rcaf paulson base - nov 1943

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T h e 'Pculson 1 > o s t 'By' k'ind permission ~f Wing Commander H. E. Stewart

THE PAULSON POST COMMITTEEPresident FIL V. L. StewartEditor in Chief FIS Hudson, W.O.Secretary Sqr. Davidson, D.R.Business Manager. f'/S Wolochow, D.M.

Associate Editors ..FIL P. Bynq-HallSgt. McGilchrist ..CpJ. Segal, G.

Photographic Editor ..Cp!. Campbell, N.M:

Vo!' 3 ~ No.5 October ~November Issue

IN D E XEditorial, Vox PopEditor-in-ChiefPhotographicMaintenance

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Padre's PageWireless" ''Se'crioqEntertainmentOfficers' MessThe Intelligence LibraryOf the Droquc Line .....Station Hospita! NotesParachute SectionI Am a TraineeCanadian Legion Courses - Bermuda ......Sports 'DayHeadquarrc rsThe Science of WaitingPaulsonitisHowls from the Wolf Den ..G.I.S. Insrrucrors .R.C.A.F. Wom~n's DivisionInstrument NewsTurret SectionFriendly Hazing Initiates Airwomen to Service Life. --

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THE PAULSON POST

E d i t o r i a lI SHOULD, as the new Editor, setforth policies, or make an appeal for

material to print, and probably end up'l.Vith a plug to sell our magazine. In-stead I am taking this opportunity toreveal to you a challenge that has beenrankling since last July.At that time, along with too few

others, I attended an excellent lecture onc Current Events delivered most Interest-ingly by F.O. Kelshall, I siez e on onesmall portion of his addreas-e-the rest,as I have indicated, was exceptionallygood.In his opening remarks, the speaker

attributed the early losses of the war tothe "complacency:' and "low morale" ofthe Allied peoples.' This argument weaccepted. But he went further, sayingthat, although we had shaken off ourlethargy, we had not as yet developedto a desired degree, the "will to fight."In support of his argument, he statedthat the results of "Gallup-Poll-of-His-Own" indicated that the men of the AirForce did not know what they werefighting for. Large groups, he said, gaveas their reasons for enlisting, 'the thrillof adventure, the single desire to fly.or merely the comforting wish to avoid"foof-sloqqinq." Now that is a verypainted challenge which we cannot ig-"ore! I pass it on tv yOU tor your re -action. but not without comment.If it is true that we lack worthy rea-

sons for enlisting, we must take timeout to find some, but quick? I, forone, don't believe it, and here is why,There. is reason to doubt the reliabilityof F.O. Kelshall's results from his "qal-lup-poll." We Canadians are averseto giving out with personal reasons fordornq anything. In fact, we sometimes

V o x P o pput little' thought into our ordinaryconversation. We are not easily drawnout on personal issues. After threeyears in the Air Force I have yet tohear Airmen Or Airwomen express inhonest-to-gosh fightin' words. the basicreasons for their having enlisted. Thisreticence seems to be due to an almostinherent fear of ridicule in the form ofsevere "kidding" by fellow airmen. Yetletters from men overseas leave' nodoubt in our minds as to a Canadian'sability to express emphatically hisfierce desire to fight for what heknows he must preserve or re-build tohis liking. This would indicate. not somuch a lack of spirit then on our part,but rather a latent power and drive,expressed only in an environment moresuitable for it than the one in whichwe now find ourselves. For when askedfor a reason for enlisting we are veryapt to thoughtlessly say:"Just wanted to push a kite around

upstairs. It was a pllot for me ornothing. "or~"Fed up with my job. wantedsome adventure-s-see new places-s-qet akick out of life."or~"Oh, my chums all enlisted. FiguredI might as well, too."or any such other answer that is asremote from the truth. Surely, deepdown within us, we do know why, andfor what, we are fighting. Yet thefact that "complacency" and "lowmorale" did once exist and the factthat some people are of the opinionit may still exist-s-these are sufficientto ask ourselves if it is true we havenot developed a strong will to fight.Could it be we are too laz y mentally

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4 THE PAULSON POST

P./S. HUDSONNew EDITOR~in~Chid

F.jS. Hudson was born thirty-oneyears ago in New Westminster. B.C.He attended Public and High Schoolthere. later graduating from the Llnt-versity of British Columbia with aBachelor of Arts degree in Psychologyand Education. Also a graduate of theVancouver Provincial Normal School.he has been teaching school in hishome town since 1933. Prier to errlist-ing in the R.C.A.P. in 1940. he wasvice-principal of the Robson-HoweyJunior High School. In the field ofsports. Flight Hudson has forsaken themore vigorous ones for golf. bowling.skating. and fishing. His other interestslie in music and art.: an he will .ifproperly coaxed. give out with "AveMaria" on his Violin, or dash off a car-toon or two.Since leaving Vancouver Recruiting

Centre. the Plight has been to Toron-to, Trenton. Calgary. Mt. View. finallyarriving in Paulson on October 15th.1941 (and doesn't want another post-ing!). Being a Senior Armament In-structor. he is employed at G.I,S ..where. it is rumoured. he once nearly

qualified as painter, standard.An active member of the Mess. he

has served on var ious committees forthe past eighteen .months. As the newEditor, he promises that, with yourhelp, he will do his best to retain thehigh standard of the Paulson Post setby his predecessors.

***EDITORIAL-Cont.to crystallize that "deep-dawn-feeling"into clear ideals with some constructivethinking?In any event. the challenge has been

made. If we are complacent, we natur-ally shall do nothing about it. If weaccept the challenge, we must convincethose around us. as surely as ourselves.that "complacency" and "low morale"do not exist. By establishing a pur-pose, a goal, to our every effort. andnever losing sight of it. we shall neverdoubt our ability to surpass in cour-age, perseverance, and will to fight, thebest the "Master Race" is able to pro-duce. To do it, are we afraid to seri-ously, honestly answer that question:"Why did you enlist "We know the answer is within our

power. Must we wait until we come tocloser grips with the enemy to give it.or are we capable of converting ""feel-ings" into ideas. ideas into deeds righthere in a place so remote from theaction in which we all desire to partici-pate?

I hope that this editorial has beeninterprested as it is meant-c-just a reve-lation of a challenge~a few comments~and not (Heaven forbid!) a lecture.

To those who contribute faithfullyto the Post. the sincere thanks of theCommit.tee. To new comers, a heartywelcome; and to non-contributors. aplea.


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THE PAULSON

CPL. CAMPBELL, Photographic EditorNeil M. Campbell, Photo Editor for

the Paulson Post, has been around thestation since leaving Brandon M.D. atthe end of April, 1942, Interested inphotography as a hobby as well as abusiness, he has seen most of the in-teresting events and happenings at Paul-son during the past year and a half,Born in Winnipeg, November 27, 1916,he spent his grade school years inEast Kildonan, and took his Grades 9,10, 11 and 12 at East Kildonan Col-legiate, St. Paul's College, St. John'sTech. and Wesley College, in that or-der, The next five years were spentas a Laboratory Technician for the Na-tional Testing Lab., a salesman forEastman Photographic Materials andServiceman on Comptometers.In December, 1941, he married Ruth

Brown, of Norwood, and seven weekslater enlisted in the R.CA.F" going toBrandon on 17th of February and tak-ing his new wife with him. From therethey moved to Dauphin and have livedthere since then. Six months ago, Neiland his wife, as all good Air Forcecouples should, received at the DauphinGeneral. a daughter, Mern, and are nowbusy learning the ways of theyounger generation.

P~OST 5SUNDRY VERSES ON THE TRIBE

(Unexpurgated Version]By P.O. JOHSTQNE

Scorned and reiected-s-a mouse amongmen,He stands out in front bold as brass,Expounding the "qen" to a handful ofmenAnd the rest of .his poor blinking class.To the boys he's a "qen-man'l-c-a per-son of note;Or an artist of malarkey and swill:Depending on mainly his mode of ap-proach .To the work about which he knows nU .He gestures, he stretches, he scrawls onthe boardTo explain a real intricate mine.Till some know-all blighter says "That'snota fuse,It's a pistol percussion, mark nine."Having scrubbed his last student, besits back and sighs,His troubles are over-be's free!!!Till he thinks of the future-that curseof his Iife-His records-since March, '43,He toils through the niqhtimc: he: tonsthrough the day,His patience has nearly run out.When he finds he can balance his hoursand days;But he's one ruddy Bolingbroke out.He flies with his students and drops a

few bombs,And covers the miles with his score.But never lets on to his class wherethey lobbed,In case they might feel kinda sore,Back in the classroom his voice in ashout,He rests his poor frame while hespouts,Explaining the whyfore, the whereforeand how,Till the whole ruddy class has Its, doubts.His object achieved, he retreats to thedenAnd tosses to win the "king bee,"But having lost that, and a slde bet as

wellDecides that it's high time for tea.He dives for the mess (it's a quarter tofour) And there Hnds the whole blinkingbatch.But who cares about Ship Rec and Air

Rec and allWhen there's pool to be shot (Don'tScratch!) ,


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6 TH E PAULSON POST

M A I N l E N A N C E C A L U N G A L L F L I G H T S

Since the last time Maintenance hadan opportunity, through the medium ofthe Post, to do a little chest throwing,we feel that sufficient improvementshave been made to give us reason tomove our buttons over at least half aninch.The individuals favored with the

honour of being "intimate" or even"acquainted" through either service orsocial contact with this very importantHALF of No. 7 will, although perhapsreluctantly (professional jealousy) en-dorse our braggadocio as being wellfounded. After all, we have practicallyreached the completion of an entirechange in organization, which, even inits embryonic stage, showed improve-ment in our efficiency and now pro m-ises to be revolutionary in scope.Our be.adquarters were moved from

their cramped location in "A"' Hangarto a more commodious and befittingset up in "'B" Hangar. Inspection is in-vited, but bring your own refreshments.The far reaching results of such

egotism is well illustrated by the effectit had on the middle ring on the coatsleeves of our Officer Commanding.Furthering the change in OUf head-

quarters we have had to reluctantlybid adieu to S.O. Wickson, who hasbeen replaced by F.O. Hood as AdJu~tant. The Orderly Room staff has beenbatted about considerably, and finally,we hope, has come to roost perrnan-ently with Sgt. McGJIchrist (W.D.) asN.CO. in charge ..GOing out from. Headcucrters x o the

various flights and sections where all

C O M E I Nthe work is done. there is no per-ceptible change, but-we hope by thetime the next edition comes off thepress we have justification in leavingour top buttons undone entirely.To the N.C.O.'s and men. throuqh-

out the entire wing, goes a great dealof credit for a good job well done. Anychange in organization has a tendencyto cause confusion which. as a rule,acts as a retardent to production, butnot so with us. A few headachesseemed to have been caused by thechange in system of shifts, but now thateveryone has the "swing" of it, thingsseem smooth enough on that front.We have suffered the usual amount

of parting pains due to the constantsurge of personnel movements. Spacedoes not permit listing the names ofthose departed; but a welcoming handis extended to' all newcomers.Delvinq into the personal life of a

few of our satellites, we give some con-cern to Sgt. Garland who is having"Rheumatic" trouble with his arm. Aprivate interview disclosed the possi-bility of a cute little lady stopping hiscirculation-could be!F.S. Wonch's repeated request for atrip to Winnipeg on the pretext ofurgent Air Force business, gives birth tothe following prize tongue twister.

"'Which wench did Wonch wantwhen he went to Winnipeg forwinch wrenches."

It would seem by the steady enroll-ment in the Stork Club that the en-thusiasm manifested in Maintenance tokeep up production does not die on thehome front. Cpl. Ingram, Cpl. Beuhlerand LAC Stan Moore report the arrivalof a son each.Our best wishes for an early re-

covery are extended to Cpl. Brysh,LAC Underhill and LAW Britton. whoare at present in Deer Lodge Hospital;and deepest sympathy of the entire wingto Sgts. Ferguson and Powell in theirrecent sad bereavements.


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THE POSTPAULSON ---- ~;".. . . . .~ 1P A D R E 'S P A G E

Some letters are sheer acts of sabo-tage. When a wife or a parent writescarelessly, complaining about the incon-venience at home or pouring out a mul-titude of fears and worries, a chap'sspirits are bound. to flag, Similarly, aletter home filled with gripes, suspi-cions and anxieties does the same dam-nable work, Separation makes wordsdoubly important,"Boys flying 'kites' haul in their white-winged birds;

You can't do that when you're flyingwords.

Careful with fire is good advice, weknow;

Careful with words is ten times doublyso,

Thoughts unexpressed sometimes fallback dead;

But God Himself can't kill them whenthey're said."

Boost the spirits of the folk back homeby writing in an understanding, cour-ageous and high-minded manner. You'llsoon find the letters you get sound thesame,

Here are excerpts from letters re-cently received from former Paulsonpeople now scattered around the globe:SCOTLAND (P.O. "Jimmie" Muirhead,

R.A.E)."Was with Fergie, McCall and Hath-away at a station in Northern Enq-land.... My present station is anAdvanced Training Unit. . .. Ihavemet a few of my ex-pupils (Cana-dians, N.Z.'s, R.A.A.F., and R.A.F.)....I hope Mrs Stewart and the'twa wee bairns' are enjoying thebest of health"ENGLAND (ACt Braun, F.P., R.C.

A.F)."We are happy to be here as we now,more than ever, feel we are a cog inthe wheel that will bring victory tous all."

ENGLAND (Sgt. Baldwin, C.H., R.A.A.F.).

"We had a very nice time at Niagara....Imet most of the chaps fromPortage. . . .. Cameron, MacKay,and Thwaite got their commissions.Thwaite was top in the course."

NEW ZEALAND (P.O. Knox, R.N.Z:A.F.)."Will always remember Paulson andthe Anzac Day Parade we had there. . .. Am off for destination un~known."

V. LORNE STEWART, F.L.

My PrayerKeep him, 0 Lord, from all harm;Keep him, Lord, safe and warm.Let him see to-morrow's sky;Let him to me homeward fly.Keep him, Lord, through shot and shell:Let him not know too much Hell.Oh! dear Lord, for this I pray,Keep him safe from day to day.And yet, 0 God, Thy will be done,For he is, Lord-They Blessed Son.

~Anonymous


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8 THE PAULSON POST

W I R E L E S S S E C T I O NThings have certainly changed since

we went to press last. We have hadmore changes in personnel than Stevehas had girl friends and, brother, that issaying plenty.L.A.C.s Franklin and Abells ~ the

Junior Comruandos-i-departed for over-seas, and have been surely missed byall. Franklin's tall stories of B.C. arewell taken care of by Beamish-c-andstretched somewhat-if possible.Our biggest loss, at least physically.

occurred when "Shorty" Gibbon 'took apowder via Newfoundland. We werecertainly sorry to see Eric go~he wasone of the best.No, 1 Wireless School opened up its

heart and doors to emit the three mostrecent additions to our happy thronq.c-AC's Chernak, Guslits and Carley. Wethought it was the long awaited in-vaslon when they showed up. ThreeW.M.s at cnce=-I have seen everythingnow. Gus will play anyone bridge forfive cents a htlndred-~at least, as longas his money lasts.So Corp. Doran keeps the boys under

his wing and watches over them in afatherly manner, eh? Oh! brother, whosaid that!!! If his behavior at SwanRiver or Clear Lake are listed as fath-erly actiona->I would sure like to be afather.If you see anyone building a cage

these days, you can bet your bottomdollar it is a home for "Wolf' David-son, Boy) is he howling these days,What about it, Winnie? Must be agood bounty on wolves down Winnipegway-Davidson is steering clear of these

days-e-and maybe the hunting is betterhereabouts.Sgt. Stevenson is laying pretty low

these days, cannot get a lead on hissocial life at all-c-cxcept for the oddfair rumor from Accounts,K. D. Bcamlsh-v'Iel," to his friends

-is extended conqrats on his ACl and"C" group. "[eke" is doing well in theservice now he is getting on to all butone thinq-i-cannot get used to wearingboots or shoes-s-seems they didn't catchhim early enough in life and put shoeson him out there in B,C. He seemsto be cooking up something for hisleave: the mall between her'? and Mon-treal is sure heavy. Nice red "seals"that come on the backs of envelopes,aren't they, "Zeke." Lipstick is sureused for queer things these days.Cannot get anything on "Mac," he

lives too honest a Iife-"Tough Luck"McCaw he is known as-never wins atoss-always stuck for the drinks-do-nates regularly pay nites, and nevertouches a drop (sounds good, anyway),Fit. Perkins is still hoping for a post-

ing. I believe he would even take oneto Vancouver.LAC Shave is still working pretty

smoothly-even over the bumpy roadof Matrimony.

AFTERTHOUGHTSUnion Depot (Winnipeg) will be Re-

union Depot when Beam hits there onhis way home, Why can't I ever winat bridge or cribbage? Wonder if Car-ley ever lost an argument? Gus andSol must be expecting a cold winter thisyear-s-they are getting prepared already.What did that vegetarian by the nameof "Bud" mean when he was yelling atClear Lake: "All this meat and nopotatoes?"


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THE PAULSON 9POST

E N T E R T A ' I N M ' E N T

The Cast of the Great West Life Varieties relaxes in the Sergeants Messafter the:Show.Bouquets to the Great West Life

Assurance Company of Winnipeg forthe splendid entertainment presented bytheir Variety Show at this Station.Saturday, September 18th.Under capable management, and con-

trolled by a fast-talking witty M.e.,the programme moved rapidly througha well-chosen selection of group and solodances, songs, instrumental numbers.a healthy sing-song, and ended withclever' take-offs on name-bands,No individuals may be mentioned

without naming them all, for these boysand girls from the offices of GreatWest Life have. in their spare time,welded together a show in which

each contributes a full share of talent.colour and organization ability.We hope by our applause, cheers,

and whistles we conveyed to them thehill extent of our appreciation.The N,C.O.'s, who were fortunate

enough to play the role of hosts. extendtheir thanks to one and all of thetroupe. The ballroom dancing, inter-spersed with impromptu selections by theentertainers, was most pleasant. (Oh!lucky N.C.O.'s, and were they ever ontheir best behaviour at meal times"]Yes. when Variety Show comes up

with a new one, we, the personnel ofNo. 7 B & G. surely hope we arc onthe itinerary.

The c.o, received the following memofrom a worried mechanic:"'Dear Sir,-I am sending in the ac-

cident report on Sgt. Garland's fingerwhen he struck it with the ball-pein.Now. under 'Remarks,' sir, do youwant mine -- or' Garland's,"

Now that W.O. must have been anoptician's dauqhter-c-v='Two glasses andshe makes a spectacle of herself.

Navigation Instructor: "What is theDog Star?"Very Potential A.B,: "Rin-Tin-Tin."


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10 THE PAULSON POST. . . . .--~ O F F I C E R S ' M E S S

Postings in, postings out, promotions~ a continual series of changes ~our losses are others gains. F.L. Dou-cet, FL. Virtue, F.O. Simon and F.O.Mears have achieved the coveted goalof overseas postings, after many longmonths of hard and faithful service atour station. Their contributions in re-taining the "E" have been many, and wewish them every good fortunte andGodspeed. Others we have lost, too,but we may see them occasionally-Capt. Danzinger, to No. 10 S.F.T.S.,Dauphin; P.O. Goodall and P.O. Dun-can to Gimli; F.O. McLean to Brandon.Some of our newest officers, too. weresent over~P.O. Gagnon, P.O. Nelligan.P.O. Moir, and F.O. Franks. We weresorry to lose our "Newzre" pal, F.O.Staple, to Greenwood. Some new faceswe welcome are: F.O. Daverne, P.O.

Shafhk, P.O. Thompson, P.O. Mc~Donald, EO. Hood, P.O. Woolgar,P.O. Taylor, and F.O. Wright.Our friend the stork has been active

again, this time scoring evenly a boyfor F.O. Campbell and a little blondegirl for P.O. Art Brown-i-rntqhty goodwork from our point of view. Wed-ding bells, too, did their stuff for P.O.Carruthers, F.O. Bob [ones=-wbo knows,what next? Congratulations to W.e.Mountain on attaining his new rank,ahd to F.O. Jones, E., F.O. Labes, F.O.MacInnes, and F.O. Neapole on thatnew stripe. Gosh, maybe we missedsome congrats to them, too. The armyhas invaded us, too-s-Capt. Towe, ournew Dental Officer. is right into every-thing in grand style, and talks a goodfish story; Lieut. Sloan. who purveysthe vituals, is warmly welcomed. Wemust not forget the Fitness Tests-what a time, what a life! God forbid!That's why we did not do so well inthe Field Day. Well, that's a good ex-cuse; but if we ever get our hands onthe Harvard Joe that designed it; well.maybe it is a good idea after all.STOP THE PRESS!!! F.O. Carru-thers just promoted to F.L. Conqratu-

lations!

A LETTERDarling,-I hate writing you such a

letter. but the time has come when Imust ask you a question-a truly ser i-ous one, which has caused many asleepless night and corresponding daysof anxiety. Although I've tried to con-ceal it, it's a matter of utmost import-ance, and I cannot wait any longer.When Itell you that other lives have'been upset by similar matters. I feelthat you must at least know the worst.For in all sincerity, it may mean thedeath of our love and friendship. Ihave not communicated my state of lifeto anyone but you. dear. Up to thepresent you have been a friend and one

whom Ihave loved more than anyoneelse in the, world. Now, with a heavyheart, I ask you to put your attentionto this one important question. Iknowthat I'm asking a great deal from you,but. as you know, love and friendshipwill stand a lot of shock.Now. once more out of the fullness

of our love and friendship. Iask you tobring the powers of your keen heart tohear this question. Answer me. dal-ling, as solemn as you can. and aboveall. tell me nothing but the honesttruth: "Do you think the Lone Rangerneeds a new horse?"

(Signed) Sincerely,ALEX.


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THE PAULSON POST----- - - - - - ~ - ~ - ~ ~ - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " . _ - - - - -----------------_ _-'T H E IN T E L L I G E N C E L I B R A R Y

The Intelligence Library. although inG . r .s . . is for the use and benefit of allaircrew on the Station. as well as air-crew in training, and before discussingthe Library any further. we urge you touse it as often as possible.This is one of the more recent addi-

tions to the Station. having opened itsdoors the latter part of May of thisyear. but, already we can see the re-sults and appreciation of our efforts bythe ever increasing use of its facilities.Secret and Confidential publications.

dealing with every phase of this war,equipment. tactics for all aircrew, oper-ational reports, as well as summaries ofthe war up to date, are here for theasking. with rhe restriction. of course.that they must be read in the Intelli-gence Library and not taken out toother parts of the Station. The staff ofthe Library are also endeavouring to

keep all those interested posted on thecurrent news by means of news bulle-tins, descriptive maps, as well as con-ducting progress of war lectures andcurrent event discussions. Another fca-ture is the recently acquired radio forthe purpose of obtaining all the newspossible regarding the war as soon aspossible.The Library affords an. ideal study

room for the students of G.LS .. givingthem full use of all air publications re-hting to their work as well as all avail~able air diagrams covering bombs andfuses. turrets. sighting and pyrotech-nics.It is known' that a successful and use-

ful person is well versed in all matterspertaining to his work. The war to-day is our work and the IntelligenceLibrary affords the facilities.

D. W. Irvine; P.O.


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13/35

THE PAU LSON POST

S T A T IO N H O S P I T A L N O T E StdL~ Caw C~/

V'S some time' since we took up ourqulll to preserve for posterity theactivities of the Station Hospital, Wedo so again, but with diffidence, for weare not given to trumpeting our achie-vements, as is the habit of some sec-tions, Quietly and efficiently we per-form our tasks of mercy, tearing outtonsils, treating bunions. spraying noses,and a host of other minor ailments.There have been changes in the Hos-

pital Staff. Familiar Iiqures go andnew ones takes their places.N.S. Bishop, so well-known to all,

was posted to No. 10 S.F.T.S. Wemourn her loss to us. Our loss is No.IO's gain. To take Sister Bishop's placewe have N.S. Major. She comes to usfrom No. 19. We welcome her to No.7 B [1 G, the "Four-E Station." An-other familiar figure, whose shadowfalls no more across our threshold, isF.S. "Jack" Earley. He had becomealmost adjunct to our staff. He left uslast Friday for Vancouver. Best ofluck, "Jack," in your new post-s-mayyour new colleagues appreciate yourharmony more than we did!We have a new clerk Medical in the

person of Cpl. J. F. Page. He came tous from Goose Bay. He's still a triflebushed, but after a few months here hewil] be in shape to bup a street carmusical."

ticket without stuttering. Then, we lost"Fitch" ~big 'good-natured Fitchell. Noone could stay "down" for long, if Fit-chell was around the wards. She willbe learninq Eskimo in Labrador thiswinter.Our "farmer's daughters," McDonald,

Martin, and MacKinnon, took advantageof the Special Harvest Leave, and re-turned to their paternal acres to "bringin the sheaves" (or did they? ?). Theirhands were just as soft when they rc-turned=-we didn't even notice, any bar-ley beards clinging to their stockings!"Ding-bat Martin" says she shovelledqrain-s-I wish r owned a farm!'liVe have had a busy summer. There

have been a lot of Sick, Lame andLazy all through the season, Sickparades have been well attended, ex-cept on Station holidays. It's funnyhow they drop off on holidays and howlarge they get the day before a C.O.'sparade.We are valiantly living lip to our

motto "Soc et tuum."For the benefit of newcomers, the

stout N.C.O. with the "Auburn" mous-tache is merely part of Hospital equip-ment!EXTRA! Congratulations to Flight

Lieutenant Carruthers on his promo-tion, and recent marriage.DOUBLE EXTRA!! Sgt. Downing is

on his way to Esterel for Officers'Training in Administration. Good workand good wishes, Sgt.

"How did 'You get here?" said the'genial hospital doctor to the patient."Flu," replied the victim, softly.M.O.: "Having any organic trouble "Recruit: "No sir; I'm not at all

musical."


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14 TH E PAULSON POST--II!'-

P A R A C H U T E S E C T I O NBEING a very small section, we findnews very scarce to contribute to'

the PAULSON POST regularly, post-ings going out and no replacements attime of writing.As you all know the latest to go was

Aubie Jacob, our pianist; he got a goodposting, close to home. (One of ourambitions.) Personally, he regrettedleaving us; he did a lot for the StationBand, and contributed many long hoursto entertainment. The group thatworked with him wish him all the luckand success on his new station. We inthis section know his heart's desire=->good luck, Aubie, keep plugging.At the time of writing, our Sgt. Lees

has remustered to "Entertainment,"which came through pending posting.There's not much Ineed to 'write abouthim: months of rehearsals on Poulsonon Par-ade-x-F'ot Pourr i, costumes, scen-ery, lighting, dance, etc., and others andabove that, a smooth running section.He worked hard on the Entertain-

ment Committee (and with the newcommittee now in swing, they'll be hav-ing us all doing the same very shortly).We on the station, especially in thesection, will miss his wit and humor; hissongs and scrips will be known to allof us some day; his ambitions and abili-ties will bring him to the top of theladder.If by the time this goes to press, and

our 5gt. has left us, we extend to himour sincerest wishes for success andgood luck, trusting we will see him inone of the R.C.A.P.'s shows in the verynear future.About the rest of us-c-there's Hughes,

Reynolds and Dobbie. Say, fellows doI need to say any rnor e about them?How OOOOOO?? ?Our new man McGinnisNarsbett, who was posted to

He writes us, you can't beatPaulson and the West (he's

replacedTrenton.good oldan East-

erner). McGinnis just LOVES Paul-son, especially the West (anotherEasterner); wonder if it's the shootingthat appeals to him. Wouldn't TH[NKof going back to Trenton,And Rigger Mortes (that's Cpl.

Morris), The reason why we call himthat is (Should I tell clem). Wel1. hislast name is Morris, and he's a Para-chute Rigger (fooled you, hey!).At present, Noon is =way on farm

leave; she's a one man woman-s-no kid-ding. In the target room we have ourdark haired beauty Ciortan, she tries tokeep the drogues in stitches (some ofthe scrouriqers, she keeps in stitches aswell!).I don't have to tell you anything

about the' writer of this corny column,judge for yourself.

Cpr. Segal, G.

My StewardshipI bought gasoline; Iwent to the show.Ibought some new tubes for my radio,I bought some candy, peanuts. nut-

bars and ce cream.While my salary lasted, life sure was a

scream.It takes careful spending to make money

go round.One's methods of finance must always

be sound,With habits quite costly, it's real hard

to save.My wife spent seven dollars on a per-

manent wave,The church came round begging. Itsure made me sore;If they'd let me alone, I'd give a lot

more.They have plenty of nerve, they forget

all the past-s-I gave them a quarter the year beforelast.

LACT. H. Wynn


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TH E PAULSON . _ POST 15I A M A T R A I N E E . . .IAM a trainee; an Airbomber trainee.

A large number of US were shippedby bus from Paradise in Brandon. Wehad a jolly time on the way north sing-ing those patriotic songs like "Bless'Em AIr- and "Sweet Violets:' Wesang particularly loud when we passedthrough the towns--thinking we could~(j]i1 NjQJ,-~lS:: ! :he ~-ee}'be!Jrsepass on to the citizens the deep feelingof patriotism we felt. However, mostof the citizens just stared at us. Theones who could understand English raninto their houses and pulled down theshades.Eventually we arrived at the guard

house and were accosted by a large de-tachment of S.P.'s. The Corporal on dutywanted to kno-w -who we were andwhere our identification cards were. Werespectfully told him. He laughed whenwe told him we. were the Dew course103.We were taken away down a long

line of barrack blocks and ended up inthe second last, but next to theW.O. 's. Some of the course lamentedthe speed of the Air Force. Theywould h~ve preferred to be course 104.A short muscular Sergeant gave us bunksand told US to be ready in a shortwhile to be taken to hospital and P.T.So to the hospital and then to the

drill hall, whe rc we were addressedby a dour faced W02 who "and fur-thermored " us dizzy. He explained thatwe were to be usefully employed untilour course started on the 18th-18thof January.Thus it came to pass that course

103 A.B.'s were installed at the effi-ciency station Paulson, and we wereusefully employed! We belted ammu-nition, we cleaned windows. We ranmessages. We painted G.I.S. Webelted ammunition. We took readingson the bombing ranges. We -washeddishes. We moved earth and heaven,toe. Laid stones and belted arnmuni-tion. Took off screens=--put on storms.

Made precis-polished floors-and un-loaded bombs and belted ammunition.At night we would sometime dicsuss howthe station ever got its work done be~fore we were created.Then came the day of days. We

started course. Twelve of us were as-sembled in a group by the same dourfaced W02 and given to understand wewe would be Class 21 for the coursedur-ation, We were given an instructor. -or the instructor was given us.The first morning after P.T. we ar-rived at a classroom designated on

detatl, for US to find three otherclasses fighting for possession. They,too, were assigned to the same room.However, we were more hardy andcloser to the door, so they soon foundthemselves dispossessed. We sat forhalf an hour before our instructor camein with an impressive pile of books.From him we learned Bombing Theorywas a piece of cake. In twenty min-utes we had the theory of bombing.The instructor announced a mid-termexamination would take place nextmorning--we could find everything inour precis.Then we went to turrets. It seems

the turret section is run much like ahotel. The manager gives US differentrooms. His staff then began to praisethe merits of this particular room andits furnishings. The furnishings werecomprised of a lot of bent pipes in abox of perspex. After a lengthy har-angue, this particular member askedone of the boys where the RotatingService joint was? LAC Stew Pede re-plied. "On Donald Street in Winnipeg."The Bombing teacher, while an in-

teresting place where the ground movesand you stand still. has the added at-traction of never letting you knowwhere you are until you come out oneof the doors. It seems you are alwa ysfacing the wrong way.



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16 THE PAULSON POST

(a na dia n L eg io n (o urs esBy P/O. MacDONALD

Education OfifcerMANY of those who served in the

armed forces during the last W"arfound it difficult to rehabilitate tbern-selves in civilian life through lack ofeducation. One of the first efforts ofthe Canadian Legion was to establisha system of correspondence courses forany Soldier, Sailor or Airman whowanted to improve his educationalstanding.These courses are free=--e.nd they are

good..Arry airman or atrwoman may study

Public School. High School or Llnt-versity level work. You may studycommercial subjects, such as bookpeep-ing or vocational courses, such as hor~ticulture. You may even become acompetent chicken farmer if you studythe course on Poultry Raising inten-Sively enough.The High School 'work is recognized

by any Department of Education in theDominion of Canada. The Universitycourses are recognized by any Uni-versity. The Vocational or Commer-cial courses wf ll be a factor in yourfavour W"hen it comes to getting a jobafter this is all over.During the long wintry nights (they

are really long and very wintry inthis country), you can derive great en-joyment and greater benefit from oneof those courses.The Educ


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THE PAULSON 17POSTBERMUDA Continued

languerous South Am.erican beauties.But I am homesick for Berllluda. Ber-muda ,-"here the nights are soft and'war.m, ""here the moon is twice aslarge as it should be, and the starsare ""ithin reach, ready to be plucked,plucked and fastened in a girl's hair.Coral Beach. v.ith its oleander-studded.candle-lit tables overlooking a sea sil-vered broadly by the enormous moon;wbere the soft-voiced Negroes st rurntheir guitars Fr-o-m table to table, sing-ing, perhaps a request, or at a table fo.rtwo, "Bermuda Buggyride."I stand on the beach on a clear

moonless night. ""ith the Milky VVay athick ""hit,e smudge across the sky, andaway to the north a star t""inkling blue,red. green, and blue again. Over theisland the first faint rays of the North-ern Lights shoot out, tirnidily at first.then brighter and longer. spreading andfading, crossing and merging, a sceneof heaven-wide grandeur. But I amhomesick for Berllluda. Bermuda,""here the rrroorr ciravvs a path of silverfrom the rocks at your feet to theunending horizon, and the stars flamelike distant lanterns, and a clr-earn-Hk;estillness is over alLI """ander slovv.ly along a country

road, hands in pockets and scuffingthe pebbles underfoot. It is earlyafternoon and the sun beats dowrr. Inthe fields the horses and cattle b ro'waethrough the long grass, and gather in

the cool .shade of the maples. The oc-casional goldfinch, a flash of black andgold. darts along the ""ire fence. chirp-ing softly to itself. There is no soundbut the distant ""hirr of a farm rria>chine, and a soothing hum in the tele~phone wfre s. It is very still and quiet.But I alTI homesick for Bermuda. Ber-rrruda. "\Vhere the li1nestone roads re-flect .bac k the glare of the midday sun,vvhere bicyclists pedal slo"W"ly along the"W"inding roads. or dismount and lazilypush their ""heel up a small hill. Thereis rro hurry a rry-wber-e, and nobodycares. Little boats bob demurely inthe sparkling "\Vaters of the bay. Photo-geniC whf.re clouds pose majesticallyacross the horizon. Gulls and ternsswo op and hover along the shores.There is an indescribable feeling thateverything is cornp.letely at peace; thatthere is nothing more im.portant in lifethan just to coast along beside thew ater , "Winding in and out past littlecoves "",here children paddle and'splash, .past hOllses tinted in everyconceivable pastel shade. and "Withgleaming """hite reefs, past hedges co-ered pith pink. red, and ""hite olean-ders. 'Which you rnay pluck and tuckin your hair. past the mossy lime-stone "\Valls of a smooth rolling golfcourse. on and on through the heatand stillness. 'With the softest ofbreezes just ruffling your hair. Ber -rrru.da, the island of all drea:rns.

AM A TRAINEE - ContinuedOf course. Vole went bombing and

dropped bo.ffi.bs and got credit for someone else's. One of our best bornbaiInersonce "W"ona debating contest. He usedto say he figured """inning that contesttook twe nty yards off his averageerror.We ""rote exam.s and "W"ehad orals

and "\Ve passed. We never found out

ho"". I remember one question on rrrygunnery oral: If the barrel of a rifleis riHed-v.1hat is the barrel of a ma-chine gun? I said machined. I passed.too..Arryw'ay "Wehad a good tirrie and we

""ere glad to graduate. And we leftPaulson ......ith its E's, all four of themcrying in the """ilderness.


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S P O R T S -

NO. 7 SPORTS EVENTSPROVIDE KEENCOMPETITION.

TRAINEES TAKE TROPHYSPLENDID weather favored No. 7

B ISG School on Thursday, Sep-tember loth. and made their second at-tempt to put on a sports day a suc-cess indeed. Large crowds of Stationpersonnel and townspeople turned outto witness the 25 track and fieldevents and the snappy softball andhard ball games.More than a hundred airmen,

N.C.O.'s, and officers. including mern-bers of the W.O., took part in thesports events, with only one outsideentry coming from No. 10 S.F.T.S.Crack ball teams from No. 10 cleanedup on the ball games with scores of4~2 in softball and 7~1 in hardball.Competition was keen between rep-

resentatives of the Ground InstructionSchool. Maintenance and Trainees.The trophy was awarded to the 'Tra in-ees with a total of 66 points to theircredit. LAC Wawryshyn took tophonors in .the men's events, while theladies' cup went to A W Gorham (seepicture).Winners of the men's track and field

events were: Shot putt. LAC Bumstead;pole vault. LAC Kamaniuk; discusthrow. Cpl. Yemchuk; high jump LACKelpin: soccer ball kick, LAC 'Wtl-

D A Y . . .Hams; running broad jump. LAC Wa-wryshyn; baseball throw, LAC Cap-aniuk; hop, step and jump. LAC Ka-pani uk: rugby ball throw, LAC Ka-paniuk: javelin throw, Cpl. Yemchuk.Races: 100 yards dash, LAC Wa-

wryshyn; 75 yards sack race. Cpl.Chilton; half mile run, LAC Ronysh;220 yards dash, LAC Wawryshyn;one mile run, LAC Forrester: 440 yardsrun, LAC Wawryyshyn; 110 yards lowhurdles. LAC Bennet; 75 yards shuttlerelay, Cpl. Chilton, LAC's Kilpen,Cohen, Holes, Auld. McKague, McKee,and Douglas; 220 yards relay, LAC'sKapaniuk, Bell, McKinnon, Wawry~shyn; horseshoes, Cpl. Develin, LACNickel.In the W.D. events. first prize money

went to: Broad jump, AW Gorham;soft ball throw. LAW Neithercut; highjump, AW Gorham; 75 yards shuttlerelay, AW Gorham, LAW Leavy.LA W Appleton, CpJ. Chadney; 75 yardsdash. AW Gorham; three legged race.Cpl. Chadriey, LAW Burritt.Special buses carried spectators to

the Station for the activities, whichcommenced at 1.30. From that timeuntil 5 o'clock, the track was the Cen-tre of attraction. Events were runoff in good style by FO Daverne andR. E. Brown, Legion representative.assisted by Station personnel wearmqribbons marking them as officials of theday.Most popular spot on the grounds

was the refreshment booth, where sup-per of hot dogs, sandwiches. pie anddrinks was served, Having purchasedtheir lunch. spectators carried it off tobe eaten at the side of the ball dia-rnond where games were-fn full sway.The day's activities were -brought toa fitting close. with a Station dance inthe drill hall. Airmen from No. 10and No.7 formed the orchestra. andrefreshments were served -:


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TH E PAU LSON POST

H E A D Q U A R T E R S

HOWDY everybody - here I amagain to cuss and discuss the

Headquarters breath-taking scandal withyou all. But, first of all, a welcometo the OeW 'un's.There's Sgt. Major Cameron, who hasjoined our happy Farnf ly in the orderly

room. He pulls rrio.r e new ideas out ofthat little hat of his; but orre thingI've noticed. it even has the civiescoming back to work bringing a mid-night snack at that. Nice going, Major.Then there's Sydney Lang, a new-

comer for accounts, who has his fingerin the pay. Better watch your pay onpay-day,' girls, I hear he has takingways,And, of course, a welcome to Sqt,

Major Chalmers. ConfidentiaHy, folks,r think his bark is WOrse than his bite(! hope). Anyway, we're glad to haveyour "Suh,"Then there's Jackie Smith-ah, she's

learning fast. Wonder if the telegraphboy who phones in the late telegramshas anythfnq to do with Jackie prac-tically knocking everyone down 'in herhaste to answer the telephone after fiveo'clock. Really, these conscientiouspeople!We haven't forgotten you, Sgt. Me-

Gilchrist. There's the old saying: "Ourloss is somebody else's gain. Any-way, we still have the pleasure ofyour voice over the phone or yourpresence in the barracks, At least, wesee you in the morning-wonder wb atthe attraction is at Sergeants' Me ss->or should I tell them?A certain W.D, was caught slipping

a couple of forms, "Permission to

S a b b a th S o l i l o q u yThe sun baked camp was hot and dry,No clouds showed on the summer sky,A soft breeze gently stirred the treesAnd all ranks tried to be a"t ease,Then all at once the call rang outThat made the boys and girls all shout:"We swim, we SWim, today we swim,On to the trucks and let's begin!"Aboard the trucks and away they sped,The Station seemed like a place of fhe

dead.I did not go and get all wet,'Cause I'm on FIRE PICQUET.

R. G. Turnbull

Marry," into her pocket. Are youreally contemplating, Whitesel Quitea coincidence that you should be tak-ing your leave rio'wand stopping overin Saskatoon for awhfle rather thangoing straight to Vancouver. What'scooking?Happened to call in at Headquar-

ters the other night and when I openedthe door I wus met with a roar oflaughter floating out from the tele-phone office. Seems as though thejoke was a tongue twister. I don'tkriow how Faranski manages to answerthe phone at times and stflI keep astraight face.I wonder who the W,O. in C,R. (in-

tials G,M,],A.) is trying to make ahit with. Seems as though she's miss-ing a few meals lately. Could beshe's in love or is it the waist line. your worried about, Andy?What's Vancouver got that Paulson

hasn't got? I wouldn't know, but may-be a certain little W.O. in C.R. might.It might possibly be the Strand, or, onsecond thoughts, those sailors arepretty nice, eh Bullen.Ah, reckon I've done enough for one

time, so wrll hang the receiver. Beseeing you next month-soaks.

Your Pardner in Crime.


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T H E S C I E N C E O F W A I T I N G - - A L E C T U R ETO acquire a proper insight intothis important science, there are

several acknowledged methods of study.Of these by far the best, and cer-tainly the one with the most personalexperience, is to pay a visit to theEquipment section for the purpose ofdrawing something-anything. Itdoesn'tmatter what you wish; it can be themost trifling item, or the most vital ne-cessity, you will still wait-and wait=--an d wait.Let us delve into a simple lesson

right out of the curriculum. Followclosely, students, and don't miss arry-thing. If, however, you go to sleepstanding up, you will be granted anautomatic "A" for the first semester.Here we are in front of the new

equipment building, all bright and freshwith green paint and new doorknobs.Surely, you say. "Ill within such a spickand span buildiriq will be bright andalert, with people dashing to and fro,begging to be allowed to do sorne-thing for you. Gently now, 'tis a badhabit to form impressions too early.Let us step aside and see for ourselves.Hm! Rather a narrow space here.Careful, students, don't jostle. Re-member there are people here on leqi-timate busness, and we must not inter-fere or delay the carrying out of urgentAir Force matters,

./Now, students, look around you most

observantly for a few moments, andthen I shall endeavour to point outto you a few interesting and enliqhten-ing features, Ready? At the far endof this counter you will see what ap-pears to be a Hfe-Iike replica of thatfamous statue. "The Standing Sleeper,"by Hepstein. See how true to life itis; how cunningly fashioned to deceivethe onlooker's eye. It must be loanedby some famous art gallery to afforda touch of beauty to eyes accustomed tomuddy roads and bare walls, But, for

shame, have none of 'you noticed anyparticular flaw in my reasoning? Youhave? What is it? Oh, so you thinkit isn't beautiful. Well, th;;t may bethe case, but look close,', more intently.Look, it breathes! That. students, isa perfect example of someone waitingfor an issue.Gather round. Notice the glaze on

the eyes, the half-open mouth, theslight nodding of the head in an al-most imperceptible rhythm, the rtql-dity of the body. Judging profess-ionally, r should say this specimen hasbeen in this position for not underthirty minutes. Softly now, do not dis-turb him. Sometimes it is fatal toarouse such persons prematurely.Turn your attention over here now,

to another interesting case. This onehas been here for~weIl-I should sayabout a. guarter of an hour, and is stillendeavouring to catch the eye of some-one behind the counter. See how eagerlyit watches the approach of that per~son yonder, raising its eyebrows, lean-ing hopefully over the counter, openingits mouth as if to speak. Now watchthe reaction as the object of its gazedraws near, and passes by. Note thesag of the shoulders, the pathetic droopof the mouth, the swallowing as of alump in the throat. If we had timewe could watch the whole processbeing repeated, each time with slightlyless vigour. still in another quarter of anhour most of the symptoms of lifewilt have departed. and this specimenwill be in the same comatose condi-tion as our first example,Now, let us turn our eyes to the other

side of this wooden barrier. What dowe see? Yes, rows and rows ofshelves and racks, but this is so ob-vious. Let your eyes pass slowly theIenqth of the room. Does it not re-mind you of a wax-works exhibitionThey say that the famous MadameToussaud got the inspiration for her


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24 THE PAULSON POSTP A U LSON IT I S

DO you know the meaning of Paul-sonits? Well, when you havebeen here as long as Ihave you willnot only know the meaning of it, butyou, my friend, will have it. For thebenefit of you who are not here for'the duration, I will try to give yousome idea as to what this very cori-tagious disease is like. The unfortunatething is that you do not realize youare catching Paulsonitis. It grows onyou day by day ,and by the tjrne youdiscover it, it is too late; you are thena victim of this cruel disease, that putsyou and all those who come in cori-tact with you. to no end of sufferrnqand misery.Some symptoms of the early stages

are: Asking yourself questons. Run-ning around the hangers. playing hor-sic. Kissing your bunk ~mate goodnight. Forgetting which section youwork in. Standing in front of the W.D. barracks for 'half an hour. Playingpoker with cheese fingers for chips. Inthe case of some airwomen. whistlingaround the corners at innocent atr-men.Some of the advanced stages are:

Answering your own questions. Insome cases, the airmen have beenknown to propose to the airwomenand vice~versa, Standing outside the

W.O. Barracks for a couple of hours.If you work in -an Orderly Room andsome poor soul has been standing atthe counter for an hour with a painedexpression on his feet (his face is ablank by then), you 190k at him, grinand go back to your work. This syrnp-tom usually appears quite early in thecase of Equrpmenr assistants. I haveseen some cases where they join theOchre River Navy.Yes, those are some of the symptoms

of Paulsonitis. Of course there aremany more that do not mentionhere for the simple reason that theywould never get through to the press.But the ones I have mentioned willgve you some idea of this disease andput you on your guard.Now, r would ask you people who

are not here for the duration to sympa~thise and not laugh at us. To youpeople who are new here, but whoare quite sure you will be here perm-anently. I would ask you not to laugh.you will soon be the same. To youpeople who meet u-s- in the outsideworld, I would ask you not to say:"Gosh, he's bugs," but say, "Poorman, a bad Case of Paulsonitis."

By a Victim of theDreaded Disease.

THE SCIENCE OF WAITING - Continueddisplay of waxen figures from just sucha scene. See that figure seated at thedesk with pen poised over a card ofsome sort. Can you see it' move?Watch now. Do you see the pen lowerslowly by degrees till it touches thepaper, and makes a few marks uponit? Now it rises in the air again, andhovers once more in the original posi-tion. Note that there is not a jerkymovement in the whole procedure, thatall takes place at the estimated speedof the flow of the proverbial molassesin the first month of the new year.'Ther e before you, .students. is an

Equipment assistant. making out an is-sue voucher. I am sorry that we willnot have time today to wttriess thecompletion of this most interesting pro-cess; but if we return tomorrow at ap~proxlmatcl y the same hour, we shouldtime it to perfection.Now, students, look over here. Stu-

dents! Pay attention! What! Anasleep? Well, well. They certainlyhave responded quickly to the prevail':'lnq .atmospher e. A sensitive group. Thesmartest - class I - ever - ha--aaawv.>www --- zzzzzzzzzzz,


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POSTTHE PAU LSO N 25

THE NEW BAR AND GAMES ROOM IN THE SERGEANTS' MESS ~SERGEANTS' M E S S

Howls from the Wolf Den

ENOUGH material could origina~from our den to use half this is-sue; however, with paper rationed, wemust limit ourselves. Of prime irnport-ance is our enlarged and re-decor-atedMess-c-with cream ceiling, pale rosewalls and peach trim, the restful ante-room boasts a horse ~shoe bar whichmakes it the outstanding Mess in theCombined Training Organization ~ andthe remarks aren't our own. The newgames room now has a billiard tabde~thanks to the C.O.-and is providing

many hours of inexpensive (7) amuse-ment for the boys. The enlarged ktt-chen makes things easier. for the staff,and. the larger dining room, painted indelicate shades of green. will make itagain possible to hold Mess dinners. Allin all. we've a Mess to be mighty proudof, and maybe you think we're not!A big pat on the back to all those res-ponsible, particularly to FS Danielson,now posted, for building our bar.One vital change took plpace re-

cently ~ that of our chaiman. WOISanders has departed-will we ever for-get his many, many stories Yourstay with us was all too short, Sqt.>Major; good luck at your new post.The new chairman is WOI Chalmers.whom only a few of us know at pres-ent, as he left on temporary duty only


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26 TH E PAULSONContinued

POSTHOWLS FROM THE WOLF DEN

a few days after his arrival; but agood impression has been made on thosewho have met him, and his return isbeing looked forward to.Were Flight Sergeant (now FO)

Sorenson, who left here only last Feb-ruary, to return to the Mess, he wouldprobably think he was elsewhere thanNo.7-not so much because of thechange physically but of the personnel.Never has the turnover been sa greatas in the past two or three months. Toenumerate all the ex-members and newcomers cannot be done. not so much formatters of .secrecy, but the paper situ-ation again. A few of the older mem-bers cannot be overlooked however-among the pilots, W02 Sanderson.Page. Hurley, and Forman, whom weare happy to say are now all commis-sioned; and among the ground crew,W02 Evans, F.S. Sutherland, Sqts.Strapg and Danforth - our first W.O.Sqt., Donna Baxter, and, of course, thatman who "couldn't be posted," F.S."Happy" Hodgkinson. We're sorry tosee them go, but wish them the bestof luck on their new Stations. And tothat host of newcomers we extend awelcome hand.The first meeting in the remodeled

Mess brought in a new Presiclent- W02George Sutherland, and to the Majorand his committee lies the responsi-bility of leading an active Mess for thecoming months. Already the Messseems to be "happier" than for sometme, with spontaneous sing-sings becom-ing a. regular thing.Ernie Page, a noted Mess singer, is

now on active duty, but Sgt. Wood-sile is proving to be an excellent re-placement. Plight Sergeants King andJohns are capable accompanists on the

piano. We are pleased to see so manyof the newcomers taking full benefit ofthe enjoyments which the Mess canprovide. With Sunday night dinners(guests invited by members), Mess din-ners, and, of course, our famed dances.we who will be snowed-in in Paulsonfor another winter, and the many ofyou who have yet to know this e-x-perience, have much to look forwardto, and if you have any good ideas,let your Mess Committee know them.Alterations did not permit the holdingof a dance or two, and the last onewas held too long ago to mention. Thelatest entertainment was for the girlsand boys of the Great West LifeVariety Show~or should we say theirentertainment for us?Upon their arrival shortly after six.

several N.C.O.'s, ostensibly waiters butactually wolves, served, with greatagility and decorum, a supper which wetrust overcame their fatigue of the longbus ride from Winnipeg. But it wasafter their excellent show that the galsand guys really went to town, rolledback the rugs, drained the bar. jitter-rugged -arrd "sinq-sanqed," and con-sumed Sgt. Court's lunch-deluxe~atwhich W02 Theirault and Sgt. DorothyRoot poured. W ords cannot express thejoviallty which prevailed - suffice tosay Old Sol was considering arisingwhen silence fell on our Rose Room.and the followinq ,day a short stationtour was made, conducted by WOZPierce and F.S. Hudson. (W02 Amyand Sgt. Gent also conducted a tour-s-oh, well nice work if you can get it,fellahs. )We were very pleased to have the

troupe as our guests, and if they en-joyed our company only half as muchas we enjoyed theirs .we know theyhad a "super" time.The Editor says "cut it," so till it's

fast time again, good wolf-ing! Andhow about buying another Post?

"One Stooge." .


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POST 27TH E PAUi..SON

" S h a d e s 0 1 S t . Jehn"GLEANINGS FROM HEALTH ANDFIRST AID EXAMS.

The principal parts of the eye are thepupil, the moat, the beam.Respiration is composed of two acts:

first inspiration and then expectation.Water is composed of two gins.

Oxyqin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is puregin and Hydrogin is gin and water.When you

When YOll dopire!

breathe younot breathe

inspireyou ex-

Some vitamins prevent herI bed;some prevent scurry scurry.A permanent set of teeth consists of

S Canines, S cuspids, 2 molars, and 8cuspidors.Digestion is carried on in the stom-

ach by aid of acrobatic juices.The spinal column is a long hunch

of bones. The head is at one end andyou sit on the other end.To rescue a person who has brokenthrough ice. tie 3 or 1 handkerchiefs

together and onto a small boy. Shovea boy out to the hole. Thow the boyin the ice with the handkerchiefs andthen pull them out.The bones of the leg are tibia and

fibia. When you stretch your legsthat is fibia. When you bring yourlegs back that is tibia.To avoid auto-infection, put slip

covers on the seats and change themfrequently. and always drive with thewindows open.To cure a toothache tab; a mouthful

of cold water and sit on the stove tillit boils.A person should take a bath once in

tbe summer time and not quite so oftenin the winter.

G . I . . S . I N ST R U ( T O R STHE hardest wor-ked, most underpaid

and most misunderstood men inthe Empire Air Training Plan.Our day consists of one long round

of dry nurse, guide and accountantand even on occasions Instructor, wehave been known (and these are redletter days) to become Air Crew oncemore and actually fly.We consist of all types and ages,

and almost colours and nationalities.Our ages vary, from those whose wean-ing has changed abruptly from the milkbottle to the beer bottle ,to those whohave lost most of their hair and alltheir intellect. We were looking -or-v.rard to a tranguil old age supportedby a hard workng wife .and pension,and were jerked from this dream tothis maelstrom which is G.LS.But one thing we all have in com-

mou-c a longing looking forward to thegreat day when we will be postedoverseas. After which, probably mostof our spare time will be taken up indreams of longing to return to Paul-son (or will it?).In fact, the whole thing boils down

to the $64.00 question."WHY IS A G.LS. INSTRUCTOR."

To stop blood from flowing from aleg wound, wrap the leg around thebody above the heart.

When people are drowned you canrevive them by punching in their sides,but not too hard. This is called arti-ficial resurrection.The big toe is called the pedagogue.


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28 TH E PAULSON POST

R . . ( .A . F . W O M E N r S D I V I S I O N

FROM out of the high fences of No.2 K.T.S.. Toronto. the mud of

Rockcllffe and the cook house of Guelph.poured a strange people called "Air~women" or "W_D.'s_" They were allheaded for a little camp called Paulson.Every attempt to find this camp on themap of Canada and all the inguiries atrailway stations were in vain. Theplace could not be found. Yet theseW.D.'s were assured that it was some-where in Manitoba." The lost soulsstill want to know the difference be-tween somewhere and anywhere. Allthey know yet is that Paulson is some-where in the wilds of Manitoba. Thecaravan that takes you over the lastpart of the journey goes backward.forward and sideways so much thatone loses all sense of direction.

After a very trying journey thesepioneers finally arrived at the little camptucked securely away from the rest ofthe world, The first glimpse revealedrow after row of green buildings withred roofs. The entire place was sur-rounded by a very high Fence. Therewas one opening in this fence, but theysoon discovered that it was not easyto g~t through this opening. as it wasguarded at all times.The airwomen soon discovered that

the place was inhabited by a verystrange race of people called "Air-men" or Wolves." They were a verystrange race, indeed. They howled,whistled and peeked around corners atthe girls {Pau lsonj tis}: but when thepoor girls went looking for them theyquickly disappeared. Now. it's vice-versa.Today, some sixteen months later.

the scene has changed entirely. You seeairmen and airwomen working and play-ing together seven days of the week.The airmen no longer peek around cor-ners and wonder just what we invadersare really like. The one thing the air-women of No. 7 ask is: "Let us take iton the same grounds the airmen do."In closing, we, the first airwomen to

invade Paulson. would like to say toall the Offi


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"Happy" Hodgkinson and Crew turns. away the invader, Major Rain

INSTRUMENT NEWSSOCIIETY COLUMN

(1) "Snuffy" Webber wuz seenpasslri' his ea tin ' tobacco around to theboys in front of the General Store inWinnipeg. Same bern on account ofhis bein' a pappy for the third time,He says as how he reckons he kin keepthem storks a F l yi n" as well as themdanged airy plains.(2) Many citizens wuz up Clear

Lakin' last week. Some wuz travellin'in packs like submarines; some dudeswuz there too, wearin' shoes and stuff.(3) Young "Edison" Orchard wuz

seen a tinkerin' up his two wheelbicycle last week. Ftxin to run her ongasoline or somcthin. Says she'll goalright when he gits her rigged up.Trouble is, he ain't got no room left onher for to sit on her hisself. Figureson ridin' hisself on the handle bars, wefigure.(4) Some fellar is always gaddin'

around. You take young "Eddie" Van-dale, he ain't been here no more thantwo years then off he goes to Saska-

toon , Young. fellar should rememberthat a rollin' stone gets no moss, Eddie.However, we gotta admit as some of.' em gets a fine polish. Sure miss Eddiea sittiri' around the stove this winter,and him right in line for his v.CusptdorMarkman's badge, too. .(5) Fellas' been a qapirr' ata new

dude here, says as how his name be"Little." Ain't checked up on thisslicker very far yet. Looks down rightrespectable, sportin' glasses without norims on em, gold fi llin in his teeth,too. SPORTS"Barney" Barnard WU2; fi shfn" up thecrick here Saturday. He didn't catch

nuthing on account of he didn't haveno hooks. He says he bets there's fishin the creek if a feLla had hisself somehooks and stuff.

COURT HOUSE REPORTIN'Young Bob Vice WU2; sittirr' in on

one of them vagrancy trials last week.Some fella hangin' around the poolhall, stranger in towr.. Judge says thisdude wuz like a city gal a-weartri' oneof them evcniri' dress, as there wuz novisible means of support, Bob says ashow he didn't see nuthirr' funny aboutit till he wuz lookiri thru the mailorder book last night. Been a~gigglin'to hisself ever since.

WEATHER REPORTor Chief Rusty Key wuz in fromthe Reservation last week cclebratin'somethirr' or other. Says to 19ok fur along .hard winter as he seen a whiteman buy foul' suits of long underwearup .at this trading post, Chief saysto lay in a big supply 'of cord woodfor cookrn' purposes, too.

ADVERTISEMENTYou kin get your snowshoes strung

up like new at Chudley Cut Rate Em-porium, all set for the corntri' winter.This genial proprietor says he reckonshe has more gut than ever this year.Price $2.00 per. foot, left or right, don'tmake no mind, says he.

See Editor.


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30 T H E PAULSON POSTFLIGHT LIEUT. E. G. CHRISTILAWBorn in HeIston, educated in Winnipeg, the.acting O.c. of G.I.S., is a Manitoban, havingspent very little of his life outside this pro-vince. ft was probably while fishing andswimming in the Assiniboine River, when play-ing hockey as a boy, that he decided to be-come a School Teacher. At any rate, hetaught in Braridon several years ~ most ofthem as Prtncipal-c-before joining the Y.M.C.A.as an Auxiliary Service Officer in March.1941. Six months later the Flight Lieutenant,now a member of the R.C.A.F., went toMountain View for an Arrnourers course, andpostings took him to Calgary WirelessSchool and MacDonald before he came heresome eighteen months ago. A noted fisher-man in the Officers' Mess, Flight LieutenantChristilaw is also an excellent rifle shot, and

was a member of the Officers' Rifle Team inAlberta. which was defeated only by theWomen Champions of Alberta. Married, Mr.Christilaw hopes to make his home in Dau-phin this wrnter-c-If he can find space to doso. Good hunting. sir.--:--L.A.W. WILLSON, D.V.

Known to everyone as "Willy," this petitelittle lady possesses a charm which has madeher popular with airmen and airwomen alike.Born in Alert Bay. B.C . she was schooledat Terrace. Continuing her journey south-ward, Willy arrived in Vancouver severalyears ago, where. she started working, firstas a salesgirl. later with a chain bakery firm.Before enlisting in April. 1942. she becamedistrict manager of her shop. From ManningDepot in Toronto. Willy attended the Schoolof Cookery at Guelph, and was in the orig-inal group of W.D.'s to arrive at ourstation;

. . . . . . . . . . . .-:--LAC SMITH, C. C.

"Smitty" is another westerner who left hisfarm to serve his country in her time of need.and joined the R.C.A.F. Leaving his grainfarm in Snowflake. Manitoba. in the fall of1940. Smitty attended a Motor Transportcourse in Toronto Manning Pool. One of thefew originals left. he arrived at Paulson onJune 2nd. 1941, after a short stay at Rivers->and, although he has been here so long. hestill likes the statton-s-tbe best he's ever beenon. Barring a posting to Alaska to Overseas,he will consider himself lucky if he can re-main here for the duration. You have prob-ably noticed the little house at the cornerdown the road on the way to Dauphin~Mr.Smith built it himself, and lives there withhis wife and three children. And being a home-Joving man, Smitty asks for nothing more thanto get back to his farm with his famil y afterthe war. Hope you don't have to wait toolong, Smitty.


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TH E PAULSONSECTION OFFICER E. M. Y. LOVEThis young lady with amorous name is our

Station Messing Officer. known widely as the"Calorie Queen" or "Vitamin Sue." A Mani-toban with home in Melita, she grad-uated from the Provincial University with aB.Sc. in Household Economics; then took apost-graduate course in dietetics in the Van-couver General Hospital. Prior to teachingschool in Prince Rupert and New Westminster,she was engaged in Commercial Home Eco-nomics in Vancouver and Victoria. Commenc-ing her career with the R.C.A.F. as a W.O.in June of last year, Miss Love won her com-mission in the second class of dieticians tograduate in the R.C.A.F. Before coming hereJast March. she was the only W.A. at Riversfor five months. Paulson is "a grand station~ the best yet" she said, although she wasafraid of the


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"PUKKA GEN"AITER having reviewed previouseditions of the Paulson Post, we,the unsung and overburdened sectionheroes, have come to the conclusionthat it is nigh time the light of pub-licity was turned in our direction.During the past two months we have

suffered several heavy blows. Prim-arily .we regret the loss of PO Labes(now FO, cheers), the well liked NewZealander who has been drawn intothe portals of FL Bynq-Halls sanctumsanctorurn-c--Ccf.S. However, our losshas been made good bv the unexpectedand timely appearance of the very ableMajor (father) Kench, who willinglyvolunteered to shoulder the heavy re-sponsibilities which can only be foundin this, our section.Further regrettable incidents are the

unfortunate accident which occurred toF.Sgt. Switzer, just prior to his would-be posting, and Sgt. O'Neil's opera-tion.New to our beloved realm is Cpt.

Herscovitch, whose artistic ability, cou-pled with his turret knowledge, has al-ready been proved beyond a shadowof doubt. Sgt. Daka and Sgt. Stroichhave also joined the Union, helping tomake good the loss experienced whenF.Sgt.'s Carrol, Henderson and Harri-son were spirited away. We must notforget the welcomed return of F.Sgt.Amy, after serving a short sentence inG.I.S.F.Sgt. Blake, our only New Zea-

lander, has recently taken unto him-self a wife, and is bearing up remark-ably' well under the newly imposed mat-rimonial strain.Sgt. Fordham (never 'eard of 'nn},

one of the "back room boys" of thePermanent Staff, also deserves a. pat onthe back for his untiring efforts andundying devotion to duty. Cpl. Hers-covtch will have settled down to mar-ried life by the time this article is sentto press.


ISN'T IT THE TRUTH-orTHEY'LL DO IT EVERY TIME1. So you want to change your assign-

ment;You want to check your pay;"Veil, you'd better come in between

8 and 9~Or come back some other day.

* * *2. You weren't on time last pay parade,That really was too bad.We girls have other things to do,Just borrow from a pal, -my lad!

3. Two courses going out this week,There's nothing We can do.H C.I.S. won't send that listOf who's going where, and who.

4. You're entitled to draw Flying Pay;That's what you tell us.G.I.S. looks after that,Go there and make a fuss.

** *5. Your clearances all finished,You come here with a smile,You haven't got equipment signed,So you walk another mile.

6. Too bad you lost that flying suit,But it still comes off your pay;That is, whenever we get thosevouchers

For which we phone all day.* * *

7. We know you have your troubles,But they will soon pass by;Just think of us poor WAAF's,Who serve that men may fly!!!

LAW Short and Jackson

When an airman says he can read agirl like a book. he's usually just pour-log over her lines.


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TURRET SECTION! "PUKKA GEN" - ContinuedOwing to the lack of senior per-

sonriel on this station (including P.O." s)we cannot stooge around any longer aswe are heavily weighed down withnight duties. These duties include twohundred yard range, library Turret In-struction, Barrack detail, Canteen Corp.Orderly Sgt .. Flare Path and. of course.

morning parades. All this for fourteendays a year. Nevertheless. comparedwith life on Devi ls Island. we guessour existence is made a little easier.After all. we do receive appreciationwhen the "E" Pennant is won again.'We think.


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34 T H E PAULSON POSTS/L. ROBBINS

The posting of "Robbie" ~or S.L. Robbins~came somewhat as shock to many of us.During the time he spent here. "Robbie"became the very close friend of many, and

he commands the affection of all,For an officer in charge of an EquipmentStation, S.L. Robbins is considered quite ac-cessible though not always agreeable. Weshall all miss the genial gentleman that S.L.Robbins is. And who has forgotten the his-trionic ability S.L. Robbins showed during theepochol conception, gestation, and delivery ofthe Station Show, "Paulson on Parade," laterknown as"Pot Pouri "?To you, S.L. Robbins, go our best wishes-may you be happy in your new posting.

f r i e n d l y H a z i n g I n i t i a t e s A i r w o m e n t o S e r v i c e l i f e(From the Simcoe Reformer)

CANADIAN GIRLS DEMONSTRATETHAT THEY CAN "TAKE IT"

By CpI. Edith B. MotleyIn a spirit of schoolboy friendliness,

airmen love to tease a newcomer, andairwomen arriving on stations offer won-derful opportunities for wit. No ten-derfoot goes through more hazing; 110freshman' a tougher initiation; 1':0 officeboy falls into more booby-traps thanthe little sister of the service.They will send her to the laundryto pick up the propeller wash; to thekitchen of the airmen's mess to borrowa compass bow."SQt. Posy is in charge of the sta-tion gardeni11Q project. Ask him if he'sqot any compass roses. I want to send

one to mv mother" - and away trudgesa little AW2 intent on winning thewar."Do you know what a cardinalpoint is?" thunders an N.C.O.. and a

\\r.D. comes back sturdily, "No; butI'll ask the R.c. padre.""Flights Band C want to have aball game," says another wag; "runever to the Sports Director and ask

him if we can have the magnetic fieldto play in,"Or~"We want

and we need logs.Jogs, ask them ifof theirs."

to have a bonfireAll the pilots keepwe can have some

One airwoman was instructed to goon an impossible errand that wouldtake her far out of bounds into theno-wornans-Iand beyond the tarmac,She knew that something 'Was amiss,but could not recognize 'What. so shekept a perfect poker-puss, "Shall I askpermission before going out?" she in-quired.Her tormentor was delighted at this

additional funmaker. "Yes, ask eitherWing Commander A or Wing Com-mander 5," he said, expecting her tobe overcome with timidity at the bignames. What he did not know~be~cause she had never told him-c-wasthat her own brother was a\7llingCommander, and senior officers 'Werejust men to her. She had respect forrank but no fear."Right, sergeant, she said, turningaway smartly. Was the little ninnygoing to do it? "HEY r-r r-r- .. he roared

after he;: "you'd better wait until to-morrow.Like teasing brothers, airmen baveregarded air women as fair game. but

the girls themselves have proved justhow game they are, So game thatnow the boys are boasting about them."There she was," Smith told theSergeant's mess, "half-way up the ~'id~del' before I had a chance to tell herI was fooling, Believe me, she had mescared, but she~she didn't turn a hair.I tell you, that kid's got-er-grit,"


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