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WHITE FALCON
Friday, February 2, 1968
Getting By . . .
Is Not Enough
WHAT would be your reaction to a situation such as
this: You’ve taken your car to a mechanic for some
repairs and when you go in to pick it up, you overhear him
saying to one of his friends, “I guess I could have done
a better job, but what the heck, this is good enough to
get by and he’ll never know the difference.”
You would no doubt be pretty upset. After all, you’re
paying this man to do a job and you don’t expect it to be
done with a “get by” attitude.
However, before you sound off and give this mechanic a
piece of your mind, think about your day to day performance
of duty and make sure that you haven’t adopted the same
outlook.
When you are doing your job, are you an artist, a craft-
man, with the particular tools of your trade? When you
turn out a piece of work, is it the very best you can pro-
duce — or have you cut a few corners because “it’s close
enough for government work“?
Don’t accept mediocrity.
Whether you are an administrator, cook, baker, mecha-
nic, or in one of the hundreds of other assignments in the
Armed Forces, strive to do your job better than anyone else.
You will certainly have a great deal more personal satis-
faction knowing your job was done correctly and com-
pletely. You will also find that a little extra effort and at-
tention to detail on your part will benefit you in the long
run.
OWC Club f(eu>A
by Phyllis Armbrust
Our many thanks to Mrs.
Thelma Hart and Mrs. Dottie
Broach, for a delicious luncheon
served at Mrs. Hart’s home for
the change of board meeting.
All Officers Wives Club mem-
bers, please note this change of
date on your calenders! The Fe-
THE WHITE FALCON
U. S. Naval Station
Keflavik Iceland
Commanding Officer
Capt. Ralph W. Hart, USN
Public Affairs Officer
Mr. Warren J. Papin
Editor
SSgt Bruce Weidner, USAF
Assistant Editor
JOSN Larry Williams USN
AIC Dick Groezinger, USAF
The White Falcon is published
weekly on Friday in accordance
with NAVEXOS P-35, revised
July 1958, for free distribu-
tion 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.
bruary Hail and Bless Coffee will
be held Monday, Feb. 12 at 10
a.m. at the “0” Club. O. W. C.
dues may be paid at this time.
The 0. W. C. Executive Board'
meeting will be at the “O” Club
on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m.
The AFI coffee will be held
Thursday, Feb. 8 at 1 p.m. at
the home of Cindy Laursen, Hola-
braut 2, Keflavik.
The IDF/COMFAIRKEF cof-
fee will be held at the home of
Peggy McBrayer, Qtrs. 617B on
Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 10 a.m.
Hostess for the February lun-
cheon to be held the 20th at
noon at the “O” Club are the
Naval Station Wives. The prog-
ram will feature a Panamian
Mardi Gra. Reservations must be
made or canceled by Monday
noon preceding the luncheon. For
On-Base reservations, please call
Kathy Ward at 4158. For Off-
Base reservations, please call
Carolyn Humphreys at 2651
Keflavik.
O. W. C. Bridge winners for
Jan. 23 were: 1st, Jan Tieder-
man: 2nd, Peggy McBrayer; Pen-
nies, Linda Danska and Travel-
ing Prize, Jacque D’Louhy. Con-
gratulations! Bridge for Febru-
ary will be the 27th, 1 p.m. at the
“0” Club. Beginner-Bridge play-
ers, please note. There will be
tables available for you to play
as a group.
Chaplain A Center
by Chaplain V. A. Henriksen
Capitalizing On Calamity
Do you ever feel frustrated and depressed? What makes you feel
that way? Things go wrong? Nothing works out the way you wanted
it to? There is a way of capitalizing on calamity. The same thing
may make one bitter and another better. The two words are very
similar — just one little letter is different. The one who has suffered
a great deal can become a bitter person, resentful and angry at the
world or he can become stronger, more understanding and sensitive
to the world’s needs. One is bitter and one is better.
Whistler wanted to be a soldier but failed an important examination
so he took up painting. He became famous.
Wesley desired to be a missionary to the American Indians but
failed and returned to England. There God used him in a mighty
way as the founder of the Methodist Church.
Victor Hugo was banished from his home in France but used the
time that he was in exile to write his immortal Les Miserables.
Paul wanted to go to Spain but instead found himself as a pri-
soner in Rome. He could have spent the time in self-pity and re-
sentment, but instead he used his time writing letters of encourage-
ment to those who were discouraged.
This is called “capitalizing on calamity.” Are you becoming bitter
or better? The time you spend in bed can be a time of brooding,
jealousy and self-pity — or it can be used as a time of meditation,
prayer and spiritual growth. Your 0200 feeding that wiggly baby
could be a time to read a couple of chapters of the Bible. The time
you spend walking to work could be spent in prayer for others.
Washing dishes is a time when you could let your thoughts grow so
that you can be more effective.
Are you bitter or better? Are you capitalizing on calamity?
Carbon Monoxide Hazards
The Blue Angels
Have Opening For
Maintenance Men
The U. S. Navy flight demon-
stration team, “The Blue Angels,”
is looking for outstanding enlisted
men to join its maintenance crew.
Openings exist for ADJ1, 2, 3;
AMS1, 2, 3; AMH2, 3; AE1, 2;
PR3; and AD JAN.
The team’s aircraft are main-
tained at 100 per cent availability
and crew members must meet high
standards of professional ability.
Preference will be given to appli-
cants with F-ll and F-9 jet ex-
perience or experience in newer
Navy jets like the F-4 and A-6.
An applicant desiring to join
the team should submit a letter
of request to BUPERS via his
commanding officer and the Com-
manding Officer, Naval Air Sta-
tion, Pensacola, Fla.-32508 (Offi-
cer-in-Charge, Blue Angels).
Candidates must have 24 months
shore duty remaining or be will-
ing to extend their enlistment to
cover the required period.
Dependent;; Benefits
End With Divorce
Ending a marriage with a ser-
viceman also means terminating
your relationship with the Armed
Forces. On the date the divorce
becomes final, a dependent loses
the benefits of medical care and
all others represented by an ID
card.
An interlocutory decree, even
when there has been a property
settlement, does not mean loss of
eligibility. Eligibility depends sole-
ly on the dependent’s marital sta-
tus.
Children still are eligible for
medical benefits, even if their
mother remarries. Their status as
dependents ends only when they
marry, reach the age of 21 or are
adopted by someone who isn’t eli-
gible for Uniformed Services
Health Benefits.
Every year just about this time,
carbon monoxide begins to take it’s
toll, in automobiles and in gara-
ges, cabins, motels and homes.
Many doctors and safety ex-
perts are convinced that some of
the unexplained one-car accidents
have their origins in the drowsi-
ness which is one of the first
symptoms of monoxide poisoning.
Carbon monoxide is an odorless,
tasteless gas which is undetectable
by the human senses. It results
from the incomplete combustion
of any fuel. The burning of gaso-
line in automobiles is a prime of-
fender. Gas space heaters, cookers
and refrigerators also are common
origins of the gas.
A faulty muffler or tail pipe
greatly increases the hazard of
monoxide seeping up into the car.
Because it is lighter than the sur-
rounding air, it rises and is trap-
ped under the car and makes its
way upward through any open-
ing.
To avoid this, never drive a
car tightly closed unless there is
a forced air-condition system
operating perfectly. It only takes
a small amount of carbon mon-
oxide to render a person uncon-
scious.
Station wagon owners should
not drive with the back window
open unless there is good ventila-
tion in the front of the car. Ex-
haust tends to enter the car
through the open rear window.
MRS. KATHRYN ROBERTS the
wife of Petty Officer Second Class
I. D. Roberts arrived in Iceland
about eight months ago and is
now working as secretary and re-
ceptionist for the Chaplains of-
fice. Mrs. Roberts hails originally
from Kahoka, Missouri.
NAVY Seaman Robert N. Gaffney,
a member of the Armed Forces
Radio and Television staff here at
the Naval Station, and is presently
working as a disc jokey for Armed
Forces radio. Bob arrived in Ice-
land during December 1966 and is
from Marlboro, Massachusetts.
PRIDE in motion
Doing their
part I
AIR FORCE Sergeant Bill Lud-
wig, Jr. a member of the IDF
staff and driver for the Chief of
Staff and courier between IDF and
the American Embassy in Reykja-
vik. Bill has been in Iceland since
August of 1967 and is originally
from Indianapolis, Indiana.