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WHITE FALCON
Friday, August 4, 1967
EDITORIAL
Civic Responsibility
WHAT part do you play in the life of your military
or civilian community? Are you an active participant
in its affairs or do you “let George do it”?
Whether you are an unmarried serviceman or woman
living in a barracks or a service family living in govern-
ment quarters or civilian housing, you should take an active
interest and make a postive contribution to your community.
The numerous civic, service, youth and church groups
found in every town and on military bases offer excellent
opportunities for you to serve your community, make new
friends, broaden your knowledge and help maintain good
relations between civilian and military population.
Service people have a wealth of talent and information to
offer, based upon their varied backgrounds, experiences
and familarity with many areas in the United States and
in foreign countries. You can provide new ideas, outlooks
and energy to the groups and organizations which are vit-
ally concerned with the well-being, growth and progress of
the communities they serve.
Civic responsibility involves more than a neutral or nega-
tive approach to community affairs. Contributing your
time and talents to the activities and projects of your mili-
tary or civilian community is the positive approach to civic
responsibility.
It will not only make your particular community a better
place in which to live, but will make your tour of duty more
enjoyable and personally rewarding.
Tour Selfoss Area Sunday
The Special Services tour to
Thjorsardalur scheduled for
August 6 will depart the Viking
Service Club at 9 a.m. and re-
turn at 8 p.m. The cost of the
trip including lunch is $7.00.
From Keflavik the tour pro-
ceeds to the fertile dairy farming
Thjorsar Valley area on the
south coast, of which the town of
Selfoss is in the center.
During the medieval period the
valley was a flourishing country
with nearly 30 farms, but now
only two are left, the others hav-
ing been ruined by volcanic erup-
tions by nearby Mount Hekla dur-
ing the period from 1341 to 1693.
Some of the farms which were
buried in lava and volcanic ash
have recently been excavated and
from the sites now uncovered one
can get an excellent idea of the
layout of a Viking home.
From there the trip continues to
the extinct volcanic crater, “Ker-
id” for a visit to a famous church
there.
Passing through Selfoss the
tour will stop for those of you
who want refreshments. At
Thjorsardalur a picnic lunch will
be served, as previously mention-
ed a part of the trip.
Roommate (during intermis-
sion) — “How do you like the
date I dug up for you?”
Ditto—“Rotten! Throw her
back, and start digging some
place else!”
Call 4IS6
White Falcon Photo by George Cates
HONORED—Pat Hytrek, president, Officer’s Wives Club aboard the
Naval Station (left) presents a silver center piece to Jean Pierre at a
farewell tea given in her honor Thursday, July 27 at the “D” Cltab,
Mrs. Pierre, wife of Naval Station Keflavik’s commanding officer will
be leaving Iceland this month with her husband to California where
new duty assignment awaits the captain.
THE WHITE FALCON
U. S. Naval Station
Keflavik Iceland
Commanding Officer
Capt Emile E. Pierre, Jr., USN
Executive Officer
Cdr Russell W. Sims, Jr., USN
Information Chief
SMSGT Jack D. Beard, USAF
Editor
JOl George Cates
Reporters
J03 Paul Jespersen
YN3 Dominic Sandoli
The White Falcon is published
weekly on Friday in accordance
with NAVEXOS P-35, revised
June 1958, for free distribution
to personnel of Naval Station
Keflavik. It is printed commerci-
ally by the Isafoldarprentsmidja,
Reykjavik, Iceland, from non-
appropriated funds.
Opinions and statements made
in articles published here are
those of the authors and are not
to be construed as official views
of the U. S. Govt., Dept, of De-
fense or the Navy Dept.
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Club KleuA
by Bunny Rice
A tea honoring Louese McLean
and Margaret Wanderer was held
late in June in the Reading Room
at the ‘O’ Club. Colonel Ralph M.
Wanderer relieved Colonel Daniel
P. McLean as chief of staff to
commander, Iceland Defense
Force.
The coffee for the Excutive
Board Change was held in the
home of Jean Pierre for all old
and new board members on July
18. The regular Board meeting
was held on August 1 in the ‘O’
Club.
The Naval Station coffee dur-
ing July was held in Janet Harbi-
son’s new home (Coast Guard),
honoring Eleanor Sims, wife of
Commander Russell W. Sims, Jr.,
executive officer, Naval Station,
Keflavik.
It was announced, due to many
requests, that the Nursery would
be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m.
until 1 p.m. starting July 8.
August 8 is the date for the
next OWC coffee. The time, 10
a.m. Those being hailed on board
the Station at the July coffee
were: Mrs. Wanderer, Mrs. Sims,
Mrs. Robert King and Mrs. Tor-
gerson. Those off Station were:
Mary O’Connor, Dwain Emry,
Joyce Cecil, Evelyn Jorgensen,
Mrs. James Lawrence and Mrs.
Ledbetter. Sadly blessed were:
Sally Berger, Kit James, Mada-
line Grimsley, Mary Ufer, Mau-
reen Weinberg and Val Swor. Our
thanks go to our hostesses for the
coffee who were: Sally Berger,
Maria Kelly and Helen White.
Attending a meeting held at the
home of Jan Tiderman on July 26,
were the Naval Forces Iceland
Wives, who are planning the Sept-
ember OWC luncheon. The
luncheon for August has been
cancelled.
A tea honoring Mrs. Ralph W.
Hart, Jr., wife of the prospective
commanding officer, U. S. Naval
Station, Keflavik and commander,
Naval Forces Iceland, will beheld
Friday, August 18 from 2 to 4
p.m. in the Reading Room of the
‘O’ Club.
WHITE FALCON
Deadline
Mondays — 3 p. m.
Chaplain 'a
Corner
by Chaplain Louis O’Hare
"Scapegoat — Not Me"
There is a certain time during our liturgy when the priest extends
his hands over the elements of bread and wine which are about to be
used as they were at the Last Supper. Some of the authors refer to
this gesture as indicating that Christ who is to be present will be our
scapegoat. He is the bearer of our guilt. The people of the Old Testa-
ment made a sign they were placing their sins on the back of a goat
and then they would chase the goat out of town believing their sins
were now gone with the goat. We like to get rid of guilt but we can’t
always do it by transferring it.
It is a very curious element and an interesting phenomena of
religion that the same gesture is used for ordination as for making
a scapegoat and so unless a little care is exercised it is easy to miss
the distinction. For instance when we deal with guilt or look for some-
one to blame because Christians no longer practice their religion we
say it is the defective clergy, their style, their sermons, their lack of
industry. “The clergy is not effective enough,” and so we have a way
out. But is this really the case? If it were then we would have to
admit that the same idea applies to God. God Himself walked and spoke
with Adam and Eve in paradise but neither His presence nor His
conversation was effective enough. Christ Himself lived in our flesh,
taught and died terribly to elicit men’s love but this was not effective
enough. Only a very small percentage bought him with his promise of
eternal life and all. It is more of a problem than my style if people
still can’t give God an hour a week on Sunday.
Worship Services
Time and Place
Catholic Mass
8:15 a.m.-—Polar Club.
12:15 p.m.—Main Chapel.
5 p.m.—Main Chapel.
Protestant
9:15 a.m.—Sunday School for
ages three to adult—Elemen-
tary School.
10:45- a.m.—Divine Worship—
Main Chapel.
7 p.m.—Evening Service—Main
Chapel.
Nursery is provided from 9 a.m.
until the conclusion of 12:15 Mass.
Parents Take Note
Pre-enrollment and re-registra-
tion of students at the Alfred T.
Mahan Elementary School is
scheduled for August 10 and 11
from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m.
Students who have attended
this school last year are reminded
that they will have to bring their
school record up-to-date at this
time. Parents registering their
child in the first grade must bring
the youngster’s birth certificate
with them. Students, except for
those enrolling in the first grade,
must bring their report card from
the school they attended last
school year.
White Falcon Photo by George Cates
A MASTER WITH BRUSH!—Air Force Technical Sergeant John
Trombetti, a native of Crescent City, Calif, and assigned to the 932nd
Aircraft and Warning Squadron (Rockville) adds the finishing touch
to a wall mural for the site retention office. A graduate of Washington
High School, Washington, Pa. in 1950, he lettered in football and art
prior to entering the Air Force. He took his basic training at Lackland
AFB, Tex and then was ordered to Keesler AFB, Miss, where for four
weeks he was a student learning radar operations. With diploma in
hand, he then was transferred to Hamilton AFB, Calif, where he
saw duties for three years followed by a tour to Korea, Philippine
Islands and then to Iceland. The Air Force NCO has logged 3,000
hours flying time in the Air Force RC-121 (Super Constellation) as a
radar observer. His hobbies are electronics, private flying and art.