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CLINTON NEWS RISCORD
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"Au Revoir" To Four Stalwarts
($Y E%L I. 'T. Dalton, PRO)
THIS ISSUE finds us bidding farewell to four Clinton old-
• $imera who, on the urging of AFHQ, have taken up new duties
W/C; S. R. $UtREiANIi. 1VIDE
W/C Sherman R. Burbank, MEE, was born in 1907 in 'Winni-
,peg, Man. His earlier years were spent In various small towns
of Manitoba before moving to Vancouver., BC, when in third year
of high school. Here, formal academie pursuits were abandoned
-and wireless school was entered; After receiving his ticket, various
operating jobs were held, first for a seagoing towboat, then rum.-
runners,
um-runners, freigbters and coast stations:
"Burby(' joined forces with the RCAF in 1934, underwent
•conversion, training at Borden, then spent two years with •Customs
-Patrol on the East Coast. Back in Vancouver in 1937, Cpl. Bur
'frank was made an instructor with No. 11. Auxiliary Squadron.
In December 1939, F/S;Burbarik was "made senior NCO of Wire-
less School, Trenton, moving with it to Montreal in February 1940,
In May 1940, the service granted him a commission, and he served
in various jobs in Ottawa, Calgary and back to staff appointment
at Ottawa.
After two years' .staff duties, 'W/C Burbank went to War Staff
College, graduating in 1944, and returned to Ottawa. While in
• Ottawa in 1945, he represented. the Department of National De -
Fence in It%o de Janeiro at the third anter-Amerjcan Conference
'an Telecommunidations, In 1946, he was given a directorate in
the Air Member for Technical Services Division; then in 1947,
again represented the Department of National Defence at a World
"Conference of the International Telecommunications Union held
in Atlantic Clty.
While attending this conference, 'his transfer to Clinton was
'effected. W/C Burbank has made his mark here as the Chief
instructor of the Radar and Communications School
Considering 'the man, not for his noteworthy generalship of
R. and CS affairs of which all personnel are aware—we are inter-
vsted to discover that his chief interests in earlier years were row-
ing, sailing, swimming, and study of marine biology, while now
.his leisure time normally is employed in 'sketching. Any member
sof the Sketch Club, of which the W/C acted as president; will
readily vouch for his skill.
' In addition to steering numerous committees for any particular
occasion, W/C Burbank has had a keen interest in educational.
'[natters and acted as chairman of the School Board.
This man of many parts has the courage, among all us men,
'to intimate that 'his wife, the former Edith Hutt of Dartmouth, is
the head of the family, and that B111, 14, and Jimmy, seven, cast a
-heavy vote.
W/C Burnbank leaves Clinton, to fill the position of Director
at Telecommunications, Engineering, at AFi3Q, Ottawa, He will
'be replaced at R and CS, Clinton, by W/C B, G. Miller, CD, who
leaves Air Material Command, Ottawa.
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F/O JOHN G. MUNNOCH
Jack joined the RCAF in 1941, attended Wireless School in
"Montreal, and received bis "WAG" wing -a Jarvis in June 1942.
"He then served et Mallon, Dartmouth and Gander before proceed-
ing overseas where he spent 15 months with the Bison Squadron,
Eying as a member of Hablfax bomber crew on' operations.
The war over In Europe, F/0 Munnoch returned to Canada
-and civilian life. Jack then worked for three years with the
Abitibi Pulp and Paper Co., Smooth Rock Falls, es paymaster and
assistant accountant in the Woods Department, He enlisted in
the RCAF in June 1948, reporting to Centralia to be employed
on Radio Officer Training. In May 1949, he, along with other
members of Aircrew Radio Officer School, moved to Clinton to
carry on instructional duties. o.
Jack is married to the former Rita Marie "Pam" Landry,
Smooth Rock Falls, and they are proud parents of two girls—
. Jeannine, seven, Mary, one -and -a -half, and one son, George, three
months.
F/O Munnoch—"Mr. Detail", as he is affectionately called by
AROS colleagues, has been transferred to 426 (r) Squadron, Dorval,
Que., where he Is wished every success on his new appointment.
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PIO W. G. "JERRY" FULTON
Jerry Fulton, Guelph, joined the RCAF in July 1942, and after
initial training, served with 426 Thunderbird Squadron in England
at Linton -on -Ouse as a radar mechanic, He later attended No. 8
•.Radio School, Cranwell,
When discharged in' January 1946, it did not take long to
see the error the RCAF had made, and he re-enlisted in July
1946. Clinton was the lucky station to 'have this man potted to
its strength. Jerry received his commission here in June 1948
`which he contents was a most intelligent move on the part of
'the Service.
He is married to the former Marguerite Breese, Guelph, and
'they have two sons—Jerry, Jr., eight, and Richard, ten months.
F/O Fulton[ whose chief hobby is magic and has a desire
`to read and write humorous articles, has served the RCAF with
distinction and has made many friends at Clinton. He has ably
-directed, as Mayor of Adastral Park, and urges that the same
active support be given the succeeding Mayor, F/O J. M. Carpenter,
Our very beat wishes go with Jerry to his new job at Air
Material Gourmand,' Ottawa.
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WO1 JOHN GERRARD ULTICAN
Uiti, for "the ultimate" that is. was born In Moncton, NB, in
1919, and attended Moncton High School and fifst year electrical
'engineering at the University of New Brunswick before joining
'the RCAF in ,Tune 1937. He took a wireless course at Trenton,
'then served at No, 1 ITS, Toronto, 'B, and G. School, 14 Fighter
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Unfortunate Accident
At Sergeants' Party
F/S C. A. Mason was badly
burned about the face while en-
gaged in an "Off-with-the-old—
On-with-the-new"
Off-with-the-old-On-withthe-new" skit being pre-
sented in the Sergeants' Mess
New Year's Eve.
S/S Mason, taking the part of
Father Time, was about to take
off on a tour of the Mess pursued
by a cherub -like, diaper -wearing
F/S Jackson as ."1951" and en-
joying a last-minute icigareate,
when has beard ignited, In the
best "show -must -go -on" tradition,
the skit, was completed and very
few of the guests present were
aware of the unhappy incident,
After treatment by S/L:,N. Wade,
the Station Medical Officer, F/S
Mason end Mrs. Mason left the
party for home.
In a spirit of levity, an in
vestiture was' held in the Serg-
eant's Mess on New Year's Day
during the visit of the Officers,
at which F/S Mason was present-
ed with a decoration for "gal-
lantry above and beyond the nail
of duty" by the mess president.
A further, and less jolly, after-
math of the accident was the
cancellation of F/S Mason's trip
to New York on temporary duty,
his place being taken by F/S
Round of the Radar Section who
left the Station the afternoon of
January 1.
New Year's Dinner
Enjoyable Occasion
The NOW Year's dinner in the
Airmen's Mess proved to ,be as
enjoyable a get-together as RCAF
Ciinaon has seen in many years,
As usual preparations 'began at
10.30 In the 'Officers' Mess when
the Senior NCO's visited and were
entertained, Then the flight, over
100 strong, under command of
Nursing Sister Kay Mar.D.onald,
marching to bagpipe music sup-
plied by Hector Kingswell, Pipe -
Major of Bannockburn Pipe Band,
and with Sam Castleformer
SQMS of the Elgin Regiment, as
marker, proceeded to the Serg-
eant's Mess for a pause which
refreshed.
At one o'clock the complete'
party moved to the Airmen's
Mess for the main purpose of
the day, to serve the airmen,
F/S L. R. "Roily" Charbonneau
with his able assistants had the
tables beautifully prepared and e
delicious meal, turkey, of course,
arranged for serving. In short
order, ail, --approximately 400—
had eaten without anyone suf-
fering from spilled soup or gravy
spattering.
All good things corning to an
end with a fairly complete auto-
graphing of menus, personnel re-
tired to their various lounges
end messes where visiting civilian
and service guests were enter-
tained,
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RCAF SOCIAL NEWS
Christmas has come and gone,
The New Year has scanted on
its way but we are still trying to
catch up on our "Holiday News."
FIS J, Ogaton paid a flying
visit to )his parents in Candi,,
Man.
Miss Roberta Mackenzie spent
a few clays with her friend, Miss
Irene King; Goderioh,
Miss Janet Mills spent the
weekend with her friend, Miss
Linda Breckenridge, Goderich.
Mr. and Mrs, E. Cooke and
olaildren, Barrie, visited Sgt. and
Mrs, W. Mills over the New Year
weekend,
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Scribbles
and children, Clinton,: visited F/S
and Mrs: J. Ogsten and Judy
during the holiday, season.
S/L and Mrs, C. H, McVeigh
entertained at a cocktail party at
their home prior to the New
Year's dance in the Officers' Mess,
Personnel of the Radio War-
fare section enjoyed an' "at home"
evening with S/L and Mrs. C. 11.
McVeigh on Thursday, Dec, 28.
Mr. and Mrs, Harry Lynch and
daughter 'Shirley, Guelph, were
the guests of F/S and Mrs. A. K.
Haines during the holiday season.
Mr. and Mrs, A. W. Mason,
parents of F/S Charles Mason,
spent the Christmas holiday with
their son, his wife and children.
Cpl. and Mrs. G. Pratt had as
their guests over the New Year's
holiday, Miss Agnes Huston, To-
ronto, and Miss Nellie- Lees,
Kingston.
Sgt. and Mrs. W. Smith, Toron-
to Blvd., and children, celebrated
their Christmas at Midhurst with
Sgt. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. Smith.
Spending Christmas with Sgt.
and Mrs. W. Mills and daughters,
were Mr. and Mrs. William Ham-
mell and son Gary and Mrs. B.
Browning, Toronto.
Boxing Day, F/S and Mrs.
Charles Mason and daughters
motored to Toronto to spend e
few days with the latter's moth-
er, Mrs. D. Peterson,
WO2 and Mrs. F. McKellar,
Quebec Ave., had the letter's
mother, Mrs. H. Pearson and her
friend, Mr. C. Eaton, both of To-
ronto, visiting with them over
the holiday season.
After a Christmas " leave at
home, Sgt. George Mills has re-
turned to his Servlee. Police
duties here 'at Clinton. He re-
cently returned from a fem-
me/ash stay at Goose Bay, Lab-
rador.
'Round of Parties
During the holiday season, the
younger set celebrated with a
round of parties: Miss Marie Re-
fausse gave a lovely party, All
enjoyed themselves at Miss Pay
Foster's party. Fun was had by
all at Miss Judy Ogsten's party,
Congratulations!
Congratulations and best wishes
are extended to S/1: W, J.
C3IANGE OF CARRIER. tion
Bracken, unit Construe
-
CHANGE Engineering Officer, who re
Billy Burbank, our Clinton r ceived his promotion on the New
News-liecord distributor on • the ' Year list.
Station and Adastral Park, is
leaving for Ottawa, because of Successful Station Dance
his father's transfer and Gordon Many Station personnel, with
Chambers will be handling dis- their guests, welcomed in the
tributibn. Please give him your New Year at :the Recreation
cooperation. Thanks Bill, for a , Centre dancing to the music of
job well donel Kee and his orchestra. The
c vocal efforts of some amateur
PLEASE NOTE! entertainers, by kind permission
Note that this No. 1 issue oflof the orchestra leader, added to
Clinton News -Record for 1951 is the enjoyment of the evening.
No. 9 of "RCAF Station and
Adastral. Park News." Please
continue with your cooperation
and keep the supply of news and
reading material available so we
can always have something of airmen engaged in the transport -
interest for our readers, a ing of Christmas express parcels (44. to the RCAF Station, It was of ,.
Fractures Shoulder great assistance considering lim-
We are sorry to hear that Miss ited quarters and it is hope than
Jul
fractureianne Giles has had the mis- Station personnel also benefited,
_fortune to fracture her shoulder. Officers' Dance
We hope she will be out again The Naw Year was greeted
soon. The best wishes come from enthusiasticana with nolseiriak-
her friends.
Express Thanks
The Gardiners of the C.N. Ex-
press Co. thank W/C R. F. Mil-
ler, S/L A. H. Tinker and the
Senior NCOs' Wives
fold Box Lunch Social
(BY Mrs. Westwell, secretary)
The regular monthly meeting
of RCAF Senior NCO's' Wives
Club met in the Sergeants' Mess,
with a good attendance,
After • the business was attend-
ed- to, a very sueeessful: and en-
joyable evening was spent by the
members and junior NCO's wives
es guests, at a box lunch social,
Our lunch and novelties were
auctioned, the biding not exceed-
ing 50 ;cents, Mrs. Bean was the
auctioneer, and being a good
sport, caused lots of fun and
laughter, and making $16.60 for
the club. Mrs. MacLean donated
a small doll, dressed as a fairy,
which wars auctioned -for $1.50.
A basket filled with fruit, nuts,
candy, etc., was sent to the hos-
pital and one to the County Home
for Christmas.
The ladies are reminded for
the next meeting, Monday, Jan-
uary 11. A bingo is to be held,
open to all personnel on the sta-
tion. The admission for the bingo
is 25 cents eaeh. There will be
good prizes, so come and have a
good Eine. Bingo is to start at
8.30 p.m.
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es; horns and brightly colored
lists, by the Officers and their
wives, also several honorary
embers, at a formal dance In the
aDicers' Mess. Music for the
vening was supplied by Ted
eane and his orchestra. At mid-
night a buffet dinner was served
n the dining room.
Calling AR Girls!
The Brownie Pack will be
arting up again on January 5.
e
invite to this meeting a1,1
ris between the ,ages of eleven
nd sixteen, who are interested
forming a - Girl Guide Co.
lso any of the older girls who
ave had Guide training and
ould like "do lend a hand", will
e more than welcome. The meet -
n will be held at 6.45 in the
ale ode schoolroom.
Editor: NaJ. T. DALTON 1 �I
Station PRO (�
AROS Local 52 7
Telecorri Course,
Graduates p Diserse
•
Personnel of Teleeommunica
tion Officer Course No.'4 are now
reporting to their various post
drugs after the recent graduation
ceremony In Recreation Centre
RCAF Station, Clinton,
This Course had the .pleasure
of having Air Ootnrnodore W. W
Brown, CD., Chief Staff Officer,
Training Command, Trenton, as
reviewing officer. His excellent
address to the graduates contain-
ed -many well chosen words- of
advice and encouragement.
The successful graduates, who,
undoubtedly, have completed one
of the. Iargest and most intensive
RCAF courses given, are:
- st
graduate in engineering and bug,
ness University of ,Toronto, post-
- ed to RCAF Station, St, Hubert,
Que.-
F/O G. N. Patterson, DFM, first
Canadian awarded DFM in World
War II, graduate in engineering,
. physics, University of Saskatche-
wan, posted to 412 Squadron,
RCAF Station,-Boekeiiffe; FIC)
W. J. P. Robertson, Winnipeg,
Man., Bachelor of Science, Uni-
versity of Manitoba, posted to Air
Material Command, Ottawa; FIO
E. W. Ryan, Kitchener, graduate
in mathematics, University of
Western Ontario,' posted to RCAF
Station, Whitehorse;
F/O R. R. Sly, graduate of
Radio Physics, University of
Western Ontario, remaining .at
RCAF Station, Clinton; 'F/O T.
E. Stewart, Roland, Man., Bath -
(dor of ' Sciences University of
Manitoba, posted to AFHQ, Ot-
tawa.
Following the` march past and,
dismissal of the parade, the grad-
uates with wives and invited
guests, gathered in the Officers'
','/Less to attend a cocktail party
honouring the occasion,
FLASH!! FLASH!!
Of necessity, the position
of Mayor of Adastral Park
became vacant on the transfer
of R/O W. G. Fulton. Al -
.though a shock to lose this
able administrator, we may
bear up because the cheering
news that F/O J. M. Carpen-
ter is the new Mayor, has
just been announced. Next
week, His Worship the Meant
speaks.
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Airmen's Wives
The next meeting of the Air-
men's Wives' Club will be held
at Roundel Terrace on Tuesday,
January 9, at 8 p.m.
let, with Distinguished Pass—
RIO E. A. MaeNair, Jacquet
River, N.B., electrical engineer,
University of Manitoba, .posted to
RCAF Station, Trenton; 2ncl, with
Distinguished Pass—F/O C. E.
Holtby, Saskatoon, Sask,, elect-
rical enginleer, University of Sas-
katchewan, posted to RCAF Ste-
tion„St. Hubert, Que.; 3rd with
Distinguished Pass—F/O J. R.
Austin,, Merriton, mechanical en-
gineer, University of Toronto,
posted to RCAF Station, Gimll,
Man,
Other members: F/O D. B,
Downing, electrical engineer,
University of New Brunswick,
posted to 'RCAF Station, Rock-
cliffe, Ont.; F/O M. W. Garnett,
(Distinguished Pass), Fielding,
Sask., electrical engineer, Univer-
sity of Saskatchewan, posted to
Air Material Command, Ottawa;
F/O J, A. Glover, AFM, Winona,
Out., electrical engineer, Univer-
sity of Toronto, posted to RCAF
Station, Winnipeg; F/O D. E.
Haines, chemical engineer, Acad-
ia University, posted RCAF Sta-
tion, Trenton; RIO W. H. Holmes
electrical engineer, University of
Alberta, posted to 9420 Unit, Lon-
don; F/O G. A. Jones, Toronto,
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