Summer Time

INSTITUTED 1987
VVOL. XXVIII NO. 4 JULY - AUGUST, 2014
INCORPORATED 1988
The General Meeting will be held September 14, 2014 on the Mess
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The Atlantic Chief & Petty
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Summer Time
Dedicated to providing relevant
information to the membership.
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ACPOA Executive
President: J. Gaylord Kingston
1st Vice President: Ken Maybury
2nd Vice President: Dennis May
Secretary: Jim Cummings
Treasurer: Cathy Belanger
Padre: The Reverend Patricia Malin,
Phone: 435 4221
Service Officer: Hank Einarson
Phone 435 6681
Editor: J. Gaylord Kingston
E-mail: [email protected]
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Phone 468-5558
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ACPOA
PO Box 3533 DEPS
Dartmouth, NS B2W 5G4
Phone (902) 420-0370
E-mail [email protected]
From the President
By J. Gaylord Kingston
e are really enjoying the run of Summer, having visited the Mother country and returned
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without any international incident. We visited in London and I would advise anyone making
the trip to take along many dollars. It is really quite surprising just how big the difference in the
cost of living is there at this time compared to our sojourns there as sailors many sea miles ago.
We will be resuming our General meetings in September and I trust that we will have a good
turnout prior to the exodus to the warmer climates. It is hoped to have a guest speaker, perhaps
from the DVA to bring us up to date on our status as veterans and answer any queries the you
may have.
Quote of the Month: Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.
Newsletter of the Atlantic Chief & Petty Officer’s Association
Sick & Visiting Committee Report
Chair – Albert Bishop (902) 469-2829
Bridgewater
Doc Halliday
Fishermans Memorial Maurice Legault
Liverpool
Larry Truelove
Fred Molyneau
Shelburne,
Truro
Joe Fillion
Annapolis Royal
and Valley
Doug Moore
Windsor & Area
Spike Sullivan
Middleton
George Thomson
St. John’s, NF
Ron Coles
(902) 685-2342
(902) 527 2912
(902) 354-2901
(902) 875-4271
(902) 662-2459
Charlottetown, PEI Hari Boggs
Petit de Grat & Isle Madam Robbie Roberts
Moncton, NB
Carl (Pete) Petersen
Frank Cholette
Quebec Area
Frank Cholette
Montreal
Roxboro, QC
George Heaven
Brockville & Area
Rev. Paul Gordon
Omemee, ON
George ‘Josh’ Warner
Hamilton, ON - Area Bill Venator
(902) 638-8700
(902) 798-3580
(902) 847-3308
(709) 834-4751
Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building
5955 Veteran's Memorial Lane,
Halifax, NS, B3H 2E1
3rd Floor West
Earl Conrad - 3225
Owen Holland - 3131
John MacGlashen - 3123
James McCullough - 3223
Carmen Olsen - 3224
4th Floor East
Annie Cormier - 4429
Robert Bowers - 4433
(902) 368-2248
226-3476
(506) 384-8984
(450) 699 6770
(450) 699 6770
(514) 684 3577
(613) 865 8378
(705) 799-2863
(289) 239 9394
Glasgow Hall, Parkland at the Lakes
82 Baker Drive, Dartmouth NS B2W 0C8
Joseph Hecimovich - Home Phone (902) 434 5558
Northwood Retirement Living
2615 Northwood Terrace, Halifax NS B3K 3S5
Jon Dowthwaite - Rm. 822
Ocean View Manor, 1909 Caldwell Road
Eastern Passage NS B3G 1M4
Fernand (Pedro) Guinard (902) 406 6056
4th Floor West
Warren Frizzell - 4231
Jack Walsh Rm - 4125
Robert Eisenhauer - 4235
John Joseph Rostek - 4127
Morris Kanasavitch - 4129
5th Floor East
Carlton Kearney - 5521
Eric Publicover - 5525
Mike Salkin - 5531
William McDade - 5529
Joseph Chiasson - 5426
Vice Admiral Harry Porter (Retired) - 5523
5th Floor West
Calvin Farrell - 5221
John Lipton - 5130
Peter Waite - 5123
James Dempsey - 5133
Roy Van Buskirk - 5222
Allison MacLeod - 5231
Edward Tobin - 5224
Robert Murchie - 5235
6th Floor West
Wilfred Watts - 6227
Henry Cooke - 6125
Gordon Tomlinson - 6233
6th Floor East
Ernest Shellnut - 6426
Wm. Marcus - 6435
Thomas Tonks - 6525
Dave Kurtz - 6221
Sunnybrook Veteran's Hospital, K2C10
2075 Bayview Ave. Toronto ON M4N 3M5
James (Tug) Wilson - (416) 488 8550
Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Middleton NS B0S 1P0
Myrtle Coffill - Rm. 264
Hazel Rockwell
Annapolis Royal Nursing Home
Harold Mooney
At Home
Bill Skeffington - (902) 435 3292
Edwin Toombs - (902) 543 7526
James Hamilton - (709) 368 5423
Russell Payne - (902) 826 2859
Cathy Geddes - (902) 477 2909
Maurice Legault - (902) 527 2912
Ron Knoll - (902) 454 6311
Dennis Shaw - (902) 469 2212
Brian Eccles - (902) 864 8302
Charles MacDonald - (902) 404 1205
Fishermen’s Memorial, Lunenburg NS B0J 2C0
Harold Snyder
Pamela Mary Steele
St. Vincent’s Nursing Home
2080 Windsor St. Halifax NS
Iris Johnson
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ACPOA Association Notices & Affiliated Organizations
LAST POST
THE FOLLOWING SHIPMATES
CROSSED THE BAR RECENTLY
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Membership Chairman: Ray Harvie (902) 462 7633
E-Mail: [email protected]
Brian ‘Gabby’ Reynolds 83 C2LT
Guelph, ON 05-06-14
MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS
Charter, Ordinary, Affiliate and Life Members 580
Honourary Members 14
Miscellaneous Members 17
Total Membership 611
Eric Edgar 81 CWOAV
Waverley, NS 07-06-14
Ralph Hennesy 92 R / Adm.(Hon. Mem.)
Ottawa, ON 13-06-14
Membership dues are $25 per year
Alex Schimp 89 C1WS
Truro, NS 16-06-14
Carl Petersen 96 C1ST
Moncton, NB 17-06-14
SUBMARINERS’ ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
For information contact:
East (Halifax)–Buster Brown at 902 477-9148
http://www.sacoeast.com
Last Wednesday of every month
in Halifax Dockyard in the MOG-5 Messes
Central (Ottawa )– Bob Wallace, 819 994-4931
http://www.saoc-central.com
West (Victoria) — Stu Cameron, 205 478-1217
http://members.shaw.ca/saocwest
For though from out our bourn of time and place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Naval Weapons Association (Ottawa Chapter)
ADMIRAL DESMOND PIERS NAVAL ASSOCIATION
Meet: Third Wednesday of the Month HMCS Carleton
Chief's & PO's/ WO's & Sgt’s Mess Dows Lake
79 Prince of Wales Drive Ottawa
President: Bill Bradley
Vice President: Frank Perry
For Information Contact:
Hazen Harris 613-738-2880, OR
Ross Raymond 613-834-0105 [email protected]
(A Branch of the RCNA)
Membership, Frank Wells / Secretary, Al Cox
Phone: 1-(902) 627 2748
E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: ADPNA
450 LaHave St., Unit 17, Suite 121
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia B4V 4A3
RCN BENEVOLENT FUND
CANADIAN NAVAL AIR GROUP
East 1-902-423-8561 Central 1-888-557-8777
West 1-250-383-6264
Shearwater C&POs Mess 1st Sunday each month
RCNA PEREGRINE BRANCH
NB Naval Association
2623 Agricola St., Halifax, 454-4385
Open to Veterans & Members
Bar hours 1300 to 1900 or later
President: Claude Smith - 506 633 0655
Secretary: Terence M. Dexter - 506 357 8158
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Feature of the Month
Atlantic Chief & Petty Officer’s Association
hile we are not in the habit of ‘ blowing our own horn,
we feel that a reminder of some of our achievements,
now and then, may be of some interest to our membership.
Also, we will be featuring brief bios on our Executive and
Board of Directors in order that the membership might be
made aware of their personalities and history. We feel that this
may give some recognition to them for their many years of
devoted service.
While we are probably well aware of our major
accomplishments, the Sailor, the Lost Ship Memorial on the
Halifax waterfront and the Murmansk Mast in Point Pleasant
Park, we will mention a few of the lesser known projects:
One of my earliest memories was the beginning of the War
when we listened to the news reports on our old Kellogs radio
on the Graf Spee incident and final scuttling. It was quite
exciting for a ten year old.
In 1943 Cornwallis was established at Deep Brook and the
town was crowed with JEEPS (new entries) each weekend.
Again very exciting especially after our Sea Cadet Corps was
formed. We were lucky to have the ships based in Digby and
we made many trips out in the Bay on the armed yachts and
submarines. The frigate New Glasgow carried three bag pipers
aboard. On Friday evenings the ships would line up outside the
Gut led by New Glasgow and her pipers. You could hear them
from ten miles away. That did it! I had to join.
After finishing high school in the Fall of 1950, I joined at
Scotian and while awaiting a draft for new entry training, I
spent a month on the minesweeper Llewellyn under ‘Moose’
Book the Buffer. Basic training at Cornwallis was ‘a piece of
cake’. I joined the cruiser Ontario, came around from the West
coast, through the Panama Canal, to embark Princess Elizabeth
and Prince Phillip. Again very memorable.
Courses at the Navigation and Direction school in radar and
to Iroquois to Korea for 12 months. Back to the school for
TG2 and then to Haida and a second tour of Korea. From
then on more courses .. Micmac .. NATO ..South American
trips, European waters and many exercises. Still exciting times
and I loved every minute of it !
Squadron duties and Sea Training which I really enjoyed
and, finally, Air Controller duties in St. Laurent and Nipigon.
My last posting was as Coxswain in Protector until my
release in 1979. Then off to the Maritime Museum for 18
years. Reaching the mandatory age from the Provincial Service,
I then graduated to HMCS Sackville. Never did I leave the
waterfront. Thanks to all of my shipmates who helped make
the Navy so enjoyable for me.”
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1. Veterans Memorial Building; a bench and plague in the
Gardens; stain glass windows in the chapel; monthly
reception in the auditorium:
2. Sponsoring of Sailors’ pew and restoration of various flags
and ensigns in St. George’s Church, Halifax:
3. Initiated the naming of the RCN Fitness Centre in
Stadacona after CPO ‘Jigger’ Mott:
4. Placed a bench on the Canada Trail at Strawberry Lake: and
others as listed on our web site: [email protected]
Your Executive
Starting in this issue, we will spotlight a member of the
Executive or Board in order to familiarize the membership with
those who have spent so much of their time in the organization
in a serving position. This issue we feature Graham McBride.
Projects Manager.
Frederick Graham McBride; Launched at Digby, NS., April
1st eighty-three years ago. Most of my growing up years were
spent messing around in boats and playing on the beach,
broken only by unappreciated school years.
Stores
Last sale on RCN Centennial ball caps .. $ 9.00 at the office
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Nature Calls
Researchers in the Annapolis Valley found over 200 dead crows along the Valley
highway 103, which they thought may have been caused by the Avain Flu. Closer
investigations showed that they had been killed in vehicular accidents, which was
determined by the various colours of paint in their claws and beaks. It was also
determined that 98 % of the crows had been struck by impact with trucks while only
2 % were killed by an impact with a car. As with most wildlife, the crows keep a
lookout posted in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger while they eat.
They discovered that while the lookouts could call "Caw", not a single one could
shout “Truck".
Here and There
London (UK) Daily Mail . June 12, 2014:
“Forget Canada! Hockey was invented in UK. It is Canada’s national game, taught to many
children as soon as they can walk. But in a development that will shock Canadian hockey fans,
researchers claim that the game was invented in England!
A recently discovered letter written by Charles Darwin revealed that he played the game in school.
Darwin wrote the letter, dated March 1, 1853, to his son at Shrewsbury School which the evolutionist
attended between 1816 - 1825. “ My Dear Willy, have you got a good pond to skate on? I used to be
very fond of playing hocky (sic) on the ice in skates.”
A French-Canadian, Jean-Patrice Martel and two Swedish colleagues make their revelation in a
forthcoming book called The Origin of Hockey.
If Facebook population were a country, it would be the 3rd. Largest in the world. (over 3 billion).
With 4800 species of frogs, only one goes "Ribbit". (2 if you count Gaylord).
Every human body stands out as an arsehole. It’s the first part of the body to form in the womb.
When George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004, calls to Canada Immigration from the US of A
increased from 20,000 to 115,000 a day.
Newfie Blessing
Each Friday night after work, sun, snow or rain, Jack, being a Newfie, would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a moose steak. But,
all of Jack's neighbours were Catholic, and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday. The delicious aroma
from the grilled moose steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their Priest. The priest
came to visit Jack, and suggested that he become a Catholic. After several classes and much study, Jack attended Mass, and as the
priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said: "You were born a Protestant and raised a Protestant, but now you are a Catholic."
Jack's neighbours were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of grilled moose filled the
neighbourhood. The priest was called immediately by the neighbours, and, as he rushed into Jack's yard, clutching a rosary and
prepared to scold him, he stopped and watched in amazement. There stood Jack, clutching a small bottle of holy water which he
carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat and chanted: "You wuz born a moose, you wuz raised a moose, but now you is a codfish."
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Honour Roll of Age - Happy Birthday To All Concerned
Members 90 years and over that age and ladies will have an honourary place in the Golden Memories article.
July 2014
William Bauer 89 Dartmouth, NS 06 - 14
Ken Beaver 86 Porters Lake, NS 25 - 14
John J. Bell 74 Welland, ON 26 - 14
Robert Bennett 83 Upper Rawdon 26 - 14
Fred Bradley 80 Mount Herbert, PEI 02 - 14
Paul Bramwell 87 Dartmouth, NS 31 - 14
Richard Bell 83 Dartmouth, NS 04 - 14
Clarence Bridle 88 Winnipeg, MB 29 - 14
John Chapman 82 Calgary, AB 25 - 14
Francois Cholette 67 Chateauguay, QC 18 - 14
Wayne Coyle 70 Dartmouth, NS 11 - 14
Nelson Duquette 70 Larry’s River, NS 16 - 14
Winston French 73 Dartmouth, NS 15 - 14
Loyal Gallichon 74 Dartmouth, NS 08-14
George Goossen 82 Victoria, BC 30-14
Bernie Hagerty 88 Halifax, NS 10-14
Stewart Hall 85 Dartmouth, NS 20-14
James Hargraft 68 White Lake, ON 05-14
Ken Kirk 83 Dartmouth, NS 23-14
Dalton Lease 79 Berwick, NS 10-14
Douglas MacKay 83 Dartmouth, NS 20 - 14
Steve MacNeil 85 Duncan, BC 10 - 14
Ron Mark 82 Victoria, BC 11-14
John Micallef 81 Dartmouth, NS 02-14
Bill Monteith 81 Cornwall, PEI 31 - 14
Wayne Nordin 72 East Uniacke, NS 13-14
Joseph J. O’Rielly 82 Dartmouth, NS 26-14
Willard Parker 75 Dartmouth, NS 06-14
Bernie Patterson 71 Wilmont, NS 11-14
William Pentland 70 Truro, NS 19-14
Leonard Power 70 Annapolis Royal, NS
06-14
Brian Reynolds 83 Guelph, ON 02-14
Don Richardson 79 London, ON 05-14
Roderick Rockwell 72 Moncton, NB 08-14
Edward Sadler 67 Peachland, BC 25-14
Douglas Stewart 82 Dartmouth, NS 11-14
Ian Donald Stewart 70 Dartmouth, NS 14-14
Larry Uwins 79Halifax, NS 12-14
Joe Whitby 81 Dartmouth, NS 30-14
Peter Wilkens 83 Woodland, ON 07 - 14
Robert John Wilson 83 Fall River, NS 07-14
Maurice Wood 76 Summerland, BC 14-14
Lionel Wright 74 Dartmouth, NS 08-14
August 2014
Albert Bergeron 74 Halifax 03-14
Lloyd Blagdon 69 Halifax, NS 28-14
Jim Carpenter 78 Fergus, ON 01-14
Vince Carr 82 Dartmouth 15-14
Richard Chenier 70 Lower Sackville 19-14
Ron Clark 77 Middle Sackville 28-14
James Dawe 76 Sable River, NS 04-14
Rene Depres 83 St. Joseph-du-Lac, QC 01-14
Raymond During 68 Lower Sackville 29-14
Percy Edgecombe 80 Saint John, NB 09-14
Frank Gowanlock 79 Middle Sackville 06-14
Brian Govin 84 London, ON 05-14
Hazen Harris 69 Ottawa, ON 17-14
Gordon Hynes 73 Nepean, ON 01-14
Joe Lelievre 83 Halifax 09-14
Al Leslie 71 Bridgewater, NS 21-14
Richard McCormick 74 Springhill, NS 27 -14
Sam McGrath 83 Dartmouth 09-14
Gordon McLennan 59 Etobicoke, ON 04-14
Harold Mosher 81 Dartmouth 25-14
William Murdock 69 Rockland, ON 15-14
Eli Patten 73 Grand Bank, NL 24-14
John Prince 81 Petitcodiac, NB 31-14
John Richardson 68 Mount Uniacke, NS 08-14
Gerald Riley 81 Hatchet Lake, NS 22-14
Jean-Paul Rochon 69 Dartmouth 24-14
William Ross 82 Ancaster, ON 04-14
Ron Shields 81 Williamswood, NS 21-14
Don W. Smith80 Wellington, NS 02-14
George Taylor 89 Dartmouth 03-14
Ed Tracy 80 Saint John, NB 07-14
Romain Verbeke 81 Minesville, NS 36-14
Frank Voegeli 83 Harrow, ON 31-14
Gerald Wakunick 83 Dartmouth, NS 09-14
Ken Whitney 82 Head of Jeddore, NS 23-14
James Whittaker 78 Dartmouth 09-14
Tom Young 88 Halifax 18-14
These figures are taken from application forms when submitted. Discrepancies are to be forwarded to [email protected] or the Association office
902 420-0370. If you do not wish to have the date of your birth placed here, please contact me at [email protected] or 902 446-8001.
Days of Yore
July 1 1944
MTB 460 . mined . 10 men lost
August 8, 1944
HMCS Regina . torpedoed . 30 lost
July 7 1944
MTB 463 : mined . 5 wounded
August 21, 1944
HMCS Alberni . torpedoed . 59 lost
July 26 1885
Sir John Franklin disappears in Eastern Arctic
August 1, 1834
British Columbia abolishes slavery
July 1 1958
1st. Royal Fleet Review held in Royal Roads, BC
August 20 1882
1st. train arrives in Regina (Left Halifax in 1880?)
July 27 1953
Cease fire declared in Korea
August 6 1945
1st. Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
July 17 1976
Olympic Games open in Montreal
August 9 1945Lt.
Robert Hampton Gray awarded the VC
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Golden Memories July - August 2014
July
Gerald Pinard
Saanichton, BC
97 Years Young
July 6 2014
Gordon and Jean Miller
Halifax, NS
62 Years of Wedded Bliss
July 19 2014
Jack Lawrence
Oakville, ON
95 Years Young
August 27 2014
Cecil and Dorothy Brown
Ottawa, ON
59 Years of Wedded Bliss
July 02 2014
Ernest Shellnut
Hammonds Plains, NS
94 Years Young
August 4 2014
Watson and Rose Strong
Dartmouth, NS
57 Years of Wedded Bliss
July 19 2014
Bernard McInnis
Halifax, NS
94 Years Young
August 26 2014
Dick and Diana Boon
Halifax, NS
55 Years of Wedded Bliss
July 11 2014
Mary Coady
Burlington, ON
93 Years Young
August 26 2014
Clifford Ashton
Eastern Passage, NS
90 Years Young
July 31 2014
August
Paul Bedard
Dartmouth, NS
95 Years Young
August 7 2014
Herb Jones
Windsor, ON
92Years Young
August 12 2014
Pearl Flanagan
Perth, ON
83 Years Young
July 11 2014
Francis Warner
Tantallon, NS
95Years Young
August 8 2014
Laurie and Dorothy
Simpkin
Halifax, NS
74 Years of Wedded Bliss
July 9 2014
John King
Halifax, NS
95 Years Young
August 12 2014
James Matthews
Cobble Hill, BC
97 Years Young
July 31 2014
Charlie Scott
Bayside, NS
92 Years Young
July 01 2014
Marion Schimp
Truro, NS
92 Years Young
July 10 2014
Phillip Ross
St. Stephen, NB
91 Ye3ars Young
August 9 2014
Edgar and Yolande Gaudet
Halifax, NS
62Years of Wedded Bliss
August 2 2014
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Robert and Loyopla
Chamlers
Malagash, NS
61 Years of Wedded Bliss
August 8 2014
William and Vivian Pitul
Musquodobit, NS
61 Years of Wedded Bliss
August 15 2014
John and Phyllis Pattenden
Dartmouth, NS
60 Years of Wedded Bliss
August 7 2014
John and Florence Labelle
Lower Sackville, NS
55 Years of Wedded Bliss
August 7 2014
Steve and Toni MacNeil
Duncan, BC
55 years of Wedded Bliss
August 12 2014
Fred and Margie
Molyneaux
Shelburne, NS
52 Years of Wedded Bliss
August 18 2014
Three bags up to
70 lbs free on Air
Canada for CF
members
Dress Code
for exams at
Oxford (UK)
n 12 May 14 Air Canada
announced a new baggage policy
for CAF members, active or retired.
The new policy states that members
are allowed up to 3 bags each weighing
no more than 32kgs (70lbs) with valid
military ID.
The Air Canada Ref # is ACP
685071 – Military Baggage if you have
a problem at the check in counter.
The process for ensuring that you do
not pay for extra bags when checking in
online, is to pick that you have 1 bag to
check. Once you arrive at the airport
you go up to the check in counter,
inform them you’re military, show them
your ID and then tell them you have an
additional 1 or 2 bags. They will then
check your bags free of charge.
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Rainy Day Art
Something to admire when it is hot.