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To form Civil Air Patrol squadron; meet Wednesdayb\ DON WRKvM'l ai)Oii( live bad piomised icAmes teenagers will got the i opportunity to yet “off the streets and into the air’ Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., when the newlv formed Civi! Air Patrol Squadron, headed by Richard Nash. 121S Kellogg Ave.. holds its first meeting in the Council C h a m b e r s of the Municipal Building.Nash, appointed Commander of the Ames CAP sauadron by Iowa CAP Wing Commander Col Hal D. Rodgers and I t. Col. D. E. Everhardt. wing la is* n ol ficer in Dos Moines, will recruit young Ames residents between the ages of 13 and 21 to join the C AP SquadronYouth and Aviation “The purpose of the Civil Air Patrol, of course. Nash said, “is to interest vouih in aviation. He also said the program, which will be supported by the Air i-'orce Reserve Officer Train ing Corps at Iowa State Univer sitv. will serve Ames by aiding in slate-wide emergency communications. search and rescue operations and other service oro-iects.“Best of all. Nasii said, “the program will give Ames an active youth group that they can l)c proud ol “Nash said in order ic have an effective CAP Squadron, enrollment in the next year will have to he about 40 to 50 members. Prior to tomorrow night’s meeting. Nash said.sign up in the program.Assisting Nash in instruction and supervision will be I t. Col. Paul Ingvoldstad, retired. 2305 Duff Ave.. formerly of t h e APROl'C staff: I loyd Kilts, m Durrell Circle, principal at Central Junior High School and Thomas .1. Whan. 3003 Kellogg Ave.. a member of the Air National Guard at PVin Dodge.The Iowa CAP Wing, at filiated with «he National CAP. presently has about 325 senior members. aged 18 and up. and 334 cadets.The Ames squadron will be af-iiliated with the Iowa Wing and would have access to the five light planes owned by the Wing for CAP use.22 Years OldThe Civil Air Patrol was formed 22 years ago. Dec. I. 1041 during the rumblings ol World War II. The national organization now has some 47.919 cadets and 31,871) seniors on the rollThe early CAP was a civilian organization set up as an emergency measure for pat ruling America’s coastline.The new CAP, initiating a revised program this year, has evolved into a service organization.Nash stressed that anyone interested in joining the CAP Squadron in Ames should be on time at the Wednesday night meeting in the municipal build mg.
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Ames Daily Tribune
Ames, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 10, 1964
Page 30
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