PAGE. JULy %3, 1951 1Death, 6Injuries In Auto Accidents Over Past Weekend Adrian H. Rose, an apprentice ma- chinist in the manufacturing divi- sion, Engineering Department. es- caped serious injury in an accident which demolished his car last Sat- urday evening on the Inyokern road. The incident occurred about 1% miles east of Inyokern when his car which was apparently traveling at an excessive rate of speed, went out of control. causing it to roll over, ac- cording to Highway Patrol officers. Rose was taken to the Ridgecrest Hospital and treated for lacerations of the face lind legs. In another local accident during the past week, George Edward John- son, from Bloomington. Calif'J was killed in a head-on COllision Friday. about 14 miles south of Ridgecrest on Highway 395. He apparently failed to negotiate a curve and his vehicle skidded. into a car driven by John Mellon Sr. from San Diego. In the car with Mellon was his wife. Vada., and their three children, TOmmy, John Jr., and Pa- tricia. Two ot the children, Tommy &Ild Patricia, and Mrs. Mellon are out of danger in the Ridgecrest Hos- pital, however, Mr. Mellon and the other child, John Jr., are in critical condition. Starting n,...., 6 ond • p.lII. eWl»,. Klddl..' MGt'-" (Sp.dClI Movi..)! 1 p.m. $crturdCly MatI..... 1 p..Ift. Sundar TODAY JULY 23 "MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION" (108 Min.) Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson Shorts: "Devil May Hore" (7 Min.) New. (10 Min.) SATURDAY JULY 24 " CAPTAJN BLOOD" (98 Min.) Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHaviland Shorts, "Sleepytime Squar." (7 Min.) MATINEE "SATAN'S CRADLE" (60 Min.) Duncan Renolda, leo Carillo Sharts, "Tito's Guitar" (7 Min.) "Gunfighters of the Northwest" (16 Min.) SUN.oMON. JULY 2.5-26 " JULIUS CMSAR" (122 Min.) Marlon Branda, James Mason TUES.-WED. JULY 27·28 " PUSHOVER" (88 Min.) Fred MacMurray, Phil Carey ShOl'ts: "Atom Goe. to Sea" (10 Min.) News (10 Min.) THURS•..fRI. JULY 29..30 "APACHE" (87 Min.) Surt lancaster, Jeon Peters Shorts: "lI::angaroo Courting" (7 Min.) "Diving Cavalcade" (10 Min.) New. (10 Min.J SIX-HOUR WNG CLASSES with a total enrollment ot 125 boys are being held at Burroughs as a part of the summer recreation and crafts program. Sam Bogal, the class instructor. at left, is shown checking over the WOf'k of Billie l\IcPherson, who is building a model of the Cruiser Chicago. while other members of one of the classes look on. Cast Announced For Stage Play Mrs. Savage, a wealthy eooentric old woman, is the leading character in the forthcoming China Lake Players production "Curious Savage" to be presented at the Station the- ater Aug. 26-27. Mrs. Savage, played by Grace Al- Jen, attempts to give her money away and is committed to an insti- tutiOn by her two step-chlldren, Lillybelle and the Senator, played by Lucia M:arvin and Langthorne Sykes. The children decide that they have made a mistake when Mrs. Savage finds that she likes life in the institution more than life in the outside world. The play is directed by Marvin Backman, assisted by Lucia Marvin and Phil Marsh as the technical director. Others in the cast are Deaine Davis, Annabelle Culver, Ruth Rekosh, Edward Romero, Bob LeFeuvre, Bill Cohen and James Bray. Veterinary Service Available Tuesdays Dr. Arnold M. Snyder, a veterinar- ian from the Burbank Valley Animal Hospital. is on the Station every Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. A complete clinic. including med- ical treatment, vaccinations, and sur- gery, is available at his office which is located in the building next to the boarding kennels in the old contrac- tors area. He has been carrying on this service for Station residents for the past four years. TRAFFIC COURT REPORT Seven drivers appeared at the Sta- tion traffic court this week, with six receiving warnings and one having his Station driving privileges re- voked for a month. Offenses cited were illegal parking and speeding. Flint Promoted To Commander LCDR L. E. Flint Jr., air-to-ground weapons officer, recently received word of his promotion to the rank of commander, retroactive to Jan. I, 1954. CDR Flint, who has been at NOTS since March, entered the Navy in 1941 under the aviation cadet pro- gram and received flight training at Jacksonville, Fla. He then served three years in the Pacific during World War II and participated in air strikes against the Gilbert and Marshall islands and Truk. Before coming to the Station, CDR Flint was commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 11, which served in Korea during the latter part of 1952 and the spring of 1953. CDR and Mrs. Flint reside at 51l-A Lexington. Benefit Barbecue Slated Tomorrow A benefit barbecue has been scheduled tomorrow at Sandquist Spa by Boy Scout Troop No. 68, sponsored by the Latter Day saints Church in Ridgecrest. Tickets to the event, which Will start at 5:30 p.m., are priced at $1 per person, and are available today in front of the Commissary Store, or from any troop member. The menu will feature barbecued beef, with salad, bread. and butter. proceeds from the a!fair will be used to finance activities of the troop for the coming year. OOMMISSARY TO CWSE The Commissary store will close at noon on TUesday and remain closed all day Wednesday for the purpose of conducting the regular monthly inventory, according to LTJG W. C.Hamilton,Co~ store officer. Personnel.Dept. Employes Receive Suggestion Awards T u oeneflcial suggestion awards and a letter of commendation were presented last week to employes of the Personnel Department by R. W. Anderson, department head. Arthur G. Maxwell, head of the employe relations division, was given an award of $15 for his suggestion cealing with the housing seniority list. He proposed that considerable time and effort could be saved if persons desiring housing were placed on the list according to an "entrance on duty" date, rather than having to recompute the list every few months on a. point basis. The new system calls for adjustments in the seniority date. where breaks in serv- ice h:lve been allowed. The award made to Mr. Maxwell, who has charge of the beneficial suggestions program, was based on intangible benefits. Ester H. Crotty, a clerk-stenog- rapher in the employe rela.tions divi- Sion, received an award of $10 for her suggestion for the installation o! shelves over the wash basins in de- partment rest rooms. Intangible benefits was the basis for the award. Carter Miller, a position classifier, was gi\!en a letter of commendation for completing the executive train- ing program. Marion Draper On Honor Roll At Redlands Univ. Marion Draper Marion Draper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion G. Draper, 103-B Richmond, has been placed on the spring semester honor roll at the University of Redlands. according to an announcement received fro m George H. Armacost, president. Miss Draper, who was student body preSident, shared the valedictortan- salutatorian honors last year at Bur- roughs High School with Louise Kir- by. She has a straight "A" average at the university. SCHOOL BUDGET BEARING A public hearing on the 1954-55 budget of the China Lake Element- ary School District has been sched- uled Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Burroughs High School library. THE weATHER Mostly c I ear skies over the weekend with winds light ond varia· ble. 15 to 20 knots. Maximum temperoture 107. Minimum tempera- ture 72. VOl. X, NO. Z9 Construction Work At Wherry Project Enters final Phase Work on the 3OO-unit Wherry housing project, which was started last December, is now entering its final phase with only finish carpen- try and painting work yet left to be done on the final increment of new homes. All construction work is expected to be completed by the middle of next month and odds and ends of clean-up work will be finished by the end of August, officials in charge of the project report. Two-bedroom homes have proven to be more popular with Wherry rental tenants, and a shortage is foreseen shortly in this t Y P e of homes. The last increment of homes still to be completed is compOsed predominaI)tly of t h r e e bedroom units. All street work at the housing sub- division has been completed, but there is still a little work left to do on sidewalks before this portion of the project will be complete. Tele- phone service will be made available to Wherry occupants in the near fu- ture. As of early this week. 185 Wherry homes were occupied. with an addi- tional 25 houses complete and await- ing occupancy. The latest report from the Station housing office list· (Continued on page Five) School Relocation Opposed by 4-1 Margin in Poll Returns were very slow coming in up to press time this week in the opinion poll currently being con- ducted regarding the proposed re- location of Burroughs High SChool, but those received indicated a de- feat of the measure by more than a 4-1 margin. All of the ballots returned to the office of Thomas Byrd, superintend- ent of the Indian Wells Valley School District, favored the move, while those sent in to the office of Dr. Earl Murray, superintendent of schools at China Lake, opposed re- location of JJurroughs High School by a vote of 10-1. Mimeographed copies of the bal- lot are still available at the two lo- cal school district offices. and no deadline has been set for theIr re- turn. Only registered voters are ask- ed to participate in the poll in order that a check on the validity of the responses may be made. ttt.lPtRArulES (Houaing Areal Max. Min. e July 15 ...... 106 72 July 16 ...... 107 71 July 17 ...... 105 75 July 18 ...... 104 71 July 19 ...._ 103 73 July 20 ...... 104 70 July 21 ...._ 103 65 U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE. CALIF. JULy Z3, 19M Station Phone No. To Be Changed From 82211 to 50111 The Station telephone number will be changed from 82211 to 50111 ef- fective at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, according to a recent announce- ment from R . A. Dinsmore, district manager of the Ca.llfornia Inter- state Telephone Company. The change is being made as a result of recent expansion of tele- phone service in Ridgecrest and vi- cinity by the Interstate Company. Among the latest improvements has been the installation of dial selectors on trunk lines between I't.idgecrest and the station. In order to make this equipment operative. it will be necessary to change the station phone number. Instructions Given ByNavyDepartment On Reenlistment Bill A naval dispatch was received this week regarding reenlistment legisla- tion, which is of interest to all en- listed personnel. The dispatch stated that a bill authorizing an increase in the bonus paid for reenlistment has been approved by both houses ot Congress and is now awaiting presi- dential approval. The bill provides: A payment of 30 days basic pay multiplied by the number of years in the new contract for fIrst reen- listments, excepting for Pay Grade E-l