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th okmumtown huald w may 10th 1w hmx4 alma college red cross course by karen scott to any swimming teacher whe ther he be at camp playground or local pool the red cross lostruc- ora badge means a great deal and is looked upod with the highest respect now in order to get water front position at camp the instructors course is an essential i applied about three weeks be fore easter at the st catharines yvca as it was the closest to georgetown sandra and i left for st khts otr sunday night and fouad lodg ings right at the y wfaicn prov yes doctor wednesday will be fine when its time to hae the dentist check daughters teeth mrs smith naturally reaches for the telephone that helpful memberof the- family with the habit of getting things done when jou look back oer your day its some limes surprising to realize in just how many little as the telephone has helped you how it adds so much comcnience and comfort to everyday living thi bbll tslkphonb company of canada the cocktail set a smart new line for spring martins beauty salon i cleaveholm drive tr 7 3932 canadas largest household moving co hill th mover 3fdl 2392 dundas street west toronto local and long distance household moving modern fumttura warehouse crating and shipping for overseas call le 14671 charges ttr saturday excursions toronto oood going and returning sarn saturday mutf excursion fares fromi brampton 95 chesley 460 i elore 265 hanover 4 45 fergus 245 hemston 3 70 georgetown 1 30 kincerdine 5 65 guelph 2 05 ustowel 3 50 kitchener 260 paisley 5 10 stretford 365 palmerston 350 brussels 4 20 southampton 565 welkerton 4 50 wingham 465 irate pd very convenient for the next tout days monday morning i was up ear ly bad breakfast and was all sol for the day ahead and went down to the desk a little jittery not knowing what was going to hap pen and quietly enquired where 1 might find the properroom with a big smile the gentleman announ ced that the course didn t start till the following day i got out my sheet of instructions and sure enough the date was march 31st 1959 i found a calendar and there it was march 31st right be low the tuesday slot i went back and announced to sandra what 1 had discovered and she mahe a few comments and told me to go back to bed for another hour in about fifteen minutes she came down to my room and suggested that we go to niagara for the day and sec the view it was foggy and rainy there so we continued to buffalo had dinner saw a show and returned early in the evening the next morning i went thro the same routine as before only tins time for real the students all over eighteen and from the sur rounding districts of brantford wclland hamilton burlington and toronto talked with one another and i discovered a girl there wh was at bark lake with me three years ajo u talked over old ti mts and what wc had done between birk lake and thtn our instructors armed and m troduccd themsches chicked it tendance and after a short talk we immidialelv headed down to the pool for screening senior red cross swimming is required each person was given a number and one by one we went through the elementary back side breast the front and back crawl standing shallow racing and dwrk dives if a person was given more than 2 fs they were not considered skilled enough to take the course about eight were eliminated after dinner in the lecture room mr ted somerville ex director of water safety in ontario and mac momartin gave each of us a kit with water safety books pamphlets cards folders etc for reference at any time we were given a lecture on the principles of teaching beginner and junior swimmers and later in the pool un der the direction of our professors played ring around the rosy and other beginner games which were great fun i really laughed at some of the beys close to twen ty having more fun than if the had been five we were given the night off because of the hockey game in toronto which the boys wanted to watch wednesday morning at 9am we were back in the same room for the same routine only the talk was on diving stroke and lesson progressions at the beginning of the pool session mr sommerville lined us up along the side for a demonstration of the stride jump i was second from the shallow end and figured we would work from the deep he asked the boy beside me to start but the young man didn t know how and declined he yelled at me to do the entry i was standing just about where the pool began to deepen and in i went i landed so hard on bottom that my teeth shook i yelled as if i had been shot i was then sent to the deep end to repeat it be fore we left for supper there were some speed relays and the kids ha i a lot of fun vtq were also given three blank lesson plans to fill in for the next days teaching as signments as there were no hockey games a night session was held in artifi cial respiration the class was di vided into two groups and we co vered both the schaeffer and the itolger neilson change overs preserves for all ages and lhcor behind it at the end of the prac ticc session i thought my floating rib had sunk along with the spine and the diaphragm the class en ded at 10 15 and we went out for coffee april 2 1959 thursday time 9 a mr somerville had arranged for some of the young swimmers tak ing classes at the y to come and be our guinea pigs during the practice periods the apprentice instructors were divided into three groups shallow chest deep and deep i started at chest deep with mr mcmartin officiating my a tcr lilies as the group was nam cd called for adults of about age 40 so 1 had to use the remaining nine students for my lesion dur ins this time the little girls were given a free swim mr momartin marked on the lesson and plans voice enthusiasm confidence ap pearance elc in the afternoon two films were shown again we had the night off be cause of a hockey game that could not be missed this time gave the girls and a few boys a chance to study up on the water safety book for the test the next day i was in bed about 7 45 nothing else to do the y tm sure was worse than grand central station i had room one from there i wjs in ear shot of the activities going on down stairs the traffic outside people along the halls and the general rumble of a metropolis about 2 30 am the city and 1 went to sleep friday the crucial day this was do or die april 3 1959 the group arrived one by one at the usual spot along with our regu lar instructors i was flabbergasted lorne scots sergeant major perpetuates century service a farmer whose family have been militiamen in this district for to see a young western university man mr robertson never found out his first name is in his final year of the physical education course and planning to be a high school teacher the lesson for the morning was on camp administration which co vered the hows whys and the wherefores of running a camp waterfront efficiently from there it was off to the pool for the final round by this lime 1 was down to the shallow end lesson with my critic mr sommerville on duty at 1 30 the class wrote the water safety lest which was one and a half hours long at the conclus ion mr somerville told us the an swers which brought a few mojns and groans from various cornels the final screening followed any one who had a c or an r on a stroke in the firs screening had to repeat it artificial respiration ft mowed then each person had to do one of the canadian alterna e assigned to him from there e went t suppt r and while our three hard workm coun tllor lued ad over the test piper n starle i the lone wait all dressed in their s inda best class arrive at the main lounge the presentations frirsl of all mcmartin delivered the clos me speech of the duties we now have as red cross instructors where we csn get equipment ex aminers films and if we have an problems where to write the president and secretary of the st catharines red cross gave out the awards usually the two outstanding students are honoured but we had four with identical re cords for this they were given a red rcross t shirt and special congratulations as i was going out the door for the last time mr sommerville was standing there talking with some of the girls 1 asked him to sign my autograph book which he did with a smile he wrote to stride jump sally regards more than a century steps this sunday into the highest ranking noncommissioned post in the lorne scots fully qualified with royal warrant ken murray of rr1 acton has been appointed regi mental sergeant major he suc ceeds oakvilles reeve rsm wil mam edward card who is rein ing from the canadian army after a total of 44 years active and militia service 38 calendar years plus 6 credit years for wartime duty the change of rsm s takes place during a general inspection parade this sunday may 17 at oakvillc s wallace park under direction of its commanding officer lt col arthur kemp of burlington the peel duffenn and halton militia regiment will fall in at the park at 2 30 pm in fum ceremonial dress the kilted volunteers will be in s by brigadier lgc lillcy 1s cd area commander the military band and the pipes and drums will attend rsm c ird has expressed regret it terminating his aclic connec ti n with the regiment ut states that with the rapid expans on of tin o ikv ik trafalgar arei he can make lood us of l he increased free time for his tnun c pal respon sibihties mr card wis born in fnghnd i and came to canada at the aje of three he settled in oakvillc in 1912 apprenticed in the plumbing and htalinf business in 1920 since world war ii he has headed his own firm in march 1921 he enlisted as a private in the halton rifles one of the forerunners of the- lome scots he became a sergeant in 1927 and qualified as a wo 2 in 1930 he reverted to sergeant to go active in 1939 and went overseas almost immediately with the first division he served at the lome scots base in england for six years qualifying as wo 1 and rsm in 1945 returning to canada he was dis charged on november 8 1945 and reenlisted the following day with tfeipj fpny fov the bl city tourist was pan ing through th desert coun try and stopped at a won- baked village in search of a cool drink man this heet is killing ha complained to a orisled old timer the death rate must be terrific out here seme as beck east aald the native one to a peraonl one to a person isn t our motto we 11 be glad to sell you as many cars as you wish ser iousy it you re thinking in terms of a second car i sug gcsl you inspect the gems on on our lot whether you have a small foreign job in mind or another family size car we vc got em all have a look at todays best buy 1955 pontiac deluxe sedan two tone blue and white 1qc a remarkably clean car m franklin prouse motors ltd pontiac bu1ck vauxhau gmc trucks eastern limits georgetown srisll station tr 79691 franklin proosb the lome scots militia as a private in 1957 he became rsm succeed in led ching of brampton who retired after 40 years in the unit including war lime service as rsm in pnllind trance and germany in addition to his active militia career mr card has found time to serve his country in other fields he has been an oakvillc council for six ears the latter four as reeve lie was warden of halton county in 1958 and is presently vice prest dent of the oakvillc chamber of commerce married he and mrs card have one son bernard lorne 14 and a daughter margaret 12 there is another son ted and a daughter frances mrs jim webb by a previous marriage the new regimental sergeant major ken murray operates a large holstein dairy farm near acton a native of stewarttown near georgetown ken perpetuates a murray family tradition ofmilitia service his greatgrandfather lt col john murray commanded the 20th halton volunteer infantry battalion which was one of the predecessor units of the present day lome scots a proud spectator at sundays parade will be ken s father jack murray of rr3- georgetown for j ck is himself a former rsm of the lome scots from 1944 to bis tetirement in 1946 jack was another long service veteran hav ing enlisted in the old halton rifles bick in the 1920s when dr brock chisholm then a colonel com in inded the unit ken murray the new rsm en listed in april 1941 with the lome scots militia and went active and proceeded overseas in 1942 where he transferred to the 48th high landers he served with the latter in france and came home as a company sergeant major he has been an active nco with the georgetown company since 1948 the murrays have five chil dren lois 9 susan 7 gordon 5 pat 4 and robert 3 a sunny warm monday made u a good holiday for those who could enjoy it while most indus tries observed the holiday the herald staff traded it for another which is why you can read your news on wednesday as usual this week get the deal of a lifetime on the car of the year i at your fra ford soles are way up and ford dealers across canada have declared a special dividend the highest tradeins of the year on your present car and that a just the 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