3E'tnrr it • PAGE. SEPTEMBER 3, 1951 Station Servicemen To Give Stage Show An all-servicemen's show, "This Is Ibe NOTS," will be presented at Ibe China Lake Community Center for flve consecutive days beginning Mon- day, Sept. 20. Sponsored by the En- listed Men's Club, the production revolves around a plot satiriz1ng the serviceman's duties at China Lake. A nwnber of different scenes are incorporated into the show, giving a gllmpse of an inspection at the Ma- rine Barracks, and activities at the brig, Commissary Store, EM Club and the mess hall. The show also featureS a love song using the secur- ity sign at the Main Gate as a theme. Service personnel who are taking part in the presentation are: pte's Frank Brown and James G. Kennedy, LTJG Donna E. Haney, Homer Dremann, PHI, David Shaw, ABl, Charles E. Thompson, AMI, Raymond Bpomauer, BK3, La r r y Hatfield, FT3, David and Paul Hoff- man and Emmett Osborn, seamen, Bob LeFeuvre, HN, Earl Browning and W. H. Gars~ SKSN, John Go- mez, SKSA and Eugene Williams, SA. Tickets, priced. at 50 cents per per- son are available from any member of the cast. Proceeds Will go to the enlisted men's recreation fund. Paint Now Available For Station Tenants . Green paint is now available to Station reSidents in limited quanti- ties. Applications for paint are being handll!d by the improvement sec- tion of the housing office. Paint may be obtained by stating the number of square feet of surface to be covered. 1tartI,. 11-. 6 ...... p.... cIaI.,. .........._<-_. 1 p .... Iaturdcrr ....... 1 ... ....-, TODAY SEPT. 3 "A AULLfT IS WAlnNG" (82 Min.) Jean Simmons, Rory Calhoun Shorts, " Birth of a Bond" (IS MIn.) SAT. SEPT. .( "JESSI! J~ 'no 1ME DALTONS" (67 Min.) Brett King, Barbaro Lawrence Shorts. 'Woody ond the Giant Killer" (7 Min.) "Armed Forces Screen bport" (17 Min.) SUN.-MON. SEPT. 5-6 "SAIIINA" (113 Min.) Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepwn William Holden TUES.-WED. SEPT. 7-8 " NAKED ALIBI" (M Min.) St.llng Hayden, GIOf'ia Groham Short'l ''Who', Who In the Zoo" (20 Min,) THURS."". SEPT. ' ·10 ''GAMBlER fROM NATCH£Z" (89 Min.) Dole Robertson, Debra Poget Shaml "Solid Ivory" (7 Min.) "Armed forces Screen Report" (17 Min.) FOUR GOBS IN A ROD, a pantomime act about four luckless sallors who buy an old car to take them on Uberty, is rehearsed by Larry Hatfield, IT3, left, Horner Dremann. pm, tbe not too bri,ht driver, David Shaw, ADl, right., and Charles E. Thompson in preparaUon for the aU-servicemen sbow. Alter a bout with a traffic officer, the quartet roes into a sonr routine be- moaninr their troubles. Local Navy Man Competes in District Talent Cqmpetition John Gomez, SKSA, assigned to duty at the Commissary Store, rep- resented the Station at the 11th Naval District talent contest held last Saturday night at the Armed Services YMCA in San Diego. There were 50 entrants from throughout the district competing for the honor of appearing on the Ed Sullivan "Toast of the Town" television show in New York City. Gomez, a tenor vocalist, placed second among the singing contest- ants with a total of 195 out of a possible 250 points, but the top honors went to a jazz combo from Naval Air Station at San Diego. Gomez, who majored in singing for two years at San Jose State College before entering the Navy, sang "I Love Life," and "Trade WindS." He came to China Lake five months ago from the store- keeper SChool at San Diego. Polio Fund Drive To End Sept. 10 Additional miniature iron lung coin containers were received and distributed this week to department representatives to aid in the emer- gency March ot Dimes drive which will continue for one more week at . China Lake. Preliminary reports indicate that very good progress is being made in some departments. Beverly Johnson, of the Rocket Department, turned in the first two coin containers which held contributions totaling $47. Coin collectors that have been filled may be turned in any time to LTJG J. D. Ethridge at the Navy Exchange business office, telephone 71329. Vote Registration Continues at NOTS Registration ot voters will con- tinue through next Thursday at China Lake for the state wide gen- eral election to be held Nov. 2. To be eligible to vote in the State of California.. citizens who are not registered must have been a resident of the state for one year; lived in the County of Kern for 90 days, and in the local precinct fQr 54 days prior to the election. Persons who have changed their place of residence since the last elec- tion also are required to register. Deputy registrars will be on duty outside the Commissary Store today from 2 to 6 p.m., and also next Tues- day, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 :30 to 11 :30 a.m., and from 2 to 6 pm. Registrars also will be at the China Lake pilot plant cafeteria next Wed- nesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.rn. A list of the names and addresses of local deputy registrars of voters was published in last week's Rock- eteer for the benefit of persons wishIng to regtster at tbeir homes. PTA To Hold Tea For School Staffs A tea has been scheduled next Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the China Lake Community .Center for the purpose of greeting new school teachers and administrators and welcoming back returning ones. The event is being planned by the advisory council of the China Lake PTA, and invitations to be present have been extended to top Station officials and local school board mem- bers. Past presidents of the China Lake PTA will serve. Boom Town Days To Be Revived In Rand District Boom town days reminiscent of the turn of the century will be revived. in Randsburg over the Labor Day weekend when Rand Mining District organizations will join in sponsoring the annual Old Time Mining Cele- bration. Tours of famous gold and silver mines in the area, some of which are still active today, will be featured, along with rock drilling and gold panning contests, gem and mineral displays, dances and a melodrama presentation. Nearly $400 in cash will be dIstrib- uted am~)llg the winners of tbe rock drilling contest. Proceeds from the three-day af- fair, which starts tomorrow and con- tinues through Monday (Labor Day), will be used to help finance various youth programs in the Rand Mining District for the coming year. Pete Osdick, an old timer for whom the town ot Osdlck (now Red Moun- tain) was named, will be the officlal greeter for the annual celebration. Many of the other old prospectors who remember Randsburg in its hey- day around 1897 when the discovery of gold swelled its population to around 10,000 also wW be present to exchange reminiscences about "the good old days." A souvenir program. filled with pictures and articles about the Rand Mining District of Ibe early 1900's will be available for sale during the three-day oelebratlon to acquaint visitors with the area's historic past. Refreshments and novelties also will be sold by various Rand Mlning District organ1za.tions at gayly dec- orated booths to add to the carnlVal- like atmosphere of the annual pr0- gram. 733 Sign Pledges, Crusade To Continue Safety officials are continuing to enlist drivers in the Station portion of the Kern Courity safety crusade. More than 733 pledges have been signed to date and as soon as more stickers are received. from Bakers- field, they will be given out. In signing the pledge and affixing the sticker to the rear bumper of his automobile, a driver promises to drive with the utmost COnsideration for human life and to observe all highway safe driving practices. Public Works Dance Scheduled Tonight A community dance, sponsored by the Public Works and OinCC Club, will be held tonight at the ChIna Lake Community center from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Pug Pilcher's orchestra will pro- vide the music for dancing. Admis- sion is free to club members and tickets priced at $1 per couple w1ll be ava.llable at the door for non- members. THE WEATHU Partly cloudy over the weekend with showers in the mountains. Sur· face winds light, in· creasing to 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 96. Minimum tempera· ture 86. VOL X, NO. 35 Local District Formally Accepts Elementary Schools A resolution accepting the Groves, Richmond and Vieweg Elementary Schools from the U. S. Commissioner of Education was passed at last week's meeting of the China Lake Elementary School District board. The acceptance followed a final inspection of the school facilities by Edward Kufahl, associate field rep- resentative from the U.s. Office of Education in San FranciSCO, and Waiter Stath, from the Federal HouSing and Home Finance Agency in Los Angeles. During his visit here, Mr. Kufahl also reviewed attendance records 'to certify the amount f funds to be provided under Public Law 874, which is b8sed ~on average daily at- tendance, and also checked over ap- plications for add i t ion a I school buildings at China Lake. In other business conducted by the school board, two new teachers and several non-teaching employes were hired for the coming year. The teachers are LucretJa L. Beck- er, seventh and eighth grade science teacher, and Virginia K. Johnson, speech instructor. The class schedule for grades kindergarten through eighth was adopted. for the next school year, which starts Sept. 7. It calls for half- day kindergarten sessions, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.: grades one and two will be in ses- sion from 8 :30 to 11:25 a.m. and from 12:35 to 1:30 p.m.: third grade pupils will attend school from 8 :30 to 11:25 a.m. and from 12 :35 to 2:30 p.m.; fourth, fifth and sixth graders from 8 :30 to 11:25 a..m. and from 12 :35 to 3 :15 p.m., and seventh and eighth graders from 8:30 to 11:25 a.m. and from 12 :30 to 3:25 p.m. Safety Message To Be Distributed Printed copies of a Labor Day traffic safety message from the De- partment of the Navy. Office of In- dustrial Relations, in Washington, D.C., will be distributed to motorists leaving the Station this afternoon as a reminder to exercise special care while driving on holiday-crowded highways. . The me~age, which Is in the form of a poem, together with a safety cartoon will be handed out at the Main Gate at China Lake, and also will ,be distributed to Pasa.d.ena An- nex employes. tEMPERATURES