The White Falcon - 07.07.1967, Qupperneq 1

NavSta's Senior Chief
Assumes CNAA Post
“it was a long- time coming but at last I got tug- boat
duty which was probably the high point of my naval
career thus far” commented Naval Station, Keflavik’s
new Chief Master of Arms, Master Chief Petty Officer
R. M. Meek Jr.
Chief Meek replaces Master Chief Petty Officer Robert
W. Leftwich, who is due to be transferred shortly to the
Navy Mine Defense Laboratory as the Assistant Navy
Exchange Officer at Panama City, Fla.
First Class.
During the Korean War Meek
saw service aboard a number of
destroyers until 1954 when he was
sent for a two year stay to the
Reserve Training Center at Chat-
tanooga, Tenn. Moving from the
town made famous in the song by
the choo-choo he at last, after re-
questing several times, was as-
signed duty to his beloved tugs at
Charleston, S. C. From here he
served on the precommissioning
details of the Savage.
Moving from Dixie to land even
a Yankee wouldn’t claim, Meek
was assigned to Naval Station,
Kodiak, Alaska, where he was the
assistant air terminal officer.
Continuing on shore duty, the
new enforcer of Naval Station,
Keflavik Instructions was sent to
Columbia, S. C., for recruiting
duty in 1958 where he remained
until 1961. While there, he gained
fame as a disk jockey, turning out
several canned radio shows for
various stations in an effort to
sell young America into joining
the Navy. From there, it was
back to sea again with tours of
duty on the Goodrich and the
Turner. It was while on the latter
ship that he made his first Medi-
terranean cruise. This sea duty
was culminated with an assign-
ment in 1965 at Sanford, Fla.
where he served as the chief
master at arms, thus bringing
him up to his present assignment
here in Iceland.
The new most-senior Navy en-
listed man on the Station expects
his wife, Lillian, to join him in
August. He has one daughter,
Faye, who is married and living
in Columbia, S. C., and a son,
Larry, who is a Junior attending
the University of South Carolina
at Columbia.
Chief Meek’s long and active
career, which has spanned two
wars, began at Chattanooga, Tenn,
where he enlisted into the Navy
in 1941. From there he was sent
to Recruit Training at Norfolk,
Va. Upon graduation his first
duty assignment was the USS
New York. At this time the New
York was in Argentia, New
Foundland and the new Navy-
man had to ride a hospital ship to
catch his vessel. At the time the
new sailor reported aboard the
battleship it was the policy to as-
sign a new man to either the en-
gine room or to the deck force.
Meek was assigned the latter
place and this was the influencing
factor in becoming a boatswain
mate. “It wasn’t like it is today,
where a man on the deck force
can strike for anything he wants”
commented Meek.
World War II found Meek serv-
ing aboard the cruiser Biloxi as
a Coxswain. Continuing from
there he was reassigned to Camp
Elliot at San Diego, Calif., where
he served on shore duty for three
years. Moving North, down the
golden state, he went aboard the
tanker Neches which was home-
ported at Long Beach. He stayed
there for seven years and during
this time made Petty Officer
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“WHY THANK YOU THING”—
What may at first appear as one
of the characters on the television
show “The Adams Family” is in
reality a hand of a sailor aboard
the Naval Station holding some of
his prize livestock. To find out
more about this private enterprise
turn to page four.
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“Sir, my wife said I was to ask
for a raise.”
“Good. I’ll ask my wife if I
may give you one.”
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U. S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume VIII. Number 27 Friday, July 7, 1967
July 4th Celebration AT
Naval Station A Success
by Paul Jespersen and Hill Stanley
Although the weather didn’t cooperate to the fullest extent this didn’t dampen the spirit of the esti-
mated 2,000 military personnel, their dependents and civilian employees of the U.S. Naval Station
Keflavik who turned out for the 4th of July celebration.
As the day progressed the event turned into a festival of fun for children as well as adult. Contests
galore with prizes totaling $1,000 ensured that everyone would find an event to his or her liking re-
gardless of the age.
As with any 4th of July celebration refreshments were plentiful as the Navy Exchange provided
a concession stand at the field adjacent to the Youth Center where favorite beverages, hot dogs, cold
sandwiches, chips and candy were sold.
Children were given the opportunity to realize one of their fondest dreams with rides on a fire
engine from the fire department of the Naval Station Keflavik. The rides proved to be popular as
a line of youngsters waited throughout the day for a ride on the shiney red fire engine.
Another crowd pleaser during
the day was the fire works
display. Throngs of people watch
ed as the sky rockets shot up in
the air and exploded emitting a
beautiful spectrum of color draw-
ing appreciative oohs and ahs.
For many Americans part of
celebrating July 4th is at-
tending a baseball game. This re-
creational diversion was also
available to Naval Station dwel-
lers as three games were played.
In regularly scheduled softball
contests Air Forces Iceland and
Naval Security Group squared off,
and in a second contest Fleet
Weather Facility was pitted
against Naval Facility. The
Little Leaguers were also in ac-
tion. None of the scores of these
contests were available however
by press time.
Probably one of the most popu-
lar events for both spectators
and participants alike was the
pie eating contest. Nice gooey
NAVAL STATION KEFLAVIK INSTRUCTION’S SAY—The Naval
Stations new Chief Master at Arms, Master Chief Petty Officer R. M.
Meek, studies some regulations that will be his job to enforce. By
virtue of his being a boatswain mate in paygrade E-9 the new CMAA
is the most senior naval enlisted man on the Naval Station.
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blueberry pies were available for
contestants to wade into and it
appeared that this is literally
what some of the gourmets did as
after the first pie it was hard to
tell where the blueberry left off
and the eater took over. The con-
test was indeed a friendly one as
several of the challengers helped
along their rivals by holding pies
up to their face for them and
then gently pushing their oppo-
nents head into the sticky con-
coction. This seemed to get out of
hand after awhile as the con-
testants seemed to be spending
more time helping each other than
eating pie. At last the contest
settled down however and the two
favorites, by virtue of their ana-
tomy, got down to the business at
hand, or mouth. Harold “Gastro-
nome” Lakey took first prize as
he downed four pies, Dick “Sto-
machache” Haraldson copped the
second spot as he devoured three
and one half pie’s and Bill “Bi-
carbonate of Soda” Seamans
grabbed the third spot as he put
away three.
The Bean jar event contest
drew the most contestants as over
1,000 entered. The jar filled with
beans was placed in the main
Navy Exchange and all one had to
do was fill out a slip of paper
with their name and place it in
a nearby box. The jar contained
9,511 beans and the first place
winner, Suzanne Hogarth, guessed
this figure almost on the nose
when she said 9,500. Her accuracy
rewarded her with a $50 first
place prize. Second place went to
John O. Holcomb who guessed
9,462 which won him $25 in
prize money.
Other popular contests included
the bowling ball throw in which
A1 Babneau and Ski Tyrakowski
took the one two spot, and the
bowling ball throw for children
in which James Babbitt took first
prize followed by George Conkey
in second.
Lucy Dunn proved that she is
not one to fool around with as
she demonstrated that she could
throw a rolling pin further than
the rest of the women in this
competition.
The most unusual contest was
perhaps the Monkey Golf Tourna-
ment held at the Shangri La Golf
Course in Sandgerdi.
Novices and “pros” waged their
skill against the wind, insects and
Icelandic terrain which has pla-
gued many a golfer, not to men-
tion another handicap, which was
the rules governing Monkey Golf
play.
Each team consisted of a four-
some with each member being as-
signed a specific golf club. Play-
ing in rotation, the person with
the driver teed off followed by
golfers with the five iron, nine
iron and putter, respectively. But,
the catch of the game is getting
the ball into the cup within four
strokes. If t]iis' ts, not achieved,
the person with' the driver has to
continue the routine play. For in-
stance, if the driver is used to
sink a putt, then the golfer using
the five iron has to tee off the
next hole.
The winning team for this
unique contest consisted of Carl
Conkey, Phil Demster, Sandy
Sandeson and Jerry Jarrett. A
nine hole total of 46 proved to be
the magic combination to pro-
duce victory. Their closest com-
petitors were seven strokes in ar-
rears with a score of 53.
When asked for a comment
about their conquest, Sandy con-
tributed this remark. “We may
have won the tourney but the other
foursomes had more fun than
we. Our group only had the offi-
cial scorekeeper to heckle us while
the other participants had their
opponents.”
None the less, Sandy, like the
other three victors, received a
$15 gift certificate.
All in all those attending the
Naval Station picnic were unani-
mous in their agreement that the
effort going into planning the af-
fair had been indeed worth while.
Already plans are being formu-
lated to celebrate next year’s 4th
in the true spirit of what Inde-
pendence Day is supposed to
signify.
Braniff Flight
Dependents can now ride
Braniff International on a
space available basis if they
are going on emergency leave
unsponsored.
For further information, con-
tact Passenger Service at ex-
tensions 4132, 6139 or 6195.