Page Four THE ROCKUEER This Was NOTS • '59 A quick glance through the fifty issues of the Rocketeer published during 1959 emphasizes the value of the newspaper as a historical record. The Station's accom- plishments, its growth and changes, as noted below, are all recorded. January 9-Public Works Depart- roughs High School commencement. 100% personnel participation in ment Planners and Estimators com- June 12-NOTS missile packaging United Fund drive. pi e t e Engineered Performance and shipping procedures explained November 20 - Station Advisory Standards orientation. to students of the U. S. Naval Board convenes here; Japanese J anuary is-The 14th Annual Am- Scbool of Freight Transportation, computer expert consults with Test eriean 0 r dna ne e Association, Oakland; Navy Relief closes an- Department personnel on compute," S tandards and Metrology Division, nual "Call for Contributions." design problems. .convenes here. June 19-8tation communications November 27- Marines play Navy January 23-New Rocket Engine office receives the automatic 82B1 in second annual football game for Control developed by Marshall teletypewriter switching system, United Fund benefit; NOTS adds Klein, Douglas Ordahl, Eugene Rut- connecting the Station to 235 other Golden Shoe Club to roster of or- k owski and others of Propulsion Naval shore installations; McBride ganizations. D evelopment Department. Park dedication held ; 27 apprentices December 4-Hangar NO.3 sched- February 6 _ NOTS Employees graduate. uled for completion by January 15; F ed era 1 Credit Union Policy June 26-Guided Missile Unit 61 pilot ejection system, ready changed to allow unlimited deposits, decommissioned. for fleet aircraft. with unlimited ceiling. July 2-"Inyokern Mecting" h eld. December 11-8tation displays its February 13 - Dedication of the July lo-"Butternut's" job told ; projects at the Naval Air W eapons GoU Course Club House includes China Lake sends five to annual Meet in Yuma, Arizona. tourney, contests, dinner and danc- Girl Scout encampment. December 18 - Test Department lng. July 11 _ Chief Petty Officer's adds two positions to office of De- January SO - Tenants in Station Mess breaks ground for 30 x 60- partment head; Robert L. Rockwell Housing now authorized to make foot swimming pool. Rotary fellowship for a year's Friday, January 8, 1960 - FIRST BABY OF l'EAR--l\Iarvel Dowling, treasurer, and Shirley Fos- sum. president. of the China Lake Navy \Vives Club present a $25 Sav- ings Bond to John B. Ewaschuk, Al\olS2, and h.is wife Linda. Lee, in honor- of their baby, born at l2:36 a.m. last Sunday a.t the Station Hospital. Terri Lynn, the first baby horn to a NOTS service family in 1960, joins 14-mouth-old Bruce Scott at the Ewasehuk residence at 363-D McIntire. additions on Government - owned July 24-Revised utility rates re- study abroad. quarters, with additions to conform duce rental charges of housing units - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- to specific regulations. under the jurisdiction of the Sta- February Zo-East Wing of All tion. Faith Chapcl dedication attended by July Sl-Capt. Theodore A. Grell, persons of all faiths. Douglas J. USN, tak es over NAF in change Wilcox, H ead, UOD, receives Arthur of command ceremonies. Flemming Award. August 7-Oregon teachers learn February 27-Dr. Howard A. Wil- air, space age problems on work- cox, selected as Deputy Director, shop tour; annual meeting of Unit- Defense Research and Engineering, ed Fund set. with Secretary of Defense in Wash- August 14-NOTS scientists pro- Ington. duce an underwater camera hous- March &-China Lake schools hold ing, the Mitchell Bell. annual Science Fair; representa- August 21 - NATO industrialists tives of Kern County businesses, 1n- visit; police chiefs Sullivan, Leslie dustry and government tour NOTS. retire. March 13-Personnel Department August 2S-Ayse Akinci, exchange becomes the Personnel and Com- student from Turkey, arrives to be- munity Relations Department, with gin year's study at Burroughs high combined functions of the former school; Research Department or- Community Affairs and Personnel ganizational changes outlined. units. September 4 - Ridgecrest busi- Ma rch 2o-BuOrd Deputy Chief, inessmen receive orientation of Sta- RAdm. Miles H. Hubbard, visits tion facilities, contracts, etc.; FHA- NOTS. financed homes on sale to NOTS )larch 27 - Initial report of the pending formation of the Bureau of Weapons made to Rocketecr readers. L. G. Garman named head of SupersoniC Track Division. April S-Dr. Ma.~ Dubin receives Sylvia Besser Award from Desert Area Family Service Agency in rec- ognition of outstanding service in the field of mental health in this area . personnel. Sel)tember 11 - Annual United Fund campaign set; 11 employees receive Patent Awards; school be- gins for 2300 youngsters. September 18 - NOTS-developed TERASCA climbs 110 miles into VX-5 CHIE~ PRQl\lOTED-Capt. K. S. Van ~Ieter, USN, Gommaoding Officer of VX-a presents two Senior Chief appoinbnents to Squadron l\[aintenance Chief J. F. Stone (center) and Squadron Structures Divi- sion Shop SUI)ervisor J. L BowkJey. Senio& Chief A\'l8tion :l\Iachinists l\fate Stone and Senior Chief Aviation Structural l\Jechanic Bowkley were among 2,294 who were appointed to the higher rating as a result of service-wide examinations given last August.. April 10- R idgecrest holds NOTS Appreciation Day. April 17 - Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, CNO, visits NOTS; General Mess here named onc of the four top N avy general messes in the 11th Naval District. April 24 - Joint Charities drive concluded; chapter of Sweet Ade- lines formed. l\1a.y i -Record attendance set at Wildflower Show; winners of Kern County Science Fair tour Station as a part of their prizes. May 8-James A. Davis named Fire Chief; Cub Scout Field-Fun D ay for all Valley Cub Scouts held. l\lay 16-Armed Forces Day; Jet Pilot Esc ape Device (RAPEC) proved successful in SNORT test. .l\[ay 29 - Ticket vouchers for 1959-60 concert season go on sale; RAFT Club celebrates first anni- versary. June 5 - 175 graduate at Bur- space at Pt. Mugu. September 25-VX-5 receives new t!'_11. __ I Ai~ .J. _ ! commanding officer, Capt. Karl S. C>Cf'1,P04. Ir04e4 Van Meter; Station restaurant to re-open. Burroughs Senior Monte Frisbee is October 2-Zuni goes into mass the recipient of a Bausch and Lomb production; San Bernardino Trade Honorary Science Award for 1960, Club Show scheduled; 22 selected to announced principal Dr. E a rl Mur- begin apprentice training. ray, Frisbee is now eligible to com- October 9-United Fund goal set Ipete for a college scholarship from at $35,500. the optical company. October 2S-Personnel specialists • • • hold Salary and W age Administra- The twice undefeated Burroughs tion conference here; Government Mathletic team was defeated in Employees Benefit Association sa- its last meet held in Lancaster with I ute s its thousandth member- Antelope Va lley and Palmdale high Charles E. Howell. schools. October SO-Adopted suggestions pay $1,720 to NOTS idea men; H ar- lan Hagen speaks at Supervisors Association meeting. November 6-Third annual Gem and Mineral Show; French N avy's Chief of Staff visits ; NOTS observes its 16th anniversary on November 8. No\'ember I3-New Polaris Test Stand awaits first firing on Propul- sion Department grounds; Marine Barracks first to reach goal of • •• The Kelly Award, given to the outstanding Burroughs senior boy for sportsmanship, leadership and unexcelled abilities was earned by Buddy Fisher. Established in mem- ory of their son, Bob, by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kelly, the Kelly Award is an ll-year-old tradition of Bur- roughs. Fisher's name will be add- ed to the plaque gracing the en- trance of K elly Field. ,FSEE Examinations Start January 9 The Administrative Development Committee has announced that there will be 15 Management In- terns appointed during the coming year. After six months training, these interns will be available for assignment to staff groups both centrally and in the departments. Local personnel may qualify for assignment to this program by suc- cessfully competing in the Federal Service Entrance Examinations (Announcement No. 206) to be giv- en on the following dates: January 9, February 13, April 9 and May 14, 1960. Applications should be prepare.d on Form 5000 AB a nd sent to the Twelfth U.S. Civil Service Commis- sion, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco. California. The written examination will be conducted locally by the Post Of- fice staff. Selection will be made from among those who are certified to the Station from the register estab- lished as a result of these examin- For further information about admission criteria or program COil- tent, call the Recruitment Branch. Code 6521, Ext. 72069. PTA Program Set for January The regular Murray Jr. High and Burroughs High School January PTA m eeting will be held next Thursday, January 14, in the li- brary of the new high school cam- pus. Following the 7:30 p.m. social, a flag ceremony by the Boy Scout Troop 41 at 8 p.m. wi11 open the program. Program chairmen Mr. and Mrs. John Kleine will introduce their speakers, Linda Shea, 1959 Foreign Exchange summer student from China Lake, and Aysa Akinci, Burrough High Foreign Exchange student from Turkey, who will speak on their experiences as ex- change students. The second portion of the pro- gram will be a panel discussion led by AI Gould, assisted by Rex Shac~­ lett, Dr. Murray, and Al Adams, the $5,780,000 high school-junior Ct.. lege bond issue that will be decided at the elections to be held Febru- ary 9. Of local interest will be the ap- portionment of $540,000 to build girls showers and locker room, and a multi-use room for the new high school. A question and answer pe- riod will follow. Dr. Bauer to Review ,Electron Microscopes For Local IRA Men Dr. Ernst Bauer, H ead of the Crystal Physics Branch, R esearch Department, will be the featured speaker at the meeting of the local section of the Institute of Radio Engineers to be held in Conference Room A of Michelson Lab, Monday, J anuary 11, at 8 p.m. Dr. Bauer will speak on the sub- ject of electron microscopes. The German-born physicist attended grammar and secondary schools in Bavaria, receiving his MA in 1953 and his doctorate in 1955 from the University of Munich. H e also serv- ed the University as a research scientist. H e has conducted many investi- gations of the structure of biologi- cal and technical specimens, u.itng electron microscopes. H e is the author of numerous publications, including an original theorY' of crystallization on surfaces and a textbook on electron diffraction. His talk will be illustrated by slides derived from his book. , Modern Dance Classes ~ Insurance Renewed, Will Start Next Week DISPLAYING ~'E\V RATES - Fourteen G~[U·25 men who were advanced in rate following examina- tions taken last August display first, second and third-class crows for the Rocketeer photographer. Shown, first row (I-r) are: Joe A. VigiJ, SKI; James R. Kennish, GSS: James T. Gavigan, Jr., FTl; John S. Frankhauser, GS3; Richard C. MacDonald, GS3; Reading D. Hall, GSS; Gerald L. Amburn, GSS. Sec- ond row (I-r) are: Richard H. Pickering, GSl; \Vit· nam R. Bishop, FTAS; Richard B. H eller, FTl\IS; Eugene A. Andres, FTAS; Charles L Russell, FTA3; B. Patton Tempel, GS3; Robert P. Shubin, FTMS. - ,c T II T· ff' C t I Ten-week winter courses in cre~ e ra Ie on ro tive modern dance under the direc- Personnel with Station decals on their vehicles, and whose automo- bile insurance has expired and been renewed, must report to the Traf- fic Control Office, Main Gate, with- in 10 days of toe expiration date to show proof of up-to-date insur- ance, according to R. H . Bodwell, Assistant Security Officer. ~f going into the Traffic Control Office is i,nconve nient, the insured should have his insurance company notify that office, by mail. Failure to comply with this pro- cedure will result in the removal of the vehicle decal. ton of Joan Leipnik will start next week for Station residents of all ages. Pre-school children's classes will start next Monday. J anuary 11, at 2:30 p.m. in the RAFT Club; ele- mentary school age classes will start Monday, January 11, at 3:15 p.m. and Thursday, January 14, at 3:15 p.m. in the RAFT Club; and teenage and adult classes will start Wednesday, January 13, at 6 p.m. in the Community Center. Further information may be ob- tained from Joan Leipnik at Ext. 73273. / I TEMPERAlUIES Max. Min. Basic r e - search is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing. ROCKETEER Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jon. 1 Jan. 2 Jon. 3 59 31 +4 3. 45 'J7 45 I. ... 19 -Wernher von Braun Vol. XVI. ,No.1, U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California Jon. " .. 31 Jon. 5 53 22 Jon. 6 58 27 Jon. 7 60 2. .Friday. January ,8. 1960 Test Department Employees Incentive Awards Receive Richard Tucker Captain Hollister to Appraise HOTS'Role Sings Tonight at InI County's'Economyat BakersfieldMeet Dr. Ivar E. Highberg, Test Department Head, present- ed service pins, Superior Accomplishment awards and Benny Sugg awards to Department employees at ceremonies held in mid-December in Conference Room A of Michelson C· . C t Capt. W. W. Hollister, Station Commander, will share IVIC oncer speaking honors with topflight business, industrial and fi- Richard Tucker. acclaimed as the nancial leaders who will appraise the county's econonllc greatest of all tenors. will make his prospects for the coming year at the third Kern County initial appearance before a local Laboratory. The largest sin- gle award, of $225, made for an adopted sugges- tion, went to Ord- nanceman Donald Ray. Assigned to the Range Opera- tions Branch of the Missile Range Division, the sug- gestion, entitled "I n strumen - Donald Ray tation Status Indicator," presents an easily seen and continuous in- dication of instrumentation status of plotting boards utilized by range engineers in the accomplishment of t est operations. Others receiving Beneficial Sug- gestion awards were: Ernest Long, Instrument D evel- opment Division-$85; Victor Wor- ley a n~ Jack Sturg~on, Optical In- strumentation Branch-$50; Ward- na Abernathy, Project Engineering .Division- $35; Sidney Stanley, Op- erations Branch of the Fuze Eval- uation Division-$25; W alter Mad- er, Instrument Operations Division Photographic Laboratory-$20; and Albert Guerrero, Instrument Oper- $ltiOns Division- $15. Service PiR8 Isidore Klein Two 20-Year Federal Service Pins were pre- sented, one to Isi- dore Klein, a sup- ervisory ph 0 t 0 optical equipment technician wit h the Track Instru- mentation Branch, and the other to Clyde D. Zills, Ordnance- man (A&ET), Range Operations Branch. Ten-Year pins were given to : Frank Haymak- er, Grace Hemen- way, Edward Winnemore, An- thony Rivera. Robert Leighton, Frank Young , J a c k Davidson, George Campbell, Edward Curtis and Max Ellis. Five-Year pins were presented to Theodore Bar r , Clyde ZiUs John Garber, Arvin Hammerly, Elecito Nadalin, Alan Sound, Don- ald Young, Joe Brown, H elen Mamula, John Talley, David Kas- per, Albert Guerrero, Don a I d aUdience tonight at the Station Business Outlook Conference on Jan. 15 in Bakersfield. Theatre. The second of six concerts Brig. Gen. John W. Carpenter m , this season, all sponsored by the Commander of Edwards Air Force Strietzel and Charles Paine. Other Incentive Awards Nineteen Department employees IiN'eT.'''' Civic Concert Association, Base, will also be a featUred speak- received Superior Accomplishment Ttlc~,er's artistry will begin at 8:1:5 er on the Conference program. Awards for Sustained Superior Per- p.m. The role the military will play In formance at the ceremonies. R e- Throughout his present tour, K ern County's economy during 1960 ceiving these awards were: Emma Jane Graves, Stephen Lee, Grace Rowlison, Donald Stevenson, Cora Spiers, Estalene Co t tin gh am, George Silberberg, Kenneth Evans, May Viles, Raymond Nelson, James Keosky, Robert Hoagland, John Lytle, George Campbell, Samuel Gee, Kendall McComas, Kenneth Wood, George Ness and Gerald Nelson. A Superior Achievement Award was made to Richard Joyce and Superior Achievement A war d s (Patent) were made to Jack David- son and as a joint award to Elmer Green and Floyd Kinder. Madison Haas, Instrument Oper- ations Division, received a Safe Driving Award. 'lecturer·Physicist Give$Second Set Of Technical Talks Professor Herbert S. G r e e n , Head, Department of Mathematical PhYSics and lecturer at AWitralia's University of Adelaide, has return- ed to the Station for the second successive winter. This year's series of 16 lectures is again sponsored by the Research Department. Dr. Green, a distinguished scien- tist of the British Commonwealth, will cover eight topics of theoreti- cal nuclear science during his two- month contract period. The first two series of two lectures each have already been given by the mathematical physicist. The re- maining 12 discussions will be held at the rate of two per week through February 19. All lectures will be held each Wednesday and Friday mornings from 10-11:30 a.m. in Conference Room A, Michelson Laboratory. Prof. Green's visit last year fol· lowed a year's stay at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Dublin, Ireland, where he temporarily held the chair of Professor Erwin Schrodinger, whose "Schrodinger Equation" Is one of the corner- stones of modern phYSics. This is the Professor's third visit to the United States. His initial in- critics and audiences everywhere will be evaluated by the command.. have been almost unanimous in ers of the nation's largest Air Force their appreciation of his unusual voice. Albert Goldberg, writing for the Los Angeles "Times" following the singer's recent recital at that city's Philharmonic Auditorium, claims " . . . Mr. Tucker was so lavish of his great gifts that there was just about twice as much singing as one would normally hear from him in any operatic role ... There was much more to his sing- ing, however, than glorious tone; it was a definitive example of the belcanto style of effortless pro- duction, suave phrasing and unerr- ing control," continues Goldberg. Tucker's Philharmonic concert consisted of approximately the same numbers that will be pre- sented to the local audience to- night. Ticket Inlonnation Still available are season tickets, good for the remaining four con- certs; however, the sale of these ticket3 will close at curtain time tonight. Prices are: $10, $8.50, and $7, with a special $4.50 ticket re- served for students and service- men. Season tickets may be ob- tained from Dr. Ivar Highberg, LCdr. Harry Sellars and Walter Pingree. Single admission tickets will be available at the box office, begin- ning at 6:30 p.m. Prices for these tickets are $5.50, $4.75, $4 and $2.25. VX-5 OFFICER-LCdr. Leslie D. (Dell) Hughes reports aboard to relieve LCdr. Jack H. Rebeke, Ad- ministrative Officer of the VX-5 unit. Reporting from VA-«, J ack- so",'i1le, Fla., where he served as iUaintenance Officer, LCdr. Hughes attended Iowa State CoUege and has been in the Navy since August, 19-1S. During his Navy career, he coa.ched the NAS "Flyers" basket- ball team at Agana, Guam, to inter- Service Basketball League Cham- pionships in 1951-52. H e and his wile, Betty, and their three cbild- ren are temporarily occupying quarters at 63-A Rodman. UCLA Engineering Graduate Students To Present Reports Graduate students in Engineer- ing who a re currently enrolled in Engineering 299: Research in En- gineering, under the UCLA off- campus graduate program at China Lake, will present reports on their research projects at 1:30 p.m. next Monday, J anuary 11, in Conference Room B, Michelson Laboratory. Representatives of the UCLA De- partment of Engineering who will be present to hear the reports are Professor Philip F. O'Brien, Liai- son Representative to the Station, and Dr. Russell R. O'Neill, Assist- ant Dean. flight test and N avy missile re- search centers, according to Board of Trade President Joseph M. Gan- non. "Because of the vital importance of Edwards a nd NOTS, not only t-o Kern County but to the nation as s. whole, the observations that will be made by the two distinguished commanders will ha.ve great signi.. ficance," Gannon said. The county-wide conference wUi take place at the Stockdale Golf and Country Club, with the morning panel session scheduled to start at 9 :15 a.m. A keynote luncheon at 12:30 p.m. will climax. the half-da~ business congress. Gen. Carpenter assumed com- mand of the Alr Force Flight Test Center last March. Prior to his Kern County assignment, the gen- eral served 88 assistant vice com- mander and director of plans and programming at the Headquarters of the Air Research and Develop- ment Command, Washington, D. C. Capt. Hollister came to NOTS from duty as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. Among his many assignments dur- ing World War n, he served as ex- ecutive officer of the USS Belleau Wood and the USS Boxer. Capt. Hollister was awarded the Air Med.. a l and Gold Star for his duty in the North Atlantic, and has the Presidential and Navy Unit cita.. tions. Partner's Best Ball Golf Tourney Set For This Weekend The first golf tournament of the new year will be played tomorrow and Sunday at the China Lake Gol! Course. Lt. Joe Brockman, tournament chairman, has announced that en- tries for the two-day, 36-hole event will close at 9 a.m. Saturday, J an. 9. ----------------1 doctrination into the customs of The following reports are sched- uled : "Drag Minimization of Axial- ly-Symmetric Blunt Bodies" by Ben W. Holder; "A Closed-Loop FM Re- ceiver" by Hugh B. Martin; "The Riemann Method of Integrating the Non-Unear Partial Differential Equations of Continuity and Mo- tion in Ideal One-dimensional Gas Flow" by George G. Barnes; "Zone Plate Antenna" by Lyman F. Van Buskirk ; and "Investigation of J et Damping on Oscillatory Vehicle Motion" by Richard O. Slates. All men golfers with established handicaps are invited to partici~ pate. An entry fee of $2 per person will be used for low net and low gross prizes. Registrations for the partner's best ball tournament are being accepted at the Pro Shop. Handicaps of entrants and part- ners combined should not be less than 15 nor more than 30. 20-YEAR MEN - Fielding Davis (I) and Thomas l\[arcus, Engi- lleering Department employees, re- ceived ZO-'Year Service Pins from Department Head Kelvin Booty. Davis, a model maker (mechanical) apprentice instructor, transferred to Obina. Lake in 19M following two years ~t Pa8adena. Marcus, an en- gineering d esigner, baa been at NOTS since 1lK7. our country came ten years ago during the period when he was a member of the Institute for Ad- vanced Study at Princeton Univer- sity. It was there that Green met Dr. Roy Leipnik, a mathematical consultant here, who has made the arrangements for the lecturer's visits to the Station. Dr. Green's family, consisting of wife, Marlies, and children, Roy and Joan, have again accompanied him to NOTS and are residing at 1602-B Radford. The children are attending classes at local schools although they are on vacation from their own Australian school. Children's Film Society OONTRAOJ' OFFlCER- Relieving Lt. T. N. Tate as Assistant Resi- dent Officer in Charge of Construc- tion for Contracts in Public \Vorks Department is Lt. (jg) Rossen A. Earnst. A graduate of the Univer- sity of lliinois with a BS d egree in Ch'il Engineering, Lt. Earnst has served as Transportation Officer and as l\Iaintenance Officer nith the Public \Vorks Department at NAS, Quonset POint, R.I., since en- tering the service in February, 1957. Credit Union Election The annual meeting of share- holders in NOTS Employees Federal Credit Unjon will be held !\[onday, January 25, at 7 p.m. in the Conununity Center. A dividend rate for 1959 will be voted on and the election of The January Children's Film So- ciety showing will be Walt Dis- ney's "A World Is Born" and other educational and amusing fUms scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow, Jnuary 9, at the Station Theatre. Season memberships may be pur- ~,,~i~9~);~;;)(3~~1 chased for 60 cents at the box of- Ii Present and prospective grad- uate students and other interested employees are invited to attend the presentation. UCLA Counselors Due Here Monday Professor Philip F. O'Brien of the UCLA Department of Engineering, and Profesor Harry L. Tallman, As- sistant Head of the Physical Sci- ences ExtenSion will visit the Sta- tion next Monday, J anuary 11, and will be available for student coun- seling during the afternoon. Engineering students who wish to discuss their programs with Prof. Tallman may arrange appointments through the Education Office, Code 6541, Room l()(K, l41chelson Labora- fice from 9:30 to 10 a.m. before to- morrow's showing. l'urlH:¥.Hrr--,mH::"';'''£v --':l j .Ext. 71759. F OM THE ~II .- r Desert Art League to Feature Rex Brandt The public as well as members of the Desert Art League will have the opportunity to spend "An Evening with Rex Brandt," one of the best watercolorists and teachers in America, on Monday, January 18, at 8 p.m. in the Community Center. During his career, Brandt h as held over 100 one-man shows throughout the country and has been awarded countless noteworthy prizes. By invitation he has~ ex- hibited at the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, and the Detroit In- stitute of Arts. Brandt has written several books and his "Watercolor Technique" has sold over 18,000 copies. In the summer, he conducts his own school of painting at Corona del Mar. , OCR Text: Page Four THE ROCKUEER This Was NOTS • '59 A quick glance through the fifty issues of the Rocketeer published during 1959 emphasizes the value of the newspaper as a historical record. The Station's accom- plishments, its growth and changes, as noted below, are all recorded. January 9-Public Works Depart- roughs High School commencement. 100% personnel participation in ment Planners and Estimators com- June 12-NOTS missile packaging United Fund drive. pi e t e Engineered Performance and shipping procedures explained November 20 - Station Advisory Standards orientation. to students of the U. S. Naval Board convenes here; Japanese J anuary is-The 14th Annual Am- Scbool of Freight Transportation, computer expert consults with Test eriean 0 r dna ne e Association, Oakland; Navy Relief closes an- Department personnel on compute," S tandards and Metrology Division, nual "Call for Contributions." design problems. .convenes here. June 19-8tation communications November 27- Marines play Navy January 23-New Rocket Engine office receives the automatic 82B1 in second annual football game for Control developed by Marshall teletypewriter switching system, United Fund benefit; NOTS adds Klein, Douglas Ordahl, Eugene Rut- connecting the Station to 235 other Golden Shoe Club to roster of or- k owski and others of Propulsion Naval shore installations; McBride ganizations. D evelopment Department. Park dedication held ; 27 apprentices December 4-Hangar NO.3 sched- February 6 _ NOTS Employees graduate. uled for completion by January 15; F ed era 1 Credit Union Policy June 26-Guided Missile Unit 61 pilot ejection system, ready changed to allow unlimited deposits, decommissioned. for fleet aircraft. with unlimited ceiling. July 2-"Inyokern Mecting" h eld. December 11-8tation displays its February 13 - Dedication of the July lo-"Butternut's" job told ; projects at the Naval Air W eapons GoU Course Club House includes China Lake sends five to annual Meet in Yuma, Arizona. tourney, contests, dinner and danc- Girl Scout encampment. December 18 - Test Department lng. July 11 _ Chief Petty Officer's adds two positions to office of De- January SO - Tenants in Station Mess breaks ground for 30 x 60- partment head; Robert L. Rockwell Housing now authorized to make foot swimming pool. Rotary fellowship for a year's Friday, January 8, 1960 - FIRST BABY OF l'EAR--l\Iarvel Dowling, treasurer, and Shirley Fos- sum. president. of the China Lake Navy \Vives Club present a $25 Sav- ings Bond to John B. Ewaschuk, Al\olS2, and h.is wife Linda. Lee, in honor- of their baby, born at l2:36 a.m. last Sunday a.t the Station Hospital. Terri Lynn, the first baby horn to a NOTS service family in 1960, joins 14-mouth-old Bruce Scott at the Ewasehuk residence at 363-D McIntire. additions on Government - owned July 24-Revised utility rates re- study abroad. quarters, with additions to conform duce rental charges of housing units - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- to specific regulations. under the jurisdiction of the Sta- February Zo-East Wing of All tion. Faith Chapcl dedication attended by July Sl-Capt. Theodore A. Grell, persons of all faiths. Douglas J. USN, tak es over NAF in change Wilcox, H ead, UOD, receives Arthur of command ceremonies. Flemming Award. August 7-Oregon teachers learn February 27-Dr. Howard A. Wil- air, space age problems on work- cox, selected as Deputy Director, shop tour; annual meeting of Unit- Defense Research and Engineering, ed Fund set. with Secretary of Defense in Wash- August 14-NOTS scientists pro- Ington. duce an underwater camera hous- March &-China Lake schools hold ing, the Mitchell Bell. annual Science Fair; representa- August 21 - NATO industrialists tives of Kern County businesses, 1n- visit; police chiefs Sullivan, Leslie dustry and government tour NOTS. retire. March 13-Personnel Department August 2S-Ayse Akinci, exchange becomes the Personnel and Com- student from Turkey, arrives to be- munity Relations Department, with gin year's study at Burroughs high combined functions of the former school; Research Department or- Community Affairs and Personnel ganizational changes outlined. units. September 4 - Ridgecrest busi- Ma rch 2o-BuOrd Deputy Chief, inessmen receive orientation of Sta- RAdm. Miles H. Hubbard, visits tion facilities, contracts, etc.; FHA- NOTS. financed homes on sale to NOTS )larch 27 - Initial report of the pending formation of the Bureau of Weapons made to Rocketecr readers. L. G. Garman named head of SupersoniC Track Division. April S-Dr. Ma.~ Dubin receives Sylvia Besser Award from Desert Area Family Service Agency in rec- ognition of outstanding service in the field of mental health in this area . personnel. Sel)tember 11 - Annual United Fund campaign set; 11 employees receive Patent Awards; school be- gins for 2300 youngsters. September 18 - NOTS-developed TERASCA climbs 110 miles into VX-5 CHIE~ PRQl\lOTED-Capt. K. S. Van ~Ieter, USN, Gommaoding Officer of VX-a presents two Senior Chief appoinbnents to Squadron l\[aintenance Chief J. F. Stone (center) and Squadron Structures Divi- sion Shop SUI)ervisor J. L BowkJey. Senio& Chief A\'l8tion :l\Iachinists l\fate Stone and Senior Chief Aviation Structural l\Jechanic Bowkley were among 2,294 who were appointed to the higher rating as a result of service-wide examinations given last August.. April 10- R idgecrest holds NOTS Appreciation Day. April 17 - Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, CNO, visits NOTS; General Mess here named onc of the four top N avy general messes in the 11th Naval District. April 24 - Joint Charities drive concluded; chapter of Sweet Ade- lines formed. l\1a.y i -Record attendance set at Wildflower Show; winners of Kern County Science Fair tour Station as a part of their prizes. May 8-James A. Davis named Fire Chief; Cub Scout Field-Fun D ay for all Valley Cub Scouts held. l\lay 16-Armed Forces Day; Jet Pilot Esc ape Device (RAPEC) proved successful in SNORT test. .l\[ay 29 - Ticket vouchers for 1959-60 concert season go on sale; RAFT Club celebrates first anni- versary. June 5 - 175 graduate at Bur- space at Pt. Mugu. September 25-VX-5 receives new t!'_11. __ I Ai~ .J. _ ! commanding officer, Capt. Karl S. C>Cf'1,P04. Ir04e4 Van Meter; Station restaurant to re-open. Burroughs Senior Monte Frisbee is October 2-Zuni goes into mass the recipient of a Bausch and Lomb production; San Bernardino Trade Honorary Science Award for 1960, Club Show scheduled; 22 selected to announced principal Dr. E a rl Mur- begin apprentice training. ray, Frisbee is now eligible to com- October 9-United Fund goal set Ipete for a college scholarship from at $35,500. the optical company. October 2S-Personnel specialists • • • hold Salary and W age Administra- The twice undefeated Burroughs tion conference here; Government Mathletic team was defeated in Employees Benefit Association sa- its last meet held in Lancaster with I ute s its thousandth member- Antelope Va lley and Palmdale high Charles E. Howell. schools. October SO-Adopted suggestions pay $1,720 to NOTS idea men; H ar- lan Hagen speaks at Supervisors Association meeting. November 6-Third annual Gem and Mineral Show; French N avy's Chief of Staff visits ; NOTS observes its 16th anniversary on November 8. No\'ember I3-New Polaris Test Stand awaits first firing on Propul- sion Department grounds; Marine Barracks first to reach goal of • •• The Kelly Award, given to the outstanding Burroughs senior boy for sportsmanship, leadership and unexcelled abilities was earned by Buddy Fisher. Established in mem- ory of their son, Bob, by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kelly, the Kelly Award is an ll-year-old tradition of Bur- roughs. Fisher's name will be add- ed to the plaque gracing the en- trance of K elly Field. ,FSEE Examinations Start January 9 The Administrative Development Committee has announced that there will be 15 Management In- terns appointed during the coming year. After six months training, these interns will be available for assignment to staff groups both centrally and in the departments. Local personnel may qualify for assignment to this program by suc- cessfully competing in the Federal Service Entrance Examinations (Announcement No. 206) to be giv- en on the following dates: January 9, February 13, April 9 and May 14, 1960. Applications should be prepare.d on Form 5000 AB a nd sent to the Twelfth U.S. Civil Service Commis- sion, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco. California. The written examination will be conducted locally by the Post Of- fice staff. Selection will be made from among those who are certified to the Station from the register estab- lished as a result of these examin- For further information about admission criteria or program COil- tent, call the Recruitment Branch. Code 6521, Ext. 72069. PTA Program Set for January The regular Murray Jr. High and Burroughs High School January PTA m eeting will be held next Thursday, January 14, in the li- brary of the new high school cam- pus. Following the 7:30 p.m. social, a flag ceremony by the Boy Scout Troop 41 at 8 p.m. wi11 open the program. Program chairmen Mr. and Mrs. John Kleine will introduce their speakers, Linda Shea, 1959 Foreign Exchange summer student from China Lake, and Aysa Akinci, Burrough High Foreign Exchange student from Turkey, who will speak on their experiences as ex- change students. The second portion of the pro- gram will be a panel discussion led by AI Gould, assisted by Rex Shac~­ lett, Dr. Murray, and Al Adams, the $5,780,000 high school-junior Ct.. lege bond issue that will be decided at the elections to be held Febru- ary 9. Of local interest will be the ap- portionment of $540,000 to build girls showers and locker room, and a multi-use room for the new high school. A question and answer pe- riod will follow. Dr. Bauer to Review ,Electron Microscopes For Local IRA Men Dr. Ernst Bauer, H ead of the Crystal Physics Branch, R esearch Department, will be the featured speaker at the meeting of the local section of the Institute of Radio Engineers to be held in Conference Room A of Michelson Lab, Monday, J anuary 11, at 8 p.m. Dr. Bauer will speak on the sub- ject of electron microscopes. The German-born physicist attended grammar and secondary schools in Bavaria, receiving his MA in 1953 and his doctorate in 1955 from the University of Munich. H e also serv- ed the University as a research scientist. H e has conducted many investi- gations of the structure of biologi- cal and technical specimens, u.itng electron microscopes. H e is the author of numerous publications, including an original theorY' of crystallization on surfaces and a textbook on electron diffraction. His talk will be illustrated by slides derived from his book. , Modern Dance Classes ~ Insurance Renewed, Will Start Next Week DISPLAYING ~'E\V RATES - Fourteen G~[U·25 men who were advanced in rate following examina- tions taken last August display first, second and third-class crows for the Rocketeer photographer. Shown, first row (I-r) are: Joe A. VigiJ, SKI; James R. Kennish, GSS: James T. Gavigan, Jr., FTl; John S. Frankhauser, GS3; Richard C. MacDonald, GS3; Reading D. Hall, GSS; Gerald L. Amburn, GSS. Sec- ond row (I-r) are: Richard H. Pickering, GSl; \Vit· nam R. Bishop, FTAS; Richard B. H eller, FTl\IS; Eugene A. Andres, FTAS; Charles L Russell, FTA3; B. Patton Tempel, GS3; Robert P. Shubin, FTMS. - ,c T II T· ff' C t I Ten-week winter courses in cre~ e ra Ie on ro tive modern dance under the direc- Personnel with Station decals on their vehicles, and whose automo- bile insurance has expired and been renewed, must report to the Traf- fic Control Office, Main Gate, with- in 10 days of toe expiration date to show proof of up-to-date insur- ance, according to R. H . Bodwell, Assistant Security Officer. ~f going into the Traffic Control Office is i,nconve nient, the insured should have his insurance company notify that office, by mail. Failure to comply with this pro- cedure will result in the removal of the vehicle decal. ton of Joan Leipnik will start next week for Station residents of all ages. Pre-school children's classes will start next Monday. J anuary 11, at 2:30 p.m. in the RAFT Club; ele- mentary school age classes will start Monday, January 11, at 3:15 p.m. and Thursday, January 14, at 3:15 p.m. in the RAFT Club; and teenage and adult classes will start Wednesday, January 13, at 6 p.m. in the Community Center. Further information may be ob- tained from Joan Leipnik at Ext. 73273. / I TEMPERAlUIES Max. Min. Basic r e - search is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing. ROCKETEER Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jon. 1 Jan. 2 Jon. 3 59 31 4 3. 45 'J7 45 I. ... 19 -Wernher von Braun Vol. XVI. ,No.1, U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California Jon. " .. 31 Jon. 5 53 22 Jon. 6 58 27 Jon. 7 60 2. .Friday. January ,8. 1960 Test Department Employees Incentive Awards Receive Richard Tucker Captain Hollister to Appraise HOTS'Role Sings Tonight at InI County's'Economyat BakersfieldMeet Dr. Ivar E. Highberg, Test Department Head, present- ed service pins, Superior Accomplishment awards and Benny Sugg awards to Department employees at ceremonies held in mid-December in Conference Room A of Michelson C· . C t Capt. W. W. Hollister, Station Commander, will share IVIC oncer speaking honors with topflight business, industrial and fi- Richard Tucker. acclaimed as the nancial leaders who will appraise the county's econonllc greatest of all tenors. will make his prospects for the coming year at the third Kern County initial appearance before a local Laboratory. The largest sin- gle award, of $225, made for an adopted sugges- tion, went to Ord- nanceman Donald Ray. Assigned to the Range Opera- tions Branch of the Missile Range Division, the sug- gestion, entitled "I n strumen - Donald Ray tation Status Indicator," presents an easily seen and continuous in- dication of instrumentation status of plotting boards utilized by range engineers in the accomplishment of t est operations. Others receiving Beneficial Sug- gestion awards were: Ernest Long, Instrument D evel- opment Division-$85; Victor Wor- ley a n~ Jack Sturg~on, Optical In- strumentation Branch-$50; Ward- na Abernathy, Project Engineering .Division- $35; Sidney Stanley, Op- erations Branch of the Fuze Eval- uation Division-$25; W alter Mad- er, Instrument Operations Division Photographic Laboratory-$20; and Albert Guerrero, Instrument Oper- $ltiOns Division- $15. Service PiR8 Isidore Klein Two 20-Year Federal Service Pins were pre- sented, one to Isi- dore Klein, a sup- ervisory ph 0 t 0 optical equipment technician wit h the Track Instru- mentation Branch, and the other to Clyde D. Zills, Ordnance- man (A&ET), Range Operations Branch. Ten-Year pins were given to : Frank Haymak- er, Grace Hemen- way, Edward Winnemore, An- thony Rivera. Robert Leighton, Frank Young , J a c k Davidson, George Campbell, Edward Curtis and Max Ellis. Five-Year pins were presented to Theodore Bar r , Clyde ZiUs John Garber, Arvin Hammerly, Elecito Nadalin, Alan Sound, Don- ald Young, Joe Brown, H elen Mamula, John Talley, David Kas- per, Albert Guerrero, Don a I d aUdience tonight at the Station Business Outlook Conference on Jan. 15 in Bakersfield. Theatre. The second of six concerts Brig. Gen. John W. Carpenter m , this season, all sponsored by the Commander of Edwards Air Force Strietzel and Charles Paine. Other Incentive Awards Nineteen Department employees IiN'eT.'''' Civic Concert Association, Base, will also be a featUred speak- received Superior Accomplishment Ttlc~,er's artistry will begin at 8:1:5 er on the Conference program. Awards for Sustained Superior Per- p.m. The role the military will play In formance at the ceremonies. R e- Throughout his present tour, K ern County's economy during 1960 ceiving these awards were: Emma Jane Graves, Stephen Lee, Grace Rowlison, Donald Stevenson, Cora Spiers, Estalene Co t tin gh am, George Silberberg, Kenneth Evans, May Viles, Raymond Nelson, James Keosky, Robert Hoagland, John Lytle, George Campbell, Samuel Gee, Kendall McComas, Kenneth Wood, George Ness and Gerald Nelson. A Superior Achievement Award was made to Richard Joyce and Superior Achievement A war d s (Patent) were made to Jack David- son and as a joint award to Elmer Green and Floyd Kinder. Madison Haas, Instrument Oper- ations Division, received a Safe Driving Award. 'lecturer·Physicist Give$Second Set Of Technical Talks Professor Herbert S. G r e e n , Head, Department of Mathematical PhYSics and lecturer at AWitralia's University of Adelaide, has return- ed to the Station for the second successive winter. This year's series of 16 lectures is again sponsored by the Research Department. Dr. Green, a distinguished scien- tist of the British Commonwealth, will cover eight topics of theoreti- cal nuclear science during his two- month contract period. The first two series of two lectures each have already been given by the mathematical physicist. The re- maining 12 discussions will be held at the rate of two per week through February 19. All lectures will be held each Wednesday and Friday mornings from 10-11:30 a.m. in Conference Room A, Michelson Laboratory. Prof. Green's visit last year fol· lowed a year's stay at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Dublin, Ireland, where he temporarily held the chair of Professor Erwin Schrodinger, whose "Schrodinger Equation" Is one of the corner- stones of modern phYSics. This is the Professor's third visit to the United States. His initial in- critics and audiences everywhere will be evaluated by the command.. have been almost unanimous in ers of the nation's largest Air Force their appreciation of his unusual voice. Albert Goldberg, writing for the Los Angeles "Times" following the singer's recent recital at that city's Philharmonic Auditorium, claims " . . . Mr. Tucker was so lavish of his great gifts that there was just about twice as much singing as one would normally hear from him in any operatic role ... There was much more to his sing- ing, however, than glorious tone; it was a definitive example of the belcanto style of effortless pro- duction, suave phrasing and unerr- ing control," continues Goldberg. Tucker's Philharmonic concert consisted of approximately the same numbers that will be pre- sented to the local audience to- night. Ticket Inlonnation Still available are season tickets, good for the remaining four con- certs; however, the sale of these ticket3 will close at curtain time tonight. Prices are: $10, $8.50, and $7, with a special $4.50 ticket re- served for students and service- men. Season tickets may be ob- tained from Dr. Ivar Highberg, LCdr. Harry Sellars and Walter Pingree. Single admission tickets will be available at the box office, begin- ning at 6:30 p.m. Prices for these tickets are $5.50, $4.75, $4 and $2.25. VX-5 OFFICER-LCdr. Leslie D. (Dell) Hughes reports aboard to relieve LCdr. Jack H. Rebeke, Ad- ministrative Officer of the VX-5 unit. Reporting from VA-«, J ack- so",'i1le, Fla., where he served as iUaintenance Officer, LCdr. Hughes attended Iowa State CoUege and has been in the Navy since August, 19-1S. During his Navy career, he coa.ched the NAS "Flyers" basket- ball team at Agana, Guam, to inter- Service Basketball League Cham- pionships in 1951-52. H e and his wile, Betty, and their three cbild- ren are temporarily occupying quarters at 63-A Rodman. UCLA Engineering Graduate Students To Present Reports Graduate students in Engineer- ing who a re currently enrolled in Engineering 299: Research in En- gineering, under the UCLA off- campus graduate program at China Lake, will present reports on their research projects at 1:30 p.m. next Monday, J anuary 11, in Conference Room B, Michelson Laboratory. Representatives of the UCLA De- partment of Engineering who will be present to hear the reports are Professor Philip F. O'Brien, Liai- son Representative to the Station, and Dr. Russell R. O'Neill, Assist- ant Dean. flight test and N avy missile re- search centers, according to Board of Trade President Joseph M. Gan- non. "Because of the vital importance of Edwards a nd NOTS, not only t-o Kern County but to the nation as s. whole, the observations that will be made by the two distinguished commanders will ha.ve great signi.. ficance," Gannon said. The county-wide conference wUi take place at the Stockdale Golf and Country Club, with the morning panel session scheduled to start at 9 :15 a.m. A keynote luncheon at 12:30 p.m. will climax. the half-da~ business congress. Gen. Carpenter assumed com- mand of the Alr Force Flight Test Center last March. Prior to his Kern County assignment, the gen- eral served 88 assistant vice com- mander and director of plans and programming at the Headquarters of the Air Research and Develop- ment Command, Washington, D. C. Capt. Hollister came to NOTS from duty as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. Among his many assignments dur- ing World War n, he served as ex- ecutive officer of the USS Belleau Wood and the USS Boxer. Capt. Hollister was awarded the Air Med.. a l and Gold Star for his duty in the North Atlantic, and has the Presidential and Navy Unit cita.. tions. Partner's Best Ball Golf Tourney Set For This Weekend The first golf tournament of the new year will be played tomorrow and Sunday at the China Lake Gol! Course. Lt. Joe Brockman, tournament chairman, has announced that en- tries for the two-day, 36-hole event will close at 9 a.m. Saturday, J an. 9. ----------------1 doctrination into the customs of The following reports are sched- uled : "Drag Minimization of Axial- ly-Symmetric Blunt Bodies" by Ben W. Holder; "A Closed-Loop FM Re- ceiver" by Hugh B. Martin; "The Riemann Method of Integrating the Non-Unear Partial Differential Equations of Continuity and Mo- tion in Ideal One-dimensional Gas Flow" by George G. Barnes; "Zone Plate Antenna" by Lyman F. Van Buskirk ; and "Investigation of J et Damping on Oscillatory Vehicle Motion" by Richard O. Slates. All men golfers with established handicaps are invited to partici~ pate. An entry fee of $2 per person will be used for low net and low gross prizes. Registrations for the partner's best ball tournament are being accepted at the Pro Shop. Handicaps of entrants and part- ners combined should not be less than 15 nor more than 30. 20-YEAR MEN - Fielding Davis (I) and Thomas l\[arcus, Engi- lleering Department employees, re- ceived ZO-'Year Service Pins from Department Head Kelvin Booty. Davis, a model maker (mechanical) apprentice instructor, transferred to Obina. Lake in 19M following two years ~t Pa8adena. Marcus, an en- gineering d esigner, baa been at NOTS since 1lK7. our country came ten years ago during the period when he was a member of the Institute for Ad- vanced Study at Princeton Univer- sity. It was there that Green met Dr. Roy Leipnik, a mathematical consultant here, who has made the arrangements for the lecturer's visits to the Station. Dr. Green's family, consisting of wife, Marlies, and children, Roy and Joan, have again accompanied him to NOTS and are residing at 1602-B Radford. The children are attending classes at local schools although they are on vacation from their own Australian school. Children's Film Society OONTRAOJ' OFFlCER- Relieving Lt. T. N. Tate as Assistant Resi- dent Officer in Charge of Construc- tion for Contracts in Public \Vorks Department is Lt. (jg) Rossen A. Earnst. A graduate of the Univer- sity of lliinois with a BS d egree in Ch'il Engineering, Lt. Earnst has served as Transportation Officer and as l\Iaintenance Officer nith the Public \Vorks Department at NAS, Quonset POint, R.I., since en- tering the service in February, 1957. Credit Union Election The annual meeting of share- holders in NOTS Employees Federal Credit Unjon will be held !\[onday, January 25, at 7 p.m. in the Conununity Center. A dividend rate for 1959 will be voted on and the election of The January Children's Film So- ciety showing will be Walt Dis- ney's "A World Is Born" and other educational and amusing fUms scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow, Jnuary 9, at the Station Theatre. Season memberships may be pur- ~,,~i~9~);~;;)(3~~1 chased for 60 cents at the box of- Ii Present and prospective grad- uate students and other interested employees are invited to attend the presentation. UCLA Counselors Due Here Monday Professor Philip F. O'Brien of the UCLA Department of Engineering, and Profesor Harry L. Tallman, As- sistant Head of the Physical Sci- ences ExtenSion will visit the Sta- tion next Monday, J anuary 11, and will be available for student coun- seling during the afternoon. Engineering students who wish to discuss their programs with Prof. Tallman may arrange appointments through the Education Office, Code 6541, Room l()(K, l41chelson Labora- fice from 9:30 to 10 a.m. before to- morrow's showing. l'urlH:¥.Hrr--,mH::"';'''£v --':l j .Ext. 71759. F OM THE ~II .- r Desert Art League to Feature Rex Brandt The public as well as members of the Desert Art League will have the opportunity to spend "An Evening with Rex Brandt," one of the best watercolorists and teachers in America, on Monday, January 18, at 8 p.m. in the Community Center. During his career, Brandt h as held over 100 one-man shows throughout the country and has been awarded countless noteworthy prizes. By invitation he has~ ex- hibited at the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, and the Detroit In- stitute of Arts. Brandt has written several books and his "Watercolor Technique" has sold over 18,000 copies. In the summer, he conducts his own school of painting at Corona del Mar. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1960s,Rocketeer 1960,Rktr1.8.1960.pdf,Rktr1.8.1960.pdf Page 1, Rktr1.8.1960.pdf Page 1