1,098 Base Ems Took Feb. Exams 596 Pass, 66 to Quota Mothballs
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Villamar Swimming Pool Slated For Completion By Mid Summer A new Naval Station swimming pool is to be built on the high ground in the Trading Post picnic area. The pool will be available to all Base families and will be built by Public Works. Naval Station recreation fund will finance the new pool which COVERS GTMO LIKE THE SUNSHINE should be completed by late summer. U. S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Public Works has announced that filtration and recircula- Volume VII, No. 15 Saturday, 14 April 1956 tion equipment is now under procurement and delivery of it will be in approximately 90 days. The department is now tak- 1,098 Base EMs Took Feb. Exams ing bids on the equipment to determine the supply contractor. The new pool will be 100 feet 596 Pass, 66 To Quota Mothballs long and 30 feet wide. It will have a maximum water depth of ten Capt. Stagner Presents Out of the 1,098 Base en- feet and a minimum depth of two personnel in the differ- feet, ten inches. Check To Adm Cooper Begins listed Ferry Service ent pay grades that took the Membership Basis February Navy-wide examin- Between Fla., Havana Recently, the Villamar - Bargo ations, 596 passed, 477 failed community council voted to recom- Automobile and passenger ferry and 66 went to the "quota" mend that the pool be operated on service was inaugurated recently mothball. These figures were a membership basis in a similar between Key West and Havana. released by the Personnel Of- manner to the golf course. A small The TMT CUBA will emphasize amount of dues would be set for economy and will operate daily fices in Gtmo this past week. each family planning to use the Sunday) between the two (except Among the successful, 76 made pool. This would allow it to re- cities. chief, 57 captured first class, 115 main open later hours. the only 'tou- "We are offering hit the second class grade and 351 The new pool will enable families service rist class' transportation made third. on the Base to have a pool of their between Florida and Cuba," said Mobile Construction Battalion own. The fleet pool will then be Eric Rath, president of TMT chalked up the great- mainly for the use of single en- Capt. W. D. F. Stagner, Com- Trailer Ferry,.Inc. The auto ferry One (MCB-1) est number of new petty officers listed men. manding Officer Dental Clinic and is a new extension of TMT which with 170. chairman of the 1956 Guantanamo operates truck trailer ferries be- Payment for the bathhouse to be constructed near the pool will Bay Carnival, presents RADM W. tween the United States and Carib- Advancement in rate for the new come out of the Community fund. G. Cooper, ComNavBase with a bean ports. petty officers will take effect this It is hoped to eventually have a check from the operations of the The automobile traveler now has month instead of next month as Navy Exchange snack shop in the 1956 carnival. a first class service between the was originally scheduled. new pool area. Profits from the 1956 carnival two countries at tourist class fares. The Chief Petty Officer's effec- were distributed as follows: $4,000 Among facilities for ferry pas- Bathhouse Built Before Pool tive date of advancement will be each, to the Navy Relief Society, sengers are an air conditioned handled separately by the Bureau The bathhouse will be built prior National Headquarters and the dining room and cocktail lounge, of Naval Personnel. to pool construction. Public Works American Red Cross. recreation area, sun-or-shade prom- estimates that work will begin enade, enclosed observation deck, A check for $1,200 each, went within a month on the bathhouse deck chairs, stewardess service and to the American Cancer Society, phase. other personal aids. American Heart Association, Sal- Pa. Gov. Leader vation Army, National Headquar- The TMT CUBA will sail from After the pool opens, a life guard ters, National Foundation for In- Key West every Monday, Wednes- will be on constant duty during the fantile Paralysis and the Tuber- day and Friday at 12:15 p.m., ar- daily open hours of the pool. Will Visit Base culosis Society. riving in Havana at approximately And, in order to provide for the 7:15 p.m. It will sail from Havana Governor George M. Leader of security of small children after Four thousand dollars was ap- every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- Pennsylvania and a party of state closing hours, a fence will be built propriated for Cuban charities. urday at 8:00 a.m., arriving in Key and military officials will arrive surrounding the pool proper. Money retained for the working West at approximately 3:00 p.m. here April 24, to view operations fund for the 1957 carnival was of the USS RANDOLPH. Higher Temps In Store $25,000. Money appropriated for the Community fund here on the MCB 1 Clears Area According to NEWSWEEK mag- For Gtmo Next Week Base was $21,134.01. azine Gov. Leader, "is the second The grand total of the cash youngest governor in Pennsylvania The Naval Air Station Aerology profits for the 1956 carnival were Over At Leeward Pt. history and one of the hottest pro- office has announced that next $64,424.39. Party." Site perties in the Democratic week's weather around Guantan- For New Housing his party will Gov. Leader and amo Bay will center on higher be on the Base until April 26, and The Naval Air Station Resident temperatures and higher humidity. then will proceed to Port Au Prince, Disbursing Will Not Office of Construction has announc- Aerology Office also added ed that Mobile Construction Bat- Haiti. The that there will be an increasing Refund MSTS Claims talion 'One has already started of the Some of the members possibility of thundershowers over clearing an area on Leeward point The Comptroller of the navy has governor's party include: David V. the Base in late afternoons. for location of FY '56 and FY '57 Randall, the governor's secretary; recently ruled that military per- housing projects for both married Maj. Gen A. J. Drexel Biddle Jr., sonnel traveling aboard an MSTS officers and enlisted personnel. Adjutant General of the State of vessel when going or returning Judging of entries for the - The FY '56 housing program, Pennsylvania; Maj. Gen. M. G. from leave within the continental essay contest "Why the U.S. according to the Resident Office, Baker, USA (Ret) Superintendent United States must pay for sub- Needs a Navy," has been consists of two married officers of the Valley Forge Military Acad- sistence utilized aboard the vessel. postponed one week. Results quarters (MOQ) and 24 married emy; Brig. Gen. J. Harry La Brum, LT J. W. Carleson, Base disburs- of the contest will appear in enlisted men's quarters (MEMQ). Chairman of the Board of the ing officer, announced, therefore, the April 21 issue of the project, it was disclosed, will Chamber of Commerce, Philadel- that no claims for reimbursement This INDIAN. be. constructed by contract in the phia, and RADM E. H. von Heim- for subsistence charges can be paid near future. berg, ComFour. by the disbursing office. 46 4U Page Two THE INDIAN Saturday, 14 April 1956 THE INDIAN The Chaplain's Corner inform and entertain all hands; to serve The Indian's mission-To "CAN YOU HEAR" as a possible factor in promoting the efficiency, welfare, and content- ment of personnel. On one occasion Jesus turned to the group surrounding him and said, RADM WILLIAM G. COOPER, Commander, Naval Base, Guantanamo "he that hath ears to hear, let him hear." What a wonderful thing to Bay, Cuba. be able to hear. Most of us are equipped with two good ears. How poor is of Staff CAPT G. M. HOLLEY, Chief the man who has never possessed or who has lost the sense of hearing. CAPT WILLIAM R. CARUTHERS, C.O. Naval Station, Guantanamo With these ears we hear the music of the songbirds. With these ears we Bay, Cuba. Editorial Staff heard the applause of a listening senate as the great English statesman, LTJG D. G. LaCasse -------------------------------- Officer-Advisor Winston Churchill, pledged that the two great English speaking Nations G. L. Henderson, JOC --------------------------------------- Editor would march on together until tyranny had been utterly destroyed. J. C. Curren, JOSN ------------------------------- Managing Editor E. U. Orias, JO3 ------------------------------------ Feature Editor As we thought of the subject the other day, we decided to read up on D. D. Hinton, JOSN --------------------------------- Staff Reporter the construction of this very important organ, the ear. We confess that THE INDIAN is published weekly at the Naval Station in accordance we read in awe before we had finished the subject. What a wonderful and with NavExos P.35, Revised Nov. 1945, and financed with non-appropri- complicated thing is the ear. This appendix which we call the car is ated funds. only an insignificant part of the apparatus for hearing. It merely collects Materials marked AFPS may be used by news mediums provided credit the stimuli and directs is given. Features marked "copyright" may not be used. All material them into the proper channels. They take care originated by THE INDIAN may be used in whole or in part or of the acoustic vibrations. without credit. As we think of the words of our Lord, do we not feel that He was All photographs are official U.S. Navy photos unless otherwise credited. thinking of something more important than just the sense of hearing.