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iation. and .Adastrat Park RCA
'Huron 'Wing, RCAF Hears
Commanding Officer
Winter Sports Season (loses
ith Awards Banquet
Penhold To Open
Later This Month
The RCAF's new station at
Penhold, Alta, will open this
month.
The new station will Provide
the administrational and opera-, Hanel facilities for No. 4 Flying
Training School. No. 4 FTS now
in operation at Calgary will move
to Penhold as soon as new quart-
ers are available.
Pent-gild is the eighth new Air
Force Station to open since the
RCAF's accelerated training pro-
grernme began in 1950. No. 4
FTS is a pilot training echool and
is used to bring student pilots to
wing standard, The school uses
the RCAF's standard trainer, the
Harvard aircraft.
Upon graduation from Penhold
;the pilots will go to advanced
flying schools for familiarization
on other types of aircraft.
Although Penhold will open in
May it will be several months
before full training operations
are under way. No, 4 FTS will
move in phases to Penhold. Stud-
ents already under training at
Calgary will continue at that lo-
cation while new intakes will be-
gin their training at Penhold, •
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Shipping in and out of Lake
Superior through the locks of the
St. Mary's River is greater than
the total combined annual traffic
of the Panama, Suez, Manchest-
er and Kiel canals,
can do much to interpret and
explain to our employers -- the
people of Canada our activities
and our outlook. You have both
an appreciation of air force mat-
ters and the civilian out-look and
the civilian ear.
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llama and Buddy Zeigler had
everyone Amazed, by their feats of magic.
For 'the notable success of this
Awards- Banquet,, much credit is due to the Awards Co*rninittee headed by F/0 AI Sturgess, the
Station Sports Officer, and having
as members, F/0 Senior, F/0
Boyzchuk, pi°. Woodruff, WO Heal, AC1 Gairns,. Cpl. Icerr, se, Clark, Sgt. Yaternick, CP1, Worth,
F/S Cotton and SO, Varaleau.
Air Force Day
G/C E. A. D. Hutton, CD, Com-
manding Officer, and the per-
eonnel of RCAF Station, Clinton,
are looking forward to welcom-
ing the public on camp on ":Air
Force Day, Saturday, June 14.
Already a committee is func-
tioning and plans are well ad-
vanced to hold "Open House" on
the afternoon of Air Force Day
and show the public the substan-
tial contribution Station Clinton
is making to national defence.
S/L C, H. McVeigh, CD, a vet-
eran at planning such, functions,
is chairman of the Air Force Day
Committee and, along with P/O
Elizabeth Kievill, secretary, is
leaving no stone unturned to
bring th0 public up to date on
the function of Station Clinton.
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Hockey has faded now into that past which
envelops sports events so rapidly, as sea-
sons overlap, with hockey intruding on
football, baseball ' pushing its way in on
hockey. The cheering is a distant echo, the
cups have been won and lost, individual
feats are entered in the records..
There's an award for almost every. individual performance in
the major hockey of today;• a great many, too, in the lesser
leagues, which is the way it should be. When athletes can rise
above the level, and soar to greatness by their own skill and
courage and spirit, it's only fair and just that this should be
recognized in some .tangible fashion.
Unfortunately for one player in the National League, who
did all this, plus, there is no award for a courageous come-
back, not even a special notation in the records, which are coldly
mathematical, and don't delve into the human side. Yet, if any
player deserved some recognition that would entitle him to
special notation, -special award, that player who should have
been worthy in large and generous measure of such recognition
would have been "Winnipeg's Samuel James "Sugar Jim" Henry,
goaler of the Boston Bruins, who survived the buffeting of Fate,
survived a fire that scarred his hands and arms, and returned to
stardom.
Hockey developed some great figures the past season, but we
doubt if any of these is sb compelling, so fraught with the rugged romance of sports as the return of Henry to the Big Time. This
is pure Hollywood, throughout the piece. A high-Voltage script-
writer could pen no more gripping drama.
Jim Henry first won a spot in the major league with New York
Rangers, in 1941. But his, stay there was short, for at the end
of his first season, he enlisted in the Army to serve in World
War II, remained there until the end of the fighting.. Then he
returned to hockey, played briefly with Rangers, after which
his sports pathway was a dizzy zig-zag lane that seemed to be
leading nowhere. Twice he came up to Rangers, alternating with
minor league chores. Then to Chicago in the Big Time, then
suddenly back to the minors, for three seasons.
This isn't offered as a history of Henry's hockey meanderings.
We merely paint it in for back-ground, to prove that, despite
vicissitudes, real courage doesn't weaken, Three years in the minors were bad enough, hut the worst came in the summer of
1951. A flash fire suddenly enmeshed Henry at a summer resort
camp; he was badly burned about the hands and arms. That, you might think, would spell the end of a career in hockey,
where hands with speed and certainty are, for gnalers, almost
as essential as lightning reflexes.
But Henry didn't giVe up. He reported to the Detroit camp of
the Red Wings, for he had played the previous season for
Indianapolis, a Detroit farm team. But Indianapolis already
had a good goaler, young Hall, so the chances for Henry with
his burned hands remaining even hi minor-hockey looked slim.
But Boston Bruins of the National League needed a goaler.
They tried to buy Hall but, against their own judgment, were
talked into purchasing Sugar Jim Henry, for a moderate sum.
The club started poorly. Boston didn't win a game in its first
ten. Henry's job seemed shaky. Then the. team improved, but
near the end, seemed to have little chance to make the play-
offs for the Stanley Cup. But near the end of the race, Bruins
started to roll. They won or tied all but two of their last 12.
And the star, the steadying influence that back-grounded the
drive—that carried them into the finals? Why, none other than.
Sugar Jim Henry, with his fire-scarred hands and his unshaken
courage.
There's no prize for come-backs; for those who survive the
bludgeoning of fate with head unbowed. If there was, Sugar
Jim Henry would be one of the candidates,
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Assistant; aeien Turner 78 Local 17
Air Force 'Day June 14
"Air force day this year is on
Saturday, June 14. You can
render a real service if you will
tell your friends, your business
acquaintances and all . y,ou meet
that this is the day set aside for
holding "open house" at air sta-
tions. The' day to show as many
people as can come how their
air force operates. We are ar-
ranging at our stationn'an inter-
esting program of ground ex-
hibits and events. We are also
expected to have a flying display.
We hope the weather will be as
kind to us that day as it has
been recently.
"But the real purpose of Air
Force Day is not to entertain
people but to give their the op-
portunity to see for themselves
what sort of men and women
they are paying and how we do
our job and to help them de-
cide for themselves if their money
is being well spent by the people
ie the air force—people, who af-
ter all, are Canadian citizens too
with the same outlook, aspira-
tions, abilities and limitations as
other citizens."
TiThe annual meeting of No. 42 nuv90 Wing, TWAT Association,
Wee held in the .Sergeants' Mess,
'APAr Statioa, Clinton, Friday
evening last,
Principal guest of the even-
leg was G/C E. A. D. Hutton,
commanding ()Meer ,of the Stu-
After everyone had, enjoyed a
'fine steak dinner, 0/C Hutton
;gave an address on the growth
of the ,Station, from its founding
an 1941, to the present time, and
with the aid of a projector,
showed where .the taxpayers'
.inoney was going.
Officers from Seaforth
rollowipg 'the dinner, election
.
of officers took place with the
following pampa to guide the
Wing:
- 'President, Kenneth Carter, Sea
forth; vice-president, George
Kruse, Seaforth; secretary, Lee,
lie Beattie, .Seaforth; treasurer,
William Smith, Seaforth,
The retiring president, Cam-
eron C. Proctor, Clinton, was
.alected a delegate to attend the
annual convention of the RCAF
Association in Ottawa, May 21-
24.
Wee than 5Q guests were pres-
ent from Winghem, Walkerton,
Seaforth, Qpderich, Varna and
Clinton. A. Y. McLean, MP for
Huron-Perth, was among the
guests.
Development o t Station
in his address, G/0 Hutton
summarized, Canadian defence
policy, with particular" reference
to RcAr responsibilities. He
stressed the pervasive nature of
electronics in all Air Force en-
erations,
"Clinton is the central and the
only electronics-training estab-
lishment in the RCAF today," he
pointed out,
G/C Hutton described the pres-
ent functions of the Station—its
three training units, There had
been, an increase in the establish-
ment, accelerating rapidly in the
past year, but the buildup bad
not yet been achieved *but was
now in sight. He gave figures
to show that there are about
2,000 perSonnel at the present
time; with 2,500 or more in 1953.
He stated that there are at least
3,000 persons living or working
at RCAF Station, more that) the
population of the Town of• Clin-
ton,
0/C Hutton pointed out that
the value of construction built,
building, and yet to be built,
reckoning from 1949,-50, was about
$12;000,000, Existing buildings
are not made redundant, but are
supplemented by new construc-
tion.
"Is the money expended on
Clinton well spent?" he asked.
"Only the future can tell, It is
sure that war or preparedness
against the threat of war is vast-
ly expensive. Sums expended for
defence preparedness are like
premiums, on a fire insurance
policy, 'They only pay off in an
emergency. Can we afford not
to have them? '
"These are not questions on
which the public servant can
provide an authoritative answer.
The public servant, be he civil
or military, has the job of carry-
ing out policies laid down by the
government, which reflects the
voice of the people. Our 'job is
to carry out these policies as ef-
ficiently as we can, We in the
public service must not operate,
or tend to operate as an auto-
cratic bureaucracy in islands of
federal property artificially in-
sulated from the communities in
which we operate.
"We a're carrying out these re-
sponsibilities at Clinton and at
other RCAF stations—and we are
carrying them out very definitely
with the view always in mind
that we are 'public servants,
answerable to the people of Can-
ada for our actions. We want the
people to know as much as pos-
sible about our activities and
how we conduct them.
"You' in the RCAF Association
START THE DAY
REFRESHED -Driflif
The winter's sports season at RCAF Station, Clinton, came to
a formal close last Friday even-.
ing when all those participating
in organized sports were honour-
ed at the semi-annual sports ban-
quet ,in the airmen's mess.
S/I., T. IL N. Duff, DFC, Chief
Administrative Officer, on behalf
of the Commanding Officer, com-
mended the personnel of all ranks
on the 'station who co-operated
to make the past season such a
spotting success.
"Sports and good sportsmanship
are essential in the rtgAr as in
any military organization," he
said, "for three important rea-
sons, They are good morale
builders they encourage team
play and finally foster a spirit
of individual competition. These
are desirable qualities for the
service and good. citizenship.
The individual players of each
organized sport who qualified for
awards were presented with let-
ters in recognition of their con-
tribution to the winter sports
programme. The system of award-
ing letters is newly instituted at
Station Clinton this year 'and is
similar to that so popular in
schools and universities. Large
six inch block letter "CI's" of
royal blue chenille on a light
blue background were awarded
to members of Station Clinton
teams playing in an organized
league, while similar three inch
letters were won by players of
any inter-section championship
team,
Large "C" Winners
Large "C"''s were awarded to:
(1) The Station Badminton "C"
and "%I" team (the "CP team
being the WOBA champions);
players — WO2 Ref ausse, WO2
Bennett, Cpl. Fife, Cpl, Villen-
euve, Cpl. Fitzsimons, Mrs. Re-
fausse, Mrs. Brandley, Mrs. Mil-
ler, Mrs. Cotton, Cpl. Kerr, Cpl.
Kutz, Cpl. Morris, F/S Alexand-
er, Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. Wood, Cpl,
Gammon, Mrs. Duff, Mrs. Mc-
Veigh, Mrs. Pfaff, WO2 Kennedy,
Mrs, Kennedy, Sgt. Heffel, Mrs,
Jackson, F/S Jackson. (2) The
Station hockey team players —
LAC COOK, AC1 Varey, P/O
Carrol, LAC Webber, P/O Walxns-
ley, Sgt. Bergeron, LAC Quinn,
LAC Petrie, ACI Thomson, AC1
Grecian, Sgt. Starcher, F/C Jarvis,
Cpl. Skinner, AC1 Dolan, AC2
Grant, AC1 Jette. (3) The Men's
Station Basketball team players—
AC1 Wiper, F/C Eagen, P/0 Mc-
Andrew, Cpl. Kinlock, Mr. Hum-
phries, AC1 Gairns, F/0 Senior,
F/0 Woodruff. (4) The Weight
Lifting team — Sgt. Varaleau, .the
British Empire Light-heavyweight
champion and LAC Saliga.
Small "C" Winners
Small "C" 's were awarded tot;
(1) Intersection Volleyball
champion players — F/L Hinds,
F/0 Woodruff, F/L Burnet,
F/0 B o y czuk, F/O Small,
F/O Wade, F/O Heal, F/O
Thompson, P/0 Miller, P/0 Mac-
Donald, J. M. (2) ;Bowling
champions, Electronics No. 2 team
players—F/S Baptie, F/S Pinnell,
F/S Kitchen, F/S Austin, F/S
Ellis, F/S Brandley, Sgt. Dodds,
Cpl. ,Graves, Cpl., Blythe; F/C
Moore, season's top bowler; Sgt.
Clark, bowling manager. (3) In-
ter-section Basketball champions,
Cp1s, and Airmen Staff team,
players—AC1 Macicot, LAC Lobb,
Cpl. Smith, Cpl. Skinner, LAC
Babchuk, Cpl. Segurson; Cpl.
Youngson, Cpl. McCartney, AC1
-Fortier, Cpl. Villeneuve, league
manager F/S Cotton. (4) Inter-
section Floor Hockey champions,
Flight Cadet team players—P/C's
Fleming, Bougeois, Perrier, Mac-
Williams, Boychuk, McKay, Des-
jardins, Woodcock; league man-
ager, Cpl. Worth. (5) Girl's Sta-
tion Basketball team players—
AW1 Tapley, AW1 Brundin, AWl
Robertson, AWl Scott, AW1 Blair,
AW1 Sande, AW1 Gordon, AW1
Emin, AWI Lambert, Cpl. Pratt,
AW1 Thompson. (6) Station
Badminton players—Mr. E, Re-
fausse, Sgt. Fink, Mrs. Fink, F/S
Hamilton, (7) Station Badmin-
ton Airwomen's Tournament
champs players—AWl Taunton,
AW1 Wright, AW Kachkowski.
(8) Station, Hockey team _coach,
F/S Boyd and manager, Sgt.
Yaternick. (9) Weight Lifting
team—Cpl. Ross.
Besides their letters, the Inter-
section bowling champions were
Presented with individual troph-
ies by Mr. Don White, O'Keefe's
representative.
After the banquet apd presen-
tation' of letters, a short program
followed featuring station talent.
Airwomen Tania Tianoff and
Rene Macfarlane rendered vocal,
solos accompanied by Sgt. Frank
Hammon on the piano, Ray Wil-
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Interested in Woodwork
Besides ministering to the two-
charge circuit. of Kippen and
Hillsgreen United Churches, Rev.
Albert E. Hinton finds time to
take an active interest in .wood-
Work. Handicapped by a leg in-
jury which required 13 months
treatment, Mr. Hinton. turned to
a hobby in his spare time this
past year. Evidence of his handi-
craft may be seen in the manse
living room. To date, Mr. Hinton
has. made fern stands,.. coffee
tables, end ,tables, book cases
and a radio-phonograph ease.
When Mr. Hinton says fare-
well to his. two congregations at
the ,end of Jemee • both charges
will have tokens of remernbtanee-
ot his; pastorate. At Hillegreon
a inodern pulpit and communion
table made by the pastor' end
donated by him, grace the front
OP the church. A similar .tribute.
may be found in the .ltippen
Church where four tea trays were
presented by the pastor, wh.b
next tnonth celebrates his 791:11
birthday. He will leave to take
a pattotate at Ilirchton, Quebec,
They plan to do this through,
numerous displays of various equipments and training methods
used at the station.
Although every officer, airman
and airwoman will be co-operat-
ing to make the big day a suc-cess, the members of the com-
mittee are coordinating t he
various activities planned, F/L
Ted Endersbe is teeing up an air-
craft flying display to demon-,
strate the potentialities of modern
RCAF aircraft, F/0 Frank Boy,
czuk is in charge of the ion„una-
erahle fascinating Radar and
Communications School exhibita
as well as the sports _events, S/14
Bob McKee is in charge of Air
Cadet participation. Problems of
materiel supply will be solVed
by F/L Bill Kennedy. F/0 Roily
Charbonneau, that connoisseur of
good things to eat, will provide
all catering facilities. F/O Al
Sturgess and P/O Jack Penny
are planning some top notch ent-
ertainment. WO Sid Jones will
ensure adequate supervision of
the extensive parking areas and
Policing activities. The Medical
Officer, F/1., Don Sproull, will
be in charge of first aid stations.
F/S Bill Turnbull, president of
the Model Aircraft Club, will
have numerous airborne models
doing almost everything in the
air that real aircraft can do. F/0
Howie Lochhead is in charge of
publicity for Air Force Day.
The programme planned for
June 14 by the Air Force Day
Committee will be of interest to
all members of the family. Above
all, it is designed to give the pub-.
lie the opportunity •of seeing for
themselves exactly what is done
at RCAF Station Clinton.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed by Elmer Ferguson, c/o Calverf House, 431 Yong() St., Toronto.
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