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IW.v :Desett Ar~a Family Service
Slciles",·Annual'Banquet ,and Elections
.;~'fhe:si~th annual meeting and"banquet of the Indian
\Vells Valley Desert .Area Family'Service Agency will be
held on Monday"Aprill at 6:30p.m~ in the Elks Lodge,
Ridgecrest. " "
Guest speaker will be Dr. Portia to. the Board of Directors of the
Bell Hume, DePuty Director, Com- Family Service Agency will be held
munit.j ~Servrces,~Canforiira-Sla1{;'following'the b'ilnquet and -address:-
Department of Mental Hygiene: Dr. Nominees for the posts include~
Hume; a noted psychiatrist, is also Reverend C..R. Simmons and Ken.'
Associate Clinic'al Professor of Psy- neth, Smith from Ridgecrest; Fred
chiatry in the University of Cali- L. Richards, Adrienne Young,C. D.
fornia Medical School, San' Fran- Barker, Tarry Fisher, and Edith
cisco. Dr. Humehas been' employed Karner of China Lake, ,
by the' State Department of Mental Recent appointments to the Board
Hygiene since 1952. She was di- of Directors to fill existing vacan:'
rector of the Outpatient Department cies were: Chaplain James Hester,
of the Langley Porter Clinic fr,om D. B. Howe, Dr. T. W. Milburn and
its' opening in 1943 until 1947 when 'Evelyn Glatt of China Lake.
she lett to open the Berkeley State . The Desert Area Family Service
Mental Hygiene Clinic, where she Agency receives the 'bulk of its' sup-
was Director and Chief Psychiatrist port from the local United Fund or-
until 1951. Dr. Hume is a member ganfzation. ' Established in 1951,
of the American Medical Associa- 'Family Service is,~ non-sectarian,
tion, the American Psychiatric As- non-profit organization whose pur·
sociation, the American Psychoana- pose is to provide professional case-,
lytic Association a's well as, many work service for' the IWV commu·
other professional organizations. nity., Through its ,"counseling or
El~~tions of seven neW members (Continued on' Page 4)
VISITORS-Here for a. one~day tour of the Station last \Vednesday were
two representatives of the German Federal Defense l\linist'ry~ Shown
(1..to 11'.) a,re: Commander Karl Hetz; Rear Admiral Ge~hard Wagner,
Deputy Head of the Naval Division,German FederalDefense l\Iinistry;,
and Capt~in ;F. L. Ashworth, Station Commander.
SNORT,SIed-sSpeed, 'To New Records
. , A new Station record,andpossibly a world's record,
was set on the SNORT track last week when aSandi:i
Corporation sled zoomed down the 4.1 mile.span at a,speed
of 1705 miles-per-hourduiing'a super-high "G" test. '"
It is believed to be the high~st' on the sled would function properly
speed ever reached by'a' two:rail under the.high"G" load.
carriage during a captive test; The 2180 mph' "
solid propellant sled reached its ,.,I.n another run" a'week earlier, a.
'peak: vel6cltyof
C
2500" feet-per:.'sec: mono rail sled reached the incredi-
and from' a' stariding 'stop'in' 8/10th ble speed' of 2180 miles-per:hour, or
of a second, or before' it hadtrav-' 3200 feet-per-second. This CQuid also
eled 1000 feet.,,' be claimed as anew record for sleds
, Over' 100 "G's", or· 100 times the on one rail. " . , . ,
normal gravitational' 'acceleration; This sled,was powered by 4 solid
wer~ exerted on 'the sled, which was propellant LOKI motors, and the
powered by 40 LOKI motors. ' test was run to determine the' ef-
'The-test was, held'to 'see if' elec- fects of the very high velocity on a
trie components that were mounted missile component.
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> Clean.'Up Rally"
This year's "Clean-Up" cam-
paign wil(be kicked-off with a
,hus-e raily in front of the Sta-
,tion "Theatre '..next __ Satu~day,
'Apr!l 6, at 11:30 a.m. The pro-
gram win inchide entertahmlellt
by a barbershop' quartet .and
'mtisicians"from the ,local high
school' band. Community' lUan-
agerDick O'Reilly'and Fire.
Chief A: 'C.Wright will speak.
'Let's aU'get behind this "Clean;
Up" campaign. Come to the 1705 lUILES-PER-HOUR-Here is the Sandia Corporation sled powered
giant rally and find out how.
L- .....;.. .b~' 40 LOIiI motors that set a new SNORT record last week.
Chest X-Rays,
For Straggrers
", Start~Moriday
Annual chest X·rays for civilian
and military enlisted personnel who
,did not obtain this service from
the Mobile X-ray U.riitduring No-
vember; 1956, will be given at the
Station Dispensary ;:luring the n~xt
two weks, ..
r Civilian Personnel
.Starting MOllclay, April 1, through
Friday, April 5, civilian personnel
WIll be }l:-rayed betwe'en 7 :30, and
11 a.m., and' from 12:30 to 4 p,m.
daily for persons whose last names
bE'ginwith the following letters:
A- thru e-.:-Monday, April 1
D thru H-Tuesday, April 2
I thru M-Wednesday, April 3
N thruS~Thursday, April 4
T thru Z":"'Friday, April' 5
".,:,l\IilitlUY Personnel~-'"
Erilist.ed personnel X~rays ~ill be
given starting. Monday, 'April 8,
through 'Friday,. April 12, between
7:30 and 11 a.m.,lmd from 12:30t6
-4 p.m. daiiy for persons whose last
names begin', with the' following
letters:' ,
A thru C-Monday" April 8
D thruH-Tuesday, April 9
I thru M-Wednesday, April 10
N thru S-Thursday,' April ,11,
T, thru ,:,Z-Friday, April 12
:: App;oximately 125 .Ai; Force re-
servists ,from the F:'resno' Air, Re-
serve Center tour~d the' facilities
of th~, Naval Ordnance Test Sta~
tion last Thursday.':' _,
, , Sent from WashiIJ-gtort,n.C" to
cover:the event was T/S&t. EarlC'1
Nelson; ,staff writer of the "Air
Reservist," offi'cial publication of I
the Air Force Reserve, Air Na-
tionaLGuard, Air Foree-ROTC, and I
Civil Air PatrOl., The a,'rticle is to I
appear in the May issue of this
magazine, which has a circulation,
'of more than 600,000. ' _
, ArrivIng by planes of the Strate'::
gic Air Command and the Califor-
nia Air National Guard and by pri~
vate autos, the reservists enjoyed
their first glimpse of the Station's
extensive testing facilities.
Highlights' of their visit included
the firing of a TERRIER salvo at
an F6F drone, ,and a ,liquid-fuel
sled test at the SNORT track. -
'" Preceding the demonstrations,-
the v.isitors were given a briefing by
Captain F. L. Ashworth,. NOTS
Commander, and H. G.Wilson, 'As-
,sociate, Technical 'Director. ' Com-
mander W. H. Cone,: LCdr. G. A.
Tierney, and, Dr. 'T. s. :Amlie also
gave a thorough presentaHon' of
the _SIDEWINDER- prograin; em-
phasizing Air Force interest in this
missile.
Assisting with the TERRIER
part ofthe,pr()gram were J. D. De-
Santo and W.~E..Vore..Thevisitors
were' briefed on the' SNOR~: pro-
ceedings by J. P. Judin and J. G.
Rickhoff. ;."
Acting as hosts and guides for
the visiting reservists were the fol-
jQwing.....ln~ersI~bf 1Rlight.;:,"F:!.
9447th Air Reserve Squatiron, Chi-
na Lake: ,Lt. Col. Charles Arnold,
Maj.' Charles Thelen,' Capt. John
Burnett, Capt. Robert Sewell, Capt.
Ray Sinnott, Capt. Frank Gagliar-
di, Capt. Harold Hockett, Capt. Art
Thomas, Capt. JohU Peterson, Lt;
Albert Christman, and Lt. Ben Lee.
~rass'Seed Issue
Grass sel'd will be issued ,to
Station 'residents tomorrow at
the' Greenhouse from 12 tos
p.m.
,WV Groups Join Clean-Up Campaign
, In addition to, contributing to, a of any type.
civic effort' to make the Indian Many persons h"ave entered their
'Vells Valley abetter and 'a cleaner names in 'the "before and after"
place'to live, many organizations picture contest sponsored by the
. are competing for trophies to be Photographic Society of China Lake.
awarded for "doing the most" to Three trophies will be awarded in
further the Clean-Up Week cam- this contest in addition·to ceramic
paign. ' , , prizes donated by the Ceramics
. Any organization with a Clean- Club. To enter in this competition;
Up,\Veek project should make sure persons planning a clean-up project
that their organization has report- should call the Community Mana-
ed the project to the Office of the ger's Office, Ext. 71310 to make ar-
Community Manager in order to be 'rangements to have pictures taken
included on the list from which the before and after completion.
trophy award winners will be select- Contest awards are presently dis-
ed. An' organization ,is defined as played in the windows of the Navy
any ,public or private organization Exchange Retail Store.
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN TROPffiE8-Six trophies to be awarded to or-
'ganizations and individuals who "do the most" are shown,ab,ove.
Seve'n Senior Boys Contend
for Burroughsl
Kelly Award
:: Seven ," Bur,rough§. High' School player's value, to the team, sports-
seniors ,were, named thi~, week a'l manship, citizenship, and scholastic
candidates for the BohKelly Mem- attitude.'~' '
orial, Award made annually to an Each award winner'is presented
outstanding graduating member of ,with, anengrav'ed medal pe:irdant
the football· team, ',Roger Short, and his name is inscribed on the
Jack Butler" Joel Christie,. Larry memorial phiqlle at t.he Kelly Ath-
Jeffris, Gary Jacobs, Tom. Siopes letic Field.
and J.ohn Oro,zco 'w.ereIisted, by' Theawa~d ~as' established by
Roderick O'Meara, head coach" a's former Station residents, Mr. and
the nominees. Mrs. Francis Kelly, as a memorial
, Candidates for the coveted award to their son, a Burroughs athlete
were selected in a secrph .........-- C who was killed in an automObile
, , fellow football tea~ 'ccident. ' " - .
tne award ";inn-b'!__ , /Th~-ff;;rpr;;;;;;'ta'lli>;-'was~in 1949
ed at, a special 'awacu.. ~ _ itO Arthur Craddock. Winners since
this month. " - .- ~, the'n have been, respectively, Dewey
, Final 'selection for the award Dunaway, James Cox, Tom Shep-
'res!s with a committee composed erd, R{)bin Mullins, Harry Sinith
of the high schopl principal' and and Phil Barra. ' ,
vice-principal, the head football
coach, president of the senior class
and the president of the associated
students. ,
Qualifications for selection, in ad-
dition to the requirement that the
nominee be a senior class member
of 'the football squad, indude'the
RESEHVIST8-About to view a. liquid sled firing from the SNORT con-
trol tower.are three niembers of the Air Force Ueserve. Over 125 "isiting
I'esenists were hoste,d by the local 9-l-l7th Air Ueserve Squall~on I~st
week:Shown (1 t.o r.) are: Capt. John ~urnett, Col. Ladislaus Iilohs, Jr.,
- , ' , '
, aD:rllUaJ. Charles Thelen. ' ,.', " .' _,' ,.'
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'Church' GuHd plans
Used Clothing Drive
, Clean,u§ed clothing wi~l be col-
F-~~·,"··:.the':'Women~s Guild of:
i-""'churchcme day
, ,.d 1~'at the'Parish
L~ _,__.ween 9 a.m. and 3' p.m.,
according "to committeechairnian
Claire Hunter.' -- -,
Clothing for, men, ;,vomen arid
children ,V'ill be distr,ibuteJl, aqlong
the migril'nt " families ' in Kern.
County, the Indians on the Ganado
Reservation in Arizona 'and to the
natives of the Caroline Islands.
,It is emlihasized that'ali clothing
must be 'in w~arable condition
since there are no facilities' avaiI~ •
'able 'for 'mending orstorfng' tlla~
'clothing. '~ . ' " i
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SUPERIOR ACHIEVE1UENT Engineering'Department employees,
Hugh n: Woodier (left>' andOtho' Hart"earn certificates ~nd an'Rrd.
checks 'of $100' eaCh: Thfco'inmiridation ,,'a~ ';., result of th~ir achieve- '. ~
ment in the task of preparing the Fuze NOTS lUodel U2A for ma.83
production during the period of Jan. 15 through April 15, 1956.
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,Hospital Feasibility
~eportJo ~~H~arg
A _progress report of tne fact
finding committee which was ap-
pointed to investigate the feasibi-
lity of building a community hospi-
tal will be given next Wednesday,
April 3, at 8 p.m. in the, James
Monroe School auditorium in
Ridgecrest.
, The Medical Committee of NOTS
Community Council, under' the
chairmanship of Marion Olds, is
sponsoring the investigation.
Community ~ouncil '
, Office Hour~" "
C6ri1mllllity Council! o!fice' hours
recently announced by the' Com-
munity'Manager are 3:30-5:30 Mon-
day through Friday." The: office is
located in the Credit Union Build-
ing at'301 Parsons. Tqlie Mayberry
is the Secretary and may be reach-
ed at these times'on Ext. 72290.
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Community ~ouncil
Directors Needed
,
-o-The Community Council has an-
nou.nced' ,that 'two '; Q.irectors are
,needed to fill vacancies in,precincts
'2 and 4.ThIi candidates, selected
will fill out the balance of the'l-
year term ,of two d~rectors who
have recently resigned. •
Interested parties shOUld submit
petitions signed by 5; members' of
their respective precincts and for-
ward them to' Tilli~ :Mayberry,
Community Council Secretary, at
the Council office, ;301 Parsons
Road before April 9. I .
Precinct 4 includes' the PreFab
area, while precinct 2 is bounded by
Lauritzen, Blandy, Mitscher, Nim:.
itz and Leyte.' ,/
ow (1. to,r.) a~e:~cil J.Hu~ter! ~~., l\i~UJ~ce sand;
ictor F. Oastenada; and H. H" lJieK~.<7Back row:
ames P. Curran, Monroe· E. Trimble, Ernest D.
ampbell, Jackson D. Whitfield and Jo~n 1'1. Jensen,
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THE ""'ROlC:'K:E,y'E~lh""-~'-"-',," ~_.__,,:' March '29, 1957,-
Handsburg ,GhostJ~Ships \Siftiri"gji,H
ig~h\}afid~:.Dry,"ln1,,;Oeserf ~Bur.rooghs Nam'es,;,,",-,
, : , ; . J. ',,' , ! : ", ,> ," • " . . , - SChool,Delegat"~s -,
T
oState,Programs
Sandra Witt' and J?-y Carty were
pamed by school offiCials, this week
as Burroughs High School'delegates
to the annual Girls and Boys State
I programs, f?r ~957:' ' " '
'Alternates' selected were Peggy
Jackson and' Gary' Koehler. Both
state groups ,,,ill 'convene for a week
in·Sacramento during the month,of
l~U;:~~sored anntially by the' Amer- :
icim ,Legion and the: Legion Auxil-'
,iary, 'the programs ,give 'a: repre-
sEmtative , from each ' state Ii i g h, ,
school an opportunity' to 'join\\ith,
others of his grade level and learI;!-
ing the duties, privileges and rights
and' responsibilities, of American
citizenship. . - i:
'Under the-dir~tionof'p-r6fes~
si~nal people and trained' supervi~"
sights in this re- sors, the delegates divide into
groups, patterned after the state
govermnent 'and ,its local, flubdivi7'
sions. Political affiliations are chos-
en by order of registratio~.'For tfl;e
week's program, the studentsco:q-
duct 'a11 affairs in accordance, ,vith '
existing 'California la,v learniijgre-
sponsibilities they. must assume
when they become adults.,", , , ':l
A program of instruction ," and
recreatIon featuring music, f~lkan!!
rhythmic dancing and organized
sports is offered every evening~.-,::::
Delegates to the annual program
are selected by the junior class Eng-
lish and social' studies instrlIdor,s
on the basis of understanding, lea.d-
ership, citizenship;,-:character and,
scholastic achievement. Students
must be eleventh graders,and, plan
to attend ·their school at least one
more semester., "
, Delegateil', from Burroughs last
year were Myrna G::arter and Charles
Walker" ' ,
nmWN'Y SUGGS-Tvv.elve recent recipienh of, bene-'
, ficial sugg.e;ilh)Ii' Qwaro;} in thePropeIlanh anil Ex-
plo'1rrves Department (frant row, I. to r.).are: G!}{)!l'ge
A. O;>lUn:i, l'ilarie-n lUulUa, William B. Hobbi. 1'l1lid,lila
,(;amUy Service..•
(Continued from Page 1) "
,()8,sevlork services the agency offer3
belp for a h03t of problems that can
,disrupt family life. M
:Marriage difficulties, unmanage- Photo Society eets
_..:~-hl(). children, teen-age problems ' '1 ld T .
(Iud family budget difficulties' area To Pan',Fie . np 'Y'-'
leVI of the kinds of problems that ' The ,monthly general meeting of
firc brought to the agency. The the China Lake, Photograpliic 'So-
agency serves the whole comm:unity ciety will be held Wednesday even-
by helping individuals solve their ing, April 3, at 8 p.m. in the Photo
Irl.·ohlems, before theY me~ome so Hut, 50,King Avenue,' near, Switzer
c;;crious as to create a financial bur- Circle on the Station. ' , "
'dell for the community in terms of
bosl'ita13, law enforcement and pris- . A3will be noted, this meeting j,s
011 systems, public support of chil- being held on the first \Vednesd!l'Y
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~~\ ;\)fon:Rrotection
~~~Ag~'instRabies
Since January on this Station,
!there have been over' 25 'cases of
Clean.'Up Rally"
This year's "Clean-Up" cam-
paign wil(be kicked-off with a
,hus-e raily in front of the Sta-
,tion "Theatre '..next __ Satu~day,
'Apr!l 6, at 11:30 a.m. The pro-
gram win inchide entertahmlellt
by a barbershop' quartet .and
'mtisicians"from the ,local high
school' band. Community' lUan-
agerDick O'Reilly'and Fire.
Chief A: 'C.Wright will speak.
'Let's aU'get behind this "Clean;
Up" campaign. Come to the 1705 lUILES-PER-HOUR-Here is the Sandia Corporation sled powered
giant rally and find out how.
L- .....;.. .b~' 40 LOIiI motors that set a new SNORT record last week.
Chest X-Rays,
For Straggrers
", Start~Moriday
Annual chest X·rays for civilian
and military enlisted personnel who
,did not obtain this service from
the Mobile X-ray U.riitduring No-
vember; 1956, will be given at the
Station Dispensary ;:luring the n~xt
two weks, ..
r Civilian Personnel
.Starting MOllclay, April 1, through
Friday, April 5, civilian personnel
WIll be }l:-rayed betwe'en 7 :30, and
11 a.m., and' from 12:30 to 4 p,m.
daily for persons whose last names
bE'ginwith the following letters:
A- thru e-.:-Monday, April 1
D thru H-Tuesday, April 2
I thru M-Wednesday, April 3
N thruS~Thursday, April 4
T thru Z":"'Friday, April' 5
".,:,l\IilitlUY Personnel~-'"
Erilist.ed personnel X~rays ~ill be
given starting. Monday, 'April 8,
through 'Friday,. April 12, between
7:30 and 11 a.m.,lmd from 12:30t6
-4 p.m. daiiy for persons whose last
names begin', with the' following
letters:' ,
A thru C-Monday" April 8
D thruH-Tuesday, April 9
I thru M-Wednesday, April 10
N thru S-Thursday,' April ,11,
T, thru ,:,Z-Friday, April 12
:: App;oximately 125 .Ai; Force re-
servists ,from the F:'resno' Air, Re-
serve Center tour~d the' facilities
of th~, Naval Ordnance Test Sta~
tion last Thursday.':' _,
, , Sent from WashiIJ-gtort,n.C" to
cover:the event was T/S&t. EarlC'1
Nelson; ,staff writer of the "Air
Reservist," offi'cial publication of I
the Air Force Reserve, Air Na-
tionaLGuard, Air Foree-ROTC, and I
Civil Air PatrOl., The a,'rticle is to I
appear in the May issue of this
magazine, which has a circulation,
'of more than 600,000. ' _
, ArrivIng by planes of the Strate'::
gic Air Command and the Califor-
nia Air National Guard and by pri~
vate autos, the reservists enjoyed
their first glimpse of the Station's
extensive testing facilities.
Highlights' of their visit included
the firing of a TERRIER salvo at
an F6F drone, ,and a ,liquid-fuel
sled test at the SNORT track. -
'" Preceding the demonstrations,-
the v.isitors were given a briefing by
Captain F. L. Ashworth,. NOTS
Commander, and H. G.Wilson, 'As-
,sociate, Technical 'Director. ' Com-
mander W. H. Cone,: LCdr. G. A.
Tierney, and, Dr. 'T. s. :Amlie also
gave a thorough presentaHon' of
the _SIDEWINDER- prograin; em-
phasizing Air Force interest in this
missile.
Assisting with the TERRIER
part ofthe,pr()gram were J. D. De-
Santo and W.~E..Vore..Thevisitors
were' briefed on the' SNOR~: pro-
ceedings by J. P. Judin and J. G.
Rickhoff. ;."
Acting as hosts and guides for
the visiting reservists were the fol-
jQwing.....ln~ersI~bf 1Rlight.;:,"F:!.
9447th Air Reserve Squatiron, Chi-
na Lake: ,Lt. Col. Charles Arnold,
Maj.' Charles Thelen,' Capt. John
Burnett, Capt. Robert Sewell, Capt.
Ray Sinnott, Capt. Frank Gagliar-
di, Capt. Harold Hockett, Capt. Art
Thomas, Capt. JohU Peterson, Lt;
Albert Christman, and Lt. Ben Lee.
~rass'Seed Issue
Grass sel'd will be issued ,to
Station 'residents tomorrow at
the' Greenhouse from 12 tos
p.m.
,WV Groups Join Clean-Up Campaign
, In addition to, contributing to, a of any type.
civic effort' to make the Indian Many persons h"ave entered their
'Vells Valley abetter and 'a cleaner names in 'the "before and after"
place'to live, many organizations picture contest sponsored by the
. are competing for trophies to be Photographic Society of China Lake.
awarded for "doing the most" to Three trophies will be awarded in
further the Clean-Up Week cam- this contest in addition·to ceramic
paign. ' , , prizes donated by the Ceramics
. Any organization with a Clean- Club. To enter in this competition;
Up,\Veek project should make sure persons planning a clean-up project
that their organization has report- should call the Community Mana-
ed the project to the Office of the ger's Office, Ext. 71310 to make ar-
Community Manager in order to be 'rangements to have pictures taken
included on the list from which the before and after completion.
trophy award winners will be select- Contest awards are presently dis-
ed. An' organization ,is defined as played in the windows of the Navy
any ,public or private organization Exchange Retail Store.
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN TROPffiE8-Six trophies to be awarded to or-
'ganizations and individuals who "do the most" are shown,ab,ove.
Seve'n Senior Boys Contend
for Burroughsl
Kelly Award
:: Seven ," Bur,rough§. High' School player's value, to the team, sports-
seniors ,were, named thi~, week a'l manship, citizenship, and scholastic
candidates for the BohKelly Mem- attitude.'~' '
orial, Award made annually to an Each award winner'is presented
outstanding graduating member of ,with, anengrav'ed medal pe:irdant
the football· team, ',Roger Short, and his name is inscribed on the
Jack Butler" Joel Christie,. Larry memorial phiqlle at t.he Kelly Ath-
Jeffris, Gary Jacobs, Tom. Siopes letic Field.
and J.ohn Oro,zco 'w.ereIisted, by' Theawa~d ~as' established by
Roderick O'Meara, head coach" a's former Station residents, Mr. and
the nominees. Mrs. Francis Kelly, as a memorial
, Candidates for the coveted award to their son, a Burroughs athlete
were selected in a secrph .........-- C who was killed in an automObile
, , fellow football tea~ 'ccident. ' " - .
tne award ";inn-b'!__ , /Th~-ff;;rpr;;;;;;'ta'lli>;-'was~in 1949
ed at, a special 'awacu.. ~ _ itO Arthur Craddock. Winners since
this month. " - .- ~, the'n have been, respectively, Dewey
, Final 'selection for the award Dunaway, James Cox, Tom Shep-
'res!s with a committee composed erd, R{)bin Mullins, Harry Sinith
of the high schopl principal' and and Phil Barra. ' ,
vice-principal, the head football
coach, president of the senior class
and the president of the associated
students. ,
Qualifications for selection, in ad-
dition to the requirement that the
nominee be a senior class member
of 'the football squad, indude'the
RESEHVIST8-About to view a. liquid sled firing from the SNORT con-
trol tower.are three niembers of the Air Force Ueserve. Over 125 "isiting
I'esenists were hoste,d by the local 9-l-l7th Air Ueserve Squall~on I~st
week:Shown (1 t.o r.) are: Capt. John ~urnett, Col. Ladislaus Iilohs, Jr.,
- , ' , '
, aD:rllUaJ. Charles Thelen. ' ,.', " .' _,' ,.'
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'Church' GuHd plans
Used Clothing Drive
, Clean,u§ed clothing wi~l be col-
F-~~·,"··:.the':'Women~s Guild of:
i-""'churchcme day
, ,.d 1~'at the'Parish
L~ _,__.ween 9 a.m. and 3' p.m.,
according "to committeechairnian
Claire Hunter.' -- -,
Clothing for, men, ;,vomen arid
children ,V'ill be distr,ibuteJl, aqlong
the migril'nt " families ' in Kern.
County, the Indians on the Ganado
Reservation in Arizona 'and to the
natives of the Caroline Islands.
,It is emlihasized that'ali clothing
must be 'in w~arable condition
since there are no facilities' avaiI~ •
'able 'for 'mending orstorfng' tlla~
'clothing. '~ . ' " i
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SUPERIOR ACHIEVE1UENT Engineering'Department employees,
Hugh n: Woodier (left>' andOtho' Hart"earn certificates ~nd an'Rrd.
checks 'of $100' eaCh: Thfco'inmiridation ,,'a~ ';., result of th~ir achieve- '. ~
ment in the task of preparing the Fuze NOTS lUodel U2A for ma.83
production during the period of Jan. 15 through April 15, 1956.
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,Hospital Feasibility
~eportJo ~~H~arg
A _progress report of tne fact
finding committee which was ap-
pointed to investigate the feasibi-
lity of building a community hospi-
tal will be given next Wednesday,
April 3, at 8 p.m. in the, James
Monroe School auditorium in
Ridgecrest.
, The Medical Committee of NOTS
Community Council, under' the
chairmanship of Marion Olds, is
sponsoring the investigation.
Community ~ouncil '
, Office Hour~" "
C6ri1mllllity Council! o!fice' hours
recently announced by the' Com-
munity'Manager are 3:30-5:30 Mon-
day through Friday." The: office is
located in the Credit Union Build-
ing at'301 Parsons. Tqlie Mayberry
is the Secretary and may be reach-
ed at these times'on Ext. 72290.
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Community ~ouncil
Directors Needed
,
-o-The Community Council has an-
nou.nced' ,that 'two '; Q.irectors are
,needed to fill vacancies in,precincts
'2 and 4.ThIi candidates, selected
will fill out the balance of the'l-
year term ,of two d~rectors who
have recently resigned. •
Interested parties shOUld submit
petitions signed by 5; members' of
their respective precincts and for-
ward them to' Tilli~ :Mayberry,
Community Council Secretary, at
the Council office, ;301 Parsons
Road before April 9. I .
Precinct 4 includes' the PreFab
area, while precinct 2 is bounded by
Lauritzen, Blandy, Mitscher, Nim:.
itz and Leyte.' ,/
ow (1. to,r.) a~e:~cil J.Hu~ter! ~~., l\i~UJ~ce sand;
ictor F. Oastenada; and H. H" lJieK~.<7Back row:
ames P. Curran, Monroe· E. Trimble, Ernest D.
ampbell, Jackson D. Whitfield and Jo~n 1'1. Jensen,
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THE ""'ROlC:'K:E,y'E~lh""-~'-"-',," ~_.__,,:' March '29, 1957,-
Handsburg ,GhostJ~Ships \Siftiri"gji,H
ig~h\}afid~:.Dry,"ln1,,;Oeserf ~Bur.rooghs Nam'es,;,,",-,
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oState,Programs
Sandra Witt' and J?-y Carty were
pamed by school offiCials, this week
as Burroughs High School'delegates
to the annual Girls and Boys State
I programs, f?r ~957:' ' " '
'Alternates' selected were Peggy
Jackson and' Gary' Koehler. Both
state groups ,,,ill 'convene for a week
in·Sacramento during the month,of
l~U;:~~sored anntially by the' Amer- :
icim ,Legion and the: Legion Auxil-'
,iary, 'the programs ,give 'a: repre-
sEmtative , from each ' state Ii i g h, ,
school an opportunity' to 'join\\ith,
others of his grade level and learI;!-
ing the duties, privileges and rights
and' responsibilities, of American
citizenship. . - i:
'Under the-dir~tionof'p-r6fes~
si~nal people and trained' supervi~"
sights in this re- sors, the delegates divide into
groups, patterned after the state
govermnent 'and ,its local, flubdivi7'
sions. Political affiliations are chos-
en by order of registratio~.'For tfl;e
week's program, the studentsco:q-
duct 'a11 affairs in accordance, ,vith '
existing 'California la,v learniijgre-
sponsibilities they. must assume
when they become adults.,", , , ':l
A program of instruction ," and
recreatIon featuring music, f~lkan!!
rhythmic dancing and organized
sports is offered every evening~.-,::::
Delegates to the annual program
are selected by the junior class Eng-
lish and social' studies instrlIdor,s
on the basis of understanding, lea.d-
ership, citizenship;,-:character and,
scholastic achievement. Students
must be eleventh graders,and, plan
to attend ·their school at least one
more semester., "
, Delegateil', from Burroughs last
year were Myrna G::arter and Charles
Walker" ' ,
nmWN'Y SUGGS-Tvv.elve recent recipienh of, bene-'
, ficial sugg.e;ilh)Ii' Qwaro;} in thePropeIlanh anil Ex-
plo'1rrves Department (frant row, I. to r.).are: G!}{)!l'ge
A. O;>lUn:i, l'ilarie-n lUulUa, William B. Hobbi. 1'l1lid,lila
,(;amUy Service..•
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,()8,sevlork services the agency offer3
belp for a h03t of problems that can
,disrupt family life. M
:Marriage difficulties, unmanage- Photo Society eets
_..:~-hl(). children, teen-age problems ' '1 ld T .
(Iud family budget difficulties' area To Pan',Fie . np 'Y'-'
leVI of the kinds of problems that ' The ,monthly general meeting of
firc brought to the agency. The the China Lake, Photograpliic 'So-
agency serves the whole comm:unity ciety will be held Wednesday even-
by helping individuals solve their ing, April 3, at 8 p.m. in the Photo
Irl.·ohlems, before theY me~ome so Hut, 50,King Avenue,' near, Switzer
c;;crious as to create a financial bur- Circle on the Station. ' , "
'dell for the community in terms of
bosl'ita13, law enforcement and pris- . A3will be noted, this meeting j,s
011 systems, public support of chil- being held on the first \Vednesd!l'Y
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~~\ ;\)fon:Rrotection
~~~Ag~'instRabies
Since January on this Station,
!there have been over' 25 'cases of