cumberland county 50plus senior news august 2014

Maria Romano Marcinko stands with a couple of feral cats thatwill be spayed/neutered and then released where they were found.

By Rebecca Hanlon

Maria Romano Marcinko is severely allergic to cats.The itchy skin and shortened breaths would send most people running

from these critters.But Marcinko can’t stay away.The 58-year-old energetic woman founded a community stray cat

program in 2010 shortly after being appointed to a seat on the boroughcouncil.

The first item on the agenda that was handed to her in September 2009was for a municipal contract with the local Humane Society. Thousands oftaxpayer dollars were being spent each year for the care of stray animals.More than 85 percent of those were feral cats.

“I’ve always been an animal lover,” Marcinko said. “They hoped thatbecause I had experience in dog rescue services that maybe I could help withthe overwhelming cat population.”

The challenge was “staying outside of the box,” Marcinko said. She tried to understand the concerns of residents who became attached to

the cats, while at the same time relating to the frustrations of neighbors whowanted strays to stay off their lawns.

Feisty feral cats can damage plants, outdoor furniture, and flowerbeds, shesaid. But there was a solution.

please see FELINES page 11

Councilwoman Heads SuccessfulFeral-Cat Program

For the Love of

Felines

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Dear Looking,There’s no doubt that gardening can

be tough on an aging body. Garden workoften requires a lot of repetitive stooping,squatting, kneeling, gripping, and lifting,which can lead to back and knee pain,carpal tunnel syndrome, and variousother injuries.

To help make your gardening chores alittle easier is a slew of new andimproved gardening gear that’slightweight, comfortable to use, andergonomically designed to help protectyour body from the physical strains ofgardening.

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And the “ReliefGrip Gardening”gloves (www.bionicgloves.com, $35) haveextra padding in the palm and fingerjoints, which can improve grip and causefewer calluses and blisters.

Digging tools:There are ergonomictools that can helpprotect your wrists byreducing the bendingand twisting wristmovement that oftencomes with digging andweeding.

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Another excellent product is the“Cobrahead Weeder and Cultivator”(www.cobrahead.com), an all-purposedigging and weeding tool, available in ashort-handle version for close-up workfor $25 and a long handle for standingwork for $60.

Knee and back aids: Kneepads andgarden seats can also protect your kneesand save your back when working closeto the ground.

Some popular products sold todaythrough the Gardener’s Supply Company(www.gardeners.com) are the “GardenEaseKneeler” ($70), which is a kneeling padwith support handles; the “GardenKneeler” ($35) that’s a kneepad/gardenbench combo; and the “Deluxe TractorScoot with Bucket Basket,” which is aheight-adjustable, swivel garden seat onwheels ($90).

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A raised garden table is an optionfor more ergonomic gardening

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The safety of our purchasedfood, and the certainty of itssupply, is likely to cause

more of us to convert some or all ofour backyard lawns into producegardens.

In the days of our agrariangrandparents, there was less concernabout food safety. Unprofitable croppricing was the main issue.

In the 1930s, approximately 40percent of the U.S. population livedon a farm. Today it is less than 2percent. Thankfully, many citydwellers have not abandonedgrowing fruits and vegetables.

Backyard farming was commonduring the two World Wars and theGreat Depression. In 1917, thenation had a “war garden” campaignthat resulted in the creation of morethan 5 million gardens. In WorldWar II, “victory gardens” weregrown by 20 million Americans.

“These [victory] gardensproduced up to 41 percent of all thevegetable produce that wasconsumed by the nation,” wroteLaura Lawson in her book CityBountiful: A Century of CommunityGardening in America.

Historically, the White House hasbeen the site of both producegardening and resident livestockhusbandry. First Lady MichelleObama planted a 1,100-square-foot“kitchen garden” in 2009, followingthe earlier examples of AbigailAdams, Eleanor Roosevelt, andHillary Clinton. PresidentsHarrison, Hayes, and Wilson keptat least one goat on the WhiteHouse lawn.

Recent trends suggest growingnumbers of city dwellers arebecoming backyard farmers.Droughts; floods; heat waves; thehigh costs and contaminations ofpetroleum-based fertilizers,pesticides, and herbicides; as well asconcerns about pathogens residingin commercially raised food and thedearth of seed diversity prompt usto evaluate our food sourcing.

The National GardeningAssociation reports the number ofhome gardeners growing vegetables

increased 10 percent in 2008 and 19percent in 2009.

In 2012, at that time our nation’shottest year, almost half the countieswere certified as experiencingdrought disasters. The U.S.Department of Agriculture, in thesummer of 2013, reportedsouthwestern states from Texas toCalifornia and eastward to Nebraskaexperienced drought that rangedindividually from severe to extremeto exceptional.

We are geographically over-dependent on much of our foodprovisioning. Salinas Valley, a 90-mile stretch of land in California,for example, raises more than 90percent of the lettuce we consume.

About 42 percent of our freshtomatoes (not canned) are producedin Florida, with Californiaproducing 30 percent. Almost allthe fresh tomatoes we purchase fromour grocers between October andJune come from Florida. As much as80 percent of our oranges are grownin Florida.

In cities where the law allows,some home residents raise chickens,miniature goats, ducks, and rabbits.That provides eggs, meat, andspecialty milk that satisfies thequality and freshness standards ofthese urban farmers.

More cities are considering andpermitting poultry on municipalhome lots. Seattle, Wash.; Portland,

Ore.; Portland, Maine; andRichmond, Va., are municipalitiesthat allow a specified number ofhens. Richmond, for example,allows up to four hens if oneprocures a $60 permit.

While hens do not crow, they doproduce significant manure and aresubject to diseases that are not wellunderstood. When they stopproducing eggs they may be releasedby their owners, becoming feralfowl. Some cities have an existingpopulation of feral chickens,including Key West and St.Augustine in Florida and Houston,Texas.

For those unwilling to committhe requisite time, and wishing toavoid the anxiety related to home-raised produce and farm animals,preferred alternatives includepatronizing farmers markets andcommunity-service agriculture.

USA Today reported there are“nearly 8,000 farmers markets in theUSA.” To that one might add anunknown, but sizable, number ofroadside vendors offering whatpurport to be locally raisedproducts.

Community-service agriculture,commonly called CSAs, are smallfarms in which consumers prepay afixed sum to obtain shared amountsof vegetables, fruits, and eggs.According to Space Daily, “morethan 12,000 CSAs operate acrossthe U.S.” (To find a CSA near you,go to http://www.localharvest.org.)

If increasing numbers of citydwellers raise produce and harborfarm animals, homeland-securityissues may require protection frompredatory foxes and coyotes;herbivorous rabbits, deer, andraccoons; scavenging crows; andconfiscatory neighbors.

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-research analyst, is the author of My 22Cents’ Worth: The Higher-ValuedOpinion of a Senior Citizen and AMusing Moment: Meditative Essays onLife and Learning, books of personal-opinion essays, free of partisan andsectarian viewpoints. Contact him [email protected].

Backyard Farming

My 22 Cents’ Worth

Walt Sonneville


Regular readers will recall thatseveral months ago I sent asample of my DNA to

AncestryDNA, an offshoot of thesubscription genealogy site Ancestry.com.My hope was that I could use myexperience to inform readers about theuse of DNA analysis in genealogicalresearch.

Alas, after sending three separate salivasamples, all were rejected for “insufficientgenetic material.” That had mewondering if I was really a robot with noDNA, but I asked for and received arefund of the charges (about $100).

Last November, I decided to try again,with another vendor, 23andMe, also at acost of about $100.

This was not without its obstacles,since when I received my test kit, it camewith a warning that due to New Yorkstate law, my sample could not beaccepted if it was taken and/or mailed

back from New York state. This is because 23andMe not only

analyzes genealogical connections, butalso addressesmedical andhealth conditionsof itsparticipants, andNew Yorkrequires suchlaboratories toinvolve aphysician in thesample-taking.

Luckily, I hada planned trip toPhiladelphia atthe time, so I prepared the sample whilethere and mailed it in from Pennsylvania,which had no such restrictions.

But that wasn’t the end of theproblems, because shortly after I gotacknowledgement of receipt of my

sample by 23andMe, stories begancirculating that the firm was at odds withthe U.S. Federal Drug Administration

(FDA) over thesame concernsexpressed by NewYork state.

That concernstill exists, but23andMe hasreceivedtemporary FDAapproval of itsoperations as longas new customershave access onlyto their ancestry

information, without health results. Customers who purchase 23andMe

now must do so with the understandingthat health results are not available tothem. Since I was never interested in themedical or health results, I am satisfied

with that ruling. About three months after sending in

my sample, I received an email from23andMe stating that my genealogicalresults were available online.

Before I get into the details of the23andMe testing and what it can showin a genealogical sense, consider thevarious reasons for having a DNA test:

• To determine a close familialrelationship between two specificindividuals (for example, a paternitytest). This requires that DNA from bothindividuals be tested.

• To determine whether a person issusceptible to a certain disease, apotential carrier of a disease, etc. Thiscan be determined by comparing one’sDNA with databases of DNA that showsimilar tendencies.

DNA Revisited

The Search for Our Ancestry

Angelo Coniglio

please see DNA page 7


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Older But Not Wiser

This story begins on a Sundayafternoon in my mom’s assistedliving facility.

An accordion player, Ramon, comesevery week. He is 50, good looking, andLatin and is the heartthrob of thefacility—and he definitely knows it. Hestruts, he prances, he winks, and theladies all put on an extra dab of rougewhen Ramon is there.

Lately, however, Ramon seems boredand is just going through the motions,like he would rather be somewhere else.When he played his half-hearted versionof “You Send Me,” he was reallysending everyone to sleep.

I was sitting next to my mom, and Icould see that half of the seniors in thelobby weredozing, butRamon didn’tseem to care.He knew hewas the onlygame in town.

And thenthe gamechanged! Mydaughter Annarrived withher 8-month-old baby, Summer. My granddaughterlooked gorgeous. Even at 8 months shewas making a real fashion statementwith her bow matching her outfit. Annput my granddaughter in my mom’slap. And there they sat, both of themsmiling away.

And then a strange thing happened.All 60 gray heads in the lobby turned inunison and watched my granddaughterwith her great-grandmother. Ramonwas momentarily forgotten. Theheartthrob had been replaced.

So what could the accordion playerdo? Of course he stepped up his gameto recapture the audience. Nobody wasgoing to steal his thunder. He started toplay faster and louder as he bouncedaround the room, desperately trying toget everyone’s attention.

He played “Chattanooga ChooChoo” and “Great Balls of Fire.” Bothsongs were crowd pleasers and theseniors turned toward him, but thenSummer would giggle and audienceturned back to her. It was like the

seniors were watching a championshippingpong match, their heads turningright and left.

Ramon played his accordion fasterand faster. He would crescendo anddecrescendo. Everyone stared at him.Summer would answer with a coo and agurgle, and everyone would then stareat her.

Ramon’s fingers were now flyingacross the accordion. And then he didsomething he hadn’t done in years: aquadruple bellow shake. In the space ofone beat, he hit a note four times. Itwas breathtaking, and everyone watchedhim.

Summer then made a sound,“boeleebboobbaa,” and everyone turned

toward her. Finally,

Ramondecided it wastime to stopfoolingaround. Hehad toestablish hissuperiority. Hehad to squashSummer andonce again

become the King of Assisted Living.And he tried to do it by playing“Bolero.” That’s right—he was going forthe tango!

And he didn’t just play “Bolero.” Healso grabbed one of the ladies from herseat and somehow danced with herwhile keeping his accordion at full blast.Everyone was watching.

And then Summer did somethingmiraculous. She yelped, “Whoooo,whooooo” and wiggled her body asthough she were dancing.

Game. Set. Match. Summer haddefeated Ramon. She had clearlybecome the Queen of Assisted Living.And Ramon had no choice but toacknowledge her superiority anddecided, “If you can’t beat ’em, join’em.”

He danced over to Summer whileplaying “You Must Have Been aBeautiful Baby.” All eyes were now onSummer and Ramon. But really, theywere just looking at Summer. All hailthe queen.

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Neither of the above reasons aretypically genealogical in nature, andneither are appropriate for thiscolumn.The genealogical reasons forDNA testing include:

• The desire to know one’s broadethnic or national origins. Tests candetermine the regions where ourancestors lived from 5,000 to 25,000years ago, again by comparison todatabases collected from thousands ofdonors and to the genetic characteristicsof various races, etc.

• Determination of pedigrees, orfamily trees of direct ancestors, fromone’s self to several generations back.

DNA testing in and of itself cannot dothis. However, used in conjunction withfamily trees developed by conventionalpaper research methods, DNA analysiscan fill in information, help confirmassumed relationships, or help find livingrelatives.

More to come.

Coniglio is the author of a novella inspiredby his Sicilian research entitled The Lady ofthe Wheel, available in paperback atamzn.to/racalmuto or in an e-book atbit.ly/LadyOfTheWheelKindle. For moreinformation, check out his webpage atbit.ly/AFCGen or email him [email protected].

DNA from page 5

GARDENING from page 2

Pruning tools: Fiskars (www.fiskars.com) makes some of the finest ergonomicpruning tools that have also earned theArthritis Foundation’s Ease of UseCommendation because of their patentedPowerGear mechanisms that increaseleverage to make cutting three timeseasier than traditional pruners.

The Fiskars PowerGear hand pruners,loppers, and hedge shears all run between$25 and $48.

Bahco and Corona also make a niceline of ergonomic pruning tools andhandsaws that you can see atwww.bahcostore.com or www.coronatoolsusa.com.

Watering: To help make yourwatering chores a little easier, there arelightweight garden hoses, soaker or driphoses that can be snaked throughout thegarden, and hose chests that canautomatically rewind themselves.

Some good companies that make theseproducts include Water Right Inc.(www.waterrightinc.com), which makes a

variety of super lightweight garden andcoil hoses; the DIG Corp. (www.digcorp.com), which makes convenient drip-irrigation kits and micro sprinkler kits;and Suncast (www.suncast.com), the leading maker of self-windinghose reels and hose carts.

Container gardening: Raised gardenbeds, trellises, and container gardeningare also easier ways to grow plants andflowers because it brings the garden toyou, eliminating most stooping,squatting, and kneeling.

The Gardener’s Supply Company(www.gardeners.com) offers a wide rangeof raised beds and garden containers atprices ranging anywhere between $10 upto $350.

Locally, Your Garden Solution(www.yourgardensolution.org, (717) 919-1010) offers raised beds and gardentables in a similar price range.Jim Miller is a regular contributor to theNBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org


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Traveltizers Travel Appetizers: Stories that Whet the Appetite for Travel

By Andrea Gross

Lewis and Clark traveledmore than 4,000 milessearching for a water

route that would span theAmerican West. Where did theyend up? On a small stretch ofsand near Seaside, Ore., 80miles west of Portland.

Today Seaside is a popularrecreational community,attracting visitors who wantsurf-perfect waves, abundanttide pools, good hiking, and thechance to follow the Lewis andClark Corps of Discoveryduring the last days of their journey tothe Pacific.

My husband and I walk throughtown, heading toward a bronze statuethat immortalizes the area’s flirt withfame. The streets are filled with people.

Some are simply strolling, enjoyingthe sea-fresh air, while others areshopping in an eclectic assortment of

stores, many of which are arrangedaround an old-fashioned merry-go-round in the aptly named CarouselMall.

Of course, we intersperse ourmeanderings with food—a fish taco atFirehouse Grill, homemade root beerand ice cream at Flashback’s, and a cupof the clam chowder that Bon Appétit

dubbed “one of America’s top 10 soups”at Norma’s.

To work off the calories, we go toWheel Fun Rentals, where we debatewhether to rent a surrey (elegant), atandem bike (easy, especially for me), ora regular bicycle (exercise for both of us).

We finally opt for bikes so we canexplore areas on the outskirts of town as

well as pedal the Promenade, a1.5-mile concrete path that runsparallel to the sea.

There, at the point where theProm intersects Broadway, is thebronze statue of the twoexplorers. It’s larger than life, asbefits the men it depicts, and isbacked with a sign that reads,“the END of the LEWIS &CLARK trail, 1805-1806.”

The next morning we set outto learn why and how Seasidebecame the last stop of theLewis and Clark expedition.

We begin at CapeDisappointment, 30 miles

northwest of Seaside. “Since this is one of the foggiest

places in the country, it’s almost certainthat you’re having the same weather asdid the Lewis and Clark team,” says aranger. “But they were too elated toworry about the weather; they hadfinally reached the Pacific Ocean.”

We forego the beachcombing for

The Beach at the End of the Trail

A bronze statue of Lewis andClark stands near the beach in

Seaside, Ore.

People relax on the bench near thePromenade, the 1.5-mile concretewalkway that parallels the beach.

Men from the Lewis and Clarkexpedition first spotted the PacificOcean near Cape Disappointment.


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which the 1,900-acre park is famous,instead spending our time at theinterpretive center and hiking a trail thatwas used by the corpsmen as theyexplored the area.

Although the men were eager toreturn home after achieving their goal,many a snow-covered mountain stoodbetween the Pacific Ocean and theirstarting point in St. Louis. They neededa hunkering place for the winter, andthey found a suitable spot on theOregon side of the Columbia River,midway between the Cape and Seaside.

Today that spot, Fort Clatsop, is aNational Historical Park that features afull-size replica of the original fort,ranger-led programs, an exhibit area, anda bookstore that will please even themost devoted Lewis and Clark fans.

As we walk through the fort, acostumed interpreter explains what lifewas like during the winter of 1805-06.In short, it was hard. The men werealmost out of food, and they spent muchof their time hunting elk, deer, and smallgame.

On one occasion, hearing that awhale had washed ashore, they hikedover Tillamook Head to the beach inwhat is now Ecola State Park. To theirdismay, by the time they arrived, theAmerican Indians had picked the whaleclean.

We consider following the explorers’footsteps until we read that Clark calledTillamook Head “the steepest, worst &

highest mountain I ever ascended.” Figuring that he was undoubtedly in

better shape than we are, we hop in the

car for a 15-minute drive to Ecola. Fromthere it’s a comparatively easy trek to thebeached whale site.

But the men not only had to getfood, they also had to preserve it; and todo that, they had to extract salt from theocean.

Therefore, five corpsmen established asmall outpost on a nearby beach. Theymade ovens from rocks, found branchesfor fuel, and boiled seawater for twomonths, collecting enough preservativeto safeguard their food for the rest oftheir trip.

A month later the corps headed east,and the abandoned salt works thusbecame the expedition’s westernmostcampsite. Today the reconstructed site isjust a few blocks from the statue thatproclaims Seaside as the end of the Lewisand Clark trail.

We sit on the Prom, the ocean infront of us, the statue behind us. While Isuspect Lewis and Clark were happy toreturn home, they couldn’t have found amore beautiful place to end theirjourney.

As for us, we’d like to stay forever.www.seasideor.com

Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted;story by Andrea Gross(www.andreagross.com).

Fort Clatsop consisted of two rows of hutsseparated by a central gathering spot.

An old-fashioned merry-go-round repletewith 24 fanciful animals dominates the

Carousel Mall.

Broadway Street is a perfect place to shop,snack, or just have a relaxing stroll.

Tillamook Head is at the southern endof Seaside Beach.

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In just months, Marcinko wouldbecome closer to the felines that causedher to sniffle.

To solve the problem of wasted taxdollars and control the growing catcolonies, Marcinko adopted a populartrack, spay/neuter, and return program.Marcinko and a crew of volunteers tooka personal approach. They developrelationships with those who feed andcome to love the stray cats.

Their first case was a woman pleadingfor help with the 50 cats who hadcongregated in her yard. It started whenher little boy didn’t like the crust on hispeanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Tossing the scraps out in the yard forthe birds ended up attracting a stray cat.The family continued to feed it but soonfound they hadattracted an entirecolony of hungryfelines.

What seemedlike a cute way tohelp one feral catturned into anoverwhelmingpopulation ofhungry felines.

While theywant the problemfixed, the lastthing on theirminds was hurting the animals.

“Most of these people are older andthey don’t have anything else,” she said.“I used to take my business card andthrow it in a mailbox and run, hopingthat they would call me. It’s a programthat requires a lot of patience andunderstanding.”

Marcinko learned to pour outcompassion for the people who longed tohelp the animals but didn’t want to losethem.

Entire colonies are taken to thedesignated clinic at the caretaker’spermission.

“You can’t just take one or two at atime,” Marcinko said. “It doesn’t work tolet everyone else stay behind to have funand make more cats.”

They are then spayed or neutered by avolunteer veterinarian, kept for severaldays to recover, and released where theywere found.

Grant money and donations pay forthe medical care, while volunteers shellout hundreds of hours a month to keepthe program running. PetSmart Charitieshas been a big supporter, allowing themto renovate an old bank for the surgeries.

In about four years, the town savedenough money to hire two policeofficers. Marcinko, who retired fromcounty parole and probation, is able toget 200 community service hours a

month frompeople goingthrough the systemfor non-violentcrimes.

Some of themhave been doctors,lawyers, and evenveterinarians whoreturn to help evenafter completingtheir requiredcommunity servicehours.

And eventhough the program primarily caters tocontrolling the population, Marcinkocan’t resist helping a hurt cat.

Sometimes the cats come to the clinicwith broken tails or missing eyes fromfights within the colonies. Pregnant catsmight also be sent to the HumaneSociety, so the kittens have a chance atavoiding the feral life.

More than 3,300 cats have beenspayed or neutered since 2010, causingthe local population to drop by about 75percent in that time.

“I feel really alive when I do this,” shesaid. “None of us is getting younger, but

I hope I can continue to do this,continue to help the community, even asI age.”

While the program avoids adoptingthe cats (most wouldn’t be happy in ahome anyway, Marcinko said), the lovefor these animals is evident.

“The reason why this program keepsgoing is because people love it,”Marcinko said. “Even when I’m in therewith my mask on, trying not to handlethem, there is love.”

Not the type to sit at home in her

retirement, Marcinko hopes she cancontinue to keep busy with the catprogram and maybe watch it be adoptedby other municipalities.

“My mother is 94 years old and livesby herself, and we travel together,”Marcinko said. “I’m just hoping I haveher blood and can keep doing this aslong as she keeps running circles aroundme.”

For more information aboutMarcinko’s stray cat program, please call(717) 877-4146.

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Charles Wilson grew up in a smalltown near Bel Air, Md. Thoughhe didn’t know it then, he was to

spend a lot of time over the broadPacific on the opposite side of the worldfrom his home.

In January of 1943, he enlisted in theArmy Air Corps and entered the aviationcadet program. After basic, he went toclassified, where he passed all therequirements to become either a pilot, anavigator, or a bombardier. He chose tobecome a pilot and started pilot trainingat Albany, Ga.

He soon discovered that there were

lots of ways to “washout” of pilot training,and he then went tonavigator training atSelma, Ala. There, inDecember 1943, he wonhis navigator wings and acommission as secondlieutenant.

The Air Corps waslooking for navigatorswho had also qualifiedto be bombardiers, so hevolunteered to attendbombardier school at

Roswell, N.M. He thereearned his bombardierwings before beingassigned to a B-25 crewat Greenville, S.C.

The standard B-25crew was made up ofeight men: pilot, copilot,navigator, bombardier,radio man, two waistgunners, and a tailgunner. In his case,however, it was onlyseven men, since heserved as both navigator

and bombardier.Their route to combat took them to

California, Hawaii, and New Guinea.How did they find their way across thosegreat expanses of the Pacific?

“That’s where I came in,” he grins.“By looking down through the Nordenbombsight, I could see the waves, andthat helped me estimate the directionand force of the wind.”

And where did he learn to do that? “In Selma,” he says, “right out of the

textbook.” But without any real waves to see? “Yeah,” he says airily, “but it worked

In WWII in the Pacific, There Was a Lotof Water to Fly Over Between Islands

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

2LT Charles A. Wilson in 1943as he earned his navigator

wings and commission.


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out just fine when you had real waves tolook at. And,” he adds, “I was able to‘shoot the sun’ to judge our speed overthe water.”

With a smile, he says, “It had towork, because I didn’t even know how toswim.”

After bombing the Japanese on NewGuinea and nearby islands, he and hiscrew were relocated to Morotai Island,where it rained for a solid month.Everything—their clothing, theirbedding, everything they had—wascontinually soaked.

Although they flew missions throughthe weather, everybody got “jungle rot.”Their hands swelled up with the tropicalinfection so that they couldn’t even write.Fortunately, the medics had an ointmentto treat it, but it was an experience thatWilson would prefer to forget.

The crew moved again, this time toPalawan Island in the Philippines, where

they bombed Luzon and nearby islands.Wilson says all the island settlementswere on the edge of islands, close to thewater. So they would circle over theland, then, at treetop height, dropbombs on the facilities on their waytoward the water so that, if they werehit, they’d be able to ditch in the waterrather than crash on the land in Japanesehands.

Not all missions involved bombs,though. The Japanese planted crops onsome of the islands they captured. Thefood they produced was needed, becausere-supply from Japan was so precarious.Wilson remembers flying missions tospray those crops with oil and destroythem.

On another kind of mission entirely,their B-25s were fitted with auxiliaryfuel tanks, and they flew a 16-hourmission, leading P-38s to a rendezvouswith B-24s off the coast of China,

aircraft that went on to bomb Japanesebases in China.

On one other key mission, they wereto fly to Leyte Island to cover GeneralMacArthur’s return to the Philippines.They ran into a huge monsoon theytried to climb over, but every time theyneared the top of the clouds, they foundthat the clouds were climbing faster thanthey were. So they had to abort theirshot at history being made.

Did he ever get shot up in combat? “No,” he says. “The closest we came

was when we were supporting theinvasion of Borneo. I saw the B-25 tothe left of us go down in flames. Thenthe same thing happened to the plane tothe right of us. But we came through itwithout a scratch.

“Then, after I had flown 53 missions,my tour was over, and I returned to theU.S. on a converted ocean liner. Justbefore we reached California, we got

news that the A-bomb had beendropped on Hiroshima. And the newsthat the Japanese had surrenderedreached us on the day that I musteredout of the Air Corps at Fort Meade.”

Wilson then entered the University ofMaryland on the G.I. Bill and in 1950graduated with a B.A. in mathematics.He taught high school mathematics for acouple of years, and then worked forthree years at Aberdeen Proving Groundsusing wind tunnels to study the effect ofwind on missiles.

For many years thereafter, he wrotecomputer programs for a major financecompany.

He often thinks of—but rarelydiscusses—all those hours he flew in thePacific with nothing below him butwater.

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber inEurope in World War II.


Cumberland County

Calendar of Events

Community Programs Free and open to the public.

Senior Center ActivitiesSupport Groups Free and open to the public.

PA State Parks in Cumberland County

Aug. 1, 6 to 7 p.m. – Emerald Ash Borer Campfire Program, Colonel Denning State ParkAug. 3, 3 to 7:30 p.m. – Music on the Mountain Concert, Kings Gap Environmental Education CenterAug. 16, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Shippensburg Swing Band, Colonel Denning State Park

AARP Driver Safety Programs

Mondays and Wednesdays, noon to 12:45 p.m.Silver Sneakers Class: Muscular Strength and Range ofMovementLiving Well Fitness Center207 House Ave., Suite 107, Camp Hill(717) 439-4070

Aug. 1, 5 to 8 p.m.Book Signing and Walk: “Murder in Carlisle’s East End– Unintended Consequences”History on High – The Shop33 W. High St., Carlisle(717) 249-1626

Aug. 3, 7 p.m.New Cumberland Town Band PerformanceAnna and Bailey Streets PakNew Cumberlandwww.nctownband.org

Aug. 13, 11:30 a.m.NARFE West Shore Chapter 1465VFW Post 67044907 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg(717) 737-1486www.narfe1465.orgVisitors welcome; meeting is free but fee for food.

Cumberland County Library Programs

Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle,(717) 243-4642Aug. 4, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. – Monday Bosler Book

Discussion GroupAug. 13, 1 to 2 p.m. – Wicked Wednesday Book

Discussion GroupAug. 22, 1 to 2 p.m. – Just Mysteries! Book Club

Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill,(717) 761-3900Thursdays, 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Blood Pressure

ScreeningsAug. 11, 6:30 p.m. – Twisted StitchersAug. 14, 7 p.m. – Shea Quinn & Friends – Woodstock

Tribute

New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza,New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820Aug. 7, 10:30 a.m. – Ruth’s Mystery Group: Bizarre

TitlesAug. 9, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Write-On Writers

WorkshopAug. 27, 6 to 9 p.m. – Pennwriters Writing Group

Big Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-447891 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, NewvilleMondays in August, 9:30 a.m. – Technology ClassesAug. 12, 1 p.m. – Renew Your Dues Party/Become a

Member PartyAug. 29, 11:30 a.m. – Zingy Zucchini Dinner

Shippensburg Area Senior Center – (717) 300-3563Christ United Methodist Church, 47 E. King St.,ShippensburgAug. 5, 10 a.m. – Hymn SingAug. 20, 9 a.m. – Hand and Foot Tourney in

Mechanicsburg

Please contact your local center for scheduled activities.

For a Safe Driving Class near you, call toll-free (888) 227-7669 or visit www.aarp.org/findacourse.

Aug. 13-14, 8 a.m. to noon – Township of Southampton Municipal Building, 705 Municipal Drive,Shippensburg, (717) 532-1707

Aug. 5, 7 p.m.CanSurmount Cancer SupportGroupHealthSouth Acute RehabHospital175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg(717) 691-6786

Aug. 7, 6:30 p.m.Too Sweet: Diabetes Support GroupChapel Hill United Church ofChrist701 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill(717) 557-9041

Aug. 12, 6:30 to 8 p.m.Carlisle Area Men’s Cancer SupportGroupThe Live Well Center3 Alexandria Court, Carlisle(717) [email protected]

Aug. 13, 1 p.m.Parkinson’s Support GroupHealthSouth Rehab Hospital175 Lancaster Blvd.Mechanicsburg(717) 877-0624

Aug. 19, 1 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupMechanicsburg Church of theBrethren501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg(717) 766-8880

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The books on my shelves are reflections of meGrouped as my files, by their subjects, loosely—Not just their arrangement or what you can see

Japan, Holland, more of our geographyFiction: two rows, fact: a full twenty-threeThe shelves of my books all reflections of me

Of women, of aging, of primers and beesOf teaching or writing philosophyNot just by arrangement or what you can see

Everyday objects, art, birds, poetry;Biblical, ethical, medical, leavesThe books on my shelves reflect something of me

Suffering, healing, personalityChurch history, old hymnals, theologyNot their arrangement or just what can be seen

Frayed covers, mute colors, worn dictionariesKids’ classics, thin cookbooks, biography.My books, and my files, reveal glimpses of meBy more than arrangement of what you can see

Written and submitted by Evelyn Merriam

All I have to do to getmy grandkids’ eyesrolling is talk about

the good old days. No, I don’t tell ’em how far

I walked to school (school wasonly a block away). But Imight say I remember when,if you wanted to changechannels on the TV, you hadto get up, walk over, and turna knob.

Then I’ll tell them how youhad to adjust the rabbit ears toget a better picture. They’re not curiousenough to ask me what rabbit ears were,or how great The Colgate Comedy Hourwas. They don’t care.

They don’t care if I never had atelephone that took pictures. Or howwe’d send film into Kodak and get printsback in a week. They’re too busy texting.And they never heard of Kodak. I

remember when text was nota verb and texting was not aword.

Yes, I have a cell phone.I’m not a Luddite. “Does ithave a crank on it?” you’reprobably asking. No, itdoesn’t. It’s a TracFone. No,it’s not smart, but it onlycosts me $7 a month. Whenyou’re on a fixed income (aeuphemism for being broke),things like that matter.

I have given up on gettingmy grandkids to join me in a game ofcheckers, dominos, or pickup sticks. ButI’ve learned to get their attention byasking them to show me their latest videogame—a game that interests me about asmuch as my games interest them.

We do have that in common.

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Nostalgia Road

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When I WasYour Age

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