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IN THIS ISSUE

On-Farm Training

New Crosswalk Guards

Diamond Jubilee

Dedication Scenes

Vol. 1 3, No. 4

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lovember S, 1968

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Robert J. Fleming, Jr., Governor-Preaident

W. P. Leber, Lieutenant Governor

Will Arey

Panama Canal Information Officer

Official Panami Canal PublicatioD

Published monthly at Balboa Heights, C.Z.

Printed at the Printing Plant, Mount Hope, C.Z.

Publications Editors Robert D. Kerr and Julio E. Briceno

Editorial Assistants Eunice Richard, Tobi Bittel, and Tomas A. Cdpas

On sale at all Panama Canal Service Centers. Retail Stores, and the Tivoli Guest House for 10 days after publication date at 5 cents each. Subscriptions, $1 a year; mail and back copies, 10 cents each.

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

Editorial Offices are located in the Administration Building, Balboa Heights, C,Z,

proclamation

WHEREAS the people of the Republic of Panama

obser\'e the 59th anniversar\' of their independence on November 3, 1962; and

WHEREAS the continued understanding and

friendship between the peoples of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone set an example of harmonv for the rest of the world; and

WHEREAS it is a desire of the Canal Zone to give

due recognition to the vital role plaved in operation

of the Panama Canal by Panamanians, now and in the past; and

WHEREAS the people of the Canal Zone join in the aspirations of their neighbors in Panama for a way of life which promises increased political,

spiritual, cultural, and economic well-being and

which are so vital for the growth of democratic

society;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert J. Fleming, Jr., Governor of the Canal Zone, do hereby invite all the people of the Canal Zone to take part in celebrating with Panama the 59th anniversary of her

independence on November 3, 1962.

I request all agencies of the Panama Canal to encourage, foster and participate in the observance.

I especially encourage our schools, libraries, churches

and religious bodies, civic, service and patriotic

organizations, and our learned and professional

societies to participate in the observance as appropriate, all to the end of enriching our knowledge and

appreciation of the history of the neighboring

Republic.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto

set my hand and caused the seal of the Canal Zone to be affixed at Balboa Heights,

Canal Zone this 18th day of October, 1962.

Governor.

By the Governor:

Executive Secretary.

J\oute Of Jrljtor^

CELEBRATION on November 3 of the 59th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Panama provides an opportune time to take note of other important dates in the history of tlie Isthmus, from

the time Rodrigo de Bastidas discovered Panama in 1501 to the present day.

Among the many other dates spotlighting the route of Isthmian

history from the time of the first visits are the following:

1502—Christopher Columbus explored the Atlantic Coast of the Isthmus, attempted to found Belen, but was prevented from doing so by hostile Indians. 1508—Panama first was called "Tierra Firme" and "Castilla del Oro." 1510—The first city populated by Europeans on American soil, Santa Maria la Antigua, was founded in Darien.

1513—Vasco Nuriez de Balboa and Martin Samudio were elected the first mayors on American soil; Fray Juan de Quevedo was named

First Catholic Bishop in America; Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean

on September 25. 1519—Panama, first European settlement founded on the Pacific coast of Isthmus, was established on August 15. 1520—First City Council (Cabildo) was established on American

soil, at Santa Maria la Antigua in Darien.

1521—Charles V granted Panama City charter and Coat of Arms. 1538—Royal Audiencia of Panama was created by Spanish Crown,

with jurisdiction to Nicaragua in the north and Argentina to the south,

and including Cartagena, Peru, and Chile; first transcontinental highway, Panama to Portobelo, was built. 1671—Pirate Henry Morgan pillaged Panama City and inhabitants put city to the torch. 1673—Panama City rebuilt 6 miles away from old site. 1698—Patterson established ill-fated Scottish settlement on Northern

coast of Darien Province.

1821—Panama declared its independence from Spain, joining Union

formed by Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.

1826—First Inter-American Congress held in Panama City.

1830, 1831, and 1840-Panama frees self from Colombia and becomes

a sovereign State but rejoins Colombia again each time. 1855—First trans-continental railroad in America inaugurated in Panama on January 28. 1880—French began unsuccessful attempt to build a Canal. 1903—Panama seceded from Colombia on November 3 and became

an independent Republic.

1904—United States started building the Panama Canal. 1914—Panama Canal opened to traffic. 1936-First revision of Panama-United States Canal Treaty effected. 1955-Revised Canal Treaty negotiated between Panama-United

States. 1962—Opening of a high level bridge over the Canal. Panama-United States Presidents appoint representatives to explore

possible Treaty modifications.

November 2, 1962
Manuel Guardia, left, and Rigoberto Quijada check

mechanization for "bossy."

PANAMANIANS

GET TRAINING

AT MINDI

THREE YOUNG Panamanians return to their agricultural

studies at the National Institute of Agriculture at Divisa

next week after several weeks of learning by doing at the Mindi Farm on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus. Manuel Guardia of La Pintada and Rigoberto Quijada

of Penonome are spending 6 weeks at the farm, while, Cesar Alvarez is spending 5 weeks, having arrived a week

after the others. During recent weeks they've been checked out on hand milking, machine milking, general sanitation, milk- room handling, pasterization plant operation and bottling.

Along the route they've had on-the-job contact with such

diverse items as pouring of proper cement flooring, vaccination, tractor and bulldozer operation, fencing, record- keeping, and study of grasses—including baling and

personal contact from the business end of a pitchfork.

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Dr. Dowell shows how needle is prepared

Dr. Paul H. Dowell, Mindi Fanii manager, explains advantages of lime-coated floors: bacteria, algae are killed, it's non-skid, and

inexpensive.

Trainees peer into huge bulk milk cooler.

And the boys show calf how it's done.
Leon S. Willa, milk plant manager, at graphs showing temperature

milk is heated to, how long it's held at that level.

Bulk raw milk arrives in these.

Joint goals of the Divisa school and

Mindi Farm are continued improvement

of sources of supply at farm level and

constantly widening spread of knowledge of sanitation and processing practices to maintain adequate quality.

The Divisa school has been operating

a general agricultural course 8 years. In recent years it has included on-the-job

training at ranches and farms many

places on the Isthmus, with Mindi as one of these. Mr. Guardia and Mr. Quijada got

off to a fast start at Mindi. They helped

deliver a calf the day they arrived. Their

milking machine duties are not just

operational; they also learned to tear down and repair the equipment. Thev

learned to throw and tie a horse, and

the best methods for restraining bulls or cows, with least injury to the animal

and themselves. The trainees live in family-type quarters in Gatun, eat at the farm with a farm family and, while leaining and

doing, receive a token salary to cover food and transportation costs and give

them a little spending money.

Two other young Panamanian dairy- men have taken the same course. These

two are Alfredo Orange of Santiago and

Juan Manuel Peralta of Chitre. Alfredo Orange has been working

since February 1962 as chief of milk

production for the La Estrella sugar company in Aguadulce.

He showed signs of leadership from

early youth, and now has 60 employees

under his orders. His supervisors are

\er\ satisfied with his work, for he has shown great efficiency.

Trainees view work in processing department.

Tied up like Christmas package, horse not worried. He nibbled grass.
Z)en cAre ZJo J6e c433lg,ned

TRAFFIC STOPPERS

CANAL ZONE motorists are accus- tomed to slowing, or coming to a halt, when approaching a crosswalk. In the near future, astonished motorists may

need a shove to remind them to move on. For, instead of a member of the Canal

Zone's finest keeping peak traffic and

pedestrians on the go, the traffic is to be

directed by crosswalk women guards.

Ten women are to be assigned in the Balboa Cristobal districts communities.

They will not be policewomen, but will be under Canal Zone police supervision

and police trained. The crosswalk guards will be from

.21 to 50 years of age, and must be able

to read and speak English. Physical

fitness, mental alertness, 1 year general

office experience, or 1 year's completed

studies at a business school or junior

college, and moral soundness will be

other requirements.

While on duty, the crosswalk women

guards will wear dacron-and-wool skirts of the same material and color as the Canal Zone policemen's shirts, and

white dacron-and-cotton blouses. The

outfit will be completed with a natty overseas type cap of the same material

as the skirt. Each crossing guard will wear miniature chrome badges, similar to the Canal Zone police guard badges, on

shirt and cap, and each will have a round shoulder patch bearing the Canal

Zone seal. With the employment of crosswalk women guards, the Canal Zone is joining important cities in the United States, where women have been employed on

crosswalk traffic duty for some time. The new look on the crosswalks of the Canal Zone comes about as a follow-up

of a recommendation made by J. W.

Kelly, executive secretary to the mayor

of Kansas City, Mo., when he visited the Isthmus in March 1958. At present the only uniformed women

who work with the Canal Zone Police Division are the matrons at Gatun

Prison for women and juveniles. Interested and qualified applicants

should contact Canal Zone Police Headquarters, Civil Affairs Building, during

office hours. Employment will be part time and

will be for about 20 hours each week,

during school terms.

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Mrs. Frances Hunnicutt models one of the new uniforms. She's secretary to Chief

E. S. Shipley of the Police Division of the Panama Canal.

THE TIME when prisoners sat in cells and marked off the days on the walls is past. New practices in criminology and

penology are constantly improving the

rehabilitation chances of men who have

been convicted of crimes. Men and women have been taken out

of the roles of mere guards and given

the responsibilities of counsellors, offer- ing guidance and help to those under

their care. A relatively small penal institution,

like the Canal Zone Prison at Gatun

has the opportunity to give special attention to those people who need help

and want it. In addition to the woodSelf-Help

Stressed

At Prison

shop, where the inmates are allowed to do constructive work, and the extensive grounds used for fruit growing and

recreation, Gatun Prison has instituted a special program geared toward improving the educational background of the prisioners.

The program was first started more

than 6 years ago when Eloise Games,

of the teaching staff of Rainbow City

Elementary School, volunteered to con- duct classes at the prison in Gatun.

Instruction was given 1 hour weekly

in Spanish on school subjects consistent with the educational level and ability of the inmates, following the Canal Zone

Latin American school curriculum.

The program was expanded to classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

from 1 to 3 p.m. under a teacher assigned by the Canal Zone Division

of Schools and now has been extended

even further to the hours of 7; 30 to 9;30 a.m. Monday through Friday under

the direction of Mrs. Yvonne Frederick

Wood for the male prisoners. One-half

hour classes are held daily for the women prisoners who wish to attend. "No inmate is forced to attend these

classes, but I can't remember any who

have refused to go," says Sgt. George

A. Martin, sergeant-in-charge at the Gatun Prison. The boys look foi-ward to the hours in classes and many of them

who could only make an "X" for their names and couldn't even tell time when

they entered the prison soon could do

both—and more as their educational

levels were raised.

The Panama Canal Review
p.anama s

Fire Brigade

PANAMA'S FIRE BRIGADE, founded

75 years ago with two small handengines, today is proudly referred to by fellow firefighters in the Canal

Zone as "one of the best volunteer fire departments in the world." So high is the prestige of Panama's

firefighters on the continent that thev have been invited to organize similar

fire departments in Colombia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, as well as assisting

in organization of such units elsewhere

in Latin America.

Today the fire brigade possesses modern equipment, but the early Pan- ama firefighters had to surmount one

difficultv after another. Chief problem was lack of water, for Panama City in the 1880's had no aqueduct and, as one

historian states, "either by unhappy

coincidence or by the calculation of

criminals, fires always seemed to occur

during the hours of low tide so that it was almost impossible to obtain suffi- cient ocean water to combat the flames." Finances posed almost as great a

View of the disastrous San Miguel area fire in Panama City. The flames leveled three blocks of dwellings. Canal Zone fire truck can be seen in background.

problem as water, for the fire brigade was supported mainly by contributions from businessmen.

In Panama City, with reorganization

of the firefighters and election of David

H. Brandon as Commander in 1903,

matters took a turn for the better. Commander Brandon's first action was

toward supplying the city with water

through construction of large reservoirs. While the greater part of the fire brigade

still was formed b\' volunteers, per- manent guards were established in barracks in se\eral quarters of the cit\\ Mark

The Colon fire department owes its origin to a disastrous fire on March .31, 1885, when the city was entirely con- sumed, with the exception of the buildings of the Panama Railroad, the French

Canal Companv, and the Pacific Mail

Steamship Line. The loss was estimated

at $6 million and 10,000 persons were left shelterless. As a lesult, the Colombian Government authorized

organization of a fire brigade.

The 188.5 fire was started b)' a group

of insurgents at the outset of a so-called "revolution." The insurgents arrested Mr. Wright, the American consul; Captain Dow, the general agent of the steamship company; the local agent, Mr. Conner; and Lieutenant Judd and

Midshipman Richardson of the U.S.S. Galena, then in port. During the night

Captain Kane of the U.S. warship

landed a force, and the next day Colombian troops came over from Panama.

The insurgents were routed, but not before thev set fire to the town. Panama City has had disastrous fires,

Ijut none of the magnitude of some of Colon's April conflagrations. "April seems to be the month of tragedy for the Colon fire brigade," says a history of the corps. In fact, an April fire in Colon which occurred in 1940 is cre- dited with a major change in organization of Panama firefighting forces. Only six firemen of the permanent

fire companv were on duty in Colon on

April 13, 1940 when a fire was reported

in a 30-year-old wooden house on 6th

Street in the Atlantic terminal city. A general alarm was sounded after a

brisk wind fanned the flames to nearby

structures. Firemen of Panama City and

the Canal Zone, as well as volunteers, entered the battle against the flames. Diamona

Jubilee

Canal Zone tug boats put 800 feet of hose into use to throw up a water screen on the blocks from Front Street to Balboa Avenue. Dynamite was used on

burning houses on 9th, 10th, and I3th

Stieets. After 7 hours' work, during
which the firefighters were hampered

by panic-stricken citizens who filled the

streets by the hundreds, the fire was

brought under control. But 293 buildings, most of them of wood construction,

had been destroyed and the fire loss totalled $4 million. That conflagration was a turning

point in the history of Panama fire- fighting, for organization of a permanent

fire department was undertaken, "with

the members to be paid a living wage."

Modern Panama City's greatest fire tragedy, commemorated by a statue in Fifth of May Plaza, was the explosion on May 5, 1914, of the powder magazine, then situated in the vicinity of the

old Casino. Several members of the Cuerpo de Bomberos lost their lives and

a number of others were left invalids. The Second Commander, Daro Vallarino, and Jose Thompson, one of the

Chief W. G. Dolan and William E. Jones, former chief of the Canal Zone Fire Department, joined Second Comandante Luis C. Endara and group of Panama firemen during ceremonies marking the 70th anni- versary of the Panama brigade in 1957.

seniors in the Brigade, each lost a leg

in the catastrophe.

Throughout the 75 years of its history, the Panama fire brigade has lived up to its motto, "Discipline, Honor,

Self-Denial." Besides the functions inherent to fire- fighters, the Panama fire department

has, in national emergencies, acted as guardian of public order. In 1931 a

political movement in Panama City,

Colon, and other areas of the Republic,

resulted in panic and chaos. The firemen of Colon and Panama

City were called upon to establish and

maintain order in both cities. FireCanal Zone fire engine joins in parade held in Panama City during Fire Prevention Week.

fighters were on duty day and night

until the country returned to normal. "Never were citizen rights and order

better guaranteed than when the men

in the red shirts served as police," stated Panama Governor Efrain Tejada in commending the firefighters for this action. As the Cuerpo de Bomberos of Pan- ama prepare to observe the organization's 7.5th anniversary this month, its members can look with pride on the record of service written by them and

their predecessors in combating fire and

its horrors.

RAUL ARANGO N., Panama fire chief

since April 1950.

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Representatives from Panama, the Canal Zone, and the men who buih

the bridge seated in reserved area at dedication ceremonies. From left to right, they arc: Capt. George F. Hudson, a senior Canal pilot; Anthony

Poczatek, one of the many who labored on the bridge; and German

Batista, a small farmer whose products will move to market across the bridge.

Miiurice li. Thatcher snips ribbon opening bridge, as Governor Fleming, Frank A, Baldwin, and many of those attending ceremonies watcb. IN THE SCENES . .

. . . AND BEHIND THEM

Pelican State steams under Thatcher Ferry Bridge to become first ocean-going vessel to pass under structure after official dedication October 12.

THE DEDICATION of Thatcher Ferry

Bridge and Stevens Circle last month

involved many people and events which

escaped public notice in the press of more urgent "news." A few of these

events and some of the people involved

in them are presented on these pages. This month's cover picture also in- volves a group which participated in the

dedication ceremonies for Thatcher

Ferry Bridge, but of which only minor

note was taken at the time of the event.

The picture shows members of the Panamerican Round Table displaying flags of various countries in the hemisphere.

Flags displayed by the group, headed

by Ester de Boutaud as president, were

of Panama, the United States, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican

Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina, Ecuador,

Costa Rica, Haiti, Chile, Guatemala, and Peru.

Ferryboat President Roosevelt moves through locks on way to Gamboa

after being removed from service in wake of bridge opening.

Several hundred guests from the Atlantic side traveled across the Isthmus aboard special trains during the 2 days of events.

Josephus Liverpool, president of the Canal Zone Retired Workers

Association, and Karl Curtis of Gamboa, both construction-era Canal

employees, watch dedication of Stevens Circle from speaker's stand.

A number of Isthmian oldtimcrs made a partial transit of the Canal and shared a buffet aboard Las Cruces during the dedication weekend.

Approximately 2,500 Isthmian residents gathered in Balboa for dedication of Stevens Circle on October 13.

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The Honorable Stephen Ailes, Under Secretary of the Army and Chair- man of the Board of the Panama Canal, poses beside memorial to John

F. Stevens in Balboa with John F. Stevens III, and Mrs. John U. Hawks,

grandchildren of the Canal engineer. Mr. Ailes was the main speaker.

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PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

September 5 through October 5

EMPLOYEES who were promoted or transferred between September 5 and

October 5 are listed here. Within-grade

promotions and job reclassifications are not Hsted: ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH

William S. Wigg, from Management Technician to Supervisory Management Technician. Cleveland C. Soper, from Photographer,

Information Office, Canal Zone Guide

Service, to Photographic Laboratory

Technician. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Rudolph R. Beatty, Clerk-Typist, from In- dustrial Division to Fire Division. Fitardo A. Henry, from Kitchen Attendant

to Cook, Customs Division.

Postal Division Dick R. Brandom, from Clerk-in-Charge,

City Division, Balboa, to Finance Branch

Superintendent.

Donald H. Secrest, from Window Clerk

to Relief Supervisor, Cristobal. Division of Schools Mildred S. Rowe, from Substitute Teacher

and Visiting Teacher to Elementary

and Secondary School Teacher. Martha M. Browder, Jane A. Gruver, Mary

F. Harmon, Rosario R. Maymi, Janice

C. Pitts, Sara H. Piatt, Rosalie A. Rowell,

from Substitute Teacher to Elementary

and Secondary School Teacher.

Carlos A. Vaz, Jr., from Elementary and

Secondary School Teacher, Latin American Schools, to Senior High Principal, Latin American Schools. Ana T. Bennett, from Elementary and Sec- ondary School Teacher, Latin American

Schools, to Elementary Teacher-Principal, Latin American Schools. Janet A. Marshall, from Substitute Teacher,

Latin American Schools, to Senior High

Teacher, Latin American Schools.

Millicent F. Forcheney, from Substitute Teacher, Latin American Schools, to Elementary Teacher, Latin American

Schools. Nora D. Brown, Kathleen D. Stromberg,

from Student Aid to Recreation Assistant

(Sports). ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Mary T. Herring, from Student Assistant, Contract and Inspection Division, to Clerk-Typist, Balboa Bridge Project.

Dredging Division Katherine G. Headrick, from Clerk-Stenographer to Accounting Clerk (Stenography). Rosemar>' D. Reardon, from Supervisory

Clerical Assistant to Accounting Assistant. Klaus Rcichert, from Seaman, to Launch

Captain.

Manuel Macias, from Seaman to Winchman.

Adolfo C. Quintero, from Winchman to Leader Seaman. Domingo Muiioz, from Boatman to Sea- man. Laureano Hidalgo, Cristobal Torres, from

Railroad Trackman, Railroad Division,

to Boatman.

Dionisio De Leon, from Grounds Maintenance Equipment Operator, Community Services Division, to Boatman.

Guillermo Lopez, from Laborer Cleaner to Boatman.

Agustin Torres, from Heavy Labo'ei, Pan- ama Local Agency, to Helper Core Drill Operator.

Electrical Division Howard E. Munro, from Power System

Dispatcher to Chief Power System

Dispatcher.

Norman C. Anderson, from Shift Engineer

(Mechanical) to Test Operator-Foreman

(Mechanical-Power System).

Cosme Morales, from Laborer Cleaner to Helper Cable Splicer. Francisco A. Estrada, from Pinsetter, Supply Division, to Laborer Cleaner. Mary N. Sanders, Clerk-Typist, from Coco

Solo Hospital.

Maintenance Division Hector M. De Souza, from Refrigeration

and Air Conditioning Plant Operator to Electrical Equipment Repairman.

Alfonso D. Gittens, from Laborer to Leader

Laborer Cleaner.

Isidro Avila, Evert M. Plato, from Laborer

to Heavy Laborer. Joseph F. Shea, Engineman (Hoisting and

Portable) from Motor Transportation

Division. Elbert T. Chappell, Jr., Welder, from In- dustrial Division. HEALTH BUREAU

Gorgas Hospital

Margaret R. Goulet, from Staff Nurse, Medicine and Surgery, to Staff Nurse, Operating Room.

Carol J. Smith, from Staff Nurse to Staff Nurse, Obstetrics. Jeanene K. Zimmerman, from Voucher

E.xaminer, Supply Division, to ClerkTypist.

Joseph D. Buendia, from Ward Service Aid to Nursing Assistant, Medicine and

Surgery. Corozal Hospital

Mary E. Ausnehmer, from Staff Nurse, Medicine and Surgery, to Head Nurse,

Psychiatry.

Lloyd G. Wilson, from Bell Boy and Special

Waiter, Supply Division, to Nursing

Assistant, Psychiatry.

MARINE BUREAU

Navigation Division William M. Brown, from Wood and Steel Carman, Railroad Division, to Marine

Traffic Controller. Walter J. Williams, from Laborer Cleaner,

Division of Schools, to Heavy Laborer.

Industrial Division M. Lucille Behre, from Clerk-Typist, Division of Preventive Medicine and Quarantine, to Stock Control Clerk. Earl A. Escalona, from General Helper to Toolroom Attendant. Locks Division Oliver H. Hendrickson, Joseph H. Voung,

from Leader Lock Operator Machinist

to Lead Foreman Lock Operations.

Kenneth F. Millard, from Electrician, Electrical Division, to Lock Operator Electrician.

Baldur Norman, from Lock Operator Carpenter to Lead Foreman Carpenter.

Kenneth P. Scanlon, from Machinist to Lock Operator Machinist. Hortensio Gutierrez, from Maintenance

Painter to Painter. Cleveland Bermett, Dudley Francis, Emiliano Mares, from Line Handler to Maintenance Painter. Robert J. King, Clerk-Typist, from Gorgas

Hospital.

Joseph L. Findlay, Gilberto Morales,

Samuel Walker, from Line Handler to Helper Lock Operator.

Dodson Hinds, from Line Handler to Messenger.

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Accounting Division Louis C. Caldwell, from Time, Leave, and

Payroll Clerk to Accounting Technician. Myron A. Schroeder, from Accountant to Staff Accountant. Burton F. Mead, from Voucher Examiner

to Accounting Technician.

Pauline L. Blais, Lucille D. Van Riper,

from Accounting Technician to Voucher

Examiner.

Fulvio Teran, Training Instructor, Conversational Spanish, from Office of the Governor-President. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Services Division Alejandro Gomez, Diego Martinez, Laborer, from Dredging Division. Eduardo D. Armas, Jose Del C. Moran,

Francisco Pinzon, from Laborer to Grounds Maintenance Equipment Operator. Cayetano Hernandez, from Laborer Cleaner

to Heavy Laborer. Supply Division

Phyllis D. Powers, from Service Center

Supervisor to Accounting Assistant. Reginald A. Carter, Ronald Chambers, Jr., David J. Failey, Hector J. Markland,

Newton Walker, from Commissary Service Trainee to \Ieat Cutter Assistant. Oscar Edmund, Jr., from Counter Attendant to Food Service Sales Checker. George C. Bennett, from Utility Worker to Sales Clerk. Roy A. Cox, Cyril E. Hewitt, Ivy F. Lewis,

from Utility Worker to Counter Attendant. Arthur M. Butcher, Harold Hall, from

Laborer Cleaner to Utility Worker. Morton F. Levee, from Theater Usher to Theater Doorman.

Robert C. Husband, from Package Boy to Heavy Laborer.

Elias Gill, from Package Boy to Laborer

Cleaner. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Terminals Division William B. Huff, from Administrative

Assistant to Supervisory Cargo Checking

Officer. Tomas A. Salinas, from Maintenanceman to Leader Painter (Maintenance).

Domingo Quintero, from Line Handler to Leader Line Handler. Walton G. Green, Albert A. McQueen,

from Heavy Laborer to Cargo Checker.

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Dimas Alvarado, Juan M. Arauz, Delfin

Garcia, Pedro Martinez, Humberto Ossa, Bemabe Saavedra, from Dock Worker

to Stevedore.

Cristobal Cedeiio, from Heavy Laborer,

Dredging Division, to Dock Worker.

Celio Cedeiio, Julian Gonzalez, from

Laborer, Dredging Division, to Dock

Worker. Leopold T. Douglas, from Line Handler to Maintenance Painter. Gouldboum Lewis, from Dock Worker to Guard.

Calixto Villarreal, from Surveying Aid,

Engineering Division, to Dock Worker.

Federico Hudson, from Laborer, Mainte- nance Division, to Cargo Marker.

Alberto Munoz, from General Helper,

Maintenance Division, to Dock Worker. Motor Transportation Division Paul R. Kuyofh, from Supervisory Transportation Operations Officer (Motor)

(Chief, Southern District) to Motor

Transportation Operations Officer (Chief, Southern District). Maurice L. McCullough from Supervisor Transportation Operations Officer (Motor) (Chief, Northern District) to Motor Transportation Operations Office (Chief, Northern District). Elsie E. Yates, from Clerk-Stenographer to Clerical Assistant (Stenography). Cecile C. Marceau, from Clerk-Stenographer to Secretar>- (Stenography).

Michael A. Shan, from Accounting Clerk

to Clerk.

Clifford E. Bovell, Victor H. Hines, from

Helper Automotive Mechanic (Body and

Fender) to Glazier (Limited). OTHER PROMOTIONS which did not involve changes of title follow: Paul J. Coleman, Valuation Engineer (General), Accounting Division. Norbert M. Schommer, Supervisory Accountant (Chief, Budget and Statistics Section), Office of General Manager,

Supply Division. Gerard L. Lavigne, Industrial Engineer

(General), Industrial Division. Thomas J. Dwyer, Leon N. Sharpensteen, Leon T. Williams, Admeasurer, Navigation Division. George A. Black, Jr., Supervisory Accounting Assistant, Nlotor Transportation Division. James D. Dunaway, Finance Branch Superintendent, Postal Division. George H. Moore, Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk, Accounting Division. Grace E. MacVittie, General Claims E.xaminer. General Audit Division, Claims

Branch. Joseph J. Wood, Jr., Graduate Intern (Administrative Services), Administrative Branch. Marie D. Quinn, Medical Radiology Technician (Diagnosis), Gorgas Hospital.

George B. Erskine, Raymond D. Parker,

Accounting Clerk, Motor Transportation

Division. Ricardo A. Honeywell, Clerk, Customs

Division. Marcus M. Smith, File Clerk, Gorgas Hospital. Harold G. Fergus, Utility W'orker, Supply

Division. Charles C. James, Utility Worker, Customs

Division.

A gob of this and a touch of that. It may be a work of art. Mrs. H. M. Armistead, center, seems pleased as she watches pupils Gail Harrison, Nancy Burns, Jim Young, Jenise McDaniel, and Gene Benson as they work on their ceramics projects in the basement

of her Balboa house.

Potterying, Not Puttering

"THE POTTERY. Jump in and ha\e

fun with us." This is the sign on the workshop door. And the sign really means what it says. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Armistead, who

live on Barnaby Street in Balboa, are

like pied pipers.

Everyone from the maid to the little kids down the street to the older members of the community can be found

most anv time working with clay in various stages of its development into ashtrays, dishes, vases, pitchers, or

figures.

Regular classes are held Friday

evenings from 7 to 10, officially, but

often the members of the class work

far into the night if they "really get

wrapped up in something."

i\Irs. Armistead became interested in ceramics during college where she

also worked in sculpture. "We first started to learn about ceramics from the books in the library, and then to find out if v\e were really interested in it, we took a course from Vada Pence who

lived in Balboa but has since retired and now is in the States." Since then,

they have had their basement converted

into a work area and storage space complete with two kilns, one of which was constructed bv Mr. Armistead.

RETIREMENTS

PAMANA CANAL employees who

retired in September, with the positions

they held at the time of retirement and

their \ears of service with the Canal

organization are: Louis W. Chenis, cement finisher, Maintenance Division; 40 years, 16 days.

Santiago Cordoba C, stevedore, Terminals

Division; 22 years, 11 months, 5 days.

Kenneth M. Edwards, general foreman lock

operator, Locks Division; 28 years, 4 months, 6 days.

Raymond L. Harvey, auto machinist. Motor

Transportation Division; 16 years, 5

months, 21 days. Robert E. Howell, helper wood and steel carman, Railroad Division; 47 years, 3 months, 17 days.

Philibert J. Jeanmarie, letterpress pressman.

Printing Plant, Administrative Branch;

38 years, 5 months, 27 days. Gonzalez Joseph, chauffeur. Motor Transportation Division; 39 years, 2 months, 24 days. Daniel Lawrence, helper machinist. Rail- road Division; 20 years, 9 months, 15

days.

Henri E. Moehrke, chief engineer, towboat

or ferr\-, Dredging Division; 29 years, 15 days.

William R. Simmons, cement finisher. Maintenance Division; 34 years, 3

months, 6 days. Henslee S. Smith, police private. Police Division; 1 year, 11 months. Ashton B. Spence, deckhand. Navigation

Division; 10 years, 8 months, 21 days. Stewart P. Trail, police captain, Police

Division; 26 years, 4 months. Robert E. Welbom, fire lieutenant, Fire

Division; 18 years, 1 month, 7 days.

The P.anama C.\nal Review 11
CANAL

HISTORY

50 yiearA ct^o

PANAMA CANAL toll rates were an- nounced in a proclamation by President

William Howard Taft of the United

States on November 13, half a century

ago. Merchant vessels carrying pas- sengers or cargo were to be charged on

the basis of actual earning capacity. Vessels in ballast were to be charged

40 percent less than the rate for vessels with passengers or cargo. The largest force in the Canal's

history, 40,1.59 persons, was at work on

the Canal and railroad at the end of November 1912. The personnel figure

included 3,499 men employed by the

contractors on the lock gates and similar work, and the development of the lock machinery under the Assistant Chief

Engineer of the Panama Canal. The contract for the manufacture and

construction of two 56-foot gate leaves and anchorages complete for the new

drydock at Balboa was awarded to the McClintic-Marshall Construction Co.. the only firm that submitted a bid. The

contract called for manufacture of the

leaves, the assembly of one of them at the company's shops, and the erection

of the gate complete in 425 days for $110,000.

The grand total of Canal excavation

to November 1 was 182,991,045 cubic

yards, leaving 29,235,955 cubic yards,

or a little less than one-sixth of the entire amount necessary for the completed

Canal to be excavated. 25 ^earJ cA^o

"BOYCOTT JAPAN" posters were

being issued free by one of the Panama

newspapers as part of a campaign to "aid China in her brave fight against a

ruthless invader," the paper said. The

Canal Zone commissaries were asked to stock lisle stockings for the benefit of Zone ladies who wished to actively

participate in the boycott.

On November 24, 1937, the ashes of Cen. Jay J. Morrow, third Governor of the Panama Canal, were scattered to the swirling waters of the Chagres as they pounded over Gatun Spillway.

Benediction was by Father E. J. Cooper

and flowers were strewn on the waters by boys and girls of the then famous

Red, White, and Blue Troop, followed

by an 11-gun salute.

10 ^ear3 cnc^o

CANAL TRAFFIC and tolls broke all previous records during October,

according to final statistics for the month

released on November 17, 1952. Final

figures on tonnage were not yet avail- able, but it was expected that these, too, would top previous highs. There were

674 transits of the Canal by ocean-going

commercial vessels and the tolls totalled $2,917,634.

A special supplement of The Panama

Canal Review containing essential

facts on the proposed rent increase was

distributed by mail to all U.S. employees

of the Canal organization. Featured in the supplement was a financial state- ment showing comparative costs in operation of the U.S. employee quarters for the fiscal year 1947 and for 1952, and

the projected financial results after the

rental increase scheduled to become

effective December 7.

One year c4^o

THRONGS OF Canal Zone residents, led bv Gov. W. A. Carter, joined their Panamanian neighbors in observing Flag

Day ceremonies and a 3-hour long

parade as part of the celebration of Panama's .58th Independence Day.

Speaking in Spanish, the Governor wel- comed the officials and spectators at Shaler Triangle in the Canal Zone for the ceremony of the pledge of allegiance

which opened the obsen'ances.

SAFETY

Seat Belts Protect

Good Drivers, Too

WE DEPLORE senseless speeding like that which recently caused a car in the

States carrying two young men to skid

2.50 feet on a sharp curve, change lanes, skid another 90 feet back into its own

lane, skid 50 feet more, flip over, sail 15 feet through the air, slide upside

down for 49 feet, carom off a stojie wall, and flip back onto its wheels.

Yes, the car was a mess: but the occupants received only minor bruises. Both were wearing seat belts. The\ were lucky— but how lucky would an

innocent family have been if it had

been coming the other way in a car without seat belts and couldn't get out

of the way of that bouncing, sliding

wreck? Obviously, seat belts offer protection for good as well as bad drivers. A warning has been issued by The

Society of the Plastics Industry that most plastic "Jerry" cans (shaped like those GI metal gasoline cans during

World War II) are not safe for storing

gasoline. At temperatures from about

145 degrees Fahrenheit and up, easily

reached in the trunk of a car or the covered bow of an outboard boat on

a hot day, gasoline will disintegrate the

plastic. Don't be deceived by the shape of

plastic cans. The safest way to carry spare gasoline is in heavy gage metal

cans carrying the approval of the Underwriters' Laboratories or Factory Mutual

Laboratories.

,_ACCI DENTS

FOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

SEPTEMBER

ALL UNITS

YEAR TO DATE

FIRST AID

CASES

-62 -61 227 236

DISABLING

INJURIES

'62 '61 9 4

DAYS

LOST

•62 -SI 280 365

2217 2788(699) 95 100(4) 8228 15360(95)

( ) Locks Overhaul Injuries Included In total.

12 November 2, 1962
ANNIVERSARIES

(On t/ie basis of total Federal Service)

Stockman

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Howard S. fag^Ua

Chief, Clmmunicatioi Branch

Charles W. H

Supervisory Constr

Inspector George V.

Oiler Alejandro Mo

Oiler Dario E. Perez Guard

MARINE BUREAU

Leonard B. Wilson

Towinj; Locomotive

COMMUNITY

BUREAU

Operator

ector S^Jl!^TATION AND

IINALS BUREAU

Jacinto Peters Guard

Sixto Atencio Heavy Laborer

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

George L. Cooper

Police Sergeant Robert P. Carey

Relief Supervisor,

Cristobal Hubert S. Wilson

Detention Guard

Ivan B. Hooker

Laborer Cleaner ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Faye C. Minton

Administrative Officer Egbert F. R. Watson

Surveying Aid

Ernest Wray

Launch Seaman

Walwin H. Gaynor

Automotive Equipment

Serviceman

Louis L. Seldon

Electrician Rodolfo Estable General Helper

Domingo Barrios Seaman

Jesiis M. Moreno

Painter Vicente Angel Smith

Launch Operator

HEALTH BUREAU

Selvin Rowe

File Clerk

Inez D. Barker Nursing Assistant, Psvchiatrv

Victor Ulate Nursing Assistant, Medicine

and Surgery

MARINE BUREAU

C. \. Torstenson

Pilot Dixie P. Bender

Towing Locomotive

Operator

Raymond F. Hesch

Lock Operator Machinist Antonio N. Hudson

Helper Lock Operator

Agustin Fajardo

Helper Lock Operator Enos A. Williams Seaman

Pedro A. Gasparini

Deckhand

Juan R. Valladares Launch Operator

Acres Vantipool

Deckhand

Frank Morris Deckhand

Jonas P. Archibold Helper Lock Operator

Frank H. Thomas

Line Handler

OFFICE OF THE

COMPTROLLER

Francis J. Reilly Plant Accounting Assistant PERSONNEL BUREAU

Nye C. Norris Personnel Clerk SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Curtis B. Parnther

Clerk Typist Juan Meji'a Baker Martha Bryan

Kitchen Attendant

Alvaro Ramos

Heavy Laborer May Jamieson

Retail Store Sales Checker

Maudline A. Lashley Counter Attendant

Doris Yard Food Service Sales Checker

Pura C. Adams

Meat Packager

Pablo Goto Meat Cutter Amanda T. Green

Sales Clerk Miguel A. Pineda

Heavy Laborer

Violet K. Delrozario Counter Attendant Rene J. Agnoly

Warehouseman

Flora E. Sutherland

Stock Control Clerk Ruben N. Padmore

Laundry Checker

Catalina C. Mendoza

Sales Clerk Juan Arriaga

Utility Worker

Hylin Casanova

Baker Roy A. Carter Storekeeping Clerk Arcadio Barlanoa Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

John Louis Smith

Helper Liquid Fuels Wharfman

Manuel Herrera Leader Stevedore Leopold V. Dutton

Stevedore

Harris T. Phillips Stevedore Hector Prestan Heavy Laborer Homer L. Marcum

Heavv Truck Driver

The Panama Canal Review 13
TRAFFIC MOVEMENT OVER MAIN TRADE ROUTES

The following table shows the number of transits of large, commercial vessels (300 net

tons or over) segregated into eight main trade routes:

United States intercoastal East coast of United States and South America _ East coast of United States and Central America

East coast of United States and Far East United States/Canada east coast and Australasia Europe and west coast of United States/Canada

Europe and South America

Europe and Australasia

All other routes

Total traffic

First Quarter, Fiscal 'i
from New Orleans, is due here both

February 28 and March 2. She will call at the San Bias Islands before docking

at Cristobal. Panama Agencies have announced

that the Grace liner Santa Paula probably will make a call at the Canal November 17 on her way back to New York

following a cruise to the Caribbean.

This same agency handles the huge

United States, which, next to the France,

will be the largest commercial vessel

to dock in Cristobal this year. The

United States is due February 9 and in March, following calls at Nassau,

Martinique, Trinidad and Curacao. The Jerusalem, operated by the Zim

Lines, will make two calls, according to the United Fruit Co. The first will be

December 26 and the second February 12. This company also represents

the Argentina, which is slated for three

visits. The Bremen of the North German

Lloyd Line is calling twice this year and

the Rotterdam will call at the Canal in April on her way back to New York

after a round-the-world cruise. The

Nieuw Amsterdam, an old cruise cus- tomer, will call at Cristobal once in February.

Dedicated To Panama

THE $17,500,000 Grace Line pas- senger-cargo ship Santa Maria, sponsored jointly by Mrs. Aquilino Boyd,

wife of the Panamanian Ambassador to the United Nations, and by Mrs. Edwin

M. Martin, wife of the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs,

is dedicated to the Republic of Panama.

Two of the Santa Maria's sister ships, the Santa Magdalena, dedicated to the Republic of Colombia, and the Santa Mariana, dedicated to the Republic of Ecuador, are being completed. The

Magdalena will be the first of the

20-knot, 127-passenger liners to go into service the early part of next year. A fourth sister ship, as yet unnamed,

dedicated to the Republic of Peru, will be built on the ways from which the Maria was launched last month.

The Santa Maria will have accommodations for 127 passengers in air-condi- tioned first-class quarters. Her cargo space of 616,200 cubic feet can

handle containers, cargo packed on

pallets, liquids, and shipments requiring

refrigeration or cooling.

The new Grace Line vessels will operate from New York to the Caribbean, the Canal Zone, and the Pacific coast of South America.

CANAL TRANSITS — COMMERCIAL AND U. S. GOVERNMENT
o H U P I N G

SHIPPING was in a slump at the end

of the first quarter of the current fiscal year. While traffic for the first quarter of the 1963 fiscal year continued at a high level for transits and tolls, cargo tonnage was

down, according to figures compiled by

the Executive Planning Staff of the

Canal. One of the factors responsible for the

decline of cargo tonnage is that Japan

earlv this year applied stringent ex- change controls to try to control loss of foreign exchange. Approximately onethird of the Canal's cargo tonnage

travels to and from Japan.

Coal is an important import of Japan,

and hundreds of thousands of tons of coal per month have traveled through

the Canal for use in the country's growing industries. A year ago in August

692,000 tons of coal transited the Canal

headed for Japan. In August 1962

the coal cargo to Japan dropped to 381,000 tons. Another important import for Japan

is scrap iron. A year ago in July .556,000

tons transited the Canal, as compared

with 97,000 in Julv 1962. Scrap iron to Japan in August 1961 totaled 366,000.

while the August 1962 shipments totaled 67,000 tons.

Tolls and transits for the first quarter

of the current fiscal year were slightly

higher, totaling $14,886,430, as com'- pared with $14,299,354 for the same

period last year. Transits the first 3

months of the current fiscal year totaled 2,902 ocean-going vessels as compared

to 2,806 for the same period last year. But there is a drop, when cargo

figures are compared. The total long

tons of cargo during the first 3 months

of the current fiscal year was 15,593,793,

as compared to 16,309,67.5 last year in the same period.

More ships transited in ballast this

first quarter, the total of .501 in ballast

transit since July comparing sharply

with the 462 ballast transits from Julv through September 1961. The load factor, according to Executive Planning Staff figures, is the lowest

since 1959. Referring only to cargo

carried inside ships transiting the Canal,

the load factor in August 1962 was 0.91, lowest for an August since 1934. The

July 1962 load factor of 0.96 was the lowest since July 1936, and the 0.93

TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN SEPTEMBER

1961 1.962 Commercial 892 909

U.S. Government 13 21 Free 2 9

Total 907 939

TOLLS °

Commercial $4,525,029 $4,618,152

U.S. Government 73,131 109,284

Total $4,598,160 $4,727,436

CARGO"

Commercial 5,021,956 4,932,450

U.S. Government 72,521 138,709 Free 2,916 42,580

Total 5,097,393 5,113,739

•Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small. "Cargo figures are in long tons.

figure for September was the lowest

since 19.59. Petroleum and petroleum products,

among the major commodities shipped

through the Canal, were at record levels. A big rise in petroleum shipments was

noted, especially in increased move-



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