The White Falcon - 07.09.1963, Side 3

Saturday, September 7, 1963
WHITE FALCON
3
LCpl. Horner Named
Marine Of The Month
“The selection of one Marine from a group of Marines
can never be accomplished with ease, therefore your achieve-
ment cannot been taken lightly but must be recognized as
the result of a wholehearted and conscientious effort in
performance of all duties, military®"
appearance, loyalty, and personal
conduct.”
The above is part of the letter
of congratulations from the Com-
manding Officer, MarBks, to LCpl
Carl E. Homer, July’s Marine of
the Month.
Horner won the honor in com-
petition with all E-4 and below
Marines of the defense force.
LCpl. Carl E. Horner
Along with the Sailor of the
Month and the Airman of the
Month, Horner was awarded a
Certificate of Achievement, a $25
check and priority on an R&R
flight to Europe.
Indian Head, Pa., where he
lived with his parents prior to
joining the Marine Corps in June
1961, is his hometown.
He was transferred to Iceland
from Camp Lejeune in May 1962.
During on-duty hours, he is a Sec-
urity Guard at the AEW Shop.
His off-duty hours are devoted as
much as is possible to the pursuit
of his hobbies of hunting and
golfing.
CROWD PLEASER — Vivacious
Marilyn Lippman, a 20-year-old
art student from Flushing, N.Y.,
accepts plaudits of the crowd be-
for plunging into the pool.
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Club fleu>A
By Jo Craig
The last session of Beginner’s
Bridge Instruction was held on
August 21. The players persented
the instructors, Doris Brackett
and Wilma Grozier, with lovely
teakwood trays in appreciation of
their efforts.
On Tuesday, August 27, Doris
and Wilma were hostesses for a
luncheon-bridge for those attend-
ing the sessions. They awarded
graduation certificates to Inez
Cloudman, Louise Con jura, Roch-
elle Johnson, Jean Lawrence, Joyce
Geiger, Pauli Hill, and Patti
Spear. Becky Ray and Gene De-
Valcourt were unable to attend
and will receive their diplomas at
another time.
The members of the OWC living
off-base are getting together at
one another’s homes for coffee on
the first Wednesday of every
month. The purpose of these
meetings is to exchange informa-
tion concerning shopping and
various facilities and services
available. It is an opportunity to
get better acquainted, to acquire
addresses of other families in the
area, and to offer assistance to
newcomers to Keflavik. All mem-
bers of the OWC living off-base
are invited to attend. For details,
call Off-Base Hospitality Chair-
man Nancy Girdler.
A terrific showing at bridge on
August 28 resulted in seven tables
playing. Doris Brackett was high
and Eunice Fitch took second
place honors.
The Newcomers Coffee will be
held on September 10. It will be
at 10 a.m. in the reading room
with Celia Dinwiddie and Becky
Ray as hostesses.
Jet-Age Creates
Smaller World
In a little more than two decad-
es there has been a revolution in
geography. The great gaps of dis-
tance between the continents have
diminished not physically but in
traveling time, the true measure
of distance.
With the inauguration of pas-
senger jet service in 1958 the
added speed of travel produced
dramatic new concepts in distance
between locations.
New York City is closer, by jet,
to Nassau in the Bahamas (two
hours, 35 minutes) than it is by
train to Albany, N.Y. (two hours,
43 minutes). Boston is closer to
Paris (six hours, 20 minutes) than
it is by train to Philadelphia (six
hours, 24 minutes). Miami is much
closer to San Juan, Puerto Rico,
than to Daytona Beach, Florida
—two hours, 10 minutes by jet to
San Juan, five hours, 39 minutes
by train to Daytona Beach.
On the local scene the Pan-
American DC-8 jet service from
Keflavik to New York is a mere
five hour and 55 minute hop.
By Charles E. Gay, J03
NEW SERIES
The Great Challenge. Saturday,
4:30 p.m. Designed to explore
some of the domestic problems
currently facing American demo-
cracy, this program begins a five-
week run with a discussion center-
ing around the merits and short-
comings of our educational system.
Some other issues to be covered
by Eric Sevareid and a five-
member panel composed of pro-
minent educators are science,
economics, the arts and the indivi-
dual in the American environ-
ment.
SPECIALS
Leonard Bernstein’s Young
People’s Concert. Monday, 7:00
p.m. Conductor Bernstein contin-
ues the musical enlightenment of
the younger generation in this
hour-long special entitled “What
Is A Melody?” As Bernstein care-
fully disects the term “melody”
and analyzes its component parts,
the New York Philharmonic high-
lights the dialogue with illustra-
tive selections from Wagner,
Mozart and Brahms.
Navy Band Concert. Wednesday,
9:00 p.m. A Navy dance band is
scheduled to make the first of
two live appearances on Channel
8 this week. Musician first class
Floyd Krick, the group’s leader,
says the 13-piece ensemble fea-
tures a female vocalist and speci-
alizes in dance and novelty num-
bers. A second concert is set for
September 25.
Dinner With The President.
Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Odetta, Josh
White and the Clancy Brothers
add sparkle to an evening of folk
music as the viewer joins Presi-
dent Kennedy at an annual awards
dinner. Actor Robert Preston will
host the televised segment which
includes a folk ballet by choreo-
grapher Hanya Holm of “Camelot”
and “My Fair Lady” fame and
composer George Kleinsinger.
During the course of the dinner
President Kennedy is presented
with the annual America’s Demo-
cratic Legacy Award by the Anti-
Defamation League of B’nai
B’rith.
WINSOME MISS — Pert 19-year-
old Judy Collivar, an Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma secretary, is this
issue’s Sweetheart of the Week.
A blue-eyed blonde, Judy spends
her spare time between dancing,
bowling, swimming and writing
long, lonely letters to Roger Bowen,
SN, of Special Services.
PETER, PAUL AND MARY—Warner Brothers Records versatile young
folk singing trio will entertain Americans overseas this year with
musical public service spots for the American Overseas Campaign.
Beauty and the Beards —
Peter, Paul and Nary
Join Your A.O.C.
The ‘hottest’ musical property
of the year is a trio of 26-year
olds who met in Greenwich village
two years ago and found their
musical tastes compatible and
their talents combinable. (Featur-
ed in Look magazine’s July 2
issue.)
Today this unlikely looking com-
bination of two bearded, Brooks-
Brothers attired men and one tall,
silky blond is known far and wide
as Peter, Paul and Mary. This
year they grace the American
Overseas Campaign radio spots
with some of their biggest hit
numbers; through the good of-
fices of Warner Brothers Records
Inc., Peter, Paul and Mary’s tal-
ents are being provided free as
a public service for your enjoy-
ment.
The trio’s rise to fame comes
close to proving a recipe for “in-
stant success.” In the past year
and a half, they’ve performed in
virtually every state in the union,
have made guest appearances on
such top TV shows as Ed Sullivan,
Jack Parr, the Tonight Show,
Steve Allen, and 77 Sunset Strip
(3 times!), have played to nearly
10-thousand college students at
Kansas University and to guests
at the second anniversary celebra-
tion of the inauguration of Presi-
dent Kennedy in Washington, D.C.
What’s their success formula?
Musical honesty. Says Cornell
graduate Peter Yarrow, “We are
a cosmopolitan group. It would be
dishonest for us to imitate the
folk singing style of any particular
ethnic group. We can present in
a modem musical form the feel-
ings of many ethnic groups, and
do it with integrity.” To prove
their formula they’ve recorded
popular hit songs ranging from
hillbilly ballads to children’s bal-
lads to rock-n-roll take-offs.
Although they met in the ‘Vil-
lage,’ the trio represents a healthy
cross-section of American back-
grounds. Peter Yarrow, the group’s
only New Yorker, was appearing
as a single when he joined his
two cohorts. Paul Stookey grew
up in Birmingham, Michigan, and
ended up in the Village doing
stand-up comic routines. At the
same time, Paul had been helping
Mary Allin Travers (originally of
Louisville, Kentucky) get back on
her feet as a singer after a Broad-
way flop she’d appeared in went
down for the count. When a
mutual friend brought them to-
gether, they became Peter, Paul
and Mary—a rare blend of musical
talent with that certain ‘secret’
ingredient that spells success.
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By Margarita Robinson
Our monthly business was held
in the reading room at the NCO
Club September 3.
During the proceedings it was
decided that we would sponsor the
Keflavik Players in their presenta-
tion of “The Tender Trap” at
the Andrews Theater on Septem-
ber 28.
Curtain time is scheduled for
8:00.
On that night we will establish
a booth in the lobby, of the theater,
at which will be sold cakes, cookies,
and cup cakes.
Members are urged to bring
their goodies to the theater prior
to 7:30. But if you are unable
to do so, call Keflavik extension
1620 for pick-up.
Success best describes our hus-
band and wife night out to Reyk-
javik this past month.
On this basis another such night
is scheduled for September 30 at
the Glaumbaer restaurant in
Reykjavik.
A bus has been retained for
the trip and members will board
at the NCO Club at 6:30 on this
date.
Resverations must be made
prior to September 17 with Mad-
lian Derby.
On September 12 we will have
a Coffee for Mrs. Arthur House,
wife of Lt. Col. House, Command-
ing Officer of the Marine Bar-
racks.
Starting time is scheduled for
10:30 a.m. in the reading room
of the NCO Club.
Father Hunkins has asked for
our assistance in obtaining old
Funnie Books for Mentally Re-
tarted children of Reykjavik.
If you have, or can obtain any
of these, please take them to the
station chapel.
Last, but not least, our chair-
women for the last cake sale,
Betty Kenner, and Lynne Moler,
would like to express their thanks
to each member for making the
sale a tremendous success.
Proceeds from the cake sale will
be used to support a wothwhile
charity, to be named at a future
date.
Sherry Trapp and Jierry Jones
have been named chairwomen for
this project.