Political Quotes

“I would like to take a moment to tell my colleagues about a remarkable lady, Joye Kading. Joye is being honored this week with the dedication of the Joye Kading Gallery at the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum. Joye Kading is the founder of the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum. Located at the former Casper Army Air Base, a training facility for bomber pilots from 1942-1945, the museum is housed in the original tar paper building that served as the enlisted men's club. Joye saw the Casper Army Air Base through its entire lifetime. She was there when the area was nothing but open Wyoming prairie, and watched it develop into an operational air base. She saw it through its heyday, and she was there when the base shut down at the end of World War II. In March 1942, when Lt. Col. Carl T. Nordstrom came to visit Casper to see if it was a viable spot for an air base, he hired Joye to serve as his secretary. Her tenacity, ingenuity, and initiative was so highly regarded that she continued to serve as a secretary for many of the Casper Army Air Base's top officials. Around the air base and in the community, she was a confidant, a big sister, and always willing to give a word of advice or just take the time to listen. During her work with the officers and personnel at the base, Joye collected photographs, letters, programs and other memorabilia. Her collection became a central part of the historical records she preserved through the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum.…”