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COORDINATED EFFORTS OF CANAL ORGANIZATIONS

MADE POSSIBLE PERFECT ROYAL VISIT TO ZONE

A Smiling Queen

A SMILE OF INTEREST wreathed lovely young Queen Elizabeth's face at the Miraflores control tower last Sunday when the operation of the locks was explained to her by the Governor and Edward

Barlow, Control House Supervisor. Behind the Governor's shoulder can be seen the Duke of Edinburgh,

watching a ship in the west chamber of the locks. Under Mr. Barlow's direction the Queen turned some

of the handles in the foreground to open the big miter gates of the locks.

A SMILE OF WELCOME greets guests presented to the Queen at the reception given during the afternoon at the Governor's House. Governor Seybold is about to present R. K. Morris, former Chief Quartermaster for the Canal organization while the Duke also waits to greet him. Mrs. Seybold is about

to shake hands with Mrs. Scollay Moore, wife of the vice president cf the Esso Company here and its regional manager for Central America. In the background are members of the Queen's party.

Gov. And Mrs. Seybold

Express Appreciation

To All Who Took Part

Gratitude to all of the people

of the Canal Zone and appreciation for the work of all who

played some part in last Sunday's royal visit was expressed

this week by Governor J. S. Seybold.

Mrs. Seybold heartily endorsed the Governor's sentiments when she told The

Panama Canal Review:

"We are deeply grateful to every

person involved." Many Canal units, the Governor said, were involved in the problems attendant on the arrival of the first reigning monarch ever to visit the Canal Zone, in the handling of her ship, the S. S. Gothic, and

in the security arrangements which

always must be made for such a visit. The people of the Canal Zone who

stood or sat in last Sunday's sun on the

Atlantic side and in the sun and rain on

the Pacific side to see Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, played an important part by

their orderliness and courtesy to the

royal couple who were guests of the Canal

Zone, the Governor added. The Canal Zone crowds were so inter- ested in the Queen and the Duke and so

solicitous of their feelings that one overebullient welcomer in the Miraflores

area, who gave forth with a long, low

whistle as the Queen arrived at the locks, was instantly shushed by the crowd of several thousand. Guests of Canal Zone

Emphasis was placed during the Queen's entire stay on the fact that she and her husband were the guests of the people of the Canal Zone. An orchid corsage, bearing a card which carried the greetings of the Canal Zone people was sent aboard the Gothic before the slim and pretty young Queen

disembarked to begin the all-day tour which, as far as the Zone was concerned,

took her through the Cristobal pier area, into the control tower at Miraflores Locks, along the main thoroughfares on

the Pacific side to and from the Governor's House, back to Pedro Miguel to reboard the Gothic and again along the Canal Zone streets to (See page IB)
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 4, 1953

Two Major Organization Changes Involve

One Of Oldest, One Of Youngest Units

ENDS CANAL SERVICE

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major organization changes in- volving one of the oldest and one of the youngest of the principal units of the Canal organization became effective at

the firs! of this month.

The Motor Transportation Division,

i/.cd in its present form in 1921 as

the Animal and Motor Transportation

Division, was transferred from the Supply

and Service Bureau to the Railroad and

Terminals Bureau. Coincidental with

this transfer the name of the Railroad

and Terminals Bureau was changed to Transportation and Terminals Bureau. The other change was the establish- ment of an Executive Planning Staff in

the Office of the Governor-President.

This new unit is headed by John D.

Hollen, who has been Chief of the Plant Inventory and Appraisal Staff of the Comptroller's Office since that unit was

formed last year. Long Range Planning

One of the principal objectives of the Executive Planning Staff will be the development of long-range planning and

the coordination of current operations to conform with those plans. The Staff will

also perform some of the functions heretofore carried on by the Management

Staff of the Office of the Comptroller

which is concurrently being reorganized.

These will include the responsibility

for the Company-Government capital

program and its coordination with long- range plans, the preparation of statistical data; the collection and correlation of estimates on various operations; approval

of supervisory positions and certain

functions related to force ceilings.

The transfer of the Motor Transportation Division is in conformity with the

general policy of providing a closer alignment of related functions in the Company

organization. This transfer was purely

organizational in nature and no personnel

changes were involved. The Motor Transportation Division had its beginning when the Canal construction began in 1904, long before the automobile or motor truck made its appearance on the Isthmus. During most

of the construction period horses and

mules provided the only motive power

for road transportation.

It was not until several years after the Canal was opened in 1914 that the use of automobiles for official transportation was adopted. During practically all of

this time the provision of transportation was recognized as a "Quartermaster"

function and units providing official transportation in the various districts were under the supervision of District Quartermasters.

When the Animal and Motor Transportation Division was organized in 1921

it was made a unit of the Supply Department, then under the direction of the Chief Quartermaster. The motor gradually succeeded the horse in the next two

decades and the word "animal" was

dropped from the unit's official name

about 1940.

New Port Captain

''

('APT. JOHN ANDREWS, Jr., above, took over

obal Port Captain last month,

rig jobs with the former Port < 'aptain. William

S. Parsons. Captain Andrews came to the Canal New Orleans where he was Reserve

i Inief of Staff for Personnel

at the Eighth Naval District. The background of the photograph is the pilot

I In this board, on little hooks, are hung small

. each bearing the name of a pilot. The

order in which they appear indicates the order in which the pilots will take ships through the Canal.

tOVER 45 YEARS of Panama Canal service ended

last month for Patrick Daisley, adore, who came from Barbados in 1907 to work for the Panama Railroad. Most of his service has been on the Atlantic side, although he worked for his first two Canal Zone

years at Empire.

Later he saw service at Mindi, Gatun, and at Gatun Dam. His last job, which he has held for many years and which brought him into contact with hundreds of people, was telephone and teletype operator at Gatun Locks. 182 Apartments To Be Constructed

In 1954 Quarters Replacement Plan

The housing program for fiscal year

1954, during which contracts will be let for 182 apartments, moves into high gear

the middle of this month.

On December 15 construction will begin on the 33 two-family quarters which will be built in Diablo Heights this fiscal year. All are of the two-story three- bedroom type.

The contract for the quarters was

awarded late in October to Isthmian

Constructors, Inc., a firm which has done

several other large building projects for the Canal.

It includes a considerable amount of street work—which will realign a number

of Diablo Heights thoroughfares—and

calls for completion of the quarters by

next September.

On December 14, the Panama Canal

Company expects to advertise for bids for the construction of quarters in the Balboa

Flats area, where all of the obsolete wooden, four-family houses will eventually be replaced.

The housing replacement schedule for

this fiscal year, approved by Governor

Seybold last month, calls for 22 single

and seven two-family houses in the area north of Las Cruces Street. Six single

houses and 28 two-family quarters will be

built south of Las Cruces Street. The

latter is the section nearer Balboa Road.

Several types of quarters will be built

in the Flats area. They will include composite-type single and two-family

houses, and masonry one-story single and

two-story duplex quarters. Present plans

call for 17 of the two-story, two-family,

three-bedroom houses identical with those

to be built in Diablo Heights, and 12 two-family, two-story four-bedroom masonry houses. The Flats quarters are to be completed

in a little over a year after the bids

are advertised. Also scheduled for construction this

fiscal year are 13 single houses on Ridge

Road in Balboa Heights, where the old frame cottages are now rapidly being

demolished, and five single houses in the Prospect Street-Heights Road section of Balboa Heights.

Bids for this combined group of quarters will be advertised early in February,

with the quarters slated for completion

the following December.

Red Flag, Signals Mean Stop!

Automatic warning devices or a

red flag in the hand of a railroad employee mean that motorists must

stop their cars until the crossing is clear, Railroad officials told The

Panama Canal Review.

The warning followed a near- accident recently when a motorist

ignored a red flag at a crossing near Dock 16 in Balboa and narrowly

escaped being struck by a locomotive

shunting cars into the pier area. Motorists ignoring the warnings

are subject to arrest and prosecution.
December 4, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Two Big Urban Communities Foreseen For

Canal Zone, Governor Tells Conference

West Point Candidate

The Canal Zone is moving out of the town planning of horse-and-buggy-days

toward a modern community conception,

Governor J. S. Seybold told Civic Council

representatives last month at the November "shirtsleeve conference." The Governor outlined the modern

conception of the Canal Zone as two large

urban communities, one on the Atlantic- side and one on the Pacific side, with

Gamboa between, when Margarita repre- sentatives asked for facilities in their town similar to those at Balboa. The Governor told the group that he

foresees Margarita as eventually the Balboa of the Atlantic side, but cautioned

that it would be some time before service

facilities "catch up" with the population

shift. When the Canal Zone towns were planned at the end of the construction

period, he said, residents depended

largely on now antiquated means of transportation. Consequently each comparatively small settlement was provided

with the facilities to make it practically

self-sufficient.Distances Short

Now the picture has changed. No loca- tion on the Pacific side of the Canal Zone,

for instance, is more than 10 minutes by

car from a central location. He excluded Gamboa which he considers as a separate

entity. Canal Zone distances, considering

each side as a unit, are nowhere comparable to those of a town of any size in the United States, he pointed out. Consequently, the Governor said, long range planners can no longer entertain the idea that each small development will have all the necessary service features, as

this would only produce costly duplication. As the conversion to 60-cycle current

is made, people will invest in deep freezes and the buying pattern will change from

one for a few days supplies to supplies

for a much longer period.

No one small community, he said, can support service facilities to the same

degree that a large community can, and

in order to develop the maximum value

of volume in each service activity it is necessary to concentrate these stocks or service facilities. If such items as hard- ware and dry goods are concentrated

in one location, the customer can have a wider range and variety of merchandise,

and service can be improved, he added.

In this way, better stores can be pro- vided with better selection and at a lower

cost than is otherwise provided. Holding

down prices is one of the Administration's main concerns. After this preface, the Governor turned

to some of the specific points requested

by the Margarita group:

A high school—this will depend entirely on the future of New Cristobal as it is obviously impossible to build a high

school in Margarita as long as one is available in New Cristobal: A library—this is planned for a later date, depending on population shift; A swimming pool—no present plans;

Congress eliminated funds for this; and

A dispensary—not under present conditions.Clubhouses And Recreation

This discussion on town planning was

followed by general talk on clubhouse

facilities. Wilson Crook, Acting Community Services Director, told the group

that the Margarita Clubhouse can be

geared to handle many more customers

than it now has. He outlined a recent

discussion with the Gatun group and

later accepted an invitation extended by

Marion Goodin of Gamboa to attend a Council meeting there to discuss the clubhouse. There was some round table talk concerning recreation for the 'teen-age group, but other than a suggestion by Mr. Crook

for a "midnight" movie at Margarita

similar to the highly successful show at Diablo Heights, no conclusive action was taken. Answering points previously raised by

the various representatives, the Governor

said:

All movies shown at Cristobal are shown at Margarita, plus some additional

ones, and future theater improvements

will be made at Margarita rather than

at Cristobal; The chest X-ray program was curtailed for lack of technicians but this

will be resumed soon and facilities will be available for such examinations of employees' families; The matter of consolidation of the men's clothing stocks at one Pacific

side commissary and women's clothing at another is in the formative stages only

and no decision has been made;

The Corozal swimming pool will be

closed for two reasons: The estimated

population of the Canal community at Corozal does not warrant a pool and the Balboa pool is within a comparatively

short distance; A further explanation of rental charges

^ DALE SHERWOOD COCKLE, Cristobal High

School Senior, has been nominated by Governor

Seybold as the principal candidate for appointment to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point from the Canal Zone. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Cockle of New

Cristobal, he is Cadet Commander of the Cristobal High School ROTC unit and a member of the school band and orchestra.

Alternates for the appointment are: Charles Albert Hand and Kenneth Richard Lee of Balboa High

School, and Lawrence Carpenter Cox of Cristobal High School.

was deferred to a future meeting.

Schooling Costs

In answer to the question proposed by

one Council member as to the manner

of providing funds for schools in Hawaii,

Alaska, and Puerto Rico, it was stated that

the schooling costs in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are

largely borne from tax funds; Alaska, for instance, imposing a school tax on each

resident and Puerto Rico financing 85

percent of its program by local taxes; Army busses can be (See page 14) Helpers For Santa Claus

REFURBISHING OLD TOYS to be given to children in Panamanian orphanages at Christmas

time has been the occupation for Canal Zone firemen in their off-duty hours for many years. Mary Bartlett and her small sister, Patsy, watch their friends at the Pedro Miguel Fire Station at w-ork on some of this year's toys.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 4, 1953

FOR YOUR INTEREST AND GUIDANCE IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION tf it Car —

,

HOME ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE HAZARDS

If you are the occupant of a masonry-type

house which is built "on-the-ground," you

were perhaps surprised to find that you

were receiving shocks from some of your

electrical appliances when you attempted

to use them in your new home, although

they had given you no trouble when you

were living in a wooden house. The normal reaction to something of this sort is to suspect trouble in the wiring of the new house rather than in the appliance.

The wiring in your new home has been

installed in accordance with the National

Electrical Code and includes all the neces- sary safety features. It has been inspected

for compliance with the Code and the

materials used are new. In addition to this, tests are made before the quarters are turned over for occupancy to insure that the

electrical system is in a safe operating

condition. Frankly, the fact that you are receiving shocks from your appliances indicates that

the appliance is defective, although this does not mean that the appliance is defective due to misuse or age. One of the facts that we must face is that electrical equipment

deteriorates very rapidly in the tropics. An

electrician would say that your appliance

had a "ground" in it. Now just what does

this mean to the layman?

Let's consider your electrical appliance as HONOR ROLL

Bureau Award For BEST RECORD

OCTOBER

HEALTH BUREAU

AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Health 4

Civil Affairs 3 Community Services 2 Engineering and Construction 2 Marine

Railroad and Terminals

Supply and Service

Division Award For NO DISABLING INJURIES

OCTOBER

MAINTENANCE DIVISION

HOSPITALIZATION AND CLINICS

DREDGING DIVISION

DIVISION OF SANITATION

AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Sanitation 9 Dredging 6 Electrical 6

I ndustrial 6 Motor Transportation 6 Grounds Maintenance 5 Hospitalization and Clinics - 5 Maintenance 4 Railroad.. 4 Clubhouses 3 Storehouses 3 Navigation 1 Commissary

Locks

Terminals

having two parts. One is the housing, case,

shell, frame, or whatever part encloses the

electrical parts of the appliance. Inside

this part of the appliance, wiring has been

installed to carry the electric current which

operates the appliance. This wiring is normally kept from coming in contact with

the housing of the appliance by the use of insulation. This insulation may be in the form of rubber, plastic, asbestos, mica, fibre, or simply an air space between the wiring

and the housing. Now when some part of

this insulating medium breaks down, and

this may be simply through the accumulation of moisture in the insulation, the housing of the appliance may become energized

by the electric current which is flowing

through the wiring. Electricity may be

considered as always seeking a path to the ground. When you are standing on the concrete tile floor of your quarters and touch an appliance that has become grounded, you

are providing this path to the ground. There

are, of course, other factors that enter into

this, such as how well you are insulated from ground through your footwear, rugs,

etc. When you were using the same appli- ance in quarters with wooden floors, the

floors provided some of this insulation and

you did not feel the electric current which was still there seeking a path to the ground.

What can be done to eliminate this hazard now that it is known to exist? The answer in some cases is to ground the

appliance. This can be accomplished by

installing a three-wire cord with the proper

three-prong plug on the appliance. In this case two of the wires provide for the electric current supplying the appliance. The third wire is attached to the housing of the appli- ance and is connected to ground through a

special receptacle that has been provided in certain locations in your new home. Should

trouble develop in the appliance, the electric current will find an easier path to the ground

through the ground wire rather than through your body, thus eliminating shocks. What appliances should be grounded in this manner? In all cases, regardless of what type quarters you live in, your

washing machine should be grounded in the manner described above.

In "on-the-ground" quarters, in addition

to your washing machine, your refrigerator, clothesdryer, dishwasher, and "Mixmaster"

should be grounded.

If you receive shocks when using other

appliances such as toasters, coffeemakers,

electric clocks, radios, and floorlamps, these

usually can be and should be repaired. Small so-called AC-DC radios, especially those with metal cabinets, are a serious hazard. It has been found necessary to ground these in some cases. Occupants of "on-the-ground" type quarters will find it necessary to keep a closer check on the condition of their electrical appliances than was necessary in wooden

quarters. It is suggested that occupants check the condition of cords and plugs at frequent intervals. Should the cords become

frayed and the insulation broken have them

replaced at once. Broken plugs should like- wise be replaced. Neglect of these simple

items can lead to serious consequences. The use of electrical equipment in the bathroom is always a dangerous hazard,

and this hazard is increased by "on-the- ground" construction. The use of portable

radios, radiant heaters, hairdryers, and

similar appliances in the bathroom should be avoided. Another item which should receive careful attention is the condition of the pullchain on fixtures of this type that are installed in the kitchen and bathroom. Yo i will notice that this pullchain is provided with what is called an "insulating link." This link pro- vides insulation between you and the electrical parts of the fixture. Should the chain become broken above the link there is danger of receiving a shock should you pull

l his short piece of chain. Conditions of this sort should be reported at once. The Electrical Division maintains facilities, on each side of the Isthmus, for the

repair of appliances, including radios. If you have difficulty with any of your electrical appliances it is suggested that you

consult them regarding your problem.

OCTOBER 1953

Health Bureau

Engineering and Construction Bureau

Civil Affairs Bureau

Supply and Service Bureau

C. Z. Govt.—Panama Canal Co. (Best Year)

C. Z. Govt.—Panama Canal Co. (This Month)

Marine Bureau

Community Services Bureau

Railroad and Terminals Bureau

Number of Disabling Injuries 36

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

(Frequency Rale)

10 £0 30 *J 5C

2

13

14

15

24

43

1 SKftS* W 1 ?x::l mm 1

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Man-Hours Worked 2 564,608 LEGEND

Amount Better Than Canal Zone Government—Panama Canal Company Beat Year

Amount Worse Than Canal Zone Government—Panama Canal Company Best Year

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December 4, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Many Medical Association Members Are

Authorities In Their Special Fields

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second

of a two-part story on the Medical

Association of the Isthmian Canal

Zone.

Most venerable of the Canal Zone's

professional organizations, not only be- cause it was founded in 1906 and is the

oldest group of its sort, but also because

of the profundity of the subjects dis- cussed at its monthly meetings, is the Medical Association of the Isthmian

Canal Zone. Many of the papers in its file of Proceedings—papers presented at its almost

(300 meetings—are classics on their subjects and are still being sought by

researchers. And many of its officers and members

are authorities in their particular fields. Dr. Herbert C. Clark, Director of Gorgas

Memorial Laboratory in Panama City, is an outstanding expert in the field of tropi- cal medicine. The late Dr. Samuel T.

Darling, who was the first Chief of the Board of Health Laboratory in Ancon, was an authority on many pathological matters, including histoplasmosis. He

discovered this disease, which is caused by

a fungus which attacks the internal organs. Widely Known

Several presidents of the local medical

association, in addition to Drs. Clark and

Darling, are widely known elsewhere for their medical achievements.

Dr. James S. Simmons, president of the

local society in 1936, is now Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and well known for his book on malaria in Panama.

Dr. J. F. Siler, president of the associa- tion in 1930 at the time he was Chief

Health Officer in the Canal organization,

is now president of Gorgas Memorial

Institute in Washington which operates

the Panama City laboratory. Dr. William M. James, president in 1913, who was a Canal physician from

1906 to 1916, was well known for his work on malaria, blackwater fever, amoebic dysentery, and associated chronic

infections. A large part of Dr. James' research was

done in conjunction with Dr. W. E. Deeks, president of the medical associa- tion in 1912, and chief of the Medical

Clinic at Ancon Hospital from 1907 to 1910. Dr. Deeks also was medical director

for the United Fruit Company which has been responsible for many developments

in the field of tropical medicine.

First President

Dr. A. B. Herrick was the first president

of the medical association, serving in that capacity in 1906. Hired as pathologist by

the Isthmian Canal Commission in May

1904, he was the first to head the labora- tory work that developed into the Board

of Health Laboratory. He was in charge

of the laboratory from 1904 to 1906. He left Canal service in 1915 as chief of the Surgical Clinic at Ancon Hospital

and, with other doctors, formed Panama

Hospital and the Herrick Clinic, where

his skill as a surgeon attracted patients

from all over Central and South America.

Dr. Herrick died in 1936. Another internationally known alumnus of the Medical Association is Brig. Gen. Elbert De Coursey, head of the

OFFICERS of the Medical Association are two well-known Pacific siders: Dr. Carl M. Johnson, Health Officer in Panama City for the Health Bureau, left, is president, and Dr. I. Robert Berger, of the Gorgas Hospital Out-Patient Medical Clinics, is secretary. One of Dr. Berger's extra-curricular jobs is putting out Panamarama, a newssheet circulated among Medical Association members. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. He

was Captain De Coursey when he was a pathologist at the Board of Health Laboratory from 1932 to 1935 and described

the first fatal case of Chagas' disease recognized on the Isthmus. Gorgas Was Member

Probably the most prominent of all members of the association was Gen.

William C. Gorgas, Chief Sanitary Officer

for the Canal during the construction period from 1904 to 1914. He was one of several members who

were also president of the American

Society of Tropical Medicine, serving in that post in the year 1909-1910.

GENERAL WILLIAM C. GORGAS

His fame spread far beyond the Isthmus

Others, in addition to General Gorgas

Drs. Clark, Simmons, and Darling who

headed the National Society, are Dr.

Siler, 1925-1926; Dr. Deeks, 1928-1929;

Dr. George R. Callender, 1932-1933, who

was first president of the Army Medical

Research Board on the Isthmus; and Dr. Ed I. Salisbury, 1946-1947, former Canal

physician who now heads the medical

department of United Fruit Company.

General Gorgas was president of the American Medical Association in 1909. During his term of office, the Isthmian

Medical Association was admitted to the

national organization with the status of both state and country medical society.

The effective date of the affiliation was

June 7, 1910. Panamanian Members

The association also has its personalities of importance outside the sciences,

notably three former Presidents of the Republic of Panama, Drs. Arnulfo Arias, A. S. Boyd, and Daniel Chanis, Jr.; another member of long standing, Dr.

J. J. Vallarino of Panama Hospital, was Ambassador to the United States in 1947. Although the Association has always

had the words, "Canal Zone" in its title, physicians in the Republic of Panama

have formed a sizable part of its membership almost from the beginning.

Among the present Panamanian members of longest standing in the organization are Drs. Boyd and Vallarino, whose

memberships date back to 1915; Drs. Tomas Guardia and Luis Prieto who

became members in 1923; (See page 12)
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 4, 1953

Hospital Charges For Employees

After January 1 Are Outlined

At a special meeting last month at Balboa Heights, the new medical tariff and the rates for medical and hospital

care to be charged employees after January 1 were explained to about two

dozen employee representatives. As had been announced previously, the

rates which will be charged employees of the Panama Canal Company-Canal Zone Government after January 1 will be

almost the same as those now being

charged for their dependents. Imposition

of hospital charges on employees was

required by Congress when provisions

for free medical and hospital care were

deleted from the Civil Functions Bill. An employee and his dependents will, after January 1 , be charged the same rates. The new tariff, like the one it supersedes, is a sliding scale based on the

individual's ability to pay. For this purpose, the following eight wage and

salary brackets have been established: Group 1. 50 cents hourly, or $86

monthly, or less. Group 2. 51 cents to $1.30 hourly, or

$86 to $225 monthly.

Group i. $1.31 to $2.30 hourly, or

$225.01 to $400 monthly.

Group 4. $2.31 to $2.87 hourly, or

$400.01 to $500 monthly.

Group 5. $2.88 to $4.03 hourly; or

$500.01 to $700 monthly.

Group 6 (NEW) $4.04 hourly, or

$700.01 monthly or over. Group 7. Personnel of other Government agencies when the individual and

not the agency is paying the bill. Group 8. Private pay patients.

The first six salary groups apply to the

following, in addition to CompanyGovernment employees, provided they

are bona fide residents of or visitors to the Canal Zone or New Cristobal and

DeLesseps area. Concessionaires (barbers, beauticians,

and employees) in Company-Government

installations; district dentists and their

full-time associate dentists; persons en- gaged solely in religious, education, and

welfare work in the Canal Zone; land

licensees; retired employees of the Company-Government or of The Panama

Canal or Panama Railroad; those receiv- ing disability relief; and the dependents

of all the foregoing. U. S.- and local-rate retired employees

will be charged the same rates applicable

to Groups 5 and 3, respectively.

These same classifications— Group 5

for U. S.-raters, Group 3 for local-raters

will apply to employees' servants, land

licensees and those in religious or welfare work.

Group 6 is new this year. It covers

those making over $700 monthly such as employees in the GS-11 and higher

classifications. Highlights

Some other highlights of the medical

tariff, applicable after January 1 to employees as well as their dependents

follow: When a doctor makes a house call on two or more patients in the same family

he will charge full price for one patient,

half price for each additional patient.

There will be no consultation fee or other charges for Company-Government

employees or others classed under groups

1 through 6 for diagnosis or treatment in the Communicable Disease or Tuberculosis clinics. Should an employee require minor sur- gery, such as the dressing of a cut, opening

a boil, or some other ailment not needing treatment in the surgical clinic, he will be

charged $1 for the initial visit and 50

cents for each subsequent treatment at the District Medical or Out-Patient

Hospital clinics, if he is in groups 1 and

2, and $2.50 for the initial treatment and

$1 additional for all subsequent treat- ments if he is in groups 3 through 6. This is for treatment without anesthesia;

the use of anesthesia adds 50 cents to the

initial charge in each case. Charges for physical examinations

pre-employment physicals are not in- cluded—range from $6 for examinations

for "short form" insurance and for certifi- cates for reinstatement of insurance, to $15 for a complete examination including chest X-ray and laboratory procedures.

This latter examination is the type

required for U. S. immigration visas or pre-employment physicals for employment with other than U. S. Government

agencies.

Charges for items sold at the hospital

and district medical clinic pharmacies

will continue to vary with the market

price and no charges will be made for laboratory services performed at the

District Medical Clinics. Employees will pay $3 for ambulance

service anywhere in the Canal Zone, New

Cristobal, and Fort (See page id

TABLE 1 OUT-PATIENT MEDICAL CARE

CONSULTATION FEES

During Office Hours Home Visits CLASS OF PATIENTS District and other

Clinics

Specialized Hospital

Clinics

8 a. m.

to 4 p. m.

4 p. m.

to

8 a. m.

Local Rate employees, and their de- pendents, of the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government,

and patients in Groups 1 and 2. $0.50 $1.00 $1.50 $3 . 00

U. S. Rate employees, and their de- pendents, of the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government,

and patients in Groups 3, 4, 5, and 6. 1 .50 2.00 3 00 6 00

Private pay patients, others for whom

a charge is not otherwise provided,

and patients in Groups 7 and 8. 3.00 5.00 10 00 15.00

Notes: 1. No charge will be made for examination or treatment in a first-aid station.

2. Additional charges for X-ray examinations, laboratory services, and other procedures listed in Table 6 shall be made on the same basis as for in-patients.

TABLE 2 TABLE OF CHARGES, GORGAS AND COLON HOSPITALS

GROUPS

Hospital Wards

(per day)

(1)

Obstetrical care. including 6 days' ward and operating room charge, spontaneous

deliveries only.

(2)

Surgical operations and diagnostic procedures: percent

of maximum charge

(see Table 6)

(3) Group 1 : $0.50 hourly or $86 per month or less. $1.00 $25.00 10%

Group 2: $0.51 to $1.30

hourly or $86.01 to $225

per month. 1.25 40.00 20%

Group 3: $1.31 to $2.30

hourly or $225.01 to $400 per month. 2.50 60.00 25%

Group 4: $2.31 to $2.87

hourly or $400.01 to $500 per month. 3.50 75 . 00 30%

Group 5: $2.88 to $4.03

hourly or $500.01 to $700 per month. 5.00 80.00 40%

Group 6: $4.04 hourly or $700.01 per month or more. 6.00 100.00 50%

Group 7: Personnel of other Government

agencies when charges

for personal account of individual concerned. 8.00 120.00 60%

Group 8: Private pay

patients. lo.oo 150.00 100%, of maximum charge

7b. shall be made for private room.
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New Industrial Chief

Arrives For Duty Here

CAPTAIN ROBERT H. EMERICK

Capt. Robert H. Emerick, recently

appointed Chief of the Industrial Division

of the Panama Canal Company, has not

only designed power plants all over the world, but is the author of several books

on engineering. He is now working on his

latest, Power Plant Management, which is scheduled for publication by McGrawHill in October 1954. A native of Harrisburg, Pa., Captain

Emerick is a graduate of the University

of Pennsylvania where he first received

his commission as an ensign in the Naval

reserve in 1919. Before the last war he was a consulting mechanical engineer. He

designed power plants in such distant

parts of the world as Shanghai, China

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THE LATEST WRINKLE in bank depositing, or how to get rid of your money in comfort, is being

tried out by this relaxed Canal Zone resident who is depositing her cash at the new Auto-Drive-In teller's window installed last month in the Balboa branch of the National City Bank. The facilities offered at this easily accessible window, the first of its kind on the Isthmus, are the acceptance of deposits to checking accounts as well as the cashing of checks. This includes Panama Canal Company paychecks and U. S. Treasury checks when presented by the payee. Customers enter from Tavernilla Street, stop at the teller's window under the porte-cochere without

leaving their cars, and exit via Balboa Road.

One I'nited States Senator and 18 Congressmen are expected to visit the Isthmus

during the month of December, according

to the latest information available at Balboa Heights. Senator Mike J. Mansfield, Democrat

from Montana and member of the Foreign

Relations Committee of the Senate is the one Senator on the list. He was expected

to arrive about the first of December from

the West Coast accompanied by his wife and will sail either December 4 or December

1 1 on a Panama liner for New York.

Six U. S. Congressmen, all members of the House Committee on Inter-State and

Foreign Commerce, accompanied by Elton

J. Lay ton, Clerk of the Committee, will arrive in Panama December 7 aboard the

S. S. Panama of the Panama Line. They

will go to Venezuela for a brief visit and

are due to return to New York on the same ship. Included in the group are Representative

John V. Beamer, Republican from Indiana; Representative John B. Bennett, Republi- can from Michigan; Representative Joseph

L. Carrigg, Republican from Pennsylvania;

Representative Louis B. Heller, Democrat

from New York; Representative Peter F. Mack, Jr., Democrat from Illinois; and

Representative Kenneth A. Roberts, Democrat from Alabama.

Two Congresswomen will be among the

visitors in December. They are Representative Leonor Sullivan, Democrat from Missouri, and Representative Vera Buchanan, Democrat from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Sullivan,

a member of the Merchant Marine and

Fisheries Committees, is the first woman to be elected to Congress from the State of Missouri. Mrs. Buchanan is a member of the Public Works Committee. Both are arriving on the S. S. Panama December 7 and returning on the same ship to New York. Other Congressmen expected to visit the

and Laguna Verde, Chile. Captain Emerick came to the Isthmus

from Charleston, S. C, where he was

Assistant Industrial Manager of the Charleston Naval Shipyard. He was

accompanied by his wife and 16-year-old

son, Robert, Jr., who is a licensed amateur radio operator.

Isthmus during December are Representative Robert Crosser, Democrat from Ohio;

Representative T. H. Pelly, Republican from Washington; Representative J. Arthur

Younger, Republican from California, all members of the Interstate and Foreign

Commerce Committee; Representative Clarence J. Brown, Republican from Ohio

and Representative Lester Holtzman, Democrat from New York, members of the Government Operations Committee; Representative Isidore Dollinger, Democrat from New York and Representative William E. McVey, Republican from Illinois, members

of the Banking and Currency Committee;

Representative Daniel A. Reed, Republican from New York and Representative James

B. Utt, Republican from California, members of the Ways and Means Committee;

and Representative John J. Rooney, Democrat from New York, member of the Appropriations Committee.

Another new doctor arrived in November to join the staff of the Colon

Hospital. He is Dr. William F. Smith

who comes to the Isthmus from the

Island of Guam where he was employed

by the contracting firm of BrownPacific Maxon. After the completion

of their contract in 1952 until August

of this year, he was engaged in private

practice there. Before going to Guam,

Dr. Smith was a physician on the staff of the Fairbanks Medical and Surgical

Clinic in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Dr. Smith is a graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo.,

and the St. Louis University School of Medicine. He took his internship in the Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle,

Wash. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Approximately 12,225 tourists on 41 cruise ships will visit the Isthmus during

the coming tourist season. The season will begin officially with the arrival in Cristobal December 24 of the S. S. Nieuw Amsterdam, new cruise liner of the Holland-America

Line with 400 passengers aboard. Six cruise ships will dock in Cristobal during December, nine ships during January and 16 during February, the peak tourist month of the year. Eight tourist ships will call here during March. The iSaurelania, and the

Chiriqui of the L'nited Fruit Company, are

the only cruise vessels scheduled for April.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 4. 1953

It's Christmas Again

"A BOW AND SHARP ARROWS, to shoot tigers," is Jimmy Saarinen's earnest request to Santa

Claus at the Commissary's Annual Toy Sale Preview. Jimmy, who lives at Curundu, was appropriately

attired for his important interview. His knitted cap and mittens are Christmas green and red.

Christmas on the Isthmus isn't like Christmas in the States, whether the

States means Texas or Minnesota to the Zonian far away from his native land. But Christmas here has a certain charm

which few people can deny, once they

become used to having no snow or ice

if they are from Minnesota, or no fire- crackers or "Christmas Gift" greetings

if they are from Texas. With Christmas just around the corner, well maybe one or two corners, the last touches are being put on to Canal Zone

Christmas plans and programs, decorations, and lights.

Gatun Locks personnel are already

working on their annual Christmas card,

given to all ships which transit the Canal

during the Christmas season. As in past years the card is a closely-guarded secret

until it appears. At Gatun Locks this year's holiday

decorations will be about the same as

last year when Santa Claus pulled a

miniature ship through the locks with his team of trusty reindeer. There will be

the usual large tree on the lock wall and

smaller trees on the control house balcony.

The big feature of the Pacific Locks

decoration this year will be the same as

last year—the ornamentation of Miraflores bridge with a lighted star on each

end and colored lights strung in between. There will be lights around the balcony

of Pedro Miguel control tower and a Christmas greeting banner slung alongside.

Christmas Tree The Electrical Division is already planning to string the usual lights in the pandanus tree near the Balboa Heights

railroad station, which is the Canal Zone's

unofficial official Christmas tree. Firemen at the various Canal Zone sta- tions late last month were refurbishing the decorations they put around or near

or on top of the station houses and in their off-duty hours firemen at some

of the stations had begun to repair and

repaint toys to be turned over later to children in Panama orphanages

and homes.

At Balboa High School the Student

Association is working out plans for the

collection and subsequent distribution of food and toys which go each year from

the students to orphanages in Panama.

Both hotels, the Tivoli Guest House

and the Hotel Washington, are planning

especially elaborate Christmas dinner menus. Both hotels will be decorated in keeping with the holiday season. Clubhouses

Among those who go all out for Christ- mas decorations are the managers of the clubhouses. They scurry around about

the middle of November to see what has been carried over from the previous year

in the line of Christmas ornaments and

then make a trip to "Toyland" to lay in whatever is needed to augment the decorations on hand.

Then comes the actual task of decorating the clubhouse interiors with a big

Christmas tree in each lobby, aglow with

lights and a-glitter with ornaments. Clubhouse people assured The Review

that an especially attractive decorative scheme will be found this year in the lobby of the Balboa Theater. Christmas

music and songs will again be played this year from loud-speakers in the lobby and

on the marquee of the theater. A high spot of this year's Christmas

festivities will be a joint holiday and

anniversary program at Balboa Clubhouse the evening of December 23. This

is the fourth anniversary of the opening

of the Balboa Theater. The Balboa High School orchestra will play from the pit of the theater and a

special chorus will be on stage to sing the more popular Christmas music.

Christmas at the schools is always a high spot in the year. Art classes have

been at work making Christmas decorations for their rooms and for the schools themselves. Christmas Music

But music at Christmas time has

always been something much stressed

locally and this year will be no exception.

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS was depicted in this tableau, staged last year by children of the Fort Kobbe school. Another elaborate Christmas program

is planned for the school this year.

Here are some of the more elaborate programs which are planned:

The 600 children at the Fort Kobbe

school, kindergarteners through sixth graders, will take part in the school's evening program of carols and pantomines. The program, the date for which

will be announced later, will take place

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS go to transiting ships through banners like this one at Miraflores Locks. The people at Gatun Locks also put out a special Christmas card each year for their maritime customers.
December 4, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

on the school's front steps, which form a natural stage for the youngsters. Last

year's program, the most elaborate in the grade schools, attracted a large crowd. Three major programs are scheduled

for the evening of December 17. The sixteenth annual Christmas festival of the Cristobal Junior and Senior High

Schools will take place that evening at 7:30 o'clock. The program will be divided

into two parts. The first will be held in the high school auditorium. Here there

will be a candlelight procession by members of the junior and senior high school

glee clubs. Both the high school orchestra and the brass quartet will provide music.

If the evening is clear, the second part

of the program will be held on the front lawn of the high school building. While

the massed glee clubs and the audience

sing Christmas carols, accompanied by

the high school band, appropriate tab- leaux for each carol will be enacted on

the balcony of the school by high school

students. The same evening at 8 p. m. students of the Paraiso school, kindergarten through

junior high school, will give a program

"Symbols of Christmas" in the school grounds. Songs and scenes will be laid about such Christmas symbols as angels, Santa Claus, trees, and holly.

The third Christmas program that evening will be that presented by the

orchestra and chorus of the Balboa

Junior High School. This program, of Christmas music, will be given in the upper gym and will begin at 7:30 p. m. More Music December 22 Another big evening will be the follow- ing Tuesday, December 22. The Balboa High School program,

with band, orchestra, and chorus, will begin at 7:30 p. m. with a 45-minute

concert played by the band from the school balcony. The high school chorus

will sing one number from the balcony

and will then march in processional

through the library and down the steps

to the outside porch where they will form

on the long steps. As they sing their

BIRTHDAYS OX CHRISTMAS are not too

unusual, but when two members of the same family were born on Christmas Day that's something else again. Charles T. Jackson, Jr., Administrative Assist- ant in the Marine Director's Office, and his little daughter, Marilyn, share a Christmas birthday.

%1

SNI )W AND ICE, Santa Clauses, and reindeer all appear in this Christmas mural, painted last year by children of the Ancon elementary school.

Christmas music, a student narrator will speak from the balcony.

The band, again playing from the bal- cony will conclude the program with an arrangement for band of the carol which

the high school considers its own:

"Cantique de Noel." The same evening the students of the La Boca schools, from kindergarten

through junior college, will present a pro- gram, "Christmas," with music and tableaux. Each of the glee clubs—elementary,

junior and senior high schools, junior

college, and alumni, will have a part in

the program. A highlight of the evening will be

"Christmas Around the World," ending

with "Christmas in the Americas."

The program, weather permitting, will be held in the school grounds, where the Spring Festival took place this year. An innovation this year will be Christ- mas caroling by the Balboa High School band in Pacific side residential districts. Present plans call for two evenings of caroling, one on Friday, December 18, and the other the following Sunday,

December 20. Christmas Wasn't Very Exciting

For Canal Zone's First US Force

' Christmas 1904, was a beautiful day, at

least in Cristobal and Colon. The Colon Telegram, which wished its readers the "compliments of the season,"

reported:

"During the Christmas season, excel- lent weather was experienced in Colon. On Christmas Eve most of the stores on Front Street kept open until a late hour." The venerable Star & Herald, on the

Pacific side, did not mention the weather

and, except for a few advertisements, the comparative handful of men who made

up the Panama Canal forces of those days—the first Christmas after the Americans took over the Canal construction

would not have known from the newspaper that the Christmas season was

at hand. By Christmas 1904, according to the

Star & Herald, there were about 3,000

employees on the roll of the Engineering

and Construction Department, at the time the bulk of the Canal force. Of

these, 360 were on what was called the "gold" roll; of these only 215 had been

brought from the United States, the remainder being Panamanians, French- men, Americans, and other "resident

classes." And what did they do for Christmas,

the first in the tropics for many of them?

Christmas Shopping

From La Ville de Paris, a Panama City

store, they could shop from "the largest

and most beautiful assortment of toys,"

or select "fancy articles suitable for Christmas presents."

Lyons Hardware Store, also a Panama

City firm, advertised:

"Christmas celebration varies as to

detail in every clime, but the custom of present giving is universal." Atlantic siders may not have fared so

well, for the Colon telegram commented

that "the show of Christmas goods is less this year than it has been for many

years past."

Christmas that year came on a Sunday.

There was a "divine service" on Christ- mas morning in the library of Ancon

Hospital, with "Drs. Gorgas and Carter

officiating," and a special choral service. All of the churches had Christmas ser- vices and in the evening the band concert

in Cathedral Plaza featured selections from "The Prince of Pilsen." "Christmas was Peaceful"

On the Atlantic side, crowds of people

swarmed the streets until late on Christ- mas Eve, going on after last minute

shopping to the midnight church services. The Colon Starlet, which printed its Christmas Eve front page entirely in red

ink, reported on the holiday:

"Christmas Day was peaceful in all respects. Large congregations attended

the church services, but Christmas Eve

was lively and crowds of people flooded the streets. "Officers of the Salvation Army sang

Christmas Carols between 8 and 11 p. m.

in front of the residences of families who

might have desired it. "Christmas Monday was observed

almost generally as a holiday. In the

afternoon there was horse racing on the Zone at Cristobal. The gentlemen's

purse with gentlemen riders was won by

Cinderella, Mr. Mike Nunez being the

rider."
10 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 4, 1953

Boys And Girls Sew, Clean, And Cook

In Pilot Course On Everyday Living

.SHIRTS are cut, sewed, fitted, and inspected in the class for Everyday Living at the Santa Cruz school

Boys and girls of the eighth grades at Paraiso and Santa Cruz schools are

learning how to get along with themselves

and their communities.

When they have finished the Junior

High School course in Everyday Living,

they may not be able to survive in the

unlikely possibility of being cast away on

a desert isle—although they could make a good try at it—but they will have

mastered the simpler rudiments of sewing, cooking, nutrition, housekeeping,

home budgeting, household repairs, and

elementary good manners. And the boys and girls will have learned

the same things. Gilbert Squires of Gamboa, for instance, will probably know

just as much as any of the girls in his class about sewing a straight seam and making

buttonholes, and Vilma Wilson should be

able to match any of the boys in the art

of wiring a lamp or repairing an iron cord. These things, and many others, they

are learning in the pilot course which is being taught this year at the two schools and is required of all eighth graders.

The instructor in the Everyday Living

course at the Santa Cruz school in Gamboa is Mrs. Lena Hines who has been a

teacher with the Canal Zone schools since 1944 and on the faculty at Santa Cruz

since 1946. Mrs. Lulitta McFarquhar

teaches a similar course at the Paraiso

school. Shirts And Skirts This year Mrs. Hines has 32 pupils in one class, 15 of them boys; another eighth

grade class has 28, divided half and half. They have just completed their first

project, sewing. While the girls were making skirts the boys, like Gilbert

Squires, were working on, and finishing,

sport shirts. Many of the girls, and all of the boys, were novices and had to learn such basic elements of clothing manufacture as the use of a sewing machine.

The first step was the purchase of the material they used. At the commissary

Mrs. Hines showed her class which were

practical and unpractical materials for their purposes; they learned which materials were readily washable, and decided

whether color and designs were becoming.

The cost of the shirt material averaged

$1.05, considerably less than a readymade shirt of similar quality.

The students worked from commercial

patterns and did all of the cutting, sewing,

and finishing themselves. Later Mrs.

SEWING A STRAIGHT SEAM requires concentration by Walter Prescott

A FINISHED SHIRT, worn by Roberto Martinez,

center, is examined by Gilbert Squires, left, and

Vincent Belgrave.

Hines talked with them on color combinations, advising a boy, for instance, that

his brown slacks would "go better" with

his new tan-and-green sport shirt than

his gray trousers. The boys and girls also learned how to

iron their shirts and blouses. The boys

were taught to press their trousers and

the girls their skirts, how to mend simple

tears and do simple darning. Last year a similar class did some

dyeing, the boys working with T-shirts and the girls tie-and-dyeing scarfs. Household Repairs

Later this year both boys and girls will learn to do such uncomplicated

household repairs as repairing electric cords and wiring lamps. Last year's class

made reading lamps on wooden bases made by the boys in shop classes. The

eighth graders wired the bases and made

shades from wire frames covered with

"tagboard."

Before they finish their course, the

eighth graders will have a modernized

version of the old "hygiene" courses

how to keep well and healthy. They will learn something about foods and how to prepare them. Proteins and carbohydrates and such come later; for the time

being the boys and girls will work on foods

that make them "Go, Grow, and Glow."

They will learn to make such things as

biscuit and before the cooking lessons are over they will have prepared a simple

meal which they will serve to some of their parents. This means that they will also learn something about table setting

and table manners. The course was developed cooperatively

by the home economics teachers and their supervisor, Mrs. Christine Tull, in a series of group meetings. It is designed to

WIRING A LAMP BASE is something new for Hermine Williams of the Santa Cruz eighth grade

include any phase of home economics

which the pupils will encounter in their daily living and is considered a laboratory

rather than a text-book class.

Gifts Must Be Mailed Now

To Reach States In Time

For Christmas Holidays

Zonians sending Christmas packages to the States must get going if they expect

their gifts to reach friends and relatives by Christmas.

Mail leaving here this coming week is the last on which packages can be mriled

if they are to reach their destinations in time for the holidays. A heavy shipment

of States-bound mail is expected on next

Friday's sailing of the SS Panama.

This year, for the first time, packages

valued at $10 or less can be sent duty-free.

The usual customs declaration tags must

be attached to the packages.

The change was made possible by the

recent Customs Simplification Act. It provides that customs collectors shall pass

free of duty and internal revenue tax any

bona fide gift from a person in a foreign

country to a person in the United States provided that the aggregate value of such

articles received by one person on one day does not exceed $10.
December 4, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 11

Forty Years Ago

In November

Work was coming to an end on the Panama Canal 40 years ago last month.

The sidewall leaf of the lower operating

gate in the Miraflores east flight, last of the 92 leaves for the miter gates of the

locks, was put in place. The emergency

dams at Gatun and Pedro Miguel were

completed and had been tested and

accepted. Range towers, targets, and

beacons were being erected for future navigation of the waterway.

At the end of November 1913, there were 28,287 men actually at work, a

reduction of 1,576 since the end of the previous month. Employees moved from Bas Obispo and Las Cascadas were

quartered at Empire, Culebra, Corozal,

and Ancon. Ancon, the Canal Record

reported, was already congested.

On November 26 the dipper dredge Mindi

and the ladder dredge Marmot, excavating

respectively from the north and south sides of Cucaracha slide, had come within 200

feet of each other. The next day, however,

slides became active on both sides of the Canal at Culebra.

Planning, and actual work, for the

future were going on. The erection of a pontoon bridge across the Canal at Paraiso was progressing satisfactorily, the Record said. The operation of the "new factory for the manufacture of hollow concrete tile blocks designed for use in some of the permanent structures of the Canal but

primarily for the new Administration

Building at Balboa Heights," was begun

November 10. The blocks were made from sand from

Chame Point, screenings from the Ancon

quarry, and cement. A number of prominent visitors saw the Canal nearing completion. Secretary of WarLindleyM. Garrison, his wife, and an

official party, spent a week here. They

were locked up through Gatun Locks on an

old French clapet and taken by tug through Gatun Lake as far as Cucaracha slide in the Cut. Miss Mary E. Woolley, President of ML

Holyoke College, spoke to the Cristobal Women's Club. John Puroy Mitchel,

mayor-elect of New York City, with Mrs.

Mitchel, and a party of six arrived on a

United Fruit ship.

Alfred Brown, described as a profes- sional swimmer from the United States, swam the Canal in two days. Since he

could not swim in the Cut north of Cucaracha slide he covered only 30 miles

in 16 hours and 35 minutes swimming

time.

Other highlights of November, 40 years

ago: The Canal Zone schools began to hold

fire drills; "Quo Vadis" was shown at the Canal Clubhouses—admission was free to clubhouse members, 50 cents each for adult nonmembers, and 25 cents for children. The

Polar shipFram ivas tied up on the Atlantic

side, waiting for the Canal to be completed

to transit en route to San Francisco. And

the Record forecast the biggest tourist season

ever, with 85 cruise ships, including the Hamburg American Line's 22,620-ton

Amerika, due between January 1 and

May 1. The Amerika would be the largest ship to visit the Canal Zone up to that time.

WITH ONLY 13 shopping days left before

Christmas, many of us probably have most of our gift selections made and our holiday

planning done. But there are always last- minute presents, for people we've over- looked or for those about whom we haven't made up our minds. Chemically treated table trees are now

on sale in the retail stores. Family size trees, of Canadian balsam, arrive on the SS

"Cristobal" December 14 for delivery that week. The bigger, more expensive trees

for churches, clubs, etc., will be on the same ship. Eggnog mix, made of milk, sugar, eggs, and flavoring, all ready for the "spike," to be used for Christmas and New Year's Eve,

will go on sale in bulk or by the quart or gallon about the middle of the month. Now for the last-minute shopping, here

are a few suggestions. These are all for grown-ups. Toys were described in an

earlier REVIEW. FOR THE MAN IN YOUR LIFE: Under $5: Cufflinks, for french-cuffed

shirts, $1.95 to $3.50 a set; or with matching

tie bars, $2 to $3.95; or with studs, for dress

shirts, $1.95 to $3.95; Hickok brush kits, with leather tops which open to reveal a comb, nail file, razor, toothbrush, and miniature tubes of shaving cream and tooth paste, $4.25 for the shoe-brush size or $4.95 for the military brush size; slippers with soft soles and soft or hard heels, $4.25 for the opera style, $3.50 for elastic-sided Romeos. From $5 to $10: Smoking stands, $5.50

and $6.50, Gillette's "President" razor set, of rhodium (a new stainless metal), with 10- blade dispenser, about $4.75,- pin seal wallets, gold tooled, up to $7.25; camisillas, intricately tucked, jacket-like white shirts made in the interior of Panama, about $9.95. From $10, up; Samsonite luggage in a

variety of colors and styles, up to $32 for a wardrobe case; Waring blenders, for mixed

drinks (the feminine donor should arrange to borrow it for her own culinary masterpieces,

occasionally), $34.75; electric razors, $19.85

to $23.65; Black & Decker home utility quarter-inch electric drill, $19.50 (saws

and other attachments make good follow- up presents). FOR HER:

Under $5: Hankies, some with pastel- colored centers edged with wide lace, embroidered, large evening hankies, others with handrolled borders and embroidered

centers, 90 cents to $3; sheer nylon petti- coals or panties, $2.50 up,- evening hose,

the heels decorated with rhinestones which

aren't supposed to snag, about $1.65;

terry-cloth scuffs, in pastels, $1.95; or lounging slippers of rayon satin lined with a

figured or contrasting color, $2.45. From $5 to $10: Evening bags, gold or

silver mesh or petit point, $6 up; opaque

nylon tricot blouses, some tailored, some

more dressy—one white one is ornamented

with a bit of fagotting, $5.50 up,- high-style velvet "tote" bags for evening, about $9. From $10 up: Samsonite luggage, train- cases and dressing cases, $15.75 up; Sun- beam automatic deep fat fryers, $28.50, and

a wide choice of other electric household

appliances, negligees and matching gowns,

in sheer nylon—one beauty is white with

black lace, $15 up. FOR THE HOUSE:

Electric alarm clocks, in hard-to-get 25-

cycles, $4.95 to $7.95; table, floor, and

pin-up lamps, with shades, from $1.75 to $32.25; glassware in the well-known Candlewick pattern, 60 cents for a small oblong tray to $3.65 for a 14-inch cake

plate, with bud vases, lemon trays, salt and

pepper shakers, footed compotes, etc. in between; well-and-tree platters, covered

vegetable dishes, tall candlesticks, in Lehman Brothers Ambassador pattern in silver plate, $6 up; Westinghouse automatic

electric roasters, $41.50; shower curtains with matching window curtains, $3.15 to $3.80 a set. STOCKING PRESENTS: A tiny, 2 ' 2-inch square, snap envelope

of rubberized rayon which holds a folded, nylonized 16 by 18-inch sturdy shopping bag, 88 cents,- glamourized eyeglass cases of

satin trimmed with sequins or tassels, 60

cents to $1.50; miniature, fitted sewing cases

in brocade with a snap closing like an old- fashioned purse, $2.25,- calendar pads, 49

cents to $1; gay-colored plastic change

purses and wallets, 40 cents to $1.

TO GO UNDER THE TREE:

Paint-your-own picture sets, with paint in

little plastic containers to go onto the numbered spaces in the canvasses which accompany each set—the subjects range

from land and seascapes to still lifes, 75

cents to $2.75,- fitted nylon contour sheels

made by Pepperell and a brand-new product—in white, twin bed size, about $4.95;

matching nylon pillowcases, $1.65 each.

HOSPITAL CHARGES FOR EMPLOYEES AFTER JANUARY 1 ARE OUTLINED

(Continued from page 6) deLesseps areas, but no charge will be made for ambulance

service when a patient is transferred from

one hospital to another in the Canal Zone. Ambulance service to and from any point

in the Republic of Panama is 50 cents a

mile, with a minimum charge of $5. Private Rooms Extra One of the accompanying tables, Table

2, shows rates for in-patient care at Gorgas and Colon Hospitals. Employees

who desire private or semi-private rooms

will pay from $1.50 to $4 additional per day, depending on whether the room is private or semi-private and whether it

is with or without bath. A GS-7 employee, for instance, would

pay a minimum of $3.50 per day for ward

care, up to a maximum of $7.50 per day

for a private room with bath. For the same facilities a GS-12 employee would

pay a minimum $6 per day in a ward to $10 per day maximum for a private room

with bath. The charge for patients admitted to the mental section at Corozal Hospital

will be the same as table 2 for Gorgas and

Colon Hospitals. In the domiciliary sec- tion the rates will be $2, $4, and $6 per day for those with local-rate, U. S.-rate, and all other status, respectively. Rates for surgical operations are based on a lengthy schedule available in the Health Director's office and too long to reproduce here. Typical examples, however are : $1 10 maximum for a gall bladder

operation—a GS-7a employee would pay

30 percent of this maximum or $33, and

a GS-12 would pay 50 percent, or $55,

plus $8.25 in the first case and $13.75 in the second for operating room charges;

$50 maximum for a tonsillectomy with a GS-7 employee paying $15 plus $3.75 for the operating room, and a GS-12 employee paying $25 plus $6.25 for operating room charges; charges for setting a

simple fracture of the arm would be: $40

maximum, with a GS-7 employee paying

$12 and $3 for operating room charges, a GS-12 employee paying $20 plus $5 for operating room charges. This does not

include X-ray charges.
12 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 4, 1953

MANY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERS

ARE AUTHORITIES IN THEIR SPECIAL FIELDS

SECOND GENERATION members of the Medical Association are these three from Gorgas Hospital. Dr. Ferrucio Bertoli, pathologist, Dr. George F. Lull, Jr., Chief of the X-ray Service, and Dr.

Lawrence Drennan, Jr., assistant superintendent, in that left to right order, are sons of one-time members.

(Continued from page 5) and Dr. Rafael Morales who joined the association in 1926. The word "Isthmian" was added to the name of the Association in 1913, according to Dr. Lewis B. Bates, an authority on the history of the society. He explains that extensive public discussion at the time concerning a Nicaraguan canal prompted members to clarify by the new

title the geographical location of their organization, and to differentiate the

area from the Suez Canal Zone.

Dr. Bates, who now lives in Massachusetts, was bacteriologist and serologist on

the first permanent staff of the Board of Health Laboratory and was chief of the laboratory from 1919 to 1948 when he

retired. He was president of the medical

association in 1916.

Semi-official Status The association was formed originally

of doctors employed by the Isthmian

Canal Commission and enjoyed for many

years a semi-official status in the Canal

organization.

Brig. Gen. Don Longfellow, Health

Director of the Canal is, like all those who

held the post before him, an active member of the Association. General Longfellow's membership dates back to 1929 when he was a captain stationed at Corozal. The question of just how "official" the

association was, came up for question

many times in the past particularly when

its status, official or otherwise, involved

expenditure of Canal funds. Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals, later Governor, once noted that if the Canal were to pay for the publication of the Proceedings (which it did for 12 years), the papers should show plainly the association's connection with the Canal

organization. He also noted in a memorandum of 1911 that the Commission

furnished transportation for members

attending meetings and also paid for the

time, material, and equipment used in the research work published in the Proceedings. Dr. Bates recalls that during the Canal

construction period there was keen competition among physicians at the line sta- tions to obtain permission to attend

the meetings.

"More often than not," he said, "the duty of remaining at home fell to the lot

of the junior man, though usually not

unfairly so." Army Members

Members of the Army Medical Corps

on the Isthmus were invited to join the Association in 1916, although they had

attended some of the meetings before that time. One of the 16 doctors then stationed with United States troops in the Canal Zone was Lt. George F. Lull at Camp

Gaillard. His son, Dr. George F. Lull, Jr., chief of the X-Ray Service at Gorgas

Hospital, is one of three present members

whose fathers belonged to the Association. The others are Dr. Ferrucio Bertoli, Jr., pathologist at Gorgas Hospital, and Dr. Lawrence Drennan, Jr., Assistant Superintendent of Gorgas Hospital.

The Association now has 125 members

of all classes, eight of whom do not live on the Isthmus but practice, in most

cases, in sections of Latin America where

they could not otherwise belong to the American Medical Association. There

are four associate members, two who are honorary, and six lifetime memberships.

Of the 105 active members on the Isthmus, 33 are Panamanians, 23 are

Army doctors, five are Navy physicians, three are with the Air Force, one is a United States Public Health Service doctor and the remainder are physicians

originally from the United States employed in the Canal organization or

practicing in Panama.

Associate and Lifetime Members

Associate members, who are not medical doctors but are in related scientific

fields, are James Zetek, Curator of the Barro Colorado Island Laboratory of the Smithsonian Institution and Entomologist in the Canal Zone for the Department

of Agriculture, associate of longest standing in the group; Lt. Col. S. J. Beaudry,

Professional Training Officer at Gorgas

Hospital; Dr. Robert G. Matheney, Chief

of Veterinary Medicine in the Canal

Health Bureau; and Lt. Col. Franklin S. Blanton, Entomologist for the Army at Fort Clayton.

Six lifetime memberships, awarded for services to the Association, were given to Dr. J. D. Odom, former Balboa Quarantine Officer; Dr. Charles A. Hearne,

former Quarantine Officer at Cristobal; Dr. D. P. Curry, former Canal physician

and Assistant Chief Health Officer; Dr. Troy W. Earhart, who was Chief of the Surgery Clinic at Gorgas Hospital from

1915 to 1943; Dr. L. 0. Keen, Canal

physician from 1918 to 1946; and Col. George Hesner, M. C, Ret., former

Superintendent of Corozal Hospital.

The Association was an Indian-giver in the case of Dr. Clark. A lifetime membership awarded to him when he left the Isthmus in 1922 was rescinded when he

returned in 1928—just because the organization needed his dues, he says.

All Doctors Invited

All doctors on the Isthmus are invited

to become members. Interns and resi- dents are admitted on a junior membership basis and pay no dues. Dr. Bates has said that to his knowledge

meetings of the association have always

been devoted to serious and dignified discussion of medical topics of prime

interest to the profession on the Isthmus. "During the whole history of the Canal," he said, "a physician has had

only to attend the meetings of the Association to get first hand and accurate information about contagious, epidemic,

or rare diseases occurring in our midst."

The meetings have been held with great

regularity once a month since 1906. The

564th continuous meeting was held on

the third Tuesday in November.

But then there were the banquets

which apparently were not so professionally solemn. For many years, the motion to hold a banquet was made by Dr. James whenever the Association's treasury showed a balance of $300 or $400, Dr. Clark

explains. Dr. James was for many years master of ceremonies for the affair, giving the gathering the full benefit of his well-known wit. On the occasion of the 300th meeting

and banquet in 1931 devoted to the his- tory of the Association, Dr. James told

his colleagues:

"Occasionally a year passes without

this banquet, but not often. It has always

been a stag affair, characterized by an abundance of good food, a super-abundance of good drink, and a most excellent attendance."
December 4, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 13

A GIFT FOR A QUEEN Ten Years Ago

In November

Selecting a gift for a queen, who already

possesses almost everything, is not an easy

matter. Governor and Mrs. Seybold

solved this problem by ordering for Queen

Elizabeth II a unique gift; a pair of highly

polished, heavy stone bookends engraved

with the Canal Zone seal and symbolic

of the construction of the Panama Canal. These bookends, shown above in their

c?se, were the sculpture of Dulcidio

Gonzales Noriega of Panama City.

Their pyramid form, with forward and

upward projection, the sculptor explained,

symbolizes the Canal's contribution to world progress by shortening distances and thereby facilitating an interchange

of ideas among men. The rectangular plane represents Pan- ama; on it the sculptor has placed the Canal seal, just as the Canal is located

in the center of the Republic. The tri- angle symbolizes the conception of the Canal idea and its construction.

SS "Gothic" Is No Stranger

To Panama Canal Waters

The white-hulled, 561 -foot Gothic which

carried Queen Elizabeth and her party

to the Canal Zone is no stranger in

local waters. She made her first trip through the Canal in January 1951, en route from

London to Auckland, New Zealand —

since then has averaged about two Canal

transits per year. Her last Canal transit, prior to last Sunday, was on August 1, when she was bound from Wellington

to England.

Her master on that trip was Capt.

David Aitchison, who is in command of the Gothic on her present tour. He has commanded many of the other vessels of the Shaw, Savill & Albion fleet engaged in their New Zealand service via the Canal.

Until h3 was made skipper of the Gothic he was in command of the Dominion

Monarch, reportedly the largest motorship in the world. She has made several Canal transits, but is normally on the

service to Australia and New Zealand via South Africa. For the statistically minded, the Gothic grosses 15,902 tons, has a beam of 72.2

feet, and a service speed of 17 knots. On

a normal voyage she carries 83 first class passengers; on her present trip her 53

cabins and other public rooms have been

converted to accommodate the Queen and

her entourage. Local agents for the Gothic are W.

Andrews & Co.

Selective service and the first registra- tion for the draft ever held in the Canal Zone occupied the time and thoughts of most U. S. males 10 years ago last month,

as well as taking up considerable space in local newspaper columns.

Registration day was November 17. Registrars were on hand at the Administration Building, Balboa Clubhouse, and

Cristobal Theater, at the U. S. Consulate

in Panama, and at a number of Army

installations, for civilian employees. That

day 962 men between the ages of IS and

44 registered; there were so many Pacific siders expected that they were done in alphabetical groups—A-G on the first day. Later, a special registration unit was set up in the Mechanical Division. Two weeks before registration day came an official announcement that only

such employees of the Canal and Railroad

whose service could be spared "without

detriment to the operation and mainte- nance of the Canal," would be given

clearance from their jobs to enlist in the armed services.

Holidays or no, work went on six days a week in the Canal Zone. Flays flew from

Government buildings and equipment, and

veterans organizations had their usual

dinners, but Zonians worked on Armistice Day. They worked on Thanksgiving Day,

too, although they were given time off if they wished to attend Thanksgiving church

services.

Turkey sold for 44 cents a pound that Thanksgiving. Violinist Jascha Heifetz, playing at a Canal Zone Army post, took part in an international Thanksgiving Day

radio broadcast.

Romancerefreshing

and

enchanting

GREGORY PECK

AUDREY HEPBURN

.William Wyler's

PR0Dr°N ROMAN HOLIDAY

m, EDDIE ALBERT

produorfi~iDj»irft>»WlLlJAM WYLER ijj|

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January 9, 10, 11

Canal's Two Senior Pilots

Were Aboard Queen's Ship

To the two senior pilots of the Panama

Canal went the honor of piloting the S. S. Gothic through the Canal last Sunday. For part of the transit Queen Elizabeth was aboard the liner. Capt. Horatio Lincoln, U. S. N., Balboa Port Captain, was "officer in technical charge" of the Gothic's transit. He was aboard for the entire transit. The two pilots who were on the bridge

of the Gothic were Captains Henry E.

Falk, Balboa's senior man, and Charles S. Townshend, the senior pilot in Cristobal. Captain Falk has over 30 years of Canal service. As a boy he worked as a seaman and later returned to the Canal

organization as towboat master in 1923. He qualified as a pilot in August 1927. Captain Townshend has been a qualified

pilot since the same month. He joined

the Canal organization in 1922, served as a towboat master, and began his pilot's

training in 1926.

LEAVING SERVICE

Over 43 years of Panama Railroad- Panama Canal Company service will end

this month for William R. Pfizer, vice president of the Company and one of

its directors. Mr. Pfizer has submitted his resignation, to be effective December 31. He went to work as an office boy in the New York office of the Panama Railroad

October 16, 1910. After about 10 years

as Third Vice President and Secretary of the Panama Railroad Company, he suc- ceeded T. H. Rossbottom in 1949 as

First Vice President and head of the company's activities in the United States. Mr. Pfizer became a vice president of the Panama Canal Company when it was

organized in 1951. BALBOA

JANUARY 1, 2, 3

Wonderfully

captivating

tale of

a princess

who goes

out on a

spree in

Rome!

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14 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 4, 1953

PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

October 15 through November 15

Employees who were promoted or transferred between October 15 and November

15 are listed below. Regradings and within- grade promotions are not listed. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

LeRoy V. Nolan, from Gauger and Crib- tender Foreman, Terminals Division, to Policeman, Police Division. Henry L. Donovan, from Community

Services Director to Civil Affairs Director. Bernard J. McDonnell, from Guard,

Industrial Division, to Policeman, Police

Division. Leonard B. Wilson, from Utility Operator and Tractor-Bulldozer Operator, Maintenance Division, to Fireman, Fire Division. Mrs. Dorothy C. Sanders, from Substitute Teacher to Kindergarten Assistant, Division of Schools. Mrs. Millie G. Haskins, Mrs. Esther

W. Hodges, from Substitute Teacher to Elementary School Teacher. Edward H. Samples, from Guard,

Atlantic Locks, to Policeman, Police Division. Mrs. Ava O. Howell, from Clerk-Stenographer, Claims Branch, to Clerk, Postal, Customs, and Immigration Division. COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU

Donald N. Zeese, from Medical Equip- ment Repairman, Hospitalization and Clinics Division, to Realty Assistant, Office of

Director.OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER

Ralph R. Grassau, James H. Selby,

Accountants, from General Accounts Branch

to Plant Inventorv and Appraisal Staff. Charles H. McKeon, from Accountant

to Systems Accountant, Accounting Sys- tems Staff. H. Conrad Dodson, from Supervisory

Accounting Clerk to Accountant, Cost Accounts Branch. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Manuel Quintero R., from Construction

Inspector, Contracts and Inspection Division, to Engineering Draftsman, Engineering

Division. Willard E. Percy, from Operator 1- ore- man Mechanic, Electrical Division, to Teacher (vocational subjects), Electrical Division. Allen C. Swicegood, from Powerhouse

Operator to Electrical Meter Inspector,

Electrical Division. Mrs. Laura J. Nelson, Clerk-Typist,

from Panama Canal Press to Communications Branch, Electrical Division. Warren R. McNamee, from Lock Operator Wireman, Atlantic Locks, to Wireman,

Electrical Division. Edwin J. Compton, from Special Combination Welder to Assistant Foreman,

Public Works, Maintenance Division. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

Mrs. Patricia A. Robinson, from Clerk- Stenographer, Administrative Branch, to Secretary, Office of the Administrative

Assistant to the Governor. HEALTH BUREAU

Mrs. Jane D. Fuller, from Staff Nurse, Gorgas Hospital, to Head Nurse, Corozal

Hospital. Dr. David Senzer, from Medical Officer (Public Health), Division of Quarantine

and Preventive Medicine, to Medical

Officer (District Physician, Pedro Miguel),

Hospitalization and Clinics Division. MARINE BUREAU

William L. Ebdon, from Wireman,

Electrical Division, to Electrician, Aids to Navigation Section. Glenn R. McNall, from File Clerk, Administrative Branch, to Guard, Industrial Division. Warren W. Morse, from Locomotive

Machinist, Railroad Division, to Lock

Operator Machinist, Pacific Locks. Bennet G. Tipton, from Administrative

Assistant to Supervisory Administrative

Assistant, Navigation Division. Francis J. Moumblow, from Lock- master to Control House Supervisor,

Atlantic Locks. John F. Campbell, Pilot-in-T raining to Probationary Pilot, Navigation Division. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Bernhard I. Everson, from Assistant

Director to Deputy Director, Transportation and Terminals Bureau. William R. Bird, from Traffic Clerk

(Typist) to Clerical Assistant (Claims

Investigator), Panama Local Agency.

SUPPLY AND SERVICE BUREAU

James G. F. Trimble, from Wireman,

Electrical Division, to Plant Electrician, Commissarv Division. Wilton T. Strickland, from Plant Electrician to Plant Electrician Leadingman,

Commissarv Division. Mrs. S. Aileen Salter, from Steward

(trainee), Clubhouse Division, to Commissary Assistant, Commissary Division. John H. Stevens, from Commissary

Assistant to Procurement Officer, Commissarv Division. Norbert M. Schommer, from Procure- ment Officer to Accountant, Commissary

Division. James J. Morris, Supervisory Store- keeper, from Dredging Division to Division

of Storehouses. Mrs. Margaret D. Austin, from Checker

to Commissary Assistant, Commissary

Division.

ANNIVERSARIES

Employees who observed important anniversaries during the month of November are

listed alphabetically below. The number of years includes all Government service, with

the Canal cr other agencies. Those with continuous service with the Canal are indicated with (*).

35 YEARS

*Albert McKeown, Leadingman Boiler- maker, Industrial Division. Alexander McKeown, Planing Mill Hand and Saw Mill Operator, Industrial

I Hvision.

30 YEARS

Robert A. Engelke, Administrative

Assistant, Dredging Division. John H. Joyner, Foreman, Repair Shop, Motor Transportation Division. Thomas M. McGinn, Lock Operator

(Machinist), Locks Division. Mark L. White, Clerk-in-Charge, Posts.

25 YEARS

Charles McG. Brandl, Assistant Chief, Southern District, Maintenance Division. Mildred K. Clisbee, Statistical Clerk, Gorgas Hospital.

*Samuel R. Cunningham, Supervisory Cash Accounting Clerk, Comptroller's

Office. Helen F. Heim, Clerk-Stenographer,

Office of Director, Railroad and Terminals

Bureau. Joseph L. Hummer, Lock Operator

(Machinist), Locks Division. John A. Taber, Lieutenant, Fire Division. Earl C. Tarr, Chief, Dry Warehouse

Branch, Commissary Division.

20 YEARS

Peter H. Borger, Pumping Plant Operator, Maintenance Division. Bird W. Stephenson, Electrician, Battery and Ignition, Motor Transportation

Division.

15 YEARS

Evlyn William Brandt, Postal Clerk. Charles S. Howe, Hydraulic Engineer,

Meteorological and Hvdrographic Branch. *William W. E. Hoyle, Assistant Chief, Balboa Customs. Anthony Malagutti, Policeman, Police Division. Willis N. Pence, Wireman, Electrical Division. Hokan E. Pihlgren, Leader, Sheetmetal Worker, Maintenance Division. *Delta I. Sampsell, Head Nurse, Gorgas Hospital.

Elmer W. Tucker, Policeman, Police Division. Glen W. Winberg, Chief Towboat

Engineer, Dredging Division. Nelson E. Wise, Assistant to Mainte- nance Engineer.

DECEMBER SAILINGS

From Cristobal

Anion L.December 4 Panama .

- -1 K-cember 1

Cristobal >ecember 1

Ancon.- ..December 25 From New York

Panama-- December 1 Cristobal - - December 8 Ancon.. ..December 15 Panama.- - December 22 CristobaL .

- - December 29

(Northbound the ships are in Haiti from 7 a. m. to noon Sunday; southbound, the Haiti stop is Saturday, from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m.)

NOVEMBER RETIREMENTS

Retirement certificates were presented the end of November to the following employees

who are listed alphabetically, together with

their birth places, titles, length of service, and future addresses. Patrick S. Coakley, Massachusetts;

Chief Power Dispatcher and Chief of Station, Diesel Generation, Electrical Division, 36 years, 4 days; Grand Rapids, Mich.

Macey B. Edwards, Kentucky; Clerk- Typist, Housing Division; 30 years, 9 months, 27 da\s; Versailles, Ky.

Adrian Horter, Louisiana; OperatorForeman, Maintenance Division; 17 years, 8 months, 2 davs; Panama.

Charles S. joyner, Puerto Rico; Guard

Supervisor, Dretlging Division; 30 years, 25 days; undecided. Adam Mallett, Louisiana; Lock Operator (Riveter), Pacific Locks; 29 years, 11 months, 28 days; Nueva Gorgona, R. de P. Samuel I. Souder, New Jersey; Heavy

Forger Blacksmith and Leader Blacksmith,

Heavy Fire, Industrial Division; 29 years, 23 davs; Houston, Tex. Florence A. Whiteside, Pennsylvania;

Public Health Nurse, Health Bureau; 30

years, 24 days; Madera, Pa.

Two Big Urban Communilies Foreseen For

Canal Zone, Governor Tells Conference

(Continued from page .1) Used for School transportation for children of service personnel only;

Requests for a marquee for the Balboa

elementary school and a covered passage- way from'the Balboa High School to the gymnasium are included in next year's

budget; the matter of a marquee at the

Cristobal Commissary is being worked

out with Civic Council representatives.

The recent audit of the Postal Savings

System, he said, was merely a routine audit by the Internal Audit Staff of the Comptroller and was in no way connected

with the compensation study made by

the firm of Booz, Allen, and Hamilton.

Later he added that none of the data

collected will be released either inside or outside of the organization for any purpose whatsoever. The Governor outlined some of the plans for the then forthcoming visit of Queen Elizabeth. He regretted that the

shortness of her stay prevented a real community welcome but assured the representatives that people would have an

opportunity to see her as she drove

through the Canal Zone streets. Attending the Governor's conference

were: The Governor; Mr. Crook; E. A. Doolan, Personnel Director; Norman

Johnson, Employee and Labor Relations

Officer; Elmer 'Powell of the General

Committee of Civic Councils; Jack Rice,

Cristobal-Margarita; Mr. Goodin, Gamboa; and Carl Nix of Gatun.
December 4, 1953 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 15

Coordinated Efforts Of Canal Organizations

Made Possible Perfect Royal Visit To Zone

(Continued from page 1) and from the Republic of Panama.

At Cristobal the crowd stood on bal- conies, sat on hoods and tops of parked

cars, and lined Terminal Street three and

four deep. At the junction of Randolph

Road and the Trans-Isthmian highway more crowds peered over the shoulders of trim, gray-uniformed Canal Zone police- men. Waiting watchers cheered in little clearings along Madden Road. Youngsters at Paraiso called "Viva la Reina,"

and Pedro Miguel children waved miniature British flags. She was their guest, and they seemed

to want to make her welcome.

Month of Planning

Plans for the Queen's visit to the Canal Zone were coordinated by Lt. Col. David

S. Parker, Governor Seybold's Military

Assistant, who worked on the arrange- ments for several months.

A rough outline of the program for the Queen's visit was prepared about May,

but this schedule was later altered in some of its details. It was not until a comparatively short time before the young Queen arrived that the last details were completed.

Some of the major points to be worked

out concerned the docking of the 15,000- ton Gothic in Cristobal, the timing of her

transit so that the ship would reach Pedro Miguel Locks at the hour and

minute called for in the Queen's schedule, the docking of the big ship at Balboa,

and, finally, the undocking of the Gothic and her dispatch to sea last Monday

morning. All of these details were handled

by various units of the Marine Bureau

with the Terminals Division cooperating on the portions which concerned the piers. Several days before the Gothic arrived,

port officials had an opportunity for a "dry run" when the S. S. Ceramic, a

sister-ship of theGothic, arrived in Balboa. She was maneuvered and docked exactly

in accordance with plans made for the Queen's ship.

The Canal's marine officials were

highly complimented by the Gothic'

master, Capt. David Aitchison, who said that his ship had not before been so

well handled. Security of a Queen

Another major point which called for detailed work was the Queen's security.

This meant the careful screening of all people whose work for last Sunday took

them anywhere near the royal visitor and

her party. This phase was handled by the Internal Security Branch, in cooperation with the Canal Zone Police and British Secret

Service. In general, the precautions taken were those which are required during a

visit of a President of the United States

or another head of state. A number of the Canal Zone policemen

who worked on the "Queen's detail" were

old hands at this sort of thing; they had

served in the same capacity during the Canal Zone visits of the late President

Franklin D. Roosevelt. The handling of crowds and traffic were other problems which had to be

solved in detail. Ten Canal Zone motorcycle policemen escorted the Queen whenever she was in Canal Zone territory and

dozens of others were in charge of the crowds of thousands who lined the highways and filed into the locks areas to see her. For the first time in the Canal Zone,

"traffic freezes" were put into force so that no traffic would move and no cars be parked along the roads on which

she traveled. Reporters and Cameramen

Special arrangements had to be made

for reporters and photographers, local and visiting, to cover the Queen's visit. Over 50 cameramen and correspondents, the largest group ever accredited here, were given passes allowing them to enter

the Cristobal pier area and the Pacific locks areas. The Terminals Division brought a freight car into spotless Pier 9

in Cristobal as a photographers' stand

and the Maintenance Division erected a

platform for the cameramen in the lock

areas. From these the photographers were

able to photograph the Queen as she

-<4J«lI

QUEEN ELIZABETH II, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Governor Seybold cross the lock gates at Miraflores.

"trooped the line" of the guard of honor

on Pier 9 and as she crossed the locks at Miraflores. Special lighting was provided in Miraflores Control Tower where a limited number of newsreel cameramen and the Canal's official photographer were allowed. The Weather, Too

Planners for the Queen's visit could not attempt to outguess the weather at

this time of year and all plans had to be

made to allow for the rain which was all too likely to come—and did. A "covered brow" gangplank resting on a ramp was set up between the Gothic and her pier to permit the Queen and her party to leave the ship without getting wet should rain fall as she was leaving or boarding her ship. At the Governor's House, where 130

guests were presented to the royal couple

at an afternoon reception, a cover had

to be erected over the terrace and a roofed stand had to be provided for the Army band which played during the

reception. The tent was supplied by the Army and it and the bandstand were

erected by the Maintenance Division. Like any good housekeeper expecting

guests, the Canal Zone put its physical

house in order; forces from the Grounds

Maintenance Division went to work a few days before the Queen's arrival cutting grass along the roadsides and

cleaning up fallen palm fronds and debris. The Clubhouse Division bakery made

two huge fruit cakes which were sent to the officers and men aboard the Gothic and the H. M. S. Sheffield, the Queen's

escort vessel. The four-layer cakes bore

the Canal Zone Seal on top and a special message to the officers and men in beaded icing.

Another special bit of planning which

added, this time, to the pleasure of the waiting crowds was a progress report on

the Queen's Trans-Isthmian drive, delivered over the Miraflores Locks loud speaker system. Those waiting in the

locjv areas were frequently advised of the time and her whereabouts and whether

she would arrive on schedule. She did, to the minute.

Souvenirs

When she left the Canal Zone, Queen

Elizabeth carried with her two souvenirs

of her visit. One was a pair of heavy,

polished stone bookends, made from

Isthmian rock. The seal of the Canal Zone had been cut into the side of each,

in minutely fine work. The other was a group of pictures taken during the Canal Zone visit, in 1927, of the Queen's parents, then the Duke and Duchess of York.

She left behind her a number of mementos of her visit. A large, framed, and

signed photograph of the royal couple was

their gift to Governor and Mrs. Seybold.

Other Zonians will have souvenirs of a

different sort. Hundreds of them will have photographs or colored slides or movies which

they can show their children and grandchildren, and say: "And I took this when . . ." The crew of the Miraflores control tower—that day they were Edward

Barlow, Harry Willenbrock, Richard

Abel], and D. Foster—will remember the Queen's delight when, instructed by Mr.

Barlow, she turned a series of handles and watched the tiny miter gates on the

control panel begin to swing open. And

how, almost at once, she went outside

to watch the big lock gates move apart

to admit the United Fruit Company's

S. S. Junior. Nearly as exciting was the Duke's

interest in the locks and his keen questions on their mechanical operation, as he operated a chain in the west chamber.

Police Officers Anthony Malagutti and

Freeman Hollowell, and possibly others,

will remember the smile the Queen gave

as she passed them at the Locks. And thousands of other Zonians and

their friends from Panama will think,

from time to time, of the gracious young

lady in the dull-blue dress and tiny

feather hat who waved her white-gloved

hand at them as she passed along the

control house balcony or rode in her car along the streets.

Convicts Make Toys For Panama Childenr

Santa Claus and a group of his helpers

will visit the youngsters in the Santo Thomas Hospital children's ward again

this year shortly before Christmas, with

a sack full of dolls, cribs and stuffed toys,

all manufactured by volunteer labor at the Canal Zone Penitentiary.

The project of making toys for Christ- mas was unanimously adopted last year by

the prisoners who used their "Coke fund"

to finance the operation. It was strictly a volunteer project and was so popular

that it is being repeated this year. George Collins, who was Santa Claus

before, did such a good job that he has been asked to act again this year. The

toys will include about 100 dolls, which

were purchased outside.
16 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 4, 1953

Ghost Town=Red Tanki

SENTINEL for a deserted village, this big old Cuipo tree has been a landmark at Red Tank for many

years. It stands at the end of a causeway over an arm of Miraflores Lake.

There are no more games of "Brown

Girl in the Ring" on the sidewalks of Red

Tank. The heated domino and draughts tournaments are no longer going on under

the houses which have faced Gaillard Highway for 35 years. The market women from Chiva Chiva have stopped

selling their plantain and yuca and yam

at their little makeshift stands along

the street. For there are no more men or women

or children living in Red Tank. The

local-rate town, whose population swelled

to over 2,200 in the decade between 1931 and 1941 is now deserted. The last residents, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Moseley, moved November 12 to Paraiso where many of their former neigh- bors had preceded them. A Panama

Canal employee for 40 years, he had been

the Salvation Army's Red Tank repre- S3ntative for the past three years. Birds and a Dog

For two weeks, the Moseleys were the only people living in Red Tank. Rover,

whose bark is worse than his bite, and the

birds which came each morning to the Moseleys' back porch to be fed, were the only other living creatures in the town. The last Canal families had moved

October 29 to La Boca. The Red Tank

school which last year had 371 pupils had

onlv two left when it closed its doors for the last time October 30. The Red Tank

Commissary sold its last goods October 3 1

.

Today Red Tank is a ghost town. Long

pieces of wood have been nailed across the doors of the vacated houses which will soon be demolished. The remaining stock has been removed from the commissary.

Along the back streets of the town the

grass is beginning to grow high.

Pedro Miguel Tank

Red Tank's beginnings are hazy. A 1904

timetable for the Panama Railroad shows

a stop called Pedro Miguel Tank, fivetenths of a mile south of Pedro Miguel

proper. The same timetable, which lists the tank as a stop for all trains, indicates that it had a siding for 24 cars. Oldtimers, like William Jump, recall that there was a big water tank, painted

with red lead, on a hill behind what later became the town. From this undoubtedly came the name of Red Tank which is mentioned in a 190S file in a letter recom- mending the demolition of three old "buildings at Red Tank . . . they are

all in very bad shape."

The name of Red Tank does not appear

again in official files until November,

1915, six months after a three-man committee was appointed to investigate and

report on the number of quarters which

would be needed for local-rate employees

near Pedro Miguel and Miraflores. The

committee recommended the construction

of SO apartments, to cost $56,000, and to "be located in the vicinity of the tunnel dump."

Census For 1916: 242 The first Red Tank quarters were completed that same year. The first occu- pants were 42 families and 42 bachelors,

all the men employees at Pedro Miguel

Locks. The first census report for Red

Tank showed 242 residents in June, 1916.

In 1917 more quarters were built and

83 families and 40 bachelors were moved

into Red Tank from Rio Grande. Later

that same year Wards 7, 8, 9, and 10 from

Ancon—now Gorgas—Hospital were re- erected at Red Tank as Building 536. This huge structure, housing 48 families, immediately and unofficially was christ- ened the Titanic. The smaller building next door, which had also been an old Ancon Hospital ward, quite logically was known as the Iceberg. Both buildings had

been built at the hospital in 1907. They

were torn down in 1951. By 1919 Red Tank's population had

grown to 1,302 and six years later had

increased to 1,672. In August, 1927, four £51

buildings were brought to Red Tank M

|

from Culebra and re-erected as 10-family §|

quarters. Later that year three old Army J£| barracks from Camp Gaillard on the west o»l

side of the Canal, were rebuilt into two J!

12-family quarters. These last were to <g= house local-rate employees who were still \ living on the west side of the Canal in the Gaillard and Empire districts. War Boom

Like all Canal towns, Red Tank mushroomed during the hectic days just before and in the early part of World War II. Barracks were put up for local-rate bachelors, the clubhouse enlarged.

The clubhouse, which had been built in 1919, was completely destroyed by a fire on February 23, 1945. The fire was caused

by a break in the fuel supply line of a pressing machine in a tailor shop in the clubhouse basement. One woman, an employee in the shop, was badly burned. The heat from the burning one-story

building was so intense that a wooden

retaining wall across the street and along

the railroad tracks was set afire and grass began to blaze beside the tracks. After

the fire, clubhouse facilities were provided

in an old school building.

A dispensary, Red Tank's first, was

opened in June, 1946, but closed three years later when the town's population

had begun to drop.

Deserted today, Red Tank had had

1,075 inhabitants when this year's police census was taken in June. Over half of these were children.

It was the children the Moseleys missed most during their two weeks as Red

Tank's only residents. "We were so used to the patter of children's feet," Mrs. Moseley said, "that

after we were alone I thought time after time I heard children running, although I knew truly that there were no children

there. I would go to the window and

look. Of course there weren't children, or anyone else."

CHARLES MOSELEY and his wife missed the sound of children at play. They were the last residents of Red Tank. When they moved to Paraiso

the town was abandoned to the wild things which

still come down from the hills.