Recreation at H-3
There was a nice ceramic kiln and several molds in the Special Services building at H-3. Sometimes there were so many people casting ceramics that the molds had to be pulled out of service to dry out.
The process for making your ceramics involved pouring the clay mixture, called slip, into the mold and letting it set for a day or two. After it set it was called greenware. You handled greenware VERY carefully otherwise you had a collection of small clay pieces. The greenware was baked in the kiln shown for a few hours and after cooling, the casting, now called bisque, was painted with any of the several glazes provided. Then it was baked again. Sometimes several glaze and bake cycles were completed to come up with the finished piece.
Marty Chevian took care of these ceramic supplies. I don't think anyone could even guess how many pieces were cast at H-3. It must have numbered in the thousands!
Pictured are the kilns that were so heavily used.
Click HERE to see what's "cooking"
The process for making your ceramics involved pouring the clay mixture, called slip, into the mold and letting it set for a day or two. After it set it was called greenware. You handled greenware VERY carefully otherwise you had a collection of small clay pieces. The greenware was baked in the kiln shown for a few hours and after cooling, the casting, now called bisque, was painted with any of the several glazes provided. Then it was baked again. Sometimes several glaze and bake cycles were completed to come up with the finished piece.
Marty Chevian took care of these ceramic supplies. I don't think anyone could even guess how many pieces were cast at H-3. It must have numbered in the thousands!
Pictured are the kilns that were so heavily used.
Click HERE to see what's "cooking"
One of the big attractions was "Midnight Baseball". Here only a few miles from the Arctic Circle, we had more than enough light to play ball at Midnight on July 4th. There were a series of preliminary games played earlier in the evening to determine just which two teams would have the honor of starting the ballgame at 0000 Hours on July 4, 1968. Sorry to say, I can't recall just which teams were playing or who won.
Yes, you did get some "bad hops" when playing this infield!
Barney: This game started at 0001 on the 4th of July.
This was an annual event and hopefully no-one ever attended just 2 games.
Yes, you did get some "bad hops" when playing this infield!
Barney: This game started at 0001 on the 4th of July.
This was an annual event and hopefully no-one ever attended just 2 games.
Dining In was a formal military dinner to celebrate some special event. Here is a picture of a Dining In at Hofn. (also shown under Miscellaneous Things pages)
Dining In 1967 - the people in the picture from the March 30, 1967,
Dining In at the 667th from left to right are: Chaplain Lamesters (Protestant Chaplin from Kevlavik), LTC Frank Scarino (667th CO mid 66 to mid 67), Ed Mann (supply officer), Capt Cunningham
(paymaster from H-1, I think), Admiral Stone (CO of IDF and our honored guest), Bob Bouldin, Frank Hurdon, a volunteer waiter (was there such a thing as a volunteer in the military?) The whole squadron and our navy companions were there too.
Photos & comments courtesy Ed Mann
11-09-2009 Update: The unknown volunteer waiter barely visible on the right is me, Steve Spies.
Click on the picture to see a larger image.
Dining In 1967 - the people in the picture from the March 30, 1967,
Dining In at the 667th from left to right are: Chaplain Lamesters (Protestant Chaplin from Kevlavik), LTC Frank Scarino (667th CO mid 66 to mid 67), Ed Mann (supply officer), Capt Cunningham
(paymaster from H-1, I think), Admiral Stone (CO of IDF and our honored guest), Bob Bouldin, Frank Hurdon, a volunteer waiter (was there such a thing as a volunteer in the military?) The whole squadron and our navy companions were there too.
Photos & comments courtesy Ed Mann
11-09-2009 Update: The unknown volunteer waiter barely visible on the right is me, Steve Spies.
Click on the picture to see a larger image.