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In a fast moving era of space
talk and flight jargon, Wing Scout
Troop No. 67 of the Juniper Girl
Scout Council has the distinction
of being one of the few troops of
its kind in the country.
Designed to point air-minded
Senior Girl Scouts toward even
tual flying lessons and even air
careers, the Klamath girls have
a sister troop in Corvallis, but
comprise one of the relatively
few in the nation.
Despite the overtones of the
modern age, however, the girls
are not really so "far advanced'
in their interest, Girl Scout his
tory shows.
Juliette Gordon Low, the tal
ented and brilliant Georgia worn
an, who brought Girl Scouting to
America from England in 1912
had ideas and plans for girls and
young women which were new
I and startling.
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FLIGHT PLANNING It all begins in the charting room, says Mrs. Glenn F. Johnck,
a licensed student pilot and leader of Wing Scout Troop No. 67. In for a briefing ses
sion at a municipal airport hangar are, left to right, Senior Scouts Gala Shaddock,
Cynthia Riley and Gretchen Kanitz.
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CHECKING THE EQUIPMENT Felix keeps a periodic check on hit equipment and
hit proficiency in handling it. Last April, he slipped while movinq a patient and tha
effort of maintaining tha injured man't liability, wrenched hit back. Ha hat eper
ertd Peace Ambblence here for five yeart.
In 1913, Mrs. Low, foreseeing
the future of the then fledgling air
craft profession, carefully wrote
out the requirements for a "Flyer
Badge" for Girl Scouts. This was
the first known set of aviation
activities for young people.
World War II brought new hor
izons to the thinking of Girl Scout
leaders. And in 1942 the Wing
Scout program made its formal
debut into senior scouting. Since
then Senior Scouts all over the
country have earned badges to
ward their coveted Silver Wings.
Just organized in May, 1961, the
Juniper Council's Troop 67 is ap
propriately led by Mrs. Glenn F.
Johnck. a licensed student pilot
as well as Girl Scout enthusiast.
Girls in Troop No. 67 have to
really be interested, according to
Mrs. Johnck. Comprised of girls
active in high school and com
munity activities in the Basin, the
troop meets just once a month,
sometimes at Kingsley Field for
first-hand studies. In the mean
time, however, the girls have
racked up pages of information on
airplane parts and navigation!
which they use as background ma
terial for troop meetings.
Wing scouting has five steps
through which a girl moves, in
eluding Analyst. Traveler, Navi
gator, Technician and Wing Scout
pilot.
The Analyst, which the girls are
working on now and hope to
complete probably after Christ
mas, gives them a fairly general
knowledge of airplanes and avia
tion. Recently the girls visited
Kingsley Field Control Tower and
an aircrafts hanger, completing
part of the requirements.
Upon completing the Analyst
rank, the girls will receive their
silver wings featuring a globe on
top of the Girl Scout trefoil, which
in turn is mounted on wings. For
each succeeding rank, the girls!
will earn a rating stripe.
Rating Two, or the Traveler,
contains studies in global map
projections, airplane operations,
long-distance flights and the ef
fects of varying altitudes and
speed on the human system.
In the third step. Navigator, the
girls start moving toward the
more complicated study and prac
tical application of navigation and
the effects of weather on pilot!
and plane, information deemed
necessary to both pilot and pas
senger to enjoy flying.
On step four or Technician, the;
girls delve deeper into the me
chanics of airplanes including the
engine arid other mechanical fea
tures.
Wing Scout Pilot opens the door
to two opportunities, a pilot's cer-
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WINGLET Three-year-old Kathy Phelps, mascot of
Wing Scout Troop No. 67 in Klamath Falls, is rewarded
for her childish fascination by climbing aboard a real
airplane,: with the help of Cynthia Riley. Mrs. Glenn F.
Johnck, leader, is at controls.
By ANDY MKKSHOM
There's a family of four and
a part Pekingese dog named Lol
lipop who live, eat and sleep with
a telephone and a two-way radio.
The Felix Peace family, of
Peace Ambulance Service, some
times thinks of themselves as so
cial "slaves" to these two tech
nological advances, but they hap
pen to be a very necessary part
of a very necessary business.
Felix got into ambulance driv
ing as a part-time occupation un
der the previous owners of the
franchise in Klamath Falls. "It
was just something I always want
ed to do," he said, "so I got in
and learned how."
At the time, he was out of the
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tificates, and-or the opportunity to
become assistant leader of a Wing
Scout Troop.
"What the program does is
bring the girls to the actual point
of flying, Mrs. Johnck explained.
"Girls are not eligible for actual
flying lessons until they are 16,'
but Wing Scouts prepares them
for the time.
Basically, all Wing Scouts are
able to locate the major parts of
an airplane and explain their
rules for safely at an airport and
around planes, know why an air
plane flies and know the physical
requirements for a pilot. They
also learn basic principles of first
aid.
But beyond tlie fun and pride
of learning, the girls are giving
themselves head starts toward air
careers, believes Mrs. Johnck and
Merchant Marine and driving
truck for a local firm.
He and wife, Norma Jean, man
aged to save enough to take the
service over when the former own
ers decided to quit business. .
Mrs. Peace knew what she
was getting into, Felix relates,
"and I think she was just a little
bitter about the whole thing when
we first started.
But she has managed to adjust
by now, five years later. She just
counts on not counting on any
thingsocially. Actually, it isn't such a clois
tered existence, the Peace fam
ily does manage to get out now
and then. However, they're on
call wherever they might be. Of
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the troop committee members,
Mrs. Jean Gooding, Fred Sliver-
son and Mrs. Mary MacFarland
Members of the troop thus far
are Bonnie Faast, Gail Brother-!
hood, Carolyn Dennis, Gale Shad
dock and Cynthia Riley, all of!
Klamath Falls, and Gretchen Kan-
itz of Tulelake.
To be eligible for membership,
a girl must have fulfilled the re
quirements for Senior Scouting,
Mrs. Johnck said.
You might say the Juniper
Wing Scouts are scouting for fu
ture recruits, already. They adopt
ed a petite mascot, Kathy Phelps,
age three, and outfitted her with
a miniature uniform.
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ON THE WING Hold on to that map, Gretchen Ka-'
nitz, left, says to Gale Shaddock, at Andy Mershon
snapped them tackling map reading on tha wing of an
airplane during a recent wind-blown visit to the muniei.
ten it works out that Norma, in
evening clothes, watches the
phone while Felix rushes to the
scene of an accident in some
far-flung corner of the county.
Felix drove ambulances for six
years before taking over the busi
ness. During that time, and
since he's taken it over, he's had
to continually take training in ev
ery phase of emergency first aid
and nursing.
In fact, he and his drivers face
more tests and training for dis
aster certification sometime with
in the next two years.
In addition to regulation hy the
City of Klamath Falls, Peace
must stand periodic inspections by
the State Department of Health
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WHEN? TELL US WHEN It's a long tbut rewarding)
fide pilot, Mrs. Glenn F. Johnck tells members of Wing
left, Gretchen Kanitz, Cynthia Riley and Gale Shaddock
must attain before becoming Wing Scout Pilots,
and the Department of Motor Ve
hicles. '
His three ambulances, two Cad
illacs and a Pontiac, are kept, in
top shape and get a general over
haul at least every 30,000 miles.
Replacement value on the three
vehicles, new, could run as high
as $16,000 each, fully equipped.
All the Peace vehicles are ra-
dio-conlrollcd and operate from a
base radio in the Peace bedroom.
Even their private automobile has
two-way radio facilities, so Felix
and the rest of his family, are
never very far from the cries of
the injured or sick.
Two years after he took over
the service here,- Felix had one
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pal airport. The girls are- members of Wing Scout Troop
No. 67 of the Juniper Girl Scout Council, Tha girls art)
working toward their silver wings.
of his most unusual calls.
The patient had suffered a heart
attack at his cabin on Diamond
Lake. Peace was called, the road
to the cabin was blocked by 10
fftt of winter snow.
A part of the lake was not yet
frozen,' and somebody found a
small outboard motorboat In
which Felix and his attendant
crossed the icy waters.
"We don't know to this day
whose boat that was," Felix said,
"or just how we came to get it."
Some bystander "borrowed" the
tiny craft for the hour or so it
took to bring out the heart victim.
When winter sets in, at least one
of the Peace ambulances wears
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road to becoming a bona
Scout Troop No. 67. From
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tire chains all the time, "just in
case." Peace said.
Normally, snow tires are enough
to get the ambulances where they
need to be and get them back
again.
As standard equipment, the
ambulances carry all types of
splints, bandages and stretchers.
They are equipped with oxygen
tanks, resuscltalor and other first
aid equipment.
Peace Ambulance has carried
from seven battered adult acci
dent victims down to tiny babies
in their mercy runs to Klamath
Valley Hospital; never has a vic
tim died en route, "and I hope
we never do lose one," Peace said.