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

a Canal Museum I
Plan To Mod^xiiizc dministr;

Nearly Ready - Bids To Be Requesteu

The first change of any extensive

.tun- to be made in the Canal's Administration Building since it was built under

the watchful eye of Col. George W.

Goethals 43 years ago will be started

early next year. Modernization plans for the three-story mas mry structure are nearing completion and bids for the big job which will cost

in the neighborhood of one million dollars will be invited within the next few

weeks-. The scheduled date for advertis- ing for bids is January 15, but this will be advanced to some time this month. No structural changes are involved in the plans and the building will present much the same outward appearance of today. There will, however, be a vast

difference in thi interior which is being planned for air conditioning, modern

lighting, a new elevator, and some office changes which, in total, will spell out a modern office building suitable for effi- cient work in the humid tropics. Architect-engineering plans for the air conditioning, elevator and lighting have

he, -n submitted by the Panama firm of Sander, Duffer & Associates, contractors

for this phase of the program. Plans for the other work are being prepared by

the Engineering Division. Plans for the air conditioning call for the installation of a chilled-water dis- tribution system which will eliminate

the need for an extensive refrigerant piping system. The principal alterations to the interior

of the building, other than installation of the air conditioning and tiourescent lighting, will be provision in the basement of the west wing for the studio and lab- oratory of the Official Photographer; and

conversion of the suite of offices adjacent

to the Governor's office for use as a Board Room. The new elevator will be installed in the existing shaft, and will be provided with both manual and automatic controls. An essential step for the air conditioning and lighting systems will be the in- stallation of false ceilings in all offices of the three main floors. In most offices the new ceilings, of accoustical material, will be installed at a height about midway of existing window transoms. All transom

openings will be sealed off since they will no longer be used for ventilation or light. The heart of the air conditioning sys- tem will be located in the basement. Four 125-horsepower compressors will be

installed for the central water chilling system in the basement. The latter will consist of 16 air-cooled condensers, two

tanks or water chillers, and two heavy- duty pumps which will distribute the

chilled water to all parts of the building. The air-cooled condenser system will be one of the largest ever installed. The building will be divided into 28 separate zones or sections, each of which will operate separately and be

fed chilled water directly from the central tanks. Once delivered to a zone, the chilled water will be fed through

large coils over which large electric fans

will blow air to be distributed through ductwork recessed in the false ceilings. The chilled air ducts will have multiple openings to provide an even distribution

of cold air throughout its particular zone. Each of these conditioning units (cold- water coils and fans) will have its own

adjustable fresh air intake to provide a constant supply of fresh air. A continu- ous change of air will be assured by the

installation of 27 exhaust fans. After the water is pumped through the

coils for the air-cooling process, it will be returned to the chilling tanks for reuse. While the air conditioning system can

be adjusted to any degree of coolness and

humidity, either as a whole or in separate

zones, it is planned to maintain a constant temperature of 78 degrees and a

relative humidity of 60 percent a wel- come change for office workers who have

been accustomed to working in temperatures which is often 90 degrees with humidity near saturation point. The air conditioning plant to be in- stalled will have a capacity rating of 492 tons of refrigeration, a ton in this sense being equal to the melting of one

ton of ice in one day. The Administration Building will be air conditioned

as a unit, including corridors and the rotunda. This will avoid the installa- tion of doors to individual offices. One of the principal changes to the outside appearance of the Administration

Building will be the installation of glass doors to all outside entranceways. A

glass-paneled control booth will be lo- cated in the basement where engineers

in charge of its operation as well as the

inquisitive can see what is taking place. The first work to be done on the air- conditioning system will be the installa- tion of the chilled-air ducts which will be

fitted with square-shaped diffusers set

flush with the accoustical ceiling. The new lighting system will also be installed prior to the installation of the lower ceil- ings, and these fixtures will also fit flush with the ceiling and will provide an even and shadowless light in all offices. It is expected that the modernization program

will be completed during the coming year. Diamond

Jubilee

Most of the available help of the Zone's Postal Service were called out last month to help handle a flood of 25,000 requests for first-day covers of Gorgas

Hospital's 75th Anniversary commemorative stamps. Over 40,000 of the special 3-cent stamps were sold at the Balboa post office on opening day.
Hearings were held in the Balboa Theater two days last week on single-wage legislation implementing the 1955

Treaty by the House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee. Above, left to right: Henry C. Cassell, Counsel; Congressmen David S. Dennison, Jr., Ohio,- John

Young, Texas, Chairman,- Robert W. Hemphill, S. C: and

Ralph J. Scott, N. C. Seated at beck of table is E. A.

Sompayrac, Dept. of Defense Personnel Adviser, who accompanied House group. Representatives of the Civil Service Comm., Stale, and Army Depts., also attended hearings.

Zone Residents Make

XMAS PLANS

To Fit The Tropics

Palm leaves and sunshine are the Christmas substitutes for snow and ice

in the Canal Zone but annually at this time of the year Zonians manage to give

their homes and surroundings a festive Yuletide air even in tropical settings. With Christmas Day only 19 days away, and the number of shopping days

even less, the holiday spirit is beginning

to be evident with more diligent practicing of carols in the schools, more red

"call-for-package" cards in post office boxes, and more frantic gift shopping. Among the more cheerful notes for this Christmas is the announcement that everybody will be paid before Christmas Day which this year falls on Wednesday.

Arrangements are being made by the Payroll Branch to deliver all paychecks on Tuesday for those units which nor- mally are paid on Wednesday.

Although Toylands were opened early

as usual, the Commissary officials have made plans to make more shopping time

available to the many who find it difficult to select all their gifts and Christmas wrappings during regular hours. Holiday

schedules will be adopted beginning the week of December 15 and stores will be open for several days before the holiday

until 8 o'clock at night. The stores at Balboa, Cristobal, and Rainbow City will be open from 8:30

a. m. until 8 p. m. on December 18, 19, 20, 21, and 23. Gamboa and Paraiso Commissaries

will be open until 8 o'clock at night on December 19, 20, 21, and 23. All stores will observe regular hours on

INSPECTION OF COCO SOLO HOOSES PLANNED

FOR ATLANTIC SIDERS WHO DESIRE TO MOVE

Prospective residents of the future Canal Zone civilian community of Coco

Solo will have the opportunity next Sat- urday and Sunday to inspect a set of each type of quarters available at the

Atlantic side Naval Station. Housing Division guides will be at Quarters 250, a three-bedroom housing

unit, and at Quarters 337, a two-bed- room unit, from 9:30 a. m. until 4 p. m.

Saturday, and from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.

Sunday. The open house program follows the

distribution this week of questionnaires

to residents of New Cristobal, Margarita, and Gatun, to determine their desires for quarters. Answers to the questionnaires

are to be returned by December 15 and

these will be considered by the Housing

Division as a commitment of the indi- vidual resident's desires to move, and his preference as to the location and type of quarters. Arrangements for gathering this factual information came after a conference be- tween Governor Potter and Rear Admiral George H. Wales, Commandant of the

15th Naval District, paved the way for the Canal organization to occupy housing

units and other facilities at Coco Solo in the immediate future. In making plans for the proposed transChristmas Eve, December 24, and will be

closed all day on Christmas. No changes are to be made in the hours

at other Commissary units except that

the Diablo Heights and Margarita stores

will be open on a "Monday" {See paye 15) \MA CANAL REVIEW

fer, Governor Potter held a conference with Atlantic side Civic Council Officers and community representatives to discuss the developments and to consider pro- cedures for housing assignments. Through plans being worked out this week, it was expected that the Company-Government can utilize, at least by early January, the first of the 280 housing units available at Coco Solo and other facilities which include a theater, swimming pool, and buildings

for possible use as an elementary school and commissary.

Quarters assignments in the forthcoming housing shuffle on the Atlantic side

will be made in accordance with existing regulations based on seniority. It is hoped to evacuate all remaining occupied housing in the New Cristobal and De

Lesseps areas and to provide better quarters for about 84 families now living in bachelor-type quarters. The Company-Government will pay

the cost of moving residents from New

Cristobal, De Lesseps, and those families now living in bachelor-type quarters. Other moves will be at the expense

of the individuals. Residents desiring to move have been

requested to express their first and second

choices of quarters at Coco Solo, Margarita, and Gatun, in filling out the questionnaires. The transfer of the housing units at Coco Solo will relieve the present short- age of quarters on the Atlantic side and

will allow additional transfers to the Republic of Panama of properties in New

Cristobal as agreed under terms of 1955 Treaty.
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A rising-stem valve roller train assembly is machined.

It guides vertical movement of big valves. Men working,

I. to r.: D. L. Kelly, machinist; L. A. Illueca, helper,-

J. H. Slattery, machinist; and Jose S. Melendez, helper.

If the Locks Division could gather an army of 125,000 men who could lift 100 pounds each, it would have enough lift- ing power to handle the lock gates and main culvert valves which are to be re- moved and overhauled or replaced during

the overhaul of the Pacific Locks early next year. The total weight of the 10 miter gates

to be removed and overhauled and the

1^ rising stem valves to be replaced is about 6,500 tons or some 12,500,000 pounds. The lifting of the massive lock gates and the 15-ton valves, however, is but

a minor detail in the big spring cleaning

job which starts Monday, January 6, and

will continue until about the middle of July. In many respects, the 1958 Pacific Locks overhaul will eclipse any others

of recent years. More work is to be

done, more gates are to be lifted, and more valves are to be replaced than

ever before The job will take nearly two months longer than previous over- hauls, but fewer men will be used. On previous overhauls of the Pacific

I. neks, about 800 to 1,000 extra employees were used. Plans for the overhaul

next ye lr call for the addition of only 700 men to the Locks Division, of which

about 100 will be skilled workmen. The

reduction in the number of extra cm-

,vill be possible by better utiliza- tion of manpower and because of changes

in th overhaul schedules resulting from

modifications of the Locks to permit

overhaul of the center-wall culverts sep- arately from that required in the luck chambers.

All of the unskilled and semi-skilled

ii needed anil most of the skilled help and technicians arc available locally. Ace irding to Roy C. Stockham, Chief of th Locks Division, less than 20 skilled

.ill be pecially employed in the United State-. For past overhauls, at 00 or more were generally employed

for the big project were begun

Several months ago and the first massif help was done last month when

about 120 workmen were employed. Some additional local-rate jobs will be

filled during December but the big in-

:i invrr will come (luring the first

i January. With the present sur- labor on the I ithmus, no difficulty

is anticipated in hiring men for the work. There were over Tiki applicants for the

III!) job ' month. Most of the skilled help will conic from

he I. nek Division, by temporary trans- m the Industrial Division, and by

I employment.

ml job will actually

SPRING CLEANING . . .

Pacific Locks Overhaul Scheduled To Begin In January

Saturday, January 4, when the big caissons

are sunk at the upper end of MiraHores

Locks west lane to block off the flow of water. After this is done, the west chambers will be unwatered and work will begin

in earnest the following Monday morning. From that time until the work is completed next July, the Pacific Locks

will be operated 24 hours a day and

the Locks Force (all operation and

maintenance men) at all Locks will be on a six -day week. Truman H. Hoenke, Superintendent of the Pacific Branch of the Locks Di\ ision, will be in direct charge of all overhaul

operations. The overhaul of the west chambers at MiraHores Locks is scheduled for completion within seven weeks. Following

this, the east chambers at Miraflores will be emptied and overhauled which will require six weeks. When work in all Miraflores chambers

is finished, the center wall culvert there

will be emptied and overhauled and the overhaul of the east chamber at Pedro

Miguel Locks will be underway at the same time. It will be during this period, from about March 23 to April 23, when

the Canal will be at its minimum capacity

of 25 lockages with two daylight clear-cut transits a day. With lock crews scheduled for duty during that period, and

with extra crews and overtime, the ca- pacity could be stepped up to 30 lockages

a day. This phase of the work is scheduled for completion within about one month's

Assembly of scaffolding for use in cleaning and painting lock gates is done

in advance. Each scaffold is fitted with cable winches for moving up and down.

THE PANAMA CAN/
Right: Scenes of such ship congestion as this may be

expected at Pedro Miguel when traffic is heavy.

Below: Roller train guide bars for big valves are weld- ed by H. W. Wentsler. His helper is Mario Icaza.

time. Following this, the overhaul of the west chamber at Pedro Miguel, requiring

six weeks, will be done, and this will be

followed by the last job, that of over- hauling the center-wall culvert at Pedro

Miguel which willrequire about one month. The same operating plan will be used on the Pacific side as that at Gatun Locks when they were overhauled two years

ago. Double wall culvert operation will be scheduled while one traffic lane is out

of service, and single culvert operation

will be required while the center-wall

culverts are under overhaul and both lanes

are in use. The modifications of the Pacific- Locks for the new system of operations during overhaul are being completed

this month by Maintenance Division

forces. The work remaining, of a minor

nature, will be done after the lock- chambers or center-wall culverts are empty. The operating schedule provides for the use of two 10-locomotive operating crews throughout the overhaul at Pedro Miguel

working from 8 o'clock in the morning

until midnight, after which an 8-locomotive crew will be on duty. One 10-loco- motive and three 8-locomotive crews will man Miraflores Locks during the over- haul period. The lockage capacity at Gatun will not

be affected by the overhaul, but the crews

will report an hour earlier, beginning work at 6 o'clock in the morning, and

two additional operators will be on duty

so that 18 locomotives can be manned

during an eight-hour period during the day, perhaps from 9 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The four lower-lock gates at Miraflores, the biggest in the (See page 6)

. . . TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

Canal Capacity To Be Taxed To Limit During Overhaul

The Panama Canal will undergo one

of the severest tests of its transit capacity of its 43 years of operating history during the first half of next year while

the Pacific Locks are under overhaul. The Canal's biggest housekeeping job

starts the first week in January and will not be completed and normal service re- stored until about the middle of July. Some slackening of traffic is presently anticipated from the high level of the past three months but not enough to ease

the strain of locking through an average

of about 26 ships a day. However, there

are some compensating factors. The anticipated traffic load early next year is only about one a day more

than that of five years ago when the

Pacific Locks were overhauled. In addition, alterations to Pedro Miguel and

Miraflores Locks being completed by

the Maintenance Division will increase the lockage capacity by about 20 per- cent over that of 1953. This additional lockage capacity will be sorely needed next year, however, be- cause of the greater number of ships requiring clear-cut handling. There is no hard and fast rule on the delay in the normal traffic flow caused by a clear-cut ship owing to the complexity of each

day's traffic pattern, but two daylight

clear-cuts in one day can drop traffic capacity by six ships a day or 26 percent. On the days that this occurs the increased

Decembti 957 \MA CANAL REVIEW

traffic capacity by modification of the Locks will be offset by clear-cut ships. Based on the present traffic level, in- cluding the large ships to be handled, no

serious delays are presently expected during the six-month overhaul period by the Canal's Marine Bureau. In arranging its lockage schedules and assignment of its locomotive crews, the Locks Division is prepared to handle 25 lockages a day with two daylight clear-cut ships. Up to 30

lockages could be handled by additional crews and overtime. The period of min- imum capacity will occur for about one month while the center-wall culvert at Miraflores is under overhaul and one lane

of traffic will be closed at Pedro Miguel

Locks. During other periods of the over- haul 26 to 27 lockages, with two daylight

clear-cuts, can be made in a 24-hour

period without overtime for lock crews. The minimum level will be suffi- ciently high to handle all traffic ex- pected except on peak days or when

the number of clear-cut ships is dis- proportionate. Exact comparisons of Canal traffic during the 1953 overhaul and that which may be expected during the coming over- haul are impossible or, at best, are of

little value. During the 1953 overhaul

there were no supertankers and no monster ore ships which have become familiar

sights in the waterway today. During the first three months of the calendar year 1953, when the overhaul was in progress, ocean- (See page 6)
Pacific Locks Overhaul

Will Begin In January

(Continued from page o) Canal system,

are to be removed and overhauled this year. This will be the first time in the

past 28 years that these were removed. Each of these gate leaves weigh 790 tons and stand 82 feet high. In addition to these, the four upper-end gates

at Miraflores and two on the west side of the Control Tower at Pedro Miguel

are to be lifted. The same procedures will be used in the coming overhaul as in the past for

lifting the big gates. Twelve hydraulic

jacks, each with a lifting capacity of 100

tons, will be used. The second biggest job during the 1958 overhaul will be the replacement of IS rising-stem valves. These weigh 15 tons

each. They have already been manufactured and are standing ready at the Locks for installation. This is a phase

of general replacement program begun

during the 1955 overhaul at Gatun when

16 valves were replaced. Preparatory work will be in progress

all during December. Most of the tempi wary buildings and sheds to be used have already been completed. The men

already employed for the overhaul will be busy during the remainder of this month in moving the mass of material and equipment to the lock walls. Other work scheduled this month includes the

reconditioning and testing of equipment.

Canal Capacity Will Be

Taxed During Overhaul

(Coniinuedfrom , i i going traffic- through the Canal amounted to 2,148

ships, of which 2.'.' were U. S. Govern- ment vessels. Traffic predictions for the

first three months next year are for 2.2411 ocean-going ships, most of which will be commercial. There is no accurate basis of comparison in the number of clear-cut ships in the traffic in 1953 and at present as rules on what vessels must be given clear-cut handling have changed. In the full fiscal year 1953, there were 1)52 ships, an aver- age of less than two a day, which were

given clear-cut handling but some of the- • would not be included in that cate- gory under present rules. There were 933 clear-cut ships in the past fiscal year's traffic, of which a large number were super-tankers and big Ore

, with a daily average of 2.6. This number averages nearly one a day more

than five yeai An indication of the change in the Canal's traffic pattern over the past

five years is best given bj comparison

on the size of transiting vessels. During the fiscal year I9S2 there were only

53 ships in Canal traffic of 14,000 regis- tered gross tons or more. During the

past fiscal year the number In these

categories had jumped to 240, more

than quadruple the number of five years ago.

If the traffic pattern of the past fiscal year prevails during the first half of the lockage capacity of the Pacific Locks will be ample to

traffic without appreciable delays.

FOR YOUR INTEREST AND GUIDANCE IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION

20- and 30- Year Safety Keys

Off and on for the past month, you may

have noticed groups being presented with some kind of an award and are wondering what it is all about. The following article should clear up some questions.

Well, back in early 1956, the former

Lieutenant Governor-Vice Presideni felt that an employee who has worked

for the Panama Canal and the present or- ganization over a long period should receive some recognition. The only other individ- ual award at that time was the annual safe driving award for our operators of motor

vehicles. Capt. K. H. Emerick, then Chief, Industrial Division, came up with the safetj kej

idea and offered to manufacture them. The

idea was kicked around until the present

plan was authorized, which is, that gold and

silver keys would be presented t" those employees having a clean safety record during the last 30 and 20 years of service. However, it was soon discovered that the

Industrial Division could not locate enough

gulil and -liver veins in the Canal Zone to Supply the metal for the keys, in spite of the fact th.it they had several first-class "rock hounds" in their organization. Therefore, keys were purchased from a jewelrj firm in the States. But first, the number

nf keys required had to be determined. This required considerable work mi the pari

of the Claims Branch, the Machine tabulating Section, ami other- to search the employment and safety records of some -1. 1)00 V. S.-rate and 10,000 local-rate employees

for ill wars back.

In order for you to be eligible for one of these safet) awards, you must have worked

for 20 or 30 years in a hazardous position without having an accident to yourscll re- sulting in a disabling injury. Pot those who

have attained 30 years, a gold kej and a certificate are presented; for those who have worked 20 years safely, a silver key is given. Ml other employees in non-hazardous posi- tions will ret eive a io-year safety certificate, but no key. The rules require that you must have had all 1 hi- service will] thl old Panama Canal organization including any

construction service Canal Zone Government and or Panama Canal Company,

but the total years "t service must count back from January 1. 1057. Xo other Government Serv ice during, or before, these

nil-. Willi one or two exceptions, you must have worked these years with no accident resulting in your being so disabled thai you were unable to report and

work during the da] following the accident. One day or mute disabled in those years disvcju for any of these safety awards.

Please remembei that these- first presentations represent considerable work, and

.mil omissions are bound to appear. If, therefore, you did not receive a kej or ,t\\ A\\\ivt\ ami know von deserve one,

please do not blame anyone; ju-t notify your safety inspector, or supervisor. They

will need to know your name, I. P. number,

address. Unit where v on work, and service date- with the Panama Canal. You will receive a suitable award it you

deserve one ami have the service required.

HONOR ROLL

Bureau Award For BEST RECORD

OCTOBER

TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS BUREAU

AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Health 7

Civil Affairs - - 6 Engineering and Construction 5 Supply and Employee Service . 5 Marine I Transportation and Terminals 1

FREQUENCY RATE Disabling injuries per 1,000.000 employeehours worked. OCTOBER 1957 BUREAU

Transportation and Terminals Bureau

Engineering and Construction Bureau

Supply and Employee Service Bureau

Marine Bureau

C. Z. Govl.-Panama Canal Co. (This Month I

Civil Affairs Bureau

1 1- .lili Bureau

Number of Disabling Injuries 2

LEGEND

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1 2.41 m^

2 5.47 WfiI'uaufiul 4 8.79 iKfll

5 9.18

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4 17.81

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Frequency Rale this month

|x":'-':'-':'v.vr!v3 Aceunnltlhn Frequency Rale ihis Calendar Year

[' .'.". 1 1954-19551956 Calendar Year Average

THE PANAMA CANAL Decen ., 1957
OF CURRENT AND FUTURE INTEREST

Senior Detective District Commander Assistant Commander

Sgt. Harvey G. Rhyne

The promotions of three popular Canal Zone Police officers will become effective at the first of the year. The advance- ments for the three, all of the Balboa

Police District, .come as the result of the

recent retirement of Maj. R. W. Griffith and the appointment of Capt. B. A. Darden to his rank and position as Chief

of the Division.

Capt. Gaddis Wall

The promotions are: Capt. Gaddis Wall

to the position of District Police Commander in Balboa; Lt. Stewart P. Trail to the rank of Captain and Assistant

District Commander; and Sgt. Harvey

G. Rhyne to the rank of Lieutenant and

the position of Senior Detective in the Balboa District.

Lt. Stewart P. Trail Lieutenant Trail has over 21 years of service with the Zone Police, while both Captain Wall and Sergeant Rhyne joined the Force in 1940. All three have served much of their police work as detectives. Captain Wall is a native of Noble, La.; Lieutenant Trail is from Lexington, Mo.;

Sergeant Rhyne was born in Teague, Tex. OUR COVER

Typical of the Christmas spirit on

the Isthmus is the picture of Wayne

and Kari Lee Foscue gazing longingly

into a Commissary display window

at some of the things they hope

Santa Claus will bring. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. M. Wayne Foscue, of Diablo Heights, whose father works in the Engineering Division at Balboa Heights. Their interest in what Santa Claus may bring is not shared by their dog

Tina. Arrangements for the Official Photographer to take this interesting picture were aided by Winston

Haughton, of the Commissary Division, who spent much time in arranging the display.

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

\V. E. Potter, Governor-President Hugh M. Arnold, Lieutenant Governor W. G. Arev, Jr., Public Information Officer

J. Rufus Hardy, Editor Eleanor McIlhenny, Assistant Editor EUNICE Richard, Editorial Assistant On sate at all Panam.-i Canal Service Centers. Commissaries, and Hotels for 10 days after publication date at 5 cents each. Subscriptions, $1 a year; mall and back copies, 10 cents each.

Postal money orders made payable to the Pani Canal Company should be mailed to Editor.

I Panama Canal Review. Balboa Heights. C. Z.

The construction of a modern, up-to-date nursery and consolidation of two wards

into one efficient and comfortable section, are two of the improvements now being planned for Coco Solo Hospital. The new nursery, to be located on the second floor of the hospital, will be constructed with a separate section for full- term babies, another for premature babies, and a third for those babies to be placed

in isolation. An office for the doctor and

nurse plus an examination room, will be

located in the center of the nursery with

glass view-windows on each side. Proud

papas and other relatives will be able to view the new arrivals from behind a special glass window located on the main corridor. The new ward will be a consolidation of Wards C and B with offices for the doctor and nurse situated in the center. The in- stallation of a new lavatory and bathroom

will be part of the general improvement. Those Canal Zone residents who expect

to use regular mail to send out their Christ- mas cards, letters, and packages are facing a deadline. According to the Postal Division, mail leaving here December 1 1 for New York on the Panama liner Cristobal

will be the last which can be expected to reach its destination in time for the holidays. This takes into consideration the heavy

traffic in packages and ordinary letters which swamp post office personnel all over

the world at this time of the year. Airmail can be sent almost any time

before December 25 but those who want

to be sure are advised to send out all Christ- mas mail by December 11. Canal Zone residents are also being re- quested to remove their packages from the Canal Zone post offices as soon as they re- ceive notice that they have arrived. By

doing so, they will assist postal clerks to make room for heavy shipments of Christ- mas mail. The coming dry season will be a busy

one in the Canal Zone, with numerous new

construction jobs and maintenance work

in progress. Among the major projects for which bids

will be requested in the next few weeks

will be the replacement of a concrete deckslab in the Cristobal pier area, construction

of roads at Gatup Locks; installation of driveways to a group of quarters in Balboa; move the Industrial Division office in Cristobal; and alterations to the Ancon gymnasium.

Bids are to be opened next week on the job of replacing the pumps and accessory equipment in the No. i caisson used for unwatering the locks. This work will cost

in the neighborhood of a quarter-million

dollars. It will include conversion of the frequency-sensitive equipment to 6o-cycle

current. ©

CIVIL DEFENSE

NEWS

The local-rate towns of the Canal Zone

Civil Defense Corps are planning Christmas

parties for their month of December meeting at which time the new officers will be

installed. The new officers are: Santa Cruz: Zone Warden, Mrs. Ruby

Wilson; Assistant Zone Warden, Mrs. Ortence Critchlow; First Aid Warden, Mr.

Julian Wynter; Secretary, Miss Elena Wynter. Rainbow City: Zone Warden, Mrs. Mabel Anderson ; Assistant Zone Warden, Mrs. Verona McDonald; First Aid Warden, Mrs.

Idalia Richard; Secretary, Miss Beverly Drew.

Paraiso: Zone Warden, Mrs. Inez McKenzie; Assistant Zone Warden, Mrs. Lucy

C. Oakley; First Aid Warden, Mrs. Claudette Sawyers; Secretary, Miss Almena

Marshall.

December 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

The U. S.-rate towns, with the exception

of Margarita-\ew Cristobal, will not meet

in December. DECEMBER VOLUNTEER CORPS MEETINGS

Date Town Place Hour

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

12 Santa Cruz Service Center 7:30 p.m.

14 Rainbow City School 7:30 p. m.

17 Paraiso School 7:30 p.m..
I ET'ICI ATfbDC Congressi inal visitors hear discussion of Canal's capacity LLuluLA 1 UKu probl in. Front row, 1. to r., Congressman Fred Marshall and H. Carl Anderson; Sam Pope, of House Appropriations Committee staff; and A. G. Bourbon, Asst. Counsel of Senate Interstate and

Foreign Commerce Committee. Back row, ('apt. W. S. Rodimon. Walter Dryja, and T. A. Clisbee, of Canal organization; and H. J. Baynton, Chief Counsel of Senate Committee. Discussion was led by Lt. Gov. Arnold and attended by Gov. Potter.

HOLIDAYS

Zonians celebrated three holidays during November. Here. Armed Services units join with Veterans and other organizations in patriotic ceremonies mi Veterans Hay.

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' Ml "l otherwise. Here, V lul 1 UI\u Deputj "' Defer e Etoberl 1 ». King discusses Zone problems Potter in his office at Balboa Heights.

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 6, 1957

NOVEMBER

EVENTS

November this year was ushered in with a flood -of the tropical variety and the entire 30-day period was inun- dated by a cascade of events. It was,

in fact, one of the busiest months Isth- mians have experienced in a long time. Three holidays, three Congressional

groups, property transfers, Civic Council

elections. United Fund Drive, a Diamond

Jubilee Celebration for Gorgas Hospital, Education Week Programs, inauguration

of the Tivoli Patio, official visitors, and

just visitors helped to cram last month's

calendar to the limit. The month started with the arrival of Maj. Gen. L. J. Sverdrup and same of

his associates to confer with local officials on the design of the Canal bridge at Hal- boa. His arrival was followed by the return of Governor and Mrs. Potter from

a six-week trip to the States on the first of November's three holidays. Another prominent visitor concerned

with Canal work was R. G. LeTourneau, who stopped in the Zone briefly to cmsuit with officials on delivery of the new- towing locomotives. The Atlantic side's flood occurred on

the night of November 6. It was one of the biggest and most expensive in record, disrupting briefly, highway, rail, communications, and power systems. The transfer of properties to the Hepublic of Panama took place the follow- ing day.

Patriotic ceremonies marked Veterans Day this year on both sides of the Isthmus

as Zonians celebrated their second holiday. Two top officials from Washington

were among the arrivals late last month. They were Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert D. Kin-:, and William B. Grogan, Department of Labor representative. Secretary King, accompanied by Mrs.

King, left on the Panama liner list Sat- urday after a ten-day visit. Mr. Grogan

will be here for two or three weeks on matters relating to the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act in the Canal

Zone. The first of the Congressional committees arrived November 21. This was a group of three United States Representatives of the House Appropriations Committee led by Congressman Fred Marshall,

of Minnesota, here for a two-day visit. The other- two groups were the Sub- committee of the House 1'osf Office and

Civil Service Committee, and the House

Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee, of which Mrs. Leonor K. Sullivan,

of Mi him, i ( Ihairwoman. Formal hearings in Balboa by Mr. Young's Subcommittee were held during the laSl We ii III the month, and Mrs. Sullivan's Subcommittee were to hold hearings this week. Ami, in the last week of the month.

Zonians stopped with millions of American everywhere to celebrate their national holiday of Thanksgiving. On the last day of the month United Fund officials announced a total of $1 17,- 000 was contributed in this year's drive. Tin-, then, was the partial menu for November. Small wonder that Christmas

Bhopping may be a little late this year.
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Tn I? i Ty The historic ceremony at which several million 1 J\Lj Pi. 1 1 dollars worth of property of the Company

Government were transferred to the Republic

of Panama without cost took place in the Presidencia in Pan- ama City. Seated above are Panama's Minister of Finance and Treasury, Gilberto Arias; President Ernesto de la Guardia; and Governor Potter. Standing are Lt. Col. Raul Arias Espi-

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nosa, Aide to the President, and Camilo Levy Salcedo, Chief

of Protocol. Following the formal signing of papers, a commemorative

luncheon was held at the Hotel Washington, one of the properties

transferred. It was attended by many high officials of the Canal Zone and Panama. At this luncheon, Governor Potter formally presented the famous hotel's register to Minister Arias.

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Not two streaks of rust but one streak of water. The Panama Railroad presented this unusual appearance a few hours after the disastrous flood

hit the Atlantic side early last month. Railroad travel was

interrupted for a few hours, as were highway and communication svstems. A new record rainfall for November was set.

RPinPF ^e construction of a high-level bridge over DIui/ULi the Canal, one of the 1955 Treaty commitments, took on the form of reality when Gen.

L. J. Sverdrup, member of the St. Louis firm to do the design- work, arrived in early November. Above, General Sverdrup

with Governor Potter, left, and Lt. Gov. Arnold, right.

December 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW
Novel Shelf Packing

Contest Ends In Tie

A novel contest that climaxed a period

of training for Commissary employees in packing grocery shelves, held late last month, ended in a dead heat for the finalist teams representing the Atlantic and

Pacific sides. Atlantic side champions were Oscar II. Blackman and Stella S. Whittaker, of Margarita Commissary. Their opponents and Pacific side finalists were Alfonso Paul and Ophelia M. Burrows, of the Diablo Heights store. The contest was judged by W. C. Bain, Superintendent of the Refrigerated Products Branch, on the basis of speed and

neatness. While one team won on the time factor, their opponents' shelves were judged to be neater. With the contest ending in a tie, all four contestants were awarded prizes of $7.50 each. They had

earlier won prizes of $5.00 each for winning places for the finals. Rules of the contest provided that the

w. men members of the teams clean the

shelves, with the men hauling the various

unopened cases of groceries from a dis- tance of 50 feet. Ten different items of varying types of packaging were used for packing the display shelves. New Civic Council Officers

TAT11M ''' ( ' wan' 0. Blount, Police Division, President, urll UN Albert E.Goguen, Police Division, Vice President

Plans for the coming year are being developed by the Canal Zone's Civic Councils. Principal officers of seven of

th • Councils are presented in this issue of The Review.

Officers of the Cristobal-Margarita Council for 195s have not

yet been elected. Xew officers have been invited to attend the Governor's

Conferences' this month when pending problems and new pro- grams will be discussed. Governor Potter will meet with

representatives from the Latin American communities at 4:30

p. m., Tuesday, December 17. The meeting will be held in the music room of Paraiso High School. The Governor's c inference with representatives from United

States communities will be held -in the Margarita Service

( Vnt t. The date will be announced later. Both of the December conferences will be open to the

public. The new officers and the units in which they are employed

are listed from left to right in the accompanying pictures.

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ion, President.

Kllon, Dredging Division, Vice

I. 1 1 MacLean, Dredging Divisnifirir Samuel Hoc, Police Divi ion, Firsl \ ice PresI AUnl ident. C. \\. Chase, Electric! 1 Divi ion, President, frank Wilder, Internal Security Office, Second

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10 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 6, 1957
Electroplater Is Canal's Only One

According to Webster's Dictionary,

electroplating means "to plate or cover

with a coating, as of silver or nickel, by means of electric current." According to George Thomas McLintock, Electroplater and this month's "Singleton," it means

hard and hut work. Mr. McLintock, born in Wilmington,

Del., began his plating and polishing ca- reer in 1918 for the Ace Motor Corporation in Philadelphia. In 1931 he came to the Isthmus and started his present job

as Electroplater for the Canal.

In the rear of the Instrument Repair

Shop, located on Balboa Road across from

the Balboa Shoe Annex, is found the elec- troplating equipment a number of large

vats, some filled with hot and cold water and others with zinc, silver, chrome, copper, and nickel s tuitions, and a polishing machine. "Most of my work is done with silver," Mr. McLintock said, "and it's quite a

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process." He went on to explain this

process by producing a large tarnished

silver tray that he had begun to work on.

First, he explained, In- had to strip off the old plate electrically, any scratches

arc then ground nut and the article is buffed. It is then electrically cleaned in an alkali cleaning solution, rinsed in several baths of clean running water, and

placed in the plating tank. Thickness of the plate is determined by the amperehours consumed.

Mr. McLintock's work for the Canal

includes a variety of jobs. They include chromeplating handles for the Control Panels for the Locks Division, and surgical instruments for the Hospital; gal- vanizing bolts and nuts on cross-arms for transmission line use for the Electrical Division; and structural pieces for the Lighthouse Division; and refinishing racks

for the ovens of electric ranges. Some of the work performed for indi- viduals includes silver plating and chromeplating various hardware items for homes, and work on fishing boats, such as ventilators and running lights.

. . Make Ready Plans For 1 958

QANTA TPII7 Clarence F. Sampson, Dredging Di- uAll In LTvUl vision, Governor's Conference Representative. Miss Violet Henry, Schools Division, President. Rexford Inniss, Police Division, Vice President.

PAR A ICO H3111 ''* 011 Lavalas, Schools Division, Gover- r/ill AljU nor's Conference Representative

Fawcett, Schools Division, President. Commissarv Branch, Vice President. Eric

Ellis L.

S. Oakley,

DAIMDAW fITV Dave E.White, Storehouse Branch, KAINdUW til I Vice President. Owen B. Shirley, Schools Division, Governor's Conference Representative.

Jefferson Joseph, Central Labor Office, President.

DCnDD MIfllCI Cecil Callender, Maintenance Di- ILUAU lvllLULL vision, Vice President, Arthur W.

Davis, Electrical Division, Governor's Conference Representative. Cleveland Roberts, Supply Division, President.

December 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW
Midget Dredge Is Built And Begins Work

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A million-dollar idea that cost $13,000 and will save the Canal organization several thousand dollars on the very first job

it taekles is now eating its way into a morass known to most Isthmians as the Bast Diversion on the Atlantic side. The million-dollar idea is the midget

suction dredge Mandinga, named for a small river which flows into the Canal

near Camhoa. The idea was born in the

fertile brains of the Canal's dredging experts who followed up by scrounging

spare parts from virtual scrap heaps around the Canal Zone and putting them

together at the Dredging Division's shops

in Gamboa and making a workable and

highly-efficient piece of equipment. The "Mandinga" is a nearly-perfect example of the old adage that necessity

is the mother of invention. The idea of building a shallow-draft dredge for drainage work of the East

Diversion on Telfers Island was born

earlier this year when it became apparent

that a major drainage job was needed for mosquito breeding control and for Dredging Division spoils area maintenance. The old channel, opened during the

Canal construction period, had become

choked with silt and vegetation over the

years, which created ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes which clouded

Atlantic side air after the beginning of

this rainy season and helped in the rapid

rise of malaria incidence. After surveys of what was needed, the

possibility of building a shallow-draft dredge which could do the job and later

lie used in similar work was suggested. With adoption of the idea, P. A.White,

Chief of the Dredging Division, started

his personnel on a survey of what was

available in the way of spare or obsolete equipment which could be put

together. A dredge had never been built by the Canal organization and it was

more than 15 years since the last floating equipment of any kind Dump Barge No. 125 was built and launched by the Mechanical Division shops in Balboa. Thus, they started from scratch on design, spare parts, and assembly. For a hull they selected an old barge

huilt in 190(> and used during the Canal's construction. It was later used

in various jobs. The dredge was fitted with a 10-inch pump, also of ancient

vintage, which was used for many

years in pumping Chame sand in Hal- boa. After the sand operations were

closed, the pump was put on duty in the lake and river areas pumping "najas arguta" moss from lake and river areas, where it grows profusely and soon be- comes a menace to navigation. The dredge ladder and various other

parts came from equipment used by the Public Roads Administration in building

the Boyd-Roosevelt Highway and other roads on the Isthmus 15 years ago. These and other needed parts were assembled at the Dredging Division shops

where, under the direction of George D. Gregory, General Foreman, and Vincent

Biava, Leader Machinist, they were

bolted and welded together into a workable unit. When their work was finished the baby dredge was given a spanking- new coat of red and white paint.

It was christened and launched with appropriate ceremonies late in October.

Aft ;-r test runs and other work w. re comAbove: Spare parts from everywhere were assembled for the new midget dredge. The hull was once a construction-era barge, later was used for other operations.

Left: The Mandinga touches water after christening by Mrs. Hugh M. Arnold.

12 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 6, 1957
New Quarantine Chief

Dr. Bernard K. Levin joined the Canal

organization last month as Chief of the Quarantine Section, Division of Preventive Medicine and Quarantine. His headquarters are in Cristobal but he will supervise quarantine boarding activities in both terminal ports. Dr. Levin is a native

of Chelsea, Mass. Before coming to the Canal Zone, Dr. Levin had been stationed

at Keesler Air Force Base in Gulfport, Miss.

pleted, the Mandinga was loaded onto the deck of the floating crane Hercules and

taken to Mindi Dock near Telfers Island. There it was loaded on the Motor Transportation Division's largest trailer, wheel- ed down the road, and skidded into the water where it began its task of opening up five miles of the East Diversion. The statistics about the Mandinga's

size and capacity belie its real usefulness.

It is rated as a ten-inch dredge, suction.

Its overall length is 60 feet, including the

20-foot ladder. It draws about three and a

half feet of water and has a 15-foot beam.

It can excavate 750 cubic yards of material in an 8-hour shift. In its present work, it will be excavating to a depth of only five feet, but it can dig a 15-foot-deep trench and make a cut

30 feet wide. Dredging Division officials estimate

the cast of the drainage work required on

East Diversion will cost approximately

$95,000 and the job will be completed by next May. The mud and silt pumped

up by the Mandinga is being dumped into adjacent low-lying areas which will build up the maintenance dump areas and aid

in mosquito breeding control. For its present job the Mandinga has been attached, as it were, to its big

brother, the 28-inch suction dredge Mindi.

Capt. George A. Suddaby, Master of the Mindi, will also be in charge of the Mandinga which will be manned by personnel from the Mindi. Only three men an

operator and two helpers are needed to operate the Mandinga. When the midget has accomplished its mission on the Atlantic side, Mr. White

expects to have plenty of other work

lined up for it. There are many areas of shallow water where its use can save thousands of dollars. But, when it completes the East Diversion job it will have

well earned the title of the Million- Dollar Midget.

TREATY OBLIGATIONS FACTOR IN DECREASE OF

COMPANY'S NET INCOME FOR FISCAL YEAR 1957

For the first time since the Panama

Canal Company came into being on July

1, 1951, the annual financial statements

released last month for the past fiscal year's operations were issued in final form. For the past five years the financial statements have been issued in tentative form pending completion and approval by Director of the Bureau of the Budgel

of the valuation report as required by

statute. The valuation study and report were required by the Canal Zone Code

for the purpose of establishing the United

States Government's investment following the transfer of Canal operations to the Company.

In issuing the financial statements, it was announced that a complete restate- ment of operating results for each of the

fiscal years since 1952 will be issued during the present fiscal year. Statements

issued last month included the restate- ment of operating results for the fiscal year 1956, together with the final report

for the past fiscal year. The announcement specially noted that

the Company is presently engaged in a rather heavy capital replacement and im- provement program and this is expected to

in- intensified during the next few years. These include the power conversion proj- ects and Canal improvement work to increase transit capacity. It is estimated

the latter will require about five years

for completion and will cost about $19

million dollars. The net income resulting from the past

fiscal year's operations was some $150,-

00(1 under that of the preceding year

despite the continued growth in Canal

traffic. It was noted that contributing

factors to this decrease were "treaty- impelled" costs, such as the across-the- board wage increase for locality wage employees and substantial decreases in the operating margins of affected activities as a result of the restriction of commissary and related privileges midway in the

fiscal year. Both of these factors are beneficial to Panama's commerce in that they increase the demand for goods and

services formerly supplied by CompanyGovernment operations.

Sia'ement Of Income — Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1957 And 1956

Fiscal Year

1957 CANAL AND ALLIED MARITIME

OPERATIONS

Revenue:

Tolls from commercial vessels. __ $38,513,404

Toll credits from U. S. Government vessels .

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1,140,116 Other services to shipping. .

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1 1,120,978

Total revenue $50,774,498 Operating Expenses:

Payrolls, services, operating materials, and

other direct expenses (includes depreciation; $2,543,520 for 1957 and $2,499,630 for 1956)

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23,859,339

Net operating income SUPPORTING SERVICE OPERATIONS

Sales to employees and others

Less: Cost of goods sold.

Payrolls, services, operating materials, and other

direct expenses (includes depreciation $2,676,- 516 for 1957 and $2,867,869 for 1956)..

Total deductions^ ..

Net operating income...

Total op?rating income.

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GENERAL CORPORATE CHARGES

Net cost of Canal Zone Governments .

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Interest paid to U. S. Treasury... General and administrative expenses (includes depreciation, $122,229 for 1957 and $90,986

for 1956)

Total general corporate charges .

$26,915,159

$35,830,557

$17,262,958

17,116,519

$34,379,477

$1,451,080

$28,366,239

Fiscal Year

1956*

$36,219,085

1,231,866 10,176,918

$47,627,869

21,376,755

$26,251,114

$41,629,185

$21,623,367

17,838,678

$39,462,045

$2,167,140

$28,418,254

Net Income

* Restated.

$10,135,514

8,867,932

5,541,337

$24,544,783

$3,821,456

$10,07S,252

8,946,807

5,435,390

$24,460,449

$3,957,805

December 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 13
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

October 75 through November 75

Employees who were promoted or transferred between October 15 and November

IS are listed below. Within-grade promotions are not reported. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Mrs. Nancy L. Jorstad, from Substitute Teacher to Recreation Leader, Division of Schools. Mrs. Frances T. Palumbo, from Substi- tute Teacher to Recreation Assistant, Division of Schools. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRICTION BUREAU

Henri E. Moehrke, from Accounting

Clerk to Floating Crane Engineer, Dredging Division. Robert B. Vache, from Lock Operator. Locks Division to Lineman Foreman. F3lec- trical Division. Charles J. Hinz, from Apprentice S'-eet- metal Worker to Sheetmetal Worker, Maintenance Division. Carlos M. Badiola, from General Engineer

to Supervisory General Engineer, Engineering Division. HEALTH BUREAU

Mrs. Carmen R. Valencia, Mrs. Helen L. Newhard, Mrs. Edna C. Hutton, Miss Frances D. May, and Miss Dorothy M. Jones,

Si, i ti Nurses from I iorgas Hospital to Coco

Solo Hospital.MARINE BUREAU

Leopold Cimino, from Towing Locomotive Operator to Lock-Operator, Wireman,

I a ks 1 >i\ ision. Arthur Tuttle, Jr., from Pilot-in-Training

to Probationary Pilot, Navigation Division. Patrick L. Lincoln, from Lock-- Security Patrolman to Towing Locomotive ( )perator; Locks I >i\ ision. Billy D. Bell, from Locks Security Patrol- man in Ton ing Locomotive < (perator, Locks

Division. Patrick J. Ridge, from Towboal Master

to Pilot-in-Training, Navigation Division. Allen L. Blaney, from Apprentice Machinist in Marine Machinist, Industrial DiMrs. Olga N. Humphreys, from Stall Nurse to Head Nurse, Industrial Division. Huntley F. Mignott, from Clerk to Sig- nalm in, Navigation Division. Mrs. Arden L. Swisher, from Clerk- Typisl I" Time and Lease Clerk. Naviga

i ion I )i\ ision. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Mrs. Elnore S. Snell, Clerk-Stenogra- pher from Plain Accounting Branch, to Audit l)i\ ision, Claim- Branch. Mrs. Barbara D. Peterson, Clerk Stenog

rapher. fr < I lims Br inch to ' .> teral Auditor's Office Mrs. Feme E. LeVee from Clerk Stenog

rapher to General Accounting Clerk. General Audit Division. William E. Hall, from Accountant to Sys

terns Accountant, Methods and Relief Staff. Mrs. Mary H. Foster, from Properl 1 Suppl) < lerk to Voucher Examiner, Aci ounting I >iv ision. Charles W. Balser, from Clerk. Plain

Ai i -.Miii ing Bram to Pi 'i"' r 1 j and S ipplj Clerk, v i '! i lion. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR-PRESIDENT

Mrs. Sara-Margaret Shirey, Clei

1 S Admini tt I 'la ning Staff. Mrs. Marguerite Y. Budreau, from Ap

Cli Pi i B I i. to Si i tistica! Clerk, I utivi Plannin Staff. NEW YORK OPER \ I IONS

Joseph J. Sain l, [ntei nal Audi' P.i f the < "nil Ilei , to

\ : ! I ion Mev \ orl 0| ierations, Nicholas J. Laurino, from Freight rraffi

I it ion i rperatioi I Iffi

1 Edward C. Miller, from I ,i i Op ins Offi cer, Fn D lent Irving Kovalsky, fri '

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! Di SUPPLY VND EMPLOYEE SERVia 111 KIM

George E. Shoemaker, from Sup|

inch. Joseph H. Orr, Jr., from

Supply Assistant, to General Supply Assist- ant. Storehouse Branch. Joseph H. White, from Supply Require- ment- Officer to General Supply Assistant, Storehouse Bram h. Roy F. Burr, from Accounting Clerk to Supervisory Clerical Assistant, Supply Di- IRANSPORTATION ANT) TERMINALS ,1 BUREAU

Mrs. Helen F. Heim, from Clerk-Stenographer, Office of Director, to Cargo Clerk, Terminals Division. Joseph A. Corrigan, Jr., from Supei * isory Cargo Officer, to Lead Foreman Stevedore, Terminal- Dn

James A. Barrett, from Supervisor), Cargo

Operation- Assistant to Cargo Claim- Assistant, Terminal- Division William R. Byrd, from Supervisory Cargo

Assistant to Supervisor) Cargo Officer, Terminals Division. Gilbert A. Sollas, from Guard to Supervisor) Cargo Assistant, Terminals Division. Robert L. Blaney, from Supervisory Cargo

Assistant to Supervisory Cargo Operal - Assistant, Terminal- Division. Mrs. Anna E. Calvit, from Supervisory Accounting Clerk to Clerk, Motor Transportation Division. Mrs. Sarah F. Minor, from Accounting

Clerk to Cost Accounting Clerk, Motor

Transportation Division. Mrs. Mary A. Baldwin, from Accounting

Clerk to Cost Accounting Clerk. Motor

Transportation I >i\ ision. Mrs. Frances B. Orvis, from Clerk-Typist

to Clerk, Motor Transportation Division. William J. McKeown, from Substitute

Distribution Clerk, Postal Division, to

( >uard, Terminal- 1 >i\ isii iii OTHER PROMOTIONS

Promotion- which did not involve changes

in title follow: William D. Young, Personnel Assistant, Employment and Utilization Division. Mrs. Faye C. Minton, Administrative

Assistant. Office of the Director. Engineering and Construction Bureau. Robert B. Sager, Structural Engineer, Engineering Division, Mrs. Olive J. Pajak, Accounting Clerk,

Electrical Division. Edmund R. MacVittie, Architect, Engi- neering Division. Noel C. Farnsworth, Management Engiii, ri I . -,<-. in ive Planning Staff. William L. De la Mater, Management

Engineer, Executive Planning Staff. William A. Pretto, ( leneral Engineer, Engineering I Hvision. Donald J. Bowen, Supervisory Ai il ant, General Ledger and Processing Branch,

\ mi ing I lis ision. Hubert C. Schroeter, Fin i rical Engineei

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Engineering I >iv ision. William F. Tanfield, Transportation Operations t inn er, Freight I >epart menl . New

York ( (perations. James J. Crane, Act Assistant (Chiel Fist .'I Bram i t. New Vork Accounting i Iffii e Miss Frances D. May, Mrs. Edna C. Hutton, Miss Emma E. Klinger, Mrs. Jose- phine F. McDonnell, Miss Ruth E. Marsh,

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Davison, Mrs. Ruby E. Radel, Miss Angela F. Reilly, Mrs. Marie

E. Sellers, Mrs. Sophie M. Trout, Mrs.

Edith F. Johnson, Mrs. Lorna M. Shore, Mrs. Mary B. Grogan, Miss Ethel M.

Nordstrom, Mrs. Margaret A. Hall, Mrs.

Ida M. McDade, Mrs. Beulah K. Smithson, Mrs. Ethelynn D. Bruland, Mrs. Carmen

R. Valencia, Miss Thelma Headley, Miss Ruby M. Kruger, Mrs. Mary L. Peterson, Mrs. Thelma P. Carey, Mrs. Betty C. Sutton, Mrs. Edna T. Karpinski, Mrs. Mary

Jane Cole, Mrs. Marian S. Gregg, Mrs. Anna G. Kredell, Mrs. Edna Campbell, Mrs. Doris T. Acheson, Mrs. Adele V. Argo, Mrs. Floreene E. Brede, Mrs. Fronia Fender, Mrs. Anna C. Whalen, Miss Leah

B. Corbliss, Miss Clifford H. Ewing, and

Mrs. Sara P. Arnold Stan Nut i Solo Hospital Charles M. Nelson, Commissar) Supei

ppl md Employee Service Bureau,

Top man on the anniversary list in Novfiiil er is Miguel Corco, Stall Assistant to the Comptroller, who not onlv is the senior man in the point of service in his Bureau

but who completed last month 4(1 years of Government service, ,^7 of it with the Canal

At i ount ing 1 Hvision, As well known in Panama as he i> in the Canal Zone, Mr. Corco has spent most of his life on the Isthmus. He was born in Olat, Spain, and arrived here with his parent- in 1904. I lis lather, a professor in Spain, had been contracted by the Panama

Government to organize one of the first government schools here. He attended

school in Panama City and was graduated

from ColeglO La Salle in 1914. After completing his studies in business administration at Berkelev Business College

in Berkelev. Calif., Mr. Corco served two

years with the U. S. Army and returned to the Canal Zone in 1919 as a clerk in the Accounting Division. His service with the Canal organization has been continuous

since that time. With the consolidation of the Finance Bureau and the Office ol the Comptroller

in I9S3, Mr. Con-o was made Chief of the General Accounts Branch, In 1956, he was

appointed Chief of the new Reporting and

Special Analysis Staff and since September

22, 1957, he has been Staff Assistant to the

( ompi roller. Mr. Corco'- hobby is travel and he and

Mrs. Corco have made several lour- ol Europe. He and his wife make their home

in Anion. Their two sons, Miguel. Jr.. and

Jose, are both employed in the Office ol i In Comptroller.

35 YEARS

Bert J. Benoit, a native ol Louisiana, who first came to the Canal Zone in 1915, was the second man on the totem pole so

fat as anniversaries were concerned last month, A heav) bridge-crane operator in the Industrial Division, he completed 35 years ol Government service in November,

all of it with the same unit. Mr. Benoit was born in Checkbay, La He was employed in 1915 as a machinist

in the Mechanical Division in Balboa where

he remained until 1918. He left the service

that vear and was reemployed ill 1925 as

a machinist in the Balboa shop- and was promoted to craneman in l')_>7 Mi Benoit Peter Hotsko, Supervisor] Cargo Assist- ant . Terminals 1 >iv ision. Sidney Smithson, Supervisor) I sistant, Terminals Division Charles H. Oiler, Propert) and Suppl)

Clerk, Motot I ranspoi tat ion I >i> ision. Howard J. Shearer, Timekeepei Motoi

Transportation I livisii in Howard E. Fuller, Commissar) Supei

v i-oi . ( oninn—ai \ Branch. Mrs. Mary E. Brady, Nurse Anesthetist,

( sol,, Hospital, Mrs. Dorothy M. Kozar, Nurse Supei

i - ... Solo Hospital. Miss Florence H. Edbrooke, Directoi ol Nursing, I Solo I lot pital,

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 6, 1957
DECEMBER SAILINGS

New Rendevous For Zonians Opens

FROM CRISTOBAL

Cristobal I v, ember 1

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Cristobal December 27 FROM NEW YORK

Cristobal Decembei 3 Anion December K) Cristobal December 19 Ancon

.

I lecember 11 Southbound ships which leave New \\>ik Fiiil.iy

.ire in Haiti the following Tuesday. Those which

sail from New York Tuesday spend Saturday in Haiti. Northbound, the ships stop in Haiti two days alter clearing Cristobal: Monday for those which sail from

Cristobal Saturday, and Friday foi those which deal

Cristobal Wednesday. RETIREMENTS

Dr. Samuel D. Aycock, Tennessee; Chief

of the Outpatient Service, Coco Solo Hospital; 28 vear.s, 11 months, 12 days; Red Bluff,

Calif.

was transferred to Cristobal in 1950 as a heavy-bridge-crane operator in the Industrial Division. He and his wife make their home in Margarita.

30 YEARS

All four employees who completed 30

years of government service in November

have unbroken service with the Canal or- ganization. They are Guy C. Adams, Wire- man in the Balboa Field Office of the Electrical Division; Edgar H. Freeman, Medical

Technician in the Gorgas Hospital Laboratory; Louis H. Hack, Engineering Drafts- man in the Engineering Division; and Ed- ward Carlson, Chief Engineer on the Pan- ama liner Cristobal. Mr. Adams was born in Summerfield, \"a. and is a comparative newcomer to Canal

service. He was employed in the Electrical Division in 1952 after serving more than

25 years with the U. S. Army and the Navy.

Mr. Freeman, who comes from Troy,

N. C, also served several years with the Army before joining the Canal organization in 1945. Mr. Hack, a native of Camden, N. J., came to the Canal Zone with his family in 1926. He is a graduate of Balboa High

School, and has served all of his 30 years

of service with the Fmgineering Division. Mr. Carlson was born in Sweden, and is a naturalized American citizen. He was

with the U. S. Army Transport Service

before he joined the SS Cristobal in 1947. He and his family make their home in Fairlawn, N. J. 25 YEARS A quarter of a century of Government

service was completed in November by Mahlon D. Davis, Accountant in the Accounting Division, antl Morris Weich, Locks

Security Patrolman at Pedro Miguel. Mr. Davis, a native of Havelock, Nebr., came to the Canal Zone with the U. S. Army in 1938 and joined the Canal organization in 1940 as a clerk in the Personnel Bureau. He was transferred to the Accounting Division the same year and has been

in that unit ever since. Mr. Weich was born in Austria and is a

naturalized citizen of the United States. He came to the Isthmus in 1916 as a member of the U. S. Army and was employed in 1936 as a Locks Foreman. He has also worked with the Maintenance Division and

the Terminals Division.

20 YEARS

Three of the Canal organization employees who rounded out 20 years of Government

service in November have continuous Canal

service. They are: John Kozar, of Pardee, \'a., policeman

stationed in the Cristobal District; Sgt. Richard B. Simpson, a native of Oakland,

Iowa, Fire Sergeant in the Balboa District; and Capt. William E. Thompson, of Berkeley, Calif., who has been a Panama Canal

pilot since 1951. Those with broken Canal service are Arch D. Bishop, of Roda, Va., now an

Guests inspect the new Tivoli Patio which was opened last month when Mis.

Potter, wife of the Governor, cut a ribbon at the entrance from the dining room. The Tivoli's "back yard" was paved and planted with tropical foliage to trans- form it into an ideal spot for large and smell parties during the dry season.

Zone Residents Makes Xmas Plans

(Cuntin tied from pai/e S) Schedule Oil Thursday after Christmas Day, and the Rainbow City Commissary will have its "Monday" section open that day. Among the most pleasurable of the

auditor in the Internal Audit Branch of the

Office of the Comptroller; Mrs. Elsie D. Naughton, who was born in Duluth, Minn., and now teaching mathematics in the Bal- boa Junior High School; and Anthony J. Zablocki, a native of Crystal Ridge, Pa., who is a Senior Towboat Master in the Ferry Service.

15 Y'EARS Of the 22 Company-Government employees who completed 15 years of Government

service in November, 14 have continuous

service with the Canal. They are Miss Frances Abbruzzese, Pro- curement Clerk in the Apparel antl Housewares Branch of the Procurement Division, New York; Mrs. Katheryn D. Ackerman, Window Clerk, Postal Division; Sgt. Lewis W. Barker, Balboa Police District; Elmer W. Bierbaum, Policeman, Balboa District; Sgt. Charles C. Fears, Cristobal Police District; Charles W. Hammond, Lead Foreman

Painter, Pacific Locks; Lt. Roger E. Hamor,

Fire Lieutenant, Gamboa; Mrs. Rochelle H. Head, Clerk-Stenographer, Division of Schools; Mrs. Gertrude T. Kueter, Property

Clerk, Industrial Division; Arthur J. O'-

Donnell, Control House Operator, Pedro Miguel Locks; Cologero Piparo, Clerk-Typist, Office of the Safety Engineer, New York; W. W. Priester, Jr., Marine Inspection Assistant, Navigation Division; Sgt. Charles

S. Smith, Cristobal Police District; and

Vito J. Zilempe, Miscellaneous Duplicating Equipment Unit Supervisor, Procurement

Division, New York Office. Those with broken service are: James J. Belcourt, Yard Lead Foreman, Railroad

Division; Darwin E. Grier, Window Clerk, Postal Division; Freeland R. Hollowell, Motorcycle Officer, Police Division ; Mrs. Marie T. Lindh, Correspondence Clerk. General Services Section; Leslie R. Loga, Towboat Master, Ferry Service; William

J. O'Connor, Dock Lead Foreman, Navigation Division ; John Van Der Heyden, Shipwright, Industrial Division; and Robert A. Wainio, Customs Inspector, Customs Division.

December 6, 1957 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Christmas events of the Isthmus are the annual musical programs presented by

the various schools. All of the elementary

schools are planning special programs to which parents will be specially invited. This schedule will be announced later. Six public programs have been listed for this year by the Schools Division. Four are planned on the Pacific side and

two on the Atlantic side. The first big musical program of the season will be presented at 8 o'clock on

the night of December 10 by the Canal Zone Junior College Community Chorus. The setting for this program is in the

patio of the Balboa Elementary School.

It will be under the direction of Neil V.

Branstetter, Supervisor of Music in the Schools Division. The schedule for the other Christmas music programs follows: Balboa Junior High School, 7:30 p. m.

Thursday, December 12, at the Balboa Gymnasium with Wallace E. Woodruff

directing. Rainbow City High School, 8 p. m.,

Friday, December 13, Rainbow City Gymnasium under the direction of Reginald Prescott. Paraiso High School, 8 p.m., Monday

December 16, Paraiso Gymnasium with

Gilberto Perez and Miss Blandina Wat- erman directing. Balboa High School, 8 p. m., Tuesday December 17, Balboa Theater, under

the direction of Victor A. Herr. Cristobal High School, 7:30 p m., Thursday, December 19, School Audi- torium under the direction of O. E. Jorstad. During recent years Zonians have de- voted much attention to the decoration

of their homes and grounds for the Yuletide season and these will begin to make

their appearance in another few days. The trend toward outdoor decorations has been accentuated in recent years making possible many inviting drives through the residential areas.
20,000 Tourists Expected

As Winter Cruises Begin

Sixteen luxurious cruise ships, making

a total of 27 visits to Panama Canal ports

will arrive here during the next four months with approximately 20,000 cruise passengers. This unofficial estimate was made ac- cording to advance schedules released by

local shipping and travel companies, who

predict that this year's cruise season, while not the largest on record perhaps,

will be one of the liveliest. Local residents, who like to look at

cruise vessels and the passengers they

carry, will get a chance this year to visit some old friends and inspect at least five luxury ships which are making their first visits to the Isthmus.

Vessels scheduled to call here for the

first time are the new Gripsholm, flagship

of the Swedish-American Line; the Cunard liner Sykania; the Canadian Pacific

liner Empress of England; and two Swiss Company ships, The Arosa Sky and The Ansa Sun, which are entering the cruise trade this year. The other vessels scheduled to call at Canal ports from December through May,

several more than once, include the Kungsholm, Queen ofBermuda, Statendam,

Oslcfjord, Homeric, Mawetania, Xieuw

Amsterdam, Stella Polaris, Ocean Monarch, Bergensfjord, and Caronia. Although two cruise ships docked in Cristobal in August and October, the

real winter cruise visitors began arriving here last week when the Swedish liner Kungsholm stopped in Cristobal on its

first Caribbean cruise of the year. A worthy vanguard of the cruise season, the 20,000-ton Kungsholm made her

first Canal transit in 1954. She has ac- commodations for more than 550 passengers, and her agents, Fenton and Company, say she is completely booked.

Local tourist facilities will be taxed to the hilt December 28 when three liners, bringing approximately 1,500 passengers,

will dock in Cristobal. They are the Gripsholm and Sytvania, both on maiden

i in e , and the well-known Queen of Bermuda.

These three will be followed the next day by the Holland-American liner Stair endam, which will dock in Cristobal from

7 a. m. December 29 and sail at 2 a. m. December 30. This ship made several

calls here (luring the last cruise season. During .January, six cruise ships are expected to visit Canal waters. They are

the Arosa Sky, January 1 1; Bergi January 15; Kungsholm, January 22; lim pi,r: of E ngland . January 23; and

Homeric, January 30. The Ansa Sky and the Empress if England will be seen for the fii I time

The Ansa Sky, owned by the Swiss

\i., i Line, will bring nearrj 800

.i i]

; the I lanadian Pacific Empress of England, c impleted and put in service

ir, will carry about 600 cruise Bergensfjord, flagship

of the Norwegian-American bine, will bring 51 1 The la I of these

is scheduled to dock in Cristobal and

mal e the Canal transit the folio 1 en roub to the South Sea- and the Far

She will return March 21. The Kungsholm, due in Cri tob uary 22 on her second trip to the < 'anal. also will take a South-Sea cruise and will transit shortly after her arrival in Cristobal. The ship will dock in Balboa several hours before sailing. The Kungsholm

will return northbound April 20. Seven cruise vessels will dock at Canal

ports during February. They are the Mauretania, February 3; Empress of England, February 11; Homeric. February

19; Arosa Sun, February 20 {Mauretania and Gripsholm, both due February 22, and the .Xieuic Amsterdam, February 28. March, the most popular cruise-month

of the year, will bring nine big cruise ships

to the Canal. They are: Homeric, March

1; Empress of England and Stella Polaris. March 4; Ocean Monarch, March 8; Mauretania and Ansa Sun, March 15; Xieuic Amsterdam, March 16; Empress

of England, March 22; and Mauretania, March 30. In addition to the Kungsholm and the

Bergensfjord, three other cruise liners are scheduled to make the Canal transit during the tourist season this year. The

Gripsholm, arriving in Cristobal February

22, will go through the Canal for the

tei.SHJPflffWlNC aj5=L TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN OCTOBER

1956 1957 Commercial 699 813 Government 22 23 Total 721 836 TOLLS*

1956 1957 Commercial $3,0S9,444 $3,684,260 Government .... 99,468 54,725

Total $3,9S4,968 $3,73S,9S5

•Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small. TOTAL CARGO (Long Ton*) 1956 1957 Commercial 3,SS0,691 4,307,316 Government 104,277 65,937 Total 3,18s,912 4,373,253

first time February 23 and will dock in Balboa. The Statendam, which made her first visit to the Canal last year, is due in Balboa April 21; and the Caronia. the Cunard cruise ship which has been a reg- ular winter visitor since 1952, will transit the Canal from Balboa to Cristobal May

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Plans Made For New Locomotives

David H. Dare

Final plans are being made locally for the delivery of the two LoTourneau towing devices which are to be used experi- mentally at Catun Locks. While the exact delivery date is still uncertain, the manufacturing firm has

indicated thai they will be delivered during the latter part of this month. The

rea m given for the later delivery date

than originally scheduled was the diffi- culty in arranging sea transportation for both units at the same time.

It is planned to use the 250-ton float- ing crane Hercules in lifting the locomotive from the hip in I Jristobal Harbor

if the Contractoi di sires. In this event they will he taken aboard the craneboat

to Catun Locks where they will be I if ted to

thi inter wall tracks for final assembly.

neral discu ision of the new loco- motives with Canal officials was held

Walter M. Hartman

early last month during a brief visit to the Canal Zone by K. C. I/cTourncau,

President of the manufacturing firm of

his name in Longview, Tex. Mr. Ix'Tour- neau met with both Governor Potter and

Lt. Gov. Arnold, and later held a roundtable discussion with Canal personnel di- rectly concerned with the experimental towing devices. Two Locks Division men spent two

weeks ill I.ongview during October to observe the new locomotives ami their operation. They were W. M. Hartman,

Pacific Locks Foreman, ami David

II. Dare, Machinist at Gat tin Locks. Mr. Hartman and Mr. Dare were given an opportunity to inspect the controls of the locomotives and observe their oper- ating characteristics. Both of the veteran Locks Division men will be assigned at Catun for the assembly and testing of the machines. The manufacturing firm has asked the

assistance of two men from the Canal

organization in assembling the locomotives after delivery at Catun, in addition

to the two factory men who will be here.

16 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW December 6, 1957