2857 Thomson MOG
2862 Franklin H
2880 Mills EM (Ted)
2898 Ironside RA (Robbie)
2899 Ferguson WB (Bill)
2908 Pickering Alan (Al)
2919 Simpson RE (Bob)
2935 McPherson DB (Dave)
2936 Bone RM (Dick)
2940 Botly Phil
2944 Reid Jon D (Speed)
2950 MacLachlan JR(Big John)
2974 Jones RG (Glenn)
3004 Dowsley JJ (John)
3015 Adams Robert James (Bob)
3019 Boyd Bruce Howard
3021 Burry James C
3026 Conrad WL (Walt)
3028 Day RF (Dick)
3031 Denman Robin (Denny)
3032 Derrick AS (Alan)
3035 Donahue JJ (Jerry)
3036 Dowsley BP (Tad)
3039 Engman TE (Ted)
3045 Furter WF (Bill)
3046 Gagnon Yves
3049 Gilbert FND (Fred)
3053 Green DB (Don)
3055 Hampson A (Tony)
3056 Hercus BB)
3057 Hull R (Rodney)
3058 Hunter Peter W
3059 Joyce FJ (Fred)
3061 Kaduck RM (Ray)
3062 Kear AR (Allen)
3067 Lafrance JJE (Jules)
3069 McColl William (Bill)
3071 McLellan A (Al)
3075 Morewood HW (Harry)
3076 Mundell DE (Ned)
3078 Murray Walter C (Walt)
3079 Palmer J Jim)
3080 Preville P (Paul)
3081 Price Peter Malcolm (Pete)
3082 Quinn C
3085 Rice EJ (Woody)
30879 Roe Ronald V (Ron)
3088 Ross FE (Fred)
3095 Tetreault Jean
3097 Thomson JAG (Garth)
3100 Ward Peter
3104 Zatychec W (Bill)
3106 Armstrong WB (Bill)
3108 Beemer Arthur (Art)
3109 Bigelow RS (Bob)
3110 Black Russ
3111 Bohne RR (Dick)
3112 Campbell JD (Soupy)
3113 Campbell JM (Scotty)
3114 Chalmers JD (Dave)
3115 Clark JN (Tony)
3116 Cressey Norman E (Norm)
3117 Cumming AR (Allen)
3118 Dillistone Edward Grant (Dilly)
3119 Dzioba LA (Larry)
3121 Ernst VG (Gary)
3122 Fitzpatrick James E (Fitz)
3123 Foreman Edward G (Ted)
3125 Gibbons A (Bob)
3129 Gross RD (Bob)
3133 Houston RM (Rod)
3134 Hudson JR (John)
3135 Jefferies John R (Jeff)
3137 Keen RD (Ralph)
3138 Kerr Norman S (Nails)
3139 Kolber TS (Ted)
3142 Lambert Marshall
3145 Lundlie Marshall O
3146 McCrimmon KG (Ken)
3150 McMillan KW (Ken)
3155 Miller DS (Dusty)
3156 Morris Norman D (Norm)
3157 Orme RC (Bob)
3163 Rowse AW (Art)
3164 Ruck Paul George (PG))
3165 Rundle JR (John)
3168 Simmons TG (Tom)
3169 Smallwood Joseph W (Bill)
3171 Sosnkowski Joseph (Joe)
3172 Soule Marshall M (Marc)
3173 Stewart JA (Stew)
3174 Traves PJ (Pete)
3178 Walker KW (Keith)
3179 White AJ (Morley)
3180 Whitworth Brian
3181 Willsher JM (John)
3182 Young JD (Derrick)
3184 Bolger LF (Len)
Devooght OV (Val)
McConnell Fred
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2908 Pickering, Alan, (Al)
- Family: Margaret (wife), Brian, Cathy, Lynda, Ellen, six grandchildren
Education: Queen's University - BSc (Mechanical Engineering), RCAF Staff School, RCAF Staff College, U.S. Navy War College.
- Military Career: Air Transport pilot and instructor (C119 Flying Boxcar, North Star, Yukon); Chief Engineer: Gemini-Agena Space Project USAF Space Systems Division, Los Angeles, Calif); Air Force Staff Officer (1 year) and Director of Cadets and Military Training (2 years) RMC; Commanding Officer 404 Maritime Patrol Squadron, CFB Greenwood, N.S. (Argus); Base Operations Officer, CFB Greenwood; Base Commander, CFB Greenwood;Commander CP-140 Aurora Project, Burbank, Ca, Commander Maritime Air Group, Halifax, N. S; Chief Intelligence and Security, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ont.
- Retired in 1985 as a Major General with 36 years service.
- Public Service: Director General Information Technology Security, Communications Security Establishment Retired in 1996 with 11 years service.
- Current: I am consulting on a part-time basis (very part-time); children and grandchildren (5); Margaret and I involved with Church work, including Refugee Committee and Craft Group/Bazaar, house and cottage maintenance; golf when I can; time at the cottage.
FAX 613-825-9397, E-mail.: apickeri@worldlink.ca
2919 Simpson, RE (Bob)
Upon graduation Bob married his high school sweetheart, Beulah, from Brockville, Ontario. He joined the Marketing Division of Shell Canada, working in sales and real estate development in Ottawa, Brockville, Halifax and Montreal. After a brief period with Brunswick Canada in 1965 he joined the Area Development Agency of the Department of Industry in Ottawa. While there he received his bilingual designation, completed his graduate diploma in Public Administration from Carleton University and the industrial development program of the American Industrial Development Council at the University of Oklahoma.
He continued his career in economic development with DREE, DRIE and finally with Western Economic Diversification in Winnipeg, retiring in 1991.
Fortunately for Bob, he was able to serve with local RCA Militia units in each of his early postings, retiring in 1965 as a major, with the 34th Field Regiment in Montreal.
Beulah and Bob have four children. Claire and Jeff live in Steinbach and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Scott lives near Wiesbaden Germany and Andrea is in Vancouver. They have five grandchildren.
Beulah and Bob acquired a mobile home at Southwinds M.H.P. in Sarasota, Florida where they spend their winter months renovating their "tin box" and singing with the Southwinds Chorus.
2935 McPherson, DB (Dave)
Married Marian MacLachlan from Kingston July 26, 1958 and we are still happily together. Marion graduated from Queen's BA and BPHE (1954), went to the Ontario College of Education in Toronto until spring 1955, and then taught high school at Glebe Collegiate in Ottawa until June 1958. After graduation for RMC, I enrolled in the Chartered Accountancy program in September 1953 with McDonald Currie (became Coopers & Lybrand and now Pricewaterhouse Coopers) in a four year program. This was the program for anyone with the equivalent of a BA. Received my CA designation in the fall of 1957.
I was transferred to London, England for one year to Coopers Bros - two months after we were married. While there we had a wonderful time. Marian taught school and we got in quite a bit of travelling. Marion retired to have children and I continued with McDonald Currie until the end of November 1964. From then until November 30, 1971 I was the Chief Financial Officer of an integrated broker and investment dealer then went into public accounting practice with MacGillivray and Co.until I retired on April 30, 1993. It was very satisfying career but I was quite content to call it quits as the whole professional scene was changing rapidly - and I didn't think it was all good!
We have three children: Ann 1960, Ian,1962 and Sara 1965. We have four grandchildren (two of each) between three and six. So it is a pretty tight cluster. We incur no long distance telephone charges because all three families live in Toronto and area. We feel so very fortunate for this. Consequently we are together as an extended family either in whole or in part - frequently. We seem to be in good health, although I had prostate cancer surgery at the end of April 1998. Although I am still encountering some of the anticipated after effects, I am told that the surgery was very successful and my prognosis is excellent. Fortunately, it appears that the problem was uncovered early, although there were no physical symptoms. Thank heavens for a PSA test and the events which followed.
We bought our first home in Toronto in February 1961 ($27,500) and are still there! I feel sure that this is a departure from almost all of our classmates' situations - particularly those who were in the Armed Forces. Marion and I have done some overseas travelling and try to do a reasonably major trip annually since I retired. We love Greece and Turkey and have been there several times. Several years ago Marian coordinated a trip for the Royal Ontario Museum to Syria and Turkey. Our most recent trip was last March to Sicily with a ROM group. It was two weeks and truly wonderful.
In retirement, both Marian and I are heavily committed to volunteer activities, including considerable time to our beloved Church of St Simon the Apostle (Anglican). It is one of the few remaining churches in these parts - and indeed in Canada - with a first class choir of men and boys. Marian is a docent of the ROM and a good portion of her work rotates around activities there. I run a weekly Bingo program at a drop in centre in downtown Toronto, am Treasurer and deliver meals for a Meals On Wheels program her, and am heavily involved with a community for developmentally handicapped adults in Richmond Hill and Toronto. It is the largest L'Arche community in North America.. At St Simon's we are in our 10th year of the "Out of the Cold" program every Wednesday night and Thursday morning in the winter and both Marian and I are involved with that.
2936 Bone, RM (Dick)
I joined the RCN in September of 1950 as a Midshipman (Air) on a short service commission and was fortunate enough to be selected for a permanent commission in 1954. I trained on HMCS Ontario & Beacon Hill, where I made my first oceanic deposit(seasick). In '51, I went to the Magnificent for general acquaintance with Naval Air, followed by 17 months in the U.K. for flying training as an Observor. Later appointments included the 19th CAG (Carrier Air Group) in Magnificent where I
learned what a hydraulic kick in the butt was like in a mid-night launch. Great experiences!
In '56, I received an exchange appointment to an RN Squadron, based at an RAF Station in Norfolk where my brand new bride joined me four months later. Two enjoyable years with the RN, with more carrier time in HMS Bulwark, Ark Royal and Eagle. I ended up in the Squadron jet section, flying in Sea Venoms. On my first steam catapult shot in a Venom, my peripheral vision practically disappeared but came back after the end of that large boot in the butt. A most enjoyable two years with the RN.
On completion of our time in England I opted for Pilot training but was advised that my initial tests showed unsuitability for the job; therefore 10 years of "fish heading" ensued, interspersed with Air Operations jobs in Bonaventure. I enjoyed the non-flying jobs but ran into some scary situations at sea with huge waves bearing down on ships, particularly HMCS Huron(the original) during stormy weather with yours truly on the open bridge at night on watch, seeing monstrous waves breaking as high as the ship's mast. I did a short stint as "Flag Lieutenant" in '64 but opened my face at the wrong time. My "punishment", if such it was, was running the Recruiting Centre in my home town.
The next three years I was as Observor, in helicopters, Bonaventure detachment and Experimental Squadron to look after the Sea King modernization programme. From '71 to '74 OIC Training The Maritime Warfare School followed by appointment as X.O. of the helicopter squadron to end my service career.
In August, 1974, I departed and took up a teaching position at the Dartmouth Vocational School (Math & Science) for 16 years. I took up carving in 1982 and am a charter member of the NS Wildlife Carvers & Artists Assn, and have served as Secretary, Newsletter Editor, Membership chair, Competition Committee chair & finally decided to take a year off from Assn. duties. I teach carving in Halifax a couple of times a year at the NS Centre for Craft & Design and have also taught with Continuing Education groups since 1985.
My wife and I have three children, ages 39 and 32 (identical twin boys). My son Jamie, who has Cerebral Palsy, won 3 Gold medals & 1 Bronze for Canada at the 1988 Seoul Paraolympics, setting world records in track(wheelchair). The records stood foe 8 years.
Really exciting moments: Hatch hit me on the head, knocked me out. Mid-air (rotor blade) collision, helicopter formation. Six inches further inboard, the formation would have been history!
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