Charity 2019

The Weber County Animal Services was chosen to be our charity this year and a check was sent from our Chapter. Food was delivered to the Ogden Rescue Mission by Kevin and Cindy Burlison.

http://www.webercountyutah.gov/Animal_Shelter/index.php

https://ogdenrescuemission.org/

WWII Combat Vet and Lifelong Ogden Resident Celebrates 102nd Birthday

OGDEN — For George Ford, age truly is just a state of mind.
The lifelong Ogden resident turned 102 on Nov. 3.
Since his wife, Lorraine, died more than 20 years ago, he’s lived alone — in the same east-central home he built mostly by himself in the early 1950s. He still has a full head of hair, he still drives, he exercises daily and he does his own yard work.“I guess I have pretty good longevity,” Ford says humbly, attributing his durability mostly to genetics. “My dad was 92 and I had a brother who was 98. But I do about 12 to 15 exercises every day, so maybe that helps.”But whether it’s his genes, his active lifestyle or a combination of both, Ford’s 10-plus decades on Earth could have easily been cut short before he hit 30.Ford is a decorated combat veteran of World War II. He joined the Army Air Force on July 23, 1943. After several training stints around the United States, he eventually found himself stationed in Europe, working as a radio radar technician in a B-17 Bomber.“I was trained for B-24 Bombers,” Ford said. “We took the Queen Elizabeth across the Atlantic Ocean and it took us five days to cross because we had to avoid the U-boats. Well, when I got (to Europe), they switched us over to the B-17.”Ford was part of 25 bombing missions over Germany during the war. On one of the missions, his navigator died in the middle of the flight after something went wrong with his oxygen supply.“It was over Nuremberg and we were at about 25,000 (feet),” Ford recalls. “And that was the only time I ever actually used the radar. I had to radar into the tower to get permission to land in France. But we never could find an air field and had to fly all the way back to England.”On another mission, while participating in a large-scale raid over Berlin, Ford’s B-17 was hit in the right wing by an anti-aircraft missile.“We thought we were going down,” he said. “That was the only time I ever clipped on my parachute. When you realize, ‘Well, we’re gonna have to bail,’ it’s pretty frightening.”Miraculously, Ford says, the plane kept flying and made it back to England. The plane slid off the runway, Ford says, and into a large gravel pit. He counted 200 holes in the plane after he got out.In 1945, Ford participated in humanitarian food drops over the Netherlands. At the time, the western portion of the region was still under German control and some 3 million Dutch were at risk of starvation. Ford flew on four food drop runs. In 1985, he was invited by Holland to attend a 40th anniversary celebration for the humanitarian missions. The country awarded Ford with the Medal of Liberation.Ford was awarded a Medal of Honor from France and Air Medals and Major Battle Stars from the United States.When he reflects back on his service, he fondly remembers how united the country was back then.“As far as World War II, it was special insofar as the participation here in the U.S. was all out,” he said. “As a country, we haven’t had an effort that was so complete before or since.”

102 Years Young: George A. Ford

Old rocking chair has got me, but I am not giving up yet, I just got a new drivers license, so have another five years to look forward to. 
I was born in good old Ogden, Utah on November 3, 1917, the Son of James A. Ford and Ida May Burton. My family now consists of two children Pam Erickson and Greg Ford, with Eight Grandchildren and twenty Great-Grandchildren (two deceased). 
A birthday celebration was held at Ruby River with all available family attending. Like they say, If your going to hang around, make sure you use a new rope.

Winterization Seminar

Charity 2018

The Utah Honor Flight was chosen to be our charity this year and a check was sent from our Chapter. Food was delivered to the Hill Air Force Base Airman's Attic.

George A. Ford: 101 YEARS AND COUNTING

They say, "You will get older if you live long enough" I guess he's the proof in the pudding.

He was born on November 3, 1917, during WW I, when Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States and Joseph F. Smith, was the sixth Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He has two children, Pam Erickson and Greg Ford; eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. He celebrated his birthday with his family at Dave's BBQ in Layton.

His philosophy for longevity is; "When you go to bed at night, make sure you get up the next morning".

Willard Bay State Park Campout 2018

The weather was beautiful for the first campout of 2018 at Willard Bay State Park. During the day they enjoyed an English tea party in honor of the Royal Wedding. Linda made a fruit cake and as you can see Jan savored every bite.  

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Charity 2017

The Utah Honor Flight was chosen to be our charity this year and a check was sent from our Chapter. Food was delivered to the Hill Air Force Base Airman's Attic.

Christmas Party 2017

We had a wonderful time at the Christmas Party at The Gray Cliff Lodge. The food and company were great! Prizes were won by Darlene, Pam and Deyon.

Celebrate!

New Elected Officers 2017

President: Jolyn McMullin

Secretary: Linda Slade

Treasurer: Julie Thomas

Gigi's Playhouse

Gigi's Playhouse was chosen to be our charity again this year and President Cindy is presenting the check for our Chapter. Check out their website to learn more about this organization.
http://gigisplayhouse.org/layton/

Celebrate!

Fall Tag-a-long 2016

We had a great time at the Fall Tag-a-long in Delta meeting old & new friends. The theme was apples and we had to write down everything that you could do with apples. A lady came up with over 100+ things.

Our new State Directors are Al & Linda Andrew. Congratulations! They will do a great job!

The Over The Hills Sams adopted us. Janet made pillows for everyone. What a talented lady!
Pam & Darwin won 2nd place for Bocce ball
Phil & Sharon won 1st place for Crazy golf
Diana hit a home run on Bing bag baseball. To bad the bases weren't loaded.
Jack won playing Samgo on the big T game. He said the game was T for Toll. He also won golfing with a 3 way tie for 1st place. Oh boy does he have another golf story to tell everyone. Someone should have had a video camera. It would have gone viral for sure.

Jack was asked to bless the food and Jerry said, "are you a member of the Tooele Travelers?" He said, "no, The Northern Utah Golden Spikers." So when she announced him to pray, she said that he was a member of the Tooele Travelers. I guess we are now a member of that Chapter. They probably wondered who in the heck Jack was.

Went into town to see the cool Delta car show. So many amazing and beautiful cars.

Entertainment & dancing with music by the Saw Mill River Band.
At the closing of the tag-a-long almost everyone won a prize. Thanks Pam and Darwin for doing such a great job on the donation committee.

Gigi's Playhouse

Gigi's Playhouse was chosen to be our charity this year and President Cindy is presenting the check for our Chapter. Check out their website to learn more about this organization.
http://gigisplayhouse.org/layton/

They learn to read, operate copy machines and learn to cook.

Newest Members

Scott & Teri Coffey

Newest Members

Sheldon Anderson
Larry & Linda Slade

Village of the Trees Campout 2015

Good food, good weather, good company

Utah Food Services

Our Chapter had the wonderful opportunity to serve again at the Salt Palace for the Utah Food Services. Glad that we were able to earn money for our charity. Thanks to Cindy, Julie, Ron, Norma, Jack, Pam & Berry.