The White Falcon - 14.03.1964, Qupperneq 3

Saturday, March 14, 1964
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SAFETY BEHIND WHEEL — Eight Naval Station sailors were pre-
sented with Safe Driving Awards recently for their one-year driving
records. Those receiving awards from Capt. Stanley E. Ellison, Nav-
Sta CO, were V. E. Schmig, AN; M. A. Donovan, AN; R. B. Runole,
ABFAN; E. W. Carhart, ABF3; C. S. Bailey, AN; R. Prince, ABFI; J.
E. Levac, ABF3; and J. W. Bennett, ABF3.
Safe Driving Award
Goes to Fuel Branch
A grand total of 96 months of accident-free driving by
eight men of the Fuel Branch, Material Division, Supply
Department was recognized Friday, March 6, in the office
of Captain Stanley E. Ellison Commanding Officer, U. S.
Naval Station.
In presentating the one-year awards, Captain Ellison re-
marked: “In this period of rigid^
fiscal accountability, there is no
more fertile area in which to
achieve operating economy than
in the prevention of motor vehicle
accidents. I am particularly hap-
py to present Navy Safe Driving
awards to this group who have
driven Supply vehicles, including
Aircraft Refuelers and other
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NavSta Kef Experiences
Mild Mid-Winter Month
What serviceman hasn’t felt some uneasiness about his
assignment to Iceland? After all, they reason, it must be
terribly cold there, so close to the Arctic Circle. The name
of the country itself fails to convey any visions of surfing
and sunshine.
But after spending a mid-winter month, like last Febru-
in the “Land of Frost and®-
ary,
Fire”, these misgivings are usu-
ally replaced by disbelief.
Fleet Weather Facility recently
released the weather statistics
for the very temperate month of
February, and they came as quite
a surprise to everyone except a
capricious Mother Nature.
A maximum temperature for
the month was 48 degrees which
matched the extreme maximum
that was established for Febru-
ary between 1948 and 1962. The
minimum temperature was 15 de-
grees, four above the 11-degree
extreme minimum. Mean tempera-
ture for the month was 38 de-
grees, six points above the aver-
age February temperature.
Normal local snowfall for the
third winter month is eight inches.
The Naval Station braved only
6.5 inches in a 29-day period.
Average total precipitation for the
month is 4.4 inches. Locals slog-
ged through a piddling 4.17 inches
of rain and snow this past month.
If you still think we had a
rough February here at Keflavik,
compare our winter, temperature-
wise, with these three-day re-
presentative temperatures from
the States, recorded in the latter
part of the month.
Bismarck, North Dakota: An
average high of 31 and a low of
minus one degree. High for the
period was 40 degrees and the low
was minus one.
Chicago, Illinois: A 29-degree
high average was logged, along
with a 24-degree low. High for
the three days was 31 degrees;
low was 22.
Norfolk, Virginia: High aver-
age was 45 degrees and the low
was 33. The maximum tempera-
ture recorded was 46 and the low
during the period was 29.
Louisville, Kentucky: The Blue-
grass City experienced an aver-
age high of 34 degrees and a
mean low of 27. The recorded
one-day high was 36 degrees and
the 24-hour low was 23.
Irish Director Interviewed
On Local AFRTS Station
FEBRUARY’S BEST MEN — Edward Whitford, ADJ3, Sailor of the
Month for February, and Lance Corporal Dannie Delaney, Marine of
the Month, display Certificates of Achievement and $25 checks just
presented them by Rear Adm. Paul D. Buie, Commander Iceland De-
fense Force. Ceremonies honoring the Iceland Defense Force mem-
bers were held Monday, March 9, in Admiral Buie’s office.
IDF Names Men of Month
The Iceland Defense Force this week recognized its out-
standing sailor, airman and marine for the month of Feb.
During ceremonies held in his office, Rear Admiral Paul
D. Buie, Commander Iceland Defense Force, presented
Certificates of Achievement and $25 checks to Marine of
the month Lance Corporal D
the month Edward Whitford,’
ADJ3.
The Airman of the month, Air-
man Second Class Noah J. Matt-
hews, attached to the 667th Air-
craft Control and Warning Squad-
ron located at H-3, was unable to
be present for the ceremony due
to the remoteness of his duty
station.
Lance Corporal Delaney, a na-
tive of Kingsport, Tennessee, re-
ported to Iceland and the Marine
Barracks in April 1963. Sched-
uled to depart Iceland during
April, he will report for duty
to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
where he will complete his cur-
rent enlistment in the Corps. Dur-
ing his tour here, Delaney ser-
ved as the Marine Barracks Or-
derly and the Barracks Field
Musician.
innie Delaney, and Sailor of
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A three-year veteran of naval
service, Whitford hails from
Staten Island, New York. He re-
ported for duty here in March
1963 from NAS Sanford, Florida.
Attached to the Naval Station’s
Aircraft Maintenance Depart-
ment, he maintained and repaired
jet engines. Whitford departed
Iceland on Wednesday for 30
days stateside leave before re-
porting for duty aboard the air-
craft carrier USS Randolph,
homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
Selection for the honor of being
named Marine, Sailor or Airman
of the month is based in part on
military appearance, leadership
capabilities, military bearing and
good conduct.
Naval Station Keflavik’s Armed Forces Radio and Tele-
vision Station played host March 7 to Thomas MacAnna,
the Director of the Abbey Theater in Dublin, Ireland.
Mr. MacAnna is temporarily residing in Reykjavik where
he is directing a production of “Romeo and Juliet” in con-
junction with the 400th birth-year anniversary of William
Shakespeare.
During his Naval Station ap-
pearance Mr. McAnna was inter-
viewed by the Service Informa-
tion Officer, Lt. Claire E. Brou,
and Employee Development Of-
ficer, Oli Stephensen, in a live
AFRTS television presentation.
He discussed the role the Abbey
Theater, Ireland’s National Thea-
ter, plays in perpetuating native
Irish art. All of the productions
at the Abbey are of Irish origin,
he revealed. An Irish revival
movement began at the Abbey, and
a number of its plays utilize the
ancient Gaelic language.
A group presenting Abbey
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the United States, presenting its
famous versions of “Shadow of a
Gunman”, “Juno and the Pay-
cock”, and other works by O’Casey.
During the interview Mr. Mac-
Anna briefly sketched his career
from his earlv days as a set de-
signer at the Abbey to his pre-
sent position as Director.
It is the second stay in Iceland
for Mr. MacAnna and family. In
1963 he directed Brendan Behan’s
“The Hostage” at the Iceland Na-
tional Theater. It is reported that
he may return to Iceland
during the summer to help stage
John Synge’s “The Playboy of
the Western World” at the Na-
DIRECTOR ON CAMERA — Mr. Thomas MacAnna converses with
Lt. Claire E. Brou, Service Information Officer, and Oli Stephensen,
Industrial Relations Training Officer, during an interview televised
over AFRTS-TV. At right is Helga Skulason, a director at Reykjavik’s
ISno Theater. Cameraman is Don Preecs, AA, of AFRTS.
Icelandic Symphony
To Be Conducted By
American Musician
The American musician Igor
Buketoff arrives in Iceland this
week to start rehearsals with the
Icelandic Symphony. He will con-
duct the symphony in the Uni-
versity of Iceland Theater (Ha-
skolabio) the evenings of March
19 and April 9.
Mr. Buketoff then will return
to Fort Wayne, Indiana for some
regular concert work before com-
ing back to Iceland for two ad-
ditional concerts on May 5 and
May 21.
Since 1948, he has been the
permanent conductor of the Fort
Wayne Symphony and also Musi-
cal Director and Associate Pro-
fessor of Music at Butler Uni-
versity. Earlier, Mr. Buketoff was
a member of the faculty of the
Juilliard School of Music in New
York City and also taught at Co-
lumbia University. He was the
conductor of the Broadway com-
panv which did the Menotti
operas.
Over the years, Mr. Buketoff
has been much in demand as a
guest conductor and has directed
symphonies both in Norway and
Denmark. He is also a composer,
mainly of choral works.
The concerts with the Icelandic
Symphony will include: March 19:
“Helios” Overture by Nielson;
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,
No. 3 in C Minor, Opus 37, by
Beethoven and Sinfonie Singu-
liere by Berwald. April 9: Sin-
fonie Dolorosa by Saeverud;
operatic arias by Puccini and
Verdi; Romeo and Juliet, Orchest-
ral Overture, by Tchaikowsky;
and Overture to “Die Meistersin-
gers” by Wagner.
Navy Commissions 17th
Sub At Newport News
The nuclear powered fleet bal-
listic missile submarine Henry
Clay (SSBN-625) was commis-
sioned February 20 at Newport
News, Virginia.
Henry Clay is the 17th SSBN
to be commissioned. There will
be a total of 41 in commission.
The Clay is named for the
Kentucky statesman who served in
the U. S. House of Representa-
tives and Senate. During his car-
eer in Congress, Clay served three
terms as Speaker of the House
as well as several terms in the
Senate and as Secretary of State.
The keel for the Lafayette-class
submarine was laid Oct. 23, 1961.
The Clay is 425 feet long, has a
27-foot, nine-inch beam and will
displace 7,250 tons. The sub was
launched Nov. 30, 1962. »