The White Falcon - 17.02.1978, Síða 1

Navy Supply Corps to feature 183rd year tonight
Navy Supply Corps personnel will cele-
brate their 183rd birthday with a Supply
Corps Ball to be held at the Top of the
Rock.
Cocktails will begin at 6:30 p.m. and
dinner will be served at 7:15. The menu
will include tossed salad, steamboat
round, baked or mashed potatoes, peas,
carrots and corn, cake and ice cream.
Together with the traditional cake-
cutting by the youngest and the oldest
supply personnel, the history of the
Supply Corps will be presented in a skit.
Musical entertainment for dancing
will be furnished.
Each lady who attends will receive a
corsage courtesy of the Supply Corps
Wives and Women in Supply, who are in
charge of the annual ball.
The Supply Corps marks its beginning
by an act of Congress dated Feb. 23,
1795 which established a purveyor of
public supplies and instituted Navy pro-
curements for supply both afloat and on
shore. The purveyor of public supplies,
the government’s first purchasing agent,
was assigned the responsibility for
procuring the supplies necessary to
outfit the ships in the Navy.
On April 30, 1798, an act which
created the Navy Department also includ-
ed the assignment to the Navy Department
of the responsibility for obtaining
naval stores and equipments for all
naval agents. The term purser was used
to identify those personnel involved
in purveying public supplies.
Changes in supply administration were
gradual and it was not until Aug. 31,
1842 when the bureau organization of
the Navy Department was created. The
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing was
one of the bureaus created at this time
with the responsibility for accomplish-
ing the task of providing supply and
fiscal support to the fleet.
After the War of 1812, the important
responsibilities of the purser were
fully recognized, although it was not
until 1847 that military rank and pre-
cedence was given to the pursers. By
a general order issued in 1847 and legal-
ized by Congressional action in 1847,
pursers of more than 12 years service
were to rank with commanders and those
with less than 12 years with lieuten-
ants. Pursers were to rank with sur-
geons, according to their date of com-
missioning.
A Congressional act in June 1860 pro-
vided that the pursers in the Navy
should hereafter be styled paymaster.
An early qualification for promotion
was that they possess the ability to
speak French and Spanish with sufficient
fluency to do business with those na-
tions.
Another requirement, designed to en-
sure professional competency, was a
certificate from the fourth auditor of
the Treasury, who was responsible for
auditing Navy accounts, that the pur-
ser’s accounts has been kept to the
satisfaction of the Treasury Depart-
ment.
A Congressional act on July 17,
1861 required that promotion to the
Corps of Paymasters be made from a list
of assistant paymasters.
A year later, another requirement
was written into statutes, which speci-
fied that the Chief of the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing, be appointed
from the list of paymasters of the Navy
of not less than 10 years standing.
Thus, for the first time, it was
legally impossible for the Paymaster
General to be a civilian. Eight years
later, the Congressional act on July
15, 1870, officially established the
Pay Corps of the Navy, a designator
which was retained until 1919, when
the present title of the Supply Corps
was adopted.
On Oct. 13, 1966, the title of the
Supply Corps director was changed by
the Secretary of the Navy from Pay-
master General to Chief of Supply
Corps, the title now held by Rear
Admiral Eugene A. Grinstead.
This is the history and heritage
of the Supply Corps and the 183rd
birthday.
Volume 34 Number 7
Keflavik, Iceland
February 17, 1978
advance in industry, business; make innovative contributions
Blacks
by TSgt Clarence E. Davis
After studying United States history,
it appears that only white Americans
were involved in the advancements of
this great nation. Somewhere, the real
history has been lost, stolen or strayed
from most American history books.
Today, as an example, if one wanted
to learn the real or the total U.S. his-
tory, he would have to take American
history and then two or three sociology
courses because history has not yet
been placed in its proper place.
To this end, Afro-American Month
must continue so that all Americans
will know more of the total history.
How much has the Afro-American con-
tributed to the advancement of the
world’s leading nation?
Blacks have made important and
revolutionary contributions to indus-
try, though there were relatively few
of them in specialized jobs.
One such man was Jan Matzeliger, a
Keflavik notes
Priest to Visit
Father Bob Bailey, an Episcopalian
priest with the Royal Air Force in Kin-
oss, Scotland, will be visiting the
base Wednesday and Thursday.
An Episcopalian service of holy com-
munion will be held Thursday at the
chapel at 7:30 p.m.
For those who are interested in meet-
ing Father Bailey, potluck dinner will
be hosted at quarters 630-F at 6. p.m.
For further information contact the
chapel at 4211 or Lou Ann Laurance at
4455.
Car checks go on
A note to remind all motorists on the
NATO base: auto inspections will con-
tinue Monday through March 16. The
schedule for next week follows:
Mon. - JO-6070—JO-6196
Tue .-JO-6197—JO-6323
Wed. -JO-6324—JO-6450
Thu. -JO-6451—JO-6577
U of Md needs profs
Qualified instructors are being
sought for the University of Maryland.
A master's degree is required. Call the
Navy Campus Office at 6226 for more in-
formation.
shoemaker’s apprentice in Philadelphia
and later a worker in a shoe factory,
who spent 10 years working on a shoe
laster—a machine that attached uppers
of shoes to the sole—that radically
altered the shoe manufacturing indus-
try.
In 1883, Matzeliger patented his
lasting machine, and the United Shoe
Manufacturing Company, which purchased
the invention, captured 98 per cent of
the shoe machinery trade.
In a short time, Matzeliger’s
method spread across the world.
As early as 1843, Henry Blair of
Maryland, a free black, was awarded
the first patent to be granted to one
of his race for a corn harvester that
he invented.
Norbert Rillex of Louisiana in-
vented and patented in 1846 a vacuum
pan that brought fundamental changes
to the sugar refining industry.
afaf:
Here’s an acronym for you: AFAF.
Perhaps it’s more familiar when
spelled out: Air Force Assistance Fund.
Either way, you should put it in a
separate category from all others. AFAF
is the Air Force’s only fund-raising
campaign, conducted solely for the ben-
efit of its members and their de-
pendants.
The 1978 campaign will be conducted
Wednesday through March 31 to support
the Air Force Aid Society, Air Force
Village in San Antonio and the Enlisted
Men’s Widows Home Foundation (Teresa
Village) at Ft. Walton Beach, FL.
Each of these organizations benefits
segments of the Air Force community and
demonstrates how "we take care of our
own." It could be a young airman who
needs emergency funds or a retiring
couple looking for a permanent home with
people of similar interests.
People can find happiness, security,
and help with their problems through
the emergency relief and charitable
organizations of AFAF. But why should
anyone who hasn't already benefited
contribute to the campaign?
One reason is that a contribution can
be a form of insurance. For example,
maybe you or your spouse aren't thinking
about living in a retirement village,
but you can’t be sure what will happen
10, 20 or 30 years from now. Support
now will help ensure that the villages
will be there if you need them.
Elijah McCoy of Detroit began work in
1852 on items concerned with lubrication
and eventually patented an automatic
lubricator for continuous operation of
certain train and ship engines. McCoy
received 57 patents for other inventions
along the same line.
In 1884, John J. Parker invented a
screw for tobacco presses and set up his
own company to manufacture his device.
Granville T. Woods of Cincinnati
started working about 1885 on inventions
in several fields, including electronics
and steam boilers and automatic air
brakes.
Some of his inventions were sold to
the General Electric Company, the Ameri-
can Bell Telephone Company and the
Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
Thus, the blacks, who were generally
excluded from skilled positions in in-
dustry, made vital contributions to the
increased mechanization of American
manufacturing through a number of re-
You may not need the services of the
Air Force Aid Society, but then again,
you may. In 1977, AFAS provided some
$1.7 million in emergency grants and
Every person has his or her favorite
song or type of music. If one were to a
ask five people what their favorite song
was, there would be five different an-
swers. What is appealing to you may not
interest your neighbor.
But, one thing is certain. Country
music remains at the top of the list of
favorites and all NATO base personnel,
regardless of their brand of music, will
have a unique opportunity to see a
country music star in person.
That's right, Hank Thompson—a giant
in the country music field—is coming to
town for four very special performances.
Tickets are now on sale at the Recrea-
tion Office, the Tour Office, the Top of
the Rock, the Officers’ Club and, for
E-7 personnel and above, at the
Windbreaker Club.
For the first time in many, years, a
professional showman is coming to the
NATO base. Citizens will truly enjoy an
hour of fast-moving entertainment.
Tickets cost $6 each for adults and
$3 each for children for the two per-
formances at Andrews Theater. Hank
markable inventions.
Some blacks organized toward the
end of the century to recruit more
blacks into business and industry.
These leaders hoped to stimulate black
capitalism through ownership of busi-
nesses that would provide jobs for
blacks.
Booker T. Washington, the educator,
founded the National Negro Business
League in 1900, to further the move-
ment. The league expanded to more
than 300 branches and stimulated com-
munication and economic progress among
black businessmen.
By 1901, the black community had
many black businessmen who operated
their own enterprises, some founding
funeral homes, banks and insurance
firms to serve black needs.
A few blacks amassed substantial
wealth within their own communities,
but the majority of blacks contin-
ued to depend upon the white world
for their livelihood.
loans and $2.5 million in educational
help. Liberalized policies for emergency
assistance loans and grants have been
put into effect.
Thompson will be at Andrews on Wednesday
and Thursday nights (Mar. 8 and 9) for
6:30 p.m. performances.
Then, at 9 p.m. on Wednesday night,
Hank and the Brazos Valley Boys
will move to the "0" Club. Tickets for
this show will cost $7.50 per person and
will include an additional hour of dance
music. There will also be a special
western-style buffet.
Following the performance at Andrews
on Thursday night, the Hank Thompson
show will move to the Top of the Rock
for a 9 p.m. performance. For the price
of $7.50, patrons will enjoy Hank
Thompson at his best followed by an hour
of dancing by the Brazos Valley Boys.
The club will also have a special buffet
available.
Although your preferences for music
may not include country music, it's not
often that you'll have the chance to see
a professional entertainer. Plan now to
attend. Buy your tickets this payday.
You won't regret it. If you want more
information, contact the Recreation
Office at 7500.
Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign drive to begin Wednesday
Professional
entertainment for all