Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-05-06
NExI MEEIINC:

NExI MEEIfNC:
The night of Tuesday, May 10th,
at 7;30, is the regularly scheduled
meeting date for Milford Squadron,
Civil Air Patrol. The meeting is
held on the End floor of The Com
munity Building, and all persons
interested in the Civil Air Patrols
mission to serve the United States,
on a civilian volunteer basis. are
invited to be with us. A very in
teresting program is slated for that
night, so let's have a good turnout.
First Lieutenant Robert Schwab, of
the Interceptor Command, Dover
Air Force Base, will be the guest
speaker, and from the looks of
things, he will present quite an in
teresting program, with discussion
and films pertaining to the Air De-
Tense Commands mission. Don't
miss this meetingi
THANKS TO DON HUDSON:
Our thanks to Donald Hudson, of
Harbeson, who so generously gave
of his time and bulldozer to clean
the land for our building. Don, a
former Seabee, graciously furnish
ed his ''dozer', gas, oil, time, ETC.,
(around $1,000, and refused pay
ment for his efforts. The Squadron
is indeed grateful for this, Don!
PUBLIC RELATIONS:
In order for the local Squadron
of the Civil Air Patrol to receive
needed recognition and support,
recruit the right kind of people, and
secure needed equipment, ETC., the
Squadron is forming plans to make
up a biographical QUESTIONABLE for
it's members to fill out, along with
photograph. This QUESTIONABLE
will include ~ersonal data of the
member, his family, job, church
affiliation, military service, data
and Civil Air Patrol data. When
the form is filled out, along with
each members photograph. a fea-
ture story will be run each week
on a different member, letting the
public know the caliber of person
mel Milford Squadron has in its
ranks.
EACH MEMBER is "PIo":
1t is the responsibility of each
member of Civil Air Patrol to in
form the Public Information Officer
of CAP plans and activities. One
person cannot do this job alone.
He should be kept Informed during
actual operation of every mission
or activity in which the unit en-
cages. He must be made aware of
the plans, problems and activities
of each section Of the unit.
A second responsibility of the in
dividual member is to remember at
all times that his actions and words
are accepted by the public as the
actions and words of Civil Air Pa
troll. His uniform and his member
ship in Civil Air Patrol separate
him from the crowd and make him
automatically subject of public
scrutiny. Criticism of the whole or
ganization can be an outgrowth OF
one or two individual actions. BY
supporting the organization in WORD
and deed, the member obtains bet
ter advertisement for CAP than
money can buy. Such support car
be rendered by carrying the CAP
decal on his car or plane. speaking
in public on matters of importance
to CAP, and encouraging qualified
persons to join the program. Each
member contributes part to public
understanding to Civil Air Patrol;
hence. each member is an important
cog in the wheel of public relations
an assistant" to the Public In
formation Officer.
OSCAR D. DAWSON:
Due to typographical error in
last weeks column, members
name was referred to as: "????'
Since the writing of that article
your Pho has been notified thai
the members name in question
| is as follows: Oscar d. Dawson
Sorry for this mistake. Oscar, but
you know how these things happen
All the members of this Squadron
hope to see you on your feet agair
soon, and back at the meetings