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6 -- Wingham MvanceAliMes, Thursday, June 19. 1969
the Observafion Post
BY THE
Received a number of phone
calls from interested parents
this past week, regarding the
summer General Military Train.
Ing program. There seems to
be so e misconceptions on the
par' of.th- general public, no
do bt ca - ed in the main by
th Militia and Forces in gen-
.This is further abetted
by the continuously shifting
military regulations and an
apathetic society.
The course being offered is
not a summer works program
designed t� take up the slack
in employment for 16 and 17-
year-olds. We are looking for
young men who will remain
with the unit for a period of at
least one year, and preferably
three. The contract they sign
is for three years. They (we
hope) will look upon it as a per-
manent part time job. The
money, to begin with, is not
that good. What job starts at a
high level of pay without some
training or qualification? The
summer course for Recruit Mil-
itiamen will pay approximate-
ly $126.70 for a 27 -day course.
This is less income tax. If the
student fiUs out a TD l a n d
states he will earn less than •
$750.00 this year he will elim-
inate the paying of tax.
The course will consist of
foot and arms drill, map read-
ing; radio (basic set up and
message passing), weapons
handling, first aid, field craft,
and customs of the service, etc.
OLD GUNNER
Upon completion of this there
is another raise in pay. This
could be followed in the early
spring by a Junior Non Com-
missioned Officers course. This
will depend on two factors: One,
the young man himself and two,
the number of vacancies allot-
ted to this unit. There are 18
units in Western Ontario Dis -
trict. If they all send 10 candi-
dates, that is a course load of
100.
Trade courses and Jr NCO
courses are instructed by Reg-
ular Force NCO's at locations
central to a number of units.
Our young people attend courses
at different locations through-
out the country, .as far away as
Aldershot, N.S. , and Shilo,
Man. Some even go to Europe
for four months with the Cdn.
Brigade Group.
The foregoing is a rough run
down on what happend in the
first year to eighteen months.
This isnot really the end. There
are many paths which may be
travelled. There are a number
of other trade courses a young
man can take after the above,
such .as administrative clerk,
supply technician, cook, finan-
cial clerk and so on. These are
generally offered in the sum-
mer months and may 'also be
run in late winter or early
spring.
Qualifications mean more
money. The militia has be-
come . a semi-professional re-
serve. Gone is the old soldier
concept,; "Old soldier , Old
..► .. ?" or that it is a hangout
for heavy drinkers or just a so-
cial club. IvIllttiamen under
21 are not allowed anything
stronger than pop. '
Today's militia does a lot
of training and is hampered by
a very tight budget. Every-
thing is accounted for including
a man's time. A great deal of
dedication and zeal is required
by all ranks. There are times
when Senior NCO's and Officers
work long hours and remuner-
ation is not always forthcoming.
Why? Because we are interest-
ed in young men who will put
out. If they produce we will
help and guide them, not ne-
cessarily into a military career,
but tobe just plain good citi-
zens. We need people, a min-
imum of 50 per year, just to
keep the unit at its present
strength. At 50 per year we
are just covering the graduat-
ing class of young men who are
leaving our communities.
Young men have said and
are saying,„ Oh, I am against
violence” when they are hard-
lyold enough to know the
meaning of the word other than
what is portrayed on the movie
screen or TV. This is not the
intention of militia training in
the immediate sense. Most sold-
iers are against violence. How-
ever, if you want to prevent
violence, then society, a n d
that. is you and' me buddy, must
be trained and prepared to re-
sist this violence, but trained.
and organized to do so in aprop.
er manner, knowing that we do
as a last resort. Our so-called
civilization of this day is a long
way from beating its swords in-
to plowshares.
AS .THE RADIANT glow of the sun settled
slowly in the west, Ace Bateson mounted
his bronco Dynamite and bid a fond fare -
Weil to his friends. Although he had good'
• intentions of going to first base, the don-
key came up with a different idea.' Mr.
Bateson' went east, the donkey went west,
and neither came anywhere near the. base.
The fellow holding the donkeywas one
of the trainers.—A-T Photo.
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SATURDAY motor
Ripply
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Spareribs, Sauerkraut an.
Chicken served. Firida � �arwd
)► and Saturciay Night:
THE KINSMEN BAND, led by drum major
Vern Redman, held a short parade prior, to
the start of the donkey baseball game, to
remind the town citizens there would be
a little horse play in town Friday evening.
Faithful followers included Dick Bray,
Herb Watson and Bruce Machan.
—Advance -Times Photo.
All Sportsmen needed to help on Sunday.
The regular meeting of the
Wingham Sportsmen's Associa-
tion was held last week with
president Bob Deyell in the
chair, conducting a meeting
with the largest attendance yet
this year.
One of the most interesting
topics was the fish pond.. Wil-
liam Lockridge was able to ob-
tain a very good price on 100
speckled trout. It was decided
that this Sunday, June 22nd
V1/OAA ladies'.
intermediate
schedule
ALL POSSIBLE METHODS were employed
to move the donkeys in the direction of
the base during the Council -Kin donkey
baseball game, Bill Harris, (back to cam-
era), tried carrots, George Carter tried
sweet talk, coach Harold Wild had a dif-
ferent method and Bill Renwick just
laughed at the whole affair, The players
seemed to have enjoyed the game as much
as the spectators.—A-T Photo;,
June
22 Wingham at Milverton 2:00
23 Wingham at Ayton 8:30
25 Hanover at Wingham 7:00
26 Wingham atOwen Sound
' 8:30
duly
2 Ayton at Wingham 7:00
3 Wingham at Owen Sound
8:30
9, Milverton at Wgham 7:.06
11 Wingham at Milverton 8: 86
13 Owen Sound at Wingham
2:00
15 Wingham at Hanover 8:00
Cook fresh hoot
at the, campsite
Cook fresh -caught trout right
at the campfire. Here's the
way. our pioneers did it
Prepare a bed of hot glowing
coals. Clean trout. Wrap in
fern _ leaves and, pack each fish
in mud i to 1 inch thick. Make
a pit in the center of the coals
and lay mud -wrapped fish in
pit, covering with coals. Cook
about 50 minutes or until the
dried mud cracks off. .
If you .are not quite that ad-
venturous, home economists at
Macdonald Institute suggest this
modern version: Lightly butter,
cleaned fish. Wrap in double
thickness of foil to make a tight,
leak -proof package. Bake on
hot coals" 5 to 10 minutes per
inch thickness of fish.
4000 picnic tables
for public use
would see another fishing derby
for the children of the Wingham
Golden Circle School, as yell
as .children from the Midwest-
ern Regional Children's Centre
in Palmerston. The club can
use all the help it can get for
this Sunday since approximate-
ly 40 children will be partici-
pating, so Sportsmen, unite
and heed the call.
The ski -jump committee
reported a price for materials
to build a new jump and it was
decided to start to work as soon
as the materials arrive. There
will be a lot of work involved
to get this annual ski show off
the ground and into the water.
This will be one of the topics
for serious discussion at our
next meeting, July'7.
Close to 4,000 picnic ta-
bles have been set up along On-
tario highways by Department
of Highways maintenance crews
preparing 862 parks and picnic
sites for summer use. -
This year, 282 park sitesi
will provide the motoring pub-
lic with free access to more
than 1,000 acres of grass, trees
and countryside. equipped with
the amenities of picnic tables,
fireplaces, running -water and
litter barrels. In addition, the
Department provides picnic
tables at 580 small roadside
sites.
Sevente_ en parks are located
at service centres along the 510 -
mile length of Highway 401, the.
province's major freeway.
Last year, $98, 554 and 24,-
104 man hours were spent in de-
veloping new picnic areas and
included the preparation of 10
new park sites which were op-
ened this year.
Maintenance of the parks
and roadside sites'by the De -
partment of Highways last year
cost $249, 895 and involved
65,935 than hours of labor.
Abrief discussion was held
'on' the trap shooting and its
doing well financially. Again
the club came up with mere
sayings, this time on shot gun
. shells for the trap.
The club is ordering new
jackets for those members wfio
want them. at a very nominal
cost. It is felt that each mem-
ber should have one along with
the club crest to signify a well
united club interested in sports-
manship and' conservation.
The meeting came t� a close
with the nightly draw being won
by Ross Wormsorth who has the
honor of supplying lunch. on
July 7.
Remember, Sportsmen, a
full club is usually a success-
ful club.
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