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aad Ae we -- parent tN TD ey ae ee _ to recognize _ Send: oueeeice Ba Disbandment of the RCAF's Ground Observers Corps in the more densely populated areas of Canada south of the 55th parallel marks the end of nine years of volunteer work by neABR 35,000 civilians. It "was an Saanizatian formed of necessity in 1951 to provide a filler between the construction he early warning radar lines in Canada and the time it would become operational. This volunteer group formed the "eyes and ears' of the Air Force and was responsible for the de- tection and recording of aircraft movements over Canadian soil. The GObC blossomed into an organization that manned more than 6,000 observation posts across the country. Many were in strange places, on fishing boats and lighthouses, on city skyscrapers and on urban farms, and in one instance in the tower of a monastery. When the call for - volunteers Went out to man these posts, an enthusiastic response from the public was received, A small group of officers from Air Defence Command Head- quarters at St. Hubert - - under the direction of Wing Commander J. A. Wiseman, AFC. (now retir- ed) - - was charged with the re- sponsibility of organizing .and train- ing the observers. _An effective reporting organiza- The organization rapidly expand- ed to take in all the land mass in the Arctic as far north as Ell- esmere Island. As the Corps flourished, con- struction work on the Mid-Canada and Distant Early Warning Lines progressed to the point where the *'Lines"' became operational. Modern electronic radar devices with a rapid communications net- work took over as the "eyes" of the RCAF. South of the Mid-Canada Line = - which roughly follows the 55th parallel - - the role of the GObC of giving early warning of aircraft was becoming outdated. High-flying aircraft flying at mear sonic speeds were almost im- possible to spot from the ground ='. but they were clearly visible on @ radar scope. Although the GObC had been doing an excellent job, it was overtaken by progress and after careful consideration the decision to disband the southern section of the Corps was made. A secondary, yet very. import- ant function of the GObC was its participation in search and rescue . operations. In many instances, observers, through their training, were able aircraft as being friendly and instead of passing the information to the various fil- tion was soon in operation and the manner in which an "'aircraft flash" report was to be made was established. As soon as an aircraft was spot- ted by an observer, its direction, height and type were flashed to the nearest regional 'filter. center. There were nine established across Canada. The filter centers would plot i filter all aircraft flash messages received from volunteers and sub- | ' sequently report. necessary in- formation to the radar networks across Canada and the USA. -While the greater proportion of the GObC strength was in the more densely. --populated -.-areas south of the 55th parallel, a large percentage' was responsible for reporting aircraft movement in the Arctic. / Organizing northern areas presented a greater task due to.communieations.» With no telephones to report aircrafts, RCAF officers who organized the northern Corps enlisted volunteer les where radio facilities. were already established. mnel from various 'govern-| | 1) agencies and private com- pa 'Besides enlisting the aid of In-}: dians and Eskimos, employees of |}: the Department of Transport, Hud- son Bay. Company, -and mission- aries and RCMP personnel volun- 'teered their 'services. ter centers would simply' record it in a log. On many occasions: when air- craft were reported missing, this information was of vital import- the GObC in the}. ance to search and rescue opera- tions. In the sparsely populated areas north of thé 55th parallel reporting of all "aircraft movements will continue to be made and about 2,000 GObC personnel will remain active in the organization. : These. observers. will continue to function in their supplementary role to the early warning. system in the defence of North America, and in their secondary function of providing information on search and rescue operations. More than 24,000 aircraft mes- sages in a 72-hour period was the heaviest volume of traffic carried by the Ground Observer Corps in its nine years history, Squadron Leader J. L. Renaud, staff officer in charge of the GObC at Air-De- fence Command Headquarters, St. Hubert said today. The aircraft flash calls were re- ceived during an excercise to test the reporting capability of the GObC and involved seven of the nine filter centres across Canada. The filter centres south of the 55th parallel are: standing down following nearly nine years of op- eration. S/L Renaud is the only Air Force officer still in the service who served with the GObC since its inception in 1951. he was on the planning staff at Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa. He was commanding officer of No. 5 Ground Observer Corps Unit at North Bay, Ont:, for five years Bridal Shower For Judy Slaght COBALT -- Miss Judy Slaght was thoroughly surprised on Wed- nesday, April 20, when she arriv- ed at the Legion Lounge to at- tend what she thought was to be a bowling executive meeting and found a group of her friends gath- ered there instead. The hall had been very attrac- tively decorated for the occasion with dainty pastel flowers and streamers. Judy was. escorted to the head table where she was pre- sented with a lovely corsage of pink and white baby mums. Bingo provided entertainment during the evening and then the guest of honor unwrapped her gifts, assisted-by Miss Lois La- Belle and Miss Jackie Lemoine. Judy thanked her friends: for the lovely gifts she had received. Lunch was served by the hos- tesses who. were. Patsy, Giroux, Aline Audette, Diane Morin, Lois LaBelle, Jackie Lemoine, Patsy Taylor, Linda Speck..--Lise Le- Blane «and Cecile Oudette: There were more than 50 friends at the party. y THE » CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR AN INTERNATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPER Good Reading for the Whole Family News -- - Facts + Family Features as Christian Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston 15, Mass. Send your newspaper for the time checked. Enclosed find my check or money order. 1 year $20 -1] .6 months $10 [) 3. months $5 oO : Name. Address City Zone State PB-16 At that time }: {14 and November 10, in 1959. Service Splake Popular As Fighting Fish Suppose you take a_ speckled trout and '"'cross'"' it with a lake trout. What would you get? The answer, according to re- search officials of the Ontario De- partment of Lands: and Forests, is the '"'splake", a fish with the fight- ing qualities of the speckled trout, and the size of the lake trout. Now, suppose you go further with the experiment and cross lake trout -with splake, and speck- led trout with splake? What will be the end result of these crosses, of the further hybridization of two of Ontario's favourite fish? It may take years to find out, but such experiments are now in progress at the Research Labora- tory of the Department at Maple, 20 miles north of Toronto. And, government officials feel, if the results are half as: good as they have been from the splake (sometimes known as the wendigo or ghost fish) fishermen of the future will have something to look forward to. Actually, one of the biggest questions facing the researchers was whether the hybrid fish would reproduce naturally. Now, they know, splake will spawn naturally over rocky shoals, similar to the spawning grounds of lake trout, in 14% to eight feet of water. Observation has shown spawning took place in Jack Lake, Algonquin Park, between October Thursday, May 5, 1960 "These observations showed that two age classes of splake consti- tuted the spawning population; three-year-olds about 16 inches long and six-year-olds about 22 inches in length. Viable splake eggs were taken off the spawning grounds."' Now the scientists are going fur- ther. They are experimenting with the selective breeding of the splake, involving three generations of the fish. These include not only the cross of lake trout with speck- led trout, but also the back cross- es of lake trout with splake, and speckled trout wtih splake. The Haileyburian Page 5 Perfect Hand Spending a quiet evening at the New Liskeard Fire Depart- -ment this week, Cec Bond dealt opponent Fred. Carr 2 perfect cribbage hand. Just when he needed it most Fred was dealt three fives and the Jack of spades. The five of spades was the turnup. Newfoundland's Big Relative Newfoundland's Labrador tenri- tory is about 112,000 square miles in area, This is nearly three times tthe size of the island itself. REPAIR Haileybury Phone OS 25202 BEN J. BOURGET General Contractor and Estimator Houses Built Repairs and Alterations Boats Made or Repaired FINDLAY 348 Cecil Oil Burner El Radio Haileybury Electrical Installations Appliance Repairs ELECTRIC | OS 2-3682 ectrical Service Service aka f (rT a _-- he a ------------>_\ Kh -- in ee : = $= T 1 See your local Envoy dealer -HAILEYBURY GARAGE | LTD. CEEVERLET - OLDSMOBILE - CHEV. TRUCKS Dial OS 2-3001 Ferguson St. Haileybury 4 { \