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tion; a committeeman of the Agriculture
Stabilization and Conservation Service; he is
a director of the Bosque Soil and Water
Conservation District, also a member of the
100-Man Committee of Texas Soil and Water
Conservation Districts; and he is a member
of the Board of Directors and the Executive
Council of the Leon-Bosque Resource Con-
servation and Development Area.
He has always been a member of Our
Savior's Lutheran Church at Norse, a faithful
choir member, and at various times he has
held almost all position of leadership there.
In 1969 he was Centennial Celebration
Chairman for Our Savior's. He was Master of
Ceremonies for part of the program when
King Olav V of Norway visited Norse in 1982.
Rosalie has always been active in commu-
nity and church work. While a member of
Zion Evangelical Churchk, she served as
organist. After joining Our Savior's at Norse,
she served as organist for twelve years, then
became assistant organist. In the church
women's organization, she has held various
offices and served on committees for the
annual smorgasbord and helped compile two
cookbooks. She and Irene Hoel gathered
material for a report that resulted in Our
Savior's becoming "Rural Church of Texas
for 1954. She helped write the history book,
"Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1869-1969"
for its centennial celebration. During the
1950's she worked on auction day for Clifton
Commission Company. She is a member and
has held office in the Clifton Magazine Club.
For nine years she was Secretary of the Board
for Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. She has
served as a member of the Farmer Home
Administration.
During the years, this couple has traveled
abroad to Germany, Norway, Denmark,
England, Japan, and Korea, as well as
Canada and Mexico and 20 states in the
United States including Alaska and Hawaii.
by Mrs. C. Pernell Aars
AARS, RALLIN J. FAMILY
F5
Barbara Zuehlke Aars was born in 1941 in
the Holt Hospital, Meridian to Mr. and Mrs.
William Edward Zuehlke of Garnersville. She
attended school in Meridian through eighth
grade, then moved with her parents to the
Fairview community. She graduated from
Clifton High School in 1959 and from Texas
Lutheran College in 1963 majoring in elemen-
tary education and minoring in English. She
was named Homecoming Princess and listed
in Who's Who. She taught fourth grade at
Cedar Ridge Elementary School in Waco for
one year before marrying Rallin James Aars,
in 1964.
Rallin was born in 1941 in Clifton's Goo-
dall-Witcher Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. C.
Pernell Aars. He grew up in the Norse
community and graduated from Clifton High
School in 1960. He attended Baylor Univer-
sity majoring in radio/television, minoring in
public relations. He graduated in 1964 as a
member of the Dean's Distinguished Honors
List, Who's Who in American Universities
and Colleges, and as a Distinguished Gradu-
ate of Air Force ROTC. He was commissioned
a second lieutenant.
Rallin and Barbara departed for assign-
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Rallin J. Aars Family, 1983. Barbara and Rallin; sons: Christian (center), James (left), Michael (right).
ment in Wiesbaden, Germany with the
Headquarters of the United States Air Forces
Europe. Rallin served as Programming Offi-
cer and later as Operations Officer for the Air
Force operated Armed Forces Radio and
Television stations in Europe, North Africa
and the Mid-East. Barbara did substitute
teaching in the military dependents' schools.
In December, 1966, they moved to West
Berlin to build and command the American
Forces Television station that serves the US
forces stationed there. The station received
numerous citations and honors including the
Air Force Outstanding Unit award.
In 1969, they transferred to East Lansing,
Michigan where Rallin earned his MA degree
in communicative arts/sociology from Michi-
gan State University on an Air Force Insti-
tute of Technology Scholarship in June, 1970.
They moved to Austin where Rallin was
Community Relations Officer for Headquar-
ters, 12th Air Force, then Public Affairs
Officer for the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance
Wing at Bergstrom AFB.
In 1972, they transferred to Hollywood.
Rallin was Chief of Information and Liaison
for the worldwide headquarters of the Ameri-
can Forces Radio and Television Service.
Barbara worked in the home loan depart-
ment of Home Savings and Loan Association
until their first son, Christian Edward, was
born in 1975.
Barbara moved back to Clifton in 1976
when Rallin was sent to Thailand as Public
Affairs Officer for the Joint Casualty Resolu-
tion Center. Their second son, James Pernell,
was born in 1976. Barbara and the family
joined Rallin in Hawaii when his unit was
relocated to Barber's Point Naval Air Sta-
tion.
They moved to San Antonio in Decmeber,
1976 where Rallin was Director of Public
Affairs for the Air Force Electronic Security
Command at Kelly AFB. Their third son,
Michael William, was born in 1977.
In 1980, they moved to Fairfax, Virginia.
After attending the Industrial College of theArmed Forces at Fort McNair, Rallin became
the Chief of Plans and Resources for the
Secretary of the Air Force's Office of Public
Affairs in the Pentagon.
In 1982, they moved to Seoul, Korea where
Rallin was Director of Public Affiars for the
United Nations Command, the ROK/US
Combined Forces Command, US Forces
Korea, and the 8th US Army. Barbara taught
English to the wives of wealthy industrialists.
The family plans to return to Texas when
they leave Korea. They will retire from the
Air Force to pursue a civilian career.
Throughout their time in the Air Force,
Barbara has been very active in volunteer
work, Red Cross activities, wives' club pro-
jects, teaching, and of course making a home
for the family at the twelve addresses they
have had in their 20 years of military service.
Rallin is the only Public Affairs Officer in
US military history to be promoted to colonel
with only 15 years service. He is listed in
Who's Who Internationally in Public Rela-
tions, Who's Who in Washington, D.C.,
Outstanding Young Men in America, and was
selected as Air Force Public Affairs Officer
of the Year.
Note: The Ralling Aars Family returned
from Korea in 1984, and are relocating in
Texas, this time in civilian life.
by Col. and Mrs. Rallin J. Aars
AARS, CHARLEY 0. AND LAURI
F6
Charley Otto Aars was born at the Goodall-
Witcher Hospital in 1959, the youngest child
of Pernell and Rosalie Rueter Aars. Lauri
Carol Pitts was born in 1962 at Goodall-
Witcher Hospital, the first child of James and
Carol Ann Bronstad Pitts. Charley and Lauri
were married in 1983 at Our Savior's Lu-
theran Church of Norse, where each had been
baptized and confirmed.4a
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Bosque County History Book Committee. Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas), book, 1985; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91038/m1/124/?q=campbell: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.