Wildwood
Salutes
Armed Forces
Bad weather was the only set
back Saturday when Wildwood
Station celebrated a successful
Armed Forces Day.
The program started at 12 noon
when the 214th Army Band from
Fort Richardson marched from
the post gate to the track field,
where junior high school contes
tants competed for honors in the
Kenai Peninsula Track meet.
From 12:30 p.m. throughout the
afternoon, tours were conducted
through the STARCOM Center
and at 2:30 p.m. demonstrations
of impelling techniques were dis
played by tlie heliborne troops
programmed as “Climbers in the
Sky.’’
Permanent displays consisted
of consolidated field mess, five
man tent with Yukon-Arctic win
ter stove and a small arms dis
play. There was also an exhibit
in the ceramics and lapidary
craft shop as well as military
aircraft display at the Civil Air
Patrol strip on the Kenai Airport.
Officers Wives
Close Wildwood
Season with Tea
May 8 was the last meeting of
the year for the Officers Wives
Club at Wildwood Station. The
occasion was observed with a tea
at the Officers Club.
Hostesses were OWC board
members and included Mrs. Rich
ard Allen, wife of the post com
mander, Maj. Richard Allen, as
honorary president. Other board
members were Mrs. John Vore,
president; Mrs. Walter Smith,
vice president, and Mrs. Fredrick
Hoffmann, secretary-treasurer.
Guests were wives of Officers
Club members. The color scheme
was lilac and white and refresh
ments consisted of coffee, pin
wheel sandwiches, cream puffs
with pink filling, and butter cook
ies. Tea was poured by Mrs. Allen
for the 25 guests attending.
During the tea there was a poe
try reading of “The Service Wife”
by Mrs. Robert Morrissey. Gifts of
silver candy dishes, engraved
with the Wildwood Station insig
nia, were presented to Mrs. Wil
liam Schlick and Mrs. Harold
Brown, who will be leaving soon.
Ruth (Mrs. Vernon D.) Forbes
of Fairbanks is chairman of the
state board of directors of the
Alaska Heart Assoc.
Wildwood Chooses Soldier of Month
PFC. EDWARD “CRAIG” RILEY
“Soldier of the Month”
PFC. Edward “Craig” Riley
was selected as Wildwood Sta
tion's “Soldier of the Month” for
the month of April. He received a
three-day pars, a cash award of
$15 and was an honorary guest
at a Kenai Chamber of Commerce
Luncheon.
The soldier of the month is
chosen for his knowledge of cur
rent affairs, leadership, a n d
knowledge of military subjects.
PFC. Riley makes his home in
Seattle, Wash., where he gradu
ated from the University of
Washington. The end of May will
find him and Mrs. Riley on the
Alaska Highway heading back to
Seattle where he will be separat
ed from active duty. Plans for the
future include settling in San
Francisco where he will attend
law school.
Homemakers Short Course Classes
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Painless education will be the
byword at this year’s Homemak
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well known District Home Demon
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uelson. Anchorage, and Mrs. Jean
Burand, Nome; . “Know Your
Rocks And Minerals” by the Dean
of the College of Earth Sciences
and Mineral Industry, Earl Beist
line; “Focus on Family Life” to
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