The White Falcon - 11.11.1962, Blaðsíða 6

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WHITE FALCON
Sunday, Novmber 11, 1962
By Gloria Warner
Line Maintenance Men
Outstanding Students
Receive Recognition
By Cynthia Fletcher
VP-16 Air Drops
Unusual Gift
To Jan Mayen
O Wim
Club TleuiA
Submarine tenders, the “mother
ships” of the U.S. Navy’s under-
sea fleet, usually bear the names
of characters in Greek mythology,
submarine pioneers, or persons
who have made scientific contri-
butions to the Submarine Service.
Recognition for highest schol-
astic achievement this term goes
to Ricky Vogel from Great Lakes,
Illinois. Rick is a thirteen-year-
old freshman at Mahan High
School.
This year Ricky is taking
French I, English I, Biology,
Civics, Geometry, Algebra I, and
Physical Education.
He is a member of the J. V.
basketball team and is active in
Scouting; recently he achieved
star rank. His pasttimes are coin
collecting, scouting, reading, chess,
dancing, and camping.
Ricky’s favorite food is Chinese;
his favorite dance is the twist.
He has lived in Iceland since
August of 1961.
The weekly mail drop at Jan
Mayen Island 300 miles inside the
Arctic Circle took on additional
flavor this week as personnel of
Patrol Squadron SIXTEEN, De-
tachment TH'RTEEN, dropped
something besides mail.
At the request of the inhabitants
of the island, the Jacksonville
based Detachment has donated one
of its Florida Palm Trees that
were brought to Iceland by some
of its more sentimental personnel.
This palm tree is believed to be
the only Jacksonville Palm grow-
ing within the Arctic Circle.
The tree was inserted in a dis-
carded flair container and a sur-
Receiving first honors recogni-
tion for scholastic excellence this
term is Lucille Ross, a fifteen-
year old sophomore from Malden,
Massachusetts.
Lucille has lived in Iceland for
six months and seven days. The
subjects she is taking this year
are French I, English II, Biology,
American History, Algebra I,
Music, and Physical Education.
Lucille’s favorite food is Lasagne;
her favorite dance is the twist,
and her favorite song is “Sugar
Plum.”
She is a member of the High
School drill team, Pep Club, and
Glee Club. Her hobbies are draw-
ing and painting.
plus piece of cloth was used as
a parachute. It worked fine.
Personnel taking part in this
historic delivery were: Lt. H. P.
Baker; Lt. C. Leban; Lt. (jg)
G. L. Holcombe; Lt. (jg) D. E.
Rollings; R. H. Linch, ADR2;
E.I. Gardner, ADJ3; K.L. Horton,
AT3; J.L. Medley, AT3; R.J.
Lawrence, AT3; E.R. Griffin,
AE2 and D.E. McKinley, A03.
HISTORIC AIR DROP—Commander Lester H. Boutte, Executive Of-
ficer of PATRON SIXTEEN hands packaged Florida Palm Tree and
parachute to D.E. McKinley, A03, who dropped the gift to the people
on Jan Mayen Island 300 miles inside the Arctic Circle.
In the weeks to come, the Wives
Club newspaper column will fea-
ture some of the most outstanding
members in its organization, lt
is only fitting that we begin this
series with pertinent and interest-
ing information concerning our
honorary president, Jo Ann Moore.
Jo Ann is the wife of Rear Ad-
miral Robert B. Moore, Command-
er, Iceland Defense Force.
Born Jo Ann McDaniel in
Tampa, Florida, she attended
elementary and Junior High
School there. Jo Ann received her
high school diploma from Wood-
row Wilson High School in Wash-
ington, D. C. and obtained a degree
from Strayer Business College. A
bright young student, she was
selected from over four hundred
applicants to serve Capitol Air
Lines as a Hostess. She was thus
employed for over two years. In
addition to this position, she later
received invaluable experience
working for a law firm.
As wife of the Commander, Ice-
land Defense Force, Jo Ann has
the opportunity to host and enter-
tain people of varied cultures and
customs as well as different na-
tionalities. Her home is the epi-
tome of grace and charm, tradi-
tionally decorated in gold and
white. Possessing a lovely voice
and a deep appreciation of music,
she spends what little leisure time
she has in pursuit of this hobby;
she sang with a college band and
performed on her own television
program. Her music repertoire of
records consists of the classics
through ballads and Broadway hit
tunes, displaying her variety of
interest.
Another vital part of Jo Ann’s
life is her work in Gray Ladies.
She is the honorary chairman of
the Gray Lady Board and spends
long hours attending those in need
of care. Having a special interest
in handicapped children, Jo Ann
has given her time in this capa-
city, whenever called upon.
Admiral and Mrs. Moore have
three children—a son Brevard,
who will graduate from Annapolis
in June, a son Mark, age eight
and a daughter Susan, age seven.
“Outstanding Crew”
(Continued from Page 1.)
ual certificates of achievement to
17 members of Crew ONE.
To qualify for the certificate,
a crew member must have flown
a minimum of 12 missions with
the trophy-winning crew. Those
who received certificates are:
Cmdr. Charles C. O’Hearn; Lt.
George A. Murphy; Lt. Daniel R.
Toleno; Lt.(jg) Robert A. Shaver;
Ens. Roger A. Garrett; Leonard
E. Downs, ACCA; Robert G.
Ellis, ADR1; John R. Warren,
ADR1; Charles K. Conner, ATI;
Joe B. Nelson, AE1; Harold L.
McCasland, AT2; Norman E.
Greene, AT2; William A. Ander-
son,AC2; Ronald K. Dilgard,
AC3; William W. Van Landing-
ham, ATR3; James H. Roberts,
Jr., ATN3; and Joseph T. Anello,
1 ATRAN.
Always On The Ready
on a 24-hour call basis.
Line Maintenance men brave all
kinds of weather to do their job
and they do it as effeciently as
possible. Last winter, they put in
an average of 80 hours per week
and these were usually in high
winds and stormy weather. Two
of the men, C. W. Shakan, CEPCN
and P. R. Moody, CEP2, received
commendations for climbing a
600-foot tower in 40 to 50 knot
winds to restore power.
Their basic job is to repair the
primary power lines. Usually,
when one of these lines go out,
the weather is so bad that most
people wouldn’t step one foot out-
side their living quarters. But
these men are on the job around
the clock. They don’t quit until
everything is restored to normal.
One thing that the Line Main-
tenance men like about the station
and that is being able to work in
their own rating. This, they be-
lieve, is the only Naval station
that has its own complete power
crew since most bases employ civ-
ilian personnel to perform up-
keep on all power lines and equip-
ment.
Only three of the 7 men are
qualified linemen while the other
four are apprentices.
One example of how rugged
these men are, only one of them
has been hospitalized during the
past 18 months due to inclement
weather.
Besides taking care of all the
equipment on base, these men also
take care of the outlying sites
such as H-2, H-3, and Tent City
(Security camp). This operation
includes rigging generators and
all necessary power equipment.
By Mike Crump, JOSN
One of the little known or talked
about group of men attached to
the Naval Station is Line Main-
tenance. These men perform up-
keep and repair on all of the
power lines, clearance lights,
street lighting, and all antennas.
There are only 7 men attached
to Line Maintenance and they are:
K. G. Morgan, CE1, Shop Super-
visor and Crew Leader; J. G.
Weidmann, CE1, Leading Line-
man; M. P. Lewis, CEP2, Line-
man; G. L. Nelson, CEW2, Elec-
trician; C. W. Shakan, CEPCN;
L. D. White, CEPCN; and D. L.
VanDeVenter, CEPCN. These
men, besides standing their reg-
ular military duties, are always
HOT WIRE?—D.L. VanDeVenter, CEPN, from Line Maintenance,
is checking the power lines for any visible discrepancies.