Slowing the Pace
When the war ended, the pace in Ogden changed. Hill Field remained active, but the urgency that had defined the early 1940s eased. War bond drives ended. Blood campaigns slowed. Community life returned to peacetime routines.
For Wes, this was also a transition. The heart attack in 1945 had been significant. During the war he had held leadership roles in the American Legion, Red Cross, Salvation Army, and civic events, while managing Glen Bros Music and raising a family. After the war, his name appears less often in connection with large public campaigns.
He remained active in community life. He served as secretary of Rotary and chaired the Ogden Chamber of Commerce recreation committee, where he promoted Snow Basin ski resort. He remained involved with the Red Cross advisory board. The wartime pace had slowed, but he stayed involved.
These two years were a bridge — between the intense civic mobilization of the war and the next chapter that would take the family far from Ogden.