The White Falcon - 24.02.1962, Side 4

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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, February 24, 1962
REYKJAVIK JUNIOR BUSINESS COLLEGE STUDENTS, visiting the Naval Sta-
tion Feb. 15, observe one of their members using an accounting and bookkeeping mach-
ine under the instruction of Jackie A. McCray, AN, in the civilian pay records section
of disbursing. The students, all members of the senior class, toured Rockville, the radio
and TV station, disbursing, Air Force machine accounting, the supply department and
the weather facility.
Dribble Derby
Hits High Gear
In 2nd Week
Close games and fast action fol-
lowed on the heels of the 3rd-
round basketball tournament at
Keflavik last week. Only two of
the usual six games were played
as a result of inclement weather.
However, three teams clashed Sat-
urday during make-ups.
The only game Tuesday proved
disastrous for IKF as Navy Sup-
ply steadily pulled ahead to win,
56-29. Bill Minton was high man
for the winners with 23 while the
Icelanders were led by Bjarni
Jonsson who hit for 12.
Thursday evening, NacComSta
and AFI paired-off during the 6
p.m. contest giving the Communi-
cators an easy win by 33 points
over AFI, 64-31. Jeff Gossard
took top scoring honors with 18
followed closely by double-digit
men, Henry Stroud, 14, Richard
Bernhardt, 12 and Paul Swing-
hammer, 12. Gil Honeycutt con-
tributed 12 for the losers.
Three games were played Satur-
day. The first, with a tip-off at
2 p.m., ended in a difference of
5 points as VP-5 edged 57th FIS,
40-35. High man for the Patrollers
was John Wease who netted 16.
Frank Scarton was the only
double-figure contributor for 57th
with 14.
During the other encounter,
NavComSta ran over ComBarLant
47-26, with Gossard and Dave
Freeze netting 19 and 13. Frank
Rizzo hit for 11 for the Barrier
Forces.
Final action on Saturday saw
Rockville and Public Works mix-
ing it up with a 22 margin win
for the Radarmen, 44-22. Three
from the winning team gained top
scoring honors: Joe Holman, 14,
Steve Dale, 10 and Howard
Travell, 10. Jim Naegle, with (Pub-
lic Works, hit for 13.
By Sheldon Bergeson
ARC Field Director
In an exchange with Latin
American countries, the American
Red Cross has just exported the
best known of its many volunteer
programs — the Gray Lady Ser-
vice.
A training course was started
Feb. 5 in the Canal Zone to help'
Red Cross societies in five Central
American nations and Panama
extend the gracious services of
trained volunteers to hospital
patients.
The course was requested by
the Red Cross societies of the
Republic of Panama, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador,
and Costa Rica.
After 10 days of instruction
the 18 student volunteers left as
qualified Gray Ladies instructors,
ready to teach other volunteers in
their home countries.
The course was the outcome of
a visit to Gorgas hospital last fall
by Red Cross volunteers from
Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Red Cross Gray Lady service
was founded during the First
World War at Walter Reed Hos-
pital in Washington, D. C. Gray
Ladies now serve in nearly all
U.S. military hospitals around the
world, in Veterans Administration
hospitals and in many civilian hos-
pitals.
Gray Ladies assist in hospital
recreation and help the staff in
a variety of ways in the care of
patients. They also perform cer-
tain administrative duties and
Promotions
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ine Corps in February of 1951,
served with the 1st Armored Am-
phibious Tractor Battalion in
Korea shortly after basic train-
ing ,until 1952.
Prior to arriving at Keflavik
Airport, he participated in the
activation of three Marine units
at his last duty station, Marine
Corps Air Station, Beaufort, S.C.
He was administrative chief for
these units.
carry out a variety of personal
services for patients — read to
those who cannot see; write let-
ters for those unable to use their
hands; provide reading matter
and make purchases for patients
who are bedridden.
Last year, 72,000 Gray Ladies
served in hospitals in 60 percent
of the 3,600 local Red Cross
chapters in the United States and
in every U. S. military command
overseas.
Included in the figure quoted
above were 27 dedicated volun-
teers who served as Gray Ladies
in our local Naval hospital. These
volunteers, who are dependents of
enlisted men and civilian employ-
ees as well as dependents of of-
ficers, gave an impressive 803
hours of service last year. In ad-
dition to the regular service given
patients on the wards, Gray Lad-
ies here assist doctors and nurses
with the non-technical work in
the clinics.
Carolyn Murnighan, wife of
Lcdr Thomas J. Murnighan, Jr.,
USN, is chairman of the local
group which now numbers 10 ac-
tive members.
Basketball Schedule
Tues., Feb. 27
6 p.m. - USNSGA vs AFI
7 p.m. - ComBarL. vs Navy Ad.
Thurs., March 1
6 p.m. - Navy Admin vs 57th FIS
7 p.m. - AFI vs Marines
Basketball Standings
VP-5 ................ 2—0
NavComSta........... 2—0
USNSGA............... 1—0
Navy Supply ........ 1—0
Rockville .......... 1—0
Public Works ....... 0—1
ComBarLant.......... 0—1
AFI.................. 0—2
57th FIS ............ 0—2
IKF ................. 0—1
Icelandic Language
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“Elsewhere in Scandinavia, the
old Norse language has been am-
mended with the years but in Ice-
land it has remained pure,” Eld-
jarn points out.
“In Viking days,” the director
explains, “people throughout
Scandinavia spoke virtually the
same language and until much
later they understood each other
fairly easily. _ •
“But then their language deg-
enerated, or developed—depend-
ing on which way you look at it.
Icelandic has remained the Moth-
er Tongue, so to speak, though
with the changes that have taken
place, even in our language, I
doubt if those early settlers in
Iceland would be able to under-
stand us now.
“The structure of our modern
language is much the same as in
the saga writings of the 13th cen-
tury, but our vocabulary is con-
siderably wider,” scholar Eldjarn
says.
“Icelandic is quite a rich lang-
uage and it has great purity. The
Danish language is adapted to ac-
cepting words from other count-
ries with ease.
“We, however, try to compound
new words for modern ideas and
phenomena.”
Museum Director Eldjarn cites
the word telephone as an example.
Many countries have accepted
this word, or have slightly chang-
ed it. The Germans have com-
pounded fersprecher which means,
literally, “distance speaker.”
But the Icelanders have a new
word for telephone. They searched
old documents and found the an-
cient stem of a word meaning
“thread.” Then they named the
telephone simi.
Volleyball Standings
VP-5 ................. 3—1
ComBarLant ......... 3—1
NavComSta........... 2—0
57th FIS ............. 2—1
Navy Supply ........ 2—1
Aircraft Maint ..... 2—1
Hospital ........... 2—2
IDF .................. 1—2
Marines ............ 1—2
AFI .................. 1—2
Navy Admin.......... 0—4
Programming, for children, on
Channel 8 has progressed so that
re-running of cartoons is no longer
required as a means of filling up
the time allotted to children’s
viewing.
Twelve cartoons, our weekly
quota, were each televised as often
as three times. The two new
children’s shows, “Story Book
Time,” and “Jaoque Pierre” eli-
minate the re-run of eight car-
toons.
At present, Jacque uses one
cartoon per show. As his char-
acterization and show format are
made more firm the cartoon will
be dispensed with.
“Men of Annapolis” is a series
aimed at sub-teenagers. It takes
the 12:30 p.m. spot on Saturdays.
The “Shari Lewis Show” moves
into the Wednesday-at-five time
zone. Shari will be backed by one
cartoon.
It is not a case of having LESS
cartoons. It is a planned effort to
reduce the number of times that
the same carton is used.
The withdrawal of a number of
shows without replacement leaves
our schedule somewhat short. To
compensate for this our sign-on
time for Saturday is now 10 a.m.
Thursday’s television hours will
be lengthened by a half-hour. TV
Staffers will soon begin a new
show. The new show will follow
“Science Fiction Theater,” and
will probably be called “Rememb-
er This?”
The “Remember This?” shows
will be specially selected from a
Navy Exchange
Order Department
Proves Success
The “Special Order Section” at
the Navy Exchange is proving
a big success, acording to Lt. Cdr.
Robert T. Vogel, Navy Exchange
Officer.
“The exchange is accumulating
dealer information on unavailable
items,” said Vogel. “Persons whose
orders were not filled should keep
in touch with us.”
A minimum order of $10 and a
50 per cent deposit is required on
all special orders. Requests for
items normally available from
stock, or a reasonable substitute,
will not ordinarily be processed.
New items on sale include a
brand name line of children’s
shoes, men’s sport shirts, toys,
Danish cookies and assorted pat-
terns of a famous Japanese china
in both luncheon and dinner sets.
Starting Feb. 26 to Mar. 3, the
Service Station is offering a spec-
ial car lubricating job for 75 cents.
The “special” this week at the
Terminal Restaurant will be
braised beef with egg. At the Vik-
ing Cafeteria it will be roast
chicken and the Main Snack Bar
is having pepper steak. All food
specials are served with two veg-
etables, bread, butter and coffee.
The price is 55 cents.
Volleyball Schedule
Mon., Feb. 26
6 p.m. - NavComSta vs AFI
7 p.m. - IDF vs Marines
8 p.m. - Acft Maint vs Hospital
Wed., Feb. 28
6 p.m. - 57th FIS vs VP-5
8 p.m. - Marines vs AFI
Fri., March. 1
6 p.m. - Hospital vs Navy Admin
7 p.m. - BarLant vs ComSta
8 p.m. - VP-5 vs IDF
library of television films and will
cover the entire field of adult
television entertainment.
Sunday’s Wide World of Sports
should be of great local interest.
The 1961 AAU Women’s Swim-
ming and Diving Championships
and the Seafair Hydroplane race
are the twin features. Swimming
and boating are subjects of es-
sential interest to Navymen, and
our Icelanic friends too. The male
viewers will enjoy just watching
the girls in bathing suits —
whether they swim, dive, or just
pose.
Jack Kerouac, considered by
many to the Great Father of the
Beats, or plain old beatnics, is
on this week’s Steve Allen Show.
Having become a financial success
as an author, Kerouac was prac-
tially disowned by his best friends.
His sin was being successful.
The variety special for this
week should please nearly every-
one. Thursday at seven o’clock
you have “Sing Along With
Mitch.” This is almost certain to
have everyone humming and sing-
ing.
Feature films this week are
in the good-to-great range. Satur-
day night you will really enjoy
“Northern Lights Playhouse.” It
is “The Charge of the Light
Brigade.” Errol Flynn, Olivia
DeHavilland, and David Niven are
the stars.
Two shows complete their runs
this week. “Decision,” and “You
Bet Your Life” bow out. Good bye,
and Bless.
Your Red Cross
Channel 8 News