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The White Falcon - 15.02.1980, Blaðsíða 2

The White Falcon - 15.02.1980, Blaðsíða 2
Page 2 The White Falcon February 15, 1980 Attend a pancake A long-standing custom celebrated by the Christian Church is that of Shrove Tuesday. Coming on the eve of Ash Wednesday, Christian people gathered and as a preparation of ab- staining from eating meat and dairy products during Lent, baked up what stocks of butter and mild they had into pancakes. In French countries the day is called Mardi Gras or "Fat Tuesday." The name Shrove Tuesday comes from the word "shriving" or the forgiving of sins. The use of pancakes as the basic menu then becomes part of the time of reveling before the fast be- gins. Stork delivers five gi Mary Grace Hughes was born at 5:45 a.m. on Feb 1. She is the daughter of RM1 Richard L. and Ar- lene Hughes. Petty Officer Hughes works at the U. S. Naval Communica- tion Station. Michelle Lynn Lewis was born at 3:08 a.m. on Feb 6. She is the daughter of Staff Sgt. Wayne C. and Margaret A. Lewis. Staff Sgt. Lewis works with the 932 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. Angela Maria Boyd was born at the Landspirtal Hospital, Reykjavik at 2:47 a.m. on Jan 31. She is the daughter of Staff Sgt. Arthur R. and Bernadine A. Boyd. Staff Sgt. Boyd works with the 67th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron. Ain’t what it used to tion have cited machine failures and the manpower shortage at the FPO as the causes. Incoming mail is also sometimes delayed through misrouting to other zip codes, nonavailability of flights or unforseen circum- stances . A function of the U.S. Postal Service, the Fleet Post Office in New York is staffed by civilian postal employees and not by military personnel. Military postal clerks only serve in an advisory capacity to the postal service. They are not involved in the actual processing or handling of the mail. What does this all mean - just a delay in personal mail from loved ones and friends? What about doing business with creditors, banks and other agencies? Unless you inform your creditors or business agents and make them a- ware of the erratic mail situation to and from Keflavik, your credit rating or reliability could be af- fected . To assist in preventing legiti- mate mail caused credit problems, the Naval Station is preparing a supper at 6:30 Tickets for the Pancake Supper are available from the chapel office by calling 4211/4111, or from the President of the Protestant Chapel Council Mrs. Janie Ware by calling Tuesday night The Supper will be served in the Officer's Club on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. After supper there will be some singing and fellowship. The guest speaker for the occa- sion will be Pastor Olafur Skulason, Dean of the Clergy in Reykjavik who will speak on the topic: "Lent in the Life of the Church". rls, one boy Randy Ray Riddle was born at 7:32 p.m. on Jan. 23. He is the son of Sgt. Dennis D. and Debbie Riddle. Sgt. Riddle works at the AFI Repair Cycle Support facility. Ann Marie Griffiths was born at 2:41 a.m. on Jan. 23. She is the daughter of CE1 Richard J. and Mary B. Griffiths. Petty Officer Grif- fiths is assigned to NavCommSta. Krystal Faith Cucuzza was born at 6:52 a.m. on Feb. 8. She is the daughter of AD2 Richard C. and YN3 Rita L. Cucuzza. AD2 Cucuzza works at Air Operations, and YN3 Cucuzza is attached to Naval Station Command Post. be Con’t from page 1 memo explaining the situation. The memo should be in the Post Office in a few days. Send a copy along with your next payment or deposit, par- ticularly if you've experienced mail delay problems. This should help protect your credit rating and reduce service member credit complaints received by local commands. It will not relieve your obligation to make timely pay- ments to creditors or make good on any payment lost in the mail. Captain T.J. Keene, Naval Station Commanding Officer, and Chief Lou Dixon, Postal Officer, are doing all that is possible to find a solution to Keflavik's mail problem and will keep the community informed on changes in the situation. Volunteer on a TAD basis with UNITAS Volunteer for Operation UNITAS XXI, which consists of joint exer- cises with various South American navies. Personnel are needed on a TAD basis. Call the personnel office Help the Girl Scouts A Girl Scout workday will be held Feb. 23. The girls will be doing odd jobs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you have a job, please call Kristi Kissell at 9-3537 or Joanne Johnson at 7771. Inspection schedule MAR. 3 - JO-8384 It JO-8461 4 - JO-8462 II JO-8524 5 - JO-8525 II JO-8600 6 - JO-8601 II JO-8653 10 - JO-8654 II JO-8705 11 - JO-8706 " JO-8769 12 - JO-8770 II JO-8831 13 - JO-8832 II JO-8894 17 - JO-8895 II JO-8960 18 - JO-8961 II JO-9018 19 - JO-9019 II 20 - Stragglers and Reinspec- tion for the above icles. veh- Marine Barracks promotes ten The following Marines were pro- moted recently to their next higher pay grade: Pfc. James B. Wilson, Pfc. Jon A. Weber, Pfc. David K. Wilson, Pfc. Martin A. Ramsdale, Lance Cpl. John R. Bubon, Lance Cpl. David D. Lewis, Lance Cpl. Hans J. Oosterbaan, Lance Cpl. Jeffery C. Emmerson, Lance Cpl. Ira D. Bartley, and Lance Cpl. Richard D. Perrault. COMMANDER ICELAND DEFENSE FORCE RADM Richard A. Martini PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER LCDR Perry C. Bishop EDITORIAL ADVISOR JOC Skip Groce EDITORIAL STAFF J01 David Crowe, Jr. J03 David Guise SN Mary Reed PART-TIMERS STAFF SSGT Robert Malkowski SA Karen Dean ARTIST Ms Chandra Parker In cooperation with the U.S. Naval Station Print Shop, the White Falcon publishes weekly with appropriated funds per NAV- EXOS P-35 for Iceland Defense Force (IDF) military and U.S. civilian personnel, and their de- pendents . Opinion expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily official expressions of IDF, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Goverment. The White Falcon offices are located in Bldg. 734; telephone 4612/5192. Editorial deadline is noon Tuesday.

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