The White Falcon - 12.03.1965, Qupperneq 1
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume IV, Number 10
Friday, March 12, 1965
THAT ICES THE CAKE—Supervising the icing of cakes at the new
Bake Shop located in Galley 743 is Kenneth G. Amadon, CS1. The
bakers icing the cakes for the enjoyment of those who eat in the
General Mess are (from left to right), Magnus Sigurbjornsson, Head
Icelandic Baker on the station, Amadon, Margeir Sigurbjornsson and
Ivan Culajak.
Galley 743 Has New Name:
‘Naval Station Bake Shop’
Something old, something new,—that is the story on
the relocation of the Naval Station Bake Shop.
The opening of the new Bake Shop in old Galley 743
took place Feb. 22. It was on that date that bakers started
running bread and pastries through their oven and the
good smell started wafting over the entire area. Actually,
the renovation is not complete.'5
They are waiting to get holes
patched in the walls and floors,
get ice cream machine installed
and other minor details.
Kenneth G. Amadon, GS1, lead-
ing petty officer for the Bake
Shop, related that the daily work
load calls for an average produc-
tion of 800 loaves of bread plus
all the bakery products for all the
clubs and the Commissary Store.
To assist Amadon in this en-
deavor are eight Icelanders, two
Yugoslavians and one other sailor,
James D. Covington, CS3. These
men work during the day prepar-
ing all the dough that is used
in the making of the bread.
The night crew consists of six
sailors who work three men to
one night shift. These men make
up the two night shifts: Joseph
F. Pilosi. CS2, Bruce D. Beard.
CS2 and Carl R. DeBlank, CS3
are in the first shift and Richard
J. Kehoe, CS1, Larry D. Shelton,
SN and Donald D. Roderick, SN
are in the second.
These men make all the pastries
that are served in the genera'
mess. Also they make specialty
items such as the recent Seabee
birthday cake and many others.
When the Bake Shop is fully
operational, everyone will see and
taste a wider variety of bakery
products.
In This Issue
Doctors’ Notebook .... Pg- 2
Seabee Ball Pg- 3
Sports Pg. 4
Yearbook Staff Pg. 5
It Pays To Think Pg. 6
Car Need Washing?
SPRITE WASHED-UP RIGHT—Students from the Alfred T. Mahan
High School wash down one of the cars during their car wash held
Saturday at Building 550. The event was sponsored by the Youth
Center’s Teen Club.
Patrol Sqd. 56
Takes Charge
Of ASW Duty
Detachment 13 of Patrol Squad-
ron 56 arrived here Monday even-
ing to relieve Detachment 13 of
VP-23, which departed for Bruns-
wick, Maine, Wednesday.
The newly arrived squadron re-
cently completed a deployment to
U.S. Naval Station, Roosevelt
Roads, Puerto Rico and termin-
ated its services to Task Group
DELTA before preparing for a
split deployment to Iceland and
Spain.
It was commissioned as a re-
serve squadron with the designa-
tion of Patrol Squadron 900 on
July 1, 1946 at the Naval Air
Station, Anacostia, Washington,
D.C.
Due to reorganization of the
reserve components, the designa-
tion was later changed to VP-661.
The squadron was called to active
duty in September 1950 and be-
came an active member of the
Atlantic Fleet with home port in
Norfolk, Va.
In March 1953, VP-661 became
Patrol Squadron 56.
This is not the first time the
squadron has been in Iceland.
From April to September 1962,
VP-56 conducted an overseas
split deployment with six aircraft
located at Rota, Spain and five
based here.
Five aircraft were deployed on
Oct. 8, 1962 to Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. The squadron also partici-
pated in Springboard ’63 at Roose-
velt Roads, Puerto Rico, for two
weeks during January 1963.
During 1963, PV-56 won the
Fleet Air Wing Five Battle
Readiness Efficiency Award and
in November became a member of
Task Group DELTA.
Cdr Gerald F. Thummel is of-
ficer-in-charge of the Keflavik de-
tachment and
executive officer
of the squadron.
Commander
Thummel began
his Naval career
in December
1943. He was
commissioned
Ensign upon
graduation from
the Naval Re-
serve Officers
Training Corps at the University
of California in 1946 .
Holy Name Luncheon
Scheduled Sunday
The Naval Station’s Holy Name
Society will sponsor a buffet
luncheon Sunday at the CPO Club
at 1 p.m.
Bishop Gunnarsson of the
Catholic Cathedral, Reykjavik,
will be the guest speaker and
talk about his recent travels to
Rome’s Ecumenical Council.
All hands are cordially invited
to attend.
Tickets can be obtained from
Holy Name members or contact
T. R. Ronan, BKC, on base at
2236 for reservations.
Cdr G. F.
Thummel
“WELCOME ABOARD SHIPMATE PRESIDENT”—Members of Branch
255 of the FRA meeting National President George Bernatz as he
arrived at Keflavik Airport.
National Press. Visits
Local FRA Branch
March 2nd was a big day for the members of Branch
255 of the Fleet Reserve Association here at Keflavik. The
reason—the National President of the FRA arrived at
Keflavik Airport.
On hand to greet the National President, George C.
Bernatz, were Branch 255 President Shipmate Perry, Vice
President Scott, 2nd Vice Presi-
dent Cochran, Secretary Coleman
and Shipmates O’Conner, Don-
nelly, Crummett, Denney and
Member-at-large Lieutenant Soil-
man.
George C. Bernatz retired from
the Navy as a CTC in 1953 and
has been active in the Fleet Re-
serve Association since 1945. He
was elected to the office of Na-
tional President this year. Mr.
Bernatz visited his shipmates at
Keflavik from National Head-
quarters in Washington, D.C.
This is the first time that a
National Officer of the FRA has
visited Iceland. Keflavik is the
most northern branch of the FRA.
The main reason for his coming
to Keflavik, Mr. Bernatz ex-
plained, “was because the mem-
bership of branch 255 went up
525 per cent over last year.”
Rules, Regulations
Of A ‘Dog’s Life’
For personnel who have dogs as
pets here on base, here’s an im-
portant message from the Naval
Station’s Security Department.
A number of canines have been
picked up by the Security Patrol.
Dogs on base must be registered
at the Security Building (T-790).
If they are not, and found unre-
gistered, they will be destroyed.
The Security Department is
open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every
weekday.
Some of the rules for having a
dog on base taken from the Ice-
land Defense Force’s Instruction
10570.1A are as follows:
1. Military and civilian members
of IDF cannot import pets of any
kind into Iceland without prior
approval in accordance with the
provisions of this instruction.
2. Pets shall not be allowed to
run free and shall not be allowed
to damage property, annoy per-
sonnel, nor defile the grounds
around any building where adults
or children may be offended.
For further information, con-
tact the Security Department.
Branch 255 now has well over
200 members. The total member-
ship of the Fleet Reserve Asso-
ciation is now over 61,000.
A special business meeting and
buffet was held Wednesday, March
3rd, at the CPO Club. Fifteen new
members were initiated into
branch 255. After the initiation
a two-bell ceremony was held in
honor of all departed shipmates.
President Perry introduced Ship-
mate Bernatz as guest speaker.
Mr. Bernatz talked quite exten-
sively on the subject of hospital
rights for retirees and their de-
pendents, something the FRA has
been fighting to establish for se-
veral months.
Another topic that was dis-
cussed at length was the pro-
posed military pay raise. Ship-
mate Bernatz talked of how the
Fleet Reserve Association was
established and of the history of
the FRA.
Visiting Officers from the Na-
val Station were: Cdr J. S.
Haines, Lt J. J. Watson, Lt J.
Sollman, Lt D. Chesley, Lt R. D.
Lang, LCdr R. L. Mullin, Capt.
J. T. Garcia, and 1st Lt. Shirley.
Benny Suggs Sez:
This issue of the White Fal-
con has pictures of military
personnel who have won re-
cognition with the Beneficial
Suggestions. How about YOU”
Where is that suggestion you
though of yesterday — last
week — last month? Still car-
rying it around in your head?
Put in writing — send in a
beneficial suggestion and, per-
haps, you too will make the
headlines.
Helpful advice on writing
your suggestion is available —
just ask.
Pick up a suggestion from
one of the suggestion boxes
located in Bldgs T-170, T-528,
T-501, T-740, T-752, T-810.
S-880, S-868-B, and Hangar
831, or step in and see me at
the Industrial Relations Office,
Bldg T-790.