Clinton News-Record, 1950-11-23, Page 9'1"lf%UItSDAY, NOVEMBER '23, 1950
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE NINE
RCAF' Stat•
ion and
Adastral Park News
Editor: i
F/L J. T. DALTON t
Station PRO !
AROS Local 82
Kiddies and Dogs
'Y(By S/L A. P. Crowley, RAF, Assistant Chief Instructor, R and CS)
Do you know what 'It is like to write an editorial on short
notice? Your corespondent for this week was given this job to
accomplish in fewer minutes than it takes to consume his nightly
glass of whiskey?
I think it about time that we had an editorial a little different
from those we usually read—or try to, I wonder if you realize
what an impact the kiddies and the dogs have made on RCAF,
Clinton, and particularly on your correspondent and one or two
-of the older members of the School who have been here so long
'that they are regularly put on the inventory.
When your correspondent first heard that the children from
Adastral Park were to Invade the "holy of holies", it took the
Chief Instructor, F/L Fitzgerald, and some liquid nourishment,
to bring him around! But I think you should know of one little
Incident which has occurred which may raise a taught Tn this
•so-called editorial •
One of the most died -in -the -wool believers in tradition in the
'School finds it most difficult to remind an airmen of his dress and
'deportment when a tiny tot turns around to him and says, "Hi
pop, where's the wash -room?", and when on the same morning
he opens the side door to his building and immediately gets
bowled over by the dogs of Adastral Park!
This would not be so bad were it not for `the fact that the
^•biggest dog of all the four -footed friends of young Kennedy sud-
-denly placed his paws on the recumbent senior officer's face and
'counted him out—not even Jo Louis suffered this indignity!
I am just giving you one or two of these little incidents to
"try and show you the impact of the kiddies and their four -Tooted
friends on the Staff of 1 R and CS — we like it!
Santa Claus Parade
Draws Many From He
"Jingle. Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the Way to Toronto!"
It seems that nearly everyone
was in Toronto at, the Santa Claus
Parade Saturday last.
Mother Goose,• with • all her
Nursery Rhymes,. paraded down
the street; Cinderella, attended by
her ugly sisters; King Arthur and
his attending Court of Knights
in shinging armour and Ladies-
in-waiting; even the three little
hears were there; Little Red Rid-
ing Hood and the big bad wolf;
Alice in Wonderland; Fairies;.
Peppermint sticks, Snowmen, and
clowns heralded the' arrival of
Santa Claus and his reindeers.
First comes Santa Claus, then
the snow. Can Christmas be far
behind?
Officers' Wives Hold
Fine Social Evening
The monthly, meeting of the
RCAI' Officers' Wives Auxiliary
was held Tuesday evening, No-
vember 14, in the dining room
of the Officers' Mess, A short
business meeting was conducted,
followed by a social evening.
Bingo and bridge were enjoyed
by all.
The Officers' Wives Auxiliary
Cook Books were distributed to
members, Anyone interested in
obtaining a copy may do so from
any member.
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For bird hunting the English
setter enjoys 'more popularity
than any other breed of dog.
HOBBY SHOP
WILL CONSIST
OF MANY CLUBS
(By 'F/O Bob 'Sly)'
Big • plans are afoot for the
new hobby shop at, RCAF Sta-
tion, Clinton, which 5 is to be
situated in the CO's former quar-
ters. It will consist of a number
of clubs, the major ones being:
the Woodworking Club, t h e
Model A/C Club, the Sketch
Club, the Leather Craft Club, and
the Sewing Club. The ,facilities
for these clubs will be ontrolled
by a full time hobby craft master
who will be able to give the
proper instructions.
It i$ planned that the' wood-
working club will have a full
complement of power tools. as
well as the required band tools
made available to them. The
Sewing Club is an added entice-
ment to the 'wives who have no
sewing facilities at home, and
will be equipped with a sewing
machine, steam iron, cutting
table, and other paraphenalia
necessary to the seamstress.
Each club is to have its own
room or rooms for their hobby
but all clubs will have access to
a common room which will be
fitted with the required equip-
ment for making coffee, etc.
At present the room, walls
end wiring are being changed.
As soon • Os this is done, the
machinery will be installed and
the clubs can begin to function.
It Is expected that this project
*ill be completed by the middle
of December:
INCO's Wives Club
Plans Unique Party
(By Mrs. W. E. Westwell)
The regular monthly meeting
of the NCO's Wives Club met • in
the Sergeants' Mess Monday
evening, November 13, with 22
members present. '
It was planned that at our next
meeting Monday, December 11,
we hold a box lunch party, each
member bringing a lunch for
two, backed in a box,, with some
small article from home, or en
ornament, or something the ladies
would like to buy, The lady who
purchased your novelty, would
share your lunch with you.
The NCO's Wives extend a
cordial invitation to all the wives
of service personnel below -the
rank of NCO's, to be our guests
et this party.
Mrs. Refausse brought several
articles to the club, that she had
made, such as stuffed animals,
dolls, shell' work, etc., to give
the ladies ideas, on what we could
do to raise money for the club,
After the meeting closed, tea
and refreshments were served by
the ladies.
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CHAPEL GUILD MEETS
The Chapel Guild held a
meeting Thursday evening at the
home of Mrs. W. Refausse. Any-
one interested in joining this
Guild please contact Padre
Harding.
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"Ham" Activities What!
More interference??
RCAF
RCAF BADMINTON
(By F/S W. H. Refausse).
The RCAF Station Badminton
Club was originally formed late
in the fall of 1948 by a few en-
thusiasts who tried to bring into
being a fully operating club.
'Unfortunately, the membership
was greatly reduced by postings
and ended the season with ap-
proximately eight active mem-
bers: W/C and Mrs, C. Hull, S/L
and Mrs, R. Mooney, S/L. and
Mrs. J. Dennis, RAP, and F/S
and Mrs, W. Refausse.
During the summer of 1949
the Drill Hall was entirely reno-
vated and the present' Roundel
Terrace incorporated. This new
appearance of the old place cal-
led for a change of name, and so
Was born the Recreation Centre.
New personnel posted , to the
station included F/O H, Holmes,
who being a very keen badmin-
ton player,' at once started the
ball rolling for an active club:
A meeting was called and a
number of interested persons at-
tended. At this meeting F/O
Holmes was elected president,
WO2 Gemmel vice-president and
F/S Refausse secretary -treasurer,
Throughout the season of 1949
quite a number of members were
in regular attendance, but not
enough to make entering in an
organized league worth while. As
most of the players were living
in Clinton, they 'became members
of the Town Club and enjoyed
many pleasant evenings playing
at Clinton end various other
centres in the district associated
with the WOBA "B" League.
In the spring of 1950, an In-
vitation Tournament was arrang-
ed on the station and over 300
players from as far south as Lon-
don and as far north as Kincar-
dine attended. A high calibre of
badminton was shown and many
of the prizes were won by RCAF
personnel and/or their wives.
With the opening up of the
Married Quarters on the Station,
a greater number of players be-
came available and the committee
decided to enter the club in the
WOBA league. At • the league
meeting, held early in October
at Roundel Terrace, our entry
was voted 'on and accepted.
Shortly after this a meeting
was called and an attendance of
35 was registered. F/S B. Ken-
nedy was elected president with
F/O Holmes acting as vice-
president. Mrs. A. Ma on was
elected secretary with F/S Re-
fausse remaining in office as
treasurer. The club discussed
the problems of choosing teams
for scheduled games and it was
decided to have WO2 Bennett
act as team captain and set up
a ladder system for choosing
players. The benefit of this system
was shown when the, club played
the first scheduled game against
Clinton on Friday, Nov. 3. We
were the victors by a fair mar-
gin and this was achieved by
teeing which had not, in the most
cases, played together previously.
The present club has been
growing weekly and many prom-
ising players are showing up,
which prompts us to attempt
arranging inter -station tourna-
ments if other stations can be
interested. Many of our play-
ers, who have just started pley-
Ing, have expressed interest in
playing against clubs from towns
that are not strong enough to
enter the league.' This is being
looked into and some arrange-
ment may be made.
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A Smile for Today
You Can't Win
„The weary, luggage -laden hus-
band stared miserably down the
platform
departing
you hadn't taken so
getting ready," he sadly admon-
ished his wife, "we should have
caught it!"
But was the little woman in-
timidated? No, a• thousand times.
no!
"Yes," she replied, "end if yon.
hadn't hurried me so, we shouldn't
have so long to wait for the
next one!"
(By F/S Aubrey H. Haines)
Tothe resident of Adastral
Park who, perhaps through no
fault of his own, is the proud
possessor of a small AC -DC
radio set, affectionately known
es a "Nipper, the mere mention
of Amateur Radio activities will
bring forth the cry WHAT! MORE
INTERFEREN'CE!!
Be this as It may, the Radio
Amateur serves a very useful
purpose in his community. The
Manitoba Flood Emergency is
perhaps a recent typical example.
During this emergency the Clin-
ton Amateur Radio Club's Sta-
tion VE3 BER was at times the
only amateur outlet fox_ Menitoba
Emergency Communications over
amateur channels. The untiring
volunteer efforts of several of the
Club's staunchest supporters re-
sulted in the handling of over
150 disaster messages during the
first week of the emergency.
The simulated emergency ex-
ercise following closely on the
heels of Canada's worst flood
disaster received 'the full support
of the Club members and as a
result was a complete success.
Within four hours after arrival
on the emergency site near
}Tolmesville, five separate port-
able transmitter units and one
mobile unit were operational and
ready to handle emergency com-
munications. Sixty-seven test
disaster messages were trans-
mitted and received over the 24-
hour period, This effort was
highly commended by the Red
Cross and is demonstrative of, the
potential emergency equipment
and organization available at
short notice in the event of any
communication emergency in this
area.
Very shortly the Club expects
to move to its new location in
the building recently vacated by
W/C Burbank and placed at the
disposal of the Club by the Com-
manding Officer. This building
will provide ideal accommodation
for the Club.
WO2 R. L. Kirkby, tie name
is spelled with two "K's", is in-
vestigating all complaints of
broadcast interference in. Adast-
ral Park. Complaints of broad-
cast interference should be direct-
ed to the president of the Club,
F/S A. K. Haines.
The spring and summer of
1951, will again revive the out-
door spirit of the members of
the Club and plans are being
made for picnics, field days and
emergency tests.
For those of you who are not
members of this Great Frater-
nity, and who have not exper-
ienced the joys of Ham Radio,
bear with us this cold winter
season. Should you be annoyed
with that "ham" next door —
don't give up hope — Perhaps
he'll be posted!!
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RCAF PERSONALS
Were you in Toronto over the
weekend?
F/S and Mrs. Andy Foster and
family were there.
Sgt. and Mrs. Brill -Edward's
and children visited there also.
Mrs. Helena Bean, Mrs. H. Mills
and Janet, Mrs. C. A. Mason,
Heather and Yynn, motored down
for the Santa Claus parade.
We are sorry to hear that Bill
Refausse is ill. We hope he will
be up and around again soon.
Mrs. Dion Harris thanks Clin-
ton AFA.RS for their kindness in
passing messages to her husband,
F/O H. Harris, recently trans-
ferred to 428 (T) Squadron, Dor-
val, Que.
Welcome to Nursing Sister Kay
MacDonald, just arrived from
Fort Nelson, B.C. N/S MacDon-
ald will be in charge of the sick
quarters in Station Hospital.
F/L and Mrs. N. S. Greig have
returned from a short visit . in.
Ottawa: '
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