Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
Doverites Win
c. A. P. Honors

The goth Anniversary of Civil
Air Patrol was observed at the Do
yer Air Force Base Service Club
on Sunday, December 3, 1861, with
a Wing Conference and Awards.
Ceremony presided over by Col
Louisa S. Morse, Commander of
the Delaware Wing. Special guests
for the impressive ceremony in
cluded Col. D. Boone, Deputy Re
gional Commander of the Middle
East Region; Major Gorden Brad
shaw and Captain Kenneth Rowe
of the Middle-East Region Liaison
Office; 1t Col Melvin Hollar, In
formation Officer of the West Va.
Wing and Lit Col Arthur
RobidouX, Information Officer of
our neighbor, the Maryland Wing.
Guest speaker for the event was
Mr.. Hiram R. Haggett, Educational
Specialist of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration
who is also a Major in Civil Air
Patrol. His most inspiring talk
elaborated the space effort-tOday
and tomorrow
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presented by Col Morse to various
segments of the Dover Air Force
Base in appreciation of their as
siStance in support of the Inter-
national Air Cadet Exchange when
Delaware Wing hosted cadets from
Brazil. 1t Col Robert C.. Schutt
received the certificate in behalf
of the Dover Air Force Base while
Capt Daniel Fergen, 1t. Col.
Franklin c. Crane. and 1t. Harold
E. Carson received the certificates
for the 1607th Air Transport Wing,
MATS; 9Sth Fighter Interceptor
Squadron, Ado; and the 18th Air
Refueling Squadron, SAC, respec-
lively
The Diamond State Telephone
Company was recognized by Col
Morse and certificates presented to
Messrs. Fred Herlihy, John Ash
craft and A. l.. Phillips in appre-
citation of services rendered in
support of the Delaware Wing,
Civil Air Patrol, radio communica-
tions facilities. This is the first
time such designation has been
presented by the Wing to a de-
serving civilian corporation in Del
aware.
The Dover Cadet Squadron re
ceived a great share of the honors
bestowed upon Delawareans at the
Ceremony Senior Service Ribbons
were presented to Capt. Paul Ma
bry, Lit Kenneth Bixby, Lit
Elizabeth Hayes and Lit Earl L.
Truett, all of the Dover Cadet
Squadron.
Presented to lit. Elizabeth NJ.
Hayes, Information Officer of the
Dover Cadet Squadron, was the
Unit Information Award for 1861.
This presentation was made by 1t
Col. Melvin Hollar who was the
1860 National Award Winner for
Wing Information Programs.
Cadet Special Activities Ribbons
were presented to Dover Cadets
lit William r. Traynham and
Lit Edward Webber, for their
participation in the 1861 Inter
national Air Cadet Exchange Pro
gram and to Cadet Capt Jerry
Witt for his participation in the
1861 Jet Orientation Program
Certificates of Proficiency, the |
most coveted educational award of |
Civil Air Patrol, were presented to |
the following Dover Cadets: C-E
Francis Bonning. C-3C Robert /
Bouchard, C-1C Paul Catha, CSC |
Robert Jacobson, csc George
Reible, C-3C Michael Sta h e m,
C-2C Leroy Whitman, C-3C Hart
ley Wildes, and csc Robert Tuck
er.
Cadet Lester Pennington of the |
Dover Squadron was the proud re-
cipient of the Goth Anniversary
Col L. S. Morse and Col A. w |
Morse Flight Scholarship. Two OF |
these scholarships are presented |
annually to two outstanding cadets |
within the Wing