Ron and Marilyn Groom celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 12, 2017, with family and friends. They were married at the First Nazarene Church in Walla Walla (now Amazing Grace Nazarene). Following a brief honeymoon at Wallowa Lake, Ore., the couple returned to Guam where Ron was stationed at Anderson Air Force Base working as an instrument technician on C-130 weather squadron planes.

Marilyn taught second-grade at Anderson Air Force Base Elementary School – at the time, the largest elementary school in the world with 1950 children in grades K-6. At the end of Ron's tour of duty...