The White Falcon - 16.06.1978, Blaðsíða 2

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White Falcon
June 16
Keflavik notes:
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Sundowners graduation dinner
All graduate square dancers are in-
vited to a class graduation and potluck
dinner tomorrow night at A.T. Mahan
Elementary School at 7 p.m.
The Midnight Sundowners Square Dance
Club is the host for this occasion that
will feature the graduation of more than
25 persons who have just completed 20
weeks of lessons.
All who come to the graduation/pot-
luck are asked to bring two covered
dishes for their families.
Square dancing is one of the most
pTopular activities onboard the NATO base,
and is probably one of the cheapest ways
to have fun.
A new square dance class will begin
later this summer.
Youth Center disco tonight
The Youth Center is sponsoring teen
discos every Friday night. Dancing is
from 8 p.m. until midnight. Admission
is $1. All base teens are invited.
Congratulations to the winners of
the Youth Center emblem contest. Paul
Gilstrap won in the 14-18 year age
group, Alan Pierce won in the 11-13
year age group. Karen Collins won in
the 8-10 year age group. Each winner
was awarded a free trip to the Youth
Center summer camp. The winning en-
tries are on display at the Youth Cen-
ter.
USO bowling party tomorrow
Don't miss the USO bowling party
tomorrow at 1 p.m. If you'd like to
bowl on a team, here's your chance.
The good-ole times at the USO do
not just happen on weekends! Join up
Monday for a bonafide "Let's Make A
Deal Bingo" featuring USO's answer to
Monty Hall, Carol "Emcee." All types
of merchandise will be sold for your
shopping enjoyment.
Join the USO on another shopping
tour to Reykjavik Wednesday at noon.
Come along and take advantage of some
downtown European shopping.
Due to popular demand, the USO's
Pinochle Club's meeting will be changed
from Tuesday to Saturday nights at
7 p.m. Everyone is invited.
The Red Wall Snack Bar continues to
offer free goodies every Tuesday; food
specials on Wednesday, and fish all day
Friday. Eat, and enjoy the atmosphere
of the USO.
The USO will be offering a Glymer
Falls hike Sunday, June 25 at 10 a.m.
If you enjoy beautiful scenery and a
strenuous climb, come with us and enjoy
Iceland.
The ever popular Gullfoss-Geysir-
Thingvellir trips will be leaving Thurs-
day, June 29 at 9 a.m. Sign ups for all
tours begin one week prior to departure
of trips.
In conjuction with the Fourth of July
committee, the USO hopes to form a band
for this year's parade. Anyone who can
play a musical instrument and would like
to participate in this year's parade,
call the USO at 6124/7980 for more in-
formation.
No Whistler’s father
Neglected dads receive
special day recognition
The famous painting of
Whistler's Mother was for many
years identified with Mother's
Day, but what of Whistler's
father?
While James McNeil Whistler's
mother was posing in her rocking
chair for that now-famous por-
trait, dad was pursuing an Army
career and building railroads
for the Tsar of Russia.
Another probable reason is
that father and son didn't see
eye to eye on the artist's cho-
sen profession. Whistler's
father, Major George Washington
Whistler, was a graduate of the
U.S. Military Academy at West
Point. The young Whistler be-
came a cadet, but he neglected
his studies in favor of sketching
and was dropped from the Academy
in his third year. Dad never
forgave him.
The credit for starting a day to honor
fathers probably belongs to Mrs. John
Dodd of Spokane, Washington, where she
organized the first celebration of the
day on June 19, 1910.
Even when dad was finally recognized
it was seemingly in a left-handed manner.
In proclaiming Father's Day in 1924,
President Calvin Coolidge said, "The
widespread observance of this day is
calculated to establish more intimate
relations between fathers and their
children and also to impress upon
fathers the full measure of their
obligations."
Yet the term "Father" has always been
Devoting his time to sketches such as this one. Cadet Whistler lost academic
standing at West Point and favor with his Army officer father.
one of honor, and it has been the custom
to bestow it on men who have contributed
something of importance in human affairs.
Some examples are Father of his Country,
George Washington; Father of American
Methodism, Francis Asbury; Father of
Angling, Izaak Walton; Father of Comedy,
Aristophanes; Father of English Printing,
William Caxton; and the list could go
on.
This year Father's Day is celebrated
by Presidential Proclamation June 18.
It's a special day for fathers and
anyone who has ever had one. Don't for-
get to remember dad Sunday!
Tours & Travel
Local tour scheduled
Rocky Road Four-wheelers
to hold slide show Sunday
A bus tour to Selfoss-Skogarfoss
Fljothshlid will leave Saturday, June 24.
^Chis tour goes across the entire south
lowland, through Hveragerdi, Selfoss and
then on to Fljotshlid district where a
lunch stop by a beautiful waterfall will
be made, weather permitting. This area
is noted for its good climate and great
scenic beauty. It also served as the
background for the famous Icelandic
Njals Saga.
Driving on to Eyjafjoll, the tour fol-
lows glacial rivers that flow from the
great glaciers on the south coast.
The tour then continues on to Skogar
Personalized Services is now receiving
fresh flowers twice weekly on Tuesday and
Thursdays. You do not need a special oc-
cation to give flowers... they are always
a welcome gift so why not "say it with
flowers?"
New stereo line
Your Navy Exchange Stereo Shop is now
featuring a new line of equipment for
for a stop at a summer hotel for re-
freshments and a visit to an interesting
folk museum. The museum gives an excel-
lent insight into the way of living in
Iceland during the past.
Tourists will get to view the beauti-
ful Skogarfoss waterfall.
Above the Eyjafjoll district are the
great glaciers, Myrdals and Eyjafjalla-
jokull. This sight offers a strange
contrast to the grassy lowland and hill-
sides containing numerous waterfalls.
The bus leaves the Viking Building at
10 a.m. and returns about 8 p.m.
Camping gear available
There is a good stock of supplies for
the camper planning trips this summer at
the Toyland Store now. You'll find
fishing gear, folding grills, sleeping
bags, cooking kits and mess kits. There
are also bike accessories and plenty of
tennis rackets for the tennis buffs.
The Rocky Road Four Wheelers will
sponsor a slide presentation on Iceland
at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Over 250 slides
have been selected covering a 1200 mile
trip around the country and into the
interior. These slides have been selec-
ted from over 2000 slides taken by the
club members and feature many truly ex-
ceptional photos.
The presentation will be held at
Andrews Theater and admission is free.
Members of the Four Wheel Drive club
will narrate the presentation.
The Rocky Road Four Wheelers is a
relatively new club on the NATO base and
was organized to promote vehicle outings
and recreation in Iceland. The club is
planning nemerous outings for the sum-
mer. If you have been thinking of tour-
Summer reading
program starts
A summer library program will be held
at the A.T. Mahan Elementary School from
June 19 until July 28. All children who
were enrolled in the school are welcome
to participate.
Along with the option of joining a
summer reading program, the children can
check out bocks and use various audio-
visual equipment. Films representing a
weekly theme will be shown each day.
This is a fun way to spend part of
your vacation. Hours are from 8:30 a.m.
until noon Monday through Friday.
Exchange news
By Madeleine Grimsley
Navy Lodge reservations
The Navy Lodge is now accepting res-
ervations for September, beginning Monday
at 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily.
Viking has new meals
The Viking Cafeteria is featuring some
delicious new items in the form of entre-
es. Why not try their baked clams or
their seashells stuffed with cheese? They
also have mouth-watering tamales and for
those of you with a sweet tooth, there's
pecan pie and chocolate eclaires.
Flowers at mfv
you music fans and it is called "Harmon
Kardon" which is reputed to be very spe-
cial. Why don't you stop in and look it
over and experience its pure tones?
Personalized Services explained
The personalized Services area of your
Navy Exchange serves In many ways. For
example, It rents rug shampooers and floor
buffers to make your spring cleaning easi-
er. It has also received a shipment of
iron-on numbers and heat transfers.
Personalized Services is located behind
AFRTS bldg., so drop by and visit, and let
them be of service to you.
ing a little of the country this summer,
now is the time to look into the club.
Meetings are held every Tuesday at
7 p.m. at the Rod and Gun club hut.
For further information, call Paul
Fawcett at 7439/4592 or Dale Brehm at
2214/4342.
Local births
Jon Alexander Jurica, born June 7 at
8:24 a.m. Son of Captain Larry James
and Dorothy Louise Jurica. Captain
Jurica is a Marine Captain working with
the Marine barracks.
Commanding Officer
Capt. Jack T. Weir
Public Affairs Officer
J02 Jerry L. Foster
Editorial Staff
J02 Ray D. Oosterman
JOSA Paula Ritrovato
AA Karen Mayo
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