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Vol. 5, No. 3 BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE, OCTOBER 1, 1954 5 cents Fearless Foursome TEMPORARY PLAN USED TO COVER VACATION TRAVEL

Judging by the avalanche of real and hypothetical questions thrown at the three employees in the Transportation Section of the Administrative Branch, it was fortunate that enactment of the free home leave travel legislation came at the end of the summer vacation season. No subject in many years has stimu- lated more interest or evoked more questions than this. So many inquiries were received by the Transportation Section that a special request was made for employees not planning immediate vacations to delay their questions. The Canal administration moved quickly when news was received that President Eisenhower had signed the bill into law. The plan was made effective immediately and employees leaving the next day on the Panama Line were given an opportunity to accept free transportation. The plan is still SLIDING'S FUN and stirs up a breeze on a hot day. These Los Rios youngsters enjoy some of the being operated under equipment at their new play area: Ricky Riesch, Martha Jane Spinney (asked to spell it, she said: "You temporary rules until permanent regula- don't. You say it!"), Madeline Hopson, and Janet Stuart. For more on Canal Zone playgrounds, see tions are formulated. It is expected that page 5. these will be ready for announcement at an early date. First Free Tickets CANAL EMPLOYEES BEGIN TO SEE EFFECTS Travel orders are now being issued for all forms of transportation, and employ- BILL ees leaving today on the S. S. Panama OF RECENTLY-PASSED FRINGE BENEFITS were the first to receive tickets without payment for travel on the Panama Line. total of 127 Canal employees became will continue as "indefinites" until they A Until now, employees traveling by the employees in 167 qualify examinations for "career" September and by competitive Panama Line were given authorization entered a "career conditional" status as the positions they hold. now for reimbursement following their return a result of the fringe benefits legislation Regulations Awaited from vacation. enacted by Congress shortly before its It will be a matter of several weeks An important point for all employees adjournment. until full information is received from the accepting the free home-leave-travel-plan The change was made under the impor- Civil Service Commission as to the hold- to remember is that they will be required tant but little known provision of the ing of examinations for those still in the to submit vouchers for their travel ex- legislation which modifies the Whitten "indefinite" classification. It is expected, penses in the United States. A per diem Amendment. This amendment, effective however, that regualtions governing these allowance will be granted to employees, September 1, 1950, placed a ceiling on will be issued and become effective before but not to employee dependents, for the number of permanent employees per- the end of the year. All employees now travel between the ports of embarkation mitted by all Government agencies and remaining in an "indefinite" status will and their homes. required that all employments and pro- be given the opportunity to acquire ca- Mileage Allowance motions subsequent to that date be on reer Status when the (See page 1-5) an "indefinite" basis. Generally, allowances for travel expen- The Personnel Bureau has just com- ses will be granted in accordance with the REVIEW SUBSCRIPTIONS Travel Expense Act of 1949. With some pleted a review of the personnel records FOR COLLEGIANS of the 1,126 employees in the Canal or- exceptions, this provides for expenses to ganization in competitive Civil Service be paid for travel by the usually traveled Again this year THE PANAMA CANAL RE- positions. Of these, 509 were employed VIEW offers an eight-month subscription —Octo- route between the two points and not ber through May for students attending college since the Whitten Amendment became — exceeding the cost of travel by common in the United States. The special rate is 50 cents effective, or now occupy positions with- for the eight issues. carriers. competitive status, and therefore This special rate is good for subscriptions for Employees may use their own cars for out college students only. Cash or money order should have been listed as "indefinites." Of this be sent to the travel for which they will be granted a Editor, THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW number 215 are in competitive jobs with- mileage allowance. However, this allow- Balboa Heights, C. Z. out Civil Service status and this group ance, plus per diem, (See pagi id) THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Octobet 1,1954

Community Chest's Company-Government Will Participate

Annua! Fund Drive In Fourth Senior Management Program

Begins October 24

Announcament of the goal for the annual Community Chest campaign for funds, to be held this year between Oct- ober -'4 and November 15, will be made this coming week after recommendations of the Budget Committee are submitted to the Chest's Board of Directors. Meanwhile a special committee from the Board is studying the possibilities of a United Fund drive for the Canal Zone in 1955, similar to that being conducted in a large number of U. S. cities. A con- solidated drive of this sort, incorporating

all agencies which now conduct fund campaigns in the Canal Zone, was suggested recently to the Community Chest by C. W. Chase, President of the Pacific Civic Council. The Community Chest constitution re- quires that agencies which wish to parti- EIGHT CANAL employees who had attended the U. S. Civil Service Commission's Intern Program cipate must apply for membership. The in Washington met at Balboa Heights to wish Douglas Lord, this year's appointee, good luck in his course. Community Chest success of the coming Mr. Lord, an employee of the Locks Division, is congratulated by Daniel J. Paolucci, Training Officer. drive in providing funds for its 12 parti- In the background, in the usual order, are the following former trainees: Gordon Prick, Robert A. Stevens, Maenner B. Huff, Frank Wilder, Paul Friedman, Norman B. Davison, Otto Helmerichs, and pating agencies is expected to have con- Douglas Johnston. A ninth former trainee, Walter A. Dryja, was ill at the time the photograph was taken. siderable effect on whether or not organ- their own drives izations now conducting Participation of the Company-Govern- ticipation in the Senior Management membership. apply for Chest ment organization in the Fourth Senior Program followed, by about a month, the The Community Chest's Budget Com- Management Program, to be held in departure of Douglas Lord, a Locks Div- mittee, all volunteers, are to meet tomor- Washington the first six months of next ision employee whd had been selected to row to review the budgets of all member year, has been approved by Gov. J. S. attend the Sixth Junior Management In- agencies. The committee's report will be Seybold. tern Program. This course started Sep- made to the full Board next week, and The program will begin early in Jan- tember 13 and will last through January the goal announced. uary and last through June. Details of 28. Participating Agencies the program are expected soon from the Since 1946, thirteen Canal employees United States Civil Service Commission, have attended the Management Pro- Agencies which have applied for mem- under whose auspices the programs are grams. Of these, nine are still with the bership this year whose budgets will be conducted. These details will be publi- Canal organization, three have left the reviewed are: cized throughout the organization by Canal Zone but are employed by other Scouts of America; Girl Scouts The Boy Daniel J. Paolucci, Training Officer. Federal agencies, and the other is on International Boy Scouts; of America; The Governor's approval of Canal par- leave from the Locks Division and in the the Jewish International Girl Scouts; military service. the Armed Services Welfare Board-USO; The original program sponsored by the Balboa; Armed Services YMCA-USO, 200,000 Yards Removed Civil Service Commission to develop em- Cristobal; Salvation Army; YMCA-USO, ployees who show administrative ability Recreation Board, U. S.-rate; From Contractors Hill Summer and to encourage a continuing interest in Summer Recreation Board, Local-Rate; Over 50 feet has been sliced off the top federal careers among Government em- Congress of Civic Councils, Local-Rate; of Contractors Hill and the hilltop, as ployees was known as the Administrative and Cristobal-Margarita Civic Council. September ended, was down to the 350- Intern Program. About 1951, it was div- Hospital, which has in the past Corozal foot level, according to reports from the ided into the Junior Management Pro- funds from the Community received field. When the work of stabilizing Con- gram and the Career Development Pro- therapy pro- Chest for its occupational tractors Hill began in June, the summit gram. Mr. Lord is attending the first Pacific Civic Council, also gram, and the of the hill was 417 feet above sea level. group. past, are not asking a Chest agency in the By the end of September, approximate- Alphabetically, present Canal employ- have indicated that funds this year. Both ly 200,000 cubic yards of earth and rock ees who were selected to attend the Jun- they sufficient money on hand from have had been removed. This is about 1 1 per- ior Management Programs, are: contributions to carry out previous Chest cent of the estimated total. Walter A. Dryja, 1949-50; then an have indicated that their programs but In addition to cutting the hill down to Engineer with the Locks Division. He is again petition for in the future they may the 550-foot level, Tecon Corporation now Assistant to the Marine Director. in the Community Chest. membership which is the contractor for the hill work, Gordon M. Frick, 1948; then a Person- As in past years headquarters of this has taken out a ramp approach to the nel Clerk and is now a Position Classifier year's campaign will be in the office of 3 10-foot level through the center of the in the Wage and Classification Division

the Canal Zone Credit Union on Balboa hill. of the Personnel Bureau. Road, near the intersection of Amador Drilling and blasting at the Canal side Paul H. Friedman, 1950-51; then Ad- Road. Mrs. Arnold Hodgson, Commun- of the hill has been so successful that ministrative Assistant in the Storehouses

ity Chest secretary last year, is serving little, if any, rock has fallen into the Division. He is now Assistant Supply in the same capacity this year. She is waterway. Heavy blasting is stopped 20 Director. the Chest's only salaried employee; all to 25 feet from the hill face on the Canal Otto W. Helmerichs, 1946; Personnel other workers are volunteers. side and the remaining rock drilled and Chief for the Central Labor Office. He is Company-Government employees may blasted with small charges. now Chief, Employment Branch, Em- make their donations through payroll The fractured rock resulting from the ployment and Utilization Division. deductions, as they have done before. small blasts is raked away from the face Maenner B. Huff, 1949-50; then Chief, This year, however, the deductions may of the hill with a large shovel. If the re- General Accounts Branch, and now Sys- be extended over a six-month period, sultant debris is too large to be handled tems Accountant, with the Accounting rather than over four months, as had by the shovel alone, bulldozers are called Systems Staff. been done previously. in to help remove it. Douglas S. Johnston, (See page 14) October 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

to a little-known Canal Zone good-neigh- Launches Are Only Transportation bor policy. It began over a quarter of a For Living Near Gatun Lake century ago. Listen to Harry B. Fried- 6,000 land, of the Aids to Navigation staff, who used to watch the launches and barges come in to Gatun, telling of the "water roads" over which the launches travel: Channels Cleared "Before the channels could be properly marked, they had to be cleared of all submerged tree stumps. The stumps were dynamited out, as this was the best method for clearing the channels properly and quickly. The work was started in 1925 and completed during the latter part of 1926. The cost of clearing these channels in 1925 and 1926 was estimated at $28,301. "At that time the population distrib- uted over the reaches of these channels and depending on the lake for transportation numbered 3,394, by actual census count. Today that population is estimated at 6,000. "The channels total 46 miles in length and are marked by 212 navigational aids. The Aids to Navigation launch, U. S. Gavicta, is used for serving the small work parties who do what is necessary for the propei' maintenance and operation of these navigational aids. GATUN LANDING is always the scene of hearty welcomes when a launch arrives from any of the lake villages.

The crated chickens cackled and the In other words, it was just an ordinary piled piva nuts shook a bit under the Friday morning, much like any of the ropes which lashed them down as El Sol half dozen days a week that the launches and the Ciri Grande slid up beside the make their trips back and forth across public launch landing at Gatun. Helping the lake. For, to the 6,000 or so dwellers hands reached from the dockside to tie in lake shore settlements and tiny groups the launches up. They must be unloaded on the islands, the launches are busses, quickly; the Washington, the Pueblo Nue- trains, trucks, and ambulances— all rolled vo, and the Margaret Jane were due any into one. The launches are their only minute and would need room to dock. means of transportation to market or to On the landing "Michi," a gray and doctor, and in many cases, to church. white cat which had stayed behind when Sometimes there are as many as seven the Aids to Navigation offices were moved of the lake craft, 29 to 40 feet in length, to Gamboa, waited beside her new mis- and a few banana barges tied up at tress. She was one of a couple of women Gatun at one time. They are freighters, who hoped to sell bananas and oranges bringing produce to market; busses, bring to passengers debarking from the launches ing buyers and sellers or even an occa- after trips which, for some of them, had sional sightseer to the big town; or am- begun as early as 6 a. m. Half a dozen bulances, bringing the sick to Colon for chivas and as many trucks were lined up medical attention. to carry off to market the produce which That they are able to travel at all over had come from Escoval, Largartarito, tha submerged trees, which are all that Ciri Grande, Ciricito, Vino Tinto, and are left of the jungle which once stood half a dozen other of the lake s?ttl?ments. where Gatun Lake now shimmers, is due FROM CIRI GRANDE, on Gatun Lake, Digno Dondo has brought his mother to see a doctor. At the same time he will market a dozen or so stems of bananas.

"The launches and barges play an important part in the economic situation of the people who inhabit the island and lake shore villages and it is highly important and vitally necessary that the small boat channels be kept cleared and marked at all times so that transportation facilities may not be disrupted." Plantain, Pineapples To see just how important these channels are to the people of the Gatun Lake area, one needs only visit the launch- landing and watch the small boats and the people and produce they carry. The other day, for instance, the launches had aboard: Chickens, stems of green plantain, bunches of piva nuts, piles of pineapples, heaps of squash, stem after stem of bananas, cases of empty bottles which had held soft drinks, and bulging bags marked "California Wal- * nuts," which, obviously, did not contain y M walnuts. There did not happen to be, BUYERS ( 'LIMH aboard the lake launches at the Gatun landing almost as soon as the small boats this particular Friday morning, any pigs,

tie up. That way, they are sure to get the pick of the produce. Or turkeys, or a COW (See page .',) THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW October 1, 1954 u Es Esta? Eso Es Un Juguete," have no knowledge of the language. iQue This division of the pupils means a re- Dicen Los Nifios En Las Escuelas shuffling of the pupils on the three days when the team of three teachers visits the school for Spanish classes. Generally, the classes are large enough to avoid com- bining two or more grades for the Span- ish instruction. The emphasis through the elementary schools will be on conversational Spanish and no grammar will be taught. Also, no reading or writing will be taught in the first three grades to avoid confusing the younger pupils' minds by two written languages. In fact, no books at all will be used for the beginners. Books will be introduced to the students only after they have progressed through the first half of their intermediate training.

[ earning Is Dramatized Every effort will be made for pupils to learn the language easily and naturally, as though they were beginning to learn to talk. This will be done by means of word games, dramatization, and "vocabulary activities" in which the teacher will tell the pupil in Spanish what to do (such as close the door) and the pupil will follow instructions. A liberal use will also "ESO ES UN JUGUETE," Clinton C. Carney, Jr. is telling this Spanish class of first graders at Diablo Heights School. The children know it is a toy which he is holding and are therefore likely to re- be made of pictures and illustrations for member the Spanish words to say so. Word games, dramatization, and "vocabulary activities" are the beginners. methods to be used for the younger children. As the children advance, they will be taught phrases, idioms, and additional Several hundred Canal Zone small fry pletion of elementary education, be so words of common usage required for con- from about six to nine years old are learn- well in grounded basic Spanish that, versation. The simpler forms of verbs ing for the first time that a dog is also speaking the language will be easy and will be introduced to students after learn- called a perro, and a cat, gato. the child will for be ready advanced ing the Spanish names of common objects During this school term, they will learn study in grammar and literature. and things. these and two or three hundred other The first classroom work in Spanish for Tape recorders, which have been found basic words of the Spanish language the U. S. elementary schools was not to be excellent for instruction in lang- which will enable them with compara- begun until the second school week. The uages, will be widely used in the elemen- tively little extra practice to carry on a entire first week spent was in individual tary Spanish instruction. These have conversation in two languages. examination of pupils to determine their been used for some time in Zone schools For the first time Spanish language is knowledge of Spanish. but an additional supply was purchased being taught in the first three elementary The purpose of the individual exami- this year to provide each school with grades of the U. S. schools and school nation for was a division of the students adequate equipment. authorities fully expect that it will greatly into three classes, depending upon their "* The system of "visiting" Spanish advance the time when the Canal Zone knowledge of the Spanish language. The teachers is not new to Zone schools but will become largely a bilingual commun- pupils in each group, beginning, interme- it is being greatly expanded this school ity. This assumption, of course, is based diate, and advanced, are taught accord- year because of the extension of Spanish on the fact that the best time to learn a ing to their ability. By this method, language classes to the first three grades language is during the earliest childhood. children who already speak Spanish with which this year represents nearly a half It is expected that any child entering some degree of proficiency are not re- of the entire student body in grades one the first grade this year will, upon com- tarded by others of the same grade who through twelve.

Launches Are Only Transportation

For 6,000 Living Near Gatun Lake

(Continued from page 3) or two as there sometimes are. Then there are the people, like young Digno Bondo and his widowed mother, Senora Anastasia. They had come from Ciri Grande and would go back that night. The young man would market 15 stems of bananas, at 45 to 50 cents each, and the mother would visit the doctor who had been treating her at Amador Guerrero dispensary. They had been to Colon 15 days before and would be coming again in another 15 days, if there

were more bananas to market, and if the mother still needed medical attention. The Dondos were passengers in the launch Ciri Grande which is owned by the father of its captain, Aureliano Al- varez. He makes two trips a week to the village for which the launch is named, stopping at Escoval and Cuipo on route to Gatun. The trip takes two to three hours, depending on how much has to be \\ INIFKED AXXE STICK, whose mother, Mrs. Virginia Stich, is employed as Librarian at Gorgas loaded; the fare is 75 cents one way. Hospital, is demonstrating her knowledge of Spanish to Mrs. Marcela de Diaz. The elementary students in the More than one sick person has been car- U. S. schools were examined individually before the start of Spanish classes in the first three grades this year so that ried free, if not to they could be divided into three groups—beginning, intermediate, and advanced—for he happened have instruction according to their ability to ppoak Spanish. money to pay for his trip. October 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW Recreation Areas For Young And Old Part Of Planning For Zone Townsites

A large number of small plots of ground adjacent to new housing areas in the Canal Zone have been set aside and are being developed as open-air recreational areas for children.

Although the big, supervised playgrounds for children and adults have long been a cardinal feature of the Canal Zone schools system, the provision of un- supervised play areas—with or without equipment -convenient to homes is a comparatively new idea in townsite planning.

One of the most notable examples of this kind of playground is that recently opened at Los Rios. A large plot of ground in the town's center has been outfitted with swings, slides, a baseball diamond for young children, and a con- crete slab for basketball and similar games. It is centrally located and can be reached by most of the children in the town without crossing a street.

It is such areas as this which are being planned. Not all will be provided with but they will be playground equipment HOI'S were torn down and a street relocate I to make space for this playground, the first real kept in shape so that children in the play area for the children of Baboa elementary school. immediate neighborhood can use them without supervision at all hours of the the new two-family quarters to replace side by Porcona Street, principally for the located so that day. And all are centrally the 12-family frame buildings. One of the use of small children. A similar layout in neighborhood can get to children the new playgrounds is located on Sibert is located at the eastern end of the town crossing busy thorough- them without Street and a second is a half-acre plot along Gaillard Highway. Three play fares. between Walker Place and Sibert Street. areas for small children have been pro- Centralized Play Area Loth are near the Commissary and can vided in centralized housing areas. be reached from there without crossing a The big playground at Los Rios is one The principal playground area in An- street. No play equipment has been in- of three in that town. Another is located con is the one adjacent to the elementary stalled there up to now. at the top of the small hill near the center school. This was regraded into two levels of town where the only trees were left Six Play Areas In Paraiso and has been reopened for both adult standing after the extensive grading there. No less than six equipped playgrounds and children. it become a popular site for Already has or play areas without equipment have New Playground Opens cowboys and war-whooping Indian hunt- been provided in Paraiso. Some of these, When the new housing development in ers. A third play area, still undeveloped, however, are being developed following Balboa Flats is completed, it will prob- has been set aside near the western end the building program rather than as a ably have more play areas for young of the town between Anton and Cameron part of the original townsite planning. children than any other Canal Zone com- Streets. This is also true in a number of other munity. The new elementary school play Diablo Heights was the first Canal Zone towns. ground, dedicated this week, provides ad- town for which the townsite planning in- In addition to the principal play- equate play facilities for school children cluded these small play areas. There are grounds near the Paraiso school, two big and residents in the area. Only makeshift three large playgrounds already estab- recreational areas are available. One is equipment and play areas across the lished there, and two additional play located at the top of a big curve on Es- street from the school have been available areas were provided in the planning for palba Street and is bordered on the other before the two-acre plot was developed and equipped. Three other play areas are being provided in the Flats where the new housing

is being erected. One, about a half acre in size, is located between the new Mor- gan Avenue and Las Cruces Street; a three-quarters acre plot is bounded by Las Cruces and Carr Streets; and another is between Carr and Owen Streets. The latter will provide one section for small children. Each of these is located where it can be reached by small fry without crossing streets.

In addition to these, it is planned to develop a park and playground in the three-acre tract of land where the remaining four-family houses in the Flats are to be torn down. This will be sufficient size to have a softball diamond and other areas for organized games.

Atlantic Side Play Areas

Provisions for play areas at Rainbow City are slightly different than those in other Canal Zone towns. Here, practi-

(See page i.',) 1'AH AIS( ) children have plenty of room for any sort of game in the playground adjoining the school. cally every block has THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW October 1, 1954

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DO YOU LIVE IN A HOUSE OF HAZARDS?

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AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR home for your own safety • • Help prevent fires Community Services 6 Civil Affairs 3 Health 2 During Fire Prevention V/eek clean out Supply 1 Engineering and Construction Marine -- all trash which has accumulated in your home Transportation and Terminals

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SERVICE CENTER DIVISION Engineering and Construction Bureau INDUSTRIAL DIVISION

C. Z. Govl.-Panama Canal Co. ( This Month I ELECTRICAL DIVISION GROUNDS MAINTENANCE DIVISION Marine Bureau DIVISION OF STOREHOUSES MOTOR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION Supply Bureau

Transportation and Terminals Bureau AWARDS THIS CALENDAR YEAR ^^:^< C. Z. Govl.-Panami Canal Co ( Last 3-Year Av.) Service Center 6 Electrical 4 Grounds Maintenance 4 Dredging 3 Hospitalization and Clinics 3 Number of Disabling Injuries 10 Mji-IIours WorkeJ 2,-29.?S0 Industrial 2 LEGEND Railroad 2 2 Storehouses nzz Amount Better Than Canal Zone Government—Panama Canal Company Last 3- Year Average Locks 1 Maintenance 1 ^ Amount Worse Than Canal Zone Government— Panama Canal Company Last 3- Year Average Navigation 1 Commissary v Terminals Accumulative Frequency Rate This ear October 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

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Eleanor H. McIlhenny Editorial Assistant TWO YOUNG STUDENTS in auto mechanics at the La Boca Occupational high school learn about motors from George V. Richards, at the right, who is holding a distributor. They are Manuel Rivera,

left, and Guillermo Payne, center.

SUBSCRIPTION—$1.00 a year New regulations governing the use of to a year at an institution of his choice educational ac- SINGLE COPIES -5 cents each franked mail in the Canal Zone became or in some comparable effective today. The new regulations tivity. follow those recently issued by the Uni- all Panama Canal Service Cen- On sale at ted States Postal Service and generally Another phase of the 60-cycle conversion ters, Commissaries, and Hotels for 10 days preclude the furnishing of free mail program in the Canal Zone has been started the advertisement of bids to furnish four after publication date. service to Government agencies other by than the Company-Government. The new generators for the Gatun hydroelectric plant. These are the first bids for equip- SINGLE COPIES BY MAIL— 10 cents each only exceptions are the District Court, the United States District Attorney ment needed for the project. and Marshal, Selective Service, and the The specifications provide that the four BACK COPIES— 10 cents each installed. It is Census Office. generators be furnished and Other mail matter that may be ad- hoped to have the installation completed by On sale when available, from the Vault mitted free includes: Absentee ballots May 1956. Three of the generators will be of capacity, and the fourth ol Clerk, Third Floor, Administration Building, and balloting material for the Armed 3,750 kva the 5,625 kva, which are of the same capacity Balboa Heights. Forces; matter from members of Armed Forces in the United States en- as those now in use. program got titled to free mail privilege; reading Meanwhile, the conversion matter for the blind; official matter of further impetus during the past month by the Postal Service; reply-paid postal the house-to-house canvass to survey fre- equipment in the homes Postal money orders should be made pay- cards; return receipts; Pan American quency sensitive mail to and from of the Atlantic side. The engineers in able to the Treasurer, Panama Canal Com- Union mail; and prisoners of war and interned belliger- charge of this survey, which started the pany, and mailed to Editor, The Panama in Gatun, say that they ents and civilians. first of the month Canal Review, Balboa Heights, C. '/.. have received excellent cooperation in the program. An anchorage in Chesapeake Bay shel- tered the S. S. Ancon and its passengers from hurricane "Edna" which swept up the Forty Years Ago Atlantic coast from the Caribbean last month. The Ancon sailed from New York Fire Prevention Week Will In September the afternoon of September 9, two days later than its usual sailing date because of The Canal had been built and ships Be Observed October 3 to 9 the Labor Day holiday. The following morning the ship was di- were going through; the construction pe- course in order to verted from her usual riod was over. In September 1914, the avoid the storm. She put into the bay Fire Prevention Week will be held next numbered 28,199, a decrease about noon Friday and remained there at Canal force week with a program designed to reach anchor facing into the wind, until Saturday of almost 4,500 in a two-month period. the wind all Canal Zone residents of all ages. morning. The bay was calm but There is no better indication of the state rain were heavy. and of things than this warning from The During the week special "Sparky" col- Although one passenger reported that she wouldn't have known that there was a hur- Canal Record: oring-books will be given out to Zone ricane in the vicinity except for radio re- "The Isthmus is no place for men seek- children; the youngsters will also port--, ship's of anti-seasick pills arrival of school the supply ing work . . . The continued was immediately exhausted by less hardy visit the local fire stations. Fire equip- the unemployed at Colon, in the face of passengers who did not want to take any present labor congestion, menaces the ment for first aid use will be demonstrated chances as to what "Edna" might bring. the welfare and sscurity of the resident popu- on either side of the Isthmus and compe- Twelve applications were submitted lation and it is necessary that all reason- tition drills will be held October 9 at the by Company-Government employees able means be taken to curtail this un- for entry in the third year's competi- Curundu area between teams picked from desirable immigration." tion for the Rockefeller Public Service the three military services. Awards for which nation-wide selection There is no record of the employees' re- will be made in the early part of 1955. The Safety Page of this month's issue announced As this issue of The Panama Canal action, but The Canal Record of The Panama Canal Review graphi- REVIEW went to press, the applications the following: "Eaeh permanent male em- were being processed by the Personnel Canal on the Gold the fire hazards which can ployee of the Panama cally depicts Bureau. Those which were endorsed Roll is to he given a physical examination be found in many Canal Zone homes. were to be sent to Princeton LIniversity procedure is in line with which administers the program. . . . This Zonians should check the cartoon on page Only 10 or 11 civilian employees of work done by life insurance companies to found of Federal b' against the answers be on the executive branch the among their policy holders, and is com- Government are selected annually for page 12 to see how many of the hazards to a general examination and over- the Public Service Awards which enable parable shown occur in their own quarters. each recipient to spend from six months haul given machinery." THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW YOUR TOWNOctober 1, 1954 palm-bordered entrance road, approximately opposite the present residence of the Episcopal bishop, separated the hospital grounds from the rest of Ancon. It was kept locked at night and late comers had to ring a bell for admission. The first housing was crude. Married officers detailed to the Ancon police sta- tion lived in tents. One three-family house had only one bathroom. New quarters were built or old French buildings

made fit for habitation as fast as possible and by 190S Ancon was a village of 1,508. At that, it was Isss than a third the size of Culebra. Outside of the hospital, the biggest buildings in town were the Hotel Tivoli, which had been opened officially in Jan- uary 1907, and the Administration Build- ing, now the District Court. After 190S, it housed the offices of the Civil Admin- istration and of Sanitation, which until THE OLD TIYOLI makes a background for some of Ancon's newest houses. President Theodore that time had been in Panama City. Roosevelt and his official party were the Tivoli's first guests. Ancon In 1907 If the powers that were in 1904 and cove two leagues from Panama. A supreme court and a circuit court 1905 had been able to figure out an inex- In 1674 the new city of Panama was were located near the present post office pensive and practical method of reaching laid out beside this cove; 200 years later in an old French building, and a corral the top of Ancon Hill, Ancon would not the French Company selected a hillside for the horses and mules which pulled look anything like it do?s today. Glow- overlooking the roadstead as the site of official transportation was close by. Offi- ing from the summit of the 654-foot hill its hospital. When the Americans came cials of the Isthmian Canal Commission would be the lights of homes and hospitals they used the name "Port of Ancon" for were housed in large quarters on Fourth instead of today's constellation of aircraft what was later to be the Pacific terminus of July Avenue; the quarters once occu- warning lights. of the Canal. pied by Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the Com- For months after the United States The first town of Ancon was one of five mission's Secretary, are now the residence took over the rights and properties of the Canal Zone municipalities, each adminis- of the District Judge. The quarters of French Canal Company in 1904, Ameri- tered by a mayor and council. According the Chief Health Officer were on a knoll can officials discussed some feasible way to the Isthmian Canal Commission, it was behind St. Luke's Cathedral, then a of reaching the hilltop. They agreed that to be "the seat of the government of the steepled wooden chapel; other doctors and it was a perfect location for anywhere Canal Zone and the place of residence of officers of the civil administration lived in from 14 to 25 houses and two sanitariums. a large proportion of the Americans on the large houses still standing on Colum- They considered and discarded the idea the Isthmus." Although headquarters for bia Road. of a regular railway, a cog railway, a cable the Canal construction force were moved A frame building on Reservoir Hill, railway, and a macadam road "with a to Culebra three years later, Ancon did levelled two years ago when the present stage running at frequent intervals." The remain the main governmental and med- housing was laid out, was the elementary plans which were suitable to the steep ical center for the Canal Zone throughout school. One of the teachers in that school ascent were unsuitable because of cost. the construction period. In 1912 a local was Mrs. Ora Ewing, now housemother Finally, in April 1905, they abandoned writer commented that there were people for the junior college dormitory. all idea of the summit site and settled on in Ancon who had never seen the Canal No Commissary the lower slopes of the hill for their town. construction except from the windows of She lived in a four-family house on railroad cars. Ancon: Anchorage Fourth of July Avenue, looking out over The name Ancon, which means road- Hospital Grounds a large field where the National Institute stead or anchorage, goes back hundreds The first American construction in An- now stands. There was no commissary of years in Isthmian history. In 1545 con was the repair and expansion of the in Ancon, she recalls. Each week she Gonzalo Pizarro, seeking to control the rambling 500-bed French hospital. Some made out food orders for six days and Isthmus of Panama and its rich ports, of its wooden wards dated back to 1883; sent them and a $15 commissary book to sent two expeditions from Peru. The first they were reconditioned and pavilions and Cristobal. The orders were delivered pillaged the old city of Panama before it second floors added. By 1907 Ancon Hos- each morning after the train arrived from was recalled. The second was divided into pital had 96 buildings, 47 of them wards. the Atlantic side. two forces, one of which, under Rodrigo All of these wx're in what was known as Unlike most other towns, there was no de Carbajal, landed at Ancon, a small the Hospital Grounds. A gate across its clubhouse in Ancon and therefore, no

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\LI. DRESSED IT', with someplace to go! The ladies donned their fancied hats, with veils, and the gentlemen their most dazzling white flannels when the Ancon Amusement Association chartered the SS Ai/mn in February 1908 for a trip to the Pearl Islands. October 1, 1954 ANCONTHE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW

HARRY CORN S. D. CALLENDER CHARLES L. LATHAM, Jr. In charge of Ancon's Post Office Pacific Service Center Manager Ancon Commissary Manager

planned amusement. The people made was built near the commissary. This while fleeing along an Ancon drainage their own fun. The men went to the var- clubhouse, a two-story frame structure, ditch. ious lodges, like the Masons, Kangaroos, was burned to the ground in 1924 in Fishbowl, Doctors' Knob or the Knights of Pythias, which had Ancon's most spectacular fire. By the early 1930's the Ancon housing space over a quartermaster storehouse; Capt, R. E. Wood, Chief Quartermas- situation was acute; newcomers had no the women belonged to the very active ter, Dr. A. B. Herrick, then Acting Sup- place to live except "vacation quarters" Woman's Club, and later, to the Ancon erintendent of Ancon Hospital, and Sam- for sometimes as long as two years. Morning Musicale Society, disbanded uel Hitt, Canal architect, were appointed Twelve two-family houses and two cot- only a few years ago. to a committee to submit recommenda- tages were built near the hospital for The Tivoli was the scene of regular co- tions for reconstructing the hospital. The doctors' quarters. The section was im- tillions; the Ancon Amusement Associa- first of the hospital's present buildings mediately and obviously christened the tion, of which Mr. Ewing was a eharter was authorized in 1915. The Ancon res- "Fishbowl." member, arranged dances, picnics, sports, taurant, later known as the Clubhouse, The early 40's brought the completion and even, once, chartered a large ocean- was built in 1917. of the houses in the Old Corral area; going steamer for a trip to the Pearl Up to that time the streets had no emergency 12-family housing on Frangi- Islands. Round trip was $2 a person; official names. Houses were numbered, pani Street and new quarters for the doc- children under six went free. and not very logically at that, and loca- tors on Herrick Heights. Unnamed for Society was fairly formal. Calling cards ting a particular residence was difficult. some time, this section near the Ancon were part of every lady's equipment, and C. A. Mcllvaine, then Executive Secre- Courthouse was irreverently referred to oldtimers remember one woman who al- tary, suggested a number of somewhat in official files as "Doctor's Knob." ways wore a hat to her own tea parties. poetic names—Lovers Lane, High and Then came the war. Like other towns, Permanent Town Low Roads, Sleepy Hollow, and Palm Ancon lived through blackouts, air-raid By 1907 Ancon was beginning to spread Court—but his suggestions were not ad- alerts, civil defense drills. Makeshift beyond its original confines of Hospital opted. It was not until 1920 that Ancon sandbag shelters appeared under houses Grounds and Tivoli. Fourteen buildings Boulevard, Gorgas Road, Columbia and and in side yards; starred service flags were constructed in what is now the San Culebra Roads, for instance, came into swung in windows. Planes from North Juan Place area to house the insane pa- official being. and South America landed and took off tients had been cared for originally who For a decade the town went on its quiet from the Air Terminal on Gaillard High- in at the hospital proper and later a way. Its only excitement in the early way, now the Civil Affairs Building. Al- building near Miraflores. About 1915 the 1920's was a rash of burglaries committed most overnight a huge building appeared patients were transferred to Corozal and by a daring character named Peter Wil- over the edge of the hill below the Tivoli; the buildings converted to quarters. For liams. Oldtimers declare that he used to built by the USO for use of the thousands years they enjoyed the dubious distinc- notify the police in advance of the loca- of local and visiting servicemen, it is now tion of being haunted by crazy ghosts tion of his next burglary. Whether or not the Pacific Clubhouse. which, anyone knows, are worse than that is true, he eventually fell afoul of the After the war, building was again re- regular ghosts. law and was shot and killed by the police sumed in Ancon. About (See page n) * In 1910 the corral was moved to a location not far from the Insane Asylum where it remained until 1938 when it was moved to Gaillard Highway. As the Canal neared completion, An- con's future was uncertain. Finally, in 1914 The Canal Record announced the official decision that the settlement at Ancon be continued indefinitely. The permanent force to be housed there was to be about 161 families and 130 bachelors. A number of quarters were brought in from Culebra, Empire, and Bas Obispo and re-erected in Ancon and some new houses were built. Construction Began The present commissary was built in 1914 on the site of an old French building; for years tradition had it linked by a tunnel to the hospital buildings. Plans were drawn for a new school, still in up MISS DOVA ANTILL DR. ROBERT BERGEH use, and a clubhouse, the town's first, School Principal Ancon'a Doctor 10 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW October 1, 1954 Up And Down The Banks Of The Canal

Governor's Office Personnel Bureau Community Services Bureau

Ireland, of the Postal Service Winfield S. The last of the m-\x houses at Diablo employee to receive in Balboa, was the firs) Heights were assigned by the Housing Div- for leave under the travel authority home ision during the past month. Contractors Several othei employees pew regulations. lor the M Type-336 houses, two-story, two Line ship in who sailed on the first Panama family masonry buildings, completed con- were granted authority for reim- September st met ion within the specified time. The "I their vacation travel expenses, bursement group of houses, built by Isthmian Con- Section completed bul the Transportation structors, Inc., constitutes one of the prin- for Mr. and Mrs. Ireland and ., travel order cipal building projects of the past fiscal to go to Phoenix, Ariz. tlu-ir three children vear. He had planned to take local leave but changed to a Stan-' vacation after legisla- lor tion was passed granting the free travel Framorco, Inc., contractors for the home Icav e. housing construction project in Balboa • • • Flats, plans to complete 40 of the houses between November 1 and the formerly a municipal Leo B. Harrington, end of the year. This group of houses in Wilkcs-Barre, Pennsylvania, has employee provide 6(> new apartments. The Admin- will been employed, as a slenotypist in the contracting firm has announced that is the full-time istrative Branch. He first the remaining 17 houses, with 32 apart- employed in the Canal or- itenotypist to be ments, will be available by the latter ganization. part of next January. m m •

of desks and assign- \ general reshuffling Training L. B. Burnham, Assistant to ment of office space has been made in the Mrs. Janet Pienz. who is well known Officer, made an outstanding record Branch office. All units many hundreds of patrons of Service Center Vdmintstrative during the summer session of the New perform services for the general pub- restaurants on the Pacific side, has been m which York State School of Industrial and now located along the left side ol charge of the food preparation at the Hotel lic are Labor Relations at Cornell University. big office in Room 244 of the Adminis- Washington since its return to the Canal Com- the He led his class in three of the four Building. These include the \ ital pany operation. Her job of supervising the tration subjects and scored 94 percent in the unit. Transportation Section, and restaurant service at Pedro Miguel and the Statistics fourth, his position in this class not in charge of issuing special Com- Administration Building is being filled by L. personnel being reported to him. cards, gasoline purchase A. Montavani. missary authority the school, Mr. Burn- authentications, Before entering cards, police clearances, ham attended the fourth annual Insti- • • • and Canal Zone entry and reentry permits. tute for Training Specialists at Cornell. A new hot water system has been installed The Immigration Section has been moved This four-day session was attended by in the kitchen of the Tivoli Guest House to the small office on the porch adjoining top personnel employees from all parts which will provide an adequate supply of Room 202. of the United States, the Philippines, water at the proper temperature at all times and Hawaii. He and Mrs. Burnham, Canal Zone Engineering and Construction Librarian, returned from their extend- Even this far in advance of the Yule- ed leave in the States late in September. tide season, the Service Centers have Engineering Div- The design force of the received and placed on sale such Christ- concentrating its energies ision has been mas supplies as American and British conversion of Coco Solo Hos- I. itc !% on the greeting cards, candies, gift sets, and work is being pital Much of the design Health Bureau other holiday supplies. New phono- construction for- done in the field with the graph records have been received or are design work, such as the ces. The major Six medical officers, five nurses, a on order. enlarged air conditioned laboratory, is being seven local- medical technician, and • • • done in the office. rate employees have been added to the Colon Hospital staff because of the re- One of the top tourist attractions in the cent consolidation of hospital facilities. Canal Zone other than the Canal and its Contractors Hill is prov- The work at An additional ward was opened at the big locks is the Canal Zone Experiment groups and ing of interest to diversified hospital and the obstetrical out-patient Gardens. This show place is visited monthly Project Engin- l.t. Col. E. B. Jennings, clinic was moved to the first floor for by approximately 200 persons who tour the speaking eer, has lately filled several the convenience of patients. gardens to see variety of plants. Main ol engagements in addition to his busy alterations are being the visitors have a scientific interest in the The Panama Meanwhile, schedule at the project. made at the Coco Solo Hospital prepar- plant propagation and development pro- Natural History Rotary Club and the atory to the move there. Additional gram. Among recent visitors of this cate- re- Society were two large groups who parking spaces will be made available. gory was Dr. Theodore P. Hass, faculty explain the cently' heard Col. Jennings The alterations are being planned to member of the Philadelphia College of big project. care for the big increase in patient- Pharmacy and Science. • • • load as well as additional requirements ami of the various medical specialities. /•:. II'. Zelnick, Chief of the Water • • • Laboratories Branch, recently returned from a three-month vacation in the States with his Colonel Howard 11'. Do.in. Superintendent Transportation and Terminals family. He started his leave by attending the of Gorgas Hospital, has h -en appointed the convention of the American Water Work* As- Health Bureau's Technical Staff Chief of the yisit to the Cristobal piers was made sociation in Seattle, Washington, as an qffi- Civil Defense and Disaster Relief. His assist- A heaviest-lift Later he and his family .1/. Superintendent last month by one of the two , ml representative. ant is Dr. J. Wilkerson, ol ships under the American flag. It was the visited in Minnesota ami Chicago. of Colon Hospital, and J . I'. Smith. Chief I'SXS Pvt. Leonard C. Brostrom, a converted th,' Division of Sanitation, li is heen appointed loading and unloading heavy Facility Defense Coordinator for the bureau. C4 ship for cargo without shoreside lift facilities. It and The Dredging Division's craneboat Atlas • • • a sifter ship were recently converted by the in when it had ,i busy day early August at Palo Seco The interior of the buildings Bethlehem Steel Company and both lifted in. idi- three trips through the Cut with repainted. The Leprosarium are being as much as 180 long tons in a single-boom school children from the Republic of Pan- has been appreciably lightened color scheme lift during yard tests. Decision to convert from the Chile School, No. 1. ama. Pupils I cheerful effect . he to give a pleasing and the two ships by the Military Sea Trans- Simon Bolivar School, and the Jose Agusto walls will be aquamarine and the ceilings of experience in trip portation Service grew out Vrango School made the sightseeing to lighten the interior of the an "oft white" the Korean conflict in unloading heavy ma- I .Madden Dam. It was vealed that the flies were bred in or- Liberia. West Africa. year and had illustrated by the pictures of supervi- ganic types of fertilizer used by ama- Canal service in October of last Ohio, until sory personnel and retired employees. teur horticulturists. This type of fer- been employed in Youngstown, Firestone The report, written in simple and un- tilizer should not be used. Inorganic recently. His new job is "With the Harbcl. Liberia. derstandable language, will give a bet- plant foods and fertilizers which will Plantations Company in here in Africa, the Canal Zone ter knowledge of the divison's work and not breed flies may be bought at the "After working Till- Cvnai RE- the part each employee plays in the Commissaries, Storehouses, and stores is a paradise," he wrote to overall program. in the two terminal cities. VIEW. -

October 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 11

Marine Bureau Civil Affairs Bureau Your Town — Ancon

John W. Litton who made a long trip to (Continued from page 1950 Tahiti and the South Pacific after leaving the 9) the new Canal service in 1950 has been reemployed as "Gyn-Ob" building was added to the a machinist in the Industrial Division. He Gorgas hospital group, and a site cleared is assigned to the Balboa Shops. He was employed in the Balboa Shops from September for a clinic building, still to be built. 1140 until his reduction-in-force in April 1950. He then joined a private yacht making Flame Throwers an extended tour of the South Pacific. He The haunted old quarters and the beau- relumed to the Isthmus and was reemployed tiful trees on San Juan Place fell temporarily on the Locks overhaul in l'J53. before He returned to Tahiti for another long vaca- the bulldozers. Reservoir Hill, for many tion immediately afterwards. Before rejoining years a residence for women bachelors the Canal service last month he had been employed for about six months at the Naval was so levelled that it can no longer be Shipyard in Pearl Harbor. called a hill. Ancon Boulevard was relo- cated and the dreary old four-family

A group of about 60 friends attended a houses which had stood flush with its gala farewell party for Worden H. Cowen sidewalks became debris. flame- who retired last month as Director ot Ad- Army measurement. The party was held at the throwers burned some of the wreckage Army and Navy Club. Both Mr. and Mrs. where it lay. Cowen, who have already left the Isthmus to make their home in Illinois, were pre- Today some parts of Ancon look like sented with farewell gifts. SIDNEY KING the gap-toothed mouths of little boys. Old houses are being torn down as they Sydney King, oldest employee in the Polit e The Aids to Navigation Section has are vacated, and it will not be many now completed its move from Gatun Division and one of the oldest employees, in months to Gamboa. The transfer of the per- point of service, of any Canal employee, re- before they are all gone. tired at the end September after 43 years sonnel and equipment was the biggest of of Boundaries such move made by a Canal unit from continuous service. He came to the Isthmus one side of the Isthmus to the other from his home in Trinidad, and was employed Where Ancon begins and ends is a mat- November 10, 1911. He was one of the crack since the headquarters of the Panama ter of question. On one side it is sepa- Railroad were moved to the Atlantic- pistol shots of the Police Division and had rated side three years ago last month. been employed for the past several years at from Panama by Fourth of July the Penitentiary in Gamboa. He will be Avenue, whose name dates back at least honor guest at a big farewell party given by friends, co-workers, and officials Saturday to 1909 and probably earlier. The border, A highly successful office party was held afternoon in the industrial shops area at the generally, is the Panama-side curb of the early in September by the employees in the Penitentiary. Balboa Port Captain's office. The party • • • avenue. On the other end of town the was held to celebrate the promotions of R. dividing M. Collins to Harbormaster and George Bright yellow letters and figures on line between Ancon and Balboa, a black background will be the color Riley to Dock Foreman. Also thrown in as for taxi-fare purposes, is the Administra- for part of the purpose for the celebration wrere scheme Canal Zone license plates the return of Pete Riley from vacation and next year. These are the reverse of this tion Building. For school purposes, how- year's auto tags. Scientific studies the recent consolidation of the Boarding ever, the Fishbowl, San Juan Place, and Party personnel. have established that these colors can be more easily seen at a distance than the Old Corral area, and everything west any other color combination. Begin- of these sections, are considered ning next year, the License Section in the plans to adopt the use of standard Balboa elementary school area. sized license plates, six by twelve inches Comptroller's Office It has three churches, all well patron- to conform with the standard now established throughout most of the Uni- ized. Sacred Heart Chapel and the Cath- The Accounts Classification Section in ted States. The new plates will be edral of St. Luke began their lives as the Accounting Division has been trans- issued beginning December 1. ferred to the Accounting Systems Staff. • • • chapels inside the hospital grounds. The The move involved the transfer of two em- of Christ, Scientist, ployees, Robert V. Chenalloy and Howard Captain Arthur J. 'Troup, Chief of the Fire First Church on An- Lewis. Division, has two big events on schedule dur- con Boulevard was once the Ancon court- ing his present leave in the Stales. He will attend the wedding of his son, Arthur Jay house. It was moved to its present loca- Troup, Jr., and the International Association Lindsley H. Noble, Comptroller, is pres- tion in 1916 and has since been enlarged. of Fire Chiefs which will be hcdl this year in ently on leave of absence in the States for a Houston, Tex. During his absence, Captain Voracious Deer period of about six weeks. It is a combined II'. E. Jones, Commander of the Balboa Fire official business trip and vacation. He will Ancon has a greenhouse, the only one District, is acting as Chief of the Division. attend a meeting of the Board of Directors of in the Canal Zone. It has the only hotel the Panama Canal Company early in October, in the Canal Zone, though it is now known and will also appear with the Governor before William G. Dolan, Chief of Civil Defense the Buiiget the Bureau of on hearings on the of the Canal Zone, is in the Stales to attend as the Tivoli Guest House. Its hospital Company-Government budgets for the coming the Federal Civil Defense operations course at is the only one on the Pacific side. The fiscal war. Olney, Md., and a State Civil Defense Direc- tors meeting in Chicago. Before his return on marriages, adoptions, divorces, and es- October 16, he will also inspect the civil defense tates of hundreds of its citizens are re- The budgets for the Panama Canal Com- organization at the Oak Ridge Atomic Energy pany and Canal Zone Government for the installation. Lieutenant E. L. Cotton is Acting corded in the files of its District Court. fiscal year 1956 were completed and for- Chief of Civil Defense during Ins absence. It also has some of the most voracious warded to the Bureau of the Budget within • • • the due date set by the Director of the deer outside a jungle. One resident has Budget. The budget was completed and George V. Richards, teacher of auto an electrified fence around his yard to forwarded this year somewhat earlier than mechanics at the La Boca Occupa- School for the in previous years. tional High past seven keep them out of his garden. years, attended the General Motors In- stitute in Flint, Mich., during the past Many of the people who live in Ancon summer. He completed a four-week have never lived anywhere else. Nor do course in auto mechanic teacher train- they want to. Once an Anconite, New York Office ing to bring himself up-to-date on the always latest repair methods for automatic an Anconite, they'll tell you. transmission, power steering, and other R. H. Halsey, Jr., Freight Traffic Man- recent developments in modern auto- ager of the Panama Line, arrived on the S. S. mobile transportation. Panama last Monday for a visit to the Canal Two former Canal Zone customs inspectors Zone. He is accompanied on his trip by Mrs. have written friends that they have established Halsey. Before coming to the Isthmus. Mr. Mrs. Ella L. Pease, who has charge of the business operations on opposite coasts of the and Mrs. Halsey spent a week in Port-au- children's section at the Canal Zone Library. tinted States. Charles E. Johnston, who re- Prince to give him an opportunity to meet left last month for a year's sabbatical leave to signed several months ago, is now in the egg the various Panama Line shippers in Haiti. enter the University of Illinois. Miss Pease's and poultry business in Kissimmee, Fla., During his visit here he has been conferring home is Marion, Illinois, and she has been while Waller H. Morton and his family are with various Canal officials on matter-, reemployed for 25 years continuously in the now well established in their Royal Motel at garding freight traffic. Library. El Monte, Calif. .

12 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW October 1, 1954 HOUSE OF HAZARDS Ten Years Ago In September

1. All [C in seven September I, almost 80,000 passen- Fires arc caused by: Although the war Europe had 1943,

.i. Excessive storage "I old papers, car- months more to run something which gers had entered or left the Canal Zone tons, etc. in attic. no one could predict 10 years ago last through the air terminals at Balboa and Ii. 1 sing matches to light \ our wa\ month the Canal Zone was going to be Cristobal. c. Piling things against open i-lrclric.il wiring prepared for a Victory Celebration. Com- mittees from both sides of the Isthmus All 14 gates at the Gatun spillway were 2. BEDROOM first in Fires an- caused l>\ : met to make plans for fitting ceremonies opened September 29 for the time in bed. a. Falling asleep while smoking to be held when the day came. The Paci- Canal Zone history. The spilling was done i dry- I. ( Garments touching or overing fic sitle settled on a ceremony at Balboa for lake level regulation and for spill- closel heatei - Stadium; the Atlantic side chose a parade. way channel tests. The highest number c. Closet crammed with flammable paper boxes which adds more fuel. of spillway gates which had been opened From Washington eame word that the V BA I II previously was 13, in November 1932. Vim cm he injured or electrocuted by: War Department had declared former Canal a in the bathroom. a. I sing radio Zone policeman Ruel K. Boone officially residents to go back to Pull-chain fixture without insulat- Canal Zone had b. dead. A gunner on a bomber, he had been ing link over lavator) the old prescription system of obtaining hair dryer or Ian shot down near Dieppe, France, in Febru- c. Using an electric milk. A decreasing supply of fresh milk nut properly grounded. ary, and had been reported as missing in from Mindi Dairy made the action neces- in tub taking a shower. d. II Mm --lip a action. He ivas years old. 24 sary. The plan was the same as that used I se nonslip rubber pads. in 1942 when milk rationing had also been I Kl rCHEN Within a two-year period the parcsnt- Fires are caused by: necessary. Milk was to go first to small near the stove. age of the Canal-Railroad payroll invested a. Wind-blown curtains babies, with priorities decreasing with the on high, monthly in war bonds through the pay- I I. Hot grease left with burner age of the milk drinker. c. Oil stoves not kept clean and in re- roll deduction plan had practically tripled, pair. according to a report of the Canal Zone (I. Kitchen matches left scattered a- war bond committee. Over 95 percent of The sentences of four Italian officers round for children to play with. who had been convicted in 1942 of sab- Accidents are caused by: the employees were buying bonds by pay- otaging the 23,000-ton liner Conte Bian- a. Grease spilled and left cm the floor. roll deduction; 18.26 percent of the pay- handles left so the pan in Cristobal b. Sauce pan roll was being invested in bonds each camano while the ship lay can be knocked nil the stove. month through this plan. harbor were commuted by President c. Pull-chain fixture over sink without Franklin D. Roosevelt. They had been insulating link. travel increased to three years each for sabotage d. Using defective electrical appliances Air had markedly, fig- sentenced where they can -hcirt through you ures released by the Customs Bureau and one year each for conspiracy. A tu sink. showed. In the one-year period beginning $5,000 fine had also been imposed. 5. LIVING ROOM— Fires are caused by: a. Overloaded electrical circuits heat- ing concealed wires. il. Electrical lamp cords installed along baseboard and under carpet. C. Electric lamp cords allowed to become worn down to bare wires. Cigarettes left smoldering on ash It Is Later d. trays which may fall on a rug. e. Flicking cigar or pipe ashes into wastepaper basket.

(,. LAUNDRY Than You Think! Fires are caused by: a. Leaving hot electric iron connected while doing something else.

Ii. Substituting pennies for fuses.

C. Overloading one outlet with execs- si\ e appliances. Accidents are caused by: a. Metal floor lamp being used as an extension cord.

I.. Old ice box drains which may become energized from electric re- TOY PREVIEWS frigerator. c. Lead wire from aerial which may become energized through radio.

7. HOBBY SHOPS— WHKN? Friday, October 15; 3 to 5:30 p. in., 7 to 9 p. m. hires may be started by: a. Paint and oil-soaked rags left lying in the corners. b. Hot sparks or cigarettes tailing into WHERE? Atlantic Side Toy Center, near Camp Hierd wood sha\ ings. c. Gasoline used as a cleaning fluid. Service Center d. Excessive lumber, paint, and other

flammables lL s fuel for small fires. Pacific Side Toy- Center, opposite Balboa Annex

Accidents are caused l>\ : a. Ungrounded electrical equipment and unguarded saws. Fa Boca Commissary Ii. Worn and exposed electric wires. c. Using tools with which you are un- familiar or in an unsafe manner. s GAR VGE Tivoli Commissary hires are caused by:

s( .i I ot gasoline for cleaning parts.

Ii. Not storing gasoline in approved safet\ cans. Camp Bierd Commissar)

c. ( lasoline and excessix e grease spilled on the floor. d. Short circuit in extension cord. smoking, or an) spark, around Rainbow Citv Commissary gasoline fumes.

Mont pile or store material w here il max interfere with the automatic operation ol sprinkler heads.

\. i idents are caused bv: a. Running an engine in a closed gar- age. Toy Sale begins the following day b. Depending on the jack alone to keep the car from falling. c Worn or defective extension cords which may short through you to ground. —

October 1, 1954 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW 13 Everyone Calls Him "Brown'* t ANNIVERSARIES At Diablo Heights Commissary

People who see him buzzing around the Diablo Heights Commissary or ask "Brown" to help them carry packages to their cars probably have no idea that he was once a lightweight contender and that his name isn't Brown at all. The "Brown" comes from the days when he was fighting in Jamaica, Panama, Colombia, and the United States, under the name of "Baby Al Brown." The name by which he was christened some 34 years ago in St. Ann's, Jamaica, is Horace Lloyd Morgan. Today his ring days are far behind him. Occasionally, when he has an opportunity he goes to local prize fights or listens to radio broadcasts of big bouts in the States, but he hasn't touched GEORGE N. ENGELKE leather to skin for several years. He has Senior in Service no regrets about his ring career, however. He said, philosophically, the other day: George N. Engelke, who has the longest is clean sport. continuous service of any American citizen "Boxing, generally, a "BROWN" is usually available to help Diablo now on the Panama Canal Company-Canal It sets a man up to realize what the Heights Commissary customers with their packages. rolls, heads this month's Zone Government world's made of. How much he can give list of anniversaries, with 43 years of Canal missary Division again since 1946 and and how much he can take, that's what service. Except for five months of his at the Diablo Heights store for about a life, when he was a manifest clerk makes a man." working year. for the now defunct California-Atlantic Started As Amateur fight professionally in Steamship Company in 1911, he has never He began to "Brown" started boxing as an amateur worked for any other organization. Panama soon after he arrived on the as a paperweight, Furthermore, all of his Canal service has in Jamaica, about 1935, Isthmus. Most of his first bouts were been with the Commissary Division or its his fighting career he had Before he ended in Colon but he soon extended his activi- began September pre-1914 equivalent. He 10 heavier, although fought men pounds ties to Panama City. He believes his > 5, 1911, as a wrapper and checker, and has most of his last bouts were in the light- worked his way up through the Commissary best fight was one with Young Finnegan Division to his present post, Assistant Gen- weight class. of Colon before what newspapers de- Born in Athens, Ga., he con- eral Manager. He came to the Canal Zone as a scribed as a record-breaking crowd in the his father, came to the Canal Zone in 1909; first tract worker in March 1941. His in July 1943. The H. N. Engelke, was a machinist in the National Stadium with the Municipal Division; Canal shops for many years. Mr. Engelke job was fight went 10 rounds and "Brown" had holds the Roosevelt Medal and is one of later he worked for the Commissary and Finnegan on the canvas in the second three employees whose service dates back Receiving Schools Divisions and for the round. The final decision went to Finne- to the construction period. the Balboa and Forwarding Agency at gan but, quoting the local press again, it Three employees share the No. 2 anni- Docks. He has been with the Corn- was a close one. has 35 years of govern- versary post. Each The next year "Brown" fought Chalky ment service. All have continuous Canal Locks; and Joseph C. Turner who, in his Wright, former world's featherweight service. capacity as Treasurer of the Panama Canal Gaspar de Paredes, a native of Panama, Company, signs checks worth millions of champion, in Panama. Wright not only has always worked for the Commissary Div- dollars every month. reported him to be a "rough, tough, ision. is now a Commissary Assistant at Other 20-year employees are Mrs. Ethel He fellow," but persuaded him to go to the the cold storage platform at Balboa. E. Askew, whose job is that of Accounting luck. "Brown" did, W. H. Esslinger, as Chief Hydrographer, Clerk with the Agents Accounts Branch; States to try his is the Canal's weatherman; he just talks Ralph H. Kirkpatrick, a Cabinet Maker via Colombia and Jamaica, where he about the weather and says he doesn't do for the Industrial Division and, like Mrs. received a tumultous welcome as a local it. Born in Alabama, he Zonian; George T. anything about Askew, a native Canal boy who had made good. came here as an Observer in the Surveys McLintock, Industrial Division Electro- Branch. plater; Robert G. Richardson, a Shipping Madison Square Garden Cleveland Schecker, Secretary of the Foreman for the Commissary Division, also His States fights included two at Board, is a native Brook- and Stanwood O. Specht, Disability Relief a native Zonian; Madison Square Garden, one of them lynite. He began his service here as a clerk a Mechanic Operator-Foreman for the Elec- against Julio Jimenez, Mexican light- in the Personnel Bureau and has always trical Division. been in Personnel work. weight champion, and several in New Four of the 14 employees who completed Jersey. September was Silver Anniversary month 15 years of Government service in Septem- with one thing and another, for four Canal employees. They are; Miss ber work for the Locks Division; two of the What Hallie Beavers, who teaches mathematics four have the same service date and hold fighting did not prove to be as profitable identical jobs. at Balboa High School ; George Carter Orr, as "Brown" had expected although he dredge Mindi; The 15-year twins are Frank J. Dolan an operator on the big suction was doing well and was receiving good Walter G. Peterson, whose title is Super- and Harry F. Willenbrock. They went press notices. So he came back to visory Meat Processing Specialist for the to work for the Canal September 21, 1939 Commissary Division; and Gordon H. and both are Control House Operators at Panama and since about 1946 has been Lock employ- Thompson, Marine Bunkering Foreman Miraflores Locks. The other an "ex" in the fighting game. in Balboa. ees who had 15th anniversaries last month for the Terminals Division Today he keeps himself busy working are Charles J. Sorrell, a Lock Operator in the commissary and being a family Two of this month's 20-year employees Wireman Leader at Miraflores, and Charles both teachers—went to work for the Canal Swearingen, a Control House Operator at man. He lives in Panama with his wife unbroken service. organization on the same day—September Gatun. All have and three little Morgans, two boys and a 20, 1934. They are Miss Thora M. Baub- Also with unbroken service are: Miss High girl. The older boy is Orelio Washing- lits, who is at the South Margarita School, Claude M. Aycock of the Balboa was born Washington's Birth- and Miss Helen M. Starr, principal of the School faculty; Curtis B. Darden, a cus- ton—he on Fort Kobbe school. tons inspector at Balboa; Maenner B. day in 1948. The little girl, who was in Account- Eight other 20-year employees have un- Huff, Systems Accountant the born a few months after her family lost broken Canal service. They are: Arthur A. ing Systems Staff; Herbert G. Kelly, all their belongings in a fire in Panama Albright, Lockmaster at Gatun—his serv- Plant Electrician for the Commissary Divi- pilot; and Isaac City in 1949, is Hortensia, and the baby, ice is continuous with the Locks Division; sion; John F. Meehan, Harry V. Cain, Head Stevedore Foreman Price, an engineer with the Railroad Divi- now 18 months old, is named Alleroy for the Terminals Division; W. F. Cun- sion. Marcus. ningham, Auditor in the Internal Audits Other 15-year employees are: John F. Orelio is in school now, in Panama. Staff; George P. Fullman, Supervisor with Frensley, Jr., a Railroad engineer; Dor- So far, he hasn't shown any interest in the Meter Repair Unit of the Maintenance othy Hood who, as a Copyholder at the Division; Parker P. Hanna, a Steam Engi- Printing Plant, helps get out The Panama boxing, but if he does he has a good Sys- neer with the Terminals Division; William Canal Review; John Montayne, a teacher right in the family. Kosan, who works with the Industrial Div- tems Accountant in the Accounting Divi- "I'll teach him, if he wants to learn," ision as a machinist; Charles A. Stewart, sion; and Mrs. Lillie W. Wood, Staff Die- "Brown" says. a Lock Operator Machinist with the Pacific tician at Gorgas Hospital. .

14 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW October 1,1954

PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS OCTOBER SAILINGS

August 15 Through September 15 From Cristobal Employees who were promoted or trans- ographer, from Maintenance Division, to Panama-. ..October 1 Division. ferred between August 15 and Septembei Contract and Inspection Ancon.. ..October 8 listed below. Regradings and within- Donald W. Journeay, General Con- 15 are Cristobal- . ..October 15 struction Engineer, from Maintenance Div- grade promotions are not listed. Panama 'October 23 ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH i-ii hi to Survey Branch. Muller, General Construction Ancon. - "October 29 Mrs. Virginia D. Cunningham, from John W. Engineer, and Otis C. Myers, Supervisory Clerk-Typist, Duplicating Unit, to File Construction Management Engineer, from York Clerk, Records Section. From New Maintenance Division to Engineering Div- CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU ision. Cristobal October 5 Division of Schools Mrs. Laura J. Nelson, from Clerk-Ty- * "October 14 Sousa, Mrs. Bellamy Panama Mrs. Artemis M. to Clerk, Electrical Division. Layne, Mrs. pist A neon October 10 P. Laatz, Mrs. Wanda J. Mrs. Eloise G. Boon, from Substitute Larimore, Mrs. Suzanne S. October 26 Grace R. Teacher, Division of Schools, to Clerk- Cristobal Theresa E. Hunter, Mrs. Granzow, Mrs. Typist, Electrical Division. Mary E. Jacqueline M. Conn, Mrs. HEALTH BUREAU "Leaves Cristobal Saturday; arrives Xew Teacher to Elemen- Cost, from Substitute William F. Grady, Colon Hospital, and York Frifay. tary School Teacher. Manuel Lichtenbaum, Gorgas Hospital, Miriam S. Hirschl, Mrs. Mary ""Leaves New York Thursday because Mrs. from Pharmacist to Supervisory Pharma- Conklin, from Kindergarten Assistant of Columbus Day holiday. G. cist. School Teacher. to Elementary Dr. Harry Westerberg, from Medical from Junior (Northbound the ships are in Haiti from Mrs. Ethel V. Bialowski, Service, Officer to Assistant Chief, Surgical 7 a. m. to noon Sunday; southbound the High School Teacher to Elementary School Colon Hospital. Haiti stop is from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. Sat- Teacher. Mrs. Gladys W. Brayton, from Clerk- urdavl. E. Anderson, from Recreation Sup- Ross Typist to Accounting Clerk, Colon Hos- ervisor to Physical Education Teacher. and Recreation Branch. pital. Physical Education Mrs. Patricia R. Nellis, from Typist, Appin, Clerk-Stenographer, from Linda C. Terminals Division to Clerk-Typist, Colon Division to Division of Schools. Police Hospital. Mrs. Alfhild M. Maedl, Mrs. Mercedes Mrs. Rebecca L. Hatten, from Clerk- RETIREMENTS A. Smith, from High School Teacher to Typist, Housing Division, to Clerk-Stenog- Substitute Teacher. rapher, Colon Hospital. Clarence R. Vosburgh, from Junior Col- Mrs. Mildred R. Largent, Staff Nurse, Retirement certificates were presented Instructor to High School Teacher. lege Colon to Gorgas Hospital. High School from the end of August to the following employ- Ann L. Prahler, from MARINE BUREAU College Instructor. ees who are listed alphabetically, together Teacher to Junior Roscoe M. Collins, from Dock Foreman Robert C. Connor from Student Assist- titles, length of serv- to Harbormaster, Navigation Division. with their birthplaces, ant. Surveys Branch, to Life Guard, Physi- George E. Riley, Jr., from Supervisory ice, and future addresses: Education and Recreation Branch. cal Signalman to Dock Foreman, Navigation Mrs. Harriet K. Serger, Mrs. Norma Director of Division. Worden H. Cowen, Illinois; Belland, Mrs. Vera G. Irving, Mrs. C. Adrian W. Webb, from Lockmaster to Admeasurement. Marine Bureau; 35 years, Herring, Mrs. Vera C. Phillips, Bessie C. Lock Operator Machinist Leader, Pacific Mrs. Ethel P. McDermitt, from Elemen- 17 days; Arenzville, 111. Locks. Teacher to Substitute Teacher. tary School Charles A. Stewart, from Lock Opera- H. Conrad Dodson, Virginia; Account- Jacqulyn M. Schofield, from Library tor Machinist Leader to Lock Operator ant, Accounting Division; 29 years, 1 month, Assistant to Substitute Teacher. Machinist, Pacific Locks. Mrs. Jane N. Clinton, from Elementary 3 days; Leonia, N. Y. Hugh M. Thomas, Jr., from Lock Op- School Teacher to Kindergarten Assistant. Accounting erator Machinist, Pacific Locks, to Motor Mrs. Eva G. Jones, Kansas; Maintenance Mechanic, Aids to Nav- Accounting Division; 34 years and Richard W. Angstadt, from Student Boat Clerk, igation Section. Navigation Division, to Student 6 months; Canal Zone for present. Assistant, Donald R. Kimzey, from Guard, Atlan- Aid, Library Clerk-Typist, Pacific Locks. C. A. M. Monsanto, Germany; Motor OF THE COMPTROLLER tic Locks, to OFFICE Charles W. Brown, from Clerk-Typist, Transportation Division; 28 years and 24 Richard H. Egolf, from Accountant, Locks. to General Storekeeper, Pacific days; Iowa City, Iowa. General Accounts Branch, to Bookkeeping Alfred Gloss, from Second Assistant Ma- Machine ('nit Florida; Chief En- Machine Unit Supervisor, rine Engineer, Aids to Navigation Section, John D. Stephens, Branch. to Chief Towboat Engineer, Navigation gineer, Pipeline Suction Dredge, Dredging Catherine Joustra, from Clerk-Typist, Division. Division; 28 years, 4 months, 9 days; Talla- General Accounts Branch, to Bookkeeping James M. Lacey, from Third to Second Branch. hassee, Fla. Machine Operator, Machine Unit Assistant Marine Engineer, Aids to Navi- from Account- Mrs. Edna J. Hummer, gation Section. Earl C. Tarr, Pennsylvania; Superinten- Cost Accounts Branch to Book- ing Clerk, Leonard N. Martin, from Guard to Products Branch, Commis- Machine Unit dent, General keeping Machine Operator, Assistant Chief Inspector, Locks Security sary Division; 23 years, 10 months, 25 days; Branch. Branch. Mrs. Catherine B. Sigl, Mrs. Frances SUPPLY BUREAU address uncertain. P. Smith, Shirley A. McNall, from Card E. Enfield, Jr., from Accounting O. Eugene K. Willett, Kentucky; Mainte- Punch Operator, Cost Accounts Branch to Clerk to Supervisory Storekeeper, Commis- Hospital; 25 years, Bookkeeping Machine Operator, Machine sary Division. nance Mechanic, Gorgas Supervisory Store- I nit Branch. John J. Sproul, from 7 months; address uncertain. Mrs. Janet S. McLaughlin, Bookkeep- keeper to Commissary Supervisor, Com- ing Machine Operator, from Cost Accounts missary Division. Branch to Machine Unit Branch. Mrs. Alicia M. Crasto, from 'Transpor- Wheeler, from Ac- Clerk to Property and Mrs. Jeanne M. tation Rate Auditing Company-Government Will Participate counting Clerk, General Accounts Branch Supply Clerk, Division of Storehouses. Bookkeeping Machine Supervisor, Ma- L. Lupi, from Clerk-Typist to to Maria In Fourth Senior Management Program chine Unit Branch. 'Transportation Rate Auditing Clerk, Divi- Philip L. Steers, Jr., Chief, Accounting sion of Storehouses. Systems Staff, to Deputy Comptroller. Philip Arrieta, from Procurement Clerk Norbert A. Jones, from Accounting to Cash Accounting Clerk, Division of (Continued from page 8) 1948-49; Admin- Clerk to Supervisory Accounting Clerk, Storehouses. istrative Assistant in the Supply Depart- Cost Accounts Branch. TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINALS Mrs. Jessie W. Degenaar, from Ac- BUREAU ment, now Assistant to the Director, Branch to Mrs. Alda L. McLeod, from Kindergar- counting Clerk, Vgents Accounts Bureau. Assistant, Division of Schools, to Typist Community Services ( lerk-Typist, riant Inventory and Ap- ten praisal Staff. Terminals Division. Employees who attended the Career Charles W. Balser, from Accounting Mrs. Gloria M. DeRaps, from Mail and "Terminals are: Clerk to Inventory Clerk. Plant Inventory File Clerk to Accounting Clerk, Development Program

Appraisal Staff. I Hvision. and Norman B. Davison, 1954, Commis- ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION John A. McClain, from Cribtender BUREAU Foreman to Steam Engineer and Cribtender sary Supervisory Accountant, now Sup- Robert C. Stanley, from Powerhouse Foreman. Marine Bunkering Section. ervisory Accountant, Commissary Divi- Operator to Senior Powerhouse Operator, Walter L. Ilund, from Steam Engineer and Cribtender Foreman to Steam Engineer Electrical 1 livision. sion. Alexander M. Parker, from Senior Marine Bunkering Section. Powerhouse Operator to Powerhouse Op- Walter R. Fender, from Cribtender Robert Stevens, 1954, Salary and Wage Division. Ganger and Foreman to Cribtender Fore- erator Dispatcher, Electrical Analyst. Kenneth M. Jorgensen, from Engineer- man, Marine Bunkering Section. Locks ing \id. Hydraulic, to Hydraulic Engineer, Howard H. Carey, from Guard, Frank Wilder, 1953, Internal Security Meteorological and Hydrographic Branch. Security Branch, to Ganger and Cribtender Officer, now Security Education Officer. Mrs. Laura C. McLintock, Clerk-Sten- Foreman, Marine Bunkering Section. October 1,1954 THEiPANAMA'CANAL REVIEW 15

Recreation Areas For Young And Old Two Zone Teachers Back On Job Of Planning For Zone Townsite Part After Year On Ford Fellowships

After a year's absence in the United Miss De Sousa took her academic work States, on Ford Foundation fellowships, at New York University, Columbia, the two Canal Zone teachers are back at their University of Southern California, and desks, full of new ideas from their months' the Workshop for the United Nations. of travel and study. They are Miss Lois In addition she attended several educa- Morgan, who teaches English and math tional conventions, including the National at Balboa Junior High School, and Miss Council for Social Studies in Buffalo, N.Y. Leafy C. De Sousa, who instructs stud- and the Association for the Supervision ents at La Boca Junior High School in and Curriculum Development in Los An- social studies, art, and Spanish. geles, Calif. Miss Morgan divided her year into She considers that highlights of her three phases: academic work at Louisiana trip were the Grand Canyon, the White State University and the University of House, a visit to Congress in session, a Miami, painting, and travel. view of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy," in is especially interested in Because she the Huntington Library, the Mardi Gras botanical painting, she took two courses parades in New Orleans, and a view of at LSU in Baton Rouge where the courses the Land of the Bible Exhibit in New offered were of special interest, where the York. This last showed the Dead Sea weather was mild enough for outdoor UP before you can come down, scrolls containing Hebrew manuscripts of GOTTA GO painting and where there was much of says Yvonne Hopson, 2, of Los Rios. Genesis and Samaritan inscriptions on historical and scenic interest in the sur- stone mosaic. (Continued from page 6) small areas within rounding area. the block which give children ground to same general provision with re- romp and play without danger from traf- residence" in the United States for each The spect to the permanent or indefinite sta- fic. In addition, the principal playground employee. This information is necessary for the past four years activities are centered at the school where for the payment of travel expenses in the tus of employees to all promotions since that extensive grounds and some equipment are United States. Many employees were also applies the fringe benefit legislation, available for both supervised and unsup- born on the Isthmus and others were ap- date. Under will become "per- ervised play of adults and children. pointed from states other than their legal all promotions now manent." In addition to these, a comparatively residence; it will be necessary in such Allowance large playground is available for Rainbow cases to establish an approved "place of Uniform City residents at the southern end of town actual residence." Several hundred other Canal employees in the old Camp Coiner area. This has The Personnel Bureau has requested have been or will be affected by the fringe not been developed other than clearing. that both questionnaires be completed benefit legislation. The largest group will The principal recreational facilities at and returned promptly. be those required to wear uniforms in Margarita are centered around the two Conditions Vary their work. These include firemen, police- section of the town guards, and a few smaller groups. schools. In the older One of the great difficulties in formu- men, football field be granted $100 a an area big enough for one lating regulations governing free vacation These employees may Margarita uniforms. and the ball park is located on travel has been in the great variety of year for recreational area 125 employees in the Avenue. Another big conditions to be covered. Approximately adjacent to the new Protective, and Custodial (CPC) has been opened One of the subjects which has brought Crafts, has been will changed to GS ratings or school but the equipment which the greatest variety of questions has been schedule be intended wage-board system. The installed at present is primarily the "husband and wife" subject. In moved to the third provides that no employees be for the use of smaller children. A many cases both husband and wife are legislation school and it has in salary because of the change, play area is at the older employed in the Canal organization, in reduced normal playground equipment. and those moved to the wage-board sys- the others one is employed by the Canal and equipment, is materially benefitted in most A small play area, without the other elsewhere. In very few cases tem will be Margarita police sta- instances. located back of the are both from the same home town. of employees will tion and is convenient to a large number Other questions involved: Must they An indefinite number area. benefitted by other provisions of the of residents in that general travel together to benefit by the free be such as: True vacation law? Can vacations be taken fringe benefits legislation time-and-a-half for overtime up to GS 9; Temporary Rules Cover Employees Travel separately? Must dependent children ac- incentive awards; longevity company their father? And countless increased (Continued from page i) cannot be greater employees in 11 through 15; variations within these and other ques- steps for GS than that which would have been granted recruitment at salaries above the mini- tions. if travel was by common carrier. and call-back pay for a These problems and the many others mum of a grade; Since many employees do not go di- of two hours of pay at the arising as a result of the free vacation minimum rectly to their homes or return to the overtime rate. travel will be covered by permanent reg- port of embarkation by the most direct these, one of the most important for ulations and until these are issued, the Of routes, mileage will be granted only for employees will be that which pro- present temporary rules will be used. Canal the usually traveled routes betwen those vides for full overtime pay up to Grade 9 And, until regulations are formulated, points. Therefore, allowances for travel employees. Up until now only employees employees are still being requested to be within the United States will be on a salaries up to $2,980 a year and on patient about questions unless their vaca- with constructed basis except where direct a declining scale at higher rates of pay tions are in the immediate offing. travel by common carrier is involved. received full time-and-a-half overtime pay. In either case, however, employees Canal Employees Begin To See Effects Awards Liberalized submit vouchers for their travel must The existing incentive awards programs Of Recently-Passed Fringe Benefits Bill expenses. have been liberalized and for the first

Questionnaires Issued (Continued from page i) regulations become time provision is made for special awards Two questionnaires have been sent to effective. by the President for exceptionally meri- all U. S. citizen-employees eligible for free The 127 employees who became "Ca- torious service. The Civil Service Com- vacation travel by the Personnel Bureau. reer" employees comprised the group who mission is responsible for the administra- One of these is for planning purposes only had Civil Service status when employed tion of the combined program and agen- and the information requested is for the and who have completed three years of cies may make awards up to $5,000. establishment of a general leave pattern, continuous service. The "career condi- A special study is already being made mode of travel desired by employees to tional" employees are those with Civil of this phase of "the fringe benefits legis- and within the States, and the number Service status who have not completed lation and the rules outlined by the Civil of dependents. These questionnaires were three years of service required for the Service Commission. A special announce- to be returned early this week. "career" classification. These will be ment on the awards program for the A second questionnaire is for the pur- changed as they complete the required Canal organization will be made in an pose of establishing the "place of actual service. early issue of The Panama Canal Review. 16 THE PANAMA CANAL REVIEW October 1, 1954 Nurse Recruitment Program Sponsored By Isthmian Group

The Isthmian Nurses' Association, one Until the organization of the Isthmian of the youngest of local profe3si inal Nurses' Association in March 1951, nurses groups, will do its bit this month to in- working in the Canal Zone had to belong terest Canal Zone teenage girls in nursing to State and District Associations in or- as a profession. The purpose of this re- der to have a voice in national nursing cruitment program will be the same as affairs. Nurses who came to the Canal that of similar programs being carried on Zone on graduation from their schools all over the United States: To relieve the often had no opportunity to affiliate with acute and growing shortage of nurses. a State or District Association and were, The program is the latest of the many thereby, deprived of representation. activities of this energetic group. The local association applied for mem- During the week of October 11 to 16, bership in the American Nurses' Asso- which has been declared by Presidential ciation April 19, 1952, and the following Proclamation as National Nurse Week, January was admitted as the fifty-third nurses will visit Canal Zone high schools constituent unit of the ANA. and the Junior College to talk about nurs- Education And Welfare ing and answer questions of girls inter- According to its Constitution the pur- ested in becoming registered nurses. pose of the local group, in general similar The nurse-speakers, some of whom will to that of nurses' organizations elsewhere, be graduates of the high schools where THESE THREE went on from Canal Zone high is: "To advance high standards of ethical they are talking, will outline the require- schools to become nurses. Miss Lucille Hearn, Assist- and professional conduct among nurses, ant Chief Nurse at Gorgas Hospital, is seated; Miss ments for entering schools of nursing, ex- to promote their professional and educa- Betty Lou Watts, left, and Miss Conway Maphis, plain the qualities which a girl needs to standing. All are on the staff. tional advancement in every proper way, Gorgas become a successful nurse, describe the to survey periodically the nursing resour- various courses offered and the allied five of the American Nurses' Association. ces of the Canal Zone and its environs, to fields which are open to a girl who ob- Two Isthmian nurses, Mrs. Maybel promote and protect the economic and tain her R. N. Orton and Miss Irene Ladrack, have general welfare of nurses, to provide pro- They will point out that in addition to represented the Association in the United fessional counselling service to individual bedside nursing, registered nurses are in States. Mrs. Orton was sent as a local nurses, and serve as their spokesman with demand for public health, industrial, delegate to the ANA Work Shop in Phil- allied professions and governmental groups school, and civil defense work and that adelphia in 1953, and Miss Ladrack rep- and with the public." the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse resented the Association at the ANA To a certain extent, the Association's Corps absorb many registered nurses. Convention in Chicago last April. monthly meetings, frequently held in the Specialized Fields Gorgas Hospital conference room, serve Nurses' Forum They will also explain that an increas- as refresher courses for its members. The Inter-American Medical Conven- ing number of nurses are taking post- During this calendar year the subjects tion, held in Panama City last spring, graduate work which enables them to discussed at the meetings ranged from was a special event for the Nurses' Asso- enter such specialized fields as hospital atomic medicine to dietetics; the speakers ciation. A Nurses' Forum was arranged administration, physiotherapy, pediatrics included six doctors and a dietician. for the last day of the convention through or that comparatively new field, geria- Several months ago, the Association the efforts of Miss Catherine Jackelen, trics—the care of the aged. successfully pointed out to the Chief Chairman of the INA Convention Com- At the time this issue of The Panama Health Officer the need of an increase in mittee and a member of the convention's Canal Review went to press, the Nurses' salary for private duty nurses. During executive committee. Association was arranging to obtain from the Isthmian-wide campaign to preserve The speakers that day were Panama's the United States a 16-mm film describ- the 25 percent pay differential and free First Lady, Mrs. Cecilia Remon, who dis- ing the training and work of nurses. If medical care, the Association took an ac- cussed her experiences in rural health this arrives, it will also be shown during tive part, giving Canal Zone facts and work in isolated locations in the Republic National Nurse Week. arguments to the Washington representa- and showed moving pictures of some of her trips, and Mrs. Sylvia Duncan, Chief Public Health Nurse in Panama. Membership in the INA has grown and today it has a total of 154 members. Of these, 130 are active, 22 are associate, and two are special. It also has three honor- ary members: its first two presidents, Capt. Helen Dietsche and Mrs. Bernice Springall, and Mrs. SpringalPs husband, Dr. Arthur N. Springall who gave the association a helping hand at the time he was Assistant Superintendent at Gorgas.

Its members work in Gorgas, Colon, and Corozal hospitals, the Palo Seco Lep- rosarium, the Balboa, La Boca, and Gatun first aid stations, the dispensaries at Fort Clayton and Fort Kobbe, the infirmary at Rodman, the Canal Zone Well-Baby Clinic, for Point Four in Panama, and serve as school nurses in the Canal Zone. Present officers are: Mrs. E. Helen Daniel, president; Mrs. Querrida Berger, first vice president; Mrs. Lucille Wilson, second vice president; Mrs. Linnie Tur- ner, secretary; Miss Cecilia Wensing, treasurer; and the following directors:

OFFICERS and directors of the Isthmian Nurses' Association meet monthly, between meetings of Mrs. Elvira Byrne, Miss Rebecca Kendal, the general membership. Mrs. Mary Ausnehmer, and Mrs. Ann Seated: Mrs. Linnie Turner, secretary; Mrs. E. Helen Daniel, president; Miss Cecilia Wensing, Cunningham. Mrs. Cunningham is in treasurer; and, standing: Mrs. Mary Ausnehmer, Mrs. Ann Cunningham, both directors; Mrs. Lucille charge of the local observance of National Wilson, second vice president; Miss Rebecca Kendal, a director. Mrs. Querrida Berger, first vice president, and Mrs. Elvira Byrne, a director, were not on the Isthmus at the time the group was photographed. Nurse Week.