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2857 Thomson MOG 2862 Franklin H (Hugh) 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 |
2940 Botly, Phil In the summer of 1950 I decided that neither I nor the Canadian taxpayer would benefit from my continuation of the RMC experience. I pulled the plug but continued top serve with the RCAF completing navigation training at Summerside, bombing and gunnery at Trenton and the Maritime OTU at Greenwood. Although I had a number of postings to other bases my residence continued in Greenwood until my release in 1956. I served as navigator on 404 Sqn, as instructor on the Maritime Sqn refresher course and navigator and adjutant on 103 Rescue Unit. At Greenwood I married Irene, widow with one son and we have two daughters. From the RCAF, I went to CP Air in Vancouver in 1956. I flew as navigator on their international routes and resided in Burnaby. In 1962 the challenge of helping to build a new airline was presented to me and we moved to Edmonton where I became chief navigator and manager of scheduling for Wardair. Career wise, things went well through 1975, but our personal life was in turmoil as we lost Irene to cancer in 1969. I remarried in 1971. I think we met the challenge of putting the two families together with great success. In 1975 navigators were replaced by inertial navigation systems. My role was changed to dispatch and we moved East to work at Pearson Airport and moved to Oakville. We were only able to persuade one of the kids to come with us and, by 1982 we were empty nesters. In 1989, Canadian Airlines purchased Wardair. The most acceptable offer was a move to Calgary to work in CAI dispatch. Alice and I did that in 1990. By April 1991 it was apparent that CAI and I could only agree to disagree. They made me an excellent retirement offer, I accepted and we have led a life of leisure since that time. We have resolved that, all things considered, Calgary is a good place to stay so we will stay here for the foreseeable future. We are comfortable, happy and feel we have achieved a fair measure of success. My employers? Not so much. To wit: The Feds have given us enormous debt, a devalued dollar and a miniaturized Armed Force. CP Air was a yolk around Canadian Pacific's neck. The bigger Wardair grew, the more they say they lost! Need we talk of the problems CAI had after I worked there? So, what is success?? (Ed note: A very good question. 2944 Reid, John D. (Speed) On August 5th, 1998 I turned 68 while sailing in the North Channel of Georgian Bay on my Whitby 42 sailing ketch, Odin II, with wife Jane, (#2944A), #3088 Ross F.E and #3088A Ross M.J or Jinny. Since #3088 "ushered" at my 1955 wedding to Jane and I ushered at his wedding to Jinny we have since been seemingly inseparable when it comes to holiday time, particularly on Odin II. I steer and navigate, #2944A and #3088 tend to the anchor so that Happy Hour remains happy and undisturbed by unwanted movement of Odin II, and as well, #3088 manages the bar which only opens after the anchor is down and set. #3088A supervises everyone. Additionally, on his retirement #3088 received as a gift from his company to assist him in future travels through life a hand held GPS navigation instrument, so he reviews my navigation to ensure that we do not contact mother earth other than with the anchor, which as already explained, he is in charge of. So all in all, my life ain't too bad. Jane produced three fine daughters, unable to make any of them a son before arrival, but that was for the best as I never had to be at a hockey rink at 5:00 am for ice time. #3088 Ross claims this was fortunate for the son who wasn't. Our oldest, living in Toronto and now 39 and mother of a two year old daughter, is a criminal prosecutor doing Supreme Court of Canada and Ontario Appeal Court appeals for the Ontario Attorney General's department. Also, she and her husband use Odin II almost more than Jane and I do and other sailors report that she does a better job of it than I manage to do. The middle daughter is a Harvard Fellow in Pediatric Radiology living in Edmonton with her family physician husband and they are the parents of two girls and a two year old boy. Our youngest daughter, about to turn 36, lives with her husband and their two young sons in Jacksonville, Florida, and she is a senior executive with a large American corporation. He is on the Jacksonville Jaguars promotion staff so we avidly watch some US pro football whenever the Jaguars are playing. And if the Jaguars ever make it to the Super Bowl we are assured of seats. But as they live in Jacksonville they too are spared the early morning rush for ice time. In winter Jane and I team up with #3090 Dick Rutherford and Marcie and with #3076 Ned Mundell and Willa, for a week's skiing in Snowmass and otherwise ski every weekend at our local ski club. Several times a year Ned Mundell visits Toronto on business and feeds the #3088 Ross and the #2944 Reid couples a sumptuous dinner at some exotic place of his choosing, always refusing our half hearted appeals to let us pay for once. I sold my half of my municipal & industrial water and wastewater treatment equipment business in 1990 after 29 years in partnership with the brother in law of #2889 Bill Macintosh and then sailed off on Odin II for two years in the Bahamian sun with Jane. Since returning I have been doing individual consulting engineering design contracts for various interests. Having started my engineering career, (and married life with Jane), in Calcutta, India, I have continuing close ties in India and occasionally touch India on business matters. I would like very much to enlarge my India activities as I see a very interesting market there in my field of environmental engineering. At this writing in February, 1999, I feel fortunate that we and our daughters are healthy and happily married and that we have six fun grandchildren who like to visit with us. And if that is not enough, my computer is Y2K compliant !! (Truly, your cup runneth over. Ed) 2950 MacLachlan, John Ross (Big John) Upon graduation, married Mary Hawley who blessed us with three wonderful children, Ross, Robert and Karen. Following one year service with the Army in Korea was sent to Queen's University, graduating in 1955. Military postings included three years Gagetown, three years Whitehorse, two years Canadian Army Staff College Kingston, two years Ordnance Corps School Montreal, and finally one year Defence Headquarters. Resigned as Major in 1966 and joined the Foreign Service. Diplomatic assignments abroad included two years Consul to the Philippines, three years Attache Trinidad, one year Consul New York, two years secondment as Director Immigration Ontario Region Toronto, three years Consul Hong Kong, two years Chief Inspector Department of External Affairs, one year Consul-General Birmingham England, two years High Commissioner to Guyana with dual accreditation as Ambassador to Suriname, and finally two years Minister-Counsellor London England. After thirty seven years service, retired in 1989. Wishing to be near our children and twin grandsons Sean and Shane in Vancouver, retired to beautiful Victoria in 1990. Am actively involved in lawn bowling, philately, fishing and in my long neglected joy of water colour painting. 2974 Jones, Glenn Early member of the post war five year plan club and one of the system upsetter foursome who moved from the Army to the RCAF in their final year. Trained as an Air Intercept Navigator back-seating many hours in the CF 100 "Clunk" on 433 Sqn and the Operational Training Unit at Cold Lake and was the first RCAF navigator to log 1,000 hours in the CF 101 Voodoo (410 & 416 Sqns). Exited with unification after twelve years to take up high school teaching in Peterborough. Married to Anne MacKay (Inverness NS, ex RCAF nursing sister) with two children, son Scott rmc '83 in the RCAF and daughter Lynn with the District Heath Unit in Pembroke. Retired in 1986. Founding member and past president of the Memorial Society of Peterborough which has to do with getting simple low cost funerals for those who have decided that is the way they wish to go. Main interests presently are as an elementary school volunteer in Mac computer labs and the prime mover in an aggressive local senior's scam fighting program through the Peterborough Senior Citizens' Council Scam Task Force. Still an active pistol and skeet shooter. 3004 Dowsley, J.J. (John) Here is a synopsis of my life since leaving RMC:
3015 Adams, Robert James (Bob) Post graduate studies in engineering, management and mathematics at UBC, Queens, U of Arizona. Early military career in R C Signals. Served in Korea with RCR, UK Artillery, and Commonwealth Division HQ. Served in several appointments: School of Signals, during which I ran the Motorcycle Display Team, and in 2 Cdn Inf Bde Gp in London and Gagetown, during which I qualified as a parachutist. Attended Army Staff College in 1959 for two years and then conducted officer training and promotion exams.. Posted to US Army in Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, and conducted electronic and field tests of US and Canadian equipment. Appointed CO 2 HQ and Sig Sqn in Petawawa in 1966 and subsequently to NDHQ dealing with command and control equipment requirements and doctrine for combat forces. Represented Canada at NATO and ABCA. Was seconded to the Federal Public Service to lead five Task forces dealing with the automation of the pay and pensions of the civil service, then on loan to the Chairman, CRTC to re-design their management system. Appointed Director, MIS Analysis & Design for the Forces in 1974. Posted to NATO HQ in 1977 to chair a group of national experts to assist in defining and making recommendations for funding the automation of the command and control and communications systems for all 35 NATO HQs. Retired from the Canadian Forces and contracted consulting services concerning large computer systems to NATO and other countries until 1987 when I retired to Kingston. My parallel and perhaps equally important career began a very long time ago in small boats. I migrated to larger and larger craft and further horizons. Along the way I built two from scratch a 24 foot wooden launch and a 40 foot ferro cutter, both of which are now sold. These involved excursions into yacht design, steel fabrication, rigging and cabinetry. I have sailed the Baltic to Oslo, North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, Atlantic to Gibralter, Mediterranean east to Cyprus, trans-Atlantic to the Caribbean, the Windward and Leeward Islands, the Bahamas and the Great Lakes, in a variety of my own boats: about 70,000 nm. I presently sail an Alberg 37' out of Kingston and Florida. I am currently involved with the sail training vessel Fair Jeanne, 110' Brigantine, which I assisted in converting and delivering from Kingston to Antigua during 1996. Am married to Margaret (Davidson) formerly of Ottawa. We have three sons, all married, and six grandchildren, four girls and two boys. My oldest son was the first child of a post-war RMC graduate to graduate from RMC. We are members of Chalmers Church and a number of local organizations.
My present interests include bowl turning, fine woodworking, computer graphics, video production, naval and yacht history, sailing and skiing and grandfathering.
In my spare time I read history books, study Latin and German, when my wife and I are not traveling. My wife, Bernice, and I are enjoying life in our condominium. We travel for about twelve weeks each year and we expect to continue to travel as long as we are physically able. |
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