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FOURTH OF JULY-CRISTOBAL, 1914

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Robert J. Fleming, Jr., Governor-President

David S. Parker, Lieutenant Governor

Frank A. Baldwin

Panama Canal Information Officer

Official Panama Canal Publication Published monthly at Balboa Heights, C.Z. Printed at the Printing Plant. La Boca. C.Z.

Distributed free of charge to all Panama Canal Employees

Robert D. Kerr, Press Officer Publications Editors Richard D. Peacoc;k and Julio E. Bhiceno

Editorial Assistants Eunice Rich.^rd, Tobi Bittel. and

ToMAS A. CiPAS

MEN WITH PULL-Despite automation and the steady forward march of science, there remain certain tasks that are done today much

as they were a century ago, 10 centuries ago, or in the time of the Phoenicians. This is one of them, and these men who pull the lines of the great ship Canberra form a graceful picture at the Balboa Dock. Watching a ship dock, with the lines tossed in an arc from ship to

stiore and the vessel inchmg its way to dockside, always attracts onlookers. With a nod to the past, there are many who hope that automation doesn t catch up to Uke away the charm of this particular operaHon or similar operations that are literally centuries old

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THERE WAS a whale of a time at the Fourth of July

celebration in Cristobal 50 years ago. Seems that everyone was there except the photographer. Or, if he was there, the

pictures he took no longer survive. With a submarine

popping up and down, a fire in addition to fireworks and a

list of games as long as your arm, there is no question that

this old fashioned celebration holds a lesson or two for the milder events that are now commonly held to celebrate the

great day. Of course, one of the lessons is to be careful that the fun doesn't turn into a four alarmer. The cover sketch,

done in a primitive style, pretends in no way to portray

the panorama of that eventful day. Rather, it nudges the

nostalgia and lets the reader imagine a thing or two. What's

going on in the picture? Well, the details are on the facing page. Read it for a glance back at the merrymaking of

that long ago day.

Index

Independence Day, 1914 3

Canal Apprentice Graduation 4

Promotions and Transfers 7

The Dry and Wet of It . 8

Canal History g

From France to Tahiti 10

Anniversaries H

Shipping News 12

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AS AMERICANS in the Canal Zone

and throughout the world prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Panama Canal this month, they think

back to construction days, to disease and death.

There was, however, a lighter side of the Panama Canal story. This came each

July 4 as patriotic American citizens in the Zone brought out the firecrackers, the sparklers, and the red. white, and

blue to whoop it up.

Although the picture above is for

July 4, 1915, the spirit was the same.

It was a Fourth of July to remember,

the kind of dav Grandma and Grandpa

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sit back in their rocking chairs and

relive. Independence Day, 1914, dawned

sunnv and pleasant in Cristobal, where

a variety of athletic events, tournaments,

fireworks displays, and patriotic exercises were carried out "according to program." The dav's celebration began

with a reading of The Declaration of Independence by Judge William Jackson, and proceeded through everything

from picnics and athletic events, in- cluding an "aquatic wrestling match"

which ended in a protest and a "90- pound girls' relay," to a very unusual

fireworks display at pier 8 which ran smoothh until a stray spark set off a

pile of unexploded fireworks inside the dock and treated the holiday crowd to an unprecedented climax. The Cristobal

fire department dampened the unruly

fireworks ( and the spirits of the majority

of the crowd)

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Perhaps the most interesting feature

of the dav's program was the submersion

of one of the newest in navy vessels, submarine C-1, which submerged twice

for the thrilled audience.

Grandma and Grandpa finished theii" Fourth of Jul)' celebration by dancing

the night awav at the gaily decorated

and well-filled dancing pavilion at pier 9, which was effectively hung with

hundreds of bright Japanese lanterns.
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The entire group of 131 apprentices—minus 4—are shown here at the Administration Building, Balboa Heights. The picture in the

chart on page 5, taken at graduation ceremonies, shows the graduates on the stairway, with Panama Canal officials standing below. ANOTHER CLASS GRADUATES FROM

CANAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

WORKING IN THE Canal organization today are hundreds

of employees, many of them in high supervisory positions, who

owe much to the Panama Canal apprenticeship program for

their training and advancement in their jobs.

Thanks to recent developments in the apprenticeship program, there are now more young men than e\er with

certificates attesting to the fact that they are full-fledged

journeymen in a variety of crafts. Increasing numbers of them

are Panamanian citizens. This year the largest number of Panamanian apprentices

ever to be graduated from the Panama Canal apprentice

program received their diplomas. Fifteen of the eighteen young men graduated from apprenticeships into full craft journeymen

status were Panamanian citizens. The apprenticeship program is not a new development in the Canal organization set-up. For the Canal, it had its beginning almost when construction of the waterway was begun in 1904 when it was realized that job opportunities should be

provided for the sons of the men and women working for the Isthmian Canal Commission.

Although the first apprentice training was approved April 12, 1906, formal apprenticeship rules were not adopted until June 1914 and schooling or class instruction was not started

until Februarv 191.5 when shop foremen in the Mechanical

and Building Divisions were appointed as instructors. The

first machinist apprenticeships were patterned after railroad apprenticeships in the United States. The apprentice program in the Mechanical Division almost

lapsed during the early 1920's because of lack of work and

reductions in force. Schoolwork was discontinued in 1925, but in 1933, more apprentices were being employed and the whole program was revived and reorganized. Formal school

training was started in 1935 under the direction of Philip T. Green, who was apprentice coordinator and now is industrial coordinator of all school training. Class hours average well over the 144 per year minimum

stipulated bv the U.S. Department of Labor for apprenticeship.

Th-- tvpe of instruction which supplements the on-the-job

training, recently received high marks from a visitor from the (See p. 6)

July 1964
Donald L. Greaves, Panamanian, operates a lathe under the direction of John F. Frost, his super\isor. A machinist in the Industrial Division, Mount Hope, Greaves is slated to graduate in July 1966.

Also a former apprentice, Daniel George, U.S. citizen, will work as an electrician for the Electrical Division, Balboa, for 1 year and

then for the Locks Division, Pacific, for 2 years. George, shown

with Emmett O. Kieman, his supervisor, completed his apprenticeship in 3 years. He was given a 1 year reduction of apprenticeship

for credits earned in 2'/4 years at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

PANAMA CANAL APPRENTICE PROGRAM i

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ENROLLMENT BY FISCAL YEAR

Fiscal year 1964 totals include 5 U.S. citizens and 4 Panamanians employed by Army and attending Panama

Canal Company Apprentice School.
The scheduled graduation date for Alfred J. Graham, U.S. citizen,

is July 1966. Graham is an apprentice electrician in the Locks

Division, Pacific. Looking on is his supervisor, K. L. Middleton.

{Continued from p. 4) Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the Department

of Labor.

The apprentice program is notable for the variety of craft training it provides. As early as 1918, training was offered in 13 trades. Today there are apprenticeships offered in more

than a score of standard crafts. Pay has gone from 10 cents an hour to a scale now geared

to journeymen rates. Both the United States and Panamanian

citizen apprentices receive the same basic pay for the same

apprenticeships.

The number of apprentices registered in the program has

varied widely over the years. Both the smallest and the largest

enrollment occurred during World War II when the number

of apprentices soared to 150. Draft and enlistments soon took

all but four. As a result of President Eisenhower's "Nine-point program

for improvement of relations between the United States and

Panama" signed in 1960, the number of apprentices being

trained increased sharply. The program provided that 25

Panamanian apprentices be employed each year. As a result, after 4 years of operation under the directi\e, the total number

of apprentices has now leveled off at from 130 to 140 students.

Already a graduate of the apprentice program, Rugico E. Rocha Q., Panamanian (left), does boiler repair work on the SS "Flamenco"

at the Mount Hope Industrial Division. Providing tips is C. B. Wood.

Robert Flumach, U.S. citizen, already has graduated from the apprentice program. An electrician, he will work for 2 years in the

Electrical Division, Balboa, and then another 2 years for the Locks

Division, Pacific. Giving pointers is James M. Slover, supervisor.

A graduate of Rainbow City High School, Arthur Trottman, Pana- manian, is scheduled to complete his apprenticeship as a pipefitter

in the Industrial Division, Mount Hope, in July 1966. Giving

instructions is Trottman's supervisor, Edward W. Donohue.

6 July 1964
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

EMPLOYEES promoted or transferred between May 5 and June 5, 1964,

(within grade promotions and job reclassifications are not listed):

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

Victorio R. Delgado, Laborer (Cleaner) to High Lift Truck Operator, Printing Plant, La Boca. Luz A. de Pulido, Clerk-Typist, Gorgas

Hospital, to Personnel Bureau.

Internal Security

Thomas J. Burbine, Guard Supervisor, Terminals Division, to Security Specialist.

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Schools Division

Theo. F. Hotz, Director (U.S. Secondary

Schools), to Director (Assistant Superin- tendent and Director, U.S. Schools).

Friscilla M. Lane, Clerk-Typist to Supervisory Clerk-Typist. Constance H. Fyfe, Elizabeth Tapiero, Elvira Bradfield, Millicent F. Forcheney,

Janet A. Marshall, Ruby A. Bryan, Constance A. Gallop, Florence G. Cobham,

Eudora T. Toppin, Myrtle L. Gibbs, Marianela Martinez A., Substitute Teachers, Latin American School^ to Ele- mentary Teachers, Latin American

Schools. Juan L. Smith, Winifred M. B. de Wilson, Luis P. Sealy H., Substitute Teachers

Latin American Schools to Junior High

Teachers, Latin American Schools. Juan Nacrur, Extension Class Teacher, U.S. Schools to Teacher, Junior High Latin American Schools. Fulvia E. Escobar P., Ariosto E, Ardila, Allan B. Forte, Charlotte T. Phillips, Cedric L. Bailey, Sergio A. Ruiz, Alcides Bernal D., Shailer J. Yearwood, Ruben

Martin, Isolda I. Rodriguez P., Colon

Guardia, Substitute Teachers, Latin American Schools to Secondary Teachers,

Latin American Schools. George H. Sylvester, Hoaglan A. Maynard,

Leader Labor (Cleaners) to Maintenance- men.

Patrick J. Russell, Andres Gomez, Laborer

(Cleaners) to Grounds Keepers (Sports). Bestee Burke, Laborer (Cleamer) to Leader

Laborer (Cleaner).

Ira N. Hinkson, Laborer (Heavy) to Leader

Laborer (Cleaner). John L. Thompson, Laborer (Heavy) to Grounds Keeper (Sports). Gonzalo Lopez F., Laborer (Cleaner) to Laborer (Heavy). Louisa A. Craig, Laborer (Cleaner) to Dressing-Room Attendant.

Police Division

Hollis Griffon, Police Private to Detective.

Jerry L. Carlton, Signalman, Navigation

Division to Police Private. Mary W. Hall, Telephone Operator, Electrical Division to Telephone and Radio

Dispatcher.

William R. Steele, Guard, Terminals Division, to Police Private. Jerry Ransom, Guard, Locks Division, to Telephone and Radio Dispatcher. Barbara H. Geoghegan, Telephone Operator, Electrical Division, to Telephone

and Radio Dispatcher.

Anita B. Collins, Clerk, Coco Solo Hospital,

to Telephone and Radio Dispatcher,

Cristobal. Julian J. Hoyte, Oiler (Floating Plant) Dredging Division, to Detention Guard.

Postal Division

Patricia A. Finneman, Office Machine Operator, Gorgas Hospital, to Window Clerk,

Substitute, Cristobal. Andres Griffin, Guest House Clerk, Supply

Division, to Distribution Clerk, Substitute. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

DIVISION

Electrical Division Peter E. Reuben, l^iborer (Cleaner) to Helper Electrician (Power Plant). Dredging Division Medardo Quiroz J., Navigation Aid Worker

to Maintenanceman (Distribution Systems). Maintenance Division Ernest L. Oaks, Sanitary Engineer, Water

and Laboratory Branch, to Supervisory

Sanitary Engineer (Superintendent Miraflores Filter Plant), Miraflores. Carl T. Tuttle, Plumber to Leader Plumber.

Jerry D. Roswell, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic to Leader Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic,

Cristobal. Frederick Johnson A., Oiler to Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Plant Operator. Marcelino Llontop, Asphalt or Cement

Worker to Plasterer, Tile, and Block

Setter (Maintenance).

Samuel N. Haywood, Warehouseman to Field Tractor Operator. Norbert L. Buchanan, Leonard F. Foster, Helpers Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics to Maintenance Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics. HEALTH BUREAU

Coco Solo Hospital

Mary R. Smith, Staff Nurse (Medicine and

Surgery), Gorgas Hospital, to Nurse

Anesthetist.

Office of the Director

Alvis B. Carr, Administrative Services Offi- cer to Hospital Administrative Director

(Assistant to Health Director). Gorgas Hospital

S. Lynn Parsons, Staff Nurse to Staff Nurse

(Medicine and Surgery).

Edward Sealey F., Shipment Clerk, Rail- road Division to Clerk. Edwardo A. Reefer, Linehandler, Locks

Division, to Ward Service Aid. Hector G. Scott, Utility Worker, Supply

Division, to Food Service Worker.

Corozal Hospital

Edgar Reid, Walter J. St. Louis, Food

Service Workers to Nursing Assistants

(Psychiatry).

MARINE BUREAU

John G. Boswell, James M. Zelsman, Leader

Lock Operators (Machinists) to Lead

Foremen (Locks Operations), Miraflores. Howard E. Robinson, Lock Operator (Machinist), to Leader Lock Operator (Machinist).

Joseph C. Merritt, Paul E. Howard, William

Foster, Electricians to Lock Operators

(Electricians). Alejandro Gerald, Timekeeper to Teletypist. Industrial Division Louis E. Palmer, Sheetmetal Worker to leader Sheetmetal Worker.

Navigation Division John W. Farmer, Pilot, Probationary to

Pilot. George G. Goddard, Teletypist, Locks

Division, to Clerk. Angelo Stefani, Timekeeper, Locks Division, to Clerk.

Office of the Comptroller

Jolie A. Seeley, Clerk-Stenographer to

Statistical Clerk (Stenography).

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICES BUREAU

Office of General Manager

Roberta J. Paterson, Accounting Clerk

(Typing), Motor Transportation Division,

to General Supply Assistant (Typing).

Supply Division Betty J. Slaughter, Retail Store Department

Manager to Retail Store Department

Manager (General), Coco Solo. Joseph Roberts, Clerk, Service Center

Branch, to Cash Clerk, Retail Store Branch. Ana Bowen, Sales Clerk to Sales Section Head.

Edith L. Simpson, Counterwoman to Sales

Clerk, Jose G. Rodriguez, Milker to Leader Cattle Attendant. Demostenes Murillo, Laborer (Cleaner), to Laborer (Heavy).

Mavis V. Miller, Grocery Attendant to Stock Control Clerk. Reyes Rodriguez, Laborer (Heavy) to Laborer (Heavy-Cold Storage).

Simeon N. Sobers, Utility Worker to Service Station Attendant. Valentin Diaz V., Laborer to Laborer (Heavy-Cold Storage). Philip Bartley, Utility Worker to Laborer

(Heavy).

Gordon A. Graham, Assistant Retail Store Manager to Supervisory General Supply

Assistant, Storehouse Branch. Harold Johnson, Clerk to Inspector (General Equipment).

Santiago Rivera, Laborer (Heavy) to Scrap

Material Sorter. Roy Dickens, Laborer (Heavy) to Warehouseman.

Joseph E. Flemmings, Utility Worker to Laborer (Heavy).

Community Services Division Ceniniano Aguilar, Laborer to Garbage

Collector. Hernan A. Herrera, Laborer (Cleaner) to Laborer. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Motor Transportation

George G. Mandeville, School Bus Driver

to Truck Driver (Heavy Trailer). Alejandro Blanco, Truck Driver to School Bus Driver. (See p. 9)

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LESS RAINFALL,

MORE HEAT IN

FISCAL 1964

AVERAGE RAINFALL in the Canal

Zone during fiscal year 1964 amounted

to 90.45 inches or approximately 4.92

inches below normal, according to the annual report released by the Meteorological and Hydrographic Branch.

The fact that less rain than usual fell during the 12-month period is attributed

to the early dry season which began

November 24 and ended April 23, 1964,

a period of 152 days. It was not only

the earliest dry season on record but was 7 days longer than the average dry season. The wettest month of the past fiscal year was November 1963 during which

an average of 16.99 inches of rain was recorded. The driest month was

February with only .35 of an inch. Average air temperature was 80.6 degrees or 0.5 of a degree above normal.

Relative humidity was 84.1 percent or

1 percent above normal. The highest

temperature was 95 degrees reported at Balboa Heights February 23. The

lowest was 6.5 degrees at Madden Dam

January 25. These figures were provided by a network of 20 rainfall recording stations and six stream-gaging stations operated on the tributary rivers and drainage

areas of the lakes to provide records and

data that affect the water supply of the Canal. Catun Lake elevations ranged from

a maximum of 87.01 feet on December 1 to a minimum of 83.78 feet April 21. Madden Lake ranged from 250.7 feet on December 6 to a minimum of 207.76 on May 21. There were almost as many seismic disturbances recorded at Balboa Heights

during the year as there were days. In

fiscal year 1964 the total came to 352

earthquakes of which 166 were within

300 miles of Balboa and 5 were felt locally. One of the most unusual storms of the fiscal year developed over Madden

Lake about noon on Saturday, Auguit

17. It brought a torrential downpour of 4.11 inches of rain in the hour and a half period between 11:45 a.m. and 1:15

p.m. Accompanying the heavy rain was

a line-squall type of windstorm which

flattened the roof of a raft anchored in Madden Lake.

Several people occupying the raft at the time were thrown off with minor

injuries. A motorboat tied to the float was sunk. Several trees on the shore nearby were blown down. The hydrographic station at Madden Dam esti- mated a wind velocity of 23 miles per hour with higher momentary velocities. The storm later moved down the Chagres River striking the Gamlxja area between the golf club and the railroad bridge. Trees were uprooted on both

banks of the river and several people were knocked off a floating raft by a

falling tree limb which injured one

person and damaged a motorboat.

Other rare weather phenomena reported during the year was a fall of hailstones of Yt to K inch in diameter

along the Transisthmian Highway be- tween milepost seven and nine. This

occurred September 23, at 3 p.m. and

lasted 10 minutes. A waterspout was

observed at 3:10 p.m. November 21,

about 5 miles north of the Cristobal breakwater. It lasted for about 10

minutes and caused no damage.

Total runoff from the Gatun and Madden Lake Basin for fiscal year 1964 was

one percent below normal and amounted

to 4,685,789 acre-feet. Of this amount,

26 percent or 1,826,262 acre-feet was

derived from the basin above Madden

Dam.

The maximum runoff during the year was on November 15, when the 24-hour

runoff amounted to 47,819 acre-feet or 24,104 cubic-feet-per-second, This was

no record, however, since maximum 24-

hoiir nmoff on record since the formation

of Gahm Lake is 372,011 acre-feet or 187,600 cubic-feet-per-second.

8 July 1964
CAMAl HISTORY

50 t/«arJ cTfgto

THERE WAS a bang-up Fourth of July celebration in Cristobal 50 years ago. The fireworks display held on Pier 8 was disrupted a half hour after it started when a spark set off a pile of unexploded

fireworks inside the covered dock area. Losses caused by the explosion were

confined principally to the fireworks and to some canvas and rope belonging

to the dock. See page 3 for further

details about the Fourth of July half a century ago. There was another more serious explosion and fire on the Atlantic side

.50 years ago this July. A watchman was

killed when the Mindi powder and

dynamite magazine located at a point near the Gatun-Colon wagon road about

5 miles from Colon, blew up Sunday

morning, July 5, 1914. Stored in the magazine maintained by the Supply

Department under the direction of the Depot Quartermaster at Mount Hope,

were 435,525 pounds of dynamite, and

15,394 pounds of Trojan powder.

The occupation of the permanent

Administration Building at Balboa

Heights was begun Wednesday, July 15, with the moving of the chief timekeeper's office from Culebra and the

district timekeeper's offices from Cristobal and Balboa. The consolidated force included about 50 employees.

25 yiearJ cAg^o

THE PANAMA CANAL was too well armed to fear attack by surface vessels alone but was vulnerable to sabotage,

op.n to air raids and vulnerable to land

attack if the enemy landed forces with

a short distance of the Canal Zone,

Brig. Gen. George V. Strong, U.S. Army

Assistant Chief of Staff in the War Plans

Division of the War Department, said

in a speech before the Public Affairs

Institute of the University of Virginia

25 years ago. Particular attention was

being paid to possible attack from the

Orient, he said. After considerable deliberation, the

U.S. Senate voted 64 to 15 to ratify the Panama-United States general treaty

and the convention providing for the

construction of a highway across the Isthmus of Panama. Panama celebrated

the ratification and President Juan D. Arosemena of Panama said that the

principal grievances which have dis- turbed Panama-United States relations

for many years have been adjusted. The

pact would mean a new era of frank

relations between the two countries.

iO ^earJ a4go

THE BIGGEST bank slide in almost

23 years eased into the Panama Canal

channel in Cucaracha Reach near

Paraiso July 12, 1954. Two ships

completing southbound transits were

delaved for about 1 hour while soundings were made. The entire east side of the channel was closed at the slide area. Canal officials estimated that approxi-

'nately 30,000 cubic yards of material moved into the Canal prism and that

it would take about a week for the dipper dredge Cascadas to clear it away.

It was emphasized that the earth slide had no relation to Contractors Hill on which earth moving work had been

started earlier in the month.

In Washington it was announced that the House of Representatives had passed

a provision for payment of transportation expenses for Federal employees and

their immediate families from post of duty outside of the continental United

States for leave.

: ACCIDENTS.

FOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

MAY

•64

I ALL UNITS 219 228

YEAR TO DATE! 1233 1266(36)

DAYS

ABSENT

'64 ^63 "64 •63 20 21 481 741

99 92(10) i 1786 2761(998)

One y^ear cAg.o

PAY INCREASES ranging from 7 cents an hour to 19 cents an hour went into

effect last year for 1,232 Canal employees in the manual category. These

•increases were in addition to those announced earlier for 9,500 other Canal

employees in connection with the in- crease of the minimum wage to 70 cents an hour and the wage curve adjustment.

Locks Overhaul Injurle.^ Included in total.

Promotions and Transfers

(Continued from p. 7)

Eugene C. Babb, Warehouseman to Supply

Clerk. Osmond P. Brown, Service Station Attendant to Chauffeur.

Railroad Division Franklin A. Balmas, Electrician to Supervisory Equipment Specialist (Railroad). Vido d. Chase, Clerk (Checker) to Supervisory Clerk (Checker). Eric E. Glasgow, Clerk to Clerk (Checker).

Terminals Division Samuel Roe, Jr., Police Private, Police Division, to Guard.

Peter Hotsko, Purchasing Agent to Clerical

Assistant, Cristobal. Dorothy G. McLain, Freight Rate Assistant (Typing) to Accounting Clerk. Efrain Scott, Guard to Guard Supervisor,

Cristobal. Ithran T. Stewart, Cargo Checker to Lead

Foreman (Materials Handling).

George L. White, Detention Guard, Police

Division, to Guard.

Charles A. Sloke, Truck Driver, Health

Bureau, to Guard. James H. Hackman, Cargo Marker to Clerk

(Checker). OTHERS

Wesley H. Townsend, Supervisory Civil Engineer, Engineering Division. Whitney E. Smith, General Attorney, Office of General Counsel. Fred A. Cotton, General Claims Examiner,

General Audit Division. Ruth A. Fishbough, Medical Records Librarian, Gorgas Hospital. Albin D. Johnson, Sanitary Engineer, Maintenance Division. Florence E. Mallett, Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk, Payroll and Machine Accounting Branch. Malcolm J. Stone, Admeasurer, Navigation

Division. Elizabeth I. Brown, Supervisory Clerk, Gorgas Hospital.

Rojanne Fulop, Clerk-Stenographer, Accounting Division. Carlos Ramirez, Autopsy Assistant, Gorgas

Hospital.

Woodrow L. Lungrin, Clerk, Navigation

Division. Jeannette G. Manning, Library Assistant, Canal Zone Libraries. Byron J. Atherley, Clerk-Typist, Supply

Division.

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A 3,500-TON French floating drvdock which transited

the Canal recently on its way to Tahiti, saved approximately 2,300 miles by going through the Canal. The dock,

400 feet long and 100 feet wide, left the naval base in Toulon, France, early in April. The dr\dock is shown

here transiting Miraflores Locks, with the aid of four

towing locomotives and a tugboat. Two French Fleet tugs

are making the trip with the dock, which is destined

for use in French Polynesia, France's future H-bomb

testing center in the Pacific.

10 July 1964
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

r Jwibo er , dold Storage) 1

Fitz R.S9«Aiglas

Leader Linehandler

(Deckhand Boatswain)

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Raymond V. Walters Milk Plant Worker

G. R. Will Leader

Scodie E. Andra

Packager

Ika A. Myers

Baker

Joslin N. Cook

George Parris Guard

Isniael M. Soto Garbage Collector

MARINE BUREAU

Emilio H. Archer

Clerk Henry Trotnian Leader Linehandler

khand Boatswain)

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o'^k Operator

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GINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

C. J. de Dios Sanchez

Oiler Stanton C. Boxen

Painter

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Leonor Castro

Presser (Shirts)

Leticia Gonzalez

Presser (Garment)

Cesar A. Martinez P. Assistant Baker

Alethea F. McPhun

Sales Checker

Ivy May DaCosta

Sales Cliecker

MARINE BUREAU

Herbert Cumberbatch

Seaman (Launch)

Alberto N. Biggs

Clerk

Maximino B. Delgado

Linehandler (Deckhand)

Corad D. Taylor Linehandler (Deckhand)

Joseph Kelly Linehandler (Deckhand)

Vernal St. C. Sealey Linehandler (Deckhand)

Eugenio Moran

Helper Lock Operator

Antoni R. Doughty

Timekeeper

Jonas P. Archibold Helper Lock Operator

Isaac Barrios Painter

Charles R. Francis Maintenanceman (Boats)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Robert Bell Seaman

-^•m-Ki^ los Rios Maintenanceman (Distribution

Systems)

Juan Barreno Surveying Aid

Jorge A. Rivas

Joiner

Gilberto Simancas

Asphalt or Concrete Mixing

Plant Operator

Robert A. Chambers

Quarryman

Jose Gregorio Cosio

Blaster

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Grimaldo Gondola

Stevedore

Daniel Recard

Carpenter (Maintenance)

Frederick Samuel

Guard

Marshall J. Herbert Guard

Jorge Solano A. Automoti\e Equipment

Serviceman

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Jose A. Orozco

Utility Worker

HEALTH BUREAU

Gladys M. Moulton

Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery)

Juan Lopez

Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery)

Joe Alleyne

Hospital Attendant

Antolino de Leon

Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery)

Violet Thompson

Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery)

Juan A. Salazar Laborer (Heavy, Pest Control)

Arquimedes Diaz

Laborer (Heavy, Pest Control)

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SHIPPING

Japanese Training Ship

A TRIM 331 -foot motor vessel (see

picture below) carrying 92 Japanese

merchant marine cadets went through

the Canal July 27 on her way home to Japan after a training cruise which took

her to ports on the east coast of the United States. It was the Shintokti Maru,

operated by the Japanese Ministry of Transportation and under the command

of Capt. Isao Ikeda. Her first visit to the Canal was made early in July when

she arrived from Japan, made the Canal

transit and was berthed in Cristobal for 2 days. The United Fruit Co., acting as agents for the vessel, planned a tour of points of interest in the Canal Zone and

Panama for the cadets.

Record Breaker

A NEW RECORD was' achieved re- cently by the SS Gulf Farmer, first of the five new Gulf and South American

Steamship Co. replacement vessels, on

its voyage between Cristobal and the mouth of the Mississippi River. The

Gulf Farmer, on the return trip of her maiden voyage to Valparaiso, Chile,

made the run from Cristobal in 2 days

and 18 hours at an average of 19.65

knots, her normal operating speed.

The new vessel, of the Gulf Andes

class, went to Chile by way of Canal

ports, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and

Chile loaded with chemicals, foodstuffs,

machinery, oil, rubber, and general

cargo. She and others of this class have

air-conditioned accommodations for 12

passengers. The Gulf Farmer was followed by the Gulf Hanker, which made the Canal

transit on her maiden voyage south- bound July 13. The Gulf Banker passed, on her way to Valparaiso, the old Gulf

Banker of the same line which went

northbound through the Canal July 19 en route to New Orleans and retirement. The five new vessels of the $48 million replacement fleet were built by the Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans. Panama Agencies which represent the

line expect two ships of this line to use

the Catial each month.

Super Fruit Ship

THE REFRKiERATED ship Minden,

one of the largest (German fruit ships in sen'ice, made a southbound transit of

TRANSITS BY OCEANGOING

VESSELS IN MAY

1964 1963 Commefrcial 1,012 983

U.S. Covemment 22 24

Free 7 8

Total 1,041 1,020

TOLLS'

Commercial $5,360,415 $4,993,868

U.S. Government. 139,646 117,173

Total.... $5,500,061 $5,111,041

CARGO"""

Commercial 6,167,825 5,722,353

U.S. Government. 164,348 91,452

Free 35,534 49,264

Total 6,367,707 5,863,069

• Includes tolls on all vessels, oceangoing and

small. ••Cargo figures are in long tons.

the Canal recently on her way to Guayaquil, Ecuador, to pick up a load of bananas. The vessel was making her maiden voyage from Europe and since she is fitted to carry refrigerated cargo

of all types as well as fruit, may make

onlv occasional trips through the Canal. She was built by the Richmers Werft in Bremerhaven and has four holds lined with plvwood covered with glass re- inforced plastic, which provides a smooth hygenic surface that requires no

painting. The walls of the fruit bins and

gratings are made of aluminum.

The Minden is not only an up-to-date

refrigerated cargo ship of 469 feet, but

has been fitted with extensive automatic

and remote controls for her propelling

and auxiliary machinery. The main

engine can be controlled from the bridge

and is automatically monitored. The

electric generating and refrigerating

plant is automatic in operation. The

United Fruit Co. represents the ship

when it uses the Canal.

Tug Plus Dredge

A 1.58-FOOT sea-going tug, with a 280-

foot suction dredge in tow, arrived at Cristobal in June on its way from U.S.

gulf ports to Botany Bay, Tasmania,

which is a "fur" piece in anyone's lan- guage. The tug, a brand new Dutch

built vessel called the Gelderland, had

been sent to the United States to pick

up the dredge Ham 208. When under

way on the high seas, the tug was manned by 20 crewmen who lived in

air conditioned comfort while three other men remained aboard the dredge. At the Canal, the two craft were

separated with the tug going through

the waterway on her own and the dredge

being towed through b>' Panama Canal

equipment. The Gelderland is owned by

the N. V. Gureau Wijsmueler of Wymuiden, Holland, the same company

which owned the tug William Barendz,

which passed through the Canal in February on her way to Brisbane,

Australia, with a suction dredge Jamaica

Bay in tow. They are all handled by

C. B. Fenton & Co. at the Canal.

12 July 1964




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