The White Falcon - 15.07.1977, Side 1

Volume 33 Number 28
Kef lav ik. Iceland
July 15. 1977
2,000 scouts converge for international jamboree Sunday
•From Sunday until July 24 an estimated
2,000 Scouts will attend the interna-
tional scouting jamboree "Landsmot 77"
at Ulfljotsvatn, south of Thingvellir.
Scouts will gather there from Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Belgium, United Kingdom,
Greenland and the Faroe Islands in addi-
tion to Iceland and the United States.
At the campsite, which is the National
Icelandic Scout Camp, each group’s camp-
site will be called a "torg," which means
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square.
NWSED changes command
Lieutenant Commander Thomas £. Nelson
will relieve Lieutenant Commander Jack
J. Jensen today as Officer-in-Charge of
the Naval Weather Service Environmental
Detachment.
LCdr. Jensen will report to the Naval
War College at Newport, RI.
LCdr. Thomas E. Nelson
The new officer-in-charge comes to
Keflavik after commanding the Ice Re-
connaissance Unit at the Fleet Weather
Facility at Suitland, HD.
The commander graduated from Florida
State University and holds a master’s
degree in meteorology from the Naval
Postgraduate School at Monterey, CA.
He was commissioned in 1966 and as-
signed to the Fleet Weather Central
Guam for a two-year tour.
Afterwards, he served in the USS
Princeton until 1969.
Before his tour of duty at Suitland,
LCdr. Nelson served a two-year tour with
Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarc-
tica, better known as "Operation Deep
Freeze."
The new officer-in-charge enjoys
sail-planing and is a ham radio-tele-
phone operator.
He will be accompanied by his wife,
Margaret, and two sons, David and Mark.
The Naval Weather Service Environ-
mental Detachment (NWSED) also has a
new assistant officer-in-charge, Ensign
William A. Cook.
Ens. Cook fills the position vacated
by Lieutenant R. Joel Lanier, who trans-
ferred to the USS Inchon as meteorologi-
cal officer.
Formerly of Freemont, OH, Ens. Cook
moved to Texas and attended Pan Ameri-
can University and Texas A and M, where
he earned a bachelor of arts in meteo-
rology.
The ensign served four years as an
aerographer's mate, attaining petty of-
ficer second class. During this time
he had tours at NWSED Saufley Field,
FL; Fleet Weather Facility at Sangley
Point and NWSED at Cubi Point, both in
the Philippines.
He then transferred to Fleet Numeri-
cal Weather Central at Monterey, CA
until his discharge from enlisted ser-
vice.
Ens. Cook is accompanied on his tour
at Keflavik by his wife, Martha.
RESHELVING BOOKS, Navy Campus employees Melissa Nassaux and Lorraine Bedra
ready the new office after moving last week.
Awards will be presented for "the best
torg of the day."
Scouting competition will be among
torg and individual activities.
Campfires will highlight evening
events.
Seven torgs will be divided into
seven patrols, according to an under-
lying theme of the "No. 7."
Each torg will be highlighted with a
sculpture, consisting of individual
scout contributions.
The Monday evening campfire will in-
clude a fire-lighting ceremony by the
Order of the Arrow chapter.
Sightseeing trips will be offered by
the Jamboree Travel Office.
Senior Scouts will have an opportun-
ity to take a tour which will include a
climb of Mt. Hek1i.
Parents may also camp out adjacent
to the jamboree location.
Ralph Shipman and Marvin Barnes will
serve on the jamboree staff.
Other Scouting personnel will in-
clude Wes Agar, Scoutmaster; Robert
Carey and Stan Halstead, assistant
Scoutmasters, and Charles Miller, com-
mittee member.
Sixteen members from Troop 364 will
attend.
Nine Cadette Scouts will also go to
the jamboree, accompanied by three lead-
ers: Helen Miller, Mary Hartman and
Diane Henslee.
1500 AND STILL COUNTING are the Dental Clinic's Red Cross volunteers' hours
as they prepare to cut their cake in a ceremony last week. They are from
(1 to r): Mrs. Jean Kollefrath, Mrs. Patricia Eastham, Mrs. Joanne Rentner
(ex-volunteer worker now a regular) .and Mrs. Inga Sim. Captain M.C. Clegg,
Bob Weekley, American Red Cross Field Director and Lieutenant Robert K.
Goode look on.
RC dental volunteers amass 1,500
Capt. Gilley receives awards
Captain William R. Gilley, H-3 site
civil engineer, was recently presented
two awards.
The first was the Air Force Logistics
Command (AFLC) Outstanding Civil En-
gineering Company Grade Officer of the
Year for 1976.
Capt. Gilley was also awarded the Air
Force Commendation Medal for meritorious
service.
Reassigned from the 2803rd Air Base
Group at Newark Air Force Station in
Ohio, Capt. Gilley transferred to H-3
in April.
The Naval Station Red Cross volun-
teers are beginning their 18 months of
service to the Naval Station Keflavik
Dental Department.
Many dependent wives served in this
capacity before transferring with their
husbands.
The current volunteers serving at the
dental clinic are Mrs. Patricia Eastham,
Mrs. Jean Kollefrath and Mrs. Inga Sim.
An ex-volunteer , Mrs. Joanne Rentner, is
now a regular employee of the dental
clinic.
These ladies received letters of ap-
preciation last week from Captain M.C.
Clegg, senior dental officer. During
their volunteer time, they contributed
more than 1,500 hours of service.
Each Red Cross volunteer is trained
by the clinic staff (primarily Lieutenant
Robert K. Goode, training officer,) and
serves as a chairside assistant. This
service frees Navy dental technicians
for additional training and other tasks
necessary to patient care.