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'ol. 12, No. 3

October 6, 1961 r

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Proud Day
W. A. Carter, Go\ernor- President

\\ . P. Leber, Lieutenant Governor Will Arev

Pananii Canal Inform ilion Offirer

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Official Panama Canal Company Publiution

Publiihed Monthly al Bjiboa Heights, C. Z.

I'rin'.ed al Ihc Printing Plant. Mmmt Hupe.Canal Zone

N. I). Christensen, Press Officer Joseph Connor, Publications Ediloi

Editorial Assistants: Eunice Richard and Tobi Bittel

William Burns, Official Photographer

On sile at all Panama Canal Service Centers, Retail Stores, and tlie Tivoli Guest Ilnus l.ir 10 diys after publication dale al 5 cents each. Subscriptions, $1 a year; mall and back copies, 10 cents each.

Postal money orders made payable to the Panama Canal Company should be mailed to Bo.x M. Balboa Heights, C. Z.

Fditorial Offices are located in the Administration Building. Balboa Heights. C. Z.

The United Fund

One Contribution

Many Agencies

EACH YEAR about this time, in both the Canal Zone and the

United States, massive efforts are mounted to raise money for

non-profit agencies engaged in various communit)' programs of

recreation, social welfare, charity, and other benevolences.

Millions of people give readily and willingly to tlie United

Fund each year because they believe in supporting the \\'ork of

the agencies involved and prefer not to solicit or be solicited throughout the year on behalf of first one agency and then another.

This year, more than 650 volunteer workers in the Company/

Government organization are doing the work connected witli conducting a coordinated drive on behalf of 20 different agencies.

Among these volunteers are Bureau and Division Chairmen,

responsible for seeing that employees of their respecti\e units

are contacted and given an opportunity to contribute. And at the

grassroots level of the drive are almost 600 Keymen, ^\•ho ha\'e

the tedious and often thankless task of making the actual contact with each employee.

These Keymen are neither beggars nor high-pressure salesmen.

They are simph' men and women doing a job which must be done

if the member agencies of the United Fund are to get the money

they need to conduct their acti\ities during tlie coming year.

It is not the responsibility of the Ke^inen to make sure that each contributor gives what might be considered his or her "fair

share." The size of each contributor's donation is something which

each individual must decide for himself. This should not be

difficult ff the programs of the 20 agencies are balanced against

the carefully considered goal of $145,000 being sought for them.

This month's self-explanatory cover picture is symbolic of the

many units in the Company-Government which will be able to post such l(K) percent participation notices before the end of the

drive. Will your unit be one of them?

In This Issue

THE STUDENT assistants who worked for the Canal organization this past summer have

returned to school or entered other jobs by now,

but exidence of their presence is contained at several points in tliis issue of The Panama

Canal Review.

On page 18 there is an article describing the

appreciation to fellow workers shown b\' some of

the student assistants, while the work of two

others appears at two other places. The work

shown \\as done by \'\^ayne ^^'all of Diablo and

Delano Stewart of Paraiso, both student assistants

in the photographic section during the summer

months. Mr. Wall took the pictures used with

the fire prevention article on pages 14 and 15,

while Mr. Stewart took those of Latin American

kindergartens which appear on pages 10 and 11. Our appreciation goes to both of them.

Help for a Growing Economy 3

Bridge Man for Canal 6

Open Season for Health Insurance 7

Msit to the Back Country 8

Kindergartens—Strictly for Children 10

Schoolbells to Ring for Gorgas Technician 11

DoxNTi Under 12

Are You a Firebug? 14

Stocking Bouquets 15

Alton White—Pinch-hitting Speaker 16

Worth Knowing 16

They Ate the Evidence 18

United Fund Agency Goals 19

Anni\ ersaries 20

Promotions and Transfers 21

Commandment for Safety 22

Canal History 23

Retirements 23

Shipping 24

2 October 6, 1961
Francisco Corro. who farms with his

father in the Chitre area, demonstrates recently installed irrigation

s> stem to Robert Kerns, Point Four

Agricultui'al Advisor in the area.

Zone $ $ Provide

Help for a Gro\ving Economy

CAXAL ZONE agencies, which each

year send milHons upon millions of

dollars coursing into the economic

bloodstieam of the Republic of Panama,

are pro\"iding a basic market which

farmers and other producers in the Republic are using to build new futures

for themsehes and, ver)' likely, their entire country.

The seldom-recognized fact is that the Zone market for goods and ser\ices

represents the basic demand necessary

for producers and suppliers in the Republic to enter hitherto untried lines of endea\or. Such efforts often are

aimed at supplying Zone residents and

agencies, but the\' frequenth' o\"ei'flow into the domestic market and become

an accepted and integral part of the Republic's economic life. This process by which the Pana- manian economy is stimulated by the presence of the Canal operation has

been going on for many years, of course, but one aspect of it has been brought

into sharp and understandable focus during the past 18 months through a program in\"ol\"ing the production and

marketing of fruits and yegetables.

This program, sponsored by SICAP,

Farmers in the

Chitre area prepare

to unload tomatoes

at the collection

station.

a joint agenc\' of the Panama Ministry

of Agricultrue and the United States Point Four Program, is aimed at developing a coordinated grading and

marketing s\stem for fresh fruits and

yegetables grown in the Republic. Zone

agencies, cooperating with SICAP, have

pro\ided a market large enough to nurture and support the program

through its preliminary stages.

Officials working with the 400 farmercooperators presently participating in the program say Zone purchases have

provided the volume essential to devel- opment of a workable system of production-grading-niarketing for high-quality

agricultural products. But they say the

real opportunit\- for the program is ths domestic market and exportation.

Even in its present preliminary stage

of development, the s\stem established under the program has been able to provide a regular, dependable supply of such items as tomatoes, bell peppers,

oranges, and, in season, watermelons

and cantaloupes. Purchasing representatives of Canal Zone agencies ha\e

utilized the s\stem since it first was

established and outlets in the Republic

are turning to it to supph' their needs. One of the most dramatic changes

resulting from the program has been in the production and sale of locally-grown

tomatoes. Between Ma\' and September

of 1960, thousands of pounds of tomatoes were imported to meet the demand

in both the Zone and die Republic, but

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because of the markets made axailable as a direct result of the grading and marketing s\stem, producers in the Republic

expanded their production enough to supply all tomatoes for the Zone and the Republic between May and September

of this year. With the Zone market for tomatoes and other fresh fruits and \'egetables

readily available, and assured that Government agencies in the Zone would

cooperate fully, SICAP officials and

technicians helped farmer-cooperators near Chitre and Boquete to establish central collection and packaging facilities, develop a field grading system,

obtain tomato plants suited to the parti- cular locales, and joined with technicians from Panama's Agricultural Extension

Department (DAP) to advise farmercooperators on new and improved

growing methods.

All this effort was capped by estab- lishment of a final grading and packaging plant in Panama City, with the

Institute for Economic Development

(IFE) supphing the building and Point Four providing the equipment. Tomatoes picked, field graded, and packaged

are tiaicked from the collection stations to the Panama City plant, where final grading and packaging is done. Thus, for the

first time, a central suppK point has been established from which buyers for both Zone agencies and retail outlets

in the Republic can obtain regular

deliveries of high-quality fruits and

vegetables.

Encouraged b\' the promise of a proMost of these

melons will be taken

to the final

grading plant and

wholesale outlet in Panama City.

fitable market, the farmer-cooperators

increased the amount of land planted to vegetables and started year-round production, particularly of tomatoes, instead

of limiting themselves to the dry season months, as they had in the past. From

the start of the program. Zone agencies

have purchased large quantities of the

available production. Retail outlets in Panama consistently have purchased

from the central plant in Panama Cit\-,

also. Marketing officials who have

guided the program during its early

stages say the preliminary success of the entire production-grading-marketing

complex would have been virtually

President Roberto F. Chiari visited the Panama City plant to watch it in operation.

impossible witliout the ax'ailabilitv of the Zone market, but maintain that its eventual aim is to supply the ever- growing requirements of residents of the Republic itself. In many countries which have not developed an efficient production-grading-marketing system, these officials say,

it is necessary to develop simultaneously

both a demand for (juality products and

the necessar)' facilities for growing and

selling them. Such a jarogram is extre- meh intricate, easiK disrupted by unexpected problems, and very slow to reach a level of even moderate success. The presence of the Zone market

provided the preliminary sales outlet, thus eliminating any need to develop

a basic demand and enabling officials to direct all their efforts toward production,

grading, and packaging.

SICAP officials, pleased with the pre- liminary successes of the program, hope

to expand it to include several other crops in the months immediately ahead.

They are planning programs for the production, grading, and marketing of

five major additional products: potatoes,

onions, celery, lettuce, and carrots. Backstopping their plans for these crops is the Zone market which exists for them,

providing a base for getting the pro- grams under \\'ay, just as it has for those already initiated. The domestic market

in Panama eventually is expected to be

far more important to all the programs

than the Zone, SICAP officials say, contrasting the Zone's population of 45,000

with the population of more than a

million in the Republic.

Officials planning the new programs

say there is an immediate market in the Zone and the Republic for approximately $1 million worth of high-quality

potatoes, onions, celery, lettuce, and

carrots. This estimate is based on the

October 6, 1961
volume in which these items are imported by Panama retailers and Zone

agencies. Once the programs are in full operation, that SI million a vear will flow into the hands of the farmercooperators of the Republic rather than

being spent in other counhies.

Dr. Manelco Soils, Director of SICAP.

says the Zone demand has been important to the programs, but voices the opinion of other officials in the agencv

that the domestic market and exportation offer the greatest possibilities for the future. In a recent statement. Dr. Solis said, "In the past year and a half, SIC.\P has

utilized the Canal Zone demand for fresh fruits and vegetables to get the grading and marketing programs started, but it is not the Canal Zone market

which offers the greatest potential for the sale of fresh fruits ancl \egetables.

I believe our city residents and the possibility of exportation offer the greatest

possibilities for the future, even though

the presence of Zone purchasers accus- tomed to demanding high qualit)' and

regular deliveries is very important and

constitutes a constant stimulus for the producer."

The beneficial effect of the Zone's purchases of fresh fruits and vegetables

from the production-grading-marketing

system during its preliminarv stages of de\elopment is onl\- one of manv eco- nomic developments which ha\e occur- red in Panama as a direct result of needs

created by the presence of the Canal

and those who operate, maintain, and

defend it. The greatest and most obvious eco- nomic benefit accruing to the Republic

from the presence of the Canal is, of

course, the emplo)nient which it and

other U.S. Government agencies in the Zone pro\ide for thousands of PanamaA trial shipment of fresh fruits and vegetables was flown to Miami during the dr> season.

nian citizens. Salaries paid to non-U.S.- citizen emplovees during the fiscal year which ended June 30 this year totaled approximately S31 million. \\ages paid to Panamanian citizens b\ contractors engaged on various Canal

Zone projects adds several million more

dollars to the payroll figures. And in addition to the direct employment h\

the various Government agencies and

contractors employed by them, there are

several thousand residents of Panama

employed by private individuals and

organizations in the Zone. These indi- \iduals and organizations are here onlv

because of the Canal's presence. Purchases of food products, beverages, construction materials, sen-ices,

and commercial and consumer goods

from suppliers in the Republic all ser\e

to improve economic conditions in

Zone Spending in Panama'

i960 1961

Fond products _ $2,328,000 82,619,000

Beverages 887,000 925,000

Construction materials 818,000 649,000 Auto parts, su:5plies 12.3,000 123.000 Gases-domestic, industrial 130,000 178,000 Other commercial, consumer items 2,150,000 3,006,000

Ser\iccs (dry cleaning, etc.) 530^000 VieiooO

Contracts to local firms 5,581,000 7,928,000

Wages to non-U.S. citizens by all U.S. agencies 27,950,000 31,000,000

Cash payments to former non-U.S. citizen employees 2,000,000 2 200 000

Annuity to Panama 1,930,000 1,930,000 Total spending by U.S. agencies .S44,427,000 2,$5i,272,000

' Private spending by Zone organizations and individuals is not included. This was

estimated at more than .$2U'2 million during fiscal vear 1960. A similar estimate for fiscal

^'^Sili fi """ place the total at approximately $73 million.

-.'VII figures are rounded to nearest thousand, Niinimum estimates are shown where exact

tiigures were not available.

Panama. Direct purchases of this type

during the past )ear by Government

agencies totaled more than $7 million. And these are only the direct expenditures by Government agencies. "Thev do not include the millions of dollars spent in Panama each year by Canal

Zone residents, by tiansients visiting the Republic as a result of the \\aterwav's presence, or by ships calling at the Canal, many of which bu\- stores and

other supplies from Panamanian firms engaged in that business, which is not

part of the Canal's operations. Many

millions of dollars would be added to the total economic benefits accruing to the Ri'public of Panama and its citizens

as a result of the waterway if these

things were evaluated and included. The multi-million dollar expenditures

of Government agencies in the Zone,

and the additional millions spent bv

Zone residents and those visiting the Isthmus because of the waterwav are

vast but may prove to be onl\- minor in comparison to the internal dexelopment

of the Republic which thev are helping

to make possible through programs such

as those sponsored bv SICAP. Such

programs are belie\'ed by many to offer the brightest economic hope for the

future of the Republic and its citizens. The presence of the Canal makes the development of such programs easier and more quickly successful than else- where. Nevertheless, those directing the programs through their infancy are con- vinced that the Zone demand can most

effectively be utilized as a base on which

to build a system that some day will result in greatly expanded consumption

of goods and services produced localh'.

The Panama Canal Review 5
Elmer B. Stevens

Bridge Man

for Canal

WATCHDOG for the Panama Canal

Company on the $20 milHon Thatcher

Ferr\ Bridge Project at Balboa is Elmer

B. Stevens^ a qniet, self-effacing civil engineer who joined the Panama Canal

organization in 1936 and who probably

has had more bridge experience than

any other man in the Engineering and

Construction Bureau. From the time he was graduated from

the University of Vermont with a civil engineering degree until he joined the bridge project, Mr. Stc\ens has spent a good part of his working time designing and building bridges. Because of his early association with the Canal Office Engineers, there ha\'e been times, however, when he says people ha\e regarded

him as a "housing engineer" and,

therefore, "a suspicious character." Elmer, or "Ste\'e," as he is knowii to

his many friends and co-workers, was

ajipointed in 19.59 to the position of resident engineer for the bridge project

and in this capacity is responsible for carrying out the designer's concept of the project to its physical completion.

He reports to Col. Matthew C. Harrison,

the Canal's Engineering and Construction Director and Contracting Officer. Riding herd on the activities of the

various contracting fiims which have

been emplo\ed on the construction of the bridge and its approaches as well as acting as liaison man between the Canal

authorities and the men building one of the largest bridges south of the Rio

Grande is only part of Steve's job. Steve has found that he also must be

prepared to deal diplomatically with

visitors and others seeking information

and, in the process, con\'ince the public

that construction problems are not as bad as some laymen are inclined to think. He points out that cofferdams are, after all, onh' construction accessories and not part of the final product. He also notes that e\en though the bridge substructure is being completed about

5 months behind schedule this has not

Elnier B. Stevens, at right, and Walter Cathey during brief moment away from bridge work.

delayed the final completion schedule

of the Thatcher Ferry Bridge.

With one phase of the bridge work

reaching a successful conclusion, Ste\'e

is prone to recall some of the lighter

moments of the past 2 years. There was

the time that a load of concrete grout

pelted—but did not injure—a group of Balboa Heights engineers who were

inspecting the bottom of a cofferdam. And the time a barge was sunk by an

endless stream of wet concrete despite

desperate efforts of contractor's emplo\ees to close the gate of the concrete mixing plant's loading hopper.

Recently, Steve has been sharing the

successes and defeats of substructure

construction with Walter Cathe\', project

manager for the joint contracting firms

of Fruin-Colnon, LeBoenf & Dougherty. Mr. Cathey, a retired construction man

working as a consultant, was called to the bridge job about a year ago by the contracting firm and gets along with

Steve just fine. Mr. Cathey, says Steve,

is one of the finest "rigging" men in the

construction business, and that is high

praise in anyone's engineering language. As proof of Mr. Cathey's ability as an

expert on bridge substructure construction, Steve cites the fact that 5 difficult cofteidams ha\'e been completed without mishap or delay since Mr. Cathey

arri\'ed. In contrast to many constiuction men.

Steve seems shy and soft spoken. But when visitors or co-workers get out of

line or tend to become obstreperous, they

quickly find that Steve is made of sterner

stuff' and is well able to hold up his end

of the argument.

This ability probably was inherited from his father, a hard-uorking, de\oted

Baptist minister who had a pastorate in DeLand, Fla., where Ste\e was born,

and who subsequently took his family

to Sioux City, Iowa, and later Vermont.

Steve went to high school in Sioux

City, but received his degree in civil engineering from the Uni\ersity of \'er- niont. He was married in 192.3 to a girl from Grafton, Vt. The following year he took his first job with the Fort Pitt Bridge \\'orks of Pittsburgh, Pa., making

shop drawings and la\out on a $.5 million bridge being built across the Monongahela River. This was only the beginning of many

\cars of work connected with bridge

building. For 2 years he was with the bridge department of the New York

Central Railroad in Cleveland, Ohio,

where he worked on the design of

several railroad bridges. He then spent 5 years with the Cincinnati Union Ter- minal Co. as one of the principal bridge

designers of a $43 million project to bring se\'en railroads into a new highlevel terminal area. A half-mile-long

con\eyor bridge from Baton Rouge to the Mississippi River and a long-span

$6 million highway \iaduct for the City

of Cincinnati were two other projects

with which he was associated before

joining the Canal. His first job in the Canal Zone was

with the former Office Engineers, but

much of his time was spent on bridge

6 October 6, 1961
work and ci%il engineering. For 5 years he was in direct charge of both the design and inspection of wartime projects

totaling $40 million. Except for a short break in his service

in 194.5, Steve has been with the Canal

organization for thepast quarter-century. For 9 years, prior to his appointment as resident engineer for the Bridge Project,

he was chief of the structural branch. During this period, he spent at least

.3 years on the design, inspection, and

studies of both existing and proposed

bridges. He designed the Gatun Locks

swing bridge and made the cost esti- mate for the bridge at Balboa, on which

the appropriation was based. With most

of the work under contract, that original

estimate still holds. Although the Gatun Locks bridge was

considerably smaller than many of the bridge contracts with which he has been

associated, Steve is justifiably proud of

this part of his bridge career because

of the special engineering difficulties which it entailed. He also is proud of a letter he received

from Col. Craig Smyser, fomier Engineering and Construction Bureau Director, who stated his sincere appreciation

for Steve's "fine engineering analysis

and detailed design."

Colonel Smyser expressed what is probably the lament of all civil engineers

when he said that he was sure Steve had long since sadly realized that the engineer or architect is generally forgot- ten in haihng the accomplishments of

tlie builder. "No one knows," he said, "the undoubtedly poor civil engineer

who worked out the details for Xerxes' bridge across the Hellespont and Colonel Goethals is honored more for the completion of the Panama Canal than

the design."

This month the last of the six water

jiiers of the Thatcher Fcny Bridge \\'as nearing completion and the substiircture \\ork was coming to an end. Superstructure work was on schedule, and,

except for contracts for the approach

paving which are due to be awarded

in October, the end of the bridge

constiTjction in late 1962 was in sight. Also in sight was the end of Elmer B. Stevens' career with the Canal enterprise. The job as resident engineer for the bridge project probabl)- will be the

last he will hold with the organization. Steve hopes to retire sometime in 1963

and after that may spend some time

gossiping with Indians from the Upper

Bayano region of the Darien, with

whom he has been on good terms for man)' years, having made a number of

trips into the area to visit with them. He

also hopes to continue his engineering

career, although on a somewhat less strenuous schedule.

Ifs

open

Season

on

Health

Insurance

OPEN SEASON for health insurance is here. This month, all employees of the Federal Government in the Canal Zone

will ha\e a chance to enroll in a group

health insurance plan or to change the plan they now ha\e, without taking any

physical examination.

Premiums for the Canal Zone Health

Benefit plans available to U.S. -citizen

and non-U. S. -citizen employees have

been increased somewhat to pro\'ide coverage for the increases in Canal Zone

hospital charges which go into effect November 1. Premiums for the Service

Benefit Plans, the Indemnit)- Benefit

Plans, and the American Federation of Government Employees Health Benefit Plans have not been changed. Changes

have been made in se\eral of the plans

to provide greater benefits. U.S. -citizen employees in the Zone

may make changes in their health insur- ance coverage during the first half of the month, October 1-16, but non-U. S.- citizcn employees will have the period

October 10-31 to enroll or make any

other changes they may wish. Because of the alterations which have

been made in the various plans, all employees are urged to study brochures

which have been prepared and dis- tributed to explain the various plans.

Those wishing to make a change in plans

or to enroll for the first time should

contact the insurance counselor in their unit to obtain the necessary forms and

information. Those v\ho do not wish to change their- plan should do nothing.

The plan, with any alterations which

may have been made, will be continued

in effect automatically.

A summary of the jjlans a\a0able to U.S. -citizen employees and the cost of each \\as presented in the August issue of The Review, together with a listing of the hospital rates which \\ ill go into

effect November 1. The cost of the

revised plan available to non-U. S . -citizen employees is as follows:

Bi-Weekly Premiums

(For Canal Zone Health Benefit Plan available to Non-U. S. -citizen employees.

Rate Group

A .$2.61 per hour or .$2.69 more

B $1.48-$2.60 per 1.23 hour

C $0.64-$1.47 per .66 hour

D Less than $0.64 .45 per hour
Vid it to the Mack CoUnt^u,

Residents of Arenosa turned out en masse to welcome visitors who had helped provide school supplies for village children.

THE WEEKEND of September 16-17 was similar to most any other 2-clay

period in Panama at this season of the

year, with no more heat, rain, or sunshine than normal, but nine representatives of Nationwide Insurance Companies of Columbus. Ohio, alwavs will remember those 2 days.

Tlie insurance company representatives v\'ere in Panama to observe first- hand the use of funds which they and

other employees of Nationwide ha\'e

contributed to CARE for use in Panama,

Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras.

A non-profit agency approved by the

U.S. Government for person-to-person

international assistance, CARE conducts

a variety of programs in Panama, includ- ing the furnishing of milk and suppHes

for school children. Local officials of CARE had arranged

for the V isitois to travel to four villages

in the Gatun Lake region to see schools and pupils furnished with school supply

kits purchased with contributions from

Nationwide employees. The Panama

Canal Company was to provide a launch

to take the group to La Laguna from

Gamboa and to return them from .Are- nosa the following day. The trip rcalls got underway about 8:30 a.m. Saturday,

as the 14-member party boarded the Hyacinth II to start the memorable

32-hour visit to Panama's back country.

The launch ride across Gatun Lake to La Laguna was uneventful, with some

of the more a\-id camera fans, such as sandy-haired Robert Huff of Annapolis,

Md., spending much of their time on

the open rear section of the craft, shoot- ing pictures and inquiring about local fishing conditions.

Teacher distributes school supplv kits.

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Arriving at La Laguna, the visitors were greeted by residents of the village

and escorted to the 1-room school building, where the teacher and pupils pre- sented a program of appreciation to CARE and Nationwide. Caleb Hill,

self-stN'led unreconstructed Rebel from

Mount Airy, N.C., responded for the Nationwide emj^loyees, voicing their j^leasure at being able to help.

While the villagers served sancocho

to the visitors, horses arrived from

Mendoza to carry members of the group

to that ^•illage, an hour's ride away. To

the accompaniment of singing children's

voices, members of the party selected horses and mounted, just as a few drops

of rain started to fall. Frank Jones, field representative for CARE, helped get everything in readiness, then, waving farewell to the resi- dents of La Laguna, the group set oflF on the first overland leg of the trip, the more able riders leading the way

and the ine.vperienced horsemen—and women—sandwiched betw een them and

the better riders \\ho drifted to the

rear to help anyone who might get

into trouble. Except for the steady downpour of

rain which turned the narrow trail into

a slippery, treacherous path over hill and dale, the ride to Mendoza was

uneventful, with inexperienced riders

S October 6, 1961
such as Miss Elizabeth Rulong, sHghtly

graving ladv from White Plains, N.Y., taking the saddle jouncing as well as chubb), pleasure-lo\ ing Michael Pacelii of Stamford, Conn., and Herman Frasch,

wit and crackerbarrel philosopher of Gettysburg, Pa., both unfamiliar with

horseback riding.

Clothing soaked despite raincoats, the dripping visitors arrived in Mendoza

shortly before noon to find residents,

teachers, and students crowded under a

gaily decorated bohio at the base of a small knoll on which the 1-room school building is perched.

Crowding under the bohio, shaking water from their caps, hunting for dry

cigarettes, drinking chicha, listening to a nati\e musical group, and watching

school children in colorful polleras and

other native costume dance the tamborito, the \isitors laughed at their sodden clothes and enjoyed themselves,

with John Hurkey of Columbus using a limited knowledge of Spanish to talk w ith some of the local residents. Again there w as an exchange of state- ments, with the Mendoza teachers thanking Nationwide and CARE for the help supplied to the school children and

liob Huft responding on behalf of the

\ isitors. With the continuing rain making

it imperative to avoid delay in starting

for Cerro Cama, a 3^'2-hour ride away, goodbyes were said and horses which

had been brought from Cerro Cama for

that purpose were accepted in exchange

for those ridden to Mendoza.

Leaving Mendoza at 1 p.m., the travelers appeared somewhat dismayed at the steady rainfall and the long horse- back ride o\er the steep and slippery

trail through the hills, but no one voiced

a desire to turn back. During that diffi- cult ride, even experienced rider Miss

Peg Berk\ , described b\' other members

of the party as the Girl Friday of the Trenton, N.J., personnel office of Nationwide, took a minor spill. (She had an

explanation, though, her saddle came

off the horse.

)

And Jose H. Trujillo of La Laguna,

Panamanian guide, translator, and general assistant for the trip, took a spill when his moimt slipped and threw him

into a mudbank, which cushioned the blow to his shoulder. There was an

anxious moment when Miss Rulong's

horse bolted, threatening to throw her, but mishap was avoided as a Panamanian \outh familiar with the horse grabbed the rein and brought him under

control, then led her moimt for the remainder of the trip. William Nichols, of Columbus, director of the Expansion Planning Division

of Nationwide, riding alongside his wife,

Jennie, called a momentary halt at one

point until the single large stream on

Pupils and their elders demonstrated rapt interest in the visiting supporters of (1\RE.

the route was tested by sefior Trujillo.

to determine its depth and the footing

under the water. It was found to be

safe, however, and the journey was

resumed, with Mrs. William Salas, wife of the CARE Mission Chief, dis- mounting to cross the stream on foot. Russell Wileman, personnel manager

from Lynchburg. \'a., made the ride without mishap, only to have a hammock rope break dining the night at Cerro Cama and drop him unceremoniusly to the earthen floor of the house

in which male members of the party

spent the night, resting from the unaccustomed exertions of the day. As the first arrivals at Cerro Cama

rode into the \illage square, the steady

downpour slackened somewhat and w ithin 1.5 minutes had \irtnall\' stopped.

Those who had brought spare clothes with them quickh changed, hanging

their rain-sodden garments up to dry.

Those who had not brought dr\' clothes were forced to leave their garments on,

letting them dry as they would.

A brief ceremon%' of appreciation for

care's help was held in the open area

in front of the 3-room Cerro Cama

School, w ith the Nationwide representatives capping it oft by distributing candy

to all the children and Miss Berky being

transformed into a female Pied Piper,

surrounded by laughing, boisterous

children, her own laughter occasionally

rising above the crescendo. As the early tropical night settled over Cerro Cama, the visitors went to the

school house to eat a delicious dinner

of arroz con polio by lamplight, laughing

off the more grueling experiences of the day, but wondering aloud about the 2-hour horseback ride facing them in the morning.

After dinner, what seemed to be the

entire village population gathered at a

large bohio with a concrete floor for a dance program, followed by an open

dance. The Nationwide representatives

danced with a number of the local residents, after the formal program,

attempting with fair success to learn native steps and introducing their part-

(Seep. 19)

Weary travelers land at Camboa, pleased and happy despite tiring nature of trip.

The P.\nama Canal Review
Janet A. Marshall, Paraiso kindergarten teacher, tells class a story. Girls make like mothers and housewives during regular play period.

Strictly

for

Children

What are you doing with that camera?

TUITION-FREE kindergartens for all non-U. S. -citizen pupils residing in the Canal Zone are scheduled to become a

reality when Latin American schools reopen for the new school year in May 1962. Governor Carter earlier this year requested authorization to extend the

tuition-free privilege to non-U.S. pupils

in the Canal Zone. Congress has ap- proved his request, but stipulated that any additional costs would have to be

absorbed within the present level of appropriations.

Beginning July I, 66 non-U. S. -citizen pupils who had been paying to attend kindergartens in Canal Zone Latin

American schools on both sides of the Isthmus began receiving tuition-free schooling as a result of Washington's

approval. Prior to this action, and before

July 1, a monthly tuition fee of $2 per

child had been charged for kinder- garten pupils in the Canal Zone Latin

American schools. No additional kindergarten enroll- ments can be accepted at this time in the Latin American schools due to lack

of classrooms. It is planned to design

and construct more kindergarten class- rooms before the May 1962 opening of the Latin American school term. Plans now being drav\ni up by Panama

Canal engineers call for the construction of two additional schoolrooms in the Rainbow City Elementary School,

two additional schoolrooms in the Santa Cruz Elementary School, and conversion of a study hall into two classrooms

at the Paraiso Elementary School, to accommodate the expected increase of enrollments in the tuition-free kindergartens. When the additional classrooms

are ready, an increased enrollment of about 200 non-U. S. kindergarten pupils

is expected in the Canal Zone Latin

American schools. Half-day sessions are planned, to accommodate the expected enrollment,

and the Division of Schools will recruit

six more kindergarten teachers for the

Latin American schools.

10 October 6, 1961
Boys are a little noisier than the girls as they make with the maracas.

. . . They also are a little rougher.

But boys and girls both quiet down as nap time arrives and they rest.

The Panama Canal Review 11

Mrs. Juanita Chen poses with the electroencephalograph at Gorgas.

SckoolbelU to (Rjing, for

yorg^aJ Uecnnlclan

BECAUSE of her iimi.sual interest and ability in operating

the intricate machines in the electrocardiograph section at Gorgas Hospital, a young Panamanian technician has been

sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., to take

a 2-month course of on-the-job training in this field. Mrs. Juanita Chen was sent to the famous Baltimore

hospital under the training programs sponsored by

the Company-Government to provide employees with

additional knowledge and experience.

In addition to Mrs. Chen's interest and ability, the Health Bureau authorities who selected her for the

training necessary to operation of the machines in the

section said she had demonstrated an aptitude for the work during 3 \ears of apprenticeship in both elecho- cafdiographic and electroencephalographic work under

Mrs. Ehelda Icaza, a graduate technician who studied at

Johris Hopkins.

When she returns from her course of training in Balti- more, Mrs. Chen will be the only technician in Gorgas

Hospital fully qualified to operate the two machines,

Mrs. Icaza having left the hospital. The machines are used

to record heart and brain impulses. Mrs. Chen was born in Nicaragua but has spent most

of her life in Panama and is a Panamanian citizen. She has

been employed at Gorgas Hospital since 19.56 and has

been in the electrocardiograph section since 1959.

^^^^^^ol
ARE YOU A

FIREBUG?

What happens if the match burns a finger and is dropped in this closet?

Spilled i)ainl lliiniici, u carckssi) tossed cigarette and—whoosh!

Best treatment for a fire hke this is a Hd to cover the skillet.

FASTIDIOUS housewives who insist on keeping ashtrays

empty by chnnping them into the handiest wastebasket may

accoiiiphsh more than they bargained for by starting a fire

that'll leave a lot more ashes than were dumped.

Using matches to search for something in a dark closet may

result in a similar situation, with the whole house being lit up

like a blowtorch as a result. Using gasoline, benzine, or other flammable lirjuids to clean things may result in a real gone

cleanup by flames. These are just a few of the many hazards which people

create for themselves through thoughtlessness, carelessness, or a misplaced sense of daring.

In an cfFort to educate residents of both the Canal Zone

and the Republic of Panama to these and many other practices

which can and do result in destructive fires, the Canal Zone

Fire Division and the Cuerpo de Bomberos of Panama again

are joining in an annual Fire Prevention Week program. The

observance will be October 8-14 and activities will concentrate on fire dangers in the home.

Hazardous conditions which may lead to a disastrous fire can be found in many homes. Accumulations of old newspapers

and magazines are a hazard. Polishing rags tossed into a closet are another. In the Canal Zone, special care should be taken

to avoid having items come into contact with dry closet heating elements.

Fire prevention actually is little more than the application

of facts learned in high school physics. Three factors are necessary for a fire to start and continue: Combustible material, heat to ignite it, and sufficient oxygen to support combustion.

Eliminate any one of the three and fire is blocked. That is

fire prevention.

It is, of course, impossible to always control every situation

in such a wav that a fire does not occur. Even under the best

of conditions fires sometimes happen. Fire station personnel

obviously are more fire-conscious than the average person, but

occasionally we read of a fire station catching fire. But that's no excuse for being unduly careless in our homes.

If, in spite of precautions, you do have a fire in the Canal

Zone, dial 119 and report it, giving the number of the building

and the name of the post or town. Have someone watch for the responding fire compan\ and direct them to the scene, while vou do whatever vou can to bring the fire under control. But, aboxe all, don't panic. The results of that can be worse than

those from a fire.

14 October 6, 1961
Are They

All Out?

No!

Mrs. Laura M. Suggs, surrounded by examples of her handiwork, makes a flower.

Stocking. Jjouquetd

"IF SOMEONE else can do it, so can I,"

is Mrs. Laura M. Suggs' philosophy

and motto. Evidence that she carries out her

precepts ranges from delicate flowers her hands have fashioned for Canal

Zone brides and their attendants to colorful utilitarian sewing baskets. What

makes her flowers unusual is that the

original materials once were nurses' white stockings. As for the sewing

baskets, the major sections are made of greeting cards. Mrs. Suggs' quarters at 100-2 Murwin

Place, Gamboa, are small, immaculate,

and sparked with the creative touches

of an artist who sees possibilities of beauty and usefulness in mundane items

that generally are discarded. Self-taught, she makes up her own designs as she goes along. "For," says Mrs. Suggs,

"I could find no books to go by."

The flowers fashioned from silk stock- ings are Mrs. Suggs' own creation, Nurses on both sides of the Isthmus,

who know about her hobb)', send her

their discarded stockings, since she onlv

uses white ones. Once she starts to dye

and work with them, the owners would

never recognize their erstwhile hosierv. With a heaped basket of rainbow colors before her, Mrs. Suggs soon has nose- gays of airy, delicate flowers blooming

on the table in front of her as her fingers

give a twist here and snipsnip there.

Some of these flowers are fashioned

into headbands, others become corsages, and a number of brides have carried

bridal boiKjuets of flowers which never

wilt, made by Mrs. Suggs' nimble fingers.

Her fingers fashion pot holders on which roses bloom, each petal separate,

fresh, and perk\'. On her table she sometimes uses a tablecloth she crocheted in

intricate, lacy design. In one corner of her living room is an unusual lamp, its base a replica of a scene in Old Panama.

The lamp-shade is made of a silk scarf, gay with t)'pical Panamanian scenes. Ten-piece place sets, to Mrs. Suggs,

are just something to keep her fingers

busy. Crocheting, to her, is nothing new. She's been doing it since she was

a child of nine. Scraps of material go into her braided

rugs, which feature bright designs in unusual patterns. The Canal Zone has been home to Mrs. Suggs for some 37 years. She is a native New Yorker and attended public

school there. Her first look at the Isth- mus came in July 1924, when she came

here with her husband, who was a car- penter foreman in the Building Division. After his retirement in 1948, they

returned to the States. Joe Suggs died

in Texas a year later, and Mrs. Suggs

returned to the Canal Zone. She now is employed as doorman supervisor at the Gamboa Service Center Theater.

The Panama Canal Review 15
Alton White describes current Cut-widening effort during recent talk at Albrook AFB.

Not a Major Leaguer, Perhaps

But a Good Pinch-hitter

BACK in 1957 a top-level Panama Canal

official, who had been scheduled to speak before the Instituto Pan-Ameri- cano in Panama, received a summons

from an even more top-level official in Washington and asked Alton White,

Chief of the Dredging Di\ision, to take

his place and give the talk, in Spanish.

The Dredging Division Chief has been

giving talks in Spanish e\er since. The subject of that first talk in Spanish was "An American Living on the Isth- mus of Panama" and the audience was

a critical one, but highlv interested. Next came a talk in Spanish on the

subject of the United Fund, given before

the Panama Lions Club at the Union

Club in Panama Cit)'. The latest talk in Spanish by Mr. White

vvas given before faculty and students of the United States Air Force School for Latin America. This time his subject was "Panama and the Panama Canal" and

he was on home grouTid in more ways

than one. The lectme was given at the Bas2 Theater at Albrook Air Force

Bass, v/hich was piunped in place as a hydraulic fill by the Dredging Division's suction dredge Las Criicea in 1928. That

dredge is still at work, but is in Brazil. Carrying on its name in the Canal waters

is the Panama Canal's new sightseeing

launch, Las Crtices Mr. White described for the Latin

American Air Force students some of the history of the Isthmus and touched

on early construction days in the Canal

Zone. In greater detail he discussed

the Cut-widening and current Canal

improvement program. His talk was

illustrated bv photographs and slides. Mr. White acquired his proficiency in Spanish here on the Isthmus. He is a product of Canal Zone schools, for he

arrived on the Isthmus in time to enter the first grade in Gatun, and he's a graduate of Balboa High School. He was born at Pascagoula, Miss., on

the gulf coast. The family moved to the Canal Zone in 1910, when his father, D. P. White, entered Panama Canal

sei-v'ice in the Dredging Division. The

latter worked in the same division until retirement in 1943, the major portion

of the time as Chief Engineer of the dredge Cascadas.

Alton White followed in his father's footsteps, but as a civil engineer instead

of a marine engineer. He joined the Dredging Di\ision as a recorder. Going

up the promotion ladder, he was

assistant supervisor in the Dredging

Di\ision in 193.5. In 1940 came his promotion to Supei-visor; in 1948, to Assistant Superintendent; and, in 1950,

to his present job as head of the Dredging Division.

iVortn Kitowing.

A RECORD HIGH for the Company/

Government Incentive Awards Program was reached during fiscal year 1961

when tangible benetits rose to $81,140,

almost four times as much as the $21,365

of fiscal year 1960. Dining fiscal \ear 1961, the Incentive

Awards Committee, which consists of

foiu' top-level executives appointed by

tlie Governor-President for administi'ation of the Incentive Awards Program,

received 255 suggestions from within

the agency, 24 from other Federal

departments, and 18 honorary award

recommendations for a total of 297 contributions. In fiscal year 1960, suggestions from within the agenc)' totalled 211; 19 w ere from other Federal depart- ments and 22 honorary award recom- mendations brought the total to 252

contributions. There were 77 approved

contributions in fiscal year 1961, in compaiison with 71 the previous fiscal vear.

iVIK IVIAII. \if

FOR LATIN AMERICA CAIVAI- ZOIV E

THE CANAL Zone Postal Division will issue a 15-cent Airmail Stamp on November 21, featuring the insignia of the U.S. .\rm\- Caribbean School at Fort

Gulick. Collectors desiring first-day cancellations mav send addressed envelopes,

together with remittance to cover cost

of stamps affixed, to Philatelic Agency,

Balboa Heights, C.Z., with the outside envelope marked "First Day Co\'er."

Requests for first day covers must be

postmarked before midnight November 15 and must not include orders for uncancelled stamps.

SATURDAY morning tours of the Isth- mian waterway, using the Panama Rail- road and the Canal's new sightseeing

launch Las Cruces, started September 23. The round-trip package tour is open to the public and arrangements can be made at any tra\el agency in Panama, or at anv Panama Railroad

station in the Canal Zone. Entire cost of the tour is $4 for an adult, $2 for chil- dren .5 to 12 years of age accompanied

bv an adult, and free of charge for children under 5.

IG October 6, 1961
The tour every Saturday combines

railroad tiansportation to and from the

terminal cities and boat transportation on the Canal from Gamboa to Pedro

Miguel and return. The Panama train arrives at Gamboa at 8:42 a.m., and the Colon train at 8:46 a.m. The tour party

leaves Gamboa at 8:.5.5 a.m. on board Las duces. The launch will travel through Gaillard Cut. to and into the approach to Pedro Miguel Locks, then

\\ ill return to Gamboa, arriv ing in time

to make connections with the 11:32 a.m.

train to Colon and the 11:36 a.m. train

to Panama Station.

Before . . . .

QUESTIONS by the dozens arise \\hene\er a trip is being made, or even

contemplated. But, please, the U.S. Bureau of Customs in Xew Orleans asks

of U.S. residents in the Canal Zone, ask your questions of the Canal Zone Cus- toms Division, and not New Orleans. General information pertaining to the

Port of New Orleans is a\ailable in the Canal Zone Customs Division offices in both Balboa and in Cristobal. Emplo\ees of the Companv-Goveninient ma\' obtain answers to man\' of

their questions concerning application

of the U.S. Customs Regulations to themselves, members of their families,

and personal shipments to or from the United States hx contacting the following: Bruce G. Sanders, jr., Cristobal Customs, 3-2139; William "W. E. Hoyle,

Balboa Customs, 2-2166; B. E. Lowande,

Chief, Customs Di\ ision, 2-2628. At the same time, Canal Zone resi- dents were reminded that Public Law

87-132, which went into effect on September 9, pro\ides a temporan- reduction from S500 to SlOO on the amount

of purchases abroad which a returning

resident mav bring into the United

States free of dut\'. The law will be in effect until luiv 1,' 1963.

.\ FOUR-MONTH internship in per- sonnel management was started last month by William D. Young, position

classification specialist of the Wage and

Classication Di\ision, and Bill L. Rvan,

placement and emplovee managementrelaf ions specialist of the Emplovment and

Utilization Dixision, of the Personnel Bureau. The internship program is con- ducted in Washington, D.C. and is sponsored by the Civil Ser\ice Commission.

Robert Jeffrey, Employee Development Officer of the Personnel Bureau, re- centh- retimied from attending an intern management program in Washington.

The Panama Canal Compan)' has been a participant in the internship

program since it began 1.5 vears ago.

\\'HEN the lights went on again all o\ er the world, making a World War II song come true, there were still a number of dark areas left. One that remained dim for modern

traffic until just a few weeks ago was

on Balboa Road, near the Port Captain's

Building. That's all been changed, however, with installation of modernized

lighting on both sides of one of the heaviest traveled street sections in the Canal Zone. The new lights are mercury vapor

t\pe, giving two and a half times more

light than incandescent lamps of the same wattage. They are a type used

extensi\el\' in the United States and

other parts of the world. The standards

are monotube aluminum, with arched

ovaliptic double brackets or, in lavinen's language, gooseneck type. The old lighting had been adequate

for traffic in the past, but toda\', with more \ehicular traffic, with acti\itv on

the railroad spur crossings, and with more pedestrians using the dock areas, lighting impro\ement became essential. The mercury \apor lamps, which are 400-watt color corrected mercury luminaire lamps—to use the proper designation—ha\e been developed during the past 10 years.

. After

The Panama Canal Review 17
uke^ cAte

ulte evidence

Miss M. J. Lavallee with "memorandum" addressed to Budget Branch.

FIRST, a Panama Canal Company

memorandum routed to the Budget

Branch of the Comptroller's Office was

cut up and eaten, every scrap of it. Then

the same thing happened to a journal

N'oucher in the Accounting Division. Sounds like a bit from a Captain

North mystery, doesn't it? One of those where the beautiful sjDy swallows the

top secret evidence.

The evidence here, too, was swal- lowed. But it never had been classified "top secret " nor even "confidential." The

only classification possible was "deli- cious" and neither docimient ever came

imder any security regulation.

The memorandum carefully followed

all the rules of the Company-Government's new Correspondence Manual. In content, however, it was somewhat

different. Instead of approved Form 10

for memorandums, rich chocolate cake was used. The lettering on the icing

addressed the memorandum to the Budget Branch, through the Chief,

Budget and Rates Division, and was from

the Student Assistant, Budget Branch.

The subject \\'as given as Personnel

Morale. The message was brief: "Thank

you for a wonderful and unforgetful summer." It was signed "Mickey," the nickname for Miss M. J. Lavallee, who

was the student assistant responsible for the edible memorandum.

The icing lettered journal voucher

made its appearance a few days later

in the Accounting Division. It followed

the approved stvle of Form 5326, but

the debit column carried the notation

"One wonderful summer" and the credit coliunn, "A job next year." The total was "One million thanks." The student

assistants whose names were carried on

the journal voucher were Suzy Hele,

Paulette Elia, Jim Doran, John Kolenda,

Frank Baggott, Barbara Klipper, Carol

Student assistants in Accounting Division with "journal voucher" prepared for co-workers.

Flenniken, Lacy Hinkle, Maiy Anne

Bowen, and Catherine Watson. The Company Government's student

assistant program, which started about

20 years ago, has two objectives: To

offer vocational guidance and work

experience for young people, and to

assist the Company/Government during

the peak \'acation period when many

employees are on leave. A 1961 quota of 110 student assistant- ships was established this year, to give temporary employment to students during the school vacation. Those eligible

this year were graduates of the 1961

class of Balboa and Cristobal High

Schools; fulltime students of the Canal

Zone Junior College, including graduates of the 1961 class; and fulltime students in colleges or universities in the United States who did not expect to graduate in June 1961 and whose parents reside in Panama or the Canal Zone. A number of the student assistants employed this summer were among the 76 students who traveled to the United

States tliis summer and fall under provisions of recently issued regulations governing student bavel at Government

expense. The regulations have been

published in the Company-Government

Personnel Manual.

In general, they provide certain allow- ances for educational travel and trans- portation expenses for the children of

full-time, U.S.-citizen employees of the Company-Government stationed in the Canal Zone. Eligible children must be

under 21, unmarried, and enrolled in a

full program of undergraduate academic

instniction leading to a degree from a college or university in the United States. Transportation must be authorized

prior to the start of travel, which will be permitted for not more than one trip

("See p. 23)

18 October 6, 1961
THE ANNUAL campaign for funds to support activities of 20 United Fund

agencies started September 27 and

already has moved far toward the goal

of $145,000.

Like similar efforts in the United

States, this single campaign in the Canal

Zone is designed to sa\e the time of volunteer workers and to eliminate the need for a multiplicity of dri\es to raise money for the \arious agencies.

Of the 20 agencies participating in

this year's campaign (there are 21

agencies, if the United Fund itself

is counted as 1) 4 are concerned with

health activities. The)- are the Cancer

Committee, Tuberculosis Association, the Committee for Aid to Handicapped

Persons, and the Corozal Hospital

Occupational and Recreational Fund.

Four other agencies, concerned with

national and international welfare, re- ceive token contributions from United

Fund collections. They are International

Social Service, American Social Health

Association, United Seaman's Service,

and National Recreation Association. Five of the participating agencies are concerned with recreational activities for Zone residents, principallv service- men. They are the United Ser\ ice Organizations (USO), the Balboa Armed

Services YMCA, the Cristobal Armed

Services YMCA, the Jewish Welfare

Board Armed Forces Service Center,

and the Canal Zone Summer Recreation

United 3und c4^enci^ Qoau

American Red Cross, Canal Zone Chapter $22,800

American Social Health Association 170

Atlantic Religious \\'orkers Association, Christmas Basket

Fund 3,030

Balboa Armed Services Y.M.C.A 9,000

Canal Zone Cancer Committee 12,000

Canal Zone Committee for Aid to Handicapped Persons 10,000

Canal Zone Council, Boy Scouts of America 21,000

Canal Zone Council, Girl Scouts of America 13,535

Canal Zone Summer Recreation Board, Latin American

Communities 2,000

Canal Zone Tuberculosis Association 8,200

Corozal Hospital Recreational and Occupational Therapy

Fund 6,000

Cristobal Armed Services Y.M.C.A 9,000

International Bo\' Scouts of the Canal Zone 4,600

International Girl Scouts of the Canal Zone 3,500

International Social Service, American Branch, Inc 85

Jewish \\ elfarc Board Armed Forces Service Center 3,600

National Recreation Association 83

The Salvation Army 10,485

United Seamen's Service 60

United Service Organizations 2,000

Total $141,118

Campaign and Administrative Expenses 3,882

TOTAL CAMPAIGN GOAL $145,000

Board of Latin American Communities.

Four agencies sponsor scouting activities for Zone joungsters, hvo others, the

Salvation Army and the Atiantic Reli- gious Workers Association, are devoted

to welfare activities, and the Canal Zone

Chapter, American Red Cross, is dedi- cated to a wide range of community

service activities. The fund drive on behalf of these agencies will continue through much of

October, with L. A. Ferguson, Director

of the Company Government's Supply

and Communit\- Senice Bureau, serving

as campaign chairman. In the Company/

Goxemment organization, Mr. Ferguson

is being assisted by 9 Bureau Chairmen,

54 Division Chairmen, and 593 Keymen,

all volunteer workers on behalf of the

drive. Similar volunteers will conduct

the campaign among those associated with other agencies on the Zone.

(Continued from p. 9)

ners to North American-st)le dance steps. The spirits were willing, but the bodies weren't up to it and the trail- weary visitors left the dance early,

anxious to rest. The next morning, resi- dents of the village again ser\'ed a deli- cious meal, this time featining tortillas and boiled eggs, along with coffee and

fresh oranges. The night before, a Cerro Cama resi- dent who owns an English Land-Ro\er

and a launch had been hired to carrv the group to the launch-landing, then take them to Arenosa, thus eliminating the need for further horseback riding.

Dividing the party into two groups, the Land-Ro\er owner took them to the landing in a 35-minute dii\'e, one-way,

over a ti'ail fulh' as muddy and rugged

as the one they had followed the day

before on horseback. From that point, it was easy and

simple, with a lO-minute launch ride ending at Arenosa, where most of the

\illage residents came to the shoreline

to welcome the visitors at the dock,

where the Hyacinth II stood in readiness

to return the group to Gamboa.

The sun was bright and warm when

the group arrived at Arenosa, but it disappeared while a brief program was

being earned out in the 2-room school house and, within minutes, the now

virtually dry travellers found themselves

sejiarated from the dock by a quartermile of land, with a steady downpour

of rain again falling.

Deciding it would be best to get

aboard the Hyacinth II and start the 4-hour trip back to Gamboa without

further delay, a meal of tamales, empanadas, and fresh oranges was loaded

aboard the launch and the trip was

started, rain beating dowii on the craft and the surface of Gatun Lake w hipped

into waves by the wind. At 4:30 p.m., Sunday, September 17, the weary but happy members of the group landed at Gamboa, where they were met b\' C.\RE vehicles which took

them back to Panama City, the International Hotel, a hot bath, and fresh

clothes. All were in agreement that it had been an unusual experience and one

they would long remember—but no one seemed anxious to do it again.

The Panama Canal Review 19
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

William C. Bailey

Finance Branch

Superintendent

Marcy H. Carpenter

Police Private ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

James M. Hunter

Master, Towboat or Fe, Ceroid E. Cooper

Master, Dipper Dred

Ivan Berezowski

Helper Core Drill Operator Juan B. Rodriguez

Helper Core Drill Operator

MARINE BUREAU

Eugene I. Askew

Adnieasurer

Id M. Morgan

per Lock Operator

E. Ottey

Peters

r Electrician LY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

V. Bartley Stock Control Clerk Reuben S. Eversley

Leader Laborer Cleaner

TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS BUREAU

Allan Daniels Shipment Clerk

ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

Adrian B. Howell

OfBce Machine Operator

Elliot C. Thorpe

Letterpress Operator

Chester Harding

Laliorer Cleaner CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Thomas A. Frensley

District Detective Mary S. Brigham

Elementary and Secondary

School Teacher

Carrol F. Anderson

Elementary and Secondary

School Teacher

William C. Merwin

Window Clerk ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Gertrude M. Roberto

Aceonntinp; Clerk Milton W. Canham

Engineering Technician

Austin E. Salter Lead Foreman Marine

Electrician

Silvestie Faro Leader Navigational Aid

Maintenaneeman

Apolinar Garcia Helper Electrician Jose S. Riascos Floating I^lant Oiler Jose Ines Calome

Clerk

Carlos Agustin Lugo

Carpenter

Leocadio Tones

Helper Plumber

Albert H. Plumer

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic

Manuel Flores Seaman

Egbert A. Matthews

General Helper

Charles W. McClean

Laborer

Arthur Bernstein General Supply Clerk HEALTH BUREAU

Jose L. Chamizo

Laboratory Helper

C. K. Newhouse

Head Nurse, Psychiatry Lorenzo S. Gordon

Nursing Assistant Howard H. Smith

Medical Technician

Beryl E. Wilson

Storekeeping Clerk Richard A. WiU^

Supervisory ^Snitation

Inspector' Gerald B. Davis

Nursing Assistant Joseph A. Harris Nursing Assistan Mavis I. Bushell

Clerk-Dictatj**^ \

Transcri MARI

Eric H. Heni-y Lauiu'h Operator

Alphonso D. King

Deckhand

E. N. Perriman

Helper Lock Operator

Alphonso A. Pierce Helper Lock Operator

Kenneth A. McClaren

Clerk Typist

Desmond H. Maloney Boatman

William Forbes Helper Lock Operator

Sotero Fuentes Boatman

Ceferino A. Arjona

Floating Plant Oiler

Douglas Lord

Supervisorv Storekeeping

Clerk

Calvin C. Wilson

Heavy Laborer

Joseph F. Green

Marine Machinist

Benito Montuto

Helper Lock Operator

William A. Howard

Towing Locomotive Ojierator Salustiano Martinez

Helper Lock Operator

Leonard A. Scott Helper Lock Operator Utan Vernon

Maintenance Painter Enric

loating Plaht Oiler

leliirdo JVntcalloli

MMUNITY

UREAU

Dora de Chen

Sales Checker

Cassildra R. Smith Counter Attendant Secundino Henera

MiMt Cutter Assistant Catherine P. Ambler

Sales Clerk Ruth C. Tarvis Sales Clerk Sunnier E. Ewing

Lumber Inspector Lucia E. Parker Meat Packager

Vallan E. Ramsay

Guard

Edward Rodvin

High Lift Truck Operator

Calixto Ferrer Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

Myrtle M. Gordon

Sales Section Head

Adina E. Maynard

Kitchen Attendant

R. F. Martinez Laborer Oswald A. Sealy

High Lift Tnick Operator

Gerald O. Thome

Meat Cutter

Fitz H. Taite Cook

Madeline Pough

Sales Clerk Muriel L. Griffith Counter Attendant Ramon Gutierrez Laborer Cleaner

Estella A. Haynes

Clerk Edith Blades Counter Attendant Carmen Caballero

Retail Store Sales Checker

Loretha R. Perez Flatwork Presser Enid M. Wilson

Sales Clerk

Victorino Garita Laborer Cleaner TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Reuben M. Reed

General Foreman, Ship

Cargo Operations

Stephen N. McClean

Truck Driver Manuel Garcia

Railroad Trackman

Zoilo Crisson High Lift Truck Operator

Gabino Hernandez

Carman

20 October 6, 1961
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

August 10 through September 70

EMPLOYEES who were promoted or transferred between August 10 and September 10 are listed below. Within-grade

promotions and job reclassifications are not listed. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Rav L. Bunnell, from Substitute Window

Clerk, Postal Division, to Customs Cuard, Customs Division. Carlos A. Vaz, Jr., from Counselor, Latin American Schools, to Senior Higli Principal, Latin American Schools. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Contract and Inspection Division

Leslie O. Anderson, from Supervisory Construction Representative, Buildinu and

Utilities, to General Supervisory C ..i- struction Representative.

Charles W. Brown, from Supervisory

Administrative Services Assistant, to Contract Assistant. Elmer J. Hruska, from Guard, Locks Division, to Clerical Assistant. Engineering Division Tevia P. de Vasquez, Clerk-Typist, from Employment and Utilization Division. Ignatus Paschal, from Toolroom Attendant,

to Surveying Aid.

Electrical Division

Serafine Cox, from Helper Machinist, Maintenance, to Oiler. Kendrick M. Johnson, from Helper

Machinist, Industrial Division, to Helper

Machinist, Maintenance.

Luis F. Salazar, from Dock Worker, Terminals Division, to Heavy Laborer.

Gilbert D. Martin, from Dock Worker, Terminals Division, to Laborer Cleaner. Dredging Division Walter J. Grymala, Donald W. Marlow,

from Chief Engineer, Towboat or Ferry,

to Chief Engineer, Dipper Dredge.

Stanley E. Grant, from Seaman, to Floating

Equipment Steward. Wesley H. Cummings, Leslie A. Hurdle, Robert James, Eric I. Jordan, Preston Primus, from Seaman, to Floating Equip- ment Cook. Tomas Gomez R., from Dock Worker, Terminals Dixision, to Seaman.

Juan B. Segura, from Dock Worker, Ter- minals Division, to Heavy Laborer. Kenneth Biddy, Jr., from Waiter, Supply

Division, to Helper Nhirine Macliinist. Martin Panezo, from Dock Worker, Ter- minals Division, to Boatman.

Ricardo A. Honeywell, from Bell Boy,

Supply Division, to Mess Attendant. Maintenance Division

J. Douglas Lord, from Supervisory Store- keeping Clerk, Locks Division, to Supervisory Administrative Services Assistant. William G. Mumniaw, from Lead Foreman

Carpenter, to Lead Buildings Foreman.

Secundino Urefia, from Helper Marine Machinist, Industrial Division, to Roofer. Charles R. Corbin, from Laborer, to Helper

.Mason. Agustin Sanchez, from Laborer, to Heav\

Laborer. Severino Arrocha, Taurino Rojas, from Dock Worker, Terminals Division, to Heavy Laborer.

HEALTH BUREAU

Edna T. Karpinski, from Staff Nurse, to Director of Nursing, Coco Solo Hospital.

L. Sybil Riesch, Dorothy M. Sousa, from

Staif Nurse, to Nurse Supervisor, Gorgas

Hospital. Vincent E. Forbes, from Decontaminating

Equipment Operator, to Truck Driver, Division of Sanitation. MARINE BUREAU

Navigation Division Laurence Milville, from Grounds Mainte- nance Equipment Operator, Community

Services Division, to Deckliand.

.\lfred V. George, Wilfred Williams, from

Seaman, to Leader Seaman. Henry A. Foulen, Jr., Ezequiel R. Ince, from Deckliand, to Seaman .

Industrial Division Michael S. Brzezinski, from Clerk-Typist,

to Accounts Maintenance Clerk.

Patricia M. Flores, Clerk-Stenographer,

from Motor Transportation Division. Willian) Kosan, from Operator-Diesel Machinist, Electrical Division, to Marine

.Nhichinist. Ephraim J. Bonnette, from Cement Finisher. Nlaintenance, to Cement Finisher. James N. Prescott, from Helper Rigger, to Crane Hookman.

Herman Brown, from Heavy Laborer, to Helper Rigger. Vernon A. Charles, from Laborer, Railroad

Division, to Helper Machinist. Wilfred Gardner, from Helper Lock Operator, to Guard.

Locks Division Adolph Belden, from Supervisory Clerk, to Supervisor)' Storekeeping Clerk. Edward J. Russell, Jr., from Guard, to Supervisoiy Clerk. George C. Scheibe, from Leader Lock

Operator, to Lead Foreman, Lock Operations. Daniel A. Lawson, from Lock Oi^erator

.Machinist, to Leader Lock Operator

.Machinist. Arthur L. Lubinski, from Maintenance Machinist, Maintenance Division, to Lock

Operator Machinist.

Eniilio Diaz, from Maintenance Carpenter,

to Leader Maintenance Cari^enter. Charles R. Lewis, from Leader Mainte- nance Painter, to Leader Painter. Frederick A. Watson, from Maintenance

Carpenter, to Caipenter.

Hamilton Blanchard, Cyril A. David, James

A. Jones, King J. Julie, Charles Moses,

Carlos Ospino C, Marcos F. Rueda,

Frank E. Thomas, from .Maintenance

Painter, to Painter. Thomas Palmer, from Helper Lock Operator, to Oiler. Alberto Alvarado, Octavio Arosemena M., Nathan Bams, Luther Hurley, Manuel

Olivares, Ramon Ri\era, Sr., Benito Torres, Luis Veliz, Jose G. Viveros, Rudolph

Young, from Heavy Laborer to Asphalt

or Cement Worker.

Aniold Best, Alvin T. Braham, Oscar Newland, from Heavy Laborer, to Helper

Lock Operator.

Cirilo Timana. from Railroad Trackman,

Railroad Di\ision, to Heavy Laborer. Agripino Rivera, from Dock \\'orker. Terminals Division, to Heavy Laborer.

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Clara C. Baez, from Clerk-Typist, Engineering Division, to Time, Lea\e, and

Payroll Clerk, Accounting Division. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Clement J. Genis, from Safety Inspector,

to Supervising Safety Inspector, Office of the Director. Community Services Division Robert H. Miller, from Assistant Nhmager,

Balboa Housing OfBce, to Housing Project Manager.

P. Byrne Hutchings, from Realty Assistant,

to Manager, Cristobal Housing Office. Sylvester E. Smart, from Clerk-Typist, to Clerk. Ildefonso Ayala, from Dock Worker, Ter- minals Division, to Laborer.

Supply Division Joseph H. White, from General Supply

Assistant, to Supervisory General Supply

Assistant. George S. McCuUough, from Lead Fore- man Maintenanceman, to Equipment

Specialist. John H. Simson, from Retail Store Super-

\isor, to Management Technician. Sumner E. Ewing, from Lumber Inspector,

to Nhiterials Inspector. Catherine H. G. Jenkins, from Procurement

Clerk, to General Supply Assistant. Alicia M. Crasto, from Transportation Rate and Claims Clerk, to Freiglit Rate

Assistant. Rae N. Ebdon, from Clerk, to Transportation Loss and Damage Claims E.xaminer. Celeste C. Powell, from Accounting Clerk,

to Freight Rate Assistant. Alberta M. Stone, from Supervisory Accounting Clerk, to Freight Rate Assistant. Fisher M. Oltcnburg, Edward L. Martens, from Motion Picture Pro ection Equip- ment Meclianic, to Leader Motion Pic- ture Projection Equipment Mechanic.

Joseph N. Alleyne, from Timekeeper, to Personnel Clerk, Luis Malioney, from Heavy Laborer, to Painter. John N. Joseph, from Maintenanceman, to Can^enter, Rafael Valdes, from Maintenanceman, to Furniture Repairman.

Felton L. Gill, Jr., from Clerk, to ClerkT\pist. Robert King, from Heavy Laborer, Locks

Di\ision, to Sales Clerk. Idonia Robinson, from Counter Attendant,

to Sales Clerk. Agustus Alleyne, Gilberto DaCosta, from

Package Boy, to Sales Clerk. Jose Dixon F., from Package Boy, to Utility Worker. Tomas G. De Sedas O., from Dock Worker,

Terminals Division, to Heavy Laborer. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Ruth C. Sawyer, from Clerk, Typing, to Stenography Secretary, Water Transportation Division. .Archibald W. Lecky, from Freight Traffic Clerk, to Freight Rate Assistant, Panama

Local Agency.

(See p. 22)

The Panama Canal Review 21
Promotions and Transfers

{Continued from p. 21)

Terminals Division Kathleen M. Huffman, from Accounting

Clerk, Typing, Printing Plant, Mount

Hope, to Accounting Clerk. Algon V. Herdman, from Leader Heavy

Laborer, to Leader Water Service Man.

David A. DeCosta, from Food Service Sales Checker, Supply Division, to Clerk Checker.

Euclid C. Jordan, from Boatman, Locks

Division, to Clerk Checker.

Charles T. Whyte, from Heavy Laborer, Locks Division, to Clerk Checker. Lucius Abednego, Evielyn E. Collins, Ernesto Davis, Ivanhoe Donawa, Fitz- herbert Heath, Ivanhoe A. Wilson,

Sidney S. Segovia, from Heavy Laborer,

to Water Service Man.

Eric A. Bennett, from Ship Worker, to High Lift Truck Operator.

Miguel Quintero, Moises Trejos M., from

Dock Worker, to High Lift Truck

Operator. Alexander A. Cox, Domingo Gondola B., Napoleon Hayans, Jr., Sabiiio Hernandez, Arnold A. McPherson, Francisco

Mojica, Juan Pacheco A., Eliseo Toscano

R., from Dock Worker, to Ship Worker.

Railroad Division Herbert Harrison, from Carman, to Clerk. Rafael Mendoza P., from Cargo Clerk, to

Freiglit Clerk. Edgar W. McLennon, from Heavy Laborer,

to Helper Carman. Motor Transportation Division Carmen A. Bieberach, Clerk-Stenographer,

from Magistrate's Court, Cristobal. Ruben C. Trottman, from Grounds Maintenance Equipment Operator, Community Services Division, to Upholsterer.

Lemuel A. Hall, from Truck Driver, to Guard. Juan E. Aguilar, from Helper Automotive

Mechanic, to Automotive Mechanic.

Hector Ching A., from Driver-Operator

Firefighter, Fire Division, to Truck

Driver. Elmer H. Bennett, Gilberto Norori, Eusebio Ortiz, Roy R. Paddy, Nathan B. Thomas, from Firefighter, Fire Division,

to Truck Driver. Arthur P. Lazarus, from Truck Driver, to Heavy Truck Driver. OTHER PROMOTIONS

PROMOTIONS which did not involve

changes of title follow: Wallace W. Priester, Jr., Leon N. Sharpensteen, Leon T. Williams, Admeasurer,

Navigation Division. Mildred N. Morrill, Clerical Assistant, Stenography, Electrical Division. Gladys E. Napoleon, Clerk-Typist, Maintenance Division. Elaine W. Gordon, Library Assistant, Canal Zone I^ibrary. Alice B. Lovvery, Clerk-Typist, Electrical Division. Arthur L. Shanyfelt, Guard, Locks Division. Irma V. Pasco, Clerk-Typist, Division of Schools. Amim R. Green, Stock Control Clerk, Supply Division. Ferdinand O. Burgess, Clerk, Supply Division. Ethel C. Ycarwood, Clerk-Typist, Supply

Division. Ernesto Blake, Clerk, Supply Division. Praxedes Falcon, Surveying Aid, Engineering Division.

Commandment for Safety

'VttouSkaltJsfotKlW

WE ARE TAUGHT early in life the words of the commandment, "Thou

shalt not kill." But we have never been

taught that there is to be a distinction between killing through carelessness and

premeditation. Is there any difference?

If we kill a person because we sent an automobile hurtling down a highway

at 65 or 75 miles per hour and had an

accident, doesn't the mandate apply just as well as if we had shot the same

person? Of course the killing with the automobile may not have been one of intention—but it was one in fact. LTnfortunately there are some who

believe that the area of accident is amoral and should be outside the field of man's conscience, except for the

regret of having injured a fellow being.

To test this viewpoint, we need only answer the question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" In all modem nations with proper orders of control, the answer of the average citizen can only be an

emphatic "Yes." Thus, accident prevention imposes a

dual obligation upon each individual: The commonsense action of self-preservation and the positive approach of protecting others. Be Careful - Not a Statistic

-ACCIDENTSFOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

AUGUST

ALL UNITS

YEAR TO DATE

FIRST AID

CASES

'61 '60 258 231

2552(397) 2000

DISABLING

INJURIES

•61 '60 9 10

94(4) 95

DAYS

LOST

'61 '60 110 225

9061(58)14004

( ) Locks Overhaul inju-ies Included in total.

Notice To Readers

liOL'ND copies of volumes 10 and

1 1 of TiiK Pan.\m.\ Canal Revikw

(August 1959 through July 1961) now are available on .special order

lor a limited period. Orders should

l)c received before November 1, 1961. The ])ricc will be $1.3.50 for each

hook containing both xolunus.

The 24 is.suPS vvili be hound in labrikoid, with gold stamping on the

cover, similar to previous boimd

copies. Clovers are available in reel, black, green, brown, or blue. Temporary binders of board and Linsbn

cloth, in light blue only, are available

at $2.50 per set. Heavier temporary

binders of board and fabrikoid, in dark blue only, are $3 per set. Orders addressed to the Superintendent, Printing Plant, Box 5084,

Cristobal, C.Z., should be accompanied by a postal money order or local check, payable to the Treasurer,

l^niarna Canal Company. Company,'

(iovernment units shoidd .submit orders on Form 6907, Combination

Requisition and Shipping Invoice.

22 October 6, 1961
CANAL

HISTORY

50 Years Ago

HEADINC; into the last 3 years of work

before the Canal would open, the Canal

Record reported 50 years ago that 150,723,962 cubic yards of material had been excavated, leaving 44,599,417

cubic yards still to be removed. At the same time, it was reported that 83 per- cent of the concrete for Gatun Locks was in place, 89 percent of that at Pedro

Miguel, and 35.6 percent at Miraflores.

It also \\'as reported that one of the

first permanent buildings to be erected on the Canal Zone had been authorized

for quarters for the caretaker at Brazos Brook Reservoir. The building was to be

of concrete and have a tile roof, in contrast with the frame buildings with sheet

iron loofs used as Canal quarters. One

story high, the house was to contain a

sitting room, dining room, kitchen and

pantry, two bedrooms, bath, dry room, and a servant's room and bath. Total employment at the beginning

of October was reported as 37,315, with

29,623 of those engaged in work on the Canal and 7,692 of them working on the Panama Railroad. The total represented an increase of appro.ximately 2,000 over

the pre\ious month and the similar period of 1910 and 1909. 25 Years Ago

lMPRO\'ED conditions in world trade were reflected in Canal traffic 25 years ago this month. Ofiicial figures released

at Balboa Heights showed an upward

tiend in the number of transits during

September 1936 and that this trend continued during the first 15 days of October. The gradual increase in Canal

traffic began in 1935, the report said. Commercial air traffic between Pan- ama and the United States was about to begin on a larger scale. Pan AmericanGrace Airwa\ s announced that an S-43

clipper ship had arrived at France Field on October 16 after making the 1,100-

mile hop from Miami in 7 hours and

50 minutes of flying time. Meanwhile,

RETIREMENTS

RETIREMENT certificates were pre- sented at the end of September to the employees listed below, with tlieii- birth- places, positions, years of Canal service,

and future residence. Milford K. Bailey, Louisiana; Lead Fore- man Enginenian, Maintenance Division; 19 years, 11 months, 1 day; undecided. Andrew Bleakley, Vermont; Leader Shipfitter, Industrial Division; 31 years, 6 months, 6 days; undecided. James A. Braid, New York; Dental Laboratory Technician, Gorgas Hospital; 15

years, 5 months, 14 days; Arizona. Samuel A. Brown, Jamaica; Helper Lock

Operator, Locks Division; 24 years, 3 months, 17 days; Jamaica. William Brown, Nebraska; Assistant to Director, Canal Zone Government Health

Bureau; 33 years, 3 months, 15 days;

California. Henry L. Donovan, Massachusetts; Director, Canal Zone Civil Affairs Bureau;

31 years, 10 mondis, 14 days; Florida. Efrain Escalona, Panama; Supervisory Pharmacist, Gorgas Hospital; 32 years, 8

months, 10 days; Panama.

Clifford H. Ewing, Florida; Staff Nurse, Coco Solo Hospital; 18 years, 5 months,

21 days; undecided. Casey James Hall, South Carolina; Police

Private, Police Division; 21 years, 8 months, 28 days; undecided. James M. Hunter, North Carolina; Towboat or Ferry Master, Dredging Division; 27 years, 9 months, 1 day; undecided.

Cecil Jeff, Nicaragua; Dock Worker, Terminals Division; 14 years, 3 montiis, 19

days; Colon.

Isaiah E. Lawrence, Panama; Brakeman,

Railroad Division; 20 years, 1 month,

8 days; Panama.

John L. Miller, Pennsylvania; Lock Operator Machinist, Locks Division; 21 years, 8 months, 9 days; undecided.

Jose D. Oviedo M., Panama; Grounds Maintenance Equipment Operator, Community Services Division; 14 years, 9

months, 24 days; Panama. Lachman Singh, India; Dock Worker, Terminals Division; 27 years, 10 months, 6 days; Colon. Oscar E. Townsend, Panama; Leader Sea- man, Dredging Division; 28 years, 1 month, 16 days; Panama.

Arie T. Van Gelder, Holland; Chief Engineer, Towboat or Ferry, Dredging Division; 26 years, 5 months, 18 days; undecided. Miguel Villareal, Panama; Surveying Aid,

Engineering Division; 32 years, 4 months,

5 days; Panama. Winthrop H. Havener, who retired

in July after 33 years of senice with the Canal organization, was Administrative

Officer and Assistant Comptroller of the New York office at the time of his retire- ment, having been promoted 4V2 months

earlier from his position as Assistant

Chief, New York Accounting Office, the

title athibuted to him by The Review

at the time of his retirement.

Pan American Airways was given a permit to engage in intra-Canal Zone

air commerce between France Field on

the Atlantic side and Albrook on the

Pacific side. Dr. Juan Demostenes Arosemena took

office as President of Panama, succeeding Dr. Harmodio Arias. The new Presi- dent received congratulations from Canal

Zone Governor C. S. Ridley, who said he knew that cordial and friendly rela- tions would continue between the people

of Panama and those of the Canal Zone. 10 Years Ago

PAY INCREASES went into effect in the Canal Zone 10 years ago this month

as President Truman signed legislation

increasing the salaries of 1,100,000

Federal employees by $300 to $800 per

year. The President also signed a bill increasing the salaries of most postal

workers and it was reported that raises for firefighters and teachers were to become effective soon. In Panama, Col. Jose A. Remon, Chief

of the Panama National Police, accepted

nomination as a candidate for the Presi- dency of the Republic for the elections

to be held in 1952. One Year Ago

THE FIRST of the three new tugboats

ordered for use in the Canal and its terminal ports was launched a year ago by the Diamond Shipbuilding Co. at its yards in Savanah, Ga. At the time, it was

announced that arrangements were being

made for the earlv retiun to the Canal

Zone of the dipper dredge Paraiso, which

had been used for 3 years on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

They Ate The Evidence

(Continued from p. 18)

each way during the full course of acad- emic instruction. The first half of the

single round-trip must originate in the Canal Zone and the child must have

been outside the United States at least 45 consecutive days prior to departure

for the States. The 4.5-day requirement

is not applicable when hansportation to the Canal Zone within the 45-day period was not at Government expense. Complete details concerning the regulations, which provide for payment of per diem in addition to transportation expenses, may be obtained from the Transportation Section at Balboa Heights.

The Panama Canal Review 23
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SHIPPING

Cruise Season

THE WINTER cruise season is just

around the corner, as indicated by a preliminary roinidup of the cruise ships sclieduled to call at Canal ports during

the next few months.

C. B. Fenton & Co. reports it will handle six cruise liners making 17 % isits to the Isthmus between October 1961

and April 1962. First to arrive will be

the Swedish American luxury liner Gripsholm, due in Cristobal October 28 on a Caribbean cruise. The same ship will return to the Canal January 23 on a round-South America cruise and will dock in Balboa before starting around

the continent. Other cruise vessels represented by

Fenton & Co. due here during the season

are the Hamburg-Atlantic Line's Hanseatic, aniving here from Miami on November 6 on a Caribbean cruise; the

Stella Polaris, due March 1; the Home

Line's Homeric, due January 24; and the Bianca C. and Franca C, two Atlantic Cruise Xine ships, each of which will make several calls here. The longest stopover at Cristobal will be made by the well known Stella

Polaris, a small luxury ship built especially for cruising. This vessel will arrive from New Orleans on March 1 and will remain in Cristobal until March 3. Round-the-World Ships

SE\'EN visits to the Canal will be made

during 1962 b\' round-the-world vessels operated by the P & O Orient Line,

according to Norton LilK', which represents the line on the Isthmus. The ships,

all scheduled to transit, are the Oriana, new queen of the P & O Orient Line, the Himalaya, Iberia, and Orsova. Each

will carry more than 1,000 passengers and each vessel will dock at both Cris- tobal and Balboa, thus giving pas- sengers sufficient time to disembark and

visit points of interest in Panama and

the Canal Zone. According to the advance schedule,

the ships due in Balboa from the west

coast of the United States en route to England via the West Indies are the Orsova, May 9; Himalaya, July 6; Oriana, July 21; Orsota, October 29; and

Ihrria, December 10. Due at Cristobal from England en route to the west coast and far east are the Orsova on August 29,

and the Himalaya in September.

New Japanese Vessels

A NEW SHIP, the Hampton Mam,

which was built this year in the MitsuTRANSITS BY OCEANGOING

VESSELS IN AUGUST

i«;u 1961

14 25

Commercial

U.S. Governiiuiit

Total _ _ 926 959

TOLLS °

Commercial $4,589,769 $4,751,586

U..S.(;<)v,.rnment_ 69,709 117,107

let;. I $4,659,478 $4,868,693

CARGO (Ions tons) Commercial .5,.364,618 5,092,074

U.S.Covemment^ 81,.3.S0 1.59,618

Idt.il 5,445,998 5,852,292

*Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and sinali.

bishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. dockyard for the Mitsubishi Shipping

Co., is due to arrive at Balboa on November 15 as the first of four new

high-speed vessels being built for Mitsubishi's New York-Far East service. The ship will be followed in June with

another 20-knot cargo vessel, which, hke

the Hampton Maru, will replace one of the line's slower freighters. Wilford &

McKay handle the Mitsubishi ships at the Canal. New Philippine Service

THE START of a new Philippine flag service in September between the United

States and the Philippine Islands has

been announced by the Magsaysay

Lines, a newly-formed steamship com- pany named after famed Philippine

President Ramon Magsaysay.

First ship of the new service to tiansit the Canal was the MV Transocean

Shipper, which went through on September 10. She will be followed by the MV Maria Rosello and the MV Trans- ocean Merchant, as well as by two

additional sister ships.

On their return trips from New York

the vessels are scheduled to call at Savannah and gulf ports. C. Fernie &

Co., who represent other Philij^pine flag

vessels, will be agent here for the new

company.

The Lake Ontario is tlit- ncwcsi i)i 12 Swedish ships which were placed in service last year on

a direct run between tlie cast coast ot C^anada and the United States and Australia. The cargo

vessel, which averages 20 knots, took on bunkers at Cristobal during her maiden voyage

through the Canal. In addition to the Lake Ontario, the service includes the Lake Erie, another new fast cargo vessel, and 10 other freighters which have become regular customers

of the Canal during the past year. On the voyage from Australia the ships carry frozen meat

and general cargo. On the trip back they cany general cargo. During the summer months,

the ships use the St. Lawrence Seawa> and travel as far west as Chicago. Operated by

A. B. Atlanttrafrik Express Service, the ships ha\c Fenton & Co. as agent at the Canaj.

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