Port Perry High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Port Perry, Ontario Canada)

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CAMP IPPERNASH We left by bus on June 26 and arrived in Toronto about seven o'clock in the evening. lmmediately we went to the Union Station, waited until twelve oYclock for the train, arrived at Thedford early the next morning, and went by truck to Camp lpperwash. After breakfast we had our physical examination and were sent to our respective huts. For the rest of the week we took it easy but on the following Monday we started in training. Paul, Earle, and Stan, took the Senior Leaders Course, Jim, the Driv- ers Mechanics, and Garry the Signals Course. Most of the first periods of the Senior Leader's Course were spent on Technique of Instruction and Drill. We had Bren drill and stripping, rifle drill, field craft, map reading, sten gun march descipline, and range work. Each company during the camp period had to go on a trek, marching down to the b ach, camping all night ani then marching back in the morning. Our company first arrived at the beach when it started to pour rain and we had to go back to camp in the trucks, Je had the trek over again in a couple of weeks and everything went just fine. During our stay at Camp each company had to go to the tented area and spend a week living out in the open with the mosquitoes. Each night a truck would go by and spray the huts with insect killer, This stuff might have killed the mosouitoes but it nearly killed us too. ' After getting back from tent camp we went out to the ranges, to the 25-yard to zero our rifles and the one hundred yard ranges to shoot for grouping, application, and snap. The following week we went back to the range and used the bren gun. This was more exciting because we did not have such bruised shoulders at the end of firing. Near the end of camp the officers showed f1. us how the sten guns were fired. All the drill per- iods were held in the morning. ln the afternoon we had recreational periods during which we went down to the beach to swim. The swimming was really good and some of the scones there were rather interesting too. Every night at the recreation hall there was a movie. Twice during the camp there was a variety night with each company putting on a little show The Motor Transport course consisted of learning to drive the heavy trucks, learning a l'ttle about mechanics and doing a great deal of march ing. The driving was most enjoyable. we spent two mornings a week learn ing to drive and later driving on the roads as a convoy. Since there were usually six cadets to a truck we had to take turns driving. We spent the other four mornings a week taking notes and listening to lec- tures. These lectures were given by civilian and army instructors. We learned not only how to do minor repair work but also how to service and maintain the trucks, A good many mornings were spent washing wind- shields and filling grease guns, Another course offered was Radio-Telephony which included radio operating, telephone operation and maintenance, and line construction. The wireless part of the course taught the operation and repair of two of the armv's radio sets, viz the 558 and the 519.

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GaN? IPPERNAJH , , 4 fContinuedD For the first three.weeks most of the time was spent learning the proper procedure to use when speaking over the wireless sets. A section of the course dealt with telephone sets, switchboirds, public address, and the operation of an army signal office. je also learned how to lay temporary or permanent telephone lines, both on foot and from a-vehicle. We gained practical experience by laying lines along the roads and Z through the fields near the camp. Other subjects on the course included cable-splicing, pole-climbing and general militiry training. During the final week of camp we had a chance to put into practice all that we had learned. A six day scheme, which covered territory within ten miles of camp gave every cadet a chance at each job he had learned through out the previous six weeks. Parts of this course will be valuable to us in civilian life. ' p - T .' x' A The last day of camp was called Governor General's day. This year the Governor General could not attend so he sent another person in his place.w The companies lined up and the band and the company which was chosen the best during the duraticn of camp were inspected. After this we watched demonstrations by some cadets from each company. 'The rest of the day we hai off to get things ready for home. For the last supper ct camp the officers ate at the Sergeants' mess where we had Tabonc steaks and all the trimmings. after this the cadet officers had to wait on the rest of the cadets in the mess hall. ,A That night we packed our clothes in our bags, returned the ones that were lent to us, and got rcidy to leave camp. we then received our checues for spending the summer at camp. Early the nest morning we left by bus for Ietford where we got the train for Toronto. , Stan Glass Jim Wilkinson T G rry Lawrence