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Council Elections • • •
(Continued trom Page 1)
C1erks : Ayleen J.L Shenk, Nancy
P. Taylor, Leola D. Skeeters.
• • • Election Board Members. Polling Places. Precincts Named •••••• General Elections
Precinct No. 2-Group 1
I nspector: Lois Carr.
Judges: Loraine L. Bittel, Theresa
Bauer.
Clerks: Henrietta Biberman, Pris.
dUa Silberberg, Ann Boyts.
Precinct No. 2-Group 2
I nspector: Virginia A. Beresford.
Judges: Lillian Fojt, Doris Dav-
ldove.
. Clerks: H azel Carter, Dorothy E.
Gould.. Maxine M. Sutherlen.
Precinct No. s-Group 1
I nspector: Doris L. Faust.
Judges: Ruth Bowles, Resie Tay-
lor.
Clerks: Winifred Troy. Theda An-
derson, Ina Martinez.
Precinct No.3-Group 2
Inspector: Hallie Murray.
Judges: Norma Savage, Orpha
Dobbie.
Clerks: June Bell, H elen Wickes,
Virginia Dille.
Precinct No. ~roup 1
I nspector: Georgia Hill.
Judges: Iva Sharp, Louise Wol!-
ram.
Clerks: Ruth Wuest, Willie Lee
Brooks, Constance P. Crow.
Precinct No.4-Group 2
Inspector : Hannah Hill.
Judges: Dorothy E. Johnson, Vio-
let Rock.
Clerks: Doris- Hutchins, H elen
Newkirk, Mary De Paolo.
Precinct No. 5--Group 1
Inspector: Verna Mitchell.
Judges: Madeline Wright, I rene
Bradley.
Clerks: Bernice J effries, Betty
Clemans, Lucille Maxwell.
P.recinct No. &-Group 2
Inspector: Gussie Bogardus.
Judges: J a ne La Rosa, .Juanita
Leonard.
Clerks: Evelyn J. Eaton, Betty J.
Whittaker, Betty S. Compton.
Precinct-No. ~roup 1
Inspector: Edith h1;.cBride.
Judges : Ella L. Bevis, Mary Seat-
on.
Clerks: Theda Cox, Ma rcella Kel-
ly, Thelma Schwind.
Precinct No. 6-Group 2
Inspector: Mildred Lager.
Judges: Emma Worth, Agnes M.
Holloway.
Clerl:t:s: Evie Ashburn, Adelle
Case, Dorothy Shepard.
Precinct No.7-Group 1
Inspector: Stella Stevens.
Judges: Ruth Garrett, Patricia
Arnell.
Clerks : Virginia E. Owens, Dar-
lene Boyack, Violet Hunter.
Precinct No. 7-Group 2
Inspector: Natalie Hulsey.
Judges: E levenia Valentine, Lo-
reen H. Phillips.
ClerkS: Judith Marsing, Helen
F ox, Ruth LaCombe.
Precinct No. 8-Group 1
Inspector: Veda Satterthwaite.
Judges: Katherine H olloway, Ma-
rie Davidson.
Clerks : Winifred B. Ruggles, Li.-
lah M.. Harmon, Barbara Jean Gry-
ting.
Precinct No. 8-Group 2
Inspector: Lillian K . Donaldson.
Judges: Ruby Vick, R ose Mer-
riam.
e I e r k s: Constance Whitnack,
Billie F. H ogue, Elaine Fulton.
Precinct No. 9-Group 1
Inspector: Euveta Casad.
Judges: Mary Belford, Phyllis
Lilly.
Clerks: Elinor D. Frick, Celeste
Elliott, Lee Pryor.
Precinct No. 9-Group 2
Inspector: Edna L. Wilson.
Judges: Betty J. Martin, Donna
M . Sprouse.
Clerks: Billie V. Rhyn, Bonnie J.
Jobusch, Bene Davis.
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Yol. XII. No. 44 U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China lake, Calif. . November 2. 1956
Lay Corner Stone For All Faith Chapel
Polls Ready for
General 'Election
Tuesday, 'Nov. 6
Polling locations for China Lake
and Wherry residents for the gen-
eral elections next Tuesday, Nov. 6,
were announced this week by Dor-
is L. F a ust, deputy county clerk
for this area. Polls will be open
from 7 a .m. to 7 p.m. A map of
China Lake precinct areas appears
on page four of this edition.
Election of directors of the China
Lake Community Council will be
held d uri n g the same time the
county polls are open with polls lo-
cated approximately 100 feet away.
Candidates for vacancies in the
council elections were listed in last
week's edition of the ROCKETEER.
Ernest Georce, Station infor-
mation Specialist) wiD M8i.8t ra-
dio .tatlon KRKS (1200) ned
Tuesday evening between 8 and
11 p.rn. in broadcuting gener....
election returns and &D&IYIis.
Precincts, polling locations and
election board members are listed
below:
Precinct No. I-Lobby of BOQ-D.
Precinct No.2-Richmond School
cafetorium.
Precinct No. 5-NOTS Community
Center social hall.
Precinct No... - Rowe Street
School music hut.
P!eelne& No. 6-Burroughs School
cafetorium..
Preeinc& No. 6 - Groves Street
School cafetorium.
Precinct No. 7-Girl Scout Hut on
Halsey•
Precinct No. 8 - Vieweg School
cafetorium.
Precinct No. 9-C. M. Frick, 217
Rob&1o (group 1); H. O. Jobusch,
301 Dorado (~roup 2), Wherry How-
In,.
Precinct No. l-Group 1
Inspector: Elizabeth Robinson.
Judges: Edith Karner, Grace EU-
lngs.
Clerks: Ellen Hoyem, Vera Green.
field, Sarah A. Collins.
Pl"flCinet No. l-Group 2
Inspector: Mildred Richardson.
Judges: Alice C. Zilmer. Clara E.
Hunter.
(Continued on Page .)
Community Council
Elections Important
To China Lake Area
Present directors of the China
Lake Community Counc..\1 urge all
residents to vote in the council elec-
tions Nov. 6. The new council will
have a voice in many problems
which affect the community of
China Lake.
Oommunity Proposals
Of particular interest to many
residents at this time is a teen-age
center. A proposal for a center has
been submitted to the Command
and it will be a function ot the new
council to implement the proposal
once authorization to proceed has
been received. Many other projects
of similar importance to the com-
munity will be on the agenda. It
is important that each resident vote
for the candidate of his choice in
order to assure that he will be re-
presented properly on the council.
Community Council polls will be
loca ted approximately 100 feet from
each of the county polls. It will
take less than a minute of your
time to have a voice in electing
the directors who will represent you
in your community during the com-
ing year.
A map of potting precincts ap-
pears on Page 4.
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CORNERSTONE-Chaplaln Jam.. L. Carter (left) and Captain F. L.
Ashworth, Station commander, place the cornerstone for the new All
Faith Chapel, last Sunday afternoon. l\lore than SOO were on band to
witness the ce~mony.
'Speakers Place Emphasis on Generosity
In Kick-Off'RallyFor United'Fund Drive
The 1956-57 Indian Wells Valley United Fund Cam-
paign drive opened dramatically last Friday night with a
big kick-off rally at the Burroughs High Cafetorium.
Campaign area captains, commanders, Jieutenants, and all
volunteer workers gathered from Ridgecrest, Inyokern and
China Lake to receive last minute instructions and informa-
tion before taking the field in behalf of United Fund. The
drive will last until November 9th.
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New NOTS Golf Club
Elects 'First Officers
Edifice Attracts Many
"Tbon make firm Ibis stolle wbicb is laid in Tby name."
So began the ceremony for the laying of the corner-
stone of the new All Faith chapel at NOTS last Sunday
afternoon. The words were delivered as part of the invo-
cation to the ceremonies personifying the Station's recog-
nition for the spiritual needs of its people while culminat-
ing years of hope and work for the Station's religious groups.
It was of particular significance ing it.
to departing Chaplain James L. Dr. Max Dubin, president of the
Carter who played a major role in NOT'S Hebrew Temple, spoke in
the project and remained at NOTS behalf of the Jewish people of the
just long enough to participate in community expressing the pride
its fulfillment. Chaplain Carter with which the All Faith chapel was
conducted the ceremony in which received and issued a reminder of
leaders of the Protestant, Catholic the peace and liberty which we
and Jewish faiths all participated, enjoy. 'With reverence and bum-
along with NOTS officials. ility we shall i:ook upon our new
Following a Litany of Praise chapel as a house of worship when
which was led by the new Station he who WOUld, may pray to Ida
Chaplain, Commander James D. own God in his own way," Dr. Da-
Hester, the cornerstone was placed bin said.
by Chaplain Carter and Captain A prayer of dedication was de-
F. L. A.!Jhworth, Station Command- livered by the Rev. John L. Reid,
er. The invocation was delivered pastor of the NOTS Community
by the Reverend John F. C. Ryan, Church, and Chaplain Carter read
pastor of the Santa Barbara Mis- a telegram from James Westphal,
sions. the chapel architect, extending hLl
Captain Ash"''tOrttr commented wishes for the speedy completion
that "The new sanctuary will be a of the structure.
challenge to the community to per- Many items of historical aigoi.-
haps increase its religious think- ficance were enclosed in the cor-
ing and activities." nerstone of the new edifice, in-
H. G. Wilson, Associate Techni- c1uding issueea of the ROCKET-
cal Director, represented Technical EER and Central California RIiJG-
Director Dr. William B. McLean, I~ER.
and enumen.ted tile material and Al.. included were the names of
spiritual accomplishments that have the Community Church board, tbe
taken place on the Station making 1956 NOTS roster of officen 8.ftd
possible the construction of the the NOTS notice regarding the
new chapel. ground-breaking services for the
Wilson went on to pay tribute chapel. All the advanced plannin&',
to the Station for its recognition includings drawinl's. Bureau of
of religion as an essential part of Yards &: Docks specifications and
Since the motive of United Fund
is a serious one, the large crowd
attending did not come to be enter-
tained. Nevertheless, there were
many generous and skilled contri-
butions of talent provided.
The Burroughs High School orch-
e~ra. under the direction of George
Carson, and the Girl's Glee Club,
directed by Dean Skeels, contri-
buted much to the enthusiasm of
Approximately 100 local golfers the total activities of man, and the scale of offers were incorpot-
gathered in the Community Center to the Congress of the United ated along with the New Testa.m.ent
last Friday night to elect officers States for recognizing the need to and Enna Pierson's book "Kern'.
tor the newly organized golf club. spiritually feed the soul by approp4 Desert."
Those elected were: Dura Pinker- riating the funds needed tor con- The placing of the cornerstone
ton, presideqt; J im McNesby. vice- struction of the building. A past not only keynoted the beginning
president; Dottie Dunn, secretary; member of the NOTS Oommunity of a new era in the spiritual life
and Floyd Rockwell, treasurer. Church official board, Wilson also of the people ot China Lake, but
the rally.
China La k e Players .1ohnnie
Bales, Betty Stone, Janet Murphree,
Bud Sewell and Ralph Selfridge, dra-
matically presented the story em~
bodied in each of the ten social
service agencies affiliated with Uni-
ted Fund this year. Marvin Back-
man dramatized the rig h t and
wrong ways for a United Fund vol-
unteer worker to approach a pro4
speclive donor.
Campaign Chairman James P.
Judin presented a f i 1m showing
what United Fund means to both
the g i v e r and the receiver, and
Commander J. I. Hardy, tempor- stressed the advantages to be also climaxed years of hope 'and
ary chairman, opened the meeting gained from the new development prayer for the Station's religious
with a brief history of the golf and our future obligations regard- groups.
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Of-ri,:,"P:,:~~~:~pbioi~.::e;:~~: New Chaplain Hester Arrives
and Station residents are urged to
::~';.,:~r~.ontacting any olthe Club Cdr. Carter Goes to Guam
Single memberships for officers
and civilians is $6.00 a month and
for their families, $8.00. Chief Pet-
ty Officers become members for
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This week NOTS received a new Station Chaplain,
when Cdr. James D. Hester reported to the Station to re-
place Cdr. James L. Carter, who has been assigned to
ComNav Marianas in Guam.
The incoming Chaplain Hester
was commissioned a Navy chaplain
in June of 1942, and began active
duty. During World War II he
served in the Atlantic, Pacific and
~.lediterranean theaters, and from
1945 until 1946 he was attached to
the 1st ND Chaplain's Office.
of ceremonies, stressed the great
need for UF campaign workers with
a real conviction of the worthiness
of their cause. He went on to
express a hope for more generosity
this year than ever before because
of the growing social service needs
of our maturing community.
Captain As hworth urged every
campaign worker to take to the
field with enthusiasm and the de-
termination to measure the gener-
osity of each prospective donor to
the full because of the humanitar-
ian cause of the United Fund.
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United Fund President J ohn Em-
ery continued to express the firm
beHef that donations to the United
Fund this year would more than
exceed agency budget quotas. "If
everyone will give with the idea
that he is, in effect, giving to some-
one he knows, perhaps to a per-
sonal friend in serious need, the
United Fund goal of $50,000 will be
reached," Emery said. "Giving to
United Fund is only one step re-
moved from giving to a friend-
merely a widening of the circle of HERE TODAY GUAM TOMORROW-Chaplain James .L Carter wel-
our solicitude for others, and of comes his replacement, Cdr. James D. Hester, to the Station chapel.
our interest in causes t hat help Chapla.in Carter will leave the Station to report to ComNav l\larianas
our neighbor's boys and girls as Iin Aga.na, Guam. Chaplain Hesler reports here from the Marine Corps
well as our own. Air Station at EI Toro, Oatil.
Between 1948 and 1951, Chaplain
Hester served aboard the USS Hel-
ena a nd the USS Thomas Jefferson,
and he was also stationed at the
Long Beach Naval Station and Oak-
land Navy Hospital during this
time.
In 1951, the new chaplain spent a
year in post graduate study at Har-
vard University, and in 1952 he re-
sumed duty at the Bainbridge Na.-
val TrainIng Center, where he was
one of six chaplains selected to
write guidelines for character guid-
ance at the service schools level Be
was also on the Service Schools
Command at the Great Lakes Naval
Training Center from 1953 to 1950.
Commander Hester received his
BD and ThM degrees from the
Eastern Baptist Seminary in Phila~
delphia, and entered the chaplaincy
after serving as pastor of the 2nd
Baptist Church in Philadelphia from
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Council Elections • • •
(Continued trom Page 1)
C1erks : Ayleen J.L Shenk, Nancy
P. Taylor, Leola D. Skeeters.
• • • Election Board Members. Polling Places. Precincts Named •••••• General Elections
Precinct No. 2-Group 1
I nspector: Lois Carr.
Judges: Loraine L. Bittel, Theresa
Bauer.
Clerks: Henrietta Biberman, Pris.
dUa Silberberg, Ann Boyts.
Precinct No. 2-Group 2
I nspector: Virginia A. Beresford.
Judges: Lillian Fojt, Doris Dav-
ldove.
. Clerks: H azel Carter, Dorothy E.
Gould.. Maxine M. Sutherlen.
Precinct No. s-Group 1
I nspector: Doris L. Faust.
Judges: Ruth Bowles, Resie Tay-
lor.
Clerks: Winifred Troy. Theda An-
derson, Ina Martinez.
Precinct No.3-Group 2
Inspector: Hallie Murray.
Judges: Norma Savage, Orpha
Dobbie.
Clerks: June Bell, H elen Wickes,
Virginia Dille.
Precinct No. ~roup 1
I nspector: Georgia Hill.
Judges: Iva Sharp, Louise Wol!-
ram.
Clerks: Ruth Wuest, Willie Lee
Brooks, Constance P. Crow.
Precinct No.4-Group 2
Inspector : Hannah Hill.
Judges: Dorothy E. Johnson, Vio-
let Rock.
Clerks: Doris- Hutchins, H elen
Newkirk, Mary De Paolo.
Precinct No. 5--Group 1
Inspector: Verna Mitchell.
Judges: Madeline Wright, I rene
Bradley.
Clerks: Bernice J effries, Betty
Clemans, Lucille Maxwell.
P.recinct No. &-Group 2
Inspector: Gussie Bogardus.
Judges: J a ne La Rosa, .Juanita
Leonard.
Clerks: Evelyn J. Eaton, Betty J.
Whittaker, Betty S. Compton.
Precinct-No. ~roup 1
Inspector: Edith h1;.cBride.
Judges : Ella L. Bevis, Mary Seat-
on.
Clerks: Theda Cox, Ma rcella Kel-
ly, Thelma Schwind.
Precinct No. 6-Group 2
Inspector: Mildred Lager.
Judges: Emma Worth, Agnes M.
Holloway.
Clerl:t:s: Evie Ashburn, Adelle
Case, Dorothy Shepard.
Precinct No.7-Group 1
Inspector: Stella Stevens.
Judges: Ruth Garrett, Patricia
Arnell.
Clerks : Virginia E. Owens, Dar-
lene Boyack, Violet Hunter.
Precinct No. 7-Group 2
Inspector: Natalie Hulsey.
Judges: E levenia Valentine, Lo-
reen H. Phillips.
ClerkS: Judith Marsing, Helen
F ox, Ruth LaCombe.
Precinct No. 8-Group 1
Inspector: Veda Satterthwaite.
Judges: Katherine H olloway, Ma-
rie Davidson.
Clerks : Winifred B. Ruggles, Li.-
lah M.. Harmon, Barbara Jean Gry-
ting.
Precinct No. 8-Group 2
Inspector: Lillian K . Donaldson.
Judges: Ruby Vick, R ose Mer-
riam.
e I e r k s: Constance Whitnack,
Billie F. H ogue, Elaine Fulton.
Precinct No. 9-Group 1
Inspector: Euveta Casad.
Judges: Mary Belford, Phyllis
Lilly.
Clerks: Elinor D. Frick, Celeste
Elliott, Lee Pryor.
Precinct No. 9-Group 2
Inspector: Edna L. Wilson.
Judges: Betty J. Martin, Donna
M . Sprouse.
Clerks: Billie V. Rhyn, Bonnie J.
Jobusch, Bene Davis.
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Yol. XII. No. 44 U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China lake, Calif. . November 2. 1956
Lay Corner Stone For All Faith Chapel
Polls Ready for
General 'Election
Tuesday, 'Nov. 6
Polling locations for China Lake
and Wherry residents for the gen-
eral elections next Tuesday, Nov. 6,
were announced this week by Dor-
is L. F a ust, deputy county clerk
for this area. Polls will be open
from 7 a .m. to 7 p.m. A map of
China Lake precinct areas appears
on page four of this edition.
Election of directors of the China
Lake Community Council will be
held d uri n g the same time the
county polls are open with polls lo-
cated approximately 100 feet away.
Candidates for vacancies in the
council elections were listed in last
week's edition of the ROCKETEER.
Ernest Georce, Station infor-
mation Specialist) wiD M8i.8t ra-
dio .tatlon KRKS (1200) ned
Tuesday evening between 8 and
11 p.rn. in broadcuting gener....
election returns and &D&IYIis.
Precincts, polling locations and
election board members are listed
below:
Precinct No. I-Lobby of BOQ-D.
Precinct No.2-Richmond School
cafetorium.
Precinct No. 5-NOTS Community
Center social hall.
Precinct No... - Rowe Street
School music hut.
P!eelne& No. 6-Burroughs School
cafetorium..
Preeinc& No. 6 - Groves Street
School cafetorium.
Precinct No. 7-Girl Scout Hut on
Halsey•
Precinct No. 8 - Vieweg School
cafetorium.
Precinct No. 9-C. M. Frick, 217
Rob&1o (group 1); H. O. Jobusch,
301 Dorado (~roup 2), Wherry How-
In,.
Precinct No. l-Group 1
Inspector: Elizabeth Robinson.
Judges: Edith Karner, Grace EU-
lngs.
Clerks: Ellen Hoyem, Vera Green.
field, Sarah A. Collins.
Pl"flCinet No. l-Group 2
Inspector: Mildred Richardson.
Judges: Alice C. Zilmer. Clara E.
Hunter.
(Continued on Page .)
Community Council
Elections Important
To China Lake Area
Present directors of the China
Lake Community Counc..\1 urge all
residents to vote in the council elec-
tions Nov. 6. The new council will
have a voice in many problems
which affect the community of
China Lake.
Oommunity Proposals
Of particular interest to many
residents at this time is a teen-age
center. A proposal for a center has
been submitted to the Command
and it will be a function ot the new
council to implement the proposal
once authorization to proceed has
been received. Many other projects
of similar importance to the com-
munity will be on the agenda. It
is important that each resident vote
for the candidate of his choice in
order to assure that he will be re-
presented properly on the council.
Community Council polls will be
loca ted approximately 100 feet from
each of the county polls. It will
take less than a minute of your
time to have a voice in electing
the directors who will represent you
in your community during the com-
ing year.
A map of potting precincts ap-
pears on Page 4.
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CORNERSTONE-Chaplaln Jam.. L. Carter (left) and Captain F. L.
Ashworth, Station commander, place the cornerstone for the new All
Faith Chapel, last Sunday afternoon. l\lore than SOO were on band to
witness the ce~mony.
'Speakers Place Emphasis on Generosity
In Kick-Off'RallyFor United'Fund Drive
The 1956-57 Indian Wells Valley United Fund Cam-
paign drive opened dramatically last Friday night with a
big kick-off rally at the Burroughs High Cafetorium.
Campaign area captains, commanders, Jieutenants, and all
volunteer workers gathered from Ridgecrest, Inyokern and
China Lake to receive last minute instructions and informa-
tion before taking the field in behalf of United Fund. The
drive will last until November 9th.
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New NOTS Golf Club
Elects 'First Officers
Edifice Attracts Many
"Tbon make firm Ibis stolle wbicb is laid in Tby name."
So began the ceremony for the laying of the corner-
stone of the new All Faith chapel at NOTS last Sunday
afternoon. The words were delivered as part of the invo-
cation to the ceremonies personifying the Station's recog-
nition for the spiritual needs of its people while culminat-
ing years of hope and work for the Station's religious groups.
It was of particular significance ing it.
to departing Chaplain James L. Dr. Max Dubin, president of the
Carter who played a major role in NOT'S Hebrew Temple, spoke in
the project and remained at NOTS behalf of the Jewish people of the
just long enough to participate in community expressing the pride
its fulfillment. Chaplain Carter with which the All Faith chapel was
conducted the ceremony in which received and issued a reminder of
leaders of the Protestant, Catholic the peace and liberty which we
and Jewish faiths all participated, enjoy. 'With reverence and bum-
along with NOTS officials. ility we shall i:ook upon our new
Following a Litany of Praise chapel as a house of worship when
which was led by the new Station he who WOUld, may pray to Ida
Chaplain, Commander James D. own God in his own way," Dr. Da-
Hester, the cornerstone was placed bin said.
by Chaplain Carter and Captain A prayer of dedication was de-
F. L. A.!Jhworth, Station Command- livered by the Rev. John L. Reid,
er. The invocation was delivered pastor of the NOTS Community
by the Reverend John F. C. Ryan, Church, and Chaplain Carter read
pastor of the Santa Barbara Mis- a telegram from James Westphal,
sions. the chapel architect, extending hLl
Captain Ash"''tOrttr commented wishes for the speedy completion
that "The new sanctuary will be a of the structure.
challenge to the community to per- Many items of historical aigoi.-
haps increase its religious think- ficance were enclosed in the cor-
ing and activities." nerstone of the new edifice, in-
H. G. Wilson, Associate Techni- c1uding issueea of the ROCKET-
cal Director, represented Technical EER and Central California RIiJG-
Director Dr. William B. McLean, I~ER.
and enumen.ted tile material and Al.. included were the names of
spiritual accomplishments that have the Community Church board, tbe
taken place on the Station making 1956 NOTS roster of officen 8.ftd
possible the construction of the the NOTS notice regarding the
new chapel. ground-breaking services for the
Wilson went on to pay tribute chapel. All the advanced plannin&',
to the Station for its recognition includings drawinl's. Bureau of
of religion as an essential part of Yards &: Docks specifications and
Since the motive of United Fund
is a serious one, the large crowd
attending did not come to be enter-
tained. Nevertheless, there were
many generous and skilled contri-
butions of talent provided.
The Burroughs High School orch-
e~ra. under the direction of George
Carson, and the Girl's Glee Club,
directed by Dean Skeels, contri-
buted much to the enthusiasm of
Approximately 100 local golfers the total activities of man, and the scale of offers were incorpot-
gathered in the Community Center to the Congress of the United ated along with the New Testa.m.ent
last Friday night to elect officers States for recognizing the need to and Enna Pierson's book "Kern'.
tor the newly organized golf club. spiritually feed the soul by approp4 Desert."
Those elected were: Dura Pinker- riating the funds needed tor con- The placing of the cornerstone
ton, presideqt; J im McNesby. vice- struction of the building. A past not only keynoted the beginning
president; Dottie Dunn, secretary; member of the NOTS Oommunity of a new era in the spiritual life
and Floyd Rockwell, treasurer. Church official board, Wilson also of the people ot China Lake, but
the rally.
China La k e Players .1ohnnie
Bales, Betty Stone, Janet Murphree,
Bud Sewell and Ralph Selfridge, dra-
matically presented the story em~
bodied in each of the ten social
service agencies affiliated with Uni-
ted Fund this year. Marvin Back-
man dramatized the rig h t and
wrong ways for a United Fund vol-
unteer worker to approach a pro4
speclive donor.
Campaign Chairman James P.
Judin presented a f i 1m showing
what United Fund means to both
the g i v e r and the receiver, and
Commander J. I. Hardy, tempor- stressed the advantages to be also climaxed years of hope 'and
ary chairman, opened the meeting gained from the new development prayer for the Station's religious
with a brief history of the golf and our future obligations regard- groups.
course and stressed the importance _____________________________________________________
Of-ri,:,"P:,:~~~:~pbioi~.::e;:~~: New Chaplain Hester Arrives
and Station residents are urged to
::~';.,:~r~.ontacting any olthe Club Cdr. Carter Goes to Guam
Single memberships for officers
and civilians is $6.00 a month and
for their families, $8.00. Chief Pet-
ty Officers become members for
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Chaplain James Carter, the m aster --------------------- -
This week NOTS received a new Station Chaplain,
when Cdr. James D. Hester reported to the Station to re-
place Cdr. James L. Carter, who has been assigned to
ComNav Marianas in Guam.
The incoming Chaplain Hester
was commissioned a Navy chaplain
in June of 1942, and began active
duty. During World War II he
served in the Atlantic, Pacific and
~.lediterranean theaters, and from
1945 until 1946 he was attached to
the 1st ND Chaplain's Office.
of ceremonies, stressed the great
need for UF campaign workers with
a real conviction of the worthiness
of their cause. He went on to
express a hope for more generosity
this year than ever before because
of the growing social service needs
of our maturing community.
Captain As hworth urged every
campaign worker to take to the
field with enthusiasm and the de-
termination to measure the gener-
osity of each prospective donor to
the full because of the humanitar-
ian cause of the United Fund.
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CHAPEL
United Fund President J ohn Em-
ery continued to express the firm
beHef that donations to the United
Fund this year would more than
exceed agency budget quotas. "If
everyone will give with the idea
that he is, in effect, giving to some-
one he knows, perhaps to a per-
sonal friend in serious need, the
United Fund goal of $50,000 will be
reached," Emery said. "Giving to
United Fund is only one step re-
moved from giving to a friend-
merely a widening of the circle of HERE TODAY GUAM TOMORROW-Chaplain James .L Carter wel-
our solicitude for others, and of comes his replacement, Cdr. James D. Hester, to the Station chapel.
our interest in causes t hat help Chapla.in Carter will leave the Station to report to ComNav l\larianas
our neighbor's boys and girls as Iin Aga.na, Guam. Chaplain Hesler reports here from the Marine Corps
well as our own. Air Station at EI Toro, Oatil.
Between 1948 and 1951, Chaplain
Hester served aboard the USS Hel-
ena a nd the USS Thomas Jefferson,
and he was also stationed at the
Long Beach Naval Station and Oak-
land Navy Hospital during this
time.
In 1951, the new chaplain spent a
year in post graduate study at Har-
vard University, and in 1952 he re-
sumed duty at the Bainbridge Na.-
val TrainIng Center, where he was
one of six chaplains selected to
write guidelines for character guid-
ance at the service schools level Be
was also on the Service Schools
Command at the Great Lakes Naval
Training Center from 1953 to 1950.
Commander Hester received his
BD and ThM degrees from the
Eastern Baptist Seminary in Phila~
delphia, and entered the chaplaincy
after serving as pastor of the 2nd
Baptist Church in Philadelphia from
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