RCAF Paulson Base - Dec 1943

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T h e ,'Paulson l l o s tBy kiIld permissio]l of Wing COlllJ)laJDm H. E. StewartTHE PAULSON POST COMMITTEE

President "" ,,,., F/L v. L. StewartEditOiC in Chief ... PIS Hudson, W.O.Secretary Sgt. Davidson, D.R.Business Manager ..F/S Wolochow. D.M.

,Art Edltoe ..._,_ .._.._

As~iate Editorrs P/L P. Bynq-HallSgt. McGlkhrlstCpl. Segal, G.

Photogl:aphic Edil'Ol:" Cpl. Campbell. N.M.Sgt. Herscovitch, R

Vol. J No.6 December Issue

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Edito rial " ".~.~__.__. '1Log Room Control " _ 5False Alarms from the Fire Depe..; 6Station Hospital Notes 7Wing Commander Rossie-Brown _.... . 8P.T. and Drill Section _ _..__._ .. 9Classiftcetlon Tests _... 10The Tel'ops Say, _ _._ ~..... 11Ma.lntenance Scandal Sheet __._.__________12Officers' Wives' Cornel" 13'Brotherhood of Men "......................I '. IExtract from Woodhouse, andHawkins _ ___, ____ __ 15LIterary Learnings _.._.._ _ __ 16Howls from the Wolf Den .._............. 17Thoms from the Rose Bowl 20A f'unnyExperience _.._ _ _ _..... 21Armament Section _ _. 23Hot Exhaust ._ _........ 25

Headquarters Orderly Room _ _....Wireless Section ..~ _.._ _ _ _..A. M..L. Section ' "_~""'_"_"Control Tower __ _ __ ..Greetings from Accounts _ ..The Carnival _ _.__.._ _ _ _.__A Spoiled Peed _.,_ __ ._ _, .Officer's Mess .......~__ .._ __ _ .._..Photog ..aphic Exposure .._ _ _Latest Gea , ..Filth Victory Loan Parade .._ ".Gunnery Plight __ _~ _.The Lay of' the PItst Bomb ArmerThe Canteen Fund __ _ ..Works and BuUd]ogs .__ _A Woman Looks at Man and SmirksDrill Hall _.._.Service Police _.._ _ _.._ _Padre's Page , _._ _ .Plotting Office News .

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4 TH!E PAULSON POSTIt'-********************~~********************.****.******clf.~(). T() I : ? .'.4.LIhave often wondered about the.many meanings that can be attached

to the expression "One Hundred PerCent." Usually we accept 100% asmeaning "ALL" of anything. Yet ifyou consider the fact that "All" issimply the standard that we ourselvesset, then 1000/0 becomes "All" rela-tlve to this standard, As the standardvaries, so does the meaning or 1000/0'For example. take the Victory LoanDrive. If we had set a low object andsubscribed all of it, we would havebeen 1000/0' Actually we set quite ahigh objective, and in achieving this,goal, we were still 100%. These aretwo quite different meanings of theterms. It is like a boy in school: whenhe gets ] '00010 in Arithmetic, does heknow:

(1) AU the arithmetic the paperasked?

(2} All the artthmetic he is supposedto at his age?

(3) All the arithmetic the teacherknows? or

(4) AU the arithmetic there is to beknows?

The standard here was the questionpaper set by the teacher. But,sinc,e,the boy answered it 100%, we stilldon't know how good he is. Howmany more questions could he haveanswered? How difficult could thequestions, have been made before hewould .fail to get 1000/0?

This Station won theflirst Efficiencyaward and, if judged c by what otherschools accomplished. it was 1000/0, Bythese standards, four more".E" pen-nants were won. That also is 100%.Is this the ultimate? Is it perfection?How difficult could the task be beforewe failed to get 100.%? How greatmust be the g'Oal before we failed toachieve it? What is the measuringstick? What IS 100%7

PIS HUDSON, W.O.,Edttor-In-Chief.

F/S D.. M. WOLOCHOWBusiness Manager . P.P.Davie is the hard working businessmanager of the Paulson Post-nor doeshe limit his efforts to merely manag-ing..Born in Winnipeg, March 16th. 1918,moved west to Calgary for a coupleof years: thence to Onaway, settling

in Mayerthorpe in 1924. T00k hiseducation there and was exposed to, theU. of Alberta. After mis-applying (hiswords) some of his newly gainedknowledge on the farms of his father(Capt. Wolochow, of the R.CA,M,C),he attended the Mc'Tavish BusinessCollege in Edmonton.Davie became an Airman March 4th,1941. Went to Brandon, then to 'Tren-ton (K.T,S. in the Sea Plane Hangar).

No. 2 T.C. Headquarters was thegrand f.i.nale before reaching No.7.After 22 months in HeadquartersO.R., he moved to T,W ..O.R. lastApril. He is one of the few who canrecall the offidalopening of thisStation.Active in theatrical work all hislife (he was Little Jack Homer-s-al-ways in the corner at school). He ap-peared in "Paulson on Parade' and"Pot Pourie." He serves on the Sgts.Mess Entertainment Committee, and is,the "Winqs" correspondent for No.7.Likes tennis. skating. bowling, andwatching men ..do" the COmmandoCourse.n you ever want to know anythingabout Our Station, just phone T'Davte.'No.6.


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THE PAULSON POST 5,..*********************************************-******* * , . _ . ,

SGT. J. E. McGILCHRISTAssoctaee Editor

This Blue-nose may be found seatedbehind a desk beside the tefephone inMaintenance Orderly Room during nor-mal working hours-after that, don't at-tempt to look for her. Her job as W.o..Sergeant-Major takes part of the extratime - the balance is her own business.A habitant of River Hebert, NovaScotia, Lynn resided there till goingto Business College at Moncton, N.B.Upon the completion of her trainingthere, she was an employee of the T.Eaton Company until April, 1942, whenshe enlisted with the R.C.A.F. Follow-

ing a couple of months in Toronto, shearrived at Paulson with the first groupofW.D:s on June 29th, 1942, as ascared AW /2. Although her com-plaints against the Station are nil, shethinks her tour of duty here has beenlong enough, and a West coast postingwould be welcome-Mac wants to com-pare that with her East coast home,Likes swimming. A trip to the deepSouth after the war is her wish.

Calling all Flights! Calling all FlightslIt's the Control ROalD fighting for its

rights.Flight Garland is up in the air-"A mistake! Impossible! Show me

where."Here's 300 hours lost in the drift,

From Bombing, "What's that in the lifeof an aircraft?"

That's Gunnery calling-Another shipU/S.We need some new Bolv's-s-these area mess.

But we still smile and "Carry On.""The Battle of Paulson" must be WaD.There have been some changes madeSince the last visit you paid.To Mr. Dawson, we wish all the best

indeed,To Mr. Wilkinson: "Good Luck" and

"God Speed."Aggie is new on the Station, also to

our section,But already the R.A.F. have passed

her inspection (A Major).Ek still thinks sailors are just the thing,And Kae has an interest in Maintenance

wing.Jeanette has now two chevrons on herarm,That only add to her petit French

charm.Flight Sgts. Simpson, Maloney and AshTake "Mess Dinners" with quite a

splash,We judge from the morning after the

night before.But they're on the straight and nar-

row(?) once more.As for Flight Williams, carnivals, O/Sand such,Doesn't seem to agree with him very

much.Next morning he didn't feel so hot-He couldn't have made the "Jack Pot."As for Sgt. McCallum-girls, beware!We think he's a wolf-so. take care!Our wolf Sgt. Ransom (hope he isn't

near),Has taken a fancy to hunting deer

(dear) .Sgt. Hrllaby, whom I know some of

you have met,Hasn't developed Paulsonitis yet.So. tiJI next issue, we bid you adieu,Then we'll be back with more news for

you.So. to all far and near.MERRY CHRISTMAS AND AHAPPY NEW YEAR.

LOG ROOM CONTROL


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F a i l l s e A l a r ' m l $ f r o l m I h eF i r e !Dep t .

Back agaioto ,bring you our Christmasc,oDuibufioo to :the Paulsoa Post

HIGHLIGHTS SINCE THELA.ST :ISSUEI-Posted to Grand Prairie, Alta." anell

since remustered to A:ircrew. ourformer reporter for the Post, LACThurber. Good hrck, Chas!Wedding bells. iilnd this tlrne forCpl. 'Basa!!~ba, Best' wishes to you and

t~ Missus, Ntcky.New faces in our secnom-s-Scotty,

Mac,kle and Wayne.Scotey's found out that taxes on

jewellery are sttll pretty high. Hoot.mon! Better postpone: it ti.ll after the'war.What',s been keepi'll,g "Trombley so

busy lately? Keep an eye .on him" Bas-araba and Reynolds. I hear he's cut-ting prtces.With all this talk of I.Q's, and re-

muster:Have you heard of F/0 Arnold(pilot), PIO Maynes [co-pilot}. Sgt.SUns on I( gUIl[iI,er) , Sgt. Cornborouqh~wire!eS:S)I, and Sgt. Debrouwere[navfqator}, What a crewlf] Keep "emflying, men.December brings a year of ilappy

mai:"ried life to you know who I mean-the one wiiththe V.R: on his shoulde e."W. 0..' s will. all have naturally (1)

cltily hatr soon - thanks. to, AW /1Hutcbtson and her permanent wave;machine.The floor show at the dance in the

'W.O. Canteen proved very popular->thanks ~o:r the demonstratton Oil hour toeat. oysters, Cpl. Potter and LAWBritton, May we express ollr sincereapprectatton and thanks, J.oF those whohelp make these dances a success v+Sgt. Stevenson, Cpl Doran, LAC(Jock) for their work at the Pli.ke,"LAC ,IDoug) and others fOI" the use o~their records-and, last" but not leaat.the Clean-up Gang ..Have a cup of coffee and drown

),,01.1,[ woes-c-all tastes catered to-evendie' salty ones-at the W ..D. Canteenl


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THE PAULSON IPOST 1****** ***,****** ***** *_**** Jt .***** ****'*****lf . 'l f. '****lf .-l iI--***'****, S T A T I O N I H O S P I I ' A I L I N O T E SKilL 04, eU4ee~,!

Things :have really been .flying ,aroundthe St:.a.tlOID HospHal fh,ese days~don'tknow ,I,f it'so\l,r ~ew Cpl. Maddlll10nand Sgt. Page..-'whom we all wish tocongratulate" or the meek Utfle voice ofour big,..hearted Sgt. Adams. P,erlilaps,if,s, tne postings, of' LAW' Ne'ither'cutto Regina :Recruiti'il91 Centre, P/SGriese to' the wilderness of P.E.I .. or,AW /1 Bennett' to No., 7 M.D. at Rock-,cliffe., whom we ,are' sorry to' see leaveus. FIowever, we are glad to w,ekomeour new despeuser, Cp,m. Labelle(Frenchiie). QUI'" pretty new NUll"singSis.ter, N/S Robertsoll ~ boys. watch.out~the Medical Clerk. LAW Argue,wbo seems to have remostered to tie]ephone operator, and our ne'w ho.sp,ltalassistants. AWjI DeWi U :, and LAWCunningham. and hope they'll Uk'l: thehospttal,

Bve'royo.ne' see,rued to enjo.y pl,ayi:ng"Crown and Anchor' at the StatiooCarniva.l, run by our male personnel,especrally S/L Johnston. dre'ssedl cbar-mingly in a Coea Cola cap and car-pe:nters .apron.~who,m he was, tryingto, irnpeI!"50nate'. no one knows.Pa~nting' has successfulfy been ac-

co,mplished here" and you should seeSgt. Pa.g,e's new dutcb doo["~ratber ameek "Out 0 . Bounds" s~gn to the Or-derlyRoom.Wonder why Cpl" Chadney seems toUke black and wbite sweaters these

days?

F/L St:eim.ao had a ,charming W ..D.Cpl. o..n. his, knee on the way to Win-nipeg,. On the way back be chose ,aCWAC. Will it be .a WREN nexttime" smr?Wonder why RaUray doesn't we.arher Sunday best ,every day-who is

it, Rattra'y?Why is F/L Carruthers so' anxiOlll.Sfar the end of eac.1:. day to, co,me1''The Hospital staff wishes to extend

their deepest sympathies to LAW Jack-so'o on tbe death o.f be'li" mother',

: FOF you no minstrel harp is slung;For you, iDO praise iis, ,smng,You may never hear the trumpet Mare;Or Ne1'sons glo . .y share ..Yours :is a glory eternal ,,-'a. ~gbtShining ,on thro dar~est night.Yours Is a task tha,t is nevie.r done;A ra,c;;e that Is never won ..Fouqhr with mercy and tender care"Your oi l ,my tribute is silent prayer ..We honor you! We: salute you![iii white who carry us thro",

An LAC aud his bride ordered sev-eral photos of their wedding cerem,oDY ..Upon openiing the lar'g 'e brown en-velope t~e n,ewlyweds wen? mUd.ly ,sur-prjsd to fillld pir,oob of a lovlely tmree-m.ollths-o.ld b


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8 T H E PAULSON POST********************************************************W I N G C O M M A N D E R R O S S I E - B R O W N

Wing Commander Rossie-Brown isone of those rare individuals who radi-ates dignity. wisdom and strength. and,at the same time. makes one feel as ifhe were an old acquaintance. In hispresence one senses a ready-to-overflowreservoir of knowledge and experienceaccumulated . during a life devoted toReligion and Education.For thirty years W IC Rossie-Brown

was minister of the Murrayfield ParishChurch, Edinburgh, Scotland. In the lastwar he served for four years as a com-batant in the Royal Scots, the oldestregiment in Britain - they are knownas Pontius Pilate's Body Guard ~ andbefore it ended he became a MachineGun Officer.In 1925 he again wore the uniform,

this time a member of the AuxiliaryAir Force. In 1935. while travellingaround Iraq and Palestine, he flewfrom Jerusalem to Bagdad in a Wapiti!He was forced down in the desert. andthe night he spent there he describeswith one word-s-wierd.Early in life W /C. Rossie-Brown tra-

velled extensively through Europe andin particular Germany. where he at-tended both Berlin and Heidelberg Uni-versities. His understanding of theGerman mind and temperament enables

him to analyze and explain the natureof our enemy.A prominent educationist in the dty

of Edinburgh, he used his abilities tofurther the already high standards oflearning in that place. As a teacher,he was once the tutor to the Duke ofHamilton's family, later serving underthe command of one of his formerpupils. Sports have played no smallpart in his life, and he is expert inboxing, tennis and fencing.At the outbreak of World War II.

he joined his squadron, No. 603, of theCity of Edinburgh. as Chaplain. Withthem he experienced the first air raid ofthe war. an attack on the Firth of Fourthbridge by twelve Heinkels, October 16.1939. The men of his squadron hadconverted from Gladiators to Spitfiresjust three weeks previously. They tookto the air and. in the ensuing engage-ment. shot down four enemy bomberswithout loss to themselves. And theirPadre, W IC Rossie-Brovvn, buried thefirst three Germans shot down overBritain. He also interrogated the pris-oners. and, in fluent German. welcomedthem to Bonny Scotland with the hopethat their visit there would be a longone-s-It was, and still is.During the Battle of Britain. No. 603

Squadron was moved to Hornchurch.just outside London. During thoseperilous days, W IC Rossie - Brownworked and fought with his men. Thathe was mentioned in dispatches sug-gests that his fiery enthusiasm flamedthe spirit of tired men. and his depthof understanding cooled and quietedtaught burning nerves as. day after day,many times a day. the squadron attackedand was attacked by the enemy.It is no wonder that this man deeply

impressed the personnel at No. 7 whoheard him speak. Whether he waslecturing to trainees and instructors. orconducting the Sunday service, or chat-ting informally in the Mess. his per-sonality commanded attention and in-terest, his words bore inspiration andenlightenment.


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DRILL SECTI'ON

)fI/O G~LA. DAVERNE. Unboundedenthusiasm and. infinUe patience, plusdefinite and intelligent ideas, are quali-ties that carry our P.T. and Drtll Of~fleer over more obstacles than there areon his favourit,e foster-child, the Com-mando Course. Stnce his appearanceat No. 7 our sports activities havereached a new helqht, We'.re n.ght be-hinel you, sir.1WOII CHALMERS. J. B ,. And now

for our Sgt.-Major. Under that hugeframe there Is really a kind heart, des-pite the fact that you may often hearhim. bellow at some poor fear-strickenrecruit as you pass by: "Where's yourcollar pin?" P.S. What did you sayyou wanted .for Christmas-a ticket toBrandon? ? 111FIS BROWN. R. M. Our Statton

Ordezly Sgt., a P.F. man, and veteranof Oull' section. 'Was "over there' andsaw some ,0 E the BHtz-most of it. infact. Right in the hub of station rou-tine. we practically set OUT watches byhim, (Qecking the bus tonight,Flight?}FIS THOMAS, H. OW' "bend and

stretch" expert, Active, and right inthere-did [ ,say "pitchinq"? Well. Iguess you'd better ask one of our pret-tiest W.O:s. Have you set the dateyer, Fligh t1filS WYLrE, T. A. Now we come

to our "muscle man," who has just re-turned from Trenton. where he tookthe PT. and D Course. PIS Wyliehails from S.C .. and is.quite well knownat Paulson as an athlete. He is the"Walking Dictionary" of 'the P.T. and

D. Section. If you want your charac-ters read, girls, just send up a sampleof YOUT handlwriting. Sorry. girls.you're a little late, Plight was justmarried r'ecently, so I'm afraid youdon'r stand a chance,SGT. PAUL. [ssh-e-I haven't said a

word. Sarqel) Sgt .. Paul is one of ourmost: ceusetenneus and hard working"disctps," but on time aU his, artit'lldiechanges completely. 'We peesusne that:it's Kenora you '9;0 to on your '1:8'5,Sarge.SGT. EDDIE CANTER. Introduc-

ing our notorious wolf and IQver-Sgt ..Eddie Canter. Prom Ottawa 'to Pam-SOf!. he has won and broken the heartsof many fair young maiden. (For a"dlscip," you don't do so badly, Sarqe.]The thollghts of better days at: Cleru-Lake will carr'y h1m through the wintermonths. Canter'a favourite expression:"Whose buyl.1l1;1 the cokes1....AIready.Ibought yesterday!"CPL FRANCE. When it comes to

name. rank. and number. Cpl. Frranceis our Professor Quiz.. He's down atDeer Ledge right now, and we mlisshim more than. a little. Hurry 'back.Cpl." we need you here.LAW : K E N T . A. M. Then there is

"Newfy" Kent, who handles the dutyrosters for' the W.O.-s, and is so pro-ficient that onJy seven. Dames bad tobe changed last week. This sets anall-time record for this pretty littleMis.s.AC/2 SENNETT. A new additionto the S.W.O:s office is a former AirCadet (Junlor) Sennett. His bl"illi.antpersonality and I:ively manner and regi-mental hearing makes all the W.O:.sswoon within range of this youngRomeo. "[untor" is definitely an assetto the S.W.O.Wel1, I guess there ~s,notblng

to say about our Staff. Aber all,is a limit to everything'.We extend our wishes for aMerry Cbr-i!;tma.s and a Happy

Yea.r.

morethereveryNew


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10 ' THE PAULSON POST.~ * J I I - ) j ! :* * . * .* * J I I -* J l l- l4 ! : * ,. .* . J ll -J I l. * * * * * J I I -* * * * J I I - * * * * * . J I I- .* * * * * * * * l f . * '" * . . * * : J f .J I I - * * .*

GREAT has been the recent excite-ment reg a r din 9 Classfficauon

'Tests. There has been much misap-prehension as to what these tests are andwhat they measure.Many airmen persist :in calling this

test an "I.Q." Since science hasnever been able to clearly understandwhat Intelligence actually is, it seemsmost futi.le to try to measure it and ar-rive at an int:eUi.gent quotient, It !ispossible, however, to. measure the'speed with which the individual wI!:!react to a new sttuation. or', in otherwords. learn somethmg new. "That :iswhat the Classification Test: does-measures the ,ability of the iadlvtdualeo learn. En the' opinion of the writer,who has had considerable experiencein this type of testi,n.g. the Classlfica,.tton Test accomplishes this, purpose bee-tee than any other' test yet. devised.Now, havlnq found what this test

measures, we will gl.ance at the factorsit does not attempt to measure; fac-tors that are just as important, 01" prob-ably more irrrporfarit. than the onemeasured,( ]) The wmingness to put every ef-

fort into study and stay with ,thejob 'unHI it is successfully com-pie ted. Your past performanceis the' only lfeliableindiex to tllisFactor.

(2) Qualities of co-operetton. It: isquite evident that this factor Isof utmost importance In an or-gani.:l:,afion such as the RoyalCanadlan Air Force.

(3) Qualities of Leadership. Only asumminq up of: youI'" pe'l '"son,alityconsidered with your ability andwilliugness to assume the inItia-ttve measures this teait,

(4) Ability to master and aetend ~othe minor details of a job. Manymen who have a low C.T. scoreshine I n tllis quality. 1 1 1 1 someemployments within the AirFOJl.;;'e tllis is most necessery,

G i l . 1 . S , $ )10 R E SAs the Editor bas approached this

Section for a contrsbutton, we are rak-In91 it for granted that: our taleo.ts haveat last been recognized. Much betterto see it that way thanent,ertain theposs:ibi.lity of wishing to fill thoseempty pages. Wb.a,t say you?'At the moment we' ate' five-foul' of

us toiling happily under Sgt. Fowd"scapable and frie.Ddl.y manaqemenr,Unfortunate'ly OUI "Bfll," a cheer-

Iu.1llad from "Way Down Under:' wUl !bevoyageillg homeward .shortly tothose Qllori.ous South 'PaCific Islands"We shall miss Ills 'gaiety."60n Voyaqe, '. old chap, and have ahandle of "W'aitelll1ata" for me, Let'shope 'yQ\.!.rNew Ze,.!i1and bride bas : i 9 welcome :fo'! ' YOI;I"O'ur duties here include some sem-

blance of order Oil OUI" shelves. so thatwe' can usually manage' to issue the re-quired pubUcationafte:r a Fe'w monthsnotice.We have the last word io morale

building apparatus here. which is. usedwhenever a'Mickey Mouse'" ope:rSitoris avatlable.Dill, yes, our lB:l"Owniog Guns too"

and how we love 'em. So, boys, ,doo'tthink that we .:II,e susptclous when wegive them. the once over with eagleeye after you have been playing'withthem. When we see our beloved gunswith parts missing'. it simply cu,ts usto the very quick, We look after bodyas well as bealn for you.You do like those "Cokes' a~ least:twice' a day, don't you, boys?

Be it: understood, therefore, the Classt-ftcanon Test is not, nor does it: claimto be" the' magic rule that decides 0 1 ,man's worth at a glance. It is but theaccurate measuring rule for one saUentIaceor.

iP/G MacDONALD,Education Offi.c;,e."


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THE PAULSON POST III***************************************************'Jt . l f -**l I t -

The "Post" bas asked Ear our co-op-eratlon,

So bere' s a re'sume o]

We place calls here. a dozen m.orethere.

We get b1liwled out without turning aJlJair,

We're asked foolish questions frommorotHl night,-

Must answer them quiCkly and prayit"s right.

All airman looks on with . i l J puzzledfrown,As he watch e,S, us take connectionsdown.

Then he smiles, ]ike the coming Q ,fdawn.Ashe UDde.rs~and!s why the light. goes

OI1J.My head is aching,. my throat is dry,I 'm Dear 'goi[!Jg era;z;y while the miinutesroll by.Each night I go home with my headin a whirl:Why. oh why, did ~ jo,in as, a "bellogirL"


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12 T H E PAULS'ON POST* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** . .If -: ** ** .: ** .* . .* lII" lI-. .,.. .,.**** ****.*** M,AINTENANCE SC,A'NDAL SHEET

Well, FO'I,b. here once more is ,QUI'repo:rtO'n the Ins and outs O'f Ma~tecaoee Repair. I l l . tb!s column wemake It OU,r motto, to share an secretsin the doings and misdoings of every-aile it takes to make this the organiz;a~tlon U Is,I suppose one of the most important

moments of the !pBlst few days was theone' when D,R.O."s appeared Lo. full,bloom with pleasant surprlses for someand bitter dtsappolntment for ethers.I am referring. 0 1 course. to, the re-.sults of' the last trade board. 'The re-marks passed we're the usual. Thosewho made the grade said: "'Just theway I fi 'gured." Then there were thedisappointed who meekly said: "Just'because 1 don't 'get to work daily tiBeight-thirty, or ju!>t because Ide justas much as they pay me for is no t,ea,-son. why' I shouldn't get my grouping'."Anyway, to those who did, "Conqrats":and to the unfor.tunate who didn "t,"Better luck next time." I don't knowhow the powers that be who sat forthei'r master mechanics s'tanding bad itfigured out, Being senior N.C,O."s, Iguess they found 'It "ather hard answer-ing offtcers by the only words theykn.ow-"Do tbis" or "Do that'." Wehope they have success eventually,i.lnyway.But to get down to the most interest-

iing part of the report-c-the g'ossi,p col-umn, W'e have a goocUy nlllmber ofindividuals who, do their utmost to 'gettheir names on this page. Then we

have 'those chaps who sleep their liv'esaway because they are ,afra:ld that thePost ilIil4Y carry news of their mis-dolnqs ba.ck to the dearly beloved inGod's Counrry. To the Jatt.er w:e ,say."Better smarten up. Ge:or,ge. 'Man nevermade any p:rog:ress Iyillg on his back,"One' o,f the ID.Ost outstandilllg cases in

our scandal sheet appears to' be thesudden romance of a wavy-haired boyfrom Port Erie. Ontario, anell his lovelyCleopatra from' Sarma. Havtnq pledged[to't eo mention names, I'can only tel]you that hls I.nitials are McConnell.Enough oJ that, I love ]ife ..Did you hear oJ the case of one.

LAC Bs.JiJpe:ter. wllo was so devotedto his wi:fe (or afraid of her] that hetook In laundrv Co raise the prtce 0 atelepbone ca I I home 011, his third wed-di.ng anetversarv, AIIJ"t: ]ove' grand.[ust ask }imm,y, HewUI teU Yol!1 andshow you pictures of the littJe cur]yheaded youagst:eli"' to bade it up. Whil,etalking to him the other day he told methat he didn't know what happiness rwastill he got married. 'Then it 'Was toolat,!!.It has been reported that Geary has

been plitUng out 'tenders for a con-tract~r to h.2;,ndle his hatr cur, I methim tli:Je other Illight \Vanderiog aroundDauphin and when I asked hhn whathe was looking for. he quickly ans-wered with "Just lookinq fora bailber'sadvertisement that says, 'Come in andwe will give you an estlmare on. yourhair cut: '.. Now we know why he al-ways feels so' tired. Who wouldn't be.after carrymq around a head like that!He has a kin,d heart, 'though. AJtiereach of hts bi-annual tonsorial opera-tions he always has t ' E 1 I : surplus hatrmade Into down pillows which he don-nates regularly to the Red Cross .. Blesshts Jtttle IIIeart,We notice 'that Cpl. Devlin is eat-

ing off: the station now. That is just


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THE PAlillSOIN POST 13*****,.*********,*****:*******;***,*********************: : I I-**JiIr*a formality" ,as Dev. has been eatill9off the station, now for' quite sometlme, 1 don't know what it is thatOcib.re' River has, but it must be some-thln.g' the way Dev. heads that way[ustHke a Homing Pigeon. 1 am sureIt can't be the Ochre Rtver Navy" be-CaUSe De'V. confided in me the otherday and told me that the only way 'heliked his water was in 11 1 glass. Wew.iU leave the real reason to your Im-agi.natioll.I believe everyone got quite a kid"out. of' ,Plying QHi,cer WllkiDson andhis clearance pa,lPers at the time ofIlls posting. It seems that he lJJad every-thing on his Inventory up to and :In-cluding the CO.'s desk. Aft,er his de-flc'h~:llcles were tot,alled. up- all, u,mp-~een pa'g,es of them-and, Mr. WHkln-son confr'ontedi with them, he replted illan earnestaesa, "Why it ~s 'only!Z!ethat is posted and 1 : wouldn't have muchuse :fo,.I"a B. & G. School after the'war. ,Anyway ........e wish him, !lothingbut t:he best att, hIs new post.

,A.t, thiS time Jet 'I!IS unfurl our wei,.come banaer to iii new arrival 00 ourEnqtneerinq staff. none other than P:lODawson. A .e this writing.we can't tell,you. an awful lota.~lIt hiro, but we'can say he is a vel:)'" hkeable, uudee-:>taod:lng fellow, and I am, sure he willmake hts presence' well apPil"ecia.tedbefore long. We bid you welcome.sir .. and ,glac! to have you with us.At: the ti.me of w.rH:ing,. the' W.D.

Canteen is out of bounds to all ,a:lrme:o.We' wonder what effect tElat wlll have'on the lif,e and .Iove of a goodly num-ber of the boys on the station. I a:mquite sure that the .re,nde:Z:Vo!l1s wlUbemissed, no end. We' slnceeel'y hopethat. by the time thls article reachesthe press, a solution has been foundand that sac! hearts, beat: joyously oneea,galn.Well.. lads and lassies", comes tl:roeto sign ~:hlrty and head. for the busbuntil the ,eHectsof the above men-tiol:led have had time to blow over. Indosl,n:g. Jet me 'Wish eac:ha:nd everyone 0 you, a most joyous t:lmeill. thecom:lng festive season, that you wl.ll

t9fficeri' Wives) '6orner'Waxing long and poetic ,over ourconertbutton for tn.e lase: Paulson Post.

I became so enqrossed j .1] an attemptedlyr.ic composttlon, 'to do 'with harvestmeens and heady autumnal tangs, ro-mantic strolls around the' lake. aEd.such, that :r missed the deadline.Still. not all of us nave had our

heads in the clouds-> and much basbeen accomplished. ,Another I.a.y,euecempletedl, and. on Us way "overthere," as well as two ,large patch-work q'uj!ts. The airmen's library hasbeen outfttted with new slip covers-'each ,sti,tcb. a Iabour of love, bel:ieve IIil,e.as well as, concentrated dlHg'ence ofve.ry Inexperfenced hands, Thanks tothe helpful supe:rv]s:ion of our talentedMrs. C. O. However" I do think wediei. quite a creditable job. Don't 'you?A ",br!i.d.ge"was, enqtneered .. the pro-

cee-ds of w h r i , c ' 1 : J are being used to bring:a liWe extra cheer fer those languish-:iog lPaJfe and wan "twixt statton bas-pitaiwalls.We handled the fortune-'~eUi:llg booeh

lor the Station Carntval a,gain thisyear" having' "local" MadilJ!Ile Zoom-bies spinnmq her yarn-and they wereplellty mystic!'The O'peJil.in,g Fan Formal was < Ii

great: success. everyone looking veryglamorous.and still disclJssling Wjeand Mrs. Stewart:'soys'ter pa.rty-tho,seo,flllis who we,,!! a bit leeey, are cer-taiilily confirmed addicts now -- ,they'regrand!The:re is still much work to be dO:lle,

so' we' :hope our new wives wUl turnout" as, weUa.s more of our olde:rmembe'fs, who :have made onlyinfl'e"quent appearances, Tog'e~el'" we' cando much-besides. it's fUll! So. eemeonolll! - S. J.enjoy to' the utmost eve.ry minute ofy,our leave, and happtness, peace andpto.speriity wH:I:J the coming 0, 1 tll!eNewYeae,

Mrs:. Rainbar.refs Lntlie 'Boy.DR:lP.


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PAULSON PO ST* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *isms. and dress. are as trivial amongEnglish speaking nations as they areamong neighboring states within a na-tion. The deep fundamental beliefs offreedom and democracy apply to usall. W I' have in common the basicideals of our way of life. With theGermans. he continues, the converse istrue. They are similar to us on thesurface only. They may be goodworkmen, good family men. staunchcitizens . . (so are some animals). Butfundamentally they are different. Theybelieve in the Master Race-one greatnation being the boss. the rest reducedto slavery. The world is to be sub-jugated to an enormous hierarchy ofsubordinate bosses, with Germany theMaster Nation. the whole pyramidedby one man-Hitler."We owe something to future gen-

erations to realize this difference be-tween us and our enemies in, the settle-ment of this war, and to take care toprevent this from happening again."Of the Germans, he also had this to

say: "They fight a brilliant battle whenthey are winning. They press homethe advantages of the victorious. But,just as he loses interest in a game heis not winning. so he loses heart in awar he cannot ... in, This is anotherdifference between Germans and us,We fight harder when the odds areagainst us. Magnanimous in victory.we are most dangerous if faced withapparent defeat. The tougher the gamethe better we enjoy it.The Germans hope to split the

United Nations, But in this they arewrong. We have the advantage ofthe brotherhood in which we believe,for the winning of the war and thewinning of the peace."There are two factors that decide

great wars-the sword and the spirit,and always the spirit wins. There issomething stronger than mere weapons.Hitler understands the human mind-he is a clever psychologist, but not thespirit. It is not within the understand-ing of a man like Hitler. He is for

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W/C ROSSIE-BROWN

BROTHERHOOD OF M E NMuch as we would like to, it is im-

possible to publish the entire speechof Wing Commander Rossie - Brown,But. because of the significance of themany ideas he has left with us, weshall attempt to interpret them as trulyas possible,His philosophy is expressed in the

statement: "Iam fighting because Ibe-lieve in the Brotherhood of Man, with-out class distinction. acting and livingtogether. with fair play for one andall. I believe the world will developalong these lines. We must work toestablish a world in which we recoq-nise each other as brothers; membersof a family in which there will beequal opportunity for all."Thus it is that he reminds all English

speaking boys-R.A.F., R.C.A.F .. R.N.-Z.A.F .. R.A.A.F .. U.S.A.A.F .. etc: "Tomix together. work together. to under-stand and like each other, instead ofonly making friends with boys from hishome land. The opportunity to dothis is here and must not be wasted. Ifwe avail ourselves of this opportunityof getting together now, the founda-tion for the Brotherhood of Men iswon.He goes on to point out that the

many differences we have are super-ficial. Differences in accents. manner-

everything exceptthe things whichhim to powder."

These areto grind

the spirit.are going


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THIE IPAULSON POST liSi CiCiCiCiCiCfCfCfCfCiCiC: i( iC iC iC iC iC iC i< iC fC fC iC i< iC iC iC iC iC iC iC iC iC iC -t ciC- tc -t c- tc :- tc -t ci li C- tc :fC i li C iC-fI93ritain/' c:7reedom J 5 ' h a l l

f J'V ,ot Per ishTyrant",s war' this earth is rending,Rolling thunders blast the free"Lest this fiendish foe is routedWe're not safe across the ' s e a . -,Fertile fie,lds are being planted'With the kernels wrought from lead:Once pulsating. thriving villageLeft to shelter countless dead.Raise your banners freedom loving.Smite tile' foe a fatal blow;Show _ tllis '"Hun''' our mi.gmtty powerWhich will crush and lay him low.Britain's Ireedcrn s . l : J l a U not perish!Noble heroes


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116 THE PAULSON [POST* * ' ! I I o ll l l " ' * * :* * * * * * * .* * * * * * * * * , ,****__J i f . l f o ,. ,. ,l f - : * " ' l f - * * : * * l f .l f . l I I - * lf -* l f -* * * * "LITIERAR,Y'

We are constantly being shockedffily people who, on c:on.Un.g' :ln~o theI:lbrary", u III u a] 1Y ' as "somebody'sf:ri,elld,'" exclatma "What a nice lWle1',I:ace you"ve got here" or' "\I/11'y d.ld!o'tI kmow ab orat ~htsm"

Such a, d,c'plorable state of af'fairseanaot g:o 011. and, 'this being SO'" itseems time to, talk about: eueselves (IIliul,e.W:e carryon OUI" modest tittle trade

[n an appendix to the .A1.rmen"s Read-ing Room. the building 0ppo;site theW..JD. Canteen. and ,any sane thinking~,rSQn would reasoa out that an. in-smutiOD such as tbe Hbra: :ry. c'pen, as itis" to all ranks, would naturally be' theplace in whj'c:h ma:ddi'llQ1 cr,owds, shouldniQ1htly thron,g" not -only fo:1" the pur~pose of raking ou~ suitably edifyingbooks, but also ~orthe enJoyme'llit ofthe local bit of 'Qo.ssip, dearly loved hyall self~respec.tllliIJ soci.ety, whedilc'l'Seevice o:r CivUiao..Alas" such Is .far fr,omth,e Case a~

the momem, and Bob (alias the''.Killer") gently dozes .in his chasr, his,tongue rusting rapidly f,or want of aju:lcy p'le


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THE PAULSON POST n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * l i I I - * * * * * * * * * * * * * * : i f . : * * * * * * * * * l i I I -

STATION WARRANTOFFIC!ER CHALMERSBorn in England. "Our Sergeant

Major' came to' Canada in 1920; hisparents settled in Ottawa. An athlete.he became a football star on the sportsfields of Ottawa Schools. Prior to en-listment in the RC,A.F., at Ottawa. in1937 (he's a P.F. man), was in theArmy, Until 1940 the permanent sta-tion at 'Trenton was horne, but the warbrought him to Toronto ManningDepot-he was one 0 the first atwhat was later to ' become the initialstop of thousands. From here a post-ing to' the East coast, where twa anda half years were spent before gaing toBrandanManning Depot. In Augustof this year the Major arrived at No.7 to become the Station WarrantOfficer.In reply to vartous queries, he said:

"No.7 isa good station, and I'mproud to be a member of it.Those five 'E' Pennants weren'tawarded for nothing, Hobbies?Drill-and mare drill. Yes, myfuture is In the RCA.F ."

We're pleased to have you as ourStation Sergeant Major, sir, and mayyour stay at Paulson be an enjoyableand memorable one,

:H o , w l s . ' r ', o m' : h e W o U~ . .~ D e n . , For the last time in 19-43 we arehowling at you from the old wolf den.

Perhaps the most startling event ofthe year was the Invasion of the W.O.Sergeants - welcome to the latestthree, Sqts, Helen Faust, Agnes New-some and Nancy .Munro - who havemade themselves quite at home, It isfeared by some that if the Influx con-tinues the sign "Powder Room" willhave to' be replaced by "ShavingRoom .."The dance opening oUI""new" Rose

Room was a great. success,ane of thebest ever held here. The ather socialevent, the smoker, went over with abanq-e-thanks to the Commanding Of-ricer for the oysters: to Charles Mac-Arthur for his entertainmenr; and toSqts, Page and Adams for the inter-mission sing-sang.With introduction of an R.C.A.f'..-

wide physical programme, all the boysare P.T. minded, When Sgt. MajorChalmers gets through with his class,many are suffering from that dreadillness. acute abdominal chalmerms>-perhaps that is why WO/2 Beecherand F/S King retired at 1830 hoursafter taking some Commando traininq,So many changesa.f personnel take

place that it is impossible to namethem all. However. the posting ofFlight Sgt. Press cannot escape men-tlon. Rob was .one of the very fewmembers who Were here prior to theStatian openinq, he has been a Iorceon the Station, and a valued memberof the Mess (he was chief groaner); itwas largely through his personal effortsthat we have such a Hoe Mess today.Good luck, Bab!MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPYNEW YEAR. Keep your spirits up

and keep' punching,"ONE STOOGE."


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18 THE PAULSON POST: ; 1 ( . . . " "' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " '' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . . ' ' ' ' ' ' " '' ' " '' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . . . ' ' ' * . . . . . .' ' ' . . . . . .' ' ' ' ' ' * * ' ' ' " ' ' ' " ' ' ' * ' ' '" ' ' ' * ' ' '" ' ' ' * * ' ' ' . . . . . .* * . . ., . , * . . . . . . . . . .NURSING SISTER MAny RIPLEYThis attractive and popular native ofStrathcIaire, Manitoba, trained and graduatedat the Carman General Hospital, and laterbecame its supervisor. After serving in thatcapacity for three years, she transferred tothe Selkirk General Hospital, where she super-vised until enlisting in May, 1912.. Paulsonhas been fortunate to have had her servicessince that time, for, except for a course atToronto in June of this year, she has beenstationed nowhere else.AffectionatelY,: known around the Hospitaland' Station as 'Sister Mary," she is on thebeam when it comes to innoculetions=-In fact,her hobby is setting up lnnoculatlon needles~she loves to see the big bruisers squirm.We heard the S.M.O. was frantically search-ing for her the other day-he found her inthe chart room, surreptitiously reading herfavourite comic, Dick Tracey. Reluctant tospeak about herself, all she would say, "I'ma ,good little girl."

LAC CHRISTENSEN,. E. H."Chris" is a native Albertan. Born inEnchant, he moved, with his parents, toClaresholm early enough to start :.chool. andstill calls that thriving town his home. Com-pleting school, he attended the ProvincialYouth Traininq Technical School at Leth-briqe, where he became proficient as a welderand later took a specialist course in thattrade at Calgary.. Prom here he went to FortWilliam as an employee of the Canada Carand Poundrv Company, Aircraft. Division,working on Hawker Hurricanes. Enltstlnq injune of 19i1. he arrived in Paulson thefollowing month. Having been in Mainten-ance, Drogue and Gunnery flights, he is nowa welder in Station Workshops. A year agohe married a girl from Ochre River andlives there at the present time.LAW KENT, A. M.One of the few WD's wearing a "New-foundland" badge on her shoulder "to showshe served in the wilds of Canada}. Ada iswidely known on the Station through herposition in the Office of the Station WarrantOfficer. In addition to her other duties inthat office, Kent is the keeper of the rosterfor W.O. after hour duties, and they say(we wouldn't know} poor Ada gets a ter-rific raking over from her barrack room pals.Perhaps that is why an Eastern postlnqwould be welcome=-East because she wasborn in, and her parents still live in St.

Andrews, Newfoundland.Her trip to Halifax to enlist was not herfirst there, as she took part of her schoolingat North Sydney, N.S. But her trips toOttawa and Toronto, after becoming a mem-ber of the Air Force, were first ones, as, ofcourse, was the Western one which terminatedat Paulson just over a year ago~for sheasks land this is a sixty-four dollar question}who would ever want to come here twice?


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THE PAULSON POST 19" . ~ - - - " ' ' ' ' - ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' i C ' ' ' ' ' ' - ~ ' ' ' ' ' ' i C - - ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' - ~ ' ' ' ' ' ' i C ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' - i C ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' i C ' ' ' iC i C ' ' ' iC . . . . . . . . . . . . .p10 TITTERTONFlO 'Tttterton was born in Plymouth.England, and educated at Bromsqrove, In1928 he moved to New Zealand, where he

took up dairy farming. Surviving the upsand downs of a new venture, he establisheda fine herd of 75 Jersey cows and, after the"War, he hopes to return to New Zealand andsettle down to his old life.Mr. 'Titterton enlisted in the R.N.Z.A.F. inMay, 1941, in Aircrew. He was sent toCanada in August, 1942. An Air Bomber.he graduated from Rivers, coming to Paulsonas an Instructor in February, 1943. A sportenthusiast, he plays rugby, tennis and golfextensively. His hobby is ohotocraphv=-- (heswears his pet camera is locked up in avault!) -and his passion is bombing. It isthe latter that makes him say: "Of course,Paulson is a wonderful station, and I've en-joyed myself very much here, but ..Yes-he means Overseas.wo/i COLESON

John Forest Coleson, known to us all as"T'ex," is a typical son of the Lone StarState. He is tall. sun-tanned, angular, andspeaks with a draw!. Good riatured and ofa quiet disposition. 'Tex has won many friendsduring his sojourn in Canada.He was born and raised on a cottonfarm. but later worked in the oil fields. Pre-vious to enlisting in the R.C.A.F. he was amechanic in Huston. About three years agohe felt the urge to do a little fiQhting on hisown and came to Windsor. Ont .. from there toMt. Hope for E.F.T.S.. and on to Uplands.converting to "Battles" at Rockc1iffe. Hewas sent to No. 7 B. & G., January 22nd.1942, and. after many months in BombingFlight, he was recently transferred to Gun-nery.Having played basketball in High Schooland Colleqe, Tex has been keenly interestedin our Station team. He also bowls a wickedgame of 10 pins and can certainly hold hisown at baseball.

CORPORAL RUNDLE, J. M.Jim is a true Eastern product. Born inTruro. N.S., he was moved almost immedi-ately to Westville. N.S., where he receivedhis formal education. after which he workedin a grocery store. Enlisting in the R.C.A.F.on the 27th of January. 1941, Jim was postedto Toronto. Jarvis and MacDonald before ar-rtvmq six months later at No.7.The Corporal is one of three of the ortq-ina I group of Droque Operators who is stillon our Station. A rather shy and modestlad, Jim says drogue operating is a quietlife. but hastens to add it's O.K.Hobbies. dancing. hunting and fishing.Theory: DAPS has forgotten him-afterall. two and one-half years is a long time.


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20 TH.E PA.ULSON P'OST-to:+;:-f(-f!:+:-jI!:iCiCiCiCiC+:-;::-to:+;:+:iC-I':iCi':+:ittcit-to:-f!::+;iIC.+;.ojI:+:.ojI:+:-f!:itfC-tc'!ti':it+:iliICil1C1C+:"iC"f':""-jI("f':.",,:+:iI:THORNS FROM THIE ROSIE BOWL

We, of ehe Turret Section, wish to.apoloqtze for the epiloque whlch ap-peared in the peevlous Issue of thePaulson Post. The Dews was history,and even we' experienced dH.fkuIty ill.bri!Jging to mi:ndi some 'of the, eveots,Nevertheless we wll] endeavour to

make amends by giving you the up todate "qen."In September" WOj2's Switzer,. Can-

non and Amy (the' latter is now aP/O) were posted overseas, after hav-Ing been stationed at Paulson fo.r aconsiderable length of time. Theselosses were closely followed by theti:mely arrtval of FIS Reynolds, whosepast experience with turrets has provedprtccless.Early ln October, FjS Blake (R.N.-

Z.RA.F.' was ,plucked from our midst,tog,ether with Majors Edwards andWaH ace. Later i . 1 l the same' month.FIS Barley was compelled to leave us,One of the two remamtng whiteN.C.O:.s of the Permanent Staff. hereally expected to eat Ch ristmas dinnerin Blighty, but unfortunately the au-thoritres at Moncton decided that hisinstructing ability was far more valu-able to Canada. He will. therefore.continue t'o existoveF herl':.The' second week of November saw

F/5 (Peggy) O'Neil taken to DeerLodge and, we understand from reliablesources, that he is having a lone! '1time [sarss fruit, S


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lHE [PAULSON POST 21**'*****************************:*'**'***************** ...* * * * "A FUNNY IEXPEIRIIE:NC,E. ' . . .W ~NEVIE!R E hear the ,song,. Co,ming Home on a 'Wing and

a Prayer," it reminds me of the~imewhen I had a strnilar experience, We'we're on a routjne cress-country-c-as amatter oJ fact, we were lust fi.ni,S:hing,when a voice came over the Inter-com:"'What's the withmatter porta nwiny,lookedlooked

Skipper?" weOf course,through the perspex, andas i f the wing' was doiu91

ji.tterbllg. [mean to ,say, to see thewlng of an all-meta] Stirling flurtertnq,is a, sight worth seeing. I wouldn'tsay that I was actually afraid-not lustthen, at any rate, but my heart did.be,gJn to beat about ten times as fast.The old girl began to waver and

then pkk up. We all had our eyes onthat wing. but it seemed to hold, and,although :i t still fh..lttered and trembled,it snll held. The skipper sard, "Hold0.1]., boys, we're goi.ng! in. I think thatI can make it:' Thillkl!! [be,g;;u topray. We were losing hdgbt fast, ~lldJI knew she' wouldn't .stand the strair.iof dimbillg, much Jess an overshcoe,so E sat down a.lld held 0 . 1 : 1 . th e sides ofmy chair. 'Then fd t1!lb :my hands onthe sink stocking around my neck, or'stroke the little St. Christopher in mypocket. Wen, although I'm not reallysuperstlruous, I thQught: at least thatit wouldn't do. aoy harm to try. I wasthen begi[)_ning' to get reallywotll"ied,when the Engineer said over the Inter-com: "1 hope We make It, Sk:ip-I got adate to--lligl1t-only met her last night.but she's a wow.'" That broke thetension. We all began to. laugh. but i,twas only stramed merriment at tn,at.We were cominq :in! The ground

was only about fifty feet away, and Ibegan to breathe more freely..Suddenly the world turned upside'

down.. I was lying' on the floor of the,ktte with my 11I,IJV kit, c'bai:r and.tab-Ie on top of me. 1 d.idn't knowexactly what was m:appening until Iheard someone shoot: "Port engineafke!" That was enouqh for me. Iscrambled up", undid. ('h,e bulkhead do Oil'and made for the Astro--dome. Butquick as I was, tne F.E. was q,l,1ic:ke:r.' H e - alr,e,ady had the Asfro~dome out,and was struggling through,l!lSi.r:lQ' thepoor old Wil)eJess Op's face as astep', Anyway., I was next out'. andthere was P,E. sitting on the matnplane,laughing' like He,ll. "HeY"llow. welost a ruddy ,el1lgine,"" he grinned."Someone told me once tbat a Stl,dingcould ]andl on three BD'ilIines, but notwhen yon leave the wil'.lQ off as well asthe enqine."Tbe ic'e was oLlt-~he Skipper had

pulled the emergency Hrie extinguisher.So I slid to qround. Suddenly {beRear Gunnel" came dashing round fromtne' front of the kite: "Whelle"s, theFront Gunner?" he shouted. Wepaled, thinking somethtnq had gOD,ewrong, when a, voice hom, the real'shouted: "Hi. where's the Rear GUI~Del' Did he bale out?" They werepals. and after all. you know, it's alonq way' from the front tnrret to therea r, Anyway, we Wen! down andsafe, except for poor old . 'L'" ,lor"London" '"""'she had lost half a w:i.ng.So tne Skipper said: "Ceme on. boys.let's away from here, I want a drink."We: did~many. I stiIl laugn wh.en Ithick of the way we tried 'to get outof the Astro.-dome~t:heex:pll"ess;ion 01'1the Wheless Opos , face as the P:E.put his fOOt on jt. Never mind-"'[fsa grand life':'

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THE IPA ULSON P0 ST 2:]* * * *: ** * * *J i II . ** * *. J i I I . J i ll . l I I - ** * * lf .* l f .* * * * , . .* * lf . l f. * . . , . , . * . . Jt. ,. ... :.... :. A R M A M E N T

Un,til BOW this Sedion has, doJle]jjtde advertising ,e')I:,c:eptin the one w,ayall other Sections have done......-by peg-ging up excellent. records of good, workaccomplished.'But we ha,ve :become a, Iltt[e tir,ed of'

the semi-anonymity :resulting ,h'om suchii, sedous: and rather one>-slded outlook.So the new policy consists, of: both iin-d'i,vldual and united eHorts to put: th,eSec1tj.QDon the map and sHill ,malintaln,our repU'tatiion as ahaI'd - wa,rkilnlJ.tra,de-proud team"

OPINIONSTHB BOMB BOYS SA.y~"To be' an A,r:molJrer you must have

a strougl back: like' r,epeUtloo; know howee humour students, have lots ,ofmoney ('why Dot?):: win at Smuts.', beable to find an 1 tH Ib.. practice bombin the snow a't night with the tempera-ture < ! i t ~30. How to be a GOODArmourer is still a Trade Secret] Ourbest friends are: the Eleetr'icians: Pilotswho come back with ,no bombs: B-1exercises .:

ANNOUNCEMENTSLAC JohnsonLodge Hospital.

daughter shouldis doing well 'in DeerThe arrival, of a, newhelp. to cheer himl

The best of everything to Red For-rester in his venture into matrjrnorry.The same goe:sfor LAC Coupland whenhe "staads by'" in December',Con'Jratulal::ions to Corporal Cohenand P/5. She.rlock

a, g:lirl and boy respectively, Not out:ot the picture hy any means :is, omElectrical. WaUah, Sgt. Weeks, whosehitherto smaU fam.ily Is Increased. byone ,bouncing boy.As one. the Sec:tiolll is in sympathy

with Cpt. Peake in the recent loss ofhis father.

JOE ARMOURERjoe wants to break :in now-says he

iis,s.ick: of waiting around. On the 'Quiet.

SECT ON~oe used, to be tIl,e Section. Problemarid. by t tbllo.gs are c:learing U ,pni.c;ely. except that he remains a prob-lem to, himself!

OH! TO :SEAN ARMOURBRorJUST A KID NAMED JOE

Since our Section has been dol:ib,ed,wl.thin the':realms of myst,ery and hav-ing derived! the conclusion that adver-tisingpay.s. I hereby seek: to enliightenthe personnel ,of' the station about the'essential ,activities 'ilia.t contribute to-ward wi.noingan " 'R'" Pennene.To ,exempl.i.fy 01.11' untiring ,df,ort's [

shall gi ....e you a summary of tlile grlle~-iog .routine borne by 1.1$ .Fti'gM Ar-mourers, tha,t :is. we who service theaircraft on tllle [Gunnery line ..In the wee grey hours of the morn-

ilng. Iong 'before aoy creature is stir-ring [(ex.c:ept our Duty Watch)., OUlT'barrack corpoeal quietly arises ,a[ldplaces tn.e f iF.s t movement of Grieg'sPeer Gynt S1LIite (NUimber One) on 81phonoqeaph, ]n this, etbereal atmosphere,'he [then gently shakes each man, ask~:iog: "Would you care to arisenow?"W,e immediately reach for our It!rou-

sers, towel and w,asilin.g kit,. and". as areward, the- corporal returns our sbeetsa:nd.bl!aok,ets, M[ter a fuastily gulpedcu:p of coHee ~ [,COFFEE. that's aSouth American word meanlnq drinkit before' it eats the' plating off thespoon) -we dash over' ~o the sectioaand commence dUll" Oaily [nspe(:tions ofthe aircraft.

If: an Armoure,r become's , t ; > . . . .. e;!i"-zeaJol:lSand tests the guns with, Iive ammunl-dOD. he is g,jv en lots of ltiime' to leall',nabout his new trade under e.xperttutor~ship; thus. il:l.IlO t:ime, be' is quite' cap-able of waShing dishes with ~he best ofthem ..

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As the .planes come down we runout, carrying belts, 01 amIDO over our'shoulders [you've seen us in the re-cruiting posters), ,and bang on the sideso] the alrcraft to let the students ln-s-ide know tliat the e,ngines have stop-:ped and the ship Is on the' ground.AHe,r wa.itin.g fifteen minutes fa]" thestudents to' find a way out, we areinformed, that. the guns are U/S. Wecheck the Browntnqs and then return t:othe' crew-room and explam once ag,ainto the trainees why a gunwiU not fire:if the tl:"igger :is not depressed.After vicissitudes of washing f1ylngl

Jn and washing Hying out, we fin


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THIE PAULSON POST2S* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *,* ** ** * _ _** * * * * * * * * * : l f r * * , * * * * * * : * * * * * * * * *Since last ,goillg to press many post-ings have taken place and. many new

faces may be seen around the Sec-tion. A hearty welc:ome to the new-comees and best of luck to those whohave left.Fun!.liY the way post~ngs "happen,"

isn't it. Strange how Br-igley Iol-'lowed Clissold down to Wiullipeg.wasn't j,t? Right on hisbeelslll Wemiss 'em both.We were delighted to see fI,['


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28 T IHEPA III ILSON P0 ST********** :* * , ************* ' * ****** I f - * * l f - * **** ' * **** :* ' * ********HEAD9UAR'TERS ORDERLY

There have been a number of: c:ha"gesin our staff stnce the last editio,1]Jof thePo:>t.We were sorry to' lose Cpl.Jones and wish her luck down there inthe U.S.A. QU" red~headed Civvie, .,.JuneWi.llia;m.$, is now workin.g at theCN. T emegrapb. so we still keep ineouch with her, However. Sm.itlldoesn't rush for the five o'clock tele-gra,1DS any more. Maybe that mascu-line votce was, the attraction" ehSmith?W'e would! li'ke to welcome ,the new-

comers iDto this mad house. AWRoper lin the 'Orderly Room, over inRecords, AW's Sawyer, Donald Du-boes and. AC Thiessen:;: acr05sth.e halll,in Central Registry, AW Coombs andAC Cohell,ihave all become members ofour happy family.Co'~g!rat1.lIatio!]js are in

CpJ. M~nl"o. who is nowstrtpes and a diamond.qrats, too, to eur twoBullen and Anderson.

o~de.~ For x-w,a:ring threering. Con-new Cpls, __

THINGS 'WE WOULD LJKETO KNOWI

Is the M:ajor kidding when !"I'e'tbrea-tens to cbarge 25 cents for 'eacii:l emptycoke bottle he takes back.Is there a shortaqe of chatrs ,alld. areOU:boisaod Thi.e.sson. real]y discussii!liQl

the daily rati.Qn strength when they getover there in, the corner,Why Sawyer is always COGlp~aining

because: we get only two passes aweek. We must keep u.p the moraleof the boys at .!:tome. too. she says ..,

Why Bullen. spent: the first day ofher kaye' 011 the Station, :It "Was just.about that time that a certain Plight.Serg,ea,nt fAir Bomber ] was posted,wasn't Jt, Bullen?Why Ander.son MUST have New

Years leave, She has gone on thatdiet. again. ~oo. Wou.ld she have ,a~y-thing to do with Ltnda" s remusterv :Does he get ill your hair.Why Sgt .. Munl"o, was lookmq up the

ages of aU the airraen on the StatiQn.Why Roper is always, singing', "TinID Tbe Mood jfl,O. f Lo,ve.,"'Why M:a,jo["Cameroei .is aJw,ays com-

p,laining ebout the crowded busses. es-pecrally the 1;10_ We hear he is a,nightly pa.ssenger on. that one.Where Donafd gets t~e s:!lackbe~

fore reti.F"lng' and have you seen thefUof her grreab::oat?'WIly Gorham doesn't mind 'b~inQi

duty de~k about ev,e:I:"Y two weeks. Igue'ss Mainte!1!ance: wOI.I.ldJi]/tknow any~ti:!i!lgl about that. eh T_P.?'Why 5miili was so excited aboutgoing to Regioa on .a 72 tQ "see herr

mo,tiher."'Why, ,althnugb Coombs, :Is from the

West" she stays ill every n.ight andwrites a J.etteil' East.'Why Cohere spends all his 'i8:s in

Winnipeg. (Shucks. I just fou~d outhis wife lives there ..)We. wonder what has sudd.en:ly

brullght that ~:ender Iove Hght to Ada's,eyes. Comd one of FlO Neapole'slittle Armourer,s,bave somethin.g to do.with it.You're wrong. WhUe'sel., we dldn't

have the heart to 1P:ril:llt:that :little scan-da:1 we Idt on your desk.W:e: thi~k we have dug up enouqh

gossip 0 1 " this ,edUio.n. Any resem-blan.ce to the trod:! 'or to pe'![',,sonswo.rkillQl at: the Ordedy Room is purefyco.incidiel'ltaJ_


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THIEPA ULSO INI P0 ST '29-ijriCilitiliCiliC-fCit-fCitiCit-iCit-iCititiCititiCiCiCiCiC;llC:iCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiCiliCie:itit:itititiCitiCiliCitiliO:iCiII

W IR E L E S S S E I ( T I O i NTune in, your receiver; we are com-

ingin Olll the beam ag,a: in, With thePost 'editions. two. months apart, itshould be easy to find news. but it :is,iius.t as hard as ever, Choice ,news,tidbits are as scarce as posttnqsWe have a. few orchids 'to,hand out.so we will begin with Gordy Shave,

who has joined the ranks of the M'O-strtpers: next, Ca,dey and Chermak ontheir "B" groupings, and last, hut. nomeans least, to "Pop" Perkln on thedelivery of a, bOIlRCiRg baby boy.(Those cigars were greatly appreciated,FHght.) When the Plight finaIiy getsposted tl!Je popularlon o,f Daupnjo will!tit a neW' low.Rumor hath it. that Sgt., Stevenson is

getting himself a set ,o~ store teeth-at:least', he' ]s puttIng in e,llough time' arthe Dental Clinic. I wonder if that .newSgt . ; ('W.O.) could have anything todQwnh it?Say, how do yotl. hill-bdllys from the

West coast and you smoke-eaters fromthe East like our winter here in. Canadathis, year?We have a mild Invaston since OUI"

last edmon. LAC Naqle arrived from"Newlje" to replace Shorty Gibbon.Seems the woJf packs run w.iJd outthel)"e~at least the ones, in uniform do.Bob must have had ,som,elhing nice outthere. He wouldn't mind ,going bade.Neil "Mike"" Sullivan (y,es. he's

:lrish) aretved from Mon,treat. Evel:"Y'time someone cornu from MaoOke ' a I ,those old memories, come back. Thosewere the days.....-Wow!I hear' !:hey aren't holdi!lg a Car-

nival again unless Davidson is ,elilierposted or banned. One more !light andhe would hav'e' owned the joint, There:must be a similarIty betwe,en Win..meand Wfnnlpeq, because AU spends ,aUbls 48's in Winnipeg when Winnie isa,way, butt he sure stays close ,to ,homewhen sheg:ets back. (Any s:imiJarUyto c,haracter,s :in this document and ,anyperson living' or dead is pure]y CO-in-cldental.] That should clear :me tllere.

"Father" Doran an.d "Bait" Cr07Jerseem eo admir,e ~:hesceotc beauty downMcCreary way-o:r cOl:lld it be thosefidd]ing contests (a long way to traveljust to go to a dance},Must be a shortage of lipsti.c:k down

in Montreal, e n . Zeke1 Those lettersjust have' ordlnery seals lately. "Zeke"Beamtsb doesD."t Care for Manitoba,wlnters (:lJas to wear boots every day).I guess it is hard. on those feet'!!!-wbenthey are ncrused to being penned up,"News Nose" Carley knows 'Whenthe war is gOing to end, so if you knowof any !big manufacturers with warcontracts, who. want the tip-off, sendthem aroucd, If the war :isn't over byspring. Iknow where y,ou can buy aradio chea,p. What do you say,Jadc1FAMOUS SAytNGS ABOUT ORBY INFAMOUS PBOPLE

Doran ......"He wase'e drunk-s-he just kiS$edme ,good~bye at the train because:hewas sorry to see moego.""Put: (bat pis.tom down, Babe."CMley--"'Now, I'll. '~eUyou so.meJtl1ing.'""Here is a, ~ast minute's news cast,folks.""Whe~ do }I'OU think the war willend?"

Beamish-"That is where the milk: b,sweetest, ""Guess I am going to be skunked,""I'm not very good at this 'game'.Shall we say a, $5.00 be e just tomake it interesting,""

Cbe.rniak--"Any body want to bet that theeeis a dime under that bottle cap.]"

'G\lSUts-"One no 'trump.""Paky'''-"A.liiybod.y tlil.irst:y-hmmml'"'"Now, in Vancoover," e'tc,

McCaw-"Pay day stakes?"'''Wake me 'up for ]breakfast:"


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CONTR,OL,As Red Skelton would say to DaisyJune. Wen. here I' am again," Yes,

it is, IlIuite a I,ong' time since this sec-tion was, heard from, or' should I: saysectl,ons,' It has gr-own to be' quite a1


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T HE PA lUILSON P0 sr 3 , 3 :. I f - l I - l f - l I - l t- * * * * * * ** * * l I I - * * * c . . . . .:.t-**,*****,**,*****liI-*liI-*****************Hello Folks.-iHJ,e~e's the good, old .Accounts Sec-Uon back again ~r-ingiDigour best Sea-son's Gree'Ungs and Wishes for < I,H.appy Yuletide. As for us clerk-ac-countants, we'Il probably be too busy~,o reaH2;e Xmas j,s here.Drastic changes-especially for Fligh~:

Sgt-E, Iones, You'd never- believe it,but our conftrmed bachelor g'ot marriedlast month. W,e are still weak fromshock" prolbailly 'he is too. However,OUI" heartiest conqratulattons to }I'Ou. andMrs, .Jones, Plight.To aU yo!.! bew:ildered people whoused to phone tl.p and ask for FIS91~.

[ones, the tall o:r short one. we o'nlyhave one [lOW. Go'od! luck, Flight R.D.on :receivi.ng your commisston.'We still don't know 'Whether :it is a

compasstonete or pas.siona~e 'postingt:lla~ Cp:l. Heaveacr. LAW ]acksol !1J andBaird want overseas. Keep 'on hop-.ing. kids.'We were wonde'ring why LAW

Davis kept counting days: "l'3 days. 42days-but we' know !lOW. A.nothe.c'o.neof OUI' flock is going astray, and takingthe plunge-intD' matrimony. The 23.rdis the happy date. O~r best wishes toyOU! arsd T'raves.We want to welcome Ale ingram.O:Hanley, Ben and Fddm,all 'to~he of~fi.c:e.. You "luck'y" boys, You'll getused ~o us in . 0 ' 1 w.hil,e'.. That's whatAle Lang (FEARLESS FOSDICK)'had to do, although Ile getspreUy drs-couraqed a.~ times. What woulcl be diowirhour those 48:s in. Win:nipeg?As. tennis did for Short. dian,dog didfor Jadk:son, badminton did f:or Heavo-nor - W.HA.T 'Wil.1bas'ketball do forHembrnf, W,e"lI let you know lat:erdevelopments, Keep' plugging, Hem-broff!!!~ay, Barclay, you're not in 'Toronto

now. We. 'wear shoes Olll't i'tere. youknow. especially when :playing fooc-ba II!. We wi.!] aII be' SO!'!"}" to, SI!:eLAC French leave 'us. Let us knowhow you're 1::)I~Uillg 0:0, Harry. Pretty

, A l l e n f i o n : A I [ ( o l l n l s a n dF i . a R , : eW,e'"ve been here seventeen months,We''t-e not !:lard ~ C > please:But elloug'h/'s e.I'IDugh e iF Paullson.PLEASE POST US OVERSEAS!

Courses going Gut each week.'It ollly serves to tease .W:e see them aU deoart but us,PLEASB POST US OVERSEAS!Don't mentioo forty-eIght's tollS.Or even annlU'al leave:Plain embarkatson lea,v: will do,PLEASE POST' US OVERSEAS!We',re all ,OUI"second winter .here"'We' know iliat we will freeu:.The' wolves are howJjn~at the door,.PLBASEPOST US OVERSEAS!We'~'e sick of this Uat country,Hard water. dust. no trees.We fee'.1so sorry for ourselves"PLEASE POST US OVERSEAS!A.ccotlnts can get on witnoot us.These's lots more W.O."s;.So. com.!? all" Accounts and :Fhliill:lCe.PLEASE POST US OVERSEAS!p.s..We don"t like S,rt.T.S."So if overseas passe's u.s r e : . y .Don't send us to a Repair Depot;Just leave us here eo die.W~it by hand 14th Nov .. 1943,.WJ04050 L~Vf Jackson. J. E.elk. ACd.. A Grp.

alldW30i75 I CPL Heavenor, T . .E.elk. Accr ... "A" Gr;p.No. 7 8. & G. Sch.ool.Paulson, Manitoba.grim., eh! We were wO.lldering i~ LACTurnbull is going ~o be permanentlyattached ' 1 : 0 Deer Lodge. or whether heis ever oommq back to Paulson. Thatisn~ two weeks' leave you're taking. isit?LAC Krempm has lost' all illt:el'est ill

that posting: to India. he seems to, ~ , i , 1 i l I : :Winnipeg will be al:1 I"ight fOI" Mmnow. And, Pete, please toeII us, wholives i,nMoose Jaw?Cou1]ratl;llations ~o Sgt. Gent. and Sgt.T.horst;eln.son on your c,ce.ot promo-

t'ions, How is the Wolves Den com-pared tOI ~:heW.D. Caeteeu?That:"s all for now. Merry Xmas.,everybody .. .O.A.S.


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THIE PAUL;SON POST 35* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *l u c k y B O B d W in n e r s . . . L A W A d a m s : a n d F . S . . A r n o l d

THECAiRNIVALOnce again, for two days, Lady Chance, Queen of the Carnival. reigned over

our Station. Above are two recipients of her blessings. To each went a OneHundred Dollar Victory Bond. Below, the merrymakers relax between spins of thewheels and throws of the dice. Those hundreds of people who believed that it wasbetter to give than to receive, shall be rewarded tenfold with a sumptuous Snack Barand a Regal Recreation Room.


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36 THE PAU LSON P'0 ST, .. .* . * *** . * .**** ' .* **** If - : * * , * **** ***** ***** *** l f * *** . ... .. ..* * * *,A SPOILED FE E D,_ ,c /I. Story ,_

THIS. is not an escape from Franceor ,anything so melodramatic-e-

it's just a little adventure that hap-pened to me and may have happenedto scores, of ,other fe'llows out there,., Alldetails have been eliminated and onlybare facts related - :1:11any 'case ~never did like writing. So here it is:It happened about a week aft,er Dun-

kirk. We were at a place somewherein France. about fi.fty' miles north-west of Parts, I reallv couldn't sayexactly where the place was because' Idon't know-s-I don't think that anyoneknew. My regiment was gone - myfn,end's reg'i,mel1l.ts we're gone, too-we'were just a few scattered bodtes haDg~ing around for somethiog to 'happen.but: what. we knew not. We weresix.-with an empty Moms truck-arifle apiece and about fifty rounds ofam:mullition. Besides. -we were hun-gry, having had ,Ilothingto eat, exceptBully (comeclbeef) and M.scuits forabout three days. Another thing. wherewere we? Smal.! Dodies of troops werealways pass:ing by. travell,ing ]n asOll.l:thedy direction. !Presently ae of-ficer came along, took particulars of usand told us to report to a little Villageabout seven miles away. This 'w,e didand found about 500 or 600 other fel-Iows waiUng around, there, We wenton the scrounge in the villag'e and IIIthe cella r of 'an Estarmnet [cafe] we.fm,mel about a ton of champagne hid-den away beneath the faUe.!] bricksand gird.ers. Later' we found a calfweighing about ]80 pounds, Just thenthe officer returned and de~,afled ourJitUepar~y to go ,away QO o~tpostduty-a. few miles away in the centreof a wood. We decided to load thetruck with ,champagne. Sam took thecalf as: a mascot. 010 rhe way out we

passed a potato, .field and so we stayedover Jo09 enough to get a. sack .full.When we ,arav'ed at our destinationwe fOIlDd it was an ald. dilapidated,broken down farm house-s-bur rt had a'wondeidul, ceUa:r-,pe:rfectl'Y dry, with afireplace in perfect condltlo'n. One:look at the fireplace and at the calfand O'IU resolutions '0, a, mascot wentwest. Curly,. Qut driver. said be


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:Ru.mors! Persistenr :rumot's, thatwHlhis.F/") E. Way is posted, Whatthose Junior Offlce'!'s do WithOiut

fa,tbe,rJy care, lessons in billiards, les;.-sons in Knock? Alas, one ray of sun-shine, however, It may be cheaper r o . ! :students of Knock i, f someone elseteaches them, The Town of Dauphinwi.![ miss FlO Wa,y's faithful howHng,gon W'altz 'Night" All joking aside. theMe'ss Will miss its ple'asaJl1I.t and eHide,llit8.P,O ..'The'pleasant faces of many other

genial chaps are ,missing, P/O "BrownieBrown" passed the cigars in honor ofan ei,ght-pound daughter, and then de-parted for the lesser dangers of shoot-ing down Messerschmidts, Flying Of-ficers Robinson, Warren: Pilot Office:rsWrig'ht, Ogre. Johnson and others toonumerous tom,em'tion.New members il:u;l.gde S/L Dixon, the

new C.L FlO Vallance. who. Uke:H:ol'atius. is keeper of the 'gatlf!:: PIGDurkin. who assists filL Henstrtdqe toconserve the thumb tacks and paper',di.ps; P/O Pederson. [ameson, aDdothers.One "formal" and several "at home"

evel l i l f lQ'S, have bee. !] pleasant : i , fite:tludesIn ,the :sodal lif:e of the Mess, ad.d1.og a.gay note "to the sterner pat~er of g:e~~'Ungche job done,

WOMEN'She's all a:l:i1g:elin truth", a demon in

fiction~A woman Is the Q'lIeatest of' all cen-

tradktions;She 's afraid of a cockroach; she 'J J

scream at a mouse,But she'll tackle a,hl;lsballd. as ! b i . g as

a house',S.hell take him for better, she'll take

mim, for worse;She'll, sllt his, bead open, then be hisDl,lrse.,And when he is well and can get out

of bed"She ' . I I . pick: lip a teapa,t and throw at

h i : : ; bead ..She's faithful, deceitful, keen sighced

and blind:She's crafty" she's simpl.e. she's crud,

and she's kind.She'll make htm her .hero, her ruler, her

clown,You fam;.y sbe's thls, but you find she's

that.She'll p~ay ]ike a kitten and fight like

a cat.

A S PO IILEDI F E E I D continuedsseaks, and still te'l"rificaUy hUIl.gry,. andthis tfme wuhollt even a till of BlIIJlyor a biscuit. Wl::lat happened afterthis was actually a conHIlI.1:Jat'lon 01what, had happened to 'Us all .alol:ll theroute for about the past two weeks-jl.lst: wandering on and 00, hungry.footsore and weary. Anyway, we:evelltually reached Reuea, where wemet, up w]th a lot of old fnends-after that is another :Mo,ry.

O:EO:l:'"'FRElYW. C1lTTING


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38 THIE P'AUL.sON POST****'***********'************'*************:***********'*****PhotographicWeil. boys and girls, since the

.Photography Section has been swarmedby W.D:s. we can HnaJly enter acolumn ill tbe Pa~lso!l Post. That :isone goodwi,ng the airwomen did fOI"the' section. Everyone here is wonder-ing when Rockcllffe is g,oing to let upand allow Corporal Campbell to ,havesome peece, once' more, without bein.g'consti'lotiy pestered by a bunch ofW.D.'s. Paulson has ta'ken a stlfonghold on them. however. a'nd when theyde gO ' back to take: their 101'191awai~edcourse. RO'ckdUJe personnel wIll uttersHent:ly and sadly. "Paulsonltts."Who, could wish. for better servtce

than tbey receive when they come to'th,e sectlon for some work to be done?First, they are give'n aw,a,rm w,e'kome!b y six W ..o . 's, who rush madly to~:Ilem. seize them by the arms, bringthem into the office, and. then, all startto talk at once. When at last the poorairman has stated his, business, one air-woman takes care of' that part whilethe other five stand by and ga:z,e in~teatly at him. At last he goets the cour-age to walk ,out. havtnq gottel1 no sat-:isfa,ction at all. After he has gOlle andthe W.D."s have discussed himthoroughly, they once settle pea~'efully00 work until the next customer comes.Everytilill91 is an uproar,-MacDooald

is asking questions, Smith .istaiking

about a certain W.A..G. (nothing un-usual) ; Glat~e:nbu:rg Is cleaning E:J,e:rshoes; Ttckacr ydls" "Here comes PIOTitt:erton-there is one mad scramble,and then quiet. Pia Tureerea comesin, happil y whistl:in.'YANK'"

Tl!l'Il1"sday.December 2:3rrl- "THE ADVENTURES OF' TARTU. with Robrt.Donat.,Slmda.y.Deceraber 2'6tb - "THE LADY TAKES .ACHAi.."lCE" with Jean AdiJUll.'"'.Tuesday, Ikcembel' 28fh - "SWING SHIFT 'MAISIE."Thursday" Decem.bu 30th - "I. DOOD IT" with Red SkeItIO.1iTuesday" January 4th -- "DR. 'GlLLBSPiIE'S CRiMINAL CASE"wj'th JLio.a.elBarl"Y'moeeThursday, January 6th - "THE SKY'S THE LIMIT" witb Pnd AstakeSl1Ilday. Jan'uary 9th, .- "PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" with Nd.son Eddy and8. FosterTuesday, J.an.u~ I.1.th - "HEAVEN CAN WAIT" (Tedmicolor) "'i tb Don A.meche .GqCTierneyThursday, JanU3il"Y Htb - "WHISTLING IN BROOn YN" with Red SkehanSunday. January Ilith.- '''RIDING .HIGH" w~tb I)ot'otby Lamour


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THE PA lUIL SON P 0 S T 3,9':****:*****,**'**'*******************************lI-*****lI-****lf.-LAY

Tlte new Automatic Ins true tor, MK.XVII, is, now ready for issue to, allB. (; G .. Schools.This device gives lectures andanswers all questions, computes class:

records, instructs studenes in the atr,and shoots skeet.Instructors will still have to attend

graduatl'oll parties as the machine hasnot yet been equipped to absorbalcohel. L. McGURK. G/CO.G 'TraininqThere have been frequent oeeurences

in the past of students dropping bombsin or around farmyards,To prevent future happeninqs oK this

type, all students will be required toattend regular classes in Live StockRecoqni tion. L. McGURK, G/C

a.,c. Live Stock ReCoOgn.iUonAll aircrew personnel will be given an

opportunity to remuster to Air Bomber(Helicopter) .This affords an excellent vopportunityfor doj,ng Helicopter ReconnaissancePatrols over' enemy nudist colonies atLow level. L. McGURK, G/C

O.c. Helicopter Division. ' . . .G/e Lucifer McGurk has beenawarded the S.O.C.S. (Sacred Order ofthe Cold Shower) for his outstanding

ST G,ENwork in orgalll12:ing the HelicopterHotel Patrol. This squadron has qreatlyassi.st'ed hotel detectives in patrolliaqoutside downtown hotels 011 week-ends,ami holidays. J. DEADBEAT. SIL.

rOi" L. McGurk, G/CQ,C, Special Awards.

,. . ' ~,Under one of the [lew amendments

to the Rehabilitation Act. a priority isbeing given to all Air Force Instructorsfor post-war pesiuons as psycho-analysts at all mental Institutions. Thisdoes not apply to those possesslnqqualifications to become inmates ofthese instiltutions.

L. . McGURK. G/CIS.O ..C.S.)D.C. Rehabtlltatton...

Hooks. transporting, Mk. VI. areready for issue to all airport bus.transport companies.These devices are designed along the

same lines as the Sky Hook. and. shoulddouble the maximum passenger load ofall huses. Passengers are iequired toweal" lug~. IOoa.diI19,for use with .above.

I. McGURK. GIC(S.O.C.S.)

O.C. Transportation.

L. McGurk G/C (S"O.C.S.). hasbeen awarded the bar to tile S.O.C.S.(Sacred Order of the Cold Shower)for his original ideas submitted whileon the Entertainment Course.His Rest Pavihon, which provides.

Ice cold beer, rub downs. and '18 hr.attend "C's" fOil" all those cornpletlnq acircuit On the Commando Course, is.proving very popular.

J. DEADBEAT" S/Lfor L. McGurk. G/C

(S.O.C.S. and bar)O.c. Special Awards


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40 THE P A U l SO N P 0 S T********************************************************Fifth Vict,ory Loan iParade

No. 7 B. f: J G. came through again with the usual power-play backing of theWar Effort in subscribing more than 1 2 6 0 /0 of the quota. which was set at $65.000.00.The final figure turned in was $82.000.00. subscribed by 884 persons. This amountcan be further broken down into cash sales of $22.150.00 and deductions from paypayments of $59.850.00,

Some of the sections to make the best showings were: Headquarters' Officers.100 per cent subscribed, fer a total of $6.950.00; Drogue Flight Pilots, Bombing FlightPilots and Gunnery Flight Pilots. each subscribed 100 per cent. for a 'grand total of$16,650.00. G.I.S. Officer Instructors, 100 per cent; Turret Section. 100 per cent;GJ.S. Clerks. 100 per cent; andW,A.G. Course 6'1. 100 per cent. Other sections.too numerous to mention here. made considerable showtnqs, In all. everyone can beproud of the manner in which No.7 helped to YSpeed the Victory,"

* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *X . ..* *iC O R I R . , I . I I O 'A S ! K e e p u p t h e G o o d W o r k I!! !* *:: 1. It is desleable, but not necessary, to have your mat.edal typed double ::* spaced, ** *t 2. You should sign all manuscripts, drawings,. etc., submi.tted; names 'will be tt published only with your consent. ::t 3. You shouldn't wait until the DEADLINE; start sending your contributions tt to F/S HUDSON, G. I. S., NOW for the early SPRING ISSUE. ::t Thank you. ::::: PAULSON POST COMMITTEE. t* ********************************************************j.


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l"HIE PAUlSOIN .POS,l 41****:*****JiIf-*:*******.*******:*l I-:l II-****** . . . l II-*****lf.**l II-***If.****JII .*

At the present. time, Gunnery isdeeply 'eng:agi,ng die tnrerese of all theotller .fl:igh'ts-lna,slllu,ch" as we possessSOme of theoldest menabers on t:heStat:lon (since its ope,IiIing) ,plus the"rookies" .......but we oursetves know thattile new and the old. will keep up thegreat standards of 'Guonery.'Therefore a sl:ight resume is in order

CQu.ote") .WHAT IS GUNNERY?

Answer. Gunnery is the Hight whichflies the well-known Bolingbroke. The'"Bol)," is also equi.pped with a turretf,om which the Slloutsof two viciousbrowning' gUlls protrude. It:ls alsocapable of canyiog a bomb load, ofconstdeeable wei'gi'lt. if ' any of the per-sOI:lDe,J orr the St(lltion would like de-tailed specifi.cation,s of this, ".sllip, justask :tile "Gunnery boys"~ they wiill tellY'01li cheerfully.

..... *'Now, with the short days UpOIl us,

and lon,9' cold .nights" we will be ][1there punching to keep up the' highmorale of tile: St:atj,on. and keep the"E" Pennant flying high from 'Our fla.gpole.Congratulations to LAC A. L. Syl~veseer on his ma.rriage last month eo

.M:iss M:adel.i:neMcCa.mm" of:WillJllipe,g.Best of luck to' both of you ..

Also well wiishes iIO out to PIt. Lt.Fa]lls, D.C. 'O f HE,'" FIa'ghlf:. and FIS.Fedor. who, a:r'enow ail: T'rel:ltoo study~1 . 1 : 1 : ' 0 1 ' Admilllstr,aUon. We: ,e.xtend ahearty welcome to FlO Sheedy---newD,C.-andP/S 'Ttan, Cef."talruy GWl~ner)' CaJ;I never go wrong 'with suchmen attb,e helm.'''Who Is the sp.a.rse headed LAC

who, iinthe Ileal' [ut:U,!:'e,will be (livingthe well known 'JoeJobs" "'1 At anyra,te. the best 0 . hl'clt. to this indlvldual.

We~A.J.A.)

wonder wh,at the. Ki.llgnshwanted to do With. n:is half-dozen big 'UIlS a short Ume ,a.go.

A certain Corporal from "E", thatwas pos'te'Cil kI' "D'," decided to bave asnow,er before proe'E:'edin.g on his pos.t,...io.g'. We wonder what was 'l:fuemat-Iter with tile barrack ,sho,wer:s, Corpor,al ..flor awliljj,e" Coeporal T'urlJ.er """,,as

geWng up I'oo,rdione.r. Our gu~ isth.at be was building l:!im:seU up, fornibe~nation.It seems sbowil];g the "cboppers"

was ,quite a promlnent tlhing' aroundGunnery" espectally wilen Litt!le Nor-way (Berg)r showed the c:ombwati.oll. p , f choppers. dimples" ,and watth thoseears, turn red-bow about it. Berg'?'Tile "Gove~rnor" has finally de:c:ided

on his, new editiou o,jf Poker :Rules.From DOW on, Five "Bufls" (not couet-irngthe one up Ills, sleeve] are prettypotent.We nnders,tand tl:lat P.N. has bought

quite the jalopy. How ,a.Do,ut if: 6-26"s,"Yokres in tile Catrs," Perce'?'Joc:J\;.ey Petterson :has, everytbing but'

the h~rse-and latemy"Bi.g" Olson :bas,been inqmrmgas to ho,w to :buy abO.rse,___.2xl tfue "Big Boy" is giving this"Morden Lad" a Christmas Gift ..Du,ring' the saammer months the "Re,dI

COat" and "Su,d]s" made several trips tothe counrry alldwe wonder-was itre'2'Uy 19o1 f?


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42 THIE IP A Uts0 N P'0 ST****,************ ..***********,**'.***-************* **.***' h e t,a, c d 'h e f : i r , s f 1 8 0 ,m b ,limer or W h e r , e d ', id thai' E g g 60!By kind JKrmiSsiOR of SGT. D. G. CA~ELL ~S.A.I.).No. '1 A.O.S . May 7. 1M2Breathes ther,e tlie man with soul so'dleadWho never to htmself hath said:"True' height. true air speed, "Red onRed' '"1Whose heart hath 'l'Ie'er within himburnedAs to the pmlot be hath turned.And yemled, "Tb,e'l'e '90esthe mtercom,"Theil, gaily waves his feet aroundTo signal. and, perhaps, has foundThat Il'lI.,ots the:re are ,fe'w indeedWho dare 'we say It?)' do Dot needTo 'get some "Left. rigb.t." OD the{jl)ou,nd?Ob happy day-the w,lnd Is found.Then to his partner turns around;"Your g'o, old sock"; if lack ,o J timePrevenzs h l . 1 1 I 1 st:retehi,l]g t:here supine,I'll us,e Ute 'M,et' he sagely thinks(For'gettlng that the 'Met" man dr:lnks).The pilot then. with nought to do,Proceeds at once to rendez'vousA.t the .a,ppointed, time and place,B.ut, 10, .o,f planes there is no trace;:So, softly sweadllg ~o nimsc'.I,f:(Despite' his plunder. power and peIO,He' says: "Let's go, to Hell wJtil AU."Thebombin,g ranqe th,ey .forthwithreach.Content that they are now to te'2chAll others who would want to seeHow scores are sbattered in 1B3.The bomber now proceeds witn ease:"Sel,e.cts his m>ombs,and, if you 'please,Remember-s-one switch ,at ,a timeMay give some reascn to this, rhyme.All switches up-but one. of eourse ......Forgot are' ID.R.O.. maps and Morse,Intent on that red-oran~e doe,Determtned !:Ie' will make one blotOf that much armed-at fiendish spot."Left, left," he yells, forgetting nowThat tntercom has, made its bow,And waves hils feet mUlch as ,a cow',The' ptlot yanks. the plane responds,The bomber-s joy fair breaks its bonds.For there. between the drift wires c'lea:rIs that ,",ed-orange dot to him SQ dear."Bomb gone:" he roars, and shifts htshead,Remembering then thai: "Red 01'1 Red"Has not been, set, but wh.a.fs the oddsHe' wonders, as he follows down,That stream,-),llled object of reuown,,A pufF of smoke. "No. can i . i I : be,My bomb, he wonders. as we see.A round white puff a half a mUeFrom that triangme~,so short a whileThat he had vowed would. soors be' hts"Bomb plotted." yells our bomber- crew,A.nd p'lotUr:v;QIon T32Puts it fo, port a 'yard 'or two'.

The pilot banks. a look to ge't"ExpectIng that some' day he yetM.ay see a bomb burst near that spOtFor which the bombing mnge was:bought.,A "Turning on" is next, we hear10 'tones melodious. soft, and deaIl'.X X ! ! ! ? ? ? 000 ? ,a.n: d.'ear.And thus it g'oes-ruD after rUJill~Attack-and then begins the fun,"'Le'ft. len," "Rig'hr." "Steady," quickas ,nashThe pilot answers with a, dashOf what we know befongs m ,y rightTo the sterUog character of a. knigbt.All twelve are (iE'opped, they Jo'rthwithgoStil'ai.ght frooo rhae seene of sin andwoe'Back itO the hangar, whef\em wait.T~e poor instna,eto,r whom. they bate,Is s,tanding (if 10 'eady mom)Or .ate at D,ight. he will be WOrDDow.nto' a shadow-s-weak 8odtorD.Into ~he room they gaily' trounce,UPO,rJj ~:he plotting ,;::h:a~fs, they pouoce.And grabbing up T32Compare with it Bomb No.2"Whkh. if they have eyes. they surelysweaeHit that ruddy target dead 011 square.Bur, la-Bomb No: 2 is plottedTwo, h undred y.ards ,away f~om ta:rget~To argue then is of DO use,Instructors. r,ange cre'w get abuse]n ever groQ,wing heaps of sound,Which make the room spioround. andto,und.The offIc,!"!:"who. Fa.~e decreed,Must: inter~ede in ti,roe of lJIeed,Comes stalking in the noise to quell.ADd see if he can surely mellWbose bomb is whose - ,a vain a.ttempt ..Hi.s overtures meet with contempt"And Ollceagcdo the chaos rainsWhile dear old! Sarge just racks his

brains."Let's check the trrnes" is sometimesheard,I. f lapse ther,e is for just one word.A futrve eHort~as it proves->But gives the s,e'E"geant,as he moves,Toward the' door, a spo'li'ting chance,To stilI ge't our complete with pants,They sign the book, but with a vowTbat In the futl:lre they-al:ild :bow-Will breek that target bit by bitAnd show the serqeant th.ey are fnTo go .foll"thwith that one-half wing,And show Adolph the' Lioll can. sting'As, well as fly, and they, uruike. thisbard',Find larqer targets to bombard.


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THIEPA ULS0 IN p ' 0 ST 43, .* .**** :** .*** " '*** " '** . lI II -" '*" ' * .* *" ' *" '*** *.**** **** .~*** * , . . * , . . , . .CANTEEN' FUND

Occasionally we have enqulrtes as tothe collection and dtsposal of the pro-fits made in. the Airmen.s and W.D.'sCante,ens,.We would like to cladfythe situation. using' as a, basis the ftnan-cial statements of the Station Fund forthe quarter July 1st to September30th. 1913.To most people the term "ftnancta]

statement" is enouqh to discou,ragetilem, i:mmedi,ately. Well. we will tryto make :It int,eresting,.As at September 30th., the Statio!]

Fund had a Capital !Fund of $13.300 ..,This amount is off-set by Property-s-Furniture.. Band. Equipment, etc., whicho.l"lgtnaUy cost $11300. but now isdepredated by abol,1t $2.000,. Thisleaves a ,surplus to' cover current ex-penditures of approxlmately $"1.000..That. of course, is pure:ly .financialstarrdinq, which, to. most of 01.11:readers, w.ill be uninteresting.During these three months" the Can-

teens made a net proiit of $1'.700.Other revenue. totaUillg $1,200, was de-rfvcd from Laundry Commtsstons,Theatre Commtsslons, Wurlitaer, !Paul-son Post Sales. etc. This, money wasspent as follows: Extra Messing. $1.650:General Expense, $640; Sports andSports Equlpment, $580; Entertainment.$[,3'00; Paulson Post. $150; and Depr,e-ctatton, $.125. This leaves a surplus of$1.155 unspent,To the majority. the amount spent.

on Extra Messing will be the most in-teresting. To the amount already men-tioned as contributed from Canteen pro-fits is added the amounts recetved frommeals sold to living-out personnel, Thecombined total revenue jor extra mess-ing fo!'" the three months was $2,300.This money is, spent on those thlnqsthat w]1I supplement the rr,egu.lar ra-tions to produce more appetiz.ing meals.For instance. ice cream. corn flakes. puf-

fed wheat. apples, pears and manyother commodities are bought throughextra messing, Did somebody say"eggs." No. all eggs are 011 !tile :regu-J.ar rations.During this period. approxtmately

$1:.550 worth of equrpment 'Wa5 pur-chased, Tltis includes toasters for the,AIrmen's Mess, a: radio for the GJ,.s..Intelliqence room. bowlin.g alleys andbil.llal)d tables lor the Drm Ha:II, andmusical instruments for the Seanon ,01:"-chestra,Some o ,r the :interestillg Items culled

from the det.ail of tile General ExpenseItems are: Graduatloo Presentatlons.$130: Ltbrary 'Books. $150; and TuningPianos, $60'. 'The other items m,akingup the total, were spent: ,to make yourstay on this Statio,D as pleasant aspossible.Of the

mteresttnq,amounting'meat has

Sports expenditure, the mostitem rs that for Equipment,to .$540. AU this equip-to be accounted for, thusnecessit:ating fr,equentre.minde'rs to turn

in equipment which is out 'on loan. TheOfficers' and Sergeants' Messes C:OIl-tribut,e monthly to'wards the Sports ofthe Station.Quite ala.rge sum was spent on en-

tertatnmenr, which Includes dances, 01:"-chestra and, music. Wings' parade teas.and such big days as the Fourth Pen-nant Presentation Celebnation and thesuccessful Sports Day :in September,Plans are under way for furth-err im-

proving conditions for recreation aradCanteen factilities. ,0...... CommandingOffi.cer and his fellow Officers have io-terested themselves in the welfare ofthe Airmen and A.irwomen on the Sta-tion and in finding ways and meansof makilJlg

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