Pa,. Six A~d H ,o a :ack Talk! The foltowing is a set of "rules for employees" issued by a private concern in 1880: • The store must be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. • The store must be swept; counters, shelves, and show- cases dusted; lamps trimmed and chimneys cleaned; pens made; doors and windows opened; a pail of water and a bucket of coal brought in before breakfast. • The store must not be opened on the Sabbath unless necessary, and then only for a few minutes. • The employee who is in the habit of smoking Spanish cigars, being shav.ed at the barber's, going to dances and other places of amusement, will assuredly give his employer reason to be suspicious of his integrity and honesty. • The employee must pay not less than $5 a year to the church and must attend Sunday school regularly. January 18, 1957 • Men employees are given one evening a week for courting and two if they go to prayer meeting. • Leisure hours should be spent mostly in reading. AT HOME ABROAD-Finnish Foreign Exchange student Ghita. Thome (front left) finds a home away from home with the H. G. WUson family at 701 Es-- sex a rcle. Judy 'Vilson is also a junior student at Burroughs. Ghit& is sponsored by the (Jali!ornia. Scholarship Federation. Lt. (jg) 'Mike' Bedwell Boasts Bona Fide California Heritage Back in 1887, the Currie family, complete with 11 kids, lit near Mono Lake, California and purchased 200 acres after having travelled all the way from Wisconsin . in a covered wagon. To the question "How did they have had a sidecar." After a flip· eet 11 kids and the mother and pant reply like that one might look father into one covered wagon," for a more reliable historical source, l4ike Bedwell answers, "They must but the fact is that Bedwell is the Ministry Official To Depict Program NOTS Community Church offi- cials announce the visit of Rever- end Dean S. Collins, Western Area Supervisor ot the Migrant Ministry next Sunday. Jan. 20. R ev. CaBins authority on the subject: Mr. and Mrs. Currie were his granqparenls. But Lt. (jg) Bedwell, the Sta- tion's likeable Communications Of- ficer, is really quite well informed on the rich history ot his pioneer ancestors, a nd an interesting his- tory it is. --. wiJI speak at the Station Chapel .t 8 p.m. on the Migrant Ministry's endeavor to reach the itinerant workers engaged in farm labor in Kern County as well 85 other coun- ties and slates. Mike goes on to tell of the ranch that the Curries set up near Mono Lake where they had two children, bringing the total to thirteen. Mrs. Currie, Mike's great-grandmother, only recently died at the age of 99. To quote humorous historian Bed- well again, "she lived until she was 99 when she suddenly got sick and died." • The Migrant Ministry is part of the Division of Home Missions of the National CoUncil of Churches, USA. The Division of Home Mis- Idona has provided several mobile units which travel over the country to minister to these families. These units become for the people, their church, first·aid station, library, school, playground, and community center. The NOTS Community Church supports this program. The public is invited to attend. Drag Races Scheduled At Inyokern Airport An added attraction for local speed enthusiasts will be the com· petition of five new stock car class· es at the Drag Races scheduled for next Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Inyo· kern Airport. Qualifications will begin at 9 8.m. and the eliminations a.re slated for 2 p.m. Competing . in the family trans· portaUon class will be three cars equipped with automatic transmis~ sions. Many of the local car deal· ers plan to enter their ne~ 195, models. Invitations have been sent out to the finest racing machine operators in California and members of the Dust Devils Auto Club look for a record turnout of out·of·town ma- chines for this event. Admission will be 75 cents. One of Mrs. Currics' older daugh- ters met a dashing young man from nearby Bodie named Thomas C. Mlller not long after the CUr- ries arrived in California., and later married him. Bodie, now a notod., ous ghost town, was then a thriv· ing mining town of 50,000 and a little on the rough side. It's said that at least one man a day was shot in the streets. Bodie was the first place in the world where hydro-electric power was used to erect the big Standard Mine. The electric Une was erected in a perfect1y straight line because the people did not believe that electricity could travel around curves in those days. But to get back to our epic, the Millers of Bodie had three children, one of which is Mike's mother. When Mr. Miller died, Mrs. Miller decided to move with her children from Bodie to Bishop. It was too cold in Bodie, and the fact that she could make ice cream on the 4th of July with the snow from her back porch \ prompted her to move. It was warmer in Bishop. The youngest daughter, Laura, later met Allan Bedwell who had been prospecting in the Sierras, and a courtship /began complete with steamship rides across Owens Lake, which is now quite dry. Mr. Bedwell was then living in a mineshaft and claims he was the only prospector with a complete set of Encyalopedia Britannicas . . . and no gold. Laura Miller married Allan Bed· well in 1928, and they moved to In· dependence. In 1930, a kicking fu- ture communications Officer arriv- ed on the scene named Michael. But Mrs. Bedwell had to go down to Lone Pine to give bir~h to Mike, as there was no hospital in Inde- pendence, a town of 300 people. Today, Mike calls his hometown Escondido, where he attended high school. He received his commission in the Navy in 1954 after graduat- / Prospector Bedwell ing from Pomona College and do- ing some graduate work at Clare- mont. After 22 months as Assistant Communications Officer at Guam, Mike came to NOTS in January of 1956, and has been here since. The very personable and popular Bedwell sums up his colorful fam- ily heritage with the words: "I like popular music!" TID SERVICE PIN RECIPIENTS-Members of the Technical Information Dept. receh'e 5- and 10-year service pins. Pictured in front row (J. to r.) arc : Gertrude Rogers, 10 yr.; OaUterillc Thornc, 10 :rr.; Verla l\1ay Pieper, :5 yr.; Alice ShauliS, 10 yr.; l\1arie Kochman, 10 yr.; and John K " 'ilson, 11 yr. Pictured in back row (I. to r.) are: Fred L Richards, 5 yr.; D. T. McAllister, 10 yr.; Edward L Fortier, 11 yr.; Gordon K. StoYcr! 5 yr.; and John Fitzgerald, 5 yr. Pre5entations were made by K. H. IWbinson. Finnish r Foreign Exchange Student Tells Her Impression of NOTS People "The countryside here with its deserts is so different, and some"of"the customs are different, but the people here are quite the same as elsewhere and so very friendly," sai~ Ghita Thome, Finnish foreign exchange student at Bur- roughs High School this week when asked her impressions of five months at China Lake. Women's Guild Elects Officers An installation ceremony for the newly elected officers of the Wom- en's Guild of the NOTS Communi· ty Church was conducted by Chap- lain J. D. Hester at the Parish House, Tuesday, Jan. 15. Edith Huse, incoming president, accepted the charge of office for the newly elected officers. Qthers installed were; Beth Jeffers, viee- president; Eleanor Schostag. re· cording secretary; Betty Heflin, corresponding secrctary; and Gen. eva Pullen, treasurer. Retiring president, Mary Pen· nington, thanked officers and com· mittee chairmen who had served the Women's Cuild during the year. Appointed committee chairmen for the. coming year were introduc~ ed by Edith Huse. These wece: Mary Pennington, program; Ely- nore Reid, spiritual life; Beth Jef- fers, membership; Dora Laughlin, co u n c i I representative; Claire Hunter, clothing; Mary Ward, special days; Polly Emerson, pub- licity; Jeanne Schreiber, finance; Cathryn Holmes, sunshine; Edith McBride, visiting; Jane Wilson, by- laws; Lorraine McClung, year book; and Frances Sims, Church Women :rnJ\2:n;o;ine. ................~ Coming. AND fJoing. • • • • • • • • • • • New Employees: Public Works - B. Carol Stone, Louis K. Colton. Research- Dralee K. Grose. Propellants & Explosives- Robert L. McAlexander. Supply- Naomi R. Linsea. Engineering- Larry W. Elder. Terminations: Aviation Ordnance - Patricia M. Gauthier. Supply-Janet Waldron. Community Affairs - Dorothy Nepstud. Central Staff-Louise A. Benson. Patricia M. DcKlavon. COmmand Administration - Bell J. Adams. Engineering- Franlt Radevlch. Rocket Development - Cuilio C Panelli. Public "Vorks - Floyd R. Allen Arnold Quinnell, Leonard C. Hed· rick. Hungarian Relief An emergency American Hed Cro~s drh·e. to obtain funds for the aid of the Hungarian refu· gCCl!! is under way. Anyone de· ~iril1g to aid Ulis worthy causc may send their contributions to: l[ungarian Retief, Am.criesn Red Cross Ilut, Dalsey A\·e.., China Lake, Oalifornia. Brought to Burroughs under the American Field Service Program, Ghita is sponsored by the local chapter of the California Scholar. ship Federation. Members of the honorary scholastic group, aided by the community, collected $650 last year to finance the project which is planned to further international understanding among high school students. To learn m ore about American family and community life, Ghita, who attends Burroughs at a junior student, Uves at the h ome of l\1r. and l\Irs. H. G. \VUson and their daughter, Judy, who is i&lSO a. junior student. In addition to taking a fllU academic l)rogram! Ghita )lar· ticipates in the Student Council and other co-curricular activities. China. Lake Versus Helsinskl Comparing China Lake with her native city of Helsinki, Chita stated that the absence of lakes and for- ests was the most noticeable fea- ture. Commenting that everyone here seems to have a car, sbe said also, "Everything here seems to be newer, and, of course, it is. There are no 16th Century churches or towns." Discussing schools of Finland, the attractive exchange student de- scribed the pub 1i c elementary schools which arc of either six or eight·ycar length and the second- ary schools which are usually pri- vately operated. Less choice of class or curriculum is available, she said, since students may choose only to accent mathematics or Ian· guages. A student at a private secondary school, Chita speaks four lun· guages. Asked to compare Ameri- can and Finnish schools, she said her classes here seem easier and the schools much larger. Finnish students also complain of home- work assignments and often serve various detention penalties for mi- nor disciplinary offenses. They also collect German, French and Amer- cian records and stories about s uch rt.merican actors as James Dean al- though they do not yet know about Elvis Presley. To Return Alte'r Year The oldest ot six children, Chita is the daughter of John-Eric Thome, Jirector of a l·'innish paper mill ') roducts company. Rcturning to ,,'inland this full, she will complete ~ccondary school but is not yet sure '1f vocational plans. Asked what she liked best about ....hina Lake, Chita answered, "The :ricndly people. Evcryone says hel- '0 t o me and sometimes I don't even remember mecting them. I was also so surprised and bappy at the many Christmas presents I re- ceived from so many people." In addition to spealdng to her classes and the CSF group, Chita l.ppeared recently as guest speaker for the journalism and world his- tory classes and as spealter at the China Lake Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation January meeting. Making mistakes is something you can avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing. , Vol. XIII. No. 3 U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, Calif. January 18. 1957 Civil Service Celebrates 74th Birthday Professor Stewart Discusses Vanguard Satellite Program The Scientific Rcsearch Society of America (RESA) held its winter dinner meeting last Friday evening to hear a talk on the Earth Satel- lite Program and to welcome six new members. New members included Francis 1.. Carlisle, William White, Jean and Harold Bennett, Edwin Winkle and Dewey Ankeney. The speaker of the evening was Professor Homer J. Stewart of the California Institute of Technology, who is current1y working on the Vanguard Satellite Program. Pro- fessor Stewart's talk could cover only high spots in this vast sub- ject. Use of Satellite In a;nswer to the question of what good could come from launch- ing the satellite, wWch is only a small sphere 20 inches in diameter. l)rofessor Stewart pointed out tha.t! e\"Cn without instrumentation, hith- erto una\