Page Eight Society for Quality Control To Organize Local Sub-section An organizational meeting of the Sierra San~ Sub«ction of the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) will be held next Wednesday evening at The Hideaway in Ridgecrest. Aprime rib dinner, starting at 7p.m., will precede the business session that will begin at 8 o'clock. Plans for holding an election of officers by the local group, and a schedule of activities for the coming year will be discussed In addition, there will be a speaker from the aerospace industry. Tony Miller has been designated by the parent San Gabriel Section of ASQC as the fonnation chairman of the local group, assisted by Walt Kuzmin, as an advisory member. Additional details can be obtained from either of these two men by calling 440- 3501. The Sierra San~ Su\).section of ASQC plans to conduct a reliability engineering refresher course in early September at Cerro Coso Commllllity College. This exam is designed to prepare interested persons in taking the Certified Reliability Engineering Exam, sponsored by ASQC. In addition, the local su\).section of ASQC is planning to start a quality control refresher course in early November. This exam will prepare students for the certified quality engineering exam that has been scheduled in December. Other plans of this new group call for bringing a variety of technical experts in the systems effectiveness field to Ridgecrest as a means of disseminating the latest tecmological advances in these disciplines to interested residents of the China Lake - ·Ridgecreat area. Turn in Timecards Early Next Friday All personnel who are responsible for submission of employee timeards are reminded that because of tha Monday, Sept. 2, Labor Oily holiday, timecards for tha regular work week ending on Aug. 31 must be delivered to the Payroll Office no later than 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Aug. 30. This Is necessary, because the processing of timecards must be completed by next Friday evening. No timecards are to be held out. since failure to provide the Payroll Office with an accurated timecard by the Aug. 30deadline may result In a delay in pey for the employee. Any overtime for Friday night. Aug. 30. or Saturday. Aug. 31. should be submitted on a supplemental timecard for payment covering the subsequent pay _ioel. ROCKETEER "UNHAND THAT CHILD," say the villain and villainess (I.). portrayed by Jim Rieger and Ginger Bartlett, respedively, as the hero and heroine (Alan Woodsen and Cherryl Bruce), attempt to save the babe, Horace Richbilt, portrayed by a conglomeration of rags. The scene is from " Virtue Triumphant," or, IlHorace Comes Home From the Laundry," which is to be presented tomorrow night, beginning at 9, on the lanai of the Commissioned Officers' Mess. Admission is $1 for all. A second melodrama, "He Done Her Wrong," or, "Wedded, But No Wife," also will be staged. Both presentations are proeluced by the China Lake Players and are directed by Sandee Schwanbach. -Photo by Ron Allen Cltlzens' Group Makes Recommendations To SlM on Jawbone Canyon Management A special citizens' group has held its first as a special design area in BLM's recenUy meeting to provide the Bureau of Land adopted Interim Critical Management Management with recommendations for Program for Recreation Vehicle use on the multiple use management of national CaJifornia Desert. It is a popular recreation resource \and in the Jawbone Canyon area vehicle area with many conflicting resource of eastern Kern County. uses and intermingled public and private According to Lou Boll, BLM district lands. The special study by the ahove- manager, the group is colllpO§ed of Cody named group will attempt to resolve the Wi11iams, representing the California Off- conflicts and provide for as many resource Road Vehicle Association; Dr. George E. uses as possible. Lawrence, Sierra Club; Mary De Decker, "~ encourage interested individuals to CaJifornia Native Plant Society; Mike work through their representative in the Hinshaw, American Motorcycle Associ- group," Boll said. "Because of the many ation, and J . D. Dillard, representing the conflicts in the area, we felt a small working major landowner in the area. group best suits the total public interest in Roy A. Gholson, area manager of the this area." California Department of Parks and Recreation, is an ex officio member of the group and will coordinate the State Park Department's efforts at Red Rock Canyon with those of BLM and the citizens' group. The Jawbone Canyon area was designated Aetna Agent Due Here Jim Neffew, the Aetna Insurance representative, will be at the Codununity Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 9 a.m. ImW 1 p.m. FIRST YOU SWING IT THIS WAY - Members of Auntie Becky's South Seas Islander group of dancers attempted to teach guests the hula at last Saturday's annual luau. held at the Chief Petty Officers' Mess. The patrons obviously enjoyed the lessons. Approximately 250 guests sat in the cool summer evening on the lanai and savored the Islander menu. al_ with prime rib, and floor show that capped this 11th annual event. Auntie Becky. who halls from San Pedro, Calif.• was the hit of the nrght. as were the fire dancers, sword dancers, and grass·skirted girls. DanCing to the music of Auntie Becky's combo followed the floor show. August 23, 1974 SHOWBOAT MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of movie content for viewing by their chiklren. FRI. (G) - ALL AGES ADMITTED GeneraIAudiences (PG) - ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (R) - RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompanying Parent or Adult Gu.rdian CS - Cinemascope STD · Standard Movie Screen Regular starting time-7: 30 p.m. Matinee-1 p.m. " PRIME CUT" (17 M in.) Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman 2J AUG. (Action Drama) About gangland r ivalr y and v tolence in America. (R) SAT. 24AUG. -FAMILY MATINEE- "STAGE TOTHUNDER ROCK" (1IMin.) Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell (G) - EVENING- " ULZANA'S RAID" (104 Min.) • Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison (Western) This is the story set after the Civil War about a band of Apaches who have left the Indian Reservation to go on a rampage. (R) SUN. &MON. 25-26 AUG. " BUSTING" (92 Min.) Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Cornelia Sharp, Logan Ramsey (Drama) Los Angeles vice squad detectives Elliott Gould and Robert Blake are rugged in· dividuals. They arrest prostitute Cornelia Sharp after her session with dentist Logan Ramsey, but the case is dropped. The partners are assigned to infiltrate agay bar, where they have to dance w ith each other. A riot ensues. A massage parlor .' dirty book store arrest leads to a gun battle with dope pushers in a crowded supermarket. In each case, crime czar Allen Garfield is responsible and the guilty parties are freed. Although the partners are separated after they're severely beaten by Gar- field 's men, Gould and Blake use their spare t ime to harass Garfield . (R) TUES. & WED. 27·28 AUG. " PIRANHA" (tOMin.) Will iam Smith, Peter Brown (Adventure Drama) Terri Green, a young photographer, her brother Art and their guide, Jim Pendrake,set out by motorcycle to photograph the jungle wildl ife of Amazon River area. The trio encounter Caribe, a cold·blooded hunter with a well·deserved reputation for little regard of animal or human life. After photographing diamond mines, the group travels with Caribe, to his compound on the Amazon River. It is here that Jim, Terri and Art learn that they are to be hunted rather than the hunters in a dangerous game devised by Caribe. (PG) THURS. & FRI. 29-30 AUG. "F UZZ" (93 Min.) Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch (Comedy Drama) This is a story about the bumbling efforts of several plainclothesmen to track down an extortionist whose death threats against certain men in high office are made and fulfilled. (PG) Cast Selected for Play A cast has been selected and rehearsals are under way for the next Commllllity Light Opera and Theater Association production, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Selected to play Martha is Florence Green, well known local director, actress and CLOTAmainstay. Playing opposite her as George is a newcomer to the local area, Nick DeBonis. Cast as the unsuspecting couple who participate in a strange night with Martha and George are Wes Willett, as Nick, and Unda Webb, as Honey. From : PLACE STAMP HERE To: - ~----~ Aug. 23, 1974 INSIDE ... New Classes atCollege................ .... 2 InfantGets Helicopter Ride ...... ... ... . .. 3 Capt. Sturman To Retire ... . ....... . ... ... 4 Navy Exchange BusinessHours Listed .... 5 "we IOcke'eel Naval Weapons Center China Lake Sports................. . . . .............. . .6 Quality Control Group To Form .. .... . .... 8 California OLD INSTRUMENT USEFUL TODAY - Keith L. Gard_ (at left) Ind IlonIId W, Peterson, two physicists in the Weapons Development Department, have found the Michelson parallel path Interferometer highly useful in their current work on an IIdvlinced electro..optical system. This instrument, similar to one used by Dr. A. A. Michelson in 1892, was borrowed from the Michelson Museum on the Center. Gardner and Peterson are shown adjusting the path length on the interferometer. NWC Physicists Find Good Use For Michelson Interferometer An original Michelaon interferometer (dating from about 1900) of the type that Dr. A. A. Michelsoo, the Nobel prize-winning scientist, used in 1892 to measure the standard meter in wave lengths of red cadmium light, is once again finding ap- plication in the work of scientists at the Naval Weapons Center. At the present time, Keith L. Gardner and Donald W. Peterson, physicists in the Electronics Branch of the Weapons Development Department's Infrared Systems Division, are making use of this instrument (borrowed from the Michelson Museum on the Center) in connection with EHorls Continue To Reduce Consumption Of Energy on Center Efforts are continuing to reduce the NaVal Weapons Center's overall energy con- sumption rate in line with requirements set forth by the Chief of Naval Material at the time the "energy cnmch" was recognized as the nationwide and worldwide problem that it is. This week, the following reductions in various types of energy and fuel supplies were reported by Ltjg. L. S. Murphy, Public Works Department project officer, for July 1974 in comparison to the same period two years ago: Electrical power-doWR 15.1 per cent; natural gas in housing area...ooWR 10.3 per cent; diesel fuel consumptiOn-dOWR 8.6 per cent; and propane gas use-down 35 per cent. The latter figure is due, in part, to the fact that a changeover from propane to natural gas is being made at homes in Desert Park (the Wherry housing area), Ltjg. Murphy noted. Increases in two types of fuel consumption also were reported for this past July, as compared to Fiscal Year 1973. They were: Industrial gas-up 14.4 per cent, and gasoline for vehicles-up 10.1 per cent. their work on an advanced electrlHlptical system. Previously, someeight years ago, William Capps, a physicist in the Systems Development Department's Infrared Measurements &-anch, was successful in applying this same instrument in his work that dealt with the counting of fringes of laser light in order to measure a physical displacement. In casting around for a means of making measurements of different optical sources in order to learn more about the coherence Iroperties of their light, Gardner and Peterson felt that the best wat to do this would be by the use of an interferometer. When they learned that just such an in- strument is included in the Michelson Museum, they requested and received permission to horrow the very old, but still extremely accurate and highly useful Michelson parallel path interferometer. The instrument is a part of the local collection honoring the distinguished scientist' and Naval Academy graduate for whom Michelson Laboratory is named. Modern instruments were considered for the measurements, but they did not have the range of the older Michelson In- terferometer. Noting that the interferometer is currenUy set up on an optical bench at the Thompson Aeroballistlcs Laboratory, Gardner described it as "a very precise instrument." Using it, he and Peterson are doing much the same thing !bat Dr. Michelson did, Gardner added. The in- strument is being used to measure the coherence properties of various optical sources, and to generate visibility curves which show how light interferes with itself as a function of the varying path differences in the interferometer. "The more coherent the light is, the greater difference in path length there can be, while sWI alloWing fringe observation," Gardner explained, in reference to how the Michelson interferol1',eter is being used for calibration of a modern optical system. Vol. XX I X , No. 33 Nine Employees First To Receive NWC 30-Yr. Pins Nobody knows who first coined the phrase, "termination winds," but those horrendous windstorms, coupled with the blazing heat, were responsible for a great many employees of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (now NWC) deciding to ter- minate their jobs during the early con- struction days of NOTS, Inyokern. "Every time the winds blasted across what was then largely desert wasteland, raising clouds of choking dust and paint- scouring sand, the lines would form at the Personnel Office on Fridays," Rod Mc- Clung, an early employee of NOTS who recenUy retired, recalled. "The dust would be so thick one could hardly breathe," he said, noting that the lack of vegetation allowed Mother Nature to vent her anger at those so audacious as to consider erecting a modemcommllllity in so isolated an area. The more hardy ones stayed a little longer than that, and the valley grew on them. This past Tuesday, nine employees of the Center were presented the first NWC 30 year length of service pins by RAdm. R. G. Freeman m, NWC Commander. ' Also present for the ceremony were the department beads, or their representatives, of each of the honored employees. Only one of the nine came to China Lake as a civilian-Anna K. McDuff. She reported to work as a fiscal accounting clerk on July 11, 1944, just one week ahead of the first contingent of WAVES (Women's Navy), •which included Hazel E. Coleman, now a management assistant in Central Staff's aeco~ Management Group, who was also presented a 3O-year pin. Also sent here as members of the WAVES were Marie O. Kocbman, now a publications officer for TID, and Theresa E. (Rose) Gonzalez, who hea~ up Central Staff's Records Management Group. Mrs. Koch- man reported in August 1944 and Mrs. Gonzalez arrived in September of that year. Mrs. McDuff is currently a management analyst in the Central Staff's Management Division. All five men honored last Tuesday first came to China Lake as military personnel. James DeSanto, a consultant in Code 14, arrived at Inyokern on Aug. 28, 1944, as a lieutenant commander in the Navy. Leo L. Kielman, who is now a mechanlcal engineer in the Weapons Development Department, and Howard E. Auld, a general engineer with the Surface Missiles Department, arrived on the scene in September 1944. Quentin S. Dalton, who now works as Administrative Officer for the Test and Evaluation Department, and Zane G. Lancaster, a planner and estimator in the Public Works Department, both arrived in November 1944. The latter four were enlisted men. _ These nine stayed and braved the winds, the barrenness, the loneliness. All but two .met their mates at China Lake and raised their chiJdren here. (Continued on Plge 3) • HAROLD E. AULD ZANE G. LANCASTER HAZEL E. COLEMAN I..EO E. KIELMAN QUENTIN S. CALTON MARIE O. KOCHMAN .' THERESA E. (ROSE) GONZALES ANNA K McDUFF , OCR Text: Page Eight Society for Quality Control To Organize Local Sub-section An organizational meeting of the Sierra San~ Sub«ction of the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) will be held next Wednesday evening at The Hideaway in Ridgecrest. Aprime rib dinner, starting at 7p.m., will precede the business session that will begin at 8 o'clock. Plans for holding an election of officers by the local group, and a schedule of activities for the coming year will be discussed In addition, there will be a speaker from the aerospace industry. Tony Miller has been designated by the parent San Gabriel Section of ASQC as the fonnation chairman of the local group, assisted by Walt Kuzmin, as an advisory member. Additional details can be obtained from either of these two men by calling 440- 3501. The Sierra San~ Su\).section of ASQC plans to conduct a reliability engineering refresher course in early September at Cerro Coso Commllllity College. This exam is designed to prepare interested persons in taking the Certified Reliability Engineering Exam, sponsored by ASQC. In addition, the local su\).section of ASQC is planning to start a quality control refresher course in early November. This exam will prepare students for the certified quality engineering exam that has been scheduled in December. Other plans of this new group call for bringing a variety of technical experts in the systems effectiveness field to Ridgecrest as a means of disseminating the latest tecmological advances in these disciplines to interested residents of the China Lake - ·Ridgecreat area. Turn in Timecards Early Next Friday All personnel who are responsible for submission of employee timeards are reminded that because of tha Monday, Sept. 2, Labor Oily holiday, timecards for tha regular work week ending on Aug. 31 must be delivered to the Payroll Office no later than 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Aug. 30. This Is necessary, because the processing of timecards must be completed by next Friday evening. No timecards are to be held out. since failure to provide the Payroll Office with an accurated timecard by the Aug. 30deadline may result In a delay in pey for the employee. Any overtime for Friday night. Aug. 30. or Saturday. Aug. 31. should be submitted on a supplemental timecard for payment covering the subsequent pay _ioel. ROCKETEER "UNHAND THAT CHILD," say the villain and villainess (I.). portrayed by Jim Rieger and Ginger Bartlett, respedively, as the hero and heroine (Alan Woodsen and Cherryl Bruce), attempt to save the babe, Horace Richbilt, portrayed by a conglomeration of rags. The scene is from " Virtue Triumphant," or, IlHorace Comes Home From the Laundry," which is to be presented tomorrow night, beginning at 9, on the lanai of the Commissioned Officers' Mess. Admission is $1 for all. A second melodrama, "He Done Her Wrong," or, "Wedded, But No Wife," also will be staged. Both presentations are proeluced by the China Lake Players and are directed by Sandee Schwanbach. -Photo by Ron Allen Cltlzens' Group Makes Recommendations To SlM on Jawbone Canyon Management A special citizens' group has held its first as a special design area in BLM's recenUy meeting to provide the Bureau of Land adopted Interim Critical Management Management with recommendations for Program for Recreation Vehicle use on the multiple use management of national CaJifornia Desert. It is a popular recreation resource \and in the Jawbone Canyon area vehicle area with many conflicting resource of eastern Kern County. uses and intermingled public and private According to Lou Boll, BLM district lands. The special study by the ahove- manager, the group is colllpO§ed of Cody named group will attempt to resolve the Wi11iams, representing the California Off- conflicts and provide for as many resource Road Vehicle Association; Dr. George E. uses as possible. Lawrence, Sierra Club; Mary De Decker, "~ encourage interested individuals to CaJifornia Native Plant Society; Mike work through their representative in the Hinshaw, American Motorcycle Associ- group," Boll said. "Because of the many ation, and J . D. Dillard, representing the conflicts in the area, we felt a small working major landowner in the area. group best suits the total public interest in Roy A. Gholson, area manager of the this area." California Department of Parks and Recreation, is an ex officio member of the group and will coordinate the State Park Department's efforts at Red Rock Canyon with those of BLM and the citizens' group. The Jawbone Canyon area was designated Aetna Agent Due Here Jim Neffew, the Aetna Insurance representative, will be at the Codununity Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, from 9 a.m. ImW 1 p.m. FIRST YOU SWING IT THIS WAY - Members of Auntie Becky's South Seas Islander group of dancers attempted to teach guests the hula at last Saturday's annual luau. held at the Chief Petty Officers' Mess. The patrons obviously enjoyed the lessons. Approximately 250 guests sat in the cool summer evening on the lanai and savored the Islander menu. al_ with prime rib, and floor show that capped this 11th annual event. Auntie Becky. who halls from San Pedro, Calif.• was the hit of the nrght. as were the fire dancers, sword dancers, and grass·skirted girls. DanCing to the music of Auntie Becky's combo followed the floor show. August 23, 1974 SHOWBOAT MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of movie content for viewing by their chiklren. FRI. (G) - ALL AGES ADMITTED GeneraIAudiences (PG) - ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (R) - RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompanying Parent or Adult Gu.rdian CS - Cinemascope STD · Standard Movie Screen Regular starting time-7: 30 p.m. Matinee-1 p.m. " PRIME CUT" (17 M in.) Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman 2J AUG. (Action Drama) About gangland r ivalr y and v tolence in America. (R) SAT. 24AUG. -FAMILY MATINEE- "STAGE TOTHUNDER ROCK" (1IMin.) Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell (G) - EVENING- " ULZANA'S RAID" (104 Min.) • Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison (Western) This is the story set after the Civil War about a band of Apaches who have left the Indian Reservation to go on a rampage. (R) SUN. &MON. 25-26 AUG. " BUSTING" (92 Min.) Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Cornelia Sharp, Logan Ramsey (Drama) Los Angeles vice squad detectives Elliott Gould and Robert Blake are rugged in· dividuals. They arrest prostitute Cornelia Sharp after her session with dentist Logan Ramsey, but the case is dropped. The partners are assigned to infiltrate agay bar, where they have to dance w ith each other. A riot ensues. A massage parlor .' dirty book store arrest leads to a gun battle with dope pushers in a crowded supermarket. In each case, crime czar Allen Garfield is responsible and the guilty parties are freed. Although the partners are separated after they're severely beaten by Gar- field 's men, Gould and Blake use their spare t ime to harass Garfield . (R) TUES. & WED. 27·28 AUG. " PIRANHA" (tOMin.) Will iam Smith, Peter Brown (Adventure Drama) Terri Green, a young photographer, her brother Art and their guide, Jim Pendrake,set out by motorcycle to photograph the jungle wildl ife of Amazon River area. The trio encounter Caribe, a cold·blooded hunter with a well·deserved reputation for little regard of animal or human life. After photographing diamond mines, the group travels with Caribe, to his compound on the Amazon River. It is here that Jim, Terri and Art learn that they are to be hunted rather than the hunters in a dangerous game devised by Caribe. (PG) THURS. & FRI. 29-30 AUG. "F UZZ" (93 Min.) Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch (Comedy Drama) This is a story about the bumbling efforts of several plainclothesmen to track down an extortionist whose death threats against certain men in high office are made and fulfilled. (PG) Cast Selected for Play A cast has been selected and rehearsals are under way for the next Commllllity Light Opera and Theater Association production, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Selected to play Martha is Florence Green, well known local director, actress and CLOTAmainstay. Playing opposite her as George is a newcomer to the local area, Nick DeBonis. Cast as the unsuspecting couple who participate in a strange night with Martha and George are Wes Willett, as Nick, and Unda Webb, as Honey. From : PLACE STAMP HERE To: - ~----~ Aug. 23, 1974 INSIDE ... New Classes atCollege................ .... 2 InfantGets Helicopter Ride ...... ... ... . .. 3 Capt. Sturman To Retire ... . ....... . ... ... 4 Navy Exchange BusinessHours Listed .... 5 "we IOcke'eel Naval Weapons Center China Lake Sports................. . . . .............. . .6 Quality Control Group To Form .. .... . .... 8 California OLD INSTRUMENT USEFUL TODAY - Keith L. Gard_ (at left) Ind IlonIId W, Peterson, two physicists in the Weapons Development Department, have found the Michelson parallel path Interferometer highly useful in their current work on an IIdvlinced electro..optical system. This instrument, similar to one used by Dr. A. A. Michelson in 1892, was borrowed from the Michelson Museum on the Center. Gardner and Peterson are shown adjusting the path length on the interferometer. NWC Physicists Find Good Use For Michelson Interferometer An original Michelaon interferometer (dating from about 1900) of the type that Dr. A. A. Michelsoo, the Nobel prize-winning scientist, used in 1892 to measure the standard meter in wave lengths of red cadmium light, is once again finding ap- plication in the work of scientists at the Naval Weapons Center. At the present time, Keith L. Gardner and Donald W. Peterson, physicists in the Electronics Branch of the Weapons Development Department's Infrared Systems Division, are making use of this instrument (borrowed from the Michelson Museum on the Center) in connection with EHorls Continue To Reduce Consumption Of Energy on Center Efforts are continuing to reduce the NaVal Weapons Center's overall energy con- sumption rate in line with requirements set forth by the Chief of Naval Material at the time the "energy cnmch" was recognized as the nationwide and worldwide problem that it is. This week, the following reductions in various types of energy and fuel supplies were reported by Ltjg. L. S. Murphy, Public Works Department project officer, for July 1974 in comparison to the same period two years ago: Electrical power-doWR 15.1 per cent; natural gas in housing area...ooWR 10.3 per cent; diesel fuel consumptiOn-dOWR 8.6 per cent; and propane gas use-down 35 per cent. The latter figure is due, in part, to the fact that a changeover from propane to natural gas is being made at homes in Desert Park (the Wherry housing area), Ltjg. Murphy noted. Increases in two types of fuel consumption also were reported for this past July, as compared to Fiscal Year 1973. They were: Industrial gas-up 14.4 per cent, and gasoline for vehicles-up 10.1 per cent. their work on an advanced electrlHlptical system. Previously, someeight years ago, William Capps, a physicist in the Systems Development Department's Infrared Measurements &-anch, was successful in applying this same instrument in his work that dealt with the counting of fringes of laser light in order to measure a physical displacement. In casting around for a means of making measurements of different optical sources in order to learn more about the coherence Iroperties of their light, Gardner and Peterson felt that the best wat to do this would be by the use of an interferometer. When they learned that just such an in- strument is included in the Michelson Museum, they requested and received permission to horrow the very old, but still extremely accurate and highly useful Michelson parallel path interferometer. The instrument is a part of the local collection honoring the distinguished scientist' and Naval Academy graduate for whom Michelson Laboratory is named. Modern instruments were considered for the measurements, but they did not have the range of the older Michelson In- terferometer. Noting that the interferometer is currenUy set up on an optical bench at the Thompson Aeroballistlcs Laboratory, Gardner described it as "a very precise instrument." Using it, he and Peterson are doing much the same thing !bat Dr. Michelson did, Gardner added. The in- strument is being used to measure the coherence properties of various optical sources, and to generate visibility curves which show how light interferes with itself as a function of the varying path differences in the interferometer. "The more coherent the light is, the greater difference in path length there can be, while sWI alloWing fringe observation," Gardner explained, in reference to how the Michelson interferol1',eter is being used for calibration of a modern optical system. Vol. XX I X , No. 33 Nine Employees First To Receive NWC 30-Yr. Pins Nobody knows who first coined the phrase, "termination winds," but those horrendous windstorms, coupled with the blazing heat, were responsible for a great many employees of the Naval Ordnance Test Station (now NWC) deciding to ter- minate their jobs during the early con- struction days of NOTS, Inyokern. "Every time the winds blasted across what was then largely desert wasteland, raising clouds of choking dust and paint- scouring sand, the lines would form at the Personnel Office on Fridays," Rod Mc- Clung, an early employee of NOTS who recenUy retired, recalled. "The dust would be so thick one could hardly breathe," he said, noting that the lack of vegetation allowed Mother Nature to vent her anger at those so audacious as to consider erecting a modemcommllllity in so isolated an area. The more hardy ones stayed a little longer than that, and the valley grew on them. This past Tuesday, nine employees of the Center were presented the first NWC 30 year length of service pins by RAdm. R. G. Freeman m, NWC Commander. ' Also present for the ceremony were the department beads, or their representatives, of each of the honored employees. Only one of the nine came to China Lake as a civilian-Anna K. McDuff. She reported to work as a fiscal accounting clerk on July 11, 1944, just one week ahead of the first contingent of WAVES (Women's Navy), •which included Hazel E. Coleman, now a management assistant in Central Staff's aeco~ Management Group, who was also presented a 3O-year pin. Also sent here as members of the WAVES were Marie O. Kocbman, now a publications officer for TID, and Theresa E. (Rose) Gonzalez, who hea~ up Central Staff's Records Management Group. Mrs. Koch- man reported in August 1944 and Mrs. Gonzalez arrived in September of that year. Mrs. McDuff is currently a management analyst in the Central Staff's Management Division. All five men honored last Tuesday first came to China Lake as military personnel. James DeSanto, a consultant in Code 14, arrived at Inyokern on Aug. 28, 1944, as a lieutenant commander in the Navy. Leo L. Kielman, who is now a mechanlcal engineer in the Weapons Development Department, and Howard E. Auld, a general engineer with the Surface Missiles Department, arrived on the scene in September 1944. Quentin S. Dalton, who now works as Administrative Officer for the Test and Evaluation Department, and Zane G. Lancaster, a planner and estimator in the Public Works Department, both arrived in November 1944. The latter four were enlisted men. _ These nine stayed and braved the winds, the barrenness, the loneliness. All but two .met their mates at China Lake and raised their chiJdren here. (Continued on Plge 3) • HAROLD E. AULD ZANE G. LANCASTER HAZEL E. COLEMAN I..EO E. KIELMAN QUENTIN S. CALTON MARIE O. KOCHMAN .' THERESA E. (ROSE) GONZALES ANNA K McDUFF , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1970s,Rocketeer 1974,Rktr8.23.1974.pdf,Rktr8.23.1974.pdf Page 1, Rktr8.23.1974.pdf Page 1