j .......l)'"{ - . =(EiV10VE. l F\LE. IFebruary21. 1958 . Navy Exchange• Commissary Close , For Inventory The Navy Exchange and Com- missary Store will,be ,closed for inventory beginning Tu e s day noon; FebriIary' 25, and all day \Vednesday, February 26. Both facilities will reopen' Thursday, February 27, at 10 a.m• The Outdoor Shop wIll be closed all day Tuesday, Febru- ary 25. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY All Navy Exchange facilities will' be closed tomorrow" Wash- i.....gtl,ln's :Bir.tb.daY; February 22, except: Gas' Station, Community Center' and Station Restaurant. . 'The~e ~vil1 rem~in open ona reguiar Satu'rday business sched- ule:l.':.... I -t • .' " . . - -. . . STATION LIBRARY Closed all day tomorrow. Open La,S.~su~l ~~n~~y~.. ' <: _, • ~ ., . FHA-Finan~i ng No'wAvailable ,The, Ridgecrest Branch of . the Bank .of America lias agreed to act as the local load agency for Federal Housing Administration fin a nee d homes in the :Ridgecrest-In~ yokern a r e a ; i The Department of D e fen s e agreed to guarantee FHA financing last .July for 100 essential or key workers at China Lake desiring to purchase or construct new homeS in the area. . , All NOTS personnel (other than temporary employees) who wish ,to obtain FHA financing for purchas.. ing or building a home in this area should file an application. for eligiol bility, DD Form 1159, with. the Housing Manager, Code' 203, main floor of the Housing building. The Housing Manager will fur.. nish the necessary forms for certioi ficll.tion by the Station's Command.. ing Officer.'. Eligibility must· then be approved by, the Bank of Amer.. ica..Final. eligibility will be subject to the Federal Housing Administraoi tion approval. . If 'allthe requirements are met -' satisfactorily, the Bank of America' will make loans at a 5~ percent inol ' terest rate for approximately 25 years in accordance with Title VIII, Section .809 of the National Housing' Act. . Standard FHA regulations will govern . all housing purchases or construction. This includes the' pro.. vision that construction must be performed by licensed contractorS and builders. U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake~.. California' TEXA~ SAI)P'~EITES-Sevenof 40 prominent cHi- ton'~ Direct(lr of Civ,~ ne,fen.~e; HOA Bllb Ca~ey, zens of HQ~ston, Te~as,who visited th~ St~tion last :o:arrIs, CO,unty J:u~ge; :0:011;. Jo,~lmy qoye,n, C\luncii- week arebr~efed'0';" the operati\l,11 o~ th~ T.e~rier man.; Hon. ~e M;cLeIAore, Ho.u~to~'s l\~ayor ~~o' t~~; guided missile bY,Marine Pfc. Leo W. \Veakland of, Capt. l\Iurray Hanson, Professor of Naval Science, Guide,d Missile Test Upit., Yi~wers (I. to r!) ~re: HOA•• , f.ice !nstitute. ;The visitors ,witnessed firings of Ter- Gartn (J. Bates,. ~oun~il~an; ~herwpod Cra~e,,Hql!s- f i rIel' 'an(1., the deadly Sideninder n~issiles. ,; ,Vol. XIV.lNo. 7 _~~creat~on Directorfor Ne~ Woman Patent In9.ian: Wells' Valley United Fund, Board ',Teen.CenterReportsAboard Advisor Visits Prese'nts$21,OOO to Affiliated Agencies Ida Mae \Villiams', who-prefers to be called Maay', re- NOTS D'I'VloSoIO'n ;Ip.,dian Wells V;:tll~yUnitedFund Other officers who served during b d d' h . Board of Directors presented more the past campaign are: Mrs. wii~ . ports a oar to coor mate t e recreation program for the t9an$2~,000,to affiliated agencies liam Griffin, 1st Vice-President~ < Station's f Of Business ll.nd AUditing: committee serving on for three years. Feelinga,need to Professional Women's Club.' this' financial repor't in'cluded Ger- serve, her country more fully, she Oil'her' firsf·trip' to California, don Draper,' Jack Fischer, Bob Hol- joined the American Red Cross and Miss 'Moore was' ,:favorably 'im- loway, and Kenneth Shu1!1way" served as' recreation director" for pressed with this desert community Army, Air Force::B:ndNavy:bases in and,·the-friendliness'6fthe people. ter. In oreter to protect small chil~ the 'Az'ores, near Portugal. '," ,- ~.,;' Before returning; to Washington, dren, fencing of the park is seen as After' the war; she returned to she :will' spend' additional time on the probable first step, particularly Special Services and was'.assigned official., business .at NOTS, Pasa- since chain link fencing is presently to dir,ecting recreation programs in dena;,and the Naval Ordnance Lab- available at no cost. Bremerhaven and Frankfor't, .Ger~ oratory; Corona,: Budgetary limitations have pre- m~n:~ to her':i~~~e~'~'"ill~ess,;sh:.·Co·m':m'"un)° 1 ' ty Coun','c'°11 :~~~d'~o~~h:~~~~~tf~'; h~~t~~i~~~ returned to: Texas, then entered cos t 'of" proposed improvements. TCU for additional courses. Fr'om R ," M However, : Capt. Carrithers stated, ~~~tite~h~;:~ur~eds·etrOv·elhaes--Are.mc·reerai~ ep'or,ls o ..n,.... ",eeting Public Works is ready to salvage COM to {Continue<~- all materials possible to donate to tion directo,r in Hospital Recreation' ' Plans for consecutive improve- the park' project, and several in- TV 'Space' School' in,the Philippines, Okinawa, Japan ments of,. the proposed McBride terested groups on Station'have of- and Korea for four years. _... ,:,. Park are being" readied by Public fered volunteer labor. - The first of a series of Space "Miss Williams. is looking forward Works DepartInent,-according'to a Community Manager, Ric h a r d Technology lectures shown on Los to living in the desert arid work'ng statement by CaptaihG. H. Carri- O'Reilly, has also made available Angeles KTTV station, channel 11, with the youth .inthe·community. thers, Public:Works Officer, at the $1500 from Community Servi~es Al- last Saturday Was "well received'~ She particularly invites consulta- February llmeeting"of Community terations and Improvement funds. at China Lake due to the effort of .tion with parents of teenage chil~ Council, directors.. i., J Organizations willing, to donate, George'Sutherlen, Ground Electron.. dren, and adult leadez:sof organized ;."McBride·Park, .located between labor to the project are asked to ics Coordinator and his crew•. youth groups, to, obtain their views Entwistle and Forrestal in the old contact either Capt. Carrithers or For the convenience of Station on the proposed programs for the Duplex a~ea, has ,considerable po- Jim Gates, the Council's recreation personnel, the Commissioned Offi.. Teen C e n t e r . t e n t i a l as it family recreation cen- chairman. cers' Mess and the Community Cenol __:-_'__:- -:-::..... -:-::_:-__~.,...."..:---~=---:_------'-----------~--'---....: ter were opened early in the morn" ing to permit viewing of the space school lecture. But, due to the lim'- ited number of personnel attending, t he Community Center will be closed' during the ensuing series. However, the Commissioned Offi" cers' Mess will continue to open at 7:30 a.m. to accommodate interested persollllel. 'JGA Class Opens All NOTs emplol'ees who have successfully passe~l the 'Federal Service Entrance Examination mid who wish to be' considered for the JGA Tr;lining Class scheduled to start imme!,liate!y should contact Bob Stephenson, Ext•.' 72648, Employee Develop- ment Division, Personnel De- partment. . , Ii" • \'l.-_";'_';.'·,;.',;.i.:.;,.;·.-~,;,.-_f;..;.,~·.:.;..:.'_':....-;'...:..~ ~:..'_'I , , , , ~-,--:~Fift~en' Re'ceive.' ,-All Starl Pins - ,Babe Ruth "All Star" pins were presented to Manager .Jerl-y. Bell and· Coach' Ty Blair and fifteen players of the Babe Ruth League last Monday. night at a, meeting - held in the Richmond School AUdi- torium., '., . Players receiving "All Star" pins \vere: Richard Cashore, D a II i n Childs, Gordie Crenshaw, .J 0 h n Dragovich, Buddy Fisher, Bobby Koehler, Dave Martin, and Gary Maxwell, all of the Cubs; Dennis Carson, Ronnie Melia, Dennis Sorge, and Benny Sorge of the Reds; Mar- vinJeffris and David Taylor of the Cards; and John Pinney of the In- dians. In addition baseball pins were presented to all players of the Babe Ruth League. A certificate was awarded to Bob- by Koehler of the Cubs for Winning . the league batting title by virtue of his ,.643 average.. ' " . . Manager Jerry Bell of the cham- pion Cubs was presel}ted the per- petual league trophy by' League President Charles Martin. Bell in turn presented the trophy to Chief Vernon Ender, representative of the Cubs sponsor, the Chief Petty. Offi- cers' Club. , Upon completion of the'awards -. the following were elected to serve for the 1958 season; Deming· G. . Maclise, president; Dr. W. F. Koeh- , ler, vice president; Dr. C. J. Thorne, ~ treasurer; .Jerry Bell" Ty Blair, .Marshall Breaw, and Elmer Davis as board members., . . The newly elec,ted 'president, Mac- lise, expressed' the hope, that he would receive 100 per cent coopera- tion from members and players in J -.' the operation of the league, and he - -,lrged the whole-hea'rted attendance ,from all parents at the league games d~ring the 1958 season. Beneficial Suggestion Pro g ram. Some of that money is gon'e for- ever, but some I am trying fo re- trieve .b,}" personally contacting my .employees and inviting them to submit any suggestion which they feel will save' money for the Navy' or improve safety. . Most of them look 'at me in be- wilderment, and I have a sneaking feeling that they're wondering how changeable a fellow can be. But-- 1; don't care' what they think of my changed attitud~ as long as they keep their worth-while suggestions coming. I'm not'proud of my past record, but I'am proud that I have changed hom' a "lunkhead" to..a- section h e a d . - rf (From MECHANEWS, NSt, . Mechanicsburg, Pa.) . are: . Dorsett Phillips, Bakersfield, general art chair~ man; Edwin Fortier, Phillip' Schuyler, and Donald Fay. Seated (I. to r.) are: \ Lorraine McClung, co- chairman; . Joyce Casaroli, Adeline\Villiams, Alice 'Dubin, chairman; Ruth .schuyler,' and' Pat Cox. 'Confessions of A-Lunkhead , As sectjon head I was doing fine-never had much of" a backlog. and rarely any ,tim~":consuming Beneficial Sug':' gestion il1vestigations to make. Frankly, I had done a good job of disco,uraging my employees'ons¥bmitting suggestions. This had' helped me, I was sure, had been broken. ,to a marked degree,' in: catching' But what was this? Oh, nO,-it up 'on my. backlog. Less time on couldn't be! 'I\. directive fiom the suggestions; more time for other Bureau providing for the ch-ange W9~k. ".~.,. .._,,_ ." ..-~:~. Beaver. had .proposed. I checked Then 'Eager Beaver with the Incentive Awards AdmiIi- istrator and learned that the 'com~ mittee had decided to' forward the suggestion to the Bureau for con;' sideration. Beaver hadn't.sold me,' but he had soI"d the Bureau. About a week later I was request.. cd to submit the estimated saving:J that my section would realize 1---- --,... ~ result of the change. I jumpE: _ it at once with two of my experts, and was' amazed to come up witl\ an annual saving of $50,000. A few weeks later Beaver receiv- ed an award of $475 from the local command, and three months after that, an additional award of $825 from Washington. His suggestion, must have saved the Navy close to a quartet: of a million dollars. I did a lotof thinking and reach.. cd the conclusion that I was' not a. section head but a "lunkhead." I had been saving pennies and letting' dollars go down the drain. It makeli me shudder to think of the thous. ands of dollars I probably lost the government by not backing the \ RO CKET,EEk THE ART COUNCIL.,.-Organizers· of the' Decennial, Art Festival at' China Lake to be heldlUarch 29 and 30 in the Community, Center will judge student, ama- teur and professional paintings for the spring Art Festival in Bakersfield in May.' Standing (I., tor.) UCLA Extension Motion Picture Course Proposed Anew extension course entitled "Motion Picture Production" is b~­ ing proposed for. the fall of 1958 by the University of California at Los Angeles. The course will co~r topics such as Story Presentation for Technical or Cpmmereial"Reports,' Editing, Sound Recording and Script Prep- ar,ation. It is designed to fulfill the requirements for those who have need for the understanding of mo- tion picture techniques. ' Interested persons should call Dick Clark, Ext. 71417. If the re- quired number of requests are re- ceived no later than M.ay 1, '1958. Art EntriesSought' From Grade Pupils Parents of. China Lake Elemen- tary .School children are urged to encourage their participation in the school art contest to be held in Burroughs School Library. Ent~'ies must be ,submitted by the March 7 deadline. . Winners will be entered in the district'Art Festival' contest to be held in the Community Center on March 29 and 30. District contest winners 'will be entered in the County finals to be held May 2 through 4 i~ Jhe Cunningham Me- morial Art Gallery in' :aakersfield. The art program in the schools will not be directed toward the art contest, but the schools are sending home announcements of the con- test requirements. All entries must be the original work of the con- testants.. No copy. or number pic- tures will -be accepted. Additional information may be obtained from' Mrs. Casaroli, Ext.' 125381, after 5 p.m. on weekdays. • • ferred to my organization. He came to me' from Joe Pusher's section. Joe was one of those fanatics on promoting the Suggestion Program, and Beaver had been well indoc- trinated by him: Well, 'about three days after Beaver came with me, it happened -a Beneficial Suggestion submitt- ed by him with an investigation re- port form attached lay on 'my desk for action. And action it was! I nearly shoved .my desk, chair through the wallback of me as I sprang to my feet, bellowing like an enraged bull. How could I have been so stupid as not to call Beaver in ,the first day and emphatically state my ,views regarding Beneficial Sug- gestions. Now it was too late-lor someone else would have to lose valuable time investigating the thing. I was on the verge of calling him in and batting his ears' down for his audacity, but before doing so I simmered down enough to read his proposal. In reading the sug~ gestion I' discovered an out. I wouldn't have'to investigate it, as Beaver had touched on a compli- cated area which would require Bureau approval befor~ his propo- sal could be adopted in its entirety. I would use a better metnod of clipping Beayer:'s wings. I'd fix it so he would get a rejection letter, and thus keep him from stirring up a rumpus about my lack of enthu- siasm for the program. I returned the investigation re- port, recommending'. non-adoption, and as the days rushed into weeks I forgot about the suggestion. Bea- ver hadn't submitted any more, and I .concluded thathe~had r'ece[ved his' rejection letter a'nd hIs spirit RockeLl\IotorTubill!~';and, Oapt., Hollister. In back 1-----, :--- ,__---.....- row:(I. tor.) -are·:J~~epIi St.All1and; p~tent advi~oi-; Robert C. l\Ieade, for' an Electronic Motor; 'Rex L. Book of the Week' . 7·7,=~=====::::i Smith,foranlIcrmet'icallY Sealed SquibiSt~ven·l\i. ,And Then There Was 'Light,by Talk.over your Benny SU99 Little, for a Rock~t LauncIier; pi~~re St. Amand;for Rudolph,Thiel.·' 't";' idea with your'supervisor- , . . . ' . . Adventure .and ' discovery, in, the h ,. • t t' 'd ... Y . " an Auroral Airglow Photometer Svstem', and Berl1~, e S'. In eres e ." 'oursuc- " world of astronomy from the astra- . ,ardSmith, for a,Multiple Box Fin. A formal patent, logers of, Babylon.and China to the cess is a credit.to him,too! \Hll'issue when the'latter is declassified; " " , ; astrophysicists of today. I,: t, i,' ~ Navy Incentive Award1program .. ,~.. ~-.~I. ~;;_ .. ~; Reports. EMCO dorm will be available, summer stu- dents may be housed there since ex- perience indicates it is best to con- solidate them. This may be the I basis for the rumor. There is also a rumor of a re- duction in force in June 1958: There is no indication at this time that we will have a reduction in force in June. We are in the midst of a re- duction in force ,now and the fol- lowing actio.ns will be eff.ected: 26 1 separations; ,16 reassignments; and 2.9 changes to lower grades. G Old Business: A report was submitted' on -the first meeting of the Wage Survey held at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. It was not- ed that .the Veteran's, Administra- tion was represented' for the first time this year. NOTS representa- tives were 'successful in entering two. new categories in the survey: Cable Splicer Communications, and Cable Splicer Lineman. -A ,regular survey was made on all trial' trades this year. The El Toro Marine'Station requested, and received, a spot survey' on commis- sary men and laundry people. Many industri~s, such' as aircraft comp- anies, negotiate contracts in May after the survey has been taken. It is very nece~sary that' this informa- tion is submitted as it could make a great deal of difference in wages or the amount of a raise. The. survey board is'.meti~u"ous about 'securing and· including last minute changes as a result oLcon- tract negotiations. From 1941 to :General Meeting 1945, wages within the Navy. De- '. e Humor Clinic: A. rumor is eir- partment were' somewhat frozen as culating that Women's Dorm 8 will far as raises were concerned for be vacated to make quarters for' per diem employees. summer employees. The Station is ,From 1945 .to the 'present time, planning to rejuvenate all the old they pave taken a survey every two dorms' eventually; one dorm was years and a raise for per diem has finished last year and we are in the been realized with each survey. process of redecorating. one at the The data collectors' started the sur- present time. Since a redecorated vey on January 28, 1958, and it is anticipated that' the survey will be completed by February 20. They have extended the survey area to include Orange County, part of Riverside County and areas as far as Azusa. We were fortunate to have Orange ,County included as it is the highest paid county in Cali- fc;>rnia. • Report on Bank Facilities: It was the general opinion of employ- ees contacted that they would pre- fer the Bank of ,America facility to remain on the Station. A full w~it­ ten report will be forwarded to management by th.e Executive. Sec- retary. • Status of Capehart Housing: The. Bureau of Ordnance forward- ed our first request for 288 Cape- hart houses to' the Department of Defense. It has never' been approv- ed so we recently re-submitted the request with a stronger justifica- tion. e lUanagement Item: The Sta- tion was recently Visited by the As- sistant Secretary of the, Navy Jackson. The main object of his visit was to become familiar with the Station and' other installations. ,P8ge Four Local Students Attend ''AsilomarConference , "Freedom In Our Time" is to be the theme of the 1958 California High School Conference on Civil Liberties which will be held. at the Asilomar Conference GroundS this weel,end, . February 21-23, in the :M:onterey area. , Speakers will be Andrew Cordier, • ASfiistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Coordinator for all UN activities, and Dr. Martin Luther King,noted cler,gyman and leader in equal rights in tIie South. '. Representing China Lake at the conference will be: Gail Anderson, daughter of Captain and Mrs. Guy .J. Anderson; and Keith Emerson, son of Mr: and Mrs. Robert D. Em- erson. The two Burroughs High School students are officially delegates' of the NOTS Community Church, but will' report to, several community groups on their return. Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Lawrence Rice, high school group advisors, will iiCO company the delegates. On February 12,'the Employee-Mimagement Council held its monthly: meeting and the following topics were discussed: ' ,Preliminary Meeting ~ Need for Traffic Lights at lUa- jor Intersections such as Blandy- Iinox and Blandy-Lauritsen: It was decided, that cost estimates should ,be obtained' before a recommenda- . tion could he made. Safety Division :will . prepare a' "Vork Request to ,Public "Vorks Department' for the : estimate. It has been requested that a traf- -'fic study of Halsey Street in front ;of Burroughs High School· be made 'to determine feasibility of restrict- ing traffic during school hours,' or . ,making other modifications that .would' improye safety. o Ueport on Recreation: NOTS Instruction 11106.2 of December 6, 1957, on the Teenage Recreation Facility was brought to the Coun- cil's attention and will be distribut- ed to representatives who did not receive a copy. , " 0 Status of Proposed Changes in Yromotion Polic;r: Complete revi- sion in StationPromotion Policy is being held in· abeyance'pending re- 'visions in CIvil Service'Commission :and Navy Department merit pro~ motion programs and policy. • Status. on Revisions in IVa Examination Program - Coliateral ~re(lit: Civil Service Commission has' published a new handbook covering IVa Promotion Policy; This new handbook will be avail- able to activities in the near future. It is expected that the new hand- pook will include criteria for cred~ iting collateral credits. ~~;. ':. ,PAT.E~'I; AWARDE.ES-The U. ,S.,Patent Office is- __ ~~C' s~e£! se\'~n, patents and one Notice of Allowability to i, '.l: S~a;ti,~n..em~lo,}:.ees, which are presented at ceremon- :-. ~ i~s,)br, 9ap.t••'.".w. Iiolliste'r, (front right). TIecipients " (front, ttor.) are: Jack H. Davidson for a Cylind~l' . - End' A~lgularit,}' Gage; ;LeoL Kielma~ for ~ Spring • '\VpUlid Mechanical Inter\'aloll1eter; .Conrad R.. Ve«- .:. 1 '.-: -l . , ,eo .. ::!'c:n. f~r; ~. ~I~~~o~. ~or; ~esizing ,Internally;ThreaQ,ed , OCR Text: j .......l)'"{ - . =(EiV10VE. l F\LE. IFebruary21. 1958 . Navy Exchange• Commissary Close , For Inventory The Navy Exchange and Com- missary Store will,be ,closed for inventory beginning Tu e s day noon; FebriIary' 25, and all day \Vednesday, February 26. Both facilities will reopen' Thursday, February 27, at 10 a.m• The Outdoor Shop wIll be closed all day Tuesday, Febru- ary 25. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY All Navy Exchange facilities will' be closed tomorrow" Wash- i.....gtl,ln's :Bir.tb.daY; February 22, except: Gas' Station, Community Center' and Station Restaurant. . 'The~e ~vil1 rem~in open ona reguiar Satu'rday business sched- ule:l.':.... I -t • .' " . . - -. . . STATION LIBRARY Closed all day tomorrow. Open La,S.~su~l ~~n~~y~.. ' <: _, • ~ ., . FHA-Finan~i ng No'wAvailable ,The, Ridgecrest Branch of . the Bank .of America lias agreed to act as the local load agency for Federal Housing Administration fin a nee d homes in the :Ridgecrest-In~ yokern a r e a ; i The Department of D e fen s e agreed to guarantee FHA financing last .July for 100 essential or key workers at China Lake desiring to purchase or construct new homeS in the area. . , All NOTS personnel (other than temporary employees) who wish ,to obtain FHA financing for purchas.. ing or building a home in this area should file an application. for eligiol bility, DD Form 1159, with. the Housing Manager, Code' 203, main floor of the Housing building. The Housing Manager will fur.. nish the necessary forms for certioi ficll.tion by the Station's Command.. ing Officer.'. Eligibility must· then be approved by, the Bank of Amer.. ica..Final. eligibility will be subject to the Federal Housing Administraoi tion approval. . If 'allthe requirements are met -' satisfactorily, the Bank of America' will make loans at a 5~ percent inol ' terest rate for approximately 25 years in accordance with Title VIII, Section .809 of the National Housing' Act. . Standard FHA regulations will govern . all housing purchases or construction. This includes the' pro.. vision that construction must be performed by licensed contractorS and builders. U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake~.. California' TEXA~ SAI)P'~EITES-Sevenof 40 prominent cHi- ton'~ Direct(lr of Civ,~ ne,fen.~e; HOA Bllb Ca~ey, zens of HQ~ston, Te~as,who visited th~ St~tion last :o:arrIs, CO,unty J:u~ge; :0:011;. Jo,~lmy qoye,n, C\luncii- week arebr~efed'0';" the operati\l,11 o~ th~ T.e~rier man.; Hon. ~e M;cLeIAore, Ho.u~to~'s l\~ayor ~~o' t~~; guided missile bY,Marine Pfc. Leo W. \Veakland of, Capt. l\Iurray Hanson, Professor of Naval Science, Guide,d Missile Test Upit., Yi~wers (I. to r!) ~re: HOA•• , f.ice !nstitute. ;The visitors ,witnessed firings of Ter- Gartn (J. Bates,. ~oun~il~an; ~herwpod Cra~e,,Hql!s- f i rIel' 'an(1., the deadly Sideninder n~issiles. ,; ,Vol. XIV.lNo. 7 _~~creat~on Directorfor Ne~ Woman Patent In9.ian: Wells' Valley United Fund, Board ',Teen.CenterReportsAboard Advisor Visits Prese'nts$21,OOO to Affiliated Agencies Ida Mae \Villiams', who-prefers to be called Maay', re- NOTS D'I'VloSoIO'n ;Ip.,dian Wells V;:tll~yUnitedFund Other officers who served during b d d' h . Board of Directors presented more the past campaign are: Mrs. wii~ . ports a oar to coor mate t e recreation program for the t9an$2~,000,to affiliated agencies liam Griffin, 1st Vice-President~ < Station's f Of Business ll.nd AUditing: committee serving on for three years. Feelinga,need to Professional Women's Club.' this' financial repor't in'cluded Ger- serve, her country more fully, she Oil'her' firsf·trip' to California, don Draper,' Jack Fischer, Bob Hol- joined the American Red Cross and Miss 'Moore was' ,:favorably 'im- loway, and Kenneth Shu1!1way" served as' recreation director" for pressed with this desert community Army, Air Force::B:ndNavy:bases in and,·the-friendliness'6fthe people. ter. In oreter to protect small chil~ the 'Az'ores, near Portugal. '," ,- ~.,;' Before returning; to Washington, dren, fencing of the park is seen as After' the war; she returned to she :will' spend' additional time on the probable first step, particularly Special Services and was'.assigned official., business .at NOTS, Pasa- since chain link fencing is presently to dir,ecting recreation programs in dena;,and the Naval Ordnance Lab- available at no cost. Bremerhaven and Frankfor't, .Ger~ oratory; Corona,: Budgetary limitations have pre- m~n:~ to her':i~~~e~'~'"ill~ess,;sh:.·Co·m':m'"un)° 1 ' ty Coun','c'°11 :~~~d'~o~~h:~~~~~tf~'; h~~t~~i~~~ returned to: Texas, then entered cos t 'of" proposed improvements. TCU for additional courses. Fr'om R ," M However, : Capt. Carrithers stated, ~~~tite~h~;:~ur~eds·etrOv·elhaes--Are.mc·reerai~ ep'or,ls o ..n,.... ",eeting Public Works is ready to salvage COM to {Continue<~- all materials possible to donate to tion directo,r in Hospital Recreation' ' Plans for consecutive improve- the park' project, and several in- TV 'Space' School' in,the Philippines, Okinawa, Japan ments of,. the proposed McBride terested groups on Station'have of- and Korea for four years. _... ,:,. Park are being" readied by Public fered volunteer labor. - The first of a series of Space "Miss Williams. is looking forward Works DepartInent,-according'to a Community Manager, Ric h a r d Technology lectures shown on Los to living in the desert arid work'ng statement by CaptaihG. H. Carri- O'Reilly, has also made available Angeles KTTV station, channel 11, with the youth .inthe·community. thers, Public:Works Officer, at the $1500 from Community Servi~es Al- last Saturday Was "well received'~ She particularly invites consulta- February llmeeting"of Community terations and Improvement funds. at China Lake due to the effort of .tion with parents of teenage chil~ Council, directors.. i., J Organizations willing, to donate, George'Sutherlen, Ground Electron.. dren, and adult leadez:sof organized ;."McBride·Park, .located between labor to the project are asked to ics Coordinator and his crew•. youth groups, to, obtain their views Entwistle and Forrestal in the old contact either Capt. Carrithers or For the convenience of Station on the proposed programs for the Duplex a~ea, has ,considerable po- Jim Gates, the Council's recreation personnel, the Commissioned Offi.. Teen C e n t e r . t e n t i a l as it family recreation cen- chairman. cers' Mess and the Community Cenol __:-_'__:- -:-::..... -:-::_:-__~.,...."..:---~=---:_------'-----------~--'---....: ter were opened early in the morn" ing to permit viewing of the space school lecture. But, due to the lim'- ited number of personnel attending, t he Community Center will be closed' during the ensuing series. However, the Commissioned Offi" cers' Mess will continue to open at 7:30 a.m. to accommodate interested persollllel. 'JGA Class Opens All NOTs emplol'ees who have successfully passe~l the 'Federal Service Entrance Examination mid who wish to be' considered for the JGA Tr;lining Class scheduled to start imme!,liate!y should contact Bob Stephenson, Ext•.' 72648, Employee Develop- ment Division, Personnel De- partment. . , Ii" • \'l.-_";'_';.'·,;.',;.i.:.;,.;·.-~,;,.-_f;..;.,~·.:.;..:.'_':....-;'...:..~ ~:..'_'I , , , , ~-,--:~Fift~en' Re'ceive.' ,-All Starl Pins - ,Babe Ruth "All Star" pins were presented to Manager .Jerl-y. Bell and· Coach' Ty Blair and fifteen players of the Babe Ruth League last Monday. night at a, meeting - held in the Richmond School AUdi- torium., '., . Players receiving "All Star" pins \vere: Richard Cashore, D a II i n Childs, Gordie Crenshaw, .J 0 h n Dragovich, Buddy Fisher, Bobby Koehler, Dave Martin, and Gary Maxwell, all of the Cubs; Dennis Carson, Ronnie Melia, Dennis Sorge, and Benny Sorge of the Reds; Mar- vinJeffris and David Taylor of the Cards; and John Pinney of the In- dians. In addition baseball pins were presented to all players of the Babe Ruth League. A certificate was awarded to Bob- by Koehler of the Cubs for Winning . the league batting title by virtue of his ,.643 average.. ' " . . Manager Jerry Bell of the cham- pion Cubs was presel}ted the per- petual league trophy by' League President Charles Martin. Bell in turn presented the trophy to Chief Vernon Ender, representative of the Cubs sponsor, the Chief Petty. Offi- cers' Club. , Upon completion of the'awards -. the following were elected to serve for the 1958 season; Deming· G. . Maclise, president; Dr. W. F. Koeh- , ler, vice president; Dr. C. J. Thorne, ~ treasurer; .Jerry Bell" Ty Blair, .Marshall Breaw, and Elmer Davis as board members., . . The newly elec,ted 'president, Mac- lise, expressed' the hope, that he would receive 100 per cent coopera- tion from members and players in J -.' the operation of the league, and he - -,lrged the whole-hea'rted attendance ,from all parents at the league games d~ring the 1958 season. Beneficial Suggestion Pro g ram. Some of that money is gon'e for- ever, but some I am trying fo re- trieve .b,}" personally contacting my .employees and inviting them to submit any suggestion which they feel will save' money for the Navy' or improve safety. . Most of them look 'at me in be- wilderment, and I have a sneaking feeling that they're wondering how changeable a fellow can be. But-- 1; don't care' what they think of my changed attitud~ as long as they keep their worth-while suggestions coming. I'm not'proud of my past record, but I'am proud that I have changed hom' a "lunkhead" to..a- section h e a d . - rf (From MECHANEWS, NSt, . Mechanicsburg, Pa.) . are: . Dorsett Phillips, Bakersfield, general art chair~ man; Edwin Fortier, Phillip' Schuyler, and Donald Fay. Seated (I. to r.) are: \ Lorraine McClung, co- chairman; . Joyce Casaroli, Adeline\Villiams, Alice 'Dubin, chairman; Ruth .schuyler,' and' Pat Cox. 'Confessions of A-Lunkhead , As sectjon head I was doing fine-never had much of" a backlog. and rarely any ,tim~":consuming Beneficial Sug':' gestion il1vestigations to make. Frankly, I had done a good job of disco,uraging my employees'ons¥bmitting suggestions. This had' helped me, I was sure, had been broken. ,to a marked degree,' in: catching' But what was this? Oh, nO,-it up 'on my. backlog. Less time on couldn't be! 'I\. directive fiom the suggestions; more time for other Bureau providing for the ch-ange W9~k. ".~.,. .._,,_ ." ..-~:~. Beaver. had .proposed. I checked Then 'Eager Beaver with the Incentive Awards AdmiIi- istrator and learned that the 'com~ mittee had decided to' forward the suggestion to the Bureau for con;' sideration. Beaver hadn't.sold me,' but he had soI"d the Bureau. About a week later I was request.. cd to submit the estimated saving:J that my section would realize 1---- --,... ~ result of the change. I jumpE: _ it at once with two of my experts, and was' amazed to come up witl\ an annual saving of $50,000. A few weeks later Beaver receiv- ed an award of $475 from the local command, and three months after that, an additional award of $825 from Washington. His suggestion, must have saved the Navy close to a quartet: of a million dollars. I did a lotof thinking and reach.. cd the conclusion that I was' not a. section head but a "lunkhead." I had been saving pennies and letting' dollars go down the drain. It makeli me shudder to think of the thous. ands of dollars I probably lost the government by not backing the \ RO CKET,EEk THE ART COUNCIL.,.-Organizers· of the' Decennial, Art Festival at' China Lake to be heldlUarch 29 and 30 in the Community, Center will judge student, ama- teur and professional paintings for the spring Art Festival in Bakersfield in May.' Standing (I., tor.) UCLA Extension Motion Picture Course Proposed Anew extension course entitled "Motion Picture Production" is b~­ ing proposed for. the fall of 1958 by the University of California at Los Angeles. The course will co~r topics such as Story Presentation for Technical or Cpmmereial"Reports,' Editing, Sound Recording and Script Prep- ar,ation. It is designed to fulfill the requirements for those who have need for the understanding of mo- tion picture techniques. ' Interested persons should call Dick Clark, Ext. 71417. If the re- quired number of requests are re- ceived no later than M.ay 1, '1958. Art EntriesSought' From Grade Pupils Parents of. China Lake Elemen- tary .School children are urged to encourage their participation in the school art contest to be held in Burroughs School Library. Ent~'ies must be ,submitted by the March 7 deadline. . Winners will be entered in the district'Art Festival' contest to be held in the Community Center on March 29 and 30. District contest winners 'will be entered in the County finals to be held May 2 through 4 i~ Jhe Cunningham Me- morial Art Gallery in' :aakersfield. The art program in the schools will not be directed toward the art contest, but the schools are sending home announcements of the con- test requirements. All entries must be the original work of the con- testants.. No copy. or number pic- tures will -be accepted. Additional information may be obtained from' Mrs. Casaroli, Ext.' 125381, after 5 p.m. on weekdays. • • ferred to my organization. He came to me' from Joe Pusher's section. Joe was one of those fanatics on promoting the Suggestion Program, and Beaver had been well indoc- trinated by him: Well, 'about three days after Beaver came with me, it happened -a Beneficial Suggestion submitt- ed by him with an investigation re- port form attached lay on 'my desk for action. And action it was! I nearly shoved .my desk, chair through the wallback of me as I sprang to my feet, bellowing like an enraged bull. How could I have been so stupid as not to call Beaver in ,the first day and emphatically state my ,views regarding Beneficial Sug- gestions. Now it was too late-lor someone else would have to lose valuable time investigating the thing. I was on the verge of calling him in and batting his ears' down for his audacity, but before doing so I simmered down enough to read his proposal. In reading the sug~ gestion I' discovered an out. I wouldn't have'to investigate it, as Beaver had touched on a compli- cated area which would require Bureau approval befor~ his propo- sal could be adopted in its entirety. I would use a better metnod of clipping Beayer:'s wings. I'd fix it so he would get a rejection letter, and thus keep him from stirring up a rumpus about my lack of enthu- siasm for the program. I returned the investigation re- port, recommending'. non-adoption, and as the days rushed into weeks I forgot about the suggestion. Bea- ver hadn't submitted any more, and I .concluded thathe~had r'ece[ved his' rejection letter a'nd hIs spirit RockeLl\IotorTubill!~';and, Oapt., Hollister. In back 1-----, :--- ,__---.....- row:(I. tor.) -are·:J~~epIi St.All1and; p~tent advi~oi-; Robert C. l\Ieade, for' an Electronic Motor; 'Rex L. Book of the Week' . 7·7,=~=====::::i Smith,foranlIcrmet'icallY Sealed SquibiSt~ven·l\i. ,And Then There Was 'Light,by Talk.over your Benny SU99 Little, for a Rock~t LauncIier; pi~~re St. Amand;for Rudolph,Thiel.·' 't";' idea with your'supervisor- , . . . ' . . Adventure .and ' discovery, in, the h ,. • t t' 'd ... Y . " an Auroral Airglow Photometer Svstem', and Berl1~, e S'. In eres e ." 'oursuc- " world of astronomy from the astra- . ,ardSmith, for a,Multiple Box Fin. A formal patent, logers of, Babylon.and China to the cess is a credit.to him,too! \Hll'issue when the'latter is declassified; " " , ; astrophysicists of today. I,: t, i,' ~ Navy Incentive Award1program .. ,~.. ~-.~I. ~;;_ .. ~; Reports. EMCO dorm will be available, summer stu- dents may be housed there since ex- perience indicates it is best to con- solidate them. This may be the I basis for the rumor. There is also a rumor of a re- duction in force in June 1958: There is no indication at this time that we will have a reduction in force in June. We are in the midst of a re- duction in force ,now and the fol- lowing actio.ns will be eff.ected: 26 1 separations; ,16 reassignments; and 2.9 changes to lower grades. G Old Business: A report was submitted' on -the first meeting of the Wage Survey held at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. It was not- ed that .the Veteran's, Administra- tion was represented' for the first time this year. NOTS representa- tives were 'successful in entering two. new categories in the survey: Cable Splicer Communications, and Cable Splicer Lineman. -A ,regular survey was made on all trial' trades this year. The El Toro Marine'Station requested, and received, a spot survey' on commis- sary men and laundry people. Many industri~s, such' as aircraft comp- anies, negotiate contracts in May after the survey has been taken. It is very nece~sary that' this informa- tion is submitted as it could make a great deal of difference in wages or the amount of a raise. The. survey board is'.meti~u"ous about 'securing and· including last minute changes as a result oLcon- tract negotiations. From 1941 to :General Meeting 1945, wages within the Navy. De- '. e Humor Clinic: A. rumor is eir- partment were' somewhat frozen as culating that Women's Dorm 8 will far as raises were concerned for be vacated to make quarters for' per diem employees. summer employees. The Station is ,From 1945 .to the 'present time, planning to rejuvenate all the old they pave taken a survey every two dorms' eventually; one dorm was years and a raise for per diem has finished last year and we are in the been realized with each survey. process of redecorating. one at the The data collectors' started the sur- present time. Since a redecorated vey on January 28, 1958, and it is anticipated that' the survey will be completed by February 20. They have extended the survey area to include Orange County, part of Riverside County and areas as far as Azusa. We were fortunate to have Orange ,County included as it is the highest paid county in Cali- fc;>rnia. • Report on Bank Facilities: It was the general opinion of employ- ees contacted that they would pre- fer the Bank of ,America facility to remain on the Station. A full w~it­ ten report will be forwarded to management by th.e Executive. Sec- retary. • Status of Capehart Housing: The. Bureau of Ordnance forward- ed our first request for 288 Cape- hart houses to' the Department of Defense. It has never' been approv- ed so we recently re-submitted the request with a stronger justifica- tion. e lUanagement Item: The Sta- tion was recently Visited by the As- sistant Secretary of the, Navy Jackson. The main object of his visit was to become familiar with the Station and' other installations. ,P8ge Four Local Students Attend ''AsilomarConference , "Freedom In Our Time" is to be the theme of the 1958 California High School Conference on Civil Liberties which will be held. at the Asilomar Conference GroundS this weel,end, . February 21-23, in the :M:onterey area. , Speakers will be Andrew Cordier, • ASfiistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Coordinator for all UN activities, and Dr. Martin Luther King,noted cler,gyman and leader in equal rights in tIie South. '. Representing China Lake at the conference will be: Gail Anderson, daughter of Captain and Mrs. Guy .J. Anderson; and Keith Emerson, son of Mr: and Mrs. Robert D. Em- erson. The two Burroughs High School students are officially delegates' of the NOTS Community Church, but will' report to, several community groups on their return. Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Lawrence Rice, high school group advisors, will iiCO company the delegates. On February 12,'the Employee-Mimagement Council held its monthly: meeting and the following topics were discussed: ' ,Preliminary Meeting ~ Need for Traffic Lights at lUa- jor Intersections such as Blandy- Iinox and Blandy-Lauritsen: It was decided, that cost estimates should ,be obtained' before a recommenda- . tion could he made. Safety Division :will . prepare a' "Vork Request to ,Public "Vorks Department' for the : estimate. It has been requested that a traf- -'fic study of Halsey Street in front ;of Burroughs High School· be made 'to determine feasibility of restrict- ing traffic during school hours,' or . ,making other modifications that .would' improye safety. o Ueport on Recreation: NOTS Instruction 11106.2 of December 6, 1957, on the Teenage Recreation Facility was brought to the Coun- cil's attention and will be distribut- ed to representatives who did not receive a copy. , " 0 Status of Proposed Changes in Yromotion Polic;r: Complete revi- sion in StationPromotion Policy is being held in· abeyance'pending re- 'visions in CIvil Service'Commission :and Navy Department merit pro~ motion programs and policy. • Status. on Revisions in IVa Examination Program - Coliateral ~re(lit: Civil Service Commission has' published a new handbook covering IVa Promotion Policy; This new handbook will be avail- able to activities in the near future. It is expected that the new hand- pook will include criteria for cred~ iting collateral credits. ~~;. ':. ,PAT.E~'I; AWARDE.ES-The U. ,S.,Patent Office is- __ ~~C' s~e£! se\'~n, patents and one Notice of Allowability to i, '.l: S~a;ti,~n..em~lo,}:.ees, which are presented at ceremon- :-. ~ i~s,)br, 9ap.t••'.".w. Iiolliste'r, (front right). TIecipients " (front, ttor.) are: Jack H. Davidson for a Cylind~l' . - End' A~lgularit,}' Gage; ;LeoL Kielma~ for ~ Spring • '\VpUlid Mechanical Inter\'aloll1eter; .Conrad R.. Ve«- .:. 1 '.-: -l . , ,eo .. ::!'c:n. f~r; ~. ~I~~~o~. ~or; ~esizing ,Internally;ThreaQ,ed , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1950s,Rocketeer 1958,Rktr2.21.1958.pdf,Rktr2.21.1958.pdf Page 1, Rktr2.21.1958.pdf Page 1