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Glen McMichael, president of the Bluewater Radiolub, that now boasts a membership of 45 ham operators in the
works from an amateur station in his home. The Bluewater area. (staff photo)
club is attempting to attract radio enthusiasts to the club
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Amateur communication • over a smaller coverage area two day period in -conjunction quite. basic. Not that .the
has become an extremely much similar , to local with the Jubilee 3 operation is childs play but .Be -aver which are
popular hobby with the' ad- television reception. The celebrations. The club has there is a five year old boy in•, .a:. •war, :rruniformso cub hriifor e
vent .of. 'CB `radios - and the older members' of" the.' club been granted the special call the United States - who . -- bu
Goderich area also boasts an have their voice license and sign VE 3 JUB for use by club recently received' histare blue. The investiture of the
Glen ex s license members. amateur radio license.
rising in popularity.
p ,, f leaders was kicked off byv the
amateur radio club, that is ects toet hib
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within the next year. Recently amateur radio "I was really nervous when Beaver ceremony practiced
• But amateur radio has.also has become a hobby f 11 I t formy test." Glen
129 YEAR -50
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1976
.SECON, SECTION
Beavers enjoy
instant success
Two colonies of Beavers
Witnessed the investiture of
their leaders in a special
ceremony recently at
1Vortlt Street United Church.
The leaders, 1fi in all,.
repeated , the . Beaver oath
with one hand on the flag and
were giver, their ' special
Beaver-neckerchieand slide
marking their achieyement.
The Beavers area group of
boys aged five through seven -
that want to get involved in
the Boy Scout movement in
Canada hut are too young.
The pre cub organization is.
new' to Goderich and has
enjoyed an almost instant
success.
There are four colonies. or
groups of _Beavers here' ac-
commodating a membership
of 95. The numbers give
Goderich the distinction of
having the largest group of
Beavers, in southwestern
Ontario, •
The Beaver program began
in Winnipeg in 1971 when a
group of parents es"tabiished
an organization for boys. too
young foralmost -every group
going. The parentswere
'concerned -about the. lack of
-creative activity activity for the
youngsters and put together
the Beavers which the Boy
Scout movement sponsored.
The theme is '`Sharing •
Sharing" and the en-
•vironment is designed to.
acquaint the youngsters with '
group activities, games and
projects. They are outfitted in •
The Bluewater' Radio Club
was organized. in Clinton • proved to be invaluable in ages as indicated by the, club admitted Thts lust proves g gather in
several--yeaze ago -arid has certain emergency situations membership" and Glen that it isn't that difficult.". meetings. The boys
and in that respect.trap- repdrted that-WilfRetnhart of And you never really knew
a circle around : a log and a
been operating out oafP stuffed beaver- and repeat the
Goderich for: the past seven scends the' hobby ideal. Each Goderich has been in contact who or what country you Beaver motto. The log isears The club's mem- summer the -club conducts an with 100 different countries might happen to contact on basically a colony bank and
bership has been increasing g fromtheand Glen recalled
field that as he made his
o y. for wen at• . the outset of their
y eater ency test field day to while recouperating waves
which an emergency , each meeting is started with a
of late and figures have now gillness at his home. roll when the boys an- •
risen to , an active mem station is set up and .contacts The operation , or the radio first contact after receivinglcall their name by getting
'bership of 45 that includes are made.. equipment really •only his license he stumbled onto a swerup and placingra auarter in
radio enthusiasts in Next summer the . club requires a basic electronic gentleman in Florida who at the log and patting the
.,Michigan,: Kansas,_Kingston . plans• to set` up a special interest and Glen insists thato
- one time sailed in Goderich Beaver. nmoney is used
and several' centres in and , demonstration centre for a the morse code system is also harbor, for Beaver The ets.
around Huron County. '
Club president Glen
McMichael, • claimed - that
interest in amateur radio is
surfacing, in the area and
lauded the efforts of the local
club in aiding beginners w t
A
ceremony
important
their pare
the
y. very
ed to .
their
aver's h
youngster
d three
ally
saying "I
second
his
shattered
discovered
get
mother.
immediately
looking
gel his
unfortunately
change
youngster
band
Beaver The cer was,
especially i t •to the
boys since Parents were
there witnessingevent. At
roll call the sharply
arose, walk the
deposited, quarter and
patted the be ead.
One your had his
name caile a times
before he fin replied to the
paging don't got_
nothing". Aboy, .bent
on proving. merit as a
beaver, was when
he he had
forgotten to his quarter
from his He arose
and imm y began
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crying and for his'
mother to money.
Mom unfor y did not
have any and couldn't
satisfy the but a
friendly ha held out to
him 'with•.a quarter in it for •
him toputin the log
True. Be spirit 'of
sharing prevailed.
LPH gets winqhamto-operation
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equipment and techniques. - In spite of . inclement
The club, meets monthly" in weather, 15 ALPHA members`
Carlow to exchange ideas and ' gathered at the home of Mary
help beginners with their Scott in Wingham on Tuesday
training procedures. - evening November 23.
There are approximately ' Mary Scott reported she
"I5,000 amateurs in Canada had -• received unofficialthe
and over a quarter million in confirmation that
' .'d---States.—Glen ex_ Wingham arena will be ac-
plained that the cost was not ' cessible to wheelchair
necessarily a discouraging spectators. A 'ramp will lead
factor
in the hobby. Many 'ham'. • -
operators buy • military
surplus . equipment while
energetic operators can build
radios from kits or tran-
smitters from used television,
parts.
An operator can usually put
a ham station on the air. for
. the price of a CB unit but each
operator , must ' pass a
government. theory test,
-Tests are 'conducted by . ap-
pointment- at the Department
of Communications in London
and operators licenses are
• issued . by the same,. depart-
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The first license issued'4 y -`
the department qualifies an
operator to use the airwaves
on a rrtorse code systefi , and
the operator must acquire a'-
Speed of 10 -words per minute.
The .range is far greater with
the code transmitter and Glen
claims it has its advantages.
"Most operators start on
the code system . and the
• range"is much broader," he
said, "The use of morse code
becomes. quite handy when
conversing with operators of
foreign countries" where
language might be'a problem
and also in„ certain . rescue
operations.'`
Most members of the club
have car units and . short
range "VHF units in their
home. The VHF carries voice
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protected by plexiglas, and a
washroom will be made large
enough to accommodate
wheelchairs. She promised to
continue her efforts to obtain
an official statement.
Elaine Townshend in
inthe group of donations
received from -the Exeter and
Centralia U
Cox was named Secretary -
or in becoming. involved to a heated viewing area
The . minutes of the
executive ' and general
meetings of the United
Handicapped Groups , of
Ontario, held in Oshawa,
were studied: A motion was
passed to acquire -a •copy of
the "Declaration on the
Rights of the Disabled"
passe. y ' e
February 1976.
- Mary Howell submitted a
newspaper clipping citing the
success- of the "traffic hell' in
-Hamilton. The bell is syn-
«chrcinized with the walk
signal. of the traffic light near
the CNIB headquarters.
Bert Sootheran announced.
the availibility of films loaned
by the CNIB, and also
trtentioned the possibility of
having Mr., W. Kennedy,
'District Administrator lof
CNIB, as a guest speaker. at a
future meeting.
It was decided to plan a
special. meeting for the sprung
in which Mr. Kennedy's at-
tendance might coincide with
a film.
A`guest at the meeting was
CKNX '"Radio and TV . per-
sonality, Jim Swan, who
advised "setting goals is
essential for any group." He
urged ALPHA to continue
pursuing its goals. On behalf
of all the members, Elaine
Townshend thanked him for
his interest and support.
Lune~h was served by.
Shirley Sallows, assisted by
Bessie Townshend and Lloyd
Scott. Mary and Lloyd 'were
thanked for opening theseasonir
home to the group.
Becauso of the busy ,
the December .meeting was
cancelled. The next meeting
was scheduled for Tuesday,.
January 25 at 8 p.m. in the
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Holmesvilie School: An in-
reasurer. .
Miss Annie Love McConnell could be. the oldest living
nurse in Canada at the age of 100. Miss McConnell
celebrated her birthday. November. 15 at the Extendicare
Nursing Home in London. Miss McConnell was a
member of the graduating class of the St. Catherines.
School of Nursing, receiving her diploma in 1903. Most of
Miss Loves childhood was spent in VW{rna where her
father, Reverend James McConnell was minister ofthe
Presbyterian Chureh.
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vitation to , the public w
again • be extended through
the media.
Anyone wanting in-
formation about ..VLPHA
Huron may contact
following: in Clintc,n, Elaine
Townshend' at 48:'• 3073: • in
Goderich, 'Mary Howell at
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Ralph Watson at 887-6236;
and in Exeter, •Margare.t
Small at 235-2418.
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This youngster went to the .special BBeaver investiture to
watch his mother .take the oath of leadership and to
watch his brother take part in a\ Beaver-�meeting. Thea.
youngster couldn't wait until he`$s. 614 -enough to join
Beavers and wandered into the'circle to check' out the
Beaver himself. (staff -photo) -
At the outset of each Beaver meeting the youngsters answer roll call by going to ., a centre
of the circle of. Beavers and placing a -quarter in a log bank and patting a --stuff : d Beaver
rep Ica. e mone 'gathered during the •ceremony is used. for spec al Beave -
(staff -photo)
The Goderich:: Beavers witnessed the investiture of 16, of
their "leaders- ina special ceremony recently when 'the
adults took The Boy Scout oath and were given their Official
Beaver neckerchief. The leaders were✓swotat in by assistant
district commissioner Walter Thomas at the ceremony.
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Here six leaders, horn left Susan Scott, Kay Ring, Randy
Smith, -Dennis Forbes, Ross Hallam and Paul Suplet, piaee
their hand on the Scout Flag and repeat the, oath. ,(staff. •
photo)
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