Barrie Examiner, 7 Dec 1950, p. 25

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provide sailors going ll shore leave Shortly the Prepared by the Directorate of Public Relations Defence HQ Ottawa In the Navy The Canadian Special Service Squadrons European cruise provid ed much in the way of valuable ex periencc fur the 1200 officers and men in the aircraft carrier Magni ficent and the destroyers Micinac and Huron Probably none than the supply officers in the three strips Never soft touch the supply offICers job was made considerably more difficult by hav ing to deal with the differenti monetary systems encountered As one of the Magnificents sup ply officers put it The $64 ques tion was posed in pounds francs kronci krona guildcrs and cscu dos In addition to paying for fresh food and other supplies in European ports foreign funds were used to National benefited more with theaproper currency after arrival in each new port of call tables were set up throughout the ship where supply officers ex changed cach mans Canadian money for that of the country be ing visited No less headache to the supply officer was the problem of food To ensure as far as possible that the ship had the best obtainable the Magnificent before leaving Halifax took on $100000 worth of provisions This included 53435 pounds of fresh frozen meat andI enough dry provisions to last four months Fresh vegetables fruit eggs and milk and some additional meat were stocked at ports of call and in every case the quality was good The Magnificent supplied the dc stroyers with freshbrcad daily bc sides producing 650 pounds each day for her own company When fresh milk was not avail able the Magnificent also played the part of dairy and produced in tier iron cow daily average of 100 gallonsrof reconstituted milk for three ships Although the flavor of this artificial product is from time to time by the addition of chocolate syrup Souvenirs usually fall into the category of interesting but not very practical mementos of past visits and events That thesesame souvenirs can serve iisful pur pose was demonstrated recently aboard thedcstroyer HMCS Sioux serving under UnitedNations com mand in the Far East On patrol off the west coast of Korea the Sioux had rescued 27 crew members and soldier passen gers of South Korean tug which with brokendown engine was at the mercy of high seas during al raging storm Brought aboard the destroyer the South Koreans were given dry clothing and taken to the ships cafeteria where hot food was wait ing After seating their charges around the welllaid table the Sioux sailbrs waited for them to dig in The SOuth Koreans looked around excellent it was further enhanccdl aiittle nervously but didwnothingr The Canadians caught on Down to their lockers they went and came back with souvenirs they had pur chased in Japanchopsticks Smilesgwreathed the faces around the table and the South Koreans dug in With Will on the Iligti food they had eaten iii more than 20 hours In the Army Just how much Petnwawa Mili ttiiy Camp 100 miles litllilll of Ottawa has grown in the past two or three years was recalled this week by Major It liirnford DSO former Protestant chaplain at thc camp and now tzint chaplain of the Special Force Only Canadian padre to win the Distinguished Service Order over seas ill the Second World War Ma jor Durnford is now at the Can adian staging camp at Fort Lewis Wash As senior Protestant chaplain at Petawawa he accomplished much toward building the camp from little more than traming area for troops into thriving hustling com munity for their wives and children as well Thanking everyone for their help during his twoandahalfyear stay at the camp ladrc Durnford writes One goes back to the days when the Community Centre began and to the ladies who formed my shock troops in those days One recalls the starting of the Scouts Cubs Guides and IllVlllSIltlppy as sociations indeed Then too the summer camps the choirs the teentown club and all the happy memories of my as sociations with the regiments and units in campall these recollec tions come back to me now that am going and they will be very warming memories for me in the days that lie ahead His letter concludes can think of no better fortune for myself than that of being rcpostcd to Petawawa when my duties end elsewhere Goodbye and God bless you all In the Air Force The RCAF recently opened one of the most unusual schools in Can adoerhisisnt amnormal co school for instruction in navigation radar or mechanics but an educa tional institution for the children of AirlForcc officers and men The school is ways For one thing it is situated half way up the coast of Labrador at RCAF station Goose Bay Sec ondly there is an international as pect to the school Ainerican as well as Canadian children are stu dents Goose Bay is operated jointly by the United StatesAir Force and the RCAF and Canada allows the children of US service men to attend Thirdly the Goose Bay school is very modern in de sign To get to the school you must drive over rough roads through valley of towering pine trees with backdrop of rolling snowcapped mountains Suddenly out of the wilderness bursts this ultramodern schoolhouse with its low two storey silhouette and long stretches of windows Costing $27500 the school has six rooms plus physics laboratory domestic science section manual training shop and wellstocked library Theclassrooms are bright andcheery and strangely enough the blackboards arentblack they are green and the teachers write on them with yellow eyesaving chalk The Goose Bay schoolis thefirst to be opened bytheARCAF but an 7Ptrboitliifvliereseivedliy mom lixtisehirincluileil llusbotte transitma other Ti aie planned They range iRatciiffe Diff Hence this gigantic run are maintaining theliigh stand senioi Iililes unique in many SURE to VOTE on DEC IS THE VICE OF THE BARRIE IUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE of Klfigrluil the Aleutiziiis one of the it bad Weather areas Bay there were no schools at all project to as knows where its going On the Pacific airlift RCAF navi gators of 426 Thunderbird Squad cent of it is above cloud will overwater stretches ards of Air Force navigators Ac aids as Loraii cording to Flight Lieutenant Ted foulvewlieenlriiiiiinn forilj theitrhri ing new 51 Ford with 43 LookAhead features Now stepiahead engineering brings you 43 forniardIooking advancements to put the Ford far outfrotitin beauty performance comfort andjectrtioth mstame theresa completely nevv nstcuinent panel with Chanalitediiintrument cluster and Glow Cup controls New Automatic Ride Con7 trol regulates itself toall road conditions New Automatic Mileage Maker gives yOu even greater economy with that smooth quiet 1ooHp Vft Engine performance lhside that FOrd Lifeguard body theres new Luxury Lounge interior featuring even ner fabrics and new front seat that has Automatic Posture Control to crown the mo Radio listening youll enioy Ford riiiisim hours flying time and about 93 per lhe squad rons iiaVigatois make use of such long range aid to White dwell iireund fender dirt optioan at extra tort Yes there aircits ew like these inthe newtsi FOrd with famous proved quality advantageslike KingSizeIHydraulfc Brakes Hydra Coil independent frontwheel springing and that copygoing MidShipride Ont UILd long ing for oil is expected restfulmmfort of nontsagseatfspringsjend modern foam rubber ctihipnin The spacious Deep Deck luggagelac chow has new Magic Lift Lid perfectly counterbalanced andtittediwithj Release latch Or3 Just see it TestDriveit andyoull agree Feature for feature Fords fiber by far Youll see and feel new quality new value newrbeauty that tel you you can pay re but you cant better1 II Lttiliirp Liiul plvndtr palleiil flyl Enough Doctors About iOQ miles out of Shemyal in the Aleutinns thetlb crch find ploration work in the district drill Ihe people of Virden and district warmly rcleuniermembers of the drilling crew and wish them every navigationi astroiiavigation ldiuigULQQScv Theatre every Friday night Listen to any Young over KBB Friday at 830 pm ll the Jaycee let Out and Vote Campaign roni siiiali twostorey affairs to the operation is Cross between ing hulking itsroom structures The lidllgulul dream and nightinaix Amp +houtiiig the starkis the hamg 1RCAF found that at many Air Fl Ratcliffe is navigation leader uiy of the RCA navigators Need DentISS it ilhiqfihs Mink with 11th jFoice stations the existing school Eat the squadxon and he says that and follows the some basic prin up my rim facilities could not accommodate the his boys have to be good to do their ciples used by master mariners hun rm Forum large influx of service children job on the Tokyo run that takes the itieds of years ago At other localities such as Goose big North Stars over Ainslie and There are enough tiOctors in ouri 5tsssssssssssqcsssssssoo community but not em tists ntirses or hospital sure that children of AinFOiCe per Nothing delights an Air Force 135 have demlt 0m the unziniiiioiis opinion ltloiniziy sonnil Willnot suffer educationally navigator more than 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