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Number 4June 1960

~/ TIS GET ACQUAINTED WITH .••ED RUOFF, Senior Operations

Coordinator IDL. A native NewYorker, Ed was born in Marih.at.tan ,raised in Queens, attended P. S. 13and Newton High School. His firstjob after graduation was with theEquitable Life Assurance Co" NYuntil 1955 when he enlisted in theNavy.

For the next two years Ed wasstationed at Chincotague Va. as anaircraft structural rrre c ha.n ic ,These years, recalls Ed, wereparticularly uneventful except forone slight detail - - it vias duringt4-:4 pc ri od that he m a r r ie d 'hi s"\~••"->'~ Jackie, in April of 1957.

After his discharge late the sameyear, Ed and Jackie r etu.rne d toNew York and in March of the fol-lowing year Ed joined ONA as PortSteward. A little later he wastransferred into the OperationsDept. as a Dispatcher. In his pres-ent capacity as Senior OperationsCoordinator Ed supervise s thework of four dispatchers, all flightwatch, planning and communica-

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OPERATIONATLANTIC

THE 1v1UCl1RU-rno r ed rnoving ofthe entire AtlanticOpe ration fromNe w York to .l\.{cGuirehas apparent-ly died a natural de ath , The ATT1YY

personnel at New York have wonout over IvtATS pcrsonnel and wenow have direct reporting of pas-seng(~rs to the 1Y1.A'I'Sde ta cbrn en t atLd.l.ewi.Ld, The passenger check-inand bap[!agc haridl inn has becorrie01._/ .....,~ t, ..••

our z-esp on s ib il.i tv ,J_ ,

Aga.in drrr irig the rnonth of1viaythe fog closed Gander and we wereplagued wi th n.urn er ou s overflies.

Smoothnc s s and efficiency of th eoperation can only be attributedto those personnel who make itpossible -- and a ga i.n I can onlyexpre s s many thanks to all fo r thefinc tea rn sp ir it ,

W. A. HARDENSTINE

NE W FACES •••••.••Bill Van Dyke BAL PayrollGeorge Treadway BAL Ac ctg,Doug Divine OAK Acctg.Sherwood (Woody) Freeman OAK

Operations As s t t,

Anthony Cilluffo OAK Stock ClerkBill Jeanson OAK Maint. Rep.Selina Wolff DCA SecretaryJiDl. Johnson TA W Ma.i.nt, Rep.Hanna Zabari IDL - Secretary to

Ed Scharf Purchasing Agent.Hanna has been with us for abouttwo months now.

UP THE LADDER ••...•••Joe Manning to HNL Station MgroDonald M. Day OAK to Captain

NE W OAK PILOTS •• Q •••

Marvin Kiesz Jack RapleeRaytnond Pike Richard Stoll

Charles Carnpanella

MElv10 TO THEP ACIFI C DIVISION ••

In answer to lastedition's quiz, thisis MISS KNOBS.

For any furtherpresent vital statis-tics contact yourONA NE WS reporterat IDL.

OAK EMPLOYEES roasted undera fIVER Y UNUSUAL" 107 degree son the 2nd of June.

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THE POETfS CORNER ••.•..

FEELING OF DISMAYI couldn It under stand why I felt so

blue, down in the durrip s , and list-less too.

I went to the Doc, and told him mywoes; Of course, he told me to takeoff my clothe s ,

I-Ie prodded rn e here and exa rn in edrne th er e - - He even rn iriu.te Iy il,-sp e c ted n"1y hair. ~

He told me, then, to sit on thebed; I'd have to relax to take this,he said •..

"There's not too rn uc h wrong withyou, old guy. 0 • 0 You've been bit bythe GANDER OVERFLY. II

(Tb.ree times last month)

CAPTAIN CANNIN

LEAVING the fir st of June for acheck on the radio and electronicsproblems at the Pacific Stations isAugie Canha OAK, with his nl.ys-te rious "Litt.Ie black box II • •• thevery strange workings of whichonly he can interpret. ffJob se\~~-i.t.y'" Augie says of his weird inven-tion for checking pressurization.

WE ARE HAPPY to see our OAKcorrespondent, Marie He r rna n herusual sassy self after being slightlyimrn.obi.Li z ed by a recent auto acci-dent.

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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT .•John Morris Chief Storekeeper

OAK and Miss Sandra Recia.

VISITING FIREMEN ••• 0 <> 0 • 0

Joe Harp (No. Hollywood Rep.) atOAK.

FredWienholz (Pacific Divn. Train-ing Instructor) at IDL.

1. R. Forrest at OAK10 DiStefano (Secretary to M. E.

Starkloff) at OAK.Joe Manning (HNL Station Mgr. ) at

Ol\.K.

. **********~'E WS FROM TAW •••....•

26 years ofAirline experi-ence is repre-sented in thispictur e fromTA W. Left to. , tr rgn :Ken YamadaKen Ripple &Gr eg Hamada, all of Operations.

Al Wisernan, Maintenance Rep.recently sent to TA W on "ternp or »

ary duty" write s as follows:" ~• !!send my things; I've found ah.''':leo If Is everything TAKASAN AI?'-"On May 12 at TA W DispatcherKen Yamada, otherwise known as"No i I Birddog" was the recipientof a birthday party in his honor.

Dick Adanl.s, Ass/to Treasurer,and wife Barbara recently visitedTA W.• Dick attended to business asusual; whiLe Barbara did some shop-ping, as usual?

IF YOU HAVE observed Joe Mart-ellino (Acctg. BAL) making noise slike a proud father, it is becausehis daughter Judy has been electedQueen of the Senior Class at Pal-rnyra High School in Paln1yra, Pa.

Judy plans to study nursing aftergraduation ... although, accordingto Joe, he thinks she rnay have asecret ambition to be com e astewardess.

EXPECTING ••••••Phyllis Nelson IDL sometime rn

October.Abner Sundell, Purchasing Agent

OAK, has placed an order wi th thestork for a boy, to be deliveredsornetime in Sep te mb e r , Ab andwife, Rita, already have threedaughters.AND PASSING OUT CIGARSQ •• a 0

Co -pilot George Smith OAK forTeresa Lynn, born May 28.Teresa has three brothers.

LEADING A DOUBLE LIFE ISBill Van Dyke (see NEW FACES)who bangs away at an adding mach-ine in the Payroll Department BALby day and the piano professionallyat ni ght, Bill plays wi th the "HighHatters II whose latest engagementwas at the BAL Yacht .. Club"

NOW WE"ve Heard Everything Dept.Pat Stehr OAK Maintenance, was

pre sented with a parking ticket forparking in front of her own house! !

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Russell Gibbs OAKOdile Culp OAKJ a DiStefano illL

S1Ma ry R'i cha r BALMa r ie He r rna n OAKKen Ripple T A VI--------------------------------------~

Dolores Lindsey OAKPat Stehr OAKDebbie Blanchard DCA

THERE WENT THE BRIDES •••...Kathleen Otten Records IDL

became the bride of Herbert Staud-ger May 14 at St. Clements PopeChurch, Ozone Park NY. A two-week honeymoon in the Bahamasfollowed.

Diane Durham Stewardess IDL toKeith Calnpbell Adrn in is t r a ti ve

As sistant IDL, on April 23 thisyear at Williston Park, NY. Nohone yrrio on as yet) but a trip toEurope will be fo r th.corrriri g theyhope, later this year.

Miss Lucy Dail to Ken Y~n:1adaDispatcher TA I,VI May 14" Thehappy couple are receiving theirfriends at their new ho rn e in Tokyo"

T 'vVISHESto the bride sandcongratulahons to the grooms f r ornall ONA personnel everywhere.

A. 100% ON-TI1v1E DEPARllTJRERecord for May was rn a.inta ine d atTA \V for a total of 38 dep a r tur e s.Good work! ! !

-IBOX SCORE•

Schedule Reliability

May jATLANTIC PACIFIC

9L 4% 90.4%

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(continued frorn pg. 1, col , 1)tions; reporting to Bill Har de n s tirie ,

Ed like s all spar ts - - indoor orout. As a matter of fact, his onlypet dislikes on record are frogsleg sand c r ea rn ed turtle soup,which leave s a lot of territory t~be covered.

When not on the job Ed finds thatbeing the father of an eighteenm.onth old son take s care of anyspare time he might have ..

UNDER THE experienced tutelageof Instructor Check StewardessesJILL JUDD and lv1ARIAN CLARE,(& supervised by FREDWIENHOLZ:)all Pacific Division Stews havebeen undergoing vigorous trainingin simulated crash landing tech-nique s. Appropriately clad, thegirls have been climbing out ofe:m.ergency exits arid sliding downevacuation chutes.

As an added cornrrie nt, it rrri gh.t benoted that at the conclusion of thisp r ogr arn one evacuation chute wasdiscarded, as it had been worn thinby the posteriors of subject s tew s ,

>~******~:,**DID YOU KNO W THAT. ~~..•....••• 0

In Kadena our food is inspectedby the Veterinary; the latrine s bythe Flight Surgeon I s office !!!

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