The White Falcon - 20.08.1965, Blaðsíða 3

Friday, August 20, 1965
WHITE FALCON
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NEW OFFICERS—Aug. 3 marked the date for these officers’ wives
to receive commissions of their own as newly elected officers in the
“O” Wives Club. From left is President Joan Sullivan, Vice-President
Jean Kemp, Secretary Ruth Haines and Treasurer Punky Sturdevant.
Station Commissary
Puts Service First
by D. J. McNamara
Service to its customers is the main function of the Com-
missary Store. Sometimes the customer wonders why the
store is out of some items. Here briefly are some of our
problems and how we are trying to remedy them.
We are supposed to have a 90-day supply of dry and
most frozen items with two outstanding orders on the
way by ship. Fresh produce is'5’
supposed to come in on a weekly
flight basis. Most of the time it
arrives late or not at all. The other
source of supply of fresh items
is the Supply Department, when
they have any in stock.
35 Hour Schedule
The store itself only opens on
a 35—hour schedule. With the
limited number of personnel, how-
ever, there are still many long
and hard hours of overtime. The
store personnel unload the trucks,
check in the items and store them
in the warehouse. Then a break-
out is made to the store itself.
Each item is marked and stocked
on the shelves.
The store is divided into three
departments: sales floor, produce
department and meat counter.
Each itemis credited to its re-
spective department as it goes out
through the cashier.
All meat is figured by what is
called a cutting test. In this, it
is weighed before and after cut-
ting to arrive at a selling price.
No more than a five per cent
mark-up is allowed in this price.
Meat Prices
Many people complain about the
selling price on meat. However,
when the total picture is seen, the
price isn’t unreasonable at all. On
a 600-pound side of beef ,about
one-third, or 200 pounds, is a loss
in the form of fat and bone. This
has to be figured therefore in the
final price. In the States there is
usually a commercial market for
this waste material. Here in Kefla-
vik however, their use is limited
to bones for soup.
An 18-foot open box for self-
service is expected soon for the
butcher shop. This will release the
butchers to a full time cutting and
wrapping basis—where, as previ-
ously, particularly on payday, not
very much could be accomplished
due to the constant customer ser-
vice required.
Staff Doubles
The entire show at the Com-
missary Store is run by Officer-
In-Charge Lt D. J. Chesley, and
a staff of ten enlisted men, two
girl cashiers and three Icelandic
stockmen—not a very big crew
for a $45,000-a-month business.
Each man and woman doubles at
many jobs in the store and do a
real good job in each.
Produce and the butcher shop
must hold a weekly inventory for
price control while the sales
floor and all other departments
must hold a quarterly inventory
in addition.
The Store operates on an over-
all 3 per cent profit. Out of this
profit comes all miscellaneous it-
ems such as bags, cleaning gear,
wrapping bags, tape, etc.
(Continued on page 8.)
Program Set
For Aug. 28
AFI Fun Day
It’s fun and games time Aug.
28 for AFI personnel and their
dependents when a picnic and
field day is held at the 932nd Air-
craft Control and Warning site.
Festivities will begin at 10
a.m. with a series of games and
races for inter-squadron competi-
tion for those who want to parti-
cipate, and chow cooked and ser-
ved by AFI officers for those who
would rather eat.
Day’s Menu
On the menu for the day are
hot dogs, potato salad, baked
beans, potato chips and a variety
of beverages.
In tests of strength, speed and
skill, a number of contests are
scheduled including volleyball,
horseshoes, 100-yard dash, push-
ups, broad jump, tug-o-war, soft-
ball throw and football kick.
These contests are designed for
inter-squadron competition and
points earned will go toward a
squadron prize for superiority in
the athletic field.
Pie Contest
On the women’s side of the slate
are a pie baking contest, cake
baking contest and tug-o-war.
A three-legged race featuring
couples only is planned also, along
with a children’s race for young-
sters under 9, and another for
those between 10 and 15.
Free movies and cartoons will
be provided for the kids in the
crowd.
More on the picnic and field
day is still being worked out and
additional information will be
available to AFI personnel soon.
“What do you do for a cold?” This is the most common
question asked by persons coming to the Station Hospital.
During the up-and-coming winter wonths, between 100 and
150 people are treated in the clinic for the group of diseases
for which the term “cold” is used. A cold means many
different things to different people. To some it means a
cough; to others, a runny nose;,5>
and to others, an earache. What
is a cold?
Basically, colds are infections
of the mucous membranes of the
ear, nose and/or throat. Many
times only one area is primarily
affected, leading to the specific
complaint listed above. The agents
Leaders Will
Begin Course
A basic leadership training
course for Girl Scout leaders will
be given next week at the Youth
Center. Sessions will be held from
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1
to 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday. Any-
one interested in taking the course
is welcome to attend.
Trainer for the course will be
Mrs. W. E. Kiracofe, chairman of
the Keflavik Girl Scout neigh-
borhood. Mrs. Kiracofe, a former
professional worker, and a mem-
ber of the training staff of the
annual conference of the North
Atlantic Girl Scouts in Berehtes-
gaden, Germany, in March, has
recently been appointed as an of-
ficial volunteer trainer by Mrs.
Catherine H. Simpson, executive
director of the North Atlantic
Girl Scouts.
IDF Teamwork Does Tke Job
SPECIAL TOURS—To get reservations for tours
or to the fish camps, one usually has to go see
Seman Walter Bogoyevac at Special Services. Bogo-
yevac, who is 21, has been attached to Special Ser-
vices since he arrived in Keflavik in February of
1965. His major interest is sports, mainly basket-
ball. Bogoyevac lives in Livonia, Mich, with his
parents, sister and two brothers.
GETTING THE NUMBERS STRAIGHT—Posting
the manpower gains and losses for the month of
September is A1C Robert A. Bennett. Bennett is
an Administrative Clerk in the office of the Di-
rector of Personnel for Air Forces Iceland and is
also a driver for Colonel Alan G. Long. He has
been in the Air Force for almost six years and ar-
rived at Keflavik in May of 1965. Bennett is married
and makes his home in Lancaster. N.Y.
‘Harts’ Pose Problem For Col. Long
If Col. Alan G. Long had cause
for error during the July com-
mander’s call when he presented
two Air Force Commendation
awards, it was understandable to
all.
There were two “Bill” Hai-ts on
the receiving end of the awards,
one SMSgt Wilfred N. Hart, the
other MSgt. William O. Hart.
Both Sergeant Harts work in
the same office not more than 10
feet apart.
Sergeant Wilfred Hart is “ser-
geant major” for the AFI per-
sonnel branch and Sergeant
William Hart is “sergeant major”
for the administrative branch.
The former was receiving his first
cluster to the AF Commendation
Medal while the latter was re-
ceiving his initial award.
Even though the “name’s the
same,” the citations were very
much different.
Senior Master Sergeant Hart
was cited for his work as person-
nel sergeant major for the Air
Reserve Records Center in Denver,
Colo. The period covered by the
award was from Sept. 14., 1961
through June 30, 1965.
Master Sergeant Hart’s award
came from his job performance
as administrative supervisor in
the admin services division at
Keesler AFB, Miss. He was as-
signed to Keesler from March 14,
1957 to Nov. 1, 1964.
causing colds are are two types—
bacteria and virus — both com-
monly called “germs.” The differ-
ences between these two agents
are great, but insofar as colds are
concerned there are two funda-
mental ones.
Antibiotics
First, only bacteria can be kill-
ed by antibiotics—most commonly
pencillin. The course of the cold
caused by a virus is completely
unaltered by an antibiotic except
perhaps adversely. The second
major difference is that bacterial
caused “colds” are usually more
severe, giving rise to more gener-
alized symptoms such as fever and
chills. To the doctor they are also
more of a problem because of the
complications they may cause—
notably rheumatic fever.
Most bacterial infections begin
as sore throats. Within a short
time — usually one or two days —
they become increasingly severe,
with fever, swollen lymph nodes
in the neck, and may progress to
an infection in the middle ear if
not treated. The most common
bacteria causing a sore throat or
tonsillitis is the streptococcus.
This is why such an infection is
called a “strep throat.”
Bacterial Infection
Many times the doctor can tell
whether or a bacteria is causing
the cold by looking in the mouth,
ears, and taking a temperature.
Sometimes this is not possible.
Then, if he suspects a bacterial
infection but is not sure, he may
take a throat swab and culture
this. He will withhold antibiotic
treatment until the results are
known—usually within 24 hours.
Most bacterial sore throats are
treated with pencillin unless an
allergy to penicillin exists. But
the particular antibiotic can vary
on which bacteria the doctor
thinks is causing the cold.
Bacterial ear infections usually
begin as throat infections and
for the most part are treated the
same way except for one major
exception. Special efforts are usu-
ally taken to drain the middle ear.
Usually this means giving medi-
cation to shrink the mucous mem-
branes, but occasionally it re-
quires “lancing” of the ear drum.
Virus Cold
Virus colds, on the other hand,
usually begin as a stuffed up nose
or sore throat. They tend to be
milder than bacterial colds. Virus
can also cause earaches, but are
much less likely to do so. A com-
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