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Of Aircraft
Programme
Defence Minister Claxton said
Tuesday night that an important
part of Canada's aircraft program
is behind schedule but the RCAF
still aims to form a new fighter
squadron every two months from
now on.
Giving an insight into the stag-
gering cost 'of this drive to build
up a 'fighter force, he disclosed
that it- will cost abbut $1,500,000,-
000 to build the 3,000 new planes
the RCAF is going to get under
the three-year defence program
launched in 1951.
That is an average of $500,000
a plane.
Mr. Claxton, in a CBC free-
time political broadcast, made
these points:
1. Production of the all-Weather
Canuck fighter and the Orenda
• jet engine is behind schedule
but "is coming along," (The
Canuck .is slated to team up
with the F86 Sabre as the
frontline duo in Canada's
fighter defence.)
2. From now on "we will be aim-
ing to produce a new squadron
equipped with jet fighters and
manned with trained air and
ground crew every two months
. . . that is quite an under-
taking and sometimes we may
not always meet the target
CP .Checkers (Ground)
Are Graduates
From R and CS
A class of Communication
Performance Checkers (Ground)
graduated 'yesterday at No. 1
Radar a n d Communications
School, RCAF Station, Clinton.
AC1 Raymond Trepanier, Three
Rivers, Que., led the course. with
a "Distinguished Pass" mark of
89.3 per cent. Other members
of the class were: Leading Air-
craftsman T. A. Forrester, Mont-
real; Airwomen B. I. Ptolemy,
ListoWel;, A. J. Konias, Henri-
bourg, Sask.; and Aircraftsmen R.
S. Floyd, Esquimalt, B.C.; L. M.
Chaudonnet, Lotbiniere, Que.; E.
F. Smith, Saskatoon; J. J. Young,
Cypress River, Man.
The graduates have completed
-a course in basic Radio Theory
and the operation of Radio Trans-
mitters and Receivers. They will
join previous graduates of the
school at RCAF 'Flying Units and
Repair Depots across Canada.
After a period in the field to be-
come well-versed in the practical
aspects of their trade, it is antici-
pated that these tradesmen will
return to R. & CS for an advanc-
ed course in Radio,
W/C B. G. Miller, CD, Officer
Commanding 1 R & CS, present-
ed the diplomas to the graduates,
highly commended their achieve-
ments, and wished them contin-
ued success in the RCAF.
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but we shall do our best."
3. In an apparent reference to
development in atomic and
other fields, he said Canada
is building armQd forces "td
fight battles with weapons and
under conceptions man has
never before dreamed of."
4. Since Korea began 18 months
ago, the strength of the forces
has grown 90 per cent — to
90,000 from 47,000.
5. .He will go to Lisbon in Feb-
ruary to the meeting of the
NATO Council "and on my
return home I hope to have
further news about the results
of our. work."
Canada navy has placed
$200,000,000 worth of orders to
build new ships and rearm
existing ones and the first of
14 unique anti-submarine es-
cort vessels has been launched.
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'THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952
CLINTON .NEW$,RECORD
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RCAF .Station 'and Adastrat Park News Editor:
P/0 C. H. LOCHHEAD,
Station PRO
Phone 383 Local 69
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Adults 75c; Children '12 and under 50c
SEE THE CLINTON RCAF SHOW
Contact Legion Members for Tickets for
the Night You Prefer
Sponsored by Clinton Branch No. 140,
Canadian Legion
Amateur Pair
Lead Way
Win $50
Amid the applause of hundreds
Usual Order Reversed
'fives Play Hosts
By kind permission of the.
Commanding Officer, Group Cap-
tain E. A D. Hutton, CD, Clinton
RCAF Station and. Clinton (town)
Badminton Clubs will conduct
• their third annual Invitation
Badminton 'Tournament on the
eight fine courts of Roundel Ter-
race, the RCAF Recreation Cen-
tre, on Thursday-Friday-Satur- ▪ •clay-Sunday, March- 6-7-8-9. Play
..commences ot '7 p.na, IVXarch 6.
The Tournament is •sponsored
:jointly by the two clubs. A feat-
ure will be entertainment "and
dance on: Saturday at 10 p.m.,
-with all participants in the tour-
nament and their friends invited,
Hearty Welcome
Sgt: 'Jim Heffel, president of
-the RCAF Club, and Percy M.
Brown, 'president of the Clinton
''Club, have extended a hearty
td the competitors.
'TheTournament will be for "B"
.'and "C" players only, with a fee
of 75 cents per person per event
accompanying each entry which
must be in the hands of the sec-
retary. by Feb. 29. Events will
r'be ladies' and men's singles, lad-
ies' and men's doubles, mixed*
"-doubles, a n d veterans' men's
doubles (age 40 or over). There
Twill be consolation events in all
series.
Clubs Coming
Clubs operating in the Western
Ontario Badminton Association
"43" and "C" leagues have been
invited as follows:
RCAF Clinton; RCAF Centralia;
Clinton; Stratford; Seaforth; Ex-
eter; Kincardine; Bayfield and.
Zurich.
Members of the Clinton Invita-
tion Tournament Committee are
as follows:
Chairman, R. S. Atkey; vice-
chairman, W/02 W. Refausse;
secretary, Sgt. James Heffel
(RCAF Station); assistant secre-
thrY, Cpl. D. G. Kerr; treasurer,
P. J. McCauley; assistant treas-
urer, J. Henry.
Play Committee — Cpl. Lou
Villeneuve, chairman; F/S G. H.
Jackson, Percy M. Brown, Mrs.
Terry MacKay; Draw Commit-
tee — D. E. Symons, chairman;
Mrs. K. Cotton, Mrs. M. Elliott;
Prizes Committee—W02 W. Re-
fausse, chairman; Mrs. Betty
Jackson.
Newspapers consistently fight
corruption and incompetence in
government.
First Nationwide
Radio Officer
Conference
No. 1 Air Radio Officer' School,
Clinton, is host this week to the
first nationwide Radio Officer
Conference to be held in the
RCAF.
the express purpose of discussing
problems and plans relevant to
the Radio Officer trade.
Chairman for the conference is
S/L W. L. Baynton, officer com-
Lose to- St. Marys
St. Marys rang up their tenth
straight win in as many games
in the London and District Int-
ermediate "C" Basketball League
when they defeated Clinton RCAF
66-40 at St. Marys last week.
St. Marys had a 7-4 lead at the
end of the first quarter and led
27-6 at the halfway mark.
Timms with 18 points, O'Brien
with 15 and McLaughlin with 12
sparked the winners. Woodruff
and Wiper with, 12 points' leach
were best for the Airmen.
Clinton: Woodruff 12, Wiper
12, Eagan 6, Sutherland 6, Senior
4, Humphrey, Bartley, Chevis-40.
St. Marys: Timms 18, McLaugh-
son (10-minute misconduct).
lin 12, O'Brien 15, Hendra 9,
Maxwell 8, Fletcher 4-66.
The Standings:
W L P
St." Marys 10 0 20
Exeter 6 3 02
Centralia RCAF 4 7 8
Clinton RCAF 1 11 2
Listeners' Club -
Plans Music
Appreciation
RCAF Station, Clinton, is con-
stantly expanding its recreational
facilities in an endeavour to pro-
vide activities which appeal to
the individual tastes of the ma-
jority of personnel.
The latest has been the organi-
zation of a 'music-appreciation
group known as the "Listeners'
Club". The Club is under the
capable direction of S/L A
Musselman and meets every- Sat-
urday evening in the Station
Library.
An atmosphere of informality
prevails at every gathering of the
music lovers. S/L Musselman has
a large personal collection of
classical and semi-classical re-
cordings which includes symph-
onies, concertos, excerpts from
famous operas and operettas, and
incidental music. From these,
club members may select those
to be heard at the meeting the
following week. In addition, all
are invited to suggest records of
their own for future club gather-
ings.
An example of the fine record-
ings to be heard at the Listeners'
Club is indicated by the program
for last Saturday evening:
1. Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon
Suite played by thb NBC Symph-
ony Orchestra under Arturo Tos-
canini; 2. Highlights froni "The
Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss,
Jr., sung by Jan Peerce and oth-
er stars of the Metropolitan Op-
era. 3. Ravel's Bolero played by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Serge Koussevitsky.
4. Songs be Erna Sask (in Ger-
man): (a) Laughing Waltz, (b)
When a Lovely, Lady Falls in
Love, (c) Ay, Ay, Ay, (d) Sleep
my Baby Sleep, (e) Vieni, Vieni,
(f) Ciribiribin.
A knowledge of music is not
necessary to appreciate or enjoy
these fine programmes. Each
week, notice is given of the re-
cords to be heard on the follow-
ing Saturday evening and a pro-
gram is printed giving the back-
ground of particular selections
and pertinent facts about the
composer.
The Listeners' Club is a val-
gable addition to the recreatidnal
activities at Station Clinton, It
provides an excellent opportun-
ity for all to enhance their list-
ening pleasure of better music
by becoming familiar with the
classics and semi-classics.
Usually when there is a party
at the Officers' Mess, RCAF Sta-
tion, Clinton, it is the gentlemen
themselves who are hosts — and
very excellent ones, too.
However, Saturday evening it
was different, The ladies were
in charge. Taking over the mess,
the Officers' Wives Auxiliary
entertained their husbands, other
officers and honorary members
dt a "Games Petty," • It was all
for a good cause—in support of
the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary
Games Week.
For a very small donation the
RCAF Loses
To Leading
Wingham'
8-5
Wingham 8—RCAF 5
Wingham Mohawks defeated
Clinton RCAF 8-5 at Wingham
in a WOAA scheduled Intermed-
iate "A" hockey game, Monday.
The winners grabbed a 3-0 lead
in the first period and were never
headed.
Wilson paced the Mohawks
with two goals and two assists.
Petrie was 'best for RCAF with
three markers.
Clinton RCAF: goal, Ray; de-
fence, Webber, Bergeron; centre,
Garrow; wings, Starcher, Jarvis;
subs, Quinn, Thompson, Petrie,
Skinner,. Grant, Dolan, Jette,
Walinsley.
Wingham Mohawks: goal, Sang-
ster; defence, Pym, Westlake;
centre,' Wilson; wings, English,
Crewson; subs, Gebhardt, Du-
burry, Templeman, Stainton,
Hilbert, Lloyd, Brent.
First Period
1—Wingham, Wilson (English)
2.12; 2—Wingham, Crewson (Eng-
lish, Wilson) 10.23; 3--Wingham,
English (Wilson, Crewson) 13.42.
Second Period
4—RCAF, Petrie (Quinn and
Thompson) 8.10; 5—RCAF, Dolan,
11.15; 6‘'— Wingham, Duburry
(Templeman, Stainton) 11.41; 7—
Wingham, Westlake, 13.50; 8—
Wingham, Pym (Brent) 17.21;
9—Wingham, Hilbert, 18.29. Pen-
alty—Walmsley.
Third Period
10—RCAF, Webber (Garrow)
.53; 1-1—Wingham, Wilson (Crew-
son) 5.25; 12 — RCAF, Petrie
(Bergeron) 10.27; 13—RCAF, Pet-
rie (Quinn) 16.05. Penalty—Wil-
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many guests enjoyed. a delightful
evening playing bridge or crib-
bage—depending on tastes. This
was followed by delicious and
I abundant refreshments served by the Auxiliabr.
And if all that was not suf-
ficient for an: enjoyable evening,
the ladies also had several lucky
number door prizes.
F/O T. J. Bansg, acting for the
president of the Mess, S/L D.
Forrest, stated that the members
of the mess were pleased to assist
the Officers' Wives Auxiliary in
this worthwhile project and cal-
led on Mrs. Wilfred Baynton,
president of the Auxiliary, who
thanked all present for their co-
operation and explained the rea-
son for the party, from which a
goodly sum had been realized.
Mrs. Baynton called on Mrs.
E, A. D. Hutton, Mrs. Harry Bali
(2nd vice-president of Clinton
Hospital Auxiliary), and Mrs.
Jack Gardner, Goderich, to make
the draws.
These were won ,by
S/L • T.
Duff, S/L R. Henderson,F/O
Whitehead and Mrs..W.,A. Oakes.
The latter, in behalf 'of Ate Clin-'"
ton Hospital Auxiliary, expressed
appreciation to. the ' Officers'
Wives Auxiliary for planning the
Games Night and for the assist-
ance they were giving to the
Clinton Hospital Auxiliary. A.
special "birthday cake" draw was
won by F/0 N. Flavin.
In charge of the arrangements
for the "Games Night" were Mrs.
W. Baynton, president of the
Auxiliary; Mrs. C. H. McVeigh,
convener; Mrs. D. Osborn, con-
vener of Games; Mrs. W. Brack-
en, Mrs. Robert McKee, convener
of refreshments; Mrs. T. Dalton,
Mrs. David Halcrow and Mrs.
Hugh Miller.
Badminton Tourney
On Station In March
Two Nights
Fri., February 1
Sat., February 2
TOWN HALL, CLINTON
Commencing at 8.15 p.m.
PROCEEDS FOR BUILDING FUND
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of spectators and supporters, AC2 A total of 23 representatives
D. Zinck and AC1 G. J. Coney from Air Force Headquarters,
walked away from their guitar Commands, Groups and Units,
and fiddle $50 richer after win- have, converged upon Clinton for
ning finals of the Station amateur
contests.
This final contest was the peak
of the evening of dancing pleas-
ure in the Roundel Terrace where
RCAF personnel and their friends mending Air Radio Officer
gathered to dance to the exotic School, and the opening address
music of Aubrey Haines' Dance was given Wednesday morning
Band.he by G/C E. A. D. Hutton, CD; T
final contest of the. pres- Commanding Officer, RCAF Sta-
ent amateur contest series added tion.
additional laurels to the second The Conference, which was
prize winner, Cpl. Ronald Ross, 'programmed f o r Wednesday, and his bagpipes.
third spot went to AC1 Thursday and Friday, is high-The lighted by a formal dinner on
Bob Deadley, F/C J. Belgrave, Thursday evening in honour of
F/C Don Ireland and LAC Mur- the visiting representatives. ray, in their quartette rendition
of "In the Evening by the Mi:ion-
light."
All in all, the judges' decision RCAF Basketeers
was very difficult owing to the
high calibre of the showmanship
and talent . the contestants dis-
played.
It is anticipated further amat-
eur contests will be held in con-
junction with.the Saturday night
dances in Roundel Terrace, RCAF
Station, Clinton.
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