FROM THE PRESIDENT OF MCA THE MILITARY CHAPLAIN
Within a few days after National Headquarters: 1710 16th St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20009 this issue of The Military Telephone: 232-1667 Chaplains has been mailed,
many of us will be in Colo- Vol. XLI March-April, 1968 No. 2 rado Springs. Chaplain
Green, Convention Chair- Articles in this publication express the point of view of the authors only and not necessarily those of the Association or of the Services. man, reports that pre-regis- Published 6 times a year by the Military Chaplains Association and tration has been good, and issued bi-monthly. Editorial and Executive offices, 1710 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington 9, D. C. Second Class Postage paid at Washington, I hope this indicates a good D. C. This publication is mailed to all members of the Chaplains Association. Subscription to all others not eligible for membership are $5.00 attendance. I am looking per calendar year. Foreign subscriptions (non-members) are $6.00 per forward to this meeting, and calendar year. Special Library Rate, 3 years for $12.00. to the excellent program that Karl Bennet Justus, Editor has been arranged.
As I wrote in the last issue, KEYS TO ICAF C. Pardee Erdman there are, also, important Chaplain (LTC) Clifford CDR, CHC, USNR, Ret. business decisions to be E. Keys, Jr., is the first Army made and I trust we will take those actions that will be Chaplain to be selected to kst for the MCA's continuing progress. attend the Industrial College In the meantime, I extend best wishes to all of our of the Armed Forces. He members, and their families, for a joyous Easter. will attend the 1968-69 class convening in August. Since
June 1967 he has been Chief,
IN MEMORIAM Ecclesiastical Relations, Office of the Chief of ChapOn Tuesday, 12 March, Mrs. Louis (Emily) Sims of Los lains. Angeles passed away in her sleep, apparently of a heart Prior to his current assignatack. The Military Chaplains Association sent condolences ment, he was a member of to her husband, Louis K. Sims. For forty-five years, Mrs. the Staff and Faculty at the Sims was a leader in club, charitable and education causes u.s. Army Photo U.S. Army Command and iLos Angeles. Clifford E. Keys, Jr.
Chaplain (LTC), USA General Staff College, Fort Mrs. Sims will be remembered as founder of the Chap- Leavenworth. His courses of resident instruction included hins Service Corps, a group for which she was making Management, Personnel Management, Automatic Data special plans at the time of her death. The Corps is a Processing Systems, Army Command Management Sysgroup of devoted women, organized after Pearl Harbor, tem, Army Installation Management, Military Speaking supply extra aids to Armed Forces chaplains, and Military Writing. At the end of World War II, Mrs. Sims' work was recog- Chaplain Keys received his A.B. degree, Cum laude at Dized by the U.S. Navy with a special citation, but the Eastern Nazarene College, and his B.D. degree, Magna Corps' work continued through the Korean conflict and is Cum laude, at the Nazarene Theological Seminary in day as active as ever. Kansas City, Missouri. Since entering the Army ChapThe supplies given to chaplains have probably exceeded laincy, his military education in specialized courses has he supplies given to chaplains have probably exceeded benxtsi. Oie million in worth, all been extensive.
emilon dollars in worth. Currently, all Navy Chap- On 1 October 1954, Chaplain Keys was ordained an s leaving Camp Pendleton have been given a tape Elder in the Church of the Nazarene. During the course order, a portable typewriter, and a transoceanic radio. of his career as an Army chaplain, he has proven to be Thousands of paperback books are shipped every week for an avid Airborne enthusiast. His record shows 348 jumps rvicemnen. Mrs. Sims' work for chaplains will be a to his credit, of which 126 are free falls from altitudes up ollnument forever.
.... to 14,000 feet.
Any chaplain who was helped by the work of the Corps, Chaplain Keys is a Life Member of The Military Chapih0 desires to write Mr. Sims, may address their letters: lains Association. He has been extremely helpful in its work hi, Louis K. Sims, 634 South Rimpau Blvd., Los Angeles, as the liaison between the Chief of Army Chaplains and the California 90005. Executive Director of the MCA.
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