The White Falcon - 03.03.1978, Blaðsíða 2

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White Falcon
March 3, 1978
Chaplain Richard Duncan
Challenging exploration
By JOI John Chadwell
To find a man who is both interested
in spelunking and saving souls might nor-
mally be an impossible task. If your in-
terests lies toward spelunking - explor-
ing caves, or exploring your soul, there
is a newcomer to Keflavik who might be
able to help you. He's Chaplain Rich-
ard Duncan.
Chaplain Duncan comes to Keflavik as
Chaplain McCreary's relief, from NAS
Jacksonville. Along with him are wife
Charlotte and their 12 year old son Rich.
Spelunking, as well as involvement in
many sports and photography are the "off
duty" side of Chaplain Duncan. Of course
as a Navy Chaplain, Lt. Duncan is never
really off duty.
"I decided on becoming a Navy Chap-
lain because it seemed to me that the
religious needs of people in the mili-
tary are probably more intense than
those in the civilian community. This
is primarily due to the pressures
they're constantly under: the strain of
seperation, the transient nature of
their lives. I felt I could do some
good in this area, and after three years
on active duty, I'm sure I made the
right choice."
From Hickory, North Carolina, Chap-
lain Duncan graduated from high school
in 1960, going on to Lenoir Rhyne Col-
lege. "It was during my senior year at
Lenoir Rhyne that I decided to go into
the ministry," said Chaplain Duncan. "It
was a difficult decision. Vietnam was
just starting up and I felt I had some
obligation to be involved."
Choosing the ministry, Chaplain Dun-
can graduated from Lenoir Rhyne with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and
continued on to Southern Theological Sem-
inary in Columbia, South Carolina. After
two years of academic work he was sent to
the University of Kentucky to serve as
the Student Chaplain. He also worked as
vicar at one of the local churches.
After serving as chaplain at the Univer-
sity of Kentucky, he went back to the
seminary to complete his senior year and
graduated with a Master of Divinity de-*
gree in 1968.
Having talked with several chaplains
who had experience with the Navy Chaplain
Corps, Chaplain Duncan was still inter-
ested in serving in the Navy. "However,
it is a requirement of my denomination
to serve at least three years in a par-
ish before being allowed to serve on
active duty as a chaplain.11
After receiving his degree, he served
at a mission congregation at Pearsburg,
Virginia for two years, then went to
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Charlot-
te, North Carolina.
"Just about the time I became elig-
ible to go on active duty," said Chap-
lain Duncan, "there was a fire at the
church. I became involved in the rebuil-
ding of the church, so it was over six
and a half years before I had the op-
portunity to come into the Navy."
Even while his congregation was re-
building their church, Chaplain Duncan
was laying plans of his own. "During
my vacation time I was attending the
Navy's Chaplain School at Newport,
Rhode Island."
Chaplain Duncan's first assignment
was probably the most difficult in his
new career, as he was sent on an un-
acompanied 13 month tour with the First
Marine Air Wing at Iwakuni, Japan.
Here barely a month, Chaplain Dun-
can has already initiated the chapel's
dramatic production: "We The Jury,"
which is essentially a retrial of
Jesus. "I think people will be sur-
prised when they see this production,"
said Chaplain Duncan. "It's a little
different type of presentation and af-
ter you see the first one, I think most
people will want to come back and see
the following acts."
"Even though I've only been here a
short while," concluded Chaplain Duncan,
"my emphasis is the same, wherever I go.
That is the strengthening of the spirit-
ual life of the people. Therefore, re-
ligious programs, such as the dramatic
series we're doing, will receive partic-
ular emphasis. Unlike Jacksonville,
where there are over 600 churches just
outside the gate, Keflavik's base chapel
must minister to a pluralistic body of
people, from the very liturgical to the
fundamentalist." This is the challenge
that awaits men of the Chaplain Corps
who come to Iceland.
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Country music
radio listener
Kindly Keep It Country music seems
to be the sentiment of a majority of
the radio audience on the NATO Base.
Of the 588 people who returned last
July's surveys to American Forces
Radio, 32 per cent chose Country and
Western as the music they like to
listen to best. Following closely was
Top 40, preferred by 28 per cent of
those serveyed. Rock Music was third
followed by Easy Listening, Folk, Jazz,
Classical and Soul Music.
Of the 30 Los Angeles produced pro-
grams, the five most popular were
American Country Countdown, American Top
40, Wolfman Jack, Charlie Tuna and Gene
Price's Country World.
Locally, "Oldies But Goodies", no
longer aired on AFRS because of per-
sonnel changes, drew the largest re-
sponse. AFRS hopes to revive the
"Oldies" show with the next program
cycle, beginning in May. Other popul-
ar local programs were Weekend Country
survey
with Dusty Rhodes, Nashville Skyline,
Dawnbuster and Shockwave.
Coverage of Stateside and World News
and Sports was considered average by
those surveyed.
The survey also listed five informa-
tion type items and asked which ones
NATO base personnel preferred to listen
to most. Fourty-four per cent liked
Community Bulletin Board, followed
closely by information about our host
nation with 39 per cent. Military
benefits, education opportunities and
pay and savings information topics
followed in that order.
The majority of ARRS listeners polled
were male, 21 to 30 years old who listen
to the radio, both AM and FM during
normal working hours, 8:00 AM to
5:00 PM.
AFRS would like to thank NATO base
residents who participated in the sur-
vey for their cooperation.
TOURS *
TRAVEL -
by Madeleine Grimsley
Hank Thompson
Tickets for the Hank Thompson Show
are still available at the Tour Office,
for the performances on March 8 and 9 at
the Andrews Theater.
The next performance the Icelandic
Symphony Orchestra is scheduled for
Thursday, Mar. 16.
The conductor will be Wilhelm
Bruckner-Ruggeberg from the Hamburg
Opera House, and the soloists will be
Astrid Schirmer, soprano, and Heribert
Steinback, tenor, with participation of
the male choir Karlakor Reykjavikur.
Tickets will be on sale at the Tour
Office from Monday through Friday.
Up-coming tours
The Tour Office will be offering
tours this summer to Mallorca, Ibiza and
Portugal.
You have a choice one, two or
three weeks in beautiful Mallorca,
staying either in a hotel or apartment.
These tours will run from April 7
through Oct. 6.
The tours to Ibiza start on May 23,
and are all three week tours with the
exception of the last one on Sept. 26
which can be made for two weeks.
In Portugal you will be staying in
beautiful Albufeira, only two kilometer
from Algarve. The one, two, or three
week tours start on Apr. 23, and run
until Oct. 15.
London and Dublin
The Tour Office is still offering the
popular one-week tours to London.
One and two week packages will be
available to Dublin starting in April.
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Upcoming events at the USO
Girl Scout's birthday
In honor of the celebration of the
Girl Scout's anniversary, the USO will
be presenting milk shakes to all those
Girl Scout's in uniform on Mar. 21.
Voiunteers
Here's a reminder to stop by
Monday at 7:30 p.m. to get yourself
involved in bingo, USO style. Bingo
players will win free baked goodies,
baked especially for you by the Wind-
breaker's Wive's Club.
Tours, tours, tours
Spring has sprung and the USO is
starting its touring season. Don't
miss our second-of-the-season Gull-
foss trip, Saturday, Mar.11 at 9 a.m.
Sign ups will soon begin for the
Reykjavik shopping tour leaving from
the USO at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday,
Mar.16. The hot pools trip will be
departing Saturday, Mar.18, at 12:30
p.m. Gullfoss-Geyser Sunday Mar. 19,
from 9-5 a.m., factory shopping tour,
Tuesday Mar. 21, at 12:30 p.m.
Steak Night
The USO will be featuring a steak
night in conjunction with Las Vegas
Night on Monday, Mar. 20. Get filled
up on steak and then fill up on the
fun. There will be a help yourself
salad bar and waitresses serving re-
freshments at your table. Play fun
games and win prizes ! Mark your
calender for a full evening of enter-
tainment at your USO.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Come on over to calculate the weight
of the Icelandic Blarney Stone while
you're sipping on one of the USO's ori-
ginal secret green milk shakes. There
will be an Irish stew special featured
on Wednesday Mar. 15. Celebrate St.
Patrick's Day at the USO.
Exchange news
BEAUTY MONTH
March is "Beauty Month" at the Navy
Exchange Beauty Shop, Building T-771.
On Mondays, by appointment only, the
Beauty Shop will host a special $25 Red-
kin permanent for $20. A free condi-
tioner with every shampoo and set will
be given Tuesdays - Saturdays.
.SPRING-SUMMER JEWELRY
"Tailored" best describes the trend
in jewelry for Spring, and gold-filled
baubles embrace all categories. The "S"
chain is very strong- with or without
tailored motifs - in 15" length neck-
laces.. Status bracelets, chairt pierced
earrings and costume chains in goldtone
finishes should also prove fairly popular.
Earrings are still important and sizes
for Spring are slightly larger. Buttons
and wedding bands are still the style
leader, although small drops may be seen
in increasing numbers. Many of the
creations are hypo-allergic, especially
for pierced earrings.
Stick pins, introduced last season,
continue to evoke interest. They are
used to adorn scarfs, lapels, handbags or
merely as accent pieces for women's neck-
lines. Personalized initials are quite
strong.
Beads - regular pearl, frosted pas-
tels and soft lilac - have generated
some interest. Since beads are a natural
for coordinating with ready-to-wear
clothing (which is soft and feminine),
they are ideal for Spring.
by Dorkne John*#*
Commanding Officer
Capt. Jack T. Weir
Editoral Advisor
JOI John Chadwell
Editor
J02/Jerry Foster
Staff
J02 Ray D,.. Oosterman
AR Karen Mayo
SA Don Chinners
Gerald Hansen
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