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PANAMA pjlTO CANAL

IN THIS ISSUE

Tourist Trip Tips

He Has Ups and Downs

Navigatior^p^s^o/

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LATIN AMfRICA
Robert J. Fleming, Jr., Governor-President

Dvvid S. Parker, Lieutenant Governor

Frank A. Baldwin Panama Canal Information Officer

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Official Panama Canal Publication

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Robert Duran Jeff Riley

Wiinning, WayJ

THE FOUR-MAN team representing Panama in the

International JayCee Golf Tournament at Midland and

Ranch Land Hills Country' Clubs, Midland, Tex., on

August 20-23, will play practice matches in Texas with

other teams prior to the big tournament. Riley and

Stoudnor were members of last year's team, which

played in the JayCee at Spring Valley Country Club,

Huntington, W. Va.

Duran, this year's local champion in a thrilling playoff

with Riley, is a Panama City boy, playing out of the

Panama Golf Club. Perantie and Riley, who reside in La Boca, and Stoudnor, who lives in Balboa, all play out

of the Fort Amador Golf Club.

Seventy boys competed in this year's tournament,

featured by a two-way playoff in the championship flight

and a three-way playoff in the first flight, won by

Peter Dehlinger.

Craig Stoudnor Tom Perantie

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Index

The Parkers 3

Mexico Trip Tourist Tips 4

Having Ups and Downs 6

Navigation Division; Nerve Center 7

Nursery Center 8

Promotions and Transfers 10

Canal History, Retirements 12

Quarterly Shipping Tables 14

Shipping 16

ON OUR COVER: Things are looking up-for both the

kittens and the kids. The scene is at the community

nursery center organized through the cooperation and

efforts of the people of the communities of Paraiso and

Pedro Miguel, a prime example of joint participation in solution of a problem as opposed to awaiting ready-made

answers provided by "someone else." Such participation

invariably means a more competent, more mature

approach to obligations of citizenship. For more on the

nursery center, see pages 8 and 9. On other pages you'll

get an introduction to the Lieutenant Governor's family;

get tips for touring to Mexico; a look at the Navigation

Division; and a report on a ship's master, veteran of many

Panama Canal transits since 1919, who is retiring.

2 Aucust 1963
A decisive moment in a family game came when Canal Zone Lieutenant Governor,

David S. Parker, made a well-considered move. Youngest son Stephen (far left), daughter Anne, and oldest son David

(standing) take a serious view of the situation. Son Bruce smiles, for he has his next move planned, and Mrs. Parker enjoys her family's reaction.

It's A Wonder They All Got Together

A SENTIMENTAL journey to the

birthplace of each member of the Canal

Zone Lieutenant Governor's family

would take the family members from

one coast to the other of the United

States and halfway around the world.

Col. David S. Parker was born in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., the son of a U.S. Army officer. Mrs. Parker, a U.S. Army officer's daughter, was born in Oahu, Hawaii.

"Just wait until you hear about our

birthplaces," the boys chuckle. Two of the Parker sons were born in the United States, David in Washington, D.C., and Stephen in San Francisco, Calif. Bruce was born in Tokyo,

Japan, where Colonel Parker was sta- tioned with the Army of Occupation

for 3 years, and Anne was born at West

Point, N.Y., where he was instructor in Military Topography prior to coming

to the Canal Zone in 1952 as Military

Assistant to the Governor. Changing schools, and starting life afresh in a new locale doesn't faze the Parker children one bit. In each new

locale, as they have done on the Isth- mus, they go in for sports in general

—and tennis, basketball, golf, and fish- ing are pretty much the same in any

clime, in any language.

The Canal Zone's Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Parker are fully familiar

with adapting themselves to new

schools, new scenes, new friends. Colonel Parker attended schools in Kansas, Texas, Vermont, and New

Mexico before he entered the Military

Academy at West Point, from which

he was graduated in 1940 with a commission in the Corps of Engineers. Mrs. Parker also grew up on U.S. Army posts. She attended two different high schools and three different col- leges. She is a graduate of Stanford

University and has taught about 5 years

in nursery schools and kindergarten,

plus one year in public schools. The

last year Colonel Parker was here as Military Assistant to the Governor, she

taught nursery school at Fort Amador.

All the family enjoys outdoor living,

and they speak with enthusiasm of three camping trips they have made across the United States. They have lived in a tent, in true camp style, but never were troubled by wild animals—

although they have seen a good number

of bears.

It's not an animal, but a bird, that's credited to the youngest son, Stephen

or Steve as he's more familiarly known,

at the Smithsonian Institution. Steve found a Cape May warbler, a fairly rare member of the bird world in Virginia,

and presented it to the Institution. This past school year Steve won

honorable mention in a two-county

area for a solar kiln he made and

entered in a Science Fair. David, the big brother of the family,

is working as a student assistant in the Engineering and Construction Bureau

during summer vacation and will return

to William and Mary in the fall for his sophomore year. He places on an almost

equal plane tennis, chess, and reading. Bruce and Steve have joined the Balboa Gun Club and are in the "A" League in the Canal Zone Summer

Becreation Program. Bruce goes in for stamp collecting and challenges his brother, Dave, for the family bridge crown. Anne and her mother are following an artistic bent, but Anne prefers charcoal sketching while Mrs. Parker is hoping to do oil paintings. Colonel

Parker, himself, enjoys photography

when he has time for this hobby.

Anne is learning to play the organ and likes reading and tennis. But she

is a rival of her brothers when a fishing

pole is in her hands. Though they

haven't been in the Canal Zone very

long, Steve and Anne already have

sailfish snouts to bear witness to their prowess.

All the family has enjoyed skiing on Mount Hood and ice skating, but they

also enjoy swimming in a warm clime. Most of all, wherever they are, they

enjoy doing things together.

The Panama Canal Beview
8.543 MILES... 2 MONTHS

Tourist Tips

For a Trip

To Mexico

Goats scamper off the highway in Guatemala. The placid cows were not so willing to yield. Most of them simply stared, unperturbed by horn blowing. The car detoured around

them cautiously.

BY SAMUEL T. SKEETE

WHEN THE Latin American Schools

went on vacation last February we had

plans to spend our vacation in Costa

Rica, but the article in the Review for February entitled "A Profile: Inter- American Highway" furnished inspiration to make a trip by road all the way

to Mexico City. Some of our friends thought we were taking a big risk, but

I had great faith, continuing with my

plans.

Resides my wife, Elsa, making the trip

with me in a 1963, 4-door, 4-cylinder

model 1330 Fiat were: Miss Alicia Facey, elementary teacher, Mrs. Cora

Rowe, high school teacher—both from

Colon, and Mrs. Dorothy White, dress- maker from Rainbow City. Mrs. Skeete

and I are teachers in the Rainbow City

Elementary School. Our experience on this trip taught

us a lot of things, some of which we

would like to pass on to others who

might be contemplating such a venture.

It might help to contribute to their comfort and convenience.

Women should wear basic dresses

that can take changes of ornaments. Not too loud colors. A few woolen

sweaters, a scarf or neckerchief to protect the hair when passing through

dusty areas, besides being of practical use otherwise. Spring coat, medium

weight with three-quarter or long

sleeves. Resides a couple pairs of dress

shoes, sandals or flat shoes are needed

for use with sport clothes when going

climbing and swimming, etc. Dark

glasses are a must. Enough stockings

for the whole trip, as Mexico is the only

country with a large variety from

which to purchase. Of course, take your

camera. Men's clothing: two suits, sweaters

or waistcoat for very cold mornings

and evenings. Few extra pants for driving, climbing, etc. Don't buy too many souvenirs unless you have space in your car. The mail

service is very slow, and packages arrive

in not too good condition unless they

are very well packed with straw or paper, which is sure to increase the postage a great deal. Money shoud be carried in travelers checks as a rule— $10 denomination will do. Take along 5 to 8 percent in $1

bills to take care of last minute spending

or gasoline near borders when leaving

the countries, because when purchasing

with large denominations you will be

given change in native money which

you don't wish to take with you. Only in Mexico do they give change or exchange in U.S. dollars. In Mexico City, taxi drivers who

recognize you as visitors may want to recommend hotels for you. They never recommend such hotels as the Hotel

Compostela—one of the very best and

cheaper than most—because they get no

commission. The food there is excellent. Follow the traffic rules and signs,

especially when going down grades and

around curves. Go down in slow gear. The gas saved going down dangerous

grades in high gear is not worth the

risk. Then too, no matter how sure you may feel about following the maps,

always take time to stop now and then

to ask questions. This may save much

waste of time and gas. Maps of the

countries are obtainable at many gas

stations.

It is best to travel during the daytime when going from one country to another. There is great danger of run- ning into slides, cattle, rocks, or other

objects on the highway—not to mention

people who love to walk bv night on

the road. Resides, night travel can slow

you up a great deal. Panama is the only

country which has laws against cattle on the highway. All the other Central American countries have signs on the roads warning to look out for cattle. We met quite a lot of animals on the highway. Leave early and night is not

likely to overtake you. At least, in this way you will have very little, if any,

night driving to do. Recause of the size of Mexico we

found it necessary to make three

August 1963
stops going north, on the east side (By

way of Comitan, Matias Romero and

Puebla) before reaching Mexico City.

On the return trip, for variety's sake, we took the highway via Oaxaca, where

there are lots of curves and hills, but

the highway is very well paved, and

Oaxaca and Comitan were the only

stops we had to make coming back. And talking about well-paved roads, the super highways—wherever there is opportunity to make a choice — are

better and faster for travel, with the

legal speed limit as high as 110 kilo- meters per hour (about 70 miles) in some places.

The older, narrow roads may be even

shorter than the super highway, but

have many sharp curves, annoying hills and reduced legal speeds. It is worth

the 5 or 8 pesos toll charges to go by

super highway. A great deal of time

is saved, too. Make friends with the people. You can learn a lot from them

and about them and their countries which might save you money and time. Nevertheless, be wary of too friendly

people. Employees of hotels can also be of invaluable help and a rich source

of information. Get in touch with the Tourist Commission in each country.

They can keep you up to date on road

conditions or any late changes in conditions in the country. The hotel maids

will gladly help you find someone to wash your laundry, and some of them

might even do the job for you at reasonable prices. Don't expect, though, to get the kind of laundry service you

get at home.

It is not necessary to follow the 10

percent tipping recommended by Emily

Post. One or two pesos should be

reasonable, depending on the number

of persons and the quality of the service. However, remember that in Guatemala the exchange is one quetzal for $1; so be guided accordingly.

On entering Nicaragua, at either of the borders, there is a charge of $5

(5 U.S. dollars) for each person. No

receipt is given, and there is no use

arguing. Besides, one has to go to the "Migracion" office in Managua with

pictures (two) to get another visa; no

charge. Then, to test one's patience,

another visa has to be obtained at Somoto (going and coming). Somoto

is 20 kilometers from the Honduran

border. The signboard at the entrance to So- moto which tells that the visa is to be

had there was broken off the guard

house on the highway. We did not know and were turned back at the border, losing valuable time, besides

having to pay after hours fees at the

border. Only Costa Rica and Mexico

have 24-hour border service. Regular

working hours at the other Central American borders are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays are not regular working days; therefore a

fee is charged each person and the car. In Guatemala City it is also necessary

to get a local visa at the Migracion

office. A photograph also is required- no charges. Do get to the office early

and avoid hours of waiting after the crowd arrives. The local hotel management and

tourist commission representatives, es- pecially those in Mexico, urged that we

take a taxi when going about and out

of town because of the traffic and dif- ficulty in finding our way around. But we found, after a couple of exciting days

feeling our way about the city, that we could drive anywhere we wanted

to go with little trouble. We studied

the map (a good 10-peso one of Mexico

City) before leaving on any trip. Sometimes in the excitement we went up the wrong street and had it rough getting

back on the right one, but it was stimulating fun always. Incidentally, the maps obtainable at the Mexican Consulate in Panama City show all the towns which have gas stations. This is a real help for the traveler. A green dot near

the name of a town means you can buy

gas there. The trip cost us an average of $550

each, which included hotels and

pensions, meals, (in Mexico food is separate from room) guides on two

occasions, souvenirs, gasoline, tune-up,

small repairs, etc. We spent at least 1 week in each Central American country,

and 3 weeks in Mexico. The whole trip

took us away from home for two well- spent months during which time we

traveled 8,543 miles. There are many public parking

places (Called "Estacionamiento,"

"Pension," or "Banco de Carros") in all the countries which store a car over- night at very reasonable prices. One

should never risk leaving a car out- doors at night, for it invites risking the experience of hitchhiking back home.

Another thing: Never buy from the

first store or shop. Window shop

around; compare prices. The experi- ence will be a great eye-opener. One

place we were charged 50 pesos for beautiful polished stone book-ends,

while they asked only 30 pesos in another shop for the same thing. After haggling a little, we got them for 28

pesos. One store had a leather purse

for 15 pesos; across the street, the same

purse was 10 pesos. Language was not much of a problem, especially in Mexico. People

everywhere, even in some Central American countries, liked to show off their little knowledge of Englishespecially the high school kids. Note.—Besides a passport one needs—

for leaving the country— A Paz y Salvo from Rentas Internas (Internal Revenue) Office for each person; a Paz y

Salvo from the Municipal Treasurer,

a letter in Spanish from the automobile

agency showing ownership if the car is not fully paid for, and a permit from

the traffic department in Panama or Colon. It is recommended that visas be

obtained here from the consulates before leaving, and in Mexico City when

returning.

Hotels, Pensions Costs

Here were the charges per person at places this tourist group stayed:

Costa Rica (pension) 12 days $45.00

Nicaragua (hotel) 1 day 3.60 Honduras (hotel) 5 days 17.50

El Salvador ( boarding house ) 9 days 26.50

Guatemala (hotel) 6 days 27.50

Mexico (hotel) 26 days 119.40

59 days $240.00

Average: Less than $4.10 per day.

Prices sometimes included tourist tax and there were discounts of as much

as 15 percent because there were five in the group or because the stay was more than a week, or both. Luxury hotels charge much more, some "not too good" places considerably less. One hotel had storage for the car—gratis—with

watchman service all night. And the watchman cleaned the car for a small fee. They found one hotel that charged $12, without meals.

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Navigation Division

Nerve Center

Of The Canal

Capt. Eli D. Ring, Chief of Navigation Division.

GET AS MANY ships through the Canal as possible, as safely and quickly

as possible, and provide the maximum

of service to shipping.

These are the jobs of the Navigation

Division which, together with the Locks

Division, operates the waterway. Getting the jobs done requires for the Navigation Division a force of more than

1,450 employees: pilots, deckhands,

foremen, boarding officers, traffic controllers, and administrative personnel.

With that number of employees, per- sonnel matters and working rules claim

a great share of Navigation Division

working time. A major phase of the division's work

is making sure there are no overdrafts by transiting ships. For this reason, the

chief of the Navigation Division fre- quently is aboard when big, deep draft ships transit. Determining the deepest

safe drafts for these ships, and their handling characteristics at specified

drafts, is essential to maintenance of

safety standards.

Prior to the first transit of a big ship, a diagram of a cross-section of its hull

at its widest and deepest part is super- imposed on a diagram, to the same

scale, of the most restrictive locks section. By sliding the diagram up or down, the probable maximum safe allowable draft can be determined.

The Argyll, to make its initial transit

this month, has a beam of 106 feet 2

inches and is 763 feet long. Its owners have asked for a draft of 35 feet, but the

ship's construction is such that it is to be held to a 34-foot draft for its initial transit to determine its handling characteristics in the Cut and in and around

the Locks. The shallower draft for the initial transit is a safeguard to permit easier handling of the ship until its specific

capabilities and handling characteristics have been demonstrated to the

satisfaction of the pilots.

Enforcement of the rules and regulations governing navigation of the Canal,

along with those pertaining to health,

customs, immigration, and contraband,

also are important parts of the Navigation Division's work.

Rules on chocks and bitts, for example, require that they be so constructed that cables from the mules will neither slip out nor bind while the

ships are being raised or lowered as they are locked through. Location of the chocks and bitts also is important,

so that the cables from the mules have

maximum control. Correspondence is carried on regularly between the Navigation Division,

with the help of the Locks Division,

and shipbuilding yards throughout

the world on these points for ship

construction and conversion. The Navigation Division also is charged with scheduling and dispatching of vessels for transits to ensure coordinated control of traffic throughout the Canal and Zone waters; training,

supervision, and assignment of pilots; entrance and clearance of vessels at the terminal ports, including coordination

of boarding parties; assignment of berths for ships, and operation of tug- boats and launches for servicing of shipping.

Heading the Navigation Division as chief is Capt. Eli D. Ring, USN, who

has served as port captain at both

Balboa and Cristobal, and is the first to serve as Chief of the Navigation

Division with the port captain position

separated from the chiefs job, a change

made in June following management

surveys. Relieved of the port captain responsibilities, except in supervisory capacity, the Chief of the Navigation Division has been assigned broader responsibilities in certain fields, to ease the workload of the Marine Bureau Director's and the Port Captains' offices.

These fields are: Coordination of working rules and practices between

the Atlantic and Pacific port captains'

areas; overall supervision of marine

traffic control throughout the entire length of the Canal; uniform work

practices within the Navigation Division; coordinating Navigation Division

units, the Locks Division and Dredging

Division; coordinating personnel and

budgetary plans and policies for the Navigation Division as a whole; pro- posing and coordinating with the rest of the Canal units affected on improve- ments to navigation in the Canal. During fiscal year 1962, 11,424 ocean

going vessels transited the Canal. Gross expenses of the Navigation Division

during this period totaled $8,545,000,

and revenues derived from rental of tugs and launches, harbor pilotage,

and deckhand services amounted to $4,400,000.

Efficiency of operation of the Navigation Division is reflected directly on

the ledgers of both the Panama Canal

and ship owners and operators, deter- mining whether there are economies

or increased costs per ton of shipping

transited. A foot of draft represents to the bulk

ship operator as much as $7,500 to $10,000 in potential revenue per

transit. A day's delay in transiting can mean an additional cost of $500 to $5,000 to a ship. Rough approximation

of ships' daily operating cost is in the

area of $2,500 per day.

Vessels with excess draft or list are required for safety reasons to correct the faults, usually by pumping out water or redistributing fuel. A very few

vessels have been delayed 3 or 4 days

to make corrections so they won't endanger themselves, other shipping, or Canal structures. Navigation Division personnel take the greatest pride in getting the big

(See p. 11)

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At times they're a real swingirT set.

THE PEDRO MIGUEL Nursery

Center has been established as a community project for care of pre-school

children when their mothers work or have to go to the hospital. It was organized by Paraiso and Pedro Miguel communities under the direction of Mrs. Georgina C. de Young, social worker

for the Social Welfare Program for the

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So that's how my shirts are ironed.

My nap? Just as soon as I fix this dern earring.

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Latin American Communities in the Canal Zone. The Balboa Women's Club financed

cost of activities materials and part of the equipment needed. Director of the Nursery Center is Mrs. Myrtle Marshall, graduate teacher in the Escuela Profesional of Panama. Fourteen volunteers

are helping with activities of the Center.

obviously they're a bunch of heavy drinkers.

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Community

Project

Filling station for kids.

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PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

EMPLOYEES promoted or transferred between June 5 and July 5 (withingrade promotions and job reclassifica- tions are not listed )

:

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

James L. Phillips, Guard, Locks Division, to Fire Protection Inspector, Fire

Division.

Customs Division Ronald E. Angermuller, Customs Guard to Customs Inspector. Lawrence E. Layman, Window Clerk,

Substitute, Postal Division, to Customs

Guard. Herman E. Singh, Clerk, from Maintenance

Division.

Postal Division Donald R. Rudy, Window Clerk to Finance

Branch Superintendent.

Raphael J. Amato, Guard, Locks Division,

to Window Clerk, Substitute.

Division of Schools Constance A. Gallop, Elementary Teacher

and Substitute Teacher, Latin American

Schools, to Elementary' Teacher, Latin American Schools. Elizabeth Tapiero, Substitute Teacher,

Latin American Schools, to Elementary

Teacher, Latin American Schools. Carol L. Vidaurri, Clerk-Translator,

Administrative Branch, to Substitute Teacher. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Electrical Division Wesley H. Sparling, Senior Operator

(Generating Station) to Power System

Dispatcher. Francisco Perez, Apprentice (Armature

(Winder) (4th Year) to Armature Winder.

Dredging Division Katherine E. Foulkes, Clerk-Stenographer

to Clerical Assistant (Stenography). Vincent Biava, General Foreman Machinist

(Marine) to Chief Foreman Machinist

(Marine).

John E. Sholund, Jr., Machinist (Marine)

to General Foreman Machinist (Marine). Charles W. Hammond, Lead Foreman

Painter, from Locks Division. Slaughter H. Sharpensteen, Foreman, Pipeline Dredge, Class I, to 2d Mate, Pipeline Dredge, Class I. Donald L. Crall, from 2d Mate, Pipeline

Dredge, Class I, to Leverman, Pipeline

Dredge, Class I. Manuel J. Castillo, Juan S. Diaz, Camilo

Rodriguez, Navigational Aid Worker to Maintenanceman (Distribution Systems).

Maintenance Division Walter E. Marek, Leader Plumber to Lead Foreman (Quarters Maintenance).

William W. Spencer, Leader Electrician to Lead Foreman Electrician. Cyril Hamilton, Stockman to Supervisory

Storekeeping Clerk.

Eliott F. Brathwaite, Painter (Sign) from

Locks Division. James D. Maloney, Laborer to Helper

Plumber.

Jesus M. Justiniani, Laborer (Cleaner), from Community Services Division, to Laborer. James Miller, Utility Worker, Supply Division, to Laborer. HEALTH BUREAU

Doris R. Kintigh, Miscellaneous Documents Examiner (Typing) to Registrar

(Vital Statistics), Office of the Director. Harold G. Fergus, Counterman, Supply

Division, to Food Service Worker, Coco

Solo Hospital.

Samuel Ogarro, Assistant Cook to Cook,

Corozal Hospital.

Gorgas Hospital Robert L. Thompson, Hospital Administrative Assistant to Assistant Hospital Administrative Officer. Robert J. Kingsbury, John D. Sigurdson,

Hospital Resident, 2d Year, to Hospital

Resident, 3d Year. Kenneth W. Bloomberg, Daniel Graver,

William F. Short, Hospital Resident,

1st Year, to Hospital Resident, 2d Year. Herbert B. Dwyer, Albert J. Mitchell Harold J. Morrison, from Hospital Food

Service Worker to Leader Hospital Food

Service Worker.

Fred A. Howell, Clerk to Medical Technician (General). Felix Rios, Clerk (Checker), Terminals

Division, to Clerk. Harold T. Kildare, Stockman, Supply Division, to Truck Driver. Lawrence C. Burton, Storekeeping Clerk

to Leader Hospital Attendant. MARINE BUREAU

Navigation Division Arthur L. Logan, Jr., Pilot to Assistant Captain of the Port. Robert E. Medinger, Supervisory Admeasurer (Chief Admeasurer) to Supervisory Admeasurer (Director of Admeasurement).

Lionel L. Ewing, Admeasurer to Supervisory Admeasurer (Chief Admeasurer).

Waldo T. Bryan, Launch Dispatcher to Clerk. James N. Linton, Laborer (Cleaner), Supply

Division, to Laborer (Cleaner).

Industrial Division Theodore W. A. Krzys, Machinist to Inspector (Scales and Oil Meters). Allan P. Noel, Paint and Varnish Maker to Painter. Victor C. Jarrett, Utility Worker and Pinsetter, Supply Division, to Clerk. Walter G. Campbell, Laborer (Heavy),

Supply Division, to Helper (General). Victor M. Vique, Laborer (Cleaner) to Laborer.

Locks Division Leonard N. Martin, Guard Supervisor

(Assistant Chief, Inspector, Locks Security Branch), to Guard Supervisor (Chief, Captain, Locks Section Branch).

Joseph A. Janko, Guard Supervisor to Guard Supervisor (Assistant Chief, In- spector, Locks Security Branch).

Marvin D. Metheny, Guard to Guard

Supervisor.

Joseph H. Young, Lead Foreman (Lock

Operations) to General Foreman (Lock

Operations).

Curtis L. Coate, Leader Lock Operator

(Electrician) to Control House Operator.

Hugh C. Christie, Leader Lock Operator

(Machinist) to Lead Foreman (Lock

Operations). Robert L. Johnson, Lock Operator (Machinist) to Leader Lock Operator (Machinist). Raymond L. Rowley, Lock Operator (Electrician) to Leader Lock Operator (Electrician). Clifford O. Blake, Maintenanceman to

Painter. Maximo Amaya, Cement Finisher (Limited)

to Cement Finisher. Eustace G. Collins, Helper Lock Operator

to Leader Maintenanceman (Rope and

Wire Cable). Pastor Cordoba, Victor M. Perez, Leandro

Rivas, Marcial Rodriguez, Jose A. Si- bauste, Gabriel Zapateiro, from Line- handler to Boatman.

Vicente Clare, Dock Worker, Terminals

Division, to Linehandler. Theodore McEntosh, Linehandler to Helper Lock Operator.

Raimundo Ceballos, Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator (Small), Community Services Division, to Linehandler. Alsay Thomas, Utility Worker, Supply

Division, to Linehandler. Brace A. Chase, Laborer, Maintenance

Division, to Linehandler. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Stephen A. Bissell, Accountant to Supervisory Accountant, Accounting Division. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Community Services Division Vivian G. Corn, Alan B. Lancaster, Clerk,

to Housing Project Assistant. Isaac Guizado, Laborer (Pest Control), to Gardener.

Eduvigis Rangel, Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator (Small) to Grounds

Maintenance Equipment Operator.

Alejandro Acosta, Laborer to Grounds

Maintenance Equipment Operator.

Supply Division Willy W. Nowotny, Service Center Supervisor to Restaurant Manager Caterer. Lois H. Cotton, Sales Clerk to Accounting

Clerk, Office of General Manager.

George Thorbourne, Guest House Assistant

to Accounting Assistant . Olianda A. De Alvarado, Accounting Clerk

to Accounting Assistant. Rudolph Adonia, Warehouseman to Leader

High Lift Truck Operator. Cleveland G. Griffith, Lester Payne, Utility

Worker to Storekeeping Clerk. Edith S. Fitzroy, Counterwoman to Sales Clerk. Ivanhoe A. Harris, Jr., Utility Worker to Grocery Attendant. Jorge D. Denkley, Pinsetter to Utility Worker.

Ethlyn L. Ashby, Waiter (Special) to Presser (Flatwork).

10 August 1963
Dredging,

Blasting

A Big One

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS DIVISION

Ruth C. Sawyer, Secretary (Stenography)

to Clerical Assistant (Stenography), Water Transportation Division. Albert D. Lord, Clerk to School Bus

Driver, Motor Transportation Division. Winston K. Binns, Helper Locomotive

Engineer to Brakeman, Railroad Division.

Terminals Division George Atkinson, Vibert G. Rose, Freight Clerk to Cargo Checker. Randolph H. Blake, Alvin Girdwood,

Cargo Marker to Clerk (Checker). Miguel Rivas, Helper (General) to Maintenanceman. George S. Clarke, Utility Worker, Supply

Division, to Cargo Marker.

Charles G. Warren, Linehandler (Deckhand), Navigation Division, to Stevedore. Hubert E. Williams, Waiter, Supply Division, to Laborer (Cleaner). OTHER PROMOTIONS which did

not involve changes of tide: Jerry W. Mitchell, Trial Attorney (Admiralty), Office of General Counsel. Walter T. Williams, General Attorney,

Office of General Counsel.

Russel E. Hellmund, Richard C. Hogan,

Charles F. Schonert, Finance Branch

Superintendent, Postal Division. Edwin C. Mcllvaine, Accounting Assistant, Office of General Manager, Supply

Division. James G. Slice, Guard Supervisor, Locks

Division. Donald Ponder, Marine Traffic Controller, Navigation Division. Sarah D. Cheney, Secretary (Stenography),

Dredging Division. Clyde W. Carew, Accounting Clerk, Terminals Division. Nemesio S. Kelly, Raul Rodriguez, Clerk, Locks Division.

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CANAL HISTORY

50 \Jear3 cAao

THE CONCRETE penitentiary build- ing at Culebra, abandoned in October

1911 because of slides on the west bank

of the Cut menacing its stability, has

been demolished. The slide area never had broken back to the building, but

the possibility of its doing so made the building useless. Gen. Rafael Reyes, ex-president of Colombia, arrived on the Isthmus. For Vh years he had been traveling extensively in Spain, the United States, Cuba,

and most of the South American countries in behalf of a project for erecting

a statue to Vasco Nunez de Balboa at the Pacific entrance of the Canal. The Panama Tramways Company

prepared to open its Central Avenue

line to the public, with cars to leave the National Palace every 10 minutes for Hotel Tivoli and Ancon Hospital station and vice versa. The fare was 5 cents between any two points on the line in one direction.

25 IJearJ cAao

RECONSTRUCTION OF Dock 15, Balboa, a $1,220,000 project, was near- ing completion. Except for Madden

Dam, it was one of the largest projects

since the close of the construction era. Lock gates at Miraflores Locks lost their claim to the title as the tallest in the world, at 82 feet, when the lower

gates of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River in the United States were

installed. They tower 100 feet above

floor level. Advance press representatives were

arriving to cover the visit of President

Roosevelt to the Isthmus scheduled for August 5.

10 yearJ c4go

LICENSING OF dogs in the Canal

Zone started, with an August 1 deadline. Registration, vaccination, and li- censing teams, as a convenience to dog

owners, spent 1 day in each of 10 Canal

Zone towns.

RETIREMENTS

EMPLOYEES who retired in June are

listed below, with positions, and years

of Canal service: Ross A. Aldrich, test operator-foreman,

(electrician) Electrical Division, Atlantic Side; 27 years, 11 months, 3 days. Walter F. Allen, chauffeur, car of the

President, Motor Transportation Division, Pacific Side; 22 years, 4 months,

8 days.

Christopher T. Brewster, helper automotive machinist. Motor Transportation

Division, Pacific Side; 24 years, 7 months, 12 days. Miss Jeanne E. Brown, teacher, Senior High, U.S. Schools, Canal Zone Division of Schools, Pacific Side; 31 years, 8 months, 5 days. Nelson R. Clark, supervisory marine traffic controller, Port Captain's Office, Atlantic

Side; 21 years, 4 months, 11 days.

Richard E. Cox, administrative services

assistant, Supply Division, Pacific Side; 33 years. 2 months, 27 days. Miss Claudette de Villafranca, staff nurse

(tuberculosis), Gorgas Hospital; 8 years, 3 months, 17 days.

Ronald A. Faunce, electrician, Electrical Division, Atlantic Side; 22 years, 11 months. George P. Fullman, leader, instrument mechanic, Maintenance Division, Pacific Side; 23 years, 9 months, 19 days, Juan A. Loaiza, stevedore, Terminals Division, Atlantic Side; 37 years, 10 months,

18 days,

William J. McKeown, fuels wharfman.

Terminals Division, Atlantic Side; 21

years, 5 months, 1 day.

Concepcion Molinar, laborer, Maintenance

Division, Atlantic Side; 22 years, 9

months, 1 1 days. Emerson Newball, stevedore, Terminals

Division, Atlantic Side; 33 years, 2

months, 18 days.

Wilmoth L. Raymond, winchman, Terminals Division, Atlantic Side; 12 years, 10 months, 12 days.

Hubert A. Rotenberry, lead foreman,

painter, Dredging Division; 20 years, 2 months. Herman Small, stevedore, Terminals Division, Atlantic Side; 45 years, 4 months,

12 days.

Henry White, warehouseman, Supply Division, Atlantic Side; 47 years, 2 months.

Contracts for 5,000 head of beef at a total cost of more than $675,000 were awarded to seven Republic of Panama suppliers. The aggregate cost was approximately twice that of any

contract ever before awarded by the Panama Canal to cattle growers in the Republic.

Appointment of Sigurd E. Esser as superintendent of Canal Zone Schools was announced.

Hours of the cafeteria in the base- ment of the Administration Building were cut back from a 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. schedule to a 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. operation.

One year cAgo

THE PANAMA Canal Women's Welfare Group was formally organized at a coffee given by Mrs. Robert J. Fleming, Jr., wife of the Governor of the Canal Zone. The seismograph at Balboa Heights

registered an intense earthquake at 3:15 a.m. July 26. It was estimated that the epicenter was in or near Costa Rica

and that it was grade V intensity on

the Mercalli scale. Five local sportsmen made sporting

history by swimming from a point near

Fort Kobbe to the beach in Taboga,

a distance of approximately 10 miles. They made the swim in 4 hours and

10 minutes, using snorkles, masks and

flippers.

The last blast of dynamite in Zone II of the $12,300,000 Empire Reach cut widening section was set off, completing the major contract work started early in 1960.

-ACCIDENTSTHIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

JUNE

ALL UNITS

YEAR TO DATE

CASES

•63 '62 232 2C5

1498(36) 15361

CASES

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59

DAYS

ABSENT

•63 '62 12187 364

15247 7546

( ) Locks Overhaul Injuries Included In total.

12 August 1963
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION RUREAU

Merival O. Maynard

FIT

MHRINE^H

Rapist

ICE

Alexander S. Renson** Leader Laborer

Mauricio J. Lovell Supply Clerk (Sales, Typing)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION RUREAU

Harry F. Hutz

Supervisory

Engineer

Alfonso R. Allman

Carpenter

Aubrey A. Raxter Launch Operator Gustavo Fields Helper Plum

Cyril C. Gord.

Painter Onesiphar E. Laval Helper Machinist (Maintenance)

MARINE RUREAU

Guy R. Lord

Chief Engineer, Towboat

Rowe

neer, Towboat

Joseph l|f. \n (1 neral)

ASPORTATION AND

RMINALS RUREAU

Joseph White

Linehandler

CTVIL AFFAIRS RUREAU

Doris C. Etchberger

Statistical Clerk (Stenography)

Frank E. Hirt Window Clerk Armella R. Hutchings

Teacher (ElementaryU.S. Schools) Vera E. Jones Teacher (ElementaryU.S. Schools)

Ella Lombroia

Kindergarten Assistant Robert R. Urquhart

Firefighter R. P. O'Connor, Jr. Customs Inspector

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION RUREAU

Hoyd W. Ferry

Lead Foreman Sheet Metal Worker

C. H. Ocheltree

Master, Towboat

Donald R. Tribe

Supervisor Chemist

(Analytical)

Rudesindo Espinosa

Telephone Instrument Repairman

Hubert M. Evans

Helper Armature Winder

Leonard A. Grant Boatman

Jacinto Guerra R. Carpenter

Alcides A. Lopez

Laborer (Heavy)

Casimiro Lozano

Laborer (Heavy)

Ralph McFarlane

Boiler Tender

R. R. F. Olascoagas

Oiler (Floating Plant) Hezabiah Richards Paver

Antonio Torres S. Leader Seaman

HEALTH RUREAU

Fronia Fender

Staff Nurse (Obstetrics) Thomas C. Lear

Funeral Director Anna R. Rheney

Medical Radiology

Technician (Diagnosis) Lucas Diaz

Hospital Food Service Worker

Marcos Palacios Maintenanceman

MARINE BUREAU

Ernest C. Stiebritz Lock Operator (Machinist)

Wenceslao I. Arce Helper Electrician

Bonilla uiite\(Maintejp»rn

Lucio^igaeroa . Linelianller fJef

JohnJHaralott Kama

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deader Linen

hand ''-' || f"- - Leader Calker (Wood)

John Lincoln Linehandler (Deckhand)

Antonio Martinez

Linehandler (Deckhand)

Nicolas Mendoza

Helper Lock Operator

Salvador Miranda

Helper Lock Operator

Nestor A. Molina C.

Painter (Maintenance)

Melanio Moreno

Painter (Maintenance) Gerald A. Roberts Linehandler (Deckhand)

Manuel Sanchez M.

Boatman

David Serrano Helper Machinist (Marine

Stanley E. Smith

Linehandler

PERSONNEL RUREAU

William J. Kilgallen

Position Classification

Specialist M. O O'Sullivan Personnel Clerical Assistant (General)

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE RUREAU

Leon S. Willa Milk Products Plant Manager

Pedro A. Alvarado

Utility Worker

James Harnett Laborer (Heavy)

Alfonso Bayne

Sales Section Head

Alberto A. Camposano

Utility Worker

Francisco Canate

Helper (General) Agustin Coronado

Laborer (Cleaner) Alberto Gomez

Utility Worker

Efrain Lopez M.

Laborer (Cleaner) Rogelio Lozano

Garbage Collector Mary L. Meikle

Packager

Winifred B. Palacio Stock Control Clerk Pedro Perez Stockman

Carlos A. Uriarte Gas Cylinder Checker

and Serviceman

Santana Vasquez

Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS RUREAU

Thomas F. Hunt

Liquid Fuels Gager

Tracy P. White

Electrician Luis Armuelles

Linehandler

Victor S. Garcia D. Truck Driver Teodoro Menjivar

Helper Automotive Mechanic

(Body and Fender)

The Panama Canal Review 13
TRAFFIC MOVEMENT OVER MAIN TRADE ROUTES

The following table shows the number of transits of large, commercial vessels (300 net

tons or over) segregated into eight main trade routes:
Refitted, New Route

THE MV DONIZETTI, whose maiden

transit of the Panama Canal was marked

by an exchange of gifts between Dr. Giuseppe Ali, Director General of the

Italian Line, and Panamanian and

Canal Zone officials, is the first of three

Italian Line motorships to go into service after being refitted for the Mediterranean-Central America-South

Pacific route. A sistership, the MV Verdi, sailed from Genoa July 9 and the MV

Rossini is due to go into service on December 19. The three motorships replace the Navigator class of ships, the Marco

Polo, the Amerigo Vespucci, and the Antoniotto Usodimare, which for 15

years contributed gready to maritime

connections between Central and South

America and Mediterranean Europe.

The Donizetti and her sister-ships

have considerably greater tonnage, more than 4,000 tons, than the ships

previously in service; are more sea- worthy; have increased speed— 17Y2 knots—which reduces the time of pas- sage by about 3 days; and have

air-conditioning in all rooms. The three ships have two classes; first with 170 berths in single, double and

triple cabins, all with private bath or

toilet and shower. The tourist class has

a capacity of 446 berths, mostly in double or four berth cabins and a high

percentage of these have private baths. The three ships also have excellent equipment for carrying cargo, mail, and

passengers' automobiles.

Luxury Tanker

SPECIAL accommodations for children

are a feature on the Jetta Dan, an oil tanker built in Denmark recently for

J. Lauritzen of Copenhagen. The chil- dren's playroom built on top of the engine casing is for the use of the children of the ship's officers and crew

who, according to company rules, may

take their wives and children with them

for a certain number of days every year. Family accommodations are provided on most of the Lauritzen ships which

use the Panama Canal regularly.

Usually there are three to four children aboard depending on the trade in which

the ship is plying. The Jetta Dan is 695 feet long and has a beam of 91 feet. She has luxuriious accommodations

for the crew, is completely air conditioned and probably is the first oil tanker to have children's accommodations. C. Fernie & Co., agents for the

line at the Canal, say that the Jetta Dan

is on an irregular chedule which may

bring her through the Canal sometime

CANAL TRANSITS - COMMERCIAL AND U.S. GOVERNMENT
SS Corinthic, his present command, no stranger to Canal waters. Masters First Transit In 1919; 91st One Near

SHAW-SAVILL Commodore Capt.

Arthur C. Jones, who has transited the Panama Canal 90 times in nearly half a century of sea duty, was expected to arrive at the Canal Saturday, August 3, homeward bound for the United Kingdom and retirement. Sixty-three of

his Canal transits have been in the SS Corinthic, his present command, a

vessel of 15,682 gross tons engaged in the United Kingdom-New Zealand

trade via the Panama Canal. Captain Jones, son of a Church of England minister, was born in Somerset, England, in July 1898. His grandfather and great-grandfather were both

in command in sail. The latter was lost with his ship off the China Coast.

TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN JUNE

1963 1961 Commercial 919 964

U.S. Government 30 13 Free 6 7

Total 955 984

TOLLS

Commercial $4,749,806 $4,979,769

U.S. Government 112,843 97,860

Total $4,862,649 $5,077,629

CARGO"

Commercial. .. . 5,462,322 5,684,416

U.S. Government 79,962 110,938 Free 35,613 35,170

Total 5,577,897 5,830,524

"Im-ludra tolla on all vniell. ocean-going and small Cargo figure* are in long ton«.

Captain Jones commenced his apprenticeship at sea with the Ellerman

& Bucknall Line October 13, 1915,

joining the SS Bechuana. He subse- quently served in seven other vessels

in this line over a period of 9 years. His first voyage through the Panama

Canal was about the middle of 1919. He joined the Shaw-Savill Line in February 1925 and served in 16 of the company's ships, his first command

being SS Samrich, former Liberty ship

Wm. Pitt Preble, in November 1946. He joined his present vessel, SS Corinthic, in September 1951. Upon completion of this voyage, he says, he

intends to spend his time attending to gardening and other hobbies.

Transits, Cargoes Off

TRANSITS and cargo tonnage during

the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1963,

just past, show a drop of 64 in transits and cargo tonnage off nearly 1.3 million tons from the level for the same period

of 1962. Complete statistics for the quarter appear on pages 14 and 15. In contrast, a year ago, figures for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1962

had shown increases in both transits and cargo tonnage. For the fourth quarter of 1963,

among major nation customers, only

Panamanian, Liberian, and British flag vessels showed substantial increases in number of transits, and while the Liberian flag cargo was up more than

200,000 tons and Panamanian flag

ships' cargo tonnage up nearly 200,000

tons, the British vessels carried

approximately 300,000 tons less cargo. Greek ships had 51 fewer transits and

a cargo tonnage drop of about 300,000

tons. Transits by Norwegian flag vessels were off 28 and cargoes dropped by more than 400,000 tons. U.S. ships

made 44 fewer transits and carried almost 200,000 tons less cargo. Figures for ships of 22 nations on

the listing of Canal commercial traffic by nationality of vessels reveal that 14 had tonnage decreases, only eight ton- nage increases; 13 had decreases in number of transits, and only 9 had

increases in transits. The largest number of transits in the fourth quarter were made by U.S. flag

ships, with British flag vessels second,

and Norwegian, third. In cargo ton- nage, however, the Norwegian vessels carried more than 2.6 million tons to top this list. The U.S. ships' total was

a little above 2.4 million tons.

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