Local Red Cross Drive Opens Sunday, 'El Pan Es Fresco' All Personnel Urged To Contribute The American Red Cross makes its annual appeal for funds beginning tomorrow aboard the Naval Base. The work of the Red Cross has wide benefits. During the year it responds to emergency calls for help from com- munities stricken by natural disaster-and it maintains many diverse programs of daily import to all citizens. Under charter by the Congress, it provides welfare services to the mem- 'Clean Up Week' bers of the Armed Forces and to their families at home and overseas. The Red Cross program touches Begins Monday many persons on the Naval Base. Through the local Red Cross office, In keeping with NavBase Notice 11104 dated 18 February 1959, an average of 150 incoming and out- in which Commander Naval Base de- going messages are handled each signated the period 2-7 month concerning emergency situa- March as tions of various kinds. Base Clean-Up Week, the Villamar- Bargo Community Association urges During 1958, 846 servicemen and all residents of the Villamar-Bargo dependents were assisted with per- area to cooperate to the fullest extent El pan es fresco, translated means, the bread is fresh. And fresh bread sonal and family problems involving and make a real effort in improving in any man's language is a welcome sight in the Commissary Store. $2,986 in the form of loans and grants. the apperance of their quarters and Bread, fresh and warm, is delivered to the store on Thursdays and Satur- A minimum of financial assistance is grounds. days. Pastries are baked and delivered on Wednesdays. given here, as it is impossible to Also, residents of the Villamar- Pictured from left to right are: LT R. A. Anderson, NAS, Commissary determine the amount that will be Bargo area are reminded of the "Yard Officer; W. E. Burns, CS2, Commissary Store Floor Manager; R. Tudor, CSI needed by servicemen going on emer- Improvement Program" sponsored by and J. N. Bolster, CS2, both NAS bakers. gency leave. Servicemen, however, the Villamar-Bargo Association for receive necessary financial assistance which a $20.00 award is made quar- at any time of the day or night terly in each of the seven districts The Life You Save through the Red Cross Field Direc- for the yards showing most improve- tors assigned to the bases at which ment. the planes land in the United States. Twice daily trash pick-ups will be Help is also given there in making 'Rules Of The made during this period. Only by all Road' Should transportation arrangements to com- occupants conducting a realistic clean- plete their trips. up of their areas can this campaign be a success. The benefits from such Be Observed While The Red Cross Gray Lady Unit, Driving a project are many: an attractive comprised of about fifty volunteers by Ray Seabridge, J03 who are dependents of base personnel, housing area, increased community individual should drive his automobile. pride, reduction of potential safety carries on a varied program of rec- An important section in Base Reg- But what it says in effect is BE hazards, and better pest control. reation and other services at the ulations concerns traffic rules. CAREFUL! Preliminary judging for the quarter These rules, are primarily for the Naval Hospital. Several hundred chil- In order to be careful one must be ending in March will be made at the safety and protection of all those dren on the base receive Red Cross familiar with local existing regula- end of the clean-up week and winners who drive or are passengers in a swimming certificates during the sum- tions. That is why civilian and mili- will be notified shortly thereafter. motor vehicle within the confines of mer recreation programs under the tary drivers permits are not issued the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo direciton of instructors who are train- until after a written examination of Bay, Cuba. ed through the Red Cross Water PTA Meeting Base Traffic Regulations is success- Safety Programs in the states. The first paragraph in the Traffic fully completed. Regulations section, under "Rules of If you are not familiar with these The American Red Cross is financed the Road," states: "No person shall Panel To Discuss rules or have forgotten them a quick entirely by voluntary contributions. drive a vehicle on the Base in a man- The review of the traffic regulations sec- organization is chartered by Con- ner other than reasonable and pru- gress to carry on tion of Base Regs or a call to the a broad program Testing Program dent, having due regard to the traffic, of service Base Provost Marshal should clear to men in the military weather conditions, visibility, load, service and to their Tuesday, 3 March, at 1930 hours, up any questions. families at home. type and condition of vehicle, surface This program alone cost the organ- the Parent-Teachers Association will of roadway, width of the highway, As a guide to how well you know ization about hold it's regularly scheduled monthly $32,800,000 during the hazards at intersections and any other Base Traffic Regulation check your- fiscal year 1957-1958. Of this total, meeting at the Open Air Auditorium condition then existing." self on the following rules: $11,196,000 on Chapel Hill. represented financial as- Now of course this first paragraph Motor vehicles shall not be stopped sistance Following a short business meeting, in the form of loans and only deals in general with how an (Continued on Page Four) grants to servicemen and their fam- a group of teachers will hold a Panel ilies. The remainder was used to pro- Discussion on "The Testing Programs vide various types of service including at the William T. Sampson School." counseling on personal or family This discussion should prove interest- problems, emergency communications, ing and informative and will be fol- and medically approved recreation lowed by a "Question and Answer" and welfare programs for military period in which audience participation hospitals. is encouraged. Parent participation at the PTA Although the above service is the meetings this year has afforded the one most familiar to Navy families, accomplishment of many desired and it is only one of a number of other required projects. Continued active programs made possible through the participation by parents will insure annual fund campaign. Under its Con- the success of the Association during gressional Charter, the Red Cross is the 1958-1959 school year and assure also responsible for helping victims the accomplishment of the aims of the Association which result in the of natural disasters. During the im- betterment of your child's educational mediate emergency period, food, facility. clothing, shelter and emergency med- Baby sitters will be available in ical care are provided; later, financial Room 23. Coffee and doughnuts will after the Pictured above is the latest and December. The R4D was recently used assistance is given as a grant to be served immediately meeting. to transport heavy drone equipment enable families to become self-sup- most welcome addition to the utility Plan now to attend this and all and maintenance personnel to Roose- Squadron Ten Line, an R4D-5, which porting again if their own resources meetings of the Parent-Teachers As- velt Roads for the recent successful are insufficient. sociation. was received by the squadron last drone opration. 0 Page Two THE INDIAN Saturday, 28 February 1959 The Chaplain Speaks It's YourMoney The INDIAN'S mission is to Inform and by B. Jackson entertain all hands and to serve as a positive factor in promoting the efficiency, welfare and Naval Air Station contentment of personnel. People Are Mirrors The INDIAN is published weekly at the It's long been said that "a bird in Naval Base in accordance with NavExos P35, A psychologist once asked a group of college students to jot down in thirty the hand is worth two in the bush." Revised July, 1958 and financed with non- seconds, the initials of the people they dislike. Some of the students taking This may well be the case with birds appropriated funds at no cost to the govern- the test could think of only one person. Others listed as many as fourteen. but if the original adage make refer- ment. The INDIAN is printed each week at the TENTH Naval District Publications and The interesting fact that came out of this bit of research was this: those ence to a dollar in the hand, it must Printing Office, U. S. Naval Base, Guantanamo disliking the largest number were themselves the most widely disliked. have been long before the advent of Bay, Cuba. inflation and economic growth. The When we find ourselves continually The Command disliking others, we ought to bring growth and development of America ourselves up short and ask ourselves this question: RADM Frank W. Fenno, USN "What is wrong with me?" has proven that a bird or two in the ComNavBase, Guantanamo Very likely, if we develop an Bay, Cuba aversion to those around us, it is not because bush laying and hatching eggs has Captain J. B. Williams, USN they deserve our antipathy, but because we are lacking in some particular done far better than the one in the Chief of Staff quality we profess to see missing in them! hand. Captain B. P. Field, Jr., USN Other people are often mirrors, in the sense that what we see in them is Commanding Officer All of this is leading up to the U. S. Naval Station a reflection of ourselves. subject of permanent investments for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba FATHER JAMES T.