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White Falcon
September 2, 1977
Consumer bulletin
Slusar
by Nadia
Labor Day weekend
Don't forget about the Ethan Allen
representative, Lou Villafana, who
will be at Keflavik to take special
orders Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Even though the store will be
closed Monday, the Navy Exchange will
have the lobby open and Mr. Villafana
will be available to take special or-
ders.
Remember to come in and take a
look at the fine furnishings cata-
logs Mr. Villafana will bring.
The merchandise will be contain-
erized in Norfolk for direct ship-
ment to Iceland for the least amount
of risk and damage.
Now is the ideal time for plan-
ning that dream room for Christmas.
Having a family addition?
Lots of baby furniture has come
in. The warehouse received umbrella
strollers and regular strollers,
automatic swings and walker jumpers
early this week.
There are multi-priced high
chairs on hand to suit your budget.
Baby mattresses and bumper pads
are expected in early next week.
There are lots of furnishings to
complete that nursery you have been
planning for your new addition.
New items stocked
At last, the long-awaited carpets
from Burlington are in. Complete
your room decor and warm up those
cold floors with a new carpet from
Burlington.
Christmas perfumes are coming in
now but only in limited quantities.
Presently there are some packages
of perfumes and gift sets on sale.
It would be wise to buy early and
save on those presents you plan to
give.
Several plant grooming items are
in. The exchange has plant food and
potting soil plus planters. It's a
good feeling to watch a plant grow
and bloom for you.
Plants also produce a soothing
environment in your home. Start
some today.
For those people who are planning
a trip soon, the exchange has
several selections of luggage in.
Whether it be for a present to some-
one or for your own use (which is
better yet) nothing makes you feel
quite as world-traveled as your own
set of matched luggage in name
brands and fashion colors.
Dr. Heuvels1 wooden inlays
Dr. Heuvels will be at Keflavik
again from Germany this week. He
will be at the exchange Tuesday
through Saturday, displaying the
wooden inlays he will bring.
He will have several fine pic-
tures, coffee tables and smaller
round tables.
His beautiful pictures depict
town scenes and replicas of famous
paintings.
Dr. Heuvels will also take spe-
cial orders through the Navy Ex-
change.
Drop in and see him during this
short visit to Keflavik and gaze
upon his beautiful wooden artwork.
Personalized Services
For all you Sesame Street fans—
Personalized Services now has the
Sesame Street character stencils
in stock.
Have your favorite character
stenciled on your T-shirt or your
children's T-shirts.
Personalized Services has Arnie,
Big Bird, Bert and the Cookie Mon-
ster.
Watch your child's face light up
with a smile when you get him his
own Sesame Street stenciled T-shirt.
Holiday weekend schedule
The following Navy Exchange
facilities will be closed Monday for
Labor Day: Viking Retail, Beverage
Lot, Barber Shops, Navy Exchange
office and the Beauty Shop.
The Retail Store, Clothing Store,
Shoe Store, Stereo Shop, Toyland,
Personalized Services, Laundry and
Driftwood Cafeteria will be closed
as normal.
The Mini-Mart, Service Station
and Viking Cafeteria will be open
during normal working hours.
American Motors, General M6tors
American Motors and General
Motors have moved their sales loca-
tions to the Recreation Bldg. T-170
for your convenience.
The Consumer Bulletin is compiled by Navy Exchange employees and Commissary
Store employees. The opinions and comments expressed herein do not necessari-
ly reflect the opinions and policies of the Department of Defense or the White
Falcon editorial staff. Mention of specific consumer products in this column
is intended solely for the benefit of authorized patrons, and in no way im-
plies Department of Defense endorsement for these products. Correspondence or
comments relating to this column should be addressed to the Navy Exchange of-
ficer or the Commissary Store officer.
Home Show boasts world’s largest chair
The Annual Reykjavik Home Show
which opened last week will continue
until Sept. 11. As a special attrac-
tion, this year's show features the
world's largest chair, standing more
than 24 feet tall, located next to
the exhibit hall at Reykjavik's Sports
Arena in Laugadalur near the Hotel
Esja.
The show is open each weekday from
3 until 10 p.m., and opens on weekends
at 1 p.m. In addition to more than
130 international exhibitors present-
ing their goods, services and ideas
across 60,000 square feet of show
space, entertainment acts, music
and fashion shows are scheduled for
each day.
The Home Show includes furnishings
fashions and recreation facilities of
a wide variety from home appliances
to house trailers. An admission is
charged at the door, and tickets will
serve as identifying stubs for a
door prize.
School menu slated Tuesday through Sept. 9
For the second week of school
the Naval Station Food Service Division
menu will be as follows:
Tuesday: French onion soup, baked
lasagna, simmered spaghetti with meat
sauce, garlic bread, seasoned broccoli,
fruit salad, lime gelatin, pineapple
pudding and dessert.
Wednesday: split pea soup, hot open
face beef sandwiches, brown gravy, snow-
flake potatoes, seasoned carrots, tossed
green salad, strawberry gelatin, choco-
late pudding and dessert.
Thursday: beef vegetable soup,
chili, grilled ham and cheese sand-
wiches, French fried potatoes, seasoned
corn, salad, coconut pudding orange
gelatin and dessert.
Friday: minestrone soup, Icelandic
fried fish, deep fried shrimp, bennie
winnies, French fried potatoes, sea-
soned green beans, chef's salad, cherry
gelatin, vanilla pudding and dessert.
WANTED.
Courageous people to work for no pay. Frequently the hours and
conditions are inconvenient or difficult. Occasionally even dan-
gerous. No reward, beyond the gratitude of the people you help.

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TRAVEL
by Magna
Gudmunsdottir
Saturday Bus Tour
On Saturday, Sept. 10, we will have
our last bus tour. It will be going to
Gullfoss and Geysir.
This is our most popular tour, so be
sure to sign up for it and see the most
beautiful waterfalls and the most fam-
ous spouting hot springs.
Tickets may be purchased at the Tour
Office from Monday to noon Sept. 9.
Athens
To ride from the airport to Athens
in a glass-topped bus, and suddenly see
the stately Parthenon, on the Acropolis,
high overlooking the city, is literally
a thrill that comes once in a lifetime.
Dazed by the sight, and deep in thought,
you realize that this will be an experi-
ence unlike any other European tour
you have taken.
Athens is a hybrid. The birthplace
of Western civilization, with reminders
everywhere of the great classic age, it
is today the least Western of all Euro-
pean cities. In one moment, you'll
tread where Demosthenes orated and
Socrates taught, but, in another, you'll
pass pungent-smelling coffee houses
where men alone—scores of them—sit
chattering about the daily news.
The visitor who looks out from the
Acropolis, sees a modern, sprawling city,
hemmed in by mountains, plains and sea
surrounding him. To the northeast, be-
hind Likavitos (Lycabettus), the grace-
ful triangle of Mount Penteli hides the
battlefield of Marathon.
To the north, the sullen ridge of
Mount Parnis veils Attiki from Thive of
Oedipus. To the west lie the mountains
of Megara. It is a landscape of scenic-
beauty, and the scarcely less signifi-
cant and reassuring indications of the
long and eventful history of Athens,
which is the history of classical Greece.
Modern Athens
The lively, sprawling city we see
today has largely been rebuilt since
1834, when Athens was chosen to be the
capital of the newly independent Greece.
Development has been extensive,
spreading in all directions and incorpo-
rating the port of Pireefs. Greater
Athlne, with a population of nearly two
million, is a modern city with interest
and charm of its own—a curious blend of
ancient monuments, Byzantine churches,
19th century houses and an outcrop of
tall contemporary buildings.
Apart from the old quarter, huddled
at the base of the Acropolis, known as
Plaka, the rest of Athens is a city of
broad avenues, attractive squares, busy
shopping centers, parks and open-air
cafes.
The two main commercial areas are
concentrated mostly in central Athens,
while the residential section spreads
into garden suburbs as far as the foot-
hills of the surrounding mountains.
Looking at Eternity: the monuments
of Athens
The ancient city, like the modern one,
lay around the Acropolis, and most of
the monuments of the classical period
can be reached on foot.
Acropolis
The four remaining buildings on the
Acropolis all date from the period be-
tween 448 and 400 B.C.
The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to
goddess Athena, was started in 448 B.C.
and designed by Ictinus. Built entirely
of white Pentelic marble, this Doric
temple measures 101x228 ft. with eight
columns at the ends and 17 down the
sides. Its size still dominates the
Athenian skyline.
Part of the temple's sculptural deco-
ration, executed under the great Phidias,
is now housed in the British Museum.
In the early Christian era, the Par-
thenon was converted into a church and
later, under the Turkish domination, it
was transformed into an incongruous
mosque, its minaret sticking out from
the roof.
In this period, the temple was almost
intact and used as an ammunition depot,
During the Venetian siege of Athens^^j
in the 17th century, it was partially
destroyed by the explosion of a cannon^*
ball.
The Acropolis is illuminated during
the Sound and Light pageant from April
to October, and on holidays during the
year. On full moon nights, it presents
one of the great sights of our times as
it stands silhouetted against the black
velvet of night.
Plaka
This is the most ancient residential
section of Athens, on a hillside di-
rectly below the Acropolis. Most of the
houses have been transformed into color-
ful and picturesque tavemas, some of
them high class, with dance floor and
band, and providing a floor show.
Others are less pretentious and more
authentic.
The food served is exclusively Greek
and low-priced. Wine is served
straight from a barrel and in most of
these tavemas there is music played
a guitar or two.
If you have trouble coping with a
Greek menu, you may walk into the kitch-
en, look into every pot, and order what
you fancy. It's customary among Greeks,
too.
Plaka especially glows at night, if
you want to mingle with the rest of the
gadabouts for good food, good wine,
guitars, bouzouki and a gay time.
Junior bowling registration set tomorrow
Registration for Junior bowling will
be held at the Arctic Bowl tomorrow from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This program is open to all persons
between age seven and 21 as of Aug. 1,
1977.
Proof of age is required at time of
registration.
A Junior bowling beginners' instruc-
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Gregory Howard Sutton was born on
Aug. 26, at 11:05 a.m. He is the son
of Aviation Mechanic Second Class
Stanley T. Sutton and Linda S. Sutton.
ADR2 Sutton is assigned to the OMD
Power Plant.
Gary Ray Brightbill Jr. was born
Aug. 27, at 10:02 a.m. He is the son
of Machinist Mate Second Class Gary
R. Brightbill and Joyce A. Brightbill'.:
MM2-Brightbill is assigned to the
Fuels division.
IC2 Walter L. Eades reenlisted for
six years Aug. 22 at the Public Works
Office.
AX1 James C. Brindley signed for
another six years Aqg. 30 at the Air-
craft Intermediate Maintenance De-
partment office.
tion class will be conducted at the
Arctic Bowl Sept. 10 at 9:30 a.m. If
you are interested, sign up at the
Bowling Alley.
Commanding Officer
Capt. Jack T. Weir
Public Affairs Officer
WhltC JOC James E. Dewater
Editor
p£ll(20n J02 Jerry Foster
Staff
J03 Ray Oosterman
JOSH William Taylor
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