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the Consumer bulletin
Navy Exchange
Personalized Services
All your floral needs can be sup-
plied by the Personalized Services
Center. A talented and experienced
floral designer is now associated
with the department and is ready to
assist you. Flowers by wire, "let
your loved ones know you care," is
also a service of the department.
Other personalized services avail-
able include: one day engraving,
film processing, shoe and watch re-
pair, rubber stamp production, bowl-
ing ball drilling, television and
refrigerator rental, television and
stereo repair, shoe bronzing, person-
al calling cards and address labels,
portrait service, key duplicating and
new car sales.
The Personalized Services Center
is open Tuesday through Friday from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Need a service?
Call Personalized Services at 7963.
More beer arriving
More beer was received this week.
Millers, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz
and Old Milwaukee are now in stock.
First delivery of Budweiser is ex-
pected sometime this month.
Two new foreign beers are now
available at the Beverage store.
They are Long Life, a British beer,
and Falcon, a beer from Sweden.
Beauty course
A beauty course will begin Monday
in the Navy Exchange Beauty Shop.
The course will cover diet, personal
development, fashion, hair care,
makeup and skin care.
Betty Christ will be teaching the
course. She has worked for Barbezon
Schools of New York. For more in-
formation, call Betty Christ at 5259
or Diana at 6211.
Here's to your health
Iceland's cooler climate brings
rosy cheeks, a spring to your step
and a feeling of vitality. It also
brings runny noses, chapped lips and
dry skin.
To help you deal with some of the
problems of the season, the exchange
has a good assortment of lip balm,
skin lotions, vitamins and cold reme-
dies .
Happenings at the retail store
The Navy Exchange has been receiv-
ing all sorts of new items.
Check the 3-piece men's suits,
men's sweaters, gym suits and Levis
brand slacks and shirts now on dis-
play in the clothing store.
The Stereo shop has received Pio-
neer components and the housewares
department has carpets in a variety
of piles and colors. Jewelry boxes
from around the world, silver gob-*:
lets, leather purses, vests and hats
from Spain are on display in the
department. A new shipment of Ashai
Pentax cameras arrived last week
as well as a large collection of
oriental merchandise.
Lights adjustment requirement
All automobiles are required by
Icelandic law to have an annual
lights adjustment. Headlights, park-
ing lights, signal lights, tail
lights, brake lights, license plate
lights, etc., must pass inspection
before a sticker can be placed on
the right side window of the car.
The inspection must be completed by
Oct. 31.
The Service Station is conducting
the inspections weekdays from 4 to 6
p;ra. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. Your Icelandic registration
must be presented during the inspec-
tion.
Clubs and BuPers
A decision to transfer cognizance
of all Navy Exchange enlisted clubs
to the Bureau of Naval Personnel
(BuPers) has been reached.
It is tentatively proposed by
BuPers that transfers, on a phased
basis, will begin in November and
will continue through September 1977.
A transfer schedule is currently
being developed by BuPers and will be
promulgated when completed.
Fuel specifications
The following information is the
result of the fuel test conducted
last week by the Naval Station Petro-
leum Testing Laboratory for the Navy
Exchange Service Station:
Appearance of all four samples —
clear; color—orange; water reac-
tion—none; particulate matter—
.1 mg/L.
The fuel met military specifica*
tions in all aspects.
Shoplifting hurts
Retailers throughout the world are
becoming increasingly concerned with
the growing problem of shoplifting,
and the Navy Resale System is no ex-
ception.
Unlike commercial stores, the Navy
Exchange is patronized by customers
who are also shareholders, and co-
owners in the Navy's retailing acti-
vities .
"Stealing" from your savings is a
matter between you and your con-
science. The exchange shoplifter, on
the other hand, steals property that
jointly belongs to the other share-
holders as well.
Shoplifting hurts in many ways and
everyone concerned experiences a
measure of that pain. Exchange mer-
chandise costs money—your money—
since revenue received at the cash
register is used to buy this merchan-
dise. Shoplifting adds to the oper-?
ating costs of the exchange and re-
duces funds that would be available
to support the recreational activi^
ties. Shoplifting also drives up and
threatens the future of many desira-
ble services.
Maintaining prices at reasonable
levels in the face of economic infla-
tion is a constant challenge facing
the exchange. In addition, the cost
of maintaining security continues to
escalate, and rising costs in areas
of payroll and improved facilities
create more challenges. Losses from
pilfered merchandise have to be made
up by taking the money from other es-
sential areas, or by increasing
prices. This amounts to a situation
where innocent people pay for the
transgressions of others.
Caught in the economic squeeze are
the many services and recreational
facilities such as bowling alleys,
libraries, gyms, golf courses, hobby
shops, movie theaters, shuttle bus
service and many more that have been
around so long they are taken for
granted.
Your assistance is needed if your
interests are to be fully protected.
Don't condone shoplifting because of
an "it's none of my business" atti-
tude. It i£ your business. The hon-
est customer is robbed as surely as a
holdup victim when shoplifting takes
place in the exchange.
If you see a shoplifter in action,
or even suspect that someone might be
shoplifting, do yourself a favor and
inform the nearest member of the ex-
change staff. Word will be passed to
the exchange security personnel who
are trained to handle these matters
without causing a scene.
Your cooperation in safeguarding
the assets of your Navy Exchange will
help control a problem and at the
same time ensure a healthy future for
the exchange and all who depend upon
it. Let's all help in keeping it to-
gether.
CommiMary Store
The P.T.O. Carnival is just around
the corner. All clubs and activities
are advised to get their special or-
ders for produce now.
Orders for special cuts of meat
can be made by calling the store at
7694. The orders are generally ready
within two days.
Enter the Commissary Store Sweep-
stakes '76 sponsored by the manufac-
turers. Free entry blanks are now
available.
The Consumer Bulletin is compiled by Exchange employees and Commissary employ
ees. The opinions and comments expressed herein do not necessarily reflect
the opinions and policies of the Department of Defense or the White Falcon Ed-
itorial Staff. Mention of specific consumer products in this column is inten-
ded solely for the benefit of authorized patrons, and in no way implies De-
partment of Defense endorsement for these products. Correspondence or com-
ments relating to this column should be addressed to the Navy Exchange Officer
or the Commissary Store Officer.
by Fran Preston
Glasgow weekends
Today is the deadline for sign-up for
the first long weekend package tour to
Glasgow (Oct. 8-11). For the second
tour, Oct. 22-25, the deadline is Oct.
15. Contact the Tour Office now for
information on Glasgow airfare, hotel
accommodations and meals package.
Thanksgiving in London
The Tour Office needs more people to
sign up for the Thanksgiving holiday
trip to London.
The list is still 20 people short.
If the Tour Office does not meet the
minimum number required within the next
two weeks, the tour will be cancelled.
If you've been planning to go but have
not signed up yet, stop by the Tour Of-
fice or call 4420 or 4200. Remember,
you can take either the straight airfare
package or the hotel package which in-
cludes airfare, transportation to and
from the hotel, hotel accommodations for
four nights and four breakfasts.
Fall calendar
Where would you like to go this fall?
The Tour Office has come up with a list
of tours for October and November that
can take you to some of the fascinating
places in Europe.
Some of the trips will be made by the
White Falcon
C-118, and some by commercial airlines.
October Destination Length
2 London 1 week
2 Costa del Sol 15 days
3 Mallorca 15 days
7 Mildenhall via C-118
8 Erding via C-118
8 Glasgow 4 days
8 Mallorca 8 days
9 London 1 week
12 Copenhagen up to 30 days
14 Mildenhall via C-118
16 London 1 week
16 Costa del Sol 15 days
17 North Holt via C-118
17 Mallorca 15 days
21 Mildenhall via C-118
22 Glasgow 4 days
23 London 1 week
24 Mildenhall via C-118
26 Copenhagen up to 30 days
30 London 1 week
November
2 Oslo, Mildenhall via C-118
5 Glasgow 4 days
6 London 1 week
10 Rota via C-118
11 Glasgow 4 days
13 London 1 week
16 Copenhagen up to 30 days
18 Canary Islands 22 days
20 London 1 week
24 London 4 days
27 London 1 week
For information on any of 1 the tours,
call the Tour Office at ext . 4420 or
4200.
An error was made in last week's col-
umn pertaining to the Icelandic symphony
concert on Jan. 13. Conductor is Vladi-
mir Ashkenazy instead of Boris Belkin.
Keflavik climatology outlook
October is the height cf the summer
to winter transition. It is, on the av-
erage, the wettest month, which begins
autumn with significant amounts and
periods of snow and snow pellets; and
there will be longer periods of Chill
Index II. These changes are brought
about by the northward movement of the
main storm tracks which will bring an
average of one major storm per week to
Keflavik.
Precipitation can be expected to oc-
cur on at least six days out of seven;
rain or drizzle will fall on 24 days
while there will be snow or snow pellets
on eight days of the month. The mean
accumulation 6f allprecipitation types
NEWS
BRIEFS----------------------------
CPOWC Installs new officers
• The Chief Petty Officers' Wives Club
held its installation of officers cere-
mony last week at a dinner at the Gla-
cier House. Justine Lionberger, club
advisor, presided over the ceremony.
Incoming officers are: Dorothy
Mikula, president; Pat Oglesby, vice
president; Peggy Christopherson. secre-
tary; Mary Schact, treasurer; and Mary
Anthony, parliamentarian.
A board meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m. Monday at the home of Dorothy
Mikula, Quarters 1036 B. Members of the
outgoing and incoming boards are asked
to attend.
The next monthly business meeting
will be held Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the
dining room of the CPO Club.
Volunteer tutors needed
The Volunteer Educational Tutoring
Service (VETS) is looking for volunteers
who are willing to share their time and
talents with children and teenagers,
from grades 1 through 12, on a one-to-
one basis.
Volunteers can apply by contacting
Master Sergeant Darrel E. Young at 5124
during working hours, or Second Lieuten-
ant Lynda A. Taylor at 4402 after 3 p.m.
Persons with particular talents or
area of knowledge may volunteer, regard-
less of age or educational background.
FRA members to meet
The Fleet Reserve Association will
hold its monthly General Business meet-
ing Oct. 12. The meeting will be held
in the Branch Home, building T-184, at
7:30 p.m. All interested persons are
invited to attend.
More helpers are needed for the Oct.
15 "Game Night." Personnel interested
in participating can call Bill Thornton
at 7507.
New arrivals
Michael Christopher was born Sept.
12. His parents are Connie and Lt. Paul
McGonigle. Lt. McGonigle is attached to
Transportation Office.
Carrie Luanne was born Sept. 23 at
9:37 a.m. Her parents are Rita Faye and
ASE2 Jeff Thompson. P02 Thompson is at-
tached to CMAA /Admin.
will be 139.5 mm (5.49 ins) with a snow
fall of 5.1 cm (2.0 ins).
The average wind speed continues to
increase with winds in excess of 11
knots, occurring over 14 per cent of the
time. The maximum gust of this month is
66 knots.
During October, a continued loss of
daylight will move from 11 hours and 27
minutes today to eight hours and 13 min-
utes Oct. 31.
Call 4331 for a recorded weather
forecast and other weather information.
Mens a seeks members
Do you have what it takes? Mensa,
the high intelligence quotient society,
is looking for those whose IQ is in the
top two per cent of the general popula-
tion, and...can prove it.
Mensa is currently soliciting members
from the NATO Base community. If you
qualify, you may join an international
organization active in more than 15
countries and which has more that 21,000
members in the U.S. alone.
The word Mensa is latin for "table"
and,, as used by the society, means "a
roundtable of equals." Mensa is a non-
profit organization, and has no politi-
cal platform, nor opinions. It does not
care what your age, sex, background, or
status is. Its primary purpose is to
promote social contacts among its mem-
bers.
Qualification for membership may be
established in two ways. You may pre-
sent evidence of qualifying scores on
any of a number of standard intelligence
tests, such as the Navy GCT, CEEB, SAT,
Stanford Binet, Otis, or several others;
or, you may take a selfpadministered
preliminary test prepared by Mensa.
For more information, you may pick up
a Mensa brochure in Building T-44 or
write American Mensa Selection Agency,
Suite R, 1701 W. 3rd St., Brooklyn,
N.Y. 11223.
Commanding Officer
Capt. Jack T. Weir
Public Affairs Officer
JOCS James A. Johnston
Information Chief
JOC James E. Dewater
Editor
J01 Von Soriano
Staff
J02 Jerry L. Foster
SN Glen Dodd
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