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Robert J. Fleminq, Jr., Governor-President

David S. Parker, Lieutenant Governor

Fr.^vk a. Baldwin Panama Canal Information Officer

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Official Panama Canal Publication

PublisheiTinontlily at Balboa Heights, C.Z.

Printed at the Printing Plant, Mount Hope, C.Z. Distributed free of charfie to all Panama Canal Employees.

Joseph CJonnor, Press Officer

Publications Editors Robert D. Kerr and Julio E. Briceno

Editorial Assistants EUNICE Richard, Tobi Bittel, »nd Tomas A. Ccpas

Big smile surmounts handicap: Gregorio Toribio, at 9 years of age

the "little Mayor of Santa Cruz," and his parents are shown on their return to the Isthmus after Gregorio was fitted for new artificial arms at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation at West Orange,

N.J. He was bom minus these limbs. With an assist from the Canal Zone Committee for Aid to the Physically Handicapped,

a United Fund agency, Gregorio has won everyone's heart by his courage and will to learn.

Let^s Help ^^George

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MANY OF US, even those of us who are laziest, often

feel a desire to help someone. Even more, including many of those not lazy, would

prefer to "let George do it."

If you aren't willing or able to give the time or efiFort to do what vou know should be done, you can at least help the United Fund be "George."

That way you both help and help salve your conscience.

Only you know how much salving your conscience needs.

There's no question of how much needs to be done.

So, if you shortchange "George"—the United Fund—

you're running out on yourself, as well as on those

who need your help.

Index

World's Biggest Lock 3

Teen Territory 4

Isthmus Industry 6

Got an Idea? 8

Saving from the Top 10

Canal History 12

Anniversaries 13

Promotions and Transfers 14

School Calendar 15

Shipping 16

ON OUR COVER: James Brooks of the Terminals Division watched checkers working in the Cristobal Freight

House and on the docks and suggested hiring of checkers

to be trained for specific work in the Freight House, thus

permitting higher paid checkers to be used exclusively on the docks. The suggestion resulted in an estimated

first year savings of $23,000. The Panama Canal is interested in suggestions from employees and supervisors jointly. Liberal cash awards await helpful, practical

suggestions under the Incentive Awards Program.

Mr. Brooks received $765 for his suggestion. For more

on this subject, see pages 8 and 9.

October 1963

Reluctant stags, or a reluctant work detail? Whichever it may be, the beckoning finger means come

forth, choose a partner for a Teen Club record hop or—perhaps—grab a paint brush and get on

with whatever job is to be done.

The Teen Club in Balboa.

Teen Territory

. . and the Coco Solo Town Hall and Teen Club.

October 1963
ADULTS ARE WELCOME to drop in for a visit any time the Balboa and

the Coco Solo Teen Clubs are open. But the membership is made up of youngsters, 13 to 19 years of age. Adult councils provide supervision of Teen Club activities. The teenagers,

however, are encouraged to suggest

programs and to conduct their own

meetings. In fact, the Balboa Teen Club

even has a WTA (We Tackle Anything)

Committee.

Prime objective behind the Teen

Clubs is to provide a gathering place for the teenagers in the community after school, after games, weekends and

holidays. Always with responsible adult

supervision.

The adult manager of the Balboa

Teen Club is Joseph Oppenheimer,

retired. Leslie M. Spencer is president

of the Board of Directors. Mrs. Spencer

is secretary. Gerald J. Welch is vice president and Theodore Melanson is treasurer. Something new at the Balboa Teen

Club this year is a Snack Bar. Its inauguration the first week of school featured luncheon music by organist

Frankie Azcarraga. The Snack Bar is open daily from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Teen Clubs on both sides of the Isthmus are self-supporting and efforts of members and interested supporters

are combined in promoting dances, card parties and cake sales, the money

to be used for stated Teen Club

objectives. At the Coco Solo Teen Club, Mrs. John H. Morin, Mrs. Herbert S. Bell, Mrs. William K. Morgan, and Mrs. Roger C. McGough worked with the club members this past summer in renovating the club. Tables made from

materials purchased from the club fund were finished by the members in mosaic tile designs and one even has

a permanent checkerboard, ready for instant use. Right now, on both sides of the Isth- mus, plans are being made for the

highlight of the October schedule—the Halloween Dance.

Everything gets stamped these days, even a prett> i;irl s wrist when she attends a dance

at the Teen Club. The stamp means the entrance fee has been paid and the ink yields easily to soap and water, once the dance is over.

HOI I FkEK

Above: They're ready, willing and able at almost any dances but minuets, and waltzes never seem to lose popuIarit>'.

A pickle diet? Pickles a^e standard equip- ment at the snack bar, as accessories, but

not often the main event, as in the

lighter moment at left.
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One of two air conditioned warehouses

used by Cafe Durin for storage of preselected high quality coffee beans in order

to maintain umformity of products quality the year around is shown at right. Special

de-humidifying equipment also is used in the warehouses.

Snaudtry.

THE COFFEE produced in Panama is internationally known for its high

quality, and bulk cofiFee offerings from

the Republic bring high prices in the United States and European markets. For more than half a century, Panamanians, North Americans, and others hving on the Isthmus have savored the

taste of the beverage acclaimed by

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Paul Dur4n

President of Caf^ Dur4n

Duran as its "delicious black nectar." Duran is the Republic's largest coffee roasting house.

In 1962 alone. Cafe Duran purchased

almost a million dollars worth of the

best grade coffee grown in the interior of Panama. And purchases of coffee beans are not the only contribution of the Duran firm to the national economy.

The company has 49 full-time employees and an annual payroll of more

than $110,000. An employees' cooperative also operates a bank as an incentive

for savings and to facilitate loans at low

interest rates. The Duran company was established April 26, 1907, by Esteban Duran

Amat, who came to Panama from Spain

in the early years of the Republic.

Today, the business is run by the

founder's sons and grandsons. Paul

Duran, a well-known businessman, is president of the firm. On the board of

directors are Juan Duran, Gerardo

Duran, Juan Ventura Duran, Lorenzo Romagosa Duran, Paul Duran, Jr., plant manager, and Ricardo Duran. The Duran name is well known in the Canal Zone aside from coffee. Paul

Duran, Sr., is. a graduate of Balboa

High School (Class of 1925). Lorenzo Romagosa Duran followed in his foot- steps in 1941, Paul Duran, Jr., in 1955,

and Ricardo Duran in 1958. Paul

Duran, Jr. later was graduated from

Annapolis, in 1960.

In its more than half a century of operations. Cafe Duran has expanded

substantially. It now operates branch

houses in David, Boquete, Aguadulce,

and Colon, and agencies in other important points of the Republic.

Offering consumers coffee of the highest quality has been Cafe Duran's

constant concern since its estabhshment.

To this end, today it keeps on hand

large stocks of coffee beans in order to maintain the uniformity of its product's

quality the year around.

To maintain this uniform high

quality, which has been the trade mark

of Duran's coffee for more than 50

years, Cafe Duran operates a roasting

plant on the Trans-Isthmian Highway

which boasts the best equipment of its kind in Central America, from machines

that select the most perfect beans to those which present the finished product. The steps enable Cafe Duran to provide packaging which not only

conserves the product, but seals it against alterations. The company this year marked its anniversary by inaugurating a bonus

plan among employees based on length

of service.

The Panama Canal Review
Herbert W. Rose

Railroad Division, Cristobal

Leila A. Leon

Canal Zone Guide Service

Dave E. White

Supply Division, Cristobal

Meriam G. Clunt

Accounting Division

These Employees Received Cash Awards

Four Industrial Division employees received a group award from Governor Fleming.

Pictured with the Governor, center, are, left to right, William Badders, John A. Mann,

Carl H. Starke, and Ralph A. Morales. Each received $50. Get togedier with your

co-workers or supervisors and make a joint suggestion.

IF YOU n€€D

fl speciflL inviTflTion . .

.

HERE IT IS! Submit your

helpful suggestions today. A

suggestion blank is included with

this copy of The Panama Canal

Review. The idea is what counts. Submit it in English or Spanish,

good grammar or bad. Style

doesn't matter—just the suggestion to save money or improve

operations for the Panama Canal.

Your supervisor will help you prepare your suggestion. Ask him.

Dora De Chen of Supply Division received $150 and a hand- some certificate for superior service as a cashier at Balboa

retail store. Are you rendering superior service? If so, you too may receive an honorary award.

Aubrey Reefer, Cristobal Motor Transportation Division employee, received! $200 as an outstanding garbage truck driver. Outstanding honorary awards]

are made once a year under the Incentive Awards Program. A Distinguished

Service Award of $300 and provision for a Lifesaving Award ako are

parts of the program.
Harold J. Million

Electrical Division

Manuelita O. O'SuUivan

Personnel Bureau

Lorenzo Holder

Coco Solo Hospital

Raymond R. Will

Fort Captain's OfiBce, Cristobal

• Helpful Suggestions. How About You?

Looking happy with money to pay out is Panama Canal Comptroller

Philip L. Steers, Jr., who also is chairman of the Incentiye Awards

Committee. He has funds to reward all worthwhile suggestions. Mr. Steers says he would like some really important cost reduction

suggestions for which he could pay employees several hundred

dollars apiece. Have you submitted your idea? Every suggestion

receives impartial consideration. WANTED

SUOGtESTltjNS

/*fOR

COST>RtDUp'TION

BIG REWARD

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''Sep"

Roy A. Watson,

Coco Solo Hospital,

looks happy as he

receives an employee

suggestion cash award from Governor Fleming.

Some employees

have received several awards and one man who has

collected 10 award checks stiU

is sending

in suggestions.

The Panama Canal Review
An orderly number system is used to take care of Cristobal Federal Credit Union customers. Herman Watson, treasurer

(seated), processes a loan card as Oscar A. A. Babb, member

of the credit committee and loan officer, looks on. Each

customer, on entering the office, takes a number and then is seated until his number is called.

Credit committee at work: At Camboa Federal Credit Union office William

Lawrence, vice president, T. B. Boatswain, chairman of the credit committee,

and Louis Small, treasurer, check the records prior to decision on a loan

request. Many credit union officials have been long-time Canal employees.

Boatswain, who retired 9 years ago, was with Aids to Navigation and had

35 years Government service.

proclamation

CREDIT UNION DAY - OCTOBER 17, 1963

Whereas the Credit Union Movement is now in the Second Century of Service; and

Whereas the Credit Union Members throughout the world will celebrate

International Credit Union Day on Thursday, October 17, 1963; and

Whereas Credit Unions provide an invaluable means whereby people may pool

their savings and assist themselves to fill their needs for credit at low cost; and

Whereas Credit Unions have proved an effective and versatile tool for combating

usury, unfair credit practices, and encouraging thrift; and

Whereas these Credit Unions not only promote the economic security of their members, but also strengthen democracy, encourage individual responsibihty and

practice of true brotherhood and thus benefit our entire community; and

Whereas the Latin American Communities of the Canal Zone now have five Credit Unions whose combined membership totals over 6,500 representing a

significant proportion of the employees of the Panama Canal Company-Canal Zone

Government:

Now, Therefore, 1, ROBERT J. FLEMING, Jr., Governor of the Canal Zone,

do hereby designate Thursday, October 17, 1963 as Credit Union Day to be observed

in the Canal Zone and urge our people to give fitting recognition at this time to the many benefits brought to them through Credit Unions.

And On This Occasion I extend to the leaders and members of the Credit Unions

of the Canal Zone my greetings, congratulations and sincere wishes for continued

success in serving their fellow men.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Canal Zone to be affixed at Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, this tenth day of September 1963.

By the Governor

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G. DUNSMOOB,

Acting Executive Secretary.

Saving From

The TOP

THE FR'E Federal Credit Unions in Latin American communities of the Canal Zone have advanced, in 15 years, from assets of zero to net assets of more

than $1/2 million. They also have proven to be a train- ing ground for leadership, managerial

talent being found, developed, and

since proven by the record of success. These Federal Credit Unions are the Balboa, Cristobal, Gatun, Paraiso, and

Gamboa units. They are officially sponsored by the

U.S. Government and are chartered,

examined, and supervised by the Atlanta office of the Bureau of Federal Credit Unions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Jimmie R. Elliott of the Atlanta

office is the Federal Credit Union

Examiner for the Canal Zone unions. At the start of 1963, these credit unions had more than 6,100 members,

a gain of nearly 600 in a single year, with shares valuation of more than $1.3

million, up more than $300,000 in the same period. Loans amounted to more

than $830,000, an increase of more

than a quarter of a million dollars over

a year earlier. This might be a disturbing factor if

it were not offset by the assets gain of nearly $340,000, to a peak above $15^ million. There were nearly 4,000

borrowers. Reserves, at more than

$72,000, were up $13,000 from the

reserve level of the previous year. At the outset, Avhen those in charge

"had to learn to be guided by their

10 October 1963
Policy and general supervision questions

are in the province of boards of directors of

credit unions, such as this meeting of the Balboa union's board. Pictured from left are Anthony Hinds, assistant treasurer; Egbert Best, Tilgath Braithwaite, both

supervisory committee members; Sylvester D. Callender, president; Holland Gayle,

treasurer; James Howell, vice president,

and George Louis, assistant treasurer. Callender, a 37-year veteran of Canal

is Community Relations Assistant in the

Office of the Executive Secretary.

heads instead of their hearts" in granting of loans, loan delinquency was

a threat to at least one charter. Forced

recognition of the responsibilities as

vi-ell as the rights and benefits involved

in credit union operation, however,

resulted in delinquency reduction which

salvaged the operation.

The concept of "saving from the top"

—saving off the top of earnings before

a penny is spent—has helped members

manage their personal affairs better and supplemented counseling by Per- sonnel Bureau officials for those with

debt problems.

Many have learned that there is no

stigma to borrowing; only to failure to pay. Better saving habits and better money management have been stressed

as elements of good citizenship.

The Federal Credit Unions of the Latin American communities of the Zone are planning special activities the week of October 13, with October 17 proclaimed by Gov. Robert

J. Fleming, Jr., as Credit Union Day.

A busy day at the Balboa Federal Credit Union ofiBce. Taking care of customers are, left to right, Anthony Hinds, an assistant treasurer and board

member; Eric Green, and Aminta Howell. Purchase of automobiles and

consolidation of debts are the two most common reasons credit union

members generally borrow money, with aid on home purchases, home

improvements and maintenance ranking next.

Clifford Barton, treasurer of the Catun Federal

Credit Union, receives a

deposit from Joseph U. Henlon, assistant treas- urer. Credit union ofiBce size and personnel are held to the minimum

necessary for service, to keep overhead costs as low as possible.

William Lawrence, vice president of the Gamboa Federal

Credit Union, left, assists a member applying for a loan. Louis Small, treasurer, is at his post ready for business. The

customer is Mrs. Inez Stennett. Lawrence has 25 years' service with the Canal organization, all with the Supply

Division.
CANAL HISTORY

50 IJearJ cA^o

PLANS were announced for filling the low, swampy area lying between the Curundu River on the north and that part of the Calidonia district of the city of Panama, known as San Miguel, on

the south. The area had been a mosquito breeding place and health menace. H\draulic fill was to come

from the terminal basin at Balboa. The last remaining barrier at the

Pacific end of the Canal was dynamited.

This dike had prevented water from the

sea level channel from entering the steamshovel cut extending to Miraflores Locks. About 37,000 pounds of dynamite were used, being placed in 541

holes at an average depth of 30 feet. Steamshovel operations in Culebra

Cut were permanently suspended and

virtually all track removed in the Empire district.

Construction of a wooden pontoon

bridge as a means of crossing the Canal

after dismantling of the bridge at Paraiso was planned. The bridge was

designed for a train load of 4,000

pounds per running foot.

25 y[eaM c4§o

GERALD MARTIN, 57, a 25-year res- ident of Panama and dean of local newsmen, died of a skull fracture suffered in a fall. He was correspondent

for the Chicago Tribune and Reuters of London. Mr. Martin was employed by

the Panama Canal in 1913 as a mess

steward and served at Gatun, Cristobal,

Pedro Miguel, and La Boca before

joining the staff of the Star ii- Herald.

Temperatures sank to 69 at Madden

Dam and 72 at Balboa Heights during an Isthmus-wide rainstorm. Barbara Stanwyck, movie actress, whose name had been linked romantically with that of Robert Taylor, also a movie star, transited the Canal aboard

the SS Virginia and visited shops in Panama City after the ship docked in Balboa. A first-hand description of conditions

in besieged Shanghai was given by the master of a liner which picked up the

first 40 American refugees, most of whom had escaped with their lives after Japanese air raids wrecked the Shanghai hotels where they had lived.

10 yieari c4^o

RECONSTRUCTION of Quarry Road

from the sentry booth at Quarry Heights

to the intersection with Heights Road

was started. The street is one of the

oldest in the Pacific side communities

and perhaps the oldest one used as a thoroughfare. It was used for many

years during the Canal construction

period as a railroad to transport rock

for locks construction. The road was

built on the old railway bed. Red Tank clubhouse was scheduled

to close October 1, with the town of Red Tank to be abandoned as a townsite as part of the long-range housing program. One of the most unusual transits

in Canal history occurred when the 11,000-ton tanker Pan-Massachusetts was towed stern first through the Canal

by three tugs. Damaged in a collision

in the Delaware River or bay, it was

being towed to Japan for rebuilding.

One y[ear c4^o

THE FAMOUS Summit Garden burros acquired names: Mancha and Gato, the names of two sturdy Patagonian ponies

ridden by an English author and teacher between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and

Washington, D.C., in the mid-twenties.

More than 500-name suggestions had

been received. Chances are good for sandfly control

in the Canal Zone, declared an entomological research expert of the Florida

State Board of Health after a survey

here. The NS Savannah, world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship, made

its first transit of the Canal.

RETIREMENTS

RETIREMENT certificates were pre- sented at the end of August to the employees listed below, with their positions at time of retirement and years of Canal service: Marvin J. Banton, Supervisory Civil Engineer, Engineering and Construction Bureau, Pacific Side; 32 years, 17 days. Arnold R. Bjorneby, Police Private, Police

Division, Pacific Side; 18 years, 15 days.

David Bonaparte, Carpenter (Maintenance), Industrial Division, Atlantic

Side; 42 years, 8 months, 28 days. Jose D. Caraballo, Stevedore, Terminals

Division, Atlantic Side; 19 years, 1 month, 25 days. Joshua A. Cunningham, Police Division,

Atlantic Side; 32 years, 2 days. Pedro A. Casparini, Deckhand, Navigation

Division, Atlantic Side; 16 years, 1 month, 25 days. Mrs. Barbara M. Hatchings, Steamship

Clerk, Transportation Division, Pacific Side; 25 years, 10 months, 16 days. James A. Irish, Helper (General), Mainte- nance Division, Atlantic Side; 30 years, 5 months, 24 days.

Guy R. Lord, Chief Engineer (Towboat),

Navigation Division, Pacific Side; 27

years, 10 months, 7 days. Miss H. Eloise Monroe, Teacher (Junior

High-U.S. Schools), Schools Division,

Pacific Side; 22 years, 9 months, 8 days. Arthur V. Muir, Deckhand, Navigation

Division, Atlantic Side; 25 years, 2

months, 1 day. Carl N. Nix, Senior Operator (Generating

Station, Electrical Division, Atlantic

Side; 23 years. Archibald B. O'Meally, Helper Locomotive

Engineer, Railroad Division, Atlantic

Side; 39 years, 3 months, 20 days. Jones E. Quinlan, Bookbinder, Printing

Plant, Atlantic Side; 44 years, 3 months,

5 days. Ismael Rodriguez, Leader Toolroom

Attendant, Industrial Division, Pacific Side; 33 years, 10 months, 22 days.

Naranjan Singh, Stevedore, Terminals Division, Atlantic Side; 30 years, 3 months,

12 days. Miss Gertrude A. Smith, Nurse Supervisor

(Tuberculosis), Gorgas Hospital; 33

years, 3 months, 18 days. Mrs. Dorothy W. Webb, Debt Counselor,

Operations Division, Personnel Bureau; 26 years, 12 days.

.ACCIDENTS.

FOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

AUGUST I ^^^^^

•63 '62 ALL UNITS 212 248

YEAR TO DATE 1941(36) 1990

CASES

•6313

130(9)

'62 14

86

D.\YS

ABSENT

'63 -62 210 281

17495 998 7948

( ) Locks Overhaul Injuries included in total.

12 October 1963
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Ernest L. Cotton

District Fire Commander

Dorothy B. Moody

Instructor

MARINE BUREAU

Robert C. Carter Lock Operator

Edward B. Frampton

Lock Operator

Russell C. Meissner

General Foreman

Carl H. Starke Boilermaker

Joseph W. Van Geel

Lock Operator (Electrician)

Rodolf Courtney

n»iii>i

Mille

HEALTH BUREAU

John P. Smith

Hospital Administrative

Director

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Harry C. Egolf General Housing Manager

Enid B. Tunon

Laborer (Cleaner)

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

William A. Watson

Linehandler

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Mary S. Wir

Clerk

Ifil R. Frances Laborer (Cleaner)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Wilton T. Strickland

Electrician

Jacinto Henry

Helper Machinist Norberto Jeffers Seaman

Vivian L. Osavio

Navigational Aid

Maintenanceman

Pablo Clet Petit Boatman

Miguel Rodriguez

Carpenter

HEALTH BUREAU

Lewis E. Fontaine

Chief, Dental Service,

Gorgas Hospital

Mavis A. Phillips

Medical Aid

MARINE BUREAU

Joseph A. Plaisance Lock Operator (Electrician)

Cecil T. Austin Helper Lock Operator

Rafael E. Bennett

Painter (Maintenance)

Allan W. Davis

Helper Lock Operator

Albert S. Heavens

Linehandler (Deckhand)

Armando Jarquin

Laiincli Dispatcher

Carlos A. Joya

Seaman (Launch)

Manuel Lilian Helper Lock Operator

alo Medii

tnian gh|L. PJrri|

anfilef (Deckhand)

o Basiirt han^er\Peckhand)

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Gladwin Edwards

Stevedore

Alberto Gondola

Guard

Nieves Hernandez

Helper Carman

(Wood and Steel)

Willis Lenore Lever

Helper Liquid Fuels W'harfman

Miguel E. Manuel

Guard

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Crecencia Arauz Pantr\man

Egbert Bent

Assistant Baker

Constance V. Dudley

Sales Clerk

Fascual Garces Laborer

Purcell R. Gilmore

Laborer

Eric S. Gobum

Laborer (Cleaner) Lincoln G. Gordon

Stockman

Antolino Hall Milker Pablo A. Lopez

Laborer (Cleaner) George Maxwell

Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

Geraldine U. Mayers

Sales Clerk Grace F. Miller

Utility Worker

Ethelbert Seales

Sales Clerk

Sergia Tuiion Counterwoman

Alice R. Turner

Sales Checker (Sales Store) Reginald L. Webb

Presser

The Panama Canal Review 13
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

EMPLOYEES promoted or transferred between August 5 and September 5

(within-grade promotions and job

reclassifications are' not listed)

:

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Division of Schools Susanna E. Hawk, Clerk Typist to Supervisory Clerk-T>'pist. Irene M. Michaelis, Clerk-Stenographer,

from Dredging Division. Dorothy Folse, School Crosswalk Guard,

Police Division, to Clerk-Typist. Carl F. Maedl, Counselor to Assistant Principal, Junior-Senior High School. Seymour I. Barkowitz, Counselor to Assist- ant Principal, Junior High School. Kenneth E. Lake, Instructor to Supervising

Director, Curriculum (Coordinator of Curriculum).

Xenia A. P^rez, Substitute Teacher, Latin American Schools, to Teacher (Senior

High Latin American Schools). ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

John W. Muller, General Engineer (Esti- mates) to Supervisory Civil Engineer

(Surveying).

Electrical Division Judith G. Holder, Personnel Clerk (General;

Typing), Employment and Placement

Branch, Personnel Bureau, to Accounting

Clerk. Josi G. Montano, Laborer (Cleaner), Community Services Division, to Helper

Machinist (Maintenance).

Dredging Division Robert James, Cook (Floating Plant) to Winchman.

Alphonso H. Thomas, Laborer (Heavy) to Truck Driver. Maintenance Division Preston J. Barker, General Foreman (Water

Supply System) to Chief Foreman Pipefitter. William I. Hollowell, Lead Foreman

(W'ater Supply System) to General Fore- man Pipefitter. Oather T. Brownlee, Lead Foreman (Public

Roads-Road Paving) to Lead Foreman

(Pubhc Works-Construction and Maintenance). Phra A. Ashby, Leader Plumber to Lead Foreman Plumber. Wilbur B. Fall, Leader Welder to Lead Foreman (Facilities and Equipment

Repair).

Owen W. Smith, Instrument Mechanic

(General) to Leader Instrument Mechanic (General). Rupert S. Beckford, Lead Foreman (Public

Works-Road Repair) to Lead Foreman

(Public Works-Construction and Maintenance). Frederick J. Bynoe, Laborer (Heavy) to Helper Machinist (Maintenance).

Roy A. Hendricks, Laborer (Cleaner), Community Services Division, to Helper

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Mechanic.

Bartolo Conziilez, Laborer to Laborer

(Heavy).

HEALTH BUREAU

Dr. Donald H. Robinson, Medical Officer (Public Health) (Chief, Industrial Health

Section), to Supervisory Medical Officer (Administrative-Preventive Medicine)

(Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine

and Quarantine).

Ilene F. Pilgrim, Clerk-Typist, Office of General Manager, Supply Division, to Clerk, Gorgas Hospital.

MARINE BUREAU

Navigation Division Frank P. Marczak, Richard W. Thompson,

Marine Traffic Controller to Supervisory

Marine Traffic Controller. Emiey M. Henter, Clerk-Stenographer to Clerical Assistant (Stenography).

Industrial Division Walter G. Brown, Leader Machinist to Leader Instrument Mechanic (Mechanical). Gust E. Rosene, Machinist (Marine) to Planner and Estimator. Edward L. Spinney, Philip M. Wilkins, Machinist to Instrument Mechanic (Mechanical). John R. Smith, Apprentice (Molder) (4th Year) to Molder.

Cyril Fairclough, Rope and Wire Cable

Worker to Leader Rope and Wire Cable Worker.

Victoriano Godoy, Alberto Simpson, Crane Hookman to Leader Crane Hoolanan.

Locks Division Thomas J. Ebdon, Jr., Chief Foreman

(Lock Operations) to General Engineer.

William T. Craig, Leader Lock Operator

(Electrician) to Control House Operator.

Russell C. Meissner, General Foreman

(Lock Operations-Electrical) to Chief Foreman (Lock Operations).

John M. Morrison, Leader Lock Operator

(Machinist) to Lead Forehian (Lock

Operations). James Belcher, Lock Operator (Electri- cian) to Leader Lock (Operator (Electri- cian) . William L. Torbert, Electrician to Lock

Operator (Electrician). OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Louise R. Hunt, Supervisory Clerk-Typist, Division of Schools, to Accounting

Technician, Accounting Division. Barbara B. Ramey, Clerk-Stenographer,

from Accounting Division to Internal Audit Branch. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Community Services Division Raymond M. Murphy, Agronomist to General Foreman (Grounds).

A. Rodriguez-Villafane, Clerk-Typist, from Water and Laboratories Branch, Maintenance Division. Supply Division Clement J. Genis, Supervising Safety In- spector to Safety Officer, Office of the

Director.

Wilfred R. Morris, Graduate Intern (Busi- ness Administration) to Merchandise

Management Officer (Cold Storage

Foods), Office of General Manager.

Margarita F. Preciado, Stenographic and

Typing Unit Supervisor to Secretary

(Stenography), Office of the Director. Ana S. Fulton, Clerk-Stenographer to Stenographic and Typing Unit Supervisor, Office of the General Manager.

Edith A. Richards, Counterwoman to Sales

Clerk, Maudline Jemmott, Utility Worker to Sales

Clerk. Donald C. Escalona, Grocery Attendant

to Sales Clerk. Daniel Del Rio, Pinsetter to Utility Worker.

TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

DIVISION

Alvin H. Barber, Service Station Attendant,

to Chauffeur, Motor Transportation

Division.

Railroad Division

Earl R. Wilson, Carman (Wood and Steel)

to Inspector (Carman, Wood and Steel). Vicente Nelson, Helper Locomotive Engineer to Brakeman.

Terminals Division Joseph C. Reardon, Supervisory Timekeeper to Supervisory Administrative

Assistant. Victor T. McGarry, Liquid Fuels Gager to Leader Liquid Fuels Wharfman.

Fordent Allen, Robert J. Arthur, Cornelius Brown, Percival Watson, Winchman to Leader Stevedore (Ship). Harold Hall, Utility Worker, Supply Division to Cargo Marker. OTHER PROMOTIONS which did not

involve changes of title: Joseph M. Hunt, Supervisory Marine Traffic Controller, Navigation Division. Earl C. Orr, Supervisory Merchandise

Management Officer ( General Foods),

Office of General Manager, Supply

Division. Adrien M. Bouche, Jr., Marine Traffic Controller, Navigation Division. Henry C. Simpson, Chief Engineer, Towboat, Navigation Division. Jacob C. Baker, Admeasurer, Navigation

Division. Hazel F. Nail, Time, Leave and Payroll Clerk, Payroll and Machine Accounting

Branch, Office of the Comptroller.

Mary D. Coffey, Secretary (Stenography),

Office of the Director, Transportation

and Terminals Bureau. Gladys I. Olivier, Clerk-Stenoerapher, Accounting Division, New Orleans Office. Dorris L. Chollar, Library Assistant, Division of Schools. Federico A. Valencia, Engineering Drafts- man (Civil), Maintenance Division. Gladstone S. Fowles, Clerk-Typist, Maintenance Division.

Jesiis N. Barahona, Paul D. Vergara, Bookkeeping Machine Operator, Payroll and

Machine Accounting Branch, Office of the Comptroller.

14 October 1963
Locks operation part of Canal documentary story.

"The Panama Canal" Film

Seen By 8

'A Million-Plus

MORE THAN 8'A million people have

seen the documentary film "The Pan- ama Canal" since July of 1962, not counting additional thousands who have

viewed it during showings on the Isthmus. The total includes audiences of more

than 8 million persons for TV showings

in the States, and approximately

250,000 have seen the film at group

showings. These have included Government, health and safety, industry and

commerce, social and fraternal, church

and religious, youth, science and engineering, and medical organizations.

Most audience ratings have called it "excellent" or "very good." Only a few

listed it as low as only good or fair. Recent audiences have been averaging more than 360,000 a month via TV

and approximately 13,000 a month for group showings.

With well-known Mexican film star Carlos Montalban in a leading role, the

film describes the construction, maintenance and operation of the Canal. The

first documentary film on the Isthmian

waterway ever produced under auspices

of the Canal organization, it was made

by Bay State Film Productions, Inc., of

Springfield, Mass.

Organizations in the United States which would like to obtain a copy of the film for showing may contact

an ofiice of Association Films, Inc. Addresses are: Broad at Elm, Ridgefield, N.J.; 561 Hillgrove Avenue,

La Grange, 111.; 1621 E>ragon Street, Dallas 7, Tex.; 25358 Cypress Avenue,

Hayward, Calif.; 324 Delaware Avenue,

Allegheny County, Oakmont, Pa. Users pay only return postage.

The film is available in English or

BINDERS AND BOUND

COPIES AVAILABLE

ORDERS are being accepted for binders and bound copies of volumes

12 and 13 of The Panama Canal

Review in English (August 1961

through July 1963). This ofiFer is open for only a limited time. Orders

should be received not later than

January 1. Low cost binders of board and

Linson cloth, in light blue only, are

available at $4.25 per set, and

heavier binders of board and fabri- koid, in black, green, and red, are $5 per set. Neither includes copies

of the Review.

De luxe binding for the bound

copies will be fabrikoid, with gold

stamping on the cover, similar to previous bound copies. Colors avail- able are black, green, and red. The

price will be $23.50 for each book

containing both volumes (24 issues)

,

including cost of the REvaEw copies.

Orders addressed to Superintendent, Printing Plant, Box 5084, Cristobal, C.Z., should be accompanied

by a postal money order or local check payable to the Treasurer,

Panama Canal Company.

Spanish and in black and white or

color. For showings on the Isthmus, it may

be obtained from the Panama Canal

Information OflBce, Box M, Balboa

Heights.

SCHOOL CALENDAR 1963-64

End of first grading period October 18

Panama Independence Day (Sunday, November 3) Holiday. November 4

Veterans Day Holiday November 11 Thanksgiving Holidays (4 days) November 28-December 1 End of second grading period December 6

Christmas Holidays (12 days) December 21-January 1 End of third grading period January 24

Washington's Birthday Holiday (Saturday, February 22) February 21

End of fourth grading period March 6

Easter Holidays (9 days) March 21-29

End of fifth grading period April 24

Memorial Day (Saturday, May 30) Holiday May 29

Commencement June 3

End of SLxth grading period June 4

Schools close June 4

The Panama Canal Review 15
S H U ? I N G

Report on Tankers

THE U.S. TANK SHIP FLEET, which was the leading flag of registry up to 1957, is still in fourth place, to which it dropped in 1961. Liberia continued to be leading flag of registry in 1962, while

the United Kingdom ranked second in deadweight tonnage and Norway held

third place, according to the Sun Oil

Co.'s 21st annual tanker study.

The U.S. tank ship fleet declined

40,000 deadweight tons in 1962. In

contrast, the tank ship fleet of Japan

increased by 855,000 deadweight tons, nearly one-third, during the year, to move Japan from eighth place in 1961

to fifth place in 1962. The U.S.S.R. had 52 tank ships under

construction or on order at the end of 1962, on the basis of deadweight tons representing 77 percent of the 1962

Soviet fleet. During the past 5 years Greek tankers have risen 72.8 percent, for the highest

gain in average size, while the U.S.

tankers have shown the smallest gain, 17.2 percent.

The average speed of the world

tanker fleet at the end of 1962 increased

from 15.2 to 15.3 knots. Liberian vessels continued to be the fastest, with the United States second and Sweden third.

TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN AUGUST

1963 1962 Commercial 946 950

U.S. Government 24 16 Free 10 6

Total 980 972

TOLLS

Commercial $4,844,916 $4,929,238

U.S. Government 114,820 79,713

Total $4,959,736 $5,008,951

CARGO"

Commercial 5,643,213 5,168,760

U.S. Government 80,335 91,809 Free 39,455 47,539

Total 5.763,003 5,308,108

•Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small. ••Cargo figures are in long tonsTrimming a Flare

THE GALILEO FERRARIS of the

Italian Line, one of the steady cargo

vessel customers of the Panama Canal,

is pictured below approaching Mandinga Flare, near the mouth of the Mandinga River at Gamboa.

In the background is the Dredge

Cascadas, engaged in the Cut widening

in the Gamboa area and working for the

first time in this particular area. The

Italian liner in area of part of cut widening work.

objective is to take ofiF the tip of Mandinga Flare, which has obstructed pilot's

view at one of the most difficult bends

in the Canal. The Galileo Ferraris, whose master is Capt. Giuseppe Accerboni, is an 8,100-

ton cargo vessel on the Italian Line's north Pacific freighter service from

Mediterranean ports. The Italian Line's passenger service covers the South

Pacific from Mediterranean ports to Chile. On this particular trip the Galileo

Ferraris, en route from Vancouver,

transited the Canal and stopped at Cristobal to take on a cargo of Central American cotton to be delivered to J

Italian ports. "

Tramp Tonnage Up

THE WORLD TRAMP FLEET at mid-year showed an increase of 4,400,000 tons over the mid-1962 level. The mid-year figure of 36,145,000

deadweight tons represented inclusion

earlier this year in the tramp vessel category of 3,100,000 tons of shipping

found to be engaged in irregular rather than scheduled service. According to a quarterly survey

of bulk dry cargo shipping activity

throughout the world, just released by

W. G. Weston Ltd., British shipping

analysts, the second quarter of this year was an exceptionally busy period for . tramp ship operators. An unseasonal I demand for most bulk commodities,

particularly coal and scrap, brought

about the hiring of close to 20 million J

tons of tramp ships during the year's |

second quarter. This was more than 4 million tons over that hired during

the comparable period in 1962.

Ferry Alaska-Bound

A FERRY HEADED FOR ALASKA

will be making her way through the Panama Canal one of these days. Not

a lost ferry, but a 240-foot passenger and vehicle ferry built for the State of Alaska in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and

headed for home via the St. Lawrence

Seaway, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Panama Canal, and the Pacific Ocean. The new ferry will cost approxi- i mately $3 million. A 1,500-ton vessel, ' she will have a capacity of 200 passengers, 40 passenger cars, and 9

40-foot highway trailers.

16 October 1963




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