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Miners Celebrate
Fortieth Wedding
On Friday of last week the
family of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet
Miners joined with them at a
turkey dinner to celebrate their
fortieth wedding’ anniversary.
Their immediate family who
attended were Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Johns and four children,
Carol, Frances, Anne and Steven;
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Carscadden,
Jimmy and Marion, Exeter, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Miners and
Jo-Ann, at home.
During the evening, the child
ren presented their grandparents
with beautiful gifts of stainless
ware and electrical appliances.
The remainder of the time was
spent in games and music. A
number of cards and messages
of cangratulations were received
by Mr. and Mrs. Miners.
A newlywed filing out
come tax return listed a
tion for his wife. In the
marked, •<,
children,”
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Meet The Teachers
EXETER’S “HAM” Page, of 23 Thames Road
IL, is one of thousands of private radio station operators in
North America. Through his 500-watt transmitter, Tony has
talked to other hams in all six continents of the world. Here,
his wife listens as he talks to distant points. —T-A Photo
Mr. and Mrs. F. C, Beaupre
and Irene wish to announce they
have sold their general store to
Mr. Stanley G. Frayne, of Exeter.
The transfer becomes effective
April 1, 195-1.
We would like to express our
sincere appreciation of the patron
age we have- received during the
time we have been in business
and we would bespeak’your con
tinued support on. behalf of Mr.
Frayne.
Thank You
Mrs. and! Mrs. F. C. Beaupre
and! Irene
Exeter Radio Operator
One Of Huge Network
By DON SOUTHCOTT
Sitting in an Exeter kitchen
Monday night, I talked to “Roly”
in Charlston, South Carolina,
about 1,000 miles away.
I’d never heard of Roly before
and I still don’t know his last
name. Before we finished our
conversation, however, I found
out many things about him, his
wife, the ^city he lives in and
much more friendly information.
The call to South Carolina did
not cost me a cent, for I was talk
ing through the “ham” family,
one of the friendliest, zaniest and
most enthusiastic families I’ve
ever seen.
The kitchen
longs to Mr.
“Tony” Page,
east. Tony is a ham—a private
radio station owner—and one of
the 100,000 members of this un
usual family who are spread all
over the world. He’s a civilian
radar instructor at RCAF Clin
ton.
A1I Over The World
Tony’s talked to thousands of
fellow radio operators like “Roly”
in all six continents of the world.
He’s never seen most of them,
knows only their nicknames, but
he recognizes their voices
finds out much about
sonal lives and their
tions.
"Even though we
these people,” rrn’iv
I talked from be-
and Mrs. D. A.
23 Thames Road
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On the job: Chief Wilmot F. Young, Brockvillc polico head {or the past sixteen
years. Brockvillc youngsters know him as the founder and athletic director of the
Police Athletic Association; the trophies behind his desk wcro won by boys’ and
girls’ athletic teams and the 50-girl bugle band sponsored by the Association.
THE TELEPHONE IS ESSENTIAL TO A COMMUNITY'S
SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND
Chief of Police declares
Brockville’s popular chief knows from experience the
tremendous reassurance people feel, just knowing that
any hour of the day or night they can depend on the
telephone in case of need.
You may never have to call the police. Yet the fact
remains that you and your family feel more secure
— are more secure — because of your telephone.
Peace of mind is an extra value that is part of your
telephone service; a value that cannot be measured.
THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA
s never
Tony states,
get to know them very personally
through the radio. We discuss
family affairs, technical problems
and many other topics.”
Members of the ham family are
as close to each other as imme
diate relatives. “A ham can travel
all over the world,” says Tony,
“and his food and board wouldn’t
cost him anything.” When they
go on trips, hams stay with other
station operators and are wel
come visitors even if their hosts
have never seen them before.
Unusual Experiences
In Tony’s 25 years of exper
ience with ham radio, he’s en
joyed many unusual contacts.
His wife, Jean, once talked to
a camp of U.S. servicemen on
Greenland for foui1 solid
Her voice was broadcast
PA system to every man
camp. The reason: the
seen or heard a
six months.
Another time
contact_ with a ___ ____ ___
the North West Territories who
hadn’t heard from the outside
world for 14 months. Tony spent
hours telling him all the develop
ments in Canada and the world
for the past year.
Not too long ago Tony and a
ham in South America decided to
teach each other their respective
languages by radio. After numer
ous attempts/ the plan failed
cause neither knew enough
the other’s language to start
lessons.
Hams Compete
Competition among ham opera
tors is based on the length of
time it takes to establish contacts
with foreign countries and con
tinents. Tony’s personal record is
all six continents in less than six
hours.
The Exeter operator claims
two distinctive records among
ham stations. He was the first
Canadian hain to talk to Kenya
Colony in North Africa after the
war and he was the first North
American to establish contact
with Burma after the war.
Language problems in these
world-wide radio conversations
are not as difficult as might be
imagined. Tony says most foreign
operators speak some English.
Ban On Weather
The country with the gtcatest
restrictions on hams is Russia.
Russian operators are not allowed
to talk about their weather1 their
location or internal conditions of
the country.
Tony, who was born in Eng'
land, finds his ham Station con
venient to keep in touch with his
family there. For the past three
years, he has conversed fairly
consistently with his parents
through tho ham circuit.
A homesick- war bride from
Holland once talked to her par
ents in theh’ dative tongue for
one hour through Tony's station,
One
topics
with a
of tho
They all keep mafrs handy to
their stations so they can estab
lish the location of other hams.
white
hours,
on a
in the
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woman for
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ham operator in
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of
the
of the hams’ favorite
■when they make contact
hew station Is descriptions
area in which they live.
Recently, Tony was confronted
with an embarrassing surprise,
He had contacted an operator in
the Ozark mountains of the U.S.
After they had established loca
tion, the Ozark man astounded
Tony by telling him about the
history of Exeter, Hay and the
surrounding area. “He told me
fax’ more about this area than
I’ve evei' learned living here,”
said Tony. The U.S. man had an
old history book of Canada.
Transmitter for Tony’s station,
VE3BBH, is powered at 500
watts, equal to twice the power
of the commercial radio at Strat
ford and one-tenth that of CFPL,
London. He built the station him
self and values it at $1,000.
Every night at 7 o’clock he
goes on the air along with 53
other stations in Ontario. For
hours they talk to each other
about the weather, family affairs,
radio equipment. They also send
personal messages not only around
Ontario but from coast to coast.
The provincial men operate on
two networks—‘the Ontario Phone
net and the Ontario Civil Defence
net. Every night a roll call is
taken by one of the members be
fore they start their “family”
chats.
Ready Fox’ Crisis
But exchanging pleasantries
isn’t all these men operate radio
stations for. They’re keenly aware
of the job they can do in cases
of emergency when all other types
of communication are cut.
Recent example of this
during the snow storm of
first week in March. When
eter was’ reported “isolated”
snow from the rest of the world,
Tony and his Ontario family of
stations were ready to relay any
important messages or pleas for
help if they were necessary. For
tunately they weren’t, but it’s
comforting to know contact can
be made with important centres
in the event a storm or flood
cuts off road travel and telephone
communication.
To make theii’
vices even more
in large centres
field stations. If a city is bombed,
these men can move their equip
ment to the countryside to send
and receive vital messages.
Recognizes Value
The federal Department
Transport recognizes the value
W. A. Ness
By BILL HESS
Mr. W. A. Ness was born in
Buffalo, New York, and received
his intermediate certificate in
Niagara Falls, Ont. He then
moved to Barrie where, after ob
taining his senior matriculation,
he ‘began working. Later he
entered normal school in Toronto.
Before joining the Air Force,
Mr. Ness taught in Stroud, near
Barrie, and in Huntsville. While
waiting for his air force draft,
he worked at the Defence Indus
tries Ltd., Nobel. He took his
service training at Saskatoon
and Edmonton where he received
his navigator’s wing. He went on
a short tour with the Internal
Ferry Squadron at Rockcliffe be
fore proceeding overseas.
Mr. Ness returned to Canada
in 1945. He entered the Indust
rial Arts Course ip Hamilton and
completed his specialist's course
in Toronto. In September, 1947,
Mr. Ness came to Exeter and is
now teaching shop in the South
Huron District High School,
During his career, Mr. Ness has
taken an active part in athletics.
He played junior OHA hockey
with Barrie; intermediate hockey
with Huntsville; lacrosse with
Niagara Falls and Barrie. He
was catcher on the intermediate
championship softball team in
Barrie and he has coached and
refereed hockey, basketball and
lacrosse.
At present, Mr. Ness is presi
dent of the London Shop Teach
ers’ group. As a hobby, when
time permits, Mr. Ness likes
do photography work.
education there. Mr. Meek’s high
school days were also spent at
Newmarket and after graduating
ho entered Victoria College of
the University of Toronto.
Mr. Meek’s first school was
Bancroft ’High School in North
Hastings. He remained there for
one year and tought mathematics.
His second school was at South
Porcupine where he taught for
two years. Mr. Meek then came
to Exeter and has been teaching
here for the past five years,
specializing in mathematics.
At the present time he in
structs grade 13 algebra, geom
etry and trigonometry; geometry
in two grade twelves; algebra in
two grade elevens and mathema-'
tics in one grade 10’. Mr. Meek!
also assists in training
dets at the school.
Although most of Mr.
time is occupied in his
sion, he does find time
hobby of growing plants which
makes his classroom more pleas
ant and cheerful.
the ca-
Meek’s
protes
tor his
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F. G. Meek
By DON FINKBEINER
Mr. F. G. Meek, who is
of the mathematics depart-
of South Huron District
School, was born on a
in Markham Township,
County.
attended public school at
Richmond Hill for a short time
and after moving to Newmarket,
he completed his public school
head
ment
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John Mahon
By JIM CROCKER-
Of the teachers in this school,
the one with perhaps the most
interesting teaching experience is
Mr. John Mahon.
He was born in Toronto where
he attended Harbord Collegiate
Institute. After high school he
attended the Ontario Agricultural
College at Guelph.
His teaching experiences in
Africa are very interesting. He
taught English, shopwork and
agriculture at the Jimma School
of Practical Arts, Ethiopia, for
Emperor Hailie Selassie. He also
taught summer courses in agri
culture and science at the Hailie
Selassie Secondary School in Ad
dis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Before coming to Exeter, he
was at the Stirling High School
teaching agriculture, agricultural
science, chemistry and physical
education.
Here at S.H.D.H.S. he teaches
mathematics to grade 9, agricul
tural science to grades 9, 10 and
12 and chemistry to grade 13.
In the activity periods, he
teaches photography and assists
the Agriculture Club.
His hobbies are raising and
showing purebred Dachshund
■dogs.
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the government before
is issued. Wives of
constantly talk over
husbands’ radios—the
was
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1 by
emergency ser-
valliable, hams
have organized
of
of
these private radio stations and
grants them many rights and
privileges to encourage them to
maintain their networks.
Television is now one of the
tough problems of hams. Inferior
sets of both TV and radio are
■affected by nearby private radio
stations. Says Tony: “We do try,
as far as possible, to correct this
interference but in some cases of
inferior equipment, it’s imposs
ible. The Department of Trans
port does not hold us responsible
for interference to a set of in
ferior quality.”
Tony has received complaints
from residents in the area who
are annoyed by the interference
they receive from his station.
He’s tried to adjust sets to elim
inate the nuisance but in some
cases it’s impossible. To the claim
of some who think his interfer
ence is illegal, Tony replies that
his station is licenced by the
government and operated accord
ing to strict regulations. If inter
ference is experienced, it’s the
fault of the TV or radio set, not
his station.
Television gives ham operators
other problems. Inferior sets send
interfering radio signals as far
as seven or eight blocks, hinder
ing the operation .of a radio sta
tion. Such sets are classed as il
legal by the Department of
Transport.
Hobby Becomes Work
Tony became interested in ama
teur radio the way most hams
do — they become fascinated by
the work of an established station
ownef*. »
It was in Toronto around 1930
when Tony met his first private
radio station. Later he went to
College in Philadelphia and
worked by KYW, a 50,000-watt
NSC outlet station.
Tony built his first private set
in Philadelphia and operated it
illegally because he wasn’t an
American citizen,
Captivated with tho hobby, he
decided to go into radio full
time. He became chief engineer
at Guelph radio station CJOY.
Last April he was appointed a
civilian instructor at the RCAF’s
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No. 1 Radar and Communication
School at Clinton where ’he
teaches radio and radar theory.
His wife, Jean, once studied to
become a ham operator but she
never tried the examinations re
quired by
a licence
operators
over their
men even have a code name for
them, XYL.
The Pages have three girls—
Mary 11, Catherine 9 and Susan
2.
There is one other station in
South* Huron — that of Verne
Montmorency, a chief engineer
at RCAF Station Centralia, who
operates from his home in Us-
borne township.
Lions Canvass
Nets $1300
Exeter Lions collected over
$1300 in their door-to-door can
vass in aid of the Red Cross. Mr.
Reg Beavers, chairman of the
Health and Welfare Committee,
who headed the drive, will re
ceive contributions at the store
from any who were not at home
when the Lions called on March
19.
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