The White Falcon - 21.06.1968, Side 5

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THE WHITE FALCON
Friday, June 21, 1968
Friday, June 21, 1968
THE WHI TE FALCON
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Keflavik Naval Station Laundry Cleans Thousands of Articles Each Month
' 1 OF COURSE we can clean
dirty clothes!'* Coun-
ter workers, F. Sigur -
dardottir and G. Jons-
dot t i r assist a marine
who wants his shirts
laundered and uniform
dry cl eaned.
WRI NKLES don
hi ne. Mr . K.
it wi t h \ et s
* t st andl
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of st earn.
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ance o
at t ens
coat - f i n i sh i ng ma-
garment by engulfing
MR. 0. ORMSSON operates
a $50, 000 combi nat i on
dry-cleaner and extractor,
capabl e of cl eaning a
100 pound load in 45
minutes. 12,000 pounds
of cl ot h i ng are dry
cl eaned each month.
CLEANED UNI FORMS, suits,
dresses, jackets and
coats are bagged with
cellophane by B. Thor-
steinsdottir and then
taken to the front coun-
ter for pick-up by
customers.
ON THE FLATWORK ironer
are G. Bjorsdottir
(left) and K. Thor -
bjarnardottir. This
machi ne is a series of
rollers, irons and steam
pores that presses
sheet s and bl anket s.
AS I DE FROM DRY CLEANI NG
t her e i s 72,000 pounds of
washing a month. This
is the laundry room
with washers in the
background. Mr. H. Si -
monarson lowers a bin
of washed clothes into
a high speed extractor
which will remove all
excess water before the
clothes are put into
the dryers.
SHIRTS at the cabinet shirt unit are pressed and folded
SHEETS FOR THE DEFENSE
FORCE, being folded by
H. Kr i st i n sdot t i r , a
younger member of t he
35 I cel andi c I aundryl
employees who are super
vised by the manager
Kr i st j an JuI i usson.