The White Falcon - 02.06.1972, Side 10

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Is it plugged in? It is? Ok....get the lights
there, will you? Thanks. Now these slides were
taken up in Iceland. That's right, ICELAND! I was
up there way back in 1972, stationed at the NATO
Base in Keflavik. This shot here is the entrance
to the base. You can see the sign there. (CLICK)
This one gives you some idea of the "Midnight
Sun" you hear so much about. It was taken about
11:30 at night, I think, and you can see it's still
pretty light out. Later in the summer the sun nev-
er goes down at all. We used to play baseball un-
til one in the morning sometimes! (CLICK)
This is where I worked. No, don't laugh ---
most of the buildings on base were quonset huts
just like this one. They were ok. (CLICK)
Oh, wow --- the Navy Exchange! You ever see a
quonset hut that big? The Commissary they had up
there was a big quonset hut, too - it was painted
bright blue and red, I remember. The Exchange you
see here ordered some camera gear for me once. I
wonder if it ever came in? (CLICK)
Ha-Ha! Check out the uniforms we wore! Isn't
that a scream? I remember how as soon as bell-bot-
tom pants became fashionable, the Navy quit using
them. I think this shot was taken around the first
of June, but you notice we were still wearing pret-
ty heavy coats. The summers there weren't what
you'd call scorchers. (CLICK)
There's my old car - the last one I ever had
that burned gasoline. Isn't that a beauty? Those
old gas cars were a disaster for the environment, I
guess, but they sure were a lot of fun to drive.
That one could go over a hundred! (CLICK)
Fleet Reserve Assn.
installs new officers
FRA LEADERSHIP CHANGES - New slates of officers
for Branch 255 of the Fleet Reserve Association
(FRA) and its ladies auxiliary (LAFRA) were in-
stalled Saturday at a Top of the Rock dinner.
Taking over the leadership of the Northern Lights
Branch were (photo above, top row, 1 to r): Ken
Those, secretary/treasurer; Ed Pasek, president;
Joel Johnson, first vice president; and Charle
Ball, second vice president. The outgoing offi
cers, lower row: W. C. "Bud" Deal, secretary
treasurer; Walter Rumrill, vice president; and
James Weaver, president. Weaver, who is depart-
ing Keflavik, was presented letters of commenda-
tion and appreciation for his service to Branch
255. Outgoing LAFRA officers (photo below, front,
1 to r): Betty Weaver, secretary; Pat Morrell,
president; and Jan Davis, vice president. The new
ladies leaders (top row): Barbara Smith, secre-
tary; Karen Schloesser, president; and Kay Panter
vice president. Missing is reelected treasurer
Ruth Kilmer.
Here's the club I went to while I was up there.
Good prices for drinks, I remember. They had bands
and USO shows and movies there, too.- And go-go
girls, sometimes. I guess I've already told you a
hundred times that Doreen Clapp got her start
there. (CLICK)
Boy, if I'd known how close I was to a fortune
when I took this one, I don't know what I would
have done! That's pure Icelandic lava you see
there! There was plenty of it around base. Of
course, nobody knew back then that it contained a
mysterious mineral that could instantly cure the
common cold. '72 was several years before the big
Lava Rush started. A geologist saw this shot once
and told me that just this much lava would be worth
at least a half a million bucks! Wow --------- well,
that's it. You wanna turn the lights back on,
please?
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June 2, 1972