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CIVAIR CANCE ALCR/S(E P-NS CULVER. GET

f'.'E RM MJ EN T A P PC I N T M U ~ i S

Pemanent appointments of s.E. Alc1-ride;o -as superintel'.dent of the C=uni­cations branch and U .M, CUl 'ler as cilief of the Planning and Control staff wsre received in the regional office June 29,

The mo men were appointed to their respective · positions on an acting status in April foll0\ving.th3 trunsfe r of J.~. Tippets ancl A.E, Horning to ·;;ashini;to.: .

MOVE MEN: Of CA A OFFICES CNCE AGAIN PCSTPGNEO

Movement of some 20 CAA offices into the Loussac--Sogn building has once again be.an postponed, althouch it is ex­pected it will be accomplished some ti,r,e in August. ·constant ·delays in matarials

· have postponed completi on of the ouild­ing regularly every month since <ia rly ~prin~.

It is also -expected th.at an announce­rilent will be made sornet.irne in August re­garcing the reshuffling of. of_f:ices in the Federal building, quon~et huh and CCC buildings to utilize space vacated

. by the moving offices.

P IC NK WE L L AT E NO ED

More than 150 · CAA outdoor enthusiasts enjoyed the ci,rair 8 Club picnic last Saturday at Laka Spenard. Water sports and a sumpt-..ious pot-luck- dinr:er were the hif;hlichts of t~·1.e affair ~

SET rc-.R AU6UST I S PARTY AT AMBASSAC'CR (llJS

WILL 81: "INFORMAi.' NFAtR

A ·second Civair 8 Clu!J dance 1,ill be :ield Friday, Aue;ust 15 et the A!nbassador Club in answer to manr requests by CAA personnel for a repe·at of the very suc­cesd'ul dance the club s;,onsored in April as its first activity, accordi_cg to l.!arjorie Chamberlin , club secretary.

A.V. Carroll, Operations Inspecti·on staff, has been _na,ned general chairman of t!-,e affair.

The dance will be "informal," which in this case mean~ dressy short cocktail or afternoon dresses, according to Miss C,'\8mbe r l in,

Music will be furnishe·d by the Don Smith Trio, regula_r :r.usical ccrnbi:istion at the night s pot.

The co.:u:eittee has reserved the club's dance floor from 8 P.M. until l A.M. and is planning a form of pre.liminary enter­tainment ·prior to the arrival of the or­chestra at 9 A.M, -The Ambassador Club, vthich has been newly-decorated, is loca­ted at Fifth and C, streets.

Other committee members for the dance ha~e not yet been appoint~9~F\Jrther details about the affair / ~r"li<J-,Arni­shed Civair 8 Club me:nbei)t' b:('memor'tipQum

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The clu!J's April hard-tbes ·ciJf:ce~s . • I

I held in the ARK and was at-5;:ll<lE!_? 02{. ?ore . than 300 people. :•,~ , .• ,'•:,./

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July, 1947

Published by Eighth Roeion C !VIL AEROiiAUT ICS ADHI1':ISTRAT IO?T

Ar.chorngc, Alo.skn

Betty Grcvos, Editor Vo l. 51 lfo. 7

Ref. & Fhone No., 120

G. /. FLIGHT TRAINING HAS SET-BACK B:,• VIRGIL D. STONE

Assistant to Admir.istrc t or for P0 rsono.l Flying

On June 30 two flight tr:>inir.g. schools i n Anchorc,ge closo d their doors to t h'> ir GI stude nts, the Jnck Corr Flying Sorvico c.nd U::.itcd AcrQ!!!otivo . Principle r ea son , no contre1ct for tho fiscal :r-io.r 1948.

E(forts were mode by local Vetorcn Administra tion officials to ~ ve th~se schools continue trnining on !;iomoro.ndum Agre ements subjact ·to lot0r approvJ l of qontract, but those two schools, o.nd possi'Jly others aver th<: territory fr om whom we hr.vo not yet hlld c. report, so.id, "no soa p."

Ona oporotor says it takes from 60 t o 9C days after fli r ht training is g iven a studunt bofor0 he: is actualiy p,:iid hy the 1;ovcrnme nt. Th.ere is no t c llinr w!'-.an tho 1948 fiscnl y0.:-. r contr~.cts m~y oo c.pproved, he ss1ys, conse que ntly he c~naot cff ord to continu<? go ir:g into the "red." His pilots and mechonics hcvc t o be poid c. nd Mcmorcndum Agr~cmcnts v1ont suf.!.' ica to pny f or gnsolino, oil and ropo.ir pc.rts .

A bo.nk loan is :ilso just try it and soc,

not en oasy thing to obte1 in thes " days. If you doubt t h,o t , Moreovor, this idea of paying 81, on money th£lt you ,;e,uld r.ct "Accounta Receivable" wcr8 wit:,in r e osonc,blo lir.iits, c s p~ -he, ve to borrow if the

cially with a sm~u shut-down.

ma rgin of :;,refit at ba st, m~cns but one thing, n tcmpo r:i ry

Although pc.rha ps 150 to 200 students ore ~.ff0ctc d by th,:, so t empcro.ry shut -dc·,ms $5 well as rn:.ny oth~rs on o long wnitine; list, wo c. ::-0 hopir,g t hc t the closing o rdo r will soon bo lifte d by o:\ rly roooipt of contrC\cts. If i t runs on too long it will hcvo n most serious affect on GI flight training in Al:i ska.

To m:ikc mctters wors o , Mr, Carr who ope ro.tus tho only comr.wrc i cl school for GI 's here has boo.n opu rc.tir.g on c Momoro.n<lum Agre ement for four mont hs c:nd still hes no contr-ot. This sort of thing runs into money fast.

W.:, ho.vo ,·rrittcn our Wa shington office to s:co if 'the Assis t c.nt to t:,o Acimi:1ist :-a~ tor for Porsonc.l Flying Dovclopmc nt c~n bo of any nssrntcnc<.i to·:1c, rd spooding u;, tho Vetorons Administrction, both in th,; m:ittor of ccnt::-c. cts ~nd or, cont~.ct p~ymcr.t s to school~.

PERSONAL FLYiNC OIRECTCR

VISITS PILOTS 1N TEf<.IVTORY

Followini; a recent to.ir cf a number of ccm.~unities in the territory to get dc.;-m to the "grass roots" of t!le '.Jerson­al flyer, Virgil v, Stone, Assistant to the A~~inistrator for Personal Flying, reports that the main gripe of all oper­ators is the length of tir:e it takes to be paid for flying tra ininr, esi ven under the GI contracts. OtherY.·ise the inter­est in this type of trainin~ is holding up well.

Flying an L-5 Stinscn, . .;;,. . Stone v~s­ited, among ot:1er places, Surr.nit, F1·.ir­banl;{s. iAnle!' Hot Sprinh~,, Te.n£t.no., Jo.1-ena·, t-'toses Point, ?lome J Kotz6bue. Ur.0 la­kleet, l,ic Grath and F:u·ev,ell.

The CAA has me.ny amfloyees at so~e of its isolated stations who desire to tck6 advantage of fliiht training, either un­der the GI bill or fer c:.sh, he raper- t.:;, but are . unnbla to d, so be~nuso no s:hools or instruc tors are &vailable.

l.ir. Stone was interest&d to note that a small numb~r of CAA pe rs<::011.:.l at ac11-kar.a and a lnrger number ~.t }io rth,.:ay have baen ta:dng: trainin;; by two "ro·,ing pi lots" oper.s. t inf undor tho su:,ervis kn of a local An~horage school. It is his understanding that most o f these stu­dents have alrc;ady soloed ar.d thet scr.i~ of them ct Northway are Gb~ut react,, for their private pilot's tick~ts.

The penone.l flying c!irector suggests that CAJ.. flyers from the Gullmna a.nd !lcrthway sta tio,is sond in £< first-h:.,nd roport to the i,fuKLUZ of their flying r.ctiviti9s,

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tor, left Anchor e gc July cl to fly to u.shingtor., D, C. t o t usti fy be foro & i Senate committee on th~ pro:,csed 0 ig~~ millicn dollar air,ort for Anchor'"r.c &nn I five million dollar field for Fo.irb~.r,Jcs. I Ho wil 1 return this v,eek:. ,

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Ji;ighth 2c.r;ion :,er acc,:'.•c l this mcnth :):• -t:i.t:1 d f-< t .: (.. :· ;j_i ~: . cf tr.e St<.ndord3 "'·d C0 c._,l i. •:c Pl.q,nt c.nd Struct:.1r~c, ·.-::,o d :·_._ -~ Tt.a~sd?.y, July S, (.}';: S::: ·.rr.:-d ::'r t·:· ness contr~ct.d ::~(; :;~::: •.<.:!.- r. ~ .. tould have 'orc;:, !.2 -y--.~.c,~:; c.1. -:~ i;._

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:short tirr,1.: 1 .-~t (" r ·;;~ 3 trr nGf,.rr~C. t.c :~o:::...:.:

cr".or"f· .~e ,;·itb. thl CJi../._ ir Ar:-::--i l J 1,)i.J.· , :. s r. t)rincipnl ~..:r-1<:r;:.•.l i:i•.c::~'".':": "i. r r.:.:! -.. -~- ::; ~pp0intcd tc ~ho pcs i t io1: 01· ~~ c:·--~i 2~l 111.ri. intGr-,ancc ins;>e: :.:tor, ·::i-;.i ~~ l·: >.:.:.. .· ... 1-1 ,. t the ti.,:,.c of ::is c,,):·.t:1 , c~rl:r thi: y,,,,, .

·Mr. Smit~ <:::cnt to tr:.-2 St~-t .... :.; .fl' ~' .-:-: :.·,­icn l tr~Gtmo~t t~c l~st ~ '.-!·t ~r :~-~c ~ :-tnd rt tu.r-:1~d n·i th ~'.is i'0.rni ~ :7 C 7 ,._- ~ t:,_,J ~llcen higthny, ~-. l'ri..,.,·ir.l ~-.:..:·t: :::c. !'i.-::t of June. ir. s:".c·t ti",1c l::·t~!" :-ii..: ~.:r1t r-r =.·d the r.osrital e.t Se·;:nrc!.

i'Jrs. Sci th. pl~ ri.:i, r.t yres2r.t., t r. ~ ~ .. -tir.uc living in Al-,o,~creq>,e

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A Jul".e'•'-' Dictr':.ct ce;:'· ·: s c ~' S«:"·c t y Re guls.tior.e ,;res !.St'.-·· ~,lish~:l ic: ··::·: -':. c-a )l -tol city the f'irst pert c!' ~u~ .. ~·- :·· £ Air!":lo.n, AircrP. rt and F1i:~ht !; -;,c-r r: tlor.s Brnn::h e.na ~-!. J. C' 3r;:'~".'"', :-.~ .. ~· c:.: -.n s~~· ­~ionc d t:'t,..:!"C rs £u1r;_n-':!.~; ti':'-:-,: in:~::-,-~·~t:)!'", a ccor .iing to duri. c ir:h f :1'.'; ~_·.:.:1 ~ :l!"1l:-~c.; !--.

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o: . .'fi ,!e ·..-.hi~!"! ~s ust!<:): if :".0(~ :n -.;!'":·~r t:, tE.£6 care er' ht:. lr,-:-- r·.:,1.!:i,.d :~ f,_. t ·;· r •~.:_":"i.J. ­l~ti~nz ~er~ ~ t i~t ~~,~.

CAA PINS RECEIV:D

fOl< 325 EMFLCYUS

Approximately 325 CAA pins, ordered about ei1;ht MOllths ago, have bean re~ ceived in the regional office and are now being distributed to those who or­dered the1:1,

One pin with a ruby jewel, for ·those who have been with CAA from 20 to 25 years, is included in the order, It is for Ralph Jer.nings, chief com1:r.1rn~ca~or at Petersburg,

The order also includes nine pins with three stars, for CAA ern:,loye")s wjth fnm 15 to 20 yea rs service; 25 t,;io-s+,9 r pins, for f::-orn ten to 15 yea rs; 87. o,,c­st,i r pins for from five to ten yM rs ,cr.'.i 201 phin pins for those with fi..-1; ;;%r:i or less service.

·Those recei vin!: three-star pin~ S.!·e: A,!), Hulen, superintendent of the Or,,,ra­tion.s branch; J.M • . Fowler, Contr!lct .and Procurement; G,A, ~itti,ker, c:tiAf of the Operations division; G.W. ·:'-:-t:deau, chief of the Mo!Jile Aeronu•.·':,e,~ s:ic­tion; G~ L, Ba.ckenberger, ·r:.~, . .:_-,.._.t-.... !18. :' .c.e

technician et Fairbanks; (;,,::-J. C:•;'1nell, fonner chief of the \Yc~twr .. r.:l /~·.:,,1i:;,en5"ce sect ion, since transferred r.c, .:t?'1othBr region; S,:S, Ren..'1·., 8S8isCa:-).~ c:'lief of tha Plant and Structures 11~i:-,tano.nce division; M,H, Young, super::.r.tenc.e nt of the \\'a rehouse llnd V ,E, Hufftinn, m«inte­nanca ta chnic ian.

The pins, gold filled em~lems ;l.n the shs.pe of wings, may oe ordered "o~r any CAA employee, Each type ccmes in two st:,:l.es, ~. re1:,ular pin ar,d a le.p-31 :,:en. Ttay all c ~st $~.~6 with t~e dxc0r,tion of the. jeweled pins w:iich a,e $4.3C,

In the future orden w~ll be h!l.::lled 'r,y l.\r.!"l.lyn Vfii.sler, Busi?",ess M~na:;e,.,,.,nt ~r.<;>,:rc?..ry, l\eL 1·10. TLe ne:;::.: · ore.er ~T~.i 1. bFJ sen-t" to 7lash1r.st::.n as soon as

·-.n,_,:,1ch in<lividue.l .orders h2ve be~r. re• c~iv;d i~ the rehional office. Pins must \e paid .for wha·n ordered 'ind it is re-

Grace ~urr:;-W, P:a:-:.t t'r-~C St:· ··:­tures, becane t he ~ri.de ·J:· j:0-· . -J Crs.ig of tLe· :~.fr F1·e :> \ .. t ;:_." , ot June 20 at a cere·,:.,::,ny psr:01r0cd in Al!chora ge.

Ke~ Kellr..e,, Plant one 3t?:uc­tures Coi:st1i.Jc.:"C-ion d.7.vi~ic:c, was passing. out c i ie.. r:.1 and cs.ri.?-y ~er.­day, July 7, f ollcr:'ins his ret,irn fro:n a hor:eyrr.-Jon at f.~t. ::!~*inlay Park. He WE>s rr,err:i.ed June 60 in Anc ho~age to Ge rt1·.1de :-:ar.~en ,·/oo is employed in t he. district cier:C of the court• s office,

Enga 6ernents:

Evelyn fowler, pati.te )"'!~Nie-1,,!ail and Files · [irl, is f•h ,nn:c.g a sUIT;r..er v:~d':iL.b la:t~ t:~ls mer.th or early in ::,,,,gust to J-ess ::0m­berger, handsooe siz-foot-cn" e.:1-gineer on an Army :Z::-ansrort ::~r­vi ce LT ~oat.

Billye Field of Structures' MatE:rial

Plant and sect ion be.

came engaged to ·Johnr:i'l Tribe:· o:' the Alas iat I,a :!.lroad wi.y 31. They are 'ouildin:: a hvme ar.l\ plan a November vradding upon its com-

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questeq thbt persor;nel ord<;>r:r.g frpr. t he field enclose money Ol!d!;O!'~ tns~cu.:i. of pe rs on9 l checks .

Since this most re9ent orri~r 1•:,;s ;,laced many employees ordering pin., . r,;; ·,e been trans.!'erred or he.vs r~s·igr.ed. An atte!::pt i s ~e fng ~~rle to s~;·d al:. ~r the:n to cu.-re:·,tly correct adcres~c,c; ... , tho\1f'h a fe·N fir~ ept to get rr:ix!3tj u:-. ~t is re;ueste:i th8t any stat:0~:8 !'"0'°c2:.""r' ··.g pins for ;:co;,le who heve sirrce b2,.n transferred forward the:;1 to t .hosc, ·;;)10

orders d th~:-.,

E!Gl-lTH R.EGION STAFF GETS

NEW A/RO.AFT INSFECTORS

Five new aircraft and air carrier in­spectors ,;;ho arrived here from the ·:10.sh­ington office during June have been add­ed to tho staff of the Airmen, Aircraft and Flight O?erations branch.

They are Leonard J. Miraldi, aircraft inspe·ctor; George E. Laird, air carrier maintenance inspector; al)d John c. ilo-.'1-er, _ .. /(~ l.eit;hton Coult"r and Ervin M. Skousen, ail" carrier ins·pe ct ors. All of them are ' veterans and this is the first CAA as·siGr.m"_nt for three of them, t,r. Miraldi,, · r.a.ird end ·skousen. Ur, Co-.1en arid :Coulter· were transfeired hore from tile 'Ka shington office.

All of the new men will be stationed in Anchoree:;c except lf.r. Bowen who ,•,ill be sent ta Fairbanks or Juneau.

V n F 5lRi/EYS CON"."i:,J'.JE

i3y i:IKE Pi,T ERSON

__ VHF survey crews aro now engaged on the last link in the Ar.choruge-A!c,etto Island circuits end are at -presei,_t v,ori,­ing at Lituya Bay, Ys .. -utat, Y-aka::ae;a, Katalla and P.inchsr.0rook Isle,·,d. :Jupple­mentarJ tests er0 also !)oing ma de from Yakutat to Gustavus direct.

Durin& the pest month satisfactory tests we:e cor.ipleted at Gustavus , Soap­stone Point , Emi::ons I s l and , Sit ka a:id Lituya Eay.

Fe rsonr.c: l assignments are: Lituya Bey, Frer.k Prince, John Schairer one i')n­

mit Boone; Yakutat, lrvir.g S·~·. Jchn Yakatei:;a, Ted Young, John Zeslcy .ond Philip Ste r:1;' ta t a lle, Pe rke r Ne i:;us and Ro!)ert; !.lead; Hinchenbrook I : land , R,T. Walker end Gustavus, !JJ.rry Gour lie .

Upon co:,ipli3tfon vrill move to the cor,ple t e tne· 1-ink 2eth;il.

of t h6se tests, crs,·,s Yukon P.i vc r area . to

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OE,J:CT er '::CHESPONOENCE

"Everyone ta his own taste," the old saying goes :1hich was aptly domo!lstrnted this month in the office of Selmer Holte, property menerement officer.

llr. Holte has o unique yellow potta ry ashtray on his desk in the s'w pa of two delicate feminine hands cuppod upwards to form a contain.ar for the ashes. On comir.g to :vork one morning h~ found ori his d~sk a rlota writter. on scrat.cn pape r containing the foll owing: O!'.)inior.:

I "I hste this ashtray . Brrr:: I fee l

I creepy avGry tir.10 I see it.

--Scotty (Jer.itoress )"

r-- . ·- 1 I I The followin;,- communicator 1 appointm,onts ;nd· selections

I \ recently h~ve been med3:

II APPOINT!ili:NT.S

Coyte D, Huff'man Jos 8 ph Zelinka

- ClarencA Estes I Car 1 '.'ii 11 iains I

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A~a Proffit - -Richard Doiapscy

Marshall Thresh Frank Toon.

.._ Ge or go Scott !'2;.il Nola nd James R..1 ss Harry Carter Hille a ry Barrott Ro'JGrt Terry Jeck Brooroe Fritz McCoy

SC:LECTION$

i I I I '-vkcent Spee r (as· CACOIJ\)

Shirley Meuwi_ssen

II Ric!"lord DeFord (analyst) Li 11 ia n Whito Word ~homp~on

I Florence Tho,epson

I Vir~inie Schraeder Ernast Be~ch

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There is a pretty little redhead out , the C=.,unications !:>uilding who ,,as ken a conside.ra'ole number of CAA por­·nnel for a ride during the past year. ·r nqme is Lorre ine t!e lson and she is ,erator of CAA's lin,c tra iner.

From a massive green metal desk cov­e d wit,, inumerable dials and knobs, ,i s slie;ht, smilinr; younc: lady is ~igh ie stess of wind, weathe r and flight obloms confronting trainees ins id,; the nk on their mythical flights around e territory.

The · trainer is a chubby model ai.r­ane mounted on a pi vat v,hich a 11 mvs it

sirr.ulate the motion of an actue.l ane in flir,ht. It can even p:o iPto a in ,·,hen tho registere d air speed falls fficiently. It is equipr.ed with all e be.sic fli@:ht instruments of a regu­r plane and is used to familiarize CAA rsonnel with tho problems of pi1ots in stru:nent flyinr;.

A~er learr.inr; the basic procedure of yinG . a plane, Lorraine teache3 the idents the use · of instruments from :lio to instrument landinr; systera 1ipment. For fin,-. 1 tests upon com'.)b­on of the courses, she closes the hood qn over the cockpit and sends the 1-inee on an imaginary flic;ht entirely instruments . He must taka off, fo l­

~ a prescribed route and get in posi-0n for.a landing at his destination .

The instruments in the trainer a1~ plicated on Lorraine's des!c, along ~h die.ls to produce · wind and "rou.gh .1:her 11 with which the stu<lent rr:uSt ;,e during his flight. Both the trainee

and Lorraine wear radio earphones and Lor raine becomes oi:erat0r of all the radio towers along the designa ted mythi­ca 1 route.

Miss I!e lson is no me r e text book fli[ht instruct or , for the slim young won,an with the soft re d curls was a test p i l ot with the WASPS during the war. , r om June to De cember , 194-l, she was one of 12 women of the Wom<en 1 s Air Force Servi ca Pilo+as who test-hoppe ct hin­er:gined Cessna Bobcats at the f.9cos, Texas, army airfie ld,

The Cessnss, UC- 78 ' s , were used a s traini ng plones f or cadets at the air­field, Yihon the p lanes cieve loped trou­bls , the ·:iASPS test-hop:,ed with the mechanics to find tho difficulty, and chec:Ced tha:n out again <rhen tl~c,y were r e;oai red .

Lorraine chalked up some 600 hours of flying time and obtained an over land comme rcia l pilot's license f or single and multi-cngi,rnd planes during her war s~ rvice.

The attractive link instructor learn­ed to fly in her hoine town of Glangovr, Montana, where .she obtaine<I he r private pilot' s tic!<.?t, She v1ent to Napa, Cali­f o ,~ia , i n . the f all of 1940 becaus e fly­ing vies choap~r on tho Coast ar.d got a job with the Navy . \Vith thr, bombing of ~e.rl Harbor that December ell airfields on th~ Coast were c lose d to !_)rivate fly­ing, howev;:;: r.

Una.bl€: to get ido the •:-:ASPS ea rly i n the war because of tho requircr.,tint of

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(Continued from page 6) 200 hours flying time, Lorraine joined the \';ACS in February, 1943, Ironically, the day she was inducted into the tACS requirements for the iASPS were lowered to 35 hours.and she was eligible.

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Sent to Randolph Field, Texas, in the I medical corps, Lorraine says she spent most of' her spare time in the \;ACS "try- [ ing to get out of it and into the WASPS."

The opportunity came in August when the WACS were taken into the regular Army and the women were allo9ted to re­sign if they wished. Lorraine did so and prcmptly went to 'iiashington, D,C,, to try in_ earnest to join the WASPS. She managed to get appointed to the April, 1944, training class and went home to wait,

She arri ,-ed in Montana the day before a letter informing her there was an opening in t:ie Neva_ mbar, 191.3, class and I she hustled_ off to S1-1eet \":ater, Texas, for her six month \:ASP training.

,','hen the \:ASPS were disbanded on De­cember 20, 1944, Lorraine ,·,ent home to Montana, but her taste for ad-.-enture was st ill unsatisfied. · In February, 1945, she went to Seattle and trained for six months es a CA.A aircraft commu..~icator, and in September was sent to Gustavus, Alnska. She served as nn ACCOM there until September of 1946 ~nen she came to Anchorage as link trainer instructor, succeeding Doris Anderson, also an ex­\\ASP and ex-communicator,

Although she looks more like 17, the comely link teacher is 27 years old. She is unmarried ar.d livos in the old Pan American dormitory. She has boen Out­sid6 for three short trips sin~c coming to the territory, . and at present has n definite plans about the future.

Teaching link training is interesting and unusual, accordin~ to. Lorraine . ~st of the CAA personr.~l like the ·courses and learn s_urp:-0.sinc;ly fa.st. Her only near-casualty occurred when one woman

fainted as the hood 11as closed and the trainer began its realistic tipping end bouncing.

On the other hand, a group of v:omcn teacha~s at a ccnTcntion in Anchorago some timo ago onjoyad the link rides so much they clambered into the model plane vii th tho gusto of riding amuse::icnt cars at a carnival.

Biggest naviiational hurdle is the altimeter which bei;ins registering at ~O feet below sea level. Many of the new students eagerly begin performing their, nnvigational problems on their mythical flights while they still haw the pla:-ie underground •

All of the students finish the course with a greatly increased respect f or the many prot.lems facing a pilot while fly­ing on instruments, Lorraine re9erted.

The Eighth region offers three stand­ardized C.'1.A link training ccurses fer eligible personnel, a Familiarization Course of fiYe one-hour lessons, a Be.sic Course of 25 lessons and ~n AdYanced C0urse v:ilicl1 incl udes the Basic Course and 14 additional lessons. Text books are issued for the courses and certifi­cates nwarded upcn their cc~pletion,

Those taking the first ccurse are per sons whosG job doe s not require in­t ens ive flight instr ument training but for whom a familiarity of the problems involTed ,·,'ill be helpful. Radio Engh, naers and t echnical nairrtcnanco men form a large part of this group,

Aircraft cr,mmunicators, tower opera~ tors and others who ·,.-ork directly ,: ith aircraft in flight may take the Basic C0ur s0 . The Advanced Course is offerod mainly for CAA personnel on flight status.

Personne l in these capacities who haya not ytt taken advantage of iink trainin~ may apply for one of the courses throu!;h th-c Perforr.-,anco Stand­ards staff of the Oporatio:-is branch.

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FPIRBPn~,S CONTP..OLLER.S [NJC>' SUMMER

· The merry month of Jun~ brou(;ht fo:'l;h _tremendous outbursts of ener:::,·· stcred all v;inter by the FX ACTers.

These summer spare-time activities take the form of gardeninr-, '"oatini;, fishir.p.;, swirrm:ing,, etc.

.Chief ATC Smith's garden hes been judged the best in the ncii;hborhood. 2oy csn that rr.en irriiratel Srrithy sn:·s, "It's the irrigation that mal:es th8 d:.f­ference. /then ~rou 1,,•Jater, you ~et the tops, but when you -irrirete,' it's tr.G roots that g;et tha water . "

If you have an:' :;ardening pro'Jlems, write and S;;1ith will help you--he 1 ll en­close a C::iagram of Snith's Irriyticn System ·to . anyone se:1:ling a pach.ce of rad<:lish seods.

When not f;Brdenin~, tho chief runs his little lo-foot beat up ar,d down tho nearby rivers. He has all the ch~M~ls in -the Chona spotted end has venti.:red as far as tho headwaters of the Te!'.ana.

Some m3mbtro of the ceGtcr a.n(! tower crev,s rnmt fishing in the Chatanikc.. Hot many fish wero cai.:ght, but you cio!l 1 t have to catch fish (hick) to hdve c. good timo.

The long; awaited arrival, Chief Red Li~h,:, formerly of Mer::-ill Tower, ar­rived via 0 1 Herr!l bus to llUc1"'Gnt the center sic-&ff, He br~ught tales of 35 pound la,ce trout :,cing taken at fa:rnn Lake. Now that 11 Kap 11 is hc.:re, 11 Chu~ 11

Dickcns soon will be d6pcrtiq; for the Albuqucr'!UC cont.er.

Kap sJys he _didn't know A7C could be so· much diffurcnt then a tower- but thir;ks it •s prc:tt;r nica to. gat a cho:,cc to sit do,·,,,_ s.ftcr squirting light nt t!1e locnl flights in /,nchor-~ga. He also likos ·.;ho Sat•1rd"-y nig:ht p3rtics nt t~.o D·1na 1 i hones.

( Cont inuo d on nc xt pat:")

R~r.iCriber lest contl; 's coltL~n? w~ en­nounc8d ·the ed.-ent of "Tno Listani:u; Post--60') on your d'al. 11 Sho:-tly theN­eft0r we !::,rr:e".'1 ;.t ··,,es a carrier c ;: ..:!"'a­ted S?ste:rr., "wi(1;;d '1:irelcss, 11 wr:ich 1;x­pla:.1·.cC t~~ lock of re.Cio call letters. !iow~ver, e.fts;r cbout ten days' operet:cn the FCC decided th~N r1as viobtior. of regu~atior,s 1 th~ Com::iur.icat:.c:is Act of 1934 o:- so:r.~thir,g. ~ho Liotc roing Post is strictly list,nir.g n0':1 , l-Jut ·.,e· •.: :-,c,cr­star,c Fros-~st. is ur.d ,' rwa: .. ·, Carri•) r ~:rs­t~n or nut, it did def:.!'.itcly ccvar " r-1dio ch9r..r.cl or, local rocoi.~rs, but for ~!t :'!loll-:y it ·.ves a v1elcono choice ovor sor.,c of the prograr.is from ye "Voice of th~ G-oldon North,"

A hi.::r.lif'.!1t of th-; month : Al &!kn i, r::sc:.ting th~ city a •:1e.:iir.g :,ool in the nam0 of the Lions Club, a nd r .Ci;;.:; nhoto in the dail:: ~ac;. LocatE>c on th~ old g~lf coursa just off S, street, th~ kids e;o to tc,.vn th0~c wD-nn days. ·;:i~h ycu v:crc a kic\ a,:cin!

Of c·c·..:.:-so J th.3 big doi:igs wcr-c th0 4th of July c.clebration, precoded by t:ie Arnurican Legion ·co~vcntj.0:1 ir.. Anchorage, Tho la tt,:; r ·:.•n s in ·.J YV ry ·:;ay su cco s s fu 1, a.nd ncstl:; orderly (:.J::: pap,c-rs COFY). Can it !:le thet Alasko'1s ca,c. dri,Jc without becol!ling too obnoxious? Ask a sour­do'ug:1.. Th.J 4:th ._.,~s rcpl(;t:J as t.isuai· ,·:ith gnr.d poradc., r.,,any floe.ts s:od CAAer S,il, R<ilr:n a:od dac1gl:ter riding l:ors~s e.s only deep S0c1th.rr.srs ca:o co • .i.11 kir.ds of rs cvs for th,, young ar.d th"' r.ot too old--r..ot me. CAAer YcP..~ey's girl, }£rJ, c~dc s. mark in tr.c bic;,cL races. A succvssfu l and plo2nse:nJ,.; lor.g ·,::.J~kv:ld, wu W0 11ld SC.":f •

CAA visitors to this city on this 4th ·,rJJra C.ACOH Po::l r'inugold C'.:J.·:! chenr.i:i..g •/rife I'ro::i Co !"'dove ar.d ;_c:a1i C6r l ( I).;. st:,·) Rhodes f!"'0r.: ??- i!"L=.'.'"'_1:s (:1~s"'Cly o:-: i..c gion busi!"l..:..ss). Tl-:.: r'3 "!'::8Y h?.·:o 1:ac:.. ot~ars, 1:u.t "I

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CA A orf !CiALS ABCARO

P1,0VING (uN TC OR!f!\'l

Ty10 ·t:i ,:;hth 0i'~ic :, -:': ls c~,d

region ~af..:: ty r(;e;tt!.ation fi v,o CAA c,0n. froi;i t',o

'i'hird rq;ion, includi~ Gaor~a Vest, r ... ; giO~n. l 3 dr.:i !!istra tor, "76 rJ pa ssor-.gG rs on r, :·.,o,-tr:.7~ s':; Ai rl :.:-.·~ s ;,roving run to !okyo c:1(! l-1~::illo 7thich left Anc:,o:·~;;c Jur.c 23 e nd r.;turn.oc ·July 2.

L.~. Sedy, c!-iiof of tho Flight Ope r­o.t ic::1s divislon, ~r.C Fr3nk Fµq'J.aJ air carri --:- !"' :-'.1.~1ic ir:.sp-.Jcto!"', rQFrusc::.r .. .:od tho Ei~~t:~ rc$:.or. on th1,; flight which ·:t0nt fron P.r:.chon:q;o tn Sh~r:j,·a, Tokyc, Shang­hai, l.f":1illa ~nd r-.turn. T:O.ird rcg1on flight op.;r:i:':ions p"rsonncl c.board 17orc Ro!J.Jrt Simor.s, Es.role!. Tr1r .. ~(; 1 I-!cril"Y Cur­tis rind CharL:s :i'.Jrtn:9.!"...

An interesting sic.Glight or. tho An­chorage hous ir..g s i t:ia tion the weal·: of the ?ourth of July is tho fact that tl:c. plc:i.~ , 2.r!"'1V1nb in Anc ~:orago in the. rr.id-".10 of the c.ftcrnoon afte:r n one -stop fli~ht fro~ Tokyo, hlld to procaod on to ~'.inn~a:,dis at S o'clock the se.mc nisht as accar;;od~tions cou ld not bo found for· the _truvc ii2;.g off.icials • .

"This pen l,._ak~, 11 said the cc::'.:ic·,.;, as th~ ruin car.is throu;;!-, th, roof.

FAIREANKS ·(co:::t i r:uoc. :'rom page 8)

Loecl i;" rcc. li Ap">rt:r,cr:t dwcllc.Fs !Jade "Vir.cc 11 S;:oors o. s.ad f3.rcwcll at a r.cigh~o1·ly r.ooci.bye g~t;~..::·rir.g .. . 1.7it~ Deep c11.oticn, s:.;:-:.t.:~c:·.t u:1d .spirits, we st.id "~r~·d:... ll., Vir.cc, good L.1cic ~t ::,'.)ur r:~w st~tio~, Ko~i~k. 11

,i!:c:,cR.;G:;: A3TERI3KS ( Cor:.tir.:.wd fro:, p:.::;:: 8)

A!;.c ho~:o .:;c ' s proposed nc·:'r a i:-:;>ort, ~J:1\·int;, ·,.·".!ts: :- a:.d sov:c. r r:,roji..:cts, for which ·~0::t! :.s!:ucs ·.·Kr;:; vOt·_d, stri.ick .a S!"!.ag it SC-JI7;S y;hs;:, C>i _-:!s :1-::!'~ ·ifivitcd for

:'"1-.-:-.8.li!".:,; t:1.:. ·:-,or:-~ s:.1 :.-z ; i:r1~ :-.:.. r-/ r. ~JiC. r·;r. ;':.7:::. .•• S·~- yoi..;. ::.11 ~ext ~ r, ~t !'. .

GENER AL COUNSEL HERE;

/-f/\S PCCR. we., F:SHiNG

Richllrd E. Elwell, general oounsel· for the ndn:>JJistrator or CAA~ wes 9 vis­itor at the regional office·fror.i June 27 to July 2 durim: a tour of sevsral CAA t'e[ior.s for ex!ll!lin!l.tion of airp,;,rt .pro­cedures· end r.er.eral inspection of .· reg• ionu 1 o ttorneys.

A conference covering &nforcement orobl~ms wos held 1n the re~ional ech:lin­ist,-ctor 's office Mond&y, June 30, and was etter.ded by all available aircraft and air csrrier inspectors and opera­tions off:.c iels.

CI;A's top legal counsel is reported to he.v~ l~ft the territory with somewhat of O fiohing record established. Durir:g a waekend angling visit to Foknelc lo!r, Elwell c;ot r.ot even a sing~c bi.te,

?iife: "Goodr.e ss, Alvin, this isn •t our !Ja.by! 11

Alvin: "Shut up, this i s a better c~rriagc •. "

"You're· the first girl I've k issc:d," he said as ho shifted

j ;iit!1 his lcnes ·,

ever gears

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JINGLE JOLTS PER.SOl'lNEL

The following jingle, b e latedly broui,;ht to- l:.c;ht, was pon:ied by Geil Kosbau, secrete!')'·to the Opel"'.ltions div~ is ion chief, in en inspired effort to jolt Oparsti-ons ;,ersor.::.el into coir.piling r,"' r.oss~r:· dP.ta for Rcgion:::l Adn\inistrn­tor i\ • .P. Ple tt to take to Wcshington on his ·trip O few ClOEths C.!';O:

! 1B., FLETT GOES TO FAS:II::GTON I Tho•ish you'd re.th.er ·go on a bendo., °j_ ,,o ;;,ust:: •t fo::-g:et t:io a,:enda,

So g&t b':.lsy, m:--- dears, Or I '11 box ell ~rr:-:ur cars, Let 's get th<) stuff ir. by tho deys·e;,.dat

R £PC R. TS ON MANY T 1-f i NG S

NOl.!Z, July 4. fi e apoloi;ize to h'UKLU",( ·1

reatlefs for not getting out a report in the last issue. All our entries don •t seerr to get in. The re must be a set of ' codes and standards in the 1illKLUK office

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(Ed note, It must be the post of,ice de-partment that is censoring, We di~n •t get a June· release from Nome.) I

The w&ather has· turned sour · after a very nice season. And in the Home lash­

. up vre report as follows:

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I Glenn Fossett, our new seni.or cor.unun-1

icator friend from Eethe 1, is nm1 rest­ing his dogs on the chief's desl: for a 1

spell, Thanks a lot, Beth<il, Ile 1 s your j loss, our gain, ·,

Zelda Sims carries on as daywatch I stupidvisor. Thoug.'i. she n<'lver bites , j sucie i',m,ale sent her ba -::k to us from a

1 t\,rlough in Anchorage s a ns one of her incisors ("corn cho:npers " as they earl I 'em in ::issouri). She lisi;ed only a day or ti'lo theri a loca 1 medicine man plugged I the gap with a hu:1k of scrap ivory, Lately she• s been cussing those ea roan,:- I ing rr.aintenance men for leaving their gear lying around her desk. They 3re trying to c:ather up the teletyFes i nto a I more convenient hud<l l e , Eve r,• time she I turns a r ound she fall s over sc:re thii:, or sc:1eone .

Be'cty Seiffert did some sweetin::, it out l a3t ·:1eelcend. She a nd Bob Sc :1r.·.idt w2ro goint, 0.itside for a well-earr.'3d va"­cat ion in !)ob' s Er coupe. The ene;ine didn 1t want to go and it held then up for n coupl e of deys, causin·;:; ai'orer::en­tior.ed :;wea t s . They finally got off, Bob filini; fli:,;ht plans for ~'orth Dakota , Detty to be jet t is_one d ove r the ho?'.:·;;a.na cattle country. Bob is chie f con,muP.ic~­tor here , Eet cy c.oe s everything a r ound the statior., l ends an ear to ou r soo­stori~s.

i.aM "Red" Larson, our l'.i:masoota repr·ese nt,,.tiv8 , r.Ad he r umpte&nth :ii rth=-

day yesterday. The gang converged on the Bering Sea Club in her honor. Your reporter hAd to work but she promi sed there would be more joy ju.ice coming in on the next boat.

We'll let the Anchorage Asterisks cover Fran Abbott. 7Te vron•t :ie respon~ sible for her this time. rre miss her a s well a ·s need her, so please send her back ASSAF.

The cause of a 11 the crowdin;: in the CLMO's office has been Blanche O'Connor who is Jim Whitney's secretai"J and steno. She is a ve ry a;,propriate office fixture, but :.:r. i/hi tney is a quiet , p,sacelovine.; ma n who thinks the activity is too mu·ch for h im . !Ie wants t o go away to Horner.

The daywatch has a ll the pulchritude so ~.·e find J~ff King the re who came r e ,­cently via Oklahoma Ci tJ,. He claims he muscled in on the dayvrate'i. because 303 noeded a hot bug artist to move the heavy traffic.. Did 7te mention muscles? Hubba, hub-ball

D'.:>n Ferguson ceme a few da:,s ea rlie r. He's the b ig whe e l durin[. e ve ning hours, Wher: he ha s time he cooks up a ve ry de­lic ious pot of plasma fo r his b oy s . Re a ppears to be s hy, but •:,e thi nk it' s ttu3 ha rd-to- t;e t strste(Y, ile a in 't a 'talk­ing.

Rue Stears hasn't c'.efar:ied hi:.self as yet. Of courfie we aren't speaking for CE:cO ( Centr" l I.'onitor off i ce ). He cooks f o r. the, bachelors, gua r c\s t'.1e ice:iox and seems t o be th~ most successful fishe r­ma n.

Fred Eple :- is st ill with us. fu can answer e.ny questio~ on electr icity a r.d elcct rc::ics . An old Coast Gu 9rdsrr,an, he has · passec cio,:-ti l ighthouse s · tha·n you 've pas s ed fonc&po·sts . He put i:::i time on l.!iddlctor. Isler.d with the CG, Pe rhaps

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THE PILOTS

(To those of· us who fly, I: i?ould like to pass on some material given to me by an ·old onny pilot. --AJK, No~e.)

As the tele;,hone 01ieru.tor who ::ivcth the v,rone; number; so is he who extolleth his _exploits in the air,

Ha shall enbrge upon the d~.n.;ers of his advant;.ire, but in my sleeve shall be heard the tin1:ling of siivery laughter.

Lot not thy familiarity with airplanes breed contempt, lest thou be.come exceedingly careless at a time. when gree.t cc re is · neces~~r; to thy well-being.

My son, cibey the ls.w and observe prudence, spin thou no lc,,ner than fifteen cubits nor stun-c o':love thine m>in do,niciio; fer the hand of tho law is ht:ovy e.nd reac.heth fe.r and.wide throu·ghout · .th!l land.

incur. not the wnth of th:, L'lstr.ictol' :,y breakinf ·tho rules; fo'!' he ,~no .r.ialreth _right-hone circuits shail be cast out into utter d:.1rkness.

lot not ·thy prO".vess· in thd ai.r persuecdo theo that others ·co.nr.ot: do·.is thou doest, fa:- ho t:ui.t shov,cth off in public is c.n abomination unto his fo llaw pilot~.

More ;:,raiscworthy is he ,1ho co.n tou.cheth tail-skids i!.nd whee is to .ec.rth at ono time t'.,o.n ··he v-rho lo,:,pcth :1nd rolleth till · some drunscl st:sros in 11,nazi;n,rnt o.t his daring.

He, who breaketh on undorcarriC1gc in a forced lo.ndinr )nily in time be. f or .:_ive!l, but he otho ta:d.eth into· ariotha r plane shall be des p1sad foraver.

ll<Jware the m!ln ,vho ti\k<;th off without looking behi.nd, for; ther-3 is no he~lth in him: verily I say unto y6u, his days ara numbered,

Clever ~on thot heed the ·r~proofs of their instructor in the same wise, .o:w like unto cn0thcr ,,ith: witty jest; ccinfessir.g their . dumbnos.s and regarding themse lves with hu!:,01", yet they try sg~il'I, profiting by his wise couns0 l and t r.king not offense· at c.ught· · th:::t h.Cls be'3n said. ·

_As a postngo stnmp which lc.ckoth gluo, so :ar:i thc. words- ot · cnut ion to Q fool; they stick riot, going u, one car and · out t)le. other f or tnere i s nothins botv:een to stop them.

lliar instruction av.d· be wise, nnd ·refu.se it .ncit,. t!rus ·•liil theo fly so.fal:,; · iongth of c!e:,s and a lifo of pt:ace shall .be added unto thoe. .

BRID(ES CHOSEN INSTRUCTOR.

FOR THE OKLAHOMA CENTER

Herbert Bridges, recently chief air­craft comnunicator at Annette Island, has been chosen as an instructor on the staff of the Communicator Training Sec­tion at Oklahoma City to a$Sist in pre­paring. Alaskan appointees for duty as­signments in the Eighth region.

Mr, Bridges entered the CAA at 3uf­falo Valley, Nevada, in October, 1938, He came to Alo.ska in June, 1940, enter­ipf". duty in the Eie;hth region at Peters­burg, After havine; subsGquently served as ass·istant chief a.ircraft com,:u:,.ice,tor at Annette Island, he became .. .a conununi­cetions inspector in the regional office ir. July, 1942, and remeir.ed in this ca­pi,.ci ty until the fa 11 of 1945,

',ihile on inspector, he wa~ first as­str;ned to the newly-activated Anchor::>ce Comr.,unicator Tra inine; Center which 'Jcts

organized to administer basic training tci persons ,interested in aircraft corn­cumic,rtions · work, Upon discontinunnce of the Ancho,·age Center and removctl of ic:ighth region training a ct i vi ties to the Seattle training center, Mr, Bridges be­co.me .chfof' of the Vfar Mc::isures c.nd Pro­cedures Office.

· With the end of the war the existence of this office vms no longer required, and Mr. Bridges becnme chief coinccur,ica­

. t ions analyst in cha rf:,e of Centre 1 Moc:i­toring, vrhere he remained until Janu9.ry o( this year.

Having at one time basked in Alaska's southland ,ihen· he first came to the ter'­ritory, he decided he wanted rr.ore of the snma and once ogein beer.me chief com­municator at Annette Island, The compar­otivcly recent establishment of o school on the CAA reservation there me1de it possible for Herb to resettle at Annette nnd hDvo education:il feciliti0s for his youngsters.

Dridges departed from Annette Island Jur.e 29 to ta::e up his new duties ot the

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SIT~ q GETS OUAR.TERS PRETTIED uP

SITKA, July 4, Ar.other month has r'olled a round and is shot to he ( Ed note: ah, ah) so once again we'll try to mako the deadline.

There has been considerable activity hereabouts during the past month whet with gettir.g; our qu2rlers pi:,.inted, the 11TIC 01oving a couple of 25,000 gallon oil tanks to Biorka and the arrival of a now oomrr.unicator.

Our quarter:; will really look OK when finished. Outside the colors are crecm, trimmed with green. The skirting around the house will be gray and tho roofs sta incd red. They a re n.lso being com­pletc ly redecorated within. The outside color· schema is slightly different than the rogulnr field station colors but will conform to the general pattern ond color scheme of the Alaska Native Ser~ vice, from whom we rent. ''lhDt we h£:ve been wondering is this: who thought up the gray color for our kitchens and bathrooms?

MTIC Mnrchent hns been pretty busy the last coup!~ of weeks getting two 25,000 gallon ~il tanks moved from Sitka to Biorkc Island which when once filled will ollevintc the problem of hauling oil during puriods of bad weather.

We now rove with us Gerry Laird end fo;:nily, fon:ie rly of Tnnnr.a. "fie !come folks, hope you' 11 be with us for a long time. 71e would bo very r.iuch interested in knowing; when. we'll get a coupla more ACCOMS so ne c?.n get off the ;';¢&@&:l l 56-hour we&k. Upon Gerry's nrrivcl Wally Volz took off on 26 days c.nnunl leave to get ccught up on his fishing, etc.

All le.st winter vre wore under the ollusion trot we were getting our quor­te rs nnt !'roe DS from August 15 last yaar until June l >1e paid no rent. Some­one finA lly got wise end, lo ::i.nd behold, they took it out of our last two checks,

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STUAH WILLIAMS RETURNS

fR.OM TRAINING CENTER JOB

Durifl& May and June an instructor . for. , special detail was required in the Com­munici,tor Training sect ion at the Aero­nautical· Center in Oklahoma City. Stuart 1·

Williams, who at the time was occupying a temporary position in the regional oJ:- ( fice with the Performance Standards 1 staff, was chosen for the detail. t

The special assigmr.s~t now oo:npleted, Williams has re.turned to his former pos­ition as over~eas communicator at · t~e Anchorage stat~on.

Asked how he liked Oklahoma City, he replied, "I am a cold weath-er man," Ylhich, in an allusive sort cif woy, de­scribes the current weather in Oklahc,m& ,

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BRIDGES CHOSEN INSTRUCTOR !'

(Continued from pege 12) Aeronautical Center where he will become , a ~o-instructor with Ray Okerlund in the I pre-job training of Eighth regi.rn com­municators. Mr. Okerlund is also a for- 1

mer . Eighth region employee, havin g been . j

OF IRE UN:)fR'w'.A.Y HERE

Radio engineers anC. ~e ch.r4i..:.: .:.s :is . .. ~ CAA will be interested to .::.:,;,,· t : .:!t ·;r,

Alaska section ar.<i ra::;iGn of t:,0 :i:·.st i.­tute of Ra die i::ngir.ea rs, I~,c., is )e is. -organized in Ancho rsge e.r.-i- that a,::::ic-: ­tions for charter me:::ihershi:?S 9r'J r..~r: beint receivec!.

Yir,imum requi1"8ments for 0n AS3'.')ciate membership are th.at a person b., 18 yea:-s old or more end interested in radi o en­gineerin(. It is not necess!ll"'J to be a c ollege i;raduate or 9D en6inee r f'or this 1;rade of membership V!hich gives all privileges exce pt vot-:lng in nntione.l electio!'ls, holc!ing a natfon~l office or holding a regional chairnanshii:-, .

0t),e r grades of membership a-re. ~er.­oar, Senior r~mOer- end _Fe.l+~r. D.le!i for an Associete ere $7 a _year and .·for ot h<a !" grades, $10 e year. This .i.ncludes e subscriptinn to the IRE' s. m0_nthly: map­zine "Proceedings." £ntrnnc.e .fee for all grade s is s10 .

chief overseas communicator at the ,>.n- i Furtr.er infomat i on ,obo<.it the IRE and chorage station. ! a.pplication blanks z:iny be· obtained f:-c,r:

i Dan ?r. Crockett• A IRE, of the Anc'-l,'.> r9ge j transmitter, · home oho:w H1in 543, or 1 ·Ralph E. Walker, -MIRE, -rs.dio e!!gine,n,

SITKA (Co?1tinuod from page 12)

which so rt of cramped our style for a short time, We're caught up no•1 , t;10, so it wont be so bad from her~ on out .

I'. Commur.icaticns o~nch.

The IP..E i3 not primeriiy ~r. -n,:,e~" :.:r society, but rather ar.. o ?"geniz9tion de­voted to the adva nceme11.t of ;?l'oi'o s5:i ._·. ··~ l

With this we' 11 sign off and get it in the me.il before any afte r-affe cts of 4th of July celebrating show up • . rac! io ene;ineecing and the arts nr,.d sc::.­

ences perte:inir.z ~o _it, accordinc, to 1: ..... - . Croclcett, who s~ys that m~ny ni' t't.e

--The 4th Sitka Drip

WANTED:··

Cartoo.nist for the lJUKLU1C No pay, but lots of appreciation, Any­one in the regional office w:0-10 can rough out cartoons of . figures a nd face s is badly needed for .illustr&­t ion worl:. If you ·can cartoon at all, it will be easy. Flease con:. tact Betty Graves , MUKUJK, phon~ and refe rence l!os. 120.

·1 :1: technicel deb1ls anci &d~n~<3s of redio I I were f:.rst pre~e:it.ed 3S· . p,,pers before •I j' fellow e r.gineers e:t soction ;,ieetiogs of

-the IRE and l~ter -published ·in its m,:,gs -\ 1 zine "Proceedir:ts ." T:iere· a r e l e Alas-I I kan members a!: prese nt.

I I i I

An o r1;anizetion meeti::ig has be-e r. called for e P.1,£. 'ltedr.eso:;s?,y, July 23, in Room 15 of the High :;chool to which ell prospective members ~ r~ in,,it;id.

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TRCUBLEC CHIEF WRITES TO OAPHI\/E CA\~ 11\.C?

'MoGra th, ,June 6

Dear Daphne : I I hope you do not mind if I ca}.l yoµ I

Daphne, on account of I read your column the first thing each month end feel like I you a re an old acqua inj:a nee.

llaybe you ca~ find a solution for rny trou~les · v,hich bei;an ___ e,~out a mont:1 or two ago_ when I had to f>orget r.1:' diOJity as a ch1ef and starj;· .eftanding watches, chiefly because of th:h,· new-fangled idea of pampering the help_ by givi ng the~ ~n-nual leave. · · ·

Now I will admit t?,at ·1 am no longer the spry lithe young sprig I used to be, and besides, sitting in a swivel ci.:,.ir with your feet on· a· :desk and expb ini:,g

· whet a whizz yo.J._.-w,,re ·wi'th on open 1;park and pump-handle ·. key. does not. rn£ke you much quicker. Jt.:nyway, i: don't thi11!c all this potato whiskey and sourdou1sh beer has got the vitamins that the good old bathtub gin I was raised on used ·to h.:lve. And I realize that these young squirts on the circuit. have got more 1mport£nt business, liks making time with t he pretty girl in the w.-,athe r bureau, than to ,1este their valuable seconds waiting for me. Bu.t then, it seems 'to me, th£t when I was a young feillow . they beat it into our skulls that we were sup:,osed to· be fast, b.tit a_lso to convey a little in­fornation at the same time,

What happens a lmost every day is this -- I oome· dovm to work feoling peaceful ·

·end full .. of t-ho. milk of hwn~n kindness, salmon bellies and sourdough j ·ui_ce. o.nd sit down ric the ·circuit, Fj.rs.t thing, ' I swing o.roU:nd in a leisurely sort of ,;,ay a~d start to look over the iog, . About that time somebody opens up a nd stP.rt·s s aying "CQ SPL," Thr.t's OK, I s m within easy rec.oh of the .switch so I will wait until he starts to dot and then turn around and get his special, beoousc the B Book says· ho has to dot five seconds and l can reach that sw.itch easy in five seconds,

, So he CQ's for a minute or two ~,-,c: fum!>los eraund with his to.r,a for c-.·. : •,e r ::iinute or two an<i t hen all of "- , :-: ;,-­"Bzzp!" and there e;9es the s;;c -~c. l. ~t the machine on· just cbc,ui:; li!. t:. :. :. t~ c·i:tch the vis ibilit:; . E·,id;oab 11:: t,·,:.s guy is too .efficiont to 1·:actG L,-~-~c val­uable five se co,ids c!ott5.ng,

We 1i shucks, I t h i,ik, he crilJ. rrco~.b­ly send it a~in, or f.:.,,yoa~, I c~n ask h:im JUI, so I go ah,:i,.d and put do·,m :vh~t .I !sot and ~,a it for the other Q.l)-S (who :. re faster tl'l!ln me or elsQ lio.rs) to get don.a Rog<oring_ ·so I c"n tell him I didn't get it. .

P!"etty soon ~veryono els,, gets thr:u Rogering on top. of ec, ch oth6r becau~e they ore -young ond imP<1tie;nt . and · don it · _soe much sens<; in sitting a,:ound· w~itin"g their 1:urn. c.nd I wro p my fingers: o rour.d : the key and st~ rt to c:sk him "<.~, '.' ·

But. I don't get o ch:inco bec0 .u.::c. t~.~t ~oy 1.s . right on the bo 11 ::end is i:: th: r 0 ::: split second checd of me no~ti:1g t -o· know why I cidn't Rog9r· alo::::; with .!o r.e · rest; How he con t ell ~:ho Roe;;:ire<I e nd who didn't, I ..('on ' t know, · but he sa:;-s, "KMZH Kl.:Zll lO.!ZR :::MZR liMZR V 10:xx KXXX XXXX KXXX I:IT QZM ~21! SPL INT QZ!,!SPL KKK[." . . .

All this time same oth:, r r:;,,.y at YJ,.J,J;. hns boll n . sittinr. with his fi!'l::;~ r s ;: c.t ­t e rinz up an~ do\•:r~ on hia :.:.c,y fU'-.~ :ust co.n't. wait "se cond lon~,,r·. o::- he 'll bust, Ono mili-second after KXJQ;: gets tho.t l3st 11X" out, or rncyb_c o~n boforo, he starts CQinc; with ~ SPL.

OK Bud, I thir,l:, I'll fix_~"ou; I'll : turn on .th·) :ne_cl:ino right 110·.1· · :::nd be su r ,:, to get this one . : Sa I turn it , on : a nd ·,1-::,tch him CQ for' about f ive r.:i r,utG/! ; Now th:lt hJ h~s th~ ·circuit !'W ·isn't . · in suah a i:>ig hirry, o_r 11'.ty'.Jll ·ha is jµ$1I fo ros i ghtod ,:, nd i5 hoiding . 'th.:, oircu:.t · •:1ith ono hz.n:l whib h.; P' .. u,.-,hs; UF his tape with . th,) other so as not to woste

(Continued on next pc.;o)

P::ge 14

I KBBil is sending en CP on top of both of Editor's. note: Daphno . De.rlinjl:, • t:.~m en r.cceunt of it is vr,ry urr;ent c.r.d

cor.ficicnt of' millior.s r,nd r·egulr.r !I l:c cnn't ·.:nit r.ny lonier. Ea is goine; to' contributor to 1lUi{LU;(, must hnvo get it off his chest non c.nd if the bccn·vcry busy this month e.s she did I r;uy he is send'.nr: it to doesn't ~ct it n<.,t submit " colunn. · .. c trust this , . bccc,us0 'or Qi.Yi thr.t is just touch l uc~: . vitnl ·1ctt0r from Chief Slone will 11 g i-uc he r something to work on for ' This "'ces the next issue. -·

11· still h~;cn't

go off ,··c.tch.

en fer c.i~ht hours get KXX.'\'. •s spccic.l

B.:sides, b'J the. t gocd tinic,.r ' s de cm or nnything else . nny ~~l~~blc time when he gets it pun­

ched. He fin:::.lly quits C~ing rrnd then v,cits nbcut h :o more minutvs r.nd the te.po keeps reeling off nic·e t.nd bhnl:: and clGr.r.

Then l think mc.ybc he isn't r,oin·g to sc·nd it t.fter e.11, so I : shut off the to.pc o.r.d just then "Bzzp !11 ---l\nd e.;,~y he goes. This ti:ne I have my finr;cr right on the: switch cnd I g-ot it on in time to cr.teh the SPL KR, but miss the dcsi.;nc. ­tor. This guy doesn't bdic ,e in v:r.sting f:j.vc. seconds wcrth of dots either, or c,cn two-tenths of c. second. dy the sound, he hr.d c.bout three dots on the stnrt of tho. t tn.pc .

'i.cll, I thir.k, right nftcr h,, gets done I will jump in <1na o.sk KX.\X i'or the first SFL nnd then get n r erun on this one. Just s1t ho.cl, nnd tr.kc it co.sy, Bud, I s1y to myself, don'.t rct excited now, these boys vrill get over this :ilcy­i1,1g ~round r.nd settle down ;,rctt:r s0on. Th,,y nrc just young end high-spirited .

By thi s ti~c I ho.vc .about 50 fe e t of tc.pe reeled out on the floor trying tc cc. tch tv:o fe e t o f KAJ.A' s spccir.l, v:n1cn !,did not c~tch. I st~rt to r oll it up just ns the circuit cl so.rs for a .s econd, <·nd I grc.b fer ID'J key. But JCCOC is ton fc.st for · me r.gc.in and is in th~re for c.bout fi 't'C. minutes nskine; me did I ret his spc~ir.l. Just then the t 0· pc tics it­sc l f ncc.tly. into hc. lf r dozen lovers' knots <.'.round those fc.ncy knobs the y ?'"t on the front of the tc.bles . to Ct'. tch the tr:pc ar.d brcc.ks in three plnccs. I pc.tch it togethc'r nnd find it is inside out when it hits. t .hc bridge. KAl.A is c. lso 7!M.ti1:g tc· kncvr did I get his spccinl 0.nd

den ' t gi vc .". · never e;et it,

Hor, :ny problem; is this:

·.'!r:Cn timo if

A) Should 1 ·:,ir,: the RC tc scr.d :n~ c.n ERAC in ,, hurry c.nd retire in quiet ccn­fusio~ to rr.y desk;

B) Should I s t o.rt o~ting delicious Crcr,:n-of-i.hco.t in e·rder to impro,·c !:\y

nervous coordir .. ··,t ion; or C) Should 1 de ,h c. t I v;ould l ite~ to

do r.nd r,ct rJc ~ geed h i ckory rick-h<.ndlc r.nd stcrt pl -"'ying 11 .Dvnnybrock F~ir" en se!llu ·or these pc epic '.s skulls in hop_·s of stimulr.ting l"l'\.'".t brc.ins th,.,y•vc ge t into c.ct i vi ty,

f.0·11eve r, they c re mes tly too f c. r out of r vch, c.nd prob·.!oly h<c lf of them •·. r e these high sctocl gi r ls they've got on the circuits c.::.d I v · s brought ur not to str ike c, lr.dy exc\Cpt in sG lf-dcfc nsc or i f she is your reifc.

· --fr.zzlcd Chief. li.J..LPrt V,. SLCi:E

~OSSARY r".JR FON-CG!,.:1;;t'.J1ICP.T:..iRS : C~--c:;:Eng nll s:r.ticns SPL--s pcci 0 .l M<.ss c. ge Ii,11 --quc stion Q,G;.--di tto K?:lZP.--i:c Gr'.\ th !Cv..i.. , KAAA c.nd KB3B mythico.l (?)

st:.ticns V--from " K,:~ll V ;e,:xx H'.T QZ··• SPL K K K"

--!'"(.: p:cr.t spcci!": l, gc "'-. hct d SPL NR--numbor of spc cir. l 0P--opc r t.ticn,:,, l priority QPJ,i--ir..t,1r"f(; r,:;ncc

RO--rcgivn.~ 1 office ERJ..C--cmcrgcncy. re lie.f

co:r.municc. tor·

Pngc . 15

CHIEF fEST-RUNS JEEP

As we bask in the warm clear trc'._)ical like weather ha r e at Yek9taga ·1:e ,·1:ll she.re our secrets. First, c.ur VK..' p~rty arrived and promptly started tests .• Yount:,. i::asley e nd Stern will quc:ifj' is, any rr:ountain climbini; race nfter their qaily trek up to their test sit~. (Yle ~tronc;ly re commend this ~o:-m:.1la for keer,int o. trim figure.)

'l'he brit;ht 1 ie:hts we s.aw conir,e; down the rurr.':.'.ly tho other r.ig.'.--~t wa:P-':t a landin~ aircr3ft at all, ~ut the c~ief's J~~p on n te~t run. Aft0r rr.ony, rn!:!'iy hours of toil, Bob Thcrr.a~ o.P..d :.rec'.10.nic Bill Lewis i;ot it ru~ini; asair .• ::or'11: n.,ver bo.the jeeps in salt v,ater and sand.

We hnve Don Mi ller's Geolo[;ic£'.l Sur­vey party ;·,e re aeain this year fro:n Washingtor., :c.c. Then there> is Dr. G.O. Geise of the Amcriccn i':.usou:n of J:acc1r::1l History he r e from 1/·.)·.v York :.nv-,stigating tho fe ss il deposits ir, this ~ r-,2 ..

Dew~y Byerley is all s~t to risk a t.rip to the State ,c . ,·1e .a re ar.xious for e. first-hand r epo rt on "!bu~11in,_: It, 0...1t!. ide. c:

It l ooked like a mas s mi5rstion to Cordova ·for the ... big. July 4th celebr~-. tion.

We ore sure the chiof's hair ic thin·· p.c r since h0 has tw0 new a irnay obser·· vers i:,iking w;,ather·. Com:r.unica·,ors Joh-'1 and ·:ihitn0y have a knock-down c're.!';-6ut with the b~romctar which it bkez on old expu,ionced hand to straii;h~en out, but Bob has pbnty of paticnco r;hich h;:;lps.

Here is an 8-ALL: The strav;bcrries are ne.o rly ripe and tha .,rnlcome l!\P,L is. I out to ell. '.'le a ll h3v,: our teeth v1hGt ­tod for shortcoke.

There are r.Jr.>ors that home ·bro·,i is I bein' mocc he reabouts. We're not sure, I

ANCHCRAt: E fR.f.NSMITTf.R

EMBARRA~SEC OVER AR.TiCLE

Faces have be.o n rod and only sila.nc,i h3s emsnate d from tr.co .At1chor<'ge trons­mitt9 r sit: since the puhlice~ion of the L:oy iss!.18 of 1'.UKLUK . Eerly that month t he station su.irr,itted a ·,:ise a:1d wcll ­·11ritt&n column on sefety f o r th~ et'::en­.t ion of r.11 CAA pers on."lc l n 1<i o d~y or sc bei'or~ it v,as puOlished 0::.0 of its own mdn hustled bet.ind the tre.r..s:::itter and got hi~eclf nicely burned.

A now 2dditinn to the transmitter c rcw is !~'!3 i ra"t...:. n~~c0 Te ch:-iL:. ifl:1 Dan Crockett, s tr~nsfer frcr.: Ur::i!l.t. Dan has his 'ltife, .'J nd two childre n ·.•;ith hir.1 and g-~cs r.r()und e.n.;oyi::ig 1=0 opl 0 by s:3yi_ng , "I d~n't think it• s really so h'.lrd to t;ct on epnrtmvnt--I .r-.o": one ir!. a couple of days."

Then if peopl<e contir.•Jo to spce!< to h L-:, h·c. c:<pl c ins thD t he ·?,;)pli..od for one cerly in April just ocforc a month's l 8t. v~ prior t e co'.'ning to hncho:-og&. P.o got ':lack fro:n l c, 9ve i!.cy 4 , s pe_nt one night in s hoto 1 c nd moved into a CAA a pa rtme 11t t ht' n.:..;xt d.sy.

Crockett olso r ·sports tho.t iuTIC Gene­rau,: a t Umis.t is on l 0nve Outsidu and will return with c, i s family tc Middlc­to·n Ish:,c to t ak~ over thG UTIC pest tha re.

(ALiT!ON AVC'll)S ACCIOEiVTS

underst,nd, but ir,te!ld to mal::c en eccu­ra te check soor..

P.cN is a littl8 d itty tr.nt might ba­sp.eok t'iu attit,.1do of n cc1mr.crnicr.ta r h : ading f o r the station:

Now I gc ily go t o koc, p My vigil on a irnw n ·:rho· may ruap Smooth l'lyiri-:: .:n1 tho \·rnke Of the C CCU ro t0 OBS I ta ko,

Thct's all brother !

Fego 16

FR.EC PARSC NS llA.NSfEk..S

TO STATICN IN UTAH

Anothe,:- CAA sourdough !-.es r,ac'.,ed his 1;ear and hi_t the trail ::ou~~-.-,~rd. Fred Parsons, o:-.o of the early C:\.A enplo,"3es in the . Zic;hth re t;ion, hs s transfe rre C: 'co Ulc in, Ut3h. ..

Fred firs t e nte red this oq;:,ni za'c. ion v:a~r :)a ck in 1935 when it ;·i9 s thB ~:-eou of Air Com,sorce. His tr!!ve ls later tock hir.i to '."/illia:ne;, Calif., Portlac:'., On. and ~ac:c a:ain to Was hington St;te a~ Ethel.

In the sm,rn:'> r of 1940 his sou r dou ,\1 9ays Qe~an v1it:1 u tr-ansfer to A!!c.~·.01~ac-e . Du.r-in[ t l--.e firs t p~rt of the W'.lr he vies o~: i e f a. irc:-~ft co-:n:nur..icator at Cor(ova. Tba n followed s pc riod of duty ia the reg-iorni l office a.s a COj;u~u.!licO.tions in­sr_,ector l' Ssi .:;nud ~o tha FL"<ed Aero:r .. a.u.ti­c3.l c~~:r::.i~ica·..:icn soctL:n:.

D0 si1~ir.j· to r-:. tu!"r.. to t ho field, f<'red ~ook up the pos it i 0n of chiet u ircrc..ft com:.unic~tor at Kodi~k , 1.':r'a r: he h.D.s re ­rr:aiEccl ·fo r- the p2.3t t710 :_.roe.rs. Eis ra ­cen.t t ::-c:lr!.sfe r t o the ~ixth ;ac ivn. n·~ Lu­cir, concludes S6vo n y;;, ., rs of dut:.' in Alaska, evidc1~cG env\J ~)1. th:.t he has d.cpnrted our t 0 rritory a full-fledged. sourciou~1.

Parsons hes :ieen s·J cceeded at Kodiak by Vince::it S;>CJ r, fom,c rly chie f a ir-­craft C0!:"1,ttnicator o.t Fc irba n4'.:s .

GI.LEN! ( AKES R.f: (.t ;EST Tha follo•Hins dispotc~ V:!}S rec0iv3~

aarly t h is m('\~·i:: h Oy t ·.1u Co:n;niss~ry fro:n r ump r o:. st-hu,,g,.-y Cf,_;, pe ~,.on, .. ~ l o. t Go l ;.;,:-,3 :

M.1:{~ D30G ;IQ !(J:rJ:: 0:2 1.Jf/Z. iCCr: l ~R~3 2)-?A 17.:I 57 :i:.r ,; : 10 1 .:):-~·r ~-:-t.qr.E S~1I?-?i.!2~?rS FF a:::~F :i0 ri:l (-:)f!S'! FTSD ~F SE'i-;E}; FLC;IT ';,_c:I'.l Jc ,';) C;J:; ~::' '.i0 (.':'.'.{ P~SE ,\DY IF .FS:L r:-o:-~ Ci-i....."·- 'I'C !-':."1-.~-!'Ii\'.:::3 SCl.E I-RE.LT> O? CA'.:TL::: 'II',:: GR::ATE?. v .. ,ION OF 1a:'D Q,RS TO i:I':OKT Q':'RS. DAIGU.

[f ,'=,HTH U (Jt)N CFFWIAL

<-C[S C..'V PR(..VI/\/C R.i.,t,,

Al2skr. Airlir,Gs conc:ucted " proving run over the Anchor:1r;a -Nor.1e routu tho l!ist wae!s: in June :ind over tho Anchor­a:-;e-i'.a ic:ick-Be the l ,oute tha fir s t •rnck in Jul:,· prior to obtaining: ~chedulod air carrie r certific~tas f.,r th<? t-.,a operoticns.

George Trudeau, chi0f of th,:, ;,:abile f.e ronauticol Com:.1unice.tions s a ctio t.. , r"pr~sed,ad the 0!1" rctions 'o:-anch on tho rul'.s end at>s~rve d t~,e edogc,a cy of C .. "-A o.ir·-ground co~mun i ceti0ns ovo r t he routes. DC-3 aircraft -acr-.i u3ed in both i ns ti::.:lc,:i s.

The Mobtla Ae ronnutics section , t 21roue:h Mr. Tru-:!cnu , el~o re porte d on -c:10 0?3r~tion of t he ncv1ly-co~mi$sic:1,.;d Yskutat o.irport control tm:1,~ ~-. As re. ­porte d in G. pr0v ious issa0, -'.,;~1e Yz. kutot t owe r is C.:)::-,'.> i :xd with the cornr.,unicn ­tions st tion in its op-.ra t ion ~ nd ~ ir­port contr0l ~ctivit i vs n r 3 hClndl"s by s pucia llr t :-3 imd cornmuni cci';;or p.::rson­nel.

:CUring his trip to Y:,kutnt, Trudeau f ound the new t;,pti opo rotion prac.eu ding normclly e.r.d thee rapar,ts wcro ::>eing r o­coivcd th.ct pilot s wc r o fcvorubly im­pressed Vlith th, control and ·,;c.,rc grota ­ful for its "xis t"nc:: ,

flitW 8:<. ANCH SEC"HTARY HERE

Hiss ..:\udr~y P. Fnnnorj 3 transfer from t:cc Absb Su ri:,ly So ct ion, took e ve r 1;he poz itiun of sc crctc,ry ta t ho supc rir.tcnd:,nt of tho Cc1ucunicatio:1s Lir;::c :', Jur . ...: 24, r vp L~c ing li:-: rjoric Chom­bo r li !1 ·.vho .._,,c. s r..:: cently u.r·:: oint1Jd 'Jdm in• istr:-:t:.v·:.: oss is t ~. !'.l.t t o t h,.,;· chi..::f of tho Mc,ir.t<.;n :nc~ dizision of Coll',.,un ic3tions .

ll iss Fam0r wor!cc d for th6 Alasko Su ppl:, s~ c·cion in s ~C1ttlc 10 ,,anth.s as c. p,.irsom,ol cl.::r', b oforo ap;o·lyi:ig for h.3r pr..:s-,,,t p.:;s:;.tior..

Parp 17

HAI f,JES· CHRIS TENJ BARBEOUE PIT

fy CARL SHUTE

Our evening watch, Bill Jlayden, . Ms a s,istcr-ir.-l~w who contir.ucs ·to. believe Bill ·and his ,lif0, Rita, or.:, h>:lving: it rough •tay up north ln the Bc.nana Belt. Judging from the rucount of 11'9.g!lZincs sh9 S(;nds she must hllvc· a "Me~zincs ·For A laden II bor. outside h0r door.

!. As a matter of fact, on roturnj.ng

' .. from annual kevo myself, I was surpria,:

od, by.a number of ·nowly-orected totom j polos adjacent to tho station. I wo.-s

I stc,rtlod · to note trot the r::vcns ind

I other aborigin::l gargoyles were moving; but clos-1r inspq,tion rcvoe.lcd tha t it was . me r c.-ly s o,r.c ACS boys putting up il

After porusing· two gross of moving I VHF antenna system. ,

picture magc.zincs ond noting tr.c: ,'Tidd- i As we, Spanish s _poe.king people . say, sprwod uso of colossal and supcrgi(;llntic ·, "Much Grass" .to the Fairb~nks r cportu·r for describing things-, onu wo:-idcrs if it . who .fir..Jlly gs.vs m:i writtor, proof th~t isn't something in the air.- Maybo tho · i som..;cinc reeds my poetry by be ing provok;. -Holl"':IOOd (or Los Ano-clcs) CAA.· st:itio:-i I I

J b . _od ir.to ~ g<.nt le "Amen' over the ditty sends out super coloMal oporatin(; mes- , anent Mr. Ung who o rought the ::itovo tb. sagos. Co;no to th.ink of i':, "" could Ale.ska. Now th'.lt I know thoro arc two use· a r~-:: super colossa l and stup0r.do;,is · : · o!' us who appr c ci~tc my efforts, my cu~ gign!'!ti_c classificotions in tho Eie,hth· : runn0 th aver ·(anc! tho chief m3 k cth me to tcgion. · Thon moyoo wo could move the ! ci~an up the, floor) so I shall forg;iva importont tr:.i'fic '1h,.;od of tho PP.iill{ the lad for calling my stuff morbid ,and BAGGE REPORTS. hcro''.ly dcdicct.o the following 'od<> to tho

What with a fow ch~ngos hero and thcr;,,. it svems . no·.• i s the till>.) far a rchnsh on Hc.in~s por.•on:-ic.l. Ree.din(?; left to right !:Ire '".'lhitliy" L:2 chin, chi.of; or.d ACCOMS Carl Shut0, Bill lt.iyd,.n, Dob'·ie Stadt and l.:O.rty Cordc:s, Tho !;TIC is Wayne Bro·,rn, form-:orly of Sumr.iit, o.nd Torn i(nudson, StGtion ffl'JCh, COmpl<.tG.S tho list.

Coincicjinc; with tho o rr iva l of tho Browns in Ho. i nc s was th~ initic. l i' litJ1t of tho local bo.rbcquo pit r.t , thich time a turk~y was duly cr0mctc d d:~rinr; the tric l run •. L:>ud .were the cries of ''l'fcl­corna to lbincs" punctu~t::d by the _crash of empty beor bottks falling runic the rocks.

M~rty Cord.:s, fomc rly 'il7EAW ond now KL7IR, is on mids but ca. n be hue.rd at othe r . tim.os on 20 r. nd 80 m0t c r · CW. With tho commissioning of i,~rty, our requisi­tions for .ACCOo!S wc r..; fine lly fille d end wo could h.'.lve gone:_ on the 40-hour yack but ov.:iryonc st::rtcd- toking; nn::m:,l lc:>vc • Ahit.ys something.

FX Cha ptor of the "AMALGAW.TZD SOCIETY OF SPAM Cil.N LANG MEC,lANICS AND 1'UES•DAY EVC:liI !rG PD!/ CLU5. 11 •

Blcssir.gs on thee little tnpc, Polwd .iith halos of dit ~.o.h shnpo, Into the keying hood I stuff you, Mr. Klionsc!mi<!t kr.ows I lu_ff you.

--B02IillZ ~HAVE

";'wo boys r oturn~r.e; from Sunday School wc r o diec•ossin{; whl:lt they had lccrn<id .

"Do y'.lu bclic,vo a tl ·l;het stuff ebout the de vil?" on·a asked .

"N"w," r-.:iplied the> othor, "it' s just like Snnts. Cb•n--it's your o ld man ."

Ni:W WORD i'fc!ICH WE HOPE YOU WONT HAVS TO USE DEPARTMENT,

A high Ngionol official who wishes to r em'.. ir. unn~mc d informed MUKWK t h!l t he ru:,s l ea rne d o new ,,-,cdico l wo rd whic! moy or ma.y not be i:ppliccll>o to th, filling out of job qucstioru-£. ircs. The word : "ergosiphob i ,:. " Tho meaning: foo.1 of work.

The Ravi n' Aecom __ _

Once upon a ;:iidwatch dr.eary, while r ;,antlered v.-eek end •reary, war many a <;_uaint and curio.us B Buck cf forgotten lore; hnile I nodded nearly sleepip.g, suddenly there came a chee:,ing l<S of sor.-,oone slyly ?eepin;:, pee:>ing at n,y every s:-,ore. "Perr,e.ps 'tis c::Mc, 11 then I in.uttered , 11 from that rBceiver en tr,e floor; "!fayer I s boys and nothing :more • 11

Ah, distinctly I re_mem':ler, it was in t:ie.t bleak December, And eo.ch im::,er fe ct ta ;:,e lay viri thine; or. the. sno:·.-y floor • Eagerly I wisheC: the morro,.-, vainly I had sc,ught to borrol'--Fro:n the J:J.;Q?S, alibis of sorrovr, sor:ro1;; for my onetime rerfect score. So I turned to my receiver, my 3C2 receiver, The 302 receiver on t:1e floor.

Presently my soul grew stronger, he~ iteting then no l onger, 11 Sir1' se.id I 11 or ~~a~rer, truly your fore;ivenes5. I implor':I. But the fact is I v,as busy, . and the work had left me dizzy And t_he signals faintly lulled me like a lulla::iy of yore. I scarce ?,ll.s sure I hee.rd i t---- 11 E.ere I crer,ked the gain sc :ne ,:,ore. Silenc~ there just as before.

il. and AF gair.s I jiggled, A'i13 and BFO I v,-igled, fa.nd out poured signals •;·ith a strength of four. Not the lee st obeisance rte.de they, not a minute stopped or sb.yed t hey , 3ut v.i th mien ·or i..l D. Hulen, they perched abo·:e my station doer. Perched upon a bust of Nayar just above my station doer. Perched and sat and not hins more.

Turning then to that rece iver 1 °Fiend 11 , I shouted, 11 False- deceiver Get thee bsck into the RO ·and the night I s ,Gest~.po shore! Leave no *iJ.ORSP as a token of t:1at lie thy soul he.th spoken! Leave my sorrow nor,- unbroken! 'iuit the speaker there abcva t:ie door! Take thy nose frcm cut my station; Thy muddy feet fr om off my floor. l:;:uoth tr,e speaker "dah di dah. 11

Ar.d the signals never t,-eittinr.;, still are sitting, still are sitting, On the pallid bust of Nayer just Rbove my stRtior. door, And his eyes have all the see~ing, of a discrep that' s slyly scheming And the lartp light o'er him streartin: thrcws his shadow on tc.e fl eer. And my soul still shudders at that shadow on the fioor. Quoth the spea~er

"Di di di da;, di dah. 11

(•tionitor Station Report) Carl · Shute

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By GEORGE i'll LLL'J.!S

KL7KI·3c', is now active at Foo'-',' Is· 1andci°vin:,; KL7FC e. little competition. Ed has 17 wa-tfsand is alwa;.'s ready for l e;ood QSO.

KL7N'--f:ob Finee;old e.t Cordova is plannfr:[: to get O!l the e.ir SOOn,

KL7;JJ-"Rollllie," 1\TIC of the HQ re­ceiV8r-site, is now. on 75 and 20 :!'one with a new supreme .trar.sir. i tter,

KL7m'-!lick Coan is now viorki?l£ in ths re.di e labc:-atorye.nd is on 20 an<l 75,

~ is visiting KL7DB at Valdez.

KL7AF-Dan Crockett, of the f.nc!,01·aGe transn,it".:er, will be he-9rd on 10 ~n,i 20 me-ters in a nonth or ~o when hs gets hi5 navr 11-tube 11 SU[Jer bluper" built.

KL7IZ-Chestor Crawley, "1'TIC at Aniak, will -go on the air when he can get his wife to har.dle the bur; for him.

JCL7KX is the brand new ca 11 of Chet Sande r at t:u, C3p'3 Nome re ceiver site. He .,,ill be running competition r1i::h KL7FR, ,folt Sur.can, just as soon as he gets up ask'; hook, etc., for that neat look in::; AF-100 suprone trans;;;i t te r.

KL7FR e.nr'_ his ass i st,,nts hove a r.ew supreme transrdtte:-. ·;':alt i s located al th6 Cape l!ome r ece::.·:or. He ha s b,;cn stri ctly a 20-rr.etclr-CW- ;r.a n of late and reports workir.!c KS4:AE, a CAA corc:::iunica­tar on Swan Island--r;,'irgin Islands) , and receivine; a QSL card frOT:1 OX3!JC, anothur Clu\ men at T)'rule, GreedenT,""-cbo :.t ns close to the iio~th_ Pqle as the~' coc:,e .

l'/7 EUN-G<J·orr;,e Morin is vis i ti ~1;_ i;:: l~r.­c:·lo r -=l bC t!ii s week. end will be r 1"i.:t:r-:1in~ to Cape Hom e next week .

KL7GY--.tarold Johns on , A:!IC at Fa re ­"c;lT;°-is fixing a new rii: ane builcine; a

CHl.,CI\CH FLYING CLUB

tvlEMB[R GETS CONFU.,£ 0

Anne Dimond, .member of the ·chugach Fl;'ing Club, went t o a part:• one evening tl,is !::Onth directly from a flylne; les ­son. She came a little late full of news about the club anc. its new r,lane. As s he ·.,-sll~ed over to hnng- up her jacket, the polite hostosa inquir0d if . $he had a ha!lger"!

"Oh no," cried Anne enthusiasticall:,-,

I-"we· just ti.a it down t"

"Pilot to tow., r, pilot to towe r: plane out of gas; am one thousand feet

I and thirty miles over the ocean. Whe t shall I do?"

"TowBr to pilot, t=er to pilot: re­peat !lftsr me, 'Our Fate.cir who art in He9ven ••. , 11

transmitter. He will be on thfl air vary soon, if not by now.

The Nome and Ar.chorage gangs have han the ple:a sure of working ZLl!Cl', and seV<;r­a _l other ZL's on 75 fon~ during the r.onth, Stations hoard' contacting the qL's are KL7DJ, \'iC'!iJR/ KL7, KL7EU, KL7KI, KL7CA and KLhH.---~- --- ---

The FCC and ARR!. Observer are w,atchine; second ha rc',onic ca r efu lly and are passing out ?lotica.s :;o it is wise to er.eek ond ha r.no,ii c .

stations re dia tion plenty of that sec-

,h,.re ~re quito a num::>er cf stray 9sL _carcis 0rr1v1nc in Ar!chor2g~· for various hams in tho territory, The se cards are being tur.1ed over to KL7AM "Robb ie" who has agreed to fon,ardthem. Robbie's box number is 1835.

KL7 BH r :: ports' _that t he QSL Bureau in Jun~also has let~ bf DX cords and onlv for,1&rds t!icm if th~ ,addrc s se€ ha s a ~ta~ped self- a1dr ossed envelope on file with th,; Q3!. msMger. 'I'h,, QSL Bu­rcau 's address is Box 1533, Jur.eou, KL7ClL

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me Gll~TH HAS SK£Ef:RS AND 1/iSl:OkS

By JUN3 B , GADD (McGrath's l.1idwatch 1:abel)

McGP.ATII, July 6, 'i'l'ell, we' re ;;et·cing _lots of target practice at WR these days -- tr.e skeeters !!,re still usil::; their dive-i:>o::i!:ler tactics and if ..,e·•re r>ot spray in' or swe.ttin', we' re scra t chin' and cuss in', so on the whole ·:1e a re pretty busy, f/e don't ~ind so much eY.­cept it'::i rather embarrassine; to have to interrupt an OP transmission to swat.

Al Letcher, (an ex-Navy man) o:.ir ne~, PRE (p;-inciple radic, elect ric,en), hss been instructinr, the bachelor gals in the perfon:iing of the "Bal"~oa," e. <.:~1.ca step (he insists). I still thi!'.lk one has to be b<JN-legged to do it eCec­tive ly.

Roy Dawning end James 'lihitehead were here ahout a week instructing; !iTIC Lind and PRE Letcher in range tunin! proce­dures. i'fe enjoyed tl",eir stay, e,·en tho Jin (alias Bing) die wear. out oll oi" our Crosby reco:-ds .

Doroth~• Bryant returned frorr. a trip 0..1tside last Yleek to i:>e greeted . by a group of e.cLiring camera fiends, She reported she had a wonderf'il t:ime but could hardly via it to_ get bac,,: · to flying NC-37999, alias the "Greer. Death."

Shirley Su h..'"1 is _,.es igning Aui;ust 1 and e;oir.:; Outs id.e, 7[ ., ce:-ta i,ily hate to lose such a. swell j_ i ttle ope rat or. We all will miss her. She v,ill be relie.vod by Clars nce L, Estes who is now a.t the Training Center, Another s in~le man -­Yippee!:

M::i ry K. Cant rell left June 28 on a n­nunl leave for a trip to Seattle e.nd Kansas to see her boyfriend and folks, From the latest r eports _sho is hovin,'. a wonc!e rfl• 1 time.

Clarence and Harold Tarbert and Al­bert Reede r ere here to ?Gint traffic

Frank He rri thew, re.C:ii:. e:;;--;in,.>.:. r .. J :iin 1,1!1i te heed, ma il'!.t3:-·.~r.1.~C .i.._. , .-

le ft July 10 for the Instrcs:Lc;·c ;,c, System trainin~ ce!-.tc!"' at Oklaf'.-:-~··. ~it:· as this region's appoi~tee s fo:- t::.-.= 1..:~r­rent class. Bot;-, i:,e,-, are frcrc ·:·:~·- ::crr,­r.1unicatio:1s bra.!:ich. They ..-till bs scne about ten weeks,

l!lerkings on the runway~. •.··;e also hear that contract-)rs ere e:q:;ectec! soon to reps ir roadways, TOVQ t;i.3 r,arsge and rs­seed areas. whe re the gre.ss f'o!"',;ot to come up, The int~rior of the cor.trol she.ck i~ partially p3ir.te<.: ,-,a,,, too-­looks reel purty.

Vie all hfld o big b l ow-au-': t:1e I"ou :-th of July--picn~c, g'3:r,e:s c.nd !'::ices in the afternoon and a ~--: ~t.r &t ::.ii;.:ht. ·~i.15t ,~ u few miner~ o.r,d t!"'apperG cua~e i:i fo·:· U :;

holiday, end the ,3ve:1i:1;::; ::_:-,:'- rty .:! l~o : !':­eluded a flDne l oe d of e xc~rai~c~• '·• from Fairbanks. Anr, Do:not.;el L col ].,:ct.- d a coupls of gray c1Hirs at t he, picnic as her yo!.lng son, Ge:-i . .J, ·:-,es t!nrupo!"ttd i':>r quite same ti..":le. · But evol:tur.lly h~ c :· s found in the b:r.:5h playing ·;1i th t:nc ;;:.os ­quitoes,

Chiof Corru.ilunicc t or Slon0 ;.1cz :-ece~ :-i:" . / seen putt-putt ing down t i"?.B av-1 :::'.h s n ~- · s tractor hf' uling two o r thre0 tr!! il.:. . .:- s fu 11 cif the t o-.V":1 1 s you:i,:: offs -~,r :.r.gs t G &

picnic oo;t a t t he ol d. A=·Y cc.;-,~ c i tc . They ,ner0 celebrating you~g r:::--t:ty Slone ' s b:!.rthdo:r . W~ hc~r f·.1n ;·rn s h.Dd by all.

WE CAN F.ARDLY Bu.ME TRE!., D2FART1:B!,T:

(The f ol1~1ing is ,, n excerpt fl'orn u letter from c:ie of t h~ f i ~lJ statio~~ ,)

"!Joose are vory relectant to l o~ve the hir;h rood ,·,hon tho S!l<N is deer,, even vrhen d.ri ving u true!.:.,;

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CRUMBS FROM Tl-IE COMMISSARY

Fror.i the f:,od shack across the rail­roa d tracks, we bring you tidbits o{' the gang usually referred to as the "i..cor:i­ini;s icl.e Cre•::."

First ':le find two old em;:,lo:,ees, 1.;arg3 Ballard and Bernice Curr ie, s·~e.r-in:; in.to each other's b i!; 0lue eyes. This is beca·.:se of facing desks, but they get thei:- work done e•;en with this crip2Iing disadvantage and they can't do rr.uch about the desks because ther·e ,just isn't any plac" else to :c,ove either one of them. r:arge is now coi:ter,:;,,latirig usin~ the files, whils 3er~ic~ is seri­ously consid.erinr, tha sup:ly c loset.

Merge has just come into posses.s ion of a car and is now running taxi service up town at night.

The Co=issary's loss was the H & D's gain when Jim Tilly, the butcher, re­signed to te.ke a positior. in the R & D Grocery upto,·m. It was a lso a o low to the coffee drinkers to see Jim leo.ve o.s ho •.·,as official Coffee :,laker and Gro,md Grindor .

Doroth:·- Goff, clerk typi.st, resit;ned from her pos ic ion he re June 20 to fly to California and get her t hr~e chilc!r~n . She 7'ill reb.'rn with th2m tr.is ,c1.,,mer, b1Jt not to vtor~. nancy Oskolkof:t, ·sen­ior in the local hit;h zchool, is ta!:frg Dorothy's place. Shd is a ·,·cry gooc1. v:orker and a v,elcomP. adcition to ths CoU'.;·oi iss2. :-y.

In the stock room we find Ke ith Dolph and \'/2.r-,e Woodh~ad (7fondy ) gn ily pac1,-

ing, unpacl.~inf., packing, un::,ac~.:ir!e;j (doesn't it get a little mo•,otn,,ous, boys?)

Keith was r e cently discha rge d from the ATS awi does variou s ode! jo'os arour.d the stock room.

Woody is classified Bli a storekou~)er J but has just received a r,riceless pro,no­tion1 that of Doughnut Getter. Hisser­vices a re indispensible. Woody also acts

as ch:luf.f'a,r for the gang down hare, us hl.3 drives everyone to and from work.

Cloranc~ McCarthy transferred f rom the Warehouse to Co:r.mis sery. You C3n sue hi.,, almost any time of the dcy busily tBking items off th,, shelf and recording t hem on ·paper. Clarence is cbssed a s storekaape r, b'..lt th~ra is no end to the odd jobs h0 docs.

'Ne find Curl News om being n r,uisance with his troubies, but w:-'~3n>:::ver th(: rs ~s a r.iix-up wa tak,, it to Carl ns he cnn iron oi.:t a 11 wr inklcJs exc.opt those in e s hirt.

ThD CO!:l.::issnr; wos indeed fortunote to have ootC1 ii:~d t h.s ser,ices of Jo Au ltme.n . Sho was hin3d es /J. cle rk typ­ist and actually typaa .

Next we find Hazel Jee.k:i,is 2.round likt1 a lit'tl ".J bus~r Oody, funn iest thing is she seems to

running but t:w get the do it, rr:ost wo:-k do:10, ( !low do you

Ho. ze l?)

Once in awhile .wo are honored with s visit fro!'!l J~rry Hr,ndy, new m1il boy for CAA. Jerry is on tnchoroge High grcd~ u£.t0: c n0 alv,:ays has 8. ::;mile i'or 0very­o:1s .

Dick is st i 11 ~ ct ing os time with his t~l l te les rugred dsys of childhood, 1':t,:,d a bL of his va r sity football twm, fro:a w:::.t~rboy

EC at coff-;~ of his more

Onc e h~ rc­d3ys on the t o sc rub.

Dick i s now driving; a yellow l emon­secd--oops--ty;:,ogra phi co l error, we m.con limousine. His lil' flivt,cr r.ss a J.'-38 st0~ring wheel and a push button tr.i:t is sur,,post1d to r sb&se b ombs, ::iut on the contrary, it just re. lense s cnrbon monox­ide end ony l oos<c gadget thct is hDn;;ing a round.

l!c re coml-3 those msn i n -the; white jackets again. They al0 ,ays put us inc. lit~L: c2ll with soft wt.lls, so cs tru roof sc id to tr.so cyclor.0, 11 I !:1Ust be off! II - -THE . (;Rn.Cf.ER C;iur.ffi

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AM!ZR!L L SUR.n!SE

FIELC NINE TAKES WIN OVER HOPKINS

Hi[.hlight of Mc: rrill Field's 3-,zin, 1-loss ~sccrd during tho past month in the Cit~· 3oftboll...Lc:ague was :in u1:LX"['OC­

t<id scv,mth-in."'ling ups~t July 10 of tho Hop!:ins nine, pl""svio•Hly un':lc.ctcr. · in league plny. lindor tho ~t0cdy pitc:1i.r,g of Howie I~osbc.u. A~chorng~ Tir.,c:;, · t~10

[9rrill ?io lrt outfit is now sio::'ch . in kaq:1C1 stnnd i ngs nnd still in i:·os~t ion to r;ct into the plnyo!'fs.

· June, 26, NC0-3, M~rrill-2 This-··10$-S~.ffis n h.;o.rtbrc3~{0r. Tho

gi:trnc ·.,,as scorclcss for five inr.5..ngs un­til Viorrill Fiold took a 1-0 Led in tho first of t he sixth. NCO tieu it U? in tho l o st of the sixth and tho CAA boys pulkd ~.head v1ith onothc.r tnll" in tho first oI: tho seventh. NCO cc.m~ throui;;h in tho last hD lf of th(; last in.,in,.: c.s"­t,..::: r two men v,;c re out 11,i th t-Ho more runs to .ts.kc the Q',!110.

Ju ly 7, !(iorrill-16, BJL-7 1.ic rrili--Ffuld scor.:: d 13 rnns in tho

fir~t three inni~g~ ovc, r th'" fovorcd i3JL t,rnm t,, l)Ut te10 g:cmc on ic0. John ?u~­ncr hit the onl,•. hom,;,r of the contc :t.

July 10, i'c!arrill-7, Hopki.ns-6 "1:, Nc;-rcccrcr .. :.a ss·.:: t :1~ boy s fr0;71 !!c ;-­

rill take:: the only. gon:u of tho seaso n so far fron Hopkins in an excitin& 2-rnn .ro lly in the 1'l.3t inn ing. Bob Jens c.nd He. rb Stanky i;ot on bnsc in t:,o ic.st frr,rnc nnd Herc knoc'r.od in by p,cul pc.,igo ,:.nd John Turner.

July 17, !/'.;:,rrill-11, PAC-0 BothJ'::;t:l P:iigo r.nd Bill. Wc:.rd bnn.::;:,d

c.ut ha.:L'~r:: for Morrill Fivld in · thi~ tc-.~c. Pa.i;c 1 s round-tripper ca.:Jc \Tith two mr;n on bei..so.

FEDU.ALS TO PLA'::£

Wl/'J 2- LOS[ 2 7Tl-1 IN LEAGUE

°E'J KEN F.AGEhiAN

CAA 's Fcdor~l nir.c .clnlkod "P two o:in~ end two . lossc s durins the past nonth to put th,:;r.i in seventh pbcc in tho City Softba 11 LoaQ-10 stancings. Peto 'io rdin h6ndkd th,: pitching posi­tion for ::,11 ryrncs with tho oxccption of the tilt with Northwest Airli,:ics when Bud Cxr.:bard ccm<o in as rclLf for tho i'irst ti:,ic on the mound this season.

J•Jn<, 26, Fcdcrcls-8, BJL-6 This W'.\S the s.::cond ,,in-in-six storts

for th e. Fod0rals o.nd th '.l bo(;i,1.c-:inc of ::t

cl ~b in l c nc~ ,:; st:lnd:'.np .

July 1, F.opkins-13, fudcr~ls-11 Th0 F.:, d,:,rals begun thfs-co-::,tcst with

the lcof;Uu'~ most-f6o.rcd tor.m with a nice 4-run lcc:d · in the first inning, but lost it in the middlo of the game. T:10 f:"tr:C end.ad in n hi c;h ·pi'cch of ox­citcm~nt wite1 nbout h.'.llf the pl;iycrs end one umpiro believing the score wcs tied.

July 17, Fodor~, ls-16, NWA-4 Rnlph Yfostover, first man up, started

tho gn:r.~ out right with n home run. The fir~t inr.ing s~w th0 Fcdurcls inc 3-run 1-ocd whice1 they ·n,;rc e ::ilc to stretch e s tho !;~ tr:Q progr~ ssad.

July 21, ARR-6, Fv<iorals-3 Th-c Rc. ilroc.d took :n cc.r~y 3-run lead

in the: ·first inning ond managed to hold it throughout the g,:,mc. The Federals a c­cou~,tcd for ono t:, lly cc ch ir. t'10 soconcl, t:1ird ~nd siX.th innings.

Tho g;:>mc between tho Fcd-rcls end Pa­cific Airmotiv~, scho dul~d for July 10, ncs post;:,on"d nn<i will be plc:y.:,d lntcr.

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CAA

TEAM;

GIRLS FORM SOFTBALL

TO MEET RAILROAD

Challanged by the Alaska Railroad to prod~ce. a Girls' soft~all team and ~eet the AR..1 in cor.:ba t the last wee i<: in July, 15 hardy CAA ·:,omen have held four turn­outs durini; the past two weeks anc are shaping up a te81!l '.lnder the patient coachini; of Geo,·ge Karabelnikoff',

Probable star of the team's yet unde­termined line-up is Dorothy !Jers:dith, Plant ?.nc!. Structures, pitcher and :,cavy hitter, Sigrid Karaoelnikoff (:·:rs, George K,) has been cl'ltchir.i; and Valla Herche, Peyroll, has been hol-<inc; dom1 third durinc; practice sessio!'!s,

Other playe rs are Jessie Hout'.:.h, C-8:f!C; Inna Lebt>i,1, f.ir Traffic Control; iiir,~ta Hinkle, Plane and Stn:ctc:res; Flore;:ce Liffick, Fayroll; Evelyn Fov,ler, ;Jcil and Files; E:nily "fhit2, Personr.el; cier­cedes Salas, Comrr.unice.tions Erigir,eeri11g; Betty Graves, 1:i.t'.cluk; Jear.nine Emsrzor.;

·Safety Regulations; Hazel Jonkins, Co.,1-missary anC: Lorraine Rabe.:-, Opei·at~o~,s.

Another C.4.A wife, Mrs, Dick (Roc;e,1e) 3tryke r, has odded to t~e team'-~ r,o-:J:-; r as well as Florence dcGoda, ar,other pit­cher an~. heav:,· hitter,

During an bpromptu practice Gar.re le.st Wednesday ,vith the ARR, the sudden tightening of u111scles, unuMd for years, sent fivs players tcrnpore.rilr to t h'J bench.

It is expected the CAA team will play a series of severs l g!ll!l0 S with the Ra il­road and possibly meet a tee.rn fror:, t:, e post, co;,iposed jointly of BJL and Ar,:·:y Engineer ,·:omen, someti:!le in Aug:ust.

H NNI S TOUl<.mY GIVEN UP , Attempts to sponsor a CAA ten:ois tournament this surn:ner wGre give n up durinr, the month by the Civair c Club when not a sir..gle player ntt•] nded an or­ganization meeting callod for the even­ing of July 2 by lilgh "Pappy" Rea, of the Anchorage station, vrho agroed to 01·­

ganize tho tourne:y.

HULEN HPOHS CESCf:IP TIC N

er 8/G KENAI FC,RF.ST (IRE

A first-hand account oi' thd :-,,~c,r,· ­bNak:ing forest f iN er, t'.:e ·:.: : ·a' F .. sula ·!las reported t his -;:e-::k 'i1:· _i, • . ·. -~ :., sup~rinte!1d-ant ol Ope ro.tior..3. f~l:..c·::i::g two trips by nir to t,,o Sdh'.:: L;.;c .. ;i rcn to atte:r.pt to bri:1rr out e fis Li~·- pc.:rty from Anchonge circkd b:, t:,-: S c·r.,·.d:.::e: flarnos,

t{o~dn:,,~ evenin~, J ~: ly 1-1, I:::i11.·J~: r:v•.-r to t~1.e pcninsul~ in 5_ Ta~·lorcrJi't ir.:. r. r. of.'_ .. ort to reach Dr. i/.~;. ~ors~;:c·, his ;•1if..:: ~nd tv:o sons n:--.. ~1 :;~n0t:'l.:....:1~ docto r ::.!".d h is wife fr~!':! f :, lrn:: ,· ·NLo •:i:r~ ~~u ;• ht by tht: fir~ o.t o co.:r. ~:· ~it~: o!l t~.c i71::>!.~th of tho S'.,ih1': Rive~. lio ma .u ,:0d to i:;0 t :i:hrout;h the "n:;s.v-! s:::c~ ... to ·.-.· i t!':,i!"l a 'Jout 15 mile s of th,:;m by flyiP-g ur, t ,,,c·~iv.:,r but ~d to turn t ack 0;.; co.usu of' t:1.c le;,· vis ill il i ty.

TucsdGy flft~rno~r. P.ulcr. i;.. t:'.;.} 7c.;:/­lorcr:~ft i..lnd Ht:: 3ko!'"!. C~ristcn:3 .:·: 1 v;-::,ll­k:r;.o'w!~ locol !'lii..:r, in.: :d~co tr} . .3d c:.v-:- ::.:i to reach th0 pa~tj• ·which "c':r: ~" r.Gd take n dow!'! o f e w d;::.:/s .c.3 rl :. .:: :· . :~.:.;y ~1:·. ! to fly down t~1.: co.l~ t b..s .::.:-1:.: .5;:_ o:· "t b:.. smo!r.G to tr'.o souttr11 ... s t 13d£.O of t~.~ fi!"·3 ;;;hich 'N3S then b'Jr:i3..ng L1 ;.."'. i£r ;;u c :.r-:-·-1 -l a ?" po.ttern. Aft-.:r fl~··i:"!.§:: u.r th~ ri·.;,.;r awhil.:., the two !-'lc;nc::; ~.\" ·.:..l"2 fcrc,:Jd ~:..ck and landed on a n~ ~::-o:.: !~;:c.

Both rn~n mndc so~ond · .z:.t~:~.:v .. ts t h·. t o.ftcr!ioon c.nd 11 Cl·. ris" fi.~1~11:-· ~:: .:,d.~ it "to tho p.~ rcy by fly inc; le-,,, o,-_,;· t,·.~ ri-;- , r. He brou{;ht o:.it t~0 tv:v •:-r iv,;:; ~;id ~Jy s tmt d,3.y ar~d r~t~rncrl "J,fod-:::3 ,.·.~::,· f~:-- t!1c mon.

Acco:-Gi~g to IitL ... n , .::f:to:ts -:if' tr.0 fire, \'.'Or!t in Aln: :cr~ 's hi3·Cor:· . .- , ~ ro trc1:1cr!dous. At th::-. t ~.i.mc it r."r.S b,..:!"~­ir.[. on a 100-rr::- l c f:-ont e nd :~u:-,d r ,,- dz ,., f

~m~ nnima. ls could b..:. sU:.c!'1 0'.lt i!l th•.: opc:i scurrying ohr:. :;.rl oi' t!'lL f .l .:im(.s . Hu ­l e n rcportud s00 inb m~.r~y !.::oo~ ·.; s0v,._·:ro. l :nilos from t:~c. fir~ st0nc'ir.g b,:·;iiic r ed­ly ir:: str00.m:3. H..: s;11·.1 t~~crc ·..-!;Jrc doz,:.. ns of pl"r...:s circling o,·c r t,1,. cr;a in t!ic thick smoke.

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Faith A. Gugler, clerk-steno,;:rar-her, Constr~ction division.

rl E VI M0NTH C) r JU "·it

Frank Scr.:,i<lt, re::e:-:al ·.,1eo.\-ia;cL· r£5t·ing ~:v~.:~ic•n: i..{e ic..'"'.6):::~

r: i-

i\ueir,ey P. Par.··3r, Se"'~,)v~.:-; ..... , t :~--=- of -fice of' the s~p,srin-c2nc·:rnt.

Oscar c. ··:,eber, eir11ays en,:inecr, Con- I structi0n division . AIP.,'/AYS Qpc;R,c';:IOl,3 EP'.XCif I---------.. -

Ernest Y.eith, general mechA.nic, j ,,j_.;tc-r.qalph "/ . Pott, ai r"o:-t trcfi'ie control-nance Civision. · ler, Air Tr~ffic Cont r 0 l divisior:.

Do·.q;las w. Heay, ger.eral mecha::.ic, he.in- ! Jessie D. ·nou~h, r-lor::-~-"!.:::ncrr'.3.pher,. tenance division, FairOan!::f:. · Co~n?::U!i.ications 0per~d:ion C.::.vi.sio r~.

William B, Lewis, general mechenic, HaL>lte,1ance divi$ion, Ya'.rab .ry .·

Leo J. lance, · general mecha ~.ic, }-~i~te­nance <livi,:: ion.

Hilliam H. Wells, engineering r!raft~i'-::i.n, J

Draftinr, section. 1

Bertha I. Saario, enginee r inc dra,·i;:;r.,e,?:, Draftinr; sect:on.

~~ff corn .. 11!f1CA7IONS BRANCE

Ruth li, rluiatt, clerk-typi3t,, 1•a;,nte-nance di vis ior. ..

Williar., J. Jone~. general me c'.1a ::.:i"c, . l!eir.tenance division.

Cle.r!c A. 1te:this, maintenance tech~'..icia~, . l,;ail'!tei:ance division , Woe,';),· Isl<,.,·.ri.

Grace !.!. i:.'iurph~Y., c !e rl:-s ~er.bg_r:ir,!'")o :- , Maintennnce r!ivision.

Thomas A. Langford, general mechanic, Er-gineerinc di vi$iOr.,

Richard H. Coan, radio a i rways "nGir.ecr , E:n&ineerinb division.

Virgil R. Rc-wle}', (;enersl me chanic, Rr:­gilieerir.g division.

I I

?.u.bJ' o. !l~thevu;, ~lerl:-::;te~orr:;. L)~le I", Com:::u~ica~.; ions Or-er~t~an ,:ii,1;:!.0i:."1; .

~o:Jert T. Th3c~, Com'l<Ur.icat io.-,s Fairbanks.

aircr::·.ft c c.,;..i;;;;1:.~"t:t0r , -Ope ~3. t :.on ·J i "'J :.r .'... ··

BUSIIESS !,I,'-.NAG:211~:7 ~..'.".AKC'R

HA.r,cy Lee Oskolkofi', c l~r-k-t~:pi~-~, Frcri­erty r.~nn.Jerc.er~t 1'!ivi::ic:r •.

Lei la 1-:~, Bloc?:::, c lr: r\-ty:: i t ·~.: ,. Fror,>e !"t:,' Mar..9ger.i0nt ¢i:vi::i.o!'"; .

Ruby Jo Ai.;ltmf.ln, c l e rl:-t~rpis~ .. Fr-:. i">e!'"t ~f E13.nace711€:r:t c!iv:..~icn.

Uary ·t:. H."'l f;~art, clerl:-Jc:rris -:; , !-lana;e:::e?:t c.ivis i0:: .

Frcperty-

/ Jn~c~ ::;, "i'illcy, ~eat cutter, ?r~;:0~y

Manog:err.cnt divis:on,

Cls.re:ice McCBrth: .. , ~tor·3i::ecpa!· , Frc ~,crty Mann.g-e::.snt c!.i,·.isio:"" . •

Yvonr..e v. K:..·otke, c l ~ rk-5tc:10;-r;1_1.:-h-'3 :-- , · Acft. 3ervice ditision .

Kay S. l'.~c;ga:., file ::le r k , Co r1·es:--..:i:~d-: P-nca & r'i !.~s.

Dorothy S. Gscro:er.-:!, pay,·oll cl.e:-,:, A~ ­cou.::t <: di vis ion.

(Continued on next Qage)

Fage 26

MERRI LL FUzzlc· of the month: What's happened

to Dietrich? Our· brand new controller started out from Mil'Raukoc th3 ll!iddlo of Jun,; anc h~ 's still unroute. Pc rsonr,lly we think ·ho' 11 be tho first to rollor skate up th0 highway carryin::; his 2000 pounds of .. hous~hold goods on his be.cs:. You con•t tell about controlle,s -- tho:' nr~ funny people . ·

To.lee lirs. Stolz' littlo boy, Bennet~ . Can I t de cid0 whet rue r to r oturn t.:, Lco:ic;, ond. pick bec.r.s again or invest l\~s sav­ings in · g.lnss bricks for ii;loos, " nc·.s and .r.evolutior.ary Stolz inn idea dc~igned to . streamline livini; ir. the ·Herth, also solve the housing probkn. But l'.tinnctt cdn't figure out how to build a round igloo. out of squaro bricks. Gc.d, what c di"'l.emnc, Also, he 1 s be~n disil11.. s.L; r.vd bya bi:i·lf-pria.o · sale on .Boy Rum, Poor guy stoc!::ed up on o oa s;,, · ·

Dossie '· A; · Swenson, ·· cldrk-t0.-pist, Ao­cqurits division.

Edwa·r.at. Crc,ig, storckedper, Tronspor­·t:a.ti,on .section.

Not'han s; Stowe ll, budget analyst, Bud-· got .e Pknning st::> ff.

AIRMAfl; ACFT. cl: FLIGHT OPSRATIGNS Bili.Hen

_..I.oon~rd ·J·. Miraldi, 'i:iircroft ins;e ctor, Acft, & Components division ..

C-eorgo E. Lo.ird, ~ir corrior.r:,ainton11nco· inspoctor, Acft. cl:,Com~onc::nts· div.

John c;. Bmvr,r., o ir c:irrior inspGctor, Flight Op<s r :itions. division, F:. irbc.cl:s

A, Le ightcn· Coulter, air ccrricr in=pce­tor, Flight ·op:o r a tions' divi3ion .

Ervin M. Skouse n, air co rrio r insf"ctor, Flight Opor~tions division.

Isc.bo l10 I. Funk, cLrk; Jun:;;cu.

I.ltost ~drlitic-1 t o t l,c r.· .. 't',·c . . •

r i ll is R:1 l ph •;; , Fo';t, , . .,. \"'!ic:-:erl treen light _,._. :~~h :~c. ::.. _11y ..:~: -..:·,;r . c~- . Ralph's fr~m CL:r:i.~·-~· ,:-:;;": ~ • " '.j_-.;.t. L·. 1:<C;~· 1. h•; ·· less pred:..cts ~ :-r:i..g.1YC :.x~·:.1'0 !o:- _:_!~­

chor-:.ge v:hdn t he C:i.:.3~ -:lc:.1-~ 'l ?-: :'. tha t <r,'tn beco.'T!e s vis i '.) l e .

One o: Chief ~.:::: ~~1 s ·fi1·.-::;t ~ t -1'?-s ::: the nev; Tov,·e r Whe-;l -.-.,~s tv i !'"..:..1.: . . ~:J!'',;. te j_

CL8/,.I~-UP Cc:!. no r:::: .;P c1:c ::c. ·:l r.: i s ~-:-.ke-­he sta rti:J d to do tl>J cai lir,b :. :1d :!ft ,i r three d~ys it mneri;~ <l , slit=';1tly r;hite , but Wt-.1 t6 r is e ~hy.,:; 1c~ 1 Y:rc c::. l ·};·J strcin $'.-:o'";~d 0nd he 's bJe ~ doi ng str~ig!lt e.Cffi;inist!·:~~.:ive C....:.ti~·s ~~c:1r S i!'lt:C •.

Ex-Chlrz f Jim Hum~hric s stil l r.(",tr.:::!!

t?. round t o h::lu~t •.1s ci1~ce r.c ' :.· i·.:..~ti!l :i:: Airport 4'!LnO[e r i n r.is of.'."'-:iuty ~1:Jurv fl' om thG Arny . Wher: y0u r .: 'ctin,~ tr.c t Co:nm.srchl, b oy?

Our f0m::: la contin£;0nt r c rcrts ~- ~I.'... ::.::2 more excitir.g t!1~n we.shin~.; her c(·. r . I:•Jt: so:ge of US h:) VO b~o n Wo::ocir: !•i:~3 if ".':~'.) t Viv c~lls c car ro~ll:, is cr,c , Jc li.:,vo us, o.ft a r y .:,u ri d,J. i ~· it, you ' ll ~:1onC~ r .too.

Say Fu irb~:·Grn, ·vre broke 0,1 r t r ~ff i c count record this Juno . 02,cre.t. i or,s zoome d to 15 .,195 .- r:ot J.;hat -:r.J ca r e to ·

·brug , out rc,: lly, tr..:t •s no, \J;.d· ,:; t c. 11 , is ,it ? Is it, huh?

-----~ --·--·-J.. me le nurse in c. 1nc 1}t:,1 hc::pit~l

spotted e. pa ~i~nt with ·:.i s e:·.r r,r ccs 3 J . to tho ·11c.ll, listd1in,; Lot 8:ct l y .. T,1a p~ ­ticrit hold up a •::~rni!·.e: t ir1e-<:; r_. tto !1 beck or.ed th: r.u rne to· co~..: o,~; :;,uLtly . .~You listen h _,, r e , 11 he whi?:;>.: :-£: ·1 . Tr.~

·nur,0 r ut !:liz c,, r to t he .,·r.: 11 ~,·,d lia­t cP-.cd !'or n few m6m:,~ts. Th0~ !k .. turn,:.:: d to the F~ticr,t nnc. a:.c.id, "I cc t , ' t ru:,;. r C r.:,rthi r,..g • 11

"Ne," s c id t he p:.ctic:.1t ;:,.~,:ini: l y , "~.nd it's boe n like, t hat :, l'. d.c;:1"

P:gc 27

.,..CA A PHCTS !IIAKE

The yearly 11Sk.,,enoil11 project v..:~ I successfully accompli5h ed .from June 25th 1·

to 28th. F,:ir the b~ncfit -of nc,·,ccmen who are not yet familiar with the pecul­iarities of Alas:rn 's t:>pography and I transportat~on, ·:,e 'lffer the followfr1g explanation: ·

Skwentna is situated 70 miles ncrth- i vrest ryf Anchorage in the middle o.!' i swa:nl)y lake-stre·~ •usitna Fla ts . It i:' I 40b ., . t-· ,,t 1 · f I oggy m1.~e s in a s ral.g! , in e r:1m i the nearest railroad 'lr the ::,ol'.'rcst ex- i cuse for a hi[hvray, 1he fluctuating i

· wa·ter level in th9 3'-<wcn tna, Yen t:1a arid I Susitna riv~rs :M1<es bargi,1p: ::liffi.cult I and uncertain. As a result, the sirn- ! plest and · by far ch eape st way to trar.s- i port · ·th~ riil and ga5din e required t o ! operate the Skv1entna s tation is to fly [

·1t in fromAnchcr;ir;i, in the CA/, !:JC-J 1s , i I

Wednesday, June 25, f ound !JC- 5 a:1d ; NC-14 "in th'" tarn" for en gine chacn~es. l So at 0'1e end of the "Skwe:-itna Oil Lino" i were one freighting aircraft, tu:o cre·i:c. I for flying same, s everal ~irs of w.ill-1 ing arms attached to stror.g bac'-: s for I loading drums of oil an<! the Air Tra:-i s -,- ! porta tion unit to t ake . ca re of all the I details, i-n ur.lca::ling cre"' ,~as· on hand at S',cwentna. i

i

From 8 I,_ .:.:. , .t o 4 P .M. J~f f ord and I Hans~n shuttled NC-62 back ar.d forth to I SkwHntna, taking 900 .;allons over a:-id J

brir.ging erapty dru."'.ls back on each o!J . fiv€ r ound trips. At 4 P.~L th.:i night i shift, Hurst ar.d Clayton, took c,,,·er and I c~mple t e r) five more trips !:.o.!'·Jr e r.1id- I nigh t. j

Thursday was a r epeat per for.nance , Ir. I t.he meantime, the han 6ar boys had com- ! ple tc,d t.he, engine change en NC-5 , s o ' 1hur5day afternoon, afte r h is s tir.t of I five oil trir,s, J0ff0r d t ost-!-,e1p,ied r:c-5 i by hauling a partial l oad of fr~i§:'.1 t t) 1

Homer, Fridar t;C-5 ams flo;','!'! by tr.-, ,-.,·:·o i crc,w while NC-62 w'l.s undorgo ing a 10-J I

u t.,, jL· : , ., ; '- ~

~·-1 · : . I ....... J , . !_

h our che.ck. ~.n harness, and th: oj.l \a:ll _.-~..:: : .. ~,1-ishe~ i.n short or d,. r &

. In fc1Jr hnr~, ~ 0r!.(.;t.Or:.'J:t:.S c'.:=:. .::·3 y:; ,o:_;,.:_ gallons of oil a n:! 3 , 000 5;;.11:,--.s of gas '118!"9 ~et C.0!,1..''f'1 ,::.1~ S1<·:1-~r: t,r.a 's :.)'.: !'!-3 1-r ?O at a cost of 6 1/J cer.t,.c; · a. ~;e.2.lo!" .• ."U1 i $ is ahc.ut h-1 lf th ·:: cos~ o: S':!'"'. :\lr; :· ".-t by ba~:g0 .

S·.r-~ r~,cn -:: is ha ~-·-9y: 31-:: '::c:1 :.:---.a ~.':·c :.1;::; ·: t· .. 1-:y h .:t· ... -c a y-"s r '~ s::.:,;..1:-- :-:.f :-i-~t :J.~ ·:l prn··~r; ·,;1,~. rr.i::>!!e.~.- -cc;;.t. t ::!'S 1..:ccs:.;se t'.1 ·:: t ask c.·:as a:::cc:1~lis.~: .. d cf',=:'.:i.r,ly; t:i. ,~ :J:·-l ots anJ. 1,)£:. ::: i; f ,::rc·.r.:; h :::~;a~~ s .- a ,....~3. ~ .. ·

Joo is ove1· fer a:i:)':.:--:0 r y ~.:-!i.r.. As fo ~ th e plc-asur? deri v·~.r:! f r -:-:-:-: t:--. ~: ,J;~ - ~-J. ~ 5. c,·: , . JL;,. HHrst, aft.~.:r sc :-·..: ~bin~ t!; c~ ~ v:.:"': cf his ~~rc br:::~·:::, 3~r:::,-:;d ur; ~'::---: ·---~(':-·. :-~_,.-:':­in £ i~ ~~~ 1!sua l poli~~ e j rt~:~ 11 I~ s-t.a-:1·.: t"

But the beys' ?tc:-k :·:a.::·.1 '~., c~.r:~ ~. f ·J .. ..

,v6rki!"'.f at 3t:.ch a pit,cr. f o':' f:;1..;.r· :i.:--.:: .:: 1.-, ',';0uldr. 1 t d~ tJ :~.~op C' :.f tcQ :::. :.,-..~ --~ ·~·.l:,.' . 5t!~jay ·J1-;fford, ~~~;st s.:. G. Cl:::,--t. :ir. ~ ,-3:i.r. ~-.-cn t fr ·Ji.f~ti~f!, t~ i s t~.:.,;: t -') t ··: ,:· ,,;:~ .3t­

ward--4,96:J :)O~~ =!!J of 'freif:"1t .. ,:.r-.~ fl~\·,;; f rom A~ c ·1 ora;.:2 t,<? ~0rt H~ i 'i..:.?:; s ix ~-1..::: ­seng~:s and l, 8CO pour, .:!s of .:'r·.; i ,::1; .frar.i Anch orag-~ t o l~ 2k!l ~'-:- ; 2~) , 0 :):.) :Y.11.i:;ds f:· ("):;1 }.ia~:ne'.{ to F,)rt E2 ~den; 8 , 5JO p;Jt.;.;;,ii fr~m Nak!":ek. to At:chora ve , U"'. ~n t ~~.-:·y ~:~i:­h,("lms to r es t ·a bit bcfor :} st:~ 1-ti;ir ~':, -:· ?JcGra"~h-FarL:·.'iell :1nd Yaki..;. 1~at-::2.ks"t..: t;~ hauls .•

Charli·~ :fay,: r is back fr,xr; h is vac~-ti?n i.'1 .~he -.Jtat-2s . Li!-: -.3 .;. 11 ~-: .1:3 :;_:.1-: p.:~opl ~ ,. he 1 .s gl ::?d ~. ::- '.:,:-: b:J.c!<: ir1 .-·.2.7.5:-::; .

Mc:-ga::. -D~vi-:~s· i~ ta'.(i:: g 3:1::12 2.:--: :.·., 1.!.

le.:.2vc . · He: is ;·;Or1-:: ir:~; ;:.:i t'.-, ::: t ::~ -:-r-;:--~.; ~f

F1...:.zz ~cg~:- ;;,=:.:;~ ·ar. -·~i:.1'r: ·-~-:~ · -~,=-~:: f _r .. ,::-: Jt.:.n8au ~ G· .. ~s t:: -_.··.:~ :::,._.~ r :::. :.t~:- 1. " -=>·

c::-: !:. !:-:i.:.·~d er! · ~:"<""; :c )

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I!

VETER.ANS ' eEtv[F/TS DISCUSSED

I.

II.

Since ~cro than ~alf of the p2rsonn2l in this Region are cx­servicc:n,2!1, it would src:~r.1 ap;irr>priatc this mooth to us£ this ?28.:' to ~ass on a coupl~ cf reminders of particular impor­tanco to v r. t e rans- cf World 'fa r II.

Although thE: 'l.:-t-srar.s Administrati.on has widely publicized its currcr.t progra~ t o encourage- the r .-:ins ta t.:::nent of ~J.a­tional S,"rvicc Life lnsurance oolicics which many v,"tc rans 2.llo·::ed to la;is2 2.t th -:: conclusion cf military service, it is c3ll.:;::1 t;J your a.ttention that the p2riod clurinf which a la;is-?d policy may be· rcinst:itcd without ;;hysical exa:nir.~tior. ;:ends Acie;u~t l, 194'7.

At or.c point er another in the proc2ss of b eing separated fro~ rr:ilitary service ev.:; r y veteran was no doubt informed of the adv::.ntair.:-s provided u.ndar th2 Serviceman •s R2ad justment Act. Of prticular L'llportance t o personnGl i:1 this r egion is that provisim :Jf th = Act .ur.der ,m ich v.aterans of World ·.\·ar .II arc cligibl;;:; to tak ~ c~I"'rcspondcnce courses offered :,y ar.y 2dutaticnal institut ion without ·cost to thomsclvas, It maJ' b2 ,,,011 v;orth your vmik to loci< into this O!)portunity si'1cc a rath,., r wid ,-, vari2ty of good corrcspor. ::lencc courses ar2 offer2d by colleges, t ec~n ical ins ti t utas and voca ticnal schools. Of coursG, the hngt", of your itili tary- stJrvicc: governs t!"'.·J amount of educational bGncfits for which you may brc, eligiblG,

I_··;: Procedu,-.cs to follow in applyinr; for a "Certificate of Sli-~ ~ibilit~~''. to t2~c:. z. cor!'0sc1or.d,:nc~ c ourse ar~ rclativGly

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FCR.MER CEMHR 1NSTf<.UCTCR

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Corr.er students of the Okla~"lor.!.:1 Cit-y 'i:rainir.i; Center wil! be inte;-2sted to l:now that cen Griffith, recer:c d~rector of AeroMutics. l Stan:lo rdizat ion at the center, lus been apr,o inted maM,er of t:ie i·:ational Airport in \iashini;<;or:., D.C,

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scme of you 't"f.lr.'lember hL'!1. 7Ihen ZaJ.da C:J 11.s for m11sic, Ep cOe::; to to-un or. the p:o.rio.

Boo 1.'.~redith ha:n't been involved in ar.y· dirt~, -hark. He is known as the wa lk­in;:, r, ,:·j;-,u.sl, good CF:il'.O ma t e ria l. At e.ny rete, he's been si1.ing up the P.Echo1·c:;e hou::::ing sit~iaticn for ac~ornodatiol'\s !'or t·::0 . 'i{e don't know an~, m,Jre abo1lt hir.i ~uz "118 i1e:ven 't been able to force a bot­tle bt:"tween his lips.

Dick Schor is the smilin[':, c;ood 1:a­tu r cd l ,iri . Judc:inr by th-o twi.r.lcle in his eyes, he seem:'i to be ve r,.; susce~ti ­ble to you knoVI what. Did you lo3<i your E::;quire IilS.Ql~ino? Ju~t go up to D::.cky's r oo~ and certain sclectsd ;:ai:;eo will be found on the walls,

Vince ·,f i r:r.on is the miC:13tch stupor­,;i:5or . He is bt1.r.k to his old self tern­pornrily '.'t~1 ile Betty ~s on leave . We 0L:.1 ir.:; his ;)3.tie nce .fat· t:le r:a. " h e cou.r ·­te ous ly e je~ts the drunks fro~ the sta ­tion at ni;;ht. Vince furr.ishes trans­portation for fishinG trips.

Or;c:ond t1nd Jane Robbins, former sen~ ior co:rI'.'!1Jnicotor end co::r.~u~icator, we re str ategica lly i,laced in Kotzeb>.1e to help out v!ith 825T ·mon:itoring. 7fe underst.:i. nd KP i3 a dry town .

The bst issue of l.;'Ji<LUK says Cha r lie Feclc is bac!c with us. Hello, Charlie. Gl,,d to have you around·, and wont you plc'lsP. d rop i:: some tim"l?

CAR.L HCFFMAN LEAVE.S

O~J MONTti'S VACAT1CN

Carl Hoffman, radio engineer, left Anc:1or~ge July 5 for an·extended vaca­tion which riill .tiske· birn to Valdez and Circle Hot Sprini:s. He· plans to. reti.trn about July 26,

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back in May, out 'lie didn't know a:,out it u ntil after our Ju ne 2:UKLUi< re le·ase was sont in. You k!low Fuzz; he •s about as ta lkative as a clam with laryr.!';itis. Attar e;iving hi"1 t he third degree, we learned that a CAA lady in Gustavus fad a heart attack a nd that F'uu brought her and her husband to June au where she could be hospitalized. We hope she i~ recovering sotisfocto rily.

We see by the htest NOT!,II fi 11 i from Nablck that th.are is a disabled aircra ft on t,,eir rnnway 11-29. \;e h~te to admit it, but we 1 11 have to own up to obstruc­ting their airport, NC- 62 .. liurst pilot, ha d a blowout landing thore the r:i o rning of this writing . At th<J r,10c1ent, Wayer nnd Greiner in NC-5 ore rus:iing a spare and a crew of !!lechn:o'ics, co,n;:,lete with jac.ks, for making a quick chc.ngc.

Teacher (1·,arnin,;; h,; r Fupils against catc'. iog; cold): " I had a little ~rother SC3 V·3n yea.rs al~ and one day he tock his new sled out in the sEOW, He caught pneurr:.onis , ar.<l three days l ater he died."

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And we 'rs on n 56-hou r week fr, Opera­tions. l'iont anyone bid o!! YO so we can hs. ~ ::: a dny ·o ff'? 0..1 r ulco rs ne e d pick­l i n[, the sah,on 31:·9 sl ipping pas t us ir. the rivers er.d we ·cfrni 1 t lik~ .to ltJ~ve the w!ltch to change b ntc!,;l s in the vtash­ing machi:".s.

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WAREHOUSE VVA!LS By 1.!lALT:R C. WI~IA1J3

This is t'.".~ fir.st time since t:,e ·.,ar trem out aver; tirn<'.. e. Rcpcir e.nd Ex-the stnff ot the ·Narehouse , wit:lcut :-e- chcng0 Invi:;ico req, ... w st is rcc8ived. ;.·:v lucte.nca,. can i:1.vite yo1.i to ir.isr,:ect our really noc:d tht::"sc olr, '.lnits for rcpc iZ" ~tock and f2.cilities ot the Constr,.:ction ..:.nd pLJcir.g in stock. -;his ·..-,:11 c,ssur;J War,:;~~use and Tent Ares., olso at the th.: n0xt fellow· getting; or:e; ::i..s sl")on i:.s Stock r,nc. Stor~ge .s ite, Although it is requested, Senf. t,1c;,n in, follo·,,s, ~::d not cot:lpl~te, ·11e !lre proud to say it :i.s climino.tc t~e !1Lccs.:ity for disp::tc~;. .. ,~ ~-t least prf:s:sntabl..;. We ht1ve sL:.r·,.rayz d ::1ud lett0rs•--c nd .1t +;h t; s ::l r.~ tir.ic cl..:;c r enoreous qu3ntities of obsol11te m~teri- UIJ n lot of i!"!CO:-;ir-1:-t.: p.:pc :- vrork at nl , equi;:zc~nt a!ld junk that oc9ur.-:Jl~.ted your stution. during the rusc, o:' the m.erga:1cy faster than disposition could be made,

Tons of material h3ve oe~n :,curing into tr.e \'/::>. reno.use the past month, r.r,d to mJke m~ttsrs a bit trying, ou r re­coivi r.g cler-k resicned. This neccssi'tn­ted the quic:-: ~hifting of pP.rscn::~l to fill the go.;:i. So,r.G t:,i!lg h~d to su;'fer nn.d it turnJd out to be the 8iE ru~h we were i!\stig3ting to cle~r up Jll t,·.e , l<l Rt'Jair ?.n~ 2x.c~;J P.~e Invoices.

Yours truly spent the lnst severe>l .,,eeks tr:,ring to keep the i:icorr.inf; mnte­ri~.l rno·•-.,ir.~ o.long to the stock shel~ies or to its .:!esigmtc,d destinc',.ion , It seems. t:1ot ev0ry truck- lo~ d mo ,rad out was follov1~d br tv:o more riovcd in c.nd squeezed into the s~me spa ce. Ted Josly!! , our frei [ ht rustler, cz. mc to the resquc by taking o. wcc: ks vo.cation to Su.omit uike .ond Willow Creek, Ted is bo.ct no"' , ~.nd 3S lone; es VIC ccr. :ceep him tao busy hc.•1ling outgoing freir,ht to h~v0 time to bring ~:1y in, we will ro.ve the si tu:, ti.o!I whipped in the :1~xt ton d::iys.

There is, however, one ·typo of i:-i.cor."1-illg fre:i[ht w;:; alvmys welco!':"!.c : How o.bcut ,:ou boys in t:,,e fie·ld lookin,: ~roc.n,l t>.c ~tntion ~·nd tr1ing to locato s=e of those fire Gxti;.2".1is!it..:rs, pu.:-::,s , mct0 :--s, nozzcls c.n,:J: ctr.er- lik..; it,;~s t~t you h.: ve list-Ed on Re;,::ii:- end ,:Xchon;::0 Hold­ing for Rflpl::-. cc~~nt Invoice , o nd ~y·.vc somewhe r ~ ir.. the din p.::st r e cc iv~d your re·pln.cement frorr. th<; ~\·o. r ehct.:.so?

M::iny stc:tior.s hr.ve not recoived thCJir ~ re~lo.ccmcnts be:~US.) the ··,Vc.~~~0'~5: ') .. 4ccs no.t . . mcinto.in ;; n,ocgh · t:,; -.... steel'. to s,rnd

1.tr. Yo1..r..g' f. mother ~nd cousi:1 h-::.ve just rct'..lrnod to t;K st~t.,s cft~r s p~nd­inr. t;•rc vw~·ks h0r;:; . 'i'hcy :r:1otorcd v,ith tforle to V~ldez cn.i r1ont si[.r'.tsc~in~ to tho V:tll~y, Z!:l:.itr::; t.n.-1 rfttssila LcJ-:0 . Th~y w2r·=- much p l ;:;G scd "Nith th ... scc:1,·,ry ar.(! ~cin~ i'.-om th·J ·!!811::. Yfc.llc. V?.11(...y i.1 ';'fashi~bto~ '.lf,..; r e f nvc r ~b ly ir:ri_Jrv~ s0d wit h f:::i.~,inr: us c ~: rricd or. in H.:!.tacus:-::.:: .

Mel and lklan Cl~me,;::.ts GI".! bnck on the ~ob. You rhould s oc thr.:ir new Dodge Po'.'t .,:; r ·,r-:.gon~ It looks li2.o::(.. th,: c.ns•:12 r to the tr.onsportetion µro~l"m of living in r:.ir~ : AlJ s k3. Thoy pro~res sed ~s w~ll o.s ,:;,xpccte d. on constrl..ict ion of the ir home nnd will be reody Cor old. ~ ', r, ·11i:1-tcr come the first sno·,1 flurrLs.

Bill Cox, the gcntl~rr.or, ·aho k c~ps you su;:ipliod '!lith thos e necossary forms nncl office m~tcrial, is b e e!, on the job ::f­t.3r c. ~c:. tion sp .. !1t in cird :. round An­chorcgc , "Spent my time just aristin' o.nd ::ifishin'," Bill s·ys,

Your corrcsrondvr..t ros just r e t:urr.~d to wort nft~r sp:n1ins ~ W0C~ ~t Ki~gs Lake, c.s director of t'.;c J..!!chor·ig0-r01~c.r district Boy Scout co.~: . One of tiio high- lights w~s t he l:'..lsir:-ssrr.'-'n's '!leek~ e nd v.-h.::: n n 1.:. rgc grouF oi' Anc~or:,;·~ cit ­izcns i!"lt.:. r ,..-stcC L-: the rrclf~\ .-c of o:.ir youth ~nd prorr1otion of Kin_ss ~kc sp0 nt J1.1ly 12 c.r.d 13 the r e.. vi(.nL:.:~ the: ~ ct~\"i ­tks of t:i~ Boy Scouts o.r,d the f !'. ci li­t Ls ~nd possibilitie s of th~ cc.mr ,

Al Ifalcn, R::ilph ·,V::$'c:cver and ;,:orn,an· Lov.•0mtdn of CAA Wi!:N thcro ... o.nd stc.t •cd thoir wholc-h-::c r ted upprcci:tion !'or th~ Boy Sco•its snd Kings r;:,.:ro.

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