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Volume XI, Number 6-7 Headquarters, Air Forces Iceland, Keflavik Airport, Iceland—A MATS Unit Saturday, February 18, 1961
Air Parcel Service
To APO 81 Speeded
By Icelandic Carrier
Icelandic Airlines began carry-
ing air parcel post to Keflavik
Airport early this month in furth-
erance of the Air Force policy of
providing the fastest mail service
possible.
If the present experiment prov-
es successful, first class air mail
may also be routed by Icelandic
Airlines, postal officer WO W-3
Robert L. Raybourn said. This
mail service is now provided by
MATS cargo aircraft and Pan
American.
The first four shipments of air
parcel post brought in by Ice-
landic Airlines totaled about 1,500
pounds and included parcels mail-
ed on the west coast four days
before delivery here.
Icelandic Airlines planes are
expected to carry air parcel post
to APO 81 from New York on
an average of four days a week.
Eight Here Named To
Natl. Honor Society
BANDSMEN CONGRATULATED
Asgeir Asgeirsson, President of Iceland, congratulates Captain Arnald
D. Gabriel during the intermission of the USAFE Band’s first ap-
pearance in Reykjavik. With the president is Mrs. Asgeirsson and the
American Ambassador Tyler Thompson. President Asgeirsson was first
elected president in 1956 and is now in his second term.
Eight students became members
of the newly organinzed Boreal
Chapter of the National Honor
Society at the high school here
this month. They are Margaret
Clark, A1 Galvan, Peggy Jessup,
Dennis Kearns, Edda Kluck,
Gloria Patton, James Peterson
and Michael Steely.
Requirements for membership
are a “B” average and ratings
by each teacher in character, ser-
vice and leadership of above aver-
age.
Boreal was chosen as the name
of the chapter since it means
northern, from the Greek god of
the north wind.
USAFE Band Performances Please
Reykjavik, Airport Audiences;
Icelandic Composition Presented
The 686th &
Kcfiavik, Iceland
Air Force Band, known as the
“USAFE Band,” from Wiesbaden
Air Base, Germany, won Icelandic
admiration last week at three
concerts in Reykjavik’s largest
theater, the Austurbaejar Bio.
These concerts were sponsored
by the Reykjavik Lions Club in
conjunction with the Hringsins
fund raising committee for a
Keflavik Airport School Girl
Awarded Certificate of Merit
children’s wing to the Icelandic
State Hospital.
Seated in the audience at the
first concert were Icelandic Presi-
dent and Mrs. Asgeir Asgeirsson
and U.S. Ambassador and Mrs.
Tyler Thompson. Representing
the Iceland Defense Force were
Capt. William R. Meyer, com-
mander of Naval Forces, Col.
George J. Shyer, deputy com-
mander for support, Headquart-
ers Air Forces Iceland, and Cdr.
Haul T. Kissling, commander of
Naval Air Facility.
Margaret Jessup, daughter of
Maj. and Mrs. Henry C. Jessup,
senior at Keflavik Air-port De-
pendent High School has been
named a Finalist in the 1960-61
National Merit Scholarship Pro-
gram competition. She was award-
ed a Certificate of Merit, in a
School Assembly Feb. 13 by act-
ing Principal, Mr. Patrick John-
son.
Miss Jessup attained Finalist
status by her outstanding and
distinguished performance on two
tests and upon endorsement by
her high school. About six-tenths
of one per cent of the seniors in
the United States received this
award. Approximately 9,800 stu-
dents in the 50 states and in Un-
ited States territories were hon-
ored.
“The Certificate of Merit win-
ners represent our most valuable
national resource, our talented
youth,” said John M. Stalnaker,
president of the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation. “These
exceptionally able students de-
serve the recognition and en-
couragement of every citizen con-
cerned with the future of Am-
erica.”
The Merit Scholars, to be an-
nounced April 27, will be selected
from the Finalist group. They
will receive scholarships from the
resources of the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation and from
sponsoring business corporations,
foundations, associations, and in-
dividuals. In 1959-60, 115 spon-
sors participated in the Merit
Program.
The names of all who achieved
Semifinalist status in the com-
petition were published in a book-
let which was then distributed to
colleges and other sources of
scholarships and financial aid.
Previous experience indicates that
more than half of the Finalists
will be offered assistance from
sources other than the Merit Pro-
Highlight of the initial per-
formance came when the Air
Force group played an Icelandic
composition, written by Dr. Pall
Isolfsson, and arranged by MSGT
Robert E. Gray for their Iceland-
ic tour. After the band’s rendi-
tion of his music, Dr. Isolfsson
came forward from the audience
and congratulated Captain Arn-
ald Gabriel on his interpretation
of the music. Captain Gabriel
then told the audience that the
doctor’s score would be a per-
manent part of the band’s re-
pertoire.
During intermission of the first
concert, Captain Gabriel was
introduced to President Asgeirs-
son, who commented he was “de-
lighted a military band perform-
ed classical music of a high cul-
tural plane with such authority
and sensitivity.” Twice in the
concert, the conductor was pre-
sented with floral bouquets, one
from the Lions Club, the other,
(Continued on Page 6.)
College Scholarships
Offered By Air Force
The Air Force has initiated a program of providing
college scholarships and loans for children of active duty
Air Force members. Money for these scholarships and
loans will be provided from the
central welfare funds.
Up to 80 scholarships, worth
as much as $1,500 each year, will
be offered beginning with 20 to
take effect next fall. Two hundred
loans averaging around $500 each
are slated to be awarded to Air
Force children entering college
next fall. The maximum number
of such loans that can be in force
at the end of the first four years
of the program is 800.
The National Merit Scholarship
Corporation (NMSC), a non-
profit organization, will administ-
er the entire testing, scholarship
and loan program. USAF will
not intervene or influence the se-
AFRS to Present
‘Swinging Years9
Can you remember the popular
music from the big band era of
1935 to 1945? If so, Armed Foi-ces
Radio has a new program coming
up tomorrow night that you’ll en-
joy. It’s called “The Swinging
Years,” with disc jockey Chuck
Cecil featuring music from that
period.
The program will be heard
every Sunday at 9:30 p.m., and
will provide nostalgia for those
who remembered those years and
good listening for those who do
not.
Music on the first “Swinging
Years” will include: “The Drum-
mer Boy,” Bob Crosby Orchestra;
“Don’t Fence Me In” and “The
Shrine • of St. Cecilia,” Sammy
Kaye Orchestra; “Fine and Mel-
low,” Erskine Hawkins Orchestra;
and “Over the Rainbow,” by Judy
Garland.
lections. Selections for scholar-
ships is based primarily upon test
scores. The NMSC was establish-
ed by the Ford and Carnegie
Foundations solely to handle aca-
demic scholarships.
Air Force children interested in
receiving a scholarship or loan
should do the following things:
High School Juniors—The Na-
tional Merit Sholarship Qualifica-
tion Test (NMSQT) will be ad-
ministered to only those high
school juniors who applied for
the NMSQT last fall. The test
will be administered on March 7
at the Keflavik Airport High
School.
Students taking the NMSQ test
should indicate that if they are
not awarded a scholarship they
would like a loan. NMSC will
(Continued on Page 6.)
New Senators Featured
In AFRS Program Sunday
The eight new United States
Senators in the 87th Congress
will be featured on a special 50-
minute program over Armed
Forces Radio at 6:30 Sunday
evening.
Called “Meet The New Sena-
tors,” the program will be moder-
ated by Howard K. Smith. He
and other CBS news correspond-
ents will interview the newly-
elected senators: J. Caleb Boggs
(R, Del.), Edward V. Long (D,
Mo.), Claiborne Pell (D, R.I.),
Quentin N. Burdick (D, N.C.),
Jack R. Miller (R, Iowa), Lee
Metcalf (D, Mont.), John J.
Hickey (D, Wyo.) and William
A. Bradley (D, Tex.).
FIRST MEMBERS
First members of the Boreal Chapter of the National Honor Society
at Keflavik Airport are Mike Steely, Gloria Patton, Dennis Kearns,
Margaret Clark, A1 Galvan, Edda Kluck, Peggy Jessup and James
Peterson.
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