The Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-08-29, Page 13Spend Four Weeks at Banff
Iwo Students at National Cadet Camp
Cadet Lieut. -,Col, Hugh
Mundell, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Gordon Mundell of R, R, 1,
i t:vale, and Cadet Major
.-,ssell Press, son of Mr, and
Mrs, K, C. Press of Belmore,
returned home from Banff last
week where they had attended
the National Cadet Camp,
In the past only one cadet
from the Wingham District
High School has been allowed
to attend the camp. Cadet
Major Press was notified only
two weeks in advance that he
would be able to go,
To be eligible for the nation-
al camp a student must be a
master cadet, have attended at
least one other summer camp,
such as Camp Ipperwash where
Hugh and Russell had each
taken a summer course, have
satisfactory academic standing
and be active in school activi-
ties,
The 94 Ontario cadets arriv-
ed at Wolseley Barracks in Lon-
don on July 3. Here they spent
two weeks and were fitted out
with their clothing kits. They
left by train for Banff on July
15. The 205 Canadian cadets
were divided into companies
and a week later were joined
by 32 Jamaican boys, who are
on an exchange program with
Canadian cadets,
FOUR COMPANIES
Routine during the four weeks
gave each of the four compan-
ies one week on bivouac, one
on mountain trek and two in
the main camp at Banff. While
in the main camp the cadets
were taken on several tours and
took some training in self de-
fence, foot drill, first aid and
map reading. Sports programs
were held in the afternoons
with a field day being held the
last day of camp.
Russell Press won first prize,
a carving set, in the discus
row. He was also on the A
;vinpany ball team that won
the championship in the comp-
any competition,
The cadets were invited to
dances at the Banff Springs
Hotel and the School of Fine
Arts. When they were in the
main camp they were off duty
each afternoon at 4.30 and
Saturday mornings at 10. They
were free then to go into Banff
and bus transportation from and
to the camp was provided,
INTERESTING TOURS
Many interesting tours had
been organized and included
Lake Louise, Emerald Lake,
Columbia Ice Fields, a trip on
the gondola lift at Sulphur
Mountain, Johnson's Island.
They swam in Upper Hot Spr-
ings and Cave-in Basin, visited
St, George's Island, a zoo and
historical park in Calgary and
toured a brewery there and were
taken on a boat trip on Lake
Minnewanka (meaning devil
water).
One Sunday afternoon the
boys were taken to the ranch of
Col, Hetherington, near Cal-
gary. As guests at the ranch
they were shown real cowboy
life, including roping and
branding of young calves. On
the return to camp that day
there was a slight accident
when the first of the buses miss-
ed a corner and stopped to back
up. The second bus stopped in
time but the third one in the
convoy ran into the second one.
There were 19 boys taken to
hospital, none of whom had any
serious injury but the incident
did provide some added excite-
ment. Neither of the Wingham
boys was involved, one being
in the first vehicle and the
other in the fourth.
UNDER CANVAS
The week of bivouac was
spent at "A" Camp where the
cadets lived in tents, They
built shelters and a bridge
across a stream from what mat-
erials they could find in the
area. They also went mount-
ain climbing and scaled a
7,100 -foot mountain. During
the time they were out they had
to cook one meal.
The week that Hugh's com-
pany was on bivouac they had
thunder storms and rain every
night and it rained the day they
climbed the mountain. Rus-
sell's company also hit a bad
week, with plenty of rain.
They both recall that the morn-
ings were frosty with ice on the
top of water pails. The cadets,
of course, were expected to be
neat and well groomed at all
times and they found shaving
in the cold water from mount-
ain streams a real morning eye-
opener, As a matter of fact,
it took quite a bit of courage
each morning to crawl out of
the sleeping bag,
The mountain trek was what
the local boys believed they
enjoyed most of all, Each day
they were issued ration packs,
which contained crackers and
canned foods such as fruit,
luncheon meats, steak and
onions, stews etc, , instant
potatoes, juice and heat pills.
One heat pill dropped into a
hole in the ground will last a
half hour and the cadets cooked
or heated their own rations in
this manner.
They travelled about 12
miles daily and covered well
over 60 miles of rugged moun-
tain terrain during the week.
Packs of about 50 pounds were
carried by each member of the
company. They set up shelters
at the end of the day. The
course took them along the
bases of several mountains
around Lake Minnewanka and
up the side of Mount Peachy,
On their last day they crossed
one stream 27 times in two
hours, stepping across on rocks
and stones in the water. Since
the water was 37 degrees every-
one was anxious to make the
!crossings without getting wet
feet. The cadets who success-
fully completed the mountain
march were presented with
crests,
Moth Wingham students re-
marked that the food in camp
was excellent.
As usual, pranks and good
natured fun were a part of camp
life, especially during the last
week, and many a cadet found
himself in the showers fully
clothed or the victim . f raiders
stripping bunks. Hugh Mundell
was one who had a good deal of
experience in bed-rnaking be-
fore the week was up,
The cadets from Janutica
were divided into the various
companies with about eight to
a company, and the e:anadians
were able to become well ac-
quainted with them during the
course, There were slight
differences in their methods of
cadet training, the nrost ob-
vious being a different system
of giving commands and a fast-
er pace in drill.
One of the highlights was a
concert for the camp by the
Jamaicans in celebration of
their first year of independence.
All the visiting cadets were
luite talented musically and
they put on an excellent per-
formance.
er-
formance.
Achievement Day
WHITECHURCH-The 4-H
group, Diane Coultes, Bever-
ley Soloman, Janis Farrier,
Alma Conn, and Teresa and
Elizabeth De Bruyan with their
leaders, Mrs. Albert Coultes
and Mrs, Garnet Farrier, at-
tended Achievement Day for
Bruce S. District in Kincardine
District High School on Tues-
day last. The girls had an ex-
hibit and Diane Coultes gave
the comments on storing winter
vegetables.
Wingham AdvanceTimes, Thursday, Aug
29, 1963 - Page 5
A FINE TROPHY - Cadet Lieut. -Col.
Hugh Mundell, left, admires a prize won
by Cadet Major Russell Press at the Na-
tional Cadet Camp field day for discus
throwing. It is a handsome carving set,
the stand being a carved sheath with
the fork fitted into one end and the
knife in the other. The set is a product
of India.
--Advance-Times Photo.
Whitechurch Happenings
Mr, and Mrs, Gordon Fisher
and family of Owen Sound spent
the week -end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs, George Fisher.
Mr. Scott Paterson of Detroit
spent last week -end with his
father, Mr, F. McK. Paterson
and Miss Lilian Paterson, re-
turned to Wingham.
Mr. Harry Hayes, his daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Hayes, and
granddaughter, Marianna Hayes
of Birmingham, Mich. , visited
on Tuesday with Mrs. Reuben
Tiffin.
Mr, Herbert Laidlaw was
able to return home from Wing -
ham Hospital on Saturday.
Bruce and Linda Elliott of
Ailsa Craig visited last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elli-
ott and with their grandmothers,
Mrs, Gordon Elliott and Mrs.
Stokes.
Miss Leah Currie spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Eric
Elliott and family at Wasaga
Beach, and all motored to the
Sault, and came home by the
Mackinac Bridge and Sarnia.
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