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Vol. 13, No. i

September 7, 1962

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Robert J. Fleming, Jr., Governor-President

W. P. Leber, Lieutenant Governor

Will Arey

Panama Canal Information Officer

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Official Panama Canal Company Publication

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WITH NO APOLOGIES to Time Magazine, The Review

is proud to point to articles in this issue from our

correspondents in the United States and Moscow.

Former Review Editor Eleanor Mcllhenny wrote the

feature story beginning on page 10 about retired Zonians

and what they are doing. With husband Ted, who was

a veteran electrical engineer in the Design Engineer's

Office, Eleanor traveled extensively in preparing the

article about seven well-known Zonians. The Mcllhenny's retired in September 1960. In forwarding the article,

Eleanor wrote that she and Ted have finally decided to

settle down, probably in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, and

"we'll send an address along later." Dr. Eugene Shirokov, on a 1 year leave of absence from

his position as Chief Surgeon at Gorgas Hospital, is our Moscow man. The doctor is studying the latest cancer

diagnostic and treatment techniques under a Ford grant.

Before heading for Russia, Dr. Shirokov traveled extensively in the States to pickup the latest Stateside information on cancer so that he could compare notes with his Moscow colleagues. His quotes on page 5 are extracted

from one of the reports he periodically files with friends

back home.

HAVE YOU NOTICED the different and improved

appearance of your Review? Under the watchful eyes of our Mount Hope Printing Plant technicians the Review

and her sister the weekly Spillway, have "gone modern."

Instead of being printed from type and zinc cuts they are now the product of a fairly new process called photolithography or "offset." Type is still set, pages are made

up as formerly, and as ever a proof is "pulled." Here

things change. Instead of using the type for printing the

proof is sent to the camera where a picture is taken,

developed, and superimposed and burned into a thin

aluminum plate, which is then locked onto the cylinder

of a modern high-speed offset press. Instead of printing on the sheet of paper, the plate, after inking, prints on

a rubber blanket which then in its turn "offsets" the

image on the paper. Hence the name.

Index

Engineer Stevens Honored with Circle 3

Gorgas Doctor Reports from Russia 5 Zonians Celebrate Jamaica's Independence 6

Vacation Ends for School Kids 8

Zone Retirees Lead Active Lives 10

Summer Activities 13 Youngsters Are "Volunteens" - 14

Safetv and Retirements 15

Canal History 16

Anniversaries 17 Promotions and Transfers 18

Shipping 20

ABOUT OUR FRONT COVER.-The rendering of Stevens

Circle is the work of Enrique Castillo Malek, an architectural draftsman in the Engineering Division. Mr. Castillo is a popular 32-year-old bachelor whose renderings of construction

work planned and designed by our architects and engineers

are well-known in "the Building." He is a graduate of La Salle

in Panama City and the University of California at Berkeley

where he earned his bachelor of arts degree with a major in architecture.

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John F. Stevens was the world's foremost railroad engineer when he was named Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal project,

1905-1907. His basic decisions and organizational ability laid the groundwork for the Canal's construction.

Balboa Circle Renamed

To Honor Canal Engineer

NOW UNDERGOING a substantial face lifting, the Balboa traffic circle not

only soon will be the beauty spot pic- tured on the front cover of the Review

but also the first Canal Zone area named

in honor of a construction era civilian engineer. Next month, with Undersecretary of the Army Stephen Ailes scheduled to attend, the circle will officially be named

in honor of John F. Stevens, the tall, broad-shouldered, hard-driving engineer

largely responsible for the basic engineering work that made the Canal's

construction possible. In addition to Mr. Ailes, who as a boy knew Stevens, members of Mr.

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Stevens' family also are expected to attend the dedication.

In the center of Stevens Circle will be a three-sided monument of white

portland cement concrete, with an in- scription in Spanish and English in raised anodized aluminum letters. The

mahogany trees in the park will be

retained, but planters will be added.

A raised center section in the park will be walled with brick and will have

benches inserted in half the area. Decorative lighting also will be installed. John Frank Stevens was recognized

as the world's foremost railway civil engineer when he arrived on the Isth- mus in 1905. Tall, broad-shouldered,

tough, the new Chief Engineer met no

reception formalities. The wharves were crowded with scared, quiet men waiting

to return to the States on the very ship

he came on. The fundamental problem that he

faced was one of restoring confidence

and morale. Health came first. The men

needed food supplies and markets,

decent living quarters, relief from the drab existence in the form of social rooms and entertainment. One of his

first ideas, and a most happy one, was

that of the food car. Stevens found the men were actually hungry, and the men

found that they had a boss who took

a personal interest in their welfare. With
The Balboa traffic circle opposite the Post Office, shown above as it appears today, was chosen as the site of the first Canal Zone monument in honor of a construction

era civilian engineer. After undergoing beautification, it is to be officially named

Stevens Circle in honor of John Frank Stevens, Canal Zone Chief Engineer, who

arrived on the Isthmus in 1905 and brought order out of chaos.

the food went some strong talk. Dressed

like the men, Chief Engineer Stevens

stood among them, spoke their blunt language, rubbed their elbows. "There are only three diseases on the Isthmus," he charged into them, "yellow

fever, malaria, and cold feet. The worst

is cold feet. That's what's ailing you."

It was the scolding they needed. Groups

began arguing themselves into staying

a little longer. Some good might come

out of the chaos yet. President Theodore Roosevelt, in a private brief interview, had confided

that "affairs are in a devil of a mess."

It was no understatement. A yellow

fever epidemic, followed by the unexpected resignation of the first Chief

Engineer, John F. Wallace, made the Canal Zone a scene of chaos and hysteria, and threatened the security of the Canal program, then still in the experimental and development stage. A small but palatial residence outside Panama City had been designed

by the Canal Commission as a fitting

residence for Chief Engineer Stevens. He brushed these plans aside and

requested instead a cheap bungalow

with a corrugated iron roof on the side

of Culebra Cut where he could be near

the job. In overalls and slouch hat he

rode the "locals" and the "freights."

He was abrupt but liberal in delegating

responsibility, and had a way of bringing

out the best in a man.

"Big Smoke" was Stevens' nickname

from the start. When he wasn't chain- smoking cigars, he was chain-chewing

them.

The Canal job had been going on a quarter of a century when he made his

first survey tour. He found no order, no

plan on the job. In fact, no decision had

been made as to whether the Canal

would be sea level or lock type.

John F. Stevens was an ardent supporter of Dr. William Gorgas in his humanitarian battle against vellow fever on the Isthmus, and the men sized him up as an important man who didn't have to act important. If anybody was

going to build a canal he could. He planned the main features of the waterway and lobbied openly in Mav

and June 1906 for a high-level, lock- type canal; swung President Theodore

Roosevelt back into line when he

wavered in favor of sea-level construction; helped Senators draft speeches,

prepared maps, and produced statistics. Calmly he pointed out the awkward,

dangerous, expensive, and slow proce- dure involved in a sea-level canal planned at that time. On June 29, 1906,

the President's signature put into law a

bill calling for the high-level, lock-type

canal. Chief Engineer Stevens received the

additional appointment as Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission in March 1907, shortly before his resignation. His original agreement had been

to stick to the job until he could predict success or failure according to his own

judgment. Success was assured. "I fulfilled my promise ... to the very

letter," he maintained. He had rescued

the Canal from chaos and defeat. The Canal job was assigned on February 18, 1907, to the United States Army, in the person of Colonel (later General) George Washington Goethals.

In a letter to his son, Colonel Goethals wrote "Mr. Stevens has perfected such

an organization . . . that there is nothing left for us to do but just have

the organization continue in the good

work it has done and is doing . . . Mr. Stevens has done an amount of work for which he will never get any

credit, or, if he gets any, will not get

enough. . . ."

Officially, John "Big Smoke" Stevens remained in command until midnight

March 31, 1907, but for more than a week his principal occupation was

accepting tributes. In the few years of U.S. work on the Canal, the comings

and goings of Presidents, Cabinet members, Senators, and foreign dignitaries, the Zone had witnessed nothing that equalled the send-off for John F. Stevens on the night of April 17, 1907. Said one historian, "It was as if the people were honoring a man who had

already built the Panama Canal "—and

they were fully aware it was he who

made it possible, for from his administration dates the really fundamental

work of canal building, the preparation

of the ground for the edifice to be

erected.

John F. Stevens returned to the United States and railroading. In 1919

he was named president of the Inter- Allied Technical Board with headquarters in Harbin, Manchuria. His

work completed, he returned to the United States in 1923 and retired from

active life. He was presented the John Fritz Gold Medal on March 23, 1925, for "great achievements as a civil engineer,

particularly in planning and organizing

for the construction of the Panama

Canal; as a builder of railroads, and as administrator of the Chinese Eastern and Siberian Railways." The Hoover

Gold Medal was given him in 1938. He was elected a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on

June 6, 1888, and an honorary member

on June 18, 1922. In 1927 he served

as President of the Society.

He died on June 2, 1943, in Southern

Pines, N.C., shortly after he celebrated

his 90th birthday.

September 7, 1962
SHIROKOV REPORTS

A ZONIAN'S VIEW OF RUSSIA

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"WITH MY RUSSIAN parentage it should not be difficult to understand a

certain affection I have for these people

who I know can be so completely impossible one minute and so reasonable

the next," writes Gorgas Hospital's Dr.

E. P. Shirokov from Moscow where

he is on loan from the National Cancer

Institute of Washington. But even the Russian born "Gene"

Shirokov has had his difficulties in understanding.

In an informal report back to the Canal Zone Dr. Shirokov described an

experience with the good citizens of Leningrad which he visited en route to Moscow.

Since he was not sure of his way, he

decided to take a streetcar to the U.S. Medical Exhibit then in progress in Leningrad.

"The streetcar was jammed with

workers who were poorly dressed and

covered with dirt from their manual

labors," he wrote. "In my new suit,

I stood out like a neon light and when

I asked how much the fare was, the passengers just stared at me.

"Finally several people contributed a penny each and bought my ticket. An

old man got out of his seat and insisted that I sit down. When I reached the Medical Exhibit and got up to leave, the people began to clap and gave me smiles

of affection. I still am not sure what it was all about but it was real nice and

I liked it. When I left I gave them a

'bolshoi spasebo.' The demonstration,

I know was not for me personally but

they appreciated a sympathetic American who took the time and effort to speak Russian and travel as they did." Dr. Shirokov, who is one of a limited number of medical scientists to be

exchanged under a program sponsored

by the United States and Soviet Governments, said that his experiences with the Russian people were not always so fortunate. In Stockholm shortly before he sailed

for Leningrad, he tried to make friends with one member of a group of Russian

sailors who had debarked from a Russian battleship.

Anxious to practice his Russian, the doctor said that he got along fine with

the sea-faring Soviet until he happened

to mention the fact that he was an American. The sailor, he said, dropped

him as though he had the bubonic

plague and ran to catch up with his mates. As they walked along ahead, the Russian sailors kept looking back at our man Shirokov, who said that it was

not in the least in a friendly way.

In Leningrad he passed easily

through customs although he said he

noticed that the other passengers' bags were being carefully inspected. Because

of his Russian name and his birthplace

of Harbin, China, he said that he often got a knowing look and a comment to the effect that he was a White Russian

refugee coming back to the motherland.

Dr. Shirokov said that he was much

impressed with the museums, and the

first class cultural and art exhibits and

most of all with the low prices of tickets

to the theater in both Leningrad and

Moscow. "All is not grim and there is much laughter, gaiety, and fun. The

drive and emotional swing of the Russian people may be confusing and

irritating at times but at least it is never

dull." Even so he said, "As the way of

life in Russia began to register on me,

I became so very aware of how lucky

I am to be an American."

He was a guest at the Fourth of July

reception held at the U.S. Embassy

which was attended by Khrushchev and

1 Dr. Shirokov.

the head of the Russian Army. Dr. Shirokov, with his increasing command

of the Russian language, stood near Khrushchev and listened for some time. "He is very sharp and no ignorant

coal miner by a long shot," he reported.

"I was about to introduce myself but

couldn't think of anything more intel- ligent to say than 'Maybe you and my

old man worked in the same coal mine.' So I said nothing. Just then the Benny

Goodman group swarmed him. He told them frankly that he didn't understand

jazz and preferred good music. The

fellow just doesn't pull punches."

In his report, Dr. Shirokov expressed

great enthusiasm about his work in the Moscow medical centers and said that he never really expected to learn so much. He was aware that he was seeing

only the best of their best but at this time their best is very good indeed. Because of the tremendous population in Moscow and the complete control

of medical care, it has been worthwhile

and profitable to all to set up highly

specialized hospitals, he said. He visited a number of major medical

centers to get a general picture and was

impressed with how much the doctors

there knew about U.S. medical litera- ture and how little we know of theirs. They are genuinely interested in what we are doing and how, he said. His day at the Vishnefsky Institute was typical. Vishnefsky, Dr. Shirokov

wrote, is a two-star general, the direc- (See p. 19)

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A Message From

The Governor

ON BEHALF of the Canal Zone

I take great pleasure in sending a congratulatory salute and best wishes

to the peoples of Jamaica and Trin- idad and Tobago as they join the brotherhood of free and independent

nations. The birth of your island nations is especially close to the hearts of the members of the Canal Zone community. You not only spring from the mother country as does the United

States, but I dare say that no other

area of the world has a closer tie with

the peoples of the Indies than we of the Canal Zone. Back in the 1850's when private

interests in the United States built the Panama Railroad, the main labor

force came from the West Indies. During the initial French canal effort 9,000 workers were recruited from

Jamaica alone in the year 1885.

Between 1904 and 1931 the United

States recruited 45,000 workers from

throughout the world for the Canal

construction effort. Most came from

the Indies and particularly from

Jamaica. Of these 45,000, only

18,000 chose to be repatriated to

their homes. The remaining 27,000

turned down the offer of repatriation

to their native lands and chose to make their homes on the Isthmus.

Labor, in addition to building the Canal, keeps it operating efficiently

to serve the needs of world shipping

and commerce. In the Canal organization today persons of West Indian

descent form the backbone of the Canal's labor force. They are employed in more than 75 percent of the Canal's 1,200 different job positions. On an ever increasing scale our employees from the Indies are occupying more skilled and res- ponsible positions within the Canal

organization.

It is in the destiny of men that

births should be momentous occasions. Physically, birth is the beginning of cycle; spiritually, birth is the onset of timeless growth.

It is in this spirit, as the people of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

take the fateful step of joining the family of free and independent

nations, that I wish for them the

fulfillment of their finest hopes and

aspirations.

The flag of Jamaica flys over

the Isthmus for the first time when

veteran retiree T. H. Saunders

unfurled her

aboard the

tourist launch Las Cruces

during the cruise

of the retirees through

Gaillard Cut.

AUGUST 1962

A Month for Independence

At the Rainbow City Elementary School children took part in athletic and gymnastic

events during the month long celebration sponsored by the Canal organization

in connection with the independence of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Tobago.

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In the photograph at the left, students of Paraiso Elementary School are shown writing themes about the independence of Jamaica while two others sketch a map and flag of Jamaica. On the right, kindergarten students at Paraiso study an exhibit of Jamaican subjects.

Proud Day

For Jamaicans

In The Canal

Zone ....

THE INDEPENDENCE of Jamaica,

Trinidad, and Tobago was celebrated bv friends and well wishers all over the world last month, especially on the Isth- mus where so many sons and daughters

of the Islanders have made their homes

and are members of the Canal Zone

community.

A message of congratulation was

issued by Gov. Robert J. Fleming, Jr., especially to those who helped build

the Panama Canal; three streets in Pedro Miguel were named Jamaica,

Trinidad, and Tobago in special cere- monies; the date of Jamaica's Inde- pendence the Panama Canal Company

played host to a group of 175 retired employees of the Canal on a sightseeing trip through the Canal aboard

the Las Cruces, the first of a series of

trips the Company is holding for retired employees living on the Isthmus. An athletic exhibition was staged in Rainbow City by the students of the first and secondary schools and in Paraiso,

Miss Barbara Raphael was crowned

queen of Paraiso High School and was

guest of honor at a gala ball which

followed. Other events included an essay contest on the Independence of the three

islands among students in the Latin

American schools; an exhibit of photographs, books, and articles on the West

Indies and their contribution to the Canal written by George Westennan

and other distinguished Panamanians

of West Indian descent.

A group of 175 retirees pose prior to boarding the Las Cruces for a trip through

Gaillard Cut as the guests of Gov. Robert J. Fleming, Jr.

Canal Zone Governor, Robert J. Fleming, Jr., is shown above as he unveiled the new Jamaica Street sign in a street-naming ceremony at Pedro Miguel when three

streets were inaugurated in honor of the independence of Jamaica, Trinidad, and

Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago Street signs were unveiled simultaneously by two

Pedro Miguel community representatives. From left: The Reverend Carlton O.

Morales; Hugh Gilmartin, Second Secretary of the British Embassy; Eric S. Oakley,

President of the Congress of Latin American Civic Councils (back to camera).

Standing behind Second Secretary Gilmartin is Arthur W. Davis, President of the Pedro Miguel Civic Council, and just behind Governor Fleming is Maj. Daniel M.

Leininger, Military Assistant.

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The latest addition to the Canal Zone public school system is the new Elementary School at Fort Clayton. It will be used for the first time when classes begin Monday morning.

September 10:

FIRST DAY IN U. S. SCHOOLS

BRIGHT AND EARLY Monday morning approximately 9,000 Canal Zone

boys and girls will discover their sum- mer vacation is just a memory—the fall school term will be underway.

While the Canal Zone school students

traveled with their parents, took part

in summer recreation activities in the Canal Zone, attended summer study

classes or just plain loafed, Canal Zone

School officials have been making plans

to provide for increases in enrollment

The little one-room school house which opened its doors officially in January 1906

in the construction town of Gorgona. It was the first public school in the Canal Zone

and it had 6 pupils and 1 teacher.

and for future school improvements.

Some of the changes which will be

immediately apparent to students and

parents this year are a new elementary

school at Fort Clayton, an increase in school personnel, progress in the pre- parations for air conditioning the Balboa

High School, and the addition of two new classrooms in the Diablo Heights

Junior High School. The Canal Zone school system which

celebrates its 57 birthday next January 2

has come a long way from its first small wooden school house which opened its doors in Gorgona in January 1906. That one-room school house has

grown to a school plant consisting of 14 elementary schools, 4 junior high

schools, 4 senior high schools, and a

junior college. These figures include the

Latin American schools which have

been in session since May.

The few borrowed desks and books

of 57 years ago have been changed for modern educational equipment which

includes material for vocational training, visual education, military training, special education, gymnasiums and playgrounds, and modern reference libraries. From 6 students and 1 teacher, the

school enrollment has grown to 12,000

U.S. and Latin American students and

to a teaching personnel of 419. This

year, 78 new personnel were added to

September 7, 1962
the rolls. Of these 42 are new teacher

positions. Also added to the rolls are

counselors, school psychologists, nurses, and clerical assistants. During the July executive meeting

with officers of the U.S. Civic Councils,

Governor Fleming discussed long-range

plans for schools improvements which,

of course, will depend on budgetary and

congressional approval. These plans

envision within the next few years such

things as a new Junior College com- pound in the La Boca townsite, new

elementary schools at Fort Davis and

Albrook-Curundu, a junior high school

at Albrook-Curundu, replacement of the wooden Diablo Junior High School and

the construction of a Balboa High

School annex. On the Atlantic side, an

eight-classroom school is being held in reserve in the Administration Building.

Further reduction of combination

classrooms is planned. From the 13 such

classrooms in existance last year, there

are 8 this year; one each at Ancon,

Diablo, Coco Solo, and Cocoli Ele- mentary Schools. Because of their rela- tive isolation and small attendance,

Gamboa and Gatun Elementary Schools have two combination classroom each. Likewise continuing effort is underway to reduce the local school system's

all-important pupil teacher ratio. New Teachers from U. S.

THIS YEAR there were 42 new teachers

hired in the United States. Their hometowns, degrees, schools from which they

received them, and their assignments in the Division of Schools are as follows:

Acosta, Joanne E. (Miss), Odenton, Md.;

Bachelor of Science, Florida Southern

College, Lakeland, Fla.; Fort Kobbe

Elementary School, grade three. Armijo, Gertrude (Miss), Las Vegas,

N. Mex.; Master of Arts in Spanish

Literature, University of Wisconsin,

Madison, Wis., and Master of Arts in Education, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, N. Mex.; Balboa High School, U.S. History and Spanish.

Armstrong, Gordian Lee, Alma Michigan, Master of Arts, New Mexico Highlands

University, Las Vegas, N. Mex.; Cristobal Junior-Senior High School, Geography

and English.

Baglien, David, Rock Springs, Wyo.; Master of Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, N. Dak.; Balboa High

School, Counselor. Baybarz, Barbara J. (Mrs.), Gate, Wash.;

Bachelor of Arts, Central Washington

College, Ellensburg, Wash.; Fort Kobbe

Elementary School, kindergarten.

Berg, Robert A., Bainbridge Island, Wash.;

Master of Education, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.; Diablo

High School, Shop and Social Studies. Bondourant, W. Eugene, Burlington, N.C.; Master of Education, Duke University,

Durham, N.C.; Balboa High School,

Algebra I and General Math. Bynum, James, Overland Park, Kans.; Master of Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Mo.; Balboa High

School, English.

Cappon, Ronald, Adrian, Mich.; Master of

Arts, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Balboa High School, U.S.

History and English.

Collver, Dick W., Billings, Mont.; Master

of Arts, Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colo.; Balboa High

School, English 9 and General Science. Crawford, Watson H., San Fernando, Calif.; Master of Science, University of Auburn,

Auburn, Ala.; Balboa High School,

English.

Croghan, Gay J. (Miss), Sheldon, Iowa; Bachelor of Arts, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Cocoli Ele- mentary School, grade one.

Daniels, Polly S. (Mrs.), Sanford, Fla.; Bachelor of Arts, Maryville College,

Maryville, Tenn.; Cocoli Elementary

School, grade four. Dawson, Cecilia (Miss), Tampa, Fla.; Bachelor of Science, University of

Florida, Gainsville, Fla.; Balboa High

School, Physical Education. Deaver, Winifred A. (Mrs.), San Francisco,

Calif.; Bachelor of Arts, University of

Illinois, Champaign, 111.; Diablo Heights

Junior High School, Special Education.

Finkelstein, Morris, Charleston, S.C.; Master of Arts, George Peabody College;

Nashville, Term.; Canal Zone Junior

College, Physical Education. Gansen, William J., Dearborn, Mich.; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, Ann

Harbor, Mich.; Cristobal Junior-Senior High School, Modem World History

and Social Studies 8. Garner, Meridon V., Alpine, Tex.; Master

of Education, Sul Ross State College,

Alpine, Tex.; Balboa High School,

Chemistry and Algebra I. Green, Gloria (Miss), Colorado Springs,

Colo.; Bachelor of Arts, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.; Special Education. Greene, Raymond B., Pittsburg, Calif.; Master of Arts, Arizona State University,

Tempe, Ariz.; Balboa High School,

Speech, Drama, and English. Hess, Kathlene R. (Miss), Des Moines, Wash.; Bachelor of Arts, New Mexico

Highlands University, Las Vegas,

N. Mex.; Fort Kobbe Elementary School,

grade two. Hopper, Dora M. (Miss), Fairland, Okla.; Master of Teaching, Northeastern State College, Tahlequah, Okla.; Cocoli Ele- mentary School, grade three. Hutchinson, Lester, Burley, Idaho; Master

of Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe,

Ariz.; Balboa High School, Plane Geometry.

Korsmo, Nedra A. (Miss), Waco, Tex.; Bachelor of Arts, Southern Methodist,

University, Dallas, Tex.; Cocoli Ele- mentary School, grade four. Lampe, Albert, Utica, N.Y.; Master of

Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse,

N.Y.; Balboa High School, Special Education. Latimer, Charles L., Jr., Tenafly, N.J.; Doctor of Education, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.; Canal Zone

Junior College, Dean.

Litton, Douglas, Shaw, Miss.; Master of Science, Mississippi State University,

Starkville, Miss.; Cristobal Junior-Senior High School, Physical Education.

Logan, Bette G. (Miss), Graham, N.C.; Bachelor of Arts, Winthrop College,

Rock Hill, S.C.; Cocoli Elementary

School, grade three. Mainard, Vicki (Miss), New York, N.Y.; Master of Science, Columbia University,

New York, N.Y.; Cristobal Junior-Senior High School, Librarian. Meriwether, Julia G. (Miss), Yakima, Wash.; Master of Personnel Services, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.; Diablo Junior High School, Counselor.

Purifoy, Cecil E., Jr., East Lansing, Mich.; Master of Arts, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.; Balboa High School, Social Studies. Shipman, Robert F., Hammond, Ind.; Master of Science, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.; Cristobal Junior-Senior High

School, Metal Shop and Shop 8. Simmons, Vivian Y. (Miss), Austin, Tex.; Master of Education, University of Texas, Austin, Tex.; Balboa High School,

Commerce.

Small, Gordon E., Rye, N.Y.; Master of

Arts, Brown University, Providence, R.I.; Balboa High School, Trigonometry and

Solid Geometry, and Algebra II. Sullivan, Mary (Miss), St-Mary-of-theWoods, Ind.; Bachelor of Science, St- Mary-of-the-Woods College, St-Mary-ofthe-Woods, Ind.; Cocoli Elementary

School, grade three. Sullivan, Paula (Miss), Balboa, C.Z.; Master

of Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia,

Pa.; Special Education Branch, Psychologist. Sutton, Eugenia (Miss), New York, N.Y.; Bachelor of Science, Fordham University, New York, N.Y.; Fort Kobbe Ele- mentary School, grade one. Vams, Nancy (Miss), Middlebury, Ind.; Master of Arts in Education, Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Ind.; Cocoli Elementary School, grade three. Vinton, Patricia (Mrs.), Worcester, Mass.; Master of Arts in Teaching, Assumption

College, Worcester, Mass.; Cristobal Junior-Senior High School, English.

Walters, George J., Cincinnati, Ohio; Master of Arts, Denver University, Denver,

Colo.; Balboa High School, Counselor. Lake, Kenneth E., Kansas City, Mo.;

Doctor's Degree, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.; Master of Arts in Education, University of Kansas; Canal Zone

Junior College, Mathematics. Hays, Burchard, Park Rapids, Minn.; Bachelor of Science, Gustavis Adolphus

in St. Peter, Minn.; Master of Education, University of North Dakota, Grand

Forks; Specialist in Educational Media,

and curriculum, Division of Schools.

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J. Wendell Greene, former Panama Canal Company Treasurer, is now a tax consultant

in Hendersonville, N.C.

By Eleanor Mcllhenny

FEW FORMER Zonians retire these davs to the rocking chair, fashionable

though it mav be. They garden, like onetime Designing Engineer F. H.

Irwin and former Canal Pilot HarryBach, of San Rafael, Calif. They golf,

like Balboa High School's ex-counsellor H. J. Zierten, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and the Canal's former Chief Quarter- master L. W. Lewis, of Hendersonville, N.C. Or they small-boat, like G. C. Lockridge, of Pinellas Park, Fla., yvho

until recently headed the Canal Zone

Schools' athletic programs. Or they work in familiar fields. Allen Ward, who retired recently from the

faculty of Balboa High School, now

teaches in Springfield, Mo.; Dr. Jesse Byrd, once Health Officer in Colon,

until recently held a similar post in Dothan, Ala.; and Lewis B. Moore,

who served in a number of important

engineering jobs for the Canal, has had

assignments in Korea, Burma, Thailand,

and now Colombia, for the firm of Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthv-Stratton. But some of the most interesting are those who entered new fields, unlike

anything thev did in the Canal Zone. Here are a few of them, picked at random from much of the United States. When Robert Terrell Toone retired from the Panama Canal in November

1951, he was Surveying Officer, in charge of all the desks, file cabinets and hundreds of other items belonging

to what was then the Executive Department. As City Tax Assessor-Collector

for Kerrville, Tex., for the past 7 years,

LIV6LY R€TIR€€S

Retire To Oblivion?

Not Former Zonians!

he deals with another kind of property;

real estate. Regularly he takes refresher courses

to learn the latest in assessing-collecting

techniques and occasionally he gets

together with others in his business to compare methods and problems. He is a director and former vice president

of the Alamo Chapter of the Texas

Association of Assessing Officers. Although both the Toones grew up

in Texas (he was born in Tennessee),

they knew little of the state's Hill Country until their only son, John, yvent

to camp there. They were attracted to Kerrville 10 years ago bv its friendly,

cosmopolitan population and by its drv

climate, a boon to sinus sufferers like Mr. Toone. They have become an integral part

of the busy little town of 10,000, about

60 miles north of San Antonio. Both

have been active in Red Cross work and more recently in the Volunteer Council

of the Legion-State Tuberculosis Hospital. Other activities, for Mr. Toone,

include Rotary, the Shrine, Little League, golfing, and presidency of a Sunday School class in Kerrville's First Methodist Church. Mrs. Toone, once one of the most active workers in the Balboa Union Church, is superintendent of the children's division of the Sunday School and belongs to several women's groups. About 250 miles across the State, another former Zonian is also interested

in real estate, in a different way. Bored

with gardening around his three- bedroom, ranch-type house near one

of Houston's southside bayous, Andrew

A. Whitlock, Plant Engineer for the

Eleanor Mcllhenny, former editor of The Panama Canal Review, sent the

pictures of retired Zonians which accom- pany her story. But she failed to send

pictures of herself and husband Ted, also retirees, much to our regret. The

Mcllhenny's have been traveling most of the time since they left the Isthmus in September 1960. Many readers will

recall her story in the March 1961 Review which she wrote in Tokyo and

which reported on the construction of the new mules and our resident inspector

for locomotives, Robert D. Donaldson, Jr.

Industrial Division when he retired in April 1959, decided to go into the

selling field. Today he is a more or less independent operator, handling homes and

property in and around Texas' largest

city. He likes his job because he likes people and because his time is more or

less his own and so far has managed

10 September 7, 1962
Sue Core Odom,

who wrote 15 books

about the Isthmus,

is now dedicated

to philanthrophy

in Alabama.

things so that he still has time for hunting and fishing and for local Republican politics.

Neither of the Whitlocks is a native Texan. Mr. Whitlock comes from Newcastle, N.H., and Mrs. Whitlock was

born in Empire in the Canal Zone. Thev

selected Houston because it was more

or less midway to their three children,

daughters in St. Louis and Chicago, and

a son, Paul, now back at Texas A&M

for work on his master's degree after 2 years as a student engineer in the Canal Zone.

In Baton Rouge, La., Edward Sydney

Randolph, whose 35 years on the Isth- mus included such important posts as engineer-in-charge of the Madden Dam

construction, Office Engineer (now Designing Engineer), engineer-in-charge of the Third Locks project, and Consulting

Engineer, has stuck more closelv to his

last than some of the Zonians who didn't stop working when thev retired. But

Mrs. Randolph, who was the Panama

Canal Librarian for over 12 vears, has

switched her occupation to that of housewife and her only dealings with

books are collecting them and reading

those she never had time for before. Since thev left the Canal Zone in 1946, Mr. Randolph has been engaged

in a number of interesting projects. One

took him into problems of gas distribu- tion and water works; another con- cerned salt mining operations, and a

third was consulting on citv and industrial planning in Louisiana. He is vitallv interested in the Panama Canal and in 1958 visited the Isthmus as a member

of a Board of Consultants appointed bv

a congressional committee to look into plans to improve the waterway.

Today the Randolphs live quietly in Baton Rouge, which thev chose principally because of the city's water; it comes from vast wells a thousand feet underground and thev consider it about

the best in the world. They spend most

of their time on care of their beautifullyfurnished home, engaging in a per- petual family chess tournament, and

doing occasional work on committees

for the Episcopal Church thev attend. Another one-time Zonian took to the land when she retired. For almost 10

years Mrs. John D. Odom, better known

to hundreds of former Canal Zone

youngsters as Miss Sue Core, and her

late husband operated a 2,000-acre live- stock farm outside Dothan, Ala. Born

in Indiana, reared in the State of Washington, and a teacher for 33 years, Mrs. Odom had little background for farming. She learned fast and although

she is no longer active agriculturally, she still talks knowingly of such problems as feed, breeding, and marketing.

Today she has turned the seemingly

inexhaustible energy, which led her to write 15 books about the Isthmus and won her Panama's Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, to civic affairs. In memory of her husband, she re- cently donated an 85-acre plot of land

as the site for a recuperative center for alcoholics. Her gift made its construction possible and as donor of the acreRoger H. Greene,

former Claims

Examiner, now is Vicar of

All Saints Episcopal

Church in Tarpon

Springs, Fla.

Robert Terrel Toone, former Surveying

Officer, is now the Kerrville, Tex., City Tax Assessor.

age, she will work closelv with the group sponsoring the building. And she

hasn't put her school-teacher tendencies

aside, either. Not long ago she spoke

to the New Century Club, Dothan's

oldest women's club, on cybernation— men and machines.

She also belongs to a garden club, a music group, and a doctors' wives'

club. In between she plays a good game

of golf and of bridge and is the hostess with the mostest for dozens of former

Canal Zone friends who include Dothan

on cross country trips. One of the most different switches

of jobs was made bv Roger H. Greene

who believes his post Canal retirement

work the most interesting he has ever

done. He is Vicar of All Saints Episcopal

Church in Tarpon Springs, Fla., a town

of 7,000, many of whom are sponge

The Panama Canal Review 11

AIL SAINTS

EPISCOPAL CHURCH

SERVICES
fishermen of Greek descent. Although

the venerable little church has onlv

about 100 communicants, its activities are so varied that its Vicar has no time

for such popular hobbies as golf and

fishing.

Unlike most retired Zonians who

choose a place to live, the Greene's decision was made for them. Mr. Greene

had been ordained a Deacon in 1955, 2 months before he retired as a Claims

Examiner in the Accounting Division. He became a priest 2 vears later. His

first two assignments were in the Office

of the Episcopal Bishop of the Canal

Zone and in Kev West, Fla. He was

called to the church in Tarpon Springs

3 years ago. Both of the Greenes find themselves

so busv with their church that thev have

little time for other activities. About

the only exception is the Order of the Eastern Star, of which both are officers. Mr. Greene served one term as president of the area's ministerial association and Mrs. Greene was for 2 vears

president of the United Council of Church Women. She also sandwiches

in volunteer duties at Tarpon Springs'

25-bed hospital and has served for the

past 2 years as secretary of the local womens' club. Mobility is the only similarity be- tween the jobs that George Carter Orr

held in the Canal Zone and now holds

in Florida. When he was a senior operator on the suction dredge Mindi, he

got around over just about every part

of the waterway. Today, as Regional

Representative for the Ask Mr. Foster Travel Service, he gets around over most of Florida.

George Carter Orr, who was senior operator on the suction dredge Mindi, now is Florida Regional Representative for a travel service.

He covers 8,000 to 9,000 miles a year,

calling on most of Florida's 160 travel agents, in trips that take him away from

his St. Petersburg home a week at a

time. And even at home he has a large

mailing list of travel people to deal

with. He distributes travel folders and

outlines new tours and trips to the agents who already sell the Ask Mr.

Foster service and tries to interest other agents in selling his company's tours. Mr. Orr started his present job in 1958, a year after he and his wife settled

in Florida. By that time he has dis- covered that his thumbs were red, not

green, and that there was nothing

especially exciting about household

chores. The job leaves him little time

for other activities and most of the Orr's

social contacts are with old Canal Zone

friends. After all, they say, it was these

friends, as well as the climate, which

attracted them to Florida rather than to their home States of Michigan and

Pennsylvania.

J. Wendell Greene, former Treasurer

of the Panama Canal Company, is still in the money business but in a different way than when he handled all of the company's fiscal transactions. He is a

licensed accountant, handling a number

of firms in Hendersonville, N.C. and in addition income tax consultant for more

than 100 clients. One year he prepared

Federal and State returns for residents

of eight different States. Mr. Greene has been in tax work since 1953, a vear after he left the Isthmus. He opened his own office in 1956. Most

(See p. 16)

Clyde S. LaClair, Official Photographer for 21 years, is one-man

office for the Kaiser Steel Corporation in Napa, Calif. Edward Sydney Randolph, a top Canal engineer for 35 years, is a consultant and quiet home owner in Baton Rouge, La.

12 September 7, 1962
Summer Activities

Nancy Webster, Student Assistant at the Canal Zone Main Library, helps George

Pipkin take part in the Library's summer reading program. Some 178 children

participated in the program.

SUMMER, aside from being the long awaited vacation period for many Zone

youngsters, offers in its own right many and varied opportunities for constructive activities in the fields of music, sports, and academic pursuits. Per- forming a year round service, the Schools Division offered this summer three

different academic improvement programs, a music program where young

people learn and perfect their skill with musical instruments, a summer sports

program which featured week long activities and competition for all ages and,

in connection with the Reserve Officer's Training Corps, an ROTC Leadership

School. The Canal Zone Library, offered a Reading Trip on the Panama

Canal for summer readers. .

Intent typists all, this group of students is representative of the nearly 600 students who took courses this summer under the auspices of the Division of Schools.

Inspection Arms! Some of the 61 ROTC Cadets in the ROTC Leadership School

held this summer go through their paces. ^f

""

This pint sized basketball team takes part in one of the many sports activities enjoyed by hundreds of Isthmian young

people this summer.

One and two and . . . Mike Smith,

cello; Maria Gurney, viola; and Mary

Roberts, cello; form their own trio during the Summer Music Program classes.
Let's see—where does this one go? Volunteens in the Medical

Library who work one half day each week help the medical

librarian replace books which have been out on loan to Gorgas

Hospital physicians and visiting medicos. From left to right are Anayansi Herrera, a volunteer from Panama, Douglas

Nicholson and Delia Izquierdo.

Young patients and teen-age volunteers enjoy each other's company in the playroom of the Gorgas Hospital Children's Ward.

An X-ray plate is set up like this says X-ray technician Jose Vela to three student volunteer workers who were assigned

to the X-ray clinic this summer. From left to right are Jose Davila, Joan Silva, and Lynn Martin.

Volunteens

It looks easy. Hank Money shows Sgt. Bernett Newman how

to make a belt with the materials furnished on the Red Cross

Craft cart which he wheels through Ward 14 as part of his duties as a Volunteen.

THE STAFF at Gorgas Hospital had almost as much fun as the teen-age volunteer helpers who spent the summer months

learning how to be junior Gray Ladies and junior Gray Men.

The 55 or more high school students reported once each

week to their assigned duties and with the gusto and enthusiasm of youth managed to lighten the load carried by the regular hospital employees.

In the medical library, for instance, they were invaluable

to the Librarian, Mrs. Virginia Stich, in replacing books,

answering the telephone and helping with the ever-present

paper work.

In the hospital kitchen, thev added a fresh touch to the

hospital trays and helped Head Dietitian, Mrs. Frances Getman, to make out the menus in both Spanish and English.

In the Children's Ward, the volunteers had a wonderful

time cheering up bored young patients by reading them

stories, playing games, and giving comfort in general.

Some of the volunteers were sons and daughters and even

grandchildren of Gorgas Hospital Gray Ladies who work

on a regular schedule with the Red Cross Volunteer Program

directed bv Miss Hester Garrett.

Food for Gorgas patients is put on trays by Kathleen Chandler

and Susan Cutter who follow the menu being read by Sandy

Watson. The three girls assisted dietitian Frances Getman

in a number of tasks in the hospital kitchen.
Lively Retirees

(Continued from p. 10)

of the time his is a one-man operation

but during tax-filing time he employs

extra help. He is a member of the North

Carolina Society of Accountants and

served on its board for 3 years, and

of the National Society of Public Accountants. Despite his almost full time work, he

still finds time for community affairs. He is Finance Chairman of the Rotary- Club's July 4 Committee, chairman of the Finance Committee of Hendersonville's 100-vear-old St. James Episcopal

Church, an Elk, and a golf-playing

member of the Hendersonville Country

Club. Mrs. Greene, Cataloguer at the Canal Zone Library for 18 years, has

done volunteer work in the parish

library and was treasurer of the church's woman's group for some time. She still serves as treasurer of the Lambeth Fund

for the Diocese of Western North Carolina, has held office in the local chapter

of the D.A.R. and is a volunteer at Hendersonville's Memorial Hospital.

Cameras no longer play any part in the working life of Clyde S. LaClair,

Panama Canal Official Photographer

for 21 years. For the past 20 months he

has been the one-man office force in the shop at Kaiser Steel Corporation's

Fabricating Division in Napa, Calif., where 150 men turn plates of metal into what steel men call shapes. Instead of adjusting lenses, his fingers now operate

a typewriter, hunt and peck style, as he makes out vacation papers, runs off time figures, breaks data down into various jobs, and sets up order files. About the only thing in common with

his Panama Canal job is the fact that when he enters the shop proper he must wear a safety helmet, just as he

did when photographing a construction

job on the Isthmus. Outside office hours, the one-time

photographer continues the painting he

started in the Canal Zone, usually to the accompaniment of a hi-fi turned up

full volume, or worries about the lawn

around his attractive home, like all Californians when drv weather sets in.

Mrs. LaClair, who was in the Accounting Section of the Maintenance

Division until shortly before her hus- band retired, is the family's flower

specialist. She belongs to the Napa

Garden Club, to several bridge groups, and keeps busy with work in the circles of the local Methodist Church. Neither

feels any urge to return to Minnesota

where thev were born. For them, they

think, California is perfect.

RETIREMENTS

RETIREMENT certificates were pre- sented at the end of July to the employees listed below, with their positions

at time of retirement and years of Canal

service: Lawrence Ashby, Laborer (Cleaner), Community Service Division; 18 years, 2

months, 26 days.

Joel L. Cook, Police Private, Police Division; 20 years, 18 days. Arthur F. Crusey, General Foreman, Lock

Operator, Locks Division; 25 years, 6 months, 29 days. Daniel Esquina, Maintenance man (Dis- tribution Systems), Electrical Division; 34 years, 27 days.

George D. Gregory, Chief Foreman, Machinist Marine, Dredging Division; 36

years, 10 months, 25 days.

Julian P. Hackett, Central Office Repair- man, Electrical Division; 31 years, 2

months. Robert H. Hicks, Travel Expense Claims

Examiner, General Audit Division; 38

years, 9 months, 1 day. Miss Caroline Hunt, Nurse Supervisor

(Operating rooms), Gorgas Hospital; 28

years, 11 months, 5 days.

John H. Leach, Supervisory Cargo Agent, Terminals Division; 42 years, 1 month,

13 days.

Walter T. McClure, Assistant Postmaster,

1st class office, Postal Division; 26 years, 5 months, 18 days. Mrs. Marie B. McNeff, Director of Nurses, Corozal Hospital; 25 years, 9 months, 25 dass. Henry E. May, General Supply Officer, Supplv Division; 40 years, lO months,

21 days. Luis A. Medrano O., Helper (General), Industrial Division; 33 years, 4 months,

17 days. Mrs. Beatrice O Toole, Accounting Clerk,

Electrical Division; 19 years, 3 months,

16 days. Charles E. Pretz, Lead Foreman (Refrigeration and Air Conditioning); 22 years, 2 months, 15 days. Jacob Rand, Window Clerk, Postal Division, 19 years, 6 months, 29 days. James J. Reccia, Leader Stockman, Supply

Division; 16 years, 5 months, 23 days. Lawrence J. Ryan, Electrician Division; 14 years, 2 months, 22 days.

Theophilus N. Shaw, Cook, Corozal

Hospital; 19 years, 10 months, 12 days.

Wilford G. Stephens, Winchman, Terminals

Division; 21 years, 9 months, 9 days.

Leopold Williams, Laborer, Terminals

Division; 33 years, 8 months, 5 days.

Did you know that-

—there are two types of lightning, hot and cold? -while onlv hot, or high amperage, lightning causes fires, the tons of pressure

resulting from the expanding gases of both types will explode parts of buildings

or other targets?

—standing under a tree or open shed in a storm is asking to be struck by lightning?

-the length of the bolt may be 2,000 to 15,000 feet or more but that the average

bolt is about 4,000 feet?

—staying in the water or on the beach during a storm is playing the part of a magnet

for lightning?

—the core of pure electrical energy in an average bolt is Vz- to S-inch thick and that

it is surrounded by a 4-inch column of high temperature, incandescent air? -staying out on a golf course during a storm makes you a prime target for a bolt? -measured in kilowatt hours a lightning bolt contains about 25 cents worth of

electricity?

—you're safe from lightning while inside an automobile?

-in terms of horsepower, the average bolt packs a wallop equal to 2.5 million automobile engines?

-in an average year in the Canal Zone more people are killed by lightning than

by poisonous snakes? _ACCI DENTS

TOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

JULY

ALL UNITS

YEAR TO DATE

FIRST AID

CASES

•62 "61 206 1 99

1742 2294(699)

DISABLING

INJURIES

•62 '61 12 8

DAYS

LOST

•62 61 121 118

71 84(4^ 17667 14244 95

1

Locks Overhaul Injuries Included In total.

The Panama Canal Review 15
CANAL

HISTORY

so y,eari tao

HIGH WATER caused by a heavy rainfall on September 21, 1912 broke

through a dike closing a drain near the

Lirio planing mill and flooded a portion

of Culebra Cut south of Empire. All the

tracks at the bottom of the Cut were

covered with mud and water. Affected by the same heavy rain of 4.2 inches

in 3 hours, a slide on the west bank at Culebra partly buried two steamshovels

and closed the pioneer cut for a distance

of 50 feet.

25 yeard cAao

THE CONSTRUCTION of a tunnel under the Panama Canal to accommodate vehicular traffic and eliminate the

necessity for the ferry service, was dis- cussed informally 25 years ago this month in a lengthy conference in Washington, D.C. between Panamanian

Minister Augusto Boyd and Lawrence

Duggan, Chief of the Latin American

Division of the State Department.

A news report from Washington said

that the U.S. War Department hesitated

to recommend the construction of a bridge which could be destroyed by

enemy action and thus block the Canal.

10 IfearJ ergo

HOUSING was one of the main concerns of the Canal organization employee 10 years ago this month.

Following on the heels of a notice that new houses would ready for occupancy

soon on both sides of the Isthmus, was

the announcement made after the

annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company that rents on U.S. -rate quarters would be

increased an average of 34 percent.

Some rents were to be more than doubled.

New types of quarters and single

family houses were being completed in Ancon and Margarita and plans were

revealed for the development of a new

residential area in Corozal. The Corozal

development involved a new concept in town planning for the Canal Zone with

the houses built on short circular or dead-end streets instead of on "blocks" with numerous street crossings in the

residential area.

One year c4ao

FLAGS WERE lowered to half staff in the Canal Zone on September 20 of last year following a proclamation issued by

President Kennedy declaring national mourning in honor of Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations who was killed in a plane crash in Africa. As of Tuesday, September 27, there were 8,377 pupils enrolled in the U.S. Schools of the Canal Zone, an increase

of 694 over the previous year. An act of Congress making employees

of the Panama Canal Company immune

from attachment or garnishment of their wages was signed by President Kennedy

on September 16. The Office of the Governor of the Canal Zone and Pres- ident of the Panama Canal Company

emphasized, however, that it is the

policy to require an employee, as a condition of employment, to pay his just debts and meet his proper obligations.

The W. B. Uhlhorn Construction Co.

of Texas made low bid of $927,888 on

the project calling for the construction

of 100 replacement apartments for employees of the Canal organization in the townsite of Pedro Miguel. The housing

units are part of those to be built in the Canal Zone under the U.S. Government

Nine-Point program of benefits to Panama.

AMONG WOMEN NOMINATED by the Soroprimist Club of Colon for the International Woman of Distinction Award to be made by the Soroptimist Federation of the Americas were several present or former members of the Canal family. Photographed at luncheon and presented with a certificate for their enrichment of community life were, left to right: Mrs. Ana

Ludmilia Gee of Curundu, teacher of ballet; Mrs. Hindi Diamond, journalist; Mrs. Pat Markun of Balboa Heights, authoress; Miss Olive Brooks, poet; Mrs. Beatrix Briceno, artist; Mrs. Diana Chiari de Gruber, designer of native arts; Mrs. Mildred Genis

of Margarita, piano teacher; Mrs. Amy McCormack of Ancon, founder of the Isthmian Historical Society; Miss Emily Butcher,

Director of Music, Latin American Schools, for choral work; Miss Aminta Melendez of Colon, freedom pioneer, for contributions to the birth of the Republic of Panama; Mrs. Eleanor Blennerhassett, teacher of painting; Mrs. Theodora Campbell, retired Canal Zone teacher now an educator in Panama; Mrs. Elena Lyons, founder of School for Exceptional Children in Colon;

Mrs. Jean Canada, of Fort Gulick; and Mrs. Cecilia Gove, founder of the PanCanettes Chorus. Honored but not present were

Sister Mary Heribertha, educator; Mrs. Dorothy Melendez, journalist (posthumous); Mrs. Blanca Ripoll, teacher of Spanish

dancing; Mrs. Estella Eno, benefactress of the arts; Mrs. Thelma Bull, statistical assistant on the Canal's Executive Planning

Staff, for archaeology; Mrs. Mercedes Alegre Smith of Diablo Heights, teacher of cooking; Miss Adela Bettis, director of drama; Mrs. Elisa Vergara, designer of polleras; and Mrs. Louise Griffon of Coco Solo Hospital.

16 September 7, 1962
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION HUnElMJ

Herschel Gandy

Administrative Assistant Zedikiah Henry

Asphalt or Cement Worker

Alexander T. Jacks Leader Laborer MARINE RU

Lionel L. Ewing

Admeasurer

TRANSPORTATION AND

ERMINALS RUREAU

Aurelio Perez Truck Driver William Byatt

Truck Driver Cedric F. Girtens Typist

E. Lambert

Clerk Checker

ADMINISTRATIVE RRANCH

Gerard K. Schear

Administrative Services

Assistant William K. Mapp

Laborer Cleaner CIVIL AFFAIRS RUREAU

Kenneth T. Daly

Fire Lieutenant James V. Rartlett Customs Guard

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION RUREAU

Louis S. Damiani

Leader Refrigeration and

Air Conditioning

Mechanic

James A. Hoverson Lead Foreman, Refrigeration

and Air Conditioning

George W. Stephens

Transmission Lines Maintenance Man

Serafine Cox

Oiler Juan Rodriguez

Surveying Aid

George R. Jackman

Surveying Aid

Eduardo Gonzalez Seaman

Agustin Garcia Laborer

Elias Urriola Launch Operator

Bernabe Solfs Oiler Rartolo Gonzalez

Laborer Pedro Montero

Sandblaster HEALTH RUREAU

Dr. Maurice R. Winstead

Medical Officer Eleanor L. Colbert Head Nurse, Psychiatry

Josephine S. Wood

Head Nurse, Medicine and

Surgery

Iris Irving

Nursing Assistant, Medicine

and Surgery Verona A. Clarke Nursing Assistant, Medicine

and Surgery

Johanna J. Johnson

Nursing Assistant, Medicine

and Surgery

R. V. Robinson

Nursing Assistant, Medicine

and Surgery

Micaela Espino

Pantryman

Jose Lino Mercado

Kitchen Attendant MARINE RUREAU

H. F. Slaughter

Marine Machinist Frank J. Rartlett ^ing Locom

erator

c

ecHio Morem

Helper Luck Operator

Richard Holne

Seaman

Clifford J. Saddler Deckhand

Chester E. Alder Helper Lock Opcrati Arthur Heron ^uecHnLnd Boatswain

Justo G. Vargas

Painter Eustace G. Collins Helper Lock Operator

Richards A. Samuel

Deckhand

Augusto Gonzalez

Deckhand

Clifford L. McLean

Deckhand

Julio M. Gonzalez

Oiler Crosby Robinson

Seaman

Danford Small Deckhand

PERSONNEL BUREAU

Marjorie L. Engel

File Clerk

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE RUREAU

Norman B. Davison

Superintendent, Retail Store Branch

Richard S. Rrogie

Accounting Assistant Doris G. Sealy Clerk Eugenio Hernandez

Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

Ivy Louise Cordoba

Counter Attendant

Nelly M. Titus

Sales Section Head

Tomas Orantes Meat Cutter Assistant Martin F. Harper

Scrap Materials Sorter Evelyn K. Denny

Sales Section Head

Ruben Ashton Aikman

Warehouseman

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS RUREAU

Tracy Hook

Automotive Machinist Howard H. Carey

Leader Liquid Fuels Wharfman

A. G. Terwilliger General Foreman

Stevedore

Eleulterio Galvez Truck Driver Herbert Harrison

Clerk David A. DeCosta

Clerk Checker

Mizael Garcia Leader Railroad Trackman

Alton C. Anderson

Clerk Checker

Alejandro Ortega

Railroad Trackman

The Panama Canal Review 17
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

July 5 through August 5

EMPLOYEES who were promoted or transferred between August 5 and September 5 are listed below. Within-grade

promotions and job reclassifications are not listed. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNORPRESIDENT

Sylvester D. Callender, from Assistant Commissary Store Manager, Supply Division, to Administrative Assistant (Community Relations Assistant). Frank A. Baldwin, from Supervisory Cost Accountant, Office of Comptroller, to Administrative Officer. Executive Planning Staff Gerard J. Welsh, from Valuation Engineer

to Management Analyst.

Panama Canal Information Office Rolando A. Linares, Jr., from Swimming

Pool Manager, Schools Division, to Canal Zone Guide (Interpreter). Emelina Frensley, from Secretary (Typing)

to Administrative Assistant. Fannie P. Hernandez, from Canal Zone

Guide, to Canal Zone Guide (Interpreter). ADMINISTRATIVE HRANCH

Orlander D. Simpson, from Stockman,

Supplv Division, to Rookbinder. William E. Dodd, from File Clerk, to Mail

Supervisor.

CIVIL AFFAIRS RUREAU

Fire Division Frank Berry, from Police Private, Police Division to Fire Protection Inspector.

Postal Division Arthur L. Endicott, from Finance Branch

Superintendent to Foreman, Mailing Division, Cristobal. Harry H. Com, from Foreman, Mailing Division to Assistant Postmaster, First Class

Office, Cristobal. David C. Rose, from Foreman, Mail Handling Unit, to General Foreman, Mail

Handling Unit, Balboa. William T. Halvosa, Jr., from Relief Supervisor, Balboa, to Foreman, Mail Handling Unit, Balboa. Louis R. Reyes, from Signalman, Marine

Bureau, to Distribution Clerk, Substitute. Harry C. Elliott, from Surveying Aid, Engineering Division, to Window Clerk,

Substitute, Postal Division. Schools Division Constance E. Norris, from Recreation Leader to Recreation Specialist (Sports). Ann B. Kennon, from Usher, Supply Division, to Recreation Specialist (Sports). Elizabeth Tapiero, from Substitute

Teacher, Latin American Schools to Elementary Teacher, Latin American

Schools. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Dredging Division

Earl V. Romigh, from Accounting Assistant,

to Supervisory Administrative Services

Assistant. Jose M. Rodriguez, from Laborer, to Laborer (Heavy). Juan O. Segundo, from Laborer, to Seaman.

Antonio Torres S., from Winchman to Leader Seaman.

Luis Herrero S., Agapito Hernandez, from

Seaman, to Winchman.

Luis del Rosario M., from Boatman, to Seaman.

Electrical Division Canute A. Cockburn, from Cargo Marker,

Terminals Division to Apprentice Electrician. Roy R. Burgener, from Central Office Re- pairman to Communications Management Officer. Ernest W. Forrest, from Apprentice (Central Office Repairman) to Central Office Repairman.

Carlos Cham, from Apprentice (Electrician)

to Electrician. Engineering Division David E. Tate, from Bridge Crane Operator, Maintenance Division, to Engineering Draftsman (Mechanical).

Maintenance Division

Carl R. Meissner, from Apprentice, to Mechanic, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Unit. Frederick A. Amantine, Jesus I. Ramirez V., Agustin A. Tejada, Gladstone C. Rodney,

from Laborer (Cleaner) Supply Division

to Laborer (Heavy).

MARINE BUREAU

Locks Division Antonio Castro, from Line Handler to Painter (Maintenance). Clarence A. Lamber, from Utility Worker,

Supply Division to Line Handler.

Alfred J. Graham, from Guard to Apprentice (Electrician). Caleb A. Allen, from Messenger to Timekeeper. Alfonso Mesa, from Line Handler to Helper

Lock Operator.

Albert Kelly, from Timekeeper to Supervisory Timekeeper.

Merrill T. Webster, from Lead Foreman

(Locks Control House) to General Fore- man (Locks Operations).

John T. Styles, from Leader, Lock Operator

(Electrician) to Lead Foreman (Locks Control House). Roscoe C. Crump, from Engineman (In- dustrial Division) to Lock Operator.

Joseph Foster, from Painter (Maintenance)

to Painter. John Maynard, from Utility Worker, Supply

Division to Line Handler.

Industrial Division Charles E. Detore, from Apprentice (Shipfitter) to Shipfitter. Arcadio Salazar, from Hospital Attendant, Health Bureau, to Helper (General). Norman G. Thomas, from Nursing Assist- ant (Psychiatry) Health Bureau, to Apprentice (Boatbuilder).

Theophilus A. Henry, from Clerk, Health

Bureau, to Apprentice (Boatbuilder). Valentine I. James, from Utility Worker,

Supply Division, to Helper Blacksmith. Robert E. Blades, from Laborer (Cleaner), Communiy Services Division, to Apprentice (Welder).

Donald L. Greaves, from Truck Driver, Motor Transportation Division, to Apprentice (Machinist).

Navigation Division Eugene E. Hamlin, Jr., from Supervisory

Admeasurer (Chief Admeasurer) to Supervisory Admeasurer (Director of Admeasurement).

(Cleaner).

Robert E. Medinger, from Admeasurer to Supervisory Admeasurer.

Albert L. Guinn, Donald P. Garrido, from

Master Towboat or Ferry (Pilot Trainee)

to Pilot-in-Training. Marta F. Conte, from Clerk-Typist to Clerk. Vincent Jesse, from Warehouseman to Launch Dispatcher. Earle H. Holder, Arnold Jones, Edwin D. Milwood, Frank L. Brown, Claude A. Smith, Claribert A. Warren, Wilmot

Blackman, Manuel E. Serrano, Edison B. Whittaker, James R. Shurland, Roman

Mendieta, Rogelio A. Canizales, Oswaldo

Robinson, from Launch Operator to Motor Launch Captain.

William Dunn, from Clerk-Typist, Dredging Division, to Timekeeper.

Alton C. Grant, from Counter Attendant,

Supply Division, to Laborer (Heavy). Charles E. Livingston, Hector Gardner,

Trinidad Moran, Domingo M. Rodriguez,

Celso E. Rodriguez, Jose D. Castillo, Hector Fernandez, Moises S. Cohen,

Cleveland A. Gooding, Ferdinand R. Rose, Somers Clarke, from Line Handler, Locks Division, to Deckhand.

HEALTH BUREAU

Coco Solo Hospital

Sabie L. Duree, from Telephone Operator,

Electrical Division, to Clerk. Dr. Robert G. Franz, from Medical Officer (General Medicine and Surgery) to Medical Officer (General Practice). Dr. Phyllis E. Page, from Medical Officer (General Medicine and Surgery) to Medical Officer (Pediatrics). Joscelyn H. Evering, Jr., from Clerk to File Clerk. Corozal Hospital

Donaldo H. Sealey, from Kitchen Attendant to Cook. Kenneth Ottey, from Utility Worker to Kitchen Attendant. Emerito Secaida, from Laborer (Cleaner) Waiter (Special) Supply Division, to Storekeeping Clerk, Waiter (Special). Clifford Blythe, from Utility Worker,

Supply Division, to Nursing Assistant

(Psychiatry).

Gorgas Hospital Gunars Medins, from Medical Officer (Surgery General) to Medical Officer (General Surgery).

Donald O. Roseman, from Hospital Attendant to Storekeeping Clerk. John W. Miller, from Laborer (Cleaner), Supply Division, to Hospital Attendant. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

BUREAU

Community Services Division Florentine de Pauda, from Laborer

(Cleaner) to Laborer. Modesto Sanchez, from Grounds Mainte- nance Equipment Operator to Garbage

Collector. Pedro Batista C, from Laborer to Garbage

Collector. Supply Division

Bolivar Hallit, Harold Hall, Alfred Davidson, from Package Boy to Laborer

18 September 7, 1962
Ricardo Cameron, from Laborer (Cleaner)

to Utility Worker.

Cornelius S. Trumback, from Pinsetter to Laborer (Cleaner).

Clifford N. Haughton, from Package Boy

to Clerk. Lester L. Ferraro, from Messenger to Warehouseman.

Vincent C. Forde, from Warehouseman to Clerk. Leland Truick, from Pinsetter to Counter

Attendant. Frederick Agodon H., from Laborer

(Cleaner) to Warehouseman.

Victor Kourany, from Clerk to Leader

Stockman.

Jorge A. Moreno, from Pinsetter to Utility

Worker and Pinsetter. Sefred A. Bowen, from Helper (General)

to Maintenanceman.

Lewis W. Armstrong, from Laborer

(Heavy) to Warehouseman.

Olive Archer, from Counter Attendant to Sales Checker (Food Service). Kenneth H. Weeks, from Warehouseman

to Stockman.

William R. LaChapelle, from Storekeeping Clerk to Retail Store Supervisor. Irene L. Veno, from Voucher Examiner to General Supply Assistant (Typing). Carlton G. Gittens, from Package Boy to Sales Clerk. Worker.

Jaime Escobar, from Laborer (Cleaner) to Utility Worker. Damian Gill, Jr., from Utility Worker to Counter Attendant. Antonio Bazan R., from Pinsetter to Utility

Worker and Pinsetter. Samuel H. Edwards, from Bellboy to Counter Attendant.

Lester J. Clement, from Laborer (Cleaner)

to Laborer (Heavy).

George Corbin, from Laborer (Heavy) to Warehouseman.

Edgar N. Lawrence, from Laborer (Heavy)

to Warehouseman.

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Accounting Division

Jessie W. Deganaar, from Plant Accounting Assistant to Accounting Technician. James H. Selby, from Cost Accountant to Supervisory Cost Accountant. Accounting Policies and Procedures Staff Ralph L. Stinson, Jr., from Supervisory Accounting Assistant, Accounting Division,

to Digital Computer Systems Analyst.

TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Office of the Director Wallace F. Russon, from Safety Inspector

to Safety Officer. Terminals Division Susanne K. Graham, Evelyn R. Condon,

from Accounting Clerk to Accounting

Technician. Frederick J. Wainio, from Supervisory Accountant to Administrative Services

Officer. Robin L. Comer, from Accounting Clerk

to Accounting Technician.

Lionel O. Whittaker, from Timekeeper

(Typing) to Clerk-Typist.

Cyril J. Myers, from Chauffeur to Messenger (Motor Vehicle Operator).

Frank L. Titus, from Laborer (Heavy) to Cargo Checker. Manuel F. Chavez, from Stevedore to Winchman.

Calvin C. W. Bryce, Robert L. Allen, from

Clerk to Timekeeper.

Jorge E. Roea, Felix Meneses R., from

Stevedore to Winchman.

Jack M. Ruoff, from Transportation Assist- ant to Transportation Operations Specialist. Martin Ceballos, from Stevedore to Leader

Stevedore, Dock.

Railroad Division

Albert Clarke, from Clerk-Typist Mainte- nance Division to Apprentice (Electrician). OTHER PROMOTIONS which did not

involve changes of title follow:

Administrative Branch

Lloyd Pinder, Mail Clerk. Louis J. Poletti, Visa Officer. Schools Division Herman O. Myrie, Clerk-Typist.

Dredging Division Louis G. Small, Clerk-Typist.

Lucille M. Flenniken, Accounting Assistant. Accounting Policies and Procedures Staff Howard E. Turner, Digital Computer Sys- tems Analyst. General Audit Division Arch D. Bishop, Auditor. Charles A. McArthur, Auditor. Accounting Division Frank W. Alberga, Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk. Raimundo Dixon, Mario Delgado, Bookkeeping Machine Operator. Luis Fong, Accounting Technician. Rolando Nisbeth, Bookkeeping Machine

Operator . Cecil Kovel, Accounting Technician. Benjamin S. Chisholm, Cost Accountant. Dorothy J. Herrington, Voucher Examiner.

Gilbert M. Smith, Accountant. John Martino, Electric Accounting Machine Project Planner. Duane A. Rigby, Accountant. Terminals Division Mary D. Coffey, Secretary (Stenography).

Helen C. Light, Bertha E. Hayes, Dorothy

J. La Croix, Mary E. Hanna, Kathleen M. Huffman, Accounting Clerk. Jose Cordoba, Guard. Herman J. Feurtado, Supervisor Timekeeper.

Stephen F. Jean-Baptiste, Clerk. Granville C. Lewis, Timekeeper.

Basil G. Coke, Clerk-Typist.

Transportation Division Beth C. Waddell, Accounting Clerk. HEALTH BUREAU

Yamile Samara, Dietitian. Rixford U. Chase, Medical Technician. Doris E. Gilling, Clerk. Locks Division Lloyd L. Maynard, Timekeeper.

Louis Gelate, Irwin S. Small, Timekeeper.

Supply Division Vincent George, Jesus Becker, Harold C.

Blackmail. Wesley W. Gittens, Utility Worker.

Dr. Shirokov

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tor of the institute and chief surgeon. His father was one of the big men in Russian medicine and founded the

institute. "His office had three large gilded cages in which there were noisy colorful

tropical birds. On the wall were numerous heads of animals which he had shot

It was all much like that which was

portrayed in the old time movies. He

was interested in my family background

and pounded me on the back or knee

to emphasize a point. Finally with his arm around me he escorted me into the operating room where there were at

least 50 spectators and gave me the spot of honor over his left shoulder on a stool. "Once the surgery began, all his- trionics ceased and he did a very capable and efficient job with the minimum of equipment."

After the operation. Dr. Shirokov had

lunch with the surgeon in his office and

drank the usual toasts with the usual

bottle of vodka. He wondered how his non-drinking surgical friends would

make out there since not to drink a toast

is considered an insult. Dr. Shirokov is now working with

Dr. Demikhov at the Sklifosofsky Insti- tute which is noted for work done

there on transplanting organs and the construction of the famous two-headed

dogs.

He said that he had been able to do

just as he wanted and that there was a

lively exchange of ideas and discussions

of differences in United States and

Soviet methods.

"I scrub in with their surgeons and

adlib in the main operating room," he

said. "After being here over a month,

I am not sure that I progressed very far

in promoting U.S.-U.S.S.R. friendship

but I have come to like some of their surgeons and think the feeling is mutual,

by either side." Dr. Shirokov will remain in Moscow

for 1 year and is being joined this month

by Mrs. Shirokov and their 3-year-old

daughter Tamara who live in Diablo

Heights. After his assignment in Russia,

he will return to his position of Chief

Surgeon at Gorgas Hospital.

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The Panama Canal Review 19
SNIFFING

THE N.S. SAVANNAH, the world's

first nuclear powered merchant ship is scheduled to arrive at Cristobal about

September 16 for a history-making

transit of the Panama Canal. The pas- senger-cargo ship, which is to be oper- ated to demonstrate the peaceful uses

of atomic energy to the free world, is coming to the Canal from Savannah,

Ga., following extensive test trials at Yorktown.

Capt. Clifford Torteson, Panama

Canal pilot who spent time aboard the Savannah during her test trials, will be

pilot in charge during her maiden transit of the Panama Canal. As The Review

went to press, it was understood that the Savannah would not stop en route through the Canal. She is headed for the

Seattle World's Fair but will return through the Canal to a Galveston shipyard early next year. At that time, it is planned that she remain in Canal waters

for public inspection.

The Savannah's construction was

completed last spring, her reactor chamber was loaded with fuel and she has

since been undergoing tests at Yorktown. She is 595 feet long, has a 78-foot

TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN JULY

1961 I96t Commercial 931 978

U.S. Government 11 28

Free 7 7

Total 949 1,013

TOLLS"

Commercial. . . . $4,777,367 $4,981,987

U.S. Government. 55,133 168,056

Total $4,832,500 $5,150,043

CARGO00

Commercial .... 5,626,160 5,495,615

U.S. Government. 71,319 175,507 Free 34,398 35,016

Total 5,731,877 5,706,138

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

beam, carries 60 passengers and 746,000

cubic feet or 10,000 tons of cargo. She

has six complete decks, anti-roll stabilizers, and nine watertight compartments, any two of which can be flooded without loss of the ship.

The Savannah was designed by

George G. Sharp, Inc., built by the New

York Shipbuilding Corp. of Camden,

N.J., and launched July 21, 1959 with

Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower as her sponsor. She is named after SS Savannah,

which ushered in the Steam Age of ocean travel by being the first vessel to use steam on a transatlantic crossing,

carrying only enough fuel to turn her rudimentary paddle wheels for 3% days.

The modern Savannah is designed to operate 3 years on an initial charge of uranium fuel.

The vessel is being operated by the

States Marine Line, Inc., of New York

and her engineers, deck officers, and

other personnel have been selected from the States Marine Lines fleet. All have undergone intensive training.

Local agentes for the ship are Payne

& Wardlaw.

The sleek nuclear powered Savannah is a modern age contrast to the Bounty III, a graceful sailing ship copy of the famous

Bounty which carried Captain Bligh to the South Seas in the 18th Century. The Bounty visited the Canal in July and the Savannah is due next week. The photograph of the Savannah is being published through courtesy of the States Marine Lines.

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