rela- layout the 14-target range, build,
tion.ship: ' ,- target frames and recondition the
, Junior Archers Organized existing building for a club house:
,,In 1950,' soon after coining aboard, Approximately 50 members are now
he organized NOTS Junior Archers organized as the China Lake Bow-
and the membershiphas consistent- men.
Iy ranged from 30 to '40 boys arid The range is layed out to simu-
girls. In the summer months: if is late hunting conditions. Plans are
gen-erally'from 80 to 100. Although ,being. formulated to invite 'the
the' schools financed' equipment world's "instinctive" champion, Les
costs, the '-problem: of securing'per- Speal.s, and team to perform in.an
manent 'quarters remained unsolv- exhibition at the Station. \
ed and. frequent relocations caused An event i, that all 'archers anti-
considerable effort and time. ,- cipate is the 10-day archery season
TwQ 'years '~go, :joe JiIitiated ac- for deer hunting. One locai 'archer,
John Loper, has bagged two deer
since Joe introduced him to the
sport in 1955.
The ~hib has monthly shoots that
are accompanied. by potluck 'din·
ners creating a "robinhood-like" ate,
mosphere. ' ., .
.In' addition to his busy scheduIe
of archery activities; Joe is a'mem-
berof the adult advisory comrriit-
tee for the forthcoming. Station
youth center. " , ,
Last y';ar, ,as chairman of ',the
Community Cou n ~c il Recreation
Committee, Joeinitiafed 'a request
to the Sell1or'Member of the Wild-
life 'Council, CaptainG-. H. Q.ar.!'ith-
ers,to add cotton-tail rabbits to the
Station Wildiife ~ Sanctuary" and
planting additional rabbits- iri'
c
the
BirchemSprings area. This'" would
enable beagle houndo'wners-to'con-,
duct beagle: hound fielq'trials:' at
Bir~hem Sp'rings. ' ' " ,
Especially noteworthy iIi organ-
izing the archery' group is the op-
portunity this offers Girl and Boy
Scouts to qualify for Archery,Mer-
it Badges: " ' , ' ..',:
'Joe has cause to be particularly
proud of the prowess of.ltis 14-year~
old daughter Olivia. An; ardent
archer, since, the age of seven, Oli~
via has been awarded 'tlvo ,annUlil
tournament' trophies, •her;highest
score amounting to 262 out ofa,pos-
sible 270. 'In'1952, she \vas 'awarded
the classification rank of Braves
in'an annual National Mail lUatch
Shoot :sponsored 'by .l. T .... 'L' . :l t !- 4. . 1. l' ~ ...1 ' {l ~.;.. • • u i ~ ( "! ~ .. I f f ~~ t I ., \) r • 4 ~
• (L'fo r.) are~ ;}ohnny \vard; IBm' Ii:ehialan; "Tom '\vard;'Robert \Vatr;
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