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Vol. 7, No. 4 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE, NOVEMBER 2, 1956 5 cents

ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 15

TO CELEBRATE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF TITC TIVOLI

Detailed plans are nearing completion for a community mid-centennial celebra- tion, to be held November 15, commem- orating the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Tivoli Guest House. Arrangements for the celebration are in the hands of a committee headed by P. S. Thornton, General Manager of the Serv- ice Center Division, who was manager of the Tivoli for many years. As the plans stand at present, the cele- bration will take the form of a pageant to be staged in the great ballroom of the old hotel. Scenes of the pageant will de- pict outstanding events in the history of the building which received its first guests when President Theodore Roosevelt paid his unprecedented visit to the Isthmus November 14-17, 1906. Arrangements for the pageant and the music which will accompany it are being made by Victor, H. Herr and Donald E. Musselman, both from the faculty of Balboa High School. They are working with Mrs. C. S. McCormack, founder and first president cf the Isthmian Historical Society, who is providing them with the historical background for the pageant.

Fred DeV. Sill, well-known retired em-

ployee, is in charge of the speeches and introductions of the various incidents in HEADING THIS YEAR'S Community Chest Campaign are Lt. Gov. H. W. Schull, Jr., right, and the pageant. H. J. Chase, manager of the Arnold H. Hodgson. Colonel Schull is Chairman of the Governor's Committee Voluntary Giving; for Tivoli Guest House, has been put in Mr. Hodgson is Campaign Chairman. For further details on the Drive, see page 3. charge of refreshments which will be served during the celebration.

The committee held its first meeting Preliminary Planning Is Now Under Way at the Board Room of the Administration Building on October 18 and met again For School For Handicapped Zone Children Wednesday, also in the Board Room. Members of the committee are: R. K. Morris, William Taylor, Capt. Clifford While plans are still in the preliminary done to provide the benefit of social cor- Payne, Capt. J. M. Davis, Omer Mals- stage, a program is being developed to tacts with other children even though the bury, and Mr. Sill, all former Canal em- provide special education assistance to handicapped child is unable to maintain ployees; Juan Ehrman, who was well ac- handicapped children in the Canal Zone. normal scholarship levels. quainted with the Tivoli (See page 16) Several weeks ago the need for special Since many of the physically handi- training was brought to the attention of capped children require hospital and Notice that he may call upon re- Governor Potter who since has been therapeutic treatment regularly, it is tired Canal employees for advice working closely with those concerned and planned to divide the group into two or from time to time was given by was authorized by the Board of Directors more sections. Gov. W. E. Potter last month during at the October meeting to proceed with Those requiring physical therapy and a meeting of the committee plan- ning the anniversary celebration of planning. Supplementation of the pro- muscular control training would attend the Tivoli Guest House. gram will depend upon the willingness of classes in wards of Gorgas and Coco Solo Such a "steering group," the Gov- parents to contribute all non-technical hospitals which would be converted to ernor said, is common practice in aid, including transportation of the classrooms. Special classrooms in the reg- the United States where retired em- ployees are occasionally called on for children. would provided for all ular schools be background information and advice It is estimated that there are about 200 others. The latter groups would include on current problems. children in the Zone who need special those with speech, sight, or hearing de- Several such problems have arisen since his arrival, the Governor said, schooling because of physical or mental fects and those who are mentally retarded. and he undoubtedly would have ben- Preliminary studies indicate that a staff handicaps. Many of these do not now efited from the advice of a steering- attend school. Handicapped children are of 18 would be required for a ratio of 15 group of oldtimers. When problems admitted to the regular schools in the children for one teacher. This staff would arise in the future, for which their advice would be helpful, he said he Zone when they are capable of sitting in include a Director of Special Education, wanted to feel free to call upon the nine teachers for United States schools, the classrooms and their presence does retired employees. not unduly distract other students. This is four teachers for Latin (See page w) THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW November 2, 1956 Zonians By Thousands Will Go To Polls On Tuesday To Elect Civic Councilmen

Turner, Robert Van Wagner, and Mel E. Walker. Balboa Three councilmen and six alternates to be elected; holdover members: Mrs. W. E. LeBrun, Jack F. Morris, and Max M. Schoch. Candidates Boyd Bevington, Kenneth Booth, Charles Brandl, Mary Brigham, Lawrence W. Chambers, Joseph Ebdon, Robert Herr, Rufus Lovelady, Gus Mel- lander, Otis Myers, Delmas Swafford, Harry Townsend, and Howard Walling. Diablo Heights Three councilmen and six alternates to be elected; holdover members: Miss Claude Aycock, J. Winter Collins, and E. J. McElroy. Candidates -Robert Blaney, Roger Col- linge, Ernest Curling, Richard Daniel, Noel Farnsworth, William Hollowell, Ed- gar H. Light, and James G. E. Maguire. Los Rios Three councilmen and six alternates to be elected; holdover members: Truman H. Hoenke, Albert M. Jenkins, and Rob- ert A. Stevens. TWO OF THE Canal employees who are voting this year h the United States by absentee ballot inspect the Ohio ballots received by Gerald A. Doyle of the Engineering Division, standing. Looking the ballots Candidates- Richard W. Abell, G. 0. over are Mrs. Arilla Kourany, a New Jersey voter, and William N. Taylor, who is voting in Maryland. Kellar, Robert Risberg, James Shirley, Taylor are with the Personnel Bureau. Mr. Taylor, who was born in the Canal Mrs. Kourany and Mr. Charles Staples, Harry E. Wentsler, Zone, is a first-time voter this year. Mrs. Kourany has voted before in the States, and Mr. Doyle used Frank Wilder, William F. absentee ballots while he was in the Navy during World War II. Young, and Ernest Zelnick. Several thousand Zonians go to the choice of one, two, or three combined GAMBOA COUNCIL polls next Tuesday in Civic Council elec- fund-raising drives a year, which will be Polls -Gamboa Commissary. tions which have generated more public adopted by the Canal organization next For President—Robert R. Duncan, interest than has been demonstrated in year. Robert E. Welborn, and Earl V. Romigh. many years. Because of the great interest which is For councilman, vote for seven; hold- The elections this year are being held being displayed in the Civil Council elec- over members: Marie Connor, Ruth Ban- concurrently with the National elections tions this year, special arrangements have ton, Liz Bleakley, and Everett Kimmel. in the United States in which many Canal been made to have election results an- Candidates—T. A. Adkins, Carlton Zone residents are participating by ab- nounced early. The voting results for Bell, E. B. Bristol, Julius Cheney, A. H. sentee voting. A special campaign to each town willl be announced over the Cooke, Robert R. Duncan, Addie Ellis, stimulate interest in voting in the na- Armed Forces radio and television service Dolores Gerhart, William Homa, H. F. tional elections by Canal employees and and in the daily newspapers. The count- Jenner, L. F. Kelly, Joseph Kihl, Arnold their families has been conducted for the ing of votes is to be started immediately Landreth, Betty Malone, Vic Melant, past several months, with the result that after the polls close and it is expected Charles L. Pierre, E. V. Romigh, Jane absentee voting for both State and Na- that the results can be announced by TV Snodgrass, and Robert E. Welborn. tional officials has been much heavier than and radio early Tuesday night and be in previous years. published in Wednesday papers. CRISTOBAL - MARGARITA COUNCIL In the local elections for Civic Council As a convenience to its readers and to Polls -Commissaries and Service Cen- members, all towns with the exception of the electorate generally, The Review ters in both towns. Gatun will vote Tuesday. The election has prepared a complete list of candidates, Eight councilmen to be elected for two in Gatun, where the necessary change in polling places, and the number of candi- years, and four alternates for one year; bylaws for a new voting date was not dates to be elected in each of the com- holdover members: Miss Frances Moo- made in time, was being held yesterday munities holding their elections Tuesday. maw, Mrs. Elsie Gibson, L. T. Brennen, and today. This information for the United States Fay M. Brown, Gerard K. Schear, Mrs. Uniform Age, Hours communities is as follows: Frances Whitlock, Peter W. Foster, and Miller. Plans for uniform election rules for the PACIFIC CIVIC COUNCIL Robert H. - Canal Zone Civic Councils were adopted Candidates Paul E. Ackerman, Henry Polls Gorgas Hospital, Ancon Com- following a suggestion by Governor Potter T. Carpenter, William R. Dixon, Mrs. missary, former Ancon Service Center, Louise E. Griffon, soon after his arrival in the Canal Zone Emmet T. Harper, Balboa Commissary and Post Office, In- The adoption of the first Joseph L. Hickey, Willard W. Huffman, last May. dustrial Division, Civil Affairs Building, in November as election day George J. Marceau, David C. Mcllhenny, Tuesday Administration Building, Diablo Heights has served to stimulate interest in both Frank J. McLeod, Mrs. Dorothy Meehan, Commissary and Service Center, Mira- the national and local elections. John M. Purvis, Jr., Virgil C. Reed, Vin- flores and Pedro Miguel Locks. uniform voting age of 21 years or cent D. Ridge, Thomas L. Sellers, and A -Voters cast their ballots Voting may Mrs. over has been adopted by all Councils. Louise M. Sugar. at any of the 12 polling places, but they The same voting hours of 8 o'clock in the must use ballots prepared for the town The candidates, polling places, and morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon in which they reside. other information on the elections in the will also be used in all towns. Ancon Latin American towns, except for La Boca Canal Zone residents will also be asked which did not complete its slate of candi- to vote in a referendum this year on the Three councilmen and six alternates to dates in time for inclusion here, are as proposed United Fund Raising Policy be elected; holdover members: Charles L. follows: established by the White House for all Latham, Jr., Walter R. Lindsay, and Federal establishments. This will be the Mrs. Charles P. Morgan. PARAISO first Zone-wide referendum ever con- Candidates -A. I. Bauman, C. W. Polls -Civic Center, High School, First ducted by the Civil Councils of this "Connie" Chase, Benjamin A. Darden, Baptist Church, Elementary School, Jun- nature. W. H. Esslinger, Roger C. Hackett, Mrs. ior High School, and Salvation Army Hall. Voters will be asked to indicate their Miriam Hirschl, G. C. Lockridge, Hugh To be elected- 15 Councilmen for two- November 2, 1956 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Community Chest Campaign Gets Under Way New Director

Close to 600 "keymen" -fortified by posters, and Red Feathers are displayed full information on the purposes of the everywhere. drive -are canvassing the Company-Gov- This year's drive is being conducted by ernment organization this month in the the Community Chest Board of Directors annual campaign for funds for the Canal and the newly organized Governor's Zone Community Chest. The drive began Council for Voluntary Giving. Arnold with a "kick-off" meeting last Friday at H. Hodgson, Executive Secretary of the the Balboa Theater, attended by keymen Balboa YMCA-USO, is campaign chair- from both sides of the Isthmus, and the man, with offices in the Canal Zone Credit actual solicitation of funds started last Union Building in Balboa. Monday. The drive will continue through William C. Schmitt, manager of the November 10. Chase Manhattan Bank's Balboa branch, This year's drive differs from Com- is chairman of the Special Gifts Commit- munity Chest Campaigns of previous tee for this year's campaign. years in that it is being conducted along Within the Company-Government or- the lines laid down by President Eisen- ganization, the Community Chest Cam- hower in his statement on fund drives in paign is being conducted by the Gover- Government agencies. nor's Council for Voluntary Giving whose This provides that every employee head is Lt. Gov. H. W. Schull, Jr. The should have full opportunity to learn 580 keymen solicitors are working on the about the services and needs of the agen- job as a sort of dress rehearsal for the cies which will receive funds from the possible one-, two-, or three-fund drives

campaign; every employee should have during 1957. OGDEN R. REID, who was appointed recently to the right to decide what agencies he Agencies for which funds are being the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Com-

wants to support, with assurance that raised this year through the Canal Zone pany, attended his first Board meeting last month

his donation goes to the agencies he des- Community Chest are, alphabetically: in Washington. The new director who at 31 is the ignates; and each employee has the option Balboa YMCA-USO; Boy Scouts of youngest man ever to serve on the Company Board

of making his contribution confidential, America; Congress of Latin American is president of the New York Herald Tribune, Inc.

should he so desire. Civic Councils; Corozal Hospital (Occu- He has been editor of the Xew York daily since 1955. The objective of this year's drive is pational Therapy Fund); Cristobal-Mar- participation rather than dollar collection. garita Civic Council; Cristobal YMCA- A large columnar thermometer has been USO; Girl Scouts of the USA; Interna- erected at the Balboa Theater entrance tional Girl Scouts; International Boy Group Insurance and is being marked daily as reports Scouts; Jewish Welfare Board-USO; Pa- come in that this office or that has re- cific Civic Council; Salvation Army; Plans Nearly Ready ported a 100 percent participation record. Summer Recreational Board for Latin- Chest posters have been placed on the American Communities; Summer Recre- signboards normally devoted to safety- ation Board for U. S. Communities. For C. Z. Employees

Canal employees will soon have an year term, 15 Councilmen for one-year elected from the various communities as opportunity to obtain group hospitaliza- term; and 10 alternates. indicated below. tion insurance, including major medical benefits, and— if a sufficient number join Candidates —Alfonso Alexis, Philmore Camp Coiner Alexis, Cyril Atherley, Arthur Betty, — the plan is expected to become effective To be elected -Seven councilmen. Joseph Bishop, Edith A. Brown, Dean E. on an organization-wide basis by the first Candidates -Leroy Cockburn, Richard Butcher, Reginald Callender, Silvestre of the year. Ennis, Beresford Gittens, Herman Gra- Canizales, Alden G. Cockburn, Kenneth Proposals for group health insurance ham, Edward Green, Edward Howell, L. Cyrus, Glanville Davis, Reuben Ever- for Canal employees were received from Verneel Laing, Aster Lewis, Idelia Rich- sley, Ellis L. Fawcett, Pearl E. Ford, four insurance firms having local repre- ards, Owen B. Shirley, and Walpert Ber- Cecil Gittens, Karl L. Harris, Maurice H. sentatives in response to formal invita- nard. Heywood, Maudlin Holder, Muriel John- tions to bid on several different plans. final son, Hamilton Lavalas, Jorge J. Long, New Cristobal No decision had been reached by the Wilfred A. Lowe, Inez D. McKenzie, To be elected—Two councilmen. committee handling the group life insur- ance plans at the time this issue of Moises Minas, Walter B. Nichols, Eric Candidates—Geraldine Anderson, Al- The Review went to press, but it was ex- S. Oakley, Leonard Pennycook, Alphonso vin Hall, and Cecil A. Payne. Phillips, Rudolph G. Prince, Doris A. pected to make a definite announcement Silver City Heights Samuels, Ruthwin Samuels, Mildred A. within a short time. Sawyers, Thomas U. Sawyers, Cleveland To be elected—Eight councilmen. The committee to develop plans for Small, Cleveland E. Stevens, Ruth Tho- Candidates—Ivy Clark, Charles Davis, group health insurance is headed by F. mas, Hubert A. Thompson, Amy E. Wil- Joscelyn Evering, David Facey, Eric G. Dunsmoor and is composed of repre- liams, and Ernest Williams. Francis, Jefferson Joseph, Darn ley Sobers, sentatives from the Canal organization SANTA CRUZ Stanley Spence, F. A. Verley, Kenneth and representatives of Civic Councils and Weeks, and Bryon Wilson. labor unions. PoMs—Commissary, Service Center, At a meeting of the committee Rainbow City held "Dust Bowl" Area, and Center of Town- soon after the proposals from the insur- To be elected—Seven councilmen. site. ance firms were received, it was decided Candidates Rita Anderson, Keith To be elected—Six councilmen for two- — Bo- to accept one of the proposals for group wen, J. year term, and six alternates. Eugene Brathwaite, Holden L. hospitalization insurance, including major Cockburn, C. A. Candidates -Fred Bailey, Elisha Ben- Coleman, Harold A. medical coverage. The latter provides for Josephs, Doris nett, Christopher Cox, Elwin Conliffe, Parnther, Henry B. the coverage of expenses in event of long Thomas, White, Leroy Cooper, Arnold Dorville, Joseph Dave and Wilfred White. illnesses or in other instances where med-

French, Gladstone Grant, Mavis Grant, Camp Bierd ical expenses are far in excess of what is Kenneth Haughton, Rexford Inniss, Phil- To be elected—Four councilmen. covered by regular health insurance. lip Malcolm, Charles Mayers, One of the prerequisites for the Lillian Candidates -Wilfred Adams, Wilfred adop- Mairs, John Pascal, Evangeline tion of the plan on Prescod, Barrows, Rupert Beckford, William Jump, a Company-Govern- Iglesias Prince, Leonora Prince, ment basis will participation Clarence Raymond R. Simpson, and Zachariah be by a Thompson, John Small, Louis Small, Williams. minimum number of employees. While Joseph N. Smith, Ruby Thompson, and payroll deductions are authorized for Chagres Percival Wade. health insurance premiums, the plan, if To be elected —Two councilmen. adopted, will not be RAINBOW CITY CIVIC COUNCIL under the direct Candidates -Stanley Campbell, Ed- sponsorship of the Canal administration, Polls— House to house balloting in all ward Cole, Joseph Henlon, Erraim John- but will be administered by the partici- six towns. Thirty councilmen to be son, and Henry Watson. pating employees. _

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW November 2, 1956

Northern District Southern District POSITION Total Number of Total Number of Number of Reductions Grade Employed Reductions Employed Reductions 7 Section Head 9 3 19 4 Are Listed By Groups 5 Section Head 25 18 34 13 4 SalesClerk 18 2 28 4 Effected Jan. 1 3 Attd. Counter 21 7 24 2 To Be SalesClerk 37 15 68 43 Section Head 9_ 4_ 9 3 Force reduction notices were being Total 119 45 182 69 mailed out this week to 825 employees 40 on the local-rate rolls and between 10 Cook whose posi- and 50 U. S.-rate employees Cook, Serv. Cent 3 1 of tions are being abolished as a result 9 Cook 5 restricting the L955 Treaty provision for 7 Cook 13 2 23 privileges. purchase and free-entry 3 Cook 1 1 23 While the reductions will be primarily in the Commissary and Service Center Total 17 4 60 Divisions, many major units of the Canal 10 Steward 2 1 5 organization will lie affected because of 8 Steward 1 3 bumping rights. It is estimated that 3 Pantryman 9 1 18 more than 2,500 personnel actions will be required by this force reduction. In some Total 12 2 26 instances, as many as five or more employ- 8 Baker 5 2 ees may be displaced by a single force 6 Baker.. 4 1 2 reduction by the bumping procedure. 5 Baker 28 13 9 Most of the reductions will become 3 Baker. _. 13 5 1 effective at the end of this year, although a substantial number of employees re- Total 50 21 18 ceiving notice will not be separated from the service until the latter part of January. 7 Operator, Coffee Grinder 1 1 Operator, Coffee Roaster 1 1 Registers By Districts 6 Coffee Blender, 1 1 Units to be closed at the end of this 5 Operator, Ind. Lab 13 5 year as a result of the Treaty commit- Operator, Bag Mkg. Mach 2 ments are the Ancon, Tivoli, Chagres, Ice Cream Maker 4 2 and Camp Bierd Commissaries, the Pa- 4 Foreman Packing Line 1 1 cific and Camp Bierd Service Centers, Sausage Stuffer 2 2 and the Chagres Luncheonette. All em- 3 Attd. Service Sta 6 3 15 ployees in these establishments will re- ceive force reduction or reassignment Total 31 16 15 notices. Since many are employees with 7 Butcher 10 4 15 3 long service, they will displace employees Meat Sales Clerks 2 1 elsewhere in the Commissary or Service Smoke House Attd. ... 2 2 Center Division, or in other divisions of 6 Butcher 19 11 8 3 the Company-Government, as retention 5 Meat Sales Clerk____ 1 registers have been established on an 4 SalesClerk 18 2 28 4 organization-wide basis within the south- Butcher Helper 6 1 16 5 ern and northern districts. 3 Counter Attd 21 7 24 2 Force reduction procedures, which are SalesClerk 37 18 68 43 uniform for U. S.-rate and local-rate em- Section Head... 9 4 9 3 ployees except that two areas northern estab- and southern districts-have been Total.Total . 114 49 170 63 lished for local-rate employees at the re- quest of local-rate labor union represen- 5 Cashier 35 21 66 35 13 tatives, were explained in some detail in 4 Cashier 3 25 5 issue of The Review. the September Totalr..Totalr 48 24 91 40 The retention schedules (or registers) for three of the four main occupational 4 Locker Room Attd.. 5 groups of local-rate employees to be Janitor 1 3 affected are being carried in this issue of 3 Head Janitor 7 The Review as an aid to employees in Janitor 34 55 determining if they are likely to be affect- Hospital Attd.... 26 01 ed. The registers, prepared by the Per- Total 61 171 sonnel Bureau for The Review, include 4 Egg Candler 1 1 all full-time, part-time, and WAE employ- ees and the number of reductions in each category, but separate registers will be BASIC COMPETITIVE LEVEL used by the Personnel Bureau in deter- mining reductions and bumping rights for 2 Checker (Laundry) 2 33 5 each group. Counter Attendant 14 4 48 6 In addition to the retention schedules Kitchen Attendant 36 5 62 2 and the basic competitive levels shown Soda Dispenser 3 6 2 here for each occupational group, a fourth SalesClerkB 31 25 57 40 retention schedule has been prepared for Cashier A 2 2 employees in the categories of clerk, Janitor A 60 8 115 9 office helper, and messenger. In this Janitress A 2 14 group, 44 reductions are to be made in Watchman A 15 24 2 the northern district and 23 in the south- Total 165 42 361 66 ern district among Commissary Division

employees. In addition, eight reductions 1 Non-Mechanical Helper 54 31 12 7 from the group will be made by the Serv- Boy / 9 ice Center Division. Packer (Comsy.)---. 17 12 26 7 In the first occupational group shown Sales Clerk A.... 24 16 65 25

here, there are nine separate retention Elevator Operator 3 1 1 registers, from which employees may re- Total 99 60 113 treat to the same basic competitive levels, 39 November 2, 1956 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Northern District Southern District which are the jobs listed in Grades 1 and POSITION Total Number of Total Number of 2 levels. Employees listed in any given Grade Employed Reductions Employed Reductions register will only compete with each other 8 Storeman 11 9 1 for the positions retained in that register. 6 Storeman 1 1 24 After the bumping procedures are com- 5 Material Expeditor 33 5 25 3 pleted within a retention register, those 4 Delivery Man 8 2 employees displaced from that register 3 Delivery Man 4 14 2 will be entitled to retreat into jobs listed Stockman 55 16 40 11 in the Basic Competitive Level list. When this occurs, they will be in compe- Total 24 17 tition for these jobs with those from the other retention registers in the occupa-

7 Maintenance Man 28 1 65 1 tional group. 5 Mech. Helper 5 11 The following is an example of how 4 Utilitvman 29 74 2 this procedure will work: 3 Cattle Attendant... 5 On the first retention schedule shown, Cowboy 1 there are now 119 jobs in the northern Laborer 68 86 district, of which 45 will be abolished.

Loader and Puller.- 4 1 The 45 in this group with the lowest Lockman 73 97 number of retention credits (one credit Luggerman 109 60 92 38 for each year of service) will compete Trackman. 32 33 with those reduced in the eight other re- Coffee Dumper 1 1 tention registers in the occupational groups for the jobs listed in the Basic Total 62 42 Competitive Level. There are 264 positions in this Basic Competitive Level, 6 Crater .' 9 3 of which 102 will be abolished. This leaves 162 Rough Carpenter 11 14 jobs in Grades 1 and 2 in competition with all 5 Helper Mech 5 11 those from the higher categories. 4 Helper Crater and Packer 3 3 Cattle Attendant 5 Some Duplication Cowboy 1 In consulting the registers shown here, Laborer 68 86 the number of jobs listed and the number

Loader and Puller 4 1 of force reductions are greatly in excess Lockman 73 97 of the actual number of jobs and reduc- Luggerman 109 60 92 38 tions because of several duplications in Trackman 32 33 the registers. For example, the position

Coffee Dumper 1 1 of Lockman is listed in four of the indi- vidual registers in the first group. Al- Total 64 39 though no Lockmen positions will be abol- ished, they aie subject to displacement by employees with more retention credits. 6 Chauffeur 118 2 182 Because of the duplication, complete Operator Farm Equip 5 1 totals are shown only for the first register, Operator Ind. Truck 32 7 29 for the purpose of illustrating the pro- 5 Helper, Mech 5 11 cedure, and in the three Basic Competi- 4 Heavy Laborer 6 2 19 tive Levels. Elsewhere, only the total Ice Puller 6 number of reductions are shown. 3 Cattle Attendant 5 The retention schedules for the three Cowboy 1 occupational groups shown here were Laborer 68 86 prepared several days in advance of the Loader and Puller 4 actual date for the force reductions to be mailed and might be subject to some Total 12 10 minor changes. Registers Available 3 Lockman 73 97 Because of the many complications Luggerman 109 60 92 38 which arise in connection with a force Trackman 32 33 reduction of such scope at the end of this Coffee Dumper 1 1 year, all employees have been urged to familiarize themselves with Executive Total 61 38 Regulation No. 54, copies of which may be obtained from supervisors in the var- ious units. Employees who are affected 5 Teamster 1 1 by force reductions also may inspect all 4 Cowboy 1 retention registers and records that have Cattle Attd. (dairy barn) 1 a bearing on force reduction 3 Cattle Attendant 5 actions in their cases. Cowboy 1 Laborer 68 86 Retention registers will be maintained, for inspection of employees affected, in Loader and Puller 4 1 the Central Labor Office, Lockman 73 97 Cristobal, and in the Luggerman 109 60 92 38 Central Labor Office, Balboa. Trackman 32 33 Southern District* Total Number of Coffee Dumper 1 1 Class Employed Reductions

5 Laundry Sub-Foreman _ _ 5 1 Total 62 39 4 Presser 9 1 3 Laundryman 8 BASIC COMPETITIVE LEVEL Total... _1T ~2~

2 Barnman 8 2 BASIC COMPETITIVE LEVEL 2 Laundress (PressOperator) 17 Dairy Farm Hand Jt 1 Dairy Field Worker 10 3 Shirt-folder Opr 1 1

Laborer A 53 127 1 Laundryman (General) 2 2 Porter, Railroad / 1 Laundress _20 _/£ Total 40 Tj Total 76 6 127 * No employees in Northern District. . —

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW November 2, 1956

YOUR INTEREST AND GUIDANCE IN ApCI DENT PREVENTION FOR r . — ... w --UP , M M , ... - \^K - ' — — NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL AWARD OF MERIT HIGHWAY ZOO mmm

The OCTOPUS

This is the busy boy who is always reaching for something while he drives -the car roof, a cigarette, the lighter, the road mnp the coat on the back f seat, 'he popcorn bag and, at times, even the steering wheel. This big fish

is all arms, and needs more.

MATIONAt SAFerr COUNCIL

ACHIEVEMENT OF MORE than 1,000,000 man-hours of work without a lost-time accident was cele- Lt. W. Schull, Jr., to Wilson H. Crook, HONOR ROLL brated last month when a Safety Award was presented by Gov. H. Employee Service Bureau. Shown with the Lieutenant Governor and Mr. Bureau Award For Director of the Supply and Crook are: G. O. Kellar, Chief of the Safety Branch; Emmett Zemer, Safety Representative cf the BEST RECORD award-winning bureau; J. C. Randall, Chief of the Housing and Grounds Division; H. E. May, Superin- SEPTEMBER tendent of the Division of Storehouses; P. S. Thornton, General Manager of the Service Center Division; and R. L. Sullivan, General Manager of the Commissary Division. HEALTH BUREAU CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU Col. H. W. Schull, Jr., as Acting Gov- 1,299,388 employee hours of exposure, ernor and on behalf of the National during the period of May 2, 1956, through AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR Safety Council, presented their Award of July 10, 1956, without a disabling injury. Health 8 Merit to Mr. W. H. Crook, Supply and Civil Affairs 7 Mr. Crook accepted the Award on be- Service 3 Employee Service Deirector, in a cere- Supply and Employee half of the supervisors and employees of Engineering and Construction 1 mony held in the Governor's office on 1 the Supply and Employee Service Bureau. Marine October 15. Transportation and Terminals 1 Colonel Schull emphasized The National Safety Council presents the import- for perfect acci- ance of safety as related to successful and Division Award For its Awards of Merit only economical operations and NO DISABLING INJURIES dent records of 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 expressed his congratulations through Mr. SEPTEMBER man-hours of exposure, covering any per- Crook to the iod greater than 30 days. The achieve- employees responsible for this noteworthy COMMISSARY DIVISION ment in this case was the completion of accomplishment. LOCKS DIVISION HOSPITALS AND CLINICS FREQUENCY RATE— Disabling injuries per 1,000,000 employee- SEPTEMBER 1956 hours worked. HOUSING AND GROUNDS DIVISION I » INDUSTRIAL DIVISION BUREAU n a ELECTRICAL DIVISION si 2 i c 5 10 15 20 MOTOR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION 0.00 Health ^ STOREHOUSES DIVISION '!:: :::.:. :.::^ POLICE DIVISION 0.00 Civil Affairs

' :::". FIRE DIVISION '7/ v^ 1 1.93 AIDS TO NAVIGATION Supply and Employee Service SANITATION DIVISION fclilil 1 2.01 Marine AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR '.:::' .'.::m 8 3.79 Aids to Navigation 9 Canal Zone Govt. -Panama Canal Co. Sanitation 9 fcfSiiii Storehouses 9 2 5.47 Commissary 8 Transportation and Terminals

' ' ''...'.: Hospitals and Clinics - 8 .;.:;:: -.:^ Industrial 8 4 14.15 Motor Transportation. 8 Engineering and Construction .'.'.... l Service Center 8 L i ' Railroad 7 l'> 15 20 6 Dredging (Employee-hours worked 2,113,395) Electrical 6 LEGEND Housing and Grounds (7 mos.) 5 Maintenance 4

Locks 3 this month | Frequency Rate Navigation 3 Police (3 months) 3 [avIvIv.vIv] Accumulative Frequency Rate this Calendar Year Fire (3 months) 2 1953-1954-1955 Calendar Year Average Terminals 1 1 —

November 2, 1956 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW OF CURRENT AND FUTURE INTEREST

The annual drawing of low license plates active duty and assigned to the USS Storms will be held two weeks from today, on for service in the Far East. November i6, in the License Section office ROTC HEAD A graduate of Cristobal High School, in the Civil Affairs Building on Gaillard Lieutenant Whipple has spent much of his Highway. The drawing is, of course, open life here and is married to the former Bar- to the public. It will begin at 8:30 a. m. bara Brown, daughter of the late Capt. Sam Into the "hat" from which the numbers Brown of Cristobal. Accompanied by Mrs. are drawn go the names of those who filed Whipple and their young son, he left the applications for motor vehicle licenses to Isthmus in September and has been sta- the time of the drawing. tioned since then at the Seattle Naval Base. The light-green blanks on which car- He will sail aboard the Atka early this owners apply for their 1957 licenses are month for Little America via Pearl Harbor now available at all Canal Zone police sta- and New Zealand. tions, gasoline stations, the License Section office, office of Police and from the the Another Zonian off for far places is John Driver Cristobal. Examiner in Henderson, Jr., formerly Motion Picture The new license plates — which will have Maintenance Mechanic with the Service yellow numbers on a black background Center Division. He is now in Tokyo as a will not be mailed until December 1 and sound engineer with the Army Motion Pic- may be used on vehicles after that date. ture Service, Far East. His new job un- Across-the-counter issues will also begin doubtedly will take him to Korea, Okinawa, December 1 at the License Section in the and other places. Mr. Henderson left Oct- Civil Affairs Building. ober 12 and Mrs. Henderson and their son and daughter will join him in about 90 days. Twenty-eight of the more than 150 Com- Fellow employees of the Se'vice Center pany-Government supervisors who were Division said goodbye to the Hendersons nominated for participation in the Person- last month at a party at the Fern Room of nel Bureau's latest training program in the Tivoli Guest House. When Mr. Hen- "Supervision —Problems and Methods" be- derson left the Isthmus he was carrying a gan twice a week training October 16. handsome bag presented at the party. Classes will continue through December 18. The remaining nominees will be given MAJ. ROBERT STOKES, veteran of World War II For the first time in its history, the local their supervisory training later this fiscal and the Korean action, arrived recently to head branch of Alcoholics Anonymous is having year. Part of the training is scheduled ten- the Junior ROTC units at Balboa and Cristobal a public display of material used in its work. tatively for the Atlantic side, and one of High Schools. He is the first Major to be stationed The display which honors the eleventh an- the Pacific side groups is earmarked pres- with the local ROTC since 1952. niversary of the founding of the local group, ently as an all-woman group, provided the first to be established in Central or leave schedules, work loads, and other fac- South America, went on exhibition yester tors permit the assembly of a sufficient Service Center Library for teachers from day in the Canal Zone Library-Museum in number of women. the Atlantic side. the Civil Affairs Building. The first of the present two groups in- The lending program has already gotten The display included a large volume, cludes members from 14 different divisions off to a good start. Last month, 19 teachers called by members "The Big Book," a and branches: Mack F. Bailey, Lawrence requested books. Last Spring, when the number of copies of the local group's pub- program was carried out for a month on an lication, Grapevine, collection Barca, Jr., Louis C. Caldweli, Ralph R. The and a of Grassau, W. T. Hampton, W. W. E. Hoyle. experimental basis, 19 teachers requested AA pamphlets. Hubert W. Jarman, Robert S. Jeffrey, Fred- books and estimated that they were read I I children child, of course, erick A. Mohl, Edward H. Neville, Jr., °y ,7 3 — each One of the Canal Zone's most populous enjoying several books. Carl M. Pajak, G. O. Tarflinger, William buildings — if not the most populous for its N. Taylor, and William S. Wigg. size —began to lose its tenants last month The other group represents five major Yellow blossoms will gladden the eye when the first family in La Boca's Building Company-Government units. Its members in a year or so when a new addition to the 938 moved to more desirable quarters on are: Capt. E. G. Abbott, Harold L. Ander- landscaping of the Balboa Heights railroad "The Main," as La Bocans call La Boca son, Francis W. Blandin, Kenneth R. A. station begins its flowering season. The Road. Booth, G. A. Doyle, John E. Fisher, M. W. blossoms will appear on a yellow poinciana Before this move, three families lived in Foscue, George E. Girard, W. H. Hebert, tree which was planted last month to re- No. 938, with a total of 35 children among T. H. Hoenke, W. F. Morninweg, Capt. E. place an old screw-pine, one of the pan- them. One family had 13 children, another B. Rainier, Joseph C. Turner, and Nelson danus family. 11, and the third accounted for the remain- E. Wise. The pine, which was at least 40 years old, ing 11. began to break up in September. Without The remaining two families will mcve later Classroom libraries in the Canal Zone's deep roots, it was unable to stand heavy to other quarters and the once-populous elementary schools are now being aug- winds and began to come apart in sections. building will eventually be demolished. mented by books from the Canal Zone By the middle of October it had been re- Library. Last month the Library began duced to a single stem. After a careful look again to check children's books out to ele- at the situation, personnel of the Housing mentary teachers, a plan which was tried and Grounds Division decided that the pine of last spring with remarkable success. had seen the last its days and would The books are not used for classroom have to be replaced. work but to supplement those available for recreational reading. They will be issued Six brothers and sisters, all born in the one week each month —the week in which Canal Zone, met under the same roof re- the 15th day falls— to elementary school cently for the first time in 25 years when teachers who request them. Each teacher they gathered at the Valhalla, N. Y., home may have up to 15 books. The requests of their father, Charles Mohl. Mr. Mohl will be filled at the main Library for Pa- is a retired Canal employee and worked cific side teachers, and at the Margarita here as a plumber for many years. Altogether there were 33 persons at the family reunion, including "in-laws" and 19 grandchildren. The six brothers and sisters are: Fred- ^J-Mfc^l erick A. Mohl and Paul W. Mohl of Diablo Heights; Charles Mohl, Jr., of New York City; Mrs. Elise Johanson and Mrs. Helena Official Canal Company Publication Panama Pfitzer of Valhalla; and Mrs. Lydia Shin- Published Monthly Al Balboa Heights, C. Z. kin of White Plains, N. Y. Printed by the Printing Plant, Mount Hope, Canal Zone Seeing the world with the U. S. Navy W. E. Potter, Governor-President may be old stuff for Fred Whipple, former Lieutenant Governor H. W. Schull, Jr., employee in the Aids to Navigation Section. W. G. Arev, Jr., Public Information Officer Nevertheless it was a surprise when he re- joined the Navy recently to find that he J. Rufus Hardy, Editor has been assigned to the USS Atka, one of Eleanor H. McIlhenny, Assistant Editor the icebreakers being sent to the Antarctic for the Navy's Operation Deepfreeze II. On sale at all Panama Canal Service Centers. officer, he his first referred to Commissaries, and Hotels for 10 days after publica- As a reserve had taste DUKE, sometimes as the "Venerable tion date at 5 cents each. Subscriptions, $1 a year; of Navy travel in 1948 soon after he was Sir," has been with the J. C. Randalls for all of his mail and back copies, 10 cents each. graduated from the Kings Point Merchant 16 years. When the Randalls lived in Cristobal, Marine Academy. His first trip was to the Duke thought the Housing Office couldn't run with- Postal money orders made payable to the Pan- the Harry F. Bauer. out frequently ran home to see ama Canal Company should be mailed to Editor, Arctic aboard USS him and away from The Panama Canal Review, Balboa Heights, C. Z. During the Korean War he was recalled to that things were going satisfactorily at the office. THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW November 2, 1956 Canal Geologist PAGES FROM THE Added To List AVS HIST Of Singletons THIS MONTH

50 Years Ago cial ships, were the lowest of the calendar year. Preparatory to possible force reduc- November 1906, was Teddy Roosevelt tions, Canal employees were asked to fill out month. From November 14, when the questionnaires stating how many members USS Louisiana put into Limon Bay, until of their families were on the payroll and at November 17, when the United States' what salaries, and Gov. Harry Burgess and biggest and newest man-of-war sailed for labor leaders worked out a plan for "reduc- Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone thought of tion in time" rather than a percentage layoff. little else than the President. It was not Because of complaints of the Grace only the first time a Chief Executive had Line, the Panama Railroad agreed to visited the Canal Zone; it was also the withdraw its freighters, theGuayaquil and first time a President had ever left the Buenaventura, from the run between New United States during his term of office. York and ports on the west coast of Col- (A more complete account of the visit ombia and Ecuador. appears elsewhere in this issue). The month's visitors included Igor Si- Although comparatively little space was korsky who arrived aboard the "world's given to them in the daily newspapers of the largest amphibian" which he had designed. period, there were other items of interest 50 Another visitor teas a pretty girl with the years ago this month. An Executive Order too-pat name of Aloha Wanderwell who signed by President Roosevelt made radical told harrowing tales of the Brazilian jungles. ROBERT H. STEWART changes in the organization Canal Zone of He's the singleton geologist affairs. Its effect was to place the work and 10 Years Ago government the Canal Zone under the If Robert H. Stewart doesn't stop of Panama and the United States contin- direction the Chairman the Isthmian taking his 11-year-old son on hikes of of ued their discussion of the status of de- and Canal Commission, aided by the chiefs field trips, he's going to put himself of fense sites within the Republic of Pan- out the various bureaus who would report di- of business as the Canal Zone's ama. These bases had been occupied by one and rectly to the Commission. The title Gov- only geologist. The youngster, of U. S. forces since 1941. David, ernor was abolished. is learning so fast that he's going to be Following his return from a meeting of The full Commission gathered in the able to tell the difference between Eocene the Special Board of Consultants for Isth- Canal Zone for the President's visit, and and Pleistocene formations almost mian Canal Studies, Col. James H. Strat- any on November 20 held a meeting to dis- day now. ton, Supervising Engineer, announced that cuss the Canal's affairs. One of their act- Mr. Stewart is a geologist because he the field of studies had been narrowed to tions was the establishment of a 10-hour likes the out-of-doors, and he is a geolo- eight canal routes. All but two of these day for laborers. This was not mandatory gist in the Canal Zone because he likes were within the Republic of Panama. but was considered an opportunity for the Isthmus. Also on the Canal studies front was the those who wished to augment their pay. announcement that final preparations Born in Jamestown, N. Y., he started Two hundred new and bigger steel dump were completed for hydraulic tests on a out to be a minister. When he was in cars were ordered the Canal work. Each for half-mile-long model of a sea-level canal. college, first in Kendall College, Chi- car would hold about 25 cubic yards. Also The model stood on the flats east of Mir- cago, and later in Miami University in ordered in November were eight new Lidg- aflores Locks. Ohio, he "had to major in something," erwood unloaders. In Mexico City, an engineer proposed he says, in his pre-theological training. Construction days weren't all privation the replacement of the Panama Canal with Geology was a natural for him. and primitive living: The commissaries a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuan- After he was graduated from Miami- announced a shipment of guinea hen and tepec. Ships up to 15,000 tons in size he had acquired a wife in his Junior year a Panama banker reported that he had would be put into rolling drydocks and and both of them were working in their on his books "over 100 men in the employ hauled from ocean to ocean. spare time to earn enough for their col- of the Commission save each month who Zonians were upset over the proposed lege expenses—he went on to the Garrett more than 66 percent of their salaries." rent increase to go into effect the first Biblical Institute, a section of North- 25 Years Ago of the year. Gov. F. K. Newcomer met western University. He studied there for with labor leaders to explain the basis on two years and even had a church of his Traffic through the Panama Canal was which the proposed rent increase was to own for about a year, but one thing and halted about three days in November be made. another made him realize that his voca- 1931, for the first time since 1923, when The price of U. S. butter in the Panama tion was not the church. In the mean- heavy rains over the Gatun Lake water- Canal commissaries rose to $1.10 a pound, time he had been helping out in North- shed were followed by a slide on the east and the butter shortage restricted ice cream western's Geology Department. Event- bank of the Cut, half a mile north of Gold sales to ice cream in sodas and sundaes. ually he transferred there on an instruct- Hill. By the time the Canal was re- An Isthmian shortage of Scotch whiskey or's scholarship and received his masters opened, on November 11, 53 ships had was relieved by the arrival of a thousand- degree in paleontology. David was born lined up for transit. case shipment. while his rather was a graduate student. Floods on the Chagres River swept away The scheduled reentry of the SS Cris- In 1946 Mr. Stewart came to the Isth- the debris-boom at Gamboa. Twelve spill- tobal into the Panama Line service in mus as a geologist with the Special Engi- way gates at Gatun were opened simulta- January, and of the SS Ancon during the neering Division. For the next two years, neously for the first time. Slides covered 650 spring of 1947, after complete renovation he did field work on possible sea-level- feet of the Panama Railroad track near for civilian service, was announced in canal routes and became an expert on the Summit and a number of other slides oc- New York. section of Panama between the Canal curred on the newly-built Madden Road. Zone and the Colombian border. The Madden Dam Division, which was One Year Ago After the Special Engineering Divi- in charge of building the dam across the A bust of Viscount Ferdinand de Les- sion's work was finished, he returned to Chagres River— although the actual work seps, built who the Suez Canal and began the States and spent the next five years was to be done by contract—was formally work on the Panama Canal, was pre- with the United States Geological Survey organized. By the end of the month, the sented to the Panama Canal Company working on such varied projects as ura- employees and equipment of its Balboa by the Suez Canal Company. Making nium distribution in Florida, lead and Heights office were moved to Madden the presentation was Count Pierre de zinc deposits in New York State, and Dam and the nucleus of the contractors' Lesseps, the engineer's greatgrandson. distribution of off-shore sediments in the work-force had arrived. Philip L. Steers, Jr., was appointed Gulf of Mexico. The depression was beginning to make Comptroller of the Panama Canal Com- By 1953 the Stewarts were tired of itself felt. November transits, 376 commer- pany, succeeding Lindsley H. Noble. moving around— ten times in five years November 2, 1956 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

Zone High School Graduates Scatter Library Asks Readers' Help

As They Enter "Bright New World" In Curbing Book Vandalism

Every June a couple of hundred young and three girls from Cristobal High School, "Help us curb vandalism," the Canal Zonians put their high school days behind are together at Northwest Missouri State Zone Library staff are asking the readers them and step out into the bright new College in Marysville, Mo., and another who borrow books from the Library and worlds they talk about in commencement Canal Zone quartet, two boys and a girl its branches. speeches. from Balboa High School and a Cristobal Bookmarks appealing to the reader to High School girl graduate are attending Without a crystal ball it's hard to tell help protect the library collection were what they'll be doing a decade from now the University of Florida. tucked into circulating books last month but their present whereabouts are an open The University of Miami in Florida, after several of the library's volumes book, thanks to statistics collected and Tulane in Louisiana, and the University were found to have been mutilated. The compiled by the Division of Schools. of Colorado have three June graduates bookmarks ask readers to report imme- Over half of them have gone on to apiece. In the two-each, class are Miss- diately to the circulation desk any cut college, a tenth of the boys are in the issippi State, Georgia Tech, Auburn, or marked pages they find in books or armed services, and a tenth of the girls Notre Dame, Whittier, and Texas Christ- magazines they have borrowed. are married. They have scattered from ian University. Brazil to Scotland. One Balboa High School graduate is Books of fine photographs and maga- zines with exceptionally good illustrations The percentage of young Zonians a plebe at the United States Naval who finish high school here and con- Academy at Annapolis, and another is are those most frequently abused, ac- tinue their education in colleges or at the United States Coast Guard Acad- cording to the library staff. universities is exceptionally high. Ac- emy. Two of Cristobal High School's Wilful damage to or mutilation of any graduates enrolled at the cording to specialists in the education June have book or periodical which is the property U. S. Merchant Marine Academy at field, about 46 percent of high school of the government is a criminal offense, Kings Point, N. Y. graduates in the United States go on the library staff points out. Violators are college, to compared to the 64.8 percent Six June graduates are in universities subject to prosecution under the Canal of this year's graduates Balboa from outside the United States and the Canal Zone Code. High School, and 52 percent from Cris- Zone. Nearest home is one student at the tobal High School. University of Panama and the farthest granted appren- Of the 174 graduates of Balboa High away is one in the University of Geneva from Balboa, have been School, 68—or 39 percent—are attending in Switzerland. Others are attending the ticeships with the Panama Canal Com- college in the United States and 45 others, University of Mexico, the University of pany. or 25.8 percent of the class, are enrolled Scotland, the London Laboratory School, While the number of girl graduates in the Canal Zone Junior College. Thirty- and the Official Spanish School of who have married is less this year, in one of Cristobal High School's graduating Dancing. an overall picture, than the number last class of 72 students are on college cam- Twenty-three of the young men who year- 11 last year to 8 this year— this puses in the United States and seven were graduated from Balboa and Cristo- year's eight brides are evenly divided others are in Junior College here, rooting bal High Schools last June have entered between Balboa and Cristobal High for the Green Devils. the Armed Forces. This is three more Schools. Canal Zonians are freshmen this year than last year's figure, although there Most of the graduates who have elected at 83 different colleges and universities were fewer Cristobal High School boys to go to work have remained on the Isth- in the United States—from Wellesley in who selected the military services this mus. A few have taken jobs in the States Massachusetts to Whittier in California year than last. and three, all Balboa High School grad- and from Wisconsin in the frost belt to One young graduate is in a trade school uates, have gone farther afield. One of the University of Arizona in the sunlands. in Miami, Fla., and four young men, them is working in Brazil, another in Four of last year's graduates, one boy three from Cristobal High School and one Colombia, and the thiid in Venezuela. seemed a bit too much—and the tropics were beginning to call. In September of School Evaluators that year he returned to the Canal Zone as an engineer with the Meteorology and Hydrographic Branch and within a few months found himself transferred on loan to the Contractors Hill Project. Since last June his formal title has been that of Geologist in the Engineering Division. By special arrangement he does geo- logical work in Panama after he winds up a working day on Paraiso Slide, Gold Hill, or some other project. For the past few months he has been working on the geol- ogy of the new water system for Panama. In his spare time he enjoys nothing more than hiking around the Isthmus and finds it educationally profitable. On one recent trip he discovered a sedimen- tary basin about 20 miles wide and some 40 miles long. Since this is of the pre- Tertiary Age, its discovery pushes the geologic knowledge of the Isthmus back another 50 to 75 million years. On the same trip he found the grass-grown re- mains of the manganese mines up the Boqueron River. These mines had never been worked. The Stewart family—two boys and three girls, ranging in age from two THREE PROMINENT educators from Panama last month began a study of the Canal Zone's Latin months to 11 years—live on Barnebey American schools. The field work will take about two weeks. Shown above are the three evaluators Street in Balboa. They are all out-of- with C. Z. schools officials. Prof. Temistocles Cespedes, who served as consultant for the Latin American doors minded and, all but the baby, are schools, is seated. Left to right, standing, are: S. E. Esser, Superintendent of Schools; Max Arosemena, of Panama; and Walter Oliver, developing a healthy curiosity about the L former Minister of Education; Dr. Rafael Moscote of the University things they see. Supervisor of Spanish for the Zone schools. — ——

10 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW November 2, 1956 Tivoli, Opened For A President, Will Be 50 Years Old This Month

Schools D. C. O'Connor, and Chief San- itary Officer Col. W. C. Gorgas.

It is also probable that the President breakfasted at the Tivoli on November 17 before he took off again along the line, "dressed in a negligee white suit, khaki leggings, and a Panama hat," for a day which did not end until late that evening when, after a speech in Mount Hope and two in Cristobal, he finally boarded the launch for the Louisiana. Most Zonians believe that the Pres- ident and Mrs. Roosevelt were the Tiv- oli's first guests. Actually they were preceded by several days by the Chair- man of the Isthmian Canal Commis- sion, Theodore P. Shonts, Mrs. Shonts, and their two daughters; by Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the Commission's Sec- retary; Reed B. Rogers, its General Counsel, and Mrs. Rogers all of whom were guests at the hotel. After the departure of the President's party and the Commission officials, things calmed down for a while at the Tivoli and preparations continued for its open- ing to the public. In December a group PRECEDENT WAS BROKEN 50 years ago this month when a President of the United States left the of S. Congressmen arrived, to country to see how work was progressing in the Canal Zone. Grouped around President Theodore Roose- U. spend velt (center, in a white suiti are: John F. Stevens, Chief Engineer, left front; Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts, what contemporary journalists called wife of the Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission; Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the Commission's "Roosevelt days," looking over the Canal Secretary; Dr. Presley M. Rixey, Surgeon General; Mr. Latta, a White Secretary; Mrs. Roosevelt; House work. Mrs. Stevens; and Mr. Shonts, Isthmian Canal Commission Chairman. The small boy is Donald F. Stevens, son of the Chief Engineer. Although they had apparently been having a strenuous time, the Congress- men were not so worn out that they "Mrs. Roosevelt and I think it advis- islands at the Pacific terminal, the Pres- could not attend a New Year's Eve dance, able for several reasons for us to go to ident and Mrs. Roosevelt had dropped in given at the Tivoli by the Culebra Club. (the) hotel," said the cabled message at an employees' mess for luncheon. An This first public function —as near a for- from the President of the United States enthusiastic reception in Panama City, mal opening as the Tivoli ever had one October day, 50 years ago. speeches from a stand in front of the drew a crowd of nearly 500 and was the No major crisis would occur here today Cathedral, a dinner at the Presidencia, fore-runner of the many gay balls and if a President declined an invitation to and an evening reception at the Com- parties of the next half century. be the Governor's houseguest and indi- mercial Club had filled the rest of the day. cated his preference for the Tivoli Guest The old records don't show it, but it Later, the Tivoli Club was formed and House—but this is 1956 and the Roose- must be assumed that the Roosevelts had from towns along the line came the velt cable was sent in 1906. breakfast at the Tivoli the next morning younger Zonians for its parties, on the The Tivoli—the hotel of the message before "Teddy" began his first day "on second and fourth Saturdays of each was nearly completed but not all of its the line" in a pouring downpour which month. The girls, dressed in party gowns equipment had arrived. Its permanent put two feet of water on the shop floors and carrying their dancing-slippers in manager had not been selected and it was at Bas Matachin. It is certain that he fancy bags, came to town in labor cars not staffed to serve ordinary guests, met that night at the Tivoli with "our and each girl, oldtimers declared, had at much less a President of the United leading officials"- -as the invitations were least three chaperones! States who was breaking precedent by worded to such dignitaries as Chief Jus- Fred DeV. Sill, well-known oldtimer, leaving the country during his term of tice Mutis Duran, Superintendent of recalls that when rooms were scarce on office. Somehow or other things worked out, and when President Theodore Roose- velt and his party stepped onto the wide front porch of the Hotel Tivoli on November 15, 1906, there was a suite waiting for them directly above what is now the Fern Room. Actually the President and Mrs. Roos- evelt spent very few hours at the hotel or in their suite. Luncheon had been prepared for them at the Tivoli for the day of their arrival but it was long after lunchtime when the President and his party finally arrived. They had come ashore at Cristobal's flag-decked Pier 11 from the USS Louis- iana, the country's "biggest and newest man-of-war," that morning, crossed the Isthmus in the old De Lesseps special car La France, and had left the train near the Tivoli at a special station so that the President could disembark in Canal Zone territory. Instead of going to the hotel, they had directly for La Boca where, after headed HIGH STYLE IN the Tivoli's early days—but mighty uncomfortable looking by modern standards a cruise aboard the tug Bolivar past the was the furniture in this private sitting-room in the hotel. The electric fixtures were the very latest word. November 2, 1956 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 11

STILL NOT ENTIRELY finished, the Hotel Tivoli in Ancon looked like this when it housed its first guests—the party of President Theodore Roosevelt—in November 1906. The bandstand was later torn down and the covered front steps were replaced by the present porte-cochere. weekends the men from Culebra and one time, four ex-presidents of Panama added in 1911, at the same time the hotel Empire and Gorgona thought nothing were refuged there. was able to boast of its first elevator; of stretching out on Tivoli billiard- hot water was piped into all bathrooms During the war years, the Pergola Bar tables to spend the night. the following year and in 1913 the present was crowded with intelligence agents, porte-cochere replaced the covered front It was at one of the Tivoli dances, in each trying to find out what the other steps. What is now the Pergola Bar, origi- 1908, that the daughter of the American knew, newspapermen who were doing nally covered with an awning, was added Minister slipped out of the ballroom, their best to sort fact from fiction, and the same year, but did not serve liquor while the orchestra played a "bunny hug," contractors, each trying to find out what until 1936. and, in a room in the north wing, was his rival was likely to bid. married to Adm. Harry H. Rousseau. A Before the hotel was finished there was The Hotel Tivoli was started during few minutes later she was dancing again; talk of having it operated "by some good the latter half of 1905. It was built, it was not until several days later that hotel men" who would "take it off our according to a letter from Governor Ma- the marriage was revealed. hands, running it as a commercial prop- goon to ICC Chairman Shonts, "to sup- The first register of the old hotel, like osition," but nothing came of it and, dur- ply quarters for the employees in and the plaque which once decorated the ing the construction period, it was run about Panama and while the building is "Roosevelt Suite," has disappeared, but by the Division of Labor, Quarters, and adapted to commercial purposes, that use a good many of its guests will long be Subsistence. should be made secondary to the use for remembered. which it was erected ... It is desirable Its first manager was Jackson Smith, There was the Prince of Wales, now that some of the rooms should be reserved head of the Division, who soon dele- the Duke of Windsor. Martin L. Rich- for visitors to the Isthmus who have some gated his duties to J. M. McGuire, ards, Chief Pantryman at the Tivoli and claims upon the Commission and possibly familiarly known as "Molly." Later the hotel's senior employee, remembers open to the general public." managers included Peter Geyer, W. T. peeping at the Prince's party during a McCormack, who ran the hotel for formal dinner on the second-floor porch. Originally designed for "metal and plaster," the hotel was changed to a many years, Andrew Johnston, John He doesn't think he will ever forget the frame structure with a brick center- McEwen, James E. Lewis, Donald J. "men in uniform, with many medals, and section recently the Hendrick, and P. S. Thornton. The the lovely ladies." — uncovered when present manager is H. J. Chase. There was young Charles Lindbergh, building was redecorated when Chief Engineer John F. Stevens ordered that here with his Congressman father when At the end of January 1951, the old "no money be spent on frills." he was only 11 years old. He registered hotel went out of business as a commer- himself, and his childish signature is one The central rear three-story wing was cial enterprise. of the Tivoli's prizes. There was John Barrymore during the early 1930's. Kenneth O. Sealey, who has been at the Tivoli for 35 years and is now its telephone operator, re- calls that Barrymore tipped him $5 for a bottle-opener that had cost 10 cents. There were the "Duke and Duchess of Balboa,"—Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Mc- Ginniss—who were permanent guests and who lived in the "Roosevelt suite" for many years. There was E. W. Scripps, founder of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, here on his yacht. He ensured good service by distributing $10 gold pieces in advance to the Tivoli staff. The service, R. K. Morris remembers, was excellent. There was another heavy tipper, a man remembered by the staff only as a Mr. Alves, a British mining operator. Tele- phone operator Sealey, however, amaz- ingly recalls that he was in room 140. He drank quantities of Vichy water and rewarded good service with $5 and $10 tips. There have been movie actors, gen- erals, congressmen, admirals, and just service is represented by this sextet. Seated, left to right, are: plain tourists. (For years the Tivoli A TOTAL OF 169 years of at the Tivoli Ivanhoe C. Tovaris, Bell Captain, 32 years; Kenneth O. Sealey, Telephone Operator, 35 years; Cora served luncheon to several hundred every Charles, Assistant Housekeeper, 18 years at the Tivoli (plus 8 years at the Hotel Washington); and Mar- time a cruise ship put into port.) There tin L. Richards, Chief Pantryman, 37 years. Standing: Aubrey G. Thorbourne, Clerk, 19 years at the were politicians and political refugees; at Tivoli (plus 8 years at the Washington); and Emanuel O. Moore, Head Bartender, 27 years. November 2, 1956 12 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

items. Mr. Sullivan said store mana- gers would be notified to have these available at all cash registers. Before the forum adjourned, new items of wearing apparel for men, women, and children were shown to the customer representatives. Those attending the conference were: Latin American towns will be handled Subjects ranging from a request for a Rainbow City Civic Council-Jefferson the this year, he said, by the Civic Councils deferment in the closing date of Joseph, Mrs. Rita Anderson, Mrs. Doris cooperation with the Commissary Div- Chagres Commissary to a suggestion that in Parnther, Mrs. Idelia Richards, Kenneth ision, and Santa Claus will meet his young the commissaries in the Latin American Weeks, D. E. White; friends elsewhere than in the commissar- towns stock a small supply of better cuts Paraiso Civic Council—Thomas Saw- last month at a ies. Rainbow City has selected the gym- of beef were discussed yers, Mrs. Mildred Sawyers, Mrs. Ruth of nasium as its Santa Claus headquarters forum attended by representatives Smith, Mrs. Maudlin Holder, Mrs. Inez Paraiso is making plans but had not these communities and of the Supply and and McKenzie, Alfonso Alexis, Hamilton La- forum completed arrangements at the time of Employee Service Bureau. The valas; the forum. was held October 9 in the Board Room La Boca Civic Council—Cleveland Rob- at Balboa Improvements made in the commissar- of the Administration Building erts, Mrs. Clarissa Flemmings, Mrs. Mu- ies as the result of the previous forum Heights. riel White, Mrs. Pearl Soley, Mrs. Gloria by Mr. Crook. These in- The question of the closing date for were outlined Llewelyn; cluded: Addition of hosiery color-charts the Chagres store was raised by Jefferson Santa Cruz Civic Council—Richard T. the hosiery sections; revision of the Joseph, president of the Rainbow City to Burns, Miss Violet Henry, Mrs. J. Sealey, the supply trailer to Paraiso Civic Council, who said that the families schedule for Mrs. B. Small, Mrs. 0. Millett, Mrs. L. because a change in its loading so that bread living in Chagres are concerned and Prince; installation of a lattice as they will have to do their shopping at comes off first; Supply and Employee Service Director— for the Paraiso Rainbow City Commissary after January a protection against rain W. H. Crook; and from the fare to Commissary's kerosene buyers; relocation 1, and this will mean adding bus Commissary Division— R. L. Sullivan, asked, of the bus stop at the Rainbow City Com- the cost of their groceries. They T. G. Relihan, W. C. Bain, J. M. Brown, be kept missary; addition of packagers at peak- he said, that the commissary V. J. Huber, C. P. Shay, and Mrs. Gladys check-out stands; assignment open until the town is depopulated. times at the Conley. Wilson H. Crook, director of the bu- of extra help at peak periods in the shoe reau, pointed out—as he did repeatedly section at Rainbow City Commissary. made by the community during the conference —that withdrawal Suggestions To Get of commissary privileges from non-res- representatives during the October con- Balboa Stadium ident employees next January 1, ac- ference included: Four-item checkout cording to the Treaty, will mean a loss stands during rush periods in the retail Complet e Renovation of 85 percent of the Commissary's Div- stores; addition of several items to the ision's Latin American trade. commissary stock including shadow proof When Zonians gather in the Balboa shirts in larger sizes, This means, among other things, he slips, gloves, boys' Stadium November 12 for a Veterans' yardage for men's suits in all of the retail planned veterans' organ- said, that the Commissary Division "will Day program by stores, and long-line brassieres; a special will be hoiding the last pub- have to pull in its operations or let costs izations, they leaflet for the Latin American trade, sim- as they have soar." Mr. Crook told the men and lic meeting in the Stadium ilar to the weekly circular for customers past 40 years. women attending the forum that it is not known it for the of the U. S.-rate commissaries; a check for athletic events, likely that the Chagres store will be kept As a grandstand why certain items, such as crochet thread is to be used for the last open until the town is depopulated. the Stadium some shoe sizes are frequently out of High School The request for better cuts of meat in and time tonight when Balboa why bread supplies are ex- College in the Latin American stores was brought stock; and plays the Canal Zone Junior hausted well before commissary closing the season. up during a general discussion of the meat their final football game of hours. cel- situation, especially in connection with a The day after the Veterans' Day Most of those attending the forum started on the number of customer complaints that pre- ebration, work will be said they had never seen the standard the grandstand. The packaged meat is not available in several remodeling of commissary forms on which they could as part of stores for some time after the opening stadium, built 40 years ago make suggestions or request new or old and ath- hours in the morning. the original Balboa Stadium and re- W. C. Bain, superintendent of the Re- letic field, will be demolished seats to ac- frigerated Products Branch, pointed out Customers' Men placed with bleacher-type con- that pre-packaging of meat items, in large commodate 1,500 spectators. The alterations to the quantity and in a limited space, presents tract for the major side center is held by Chain a considerable problem, even if an earlier Pacific of shift were put to work in Tivoli Commis- Singh & Company, Panama. the installation of the sary and in others where there is a similar In addition to plans call for the expansion of difficulty. La Boca Commissary, how- bleachers, of ever, has worked out a solution by start- the dressing rooms and replacement of aluminum. ing some employees earlier, he pointed out. the present roof with one stands Several representatives from Santa The two new steel-frame bleacher Cruz reported that they have to wait will be located along the baseball dia- for meat to go on sale in the morning, mond's third-base line. especially on Tuesdays after the store has The original Balboa Stadium and grand- fan- been closed for the weekend. stand was opened with considerable Toward the end of the meat discus- fare on a Sunday, December 29, 1916, sion, a delegate from Rainbow City when the Canal Zone Champions and the asked that sirloin and porterhouse Camp Empire teams played a regular- steaks and roasts and other of the bet- league game. According to a contempor- ter cuts of beef be available in the com- ary account in the local newspapers, a missaries, especially during pay-weeks. crack band from Camp Empire played, Hamilton Lavalas of Paraiso raised the and the opening game took on the air of subject of toy sales when he asked if there a major league opening in the States. could be one central Toyland this year Canal Zone authorities took advantage instead of having toys distributed in the JEROMK F. EVANS, left, who ended over 30 years of the opening of the new athletic center of government service last month, turned over his various Pacific commissaries. R. L. Sul- to set up a number of new rules and reg- duties as manager of the Balboa Commissary to ulations, not all of which met with public livan, General Manager, Commissary Charles P. Shay, who has been with the Commissary Division, said that this plan will be fol- Division since 1930. At one of the most elaborate favor. One of these was a rule that the Commissary's em- lowed next year, but that toys have al- parties they have ever held, the open betting which had been common ployees this week said goodbye to their old boss and ready been sent to the retail stores at practice at some of the league parks was hello to their new one. Their farewell present to Mr. strictly forbidden. Anyone breaking Tivoli, Paraiso, and Santa Cruz. Evans was a lounge chair, which they now hope dealt severely. The annual visit of Santa Claus to the he'll have time to use. this rule was to be with Novembei 2, 1956 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 13 Rehabilitation Of Juvenile Prisoners Bolstered By Work Of Volunteer Teacher

for the young prisoners. Under the guid- ance of Sgt. George A. Martin, Officer-in- Charge of Gatun and recently by Sgt. George J. Roth, Acting Officer-in-Charge, the boys are producing all sorts of things from wooden lawn furniture to a collec- tion of gaily-painted wooden toys which are to be sent to the children in the Gatun Lake District at Christmas time. At present, the tools used in the work- shop are not too elaborate, but the police hope to improve on this situation as soon as it is possible to install power-tools. With the installation of more equip- ment, the boys will be able to manufacture other simple items of furniture. These products will be sold and the proceeds, after cost of the materials has been de- ducted, will be placed to their credit in a fund which will be given them after they leave Gatun. The Gatun prison will never have a large prisoner population— its top capac- ity being 9 boys and 18 women. Juveniles sent to serve sentences there are delin- quents under 16 years of age who have long records of repeated offenses. Situated on a small hill within sight of the Panama Canal, the prison is a cool and TEXTBOOK IN HAND, Mrs. Elouise Small cf the Chagres elementary school, teaches the three "Rs" airy cement building which is kept spot- juvenile prisoners at Gatun. One of the boys has learned to write and to read during his jail term. lessly clean through the efforts of the prisoners themselves under the direction An 11 -year-old Panamanian lad who re- with some help from local religious and of the guards and the supervision of the cently completed a 90-day sentence in the fraternal organizations and an occasional police. Health and cleanliness, the police Canal Zone Prison at Gatun, is now able assist in the way of fruit trees or equip- believe, are also among the important to read and write, thanks to a rehabilita- ment from companies in the Canal Zone. lessons to be learned. tion program set up by the Canal Police. Gardening, which the boys tackle The Canal Zone Police feel that the He not only learned to read and write with great gusto, is done under the work being done at Gatun these days is during the 90 days he spent in jail, but direction of Ruben Cohen, a police only part of the job of rehabilitation. he also was taught the rudiments of gar- guard who has been with the Canal After the boys leave the prison the po- dening and carpentering. Police hope Zone Police since 1938. Mr. Cohen has lice do all they can to assist them to con- that he has gained enough interest and a super green thumb and a way with tinue in school and keep up with their skill in these new projects so that he will the boys. The three of them now have newly-acquired skills. In this connection continue after he leaves Gatun. the garden producing onions, tomatoes, they have received the support of the The idea of securing the services of a cucumbers, and various other green Panama police, who also have the juvenile tutor for the young delinquents sent to vegetables while, a short distance away, delinquent problem under study. Gatun to serve sentences originated when it there are lime and orange trees, plan- The fact that the boys have all taken was discovered that the 1 1-year-old, a resi- tain, bananas, papayas, and avocados. a keen interest in the projects and studied dent of Colon, had never attended school. The vegetables and fruit supplement their school lessons diligently once they Deducing that possibly this was one the prison diet of both the boys and were given an opportunity—and full tum- of the reasons that the young prisoner women prisoners. mies—is probably the best indication that had five counts of petit larceny in his The carpentry shop is another natural the program is a success, they say. disfavor, Capt. E. S. Shipley, Cristobal Police District Commander, asked for help from the Latin American Elemen- tary School in Chagres. Mrs. Elouise Small, who teaches in Charges, volunteered her services and pro- ceeded to instruct not only the young- est prisoner, but to tutor two other older prisoners and bring them up to date in their school work. She has managed to accomplish this by giving a few hours of her own time each Wednesday afternoon following her reg- ular duties at the Chagres school. During this period she hears their lessons and gives them homework for the coming week and every so often gives them an examination or an ability test. The books used are being furnished by the Canal Zone School Division. Both the Police and Mrs. Small report that the system is working just fine. By the end of 90 days of instruction, the youngest prisoner was doing good first grade work and the others had kept up in the fifth and sixth grades. The other part of the rehabilitation WORK IX THE garden at the Canal Zone Prison for Women and Juveniles provides healthful outdoor program is being carried out by the Police exercise for the young prisoners as well as fruit and vegetables for use in the prison. 57

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both were sergeants in the military service, both started their careers in Cristobal, both PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS are now officers in the Fire Division, both have unbroken service, not only with the Canal organization but also with the Fire Division, and both have reputations among September 75 through October 75 their friends as being especially handy men. Let's take them one at a time: Employees who were promoted or trans- TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS BUREAU Second man on the October totem pole, ferred between September 15 and October Lee B. Hunnicutt, from Property and with 40 years of Government service be- 15 are listed below. Within-grade promo- Supply Clerk, Commissary Division, to hind him last month, is Lt. Charles F. tions are not reported. Supervisory Cargo Clerk, Terminals Divi- Stevens, commander of the Pedro Miguel ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH sion. Fire Station. Born in Oklahoma City he came to the Henry S. Makibbin, Jr., from Records Ross E. Pase, from Wood and Steel Car- Isthmus just 40 years ago this and Analyst to Management Analyst, Records man to Railroad Car Inspector, Railroad month stationed at Fort with Section. Division. was Sherman a Motor Transportation Corps unit. Four years later CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU Mrs. Fern L. Herndon, Clerk-Stenogra- pher, from Administrative Branc'i to Motor he left the At my and joined the Canal Zone E. Albin, Roger E. Hanor, John Edward Transportation Division. Fire Division, with Cristobal as his first R. Olsen, James E. Bryant, Robert E. Wel- station. born, James F. McGloin, from Fire Sergeant In 1936 he was made a lieutenant and to Fire Lieutenant, Fire Division. placed in charge of the Pedro Miguel Fire Hugh D. Hale, Frederick A. Mohl, John NOVEMBER SAILINGS Station, where he has remained ever since. W. Dwyer, from Firefighter, Driver-Opera- "Steve," his friends say, "is a fix-it spe- tor, to Fire Sergeant, F'ire Division. cialist, who can do almost anything from From Cristobal Frank Berry, Matthew Wilder, Henry electric and gas welding up and down the J. A neon November 3 Sellner, Robert L. Austin, George O. line." During the early 1930's he built and E. Pa mi ma November 10 Flores, George W. Coleman, from Fire- installed the first variable control generator Cristobal November 1 to Fire Sergeant, Fire Division. ever used on an automobile on the Isthmus. fighter A neon November 24 Frank Koenig, from Distribution and 35 YEARS Window Clerk to Mail Clerk, Postal Divi- From New York Five years behind Lieutenant Stevens as Novembei 1 sion. Panama far as total years of Government service is Cristobal. November 8 Wolford W. Foster, from Guard, Termi- concerned, is William H. Casswell — Bill or nals Division, to Policeman, Police Division. A neon November 1 Casey to his friends, and Chief, more for- Panama* Novembei 23 Louis F. Dedeaux, from Junior High mally —who is Fire Chief in Cristobal. Cristobal November 29 School Teacher to Elementary School Born in Chicago he was a Staff Sergeant * Teacher, Division of Schools. Because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, the in the 25th Bombardment Squadron at Panama leaves New York Friday, arriving in Cristobal that the Carrol F. Anderson, from Senior High Thursday. November 29. Otherwise the ships are in France Field when he decided School Teacher to Junior High School Haiti on Monday on both north- and southbound trips. Fire Division had more to offer and signed Teacher, Division of Schools. up as a fireman at Cristobal. Most of his Mrs. Gladys S. Lee, from Substitute service has been on the Atlantic side, al- Teacher to Junior High School Teacher, though he spent one day at Balboa and Division of Schools. ANNIVERSARIES served at Gamboa for almost two years. He has held the rank of Captain since OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER 1948, and was made Chief of the Cristobal D. Wheeler, from Clerk- For the second year, Otto L. Savold, Mrs. Frances Fire District in January 1955. Unit, Typist, Central Typing and Clerical Cristobal's Postmaster, heads the October In 1939 he spent three and a half months Clerk, Agents Accounts Anniversaries list. Two weeks ago today to Accounting in New York City attending the City's Fire Branch. he completed 41 years of government serv- College. Last December he was given a ice, all of it in postal work except for his Paul F. Helton, from Systems Account- $100 award for a proposal, made jointly time during World I. has ant, Accounting Division, to Auditor, Gen- Army War He with Eldon C. Rouse (who also received a been a Canal Zonian for 30 years. eral Audit Division. $100 award), that fire hose couplings and in Bangor, S. Dak., he cancelled his William Goldfein, from Supervisory Ac- Born hydrant nipoles be altered to National first stamp in Oakes, N. Dak. He served countant, Accounting Division, to Systems Standard size. at Cristobal first when new to the Accountant, Accounting Policies and Proced- he was An enthusiastic ham radio operator, Cap- Canal Zone Postal Service and is back there ures Staff. tain Casswell is also "about the handiest again as its postmaster. He hasn't changed ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION handyman" his friends has ever seen. His his hobbies—wirehair terriers and experi- BUREAU current project is building a truck on which mental gardening at Santa Clara —since we to he intends to haul material to his vacation Herbert F. Moore, from Chemist Sup- wrote about him a year ago and Biff, the erintendent, Miraflores Filtration Plant, home in the Volcan section of Panama. present terrier, still rules the Savold roost. organize a competition Maintenance Division. Someone ought to between him and Lieutenant Stevens. Charles J. Holmes, from Motor Boat The Canal Zone's Men in Blue (the fire- Maintenance Mechanic to Small Tug Op- men have this distinction until the police 30 YEARS erator, Dredging Division. decide on their new uniforms) have their Santa Claus, of all people, is one of the HEALTH BUREAU innings this month in the Anniversaries Canal employees who completed 30 years column; they've copped off the second two of Government service last month. But Dr. Gerald E. Cosgrove, Jr., from Chief, places. wait 'til we get to him, alphabetically. Clinical Pathology Section, to Chief, Board Incidentally, the two next-to-senior men "D" comes first in this month's 30-year of Health Laboratory. for October have almost parallel histories: men, and the "D" stands for John T. Dil- Martha E. Mastellari, Clerk-Stenogra- Both came to the Isthmus as servicemen, lon, Engineer on the dipper dredge Cascadas. pher, from Employment and Lltilization More than half of his Government service Division to Gorgas Hospital. was aboard Shipping Board vessels; eight MARINE BUREAU years was accounted for by his service as William D. McGowin, from Foods Buyer, an engineer in the Panama Line's SS Guay- Commissary Division, to Guard, Locks Se- aquil, and the old and new Ancons. He curity Branch. comes from Westboro, Mass., and has been Jack W. Rocker, from Machinist, Pacific with the Dredging Division since 1940. Locks, to Marine Inspection Assistant, Archie W. French, a native Isthmian, is Navigation Division. a Wireman Welder at Gatun Locks. Born in he attended Balboa High James J. Reccia, from Stockman Fore- Colon Hospital man, Commissary Division, to Guard, School and held his first Canal job in the Locks Security Branch. Balboa medical storehouse during a sum- Elmer E. Stoakley, from Commissary mer vacation. He served his apprenticeship Supervisor, Commissary Division, to Guard, here and has divided his adult Canal service Locks Security Branch. among the Mechanical, Building, and Locks Louis A. Austin, from Accounting Clerk, divisions. life he Commissary Division, to Guard, Locks Se- Now for Santa Claus: In private officer on curity Branch. is Whitman P. Garrett, a police Christmas time Irving Spector, from Small Tug Operator, duty in Cristobal but come launch to help spread holiday Dredging Division, to Towboat Master, he is off in a along the edges Navigation Division. cheer to the families living of Gatun Lake. A former serviceman, he Gilbert A. Sollas, from Commissary Sup- once stood guard duty for a three-month ply Assistant, Commissary Division, to period at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Guard, Locks Security Branch. in Arlington Cemetery. He has been on the Charles A. Parks, David B. Marshall, police force since 1940. from Guard, Locks Security Branch, to Last, alphabetically, of last month's 30- Towing Locomotive Operator, Pacific Locks. year employees is Clarence A. Greene, PERSONNEL BUREAU Wireman Foreman at Gatun Locks. Born Mrs. Evelyn L. Farbman, from Clerk- in Opelika, Ala., he served 11 years with Typist to Clerk Stenographer, Employment the Navy before he joined the Canal force and Utilization Division. as a wireman for the Electrical Division in 1935. His service has been divided between SUPPLY AND EMPLOYEE SERVICE BUREAU ANNIVERSARY celebrants last month were Lt. that Division and the Locks. Norbert W. Hammond, from Supervisory Charles F. Stevens, left, of the Pedro Miguel Fire 25 YEARS Commissary Supply Assistant, to Stockman Station, and Capt. William H. Casswell, Cristobal Foreman, Commissary Division. Fire Chief. Five of the seven employees who had '

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Silver Anniversaries in October have un- broken service with the Canal organization First C. Z. Paid Fire Company and unbroken service with their divisions. They are: Jeanne E. Brown, Cyrus W. Field, Bernardine U. Hanna, Florence A. Lamson, and James C. Slade.

Miss Brown is Librarian at Cristobal High School. Mr. Field is Chief Foreman Shiphtter with the Industrial Division. Miss Hanna and Miss Lamson are school teachers, Miss Hanna teaching third grade at Ancon and Miss Lamson second grade at Cristobal. Mr. Slade is a Plant Engineer with the Maintenance Division. Last month's remaining 25-year employ- ees are: Russell L. Gallaher, Supervisory Supply Clerk with the Maintenance Divi- sion, and Richard J. Koperski, a native Zonian, who is a Procurement Officer for the Commissary Division.

20 YEARS Three of the men and women who have served the Government for 20 years are natives of the Isthmus and all — Mrs. Ruth L. Turner, Library Assistant, Joseph H. Orr, Jr., Supervisory Supply Assitsant, Division of Storehouses, and David B. Mar- shall, Towing Locomotive Operator, Pacific Locks—are second generation employees. Mrs. Turner is the daughter of Alexander Eberenz who worked with the Coaling Plant and the Electrical Division; Mr. Orr's father was a Yard Foreman for the Panama Rail- MATCHED TEAMS were apparently not in order 'way back when the Cristobal Fire Station equip- road when he retired in 1949. Mr. Mar- ment was horsedrawn. The station was the first to be manned by salaried firemen, 50 years ago this month. shall's mother worked for the old Receiving and Forwarding Agency. "President Roosevelt was very much Geographically the 20-year employees are impressed by the practical test made by interesting, too. All but one, William L. RETIREMENTS our fire department at Colon on Satur- Brooks, Administrative Assistant in the day," John F. Stevens, Chief Engineer Power Conversion Project, who was born of the Isthmian Canal Commission, in Iowa, comes from east of the Mississippi Retirement certificates were presented the wrote River. end of October to the following employees to Fire Chief C. E. Weidman 50 years Those with unbroken service, and treir who are listed alphabetically, together with ago this month. Brooks; their birthplaces, titles, length of Canal native states, are: Mr. Clement J. "I may add on my own behalf," he Genis, Pennsylvania, Safety Inspector for service and future addresses: continued, "that there are few towns of the Supply and Employee Service Bureau; Philip Arrieta, El Salvador; Cash Ac- Mr. Orr; and Cecilia E. Wensing, Wiscon- a much larger size in the United States counting Clerk, Division of Storehouses; ' sin, Head Nurse, Gorgas Hospital. that could even approximate such results. 14 years, 4 months, 25 days; San Antonio, Other 20-year employees are: Henry G. Tex. The Chief Engineer had ample reason Appel, Indiana, Liquid Fuels Ganger, Ter- Edward Barlow, Rhode Island; Control to congratulate the men who staffed the minals Division; John R. Bauer, Pennsyl- House General Foreman, Miraflores Locks; Cristobal Fire Station. At work vania, Guard Supervisor, Locks Division; as a unit 40 vears, 9 months, 8 days; Croton-on- Mary W. Ewing, New Jersey, Time, Leave, of paid fire fighters for less than a month, Hudson, N. Y. and Payroll Clerk, Fiscal Division; Charles the firemen had made a run from the Policeman, Jerome Barras, Louisiana; Special Assist- L. Greene, North Carolina, Cristobal engine house to the passenger Cristobal District; T. H. Forsstrom, Mass- ant to Chief, Housing and Ground. Divi- station in Colon, attached hose to nine achusetts, Supervisory Marine Traffic Con- sion; 31 years, 1 month, 17 days; Hawlev, troller; Daniel A. Lawson, Wisconsin, Ma- Pa. two-way hydrants on Front Street and Locks; Marshall; chinist, Gatun Mr. Mrs. Daniel J. Considine, New York; Mach- had 18 streams of water, 65 feet high, Lloyd Smith, York, Turner; and M. New inist, Gatun Locks, 26 years, 11 months; playing on the buildings—in 4 minutes. Wireman, Locks Division. Elmira, N. Y. Except for their chief, who had been 15 YEARS Jerome F. Evans, Michigan; Manager, appointed the Canal Zone's first Fire Balboa Commissary; 30 years, 1 month, Ten of the 23 employees who completed 8 days; address undecided. Chief December 1, 1905, the Cristobal 15 years of Government service last month firemen were the first paid fire fighters have unbroken Canal service. John P. Fahnestock, Florida; Blacksmith, Dredging Division; 16 years, 7 months, 22 in the Canal Zone. Prior to November They are: Walter Ilund, Steam Engin- J. days; Oceanside, Calif. 1906, the Department had e2r, Terminals Division; Andrew J. Land- consisted en- reth, Electrician Foreman, Electrical Divi- Antonio Fernandez, Spain; Machinist, tirely of volunteers. Cristobal, Gorgona, Policeman, Pacific Locks; 21 years, 10 months, 27 days; sion; Norman J. Lewter, Gam- Empire, Culebra, La Boca, and Ancon boa Penitentiary; Pauline E. Long, First- Miami, Fla. had two volunteer companies apiece and Grade Teacher, North Margarita School; Gilbert H. Furey, Washington, D. C; Pedro Miguel had one in 1906. The fol- Andrew J. May, Supervisory Steward, Di- Printer, Printing Plant; 30 years, 4 months, ablo Service Center; Charles H. Oiler, 19 days; California. lowing year volunteer companies were Motor Trans- Property and Supply Clerk, Clifford M. Glenn, Nebraska; Lead Fore- organized at Tabernilla, Gatun, Paraiso, portation Division; Jacob Rand, Distribu- man, Maintenance Division; 17 years, 10 and Corozal and in 1908 at San Pablo, tion and Window Clerk, Postal Division; days; address undecided. Earl A. Schilling, Optical Technician, Com- Portobelo, and Bas Obispo. James E. Heady, Indiana; Chief, Reports missary Division ; and Elva K. Stewart, Although other companies were staffed and Reconciliation Branch, Office of the Distribution and Window Clerk, Postal Div- Comptroller; 30 years, 5 months; Texas. later with paid firemen, for years Cristo- ision. Capt. Walter H. Kuhrt, New York; Pilot, bal was the largest station. Its company Other 15-year employees are: William L. Navigation Division; 29 years, 1 month, 24 consisted of a captain, a lieutenant, an Bingham, Power Dispatcher, Electrical Div- days; Dorset, Vt. ision; Jack C. Brayton, Head Stevedore engineer, 13 firemen, and a clerk, all of A. Foreman, Terminals Division; Laura G. Capt. Lucien Skeels, Massachusetts; whom served for 14 days out of each 15. Accounting Pilot, Navigation Division; 29 years, 10 Casement, Accounting Clerk, For those days their equipment was Division; Everette N. Clouse, Combination months, 27 days; Madison, Conn. modern: One steam fire engine with a Welder, Dredging Division; Vernon C. Cleveland A. Schecker, New York; Dis- Douglas, Paving and Heavy Labor Lead ability Relief Officer, Personnel Bureau; 33 spiral water-tube boiler, capable of deliv- Foreman, Maintenance Division; Burnell years, 2 months, 9 days; Pittsburg, Kan. ering 600 gallons of water a minute, a Industrial Division; F. Dowler, Machinist, Warren G. Schultz, Pennsylvania; In- chemical engine, a truss hook-and-ladder, James S. DeFrees, Maintenance Mechanic, spector of Floating Equipment, Marine a two-horse hose wagon, with 2,500 feet Motor Transportation Division; Dorothy E. Bureau; 29 years, 9 months, 20 days; of 2K-inch woven fire hose, and two 5- Hannigan, Clerk-Typist, Electrical Di\ision; Tampa, Fla. John W. Huson, Electronics Mechanic, Elec- gallon chemical extinguishers. Its fire George W. Smith, Ohio; Supervisory trical Division; Peter N. Riley, Supervisory Storekeeper, Atlantic Locks; 14 years, 2 alarm system covered not only Cristobal Administrative Assistant, Navigation Divi- months, 3 days; Colon, R. P. but those parts of Colon adjacent to ICC sion; George E. Riley, Jr., Lead Dock Fore- man, Navigation Division (the Rileys are Marie Van Clief, Germany; Accounting and Panama Railroad property. Clerk, Office of the Comptroller; 19 years, brothers) ; Mildred H. Slater, Elementary The information on the Canal Zone's old- School Teacher, Division of Schools; Anita 8 months, 12 days; Balboa, Canal Zone. est fire stations staffed by paid fire fighters R. Thompson, Accounting Clerk, Account- Capt. Alan S. Wallace, Massachusetts; is part of a comprehensive history of the ing Division; and Michael Zombory, Sup- Pilot, Navigation Division; 32 years, 11 ervisory Administrative Assistant, License months, 15 days; Costa Rica, for the pres- Fire Division's early days compiled by Section, Civil Affairs Bureau. ent. Thomas N. Stewart, of Cristobal District. _ . .

THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW November 2, 1956

Reiandscaping Plan Company Income Statement

Calls For Planting With Panama Canal traffic at the high- resent a partial repayment of the United est peak in its operating history, a ten- States Government's investment in the 4,000 Shrubs, Trees tative net income of $4,179,464 was Company, and serve to reduce the inter- reported for the past fiscal year by the est base and consequent reduction of the This net was Company's financial obligations, The sight of flowering trees and the Panama Canal Company. reported after payment of $8,590,710 beauty of tropical plants will soon greet ln the formal statement issued on the interest on the U. S. Government s direct newcomers and visitors to the Isthmus operating resu]ts for the past fiscal yeari investment, and for the net as their ships pull into the Cristobal pier $10,078252 attention was directed to the fact 'that cost of the Canal Zone Government. area provided the iguanas don't win the fluctuations in the ratio of net income to current Battle of the Flowers. Operating results for the fiscal year revenues is directly influenced by tolls- A complete landscaping job near the 1956 were reported late last month by revenue since the Canal costs are fixed piers, at the end of the Mole and around Governor Potter, President of the Com- and do not vary with business volume. Terminal Building has just been com- the anv - P All income statements and balance- pleted as part of an over-all re-landscap- The financial report also showed the sheets of the Company, including net ing of the Canal Zone. Now personnel payment of a $5,000,000 liquidating div- revenue, are still considered on a tentative of the Housing and Grounds Division idend to the United States Treasury, basis, pending approval by the Director and the Terminals Division are anxiously This was the second liquidating dividend of the Bureau of the Budget of the valua- watching to see whether they can outwit paid to the Treasury since the Company tion of certain properties and items of the iguanas whose favorite diet is luscious started operations as a corporate enter- working capital transferred to the Com- new leaves and twigs. prise in July 1951. A payment of $10,- pany up to July 1, 1951. No one is quite sure why the iguanas 000,000 was made in the fiscal year 1955. have selected the rocks at the end of The condensed income statement for the Cristobal Mole as their habitat, These payments to the Treasury rep- the fiscal year 1956 is shown below- but almost any day they can be seen rusty-brown grandfather by the dozen— Condensed Statement Of Income Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1956 and 1955 sizes down to tiny bright-green young- sters—basking in the sun on the rocks. CANAL AND ALLIED MARITIME OPERATIONS While the entire Canal Zone is being replanted—the job will involve more than Fiscal Year Fiscal Year 4,000 shrubs and trees -the Cristobal pier- 1956 1955 area was selected for special attention Revenue: because it is the first place to be seen by Tolls from commercial vessels.... $36,219,085 $33,918,993 thousands of visitors who come to the Tolls credits from U. S. Government vessels 1,231,866 1,217,536

Isthmus each year aboard ship. This Other. _ --- 10,176,918 9,195,027 part of the program was requested, and paid for, by the Terminals Division. Total revenue.. $47,627,869 $44,331,556 The most brilliant of the tropical plants and trees native to Panama, or, if Operating Expenses: not native, which flourish here and can Depreciation (see note) $2,449,0 14 $2,383,405 withstand salt spray, were chosen for the Other. 18,877,097 18,661,733 planting so that newcomers could get a good idea of the variety and beauty of the Total operating expenses. . ._. $21,326,111 $21,045,138 local flora. The planting, which is spaced in stra- Net operating income^...... $26,301,758 $23,286,418 tegic spots along the entire pier area from the customs checkout shed to the end of SUPPORTING SERVICE OPERATIONS the Mole opposite Pier 6, includes copper Sales to employees and others .... $41,629,185 $39,485,846 leaf plants, many varieties of hibiscus, Cost of goeds sold and other direct expenses. 39,239,198 37,467,518 oleander, crepe myrtle, Pride of Barba- dos, bamboo orchids, frangipani, several Net operating income.. $2,389,987 $2,018,328 varieties of croton, poinsettias, red ginger lilies, gardenias, bougainvillea in several TotaL... $28,691,745 $25,304,746 shades, several types of shower trees, and a stand of red bananas. GENERAL CORPORATE CHARGES Several small shrubs and some flower- ing plants have been set out in the small Net cost of Canal Zone Government- $10,078,252 $9,779,270 plot of ground in front of the Terminal Interest paid to U. S. Treasury 8,590,710 9,043,766 Building where the old Spanish anchors, General and administrative expenses.- 5,843,319 5,900,576 brought from the Cruces Trail, have been a tourist attraction for years. Total general corporate charges. $24,512,281 $24,723,612 While most of the planting in the pier area is new, it is part of the over- Net income $4,179,464 $581,134 all landscaping and re-landscaping pro- Note: Exclusive of depreciation (1956, $2,882,086; 1955, $2,552,977) charged to supporting sen-ice oper- for which the Housing and gram ations and to general and administrative expenses. Grounds Division has been preparing for some time, but which actually got

underway about July 1 and which will be completed before the beginning of Preliminary Planning Now Under Way Governor Potter has expressed a deep the dry season. interest in the establishment of proper For School For Handicapped Children training facilities for these children in the Anniversary Program Will Be Held Nov. 15 Zone. In presenting the (Cim'invelfrom page l) American schools, proposal to the for the Board of Directors last month, he said (Continued from page 1) and the festivi- and four Medical Technicians two ties held there for many years; Mrs. Mc- hospitals. in part: In preparing plans for the establish- Cormack, representing the Historical So- "It is only reasonable that the Gov of a school for handicapped child- ciety; and, from today's Company-Gov- ment ernment should provide adequate educa- organization: Wilson H. Crook, ren, it has been assumed that the program ernment tional facilities for the handicapped in Supply and Employee Service Director; will receive the parent's full cooperation. this remote location where no municipal Mr. Thornton, Mr." Chase; W. G. Arey, One of the prerequisites for enrollment or charitable institution, research center, will a pledge by the mothers to work Jr., Public Information Officer; and J. be or private school or clinic is available to Rufus Hardy and Eleanor Mcllhenny, voluntarily as orderlies and training assist- are required. our Canal Zone population." from the Press and Publications Office. tants where their services N ovember 2, 1956 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 17 STATISTICS ON CANAL TRAFFIC For the purpose of comparison between pre-war and post-war traffic through the Panama Canal, statistics for the fiscal year 1938 are used in this section, as being more nearly normal for peace time than those for 1939.

U. S. STEEL STRIKE AND DROP IN OIL SHIPMENTS

CONTRIBUTE TO DECLINE IN TRAFFIC AND TOLLS

A drop in fuel oil movements from the TJ. S. west coast, the aftermath of the recent steel strike in the United States, and a severe windstorm in Central Amer- ica were factors contributing to the de- cline of traffic through the Panama Canal during the first quarter of the fiscal year.

Tolls, traffic, and cargo tonnage were all lower during the first quarter this year than for the comparable quarter in the preceding fiscal year. During the months of July, August, and September this year, a total of 2,277 vessels— 1,968 of them commercial ships of 300 tons or over- -transited the Canal. This figure is 210 below the total of 2,487 which went through the Canal during the same months in the previous fiscal year. The major decrease was in the number of large commercial vessels, although there were also fewer small commercial ships and Government vessels than dur- ing the first quarter of fiscal year 1956.

Tolls collected during the first quarter of this fiscal year were $576,824 lower than for the first quarter of the preceding tolls account- fiscal year, with commercial BIDS FOR THE sale or charter of the SS Panama, one of the Panama Line's three sister ships, are to be ing for $476,222 of the decline. advertised by the U. S. Maritime Commission which will handle the transaction for the Panama Cana! Company. The proposed removal of one the ships from service was approved last month by the Board of Intercoastal Drop Directors because of the expected decrease in amount of Company-Government freight after this year. A most marked change in the shipping Final action on the Panama's fate will not be taken before the Board meets late next January in the Zone. picture was in the United States inter- coastal trade, with only 126 vessels on MONTHLY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND TOLLS that trade route using the Canal during Vessels of 300 tons net or over the first quarter this year, compared to By fiscal years 236 during the first quarter of the past Tolls Transits fiscal year. (In thousands of dollars) This was due mainly to a marked de- Month 1957 1956 1938 1957 1956 1938 crease in the shipments of residual oil, used for fuel. Oil shipments between the July 669 727 457 $3,054 $3,247 $2,030 west and east coasts of the United States 653 676 505 2,888 2,980 2,195 646 686 444 2,861 3,053 1,936 had been unusually heavy during the first 709 461 3,065 1,981 quarter of the past fiscal year. This ap- 627 435 2,706 1,893 parently was a peak. 658 439 2,944 1,845 Another trade development having an 664 444 2,844 1,838 681 436 3,011 1,787 effect on Canal traffic was the recent steel March 712 506 3,068 2.016 strike in the United States. This shows 692 487 3,025 1,961 in the smaller amount of iron and steel Mav 703 465 3,215 1,887 manufactures shipped through the Pan- 674 445 3,013 1,801 ama Canal during the first quarter of this Totals for first 3 months year. of fiscal vear 1,968 2,089 1,406 $8,803 $9,280 $6,161 Traffic between the east coast of the Totals for fiscal vear 8,809 5,524 $37,451 United States and Central America, via $23,170 the Canal, is only slightly over half of CANAL TRANSITS — COMMERCIAL AND U. S. GOVERNMENT that shown during the first quarter of the preceding fiscal year. This drop is attrib- First Quarter, Fiscal Years uted mainly to severe windstorms which 1957 1956 1938 destroyed approximately 2.5 million ban- Atlantic Pacific ana plants in the crop around Puerto to to Total Total Total Armuelles in western Panama. This is Pacific Atlantic also indicated by the figures for banana Commercial vessels: shipments 177,424 thousands of long- Oceangoing 1,040 928 1,968 2,089 1,406 tons this fiscal year compared to 244, lo7 *Small 89 91 180 261 211 long tons during the first quarter of fiscal year 1956. Replacements for these plants Total commercial 1,129 1,019 2,148 2,350 1,617 should be ready for cutting within the **U. S. Government vessels, ocean next few months. going 38 30 68 67 Nitrate shipments from the Pacific to •Small 23 38 61 70 the Atlantic also showed a marked de- Total commercial and U. S. cline, reaching their lowest point for some Government 1,190 1.087 2,277 2,487 years. Only 68,854 thousands of long- •Vessels under 300 net tons or 500 displacement tons. tons of nitrate were carried through the **Vessels on which tolls are credited. Prior to July 1, 1951, Government operated ships Canal during the first (See page 18) transited free. —

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tuedfrom page IT) quarter this fiscal Canal Commercial Traffic by Nationality of Vessels rompared to 207,629 thousands of iong tons in the same period of the last First Quarter, Fiscal Years

. ear. l')57 1956 1938 Commodities showing an increase this Nationality Num- Num- quarter ever the same quarter last year Tons Num- Tons Tons ber of ber of ber of arc wheat, canned food products, metals, of cargo of cargo of cargo transits transits transits refrigerated food products, phosphates, paper and paper products, sugar (an in- Belgian 3 3,316 crease of about 77 percent here), and ores. British 295 1,919,057 253 1,625,637 292 1,667,795 109,443 1(1 (i')i, Scrap shipments from the east coast of 18 101,454 17 2 13 88,079 10 59,517 2 13,113 the United States to the Far East con- Colombian _ 56 78,179 62 67,476 tinue high; 91,000 tons of scrap went Costa Rican _ . 4 37,304 6 48,473 through the Canal in September alone. Danish 80 293,411 96 277,578 55 254,567 14 24,860 13 14,767 While there is a considerable decrease 2 4,695 in the number of ships on the intercoastal 5 18,452 4 26,041 run and on the trade route between the French 27 149,490 32 189,908 28 146,788 United States east coast and Central 158 521,759 100 255,436 91 450,641 32 288,248 43 369,198 31 181,941 America, there is some increase in the Honduran __ 72 56,663 94 103,270 9 2,926 number of ships on the trade routes be- 2 11,176 tween the east coast of the United States Irish 1 8,250 217,094 13 and the Far East, and those from Europe Italian 36 179,673 33 39,933 120 853,040 113 792,263 75 522,490 the coast of South America. to west 3 14,318 Europe, especially Germany, is more 138 1,212,838 98 782,465 than recovering its pre-war trade, Canal 2 5,754 Netherlands 34 211,765 30 157,913 60 217,168 statistics show. Some of this cargo is Nicaraguan- 9 16,594 9 14.101 from the South American west iron ore, Norwegian _ 199 1,023,276 251 1,120,682 155 855,770 coast to Europe. During the first quarter Panamanian _ _ . 114 628,464 111 481,679 54 155,169 of this fiscal year, 158 German-flag ves- 11 59,369 8 59,398 Philippine 3 15,127 7 41,445 sels transited the Canal, compared to 100 1 of fiscal year 1956. for the first quarter the Spanish __ 10 32,037 13 55,391 2 15,280 Part of this total, of course, is counted for 41 194,446 49 234,771 31 206,645 by the transits of the German-registered 1 10,091 United States^ 469 2,960 913 634' 4,405,318 495 2,860,814 Portunus, which averages slightly over 2 8,851 2 1,953 one Canal transit a week on its run from 5 23,151 Ecuador to U. S. Gulf coast ports. Total 1,968 11,006,226 2,089 11,518,205 1,406 7,642,111 Other nationality increases the first quarter of this year were British, up from 253 transits for the first quarter of fiscal year 1956 to 295 the first quarter this Principal commodities shipped through the Canal for the first quarter year; Liberian, 138 (All figures in long tons) this year compared to 98 for the same period in fiscal 1956; Japanese, Italian, ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC and Dutch. Nationalities showing a decrease in- First Quarter, Fiscal Years Commoditv cluded: United States, down from 634 1957 1956 1938 during the first quarter of fiscal year 1956 to 469 during the first quarter this year; Mineral oils 1,364,904 1,208,981 178,635 Norwegian, 52 fewer the first quaiter this Coal and coke 808,166 893,731 47,077 year than last; Danish, a drop of 16; and Manufactures of iron and steel 483,120 491,615 64^,493 Phosphates 417,807 273,237 Honduran, a drop of 22—most of which 111,416 Sugar 328,898 185,054 3,207 the decline in banana is accounted for by Paper and paper products 135,697 115,069 132,018 shipments. Sulphur 109,691 118,358 83,729 Soybeans and products 108,182 144,495 900 Ores, various 91,496 69,448 42,072 Wheat 69,948 66,067 343 LeTourneau Told To Proceed Automobiles 69,179 67,079 62,666 Chemicals, unclassified 67,980 60,796 27,985 Ammonium compounds 58,686 61,317 534 With New-Type Locomotives Cement 56,683 65,526 50,559 Corn 9,206 98,642 33,360 Two experimental towing locomotives, All others 1,647,743 1,125,697 1,568,015 designed by the R. G. LeTourneau Com- Total 5,827,386 5,045,112 2,989,009 pany of Texas, will be in service at Gatun Locks no later than December of next year. PACIFIC TO ATLANTIC Notice to proceed with the manufacture of the two towing locomotives, which are First Quarter, Fiscal Years radically different in design from the pres- Commodity ent locomotives used on Panama Canal 1957 1956 1938 locks, was given to the LeTourneau Com- pany after the meeting of the Board of Ores, various 1,339,987 990,513 541,685 Lumber 705,788 981,476 877,574 Directors last month. Wheat 473,789 248,463 40,873 The experimental locomotives are de- Sugar 354,838 545,825 439,129 signed to furnish enough power and man- Canned food products 337,658 323,200 306,650 Metals, various 227,284 197,836 173,726 euverability so that only two locomotives Bananas 177,424 244,137 8,670 for average-sized ship will be needed an Mineral oils 164,162 1,27272,407 978,129 as compared to the four to six now used Refrigerated food products (except fresh fruit) 164,003 118,035 45,205 and three or four of the experimental type Nitrate 68,854 207,629 222,756 Coffee 65,633 73,515 37,173 for larger vessels which now require six to Copra 61,758 81,706 35,092 ten locomotives. Iron and steel manufactures 57,368 55,300 5,966 A detailed story on the new-type loco- Barley 53,755 275,901 53,158 Cotton 41,051 56,233 37,071 motives, together with engineers' draw- All others 885,488 800,917 850,245 ings of the way in which they will be operated, appeared in the August 1956 Total 5,178,840 6,473,093 4,653,102 issue of The Panama Canal Review. —

November 2, 1956 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 19

Dutch Line Observes Zonians On Alert Hundredth Birthday

When the SS Agamemnon of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company entered the Panama Canal May 17, 1915, enroute from Amsterdam to Guayaquil in ballast, she was sufficiently unusual on two counts to warrant special mention in The Pan- ama Canal Record. She was not only the first Dutch ship to transit the Canal but she also bore on her sides her name and port of registry in letters which could be read at a dis- tance of several miles. This World War I measure—later to become a familiar sight on transiting ships — apparently was still a novelty for the Canal's customers. Last month the Agamemnon's owner, the Royal Netherlands Steamship Com- pany (whose name is officially The Kon- inklijke Nederlandsche Stoombot-Maat- schappij, N.V.) celebrated its hundredth birthday. Organized in 1856, the Dutch line absorbed the Royal Netherlands West India Mail Line in 1912, with an eye to the then future opening of the Panama Canal. The war interrupted plans for an expanded trans-Atlantic service and it was not until 1915 that the Line was able to begin regular service through the Canal to the west coast of South America. Years later, after World War II, a Dutch line service which was exceedingly popular with Zonians was stopped. This was an around-South-America run by two 12- passenger freighters, the Pericles and Socrates. The trip took about 100 days and passenger fare was around $650. Today its offices in Cristobal act as agents not only for its own ships but also for the vessels which transit the Canal each month for the Japanese Kawasaki Risen Kaisha Line; for the Nedlloyd Line, which is a combination of the two other largest Dutch shipping companies in trade from Vancouver and the U. S. west coast to ports on the South American east coast and North Africa; and for a number of tankers registered in Rotterdam. Four of the line's passenger ships arrive regularly at Cristobal but do not make the TWO SIMULATED ATOMIC blasts in the Canal Zone resulted in scenes like these last month in the Canal Zone. In the top picture first-aid workers—splints in hand—stream out of the assembly area in Canal transit. They are the Willemstad, the old Mechanical Division yard at Balboa enroute to the disaster area south of Miraflores Locks. In Oranjestad, Cotica, and Boskoop. Each the lower picture the first-aid and decontamination teams—the latter are indicated by their brooms carries about 150 passengers and cargo pile aboard trucks for the disaster section. About 250 Company-Government workers and 50 volunteers took part in the Pacific side exercise October 17; another 200 employees and about 40 volunteers played similar parts in the alert on the Atlantic side last Tuesday. The Atlantic side assembly area was the Industrial Division and the disaster area was at Coco Solo.

i ,. M from Amsterdam to Caribbean ports. tioned. The first of the two will leave Two new passenger vessels will be Holland in July 1957, and will visit Cris- added to the Royal Netherlands Carib- tobal on her regular Caribbean run. bean fleet next year. They are the Prins On the Pacific side the Royal Nether- der Nederlanden and the Oranje Nassau, lands Steamship Company is represented now being constructed in Holland. by Pieter Blok Agencies, as far as freight Each will have accommodations for 150 is concerned, while passenger traffic is passengers and will be partly air-condi- handled by Boyd Brothers. TRAFFIC MOVEMENT OVER MAIN TRADE ROUTES The following table shows the number of transits of large, commercial vessels (300 net tons or over) segregated into eight main trade routes:

First Quarter, Fiscal Year 1957 1956 1938

United States Intercoastal 126 236 349

East Coast of U. S. and South America. - 474 48.5 97 East Coast of U. S. and Central America 77 146 19 East Coast of U. S. and Far East 343 317 217 U. S. /Canada East Coast and Australasia 48 55 49 Europe and West Coast of U. S./Canada_ 174 182 194 Europe and South America 205 184 137 Australasia 84 44 H. N. JONGBLOED, General Agent for the Royal Europe and 88 other routes 433 402 Netherlands Steamship Company in Cristobal, has All 300 been with the line for 38 years. He is serving his traffic . 1,406 second tour in the Canal Zone. Total .

20 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW November 2, 1956 ~ • 2^B£ (K en Items Imported By Zonians o= — *t SHIPS and SHIPPING ja u. — = ^> Must Be For Their Own Use o in

A notice to Canal employees having importation privileges that they may not import merchandise into the Canal Zone to replace articles purchased from a dealer's duty-paid stocks was issued last month by J. B. Clemmons, Chief of the Customs Division. Such violation of importation regula- tions is punishable by law, as well as by cancellation of privileges. Information to this effect appears on the reverse side of Canal Zone free-entry forms. On several occasions recently employ- ees have purchased such items as silver or motor parts from a dealer in the Re- public of Panama and then ordered the identical things sent to themselves in the Canal Zone with the expectation of re- placing the merchandise taken from the dealer's shelves.

although an occasional cruise ship has put in here within the past few months. The Bergensfjord will be not only the first of the cruise ships in the tourist TANGIBLE PROOF that the MS Portunus made more trips through the Panama Canal last fiscal year season, which is expected to bring some than any ether vessel—54 in all— is this hand-lettered certificate presented last month by Capt. Warner 20,000 tourists here, but will also on S. Rodimon, Marine Director, to Capt. Fritz J. Moebes, master cf the Portunus. The presentation took be place while the Portunus was being put through Miraflores Locks. her maiden cruise. Completed in 1955, the ship has been on the North Atlantic service since last May. TRANSITS BY OCEAN-GOING carrying a full load of ore. Fully loaded, 17,000-ton VESSELS IN SEPTEMBER her draft is beyond the maximum permit- The Bergensfjord will carry ted for the Canal. about 400 tourists and, in addition to 1956 1955 Panama When the Ore Monarch arrives from Cristobal, will make stops at Port-au- Commercial _ 646 686 Peru, she will be carrying approximately Prince, Curacao, Cartagena, and Nassau.

S. . 18 24 U. Government 36,400 tons of iron ore, which is 5,000 The ship will be handled locally by the tons under capacity. With Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Total 664 710 her maximum this load, the ship will have a safe 34-foot * First Visits TOLLS draft and, with the assistance of two Two new ships, one making its maiden Commercial- ..$2,865,538 $3,057,607 Panama Canal tugs, is expected to make the transit without incident. trip through the Panama Canal and the U. S. Government. 99,122 149,310 In the future, however, the ore ship other here on its first cruise, are due Total $2,964,660 $3,206,917 will be used between the United States within the next few weeks. first will Bolinas, 'Includes tolls on all vessels, ocean-going and small- east coast and Gulf coast to Venezuela, The be the MS a new where she will be able to operate on a Fred Olsen Line freighter on its maiden Tanker To Dredge capacity basis. The Ore Monarch is the voyage from Oslo enroute to North Pa- One of the most unusual craft to make third of a series of super oreships being cific ports with general and refrigerated the Canal transit recently was the Scalane built in Japan by the Ludwig interests cargo. The vessel was built in Bergen which was northbound through the Canal and will be on her maiden voyage. The and has accommodations for 12 passen- last month. Formerly a 501-foot tanker, Ore Monarch is handled here by Panama gers. She will join a large fleet of Fred the vessel was converted in Japan recently Agencies. Olsen ships which make regular trips into the world's largest suction dredge. through the Panama Canal. Local agents Official First No stranger to the Canal, the Scalane for the Olsen Line are C. Fernie & Co. its last visit to the Isthmus Arrival in Cristobal on November 25 made Sep- The second of the two new ships is the of the Norwegian-American Line's new tember 20, 1953, as the tanker Pan Mass- 22,000-ton Cunard liner Carinthia, one of Bergensfjord is considered as the official achusetts, enroute from the U. S. east the new luxury liners on the North Amer- beginning of the 1956-57 cruise season, coast to Japan. Her method of transit ican service between Montreal and Liver- at that time was, to say the least, unusual. pool. Because of bow damage received in a She is due in Cristobal on New Year's marine collision off the east coast, she was Per Diem Of $6 Authorized Eve on her first winter cruise through the towed backward as a dead ship from Caribbean. The Carinthia will remain Baltimore through the Canal and on to For Travel By Ship Or Plane here one day. Pacific Steam Navigation Japan. Company will handle the big cruise ship. As the Scalane, the vessel made the Employees of the Canal organization on official travel, including free home- trip from Japan to Panama under her Milk Ship own power. She is owned by the Ludwig leave travel, are now entitled to per diem Carrying a full cargo of powdered milk interests. The dredge will be used on the expenses of $6 a day for ship or plane for the United Nations Children Fund, Atlantic side to deepen the harbor at travel between the Isthmus and the the 5,134-ton Chilean ship Roble was Las Minas Bay as part of a refinery United States. southbound through the Canal last week. project. An amendment to the Executive Reg- ulation covering travel has been ap- The Roble was out of Wilmington, N. C, Ore Ship proved by Governor Potter authorizing and, before reaching the Canal Zone, Another addition to the list of ships payment of this per diem. The change made stops at Puerto Barrios and Puerto too large to use the Panama Canal is the has been made effective for all travel- Cortez in Central America, discharging

Universe tankship Ore Monarch which is orders issued on or since August 1 of allotments of the milk at each stop. From due in Balboa about November 30 from this year. the Canal Zone she was destined for San Juan, Peru. The change does not affect the travel Guayaquil, Callao, Antofagasta, and Unlike the Queen Mary and some of allowance of $12 a day which is provided Valparaiso. the largest U. S. aircraft carriers, how- for employees in travel time between the The master of the Roble is Captain ever, the Ore Monarch is too large to port of entry in the United States and Manuel Duran. The ship was handled make the Canal transit only when she is their destination. locally by L. K. Cofer.