\ 2 JAX AIR HEVtS/AFTERBVRHfft June. 15, 1967 Letters for Freedom , :) V tne ServIce ; xN "It's up to every American to fight for the treedom we hold so dear.; If we don't, the smells of free air could become dark and damp as in a prison ,cell." This was written is a letter by Army PFC Hiram D. Strickland ROMAN CATHOLICSt. last year which won the George Washington Award from the Freedoms Foundation. Edward's Chapel Strickland never received the award. It was presented to his \, ,, t r I , SUNDAY MASS - 9 a.m. 'i' family because he was killed in Vietnam defending the freedom he and 11 a.m.DAILY l'1 held so dear. ' This freedom for which so many have sacrificed their lives on MASS - 11:45 a.m. : the. battlefields of the world is the for the 1967 Freedoms SATURDAY MASS ---IO:45l11.m. il "bases. .1 J i CONFESSIONS - Saturday L" ( < ,, (!. \t WAY 0, ',. 4;: 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m.7 7:30 p.m. _ '/ LETTER OF APPRECIATION /Is presented/ Copf. W///fom// \. U.S. Naval Hospital H. Harden, Senior Fire Inspector of the HAS Jax Fire Depart ment, by fire chief/ D. R. Moron (right) while Captain/ Harden's SUNDAY MASS - -8 a.m. and wile look on. ""' son Rusty Mar/our// , e A Apr 1r IAp Nt1W I Rilf 11 ANIY S Aya M IAnM// i PROTESTANTAll ' r Aar n Aw rAU Farewell. Luncheon 1fJI! 1fII't Saint Chapel I . $,;.... ,.;: DIVINE SERVICE 10a.m. Fire Fighter : SUNDAY SCHOOL - 9 a.m. Honors 'Foundation Awards Program. This year's subject is, "FreedomMy -- Chapel Annex, Bldg 722 Heritage, My Responsibility." CHURCH SCHOOL - 9 a.m. . Every serviceman and, woman on active duty is eligible to submit Chapel Center, Bldg. 751 Seniprfjre inspector of the through the ranks from fire as many entries as he desire. Each entry may be in the form ofa WEDNESDAY I NAS Jax Fire Department, Cap- fighter to senior fire inspector. letter, essay, or mal not less than 100 nor more than 500 wordsin Choir Rehersal -'. 7 p.m. tain William H. Harden Jr.Vas While, attached to the NAS Jax length. Entries must be sent to Freedoms Foundation, Valley THURSDAY guest of honor at a farewell fire department Harden was the Forge, Pa., 19481; prior to November 1. Young Adult Group 7 p.m. luncheon held at the fire depart- representative for fire protec- Members of the armed forces may also compete for the other Christian Science Service ment last week.Volunteering. tion and pevention. for the sta Freedoms Foundation awards offered. Dependents of service for a two-year tion. He trained both military members, who are not eligible to enter the Letter Awards Pro- SECOND tvDlD Y;f ;chtt-\; position as chief fire inspectorat and civilian personnel in the pre- gram may compete for awards in other categories. Chapel Women's! : Guild the Naval Station, Subic Bay, vention of fire for the fire war- Additional information on the Freedoms Foundation Awards Pro- .:. -9:30a.m. Philippines Harden is scheduledto den program. gram may be obtained by writing to Freedoms Foundation, Valley (Chapel Center) leave here Monday,and expectsto Captain Harden received a Forge, Pa., 19481. arrive at Subic Bay July 1. letter of appreciation from Fire When you submit your' entry be sure to include your full name U.S. Naval Prior to Joining the fire department Chief D.R. Moran, in appreciation - rank service number, branch of service, organization, and your Hospital Harden served four yearsin of "outstanding service" home state address. (AFNB) the Navy attached to the crash performed while attached to the SUNDAY SERVICE10 a.m. and fire department. fire department. . June's Special DayBy Traffic Upon discharge from the Navyin As a final word before leaving 1946 he worked for the Industrial NAS Jax, Captain Harden quoteda Jan Mercurio ViolationsThe Relations Departmnthere. sign located in the fire pre- In 1950 he joined the forcesat vention class room, "It's plain Every year during the month of June, thoughts turn to wedding following is a report of the fire department as a fire good hoss sense to practice fire bells and brides the coming of summer. and a long season of " motor. vehicle accidents and fighter. He worked his way prevention.? baseball, swimming and summer vacations. Yet perhaps the most traffic violations for the period important thing that 'comes to everyone's mind during this magical June 6 June 12. month is that very special day,called Father's Day. Number of Accidents: The first suggestion for honoring fathers is believed to have This week aboard the station--9 belonged ,to./ Mrs., John Bruce Dodd of Spokane,', Wash. Records Total,Accidents this through year show'that1dea.occurred to Mrs. Dodd-.in; 1909 when she wanted June 12------------ 165 : tribute to her father 'who had to pay special own successfully Number of Accidents through reared a family of children after the death of their mother. June 12.1966---------170 She wrote a letter to the Reverand Conrad Bluham presidentof the Spokane Ministerial Association, proposing that the third Total number of days since last Sunday in June be designated as a special day, for honoring fathers. injury in a motor vehicle acci- association dent - - -' 31 The .approved the proposal and the first Father's Day celebration was held there on June 17, 1910. Number of Violations: However, knowledge of the celebration did not spread far, for in This Week - - 29 ah q years to follow others suggested and proposed days for the ob- yc l. Speeding - - 7 sevance of Father's Day. Reckless Driving - --none In 1911 ,Harry C. Meek, president of the Uptown Lions Club of 4 Going through Stop Sign - Chicago proposed an observance of Father's Day on the third Other Violations18 Sunday in October. In May 1913, a story appearing in the Portland Oregonian alludedto Twenty-four drivers appeared the fact that the people of Vancouver, Wash. believed that the before the Traffic HearingBoardat celebration of Father's Day originated there. the meeting held on Tuesday. Ten years ,after the first celebration in Spokane, Mrs. Walter Disposition of the cases includedthe Hamlet Burgess, of Drewy's Bluff, Va., took out a charter establishing following: eight lost driving a national Father's Day and had it registered in the U.S. and parking privileges aboard 1 Patent Office; however when she learned of Mrs.-Dodd's activities, station for various periods; nine she-withdrew her claims. were assigned to complete an GIVING SHOTS Is not a pleasant job, but a most vital one administered . President Woodrow Wilson recognized Father's Day along with the eight-hour course in remedial daily by Navy corpsmen. people of Spokane in 1910. During their first celebration, he pushed driving at NATTC; none were a button in Washington unfurling the American Flag which symbolized assigned to complete a six hour the beginning of what has become a national American holiday. course in remedial driving' at Hospital Corpsmen Hold Jax Police Academy; nine received - Clowns DOI't CryBy suspensions; seven were given warnings; one was 69th Annual AnniversarySaturday Cdr. J. T. Dimino, CHC smissed; four were fined(U.S. The life of a circus clown is not as funny as many think. Commissioner); and five referred marks the 69th an- Although the -sep- as a Jules was a clown in a travelling circus. He was married and hada to commanding officersfor niversary of the Hospital!! CopS. erate unit of the corps Medical De'partment , little boy, Frankie whom he loved very much. possible disciplinary action. Corpsmen throughout the Navy dates back to 1898, The circus stopping one night in a small Wisconsin town, was and Marine Corps will be its history is as old as the Navy Jules had an unusually funnyact which was completely new. Just as Twenty tour drivers were celebrating this most importantday. itself. the clown was about" to go out for his act, he received a telegram: assessed 95 points. In the 1940's the Navy insti- "Frank is dying. . That was his .boy far away in New York. The band was playing, tuted a training program for the crowd was cheering people were laughing and shouting, and medical assistants who, desig- there stood the clown with tears streaming down his make up. JAX 1MEWS nated as.surgeon's stewards became - He heard a voice:' "Come Jules we are waiting for you." the forerunners of the mod- With a breaking bean .the clown had to out into the arena and ern Navy hospital corpsmen. make people laugh. The JAX AIR HEWS .is a Civilian Enterprise Newspaper Prior to this time, corpsmen Each of us has hardships to bear, and yet somehow we must carryon ; distributed were referred to as 'loblolly' / each Thursday at the U. S. Naval Air boys" whowere considered the with the daily routine of our lives. And often in the midst of f worrying over our own suffering we forget that others around us have Station, Jacksonville, Florida, by the Holt/ Publishing/ least necessary or important their particular hardships. Company, a private firm. All Copy ',submitted, use in members of a ship.s crew, and After telling the story of the Good Samaritan,Jesus Christ concluded the JAX AIR NEWS must be forwarded to the Public had as their duties merely help- . with the advice: "Go and do thou in like manner." Affairs Office, Box 2, Jacksonville, by .noon ing the ship's surgeons. Thank goodness-Very few of us ever come upon a man bleeding or on Monday before publication. News Items are welcomedfrom Toaay the hospital corpsmanIs considered one of the most half dead. But there are other injuries besides those inflictedby ell sources- Telephone EV 9-77IJ J, Ext. 6162. vital members of His blows and bullets., Though we may never meet bruised bodies, any crew. every day we meet dozens of bruised hearts Advertisements are solicited by the publisher and jobs and duties are many and to With hanging head, too many of us have to confess that we are queries concerning such should be directed to: him very often the credit for thoughtless cold. 'and complaining toward too many people every The Holt Publishing Company 1950 Bl/an ding Blvd. saving a man's life which other- wise day. We forget thai the man In the next bunk may have a sick mother Jacksonville, Florida, 32210, Telephone 367 4JS1 whatsoever.The would. not have any chance that the telephone operator may have :a spilling headache, that the Instructor's baby may not be well, that the man driving the VOL. 25 NO. 12 JUNE 15, 1967 Hospital Corps of 1967is next car may be worried about his serious financial obligations. a modem and highly trained To the bruised)ieartSwtw.; meet every day each of us should be unit. hey are the lighting the Good Samaritan. man's best friend. .. W" I ,L.Pope