The White Falcon - 06.08.1971, Blaðsíða 9

Iceland in Art
Cultural series
joins Falcon files
Do you remember the Jack the
Jeep adventures? How about Was-
ter's Wicket, the Masked Man?
Scoreboard, the Wednesday paper?
Now there is another title to be
added to the historical archives
of the past. Iceland in Art will
no longer appear.
For the past few months this
column attempted--and hopefully
succeeded—in bringing an added
dimension to defense force members
in knowing more about Iceland.
QM2 John Getker, who has been
writing Iceland in Art, and has
become so familiar with the coun-
try and its people, will leave
soon for civilian life.
Though no longer to be main-
ed as a separate column, the
f will continue to feature
jor events off base that could
be of cultural interest to this
community.
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of readiness for operating with
the Navy.
At home Coast Guardsmen con-
tribute to the safety of American
vessels and their passengers by
providing many types of naviga-
tional aids and enforcing federal
maritime regulations. With the
growth of recreational boating in
recent years they increased their
efforts by making safety inspect-
ions and educating the boating
public.
Approximately the size of the
New York police department, the
Coast Guard's 44,000 men are sta-
tioned aboard more than 250 cut-
ters of various sizes and 1,847
shore stations.
The purpose of the Coast Guard
detachment here is to run the
LORAN (Long Range Aids to Navi-
gation) Monitor Station, Keflavik.
The station is here to help con-
trol the navigation of ships and
aircraft in the North Atlantic
area. The station is one of
three monitor stations in the
North Atlantic. It was started
November 1963 with billets for
ut seven men until 1966 when
station's responsibilities
creased its billets to 13.
Nor
Seabees from the Public Works department turn to on the new turf in
the area of the banking facility and the Style Center. Their help
was needed to get the new sod down in this area.
New playground equipment
to be installed soon
The station playground program, anxiously awaited by tots and tod-
dlers, is progressing and the majority of the equipment is now on
hand according to Cdr. John W. Tombarge, Public Works officer.
There has been a temporary delay in installation plans as expected
funding has not yet been received.
Primarily affected are the two
new areas programmed for 950 and
670 housing areas as considerable
site preparation is required
prior to installation.
Cdr. Tombarge said that in the
event funds are not received,
site preparation will be accom-
plished by Public Works forces
and parental and organizational
help will be requested for actual
installation of equipment.
There is also some new equip-
ment on hand to augment the play-
ground areas in the Bunker Hill
and Coral Sea housing areas, and
three activities, the Fleet Re-
serve Association, the Square
Dance Club and the station Boy
Scout Troop have volunteered
their helpin getting it installed
and to renew and repair the older
equipment. Work is expected to
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begin in the near future on this
project.
Births
Births aboard the naval station
for the month of July included:
• Marie - Chantal Christine,
daughter of QM2 John P. and Susan
J. Getker, bom July 2.
• Julia, daughter of SH3 Rich-
ard L. and God run Rissinger, bom
July 2.
• Cara Anna, daughter of DP2
Peter P. and Jo Ann M. Saltarelli,
bom July 16.
• Christine Michele, daughter
of 1st Lt. Kenneth M. and Shi:>-
ley J. Gerler, bom July 21.
• Teressy Marie, daughter of
CS2 Frank and Dora D. Gregori,
bom July 23.
• Joyce Toshie,daughter of Mr.
Hoichi and Chicko Sugita, bom
July 25.
• Gregory Ross, son of CTO2
Thomas H. and Leslie A. Griffin,
bom July 30.
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