The White Falcon - 01.10.1976, Blaðsíða 1

"White
Volume XXXII Number 39
Falcon
Keflavik, Iceland
October 1. 1976
Fire Prevention Week begins Sunday
Story and photos by J02 Jerry Foster
Fire Inspector N.iaH 'Skarphedinscnn
points out fire prevention rules to
Chief Personnelman Jackey Cristwell at
Quarters 1060C during base housing fire
inspection Monday.
Fire Prevention Week* will begin Sun-
day and run to Oct. 9 for Naval Station
Keflavik, according to the Naval Station
Fire Department.
This observance stems from 1871 when
the Great Chicago Fire occurred. This
fire, of course, is the only major con-
flagration whose anniversary is marked
by an international commemoration—Fire
Prevention Week—proclaimed each year in
the United States and Canada.
Originally started as Fire Prevention
Day in 1911 by the Fire Marshals Associ-
ation of North. America, a National Fire
Protection Association committee recoins
mended its extension to a week in 1922.
Fire Prevention Week is always the
Sunday-through-Saturday period which in-
cludes Oct. 9, date of the Chicago dis-
aster. The fire killed 250 persons and
destroyed 17,430 buildings at a cost of
$168 million.
The Fire Station will be open for
visitors 10 a.m. to noon and 3 to 6 p.m.
except for Oct. 9 when it will stay
open all day.
Fire prevention posters will be
placed at conspicuous locations on the
Naval Station.
A mock-up building, located at the
crossroads near the Naval Station post
office, will point to the results of
carelessness with smoking material by
charred ruins and three graves.
Fire extinguisher displays, cardboard
fire prevention posters, a fire alarm
systems explanatory board plus fire
hazard and firefighting picture boards
will be exhibited at the clubs, Andrews
Theater and the gymnasium.
In addition, posters will be placed
on bulletin boards in occupied build-
ings.
A distribution program will feature
fire prevention booklets and leaflets,
comic books and coloring books for stu-
dents .
Also, similar booklets and leaflets
will be available to participants in
fire extinguisher demonstrations and to
customers in Navy Exchange facilities,
Commissary Store and base clubs.
An estimated 56 fire prevention lec-
tures and fire extinguisher demonstra-
tions, using actual fire conditions,
will be given for Iceland Defense Force
personnel. Each lecture and demonstra-
tion will last about 30 or 40 minutes.
In the A. T. Mahan school system,
fire prevention lectures, covering fire
and life safety at home, will be pre-
sented, including an explanation and
demonstration of first-aid fire applian-
ces .
A poster essay and slogan contest at
the elementary school will be judged at
10 a.m. Oct. 8.
Fire wardens, appointed in the lower
elementary- grades, will receive member-
ship in the "Sparky Fire Department".
Other Fire Prevention Week activities
include: a home fire safety film en-
titled, ’’Condemned", is slated before
the main feature movie at the Officers'
Club Sunday; tentatively, a fire drill
exercise will be executed at the Mid-
night Sun Club during the week; and, a
master water stream demonstration, using
Fire Department pumpers and appliances,
is also scheduled.
Together with these events, Operation
EDITH (Exit Drill in the Home) will take
place Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Residents
are encouraged to pretend that their
front door is blocked and to make a
second exit. They should leave their
quarters via the main exit. The Fire
Department reminds base housing occu-r
pants to "try to involve the whole fam-
ily,"
Plans for Navy Day ’76 underway
A mini-rock concert , gala dinner
dances and special sales are but a few
of the highlights planned for Navy Day,
Oct. 13.
Although definite plans for all
events have not yet been set, it appears
likely that "Navy Day 1976" will be a
memorable occasion.
The mini-rock concert, scheduled for
Navy Day afternoon—from 1 to 5 p.m.—
will be at the Midnight Sun and will
feature a rock band and some free re-
freshments. The attire for this affair
will be casual and, if weather permits,
the concert will be moved outside.
A formal ball at the Officers' Club
the evening of Oct. 13, will be a com-
MC sets E-4 promotions
The next promotions to corporal will
be November, according to Headquarters
Marine Corps.
Lance corporals, in order to be con-
sidered for advancement, must have a
date of rank of March 31, 1976 or earli-
er. The cutoff date for time in grade
and time in service is Oct. 31, 1976.
Proficiency and conduct marks as-
signed through Sept. 30, 1976 will be
used as part of each Marine's composite
scores. The scores will also include
markmanship level, physical fitness
testing and essential subjects knowl-
edge.
Commanding officers are required to
submit composite scores of qualified
lance corporals to headquarters no later
than Oct. 15.
bined officer/chief petty officer af-
fair. Cocktails will be served at 6:30.
The evening will feature dinner, special
ceremonies, and dancing. Tickets, which
cost $6 per person, went on sale at the
Officers' Club and the CEO Club on Sept.
28.
At the Top of the Rock, all enlisted
men and women will celebrate Navy Day
with a special semi-formal ball, featur-
ing a stateside band. Tickets will go
on sale next week and will cost $4.50
per person.
The Naval Security Group will commen-
orate Navy Day with a special dinner-
dance, Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the O'Club.
The Navy Exchange and Commissary
Store will mark Navy Day with special
sales. The exchange will begin marked-
down prices Oct. 12 and will continue
the sale through Oct. 16. Lower prices
on certain foodstuffs at the Commissary
will be offered for two weeks, beginning
Oct. 9.
The Arctic Bowl will host special
"Red Pin" bowling on Navy Day from 1 to
5 p.m. Games will cost 25 cents with a
three-game limit.
A special Navy Day menu has been
planned for the galley. For lunch, the
galley will serve baked chicken and for
dinner, the menu includes "Steamboat
Round."
Dependent youths within the NATO Base
community also will have an opportunity
to help the Navy commenorate its 201st
birthday, with a special dance Saturday,
Oct. 16 at the Youth Center.
More details on these and other spe-
cial Navy Day events will be published
in next week's White Falcon.
Applying a finishing touch, Fireman Jon Thorvaldsson readies a Fire Prevention
Week poster.
57th FIS to participate in William Tell 76
Five 57th Fighter Interceptor Squad-
ron F-4 "Phantoms" are scheduled to fly
to the Gulf Coast off Florida Oct. 27 as
the Aerospace Defense Command's F-4
representative in the William Tell "76"
Competition.
William Tell is an aircrew missile
firing/maintenance competition held once
every two years at Tyndall Air Force
Base, Fla.
Tactical Air Command, Pacific Air
Forces and the United States Air Forces
in Europe will also be represented in
the competition. The command represen-
tatives are selected from the bases with
the most outstanding overall records.
These bases then select the most pro-
ficient aircrews and maintenance person-
nel who are associated with an air-to-
air role.
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Foy and Major
Dick Dehne will lead the 57th to Tyn-
dall.
The remaining aircrews are Major Joe
Bill Dryden/First Lieutenant Ed Green;
Captain George Tymitz/Captain Andy
Huddleston; Captain Dart Raspotnik/Cap-
tain John Anderson; and, Captain Ron
Brock/First Lieutenant Tom Connell.
According to First Lieutenant Lee R.
Gerstacker, a 57th pilot, the partici-
pants are expected to return Nov. 20.
1st Lt. Gerstacker stated that the 57th
FIS will vie for the 1976 William Tell
Trophy.
USO group scheduled for 4-day performance
The "City Lights," a USO tour group
consisting of five men and three women
will arrive in Keflavik today for a
scheduled three-day performance on the
NATO base and a one-day performance at
H-3 site. The group will be arriving
from a 14-day performance tour in Ger-
many.
The group members are Alexander
Rocco, singer-dancer and manager; Dennis
Deal, singer-dancer; Susan Haska, singer
dancer; Michael Elias, drummer; Albert
Evans, pianist; and Jeffrey Weissman,
guitar-flute-piccolo player.
City Lights forms one of the new vo-
cal acts around. Collectively, the mem-
bers of the group have appeared in New
York and on tour in musical comedy pro-
ductions of Annie Get Your Gun, Cabaret,
Carousel, Dames at Sea, Funny Girl, Fid-
dler, Guys and Dolls, Hello Dolly, West
Side Story and many more. The members of
the group also have performed in various
nightclubs before joining forces as City
Lights.
Their distinctive vocal sound is at-
tributed to the vocal arrangements of
music director Albert Evans. Staging is
done by Dennis Deal, who has just com-
pleted staging a series of revues for
the Voyagers.
Schedule of performances:
Tomorrow—Andrews Theater at 2 p.m.
and 9 p.m.
Sunday—USO at 2 p.m. and Grindavik
at 9 p.m.
Monday—H-3
Tuesday—Galley at 11:30 a.m. and
Rockville at 8 p.m.
The group is scheduled to leave
Wednesday.