KNOW YOUR CIVIL AIR PATROL
Released by F. S. RHODE, C.A.P. Commander
NOTE: This is the eighth in a
series of articles outlining the
objectives and capabilities of the
Civil Air Patrol, nationally and
locally.
CAP Mission:
Cadet Education — Objectives
Civil Air Patrol’s work with
American youth is one of the or
ganization’s most vital functions.
Activities for cadets are planned
to provide them with understand
ing of aviation and the problems
of living in an air age that is
rapidly becoming dominated by
space technology. CAP also en
courages its cadets to seek ca
reers in aeronautical, scientific
and engineering fields. Today
there are about 35,000 alumni of
the cadet program in the ranks
of the Air Force. Also, over one
tenth of the student body of the
Air Force Academy is composed
of former CAP cadets.
Civil Air Patrol considers its
cadet program to be extremely
important because it is often ap
parent that the profound effects
of aero-space power on our econ
omy and national security are not
well understood by large segments
of the American public. Let none
of us underestimate the effects
aero-space power will have on
our future economy and culture.
CAP cadets will be flying
around the moon by the year 2000.
Members of the teenage elements
of the U. S. Air Force’s Civilian
Auxiliary will, at the same time,
be on the earth satellite’s surface,
accompanying skilled technicians
on research expeditions, predicts
Dr. Harold E. Mehrens, editorial
and curriculum director at the
CAP National Headquarters, and
author of the latest aerospace
text on rockets, missiles and as
tronautics, “The Dawning Space
Age.”
Around the Moon by 2000
Pointing out that the next 40
years will bring changes affecting
every aspect of the cadet pro
gram, Dr. Mehrens speculates that
youthful moon explorers will be
selected in much the same way
fionor CAP teenagers were chosen
to accompany Air Force personnel
in the Antarctic in Operation
Deepfreeze in 1956-57. He also
foresees other striking develop
ments in the cadet world and ac
tivities of the future.
Appearance of some Air Force
bases at which annual CAP sum
mer encampments are conducted,
will have changed but little. Yet
aircraft in which cadets receive
their orientation flights will be
changed significantly. A chemi
cally-fueled engine will power
take-off and climb, and when
cadet and pilot reach the top of
the atmosphere, they will ride
nonstop around the world on ion
plasma propulsion. The pilot will
be just a bit different from the
1960 version — he’ll be a highly
skilled electronics technician who
will seldom operate a control
manually.
International Cadet Exchange
CAP’S International Air Cadet
Exchange, involving visits of 145
teenagers to 19 nations in 1959,
will have expanded substantially.
With distances reduced to min
utes, and transport facilities vast
ly increased, economy will demand’
participation of 100 cadets where
10 once took part.
Dr. Mehrends further predicts:
“In the year 2000, the CAP cadet
will possess knowledge of the
universe wh'ich today’s top scien
tists have not yet discovered. The
textbooks he studies will contain
material today’s cadet could not
read nor understand.
“Predictions of changes ex
pected to occur within the next
40 years, can be made with con
siderable accuracy, provided they
are based upon definite trends and
take into account major inven
tions affecting the course of civi
lization’s progress.”
After Squadron Training
Today, cadets completing the
Squadron training program, at
tend a summer encampment and
obtain their Certificate of Profi
ciency, or diploma, become eli
gible for CAP college scholar
ships, participation in the Inter
national Air Cadet Exchange pro
gram (IACE), the CAP jet orien
tation course (for boys), the jet
age orientation course (for girls);
they are given special considera
tion on enlistment in the Air
Force or Flying Cadet Program
(for boys); special consideration is
provided girls in applying for
entrance to the Officer Candidate
School, should they choose the
Air Force for a career. These
special activities and considera
tions are granted cadets who satis
factorily complete the formal
cadet training program, and
whose general performance in the
program is substantial or out
standing.
From the foregoing, it is obvious
that substantial benefits can be
attained by CAP cadets who have
the interest and integrity to com
plete the program.
. The Air Force aids the Cadet
Edncation Program, by providing
certain supporting functions: text
book printing and development,
air lift for special activities, sur
plus and salvage materials for
laboratory experimental classes,
etc. Otherwise, the financing of
the program is handled at the
local level, through activities of
Squadron members, and through
personal expenditures, by seniors
and cadet members.
BIBLE BAPTIST
CHURCH
MEN DO NOT REJECT THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT CONTRA
DICTS ITSELF — BUT BECAUSE IT CONTRADICTS THEM!
if SUNDAY -
• 10 A.M. — Sunday School
• 11 A.M. — Morning Worship
• 7 P.M. — Evangelistic Service
★ TUESDAY - 2 P.M. — Ladies Bible Class
if WEDNESDAY -
• 7 P.M. — Bible Study and Prayer Meeting
if FRIDAY -
• 4 P.M. — "Good News Bible Club"
— For All Boys and Girls —
"THERE IS LIFE IN A LOOK AT THE CRUCIFIED ONE,
THERE IS LIFE AT THIS MOMENT FOR THEE;
THEN LOOK, SINNER, LOOK UNTO HIM AND BE SAVED,
UNTO HIM WHO WAS NAILED TO THE TREE.”
Bob Leighl. Missionary Pastor
Kodiak Will Have
Part-Time Customs Office
WASHINGTON, OP) — Senator
Bob Bartlett said yesterday Ko
diak has been designated a U. S.
Customs station.
This will permit Canadian fish
ing vessels to obtain fuel and sup
plies at Kodiak, Bartlett said.
Previously, the nearest port of
entry to the fishing grounds was
Sand Point.
Canadian vessels have either had
to put into Sand Point or travel
across the Gulf of Alaska for
supplies, runs taking from three
to six days, Bartlett said.
D. B. Strubinger, Acting Com
missioner of Customs, said he
has authorized the customs
collector at Juneau to hire a part
time employe to be stationed at
Kodiak.
Ronald Senungetuk, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Senungetuk of
Nome, has been named to the fall
Dean’s List at Rochester Institute
of Technology, according to Dr.
Leo F. Smith, dean of instruction.
Ronald, a ’53 graduate of Mt.
Edgecumbe High School, is a
senior in RIT’s School for Amer
ican Craftsmen.
PIONEER
WAT E R
DELIVERY
MAIN 14
Pure, Natural Water
i
ALL TRAILS LEAD
TO THE ROOF GARDEN
Tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock, members of Pioneers
Igloo No. I, and the Ladies
Auxiliary, will be hosts to the
public in a time-honored cele
bration known as the Roof
Garden.
To those who have witnessed
such celebrations through the
years, it will bring happy mem
ories of days gone by, before the
advent of the airplane, when
Nbme had no travel contact
with the "Outside" world, and
residents had to provide their
own entertainment.
The amateur show, staged by
Nome Melodramatic Group,
promises to provide an hour
of entertainment, so approb
ate to the occasion, that it will
make you forget your business
cares and worries, as you relax
in comfort and enjoyment.
Following the show, dancing of
the old, and modern, variety
will be in order; various games
of chance; fortune-telling by a
professional Egyptian medium,
who arrived today; prospecting
for gold nuggets in huge home
made cakes baked by the Pio
neer women; take home a corn
fed Iowa turkey, a smoked
ham, photo album, or other val
uable prize.
Take the children to the fish
pond, where they never draw a
blank; also door prizes for
adults and children. But above
all. and beyond all, the prize of
the evening, the huge, priceless,
rare gold nugget, the only spe
cimen of its kind in the Slate
of Alaska today. How true the
saying of the old Pioneer:
"THERE IS NO UBSTITUTE
FOR THE ROOF GARDEN!"
Civil Service Workers In
Hawaii Will Receive Less
Cost-of-Living Allowance
WASHINQTON, W* — The Civil
Service Commission informed
Hawaii members of Congress
yesterday that the cost-of-living
differentials for federal workers
in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands are being reduced
March 15.
The reductions, based on a new
living cost survey, will be from
20 to 17.5 per cent in Hawaii,
from 17.5 to 12.5 per cent in
Puerto Rico, and from 25 to 17.5
per cent in the Virgin Islands.
The 25 per cent differential in
Alaska will remain unchanged.
The changes affect about 14,000
classified Civil Service and postal
employes in Hawaii, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands. Blue collar
workers employed at military in
stallations are not involved.
Boy Seoul Week, Feb. 6-1S —
SUPPORT THE SCOUTS!
★
Modern Laundry
AND
Dry Cleaners
★
Complete Dry Cleaning
and
Laundry Service
★
FOR PICK-UP — CALL
MAIN 113
★
Jim and Ruth McLean
Proprietors
PIONEER ROOF GARDEN
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1960
PROGRAM
March of the Pioneers.Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Auxiliary No. 1
Song: "Alaska My Alaska" .... Pioneers and Audience
Accompanied by Nome School Band Under the Direction of Leland Barber
Welcome Address.. Luther Dunbar
President, Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Alaska Flag Song.By Maxine Book
Musical Interlude.Nome School Band
(While Pioneers are being sealed)
The Saints.Five-Piece Jazz Combo
Ray Arnold, Rod Boucher, Clifford Steele, Devon Alexander and Leland Barber
Introduction of Alaska's Junior Miss.Don Hoover
Special Number.Nome School Band
Directed by Leland Barber
One-Act Melodrama.Surprise Cast
Barbershop Quartet.Mystery Quartet
Community Sing.Audience
Accompanied by Leland Barber
NO NEED TO TURN OUT THE LAMP. MOTHER
("We Don't Have to Save on The Light Bill Anymore")
A ONE-ACT MELODRAMA
★ THE CAST ★
ALLERGY.The Heroine
PAPA HERMANN RUSSELBLURP x
MAMA RUSSELBLURP.Her Parents
AXEL EDSELGREAS E.Dastardly Villian