Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 17, August 30, 1956

              Read From California To Calcutta, From Alaska To Australasia
Voi. 12 No. 17
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
August 30, 1956
PAA'S DALE DEAN LANDS TOP PRIZE IN SALMON DERBY
The picture at left shows Dale Dean of Juneau Traffic, currently the hottest item among Alaska fishermen, with the salmon that brought him the first prize in the Golden North Salmon Derby. Be-
side him is Elton Engstrom, official weigher for the derby. In the picture at right Dale, in the light jacket, is receiving the keys to his new 1956 De Soto from Jack Gucker, chairman of the derby.
NEW CAR FISHED FROM BAY
Dale Dean Of Juneau Traffic Hooks A 42-Pounder To Cop First Prize In Golden North Salmon Derby
The cannon boomed at Auke Bay on Julv 27th and Juneau’s 10th annual Golden North Salmon Derby was on. Two days later the cannon boomed again, and when it did it sounded assurance that Dale Dean, Traffic supervisor for Pan American at Juneau, had won the first prize, a 1950 De Soto Fire-dome sedan.
The last skiff out, behind the mad scramble of cruisers and runabouts, was the Doug Gregg (he's a toiler in PAA Traffic, too) skiff. This skiff, a vintage model with matching motor, had recently been purchased from ramp jockey Jim Wood and Traffic's Dean Williams for one dollar.
Doug and Dale churned across the channel to Shelter Island, where they tossed out, in order, the anchor and their lines. They then proceeded to bask in the sun, cooling themselves frequently with orange Juice and the like.
After seven hours of such relaxation it was almost with reluctance that they adjusted, when Dale’s line sang out, to the task of reeling in some “halibut ” Fifteen minutes later the boredom turned to dis-
belief when the king salmon took out 150 yards of line.
Doug Gregg’s comments were true to form. “It’s a monster," he muttered. “A veritable monster.”
Chaos reigned!
Thirty-five minutes later the moment came for gaffing. Doug reached down and w'ith one scoop the big fish w'as in the boat with two guys sitting on it laughing like crazy.
Doug's watch said 2:30 p.m. The lads fired up the motor and took off for Auke Bay to weigh in. Only there was one small hitch—Doug’s watch was exactly an hour slow. As they casually stopped at "four o'clock” to add gas, Doug's father-in-law called out from a passing boat, “It’s five o’clock.”
Closing time for weigh-in was 5:00 p.m. The lads tried to start the motor, but nothing happened! It was a good hour of heavy rowing to the dock. Finally the motor caught, and our heroes pulled into the dock at 5:30.
The pointer on the scale said 42 pounds 6 ounces. It was the largest fish caught on the first day. Then (Continued on Page 4)
Riordan Will Head ’56 "Good Neighbor" Drive
Employees Committee Plans To Conduct October Campaign
Barney Riordan of Traffic has been named chairman of the San Francisco employees “Good Neighbor” drive for 1956.
Dates for the campaign and other details will be announced later, although the drive w'ill probably get underway early in October.
The employees’ committee will again be headed by Bob Stephens, who is the TWIJ representative. Others on the committee include Dick Denton, ALDA; Darrel Max-son, IAM; Albert McGillivray, BRC; Captain Bob Delaruelle, ALPA; John Becker, Panair Club; Art Nobbs and Bob O’Keefe.
BLOOD
If you haven’t already signed up to donate a pint of blood for the PAA employees blood drive at San Francisco on September 7th, do so at once.
The supply is sadly depleted, and if this employee benefit is to continue we must get a minimum of 100 donors.
PAA Looks Like A Sure Winner In Olympic Games
Athletes And Spectators Will Join To Load Sopac Clippers
With the XVI Olympiad still two months away, advance bookings with Pan American indicate that Pacific Clippers will carry the greatest concentration of air-borne athletes and sports enthusiasts in history from the United States to Australia.
PAA has already been designated official carrier for the American Olympic team, which means that more than 400 United States athletes, trainers arid officials will fly by Clipper to Melbourne in November.
In addition, officials for five foreign teams are currently arranging PAA bookings. These include the French, with a total of 189 participants; the Brazilians, with 60; the Venezuelans, with 54; the Irish boxing team of 13 men and probably the Swedish team, w'ith a total of 26.
Equally important are the large number of tour groups which have already blocked out space for PAA flights to Australia, several itineraries including visits to Honolulu, Fiji and New Zealand en route.
PROP-POSITIONED
The PAD has taken a B-377 out of service for 30 days in order to test a new propeller made by Hamilton Standard. Here is Line Service mechanic A1 Vogan and one of the solid dural blades on the propeller. In addition to Hamilton Standard engineers, experts from Pratt & Whitney, Boeing and the CAA will assist the PAD Maintenance, Engineering and Flight Operations departments in conducting the test.