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PAGB a Dr. Wilcox Presents Accomplishment Award A SUPERIOR ACCOMPLISHMENT Award goes to Donald Burne (second from left) for outstanding work performance from December 1954 to May 1955. The award is presented to Hume by Dr. H. A. Wilcox (second from rtrbt), head of the Rocket Development Depart.ment. Others present lor the award ceremony were H. L. Lotkee (left) and W. A. Flarety o.nd spends his time making fireworks, assIsted by the milkman. The..~ is no leading role in the play, eaCh character having more or less an equal part. Additional details of the play will be carried in future issues of the Rocketeer. Benny SUC)C) Says The Beneficial SuggcsUon Pro- gram offers oPPol'tunities tOI' an employee not only to win cas Ii, awards but also to make a nante for himself (or herself) as a perso.l wah the ability to think and act on their own two feet.. Have you tried submitting an idea for award? New Curtains for BurrouC)hs StaC)e THE NEW LOOK-Inspecting the new look given the stage at Burrou,hs High School cafetorium by the addition of performers' curtains and an electrically operated movie screen are, from the left, Albert S. Gould, local member of the board of trustees of the Kern County Union High School and Junior College Districtj France Adamson, student body president at Burroughsj and Kenneth lV. 'Vestcott, vice-principal. Holiday Fires Danger of fire during- the holi- day season may be lessened if residents w III observe normal safety rules, according to local fire department spokesmen. Rules include keeping a Christmas tree in a bucket of water to prevent drying out, using approved elec- trical tree decorations, and hav· ing 0 n I y fireproofed rolls of "snow" on the floor. Stories Welcome! The Rocketeer welcomes news sto- ries by NOTS personnel. U you know of a news story ot interest to your tellow employees or if your own ac- tivities are such that it is news, then the Rocketeer staff would like to hear your story. REMEMBER-the Rocketeer can carry a news story ONLY if it is brought to the attention of a staff member of the Rocketeer. Your co· operation will be greatly appreciat- ed and the result will be that more local news coverage about local per- sonnel will be given. THE WEATHU Mostly cleor over the weekend. Lignt vorio- ble winds with gusts to 18 knots in the after- noons. MooIlimum tem- perature 60, minimum 28. e r&.IPbATUIES (Housing At") Max. Min. Nov. 24 ........ 60 28 Nov. 25 _...... 62 23 Nov. 26 _...... 66 23 No..... 27 71 30 No..... 28 ........ 74 33 Nov. 29 ........ 70 34 Nov. 30 ........ 69 33 VOL. XI, NO. 46 u.s. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. DECEMBER 2, 1955 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCll. and their guests are shown here just before the invocation was pronounced by the Reverend F. E~ Stillwell, of St. Michael's Mission, at the annual banquet of the China. Lake Community Council. The event was held in the Community Center and served to introduce the newly elected council members to the ,athering~ Second Artist Joseph Schuster Joseph SChuster (cellist) Will be the second artist to appear here in the Station's 1955 COncert Series. Schuster, who has appeared with leading symphony orchestras both in the u.s. and abroad, is acknowl- edged by critics and audience alike to be "one of the top-ranking and m06t popular 'cellists of our time'." Schuster, who will be heard in recital here next Tuesday evening a.t 8 p.m. in the station theatre, v,"8.S born in Constantinople of Rus· sian parents. When he was three his fa.miJy returned to Russia where he received the greater part of his musical education. A child prod- igy. he appeared frequently In pub- lic before he reached his teens. Alexander Glazounov heard him (COntinued on Page SiX) Station Housing List Entries To Close Entries for the Station housing list for the quarter beginning January 1 ~ will close Friday, Dec. 16. Persons who wish to apply for family housing or change their present application should do so now at the housing of-· fice. Applications should be filed at the housillg office if a person is a new employee and has never applied for- housing before, or if an employee has received a promotion or ha.s had a change in dependency status, that. would affect his housing application. Employees who wish to be consid- ered {or other housing for which they are eligible, even though they have been assigned family quarters, including trailers, also should tile an application. ThoSe carried correctly on the Oc- tober housing list, who have not. been assigned family housing or trailers. need make no further ap,- plication at this time. Applications are being accepted tor assignments to small trailers. Eligi· billty is restricted to personnel with at least one dependent but no more than three dependents. Occupancy will be on a temporary basis pending availability of permanent housing (Station or Wherry). Employees deSiring Wherry hous- ing should apply before Dec. 30 as the Wherry list will be frozen for a period of 30 days. The Station Greenhouse DOW bu. on hand a supply of Iris Tuben. 101' issuance to Station residents. Council Dinner Held Tuesday; Precinct Six Winner Announced An announcement disclosing the winner of Tuesday's run-off election in Precinct Six and a brief history of the past year's activities highlighted the annual Community COllncJ banquet held Tuesday evening at the China Lake Community Center. Joseph Holl was named as the elected representative from Precinct Six, according to Marian Olds, president of the organization. A number of guests were present ~t. the dinner including many clv· Hian and military leaders, both on- station and from the surrounding area. Included among those present Tragic, dramatic headlines were !arthest from the thoughts of resi- dents of the quiet, isolated com- munity of Crane Village, Indiana, .federal housing project of the gi. .ant U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot at Cra.ne, on the morning of Oc- tober 11, 1955. However, this little to\vn, apparently the least likely setting for stirring events, found itself in a swirl of feverish and anxious activity aiter 11 :15 a.m. on that date, when three·year old Ronald Fra.nklin Weitkamp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Weitkamp, 123 Earle street, disappeared. Only fifteen minutes before, Ronnie was seen playing with other Children in front of his house. This disappearance, at tirst re· garded as the usual story of a toddler wandering off in t 0 the -woods or some neighbor's back yard, developed Into a baffling mystery. Despite one of the most compre· hensive searches ever known in that part of the United States, a .search involving thousands of vol- unteers, no trace of the little boy (ContInued on Paie Five) were RAdm. Walter V. R. Vieweg, USN. (Ret.); Captain and Mrs. P. L. Ashworth, Dr. and Mrs. W. B. McLean; Captain and Mrs. P. A. Chenault; Cdr. W. H. Lewis; Bobert Smith, president of the RidgeCreot Chamber of Commerce; Bruce Bunker, deputy district attorney of Kern County; Dr. Earl Murray, superintendent of Chi n a Lake Schools; and Vera Gibson, county cle:rk. Master of Ceremonies for the oc- casion was Cdr. James L carter, station Chaplain. The invocation was given by the Rev. F. & Still- well. of Ridgecrest, and the bene- diction was asked by Edward Bn.- ham, 10 cal Hebrew COngregation UJ.y Leader. A slaIte of candidates for the Dec. 13 Community COUncil elec- tion also wa.s announced Ulis week. The new Council represent&tl.ves will meet on that da.te to elect offieers fOr the coming year. The candidates, and the offices they are seeking are: President- l\larlon P. Olds and James H. Mad- den; vioe-president-R.. B. DaclIey and H. Dania} WilliarM; executive secretary-Robert A. Rapdale and W. E. Yore. Two other candidates - Henry G. Nowak: an~ophia Golf -are unopposed in the forthcoming election; they axe seeking the office of treasurer and recording secre- tary, respectively. The race lor the top Council post-tha.t of president-is expected to be a close contest and the out- come is anxiously awa.1ted by the other Council representatives, ac- cording to otillie Mayberry, CoWl- cil business secretary. Health Plan Houn Effective Monday, Dee. S. Mn.. John (Dee Dee) Cox. resident claims adjuster for the Federal Life Insurance Company Group Health Plan, will maintain dally office hours of 10 &.In. to I p.m. Monday through FrIday. For information reI'. r din I' Health Plan matterw ..u Ext. 715Z8. , OCR Text: PAGB a Dr. Wilcox Presents Accomplishment Award A SUPERIOR ACCOMPLISHMENT Award goes to Donald Burne (second from left) for outstanding work performance from December 1954 to May 1955. The award is presented to Hume by Dr. H. A. Wilcox (second from rtrbt), head of the Rocket Development Depart.ment. Others present lor the award ceremony were H. L. Lotkee (left) and W. A. Flarety o.nd spends his time making fireworks, assIsted by the milkman. The..~ is no leading role in the play, eaCh character having more or less an equal part. Additional details of the play will be carried in future issues of the Rocketeer. Benny SUC)C) Says The Beneficial SuggcsUon Pro- gram offers oPPol'tunities tOI' an employee not only to win cas Ii, awards but also to make a nante for himself (or herself) as a perso.l wah the ability to think and act on their own two feet.. Have you tried submitting an idea for award? New Curtains for BurrouC)hs StaC)e THE NEW LOOK-Inspecting the new look given the stage at Burrou,hs High School cafetorium by the addition of performers' curtains and an electrically operated movie screen are, from the left, Albert S. Gould, local member of the board of trustees of the Kern County Union High School and Junior College Districtj France Adamson, student body president at Burroughsj and Kenneth lV. 'Vestcott, vice-principal. Holiday Fires Danger of fire during- the holi- day season may be lessened if residents w III observe normal safety rules, according to local fire department spokesmen. Rules include keeping a Christmas tree in a bucket of water to prevent drying out, using approved elec- trical tree decorations, and hav· ing 0 n I y fireproofed rolls of "snow" on the floor. Stories Welcome! The Rocketeer welcomes news sto- ries by NOTS personnel. U you know of a news story ot interest to your tellow employees or if your own ac- tivities are such that it is news, then the Rocketeer staff would like to hear your story. REMEMBER-the Rocketeer can carry a news story ONLY if it is brought to the attention of a staff member of the Rocketeer. Your co· operation will be greatly appreciat- ed and the result will be that more local news coverage about local per- sonnel will be given. THE WEATHU Mostly cleor over the weekend. Lignt vorio- ble winds with gusts to 18 knots in the after- noons. MooIlimum tem- perature 60, minimum 28. e r&.IPbATUIES (Housing At") Max. Min. Nov. 24 ........ 60 28 Nov. 25 _...... 62 23 Nov. 26 _...... 66 23 No..... 27 71 30 No..... 28 ........ 74 33 Nov. 29 ........ 70 34 Nov. 30 ........ 69 33 VOL. XI, NO. 46 u.s. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. DECEMBER 2, 1955 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCll. and their guests are shown here just before the invocation was pronounced by the Reverend F. E~ Stillwell, of St. Michael's Mission, at the annual banquet of the China. Lake Community Council. The event was held in the Community Center and served to introduce the newly elected council members to the ,athering~ Second Artist Joseph Schuster Joseph SChuster (cellist) Will be the second artist to appear here in the Station's 1955 COncert Series. Schuster, who has appeared with leading symphony orchestras both in the u.s. and abroad, is acknowl- edged by critics and audience alike to be "one of the top-ranking and m06t popular 'cellists of our time'." Schuster, who will be heard in recital here next Tuesday evening a.t 8 p.m. in the station theatre, v,"8.S born in Constantinople of Rus· sian parents. When he was three his fa.miJy returned to Russia where he received the greater part of his musical education. A child prod- igy. he appeared frequently In pub- lic before he reached his teens. Alexander Glazounov heard him (COntinued on Page SiX) Station Housing List Entries To Close Entries for the Station housing list for the quarter beginning January 1 ~ will close Friday, Dec. 16. Persons who wish to apply for family housing or change their present application should do so now at the housing of-· fice. Applications should be filed at the housillg office if a person is a new employee and has never applied for- housing before, or if an employee has received a promotion or ha.s had a change in dependency status, that. would affect his housing application. Employees who wish to be consid- ered {or other housing for which they are eligible, even though they have been assigned family quarters, including trailers, also should tile an application. ThoSe carried correctly on the Oc- tober housing list, who have not. been assigned family housing or trailers. need make no further ap,- plication at this time. Applications are being accepted tor assignments to small trailers. Eligi· billty is restricted to personnel with at least one dependent but no more than three dependents. Occupancy will be on a temporary basis pending availability of permanent housing (Station or Wherry). Employees deSiring Wherry hous- ing should apply before Dec. 30 as the Wherry list will be frozen for a period of 30 days. The Station Greenhouse DOW bu. on hand a supply of Iris Tuben. 101' issuance to Station residents. Council Dinner Held Tuesday; Precinct Six Winner Announced An announcement disclosing the winner of Tuesday's run-off election in Precinct Six and a brief history of the past year's activities highlighted the annual Community COllncJ banquet held Tuesday evening at the China Lake Community Center. Joseph Holl was named as the elected representative from Precinct Six, according to Marian Olds, president of the organization. A number of guests were present ~t. the dinner including many clv· Hian and military leaders, both on- station and from the surrounding area. Included among those present Tragic, dramatic headlines were !arthest from the thoughts of resi- dents of the quiet, isolated com- munity of Crane Village, Indiana, .federal housing project of the gi. .ant U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot at Cra.ne, on the morning of Oc- tober 11, 1955. However, this little to\vn, apparently the least likely setting for stirring events, found itself in a swirl of feverish and anxious activity aiter 11 :15 a.m. on that date, when three·year old Ronald Fra.nklin Weitkamp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Weitkamp, 123 Earle street, disappeared. Only fifteen minutes before, Ronnie was seen playing with other Children in front of his house. This disappearance, at tirst re· garded as the usual story of a toddler wandering off in t 0 the -woods or some neighbor's back yard, developed Into a baffling mystery. Despite one of the most compre· hensive searches ever known in that part of the United States, a .search involving thousands of vol- unteers, no trace of the little boy (ContInued on Paie Five) were RAdm. Walter V. R. Vieweg, USN. (Ret.); Captain and Mrs. P. L. Ashworth, Dr. and Mrs. W. B. McLean; Captain and Mrs. P. A. Chenault; Cdr. W. H. Lewis; Bobert Smith, president of the RidgeCreot Chamber of Commerce; Bruce Bunker, deputy district attorney of Kern County; Dr. Earl Murray, superintendent of Chi n a Lake Schools; and Vera Gibson, county cle:rk. Master of Ceremonies for the oc- casion was Cdr. James L carter, station Chaplain. The invocation was given by the Rev. F. & Still- well. of Ridgecrest, and the bene- diction was asked by Edward Bn.- ham, 10 cal Hebrew COngregation UJ.y Leader. A slaIte of candidates for the Dec. 13 Community COUncil elec- tion also wa.s announced Ulis week. The new Council represent&tl.ves will meet on that da.te to elect offieers fOr the coming year. The candidates, and the offices they are seeking are: President- l\larlon P. Olds and James H. Mad- den; vioe-president-R.. B. DaclIey and H. Dania} WilliarM; executive secretary-Robert A. Rapdale and W. E. Yore. Two other candidates - Henry G. Nowak: an~ophia Golf -are unopposed in the forthcoming election; they axe seeking the office of treasurer and recording secre- tary, respectively. The race lor the top Council post-tha.t of president-is expected to be a close contest and the out- come is anxiously awa.1ted by the other Council representatives, ac- cording to otillie Mayberry, CoWl- cil business secretary. Health Plan Houn Effective Monday, Dee. S. Mn.. John (Dee Dee) Cox. resident claims adjuster for the Federal Life Insurance Company Group Health Plan, will maintain dally office hours of 10 &.In. to I p.m. Monday through FrIday. 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