The White Falcon - 19.02.1971, Blaðsíða 4

Page 4
THE WHITE FALCON
February 19, 1971

Mardi Gras Ball
at Officers Club
On Saturday, Febru-
ary 27, the naval sta-
tion officers and their
wives are sponsoring a
Mardi Gras Ball at the
Officers Club. Cos-
tumes are required,
and a judging panel
will award prizes to
the best-dressed con-
testants.
Cocktails will be
served at 7 p.m. Din-
ner is at 8 p.m., and
will consist of roast
pig, roast beef, and
scampi. After dinner,
dancing will begin at
9 p.m. Masks and fav-
ors will be given out.
Total cost for the
entire evening is $2.75
per person.
Monthly luncheon
for NCO Wives
The monthly lunch-
eon of the NCO Wives'
Club will be held on
February 24 at 11 a.m.
There will be a film
entitled"Survival Ben-
efits" designed to in-
terest all women. All
wives of E-6 and below
are invited to attend.
For further infor-
mation or transporta-
tion call either Helen
Collins, Ext. 3245, or
Ann Ray, Ext. 8749.
Square dance club
holds meeting
The Midnight Sun-
downer 's Square Dance
Club will meet on Sat-
urday, February 20 at
7 p.m. at the Rod and
Gun Club for a member-
ship meeting. Gentle-
men are asked to bring
a flashlight to work
for their G1owworm
badge.
All former members
of a square dance club
are welcome to join in.
vice-president; Darise E. Deal, secretary; Karol Nolte, treasurer;
and Elaine M. Hart, Sgt.-at-arms; are the newly elected officers
of the Keflavik chapter of the Women's Bowling Association. The
past officers from left are: Helga S. Adkins, Peggy J. Wedertz
Elizabeth A. Ray, Gail F. Standridge and Patricia M. Hamilton.
In Leavenworth...in Tokyo.
Service wife endures everything
A service wife is mostly girl. But there are tines, such as when
her husband is away and she is mowing the lawn or fixing a flat tire
on a youngster's bike, that she begins to suspect that she is also
boy. -------------------------------------------
She usually comes in three
sizes; petite, plump, and preg-
nant. During the early years of
her marriage it is often hard to
determine which size is her normal
one. She has babies all over the
world and measures time in terms
of places as other women do in
years. "It was at Leavenworth that
we all had the mumps... in Tokyo,
Dan was promoted." At least one
of her babies was bom or a trans-
fer was accomplished while she
was alone. This causes her to
suspect a secret pact between her
husband and the service providing
for a man to be overseas or on
temporary duty at such times as
these.
A service wife is international.
She may be an Iowa farm girl, a
French demoiselle, Japanese, or
an ex-nurse. When it comes to ser-
vice problems, they all speak the
same language. She can bea great
actress. To heart-broken children
at transfer time, she gives an
Academy Award performance: "Ari-
zona is going to be such fun! I
hear they have Indian Reservations
and tarantulas ... and rattle-
snakes!" but her heart is breaking
with theirs. She wonders if this
is worth the sacrifice.
An ideal service wife has the
patience of an angel, the flexi-
bility of putty, the wisdom of a
scholar and the stamina of a horse.
If she dislikes money, it helps!
She is sentimental, carrying her
memories with her in a footlocker.
One might say she is a bigamist,
sharing her husband witha demand-
ing entity called "duty." When
duty calls, she becomes #2 wife.
Until she accepts this fact, her
life can be miserable.
She is, above all, a woman who
married a service man who offered
her the permanency of a gypsy,
the miseries of loneliness, the
frustration of conformity and the
security of love.
Sitting amongher packing boxes
with squabbling children nearby,
she 'is sometimes willing to chuck
it all ... until she hears
firm step and cheerful voice H
that lug that gave her all thi^i
Then she is happy to be ... his
service wife. —Vietnam Observer