PAGE EIGHT FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1954 Curtain To Go Up Tonight On 3-Act Stage Fantasy Curtain time will be 8:15 tonight for the first of two performances of James Thurber's three-act fan- tasy, "Many MOOns," which will be presented by the China Lake Play- ers at the Richmond Elementary School auditorium. T he second show will be given to- morrow night,at the same time and place. Featured in the cast will be Lou- ise McEwan, ll-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McEwan, 408- A Thompson, as the young princess who wants the moon so ba.dly that she becomes ill. All efform by the oourt wise men-· portrayed by Ray Williams, as the chamberla.in; Ralph Selfridge, as the wizard; and Ed Rom e r 0, as the mathematician-fail to provide the answer fOr till.is childish whim.., but the court Jester, played by Bob Le- Peuvre, ultimately succeeds where the others failed. Others in tne cast and the parm they will play are Virginia Porter as Cynicia; Donna Haney as the royal nurse; Mary Wickenden as Pa- retta.; Marvin Backman as the king, and Ellen Wltrack as the goldsmith's daughter. The play's co-directors, Bob Le- Bob Le Feane Storting Times: 6 unci • p.m. dolly. Kiddi..' Mot~ (Sp.c:iol Movies): I p.m. Saturday Motl.,.., 1 p.m. Sunday TODAY JAN. 28·29 "I NfERNO" (13 Min.) Robert Ryon, Rhonda Fleming No r....iew available at press time. Shorts: "Carnival in April" (19 Min.) News (I0 Min.) SAT. JAN. 30 " CHARGE OF THE LANCERS" (74 Min.) Jean Prerr. Aumont, Poul.,fIIl Goddard No review available at press time. Shorts: " Moglc Streetcar" (20 Min.) . MATINEE "lOSS Of IOOMTOWN" (58 Min.) Rod Cameron Shortsl "Wacky Wigwams" (7 Min.) Adventur&t; of Caplain IGdd No. 13 (17 Min.) SUN.oMON. JAN 31·FEB. 1 " HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE" (92 Min.) Burt lancaster, Joan Rice lancos!8\' plays (I sea coptain, set c;drift by his mutinous crew, who gels to on island in the South Pacific. His discovery that the Is- land Is rich In copra couses him to return to Hong Kong for (I ship to remove ,his va luable cargo. On his return he is forced to put in at another Island where he falls in love, and becomes king of the Island. Shorls, " How To Sleep" (7 Min.) TUES.·WED. FEB. 2-3 " GO MAN 00" (13 Min.) Done Clark, Harlem Globetrotters No review available at press time. Shorts: "Poue Cot" (7 Min.) "Bor River Volley (10 Min.) News (10 Min.) THURS•.fRI. FEB. 4-.5 " THE GLENN MILLER STORY" (115 Min.) James St_arl, June Allyson The mqrk that Glenn Miller left is In the memories of millions. James Stewort portrays the bond lead... Mre, with June Allyson as the girl he wooed, rolhet' unconventionally If sincerely, and finally won. Music lovers, young and old, will find In the story frame every· thIng h"bm smooth OKhestra arrangements to ,uper-chorg.d 10m Muions. Revlewet". rating, Excellent. Shorts, N~. (10 Min.) Lou.iJe McEwan Feuvre and Ed Romero, both have parts in the production. Back stage assistance will be provided by Bill Spafford, stage manager; Johnnie Bales, costumes; Bruce Wertenberg- er, lighting; Newman Lowe, sound effects, and Tobie Witrack, proper- ties. Tickets for either performance may be obtained on the. night of the show at the auditorium door. The price is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the junior high school orchestra to be used to purchase new instruments. Safety Meetings Slated at Annex PASADENA - Annex Supervisors were reminded that periodic safety meetings must be conducted for all personnel in a memorandum issued by Captain Robert F. sellars, OinC, last week. J ack Campbell, head of the safety group, will assist supervisors in con- ducting these safety meetings if de- sired, Captain sellars said. "These meetings, conducted by the supervisors, should not exceed 30 minutes. Short meetings, 10 to 15 minutes, which pack a punch are preferable," Captain sellars sa i d. "Supervisors may choose any of the following topics: Unsafe work prac- tices not ice d, personal protective equipment, accident reports, goo d housekeeping, care and use of hand tools, suggestions for shop improve- . ment and shop safety, and other topics pertinent to safety." Rockhounds Elect Finnegan President Bill Finnegan has been elected president of the NOTS Rockhounds, succeeding Royal Gould. Other officers named following a recent election, are Ewald Neumann, vice-president; George S h r 1n e r, treasurer; Martha Finnegan, secre- tary; Willi a m COrnell, lapidary chairman and George Kimball, al- ternate. Two members also were elected to two year terms on the organiza- tion's board of directors. ';I'hey are Armin Wiebke and Tom T. Chap- man. The other two directors are Mr. Gould and Sewell (Pop) Lofinck. 3 New Members Join Altar Society Three new members joined the China Lake Altar Society at the group's last monthly meeting. New names on the membership list are those of Mrs. Nancy Etche- verry, Mrs. Peggy Hannold and Mrs. Pat Horne. The meeting also featured talks on the March of Dimes by Mrs. A. L. Bennett. and on "Keeping Up With Your Child at SChool" by Mrs. Ward Fagnant. The society is plann1ng a bake sale for the month of February. The eu:t date of th1a venture wtll be announced later. Motorists Advised Not To Remove Front license Plate A warning to California motorists not to remove the front license plate from their automobUes after renew- ing their vehicle registration for 1954 was issued this week by Paul Mason, director of the State Department of Motor Vehicles. The single 1954 tab issued at the time vehicle registration is renewed must be attached to the rear license plate, it was added. In previous years the Department of Motor Vehicles issued a pair of renewal tabs for at- tachment to both front and rear plates. Changes provided in a law regard- ing vehicle registration enacted in 1953 do not affect the requirement t hat all California registered ve- hicles, except trailers and cycles, must display two license plates, Mr. Mason said. TEN HOME SERVICE WORKERS who this week received certificates for completing their American Red Cross 22-hour course are seen with Mrs. D. B. Young (front row, extreme left), wife of the Station Com- mander. Recipients are, front row from left, next to Mrs. Young, Mrs. A. B. Bennett, Mrs. W. A. Eslinger, Mrs. R. E. Fulwider, Mrs. F. J. Wik- enheiser and Mrs. C. R. Olsen. Back row, Mrs. T. J. Walker, Mrs. H . A. Taylor, Mrs. C. M. Bogardus, Mrs. J. H. Cathcart and Mrs. T. E. Barnett. "Any motorist who discards his front license plate may be required by a traffic officer to secure a re- placement at a cost of $2," the state official added. Red Cross. Home Service Now Has 22 Workers The motor vehicle director also urged motorists to renew their ve- hicle registration as soon as possible before the Feb. 4 deadline, when penalties provided in law for de- linquent registration increases fees sharply. Motor vehicle registrations may be renewed locally in the security build- ing at the Main Gate, Man day through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Music Students To Be in Concert Two g r 0 ups of music students from Burroughs High SChool will take part in the All-COunty concert at Harvey Auditorium in Bakers- field on Saturday, Feb. 6, starting at 8 p.m. The choral group, composed of Norma Schimm1ck, Jane Hoenshell, Barbara MussIer, Kathy COger, DIane McDonald, Mary Shewan, Dick How- ell, Ronnie Parish and LaVelle Bayer, is directed by Dr. Paul Harper of the high school faculty. Dr. Charles Hirt, choral director of Los Angeles State COllege, will act as conductor in the program of com- bined choruses. Five orchestra members also will take part in the concert. They are Carolyn Neipp, Bruce Blackerby, and Virginia Williams, violinists; Mary Drebilis, French horn, and Jim Es- linger, celllst~ This part of the combined pro- gram will be under the direction of Vernon Leidig of Los Angeles state COllege. A combined rehearsal will be held there tomorrow. Benefits of American Red Cross home service are available to serv- icemen and their dependents here through the work of 22 full time volunteers under chairmanship of Mrs. W. L. Sloan. This unit of the Indian Wells Valley branch of the Red Cross has its office in the hut at 81 Halsey, near the Switzer traffic circle. The hours are 3 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, although emergen- Cies are handled on a 24-hour ba- sis. Telephone number is 71640. When the office is not open. a person needing aid is advised to C:lU the station phone operator and ask for the number of a home serv- ice worker who is available. Services include consultations of personal and family matters; fi- nancial aid such as loans or grants for emergency I e a v e and family needs; help with communications- such as reports on folks at home, locating missing relatives and news from overseas; State and federal benefits including ·8.llotments, pen- sions and insurance. In cooperation with appropriate military authorities, aid will be ex- PTA Lecture Series To Continue Monday The second in a series of four lec- tures for parents, sponsored by the parent education committee of the China Lake PTA, will be held Mon- day at 8 p.m. in Room 41, Burroughs High SChool. Mrs. Sylvia Besser, a Desert Fam- ily Service Agency counselor, will lead a discussion on the subject, jjA Stitch in Time." The forum is open to all parents. . March of Dimes Boosters THREE STUDENTS of Burroughs High School, former polio VICtlmS, were featured on the program at a March of Dimes assembly held at the Station theater. The students, from left, Frank Childs, Phyllis Jackson and Roy Brown, told of the aid received through the polio fund during their illnesses. Other speakers on the program were Mrs. Arthur L. Bennett, mother of John Bennett, a Burroughs graduate who was stricken with polio during his junior year, and Mildred L. Elliott, instructor of physical edu- cation, who told of her experiences in hospital therapeutic treatment of polio victims. tended in getting emergency leave, transfers for specified reasons and hardship discharges. Instruction in first aid, water safe- ty, home nursing and the like also are given by the workers. While the Red Cross poinm out tha.t it cannot help individuals with every problem, it may be benefi- cial to discuss problems in confi- dence and find out if some other welfare organization may be of aid. The 1 0 c a I chapter is affiliated with the Bakersfield Chapter and both are volunteer-stalfed and op- era.ted. Cub Scouts Take Special Train Trip To Bakersfield A group of m 0 r e than 40 CUb SCOuts, accompanied by nearly that many adults, made a railroad trip from Mojave to Bakersfield and qsck last Saturday. The youngsters, members of CUb Packs 15 and 103 of China.~ Lake, and Pack 148 of Randsburg, rode in two special cars furnished by the South- ern Pacific Railroad COmpany on this v1s1t to the railroad yards at the county seat. After eating their lunch, which they took with them on the train. the Cub SCOuts were shown through the roundhouse and the ra.ilroa.d re- pair shops at Bakersfield. The Cub Scouts and their adUlt leaders boarded the tra1n at Mojave at 10 a.m., arrived. in Bakersfield around 12 noon, stayed. there fQl' 21ia hours, aild arrived back at Mojave at 4:45 p.m. The special train rid e was ar- ranged by Hugo Meneghelll, secre- tary of the Cub Pack 15 committee, who made similar arrangements for a trip by r ail to Bakersfield for members of Cub Eack 15 last year. This year the outing was expanded to include members of two other Cub Packs. Den Mothers who provided guid- ance and supervision during the trip were Mrs. Bertha Kreighbaum, Mrs. Peggy Walker, Mrs. Juanita Mad- den, Mrs. Lillian Fojt, Mrs. Julius Jensen and Mrs. Alice Day. 12 Drivers Appear At Traffic Court Twelve S tat ion motorists were haled into the Station traffic court this week. Offenses cited were il- legal parking, driving without head- lights, opposing 0 n e-w a y traffic, driving without an operator's li- cense, and speeding. seven drivers received warnings, two had their station driving pr1v1- leges suspended until they can ob- tain a valid operator's llcense, and t/u'ee had their Station drlv1ng priv- ileges revoked for one week. • • ntl weATHER Generally feir over the wekend, with hIgh and medium lo~ cloucl formatIons. little change In temperature. Maximum tempero- lure will be in the low 60s, minimum a round 30 degt.... ee _PUAnJlES (Housing Ana) Max. MIn. Thurs., Jan. 21 ..____..____...._ 55 30 Fri., Jon. 22 ___.___...._ ..__ 55 33 Sot., Jon. 23 ...__.._..__.._....__ 67 32 Sun., Jon. 2-4 _..........___.._.._._ 63 -49 Mon., Jon. 25 ...._...._.............._.._. 51 38 Tues., Jon. 26 .._._.....__..__..........._ 52 28 Wed., Jon. 27 ......_.._.__.__.._._._ 57 2' VOL. X, NO.4 u.s. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1954 MRS. VIRGINIA HANCOCK, candidate for queen sponsored by the Command Administration Department and the First Provisional Marine Guided Missile Battalion, was the winner in March of Dimes queen con- test. Sbe is shown being crowned by Captain D. B. Young, Station Com- mander, during a halt in festivities at the annual carnival and dance held last Friday at Armitage field's Hangar No. I. Virginia Hancock Reigns At March of Dimes Fete Pinal results are still undeterm- ined. tn the 1954 March of Dimes campaign, w h I c h oflic1ally ends _ " _ ODe phase of the local campaign - the Queen contest - was Test Runs Made On Channel Seven AtRepeaterStation Experimental check runs, relaying Channel 7 television programs from the Laurel Mountain repeater sta- tion to local television screens, were made during the past week in prep- aration for bringing another video channel to the China Lake area. According to George Sutherlen, head of the Test Department's spe- cial electronics branch, who 15 in charge of the repeater station pro- ject, the Channel 7 signal came in better than that being received on Channel 9, the fourth TV station to be successfully rebroadcast fro m Laurel Mountain. Two more wide band amplifiers, to increase the repeater station signal strength, have been installed and will be tried out as soon as the nec- essary connecting cables-have been put in place. Ultimately, increasing the power of the local repeater station signal is expected to eliminate present in- terference with television reception in Inyokern, and may even improve reception as far away as Trona, ac- cording to Mr. Sutherlen. Last weekend, weaMler coating was applied to the cement bl6ck huts which house electronic gear at the repeater station, and the area was cleared of an accumulation of rocks and debris. Tomorrow and Sunday it is planned to re-tar the roofs of the concrete block huts, which leaked during the recent rainstorms, and do some work on the station antennae. Assistance at the TV repeater sta- tion last weekend was provided by groups of employes from the weld- Ing, machine, air conditioning and refrigeration, and electric shops in the Publlc Works Department; from the pilot plants and from the Rocket Department. decisively concluded last P rid a y night at the third annual polio fund carruval and dance held at Armi- tage field. Mrs. Virginia. Hancock, wife of Chief H. L. Hancock, 305-B Oroves, was winner by a wide margin over the nine other candidates in the contest, and was crowned by Cap- tain D. B. Young, Station Comman- der, preceding last Friday night'S dance. For the second time in the tbree- year history of the pollo carnival and dance, the COmmand Admin- istration Department had a part in determining the con t est winner. The foOowin.&" open letter of appreciation to all residents ot the area. who contributed to the March of Dimes was received this week from LCDR F. E. Malley, cha.irma.n of the 19M polio cam- paign at China Lake. It """": "I would I ike to upress my thanks to all those who have con- tributed so generously to the suc- cess of the 1954 March of Dimes, and the annual carnival and dance. "By your contributions you have made Indian Wells Valley & bet- ter place in which to live. "There is no simpler word than jthanks' and no more sincere way of saying t han in Its simplest form." This year. personnel of the First • Provisional Marine Guided Missile Battalion and Command Ad.min1s- (Continued on Page Five) Rocketeer Format To Change Feb. 5 A new format and method of fi- nancing the Rocketeer will be in- augurated next week. Beginning with the edition of Feb. 5, the Rocketeer will be financed by appropriated, rather than non-ap- propriated f u Ii d s, and the page size, but not the number of pages, will be reduced. It is not expected that the content of the paper wlll be affected to any noticeable degree by the change. Command Receives' Proposal For Cbange in Housing Rules A proposal to change the present Station h 0 u sin g regulations was made to Station Management late last wee k in anticipation of the availability of 300 Wherry housing units. The proposal is designed to elim- lnate most restricti0'r' now placed on Station housing, and will extend eligibility, by length of service, to all employes for a.tn1ost all types of fam- lly housing. Top Fleet Officers View Ordnance Program at NOTS Eight flag officers in the San Di- ego area and their staffs arrived yes- terday morning and departed thiS noon after an intensive day-and-a- half of witnessing station test fir- ings and hearing discussions on what NOTS means to fleet ordnance. The visitors, who arrived at the Naval Air Facility shortly before noon. included VADM W. M. Calla.- ghan, Com man d e r Amphibious Forces Pacific; RADM L. S. Sabin, Commander Amphibious For c e 8 Group One; RADM B. Davis, COm- mander Amphibious Tra.1nlng com- mand PacifiC, Captain W. O. Floyd, CDR D. C. Richardson, Lt. Col. Davis and LCDR Morris. VADM W. K. PhiUlps, command- er· First Fleet; captain W . M. Na- tion, Captain H. A. Renken, CDR O. H. Cairnes. CDR J. F. Miller, CDR R. W. Clark. CDR E. W. Pate Jr., and Lt. COl. S . Velebny Jr., USAF. RADM M. E. Curts, COmmander Cruisers and Destroyers Pacific, Cap- tain J. W. Cooper and CDR J. P. Jamison. &ADM E. E. Stone, COmmander Training Command Pacific, captain A. A. Ovrom and LCDR P. S. Smith. Captain B. W. Wright. Captain A. McB. Jackson and CDR O. B. Cattermole. RADM R. Goldthwaite, COmmand- er Carrier Division 17. Captain J. W. Blanchard, captain F. W. Scanland Jr.. Captain W. F. Rodee, Captain H. E. Bernstein, Cap- tain T. J. Hayward. CDR R. D. COx Jr. and LT V. Svanda. Lunch at the club yesterday was followed by an address of welcome (Continued on Page Five) Housing Unit Pupils To Attend China Lake Schools A petition seeking transfer of the Wherry Housing area to the Indian Wells Valley School District was re- jected at a hearing held TUesday in Bakersfield by the Kern C a u n t y Board of Supervisors. The action had been opposed by the Indian Wells Valley district's school board on the grounds that insufficient information is available regarding how the present Ridge- crest school plant could accommo- date the increRSF in the number of students expected to result from oc- cupancy of the 300 new Wherry homes. Rejection of the move at this time means that the subject may not be brought up for COnsideration again before July I, 1955. and may not be considered even then, according to Dr. Earl Murray, superintendent of China Lake schools. The most significant changes will of low-income housin~ in the area, be the removal of almost a.ll restrlc- future assignments of civilian Pre- tions on ellgtblllty by type of Job tabs and trailers will be restricted to or occupation. The new regulations are planned to go into effect on April I, when the first groop of Wherry houses will be nearing completion. An im- portant change in regula.tions will be the gradual elimination of priori- ties for OS-9 and higher employes. Some priorities wlll be dropped im- mediately, and all wlll be dropped by Jan. 1, 1956. The proposed changes wlll permit such employe groups as laborers, GS 1-4 per annums and others to be- come eligible, for the first time, for nearly all types of Station housing. Married couples with no children will become eligible for two-bedroom housing, and the ellgibility of single employes will be extended to a.ll types of zero and one-bedroom hous- ing. lt also 1s proposed that employes of such activities as the Navy Ex- change, schools, etc., will be eligible for Station housing on a simllar ba- sis as Station employes. There are s 0 m e restrictions on ellgibility because of shortages ot certain types of housing. For ex- ample, three-bedroom unim are re- stricted to tamlly groups of at least four persons; single employes are not eligible for two 'and three-bedroom units. Because of the limited amount The tnuWtlon pulod from the old rules to the new -will produce problems alone with benefits. For .""",ple, expandlnc .1IcIbUlty to new croups 01 employes and set- tine up an almost exclusive lenrtb of service .ystem will slow UP. COD- siderably, the assIpunent of SI&- lion houes to employes with lela than three yean service who are not now boased In Station perma-o nenl hoaalnc. The slow up wiD be most Ieftft for &hoee employes with less &haD two YflU"I service. However. to.,....... ~ for the lancer waltiD&' pe- riod for Slation hoasln&'. these em- ployes will be able to Immed',tel7 obtain Wherry hOllllOS. IJvin& in Wherry anlts will, 01 coune, in no way &ff.et eIIc1bWty lor on-Station bouslnc. those employes earning less than $3600 per year. About ten per cent of the housing 'units are held under the control of the COmmander and the Technical Director for assigrunent to key mUI- tary and civilian persoIUlel when necessary, but ordinarlly the normal assignment procedures will hold for these houses. (Continued on Page Five) Proposed Housing Regulations The following is the text of the proposed new housing regulations and housing assignment procedures: Part I 1. BasIc Policy a. It is necessary for the Station to maintain a proper balance of oc- cupations among the technical pro- grams and supportiJlg services. At current employment levels and re- cruitment trends the assignment of on-Station housing by length of ser- vice will to the largest extent ac- complish this balance. Therefore, the length of service principle will be followed with as few deviations as possible. Z. El1c1blllty fM Family HoasJnc a. All China Lake Civil service employes and civilian employes of supporting activities are eligible for family-type housing, with the fol- lowing limitations (see paragraph 3.b for further limitations which will end not later t 1\a n Jan. I, 1956. Supporting activities are defined as employes working on the Station for activities as Navy Exchange, post of- fice, public schoolS, Bank of Amer- ica, Officers' Club, private medical and dental professional personnel, and such other activities as the COmmunity Manager may designate. (1) Because of a continuing short- age of on-Station three-bedroom un- its it is necessary to restrict these units to family groups of at least four. A family is defined as consist- ing of immediate relatives of the employe or spouse as child, parent, brother or sister and/or one recog- nized for federal tax-exemption pur- poses, all of whom are China Lake residents. (2) Single employes who do not have members of their family living with them are not eligible for unim containing more than one bedroom (famUy is defined in 3.a (I) ). NOTE: In the event rapidly ex- panding programs create a shortage of houses, it may be necessary to curtail ellgibUlty of II1ngle empl""", for family-type un 1t s. However. those employes already housed will not be required to vacate; and the changes would apply as far as p0s- sible to future rather than currently employed persons. (Continued on Page Five) Rent Applications Now Being Taken For Wherry Homes Applications for Wherry houses are now being accepted at the station Housing office. Representatives of the Inyokern H 0 u sin g COmpany, builders and operators of the Wher- ry houses, have stated that construc- tion is slightly ahead of schedule and that 53 two-bedroom and 53 three-bedroom units will be avail- able about April 15. Individuals employed by NOTS or its associated activities who desire to rent one of the Wherry houses should visit the Station housing of- fice and indicate whether they would like to rent a two or a three-bed- room unit. Persons not employed by the Station or its activities, should visit the Ridgecrest offices of the project operators to submit their applications. The National Housing Act. which authorized the construction of the project, requires that these houses be assigned to persons in the fol- lowing priority order: (1) Members of the Armed Porces, (2) C1vU Service and support em- ployes, (3) Station contractor em- ployes, and (4) individuals not em- ployed by any of these groups. Within each group, members wtll be referred in the order of their length of service with the station or its activities. Individuals not con- nected with the Station wlll be ellg- Ibie to rent Wherry anlts only after NOTa-connected. e m p loy e s bave been housed. , OCR Text: PAGE EIGHT FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1954 Curtain To Go Up Tonight On 3-Act Stage Fantasy Curtain time will be 8:15 tonight for the first of two performances of James Thurber's three-act fan- tasy, "Many MOOns," which will be presented by the China Lake Play- ers at the Richmond Elementary School auditorium. T he second show will be given to- morrow night,at the same time and place. Featured in the cast will be Lou- ise McEwan, ll-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McEwan, 408- A Thompson, as the young princess who wants the moon so ba.dly that she becomes ill. All efform by the oourt wise men-· portrayed by Ray Williams, as the chamberla.in; Ralph Selfridge, as the wizard; and Ed Rom e r 0, as the mathematician-fail to provide the answer fOr till.is childish whim.., but the court Jester, played by Bob Le- Peuvre, ultimately succeeds where the others failed. Others in tne cast and the parm they will play are Virginia Porter as Cynicia; Donna Haney as the royal nurse; Mary Wickenden as Pa- retta.; Marvin Backman as the king, and Ellen Wltrack as the goldsmith's daughter. The play's co-directors, Bob Le- Bob Le Feane Storting Times: 6 unci • p.m. dolly. Kiddi..' Mot~ (Sp.c:iol Movies): I p.m. Saturday Motl.,.., 1 p.m. Sunday TODAY JAN. 28·29 "I NfERNO" (13 Min.) Robert Ryon, Rhonda Fleming No r....iew available at press time. Shorts: "Carnival in April" (19 Min.) News (I0 Min.) SAT. JAN. 30 " CHARGE OF THE LANCERS" (74 Min.) Jean Prerr. Aumont, Poul.,fIIl Goddard No review available at press time. Shorts: " Moglc Streetcar" (20 Min.) . MATINEE "lOSS Of IOOMTOWN" (58 Min.) Rod Cameron Shortsl "Wacky Wigwams" (7 Min.) Adventur&t; of Caplain IGdd No. 13 (17 Min.) SUN.oMON. JAN 31·FEB. 1 " HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE" (92 Min.) Burt lancaster, Joan Rice lancos!8\' plays (I sea coptain, set c;drift by his mutinous crew, who gels to on island in the South Pacific. His discovery that the Is- land Is rich In copra couses him to return to Hong Kong for (I ship to remove ,his va luable cargo. On his return he is forced to put in at another Island where he falls in love, and becomes king of the Island. Shorls, " How To Sleep" (7 Min.) TUES.·WED. FEB. 2-3 " GO MAN 00" (13 Min.) Done Clark, Harlem Globetrotters No review available at press time. Shorts: "Poue Cot" (7 Min.) "Bor River Volley (10 Min.) News (10 Min.) THURS•.fRI. FEB. 4-.5 " THE GLENN MILLER STORY" (115 Min.) James St_arl, June Allyson The mqrk that Glenn Miller left is In the memories of millions. James Stewort portrays the bond lead... Mre, with June Allyson as the girl he wooed, rolhet' unconventionally If sincerely, and finally won. Music lovers, young and old, will find In the story frame every· thIng h"bm smooth OKhestra arrangements to ,uper-chorg.d 10m Muions. Revlewet". rating, Excellent. Shorts, N~. (10 Min.) Lou.iJe McEwan Feuvre and Ed Romero, both have parts in the production. Back stage assistance will be provided by Bill Spafford, stage manager; Johnnie Bales, costumes; Bruce Wertenberg- er, lighting; Newman Lowe, sound effects, and Tobie Witrack, proper- ties. Tickets for either performance may be obtained on the. night of the show at the auditorium door. The price is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the junior high school orchestra to be used to purchase new instruments. Safety Meetings Slated at Annex PASADENA - Annex Supervisors were reminded that periodic safety meetings must be conducted for all personnel in a memorandum issued by Captain Robert F. sellars, OinC, last week. J ack Campbell, head of the safety group, will assist supervisors in con- ducting these safety meetings if de- sired, Captain sellars said. "These meetings, conducted by the supervisors, should not exceed 30 minutes. Short meetings, 10 to 15 minutes, which pack a punch are preferable," Captain sellars sa i d. "Supervisors may choose any of the following topics: Unsafe work prac- tices not ice d, personal protective equipment, accident reports, goo d housekeeping, care and use of hand tools, suggestions for shop improve- . ment and shop safety, and other topics pertinent to safety." Rockhounds Elect Finnegan President Bill Finnegan has been elected president of the NOTS Rockhounds, succeeding Royal Gould. Other officers named following a recent election, are Ewald Neumann, vice-president; George S h r 1n e r, treasurer; Martha Finnegan, secre- tary; Willi a m COrnell, lapidary chairman and George Kimball, al- ternate. Two members also were elected to two year terms on the organiza- tion's board of directors. ';I'hey are Armin Wiebke and Tom T. Chap- man. The other two directors are Mr. Gould and Sewell (Pop) Lofinck. 3 New Members Join Altar Society Three new members joined the China Lake Altar Society at the group's last monthly meeting. New names on the membership list are those of Mrs. Nancy Etche- verry, Mrs. Peggy Hannold and Mrs. Pat Horne. The meeting also featured talks on the March of Dimes by Mrs. A. L. Bennett. and on "Keeping Up With Your Child at SChool" by Mrs. Ward Fagnant. The society is plann1ng a bake sale for the month of February. The eu:t date of th1a venture wtll be announced later. Motorists Advised Not To Remove Front license Plate A warning to California motorists not to remove the front license plate from their automobUes after renew- ing their vehicle registration for 1954 was issued this week by Paul Mason, director of the State Department of Motor Vehicles. The single 1954 tab issued at the time vehicle registration is renewed must be attached to the rear license plate, it was added. In previous years the Department of Motor Vehicles issued a pair of renewal tabs for at- tachment to both front and rear plates. Changes provided in a law regard- ing vehicle registration enacted in 1953 do not affect the requirement t hat all California registered ve- hicles, except trailers and cycles, must display two license plates, Mr. Mason said. TEN HOME SERVICE WORKERS who this week received certificates for completing their American Red Cross 22-hour course are seen with Mrs. D. B. Young (front row, extreme left), wife of the Station Com- mander. Recipients are, front row from left, next to Mrs. Young, Mrs. A. B. Bennett, Mrs. W. A. Eslinger, Mrs. R. E. Fulwider, Mrs. F. J. Wik- enheiser and Mrs. C. R. Olsen. Back row, Mrs. T. J. Walker, Mrs. H . A. Taylor, Mrs. C. M. Bogardus, Mrs. J. H. Cathcart and Mrs. T. E. Barnett. "Any motorist who discards his front license plate may be required by a traffic officer to secure a re- placement at a cost of $2," the state official added. Red Cross. Home Service Now Has 22 Workers The motor vehicle director also urged motorists to renew their ve- hicle registration as soon as possible before the Feb. 4 deadline, when penalties provided in law for de- linquent registration increases fees sharply. Motor vehicle registrations may be renewed locally in the security build- ing at the Main Gate, Man day through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Music Students To Be in Concert Two g r 0 ups of music students from Burroughs High SChool will take part in the All-COunty concert at Harvey Auditorium in Bakers- field on Saturday, Feb. 6, starting at 8 p.m. The choral group, composed of Norma Schimm1ck, Jane Hoenshell, Barbara MussIer, Kathy COger, DIane McDonald, Mary Shewan, Dick How- ell, Ronnie Parish and LaVelle Bayer, is directed by Dr. Paul Harper of the high school faculty. Dr. Charles Hirt, choral director of Los Angeles State COllege, will act as conductor in the program of com- bined choruses. Five orchestra members also will take part in the concert. They are Carolyn Neipp, Bruce Blackerby, and Virginia Williams, violinists; Mary Drebilis, French horn, and Jim Es- linger, celllst~ This part of the combined pro- gram will be under the direction of Vernon Leidig of Los Angeles state COllege. A combined rehearsal will be held there tomorrow. Benefits of American Red Cross home service are available to serv- icemen and their dependents here through the work of 22 full time volunteers under chairmanship of Mrs. W. L. Sloan. This unit of the Indian Wells Valley branch of the Red Cross has its office in the hut at 81 Halsey, near the Switzer traffic circle. The hours are 3 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, although emergen- Cies are handled on a 24-hour ba- sis. Telephone number is 71640. When the office is not open. a person needing aid is advised to C:lU the station phone operator and ask for the number of a home serv- ice worker who is available. Services include consultations of personal and family matters; fi- nancial aid such as loans or grants for emergency I e a v e and family needs; help with communications- such as reports on folks at home, locating missing relatives and news from overseas; State and federal benefits including ·8.llotments, pen- sions and insurance. In cooperation with appropriate military authorities, aid will be ex- PTA Lecture Series To Continue Monday The second in a series of four lec- tures for parents, sponsored by the parent education committee of the China Lake PTA, will be held Mon- day at 8 p.m. in Room 41, Burroughs High SChool. Mrs. Sylvia Besser, a Desert Fam- ily Service Agency counselor, will lead a discussion on the subject, jjA Stitch in Time." The forum is open to all parents. . March of Dimes Boosters THREE STUDENTS of Burroughs High School, former polio VICtlmS, were featured on the program at a March of Dimes assembly held at the Station theater. The students, from left, Frank Childs, Phyllis Jackson and Roy Brown, told of the aid received through the polio fund during their illnesses. Other speakers on the program were Mrs. Arthur L. Bennett, mother of John Bennett, a Burroughs graduate who was stricken with polio during his junior year, and Mildred L. Elliott, instructor of physical edu- cation, who told of her experiences in hospital therapeutic treatment of polio victims. tended in getting emergency leave, transfers for specified reasons and hardship discharges. Instruction in first aid, water safe- ty, home nursing and the like also are given by the workers. While the Red Cross poinm out tha.t it cannot help individuals with every problem, it may be benefi- cial to discuss problems in confi- dence and find out if some other welfare organization may be of aid. The 1 0 c a I chapter is affiliated with the Bakersfield Chapter and both are volunteer-stalfed and op- era.ted. Cub Scouts Take Special Train Trip To Bakersfield A group of m 0 r e than 40 CUb SCOuts, accompanied by nearly that many adults, made a railroad trip from Mojave to Bakersfield and qsck last Saturday. The youngsters, members of CUb Packs 15 and 103 of China.~ Lake, and Pack 148 of Randsburg, rode in two special cars furnished by the South- ern Pacific Railroad COmpany on this v1s1t to the railroad yards at the county seat. After eating their lunch, which they took with them on the train. the Cub SCOuts were shown through the roundhouse and the ra.ilroa.d re- pair shops at Bakersfield. The Cub Scouts and their adUlt leaders boarded the tra1n at Mojave at 10 a.m., arrived. in Bakersfield around 12 noon, stayed. there fQl' 21ia hours, aild arrived back at Mojave at 4:45 p.m. The special train rid e was ar- ranged by Hugo Meneghelll, secre- tary of the Cub Pack 15 committee, who made similar arrangements for a trip by r ail to Bakersfield for members of Cub Eack 15 last year. This year the outing was expanded to include members of two other Cub Packs. Den Mothers who provided guid- ance and supervision during the trip were Mrs. Bertha Kreighbaum, Mrs. Peggy Walker, Mrs. Juanita Mad- den, Mrs. Lillian Fojt, Mrs. Julius Jensen and Mrs. Alice Day. 12 Drivers Appear At Traffic Court Twelve S tat ion motorists were haled into the Station traffic court this week. Offenses cited were il- legal parking, driving without head- lights, opposing 0 n e-w a y traffic, driving without an operator's li- cense, and speeding. seven drivers received warnings, two had their station driving pr1v1- leges suspended until they can ob- tain a valid operator's llcense, and t/u'ee had their Station drlv1ng priv- ileges revoked for one week. • • ntl weATHER Generally feir over the wekend, with hIgh and medium lo~ cloucl formatIons. little change In temperature. Maximum tempero- lure will be in the low 60s, minimum a round 30 degt.... ee _PUAnJlES (Housing Ana) Max. MIn. Thurs., Jan. 21 ..____..____...._ 55 30 Fri., Jon. 22 ___.___...._ ..__ 55 33 Sot., Jon. 23 ...__.._..__.._....__ 67 32 Sun., Jon. 2-4 _..........___.._.._._ 63 -49 Mon., Jon. 25 ...._...._.............._.._. 51 38 Tues., Jon. 26 .._._.....__..__..........._ 52 28 Wed., Jon. 27 ......_.._.__.__.._._._ 57 2' VOL. X, NO.4 u.s. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1954 MRS. VIRGINIA HANCOCK, candidate for queen sponsored by the Command Administration Department and the First Provisional Marine Guided Missile Battalion, was the winner in March of Dimes queen con- test. Sbe is shown being crowned by Captain D. B. Young, Station Com- mander, during a halt in festivities at the annual carnival and dance held last Friday at Armitage field's Hangar No. I. Virginia Hancock Reigns At March of Dimes Fete Pinal results are still undeterm- ined. tn the 1954 March of Dimes campaign, w h I c h oflic1ally ends _ " _ ODe phase of the local campaign - the Queen contest - was Test Runs Made On Channel Seven AtRepeaterStation Experimental check runs, relaying Channel 7 television programs from the Laurel Mountain repeater sta- tion to local television screens, were made during the past week in prep- aration for bringing another video channel to the China Lake area. According to George Sutherlen, head of the Test Department's spe- cial electronics branch, who 15 in charge of the repeater station pro- ject, the Channel 7 signal came in better than that being received on Channel 9, the fourth TV station to be successfully rebroadcast fro m Laurel Mountain. Two more wide band amplifiers, to increase the repeater station signal strength, have been installed and will be tried out as soon as the nec- essary connecting cables-have been put in place. Ultimately, increasing the power of the local repeater station signal is expected to eliminate present in- terference with television reception in Inyokern, and may even improve reception as far away as Trona, ac- cording to Mr. Sutherlen. Last weekend, weaMler coating was applied to the cement bl6ck huts which house electronic gear at the repeater station, and the area was cleared of an accumulation of rocks and debris. Tomorrow and Sunday it is planned to re-tar the roofs of the concrete block huts, which leaked during the recent rainstorms, and do some work on the station antennae. Assistance at the TV repeater sta- tion last weekend was provided by groups of employes from the weld- Ing, machine, air conditioning and refrigeration, and electric shops in the Publlc Works Department; from the pilot plants and from the Rocket Department. decisively concluded last P rid a y night at the third annual polio fund carruval and dance held at Armi- tage field. Mrs. Virginia. Hancock, wife of Chief H. L. Hancock, 305-B Oroves, was winner by a wide margin over the nine other candidates in the contest, and was crowned by Cap- tain D. B. Young, Station Comman- der, preceding last Friday night'S dance. For the second time in the tbree- year history of the pollo carnival and dance, the COmmand Admin- istration Department had a part in determining the con t est winner. The foOowin.&" open letter of appreciation to all residents ot the area. who contributed to the March of Dimes was received this week from LCDR F. E. Malley, cha.irma.n of the 19M polio cam- paign at China Lake. It """": "I would I ike to upress my thanks to all those who have con- tributed so generously to the suc- cess of the 1954 March of Dimes, and the annual carnival and dance. "By your contributions you have made Indian Wells Valley & bet- ter place in which to live. "There is no simpler word than jthanks' and no more sincere way of saying t han in Its simplest form." This year. personnel of the First • Provisional Marine Guided Missile Battalion and Command Ad.min1s- (Continued on Page Five) Rocketeer Format To Change Feb. 5 A new format and method of fi- nancing the Rocketeer will be in- augurated next week. Beginning with the edition of Feb. 5, the Rocketeer will be financed by appropriated, rather than non-ap- propriated f u Ii d s, and the page size, but not the number of pages, will be reduced. It is not expected that the content of the paper wlll be affected to any noticeable degree by the change. Command Receives' Proposal For Cbange in Housing Rules A proposal to change the present Station h 0 u sin g regulations was made to Station Management late last wee k in anticipation of the availability of 300 Wherry housing units. The proposal is designed to elim- lnate most restricti0'r' now placed on Station housing, and will extend eligibility, by length of service, to all employes for a.tn1ost all types of fam- lly housing. Top Fleet Officers View Ordnance Program at NOTS Eight flag officers in the San Di- ego area and their staffs arrived yes- terday morning and departed thiS noon after an intensive day-and-a- half of witnessing station test fir- ings and hearing discussions on what NOTS means to fleet ordnance. The visitors, who arrived at the Naval Air Facility shortly before noon. included VADM W. M. Calla.- ghan, Com man d e r Amphibious Forces Pacific; RADM L. S. Sabin, Commander Amphibious For c e 8 Group One; RADM B. Davis, COm- mander Amphibious Tra.1nlng com- mand PacifiC, Captain W. O. Floyd, CDR D. C. Richardson, Lt. Col. Davis and LCDR Morris. VADM W. K. PhiUlps, command- er· First Fleet; captain W . M. Na- tion, Captain H. A. Renken, CDR O. H. Cairnes. CDR J. F. Miller, CDR R. W. Clark. CDR E. W. Pate Jr., and Lt. COl. S . Velebny Jr., USAF. RADM M. E. Curts, COmmander Cruisers and Destroyers Pacific, Cap- tain J. W. Cooper and CDR J. P. Jamison. &ADM E. E. Stone, COmmander Training Command Pacific, captain A. A. Ovrom and LCDR P. S. Smith. Captain B. W. Wright. Captain A. McB. Jackson and CDR O. B. Cattermole. RADM R. Goldthwaite, COmmand- er Carrier Division 17. Captain J. W. Blanchard, captain F. W. Scanland Jr.. Captain W. F. Rodee, Captain H. E. Bernstein, Cap- tain T. J. Hayward. CDR R. D. COx Jr. and LT V. Svanda. Lunch at the club yesterday was followed by an address of welcome (Continued on Page Five) Housing Unit Pupils To Attend China Lake Schools A petition seeking transfer of the Wherry Housing area to the Indian Wells Valley School District was re- jected at a hearing held TUesday in Bakersfield by the Kern C a u n t y Board of Supervisors. The action had been opposed by the Indian Wells Valley district's school board on the grounds that insufficient information is available regarding how the present Ridge- crest school plant could accommo- date the increRSF in the number of students expected to result from oc- cupancy of the 300 new Wherry homes. Rejection of the move at this time means that the subject may not be brought up for COnsideration again before July I, 1955. and may not be considered even then, according to Dr. Earl Murray, superintendent of China Lake schools. The most significant changes will of low-income housin~ in the area, be the removal of almost a.ll restrlc- future assignments of civilian Pre- tions on ellgtblllty by type of Job tabs and trailers will be restricted to or occupation. The new regulations are planned to go into effect on April I, when the first groop of Wherry houses will be nearing completion. An im- portant change in regula.tions will be the gradual elimination of priori- ties for OS-9 and higher employes. Some priorities wlll be dropped im- mediately, and all wlll be dropped by Jan. 1, 1956. The proposed changes wlll permit such employe groups as laborers, GS 1-4 per annums and others to be- come eligible, for the first time, for nearly all types of Station housing. Married couples with no children will become eligible for two-bedroom housing, and the ellgibility of single employes will be extended to a.ll types of zero and one-bedroom hous- ing. lt also 1s proposed that employes of such activities as the Navy Ex- change, schools, etc., will be eligible for Station housing on a simllar ba- sis as Station employes. There are s 0 m e restrictions on ellgibility because of shortages ot certain types of housing. For ex- ample, three-bedroom unim are re- stricted to tamlly groups of at least four persons; single employes are not eligible for two 'and three-bedroom units. Because of the limited amount The tnuWtlon pulod from the old rules to the new -will produce problems alone with benefits. For .""",ple, expandlnc .1IcIbUlty to new croups 01 employes and set- tine up an almost exclusive lenrtb of service .ystem will slow UP. COD- siderably, the assIpunent of SI&- lion houes to employes with lela than three yean service who are not now boased In Station perma-o nenl hoaalnc. The slow up wiD be most Ieftft for &hoee employes with less &haD two YflU"I service. However. to.,....... ~ for the lancer waltiD&' pe- riod for Slation hoasln&'. these em- ployes will be able to Immed',tel7 obtain Wherry hOllllOS. IJvin& in Wherry anlts will, 01 coune, in no way &ff.et eIIc1bWty lor on-Station bouslnc. those employes earning less than $3600 per year. About ten per cent of the housing 'units are held under the control of the COmmander and the Technical Director for assigrunent to key mUI- tary and civilian persoIUlel when necessary, but ordinarlly the normal assignment procedures will hold for these houses. (Continued on Page Five) Proposed Housing Regulations The following is the text of the proposed new housing regulations and housing assignment procedures: Part I 1. BasIc Policy a. It is necessary for the Station to maintain a proper balance of oc- cupations among the technical pro- grams and supportiJlg services. At current employment levels and re- cruitment trends the assignment of on-Station housing by length of ser- vice will to the largest extent ac- complish this balance. Therefore, the length of service principle will be followed with as few deviations as possible. Z. El1c1blllty fM Family HoasJnc a. All China Lake Civil service employes and civilian employes of supporting activities are eligible for family-type housing, with the fol- lowing limitations (see paragraph 3.b for further limitations which will end not later t 1\a n Jan. I, 1956. Supporting activities are defined as employes working on the Station for activities as Navy Exchange, post of- fice, public schoolS, Bank of Amer- ica, Officers' Club, private medical and dental professional personnel, and such other activities as the COmmunity Manager may designate. (1) Because of a continuing short- age of on-Station three-bedroom un- its it is necessary to restrict these units to family groups of at least four. A family is defined as consist- ing of immediate relatives of the employe or spouse as child, parent, brother or sister and/or one recog- nized for federal tax-exemption pur- poses, all of whom are China Lake residents. (2) Single employes who do not have members of their family living with them are not eligible for unim containing more than one bedroom (famUy is defined in 3.a (I) ). NOTE: In the event rapidly ex- panding programs create a shortage of houses, it may be necessary to curtail ellgibUlty of II1ngle empl""", for family-type un 1t s. However. those employes already housed will not be required to vacate; and the changes would apply as far as p0s- sible to future rather than currently employed persons. (Continued on Page Five) Rent Applications Now Being Taken For Wherry Homes Applications for Wherry houses are now being accepted at the station Housing office. Representatives of the Inyokern H 0 u sin g COmpany, builders and operators of the Wher- ry houses, have stated that construc- tion is slightly ahead of schedule and that 53 two-bedroom and 53 three-bedroom units will be avail- able about April 15. Individuals employed by NOTS or its associated activities who desire to rent one of the Wherry houses should visit the Station housing of- fice and indicate whether they would like to rent a two or a three-bed- room unit. Persons not employed by the Station or its activities, should visit the Ridgecrest offices of the project operators to submit their applications. The National Housing Act. which authorized the construction of the project, requires that these houses be assigned to persons in the fol- lowing priority order: (1) Members of the Armed Porces, (2) C1vU Service and support em- ployes, (3) Station contractor em- ployes, and (4) individuals not em- ployed by any of these groups. Within each group, members wtll be referred in the order of their length of service with the station or its activities. Individuals not con- nected with the Station wlll be ellg- Ibie to rent Wherry anlts only after NOTa-connected. e m p loy e s bave been housed. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1950s,Rocketeer 1954,Rktr1.29.1954.pdf,Rktr1.29.1954.pdf Page 1, Rktr1.29.1954.pdf Page 1