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Kobert J. Fleming, Jr., Governor-President

David S. Parker, Lieutenant Governor

Frank A. Baldwin Panama Canal Information Officer

Official Panama Canal Publication

Published monthly at Balboa Heights, C.Z.

Printed at the Printing Plant, La Boca, C.Z. Distributed free of charge to all Panama Canal Employees

Robert D. Kerr, Press Officer

Publications Editors Robert D. Kerr and Julio E. Briceno

Editorial Assistants Eunice Richard, Tobi BnrEL.and Tomas A. Cupas

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i AS THE YEAR draws to a close and the holiday

sg season approaches, I wish sincerely to thank all the

i men and women of the Company/Government

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4. holiday greetings.

My very best wishes go to each member of the

|j Canal family on the Isthmus, and in the United

% States, and to the thousands of retired employees,

H wherever they may be, whose devoted services

made possible the record we are all so proud

of today.

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On behalf of the Panama Canal I offer warmest

holiday greetings to members of the Armed Forces,

to the employees and families of auxiliary agencies

in the Zone, to our neighbors in the Republic of

Panama and to our friends throughout the world.

Mrs. Fleming pins me in wishing all of you a §

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good health, happiness and prosperity to you and %

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Governor of the Canal Zone.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS" is the greeting of our cover

picture of the center circle at the top of Summit Drive

in Curundu Heights. The greeting is the same, spoken

and unspoken, throughout the Canal Zone, the Republic

of Panama, and the world. Spoken, it's in many tongues.

Unspoken, it gleams from thousands of homes on the

Isthmus in many more thousands of lights and ingenious

decorations. Persons on transiting ships have often

expressed gratitude for the effort put forth on decorations

"to make it a Merry Christmas for people they would

never see"—people far from home. These efforts, and

their success, are evident in decorations at the locks, at points along the Canal, and in gaily decorated homes

in townsites visible from the Canal. For a close-up of some of the home decoration highlights of the last holiday

season, see pages 4 and 5.

Index

Panama's Natural Bridge 3

Helping Santa Claus 4

Binational in Name, Practice 6

Dry Season's Coming 8

Promotions and Transfers 10

Canal History, Retirements 12

Anniversaries 13

Shipping Tables 14

Shipping 16

2 December 1963
This natural bridge near Calzada Larga is about 250 feet wide, arches 40 to 50 feet above the water at low water, and has a span of about 50 feet across the open area.

THE MEN who trod the old PanamaPortobelo gold trail knew about El Puente or El Puente Natural, Panama's

Natural Bridge over the Rio Puente. But few today, outside of geologists and

Boy Scouts, ever hike down an old logging road in the vicinity of the Panama town of Calzada Larga which

leads to Panama's Natural Bridge, larger

and wider than its namesake in Virginia

that attracts thousands of visitors each

year.

Robert H. Stewart, chief geologist of the Panama Canal Engineering Division, estimates that Panama's Natural

Bridge is about 42 to 45 million years

old. The bridge is the remains of an

old limestone cave whose roof, along

with the rest of the cave, collapsed,

causing the stream to flow in a canyon

exactly in the same manner as at the Natural Bridge of Virginia.

The limestone is identified as of the Eocene age. Back in the beginnings of

history this was a living coral reef in a shallow sea, similar to the coral reefs

of the San Bias Islands today. Backing

up this theory is an abundance of fossil

coral and shells embedded in the rock. The bridge originally was over the Rio Puente, but with the formation of man-made Madden Lake following

completion of Madden Dam, the Natural Bridge now crosses an arm of Panama's

Natural

Bridge

the lake which is part of Madden Lake

when the lake is full. The Natural Bridge itself is about

250 feet wide, with the stream flowing

in a slight curve beneath it. Beautiful

stalactites and stalagmites are in the

cave. On one side is a sort of dome-like

flow stone, deposited by flowing ground

water. When the lake is high, the top

of the bridge is between 40 to 50 feet from the waterline.

Panama's Natural Bridge has been

used as a point of interest by Boy

Scouts in past years and is a favorite objective for hikes and campouts.

Long before the Boy Scouts started coming, the bridge was used as a shelter by Indians, and Pre-Colombian artifacts have been found beneath it. Pre-Colombian cookouts quite possibly were held

here, too, for pots and an old stone grindstone have been uncovered.

How does one reach the Natural

Bridge of Panama? Drive to the Pan- ama town of Buenos Aires, turn east and go approximately 6 miles. This

route is about a half mile east of the town of Calzada Larga, where an old logging road branches off a right angle

turn on the road to the air strip. Park

the car and trudge about a mile on an

old logging road. The vigorous effort is worthwhile if one like stalactites, stalagmites, and the thrill of walking over a branch of an historical gold prospectors'

trail.

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A huge Christmas card shares top billing with a huge lighted tree. Artistic balance plus

a framework and background of candy canes and hundreds of lights make this display all but overwhelming. There are huge bows on the big canes, an elfin-angehc musical group

near Santa and the traditional reindeer and sleigh near the base of the tree.

A Canal theme: A model

"mule" with line attached

to a small boat transiting Santa, an elf and a bag

of toys.

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to warm hearti.

There's no snow on the Isthmus, so

our snowmen are synthetic, but not our

sentiments.

Deer are natives here—not the North

Pole breed of reindeer—but models of reindeer are familiar holiday sights.

So are elves and gnomes, native to

all parts of the world as Santa's helpers,

and they make their own welcome.

Newcomers or visitors to the Canal

Zone often express amazement at the

elaborate Christmas decorations at many homes. And are surprised and

warmly pleased to find that quite a few

residents keep festive lights in patio

and carport areas the year 'round.

On these pages are views of some of the decorations that bring "oohs" and

"ahs" from small fry and adults alike

as they tour Zone residential sections

at holiday time.

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Traditional characters, the elves, and a

traditional winter scene at top right share

billing with the most modern of touches,

a missile complete with lighted nose cone

tip. And presents are being loaded aboard

for delivery someplace in outer space.
Floodlighting and lights only half concealed in shrubbery, trees and other growth

lend a classic-modem touch to some homes. And somehow, at this season, those model snowmen at right don't seem out of place

at all on the Isthmus.

Weary as he must get filling all those

stockings on Christmas Eve, and with all that ice and snow on some rooftops, it's no wonder Santa has problems. We never

did find out how he got out of this: head

first onto a small porch. No chimney.

Icicles (what are they, Daddy?) form a back drop for an angelic choir. Santa, seeing the snowdrifts ahead, whips up his steed who responds with such a burst of speed he almost blurred himself right out

of the picture.

Ever thoughtful and considerate, three

elves ponder what to do about a fallen— and broken—star while a pair of reindeer prance in from stage left to see if they can be of assistance.

Again, floodlighting combined with spot-lighting in shrubbery are spectacular, with the traditional stars above sharing attention with the modernistic

all-light Christmas trees in the yard.

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North American students and

teacher discuss a point—in Spanish.

Panamanian students concentrate on English tenses and pens and pencils fly as notes are taken for further

study.

BinflTionfiL

In Name

and

Practice

"FELICES PASCUAS," cheery North

American voices sing out in greeting as nimble fingers arrange lovely figurines of the traditional Nacimiento, the Christmas tableau so much a part of the holiday scene in Latin America.

"Merry Christmas," Panamanian

voices gaily call out, as another group

busily decorates an equally traditional Christmas tree. The scene: The Panamanian-North

American Association, the Binational Center at 66 Peru Avenue, Panama

City. On the Atlantic side of the Isthmus

the scene is repeated at the Panamanian-North American Cultural Institute

in Colon. The centers are binational in name

and practice. North Americans attend

classes in Spanish. Panamanians attend

classes in English. All join in one

Decorating the Christmas

tree is serious business.

The association, for the Erst time, awarded its Certificate of Proficiency in English to nine persons who last September successfully completed the regular course of study and passed

the required written and oral examinations. From left: Nicanor Sob's, Ida Calvet, Yolanda

Calvet, Maria Sanjur, Gladys Ureiia, Ana Cardoze, Nereida Mendez, and Luis Calderon. Second from right is Elizabeth McCauley, director of courses, and Sybil Markun who

played several harp selections during the program. Rita Fonseca, also awarded the

certificate, was unable to attend.

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another's holiday celebrations, art exhibits, concerts, round table discussions,

and dance classes. There's always something doing at the Binational Center Mondays through Saturdays every week of the year except for two holiday

periods, from December 20 to January 6

and 1 week in July, including July 4. The association in Panama City was

founded 5 years ago to provide a meeting place where Panamanians and

North Americans could come together on a friendly, informal basis. Two years ago the Panamanian-North American

Cultural Institute in Colon was opened.

The organization is completely self- supporting. Any resident of the Isthmus

can become a member and thus aid in carrying out an expanding program of

activities. The most important activity of the

association in its academic program inOpening of an art exhibit attracts art-lovers, young and old, diplomats and business people.

And none more serious than the jeans-clad lad caught by the camera as he earnestly scanned the program.

Carnival's coming, and therefore a demonstration of bailes tipicos, the dances of Panama,

is watched closely for pointers on fancy footwork.

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Classes over for the evening, students pour

out of the Binational Center's doors.

eludes complete courses of study in Spanish and English. Like Topsy, the

classes have grown. Eight students attended the first language class 5 years

ago. Since then more than 13,000

adults and children, representative of many nationalities, have studied in the

association's classes. The association has awarded over 400 full and partial

scholarships to high school and Panama

University students for language study.

The association is the representative

in Panama of the Institute of International Education, an organization which

administers an extensive worldwide

program of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students to study

in North American colleges. It also

assists the American Field Service

which yearly offers opportunities to Panamanian high school students to live with North American families while

attending secondary school in the United States. Since the Binational Center opened

its doors, the social and cultural activities have been attended by nearly

(See p. 11)

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There'll be more sightseeing

And that dry season is only weeks away. Tens of thousands of Isthmians will be traveling hundreds of thousands of miles to see new sights, revisit favorite haunts. Many regard this as one of the most beautiful views on the Isthmus. At left the Chagres River wends its way northeast to Madden Dam. At right

it nears the Gamboa bridge and its outlet into the Canal channel at the

southeast end of Gatun Lake. That's part of the Gamboa Golf and Country Club course stretching along the near bank of the Chagres. The picture was

taken from the Gamboa club porch.

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PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

EMPLOYEES promoted or transferred between October 5 and November 5

( within-grade promotions and job re- classifications are not listed):

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

John W. Hare, Supervisory Realty Specialist (Chief, License Section), to Pro- gram Manager (Special Services Officer), Office of the Director. Edna L. Tipton, Clerk-Typist, from Service Center Branch, Supply Division, to License Section. Betsy R. Hoenke, Office Services Supervisor

(Stenography), Water and Laboratories Branch, Maintenance Division, to Administrative Services Assistant, Police

Division.

Postal Division Frederick L. Dunlap, Recreation Assistant

(Sports), Division of Schools, to Distribution Clerk, Substitute. Cecil W. Williams, Timekeeper, Locks

Division, to Window Clerk, Substitute.

Division of Schools Howell W. Atwell, Elementary School

Teacher-Principal, to Elementary School

Principal.

Edward A. McFarland, Teacher (Elementary, U.S. Schools), to Elementary School

Teacher-Principal. Vera C. Phillips, Substitute Teacher, to Teacher (Elementary, U.S. Schools). John L. Thompson, Laborer (Cleaner), to Laborer (Heavy).

ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Milton W. Canham, Supervisory Electrical Engineering Technician (Drafting), to Electrical Engineering Technician. Dredging Division Edward T. Mulroy, Cable Splicer, Electrical Division, to Leader Electrician (Lineman).

Julian J. Hoyte, Seaman, to Oiler (Floating

Plant). Ira A. Bailey, Laborer (Heavy), to Helper

Welder.

Jorge A. Nunez, Laborer (Heavy), to Helper (General). Maintenance Division Sherman A. Hammond, General Foreman

(Public Works) to Chief Foreman (Public

Works).

Fredrick S. Baumbach, General Foreman

Painter, to Ceneral Foreman (Hospital

and General Maintenance).

William C. Williford, General Foreman

(Buildings Maintenance), to General Foreman (Buildings). Charles J. Hinz, Sheetmetal Worker, to Leader Sheetmetal Worker.

Louis E. Martin, Inspector (Painting), to Lead Foreman Painter. Frederick McClure, Maintenanceman, to Carpenter.

Fidel C. MacKay, Meter Repairman, to Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Plant Operator.

Enrique A. Jaen, Laboratory Helper, to Meter Repairman . Reinaldo Avila, Laborer, to Cement

Finisher. Juan P. Pacheco, Laborer, to Helper

(General).

Gregorio Ortega, Laborer (Cleaner), Community Services Division, to Laborer. Pedro Hurtado, Linehandler, Locks Division, to Helper Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic.

Robert C. Husband, Messenger, Office of General Manager, Supply Division, to Laboratory Helper.

HEALTH BUREAU

Lenard F. G. Nelson, Guard, Navigation

Division, to Hospital Guard, Corozal

Hospital.

Gorgas Hospital Anna M. Taverna, Staff Nurse (Medicine

and Surgery), to Nurse Supervisor

(Tuberculosis). Margaret L. Whitmore, Staff Nurse, to Staff Nurse (Medicine and Surgery).

Nada I. Durham, Clerk-Typist, to Clerk. David E. Mitchell, Hospital Food Service Worker, to Assistant Baker. Roberto N. Niles, Sales Clerk, Retail Store Branch, Supply Division, to Nursing

Assistant (Medicine and Surgery). Coco Solo Hospital Dr. Caspar F. Rea, Medical Officer (General Surgery) (Assistant Chief, Surgical

Service), Gorgas Hospital, to Chief, Surgical Service. Dr. Roger A. Franz, Medical Officer, to Medical Officer (General Practice). OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

John B. Morton, Jr., Accountant, to Sys- tems Accountant, Accounting Policies and Procedures Staff. Rolanda M. Dahlhoff, Clerk-Typist, Budget

and Rates Division. MARINE BUREAU

Navigation Division Wilfred A. Campbell, Chief Engineer,

Towboat, from Dredging Division. John A. Conn, Engineer, Dipper Dredge,

Dredging Division, to Chief Engineer,

Tomboat

Franklin S. Stabler, Guard, Wholesale

Branch, Supply Division, to Signalman. Bertram E. Brandford, Leader Line Handler (Deckhand Boatswain), to Launch

Dispatcher.

Byron S. Barriteau, Linehandler (Deckhand), to Launch Dispatcher. James N. Linton, Messenger, to Launch

Dispatcher.

Industrial Division Franklin S. Ford, Storekeeping Clerk, to Accounting Clerk. Martin Griffith, Oiler, to Preservation Mechanic.

Herman Small, Laborer (Cleaner), to Clerk. Locks Division Paul W. Bramlett, Leader Lock Operator

(Electrician), to Control House Operator.

Elmer J. Hack, Telephone and Radio Dispatcher, Police Division, to Supervisory Clerk (Typing).

Roger C. McGough, Guard, to Administrative Services Assistant, Office of the

Chief. Robert B. Thompson, Machinist (Maintenance), Dredging Division, to Lock

Operator (Machinist). Dale J. Fontaine, Thomas L. O'Flaherty,

Machinist, to Lock Operator (Machinist).

George B. Bennettt, Ralph N. Parker, Jr., Electrician, to Lock Operator (Electrician). George Albert, Reginald H. McBean, Cirilo Timana, Linehandler, to Helper Lock

Operator. Frederick R. White, Cargo Marker, Terminals Division, to Linehandler. Harold Irvin, Clerk, Dredging Division, to Linehandler. Dodson Hinds, Messenger, to Timekeeper.

Clifford A. Rogers, Laborer, Maintenance

Division, to Laborer (Cleaner). SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICES BUREAU

Supply Division Wilfred V. Bartley, Stock Control Clerk,

to Clerk. Lionel R. Worrell, Stockman, to Stock Control Clerk. Roy A. Carter, Storekeeping Clerk, to Clerk. Mildred R. Henry, Grocery Attendant, to Sales Clerk. Percival U. Johnson, Richard E. Ottey,

Guard, from Navigation Division. Hasbom J. Lindo, Warehouseman, to Leader Packager.

George S. Anderson, Waiter, to Sales Checker. Rodriguez S. Burke, Utility Worker, to Messenger.

William Clark, Warehouseman, to Stock- man.

Doris S. Kelly, Utility Worker, to Counter- woman. May A. Morgan, Presser (Flatwork), to Marker and Sorter. Herman A. Jarvis, Food Service Worker,

to Assistant Cook.

Francisco Barrios, Laborer, to Laborer

(Heavy). Ricardo J. Romero, Laborer, from Maintenance Division. Bonnie L. Crowell, Usher (Theaters), to Usher, Chief (Balboa Theater). Albert R. Smith, Usher (Theaters), to Doorman (Theaters). Community Services Hurbert Clarke, Gardener, to Tree Trimmer. Reine Peters, Grounds Maintenance Equip- ment Operator (Small) to Grounds Maintenance Equipment Operator.

Carlos A. Nelson, Laborer, to Grounds

Maintenance Equipment Operator

(Small). Arturo De Los Rios, Laborer, to Laborer

(Pest Control). TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Motor Transportation Division Luis A. Len, Apprentice (Automotive

Mechanic) (3d Year), to Automotive

Mechanic. Pedro Aguilar, Truck Driver, to Truck

Driver (Heavy).

Percival Griffith, Stockman, to Storekeeping Clerk.Terminals Division Mike Kandrin, Donald R. Rathgeber,

Liquid Fuels Gager, to Leader Liquid

Fuels Wharfman.

Francis E. Reardon, Clerical Assistant, to Supervisory Clerical Assistant.

10 December 1963
Hugh C. Cole, Edgar S. Shaw, Jr., Sales Clerk, Supply Division, to Cargo Marker.

Andres Cerrud, Bolivar Jaen, Dock Worker,

to Stevedore.

Paulino F. Abrahams, Leader Laborer

(Heavy), to Clerk.

Alfred R. Evans, Pinsetter, Service Center

Branch, Supply Division, to Cargo

Marker. OTHER PROMOTIONS which did not

involve changes of title:

Charles W. Hummer, Architectural Engineering Technician, Engineering Division.

Peter T. Corrigan, Maintenance Representative (Building and Utilities), Office of the Chief, Community Services Division.

Victor H. May, Jr., Robert G. Orvis, Marine

Traffic Controller, Navigation Division.

Joseph M. Daly, James V. Higgins, Jr., John Y. Wagner, Admeasurer, Navigation Division.

A. Paul Jones, Jr., Chief Engineer, Towboat, Dredging Division.

Rodolfo F. Abbott, Launch Dispatcher,

Navigation Division.

Enid G. Kandrin, Snack Bar Operator,

Service Center Branch, Supply Division.

Dorothy I. De Creque, Sales Clerk, Retail Store Branch, Supply Division.

Joscelyn H. Evering, Clerk, Wholesale

Branch, Supply Division.

Benito Lucero, Calixto Villarreal, Surveying Aid, Engineering Division.

William A. Violette, Admeasurer, Navigation Division.

William M. Brown, Marine Traffic Controller, Navigation Division.

Frank T. Willoe, Chief Engineer, Towboat,

Navigation Division.

Roger R. Toledano, Mechanical Engineer,

Engineering Division.

Dianne M. Barnes, Clerk-Typist, Industrial Division.

Preston W. McBarnette, Supervisory Clerk, Supply Division.

Edgar F. Bascombe, Arturo F. Smith,

Clerk, Navigation Division.

Clarisa C. Lee, Clerk-Typist, Division of Schools.

Edgar W. Best, Timekeeper, Terminals

Division.

Linnett M. Turner, Clifford Rose, Clerk, Supply Division.

Gilberto A. DaCosta, Sales Clerk, Supply

Division. Yuda Morhaim, Teacher (Junior High,

Latin American Schools).

The Panamanian-North American Association, the Binational Center, 66 Peru Avenue,

Panama City.

Binational

(Continued from p. 7)

200,000 people. The library facilities, which include a music room where

members and students may listen to

their favorite selections from the record

collection, have been used by more

than 32,000 people.

The 'Binational Center has a 10-unit

electronic teaching laboratory used ex- tensively with Spanish and English

courses for improving the student's pronunciation and intonation, accomplished by recording phrases on a master tape which the student then

repeats into a microphone.

North Americans and Panamanians

pool their philatelic know-how in the

Center's philatelic society. Those inter- ested in photography have their own

photography club. Panamanians who

studied in colleges and universities in the United States, many who studied

through scholarships offered through

the association, also have their own

organization.

Who are the students? Mosdy adults who work during the day and study

evenings. Classes for children also are

held, however.

Charles R. Meyer is director on the

Pacific side of the association's aca- demic, cultural and scholarship pro- grams. Paul Johnson directs the North

American Cultural Institute in Colon.

ORDERS FOR BOUND

COPIES OF REVIEW

DUE BY JANUARY I

THE DEADLINE FOR orders for binders and bound copies of volumes

12 and 13 of The Panama Canal

Review in English is January 1. These

volumes cover the period August 1961

through July 1963. Low cost binders of board and Linson

cloth, in light blue only, are available

at $4.25 per set. Heavier binders of board and fabrikoid, in black, green, and red, are $5 per set. Neither includes

copies of the Review.

De luxe binding for the bound copies

will be fabrikoid, with gold stamping

on the cover, similar to previous bound

copies. Colors available are black,

green, and red. The price will be $23.50

for each book containing both volumes

(24 issues), including cost of the Review copies.

Orders addressed to Superintendent,

Printing Plant, Box M, Balboa Heights,

should be accompanied by a postal

money order or local check payable to

the Treasurer, Panama Canal Company.

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CANAL HISTORY

50 IfearJ cAgo

COMMUNITY Christmas celebrations were held for the 8th year by residents

of the Canal villages up and down the

"line." Prior to 1906, when Canal forces were still being assembled, the Christ- mas holidays were observed more privately. Programs and children's enter- tainments were held in the Isthmian

Canal Commission clubhouses and

social halls complete with gifts and

treats, with an average of 1,200 boys

and girls participating. Distribution of

gifts and food was made to poor

families in Colon and Panama.

Construction of the first permanent

4-family concrete quarters was started

in the town of Balboa. These were 10

buildings located on the south spur of Sosa Hill. Town plans for Balboa in- cluded other quarters along the Prado

at the foot of the Administration Building and a civic center type of arrange- ment of commissary, post office, club- house and dispensary at the other end

of the Prado.

25 XJeari c4go

A PROMINENT visitor in the Canal

Zone 25 years ago this month was

Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, who arrived aboard the Grace liner Santa Clara on his way to Lima, Peru,

to attend the Pan American Conference.

While here he issued a statement to the

effect that the U.S. Administration was

solidly in favor of the new treaty

between Panama and the United States and that every endeavor would be made

to have the pact ratified.

A report was received on the Isthmus

from Washington, D.C. that the U.S. War Department was considering construction of a third set of locks for the Panama Canal, designed to handle

larger ships than the existing locks. The sources said that the Government was prepared to start construction immediately.

RETIREMENTS

RETIREMENT certificates were pre- sented at the end of October to the employees listed below, with their positions at time of retirement and years

of Canal service: Frank H. Blakey, Senior Operator (Generating Station), Electrical Division, Atlantic Side; 13 years, 2 months, 6 days.

William Burgess, Helper Lock Operator, Locks Division, Pacific Side; 39 years, 11 months, 28 days.

John H. Childress, Leader, Refrigeration

and Air Conditioning Mechanic, Maintenance Division, Atlantic Side; 18 years, 6 months, 15 days.

Harry H. Corn, Assistant Postmaster, Postal

Division, Atlantic Side; 31 years, 24

days.

Samuel R. Cunningham, Accounting Assist- ant (Steamship Clearances), Accounting

Division, Pacific Side; 35 years. John F. Droste, Automotive Machinist, Motor Transportation Division, Atlantic

Side; 16 years, 9 months, 4 days. Gerald A. Dutton, Deckhand, Navigation

Division, Atlantic Side; 39 years, 3 months, 28 days. Jose J. Estrada, Warehouseman, Supply

Division, Atlantic Side; 22 years, 7 months, 27 days. Pastor Godoy, Surviving Aid, Engineering

Division, Pacific Side; 33 years, 29 days. Juan M. Hudson, Fireman (Floating

Plant), Dredging Division; 11 years, 8

months. Llewelyn C. Jolliffe, Automatic Platen Pressman, Printing Plant, Atlantic Side; 40 years, 6 months, 24 days. Dolores Lara, Railroad Trackman, Hail- road Division, Atlantic Side; 43 years, 23 days.

Herbert A. Lord, Deckhand, Navigation

Division, Atlantic Side; 25 years, 2

months, 18 days. Carlos Menchaca, Laborer (Heavy) Pest Control, Sanitation Division, Atlantic

Side; 19 years, 9 months, 17 days. Esteban Nino, Deckhand, Navigation Division, Pacific Side; 14 years, 8 days.

David O. Reid, Hospital Guard, Corozal

Hospital; 10 years, 3 months, 7 days. Vernon B. Smith, Clerk, Maintenance Division, Atlantic Side; 36 years, 4 months, 29 days.

Felix Villarreal, Helper Lock Operator, Locks Division, Pacific Side; 30 years, 4 months, 27 days. Mrs. Eldica Cumberbatch, Assistant Baker,

Supply Division, Atlantic Side; 20 years,

9 months.

10 y[eard c4go

QUEEN ELIZABETH II of England

and the Duke of Edinburgh paid a visit

to the Canal Zone 10 years ago. They

arrived aboard the Royal Yacht Gothic

and spent some of their time in the Canal Zone. During their visit, they were taken on a tour of the Panama

Canal locks at Miraflores and were

entertained at a formal luncheon given

by Gov. John S. Seybold and Mrs. Scybold at the Governor's House at Balboa Heights.

Also visiting the Canal Zone during

the month was a group of U.S. Congressmen, most of them members of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce

Committee.

December 1953 was the final year of operation by the U.S. Government or

its agencies of the historic Hotel Washington in Colon. A contract was signed

with the Inversiones Motta, S.A., which

would operate it as a private enterprise.

The hotel remained the property of the Panama Canal.

One year c4go

ALBERT H. OSHIVER, a 42-year-old

oceanographer from Washington, D.C. completed a 29-hour swim through the Gatun Lake section of the Panama

Canal. In recognition of his feat, Gov.

Robert J. Fleming, Jr. presented him

the Master Key to the Panama Canal in the grade of "Self-Propelled Navigator

(Honorary Pilot)."

A bid of $1,018,000 was made by

the Isthmian Constructors for construction of the Canal Zone's new College, located in the townsite of La Boca.

ACCIDENTSFOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

OCTOBER

FIRST AID

CASES

ALL UNITS

YEAR TO DATE

'63 243

'62 234

2401(36) 2451

GASES

•6315

161(9)

•627

103

DAYS

ABSENT

•63 '62 6266 288

24013(998, 8516

( ) Locks Overhaul Injuries Included In total.

12 December 1963
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Harry F. Butz

Superintende: Water and Labor, Branch George V. Allen

Oiler Feliciano Ramirez

Maintenancem

(Distribute Mauricio Santai Surveying Aid

Adolphus A. Weeks

Sheetmetal Worker

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Sigurd E. Esser

tv-PP*-"- nf Schools

spoirryfriON and

terminals bureau

COMMUNITY

BUREAU

Purcell H. Marshall Cook (Short Order)

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

PRESIDENT

Phillip J. McKenzie

Cook

COMPTROLLERS OFFICE

Edna P. Reilly

Time, Leave, and

Payroll Clerk

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

DIVISION

William F. O'Sullivan

Translator

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Luis C. Barrios O. High Lift Truck Operator

John H. Blades Maintenaneeman

Francisco A. Bravo

Accounting Clerk Caswell L. Bruce High Lift Truck Operator

Carlos Coto R.

Utility Worker

Cecil A. Diaz

Laborer (Heavy)

Amalia Gonsalez Pantrywoman

Agustin Gordon A.

Utility Worker

Grendeline Grant Warehouseman

Thelma A. Maynard

Sales Clerk Normand McDonald

Laborer Tomas Molinar Laborer (Heavy)

Raymond A. Weeks

Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

MARINE BUREAU

Theodore F. Babich

Lock Operator

(Iron Worker-Welder)

Charles L. Banton Seaman

Alberto Barrera Line Handler (Deckhand)

Robert F. Bovd

Pilot Marcos Darkins

Oiler Ewart D. Drayton

Launch Operator

Jose M. Guardado

Line Handler (Deckhand)

Rosendo Hebbard

Line Handler (Deckhand)

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Line Handler (Deckhand)

Egbert A. Saums

Helper Lock Operator

Barrington A. Smith

Launch Operator

John A. Wray

Helper Shipwright

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Laureano Castillo Helper Machinist

(Marine)

Hugh M. Thomas, Jr. Shift Engineer (Mechanical) Ernesto Trottmen

Helper Cable Splicer

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Alfred A. Donaldson

Helper Liquid Fuels Wharfman

Jose Gomez

Truck Driver Wilfred P. Leslie Helper Electrician G. O. M. Pallares Line Handler

Rupert A. Vaughn

Truck Driver (Heavy) Enos Williams

Boiler Tender

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

William G. Bowen

Swimming Pool Operator Avanso A. Farrell Swimming Pool Operator

Percival S. Plummer

Laborer (Cleaner) Thomas N. Stewart

Fire Sergeant Clarence R. Vosburgh

Instructor HEALTH BUREAU

Josephine Clarke Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery) Herbert W. Dena

Hospital Attendant Manuel Labastid Truck Driver

Irene A. Ladrach

Nurse Supervisor

(General Medical and

Surgical Hospital) Biviano Marciaga G. Leader Laborer

(Heavy-Pest Control) Vicencio Quintero

Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery)

Aileet Walker

Nursing Assistant (Medicine and Surgery)

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:

First Quarter, Fiscal Year 1964

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.

1964

97 605

124 562

97

211 312

81 724

2,813
was "jumboized" recently in Japan

where 123.5 feet were added to her

length. The ship, now 702.5 feet in length and with a 90-foot beam, arrived

in Balboa early November 12 and made

the Canal transit immediately to Cristobal. After taking on bunkers on the

Atlantic side, the vessel sailed for Poland. She is owned by the Petroleum

Transport Co. Ltd., operated by the Universal Maritime Agencies of New

York and flies the Liberian flag. This was her first trip through the Canal

since being rebuilt.

Maiden Voyage

THE SWIFT new Danish flag cargo

vessel Tobias Maersk made its maiden

voyage through the Panama Canal

October 22 on its first run on the New

York to Far East service via the U.S. west coast. The new vessel, which can make the trip from the Canal to Cali- fornia in 5 days and from the Canal to New York in less than 3, has a speed of 21 knots and is fully air conditioned.

In addition to eastern United States

ports, the Tobias Maersk and her two

running mates, the Trein Maersk and

Tomas Maersk, are scheduled to call at Montreal, Three Rivers, and Baie

Comeau, Quebec.

Although the three new additions to the Maersk Line fleet do not carry passengers, everything has been done to cater to special cargo, such as strong rooms, silk rooms, reefer chambers and

deep tanks for vegetable oil, liquid

latex and molasses. The vessels also carry containers. Agents C. B. Fenton & Co. reported that on her maiden

vovage the Tobias Maersk docked in Cristobal to discharge cargo and take on bunkers.

TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSELS IN OCTOBER

J 963 J.962 Commercial 980 882

U.S. Government 30 17 Free 6 9

Total 1,016 908

TOLLS*

Commercial $5,170,034 $4,412,721

U.S. Government. 159,175 56,964

Total $5,329,209 $4,469,685

CARGO"

Commercial 5,926,145 4,890,308

U.S. Government. 112,494 19,973 Free 8,175 51,676

Total 6,046,814 4,961,957

° Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and

small. °°Cargo figures are in long tons.

CANAL TRANSITS - COMMERCIAL AND U.S. GOVERNMENT
Sh ipping

STATISTICS PAINT

COMMERCE PICTURE

A RUSTY tramp steamer with a cargo

of odds and ends picked up in steamy

little ports in the Far East nudges its way into the Panama Canal channel

and takes on a pilot. Behind it lumbers

a huge supercarrier loaded with thou- sands of tons of iron ore from Peru. As the two ships pass through the Canal, thev become two pieces in the

jigsaw puzzle which, when assembled,

makes a general picture of world commerce. This picture is of interest not onlv to the Panama Canal authorities,

but to men all over the world who

engage in trade. The term "Funnel for World Commerce" is not just a catchy slogan for the Panama Canal nor words on a Canal

Zone license plate. It refers to the never-ending stream of commercial carriers, often called "bottoms," which

make their way from all parts of the globe to pass through the Panama

Canal. These ships carry everything from

lumber and oil to bananas and barley.

Thev come from busy ports like San

Francisco and New York and may be

on their way to Indonesia or British Guiana. They represent nearly every

nation in the world and may be regular customers of the Canal or may be

making a single trip on an irregular schedule.

The Pacific Steam Navigation Co.'s transatlantic liner Reina del Mar docked in Balboa on

a recent visit to the Isthmus. The ship was sold recently and will be converted to a full time cruise vessel. She will make her last voyage through the Canal on her present

Liverpool to Valparaiso service in March 1964. The ship has been on this service with PSNC since her construction in 1955.

Whatever country they represent,

whatever their cargo or destination,

when they transit the Canal these ships

become part of the statistical pattern

put together bv Panama Canal Economist Hugh Norris and members of

his staff. They emerge in the form of the monthly traffic figures and the

quarterly shipping tables that are used

by The Panama Canal Review and

are included in the Panama Canal

annual report. The shipping statistics recorded in the economist's office are obtained

mostly from the recently consolidated

shipping information and quarantine

declaration and the cargo declaration

filled out by the master of every ship

using the Canal. The first form yields such information as the amount and nature of cargo, the trade route on which the ship runs, the date of its Canal transit, nationality

and size of the vessel and the amount

of tolls paid.

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