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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1952-12-11, Page 9~7'HURSDA'X' I7RCZNll31Z.i,, 1.952 CLINTON NEWS=RECORD RCAF Station and Adastral Park News Canada's New Air Chief Has Had Active Career Air Vice Marshal Charles Roy Slemon was born in Winnipeg on November 7, 1904. He began hie military career in the Army's OTC while attending the Univer- sity of Manitoba. In 1923 he joined the non -permanent non- professional body known as the Canadian Air Force and during the summer months began train- ing as a cadet. In the spring of 1924 he was commissioned in the newly -created RCAF and receiv- ed his wings the following aut- umn. He had the distbnction of being the first air force pilot to be trained and to fly solo in Canada after World War I. It is lnterestin'g to note today that he has the same Air Force number allotted to him in the early days, ''number 11. In 1926 A/V/M Slemon was granted special leave to return to university, from which he grad- uated in 1928 with a bachelor of science degree in engineering. From the •spring of 1925, with the exception of the terms at 'university and the year •1929 which he spent in England undergoing a navigation course, he spent the next eight years on aerial photo- graphy work. Spring, summer and autumn of each year was spent flying over the isolated northland on mapping- operations. During the winters, instruction of new pilots arid preparations Tor the nett • •seasons work kept the photo pilots busy. A/V/M Slemon's log book re - Meets the big part he 'played in opening Canada's north. His early days provide a fund • of stories about the photo survey 'opera- tions. Flying aircraft slow and . f1imsy , by today's standards, •,A./V/M Slemon. •rolled 'up more than 100,000 miles on this type of work, The years from 1935 until 1937 saw A/V/M Slemon serving as operations staff officer at Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa. He was then selected to attend the RAF Staff College in the United Kingdom. Upon gradua- tion, he became senior staff of- ficer of the then Western Air Command on the Pacific Coast. He rose to head this Command, after which, in July 1941, he be- came Director of Operations at Ottawa. In 1942 he went over- seas to help organize the famed Canadian bomber group, From January 1943 on the date of its formation until September 1944, he held the position of Senior air staff officer. This was the per- iod of build-up to peak strength and efficiency. The co-ordina- tion of the expansion and the operational training of the group was his personal responsibility and of necessity had to be car- ried out simultaneously with the heavy operational commitments. In September 1944 A/V/M Slemon was appointed Deputy Air Officer Commanding in Chief of the RCAF oveaseas, a post he held until his appointment to command the RCAF's projected Pacific force, a position that dis, solved when the Japanese sur- rendered. In late 1945 A/V/M Slemon became Air Member for Supply and Organization at AFHQ and in 1947 was named Air Member for . Operations and Training. In 1949 he became Air Officer Com- manding the RCAF's expanding Training Command with head- quarters at Trenton, Ont. In June, 1952 following a re - r IF YOU'RE TUCK PHONEDay 492 Residence 444W CIP And our tow truck will come to your rescue. Extra Special This Week 1940 . DODGE—Good all round car :This week only --SPECIAL . $650. -McPherson Bros. FORD - 'MONARCH - FORD TRUCK Representative Front -End Alignment — Wheel Balancing Phone 492 Clinton Haines Band Plays Final Engagement quest from Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad, Comander-in- Chief, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, A/V/M Slemon was temporarily assigned to that com- mand to assist AAFCE in plan- ning several war training man- oeuvres. Last autumn saw A/V/M Sle- mon directing the "enemy" of Greenland 'Air Force in "Opera- tion Blue Alliance" a part of the extensive NATO war manoeuvres held thoughout Europe. The op- eration with over 1,200 jet air- craft from Britain, • Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Port- ugal and the United gtates, test- ed air defences and supplied close support for the land and sea forces. 'This operation gave A/V/M Slemon and his staff, which included nine other RCAF personnel, valuable experience in large scale air operations under realistic conditions. A/'V/M Slemon returned to Canada to resume his position as Air Member Officer Command- ing, Training Command, in Oc- tober of this year. 0 Two Senior Officers To Attend Defense 'College Two senior RCAF officers, Air Commodore C. L. Annis, OBE, 40, and Air Commodore F. S. Carpenter, AFC, CD, 38, will leave Canada in December to at- tend the 1953 course of the Im- perial Defence College in Eng- land, it was announced by Air Force Headquarters. A/C Annis, who at present is serving as special assistant to the Chief of the Air Staff, was born in Scarboro, in 1912. He joined the RCAF in 1936 upon gradua- tion from the University of To- ronto with a degree in Meehan - Christmas Suggestions at Hawkins FOR HER - 'Beatty Electric Stove Beatty Electric Washer Carving Sets Knife and -Fork Sets Heating Pads Nut and Bowl Sets Lazy Susans' Salad Bowls Electric Kettles Electric Irons Steel and Wood Ironing Boards and Covers Pop -lap Toasters FOR HIM Skill Saws Bench Saws Hand Saws Tools of all Kinds Flash Lights Jack Knives Hunting Knives For the KIDDIES Wagons Tricycles Kiddy Cats Electric Santa Claus Christmas Tree Lights Christmas Tree Stands Make this store your- headquarters for Christmas Gifts. Don't forget our Xmas Draw. Drop in and sign your name, all adults eligible. vgh R. +`Iwkins Hardware, Plumbing and Heating 'Eavestrougbing -- Sheet Metal Work -- H'ecla Furnaces 1 Popular RCAF Dance Band Ends Long Engagement The name of Aubrey Haines has become synonymous with good dance music at RCAF Station, Clinton, and in the surrounding community recently, guys and gals assembled at Roundel Ter- race to enjoy the mellow mu- sic of his band at two station dances. Unfortunately, this weekend en- gagement was the final one for the present Haines orchestra. The band's leader, Warrant Officer Aubrey K. Haines, and the ac- complished pianist, Flight Serg- eant H. V. "Vern" Boys, have been transferred to RCAF Station, ical Engineering. Throughout the last war A/C Annis served variously as an operational squadron command- er, command armament officer and as Director of Anti -Submar- ine- activities. He also com- manded the RCAF's first long range Liberator squadron operat- ing over the Atlantic. In 1944, A/C Annis„ transferred overseas to command the RCAF's heavy bomber station at Linton -on - Ouse. A/C Annis is presently On a speaking tour of Western Can- ada where he is speaking on various questions concerning air power and national defence. A/C F. S. Carpenter is pres- ently serving as the Chief of Training at Air Force Headquart- ers, a position he has held since his transfer from the Senior Air Staff position at Training Com- mand Headquarters, Trenton, in November 1950. A/C Carpenter joined the Air Force in 1937. He was edu- cated at Lipper Canada College, Toronto and the Royal Military College, K ingston. After pilot training A/C Carpenter served with a bomber reconnaissance squadron on the East Coast of Canada. Later in the war he served on the West Coast as a station commander and on the air staff at, Western Air Com- mand. On leaving Western Air Command, he was appointed Director of Plans at Air Force Headquarters and later was a member of the Canadian Air Liaison Mission to South East Asia. Trenton. These two musicians have enhanced the after -duty en- tertainment activities at Station Clinton and were instrumental in originating the Station's Orch- estra. WO Haines is a native of Fred- ericton, N.B., and his success as a trumpet player began some 25 years ago in that city. At the age of ten he began taking trum- pet lessons from his father, Fred R. Haines. Soon he was playing solo cornet in numerous hometown bands and in 1939 he was a mem- ber of the St. John Fusilier Band on the occasion of the visit of Their Majesties the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He became increasingly interest- ed in popular dance music and while attending radio school in St. John, N.B., he joined the Don Messer Orchestra which was ap- pearing in the Venetian Ballroom in that city In 1939 WO Haines joined the RCAF but wherever he went his prize trumpet was a precious part of his kit. In 1942 while he was at the RCAF Station, Patricia Bay, B.C., he made west coast tours in Canada and the United States with a troupe known as the "RAF Smile Show." Later at RCAF Station, Patricia Bay, he formed an eleven -piece orchestra to play on the station, at the Crystal Gardens in Victoria, and at numerous Red Cross and Ser- vice Men's Club of the district. F/S Vern Boys who hails from Moose Jaw, Sask., has been very active as a pianist and organist, both at Station Clinton and in the surrounding communities. At the early age of seven years he began taking piano . lessons in Moose Jaw. While attending school he played both piano and organ but his musical studies be- Editor; S/1. H. W. KERNE, PRO /Motto 282 Local 252 Assistant: i,'/O Helen Turner Local 217 PAM NINE" Nom gan in earnest after he left school. At 19 years of age he qualified as Associate of the Toronto Con- servatory of Music for the piano, and at 22 obtained a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music for the organ. For five years his musical career involved teaching piano, musical accompaniment for various radio programmes, church organist duties and dance band playing. In 1942 F/S Boys enlisted in the RCAF and in addition to his technical skill in the telecom- munications trade, his musical tal- ents have made him a valuable asset to every station to which he has been attached. With the exception of one year when he continued his musical studies and taught both piano and organ, he has had continuous RCAF service since 1942. Early . in the spring of 1951, the entertainment committee at Station Clinton approached WO Haines regarding the formation of a station orchestra, F/S Boys, who also had experience as an orchestra leader, was available to assist and handle the piano as- signments. As a result, a small Na 105 orchestra was soon organized tine der WO Haines and began playing at mess functions and Roundel Terrace. Their popularity increas- ed as did the demand for their services, With the influx of air- women, weekly station dances were inaugurated. The orchestra also took local engagements, especially in Clinton and Goderich. At the Canadian Legion, Lions Club, Kinsmen and Kinettes, Jr, Chamber of Commerce and the. Clinton Town Hall dances, Aub- rey Haines and his' orchestra be- came very popular. For the last dance to the music of Warrant Officer Aubrey Haines (trumpet), F/S Vern Boys (piano), Sgt. George Wynn (bass), Cpl. Tom Brady (drums), and LAC Lloyd Thorne (vocalist), Roundel Terrace was packed, to bid adieu to the two original orchestra members which had pro- vided such enjoyable dance music during the past year and a half. The loss to Station Clinton, how- ever, will be a gain for Station Trenton. Both Aubrey and Vera plan to continue in an active capacity with their musical conn., tributions. Make Coke part of your holiday greetings • 4; 143X You can be sure that your guests will welcome this year -around favourite —always in perfect taste. A Authorized bottler of Coca-Cola under contract with Coca-Cola Ltd. it ESBECO LIMITED 658 Erie Street ,STRATFORD, ONT. Phone: 78 "Coke"is a registered trademark qH,:t44 +af+':M+44441-4444 444:441 44444+444.N1:44. 4144H.1-1:4 414-+4:49 Jr 41, AI DRESSERS It is proposed to open a small hairdressing and beauty parlor establishment at RCAF Station, Clinton, to help provide some' of the hairdressing requirements of our airwomen personnel. 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