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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-06

In the Circuit Court of Cumber-
land County. November &c,
1863.
JAMES f. BROWN
Complainant
VS..
GENEVE BRUCE ct ais
Defendants.
Order OF Publication
The object Of this suit is to
quiet title of the complainant in
a parcel Of 20 or . acres, Ran
dolph District, Cumberland coun-
ty, Virginia. and to establish his
title by adverse possession. the
said land being now of record
in the name of Susie Wood. for
merly Brown.
And affidavit having b e n
made that Geneva Bruce is rot
a resident Of Virginia. and that
her last known address is 1907
n Marshall St, Philadelphia.
Pa, and that the names and
that the names and addresses Of
other heirs, deysees. Widower.
or successors III title to Susie
Wood, deceased, are unknown. if
any there be, and the bill stat
ing that there are. or may be
persons Interested in the subject
who are unknown. and making
them defendent parties by the
general description Parties In
known.
1t is ordered that Geneva
Bruce and the said persons
made defendant parties by tie
general description Of Parties
Unknown" do appear within ten
days after due publication ard
do what is necessary to protec.
their interests.
IAIOGENE w. TUNSTALL
Clerk
JAMES P. BABER, pa.
Cumberland. Va. 1929 4
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VIRGINIA.:
In the Circuit Court of Cumber-
land County. November &c,
1863.
JAMES F.. BROWN
Complainant
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NOTICE

PUBLIC-Please take notice on
the 18th day of August, 1868. the
undersigned will apply to the
Virginia Alec collie Bev-
erage Control Board for license
to sell beer at Smiths Restau-
rant located mile west Of
Farmville. Virginia on Ri. Is and
400. Said beer to be consumed
on and off Premises. Mrs. Lii
ellie LoWery. Proprietor 8-l4-1t
LESUEUR FAMILIES - The
families of the late Mr.. Willie
LeSueur and late Mr.. Joe Lee
Sueur are having a picnic at the
Lee Wayside Park. in Bucking-
ham County. at II am. on
Sunday. August ID. 1868. All re-
la.ions are invited" S-l2-2t
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NOTICE

=
l WILL OPENLY home free
to any two Negro boys age IS
to Is. who are out Of school be-
cause of closed public schools in
the county. l am a Negro ply
steal education teacher in Salem
County. New Jersey. Send in
formation about yourself and a
photograph if available as soon
as possible. Ralph Dunn, IS o.
i've St.. Salem. N. j. 8-13-2t
PUBLIC-Please take notice on
the 23rd day Of August. 1868. the
undersigned will apply to the
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board for license to sell
beer at Chat An Chew Restau-
rant. on highway 800, Meherrin,
Virginia. Said beer to be
consumed on and off Premises.
G.. B. Rhue 8-l3-lt
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Prevent Deodorant Damage

Prevent DeOdorant Damage
Cotton, linen and rayon. i'm
portant fabrics in the feminine
summer wardrobe. are especial
" susceptible to acid damage
Not only can perspiration harm
the fabrics. but the wrong de-
curity are included in the stud
les. It prepares officers for top
command posts where coopera-
ton with other services. Ameli-
can and allied, is necessary.
Principal speaker at the grad
uation ceremony was retired
General Mark Clark.
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slated for q seven month Med
iterranean cruise with the Sixth
Fleet In early August.
Graduates From STAFF College
NORFOLK-Navy Commander
Raymond c. Maxwell. Jr., son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond c
Maxwell. Of FarmNlle. was
graduated on June % from the
Armed Forces Staff College at
Norfolk.
The course covers joint and
combined organization. planning
and operations. Related aspects
Of national and international Sc
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odorant can do Just as much
damage. So says Mrs. Anne
Sterling. Director of Consumer
Relations, American Institute OF
Laundering. Some deodorants
are acid in nature and deterlor-
ate the fabric in the underarm
areas. Many deodorants h ave
been tested in the Institutes
laboratories to determine Wheth-
er or not they will harm fibers.
Those which are proven harm
less to the fabric are given the
A. I. L. Certified Seal Of APP
proval.
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completed a six-month major
overhaul in the Norfolk Naval
Smpyard Portsmouth.
On the first day of the In
dependencies present cruise sew
en- air squadrons arrived aboard
to participate in the training op-
erationS.
While in the Caribbean the
carrier will visit the Naval Base
at Guantanamo Bay. Cuba. site
Of the Fleet Training Group
which aids Atlantic Fleet units
in refresher training operations.
The independence. which op-
crates out Of Norfolk. Va. is
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Military Services
Report Activities
OF Area Serviccmen
MarstOn In Exercise

MdfStOn In Exercise
SPARTANBURG S. C.-Army
PFC Hudson L. Mars.on, son OF
Mrs. Mamie M. Marston, Route
|, Charlotte Court House, is par
ticipating in Exercise SWIFT
STRIKE III, U. S. Strike
Command exercise, with more
than 5000 armed forces per
sonnet in Georgia, North and
South Carolina.
SWIFT STRIKE III pits two
task forces against each other in
four week mock war ending
AugA Is. and includes airborne
manervers, long distance air
crafts, ground support mis-
sions and conference.-the opera
tons.
Marston is a wireman In Bat
terry A of the Sd Target Acquisi-
ton Battalion at Fort Chaffee,
Ark He entered the Army in
October 1862.
The l7-year old soldier attend
ed Randolph Henry Hi g h
School.
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FOR SALE

PICKUP-1947 ton, SIS. Mrs.
Florence B. Doyle, r. 4, Amelia
8-l3-2p
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SERVICES

SEPTIC TANKS AND DRAIN
FIELDS INSTALLED. ditching
and terracing. Ayers Building
Supply Co.. phone Elk 2-39O6,
Farmville. located on old Cum
berland Road. Jackson Heights.
1-17-tf
WE CRY FOR YOU: Dickerson
Auction Co.. phone Elk 2-3556
Farmville. 10-2O1tf
CHEVROLET - 1856 sedan, A.
door, black. On display at Fork
Union Motor Co. Contact S. r.
Ransom. Bremo Bluff, Va. 8-9-lt
BUTCHERING = meat process
sing. deep freeze supplies. Bur
gers Market. Farmville. Va.
5-1-20p F
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Serving Or independence

USS INDEPENDENCE Cal
vim L. Taylor. aviation boa =
wain's mate first class. USN
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Taylor Of Green Bay, is serv-
ing aboard the attack aircraft
carrier USS Independence, cur
rently on a training refresher
cruise in the Caribbean return
ed July 26 after five weeks at
sea
The independence recently
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FOR RENT

APARTMENT = 4 rooms, heat
and hot water furnished, second
floor. COL Pine Street. Mrs.
Elizabeth Burger Jackson. Phone
Elk 1855. 7-26-tf
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CLASSIFIEDS
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
POSTS IN 3x4x1O' pressure treat
ed posts. 50 cents each. Also
cedar posts. Roy Gun1ter. Farm
vile, Elk 2-3l6l. 8-2-4t
STORM WINDOWS. DOORS -
Dennis Critzer. Elk 2-5511 after
3 pm. 4-12-u
NOW AVAILABLE = The 1854
18th edition of Red Book at
Gray's Drug Store. 2l9 N. Main
Street, Farmville. 7-2-u
~
LOTS In Jackson Heights.
75'x15O'. T. L. Ragland. Phone
Elk 2-54O1. 4-9-u
OR RENT Wheel chairs hospl-
tai beds. crutchers. canes. or sick
room needs. Gray's Drug Store.
Farmville. 6-2O-tf
1889 OLDSMOBnE 88 ~ Four
door hardtop sedan. Power steer
ing. power brakes. Nice car.
Brickert Oil Company. Dealer
License 1856. 7-26-tf
SPENCER Individually dc
signed supports for men. women
and children. Also orthopedic
prescriptions. Mrs. Annie Put
ney. Registered Corsetiere. Eek
2-4468. 7-19-13p
1860 FORD PICKUP Six cylin-
ders. low mileage. Brickert Oil
Company. Dealer License 156.
7-23-tf
1857 BUICK Roadmaster - Pow
err steering, power brakes, cleo
tric windows. New paint. Extra
nice car. Brickert Oil Company.
Dealer License 1856. 7-26-tf
1856 FORD Two door sedan.
Straight drive. Good condition.
Brickert Oil Company. Dealer
License 1856. 7-26-tf
1861 FALCON = Two door sedan.
Straight drive. Very clean. low
mileage. Brickert Oil Company
Dealer license 1856. 8-6-tf
1860 RAMBLER r. Four door
sedan. Straight drive. clean.
Brickert Oil Company. Dealer
license l56. 8-6-tf
1852 CHEVROLET - Good sec
ond car. Brickert Oil Company
Dealer license l56. 8-5-tf
1859 FORD CUSTOM ~ Four
door sedan. Automatic trans
mission. Brickert Oil Company
Dealer license l56. 8-6-tf
1857 CHEVROLET = Bel Air.
V-8 sedan. Power glide. Clean.
Brickert On Company. Dealer
License 1856. 7-26-tf
1856 MERCURY - Four door
sedan. Power steering. pow
brakes. electric windows. New
paint. Good car. Brickert Oil
Company. Dealer License l56.
7-26-tf
OR RENT ~ Floor sanders.
drills. ladders. saws and many
other tools. Farmville Manu-
featuring Co. Farmville Shop
ping Center, Phone Eek 2-3llS.
Farmville. 5-3-tf
HOUSE Three bedrooms. oil
heat. on Rt. Is near WFTO. new,
modern. Eek 2-52OS after pm.
7-26-6p
FORD 1858 three quarter ton
truck and cattle body in Al con
dition. Prospect Equipment Co.,
Prospect. Va. Phone Elk 2-47S5.
SO At
HORSE, Tennessee Walker
Palomino, mare colt. one n q
one-half years old. halter broke
Phone VII 3-I365. 8-2-tf
PUPPIES miniature French
Poodles, one apricot. two black
Eight weeks old. John Glenn
ny o-a553 8-6-ti
HOUSE - Two bedrooms. Put
ney street near Academy Storm
windows. two porches and car
port. So. 800. EX 2-3590. 1861
TRACTOR 81 Ford tractor
with plow. disc. cultivator. II
good condition. Can be seen a.
D. A. Griffith farm. Sheppards
va. Call collect David Griffith
DIR 1857. Clarksville. Va S-9-4
BRICK HOME Cumberland
County. three bedrooms. tw
baths. fun basement. garage
air conditioning Az acres wood
ed area. Three miles west o
Cumberland CHI. on Route SO
Call 492- 3273 or 492-242l 8-9-3l
CALF WV registered Brown SWlS:
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Gard OF Thanks

OAKERSON-We wish to thank
our friends and neighbors for
cards, letters. food and other
acts of kindness and also the
military company during our re-
cent bereavement. Mrs. A. L.
Oakerson and Aleen. 8-l3-lp
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LOST AND FOUND

= > =
SUN GLASSES - LOST - pre-
scription glasses in brown leath-
err case. Reward. Call Eek =
1921. S-l3-2p
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FEMALE - Full or part time
no collecting. no delivering. no
investment. Sarah Gov entry.
Inc. Write for information: Mrs.
verna Moore, Route 2. Glad
stone. Va. 7-19-tf
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1857 BUICK ROadmaster = Pow
er steering, power brakes. cleo
tr;c windows. New paint. Extra
nice car. Brickert Oil Company
Dealer License 1856. 7-26-tf
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HELP WANTED


HELP WANTED
FULL AND part time men to
sell and service Electrol'lx
vacuum cleaners in Farnville
and surrounding areas. Write
Box &c, CO The Herald. 7-16-tf
FEMALE = Full or part time
no collecting. no delivering. no
investment. Sarah ventry.
Inc. Write for information: Mrs.
verna Moore. Route 2. Glad
stone, Va. 7-19-tf
YOU DON'T reed to worr y
about getting or holding a job
with your own Rawleigh Busi
ness in Prince Edward County
where the more you work. the
more you earn. Write Rawleigh
Dept. YAH 72O-8O2, Richmond,
Va. 8-6-4p tT)
M E MIC ~ experienced j;
good wages. plus commission;
paid insurance ard other bene-
fits. Harris-Cook Motor Co.
Farmville, Va. 7-19-tf
MEN The demand for Ma
tionally Famous Knapp Air
Cushioned shoes is greater than
ever. Earn up to 81 per pair
commission plus bonus and free
insurance benefits. Full or part
time. Equipment and samples
furnished free. Write to J. G.
Clayton. Knapp Bros. Brockton
81, Massachusetts. 8-6-1t
CUTTERS for pulpwood with
trucks to work in Warrenton.
Virginia area. Contact W. B.
Munson at 788-4870 Calverton,
Va. nights Luray, Va. RI 3-73l4
8-13-2t
WANTED - Experienced office
girl for general office work. Re
ply giving complete resume to
box wv CO Farmville Herald
All rcplys confidennOnal 8-13-tf
LADY Reliable to keep two
children at home about two
weeks. Call Eek 2-585l or write
Box AS. Farmville. 8-l3-2t
WANTED Man or woman to
service customers with Watkins
products in city of Farmville
No investment necessary Pos
sible earnings So. per hour and
up. Full or part time. Write
Watkins Products. Inc. DIG,
Winona, MINI. 8-13-27-2p
HAND NAILERS- Piece work,
making pallets. Top pay. regu-
lar work Buffalo Shook Com
pany. Farmville. 8-l3-tf
~>~>
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1860 FORD PICKUP Six cylin-
ders. low mileage. Brickert Oil
Company. Dealer License 156.
7-23-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

FULL AND part time men to
sell and service Electrol'lx
vacuum cleaners in Farnville
and surrounding areas. Write
Box &c, CO The Herald. 7-l6-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

BRICK HOME Cumberland
County. three bedrooms. two
baths. fun basement. garage
air conditioning. AZ acres wood
ed area. Three miles west Of
Cumberland CHI. on Route 60
Call 492- 3273 or 492-242l. 1882
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PUPPIES - Pointer puppies. ;
mo. old. Contact Woodrow Trent,
Fearstown. Randolph. Va. S-9-2t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

SPENCER Individually dc
signed supports for men. women
and children. Also orthopedic
prescriptions. Mrs. Annie Put
ney. Registered Corsetiere Eek
2-4468. 7-l9-13p
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PUPS AND PONY NV Registered
male pointer puppies. H o m e
Again Mike and Deep Run
Rock breeding. s weeks old.
Also Shetland ponies. Carroll P.
Gordon. LY S-4o62. r. 3, Pow
hatan. Va. 8-9-2t
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TRACTOR = 81 Ford tractor
with plow. disc, cultivator. in
GOOD condition. Can be seen al
D. A. Griffith farm. Sheppards.
va. Call collect David Griffith
DR. ASST. Clarksville. Va. -9-4t
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CALF WV registered Brown SWISS
heifer. Mildred Wise Howe. r. 2,
Dillwyn. S-92p
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What's Free?

This space is offered without
,harge by The Herald to anyone
Who wishes to give something
away 'Free". cit
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

Jockey Troinee, young
man Is or older, weighing
less than no pounds, in
terested in coreer as Jockey
to work full time for racing
stable. exercising horses.
Call or write John R. Deem
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COLLIE Grown male Border
Collie. Mrs. Florence B. Doyle.
R. 4, Amelia. S-l3-2p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

FURNITURE 3 pc. bedroom
suite. year old. Maple Ranch
hunk bed and chest, year old
YU 1886. Dillwyn. S-9-tf
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CUTTERS for pulpwood with
trucks to work in Warrenton,
Virginia area Contact w. B.
Munson at 788-4870 Calverton,
Va. nights Luray, Va. RI 3-73l4
8-13-2t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

HORSE Tennessee Walker
Palomino. mare-colt. one an q
one-half years old. halter broke.
Phone VII 1886. 8-2-tf
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FARMHOUSE-reasOnable rent.
Is mi. of Farmville. YU 3-4365,
Dillwyn, Va. 8-9-tf
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1856 FORD NJ Two door sedan
Straight drive. Good condition.
Brickert Oil Company. Dealer
License 1856. 7-26-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

APARTMENT downstairs. 4
rooms and bath. Hot and cold
water and heat provided. Elec-
trio stove and refrigerator Rea-
sonable rent. Elk 1880.
8-l3-2p
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HOUSE TRAILER, 2 bedrooms.
bath. washer. well located in
F'arnville. Available immediate
ly. Landon Atkins. Farmville.
8-2-tf
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1859 OLDSMOBuE SO NJ Four
door hardtop sedan. Power steer
ing. power brakes. Nice car.
Brickert Oil Company. Dealer
License 1856. 7-26-tf
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APARTMENTS - One three
room apartment with oath and
one one-rOom apartment with
bath. May be used as four
room apartment with two baths
l0l N. Virginia Street. Colleen
NJ. Leatherwood. Phone Eek 2
5l61 after $50 pm. 7-l6-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

OFFICE SPACE corner Main
and Third Streets. Will remodel.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burger jackson.
5-17-tf
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M E CHANIC experienced j;
good wages. plus commission,
paid insurance and other bene-
fits. Harris-CoOk tor Co.
Farmville, Va. 7-19-tf
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HOUSES four rooms. one
modern with bath; one semi
modern. Mr. Conner. Second and
Cedar or Phone Elk 2-38l8 after
six. 8-2-9p
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1861 FALCON L Two door sedan.
Straight drive. Very clean. low
mileage. Brickert Oil Company
Dealer license 1856. 8-6-tf
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APARTMENT = Small, upstairs.
furnished. Suitable for lady. Ap-
ply 408 High Street. 6-la-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

APARTMENT - 214 E. Third
Street. See Marshall Burger.
8-6-l6p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

TRUCK q Ford three fourth ton
pickup, 1858. excellent condition.
w 3-4365. Dlllwyn. Va. S-9-tf
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FOR RENT

APARTMENT : Hot and cold
water furnished. Three -oomS and
hath. $29.5O Phone EA 2-3l54.
lO-19-H
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GET professional carpet clean
ing results. rent Blue Lustre
Electric Carpet Shampooer ST
per day. So. Hdwe. and Appl. Co. !
8-l3-lt |
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OR RENT - Wheel chairs hospl-
tai beds. crutchers. canes. or sick
room needs. Gray's Drug Store.
Farmville. 6-2O-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

1860 RAMBLER Four door
sedan. Straight drive. clean
Brickert Oil Company. Dealer
license 156. 8-6-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-13

PUPS Pointer puppies. mo.
old. William P. Hay. Jr.. Elk 2
3472. Farmville. 8-9-2t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10
EFFICIENCY IN LABRADOR
AT Radar Units on Guard

ments call themselves 1.-THE
Keen Edge Of the Cutting
Blade" and claim that IF we
didn't get 'em, they didn't
come"
Were 1t not for these radar
stations. spotted across a thou
sand miles Of nowhere, the In
dustrial heartland of America
would lie badly exposed. For
practical purposes there is no
radar screen Of any real effec-
tiveness closer to Russia than
the Labrador coast. 1t would be
simple for Soviet planes to fly
across the Greenland ice cap
out Of range of the purely local
air defense radars of Thule to
the northwest and Keflavik
(Iceland) to the southeast. The
monstrous BMEWS radars at
Thule and Clear (Alaska) are
not primarily designed to pick
up aircraft.
The six radar sites are offici-
ally designated Aircraft Control
and Warning Squadrons. Each
Is manned by a force of be-
tween $50 and $50 men who are
largely isolated from the out
side world more than half the
year
The seth Fighter Squadron,
with SO supersonic, missile
armed Jet fighters, operates out
Of Goose Bay Air Base and
Harmon Field, several hundred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Staff Writer

GOOSE BAY, Labrador. -
There are six good reasons why
Soviet bombers have never
streaked southwestward across
the barren Arctic, bound for
American cities on q mission
Of atomic destruction.
Their names are: Saglek,
Hopedale. Cartwright. Melville,
st. Anthony and Stephenville-
names little known to Aineri-
cans, as Anzio and Bataan and
Bastogne once were little
known. They are radar stations
Of the United States Air Force,
weaving an invisible but Inn
penetrable electronic barrier
across North Americas north
eastern frontier.
There unbelievably remote,
amazingly self-sufficient radar
stations make up the ground
element Of the Goose Bay Air
Defense Sector, a part of the
Goose Bay Air Defense Sector,
a part of the American Air De-
Tense Command. The air ele-
ment is an F-102 outfit-the
seth Fighter Interceptor Squad
ron-whose commander asserts
with a commendable lack Of
false modesty that it is "the
largest and finest fighter
squadron in the world"
Taken together, the two ele-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-10

miles to the south in New
foundland.
The radar site at Melville,
about 10 miles from Goose Bay,
is what might be termed the
mother house Of the defense
chain. 1t is also the center Of
an advanced communications
system that links Thule Air
Base, BIO miles form the Pole,
with the North American Air
Defense Command in Colorado.
The Melville site, while big
ger than the others, is typical
of Arctic and sub-Arctic de- =
tense posts. Confronted each.
winter with temperatures down
to 40 below zero and snowdrifts
up to 40 feet deep, Melville and
the other stations must be pre-.
pared for the worst.
Heart Of each station Is It's.
big search and height-fi finder
radars, with ranges Of up to
$50 nautical (280 statute)
miles. For equipment as COM.
picated as this, its reliability.
is amazing. In the month Of
June, for instance, the radar-
at st. Anthony on the northern
tip of Newfoundland, was out
OF service only is minutes.
In June-the latest month
for which statistics are avail.
able - the Melville station
tracked 1922 aircraft, more
than half of them coming in
from the northeast over water.
Comparing aircraft blips on the
radar scope with flight-plans
filed before takeoff, Melville
was able to identify immedi-
ately all but IL. Further Inc
CURRY established the identity
of half these. but the remain
ing six could not be recognized.
These failures to identity re-
suited In six "scrambles" of
F-102's. The fighter squadron
keeps half-a-dozen planes on
instant alert at all times, able
to take off within less than
five minutes after the alarm
sounds.
In the case of the June
scrambles. all the targets
proved to be harmless: Com
mercial airliners behind or
ahead Of their flight plans, or
blown off course by the high
winds In the Shakespeare. But
no one can be sure that the
next one will be a stray, which
is why a thousand men are
manning lonely radar sites in
northeastern Canada and 500
more are keeping swift Jets
ready for instant attack should
an unfriendly stranger venture
this way.