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I Volume IX, Number 6
Headquarters, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavik Airport, Iceland
IDT
Friday, March 20, 1959 |
Cub Scouts Honor New
Den, Celebrate 30 years
Cub Pack 64 of the Cub Scouts of America at Keflavik
celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the cubs recently with
a Blue and Gold banquet held at the Keflavik Youth Activity
Center. They honored members of the newly organized
Webelo Den, directed by A/1C Charlie Cooper.
At the anniversary, the Fathers, a big part of any cub
University Of Maryland
Announces Fourth Term
Classes Start Mar. 23
Professor Larman C. Wilson, Resident Lecturer has re-
leased the University of Maryland’s fourth term schedule
of classes. Offered this term, beginning March 23 and end-
ing May 15, are: Business Administration 11—Organiza-
tion and Control; Business Administration 20—Principles
of Accounting; Business Administration 160—Personnel
Management; Economics 32—Principles of Economics; Ger-
scout program, were featured in
the entertainment. They provided
a “skit” pertaining to Indians for
the boys, visitors and guests at
the banquet.
Any scout program has one big
purpose. That is to create good
citizenship and close family re-
lationship. Cubbing in particular
takes all the family to make it
operate properly. The boy is a
member of the pack, the father
helps to provide entertainment
Check! You May Have
Hew Officer-In-Charge
Four newly arrived officers
have joined the Defense Force
Chain of Command recently. They
are Major’s, Roddie L. Kile, Frank
L. Heusner, Albert E. Zellefrow,
and Jack T. Gillis.
Major Kile (AF), formerly as-
signed as the Executive officer of
the Aeronautical Chart and In-
formation Center in St. Louis has
taken over duties and responsi-
bilities as officer in charge of the
Class 6 Sales Store in the 1400th
Air Base Group. He has been in
the service for some 18 years, 6
of which have been overseas in
Japan, Okinawa, and the Philip-
pians. The major hails from
Shawnee, Oklahoma where his
wife, Polly Anne, and son, Larry,
are living.
Major Heusner (AF), has as-
sumed duties as Base Food Serv-
ice officer. Before coming to Ice-
land he carried the same duties
with the 1405th Air Base Group
at Scott AFB, Ill. He has been
on active duty for twelve years
but has 22 years military service
counting his 10 years reserve and
national guard time. His only oth-
er overseas tour was in Korea.
Major Heusner’s wife, Jo, lives in
Buffalo, New York.
Major Zellefrow (Army Signal
Corps), is assigned in the J-5
section as communications officer
(See Staff page 4.)
934th Announces
4 Airman Promos
One Senior Master Sergeant
promotion topped the list of four
promotions received by airmen at
the 934th AC&W Squadron at
Latar, Iceland in the recent March
1 cycle.
Master Sergeant Robert R.
Glasheen, NCOIC of Communica-
tion’s was awarded the new super
grade. Two radar operators, Ther-
on Conner and Richard Phillmore
received Airman First and Second
Class stripes respectively. A/3C
Gerald Conwey, heating specialist
was promoted to A/2C.
and other things needed by the
pack, and the mother acts as a
Den Mother. She holds weekly
meetings with the boys in her
“den,” assisting them in special
projects, studying for badges re-
ceived in recognition of advance-
ment, and projects requiring the
close supervision of a trained Den
Mother.
A special committee, comprised
of 11 parents, meets the third
Thursday of each month. The
pack meets the fourth Thursday.
At the committee meeting, final
plans for the pack meeting, de-
ciding who is to receive what
awards, type entertainment and
what special project is to be
undertaken by the pack during
the month.
The local cub pack was started
about two years ago by Lt. Col.
A. G. Sutton, IDF. Major Paul
Gaughenbaugh, 1400the Air Base
Squadron, is now head of the
scout committee. He said the pack
has expanded from a small unit
to around 40 scouts and the newly
organized Webelo Den. Two of
(See Cubs page 4.)
New Packing Procedures
Bring Peace, Not Pieces
You wouldn’t drop a package of
your finest crystal or glassware
from the roof of a two-story
building, but that is what a group
of household goods shipment ex-
perts did. They jumped on the
package, slammed it against a
wall and dropped it several times
before opening the container.
They were testing new methods
of packing that would protect
fragile articles under conditions
which they hope will never ap-
proach such actions.
The results show the new meth-
ods effective. The benefits are
being passed on to Air Force
families. AFL 75—35 reports that
as of the beginning of March,
commercial shippers will be using
specially cut and sized-to-fit cor-
rugated paper to enfold fragile
articles.
Previously, the wife’s favorite
bric-a-brac or table lamp was
packed in shredded paper or ex-
celsior. Now, wear and tear on
property and nerves should be
less since items go in the con-
tainer, forming a “cell-like” struc-
ture similar to the honeycomb of
an egg crate box.
The new regulation covers
household goods shipments within
the U. S. and shipments going
overseas. On shipments returning
from overseas, it doesn’t apply
until after July 1, giving shippers
time to convert to the new pack-
ing methods.
Viking R&P Holds First
Meet, Makes Awards
Organizational plans for a Vik-
ing Rifle and Pistol Club here
proved effective and 118 official
and 25 honorary members of the
club held their first official meet-
ing in the Viking Service Club,
10 March. Honored at the meet-
ing were the winners of the rifle
and pistol matches sponsored by
the club during the Christmas
holidays.
Organization of the club got
under way in October 1958 to pro-
vide a means of off-duty recrea-
tion for Defense Force Personnel.
Lieutenant William A. Anders, Hq
IDF was selected as Club Pre-
sident and Sergeant James Mc-
Nabb, 1971st AACS as vice-presi-
dent, Treasurer, AO/1C Jay D.
Waldron of FASRON 107, Lt.
E. F. Cline, 2nd BCT as Secre-
tary, Sergeant Merel Cambell,
2nd BCT as Executive Officer.
Plans are now in effect to be-
come assiliated with the Na-
tional Rifle and Pistol Associa-
tion. Also, after becoming a NRA
Club, it is hoped a Junior Club
(See Viking page 4-)
SP/4 Charles F. Ferry, Airman
Second Class David C. Holland,
and Seaman Ralph .Armbrust have
been selected top soldier, airman
and sailor for the month of Febr-
uary. Specialist Ferry is assigned
to Hq Hq & Service Company, 2nd
BCT as a Staff Driver and Air-
man Holland is assigned to the
932nd ACWRON as a Radio Relay
Maintenance man.
Seaman Ralph Armbrust, Sailor
man - and 2—Elementary Ger-
man; Government and Politics 108
— International Organization;
Icelandic 2—Elementary Iceland-
ic; and Italian 1 and 2—Elemen-
tary Italian.
Registration for classes will be
held in the Education Office
(Bldg. 790; 1400th Air Base
Group Hqs; 5180) during the
week of March 16—21.
The University of Maryland’s
Overseas Program, known as
“Operation Midnight Oil”, was
inaugurated with the creation of
the College of Special and Con-
tinuation Studies (the title was
Basketball, Folks!
Lt. Cutler’s Ready
“The only problem I have,” says
Lt. Thorton W. Cutler of the 1st
Cav. Div. in Korea, “is getting
clothes to fit me and folding my-
self into bed at night.”
In his case, it’s quite a problem.
The lieutenant quite literally per-
sonifies the familiar recruiting
slogan, “Go Army and Grow!”
When he entered the service in
1954, he was anything but a
shorty—standing six-feet-six and
tipping the scales at 165.
That was five years ago. Today
Cutler is six-foot-nine and weighs
242 pounds.
for the month, DEROSed too early
to receive his awards here.
The award for this honor is a
Certificate of Achievement, a pen
and pencil set, and a check for
$10.
Awards were presented last
week in the office of Brig. Gen.
Henry G. Thorne Jr.
This is SP/4 Ferry’s second
time in succession as Soldier of
the Month.
changed to University College in
1959) in 1947. Two years later
(See Maryland page 4.)
Base Shooters Most
Classify By April 10
To Be On Base Team
Captain Richard J. Baker, pro-
ject officer for the base wide
rifle and pistol program has re-
leased pertinent information on
the picking of base teams. These
teams will represent Keflavik
Airport Defense Force personnel
in the Command Level Tourna-
ment slated for May 18 at Head-
quarters MATS, Scott AFB, Ill.
All base personnel, Air Force,
Army, or Navy, are eligable. They
have until April 10 to make ar-
rangements with the indoor range
officials to fire the full course
of 45 rounds at least three times.
The course may be fired as many
times as the individual wishes
but official scores for three fir-
ings must be turned in to Captain
Baker before the April deadline.
Tentatively a six man rifle team
and a four man pistol team with
one alternate each is scheduled
to return to the states. By screen-
ing the scores turned in to him,
the Captain will pick a double
rifle team, 14 firing members,
and pistol team, 10 firing memb-
ers. These teams will be coached
at the range at every possible
chance until sometime in May.
Then the final team will be pick-
ed and sent TDY to MATS.
Westover Sergeant
Is A Young Man
In an Old Hurry
When the recruiting sergeant
came to the part about “rapid ad-
vancement” 17-year-old Arthur A.
Monahan paid close attention to
what the man was saying. That
was for him -—- that rapid advan-
cement, and the way things turn-
ed out, young Monahan proved to
be a front-runner all the way.
Here is his form chart: Basic
Airman, age 17; M/Sgt., age 22;
SM/Sgt., age 28.
SM/Sgt. Monahan, a line chief
for the 384th Air Refueling Sq
at Westover AFB, Mass., entered
the service in 1948. He was pro-
moted to M/Sgt. in 1953 and, last
year, was upped to SM/Sgt. Ser-
geant Monahan is believed to be
the youngest SM/Sgt. in the Air
Force.
Soldier - Airman Share Honors
Holland — Gen. Thorne — Ferry.
NATO — UNIFIED POWER FOR PEACE