Page Four RAFT Club Director Sets Pace for Larger Program By Pllillys \Vair Stefa Delys, Recreation Director of the RAFT Club, the Station's community youth center, needs no introduc- tion to most China Lake residents, Her dedication to im- proving and expanding the standards of youth development first attracted her to NOTS in 1954 when she introduced Junior and Senior Ballroom Cotillions to the youth of China Lake, Stefa Dell'S Health Plan... (Continuea rrom Page 1) She had been working as the IRAFT Club's Assistant Director for one year until last June when she was appointed as its Din'clor, and considers her work with teenagers particularly interesting and chal- lenging. Her efforts are directed towards dC\'e1olling the recrcutionul function 01 the U.U~ Club into u COml)lete «nte r for all community youth ac- tivities by str~si ng the development and encouragem ent or l'arious in- dcpendent youth projects within the Club as well as with church and school youth groups. In addition to supervising thc Club's dances and recreational ac- tivities, she plans to develop indi- vidual talents by helping the young- sters to form their own musical combos, dramatic groups and other healthy avenues of self expression. Since Stefa's professional debut in the entertainment field at the age of 14 with the Albertina Rasch Ballet Company in New York City, she has soloed in principal dancing I parts with major studios such as MGM, the Agnes DeMille company'l Ihas directed the choreography for musical production units for USO during \VorlJ \Var II, and taught fice prepaynwut Illan. Health be-ne- ballet and modern interpretative fit plans \\ hich may be- appro\t'~1 dancing for many years. by the Civil 8f'n'icl' CommiM.ion, During her years in Hollywood, EllOnSorl'd by SUdl groups as tI.(· she coached dramatics and taught AFGE, will lx' a\'ailahlc to memher~ special dance techniques to teenage of ~uch organizations, with thp and bit players for scveral major Gon"rnmt:nt contrihuting toward ib studios. co"t. After the war, she devoted more THE ROCKUEER 'Seven-Year Itch' Opens Tonight at Ridgecrest School It's the seventh year of marriage that's the most dangerous! That's when young m arried couples mak(' rash decisions and wind up with "The Seven Year Itch!" This type of marital madn{'ss i ~ given a spotlight eXllosition tonight and tomorrow night on the stage of Uidgecrest's James Monroe School a uditorium a nd will IX' presenh'd by the China Lake Players. Cu:-- tain time is 8: 15 p.m. Eduardo Romero and H elen Bres- low play the husband and wife who reach that seven-year danger point in their marriage, and pl'ovide a hectic and hilarious solution to the problem. The entire madhouse is surveyerl and analyzed by a psychiatrist (Dudley Warner) who drops in ~o he won't have to go home and mUI"- der his wiCe. If you think a ll oC this needs Curther explanation, you can see it in the clever comedy enacted by m embers of the Station's ama- teur drama group. Tickets will be available at th(' door tonight and tomorrow night. Special Services Head Group-practice prepayment plans of her time in supervising teenagers re those having their own medical and young adults in recreational ac- cenlers and tlleir own doctors prac- tivities 3S well as dance and slim- j ticing as a group. The individual- Hnd-trim classes for the Pasaden~> . p ractice prepaym('nt plan is one in Department of Recreation. For four ECONOr\~ST-~ns. E~win A, L~ll­ which doetor~ agree to accept reg- years she taught special sessions in berger, lS~ , \nll relieve Lt. (J~) u lar payments from the plan instead choreography and staging for the Arlen Olson a" SI)('cial N-rvic('''i Of- of the usual charge to the patient. I National Dancing Teachers Associa- fieer ul)On Lt. Olson's di~('harg"e Both of thcse prepayment plans op- tion. next month. A graduate of David- erate only in certain areas and there Until July, 1958. when she became son Col1('~e, Da\"id"o~, X.C., witl.1 (I is only a limited number of such IAssistnnt Director of the RAFT Baehplor s d('gree III Econonuc"" plans. Club. Stefa had owned studios in Ens. Luplx-rger entered the Na,y B r· Pasadena and Hollywood since 1946 through Offic('r's Candidate Sehoul (>11(' ItS . t ~- t R J ' J ,,' Th I d t Tilt t from WhICh she conducted both a .l..,ewpor. ", 111 ::lI1uary, 19...". e aw oes ~o specl lca y s a e adult and youngsters entertainment \Vhile serving aboard the l'SS Nor- the exact benefIts to b~ offer.ed by programs as well as Ballroom Co- folk (DL-I) he visited San CII'. any of the plans which WIll be t I I I I ' ASJ'OC T available. It is required, however, tillions in the metropolitan areas. m{'ll e ,!J all( (lIrlllg " e15t that each of lhe two Govcrnment- ol){"rations. wide plans offer employees a choice If the total Charge for the plan - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - bctween two levels of benefits. All selected is less than twice the speci- options of these plans will offer fied Government contribution-then '"basic health" (giving protection the Government will contribute one- against the more common hospital half the cost of enrollment. For in- and surgical expenses) and "casta!:l- stance, if the plan covering your trophic" co vcr age (protecting family and you costs $10 per month, against the more unusual serious or the Government will pay half, and covered employee had been enrolled for self and family, if the employee has completed at least five years of civilian service, and if spouse (and children) are eligible to receive a survivor annuity from your retire- ment system. prolonged illness and its accom- you will pay half. panying greater expense. This may The exact charge for each plan include items such as long periods will not be known until the sJ)ecific of hospitalization, expensive opera- benefits which cach plan will b.a\"c tions, private n urses, medical care to offer have been agreed Uilon. received at home, drugs and medi· If the total cost of the plan se- cines, medical supplies lind equip- lected is more than $5.60 per month m ent, etc.) for a single em ployee or $13.50 for Upon leaving F ederal selvice, the group health coverage m'ly be con- vcrted to individual coverage, with your paying the entire cost. Cover- age will continue for a maximum of one year during a leave-without-pay status. The emilloyec-orgn nization Illans a family enrollment, the Govern- and the prelJayme nt "lans may in- mcnt will contribute not more than elude catastrophic coverage but arc $2.80 or $5.60, depending upon the not required to do so by law. type of enrollment. The employee Before the effective date of the will pay the balance of thl' charge. health plan, literature describing all SCHEI\IATIC - Cm'erage Continuation plans to be offered will be available. H ealth benefit coverages may be Pictured is the The various plans and options to be continued upon retirement under schematic draw- offered will allow each employee the Civil Service Retirement System, ing olj the P olaris frce choice of the plan to his needs. or some other retirement system for Test Stand. The Cost civilian employees of the Federal r'Ocket, fired hor- Except as described below, the or District of Columbia Government izontalIy, plIshl'''i government will contribute not less if the following conditions a re met: instrumentat ion than $2.80 per month if you enroll retirement was effective after July, in nose against for yourself only, and not less than 1960; if you have been enroBed solid co n c r e t e $6.75 per month if you enroll for either for the immediate five years bar r i e r . Metal yourself <1l1d your family. (These preceding retirement or if you have housing a t right amounts do not apply to a female been enrolled in an approved plan rolls btlek ol"t'r who enrolls for self and family from the time you first had the op- rocket and instru- which includes a nondepe!ldent hus- portunity to enroll and the time you me nts for l)rC- band-the Government will eontrib- retire; if you have had at leasb 12 IH\ratory weath.'r ute, exactly on the same basis, for years of Federal service or if you conditioni ng b('- a female employee as for a male retire on account of disability; and fore firings. In- employee if she enrolls fo r herself if you retire on an immediate an- strurnentation ca- only, or if she enrolls for he rself nuity. bles le e d into and family and the family does not building at left, . d h b d d ' I d T he cost to retircd employees will melu e a us an or oes m c u e then tral'eling up- be on the same bas is ~I S for em- a dependent husband. hill through tun- G t t 'b t' f vloyees, monthly charges will be Ol'ernmen con rl u Ion or a nel to the data. f emale employee with nondependent withheld (rom the m onthly a nnuity husba nd will be not less tha n $3.90 and benefits will be thc same for an- per month If the totul charge lor 1amily enrollme nt is $l3.50 or more per m0l1th.1'he employee wiU pay the difference between the $3.90 and the total cbarge.) Iluitants as for employees under the sam e pla n. Upon death of the covered em- ployee, a spouse may continue the coverage it at the time of death the reduction and control center. I GEM SHOW- President Thomas \V a a d explains one of the 72 ex- h i bit s tu Capt. and Mrs. \V. \V. Hollister at the Uockhound's an- nual Ge III and 1\1 i n e ra I Show held last weekf"nd. C a J) t. Hollister was presented II travertine des k 1)(' 11 set by the Uockhounds. Friday, November 13, 1959 ---~~~--= ------- Dryland Ski School For Kids Scheduled SchoefCel Field will be the scenc of an introductory session to skiing for junior high a nd high school students next Tuesday, Nov. 17. from 2-6 p.m. Local youngsters. from 6th through 12th grades, have becn invited to participate in the initial "dry land ski school" which will present the basic principles of this popular winter sport. Tommi Tyndall and Doug Pfeit- ft'r, co-directors or the Snow Sum- mit Ski Sehool at Big Bear, ami nationaUy respected skiers, will conduct the M"ssion, assisted hy members of thp :S advance- nwnt of skiing for juniors, Tu(>s- da;l's ski school i~ o"('r(>d to local youngsters at no co.st and no obd- gation. I Skis and allied equipment will be furnished by Tyndall and Pfeiffer. It is asked, however, that potenti31 junior skiers partiCipating wear extra heavy (ski-typp) socks. and to bring an extra pair, if available. The form of prpliminary practic~ offt'rc(l by dry land skiing-on skis and utilizing th(' requirf"d ('quipment-is u!;('d by many ski instructors beC8uM' it I)ro\"ides thf' learn(,1" with actual pnaetiee in tilt" fundamentul.!:o bt'fore h(' sets hi' skis on a sIiPI)('ry, "tHow-con'red ~101)('. Continuation sessions for thi: first group. and other basic train- ing sessions are being scheduled. PTA Salvage Drive Needs Unused Articles Clothing and salvage collection is a year-round project of the China Lake Parent Teacher Association. but activity is being concentrated during the month of November, ac- cording to Phyllis Thorpe, welfare chairman. Clothing and any household ar- ticles no longer used are again b e- ing requestcd. Donations may be delivered to: 438 Wilson St.. Ridge- crest; 313-B Princeton; 304-B Ent- wistle; 409-B Tyler; 705-A Nimitz. or 508 Lexington on the Station. Pick-up of articles may be arrang- ed by calling Ext. 73321 or Ext. 73404. / / / / / , Test Stand... (Continued from Page 1) turn, will push against a foot of ~lid steel armor 1)late mounted 011 a concrete block 13 feet thick ami 13 f('ct high. A m etal shed, that completely covers the test stand during pre- firing preparations, maintains tem- perature conditioning of the mis- sile motor. :Mounted on rails, the building is moved away from the rocket and stand only minutes be- fore the firing. The facility will be made avail- able to other milital'y services on an "as available" basis, not to in- terfere with the priority Polaris program. Consideration of the populace of the Indian Wells and Scarles Val- leys is evident in th(' selection of the test site. Its location, between ranges of the Argus mountains al- most mid-point between Trona antl China Lake. will lessen til(' offen- siven('ss of noise which will be pro- duced during firings. The entire test complex was plan· n('d with an eye to keeping the op- eration modern, flexible and eCOll- omical to operate and capable of meeting any Navy propulsion de- mands for years to come. Early NOTS Engineer Sam Dorsey Retires Samuel E. Dorsey, Electronic Engine(>r at N'OTS since December, 1945, officially retired Oct. 31 after 15 years in government service. Most of his 14 years at NOTS were with Rescarch Dcpartment where he made a significant contri- bution towards the design of in- strumentation in the Aeroballistics Laboratory. He will continue to make his home in Ridgecrest. Sea Bees Win Trip An outstanding record achieved in national competition has won for the local SeaBee Unit 11-2 an invi- tation to participate in a 17-day training exercise to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Young men 17 to 26 interested in gaining construction experience are asked to contact Chief Hal Linrl- berg, Ext. 75732. / Phones 713M, 72082, 71655 Office, Housing Bldg., Top Deck VOL. XY, XO, 45 U, S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA NOV, 13, 1959 Take It or Lose It Polal·is Test Stand Leave Time Is Here A,vaits First Firing W'ith J anuary 9, 1960 set (See IUustrat;on on Page 4) as the end of the annual leave Newest of the Station's ever-expanding test facilities, year, there remains only 38 the million-pound rocket thrust test facility located withill working days, not counting the confines of the Propulsion Development Department, holidays in which Station em- is ready for firings now, and will go into full scale testing ployees may use up their ac- late this year, according to Robert J. Grasley, Test Man- cumulated leave, agement and Program Planning Branch head, I Granting of annual leave is a Designed to handle rockets with known, propulsion systems. T h! function of an employee's imme- an average thrust of one milliOll test bay is 35 feet long, 30 feet wid(. diate supervisor, therefore, the Em- pounds-and a peak thrust of ten and can accommodate rocket en- ployment Management Relations Division calls the attention of su- million pounds-the test facility is the only one of its k ind. It was pervisors and employees to the law which governs the amount of buill primarily to test solid pro- accumulated leave an employee can pellant rocket engines, current and carryover int·) the new leave year. ;;:!~;:~~~~~~h~;v~:::~;I:~~~' ~~== This explanation is made to avoid any possible loss of leave due to misunderstanding. • Briefly, employees who had more than 30 days accumulated an- 184TH BIRTHDAY-The Station's l\-larinl" Corps oftiicers and men com- nual leave on January 11 of this nwmorated the 184th allllh;ersary of the founding of the Corps with three year may carryover that same J)arties Tuesday ("vcning. Above, at the .l\Iarilw Barracks celebration, number of days, but no more, into CRI)L W . \V. Hollister smiles apl)roval a'S Lt. Col. n.. C. I{uhn, l\larinr the new leave year. 8arrBl'ks Commanding Officer, prepares for tilp t raditional cake cutting I • Employees who had less than cer('mony. Capt. Hollister was also present for ob'ot'r\'snces by the lUarhw 30 days accumulated annual leave I °tll . . ' . . January 11, 1959. may accumu a e ot'fief'r~ and thClr gu(,o,ts at the Officers Club, and by me n of GUIded 1\1,.,- their carryover up to a total of 30 sil€' T('st ,--"nit at the Recreation Hut. days, but no more, of annual leave. New Retirement Bureau Administer Health Plan To Accumulatro annual leave in ex- cess of the maximum indicated above, cannot he carripd forward in- to thc new year leave which bcgins January 9, 1&60, and will be for- feited. sile, Polaris, and strives for 4GO per cent greater testing accuracy than has ever before been achiev- ed, De~ign of the $650,000 rocket en- gine s tatic t est COml)lex, ac- cOllllllished to fulfill specifications established by the Prol'ulsion De- n.]opment Dt'parhnellt, "a~ accolll- plishl'd by the Rall)h M . Par!'>ons Co., Lo" Angeles, under the super- vi~iol1 of the Test and E,,'slu8tion Dh'j.,ion, headed by Ed Swann. Completed within thl' lOO-day con- tract (){"riod b;) Dh'ersified Builders, Inc.,. nctual o,lerations utilizing" th(' unique facility will be carri("l out by Don Beresfords' Balliljtic Test Branch. To avoid lo~s of annual leave due Each Branch within the Division. The Civil Service Commission has established a new Bu- to the above r striction~, supervi- however, is vitally concerned witil reau of Retirement and Insurance, which will administer s~rs and emplo f'CS are asked to :e- the test stand. Instrumentation has the new Federal Employees Health Benefits Act, signed v,ew leave sch dulcs for the rernam- been spec;t;ed by both the lustru- der of the yelll 3nd the IC'ave status Imentation Branch under'I'om Wong into Jaw by President Eisenhower in September. cards distribut J in October. and by the Test Department's Dat~' Headed by Andrew E. Ruddock, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - jfutomation Branch. headed by LN' fo rmer chief of the Commission's T ~k'n p,'o- to actual f,'r,·ng. the Mar.·ne Barracks Go 100°1 0 for y,.. ~d Fund ~, ,. ", . RI'tir('mf>nt Divi ,ion, the new Bu- /1 'r dllt t ~'<\111 i I HI"~nf"l\ n{I,' r( au also will be fespon"ible for ad- the Iladership of Colin A. TayloL·. gines more than six feet in diamc'- ter, 30 feet in length a nd weighing' up to 100,000 pounds. The firing control and i nst rumen ~ tation building is located a quarter.. mile away. buried deep in a hill- side 37 feet higher than the test stand itself. Housed within this building are both analog and digi- tal recording equipment capable of .25lk accuracies. Digital equipment will sample and record rocket en- gine performance at a rate of 12,500 samples per second. Test Ol)erations For a test firing, the engine wi~l be first brought into the condition- ing building where the atmospheric conditions. temperature, humidity, etc., arc "made to order" to meet weather conditions anticipated by Polaris. This building also servc~ as a stowage magazine and ca.n maintain a constant temperature of plus or minus 3 F. in the range from 70 -110 F. throughout the year. From the condilionin~ area tlw engine will Ix> trucked to th(' firing stand whpr(' it will lH." bolted hori... zontally to a &t('el platform. Tim n05(' of thl' engine will pu..,h against in~trllmpntation , which in IC')n':"'''~-'I "1'1 p r-4,' ministration ot' the Civil Service will accomplish non-deslructi\...: Retir{'ment System and the Federall testing functions to gain speCific United Fund Not Getting Employees' Group Life Insurance information about the engine to be MOl 2801 In program, both previously 8 part of testf>d. oney. n y 10 . the Bureau of Departmer:tal Oper- Polaris program engint't'r for I As of last Tuesday n.lght, only ations. P I ' De t P T t 1\1 $9,955 of the $35,500 Umted Fund ~ 8:;'~I~I~~onantipa:.rr;::;a,! ~~nnn~~~ goal has been received in thlt The- voluntary health benefits Ilrogram, efleeti\"(' July, 1960, will n ot only provid(' b~l"ic coverage to be made available, but will also, for the fir~t time, give Federal em- Illoyees and their dependents Ino- h 'clion against tht' financial bur- dens ot costly illnesses. The Gov- ernment will contribute up to one- I'......... half the cost and the employee will ii I)ay the bnlance through payroll de- ductions. Employees holding h ealth insur- ance pOlicies now a re urged to re- t ain their coverage until the new Federal plan becomes effective, at the beginning of the next fiscal year. Eligibility Generally speaking, any employee eligible for F ederal Employees' Group Life Insurance is eligible for the health plan. Coverage will not be automatic nor will it be compul- sory; applications will be available for an entire family or for an em- ployee, only. Members of a family who may be covered are wife (or husband), and any unmarried chil- dren under 19, including stepchil- dren and adopted child ren. i1 they live with you. Parents or other rel- atives are not covered. There will be nO physical exami- nation, and roo age limit for those enrolling at the first opportunity. Hazards of one's job will be no de- terrent for enrollment. Health Plans Every employee will have a choice between two types of Government- wide plans. One will be the service henefi t type which pays benefits directly to the doctor or hospital in- volved. The second choice, the in- demnity benefit plan, is a type of plan usually provided by commer- cial insurance companies and pays benefits directly to the person cov- ered, although arrangements can be made to pay the doctor or hospital direct. l\Iany employees will be able to cnroU in a n employee-organization Illan, in a. groUI)-I)racticc prepay- m ent plan or in an indhidual-prac- ly assoeiat- A. Long, Pres~dent. With nea.rly ed with all areas of the missile's four of the five week-campaign passed, it is imperative that all em- ployees who have not yet made their contributions do so within the next week, he adds. prolmlsion systems de,'elopment. The high intensity 22 Mev Beta- tron scheduled to be received early next year, will be a principal instru- ment of the Radiological Branch, with Dr. J . I. Bujes as its head, in the accomplishment of the special- ized duties to be required of that Branch in the Polaris test program. And, the Analysis Branch will be primarily concerned with compila- tion of test results. Specifications Built for the Special Projects Office of the Bureau of Ordnance, the facility was designed with an eye to future, and presently, un- Participation percentages for De- partments on the Station are : PM Code P. , Code Cent Cent 00, II, 12, 55 78 14, 15 36 .5 <7 17 66 70 28 18 15 75 30 25 45 85 17 30 24 86 100 35 49 NOTS EM's 38 40 15 VX-5 043 45 29 87-88 0 50 9 9525 0 OOOPERATIVE PLANNING-Rocketeer E ditor Budd Gott teams up with San Diego Na.val Training Center newsJ)!lper editorial advisor, Jack G. Broward, JOC, fu r conferences aimed at bringing Rocketeer readers the best in typography, A veteran of 15 years experience in the editorial field, Broward rates the Rocketeer most favora bly in editorial content with other service papers within the E lel'enth Nal'al District. , OCR Text: Page Four RAFT Club Director Sets Pace for Larger Program By Pllillys \Vair Stefa Delys, Recreation Director of the RAFT Club, the Station's community youth center, needs no introduc- tion to most China Lake residents, Her dedication to im- proving and expanding the standards of youth development first attracted her to NOTS in 1954 when she introduced Junior and Senior Ballroom Cotillions to the youth of China Lake, Stefa Dell'S Health Plan... (Continuea rrom Page 1) She had been working as the IRAFT Club's Assistant Director for one year until last June when she was appointed as its Din'clor, and considers her work with teenagers particularly interesting and chal- lenging. Her efforts are directed towards dC\'e1olling the recrcutionul function 01 the U.U~ Club into u COml)lete «nte r for all community youth ac- tivities by str~si ng the development and encouragem ent or l'arious in- dcpendent youth projects within the Club as well as with church and school youth groups. In addition to supervising thc Club's dances and recreational ac- tivities, she plans to develop indi- vidual talents by helping the young- sters to form their own musical combos, dramatic groups and other healthy avenues of self expression. Since Stefa's professional debut in the entertainment field at the age of 14 with the Albertina Rasch Ballet Company in New York City, she has soloed in principal dancing I parts with major studios such as MGM, the Agnes DeMille company'l Ihas directed the choreography for musical production units for USO during \VorlJ \Var II, and taught fice prepaynwut Illan. Health be-ne- ballet and modern interpretative fit plans \\ hich may be- appro\t'~1 dancing for many years. by the Civil 8f'n'icl' CommiM.ion, During her years in Hollywood, EllOnSorl'd by SUdl groups as tI.(· she coached dramatics and taught AFGE, will lx' a\'ailahlc to memher~ special dance techniques to teenage of ~uch organizations, with thp and bit players for scveral major Gon"rnmt:nt contrihuting toward ib studios. co"t. After the war, she devoted more THE ROCKUEER 'Seven-Year Itch' Opens Tonight at Ridgecrest School It's the seventh year of marriage that's the most dangerous! That's when young m arried couples mak(' rash decisions and wind up with "The Seven Year Itch!" This type of marital madn{'ss i ~ given a spotlight eXllosition tonight and tomorrow night on the stage of Uidgecrest's James Monroe School a uditorium a nd will IX' presenh'd by the China Lake Players. Cu:-- tain time is 8: 15 p.m. Eduardo Romero and H elen Bres- low play the husband and wife who reach that seven-year danger point in their marriage, and pl'ovide a hectic and hilarious solution to the problem. The entire madhouse is surveyerl and analyzed by a psychiatrist (Dudley Warner) who drops in ~o he won't have to go home and mUI"- der his wiCe. If you think a ll oC this needs Curther explanation, you can see it in the clever comedy enacted by m embers of the Station's ama- teur drama group. Tickets will be available at th(' door tonight and tomorrow night. Special Services Head Group-practice prepayment plans of her time in supervising teenagers re those having their own medical and young adults in recreational ac- cenlers and tlleir own doctors prac- tivities 3S well as dance and slim- j ticing as a group. The individual- Hnd-trim classes for the Pasaden~> . p ractice prepaym('nt plan is one in Department of Recreation. For four ECONOr\~ST-~ns. E~win A, L~ll­ which doetor~ agree to accept reg- years she taught special sessions in berger, lS~ , \nll relieve Lt. (J~) u lar payments from the plan instead choreography and staging for the Arlen Olson a" SI)('cial N-rvic('''i Of- of the usual charge to the patient. I National Dancing Teachers Associa- fieer ul)On Lt. Olson's di~('harg"e Both of thcse prepayment plans op- tion. next month. A graduate of David- erate only in certain areas and there Until July, 1958. when she became son Col1('~e, Da\"id"o~, X.C., witl.1 (I is only a limited number of such IAssistnnt Director of the RAFT Baehplor s d('gree III Econonuc"" plans. Club. Stefa had owned studios in Ens. Luplx-rger entered the Na,y B r· Pasadena and Hollywood since 1946 through Offic('r's Candidate Sehoul (>11(' ItS . t ~- t R J ' J ,,' Th I d t Tilt t from WhICh she conducted both a .l..,ewpor. ", 111 ::lI1uary, 19...". e aw oes ~o specl lca y s a e adult and youngsters entertainment \Vhile serving aboard the l'SS Nor- the exact benefIts to b~ offer.ed by programs as well as Ballroom Co- folk (DL-I) he visited San CII'. any of the plans which WIll be t I I I I ' ASJ'OC T available. It is required, however, tillions in the metropolitan areas. m{'ll e ,!J all( (lIrlllg " e15t that each of lhe two Govcrnment- ol){"rations. wide plans offer employees a choice If the total Charge for the plan - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - bctween two levels of benefits. All selected is less than twice the speci- options of these plans will offer fied Government contribution-then '"basic health" (giving protection the Government will contribute one- against the more common hospital half the cost of enrollment. For in- and surgical expenses) and "casta!:l- stance, if the plan covering your trophic" co vcr age (protecting family and you costs $10 per month, against the more unusual serious or the Government will pay half, and covered employee had been enrolled for self and family, if the employee has completed at least five years of civilian service, and if spouse (and children) are eligible to receive a survivor annuity from your retire- ment system. prolonged illness and its accom- you will pay half. panying greater expense. This may The exact charge for each plan include items such as long periods will not be known until the sJ)ecific of hospitalization, expensive opera- benefits which cach plan will b.a\"c tions, private n urses, medical care to offer have been agreed Uilon. received at home, drugs and medi· If the total cost of the plan se- cines, medical supplies lind equip- lected is more than $5.60 per month m ent, etc.) for a single em ployee or $13.50 for Upon leaving F ederal selvice, the group health coverage m'ly be con- vcrted to individual coverage, with your paying the entire cost. Cover- age will continue for a maximum of one year during a leave-without-pay status. The emilloyec-orgn nization Illans a family enrollment, the Govern- and the prelJayme nt "lans may in- mcnt will contribute not more than elude catastrophic coverage but arc $2.80 or $5.60, depending upon the not required to do so by law. type of enrollment. The employee Before the effective date of the will pay the balance of thl' charge. health plan, literature describing all SCHEI\IATIC - Cm'erage Continuation plans to be offered will be available. H ealth benefit coverages may be Pictured is the The various plans and options to be continued upon retirement under schematic draw- offered will allow each employee the Civil Service Retirement System, ing olj the P olaris frce choice of the plan to his needs. or some other retirement system for Test Stand. The Cost civilian employees of the Federal r'Ocket, fired hor- Except as described below, the or District of Columbia Government izontalIy, plIshl'''i government will contribute not less if the following conditions a re met: instrumentat ion than $2.80 per month if you enroll retirement was effective after July, in nose against for yourself only, and not less than 1960; if you have been enroBed solid co n c r e t e $6.75 per month if you enroll for either for the immediate five years bar r i e r . Metal yourself <1l1d your family. (These preceding retirement or if you have housing a t right amounts do not apply to a female been enrolled in an approved plan rolls btlek ol"t'r who enrolls for self and family from the time you first had the op- rocket and instru- which includes a nondepe!ldent hus- portunity to enroll and the time you me nts for l)rC- band-the Government will eontrib- retire; if you have had at leasb 12 IH\ratory weath.'r ute, exactly on the same basis, for years of Federal service or if you conditioni ng b('- a female employee as for a male retire on account of disability; and fore firings. In- employee if she enrolls fo r herself if you retire on an immediate an- strurnentation ca- only, or if she enrolls for he rself nuity. bles le e d into and family and the family does not building at left, . d h b d d ' I d T he cost to retircd employees will melu e a us an or oes m c u e then tral'eling up- be on the same bas is ~I S for em- a dependent husband. hill through tun- G t t 'b t' f vloyees, monthly charges will be Ol'ernmen con rl u Ion or a nel to the data. f emale employee with nondependent withheld (rom the m onthly a nnuity husba nd will be not less tha n $3.90 and benefits will be thc same for an- per month If the totul charge lor 1amily enrollme nt is $l3.50 or more per m0l1th.1'he employee wiU pay the difference between the $3.90 and the total cbarge.) Iluitants as for employees under the sam e pla n. Upon death of the covered em- ployee, a spouse may continue the coverage it at the time of death the reduction and control center. I GEM SHOW- President Thomas \V a a d explains one of the 72 ex- h i bit s tu Capt. and Mrs. \V. \V. Hollister at the Uockhound's an- nual Ge III and 1\1 i n e ra I Show held last weekf"nd. C a J) t. Hollister was presented II travertine des k 1)(' 11 set by the Uockhounds. Friday, November 13, 1959 ---~~~--= ------- Dryland Ski School For Kids Scheduled SchoefCel Field will be the scenc of an introductory session to skiing for junior high a nd high school students next Tuesday, Nov. 17. from 2-6 p.m. Local youngsters. from 6th through 12th grades, have becn invited to participate in the initial "dry land ski school" which will present the basic principles of this popular winter sport. Tommi Tyndall and Doug Pfeit- ft'r, co-directors or the Snow Sum- mit Ski Sehool at Big Bear, ami nationaUy respected skiers, will conduct the M"ssion, assisted hy members of thp :S advance- nwnt of skiing for juniors, Tu(>s- da;l's ski school i~ o"('r(>d to local youngsters at no co.st and no obd- gation. I Skis and allied equipment will be furnished by Tyndall and Pfeiffer. It is asked, however, that potenti31 junior skiers partiCipating wear extra heavy (ski-typp) socks. and to bring an extra pair, if available. The form of prpliminary practic~ offt'rc(l by dry land skiing-on skis and utilizing th(' requirf"d ('quipment-is u!;('d by many ski instructors beC8uM' it I)ro\"ides thf' learn(,1" with actual pnaetiee in tilt" fundamentul.!:o bt'fore h(' sets hi' skis on a sIiPI)('ry, "tHow-con'red ~101)('. Continuation sessions for thi: first group. and other basic train- ing sessions are being scheduled. PTA Salvage Drive Needs Unused Articles Clothing and salvage collection is a year-round project of the China Lake Parent Teacher Association. but activity is being concentrated during the month of November, ac- cording to Phyllis Thorpe, welfare chairman. Clothing and any household ar- ticles no longer used are again b e- ing requestcd. Donations may be delivered to: 438 Wilson St.. Ridge- crest; 313-B Princeton; 304-B Ent- wistle; 409-B Tyler; 705-A Nimitz. or 508 Lexington on the Station. Pick-up of articles may be arrang- ed by calling Ext. 73321 or Ext. 73404. / / / / / , Test Stand... (Continued from Page 1) turn, will push against a foot of ~lid steel armor 1)late mounted 011 a concrete block 13 feet thick ami 13 f('ct high. A m etal shed, that completely covers the test stand during pre- firing preparations, maintains tem- perature conditioning of the mis- sile motor. :Mounted on rails, the building is moved away from the rocket and stand only minutes be- fore the firing. The facility will be made avail- able to other milital'y services on an "as available" basis, not to in- terfere with the priority Polaris program. Consideration of the populace of the Indian Wells and Scarles Val- leys is evident in th(' selection of the test site. Its location, between ranges of the Argus mountains al- most mid-point between Trona antl China Lake. will lessen til(' offen- siven('ss of noise which will be pro- duced during firings. The entire test complex was plan· n('d with an eye to keeping the op- eration modern, flexible and eCOll- omical to operate and capable of meeting any Navy propulsion de- mands for years to come. Early NOTS Engineer Sam Dorsey Retires Samuel E. Dorsey, Electronic Engine(>r at N'OTS since December, 1945, officially retired Oct. 31 after 15 years in government service. Most of his 14 years at NOTS were with Rescarch Dcpartment where he made a significant contri- bution towards the design of in- strumentation in the Aeroballistics Laboratory. He will continue to make his home in Ridgecrest. Sea Bees Win Trip An outstanding record achieved in national competition has won for the local SeaBee Unit 11-2 an invi- tation to participate in a 17-day training exercise to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Young men 17 to 26 interested in gaining construction experience are asked to contact Chief Hal Linrl- berg, Ext. 75732. / Phones 713M, 72082, 71655 Office, Housing Bldg., Top Deck VOL. XY, XO, 45 U, S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA NOV, 13, 1959 Take It or Lose It Polal·is Test Stand Leave Time Is Here A,vaits First Firing W'ith J anuary 9, 1960 set (See IUustrat;on on Page 4) as the end of the annual leave Newest of the Station's ever-expanding test facilities, year, there remains only 38 the million-pound rocket thrust test facility located withill working days, not counting the confines of the Propulsion Development Department, holidays in which Station em- is ready for firings now, and will go into full scale testing ployees may use up their ac- late this year, according to Robert J. Grasley, Test Man- cumulated leave, agement and Program Planning Branch head, I Granting of annual leave is a Designed to handle rockets with known, propulsion systems. T h! function of an employee's imme- an average thrust of one milliOll test bay is 35 feet long, 30 feet wid(. diate supervisor, therefore, the Em- pounds-and a peak thrust of ten and can accommodate rocket en- ployment Management Relations Division calls the attention of su- million pounds-the test facility is the only one of its k ind. It was pervisors and employees to the law which governs the amount of buill primarily to test solid pro- accumulated leave an employee can pellant rocket engines, current and carryover int·) the new leave year. ;;:!~;:~~~~~~h~;v~:::~;I:~~~' ~~== This explanation is made to avoid any possible loss of leave due to misunderstanding. • Briefly, employees who had more than 30 days accumulated an- 184TH BIRTHDAY-The Station's l\-larinl" Corps oftiicers and men com- nual leave on January 11 of this nwmorated the 184th allllh;ersary of the founding of the Corps with three year may carryover that same J)arties Tuesday ("vcning. Above, at the .l\Iarilw Barracks celebration, number of days, but no more, into CRI)L W . \V. Hollister smiles apl)roval a'S Lt. Col. n.. C. I{uhn, l\larinr the new leave year. 8arrBl'ks Commanding Officer, prepares for tilp t raditional cake cutting I • Employees who had less than cer('mony. Capt. Hollister was also present for ob'ot'r\'snces by the lUarhw 30 days accumulated annual leave I °tll . . ' . . January 11, 1959. may accumu a e ot'fief'r~ and thClr gu(,o,ts at the Officers Club, and by me n of GUIded 1\1,.,- their carryover up to a total of 30 sil€' T('st ,--"nit at the Recreation Hut. days, but no more, of annual leave. New Retirement Bureau Administer Health Plan To Accumulatro annual leave in ex- cess of the maximum indicated above, cannot he carripd forward in- to thc new year leave which bcgins January 9, 1&60, and will be for- feited. sile, Polaris, and strives for 4GO per cent greater testing accuracy than has ever before been achiev- ed, De~ign of the $650,000 rocket en- gine s tatic t est COml)lex, ac- cOllllllished to fulfill specifications established by the Prol'ulsion De- n.]opment Dt'parhnellt, "a~ accolll- plishl'd by the Rall)h M . Par!'>ons Co., Lo" Angeles, under the super- vi~iol1 of the Test and E,,'slu8tion Dh'j.,ion, headed by Ed Swann. Completed within thl' lOO-day con- tract (){"riod b;) Dh'ersified Builders, Inc.,. nctual o,lerations utilizing" th(' unique facility will be carri("l out by Don Beresfords' Balliljtic Test Branch. To avoid lo~s of annual leave due Each Branch within the Division. The Civil Service Commission has established a new Bu- to the above r striction~, supervi- however, is vitally concerned witil reau of Retirement and Insurance, which will administer s~rs and emplo f'CS are asked to :e- the test stand. Instrumentation has the new Federal Employees Health Benefits Act, signed v,ew leave sch dulcs for the rernam- been spec;t;ed by both the lustru- der of the yelll 3nd the IC'ave status Imentation Branch under'I'om Wong into Jaw by President Eisenhower in September. cards distribut J in October. and by the Test Department's Dat~' Headed by Andrew E. Ruddock, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - jfutomation Branch. headed by LN' fo rmer chief of the Commission's T ~k'n p,'o- to actual f,'r,·ng. the Mar.·ne Barracks Go 100°1 0 for y,.. ~d Fund ~, ,. ", . RI'tir('mf>nt Divi ,ion, the new Bu- /1 'r dllt t ~'<\111 i I HI"~nf"l\ n{I,' r( au also will be fespon"ible for ad- the Iladership of Colin A. TayloL·. gines more than six feet in diamc'- ter, 30 feet in length a nd weighing' up to 100,000 pounds. The firing control and i nst rumen ~ tation building is located a quarter.. mile away. buried deep in a hill- side 37 feet higher than the test stand itself. Housed within this building are both analog and digi- tal recording equipment capable of .25lk accuracies. Digital equipment will sample and record rocket en- gine performance at a rate of 12,500 samples per second. Test Ol)erations For a test firing, the engine wi~l be first brought into the condition- ing building where the atmospheric conditions. temperature, humidity, etc., arc "made to order" to meet weather conditions anticipated by Polaris. This building also servc~ as a stowage magazine and ca.n maintain a constant temperature of plus or minus 3 F. in the range from 70 -110 F. throughout the year. From the condilionin~ area tlw engine will Ix> trucked to th(' firing stand whpr(' it will lH." bolted hori... zontally to a &t('el platform. Tim n05(' of thl' engine will pu..,h against in~trllmpntation , which in IC')n':"'''~-'I "1'1 p r-4,' ministration ot' the Civil Service will accomplish non-deslructi\...: Retir{'ment System and the Federall testing functions to gain speCific United Fund Not Getting Employees' Group Life Insurance information about the engine to be MOl 2801 In program, both previously 8 part of testf>d. oney. n y 10 . the Bureau of Departmer:tal Oper- Polaris program engint't'r for I As of last Tuesday n.lght, only ations. P I ' De t P T t 1\1 $9,955 of the $35,500 Umted Fund ~ 8:;'~I~I~~onantipa:.rr;::;a,! ~~nnn~~~ goal has been received in thlt The- voluntary health benefits Ilrogram, efleeti\"(' July, 1960, will n ot only provid(' b~l"ic coverage to be made available, but will also, for the fir~t time, give Federal em- Illoyees and their dependents Ino- h 'clion against tht' financial bur- dens ot costly illnesses. The Gov- ernment will contribute up to one- I'......... half the cost and the employee will ii I)ay the bnlance through payroll de- ductions. Employees holding h ealth insur- ance pOlicies now a re urged to re- t ain their coverage until the new Federal plan becomes effective, at the beginning of the next fiscal year. Eligibility Generally speaking, any employee eligible for F ederal Employees' Group Life Insurance is eligible for the health plan. Coverage will not be automatic nor will it be compul- sory; applications will be available for an entire family or for an em- ployee, only. Members of a family who may be covered are wife (or husband), and any unmarried chil- dren under 19, including stepchil- dren and adopted child ren. i1 they live with you. Parents or other rel- atives are not covered. There will be nO physical exami- nation, and roo age limit for those enrolling at the first opportunity. Hazards of one's job will be no de- terrent for enrollment. Health Plans Every employee will have a choice between two types of Government- wide plans. One will be the service henefi t type which pays benefits directly to the doctor or hospital in- volved. The second choice, the in- demnity benefit plan, is a type of plan usually provided by commer- cial insurance companies and pays benefits directly to the person cov- ered, although arrangements can be made to pay the doctor or hospital direct. l\Iany employees will be able to cnroU in a n employee-organization Illan, in a. groUI)-I)racticc prepay- m ent plan or in an indhidual-prac- ly assoeiat- A. Long, Pres~dent. With nea.rly ed with all areas of the missile's four of the five week-campaign passed, it is imperative that all em- ployees who have not yet made their contributions do so within the next week, he adds. prolmlsion systems de,'elopment. The high intensity 22 Mev Beta- tron scheduled to be received early next year, will be a principal instru- ment of the Radiological Branch, with Dr. J . I. Bujes as its head, in the accomplishment of the special- ized duties to be required of that Branch in the Polaris test program. And, the Analysis Branch will be primarily concerned with compila- tion of test results. Specifications Built for the Special Projects Office of the Bureau of Ordnance, the facility was designed with an eye to future, and presently, un- Participation percentages for De- partments on the Station are : PM Code P. , Code Cent Cent 00, II, 12, 55 78 14, 15 36 .5 <7 17 66 70 28 18 15 75 30 25 45 85 17 30 24 86 100 35 49 NOTS EM's 38 40 15 VX-5 043 45 29 87-88 0 50 9 9525 0 OOOPERATIVE PLANNING-Rocketeer E ditor Budd Gott teams up with San Diego Na.val Training Center newsJ)!lper editorial advisor, Jack G. Broward, JOC, fu r conferences aimed at bringing Rocketeer readers the best in typography, A veteran of 15 years experience in the editorial field, Broward rates the Rocketeer most favora bly in editorial content with other service papers within the E lel'enth Nal'al District. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1950s,Rocketeer 1959,Rktr11.13.1959+.pdf,Rktr11.13.1959+.pdf Page 1, Rktr11.13.1959+.pdf Page 1