Walkerville Collegiate Institute - Blue and White Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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BLUE AND WHITE DOMINION CHAMPIONSHIP R.M.C. RIFLE TEAM 1945 BACK ROW: Mr. Ball, I). Webster, B. Cator. J. Lossing. E. Chop, Mr. M. Young. R. Mont rose. X. Grabb, J. Brown. S. Johnson. Mr. Bunt. J. Kurylo. FRONT ROW: B. Graham. J. Upton, T. Poore. K. Crispin, I). Gimson, F. Marchand, W Ord. G. Dewar, M. Whelpton.

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BLUE AND WHITE lending us their switchboard and tele¬ phones each year to enable us to put on a snappy display at our annual inspec¬ tion. In 1945 we won the Moyer Cup. most coveted honour among signalling enthus¬ iasts. Our signals group is still one of the best in Canada and has a great future. Major Young hinted, on a visit to the school last year, that there was talk of setting up Cadet radio stations across the entire breadth of the nation. If and when this project gets under way, it will cer¬ tainly be something to which future sig¬ nalling cadets can look forward. The ambulance corps under the com¬ mand of Cadet Major Frank Hull, Cadet Lieut. Don Gibson, and Cadet Lieut. Bob Mapes put on a very commendable show last vear. This section of the auxiliary Corps, directed by Mr. W. Young, has progressed more rapidly than any other unit. The Ambulance Corps of 1940 was composed of about thirty boys with very little equipment, but since then Mr. Young has personally trained over three hundred cadets. At last year’s inspection, the Ambulance Corps consisted of two large platoons which for the first time used roller bandages and Thomas splints and made the only demonstration in On¬ tario of the propeller splints for a broken neck. Last year’s class consisted of sixty- eight juniors, thirteen seniors, and eight vouchers. Don Gibson, Art Haynes and Frank Hull received their Medallions. Murray Whelpton received the first Label ever presented to our Corps. This year’s class has proven very popular with over eighty cadets passing their examinations. An indication of the thoroughness of our corps’ training was given at the 1945 inspection when eighteen of our cadets were presented with master cadet stars. A master cadet wears five chevrons with his star indicating the number of sub¬ jects he has studied and in which he has become proficient during his training. The first gold chevron is given to any cadet who completes the senior basic syllabus, a course of five subjects. For his other four chevrons and gold star, he Page Eighteen must complete six more optional sub¬ jects, each additional chevron being awarded as options are completed. Those who received the title of master cadet are: H. Longtnuir, R. Mapes, D. Gibson, E. Crispin, G. Dewar, B. Davies, T. Waffle, B. Spring, H. Thompson, R. Girling, J. Wigle, M. Whelpton, T. Bartlet, F. Hull, F. Marchand, V. Ord, X. Marshall and Y. Young. Cadet Lt. Col. George Turnbull, and Cadet Major Bill Young, second in com¬ mand, received the traditional old Eng¬ lish W’s. Our cadet instructors present at last year’s inspection were Major Bunt. Cap¬ tain William Young, Captain Green, Lt. Allen Brown and Lt. Martin Young. Last year’s physical training inspection was led by cadet officers for the first time in our history. Cadet Captain John Wigle, Cadet Major Bill Ord, Cadet Ma¬ jor Norm Marshall, and Cadet Captain Murray Whelpton each took one of four tables of exercises. John Wigle was awarded a “W” by Major Young for be¬ ing the best P.T. instructor on parade. Although we did not win the shield, the proficiency of our cadets left little to be desired. We were rather unfortunate, however, in having to hold our inspection in the gymnasium rather than on the campus, because of rainy weather. The year 1944-45 was a very successful riflery year. Our teams, under the coach¬ ing of Mr. Martin Young, came near the heights of perfection according to cadet standards. Showing genuinely expert marksmanship, our team won the Royal Military College Dominion championship with an average of 98.1%. and came an unbelievably close second in the Domin¬ ion of Canada Rifle Association (second in the Dominion of Canada) and Provin¬ cial Challenge competitions. Our average scores in these two competitions were D.C.R.A.—“A” team, 97.33%, “B” team, 93.47%, and Provincial Challenge 97.53%. Medals were presented to the ten ca¬ dets whose targets were among the ten

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PIPE BAND 1946 HACK ROW: Pipe-Major J. Copeland, D. Forsyth. B. MacMillan, A. MacMillan, ming, B. Gibbs. FRONT ROW: T. Bartlet, K. Harper, B. Pod by, J. Brown, D. M eXaughton. SENIOR N.C.O.’s 1945 BACK ROW: W. Hull, S. Musgrave. .1. Catlin, 1) Stankov. W. Card, C. Pollard, W. Ad sett, A. MacMillan, W. Woodruff, R. Cosier, il. Pike. MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Ball. K. Taylor. S. Koloff, D. Holmes, 0. Dewar. R. Montrose. B. Stevenson, R. Ray. Mr. Bunt. FRONT ROW: N. MacPhee, I). Webster, N. Grabb, J. Stankov, G. Gilliland. S. Bruce. R. Spence. T. Poore. Page Twenty