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January 10, 1975
The White Falcon
New directions for base USO
Some changes are in line for
Keflavik's USO, according to Ms.
Eo’la Wakefield, the new USO Di-
rector .
Ms. Wakefield, a Maine native,
has been in Iceland since Sept,
and recently succeeded Gloria San-
as director. This is her
^^VSrst tour with the USO. She
volunteered specifically for Ice-
land. "This is a beautiful coun-
try," she said. "It has a lot to
offer."
According to Ms. Wakefield the
USO will place more emphasis on
community involvement and will
direct its services more toward
families in the future.
"USO has traditionally been
directed toward unmarried enlist-
ed people, but this policy has
changed," said Ms. Wakefield.
"Couples and families are always
welcome to use the USO, but we do
discourage unaccompanied child-
NOTICES |
Dr. King memorial services
A memorial service honoring
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will
be conducted Wednesday at 10:30
a.m. in the Naval Station Chapel.
The service will commemorate the
birthday of the late black leader
and winner of the 1964 Nobel
Peace Prize.
Frosty Fingers to meet
The regular meeting of The
Frosty Fingers Garden Club will
be held at Charlotte Jackson's,
Quarters 606 F, Wednesday at 1:30
p. m. An arrangement of dry
flowers and rocks will be demon-
strated. All ladies are cordial-
ly invited.
ren. USO provides one of the few
non-alcoholic entertainments on
base."
Another idea being worked on
is a USO advisory council. The
council, which will be like a
board of directors, will be made
up of a representative group and
will hopefully be organized by
March.
USO will also be extending
some of its services to outlying
areas such as H-3 and Rockville
in the future.
Navy expands travel,
The Navy has established an
expanded travel and entertainment
office in London for the use of
U.S. government personnel.
The new office, located at 1
North Audley St., London, was
created by Commander Naval Activ-
ity United Kingdom to provide
services to permanent and tran-
sient Department of Defense per-
sonnel in the London area. These
services were formerly provided
by the Columbia Club and the
Douglas House, U. S. Air Force
transient berthing facilities in
downtown London. However, those
facilities closed Jan. 4.
Services available at the na-
val activity include reservations
Coming up on the USO calendar
are a trip to Reykjavik tomorrow
to swim at the hot pools, a
Scrabble tournament Jan. 18, and a
W.C. Fields birthday celebration
Jan. 29. On Feb. 4, the National
USO Birthday, there will be an
open house.
Keflavik's USO has been opera-
ting for about three years. In
addition to sponsoring tours,
special events and celebrations,
the USO features a snack bar,
free coffee, free movies, games,
a television lounge, music room
and pool and ping-pong tables.
USO also enables servicemen to
make collect calls to the United
States and provides a Flowers-by-
Air service to the States.
Persons having suggestions,
comments or questions are urged
to call the USO at 79180. The USO
needs you.
entertainment office
and issuance of airline, car fer-
ry, and continental rail tickets
for individuals, official, and
group travel; package holiday and
local tour bookings; travel coun-
seling; car rental arrangements;
bookings for the theater, movies,
opera, ballet, concerts, and
sports events; hotel reserva-
tions; currehcy exchange; and is-
suance of traveler's checks.
Mailing address of the new
service activity is C0MNAVACTUK
Travel and Entertainment Office,
FPO New York, N.Y;, 09510. Tele-
phone: 629-9222, ext. 470/432/688
(commercial) or 235-4470/4432/
4688 (AUT0V0N).
The Mahan Messenger
The following is next week's
schedule of final exams for the
first semester:
Tuesday, Jan. 14:
Regular daily schedule until
L:25 p.m.
7th period exam
dismissal at 3 p.m.
(Wednesday, Jan. 15:
1st period exam
2nd period exam
dismissal at noon
Thursday, Jan. 16:
3rd period exam
4th period exam
dismissal at noon
Friday, Jan. 17:
5th period exam
6th period exam
dismissal at noon
Each student in each class
must take an examination. Each
by Jeanne Kraut
exam will be one and one-half
hours long.
Juniors and seniors who do not
have a scheduled class may report
to the library or exercise their
open campus privileges.
The high school is presently
interviewing for two openings on
the high school faculty. Inter-
ested parties should call 79208
or 2105.
Youth Center Roundup
by Ellen Smith
ATTENTION ALL TEENS! Tonight
om 8 to 12 the Center will
usher in the New Year to the mu-
■fccal strains of the Phoenix, ac-
companied by noisemakers and fun-
ny hats. Join us for this first
band dance of the year. And just
in case you're starving before
witching hour, the snack bar will
be open serving pizzas, hamburg-
ers, sundaes, etc. Come stag or
drag, $1.50 per person.
Don't forget the "rap session"
with Captain Farrell at 9:30 p.m.
GUITAR STUDENTS— don't forget
your guitar lessons on Thursdays
at 3:15 p.m. with Terry Merideth.
The Center will feature "Game
Night" Jan. 17 from 7 to 9 p.m.
There will be a charge and a door
prize. Dependent children ages
6-19 are urged to attend. Young-
er children unable to play be
themselves should be accompanied
by a parent or babysitter.
Want to have some down-to-
earth fun? Why not enroll in the
pottery class and create your own
hand-built pottery? Classes are
3:30 p.m. for children 8 years
old and up. The cost will be $5
for eight sessions starting Tues-
day. Register now!
The winners of last month's
paddleball tournament sponsored
by the Center were:
Singles—1. Mike Goertz
2. Rick McDonald
3. Boonie Murray
Doubles—1. Rick McDonald
Gary Ansell
2. Mike Goertz
Boonie Murray
3. B.J. Huffman
John Jones
First place winners were given
trophies while second and third
place winners received a record
album and game respectively.
A special thanks to our ref-
erees Bill Wood and Dr. Hewitt,
scorekeeper Rick King, and Cdr.
Pilcher, the Recreation Officer,
for his advice and cooperation in
planning the tournament.
News in Brief
Base lighting cut off
The present street lighting
system aboard the Naval Station
is an old system. When the
winds are in excess of 30 knots
it is necessary to secure these
lights to prevent pole fires
and possible falling live
wires. This is a safety meas-
ure designed to prevent serious
injuries or fatalities. The
street lighting system operates
on 6,000-10,000 volts and car-
ries a load of 1500 amps. It
takes just 33 volts and .8 amps
to cause, a fatality.
The street lights are being
replaced. However, until this
is completed, the lights will
be secured during winds in ex-
cess of 30 knots.
Exam schedule
The schedule for the Janu-
ary and February Navy-wide ad-
vancement exams is:
E-7 (CPO)—Jan. 16
E-4 (P03) —Feb. 4
E-5 (P02) —Feb. 6
E-6 (P01)—Feb. 11
The exams will be adminis-
tered at the Midnight Sun Club
at 7:30 a.m. on the designated
days. Uniform of the day must
be worn and valid ID cards must
be .in possession of the exami-
nee .
Pay folders
The Personal Pay Folders
that have been distributed re-
cently are intended for your
convenience in keeping your
Leave and Earnings Statement
(LES) in proper order. Full
Jumps implementation for all
officers is scheduled for Jan.
1, 1976, and for enlisted pers-
onnel July 1, 1976. Until then
only partial pay information
will be reflected on your
monthly LES. A full pay break-
down is available from Disburs-
ing upon presentation of your
Personal Pay Folder.
Advancement date extended
NAV0ICE—The Bureau of Naval
Personnel (BUPERS) has again
extended the last increment
date for the February, 1974,
E-6 advancement exam; this time
from NoV. 30 to Jan. 31. This
means that people who passed
the exam will have an extra two
months for their advancement
eligibility to be determined by
the Bureau.
After the February, 1974, ex-
am, around 12,000 E-6 candi-
dates had their promotion sta-
tus temporarily withheld be-
cause they didn't have a cor-
rect OCR form on file. That
number has now been reduced to
480 and every effort, BUPERS
says,is being made to clear the
remaining people. The last in-
crement date was previously ex-
tended from Oct. 31 to Nov. 30.
Foul weather gear
The wearing of foul weather
gear with the appropriate mili-
tary uniform and civilian at-
tire while on the Agreed Area,
while proceeding directly from
one Agreed Area to another, or
while proceeding directly be-
tween an Agreed Area and one's
residence off-base, is autho-
rized by COMNAVICE/NAVSTAKEF-
INST 1020.ID. In no case will
personnel depart an Agreed Area
in a government issue parka or
foul weather jacket in a liber-
ty or off-duty status, except
as authorized above.
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