FLOATING
Working with freshly felled timber these
ingenuity in constructing this floating
189th Engineer Battalion* the men
** F?r* Richardson* The reservists from left to right
1 Lt. Billy Sims. Anchorage; CpL Bill Eidridge.
Palmer; CpL Elmer Kelly, Wasilla and Sgt, Gerald Campbell. Palmer.
(U- S. Army Photo)
flrnif Reservists Return from Animal Encam msnt
A total of 18 Palmer area
Army reservists completed their
annual two weeks field encamp
ment with the reserve at Fort
Richardson. The men, members
of the 180th Combat Engineer
Battalion, returned home Sunday.
The enthusiasm with which all
personnel entered the training
activities was particularly noted
by Post authorities. Major Gen
eral James F. Collins inspected
the Reserve Units as the final
phase of the encampment.
.In view of the high stand of
training accomplished at the en
campment the troops received
the compliments of Lt. Col.
James T. Walker, camp com
mander. “This has been an excel
lent encampment, in fact the
best I’ve attended,” stated Lt.
Col. Walker. “In cases of em
ergency and mobilization, en
campments like this will be one
of the esseential elements in
getting the troops retrained and
ready for duty at the earliest.
possible moment.”
Highlight of the camp was
Saturday’s parade and a review
of troops by inspecting officers
from Fort Richardson. The 180th
was joined in the ceremonies by
j the 396th Engineer Detachment
(utilities) and 709th Transporta
tion Group (railroad).
The two week training includ
ed two days on the rifle ranges
tor qualification and record fli
ng with the M-l r:fle. Other sub
jects covered were map reading,
compass mdmti inaticn and right
. U : cm, demolitions and aircraft
identification.
Earner training consisted of
tortifyirg br.dge positions in
nn.studying winter blizzard
suivival by burrowing ‘snow
.roles’ and budding panel, log
and foot bridges.
Sgt. Gerald Campbell topped
all personnel in firing a high ex
pert with the Ml rifle.
Men from Fanner included:
M/Sgt. John K. Dunlap, Sgt.
Gerald J. Campbell, Sgt. James
A. Loyer, Cpl. Alexander Carl
sen, Cpl. Byron L. Eldridge, PFC
George M. Campbell, PFC Gus
J. Knutsen, and PFC Harry
Campbell, all with Company C.
Pvt. Richard L. Barnes and Pvt.
Sidney R. Campbell are assigned
to Headquarters, Headquarters
a.d Service Company. Knutsen,
Barnes and George, Harry and
Sidney Campbell are attached to
a special training detachment
for basic trainees. They are re
ceiving a condensed version of
the Army’s standard basic train
ng program.
Wasilla personnel included:
Sgt. Harry D. Fernbach, Sgt.
"’rink M. Smith, Cpl. Elmer
Kelly, PFC Gere A. Dinkel, and
Privates Ronald P. Jensen, Ben
jamin R. Cottle, Robert W. Ger
shmel i:nd Donald R. Johnson.
The last five men underwent
pedal training with basic train
ing unit at Fort Richardson.
JOYCE CAMPBELL BRIDE
OF JALMAR KERTTULA
In a pretty church wedding on
April 2, Miss Joyce Campbell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. V.
Campbell of Guthrie, Oklahoma,
became the bride of Jalmar Ker
ttula, son of Mr. anr Mrs. Oscar
Kerttula of Palmer. Rev. Wesley
Lancaster performed the cere
mony in the Church of God on
Matanuska street. The church
was beautifully decorated for the
occasion with iris, stock, daisies,
lilies and lighted tapers.
Mrs. Wesley Lancaster sang a
prayer, “Seal Us, Oh Holy Spirit”
and Gloria Wilson, maid-of-hon
or sang “Because”, and “Just a
Closer Walk with Thee.” Mrs.
Dale Bryant was pianist.
For her wedding the bride,
who was given in marriage by
her brother Glenn Campbell,
chose a white ballerina length
dress of satin with a net over
skirt Her bridal bouquet was of
White camellies, lillies-of-the
valley, and pink rose buds on
streamers. Her fingertip length
veil fell from a Juliet cap which
was trimmed in seed pearls.
The bridesmaid’s gown was of
blue shantung with a net over
skirt in the ballerina length. Her
bouguet was styled with pink
camellias and carnations.
Don Hanson of Boulder, Colo
rado was best man for the bride
groom. Ushers were Allen Linn
and LaVerne Hamann of Palmer.
Following the ceremony ap
proximately fifty guests attend
i ed a reception held for the coup
le in the manse.
For her going-away outfit the
bride chose a rose suit with
which she wore navy blue ac
cessories. Following a short trip
the couple will be at home in
Palmer.
$150 Scholarship
Announced at University
Some deserving University of
Alaska mining student will re
ceive a $150 scholarship com
mencing second semester next
year from the Southwestern Al
aska Section of the American In
stitute of Mining and Metallur
gical Engineers.
The scholarship will be award
ed annually. Martin Jasper, An
chorage, chairman of the section,
informed President Patty that
qualifications for the scholarship
include being an outstanding
sophomore, junior or senior en
rolled in one of the curricula of
School of Mines.
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