Vol. 8, No. 2 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1957 5 cents

'"'fi'fl^P'na^a UnaMuseum
Won't You Walk In The Park ?

Visitors feel as if tfiey were really in the jungle when they walk down this shady path at Summit Park.

Summit Garden isn't Summit Garden any more. It's Summit Park now. Always an interesting place to visit, the

325-acre area on a slope of the Continental Divide is being transformed into a real recreation center. There Zonians and their visitors can rest and relax and,

while rela.xing, learn painlessly about

local flora and fauna. Transformation of the 34-year-old Experiment Garden into a tropical park

is in the green-thumbed hands of the Housing and Grounds Division. Kven

before a special recreation survey committee decided that the Garden had all sorts of possibilities. Housing and Grounds forces were busy at work at Summit, taking advantage of those same possibilities. Today, visitors to Summit can spot a marked change from the Garden of the past and by the time the dry season ar- rives an even greater difference should be

evident. The entrance to the park has been

brightened up with gay red-and-whitc^

J. C. Randall and Dudley Jones study

future plans for the new park at Summit.

posts and soon a handsome new sign will announce that here is Summit Park. The

grass plot in front of the main office build- ing has been surrounded by a low, sparkling-white picket fence, and the one-time

carport, which used to shelter several

official vehicles, now houses a small zoo. Already showing off for park visitors are John, a spider monkey who thinks he's people; four white-faced monkeys who

live in apparent harmony with several tiny marmosets; a three-toed sloth which,

slothwise, does nothing much: an .'igouti; an owl which eats dog biscuit; and 20

parakeets of assorted shades and colors, who have been fitted out with a breeding

cage, just in case. And there are, still, the three brilliantly hued macaws which have been photographic subjects for many

a visitor in the past. Across the road, in a potting shed, glass containers hold a few' snakes and some

fantastically-colored frogs. The park also has on hand, soon to be put on display, a beautiful collectinn of local shells. .Some of the most eye-catching of the changes at the park are the new serpentine walks which branch off the main

road not far from the entrance. The

paths are only about a thousand feet long, which isn't too far to meander

under a tropical sun nor too far to run

if a suilden shower comes up. When the planting which will border

the walks is finished, visitors will have the

illusion that they are walking thriiugh a tunnel of tropica! foliage. Each walkway

will be so screened by bushes and .shrubs that the road, only a few feet away in some places, cannot be s»en. One path, which winds pa.st the orchid

house, some clumps of bamboo and a huge mango tree, will be bordered with bright flowering shrubs and low blo.^soniing

jjlant^s. Croton, brilliantly leafed caladi- um, and variegated hibiscus will serve as

a background. Another curving path, to be named

Tropical Walk, will lead visitor:; through

a typical jungle glade. Its entran<v is be- tween two great heaps of rock which will eventually be covered by phili.dendron and other creepers. Palms, ferns, and

various species of heliconia and other

jungle plants will border this path. Mid- way along the Tropical Walk will be

a grotto where a small stream will be

trained to bubble over moss-covered

stones. The old bamboo walk and the mangosteen walk have been cleaned up. new- bridges built, and benches placed at con- venient spots. Benches are already in place, or soon will be, along the other paths as well. The present 32 picnic tables in tl'.e park will be supplemented by iO more, and several new barbecue pits are to be

built. One of these will be at the end

of a new path to the upper lily pond, where the old bohio is also to be rebuilt. The lily ponds have been cleaned

ready for the next batch of youngsters

to fall into and the Summit alligator

is on hand to excite picture-takers. On the hillside above the upper lily pond, bougainvillea bushes are already

getting a start. Several varieties have

been planted and in a few years the slope

will be a blaze of beauty in the dry season. At present, Summit Park is open from

7 a. m. to .i-.'M} p. m. on weekdays, and

from S a. m. to .') p. m. on Sundays. W'hen

its renovation is finished, the i)ark will have different, longer hours, and guides

will be provided to escv)rt visitors around.

Credit for the park's renovation goes to

.1. C. Randall. Chief of the Housing and Grounds Division and his trio of advis.)rs, Roy Sharp, Walter R. Lindsay, and A. 1. Bauman. They have an apt on-the-spot foreman in Dudley George Jones, the

least desk-bound clerk anyone ever .saw. lie has been at Sunmiit for the past 26

years. He joined the Garden stiff not

long after it was established to introduce

plants from all over the world and sdc what could be done with th^m hi'r>'. He and Mr. Randall tramp around the

jiark several times every w<'ek and c ime up with new ideas every time. ( Jne of the

latest involved an illustrated brochure tj be given to visitors, and several big standing maps, to tell visitors where they ara

in r.'lation to the rest of the park.

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW September 6, 1957
AN

ALL-OUT

FIGHT

After the lowest incidence in Canal history, malaria

again flares up. Preventive measures increased. It's WAR ON MOSQUITOES

Thi' most extensive ni;il;iri;i eotitrol program conduct^'d in the Canal Zone in more than ten years has been initiated to check a sudden rise in the malaria inci- dence rate which began in June and was

continuing through last month. The program includes control measures

designed to give immediate results as well as basic steps for the elimination of malaria-bearing mosquitoes and their breeding places. The sanitation forces of the Health Bureau are being increased and

additional equipment is being bought. The overall plan was developed after a comprehensive survey by the Health Bureau of conditions which induced the in- crease of malaria and the preventive measures necessary. Governor Potter has taken a personal and active interest

in the program.

It was initiated early in August after the Governor and Colonel Charles O. Bruce, Health Director, made an inspec- tion trip on horseback over several known mosquito breeding areas on the

Atlantic side. The aerial spraying of several thousand acres of swampy land was begun early in the month with the cooperation of the Army and since then

three complete spray cycles have been completed by the Axmy planes. In

addition, fogging operations were in- creased in all towns, while public buildings and installations used at night are being sprayed. The control measures were greatly ex- panded during the last week in August when a sanitation team of 20, headed by

an experienced sanitation inspector, was

employed and began work on the Atlantic

side and the sanitation forces on the Pacific side were increased by ten additional men. These men will be used principally

in the larvaciding and other mosquito

control work and preventive measures. One of the most important of the basic control measure planned is the restoration

of proper drainage in several low-lying

areas on the Atlantic side. The Engineering and Construction Bureau has been

authorized to do the necessary field work and to complete engineering studies for the drainage of Telfers Island, the East

Diversion, and the Mindi Dairy area. All units of the Canal organization have

been alerted to give their full cooperation by preventing or eliminating standing water in areas imder their control. The

Mindi Dairy management has already

joined this effort by the withdrawal of its cattle from pasturage in swampy areas during the rainy season. Several new pieces of equipment have been ordered. This includes two fog- ging machines, four aluminum rowboats and two outboard motors, and

two power dusters. When these are re- ceived, it will be possible to conduct

nightly fogging in all towns, if considGov. Potter and Col. C. O. Bruce, Health Director, took to horseback last month to examine areas on the Atlantic side where malaria mosquitoes might bei breeding.

ered necessary, and to carry on an effective larvicide and mosquito control pro- gram in river and lake areas where mosquito breeding in stagnant waters and among aquatic plants is a problem. The recent rise in the malaria incidence

rate was a strong reminder that the di- sease is an ever present menace in the

tropics and requires constant watchfulness to prevent explosive outbreaks. The

incidence rate in the Canal Zone had been

exceptionally low for the past ten years and dropped to a record low last year

with a rate of only 0.6 per thousand among Canal employees. The rate showed an abnormal rise in June when 47 cases were reported to the Health Bureau; of these, six were employees of the Company-Government. The number dropped to 29 in July but rose again in August. During the first 25 days

of August, 37 cases had been reported,

11 of them among employees. This was

the highest number of employees contracting the disease in the month of August for the past ten years. The malaria rate among employees was very high all during the Canal construction period and did not fall below

the level of 100 per thousand employees

until 1913. It was cut to below 50 in 1916 and from then until 1947 annual

rates ranged from 1 1 to 31 per thousand. New insecticides and an intensive mosquito control program conducted just

after the close of World War II, when an

outbreak of yellow fever occurred on the Isthmus, helped to cut the rate to five per thousand in 1948 and it has continued well below that figure since. The incidence late up through Jcly of

this .year was reported as 2.3 per thousand

and will be even higher when August fig- ures are compiled. The rate in the January through July period of last year was

0.5, and that for 1955 was 1.3 per thou- sand employees. Health authorities have long recognized

that there are good and bad years foi malaria. A recent example of this was in 1954 when the Canal Zone rate was highei than either the preceding or succeeding

year for no explainable reason.

*' Review'* Stands

September 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Mildred Henry, of Balboa Commissary,

likes the new "Review" display stands. The Supply Division has built 31 of them

for retail sales outlets and for the Miraflcres and Gotun Locks entrance gates.
La Boca, Once Largest C. Z. Town

Will Soon Become Just A Memory

La Boca, one of the oldest and for many

years one of the most populous towns of the Canal Zone, is to join a long list of former towns at the end of this year. The community is now down to two

lonely rows of frame buildin<;s, a population "of less than a fifth its former size, a

scant half dozen public buildings, and a big playing field where 40 years ago cricket matches lasted out an entire Sunday. At his town meeting with Latin American Civic Council representatives late

last month, Governor Potter announced

that all quarters there are to be vacated by the beginning of the coming year. The announcement came as a sort of a period to a long sentence. Plans for the abandonment of La Boca as a townsitc have been stretched out now for several years since the extensive quarters construction program in Paraiso. Nearly half of the La Boca families

will be assigned quarters at Pedro Miguel in the 12-family apartment build- ings which have been occupied by Air Force personnel since other areas of Pedro Mijuel were vacated. There are quarters for 84 families there and it is expected that 30 or more

can be accommodated at Paraiso or Santa Cruz in quarters to be vacated by employees who retire or are separated from the service before the end of this year.

It is presently expected that 50 or more

families will move to Panama at the end

of the year, the exact number being de- pendent on the number of separations from service by personnel occupying Canal quarters. Most of the 125 bachelors now living

in La Boca will be required to seek quarters outside of the Zone. There are presently only \'i quarters available for bachelor employees at Santa Cruz but

this number will bo increased by employeesleaving the service before next January.

It is planned to demoii.sh th" remaining frame quarters which make up the town

of La Boca after they have been vacated. Some of the oldest buildings in use there were erected in 1910 and were rebuilt in 1914. Most ofthe others were built in 1930. No definite plans have been made for the permanent use of the area or of the

public buildings which will remain aftei the town is depopulated. La Boca Commissary, housed in th? town's only masonry building, will be closed at the end

of the year as will the Service Center which was once the largest of any Latin American town of the Canal Zone. The

Service Center was greatly expanded

during World War II when a large number of contract laborers were housed in La Boca. During that period the town's

population swelled to over 6,000, then

the largest community in the Zone. La Boca has had an interesting history and little is recorded of its early days.

It was near the present townsite where

the famous symbolic beginning of the construction of the Panama Canal took

place just 77 years before the scheduled abandonment of the town. This oc- curred near the mouth of the Rio Grande in the afternoon of January 1, 1880 when Count Ferdinand de Lesseps took a party out on the tug Taboguilla

to inaugurate the Canal project. La Boca had the distinction of becoming the first deep water port in the 2,000

miles of Pacific sea coast between Salina Cruz, Mexico, and Callao, Peru, near the turn of the century when the Panama

Railroad built a deep watei pier there which, in part, is still standing. The townsite was used during the French Canal construction work and

later as a town and a railroad yard by the Americans from 1904 until near the end

of the construction period. Its existence

as a permanent Canal Zone townsite dates back to August 191 :5 when it was desig- nated by Col. George W. Goethals as a

site to house West Indian employees and

it was given its official name on August

13 of that year. ON THE COVER

No wonder young Charlie Myers

looks bemused. Wouldn't you, if you knew you'd have to read your way

through all these books in the next

12 years? Charlie, whose dad is with Balboa (Customs, entered first grade

this week. Before he graduates from

high school he'll have used every volume in these heaps, if he is going

to take a colleg" preparatory course.

Over $5,000,000 Spent

In Republic Last Year

By Canal Organization

Expenditures of $5,244,000 were made

during the past fiscal year by the Pana- ma Canal Company-Canal Zone Govern- ment in direct purchases of consumer

goods from the Republic of Panama, for

ser\-iccs performed by Panama firms and

individuals, and for construction and other

contract work in the Canal Zone. This total represents one of the highest marks in the Canal's history, despite a substantial decline in the direct purchases

iif consumer goods during the past six months resulting from the curtailment of Commissary and Service Center sales re- ([uired by provisions of the 1955 Treaty. Direct purchases of consumer goods from Panama sources during the past

fiscal year amounted in value to S2,2')0,- 000. .\ total of S2h0,000 was paid out for

services, consisting principally of such work as typewriter and machine repairs and servicing. The annual report of the Contract and

Inspection Division showed that the value

of work completed on 132 construction and maintenance contracts awarded last year amounted to $1,290,000. In addition, work was completed on 50 other

contracts carried owr from the preceding year and amounting to $495,000. These figures do not include any work

performed by contract on the Power Con-

\-ersion project, for which contracts amounting to several million dollars were awarded or weie in process of completion

last year. The contracts and amounts of money

listed by the Contract and Inspection DivLsion were: 60 painting contracts, $297-

000; 61 foi general (u)nstruction and maintenance, $90S,500; eight for plumbing,

$79,600; and three electrical contracts, $4,000. A total of $615,135 was paid out in salaries to Panamanian employees for work involved in these contracts. The i)urchases of consumer goods from Panama suppliers last year were approxi- mately $600,000 under those of the pre- vious fi.scal year. This was the first time

in .several years when a noticeable decline

in such Canal purchases has been reported. The drop in consumer goods purcha.ses was accounted for principally by major

decreases in such major items as Panama

beef, sugar, coffee, and beverages required by the Commissary Division since the curtailment of its sales at the first of this calendar year. The f.illowing comparative figures on

the pun'hases of consumer goods by quarters in the past two fiscal years directly

reflect this loss in Commi.s.sary sales since the first of this year:

195(> IS.S7 First quarter ShW.OOO S(>10.000 •Second quarter ()24,fl00 7(.8,000 Third quarter M>8,000 tO.S.OOO Fourth quarter 89.S,000 .S07,000

It was originally estimated that commissarv sales would be cut by approxi- mately $12,000,000 yearly which would

iH'come available to Panama merchants

after the Treaty provisions on the curtail- ment of Commis.sary .sales (See ingc I-',)

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW September 6, 1957
HAPPY BIRTHDAY-

\K AL-.[mtmm

Members of the Cristobal Woman's Club were among this group which met at Empire almost 50 years ago.

Three weeks from tonight the oldest woman's club in the Canal Zone begins its second half century. The occasion wOl be

fittingly celebrated bv the 180-odd members of the Cristobal Woman's Club and

their friends, who believe that the date

will mark not the end of an era, but the beginning of a new one. Behind the Club is 50 years packed

solid with achievements and good works, many of them unique here. Ahead is, its

members hope, another 50 years of progress and philanthropy. One of the more tangible things these

Atlantic side women can look forward

to, in the fairly near future, is a new

clubhouse. It will be built on a hilltop where one of the Margarita Hospital wards stood not much more than a decade ago. Homeless since the Gilbert House (where they met for over 30 of the

club's 50 years) succumbed to old age, A free medical clinic was a Woman's Club project for more than 20 years. r^SSk ^«-<#?^.

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September 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

the Club has a landlease for its new site and almost enough money in its build- ing fund to start construction. To their new home they ^\'i]i move the magnificent grand piano which was Mrs. Frank Ullrich's gift to the club on its twenty-fifth anniversary; a cocobolo wood gavel, dating back to French construction days and salvaged from the

attic of the old Panama Canal Administration Building in Panama City many

years ago; the irreplaceable collection of year books; the records, many of them in

fine, spidery handwriting, which trace the

club's history; and all of the relics any

organization accumulates in five decades. Some of the members who will help on

that moving day are second generation Woman's Clubbers— like the club's president, Mrs. William Brooks of Margarita, whose mother, Mrs. George Horine, was

president of the Cristobal club from 1948

to 1950 and Mrs. Edward J. Henriquez who holds the same position. Chairman

of the Finance Committee, which her

mother-in-law, Mrs. J. J. Henriquez, oc- cupied in the club's early days. There are a number cf other secondgeneration Woman's Club members.

Mrs. Surse J. Taylor, Jr., who served as the Club's president from 1940 to 1942, is the daughter of Mrs. George H. Boomer,

president from 1932 to 1934 and is an Honorary Member of the Club. Other related members are: Mrs. Michael F. Greene, daughter of Mrs. Robert

J. Neely; Mrs. Humberto Leignadier, daughter-in-law of Mrs. Julia Leignadier; Mrs. Arthur L. Livingston, daughter of Mrs. W. W. Griffin, who was president from 1927 to 1928; Miss Inga Prier, daughter of Mrs. Vern Prier; Mrs. Floyd

L. Robinson, daughter, and Mrs. Roger

L. Deakins, daughter-in law of Mrs. F. B.

Deakins. And, on hand to {Se( page 12)
FOR YOUR INTEREST AND GUIDANCE

LML //

IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION i^

Kver Alert - Never Hurt

Accident Prevention is a way of living and, like all philosophies, has to be learned and lived by in order to get any good from

it. Thus we have safety .slogans or advice

similar to other philosophical catch phrases such as: Live for Todati, Be Industrious, Don't Worry, Take It Easy. Think, and Do It Now. To many individuals Safety is a new and different outlook on

life and foreign to their way of living. Human nature being what it is, you do

not readily adapt to suggest<>d changes and such resistance to safety suggestions may be the cause of your sudden death

or permanent disability. Therefore, the problem of accident prevention becomes

primarily one of changing human nature. This may take a little time, maybe years, and with some it may never occur. Why do we go to so much trouble to try to change an individual's outlook on

life and the way in which he lives it, especially during his working hours? Why

don't we just put continuous pres.sure on him from above and force him to change

his ways?

It would seem to be advantageous for government and private industry to do it this way since we all know accidents cost time and money. However, successful accident prevention can't be obtained by

police methods, it must be sold; its lasting advantages to the worker made self evi- dent and not forced. The Panama Canal Company tries to influence you into safe ways becau.se it is interested in you and

your welfare. It wants you to keep fit for your sake and your family's sake, too! Someone once very impressively defined safety as follows: "Safety is not a si:^nal light, a jail sentence, a divided highway, or an enforce- ment index. Safety, in my judgment,

is primarily a state of mind, under which

all people, realizing the imminence and

the conse()uence of accidents, are willing to accept those n^straints necessary to prevent them." To aid in this constant endeavor here in the Zone, various persuiusive methods are employed to keep The Dredging Division sandwich man . .

HONOR ROLL

lUiroau Award Pot BE.ST RECORD

SUPPLY AND EMPLOYEE SERVICE BUREAU HEALTH BUREAU AWARDS THIS c:AI.KNDAR YEAR

Health 6

(;ivil Affairs 4 Engineering and Construction 3 .Supply and Employee Service i Marine . I Tran.sportation and Terminals

. . and the scooter rider boost safety.

safety before our eyes and in our minds. The pictures here show some of the many means of reminding employees to be ever alert and watch out for their own

safety as well as for unsafe conditions. This unique type safety reminder is seen by everyone in the Dredging Division

.shops area these days. Their originality

is a credit to the workers and supervisors

alike and shows that they are thinking about you and your welfare.

Retirement A man coxtld retire nicely

in his old age if he could dispose of his experience for what it cost him.

If you take a chance, your family may

have to take the consequences.

Division Award For NO DI.SABI.ING INJIRIES

Jl'l V COMMISSARY AND SERVICE CENTER

HOSPITALS AND CLINICS MAINTENANCE DIVISION HOUSING AND GROUNDS DIVISION DREDGING DIVISION INDUSTRIAL DIVISION ELECTRICAL DIVISION MOTOR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION STOREHOUSE DIVISION

FIRE DIVISION AIDS TO NAVIGATION

SANITATION DIVISION AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Aids to Navigation 7 Electrical 7

Fire 7 Housing and Grounds 7 Sanitation 7 Dredging "['_

(, Hospitals and Clinics __ 6 Maintenance , ( Motor Transportation 6 Storehouse

Industrial Railroad

Police '"'ly.y. 1

Commissary and Service Center

Eoclvs. . .Navigation Terminals , _

JULY 1957 BUREAU

Supply and Employee Service Bureau

lleallh Bureau

Engineering and Conslruclion Bureau

C. Z. Govt. -Panama Canal Co. (This Month

Marine Bureau

Transportation and Terminals Bureau

Civil Affairs Bureau

Number of Disabling Injuries

LEGEND

FREQUENCY RATE Disabling injuries per 1,000.000 emijloyee3 hours worked.

Man Hours Worked

I Frequency Rate this month Im::-!!.!! i-'l Accumulative Frequency Rale this Calendar Year

I 1 1954-19551956 Calendar Year Average

2.240.010

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW September 6, 1957
OF CURRENT AND FUTURE INTEREST

Both walerways and highways carry heavy traffic, although of different kinds, delegates fo the recent Road Congress discovered during a visii to the Locks. Two women physicians are joining the

staff of Gorgas Hospital this month. Not

the first women doctors ever to be on the

hospital staff, they are both firsts however,

in their particular fields. Dr. Mary V. Graham, who was due this week from Tulsa, Okla. is not only the first woman pediatrician to join the Gorgas staff but she is also the first woman staff member

to be a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a native of Tulsa and was

in private practice in the United States

before coming to the Isthmus. The second woman doctor due this month

is Dr. E. Allene Bledsoe, who will be the first physician to take a fourth year residency in pathology at Gorgas Hospital. She is a native of Pasadena. Calif. Local Canal Zone mail service was revised

slightly when the new train schedules be- came effective last month. In an effort to give maximum service to both sides of the Isthmus, the Canal Zone Postal service announced, northbound mail would be

carried on trains leaving Panama at 7:10

a. m., 12:10 p. m. and 3:10 p. m. This would bring all Pacific side mail to Cristobal

in time for delivery by 5 o'clock. Southbound mail is being carried on the

trains leaving Colon at 9:45 a. m., 12 noon and 5:10 p. m. The later hour for mail pickup on the Atlantic side was established

in order to give Atlantic siders a maximum

period for posting airmail. Mail pickups at all terminal post offices

Official Panama Canal Company Publication Published Montbl; At Balboa Heights, C. Z. Printed by the Printing Plant, Mount Hope, Canal Zone

VV. E. PoTFiiR, Governor-President Hugh M. .Arnold, Lieutenant Goveriior W. G. Arey, Jr., Public Information Officer

J. RuFUS Hardy, Editor Eleanor McIlhknny. Assistant Editor Eunice Richard, Editorial .Assistant On tale at all Panama Canal Service Centers, Commissaries, and Hotels for 10 days after publication date at 5 cents each. Subscriptions. $1 a year; mall and bactc copies, 10 cents each.

Postal money orders made payable to the Pan- ama Canal Company should be mailed to Editor, The Panama Canal Revjew. Balboa Heights, C. Z.

have been changed to approximately one

hour before train departure time. Those who are interested in knowing the deadlines

fixed at the various post offices may call the postmaster or supervisor. Two new members have been added to the military cadre on duty with the Junior ROTC in the Canal Zone high schools. They are Master Sergeant Gale S. Moore

and Mpster Sergeant Fred S. I^awrence.

Sgt. Moore has been detailed to Balboa High School. He has had previous ROTC

experience as an instructor at the University

of Washington and before his present assign- ment was with the 20th Infantry Regiment

at Fort Kobbe. He replaces Sgt. Jack E. Wallace.

Sgt. Lawrence replaces Sgt. Robert Gardner at Cristobal High School. He was pre- viously assigned to the 20th Infantry Regi- ment and to the 77th Special Troops at Fort Campbell, Kv.

Establishment and administration of acci- dent prevention programs aboard the SS

"Ancon" and the SS "Cristobal," as well

as safety programs for piers and New York

Office Operations, is now in the hands of Charles G. Cordell, a comparatively new

employee of the Canal organization. He is on the New York Operations staff, with his

office on the Panama Line pier. A former Marine Corps captain, Mr.

Cordell has also had service in Navy ship- yards in New York and the Philippines. During his three-year tour of duty overseas, from 1954 to March of this year, Mr. Cordell was Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations and later Administrative Officer at the time a $150,000,000 expansion program was being carried out at Subic Bay. Another new appointment in the New

York Operations is that of Paul Robbins as Claims Examiner. Mr. Robbins, a native New Yorker, is an attorney, with a Master

of Laws degree in taxation. Before the last war, Mr. Robbins was

with the U. S. Railroad Retirement Board

as a claims examiner in unemployment and

sick benefit claims in Washington andCleveland. He served in the Army during World War II and was overseas for about three

years. Since his separation from the service he has been with the Veterans' Administration as an adjudicator in determination of compensation and pension benefits. John E. Bertone, a hospital administration student in Northwestern LIniversity in Chicago, is due to arrive here next week to

spend approximately a year at Gorgas Hospital as the hospital's first Administrative

resident. A native of Chicago, Mr. Bertone is a graduate of the University of Alabama and

spent several years in the Army and Air Force as a Medical Service Corps officer. For the past two years, he has been contin- uing his studies in the administrative field at Northwestern. The on-the-job training he will receive at Gorgas this year, is one of the final requirements for his Master's de- gree in Hospital Administration. The training program for hospital administration residents was started this year at Gorgas. Canal Zone Health authorities have announced that this will be a contin- uing program and that another resident will be ai(C[)ted next year.

SEPTEMBER VOLUNTEER CORPS MEETINGS

Date Town Place Hour

4 Margarita and Service Center 9 a. m. New Cristobal Margarita

5 Balboa USO-JWB 9 a. m.

11 Rainbow City School 6:30 p. m.

12 Gamboa Civic Center 8:30 a. m.

12 Santa Cruz Service Center 8 p.m.

16 Paraiso School 7:30 p. m.

17 Gatun Service Center 9 a. m.

18 Diablo Service Center 9:30 a.m.

The Federal Civil Defense Administration has approved the Canal Zone application for the Main Control Center to be

constructed in the basement of the Administration Building, and the application signed by Lt. Gov. H. M. Arnold has been

returned to Regional Headiiiiarters in Thomasville, Ga. The Canal Zone's application for a Survival Plan Study has been forwarded to Washington for further study and a reply

is expected this month. Promoted

Sepfembar 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW,

F. B. O'Brien, who hcs been wilh fhe Canal organization since 1938, is the new Superintendent of the Terminals

Division. hHe succeeds A. E. Beck.
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from Panama City is expected to be ac- complished by the end of next May. The exact dates of transfer of the five areas in Colon will depend upon final arrangements and agreements for co- ordinated use of such facilities as water and sewer lines, street lighting, fire ;ilarm systems, and electric power now

serving the areas. Also, the erection of a wire fence will be required in the

Fort De Lesseps area before that property is transferred.

It is estimated that all of the work in connection with such municipal services can be accomplished within a few days of actual working time after agreements have been made by the various Company

and Panama Government units directly concerned. Except for the single wage scale and

extension of Civil Service retirement to Panamanian employees of the CompanyGovernment, only one other major provision of the 1955 Treaty remains to be

implemented. This is the withdrawal by

the United States from the handling of commercial cargo for transshipment. This provision is contingent on the estab- lishment of satisfactory port facilities in Colon. The funds appropriated for the bridge

will be used for preliminary architectural and engineering design work. It is plan- ned to have this work done by contract.

It is expected that contracts for foun- dation work on the bridge can be made

in about 15 months. Contracts for the superstructure can be awarded within about two years, under a schedule which

has been prepared by the Engineering and Construction Bureau. The probable site of the high level bridge is in the area of Thatcher Ferry, although the entire area between Miraflores and La Boca will be investigated. A clearance of over 200 feet will be

required above the Canal channel while the span crossing the channel would have

a 1,000-foot clearance for ship traffic. TREATY

PROVISIONS

Changes To Come

Full implementation of provisions of the 1955 Treaty and Memorandum of Understandings between the United States and

the Republic of Panama which concern Company-Government operations moved

toward completion in the closing days of August with enactment of the property

transfer legislation and the appropriation by Congress of $750,000 for engineering and design work on the high level bridge

across the Canal. The only remaining legislative action

required is that providing for adjust- ment of conditions of employment in agencies in the Canal Zone. The Senate has already approved legislation in

this field. Five tracts of land in Colon covering a

total area of about 48>^ acres, together with buildings and other improvements,

are scheduled for early transfer to the Republic of Panama. Some of this property has been occupied and used by the Panama Canal Company or its predecessor, the Panama

Railroad Company, for more than 100

years. Two of the areas, the Hotel Washington and Colon Hospital sites, are among the most valuable of the land to be transferred. All properties involved have a total value of approximately

$25,000,000. A schedule for the transfer of all properties in accordance with terms of the Treaty and Memorandum of Understandings has been arranged by the CompanyGovernment, the Ministry of Foreign Relations, and the U. S. Embassy. The

Treaty terms allow time for the Company-Government to construct or establish such replacement facilities within the Canal Zone as railroad terminal facilities, quarters, and a high school. In addition to the five Colon areas to be transferred in the immediate future, several properties on the Pacific side and

one in Colon will be transferred by the

8 September 6, 1957

State Department as soon as necessary

legal formalities are completed. These

are Paitilla Point; the J. N. Vialette and

Huerta de San Doval tracts in Panama

City; the Aspinwall tract and two mili- tary reservations on Taboga Island; and

the lot in Colon formerly reserved for consulate purposes. Of these, the Aspinwall, San Doval, and Vialette tracts are

properties of the Canal Zone Government. One of the most valuable properties

of the Canal Company to be transferred

at an early date under the schedule

agreed upon is the Panama Railroad Yard in Panama City which has served the Pacific side of the Isthmus since the

railroad was completed 102 years ago. This transfer will be made as soon as new fieight and passenger facilities have

been established in Ancon near the boundary line. It is planned to convert

the former Tivoli Commissary into a

freight depot and construct a small pas- senger station in the area adjacent to the former Pacific Service Center. The remaining properties, all of which

are in Colon and are owned by the Company-Government, will be transferred

after replacement facilities are provided. These areas include the principal residential area in New Cristobal; the Cristobal High School and Colon Beach residences; the residential area of Fort De Lesseps; and the Colon railroad station. The withdi-awal from the Colon rail- road station and site will take place after

all other areas in Colon have been vacated. While no exact dates have been established under the transfer schedule it is expected that legal formalities and provisions for municipal services in the five Colon areas can be arranged so that for- mal transfer of these areas can be made

before the end of October. The transfer

of the Panama Railroad terminal facilities

September 6, 1957

The Panama Cily railroad yards and buildings will be transferred as soon as freight and passenger facilities are established within

to Panama

the Zone.
Almost Three-Quarters

Of Force Now Enrolled

In Group Health Plan

Approximately 70 percent of the total

eligible Panama Canal force are now active members of the group hospitalization insurance plan, according to a report just issued by the Group Health Insurance Board. The plan has now been in operation for

six months and results thus far have been

highly gratifying both from the standpoint

of employee participation and the general

operations. This was the concensus of the Board at a recent meeting to review results

of the plan and to discuss other business. The Board is composed of ex officio members from the Civic Council and labor organizations and elected representatives

of the employees. Robert Van Wagner,

of the Maintenance Division, is president

of the Board.

.\ccording to the report received by

the Board at its meeting, there were

H,7.5() active members of the group plan and applications are being received at the rate of 10 to 12 a week. Up to .July 30, claims had numbered

1,040, although a rapid rise has been noticed since that date, believed caused by

the large number of cases of upper respira- tory infections during August. All claims have been processed with a minimum of trouble for employees and Mr. \'an Wagner reported to the Board that very few

complaints have been received. In an announcement following the meeting, employee members were urged

to notify the Bnj.rd when changes in their status "takes place. iMiiployees should

notify the Board of any change in salary, the birth of a baby, or when a dependent

child reaches the age of 19 years. Such

notifications are important and may be made to the president of the Group Health

Insurance Board at Box Q, Balboa

Heights, it was announced. New employees joining the CJanal or- ganization may becomL- members of the group hospitalization plan on a nonselective basis (without regard for past medical history) if they file their appli- cations within 30 days of their employ- ment date. Other (employees who did not join the group when the plan was being organized may do so at any time. Such applications, however, are processed on a selec- tive basis which means that Mutual of Omaha, the insuring firm, reserves the

right to exclude certain illnesses because

of past medical history. COLLEGE SUBSCRIPTIONS

Got a son or daughter away at college? Then how about sending him or her a special college subscription for the "Panama Canal Review?" These subscriptions, which cost only 50 cents

apiece, cover the months from October

through May, but the special rate applies to the "Review" when sent to college students only. Send cash, or a money order, payable

to the TREASURER, Panama Canal Company to: Editor, "The Panama Canal Re\iew"

Balboa Heights and we'll do the rest.

PAGES FROM THE

THIS MONTH

50 Years Ago

The first issue cf The C.\n.\l Record,

which was to furnish accurate if sometimes dull information on the Panama

Canal and its activities for over 30 years, made its debut .50 years ago this month.

Its primary purpose, it announced "is the

publication of uccuratj information, based upon official records, concerning all branches of work of Canal construction ... In addition there will be published such information in regard to the social

life of the Zone, its amusements, sports, and other activities as is thought to be of general interest." During its first month. The Record reported, among other items: The commissaries were feeding, clotliimj, and otherwise supplying over 25,000 ptople. This included the ICC hotels, hospitals, messes, and private families. {In those days

tenderloin sold for 22 cents a pound, fresh

eggs icere 29 cents a dozen and butter 34

cents a pound. New potatoes cost 4 cents a pound and cantaloupe 10 cents apiece.) The population of the Canal Zone was

estimated by the Sanitary Department

at 54,32.j; the Isthmian Canal Commission force totalled 23,607, and that of the Panama Railroad 6,238. The ivork on the locks and dams had

taken such shape (hat it was possible to see soni'thing of their form. At Gatun, four

steamshovels wcje digging out the site; two

shovels were preparing the site for the

spiliwati. On September 10, 1007, a contract for a single-track steel railroad bridge across the Chagres at Gamboa was awarded to the Penn Bridge Company of Beaver

Falls, Pa. The price of .$.59,600 included

delivery at New York. Other contracts included one for the purchase of 14 new

70-ton steamshovels, to bring the ICC

total to S5. Sixty fed of track on the main line of the Panama Railroad, between Lion Hill and

Ahorca, sank during thi morning of Sept"mber 18; that afternoon an additional 60

feel disappeared. A pile driver was moved up from Colon to extend the existing trestle W) fed the length of the sinkhole. W. G. Bierd, General Manager and

Assistant to the President of the Panama

Railroad, resigned because of ill health. He sailed for the States Sept*>mbcr 20 and

later joined John F. Stevens on the New

York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Helen Varick Boswell, of the Federation

(if Women's Clubs in the United Stales, arrived in mid-September to encourage women of the Canal Zone to form organizalions to be affiliated with the Federation. Before the month was over, she had women's

clubs started at Culelra, Gorgona and Cristobal. 25 Years Ago

Thatcher Ferry and Thatcher High- way, which lowered travel time to the

Interior of Panama by at least an hour, were officially opened Sept<'niber I, 1932. A check over the Labor Day weekend showed that 3,297 automobiles and 18,337

passengers had crossed the Canal on the new ferry service. Canal traffic, which had been going down

steadily, took an upswing in September,

1932. The transits- -3-53 commercial ships and the tells were the highest since May,

1932 but still the lowest September traffic for 10 years. The Canal Zone's "white schools" opened September 22 with an enrollment

of 2,SS;). This was the first time the

school year had started before October. The "cclored schools," which had an en- rollment of 4,375 that j'ear, operated on a 12-month basis. Governor and Mrs. Harry Burgess surprised their friends and his associates by

leaving the Canal Zone September 13, more

than a month ahead of the expiration of his term. Col. Julian L. Schley Ircanu .-\cting Governor. Also in September, 1932, Col. Clarence S. Ridley arrived to take over his duties as Engineer of Maintenance.

Slides in the Cut plagued the Dredging

Division 25 years ago this month. Offi- cially the .slide, on the East Culebra Slide Extension, was described as "threatening

but orderly." Before Septemtier was over two dredges were working around the

clock and three separate slide movements

had occurred. Although the slide came

close to the center of the Cut, traffic was

not interrupted Organized Labor in the Canal Zone cele- brated Labor Day with the announcement

that local unions were backing a five-day week for Canal employees. Labor leaders

also announced plans to organize a chapter

of the American Federation of Government Employees here. 10 Years Ago

Negotiations continued through September, 1947, on the (luestion of U. S. defense sites in Panama. Panama delivered a counter proposal stressing four important points: Juiisdiction, maintenance, joint consultation, and the temporary naturi' ui the sites. The nuwe of commercial aviation from

the Canal Zone Air Terminal (now the

Civil .{{fairs Building) to Tocumen .Air- port began September 4 "'''C" CO P.A, a Panama-flag airline, transferred its operations to the new airport.

.\ special Canal-.\rmy-N'avy Board

completed a two-month study on the

consolidation of Canal Zone hospitals. The Cnited Fruit Company\ "Limon"

took the title of the Canal's most frequent

customcj; she had made 3J, transits duiing

the fiscal year. Two other inited Fiuit

ships, the ".lunioi" and the "Coitcz," tied

for s'cond place with 30 runs each. A I2yeai-old boy and his 17-year-old brother were held for the munier of a Chinese merchant living on the Gamboa

Hii;id. Til boys later served sentences

in the Canal Zone. One Year Ago

Several insurance firms were invited to submit pr.iposals on a broad hos|)ital and

medical service group insurance jilan to cover Canal employees and their families.

10 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Septamber 6, 1957
It's Here

To Stav

Tlu' Canal Zmic's Ki'ttiufi cdhIit al- though (luite possibly you may not have

noticed it. To he sure, the inereased coolness is restricted to indoors and to houses which have been fitted with air-conditi;)ning

units. Rut, as conversion to 60-cycle cur- rent moves south from Ciistobal, more

and moie Zonians are rela.xing in cool, dehumidified air to the soothing hum of one or more busy little machines. There

will be no more nature-provided steam

baths for these Zonians, and humidity woes will disappear.

It would hardly be true to say that the conversion of the Canal Zone's cur- rent from the flickering out-moded 25-

cycle current, on which few modern home

appliances will operate, will lead to so many sales that General Electric or Westinghouse can declare an extra dividend. But it is quite true that the conversion

is bringing to the Canal Zone a variety

of electrical equipment to make life here

a lot more livable. When the Atlantic area of the Canal was served exclusively by 25-cycle current there were only 18 air-conditioning units on the entire Atlantic side. Today, in Margarita alone, between 40 and 50 houses are air conditioned, entirely or in part. Several householders have fitted their dwellings with two units and have the entire house air conditioned. Others have limited themselves to air conditioning their bedrooms.

In most cases, those who have installed the cooling and drying units have done so

for sheer comfort. In at least one household, however, the air conditioning has made the difference between sickness and

well-being for a small boy. This is the family of John W. Huson,

an electronics mechanic for the Electrical Division. The Husons have a small son, John William Jr., who suffers from asthma

and who, before air conditioning, spent almost as much time in an oxygen tent

in the hospital as he did at home. Now their breezeway-type house is cool and comfortable. Young Billy can

play as he wishes, breathing air which

has not only been cooled and dehumidified but also electronically filtered to screen out the irritants which, a year

ago, would have brought on a choking, gasping attack. This remarkable and welcome change

is due to two air conditioners, one a one- ton (or one horsepower) unit and the other a three-quarter ton unit. One cools the living room; the othor is installed in a corner of the breezeway to cool that room and the bedroom wing. The kitchen opening off the living room has not been

air-conditioned and has been closed off by an accordion door. All screening, has

"Makes us really comforlable," S. A. Hammond oF Margarita says.

beon covered with translucent plastic. In Margarita, and in neighboring Gatun, both masonry and frame quarters have been air-conditioned. In general, masonry houses are easier to insulate provided one settles on a way to close off large screened areas like breezeways. The

occupants of some of the older frame

houses have been dissatisfied with their air-conditioning attempts, largely be- cause the vibration from the units' motors even shakes the sealing from between

the tongue and groove-siding. Not all of the air-conditioned houses have been as elaborately modified as that

of the Husons, although the breezewaytype house of Captain and Mrs. Kenneth

Roscoe has been fitted with exhaust fans

in the two bathrooms and the kitchen and a circulating fan in the hallway of the bedroom wing to supplement the two

air-conditioning units. Both units in this house are of the one-ton size and the Roscoes are considering the installation of an additional, smaller unit for the master bed- room. They have used plastic screen and beaverboard to seal off open spaces, and, unlike the Husons, have included the kitchen in the air-conditioned area. This, however, is not satisfactory and some change will have to be made

there, Mrs. Roscoe says. Another air - conditioned Margarita home is that of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hammond. They have a two bedroom

masonry cottage. One one-ton unit, which can make about 600 square feet

of floor space completely comfortable, has been installed and a second unit, this one

of the three-quarter ton type, w-ill be in place soon. The trend toward air conditioning is not restricted to Margarita. Several of the units have been installed in Gatun,

another area where conversion is complete. Here again, both masonry and frame

quarters have been fitted with the units. One of the latter is the duplex quarSaptembar 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

ters occupied by Edward C. Blount of the Zone police force. The Blounts

find that a one-ton unit not only is adequate for cooling two bedrooms and

bath, but that the sealing-off which

goes with air conditioning makes for the quiet which a policeman on shift- work needs. While it will be less than a year before

the first Pacific area quarters are on 60-

cycle current, a number of Pacific siders are not waiting for that happy day.

Several Pacific side quarters, including those of Captain and Mrs. Jens Nilsen

of Diablo Heights, are equipped with air- conditioning units which have been converted to operate on 25-cycle current and which will be reconverted, or re- placed, when 60-cycle current comes.

Several months ago, some Pacific siders discovered that they could buy 25-cycle, Canadian-built three-quarter ton air conditioners. Altogether, there are now

about a dozen and a half of these cooling

Pacific side homes, to be converted or exchanged later when 60-cycle current is available, and a number of others have

been ordered. Air conditioners are not being given away, but a unit costs less than some TV

sets. The 25-cycle units from Canada sell for about $330, deliveied here under employee rates. The 60-cycle equipment,

in general, is much less expensive. Threequarter ton units can be had from $207

to about $230, ordered through the Commissary Division, and one-ton units from

the same source range from $240 up to about $275. Any make is available on

order and delivery time is about 60 days.

Prices for units ordered from mail order houses and other dealers are about in these brackets. Householders who run two units continuously report that their electric bills have about doubled since the units were

installed. But, as Mrs. Huson, with her small asthmatic son, and Mr. Blount, who

frequently sleeps daytimes, said,"Theyare worth every cent of it."
Best Friends

Brownie is special assistant to R. A. Faunce at the Morine Electric Shop.

IF THE KMPi.OYEKS in the Cristobal Marine Electric Shop had their way, a battle-scarred, middle-aged pooch known as "Brownie" would

be placed on the Panama Canal Company payroll, issued an identifi- cation card, and be given retirement rights. He might even qualify

as a member of the Electricians' Union and certainly is in line for a medal for bravery. A lone wolf who leads a life of his own after working hours, Brownie

is no ordinary dog. He proved this one night about two years ago when he cornered two thieves in the Industrial Division yard. His barks attracted the attention of the night watchman who in turn

called the police. The men were apprehended.

Brownie, who has been an unofficial member of the Industrial

Division forces for the past five years, arrives promptly at the gate each morning at 7 o'clock. He spends most of his working hours in the Marine Electric Shop. There he is the special assistant to Ronald

Faunce, an Electrical Division employee, who sees to it that Brownie

gets his annual anti-rabies injection and registration tag, an occasional meal, and a new collar now and then. Friendly and willing at all times. Brownie likes to leave promptly

at quitting time. He once knocked over one of his superiors in his dash for the gate. He objects strenuously to baths, hates thunder and lightning, and has turned down all offers of a permanent bed and

board. He reportedly likes the food at the Cristobal Yacht (^lub and

judging from his scars, is a great hand with the ladies.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

(Cmiinueil jjiim imjt J) inaugurate the new- building when it becomes more than a sketch on a drawing board, will be, the Club hopes, its two senior resident members, Mrs. Dorothy Melendez, of Panama

City, who joined the Cristobal Woman's

Club in 1916, and Mrs. R. J. Neely, of Margarita, whose membership dates back

to 1923. According to "The Canal Record,"

the organization of the Cristobal Woman's (ylub, on .September 27, 1907, was an occasion "of festive character." Born in the early construction period,

it and the other women's clubs in the Zone were offshoots of a social worker's

suggestion that the Zone's pioneer wo- men would be more contented if they had clubs here like those which were

springing up like mushrooms "back home." The Record's story, which described

the first meeting and the decoration of the meeting rooms, was much less specific about the turnout. "A large number of women" attended, the article says, and of these "a large number signified their in- tention of becoming members."

Three days later, the Club met ;igain, this time to organize committ<'es and embark on an ambitious program which, during that first year, included lectures on home nursing, a series of papers on .Japan and the Japanese, participation in a plan

for standardizing teaching in the Canal Zone schools, and a costume charity hall which netted about $200 a.s a nucleus for the Club's philanthropic i)roject,s. Throughout the construction period, the Cristobal Woman's Club prospered and grew. Its memlK>rs sponsored watering troughs for cab horses, playgrounds

for Cristobal anci Colon children, and en- gaged in a program of what were known

in tho.se days as "cultural activities." As the construction force dwindled, THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW September 6, 1957

however, so did the membership of the Woman's Club and, in April 1913, there was some doubt that it would continue. But its remaining handful of members was

persistent and held it together to the ex- tent that the speakers who addressed it that next >'ear were some of the most

prominent in the Club's life. Within the next decade the Cristobal Woman's Club started on its most ambi

tious peiiod and one in which the club acquired international fame. The out- break of World War I coincided with the Woman's Club move to Gillx^rt House

and the as.sumption by the Club of Red

Cro.ss work on the Atlantic side. As a contemporary newspajjer account put it: "Long before the United States unsheathed its mighty sword, the women

of the Atlantic .Side were ministering,

as none but women can, to the needs of the maimed and wounded soldiers of Australia and New Zealand. This bright

oasis in the huge ocean desert was

indeed a thing of joy to the boys who

had been fighting for the freedom of the world."

In the summer of 1921, the Woman's

Club opened a medic:il clinic in the old Colon freight house, financed by the

rental from C.ilbert House rooms, revenue from a Woman's Exchange and a tea room at Cilbert IIou.se, and, for a time, from fines collected for violation of sani- tary ordinances. there, with the aid of Atlantic side phj'- sicians who served without charge, the Club offered the only free medical treat- ment then available in Colon. During

its first four months, the clinic provided

medical care for about 5,000 destitute men, women, and children. The clinic, although its operations de- creased over the years, remained open

until 1944 when it was absorbed into the Colon Health Office. During their clinic operations, the club- women found that many of those appearing for treatment were suffering from

malnutrition. This led to another major

project, a soup kitchen in a shack on the

(lilbert House grounds. Between 1921 and 1924 the kitchen served one hot meal

a day to thousands who would otherwise have had nothing to eat. Shutdown of the clinic did not take

the Cristobal t:lub out of the welfare

field. Its members continued to care

for the .\tlantic side indigent in other ways and now are providing about 75 Colon families each week with clothing, some meilical care, and such basic food

as rice, milk, sugar, and dried beans. While they continue to care for the

physical wellbeing of otheis, they are not

neglecting their own cultural and social

affairs. Before the last jjresidential elec- tion the Woman's Club was instrumental

in letting Zonians know absentee ballot procedures, and many of their meetings

are devoted to national and international

affairs. On the social side there are an

active arts and crafts grou|), which has

studied interior decorating and pollera making, a .sewing grouj) which has made

new cushions for the Club's chairs, and

occasional card parties, monthly teas, and

the annual luncheon. A current major project is the preparation of an engagement calendar, well- illustrated with local photographs. Pro- ceeds from the sale of these will go into the club's treasury, to finance the philan- thropic projects and to help swell the

building fund.
INTRODUCING — Walter Allen

WALTER JOSEPH WALTER PIERCE WALTER FRANCIS

Just imagine what something like this does to the postal

service! All three of these men are named Waltef

Allen. Wallet Jo;eph Allen, left, is Mai! and File Supervisor in the Administrative B;anch. He comes

from New Yorl<. Walter Pierce Allen, center, is the

first layman to hold the post of Assistant Director of a Canal Zone Hospital; he is a native of Rochester, N. Y. And Waller Francis Allen, right, is the official driver for the Governor-President's car. He was born

in Renova, Pa., and has been a Zonian since 1941. 18 Employees Are Given Awards

During Ceremony Held Recently

An Outstanding Service Award and a

Superior Service Award were presented

recently to two women employees of the Canal organization at a ceremony at which 16 other employees were given checks ranging from $15 to $30 for employee suggestions. The Outstanding Service Award and a check for $200 went to Mrs. Dorothy C. Webb, of the Employment and Utilization Division for her work in preparing

retention registers for the reduction-inforce actions attendant on the closing of several commissaries and service centers

at the end of the past calendar year. A story on the work of Mrs. Webb and

her all-girl crew appeared in the October

1956 issue of The P.\N.\M.\ Can.\l Review. The Superior Service Award, together with a check for $100, was given to Mrs.

Olive Pajak of the Electrical Division for organizing a system of accounting controls

for electric current revenue. The system

provides comparative data and prede- termined revenue totals for each month. The employee suggestion awards were

presented as follows: George E. Shoemaker, Division of Storehouses, $30, for his recommendation

that Balboa and Cristobal storehouses use a single e.xcess disposal list. Lorenz F. Gerspach, Robert L. Ridge, and Albert B. Hendricks, $25 each. Mr. Gerspach, of the Loclvs Division, recommended that only towing locomotives in trouble sound their bells when

casting off from a ship; Mr. Ridge, of the Marine Bunkering Section, recommended

that the sumps of gasoline tank trucks be emptied before they are filled with kerosene; and Mr. Hendricte, of the Office of the Comptroller, suggested that the larger gasoline stations render such additional

services as tire repair, lubrication, etc. Hortensio Botello, Maxine A. Cawl, Herbert S. DriscoU, Kathryn C. Hummer, John Vaucher, and Fred W. Whitney, $20 each. Mr. Botello, of the Division of Sanitation, suggested prominent markings for Company-Government owned bicycles. Mrs. Cawl, of the Balboa Port Captam's

office, proposed the adoption of a new and

improved pilot's report form. Mr. Dris- coU, of the Navigation Division, suggested

use of a red blinker light to aid ships docking at night. Mrs. Hummer, of the Duplicating Unit, pointed out that the

use of black ink for signatm-es would

facilitate reproduction. Mr. Vaucher, of the Supply Division, recommended a number of procedures to relieve the load

of the wholesale groceries section. And

Mr. Whitney suggested that towing loco- motives be equipped with a holder for storing lead plugs. Margaret L. Canavaggio, Thomas J. Dee, James R. Doran, Richard B. Hoard, John A. Michaelis, and Bui-man S. Spangler, $15 each. Mrs. Canavaggio, of the Terminals

Divisiop, suggested that bulky record

books be placed in book bins on rollers. Mr. Dee, of the Electrical Division, suggested accounting changes concerning

electric cable. Mr. Doran, of the Store- houses, suggested new procedure for accounting for sales of excess property. Mr. Hoard, of the Fire Division, proposed

a new monthly report form for the daily report of firefighting apparatus. Mr.

Michaelis, of the Balboa Magistrate's Court, suggested an improved protective method for certification using the Company Seal. And Mr. Spangler, of the Maintenance Division, divised a new

holder for hospital equipment.

September 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Panama Railroad Timetable

Effeciive August 18, 1957 NORTHBOUND

Leave Arrive Panama Colon

7:10 a. m. 8:30 a. m.

9:55 a. m.* 11:20 a. m.

12:10 p. m. 1:30 p. m.

3:10 p. m.* 4:35 p. m.

4:55 p. m. 6:20 p. m.

10:10 p. m. 11:30 p. m. SOUTHBOUND | Leave Arrive Colon Panama

7:00 a. m. 8:25 a. m.

9:45 a. ro.* 11:10 a. m.

12:00 noon 1:20 p. m.

3:00 p. m.* 4:25 p. m.

5:10 p. m. 6:35 p. m.

10:00 p. m. 11:25 p. m.

All trains run dail V except those marked (*) which are daily except | Sundays and holidays
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS ANNIVERSARIES

July 75 through August 75

Employees who were promoted or trans- ferred between July 15 and August 15 are

listed below. Within-grade promotions are

not reported. ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

Christian W. Wirtz, from Supervisor\- Administrative Officer. Supply Division,

to Forms Control Officer. Records Section. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Albert M. Jenkins, from Chief. Plant Accounting Branch, to Supervisory Auditor, General Audit Division. Mrs. Florence K. Redmond, Clerk-Typist, from Pa \ roll Branch to Claims Branch. Mrs. Irene E. Maher, from Clerk-Typist

to Clerk (Typing), Central Typing and

Clerical Unit.

Pa>Toll Branch Winston P. Abernathy, from \oucher

Examiner. (General Ledger and Processing Branch, to Time, Leave and Payroll

Clerk. Mrs. Elna G. Montayne, from Card Punch Su|)er\ isor to Time. Leave and

Payroll Clerk. Mrs. Jeanne M. Wheeler, Mrs. Dorothy

J. Herrington, Mrs. Mary E. Becker, from

Accounting Clerk to Time. Leave and PavroU Clerk.' Mrs. Helen T. Kat, Mrs. Edna J. Hummer, from Bookkee|)ing Machine Operator, General Ledger ami Processing Bra[ich, to Time, Leave and Payroll Clerk. Mrs. Daisy M. Tettenburn, from Retire- ment Clerk to Time. Leave and Payroll

Clerk. Mrs. Helen M. Tomford, from Time, Leave and Pavroll Clerk to Retirement and

Payroll Clerk. Mrs. Yolanda E. Valencia, Clerk-Ste- nographer, from Central Typing and Clerical Unit to Payroll Branch. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Luther B. Sartain Jr., from Chief, Elec- trical-Mechanical Branch, to Chief, 60- Cycle Design Branch, Engineering Division.Quentin R. Cooper, from Heavy Equip- ment Operator to Heavy Equipment and Pumping Plant Operator, Maintenance

Division. Helen E. Barr, from Chief Usher, Balboa

Theater, to Typist, Engineering Division. HEALTH BUREAU

Mrs. Arilla Kourany, Clerk-Typist, from

Office of Persiinnel Director to Gorgas

Hos[)ital. Mrs. Jean M. Harris, from Staff Nurse, Gorgas Hospital, to Head Nurse, Corozal

Hospital. MARINE BUREAU

Emmett W. Argo, from Lead F'"oreman Carpenter II to (icneral Maintenance General Foreman, .-Xtlaniic Locks. Thomas F. Gibson, from Lead Foreman

Painter 111 to General Maintenance Lead Foreman 1, .Atl.intic Locks. Joseph M. Daly, from Marine Inspection

Assistant to .\dmeasurer. Navigation Division.John C. Thompson, from Marine Machinist 1 to Lead Foreman Painter, Aids to Navigation .Section. James E. Haas, from Policeman, Police Division, to Sheetmetal Worker Apjirentice. Industrial Division. Ralph A. Morales, from Electric Welder and Diver to Coni!)in;itioii Welder and

Diver, Industrial Dixi^ion. Frank J. Erennan, Glenn D. Redmond,

Eulus C. demons, Benjamin S. Favorite,

Jr., Arnul.'o Manning, Fred R. Trout, Anthony G. Winkes, Oral E. Hardwick;

from El.'iric Wilder to ("omliination WckUr, Industrial Division. Edward M. Fetherston, Joe Y. Christian, from Towbo.it .Master to Pilot-in-Training, Navigation Division. Raul A. Swdim, from Substitute Window

Clerk. Postal Division, to Patrolman, Locks

Se.itrilN Branch. John S. Catanzaro, from Third Assistant

to Second Assistant Marine Engineer

{Taboga), .Aids to Navi ;ation Section. SUPPLY AND EMPLOYEE SERVICE BUREAU

Norman B. Davison, from Supervisory

Accountant, Supply Division, to Administrati\e Officer. Office of Director. Thomas G. Relihan, from Assistant General .Manager, to Superintendent, Commissar\ Branch, .SuppK- Division. Hugh E. Turner, from Supervisory Supply Officer, Division of Storehouses, to Chief, Procurement Section, Supply Division.Clarence W. Kilbey, from Assistant to General .Man.iger. Service Center Branch,

to Chief, .Administrative .Section, Supply

Division. Norbert M. Schommer, from Supervisor>

.Accountant, to Chief, Budget and Statistic^ .Section. SuppK" Di\"ision. Bart J. Elich, from S|)ecial Assistant to Gener.il .M.inager to Merchandise Promotion Manager. Suppiv Division. Raoul O. Theriault, from .Administrative

Officer to .Assistant to Sup|)ly and Employee

Service Director. Henry E. May, from Superintendent,

Division of .Storehouses, to Superintendent. Storehouse Branch.

Edward B. O'Brien, Jr., from .Assistant Superintendent to Superintendent, Terminals Division. Randolph M. Wikingstad, from General

Ste\edore Fciremaii I to .Assistant to .Superintendent, Terminals Division. Mrs. Edith W. Cotton, from Cargo Clerk

(T\ping), to .Supervisory .Accounting Clerk, Terminals Di\'ision. Mrs. Margaret M. Dietz, from Cargo

Clerk to Cargo Clerk (Typing), Terminals

Di\'ision. Mrs. Dorothy G. McLain, Clerk-Typist, from Commissary Division to Terminals

Disision. Mrs. Helen L. Meisinger, from .Accounting Clerk to Cargo Claims .Assistant, Ter- minals Division. Mrs. Alda L. McLeod, from Clerk-Typist

to .Accounting Clerk. Terminals Division. Paul R. Kuyoth, fiom Senior High School

Teacher, Division of Schools, to Chief, Southern District, Motor Tran.sportation

Division. Gilbert A. Sollas, from Patrolman, Locks

-Security Branch, (o Guard, Terminals

Division. John K. Brayton, from Lead Stevedore Foreman to General Stevedore Foreman,

Terminals Division. OTHER PROMOTIONS

Promotions which did not involve change

in title follow: Clement J. Genis, Safety Inspector, Office of the Supply and Employee Service

Director. Ernest P. Muzzio, Plumbing Inspector, Contract .and Inspection Division. Clara Kirchmer, .Accounting Clerk, Termiii.ils l)i\isiiin. Dr. Temistocles Malo, Dr. Wallace M.

Snyder, .Medical Officer, Coco Solo Hospit.'il. Eugene I. Askew, .Admeastirer, Navigation DiNi-i,,,,. Thelma C. Herrington, Marguerite Flynn, Mrs. Evelyn Reynolds, Mrs. Sylvia E. Staples, Mrs. Helen Hobbs, Edward H.

Appin, Mrs. Frances P. Walker, rime, Le.nc .Hid I'.ur.ill Clerk, l',,\r..ll Br.ui. h.

SEPTEMBER SAILINGS

KR()\I CRI.SIOBAL Ancon Sepleiiilier 4 CristohaL September 14 Ancon... . . September 21 FROM NEW YORK

Cristobal .September 6 Ancon .September 1.1 CrisUibnL September 24

Soutlibound Hliips which leave New Yorlt Friday

are in llaili the foll.iwinK Tuesday. Those whicli Mil from New York Tuesday spend .Saturday in Haiti. Northbound, tlic sliips slop in Haiti two days after clearing Cristobal: Monday for titose wliicli .sj»il from

frislobal Saturday, and Friday for tliose which clear Cristobal Wednesday.

35 YEARS Raymond E. Forbes, top man on the -August list of service anniversaries, had his

first look at the Canal Zone from the deck

of a Navy ship. He liked what he saw so

well that when he had finished his Navy

service, he came back here to work. Now he is the senior, from point of service, of the Canal's sanitation inspectors —

a job in which le has been busy for the

past ii years. There are few places on the

Pacific si le of t'e Isthmus —including Panatna City- which he has not looked over

with a sharp inspector's eye. Born in Kearney, Nebr., he ser\ eil with the Navy at Coco .Solo during World War I. He

returtied here late in 1923 and was on the police force for a few tiionths. In 1924. he transferred to sanitary work and in that capacity

has served in the Panama suburbati area,

at Madden Dam, in Panatna City proper, and more recetith' in the .Ancon area sani- tation office. .Almost 20 years of his service were with the Health Office in Panama City. Not long after he came to the Isthmus

he met a pretty nurse from Gorgas Hospital and a little later Miss Ertiia Caswell became

Mrs. Raymond Forbes. She is now School Nutse for the Pacific side. Their two chil- dren, Jim and Joan, were born in the Canal Zone

In his spare time. .Mr. Forbes enjoys

golfing or ptittering around his house and

car. The Forbes have a place in the X'ohan where the\' spend local leave and a summer

home near P.irishville. N. ^'., at a little settlement with the fascinatitig n.imc of Jo Indian Pond.

.W YEARS

.August's second-place tiian, on the anniversaries list, i> tiow a tiia\i)r without a

nimiii ipality. Siiiie the town of Pedro Miguel w.i> e\.ii ii.ited several years ago, and

Ernest B. Curling h.id to tiio\c to Diablo

Heights, Mr. Curling has put his title of mayor" away in mothballs and has ile- \otcd his energies to helping with Little League affairs. His 30 years of service, which includes

three lours of iliilx with the Canal organiz.ition, also covers wcirk at the Norfolk

.\av\ Yard and with the Ohio River project

of the Corps of l-'ngineers.

.A tn.ichinist, his first Panama Canal job was at the Balboa Shops. Later he became

a Marine .Machinist at the Cristobal Shops and since 1939 he has been with the Locks

Division. He is now at Pedro Miguel Locks. During the war years, when he lived in Pedro \liguel, Mr. Ctirling was head Civil- ian Defense W.ir.len and was also active in

14 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW September 6, 1957
Ketiromeiit lertiliiales were prcseiueil

I lie eml iif August to the l'ollowlns> einplo\ees w ho are Hsteil al|)hal>etic-ally, together with

their birthplaces, titles, length of Canal

ser\iie, anil future atklresses: Lee R. Beil, Pennsylvania; Station

Chief, Madden Hydroelectric I'lant; 31

\ears, 1 moiuh. 17 days; Pennsylvania. May B. Clemmons, Alabama; Ticketseller, Di.ililo Service Center; 15 years, 26

d;i\s: Cui.d Zime lor present. Homer B. Cooper, Pennsx Uania; Machinist, Indusiri.il Division; \^ years, 3

nioiuh^, 7 d.i\s: lloiulur.is. Capt, Roy A. Fort, Conned lent; Pilot, .M.uine Bureau; 18 ycirs, 2 niomhs, 21 da\s; Florida. Vincent J. Gonzalez, Culia; Cauger,

Terminals Division; 9 years, 4 months, 16 days; \ew ^'ork for present. Otto L. Savold, South Dakota; Postma.-ler, Cristobal, Postal Division; 31

years, 3 months, 16 da\s; Santa Clara, Panama.

Civic Coimcil affairs. In connection with

the former, he was sent to the Civilian Protection School at Amherst, Mass., and from

the latter he derived his unofficial, but last- ing, honorary title of "mayor."

25 YEARS

Both of the employees who completed a quarter of a century of government service

in August, have had continuous service with

the Canal organization. They are Lionel L. Ewing and Herschel Gandy.

Mr. Ewing was born In Gloster, Miss., and spent most of his service as Admeasurer

for the Marine Bureau. He began his Canal

service in 1939 as a Junior Engineer in the Maintenance Division and held this position

until 1946 when he was transferred to his present job as Admeasurer. Mr. Gandy, a native of Mlllville, N. J., began his employment in 1939 as a General

Clerk in the Supply Bureau and is now

Administrative Assistant in the Mainte- nance Division.

20 YEARS

Eight states and two countries are rep- resented by 12 employees who completed

20 years of government service in August.

Five of these employees have continuous Canal service. They are: Philip L. Dade,

from New Haven, Conn., Chief, Civil Defense; Stanley J. Guest, from Comanche,

Okla., Lead Dair\-Foreman, Commissary

Division; Donald W. Joumeay, Trotterville, Staten Island, N. Y., General Engineer, Engineering Division; Sydney T. Lindh,

Dallarnar, Sweden, Machinist, Industrial Division; and William L. Benny, Ancon,

C. Z., Assistant Chief, Motion Picture Branch, Service Center Branch.

Also completing 20 years of government

service are Paul M. Bell, Policeman, from

Blacksburg, S. C; Mabel M. Duncan, Tel- ephone Operator, Commissary Division, from Frontenac, Kans.; David E. Coffey, Lead Forenian-Shipfitter, Industrial Division, from Colon, Republic of Panama; Lamar M. Lavender, Towing Locomotive

Operator, Locks Division, from Abbeville, Ga.; John W. MuUer, General Engineer, Engineering Division, from Pedro Miguel,

C. Z.; Howard W. Osborn, General Engineer, Maintenance Division, from Chester, Mass.; and Helen L. Smith, Window Clerk, Postal Division, from Deer Park, Ala.

15 YEARS

Over half of the 18 employees with 15 years of government service have unbroken Canal service. They are: Frank J. Bartlett, Fire Ser- geant; James V. Bartlett, Fire Lieutenant —

the Bartletts are brothers; Richard S. Brogie, Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk, Office of the Comptroller; Howard H. Carey, Liquid Fuels Ganger, Terminals Division; Eleanor L. Colbert, Head Nurse (Psychiatric), Corozal Hospital; May B. Clemmons,

Ticket .Seller, Service Center Branch —she

retired tlie end of last month; Louis S. Damiani, Plant F^ngineer, Maintenance Division; Norman S. Davison, .\dministrative

Officer, SuppK' and ICmployee Service Bureau: Vicente J. Gonzalez, Liquid Fuels

Over $5,000,000 Spent

In Republic Last Year

(Cnniinued from page i) Went into effect, and the first six months of operations have

indicated that this was an accurate esti- mate.

Percentagewise, the drop in amount of goods bought from Panama suppliers has

been much less than the drop in total sales

in the Commi.ssaries. The above figures .show that local pur- chases amounted to approximately $G50,- 000 less in the period of January through June of this year than in the comparable

period of 1956. While a six-month period

is too short for use as an accurate gauge

in judging the long-range picture. Commissary officials believe these comparative

figures for these two six-month periods

are fairly representative of the local pur- chase picture under present circumstances. They believe, however, that the amount

of consumer goods bought in Panama will increase as more goods are produced

locally. An indication of this is the comparative figures on the amount of eggs bought in the Panama market from Jan- uary through June in 1956 and 1957. In the first six months of the calendar year 1956 the Commissary Division spent

$13,854 for eggs produced in Panama.

In the first six months of this year, egg

purchases amounted to $29,225, over twice the dollar volume of the previous year. The following figures show the dollar value of purchases in Panama from January through June of this year and last of several staple food products, long bought

in bulk by the Commissaries: January through June

195(1 1957 Meat $315,000 §175,000 Sugar 326,000 102,000 Coffee 37,000 20,000 Beverages 62,000 47,000 There was no appreciable decline in the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables bought locally, the report showed. This was due to the fact that most employees who lost commissary pui chase privileges at the first of this year were residents of the Republic of Panama whose purchases

of local fruits and vegetables through Commissary stores was negligible in the past because of the small difference in

retail prices of these products. The decrease in amount of consumer

goods bought in the si.x-month period probably would have been more decided

except for a substantial increase in the purchase of building materials this year. These purchases amounted to $200,000 in the first six months of this calendar year,

as compared w'ith only $91,000 in the comparable period of 1956. These purchases, however, are subject to wide fluc- tuations being dependent on the amount

of construction work in the Canal Zone.

Gauger, Terminals Division; Tracy Hook, Auto Repair Machinist, Motor Transportation Division; James A. Hoverson, Lead

Foreman, Refrigeration and .Air Conditioning, Maintenance Division; Gerard K.

Schear, Window Clork, Postal Division; and

A. G. Terwilliger, Lead Stevedore Foreman,

Terminals Division. Other 15-\ear employees are: B. F. Slaughter, i\Iachlnist, Locks Division; Robert E. Welbom, F'ire Lieutenant; Dr. Maurice B. Winstead, Medical Officer, Gorgas

Hospital; and Josephine S. Wood, Staff Nurse, Gorgas Hospital.

Power Conversion

A Progress Report

September 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 15

Conversion of frequency-sensitive electric equipment, both domestic and industrial, is scheduled to begin in the Pacific area about April 1. This area includes Ancon, Halboa, Halboa Heights, La Boca, Diablo Heights, and Los Rios; also in the

Pacific area are Corozal Hospital, the Immigration Station, the West Ferry

Slip, the West Side Lighthouse Line, and

the Balboa Gun Club. The contract for the Pacific area is held by the Consolidated International Electric Co., Inc., of New York City, whose

bid for the area conversion was $1 ,432,228. Consolidated International has had

several years of prior conversion experi- ence during the changeover of electric current in Canada. A member of the

firm, here for the bid opening, said that

his company expects to pre-assemble all necessary materials and be in a position

to start the actual conversion about next

April 1. Meanwhile developments are expected

soon on three other major power conversion projects. Chronologically they are: Installation of remote control and relays

for the power stations, the contract for which will be advertised early this month

conversion of the West Bank-Miraflores

area, on which bids are to be opened Sep- tember 13; and conversion of the locks,

for which the bid opening date is set for October 23.

Approximately 175 Non-U. S. Employees Will Be Retired

The retirement of approximately 175 non-U. S. citizen employees of the Canal

organization will take place between now

and the first of the year. The group includes more than 100 employees whose retirement normally would

have taken place during the past year but which was deferred until last month pending possible action by Congress on a Civil Service retirement plan for non-U. S. citizen employees. The others are those who will reach the age of 62 years before the end of December. Governor Potter announced last August that employees reaching b2 years

of age before July of this year could

defer retirement providing they were

physically qualified to continue work. Up until the end of June there were 1 1

such deferments.

In addition to these, about 25 ethers

will be retired between now and the end

of the year because of physical disqualifi- cations. There are from six to ten each month who are placed on cash relief rolls because of physical disability. The Personnel Bureau has begun work

of processing employment records of those who reached retirement age sir.cj last August, and it is planned to place a list of about 50 names before the Alien Cash

Relief Board at its meeting in September.

Thereafter, about 50 a month will be re- tired during the remainder of this year by

which time all deferment cases will be handled and normal retirement proce- dures will be resumed as individuals reach

retirement age.
SHIPPING

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA iiiirFffn'Ti'i!

3 1262 08544 4635

Breal<s on the east bank of the Canal below La Pita signal station August 17 and 24 tumbled about 50,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt into the Canal. Traffic was not interrupted. Here is the slide as seen from the dipper Dredge Cascadas.

TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN JULY

1956 1957 Commercial 669 788 Government 16 44

Total 685 832 TOLLS*

Commercial ,.. $3,058,435 $3,673,611 Covernment,... 67,765 180,930

Total, _- $3,126,200 $3,854,547

•Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small. TOTAL CARGO TONS

Commercial 3,872,530 4,443,437 (jovernment 45,969 01,573

Total (Long tons). 3,918,499 4,505,010 Early Cruise The crui.se season got off to an early

start this year with the arrival here late

last month of the SS Evangeline on a late summer cruise of the Caribbean. The

bulk of her 300 or more pa.s.sengers were members of the Jersey Standard Club, an organization of employees of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. The ship had sailed from New York

August 17 on the 17-day cruise which took

her to Bermuda, Haiti, Cartagena, Cri.s- tobal, and Havana. The 5,000-ton vessel flies the Liberian

flag. She was handled locally by Hoyd

Brothers. New Customers New ships and ships new to the Canal

are still keeping Panama Canal admeasurers bu.sy. Since last February, there have been an average of .50 ships to be measured each month in Cristobal and

about 20 each month in Balboa. During

the first three weeks of August, 37 ships had been nn-asured in Cristobal and 1 1 in Balboa. During July, there were a total

of 58 new ships in Cristobal and 2'.i in Balboa. "Empress of England"

Luxury is an understatement when it comes to the new cruisu liners. Most of them are designed to make the ordinar\^ passenger definitely dissatisfied with th? comforts of home. The latest of the luxurious new cruise ships expected t.i

make Cristobal a port of call this \vint<?r

is the Canadian-Pacific Liner Empress of England, sistership of the new Empress of

Britain. Completed last year, the Empress of England was placed in the North Atlantic trade this summer and will make the

cruise trips this winter in place of the

older Empress (fSeotland.

Aii--conditioned throughout, the new

20,000-ton Empress will carry approxi- mat?ly 600 cruise passengers on each

trip. Sh? is due to dock in Cristobal January 23, February 11, March 4, and March 22. Payne d- Wardlaw are her

local agents. Schedule for "Reina"

The Pacitic Steam Navigation Company's motor liner Reina del Paeifico, which went aground off Bermuda recently and which is now being held in Liveipool

fnr enirine repairs, will skip one of her scheduled round-trip voyages between

Liverpool and Valparaiso via the Panama

Canal. Her local agents report that the

ship is now scheduled to sail from Liverpool October 24 and will arrive in Cris- tobal November 15. The Reina del Paeifico is a well-known

visitor to the Canal and has been making

ivgulai- transits except during \\'orld War H for the past 25 years. When she was built nearly 2() years

ago, the Reina was considered revolu- tionary from a marine engineering standpoint and is the prototype of several much larger motor liners. During the

last war, the ship chalked up a lemarkable record by traveling more than

350,000 miles and carrying approximately

150,000 troops or passengers without

mish:ip. Repeat Performance

For the second successive year, the MV Portunus has been the Canal's most fre- quent cuslomer. Last month Cap). W. S. Rodimon, Marine Director, presented her master, Capt. Fritz Moebes, with a certificate. At right is Aituro Lince, Jr., agent.

16 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW September 6, 1957 Ol -']C- I C7t)