The White Falcon - 27.08.1965, Blaðsíða 2

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WHITE FALCON
Friday, August 27, 1965
Knowledge Is Basic Tool
In Combatting Aggressors
No one realizes more clearly than the United States serviceman
that the world is involved in a great conflict: the struggle between
democracy and. communism.
We all know the conflict exists. Many of us probably wouldn’t be
in uniform if it didn’t. But how much more do we need to know about
the conflict?
Vital Role
There should be only one answer—much more! We in the armed
forces have a vital role in the conflict. We pledged to support and
defend our Constitution. We are the instrument of security for our
nation. We are a shield against the continuing threat of Communist
military aggression while the contest is carried on in other areas-
political, economic and psychological.
Because we have this personal involvement, we need to under-
stand the basic facts about democracy, communism, and the clashes
between the systems. It is important for us to keep informed about
world events. We must learn to recognize the relationship of inter-
national developments to the conflict between governmental systems.
Resist Aggression
Why must we know all those things? Because we and our allies
must stand ready to resist Communist military aggression in all parts
of the world.
We achieve this readiness by learning more about the forces which
threaten us, in order to combat them more efficiently. We achieve
this readiness by gaining a fuller appreciation of the principles for
which we stand. And we achieve this readiness by realizing that, in
a very personal sense, the fate of our nation and of the free world
depends upon how well we do our jobs.
Getting Facts
Getting this knowledge is the easiest part. All it takes is a trip
to the Information and Education Office in your outfit, or the
library. The Department of Defense has long been aware of the need
to keep its men informed and has an extensive program to do just that.
The information is all there, practically at our fingertips. Why
wait for a formal invitation to take advantage of it (AFPS)
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Many Veteran Benefits Shared
Peacetime-cold war uniformed personnel share many
veteran’s benefits with their counterparts of the Korean
conflict and World War II service.
A majority of the shared benefits concern disability and
death-dependency and indemnity compensation for service
connected deaths, death gratuities equal to six month’s pay
including special incentives,'
money grants up to 50 per cent
of cost for “wheelchair” homes,
grave sites and interment in a
national cemetery and approved
mechanical and electronic aid for
the blind.
Some benefits shared by both
peacetime and war veterans in-
clude reemployment, legal protec-
tion under the Soldiers’ and Sail-
ors’ Relief Act, guaranteed pay-
ment of commercial insurance pre-
miums, out-patient medical treat-
ment and hospitalization in addi-
tion to examination and treatment.
However, some benefits are not
extended to peacetime-cold war
veterans. Benefits include, with
appropriate administering agency
noted, the following:
WARTIME
• Compensation for disable-
ment incurred in line of duty.
(Continued on page 8.)
Driver School
Needed For
Local License
For all persons interested in get-
ting a license to drive while in
Iceand, a few particulars must be
completed before getting one.
Applicant Reports
No later than Wednesday of
each week, an applicant should re-
port to the Driver Training School,
located on the second floor of
Transportation, Bldg. T-501, and
complete the Operator’s Qualifi-
cation and Record of Licensing,
and the Driver’s Certificate.
These details must be completed
before Thursday at noon and
handed in to Driver’s Training
School.
Then from 1 to 2 p.m. on Thurs-
day, an indoctrination in driving
conditions peculiar to Iceland is
given to the prospective drivers.
One will receive his license after
all these requirements are com-
pleted.
Follow Schedule
It is requested that the time
schedule will be followed so that
there will be minimum delays on
the day one goes down to receive
his license. For any further in-
formation, call the Driver’s Train-
ing School at Ext. 2165.
(Editor’s Note: Following is one
of a series of articles being pres-
ented by the White Falcon in co-
operation with the Dental Depart-
ment).
All of us have two sets of teeth.
Too many of us will have three.
One of the factors causing us
to lose our teeth prematurely is
the food we eat.
Primitive man, who ate coarse,
fibrous foods and very few sweets,
was seldom troubled by tooth de-
cay. He often wore his teeth flat
from the amount of chewing his
diet required, but decay was not
one of his problems.
A Toothless Future
We moderns, with our easy-to
eat foods and our taste for sugar-
rich pastries and cakes, have laid
ourselves open to a toothless fut-
ure.
Studies show that there is a
direct relationship between diet
and periodontal diseases. The
periodontal tissues are the gums
and other supporting tissues a-
round the teeth.
A diet heavy in sugar and
starches is a direct invitation to
tooth decay, since bacteria in the
mouth quickly turn them into
decay-producing acid.
Person’s Resistance
Further, a well-balanced diet is
essential to dental health, since
inadequate nutrition may decrease
a person’s resistance to periodontal
disease.
The texture of foods is also im-
portant. Soft foods tend to im-
pact between the teeth and a-
round the gums—a choice spot for
bacteria to work.
Persons with periodontal dis-
ease often curtail their diet by
eliminating the coarse but nutriti-
ous foods they need; with tender or
swollen gums these foods have be-
come painful to chew.
A diet good for dental health
must, first of all, be good for your
general health.
(Continued on page 8.)
Chaplain A
Cornet
Lt Robert G. Brown, CHC, USN
“A UNIVERSAL APPEAL”
One of the remarkable things about the gospel of Jesus Christ is
its universality. Or as someone put it, “In Christ there is no East
or West.” St. Paul saw the gospel as the only answer to the problems
that divide men. He writes:
For we are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ
....There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond
nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all in
Christ Jesus.
This is the true Magna Carta of racial equality, social equality
and equality of the sexes.
John H. Crowe in his book You Can Master Life gives a striking
illustration of the universality of the Christian message. He writes:
J. J. Methvin was a pioneer preacher to the Kiowa Indians
in the Southwest. One night Hunting Horse and other braves
rode boldly into Methvin’s brush arbor and announced they
had come to scalp the missionary for preaching the white
man’s God to the Indians. As they approached him, with knives
poised, the missionary explained he came to tell the Indians
of their own God. The confused Indians ordered Methvin to
preach and they could judge for themselves whether or not
it was an Indian gospel.
The terrified man of the cloth literally preached for his scalp.
What a sermon it must have been! Then, when he invited the
Indians to accept Christ, Hunting Horse stepped forward. “I
didn't know it then, but God came into my heart that moment,*
Hunting Horse recalled. 7 told the others, “Stop and listen,
for he tells the truth," and they bowed their heads in shame.
..Yes, the gospel does have universal appeal and applicability. It
speaks to the heart of the modern sophisticate as it does to the pagan
savage. It speaks to you and me and demands a response, for, like
soap, the gospel must be applied if it is to clean us up.
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CATHOLIC
SUNDAY: Sunday Mass ...................................... Polar Club 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Mass.........................................Main Chapel 12:15 p.m.
Religious Education for Children ................... High School 11:00 p.m.
Ladies Sodality Communion (First Sundays) ..........Main Chapel 12:15 p.m.
Holy Name Society Communion (Second Sundays)........Main Chapel 12:15 p.m.
WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday through Friday......... Blessed Sacrament Chapel 4:45 p.m.
Saturday................................ Blessed Sacrament Chapel 11:45 a.m.
First Friday of Month...... Blessed Sacrament Chapel 11:45 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.
SATURDAY: Confessions....................... Blessed Sacrament Chapel 4—6:00 p.m.
CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN
Chaplain Theodore F. Lehr, Lt, USNR, Tel. Ext. 4111
Appointments can be made for baptisms, weddings by calling chaplain’s office Ext. 4111
PROTESTANT SERVICES AND CHAPEL ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY: Morning Worship Service (Broadcast) ...
Morning Worship Service.................
Worship Service ........................
Worship Service (First and Third Sundays) ...
Evening Vesper Service .................
Fellowship Hour.........................
Sunday School (For All Ages)............
Adult Bible Class ......................
Episcopal Lay Service ..................
Lutheran Service (Except First Sunday)..
Latter Day Saints Lay Service ..........
Latter Day Saints Sunday School ........
Christian Science Lay Service...........
Church of Christ Lay Service............
Holy Communion Service (First Sundays)
Reykjavik English Speaking Sunday School ..
Reykjavik Worship Service (First Sunday)
MONDAY: Adult Bible Study Group...............
TUESDAY: Prayer Service ......................
WEDNESDAY: Altar Guild (Second Wednesdays) .
Sunday School Teachers (Second) Wednesdays
THURSDAY: Bible Study Group ..................
Chapel Choir Rehearsal .................
FRIDAY: Youth Chapel Choir Rehearsal .........
Assemblies of God Lay Service ..........
..... Main Chapel 11:00 a.m.
..... Polar Club 12:00 noon
..... Rockville 2:00 p.m.
..... Grindavik 2:00 p.m.
..... Main Chapel 7:00 p.m.
..... Chapel Annex 8:00 p.m.
...... High School 9:30 a.m.
..... High School 9:30 a.m.
..... Main. Chapel 9:00 a.m.
...... Main Chapel 9:30 a.m.
........ Chapel Annex 9:30 a.m.
........ Chapel Annex 10:30 a.m.
......... Chapel annex 12:00 noon
........ Chapel Annex 3:00 p.m.
...... Main Chapel 11:00 a.m.
...... USIS Library 10:30 a.m.
Uni. of Iceland Chapel 12:00 noon
,... Chaplain's Office 7:00 p.m.
...... Main Chapel 7:00 p.m.
.... Chaplain’s Office 10:30 a.m.
..... Chapel Annex 7:00 p.m.
...... Chapel Annex 6:00 a.m.
...... Main Chapel 7:00 p.m.
...... Main Chapel 4:00 p.m.
...... Main Chapel 7:00 p.m.
PROTESTANT CHAPLAINS
Chaplain Alfred R. Saeger, Jr., Cdr, USN, Tel. Ext. 7157
Chaplain Robert E. Blade, LCdr, USNR, Tel. Ext. 4111
Chaplain Robert G. Brown, Lt, USN Tel. Ext. 5273
NURSERY SERVICE
During all Sunday morning Services, from 9:15 a.m. — 1:30 p.m., a free nursery is provided in-
the Station Nursery for children over six months of age while their parents attend Services.
THE WHITE FALCON
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION KEFLAVIK
WHITE FALCON mission—To inform and entertain all hands,
to serve as a positive factor in promoting the efficiency, welfare and
contentment of personnel.
Captain Emile E. Pierre, Jr., USN
Commanding Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
Commander Richard C. James, USN
Executive Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
Lieutenant Commander Alice V. Bradford, USN
Service Information Officer
STAFF
G.A. Simpson, J03, Editor
T.D. Streeter, J03, Asst. Editor
J.P. Schmieg, JOSN. Reporter
D. E. Jones, JOSA, Reporter
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