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Vol. 5, No. 11 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE, JUNE 3, 1955 5 cents NEW SIREN SIGNALS TO BE USED FOR FIRST TIME

IN ZONE-WIDE CIVIL DEFENSE EXERCISE JUNE 15

Air Academy Appointees

IT ISN'T every pair of twins who win appointments as principal candidate and alternate to a service academy but that's what happened to the Cotton twins of Diablo Heights. And it isn't every pair of twins who have a great-grandmother to speed them on their way. The Cotton twins have, though.

Larry, officially Lawrence F., on the left, has been appointed the Canal Zone's candidate to the

first class of the new Air Force Academy. Lee, officially Ernest L., the one with the plain socks, is first alternate. With them is their great-grandmother, Mrs. Charles C. Cotton, w: ho has been a Canal Zonian since construction days. Her husband first went to work for the Isthmian Canal Commission in 1909.

Budget Committee Of Canal Company's

Board Meets In Canal Zone Next Week

Budget estimates of the Panama Canal

Company for the fiscal years 1956 and

1957 will be reviewed next week by a

special committee of the Company's

Board of Directors meeting at Balboa

Heights.

The committee, appointed by Chair- man George Roderick to receive the budget estimates and certain other financial matters of the company and report

its findings to the Board of Directors at the July meeting, will start its sessions Monday in the Board Room of the Administration Building.

Members of the committee are: Maj. Gen. Julian L. Schley, who served as Governor of The Panama Canal from

1932 to 1936; Robert P. Burroughs;

and Ralph H. Cake.

General Schley arrived this week by

ship; the others are scheduled to come by

plane over the weekend.

Also attending the sessions will be Edward A. Bacon, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of the Army for Civil and Military Affairs, who will serve as advisor,

and W. M. Whitman, Secretary of the Canal Company.

On Monday and Tuesday, the committee will meet with the Directors of the various Bureaus to go over each Bureau

budget. Wednesday is set aside for a dis- cussion of other matters of general inter- est to the Board. During the latter part of the week the Committee members will make inspection

trips in the Canal Zone. One trip into the interior of Panama is also planned for the Committee.

A similar meeting of the Board's budget

committee was held in the Canal Zone

last July. Attending that meeting were Mr. Bacon, Mr. Whitman, General Schley Mr. Cake, and Charles S. Reed.

New air raid signals, specified

by the Federal Civil Defense

Administration, will be used in

the Canal Zone for the'first time on June 15, when a hypothetical

atomic blast occurs over Balboa

Heights.

Use of the new signals, which eventually will be universal throughout the United States, will be part of the Zone- wide civil defense test which will occur simultaneously here and in the United

States, as well as in Alaska, Hawaii, and

Puerto Rico. The two signals are: TAKE COVER: A three-minute warbling or oscillating sound similar to that which was used as warning of an imminent attack during World War II. Three

times, during the latter part of 1941 and

early 1942, Isthmians were warned by

this signal that an attack was expected.

None, fortunately, materialized. ALERT: A steady, three-minute blast

of the sirens. This is identical with the

"All Clear" of World War II. Today,

with radioactive fallout a new problem,

this signal means that residents of an

attacked area should go to their radios and listen for instructions. Through this means they will be told when it will be

safe to leave their homes.

Atomic Missile Explosion

On June 15, when a hypothetical guided

missile with an atomic warhead, launched

from a submarine, explodes over Balboa

Heights, the TAKE COVER signal will be sounded at 1 :43 p. m. The hypothetical blast will occur at 1 :48 p. m. and the ALERT will sound at 1 :53 p. m.

For purposes of the Civil Defense exercise that day, the ALERT will signal the end of the practice for all but certain

Civil Defense workers; all others will re- turn to their normal status with sounding

of the ALERT.

On the TAKE COVER signal, Zonians

should do the following, according to W.

G. Dolan, Chief of the Canal Zone Civil Defense:

(1) Those at home should seek shelter

in their houses; the shelter should be on

a lower floor, if the house has more than one floor, and in a section of the building

which is structurally strong. A concrete

storage room on the ground floor is an

ideal shelter, Mr. Dolan says. The shelter should be away from glass windows and

mirrors, and should not have loose objects on high shelves. Residents of duplex masonry houses

will find an ideal shelter in the big closet

just off the kitchen. Residents of on-the- ground masonry houses (See page is)
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW June 3, 1955

TWO BHS JUNIORS look over the scholarship display in the Counsellors' Office at Balboa High School. Over $3,000 in scholarship grants were available to local students this year.

Scholarships Help Canal Zone Students

Toward Higher Education Here And U. S.

In addition to this scholarship, the

College Club this year has awarded two

additional scholarships, worth $200 apiece.

The award to a student who has completed one year of Junior College went to Mary Rose, while Helen Tilley has been

given the scholarship for a student graduating from Balboa High School. The Caribbean College Club, Atlantic

side counterpart of the Canal Zone College Club, does not restrict its $450 schol- arship to girl students. This year, the

scholarship has been awarded to Daniel

George of Gatun. A new scholarship this year is a $500

one-year grant from the Balboa Lions

Club to a United States citizen graduate

of either Balboa or Cristobal High School. This may be used in a college or university of the applicant's choice. The appli- cant must be active in school affairs, as

well as being scholastically apt. Two

other Lions Club scholarships, for students entering the Canal Zone Junior College, are being awarded to graduates of the two high schools. These scholarships

are worth $100 each. The $500 scholarship has been awarded

to Mary Abele of Albrook Field; the two

$100 awards have been given to Esther

Reynolds and Marcia Rudge, both of Cristobal High School. Special Scholarships

Especially for a Canal Zone high school graduate is a $500 scholarship, made

available each year by the Colorado

School of Mines for a high school grad- uate who ranks in the upper tenth of his class and who is interested in engineering.

The John McGinnis scholarship, which

is a $100 grant coupled with a $200 loan,

is presented each year to a male grad- uate of Balboa High School; this scholar- ship is given by Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McGinnis in memory of their son, John, who

graduated from Balboa High School in 1945. This year two seniors won the McGinnis award. They are Donald Huff and

James Stevens. Another scholarship is a two-year

award, given each year by Lodge 1414

of the Elks. The recipient must be a United States citizen and rank in the upper third of his class. This scholarship

is for the Canal Zone Junior College.

This year's winner was Patricia Steiner. Two scholarships are available for Canal Zone students who have special

abilities in the fields of music and art. For the first of these, New Mexico's A &

M College offers scholarships which vary

in value. These are usually obtained

through the assistance Of the applicant's

music instructor. For the second, the Canal Zone Art League has awarded a scholarship. This

year's winner is Norma Jenks, a Balboa

High School senior. Children Of Veterans

Student counsellors also point out to those interested in obtaining financial assistance for college educations that the Noyes Scholarship, worth $400 to $500,

is granted sons or daughters of World War

I veterans. This scholarship may be used

only in specified colleges. In addition to the scholarships listed above, Mr. Zierten points out, there are many more available (See page is)

More college scholarships are available to Canal Zone secondary school graduates—who go after them—than the aver- age student knows.

This year at least ten young Zonians

will receive over $3,000 in financial aid through scholarships which are offered

locally or specifically to Canal Zone students. No tabulation has ever been made

of the total number who, in past years, have been offered and accepted scholar- ships ranging in value from $50 to $4,800 over a four-year period, but the number

is considerable. One recent high school graduate had

his choice of three separate scholarships

and another was offered two. The schol- arships have helped to pay the cost of higher education in colleges and universities in many sections of the United States

or at the Canal Zone Junior College.

Ability And Aptitude

Some of the scholarships for which local students may compete are offered by

Canal Zone fraternal or civic groups; some are offered by colleges or universities in the United States, and an increas- ingly large group is being made available by large manufacturing firms such as General Electric or Union Carbide.

In general, most scholarships go to students who would not otherwise be able

to attend college. Some are restricted by

sex and some by citizenship. Veterans' groups frequently offer scholarships to the children of their members.

Most of this year's scholarships— ex- cept those which may come from the United States—have already been awarded. But already incoming high school

seniors and incoming second-year students at the Canal Zone Junior College are thinking of scholarships for which they

may apply during the coming year. Primarily for their benefit, The Pan- ama Canal Review, with the cooperation of Harold J. Zierten, Assistant Principal of Balboa High School, has compiled

a list of the scholarships (other than those

offered by United States colleges and universities to any student who may qualify) available specifically to Canal Zone sec- ondary school graduates or Junior College students. Service Academies

Heading the list is the Naval Reserve

Officers Training Corps scholarship which

carries a male student through his full college course in any one of a number of colleges or universities having NROTC

units. Winner of this year's NROTC scholar- ship is Harvey Don Smith, Jr., of Margarita. He will enter Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this fall. While not strictly scholarships, in the sense of the word, appointments to the United States, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine

Academies are top prizes for boy students. These appointments, however, are not annual awards. Lawrence F. Cotton, of Diablo Heights

is the first Canal Zone appointee to the

Air Force Academy. His twin brother, Ernest, is first alternate. Appointments are made by the Governor each four years for the Naval Academy. The next appointment to the Mili- tary Academy at West Point will not be made until June 1957. For Zone Students

( tally girls may apply for the scholarships offered by the Canal Zone College Club. The winner of the club's main

scholarship, given this year in the sum of $500, is Diane Skinner of Ancon. She

fills the Club's requirements in that, in addition to being an outstanding, all- round student, she is graduating from

the Canal Zone Junior College, and is a graduate of Balboa High School where

she was a student for at least two years.
June 3, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Revised Canal Zone Traffic Regulations

Will Affect Drivers, Riders, Walkers

Practically everyone who owns or operates vehicles of any kind or who walks

or rides on Canal Zone thoroughfares will be affected in one way or another by the

revised traffic regulations for the Canal Zone which become effective July 1. The

revised regulations are the result of work

which began almost two years ago; they were signed last December 22 by Gov. John S. Seybold. Copies of the regulations, in condensed form, will be available

late this month.

Let's see how some of the more import- ant changes affect Isthmians:

After July 1, for instance, a pedestrian

(who is described in the regulations as a

"natural person afoot") must stay within a crosswalk while crossing a street or road, if there is a crosswalk at that location. Must not step from the curb into a crosswalk if an oncoming vehicle is so

close that it would be hazardous for the

driver to attempt to stop; Must get out of a vehicle's way—in more technical language, yield the rightof-way to a vehicle—except when he is in a crosswalk or in an unmarked crosswalk

at an intersection; Must not jaywalk, but must cross a roadway at right angles to the curb and

by the shortest route to the opposite side

of the street; and

Must walk on the left side of the road,

facing oncoming traffic, where there are no sidewalks. Otherwise he must stay on

the sidewalk.

Bicyclists, Too

Bicyclists are not overlooked in the

Traffic regulations. For instance, under

the revised regulations, a bicyclist:

Must obey traffic regulations;

• Must not carry more persons, at a

time, than the bicycle is designed or equipped for; Must equip his bicycle with and use, during the hours of darkness —between 6

p. m. and 6 a. m.—a white light on front and a red reflector on the rear. Vehicle Regulations

Owners and operators of motor vehicles, naturally, will be most affected by

the revised traffic regulations. One license

will be issued to vehicle operators instead

of the two now required when an individ- ual drives a pleasure car and a truck. Among the most important changes for owners and operators of motor vehicles are the following, so far as the motor

vehicle itself is concerned:

Registration cards and license plates must be returned for cancelation when a Canal Zone resident moves to Panama;

Notice must be given to the Canal Zone

License Section of a change of address from the Republic of Panama to the Canal Zone or vice versa; Every motor vehicle operating on Canal Zone highways must be inspected once

each year at the Motor Transportation

Division or Armed Forces garages. The

inspections will include turn indicators,

brakes, steering gear, wheel alignment, horns or other warning devices, mirrors, windshield wipers, tires, safety glass, and

mufflers. Any vehicle or trailer, which ends up a

train of vehicles, must be equipped with

a red tail light, visible for at least 500

feet from the rear. Owners of such vehicles have 180 days from July 1 to comply- Turn signal lamps will be required on

all vehicles manufactured or assembled

after January 1, 1956. Persons owning small trailers should check the regulations in detail to determine the necessary brake, lighting, and re- flector requirements.

Vehicle Operation

There are changes too, in regulations

covering the operation of motor vehicles. These provide that after July 1, a driver

or operator:

Must park on the right side of the road

only;

Must use care in stopping, starting or parking; he may not do any of these on

a sidewalk, in front of a driveway, within an intersection, on a crosswalk, or along

any curb which is painted solid yellow;

Must not park in a "curb loading zone" any longer than necessary to pick up or discharge passengers or materials; Must not have any signs, placards,

stickers or any such on the windshield or rear window except in a small section of the lower corner; Must not drive on a sidewalk or on a

railroad right-of-way;

Must comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer who is authorized to direct or regulate traffic. Stay Inside

Neither the driver nor anyone riding

with him may have any portion of his body outside the body of the vehicle,

except to give a hand signal, nor may

passengers climb onto or into and alight

from a moving vehicle. Drivers will also be required to locate the operator or owner of any unattended

vehicle which his car has struck or, failing

this, leave a note giving the name and

address of the driver of the offending vehicle, with a brief resume of the accident. He will also be banned from making

"U" turns, where signs are posted, or turning on a curve or the crest of a grade.

Hand Signals Required

Hand signals, or the use of a turn indi- cator will be required; to signal a left turn the driver will extend his hand and arm horizontally; to indicate a right turn

the hand and arm will be extended up- ward; and if a driver intends to stop or decrease speed, he will extend his hand

and arm downward.

The driver of an emergency vehicle may park or stand, irrespective of the

provisions of these regulations, may go through a red light or stop sign, after

first slowing down, may exceed the speed

limits so long as he does not endanger

life or property, and may (See page is)

Mealtime At The Munroe Household

RAISING EIGHT motherless puppies from birth has occupied much of the spare time of Capt. Frank A. Munroe, Jr., USN, Acting Canal Zone Governor, and his daughter, Joan, during the past few weeks.

Folly, the mother of the litter, died soon after the puppies were born early last month. Feeding for the first few days was done by the eye-dropper method. Then the pups were graduated to milk bottles and have since been weaned. They are now learning proper puppy table manners on a more solid diet. The puppies are registered Border Terriers and are the only family of this breed on the Isthmus.

Jock, the father of the puppies—who, incidentally, has been no help in raising the litter —has been a de- voted member of the Munroe household for about five years. The mother of the puppies was brought from England last year. The Border Terrier is a recognized breed of the English Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club, but there are comparatively few in the United States. It is known as a "working terrier" for the farmers, shepherds, and sportsmen of the Cheviot Hills which form the English northern border. It is used ex- tensively in hunting fox and other small game and is an intelligent and affectionate house pet. The puppies being raised by Captain Munroe are healthy, fat specimens despite early orphanage. The litter was born soon after Mrs. Munroe left for a visit with her sister in England. Captain Munroe

plans to keep the litter intact until her return about the end of this month.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW June 3, 1955

Closing Of Panama, Colon Health Offices

July 31 Ends Half Century Of Zone Work

roR's Note: This is the first ol a

.-erics of two articles on the Canal Zone's

tition to health in Panama. The

i oni ci ning Lhe two 1 lealth I tffii es closed Jul) 31, will appear in the July issue oi I hi Ri \ a w.)

"It i.s believed that the city of Panama

is today the best paved, the best watered,

and the best sewered city in Central America or in the northern half of South

America."

This statement was not made two, or

ten, years ago—although it could have

been. It appears in the 1906 report of the Isthmian Canal Commission, only two

short years after the United States Government, empowered by the Treaty of 1903 and backed by an Executive Order

of Panama's first President, began the work which would remove from the new

Republic its wide-spread stigma as a pesthole of dirt and disease. During the half century which has

passed since the United States began its program to assist Panama in improving

its sanitation and its health and by so doing guaranteeing the health of the thousands of Canal workers, the Canal Zone has played a far more important

part in Panama than many people realize. Health Offices Closing

Gradually, as Panama has developed

and assumed more and more of the physical part of the health program in the Republic, the activities of the Canal Zone

in Panama are coming to an end. Management of the water system in Panama

and control of its garbage collection and

sewerage systems—part of the sanitation program started 51 years ago—were taken

over by the Republic in July 1953. At

SPRAYERS with tanks loaded with larvae-killing

oil walked mile after mile when sanitation forces were fighting malaria and yellow fever.

the end of next month, the Canal Zone Government will close down another of the functions which have helped the neighboring Republic attain its now well- deserved reputation as a clean and

healthy country.

These functions are the Health Offices

in Panama City and Colon which have

been operated by the Canal Zone administration since the days of the Isthmian

Canal Commission. At one time the powers of the "Sanidad" in Panama were

far-reaching. Through an Executive Order of Panama's President, Manuel Amador Guerrero, the chief of the Sanitary

Department of the Canal Zone had the

right to prescribe and enforce sanitary

regulations, impose fines, enter homes; in short, to take all necessary steps to control and prevent disease. Gradually, these powers have lessened. But let's take a look at some of the ways

in which the various administrations in the Canal Zone have helped Panama

toward sanitation and health.

Fifty Years' Accomplishments

Streets have been paved and guttered

and a sewer system installed. A water system has been laid into both cities, bringing to Panamanians their first supply of safe water. Yellow fever has been

eradicated and malaria cases reduced. Most of the populace has been vaccin- ated against smallpox, typhoid fever, and

yellow fever. A concerted effort has been

made to control flies and rats and to keep markets, food handling plants,

bakeries, abattoirs, dairy farms, and pas- teurization plants sanitary and safe. From 1905 until 1924 the Chief Health

Officer of the Canal Zone served as the head of a five-man board which managed

Santo Tomas Hospital; during this same

period, the Canal Zone paid the salaries

of that hospital's superintendent, a chief nurse, two doctors, and two other nurses. By mutual agreement the Canal Zone

provided a Leprosarium where, even to- day, patients from Panama are domiciled

at a small daily cost paid by the Repub1

, VTION FORCES, like the group above gathered in a Panama City plaza in 1905, used 120 tons of insecticide in one year to kill mosquitoes.
June 3, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

UNPAVED STREETS and lack of sewer system w

of the terminal cities. This picture shows the

ere among the first problems faced in the sanitation laying of a sewer in a street in Panama City.

lie. Until 1933 the saim service was p?r- formed for Panama's mentally ill, who

were cared for at Corozal Hospital. Fires And Fevjr

When two disastrous fires wiped out

great sections of Colon, in 1915 and 1940, health officers of the two communities

worked side by side to prevent, successfully, the epidemics which all too often

follow such disasters. In 1948, when

polio struck on both sides of the border, health officers from both jurisdictions

jointly worked out control measures. Early the following year they cooperated in developing a long-range pro- gram to combat and control jungle yellow

fever which, in late 1948, had taken five lives in the Republic. Part of this pro- gram took vaccinating teams by boat, by

plane, by car, and afoot to the most re- mote parts of the Republic to give pre- ventive inoculations to over 425,000 men, women, and children. Disease Knows No Border

Why? The Canal Zone Governor,

Charles Magoon, said it this way in 1905: "Disease does not observe the imaginary

lines of jurisdictional demarcation."

The United States and Panama had

decided that a canal was to be built and

a strip of land, the Canal Zone, had been

set aside for this purpose.

Officials of both countries recognized that sanitation of the Canal Zone would

be useless without sanitation of the tarminal cities. Consequently, the first treaty

between the two countries provided t!iat "the Republic of Panama agrees that the

cities of Panama and Colon shall comply

in perpetuity with the sanitary ordinances, whether of a preventive or curative

character, prescribed by the Unitsd

States." This treaty was signed in Washington November 18, 1903. On July 8, 1904, Dr. Amador Guerrero,

who was a physician as well as Panama's

first President, issued a decree authorizing the "Chief of the Sanitary Department of the Isthmian Canal Commission

to assume the direction of all that per- tains to the sanitation of the cities of Panama and Colon." The Chief of the Sanitary Department was also authorized

to dictate sanitary regulations and see that they were enforced. The Early Years At that time, Panama City and Colon

had no water, sewer, or drainage systems;

then was a small supply of drinking water available to a csrtain district in Colon, but the city, as a whole, had none. Uncovered barrels of water made ideal breeding places for mosquitoes, as did the muck of the unpaved streets. Earlier

issues of The Review have reported what was done to solve these problems and

how water was turned on in Panama City

for the first time on July 4, 1905. These steps, however, were only part

of what had to be done. To see that the

sanitation regulations were carried out, the CommL'sion's Chief of the Sanitary

Department established Health Offices in Panama City and Colon. Their first duties were to eradicate disease and to pre- vent it; their second duties were those of health offices anywhere in the world. From these offices (the first Panama

Health Office was in the building now

used as Panama's Central Post Office) there streamed out daily the sanitary

brigades which were to locate yellowfever carrying mosquitoes and destroy

their breeding places. Between May 4, 1904 and August 31, 1905, more than 300

houses were fumigated in Panama and

Colon and practically all tanks, wells, and

cisterns in both cities were covered to prevent mosquito breeding.

120 Tons Of Insectide

Writing about this work later, Col. W.

C. Gorgas, the Commission's Chief Sani- tary Officer, recalled that in one year

these brigades used 120 tons of insect powder, the entire supply available in the United States. Eventually, every house

in Panama City was fumigated and dis- infected, and then the brigades repeated

the process, twice more. Yellow fever patients were isolated and

their beds covered with netting, so that mosquitoes could not bite them and cairy

the yellow fever or to others. Put together, all of the measures

worked. During the fall of 1905, yellow

fever decreased rapidly and by November

Panama City had had its last case. One

more case, in Colon, occurred in May

1906, and doctors even then were doubtful that it had been correctly diagnosed.

Fight Against Malaria

With yellow fever licked, Gorgas and

his men were able to turn their attention

to malaria. Panama City and Colon be- came two of the 24 districts into which

the Canal Zone and the terminal areas were divided for malaria control. Each

city was subdivided into districts and

each district assigned to an inspector who

visited every house once or twice a week

to see that no mosquito larvae were breeding, and that other sanitary regulations were being obeyed. As the cities grew, the malaria control work was extended. Ditches— some years

as many as 12 miles of them— were dug;

stagnant water was sprayed with oil. As

the years passed other measures were

used. In 1931, planes dusted an area near Old Panama where mosquitoes were

breeding; this was years before the widespread aerial spraying now in use. In

later years, DDT and newer insecticides became weapons of the malaria control program. Yellow fever and malaria were not the only problems which health authorities faced in Panama and Colon. A never- ending war had to be kept up against

rats. In 1905, when two cases of bubonic

plague developed in La Boca, the Commission's Chief Sanitary (See page IS)

JUNGLE YELLOW FEVER, which broke out in Panama in 194S, sent vaccinators and investigators to the most remote parts cf Panama. Here, Dr. K. O. Courtney, of the Canal Zone, conducts an outdoor

clinic at Bluefields. in Bocas del Torn Province.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW June 3, 1955

FOR YOUR INTEREST AND GUIDANCE IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION

JUML t At/ i t Or

CROSSWALKS

A couple of issues back we asked how

many people would deliberately put their

fingers in a minis 'trap. Well- there are a lot of p?ople here on the Zone lacking even the courage of a mouse. Not one

wrote in saying he had sprung a mousetrap with his fingers.

While we are at it, let's mention some

bigger traps— a rat trap, a bear trap, or

a tiger trap. They are really dangerous

to both man and beast, but none can compare to that man-made trap, the automobile. The trouble with this invention is that hardly anybody thinks of it as a trap.

It is only when we have an accident, or have friends who have been badly damaged in it, that we give it the respect due

and drive carefully for a few days.

More than likely we excuse our attitude by saying: "I am a better driver than that sip." By these words we have baited and

set our own trap. Don't think that the people who ride

in automobiles are the only "saps" who

take chances with the automobile. Let's consider the "Pedestrian." Every time he

crosses a street he is in the danger zone

of an automobile and the trap may be set HONOR ROLL

Bureau Award For BEST RECORD

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AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Supply 2 Civil Affairs 1 Community Services 1 Engineering and Construction 1 Health. -- 1 Transportation and Terminals 1 Marine

Division Award For NO DISABLING INJURIES

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COMMISSARY DIVISION

HOSPITALIZATION AND CLINICS

MAINTENANCE DIVISION

INDUSTRIAL DIVISION

ELECTRICAL DIVISION

RAILROAD DIVISION

STOREHOUSE DIVISION

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AIDS TO NAVIGATION

SANITATION DIVISION

AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR

Maintenance , 4 Aids to Navigation 3 Electrical 3 Housing 3 Railroad 3 Sanitation. 3 CommiNsary 2 Dredging 2 Grounds Maintenance __ 2 Industrial 2 Motor Transportation 2 Storehouses 2 Hospitalization and Clinics 1 Service Center 1 Terminals 1 Locks

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foi his destruction. This applies especially to a crosswalk. It seems that here on the Zone, we are harboring a misconception, possible acquired in the telling

and Dot the reading of the "Vehicle Regulations," where the pedestrian considers

himself fully protected by law and some

sort of invisible immovable wall while he

is in a crosswalk. Since our title is "CROSSWALKS,"

let's point out some vital points in the "Vehicle Regulations." It says: "A vehicle shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk when that pe- destrian is in the same lane as the vehicle, or he is approaching so closely to that

lane that jor all practical purposes he is already within the danger zone of the on- coming vehicle. (The italics are ours).

It appears that the pedestrian has it made, and nothing can harm him, but let us not forget that he is still in the danger

zone and may need more than the law

to protect him. Let's quote on: "But no

pedestrian shall leave a curb, or other

place of safety, and walk, or run, into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it would be hazardous for the driver

to yield the right oj way." This sounds a

note of warning that the pedestrian is not always right. He must use some care, and refrain from baiting the trap. Let's suppose that you as a pedestrian

are 100 percent in the right. There can

be other circumstances that set the trap

for you. The driver's attention may be

diverted by another pedestrian, a dog, or by a bus crowding him from the curb. He may have his head turned talking to others in. his car, or to keep a child standing on the front seat from falling into the

windshield. He may have faulty brakes,

or the streets may be slippery, or just

going too fast to stop in time. Again, you may set your own trap by

wearing all dark clothing. It may be

raining and you blend into the back- ground of vertical reflections on the pave- ment, or the bright lights of an oncoming

car conceal you in its glare. Who can say

that in many pedestrian accidents, the pedestrian himself was not at fault?

It has been noted that children have

become especially lax in recognizing the dangers of a crosswalk. They have been

known to make a game of waiting on the curb until a car has approached dangerously close, then stepping or running out

into the crosswalk in front of the car, with the attitude, "I have the right of way

I dare you to hit me."

Children learn to act and think like their elders. Many pay with their lives because they are allowed to continue

doing things in an unsafe way. The President of the National Safety Council said that accidents are the number-one killer of children between the ages of one and

fifteen. Accidents in 1953 killed approximately 3

T i times as many children as

either cancer or pneumonia, and about

iy2 times as many as polio.

Mishaps involving motor vehicles for

this group took by far the greatest toll

3,938 lives out of a total of 11,121. Think

of the drives and money collected for polio, tuberculosis, cancer, and other dis- eases. How about doing something to cut down deaths from the really great killer, the automobile?

What can we do?

Well, we can start off by setting a good

example for our children in pedestrian

and driving safety. We can teach them

how to avoid being caught in these modern, man-made mouse traps and to practice "courtesy of the road" at all times. Safety learned this in childhood remains

with them to guard their lives all through

adulthood.

APRIL 1955

Supply Bureau

Health Bureau

Engineering and Construction Bureau

Civil Affairs Bureau

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

)

Community Services Bureau

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

Marine Bureau

Transportation and Terminals Bureau

Number of Disabling Injuries . 18

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

I Frequency Rate)

ZO 30 40 50

Man-Hours Worked 2,184,074

L

LEGEND

Amount Better Than Canal Zone Government—Panama Canal Company Last 3-Year Average

I I Amount Worse Than Canal Zone Government—Panama Canal Company Last 3-Year Average

fo'fl-ftfl Accumulative Frequency Rate This Year
June 3, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

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Canal Review, Balboa Heights, C. Z.

Health Director Will Leave

In July For New Assignment

BRIGADIER GENERAL DON LONGFELLOW

His second tour of duty with the Canal

organization will end next month for Brig. Gen. Don Longfellow, Canal Zone

Health Director. He is scheduled to leave the Isthmus early in July after a three- year assignment here. His new assignment will be to the Office of the Surgeon

General of the Army in Washington.

General Longfellow served with the Health Bureau at Colon Hospital for about two years during the early 1930's. He returned to the Canal Zone in July

1952, as Health Director*. Prior to this assignment, he had been Chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine in the

Office of the Surgeon General of the Army

General Longfellow will be succeeded

as Health Director by Col. Charles O. Bruce who visited the Isthmus early this year with the group accompanying Sec- retary of the Army Robert T. Stevens. Like General Longfellow, he holds a degree as Master of Public Health, in addition to his medical degrees.

OF CURRENT INTEREST

H. I. Perantie Wins Outstanding Rating

THE SOLE outstanding performance award in the Canal organization this year was given last month

to Harold I. Perantie, center, above, Chief of the Administrative Branch. Mr. Perantie is the second employee to be given this rating since the present system was established several years ago. He was cited for reorganization of his office, streamlining its operations, inauguration of a records storage center, and initiation of studies which will be reflected in increasingly efficient and economical

operation. Shown with him are members of the Incentive Awards Committee which made the award. Left to

right are: J. B. Smith, Edward A. Doolan, Mr. Perantie, Henry L. Donovan, Committee Chairman, and John D. Hollen.

Two hu?band-and-wi"e teams are in- cluded among the 17 new interns who are due to arrive on the Isthmus the latter part

of June from various medical schools in the United States to begin training at Gorgas

Hospital.

The two medical couples are Dr. Cherie

C. Long and her husband, Dr. Edward G. Long, both graduating in June from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and Dr. Barbara C. Sargent and her husband, Dr. Dwayne L. Sargent, both o' Baylor University College of Medicine in Houston, Tex. The arrival of the new interns coincides with the completion of a year of internship

at Gcrgas Hospital for 11 other interns and

with the annual turnover of residents, some

of whom are either completing their resi- dency here or who expect to remain at Gorgas Hospital tor further training.

C. H. Motsett, Manager of the Panama

Railroad, and later by C. L. Bouve, Panama

Canal Land Commissioner. Since 19 17, when Capt. C. S. Svennson, Captain of the Balboa Port, moved in, No. 146 has been

occupied by a series of U. S. Navy officers, most of them Port Captains. The last occupant was Capt. Horatio A. Lincoln, Captain

of the Balboa Port. No. 150 also was built in 1907 and rebuilt

in 1917. It was first occupied, after it was

rebuilt, by C. J. Hamilton, a locomotive engineer with the Panama Railroad. The last private occupant was Peter Shrapnel who

retired last year as Chief of the Administrative Branch. During the construction of the houses in the Ridge Road section, the house was used as an office by the contractors.

Canal Zone hunters are reminded 1

1 .11 hunting permits for the Canal Zone for the

fiscal \ear 1956 are now available at Police Headquarters in the Civil Affairs Building. Current permits, which, are marked 1955 for

tl-e fiscal year, will expire June 30 and it will be necessary for holders of such permits

to apply to Police Headquarters to obtain a renewal. The cost of renewal, as in previous

\ears, is SI. Renewal forms and forms for original applications are available at all Police Stat ions

in the Canal Zone and at Room 206 in the

Civil Affairs Building. The completed re- newal forms mav be mailed direct to Police Heaclouarters, Balboa Heights, C. Z.

Two venerable old houses, dating back to 1907, were among those put up for sale and

demolition during the past month by the Panama Canal Company. Both are situated on Prospect Street in Balbca Heights and

both were sold to Chain Singh who was

high bidder for their purchase and demolition when bids were opened earlier in the month.

No. 146, one of the two houses, was first occupied, after it was rebuilt in 1914, by

Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises will be held for 228 high school students

in the Linked States schools, and for 35 students in the Canal Zone Junior College

during the first two weeks in June. At the same time certificates of promotion will be

given to approximately 333 junior high

school students who will attend Closing Day

exercises today on both sides of the Isthmus. The total number of 596 is only slightly

higher than that of last year when 573 students graduated from the United States

schools. Closing Day exercises for both the Balboa

Junior High School and the Cristobal Junior High School will be held today. The

Balboa program is scheduled for 1:30 p. m.

in the Balboa Service Center Theater, and

the Cristobal program for 5 p. m. in the

Cristobal School Auditorium. June 7 will be Commencement Day for 162 Balboa High School seniors, 66 Cristobal High School seniors, and for 35 students graduating from the Canal Zone Junior College. Exercises for the Balboa High School

Class will be at the Balboa Service Center Theater at 8 p. m.: for the Cristobal seniors they will be held at 8 p. m. in the Cristobal High School Auditorium. Exercises for the

Junior College Class will take place at 10:30

a. m. in the Balboa High School Library.
THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW June 3, 1955

"Finest Drinking Water In The World"

Say Men Responsible For Zone Supply

Employees in the Water and Laboratories Branch, with but little prodding,

will tell you that the Canal Zone has the

finest drinking water in the world. They say this with complete equanamity for three reasons: They believe it; the statement is not likely to be disputed;

and, if disputed, it is even more unlikely

to be disproved.

This pride of workmanship, as deepseated as if they owned the water system,

permeates the whole unit and the feeling

is generally shared by most Zonians. It

is a feeling which has grown up with the water system which, a little over 50 years

ago, brought the first adequate supply of potable water to the people of the Isth- mus and which, during that half century, has never failed in the job which is a never-ending, day-and-night operation.

In two previous Review articles the work of producing some ten billion gallons

of good drinking water a year and dis- tributing it safely through over 150 miles

of water mains to 315,000 consumers was

described in some detail. Multitude Of Jobs

Back of this vital operation is a rela- tively small group of employees whose

work entails a multitude of tasks ranging

from the prosaic job of walking a pipeline

to find a leak, to a highly technical chemical analysis.

The jobs, of course, have changed to a degree with the times and the men in the

field no longer are greatly troubled with

wild animals. For many years after the

first water system was placed in operation, maintenance gangs were instructed

to take special precautions against con- tamination of the water supply by wild

animals. As late as 1917, one report of wild animals in the drainage areas complained rather bitterly about the tapirs

which then roamed the jungle areas in great numbers and were among the worst

offenders in contaminating small streams and pools feeding into the raw water res- ervoirs. Since the provision of drinking water

is a municipal service, the Canal Zone

water system was made a part of the

.Municipal Engineering (now Maintenance) Division at the beginning of Canal

construction and has so remained since. All of the men who have had charge of the water system and the Municipal Engineers who have supervised its operation

have had much to do in building up and

maintaining the high reputation of the system and the esprit de corps of the employees.

Heritage Of Fine Work

Thus the 123 employees of the Water

and laboratories Branch not only take

pride in their own work but in that of the men who have been in charge since 1904. Among the better known names in this half century of history are Daniel E. Wright, George M. Wells, and George W.

Green, former Municipal Engineers, and

George C. Bunker and Aram H. Hatch

who were in direct charge of the water system for many years. Frank H. Lerchen, as Maintenance

Engineer, has continued the tradition set by his predecessors in keeping a weather- eye peeled for anything pertaining to the water system, and E. W. Zelnick, as Chief

of the Branch, gives the same exacting

AN ALKILIXITY TEST is being done by James B- Kneale, Superintendent of Miraflores Filtration Plant, on one of the samples of Canal Zone wata

taken daily from the various communities. Various

other tests are made in the laboratory to insure the water supply is safe and good to drink.

attention to the purity of the water and

its uninterrupted distribution as did Mr. Bunker and Mr. Hatch before him.

Zelnick Heads Unit Mr. Zelnick, a native of Chicago, was

graduated from the University of Illinois. He worked for the Illinois Water Service Company and TVA before coming to the Isthmus in 1939 to help build the Third

Locks. He married a Canal Zone girl, Miss Ruth Wright, in 1940. Two years

later he went to Wilmington, N. C, and

for two years was employed with the U S. Army Engineer Corps. He returned

to the Isthmus in 1944 with the Engineering Division and four years later transferred to the Maintenance Division. He

was assigned to the Water and Laboratories Branch when the consolidation of

all water functions was made in 1950 and

was promoted to Chief of the Branch in June 1951. His principal assistant, Robert J. Risberg, was born in Thief River Falls, Minn.

After graduating from Notre Dame University, he served four years in the Navy

with active duty in the Pacific. He joined

the Canal organization in 1948 as a stud- ent engineer in the Maintenance Division and was assigned to the Water and Laboratories Branch as Sanitary Engineer in 1950. He was promoted to Superintendent of the Atlantic Area the following year and in 1952 he was transferred back

to the Pacific side as Assistant to the

Chief. He also "doubles in brass" by act- ing as relief in two other top supervisory

jobs during vacation periods.

Working in the main office at the Miraflores Filtration Plant also are F. W.

Lawrence, Sanitary Engineer; Mrs. Edith

Cotton, Supervisory Clerk; Mrs. Betsy

R. Hoenke, Accounting Clerk; and four

local-rate clerks. Atlantic Side Superintendent

The Atlantic Area is headed by Harry

F. Butz, Superintendent, who was born

in Ancon. He is a graduate of RandolphMacon College in Virginia, and was first employed as a laboratory attendant in the Maintenance Division in 1933. His pro- motion to his present position has been

through the ranks as laboratory technician, filter plant operator, chemist, and

superintendent of the filter plant.

Assisting him in his office are Mrs.

Lorine C. Meyer, Accounting Clerk,

and one local-rate clerk. His principal assistant is Charles S. Mitchell, SanitaryEngineer, who does a multitude of tasks such as inspection, leakage surveys, lab- oratory work, and tests of a varying

nature. Mr. Butz is a chemist and per- forms the various duties in that field for the Atlantic side. Other personnel of the Branch include the three chemists on the Pacific side, Donald B. Tribe, Chemist-in-Charge,

George H. Wear, and Herbert F. Moore. Two of the key men on the Pacific side are Harry F. Cody, Supervisor of Water

Distribution in the Pacific area, who

came to the Isthmus as a boy in 1908,

and James B.. Kneale, Superintendent of the Miraflores Filtration Plant. The latA GIAVI -SIZED stethoscope, known as a geophone, is used to detect leaky pipes. F. W. Lawrence, Sanitiry Engineer, is listening I'm trouble in one of the big water mains. Most of this work is done at night when it is quiet rather than because the public might be startled to see someone listening to pipe pulsations.
June 3, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

ter, a graduate of Case Institute of Technology, joined the Canal organization in March of last year after three years of war service in the Army and several years

experience in his native State of Ohio. Their counterparts on the Atlantic side are Mr. Butz, and P. J. Barker, General

Foreman, who is in charge of the distri- bution system.

Field Work Supervisors

The field work on the Pacific side is in charge of J. E. Jennison and W. I. Ho!-

lowell, Lead Foreman; J. G. Lenneville,

Pipeline Repairman; and R. M. Turner,

Mechanic. Helping Mr. Barker on the

Atlantic side are W. H. Bailey, Mechanic,

and W. M. Brandl, Pipeline Repairman.

Other U. S.-rate personnel include six

filter plant operators at Miraflores, and

five at the Mount Hope plant; 15 pump- men for the Pacific side, and five for the

Atlantic side; and two men who handle

all meter operations for both sides. Other than those employed in the

offices the local-rate personnel are as- signed as follows: Three in laboratory

work; three in the meter shop; 10 in Miraflores Filter Plant, and four in the Mount- Hope Filter Plant; 24 on the Pacific side

for field work, and 20 in that capacity on the Atlantic side. Several of the key personnel among the

local-rate employees have the right to be

called "oldtimers" of the Canal organization and of the water system.

The "General" Is Old Timer

Perhaps the best known of these is the "General," Noel H. Hawkins, who is employed in the Miraflores Plant which he

helped build over 40 years ago. He came

to the Isthmus with his parents from

Jamaica in 1905 and two years later when

he was 12 years old he got a job at five cents an hour as waterboy with a site sur- vey gang. The work was too strenuous and dangerous and he transferred to waterboy on the "dump" at Matachin.

Later he worked as messenger and switchtender. He began work with the "water- works" in 1914 and worked on construction gangs building the Gamboa Pump

Station and Miraflores Filtration Plant. He studied shorthand and typing in his spare time and in 1915 was promoted to

office boy at Miraflores where he has been

since. His title of "General" came from

holding the top rank in a "hnd ship"

which he helped organize for boys to get some military training and keep them out

of mischief. His length of service in the Maintenance Division is slightly eclipsed by

William H. Holder, Foreman Pipesetter on the Atlantic side. He came to the Isthmus from Trinidad in 1909 and went

to work with the division in 1912. He

now has over 40 years of service in pipe

work on the Atlantic side. He was pro- moted to foreman in 1940. 35 Years Of Pipe Work

Another oldtimer with much Canal

service is Prospero Gomez, Pipeman on

the Pacific side. He was born in Panama

City and has been employed in the Canal

organization since 1912. His service since 1929 has been entirely with the Maintenance Division on pipe work. The work the men and women of the Water and Laboratories Branch perform

represents both normal and weird jobs.

Among the weird ones is listening to the heart beat of a pipeline. This is a

real job and if you see a man with a stethescope listening to pipe pulsations, don't call the man with a butterfly net.

THE "GENERAL" is one of the oldest employees of

the Canal Zone water system. He is Xoel Hawkins.

clerk at Miraflores, who has been employed with the "waterworks" since 1914 and helped build the Miraflores Plant.

BACTERIOLOGICAL TESTS are being constantly made on Canal Zone drinking water drawn from taps

in all communities. Victor Grant, left, is shown re- ceiving a basketful from Raphael Gordon. Both are employed as laboratory assistants at Miraflores. Mr.

Grant has been continuously employed there since

1918, and since 1935 in the laboratory.

The listening device is called a geophone

and, with it, leaks and obstructions in a

pipeline can be detected for a distance of several hundred feet. Recently, in listen- ing to the water flow in a pipe along Lion

Hill Road, F. W. Lawrence, Sanitary Engineer, was able to count the joints in the

line by the sound of the turbulence in the water. The field crews are no longer troubled with tapirs, but they have an annual job

of raking up weeds at the main water in- take at Gamboa near where the Chagres

empties into the Canal channel. This is required every year when the heavy rains begin and wash down from the uppei

Chagres and its tributaries plants and

debris which would soon choke the intake. Another big cleaning job is that re- quired monthly on the sedimentation basins. It takes from six to eight men an

entire morning to drain, hose down, scrub,

and treat the tanks with a chlorine solution.Housekeeping Jobs Numerous

A big housekeeping job is required on

the equipment used. All such equipment

as pumps, motors, hydraulic valves, and

flocculators is completely overhauled once

a year. Tests are also made on all main

valves on six-inch pipe and larger, at

least once a year, and the men in charge

of the meter work are constantly checking. Hydrants are also opened and tested

at least once a year to insure that the pipes are clean, the valves are working

properly, and the flow of water is even and at the proper pressure. The meter men not only read meters but check them regularly. Those measuring the water supply to big wholesale

users, such as Army posts, are read and

checked weekly. The big Venturi meters

for mains going into Panama and other

principal areas are read daily, since a

million gallons could be wasted quickly

if something went amiss. Water Losses Checked

A constant check is made for water

losses. This is done by various methods,

one of which is to have men walk the big water mains during the dry season to detect any green spots where vegetation is being watered from leaky pipes. Water

consumption is also checked constantly,

and an investigation is made immediately

if high consumption figures show up.

If no logical reason is found, a notice is sent to the wholesale consumer so that checks can be made within the area for water losses. While all the jobs are essential, none is more important than that done by the

small group of chemists. Although their job is primarily in assuring a pure water

supply, their work covers many other

fields since they handle the principal lab- oratory work of an industrial nature which is done by the Panama Canal Company. Chemists Do Many Jobs

They are responsible for keeping the

store of chemicals required, checking their use in the water, and testing the water for

its purity. The latter is done daily by

water samples drawn from taps in every neighborhood over the Isthmus. Other work they perform includes tests to measure the octane rating of gasoline;

metallurgical tests; the inspection and

testing of ships, cold storage warehouses,

and other storage areas for dangerous

gases; materials testing for specifications;

checking the water in swimming pools;

and many other duties of a similar nature. Thus their work, done in conjunction

with the men in charge of the filtration plants, the pipemen, metermen, and all the others involved in the operation of the "waterworks," combines in an import- ant way in making the Isthmus of Pan- ama known today as one of the most

healthful places on the globe to live. And, it is small wonder that all connected

with the operation say unhesitatingly

that the Canal Zone has the finest drinking water in the world.

Scouts Receive $100 Gift

From Son of l.C.C. Member

A donation of $100 has been received by the Canal Zone Boy Scout organization for its sustaining-membership campaign from the son of the man who was

the last to be appointed to the Isthmian

Canal Commission.

The contribution was received from Lee Metcalfe, of Kansas City, whose

father, Richard Lee Metcalfe, was ap- pointed a member of the Commission and

head of the Department of Civil Administration in August 1913 to succeed Maurice H. Thatcher. He served from then

until the ICC was dissolved with the for- mation of the permanent Canal operating

organization on April 1, 1914. The contribution of Mr. Metcalfe was made in memory of his father. The donation was mailed to Brig. Gen. H. O. Paxson, formerly Lieutenant Governor and

President of Boy Scout Council 801.
10 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Juue 3, 1955

Up And Down The Banks Of The Canal

Supply Bureau Engineering And Construction Health Bureau

tomers al the Cristobal Commissary

are being provided with a new entrance from Balboa Avenue which will provide an

- from the parking areas on the

ide of the building. The new doorwaywill open into the "outdoors shop" where

gardening equipment, picnic items, tools, ami similar merchandise is carried.

• • •

Six student assistant positions assigned to

the Commissary Division during the summer

vacation period have hern filled. Three will be U. S. rule jobs and these will be filled by

Andrew Bleak-ley, Marcia I.. Rudge, and

Thomas S. Smith. The three students employed t« till the three local-rate student assist- ant positions are Maurice E. Henry, Robert. 0. Dunn-Moodie, and Ralph P. Roberts.

• • • A change which has proven highly popular with the Balboa Commissary patrons was the opening last month of the new

entrance in the main store to Clinton Street.

It has been reported that about three-fourth

of the patrons now use this entrance. The entrance opens to the main parking

area adjacent to the Balboa Stadium, and

customers are permitted to take their groceries by cart directly to their cars.

• • • Harry C. Seaman. Supervisor of the meat

section at the Cristobal Commissary for the

past several years, has been transferred to the Milk Bottling and Ice Cream Plant at Mount Hope. Raymond T. Nelson, who

has been employed in the Ancon Store for a number of years, has been assigned to the supervisory work at the Cristobal Store.

• • •

Earl C. Orr, Chemist who supervises the Industrial laboratory, and II'. D. Marquard,

Manager of the Tivoli Commissary, are among

the Commissary Division icials taking va- cations during the next two or three mouths. Raymond (>. Simon will supervise production

at the Industrial Laboratory during Mr. Orr's absence in tune and July, and II'. R. Waldrip will take Mr. Marquard's place for three months.

• • • Miss Dorothy Hood, Copyholder;)! the

Printing Plant, who left the service last month, sailed early in May for California where she will \ isit her family before going

to Europe for an extended stay.

• • •

Five employees ill the Storehouse Division

have completed tile six-hour Industrial first- aid training course conducted under the auspices of the Federal Safety Council. Those

completing the course were E. R. Mac I itlie, Edwin F. Rigby, Carl A. Wanke, Richard

J . Koperski, and Sumner E. Ewing.

• • •

All sales of flashlights, flashlight bulbs, and batteries are now being handled by the Commissary Division, with the exception of oafety flashlights which will continue to be

sold by the Storehouse Division.

Personnel Bureau

The Employment and Utilization Division staff was busy last month handling

applications and employments of student

ni . Thirty-eigh.1 U. S.-rate positions were authorized for this summer. Approximately 200 students had tile I applications up to the middle of May. Tr.e students employed during the school vacation will start work nexl Monday.

rles A Garcia, of the Employment and

lion Division, is presently acting as

» ( Hstobal during the absence of

!'.. I. P. Tatclman.

• • • Miss Marie L. Foster, "i the Wage and

Classification Division, completed an official duty assignment in the New York Office of the Panama Canal Company and returned

to i ho Isthmus at the middle of Maw

HOWARD S. ENGELKE, a native Zonian and member of a well-known Isthmian family, was pro- moted last month to the position of Chief of the Communications Branch of the Electrical Division. He succeeds Harold D. Halverson who retired at the end of April. Mr. Engelke was educated in the Canal Zone

schools and served his apprenticeship here. With

the exception of a brief period in 1937, when he was

with the Locks Division, all of his Canal service has been with telephones. He had been Wire Chief at Balboa since 1945 until his promotion last month.

• • • Edward M. Browder, Jr., Assistant Engineering and Construction Director, accompanied by Mrs. Browder and their son, William, left last month for a vacation in the United States. One of the hi^h points of their trip will be

the graduation at the United States Naval

Academy when C'eir son, Edward H. Browder, is commissioned. The "future Admiral"

has the distinction of having been appointed

to the Naval Academy by Vice President Nixon when he was serving in Congress from

California.

• • • A major traffic improvement on the Pacific side was completed last month when a new traffic lane was added at the Corozo

Street grade crossing in Balboa. The work was done by the Maintenance Division for- ces. It permits three lanes of traffic and

greatly relieves congestion there since cars can make a right-hand turn going to Balboa

without waiting for cars turning left to cross the two lanes on Roosevelt Avenue.

• • • Carl J. Browne, Superintendent of the Maintenance Division Field it ice in Balboa,

is spending a three-month vacation with his family in Vermont.

Nelson II'. Magner is acting as Superintendent during his absence, and <>. A. Diet-:

is acting as Superintendent in the Cristobal

Field Office.

• • • The work on Project 13 by the Tecon

Corporation, described in the May issue of The Review, was reported practically completed by the middle of last month. It was

reported that the contracting firm has re- moved over 600,000 cubic yards of Cucaracha from the Contractors Hill project and

Project 13. Work was concentrated during

the latter part of rhe dry season on t'-e es- cavation of Cucaracha formation which is difficult to handle dining the rainy season.

• • • Modern mosquito control methods were

used in Gaillard Cut last month for the

first time when the Health Bureau sent its fog machine to spray mosquitoes breeding

in the pit area at Contractors Hill. The

spraying was done following a request of men working there who had been subject

to a horde of salt marsh mosquitoes since the rains began.

The ooeration of the spray truck must

have disturbed the ghost of many a worker

of the French and American Canal construction era who suffered the tortures of swarming mosquitoes in that area more

than a half century ago.

Lt. James Y. Griggsj Naval Reserve medical officer, has been assigned to duty at Coco Solo Hospital, Dr. Griggs had been on duty at the U. S. Naval Hospital at Great Lakes, III., before the transfer to his present assignment early in May. He i.- a graduate of the Bowman-Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forrest College, and in- terned at the Deaconess and St. Louis Cits- Hospitals. He completed his residency in surgery at the Bernard Skin and Cancer

Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.

• • • Well-Baby Clinics were opened in the towns of Margarita and Rainbow City early

last month and are being operated along

the same lines as those on the Pacific side. Both clinics are conducted by a registered nurse under the supervision of the Pediatrician at Coco Solo Hospital. The clinic hours are from 1 :30 to 2 -.30 o'clock on Monday afternoons in Margarita, and Thursday

afternoons in Rainbow City.

• • • A distinguished visitor to Health Bureau

installations last month was Col. Angel Bar- renechea L., Surgeon General of the Bolivian Army. He was on the Isthmus as an

official guest of USARCARIB. During his stay he visited the Health Bureau and ob- served sanitation practices and other public health activities.

• • • Dr. Eric R. Osterberg, Health Officer of Panama and Colon, is presently acting as Superintendent of Palo Seco Leprosarium

during the absence of Dr. l-'.zra Hurwits. The

loiter is on vacation in the United Slates.

Civil Affairs Bureau

The winter cruise season which came to a close last month with the visit of the Cunard liner Caronia was one of the most

successful since before the war. When < anal Zone Customs and Immigration officials tal- lied up their scores, they found that they

had checked 16.150 visitors ashore from 39

cruises which docked in Cristobal during the

sjason. The season opened in December

with the arrival of the luxury liner Nieuw A mslerdam.

It is estimated that the tourist season brought about a half million extra dollars to Panama.

• • • Two well known members of the I anal Zone

Police force who are to retire soon will he honored by a farewell parly at the Elks Club

on Friday, June 24. Guests of honor will be Capt. and Mrs. Macon A. Turner, and

Police it icer and Mrs. Joseph K. Richardson. Flic Turners plan to make an extensive tour of the Fluted Stales before settling down,

and the Richardsons plan to make their future home in North Carolina. Both are planning

to retire at the end of this mouth.

• • • James E. McDaniel, the fireman who was

critically injured in the explosion of the SS

Lisholt in February, left the Canal service

early last month to return to school in the United States.

• • • Miss Alvina Freeman, fifth grade teacher

at the Balboa Elementary School, is now

engaged in a revision of the fifth grade

course of study in social science. This will complete the revision of social science courses for all elementary grades in the United

States schools. It is presently expected that the revised edition will be ready foi use when schools reopen in Septsmber.

• • • Plans are in readiness for the summer ses- sion of the Canal Zone Junior College.

Registration will he held for the courses from 6:30 to 8:30 o'clock next Friday night and the sessions will open Monday, June 10. Most of the courses will be held at night, but Saturday morning classes will be offered

in engineering drawing, sheet metal drafting, architectural drafting, and auto mechanics.
June 3, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 11

Community Services Bureau

The Service Centers are among the many

public buildings being dressed up with new- paint. The exterior painting has now been completed on the Service Centers in Balboa, Diablo Heights, Gatun, Margarita, and

Rainbow City. Other work in this connection is the replacement of the tile in the Balboa Service Center kitchen. This work

is presently under way.

A new service is now being offered by

the Balboa and Cristobal Service Centers.

It is the sale of ice cubes packed in convenient, thaw-resisting packages.

• • • Mrs. Janet Bienc. who has serve:! as manager of various Service Center restaurants on

the Pacific side for several years, is now Act- ing Manager of the Hotel Washington during

the absence of Stanley Hamilton. She will return to the Pacific side late in August.

m • • The redecoration of the Fern Room at the Tivoli Guest House has just been completed. A considerable rearrangement of the space was made and the room was fitted with new rugs and lamps.

• • • Miss Jessie May Gill, Secretary in the

a ice nf the Community Services Director, was on active duty with the Navy for two weeks

in May. She holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander and is the only Reserve Coast Guard Officer in the Canal service.

Office Of The Comptroller

Most of the employees in the Payro 1 Branch have now moved from Diablo

Heights to their new headquarters in Ancon. Another group will move in the near future when the U. S.-rate payroll processing is transferred to Ancon.

Four employees of the Internal Audit Stall

left last week for the States on an Oricial busi- ness assignment in the Xew York Office. Those assigned are Robert S. Bowen, Malcolm R. Wheeler, William F. Cunningham,

and Arch D. Bishop.

• • • Lindsley H. Noble, Comptroller, returned

last month after about two months in the United States, all but a few days of which was spent on official duty. Mr. Noble attended the hearings of the House Appropriations Committee with Governor Seyboltl. Attending the Senate hearings late last month with the Governor were

Philip L. Steers, Jr., Deputy Comptroller,

and LeRoy B. Magnuson, Chief of the Budget Branch. TEXAN-TO-BE

for Ladies

CANAL ZONE RESIDENTS probably rank

right along with cafe society or airline pilots as the world's most persistent travelers. While

travel is now becoming more popular in other

parts of the world, Canal Zoners have been

on the go for years. When a Canal employee

packs a bag, he knows just what goes where,

how much to take for a five-day trip on a

ship, or how many pairs of shoes will bring

the weight over that alloted by the airways.

But no matter how many trips even the most seasoned traveler takes, he must always

face the problem of sufficient or suitable lug- gage. The Commissary Division has antici- pated this very pressing need and will place on sale soon a new shipment of lightweight

airplane luggage made of vinyl plastic which

the manufacturers claim is waterproof, verminproof, mildew-proof, and flame resistant. This sounds as though it would be just the

ticket for the tropics where most luggage

takes more of a beating while being stored than it would on a caravan trip through the Gobi Desert. ONE TYPE called Manhattan Quality Lug- gage is made by the well known Towne

I people of New York and is more

cZ. suitable to the women in the family. It comes in blue, beige, and

grey, is made of a material called

Fabrilite and is lightweight as well as strong. With a quilted taffeta lining, the bags are

available in four different styles including a

train case, weekend case, wardrobe, and

pullman cases. Prices range from $11.65 for the weekend case to $19.95 for the wardrobe, which is fitted with hangers. Another brand, also styled principally for women, is made by the Shorttrip Leather Pro- ducts Company. Despite the name of the manufacturer, the bags, which include a

carryall and a so-called lakeoff bag, are made of vinyl plastic and look as though they

would do fine on a long trip, too. The carryall is a fitted cosmetic bag which will sell at the low price of $10.75. The takeoff, which

also has room for hats and shoes, will cost about $13.75. They come in a luscious selection of colors called suntan, cherry red, hori- zon blue, mist grey, and spruce green. FOR THE MEN there are two-suiter cases and companion cases made of something

called Kalistron, a plastic composition which

really looks like hand-stitched leather. In addition to having a smart masculine look, both pieces seem to be highly functional. The two-suiter contains hangers and a zipper

lining arrangement which is intended to keep

men's suits from getting rumpled. In case the man in your life can't pack his own clothes, the manufacturer has included a book of in- structions which tells him how.

Since men do not always travel for pleasure—and sometimes even when they do, they

take the office along with dhem —the Commissary is now receiving a large selection of handsome leather briefcases ranging in price from $3.50 for a two-way ztpper-envelooe

type, to $1 3.40 for a larger and more

luxurious model. IN ADDITION to these new types of luggage

the Commissary has announced the arrival of a complete new shipment of the Sturdy popular Samsonite Luggage,

Samsonite which has been in regular stock

for some time. It will soon be

available in all eleven styles in most of the popular colors including natural alligator

finish. One of the new models, which will be sold here, is the new VIP case which

doubles as a briefcase and an overnight bag.

The case comes in saddle tan, Colorado brown, and the new natural alligator and

natural rawhide finishes. As everyone knows

Samsonite luggage is scuff and stain-resistant and it wipes clean with a damp cloth. Prices range from $15.75 to $32.00.

CANAL ZONE TRAVELERS, having set- tled the question of luggage, will find that the clothing to be packed is now as streamlined and travel-worthy as the traveling bags.

It seems that everything is made of nylon

these days and the things that aren't pure nylon, have a nylon base which gives the material most of its washable, quickly-dryable, and

wrinkle-proof qualities. In blouses, under- wear, and nightgowns, for instance, there is a wide selection of all styles which can be

found in stock in the Commissary retail stores most of the time. RECENTLY cotton has been growing in popularity, especially the cotton plisse which

does not need ironing and which

Cool seems to be far cooler than any other Cotton material. One style, which will be

on sale in the Commissary soon and

which would seem to be particularly useful both for travel and for wear on warm tropical nights, is an abbreviated sleep garb

which comes in cotton plisse. These shorties are in red and white, and blue and while, with rick-rack braid trimming. They have

fancy pants, bloomer style to match. They are $2.50 per set and well worth the price in comfort alone. FOR THE MEN, nylon and synthetic weave

materials ate available in shirts, socks, dacron

suits, dress shirts, and even bathing suits. Soon to appear will be a new shipment of Terrace Club nylon plisse sport shirts, with long sleeves, available in pale green, blue, and yellow. White dress shirts in dacron will be sold in regular sizes at the low price cf $3.30. Both of these models will need no

ironing, will dry in a jiffy, and are easy to wash. One man we heard of used only one

shirt on a three-week trip to the States. He

washed it at night and said he got along just fine.A fine cotton cord, which has been used

to make women's skirts and dresses, is also available in trousers for men. The material is noted for being both washable and cool and men's trousers made of the stuff will be

sold by the Commissary for only $3.95.

LEO W. CAGLEY, Chief of the Civil Engineering Branch of the Engineering Division, will work his

last day for the Panama Canal Company next Fri- day. On June 12, with Mrs. Cagley and their two

little sons, Leo, Jr. and Marc, he will leave for a two-week vacation in Iowa before going to Dallas

t" take over his new position with the Teeon Corporation.

Sixty-Five Employees Given

Certificates For Finishing

12-Week Lubrication Course

Certificates that they had completed

courses in Industrial Lubrication, sponsored by the International Association of Machinists and operated by the Apprentice School, were presented last month to 65 Canal employe?s.

On the Pacific side, the class was sponsored by Local 811 of the Machinists

Union. Between February 16, when the

class began, and May 11, when the last session was held, the 39 members put in a total of 398 student hours. The 3(1 members of the class who attended nine

or more of the 12 lectures were given

their certificates of comr letion on May 18 by Daniel J. Paolucci, Training Officer

of the Panama Canal Company.

Capt. Robert Emerick, Chief of the

Industrial Division, presented the certi- ficates to the 35 Atlantic side members

who completed the course which was

sponsored by Local 699 of the Machinists

Union.

Classes for this group began February

28 and were completed May 16. The

presentation of C3rtificates took place

May 23. This gioup put in a total of 436 student hours. During the classes the students studied

the principles and practices of lubrication and the selection of lubricants. The

groups were organized after night seminar

groups of machinists on both sides of the Isthmus helped to develop a course on

lubrication suitable for craftsmen.
12 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW June 3, 1955

Annual Exhibition Of School Art

Displays Skill Of Zone Students

ART from the schools drew a steady audience while it was on display at the Tivoli Guest House, even to some of the young artists like the one above who wanted to see his work on display. The exhibition is now being shown at the Margarita Service Center.

Girls and boys in polleras and montunos, Puritan maids in prim bonnets,

Indians in full war paint, spooks and goblins looking properly eerie, a headless horseman with his severed head held high—or rather, reasonable facsimiles of

all of these— are consorting right now at the Margarita Service Center. They are part of the eighth annual exhibit of the art work of children in the eleven United States elementary schools. Before the exhibit opened in Margarita,

it hung for over two weeks in the ball- room of the Tivoli Guest House where it drew a steady attendance of admiring and

wondering Pacific side parents.

Along with such reasonably life-like

types as those above and along with self- portraits of some of the boys and girls who did the art work, the exhibit includes

finger paintings, replicas of the Panama

Railroad's "Old 299," seascapes and landscapes, and designs based on such com- mon vegetables as okra and carrots. Approximately 500 individual pictures are being shown, representing the work

done by over 4,000 children in Canal Zone

art classes.Means Of Expression

Educators believe that children are re- vealed through art, one of the most reflec- tive means of expression. Art often gives an insight into a child's stage of maturity

and his feelings toward the world they say.

Panama, Colon Health Offices Close July 31

(Continued from pagt .5) Office Set up a

rat-collection station in Panama where

rewards of 10 cents and 20 cents a head

were paid for dead rats and mice. Since that time the prevention of rat breeding, has been a major part of the work of the two health offices. Epidemics of smallpox were another

problem which had to be handled by the Panama City and Colon Health Offices. The first outbreak of this sort occurred in Colon in 1906. Vaccinators went to work;

within a few weeks they had the smallpox

under control. Thus began a program of periodic vaccinations. The last of the

city-wide anti-smallpox campaigns took

place in 1951, although Public Health

nurses from the two Health Offices still vaccinate against smallpox all new-born

babies in Panama City and Colon. Santo Tomas Hospital

One almosWorgotten phase of the

assistance given to Panama by the United

States, along health lines, was the work

at Santo Tomas Hospital.

On October 4, 1905, the Isthmian Canal

Commission approved an agreement with

Panama under which the Canal agency would restore and enlarge the hospital to a capacity of 300 beds. At that time, Santo Tomas was a 150-bed institution, located on Avenue A, about where the

main Bombero Station now stands. The Commission also agreed to appoint

and finance an administrative staff consisting of a superintendent, two doctors,

and three graduate nurses. Panama was

to appoint the other staff personnel, and

the housekeeping was to be in charge of

Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul, a religious order dedicated to hospital work.

In 1906 the Commission reported that

the hospital had been repaired and enlarged and equipped with "modern hospital furniture and equipment." Two years

later Santo Tomas had admitted over

4,000 patients and the staff paid by the Canal Zone had increased to eight.

During the early 1920's, the staff paid

by the ICC assisted Panama authorities

in setting up a nurses' training program

at Santo Tomas Hospital.

In September 1924, Panama took over

the administration of Santo Tomas, by

then in its present location, but for several years retained Miss Sara Adams as Director of Nurses, and Dr. Roland C. Connor as its Chief of Medicine.

Leprosarium And Asylum

The arrangement for care of the mentally ill and of leprosy patients from Pan- ama was another made during the early construction period. In 1913 General

Gorgas wrote of this period:

"Knowing that we would have a certain

number of lepers in the Zone, we made

the same proposition to the Panama Government with regard to lepers that we had

made with regard to the insane; that is, that we would care for their lepers at the

rate of 75 cents per day per capita."

At first both were cared for at Miraflores. About 190S the leprosy patients were moved to Palo Seco and the mentally

ill to a ward of Ancon Hospital, and later to Corozal. When Panama established Matias Hernandez Hospital in 1933 there were approximately 600 patients being

cared for at Corozal at the expense of the Panamanian Government. The transfer

of these took approximately one month.

Today Panama still continues to use

the facilities of the Canal Zone leprosarium. There are now 105 patients at Palo Seco for whom the Panama Government

is paying per diem care. The cost has

risen above the 75 cents a day mentioned

by General Gorgas, but is still low.

CANAL ZONE CLERGY

The only preachers in Churches of Christ, Scientist, are the Holy Bible and

the Christian Science textbooks. There

are no ordained ministers. Scriptural

texts and their correlative passages comprise the sermon. As First Reader of the Pacific side's Christian Science congregation, Ralph

K. Skinner conducts the principal part

of the Sunday service and the entire Wednesday evening meeting; consequently he is included in The Review's series on Canal Zone religious workers. He is in his second year of a three-year term.

RALPH K. SKINNE1!

The first Christian Science group in the Canal Zone was formed in 1907 in Matachin. In 1916 the congregation pur- chased the old District Court Building

and moved it to its pres3nt location on a

hillside above Ancon Boulevard. Mr. Skinner, whose home state is Massachusetts, came to the Canal Zone in 1932 with the Army. He liked it, and re- turned here two years later after his dis- charge from the Army. He works in the

Office of the Comptroller and lives just

off Ancon Boulevard with Mrs. Skinner

and their two daughters.

He is well-known locally for his avocations, writing and photography. He has been a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor for many years, and is a

frequent contributor to The Panama

American.
June 3, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 13

NEW SIREN SIGNALS TO BE USED

(Continued from page 1) should go into a hallway or bathroom. In composite-type

houses, hallways or bathrooms are good

shelters, but a storage room on the ground

floor is preferable. For residents of multiple-family frame houses an inside stair- way on the first floor is the preferred

shelter.

(2) Those at work, except employees

in key posts such as those operating

power plants, or hospital workers, or marine traffic personnel who are handling

transiting ships, should go to the shelter selected for them in their particular locations. For the June 15 test, they will re- main in the shelter until the ALERT

sounds; hey will then return to work.

In the Administration Building, for in- stance, all employees will go to the base- ment. Employees and customers in Commissaries and Service Centers will be

directed by employee wardens to designated shelter areas. At the Locks, office personnel and maintenance crews not di- rectly engaged in transiting ships will also go to shelters in their areas.

(3) Pedestrians or people in the open

should seek the nearest available shelter.

If they are not close to a public building,

they should take cover against a wall or under a building.

(4) Motorists, except for drivers of such

vital vehicular traffic as police and fire equipment and ambulances, should immediately pull over to the side of the road

and stop their cars, remaining inside until the ALERT sounds. Car windows should

be rolled down and drivers and passengers should lie down on the floor or seats of the cars. Trains, Ships To Run

For the June 15 exercise, business as usual will be resumed with the sounding

of the ALERT, except for some Civil Defense activity in the various tovvnsites. Child care centers will be manned but

only the children of Civil Defense workers who will participate in the exercise are to be brought to the centers during

the June 15 practice. In some communities, Mr. Dolan said, there will be simulated casualties and

First Aid Teams will be assigned to handle them.

Trains will proceed as usual during the June 15 exercise and ship transits will not be affected. The Locks, Marine Controllers' offices, etc. will operate as usual, except for such nonoperating personnel

as office workers and maintenance crews. Since the June 15 exercise is predicated on the assumption that a blast over Bal- boa Heights would put the Civil Defense

Control Center out of action, the Control Center for the day will be on the Atlantic

side. This will be manned by the alter- nate Control Center staff. After the ALERT signal is sounded,

Control Point Commanders and staff will conduct a communications test. Portable

radio units will be used in this test. The June 15 test, Mr. Dolan said, will emphasize the cardinal points of Civil Defense, as demonstrated by the atomic tests at Yucca Flats: That the greatest number of lives can

be saved if residents and employees will learn the air raid signals, where to take

shelter, how to give first aid, to keep first- aid kits in their homes, and to provide at

least a 3-day supply of food, in tins or

sealed packages, and of water in sealed

bottles, in their homes.

OVER 600 YOUNGSTERS HAVE FUN

IN SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAM

DOLL BEDS can be manufactured from old cigar boxes, spools, and clothespins, though it takes a

bit of concentration as Albertina Smith, 8, of La

Boca, plainly shows.

Soft, cuddly dolls, stuffed with kapok,

beds for the doll-babies to sleep in manufactured from old cigar boxes and empty

spools, earrings contrived from rickrack

braid, of all unlikely materials, and a variety of other handicraft are rolling off the junior production lines in the Canal

Zone's local rate communities.

The dolls, beds, earrings, and all the other handicraft are the products of the 615 youngsters, aged 7 to 14, who are enrolled this year in the annual Summer

Recreation Program. The output of each group will go on display in the individual communities during the week beginning June 13, and the final exhibition, of items

selected from each community, will be shown at the Santa Cruz gymnasium be- ginning June 18. Community Chest Agency

Although fewer children are enrolled

this year than the 718 who were registered

in the program last year, their interest is not a bit less, according to Mrs. Inez McKenzie of Paraiso who is serving as program coordinator. This is her second

year in the post. Working with her in the program are 10 men and 57 women, all volunteers. The summer recreation program for the

Revised Canal Zone Traffic Regulations

Will Affect Drivers, Riders, Walkers

(Continued from page J) make whatever

turns are necessary, even though those may violate the regulations.

No driver, except one on official business, may follow a piece of fire apparatus

closer than 300 feet, or park within a block of the location where a fire alarm

is being answered, nor may any driver

drive through a funeral procession which,

incidentally, must be identified as such by some insignia and by lighted headlights. In drawing up the regulations, which were codified and put into legal form by

the Office of the General Counsel, traffic experts conferred with representatives of the Motor Transportation Division, traffic officials from the National Guard of Panama, and with representatives of the

Fire Division, the Safety Branch, and the License Section.

children in the local rate communities

started April 13, soon after the Latin

American schools were dismissed for their long vacation. It will end in all communities on June 18. It is financed by the Canal Zone Community Chest, of which

it is a participating agency; each child, however, pays a small registration fee

20 cents for the first child in a family, and

10 cents for each additional brother and

sister. The largest group—267 children—is working this year at the Rainbow City

elementary school, where there is a pro- gram each afternoon five days a week.

The La Boca group meets every morning, Monday through Friday, in the ele- mentary school building. Paraiso summer

recreation classes are held in the elementary school building Monday, Wednesday

and Friday mornings and Tuesday and

Thursday afternoons. The Santa Cruz

group meets at the Service Center, five afternoons a week.

All four groups are working on some of the following projects: embroidery, cro- cheting, textile painting, shell craft, wood

carving, tioll making, doll beds, glass

painting, hook weaving, rick rack jewelry,

plastic belts, bead work, and china painting.To stretch restless young legs and pro- vide the exercise the youngsters need, the handicraft programs are interrupted from

time to time with skating or square dance

sessions. As special treats, the children from all communities have been taken to Rainbow City for swimming sessions in the Rainbow City pool.

Scholarships Help Canal Zone Students

Toward Hipher Education Here And U. S.

(Continued from page 2) for which Canal Zone students may compete with grad- uates of United States high schools or

junior colleges. Such scholarships are

listed in the Scholarship and Fellowship

Book which is edited by the United States

Office of Education.

Copies of this publication are available

in the Counsellor's offices at the two high

schools, where the Counsellors are ready

to aid students in making out and filing their applications.

Standard Application

All students applying for scholarships must fill out long and detailed application forms. In the case of United States colleges, a standard form is made out; this

is filed with the College Scholarship Service in Princeton, N. J., together with

other pertinent data on the applicant.

College and universities to which a student applies may obtain the information they need through this centralized

service. Most people think of scholarship assist- ance being given only for colleges or universities, Mr. Zierten said. However, in the Canal Zone community four or five students this year have been given financial help to enable them to complete their high school courses. Assistance of this sort is frequently given to worthy students by fraternal groups or veterans

organizations.
14 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW June 3, 1955

PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

April 15 Through May 15

Employees who were promoted or trans- ferred between April 15 and May IS .ire

listed below. Within-grade promotions are

not listed.CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Mrs. Martha L. Lerchen, Clerk Su-nographer, from Fiscal Division to Division ol Schools. . Mrs. Alice M. Turner, from Substitute Teacher, Division of Schools, to Library

Assistant. Library.

Ray W. Wheeler, from Fire Sergeant to Fire Lieutenant, Fire Division. Robert E. Welborn, from Fireman, Driver

Operator, to Fire Sergeant, Fire Division. R. David Otten, from Life Guard, Physical Education and Recreation Branch, to

Postal Clerk, Postal Division. Mrs. Miriam S. Hirschl, Irom Substitute Teacher to Elementary School Teacher,

1 livision of Schools. COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU

Mrs. Susan H. Boles, Clerk-Typist, from

Internal Audit Staff to Service Center Division. OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Mrs. Florence K. Redmond, from Clerk- Typist to Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk,

Payroll Division. Mrs. Evelyn R. Reynolds, from Time,

Leave, and Payroll Clerk to Clerk-Typist,

Payroll Branch. Mrs. Rosemarie J. Kenealy, from Clerk- Typist to Accounting Clerk, Claims Branch. Noel C. Farnsworth, from Supervisory General Engineer to Assistant to Chief

(Engineering), Plant Inventory and Appraisal Staff. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Robert C. Stanley, from Senior Powerhouse Operator to Powerhouse OperatorDispatcher, Electrical Division.

Lt. Col. Edward B. Jennings, from Project Engineer, Contractors Hill, to Project

Engineer, Power Conversion Project.

Robert E. L. Brown, from Planning Engineer, Electrical Division, to Supervisory

Electrical Engineer, Engineering Division. Thomas M. Herring, Towing Locomotive

Operator, Pacific Locks, to Plumber, Maintenance Division. Donald R. Kimzey, from Supervisory- Clerk (Typist), Pacific Locks, to Clerk

(Typing), Power Conversion Project. Mrs. Edith W. Cotton, from Accounting

Clerk to Supervisory Clerk, Water and Laboratories Branch.

Nellie F. Holgerson, from Clerk-Typist

to Accounting Clerk, Water and Laboratories Branch.

Charles P. Barton, from Field Engineer, Contractors Hill Project, to Construction Management Engineer, Office of the Director.Rodrigo A. Arosemena, from Engineering

Draftsman, Engineering Division, to Construction Inspector, Contract and Inspection Division. Nelson O. Williar, from Carpenter Leader

to (Quarters Maintenance Foreman, Maintenance Division. Henry T. Carpenter, from Maintenance

Foreman, Coco Solo Hospital, to Lead Fore- man, Hospital Maintenance, Maintenance

Division. Leon E. Dedeaux, from Carpenter Fore- man to Lead Foreman, Hospital Maintenance, Maintenance Division. Howard S. Engelke, from General Fore- man, Telephones, Southern District, to

Chief, Communications Branch. James J. O'Donnell, from Powerhouse

Operator to Senior Powerhouse Operator,

Electrical Division. Allen K. Miller, Electrical Iingineer, from

Electrical Division to Engineering Division. George C. Dunlap, from Chief, Power

Branch, Electrical Division, to Supervisory- Construction Management Engineer, Power

Conversion Project.

Anthony P. Mann from Civil Engineer to Supervisory Civil Engineer, Engineering

Division. HEALTH BUREAU

Mrs. Mildred D. Frensley, from Clerk to Accounting Clerk, Coco Solo Hospital. Fred L. Workman, from Sanitation In- spector (Construction), Colon Health Office,

to Clerk, Coco Solo Hospital.

Winton A. Webb, Pharmacist, from Pacific Medical Clinics to Gorgas Hospital.

MARINE BUREAU

Duane L. Bennett, from Guard to Guard

Supervisor, Locks Security Branch. Santo V. Casella, from Truck Driver. Motor Transportation Division, to lowing

Locomotive Operator, Atlantic Locks. George A. bausel, from Control House

Operator to Lockmaster, Pacific Locks. Albert A. Shore, Lock Operator Machinist, from Pacific to Atlantic Locks.

E. Stewart Morntiinweg, Guard Supervisor, from Pacinc to Atlantic Locks. Joseph L. Mickey, irom engineering

Draftsman to General Engineer, Industrial Division. George T. Fitzgerald, Chief Tow boat Engineer, irom r-erry Service to Navigation

Division. Hoy G. Lattin, Chief Towboat Engineer, from Navigation Division to terry Service. Roger A. Orvis, trom Intel, Accounting

Section, Plant Brancn, to Chiet, Accounting

Section, Industrial Division. Klwood iL. Compton, Curtis L. Mullins,

Towing Locomotive Operator, from Pacihc

to Atlantic Locks. John h,. Jtrikson, from Stevedore Fore- man, 1'erminals Division, to Dock Foreman,

Navigation Division. Mrs. Clara M. Chambers, from Clerk- Stenograpner to shorthand Reporter, Navigation Division. Woodrow ti. McCay, from Steam Engineer, Floating Crane, Dredging Division, to Chief Towboat Engineer, r-erry Service. SUPPLY BUREAU

James A. Barrett, from Supervisory Property and Supply Clerk, terminals Division,

to Accounting Clerk, Commissary Division. Mrs. Juamta K. Day, from Supervising Procurement Clerk to Accounting Clerk, Commissary Division. Mrs. Marium M. White, from Clerktypist to Supervising Procurement Clerk, Commissary Division. Mrs. Lucille M. Flenniken, from Clerk to Accounting Clerk, Commissary Division. Mrs. Mary G. Livingston, Irom Accounting Clerk to Clerk, Commissary Division. Mrs. Margaret M. Nash, from Clerk- Typist to Accounting Clerk, Commissary

Division. Mrs. S. Aileen Salter, from Commissary

Assistant to Accounting Clerk, Commissary

Division. Mrs. Gladys A. Conley, from Accounting

Clerk to Supply Assistant ( Dry-goods) , C ommissary Division. Nathan W. Ashton, from Storekeeper to Supervisory Supply Assistant, Commissary

Division. Mrs. Alicia M. Crasto, from Property and

Supply Clerk to Transportation Rate Auditing Clerk, Division ol Storehouses. Mrs. Mercedes A. Borrell, from Clerk- Typist to Tabulating Machine Operator,

Division of Storehouses. Edith Moreno, from Accounting Clerk to Clerk-Typist, Division of Storehouses. Mrs. Mildred L. Randall, from Clerk- Typist to Accounting Clerk, Division ol Storehouses. Warren R. McNamee, from Wireman,

Electrical Division, to Plant Electrician, Commissary Division. Harry C. Seaman, from Commissary Supervisor to Supervisory Milk Products Assist- ant, Commissary Division. Earl A. Dyer, from Foreman to Group

Chief, Printing Plant. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

John W. Manush, Jr., from Supply Clerk

(General), Housing Division, to Supervisory

Property and Supply Clerk, Terminals Division. Roscoe S. Burgess, from Wood and Steel Carman to Car Inspector, Railroad Division. Roger T. Williams, from Steam Engineer,

to Cribtender Foreman and Steam Engineer, Marine Bunkering Section. Royal J. Redmond, from Cribtender Foreman and Steam Enginer to Ste.iin Engineer, Marine Bunkering Section.

JUNE SAILINGS

From Cristobal

Cristobal June 4 Panama June 11 Anion June 18

( 'ristobal. June 25 From New York

I'a no ma June 2 A neon June 9

Cristobal June 16 Panama ..... June 23 Anion June 30 (Southbound the Haiti stop is from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. on Monday; northbound,

the ships are also in Port-au-Prince Mondays, from about 1 to 6 p. m.)

MAY RETIREMENTS

Retirement certificates were presented at the end of May to the following employees,

listed alphabetically, together with the

birthplaces, titles, length of service, and

future addresses: David E. Dickson, Ontario; Lockmaster.

Mirarlores Locks; 28 years, 1 month, 12 days; Hollis, Me.

Beatrice S. Gardner, New York; Art

Teacher, Balboa High School; 24 years, 9 months; Woodstock, X. Y. Frank H. Irwin, Minnesota; Designing

Engineer, Engineering Division; 31 years,

7 months, 5 days; San Francisco, Calif. Bess M. Liter, West Yirginia; Teacher,

Cristobal High School, 21 years, 8 months,

6 davs; Point Pleasant, W. Va. Robert P. O'Connor, Nebraska; Dock

Foreman, Navigation Division; 34 years,

8 months, 20 days; Florida. Robert F. Pearl, Maryland; Control House

Operator; Mirarlores Locks; 29 years and

14 days; St. Petersburg, Fla. William W. Wiseman, Newfoundland;

Chief Towboat Engineer, Navigation Division; 15 years and 8 days; Fairlawn, N. Y. John E. Youart, Missouri; Lieutenant,

Gamboa Fire Station; 29 years, 11 months,

2 days; Southern California.

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MAJOR GEORGE HKU.MAN

When George Herman was in the Army,

in Texas, way back when, lie had a friend who talked of applying for a job with the Canal Zone Police. The friend didn't, but George Herman did. Today he heads the

Police Division which he joined in 1915. He is ranked as a Major, top man in his outfit and, with 43 years of government

service, top man on the May list of anniversaries. He started in Balboa, served at Pedro Miguel, Gatun, and Cristobal police

stations, has been promoted through the ranks to his present rating. He has been a permanent Pacific sider since 1943 when he was appointed Assistant Chief of Police, and

has headed the Police Division since Julv 1, 1950.
June 3, 1955 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 15

J5 YEARS

A mid-westerner, a Texan, and a man

from Massachusetts share honors for the 35th anniversaries in this month's list. All of the service of Harvey W. Green, now a sanitation inspector for construction work, has been with the Health Bureau or

its predecessor organizations. Born in St. Louis, he came here to work as a nurse at Corozal Hospital, transferring later to the

post of dispensary assistant in the pharmacies. His Canal service is unbroken.

Jasper L. Long, whose Canal service is also continuous, was born in Beeville, Tex.,

in the heart of the cotton country. He has worked for the Postal Division or its equivalent since he came to the Canal Zone, and

is now a clerk-in-charge at the Cristobal post office. Robert E. Seavey, who was born in Worcester, Mass., held his first Canal Zone job

when he was still a schoolboy. He served an apprenticeship as a gas and electric wel- der with the Mechanical Division, and is now leading operator at the Balboa Gas

Plant for the Industrial Division.

30 YEARS

Theodore J. Wilber—everyone calls him

Ted, and woebetide the person who spells Wilber with a "u"—has unbroken service with the Canal organization. Four of his M years of government service were spent

in the military service. He has been with

the Electrical Division, of which he is now

Supervisory Administrative Assistant, since November 1929. He's a Detroiter by birth.

25 YEARS

Both of May's quarter-century employees

are with the Industrial Division at Mount

Hope. Andrew Bleakley, a native of Brattleboro, Vt., served his apprentices!' ip here and is now a Shipfitter Leader. William H.

Gaines, once of Frankfort, Ky., has worked

for the Municipal and the Locks Divisions; he has been a Pipefitter with the Industrial Division since 1943.

20 YEARS

Five of those who completed 20 years

service in May have unbroken Canal service. They are: Peter T. Corrigan, Quarters

Maintenance Foreman with the Mainte- nance Division; Joseph L. Hickey, General Engineer with the Industrial Division; James H. Pennington, a policeman on duty

with the Balboa District ; Robert G. Peter- son—he's a native Isthmian —Supervisory Administrative Assistant for the Navigation

Division; and Frank Sulc, Wireman Lead- ingman in the Electrical Division. May's other 20-year employees are: Ray

Caldwell, General Foreman with the Maintenance Division; Walter R. Malone, Float- ing Crane Operator, Dredging Division; Harry E. Musselman, Tabulation Planner

for the Payroll Branch; and William E. Weigle, Jr., a Marine Traffic Controller at the Cristobal Port Captain's Office.

15 YEARS

Ten of the 15-ycar Company-Government

employees have unbroken service with the Canal organization. They are: Robert R. Arnold, Wireman, Electrical Division; Charles A. Behringer, Supervising Construction Engineer, Contract and In- spection Division; Patrick H. Boggs, Fire- man at the Gatun Fire Station; Edna R.

Furr, Cash Accounting Clerk, Commissary

Division; Joseph E. Irving, Lock Operator, Locks Division; Maurice E. Muller, Police- man with the Balboa District; Jackson J. Pearce, Manager, Gamboa Housing Office; Charles V. Scheidegg, Electrical Coordinator, Locks Division; Fred L. Workman,

Clerk, Coco Solo Hospital; and Cornelia M.

Wright, Accounting Clerk, Agents Accounts

Branch. Other employees who completed 15 years

of Government service in May are: Osmond

V.Austin, Fireman with the Balboa District; Roy M. Bettis, Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Division ; Robert E. Dunn, Air Compressor Operator. Dredging Division; Mary

H. Foster, Property and Supply Clerk, Division of Storehouses; Milton Horter, Jr., Operator Foreman Electrician, Power Branch;

Beatrice E. Lee, Passenger Traffic Clerk, Transportation Section; Dale R. Meriweather, Customs Inspector, Balboa; Carl M.

Pajak, Accountant, Cost Accounts Branch; John W. Purvis, Ceneral Foreman, Grounds

Maintenance Division; Richard J. Salvato, Customs Inspector, Cristobal; Allen G.

Tuttle, Motor Boat Maintenance Mechanic,

Navigation Division; and Jordan E. Walbridge, Fireman, Gamboa Fire Station.

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10590

Editor's Note: The following Execm ive Regulation, recently revised, is published

for the information of all Company-Govern- ment employees. In future issues of Thk

Review, other Executive Regulations di- rectly pertaining to personnel of the organization which have been revised in the

course of the past few years will be published until the series becomes current. Following this, the Executive Regulations

will be published as issued when they pertain to personnel or are of general interest. CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT

PANAMA CANAL COMPANY

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR-PRESIDENT

Balboa Heights, C. Z. April 29. 1955

Executive Regulation No. 3- Revision 2 REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT POLICY

UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 10590

Pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order

10590 of January 18, 1955, directing adherence by

the executive branch of the Government to a policy

of equal employment opportunity free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin, and consistent with regulations and procedures of the

President's Committee on Government Employment

Policy, the following regulations are prescribed for the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone

Government:

1. Application and coverage. These regulations

shall apply to all bureaus, offices, and activities of the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government whereever located. The procedures and

remedies herein provided shall be available to employees and applicants for employment who are citizens

of, or who owe allegiance to, the I'nited States.

2. Employment Policy Officer. The Administra

tive Assistant to the Governor- President is appointed Employment Policy Officer for the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government under

these regulations, and such authority as is necessary

to carry out that function is hereby delegated to him. The Emoloyment Policy Officer shall report directly to the Governor- President. He may delegate to a

representative any duties involving investigation or negotiation provided for by these regulations but

shall retain responsibility for making findings of fact and final recommendations as provided herein.

3. Deputy Employment Policy Officer. The Secretary, Panama Canal Company, and Assistant to Governor is appointed Deputy Employment Policy

Officer for the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government in the United States. He

shall perform such functions as are herein delegated

to him or shall designate a representative to perform them on his behalf.

4. Instructions for handling complaints, (a) Ini- tiation of Complaint under Executive Order 10590. An

employee, an applicant, a duly authorized representative, or the designated spokesman of a duly consti- tuted group or organization, may file a complaint under the provisions of Executive Order 10590. The

complaint must be filed within 45 days of the specific personnel action complained of, except that a complaint involving a discharge action must be made

within 10 days of the effective date of such action, unless the complainant is prevented from filing within

these time limits by circumstances beyond his control. A complaint willjiot be subject to these specific time

limits if it is concerned with a continuing discrimina- tory practice.

(b) An employee may file a complaint with the

first-line supervisor. Complaints initiated with the supervisor may be oral or in writing. Employees are encouraged to seek informal adjustment of their grievances with their immediate supervisors before

filing a complaint.

(c) An employee, an applicant, a duly authorized

representative, or the designated spokesman of a

duly constituted group or organization, may file a complaint with the Deputy Employment Policy Offi- cer, the Employment Policy Officer or with the President's Committee on Government Employment Policy. Such complaints must be in writing. (A complaint filed with the Committee will be referred by

the Committee to the Employment Policy Officer for consideration).

(d) An initial urilten complaint must:

(1) Specify whether the alleged discrimination

is based on race, color, religion, or national origin.

(2) Disclose the specific action or personnel matter about which complaint is made.

(3) Identify the position involved, its grade, and the unit or office in which located.

(4) Identify the official responsible for the

art inn. if known.

(5) Give the date of the action.

(6) Contain all factual information which the complainant may have to supoprt the allegation

of discrimination. In addition to the foregoing, a complaint involv- ing a disciplinary action must set forth sufficient facts or circumstances to form a substantial basis

to support the specific allegations of discrimination

as opposed to the complainant's denial of a "letter ol charges" on which the disciplinary action was based.

(e) Su pervisor' s action on complaint. If a written complaint is made to a supervisor, immediate steps

shall be taken to effect such adjustment as is warranted by the facts. If the complaint is adjusted to the satisfaction of the complainant, a written report

of such adjustment shall be made to the Employment

Policy Officer. If the complaint cannot be adjusted

satisfactorily and promptly, a report shall be made to the Deputy* Employment Policy Officer or the Employment Policy Officer which shall set forth the

basis i"i the complaint and the reasons for the supervisor's inability to effect a satisfactory adjustment.

(f) Deputy Employment Policy Officer saction on ,i complaint, il) Investigation and adjustment by infor- mal negotiation. On receipt of an original complaint

referred to him by a supervisor, the Deputy Employment Policy Officer shall promptly make or cause to be made such investigation as is necessary to ascer- tain the facts at issue on the complaint. He should endeavor through informal negotiation to effect a

satisfactory settlement of the complaint, and, if necessary, shall take or cause to be taken corrective

action. The Employment Policy Officer and all other

interested parties shall be advised of the settlement

of the complaint and any corrective action which may be taken.

(2) Failure of adjustment by informal negotiation. In the event the Deputy Employment Policy Officer

is not able to effect a satisfactory settlement of the complaint by informal negotiation, he shall forward

to the Employment Policy Officer the complete file on the complaint.

(g) Action by the Employment Policy Officer on a complaint. (1) On receipt of an original complaint or

a complaint referred to him by the Deputy Employment Policy Officer or by the President's Committee

on Government Employment Policy, the Employ- ment Policy Officer shall make or cause to be made

such investigation as is necessary to resolve all issues raised by the individual complaint. If the complaint

involves a failure of appointment or promotion the

investigation shall include, in all cases, an appraisal

of employment practices in the organizational seg- ment or unit in which the alleged discrimination oc- curred provided such appraisal has not been made

within the preceding year.

(2) Except in cases involving disciplinary actions, the burden of developing sufficient facts to resolve the issues in a case rests on the Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone Government and not on the complainant.

(3) A summary of the pertinent facts disclosed by

the investigation and the appraisal shall be furnished

the complainant. On request of the complainant the

full report of investigation and appraisal shall be made available for review.

(4) After completion of the investigation and the

appraisal an attempt shall be made by the Employment Policy Officer, his deputy, or someone desig- nated by them to settle the complaint by informal

negotiation with the compainant and appropriate administrative officials. The summary report of investigation and appraisal will form the basis for the informal negotiations.

(5) If, after the above action is taken, it is not

possible to adjust the complaint to the satisfaction

of the complainant the Employment Policy Officer

shall advise him of his right to a hearing.

(6) On request from the complainant, the Employment Policy Officer shall schedule a hearing which

shall be held in a place reasonably convenient to the complainant. The complainant must attend the hear- ing but he may be assisted by a representative of his own choosing. The hearing shall be conducted either by the Employment Policy Officer, by his deputy, or by a hearing board which the Employment Policy

Officer shall designate from the officers or employees

of the organization. At this hearing the complainant

shall be permitted to present the witness or otherwise any facts pertinent to the issues. Where practicable a transcript of testimony shall be made. If a verba- tim transcript is not practicable a full summary of the testimony shall be made by the hearing officer. The summary may be agreed to and signed by the complainant and the hearing officer, or if the complainant does not agree with the summary, he may

note and sign his exceptions which will become a part

of the summary. A transcript or summary shall be

available for inspection by the complainant or his authorized representative and by interested agency

officials. (7) Following the investigation and hearing, if held, findings of fact and a recommendation of pro- posed resolution of the case shall be made by the Employment Policy Officer and presented to the complainant, at which time he shall be advised in writing that he may have his case referred to the

President's Committee on Government Employment

Policy. If the complainant does not request referral

of the case to the Committee, the recommendation

of the Employment Policy Officer shall be submitted

to the Governor-President, final decision thereon shall be made, and the complainant shall be advised of the decision, in writing.

(h) Referral to the President's Committee on Govern- ment Employment Policy for Advisory Opinions. (1) Upon receipt of a request from the complainant for

referral of his case to the Committee, the Employ- ment Policy Officer shall transmit the complete file on the case to the Committee within five days.

(2) In those cases which are referred to the Committee for review, final decision thereon shall be made

by the Governor-President, or someone designated by him, after receipt of an advisory opinion from

the committee.

5. Delay in handling complaints, (a) All complaints

filed under the provisions of Executive Order 10590

shall be handled expeditiously, fairly, and completely.

In any case in which final settlement of a complaint

is not made within 90 days from date of filing, the Employment Policy Officer shall forward to the Committee a report setting forth a brief summary of the

case and the reasons for the delay. (In the event the Company-Government unreasonably delays the final settlement of a complaint, the Committee may take

jurisdiction of the complaint and render an advisory

opinion thereon to the Governor-President).

(b) Any unjustified delay or dilatory tactics by

the complainant shall form the basis for dismissal

of the complaint.

6. Report of disposition of complaints. The Employment Policy Officer shall submit to the Committee

a summary report concerning the final disposition of each written complaint filed under Executive Order

10590. Each report shall cover the following items:

(a) Name and address of the agency and the complainant

;

(b) Date of complaint and with whom filed;

(c) Brief summary of complaint indicating the

specific personnel action and specific race, color, religion or country of origin;

(d) Summary of the results of appraisal of employment practices and the significant facts disclosed by investigation and hearing;

(e) Statement of disposition of complaint. If withdrawn, furnish reason for withdrawal;

(f) Date of disposition of complaint;

(g) Signature and title of reporting official.

J. S. Seybold

Governor of the Canal Zone

President, Panama Canal Company
16 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW June 3, 1955

HIPPING

SS "Cristobal" Blows Salute

To Those Who Died At Sea

TIIK \MPHIBIOUS JEEP Tortuga, which attracted more attention in the Canal Zone than had any

visiting vehicle in year?, was almost dwarfed by the tanker Cristobal when the Tortuga was locked through

Pedro Miguel Locks last month. The Tortuga is owned by Frank and Helen Schreider of Alaska, and is enroute to the southern tip

. f South America, via highway and sea. A few days after their commercial transit of the lock chamber,

the Schreiders left for Colombia via the Caribbean Coast and the Ran Bias Islands. The amphibious jeep had all the accoutrements of a full-fledged commercial trip, up to and including a pilot, Capt. Robert Rennie. For lack of a bridge, Captain Rennie sat on top of the jeep.

Transits By Ocean-Going Vessels In April

1955 1954 Commercial . 685 654

U. S. Government. .. 14 38 Totals 699 692

*Tolls Commercial .$2,946,726 $2,842,159 U.S. Government.. 49,191 177,640 TotaL $2,995,917 $3,019,799

"Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small.

The number of transits by ocean-going

ships, commercial and U. S. Government,

for the first ten months of this fiscal year was 6,887, as compared with 7,165 for the

first ten months of the fiscal year 1954. Commercial ships this year exceeded the number of the past fiscal year by 211, but

Government shipping accounted for the

decline. Tolls on commercial and governRussian ship to transit the Canal since

1,1 was the freighter Taganrog, above. 060 sacks of sugar from Cuba, she was

enroute to Xagorka, Russia.

ment shipping was $2,250,000 under the

figures for last year up to the end of April.

A vessel of unusual interest to transit the Canal at the end of May was the MS

Princess of Vancouver, a combination

automobile, passenger, and railway ferry- boat. It was on its way to Vancouver,

Canada, for service between that port

and Victoria. The big ferryboat was recently completed in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. It carries a crew

of 45 and has accommodations for 800 day passengers. On its trip to Canada,

the Princess oj Vancouver carried a cargo

of 144 tons of English automobiles: The

big vessel is 4 1 6 feet long and 63 feet wide. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company

acted as local agents.

The Isthmian public will have an op- portunity to see one of the world's newest and biggest passenger ships early next month when the SS Orsova arrives on its maiden voyage around the world. The

ship is owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., and left London

on its voyage via Australia in April.

The Orsova is' 723 feet long overall, with

a beam of 90.5 feet, and has accommodations for several hundred passengers. It was built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow, England, The big passenger liner

is scheduled to arrive here early in the morning of July 1 and berth in Balboa

for a few hours. Norton, Lilly & Company are agents.

The SS Marore, big Bethlehem Steel Corporation oreship, which has been in

service to Cruz Grande, Chile, for many

years transited the Canal northbound

early last month on its first voyage from

the new ore fields in Peru. The ship was

loaded with 24,000 tons of iron ore from San Juan, Peru, and was enroute to Baltimore.

"We have a private Memorial Day of our own on every trip north," Capt. Francis Gorman of the Panama Liner Cristobal told The Panama Canal Review last month.

The "Memorial Day" ceremony takes

place on each northbound trip when the

Cristobal is just off San Salvador, tradi- tional graveyard of seafarers. Unless the

ship is running late and is passing San

Salvador during the middle of the night, she blows three blasts of her whistle to salute the crewmen of the Panama Line

who have died at sea and particularly those who have been buried at sea. Captain Gorman started his "private

Memorial Day" ceremony some months

ago. He got the idea, he says, after he had sprinkled the ashes of David Hook

on the sea as the ship passed the historic

little island, where Columbus landed in 1492. Mr. Hook, who had been a Panama

Line room steward for many years, had

died in New York State but had asked

that his ashes be spread at sea, as he

sprinkled the ashes of his wife some years

before. A number of other Panama Line per- sonnel have been buried at sea. Among

them are James McKenzie, onetime chief steward of the old Ancon; John Lambert,

a second mate from the SS Panama; Warren Christen, who served as chief purser

of the Panama; and Lillian Barry who had

been stewardess on several of the ships.

PORT CAPTAIN LEAVING

CAPT. H. A. LINCOLN, Balboa Port Captain since June 1952, will leave the Isthmus next month on completion of his tour of duty here. He has been

assigned to the command of the Navy Transport

General Breckenriage, which operates in the Pacific. Prior to his assignment to the Canal Zone he had

been with the Military Sea Transportation Service, with headquarters in San Francisco. Captain Lincoln, who of course is familiarly known

as "Abe," will be succeeded as Balboa Port Captain

by Capt. Anthony C. Roessler who is arriving here

in July. Captain Roessler, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with the Class of 1931, has been in command of the Fleet Oil Tanker USS Ashtabula.