An article from the Kansas City paper (1943) by Landon Laird:

     Six years ago Bill Clark, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Clark, 2315 East Thirty-ninth Street, slept through four days and four nights at the General hospital, a victim of encephalitis, sleeping sickness.  A couple of nights ago Pvt. Bill Clark, 19 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, stood at the Union Station surrounded by parents, sweetheart, aunts, uncles and cousins, nine strong, as he prepared to report to the Marines after being here on a furlough.
     Private Clark was graduated last June from Central High School and was president of the young people's association of the Oak Park Christian Church.  In his two and one-half months in the service, he has won four medals.  He represented his platoon in a boxing match, which he won by a technical knockout.
     When Private Clark had sleeping sickness all of the members of Boy Scout Troop No. 46 appeared at the hospital to offer to give him blood transfusions.  Before his illness, he had been a scrawny boy, his father said.  Young Clark's present size shows what has happened since.
     "It must have been the hand of God," Mr. Clark says reverently concerning his son's recovery from the dread disease.

An article in the paper (1937) stated as follows:

Blood to Boy, 13
Billy Clark, Encephalitis Victim, Still Low.

     Billy Clark, 13 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Clark, 4121 Prospect Avenue, who was admitted to the isolation ward of the general hospital Saturday, suffering from encephalitis, Wednesday was reported slightly improved. The boy's condition, however, is critical.
     Twenty-five fellow members of Boy Scout Troop No. 46 went to the hospital in a body Sunday to offer their blood when it was learned he required a transfusion.
     Physicians, however, would not permit them to enter the isolation ward, so the boys started telephoning and contacted several men who volunteered to give their blood for the transfusion.  One transfusion was given to the patient Sunday and another Tuesday.

I was born and raised in:  Kansas City, Missouri

My family includes: My wife, Virginia, 6 children and 12 grandchildren (1989)

My first job was: Selling "Liberty" magazine for five cents a copy, and setting up bowling pins.

I entered government service because: It offered security, advancement and travel. I've worked in St. Louis, Okinawa and now Arizona.

If I weren't a civil servant, I'd be: A free-lance photographer and photograph all parts of the world.

I came to Sierra Vista because: Of the climate. I didn't want to go back to cold, hot and humid St. Louis.

I like CCSLA because: I feel it is the best thing that ever happened to Federal Service. People here are dedicated to the soldier in the field. Of all the varied organizations I've worked for, CSSLA has been the greatest of them all. People we work with are also our friends and all are part of our daytime family. We argue, dispute, disagree--but always stay friends.

If I could be CCSLA Commander for a day, I would: Stop everyone's work for two hours and have each employee write me their problems and give me their realistic solutions. I would have them constantly concentrate on the solution, not the problem.

I like to spend my time: Taking pictures, planning things, reading and shining my four cars.

I volunteer my time: By refurbishing old houses and doing maintenance on my apartments. As a self-employer I don't pay myself, so it's volunteer time. (After retirement he and Virginia volunteered 11 years with CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocate - Cochise County)

A pleasant evening is: Being with friends and family.

I relax by: This is a problem. If I am not actively doing something, I feel I'm goofing off and wasting time.

My idea of a dream vacation would be: To rent a 747, pick up my 6 children and their spouses, my 12 grandchildren and fly to Trinidad for a month.

My Hobbies are: Videotaping, photography and yardwork. I am trying to add color to the desert by planting Canna Lilies on my land. (Canna Lilies were Carl's dad's favorite. Carl Wasser planted Canna Lilies at every house he lived in.)

When I want entertainment: I go dancing with my wife.

Next year I hope to be: Retired and busy with a variety of things. I'm 3 years behind in my own photo albums. And I want to transfer all my slides and 8mm film to video.

In five years I hope to be: Better educated, wealthier and an outstanding tap dancer.

I'm proudest of: My wife, my family and having been in the Marine Corps. Marines are proud because theirs is a small, elite force. Marine boot camp is unifying. All Marines have gone through it and think their trainning was the toughest. And at some time or other, all Marines have been stationed at the same place. The Marines also taught me that everything above the level of a foxhole is pure paradise. (I was hit by a mortar shell and blinded in my right eye in Korea.) Other things are not of that much importance. Everything is better than you think it is. Negative people gripe the hell out of me.

The worst time of my life was: When I was in the Marines and an object plopped into my foxhole in the dead of night.

The best time of my life was: Finding out the object was a small coconut.

If I could meet anyone, it would be:  LTC North.  He has made Congress show themselves for the fools they really are.

People are surprised to learn that I: Received a baseball signed by Babe Ruth when I was stationed on Guadalcanal with the 4th Marine Regiment. I think my dad had it sent to me.

If I could be anyone in the world, I would be: Speaker of the House. I would stabilize the economy and promote progressive thinking.

If I could have three wishes, I would ask for: (1) Knowledge  (2) Wisdom, and (3) 10 more wishes.

In 1975 Carl accepted a position with CCSLA and his first job was in the Keying Material Branch of the National Inventory Control Point. In 1980, he transferred to the Logistics Assistance Division where he worked as a Logistics Assistance Representative for the next two years.  In 1982, he returned to the NICP where he worked for the last seven years of his Government career.

During his 14 years in CCSLA, Carl has always given his best effort, not only on the job but also outside of the job.  He has been our official photographer and has photographed all Hail and Farewells, Retirement Luncheons and Dinners, Christmas Parties, Thanksgiving Luncheons, Awards Ceremonies, and many other functions, often on his own time.  He served two terms as Vice-President of CCSLA's Employee Council, assisting in organizing the annual picnic, establishing fund-raising activities such as luncheons in the hallway, book sales, art sales, coffee calls, white elephant sales and a variety of other activities.  In recognition of his activities, Carl was elected by his fellow employees as "Civilian Of The Month" in April, 1989.  He helped organize the Junior Achievement League in Sierra Vista, and is a life member of the US Marine Raider Association and Disabled American Veterans. Carl is a member of the 1st Marine Division Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

Carl, on behalf of your many friends in CCSLA, I want to thank you for the thirty years of outstanding service you have given to the government, and especially for the years you have worked at CCSLA.  You have always given your best effort to whatever jobs you were assigned and we could always depend upon you to get the job done.  We will all miss you, and we wish you and Virginia a long and happy retirement.

In 1964, I went to work for the Federal Government as a substitute mail clerk for the Post Office in Kansas City working 70 hours a week. I became dissatisfied and in 1965, I transferred to the US Army Mobility Equipment Command in St. Louis, Missouri. I communted to Kansas City every other weekend.

In 1971, I was selected for an overseas assignment with the 2nd Logistics Command in Okinawa. I was chief of the Material Handling Equipment, Automotive Repair, Watercraft and Industrial Gasses Branch. There were acres and acres on the Machinato base of damaged vehicles from the Vietnam War.

I lived in the Machinato housing area in Okinawa with my wife, Virginia and daughter, Kimberly. My daughter,Karen, came to live with us in 1972, 1973 and 1974.  My son,Mike, came to live during 1973.

Virginia and I liked Okinawa very much and would have liked to return for a visit.  Okinawa was a beautiful island in the East China Sea.

I returned to Kansas City after I was medically discharged. I had several different jobs for the next 13 years which included; a purchasing agent for a metals company, an industrial engineer for the Armor Packing Company, a member of the Kansas City Police Department as a reserve officer, Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company as a purchasing agent.  In 1961, I married Virginia Towles Maynard. Together they raised five daughters and one son.

Debra Maynard Peak  1950,  Pamela Clark Meyer 1950, Michael Maynard 1953, Karen Clark Faulkenberry 1953, Nancy Clark Browning 1958, Kimberly Clark Neidich 1962. (The children are pictured in birth order - 1989 photo)

After my discharge in 1947, I returned to Kansas City and went to work for the Remington Rand Electric Shaver Division as a salesman. During this time, I also attended Kansas City Junior College at night, taking Business Management courses.  When the Korean War started in 1950, I applied for a dererment as a college student, but my deferment lasted only one week.  Soon it was back to Camp Pendleton, California, training for combat duty in Korea. I was shipped to Korea in November, 1950, as an automatic weapons NCO with the first Marine Division. I was seriously wounded in June 10, 1951, and was sent to a hospital in Japan for two weeks, and then to the Oakland Naval Hospital and Philadelphia Naval Hospital, where I was medically discharged in November, 1951.

I graduated from High School in 1943 and enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly after graduation.  I joined the Marines because I like the Dress Blue Uniform and also because I thought if I could make it in the Marine Corps, I could make it anywhere. After going through Boot Camp in San Diego, I was sent to the Pacific and paticipated in operations in New Caledonia, Tulagi, Kwajelein, Okinawa, Guam and Guadacanal. I received three battle stars and was wounded in Guam. I remember floating in the ocean in a landing craft south of Guam for about a month. Two of the nine landing crafts were sunk by Japanese torpedoes. For most of the war, I was a member of the Marine Raiders, an elite group whose mission was to make beach landings, inflict as much damage as possible, and quickly get out.

Carl's most lasting memory of the war was that everyone in his outfit depended on each other to stay alive and that all of them would give up their lives to save others.

I was born on February 20, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended public school in Kansas City, Missouri. I had two major illnesses as a child, missing a year of school at age 7 because of Bright's disease and missing another year of school at age 13 because of encephalitis. Some of my first jos were working in the neighborhood fruit stand, setting pins in a bowling slley at night and working in a bicycle shop. My dad was a printer who contracted tuberculosis and as a result, the family moved to Douglas, Arizona in 1943.  My mother worked for the Phelps-Dodge Mercantile Store.  My uncle was a tailor who had his own shop in Douglas.  I learned to drive from my uncle in a Model T Ford.

Carl William Clark was born on February 20, 1924.  He was the only child of Grace and Carl Wasser Clark. Many have said that he was raised by the most loving parents a boy could have.

Once Grace heard her sweet boy using "bad language" while playing in the backyard with his friends. She told me that "I just had to punish him. I made him come in the house, put on his pajamas and go to bed until his dad got home. It was early afternoon. I felt terrible that I had to punish him so harshly."

Billy, as his mother called him, was a good boy.  He loved his parents and would not do anything to upset or hurt them.  No one used loud language, it was a peaceful childhood. Love flowed through his childhood home.

When Billy was about thirteen years old, he contracted encephalitis. It was determined that it was from a mosquito bite. Billy was "asleep" in a coma for five days. Chance of survival was bleak. After five days, he woke up.  Billy came home but had to have a nurse by his side for six weeks. The nurse made exactly what Carl Wasser's take home pay was at the time. Billy's daddy would work all week and bring his paycheck to the nurse. Billy missed a year of school as it took him time to learn to speak and walk again.