Milford chronicle., 1954-01-22
January IL, 1854
Topeka, Kansas
351S Mayo

Topeka, Kansas
S518, Mayo
Dear Friends:
Well, according to TV this A. M.
you are having winter back East.
For three days we have had zero
weather, but no snow like they are
having in New York, Washington.
Norfolk, and l suppose, Milford.
Even after the four SHOWS we have
had here, the snow on the tele-
vision screen this morning in New
York looked so pretty to us.
Since we have put through a
pretty typical Air Force week, /
thought maybe you would like to
know how such a week goes.
Beginning with last Sunday; We
took the children to their Sunday
School classes on the base that are
held in an Air Force Ground Train
ing building. We left them there
and went to our base chapel. There
are two on this base, one Catholic
and one Protestant. Our chapel
holds services at 8, 10 and IL o.
clock. We go at ten because Sun
day School is held at the same
hour. If you have small children
who are too young to attend class
es, the base nursery is open free
of charge during the three hours
of services. This fratus project is
financed by the WOman's Club. As
we were leaving the chapel,
Blanche SchOning, the Chaplain's
wife, stopped us to inquire about
Hayes commercial license and
congratulated him on having pass
ed the written and aerial test. She
had just this past week obtained
her private pilots license and was
so thrilled about getting it ahead
of the chaplain Many airmen, de-
pendents of military personnel,
nurses, civilians and employees of
the base have received their license
through the SAC strategic Air
COmmand) Aero Club. This club
had it's beginning several years ago
when SAC boss, Gen. Curtis E. Lee
May, decided the command should
promote more interest in flying and
flight problems among it's ground
assigned airmen. The Forbes Chap
ter now boasts of "a members and
owns six light airplanes. Members
can fly for a little as $3.50 per hour
when rates at airpOrts, renting
small planes, average from $500
to $1,000 an hour.
Back to our weeks activities
Monday, a neighborhOod party
chopped quite a few minutes out OF
the day. Gene Shirley, from Ala
bama, invited us all over to meet
our new neighbor who has just
arrived here with her husband
after being stationed in Guam
These get-tOgethers still make me
the nOn-lOquaciOus female in the
bunch because these girls have
been every place and talk at ran
dom about Guam, England, Puerto
Rico, Honolulu and why should ]
mention that l have been "All the
way to California, when this is
just trek to these professional
globe trOtters.
Tuesday, we went to have Lynne
o. KID for going back to school after
her battle with Chicken Pox. The
waiting room is typical of your doc.
tors at home, only it's called ar
Out Patient Clinic and the nurse.
there wear bars to show their rat
ing in the service. The patients
will be men, women and children
too. but the men are there fol
their yearly Air. Force physical, O,
discharge physical. Often the de
pendents are there for overseas
shots which is a little out of tn,
ordinary from civilian doctors
cases. The doctor we have beer
going to here at FOres leaves fol
Alaska next month and the pedia
trician we will have next is from
LansdOwne, Pa, and his mother i,
a very good friend of Mrs. Frederic