RCAF Gander Base - Jun 1944

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May - June - 1944


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Published tbrougb the kind permission of the Commanding Officer G!C H. B. Godwin, in the Interest of station personnel

THE STAFF

W.D. Editor .

....F/0 Hy SteirmanLAC H. W. Huehnergard'.. . Cpl. Joan Hall.........F/S "Hap" Day

...............LA W Sue Jacobs

Editor-in-ChiefEditorBusiness ManagerPhotographer ....Sports Editor.... . LAC "Irv" BennettAssociate Editors LAW Grace Babbitt

Sgt. I.W.M. Dunaway. LAW "Ev" RobertsEntertainment . " Eugene Hill YMCAArtists. . LAC Mcl.ellan, LAG Dunn W. F.

ASSOCIATESKen Genge YMCA, Sgt. Laureston, Cpl. Hastings W. P.LAW Marge Carruthers, Sgt. Billings.


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EDITOR'S NOTES DEAR AND FAITHFUL READERS:

This epic is being written under a shower oftears from the Blue Room. As this waterproofpaper sheds the drops from my red-rimmed eyesI feel that I must have all your shoulders to cryon, soplease bear with me and, "Lend me thineear. In this day and age of rationing, we tightenour belts when they cut a swathe in the butterplate, dis-satisfy that sweet tooth with less sugarand give us no T-Bone whatchamacallsit, Butwhen the Gander staff is cut in half due to post-ings, I must pull out that large hanky and bawl,It it with an aching heart that the stationbids adieu to those die-hard journalists and art-ists who spent many a late gaumless eveningputting the magazine to bed. Best wishes andcongratulations go to LAW Eleanore Martin, for-mer WD Editor and feature writer on this, humble'paper. Eleanore is slated for an Officers TrainingCourse as a Public Relations Officer.While we were pining for Elly, (literally),F/0 Mac Maclean, our Make-up Editor and Art-ist par-eccellance buzzed off. Next came old re-liable AC1 Pat Paterson our Feature editor,which left us minus another topnotch writer andeditor,Congenial LAC Ron Rewbury, ace reporter,not only for the "Gander" but also for our BigBrother "Wings" departed for bigger and betterthings (we hopej-i-and now works for "The Logof the KC.A.F."As we do nothing in a small way, our SportsEditor Sgt. Joel Sourkes found himself posted toMontreal. Adding more grief to my misery, Sgt.Van Del' Vliet got herself a jammy posting over-seas and we think just in time for the invasion(the lucky gal). AWl Tetrault one of our stafftypists thought it was time for her to leave forparts unknown.. Topping it all off our Cpl. Jean Simmondsscrams away on course, and Grace Babbitt, an-other feature writer goes on leave... Now theywonder why my hair is grey and WHY all youreaders pay 15 cents for this magazine to readmy tearjerker.

Another problem arises, when people decideto write the editor and ask why this paper is pub-lished every two months instead of monthly.The upheaval in staff is the main reasonthis issue, but our great difficulty is, that ourpaper is printed in Canada and the transportationof the finished product to our station presents aheadache. Then there is the matter of dashingoff to the mainland to read proofs and set up the

paper before the actual printing. Hence we strivefor quality even though we don't come out as of,ten as other station papers, and from all reportswe definitely have something to be proud of.

This issue finds us with a new Sports Editor,LAC "Irv." Bennett and a new W.D. Editor, LAWSue Jacobs. Two new writers who proved theirworth, Sgt. LW.M. Dunaway and LAW HEv"Roberts, were made Associate Editors.With the exception of the portraits of LAWSunny Wallace and Gypsy Rose Lee (two pin-upsthis issue) all the photographs were taken byour staff photographer, Hap Day, .. '. and what anexcellent job he did.

The Slipstream staff have taken, up shootingas a pastime, and in future will be seen sportin'shootin' irons. Itis hoped that this latest meth-od of persuasion will pep up the various sectionson the station who are always late with theircontributions to Slipstream. We advise all sec-tion representatives to play the situation sortacagey, and keep from being heckled by their fel-low workmen. SO in future observe DEADLINE. .. or thou wilst forever eat thy meals in an up-right position.EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Posing for our cover is veteran pilot, F/L. "Bill" Taylor,who has over 2,000hours to his credit. "Bill" Is seenhere peeking out or-the starboard wind..wof the Libera-tor which he captains on North Atlantic patrol.


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2 THE GANDER, MAY-JUNE, 1944

MEET THE C. O .In this issue we formally greet our newCommanding Officer, Group Captain HaroldBrandon Godwin, who came to this station fromOttawa. where he held the position of Directorof Signals.For a young man of 37 his airforce careerhas' been long and varied;-16 of those 37 yearshaving been spent in the KC.A.F. Enlisting inCamp Borden, August 6, 1928, four years afterthe formation of the KC.A.F., he trained' as apilot and earned his wings. Later, he got the

gen on seaplanes at Vancouver, this was thefirst of many subsequent moves. "I've 'been in theAirforce so long and' moved around so much,"the C.O. commented, "I can't call any place ahome town."From Vancouver, G/C Godwin went to Ot-tawa as test pilot in the Test and DevelopmentSection. Next, he found himself in New Bruns-wick in Photography; then, back in Camp Bordenwith a Service Squadron, subsequently transfer-ring to an Army Co-Operation Unit.Putting to use a Bachelor of Science degree,(Electrical Engineering), obtained while at Mc-

by LAC H . HUEHNERGARDGill University. he started the first R.C.A.F.Radio Training School at Camp Borden and thenmoved it to Trenton. From here it was back toOttawa, this time as Director of Signals; thenagain to Trenton as, Officer Commanding theWireless School. The next stop was Montreal asChief Instructor for No.1 Wireless School. G. -c ,Godwin was Chief Signals Officer for No.3 Train-ing Command and later No.2 Training Command.He, then, became Commanding Officer of No. 3Wireless School at Winnipeg. In Sept., 1943 hebecame Director of Signals at Ottawa.More recently the C.O has represented Can-ada at an overseas conference but refused anyfurther comment other than that it was a "flying"conference. Also to his credit is an overseas in-spectorial tour on radar and communication in-stallations.

The Group Captain was 'born in Westmount,Quebec, April 24, 1907. He is married and hiswife and two children, a daughter of four and ason of two, reside in Belleville. Ontario. His twobrothers are also serving the colors, one in theNavy and the other in the R.C.A.F.


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THE GANDER, MAY-JUNE, 1944

INVESTITUREBy LAW "Ev" Roberts

Planes overhead soared through almost cloudless skieson Friday afternoon, May 26, when an Investiture Paradewasheld. Officiatingat the ceremony was Air ViceMarshalG. 0 Johnson, O.B.E. with G/C Godwin,Commanding Offi-cer, FIL Digby,Wing Adjutant, and W02 Cullumas WingWarrant Officer. .Shortly before 2.00 p.m. the impressive parade underthe squadron commanders WIC MeGill, WIC Wigle, SILVineberg and SIL Johnstone, formed in a long column ofroute.. With our excellent Station Band in attendance, thesquadrons marched smartly to their allotted positions onone of the runways which served as a parade square. Justat this point, "Friar" a wire-haired Terrier, one of theStation's canine pets, took up his stand near F/1, Digby,and viewedthe whole scene with evident satisfaction. Fromthe tips of his perky ears to his stubby tail he stood atattention while -G/C Godwin marched onto the ParadeSquare. Then with an "I'm no longer needed here" air, hemarched off to a vantage point at the side where men ofthe Photographic Section had placed their cameras. Somefolk's say "Friar" gave the C.O.a smart salute beforemaking his departure to the sidelines.Promptly at two o'clockAir ViceMarshal G. O. John,sonO.B.E.,Air OfficerCommanding-in-Chiefof Eastern AirCommandmade his appearance.S/L A. A. T. Imrie and F/O C. O. Godfrey were eachto have 'beenawarded the D.F.C. and FIL A.M.James, theA. F. C. Operational duties, however, prevented their beingpresent to receive their decorations.The parade was tense with admiration as Sgt. G. F. W.Lyons was called forward and the GeorgeMedalwas pinnedon his breast. 'WIC Wigle read the citation in a loud clear voice andall present were pleased to hear the well-merited word'Sofpraise spoken of Sgt. Lyons for his courage and untiringefforts at the time of the fire in the Service Club at St.John's.Sgt. C. E. Giorgianni was then calledforward to receivethe British. Empire Medal. This award was made for hiscourage 'and presence of mind shown during a fire in Bot-wood. Sgt. Giorgianni's efforts at that time saved bothlives and property.

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Above: A. V.M. Johnson pins G.M. on Sgt.Lvonds. Below: Congratulates Sgt. Geor-glanni B.E.M.


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(Editor's Note: Anyone interested in his orher future should make it a "must" 10 see F/L J. T.O'Gormand and F/O C. w. P. Crookshank. Theseofficers are the Personnel Counsellors for this stationand are situated in the drill hall.)

To you, the personnel of Gander, may ~e the Pe:-sonnel Counsellors say "Howdy" and herewith explainour presence.

Sever'ad months ago, 'March 2nd to be exact, AirMinister Power introduced a programme of RoC.A.F.Personnel Counselling in the House of Commons. Latera qualification of this statement said, "The Counsellorattached: to every Unit will kee.p the airmen or air-women whether at home or a'br-oad.in "direct contactwith employment conditions and .prospects in Canada"so that members of the Service "can make practicalpreparation for the future."

As a result of this. programme we are now stationedhere as your Personnel Counsellors.

In the R.C.A.F. today, there are many thousandsof young men and women who have had no civilianexperience in the world of work. Others, who areworking in entirely different fields in the IService andare not desirous of returning to their former occupa-tions. Then again some personnel lack educational orbusiness Ibacklground demanded by civilian employers.The importance of being prepared. will !be realized byall and the object of this programme is to assist Ser-vice personnel to prepare for their return to civil life.

As Personnel Counselltng is a voluntary propostion,

THE GANDER, MAY-JUNE, 1944it is first necessary that an applicant .present himselfto the Counsellor for an informal interview. Theprogramme Is designed to help them choose a careerfor which they are best suited and! to advise them inselecting a suitable course of training in their chosenfield. It is not a mass production proposition. Individ-ual counselling is the prime factor on which this workis based. In most cases a series of interviews will benecessary before a definite decision can be reached.

The Dominion Govt. has already issued details ofbenefits available to all Service men and women upontheir discharge. At present these benefits cover widefields and will he of particular interest to those individ-uals who wish to continue their education or any typeof vocational training, as well as those interested in theVeterans Land Act which provides for fuld-timo farm-ing, small holdings 'On a limited acreage (located nearplace of emtploymentlor commercial fishing. De-tails of these and any future benefits provided by theDam. Govt. will be available to all personnel at theCounsellors' office.

In closing may we take this opportunity 'Ofextend-ing a cordial invitation for you to drop in and visit usat the Personnel Counsellors' office located in the DrillHall.

JUNE ~ 1944I only saw him twice. Still I recallboth times quite clearly. Once, in twenty nine,one of those dirty days in early fallI watched, at recess hour, some 'boys designan intricate contrivance out of wood,paper, paste, rubber bands, and bits of twine.And, while the other lads soon tired of it-finding the task they'd set beyond: the scopeof their young, awkward hands-he would not quit."Look, fellahs, this should work-I thin'k-I hope!"

The second: time-the time he won the race-I stood quite near the goal. So, when he brokethe final tape with sure, unfaltering pace,I heard him cheer the others on and jokeabout his victory-until a soundcaught every lad's attention. No one spoke.Aircraft-to our small town-e-wer-s still strange things.They watched its course across the summer sky.His race forgotten, while his mind Igrew wlngs=-"Some day," he said, "some day I'm going to fly."

Now the invasion launched-bold headlines spreadthe long-awaited story of the Breach-c-of air armadas thundering overheadwhi1e sweaty men gain foothold on the beach.He will not know that story's end, for hedied at Dierppe-winning our victory.

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By L.A.W. Isabel BrownleeWhen we first came to this station and heard such

remarks as' "The show is on Roosevelt Street", "TheJ.ones' have a place to Iive on Chestnut St.", or "youwalk down Foss Ave. and turn to your right on ResideSt.", our laws dropped visibly. Itsmacked, of civiliza-tion!FUrthermore, our Air Force address had alwaysbeen a barrack block: number, not a street name. Sowe took a stroll: or more properly named, a huge hike,around the station and read ssgns saying, "Jewett St.","Hayden Ave.", John's St." Itwas amusing to noticethat Roosevelt St. joined Wilkie St. with no signs ofupheaval of the pavement and we still think that thesign by the 'Post Office should read, "Stop Through Run-way". Brut what was the, story Ibehind the names of thestreets? They were obviously not of the King St.,Queen st. calibre.

We went for information to the man who r-eallyknows the facts, for Mr. K. R. Chestnut, Chief Engineeron our station, planned almost every water line, hangar,and barrack on the entire station. Itwas he who namedthe streets'.

He told us how Gander was chosen in 1'936,as theIandbasefor the planes of the Imperial Airways whichwere already using Botwood for their sea-planes. Mr.Ohestnut arrived on the scene in 1938 as assistant en-gineer to Mr. F. C. Jewett. The station was indeed atiny pin-point in the midst of the wilderness--a fewbuildings clustered around what is now known as' the"old" control tower. Mr. Jewett named the first streetafter his assistant, who retaliated .hy naming Jewett St.It was on Chestnut St. where the residential section wasbuilt up for personnel from Botwood. At that time thewoods came right up to their back doors. The name ofthe operations officer in charge of the station was usedfor Pattison St. The story behind McClure St. is' ratherinteresting. It was first named Queen St. for lackof semething better but SoiL Pattison received a letter

5from the instigator of the Gander scheme, Mr. iMcClureof the British Air Ministry, asking if there was someway in which his interest in the station could be shown.S/L. Pattison obliged iby changing Queen St. to McClure.The names: of the second and third C. O.'s of the sta-tion will always !be remembered in Gander -by GuthrieSt. and Foss Ave. Memibers of the Newfoundland Gov-ernment have also been remembered---Sir WilfredWOOds,a Commissioner of the Nfld, Govt., and Sir Hum-phry Walwyn.

There are such obvious names as:Circular Rd., RadioRange Rd., and Well Rd.

So that is the story behind one more unique fea-ture of thiS! amazing station. If you could think of avery good reason perhaps your name, also, could marka spot in Newfoundland for all time. Personally, OUTambition is to move from Foss Ave. in the not to.far dis-tant future.

TH E CAT SQUADRON the 2ndCalling all cats! Calling all cats! Twice the call wentout over V. O. R. G. for the cats D f the station to vol-unteer their services in a noble cause. The rat situationin the warehouses was getting outof control and trapswere useless algainst the big, wily, Newfy variety ofrats. However the cats of the station were unpatrioticand not one offered her services. (Females were pre-ferred as they are supposed to be the best hunters--they always get their rat.)

Since the situation was desperate the search waswidened, and fourteen cats of all sizes, shapes andvarieties were found. Like the pigs for our famousPigg ery, they were flowm in. .They didn't exactly enjoythe trip, in fact several were airsick, but all arrivedsafe and sound. When the cats arrived, the Equip-ment Section turned them hastily over to . the ServiceCorps, ~ho were very ,pleased to. receive them.They found! that some of the cats were as wildas small tigers and could hold their own in any fight.One old tom has been seen stalking around that looksas if he had survived many a battle royal. There werealso a few house pets amongst them. In fad one ofthem insists upon jumping up on anyone and, every-one within reach--could! this be a result" of its "flip"?Another has already been adopted. If anyone else islooking for a kitten to adopt, please contact the Ser-vice Corps in a few weeks, there will be a good supplyby that time.

The cats have done their duty nobly, and the ratsituation in the warehouses of the station is now wellin hand. No longer can we sing "There are rats rats,big as alley cats, 1nthe Quartermaster's Store", w~ no';have the cats themselves.


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BASKETBALL CHAMPS ,., I"Dumbo" Squadron captained by

Barney Maher won the station bas-ketball title beating the "Cat" en-try in the semi-finals to advanceinto the finals against the LaundryFive. In the opening game of theseries, "Dumbo" team outfought theLaundry in a closely contested af-fair to take the opener. Suddenpostings and leaves left the Laun-dry Quintet unable to field a teamand as a result had to default theremaining games.Barney Maher's aggressive spirit

plus his height played a big part inthe team's success, his scoring eyeplaced him amongst the Loop's topscorers. Bob Farrell played a greatgame at centre, his spot shots madehim dangerous from the fifteen footarea. "Newfy" Teetzel, hot shotfrom the West, finished the seasonwith a ten point average per game.

The real spark plug of the team wasAl Lewis, smallest man of the Squad,who cut his opponents down to hissize. His never-say-die attitude wasone of the reasons for the team'swinning the championship.Alfie Scoop, player-manager, kept

the 'boys happy with his gags andalso played a fine game at the guardposition. "Touly" Thulin, late com-er to the squad, showed up well inall his games. George Weaver camethroughconstantly in the pinches towin some tight contests. "Irv" Mak-Ian, helped prove the assertion thata team is as good as its substitutes.Bill Mogford, tallest man in theleague and one 'Of the best naturedchaps, was a real asset to the team.Last but not least there was "Speed"Reid, coach and team's staunchestrooter who helped the boys alongat all times. . . ... I.B.

After outfighting the Laundry team these men shown above copped the stationbasketball championship. From left to right standing are: Reid, Maher, Scopp,Thulin, Weber and Easterbrook. Seated are Mogford, Teetzel, Lewis andFarrell.

"IN THE BATTER'S BOX"By L.A.C. "Irv" Bennett.

"Batter up!" yells the umpire, andanother game is about to begin.Baseball is now in full progresswith more than twenty teams com-peting in the station league. RudyEnns, our P.T.1. Cpl., has drawn upa schedule which calls for double-headers to be played three nights aweek. With a competent staff ofumpires at his disposal, the gamesare handled in big league style.More than three hundred players

are participating in the softball lea-gue and managers, also coaches, arespending sleepless nights figuringout winning combinations, alongwith all kinds 'Of strategy. Earlyseason games showed some real bat-ting punch displayed by the teamsin general but when the warm wea-ther sets in, the pitchers should findthe going easier.In the International Hardlball

League, the RC.A.F. have enteredtwo teams. The A's are handled bySgt. Brownell and B's in charge ofE,gt. Henderson. From the mater-ial attending the practices, the boysshould give a good account of them-selves against the lads from acrossthe way.It is expected that a station soft-

tall team will be or-ganized whichwill visit the neighbouring commun-ities playing exhibition games Or inthe various tournaments that areusually run in these towns.


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B all and Chain Dept.Among other Gander W. D.'s who were married

recently; are:L.A.W. Flora :9aJbington,who married ,F/S. Madden,and was' posted to Summerside where her husband is

stationed.L.A.W. Mary Elstad, while on leave, married a

former Ganderite=-Cpl. "Ernie" Suffesick; who is nowstationed at Trenton.

L.A.W. Alice "Brownie" Brown was married inOttawa on June 10 to Lt, 'Roger Lord, R.C.A.S.C. Heexpects togo overseas in the near future.


rentTHISA AND THATA

Four postirigs overseas occurred among the W.D.'srecently. L.A.W. Betty "Scotty" Smith, the girl withthe accent you could cut with even a mess-hall knife,was posted to England, where she wibl rejoin her familyafter six years in Canada. Sgt. A.C. "Van" Van der Vlietformer circulation manager for the Gander was alsoposted to England. '

Another change in the Editorship of the FeminineFront: L.A.W. Eleanore Martin was posted' to A.F.H.Q.where she wlil take up public relations duties. Reports

;.,from her indicate that we'd better appreciate Ganderwhile we can, although she enjoys her new work. InOttawa, she writes, you send an inter-office memo to thegirl across the hall. You'd probably trip over the. redtape if you just walked.

Cpl. Flo. and Sgt. Bart Sissons, and L.A.W. "Dyki"andiW02 Harry Kostiuk, are setting up housekeeping- inthe suburbs, on the outskirts of town.

The advent of warm and sunny weather, (inter-spersed with a few light Newfoundland blizzards) hasbrought a new sport to light-the roofs and back yards.of the W. D. barracks are now crowded on favourableafternoons by girls in a condition rivaling that of the'ecdysiast (there's a dictionary in the library) .

Two experts on the art of "What to do with yourspare time in Gander" have been on our station recently:Sgt. Ruth M. Dingle, and Miss Billie Baird of the Canad-ian R.,edCross.

On June 21st, at 8:00 p.m., in the chapel L.A.W.Elsie S. :e,iggs, of Whiterock, B. C. to Cpl. NormanPickles, Moncton. They were married by FIlL Jones, inuniform. Bridesmaid, Cpl..'Ruby Hamilton, best man,L.A.C. Frank Moon. (Reception after the ceremony 'inthe W.D. lounge). Sgt. Dingle, of Calgary, Montreal, New York, London,

IL.A.iW.Siheilagh Gilmour _was married recently Munich, and points East And West, has had a career asto Captain John Stene, St. Olav's Medal and D.F.C. varied and interesting, both in the service and out of itRoyal Norwegian AitForce. He returned to Canada as you can imagine. After an education which ineludedafter a tour o .f "cps" overseas, and: expects to be back the Royal Institute of Dramatic Art in London, st;c:iles inin England 'shortly. Mrs. Stene, needless to say, hopes art, drama, and design in Munich, the Ecole de Beauxto join the tanks. of the lucky and get a posting overseas. Arts III Montreal, and experience in designing for boththe C.N.R. ad the C.P.R., .she joined the Air Force in 1942

SOME OF THE W.D.'s CAUGHT NAPPING as a Geperal Duties airwoman.After some months doing eypher andoperations work in 'I'orbay, .shefound herself in Halifax, where the

. .powera that be finally "decidedI could do what I said I could do".The result of this was that she has-designed and interior decoratedjust about every mess, snack bar,lounge, and canteen in Eastern AirCommand. People who know her'work can trace her progress throughEAsCby the curtains and chairs in.sald c~nteens and lounges. An ex-pert could track her to her latestaccomplishment, the newly d~pr-ated. Senior N.C.O.'s Mess in Gan-der, which had a very successfuldebut at the recent Sergeants'dance.

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GANDER WOMAN'S DIVISION WINSBASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ... BY LAW SUE JACOBSFor a week 'before .the date of Friday, April 1st,visitors to the Drill Hall were struck by a new scenein the centre of the gym. Instead of the usual game offloor hookey or men's ibasketball, the Hall was occupiedlby many panting W.D.'s, 'persistently shooting ballsat the baskets from all angles, and playing a basket-'ball version of "Ring-Around-a-Rosy". On enquiring ofthe meaning of this new activity, the observer wouldbe told: "There is a' team of W.D.'s from a neighboringstate coming up to play our girlS' next Friday, and'Moose' has [ust one week to . whip together some op-position."

The observer must have put this date down as oriehe meant to keep, because the Drill Hall was, crowdedwith spectators On Friday night. A loud cheer wentup as the Gander team, clad in white shirts and shorts,took the floor, followed by the opposing team, in redshirts and white shorts. We wouldn't like to say therewas any betting going on, but there were some whowouldl willingly support their faith in our team withsomething more substantial tha~ cheers. But cheersthere were, in plenty. From the moment G/C. H. B.Godwin threw' the opening toss-up, to the final whistle,every minute of the game was fast and hard fought, al-though Gander led all the way, ending with a score of20-15.

A return engagement was very much in order, so onMay 13, the baskebbal] team en masse climbed aboardthe Gandlerberry, supported by Ken Genge and"Moose", ti-dHarvey and "Fitch" Fitchell: bottom row, Polly Cunningham:Peewee Olark and Mickle Me.Whmme. At rIght, "Peewee" is shown primming for a shot at the basket.


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By Cpl. Ha~.tings W. P.Due to the fact that we only had two days to pre-

pare material for this ,page of "Gander", we hope ourmembers will not be too critical and we will endeavorto show a definite improvement in the next issue.

Ithas only been a matter of weeks since the "HuskySquad'ron" arrived to take up residence with the"Gander Family" and it seems that our motto "SemperParatus" stood us in good stead when the posting camethrough, But for what? That was uppermost in theminds of the majority during those trying days whileawaiting transportation. However, now that we havesettled down to the "Way of Life" in Gander, we hopeto maintain the favourable reputation and evenperhapsbetter the achievements of our pred!ecessors, the "Scram-ble Squadron."

Our O. C. Squadron Leader "P.A. "Pappy" Gilbert-son is not a stranger on this island, having been a.c.of another 'fighter squadron 'stationed here previouslyand from all appearances! Sems quite at home again."Pappy" hails from Simcoe, Ont., and received hiseducation in Toronto. Enlisting in Hamilton as soonas war broke out, he trained at Camp Borden andshortly afterwards was posted to England and took partin operations during the critical days, including manyfighter sweeps to France. He has been associated withus for six months and is ably asmsted in carrying outthe squadron activities by his two capable F'ligbt Com-manders.

Flight Lieutenant R. H. "Chris" Christie hails fromHalifax, N. S., and has quickly risen in rank sincehis joining the squadron as a Flight Sergeant in October'42 after 'being repatriated from overseas after a tour ofoperations. "Chris" participated in the North Africancampaign seeing consideraibla action in Lybia andEgypt successfully scoring thr-ee Italian and one Germanplanes confirmed and also three probables, as well as

having the exiperienes of being shot down a couple oftimes.

Flight Lieutenant G. D. Fowler .... Flash, as thepilots call him, had just finished high school in hishome town, Sprinkview, Mass., when he entered theservice over three years ago. Soon after graduation hebecame an instructor at No.8 ,S.F.T.s. a position he heldfor a year Ihe~ore becoming one of us, and from thissource gained consi


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l \ ../ ,' ( Y " ' \ , C om , .. . .- - - + < 9 - r : ? - ~ ~ACCOUNTS - EQUIPMENTJOIN FORCES FOR DANCE

By LAW L. M. ColemanThe Equipment Section, in con-

junction with Accounts, ushered inthe month of June by staging a verysuccessful dance in the Rec. Hall.This was the first time the two Sec-tions had attempted a get-together ofthis kind, but judging from the re-sults it will not be the last, in factthe very efficient committee haspromised a series of similar enjoy-able entertainments. We're all look-ing forward to them, Willie andFlight McLeod, so please don't dis-appoint us.To date, the Admin-Equip Soft-ball Team have played! their firsttwo games of the League and bothtimes have won a decisive victoryover their opponents. Nice work,boys, we're counting on you to carryon and walk away with the honorsat the end of the season.It's time some mention was made

in our column of our hard-working1. and R. boys-the boys who look-utter the loading and unloading ofevery piece of equipment that comesinto or goes off the Station, from themost delicate airplane instrumentright down to pigeons, pigs and morerecently, cats.First of all, there's Harry Easter-

brook, the backbone of our SoftballTeam and so interested in it that hespent the greater part of a five daypass levelling off the diamond andgetting the field into shape readyfor the start of the league. CharlieConnors, recently back from a glor-ious leave in Canada and New York,was surprised to find that while hewas away he lost his reputation forbeing the only person in BarrackBlock 108 who was never stuck foran answer. Our new Equipment As-sistant, Barney Brill, president ofthe famous "Rabbit Club," recentlyhad a heart to heart talk withCharlie concerning the breeding and

care of rabbits and it is said for thefirst time in his life Charlie was ata loss Lorwords.Roy Dix, popularly known as"Dixie", is another enthusiastic ballplayer and' manages to keep that"just stepped out of a bandbox" lookeven in the midst of sliding from onebase to another.Cpl. Bill Geraghty is keeping on

good terms with the W.D.'s by giv-ing personal attention to the ship-ment of their baggage and spendsthe rest of his time looking for JakeLaTour, who can usually be foundbetween the I. and R. office and thewashroom, where he spends a gooddeal of time brushing his hair. Bythe way, Jake, how did Joan likethe[ birthday present you boughther? Rusty has taken enough teas-ing since the last issue of' the Gan-del' so we'll just mention here thatshe's been a swell sport about itall.LAC "Speed" Silver can be foundmost any time of the day runningup and down the hall with a baggagetruck. We often think he misses therush and noise of Yonge Street inToronto and is doing his best to imi-tate the rumble of the street carsand trucks.Cpl. Earl Beattie often boasted inthe past that he was immune fromteasing since he leads such a quietlife and is keeping himself heart-whole and fancy-free. He had usfooled for a while, but the old say-ing "the truth will out" has againproven correct. Cpl. Beattie has justabout completed arrangements tobuy a chicken farm and settle downon it after the war. We know of atleast five W.D.'s whom this Corporalof ours has invited to share his soli-tude and from what has been learnedin conversation with these girls,they're all planning on accepting hisoffer. Cpl. "Shef" Sheffield seems tohold the upper hand at the moment

though, since, purely by accident, anL.P.O. was noticed going through the1. and R. ordering a special pair ofmade-to-measure "Trousers W.D."for Cpl. Sheffield. Itlooks as thoughBeattie intends to lead a life ofease and make Shef run the chickenfarm.Before closing off we'd like to say

"goodbye" to F/L Campbell, Sgt.Moore, F/S Calder and "hello andwelcome" to F/0 McCormack, F/SGoldie, Sgt. Stoddard and LAC Mc-Kerrow, Hope you like Gander be-cause we're looking forward to hav-ing you with us for many months tocome.

Leave Bug Bites SectionHermit

By sgt. C. GeorgianiChambers, one of the boys from

the Tractor Gang at AerodromeMaintenance, after operating a rollerfor an unstated number of monthsclaims that if all his rolling on thebase were laid end to end, it wouldstretch to his hometown and back.This would make a swell road for afurlough but as the man with theshakey voice would say, "That's apurty good one, Johnny, but it ain'tthe way I heard it."Pardon us folks if we drop the

matter and get to a bit more newsfrom headquarters down on the WellRoad. Our excitement of rushinghither and yon on the pick and shovelgang is now over and outside of afew weather beaten faces and a bitof burn from that rare sunshine noone seems to have suffered much.Why even the odd five day pass isbeginning to put in an appearance.But even stranger things are hap-

pening here again as a few postingsand annual leaves are sneaking outof our section at long last. Here'swishing luck to Sgt. Simpson, LAC'sBaldwin, Henderson, Dievenaud, anda couple more of the boys who man-aged to make that list. Also, Pat andHarry, who stole away on leave dur-

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SL IPSTREAMBEAR GIV ES DECORATIO NTO ARMAMENT FLIGHT

BY LAC L. KAUFMANAs this issue of the Gander goes

Lupress, Station Armament wishesto go on record as being the onlySection to have a Senior N.C.O. re-ceive a new set of "Hooks" and his"Flight", while dressed in "civies",You've all heard the story of Algyand the Bear? Instead of Algy, it

was none other than our beloved'Fuehrer", Flight Sergeant Don Stan-ton. It seems that Don was walkingin the woods, somewhere in thevicinity of (censored) picking ber-ries, no doubt, when he met a bear.Now some bears don't mind a chapin "Civies" and others do. This par-ticular bear belonged in the lattercategory. Seeing Don without hisaccustomed three hooks and crown,he decided to rectify matters. Amighty sweep uf his left paw leftDon with three strips, albeit in thewrong direction. You may ask, wheredoes the "Flight" come in? Don took'to it. Ifyou don't believe this story,ask him to show you the scars.(P.S. WD's please note, this offer isto men only.)We wish to welcome back to the

fold our old friend Sergeant ArtBruce, who has been convalescing inMontreal all winter. We hope thatleg of yours is back in shape again,Art? It is with regret that we.loseour good friend LAC Tex Duncan.After almost a year at.Headquarters,Tex has been posted to a Squadron.Sinee we last went to press two newarmourers have joined us. They areACI .Iack Maxwel and ACI Kramp,both late of Mountain View.The date was May 31st, the time,

a few minutes before midnight, andthe place, Barrack Block 132, Room6. The lights, usually out at thislate hour, courtesy of Hub Winter,(without an "S") were burning withtheir accustomed brilliance, and re-vealed a motley crowd of armourers,guthered in one corner of the room.Station Armament was inauguratinga ceremony of some significance. Due

to the lateness of the hour, there wasnothing formal about this party.Dress was varied from tattered py-jamas to the latest style in shorts.The attention of all seemed to be

concentrated upon a small objectsuspended on the wall. Someonemade a crack (censured) and wasimmediately reproved by lanky SlimO'Connor, who swaying slightly inthe breeze, remarked, "Gentlemen,the solemnity of this hour is not tobe disturbed by vulgar levity." Aftera moment the laughter died away,and Ron. Matthews asked in his bestrhetorical manner, "Who is to havethe privilege of acting as our firstMaster of Ceremonies?" A hunk ofbone and muscle stepped forward, inthe shape of Tex Duncan, handsome-ly dressed in a pair of B.V.D.'s. "Byunanimous approval", that word, un-animous, would have tripped up adrier tongue, "LAC Bill Stewart, air-man for the use of, God knows what,will do the honours. Anybody ob-ject?"The "Sad Sack", Bill Bastings to

you, piped up, "I second the motion",there was a pause, and then he ad-ded doubtfully, "or something." Thiswas followed by a chorus of "1's"."It's almost midnight", cut in ElginFretz, blinking sleepily." It's an hourpassed his bed time. "Yeah, let's getgoing", chorused the "Bobbsy" twins,Kramp and Maxwell.Stew, resplendent'in orange strip-

ed pyjamas, stepped majesticallyforward. It was just as well thatno one could see to clearly, the col-our was dazzling. Their chosen mas-ter of ceremonies raised D hand forsilence. All was suddenly quiet."Gentlemen", he began industri-

ously, holding the wall with oneshoulder (or maybe it was viceversa), "this is a solemn moment,the hour is upon us, the time hascome at last. I deem it a privilegeand an honour to officiate un thisoccasion" . Turning to the calendar

hanging on the wall, he grasped themonth of May between steady fin-gers and began to teal' it slowlyaway, as he did so he commanded."Repeat after me." The Crew join-

ed in"This time next month may we be,Pusted far from old "Newfie".Each unto his chosen site,Where sunshine isn't liquid light.Where no one's heard of ersatz egg,And beer cards you don't have to

beg.Where there's bright lights not faraway,A different girl for every day.Where movie shows have cushioned

seats,And Iimnusines run on the streets.We knuw it's all a hopeless dream,So what's the difference if we seem,A little crazy, to make this rhyme,Ask thut cigarettes remain a dime.

DRIVER TRIMSWINTER CROP

By Driver JoeEver since summer has been in the

air the Molar Transport personnelhave developed into quite a sportycrowd, and it's quite the thing totrim the old mustache now that theupper lip requires less protectionfrom the icy blasts. Driver Brianhowever, is one exception. Like oldsoldiers who never die, his grows onfor ever. Why he let mother naturetake its course in this age of stream-lining is a dark mystery, because itis forever giving him trouble. It alsocauses its owner illusions, such asbeing in a field of ready-to-cut hay.When bowling at the station alleysrecently he was under the impres-sion he was playing on a villagegreen. However, if our mutual friendhas a purpose far his hairy growththen he is forgiven. It is hinted thathe is bidding for the job of stationboagey-man, and we think he'll getit, if the growing season lasts longenough.However, getting back to our

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THE GANDER, MAY-JUNE, 1944recently developed into a major M.T.sport. Sgt. Cleveland so far has keptthe honored place of high scorer,while LAC'c Stan Wadden and Jim-my Hewitt have been close runners-up.The Transport belles have also

been showing up well in the bowlingalleys, and LAW's Wilson and Lyons,and Cpl. Molley Ferguson, have beendemonstrating some neat curves.LAW's White and Bruce have alsomade some pretty good showingsOh, what am r saying" .Another sport which has proveed

popular with the M.T. lads and las-sies, is badminton (when racketsare available). LAC Holt has beenshining brightly in this endeavour,and to date it can't be determinedwhether this is caused by birds orchickens. Cpl. Haines puts in an ap-pearance over at the courts once inawhile just to keep from gettingmuscle-bound, but we don't knowwhy.Mostly, affairs down at the sec-

tion have been running right alongin their merry old way. New facesare beginning to appear, and a num-ber of the old boys have gone backto Canada where they are expectedto do justice to every T-bone steakthey come across. Anyhow, here'swishing them luck. The new fellowsdon't need any luck. They're notgoing any place, anyway.P.S. Funny how a certain Flight Ser-geant ribs a certain LAC in the or-derly room for reading "Charm"magazine, and then starts takingneck exercises to wear off a doublechin.

"Breezy place ain't it."

RADIO RANCH LOOSESSOME "ORIGINALS"By LAC MacNeilA few more successes have been

chalked up for Radio Ranch. Underthe direction of F/L Ganong andFlO Muir we easily surpassed ourVictory Loan Quota. The big socialevent of the month, our smoker, tookplace with tha "grafter" committeeof McAllister, Davis and Whitfielddoing a splendid job. Especially whenthey unearthed a new singing starin the person of Dare-Turcotte. Wewere also fortunate in participatingin two dances along with signals andcontrol. Everyone, yes, even Pat Sul-livan had a wonderful time. Ourthanks go to the girls who smiledeven when our Romeos Elder andYoung stepped all over their feet.During the last month, a few post-

ing have clipped our wings. "Cec."Moore, Bud Currie, Pete McKenzie,Archie Persovsky and Ted Hamm all"originals" have left us. We weresorry to see them go as they were inno small way responsible for thehappy home life at the Ranch. Hard-ly had the welcome sign been postedwhen FlO Jesse, PIO Edwards,"Ding" Dingman and Bill Culm "leftfor greener fields.Replacing some of our- depleted

staff are FlO Noble, Sgt. Roy Han-sen, Harry Cohen, "Peanuts" Mal-loch and those two "Western Toren-tonians", Reg. Armstrong and BillWhitehouse.It is common talk that a certain

Peter has taken over the interest ofa recently posted F ISgt. Along thesame lines \ve hear that "Cricket"Grant has been shaving those twowhiskers of his nightly-purposeclose work, he hopes.Bill Davis is trying to form an A.B.

club-so far Taylor, Tomasson andTackney have applied for member-ship-Cowie says the fees are toohigh.Rumor has it that Cotnam andWhithouse did not as was accused

catch those sardines. but ratherbought them in the canteen.Len "Zoot" Williams is now part-

ing his hair the Sinatra way.Mort Grills and Bob Somers are

supposed to be headed East on theirnext five day pass-don't fight fellas.A certain FIL has offered five dol-

poem-claim your money Bruce.Someone has started a rumour

that Armstrong and Sugar are grow-ing moustaches.Our ball team, although not yet a

proven success is still a dark horse-110t too dark we hope.

T. M. ORPHANSREPORT

By LAC Bradley, H. E.Here we are for the first time re-

porting to the Gander Magazine, al-though our section is small we wiIItry and give you some of the dirt.We are sometimes called the Or-

phan Section, most of us being onTemporary Duty for almost twentymonths and some having been hereover two years.There is a rumour in our section

that a certain FIS is posted back toCanada, nice going Jerry and best ofluck. LAC Lawther lost his girlfriend so he packed and left for an-other station, too bad but it's notCanada.We are a section which covers

every nook and corner of the station,also our boys patrol the long distancelines by speeder and that is some-thing. When you start out lookingfor trouble you usually find it eventhough it may be the foreign ex-press or a bull moose parked on therails.In the lighter side of life we are

plagued with a couple of wolves sohere's a warning to any of you un-wary girls, they are both dynamite.Generally speaking the rest of uslead a quiet Gander life with theoccasional mission to the Wet Can-teen.Well, Folks, we have spilled our

dirt so if any of you need any com-munications such as a telephone or ateletype get in touch through theproper channels and you will receivesame, (sometime.)Ur-til the next issua of the Gander

we wish you the best from the boysof the Telephone Maintenance.

lars to the writer of a particular Friar!""Well," said the egg in the monas-

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14 THE GANDER. MAY-JUNE, 1944

SL IPSTREAMThe Gopher HoleOnly the dead should be under-

ground!"After the war," a note of the cur-

rent optimism creeps into the mid-night toast session in the gopherhole "I'm going to spend at least twohours a day sitting in front of a win-dow watching the weather." Thuscommented one of the WD Met sec-tion when her weather predictionconcerning a picnic proved erroneous.Could she help it, poor girl, stuckaway underground when she couldn'teven see the clouds roll up, and therain pour down.There is nothing dead in the under-

ground however. Cypher section hada thorough spring housecleaning,scrubbing wall, woodwork, desks, andfloor. If the boys in teletype and traf-fic were heard to cheer when theysaw the Sgts really working for achange, who would blame them.Something new has been added to

the WT section. WD's. Both sidesmade comments, and speaking for themen-but why not let the men speakfor themselves.

SPEAKING FOR THE MENAbout a month ago, the CSO in-

formed the boys that we were aboutto be invaded by a small but potentforce of W.D.'s. The result of thiswas practically a desertion and agreat upswing was noted in the rollcall at the Wet Canteen. Of courseMeikle and Grant walked around ina sort of Seventh Heaven. Stan Ewanjust stood and spun his chain withthat wolfish grin on his face.Then the big day arrived; our new

proteges walked in with a very worn-out look on their faces. They say itwas the train ride but your writerhasn't observed much change yet. Isuppose the best-known of the fiveare Peterman (Pete) and Lee(Cookie). In about three days, theyhad every male on the station pegged.And now Cookie is a walking infor-mation bureau. One of the fellowssuggested she start a date bureau butnothing has come of it as. yet. Petehasn't done too badly either, she nowhas one of those fellows with wingspursuing her quite steadily withmany phone calls, chocolates. to-

rnatoes and celery fresh from Canada.One thing that has been noticed is

that some of the fellows have beencoming to work all shined up, espec-ially Stan. Ah! that man Stan, heeven went 80 Jar as to shave off hiswonderful moustache.Before closing, I would like to

welcome them Lee, Peterman, Abbot,Martin, Verdon to the section and allkidding aside you do make wonder-ful lunch-makers and floor-sweepers.

FLASH-WOMEN IN THE SIGNALDon't look now but there's been an

invasion in Gander! Yes, another ofthose male sanctorums has come un-der the .influerice of the W.D.'s. At firstit came only as a rumour. (Can youblame the boys for reading the mes-sages they take in) and then onedewy Gander morning some one said:"They're here!"Just exactly what was broken up

in the way of a mysterious male denin the signals section will perhapsnever be known but we've heardrumors! One chap was even heardto confide bashfully to one of thenew "Wogettes"; "You know, if theold boys had even seen 'me talkingto a girl they would have crossed meoff their Christmas list for sure."What a blow-future hermits ruin-

ed at the beginning of their career.On the part of some of the male

element there was perhaps a some-what timid burst of cheering. Afterall people working graveyard shiftssupplied with the ingredients forlunches and wasn't it just possiblethat the girls might be able to cook.Look, boys, cooks!As time dragged on it seemed that

girls, yes, W.D.'s could do otherhousewifely things for their partnersin crime. Socks were reclaimed fromthe back of lockers and holes youcould drive a jeep through weremended during the wee small hours."Dear Mother-I no longer look for-ward to having to wear my rubberboots all summer to prevent peoplefrom finding out that I wear spats,not socks. You know, perhaps sargehad something when he tried to dis-tribute the girls so that each shiftgot at least one."Now that we have told you what

the boys thought of it all (well, per-

haps not all) lets take a quick lookat the girls. Above all, let it beknown that they were impressed!There is nothing like a fishy look andsomeone snarling-"just out of wire-less school, eh!"-to curdle the bloodof the healthiest WaG. Never let itbe said that the boys were not nice tothem. They were. You see the girlsrealized later that every new arrivalgets the same questions asked ofthem. The next scene invariablyshows two people drawing theirchairs closer and swapping storieson-"Did you know Stinky? You did!Well, I remember-" and so it goes.

HOSPITAL CHATTERAmong new additions to the hos-

pital we now have an excellent hob-by shop and prospective victory gar-den. Some believe a chick hatchervis being set up in the sterilizer in theM.I.R. We might suggest that JohnnieJohnson has just the E42 to get youa hen house if you need more eggs.It is understood that the hospital isto be surrounded by grass. So farour lawns seem to be a testingground for jeeps, trucks and tanks.On our hospital staff we have a

great many interesting and unusualcharacters. FlO Caswell, chief carp-enter, has become quite a worker inplexiglass. Some of us begin to sus-pect he has a contract with theCracker Jack Pop Corn Co. Then toowe have quite a number of enthusias-tic fishermen. So far they don'tseem to have had much luck, al-though Jeffs Puddle is supposed tobe just full of fish.We have the matron's boy, shirt-

less Bill, religiously studying his dic-tionary nightly; smiles and chucklesGertie; one pint Potter and half-pintCampbell; peg-leg Pick swinging theplaster; allergic Howard - allergicto what - guess. We have severalNewfoundlanders to keep up thehonor of that place. Say where is it?La Belle Parisienne s'attend a re-tourner dans son pays bien tot.We Were all sorry to see eleven of

our staff leave recently. Hiseler stillgets posted weekly but likes it heretoo much to leave. To replace thosewe lost, we welcome S/L WilliamsF/L Nash, N/S Haylock, W02 Youn~gel' , F /Sgt. Huntley, Sgts. Frazer andBoas.


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ENTERTAINMENTBY EUGENE H ILL, Y_M . C . A.-MUSIC AND COM EDY

Friday, May 2i6th, saw the production of Music andComedy in the R.C.A.F. Theatre. This was a joint pro-gram by the Band, Glee Chub and Drama Club, W.O.2Bill Cullum was master of ceremonies for the firstpart of the program and introduced the Band under thedirection of Cpl. George Homewood. Among the Bandnumbers, one with particular appeal was "Modern Rhap-sody" Iby Pat Riccio, our


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FlO (Now F/L) "PAT" CHEATER D.F.C.


FlO (Now F IL) "PETE" HUGHES D.F.C.

MORE HONOURS and AWARDSTO THE

SQUADRONFLYING OFFIC ER J . B ILLINGS- D . F .C .

MENTIONED IN DESPATCHESP /0 J. LAMONT Posthumous SGT. S. ARCHERW.O. SILVERSTEIN Posthumous F/L S. G. BRUCEF/O M. WALLACE F/O E. J. BRADYP/0 J. BANKS W.O.l A. C. JOHNSW.O.l P. PATERSON W.0.2 J. G. GRIGGS\iV.0.2 CARTER W.0.2 C. D. LOADERW.0.2 KOSTIUK SGT. P. JACKSON


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18 THE GANDER, MAY -JUNE, 1944

SLIPSTREAI4~~;qSERV ICE POLICE BUILDHOLIDAY RETREATNewfoundland with its abundance

of lakes and streams choked with fishis the answer to a fisherman's prayer.It affords tangible evidence of Na-ture's goodness and many an airmanand for that matter W.:O.has return-ed to camp with a catch the likes ofwhich have never been seen inCanada.On a station of this size there are

plenty of would-be sportsmen and afew real honest-to-goodness fisher-men. Under the latter category fallquite a number of the Service Police.And last winter, taking a look at thepossibilities of a good summer oftheir favourite sport these foresitedfellows built a cabin at a nearbylake.Their decision led them to a win-

ter's work of clearing, building andputting a cabin into a livable con-dition. They chose a site on an islandseeking the complete solitude fromthe troubles of station life. The homein' the woods is a "four bunker" anda super job of construction made ofthe finest fir trees with the best ofNewfoundland moss for chinking. Itmeasures fourteen feet wide and six-teen feet in length; has a stove andgradually is getting the best of campfittings.Being built on an island, a boat

was a necessity and it fell the lot of"Sammy" Leonard to get the desired_article. This he did but refuses to sayjust where he located the rare sped-man. Getting the craft out to the lakewas a job and it took fivemen to get itthere. They pushed, pulled, dragged,slid and carried it the five windingmiles to the destination. It was onsuch a trip that "Arkie" Dalton dis-appear in the snow and had to bedug out.The main instigators in the affairwere Cpls. "Arkie" Dalton, "Art"Ferry, "Harry" Coons and 'Sammy"Leonard; but many of the other boysspent the odd day out there helpingwith the construction. With the jobnow complete..five day passes anddays 'off are spent at the retreat withthe minimum of expence and the

Power CommissionNotes DecreaseWell folks here we are again. T'he

Gander Light and Power Commis-sion business has dropped off some-what since the last issue of the Gan-der. This is on account of the longdays. Our peak loads are not sahigh or so long but nevertheless thewires have to be kept hot just thesame, besides making repairs, etc.,and getting the equipment in readi-ness for the coming winter.A few postings have arrived for the

more fortunate ones, amongst themare Sgt. Smithson, Cpls, Hall, Surette,Whelen and L.A.C. Jones. We wishthem all of the best on their newstations. These boys did a real jobup here especially when the goingwas very difficult and trying, and totheir replacements, Welcome. Mayyour stay be a long and happy oneWe regret very much to hear thatour chief F/S Mathe will be leavingus in the very near future. Althoughthe Flight claims it is just as wenthat he is going out because afterspending s ever aI years at FOItChurchill on Hud;on's Bay, he findslife rather congested here on theGander. Too many bright lightsaround here to suit me, says theFlight. But watch those buttons, oldboy. .Occasionally when we have 3

breakdown at the plant a little humorsteps in to take the gloom out of life.Some time ago we had a power fail-ure which could 'be attributed to anumber of causes but this particularnight a surge in the line tripped theturbine off. When this unfortunateemergency arose things had to bedone in a hurry. Before getting thegenerators back on the line Engineersand firemen had their hands fullrunning thither and yon, opening andclosing valves, starting up motors,opening and closing electrical de-vices, etc. besides having to attend toa dozen and one matters of lesserimportance. At this time everythingwas in a state of immobility and onefalse move may have caused irrepar .able damage to costly equipmentrendering it unserviceable for alengthy period,

maximum of outdoor enjoyment."Doc" Chapman after returning

from a night at the lake commentedthat the place was all right but com-plained that the mosquito patrolthere was too good. He says they notonly bite but tear off a hunk of fleshand then crawl up into a tree togourge themselves.Now for a little more dirt aboutsome of the others. With Major Guth-

ray away on furlough "Andy" An-dersori is checking every aircraft forhis return so he can get his pass.And with F/S Mackenzie on coursein Canada Sgt. MacDonald is walk-ing around with a worried look onhis face.The S. P. Softball Team is going

great guns these days and reallylooks like a winner for this season.Stay in there pitching fellows!The Flying Frenchman, Sgt. Arch-

inbault, is in his glory these dayswith the new jeep they have forpatrol.Looks like Opl . DoUJg. Day of t ihe

Station Guard House will payoffto "Art" again. Keep trying, Dougold rnan, one of these times yourbound to click.


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Hap took this ph"t., of the Bowling alleys one merning' before any-one was awake, itwas the only time they weren't in use. W/O Wigle since having his picture taken for the"Gander" has departed from our happy surround-ings.

WITH "HAP II DAY

ROAMIN'GANDERLAND

Here is the latest photo of the Jirefighters. A good bunch of lads who lead a busy life inGanderland.


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Hard at it ar-c LA\V Sue Jucobs and CPl. Gwen Brae. Sue isour new W.D. Editor. Cpl. Stan Lavender holds "Hypo" (the Photo section pet) whileLAC Tom Withers applies the soap.

Hap came across these interested spectators at a Basketballgame."r.D. wtrctess Operators wor-k side by side with the airmen,

Cpl. Glad Harvey (1.) and LAW .Joyce Adams (1'.) caught atwor-k by the roving pbutug r-a.pher-.

Entertainment coming up as the Major and Flight start theprojectors at the R.C.A.F. theatre.


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Books You Ought to ReadBy S/O Armstrong

Bright to the Wanderer: Bruce Lancaster.If you have stood:on Yonge St. during a rush hour

and complained of the difficulties of getting a street car,vou wlll sympathize with Cameron Stenrood's com-plaint. Standling on Queen 'St. he exclaimed: "Look atthat! A city of ten thousand and just one sidewalk!"Even those who don't come from Toronto should he

interested in the story of the Stensrood family, as toldby Bruce Lancaster in "'Bright to the Wanderer", forit deals with a vital period, of Canada's history. Thefamily first settled in Canada in 178'1, when people ofBritish sympathies were ibein'g forced out of the newUnited States of America, As the years went by, theStenrood's madle for themselves a home and a goodliving on the outskirts of Toronto.Then in 11835came rumblings of discontent in UpperCanada. The Family Compact was ruling in a fashiontoo autocratic ,\0 suit many of those who had come tovalue freedom and independence. So there were manyminds ripe to receive the doctrine of Reform whichWilliam Lyon iMacKenziewas ,preaching.

Gilbert Stensrood, as a young medical student, wasespecially stirred. by MacKenzie's aims, although he wascounseled by the older members Qfhis family to. steera more moderate course. In following Gilbert's adven-tures through the years 1:00.5 to. 140, Lancaster presentsa vivid >pictureof the spread ofdiscontent, the organiza-tion and growth of the ReJlQrmParty, the spasmodicoutbursts of :fighting, with the climax in the Rebellionon 1837.

With Canadians ,fighting in every corner of theglobe today, it is good to be reminded of a time whenthe age-old struggle for liberty was being fought on ourown soil. The picture is still the same. In Canada arestill the game well-Intentioned, ordinary people, grop-ing for the kind of life they want to.lead. One Stens-rood would call them "fumblers" ,but another memberof the family prefers to. use the term "wanderers"-hesees them as people seeking the mid'dle way, and stillnot quite sure where they are heading. For all suchpeople, we can join in the refrain of the novel:"Who watcheth over all, whose eye is never sleeping,God make the dark night bright to the wanderer."

M.K.A.

HIGHER EDUCAnosBy Sgt. Dunaway

The old saying, "God helps thoS that help them-selves", is a good!thing to remember in these times. Ifof course we referred to . those who are a little light-lingered we wculd' state, "God help those that helpthemselves!" 'But to return to the original trend ofthis article We wish to make 'known that on this Sta-tion not only God helps those who are 'willing to workand try for a definite goal in life.

It does not matter what type of work or professionyou may wish to enter, help can be obtained'. If youwish to end up as a Doctor, [oin the Hobby Club andtake up "Line-cutting". In that way you will learn touse the knife. If you .have the desire to pull teeth alittle machine shop .practice will do you no harm. YDUwill be able to get the 'gen' on the USP ofthe drill, chiseland hammer, and a !pairof pliers. If you would like tobe an Accountant try keeping track of your pay. Ifyou can 1'QIIowthe present Air Force systems youshould have no trouble in civilian life.

To return to the more serious side of the story,help can 'be obtained, through the Education Office inpreparing yourself :for Post-War employment. TheCanadian Legion Educ,ational Services offer completeJunior Matriculation courses and recently several Sen-ior Matriculation courses have been 'brought out. Inaddition to . these they offer Commercial Courses asBookeeping, Technical Courses like Sheet Metal Workand Vocational Courses in Agriculture as well as several spec.al service courses.

By arrangement with the Canadian Legion theDepartments of Education of several of QUI'Provincesoffer eorrespondence courses that the Legion do nottouch. The Nova Scotia Technical College is the bestknown of the Institutions that correspondence coursescan be obtained from. I will take this opportunity tolist a few of the more out of the way courses offered bythe Nova Scotia Tech. They areas foflows- HousePainting and Decorating, 'Building Construction, SteamTurbines, Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation, Steel ShipConstruction, iRetail Salesmanship, Showcard 'Writing,and' Advertising.

Moo.nwhile on the other side 'of the continent theDepartment of Education of !British Columbia offerssome other unique courses. They are for example:Spanish, Home Economics, Metal Mining, and Forestryas well as several of the courses offered by the NovaScotia Technical College.

For those of you who wish a little of the so-calledhigher education the following Universities offer cer-tain subjects to Service Personnel. They are: AcadiaUniversity, University of Br-itish Columbia, Universityof !Manitoba, Mc!Master University, !Mount Allison Uni-versity, Ottawa University, Queen's University, Univer-sity of Saskatchewan, University of Toronto, and, theUniversity of Western Ontario. No matter where in

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R. C. A. F. C .OVER GIRL -Her lovely red hair, perfect teeth, thick curling eye-

lashes and her peaches-and-cream complexion are fam-iliar to more than a million people. Yet she is knownpersonally to comparatively few.

She is LAW Agnes "Sunny" Wallace, of Richmond,Que., the R.C.A.F. cover girl. Those few who know herwill say that the nickname "Sunny" applies particularlyto her disposition. In Ganderland she's the StationLibrarian.

Itall started last Spring when the lovely W.D. wasstationed at No. 13 S.F.T.S., St. Hubert. In search ofpulchritudinous airwomen for a special R.C.A.F. displayat Rimouski, she was discovered by the Public RelationsOfficer at NO.3 Training Command Headquarters, Mon-treal.

The famous Belgian artist Fernand DeBroux, whohad previously done portraits of Air Minister Major theHonorable C. G. Power, M.e., of Air Vice Marshal Albertde Niverville, Air Member for Training and Air ViceMarshal Adelard Raymond, Air Officer Commanding No.3 Training Command was commissioned by the Com-mand P.R.O. to do LAW Wallace's portrait in monumen-tal proportiens,


BY PAUL E. PARENTPublic-Relations Officer 3 T.C.H.Q.

This remarkable likeness was exhibited first atRimouski in the Spring. There hundreds of people com-mented flatteringly on the loveliness of the airwoman.Last Fall it was a feature at the Air Force Exhibit atthe Quebec Provincial Annual Exhibition which was pro-claimed "the finest exhibit of the year." More than aquarter of a million people saw "Sunny" there and manya visitor enthused: "She ought to be in the movies."

When the "Reich Raiders" R.C.A.F.-R.A.F. Displaywas the outstanding attraction at the mammoth store ofthe T. Eaton Co. Ltd. in Montreal the advertising de-partment thought so highly of its "appeal" that it wasused in the center window on St. Catherine Street toadvertise the "Reich Raiders" show which held sway foreighteen days. Possibly half of Montreal's population-which totals over one and a half minion-saw the beau-tiful red-head there.

The portrait now adorns the walls of the Public Re-lations Office at No.3 T.C.H.Q., Montreal and more thanone visitor has looked at it and remarked volubly:"Wow!!'

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N. C. O. CHA TTERBOXBy Sgt. Imata Loss

There'll -be some changes made. It was said themess was a MESS and something should be done aboutit. So, naturally, something was done. Though thealterations are not yet completed we might mentionthe fact that a big improvement has been made.

One of the most startling decorations to be added,proved alas, to ibe only a temporary addition. Sgt. Din-gle came up for a few weeks on TD and a strangeblonde, (Billings now rating as an old timer) attractedmore than casual attention from some of the membersof the mess, notably a certain Sgt. pilot of the CatSquadron.New pictures have ,been hung however, that seemdestined to stay. The King and Queen grace the farwall with the Air Force Crest between them and placedabove the new indirect wall lights around the rest ofthe room are the decorations that may be awarded' toservice ipersonriel. We have some distinguished mem-bers of the mess who can Lookwith interest on these.

The chaps honored with 'being mentioned in des-patches are: W01 Johns, WQ2 Griggs, W02 Loader,W0'2 Silve.stein (missing), Sgt. Jackson, W01 Paterson,WQ2 Carter, WQ2 Kostiuk and WQ2 Archer.

A bouquet is flung in the general direction of Sgt.Weeks who received thanks (along with his oo-workersCpl. Montemurro and FlO' Steirman) from the Chief ofAir Staff for suggesting modifications or something orother on the thing-a-ma-bob they work with, Whichmodifications' have been adopted with fine result andthe rest is an Air Force Secret.

It seems to pay to keep your mouth shut at MessMeetings. Asa result Df saying what they thought orwhat they didn't taike time to think about FIS Crothersand W02 Gilfillan were elected to the EntertainmentCommittee. WQ1 Jackson was also "Joed'. It is hopedthat the new committee will keep up the two dances amonth that was started in May.

The reason F/S Crothers insists on longer hoursfor the Snooker table can be readily understood afterwatching him shoot a game.

We have it on good authority that Cec Goodfellowis-offering to sell .his' entire 'Correspondence Course on"How to Play Snooker". He is now paying for coach-ing lessons' at the rate of a quarter a


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*THE GANDER, MAY-JUNE, 1944

PERSONALITIES OF THE MONTH *

LAC BENSON, .T. R . H,

EVELYN "BOBBY" ROBERTSAs the curtain rang down on the local production of the stage play,"Good Night Please", a thunderous, spontaneous applause filled the theatre.Directly responsible for its success was L.A.W. Evelyn Roberts, who has takenthe local drama group in tow. Evelyn directed "Good Night Please", andwe are told that she has another play in store for us.Answering to the nicknames. "Ev" or "Bobby", Evelyn was born inEdmonton. Was a school marm for 13 years prior to her enlistment in July'43. Five of these years were spent in Halifax, the remainder in GrandePrairie Alberta.A teacher in English, social studies and Dramatics, Ev is still proud ofthe day her class won the Grande Prairie Drama Festival. According to Ev-the "Gateway to A laska Grand Prairie is the only town in Canada.

Statistics are;-- arrived on the Station November, 1943.In charge of stationDramatics. On the Station Entertainment committee. Likes athletics, dancingand movies. Has two brothers in the .army. Was high pressured into writingfor the station magazine (after the interview) Is also an expert handwritinganalyst.Her Dad retired from the teaching profession in 1942 at the age of 69,but has returned to teaching for the duration.

Although too shy to admit it himself. LAC Benson is now known as"The Waltz King". He won a waltz contest at a recent. dance and his friendsare not letting him forget it. He was born in Hudson, Que. on September29th, 1923, but moved at an early age to Lachine, where he received hISeducation.On leaving Grade School he was apprenticed as a plumber to L. E,Moulton & Co. He worked for Garth Co., Plumbers and Corrtractora, for fiveyears prior to joining the Air Force.

Took the big plunge on February sth, 1943, and was h_~cky:enough to. go-to Manning Pool in his own home town. Lachine. Gander IS his first statlop,and has been here for fifteen months. He likes the station, but after hISlengthy stay here, Is hoping for a posting in the near future. When thatposting does come in he hopes It WIll be for the West Coast, WhICh he hasnever seen.In his spare time he plays badminton, swims, and like everyone else.goes to shows. His hobbies would include golf, if there were a golf coursehere. He use to be a caddy, and has candied for such professionals asSammy Snead, Byron Nelson, and shoots in the low BO'shimself. Some daythe "Waltz King" hopes to become a steam engineer, so here's hoping youmake it, Raymond,

ACI A. B. BRILLBorn in the Toronto district some twenty years ago-a million yearstoo soon, he laments-Barney Brill has been getting himself into trouble eversince. At the age of five he was expelled from kindergarten for harassingthe teacher; at 15 he spent a night in jail for borrowing his father's car. In-cidentally, he terminated his business connection with that worthy gentlemanbecause, as Barney puts it, "the old boy simply wouldn't do what he wastold". .A perpetual problem child, Brill was brought to Newfoundland underescort to face a charge of missing the boat from Canada just so he could lingera few hours with his current one and only. He's no stranger to these parts.however, having spent five months at Gander with the Queen's Own Rifles

back in 1940. Donning the blue in early '42, he had visions of an heroic careerbut, after an unsuccessful fling at Aircrew, myopia (weak peepers to YOU)relegated him to ground duties. He hopes to wind up as Station Runner,which he claims to be the one job that ne has ever performed saisfactorily.Bears a recommendation from the Adjutant of a former Base who describeshim as "the only Runner who ever actually ran!"Somewhat of a Wet Canteen philosopher, his varied interests includepeople, plays and politics. His chief pastimes: speaking, sermonizing, solil-oquizing. Favorite sport: Boxing. Hobby: dreaming up goofy inventions suchas his automatic-stoking meerschaum (patent applied for) and a bl.aclc elec-tric light bulb for making it dark in the daytime,


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* WARRANT OFFICERS ON PARADE *W02 HENRY BERNARD SMITHAfter near'Iy two years in Newfoundland, W02 Smith says hewouldn't mind another two. Born iII. Birkenhead, England in 1902,Warrant Officer Smith belongs to a family that is serving in variousfields. One brother who was in Dieppe served later in India, and isnow a prisoner of war in Germany. Another is with the RoyalArtillery in the Far East. A thit-d brother is in Italy with R.A.F.Signals Corps, and a fourth is in the Royal Canadian Navy.During the last war "Smitty" worked in submarines as a ship-builderIn H)28 he rna rr-ied Miss Margaret Scarrow, of Rathwell, Man ..d augh ter of a pioneer who moved to the west in 1875.H. B. has taken a prominent par-t in public affairs, being a mem-ber of the Wmn tpeg School Board, Chairman of Man rtoba Schoo]Orchestras, Chairman of Teachers' Pension Fund and Building Com-mittee, Sec.v'I'reas. of Wtrm ipeg Branch of the League or NationsSociety.He was interested in the Labor Movement and acted as Chairmanof Bakery Workers' Union. In 1936 he served on a "Royal Commission"investigating unfair and detrimental trade practices. His enlistment inthe R.C.A.F. at the outb reuk of the war necessitated his resignationas candidate for parliament.But Smitty is not a believer in "all work and no play" He was amcmbe r of 81. James Football Team in Winnipeg. He also likes cricketand bowling.He is N.C.O. in charge of the Electrical section here, and is keptvery busy ~ but not too busy to take part in Station Activities. He isan interested member of the Discussion Group. He is probably bestknown as the very able President of the N.C,O,'s Mess.

WOI,A. E. (AI) RUDD

The vote is counted and the motion carried as Al Rudd, who isserving his third term as Chairman of the Sergeant's Mess heartilythumps the table with his gavel.Al was born in England and came to Canada shortly after com-pleting his education. He is still very much of an Englishman howeverand loves a good argument. Anything from mess improvement topost-war reconstruction interests him and a two hour argument isjust a "short" session. If you must get on the wrong side of a disputewith At don' t draw a gun, He's more than a good shot. Before thewar he was connected with the Royal Rifles of Canada and twice wonthe Lieutenant p.overnors medal for- small bore shooting. He alsoplayed soccer for English School semi-finals before coming to Canada,

and later for Quebec City. He's still active in the Quebec Curling Cluband hopes to do a lot of curling yet. Just one of his personal post-warplans.At the time of his enlistment in December 1941 Al was LaundrySuperintendant at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City. On enlist-ment he w':is posted to No. ~ Manning Depot in Toronto where he stay-ed until March 1942 at which time he was posted to Gander. Askedwhat he thought of Warrant Officers on Parade he replied, I wouldn'tmind being on parade in Canada." He'd like to stay long enough tosee the NCO's Mess completely redecorated. You will, AI.

W02 W. A. (BILL) CULLUnl

"Give me your name and number, and appear on Duty Watch parade~~~~~~~'o%~~~~.d~~s(~il~) b~tu~~ngil~~;~~~~~~rnO\~~i;e~e~l~Jeducated in Ottawa. Long before entering High School he started onhis musical career, with two sticks and an old wash .tub. By the timehe was 14, Bill had improved to a point ~here the nctgribors no longerpaid him to move e.lsewhe re. His flnancta l set back was short Itved.

He started playing with a regular Dance Band and it is hi.s boastthat he played in every "clip joint" in the vicinity. of Ottawa. TIring ofplaying for the Hep-cats and [ttter-bugs Bill Joined the RCAF inAugust 1940. He was posted to Gander in August 1942 as Drum Majorand Di scip with the No.3 T.C. Band. In the fall of 1943 Bill went on aP.T. & D. Course at Trenton and returned here to take over the dutiesof a P.T. & D.Recently W02 Cullum assumed the positron of S.W.D. Ever sincehis arrival here Bil1 has been very active In Station affairs. He is aPast President of the Sgt's Mess and has served on the Station Fund,Sports, and Theatre Committees. As well as his regular tour of dutyas S.\V.O. W02 Cu.llurn is the Manager of the RCAF 'Theatre. whenasked how he Iike d the Station he replied, "I think this is one of thefinest Stations in the RCAF, but after spending nearly two yearshere. . period.


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BEH IND THE M IKEWith Bob Harvie-VORG

Hi yuh gang! Your VORG Program Director, Dr.Robert Q. Harvienagle, digs his way out of stacks ofrecords and electrical transcriptions just long enoughto make with the latest gossip on the goings-on behindthe sacred portals of Newfie's biggest little radio station.

It's ancient news by now that the program and tech-nical departments of 'VORiGhave "taken a ~owder" fromthe confines of the C.O.'s residence and are now locatedin new studios in the General Canteen. And brother, youshould see those new studios of ours. Strictly modern,up-to-date and with indirect lighting!

Credit the Armed Forces Radio Service, the world'slargest radio network, who are doing a slightly short-of-magnificent job in supplying Armed Forces radio sta-tions, such as VORG, with the finest transcribed enter-tainment. In addition to that, AFRS build their ownshows around top flight talent ... shows that don't getan airing in America. Take, for example, a while backFrank Sinatra, Dinah Shore and Ginny Sims got to-gether on a "Command Performance" shot, a milliondollar show' if there ever was one. Show me the com-mercial sponsor who could afford to pay, or even obtain,the talent that's ,gathered together weekly on "Com-mand Performance." Other great AFRS shows include"Mail Call," "G. 1. .Journal," "Jubilee," "Front LineTheatre," to note but a few.

*VORG's ace newscaster, George Kent, is quite happy

these days, jubilant over the fact that our news coveragehas been greatly increased through arrangements madeby Eastern Air Command with the CBC News Service.VORG listeners now receive up-to-the-minute newsdirect from the newsrooms of the Canadian BroadcastingCorporation.Discs of top-drawer CBC shows are also part of afree program service supplied by that Canadian network.The VORG schedule now boasts "Swing For the Ser-vices" with Bert Niosi's Orchestra, "Victory Parade"with Mart Kenney's Western Gents, "Happy Gang' and"Toronto Symphony Concerts."

Incidentally, speaking of symphony concerts, if youhappen to be a "long hair" and in the VORG listening

THE GANDER; MAY-JUNE, 1944

Hollywood Headliners announced bySheilagh Gilmour Stenearea, you're treated weekly to Boston Symphony Con-certs (Thursdays at 2:00), the Victor Record Albumthrice weekly, the NBC Symphony Of the Air (Sundaysat 2:00), "Music We Love" with Richard Crooks, "MusicFrom America's" starring various artists of the concertstage Iand "Great Music" in which screen star WalterHuston attempts to extoll the values of concert musicand educate the layman in ordinary, everyday G. 1.language.

Here's something unbelievable. Our "Saturday NiteRequest Party" recently received a request all the wayfrom Canada's West Coast. It seems that a servicemanway out that-a-way has a service gal out this-a-way andwanted an extra-special tune played especially for her.Believe, it Was "Rhapsody In Blue." We gave the disca spin and thusly assumed the duties of a coast-to-coastDan Cupid!

NEW FACES: New additions to the staff include BillPiekarski, a likeable kid, who is puh-Ienty hep when itcomes to radio. Seems the boy once worked up Nor-thern Ontario way with CKCB Timmins, key station ofNorthern Broadcasting Company. Brother Bill has as-siste~ tre~endously in a technical way and is happy withhis new Job... Then there's George Hill, genial DumboSquadron red-head who is, in his spare moments, an-nouncmg and spinning discs for us a few evenings aweek. George is a comer and commercial radio man-agers will please to keep the guy in mind when thiswar. for world freedom finally reaches a decisive con-elusion... Jack Quinn, of the big black seegar, is com-mentator on the Victor Record Album shows these days.FITst tirne Jack was introduced to the microphone he satdown: scrrpt m hand, and very calmly with all the cool-ness in the world whipped through the show with 'nara "bauble." A natural if we ever saw one. And y. ,man,(Continued! on page 32)


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(Continued)BOWLINGClimaxing a most successful season, the bowling

league under the chairmanship of Cpl. Louis Lecourseran one of the most interesting and exciting playoffs everstaged in Gander. With fifteen teams representing everysection on the station, double elimination series began.

Fighter squadron, after dropping the opening game,won the next four to advance into the finals against anunbeaten Equipment team. Interest was at fever pitchwith supporters of both teams jamming the spectatorsgallery, yelling their lungs out for their teams. FighterSquadron came through with some tidy, scores to take theseries and capture the station title. The winning teamconsisted of McColgan, McLeod, Teasdale; Vogt, Teamsand Killoran. Fighter Squadron hit the 300 mark con-sistently throughout the series. Teasdale had the highsingle with 324.

W.D:s WIN BASKETBAI~L CHAMPIONSHIP(Continued from page 9)

Pat Podolski, Pee-Wee Louise Clark, Mickie McWhinnie,Sheilagh Gilmour Stene, Fredldie Myers, Hilda Bell,"Isy" Brownlee and Grace Babbitt.

Despite- the individual impressions that emerge, themain thing we remember is the whole team's unbeat-able spirit; Composed of girls, some- of whom hadnever rplrayed before, none of whom had ever. playedtogether until one week before the first game, they werenevertheles;sr a team, in the best sense of that word'. Theyfought hard for the title of champion, .played well andsmartly every minute of every game. Hats off, too, toFrank Mousseau, who, aided by L.A.C. Barney Maher,spent many hours coaching .the team in the manoeuvres,skill, and spirit that made them champions in the firstsports contest ever held between stations on this island.

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AII- StarsGroup In

BeatBasketbal lWith close to five hundred' fans on the sidelines,

the R:C.A.F. Band in attendance, the Gander Basket-ball All Stars defeated the visiting Group team 49-21.

'The game opened at a fast clip, Easterbrook atrunning guard sank four quick baskets to give the AllStars an early lead which was increased as the gameprogressed. Poor shooting from dose in proved costlyto the visdtorsand they 'were never in the picture, beingoutclassed by our Gander Five in all departments, of thegame.

In the second half, the All Star turned on the heat,Bennett Fairburn and Waterson combining for manypassing' plays which paid off dividends. Easterbrookand MOUS'Seauturned in fine efforts on the defensive,Easterbrook being very effective on the offensive, snip-ing ten points! from out. He was a thorn to the oppon-ents at all times. Brownell, Wallace and Scopp con-tributed their share to the scoring column aiding thelocals to mark up an easy victory. Bennett was highman with eleven points.

For Group, Laby at centre was the best man for thevisitors and top scorer with twelve points. Patterson,Drummond and Robertson played hard but poor pass-ing hampered their attempts. Fordyce was outstandingin the back court, .and .gave a good account of himself.

Referee Ken Genge handled the game to everyone'ssatisfaction.After the game, the home team were hosts to the

Group, refreshments being served at the Canteen, withthe R.C.A.F. Band entertaining. A good time was hadby all.


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GANDER/ZED Antiquated Kibitzer: "Yes Sir, I

was in the navy myself when I wasa youngster."Chief Petty Officer: "And what

was your officialcapacity, Sir?"A. K.: "Four or five quarts a day."C. 0.: "Now tell me what's your

idea of strategy?"sgt. fighter pilot: "It's when you'reout of ammunition but you keepright on firing."A newly commissioned air force

officer, a sprightly young lad of 55with a waist measure of 42, was try-ing on his shiny new uniform at anexclusive tailoring joint in Montreal.He viewed the stripes dubiously andinquired of the dealer, "Are you surethis is a Group Captain's Uniform?"

When a British Bomber blasted aWar plant in the Danish Town ofSkive, Goehbcls issued a commun-ique saying that no damage wasdone, except that a cow had beenhit. The local paper dutifully car-ried the communique, then com-mented simply: "The cow burned forfour days.""Whatever became of your brother

the one that stuttered, wheezed andwhistled when he talked.""Oh, he's a big success now-He's

making a fortun giving those oneminute commercials on the radio."

Man with truck wants womanwith two tires. Object matrimony.Please send picture of tires.

"Anybody got a Styptic Pencil?"

SAME OLD STORY"For ten years, ten long and lean

years," cried the author, "I havebeen writing this drama, changing aword here, a.line there, working onit til! my fingers were cramped andaching, my brain and !body wearyfrom the toil.""Too bad, too bad," the producermurmured. "All work and - no

play."A considerate German mother

sent 11pair of 'boots to her son onthe cold Russian front near Lenin-grad. In due course she got a letterback which said, "Thank you Mamafor .those wonderful boots. Theywere the best I ever tasted"."I killed five flies today-three

males and two females.""How can you tell a male fly from

a female?""Well, three sat on the beer bottle

and two on the mirror."Air-minded and eight years of age,

little Jim was perhaps a triflescandalized. William's elastic girdlewas losing grip and a white zone oflinen surmounted his sinking pantsas he passed down the garden path."Hey!" shouted little Jirn after him,"Retract your undercarriage."A teen-age girl approached her

mother one day looking very serious."Mother," she said, "How do you

talk to boys'!""How do you mean?" questionedher mother."Well, when my boy .friend comes

over I say. 'Hello Butch,' and he says'Hiya, Stinky, What's Cookin'?' Andthen I don't know What to say next."From an Airman in Italy we get

the latest report on how they get ridof the cooties over there. They, theairmen, bathe in gravel and thentake an alcohol rubdown. The cootiesget drunk and kill each other bythrowing stones.


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SPORTS NIGHT-(Continued)(Continued from page 7)

'I'hr- army and the airforce came to blows in the firstboxing card, which once again nursed the crowd's en-thusiasm along until a tumult of shouting had developedby the end of the bout. The match staged betweenGunner Dote of the NCK NCK crew and Elso Strcppa,R.C.A.F. Signals. The fight was in the 147 pound classfor three rounds. Both fighters were evenly matchedand the first round ended: in a draw. The second roundwas also evenly fought. Stroppa proved to be an ex-ecllent dodger and his feinting tactics paid off in roundthreo when he really took the initiative and came outun top, winning the bout on ,points.

The second bout of the boxing card in the LightHeavyweight class featured Andy Anderson of the Re-pair Depot and Hafford of the Army. The matchcalled for a three round dJecision. Anderson took theoffensive from the beginning, but Bafford fought hard.The first round ended in an even slugging match. Thecrowd appropriately demonstrated its enthusiasm asround two started off fast and furious. Both fightersgave and took freely. A .lucky uppercut won the fightfor the repair depot lad when he scored a technicalknockout in one minute and ten seconds of the secondround.In a slow three rounder Gunner Lacaille of the army

took on Johnny Popovich of the Royal Canadian Navy.The Navy boy took the honors in a close decision.By far one of the 'best Ibouts of the evening, Bam-

badier Lemelin of the Army and L.A.C. Jimmy Rivard,P. T.& D. Section put on a smart show in the 140poundwelterweight class, The army lad ran into thadluck when,in the second' round a "peck of dust entered his righteye. This delayed the scrap for a few minutes, butRivard came through with ,a technical knockout atthe end of the third, just as the bell rang.

The fifth bout was in the heavyweight class, andfeatured Gunner Lacroix of the army and Cpl. SammyLeonard of the R.CA.F. Service Police. Lacroix prov-ed no match for veteran ring master Sammy, whosnaffled a technical knockout at the end of the third justas the bell rang.

A comical blind-rolded bout brought the Success-ful evening to a close. 'The contestants were Ibaggedandset loose to clown it out. Al Forman, stirred up thestrife by means of a long pole with a boxing glove at-tached to one end, taking pokes at the bewildered slug-gers. 'Those tackingpart were L.A.C.'s Berger, Smith andRivard.

FIG. Ed Brady refereed the !boxing cards. 'The Jud-ges were Lieut. Fortier and F/L. Thompson.

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TOTAL FITNESS Part IIIBy Ken Genge, Y . M . C . A .

'TGTALF'ITNESS-A healthy body and a Peace of mind.In the last issue we discussed one factor in the

maintenance of a healthy mind-suitable mental activ-ity. Now, let us consider what perhaps a more popularside of this business-the SOCIAL.

Social activities on an isolated station? Are thereany? Ask the W.D.'s that after they've danced three orfour times in one week!

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