The White Falcon - 10.07.1965, Blaðsíða 8

WHITE FAEGON
Saturday, July 10, 1965
A Little Bit About Iceland |
by Thomas D. Streeter
The ingenuity of the Icelander has been displayed in many
ways, but none so perfectly as in the way he has turned a
seeming handicap into an asset.
Thanks to being so volcanic, Iceland has thousands of
hot springs. They occur usually in the fissures of the
earth’s crust, giant wounds left behind by earthquakes or
volcanoes.
There are many kinds of1^"
springs. Clear water springs, min-
eral springs, sulphur springs, and
some that are cauldrons of boil-
ing mud. Some stand alone, send-
ing tall wisps of steam aloft.
Others form clusters, or single
files along a valley floor, a char-
acteristic Icelandic scene.
Heated Pool
As early as the 13th century
the famous Icelandic historian,
Snorri Sturluson, piped water
from a hot spring to a bathing
pool near his house, thus forming
his own heated pool and tub in
one. Here in Iceland, no one has
to travel very far to get free hot
water for bath or laundry.
Today these gurgling, gushing
hot springs have been harnessed
and put to work. Reykjavik, Ice-
land’s capital, derives its name,
which means “bay of smoke ” or
“smoky bay,” from the hot springs
in the are which send wisps of
steam resembling smoke into the
air on a cold day.
Natural Furnace
It is appropriate that Smoky
Bay, which houses more than one-
third of the country’s population,
should heat its homes with vol-
canic hot water. Just below the
boiling point, the naturally heated
water is piped into the city. A
municipal project makes it avail-
able, and every home owner simply
pays a moderate fee and hooks
onto the main line. The system
Hail & Bless ...
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Taylor, L. G., A1C
Mink, M. L„ SSgt.
Hunt, R. C., SSgt.
Rice, J. F„ A1C
Pool, K. R., A1C
Callaway, T. L., A2C
Vaughan, W. K., A1C
Bartel, J. M., TSgt.
Rotramel, R. L., TSgt.
Chambers, W. D., SSgt.
Rowe, V. H., Jr., SSgt.
Eckardt, R. W., TSgt.
Langley, I. L., SSgt.
Gernard, J. L., A2C
Hanus, J. D., SSgt.
McPherson, G. A., SSgt.
Olszewski, R. J., A1C
Webb, C. E., SSgt.
Simmons, H. E.. A1C
Wiener, A. J., A2C
Brue, O. B., SSgt.
Honkoneu, J. D., SSgt.
Stiver, K. R., SSgt.
Wilson, H. L., SSgt.
Castellani, N. J., MSgt.
Krider, S. E., SSgt. .
Torres, D. D., A1C
was completed soon after World
War II and keeps the modern
houses warm and cozy on the
most bone-chilling day.
Inconviences Avoided
No ashes need be carried out;
the heating bill is just a fraction
of what it used to be when coal
had to be imported; and,best of
all, the city is now free of coal
dust and smog. Reykjavik is one
of the spotless, shining Scandina-
vian cities in which all of its
citizens take pride.
Icelandic law requires that each
child graduating from elementary
school to be able to swim. It is
volcanic heat that warms the
swimming pool that is standard
equipment in every school in the
country.
Inside Garden
Volcanic heat is also put to
good use in large hothouses where,
since 1935, vegetables and flowers
have been raised commercially.
Without a cheap source of heat,
the cost would be prohibitive.
Farmers as well as city people
use their local hot springs, and it
is a familiar sight to see vapor
puffing toward the sky in a lone
farmyard.
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Club fleuA
by Ruth Haines
The Officers’ Wives Club no-
minating committee, consisting of
June Sampson, Ruth Gregory,
Colleen Truxall and Betsey
Downey recently announced the
following slate for the forthcoming
election:
President:
Joan Sullivan
Kit James
Pat Middleton
Vice President:
Virginia Lee Hedges
Jean Kemp
Secretary:
Ruth Haines
Nancy Zimmerman
Treasurer:
Punky Sturtevant
Jan Litke
The election will be held this
coming Tuesday, July 13, at the
monthly Hail and Bless coffee.
All members of the club are urged
to attend this important meeting.
At the monthly luncheon in June
sponsored by the IDF wives, a
colorful film of the New York
orld’s Fair was shown, and Flo-
rence Wesley hailed Alice Bratten.
The luncheon will be discontinued
until September because of the
summer vacation.
For the new members of the
“0” Wives Club, the following
monthly schedule is listed.
Board Meeting: 1st Tuesday
Hail and Bless Coffee: 2nd
Tuesday
Luncheon: 3rd Tuesday
Bridge: 4th Tuesday
New Bill Sent To Congress;
Cash Asked For Suggestions
Cash awards up to $25,000 may be paid to service per-
sonnel for suggestions, inventions or scientific achieve-
ments which benefit the government, if a proposed bill be-
comes law.
The bill would add a section to Chapter 57, U.S. Code,
dealing with decorations and awards. The amendment was
introduced by Rep. Richard S. Schweiker, and has been
referred to the House Armed Ser-'^
vices Committee.
Proposed legislation calls for a
cash awards program similar to
that granted civil servants, an
official said. Presently, some ser-
vice members receive cash awards
in lesser amounts than the amend-
ment calls for, through non-ap-
propriated funds such as post
and base exchange profits.
Regulation authority as pro-
vided by the bill, would go to the
Secretary of Defense with the
Secretary of the Treasury receiv-
ing similar authority for Coast
Guard personnel.
Additionally, the President
could authorize the two secretaries
to grant monetary awards for ser-
vice personnel contributing to
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‘efficiency, economy, or other im-
provement of operations of the
Government of the United States.
This means an individual could
receive an award for a “service”
contribution, then be given a
“Presidential” award. The total
payment, however, could not ex-
ceed $25,000.
Awards would be granted for
active-service contribution, al-
though a person could receive the
money after service separation.
Should the member die before get-
ting the award, it would go to
his beneficiary.
Persons receiving a cash award
would be required to sign away
rights for future legal action
against the government involving
such claims as patent or royalty
rights. (AFPS)
ARMY CHOSES NAVY — Looking at the white hat he wears since
joining the Navy in August 1964, Michael W. Army, SA, rests a hand
on a different, yet not so unfamiliar, hat, a U.S. Army helmet.
U.S. Navy Has Army,
But In Surname Only
by Joseph P. Schmiey, JOSN
“What’s in a name?. ...” the famous playwright Shake-
speare once said in his tragedy Romeo And Juliet?
Back before Shakespeare’s day, the English people de-
rived their last names from their trades, the land where
they lived or the type of traits they possessed.
A person who made a living hunting would be surnamed
Hunter, while one who managed1^
a farm, Farmer, or one who
worked in a mill, Miller.
Those who lived near the forest
may have been called Forest, or
near the water, Atwater or By-
water. A person from a certain
county or shire would have one’s
surname to match. For instance,
a person from the county of York
would have a surname of York
and so forth.
Traits Performed
Men like Edward the Confessor,
William the Conqueror and Wil-
liam the Silent received their last
names from the deeds and traits
they performed or possessed.
All this “what’s in the name
business” can get out of hand at
times. Just try to find the name
of a Jones, Smith or Brown in a
New York City telephone direct-
ory? Have fun!
Now look at the 650,000 men
in the U.S. Navy. Who would
know that here in Iceland there is
an Army in our midst?
Army Wears Blues
This Army couldn’t exactly re-
place our Ground Defense Force
for he is only one among us who
wears the Navy “blue”! For Army
is the name of a lad who works
in the Control Division of the
Supply Department.
As Michael W. Army, SA, put
it, “I guess my last name has
helped me more than it’s hurt me.
Everyone knows me as “Army,”
he said, “and I guess it’s as good
a nickname as any.”
The 20-year-old native of the
Dayton, Ohio area has been stat-
ioned at U.S. Naval Station
Keflavik, for almost six months
and enjoys his work, the people
and the country itself.
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NEW SPEED RECORD—An Air Force YF-12A aircraft, the interceptor
version of the high-speed A-ll, broke all existing world speed records
held by planes and pilots of the Soviet Union in two flights at Ed-
wards AFB, Calif., recently. On a straight course the YF-12A attained
2,062 m.p.h. and on a closed course achieved 1,688.
But “What are you doing in
the Navy, Army?’
Father In Army
Army’s father, a truck mech-
anic in Vanwert, Ohio, had actu-
ally served as a GI during World
War II. The young Army ad-
mits that three of his uncles have
served in the Air Force, which
was once a branch of the U.S.
Army. But, it took Michael W.
Army one day in August 1964 “to
break the ice.”
As for all the other Arrays
scattered throughout the U.S.
Navy—what’s in a name? Think
opposite! “What are you doing in
the Army, Sailor?”

BEAUTY OR BEAST? — Curvy
movie actress, Martha Hyer, for
sure is no beast. But, she could
bring out the “beast” in us.