RCAF Paulson Base - Feb 1943

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T h e f)oulsOR PosfBy kind permission of Winll Commander H. E. Stewart

Editor in Chief ~ F/L V. L. STEWART

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~F/O A. E. Taylor ~ Cpl. Segal. G.

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LAC. Campbell, N. M.

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Vol. 2 ~ No.2 Published Monthly Februar y-c-March issue

NDEX

Messaqe from Commanding Officer .

Editorial .

An Appreciation

Escape from Dunkirk

The Accounts Section often Wonders

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Fire Department .

Inside Headquarters Orderly Room

Wireless Section .

Howls From The Wolf Den

Bursts from Bombing

Plotting Office

Highlights in the Sports Section .

Through the Keyhole . .

Padre's Page .

Pioneer Days at Paulson

Mr. R. E. Brown .

The Battle of Paulson

W. D. Doings and Misdoings

Book Reviews

W. D. Canteen ~ The Staff

Correction


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4 THE PAULSON POST

M E S S A G E F R O M C O M M A N D IN G O F F ICIt is with great pleasure that I return for this, my second tour of duty, at

Number Seven Bombing and Gunnery School, I had the good fortune to serve atthis unit previously under both Group Captain 'vV. E. Dipple, the former Command-ing Officer and VYing Commander R. F. Gibb, A.F.C., the former Chief Instructor.

On behalf of the station personnel. I wish Group Captain Dipple "BonVoyage", and both him and Wing Commander Gibb every success in their newappointments,

On my return I see many familiar faces and to them I extend my personalgreetings.

I have 011e request to make to all ranks all this unit. This school, throughthe efforts of each and every man and woman who has served here, has beenbrought to a high state of efficiency. Let us all keep constantly in mind that our

job here is just as important to the war effort as any we could do elsewhere inCanada or overseas. Let us all strive daily to put forth every last ounce of effortto further improve the training and the overall efficiency of this unit. That is myone request. I will do my best and I expect each and every man and woman atthis unit to do his or hers. By doing so we will save lives, save money, and hastenthe day when our enemies will have been beaten into complete and unconditionalsubmission.

H. E. Stewart, Wing Commander.


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6 THE PAULSON POST

On behalf of Group Captain W. E. Dipple

the former Commanding Officer, and Wing

Commander R. F. Gibb, A.F.e., the former

Chief Instructor at this unit, the present Com-

manding Officer, Wing Commander H. E.

Stewart, wishes to thank and extend congratu-

lati-o-ns to allan the station for their splendid

achievement In winning the Air Minister's

Effciency Pennant for Bombing and Gunnery

Schools in Canada for the quarter ending

December 31 st. 1942.

LET'S DO THE HAT TRICK!! :-


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TH E S H A P E O F TH IN G S

TO C O M E A T P A U L S O NIt is often a good thing to sit back and survey things from a dis-

tanee. Sometimes we get so involved in our own little field that it

becomes hard to see things as a whole. An Instructor in G.I.S. keepshis nose to the grindstone imparting knowledge to the trainees; themaintenance man strives hard to 'keep 'em flying': and if that large

"E" loating in the breeze down at the parade square means anything,it looks as though something is being done on this station and is

being done well. Yet there may be some things which are not r eceiv-

ing their proper attention and by sitting back and having a goodlook at our station probably a number of suggestions could be made

to improve it.

It is with this in mind that we would suggest that one of ourmost pressing needs of the present time is a proper recreational

centre. There is a need for a place on this station where people cancongregate and enjoy themselves in various activities. The recreationhall which is used largely for showing pictures, does not meet thisrequirement, nor does the drill hall in its present state. As a result,too many people leave the station or sit around doing nothing. How-ever, this, situation is being' recognized and it is hoped, that in the

not too far distant future, it will be remedied.

The Ioliowinq is a brief glimpse of what we hope to sec at

Paulson, before too many moons have pausc d. The drill hall with lean-Los completed: showers and dressing rooms for all personnel, billiardtables, bowling alleys, a wooden floor in a part of the drill hall. areading room, a comfortable place to sit and rest or read or talkwith friends, a snack bar where one may buy a "Coke" or ham sand-

wich for the W.D. girl friend. In other words, it is hoped that weshall have a real community centre; a place where healthful recreation

may be indulged in and where all may meet together. Plans havebeen laid for bringing these ideas to pass and our CommandingOfficer's leadership in this field is certainly being appreciated.


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10' THE PAULSON POST

TH E A ((O UN TS S E (T IO N O 'F TE ,N W O NWHY a certain short F/Sgt. Js

always smoking dgarettes when we

know he" bas none of his own. It

'couldn't be scrounging. could it,

Flight?

WHY oQIAr W.D, Clerk-Accts. had

such a good effect on Course 56.Five of them have returned withcommissions.

WHERE .AW] Hembroff receivedthat locket? We all know Stewie

misses you, but what is poor Gerry

ill Prince Rupert going to do.

WHY LAC Walsh was received

with such open arms when he ar-

rived Ihere from Rivers a couple of

weeks ago. You two wolverines.

Jackson and Hembroff, don't hound

him too much, he might have con-

nections eleswhere.

WHO AWl Heavener has beenroiling those big brown e yes at lately.

We admire the good. job she does of

it on Pay-Parade.

HOW FUlmore, our Dew Clerk-General is enjoyi.ng Paulso,n. W,he:n

asked for her opinion she was very

reticient. Was that because the dayof your arrtval, there was no beat on

the station.

wirv F.L. McLeod always losesin the toss for cokes. Y O1.ld better

ask F/5 R. D. Jones Eor his tech-nique, Sir.

WHERE LAC French developedthat taste for onion sandwiches. Now

that he won the Iack-Pot the other

.wght, ihe might be able to afford

ham ones.

WHOSE picture that is that AWlJackson carrles so dose to her all

the time, Do all Ex~Courlie 60 use'

green ink .on their correspondence,

Jackson?

WHY AW 1 . Doak's face is red

when F/Sgt. E. Jones keeps bri.ngrn.gup the 26th of Feb. in the same

breath as P.L. Stewart and the Wed-

ding March. Congratulations! That

makes two of the girls gone DOW.

We wonder when the rest will go.

WHY AW 1 Davis is looking so

forlorn these days. New Zealanders

must have that "certain something."

WHY LAW Short (alias Ander-son) is always rushing out the door

to catch that. ,6 o'clock bus. Could it

be to cook those pork chops for

Charhe?

Who was the airman who expectedan electric: razor for Christmas" buthis wife presented him with a littleshaver?

"Hear nothing, See nothing. say

nothing" about your job - alldbe a

wise monkey.

LIE T' S THE :--DO HAT TRIICK


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THE PA ULSON IIPOST

If you were to peep behind the

bi,g red doors you would find the'

.trollowing breath talking events had

happened during the month of p'ap er

hearts.

Sgt. Maynes has returned from

Trenton with a fountain of know-

1edge regarding Air Force Routsne.

'We expect him to revise K.R. ("Air),

so that the few of us who do not

have our B.A.'s wHl be able to un~derstand the various "'whereass" and

"aforesards". If any copies are av all-

able they call be obtained by goillg

to your nearest alarm box and pres-

sing the red button.

'Th Calgary Kid has packed spurs"

chaps and six quus in his kit bag and

is off for Trenton via Toronto.Could it be heart disease that a cer-

tain W.O. Is afflicted with in the

same city?

Some of our boys have been un-

loading cars of coal during 48's. Wehave It over the grape, .. vine that such

a dust was raised the weather bureau

at No. 10 became alarmed and

washed out flying.

Even if the calender tells us that

spring is just around. the cor'ner we

still have drifting snow to corrtendwith. Don't let this get around hut

it is rumoured that F IS Arnold isgoing to draft the stations canine

personnel for the purpose of .!f'nding

the hydrants.

F 'IR E D E PAR TIM E N T

Heard on the Taiilboard of the (lil'e

Truck.

, DurIng Mar~,-Anthooy's, courtship

of Cleopatra 4 '")'\ ,was confroerted ather door by her physician. To Mark's

request to see here the doctor re-

plied: 'Youcannot see her because

she is in bed with 'Tonstlttts,'

"What!"' said Mark Anthony, "Is

that d-- Greek here aqaln?"

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"YEARNING"

My heart is fjUed with longing,My soul lis in Cathay,For the peace I used to know,At the close of day.

I long for the stillness of sunset,Away from the din and the roar,That hour of silent glory,I :Iong to 'enjoy once mo.re.

long to walk in the dawning,When all is silent and still,AU nature is a gloriollls wonder,Bendtoq at God's own Will.

'These are moments that arepriceless,

Hours that nothing can buy,Only Nature can give them,Only you can their beauty imply.

Nature's hours of meditation,Filled with hope and prayer,Her perfect peace bids war to cease,And come to worshtp there ..

LAW Brttton, L.


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WIRE L E S S ~ S E ( T I ON- (O u t o f B o u n d s )Flash! Wireless Section goes to

press for the second consecutive edi-tion. amazing to say the least.

To clear uP. a mystery that seemsto shroud the "Whereabouts of ourSection, it is located in Drogue Han-gar, directly across from the Instru-ment Section, (as far as we couldpossibly geL) We are getting a littletired of people, who have been herelong enough to k no w, asking "Where

we hang out, I mean "Work. Almostgave out military information thattime.

They must be issuing WirelessMechs by the yard these days. Wethought they threw a"Way the patternwhen they tur ned out Gibbon butLa and Behold, this month alongcomes a running mate just his size,A.C. Beamish, K.D. ~~ Don to hisfriends. He and Gibbon would makea good team, j f harness that largecould be found. "Chatterbox" Gibbonclaims it is a pleasure to W"alk withBeamish, first time he has heen ableto step out since he signed up.

Don Beamish comes from Van-couver. that makes three B.C. menanswering roll Call in our section,Flight Perkin and HammerheadFranklin being the other two thirdsof the trio.

Our Sargent seems to have lost hisbearings the last while. We noticehim gazing fondly toward the hos-pital these days. It didn't use to bethat '.\lay. Could it be he is becominghospitalized after all that Western

hospitality displayed by those Nursesin Winnipeg? Come on, Sarg ~Blonde, Red or B~unette? Take atip from someone who knows, bad-minton is quite the game. at leastit developes quite an interest

CpL Doran keeps mumbling sorne-thing about 48's and Russel. Wonder

if anyone has moved from Winnipeglately? 'T'hjat new photo his lockeris sporting is enough to make anyman mumble and take of those darkcheaters for a better look.

LAC Shave has been quiet lately,must be something cooking. Bet yourlast trip to Winnipeg was quite abit different from a previous expedi-tion down there Gar-d. I wonder-why?

There must be a famine in B.C.the -way Hammerhead keeps shippingthose chocolates out there. What arethose pretty heart covered cards youenclose Hammerhead? Maybe thechocolates are ba it. hut not for Steel-heads we bet.

The Air Cadets haven't draftedAbells or Franklin yet, but the JuniorCommandos are hot on their tr-ail.

Some chaps in Barr-acks 15-B gota shock the other evening they wait-ed for hours for a couple of fellowsto get out of our two tubs and thensaw Gibbon ernertje. one section fromeach tub. We are eagerly awaitingthat snapshot of Gibbon all in onetub. bet Ripley caul d use it.

Sixty-Four Dollar Questions

Did Shave get as far as St. Jamesthis trip to Winnipeg?

What is Sgt. Stevenson's favoritecolor, Blonde, Red or Brunette?

Whel'e was Me Caw the night ofFriday, Feb, 5th? If you know theanswer to that one tell Mac ~ he

wants to krrow also.What town by the name of Hainey,

B.C. has Wild Dogs. and how comethey had two and half feet of snowout where it never snows?

Docs Ottawa know we are strllhere?


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WO-2 HILLIER. K."Kcrv" as he is aEfe(':ticna:rely called in G.LS.

is a capable Instruc tor and is the- organization thatkeeps T'ur-r c t training a t pennan.t" eff ic ienc y, BQ1:lli n Winn~peg, he s.ervcc tb er e , as Corporal in theArrnoul'ed Car Reat., whe r e hi; a t t.ai.n ecl p roj tcienc'y

In gunn~ry and was aw ar ded his M_G_ Badge. Heenlisted in cWiDJl~peg in September. 1939 in theP.P.. R.C.A.F. "at the ca l l to th e colours"."Ki; Tv'i ' :" then we-nt to Vanc.oI.1vcr where he absorbe-dthe W'e st Coast "liquid su.n shme..' Hi8 next transfertook him to 'Trenton. Ont. wb e r e he graduated asan Aemoucer Areictfer, Ia te r se r'vrn q in that capacityin Reqtne . His cffo r t.s "'.ve:roE:: .r e w ar d erl by an S.ArJ.course at Trenton, Onto As an S.A.l. his fir-stassignment w as at Portage: la PE'"airie:, E,F.T.S.W,.D. Hillier w ee one of the original S.A.Ls atNumber Seven B. '" G. School. Peu lson. Histuter ests in Dauphin of C01.U'SC- is the "little:m.aj oee t t e'" daughter Garl. More pOWIf ;' [ tovc u . Major.

CPL. HELLYER. E. A.Known as Ann 0,[ Blorrd ie to her frtcnds , is

a true d au qh te r (1 the 'W'e st , She first s ew theH.;Iht of day at Senlac. Saskatchewan: Lrom ther cshe t rl pp ed gaily through school at Co lousev , 'Th enext place to see: this blue eyed blonde: was theNO.I'Ula~ School at Saskatoon e n d t h en to put itin her own words sb e took "A [e w pot shots atthe: llniv~.I'sity of Si".l ..,kiltchcwan". Her next ap pea r-..anc c was as a school teacher at D'un durn. MByfi;lrand Ca r le a . In December. 1941. .sbe decided thatb lee was her color. After a month in Torq,nto-, shewas posted back to Numb~e Four. S~F.T.S. Saska ....toon ae an equipment assistant. In July she returnedto T'oronrc to take the Admin. Co\\r:'3.~; Erom thereshe was posted to this .s;tfltiOr1 where: she is a oaf nb ack at h er old profession of looking after childrenrGrov.rn up Children) . 'W'ben 'it co mcs to soor ts~ive h~r a Ba sketb af l or a Softball: eh e pl~ye:dthe latter w lrh the SOl_lth~I'I1 In spec to cate Al1 St.a.r.high school tcarn .

LAW BOIS-JOLl, M. B. A.Ma r!c halls from ~;MQ'real" a nd Fcund that her

first problem in the Servk~ was ma ate ri n q the

English Lan q ua qe, However b e r quick 'Wit stood her

In good stead and it was not long before she ........-8."5"Bn ql lsb . but of French des c eo t'".

Came here di.cec t from Ro ck cltffe F.md is oneof th e W.D. ptonee cs at th is Station. She hil'sa lw ay s b ccn popular here. and it is '_,lith ecgrr:t

that W'c hear of her- p-ending po st inq ,

We wi1l ruls.s he r from this unit. as she was

cn.t te ac nve in many di Ffe re n t phn:=;c~


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B U R S T S F R OM B -O M B IN G

Plying Squadron. in fact all at

Paulson regret the loss of our Chief

Instructor. W /C Gibb. To W /C

Grbb goes a good deal of the credit

for that "E" pennant proudly dis-

played over our parade square.

Congratulations are also in order

to P/L [ewsbury our former O.C.

who has now taken over duties as

O.C.Flying Squadron. and to S/L

Taylor who is replacing W /C Gibb.P/O Virtue is now Bombing Plight's

capable "Officer in charge."

Newcomers to our flight include a

host of P.O.'s and several N.C.O.

pilots who are replacing our R.A.F.

lads now back in the homeland

again.

Sorry you have to celebrate your

promotion in the hospital. P /0 Jones.

A short while ago Sgt. Jones and

Sgt. DeWitt traded in their uniforms

for cloth of finer texture.

This season the boys from Bomb-

ing are making a very active showing

in sports. The second half of the

bowling schedule is in full swing and

we are showing a new lease of life.

Bombing is tied for first place at

present. Although at present we have

played only one scheduled hockey

game our team is in good shape and

ready to take on any opponents.

Other less fatiguing sports such

as dancing and pitching we have

active participants in Roy and even

our Virtuous D.C.

With our new graveyard shift

going into effect. unserviceability

should dribble down to nil. Can you

imagine a clean serviceability board

in the Orderly Room? Sounds rather

far 'fetched. doesn't is ~ Possible

though!

Word has reached us that the

latest overseas draft from Bombing is

now safely in England. Bert Bennett,

Walter VanMaIe. Al Pedley. Stan

Swabuk, Stan Colpitts and Ed

Stevens are the lucky lads. Good

luck, fellows. We often think of you.

Welcome back Sgt. Hargraves'.

Sgt. Hargrave has been on the sick

list for the past five months now.

I'd swear I saw a few Bolys inter-

spersed with the Ansons- in front of

Bombing Hangar this morning. O.K.

Gunnery! We will look after the

d~~ 'things if you feel you can't

handle them. You had better get' to

work a little earlier in the morning,

though to pull them down to us.

Airman: "What are my chances

with you?"

Airwoman: "Two to one. There's

you and me against my conscience."

, V _

1st Trainee: "Oh boy! I've got my

wings at last."

2nd Trainee: _"Me too. Now all

we've got to do is blow them up

and go swimming."


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,p LO T , IN GO F F I C E

Certain personnel of Number SevenB. & G. would like to know whereP/0 H. took his "Old time dancinglessons."

Confusa say "I think more than thebomb aimer need the bombingteacher." How about it, instructors?

What will WOl Menzies do inthe summer when he has lost his hairand. can't wear his fur cap as asubstitute?

Wonder which side' Sgt. H's, bedis worn out on? It could not be the

. r ight side,We are sorry to have lost so manyof our former range crew; but areglad to welcome the new faces.

Any of you boys (Sgts.) who wantto have your jntsplaced eye-browstrimmed apply to our "Newfy" ofthe Plotting office.

THINGS THAT PUZZLE US!

Could it be serious, DeWitt????

Has the red bomber finally made adirect hit? .

What happened to Myrt's hairwhen she was on leave?

Hope Thornton will be back withus again by the time this is printed,

Will LAW Baxter bring back partof the rockies of which she boastswhen returning from leave?? Maybejust a little stone??

I wonder what the big attractionis at Dauphin Hotel on 48's? Howabout it Stahle?

What could be the reason forHammies late hours?? Could it bea new boy friend?

ESCAPE FROM DUNKIRK ......- Continued(Continued from Page 9)

tims of the yellow-nosed fighters.Another two German Fighters paidthe penalty and the rest, deeming

discretion the better of valour. retiredfrom the fray. The victims limpedhome. badly bitten, to the cheers of. the Khaki clad spectators on theground. On returning from War ad-hout we saw our first real close-upof live Huns, a group of prisonerswho favoured us with contemptuousand stoical stares.

The battle grew in intensity bothon land and in the air; ever presentwas the menace of the fifth column.Hitler had always boasted of hisfamous _ perhaps infamous - secretWeapon. By all accounts this wasit. because the damage those fifthcolumnists did cannot be too stronglystressed; they were everywhere -sniping, guiding' German troops. giv-ing false telephone messages, etc. Onenight a report was received that

parachute troops had been droppedin the vicinity of our gun positionand a comprehensive search wasmade for them but our man hunt

proved fruitless. Later we found thatthis information had emanated froma Fifth Columnist who was disguisedas a French Liaison Officer. Wetook great pleasure in disposing ofhim.

We were gradually being forcedback under the pressure of the mech-anized forces opposing us and atNeux-Ie-Chappel we were subject toextremely intensive and effectivestraffing by Stukas. The enemy mightwas getting stronger and stronger butwe fought on, heavtl y out-numbereduntil eventually we had to "blow thebreech", discard our heavy guns andmake our way back towards thechannel and Dunkirk.

P.O. M. Scanlan,R.A.F., V.R.

Third Serial ~ EVACUATION.


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18 THE PAULSON POST

H IG H L IG H TS IN .TH E S P O R TS S E CFor a second time the personnel

of this station are to be congratulatedon winning the "Minister's. Pennant";and if a reward were given for in-creased interest in sports we feel sureit would have been won this pastmonth. The Sergeants in particularare to be commended for their interestin 'sporting activities - Borden Ball,Basketball, Hockey' and Badmintonhave all been taken up by these

Senior NCO's. In fact almost the en-tire' station seems to have taken amost surprising interest in the theatreof sport. KEEP UP THE GOODWORK.

BADMINTON

It looks as though Badminton willever remain the most popular gameon this station. Every week bringsnew beginners and the veteran playercan not leave the game alone. EachThursday niqht is set aside for Tour-naments and everyone has a reallygood time you meet the otherBadminton fans and learn a littlefrom each set you play. "One learnsto play by playing" is an adage thatis very applicable to this sport aswell as to all others.

In the Men's' Doubles LAC Sculley

and LAC Tolliday defeated Sgt. Htq-

glnso):'land F IS Nelligan to win thetournament. The following week Cpl.Spohn and Mr. Brown won the

Mixed 'Doubles. This week the Men's

Singles is being played for the sta-

tion championship trophy.

New. equipment is being added all

the time ~ so turn out and learn thegame or if you already know its

merits bring along some doubtful

friend.

BORDEN BALL

This game which is comparativelynew to many of the station. is acombination of hockey, basketball andrugby; and is the most popular teamgame with the Trainees. During thepast two weeks the Sgts. have takenup the game and have met theTrainees in a series of fast playinggames. To date the total wins isequal ~ but who knows what thefuture has in mind???

BASKETBALL

The station league is not as activeas might be hoped, but a number ofgood games have been played duringthe past weeks. The station team isgetting into trim as was well shownduring the game' with Number. TenS.F.T.S. The score of the last men-tioned game was 37 - 32 in favor ofthe visitors. LAC Flanagan was thehigh scorer for Number Seven andLAC Waugh for Number Ten. W.O.2 Coleson and P.O. McLean playedan equally good game on defencefor the home team, while F IS HolterSgt. Higginson tied for second placein the scoring honors.

BOXING and WRESTLING

A Boxing and Wrestling Club hasbeen formed on the station With theidea of instructing anyone who is -interested and to. put on a show inthe near future if sufficient numbersturn out: The Club meets Mondayand Thursday evenings: Boxing, 1900to 2030 hours. Wrestling 2030 to2130 hours.

F/S Wylie and LAC Soltys havecharge of the boxing and FlO Me-Lean is' in charge of the wrestling.


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HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SPORTS SECTION - ContinuedHOCKEY

The Dauphin and District ServiceHockey League

After a series of close. excitinggames the league finally came to anend with Number Ten sitting at thetop. the winner of Bryce's Trophyand Number Seven sitting in thecellar. Congratulations Number Ten.it was a well deserved win. In spiteof its cellar position Number Sevenhas little to moan about. All itsgames were quite close and with alittle better luck or something thingscould easily have been different.Number' Seven's team improved asthe season stretched along and ittied its last league game with Num-ber Ten 3-3 and then defeated theArmy 5~2.

In the play-offs between the Armyand Number Seven a couple of ex-citing games ensued. The Army tookNumber Seven in the first game by

a onc-q al lead but in the second

game Number Seven blasted theArmy out of the play-offs by ascore of 8-3.

The finals were played betweenNumber Ten and Number Seven.Number Seven's starry player Foxhad been posted in the meantime andthat considerably weakened the team.Number Ten took the series twostraight 7-5 for the first game and7-4 for the second. However. theywere both hard fought games andNumber Ten knew that they had beenthrough a battle before the serieswas concluded.

The league as a whole was verysuccessful. The games were well sup-ported and the teams all played goodhockey. Much of the credit for thesuccess of the league was due to Mr.Tom Hutchison. the President of theleague. and Lieut. Way. the Secre-tary -T reasure r.

STATION HOCKEY TEAM

TOP:-LAC Liston, J. P.; P.O. Eilwood, K.; LAC Frfnck, N.; Cpl. Sutherland. J.: r_AC Soltys. W.;LAC Fox. E. P.O. M,.gson, R., Cpl. Acorn, E.

BOTTOM,-F.S. Jones, E. (Coach): F.S. Theriault. J., AC2 Butler, S., AC2 Manson. J.;F.S. Gagnon, J.; Cpl. Br-etddaf, E .; F.O. McLean, W. (Manager)


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HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SPORTS SECTION --- Continued

coNGRATULA'TIoNS

Congratulations are very much in order for Skip LAC Clarke, D. F. and

his noble rink of LAC Leonard, LAC Westokel and AC Cockburn.This rink from Number Seven has won the Bishop Memarial Cup given far

the winning rink in the Pre-Bonspiel Knockout Schedule in Dauphin. In the Bonspiel(at time of writing) they are in the semi-finals of both the Citizens and Burraughsevents.

HOCKEY

Warks and Buildings are in the

lead in the station Hackey League

with the Officers in secorid place.

Weather canditians during the month

of January made it alrnost impassible

to play Hockey on the station rink

but it looks as if the weather man is

gaing to give us a break at last and

the League games an the station will

be in full swing by the time this

article ,goes to' press.

TUMBLING CLASS

A Tumbling Club for all personnel

interested in Tumbling Acrobatics.

Apparatus and Pyramid Building has

been formed on the station and meet

in the Recreation Hall each Monday

and Wednesday evening. All inter-

ested are invited to attend. Sgt.

Higginson and F /L Jewsbury are in

charge and everyone reports a worth

while evening.


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24 THE PAULSON POST

A timely and informative *articlehas just been released concerning the

post-war prospects for service per-sonneL It starts off with the follow-ing encouraging statement:

"Canada perhaps leads all other countries

among the: United, Nations in the matter

of' enacting legislation for the rehabilita-

tion of men and women discharged from

the Armed Forces."

This is not lobby talk or a vaguepromise but a concrete plan for thebig shift back to civilian life. Thegovernment is to be strongly com-mended for quietly inaugurating such

a farsighted plan. The prospect ofwidespread unemployment and massinsecurity breeds fear and dissatts-faction. Intelligent legislation, withthe individual and his needs at thecenter of it, dispels such apprehensionand creates a spirit of confidence.

Give a man something to live forand he will regard present sacrificeas a cheap cost price.

Three important measures designed

to facilitate the orderly and effectivereturn to civil life of Canada's fight-

ing men and women have beenpassed by Parliament. They are asfollows:

The Veterans Land Act.

The Civil Employment Re-estab-

lishment Act.

The Post-Disch arqe Re-estab lish-ment Order.

These form the chasis of a machine

which is now in motion. Alreadythousands of men and women 'dis~

charged from the Armed Forces forone reason or anothet have expert-

"* ''Post-Discharge: Rehabilitation" by J. G.Perdue in "ThE'" Leqto na r -y' {- c-Tan . . 1943.

enced the benefits provided by theseActs of Parliament. However, its

greatest test will come when theheavy load created by mass demobilt-zation falls upon it.

The Veterans Land Act

Following the last war there wasa substantial back-to-the-land rno ve-ment. Time alone will tell whetheror not there will be a repetition ofit after this one. There may be aswing in .the other direction. How-

ever, the ex-Service man who likes

the feel of the good brown earth mayhave his farm and raise hogs andchickens to his heart's content. Hewill get every encouragement from

the government to do so.

The Civil Employment Re-Inseatement

Act

During the last war the employerspromised to hold the jobs till the

boys came home. Many of theseeloquent promises did not materialize.The government wants no recurrenceof this "selling out of patriotism."

So it has past an Act dealing withpost-war employment. The Civil Em-ployment Re-establishment Act makes

it compulsory for employers to re-instate former employees for a periodof at least six months unless theycan prove that there exists a rea-sonable cause for dispensing withtheir services. A pertinent question

might be, "Who will be the finalcourt of appeal in such cases?" There

are three provisos (1) The employeemust have been on the pay-roll forat least three months immediatelyprior to enlistment; (2) The employee

must report back for work with hispre-war firm within three months afterhis discharge from the Service; (3)The employee has to be physicallyand mentally capable of doing hisjob. Again, "Who is to decide?"

(Continued on Page 25)


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PADRE'S PAGE - Continued

The Post-Dis,charge Re-Establishment

Order

The most complicated problem ofafter the war "fitting in" will concernthose who jumped into the Servicestraight from school or university.What are the opportunities for get-ting refresher courses, of completinga course of study interrupted by en-listment, or of getting some quickpreparation for a prospective job? Theanswer is that a definite plan hasbeen set up. You can train for a job,complete a university course or takepost-graduate studies and get paidmaintenance while doing so. Benefitsup to a maximum of $9.00 per weekfor Single men and $13.00 per weekfor married men will be available.This may help to bridge the gap.In other words, you get paid while

you study. How long can this go on?You will be re-imbursed for a periodnot exceeding the length of time youhave been in the Service, or for amaximum of 12 months, whicheverperiod is the shorter.

'There are other benefits availableto men and women upon dischargefrom the Service. These include ~a clothing allowance of $35.00 aftersix months service; a rehabilitationgrant of 30 day's pay and dependents'allowance (leaders in the UnitedStates have been suggesting a grant

equal to one year's pay) ; transporta-tion and travelling expenses backhome; free medical treatment; dis-ability benefits; perference in allgovernment employment.

V. Lorne Stewart.

UPRAYER OF AN AIRMAN'S WIFE"

By One of 'T'bern

"I do not ask that you should keep him here.Where yet we've scarcely felt that touch of War's grim hand;I do not ask that he should stay behindAnd never journey to that tortured, struggling land;I do not even !lsk to keep him safeWhen other men are going down before the Hun:The question of his safe return I leaveTo You, trusting Thy wisdom still ~ "Thy Will be Done,"

If he should go ~ if it should be decreedThat his young life 'be one of many that must bePart of' the overwhelming' price requiredBefore the world knows Peace and final Victory.Then, knowing well that he would have it so,I'll not be bitter, though the sun and stars be dimmedAnd life be less, and full of aching voids,For if he goes, a part of me will go with him.

I do not ask these things for him or me:Safety, freedom from fear. I only ask

That, small or great, with glory or without.He do it with a will, unquestioning ~ his task,And that he'll meet his test with courage highWell knowing that in Peace or War. to the Unknown,I walk beside him, wheresoeer he goes,Always ~ my hand in his, my heart beneath his own,

Janet McKinnon


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FLYING OFFICER J. VIRTUEThis popular . 'Man about Station" 'Was born in

Toronto. After plodding through his Senro e Matricu ...lation, he was employed by the Ontario ProvincialGovernment in the Department of Agricultu.re. En-

listed on Jan. 2. 1941; attended LT.S. at Toronto;E.F.T.S. at St. Ca rhertnes and S.F.T.S. at Dunn-. ville. Was commissioned upon graduation. Hasserved at Dartmouth. Roc k c l+He and Paulson. Isnow O.C. Bomhing FHght.

There are very few activities which hold nointerest for F.O. Virtue wherever there ismusic. skiing, hunting. swimming, softball yes.and ping-pong too _.. there you will find him. Anideal mtc ceetnc r too _.. as much at home on stageor at the "Mike" as he is in an aircraft. Yes,indeed -- a very valuable member of any R.C.A.F.Unit.

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT JEWSBURY

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F. BUCHANA,NOur O.C. Gunnery is a native Manitoban

horn at Griswold. Served lor the Bank of Montrealfrom 1919 to 1925. The travel itch then steaedhim and he landed up in California serving as anAccountant v..rith an Accountlng Firm. In 1927. he"took to the Air" under the instruction of SpeedJohnson the famous barnstormer. In 1928 he joinedthe Curtiss Wright Flying Service as an Accountantand in 1932 served as Assistant Manager of theCurtiss Wright Grand Central Air Terminal at LosAn qel e s. then under the noted Major Moseley. JOinedthe R.C.A.F. in December, 1940, was at Picton andat 'Mosspuss. Is now O.C. Gunnery and enjoystaking pot-shots at previous records. F /L Buchananeven took time off last summer to m an a qe the for-midable Officers' Softball Team and piloted themthrough to their many (?) victories. Is also apopular and frequent member of the "circle" inthe Mess - Good flying. Sir.

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT TREVENAOur o.c. DroQue Flight is also a 'W'es teene eborn. raised. educated and enlisted in Regina.

JOined up there with the Auxiliary Air Force in

December. 1936 and was attached to the 120 Aux ..

iliary Squadron there. Received his commission in

July. 1937. Was posted overseas in February, 19-40

and was with No. I Fighter Squadron by August__. rank Squadron Leader. In January, 1942 returned

to Canada and served with the Eastern Air Com ...

mand - now we have him. w i t h us.

Is married man and his 'Wife is in

Dauphin - keeping a close eye on him. no doubt.


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28 THE PAULSON POST

M R . R . E . B R O W N

Our genial Canadian Legion super-intendent is one of those quiet gentle-men who go about their business withno fuss nor flurry but you'llalways find him in his "workshop."

He's a native Manitoban. born atKaleida ~ and in spite of his youth-ful appearance has quite a "service"experience. Joined the 184th Battalionin 1916 ~ and was in the scrap

until 1919 ---- was at Vimy - spenttwo weeks at Cologne.

Having had the taste of militaryaction, Mr. Brown again applied forfor enlistment in the C.A.G.F. in1940 but was not accepted due tofailure to pass the physical examina-tion.

Mr. Brown is. a musician and asportsman in his own right _ base-ball seems to hold a tight grasp onhis heart, although his interests cer-tainly do not stop there.

Yes sir, a very genial gentleman.

TH E BATTLE O FI'm troubled with insommia, I simply cannot sleep;Though all the barrack pounds its ear, I walk the floor and weep.You see I am a family man, so what am I to say,If the kids ask "what did you do Dad those years you were away?We know that you have been away for three year, nearly four,So tell us where you've been Deiilr Dad and all about the war.At heart I'm just a little kid and so r d like tell a fib.And tell those kids of cannons roar, when all I did was sweep the floor;Of how I waded deep in blood, if truth were told ~ in Paulson stood.Of how as star shells lit the night, I was the foremost in the fight,

Nor stopped nor stayed for bomb or shell,Till all the foe was shot to ---!But if I yield to such a lie . the kiddies then will wonder why.I have no medals on my chest, no ribboris to adorn my vest;And so I guess I'll have to say, 'twas up at Paulson I did stay,There safe from bombs and Axis blitz, I wished that I could bomb the FritzAnd if per chance you think that's queer, just wait till you've been here two years.

S. McManus.


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30 THE PAULSON POST

W. D. DOINGS and MISDOINGS ~ Continued

weird sounds emanating therefrom("coming out" to you). Let us stopwith one such as he halts in his tracksand do a spot of mind-reading."What in heaven's name is this? Lis-ten to the thuds and stamps. Can itbe an indoor rodeo? It must be? Youcan hear the punchers shouting abovethe din. But, just a moment, isn't thatrather rhythmical for a herd ofcattle? And what is that persistentsqueak and wail? Nothing on fourfeet ever made a noise like that. (0.passer-by, you should read yourO.R.O.'s) . Wonder if anything wouldhappen if this door were opened.Carefully now. (For a moment ourintrepid hero quails on the threshold,stunned by the wave of sound thatsweeps over him). Why - it is -no. it can't be - but. yes, it reallyis an old time dance. Move over,boys, here I come. Yippee!"

CONSIDERING that for manyof those present it was the first timethey had done the dances, they didn't

do badly at all. Usually one of apair knew what he or she was doing.and dragged his or her partner about.And it was really dragging in somecases.

AND what techniques we did see'That's quite a polka, Mr. Hathaway.Quite a number of people expectedthat you and your partner would takeright off at any moment. And thenthere was the blonde LAW and acertain P.O. who did their best towear out the flooring. And who wasthe M.T. driver who looked so aghast

when she suddenly found her feeteight inches off the floor in one ofthe quadrilles? One W.O. corporalcertainly went in for war dances.All she needed was a feather in herhair.

WHO were the bashful W.O.'swho took up the whole front row ofthe balcony where they could beseen as well as see? One by one.down they came, and stomped aroundas merrily as the next. It's not abad system.

WHO was the W.O. from theparachute section who quickly poc-keted her glasses during the elimina-tion dance, only to be caught by thelads from the drogue section, andchased off the floor?

ALL in all, it was a real success,and orchids to Mr. Brown and hisorchestra. We're waiting I for the nextone. Some of the dancers would likea little time to get into practice,judging from the way they collapsedon the sidelines after that first quad-rille.

ON pay nights the W.O. barracks

is the scene of much fevered counting

and accounting. All the nickels and

dimes borrowed for cokes, movies

and the juke-box, mount up and

scream for repayment. At any rate

the lenders scream, and that is just

as effective. Many a W.O. looks

sadly at her depleted pocket-book

after she has paid off her just and

righteous debts.

THE girls of the Accounts Section

will certainly have to think up some

way in which to get around the

present seating arrangements at theshow. Imagine being escorted to the

door by an ardent swain and then

having to sit all by yourself. Tsk!

Tsk!

LET'S DO THE :--HAT TRICK"


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THE PAULSON 31POST

B O O K R E V IEW SBENEATH ANOTHER SUN:-

by Ernst Lothar

In this new novel Lothar tells thepoignant and moving story of asubject people. crushed under the ty-ranny of the "New Order". Thehero "Andreas" becomes the leaderof his people as a part of the vastEuropean under-ground movement. Itis Andreas who retains the staminaand courage to become a leader inthe antl-Nazt movement after hisfamily friends. the girl he loves. andhimself have all been shipped off toCzechoslovakia.

The tragedy of the migration of thishome-lovinq people is high lighted bythe plight of the American familycaught in the mad whirl. Lothar hasdone a creditable job of his charac-ters and anyone who read "To singwith the Angels" by Hindus will notbe disappointed with this story inthe same land.

GUADALCANAL DIARY:-by Richard Tregaskis

Tregaskis is a crack riewspape r-man, and not an "author, hence thisbook lacks rhetorical trimmings andmelodramatic outburts; but it makesup for it with the impact of a terrificstory told in straightforward English.

The Diary begins on Sunday, July26, 1942 - it tells of the fierce pre-paration of naval guns that precededthe landing on August 7th, and ofthe landing itself.

Until the author's departure in aB-17 bomber on September 26th heate, slept, and sweated with the frontline units . .His story is a straight dayby day account of what he saw. Noone can read Guadalcanal Diary andnot admire the superb accomplish-ments of these Marines.

THE SONG OF BERNADETTE:-

Critics have said that no matter

what your religion or your belief

may be, after reading this book you

can not help but return to this world

of conflict and upheaval with an up-

lifted feeling. Werfel has given his

readers a splendid portrait of Berna-

dette and those who read this latest

novel will be more than ever de-

lighted with his work. The characters

are well developed and the author

has been highly commended on his

work.

THROUGH THE KEYHOLE

(Continued from Page 23)

Cpl. Segal tells me he's lost all

his sporting blood at the last blood

test.

Your losing your grip, Gill, Beggs

walked into our Cf nerna with another

woman what gives?

THE WOLF

If he parks his little flivver,

Down beside the moonlight river,

And you feel him all aqurver,

Baby -- He's a Wolf.

If by chance when you're a kisstn',. .You can feel his heart a missin',

can talk and he won't listen,

He's a Wolf.

And you

Baby

If his arms are strong as sinew,

And he stirs the Gypsy in you.

And you want his cheek again you.

Baby - YOU'RE THE WOLF.

The Heavy Weight BoxingChampion of Canada.

(Author)


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32 THE PAULSON POST

.THE LITTLE RED CAN BESIDE MY BED

The little red can beside my bed

Is a modern edition of what my

grandma had;But her's was white and different so

I'm told,

It served poor grandpa when thedays were cold.

And dear aunt Maggie so it's oftbeen said,

She always did keep one beneathher bed;

And little junior always had one too,But his was usually pink or maybe

blue;

But in this modern age I'm sad tosay

Mine sits beside my bed a mereash tray.


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w . D . ( A N T E E NSing a song of nickels, a cooler full of cokes,

A tableful of airmen telling risque jokes,

Airwomen buying polish, packages of gum,

Sandwiches and chocolate bars, how fast the orders come.

Nickels in the juke-box, records loud and shrill,

Bridge and Chinese checkers, money in the till.

Pinq-Ponq balls a-cl icktnq, thud of feet on floor,

Searching out of movie mags, cries of "Shut that door!"

Swift appraising glances, "That one's not so bad."

"Fl ymqs washed out for tonight", and several hearts are glad.

Nimble fingers chording, voices raised in song,

Flicks of lights at closing time, you musnt stay too long,

Wash the cups and dishes, put the cokes away,

Straighten out the tables, a very busy day.

"Thank goodness this one's over," sigh the girls in green,

The busiest place the station has,-the W.D. Canteen,

T H E S TA F F

There's Adams, big Adams, or shorter just "Red",

She's immune to the smoothies, you can't turn her head,

"Please, can't you read what our new sign does say

"No chocolate, no coffee, no peanuts to-cla y."

There's Boisjoly too, and I'm sure you'll know. why,

She's known for her twinkling naughty brown eye.

"Hello. mon ami. and how does it go?

"T'rn sorry, on duty, come after the show,"

There's Bayley, the smallest, but still not the least,

She's quiet. not too much, and hails from the East.

"Why corporal, 1 didn't say any such thing."

"I never would have more than three on the string."

And then Corporal Belcher, who has all in tow.

Her wink is a honey, her wit not so slow,

"J'm sure that your laundry will come back in time,

If not, here's a soap that will cost just a dime,"


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C O R R E C T I O N

Flight Li-e~tenant By nq-Ha] l wasrather amused at an atricle printed inthe February issue of "Wings" andwhich concerned a story reqardinqhis experience on "ops". To thosewho read the story. Flight LieutenantBynq-Hall would like to explain thefact that he too realized how obviouswere the errors made. To those who,like myself. did not catch on to theinaccuracies. he kindly listed themfor us.

Inaccuracies

(a) RT and WE are not the same.and the WT lOP would not havewarned the Skipper about wr stl-ence when RT was suggested, asthat is only good for a few miles. andthe Skipper's pigeon anyway.

(b) I quote, "FIRE" yells theCapt. This is very misleading. andmight cause a budding A~G to pauseawhile in thought. In truth. theCapt. has nothing to say about whenthe Tail A~G "opens Fire" ~that ishis pigeon. and during an eriqaqe-rnent, the Skipper takes his ordersfrom the Tail Gunner, if he wants tolive. In daylight formations. with "AFire Controller" in the leading A/C,who is himself a senior A~G, he per~sonally directs the "Fire" from thewhole formation.

He would also wish the fact to bemade clear, that although he wouldlike to have had the experience andadventure of Dunkirk, he feels heshould correct the former correspon-dent ~ he was not at Dunkirk.

LET'S TH E TRICK"DO HAT :--


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Sgt. 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.P 10 Harris. C. A.LAC Lambert. K. A.Sgt. Leckie. N. A.Sgt. Lowe. C. P. P.Sgt. Lucki. A.Sgt. Margrett. A. A.Sgt. McFee. A. G.Sgt. Norrie. T. L. J.Sgt. Ogden. A.Sgt. Pilborouqh. W. E.PIO St. Ours. J. A.Sgt. Turley. W.Sgt. Wood. R.Sgt. Lerrove r, 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. Sz.umltnskr, C. L.Sgt. CarknerSgt. Skinner. L. N.Sgt. Gregory. H. W.Sgt. 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.P 10 Malofie. 0 .. Air Obsvr,

P/O Ramage. P. R., A/GSgt. Maroney. P. J.. A/GSgt. Cooke. L. F., A/GSgt. Aldridge, H .. A/Obsvr.Sgt. Ray. K. F.Sgt. Barbe. M. J.Sgt. Norris. G. A., N.Z.Sgt. Edelson. J.A.M., A/Ob.Sgt. Gardner, Air Obsvr.LAC Sparkes. C. V.

PAULSONMANITOBA

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. 2~9-12Killed in Action 22-5~42Killed in Flying Accident at Paulson. 2~9-42Missing 6-4-42Killed in Flying Accident at Paulson. 2-9-12Missing after Air OperationsMissing 1O~6~42Missing 29-6~42Missing 2~6~42Killed in Flying Accident at Paulson. 2-9-';2Missing 8~6~42Killed in Action 21-4-42MiSSing after Operations, June 1941Killed in Canada 15~12~41Missing on OperationsKilled in Flying Accident, 18-9~42Killed in Flying Accident, 18~9~42Killed in Flying Accident. 18-9~42Missing after Operations. 22~9~42Missing after OperationsKilled on OperationsMissing. believed Killed on OperationsKilled on OperationsKilled on OperationsMissing believed Killed on OperationsMissing after Operations in CanadaPrisoner of War. 26~9~42Killed on Operations OverseasMissing on Operations OverseasKilled Overseas. (Course 33). 24~9~42Missing believed Killed on Operations 31 ~7-'HMissing after Air Operations, 28-10-42Missing after Air Operations. 28-10-42Missing after Air Operations, 2~1 t~42Killed at Rivers. ManitobaKilled at Rivers, ManitobaMissing from Ops. OvSeas, Prob. Killed.

9-12-11Prisoner of War 10~12-42Missing after Operations 18~12~42Missing from Operations 13~1~43Seriously Injured on Operations 26~1-13Killed on Active Service. January. 1913Killed on Operations Overseas 25~1~43 A/GKilled in Eastern Canada. Nav, "8"Prisoner of War 8~2~43Killed in Action Overseas 9-2-43Killed on Active Service in E. Canada.

SCHOOL HONOURS LIST -- AWARDSPilot Officer Barry, Air Observer, awarded the D.F.C., 10-2-43 - Citatioru->

uThroughout his ope.rational e areer- this Office.r has been conspicuous for his gallantry aocBdevotion to duty. and has displaye.d excepetoo.a l coolness and courage in hazardous circum. stanc:e.~. '

BAKER 8< SONS LTD. _ WINNIPEG

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