The White Falcon - 04.12.1970, Síða 5

December 4, 1970
THE WHITE FALCON
Pap;e 5
Aha! Finally! In a scavenger hunt that sent this chief
around the base he has found the first item on his scavenger
list. o.the utility waster,, (Photo by AN Robin L. Wagner)
Wasters’ Wicket
No fool this boy
J
by Ens. F.xum Walker
I had just finished a delicious breakfast of spaghetti with Mumbo Sauce and
began to go through the steps spelled out on the form for renewal of my auto-
mobile license tags. They had expired
. . . and time and time again I had meant
you just keep putting it off, and then one
day you get caught.
Well, I wasn't taking any chances.
No fool this boy. I had obtained a form
from one of the brand name states (its
wise to stick to brand names) from a
salesman (he also tried to sell me a
bridge in New York; but golly, with up-
keep and all, I felt I'd better hold off.)
The form wasn't too hard to fill out,
but it did take the better part of the day.
I spent an hour backing my car over
four pieces of masking tape, simultane-
ously, sticky side up, to get a print of
my tire tread. Then another three
hours getting them notarized.
Other information needed was: annual
income, whether car clock worked, was
car radio transistorized, and lastly the
weight of the car with the engine and
ftfront and back seats removed.
Wthe form was completed, I start-
eWo drive out the gate when my auto-
matic headlight dimmer started making
wierd sounds, and smoke started pour-
ing out of it.
I managed to jump to safety, but alas
in February. . . February of 1947 that is
to renew them, but you know how it is:
the car was burned to the ground. Then
I spied what had triggered the dimmer.
The above light was the culprit. Of
course, the value of my loss, my car,
cannot even be compared to the Gov-
ernment's losses each year from lights,
heat, water, and other utilities wasted.
Thus, since I no longer had a car,
I had to walk into town to mail my tag
renewal application.
Four more additions to
NATO base population
• William Theodore, II, son of SSgt.
William T. and Donna S. Cook; born
Sunday, November 15.
• Joseph David, son of AN Joseph
H. and Sharon D. Trumpler; born Mon-
day, November 16.
• George Crowell, son of RM3 Por-
ter W. and Mary D. Sexton; born Tues-
day, November 17.
• Eleanor Margaret, daughter of
ETN2 James R. and Norma M. Luns-
ford; born Saturday, November 28.
Old greetings cards?
As a child all of us have probably
climbed into that mysterious attic and
rummaged through all the photographs,
magazines and yellowed years old
Christmas cards. And as a child it was
hard to find any sense in keeping the
junk in the attic, especially the Christ-
mas cards.
Therefore, if you have decided that
this year is not "attic year" for your
Christmas cards and you'd just as soon
part with them, put them in a messenger
envelope and send the envelope to
AFIDOK.
From the AFIDOK office the cards
will be sent to the Carmelite Sisters
at Hafnafjordur.
HOUSING, from Page 1
Housing Office and by next week a more
accurate list will be available. The list
includes the name, rank, duty phone,
off base address, deross date, number
of dependents, and sponsored status of
each individual not living in government
quarters. An additional four columns
will include information on the availa-
bility of furniture, refrigerators and
other major appliances in those apart-
ments.
Various departments throughout the
base have helped in contributing the in-
formation. Among these are the Se-
curity Department which maintains in-
formation on the status of all the fami-
lies on base; J-l in IDF, which handles
sponsorship; the Housing Office, which
maintains the list of those scheduled to
move into base housing; and Passenger
Service, which maintains an accurate
roster of all inbound and outbound per-
sonnel.
The main problem so far is that some
of the information conflicts with the ac-
tual facts. This has resulted in either
the lack of accurate records or the fail-
ure of the families to keep these depart-
ments up to date with any changes in
status.
When the system becomes fully opera-
tional it is the hope of the originators
that a person can consult this sheet and
have a list of people to contact who will
either be moving on base or derossing
by the time the new arrivals' dependents
arrive. In this way, the search will be
easier and the system should allow new
personnel a much wider choice of hous-
ing.