YOU \'ILLAL'X-Bob Pinney of my fair lady Dorothy McCown at the hands of villain Dick McCown in the PTA-CLEA "Potpourri of 1960" ,'ariety show to be ginn next T uesday. \\'ednesday and Thursday in the Murray auditorium at 8 p.m. n escene Is taken from the melodrama "Fireman, Save 1\Iy Child" act of the 1890 theme production. CLEA and PTA's to Produce leSD Variety Show "Potpourri Of lSSD" A joint parent and teachers variety show, "Potpourri of 1960," will be given next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 5,6, and 7, at 8 p.m. in the Murray School auditorium as the groups' combined annual fund raising project. Sponsored by the China Lake ' "Tattoo Lady"; Marie Davidson, E ducation Association (CLEA) and "Bird in a Gilded Cage" and "Al- the Elementary and High School ways Take Mother's Advice." Both PTA's, proceeds \\ill be distributed singers will do a duet of "She's t o the three groups, with some of More to be Pitied Than Censured" t he funds earmarked for the For- and "Cause of An Aching Heart." eign Exchange Student program The melodrama "Fireman, Save and scholarships. Adult tickets at My Child" will feature Dorothy and $1 each and children's tickets at Dick McCown, Gertrude and Bob 50 cents will be a\'ailable through Pinney, John Van Essen, Ruth the schools and at the box office Schuyler, Doris Zahn, and Dorothy before each performance. Prentice. After intermission, the Dixieland Production coordinators of the Band will open the second half of multi-talent revue are Zoe Norman, the production followed by a dance Vice-principal of 0 e s e r t Park routine by .Joan Leipnik, Stefa School and president of CLEA; Le- Delys, and Dodie Gorrono; and Roy Jackson, president of the higb songs by the "School Belles" quar- Echool PTA; and Marge Anderson, tette consisting of Beverly Knapp, president of the elementary PTA. Kathy Miller, Dorothy Prentice, and Production director Ruth Rekosh, Carolyn Hockett. assisted by Denny Lyons, have out- lined an oldtime melodrama, "Fire- Next will be a chorus song and man, Save My Child" and a num- dance number by Loretta Cleary, ber of variety acts to carry out the Carol Soule, Alice Van E ssen, Caro- 18:1£) theme. Iyn Hockett, Sheila Flock, Louise Program Following the opening selection by a Dixieland Band made up of local talent, variety acts will ap- pear as follows: 'Varren Kirk, tenor, will sing "Rose With the Brol:en Stem" and Gegner, Lee Richardson, Arnold Marlin, Neal Olsen, .John Crowder, Jack 'McGinnis, and Pat Kennedy. , Lyons and Lynn '01.'111 go through their paces in a comedy routine, fol- lowed by the "Dusty Four" barber- shop harmony quartet, Tom Leese, Dean Hewitt, Rex Shacklett, and Henry Wair. Jack Van Essen will call for square dancers Alice Van Essen, Al Hammer, Dick and Dorothy Mc- Cown, John and Flo Condos, Marge and Dwight Bartlett. Finale will include the entire cast in the song "Strolling Through the Park." Accompanist for the entire production will be Bev Aherin. Committees Other CLEA and PTA members I giving behind-the-scenes support are: stage crew, Cal Fallgatter and Jack McGinnis; program chairman, Carl Barker; ticket chairman, Dar- Howe; publicity chairman, Chris Myers; news service, Phillys Wair; posters, Hope Cherry; radio, Dan Butler; photograph)', Chuck Vollmer; makeup, Clara Potts and Marguerite Pezzuto. Meetings AAUW GOURME'l CQOKL,(; STUDY GROUP will meet Monday, April 4, 'j p.m., at the home of Clari- ta Woodworth, 414-A Fowler. Topic for discussion will be "Cooking wito Herbs" and "H erb Gardens." AMERICA." CHE:\iICAL SOCIE· QUICK WITS - Confusion reigns TY will hold its next meeting Mon· fiupremo during the comedy routine day, April 4, in the T rona H igh 'Of Lyons and ~--nn (llarge and School Library at 8 p.m. Prof. H . P . De-nny Lyons) slated to highUght Gregor of the Brooklyn Polytechnic the PTA-CLEA "'Potpourri of 1960" Institute will speak en "Desalting nriety ~how April 5. 6, and. in thc Saline \Vaters with Ion Exchange Murray auditorium at 8 p.m. Membranes." THE ROCKETEER Art festival... (Continued f rom Page 1) various media classes such as oil, watercolor, other media, and mixed media. All work entered in compe- tition must have the sticker sent from the Kern County Parks and Recreation Department attached to the left hand side of the back of the painting. Popularity Votes Public viewers will have an op- portunity to vote for their favorite work of the show by writing their choice and dropping it in a ballot box. The winning painting will be selected at 4 o.m. on Sunday. In addition to winners receiving ribbons from the judges, there will also be sweepstakes awards for the best abstract and the best realistic painting in the show. Two paint- ings will also be selected to repre- sent the local district in the annual County traveling art exhibit is shown in the libraries throughout the coming year. PLA..~S DISPLAl.--Gerald U8ucky" Ray. high school freshman, has prepared a taxidermic exhibit for the Desert \\'i1dflower Show to be held April 23-24.. (jnder the ad\'isor- shill of Llo~'d Brubaker, Junior .:lluseulll Cu rator, Bucky has be- come ade()t at mounting specimens of desert wild lite. Property Tax Filing, Veteran Exemption Consultant Here Virginia Thompson of Inyokern, Deputy Tax Assessor for Kern County, is a\·ailable until May 2 in Room 12 of the Housing Building from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to assist county residents in filing their personal property tax returns. On Saturdays, she will be station- ed in the Security Building, Main Gate, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Veterans who qualify for proper- ty tax exemptions must file claim for the 1960 exemption no later than April 15, 1960. Friday, April I, 1960 DUST DE'\'IL IN1TIATE-Raymond 1\1. Conti.!;l0 (r). Pasadena denti~t, becomes a loyal subject of the Sacred Order of Dust Devils by accepting the certificate from Cal)t. R. C. l\lillarlI, NOTS Dental Officer, durinc the Armed Forces Desert Dental SYIl1J)osiulll held here last week. CO"" tino was guest speaker for the Si dentists from eight military installa.. u. S. 1960 Census Starts Today; Law Says Answers Imperative Today is the kickoff of the biggest, costliest and speed· iest tally of the United States population ever attempted. Enumerators begin knocking on household doors, where, for the first time, residents have been asked to participate in a "Do-It-Yourself" census. If residents ha\·e the a(h'anced Davis, Polly Emerson, Lorraine census form filled out the enlll1lcr- Ladda, Irene Robinson, Maxine ator·s job s'hould take only fh·e Sutherlen, and Alice Thorpe. minutes. Ridgecrest enumerators are: Ber- Every fourth hO'Jsehold will be nice Butler, Constance Cope, Alice requested to supply informatif)n Hirsch, and Helen Lane. Inyokern for an additional, longer, ques- census laker is Malcolm Isley. and tionnaire. This forlo seeks data Emma McGuire will cover the on family income. radio and TV \Vherry Housing area. sets, air conditioners. schooling. commuting to work and other mat- ters left out of the short form. Answering questions is required by la"·. The persOn \\ ho willfully I'efuses to answer the official cen- SllS questions is subj('ct t o a finr· of $100 or 60 days in jail, or both. Any census taker who re\·eals in- formation gained through his work to anyofl.e other than a sworn em- ployee of the Census Bureau is subject to a fine of $1,000 or two years in jail, or both. Replies to all census questions are held in confidence and cannot -under law-be llsed for purposes of taxation, im·estigation or regu- lation. Helper Painter Exam Announced at NOTS Examination for Helper Painter, 82.29 p/h. has been announced '-Iy the NOTS Representati\'e for the Eleventh Naval District Board .>f Examiners. Competitors are not required to take a written test but will be rat- ed on the busis of training relevant to the position. Applicants mus.: have six months of experience as a painter's helper or as an apprentice painter. First consideration will be gh·cn to the highest eligibles liv· ing in California. China Lake Enumerators Official enumerators for China Lake are: Marion Carter, Pearle Application may be made by fil- ing Form 5; and Card Form 5001- ABC with NOTS Personnel, no lat- er than April 18. State law allows veterans a 81,000 annual property tax exemption, but the claim must be filed each yC'ar. Eligibles who have not recPlved r the ne('essary form by April 10 should contact J. H. Hanks, Kprn County Assessor. Failure to rece~ve '0 STATES NAVY •••• a claim does not legally reli('ve lhe \"eteran of the responsibility to file. Veterans filing for the first time in China Lake must present their discharge papers and legal descrip- tion of all property at the County Assessor's Office in Bekersfield or contact the Deputy Tax Assessor in China Lake. Ext. j'2290. Affida\'its for exellliltion for vet eram. who filed in 1959 may b(> ob- tained from the Depu t~· Tax As- sessor. Affida\·ib were not mniled to \"(·terans in the China Lak(' !Iud Wherry H ousi nt; areas thi'!> year but were attached to their pro!)erty statements now in the po".';('so:-ion of the De(JlIty TllX Asses!!Ior. Penn State Professor Visits Physics Division Professor D. H. Rank of th~ Pennsyh-ania S tat e University visited NOTS last Friday and dis- c u sse d high-resolution infrared spectroscopy and interferometry with members of the PhYSics Divi- sion. He proceeded to Pasadena where he was scheduled to present a p'\- per at the Symposium on Quanti- tive Spectroscopy and Selected Mili- tary Applications. The symposium was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, Ad\'anced R e- search Projects Agency. Air Force Cambridge R esearch Center. and the California I nstitute of Tech- nology. • PUERTO RICO BOl."XO-Thirty-four Sea8 ees are shown before board- ing an RaD at NAF Tuesday morning for two weeks of training duty .t Roosenlt Roads. Puerto Rico. Cdr. I. I. (Bud) Shull. local SeaBee Com- mander is sho\\·n at extreme left (2nd row). )ineeling front center are: (I) co-pilot Capt. lYiIliam )iriss, l."SllCR, and pilot. Cdr. Harry Eilers, US:-''"R. from the Resen ·e Transport Squadron .23. Glem·iew. nlinois. Al- so making the trip with the NOTS SeaBees resen"ists were members from Santa Ana, Los Angele-s, Pssadeolla and San Diego units. TEMPERATURES The true nobiy 0·. noble. - ho:lc B:ckers~off. ROCKETEER or. 26 Mor.27 Mor,28 MOl(. Min. 8' .9 83 53 78 60 70 53 Mor.29 75 '0 Mar. 30 69 57 Mor.31 79 44 Budd Gotto Editor Office, Dousln&' Bldg, Top Deck Phones 1UM, 12082, 716M j 01, XVI, No. - 13 U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California friday, April I, 1960 RAdm. Harris Relieves 'RAdm. HartmanI NOTS Hosts As Eleventh Naval District Commandant Pyrotechnics Rear Admiral Dale H a r r is relieved Rear Admiral C f Charles C. Hartman as Commandant of the Eleventh Na- on erence ya: District yesterday at 1 p.m. during change of com- The Third Semi-Annual I nter· mand ceremonies at Preble Field Naval Training Station, Station Pyrotechnics Conferencp sponsored by the Bureau of Navlll S:1n Diego. ""capons. convened at NOTS on Admiral Harris was born Sept. 8, Star with a Combat "V" during his Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 1901. at Laceyville, Pa. He attended command of the Copahee. of this week. The confer.ences pro- the Werntz Preparatory School un- H e entered the Naval War Col- vide communications between en- til his appointment to the Naval lege in 1947, and was appointed gineering- personnel at Naval acti- Academy in 1920. Following his Chief of Staff to the Chief of Naval vities engaged in pyrotechnics re- graduation in 1924, he served Air Training in 1949. search and development, BUWEPS aboard the USS New York and Following his selection as R ear evaluation, and production. USS Hopkins, prior to being as- Admiral in January 1951, he se rved signed to flight training. H e was as Chief of Basic Training, PeJlSa· designated a Naval aviator in 1926. cola; Commander Fleet Air, Quon- From 1940 to 1944 he was assign- ed to the Bureau of Aeronautics, t hen given command of the USS Copahee. H e received the Bronze Final Concert set Point, R.I.; and Deputy Com- mander, Naval Striking and Sup- port F orces, Southern Europe. On July 17, 1959, he relieved Admiral G. B. H . H all as Commander, Na- val Air Bases, 11th and 12th Naval Districts. Admiral Harris held the two-hat title of Commander Fleet Air San Diego and Commander Naval Air Bases, Eleventh Naval District, prior to his assumption of duties as Commandant. Admiral Hartmnn held the posi- tion of Commandant of the Elev- enth Naval District longer than any of his predecessors. H e assllmed his command on January 31, 1955. Born in DeWitt, Neb., July 24, 1898, Admiral Hartman served in two world wars. He saw service in WWI while still a midshipman in 1918. H e graduated from the Naval Academy in 1919. During almost 44 years of Naval service, RAdm. H artman has won the Distinguished Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal and two Letters of Commendation as a successful com- mander of Naval units. He at- tained the rank of R ear Admiral TE)llANKA LI'ITLE Sl '1\IPHOrr-ry on March 4, 1944. -Henry Temianka, violin soloist, During the early months of the \\ ill conduct eighteen l'irtuoso per- Korean conflict he commanded the formers consisting of outstanding United Nations Blockade and Es- ~·o ung soloists from a body of cort Forces for which he was strings to a doughty IlerclIssion awarded the Distinguished Service section who wiII perform in the last Medal for services as commander concert of the NOTS Ci\"ic Concert IOf the Gunfire Support Group in series next Tuesday night, AI)ril 5, operations a g a ins t the enemy at 8:15 in the Station Thl'atr('. forces. 12th Annual Kern County Art Festival Set at Community 'Center This Weekend The 12th Annual Kern County Art Festival, sponsored br the Desert Art League, will be held this weekend, Sat- urday and Sunday, April 2 and 3, in the Community Cen- ter, according to Lorraine McClung and John J. Donahue, chairman and co-chairman of the event. The exhibits will be open to the public from 2 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from 12 non until 8 p.m. on Sunday. Judges of the approximate 350 en- their work in competition will be tries will be W. K. Ryan, art in- shown in Rooms A and B of the structor at North High Schol, Bak- Community Center. Alice Dubin is ersfield; Norma McClure, weU- chairman of the professional exhib- kno\\·n Kernville artist and this its. y r's chairman of the Death Val- ley 4gers Art Exhibit; and Arleen \,"oodburn, chairman of this year's Kern County Art Festi\'al and t"acher in the Panama School, Bak- ersfield. \,"inners in the elementary, high school and adult diviSions will com- nete in the county finals to be held in Bakersfield, May 7, at the Cun- ningham Memorial Art Gallery. Art Demonstrations Special attractions at the local show will be an oil painting dem- onstration at 3 p.m. on Saturday by Edward Hammerberg, well-known local Jandscape artist. At 3 p.m. on Sunday, a demonstration on the use of pastels will be given by Ruth Samons, known locally for her pas- t el portraits of children. A special exhibit by the pre-school children of the Station Nursery School will also be shown. A gallery for professional artists and for those not wishing to enter Students Exhibit Local elementary students have had their work pre-judged by local qualified artists and teachers. Some 236 art works will be displayed in- cluding those of stUdents from In- yokern, Johannesburg, the James Monroe, St. Ann's, Desert Park, the Seventh Day Adventist Schools in Ridgecrest ; and Rowe, Vieweg, Richmond, Groves, and Murray Schools at China Lake. Billy Hise is chairman of elementary school entries. Adeline Williams, art instructor at Burroughs High School, is chair- man of approximately 61 hi g h s c h 0 0 I entries. Pam Jacobsen, chairman of the adult non-profes- sional group, has arranged for 49 exhibits. AU entrants have classified their work into either realistic or ab- stract art. Within each of these two groups entries are dhided into (Continued on Page 4 ) . Military pyrotechnics are playing an increasingly important role in Naval weapons programs as \vell as those in the other services. Conferees represented the Bureau of Naval Weapons; Naval Ordn- ance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver S pring, Maryland; Naval Ammuni- tion Depot, Crane, Indiana: and Naval Underwater Ordnance Sta- tion, Newport, Rhode Island, as well as from this Station. Pyrotechnics frequently are used as tracking aids, in fuze evalua- tions, as jet engine heat simulators, for ship and submarine standard and emergency signaling, drill mine practice, pilot training, in missile guidance, and other uses. Art Breslow, head of the Pyro- technics Branch in the Propulsion Development Department at NOTS, was chairman of the conference. LOWERED FOR LAUNCH - The "'Dolphin'f is lowered into a sub- merSible launching tube in pre- paration for an underwater launch test at XOTS' San Clemente Island sea. range• CDolphin' Makes News In NOTS Sea Range Test A full-scale dummy missile nicknamed "Dolphin" was spotlighted in TV and newspaper headlines this week as the training vehicle in the first of a series of preliminary underwater tests of Polaris conducted at the NOTS sea range at San Clemente Island. Designod by Lockheed, Dolphin is currently being shot from a sub- mersible launching tube in prep- aration for f u t u r e submarine launchings. It was designed to test launching systems for submarine crew training, and to determine un- derwater trajectories of missiles in sea conditions ranging up to hur- ricane force. Known formally as a Launch and Training Vehicle (LTV). it car- ries neither warhead nor fuel and is specially devised to answer im- portant needs in t he development program of the Navy's 1200-mile, solid-fuel ballistic missile. Polaris Characteristics The Dolphin LTV has the diame- BREAKS SURFACE - "Dolphin" bret:'ks the surface and shoots sky- ward as it would from a submerged nuclcar submarine. ter and overall length of the Polaris missile and resembles it in general appearance when fully assembled. It also simulates all Polaris launch characteristics, such as weight, cen- ter of gravity, and pitch moment of inertia. Half of its weight is in the form of water ballast which is ejected upward with terrific force just after the base of the vehicle clears the surface, and the vehicle's momentum is killed after climbing only a few feet. Recovery After deballasting, the Dolphin's body weight is cut in half and re- mains buoya nt until retrieved by boat crews. The Dolphin floats with its nose slightly above the surface to facilita te recovery of the instrument package installed in the . DEBALLASTING - Having reach- ed its prescribed height above the s urface, the "Dolphin" deballa"ts, cutting its weight in half. It then becomes buoyant until retriend by boat crews. down by parachute and also floats until recovered. Dual Purpose F or launching at the surface or for training exercises im·olving more than a single launch, the LT\- is fitted with a side vent and cla:-np arrangement permitting dh'crsion of part of the water to the sid..', thus offsetting the dummy on 3 lateral trajectory which will pre- vent collision with the subm:1.rin J or other LTV's. Future Fleeot L"lrt" T hese tests demonstrate the ability of the Polaris missile to accomplish the transition fro.n un- derwater launch to controlled pow- ered flight. They will pro\·it.ll" ac- curate information applicable to the Cut Grain Test Flights which will probe the feasibility of firing a mis- sile from beneath the surface of tile sea an] igniting the propelIan:. charge fihove the water. It is definitely a major step in its development for operational we aboard nuclear-powered submar- ines. The concept of the Fleet Bal~ listic Missile \Veapon System is well on its way! forebody_ This package contains FinaI Lecture on self-calIbration of each measure- ment channel Immediately before Investments Slated and after each launch. This unique instrument package requires no maintenance or adjust- ment in the field and, once the data analysis has been procured. may be reset for further tests. Another in- strumentation pac k age, carried aloft by the water stream, comes The final of a series of eight lec- tures will be presented next \Ved- nesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in t he Community Center. Robert VanDeVenter. registered account advisor from Dean \Vittpr & Co. will speak on "Sound ~leth · ods of Investing:' , OCR Text: YOU \'ILLAL'X-Bob Pinney of my fair lady Dorothy McCown at the hands of villain Dick McCown in the PTA-CLEA "Potpourri of 1960" ,'ariety show to be ginn next T uesday. \\'ednesday and Thursday in the Murray auditorium at 8 p.m. n escene Is taken from the melodrama "Fireman, Save 1\Iy Child" act of the 1890 theme production. CLEA and PTA's to Produce leSD Variety Show "Potpourri Of lSSD" A joint parent and teachers variety show, "Potpourri of 1960," will be given next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 5,6, and 7, at 8 p.m. in the Murray School auditorium as the groups' combined annual fund raising project. Sponsored by the China Lake ' "Tattoo Lady"; Marie Davidson, E ducation Association (CLEA) and "Bird in a Gilded Cage" and "Al- the Elementary and High School ways Take Mother's Advice." Both PTA's, proceeds \\ill be distributed singers will do a duet of "She's t o the three groups, with some of More to be Pitied Than Censured" t he funds earmarked for the For- and "Cause of An Aching Heart." eign Exchange Student program The melodrama "Fireman, Save and scholarships. Adult tickets at My Child" will feature Dorothy and $1 each and children's tickets at Dick McCown, Gertrude and Bob 50 cents will be a\'ailable through Pinney, John Van Essen, Ruth the schools and at the box office Schuyler, Doris Zahn, and Dorothy before each performance. Prentice. After intermission, the Dixieland Production coordinators of the Band will open the second half of multi-talent revue are Zoe Norman, the production followed by a dance Vice-principal of 0 e s e r t Park routine by .Joan Leipnik, Stefa School and president of CLEA; Le- Delys, and Dodie Gorrono; and Roy Jackson, president of the higb songs by the "School Belles" quar- Echool PTA; and Marge Anderson, tette consisting of Beverly Knapp, president of the elementary PTA. Kathy Miller, Dorothy Prentice, and Production director Ruth Rekosh, Carolyn Hockett. assisted by Denny Lyons, have out- lined an oldtime melodrama, "Fire- Next will be a chorus song and man, Save My Child" and a num- dance number by Loretta Cleary, ber of variety acts to carry out the Carol Soule, Alice Van E ssen, Caro- 18:1£) theme. Iyn Hockett, Sheila Flock, Louise Program Following the opening selection by a Dixieland Band made up of local talent, variety acts will ap- pear as follows: 'Varren Kirk, tenor, will sing "Rose With the Brol:en Stem" and Gegner, Lee Richardson, Arnold Marlin, Neal Olsen, .John Crowder, Jack 'McGinnis, and Pat Kennedy. , Lyons and Lynn '01.'111 go through their paces in a comedy routine, fol- lowed by the "Dusty Four" barber- shop harmony quartet, Tom Leese, Dean Hewitt, Rex Shacklett, and Henry Wair. Jack Van Essen will call for square dancers Alice Van Essen, Al Hammer, Dick and Dorothy Mc- Cown, John and Flo Condos, Marge and Dwight Bartlett. Finale will include the entire cast in the song "Strolling Through the Park." Accompanist for the entire production will be Bev Aherin. Committees Other CLEA and PTA members I giving behind-the-scenes support are: stage crew, Cal Fallgatter and Jack McGinnis; program chairman, Carl Barker; ticket chairman, Dar- Howe; publicity chairman, Chris Myers; news service, Phillys Wair; posters, Hope Cherry; radio, Dan Butler; photograph)', Chuck Vollmer; makeup, Clara Potts and Marguerite Pezzuto. Meetings AAUW GOURME'l CQOKL,(; STUDY GROUP will meet Monday, April 4, 'j p.m., at the home of Clari- ta Woodworth, 414-A Fowler. Topic for discussion will be "Cooking wito Herbs" and "H erb Gardens." AMERICA." CHE:\iICAL SOCIE· QUICK WITS - Confusion reigns TY will hold its next meeting Mon· fiupremo during the comedy routine day, April 4, in the T rona H igh 'Of Lyons and ~--nn (llarge and School Library at 8 p.m. Prof. H . P . De-nny Lyons) slated to highUght Gregor of the Brooklyn Polytechnic the PTA-CLEA "'Potpourri of 1960" Institute will speak en "Desalting nriety ~how April 5. 6, and. in thc Saline \Vaters with Ion Exchange Murray auditorium at 8 p.m. Membranes." THE ROCKETEER Art festival... (Continued f rom Page 1) various media classes such as oil, watercolor, other media, and mixed media. All work entered in compe- tition must have the sticker sent from the Kern County Parks and Recreation Department attached to the left hand side of the back of the painting. Popularity Votes Public viewers will have an op- portunity to vote for their favorite work of the show by writing their choice and dropping it in a ballot box. The winning painting will be selected at 4 o.m. on Sunday. In addition to winners receiving ribbons from the judges, there will also be sweepstakes awards for the best abstract and the best realistic painting in the show. Two paint- ings will also be selected to repre- sent the local district in the annual County traveling art exhibit is shown in the libraries throughout the coming year. PLA..~S DISPLAl.--Gerald U8ucky" Ray. high school freshman, has prepared a taxidermic exhibit for the Desert \\'i1dflower Show to be held April 23-24.. (jnder the ad\'isor- shill of Llo~'d Brubaker, Junior .:lluseulll Cu rator, Bucky has be- come ade()t at mounting specimens of desert wild lite. Property Tax Filing, Veteran Exemption Consultant Here Virginia Thompson of Inyokern, Deputy Tax Assessor for Kern County, is a\·ailable until May 2 in Room 12 of the Housing Building from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to assist county residents in filing their personal property tax returns. On Saturdays, she will be station- ed in the Security Building, Main Gate, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Veterans who qualify for proper- ty tax exemptions must file claim for the 1960 exemption no later than April 15, 1960. Friday, April I, 1960 DUST DE'\'IL IN1TIATE-Raymond 1\1. Conti.!;l0 (r). Pasadena denti~t, becomes a loyal subject of the Sacred Order of Dust Devils by accepting the certificate from Cal)t. R. C. l\lillarlI, NOTS Dental Officer, durinc the Armed Forces Desert Dental SYIl1J)osiulll held here last week. CO"" tino was guest speaker for the Si dentists from eight military installa.. u. S. 1960 Census Starts Today; Law Says Answers Imperative Today is the kickoff of the biggest, costliest and speed· iest tally of the United States population ever attempted. Enumerators begin knocking on household doors, where, for the first time, residents have been asked to participate in a "Do-It-Yourself" census. If residents ha\·e the a(h'anced Davis, Polly Emerson, Lorraine census form filled out the enlll1lcr- Ladda, Irene Robinson, Maxine ator·s job s'hould take only fh·e Sutherlen, and Alice Thorpe. minutes. Ridgecrest enumerators are: Ber- Every fourth hO'Jsehold will be nice Butler, Constance Cope, Alice requested to supply informatif)n Hirsch, and Helen Lane. Inyokern for an additional, longer, ques- census laker is Malcolm Isley. and tionnaire. This forlo seeks data Emma McGuire will cover the on family income. radio and TV \Vherry Housing area. sets, air conditioners. schooling. commuting to work and other mat- ters left out of the short form. Answering questions is required by la"·. The persOn \\ ho willfully I'efuses to answer the official cen- SllS questions is subj('ct t o a finr· of $100 or 60 days in jail, or both. Any census taker who re\·eals in- formation gained through his work to anyofl.e other than a sworn em- ployee of the Census Bureau is subject to a fine of $1,000 or two years in jail, or both. Replies to all census questions are held in confidence and cannot -under law-be llsed for purposes of taxation, im·estigation or regu- lation. Helper Painter Exam Announced at NOTS Examination for Helper Painter, 82.29 p/h. has been announced '-Iy the NOTS Representati\'e for the Eleventh Naval District Board .>f Examiners. Competitors are not required to take a written test but will be rat- ed on the busis of training relevant to the position. Applicants mus.: have six months of experience as a painter's helper or as an apprentice painter. First consideration will be gh·cn to the highest eligibles liv· ing in California. China Lake Enumerators Official enumerators for China Lake are: Marion Carter, Pearle Application may be made by fil- ing Form 5; and Card Form 5001- ABC with NOTS Personnel, no lat- er than April 18. State law allows veterans a 81,000 annual property tax exemption, but the claim must be filed each yC'ar. Eligibles who have not recPlved r the ne('essary form by April 10 should contact J. H. Hanks, Kprn County Assessor. Failure to rece~ve '0 STATES NAVY •••• a claim does not legally reli('ve lhe \"eteran of the responsibility to file. Veterans filing for the first time in China Lake must present their discharge papers and legal descrip- tion of all property at the County Assessor's Office in Bekersfield or contact the Deputy Tax Assessor in China Lake. Ext. j'2290. Affida\'its for exellliltion for vet eram. who filed in 1959 may b(> ob- tained from the Depu t~· Tax As- sessor. Affida\·ib were not mniled to \"(·terans in the China Lak(' !Iud Wherry H ousi nt; areas thi'!> year but were attached to their pro!)erty statements now in the po".';('so:-ion of the De(JlIty TllX Asses!!Ior. Penn State Professor Visits Physics Division Professor D. H. Rank of th~ Pennsyh-ania S tat e University visited NOTS last Friday and dis- c u sse d high-resolution infrared spectroscopy and interferometry with members of the PhYSics Divi- sion. He proceeded to Pasadena where he was scheduled to present a p'\- per at the Symposium on Quanti- tive Spectroscopy and Selected Mili- tary Applications. The symposium was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, Ad\'anced R e- search Projects Agency. Air Force Cambridge R esearch Center. and the California I nstitute of Tech- nology. • PUERTO RICO BOl."XO-Thirty-four Sea8 ees are shown before board- ing an RaD at NAF Tuesday morning for two weeks of training duty .t Roosenlt Roads. Puerto Rico. Cdr. I. I. (Bud) Shull. local SeaBee Com- mander is sho\\·n at extreme left (2nd row). )ineeling front center are: (I) co-pilot Capt. lYiIliam )iriss, l."SllCR, and pilot. Cdr. Harry Eilers, US:-''"R. from the Resen ·e Transport Squadron .23. Glem·iew. nlinois. Al- so making the trip with the NOTS SeaBees resen"ists were members from Santa Ana, Los Angele-s, Pssadeolla and San Diego units. TEMPERATURES The true nobiy 0·. noble. - ho:lc B:ckers~off. ROCKETEER or. 26 Mor.27 Mor,28 MOl(. Min. 8' .9 83 53 78 60 70 53 Mor.29 75 '0 Mar. 30 69 57 Mor.31 79 44 Budd Gotto Editor Office, Dousln&' Bldg, Top Deck Phones 1UM, 12082, 716M j 01, XVI, No. - 13 U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California friday, April I, 1960 RAdm. Harris Relieves 'RAdm. HartmanI NOTS Hosts As Eleventh Naval District Commandant Pyrotechnics Rear Admiral Dale H a r r is relieved Rear Admiral C f Charles C. Hartman as Commandant of the Eleventh Na- on erence ya: District yesterday at 1 p.m. during change of com- The Third Semi-Annual I nter· mand ceremonies at Preble Field Naval Training Station, Station Pyrotechnics Conferencp sponsored by the Bureau of Navlll S:1n Diego. ""capons. convened at NOTS on Admiral Harris was born Sept. 8, Star with a Combat "V" during his Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 1901. at Laceyville, Pa. He attended command of the Copahee. of this week. The confer.ences pro- the Werntz Preparatory School un- H e entered the Naval War Col- vide communications between en- til his appointment to the Naval lege in 1947, and was appointed gineering- personnel at Naval acti- Academy in 1920. Following his Chief of Staff to the Chief of Naval vities engaged in pyrotechnics re- graduation in 1924, he served Air Training in 1949. search and development, BUWEPS aboard the USS New York and Following his selection as R ear evaluation, and production. USS Hopkins, prior to being as- Admiral in January 1951, he se rved signed to flight training. H e was as Chief of Basic Training, PeJlSa· designated a Naval aviator in 1926. cola; Commander Fleet Air, Quon- From 1940 to 1944 he was assign- ed to the Bureau of Aeronautics, t hen given command of the USS Copahee. H e received the Bronze Final Concert set Point, R.I.; and Deputy Com- mander, Naval Striking and Sup- port F orces, Southern Europe. On July 17, 1959, he relieved Admiral G. B. H . H all as Commander, Na- val Air Bases, 11th and 12th Naval Districts. Admiral Harris held the two-hat title of Commander Fleet Air San Diego and Commander Naval Air Bases, Eleventh Naval District, prior to his assumption of duties as Commandant. Admiral Hartmnn held the posi- tion of Commandant of the Elev- enth Naval District longer than any of his predecessors. H e assllmed his command on January 31, 1955. Born in DeWitt, Neb., July 24, 1898, Admiral Hartman served in two world wars. He saw service in WWI while still a midshipman in 1918. H e graduated from the Naval Academy in 1919. During almost 44 years of Naval service, RAdm. H artman has won the Distinguished Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal and two Letters of Commendation as a successful com- mander of Naval units. He at- tained the rank of R ear Admiral TE)llANKA LI'ITLE Sl '1\IPHOrr-ry on March 4, 1944. -Henry Temianka, violin soloist, During the early months of the \\ ill conduct eighteen l'irtuoso per- Korean conflict he commanded the formers consisting of outstanding United Nations Blockade and Es- ~·o ung soloists from a body of cort Forces for which he was strings to a doughty IlerclIssion awarded the Distinguished Service section who wiII perform in the last Medal for services as commander concert of the NOTS Ci\"ic Concert IOf the Gunfire Support Group in series next Tuesday night, AI)ril 5, operations a g a ins t the enemy at 8:15 in the Station Thl'atr('. forces. 12th Annual Kern County Art Festival Set at Community 'Center This Weekend The 12th Annual Kern County Art Festival, sponsored br the Desert Art League, will be held this weekend, Sat- urday and Sunday, April 2 and 3, in the Community Cen- ter, according to Lorraine McClung and John J. Donahue, chairman and co-chairman of the event. The exhibits will be open to the public from 2 to 9 p.m. on Saturday and from 12 non until 8 p.m. on Sunday. Judges of the approximate 350 en- their work in competition will be tries will be W. K. Ryan, art in- shown in Rooms A and B of the structor at North High Schol, Bak- Community Center. Alice Dubin is ersfield; Norma McClure, weU- chairman of the professional exhib- kno\\·n Kernville artist and this its. y r's chairman of the Death Val- ley 4gers Art Exhibit; and Arleen \,"oodburn, chairman of this year's Kern County Art Festi\'al and t"acher in the Panama School, Bak- ersfield. \,"inners in the elementary, high school and adult diviSions will com- nete in the county finals to be held in Bakersfield, May 7, at the Cun- ningham Memorial Art Gallery. Art Demonstrations Special attractions at the local show will be an oil painting dem- onstration at 3 p.m. on Saturday by Edward Hammerberg, well-known local Jandscape artist. At 3 p.m. on Sunday, a demonstration on the use of pastels will be given by Ruth Samons, known locally for her pas- t el portraits of children. A special exhibit by the pre-school children of the Station Nursery School will also be shown. A gallery for professional artists and for those not wishing to enter Students Exhibit Local elementary students have had their work pre-judged by local qualified artists and teachers. Some 236 art works will be displayed in- cluding those of stUdents from In- yokern, Johannesburg, the James Monroe, St. Ann's, Desert Park, the Seventh Day Adventist Schools in Ridgecrest ; and Rowe, Vieweg, Richmond, Groves, and Murray Schools at China Lake. Billy Hise is chairman of elementary school entries. Adeline Williams, art instructor at Burroughs High School, is chair- man of approximately 61 hi g h s c h 0 0 I entries. Pam Jacobsen, chairman of the adult non-profes- sional group, has arranged for 49 exhibits. AU entrants have classified their work into either realistic or ab- stract art. Within each of these two groups entries are dhided into (Continued on Page 4 ) . Military pyrotechnics are playing an increasingly important role in Naval weapons programs as \vell as those in the other services. Conferees represented the Bureau of Naval Weapons; Naval Ordn- ance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver S pring, Maryland; Naval Ammuni- tion Depot, Crane, Indiana: and Naval Underwater Ordnance Sta- tion, Newport, Rhode Island, as well as from this Station. Pyrotechnics frequently are used as tracking aids, in fuze evalua- tions, as jet engine heat simulators, for ship and submarine standard and emergency signaling, drill mine practice, pilot training, in missile guidance, and other uses. Art Breslow, head of the Pyro- technics Branch in the Propulsion Development Department at NOTS, was chairman of the conference. LOWERED FOR LAUNCH - The "'Dolphin'f is lowered into a sub- merSible launching tube in pre- paration for an underwater launch test at XOTS' San Clemente Island sea. range• CDolphin' Makes News In NOTS Sea Range Test A full-scale dummy missile nicknamed "Dolphin" was spotlighted in TV and newspaper headlines this week as the training vehicle in the first of a series of preliminary underwater tests of Polaris conducted at the NOTS sea range at San Clemente Island. Designod by Lockheed, Dolphin is currently being shot from a sub- mersible launching tube in prep- aration for f u t u r e submarine launchings. It was designed to test launching systems for submarine crew training, and to determine un- derwater trajectories of missiles in sea conditions ranging up to hur- ricane force. Known formally as a Launch and Training Vehicle (LTV). it car- ries neither warhead nor fuel and is specially devised to answer im- portant needs in t he development program of the Navy's 1200-mile, solid-fuel ballistic missile. Polaris Characteristics The Dolphin LTV has the diame- BREAKS SURFACE - "Dolphin" bret:'ks the surface and shoots sky- ward as it would from a submerged nuclcar submarine. ter and overall length of the Polaris missile and resembles it in general appearance when fully assembled. It also simulates all Polaris launch characteristics, such as weight, cen- ter of gravity, and pitch moment of inertia. Half of its weight is in the form of water ballast which is ejected upward with terrific force just after the base of the vehicle clears the surface, and the vehicle's momentum is killed after climbing only a few feet. Recovery After deballasting, the Dolphin's body weight is cut in half and re- mains buoya nt until retrieved by boat crews. The Dolphin floats with its nose slightly above the surface to facilita te recovery of the instrument package installed in the . DEBALLASTING - Having reach- ed its prescribed height above the s urface, the "Dolphin" deballa"ts, cutting its weight in half. It then becomes buoyant until retriend by boat crews. down by parachute and also floats until recovered. Dual Purpose F or launching at the surface or for training exercises im·olving more than a single launch, the LT\- is fitted with a side vent and cla:-np arrangement permitting dh'crsion of part of the water to the sid..', thus offsetting the dummy on 3 lateral trajectory which will pre- vent collision with the subm:1.rin J or other LTV's. Future Fleeot L"lrt" T hese tests demonstrate the ability of the Polaris missile to accomplish the transition fro.n un- derwater launch to controlled pow- ered flight. They will pro\·it.ll" ac- curate information applicable to the Cut Grain Test Flights which will probe the feasibility of firing a mis- sile from beneath the surface of tile sea an] igniting the propelIan:. charge fihove the water. It is definitely a major step in its development for operational we aboard nuclear-powered submar- ines. The concept of the Fleet Bal~ listic Missile \Veapon System is well on its way! forebody_ This package contains FinaI Lecture on self-calIbration of each measure- ment channel Immediately before Investments Slated and after each launch. This unique instrument package requires no maintenance or adjust- ment in the field and, once the data analysis has been procured. may be reset for further tests. Another in- strumentation pac k age, carried aloft by the water stream, comes The final of a series of eight lec- tures will be presented next \Ved- nesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. in t he Community Center. 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