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Shortage of hotel space in London
If you plan to travel to Lon-
don, you should know a severe
shortage of-hotel rooms, includ-
ing relatively inexpensive bed
and breakfast inns, exists in
the entire London area. Even
the west-end hotels close to the
American Embassy and Navy London
Headquarters, which usually pro-
vide short notice lodging to U.
S. military personnel in leave
or official duty status, are
booked solidly through this sum-
mer.
Individuals or groups planning
to visit London before October
should have hotel reservations
in hand before departing. While
limited hotel reservations at con-
tract rates can be obtained by
Naval Activities London (COMNAV-
ACTUK), such reservations are
limited increasingly to rooms
which become available due to
short notice cancellations. Re-
quests for hotel reservations
for official travel must allow
maximum lead time and may be made
via message (PLAD: COMNAVACT LON-
DON UK) or by telephone at auto-
von 235-4622 or commercial 409-
4622. Confirmed reservations
which are later cancelled wiII
be subject to cancellation charges
in accordance with United Kingdom
Law.
Until this situation improves,
people assigned on permanent
change of station orders to Lon-
don commands should consider
non-concurrent travel, with de-
pendents waiting for permanent
housing or confirmed long-term
hotel reservations. Command
assigned sponsors can provide
up-to-date information.
Schedule of religious services
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Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Jehovah's Witness (Upper School)
Friday
7:30 p.m. Jewish Sabbath
i Saturday
5:00 p.m. Catholic Mass
Sunday
8:30 a.m. Lutheran Communion Service
(First and third Sundays)
9:15 a.m. Sunday School (Child Care Cen-
ter, Family Services Center and
Upper School)
9:30 a.m. Catholic Mass
11:00 a.m. Protestant Morning Worship (Com-
munion first Sunday)
11:00 a.m. CCD (Lower School)
12:30 p.m. Catholic Mass
7:00 p.m. Evening Bible Study
Lay Reader Services (Upper School)
9:30 a.m. Church of Christ
10:00 a.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints
3:00 p.m. Pentecostal Service at Chapel
5:00 p.m. Episcopal Prayer Service
(First Sunday)
What the Navy Relief Society can do for you
WASHINGTON (NES) - Your car is dead and you
can't get to work. Grandpa's in an intensive
care ward in a hospital on the other coast and
you need to take emergency leave. Your wife (or
uhsband) just took your last paycheck to pay the
dentist for a root canal. And when your next
check comes in, you'll have a choice between pay-
ing the rent or buying groceries.
What are you going to do?
Contact the Navy Relief Society. In 1984,
Navy Relief provided $22.2 million in grants and
interest-free loans to 80,000 Navy and Marine
Corps people suffering financial hardships.
The loans and grants helped Navy and Marine
Corps people pay for emergency transportation,
funeral expenses, basic living expenses, medical
care, urgent dental care, training for handicapped
children, home disasters and essential car re-
pairs.
In 1984, Navy Relief also distributed 9,000
layettes to low-income new parents; paid for
50,500 nurse visits to housebound retirees , widows ,
widowers and mothers with newborn infants; took
care of 56,000 children while their parents were
at the doctor; and arranged for $4.1 million in
student loans to more than 2,300 students.
Also, Navy Relief provided budget counseling,
thrift shop operations, food lockers, assistance
programs for widows and a listening post for
people with problems.
Most of the money for these programs is donat-
ed by the people Navy Relief helps -- active duty
and retired Navy and Marine Corps service members
and their dependents, including the dependents of
deceased service members. Each year Navy and
Marine Corps commands sponsor fund-raising cam-
paigns for Navy Relief, usually from May 4 to
June 6, the anniversaries of the World War II
battles of Coral Sea and Midway.
Most of the donations go directly to needy ser-
vice members, because Navy Relief offices are pri-
marily staffed with volunteers. While Navy Re-
lief has about 250 people on its payroll, 3,500
to 4,000 volunteers make the program work.
Donations are distributed as needed to Navy
Relief's 51 auxiliaries, 53 branches, 32 shore
offices and 86 shipboard offices. Excess money
is invested -- Navy Relief maintains a reserve
fund in case needs are greater than available
donations. For example, several times in recent
years Navy Relief has prepared to provide pay-
checks to service members when Congress hadn't
signed the Defense Appropriations Bill by October
1. Reserve funds were drawn and loans taken out
to cover the cost of meeting the Navy and Marine
Corps' payrolls. In each case, Congress came
through in time, but Navy Relief had been ready.
Navy Relief can help you when you have a fi-
nancial crunch. Under some circumstances, Navy
Relief can loan you the money to fix your car.
But Navy Relief won't make your car payments or
buy insurance, it won't pay your bills for non-
essential items and it won't finance your vaca-
tion. In general, Navy Relief won't help you
live beyond your means. It's there to provide
assistance to members in a financial emergency
that isn't of the members' doing.
When visiting a Navy Relief office, bring your
leave papers, leave and earnings statements, pay-
ments books and any other information that might
be helpful, such as dental estimates, medical
bills or auto repair estimates.
The White Falcon May 10, 1985
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