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THE WHITE FALCON
Saturday, May 12, 1956
THE WHITE FALCON
Volume 6 Number 19
HEADQUARTERS, ICELAND DEFENSE FORCE
Brig Gen John W. White, USAF
Joint Commander
The WHITE FALCON is an official Armed Forces newspaper
published weekly at Keflavik Airport, Iceland, by and for the Army,
Navy and Air Force personnel of the Iceland Defense Force. The
WHITE FALCON receives AFPS material. AFPS material appear-
ing herein will not be reprinted without written permission of the
Armed Forces Press Service, Room 1425 Fisk Bldg., 250 West 57th st.,
New York 19, N. Y. Views and opinions expressed herein are not ne-
cessarily those of the Department of Defense.
Deadline for copy: 0900 hours Monday. Telephone number:
Ext. 20.
Supervising Officer......... Major Thomas E. Holt, USAF.
Staff
Editor .................... M/Sgt J. S. Coatsworth, USAF.
Associate Editor..................Sp3 J. T. Lawrie, USA.
Staff Writers...Sp3 Jerry Cohen, USA, S/Sgt Burt Bell, USAF.
Art Editor................... DM3 Harvey L. Peck, USN.
IsafoldarprentsmlOJa h.f.
Chaplains Column
By Chaplain Henry H. Hafermann
Every week seems to have some specific program or project
which is to be emphasized at that particular time. And so we find
ourselves today on the threshold of Mothers Day, and with it we
think of the sentimental cards and gifts of remembrance associated
with that day.
But Mothers Day is more than sentiment of this sort—its finest
meaning is in its mighty appeal for a God-centered home. Mother-
hood reaches its highest peak of influence in building character
and shaping the course of life in the atmosphere of a home cen-
tered in God.
“An incident occurred in the life of a lad of twelve years of age
which he recalls as the most determinative influence in a long life.
The boy found his mother in a secluded spot, kneeling upon the ground
in prayer. Slipping up unnoticed, he heard her praying for him by
name. There was a devout earnestness and agonizing tenderness in
every tone of her voice which the boy never forgot. It seemed to him
that she was speaking to God who was near and was hearing every
word.
Through all his growing years, the sight of that devoted
mother kneeling where, as she thought, none but God could see and
hear, held him back in times of temptation and through the after
years was the strongest influence in his life. The sight of his
mother praying for her boy—that God would keep him from evil
and guide him into a life of service to God—was his finest hour!
Whether our mothers still live to give us encouragement or
whether they have already passed into God’s tender care, we face
the manly challenge to live as they would have us to live. They have
pointed us Godward and even now they encourage us to face a new
day—strong in the power of God—strong in the determination to do
that which is right and good.
'olivine Serviced
Protestan. Chaplains: Frank E. Wiley. Henry H. Hafermann.
Catholic Chaplain: Father Robert J. Plocki.
PROTESTANT SERVICES
SUNDAY: 0900—Worship Service. 0945—Sunday School (An-
nex). 1100—Worship Service. Change to 1115—Christian Science
Service (Annex). Change to 1315—Church of Christ Service (Annex).
Lutheran Communion 3rd Sunday each month—1500. 1800—Prote-
stant Youth Fellowship (Annex). 1900—Evening Service. Protestant
Communition Service—2000 (Annex).
THURSDAY: 1930—Choir Rehearsal.
JEWISH SERVICES
FRIDAY: 1930—Worship (Annex).
LDS (MORMON) SERVICES
SUNDAY: 1500—Services (Annex).
MONDAY: 2000—Services (Annex).
WEDNESDAY: 1900—Services (Annex).
BAPTIST SERVICES
SUNDAY: 2000—Fellowship (Annex).
TUESDAY: 1930—Bible Discussion (Annex).
THURSDAY: 1930—Prayer Meeting (Annex).
CATHOLIC SERVICES
SUNDAY: Masses: 0800, 1000 and 1200.
WEEKDAY: Monday thru Friday 1715 Mass. Saturday 1215 Mass.
CONFESSIONS: Daily before Mass. Saturday 1830.
MONDAY: 1900—Novena.
FRIDAY: 2000—Choir Rehearsal.
Weather Eyes
Nearly 12,000 officers, airmen
and civilians of Air Weather Serv-
ice operate weather units in 25
countries, 3 territories and 4
major island groups of the world.
On July 26, 1947, President
Harry Truman signed the Armed
Forces Unification Act, creating
the Department of the Air Force,
co-equal with the Army and Navy
Departments.
Loaded With Bargains
One of the first Keflavik “Airporters” to take advantage of the cur-
rent clearance sale being featured at the both stores of the Iceland
Central Exchange, PN1 Frank Bump of IDF Headquarters had trouble
carrying away all the bargains he had acquired. Mrs. Gilla Hunter, a
clerk at the store, tried to tuck a suitcase under his arm and point
him in the right direction with his pyramid of packages.
(Photo by 8/Sgt Henry Grimes).
Camera Bugs:
Special Services to Arrange
Weekend Iceland Bus Tours
The first in a series of weekend tours of Icelandic points
of interest will begin on May 13 with a Special Services
bus excursion to Selfoss. At least four other trips are plan-
ned throughout the summer months, according to Service
Club Director Joyce Deller.
All of the tours will be made
by motor coach with an English-
speaking guide available to point
out interesting and historical in-
formation about Iceland. A no-
minal fee in kronur will be charg-
ed for the tours. Prices will vary
according to the tours, which
have been arranged through Spe-
cial Services to enable Keflavik
military personnel to travel and
see all of Iceland.
The first tour to Selfoss will
begin with a drive through
Reykjavik’s eastern section, over
the salmon river Ellidaar, past
power stations and into open
country. The interior tablelands
with lava beds and formations
and numerous hot springs will
be visited. The highest point of
the tablelands is approximately
1200 feet and on the eastern end
there is a magnificant view of
the southern plain of Iceland,
mountains, glaciers and the West-
man Islands.
Before returning, the excursion
will go through some of the green-
houses and hothouses of Hvera-
gerdi, which is directly below the
tablelands.
A second excursion on May 27
will go to Hvalfjordur, a large
whaling station. A stop will be
made at the whaling center to
enable servicemen to observe the
cutting and preparation of whales
for export. The trip will include
a ride through Reykjavik.
Camera enthusiasts will have
the opportunity to take pictures
of any point of interest in
Reykjavik on a special trip to
the capital city of Iceland on
Saturday, May 19. A bus will
leave the Service Club at 0990,
stopping anywhere along the
route to enable visitors to take
pictures.
A third excursion will visit the
hot wells in Mosfellssveit, which
supply the city of Reykjavik with
boiling water for heat and kitchen
use. Another stop will include
Thingvellir where the oldest parli-
ment in Europe is situated. The
tour will include stops at an under-
gound power station, the hothouses
of Hveragerdi and dinner at
Skidaskali, a local ski club.
Excursion four will go through
many Iceland communities, in-
cluding Reykjavik, Hveragerdi
and Skidaskali, where dinner will
be served. Among the sites to
be seen will be the Icelandic
President’s residence, a fishing
town situated in the middle of
a lava field, hot springs and
sulphur deposits.
An all day excursion to the
main showplaces in southwestern
Iceland will be the fifth trip plan-
ned. Places to be visited include
Gullfoss, the golden waterfall;
Geysir, the magnificant spring
which spouts water up to 180
feet; hydroelectric plants at Sog,
and views of the southern icefields
of Iceland.
Happy
Birthday
Series E
Money may not grow on trees
but it grows when placed in trust
with the U.S. government.
This May, the services are on
a campaign to help you help
yourself by calling attention to
the 15th anniversary of Series
E U.S. savings bonds. If their
campaign reminds you to buy a
bond, you’ll have four dollars
in 1966 for every three dollars
you invest now.
Civilian and uniformed person-
nel of the Army, Navy and Air-
Force invested $343,486,016 in
Series E bonds during 1955. There
is no reason why their wisdom
should not be duplicated this year.
(AFPS)
What’s Doin’
Stateside
(AFPS Weekly Feature)
The U.S. is educating 85,127
American pupils in Europe. They
are the children of army, navy
and air force men and of person-
nel of the career foreign service.
. . . This growing army of young-
sters costs the government $240
per pupil, fairly close to the aver-
age requirement for such educa-
tion in the U.S. . . . Such scnools
abroad are expected to reach 263
in the fiscal year starting next
July 1.
* * *
The Census Bureau has report-
ed that the U.S. population now
is set at 166,966,000—an increase
of 2,808,000 or 1.7 per cent over
last year.
* * *
An antidote to nerve gas has
been developed by a team of Col-
umbia University biochemists. . . .
The new chemical is called 2-pyri-
dine aldoxime methiodide — or
2-PAM for short. . . . The chem-
ical may prove useful in treat-
ment of muscular nerve diseases
and act as an antidote for insecti-
cide poisoning. . . . The scientists
claim the compound’s “value in
preserving life is dramatic and
certain” at this stage.
H* H*
There will be much more do-
ing stateside in 1975.
A population of 228 million
persons will jam the U.S. by that
year, according to News and
World Report. A study by the
magazine based on U.S. Census
Bureau data predicted that many
of the country’s remaining wide-
open spaces will be gone by 1975
as the population increases by 63
million or 38.5 per cent in the
next 19 years.
Californians,still smarting from
the raps they have taken since
the San Francisco Seals took their
baseball team to Florida for
spring practice this year, got a
pick-me-up from the magazine
report. In 1975 their state will be
No. 1 in the nation population-
wise, replacing New York.
All states will grow with Cali-
fornia, Washington, Oregon, Ne-
vada, Arizona, New Mexico and
Florida leading the parade.
They’d have to re-draw the
boundary lines, however, to quail
the Texan’s boast that his country
is the largest, area-wise, in the
U.S.
* * *
Some years ago a scientist
named Pavlov learned a lot about
emotions studying the rate of
salivary secretions of a dog.
Now, the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
reports a saliva test may show
how much emotional stress or
tension a human is undergoing.
Concentration of cholinesterase,
an enzyme, was found to decrease
in human salivary secretions un-
der psychological stress.
WO Whitehead New
519th Band Leader
The director’s baton of the 519th
Air Force Band changed hands
this week with the departure of
Warrant Officer James E. Mc-
Millen for the states.
Replacing WO McMillen, band
director for the past year, is
Warrant Officer Ross Whitehead
from Laughlin AFB, Texas. Mr.
Whitehead, a former school teach-
er, has a total of 18 years military
service.