European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Henry Gottlieb associated press in the Hills above the Susquehanna River Pennsylvania the Hunting season never end Dick Wilson even in summer and even in the pockets of population along the Dusty roads wind past the hamlets and Dairy farms. Once in a while an unwary woodchuck pops up head is Wilson passes in his government Issue set or a Deer ceding at right on the Edge of route 6 stands transfixed by the headlights. Bui Wilson is searching Tor More elusive game h / words of the Competition he s looking Lor a leg men and women and m in t easy Wilson is part armed forces recruiting system that is making an unprecedented Ellort these Days to ill the services Quality Young people and is facing a future in we let Pool of eligible candidates continues to shrink. It s big business a $1.2 billion High pressure Endeavor that can no longer depend on the draft h Spur enlistments and must rely on some of the Slect sales techniques devised by private Industry. From the new York subway riders who read nil it s not just a Job. It s an  to the 85 million people across the country who saw the mar $425.000 commercial during last year s super Bov Lew americans have escaped the armed forces message. But giving a message and getting a rec Are As Lar apart in distance and tone As Madison Avenue and Park Street. Towanda. Where Wilson r a three Man station representative of those in thes towns that still provide he Backbone of America s lighting forces. Ii is a classic Rural count seat quartered by a by Highway and a fiver with ? Tine of lading 19th Centt main Street stores pointing inward to a massive St courthouse and civil War Monument and outward Wood Frame houses Small shopping centers a Bur King and the Hills beyond. Wilson does most of his work in those Hills. More specifically in the Lar hot kitchens and the county s High schools. The ads Are great but if you want to put people the army you have to go out and get them this is where it All happens Wilson said recently As he i up country dressed in his Beri boned army Green and packing a briefcase full of brochures and prom just about every appointment i have is on a Arm. It s familiar turf Lor Wilson who knows what it s to milk a dozen cows before going to school on War mornings. He probably never would have joined the army if his lather had t sold the family place in a Grove. Pa., in the late 1960s. I had no ambition but to be a Farmer i loved it,1 Wilson says. But what happened to me is happen to these kids today the farms Are dying. There Are Larm jobs Lor Only about 10 percent of the kids gelt out of High school in this county. And there in t much else in the Way of work to for most kids it s either College or the military. In a about 18 percent of the High school graduates in Bradford county join the army. Air Force Navy or marines and the army gets about Hall of  Wilson was on his Way to see Don Taylor a Tow headed Larm boy who s major worries that summer were a busted Radiator Hose on his aging Mercury a the monthly instalments he s paying on a speeding ticket. He s a kid who loves working with cars and engines and has the culled Knuckles and dark fingernails to prove it. Wilton us in Taylor s country Kitchen offering youngster a seeming Paradise on wheels an am that will teach him How to fix cars trucks tanks or construction equipment give him such work for the. Or Lour years provide him with free room and boar plus $573.60 per month to Start and hand him up t $25,200 when he gets out to pay Lor schooling if t qualifies. Today s recruitinas1.2 billion High Wilton Laski with Libby Beirne in front of the civil War Monument at the Bradford county court Hove a � Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesday i .