The White Falcon - 07.07.1967, Page 4

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WHITE FALCON
Friday, July 7, 1967
Two Sailors Build
Worm Farm on Base
by Dominic Sandoli
lilav Sta Auto Check
Ends; Many Cars Still
Need To Be Inspected
The scarcity of night crawlers
aboard the U. S. Naval Station,
Keflavik has led two Navy petty
officers in doing something about
supplying their needs for this im-
portant bait that trout seem to
go for.
Petty Officers First Class Mark
G. Powell and Wayne B. Myers of
the Station liquid oxygen plant,
both avid fishermen themselves,
have reestablished a worm farm
that was originally owned by
Manuel Oliver, another Navy petty
officer, who since has left Ice-
land. Powell and Myers have an
“elaborate” farm consisting of
three fairly large boxes.
Paying Oliver a small fee for
his farm which had approximately
172 worms averaging in size from
one half to four inches long,
Powell and Myers plan to solve
their own bait problem that has
existed in the past. Their progress
thus far is encouraging as today
their census shows about 800
worms plus eight night crawlers.
“The night crawlers are for breed-
ing purposes,” commented Powell.
A HANDFUL—Is what Petty
Officer First Class Mark Powell
has as he examines some of the
800 worms and night crawlers
that he and Petty Officer First
Class Wayne Myers (not pictured)
are raising aboard U. S. Naval
Station, Keflavik.
In an attempt to increase their
stock at the farm and while on
leave recently to his hometown,
New London, Conn., Myers,
brought back about 50 night
crawlers of which many of these
succumbed on the trip due to in-
adequate storage space. The few
that did survive the trip had dif-
ficulty adjusting from their na-
tive habitat to their new environ-
ment, Icelandic soil. Powell came
across some dried fish meal along
side the road one day and ex-
perimented with it. He mixed it
with some soil and found that
the worms survived better in this
than their native soil.
“In the near future I’m going to
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(unspecified)
build a worm shocker,” said Myers,
“in an attempt to replenish our.
present stock.” A shocker is an
electrical device which will cause
the worms to hot foot it out of
the ground, due to a continuing
electrical shock. Have you ever
put your finger in a socket?
What happens to you? You feel
a tingling sensation and you pull
your hand away very quickly. This
is what happens to the worms,
they want to get away from the
electrical shock. This device works
on the principle of an electrical
shock and is simple in design with
a probe which is inserted into the
ground. When the current is
switched on the worms and night
crawlers move hastily out of the
ground to elude the effect of the
electrical current.
Powell and Myers found that
their worms exist well on a combi-
nation of potato peelings, coffee
grounds, corn meal and cooking
grease, which they feed them
every ten days.
During the temperate Icelandic
summer the worms are kept out of
doors and if rain should be sparce,
the beds are watered every five
days. A small amount of water is
used because they will drown if
over watered. When the warm
weather departs the island the
farm has to be brought indoors
so the stock will survive the long
cold winter months. An unoccu-
pied space on the Station is used
as winter quarters for the farm.
Powell commented, “at present
our stock is not large enough for
the sale of worms to the public
but perhaps next year we may
have some additional stock avail-
able in small quantities for the
fishermen on base.”
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Although over 80 Naval Station
personnel didn’t make the annual
Icelandic car inspection, during the
first period which ran from May
25 to June 13 or the make-up
period running from June 28 to
June 30, the delinquent inspectees
will be given one last chance to
have the family bus inspected by
the Icelandic Police.
Each Wednesday for a limited
time car owners which failed to
have their car inspected, or merely
just failed can take their car to
the Njardvik gate between the
hours of three and five in the
afternoon.
Owners which fail to do this
will be notified that they are not
to operate their car on the base
nor will they be allowed to drive
off the base.
In charge of inspecting Naval
Station personnel vehicles is Chief
Benedikt Thorarinsson. Chief
Thorarinsson commented that,
“those cars that received a red
sticker instead of the white one
will have until July 14 to correct
the defect.” After this date
owners will not be allowed to
operate their cars and those who
do will be issued citations.
Chief Thorarinsson brings to
his job, of chief car inspector on
the station, 23 years of law en-
forcement experience. Twenty of
these years have been served on
base during which in the past 13
years he has served in the capa-
city of chief car inspector. “King
pins and brakes that need ad-
justing are the most common
reasons for cars failing to pass
inspection” commented Thorar-
insson. When the Chief was asked
how the figures compare with
cars of Naval Station personnel
inspected and the Icelandic gene-
ral inspection of automobiles he
said that surprisingly through the
years the two groups have had a
similar record of a high percen-
tage of cars passing and a rela-
tively low number of failures.
All Naval Station personnel
cars are inspected by a qualified
Icelandic mechanic. Chief Thorar-
insson emphasized that these
inspections are not just merely
safety inspections but that such
things as the exterior of the car
is examined to ensure that no
part of the body has rusted
through.
RETOUCHING ART WORK —
Valdemar Jorgensen goes through
the process of retouching just one
of the 15 pieces of driftwood
which he has painted in an effort
to beautify Galley 755.
MOVIE cm -
July 7 to July 13
A. THE FIGHTING PRINCE OF DONEGAL—Peter McEnery, Susan
Hampshire.
Walt Disney uses Ireland as the place and the 16th Century as
the time in making a lively adventure tale. Red Hugh, Prince of
Donegal, is determined to unite the powerful clans under his leader-
ship, and to free the Irish from the English rule. Peter McEnery
appears as an engaging as well as agile Red Hugh, with a supporting
cast that supplies the right amount of brawling and roistering.
Family—Melodrama. 110 min. 6:30, 8:30 p.m.
B. THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE—Voices of Alan Reed, Mel
Blanc.
Fred Flintstone, TV’s well-known Stone Age suburbanite, is hero
of this feature-length cartoon spy-spoof. Recruited by the government
to impersonate his double, a top seci-et-agent who is recovering from
severe occupational injuries, Fred, with his wife and another couple
with two kids, take off for Paris.
Family—Feature Cartoon. 87 min. 6:30, 8:30, 2 p.m.
C. AFTER THE FOX—Victor Mature, Peter Sellers.
Peter Sellers as an Italian crook known as “The Fox” is asked for
help by colleague Akim Tamiroff in smuggling ashore a load of stolen
gold, now on a ship headed for the harbor of a fishing village. This
hilarious romp, spoofs Italian films and film-makers. Director De
Sica makes no qualms about poking fun at the far-out films of his
native land, and the result is clever, funny and decidedly unpredict-
able.
Family.—Comedy. 103 min. 6:30, 8:30 p.m.
D. PENELOPE—Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen.
In a fluffy farce, Natalie Wood as Penelope, the vivacious wife
of a banker, turns shoplifter to get her busy husband’s attention,
and when that fails, winds up by robbing his bank. The glossy light-
weight proceedings have a gay and varied background of contempo-
rary New York settings. Miss Wood’s wardrobe, wigs and jewels
display a fabulous show of today and tomorrow.
Family—Comedy. 98 min. 6:30, 8:30 p.m.
E. QUICK BEFORE IT MELTS—George Maharis, Anjanette Comer.
Robert Morse is an undistinguished, shy writer for a national
magazine, who happens to be engaged to Yvonne Craig, daughter of
managing editor Howard St. John. St. John decides to send Morse
and photographer George Maharis on a Navy-sponsored junket to
Little America at the South Pole hoping that they get a new scoop
for the magazine.
Family—Comedy. 97 min. 6:30, 8:30 p.m.
F. ROUSTABOUT—Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck.
Family—Musical. 101 min. Matinee.
G. GET YOURSELF A COLLEGE GIRL—Mary Ann Mobley, Chad
Everett.
Family—Musical Drama. 86 min. Matinee.
II. THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH—Vincent Price, Hazel Court.
Adult—Drama. 88 min. Shown only at the Polar Club.
POLAR NCO CPO ‘O’ ANDREWS
CLUB CLUB CLUB CLUB THEATER
FRIDAY A
SATURDAY D A E Mat. B
SUNDAY H D B/A F/E Mat. G/C
MONDAY A C D
TUESDAY C B E
WEDNESDAY E D C
THURSDAY D
Icelander Helps
Beautify NavSta
Military personnel at Galley
755 are expected to be concerned
with station beautification pro-
jects but it is another thing when
an Icelandic employee takes it
upon himself to increase the at-
tractiveness of the base.
Such is the case of Valdemar
Jorgensen, only 16 years of age,
who has used his spare time
painting, of all things, driftwood.
Valdemar’s talents would have
gone unnoticed had it not been for
the efforts of Indridi Adolfsson,
supervisor and interpreter for the
Icelandic mess attendants at 755.
Indridi was visiting Jorgensen’s
home recently and happening upon
one of the artist’s paintings, con-
fronted him with the idea of con-
tributing his workmanship to help
beautify the galley’s appearance.
Fifteen of the teenagers paint-
ings are now being displayed on
the stanchions inside of the gal-
ley.
The artist, who has been paint-
ing without formal training for
the past three years, will attend
Hand Artist School in Reykjavik
this October for the beginning of
a four-year course. After com-
pletion of this schooling, Valde-
mar has expectations of becoming
an art teacher at the Secondary
school level.
Jorgensen began employment
aboard the Naval Station last
May.
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