F. PAGE. AUGUST 20, 19M Enrollment Planned Next Week LTs Lang, Gilmore For Evening High School Classes Leaving Infirmary; Enrollment In 32 proposed Bur- Foods - Wednesday, 6:30 to 9:30 New Off'lcers Due roughs Evening High School fall se- p.m" Room 15; CreaUv. Writinr- mester classes WIll be held Monday Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 3; through Thursday, Aug. 23 through Conversallonal German - Monday 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the high and Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room school office. 44; Beg'inning Electronics-Wednes- A m1n1mum enrollment of 18 stu- day, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Room 14. dents 18 required. if a class is to be Geology-Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m., offered. All classes are tuition free. Room 12; Home Nursing-Tuesday, The only expense involved is that for 7 to 9 p.m., Red Cross Hut; Booked supplles and materials in some sub- and Braided Rug MakIng-Monday, Jects. 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., and Tuesday, Counseling service for students in- 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., both sessions held terested in Burroughs Evening IDgh in Hut 58; Light Opera Procluctlon- School classes 18 available Monday 'choral group, Monday, 8 to 10 p.m.• through Thursday from 8:30 to 11:30 band hut, and production grouP. a.m., and from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8 to 10 p.m., Room 46. in Room 108 of the Training bulld- Mother and ChUd Care-Monday, tng. 7 to 9 p.m., Red Cross hut; Needle- Classes to be offered and the time work and Yarn Craft-Tuesday, 7 to and place of their meetings, are as 9 p.m., Room 15; Photography, Be- follows. All rooms deSignated are at ginning-Wednesday, 7 to 10 pm., BurroughB Wgh School. unless oth- Hut 54; Piano, Group-Thursday, 7 erwtse specified. to 10 p.m., Hut 71; Sewing, Begin- Art-Tuesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Hut 58; nlng-Tbursday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room AatomobUe M.....banlsms-Monday. 7 15; Sheet Metal Layou~WedneSday. to 9 p.m., Hut 54; Auto Shap-Wed- 7 to 10 p.m., Room 107, Tralnlng nesdaY, Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., shop building. bulldtng; BasIc Arithmetic and EDg- Shorthand, BeginnInr and Inter- Usb-Thursday, 6 to 10 p.m., Room mediate-Tuesday and Thursday. 6 13. to 8 p.m., Room 41; Shorthand, Ad- Cen.ml~ Becfnnlnl-Monday, 7 to vanced - Monday and Wednesday. 10 p.m., art center; Chemistry, Wgh 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Room 4; Pre-Super- 8ebooI-Tuesday, 6 to 10 p.m.• Room vlsory Training for Per Diem Em- 14; CbGru&-Wednesday, 6:30 to 9:30 ployes- Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., p.m. In Hut 7,1; Cookinr ForeIgn Room 2; Swlmmtnr-Monday and Stortlng n",", 6 ond • p.m. dol",. ~' McJtIMe (Special Mo¥fMh TODAY I p.... Saturdcry MelfI..... I p .... Sunday AUG. 20 " GUNGA DIN" (96 Min.) Cary Grant, Victor Meloglen Shorts. "GI Holiday" (10 Min.) Newl (10 Min.) SATURDAY AUG. 21 "LAW VI. lillY ntE KID" (73 Min.) Scott Brady, Betta St. JOhn Shorts, "Desert Angleu" (8 Min.) "Booty and the Seast" (17 Min.) . MATINEE "SI'IINGTIME IN THE SIERRAS" (75 Min.) Roy Rogers Shorh, "Professor Small and Mr. fall" (7 Min.) "Gunfighters of the Northwest" (16 Min.) $UH.-MON. AUG. 22·23 "VAllEY OF THE KINGS" (86 Min.) Rabert Taylor, Eleanor Porker Shotts, "Blrd·Broin Dog" (7 Min.) "Condld Mike" (10 Min.) TUES.·WED. AUG........, "DIAL M fOR MURDER" (10.5 Min.) Ray Mlilond, Groce Kelly ShortSI "SoUd Serenade" (7 Min.) News (10 Min.) ntUlS...fII. AUG. ~27 " THE CURIOUS SAVAGE" Stage ploy by Chino lake Players, 8 p.m. No movie. Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m., Station pool. Textile PalnUnr-Monday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 54; Training Athletic Of- ficials-Monday, 6 to 10 p.m., Room 2; Typing for Personal Use-Tues- day, 7 to 9 p.m" Room 5; Typing, Advanced-Monday and Wednesday. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Room 5; Woodshop -Monday and Wednesday, and Tues- day and Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., shop building. Impersonator WALTER CRAIG, "The Man of a . Thousand Voices," provided inter- mission entertaJ.runent at the Friday t.he 13th dance held last week at the China Lake Community Center. Music fOl' the dance, one 'of the ser- ies of Stationwide affairs to be held ..t regular intervals at the Commun- ity Center, was provided by The Blue Notes. LT Daniel A: Lang (MO) USN, and LT Hugh R. Gilmore (MC) USN, now on duty at the Station Infirm- ary, will be released to inactive duty tomorrow after serving here for near- lya year. LT Lang plans to go to the Vet· erans Hospital group at West Los Angeles as an :lPternal medicine res- ident physici.. He was graduated from the University of lll1nois in 1950, served his internship in Seattle and next was a resident physician with the Hines Veterans Administra- tion hospital at Chicago. He then entered the Navy and served aboard the USS Romulus, ARL-22, leaving that ship and com- ing to NOTS in September 1953. He and Mrs. Lang have a daughter, Lisa Amlla, two months old. LT Gilmore was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania med- ical school in 1950, served internship in Los Angeles and his residency in Denver. F~llowing this, he practiced medicine at Sun Valley, Idaho. He then entered the Navy and was as- signed to the USS Sphinx, ARL-24, and next came to NOTS in Septem- ber 1953. He and Mrs. Gilmore have a son. Hugh, 17 months old, and a daugh- ter, Jane, six weeks old. LT Gilmore intends to return to Philadelphia and accept a fellowship in internal medi- cine at the University of Pennsyl- vania. Their replacements. according to LODR H~nry T. Johnson (MC) USN, Station senior medical officer, will be LT Howard Raubitschek (MC) USN, and LT William O.· Vanden- Berg (MC) USN. The former is scheduled to arrive next week. and the latter early in. september. Dr. Johnson requests that, during the transition period, persons on the Station postpone non-urgent medi- cal attention until both new officers are preseot for duty. EM Wives Club Plans Steak Fry All Station enlisted personnel are inVited to attend a steak fry which will be held tomorrow at Sand- quist Spa. serving ~will start at 6 p.m.; and following the dinner there will be dancing from 8 until 12 :30 with music provided by the West- ernaires. Sponsored by the Enlisted Wives Club, the dinner will include char- coal-broiled steak, potato salad, cole slaw, bread and butter, lemon- ade and soft drinks. Tickets to the event are priced at 50 cents each and are available at the "21" Club, or through any member of the wives ciub. They will also be on sale at the Spa. CONTAGION REPORT There were no contagious diseases reported at the Infirmary this week. Bill Cohen-Hannibal 'Curious Savage', Three Act Play, Opens-Thursday The curtain will go up next Thurs- day at 8 p.m. on the first of two evening performances of "The Cur- ious Savage," a three-act comedy to be presented by the China Lake Players at the station theater. The second show is scheduled next Pri- day, Aug. 27, at the same time and place. setting for the stage play is a mental home, where Mrs. Savage. 1\ wealthy, middle-aged woman, has been sent by her scheming in-laws who wish to prevent her from giving awa.y a $10 million fortune before they can get their hands on it. Grace Allen will be seen in the role of Mrs. Savage, while Ed Rom- ero, as Judge Samuel Savage, Lucia Marvin as Lillybelle, and Langthorne Sykes, as Sen. Titus Savage, are ber three unscrupulous relatives. Inmates at the asylum are Bill Cohen, as Hannibal; Deane Davia, as Fairy; Ruth RekOSh. as Florence; Bill Spafford, as Jeff, and Mary Wickenden, as Mrs. Paddy. Two other members of the cast are Pat Hudson, as Miss Willie, a nurse. and James Bray, as Dr. Bennett. Tickets to the stage play. priced at 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for servicemen and school children, will be on sale today outside the Commissary Store. They also may be purchased from members of the cast' or from Marvin Backman, the di- rector. Employe Suffers Fractured Ankle Willard J. Dockendorf, a receiving Clerk, Supply and Fiscal Department, was hospitalized Monday as the re- sult of an accident near the loading ramp at warehouse 6. The mishap occurred when Doc- kendorf jumped from a gondola railroad car which was being un- loaded. His foot struck a rock throw- ing his weight on the left ankle re- sulting in a fracture. He was taken to the Infirmary for treatment and. then flown to San Diego where he was hospitalized.. • ntE WEATHER Clear skies over the .....eekend with light and variable winds from 12 10 18 knots In the af· ternoons. Ma)( I mum temperoture 95. Mini· mum temperature 62. VOL. X. NO. 33 Construction Work Now Completed At Wherry Project All construction work on the Sta- tion's 3OO-unit Wherry housing pro- ject, for which ground was broken last December, has now been com- pleted, according to officials of the Inyokern Housing Corporation, build- ers of the new housing subdivision. Occupancy of the Wherry homes has been keeping pace with the con- struction work. As of early this week the housing tract officueported 245 homes occupied, 26 claimed but not yet taken, and 29 units still avail- able for rent. Of the units available, seven are two bedroom homes and rent for $7l.50 a month and the remaining 22 are three bedroom homes for wQ.ich the rental charge is $81.50 a month. Installation of a few street signs and completion of the last bits of landscaping was all that remained to be done at the Wherry project on Monday of this week. Progress also is being made on the contract awarded to Haddock Engi- neers for the southward extension of Richmond Road and construction of a sentry shelter and gate that will provide more convenient access to the Station for employes and school chUdren residing In the Wherry tract. SOme additional work is still to be done on the shoulders of the road and construction has been started on the sentry post. Completion is ex- pected around sept. 1. . The latest report from the Station housing office listed 34 new Wherry (Continued on page Five) Reports Sought On TV Interference Complaints from Station residents regarding interference with local television reception were discussed at length at the last meeting of the Community Council board of direc- tors. In order to make a thorough study of the matter and devise pos- sible solutions to the problem, Rich- ard C. O'Reilly, community manager, has asked that residents troubled by teleVision signal interference on their sets forward the following in- formation to his office: (1) The degree of interference; (2) the Ume of the interference, par- ticularly if it occurs regularly, and (3) the name and address of the person sending In the report. ttMPERATUIES (Housing Area) e·e Max. MI.. AUO. 12 •••..•_ 96 !iT Aug. 13 •....... 92 60 Aug. 14 ........ 92 67 Aug. 15 •....._ 95 62 Aug. 16 _..__ 98 5-4 Aug. 17 _ 99 501 Aug. 18 _ 98 55 U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. B. H. Pa.tton G. R. M/>kepea<>e Two New Organizations Result In Splitting of Rocket Department The Rocket Department has been reorganized into two new depart· ments, the Rocket Development De- partment and the Propellants and Explosives Department. The effective date .of the reorganization was last Friday. Heading the Rocket Development Department Is H. H. Patton, recently head of the projects division. Head of the Propellants and Explosives Department is G. R. Makepeace, lately associate head of the Rocket Department, and prior to that head of its ordnance division. Organization within the new de- partments, and the reassignment of codes not already covered in Station memorandums, w11l be determined after further study and consultation with the individuals concerned. Included in the Rocket Develop- ment Department will be the pro- jects division, liquid propellants branch and dynamics branch, com- 1>osed of around 225 persons. Propellants and Explosives in- cludes solid propellants division, China Lake pilot plant division, plant engineering and services division, warhead research branch and ap': plied research branch, as well as ex- plosives division from Salt Wells Pilot Plant, and central engineering division from Pasadena. Somewhere CAPTAIN YOUNG IMPROVING The latest word received concern- ing the condition of Captain D. B. Young, USN, Station Commander, indicates that he is slowly improv- ing, but that no definite diagnosis has yet beeo completed. It now ap· pears that his COnvalescence will be extended to a period of about a month. in the neIghborhood of 575 persons are involved. Announced also as effective last Friday is the formation of a new group called the Systems Program- ing Group headed by Dr. E. L. El- lis, preViously head ot the Rocket Department. Hugo Meneghelll, formerly asso- ciate head of the Rocket Depart- ment, will be associated with Dr. Ellis in the new group. It will be concerned with the broad aspects of weapon systems, with a view to the formulation of policy and programs relative to cur- rent and projected technical ob- jectives of NOTS. It is established as a component of the office of Dr. W. B. MCLean, Station Technical Director. AUGUST ZO, 1931 Station Joins County Traffic Safety Crusade Joining forces with other commu- nities throughout Kern County. the Station today is launching its part in the county-wide traffic safety cru- sade. Motorists will be given an oppor- tunity to participate in the campaign by signing pledges and picking up automobile bumper stickers at four different locations on the Station. These are: (1) At the office of the Naval Air Facility first lieutenant-a hut near the ordnance line. (2) At the Navy Exchange gasoline station. (3) At the China Lake pilot plant safety office. (4) At the Station safety of- fice near the intersection of Knox and Halsey. To add to the effectiveness of the safety crusade, the stickers will be affixed to the bumper of the motor- ist's car as he or she signs the sate driving pledge. The stickers are 4Yl in. high by 9 in. wide and bear the wortk: "Safety Pledge, I've Signed It. Have You?" In signing the pledge, motorists agree to operate their cars at all times and under all circumstances with utmost consideration for human life. In addition they promise to willingly obey all traffic laws; main- tain their vehicles in safe driving condition, and observe the accepted rules of the road. Interest in the county-wide cam- paign was aroused by a visit to China Lake last week of Ivo Keyser, chair- man of the Kern County Traffic Safety Council, and three members of the county board of trade-Leon- ard Rurup, James Radoumis and R. W. Bovee-who conferred. with Sta- tion offiCials on the safe driving cru- (Continued on Page Five) Personnel Cuts Nearly Completed The Personnel Department has announced that the reduction in fOl'ce occasioned by the closing of the Explosives Department has been substantially completed, with the ex- ception of abOut 15 employes who will remain for some time to com- plete the close out of recorda and disposal of property. . Purther substantial reductions in force are not expected at China Lake, other than some slight re- ductions required to adjust the work load and ceilings between depart- ments. , OCR Text: F. PAGE. AUGUST 20, 19M Enrollment Planned Next Week LTs Lang, Gilmore For Evening High School Classes Leaving Infirmary; Enrollment In 32 proposed Bur- Foods - Wednesday, 6:30 to 9:30 New Off'lcers Due roughs Evening High School fall se- p.m" Room 15; CreaUv. Writinr- mester classes WIll be held Monday Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 3; through Thursday, Aug. 23 through Conversallonal German - Monday 26, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the high and Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room school office. 44; Beg'inning Electronics-Wednes- A m1n1mum enrollment of 18 stu- day, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Room 14. dents 18 required. if a class is to be Geology-Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m., offered. All classes are tuition free. Room 12; Home Nursing-Tuesday, The only expense involved is that for 7 to 9 p.m., Red Cross Hut; Booked supplles and materials in some sub- and Braided Rug MakIng-Monday, Jects. 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., and Tuesday, Counseling service for students in- 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., both sessions held terested in Burroughs Evening IDgh in Hut 58; Light Opera Procluctlon- School classes 18 available Monday 'choral group, Monday, 8 to 10 p.m.• through Thursday from 8:30 to 11:30 band hut, and production grouP. a.m., and from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8 to 10 p.m., Room 46. in Room 108 of the Training bulld- Mother and ChUd Care-Monday, tng. 7 to 9 p.m., Red Cross hut; Needle- Classes to be offered and the time work and Yarn Craft-Tuesday, 7 to and place of their meetings, are as 9 p.m., Room 15; Photography, Be- follows. All rooms deSignated are at ginning-Wednesday, 7 to 10 pm., BurroughB Wgh School. unless oth- Hut 54; Piano, Group-Thursday, 7 erwtse specified. to 10 p.m., Hut 71; Sewing, Begin- Art-Tuesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Hut 58; nlng-Tbursday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room AatomobUe M.....banlsms-Monday. 7 15; Sheet Metal Layou~WedneSday. to 9 p.m., Hut 54; Auto Shap-Wed- 7 to 10 p.m., Room 107, Tralnlng nesdaY, Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., shop building. bulldtng; BasIc Arithmetic and EDg- Shorthand, BeginnInr and Inter- Usb-Thursday, 6 to 10 p.m., Room mediate-Tuesday and Thursday. 6 13. to 8 p.m., Room 41; Shorthand, Ad- Cen.ml~ Becfnnlnl-Monday, 7 to vanced - Monday and Wednesday. 10 p.m., art center; Chemistry, Wgh 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Room 4; Pre-Super- 8ebooI-Tuesday, 6 to 10 p.m.• Room vlsory Training for Per Diem Em- 14; CbGru&-Wednesday, 6:30 to 9:30 ployes- Wednesday, 7 to 9 p.m., p.m. In Hut 7,1; Cookinr ForeIgn Room 2; Swlmmtnr-Monday and Stortlng n",", 6 ond • p.m. dol",. ~' McJtIMe (Special Mo¥fMh TODAY I p.... Saturdcry MelfI..... I p .... Sunday AUG. 20 " GUNGA DIN" (96 Min.) Cary Grant, Victor Meloglen Shorts. "GI Holiday" (10 Min.) Newl (10 Min.) SATURDAY AUG. 21 "LAW VI. lillY ntE KID" (73 Min.) Scott Brady, Betta St. JOhn Shorts, "Desert Angleu" (8 Min.) "Booty and the Seast" (17 Min.) . MATINEE "SI'IINGTIME IN THE SIERRAS" (75 Min.) Roy Rogers Shorh, "Professor Small and Mr. fall" (7 Min.) "Gunfighters of the Northwest" (16 Min.) $UH.-MON. AUG. 22·23 "VAllEY OF THE KINGS" (86 Min.) Rabert Taylor, Eleanor Porker Shotts, "Blrd·Broin Dog" (7 Min.) "Condld Mike" (10 Min.) TUES.·WED. AUG........, "DIAL M fOR MURDER" (10.5 Min.) Ray Mlilond, Groce Kelly ShortSI "SoUd Serenade" (7 Min.) News (10 Min.) ntUlS...fII. AUG. ~27 " THE CURIOUS SAVAGE" Stage ploy by Chino lake Players, 8 p.m. No movie. Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m., Station pool. Textile PalnUnr-Monday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 54; Training Athletic Of- ficials-Monday, 6 to 10 p.m., Room 2; Typing for Personal Use-Tues- day, 7 to 9 p.m" Room 5; Typing, Advanced-Monday and Wednesday. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Room 5; Woodshop -Monday and Wednesday, and Tues- day and Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., shop building. Impersonator WALTER CRAIG, "The Man of a . Thousand Voices," provided inter- mission entertaJ.runent at the Friday t.he 13th dance held last week at the China Lake Community Center. Music fOl' the dance, one 'of the ser- ies of Stationwide affairs to be held ..t regular intervals at the Commun- ity Center, was provided by The Blue Notes. LT Daniel A: Lang (MO) USN, and LT Hugh R. Gilmore (MC) USN, now on duty at the Station Infirm- ary, will be released to inactive duty tomorrow after serving here for near- lya year. LT Lang plans to go to the Vet· erans Hospital group at West Los Angeles as an :lPternal medicine res- ident physici.. He was graduated from the University of lll1nois in 1950, served his internship in Seattle and next was a resident physician with the Hines Veterans Administra- tion hospital at Chicago. He then entered the Navy and served aboard the USS Romulus, ARL-22, leaving that ship and com- ing to NOTS in September 1953. He and Mrs. Lang have a daughter, Lisa Amlla, two months old. LT Gilmore was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania med- ical school in 1950, served internship in Los Angeles and his residency in Denver. F~llowing this, he practiced medicine at Sun Valley, Idaho. He then entered the Navy and was as- signed to the USS Sphinx, ARL-24, and next came to NOTS in Septem- ber 1953. He and Mrs. Gilmore have a son. Hugh, 17 months old, and a daugh- ter, Jane, six weeks old. LT Gilmore intends to return to Philadelphia and accept a fellowship in internal medi- cine at the University of Pennsyl- vania. Their replacements. according to LODR H~nry T. Johnson (MC) USN, Station senior medical officer, will be LT Howard Raubitschek (MC) USN, and LT William O.· Vanden- Berg (MC) USN. The former is scheduled to arrive next week. and the latter early in. september. Dr. Johnson requests that, during the transition period, persons on the Station postpone non-urgent medi- cal attention until both new officers are preseot for duty. EM Wives Club Plans Steak Fry All Station enlisted personnel are inVited to attend a steak fry which will be held tomorrow at Sand- quist Spa. serving ~will start at 6 p.m.; and following the dinner there will be dancing from 8 until 12 :30 with music provided by the West- ernaires. Sponsored by the Enlisted Wives Club, the dinner will include char- coal-broiled steak, potato salad, cole slaw, bread and butter, lemon- ade and soft drinks. Tickets to the event are priced at 50 cents each and are available at the "21" Club, or through any member of the wives ciub. They will also be on sale at the Spa. CONTAGION REPORT There were no contagious diseases reported at the Infirmary this week. Bill Cohen-Hannibal 'Curious Savage', Three Act Play, Opens-Thursday The curtain will go up next Thurs- day at 8 p.m. on the first of two evening performances of "The Cur- ious Savage," a three-act comedy to be presented by the China Lake Players at the station theater. The second show is scheduled next Pri- day, Aug. 27, at the same time and place. setting for the stage play is a mental home, where Mrs. Savage. 1\ wealthy, middle-aged woman, has been sent by her scheming in-laws who wish to prevent her from giving awa.y a $10 million fortune before they can get their hands on it. Grace Allen will be seen in the role of Mrs. Savage, while Ed Rom- ero, as Judge Samuel Savage, Lucia Marvin as Lillybelle, and Langthorne Sykes, as Sen. Titus Savage, are ber three unscrupulous relatives. Inmates at the asylum are Bill Cohen, as Hannibal; Deane Davia, as Fairy; Ruth RekOSh. as Florence; Bill Spafford, as Jeff, and Mary Wickenden, as Mrs. Paddy. Two other members of the cast are Pat Hudson, as Miss Willie, a nurse. and James Bray, as Dr. Bennett. Tickets to the stage play. priced at 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for servicemen and school children, will be on sale today outside the Commissary Store. They also may be purchased from members of the cast' or from Marvin Backman, the di- rector. Employe Suffers Fractured Ankle Willard J. Dockendorf, a receiving Clerk, Supply and Fiscal Department, was hospitalized Monday as the re- sult of an accident near the loading ramp at warehouse 6. The mishap occurred when Doc- kendorf jumped from a gondola railroad car which was being un- loaded. His foot struck a rock throw- ing his weight on the left ankle re- sulting in a fracture. He was taken to the Infirmary for treatment and. then flown to San Diego where he was hospitalized.. • ntE WEATHER Clear skies over the .....eekend with light and variable winds from 12 10 18 knots In the af· ternoons. Ma)( I mum temperoture 95. Mini· mum temperature 62. VOL. X. NO. 33 Construction Work Now Completed At Wherry Project All construction work on the Sta- tion's 3OO-unit Wherry housing pro- ject, for which ground was broken last December, has now been com- pleted, according to officials of the Inyokern Housing Corporation, build- ers of the new housing subdivision. Occupancy of the Wherry homes has been keeping pace with the con- struction work. As of early this week the housing tract officueported 245 homes occupied, 26 claimed but not yet taken, and 29 units still avail- able for rent. Of the units available, seven are two bedroom homes and rent for $7l.50 a month and the remaining 22 are three bedroom homes for wQ.ich the rental charge is $81.50 a month. Installation of a few street signs and completion of the last bits of landscaping was all that remained to be done at the Wherry project on Monday of this week. Progress also is being made on the contract awarded to Haddock Engi- neers for the southward extension of Richmond Road and construction of a sentry shelter and gate that will provide more convenient access to the Station for employes and school chUdren residing In the Wherry tract. SOme additional work is still to be done on the shoulders of the road and construction has been started on the sentry post. Completion is ex- pected around sept. 1. . The latest report from the Station housing office listed 34 new Wherry (Continued on page Five) Reports Sought On TV Interference Complaints from Station residents regarding interference with local television reception were discussed at length at the last meeting of the Community Council board of direc- tors. In order to make a thorough study of the matter and devise pos- sible solutions to the problem, Rich- ard C. O'Reilly, community manager, has asked that residents troubled by teleVision signal interference on their sets forward the following in- formation to his office: (1) The degree of interference; (2) the Ume of the interference, par- ticularly if it occurs regularly, and (3) the name and address of the person sending In the report. ttMPERATUIES (Housing Area) e·e Max. MI.. AUO. 12 •••..•_ 96 !iT Aug. 13 •....... 92 60 Aug. 14 ........ 92 67 Aug. 15 •....._ 95 62 Aug. 16 _..__ 98 5-4 Aug. 17 _ 99 501 Aug. 18 _ 98 55 U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. B. H. Pa.tton G. R. M/>kepea<>e Two New Organizations Result In Splitting of Rocket Department The Rocket Department has been reorganized into two new depart· ments, the Rocket Development De- partment and the Propellants and Explosives Department. The effective date .of the reorganization was last Friday. Heading the Rocket Development Department Is H. H. Patton, recently head of the projects division. Head of the Propellants and Explosives Department is G. R. Makepeace, lately associate head of the Rocket Department, and prior to that head of its ordnance division. Organization within the new de- partments, and the reassignment of codes not already covered in Station memorandums, w11l be determined after further study and consultation with the individuals concerned. Included in the Rocket Develop- ment Department will be the pro- jects division, liquid propellants branch and dynamics branch, com- 1>osed of around 225 persons. Propellants and Explosives in- cludes solid propellants division, China Lake pilot plant division, plant engineering and services division, warhead research branch and ap': plied research branch, as well as ex- plosives division from Salt Wells Pilot Plant, and central engineering division from Pasadena. Somewhere CAPTAIN YOUNG IMPROVING The latest word received concern- ing the condition of Captain D. B. Young, USN, Station Commander, indicates that he is slowly improv- ing, but that no definite diagnosis has yet beeo completed. It now ap· pears that his COnvalescence will be extended to a period of about a month. in the neIghborhood of 575 persons are involved. Announced also as effective last Friday is the formation of a new group called the Systems Program- ing Group headed by Dr. E. L. El- lis, preViously head ot the Rocket Department. Hugo Meneghelll, formerly asso- ciate head of the Rocket Depart- ment, will be associated with Dr. Ellis in the new group. It will be concerned with the broad aspects of weapon systems, with a view to the formulation of policy and programs relative to cur- rent and projected technical ob- jectives of NOTS. It is established as a component of the office of Dr. W. B. MCLean, Station Technical Director. AUGUST ZO, 1931 Station Joins County Traffic Safety Crusade Joining forces with other commu- nities throughout Kern County. the Station today is launching its part in the county-wide traffic safety cru- sade. Motorists will be given an oppor- tunity to participate in the campaign by signing pledges and picking up automobile bumper stickers at four different locations on the Station. These are: (1) At the office of the Naval Air Facility first lieutenant-a hut near the ordnance line. (2) At the Navy Exchange gasoline station. (3) At the China Lake pilot plant safety office. (4) At the Station safety of- fice near the intersection of Knox and Halsey. To add to the effectiveness of the safety crusade, the stickers will be affixed to the bumper of the motor- ist's car as he or she signs the sate driving pledge. The stickers are 4Yl in. high by 9 in. wide and bear the wortk: "Safety Pledge, I've Signed It. Have You?" In signing the pledge, motorists agree to operate their cars at all times and under all circumstances with utmost consideration for human life. In addition they promise to willingly obey all traffic laws; main- tain their vehicles in safe driving condition, and observe the accepted rules of the road. Interest in the county-wide cam- paign was aroused by a visit to China Lake last week of Ivo Keyser, chair- man of the Kern County Traffic Safety Council, and three members of the county board of trade-Leon- ard Rurup, James Radoumis and R. W. Bovee-who conferred. with Sta- tion offiCials on the safe driving cru- (Continued on Page Five) Personnel Cuts Nearly Completed The Personnel Department has announced that the reduction in fOl'ce occasioned by the closing of the Explosives Department has been substantially completed, with the ex- ception of abOut 15 employes who will remain for some time to com- plete the close out of recorda and disposal of property. . Purther substantial reductions in force are not expected at China Lake, other than some slight re- ductions required to adjust the work load and ceilings between depart- ments. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1950s,Rocketeer 1954,Rktr8.20.1954.pdf,Rktr8.20.1954.pdf Page 1, Rktr8.20.1954.pdf Page 1