--.,.. -- - October 11. 1957." ,Polio Shots The liern County Health De- partment announces that polio shots will be given next Friday evening, October 18, from 4-7 p.m. ~t ~he James Monroe Schoo~ in Ridgecrest. All military' and civilian personnel under 40 are , eligible for shots. J Cheryl Hugo was crowned Queen of the United Fund at a coronation ceremony held in the Community Center Tuesday night. . Fourteen girls competed for the title, as four Princesses, Janice Hoffman, Linda Gibbons, Dolores Burke and Annie Majors, were chosen to oomplete the Queen's court. Queen Cheryl received a trophy, and a flowered crown symbolic of the most beautiful girl in a contest Ioaded with feminine pulchritude. The princesses each received a sil- ver plaque, and every contestant was honored with a United Fund' Queen Contest· white satin sash, and an American Beauty rose em- Natural Science Club To Hear Kermith Ross On Mountain Climbing Kermith Ross, Head of the Patent Division, will be the' guest speaker at the first meeting of the Natural Science Club, Monday, October 14, at 8 p.m. inthe Community Center. Ross will' discuss climbing in the St. Elias· Range near the Canada- Alaska border, and the talk wiII be accompanied by color Blides. The guest·speaker was a member of the five-man party of climbers who made the first ascent of the east ridge of the 19,850-foot Mt. Logan this year. ' As a member of a Sierra Club party which' climbed in the Mt. Wood area of the St. Elias range last year, Ross will' present some colored slides of pictures taken o"n this trip. He has climbed extensively in the Colorado Rockies, the Tetons, and the High Sierras. With a NOTS party two years ag,o, he climbed the volcanic Mexican peaks, Oriza- bo, 18,700 ft., Popocatepetl, 17,887 ft., and Ixtacihuatl, 17343 ft. The party included Carl Heller, Robert Stein, 'and Paul Bellamy. A few slides of these mountains will be shown if time permits. The public is invited to attend. Lt.Phil A. Webb, l\IC One of two new Assistantl\Iedi- cal Officers at the 8tation Hospital is Lt. Phil A. Webb, USNR, MO. Dr. \Vebb received his commission in July 1956 after graduating from the University of Texas Medical School. I.,---------------- He did his undergraduate work at Baylor University and interned at Iiansas Oity General Hospital. His home town is Stamford, Texas. Believed to be the fifth person in the United States to report catch- ing the radio signals of the· Rus- sian launched satellite is Kurt Her- zog, a 17~year-old student at Bur~ roughs High School. Young Herzog, with borr:owed equipment . from l' a d i 0 station KRKS where he is a junior engi- neer and announce~ recorded the Russian satellite's signals three times Friday evening after making contact on Iiis amateur receiving set. Herzog also claimed that the satellite could be seen under cer- tain conditions at sunrise with the aid of binoculars or telescope. On' receipt of Herzog's informa- tion, Dr. vVm: B. McLean, Techni- cal Director, reported to Washing- ton, D.C., by telephone. Dr. Mc- Lean also reported' an unconfirmed report that the satellite had been sighted by an .off-station observer who said it resembled a star of the eighth magnitude. Commander Wade H. Cone, Head of the Sidewinder Coordination Group, stated that the fact that NOTS is so far removed from large cities probably made it possible to receive the signals, as there is not the interference from electrical equipment to pe found in more densely populated areas. . Kurt Herzog is the son ,of Mr. and Mrs: Steven Herzog of China Lake. He has been interested in amateur radio for several years4 ;'nd his call QUEENANDCOURT-1957 Indian Wells Valley United Fund Queen. letter~_a.-~~~461~F;c~ ••. ~_.,,~, <','-"- .:Cher~"1"Hngl:.-(cehterlis s"ho,~;d,vithprincesses (I. t6 1'.) JaniCe Hriffmal1, of San'Bernardino, D~lores Burke of Ridgecrest; and Linda Gibbons and Annie l\Iajorsof Ohina Lake. These girls will appear in the Desert Em.. pire Fair parade tomorrow. Cheryl HugoU-nih~dFund Queen; Contestants to"Appearin Parade blematic of their beauty and their noble effort toward the United Fund. A coronation committee consist- ing of the United Fund Board of Directors, including Mrs. Evie Ash- burn, president, and Mrs. Archie Howell and Dorothy Monson, made the presentation to Queen Cheryl and her princesses. ' The ceremony was staged by the United. Fund Board, with Ernie George acting as master-of-cere- monies. Beauty contest judges were: Capt. F. A. Chenault, Execu- tive Officer; Dick O'Reilly, Com~ munity :M:anager;' Bob Smith, presi- dent of the local Navy League; and Al Jacobsen,' Inyokern Citizen's League. .Fred Richards of TID's Graphic Arts Branch, served a3 special counsel to the judges. All photography ana registration of queen contestants, was handl.ed by personnel ',of the ROCKETEER staff. All fourteen queen' contestants will .appear at the Ridge"crest Des- ert Fair this weekend. They will also appear on the KRKS United Fund ra'dio marathon' Tuesday night, Oct. 15, and at the Novem-. bel' Elks Dance in their honor. Queen Cheryl and her Princesses' will .ride in the Fair parade tomor- r~w, according to' an announcement by UF campaign manager Augie Schaefer. Other queen contestants were: Peggy Jackson, Carol Savage, Pat Phillips, Peggy Milligan, Janice Gosselin, Bobbette Deem, Sharon Koch, Florence Raffel and .Terri Ennis. Russ Satellite!s !Beep! Heord At China lake F. A. Chenault; 'J'o'mJones, of Tom Jones'ThIell's \Vear; Lloyd Griffith, V.P. of Citizen's Nat'l. Trust & Savings; Capt. \Y. W. Hollister; and FredJ. Rein- hardt, Mgr. of Retail Dh·., San Bernardino Ohamber of .Commerce. U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station•.China Lake. Calif• ,ACS President To Speak Here· -Dr. Roger J. Williams, president of the American Chemical Society and professor' of chemistry at the University of Texas, will speak on "The Alcoholic Problem" at the lo- cal. ACS meeting Monday, October 14, .at 8 p,m. in the Commissioned Offfcer's Mess, Reservations for dinne~ at.6:3() p.,m.should "b~,maq~ before Friday noon by. calling Dr. Russell Reed at 71748. .' Due to the popularity of the top- ic and' the renown of the speaker, the pUblic is invited to attend. Dr. Williams received a bache- lor's degree at the University of Redlands, and took his masters and doctorate at the ·University· of Chi- cago. He joined the staff' of the University of Oregon ,as assistant professor in 1920, and has been a college professor ever since. He has received honorary doctor of science degrees from' Redlands; Columbia University and Oregon State, while also winning the Chandler and Mead Johnson Medals for outstand- ing work in biochemistry. Dr. Wil- liams is the author of 9 books and 150 articles. In the opinion of Dr. Williams the crux of the alcohol problem rests upon the fact that people dif- fer greatly as to their susceptibility to the effects of alcohol-in any way that this susceptibility is test- ed. The question to be answered in Monday night's lecture is not why man becomes alcoholic, but why certain individuals are prone to be- come alcoholic while others escape completely. r.IILI7AR¥ APPRECIATION DAY-Members of the San B::inanlino Ohamber of Commerce discuss plans \>;;h Statiun officials regarding "lUilitary Apprecia- t;ull Day," which will hOllor military installations in the San Bernardino area. Shown (I. to r.) are: Oapt. San Bernardino Merchants to Honor NOTS Personnel Sidewinder/ Zuni and SNORT Featured at.DeserfEmpire Fair Featured at the Desert Empire as many ZUNI's as fixed-fin rockets Fall' throughout the weekend will of the same type, as the folding fins be the' NOTS-develiiped SIDE- 'permit stowage in streamlined, mul- \VINDER air-to~air guided missile, tiple-round launchers. . ZUNI, a new 5" rocket also devel- A vers.aWe killer, ZUNI can be oped here, and a working model of equipped with a variety of optional the Supersonic Naval Ordnance Re- warheads,including high explosive, search Track, SNORT for short. controlled fragmentation, shaped Personnel from NOTS will be pres- charge, and flare. ent to demonstrate the items and SNORT is a 4.1 mile long, two- to answer questions. . rail, precision built test track used '- Capable of overtaking and des- at NOTS for captive testing of air- troying the largest bombers now frame sections, seat ejection de- known, SIDEWINDER is in pro- vices, and armament components. duction by private industry for Built of the heaviest of crane rails Navy and Air Force use. The mis- made, 171 pounds to the yard, bed- sile, which has an extremely high ded in concrete, SNORT can sup- kill probability, homes on heat 'port loads weighing up to 68 tons. emitted by the jet engines of its The track has handled objects mov- target. .The simple, inexpensive, and ing at more than three times the highly reliable SIDEWINDER is speed -of sound, and has imposed the first' air-to-air guided missile forces of more than 100 G's on test conceived and developed entirely by items. a government laboratory and the The SNORT display simulates a first truly operational air-to-air miniature sled shooting down. the guided missile. track, while inert models of the ZUNI, nine feet long and weigh- SIDEvVINDER and ZUNI consti- ing 128 pounds, can knock out tute the other displays. tanks, pill boxes, revetments, gun emplacements, trains, motor con- voys, ammunition and fuel dumps, and even small ships. Fighter and attack planes can carry four times JI,IiIitary Appreciation DaY,hon'or- • ing the Armed Forc~s and .Civilian employeesoi' the military bases in the San .Bernardino ·.area will be held ,on Saturday, Oct. 19, according . to .a recent announcement by the San Bernardino Chamber of Com- merce. Two hundred NOTS servicemen wiII have their name attached to a $2.00 bill in the windows' of San Bernardino merchants, and can re- deem same by showing theirID cards. The names will be published in next week's ROCKETEER. in addition, ten NOTS men wiII attend a free dinner and stage show at the Chamber' of Commerce's Trade Show Night, Thursday, Octo- ber 17, in the Orange Show Cafe- teria, where they will be introduced to .the audience. A few tickets are .still available to this dinner and show, and they may be obtained by calling LCdI'. J. T. Waldron, Ext. 72017. Transportation will be furn7 ished .to and from San Bernardino for these Station representatives. In addition to special bargain prices over the weekend,many priz- es will be given including a trip for two for a week in Mexico; a three-day stay for two in Las Veg- as; and-a $100 purchase order for someone at NOTS. All military and' civilian employ- ees are eligible to participate, and no purchases are necessary. . ~o'. XIII. No. 4l ~---!-- ---- October II. 1957, Outdoor Shop Hours Change Until further noUce, busbless hours of the Navy Exchange O~tdoor Shop during the Fall and n'illter months will be chimged 'as follows: Mon.-Fri. : 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sat ~_.._,,: _..__. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun _ Closed all day Douglas J. \Vilcox III his cap:icity as Head of a de- partment in, the field of underwa- ter ordnance, Douglas \Vilcox has the p"rimary responsibility of direct- ing the expenditure of· seven mil- lion dollars a ;)'ear and the efforts of' four hundred and twent;)· em- ployees. These resources are devot- ed to exploring, developing and test- ing advanced ideas in submarine and antisubmarine warfare pro- grams. The nominee's duties call for ree- l ognition of Fleet needs, establish- ment of sound plans and objectives, effective utilization of personnel and 'facilities, and technical super- vision of programs. In addition, the nominee is a member of the top civilian-military management of the Station and therefore, participates in the formu- lation and implementation of broad, long-range plans and policies. As administrator of a wide range of underwater ordnance programs, Wilcox has' distinguished himseU from his contemporaries b;)' consist- ently achieving useful objectives, gaining professional. prominence at a progressively higher level because of. his creditable lines of effort. The largest and foremost program under his cognizance involves the development of one of the' Na~"s major antisubmarine weapons sys- tems. As Program Manager he has achieved noteworthy success by planning and organizing this highly complex and important program. The nominee is a graduate of Cor- nell University in Ithaca, N. Y., and, holds 0 a bachelor's degree in me- chanical engineering. He also served as an Army captain during \VWn as Supply Officer in Okinawa where he was responsible for the supply operations and control of all ord- nance depofs ';In the island. ... __ " __ 1.1 -.J Dr. Howard A. \Vncox Dr. Howard Wilcox has been a principal participant in a large number~of technical ordnancE; pro- grams and has constantly made contributions considered to be out- standing by technical associates. Howard Doug Wilcox Entered In Flemming Award Competition The Naval Ordn,ance Test Station's ~nominations for the Arthur S. Flemming Award for outstanding govern: ment 'service' were announced this week by LeRoy Jack- son, Head of Employee Relations Management Division," Personnel Department. Nominees are Dr. H. A. "\'v'ilcox, Head of \Veapons Development Department at' China Lake, and Douglas J. \Vilcox, Head of Underwater Ord- nance Department at Pasadena. Flemming Award A specific accomplishment for .. . The Flemming Awards are grant- which the 'nominee is responsible ed annually by. the Junior' Chamber and which has resulted in a mater-' ':. of Commerce of \Vashington, D.C., ial improvement in the Nation's De- to ten young men in Federal Serv- fense position, and simultaneously - ice who q.ave performed unusual resulted in a substantial savings to and outstanding work of distinct the go\-ernment is the llominee's benefitto··the Goyernment. Male \vork relating to the SIDEWIND- employees ,,,ho will not reach their ER guided missile s;)·stem. ~ 40th birthday before January 1,1958, Dr.. 'Vilcox organized and direct- are eligible to be considered for ed'a small nucleus of personnel who these awards. made technical translations of the Five honorary awards are grant- basic ideas of SIDE\VINDER into ed for exceptional achievement in an operational service weapon. He the scientific or technical fields, overcame major technical barriers and five such awards are granted as well as administrative problems for exceptional achievement in the and was a prime force behind the executive or administrative fields.' accomplishment of necessary re- Each award recipient receives a search, development and test work. suitably engraved plaque. Moreover, the nominee's original conceptions for weapons systems of the future are currently having a significant impact on long range U. S. Navy and Department of De- fense planning. ' Dr. Wilcox holds a Ph.D. in Phys- ics from the University of Chicago, was a magna cum laude graduate and has been granted two Univer-' sity Fellowships. THE ROCKI:TEE~ AHTIST OF THE MONTH-Paul \V. Neipp, junior class student in Bur- ~ough,> High School, will display'a few of his collection of 50 paintin'gs tb.i,> month at the Station Librar~". Paul started painting as a hobb.r when he receh'ed a Christmas gift of a paint set ill 19.32~ ANNUAL MAGAZINE DRIVE-Student body officers of Burroughs Junior High School confer with their advisor LaV McLean (left), and principal S;)'lvia Tillitt (seated), on plans for their first major project, the annual magazine drive from Oct. 3-14. Officers (I. to 1'.) are: Deming l\IacIise, President'; Dennis Oox, Vice-President; Brenda Harney, Sec- retary; and John Thomas, Treasurer. Kids Film SO,ciety Ticket Sale Slated Next Wednesday.. , Children's Film SocieIY member- Ship cards 'for the 1957-58 season will be on sale~at the China "Lake elementary schools next 'Vednes- day, October 16, for $1 each. Members are entitled to admis- sion to the complete series, one Sat- urday morning each month, in the Station Theatre during the Novem- ber to June season. Each showing will be approxiplateiy one hour long.. Parents are urged to arrange for purchase of membership' cards at the school sale as theatre lobby sales require considerabJe waiting. Par- ents may attend all showings, ad- mittance free, when accompanied by a member. The season schedule of films and showing dates are as follows: Oct. 26-And No\v Miguel, Hip- . pity Hopper, B. Bunny Hill Billy Hare. . No\". Hi-Colonial Ohildren. Bi- c:rcle Safeb·. Itch;)' Scratchy. Hy- po Chondri Cat. B. Bunny Home- less Hare. . Dec. 7~Cinderella and The Sil- ver Skates. 'Vondersin the Desert. Ohristmas Customs Near and Far. A Tree goes for Ohristmas. Ski' Techniques. I Taw a Putt;)· Cat. B. Bunny· Hot Cross Bunn;)". Jan. 4-The Train. One, Two, Three, Go. The Chimp (Laurel & Hardy). Smoke Jumpers. B~ Bun- ny Hurdy Gurdy Hare. Feb. 8-liing of the Sierras. B. Bunny Knights lUust' Fall. JUar. S-:-I'm No Fool With a Bic;)'cle. Adventures of Bunny Rabbit. Beginning Swimming. The Hopi Indians. Little Bl;'bber lUouse. B. Bunny Long Haired Hare. Apr. 12-lUark Twain. Archery. Skill Swimming.' Sportsnlen's Paradise. Little Lion Hunter. B. Bunny lUississippi Hare. , lUay10 -Ooral ·\Vonderland. Heads Up! Litt1e Pancho Vanilla. ·B. Bunny l\Iutin~' on the Bunny. l\Iin: 56 41' 41 41' 39 39 41 TEMPERATURES ,Page Four Judin -,Cartwright Nominated In TOYM National Competition Nominated locally for the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) competition for 1957 are James P. Judin, Head of the Supersonic Track Division in Test Depart- ment and Dr. W. F. Cartwright, Head of the Air-to-Air \Y/eapons Division, \Veapons Development Department. ~1inners of TOYM will receive their awards at a banquet to be held in Phoe~ix,Arizonaon January 18, 1958. , TOYI\>I Oompetition Reserve. He is a graduate of the E:;tch year since 1933, the United University of, Minnesota with a states Junior Chamber of Com- master of science degree in Aero- merce has selected ten outstanding nautical Engineering. young men whose achievements have been significant 'to' their pro- fc,sion and also to the general\vel- {al'{l of the American people. Nomination,':; are open ,to all fields. Any individual, organization educational institution, industrial , group, profession or Junior CoIIege • gl'OUp may enter oneor more nom-. inces. 'Each recipient of the award i~ IJ'l'escnted a sHver statuette 0 clasped hands designed by past T0YM: winner Arthur Ma~'field Kraft of Kansas City. The sculp- tur'e symbolizes that "The Hope of Uinldnd Lies in the Hands of 'Youth and Action." . El.-cau year candidate,> for the Ten Oat'1t:mrling Young JUlliU are soli- dkd from every wa.lk oftife, every r"tigion, race and creed. Some re- ci{liealts have already gained pubIiv :hme and recognition for tlie.iracJl- kvcmcnts, and have earned further . R~chilU by continued C'Ontributions to their field'> of endeavor and sel'- 'vi~:l to others. In other cases, the prafe""ional work ami service of Iwnrj, recipients lcid thus far gone ullrecognized. . Tile actual selection is made by a 'panel of nationally prominent .business and profe3sional men who serve only in the public interest. Tire judges receive thousands of applications,. and consider each nominee on his persnnal record. Dr. W. F. Cartwright Dr. \V. F. (Frank)' Cartwright, Sup e rv i Sol' Y Physicist, heads the Air-to-Air Weapons Division in \Veapons Development Depart- ment, .an orga!1ization that directs the development of the Navy's new air-to-air guided missile SIDE- WINDER. As a graduate student at the Uni- versity of California Radiation Lab- oratory he did fundamental re- search in meson physics utilizing the 184-inch synchro-cyclotron. Af- ter receiving his PhD., he did re- .search at the University of Roches- ter as an instructor and research associate on the properties of the hydrogen . nucleus. These experi- ments advanced the understanding of the force~ which bind together the atomic nucleus. At this Station, Dr. Cartwright has worked with a small group of engineers. and scientists to advance the development of the SIDE- \VINDER missile. He has pla;)'ed a role "of significant and continuously increasing importance in the de- velopment of this missile and to- day directs the SIDEWINDER ef- fort at this Station. The Station was established dur- ing "VWII to accomplish. the re- search, development and test of ordnance material. The efforts of men, such as Dr. Cartwright, have resulted in the increased capability James P. Judin of the Nation to withstand aggres- In his capacity as Head of the sion. Dr. Cartwright, in making his Supersonic' Track Division, James vital contribution to a major wea- Judin directs the efforts of appro- pons program has personally con- xim'ately 100 scientists, engineers', tributed in an outstanding manner t~~hnicians and supporting admin- to the. capability of the Department i'itrative personnel in the planning, of Defense. in'i.lrumentatioon and operation of It.is the considered opinion of his all tests conducted on the superson- professional colleagues that his con- i;:: tmcks at this Station. _ .. tributions have cut short what Under the nnminee's gilidance, would have been a laborious, cost- developmental testing and engi- Iy, and perhaps critical research, llecring for inertial guidance syS- development and test program by tems for four out of five of the De- RlJhieving early success with a maj- fense Department's intercontinental 01" ordnance item. This work is con- ballistic missiles and intermediate sidered to be a signal contribution ra11ge ballistic missiles (TITAN," to the defense of freedom, and T~OR, JUPITER and POLARIS)' consequently to the general wel- are being performed at the' super- f,are. sonic" tracl,s here. These tracks Dr. Cartwright served as a naval simulate flight conditions in a con- officer in WWII. After receiving tnllled environment to match actual his. bachelor of science degree at l'crformance conditions. COlumbia University in, 1946, he 'So successful has the projet pl"-DV- came to the University of Califor- en . itself that the Department of nia where he obtained his doctorate D~feilse, based on supersonic track in physics in 1951. eXllerience. here, has built at lC'ast ~~l~rU:~t~~i~;:~e:~CkS throughout Adults Offered Course Because of the test work per- In Child Care Study formed under his direction, a large The first:. class in Nursery Edu- lluinberof Air FI-J'rce, Navy and Army weapon systems develop- cation and Procedures wiII be held in the Nursery School Office next tnents .have been 'successfully ad- 'Vanced. Tuesday, October 15, at 7:30 p.m. A few more students may be en- In particular, Judin is nominat- ed as 'one of the nation's ten out- rolled by registering in Burroughs High School office up to Monday, . standing men because of his dy- Ramic performance in organizing a October 14, between 6:30 and 7:30- team and carryinw out the work in P'~he ten-week course will be in- thi8 rapidly growing technology' of structed by Ruth Newland, Directo- supersonic sled testing. . or of the China Lake Nursery His oontributions to comrr.unity Schoal. and civic affairs have also been . commendable. He served as chair- man of the United Fund Camp:lign far 1956 and is a memb2r of the ~Iax. Ba3.rd of Directors thbyear. He a1- OeL 3 _ _.~.." _ _ 76 " BO i.s a. member oj' NOr:; Pmfe.>- Oct. 4 .: 73 .~iona( ri~cruitment Panel, is 3. rep" Oct: 5 ·: _.._:._ , 81 rcsentath'e to the S:eerinz Com- {nt n , 82 inittee of Inter-Statinrr Superso'nic Oct. 7 .:.. _ ,.__ _.._.77 Track Cenference, and is a lieuten- Oct. 8 : _ 81 , I ,aut Q[)~'.lmandep; in ,the· U.S,- .Naval f' Oct., 9 _..1._~.•..:. _.87 , OCR Text: --.,.. -- - October 11. 1957." ,Polio Shots The liern County Health De- partment announces that polio shots will be given next Friday evening, October 18, from 4-7 p.m. ~t ~he James Monroe Schoo~ in Ridgecrest. All military' and civilian personnel under 40 are , eligible for shots. J Cheryl Hugo was crowned Queen of the United Fund at a coronation ceremony held in the Community Center Tuesday night. . Fourteen girls competed for the title, as four Princesses, Janice Hoffman, Linda Gibbons, Dolores Burke and Annie Majors, were chosen to oomplete the Queen's court. Queen Cheryl received a trophy, and a flowered crown symbolic of the most beautiful girl in a contest Ioaded with feminine pulchritude. The princesses each received a sil- ver plaque, and every contestant was honored with a United Fund' Queen Contest· white satin sash, and an American Beauty rose em- Natural Science Club To Hear Kermith Ross On Mountain Climbing Kermith Ross, Head of the Patent Division, will be the' guest speaker at the first meeting of the Natural Science Club, Monday, October 14, at 8 p.m. inthe Community Center. Ross will' discuss climbing in the St. Elias· Range near the Canada- Alaska border, and the talk wiII be accompanied by color Blides. The guest·speaker was a member of the five-man party of climbers who made the first ascent of the east ridge of the 19,850-foot Mt. Logan this year. ' As a member of a Sierra Club party which' climbed in the Mt. Wood area of the St. Elias range last year, Ross will' present some colored slides of pictures taken o"n this trip. He has climbed extensively in the Colorado Rockies, the Tetons, and the High Sierras. With a NOTS party two years ag,o, he climbed the volcanic Mexican peaks, Oriza- bo, 18,700 ft., Popocatepetl, 17,887 ft., and Ixtacihuatl, 17343 ft. The party included Carl Heller, Robert Stein, 'and Paul Bellamy. A few slides of these mountains will be shown if time permits. The public is invited to attend. Lt.Phil A. Webb, l\IC One of two new Assistantl\Iedi- cal Officers at the 8tation Hospital is Lt. Phil A. Webb, USNR, MO. Dr. \Vebb received his commission in July 1956 after graduating from the University of Texas Medical School. I.,---------------- He did his undergraduate work at Baylor University and interned at Iiansas Oity General Hospital. His home town is Stamford, Texas. Believed to be the fifth person in the United States to report catch- ing the radio signals of the· Rus- sian launched satellite is Kurt Her- zog, a 17~year-old student at Bur~ roughs High School. Young Herzog, with borr:owed equipment . from l' a d i 0 station KRKS where he is a junior engi- neer and announce~ recorded the Russian satellite's signals three times Friday evening after making contact on Iiis amateur receiving set. Herzog also claimed that the satellite could be seen under cer- tain conditions at sunrise with the aid of binoculars or telescope. On' receipt of Herzog's informa- tion, Dr. vVm: B. McLean, Techni- cal Director, reported to Washing- ton, D.C., by telephone. Dr. Mc- Lean also reported' an unconfirmed report that the satellite had been sighted by an .off-station observer who said it resembled a star of the eighth magnitude. Commander Wade H. Cone, Head of the Sidewinder Coordination Group, stated that the fact that NOTS is so far removed from large cities probably made it possible to receive the signals, as there is not the interference from electrical equipment to pe found in more densely populated areas. . Kurt Herzog is the son ,of Mr. and Mrs: Steven Herzog of China Lake. He has been interested in amateur radio for several years4 ;'nd his call QUEENANDCOURT-1957 Indian Wells Valley United Fund Queen. letter~_a.-~~~461~F;c~ ••. ~_.,,~, <','-"- .:Cher~"1"Hngl:.-(cehterlis s"ho,~;d,vithprincesses (I. t6 1'.) JaniCe Hriffmal1, of San'Bernardino, D~lores Burke of Ridgecrest; and Linda Gibbons and Annie l\Iajorsof Ohina Lake. These girls will appear in the Desert Em.. pire Fair parade tomorrow. Cheryl HugoU-nih~dFund Queen; Contestants to"Appearin Parade blematic of their beauty and their noble effort toward the United Fund. A coronation committee consist- ing of the United Fund Board of Directors, including Mrs. Evie Ash- burn, president, and Mrs. Archie Howell and Dorothy Monson, made the presentation to Queen Cheryl and her princesses. ' The ceremony was staged by the United. Fund Board, with Ernie George acting as master-of-cere- monies. Beauty contest judges were: Capt. F. A. Chenault, Execu- tive Officer; Dick O'Reilly, Com~ munity :M:anager;' Bob Smith, presi- dent of the local Navy League; and Al Jacobsen,' Inyokern Citizen's League. .Fred Richards of TID's Graphic Arts Branch, served a3 special counsel to the judges. All photography ana registration of queen contestants, was handl.ed by personnel ',of the ROCKETEER staff. All fourteen queen' contestants will .appear at the Ridge"crest Des- ert Fair this weekend. They will also appear on the KRKS United Fund ra'dio marathon' Tuesday night, Oct. 15, and at the Novem-. bel' Elks Dance in their honor. Queen Cheryl and her Princesses' will .ride in the Fair parade tomor- r~w, according to' an announcement by UF campaign manager Augie Schaefer. Other queen contestants were: Peggy Jackson, Carol Savage, Pat Phillips, Peggy Milligan, Janice Gosselin, Bobbette Deem, Sharon Koch, Florence Raffel and .Terri Ennis. Russ Satellite!s !Beep! Heord At China lake F. A. Chenault; 'J'o'mJones, of Tom Jones'ThIell's \Vear; Lloyd Griffith, V.P. of Citizen's Nat'l. Trust & Savings; Capt. \Y. W. Hollister; and FredJ. Rein- hardt, Mgr. of Retail Dh·., San Bernardino Ohamber of .Commerce. U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station•.China Lake. Calif• ,ACS President To Speak Here· -Dr. Roger J. Williams, president of the American Chemical Society and professor' of chemistry at the University of Texas, will speak on "The Alcoholic Problem" at the lo- cal. ACS meeting Monday, October 14, .at 8 p,m. in the Commissioned Offfcer's Mess, Reservations for dinne~ at.6:3() p.,m.should "b~,maq~ before Friday noon by. calling Dr. Russell Reed at 71748. .' Due to the popularity of the top- ic and' the renown of the speaker, the pUblic is invited to attend. Dr. Williams received a bache- lor's degree at the University of Redlands, and took his masters and doctorate at the ·University· of Chi- cago. He joined the staff' of the University of Oregon ,as assistant professor in 1920, and has been a college professor ever since. He has received honorary doctor of science degrees from' Redlands; Columbia University and Oregon State, while also winning the Chandler and Mead Johnson Medals for outstand- ing work in biochemistry. Dr. Wil- liams is the author of 9 books and 150 articles. In the opinion of Dr. Williams the crux of the alcohol problem rests upon the fact that people dif- fer greatly as to their susceptibility to the effects of alcohol-in any way that this susceptibility is test- ed. The question to be answered in Monday night's lecture is not why man becomes alcoholic, but why certain individuals are prone to be- come alcoholic while others escape completely. r.IILI7AR¥ APPRECIATION DAY-Members of the San B::inanlino Ohamber of Commerce discuss plans \>;;h Statiun officials regarding "lUilitary Apprecia- t;ull Day," which will hOllor military installations in the San Bernardino area. Shown (I. to r.) are: Oapt. San Bernardino Merchants to Honor NOTS Personnel Sidewinder/ Zuni and SNORT Featured at.DeserfEmpire Fair Featured at the Desert Empire as many ZUNI's as fixed-fin rockets Fall' throughout the weekend will of the same type, as the folding fins be the' NOTS-develiiped SIDE- 'permit stowage in streamlined, mul- \VINDER air-to~air guided missile, tiple-round launchers. . ZUNI, a new 5" rocket also devel- A vers.aWe killer, ZUNI can be oped here, and a working model of equipped with a variety of optional the Supersonic Naval Ordnance Re- warheads,including high explosive, search Track, SNORT for short. controlled fragmentation, shaped Personnel from NOTS will be pres- charge, and flare. ent to demonstrate the items and SNORT is a 4.1 mile long, two- to answer questions. . rail, precision built test track used '- Capable of overtaking and des- at NOTS for captive testing of air- troying the largest bombers now frame sections, seat ejection de- known, SIDEWINDER is in pro- vices, and armament components. duction by private industry for Built of the heaviest of crane rails Navy and Air Force use. The mis- made, 171 pounds to the yard, bed- sile, which has an extremely high ded in concrete, SNORT can sup- kill probability, homes on heat 'port loads weighing up to 68 tons. emitted by the jet engines of its The track has handled objects mov- target. .The simple, inexpensive, and ing at more than three times the highly reliable SIDEWINDER is speed -of sound, and has imposed the first' air-to-air guided missile forces of more than 100 G's on test conceived and developed entirely by items. a government laboratory and the The SNORT display simulates a first truly operational air-to-air miniature sled shooting down. the guided missile. track, while inert models of the ZUNI, nine feet long and weigh- SIDEvVINDER and ZUNI consti- ing 128 pounds, can knock out tute the other displays. tanks, pill boxes, revetments, gun emplacements, trains, motor con- voys, ammunition and fuel dumps, and even small ships. Fighter and attack planes can carry four times JI,IiIitary Appreciation DaY,hon'or- • ing the Armed Forc~s and .Civilian employeesoi' the military bases in the San .Bernardino ·.area will be held ,on Saturday, Oct. 19, according . to .a recent announcement by the San Bernardino Chamber of Com- merce. Two hundred NOTS servicemen wiII have their name attached to a $2.00 bill in the windows' of San Bernardino merchants, and can re- deem same by showing theirID cards. The names will be published in next week's ROCKETEER. in addition, ten NOTS men wiII attend a free dinner and stage show at the Chamber' of Commerce's Trade Show Night, Thursday, Octo- ber 17, in the Orange Show Cafe- teria, where they will be introduced to .the audience. A few tickets are .still available to this dinner and show, and they may be obtained by calling LCdI'. J. T. Waldron, Ext. 72017. Transportation will be furn7 ished .to and from San Bernardino for these Station representatives. In addition to special bargain prices over the weekend,many priz- es will be given including a trip for two for a week in Mexico; a three-day stay for two in Las Veg- as; and-a $100 purchase order for someone at NOTS. All military and' civilian employ- ees are eligible to participate, and no purchases are necessary. . ~o'. XIII. No. 4l ~---!-- ---- October II. 1957, Outdoor Shop Hours Change Until further noUce, busbless hours of the Navy Exchange O~tdoor Shop during the Fall and n'illter months will be chimged 'as follows: Mon.-Fri. : 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sat ~_.._,,: _..__. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun _ Closed all day Douglas J. \Vilcox III his cap:icity as Head of a de- partment in, the field of underwa- ter ordnance, Douglas \Vilcox has the p"rimary responsibility of direct- ing the expenditure of· seven mil- lion dollars a ;)'ear and the efforts of' four hundred and twent;)· em- ployees. These resources are devot- ed to exploring, developing and test- ing advanced ideas in submarine and antisubmarine warfare pro- grams. The nominee's duties call for ree- l ognition of Fleet needs, establish- ment of sound plans and objectives, effective utilization of personnel and 'facilities, and technical super- vision of programs. In addition, the nominee is a member of the top civilian-military management of the Station and therefore, participates in the formu- lation and implementation of broad, long-range plans and policies. As administrator of a wide range of underwater ordnance programs, Wilcox has' distinguished himseU from his contemporaries b;)' consist- ently achieving useful objectives, gaining professional. prominence at a progressively higher level because of. his creditable lines of effort. The largest and foremost program under his cognizance involves the development of one of the' Na~"s major antisubmarine weapons sys- tems. As Program Manager he has achieved noteworthy success by planning and organizing this highly complex and important program. The nominee is a graduate of Cor- nell University in Ithaca, N. Y., and, holds 0 a bachelor's degree in me- chanical engineering. He also served as an Army captain during \VWn as Supply Officer in Okinawa where he was responsible for the supply operations and control of all ord- nance depofs ';In the island. ... __ " __ 1.1 -.J Dr. Howard A. \Vncox Dr. Howard Wilcox has been a principal participant in a large number~of technical ordnancE; pro- grams and has constantly made contributions considered to be out- standing by technical associates. Howard Doug Wilcox Entered In Flemming Award Competition The Naval Ordn,ance Test Station's ~nominations for the Arthur S. Flemming Award for outstanding govern: ment 'service' were announced this week by LeRoy Jack- son, Head of Employee Relations Management Division," Personnel Department. Nominees are Dr. H. A. "\'v'ilcox, Head of \Veapons Development Department at' China Lake, and Douglas J. \Vilcox, Head of Underwater Ord- nance Department at Pasadena. Flemming Award A specific accomplishment for .. . The Flemming Awards are grant- which the 'nominee is responsible ed annually by. the Junior' Chamber and which has resulted in a mater-' ':. of Commerce of \Vashington, D.C., ial improvement in the Nation's De- to ten young men in Federal Serv- fense position, and simultaneously - ice who q.ave performed unusual resulted in a substantial savings to and outstanding work of distinct the go\-ernment is the llominee's benefitto··the Goyernment. Male \vork relating to the SIDEWIND- employees ,,,ho will not reach their ER guided missile s;)·stem. ~ 40th birthday before January 1,1958, Dr.. 'Vilcox organized and direct- are eligible to be considered for ed'a small nucleus of personnel who these awards. made technical translations of the Five honorary awards are grant- basic ideas of SIDE\VINDER into ed for exceptional achievement in an operational service weapon. He the scientific or technical fields, overcame major technical barriers and five such awards are granted as well as administrative problems for exceptional achievement in the and was a prime force behind the executive or administrative fields.' accomplishment of necessary re- Each award recipient receives a search, development and test work. suitably engraved plaque. Moreover, the nominee's original conceptions for weapons systems of the future are currently having a significant impact on long range U. S. Navy and Department of De- fense planning. ' Dr. Wilcox holds a Ph.D. in Phys- ics from the University of Chicago, was a magna cum laude graduate and has been granted two Univer-' sity Fellowships. THE ROCKI:TEE~ AHTIST OF THE MONTH-Paul \V. Neipp, junior class student in Bur- ~ough,> High School, will display'a few of his collection of 50 paintin'gs tb.i,> month at the Station Librar~". Paul started painting as a hobb.r when he receh'ed a Christmas gift of a paint set ill 19.32~ ANNUAL MAGAZINE DRIVE-Student body officers of Burroughs Junior High School confer with their advisor LaV McLean (left), and principal S;)'lvia Tillitt (seated), on plans for their first major project, the annual magazine drive from Oct. 3-14. Officers (I. to 1'.) are: Deming l\IacIise, President'; Dennis Oox, Vice-President; Brenda Harney, Sec- retary; and John Thomas, Treasurer. Kids Film SO,ciety Ticket Sale Slated Next Wednesday.. , Children's Film SocieIY member- Ship cards 'for the 1957-58 season will be on sale~at the China "Lake elementary schools next 'Vednes- day, October 16, for $1 each. Members are entitled to admis- sion to the complete series, one Sat- urday morning each month, in the Station Theatre during the Novem- ber to June season. Each showing will be approxiplateiy one hour long.. Parents are urged to arrange for purchase of membership' cards at the school sale as theatre lobby sales require considerabJe waiting. Par- ents may attend all showings, ad- mittance free, when accompanied by a member. The season schedule of films and showing dates are as follows: Oct. 26-And No\v Miguel, Hip- . pity Hopper, B. Bunny Hill Billy Hare. . No\". Hi-Colonial Ohildren. Bi- c:rcle Safeb·. Itch;)' Scratchy. Hy- po Chondri Cat. B. Bunny Home- less Hare. . Dec. 7~Cinderella and The Sil- ver Skates. 'Vondersin the Desert. Ohristmas Customs Near and Far. A Tree goes for Ohristmas. Ski' Techniques. I Taw a Putt;)· Cat. B. Bunny· Hot Cross Bunn;)". Jan. 4-The Train. One, Two, Three, Go. The Chimp (Laurel & Hardy). Smoke Jumpers. B~ Bun- ny Hurdy Gurdy Hare. Feb. 8-liing of the Sierras. B. Bunny Knights lUust' Fall. JUar. S-:-I'm No Fool With a Bic;)'cle. Adventures of Bunny Rabbit. Beginning Swimming. The Hopi Indians. Little Bl;'bber lUouse. B. Bunny Long Haired Hare. Apr. 12-lUark Twain. Archery. Skill Swimming.' Sportsnlen's Paradise. Little Lion Hunter. B. Bunny lUississippi Hare. , lUay10 -Ooral ·\Vonderland. Heads Up! Litt1e Pancho Vanilla. ·B. Bunny l\Iutin~' on the Bunny. l\Iin: 56 41' 41 41' 39 39 41 TEMPERATURES ,Page Four Judin -,Cartwright Nominated In TOYM National Competition Nominated locally for the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) competition for 1957 are James P. Judin, Head of the Supersonic Track Division in Test Depart- ment and Dr. W. F. Cartwright, Head of the Air-to-Air \Y/eapons Division, \Veapons Development Department. ~1inners of TOYM will receive their awards at a banquet to be held in Phoe~ix,Arizonaon January 18, 1958. , TOYI\>I Oompetition Reserve. He is a graduate of the E:;tch year since 1933, the United University of, Minnesota with a states Junior Chamber of Com- master of science degree in Aero- merce has selected ten outstanding nautical Engineering. young men whose achievements have been significant 'to' their pro- fc,sion and also to the general\vel- {al'{l of the American people. Nomination,':; are open ,to all fields. Any individual, organization educational institution, industrial , group, profession or Junior CoIIege • gl'OUp may enter oneor more nom-. inces. 'Each recipient of the award i~ IJ'l'escnted a sHver statuette 0 clasped hands designed by past T0YM: winner Arthur Ma~'field Kraft of Kansas City. The sculp- tur'e symbolizes that "The Hope of Uinldnd Lies in the Hands of 'Youth and Action." . El.-cau year candidate,> for the Ten Oat'1t:mrling Young JUlliU are soli- dkd from every wa.lk oftife, every r"tigion, race and creed. Some re- ci{liealts have already gained pubIiv :hme and recognition for tlie.iracJl- kvcmcnts, and have earned further . R~chilU by continued C'Ontributions to their field'> of endeavor and sel'- 'vi~:l to others. In other cases, the prafe""ional work ami service of Iwnrj, recipients lcid thus far gone ullrecognized. . Tile actual selection is made by a 'panel of nationally prominent .business and profe3sional men who serve only in the public interest. Tire judges receive thousands of applications,. and consider each nominee on his persnnal record. Dr. W. F. Cartwright Dr. \V. F. (Frank)' Cartwright, Sup e rv i Sol' Y Physicist, heads the Air-to-Air Weapons Division in \Veapons Development Depart- ment, .an orga!1ization that directs the development of the Navy's new air-to-air guided missile SIDE- WINDER. As a graduate student at the Uni- versity of California Radiation Lab- oratory he did fundamental re- search in meson physics utilizing the 184-inch synchro-cyclotron. Af- ter receiving his PhD., he did re- .search at the University of Roches- ter as an instructor and research associate on the properties of the hydrogen . nucleus. These experi- ments advanced the understanding of the force~ which bind together the atomic nucleus. At this Station, Dr. Cartwright has worked with a small group of engineers. and scientists to advance the development of the SIDE- \VINDER missile. He has pla;)'ed a role "of significant and continuously increasing importance in the de- velopment of this missile and to- day directs the SIDEWINDER ef- fort at this Station. The Station was established dur- ing "VWII to accomplish. the re- search, development and test of ordnance material. The efforts of men, such as Dr. Cartwright, have resulted in the increased capability James P. Judin of the Nation to withstand aggres- In his capacity as Head of the sion. Dr. Cartwright, in making his Supersonic' Track Division, James vital contribution to a major wea- Judin directs the efforts of appro- pons program has personally con- xim'ately 100 scientists, engineers', tributed in an outstanding manner t~~hnicians and supporting admin- to the. capability of the Department i'itrative personnel in the planning, of Defense. in'i.lrumentatioon and operation of It.is the considered opinion of his all tests conducted on the superson- professional colleagues that his con- i;:: tmcks at this Station. _ .. tributions have cut short what Under the nnminee's gilidance, would have been a laborious, cost- developmental testing and engi- Iy, and perhaps critical research, llecring for inertial guidance syS- development and test program by tems for four out of five of the De- RlJhieving early success with a maj- fense Department's intercontinental 01" ordnance item. This work is con- ballistic missiles and intermediate sidered to be a signal contribution ra11ge ballistic missiles (TITAN," to the defense of freedom, and T~OR, JUPITER and POLARIS)' consequently to the general wel- are being performed at the' super- f,are. sonic" tracl,s here. These tracks Dr. Cartwright served as a naval simulate flight conditions in a con- officer in WWII. After receiving tnllled environment to match actual his. bachelor of science degree at l'crformance conditions. COlumbia University in, 1946, he 'So successful has the projet pl"-DV- came to the University of Califor- en . itself that the Department of nia where he obtained his doctorate D~feilse, based on supersonic track in physics in 1951. eXllerience. here, has built at lC'ast ~~l~rU:~t~~i~;:~e:~CkS throughout Adults Offered Course Because of the test work per- In Child Care Study formed under his direction, a large The first:. class in Nursery Edu- lluinberof Air FI-J'rce, Navy and Army weapon systems develop- cation and Procedures wiII be held in the Nursery School Office next tnents .have been 'successfully ad- 'Vanced. Tuesday, October 15, at 7:30 p.m. A few more students may be en- In particular, Judin is nominat- ed as 'one of the nation's ten out- rolled by registering in Burroughs High School office up to Monday, . standing men because of his dy- Ramic performance in organizing a October 14, between 6:30 and 7:30- team and carryinw out the work in P'~he ten-week course will be in- thi8 rapidly growing technology' of structed by Ruth Newland, Directo- supersonic sled testing. . or of the China Lake Nursery His oontributions to comrr.unity Schoal. and civic affairs have also been . commendable. He served as chair- man of the United Fund Camp:lign far 1956 and is a memb2r of the ~Iax. Ba3.rd of Directors thbyear. 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