The White Falcon - 22.12.1978, Page 2

Page 2
White Falcon
December 22, 1978
Near new housing
New traffic pattern
Library
holiday hours
The Station Library staff wishes
all patrons a Merry Christmas and
a very Happy New Year.
Holiday hours for tne library
will be as follows*
Christmas Eve-12:30 - 5 p.m.
unristmas Day-CLOSED
New Years Eve-12:30 - 5 p.m.
New Years Day-CLOSED
Starting in January 1979, the
StationLibrary will start a
"Mending Club." If you have the
time and are interested, come by
the library and sign in.
The purpose of the Mending
Club is to help repair damaged
books.
NavFac
Sailor of the
A new traffic pattern will be
placed into effect at noon, Jan. 2,
at the intersection between Housing
j<nit 950 (near the Commissary) and
the new Community Center. Vehicular
traffic coming up the hill from the
new housing area, past the Community
Center, will have the right-of-way
at the intersection at the top of
the hill. Vehicular traffic ap-
proaching the intersection from the
Top of the Rock, or Vrousing unit
960, must yeild the right-of-way at
the intersection.
Year selected
Petty Officer First Class
James Donovon has been selected
the Naval Facility Keflavik's
Sailor of the Quarter and Sailor
of the Year. He was selected by
a board of chief petty officers.
Ocean Systems Technician
First Class Donovon is from Quincy,
Massachusetts and has been in
Keflavik for almost two years. He
is assigned to the Training Divi-
sion of the Naval Facility and
also serves as the NavFac recrea-
tion committee treasurer.
0T1 Donovon's name will be
submitted to the commander of
Oceanographic Systems for consider-
ation as Atlantic Sailor of the
Year. If selected, he will
compete for the CINCLANTFLT Sai-
lor of the Year designation.
Effective Nov. 30
Official mail standards posted
In accordance to OPNAVNOTE 5110,
the following letter-mall size
standards were effective Nov. 30 for
official mail only.
Official letter-size mail weigh-
ing one ounce or less must meet the
following criteria or it will be
returned to the sender as unmailable.
(1) Must be *£ inch or less in
thickness.
(2) Must be at least 3*5 inches
high and at least 5 inches
long.
(3) Must be rectangular in shape.
(A) Must be at least .007 Inches
thick.
Official letter-size mail which
weighs more than one ounce is not
affected by the new size standards,
but must not be more than inch
thick.
At present, the U.S. Postal Ser-
vice is studying the impact of the
size standards on personal mail and
will announce a surcharge rate and
effective date sometime in 1979.
Frocking
Continued from pg. 1
Officer Third Class Paul E. Curnutt,
an operations specialist; and Petty
Officer Third Class Nancy A Joyce,
a data processing technician.
Petty Officer Second Class
James F. Dike, an aviation ASW op-
erator, was also frocked, but he
was unable to attend the ceremony.
Additionally, Chief Petty
Officer Jerry L. Dretsch, a data
systems technician, was advanced to
his present rate.
'COMMANDING officer
Captain Thomas J. Keene
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
Ensign Eleanor A. Kirkpatrick
EDITORIAL STAFF
J02 Ray Oosterman
J03 Bonnie van Zuuk
JOSN Paula Onstott
SA Karen Mayo
The White Falcon is pub-
lished every Friday in accor-
dance with NAVESOS P-35 for
distribution to U.S. military
personnel, their dependents and
civilianemployees, of the Ice-
land Defense Force.
It is printed at the Naval
Station Print Shop with appro-
priated funds.
The opinions and statements
made herein are not to be con-
strued as official views of the
Department of Defense or the
U.S. government.
News items, questions, sug-
gestions and comments may be
submitted by calling or visit-
ing the Naval Station Public
Affairs Office, ext. 4612, in
building T-44.