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IN THIS ISSUE

Rules About Your Employment

A Seat Belt Safe Vacation

Your Election Rights

Stage Revival in Cristobal

June 1,1962 Croteroad* Meeting
Roberi J. Fleming, Jr., Governor-President

VV. P Will Arey

Panama Canal Information Ofl

\. D. Ciiristensen, Press Officer [OSEPH CONNOR, Publications Editor

Editorial Assistants: Eunice Richard and Tobi Bittei. William Burns, Official Photographer

Official Panama Canal Company Publication

Published Monthly at Balboa Heights, C. Z.

Printed at the Printing Plant, Mount Hope,Canal Zone

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

Postal money orders made payable to the Panama Canal Company should be mailed to Box M. Balboa Heights. C. Z. Editorial Offices are located in the Administration Building. Balboa Heights. C. Z.

STASH

J4ave \J[ou

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THE CANAL ZONE has declared

-p|_|£ war on Litterbugs.

Enactment of the recent regulation which provides up to a $100 fine and 30 thus in jail for anyone convicted of littering any highway or TRASH street gives teeth to the attack, but

success of the anti-litter effort still depends on the willing cooperation

of all Zone residents.

A. I. Baurnan, Superintendent of the Grounds Branch, says much littering in the Zone is done thoughtlessly. Anyone who

ever has discarded a chewing gum wrapper or cigarette butt,

tossed away an advertising leaflet, napkin, empty beer can, or paper cup, has contributed to the accumulation of litter. And there's no reason for anyone to be a litterbug. There are more than 6,500 50-gallon steel drums at strategic locations

throughout the Canal Zone—and new ones will be placed upon

request. All that's necessary is a telephone call to Balboa 1308

or 2121, or Cristobal 2373. In addition to these steel drums, every

house and apartment in the Canal Zone is supplied with a garbage

can. And individuals and organizations are being urged to ask

for extra disposal units when planning large gatherings which

will generate a lot of trash in a public area.

In the drive to eliminate litter, the 50-gallon steel drums are being painted bright colors and soon will carry slogans urging

their use. Some of the drums have been equipped with covers

like that shown at the left above and others will be so equipped

soon. Signs warning against littering also are going up along

streets and highways.

Solution o) the problem is an individual responsibility. Litterafti i all. is done by individuals, and only individuals can

rhey tan do so by taking personal responsibility to

nit! never discarding anything except in proper

ret") I • Onlv you .mi Keep the Canal Zone clean. Will yOU?

Index

Emplovee-Management Relations 3

Appeal Regulations Being Revised- _ __ 5

Fun and Games at Immigration Station- . 6

. . . And at Gamboa School 7

Gorgas Trains Medical Technologists-- __ 8

Soaring Bridge Arches Joined 9

The Little Theater That Wouldn't Die_ . 10

Improvements for Deckhands- . 12

Where small items Make Money for You _ . __ 13

Your Election Rights.. 14

Pla\ Ball! 15

Worth Knowing 16

\\ ill Your Vacation Be Seat Belt Safe?. . 18

10,000 Miles Over Land 19

Anniversaries 20

Promotions and Transfers . . 21

Be Careful-Not a Statistic, 22

Canal History_. 23

Retirements 23

Shipping- - 24

2 June 1, 1962
The first meeting between the Personnel Bureau and employees' organization representatives was held May 14 at Balboa Heights. Attending

were, from left: E. H. Womble, President. Local 463. International Association of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers; A. J. Graham, Locks Security Force 1780, American Federation of Government Employees; J. C. Dyer. Wage and Grievance Representative

of Central Labor Union-Metal Trades Council; L. F. Braden, Assistant Business Manager, Local .397, International Brotherhood of

Electrical Workers; J. H. Elliott, President, Central Labor Union-Metal Trades Council; R. S. Jeffrey, Personnel Director's Office; D. J. Paolucei, Assistant to Personnel Director; Lloyd Anderson, Personnel Director's Office; X. R. Talbot, J. S. Catanzaro, Local 9(i, Marine

Engineers Beneficial Association; D. P. Bender, Vice President, Local 595, International Union of Operating Engineers; R. F. Hesch,

Local 811, International Association of Machinists. Employee—Management Relations

Discussions on Executive Order H0988

are preliminary to implementation.

WHERE AND HOW do you draw the

line in determining what constitutes a

"unit" for the purpose of recognition of an employee organization?

What criteria will be used to deter- mine whether or not an employee organization has a "stable" membership?

How will it be determined whether

or not an individual is eligible to hold

office in a union or other employee

organization?

These are just a few of the many

questions which came up for detailed discussion last month, as representatives

of the Canal organization's Personnel Bureau met with spokesmen of organizations representing Canal employees

to discuss proposed regulations for implementing Executive Order 10988 on

Employee-Management Relations in the Federal Service. The Personnel Bureau representatives

spent approximately 20 hours in a series of meetings with representatives of employee organizations affiliated with

the Central Labor Union-Metal Trades

Council, with spokesmen for Local

900, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and

with representatives of independent

employee groups. During the meetings, the purposes and intent of various sections of the proposed regulations were explained

and changes proposed by the employee

representatives were discussed. Two

successive meetings with each group

provided an opportunity for betweenmeeting analysis of questions and issues. Changes proposed by the employee

organizations were evaluated bv the Personnel Bureau officials and, as May

ended, revisions were being made to include acceptable proposals in a

near-final draft of the regulations.

By the end of this month, the regulations are scheduled to be in final form

and present plans call for them to be

made effective on July 1. While some

sections of the proposed regulations still were being studied and redrafted where

necessary as The Review prepared to go to press, most sections were in nearfinal form, subject only to review and

final approval by Governor Fleming;

before going into effect. Among the points which will be

The Panama Canal Review
and

Officials of Local 900, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,

discussed the proposed regulations with D. J. Paolucci. Assistant to Personnel Director,

and, from left: Lloyd Anderson and R. S. Jeffrey of the Personnel Directors Office; R. A. Dean, Field Representative of Local 900; Reginald Callender, Executive Secretary; D. J. Paolucci; A. C. Bushell, Pacific-side Vice President; W. H. Sinclair, International Representative; H. W. Williams, Legislative Representative; and Peter Alexis, Acting

President of Local 900.

included in the regulations are the

following:

Employees have a right to form, join, and assist an employee organization

having as a primary purpose the improvement of working conditions among

Federal employees, or to refrain from

any such activity, and to exercise such

rights without fear of penalty or reprisal.

Recognition accorded employee or- ganizations will not affect the special

relationships of management officials with veteran, religious, civic, and social organizations on matters of special

interest to such groups. Consultations with recognized employee organizations will include policies affecting working conditions, hut

will not include such areas as the mission of the Compam Government, its budget, organization, assignment of personnel, or technologj in performing

work.

Employee representatives and indi- vidual employees are expected to deal with the management officials who have

primar) responsibility over the matter

to he discussed, hut suggestions, recommendations, or grievances ma) he

carried through several levels of authority if necessar) to obtain a final decision. Within reasonable limits, employee

tives designated 1>\ recoge organizations w ill he

permitted to attend meetings and

iltations \\ ithoul charge to lea\ e. Activities incerned with the internal

operations of employee organizations,

including meetings, solicitation of memIxi ship, and election campaigning are

to he conducted outside of regular

working hours, but w ill be permitted on Company Government premises under

specified conditions. Employee organizations also will be permitted to distri- bute and post notices and bulletins in designated areas, but such materials

cannot contain propaganda attacks upon

agencies, individuals, or activities of the Federal Government. For the purposes of recognition, units

will be established on any reasonable

basis which will assure a clear and

identifiable community of interest

among the employees involved concerning employment conditions, personnel

matters, and other items appropriate

for formal consultation. Employee organizations, when re- questing formal consultations, will be

required to state specifically the pro- posed agenda items and include

information necessary to facilitate pre- paration for the consultation. Requests

for informal meetings for information purposes may he made orally, however.

The Personnel Director is to ensure

that all employees are informed of their

rights under the regulations and Executive Order 10988. He also is to take any

steps necessary to ensure that no inter- ference, restraint, coercion, or discrimi- nation is practiced to either encourage

or discourage membership in any employee organization. Provision also will be made by the Personnel Director for the instruction of management and

supervisory personnel on their rights

and responsibilities under the newregulations.

Representing independent employee groups, at the meeting with D. J. Paolucci \ssistanl

to Personnel Director, and Lloyd Anderson of Personnel Director's Office at left wereCapt. F M. Poore. J. Local 30, Masters, Mates, and Pilots; F. J Busch, Division (>9o', Order of Railway Conductors; D. J. Paolucci; Capt. I. G. Hav, Local 30, Masters, Mates, and I .lots; P. M. Trim, Jr., Marine Traffic Controllers, Lodge 1559; and Ilerschel Gandv, Lodge 14. American Federation ol Government Employees.

4 |i m 1. 1962
Meanwhile . . . APPEAL

REGULATIONS

BEING READIED

WHILE THE MEETINGS and dis- cussions concerning the Canal organization's plans for implementing Executive' Order 10988 on Employee-Management

Relations in the Federal Service were

being held last month, the Personnel Bureau also was preparing the necessary regulations for implementing Executive Order 10987, which is concerned

with employee appeals from adverse

personnel actions. Copies of the proposed regulations on appeals were to be mailed to labor organizations representing Canal employees late last month, with requests

for comments to be submitted in writing

to the Personnel Bureau. The comments

received will be carefully evaluated and,

where indicated, revisions will be made

before the regulations are put into final form and put into effect simultaneously

with those discussed in last month's

meetings. Both are scheduled to be

effective on |ulv 1. The pui-pose of the new appeals sys- tem being devised to implement the Executive Order is to provide employees

with certain basic rights for a management review and reconsideration of adverse actions taken at a lower level. A major aim of the Executive Order on "Agency Systems for Appeals from Adverse Actions" is settlement of disputes

as near to the level of disagreement

as possible.

Actions which may be appealed

under the system will be: Discharges,

suspensions for more than 30 days, fur- loughs without pay, ami reductions in rank and compensation.

Specific procedures and rights stipu- lated in Civil Service Commission

guidelines and regulations about the new appeals system include: The agencv must notify the employee

of the proposed adverse action and pro- vide him with an opportunity to reply before making any decision to proceed

with the adverse action. If a decision

is made to proceed with the action, the employee must be sent a decision notice

to that effect. The decision notice will give the reasons for the action, the action decided upon, and the effective date.

It also must notify the employee of his right of appeal, specifying to whom the appeal is to be directed, where it is to be filed, what the time limits are, and

where he can get more information.

If the employee decides to appeal,

he must do so in writing and must tell whv be thinks that the adverse action

is unwarranted.

An employee may appeal any time

after he is notified of the decision and

action taken, but not later than 10 cal- endar davs after the effective date. This

time limit may be extended by the agencv, but only if the employee was

not notified of the time limit, if cir- cumstances beyond the employee's control prevented him from appealing

within the time limit, or for other reasons thought sufficient by the agency.

In making an appeal, an employee is entitled to enlist the assistance of a representative of his own choosing.

Both the employee and his representative are assured freedom from restraint.

interference, coercion, discrimination,

or reprisal, and a reasonable amount of

official time to present the appeal.

The system requires that an official at a higher administrative level than

the one who decided upon taking the adverse action must consider the appeal

from that decision and decide on the

appeal. The official who hears the appeal will consider issues of fact, compliance with procedural requirements,

and any other appropriate matters, such

as equity or humanitarianism.

An employee is entitled to a hearing

in making an appeal within the agency. The hearing may be held bv one person

or bv a committee, and members are required to be fair, impartial, and objective. No one can be a member of the hearing committee who acted on or reviewed the proposed adverse action

or the adverse decision, or who will review or act upon the report of the hearing committee.

Witnesses are permitted at a hearing

and the agencv is to make the w itnesses available, if practicable, on a duty

status. Like the affected employee and

his representative, witnesses are assured freedom from restraint, interference,

coercion, discrimination, and reprisal.

A record, in either transcript or sum- mary form, must be made of the hearing. If it is a summary, it must be signed

by both parties, with any exceptions to

it stated in writing. The employee

involved is given a copy of the transcript or summary.

The individual or committee hearing

the appeal must make a written report

to the appropriate official. The report

may contain either findings of fact alone, or findings and recommendations.

A copy of the report is given to the employee and to his representative. The

agencv official responsible makes the

final decision after receiving the report.

In arriving at his decision, the official responsible will consider the entire appellate record. His decision may sustain or reverse the previous decision, or

it may substitute a less severe action. The employee is to be notified promptly of the final decision on the appeal and informed of any remaining

appeal rights he may have. A copy of the notice must be sent to the employee's

representative.

When the Canal organization's regulations on appeals have been put in final form and placed in effect, copies are to be made available to every employee ot the Company Government, so all employees will have an opportunity to know what their rights are under the system.

The Panama Canal Review
At Immigration Station

FUN

and

GAMES

An injured ami doesn't keep one from enjoying a fast game of table tennis. THE PING-PONG BALL Hashed across the table as a pleasant looking young man returned his opponent's serve.

"Srln gut," he said, smiling broadly. "Not had at all." his opponent replied.

In another comer of the bright sunny

room, two youths were engaged in a solemn game of chess. Although neither spoke the other's language, no words

were necessary. Chess was, obviously,

international. The setting was not a United Nations

Club Room in New York. It was the new

recreation room in the Canal Zone

Soccer in that footgear?

W-* IT

Immigration Station at Corozal and the scene is a common one there these days.

The young men were merchant sea- men staying at the Immigration Station waiting for new assignments to ships.

Their nationality and the languages

they spoke were as varied as the flags which fly from the vessels which pass through the Canal. On the day when the spirited table tennis game was in progress, representatives of seven nations were residing at the Immigration Station. They included

Italian. Greek. Danish, Chinese, British, and East Indian seamen, a majority of them recently discharged after emer- gency hospitalization in the Canal Zone.

All of them

ing the

apparently were enjoyleisure forced upon them by

circumstances beyond their control. The new look at the Immigration

Station was brought about recently

after Governor Fleming decided that merchant seamen and officers who have

to stav in the Canal Zone Immigration

Station should have better recreation

facilities than in their rooms or the drab mess hall, part of which now has been

changed into a recreation area. The transformation included installa- tion of new floor tiling, a few coats of

paint, the addition of several potted

plants plus a television set, ping-pong

tables, card tables, games, and a radio.

And this ancient pastime is just as absorbing, no matter who's playing.

June 1, 1962
To come soon will be a selection of books and novels in the various lan- guages spoken by the men who stay

at the station. The Immigration Station, which,

Canal Zone authorities point out, is not

a quarantine station, takes care of an

average of more than 1,000 persons each \ear—most of them seamen and

ships' officers who are being transferred

to other ships or who have been in the

hospital or otherwise delayed here while

waiting for another assignment. Generallv, all those at the Station are free

to come and go as they please, so long

as they check in at the Station each day.

In addition to the new recreation room, the facilities consist of barracks

for officers and seamen, an office building, and a small mess hall where res- idents are served three meals a day from

the Tivoli Guest House. The buildings

are located on 1 '3 acres of land. Immigration facilities at one time did

include a quarantine service, which was

originally established in the Canal Zone

during construction days at Culebra

Island to protect public health. Because

of the prevalence in those days of plague, yellow fever, and smallpox, the Quarantine Station did a rushing business. Old records show7 that between

1907 and 1920 there were 61,649 persons, mostly passengers in transit, held

for medical quarantine purposes and

only 1,833 for immigration.

After 1920, the number of quarantine

cases steadilv declined and the station, which had been moved to Balboa after the completion of the Canal, was used

almost exclusively for immigration

purposes. The new station at Corozal was

opened in 1943 and during the war

vears was used to house refugees from

Europe who were unable to proceed to

their destination or return to their homelands; seamen and passengers from

ships which had been torpedoed and

sunk; enemy aliens and aliens picked up

for illegal entry. The station also pro- vided shelter for a large number of contract laborers who were held for repatriation after the completion of defense projects in the Canal Zone. At present, the Immigration Station

is administered by the Canal Zone

Customs Division, because Canal Zone

Customs inspectors also enforce immigration regulations and act as Deputy

Shipping Commissioners in the Zone.

B. E. Lowande, Chief of Customs, is also Shipping Commissioner. He and

his deputies sign seamen on and off shins, see that they get their wages. and take care of other problems while

they are staving at the Station.

and at Gamboa School

Ballerina Deborah Danziger leads grades 1 and

Kelly Farrell, Becky Mytinger, Mar

A DELIGHT to the eye as well as the ear was the "Mavtime" program in which the Gamboa Elementary School

last month combined the annual Music

Week program with Physical Fitness Week, climaxed with the crowning

of the Max Festival Queen. Shelley

Headrick.

The Festival program opened with

songs that are part of Music Week

programs in English-language schools throughout the world. Then came the

intermingling with Physical Fitness Week, with tumblers tumbling, clowns

clowning, ballet dancers tripping lightly,

gvpsies dancing, maypole dancers

2 ballet dancers Sharon Mills, Becky Jones,

ilyn Welborn, and Virginia Ray.

winding their ribbons in and ovit in the

traditional pattern, and Robin Hood

and his Merry Men. complete with

hows and arrows.

In between the colorfully costumed.

animated performances, vocal groups from grades 1 through 6 provided

the sustaining thread of the musical program. Laurence Senzer was narrator, Mrs. Ruth Banton served as program chair- man, and Mrs. Mar) Ellwood was

pianist. Directors for the performances were Mrs. Banton and Mrs. Elizabeth

Dull, while Don Connor was in charge

of the tumbling act.

Tumblers Steve Nehring and Buddy Mills demonstrate their physical fitness and .kill.

The Panama Canal Review
Gorgas Trains

Medical

Technologists

Students from four

countries have attended

Zone-operated School.

Jesus Figueroa makes notes on test smears in a pre-cancer diagnosis.

MEET a medical technologist anywhere

in the Republic of Panama, or the Canal

Zone, and chances are fair that he or she was trained at the school for laboratory technologists operated by the Gorgas Hospital Laboratory Service. Twenty-eight medical technologists

from Panama, Colombia, the United

States, and even Lebanon, have been

enrolled in the Gorgas Hospital school during the 14 years it has been in exist- ence. The majority of the students have

been Panamanian citizens, who now are working for the Republic of Panama

Health Services, Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama, or Panama hospitals.

Two of the most recent graduates, who

received their certificates in May, will work at Panama's new Social Security

Hospital.

The Gorgas Hospital school was

started in 1948 by Col. Norman W.

Elton, Chief of the hospital laboratory

at that time. A major purpose was to train persons having the necessary col- lege or university background so they could be recruited to work in Gorgas

Hospital and could fill the need for such

service in the Republic of Panama.

Dr. Carl M. Johnson, now director

of Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama, was one of the doctors who

worked with Colonel Elton and the first class of medical technologists at Gorgas

Hospital. He joined the Gorgas Hospital

staff in June 1949. shortly after the

school for technologists was started, and

remained in Canal Zone service until June 1954, when he filled the position

at Gorgas Memorial Laboratory left vacant by the retirement of Dr. Herbert

C. Clark'.

Judith Ahello examines bacterial culture in test tube. Jos6 Torres is shown using microtome to prepare tissue slides.

June 1, 1962
All the clinical laboratory work necessary in clinical investigations at Gorgas

Memorial Laboratory is accomplished

by Miss Berta Alvarado, one of the graduates of the Gorgas Hospital technologists' school. She was given a year's leave of absence to take the course, which she completed last year. Another graduate is Dr. Ligia Sanchez, who now is with the Republic of Panama Health Service. She was graduated from the Gorgas school, then

studied at the University of Panama

School of Medicine, where she received

her Doctor of Medicine degree. For the

past 2 years she has been in charge of one of the Public Health dispensaries in Panama City.

A medical technologist in the Outpatient Laboratory of Gorgas Hospital,

Kerima de Dormoi, obtained her Master's degree in the United States, then

returned to the Isthmus and worked for Panama Health Services for a time

before joining the Gorgas staff of technologists.

The latest two graduates as medical

technologists from Gorgas, now pre- paring to join Panama's new Social Security Hospital, are Eneida Siu and

Dolores Barreto, both of Panama.

Dr. Harold Mondragon, Chief of Laboratory Service at Gorgas Hospital,

is the present director of the school for laboratory technologists. The 12-month

session of the school will start in July. No tuition is required for admission

to the school for laboratory technologists, nor are there any other expenses. Students are selected on the basis of

their college credits, which are eval- uated by the office of the registrar of the American Societv of Clinical Pathologists. The two top candidates receive

a scholarship of about S 1,600 a vear. Admission requirements for the school

are a minimum of 3 sears of college,

with 16 semester hours of biology, 16 semester hours of chemistry, and

3 semester hours of mathematics.

Graduates of the Gorgas Hospital

School for Laboratory Technologists are Jose Tories, Judith Abello, Fita Campodonico de Marquez, Candida Correa de Echeverria, Kerima de Dormoi,

Dr. Cesar Bernal, Telva de Olivares,

Agnes Correa, Dr. Hedlev Lennan,

Dr. Ligia Sanchez, Berta Alvarado,

Eneida Siu, Dolores Barreto, and Carlota Arguelles, all of Panama; Charles

Luthas, Kay Fowler, Dr. |ohn Wong,

Kati Lewis, Ursula Steinberg, and Bettv Davis of the United States; Camile

Christopher of the Canal Zone; Jesus Figueroa of Colombia; and Rosemary

Dominguez of Lebanon.

Soaring Bridge Arches Joined

THATCHER FERRY BRIDGE loomed

in the background the morning of Mas 16, as Col. Mathew C. Harrison,

at right in photo. Engineering and Construction Director of the Canal organization, discussed the bridge work with

John F. Beaslev, head of the firm erect- ing the superstructure. The two men, accompanied by Gov. Robert J. Fleming, Jr., various other Canal officials, and a group of newsmen and photographers from the Republic of Panama

were aboard the tug San Pablo on their

was to watch the steel beam placed

which would join the two arches of

tin' soaring structure. The 70-foot beam,

shown being lowered into place in the dramatic photograph below, taken from

the top of the bridge arch by Richard

Hebenstreit resident project engineer

for Sverdrup, Parcel & Associates,

designers of the structure, was released by the crane at 8:52 a.m.. thus making

a continuous unit of the bridge which

will be carrying cars across the Canal

before the end of this vear.

The Panama Canal Review
f-rj^

On stage of Cristobal Little Theater, from left: Mrs. Miriam McDaid; Cristobal Junior-Senior High School Principal Paul L. Beck;

Mrs. Agnes Allan; Mrs. Jo Maxwell, who appeared in "Send Me No Flowers"; Robert Thomas, Cristobal Little Theater President; Mrs. Hilda Baas of the Production Staff; and Surse Pierpoint, Actor-Director. THE LITTLE THEATER THAT WOULDN'T DIE

A LITTLE THEATER which was

active throughout World War II hut almost became a peacetime casualt)

last month proved its restoration to rugged health and vitalit) as the Cristobal Little Theater presented Send Me

No Flowers, a stage presentation with

a title peculiarly applicable to the group

presenting it. What is now the Cristobal Little

1 heater had its beginnings in the 1930's

in the basi ment of the Albert Motta

residence on loth Street in Colon, with

formation ol what is believed to have

bei M one ol (he very first little theater groups south of the Rio Grande. The

principle behind the movement then,

is now, was "to increase interest in

i i and provide a vehicle for presen ing dramatic talent." Sparkplug in the reactivation of the

Stobal Little Theater was John L.

'illiams, a retired Canal Zone

• was district wireman in n\ years. An original

at lor with the initial little

ill' at - ii . Williams made man)

ol tli. pet I o mtacts necessar) to

rekindle the sparks of interest which

had never died. The building which now houses the

Cristobal Little Theater at France Field was a mere shell of what had once been

an Army film theater. The building had

not been used for a number of years and had been severely vandalized, with

window screens gone, movable objects

long since carted away, and the interior populated with rats, bats, and snakes. But the Cristobal Little Theater

group, in search of a stage for more

than 6 years, wrapped the building in dreams, then spent many hours of effort, determination, and craft skills to make

the dreams come true. Robert Thomas of Gatun, an electri- cian in the Locks Division, a member

of the Gatun Civic Theater group and now president of the Cristobal Little Theater, joined Simon Theriot of the building committee, Mr. Williams, and

many volunteer workers to give the France Field Theater a facelifting and

general rehabilitation. Mr. Theriot

designed the stage and helped with its construction.

Timbers of the proscenium arch came

from the old Gatun bridge, while the

stage is made of wood obtained from

the firm which salvaged the old Coco

Solito buildings. The house lights were

contributed by the former Superintendent of Gatun Locks, the late Hugh

Thomas, father of the Cristobal Little Theater president.

While all the work was being planned

and carried out, a benefit play, Champagne Complex, was presented at the Fort Gulick Theater in March 1961, followed by Dial M for Murder in May 1961, with income from both being

used for modernization of the theater. The original little theater group

started out by presenting groups of oneact plays, but spread its wings and

opened the heyday of the Atlantic-side

little theater operations after moving

from its basement headquarters to the Ro\ Scout Shack in New Cristobal.

First three-act play given bv the group was The Torchbearers, presented

in 1940 as war clouds gathered over much of the world. Encouraged and

ambitious, the players went on to bigger

10 June 1, 1962
and better productions, specializing in

hit shows. One play was still on Broadway when Isthmian theatergoers saw

the Atlantic-side version. This was My

Sister Eileen, which was presented on September 16. 1941, while the pla) was still on Broadway and before the movie release. An outstanding highlight of "the good

old days" was presentation of Golden

Boy, which was directed by a professional theatrical producer stationed in the Canal Zone with the U.S. Army.

The play required 12 changes of scenerv, which was unusual in itself. But even more unusual was the gala

opening night, when attendance at the performance was by invitation only,

with tuxedos the stipulated dress for the men and evening gowns for the women. The theater group could be serious,

but could laugh just as easily as it could go formal—and it did so in uproarious

style with the joyous productions of Ga)

Nineties' dramas such as No Mother

to Guide Her, Ten Nights in a Barroom

and Pure as the Driven Snow.

Membership in the Atlantic-side little theater always has been cosmopolitan

in nature, with Canal Zone employees,

diplomats. Colon Free Zone, steamship

company officials and representatives,

teachers, Colon businessmen, and homemakers all lending their talents behind

the scenes or as performers. And even non-members are welcome at the tryouts

for new plays.

Peak membership of more than 300 was reached during the war years, when

plays were given for the entertainment

of more than 12,000 servicemen in the Zone, and the servicemen in turn joined the theater group to lend a hand in the entertainment field. Then came the dav when the Bo) Scout Shack, along with other Panama

('anal buildings in New Cristobal, were

transferred to the Republic of Panama

and the Cristobal Little Theater was

left with willing actors but no stage. The Gatun Civic Theater, which had come into being and was producing

plays in the Gatun Theater, also became

homeless at the same time. The two

groups united last year, then faced the problem of finding a suitable building,

which they soon solved by obtaining

the France Field Theater. Some of the members of the original Atlantic-side little theater group still are active in the present organization. Paul

L. Beck, Principal of the Cristobal Junior-Senior High School, one of the very first members, has appeared as an

actor and also has served as a director

of productions. Miss Grace Williams, now treasurer of the Cristobal Little

Mrs. Jo Maxwell, at

left, production

assistant, property

mistress, and member

of cast, discusses point in theatrics with Mrs. Hilda Baas,

publicity director and prompter.

Jan J. Breebaart, foreign accounts manager

of Motta International Free Zone operations, plays offstage role of electrician.

Theater, Mrs. Miriam McDaid, chair- man of the present board of directors,

and Mrs. Agnes Allan are among the many who take an active part in the

theater group's activities. Surse Pierpoint, who directed Send

Me No Flowers, as well as playing a major role in it. is a nephew ol the late Dr. Surse Taylor, who was a prominent

member of the original Atlantic-side theater group.

Officers of the rejuvenated and newly

housed Cristobal Little Theater are, in addition to President Thomas: John

Blennerhassett, British Corsul in Colon,

vice president; Mrs. Tl.Jma Lewis, a U.S. Navv employee, secretary; and

Miss Williams, treasurer.

In the past, excess funds of the

Atlantic-side little theater group wei

used for charity work and the Cristobal

Little Theater hopes to continii : the

policy. The largest amount contributed

by the original Atlantic-side theater group was $4,000 to the Masonic

Crippled Children's Home. Benefit per- formances were given during the war

years for the Dutch East Indies Ambulance Appeal, the Children of Liberated

France, and for the Red Cross. Locally, the Atlantic group also contributed to the Old People's Home in Puerto Pilon,

Republic of Panama, and sponsored Boy

Scout Troop No. 6 in the days when the

Li ale Theater was housed in the Boy

Seou': Shack.

The Panama Canal Review 11
Improvements

for

Deckhands

Changes in use of Canal

workers aboard transiting

ships bring additional

employee benefits.

Deckhand in new uniform boards ship.

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U.S. Ray is one of four new launches to be used in new plan of operations.

THE U.S. Ray and U.S. Sailfish, first of four new passenger crew launches

built for the Marine Bureau of the Panama Canal Company by Blount

Marine Corp. of Warren, R.I., were to arrive at Cristobal the last week in May,

after making their way across the Caribbean under their own power. The two 53-foot craft were expected

to complete the sea voyage without

difficulty in about 7 days after leaving

Key West. The entire trip from Rhode

Island to the Zone was to take 2 weeks.

As soon as possible after arrival, the Ray and Sailfish are to be put into operation with the Navigation Division launch fleet on the Pacific side. With

other launches, they will be used to carr) Panama Canal deckhands who

now are working aboard transiting ships

uudei a new and improved operational

procedure and pay plan.

Under the new plan, yyhich began

operation April 15, deckhands board

ships a short time before the vessels enter the locks and remain aboard while

the vessels go through the locks. They

then debark and transfer to another

ship. Formerly the deckhands made the

entire transit from ocean to ocean.

Instead of being paid a set rate of $8.16 for each complete transit of the Canal, the deckhands presently employed are being paid 90 cents an hour

on a retained rate basis for the first 40 hours of work in any week and $1.35

an hour for overtime. They also are

eligible for night differential pas and

an assigned day off each week. Other

improvements provided for deckhands

under the new plan include new khaki

work clothes with the Marine Diyision

insignia on the back and on the breast pocket of the shirt, improved leave and

retirement benefits, lockers for clothing,

and shower facilities. The change to the new system created approximately 50 new positions in the Marine Bureau requiring higher skills than those required of deckhands. These

positions, a number of which have been

filled by former deckhands, include

those of launch operator, launch sea- man, timekeeper, and supervisory per- sonnel. Operation of the new system

also resulted in 11 additional chauffeur

positions being created in the Motor

Transportation Division.

In addition to shower and locker

facilities, the deckhands also are to be

provided with check-in facilities which

include space in which to eat their lunches and to relax between duty

sessions aboard transiting ships.

The new operational plan was devel- oped after a lengths studs of all factors, including the efficiency of the former

linehandling system and past complaints by the deckhands. Officials in charge of the program say it has worked

"very well" during the first several weeks of operation.

In addition to the Ray and the S«i7-

fish, the two other launches for the Navigation Division fleet are due to arrive in the Canal Zone this month.

They are the Flying Fisli and Tern, also constructed by Blount Marine Corp.,

and scheduled for service on the

Atlantic side. Thev. too, will make the

trip to the Zone under their own power.

12 June 1. 1962
Confusing? It's not, really.

In fact, this minor

helps individuals avoid

blind-corner collisions at

Balboa Heights cafeteria.

Incentive Awards

Where small items Make Money for You

WRITE about what you know best. That is the most basic and common

advice given aspiring writers by successful authors. But the advice applies to award-winning employee suggestions

just as much as it does to writing.

Tn other words, make suggestions

about those things with which you are most familiar; things you know and

understand. Another bit of advice which applies

equally to waiting and making suggestions is: Don't overlook little things.

Beginning writers frequently believe

the only potential markets are the few

big, nationally-circulated magazines.

Professionals, however, know that writ- ing for the more numerous, but less well known magazines often will bring

them more total income than they can make writing a few items for the big

magazines.

Like beginning writers, many employees frequently fail to submit suggestions about some of their best ideas because "it's such a little thing." But the "little things" are considered.

|ust as carefully as the "big things," in

fact. Those in charge of the Employee

Suggestion Program know that a lot of "little things" can add up to important and sizable totals. In fact, the

"little things" normally are more valuable, when totaled, than the few big

suggestions which are approved.

There are many opportunities for suggestions involving these "little things." It often takes no more than

5 minutes to explain your idea—and it may earn you $20 or more. That's $4 a minute, but main "little" ideas have earned their originators that much

or more.

Like what, sou ask? Well, like the suggestion made by- Alfredo Archibald that Panama Rail- road and Maintenance Division employees wear Glo-colored vests for read)

identification and safety. Mr. Archibald

received $20.

Or like the suggestion for a postal

box rent record card that can be used

for 10 years instead of 6, and which

earned $20 for Joseph L. Sestito. And the suggestion that hooks be

fastened to the underside of cafeteria

tables to provide ladies with a convenient place for their handbags, an

idea which earned Paul Badonsky a cash award of $15.

Then there was the suggestion that earned Calvin Shepherd $20 and re- sulted in flashlights being installed in each Fire Division dormitory to provide

emergency illumination in case a power

failure and fire alarm occur at the same time. Or take the suggestion that earned

Ralph A. Morales a cash award of $33.

It consists of an inexpensive aluminum

guide for use in burning through or cutting vertical or overhead metal sur- faces. Simple enough, perhaps, but

valuable, nevertheless. You may be thinking, from the above

examples, that all the good ideas come

from men. Not true.

Mis. Betty J. Slaughter was awarded

$30 for suggesting that discarded boxes

be collected and pre-w rapped prior to Christmas shopping season, thus saving

time during the busy 6-week buying

period.

And Mis. Nina J. Jenkins received

$20 because she noticed—and sug- gested—that the policeman responsible

for lowering and storing the flag at the Administration Building needed some

assistance to do the job properly. Mrs. Catherine I. Oliver received an award of $50 because she pointed out

that secretarial time could be saved by

using a verifax machine to reproduce

high school transcripts requested by

colleges, other schools, and business

firms. There are only a few simple guidelines to keep in mind, when considering

a possible suggestion:

1. Will it save time, and, therefore, reduce expenses?

2. Will it provide an additional convenience for those to be served?

3. Will it improve safety or health conditions?

4. Will it simplify a job or procedure?

If the idea will result in any of these

things, chances are fair that you may be

on your way to making $15 or $20, or more, for a few minutes of effort. All vou have to do is describe the proposal

and send it to the Incentive Awards

Committee. Big or little, major or minor,

the Committee will give it every

consideration.

The Panama Canal Review 13
your

election

RIGHTS

UNDER THE HATCH ACT, Federal

employees generally are barred from

rendering political service—that is, taking an active part in politieal

management or politieal campaigns.

There are a number of activities which are permissible, however.

You may vote as! you choose. Political- activity restrictions do not relieve a Federal employee of his obligation as a citizen to inform himself of the issues and to register and vote. All employees

air encouraged to vote bv being given

time off, where necessary, without

charge to leave in order to register and

to vote—up to 1 day in States where

absentee voting is not permitted.

You iiiw/ express vour opinions on

all political subjects and candidates as long as you do not do so in such a manner as to take an active part in political management or political

campaigns of a partisan nature.

1 mi may make a voluntary campaign

contribution to any regularly consti- tuted political organization, within

certain limitations. You may displa) a politieal sticker on

your private- automobile, but you should

not do so while on duty conducting

the public business. You may wear a political badge or button, but here again von should not do so while on duty performing the public business. You may accept appointment to such

'us as member of boards ol education, school committees, and boards ol public libraries if your agenc) decides

v of these local offices will

b irfere with the effi- cient di i oui Federal duties.

II these i i !(< ti\ e, you ma)

MOST PRIMARY ELECTIONS have been held

in the United States, but the fall general election

still is to come, with Congressmen, Senators,

Governors, and many other officials to be named.

D. J. Paolucci, Assistant to the Director of the

Personnel Bureau and Voting Officer for the Canal

organization, reminds all U. S. citizens planning to vacation in the States this summer that they should

check on their voting eligibility while in their home

communities and be sure they are eligible to cast absentee ballots in the fall elections. Regulations differ from one State to another, but

by spending a few minutes visiting the Board of Elections office in your home community you may

assure yourself ol later exercise of vour voting rights.

For those in doubt about just what election

participation rights they have as Federal employees,

the Civil Service Commission recently issued the

accompanying rundown on "mays" and "may nots."

not participate in a partisan political election. You may participate in a non-partisan

local election in which party designation, nomination, and sponsorship are completely absent. You may be a candidate for office in such an election and you may hold the office after election if the head of your agency decides

that your holding it will not interfere with your Federal employment.

You may petition Congress or anv Member of Congress. For example, vou may write to your Congressman and

tell him how you think he should vote on any issue. You may sign petitions, including

nominating petitions, but may not

initiate them or canvass for the signature of others if they are identified with partisan politieal management or campaigns.

You may attend political rallies and

join political clubs, but you cannot take an active part in the conduct of the

rail) or the operation of the club or act

as chairman, officer, committee member, or delegate. You may vote on

issues, but you may not speak for or

against them.

You may address a politieal group

but not on political party matters. The general prohibition on Federal

employees is that they may not take an

active part in politieal management or

in political campaigns of a partisan

character. Ynu may not be a candidate for nomination or for election to a national

or State office. You may not solicit others to Income

candidates for nomination or election

to partisan offices.

You may not campaign for or against

a political party or candidate. You may not use your automobile

to transport voters, except members of vour immediate family, to the polls. However, riders in regularly scheduled

carpools can stop at the polls on the way to or from work.

You may not distribute campaign

material. You may not march in a political

parade.

You may not sell tickets for or other- wise actively promote such activities as

political dinners. You may not write for publication or publish any article or letter soliciting votes for or against anv politieal parry

or candidate.

You may not solicit or receive any

assessment or contribution for anv

political purpose. You may not make a political contribution in a Federal building or to some other Federal employee.

The most severe penalty for viola- tion of political-activity restrictions is removal and the minimum penalty is suspension without pay for 90 days.

In cases where removal is ordered,

the employee may not be reemployed

in any position the salary of which is paid from the same appropriation as the job from which he was removed.

If you are uncertain whether a

certain action would violate politicalactivity rules, you should present the matter in writing to the Civil Service

Commission. Washington 25. D.C. You

should get a ruling on the matter before engaging in the action, since ignorance

ol provisions of the law will not excuse vou from penalties for violation.

14 June 1, 1962
SOFTBALL TEAMS from both Costa

Rica and Colombia will be invited to participate in next year's International

Invitational Softball Tournament in the Canal Zone, if present plans of the

Pacific Softball League sponsored by

Abernathy, S. A., materialize.

William De La Mater, President of the Pacific Softball League and a member of the Executive Planning Staff of the Canal organization, said plans for next year's event already are far advanced, having started soon after this Year's 2-dav tournament on April 28

and 29.

Fourteen teams participated in this year's event, eight of them from the Canal Zone and six from the Republic

of Panama. Final playoff was between

the Agewood team of Panama and the Fort Clayton team of the Pacific Softball League, with the Fort Clayton unit taking the honors. Mr. De La Mater said next year's tournament will be scheduled for an

earlier weekend in April, probably the 13th and 14th, to avoid any interference by rainy weather, the threat of which

worried this year's tournament officials, although the 2 days of play were

rainless. Next year's play also will be

scheduled to avoid any necessity for a team to play more than two games in

1 day, he said. At the opening of the tournament on Saturday, April 28, the National

Anthems of both the United States and

Panama were pla\ ed b\ the 79th Army

Band. Officials of the Canal Zone and

Panama participated in a shortlived

exhibition game to start the play, with

B. I. Everson, Director of the Civil

Affairs Bureau, being the top Canal

Zone official present, and Col. Bolivar

Vallarino, Commander in Chief of the Panama National Guard, the top Pan- ama official. Both participated in the

exhibition game.

Teams participating in this year's tournament, first ever held under

auspices of the Pacific Softball League,

were: Agewood, Belmont, Cuardia Nacional, Mauricio. Chitre All Stars, and

Autodist All Stars, all of Panama;

Powell's Garage, composed of players

from Cristobal and Colon; Abernathy,

Chevrolet, Fort Clayton, Pan Liquido,

and White Horse teams of the Pacific Softball League; Fort Kobbe Regulars

of the Army; and the Albrook Jets of

the Air Force.

Heads were bared while 79th Army Band played anthems of United States and Panama.

PLay

Mall!!

Bill De La Mater, assisted by George

McArthur, announces Softball program.
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Pacific side winners in the poster contest were, front row, from left: Carlos Soli's, Grade :!, Paraiso Elementary School, first prize; Gabriel Hernandez, Grade 8, Diablo Heights Junior High School, third prize; Alfonso Cox, Grade 5, Pedro Miguel Elementary School, first

prize; Charles Johnston, Grade 5, Balboa Elementary School, third prize; Kathryn Burns, Grade 5, Aneon Elementary School, second prize. Back row, from left: Mervin Blenham,

Grade 8, Paraiso Junior High School and Gilbert Mannings, Grade 8, Santa Cruz Junior High School, fourth prizes; Suzanne Brigman, Grade 11, Balboa High School, fourth prize

in group for the three upper grades in high schools; and Doris Marehuck, Grade (i, Diablo Elementary School, second prize.

STUDENTS of Canal Zone schools again this year placed high in the Inter- national Latham Foundation poster

contest, with 11 Canal Zone contestants winning cash awards and 114 receiving

certificates of merit. This year's contest, the 37th Inter- national Latham Foundation contest, surpassed all previous ones in number

ot entries and countries represented.

More than 31,000 posters were entered

by contestants from 21 countries, an

increase of 2,000 over last year. The Canal Zone schools have participated for a number of years in this contest, which is intended "to inculcate

the higher principles of humaneness

upon which the unity and happiness of the world depend; to emphasize the spiritual fundamentals that lead to world

friendship; to promote the character

building of the child by an understanding of universal kinship; and to foster

a deeper understanding of and sympathv with man's relations—the animals

—who cannot speak for themselves." The Canal Zone winners represented

each "I the four groups which include

the following grades: Group 1, grades

1 , 2. and 3; Group 2, grades 4, 5, and 6; Group 3, grades 7, 8, and 9; and Group

grades 10, 11. and 12. The most outstanding posters entered

t :ach year arc circulated

ttion in schools, libraries, con- and other locations to furthi i lane Education and

World l:i ; ii|). More than 600 such

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Atlantic side winners were: William Hanly

of Grade 7, Cristobal Junior High School,

first prize and highest cash award. His

sister, Maria, a pupil in Grade 5, Margarita

Elementary School, was a fourth prize winner. This was the second year William was a prize winner in the contest.

collections of posters are currently being

exhibited in 17 countries. The Schools Division in the Canal

Zone requested and received a collec- tion of posters mad;- in other countries,

and these are now being exhibited in the schools. The winning posters entered by ('anal Zone children will be

sent to other countries tor similar

AN EMPLOYEE of the Locks Security

Branch was presented a Superior Service Award and 21 other Panama Canal

Company Canal Zone Government employees received Outstanding Perform- ance Ratings, with commendation from

Gov. Robert J. Fleming, Jr., on May 17. Recipients were as follows:

Superior Service Award

Bobert J. Byrne, Tour Leader Interpreter, Locks Security Branch. Outstanding Performance Batings

Mrs. Joyce H. Boatwright, Secretary, Executive Planning Staff. Mrs. Ethel W. Brown, Office of the Marine

Director. Mrs. Thehna H. Bull, Statistical Assistant, Executive Planning Staff. Thomas E. Burrow, Assistant Chief, Executive Planning Staff. William B. Graham, Administrative Assistant, Railroad Division, Cristobal. Mrs. Dorothy M. Hall, Secretary to the

Chief, Dredging Division. Mrs. Josephine E. Hilty, Police Division, Cristobal District. Dr. William M. Jackson, Coco Solo Hospital. Mrs. Nina J. Jenkins, Budget Analyst, Per- sonnel Bureau.

Mrs. Bernhilda F. Jensen, Supervisor,

Paraiso Community Health Center. Mrs. Lorraine C. Loga, Secretary, Office of the Personnel Director. Mrs. Kathyleen B. Miller, Employment

and Utilization Division, Personnel Bureau. Hugh A. Norris, Economist, Executive Planning Stall. Martin L. Richards, Chef-Steward, Tivoli Guest House.

Mrs. Gracerose Z. Roach, Canal Zone Civil- ian Personnel Policy Coordinating Board. Damian Sanchez, Leader Laborer, Railroad

Division. Mrs. Mary N. Sanders, Coco Solo Hospital. Mrs. Susan S. Smith, Coco Solo Hospital. Cecil A. Springer, Coco Solo Hospital.

Roy O. Thomas, Catering Service, Tivoli Guest House. Hugh H. Thompson, Catering Service,

Tivoli Guest House.

displa

AN ARTICLE in the April-June issue of the Civil Service Journal, written by

Thomas W. Nelson, Chief of the Pay

Branch, Directorate of Civilian Personnel, U. S. Air Force Headquarters,

draws heavily on a report prepared bv

William D. Young, Panama Canal Company classification specialist, while a management intern assigned to Air Force Headquarters. The article deals with a classification program being used

by the Air Force under which the supervisor who assigns responsibilities to a

job also has the authority, within limits, to classify the job.

16 June 1, 1962
Knowing,

ELMER B. STEVENS, Resident Engineer of the Thatcher Ferry Bridge Project, was awarded the Engineer of the Year Award of the Canal Zone Society

of Professional Engineers at the organization's annual meeting May 11 in the

Tivoli Guest House.

Previous recipients of the award have

been Col. Hugh Arnold, who received

it in 1958, and L. B. Sartain, who was

honored in 1960. The award is made

annually, if an eligible candidate can

be selected. Recipients must be practicing professional engineers of recog- nized standing in the Canal Zone.

Eligibility is restricted to engineers who

are citizens of the United States or the Republic of Panama. Selection is made

on the basis of service to the public,

efforts in the advancement of the engineering profession, and professional

achievements.

Mr. Stevens, a native of DeLand,

Fla., was graduated from the University of Vermont in 1924, then spent 12 years on various bridge jobs before coming to the Canal Zone in 1936. He

remained in the Zone through World

War II then left for a brief period,

returning in 1946. He has been asso- ciated with the Thatcher Ferry Bridge

Project since 1955, when he made the budget estimate and preliminary studies.

In accepting the Engineer of the Year Award, Mr. Stevens commented

that he should be considered as a symbol of the efforts of many people

and not as an individual. He noted the part played by the designers, builders,

and the workmen themselves, saying

much of the credit for the bridge

construction must go to them.

Something different in the way of a visit to the Atlantic side of the Isthmus was made

during May bv Governor and Sirs. Robert J. Fleming, Jr., who spent 4 days in temporary

residence at Coco Solo. Shown with Governor Fleming during a luncheon with shipping

agents at Brazos Brook Country Club are, from left: Samuel Puller. United Fruit Co.; 4xton T. Jones, Transportation and Terminals Director; Governor Fleming; Ronald Owen,

C Femie & Co.; Capt. Eli D. Ring, Cristobal Port Captain; Perry Francey, W. Andrews

& Co • and with back to camera, F. J. Meisinger, Boyd Bros. Steamship Agencies.

THE 1961-1962 SCHOOL year for 8,561 boys and girls in the United

States schools in the Canal Zone will come to a close on June 7. This was

the highest enrollment in the history

of the Canal Zone schools, exceeding

the previous year's enrollment by 766

pupils. Present indications are that the coming school year will show an

equally large increase. Closing day exercises for 444 students

in Grade 8 at the Diablo Heights Junior

High School and for 131 at Cristobal

will be held on Monday, June 4. High school graduation exercises will be held on Wednesday evening, June 6,

for 296 seniors at Balboa High School

and 88 seniors at Cristobal Junior-Senior

High School. The Canal Zone Junior College will confer the Associate in Arts degree on 52 graduates Wednesday morning, June 6. During the summer months an extension program of summer activities, which will include music and sports,

will be sponsored by the Canal Zone

Division of Schools. The program will begin June 18 and will close on August 24. Summer school at the Canal Zone

Junior College will open June 25 and

will close August 20, with both day and

evening classes being offered. The Canal Zone United States schools

will reopen on September 6, 1962. With the close of classes they have

been teaching in the Canal Zone, a number of the faculty members will be

going back to school in the United

States.

Some of the staff members from Cris- tobal Junior-Senior High School who

have been awarded scholarships or fellowships this vacation are: Luke C. Palumbo, Warrensberg State Teachers College, science; James D. Norman, North Michigan College,

science; Charles T. Reeves, Hope College, mathematics and science; and

Richard W. Rock, Oberlin College,

mathematics.

Mrs. Shirley Hazelden of the Balboa

High School staff has received a National Defense Education French

Scholarship to study in France during

the vacation period.

Lawrence Horine, Supervisor, Physical Education and Athletics, U.S.

Schools, will attend the University of Colorado on a fellowship this summer.

Miss Marilyn Flynn, a special education teacher, has been granted a year's leave of absence and will enter Bradley

University in Peoria, 111., where she has been granted a graduate assistantship.

In February 1963 she will leave Bradley

University and enter San Fernando

Valley State College in California where

she has been awarded a fellowship in a graduate program designed to pre- pare teachers for leadership roles in programs for the deaf. Donald Wilcox, Spanish teacher from

Balboa High School, will teach at Vir- ginia State College. Va., this summer.

Robert G. Mullarky. Guidance Counselor at Balboa High School the past

2/s years, will leave June 8 for Boston

University where he has a National

Defense Act Scholarship in Guidance

Counseling.

The Panama Canal Review 17
SAFETY Ili'SDREDS of Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government

employees now are making final preparations for Stateside vacations. Manij

of them will be joining the summer vacation throngs which fill Stateside highways from June 1 to Labor Day and some of them may join that vast and

growing army of automobile accident victims. The Safety Branch has issued

a timely reminder of the moderate expense with which Zone motorists may

provide themselves with lifesaving seatbelts. The belts are available in Canal

Zone retail stores and will be installed at minimum cost by the Motor Transportation Division. The article on this page gives some of the facts about

seatbelts and research concerning them.

Will Your Vacation

Be Seat Sett Safe?

AS A KILLER, traffic accidents rank

third, behind cancer and cardiovascular

diseases, in the United States. And

among the country's youth in the 15-25 age bracket, automobile accidents are the front-running killer. The value of seat belts in lessening

injury and reducing the number of deaths resulting from traffic accidents no longer is questioned. It has been

amply proved in many tests. Nearl) two decades of crash-injur) research has shown that universal use

of seat belts by the U. S. motoring

public would save more than 5,000 lives each year and reduce serious injuries

by more than 50 percent. But despite the conclusive evidence

that seat belts are the most important

single, economically feasible device

available as a means of controlling the violence associated with automobile

accidents, most drivers have shown

remarkably little interest in them. Because seat belts involve a relative new area of automobile safety, they

have given rise to objections by doubters

and skeptics. But these objections now

can be answered with tacts from

research findings.

Can't I Be Trapped by a Belt If My

Car Catches Fire? The quick-release buckle on today's

scat belt can be opened instantly with

i child ot four. You are more likely to be trapped il you arc

IS as a result of being dashed

ring wheel or dashboard

beca h I ha\ e i belt holding

\i>n bai I you sti ike something

w iili o I'eai ing a scat

belt, the belt the force with

which you hit and tends to keep you

conscious. At any rate, this fear of fire or water, which is very natural, is vastly

exaggerated in the minds of main persons. Onlv 1 accident in 200 involves

cars which catch fire or are submerged.

Isn't It Safer To Be Thrown Out of a Wreck?

You hear and read of freak accidents

in which people have been thrown free

of a wreck onto pavement carrying

heavy traffic— and lived to tell about it. The fact is, however, that you are five times more likely to be killed in an

accident if you are thrown from your

car than if you remain inside it.

Can't the Belt Itself Injure or Kill Me?

Research at Cornell University has

shown that persons wearing seat belts do suffer some lower torso injuries

which may—or may not—have been

caused bv the belts. But among motorists who don't wear seat belts, such

injuries occur six times as often. A properly installed belt does not pull back

across the abdomen, but pulls down

and back across the pelvis and hips, one

of the strongest sections of the body.

Aren't Passengers in the Back Seat

Relatively Safe Without Belts?

Definitely not. Because of a curious

bit of accident mathematics involving a principle of physics, the back seat pas- enger may suffer more severe injuries than the trout seat rider. In the split second after a 40-mile-an-hour crash. the front seat passenger, still moving at nearl) to miles an hour, hits the steering

wheel or dashboard while the car still

is moving about 25 miles an hour, then

has a solid resting place until the car

is completely' stopped. The rear seat passenger, however, also moving at near

the original 40 miles an hour, takes more

time to reach a temporary resting place

within the car, with the result that the

ear has slowed to about 10 miles an hour

bv the time he hits. Thus, the front

seat passenger suffers a blow at about

15 miles an hour, while the rear seat passenger strikes approximately twice

as hard.

Aren't Seat Belts Uncomfortable?

Many motorists who have grown

accustomed to seat belts report that they add tremendously to comfort,

rather than detracting from it. In fact, they report, you feel uncomfortable

without them, once you have them.

Passengers no longer have to shift and

brace at every turn and stop and the

driver is held firmly behind the wheel

and does not have to exert himself to stay in place in a potentially dangerous situation—thus adding greatly to

total safety.

Is It True that You Are "60 Percent

Safer" with Seat Belts?

That's what the studies at Cornell University show. These studies showthat you are 60 percent less likely to be

killed or suffer fatal injuries. A 25 per- cent reduction in traffic fatalities would

be possible bv simply eliminating ejection from the car—a thing which seat

belts accomplish admirably.

Shouldn't I Wait Until Shoulder

Harness Is Available?

It max be a long, fatal wait. Cars must be redesigned before they can be built to utilize harness-type seat

belts. That's because harness can't be

anchored to the floor of the car, as your

lap belt is. It must be anchored to a strong frame at least as high as your

shoulders—and seats in most present

cars are inadequate for this purpose.

18 June 1, 1962
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10,000

Miles

Over

Land

John A. Michaelis and family pose with sturdy microbus in which they are making trip.

IF GETTING THERE is half of the

fun, as some transportation advertise- ments say, then the John A. Michaelis

family of Balboa should be in for a

supersize barrelfull on the trip they

started last month to Ganada—b\ land. Traveling overland in a foreign-built

microbus, Mr. Michaelis, who is Clerk

of the Balboa Magistrate's Court, is taking his handsome wife Pollv. his beauty queen daughter, Irene, and his two teen-age sons on a 10,000 mile

tick through Central America and the United States to British Columbia. Thev

expect to reach El Paso, Tex., 6 weeks

after their departure from Balboa and

to arrive in Canada about August 1. Mr. Michaelis, who must have

inherited a drop or two of adventurer's blood from some ancestor, has been

busy for the past few months fitting out his compact little microbus with

as much care and attention to details as a seaman preparing to sail an earl) day Kon Tiki to the South Sea islands. He and his family are quick to point

out that they are not pioneers on the overland journey to the United States and that they don't expect to encounter any serious hardships. But like all good

Boy Scouts, they will be prepared.

Furthermore, the trip has been planned

as a camping expedition as much as

a motor trip through little traveled

country. Even when thev reach the

United States, they intend, when possible, to camp out all the way to British Columbia.

The vehicle which is carrying the Michaelis family through Central America has been fitted out with a few extras which never would be part of the

original manufacturer's plans. They

include two screened cupboards for emergencv rations, a compartment for 8 gallons of fresh water and storage space for such equipment as a 2-burner

gasoline stove, sleeping bags, two small

ice chests, a tarpaulin to convert the

car into a snug tent-trailer and an extra length of rubber hose as a tail pipe

extension, which John thinks may come

in handy as a reverse snorkel for the

car when fording rivers. Mr. Michaelis and the entire family,

including his daughter, who was

recently Carnival Queen of the Canal

Zone, speak fluent Spanish and, consequently, do not expect any difficulty

in asking directions, making friends, or obtaining extra food rations in remote

areas of Central America. As an extra gesture of good will, the camping bus

carries small replicas of the flags of each of the countries through which

they will pass, a greeting to each country and a sign on the rear announcing

that the vehicle is enroute from the Canal to Canada. As a gesture toward his Austrian

ancestry, the German makers of the microbus, and his early knowledge of the German language, Mr. Michaelis

also has a placard with the words "Der

fliegende Gringo," or "Flying Gringo,"

which is mounted on the front bumper.

St. Christopher, patron saint of wayfarers, also will have a role in the trip. A St. Christopher medal will hang in a place of honor near the driver's seat. While the weather and rough roads

are of concern to the Michaelis family,

they feel they have prepared for every emergency and even made several dry runs into the interior of Panama to

test out their equipment. The rainy

season, the) feel, will not have pro- gressed to the extent that the rivers will be impassible, and, in any event, thev

will have the help and moral support of William T. Nail, Balboa Policeman,

and his wife and daughter, who will accompany them in their station wagon

through what is expected to be the most

difficult portion of the trip: a 150-mile

stretch of road starting at the Costa

Rican border which includes many

troublesome river crossings. After the adventures of the trip north. Mr. Michaelis feels that the return to the Isthmus will be in the way of an

anti-climax. They will return to the Canal Zone in the old conventional manner—by sea, in what they expect to be

the only real rest during the whole trip.

The Panama Canal REViEyv 19
ANNIVERSARIES

(On the basis of total Federal Service)

ENGINEERING

CONSTRUCTION B

George A. Mayers

Maintenanceman

MARINE BUREAU

Donald P. Hutchison

Lead Foreman, Loc

Operations

Henry C. Phillips

Deckhand

AND COMMUNITY

ICE BUREAU

?sLondes

rutivr Officer A. Holder

'oreman, Grounds

tenance Equipment

eratoi eriano Tiofil Garbage Collector

CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Robert E. Welborn

Fire Lieutenant Robert S. Knox

Fire Sergeant

Leroy Koontz

Administrative Assistant John C. Fawcett

Principal, Junior High School

Beatrice Greenway

1 .ahorer Cleaner

OFFICE OF THE

COMPTROLLER

Eva M. Grassau

Payroll Systems Accountant

Allene T. Stovall Travel Expense Claims

Examiner

Claude R. Tait Bookkeeping Machine

Operator

ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION BUREAU

Ruth B. Krziza Secretary-Stenography Frances A. Wade

Floating Plant Wipei

Porfirio Willington

Automotive Equipment

Sen iceman

\icclio Smith Maintenanceman

I frain N. Mcra Seaman

Stanford N. Christie man

Benjamin Parada

Humberto Plaza

HEALTH BUREAU

Ida M. McDade

Public Health Nurse

Clifton C. Douglas

General Medical Technician

Louise E. Goldson

Clerk Hubert S. Buchanan

Truck Driver Heavergal Richards Nursing Assistant, Medicine

and Surgery

MARINE BUREAU

boat Guy Huldtquist Chief Eng

or Ferry Lanson T. >

[•'loafing Plant Oi Roscoe C. Crump

Hoisting and

Enginemai

Robert McG

Towing

Victor II. I Linehandler

\lberto Pineda

Launch Seaman

Sotero Ortega

Helper Lock Operator

Carlos Garcia Maintenance Painter Ralph Belgrave

I telper I ,ock < Operator Adolfo Jimenez

I )eckhand Boatswain James Francis Helper Carpenter

Albeit KefK

Timekeeper

Clarence R. Wallace Deckhand

I niilio Campos

Maintenanceman

Theodore Brathwaite

Sailmaker Gonzalo Lopez

Deckhand

Gladstone Ferreira Deckhand

Kenneth A. Anthony

Deckhand Boatswain

SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Leslie W. Packer

Service Center Supervisor

Thehna Aurora Earle on Head

Utility Worker

Martin Mendoza

Utility Worker

Jane A. Payne

Retail Store Sales Checker Lee R. Sparks

Supervisory Production

Specialist

Santiago 0"ezada

( lardener Rolando Lope/

( pounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

Eduardo Paeheco

( larbage Collector Carlos O. Stephens

High I. iff Truck Operate]

Frank A. Francis Warehouseman

Humberto Garcia Heavy Laborer

Julio Castaneda

Laborer Cleaner Adolphus M. Julie Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator

Ralph L. 1 1 am his General Foreman, Grounds

Olive G. Austin Food Service Sales Checker

G. S. Brathwaite Accounting Clerk

Jose Rosell Gardener

Tonus Camarena

I, aborer Cleaner Miguel F. Arias High Lift Truck Operator

May Amanda Battist Pantryman

Antonio Moran

Guard

Efrain Linares Guard

Marion W'ason

Retail Store Sales Checker

TRANSPORTATION AND

TERMINALS BUREAU

Felix Jeanmarie

Clerk Checker

Richard E. Barker Truck Driver David Valderrama

Carpenter

Percival F. Soso Leader Heavy Laborer

Vernal Wright

Clerk Checker

Julio Gonzalez Helper Liquid Fuels Wharfman

20 June 1, 1962
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS

April 5 through May 5

EMPLOYEES who were promoted or transferred between April 5 and Ma) 5

are listed below. Within-grade promotions and job reclassifications are not

listed. CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU

Ralph E. Shuey, from Station Examiner

and Inspector, to Postal Inspector, Postal

Division. Sylvester O. Stamp, from Chauffeur,

Gorgas Hospital, to Detention Guard,

Police Division. Division of Schools Jane \V. Fleet, Jeanette M. Hine, from

Substitute Teacher, to Elementary and

Secondary School Teacher.

Caroline S. Stewart, from Substitute Teacher, to Kindergarten Assistant. Edwin H. Roach, from Laborer Cleaner,

to Motion Picture Projectionist.

ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

BUREAU

Joan R. Cartotto, Clerk-Stenographer, from Office of General Manager, Supply

Division, to Office of the Director. Kathleen A. Davis, from Accounts Maintenance Clerk, to Clerk-Stenographer.

Office of the Director. Engineering Division William C. York, from General Mechanical

Engineer, to Power Plants Mechanical

Engineer. Lee R. Gittens, from Timekeeper, to Clerk. Dredging Division

Julius Cheney, from Leader Electrician,

to Pipeline Dredge Electrician. Christopher Sealey, from Core Drilling

Leader, to Debris Control Lead Fore- man. Cosmas Zephyrine, from Leader Laborer,

to Carpenter.

Thomas E. Stephen, from Winchman, to Leader Seaman.

Irvin D. Armstrong, Hermenegildo Ortega, Adolfo C. Quintero, Caleb Williams. from Seaman, to Winchman.

Eustace A. Laurie, from Automotive

Equipment Serviceman, to Battery

Servicing Leader.

Francisco Jimenez, from Heavy Laborer.

to Seaman. Kenneth Biddy, Jr., from Helper Electrician, to Navigational Aid Worker. Simeon Blake, from Utility Worker, Suppl)

Division, to Navigational Aid Worker

Dudly G. Blanchard, Antonio Quintanilla, From Helper Rigger, to Crane Hookman.

Louis A. Browne, Amadeo Castillo, Samuel

Pinzon, Jr., from General Helper, to Navigational Aid Worker.

Electrical Division John R. Smith, from Supervisor, Generation and Transmission Power System,

to Supervisory Electrical Engineer and

Chief, Power Branch. Orlando L. Five, Jr., from Electrical Engineer, to Supervisor, Generation and

Transmission Power System.

Kenneth M. Jorgensen, from Engineering

Aid, to Engineering Technician. Benjamin Alvarez, Dionisio Alvarez, Lloyd

A. Blenman, Samuel H. Blenman,

Walter E. Blenman, from Meteorological

Aid, to Meteorological Technician.

Marwin G. Manuel, from Meteorological

Aid, to \laintenanceman.

Eliseo Avila, Anselmo Jimenez, Epifanio

Santamaria, from Engineering Aid, to Leader Maintenanceman.

Ancelmo Mena, from Palancaman, to Lead Foreman Maintenanceman.

Edostido Andrades, Florencio J. Guerrero, Abel Ortiz, Sepferino Palacio, Emeterio

Pimienta, Eugenio Ruiz, Jose D. Urriola, from Palancaman, to Maintenanceman.

Arthur Willis, from Helper Central Office Repairman, to Telephone Operator.

Claude S. Brathwaite, Jr., from Waiter. Supply Division, to Laborer Cleaner. Maintenance Division

Fitzgerald Alleyne, from Asphalt or Ce- ment Worker, to Wharfbuilder. Teodoro Nunez, from Quarryman, to Heavy Truck Driver. Jose A. Castellon, Ricaurte Robles, Eulalio Romero, Ruben Skeete. from Heav)

Laborer, to Quarryman.

Henry G. Fergus, from Laborer Cleaner,

Supply Division, to Helper Maintenance

Machinist. Norbert L. Buchanan, from Waiter, Supply

Division, to Helper Refrigeration and

Air Conditioning Mechanic.

Stephen C. Pine, from Laborer, to Heavj

Laborer.HEALTH BUREAU

Mary E. Ausnehmer, from Stall Nurse, Medicine and Surgery, Gorgas Hospital.

to Head Nurse, Psychiatry, Corozal

Hospital. Rosa A. de Rodriguez, from Nursing

Assistant, to Staff Nurse, Palo Seco

Leprosarium.

Edwin S. Gayle, Clerk-Typist, from Supply

Division, to Division of Preventive Medicine and Quarantine.

Gorgas Hospital Jean A. Winklosky, from Staff Nurse, to

Staff Nurse. Medicine and Surgery.

Guillermo L. Dixon, from Teller, to Clerk. Gloria L. Pierre, Clerk-Typist, from

Division of Preventive Medicine and

Quarantine.Coco Solo Hospital

Mildred J. Spivey, from Clerk-Typist, to Accounting Clerk. Roger J. Games, from Clerk-Typist, to Stock Control Clerk. James R. Corinealdi, from Utility Worker,

Supply Division, to Kitchen Attendant. MARINE BUREAU

Paul L. Gagnon, Robert F. Rourke, from

Master, Towboat or Ferry, to Pilot-in- Training. James A. Jones, from Engineering Drafts- man, to Admeasurer.

Hylton Mills, from Launch Dispatcher, to Signalman.

Joseph Peters, Melton N. Finder, from

Clerk, to Clerk-Typist. Arthur R. Barter, from Clerk-Typist, to Clerk. Edward L. Melbourne, from Stockman.

Supply Division, to Clerk-Typist.

Armando Jarquin, from Deckhand, to Launch Dispatcher.

Percival U. Johnson, from Heavy Laborer,

to ( >uard. Alfonso N. Forbes, from Utility Worker.

Supply Division, to Heavy Laborer.

Industrial Division Rodolfo T. Smith, from Apprentice Shipwright, 3d year, to Apprentice Shipwright, 4th year. Joseph McKenzie, from General Helper, to Heavy Forge Fumaceman.

Santiago Esquina, from Helper Rigger, to Crane Hookman.

Locks Division Ceorge H. Scoggin, from Guard, to Tour

Leader Interpreter. Clarence A. Greene, from Leader Lock

Operator Electrician, to Lead Foreman,

Locks Control House. Raymond A. Davidson, from Lock Operator Machinist, to Leader Lock Operator Machinist. Morgan E. Holcomb, from Lock Operator

Electrician, to Leader Lock Operator

Electrician. James A. Russell, from Marine Machinist,

to Lock Operator Machinist. Beverly G. Allen, from Guard, to Towing

Locomotive Operator.

Henry O. Bailey, Harold I. Davis, Howard

L. McKenzie, from Line Handler, to Helper Lock Operator.

Marino Ortega, Julius A. Vaughn, from

Line Handler, to Boatman.

Arlington A. Petro, from Helper Lock

Operator, to Timekeeper.

OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER

Pauline S. Landers, from Office Machine

Operator, to Card Punch Operator,

Accounting Division. Meriam G. Glunt. Clerk-Typist, from Contract and Inspection Division. SUPPLY AND COMMUNITY

SERVICE BUREAU

Community Services Division

Jose D. Acosta, Bernardino De Leon, Narciso Medina, from Heavy Laborer. Maintenance Division, to Laborer. Francisco Gonzalez, Gervasio Perez, Estanislao Ruiz, Regino Sanchez, from Laborer, to Grounds Maintenance

Equipment Operator.

Cardin P. Alls, Carlos Franco, Laborer,

from Dredging Division. Supply Division John P. Corrigan III, from Retail Store

Supervisor, to Commissary Store Manager. Alejandro D. Wesley, from Storekeeping

Clerk, to General Supply Clerk. Lloyd S. Smith, from Clerk, to Service Center Supervisor. Wilfred W. Irving, from Sales Clerk, to Sales Section Head.

Cecilio A. Brown, from Messenger, to Clerk. Gilberto A. DaCosta, from Utility Worker,

to Sales Clerk. Mavis V. Miller, from Utility Worker, to Grocery Worker. Samuel Farquhar, from Service Station Attendant, to Retail Store Sales Checker. Hugh H. Thompson, from Waiter, to Waiter Captain.

Waiter Woodcock, from Utility Worker,

to Clerk. Santiago Rios, from Dairy Worker, to Guard.

Eliseo Murillo, from Laborer Cleaner, to

Utility Worker. (See p. 22)

The Panama Canai. Review 21
Promotions and Transfers

{Continued from p. 21 ) John 11. McNall, from Theater Usher, to Tin.iter Doorman,

Everard S. Levexier, from Lead Foreman

High Lift Truck Operator, to Lead

Foreman Stockman. Walford L. Archer, from Grocery Worker,

to Leader Laborer. George H. Ellis, from Package Boy. to Sales Clnk.

Jose D. Rodriguez, from Utility Worker,

to Heavy Laborer. Erskine D. Clinton, from Utility Worker.

to Counter Attendant.

Viola Webster, from Flatwork Presser, to Laundry Checker.

Lester L. Ferraro, from Package Boy, to Messenger.

Allan R. LIlis, from Laborer Cleaner, to Utility Worker.

Percival Dixon, from Pinsetter, to Utility Worker and Pinsetter. Harold G. Fergus, from Package Boy, to

Utility Worker. Eduardo V. Lindsay, from Waiter, to Utility Worker.

Jerry R. Escalona, Jaime Escobar, from

Package Boy, to Laborer Cleaner. Nicomedes Fria, from Pinsetter, to Laborer

Cleaner.

Clifford N. Haughton, from Heavy Laborer, Maintenance Division, to Package

Boy.

Henry J. Ford, from Heavy Laborer, to Warehouseman and Special Waiter. Frederick Agodon, from Package Boy, to Laborer Cleaner. Juan Montezuma, from Laborer Cleaner,

to Heavy Laborer. Dario Chirii, from Laborer, to General

Helper. Marcos Avila, from Laborer Cleaner, to Leader Laborer Cleaner. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS

BUREAU

Francisco Paredes, from Heavy Laborer,

to Guard, Panama Local Agency.

Tomas Delgado, from Laborer, to Heavy

Laborer, Panama Local Agency.

Terminals Division James A. Brooks, Merlin B. Yocum, from

Supervisory Cargo Officer, to Supervisory Cargo Checking Officer. Jimmie Scott, Sidney Smithson, from

Supervisory Cargo Assistant, to Supervisory Cargo Checking Assistant. Alfred A. Hall, from Supervisory Clerk Checker, to Supervisory Cargo Clerk. Ivan A. Hyacinth, from Cargo Clerk, to Supervisory Cargo Clerk. Rudolph G. Reid, from Clerk-Typist, to Supervisory Cargo Clerk. Herman R. Fox, Bias Rodriguez, Clarence

A. Watson, from Guard Supervisor, to Guard. Douglas M. White, from Truck Driver, to Motor Vehicle Operator Messenger. Marco T. Alvarez, Eric Malcolm, Ashton

J. Pinnock, from Leader Stevedore, to Lead Foreman Stevedore. Andres Ross, from Maintenance Carpenter.

to Leader Maintenance Carpenter.

Macon O. Barker, from Utility Worker.

Supply Division, to Cargo Checker. William R. Zemites, from Guard, Supply

Division, to Cargo Checker. George E. Barrow, Victor Macea, Granville O. Ponder, Robert A. Yarde, from Stevedore, to Leader Stevedore. Satumino Garcia, Manuel J. Gomez, Eusebio Meneses, from Dock Worker, to Stevedore.

Jagat Singh No. 3, from Deckhand, Navigation Division, to Stevedore. Livingston Nolan, from Cargo Marker, to Stevedore. Benjamin Mozo, from Boatman, Engineering Division, to Stevedore. Noel Belgrave, Teodomiro Erique, from Water Service Clerk, to Water Service Man.

Joshua N. Gittens, from Clerk, to Freight

Clerk. Reginald Denny, from Retail Store Sales Checker, Supplv Division, to Cargo

Marker.

Patrick Louis, from Helper Liquid Fuels Wharfman, to Oiler.

Be Careful— Not a Statistic —ACCIDENTSFOR

THIS MONTH

AND

THIS YEAR

APRIL

ALL UNITS

YEAR TO DATE

DISABLING

INJURIES

•62 '61

6 10

40 51(4)

DAYS

LOST

•62 '61 266 515 30 6945 1493 88

dcIh Overhaul Injuries ncludeil In total

Howard Jones, from Utility Worker,

Supply Division, to Dock Worker.

Eusebio Murillo, from Laborer Cleaner,

Supply Division, to Heavy Laborer. Antonio S. Williams, from Laborer

Cleaner. Di\ ision of Schools, to Heavy

Laborer. Laurel R. Denny, from Laborer Cleaner,

Industrial Division, to Cargo Marker. Eduardo V. Lindsay, from Utility Worker,

Supply Division, to Heavy Laborer.

Railroad Division Frederick R. Call, from Supervisory Equip- ment Specialist, Railroad Signal and

Track, to Supervisory Railroad Equip- ment Specialist. Ross E. Pase. from Inspector, Wood and

Steel Carman, to Lead Foreman Carman,

Wood and Steel. Wesley A. E. Thomas, from Helper Locomotive Engineer, to Brakeman.

Enrique Riviere, from Heavy Laborer, to High Lift Truck Operator. Motor Transportation Division Wilson H. Waldron, from Leader Automotive Mechanic, to Leader Heavy

Duty Equipment Body Rebuilder. Jaime L. Martinez, from Truck Driver, to Heavy Truck Driver. Harold C. Stout, from Deckhand, Navigation Division, to Truck Driver. Ernesto Meneses, from Truck Driver, to Guard.OTHER PROMOTIONS

PROMOTIONS which did not involve changes of title follow: Lawrence J. Keegan, Marine Traffic Controller. Navigation Division. Junior C. Billingsley. General Construction

Inspector, Contract and Inspection Division. Clara M. Chambers. Supervisory Clerical

Assistant. Navigation Division. Wilma D. Crump, Secretary (Stenography),

Office of the Director, Civil Affairs Bureau. Madeline J. Keepers. Accounting Clerk, Navigation Division. Florence E. Derrer, Leonard Aguirre,

Time, Leave, and Payroll Clerk, Accounting Division. Marilyn B. Gayer, Clerk-Stenographer,

Accounting Division. Alexander Bloomfield, Jose R. Nunez,

Hubert S. Wilson, Detention Guard,

Police Division. Theodore Forbes, Clerk-Typist. Railroad

Div ision. Cyril E. Jones, Clerk, Community Services

Division. Harold O. Blackmail, Service Center

Supervisor, Supplv Division. Dudley A. Smith, Doris G. Sealy, Clerk. Supply Division. Ronald D. Williams, Launch Dispatcher,

\av igation Div ision. Martin Amador, Ruben D. Carvajal, Eustace S. Lewis, Jacinto Peters, David

K. Rudy, Guard. Terminals Division. Clyde Austin, Clerk, Navigation Division.

Clifford J. Henry, Sales Section Head.

Supplv Division. Edward S. Warren, Fredrick J. Brathwaite, Clerk, Railroad Division. Leticia E. McDowell, Sales Clerk, Supply

Division. Maud E. Bethune, Laundry Checker, Supplv Division. Vernon R. Roberts, Utility Worker, Supply

Division. Federico Herrera, Laborer, Dredging

Div ision.

22 June 1, 1962
CANAL

HISTORY

50 Years Ago

PLANS FOR the construction of a .modern passenger station in Panama

were announced 50 years ago by the Panama Railroad Company in connection with the proposed improvement of

its Panama terminal. The main part of the new building, which would have a 170-foot frontage on Central Avenue,

would be of Italian Renaissance style

of architecture. The walls were to be of

terra cotta, similar to the material used

in the erection of the new Hotel

Washington in Colon. The tug Reliance, with three barges

in tow, arrived in Panama Bay during

the afternoon of June 17, 1912, from

Colon via the Strait of Magellan. The

craft had left Cristobal February 11 and

126 days were occupied by the voyage

of 10,500 miles. The roughest weather was encountered between Colon and

Trinidad during the first 3 days of the voyage. The Canal Record thought

this was the first time a tow of this character ever had been undertaken.

The barges were sent to the Pacific side of the Isthmus to haul sand for Canal construction from Punta Chame

oft the Pacific coast. 25 Years Ago

AS SHIPPIXC through the Panama

Canal was reported to be continuing on

an upward trend for the first 11 months

of fiscal Near 1937, Canal officials announced that a Special Engineering

Section would be established to study means for increasing the capacity of the waterway to meet future needs. The new section was to be headed by

E. S. Randolph. Designing Engineer,

under the general supervision of the Engineer of Maintenance.

A plan to increase freight rates on Government shipments and commissary

supplies carried to the Canal Zone on Panama Railroad vessels w as disclosed by the House Appropriations Committee in June 1937. Governor Ridlev

reported that the Government steamship line was operating at a loss, priRETIREMENTS

RETIREMENT certificates were pre- sented at the end of April to the

employees listed below, with their positions at time of retirement and years of Canal service: Edward J. Cullen, Chief Engineer, Towboat or Ferry, Navigation Division; 22 years, 1 month, 22 days. Jesus M. Davis, Helper Lock Operator, Locks Division; 42 vears, 1 month,

10 days.

Porfirio Garcia, Heavy Laborer, Supply

Division; 43 years, 7 months, 18 days. Prince A. Green, Train Baggageman, Rail- road Division; 23 vears, 11 months,

16 days.

Cecil Hubert, General Helper, Industrial Division; 25 years, 5 months.

Capt. George K. Hudgins, Pilot, Navigation Division; 27 years, 5 months, 29 days. Ernest Johnson, Brakeman, Railroad Division; 20 years, 8 months, 12 days. Eric C. Lewis, Helper Welder. Mainte- nance Division; 34 years, 10 months, 25 days.

Santiago Lopez P., Leader Seaman, Dredging Division; 20 years, 5 months, 7 days.

Anthony G. Lynn, Chief Foreman Murine' Machinist, Industrial Division; 25 years, 4 months, 24 days. Alexander McKeown, Shipwright. Industrial Division; 43 years, 5 months.

13 days.

Capt. Hugh Maloney, Pilot, Navigation

Division; 22 years, 2 months.

Charles M. Nelson. Commissary Store Manager, Supply Division; 15 years, 9 months, 9 days. Inocencio Pil. Leader Asphalt Cement

Worker, Maintenance Division; 39 years, 8 months, 19 days.

Reginal V. Reid, Heavy Laborer, Terminals

Division; 25 years, 5 months, 4 days. Faustino Romero, Oiler, Terminals Division; 32 years, 3 months, 11 days.

William J. Rose. Lead Foreman. Roundhouse, Railroad Division; 27 years, 11 months, 8 days. Mrs. Helen R. Sestito, Time. Leave, and

Payroll Clerk, Accounting Division; 21 years, 1 month, 12 days.

John A. Snodgrass, Leader Plumber, Maintenance Division; 19 years, 2 months.

5 days. Rain Soran, Stevedore, Terminals Division: 31 vears, 1 month, 18 days. Charles T. Svvearingen, Lead Foreman,

Locks Control House, Locks Division: 22 vears, 5 months, 20 days.

Frank A. Tompkins, Chief Engineer, Towboat or Fern-

. Navigation Division; 18 years, 3 months, 4 days. Jose Vergara R., Pest Control Heavy

Laborer, Sanitation Division; 21 vears. 4 months, 5 days . Everald B. Walker, Service Center Supervisor, Supply Division; 32 years, 8 months, 19 da\ s.

marily because it carried Government

freight at rates 25 percent less than

those charged by commercial lines. Aviation history was made on the Isthmus 25 vears ago when a squadron

of U.S. Navy planes based at Coco

Solo completed the longest mass formation non-stop flight on record. The

squadron flew from San Diego to Coco

Solo, a distance of 3,085 miles, in 27 hours and 58 minutes.

lO Years Ago

GOV. JOHN S. SEYBOLD arrived in the Canal Zone 10 vears ago this month

to succeed Gov. Francis K. Newcomer.

Governor Sev bold was given an unpre- cedented public reception at the Balboa

Stadium attended by more than 2,500

persons. Panama President-elect Jose Antonio Remon headed the group ot prominent officials from both Panama

and the Canal Zone. The new Governor

had taken his oath of office in Washington before leaving tor the Canal Zone.

It was the first time in the history of the Canal organization that a Canal

Zone Governor had not taken the oath

of office on the Isthmus.

In \\ ashington the Senate Appropriations Committee refused to restore a $7,700,000 appropriation for housing

in the Canal Zone which had been

eliminated from the Canal budget by

the House of Representatives.

1 Year Ago

THERE WAS a change in Lieutenant Governors as John D. McElheny left for Washington to join the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics,

Department of Army. He was suc- ceeded late in June by W. P. Leber,

who came to the Canal Zone post

from Washington. Mrs. Leber and

their three children accompanied him

to the Isthmus. A low base bid of 83,494,441 was

submitted by W. B. Uhlhorn International, S.A., on the construction of the new Gorgas Hospital building.

Appointment of three new members

of the Panama Canal Company Board

of Directors was announced. Thev were Under Secretary of State George W.

Ball; Fred Korth, President of the Continental National Bank of Fort Worth.

Tex.; and C. Owen Smith, editor and publisher of Outdoor Maine, of Camden. Maine.

The Panama Canal Review 23
New Vessel

SHIPPING

Launched

THE UNITED STATES LINES' cargo

ship Pioneer Moon, which is due to make her maiden trip through the Canal

in July, will be of special interest locall) . She was launched in Newport News.

Va., in April by Mrs. Clarence D.

Martin, Jr., w ife of the Under Secretan

of Commerce for Transportation, who

is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company.

First vessel in the line's $380 million long-range cargo ship replacement pror gram, the Pioneer Moon is one of the new Challenger class. She will operate

between New York and the Far East, together with the United States Lines' Mariner-class cargo ships, and will make regular trips through the Canal

She was built by the Newport News

Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., and will be handled at the Canal Zone b\

Panama Agencies.

HIWSITS BY OCEAN-GOING

VESSE1 S IN \PRII.

( Commercial

U. S Govei nmeni

Free.

Total.

HILLS"

Commercial 84,525 5

U.S. Government. 83,: 102,910

Atomic Cargo Ship

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