HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-11-23, Page 18—The 1yingham Advance Times, November 23, 1977
inter camping and canoeing
are taught on survival course
WALKING THE LINE—,Corporal Jo -Anne Seeds from
squadron 822 Tutor in Kitchener inches her way across a
rope to.a tree where she will slide down to the ground via
another rope.
Have you 'ever been strolling
through the woods or driving a
long in a snowstorm and wonder
ed just what you would do if you
were stranded?
Some people don't like to wond-
er about such things, they want to
know.
When Randy Wingfield and
Carey Purfion of the Wingham
area were air cadets in Listowel
they thought the survival camp
training could be better So they
decided' to start a camp them-
selves and teach cadets the
basics of survival in the wocds.
With a lot of help from Lt. Don
Hill of Kitchener, Wingfield and
Purdon organized the Golden
Eagle camp near Whitechurch.
Wingfield and Purdon have be-
come warrant officers and in-
structors at the camp: other staff
include OC J. Berner, FS G.
Van Herk, FS S. Purdon, FS D.
Miller and Sgt. L Miller. Lt. Hill
is commanding officer of the
camp.
Although the camp has been in
operation for three years it was
not recognized by the Canadian
Forces until six months ago.
The camps are held nine or 12
times per year, beginning in the
fall and going through until
spring. In summer cadets attend
various camps across Canada
and are not available for survival
training.
Each camp is visited by about
20 young men and women and
lasts one weekend. ,ba
The sic
survival training consists' of
canoeing, rope climbing, building
fires, making winter campsites,
orienteering . (handling a com-
pass), and first-aid.
Each squadron attends three or
four weekend camps, '`then there
is one week-long trip to some-
where like Algonquin Park," said
Wingfield.
Cadets are shown how to build
fires in any weather and how to
keep warm and survive outside in
winter weather.
During the weekends cadets
learn the basics of canoeing and
rope climbing. After Survival
camp training, they would 'be
able to handle a canoe during
minor lake ana river travel, said
Wingfield. "We're not trying to
teach them everything about it
(survival), we're just trying to
tamiliarize them with Ulf
basics."
During the longer---eacnp the
,:adets get more individual train-
ing and would be able to navigate
somewhat rougher waters, added
Wingfield. •
"The rope exercise gives
everyone a basic knowledge in
•ope Lare and handling and gives
them practical experience in
knot tying."
Basic first aid is taught at each
camp. According to Wingfield,
the course is on a par with the St.
John Ambulance short emer-
gency course. Instructors have
completed standard St. John
first aid courses.
During the weekend, there is a
mock rescue of someone who has
been hurt in the bush.
The orienteering course teach-
es cadets how to use a compass.
On one of the camp days the cad-
ets are dropped somewhere on
the road early in the morning.
Their task for the day is to find
their way back to camp without
having any previous idea where
the camp is located. They are told
the location of the first marker;
after that they are on their own.
Each marker gives instructions
telling where the next marker
may be found.
The idea of the weekend istnot
simply to teach the cadets a lot of
rules, for surviving in the woods,
said Wingfield, but to get people
into real situations where they
have to think and use their
imaginations.
"Throughout the weekend
general common sense and safe-
ty are stressed."
Roy Robinson
heads Country
Curling Club
BELGRAVE — The Country
Curlers held their meeting in the �.
community centre last Thursday R
evening with' a card party and
lunch, followed by the business
meeting.
Euchre prizes were won by:
high lady, Mrs. James R.
Coultes; high man, Mason Robin-
son; low lady, Mrs. Stewart Hig-
gins; low man, John Gaunt;
lucky draw, Redmond McDonald.
The new president is Roy
Robinson; vice-president, Torn
Cunningham. It was reported
that $1,500'from the barbecue and
dance had been given to the
Wingham Club Building Fund:
YBC Bowling Scores
The Wingbam Bantam team
won its division in the Southwest-
ern Ontario Regional Winter '
Games competition at Goderich
last Sunday and now advances to
the finals in Stratford Dec. 3-4.
The team won with a total pinfall
of 2,229.
Team members are: Jason
Goodall, Ellen Rodger, Jeff Cam-
eron, Debra Henry, Debbie Hoy
and Jamie Wall.
Junior and Senior teams from
Wingham also competed at God-
erich. Representing the Juniors
were:`1 Greg Storey, • Kim
McGre ar, Blair Mansell, An-
drea Walker, Tom Foulon and
Donna Thompson. Stephen
Burke, Brenda Foxton, Spencer
Burley, Janet Storey, Jeff Jack-
son and Connie Haugh comprised
the Senior team.
The Junior team from God-
erich and the Senior team from
Clinton won the right to represent
the region in the finals.
BANTAMS
In team bowling last week
Debra's Daisies added two points
to bring their league leading total
to 33. Second place is being con-
tested by Michelle's Marigolds,
24 points; Kathy's Lilacs, 23; and
Audrey's Asters. 22. Brenda's
Bluebells scored five points to
bring their score to 18 while
1Yacey's Tulips scored three for
Brownie Corner
BY WINNIE VISSER
The Brownies played games
before the Tweenies got enrolled.
Then we got into a Brownie Ring.
The Brownies sang the Burmese
Welcome song to the Tweenies'
mothers. The enrolment was
from 4;30 to 5:00. •
The Packie led the Tweenies on
"stepping stones" in the "river".
Grey Owl asked the weenies
"Why Tare you here?" The
Tweenies said, "We want to be
real Brownies."
Grey Owl took the Tweenies to
Brown Owl. The Tweenies said
their Brownie law and promise.
Brown Owl pinned on the.
Brownie pin and the Tawny Owl
placed on the six emblem. Snowy
Owl tied on the Brownie tie. The
Brownies did the Grand Howl to
welcome the Tweenies to
Brownies.
Angela Walker received her
Golden Bar and the Sixers and
Seconds received their orange
braid.
Group A showed where the
badges go on the Brownie uni-
form. Snowy Owl helped with the
uniform badges.
Tweenies that were enrolled'
are Cindy Benninger, Julie
Cameron, Debbie Clark, Karen
Clark, Mary .Beth Clark, `Tammy
Cleghorn, Lisa Daw, Christy
Eskerod, Christina Funk, Dawn
Funk, Robin Greenall, Julie
• Leedham, Dale McFarlane, Pam
Patterson, Suzanne Reid, Teresa
Shaw, Carolyn Skelding, Tracy
Thyme, Janet Watcher, Jennifer
Watcher and Jennifer Willis.
The people were thanked for
coming.
•
a total of 15.
Jason Goodall, 130, and Greg
Mansell, 159, were the only Ban-
tam boys to bowl games over 125.
Greg's 159 was high single for the
boys and he also had the 279 high
double.
For the girls, Audrey Baxter,
132; Kelly Hallenbeck, 161;
Angela Walker, 131; Sandra Mof-
fatt, 145; Kim Rae, 187; Lisa
Ritchie, 130; Brenda, Thompson,
146; and Cheryl Willis, 146, had
the games over 125. Tracey Day
had the 194 high single and Kim
Rae bowled the 311 high double.
JUNIORS
The race here has tightened up
as the league leading Stingrays
failed to improve their score
while second place Corvettes
added five points. Stingrays still
lead with 28 points to Corvettes'
26. Cameros are in third place
with 23 points, followed by Jag-
uars with 21, Fire Birds with 20
and Blue Flames with 17.
Julaine Adams topped all other
bowlers with her 228 high single
and 376 high double. Other girls
bowling over 150 were Debbie
Hoy, 160, and Filen Rodger, 161.
Willie Rodger had the 179 high
single and 312 high double for the
boys. Jeff Cameron at 155 was the
only other boy to top the 150
mark.
SR. JUNIORS
AND SENIORS
The Bionic Bowlers scored
seven points to snatch the lead,
last week. They now boast 41
points. Smokies, who led last
week, were shut out and are now
in second place with 35. Randy's
Runners share third with Tran-
tulas; each has 32 points. Mur -
ray's Muggers with 25 points and
Kiss with 24 roundout the team
standings.
Daryl Holmes bowled the 209
high single and 583 high triple for
Good showing
for Howick
tournament
There were 356 people fed a
roast beef dinner at the hockey
tournament on the weekend of
Nov. 12 and 13 at the Howick
Community Centre..
The hockey teams from Howick
invited teams from Garden City,
Mich., to play hockey and enjoy
themselves here. There was real
sportsmanship shown on the
weekend when Howick lost all of
their games.
On Saturday the. scores were
Squirts, 26-0 for Garden City;
PeeWee, 4-2 for Garden City;
Bantam, 11-1 for Garden City;
Midget, 4-1 for Garden City.
Oct Sunday the scores were
Squirts, 14-0 for Garden City;
PeeWee, 4-1 for Garden City;
Bantam; 4.1for Garden City and
Midget, 4-0 for Garden City.
The whole weekend was a
success with crowds showing up
from Garden City and many fans
from Hawick. Early in February
of next year, Howick Players will
be making a visit to Garden City.
LIGHTING FIRES—Cadets at Golden Eagle survival camp near Whitechurch practise
iighting campfires.
HUMBLE ABODE—Cadets learn how to make lean to's and other outdoor dwellings at the
Golden Eagle camp
THE END OF THE ROPE—Corporal Wilbur Nyenhuis of squadron 19, Stratford makes it
safely to the end of an 80 'foot rope walk.
the Sr. Junior boys. Stephen
Burke had the 236 high single and
609 high triple for the Senior boys.
Janet Storey had the 299.high
single and 629 high triple for the
Senior girls. Janet also received
her 100 pins over average badge
for bowling the 299 while her
average is 154. No high scorers
were listed for the Sr. Junior
girls.
Brenda Foxton, 221, 219; Pam
Gerrie, 261; Janet Storey, 299,
176; and Sheila Burke, 178 had the
games over 175 for the girls.
Bowling over 175 for the boys
last week were: Gary Adams,
224; Randy Bain, 194; Greg Stor-
ey, 195, 187, 194; Brent Day, 184,
187; Spencer Burley, 223; Murray
De Vos, 202; Stephen Burke, 236,
206; Blari Mansell, 176; Brian
Hoy, 176; Barry Haugh, 183, 216;
Terry Hoy, 185; Tom Foulon, 198;
Daryl Holmes, 209, 198, 176; and
David Shaw, 199.
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