The White Falcon - 10.08.1963, Side 2

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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, August 10, 1963
THE WHITE FALCON
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION KEFLAVIK
WHITE FALCON’S mission — To inform and entertain all hands:
to serve as a positive factor in promoting the efficiency, welfare and con-
tentment of personnel.
CAPTAIN STANLEY E. ELLISON, USN
Commanding Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
COMMANDER ROBERT O. BOE
Executive Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER SHULER H. MAYES
Service Information Officer
STAFF
Editor: Roger Rude, J02
Assist. Editor: Bill Kinder, J03
Reporter: Walt Platteborze, SN
Reporter: Tony Farina, JOSA
Photographer: Montie C. Rankin, PH3
The WHITE FALCON Is published weekly on Saturdays In accordance with NAVEXOS
P-35, revised June 1958, for tree distribution to personnel of Naval Station Keflavik,
Keflavik International Airport, Iceland. It is printed commercially by the Isafoldarprent-
smldja h.f.. Reykjavik. Iceland, from non-approprlated funds.
Opinions and statements made in articles published here are those of the authors
and are not to be construed as official views of the U.S. Government. Department of
Defense or the Navy Department.
A House record which stood for 45 years has been toppled by
Rep. Bob Sikes (D., Fla.). Now in his 12th consecutive term, the 57-
year-old Appropriations Committee member has served in the House
longer than any previous Florida Representative. The prior record
(22 year’s service) was established in 1917. Congressman Sikes, an
Army Reserve major general, took his House seat in 1941 when Flo-
rida had only five Representatives. Today there are 12 and Sikes has
been dean of the delegation for the last dozen years. During WWII,
he temporarily resigned to enter the Army.
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A novel experiment was conducted by Rep. F. Edward Hebert
(D„ La.) when a witness produced a radiological monitoring device
at his civil defense shelter hearings. The subcommittee chairman sent
to his office for a small board inscribed “Greenhouse 51” and had it
tested for radiation. The monitor reacted, for the Congressman had
brought the board back from the first H-bomb test at Eniwetok a
dozen years ago. The inscription had been burned into the wood by
the giant fireball.
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Personal income—the total of all wages, salaries, fees and other
payments to persons—set a record in June as it climbed steadily for
the fourth consecutive month. The seasonally adjusted annual rate
was $462.1 billion, a gain of $2 billion over May and $20 billion over
June of 1962, the Commerce Department’s office of business eco-
nomics said.
Editorial
America, a Beacon
Of Freedom to All
Nearly every serviceman and woman knows the story
about the bumblebee. According to accepted principles of
aero-dynamics, it cannot fly. Its body is too thick, its shape
is too square, and its wings too short. But the bumblebee
does not know this, so it goes ahead and flies anyway.
Maybe it’s because the bumblebee wants to fly. Appar-
ently the laws of nature don’t seem to bother him one bit.
Using a human analogy, how many times have we our-
selves done the ‘impossible’ just because we decided we
wanted to or had to?
Let’s look at the first European explorers to reach
American shores. Their wooden ships, awkward and small,
might be compared to the bumblebee. But their spirit pre-
vailed and they accomplished what the rest of the world
had doggedly maintained for centuries was navigationally
impossible.
Because the early settlers of the New World were dedi-
cated to a cause—individual freedom and human dignity
—they overcame the hardships, sorrows and tragedies of
settling in a new, wild and undeveloped country.
They came from a crowded continent, across a sea so
vast and featureless that distance became simply time with-
out end. Because they wanted to they set foot on a dazzling
new continent where the space and freedom stretched from
horizon to horizon.
The pioneers left us a heritage full of feeling for a
land that they built on a firm foundation of love and
dedication. Neither we or our children, nor theirs, will
ever quite get over the wonder that is America. For this
is the land of the free.
P P
BARFORLANT
BULLETIN
by
Frank .
Myers gjw
P JO
DUAL PAY RAISE?
Many men throughout the Arm-
ed Forces are eagerly awaiting
confirmation on the proposed
military pay raise. The raise, if
passed by Congress, will become
effective October 1. A total of
239 hopefuls attached to Barrier
Force Atlantic are now awaiting
the results of their recent tests
for advancement with the hope
of a second pay raise six weeks
after the new basic rates would
become effective.
A breakdown of the advance-
ment tests administered are as
follows:
BarLant Staff VP-18 VW-ll VW-13
E-8&9 5 6 3 1
E-6 12 7 21 3
E-5 15 22 26 23
E-4 16 19 32 27
CHECKING IN AND OUT
Many men have been coming
and going from Hangar 831 since
our last edition. Roger Hill, SN,
and his bride, the former Miss
Marie Van Wey, departed Iceland
on July 26 for Rota, Spain.
John Drey, YN3, departed Bar-
ForLant Staff for Class “A” Com-
munications Technician school in
Pensacola July 23. Drey recently
reenlisted under the SCORE Pro-
gram.
J. L. Salaboa, SD3, departed
Iceland on July 23, enroute to
the BORDELON (DDR-881) while
C. E. Wingo, BM2, returned to
sea aboard the USS GILBERT
ISLAND (AGMR-1) August 4.
Four Seamen have reported
aboard for staff duty. They are:
William Wolfe, SN, of Mounds-
ville, W. Va.; Larry Steinert, SA,
of Oshkosh, Wis.; Ronald Wood,
SN, of Clarkston, Mich, and
Howard Baney, SA, of South
Bend, Indiana. These men report-
ed aboard from the reserve centers
in their respective areas.
Individualism In
The Organization
I have a strong faith in indi-
vidualism. Each of us is motiv-
ated when the boss recognizes our
talents, encourages us to use them,
and accords us recognition for a
job well done.
How does one follow such a
philosophy in an organization such
as the Navy Department.
In a few words, there has to
be a boss over every organization
who will lead, who will set clean-
cut objectives, and who will make
decisions. Without a leader, there
can be no followers.
He stimulates inir.iative by tel-
ling his followers what he wants,
not how to do it, for he recognizes
the talents of the men in the
organization below him. And, fin-
ally, he doesn’t get bogged down
in trying to monitor every detail
of actions going on in the organ-
ization. He knows that when there
are problems among the execu-
tives, they will come to him for
decisions if he demonstrates that
he has the courage to make them.
Secretary of the
Chaplain J
Come?
By Chaplain W. C. Hitchens, Lt. Cdr., USN
MAN LIVES BY . . .
Kirby Page, a writer of devotional materials, has voiced
man’s responsibilities in this manner.
“Man does not live by bread alone, but by beauty and
harmony, truth and goodness, work and recreation, affec-
tion and friendship, aspiration and worship.
Man does not live by bread alone, but by the splendor
of the starry firmament at midnight, the glory of the
heavens at dawn, the gorgeous blending of colors at sun-
set, the luxuriant loveliness of magnificence of mountains.
Man does not live by bread alone, but by the majesty
of ocean breakers, the shimmer of moonlight on a calm
lake, the flashing sliver of a mountain torrent, the ex-
quisite patterns of snow crystals, the exalted creations
of master-artists.
Man does not live by bread alone, but by the sweet
song of a mockingbird, the magic of the maestro’s violin,
the grandeur of Handel’s Messiah, the sublimity of Beet-
hoven’s Fifth Symphony.
Man does not live by bread alone, but by the fragrance
of roses, the scent of orange blossoms, the smell of new
mown hay, the clasp of a friend’s hand, the tenderness
of a gentle rain.
Man does not live by bread alone, but by the lyrics
and sonnets of poets, the mature wisdom of sages, the
holiness of saints, the biographies of great souls, the life-
giving words of Holy Scripture.
Man does not live by bread alone, but by comradeship
and high adventure, seeking and finding, creating and co-
operating, serving and sharing, loving and being loved.
Man does not live by bread alone, but by being faithful
in prayer, responding to guidance, finding and doing the
will of God, now and eternally.”
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PROTESTANT
SUNDAY: Morning Worship Service .............. Main Chapel 1100
Sunday School ............................. High School 0630
Adult Bible Class .......................... High School 0930
Evening Vesper Service .................... Main Chapel 1900
Fellowship Hour ........................... Chapel Annex 2000
Lutheran Holy Communion, (3rd Sunday) ...... Main Chapel 1400
Episcopal Lay Service ..................... Main Chapel 0900
Latter Day Saints Lay Service .............Chapel Annex 1030
Christian Science Lay Service .............Chapel Annex 1200
Church of Christ Lay Service ............. Chapel Annex 1500
MONDAY: Adult Bible Study Group ............. Chapel Annex 1900
WEDNESDAY: Youth Choir Rehearsal .............. Main Chapel 1800
Chapel Choir Rehearsal ..................... Main Chapel 1900
SATURDAY: Youth Choir Rehearsal ............... Main Chapel 1400
Chapel Choir Rehearsal ..................... Main Chapel 1530
Assembly of God Lay Service .............. Chapel Annex 1930
Protestant Chaplains
Chaplain L.C.M. Vosseler, Cdr. USN
Chaplain W.C. Hitchens, Lt. Cdr. USN
Chaiplain H.W. Holland Jr., Lt. Cdr. USN
CATHOLIC
SUNDAY: Recited Mass ....................... Main Chapel 0800
Sung Mass ............................... Main Chapel 1215
Religous Education (Children) ............High School 1100
Holy Name Society Communion (2nd Sunday) .... Main Chapel 0800
Ladies Sodality Communion (1st Sunday) ...Main Chapel 1215
TUESDAY thru SATURDAY.
Recited Mass ................. Blessed Sacrament Chapel 1145
Choir Rehearsal .......................... Main Chapel 1930
THURSDAY:
Holy Hour before First Fridays . Blessed Sacrament Chapel 1900
FRIDAY:
Recited Mass on First Fridays .. Blessed Sacrament Chapel 1145 & 1715
SATURDAY: Confessions ........... Blessed Sacrament Chapel 1930
APPOINTMENTS: For Adult Religious Education, Baptism, Weddings,
and Special Blessing, phone office 2111 or BOQ 2224.
Catholic Chaplain
Chaplain R. C. Hunkins, Lt. USNR
JEWISH
FRIDAY: Sabbath Lay Service ............... Chapel Annex 1930