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Vol. 5, No. 9 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE, APRIL 1, 1955 Scents

LATEST CENSUS OF CANAL ZONE CIVILIAN POPULATION

SHOWS DECREASE OF 3,096 WITHIN 18-MONTH PERIOD

Staff Officers Step Smartly

REaiMEXTAL STAFF officers for the Field Day exercises of Balboa ano v lu-u.i.al .Junior ROTC

set a smart pace for the cadets as t-iey pass tie reviewing stand with Governor .'^eybold as reviewing

officer. In front. Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hummer, the commanding officer, is shown turning to give a command. Regimental Staff officeis back of him, left ro right, are: Cadet Captain Douglas

C. Schmidt, Cadet First Lt. William Stevens, and Cadet Lt. Col. Harvey D. Smith.

(See page 16 for more picture's and story of ROTC Field Day)

Governor Presents House Committee

Extended Review Of Canal Activities

One of the most comprehensive brief- ings ever given to a Congressional committee on the Panama Canal and its operating organization was scheduled this week before the full House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee by Governor Seybold.

Presentation of the information was

requested by Representative Herbert C. Bonner, Democrat, of North Carolina,

who is Chairman of the Committee. The

Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee handles Panama Canal legislation and

Chairman Bonner requested a briefing for

his full committee because of numerous

changes in assignments when Congress was reorganized this year. Two days were scheduled for the brief- ing—Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The briefing covers the entire range of Canal operations as well as its history, the organization which operates the water way and its related facilities, the Canal

Zone Government, and a discussion of the

future of the Canal. While the Governor was to give an oral presentaticn, documented with pictures, charts, lantern slides, and maps, all members of the committee were furnished in advance with copies of a prepared booklet containing a brief of the text and descriptive material to be covered in the

orientation. Governor Seybold left last week for Washington and e.xpects to be away from

the Isthmus for about three weeks.

Lindsley H. Noble, Comptroller, is also

in Washington to attend the meetings

with the various Congressional Committees and the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors. William G. Arey, Jr., Information Offi- cer, and Hugh A. Norris, Economist, are

also in Washington to assist the Governor

during the orientation talks. Both were engaged for some time before the Governor's departure in compiling the neces- sary material and statistical information.

The civilian population of

the Canal Zone declined from

42.049 in June 1953. to 38,953

in November 1954, a decrease

of 3,096, according to a compilation of census figures just

completed by the Personnel

Bureau. These figures include

all residents except uniformed

personnel of the Armed Forces.

The November census also showed that only about one third of the people directly dependent on employment by the Company-Government and other U. S.- Government agencies on the Isthmus

reside in the Canal Zone. Of the total of 71,046 employees (and their families, exclusive of dependents of military personnel) who work in the Canal Zone or for the United States Government in Panama,

46,0,51 reside in the Republic of Panama.

In past years the annual census o*^ the

civilian population of the Canal Zone was

taken by the Canal Zone Police and covered only an actual count of residents. Last year, however, the census was

greatly expanded to develop additional information required for advance planning in budget matters and for the staffing

of such facilities as hospitals and schools.

Questionnaires Used For Census

The November census was handled by

the Personnel Bureau and was conducted

chiefly by questionnaires distributed to

all employees of the United States Government on the Isthmus, dependents of military personnel, and to all other per- sons living in the Zone or have access, by

reason of employment, to Canal Zone

facilities. The latter category included employees of such private firms as shipping companies, retired employees, relig- ious workers, and land licensees. The Administrative Branch assisted by

taking the census of Zone residents other than Government employees and their

families. The census in Panama of U. S.- Government agency employees was made

by the American Embassy, and that of military personnel dependents was made

by military authorities. The Personnel Bureau received full cooperation from

other agencies in the task. Among the various data developed

through the census was the number of persons occupying Panama Canal quarters; the size of families; the number of school children by age groups, and the number of children under school age who

would normally attend Zone schools; the employment status of the heads of all households; and the nationality, sex, and

marital status of all indi- [Hee- page 1 1)
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW April 1, 1955

Pedro Miguel Assumes

Deserted Village Air

When Facilities Close

Pedro Miguel, one of the oldest towns

in the Canal Zone, will assume a more

[ironounced appearance of the deserted

\illaKe this month with the closing of the comnissary, service center, theater, and

the moving of most of the remaining

Canal Zone employees to other localities.

It was announced many months ago

that Pedro Miguel would be abandoned

as a pei'nianent townsite and residents were notified to vacate their quarters by

the end of March. The commissary, service center, and theater all were closed yesterday.

Some of the houses are to be continued

in use for several months while work at Contractors Hill is in progress since employees of the Tecon Corporation are being housed there. During this period, limited operations will be continued by

the Service Center Division, using the commissary building for this purpose. This will include limited luncheonette

service, the sale of various miscellaneous

items ordinarily cairied in the service

centers, plus a limited stock of nonrefrigei'ated food items. This arrangement was made as a con- venience to the small group of residents who otherwise would require more fre- quent trips to Diablo Heights or Balboa

for minor necessities. The Pedro Miguel Post Office will also continue operations for another few

months, no definite date for its closing

having been set. The police station has

already been closed, but the fire station

will continue in operation there, since it affords fire protection for the remaining

buildings there and also for the town of Paraiso. The gasoline station also will continue in operation until a proposed

gasoline station at Paraiso is built.

It is planned to utilize several of the permanent type buildings in Pedro Miguel and locate the Pacific side Latin

American High School there after La

Boca High School is closed. The present school building and gymnasium, the Pedro Miguel Medical Center which also was closed this week, and

the building in which the post office is located will all be retained and remodeled

or renovated, according to present plans.

It is also planned to erect a shop building

for the high school on the site west of the gymnasium building which has been

occupied by a group of garages. In connection with the location of the high school for Paraiso residents in Pedro

Miguel, it is planned to maintain the playground there and continue the use of the swimming pool and bathhouse. The passing of Pedro Miguel as a townsite will be marked with a touch of nostalgia for many an oldtimer of the Canal

organization. Its origin as a town is obscure in historical records, but it was one

of the most thriving communities of the Canal construction period and since.

It was used as a townsite during the French Canal construction period after the plans of the French were changed

from a sea-level to a lock-type canal in 188S. There were only a few houses there,

Canal Apprentices To Receive

Veterans Benefits In Training

WELCOME NEWS to these three Panama Canal apprentices was the announcement that the Canal's

craft apprentice training program has been approved for veterans' benefits, and their salaries will be

considerably supplemented while they are in training. They are the first Canal apprentices to receive the benefits, although others are e.\pected to return to the Canal employment later, after service with

the Armed Fcrces. Left to right are: Jack B. Love, first-year apprentice cablesplicer; Kenneth R. Atkinson, first-year apprentice wireman; Milton "Lefty" Davis, Electrical Repair Shop Foreman in Balboa who is supervising the repair work on a motor from the M. S. Stella Marina; and Hiiwai'd M. Armistead. first-year apprentice armature winder.

Three first-year apprentices who re- cently returned to Canal service after serving with the Armed Forces learned

last month that their apprentice salaries

will be supplemented by an allowance under Public Law 550, Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, com- monly called the Korean GI Bill. The three who received the welcome

news and will receive allowance checks

retroactive to January 2, 1955, are: Howai'd M. Armistead, armature winder;

Kenneth R. Atkinson, wireman; and

Jack B. Love, cable splicer.

They are the first of several apprentices

in the Canal service who will benefit under

this law. Several others who had their training interrupted for service in the Armed Forces are expected to be reemployed in the future and they too will be

entitled to the same benefits. Apprentice Course Approved

The young vetei-ans will receive benefits through the efforts of the Canal administration for the approval of the apprentice craft course for such benefits. News that the Veterans Affairs Office in

however, when the United States began

the Canal work in 1904, but the towTi grew, rapidly during the next few years.

It was kept as a permanent townsite

after the completion of the Canal and a number of buildings were moved from

other construction towns about the time

the Canal was opened in 1914. Since that time it has been known as a "locks town"

and the Pacific side counterpart to Gatun

on the Atlantic side.

Washington has formally approved the

action was received by Canal officials last month through Edward T. Harren, Vet- erans Administration Representative in the Canal Zone. To obtain this approval, specific infor- mation on the Panama Canal Company's

apprentice craft coiu^ses was submitted

with details of both school and shop cur- riculum. In addition, the facilities and

staff of the apprentice program were in- spected by the Veterans Administration

Representative to assure compliance with

legal requirements.

Requirements and Benefits Under provisions of Public Law 550, a veteran must have had active service

in the Armed Forces between June 27,

19.50, and February I, 1955. This entitles the veteran to a period of "GI" training

equalling one and a half times the duration of active service, but not to exceed

3ti months. Under the recent ruling, the Canal's apprentice courses have been

qualified for benefits under this law.

In conformance with VA regulations, the Panama Canal Company has taken

the necessary steps to certify enrollment

of eligible veterans. The monthly allow- ance for apprentice training under the "Korean GI Bill" will range from about

$70 per month for an unmarried veteran

to $105 per month for a veteran who is married and has two or more dependents.

Under no condition shall salaiy plus al- lowance exceed .$310 per month.

The Panama Canal Company salary

scale for apprentices range from $1.25 an

hour the first year, to $2.42 an hour in the fourth vear of training.
April 1, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Colonel Paxson Leaves End

Of April For New Post

The date for the departure of Lt. Go\.

H. 0. Paxson for his new assignment in Washington has been scheduled for the

last week in April. His successor, Col. Herman W. Schull, Jr., is due to arrive on the Isthmus after the middle of May.

The reassignment of Lieutenant Governor Paxson to the Office of the Assist- ant Chief of Staff of the Army, G-2, and

the appointment of Colonel Schull as Lieutenant Governor of the Canal Zone was made by the Department of the Army late in February.

During the nearly three years he has

served in the Canal Zone, Lieutenant

Governor Pa.xson has taken a prominent

role in many civic activities. He is best known for his support of Scouting activities with his principal interest being the Boy Scouts. He has served as President

of Boy Scout Council 801 since February

1953. At a Council dinner at the Tivoli Guest House on March 22, 1955, Lieuten- ant Governor Paxson was presented, by

authority of National Headquarters, Boy

Scouts of America, with the Silver Beaver Award for "distinguished service to boyhood." This is the highest adult Scouting

award that can be recommended by a

local council. Honor Guest At Review- He was honor guest at a review pre- sented last Saturday at the Paraiso Ball Park by the Local Council of the Inter- national Boy Scouts of the Canal Zone. Although he is widely known because

of his position as Lieutenant Governor of the Canal Zone and Vice President of the Panama Canal Company as well as his active support of many community en- deavors, very few of his associates or per- sonal friends know of another field of endeavor in which he has gained a modi- cum of success. This field-—far removed from his principal profession as an engineer-is that

of song writing.

Musically inclined since boyhood, the Lieutenant Governor has written and

composed a number of songs of the popular variety, some of which have been

published in professional copy form. Composes Isthmian Song

His busy life on the Isthmus has limited

his efforts in this direction, but he recently

composed a song entitled "Chagres Water" which expresses not only his own deep

feeling for the Isthmus and the Panama

Canal but also the tradition that "one who drinks the Chagres water and leaves the Isthmus must someday return." The

song was given its first public presentaiton

by Lieutenant Governor Paxson when he

recited and sang it at the Scout Camporee held on the Atlantic side last month.

The closing verse and chorus of the

song, given below, gives the general tenor

of the composition of its five verses: "You have listened to my story Of the men who dug the "Ditch"—

Of their trials and tribulations; How they never struck it rich. Now their ranks are growinii thinner: Scarce a man is left today—

But the remnants stand united And this is what they sayChorus

"Let's drink the Chagres water!

Let's raise our glasses high! We'll he back again, mafiana—

And we'll drink the Chagres dry!"

Three Cabinet Members Visit Zone

Although the average Canal Zone resident is accustomed to seeing or hearing

about distinguished visitors to the Isth- mus, what amounts to a new record was

recorded last month when three Cabinet

Officers of the United States visited here.

They were the Secretaries of Argrieulture, Air Force, and Navy. Of these, Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas, and

Seci-etary of Argriculture Ezra Benson

had time to visit Miraflores Locks, one

of the major attractions for any visitor

to the Isthmus. Air Force Secretary

Harold E. Talbott stopped here for only

a few hours.

Although Secretaries of the Navy have

visited the Canal Zone on previous

occasions, records indicate that the visits

of Secretary Talbott and Secretary Benson were the first to be made by men

holding those positions.

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE Harold E.

Talbott made a visit of only a few hours to the Isthmus last month. He is shoun above, left, on

landing at Albrook Air Force Base accompanied by

Maj. Gen. Reuben C. Hood. Jr.. Commanding General of the Caribbean .\ir Command.

FIRST OV THREE CABINET members t(] visit the Canal Zone in March was Secretary of .Agriculture Ezra Benson, who stopped on the Isthmus during a tour of Latin .American countries. He is shown above

during a visit to Miraflores Locks with his hand on one of the handles which control the operating machinery. He was accompanied by Governor Seybold at his left, and Maj. David H. Smith, Military

.Assistant to the Governor.

UE.AL ENMOVMEXT is displayed by Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas in turning the handles which operate the Panama Canal Locks. Watcliing the operation, left to right, are Vice Adm. Frank G.

Fahrion, Commander of the Amphibious Force of the Atlantic Fleet; Maj. David H. Smith, Military

Assistant to the Governor; Governor Seybold; and Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, .Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW April 1,1955

Use Of Spanish Is Success In Latin American Schools

No special vote is needed to find out

that teachers, parents, pupils, and school administrative officials are all elated over

the success of the Latin American schools

in the Canal Zone this year.

It was just a year ago last month that Governor Seybold made public the plans

to adopt Spanish as the teaching language

in the schools attended primarily by pupils of Panamanian citizenship. The

plan, intended to prepare this relatively

large group for better citizenship in their native land, followed suggestions which

had been advanced by prominent Panama

leaders over a period of several years. The transition includes not only a change in the basic language but one in the school curriculum which accentuates an educational orientation to the Republic of Panama.

The change from English to Spanish

as the basic language of the Latin American schools was made in kindergarten,

and the first six grades during the first school year which comes to an end today.

It will be extended throughout all grades

during the coming school year, and be- cause of the success achieved during the

fii'st year, school officials foresee no major

difficulties for its adoption throughout

the system.

No Loss In School Work

While the change from English to Spanish as the basic language for the elementary Latin American schools pre- sented a challenging and formidable problem of adjustment for both teachers and

pupils, the plan was inaugurated and carried smoothly forward during the first year without loss in scholastic training to the pupils.

This was made possible, school officials

say, through the complete cooperation of teachers, parents, and pupils.

The change to all-Spanish in the upper

grades is expected to present no unsur- mountable problem. Most of the older students have had at least three or four years of Spanish language classes, since

it has been taught in all grades from

Grade 4 and above for several years. Many of the pupils in the lower grades

had never had any experience in the use

of Spanish language until schools opened

last fall. The Latin American schools will reopen

for the coming school year on July 5. The summer vacation for the pupils will be three months. The coming school term

will close on March 2, 1956 and a two- month's vacation will follow.

Identical School Terms

Beginning with the 1956-57 school

year, the Latin American schools will operate on the same term and vacation

periods as the schools in the Republic of Panama which open in May and close in January. With identical school terms, students from the Canal Zone can transfer to Panama schools with no time lag

in their scholastic training. Intensive preparation for the change

to Spanish language was begun by the teaching staff when schools closed last summer. The Summer Institute for the

staff was devoted entirely to the study

and use of the language. This training has been continued through the school year by organized classes two nights a week.

A two-month Summer Institute will be

held during the coming vacation in which

SCHOOL OFFICL^LS chiefly responsihle for the successful planning for the change from English to Spanish as the teaching language in the Latin American Schools are shown above in one of their frequent

conferences on the program. Left to right, they are: Walter Oliver, Coordinator of the program; Temistocles Cespedes, Chief of the Technical Service Section of the Republic of Panama's Ministry of Education, who was consultant on the change; Alfred E. Osborne. Supervisor of Instruction in the Latin American Schools; Sigurd E. Esser, Superintendent of Canal Zone Schools; and Charles A. Dubbs, Assistant Superintendent and Director of the Secondary Education Branch.

those teachers requiring additional train- ing in the use of Spanish will take study

courses, six hour a day and five days a week. Other teachers, proficient in the language, will be equally busy in the preparation of curricula and course of study units. Teaching assignments for the rest of the year are to be made early so that

teachers can concentrate during the sum- mer vacation on the study of materials required in the subjects they will teach. Other phases of the change will affect teachers and their assignments for the coming year. All teachers were tested for the proficiency in Spanish at the end of the school term last summer, and the most proficient were assigned as guides

or teachers. Later, the best qualified teachers were assigned to the elementary

grades regardless of previous assignments.

Teachers Resume Old Jobs

Those teachers taken from the junioi' and senior high schools for elementary

grades this year will be reassigned to

their old positions when schools reopen

in July.

It was announced last year that those

teachers who are unable to qualify for teaching Spanish by the end of the coming summer vacation will be replaced.

Teachers throughout the Latin American schools reported that the young

pupils displayed a high degree of cooperativeness and took to the use of the Spanish language with zest. Within a month

to six weeks after schools opened, Spanish was being used exclusively in both

classrooms and on the playgrounds. The

students were especially urged to coiitimie the use of Spanish after classes adjourned.

The interest displayed by the pupils was reflected by the large number of re- quests received from parents for training courses in Spanish. This resulted in the organization of night classes for adult.s.

in the various communities which were

described in the March issue of The Review.

School officials expressed satisfaction on

results of the first year of the change,

especially from the standpoint of school- room work accomplished. All school work, normally scheduled in a term, was up to date at the close of schools with no

lagging in studies, it was reported.

Children Sing In Spanish

The changeover from English to Spanish was not without some minor difficul- ties and some iniprovisions were required.

This resulted principally from the lack of good textbooks in two of the subjectsscience and music. Miss Emily Butcher,

Music Supervisor, said that children en- joyed Spanish songs but difficulties were

encountered in obtaining songbooks in Spanish for the younger children. The

same difficulty was encountered in obtaining satisfactory science books for ele- mentary grades.

While school authorities base their judgment on the success of the change by

the scholastic achievement of the pupils,

they have had ample substantiation from

the high praise received from numerous

\^isitors who are educators and teachers

in the Republic of Panama schools. Textbook Author Pleased

An example of this was during a recent

visit of Ruben Carles, Former Minister

of Education, textbook author, and one

of the leading figures in the field of education on the Isthmus. In visiting some

of the social science classes in which text- books written by him were in use, Mr.

Carles expi-essed astonishment at the aptitude of students displayed in silent reading tests, and their grasp of the subjects under study.

The curriculum used in the Latin American schools was patterned after that of schools in Panama to the extent

possible. This policy will also be followed

in the change next school (See nexi pagei
April 1, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Visiting Labor Leaders Confer With Governor

A LE.NGTHY C'OXFERENCE on many matters

of mutual interest to the Canal administi'ation and Labor Union officials was held during the visit last month of some of the top American Federation of Labor leaders. The meetine; with Governor Seybold was held in the Board Room of the Administration

Building at Balboa Heights. '•!

Later, at a public meeting held in the Diablo Heights Theater, James A. Brownlow, President of the Metal Trades Department of A. F. of L., ex- pressed high praise for Governor Seybold and his administration, particularly for his efforts in behalf

of the interests of Canal employees.

The conference was attended by all the visiting

A. F. of L. officials and by top men in the Metal

Trades Council-Central Labor Union. The picture above was taken as the conference adjourned. Left to right are: Dan Kilev, President

of Local 397, I. B. E. W,; .Jack Rice. Alternate Legislative Representative of Central Labor Union-Metal

Trades Council; Norman .Johnson, Employee and Labor Relations Officer of the Panama Canal Company; Curtis Coate, member of the Wage and Griev- ance Board of the Metal Trades Council; Edward

Hines, general organizer of the Ironworkers of America: Louis Damiani, .Second Vice I>esident of CLUMTC; Walter Wagner, President of CLU-MTC;

Russell Stephens, International President of the .American Federation of Technical Engineers; Mr.

Brownlow; Elmer Walker, Executive \ke President

of the International .Association of Machinists; Governor Se\bold; Ravmond Hesch, First \'ice President

of CLU-MTC; Howard E. Munro, Legislative Representative of CLU-MTC; Rufus Lovelady, International \'ice President of the American Federation of Government Employees and a trustee of CLU-MTC;

G. X. Barker, International \'ice President of Inter- national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and Edward A. Duolan. Personnel Director.

Use Of Spanish In Latin American Schools

(CuniinucilTom pagti) term tor the higher grades.

Canal Zone school officials have had

the whole-heartt'd cooperation from officials of the educational system in Panama

both in the planning stages and during

the past school year under actual working

conditions. Cespedes Is Consultant

Temistocles Cespedes, Chief of the Technical Service Section of Panama's

Ministry of Education, was employed

during the past year as consultant on the program and his assistance has been in- valuable, according to Sigurd E. Esser, Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Esser has

recently announced that Mr. Cespedes

will continue for another year as consultant. Walter Oliver has been the coordinator

in making the change from English to Spanish and will carry forward the pro- gram when the changeover is made in the higher grades next year. Mr. Oliver was

head of the Pan American Institute in Panama for many years and is widely

acquainted with the leaders in education ?! work in the Republic. He had been a member of the Balboa High School facii- ty just prior to his present assignment.

With the continued success of the pro- gram, the Canal Zone will become within

a few years a community of predonMnantly bilingual residents. This predicCASTENETS AND DRUMS are used by this youthful class at Paraisu Elementary School to enliven

their music lesson in Spanish. The teacher is Miss Emily Butcher, Music Supervisor in the Latin American Schools. Difficulty was encountered in finding suitable song bocks in Spanish for elementary grades, but children enjoyed singing Spanish songs. Miss Butcher says.

tion is strengthened bv the intensification

of the study of Spanish language in the United States schorls. Spanish is being

taught as a required course in the first six grades, when the acquisition of a new

language is relatively easy, and as an optional course in all other grades.

One of the objectives of the change to Spanish as a basic language in the Latin

American schools was to train students

to handle both languages with facility rather than substitute Spanish for English as an everyday language.

CENTENNIAL EDITION WINS PRAISE

Special mention of the centennial edi- tion of The Panama Canal Review,

published on the 100th anniversary of the Panama Railroad, has been made in the

Congrcifi^ional Record. In an extension of remarks by Representative Thomas S. CJordon, of Illinois, on the observance of the Railroad 1 00th

birthday, said: "I would like to recommend to the Members of the House the special centennial edition of The Panama Canal

Review of January 28, 1955, published

in the Canal Zone, which contains a detailed history of the railroad with a number of very interesting illustrations." Representative Gordon recounted briefly some of the highlights of the Panama

Railroad's history and called attention to the commemorative stamps and their designer, Leo C. Page, Chief of the Architectural Branch, Engineering Division. James F. Campbell, Boarding Officer in Cristobal, was also mentioned in the Congressman's remarks. "This great his- torical event," he said, "has been brought

to my attention by James F. Catnpbell, a personal friend of mine, who has spent

many years of loyal service in the Cus- toms Service at Cri.stobal."
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW April 1, 1955

FOR YOUR INTEREST AND

t E£/> GUIDANCE

UL

IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION ^

FREE INSURANCE

KOHEH'r L). (JIUEL, SeniiiT ComuHmg Engineer

Industrial Department, National Safety Council

WHAT'S WITH THESE JOKERS who

always have to pay through the nose for something or thev think they're being

had?

A guy will pay a lot of money for protection" he may or may not need on the one hand, but" will turn down free protection he may or may not ne-^d on the other. For example, Sam has spent about $159

a year now for 10 years for auto insurancL^ —to save his neck in case he clobbers someone. He hasn't had an auto accident

in all this time and he may never have

one.But, do you think he'd go out drivmg

in his car if"his auto insurance had lapsed':'

,Jo3 has spent about -$200 a year for

the past 25 years for life insurance—and

he ain't dead yet. But, do you think he'd consider missing

a preraiurii or letting his policy lapse'? Whatsa matter? You stupid, er something?

In the past 10 years Sam has been laid up four times ior periods ranging from

HONOR ROLL

Bureau Award For BEST RECORD

FEBRUARY

SUPPLY BUREAU

AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Community Services 1 Supply 1 Civil Affairs " Health " Engineering and Construction.

Marine J[ Transportation and Terminals

Divisiim Award For NO DISABLING INJURIES

FEBRUARY

COMMISSARY DIVISION

MAINTENANCE DIVISION

DREDGING DIVISION

ELECTRICAL DIVISION

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE DIVISION

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION

STOREHOUSES DIVISION

AIDS TO NAVIGATION

AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Aids to Navigation. . __ 2 Grounds Maintenance 2 Maintenance 2 Commissary

Dredging

Electrical -- Housing

Industrial. . -- Motor fransportation

Railroad — —

Sanitation _. —

Storehouses

Hospi talization and Clinics Locks --:.- Navigation - —

Service Center Terminals

HIGHWAY ZOO

The LOVEBIRD

1 his is iKa moony, love-slarved char- Oder wKo can't survive without affection, even in heavy traffic. Every car

'.hould have on automatic choke that

strongles this cruising Casanova - and

(he cuddly little cutie sningled up to him -at the first smooch

NATIONAL SAFITY COUNCIt

three days to three weeks because' he wouldn't take simple precautions at wcrk— some of that free insurance I mentioned. He busted a toe once when something

fell on his foot—and this laid him up a couple of weeks. But he won't avail himself of some of that free itufuranee by

wearing safety shoes. He doesn't seem

to appreciate anything if it's free. He got a glob of something in his eye another time and had to make like a one-eyed coot for a few days. But, he's

not interested in such free inmranee as wearing eye protection. That's the simple way.

Joe's just as bad. He darn near lost a

finger once because he didn't get first aid

for a sliver— and got a bad infection. Al- most got his arm yanked off another time on a lathe, when he didn't go for that

free insuraiiee of stopping it before clear- ing some chips.

Yes— neithtr one of these clowns has

really been mangled in all his years

and maybe they never will be. But, why be so inconsistent? You're

insuring the same merchandise, whether

for free or for a fee.

TWO CHANCES

'If you are careless You have two chances

One of having an accident And one of not.

And if you have an accident You have two chancas

One of getting injured

And one of not.

And if you get injured

You have two chances

One of dying

And one of not.

And if you die

Well, you still have two chances- But why be careless In the first place?"

FEBRUARY 1955

Sup.ily Bureau

Engineering and Consltuclion B^ireau

Community Services Bureau

Health Bureau

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

C. Z. Govl.-Panama Canal Co.l Last 3-Year Av

Marine Bureau

Citil Affairs Bureau

Transportation and Terminals Bureau

Disabling Injuries per 1,000,000 Man-Hours Worked

{ Frequency Rale)

3

I mi

1

10 F 11

12

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Number of Disabling Injuries 25 Man-Hours Worked 2.080,655 LEGEND

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3 Amount \Vnr?e Than Canal Zone Government—Panama Canal Company last 3^ear Aveirage

fj-ftifjii Afciimiilntive I'Voqin^nry Rate Thi? Vear
April 1, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

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Capt. A. J. Troup Retires

After 30 Years Service

Capt. Arthur J. Troup ended more than

30 years as a fire fighter and as Chief of

the Fire Division when he retired at the end of March. He and Mrs. Troup have

planned to leave early this month to return to his native state of Indiana to make their future home.

He joined the Fire Division in August

1923, just after completing four years of

service with the Army Air Force. He

resigned two years later but rejoined the

force after a year in the States. Since

then he has been promoted through the

various grades and was made Fire Inspector in 1948 and Chief of the Fire Division

in July 1950.

Captain Troup has devoted much time

and attention during recant years to the

annual observance of Fire Prevention

Week which serves to bring to the attention of the public the disastrous effects

of fire.

His well-founded theory about this has

been that it is far less expensive to prevent a fire than to control it.

OF CURRENT INTEREST

Film Star Visits Locks

\'I\'.\riOUS STAR of many pictures, Ginger Rogers was as impressed by the Canal as tlmiLsamis nf others in her recent visit to Mirafiorei! Lucks with Mrs. John 8. Seybold, wife of the Canal Zmie Ciovernor. Shown as they crossed the Lock gates to the Control House, left to right, are Maj. Da\id H. Smith.

Military Assistant to the Governor; Mrs. Seybold; Miss Rogers and her husband, French actor

•Jacques Bergerac.

Bids are scheduled to be opened today

for one of the major contracts in the Power

Conversion project this fiscal year. The

bids are for furnishing and installing trans- formers, conversion of station service facilities, new switchgear, and alterations to the Gatun Hydroelectric Station. The contract

for this work will mark the first actual conversion of equipment from 25-cycle to 60-

cycle current and when the work is completed the Gatun Hydroelectric Station will not only be equipped to furnish 6o-cycle

current, but it will be operated itself with

60-cycle current. The opening of bids for this work was

postponed one week from the date origi- nally announced because of certain changes

in the specifications after they were released

to prospective bidders.

Five cash scholarships will be awarded at the end of the present school year by the Balboa Lions Club to outstanding members

of the senior class of Balboa ancl Cristobal High S:-hools. The awards include lour one-year schol- arships of $50 each to the Canal Zone Junior

College in Balboa, and one $500 scholarship

for one year in any college or uni\'ersil\' in the United States. Students competing for these scbolarshi]js must be .American citizens and must apply hv letter tbroug'i the Balboa or Cristobal High Sc'^ools. Winners will be selected b\- a committee consisting of two representatives of the Schools Division, two prominent

residents of the Canal Zone on the Pacific

side, and ":ie member of the Liins Club.

membership to fill the unexpired term of Miss Mary Brigham, who resigned.

Alton White, Chief of the Dredging Division, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canal Zone Community Chest for the coming year. Mr.

Whits, who was serving as First Vice Chair- man of the Board, succeeds William G.

Arey, Jr., Information Officer, who served

as Chairman of the Board last year. Other officers elected for the 1955 term W2re: Roger Adams, First Vice Chairman;

Lt. Col. William Drake, Second Vice Chair- man; Eugene I. Askew, Treasurer; and

Brodie Burnhara, Secretary. At the meeting, Russell T. Wise, former

Secretary of the Board of Directors, who

was completing a three-year term as a member of the Board, was reelected to Board

Mucli interest was stimulated among par- ents of students in the 8th, 9th, 10th, and

11th grades at Balboa High .School by a

series of meetings held by the Guidance

De|)artment of the school. The purpose of the meetings was to acquaint parents with courses available at

all grade levels and to get acquainted with

t'"e school principal and counseling staff. Tl e four groups were informed of require- ments for graduation and those for entrance

to college. .Attending the four meetings Irom the

high school were T. F. Hotz. Principal; H.

J. Zierten, .Assistant Principal and Boys'

Counsellor; and Miss Marie Weir, Girls' Counsellor. The vocational guidance work at the

school was discussed and parents were

urged to avail themseKes of facilities at the

disposal of students and parents. Each

meeting was followed by a question-and- answer period and parents were invited to make appointments to talk with the counsellors on indi\'idual problems of their children. A general freshening up of most Canal Zone communities is slated to take place

during the next few weeks with one of the biggest maintenance painting schedules

ever announced for one year. Bids for the first part of this work were

to be opened today and bids for another

large number of jobs will be advertised during the first few days this month, and

will be opened April 11. Bids scheduled for opening today will be

for the exterior painting of 2qi family quarters in Ancon, Balboa, Diablo Heights, Margarita, and Gatun. 'This work will include

the painting 01 the roofs. Public buildings

to be painted are the Balboa Commissary

retail store. Service Centers in Diablo Heights and Santa Cruz, and two office buildings at Diablo Heights. Bids to be opened on April 11 will be for the painting of hallways in the four-family houses in Diablo Heights, 47 buildings;

interiors of 17 twelve-family apartment

buildings in Santa Cruz; interiors of Gamboa and Margarita Commissary retail stores and the Ancon Laundry; and miscellaneous

paint work at the refrigeration plant and

wholesale platform of Balboa Commissary.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW April 1, 1955

10 Billion Gallons Of Purified Water

Supplied Yearly By Canal Zone System

Editors' Note: This is the first of a series

of articles on the Canal Zone water system.

There is no commodity so cheap, none

with such a multitude of uses, and none

which contributes more to health and

happiness than the water you draw daily

from the tap in your home.

Last year the 31,5,000 consumers, in- cluding industrial users, who depend on

the two filtration plants of the Panama

Canal Company for their pure water supply, used over 10 billion gallons of water by drinking, cooking, washing, making

ice cubes, hosing screens, sprinklhig

lawns, running automobik'S, and doing

countless other humdrum chores. And

the purely domestic use of water is only

a partial" picture of how it affects the

daily lives of these 315,000 persons. The

indiistrial uses are almost as important

and extensive to modern life. Moneywise, pure filtered water is so cheap in the Canal Zone that it is all but mathematically impossible to calculate the cost of a glass of drinking water. It might be illustrated thus:

$5.00 For Lifetime SuppLv

The highest water rate is 13 cents for 100 cubic feet, which amounts to 750 gallons or 3.1 tons. At this price, if a person

lived to be 90 years old and drank 10

big glasses of water a day (which few do)

the entire consumption during a lifetime would cost less than five dollars.

Despite this low price, pure drinking water is so precious that it would be hoarded more avidly than gold if the .sup- ply were suddenly depleted.

Its importance to public health is of such paramount importance that World

Health Day, which will be universally celebrated "next Thursday, April 7, will be dedicated to potable water. The official slogan for the observance sponsored

liy the World Health Organization is

""Clean Water Means Better Health."

Its importance to public health was

summarized by Fred L. Soper, Director

of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau,

Regional Office of WHO, in a letter to Canal Zone health authorities concerning

the observance and aims of World Health

Day this year. He said, in part: "Perhaps one of the most crucial problems of environmental sanitation in this hemisphere is the provision of potable

drinking water. It requires the coordi- nated efforts of all agencies of the Governments, of all engineers and of the people in general, in order to achieve a rapid and successful solution." Because of the proximity of WorUi

Health Dav and the subject to which it

is dedicated this year, Thk Panam.\

Can.\i- Review is presenting a few of the major facts about the potable water

supply of the Canal Zone, its history, and

its importance in everyday living.

If the World Health Organization had

selected some pure water supply to illustrate its importance to public health, the world over might have been searched foi- a finer example than that in the Zone.

Essential In Canal Construction

The provision of a pure water system was of paramount concern to the builders

of the Panama Canal. Because of its

A PICTURE OF HEALTH and ,i picture of healthful practice is fnur-year-old Barbara Rfiyne drinking

a glass of good Canal Zone water. She is the daughter

of Detective .Sergeant and Mrs. Harvey G. Rhyne of

Balboa. No Canal Zone parents give a second thought

to their children of all ages drinliing water direct from taps, but they would live in constant dread if

a pure watei- supply was not available. Drinking

water is so cheap that a lifetime supply in the Canal Zone costs less than $.5, but its value to good health

is incalculable.

spectacular nature, "Yellow Jack" frightened more people and created far more

unfavorable publicity than any phase of the Canal construction. But, as a killer and a disabler, yellow fever could by no means match impure drinking water which killed or sickened thousands every

year by the spread of dysentery and other

enteric disorders. The water purification and distribution system of the Canal Zone has more than

a purely local significance. Its international aspect comes largely from the fact that the Isthmus is the mecca for thous- ands of visitors from all parts of the

world, and hundreds of ships depend on

the Canal Zone source for their drinking water supply. It has also been used for study and as a model by engineers and

sanitary authorities of many municipalities of neighboring Latin American countries. Something To Boast About

The water supply system of the Canal Zone is something about which the aver- age resident of any length of time is likely to boast about with a sort of possessive

pride. Not all of this stems from a per- sonal knowledge that the plant is modern

and the water is good and drinkable. Many residents have had personal experience with impure drinking water in their

travels. Others have likely heard some

experienced traveler, unac(iuainted with

local conditions, ask on his arrival here if the water is safe to drink without boiling

or sterilizing with chlorine tablets. The water purification and distribution systems both compare favorably with the

public water supply system of any city

in the United States. It is superior to

many when compared individually as to

price, ampleness of supply, softness or mineral content, and potability.

The plant and e(juipment represents an investment of approximately $8,500,000.

Of this, about ,l;i,SOO,000 is invested in the two filtration plants at Miraflores and Mount Hope, and the remainder in the six pumping stations and the 1,50 miles of pipeline, ranging from four to 30

inches, in the supply and distribution system.Force Of 123 Is Employed

The Water and Laboratories Branch,

of which E. W. Zelnick is Chief, is a unit

of the Maintenance Division. The per- sonnel consists of .54 U. S.-rate and 69

local-rate employees whose occupations range from manual laborers to highly

qualified chemists and sanitary engineers.

This force is a self-contained unit to the extent that it does all of the work

involved in the supply and purification; distribution of water to the point where

])ipelines from homes or industrial plants

tap into the network of mains; and maintenance of the system.

The water supply system is one of several 24-hour operations of the Canal

organization. A broken main can waste

just as much water at midnight as at noon; a fire needs as much water to ex- tinguish it at night as in the daytime;

and, as for you, you want your cup of coffee in the morning. Much of the im- portant work in operating the water system comes at night for it is during

t"hose hours when the supply in the 26

tanks, holding a total of 25 million gallons of water is built up to supply a reserve during peak hours when on occasion there is as much as 32 thousand

gallons of water pouring out of the outlets

in a minute.

Peak Hours Of Consumption

These peak hours usually come in the

early morning when everybody is taking

a shower to go to work and again in the

late afternoon when cooking, watering

lawns, bathing, and other household activities are humming.

The Canal Zone's water system is neatly divided into two parts, both for purification and distribution. All communities from Gamboa south, including

Panama City and suburbs, are furnished water from the Miraflores Filtration Plant. In the case of Gamboa, it means pumping the water up to Miraflores,

running it through the purifying plant,

and pumping it back since the main in- takes of raw water are located on the Chagres River, an arm of Gatun Lake,

at the edge of the town. The Filtration Plant at Mount Hope

filters and pumps water to all communities from Gatun north, including the city

of Colon. This water comes from Gatun

Lake and is brought by gravity flow through 30-inch water mains.

Thus, all residents and visitors drink

of the "waters of the Chagres" although

the Atlantic siders have theirs somewhat

diluted by water from the Trinidad, Ciri Grande, and many other smaller stream- which feed into Gatun Lake.

Identical Treatment Given

The treatment plant facilities are, ex- cept for some minor variations, the same
April 1, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

except that those on the Pacific side are much larger, ha\ing a maximum capacity

of over 2S,0()0,()00 gallons a day, as compared with about 14,500,000 on the Atlantic side. The purification of raw water for drinking follows a gen'.'i'al pattern in any modei'n plant whether at Miraflores or New- York City. There are many variations,

depending on the local conditions, such

as the source of supply, mineral or organic content of the raw water, and other fac- tors of this nature. There are even some

variations between the methods used at Miraflores and Mount Hope plants.

The watei' di'awn from Zonian taps has gone through about ten distinct steps or

proces.ses between the time it has left Chagres River or Gatun Lake. Briefly, these steps are:

1. Tranamisfsion to Plant. As mentioned

already, raw water on the Atlantic side

is gravity fed from Gatun Lake to the Mount Hope Filtration Plant. On the Pacific side, the water is pumped

by four big electrically-driven centrifugal

pumps at the Gamboa raw water intake

station to Miraflores through 73,000 feet

of .SG-inch and .SO-inch mains. An auxil- iary raw water intake and pumping sta- tion is located on the east bank of the Canal at Paraiso which serves either as a booster station during peak demands oi' as a complete auxiliary when the Gamboa

station is out of service. The Paraiso

station has five main pumps designed to deliver the full raw water demand and,

in addition, is equipped with four gasoline engine-driven pumps for emergency

use.The water from Gaillard Cut at Paraiso is rarely used.

2. Chlorinaiion. The raw water is chlorinated at the Gamboa plant on the

Pacific side and at Mount Hope on the Atlantic side. This is the first step in making the water fit for consumption.

It is done to kill excess growths in the

water, either plant or animal life, and it

is done at the source principally to keep

the water mains clean. Chlorination at the source is specially important on the

Pacific side because of the length of the mains to the filtration plant.

3. Aeration. Both air and sunlight are excellent water purifiers and when the water first arrives at the plant it is aerated by forcing it up in a fine spray for several

M.-WV CHA.XGES have been made since this picture of the Mount Hope Filtration Plant was made

40 years ago, but the plant's main product—pure and safe drinking water—remains the same. This

picture was made in 1914 just after the plant was completed. It shows the sedimentation and aeration

l)asins with the Filter building at the left. The houses which dotted the hill overlooking the plant have

long since disappeared.

feet. This is the only "showy" part of the entire operation from the spectator's viewpoint.

4. Chemical Treatment. Alum is added

to precipitate any extraneous materials causing color or turbity in the water. Ammonia and chlorine are added since they react jointly to form a long-lasting

bacteriacide. On the Atlantic side, carbon

is added to remove taste and odors caused by vegetation in Gatun Lake water. All of the chemicals are added in exact meas- urements under the direct supervision of a sanitary engineer, and the water and

chemicals are put through mixing chambers to insure complete and even mixture.

5. Flocculation. This is a system of stirring the water gently by a series of paddles on rotating axles. This causes a building up of fine precipitates of alumi- num hydroxide in the water into large floe, which in turn entraps any foreign matter and makes it settle effectively.

6. Sedimentation. After flocculation, the water flows into sedimentation basins where it is allowed to stand about five or

six hours while the foreign matter stirred up by flocculation settles to the bottom.

7. Filtration. This process, which gives

its name to the entire operation of fur- nishing potable water, consists of running

the water through sand and gravel at the

.MIRAFLORES FILTRATION PLAXT as it looks today. The aeratujn of water, shown at the extreme

right, is a step in purifying it and making it fit for human consumption. This is the only spectacular

part of the entire process, from a visitor's viewpoint, in supplying the millions of gallons of «ater which

are daily used by some 315,000 consumers on the Isthmus.

rate of about two gallons a minute for each square foot of filter. "Rapid Sand"

filters, which occupy about 3/ 10 of an acre, are used at the two plants which take out

the remaining finely-divided alum and

other foreign material which has not taken out by flocculation and sedimentation.

S. Clear Well. After filtration the water flows into what is known as the

"clear well" which holds about 1,000,000

gallons of water. This gives the filtration plant operators some leeway in making

adjustments either in the purification process up to that point or in the re- maining steps.

9. Post Chemical Treatment. This consists of post-chlorination and post-ammoniation, and the addition of fluorides. The chlorine and ammonia is added again

to prevent any regrowth of harmful bacteria after leaving the plant. Fluoridation is an aid in decreasing dental decay.

10. Distribution. Water is pumped from

the main pump stations at the plants and

the Balboa pump station to all points served in the distribution system, which

consists both of booster pump stations and huge reservoirs strategically located which hold a total reserve supply of 5,500,000 gallons on the Atlantic side and nearly 20,000,000 gallons on the

Pacific side. The end product of this operation is a

clear, tasteless, and odorless water which

is safe for consumption, and soft, or free of mineral content, continuously delivered

to the place of consumption at the required pressure. It would be practically impossible to find natural water

supplies complying with these standards

since nearly all surface water, well water, and most spring waters are polluted or the mineral content is too high for domestic and industrial use. The fluoridation of the Canal Zone

water supply was adopted three years ago

after about threeyears of studyand experi- ments with various fluorides and methods

of introduction into the water supply.

The object of fluoridation is the partial control of dental decay, particularly in children who receive the greatest benefits

of fluoridation in their early years. Al- though many large cities in the United

States now add fluorides to their water,

there were .scarcely 100 cities which had

adopted the practice at the time when

fluoridation of Canal Zone water was

begun.
10 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW ^pnl 1, 1955

Engineering And Construction

Earl O. Dailey has-been transferred from

the Electrical Division to the Power Conversion Project. He will be Area Engineer on

the Atlantic side and will be responsible foi coordination of the field work in connection

the 60-cycle comersion in the Atlantic Areu- This will include domestic equipment, industrial items, the Atlantic Locks, and power

stations.

• • • Work has been started by Electrical Division forces on alterations to the 6,6oo-volt bus at Gatun Hydroelectric plant to permit

the installation of new switchgear and

cables in connection with the power conversion at the station. The work will re- quire a temporary service break of a 5625 KVA generating unit. This is the first step

of the major project in converting the Gatun Station to 60-cycle power.

• • • Members of the IBEW employed in the

Electrical Division entertained leorge X.

Barker, \'ice President of IBEW of the

Eifth District, at a fish fry at the Electrical Division field office in Balboa during his

visit to the Isthmus early last month. Lt. Gov. H. (). Paxson and Col. Hugh M. Arnold. Engineering and Construction Director, were among the guests.

• • •

.^ new record was reported In' the Communications Branch of the Electrical Division in March. The 7.409 telephones in service at the end of February is the largest number on record, and the figures are still

rising.

• • • The suction dredge "Mindi" went into drydock last month for its major overhaul which is performed every three years. The

dredge will be out of service for about 40

days. The crew will be working aboard

while the big dredge is under repair.

• • • Employees of the Dredging Division and

members of the American Legion in Gatun

held a farewell party on March 10 for Hans

P. Pedersen. The parly was held in the American Legion building in Gamboa. Mr.

Pedersen, who has been a prominent member

of the American Legion for many years, retired as Barge Repair .Station Foreman in

the Dredging Division at the end of January,

lie plans to leave the Isthmus early this month to make his future home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

• • t

Tall tales and entertaining anecdotes are part and parcel of any big construction project, and Contractors Hill is no exception. Charles MrGonnigle Brandl, Assistant Project Engineer, and The Review's able correspondent for this page, relates stories which might have produced the following headlines in a more sensational periodical:

Oil Strike at Contractors Hill! Wholesale Robberies Uncovered!

Nature's Sanitation Corps Blasted!

Stories to back ill) such headlines are: Xo oil boom is expected as a result of tl:e recent discovery of oil near Contractors Hill by drillers of Tecon Corporation, some of whom were former oil field workers in Texas,

In filling a part of the old Rio Grande

reservoir it became nece.ssary to relocate a

section of a comnnniications cable. It was

decided to place the cable in an oUl concrete

steel pipe which was a part of the old Empire-Culebra water system. To locate the

I)ipe, Tecon Corporation loaned their rotary

drills with crews and located the pipe buried several feet under the rock fill. On opening the pipe, drillers found the

pipeline filled with heavy oil. The mystery

of how the oil came to be there was solved when it was recalled that this section of Borinquen Highway was once a part of the

old road to Paja and the Interior of Panama. The oil had seeped into the pipe from the road which was given an oil treatment «\ery

dry season by the Municipal Engineering

(Maintenance) Division. Its presence in the pipe was of considerable help in the cable

.\ NEAR RELATIVE of the racoon is the CoaiiMundi, or gato solo, as they are more commonly called. They have a long, ringed tail and a mischievous manner. It was a family and close friends who perpetrated the wave of petty larcenies at Contractors Hill recently. This group, together with some whitefaced monkey friends, were photographed near Quarry Heights, .-^t this time the group, aided by the more adept monkeys, were raiding garbage cans at Quarry Heights.

installation since it eliminated friction often encountered in pulling a cable through an

old metal pipe.

A wave of petty thievery broke out at Contractors Hill recenth', with the lunches

of workmen disappearing with alarming regularity. The culprit was discovered by a workman who returned unexpectedly to a storage shed where lunches were kept on an

"ant-proof" wire-suspended shelf. .As he

entered he saw the long, ringed-tail of a gato solo {Coati Mundi) disappearing

through the ventilator opening under the

roof. With a lunch bag in his mouth, the gato solo .scampered off into the jungle.

The mischievious prowler was apparently one of a family and they soon abandoned

all attempts at concealment, raiding the

place in utter contempt of project watchdogs and the proximity of workmen. E\en

lunches stored in an old metal water-cooler

were unsafe as the gato solos pried oflf the

lids with their paws. It finally required a

securely anchored metal box with a lock to stop the raids, and stop the project work- men from eyeing each other suspiciously.

Many buzzards have lost their lives or at

least a good part of their feathers during

the Contractors Hill operations. After shovels, trucks, bulldozers, drills, and men are

cleared out of the area to be blasted, buzzards often continue to float idly o\er the d\namite-laden holes, indifferent to screaming whistles and red flags. Waiting until zero moment arrives, the

blaster turns a key and the hill erupts in a burst of dust, rock, and dynamite fumes. And included are the buzzards, whirling end

over end like lantastic pinwheels. (Often- times one is able to right himself and tlap frantically away, minus a few feathers, but

often one swoops too low at the wrong moment and is scatteredwith the dust and rock

Supply Bureau

Michael Ward, shoe buyer with the Procure- ment Division in New York, will arrive early this month for a visit. He will be here about two weeks, dividing his lime between

the retail stores and the wholesale section at Mount Hope.

While here he will work with .lohn Brown,

Manager of the Commissary Division's shoe

section. .Shortly after Mr. Ward's return to Xew ]'ork, Mr. Brown will go to the .States

to attend the huge annual shows of popularpriced shoes in New York where over a thousand shoe manufacturers will be showing

their latest lines. He will later visit individual show rooms of manufacturers where he and

Mr. Ward will arrange the purchase of foot- wear for the coming months.

• • •

E. R. Johnson, Supply Director, is on an

official \isit to the United .States where he

is reviewing procurement operations of The

Panama Canal Company anil other related matters in the New York office. During Ms

absence, Paul E. Friedman is acting as Supply Director.

• • • Various agencies of the U. S. Government

are being circularized for the transfer of the 250-ton floating crane "Ajax". It and its sister-crane, the "Hercules," are the larg- est floating cranes in the world. They were

built in Germany and were delivered in 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War.

• • • Miss (jerlrude M. Millny was «iven a sur- prise Iwncheon on .March 10 when she cele- brated her 35th year of continuous employ- ment in the Storehouse Division. In addition

to several personal gifts, she was presented with a piece of luggage by Storehouse employees. She has one of the longest service records

of any woman employee of the Canal organization.

Community Services Bureau

Paining uf the B.illiua Theater lie.uil ster- eophonic sound there for the first lime when

the musical "Brigadoon" was shown late

last month. The radicalh-different sound

system is an amazing venture in the field ol electronics. It is called stereophonic "Per- specta" sound and with it the sound comes

from the portion of the screen where it is supi-iosed to be originating. A total of 700

electrical connections was necessary to complete the installation.

• • • Plans are being made for a roller skating

rink in the "300" area across the Panama

Railroad tracks from the Port Captain's

Office in Balboa. More definite announce- ments will be made later by the Service Center Division.
April 1, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 11

Civil Affairs Bureau

Mrs. KiiiiK I'riie, Miss He\erly Chan,

and Mrs. Ruth Townsend, employees in the Canal Zone Library, acted as judges, last month for the USARCARIR, of scrapbooks

entered for the All-Army third annual Li- brary Publicity Contest. Winning scrap- books will be entered in the 1955 John Cotton Dana Publicity Awards Contest sponsored by the American Library Association and Wilson Library Bulletin.

• • • A lecture series for vocational guidance

classes at Cristobal High School, sponsored

by the Rotary Club, has been in progress during the past month. Paul L. Beck, Cris- tobal High School Principal, and C. F. Maedl, Counsellor, selected topics for dis- cussion which included talks on library

work as a career. These were given by Mrs. Emily Price and Mrs. Lucy Kelly, of the Canal Zone Library Staff. Prominent

members of the Isthmian community have spoken on such professions as medicine,

engineering, aviation, industrial training,

and office administration.

• • • Approximately 2.000 persons attended

the annual Policemen's Ball held on March

11 at the Hotel El Panama. It was one of the most successful e\ents of its kind ever

sponsorerl by the Canal Zone Police Association.

• • • The annual pistol shoot of the Police Division has been tentatively set for April

i6. It will be held on the Pacific side.

• • • Cupt. A. J. Troup, who retired at the end

of March, Capt. If. E. Jones, and Lt. A. J. Mathon, of the Balboa Fire District, attended

the celebration of the first anniversary of the Santiago Fire Department held Saturday.

March 19. They attended at the invitation of Commandante Juan R. Brni.

• • • E. L. Farlow, Safety Officer for the Civil Affairs Bureau, has offered the following seven rules as a courtesy code for automobile

drivers: 1. Share the road by driving in the proper lane. 2. Allow ample clearance when

passing. 3. Yield the right of way. 4. Give

proper signals for turns and stops. 5. Dim

headlights when meeting or following vehicles. 6. Obey traffic laws, signs, signals, and

road markings. 7. .Adjust driving to road,

traffic, and weather conditions.

Latest Census Of Canal Zone Civilian

Health Bureau

COL. DAVID C. BURKE joined the Health Bureau last month as Assistant to the Health Director. He is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and is a graduate of Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. He

has had postgraduate study at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Ohio

State University, the Army Medical Field Service School, Brooke Army Medical Center, and Fort Sam Houston, Tex. He was

awarded a master's degree in Hospital Administration by Baylor University in 1952. He entered the Army in 1940 and was commissioned two years later. He joined the Army Medical Service Corps when it was

organized in 1947. His wife, Mrs. Jettye

L. Burke, is a native of Alabama.

{Cim'Jnuei from page I) viduals covered by the census. Women Are Outnumbered

A .summary of the population figures

for the Canal Zone in November showed

8,200 men, 10,908 women, and 18,2.57 children. While these figures show that

the women outnumber the men by more

than five to four, this is not actually the

case since the count does not include uniformed military personnel, practically

all of whom are men In the strictly civilian population, the men slightly out- number the women.

Comparative figures in the 19.5.'-i and

19.54 census figures revealed a considerable shift in the Canal Zone population

and a decided change in the nationality

of residents. The former could be attri- buted to the extensive building program

of the Panama Canal Company, and the

latter to the employment of more persons

of Panamanian citizenship and the retire- ment of many West Indians. The following figures show the nationality of Canal Zone residents in the two

years:

1953 1954 Americans -- 20,920 20,173 Panamanians . .- 12,413 14,880* West Indian- - - -- 7,213 2,243* Others 1,503 1,729

*.^s repurtod

,

The population by townsites in the

Office Of The Comptroller

Four new eniplovees were receniK added

to the Plant Inventory, and .Appraisal Staff. They were Paul J. Coleman, Electrical Engineer; William S. Neal, General Engineer;

Adolph Belden, Coot Analyst, and Joseph

B. Burgoon, Cost .Analyst.

• • • Lindsley H. .\ohte. Comptroller, left for

the States March IV to attend Congressional

hearings on the Panama Canal Company

budget and appropriations for the Canal Zone

uovernment for the coming fiscal year. He

will be away from the Isthmus for about a month, during which time Philip L. Steers.

Jr., will act as Comptroller.

• • • A daughter of an oldtimer of the Canal

organization was employed last month in tie .Agents .Accounts Branch of t'-e Accounting Division. She is Mrs. Dorothy J. Allen. Her fatter, Carl P. Hoffman, Sr., was CI ief of the former Coupon Section for many

\ears prior to his retirement in 1946.

Marine Bureau

i'apl. i'or)iclius McCormack. Pananui

Canal pilot, has been transferred to the Pacific

side to fill Ihe vacancy created by the retire- ment of Capt. Louie F.. Rocher. Captain

Rocher retired at the end of February and left early in March to make his home on the banks

of the St. Johns RJver near Jacksonville, hla. • • •

\'ice .Adm. Heber H. McLean, who served

as Marine Superintendent (no«- Marine Director) of The Panama Canal from .August 1946 to .April 1947. has retired from active

service to 1 is native home of Llano, Tex.

.After leaving the Canal organizalioji he

served as Commander of Battles'' ip Division One in the .'\llantic. and later was awarded

a Gold Star for his service with the Navy in Korean waters. He was also decorated l)\

tl-e Korean Government for his outstanding

services rendered during the Korean conflict.

• • • Capt. Thomas C. Makibben, formerly a Pananui Canal pilot, is now employed by the Union Oil Company as master of the Balboabased tanker llnoba which plies between Balboa and Central American ports. He was

employed from 1950 to 1953 as a pilot with

the Balboa force. Capt. Irving May, now a Canal pilot, acted as master of the tanker on

a temporary status while taking leave pending

the (issignmenl of Captain Makibben as reg- ular iiKi.slcr.

Canal Zone shows that Rainbow City is by far the largest populated area with

4,845 residents, with Paraiso and Balboa

in second and third places respectively.

The population of the civilian towns on

the Pacific side was listed as follows:

.\ncon 1,290 Balboa 2.709 Balboa Heights,. 167 Diablo Heights. 1,124 Camboa !,018 LaBoca 2,238 LosRios 582

Paraiso 3,0ft8 Pedro Miguel-. - - 411 Rousseau - 182 Santa Cruz. ... 2,059 R Ural area . . 380 Total Pacific area, exclusive of military

reservations: 16,396. The distribution of the population in

civilian areas on the Atlantic side is shown as follows:

Chagres . 242 Catun. 802

Margarita 1,446 NewCristobal. 1,130 Old Cristobal .

.

562 Rainbow City . 4.845 Rural area. .

.

. 797 Total Atlantic area, exclusive of military

reservations: 10,190. Exact comparisons of populations are not possible for all of the Canal Zone

civilian communities for the two years, because of the difference in tabulating some of the figures.

Two New Towns Listed Two new towns were listed in the 19.54 census which did not appear before, and

one town listed in 1953 did not appear in the 1954 tabulation. Los Rios and Rainbow City were the new towns, and Red

Tank disappeared during the intervening year and a half between the two counts.

In 1953 Red Tank had a population of over 1,000 and most of these residents,

plus many in La Boca, moved to Paraiso

to swell its population from 1,S56 in 1953

to si ghtly over 3,000 last November.

The census last November showed

there were 10,714 children attending

schools in the Canal Zone. They were

divided as follows in the various categories: Kindergarten, 727; elementary school

5,932; junior high schools, 1,395; high

schools, 1,202; junior college, 104; and

parochial or private schools, 1,354. Many Big Families

Among the interesting data developed

in the census was the size of families by

employment categories. Of the U. S.- citizen group, there were only five families

of more than 10, while 179 in the non-U.S.

citizen group reported families of more

than 10. Families of five or more were tabulated

in the U. S.-citizen group as follows- Five, 651; six, 272; seven, 94; eight, 47

nine, five; and ten, five. Among the non-U. S. citizens, families

of five or more were reported as follow^s: Five, 1,852; six, 1,322; seven, 969; eight, 608; nine, 395; and ten, 181. Almost half of those living in the Republic of Panama but work in the Canal Zone or for a U. S.-Government

agency, live in Panama City. The dis- tribution of these are shown in the fol- lowing table: Panama City . 20,409

Pacific fide other than Panama City 9,074 Colon.. - 15,460

Atlantic side other than Colon . I.IOS

Total 46,051 The citizenship of this group, predominantly Panamanian, was shown as fol- lows: JPanamanian, 37,893; United States,

1,345; West Indian, 2,932; others, 3,881.
12 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW April 1, 1955

"LOOKIT" THI'I SIZE of these stnvelids. These are the cast iron plu^s which will be lowered intci the

holes at the bottom of the Canal Locks during oxejhaul periods. Their use will increase the traffic capacity by about i'S percent. Their size can be judged by a member of the Gatun Locks (!uard making

an inspection. Each weighs 1,700 pounds, and .300 will be used.

Gatun Locks Modified For Increased

Capacity During Overhaul Next Year

Sometime earl.v in April of ne,\t year

300 cast-iron plugs, five and a half feet

in diameter and weighing about 1,700

pounds each, will be lowered into as many holes in the bottom of Gatun Locks

and thereby increase the capacity of the Panama Canal potentially by almost

1,000 ships in a four-month period.

Gatun Locks are scheduled for over- haul beginning at the first of next Jan- uary at which time the first phase of a two-part plan to increase the capacity of the Canal will be fully operative and

given its first practical test. The plugs

will not be used until the center wall cul- vert is overhauled during the latter part

of the overhaul period.

Work was being completed at the end

of March by Maintenance Division forces on a modification of Gatun Locks which

will make possible the time-saving plan

for the transit of ships during the four- month overhaul periods in the future. The Pacific Locks will be similarly modified in 1957 for their overhaul during the dry season in 1958. Plugs Needed For A Month

The alternations will permit doubleculvert operation of one set of locks while

the other is being overhauled, and both

sets of locks to be in use with single- culvert operation while the center-wall

culvert is under overhaul. The plugs will be used only for about four weeks during

the overhaul while the center-wall culvert work is in progress to prevent the inflow

of water from the lock chambers back

into the main culvert. Heretofore during overhaul periods the center-wall culvert was closed off completely when it was under overhaul, and

when either side of the locks was empty.

The work just being completed has in- volved the sinking of shafts from the top

of the center wall at Gatun sufficiently

large to lift out the largest of the cylindrical valve parts. The.se shafts will have a minimum inside dimension of 5 x 9-feet and will have a maximum depth of 69 feet. Four Shafts To Culvert

Three such shafts are required at Gatun— one for each set of chambers at the different levels. In addition, a larger

shaft, 5 x 12 feet, is required at the lower end. This will be used as a pumpshaft for two 200-horsepower deep well- type pumps which will be used during overhaul to keep the culvert clear of any

water seepage from the inlet plugs. They

will also he used for a faster unwatering

of the culvert. Sumps are being provided at the lower end of each culvert into which the pump

intakes can be lowered. The excavation

for these shafts is through reinforced concrete for the entire distance, while the elevator shafts are partly through earth. The fender-chain well on the upper level of each set of locks will be used for one

of the access shafts to the cylindrical valves. These were originally installed as a protection for the intermediate gates, but they are not used and the removal of the chains and hoisting machinery was

authorized several years ago. The use of

the.se three wells will result in a considerable saving for the project as a whole. Portable Elevator Units

Three portable elevator units will lie

provided for handling personnel and

equipment for the culvert overhaul. These will be electrically powered and

will be set in place on top of each shaft

to lower or lift the elevator cages which

will move in horizontal slots on the sides

of the shaft walls. The elevators will not

be used to lift the large cylindrical valve

parts which weigh considerably more

than the elevator capacity of ,3,000 pounds.

The two big pumps will also be set in position above the lock walls. They will be located in a small room directly over

the sumps which will provide easy access

to the operators.

The big metal plugs for the openings

in the lock floors will be handled from a barge and will be lowered into place and

lifted by a crawler-crane equipped with an electro-magnet for handling the plugs.

A barge formerly used in SIP work has been reconditioned and fitted with guides

for the crane cables.

Six More Lockages Daily

The capacity of (jatuu Locks is lated

at 2.3 lockages a day during overhaul

periods. This is expected to be increased

to 29 lockages during a 24-hour-a-day

operation, throughout the overhaul period. This will increase the number of possible lockages by over S40 during the overhaul. And, with tandem lockages,

which is used to the extent possible during overhauls and when traffic is heavy,

the present plan could, mathematically,

increase the Canal capacity by about

1,000 ships during the four months of the overhaul.

It requires about 21 minutes less time

for a lockage through the three levels at Gatun with double-culvert operation than with only one culvert. The use of both lock chambers with single-culveit

operation will save slightly more time but

present calculations are for 29 to 30

lockages a day under either condition of operation.

Twenty-four-hour operation of the

locks under overhaul has been a normal

procedure in the past to avoid delays to

.shipping. During the past two overhaul

periods traffic has been so heavy that

careful schedules were required to avoid

long delays. With the new plan in operation the increased capacity will permit

greater latitude in arranging transit schedules and no material delays are expected

except on peak days when the number of vessels ariiving for transit greatly ex- ceeds the rormal. Locks Operated Overtime

Work was begun in January by the Maintenance Division on the alterations

at Gatun Locks and during about a month's time single-culvert operation was

required. This was necessary when the

center-wall culvert was emptied as the

access and pump shafts were being cut

into the culvert. During this time the

locks were operating on an overtime schedule with a minimum of 17 hours a day.

During the early part of March the locks were o|)L'rated for three days on a 24- hour schedule to relieve a congestion

caused when an unusually large number

of ships arrived for transit during a brief period.

A test has already been made of the

plugs which will be used to seal off the openings from the lateral culverts feeding

from the main center-wall culvert. The

test was made on one of the lateral cul- verts connected with the center wall and

it was found that the leakage around the

five plugs could be measured by tens of gallons. The test indicated that the total leakage will not be sufficient to interfere with overhaul work in the culvert and

will be considerably less than the capacity

of the two pumps to be installed for controlling the inflow.
April 1, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 13

SHIPS AND SHIPPING

Transits By Ocean-Going Vessels

Commercial (i37 592

U. S. Government 15 41

Total ^^ 652 633

Tolls *

Commercial $2,723,170 $2,494,854 U.S. Government. 53,178 202,146

Total $2,776,348 $2,697,000

* Includes tolls on vessels under 300 net tons or 500 displacement tons.

REV. \V1LLI.\M LIVINGSTON

Although he was born in Portsmouth,

Ohio and attended college in Anderson,

Ind., the Reverend William Livingston has spent most of his time since then in

various states south of the Mason Dixon

Line and in tropical countries. He arrived on the Isthmus two years ago to be Minister-in-Charge of the Church of God in the Canal Zone, Pan- ama, and Costa Rica. Prior to that, he had spent five years as Minister of the

First Church of God in New Orleans, and

had also served the church many years in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Barbados. As missionary Minister-in-Charge, he is

responsible for several churches in the Republic as well as two in the Canal Zone and one in Costa Rica. Plans are now

being made for the organization of a church in Diablo Heights and a new

church building will soon be constructed

for the Church of God congregation in Rainbow City.

Visits Costa Rica

The Rev. Livingston makes two trips each year to visit the congregation in the

little town of Cimarrones in Costa Rica. He and his wife edit the Church quarterly

The Panama Promoter. He aJso has

charge of a weekly radio program "The

Christian Brotherhood Hour," prepared

by the general offices of the Church in Anderson, Ind., and broadcast locally. He is also President of the Isthmian Religious Workers Federation. A graduate of the Anderson College

and Theological Seminary, the Reverend

Livingston also has a bachelor of arts degree from High Point College, in High

Point, North Carolina

Reverend and Mrs. Livingston have

three daughters, Ann, Jenny, and Gaye,

all of whom attend school in Balboa. Ann, the eldest, is a student in the Canal Zone Junior College and has shown considerable talent for music. Music, in fact,

plays a prominent role in the Livingston

home. Mrs. Livingston and her two oldest daughters have formed a vocal trio and have taken part in a number of church programs in the Canal Zone.

A high record and a low record were set

in the same month by Canal traffic in February, which unusual fact is doubtless

a record of its own. A new high daily average number of transits by ocean-going commercial ships

of 22.75 was established in February.

This was an all-time high. The previous record of 22.35 ships a day average was

set in March 1954 when there were 693

transits. The low record was set by U. S. Government shipping. The daily average number of transits by large Government

ships was 0.54, the lowest monthly aver- age since the beginning of the Korean

conflict. It was not an all-time record.

Commercial traffic continued at a high

rate during March and, with single cul- vert operation at Gatun Locks during the month, it became necessary to operate

three days on a 24-hour schedule to avoid

congestion and delays to traffic

Two more whale-catchers ti-ansited the Canal southbound March 17 em-oute to Valparaiso, Chile, to join the whaling

fleet which is operating in the Antarctic Ocean. They were the Indus XII, and

Indus XIV, Chilean-flag whalers being

delivered to the Cia. Industrial, S. A., of Valparaiso.

The two vessels, originally under the Norwegian flag and christened Folk and

Klo. were built in 1937 at Sandefjord,

Norway. They are 125.5 feet in length

and powered with reciprocating steam

engines. Payne & Wardlaw, local agents

for the vessels, say that the two catchers

will be a part of a large fleet of "Indus"

vessels. A sister ship, the Indus XV, was

scheduled to arrive for transit about the end of March.

The SS Chateaugay transited the Canal

early in March with the biggest load of iron ore ever shipped through the Canal

except by regular ore carriers of the

largest size. The 613-foot ship was en- route from San Juan, Peru, to Baltimore. Wilford & McKay were agents. The

Chateaugay was not built as an ore carrier, but is of an unusual type vessel. Built primarily as a diy-cargo carrier, it

is designed so that its ballast tanks can

be used to transport oil. Most vessels carrying ore through the Canal from San Juan have a load of nine

to ten thousand tons. The Chateaugay

carried 22,710 tons. Some of the biggest

ore ships carry about 24,000 tons.

Only a few oldtimers around the pier area in Cristobal recognized the cruise ship Homeric as an old friend when it docked in Cristobal a few weeks ago with 626 tour passengers aboard.

It' was the ship's maiden voyage to the Canal under her new name. Records of

the Cristobal Port Captain's office reveal that the vessel, formerly named Mariposa

of the Matson Line, transited the Canal

in January 1932, on a round-the-world

voyage. Subsequently it was in transPacific service for many years, plying be- tween U. S. ports and Hawaii where its name and profile became familiar to thousands of American travelers. Ten years after her first transit, the Mariposa came through the Canal again,

this time northbound with the red, white,

and blue stack of the Army transport

service, her destination being cryptically

shown as the "high seas." After the war

the Mariposa became the Homeric, of Home Lines, Ltd., and transited the Canal in 1954 enroute to Italy where it was completely refitted as a cruise ship,

with air conditioning throughout.

C. B. Fenton & Co., Inc., local agents, have announced that the Homeric has

returned to trans- Atlantic service but is expected to visit the Isthmus again next

year with cruise passengers. The vessel

is under Panamanian registry and has a

gross tonnage of 18,152 and is 637 feet

long.

The Ivaran Line, of which C. Fernie & Co. are local agents, was mistakenly

called a Danish firm in February issue of The Review. The Ivaran Line is Norwegian and is owned by the A-S Ivarans

Rederi, well-known Norwegian firm established in 1902. The company operates a number of freight-passenger vessels which

transit the Canal regularly on a run be- tween New York and Far Eastern ports.

The Spanish training schooner Juan

Sebastian Elcano arrived in Cristobal at the end of last month for a week's visit to Canal waters. It came from Cartagena

Colombia, and is on an extended training

cruise. The training ship is well known

on the Isthmus. It last visited the Canal

in 1952 at which time it carried a complement of 310 officers and cadets.

The new SS Southern Cross is scheduled

to arrive here April 11 on her maiden

voyage around the world. The Canal administration has been notified that a film unit of British Films, Ltd., is aboard to make a motion picture of the trip and

will make various pictures as the vessel

transits the Canal.

Only Two Weeks Remain

For Filing Income Tax

Only two weeks remain for tax payers

to file their income tax returns for 1954, and, for those who are required to do so, to file their estimated income tax forms

for 1955. The last date for filing returns this year is April 15, which is one month later than in previous years. The deadline for payment of 1954 taxes is June 15, but

those who delay until the last day will be required to pay interest between April 15 and June 15 which would amount to one percent.

Wendell L. Lindsey, Internal Revenue

Agent, will be assisted in handling returns

this year by James K. Woischwill, Collection Officer, who was recently assigned to duty in the Canal Zone for two years.

Mr." Woischwill's home is in Miami, Fla.
14 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW April 1, 1955

PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

February 15 Through March 15

Employees who were i)ronioted or transferred between February IS and March 15 arc listed below. Regradings and within- grade promotions are not listed. ADMIiNISTRATlVE BRANCH

George Vieto, from Passenger Traffic

t'lerk ti) Passenger Traffic Officer. Transjiortation Section. Sidney Temple, from File Clerk, Records

Section to Passenger Traffic Clerk, Transportation Section. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Henry B. de VoU, from Cniard, Locks Se- curity Branch to Postal Clerk, Postal Di\-

ision. Robert L. Snyder, from Postal Clerk in Principal Review Clerk, Postal Division. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Ralph K. Skinner, from N'oucher Examiner, Agents Accounts Branch to Accounting

Publications Editor, Accounting Systems

Staff. Robert K. Hanna, from Contract Assistant, Contract and Inspection Division to Accountant, Internal .Audit Staff. Mrs. Elsie N. Smith, from Accounting

Clerk, Central Typing and Clerical Unit to X'oucher Examiner, .Agents Accounts Branch

Mrs. Muriel H. DeYoung, .Accounting

Clerk, from (ieneral Ledger and Processing

Branch to Central Typing and Clerical Unit. John R. DeGrummond, Jr., from Fiscal Accountant to Super\isory Accountant,

Agents Accounts Branch.

Florian B. Hopson, Donald J. Bowen,

from .Accountant to Supervisory .Accountant General Ledger and Processing Branch. Noel C. Farnsworth, from General Construction Inspector, Contract and Inspection Division to X'aluation F^ngineer, Plant Inventory and .Appraisal Staff. Jack A. MuUer, from Electrical Engineer.

Electrical Division to X'aluation Engineer,

Plant Inventory and Appraisal Staff. Francis J. Reilly, from Accounting Clerk, Dredging Division to Construction Cost

.Analyst. Plant hnentory anrl Appraisal

Staff.' John W. D. Collins, from Timekeeper, Locks Division to Construction Cost -Analyst, Plant Inventory and Appraisal Staff.

Carl W. Hoffmeyer, from Postal Clerk.

Postal Service to Construction Cost Aiialyst. Plant Inventory and Appraisal Staff. Duane A. Hunter, from General Construction Inspector, Contract and Inspection Division to Construction Cost .Analyst, Plant hnentory and Appraisal .Staff. John R. White, from General Construction Inspector, Contract and Inspection

Division to Valuation Engineer, Plant In- ventory and .Appraisal Staff. Frank R. Molther, froin Strtjctural Engineer, Engineeiing Division to X'aluation Engineer, Plant Inventory and .Appraisal Staff. George T. Darnell, Jr., from Supervisory

(Jeneral Engineer, Surveys Branch to General Engineer, Plant Inventory and .Ap- praisal Staff. Lionel L. Ewing, from .Admeasurer, Navigation Division to General Enginer, Plant Inventory and .Appraisal Staff. Bruce W. Glaze, from Accountant, Intern,il .Audit Staff to Cost Examiner. Plant hnentory and .Appraisal Stall. COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU

Mrs. Ruth Belcher, from Substiliuc Teacher, Division of Schools to Steward

Trainee, Service Center Division. Earl W. Sears, from .Accounting Clerk to Accounting .Assistant. Housing Division. Robert H. Miller, from Housing Management .Aide to .Assistant Manager, Cristobal Housing Office, Housing Division. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Joseph S. Christopher, from Painter Fore- man to Painting Inspector, Contract and

Inspection Division. Walter E. Colclasure, from Supervisory

Administrative .Assistant to Contract .Assist- ant, Contract and Inspection Division. Lynn E. Stratford, from Powerhouse Operator to Senior Powerhouse Operator, Electrical Di\i^ion.

William C. Williford, from Carpenter Leader to Quarters Mainten.ince Foreman,

Maintenance Division. Mrs. Mae B. Cross, from Clerk to Clerical .Assistant, Office of the Director. Engineering atid Construction Bureau. OFFICE OF GOVERNOR-PRESIDENT

William L. de la Mater, from Siipph' Distriliinion .Assistant. ICngineering and Construction Bureau to Management Engineer, Executive Planning Staff. Miss Annie F. McDade, Editorial Clerk

(Stenographer! to Secretary (Stenograiiherl,

Executi\e Planning Stall. HEALTH BUREAU

Mrs. Ruthelma T. Zemer, Clerk-Stenographer, from XX'age and Classification Division, Personnel Bureau to Gorgas Hospital.

Dr. John W. Gales, Medical Officer, from Gorgas Hosiiit.il to Coco Solo Hospital.

Miss Myrtle L. Spencer, from Staff Nurse

Gorgas Hospital to Head Nurse, Corozal

Hospital.

MARINE BUREAU

Harry B. Johnson, Towboat Master, fi;om Dredging Division to Navigation Di\'ision. Walter C. Watts, from Lock Operator

Machinist, to Lock Operator Machinist

Leader, .Atlantic Locks. Kenneth L. Bivin, from Probationarv

Pilot tc.nu.ilified Pilot. Navigation Di\ision

PERSONNEL BUREAU

Robert A. Stevens, from Salary and Wage

Analvst to Chief of U. S.-Rate Wage Board

Section, Wage and Chissific.ition Division. Mrs. Margaret E. Murphy, from Position

Classifier to Chief of the U. S.-Rate Classified Section. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Worden E. French, from Steam Etigineer

to .Assistant Relief Foreman, Marine Bunkering Section.

APRIL SAILINGS

P'rom Cristobal

Cristobal -^pril i Panama* ^pril 9 Ancon -^pril I''

Cristobal ^pril 2.' Panama* ^pril .'0 From New York

Ancoii .^piil

"

Cristobal April 1

4

Panama* ^pril 21 Ancon - -.April 28 (Southbound the stop at Haiti is from

7 a. m. to 4 p. m., Monday; northbound the

ships are also in Port-au-Prince on Monday

from about 1 to 6 p. m.)

* Freight oiih .

MARCH RETIREMENTS

Retirement certificates were presenteil <it the end of March to the following employees, listed alphabeticalK', together with

t'leir birth|)laces. titles, length of service, and future addresses: Gilbert H. Hulcher, X'irginia, Plumber,

Maintenance Division, 17 \cars, 7 months,

and 22 (la\ >; I'.inam.i. Malvern P. Pappendick, North Caroliiui, Meat Processing Supervisor, Commissary

36 years and 25 days. Indchuite. Capt. Arthur J. Troup, Indiana, Special

.Assist.mt to the Civil .Affairs Director, ,30 \ears, 6 months, and 2,? days. La Grange,

Illinois.

ANNIVERSARIES

THOMAS K. BOUGAX

Thomas A. Bougan, who completed 41 years of government service in March, has

plenty of experience in the line of work he

is now doing. His present job is Chief of the Retail Stores Branch of the Commissary

Division but before being employed by the Canal organization, he spent 16 years with

the Supplv Department of the U. S. Navy.

During XX'orld XX'ar II he was on duty for three vears with the Supply Department of the 15th Naval District in Balboa. A native of New Orleans, Mr. Bougan

first joined the Na\-v in 1914, and saw service during World XVar I. At this time, he was on dutv with the Dover Patrol in the English Channel for several months. Called back to acti\e service during World XX'ar 1 1

,

he was placed in charge of procuring provisions for all U. S. Navy ships in the Panama

Sea Fontier. He has been employed with the Commissary Division since 1930 and was Manager

of .several of the Commissary retail stores before he was pronuited to his present position in 1951.

35 YEARS

Thirty-five \ear anniversaries were ob-

,ser\ed In- two emiiloyees during March.

They are William V. Brugge, .Assistant Housing Manager in Balboa, and Louis A. Kaufer^ Governmental Accountant in the

Industrial Bureau in Cristobal.

Mr. Brugge came to the Isthmus as a young boy in 1910 and took his first job with the Canal organization in 1913 as a wrapiier and checker with the Conmiissary

Division. He left the Canal Zone in 1916 but returned in 1922. He has been employed

in helping employees with their housing

problems since 1925. Mr. Kaufer was born in Red Lake Falls, Minn, and was first employed in the SupphDepartment in 1920. Since 1924 he has been with the Mechanical Division, now

the Industrial Bureau, as an accountant. His service record with the Canal organization is continuous.

30 YEARS

Two of the five employees who had 30- year anniversaries last month can boast of continuous service with the Panama Canal

orgitnization. They are Roger A. Orvis, Chief of the .Accotinting Section in the In- dustrial Bureau, and Miss Betty A. Ryan,

teacher in the Balbo.i Elementarv School. Mr. Orvis, a native of Chicago. 111., has been with the Industrial Bureau since 1925. Miss Ryan, of Curtis, Mich., has been

teaching in the Canal Zone Elementary

.Schools since she arrived on the Isthnnis

in 1925. Other 30-year employees are David E. Dickson who was born in Kingston, Ontario, and is now Lockniaster at the Pedro

Miguel Locks; Manuel Pabon, of Cabo

Rojo, Puerto Rico, and Hugh L. Samples, both heavy equipment operators in the
April 1, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 15

Motor Transportation Disisicm. Mr, Samples is a iiatix'e of TanUesle\ , K\'.

25 YEARS

Six employees completed 25 years of Government service in March. Three of the six ha\e continuous service with the Canal organization. They are Joseph

Conklin, Jr., a native of P'ort Smith. Ark., Train ami Yard Conductor with the Pan- ama Railroad; Jack B. DeVore, of New

Albany, Intl., Accountant with the Accounting Division; and Herman V. Lynn, of Culf

port. Miss.. Ideniilir.itinn Officer in the

Police Division. Others completing 25 years of Govern

ment ter\ice during March are: Miss Mercedes Castro, whose birthplace is P.in.im.i

Cit\' and v\ ho is now employed as a teacher

at the Balboa Junior High School; Julian

S. Hearne, .'\ssistant Supervisor of the Dredging Division's Hydrographic Surveys

Branch, who was born in Vantley, Ala.; and Mrs. Delia J. Noonan, a menii)er of a

well known Canal Zone family, who was

born in Cristobal and is now employed as

a Mail and File Clerk in the Commissar\-

Division at Mount Hope.

20 YEARS

Six employees passed their 20-year anni versary in March and four of them have unbroken service with the Canal organization. The four with continuous service are

Virgil G. Camby ,nid William T. Bleakley, both policemen on dut\- in the Balbo.i District; Herbert S. Driscoll, Dock Foreman

in the Xa\igation Division; and George E. Shoemaker, General Supply Cataloger in the Di\ision of Storehouses. The other two with 20 years of Govern- ment ser\ice but whose service is broken

are: Olen A. Dietz, Superintendent and

Construction Management Engineer, in the Maintenance Division in Cristobal; and Lee Kariger, Administrative Assistant in the Locks Division at Pedro Miguel.

15 YEARS

Sixteen of the 22 employees who cele- brated their 15th anniversary in March

have continuous service with the Canal

organization. Three of them share the mutual service date of March 7, 1940, and

two others came to work for the Canal March 21, 1940. The three who were employed .March 7 are Gilbert C. Foster, Foreman of the Crushing and Screening [^lant of the .Maintenance

Division; Gerrit Joustra, .Arm.iture Winder

in the Electrical Di\ision; and Harvey W.

Sauter, Assistant Superintendent of .Sheet- metal Work in the Maintenance Division. The two employees who went to work for the Canal March 21, are Gerald J. Fox, F'oreman of Quarr\ Maintenance, Mainte- nance Division; and Mrs. Ethel K. Hearn,

Head Nurse at Gorgas Hospital. Other 15-year employees with mdiroken

Canal service are: Paul N. Friedman, .'Assist- ant Director of the SuppK Bureau; Lawrence W. Chambers, .Safety Inspector, Eocks Division; Elmer A. Geiss, Machinist

in the Industrial Bureau; Robert G. Hammetter. Pressman, Panama Canal Printing

Plant- Mrs. Delia L. Hancock, Conununications Clerk, .Adniinistrati\e Branch; Everett R. Kimmel, Pharmacist, Gamboa Med

ical Clinic; James E. Lawson, Internal

.Audit Staff, Ofhce of the Comptroller; Charles E. Pretz, Refrigeration Engineer in the Balboa Field (Office ol the Maintenance

Division; Ira N. C. Read, .Accounting Clerk, Plant Inventory and .Appraisal Staff; Harry

C. Seaman, Commissar\ .Su|icr\isor. Commissary Division; and Robert A. Stevens, Chief of the U. S.-Rate Wage Board Section

of the Wage and Classification Division. Other employees completing 15 years of service are: jerry W. Detamore, Forms Control Officer in the .-Xdministratixe Branch; William C. Harrell, Rigger. Industrial Division; Andrew S. Lieberman, Chief Towboat

Engineer, Navigation Division; Francis N.

O'Connell, Maintenance .Mechanic, Transliortation and Terminals Bureau; Charles W. Rager, Lock Operator, Pacific Locks; and Fred E. Wells, Steamship Ticket Agent

lor the Panama Line.

(.'UMM18SARY DRESSES were displayed to their fullest advantage at a fashion show presented late

last month at the Albrook Air Force Base Officers Club by 1 lovely models—wives of .\lbrook OiBcers. The fashion show was designed to display the moderate-priced clothing available to Canal Zone women,

with dresses being supplied from Panama Canal Commissary's regular stocks. Left to right are: Mrs.

H. B. Terhune, Mrs. -James Verner, Mrs. William Peel, Mrs. .John Blakeslee, Mrs. Edward Morris, Mrs.

E. J. Briggs, Mrs. Ray Willets, Mrs. Samuel C.albreath, Mrs. Harry Albaugh. and Mrs. James Hamill.

STATESIDE FOOD manufacturers have done

just about everything but hire a cook in their

efforts to brighten the lot of the workingmother, the bridge-playing wife or the woman

who just doesn't like to spend much time in the kitchen. The results of their labor in behalf of the harrassed housewife can now be

found on the shelves of most Commissary retail stores and fresh supplies and new items are being tried out and ordered regularly. Anyone able to read, lift a saucepan to the

stove, light an oven, or tell salt from pepper

should be able to whisk a meal together in a

matter of minutes. Some of the items are in cans and will keep

on the kitchen shelf for months. Others are

frozen and can be placed in the freezing compartment of the refrigerator or in the deepfreeze and kept for months also. Most housewives have also found that the canned instant foods are just the thing to take along on a

picnic or a week-end excursion.

A CHICKEN PIE or a meal pie, lor instance,

IS the last thing you might think would be

found in cans but they are Ready-to-Cook made by the Wilson ComPies pany and the Dinner-Time

In A Can people whose products are now being stocked by the Commissary Division. The pies are put up

in pie-shaped tins large enough to serve two

or three hungry people. In addition to chicken and beef pot pie, there are turkey

pies, mince pies, chicken pot pies, and

chicken fricassee with vegetables. All the cook has to do is take the top off the tin and

place the whole business in the oven for half an hour. Frozen chicken, beef, and turkey

pies are also available.

THE HOUSEWIFE in a hurry will soon gtt another break in the quick meal department. The Commissary Division has on order a stock

of so-called "minute meals" prepared by the Heinz Company. The minute meals are made

especially tor one person or can be given to a child when mother is busy and has other housework to think about. They come in eight and one-half ounce tins and include

such luscious combinations as lamb and beef

stew, macaroni Creole, Spanish rice, chicken

stew with dumplings, beef goulash, chicken noodle dinner, and chop suey. They are not expensive either, considering the saving in preparation and shopping time.

THERE ARE a number of combination dinners which can be picked up in one package and

placed on the shelf or taken Packaged to the countr/ for an easy meal Combination during the week-end. For Dinners those who like Mexican food, there is an enchilada dinner which serves four. Everything is included in

the package except cheese and onions, of which every good enchilada must hove

plenty. Another quick meal in a package is a meatless Chinese dinner which includes chop suey, chow main noodles, and a bottle

of soy sauce.

QUICK DESSERTS have long been stocked by the Commissary but recently the choice

has been widened to pies, pie mixes, and a wide variety of cake mixes for such cakes

which once took grandmother many long

hours of preparation. The pie mixes include

cherry, peach, and apple, which are ready

to pour into a crust and place in the oven. There are prepared crust mixes, also. In case

the hostess is really in a hurry, however, the Commissary sells in the frozen food section, small individual apple and cherry pies all ready for baking.

IF THERE are times when the lady of ihe house might prefer to start from scratch when

preparing fresh vegetables, she More New will find in the houseware sec- Kitchen tions soon a super-duper paring

Gadgets knife with a small attachment which cuts potatoes into shoestring size, and will dice onions, apples, and

vegetables.

Gadget inventors are thinking of everything. Some man must have had some experience with baked potatoes which have a

nasty habit of rolling out of the oven or baking unevenly. The housewife can now

buy a baked potato rack which holds eight potatoes on prongs and not only keeps the potatoes on an even keel but takes the heat

to the heart of the potato. It sounds like a good idea and no one could go wrong for 45 cents. They will be available soon in all houseware departments.

To cut that steak which has been cooked

with such care over the charcoal, there is a new stock of steak knives and carving sets made by the Flint Company, with Pakkawood

handles and hollow-ground blades. The

steak knives come in sets of six with a wooden

rack for storage —all for only $7.65.

SUITABLE CRUSHED ICE m small quantities

IS hard to come by in the tropics. If it is crushed too fine, it melts before Crushed Ice it can be used. Available in From the Commissaries soon will be Your Tray an ice cube tray which will (believe it or not), moke ice cubes in crushed ice size. The trays come in sets of two and will produce a total of 180

ice cubes in |ig lime. Since the tray is mode

of flexible plastic, the cubes will pop out whole with a twist of the wrist, so the manufacturer claims.
16 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW ^JL-^"--'5 -<^-3

April 1, 1955

ROTC Cadets Climax Successful Year

Now an important compont'nt of Bal- boa and Cristobal High Schools, the

•Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

culminated its seventh successful year

last month with a review by Governor

Seybold and Field Day competition at the Balboa Stadium.

The ROTC program was inaugurated

at Ralboa High School in the fall term

of I94S and was extended to Cristobal High School two years later. Since then

several hundred students- an average of about 300 a year have participated.

While the annual Field Day exercises have publicly demonstrated the success

of the training and the enthusiasm demonstrated by the students, the benefits of ROTC training have been spotlighted by

students after graduation from the two

schools, many of whom have utilized this basic training to become successful officers on entering a branch of the Armed Services. Regular Army Personnel

Three regular Army officers and six noncommissioned officers are assigned to the Canal Zone units, with Capt. William

J. Loder, Jr., in charge as Professor of Militaiy Science and Tactics. His principal assistants are Capt. James C. Cloud

at Cristobal, and Capt. Thomas B. Blake

at Balboa. Noncommissioned officers as- signed to the Balboa unit are M-Ss. El- mer 0. Edwards as supply sergeant, and

Carl 0. Webb as instructor; and Sfc Ceorge Rosen, instructor; and Sfc Glenn

H. Bolton, sergeant major. M-S Robert

E. Robinson and Sfc Edward 0. Souney

are assigned to the Cristobal ROTC.

Impressive Showing Made

The cadets made an impressive showing

in the Field Day last month and although

the Balboa unit marched off with most

of the honors, competition was keen. Competition for individual, squad, plat- oon, and company honors followed the regimental review in honor of Governor

Seybold who warmly congratulated the Regimental Staff at the close. \Vinners in the competitive events were:

Individual: Cadet Sgt. Richard W.

Angstadt, first; Wayne G. Brown, second; and Stephen R. Laidlaw, third. All indi-

\ idual winners are Balboa cadets. Squad and commander: Third squad,

second platoon of Company B, Cadet Sgt. Michel H. Nahmad, Balboa, first; and

first squad, first platoon of Company A,

Sgt. Raymond E. Bacon, Balboa, second. Platoon and commander: First platoon.

Company C, Balboa, Cadet Lt. Donald

B. Huff," first. Company and commander: Companv

C, Balboa," Cadet Capt. David A. Ellis,

first; and Company G, Cristobal, Cadet

Capt. Andrew A. Bleakley, Jr., second.

Lt. Col. Conrad R. Und'-rdahl, of F'ort Amador, who is Senior Army Adviser for the ROTC, was head judge of the Field Day competition and was assisted by five

officers of the 33d Infantry at Fort Kobbe.

The Field Day competition was fol- lowed by an exhibition of precision drill by

the Balboa High School drill team under

the command of Cadet Captain Ellis. Awards to the winners were made to winners by the following organizations

and theirrepresentatives: Individual competition, Panama Canal Department of the Reserve Officers Association, Maj.

Carl J. Browne; Best squads. Lodge No.

1414, B.P.O.E., William J. Bright; best platoon, Pacific Civic Council, Harry

MOST SOI i.ii 1 ;ii).,i)i: .1, i.,, i i,„; i)„i vwio {.,\, „|...i 11. ,ii,- iiHiiw.iu.ii . iiiupftitiuii. It was wim

by Cadet Sergeant Riohai-d W. Angstadt. His first place medal, awai-ded by the Panama Canal Department of the Reserve Officers Association is being pinned on by Carl J. Browne, Major, U. S. Army

Reserve Corps, who is Superintendent of the Maintenance Division's southern district. At Major

Browne's back is Capt. William ,J. Loder, .Jr., P. M. S. & T. for the Canal Zone Schools. Cadet Sgt. Ray- mond A. Bacot, in white helmet, won second place in the squad competition, and Cadet Sgt. Wayne G. Brown, at far right, won ser'ond place in the individual competition.

WI.\NL\0 I'LATOU.X leader was Cadet Lt. Donald H. llutf who is ieci'i\ iiig a niiilal from Melvin Bier- man, Panama Canal Traffic lingineer, donated by the Scottish Kite Bodies. A placjue for the winning

platoon and individual ribbons were presented by Harry Townsend. Foreman of the Instrument Repair Shop in Balboa, for the Pacific Civic Council. .At Mr. Bierman's left is Captain Loder, who has charge

of the ROTC units; in the center is Miss Jane-Jenniscn, sponsor of Company C, nf Balboa, commanded

by Cadet ("apt. David A. Ellis, winner of first place in company competition; and extreme right is Cadet

Sgt. Michel N'ahmad, first place winner in squad competition.

Town.send; and best platoon leader, Scottish Rite Bodies, Melvin Bierman; best companies, Balboa Junior and Senior

High Schools PTA

and best company

of Columbus, Miiton Ha

Mrs. Edith Cotton,

(Mmmander, Knights

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