RCAF Paulson Base - Jan 1944

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T h e , 'Paulson 1>os tBy Kind Permission of Group Captain W. E. Dipple

Editor in Chief - F /L ISER STEIMANAssociate Editors:

F/L V. L. Stewart - F/L P. Byng-Hall - FlO T. W. Graham - FlO A. E. TaylorCpl. G. Segal - Sgt. S. A. Prudhomme - LAC. J. T . GarciaPhotographic Editors:

F/0 A. B. Cunningham Cpl. A. R. PotterBusiness M.anager: Sgt. F. W. Strang Secretary: PIO T . C. MUirheadMaterial for Publication must reach the Office of "The Post" before the 15th, ofeach Month. It is requested that Contributors sign their names to their contributions.Subscription Rates:-To Personnel Posted away. 6 Months, 25c; 12 Months. 50c.VoL 2 - No.1 Published Monthly January. 1943

IN D EXEditorial 5Escape from Dunkirk _............. 6Christmas at Paulson. 1912 7S.L. C. E. Bazett . ,.......... 8Short Circuit 8Wireless Section - Out of Bounds 9Things We Would Like to Know 9The Paulson Blues - Song 10What to Do in Case of An Air Raid 11On the Horns of a Dilemma . 12Through the Keyhole 13Lecture on. The Browning 15S.L. J . C. Johnston 16Equipment Section - Happy Holiday 17The Sports Review................................................................................ 19Musical Informal 22The Death Knell of A Navy .. 23Inside Headquarters Orderly Room 24Sergeants' Mess 25Padre's Page 27Biographies . 28 - 29The Hostess Club 31Bombing Flight Christmas Party 31Officers' Mess 32W. D. Doings _....................................................33Fire Department Footnotes 34January, 1943 and The Accounts Section 35The G. L S. III . " 36Why??? 36Book Review .. 38


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The Air Force Cross is availableto officers of the RA.F. and RC.A.F. serving in Canada. It is awardedfor ..exceptional devotion to dutywhilst flying, outstanding work onthe part of flying instructors, or forany particularly outstanding act whilstflying."Included in the New Year's Honour

List was the name of the Chief Fly-ing Instructor of this school. WingCommander R. F. Gibb (C950). ThePaulson Post echoes the congratula-tions of every person on the stationto Wing Commander Gibb on the re-ception of this high honour. In histireless devotion to duty and in hisunbounded enthusiasm for his workhe has 'set an outstanding example.It is gratifying to know that hisability and hard work have not goneunnoticed. For the interest of allpersonnel there follows a sketch ofhis service career:Wing Commander Glbb enlisted in

the R.C.A.F. on September 14, 1925

as an Aero Engine Mechanic. Heserved at Camp Borden until Feb-ruary, 1928. when. upon the comple-tion of an N.C.O.'s flying course, hewas transferred to Vancouver for afurther course on seaplanes and fly-ing boats. Later in the same year heoperated from Cormorant Lake.Manitoba. on forestry patrol work.For the next three years he was en-gaged in aerial photography in everyprovince from Ontario to BritishColumbia and north into the NorthWest Territories. In 1932 he wasdetailed for anti-smuggling patrol. Insuch a capacity he served for one,year at Studiac, New Brunswick, two. years at Gaspe. Quebec. and twoyears at Dartmouth. Nova Scotia. In1937 he went to Camp Borden againfor a time and then on to Trenton,serving as Armament Instructor and'pilot, He received his commission in1939 and was immediately posted toNumber Six T. B. Squadron at Van-couver. In 1940 he was appointedO.C. of the G.I.S. and Chief Instruc-tor at Jarvis, Ontario. On September9. 1911 he came to Paulson as ChiefInstructor. "This is the best stationI have ever served on", says WingCommander R F. Gibb. A.F.G, aman's man and a great flier.

A RARE EXPERIENCEThe reportage entitled "Escape

from Dunkirk", found in this issue ofthe Paulson Post, is no idle tale con-jured up out of a lively imag>:ation.It is an account of the real [~,mgbya man who was there and managedto live through it. The author isPilot Officer M. E. Scanlan of theR.A.F. At present he is an instructorin our Ground Instruction School. Heis an Irishman with a mischieviousgleam in his eye and a hidden capa-city for righteous indignation. Beforejoining the R.A.F. he saw action withthe army in various capacities. Hisepic on Dunkirk will run serially inthe Paulson Post;


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6 THE PAULSON POST

" E S C A P f ' f R o m D u n K I R K "iJif f J . D. J W . s : $caulan

eUR convoy moved slowly outof Larkhill in the still early hours

of a cold September morn. A dampmist. so peculiar to England, shroudedthe convoy in its enveloping folds asthe long line of lorries and gunswended its way past the famousSchool of Army Artillery on Salis-bury Plains, and out into the quietEnglish countryside.It had come: the Regiment was

going overseas. Apart from the C.O.and the Battery Commanders, I donot think there was an officer. N.C.O.or gunner amongst us who really hadany idea of our destination - infact. for the past week, amidst allthe planning and preparation usuallyassociated with the departure overseasof a mechanized force. much specu-lation had been rife, as to our mostprobable destination. A few days laterhowever. as the English coastlinegradually receded from our view. amuster parade was held on the deckof our transport ship, and we wereinformed that we were bound forFrance. This news was received withgreat joy by us all - more especiallyby a few of our fraternity who wereoverjoyed at the prospect of hugequantities of wine at very little ex-pense. But all of us were highlydelighted at being Singled out as oneof the first Regiments of the BritishExpeditionary Force.Dawn was breaking as we. steamed

into Calais. All was peaceful, the onlysound marring the silence being thescreaming of the sea-gulls as theyescorted our ship into dock. Little

did we know then that our exit fromFrance nine months later, was to beentirely different ~ a hurried exitamidst scenes of Death and Destruc-tion: the screams this time being notfrom the gulls, but from the tornbodies of our comrades lying bleedingand mangled on the shores of a van-quished nation-screams which wereaccentuated by the shrieking of theStukas as they dived to unload theirdeath dealing cargos upon us!Our disembarkation was duly com-

pleted, after which we were escortedby a guard of French Infantry to anearby warehouse, in which we storedour vehicles and equipment. A shorttalk by the C.O. ensued, after whichwe were dismissed for the day, withthe exception of an unfortunate fewwho were "joed" for guard duties.The town proved to be highly inter-esting, and our language difficultieswere to a great extent alleviated bythe willing help of some Poilus who,apart from being enthusiastic hosts,were able to speak a little English.After a short period at Calais. we

moved up through Bethune to a smallVillage called Haisnes, where our timewas occupied mainly With extensivemanoeuvers.It was now March, and the first

week of that month saw us transferredto Haubourdin - a small town notmany kilos from Lille. More exten-sive manoeuvers followed _ mainlyat night on Vimy Ridge. the sceneof the qlorrous Canadian stand in

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POST 7THE PAULSON

C H R IS T M A S A T P A U L S O N , 1 9 4 2

"T didn't think would enjoyChristmas - but I did." Those werethe words of one of our W.D.'swhose home is down East wherethey "choke herrings." That was notan isolated sentiment, one heard iteverywhere. from Airmen and Air,women who were unable to go totheir homes either at Christmas orat New Year's.The Christmas Season officially

opened when the Christmas tree waserected at the gate. It was funnyto hear "tough" Airmen whistlinghalf-forqotten Christmas carols whenthey saw the tree resplendent withit's rnulti-colored lights.On Sunday the 21st there was the

Children's Party. A great success! Itwas held in the Recreation Hall andattended by rnore than one hundredand fifty children from the familiesof airmen on this station. The programincluded animated cartoons, games,

and best of all a visit from SantaClaus. One of our best staff Pilotsmet him at Churchill and hurried hiscoming. He was enabled to make abrief visit before he loaded his bagsfor Christmas Eve.On Christmas Eve. a very success-

ful dance was held in the W.D.Canteen, which was traditionallyadorned for the season.The hiqh-liqht of the Christmasseason at Number Seven was Chr-ist-

mas Day. There was nothing but themost essential work done on thestation.In the O.R. Mess the officers

and senior NCO's served dinner. T'ur-key and all the trimmings. "Just likehome" was oft-repeated comment.One of the most important parts

of the station Christmas. was thePadre's Christmas Service on the



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8 THE PAULSON POST

S .L . C . . E . B A Z E I I

Claims to be an Englishman bybirth~although his family moved toCanada 'wb en he was only six weeksold. "I came along too," he says."because my mother would have be-

come homesick without me." 'Tl;creal r easo n probably was that he ha:::!heard that Canada was a "land ofpromise".Approximately six years after ar-

riving in Canada the "Baz.ert young-ster" toddled off to the Little Ro:dSchool House in B.C, and crammedat intervals until he had at lastlearned at least 50 per cent of whatthey had to offer. After more periodicplugging. cribbing. etc., plus theusual apprenticeship he blossomedforth in full bloom as a CharteredAccountant."Joined the R,C.A.F. in mid-summer

of 1940". he went on. ..and havebeen stationed in St. Thomas. Winni-peg. and Paulson. In fact, been herefor quite a while now." Sure enough,on checking up. we find he arrivedhere on 26th May. 1941~and maybe classed as one of the "old origin-als"-Well. selfishly speaking. Sir.we hope you'll continue to be oneof that noble group.

S H O R T C I R C U I TIn all probabilities you will have

heard a rumour about the follOWingtelephone conversation, But there isnothing as genuine as the original.and SO we are reprodUCing the eventexactly as it happened - here it is:On Sunday morning, 10th Jan ..

1943, the Adjutant desires to talkbusiness with S. L, Bazett, the SeniorAccountant Officer. He therefore calls36 and the receiver is raised at theother end of the line by SergeantStrang.Adjutant (whose voice is com-

pletely changed because of a badcold): "Is 5. L. Bazett there. ple ase !"Sgt. Strang - "Oh! Hello Sun-

shine! How are you today?"

Adjutant - "Fine - just a badthroat and a husky voice."5gt. Strang _ ''I've certainly got

a swelled head this morning - Whattime did you get home last night?"Adjutant - (Re ahztnq that Sgt.

Strang was on the wrong track) "Idon't know."Sgt. Strang - "Gosh! you sure

must be able to take it:Adjutant - "Well, I feel O.K.

this morning."Sgt. Strang - "Well. Sunshine, I

don't know how you do it, buthonestly [ feel like the wrath ofGod,"Adjutant - (In his official voice)

"This is F.L. Campbell speaking, isSquadron Leader Bazett there?"Sgt. Strang - (Fades away as he

whispers) "Oh my good God."~There it is. so help me-i--.


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W IR E L E S S S E C T IO N - - O U T O F B O U N D SThe Prodical Son returns to press.

It appears that there is such a scar-city of news that we miss out everysecond issue, or is it because we aretoo busy - skip the answer. Thegenuine reason is that Cpl. Dorantried to make the deadline last issuebut realized it was a tougher jobthan hitting the mess hall before 8.15,and believe me, for Doran that istough.We have had two newcomers

lately, both arrived in the usual goodshape from No. 1 Wireless at Mon-treal.First came ACl. (Hammerhead)

Franklin. He hails from B.C. wherethey use drogue cables and winchesto land the famous steelheads if thecable does not break. He won't tellus whether or not they use droguesfor bait. "Hammerhead" is away onannual leave at present and has pro-mised us a statement signed by anotorary public as to the size, strengthand durability of said steelheads. Weexplain him to "doubting Thomas"by the statement "He is a W.O.G."ACt Davidson arrived as a Xmas

parcel along about Dec. 8th, it hasbeen so long since the last W.M.arrived that we thought he was a.mirage up until the holiday season.By that time it didn't matter, wecouldn't see anyway.We welcome both these fellows

with open arms, and hope they staylonger than the last couple of menwe had. We had given up hope,thought we were the forgotten sec-tion here.Sue (we dropped the Silent)

"Gibbon came through with an Augroup on the 1st. Jan. along with"Air Cadet" Abells who snaggedhimself a "B". Congrats, fellows,LAC McCaw got up the morning

of Dec. 2nd. to Hnd he had twohooks' plus a couple of those little

men pounding on his head. What dothey put in that stuff anyway? The.bunks aren't supposed to rock likethat, are they?Gord. Shave (Modulation good) is

now a "B" grouper. He tells us theyhad quite a snow storm around Sask-atoon during New Year's. Did Iever tell you the one about ~ wellskip it nobody would believe it any-way.CpJ. Doran, plus dark glasses, ar-

rived back from his holiday with nomoney (who didn't?) plus a stiffright arm which could be from liftingglasses Or pulling the slot machinehandles. As usual he ended up inWinnipeg, must be something therebesides hotels. They have some inDauphin.Wish they would allow Sqts. in

the W.D. Canteen. Steve must getawful cold pacing up and down thatroad in this cold weather.Rumour hath it that the Nurses in

Winnipeg are not bad - but onlythe brunettes.F.S. Perkin is taking a D/F bear-

ing to Ottawa, maybe he can locatethose overdue postings????_.. __ V__

T h i n g s W e W o u l d L i k e t o K n o wWHY doesn't it snow here as

much as it does around Saskatoon?WHY it is so cold in the W.D:s

canteen at times?WHY don't they sic' those steel-

heads onto enemy subs?WHY doesn't everyone move to

British . Columbia?WHY Gibbon didn't come in two

Sections!WHY we don't get posted????WHY we don't sign off? - thanks

we will!P.S.~ WHY does Smyth keep on

playing cribbage?


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10 THE PAULSON POST

Oh when I hear those Paulson Blues.With dropping bombs. no oneknows whose.

I say it's here, they say its there.No wonder that Igot the PaulsonBlues.

Istart out early. and fly 'till late.No sooner down. then fly againat eight.

L'm so unhappy can't make a date.Oh. ho, ho, ho. I got the PaulsonBlues ..

Igot a wind.Well let 'er go.Ipress the button but the blitherwon't go.

No anti-freeze and it's fifty-ninebelow.

No wonder that Igot the PaulsonBlues.

I'm so restless. can't sleep at night.Calling left. left. when it shouldhave been right,

It's Just like fishing when you can'tget a bite.

Oh. ho. ho, ho, I got the PaulsonBlues.


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W h a t T o D o In C a s e o f R a i d !a n A i r1, As soon as bombs start drop-

ping. run, It doesn't matter where aslong as you run, If you are inside abuilding, run outside. if you areoutside run inside,2. Take advantage of opportunities

afforded when air raid sirens sound,Attack the warden, for example.(a) If in a bakery. grab some pie

or cake. etc.(b) If in a tavern, grab a bottle.(c) If in a movie, grab a blonde.

If blondes aren't available squeeze ablackhead.3. If you _findan unexploded bomb

always pick it up and shake it. thefiring pin may be stuck.4. If this doesn't work. place it

in the furnace. (The Fire Departmentwill come later and take care ofthings) .5. If an incendiary bomb is found

burning in a building. throw somegasoline on it. You can't put it outanyway, so you might as well havesome fun.(a) If no gasoline is available

throw a bucket of water on it andlie down, you're dead.(b) The properties of the bomb

free the hydrogen from the waterwith rather rapid combustion (in factit will explode with a helluva crash).6, Always get excited and holler

bloody murder, it will add to the funand confusion and scare hell out ofthe kids.7. Drink heavily. eat onion, lim-

burger, ctc.. before entering a crowd-ed air raid shelter. This will makeyou unpopular with the crowd inyour immediate Vicinity, eliminatingany unnecessary discomforture thatwould be more prevalent if peoplecrowded close.8, If you should be the victim of

a direct hit, don't go to pieces, liestill and you won't be noticed.9. Knock the air raid wardens

down if they start to tell you whatto do. They always have the bestseats for themselves and their friends.anyway.

N. C. Crawley. ',-".S.

Editors: The words and music ofthe song "The Paulson Blues" werewritten by LAC Black while he wasa trainee on this station. "Blackv"is a lad of rare talent. He attendedManchester University and graduatedfrom there into the R.A.F. His con-genial ways, his serious desire to doa good job and his tireless willing-ness to "chase away the gloom" byplaying and singing for the gangmade him extremely popular. To himwe say thanks for "The PaulsonBlues" and best of luck in his newventure.


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12 THE PAULSON POST

O N T H E H O R N S O F A D I L E M M ABy S. McManusI wrote some lines one summer night, in rather merry mood.I hoped if they saw printer's ink, that folks would think them good.My highest hope it was achieved, those silly rhymes were well received,I laid aside my pad and pen, I hadn't planned to write again.We've an associate Editor, a persistent sort of guy,There's food for thought in all his words; but a twinkle in his eye.He said, "We'd like another verse", as easy like as that,As though I were a magician and could pull them from a hat,So! in the stillness of the night I sat around and tried to write,I chewed my pencil. smoked. then swore and tramped the paper on the floor,I staggered off to find my bed, "Tm through, I'Il try no more", I said.But in the morning as if t'were fate, I met the Padre at the gate,I turned my head and' tried to duck, but didn't seem to have much luck.He said. "You'd better hurry up I guess for Tuesday night we go to press."I mumbled "sure" and turned away, he'd helped to spoil another day.I tried all day in my spare time, but couldn't get two words to rhyme,And when at last I sought my rest a nightmare rode upon my chest,With twinkling eyes and moustache neat, but cloven hooves instead of feet,It pranced around upon the bed, then leaned down by my ear and said."You'd better hurry up I guess, for Tuesday night we go to press."I threw my arm around my head and skinned my knuckles on the bed.That woke me with an anguished cry, my face was wet my throat was dry.I took some aspirin for my head, and then again I went to bed.1 tossed about; then dreamed once more, I heard a knocking at the door,Though goose flesh stood out on my skin I went to see who could come in,It was a sort of phantom lad, seemed to remind me of my Dad,He was a very kindly guy, he wiped the tears from my eye,Then asked me why I looked so sad, I told him of the time I'd had."That is your penance", said the ghost. "for writing in the Paulson Post."Now at the close of every day, I have an extra prayer I say,"From wine and women, sword and fire. I'll manage to stay free,"But this I ask, "from Editors. 0 Lord Deliver Me."

THAT OPTIMIST If his steady girl should tell him,"That's the first time I've been

kissed,"And the crazy fool believes her,He's a perfect Optimist.__ V__

OH! OHtWhen the girl Cries, "Quick, Hidein here,For my husbands aim is steady,"Don't it shock your mind,Aren't you mad to find;Three guys in there already?

If he thinks the gun ain't loaded;If he thinks the hash is good;If he gets a drink of "Alky,"And he thinks that ain't "wood"If the girl says they should marry,And he thinks he can't resistWell, he's my definitionOf a perfect Optimist.If he leoks into his gas tank,With a little lighted match,If he thinks there is a Santa,And a egg plant he can hatch,


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T H R O U G H T H E K E Y H O L EAren't you glad that you didn't

get a CpJ's tunic for the dance, Sir?I'm sure you had a better time carriding.Be careful Harold C. one of those

W.D:s is chasing you. You can'tshake all of them - can you?To those too dull to catch the drift

in the last issue r "Hotel Prud>hornme " t'was meant the GuardHouse now catch on- - if notreread the article."Has anyone got a bus ticket to

Winnipeg?" Unquote - Segal - heseems to buy them all.Cpl. Weeks should be a married

man by the time we go to press -bye now, Surprised? - so was 1.He stood under cold showers tocatch cold - no luck,'

He walked around bare footed tocatch something or other-no luck.

He runs around the hut to work upa sweat-then goes out side to cooloff-to catch cold-no luck.

Funny what men will do when they'rein love, especially if the W.D. isRay, a hospital assistant.What Drogue Operator who es-

corts Mary from Gilbert Plains.spent his New Year's leave in Dau-phin, instead of going to TorontoT.C.A. as he usually does? Ask Joe.he might know.Iknow that Waters is on furlough.

but what happened to Shave. on the5th?What Flying Officer of Drogue

likes to get home, after a day offlying - to bake cakes.Quote Sgt. Hodgkinson: "My wife

is out East! I want to go East! East!!East!!! Unquote.

Say, Mulligan - on behalf of air-crew, are you in circulation?Why did a Flying Officer recently

change his pool? There's lots and lotsof women in Winnipeg.What F/S keeps what seat warm

in what section?Isaw it - now Iknow you can't

mix Beer with wine, oooops - canyou Naisbitt, coops. splash, oooops.Final results for the toughest Sgt.

on the Station goes to - no notyou Graham but Sgt. Lynn (nowposted - new elections to follow).What W.D. goes around slapping

unserviceable tags on airrnens backs_ why Ciortan?Say Red. did you ever get that

wrist watch back? (Lebel's Red)An airwoman in the equipment

section seems to be coming down toearth after the New Year's Holiday.Has the ball of love stopped rolling

Beggs? - or is it "just one of thosethings."That Flight Sergeant in clothing

stores should try Enos Fruit Salts. itmay improve his disposition.I'm sticking my chin out, but can

you imagine a big tough fellow likeSqr, G. passing out s'funnythings do things.Say Sy why no more 48's to

Regina - or what happened to thatwidow?I'm sure to get a whipptn' for

dooding this - Overheard in Dau-phin (crvee's) "Oh stay away fromhim, he's a wolf." What. makes youthat way F/0 in B.



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S . L . J . C . J O H N S T O N

Pardon me, dear Reader, if youcan't translate all that is written be-low, but please take your reporter'sword for it - it's all true - andif you wish to know all that itmeans. you'll have to see S. L. John-ston himself.For he at present is the S.M.O. :.It

Number Seven B. & G. - has beenthat Since the hospital opened 1stJuly, 1940. However he was origin-ally a Capt. in the N.P.A.M. beforevolunteering as a lieutenant in theR.CA.M.C. attached to the R.CA.F.When transferred from the R.CA.M.C to R.C.A.F., he was promotedto the rank of F.L. For many moonsnow he has been the P.M.C. of theOfficers' Mess.So there you have his service ex-

perience at your finger tips. But incivilian life he classes himself as vawesterner. Born in Regina and edu-cated in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Even had the good taste to marry awestern lass. Is quite actively inter-ested in various lines of sports - infact the Officers' hockey team is de-pending largely on his goal tendingin order to build up their futureremarkably successful campaign.(Anticipated at time of writing).Congratulations on your recent

promotion, Sir. for in the words of"the circle" it was a "popular win."

THROUGH THE KEYHOLE(Continued from Page 14)

Who's the new Wing Commanderin the W.D,'s hut - ' '1''."Praise the Lord and pass the

airmen" Unquote, Dewick.The question of the day - who

is the biggest flirt in the plottingoffice - M, ~ T. or J .We notice it didn't take a certain

M.O. long to become acquainted withthe Dauphin Hospital.One R.A.F. Sgt. seems to be a

permanent A.CO. could it be he likesthe job.Sticks and stones will break my

bones.But names will never hurt me.

(Author)Heavyweight Boxing Champion

of Canada.P.S.-Information to the little man

who wasn't there - he apparentlysees ail, knows aU, tells all. Moneyfinally acquired (stop) P/O's quieten-ed down (Stop) week-end in Winni-peg was simply marvelous. Fooledyou, eh?


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H A P P Y H O L I D A YThe Equipment Section managedto live through a "White Christmas";

how one of them did, is beyond mostpeople, but I dooed it. I'm sorry tosay that when it comes to play andrelaxation the section is not whatit used to be, when the old boyswent to town they really went. Iwould give my next month's salaryto be seated at a table in the com-pany of the following equipmentmen who have been at Paulson:Doug. Tait, Bill McDougal, LarryWeaver, P. J . Kelly, P. G. Lower.Ozzy Blackwell, Hepburn. McEwen,Fowler, Flood, Denton and Leo Lebel,who incidentally is still here. Whata Stag Party that would be! Oh,Happy Day, if r could just live tosee it.To date I have heard a number of

New Year's resolutions. H. H. M.Price, (I know that sounds like abattleship but that is how he signshis name) has resolved to ignorethe clacking of African Dominos-c-tfyou know what I mean, if you don't

the term, Harlem Tennis may en-lighten you. Leo Lebel intends tofatten up his bank account. Praisethe Lord, when my luck is poor hewill be my ace in the hole, A fewof the girls intend to regain theirstreamlined figures. Would it be thatthey don't want to grow out of theiruniforms-or that they would liketo catch the glad eye from certainRomeo's. Me I wouldn't know. Asfor myself. I resolve to know whenenough is enough, and so nuff said,period.Have you danced down the main

drag kicking your feet high and sing-ing-"Knees up Mother Brown"? Ifnot, see Tommy Wynn. He willarrange everything for you, he didfor me!Norman Crawley added a little

more decoration to his sleeve in theshape of a crown and which nowmakes him eligible to play the gameof Crown and Anchors.

Garcia, J. J .

CHRISTMAS AT PAULSON Continuedmorning of the 20th. A lot of pre-paration had been made for this ser-vice, and it struck the right note.The Christmas hymns, the S0,105 andcarols by the choir, brought to mindChristmas services in home churches.One outstanding part of this Christ-mas worship was the violin solos ofPte. Becker. We had a genius in ourmidst, and we knew it not. Longafter this struggle has become history,there will be some to remember theChristmas service at Paulson, 1942.The festivities at New Year were

fewer, but not a whit less enjoyable.The W.D.'s held a dance in theirCanteen on New Year's Day. It wasa good way to start 1943.The festivities are all over now

but there's still the memory of theChristmas spirit. Let us carry thatspirit of good-will and friendshipsthrough until next Christmas. where-ever we may be.Paulson had a Happy Christmas!

May we all have many more!"An Old Timer"


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T H E S P O R T R E V I E WDc:ri!lg the past mo nt h sporting

activities on' the station have been ata minimum. due to the fact that thepersonnel VJere away for Christmasand the New Year. However theNew Year looks very promisingindeed Basketball is into swiri q(even the Sqts. have a tearn and takeif from us that is news), Badminton",hich has always been popular atNumber Seven is reaching a ncvvpeak in favour. Borden Bail, Tennisand Hockey are gettinJ into swing.

BASKETBALLThe Men's Basketball teams have

lined up in good style for 1943.F/Sgt. Crawley and his assistantsturned out a neat team for the Equip~ment Section but were defeated bythe quick passing Air Crew I.T.S.team, The Sgts. turned out a teamfor the first time but could not out-manouver the Trainees,

BADMINTONTo date Badminton is the most

popular sport at Number Se-ven andseems to be gaining IlE"W enthus ias.tsevery day. Increasing numbers arelearning to play the game and someof the old veterans ar~ busy irnpr ov-;ng the old technique, The first tourna-ment of 1943 was held on Jan. the14th_ There was a splendid turn outand everyone enjoyed a sportinglygood time. The station trophy w-aswon by LAC Hay and AWI Fall.who defeated Sgt. Higginson andMiss Wickson in the finals. Sgt.Carroll and Cpl. Spohn wori thesecondary event by defeating Mr.Brown and LAW Mulligan,

BOWLINGSgt. A. W. Arnold and Sqt. R.

D. Jones decided to further establishthe superiority of Number Seven by

xvirmiriq the Dauphin Sr. 10 Pin NewYear's Bovvlmq Tournament. Thathowever does not end the bowliriqhonors for this station ~ the NumberSeven team is now in first place inthe Dauphin Senior 10 Pin League.

BORDEN BALLAlthough a comparatively new

ga::1O'to the station, it is neverthelessthe best-Hk ed game by the trainees.As a g


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appeared a bit lop-sided in favor ofNumber Ten (5 to 1). The gameopened with Number 10 putting onf'Ower plays right from the beginningand they found it paid dividends.Two pucks got past Barber in thefirst ten minutes but Number Sevenbegan to find its feet and from thenon there was little difference betweenthe two teams except that NumberTen seemed to have the breaks whenit came to scoring. The outstandingplayers for Number Seven wereFletcher. Fox. Gagnon and Suther-land. Barber did a good job in thegoal and stopped many hard shots.From the spectator's standpoint itvva s a game full of punch and actionand everyone went away well satis-fied that he had got his mone ys"",orth.The second game of the league got

under way on Jan. 11tho It w.as anunfortunate game for Number Sevento lose as they seemed to have aslight edge over the Army team butthey just couldn't get the puck pastGoalkeeper Nantis a sufficient num-ber of times. The play 'wa.s very fastand at times a little furious. Therewas a scramble on to the ice ofplayers and spectators when it lookedfor a moment that a fight was inprogress b etwee n two players butorder 'was quickly restored and thegame 'went on. It finally ended upwit h Number Seven at the short end-of a 6 to 3 score.This last game places Number

Seven in the cellar but by the looksof the team it is not likely to staythere very long. A little mare prac-tice. a little more support, a fewbreaks and Number Seven should besitting pretty.The Number Seven line-up includes:LAC Barber; LAC Fox: Sgt. Theri-

ault: F/Sgt. Gagnon; Cpl. Sutherland:LAC Soltys: LAC Baker; CpLBreidal: Cpl. Acorn: LAC Frick; LAC

F!etcher: LAC Chilton; Sgt. Sum-merville : F/ Sgt. Daniels.TENNIS

The Tennis court is busy everynight of the we ek and many of theafternoons. The Australian Traineesare perhaps the greatest enthusiasts,and many of them are splendidplayers. Howe ver the station per-sonnel are not to be aut done in thistine of span and put for war d someinteresting opposition.

TUMBLING CLASSESThese are being conducted each

\~Jednesday and Monda; evenings,under the direction of Sgt. Higgin-son. The \V.D.'s. trainees and staffare equally interested and a numberof expe rierrce d and proficient tum-blers have joined the club. The en-thusiasm of the beginners is verygrati fying and it is hoped that in thefuture this club wi ll furnish reallygood gymnasts.

M U S I C A L I N F O R M A LThe Airmens' Lounge was the set-

ting for a very enjoyable musicalprogramme Christmas afternoon.Through the medium of recordingsthe artistic works of the Great Mas-ters WE're introduced to the enjoy-ment of those 'who attended. Theprogramme included:The Nutcracker Suite, Tchaikovsky.

Carmen, Bizet. Fifth Symphony,Tchaikovsky. Emperor Waltz. Straus.A short commentary was given on

the life and works of the composersby LAC Lawr ence, one of the traineesat present on this station.It might be of interest to knowthat these Musical Informals are to

be a regular weekly feature. Be sureto watch for the announcement con-cerning the next programme.


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T H E D E A T H K N E L L O F A N A V Y

Many mighty fleets have sailedforth on the Seven Seas in searchof glory and adventure. From theRoman slave ships through to theSpanish Armada and up to the Battleof Jutland all the mighty navies ofthe world have met and tasted de-feat. No navy is invincible. nonavy is so powerful that it mightbask forever in the rising and settingsun.

Ontario. Admiral. we salute you. Onlyyou could have met your fate insuch a couraqeous manner. (He wentdown smiling and a bit tipsy).Today I write the obituary, not

of the Ochre River Navy, but ofthe group of men who opened Num-ber Seven B. & G. in May, 1941.The few remaining men of that groupare the survivors of the navy. Weare holding on to drift wood lookingfor a posting which will deliver usfrom Number Seven. a station thatwill never be the same to US again.Number Seven has completed a

cycle. the new faces mean nothing tothe old faces and the old faces meannothing to the new. But to the oldfaces wherever you may be here'sbottoms up to the Ochre River Navyand Number Seven B. o. G.

Garcia. J . J .

Today, dear reader, it is my sadduty to convey to you most de-pressing news. THE OCHRE RIVERIS NO MORE. Yes. it is true. thenavy has been scuttled and sent torest forever more beneath the peace-ful waves of Dauphin Lake.As the Navy went down so did

the Admiral: Admiral Jimmy LinnO'Shane went down to St. Thomas.


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I N S ID E H E A D Q U A R T E R S O R D E R L Y R O O MWell. folks, believe it or not, but

this is 1913 and we all survived theXmas and New Year's Holidays,Wonderful isn't it? But Imust admita certain Sqt. still has those darkcircles around his eyes, I thought theHamilton hotel was a lovely place,Sarq,We didn't make any New Year's

resolutions, Why? well, if you eversee the big list of "don'ts or you'llbe rumbled a nickel," in CentralRegistry, you will realize why NewYear's resolutions are absolutely un-necessary around here. It's rumble,rumble. rumble. It certainly is themost popular word of the month. It'sjust a big string of rumbles andnickels. A certain CpJ. seems tothink she is being rumbled unjustly.Why, Idon't know, because penniesseem to be of more value than nickelsin C.R. Sort of a flippy lot aren'tyou girls?C.R. has grown very popular

lately. We are thinking seriously oftaking down our "Out of Bounds"sign and replacing it with one"Lunches served at all hours", I be-lieve it would be very profitable aslong as we keep getting parcels fromhome.We have more pleasant surprises

again this month folks. We have fournew members added to our staff.Quiet please, quiet please, settledown. Here they are:June Williams, our new civilian

steno. is in Records Office. She istall. red headed and handsome. Wedon't know much about June yet,boys. but when we get the dope onher we'll let you in on it. Remembernow we didn't say you could findout for yourselves,Records also welcomes a young

AC. Johnny Trofanuk. Johnny seemsvery bashful yet. Don't be afraid of

those AW's in C.R. Johnny, they'renot as bad as they look, We knowthey're trying to see who can makethe first date with you. so perhapsit's for your own protection thatyou've built up that shy reserve.Can't say that Iblame you much.C.R. also welcomes two new mem-

bers, AWl Kent "Mike" and AW2Gorham "Pat". and believe you methey really are typical Pat and Mikecharacters. Both straight from Man-ning Depot, they were a little waryof so marry big husky airmen at first;but Ibelieve that is all in the pastnow. If not Mike, will you explainthat date you had with the shortguy and Pat, we would love to haveyou explain that mark on your faceand why you only played badmintonone night.Well. folks we are still a little

dazed from our holidays so guesswe'll leave you alone in your miseryuntil next month, But well be backthen and, by the way we're eatingwe'll be bigger and we hope brighterthan ever. J . M" Cpl.

"HUMOUR"A theatrical party was on tour

through country districts, and arrivedat a Rest Camp hot and dirty. AScotsman in the party asked anotheractor, "Where does one wash?" theactor replied, "Oh! in the Spring,"Scotsman. "Aye Man, Isaid WHERE ..not WHEN,"

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"What's the hurry]" said the con-victed murderer to the \:Varden whowas trying to make him hurry up,for he was due for the chair in afew minutes, "They can't start with-out me,


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N E W S V IE W S R E V I E W S-- - -S E R G E A N T S ' M E S S

Hello Everybody.! It- is with mixedfeelings we greet you again. Withsome regrets we saw 1942 fade intothe oblivion. yet are eagerly lookingforward to a happy and successful1943. During the past year. our Messgrew from a stalwart few to almostcapacity - in fact there were timeswhen We were actually overcrowded.However. our new double-decker,now under construction, should alle-viate this situation - to the sorrowof living out-members. (p.s. Evansis already weeping over the comingloss of six-bits a day).Many "Old Timers" left for sta-

tions in all parts of Canada, Over~seas, U.S.A. Remember - GordieWright, Solberg. Phil Healey,Abbott, Sgt. Major Shadbolt, Stan-ford, MacIntosh. Quirk. ChuckWillis, Gordie MacCulloch, Turner.Ward, Jack Hodder, George Stewart.Ralph Arnold. Barnett, Patten?Other absentees, although not such"old timers" are nevertheless wellremembered as a swell bunch of boys- "Poker-Fiend" Fennel. "Mustachio"Pierce. "Horseshoe-luck" Burnett,"Moose" Birch. that unique character,Rand, "Slim" Pagnam and manyothers. Gives one a nostalgic tremor.doesn't it?Congrats. to those who won com-

missions Lloyd Brown. GordieFranks, Art McKie!' Steve Prud-homme. Prank Dobbs and Jack Rolfe.The most recent loss - and it isa serious one. is that of Grand Ad-miral of the Fleet, James O'Shane.Commander-in-Chief of the OchreRiver Navy (Sqt, Jimmie Lynn to

the uninformed) _ The departure ofthe Admiral to an Eastern stationwill cause grief to his many shipmates-especially Sgt. Howard Hodgkin~son. All these and more have beenreplaced by many newcomers. Withthe recent promotion of G. H. Bar~rable, we now have as members thetwo giants of the station ~ Sgt.Riddell. of course, is the other. Toname all the new additions wouldrequire too much space - but con-grats. to them all. However, we feelwe must mention one who alongwith the rest of the station, we areproud and pleased to welcome backinto the fold. Sgt. Page, R.A.F.Having completed our review we

will now get personal and with theaid of the grapevine, give you someinside dope on our Wolves!!We must first congratulate Sgt.Jeavons on his new appointment -

Night N.C.O.It is surprising what a difference

a small amendment to F.R. & 1. canmake to man. Ask Norm (the otherDionne) Wright or that fast worker- our S.S.M.With a view to aiding production.

let us congratulate - Sgt. Hourigan,F.S. Browne. A. W., Sgt. McGrath,W.O.~l Menzies (?) Sgt. McComb.Sgt. Peeron. Sgt. Chesterman. Sgt.Ash, and anyone else we may havemissed.Lets step into our Mess Dining

Room now - We're still wonderingabout that consistent dinner date.Donna and Pete. Could the rationingof butter have been caused by theboys from "down under"? "Milk-


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SERGEANTS' MESS - Continuedfiend" Konx may have the answer.We're all waiting for the day W.O.2"T'ex" regains his appetite ;_ BewareCpl. Court. there's famine ahead.Roaming around we now find our-

selves in the Games Room. Moansand Groans ~ Wowee. Audible fromthe next room - "Well I'll be--on the last card." "Sitting in thebush" "Come on Radul - pay up"."Too bad Cas. but r had to stay in.""That d--- Pierce bumping onnothing." If it hadn't been for that soand so Hudson I'd a won," etc., etc.,etc., etc., etc. Remember fellows. theFlight Lieutenant who came in NewYear's? Who - went away - cameback. lost - stayed away. If youcould only hear us humming, Sir."Oh, won't you please come back."We must here thank the Officers

for a swell afternoon on New Years.

We hope they enjoyed our entertain-ment at Xmas as much as we didtheirs.All Mess members may' now be

assured that there will be no moreerrors in Mess Bills. F.S. E. Jonesour new Sec.-Treasurer has taken theoath and has offered to make good,himself. any discrepancies that mayoccur. Check close boys and give thegood Samaritan an opportunity tomake good his boast.All members who have evaded the

noose this time are warned thatthere is always open season" onWolves. So until that next issue.step lightly.

"The Two Stooges"Stop the Press - Congratulation to

W.O.2 Evans on his recent promo-tion to the dizzy heights.

LECTURE ON THE BROWNING - Continuedbed; and that the latter would bemuch more comfortable. The dutifullaughter awoke him from his dream(which, by the way, if one could tellby the smile on his features. wascertainly not about the Browninggun).

When the noise had subsided. Iasked if there were any questions.meanwhile casting a warning eye tomy acquaintance at the back. whoI felt was about to ask a tricky ques-tion. but he was not to be deterred.so out it came. He wanted to knowthe name of a part that had no signi-ficance at all as far as the pupilswere concerned. I could have strangl-ed him cheerfully. However. by astroke of luck I knew that particularpart and he retired from the fray.Other questions were asked. sensibleones, and 1 felt really pleased.Glancing at my watch. I perceived

with a sigh of relief that it was almoston the hour. and time for break. soI dismissed the class and returned tomy room to prepare for my nextlecture.Iwas still holding my head up andfeeling quite happy with life. Butsince then I have held quite a fewlectures and soon. I'm sure I willhave that hang-dog look of the re-gular instructors and go about withthe air of one upon whose shoulderslies a very heavy burden. No doubtI shall take to drink also. and whynot? - Already I have started talkingin my sleep.But all these things make me realize

the feeling of the regular instructorswho have been doing the same dayin and day out for many a year -and doing it well too.Good luck to them! J . c. M.


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S T O R M S I G N A L SRecent predictions by columnists in

high places to the effect that the warwill be over in 1943 are dangerousto say the least. When people thinkthey are on top they have reacheda hazardous position psychologically.When they are sure that they havealready won it is high time that thestorm signals were run up. Let usnot allow ourselves to be lulled tosleep by Wishful thinking. We havestill the biggest part of the job to

do. There are two times when a manis tempted to "let down". One iswhen he thinks that all is lost. Theother is when he is sure that victoryhas been won. Perhaps the latter isthe more subtle and devastating.Nothing succeeds like success untilit goes to your head. Then watchout! It is not time yet to kill thefatted calf. The facts call only forrenewed effort on the part of everyman and woman of us in whatevercapacity we serve.

T H E S H A P E O F T H I N G S T O C O M EWhat are we fighting to maintain

and what kind of a world are wehoping to create? We are waging awar against a conception of lifewhich we despise. We are also unitedin a common will to protect our de-mocratic creed with its focus on theindividual. In the past .there havebeen gaps between democracy as anideal and democracy as a programme.In the world of. tomorrow the struc-ture must be moulded to fit the needsof people. It is reassuring to thosein the forces to know that at thehead of affairs there are men ofVISion whose ardour to win the waris not lessened by their passion forsocial justice. What is to be theshape of things to come? As a stimu-lant to thought and as a foretaste ofbetter days here is what Englandwill be like if the Archbishop ofCanterbury has his way:(1) Every child should find itself

a member of a family housed with. decency and dignity. so that it may

grow up as a member of that basiccommunity in a happy fellowshipunspoiled by underfeeding-or over-crowding. by dirty and drab sur-roundings or by mechanical monotonyof environment,(2) Every child should have theopportunity of an education till years

of maturity, so planned as to allowfor his peculiar aptitudes and makepossible their full development. Thiseducation should be inspired by faithin God and find its focus in worship.(3) Every citizen should be secure

in possession of such income as willenable him to maintain a horne and.bring up children in such conditionsas are described in paragraph 1above.(4) Every citizen should have a

voice in the conduct of the businessor industry which is carried on bymeans of his labour, and the satis-faction of knowing that his labour



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WO-2 KNOBLAUCH, E.Born Dec_ 19. 1917 in. Hf sson . Ontario atown com pr ise d of one general StoC - owned andoperated by out' W.O.-Z's father. Ead _. th-e mer-

chant's se-n was educated at Lf s t.cwe l wherehe completed a commercial cour.se,In Dec. 1938. AC2 Knoblauch began hi-s COU[sein equipment at Trenton and was retained at thatstation un rf I he attained the rank of FHght Sergeant.In May. 1941. F. S. Knoblauch was posred toPaufson as NCO :in charge of Ec utpm cnt , He: \VaSpromoted to W.O.-2 on Sept. 29. 19'12.W.O .....2 Knoblauch and his wife reside in Dauphin.Fairly rec~ntly they 'we r e both promo tecl .tc "parents"when a 'young Ia dv ' came to pay them a lifetimevisit.

SERGEANT DOWNING, F. F.Sgt. Downing was born in Kingston. Ont. eldestof a Eamll'y of three children+ He says the othertwo caused him no end of trouble, His parentsshowed ve:cy good taste by coming to Manitoba.in 1910.Being of a serious and studious frante of mind.Oo...vning spent seven years at St. John's College in\Vinnipeg. displaying interests irt Arts and 'T'h eo Io q v ,

He claims not having spent any more than one: yearin learning one year's work.On leaving co.He.q e. he became interested inIndian W'Qek , and spent nin e years On m i.s s io n a r ywork and teaching amonqs t them. His wife is a{o rme r teacher. h avf n q taught at the Indian Residen-tial School at Sioux Lookout.Sgt. Downing rs r-eall v an original at this Station,arriving Tan . 6. 1941, "When ] came h er e with three:others. there were only members of the SecurityGuard stationed here: but things have: c.han qedsmcc then."You'll be able to hear 59tS. address on Indianl.....r e i-n Canada at a later date - he's an interest-ing chap __,.OUR SARGE

Baxter was bo en in Winnipegher education. including publicand one year at the Universi.ty

Donna McMillanwhere she receivedschool. high schoolof Manitoba.Later she we n t in for "Te:e'sH in a big way(No. we don't mean pink teas). She attained thejunior goH championship of Manitoba and was'runne:r ...up" for the: Manitob.a Women's Champion-ship.Sh~ wa s employed for seven yeacs at the SE:curityStorage Company. Winnipeg.Aspiring to a military career. AW2 Baxter lefton January 15th. 1942 for Toronto as a Clerk.Foilo.....,jng the basic training course she was postedto our nerohbo ctnc station. Number 10 S.F.T,S.A mere five weeks passed and back she wa s in

Toronto ior the P.dministration Course, em er-qin q a sCor-para] Baxter. Two months Ia ter she received herthird hook and was po sted to Number Seven B.{', G. School (our first W.D.)Sjnce then she has done a -Jery capable: job ofkeeping things running smoothly for the rest ofrho airwomen of Number 7 B. {', G. Sc hoc l.CORPORAL AYRES. L. E.

SCENE-TORONTO MANNING DEPOT. DATESept 19. 1939. INTEREST - M[. L. E. Ayc es andapproximately twenty other q en r le me-n en l ls ttnq ,INCIDENT-Fi


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CORPORAL A. R. POTTERCo rp . Alex R. Potter w-as bo:rn in T~.ronto some

29 years aqo , and received hts schoolmg in thatcity. He w a.s employed pccvtou.s _to his e n.lf s.tmerrtin the R.C.A,F. In the Photo fim.shing departmentof t he Unique Photo Finishing Co. in charge ofthe film d ave l opi nq machines.

Sbo r rlv after the outbreak of the "\V,eH, Cpl. Potterenlisted in the Air Force. and was called withinth e first year to take his training as a Photographerat the Photographic Eatab lrshmen r at Roc kc ltffe. OntoUpon completion of his course, he . in company withhis w ife . was sent to Regina to fill a vacancy inthe Photo Section at No. 3 A.O.S. After a fewmonths he was again moved: this time to Paulsonto take charge of the then non-existent Photo Sectionon this Station. Since that time he has become a'we l l known personage around this School. receivinghi s Corporal stripes and a new d auqhte r (Dada)slightly over a year ago.

LAW MULLIGAN, D. E."Mtllty". was one of the first contingent of

W.O.s to arrive at Paulson. She was bo.rn inUxbrr dqe. Ont. Later moved to Port Perry wheres he finished her high school education. AttendedBusiness College in Toronto. Feeling the: call shecnlfsted in the R.C.A.F. (W.D.) in May. 1912.arrd w e s trained as a Clerk Stenog["apheI.". Came. toPaulson on June 29th. 19i2. "Mully" is a very"ardent" sportswoman. already making her mark atPaulson bv being on the winning aide Io r the Bad-minton Doubles cup. a member of Our b.aseb a l l teamand co.c basketball team. Very popular with all whoknow her. "Mully" recen t lv tean sfeered from Centr-alRegistry to the G.T.S. Orderly Room. where she ishu~'i]y eno a qe d on Trainee Reports. etc. Keep up thegood wor-k. Mully.

LAC GARCIA, J. J.LAC Garcia first started fighting for breath inNew York City in May. 1917 and has been chasing

after fjghts ever since. He joined the AbrahamLincoln Battalion with hopes of getting into theSpanish Civil War. but Und~ Sam put a stop tothat. Consequently he tried to aq ueez e into theFinnish sccac by joining the Finnish Red Cross.'When that fracas ended. he im media te ly joined upwith the R.C.A.F. in order to go afte:r th e biggerqame, It's bard to say what he' II do jf this is"the war to end wars" .- p robab iv will start oneof his own foe a hobby.

Garcia says he ha-s bee-n handing out equipmenton this Station for twenty months now _. So pleasedonf ever' greet him with "Hi Stranger".

LAC HUTCHINSON, R. W.That R. W. Stands for Robert 'Wc lee e - the

christian names of a young led born in Saskatoon.Se sk. in 1916 - 'Was educated there and. in Regina.

Hj s fe th er had great plans for h im , but "Hutch"had others - and took to a life of travel - inter-spersed with sporting activities.

On Doc. 7th. 1910. "Hutch" heard that the.R.C.A.F. always served remarkably cood Xme sdinners. so joined up - and was not disappointed.

On May 2I. 1941. he was post.e-d to NumberSeven .- .. a s elendf d move", he- says. "because itwas. here- that I met Peggy," (his wife ) .

You can see "Hutch" every morning communncbetween Dauphin and Paulson. wttb that \un""'h.(p re nar ed so carefu llv by his wife) tucked tenderlyunder his arm , Says he is always loo k lnq for thatsilver lining uoon which i.s embossed those long-souo h t Corporal stripes.


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T H E H O S T E S S ( L U B S O ( IA LThe Hostess Club continued its ex-

cellent work by having an impromptuevening of fun on Sunday, Dec. 20.The live wire M.e. Sgt. Frankie

Lees started the fun rolling by a sinq-song assisted by Mrs. Peebles; F.O.Virtue did a couple of novelty whis-tling numbers: Miss Helen Warowayfavored the audience with some veryunique and much appreciated - folksongs: our own Aube Jacobs made thepiano talk, then a quiz program; Sgt.

Curly Thomas yodelled (to the de"light of the ladies). About this timerefreshments were served. AnotherSinq-Sonq where defaulters werebrought to the mike and made sufferthe consequences to the amusementof the folks and so bring to a closean evening of fun, Frankie Leesshowed a few tricks in tap dancing.We thank the Hostess Club for a

very enjoyable night and would liketo see more of them.

B O M B I N G F L I G H TC H R I S T M A S P A R T YTuesday evening, December 8th.

will be long remembered in BombingFlight for its super Xmas Party. Thesuccess of the evening was due tothe work of CpJ. Stevens. LACRamage and LAC W. C. Stubbs.At 7.30 about 120 sat down to anexcellent turkey supper served by the

women of the Anglican Church.Dauphin. There was lots to eat andplenty of fun - Ramage smelling thegrapefruit juice: Riv. Stubbs sayinggrace: F. S. Sutherland qrvmq aword of praise; F.O, Miquelon theideal afterdinner speaker; S. L. T'ay-Jar with a turkey bone in each hand:S. L. Walton did as well as the resteven tho' he had one hand bandagedbecause he kept those beside himbusy passing stuff and F.O. Virtueadding a bit of soft soap here andthere.After supper there was a dance at

the town hall where good music. goodspirit. good friends and good funtopped off a very happy eveningenjoyed by everyone.

"ESCAPE FROM DUNKIRK"(Continued from Page 6)

World War I ~ but a gradual feel-ing of restlessness was prevalent aswe began to wonder if we were everto see action.One quiet afternoon a party of us

were returning from a visit to theCanadian Memorial at 'Vtmy ; all waspeaceful. and the warming rays ofthe sun shone brightly on the littleFrench town in which we werebilleted.Then it broke! - Without warning

a large formation of about seventyJu . 88's appeared from the directionof LiIIe. For half an hour. amidstthe din of screaming sirens andscreeching women and children. theysubjected the town to a merciless hailof bombs. after which they camedown to roof top level and wantonlymachirie-qimnedsight. everything within

It was hell while it lasted - anexperience time will never obliterate.Next month:-"We Go into Action"


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O F F I ( E R S ' M E S SGlad to see you around for a visit

Flight Lieutenant Muir. You're verywelcome ar-ound here any time youget the chance to come down,Some of the Officers live up to

advance notices - others don't -who got married during the Christmasseason? Who didn't? CongratulationsPilot Officer Ferguson. Never mind,P.O---, she might name the daysoon.Which Officer spent so much timenear the kitchen over the New Year?

What an appetite you must have.Sir!We're certainly pleased to see a

couple of the Officers taking so muchinterest in the Station Hockey Team.May your team live up to expecta-tions, F.O. Graham and P.O, Me-Lean. It won't be your fault if itdoesn't.The "heavers of the stories" are

sure building up a record for them-selves - three games and three losses

to date - well boys, you are atleast consistent. Now I understandwhy each game is not played overagain in quarters.Shame on the Officers' Hockey

team when they only managed toscrape up a tie when playing theSergeants. With soft meat like that.they should certainly have had a win.Come on, now! Buck up!! Have youno ambition?Thanks, Sergeants for the splendid

turnout on New Year's morn. Wedoubted whether many of you wouldhave been able to turn out - butyou really surprised us."The Campbells are coming". The

strange note of Scottish pride aboutF/L Campbell these days can bereadily account for. His son Allan, achip off the old block, recently wonhis wings and received his commis-sion. He is off to parts unknown.Congratulations to the Campbells.Keep them coming.

Amphitrite Point,Llcluelet, B,C.

13th December, 1942.Editor, Paulson Post,Number Seven B. [, G. School.Paulson, ManitobaDear Sir:Last nite, an Ex-Paulson airman,

now N.C.O, in charge of our Can-teen, was celebrating his 19th birth-day and in the parcel he was sentfrom home. was a fruit cake (whichdisappeared immediately) and threecopies of the "Paulson Post" whichto me were worth their weight in

qold. Having grown upStation, where spentmonths, the Post broughtpleasant memories of thehad there.

with the13 happyback manygood times

We have nine Ex-Paulson boysattached to this detachment andeveryone would give their right armto be back to good old NumberSeven. So for those who beef, re-member, "There will never be anotherPaulson once you are posted away".Best regards to the EqUipment Sec-tion, I am,

Yours Sincerely,Corporal Hepburn


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w . D . D O I N G S

WHAT blonde corporal (W.o.)says she is afraid of dark alleys?And why? (incidentally you reallycouldn't guess the real reason).WE understand the W.O. are

thinking of forming their own schoolof ju jitsu, judo, "catch as catch can"wrestling, or whatever you wish tocall it. Applicant's names will beaccepted at the Orderly Room, butpossible students will be carefullyconsidered before enrolment, (fortheir own protection). There havebeen a few preliminary bouts inbarrack block B, during one of whicha certain b-- c--I, (see below),was quite taken by surprise. Rumourhas it that corporal Bray doesn't dobadly with her left hand. Danglingbraces are her specialty.WE would like to know why a

certain trade corporal (name with-held by unpopular request) has suchan aversion to ink.WE wonder whether a certain

gentleman, very adept at the P.A.system, got that dulcet voice bywhispering sweet nothings, and notinto a microphone.WHAT was Corporal Bray dream-

ing about when she fell out of thetop bunk?WHO was it decided that the

radio would sound delightful at 0315hours. and then changed their mindsvery suddenly?CONGRATULATrONS and best

wishes to our newly~weds, Smith.M. A. (nee Rymal). and Short, 0,A. (nee Anderson) , and their r'e-spective husbands. The former coupleare already established in Dauphin,and the Shorts will follow as soonas the groom recovers from a recentfall.A sudden desire for cleanliness

must have struck the W.D, barrackslately. Just the other day someonereceived a very sudden and imprornp-tu shower bath.ISN't it amazing how much time

some people can spend in front ofa mirror. We (editorially speakingof course), would like to wager thatthe average (? ) W.O. spends atleast an hour and a half gazing atand improving her reflection, beforegoing to the canteen for a coke. Itwould have taken several shifts tocompute the time necessary to pre-pare for a date. We won't tell youwho, but two of the above havetaken permanent possession of the ful!length mirror, and one or t'other canbe found in front thereof at any timeof the day. Other poor lassies wfsh-ing to see the hang of a skirt, orthe straightness of a stocking seam.have to content themselves with briefglances in one small corner.THE. number of new rings being

sported on the third finger, left hand.since Christmas mounts into astro-nomical figures. ft has been estimatedroughly of course. that there areenough diamonds to cut out a sheetof glass large enough to supply allC Hangar with new windows. Be-fore we know it, we will find that

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W. D. DOINGS Continuedthe poor unfortunates without willbe ashamed to appear in public,Evidently no one here believes in theold saying: "In the spring a youngman's fancy-c-etc.. etc." Either thator they were deluded by the recentthaw.Sgt. W.--- says Munro's new

props have gone to her head. Per-sonally we think they have curledher hair.What recently made LAW in the

H.Q. Orderly Room yelled, "Cpl.Hellyer! Cpl. Hellyer! I'm being mol-ested' Don't come."Why are all the members of theOrderly Room staff so anxious to

read this column before it goes topress? Are they worried lest theyfind themselves therein?

SHE who walks through the bar-racks after Lights Out, does so ather own risk, particularly on wash-day nights. Wet shirts slap her inthe face, damp so-arid-sos drip inher hair and rust her curlers, andclammy sleeves wrap themselvesaround her neck. Sand cans lurkingbeneath the beds leap out and snapat her feet as she passes. Beds lurchout of line and stand just where shewill run into them. The ventilatingsystem mutters and squeaks, Theghostly green night light throwsweird shadows before and beside her.She crawls into bed and the windowslams. Finally she falls into troubledslumbers, and dreams haunt her. Nowonder all the W.D.'s talk in theirsleep. They must be calling for help,

F IR E D E P A R T M E N T -- F O O T N O T E SThings are getting back to normal

around the Fire Hall again and theXmas and New Years hangovers haveall left. We regret the loss of twoof our firemen who were posted toSouris this month. No only the boyswill miss LAC Richards and Agreybut they will also certainly be missedfrom the Airmens ' Mess.We regret that Cpl. Short. who

went all out for better or for worseat Xmas time, is now recuperating inthe Station Hospital after falling andinjuring his hip. At any rate, Mrs.S. will know where to find him andthat he is out of mischief. We hopeyou will soon be back with us againCharlie.The Calgary Kid came in the orher

day doing some odd motions withhands and arms. We thought it was

the famous Hindu rope trick at firstbut found out later that he had beenlearning to make sausages. and froma capable teacher, too.During the absence of Cpl. War-

ren we cannot be responsible for theactions of our horseshoe champ.Lately he has taken to smoking cigars.Here is a warning to pedestrians.

LAC Debrouwere has taken over theduties of driver. He is five feet, nineinches. and has black hal' and blueeyes. 'Was last seen tearing downMcLeod Ave., with his eyes shut andboth hands on the emergency brake.'That is all,These few incidents about cover the

the highlights in the life of a fire-man for this month.

LAC Thurber, C. S.


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J A N U A R Y , 1 9 4 3 , a n d th e A [ C O U N T S S E C T IO NHappy New Year, everybody, it

might be a little late, but the thoughtis still good. Nearly everybody isback Irorn his or her leave, andjustrar iri' to go to work. At least, thatis what we are supposed to do, butsometimes I wonder.Last December we just got the two

Jones' straightened out - one wasFlight E. Jones, and the other Sgt.Jones. But now due to a lot of hardwork (? ) Sgt. R. D. Jones has nowbecome a Flight. If anybody thinksof a good way to tell them apartwhen the phone calls come pouringin for "Flight Jones", please let usknow. Never mind, Flight R. D.Jones. you really deserve the promo-tion. Besides, with all those cokesyou have been buying lately. thatextra money will come in handy.Pretty Boy Strang - oops. par-

don me -Sgt. Strang, has just re-turned from his Xmas leave whichhe was supposed to have spent inCalgary. Anyway, his girl friendOlive seems to take up a large partof his conversation. I'm not quitesure, but I think her last name isSeagram. We didn't get it for along while either.There has been another wedding

in our section. LAW Anderson wasmarried while she was on leave: Cpl.Short in the Fire Hall was the lucky(7) fellow, Congratulations to youboth!If anybody has seen a little Scotty

dog wandering around the camp, itbelongs to the Accounts. It spendsmost of its time up here, and wehave grown quite attached to it.Rumour says that it was from No.10, but we can't help it if it likesNumber Seven better. AWl Jackson

got a surprise when she returnedFrom her leave the other night, andfound .hirn sound asleep in her bed.AWl Heavenor and Hembroff are

two happy girls right now. They arehome in Powell River enjoying theirleave. They won't be quite so happywhen they return, and find all thework that has been piling up.AWl Doak and Davis spent their

Xmas leave in Grandview. You oughtto see all the horne-made food theybro~ght back with them. Any timeyou re hungry, just see them. Aboutevery other night, they are dashingaway to a turkey dinner with friendsin Dauphin. Lucky girls to havefriends there.Miss Lee and Flight R. D. Jones

are still feuding. Words keep flyingback and forth, but Miss Lee willwin out, just watch and see: thewomen always do.Cpl. Kyle got a big surprise last

week, when his posting finally ar-rived. He is going overseas, muchto his satisfaction. We will all misshim here, and r know all the peoplein Equipment & Tech Stores willmiss him wandering around checkingvouchers. Lots of luck, Les!You've probably all heard that the

Clerk-Acct.'s have remustered to Se-curity Guards. Every night one ofus has the honor of sleeping downat the office on the Safe. It is reallyall very cozy, "The Watchdogs ofPaulson" are wbat we are called.We really appreciate the sandwichesthe kitchen sends up to us at night.but would they please take the cock-roaches out beforehand. It's not quiteso bad when we don't see them.That's all for this month, folks,

see you all again in the next issue.A. D, S.


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Tf{E !l.A . - H!Jyt 1 RED oNR.ED? RIGHT J wlloA- II'1f:AN'STEADY J LEFT' LEFT-'sror? STEAD/' 80118 GoNE-(I /jOI'E!) NO w WAS THATA REAL BOMB Of' .- AN IDEAl?"

T H E G . I . S . I I IThe G.I.S, has lately beenThe scene of much ado,With Pupils fat, and Pupils lean,And Pupils old, and new.The teaching Staff has had to laughThe better to suppress,The pain they feel, wheri'er a calfIt's ignorance does confess.The G.I.S. with sleeves uprolled,Gets down to work with steam,And breathes at last a joy untoldAt Graduates that have been ~!This is their pride, their joy serene,That calves wot didn't knowHave now passed out, their faceskeen,

Into the fighting row.

? ?MUST people push and "horn in"

on the mess-hall line-ups?MUST people smoke at the show

to such an extent that the picturebecomes blurred? (It's a fire hazard,too) ,MUST Senior N,C.O.'s turn on a

radio when they come in at one ortwo or three o'clock in the morning?MUST N.C.O. pilots boast of their

exploits and argue about aircraft recat 0130 hours?MUST people raise whoopee on

their way to the barracks at nite _particularly around the chicken coop?MUST I wait for the 1820 bus

when I want to go home at 1745?MUST I leave Paulson, when

.so want to stay?


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B O O K R E V IE W STHE GAUNT WOMAN:-by

Edmund GilliganThis new book by Gilligan is an

enormously thrilling novel of the seaand warfare against the U,boats. Itit the story of .'that red devil of aman," Captain Patrick Bannon, andhis fight against spies, traitors andNazi marauders who sailed THEGAUNT WOMAN. THE GAUNTWOMAN. presumably a Dane, wasactually a mother ship for GermanLl-boats who ranged the northernwaters.Never before has the U-boat war,fare in the North Atlantic and thedeeds of the brave men who fightagainst it been so vividly described.Every man Or woman who loves thesea and who loves a good story willenjoy it.GET THEE BEHIND ME:- byHartzell Spence (author of

"One Foot In Heaven")If you have always wondered why

children of ministers are so apt tobe in trouble or at least in the thickof things, read this book.Hartzell Spence lived in a mid,western parsonage which did notteach him how to cope with a girlwho wanted to be kissed. As a re-sult, he didn't cope, he kissed. Hissister had her experiences too.. Oneinvolved a young man with a redPackard and purple pants; anothera college athlete whom the parsonkicked out of the house.Here is the same light. anecdotal

humor that made "One Foot InHeaven" a best, seller.FRENCHMAN'S CREEK-by

Daphne du MaurierThis book probably needs no re-

commendation as it has been widelyacclaimed during the past year. Noteven "Rebecca" (by the same author)

can match it for continuous interestand the enchanted unfolding of agreat story.Narvon. the wild Cornish coastestate of her husband's exactly suitedLady Dona's rebellious mood. Onone of her daily walks she stumbledon a secret cove and saw a strangeship riding at anchor. Then facedsuddenly by the ship's master sherealized that this could be none otherthan the mysterious French pirate,who had been terrorizing the landedgentry of the surrounding Narvon.It seemed strange that this hand-

some and aristocratic man couldreally be a notorious pirate; and shenever really knew whether it wascuriosity or some deeper force whichprompted her to invite him 'to supperthe following night. It would be un-fair to tell you more of this grippingstory,Books Just In- "Victory Through

Air Power" by Seversky. "TheSong of Bernadette" by Werfel.

G,K.H. (Station Library)

PADRE'S PAGE(Continued from Page 27)

is directed to the well-being of thecommunity.(5) After the war. every citizen

should have sufftcient daily leisure,with two days of rest in seven. and,if an employee, an annual holidaywith pay, to enable him to enjoy afull personal life with such interestsand activities as his tasks and talentsmay direct,(6) Every citizen should have

assured liberty in the forms of free-dam of worship. of speech. ofassembly, and of association forspecial purposes.A society in which there can be"the full development of individual

personality" -that is our ultimategoal. But first we must win the war.

V. Lorne Stewart


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~onor f l lol lSgt. Anger, F. H. E.Sgt. Bradley, N. W. R.Sgt. Boates, R. M.Sgt. Clarson, H. A.Sgt. Charbonneau, J. M.Sgt. Clarke. W. V.LAC Duncan. D. W.PIO Harris, C. A.LAC Lambert, K. A.Sgt. Leckie, N. A.Sgt. Lowe. C. P. P.Sgt. Lucki, A.Sgt. Marqrett, A. A.Sgt. McFee. A. G.Sgt. Norrie. T. L. J .Sgt. Ogden. A.Sgt. Pilborouqh. W. E.

" . P/O.St.Ours, J . A.Sgt. Turley. W.Sgt. Wood. R.Sgt. Lencver, Charles, S.LAC Gilmour WesleyLAC Musto. F. W. A.Sgt. McNeill. J . H. M.Sgt. Buchanan, S.L. G. Y.Sgt. Gartside. W. M.Sgt. Temple. A. J .Sgt. Szurnlinski, C. L.Sgt. CarknerSgt. Skinner, L. N.Sgt. Gregory. H. W.Sqt. Cram, M.Sgt. Nerland, P. M.Sgt. Hatfield, H.F/Sgt. Duffy, J .PIO Smith. J. H.Sgt. OBrien. C. O.Sgt. Davidson, F. E.Sgt. Drinkwater. J . W.Sgt. Martin. W. K.LAC Dutton, H.LAC Symons, W. H.

Missing 9-3-42Missing 17-6-42 (Now Prisoner. of War)Killed in Action 21-5-42Missing 24-6-42Killed in Action 6-5-42Missing after Air OperationsKilled in Flying Accident at Paulson. 2-9-42Killed in Action 22-5-12Killed in Flyin9 Accident at Paulson. 2-9-42Missing 6-4-42Killed in Flying Accident at Paulson. 2-9-42Missing after Air OperationsMissing 10-6-42Missing 29-6_12.Missinq . 2~6-42Killed in Flying Accident at Paulson, 2-9-42Missing 8-6A2Killed in Action 21-4>42Missing after Operations, June 1941Killed, in Canada ,15-12-41Missing on Operations.Killed in Flying Accident. 18-9-42Killed in Flying Accident, 18-9-42Killed in Flying Accident. 18-9-42Missing after Operations. 22-9-42Missing after Operations.Killed on Operations.Missing, believed Killed on Operations.Killed on Operations.Killed on' Operations.Missing believed Killed on Operations.Missing after Operations in Canada.Prisoner of War. 26-9-42.Killed on Operations Overseas.Missing on Operations Overseas.Killed Overseas. (Course 33), 24-9-42.Missing believed Killed on Operations,31-7-42Missing after Air Operations, 28-10-42.Missing after Air Operations, 28-10-42.Missing after Air Operations. 2-11-42Killed at Rivers. ManitobaKilled at Rivers, Manitoba


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. ' .INTER-SERVICE HOCKEY LEAGUE

Date TEAM ScoreJan. S Friday 7 B.&G. vs 10S.F.T.S. . 11 Monday Army 7B.&G.vs.. 15 Friday Army vs lOS:F.T.S ... 18 Monday 7B. [;,G. vs 10S.F.T.S.. 22 Friday Army vs 7B.&G... 25 Monday Army vs 10S.F.T.S... 29 Friday 7 B.&G. vs 10S.F.T.SFeb. 1 .Monday Army vs 7s(-,G." 5 Friday Army vs 10S.F.T.S... 8 Monday 7 B.(-,G. vs 10S.F.T.S.. 12 Friday Army v's 7B.&G.. . 15 Monday Army vs 10 S.F.T.S.

SPECIALBUSES TO GAJI.U~

IE you. want your bockcy tcamTo be ;oI.lway:s on 1M :b.amt

At the games the), n.E:d "'ourbacking',.

Let your presence Dot blackiD.g.

STATION MOVIES FOR FEBRUARYFEB. 7 - "FOR ME AND MY GAL" with JUDY GARLAND.FEB. It - "RIO RITA" with ABBOTT and COSTELLO.FBB. rt "LIFE BEGINS AT S.31)" with MONTEY WOOLEY and IDA LUP!NO.FEB. It "ARABIAN NIGHTS" in TECHNICOLOR.FEB. 16 "TALES OF MANHATTEN" FEB. 18 - "CAIRO" with JEANETTE M..~DONALDFEB. 21 "ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON" with CARY GRANT - GINGER ROGERSFEB. 23 "TORTILLA I.'LAT with SPENCER TRACYFEB. 26 "NOW VOYAGER" with BETTE DAVISFEB. 28 "COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN"

BUS SCHEDULESLv. Dauphin7.10 A.M.7.45 ..8.153.15 P.M.5.156.006.357.4510.1011.1512.15 A.M.1.10

Lv. Port7.25 A.M.8.009.054.105.'156.156.557.5510.2511.3012.30 A-M.1.25

WINNIPEG BUSLv. Dauphin7.10 A.M. Daily12.30 P.M. DailyLv. Winnipeg6.00 P.M. DailyYORKTON BUSLv. Dauphin[.30 A. M. Daily

Lv. Yorkton2.30 A.M. Daily

TRAIN SCHEDULES(Dauphin ~Winnipeg)

Lv. Dauphinl.50 A.M. Daily (ex. Mon.}Ar. Winnipeg7.30 A.M. Daily (ex. Mon.)Lv. Dauphin (Via 'Neepawa )8.15 A.M. Tues .. Thul's.. Sat.Lv. Dauphin (via Gladstone}8.35 A.M. Tues_. Thurs .. Sat.

(Dauphin ~Saskeroorr)'Lv. Dauphin4_30 A_M. Daily (ex. Sunday)Ar. Saskatoon4.00 P.M.Lv. Saskatoon12.15 P.M. Daily (ex. Sunday)AI'. Dauphin1.35 A.M.T.C.A. Reservations may be ob-tained at the C.N.R. Tick~tOffice, Dauphin

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