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September 1959 No ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Vol. 9 September 1959 No. 9 FA A PERSONNEL LEAD 33 GET REGION'S "OUTSTANDING" TITLE ACTIVE LIFE IN AFFAIRS RECOGNIZING SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF MCGRATH COMMUNITY Thirty-three employees of the Region have received Outstanding Ratings during On the Kuskokwim R lver at the U I Ps COMING the past year, the highest rating possible mouth.of the Takotna,River at the under the Performance Rating �ct. intersection of the Anchorage-Nome Important FAA Washington visitors are and Fairbanks-Bethel airways. In due iri Alaska during September. Many have received this rating in addition a low, fairly flat valley, broken by to other recognitions of their service, occasional hills and ridges wooded Alan L. Dean, Assistant Administrator such as the Sustained Superior Perform­ with spruce, .bircn, willow and alder. for Management Services, who will visit ance Award given under the Employee Blueberries, raspberries, cran. Alaska for the first time; William P. Incentive. Award Program. Davis, Director, Bureau of Flight Stand­ berries, etc. ; g_row wild. Consi·sts of one general ·store, one ards; and Ward B. Masden, Chief of the The Outstanding Rating ls for recognized roadhouse, airlin'es offices, radio Bureau of Operations of Flight Standards, performance over a rating period of one station, dwellings and warehouses. will come to Anchorage. year and ls given by the Regional Admin­ . istrator on the basis of recommendations from the employee's supervisors. So says the Station Directory of the FAA. They will attend the annual meeting of the . But what part in McGrath's life do the Air Transport Association scheduled to Above are those in Anchorage who re­ FAA people there take? What goes on.at be held in Anchorage on September 17 and ceived the rating: (Rear row, from left) McGrath, and in the other Alaska settle­ 18, and then observe operation of the .Henry W. Lally, Budget and Finance Div.;. ments where FAA workers live? Follow­ Region. Clyde Winters, Frank Jackson and Char-.· ing is the first of a series on the subject, les Whitfield of A TM; Deputy Regional 'a series that will show how important in OLD MUKLUK SOON Administrator George S. McKean, who Alas·ka's life are those federal workers Work is progressing on preparation of presented the awards; Charles Swim, who build and operate the airways. the bound copy of the Mukluk Telegraphs Robert Mikelson, William O. Nesbitt by DOROTHY BRYANT from 1943 to 1950. While no publication and Billie B. Sutton of ATM. (Front . date can be set at this time, it does ap­ _·ow, from left) Letha Caldwell, General· McGrath's population of about 250 resi­ pear that delivery can be expected in a Services Division; Marianne Majors, Air dents includes 34 adults and 32 children few months. Some 100 are on order and 'Navigation Facilities Division; Arloine P. who live in the FAA Housing area. Ten of orders still can be accepted. The cost Ransier, General Services Division; is $6.00. See SUPERIOR Page l See IMCGRATH Page 6 2 MUKLUK TELEGRAPH 1(00/AI( Gretz,r Not Invited to DOES MUKLUK COME PROUD OP ITS SKIPPER His Farewell Dinner IN LOUD AND CLEAR? Don Gretzer, who transferred to Wash­ Does the Mukluk cover the news in the Woody Island FAAers are proud of the ington at the end of July has some strong Fifth R eglon. skipper of their boat, the Civair 15-­ feelings about farewell partles, but he's Howard V. Sloniger. Station Manager right broad-minded about dressing for Examination of the 16 issues since its Darrell Chaffin describes him: ·dinner. revival In April, 1958, reveals that most of the stations have been represented in Sloniger (official title: Master /Mate Tug) Reading the Standard Practice quite lit-· its news colunms, some repeatedly, some originally came to Alaska just out of erally, he voiced his disapproval of all occasionally, and a few not at all. military service in 1945 as a heavy duty farewell parties and farewell gifts, but mechanic with the Alaska Railroad at his office force was not impressed. Sitka, Gustavus, Ft. Yukon, Galena, Whittier. He was boat operator and round They arranged a farewell dinner at the Homer and Minchumlna have beenmodest house foreman there until 1950 when he Country Club and all gathered to bid him ·in their use of Mukluk space--or else transfer.red. to CAA. Stationed at Bethel, goodbye. But somebody forgot to notify they have not made news which they con­ Skwentna and Woody Island as diesel Don and he was happily feeding on a big sidered worth submitting. Others, not .mechanic, then Yakataga and Farewell steak with his friend and co-worker in the ·to be named here, have sent in contribu­ as Foreman Mechanic, he returned to Anchorage Community Theater, Frank tions with pleasing regularity,. but there Woody Island as boat operator in 1953. Brink. And he was clad in "Saturday " was sometimes a question on the value of clothes, featuring a 10-year old sweater , the news submitted. Still others seem to Our skipper is well loved by everyone, with holes and dangling ravels. produce worthy news consistently. And a never too busy to do a favor or run an iew never fail to send In copious copy, errand, cheerfully making necessary But he went to the farewell dinner, cre­ good, bad or indifferent. emergency trips and promoting the safety ating no end of curiaiity among the well­ of our wives and children while aboard dre ssed diners at the club. Two steak Probably the Region's worst reporter ls the boat. When a new baby is due on dinners within two hours didn't faze him. the editor. He consistently misses good Woody Island, he .sweats it out worse His staff presented him' with a leather­ stories in Anchorage, but hill alibi ls that than the prospective father, as he feels botmd volume of his book, "Aviation Safe­ the Mukluk should not be too full of news the responsibility of getting the mother ty Discussions". Later he took off down ·of the chiefs in the big tribal house, but to the hospital in time. We've had sev­ the Highway for Washington, where he should cover the doings of the Indians all eral close calls, with only minutes to will head a division in Bureau of Flight over the reservation. He would, how­ spare--often at night in bad weather, but Standards concerned with business flying. ever, appreciate telephone tips from only o�e failed to make it in time. That Anchorage readers on news he might baby arrived the same time the boat did miss. --at the dock in Kodiak. Fortunately the. tion Division. doctor was there in a few minutes so· Employees at Field Stations who have The Mukluk is copied extensively In Alas­ Sloniger was spared the mid-wife duties. received the rating are: Rosemary Pat­ ka papers. There are two principal rea­ terson, Secretary to the Station Manager · sons for this: first, the FAA in Alaska Howard Is a sort of "Father Confessor" at Fairbanks; Milo Rousculp, Leonard is popular, and It makes news; second, to the half dozen students, children of Zaber, Thomas Cianfrani and Robert there are some excellent writers among FAA people on Woody Island, who use the Wermer, Air Traffic Control Division; Civair 15 as daily transportation to High Mukluk correspondents who are really Morris Lee, Donald Hall and Albert Burn­ worth copying. School in Kodiak. He listens to their ham, Air Navigation Facilities Division; troubles, sympathizes with them, and Ra lph Hazelton, Station Ma nager, Nenana; Usually, such writers enjoy writing, and frequently has several of them as over­ and. Lawrence Smith, Station Manager, lt comes easy to them. Somecorrespon­ night guests at his home in Kodiak to McGrath. dents find It laborious. The Mukluk , enable them to attend social activities. How The FAA Rate-, however, ls happy to encourage those who want to learn to write, andwill give The Civair 15 is very important to us Generally, the FAA, and the CAA before space to those who realize that "the way here on Woody Island, especially during it, has been below the national average to learn to write is to write.'' winter months when small boats cannot of Government Agencies in the award of be used. It is our life line, our only Outstanding Performance Ratings. means of food supply, It brings our mail Edward A. Bowden, formerly with the and provides us with the means to trans­ In 1959, 2.9% of FAA employees over the Air Force in Oakland, California, has port our loved ones to medical care and · entire FAA received such ratings, as joined the FAA in Anchorage as the Re­ hospital in any emergency. against 2. 8% last year. Washington gion' s third Property Inspector. His registered a high of 6.9%, and last year wife and five children will join him later. SUPHllOR Cont. from Page 1 was also high with 10.7%. Thelma Pickens, Personnel; Roberta Falcone, Ruth Marlar, Adele Pollard Region Five, with 1401 employees in 1958 Joseph Walsh, a CAA Alaskan veteran, and Agnes Umbs, Budget and Finance gave 19 such ratings for percentage of 1,3_ has returned to the Fifth Region as Civll Division; and Doris V. Moore, General In 19 59, however, with 1511 employees, Engineer. Services Division. Others in Anchorage, 33 Outstanding ratings were given, a not shown in the picture are: Ruby Smith, percentage of 2.1. Region Six had 5.0% Walsh joined the CAA In 1941 in Anchor­ Budget and Finance, Robert Fedderson, and 5.2% for these years.
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