1980
CHANGE
OF COMMAND
A change of command ceremony took place Friday evening at the Moose
Jaw Armoury during which Capt. Twiy Schiffner became commanding officer of
1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps. (
Saskatchewan
Dragoons),. Schiffner assumes
the position from Capt. Lorne Pretzer who was commander for three years.
Getting to know the new commander are Cadet Master Warrant Officers
Marlene Romanycia of
1076 Alder Ave.
and Mike Luciak of
674 Athabasca St. W.
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald on
08 Nov 1980
SCHOOL CHILDREN DISCUSS REASONS THAT LEAD TO WAR
CADETS RONALD BLONDEAU,
13 AND TOM JOHNER, 12
…AT
ST. MARGARET’S REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY
The attitudes of peace and
the need for an awareness of events and actions that lead to war were
stressed to children at St. Margaret’s
School during their Remembrance Day celebration this week.
H.P. Hansen, a teacher, said the celebrations were designed to have
children discuss and become aware of the hate, prejudice, intolerance and
lack of respect that can lead to war.
“At
the same time, the children can develop an understanding of the personal
sacrifices caused by a war, for example, the loss of family and friends.”
She said it was important to have children be aware of things they
can personally practice to help achieve peace.
“To
know that small petty arguments can lead to wars – to emphasize that we
should remember events leading to a war, but not emphasize good versus bad
guys because this perpetrates prejudice.”
Children can foster a sense of caring and an awareness of their
responsibilities in the world by striving for peace, love, praying and a
respect for life, said Hansen.
To
help the children personally express their concepts they were given
assignments to visually depict Remembrance Day through the symbols of the
cross, poppies, graves and monuments.
Grades
one and two students expressed how they would avoid the states of mind that
can lead to wars by saying one line messages such as “I remember not to
hate, I remember not to fight.”
Ben
Wittman, director of education for the separate school system, told the
children to “honor those who gave their lives” in the wars.
He said the wars
Canada
had been involved in
were not the only wars in the world. “This
is a bad thing, people should get along,” Wittman said.
He
told the children mankind has not been able to rid itself of war because it
has been relying on man to bring peace.
“Try to remember to put your trust in God.
You will get God’s help for peace if you pray.”
Eric
Williams, separate board member, told the children that those who were
involved in the wars “would probably tell you they prayed there will be no
more wars.” “As you grow
older try to keep this remembrance alive, to achieve lasting peace,”
Williams said.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald in November some time in the eighties (actual date unknown)
1981
Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps Holds
Special Appreciation Night.
A
thank- you presentation to Captain Lorne Pretzer was just one of the several
votes of appreciation cast at the appreciation night of the 1856 Moose Jaw
Schools Cadet Corps Thursday night. Pretzer
was thanked for the three years he has spent serving with the cadet corps as
a commanding officer by Captain Twiy Schiffner, and presented with an
engraved silver stein.
But there were many other
thank yous said Thursday evening. Schiffner
expressed appreciation to more than 30 supporters of the cadet program in
Moose Jaw
, who gathered at the armoury for the yearly event.
The purpose of the evening was to bring together all the people, who
have helped the cadets through their support, services or equipment over the
past year, said Captain Lyle Johnson, administration officer.
“Without all the co-operation we receive from the community the
cadet program wouldn’t happen,” said Johnson.
The cadet program received
support from their sponsor, the Moose Jaw Public School Board, their
affiliated unit, the Saskatchewan Dragoons and their commanding officer
Major Len Davidson and the armed forces.
There are 41 cadets in the
program, which is run by four officers, Schiffner, Johnson, Second
Lieutenant Valerie Hook and Lieutenant Morris Nicholson.
The school boards job said Johnson is to supply the equipment
necessary for the cadets training. But
he said some of this equipment also comes from the armed forces.
Equipment and facilities
are needed for craft exercises, and outdoor training.
This involves providing equipment and transportation, one of the
priorities for the cadets, as there is some traveling involved in their
programs.
The Army Cadet League of
Canada
,
Saskatchewan
division is an organization of parents (and concerned supporters) who help
the cadets plan projects to earn money for their trips.
The financial goal each year does differ said Johnson.
Some years the group may need as little as $200 or$300, but in other
years $2000 can be raised.
At the present time the
cadets are working on an exchange trip through the Secretary of State’s
Open House
Canada
program and are hoping to visit
Newfoundland
. As well they plan to take part
in the Biathlon, program sponsored by the Army Cadet League of
Saskatchewan
. A competition is scheduled for
Feb. 27,28 and March 1 in
Dundurn
,
Saskatchewan
. The event includes a cross
country and skiing race, which involves five kilometers of skiing followed
by short intervals of target shooting.
John Cunningham head of the
parents’ group in
Moose Jaw
was one of several parents who attended the appreciation night.
He said the group’s role is to help the cadets to help themselves
by supplying support, transportation, money and chaperones for the various
activities they undertake. John
and Hannelore Cunningham have two daughters, Lorena and Christina, in the
star program, which was established in 1975.
INTEREST
“The
main thing is the interest,” said Marlene Luciak.
“If the parents aren’t interested the program doesn’t work.”
Her son Michael has been involved with cadets for three years.
Cunningham said he keeps a list of every cadet and their phone number
so that when help is needed, the phones start to ring. ”After a while you
get top know who has vehicles we can use and who’s available.
Cunningham said excursions
usually involve militia support in addition to two or three vehicles driven
by parents. He said that cadets
provide his children with a lot of friendship and give them a chance to go
places. “They are learning
something out of the ordinary from every day experiences, and they are here
because they have a good time,” he said.
The parents group meets
every second Thursday at the armoury and the group encourages interested
members of the public to attend meetings.
Both Cunningham and Luciak said support was essential to maintain the
cadet program, which has also benefited their family life.
“It gives us something on common ground to talk about.
The children are really interested in it,” said Luciak.
Guests at the meeting
Thursday night included Captain Arthur Clarke and Margaret Clarke.
Clarke is the area cadet officer for
Saskatchewan
.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald
Feb. 13,1981
LOCAL
GIRL MAKES PRELIMINARY TEAM
OTTAWA
– Twenty five Canadians under the age of 18 have won preliminary places on
the cadet team that will represent this country at the 1981 Bisley small
arms matches competition – the unofficial world championship – near
Woking
,
England
. The 25, whose names were
released Monday, made the team after piling up the highest aggregate scores
in 98th annual national small arms matches competition last week
at
Connaught
Ranges
, about 20 kilometres west of here.
The cadet team will be
narrowed down to 18 members after further competition in
Victoria
next March. The names of the 18
members of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association, squad that will also
participate at the 1981 Bisley competition, were released Sunday while the
Canadian Forces team will be chosen later.
Top shooter in the cadet
aggregate competition was Ronald Estrand of
Tappean
,
BC
. who fired 597 out of 630. Andre
Guertin of Granby Que. took second spot five young women are members of the
preliminary team: Audrey Davies of
Powell River
,
BC
. Kelly Navid, Campbell River, BC.Leslie McMillen Moose Jaw Sask.;
Jane Veldhuis, Cochrane, ALTA, and Christine Lamb, St. Catharines Ont.
Other team members from
eastern Canada will be: Wallace Smith and Harold Rodd of Truro, NS, Paul
Chase, Grand Bay NB, Michael Farrer, Saint John, NB Raynald Vaillancourt
Herbertville, Que; Roger Toutant, Val-Belair, Que; Francois de Gaspe
Beaubien Montreal; Paul Bawden, Elora Ont; Andrew Forsyth, Cornwall Ont; and
Ken Spratley, Brooklin Ont.
Team members from Western
Canada will be: David Palmer and Robert Izatt, Winnipeg; Paul Demeules,
Vedder Crossing, BC; Glen Adams, Fort McMurray, ALTA; Charles Davis Burnaby,
BC; Karla Pivarnyik, Lady smith BC; John Dymond, Vancouver, and Gordon Marr,
Port Moody BC.
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald in the spring 1981(actual date unavailable)
LOCAL
GIRL GUNNING FOR SPOT AT ATTEND SHOOTING MATCH
A
Moose Jaw
girl is in
Victoria
,
BC
competing for a spot on the Canadian cadet team that will be going to
Bisley
,
England
for an international; shooting competition.
Leslie Mc Millen, a 16 – year –old student at
Albert
E.
Peacock
Technical
High School
and a member of the 1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps, won the right to
advance in the competition in
Victoria
by placing seventh out of 125 shooters in a preliminary competition in
Ottawa
.
She will be competing
against about 28 others cadet shooters in
Victoria
. Normally, about 18 are
selected to go to Bisley. The
shooting, all done with a 7.62 calibre rifle, takes place at ranges between
300 and 900 metres and is all done from the prone position.
But accuracy on the rifle
range is not the only criteria for selecting the persons to go to Bisley.
“The competition is based on attitude as well as shooting ability,
because they want a good person to represent
Canada
when they’re at Bisley,” said McMillen.
She
has been shooting every lunch hour for the last three weeks to prepare for
the competition. Before that,
because she was unable to arrange facilities, she shot twice a week.
McMillen who learned to shoot for about two years.
She said she’s excited about the trip to
Victoria
but could
perhaps use “a little more
confidence.”
Should she be selected for
the Bisley team, she will be going to
Ottawa
for a two-week period of preparation before flying to Bisley for a
three-week stay at the competition.
In addition to the shooting
competition, the Bisley team will tour briefly in
Europe
. The Bisley Competition
attracts about 2000 shooters, both cadets and adults, primarily from
Commonwealth countries including
Australia
,
New Zealand
,
South Africa
,
England
and
Canada
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald in the spring of 1981 (actual date unavailable)
OFF TO
ENGLAND
FOR COMMONWEALTH COMPETITION
PEACOCK HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
A NATIONAL “SHARPSHOOTER”
Going shooting for lunch?
That may not be on most people’s menus, but it’s all in a normal
day for Leslie McMillen. McMillen
practices one hour a day during lunchtime and just restarted practicing
after being sick with the flu.
“I like shooting and the
decision to compete is my own.” Hitting
bullseyes every day has paid off. Mc
Millen has just left for
Ottawa
, where she will practice for the International Shooting Competition in
Bisley
,
England
. McMillen, a Grade 10 high
school student at Peacock, was chosen as one of the 18 Canadian Shooters and
the only one From Saskatchewan to compete in
England
.
McMillen is a fourth- year
Army Cadet. She seriously took
up rifle shooting at cadet summer camp two years ago.
During the first four weeks of the camp, McMillen gained a basic
knowledge of weapons and how to shoot them. Based on her ability and
attitude, in the last two weeks of the camp, she went on to compete
nationally in the Army Cadets’ marksmanship finals.
From the
Ottawa
competition, the best are chosen to compete in
Victoria
,
BC
to pick the final 18 that goes on to the international competition in
England
. In basic rifle shooting
competitions a person uses a .44 rifle, shooting it from a minimum of 300
yards to a maximum of 1,000 yards, aiming at a normal, round bull’s eye
target.
How does a Grade 10 high
school student make it into international competition?
By hard work and a good attitude.
In her first year at rifle shooting camp, McMillen went to
Ottawa
and placed 50th nationally. In
this, her second year, she placed 13th in
Ottawa
and was chosen to go to
Victoria
. When McMillen heard a few
weeks ago she had been chosen, she was surprised, saying although she had
placed reasonably well, and she did have a few problems.
“I didn’t shoot that
well in
Victoria
. I was sick the first three
days and I had problems with my rifle. But
they told me my attitude and behaviour in front of others had been a factor
in their decisions.” Before
leaving for
England
, McMillen practices two weeks in
Ottawa
and will leave for Bisley July 15. After
competition is over July 26, she will tour
Lahr
,
West Germany
for four days.
“I don’t expect too
much because the best shooters in all of the Commonwealth will be there.”
McMillen will also be coaching, as well as competing in
England
. She said she expects to do
better in the coaching then the shooting since she did coach in competition
in
Victoria
. The coaching is also a factor
taken into consideration when judging.
COACHING
Coaching involves the
shooter and the coach. The coach
has a scope in which he sees the target.
And tells the shooter where to move his sight on his rifle and when
to shoot. “ The coach in
general tells the shooter everything,” Mc Millen said.
McMillan doesn’t have a coach “ in the true sense of the
world”’ but Tony Donnison was responsible for encouraging her to go into
rifle shooting camp and competition.
“He
figured I had the potential and suggested I go to rifle shooting camp.”
Now Donnison’s coaching is limited to opening the range for her and
staying with her and watching.” He also thought I had a good chance of
going to
England
and encouraged me, McMillen said.
Donnison has competed in
England
many times.
Four levels are involved in
shooting: marksman, sharpshooter, expert, and the highest level, lifemaster,
McMillen has competed provincially in Dundurn in the Saskatchewan Provincial
Rifle Association, placing in the level, expert.
Nationally her level is sharpshooter.
After Bisley, McMillen isn’t sure what is next.
“It takes a lot of money
for travel costs, supplying your own ammunition, rifles, shooting jackets,
she said. Her future plans
include a career in electronic engineering.
I’ll continue with shooting and might enter a few competitions, but
I won’t stick with it to such a degree as now.
It takes up too much time.
After
Bisley
,
England
, McMillen will go back to
Ottawa
and live there with her parents, who moved in November.
In her two years at Peacock she was very active in school activities,
including school band, choir and track.
She plans to continue with the Army Cadets in
Ottawa
.
“It’s a lot of fun and
I’ve learned a lot about leadership, teaching others, and most important,
how to respect others. Will
McMillen make it into the top 10? “There
will be 3,000 competitors, but no matter, in every shooter’s mind is the
top ten or first place. I’m
going to try my best and not expect too much and if I come in even 50th’
it would be excellent.
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald in the summer of 1981 actual date unavailable
GIRLS
JOIN CADETS
Tammy Lougheed, a grade
eight student at
Sacred
Heart
Separate
Elementary School
signs up to the Moose Jaw School Cadet Corps. Capt Lyle Johnson fills out
the application as fellow rookie cadet Helen Staite waits her turn to sign
up at the Moose Jaw Armoury. Registration
took place Thursday evening.
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald on
24 Oct 81
CADET
CORPS WINS TROPHY
Warrant
Officer Ken Homeniuk, army cadet liaison officer for army cadets in
Saskatchewan
presents a trophy to Capt. Twiy Schiffner, commanding officer No. 1856 Moose
Jaw Schools Cadet Corps. The
trophy was won on the basis of training activities; organization and
proficiency in cadet programs. It
was the first time in the 35 – year history it was won by a
Moose
Jaw
corps.
Moose
Jaw
in a class C corps (less than 60 cadets) and competes in a class containing
about 20 corps.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald
October
27,1981
1982
IMPORTANT
CORPORAL
The
good-looking registrar wasn’t able to
take part in the annual inspection of the Forces Thursday because of a bad
knee injury. Instead, Corporal
Chris Cuningham took care of the registrar’s duty.
A student at Peacock
High School, Cuningham is a corporal
with the 1856 Moose Jaw Cadet Corp.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald on May 1982 (actual day
unavailable)
CADETS
KEVIN HAYES AND MIKE SOX
CP
Air presented cadets Kevin Hayes and Mike Sox with all-expense paid trips to
any Canadian city on the CP route. The
two young men won the awards for efforts at the cadet parachutist course
held at the Canadian Airborne Centre in
Edmonton
,
Alta. Both prairies natives,
Hayes serves with 1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps and Sox is a member of
2313 South Alberta Light Horse Cadet Corps in
Medicine
Hat
,
Alta. Finally, this year’s
winner of the Army Cadet League’s Centennial Award, given to the
outstanding female cadet at the cadet leadership and challenge course, was
Cadet Leslie McMillen. A member
of the 2360 Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Cadet Corps, McMillen was awarded
an all expense paid trip for two to Disney world in
Florida
.
Printed
in the Sentinel in Aug 1982(actual date unknown)
LEARNING
NAME OF GAME FOR ARMY AND AIR CADETS
Army
and air cadets from seven cities, including
Shilo,
Man, met over the
weekend in
Moose Jaw
for two days
of competitions and fun.
But
what keeps cadets going in their own? Brent
Larmour, 16 a warrant officer with the 1856 Moose Jaw Cadet Corps, reports with his unit every Thursday night for regular training
like handling rifles, drills and learning how to use orientation equipment.
But what he likes best, he
admits, are the various camps associated with life as a cadet.
Larmour has been with his corps about five years.
His own climb from plain cadet to warrant officer was at least in
part the result of attending the required training camps.
For his promotion to
corporal two years after joining, he took a junior leadership camp, which
taught him the basics of bush survival.
For his promotion to sergeant, one year later, he went for more
leadership and bush survival training in
British Columbia
.
As warrant officer he now
drills his own platoon and is qualified to teach cadets.
But it’s the camps that fire his enthusiasm.
He mentions artic indoctrination camps at Canadian Forces Base,
Petawawa, Ont., and in the Northwest Territories; a leadership and challenge
camp in Banff, Alta.; a parachuting course in Edmonton; and others, some if
which he has yet to go through.
For Larmour, being a cadet
is not just a drill that might come in as a handy experience in later
civilian life. Larmour wants to
enter the army as soon as he graduates from high school.
He wants to get into an armoured regiment, he says.
“It beats walking, I guess, and there’s more prestige to it.”
Hopefully, he says, he will
be able to spend some time on one of the armed forces bases in
West Germany
. Then he will think about
entering a trade within the army. Larmour
joined the cadets after an officer came to his school to recruit.
He and a few others went to the Armoury a short time later and
joined. “Most of them quit.
I stayed,” he says. “I
liked it.”
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald in November 1982 (actual date unknown)
1983
TWINS WIN
TOP CADET AWARDS
TRACEY (LEFT) AND TERESA NORTH PUT IN YEARS
OF WORK...
...to win Duke of
Edinburgh
Award presented by Lt. Gov. Irwin Macintosh
Lt. Gov. Irwin C. McIntosh
presented twin sisters Tracey and Teresa North of
Moose Jaw
with Duke of Edinburgh Gold awards at the Moose Jaw Armoury Thursday.
The award climaxed three years of work on four projects undertaken by
the sisters in 1979 in the areas of service, expeditions and explorations,
skills and physical fitness.
Teresa and Tracey North,
aged 19, became interested in the Duke of Edinburgh’s awards after seeing
an informational poster at the Armoury where they were attending cadets.
Their leader at cadets, Capt Phyllis Schiffner, sponsored the girls
for the award and offered encouragement and advice.
The award program is
described as “a personal commitment to constructive endeavour, promoting
qualities of self-discipline, self-help and self reliance.”
The awards are available to young people between the ages of 14 and
25.
A rigorous six-week program
of physical fitness at cadet camp in
Vernon
B.C. was the North sisters’ first step towards the award.
Track and field, mountain climbing,
riflery, drills, swimming and other sports were included in the camp.
A 150-mile cycling trip to a Hometown Reunion in
Moore
County
in summer 1980 fulfilled the award’s expeditions and exploration
requirement. The girls’
grandfather who homesteaded in
Moore
County
was honoured during the reunion.
The service requirement had
to be carried out over a minimum of 18 months.
The sisters served on the army cadet’s first aid team for the past
two years. They had taken
emergency technician and emergency medical training offered by cadets, and
were required to be on duty for rifle drills and special expeditions during
that time.
The skills requirement was
the easiest to fulfill. Tracey
and Teresa did so by making a record of their book collections.
A meeting with the Duke of Edinburgh himself in London, Ont. Could be
the high point of the award experience for Tracey and Teresa.
They have been invited to London Ont. To meet Prince Phillip in July,
and hope to be able to make the trip.
Tracey and Teresa graduated
from Central Collegiate last year and both have plans to continue their
education, Tracey in painting and decorating at the
Regina
Plains
Community College
, Teresa with a biology degree in wilderness conservation at the
University
of
Saskatchewan
. They encourage other students
to go after the award as they did, “It’s
challenging but it’s a lot of fun,” Tracey says.
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald on
10 Feb, 1983
A SALUTE
FOR THE CHIEF
Cadet
Capt. Kevin McKinney gives a smart salute to Lieutenant-Governor Irwin
McIntosh, who appears pleased. It
was the signal for Cadet Corps 1856 to start their march, which Mr. McIntosh
inspected.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald on
10 Feb, 1983
Cadet
Classes
Cadet
Michael Biden of Royal Canadian Army/Sea/Air Cadet squadron,
Moose
Jaw
was one of 150 cadets from across
Canada
participating in the athletic leadership course at the cadet summer training
school, Canadian Forces Base Borden. The six-week course gives training in
sports, refereeing and instructional techniques so when the cadets return
home they will be able to assist their local training officer in organizing
sports nights and competitions.
Printed
in the Moose Haw Times Herald
Friday August 26, 1983
THESSALON
CADETS HOST MOOSE JAW FRIENDS
Twenty-three
families in Thessalon opened their homes to twenty-six young men and women
from
Moose
Jaw
,
Saskatchewan
in an exchange program that all will probably remember for many years to
come.
The Thessalon Cadets and
their families were returning the hospitality extended to them when they
visited
Moose Jaw
. The guests’ week got off to a good start when the Town of
Thessalon
hosted a pancake
breakfast for them on Tuesday, their first full day in Thessalon.
This
day was given over to activities that local young people take for granted.
Such as swimming and fishing, but for the guests were real treats.
Following swimming at
Lakeside
Park
, it was out to
Phillip’s Camp for more swimming and fishing, topped off by a bar-be-cue.
Tours
of Midway Lumber, Birchland Veneer, Heritage Park, Elliot Lake Nuclear
Museum, Rio Algom Mines, Abitibi Price, Sault Locks, and the Sault Lock’s
Boat Tour filled a busy four days. Then
it was Saturday, and some cadets and their host families’ toured
St. Joseph
Island
, while other enjoyed
socializing with their hosts at a private party.
Saturday
evening the
Moose Jaw
cadets and the Thessalon
cadets joined forces for a camping session at
Basswood
Lake
until Monday, when it
was time to return to their host homes and prepare for the trip home, or for
the Thessalon cadets time to get ready for the first day of school, Tuesday.
The
farewell was a dance at the Thessalon Legion Hall Monday night with gifts to
the departing
Moose Jaw
cadets.
As one host parent said, “This has been a wonderful thing for these
young people, a chance to expand their horizons and at the same time
appreciate their own part of the country.”
The
exchange program is part of a special program, Open House Canada, sponsored
by the Secretary of State’ office.
Printed
in the Thessalon Paper August or September 1983 (actual date unknown)
CADET
CORPS SEEKS RECRUITS
Recruiting for the 1856
Moose Jaw Cadet Corps’ 1983-1984 training year begins at
7 p.m.
Thursday at the Moose Jaw Armoury. The
positions are open to youth aged 12 to 18, but 12 year olds may join only if
their 13th birthday falls before Dec 31 of this year.
Cadets are instructed in
drill; map and compass reading; weapons training and firing; first aid;
fundamental training; adventure training; sports; junior and senior
non-commissioned officer courses; officer courses; cross country skiing;
leadership, training and other areas.
Parents or guardians of new
recruits are asked to accompany them to registration.
For more information contact: the
cadet corps any Thursday between
7 p.m.
and
9 p.m.
at 692-0551; Capt P.T. Schiffner at 692-1746 or Capt. W.G.W. Lavergne-Radford
at 693-1861 (home) or 692-2554 (business).
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald on
14 Sept 1983
.
CADET
PARADES OPEN TO RECRUITS
The
1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps (MJSCC), Royal Canadian Army Cadets will
begin a new training season Sept 15 at the Moose Jaw Armoury.
Sessions begin at
7
p.m.
for youths between the ages of 12 years and 18 years.
A youth 12 years can be enrolled if the 13th birthday will
be reached by
Dec.
31, 1983
.
In
a news release Capt. (W) W.G.M. Lavergne-Radford said proof of age, either a
birth certificate or baptismal certificate, must be presented.
A social insurance number is also needed.
Parents or guardians of new recruits are encouraged to accompany the
child for the initial enrollment.
Lavergne-Radford
said cadets are supplied with a uniform after they have attended three
consecutive parades. More
information can be obtained Thursdays between
7
p.m.
and
9
p.m.
by calling 692-0551. Interested
persons can also call Capt. P.T. Schiffner at 692-1746 or Lavergne-Radford
at 693-1861 or 694-2554.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Shopper on
September 14,1983
CADETS
WANT NEW RECRUITS
Recruiting
is under way for the 1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps (MJSCC).
A recruiting drive will be held Sept 22 from
7
p.m.
to
9
p.m.
at the Town ‘N’ Country Mall, South Hill Shopping Centre, and
Main
St.
in downtown
Moose
Jaw
and the base exchange (Canex) area of Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw.
A
second drive will be held Sept. 24 from
9 a.m.
to
5 p.m.
at the Town ‘N’
Country Mall, South Hill Shopping Centre and downtown.
Recruiting will be done that day from
11 a.m.
to
4 p.m.
at CFB Moose Jaw.
Young
men and women between the ages of 12 years and 18 years are eligible.
A youth of 12 years can be enrolled if the 13th birthday
is reached by
Dec. 31, 1983
.
The corps meets at the
Moose Jaw
Armoury, Thursdays from
7 p.m.
to
9 p.m.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Shopper on
21 September 1983
RECRUITING
TODAY FOR CADETS
It’s
recruiting day for the 1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps, Royal Canadian
Army Cadets. Cadet leaders will
be at the
Moose Jaw
Town
‘N” Country Mall,
the South Hill Shopping Centre, Main Street/Downtown Moose Jaw and the Base
Exchange Area CFB Moose Jaw from
7
to
9 p.m.
today.
A
second recruiting drive will be held at the same locations from
9 a.m.
to
5 p.m.
on Saturday Sept. 24.
On this day, recruiting at the Base Exchange will be from
11 a.m.
to
4 p.m.
Young men and women between the ages of 12 and 18 years are invited
to join. For more information
contact the 1856 Cadet Corps any Thursday between 7 and
9 p.m.
at 692-0551.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald on
22 September 1983
.
FIRST OF A SERIES
CADET
PROGRAM EXPLAINED
Editor’s
Note: The following is the first
in a series of articles on the cadet movement written by Capt. W.G.W.
Lavergne-Radford.
What’s
in it For Me?
You can learn how to: use
a compass, survive in the bush if lost, handle a rifle properly and become a
good shot, become a good swimmer and canoeist, become a leader in your
crowd, and administer first aid.
How
do I join the army cadets? You
can join the 1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps if you will be reaching your
13th birthday by Dec. 31, 1983; and not yet 19 years of age; are
not a member of any other cadet organization; are physically fit, have the
consent of your parents or guardian; are of good moral character; and are
approved by the commanding officer of the cadet corps you wish to join.
What
kind of training do cadets receive? First
there is corps training. The
corps parades every Thursday from early September to the en of June.
Parades are held in the evening with special exercises held on
various weekends. Shooting is
held Wednesday evenings. Citizenship
and leadership are two of the most important subjects taught.
The
cadets also learn map using, instructional technique, small arms safety,
drill and first aid. Optional
subjects are communications, driver education, recreational rifle shooting,
watermanship, sports, gymnastics, unarmed combat and other kinds of physical
fitness training.
Some
of these subjects depend on the availability of equipment and qualified
instructors at each corps. Weekend
exercises may be held during which adventure training, bush survival and
other related woodcrafts are practiced.
Cadets earn green, red, silver and gold stars in that order to show
how far they have progressed in the training program.
Keen
cadets can make it to the gold star in third year after which they strive
for the gold wreath of the master cadet.
The climax of each training year is to go to one of the summer camps
where up to 8,000 army cadets attend courses of two to six weeks duration.
Junior cadets may go in their first summer for two weeks at the camp
nearest their home.
These
are at
Whitehorse, Vernon,
Ipperwash, Ont.
Valcartier and Gagetown. Other
camps may also be held in other locations as required such as Saskadet in
Saskatchewan. After the first year, cadets may attend six-week leadership courses,
band, driver, rifle and athletic leadership courses.
The
plum of all summer camp training courses is to be selected for the cadet
leadership and challenge course in Banff, the parachute course or the Artic
indoctrination course. Top rifle
shots also have an opportunity to go to the famous Bisley ranges in
England
.
The
best cadets graduating from selected six-week courses may be awarded all
expense paid trips to
England
, The Caribbean or
Germany
.
Printed
in the
Moose Jaw
Shopper on
12 October 1983
.
PART
1
THE
ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY CADETS
What’s in it for
me?
You can learn how to:
-
use a compass
-
survive in the bush if lost
-
handle a rifle properly and become a good shot
-
become a good swimmer and canoeist
-
become a leader in your crowd
-
administer first aid
How do I about
learning all this?
By joining the 1856 Moose
Jaw Schools Cadet Corps, Royal Canadian Army Cadets.
How do I join the
Army Cadets?
You can join the 1856
Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps if you:
-
will be reaching your 13th birthday by
31 Dec 83
-
are not yet 19 years of age
-
are not a member of any other cadet organization
-
are physically fit
-
have the consent of your parents or guardian
-
are of good moral character
-
are approved by the commanding officer of the cadet corps you
wish to join
First of all, there is
Corps training. The 1856 Moose
Jaw Schools Cadet Corps parades every Thursday from early September to the
end of June. Parades are held in
the evening with special exercises held on various weekends.
Shooting is held Wednesday evenings.
Citizenship and leadership are two of the most important subjects
taught. The cadets also learn
map using, instructional techniques, small arms safety, drill and first aid.
Optional subjects that cadets may also take are communications,
driver education, recreational rifle shooting, watermanship, sports,
gymnastics, unarmed combat and other kinds of physical fitness training.
Some of these subjects depend on the availability of equipment and
qualified instructors at each corps.
Weekend
exercises may be held during which adventure training, bush survival and
other related woodcrafts are practised by the cadets.
Cadets earn green, red, silver and gold stars, in that order, to show
how far they have progressed in the training program.
Keen cadets can make it to the gold star in their third year, after
which they strive for the gold wreath of the master cadet.
All this training is enjoyed with youngsters of your own age, many of
them learning to live in the outdoors for the first time.
The climax of each training year is to go to one of the summer camps
where up to 8,000 Army Cadets attend courses of two or six weeks duration.
So now, we come to summer
camp training. The junior cadets
may go in their first summer for two weeks to the camp nearest their home.
These are at
Whitehorse
,
Yukon Territory
;
Vernon
B.C.; Ipperwash, Ont; Valcartier, Que; and Gagetown, N.B.
Other camps may also be held in other locations, as required, such as
SASKADET in
Saskatchewan
. After the first year, cadets
may attend six week Leadership course, Band, Driver,Rifle and Athlectic
Leadership courses. The plum of
all summer camp training courses is to be selected for the Cadet Leadership
and Challenge Course in
Banff
,
Alberta
, the Parachute Course or the Artic Indoctrination Course.
Top rifle shots also have
an opportunity to go to the famous Bisley ranges in
England
. The best cadets graduating
from selected six week courses may be awarded all expense paid trips to
England
, the
Caribbean
or
Germany
.
Printed in the Plainsman
on
October 14, 1983
CADET
EXCHANGE PROGRAM 1983
The 1856 Moose Jaw Schools
Cadet Corps (Royal Canadian Army Cadets) from the city of Moose Jaw was
involved in Phase I of a two phase exchange visit with the 2353 Thessalon
Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps from Thessalon (Sault Ste Marie) Ontario,
from 26 June until 2 July 1983.
This visit consisted of
such highlights as a tour of S.T.I. and Crescent Park, the Walking Tour of
Downtown Moose Jaw, an all day tour of CFB Moose Jaw (IFRCC, OFT Helicopter
rides, etc), a visit to the Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park, and all day tour of
the city of Regina (RCMP, Condie Trail, Wascana Centre, Museum of Natural
History, etc) a trip to the Prairie Wildlife Interpretive Centre in Webb and
the Swift Current Rodeo, a visit to the Hutterite Colony, a tour of the
Sukaanen Ship/Pioneer Village and Museum and a tour of the Western
Development Museum. The officers
and cadets of the 1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps would like to take this
opportunity to thank all those who participated to make this visit a very
pleasant and educational one.
Phase II of this exchange
program will see the 1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps flying off to visit
the 2353 Thessalon Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps in Thessalon.
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald in 1983 (actual date unavailable)
CADETS VISIT MOOSE JAW
Cadets from 2353 Thessalon
Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps from Sault Ste Marie, Ont., were in
Moose Jaw
from June 26 to July 2 as phase one of the two-phase exchange program with
the 1856 Moose Jaw Schools Cadet Corps.
The event highlights included taking the visitors on tours of the
Saskatchewan Technical Institute, Crescent Park, a walking tour of downtown
Moose Jaw and an all-day visit to the Canadian Forces Base, along with a
visit to the Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park,
The
visitors were also taken to
Regina
where they toured the RCMP barracks, Condie trail, Wascana Centre and the
Museum
of
Natural
History
.
They were also given the chance to take a trip to the Prairie
Wildlife Interpretation Centre at Webb and visit the Swift Current Rodeo.
A visit to a nearby
Hutterite colony and a tour of the Sukanen ship/Pioneer Village and the tour
of the
Western
Development
Museum
completed their visit. As Phase
two of the program, the
Moose Jaw
cadets will fly to Sault Ste Marie on Aug .29 and visit there until Sept 6.
Printed in the
Moose Jaw
Times Herald in 1983 (actual date unavailable)
PART II
THE
ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY CADETS
Does an Army Cadet
wear a uniform?
Yes.
Uniforms and equipment are provided free.
The cadet is issued a uniform at the start of the training year after
he/she has attended three consecutive parades.
Cadets are responsible for keeping their uniforms neat and tidy
during the time these are on loan to them.
What
are my chances for promotion?
Promotion
in the Army Cadets is based on merit. Promising
cadets are given command positions and are encouraged to develop their
qualities of leadership. Cadets
who have won the red star may be promoted to Lance Corporal/Corporal, those
with the silver star to Sergeant, then Warrant Officer, and holders of the
gold star to cadet officer. Master
Cadets act as instructors, and may eventually qualify as adult officers of
the Cadet Instructor List.
Do
Army Cadets receive pay?
Yes.
Selected senior cadets are employed as staff cadets at summer camps
and are paid according to the pay scales of the Reserve Force.
Other cadets attending summer camp receive a trade and specialty
bonus upon successful completion of a training course (usually a six week
course).
Do
I have to be medically examined?
To
officially become a cadet, you have to be in good health.
Your parents or guardian will have to make arrangements for your
family doctor to give you a medical examination before you can go to summer
camp. This check-up will certify
you are fit to undertake any summer camp training offered.
Who
are the instructors?
The
instructors are either officers of the Cadet Instructor List or Civilian
Instructors. These adults are
ex-officers of the Armed Forces, school teachers, former cadets and other
qualified persons willing to devote one or more evenings a week to teach the
cadets.
Will
I be expected to join the Canadian Armed Forces?
No.
Army Cadets make absolutely no commitment to serve in the Canadian
Armed Forces. However, if you do
join, your cadet training will provide a solid background for your career in
the Forces. If you enlist in a
Militia unit, as a trained cadet, you may be given credit toward service and
pay.
What
is the main purpose of Army Cadet training?
To
offer to Canadian youth a program of personal and social development based
on military training and contributing to the qualities of good citizenship,
leadership, physical fitness and service to the community and nation.
Also, to stimulate the interest of youth in the Canadian Forces and
the roles of the military in Canadian society.
Who
runs the Army Cadets?
Cadets
are under the control and supervision of the Department of National Defence
and the Army Cadet League of
Canada
.
The Department of National Defence provides uniforms and training
equipment, supplies, pay and allowances for the instructors and summer camp
bonuses for cadets, and gives money to help the cadet corps pay it way; the
department also provides the facilities and staff for summer camps and
international exchanges.
The
Army Cadet League helps form cadet corps and makes sure all corps have good
sponsors and adult leaders. The
League helps the cadet corps with publicity to encourage public interest in
and support for the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, helps the corps as much as
possible with money for special awards and projects, and enlists the support
of other organizations in making special programs available.
Printed
in the Plainsman on
17 October, 1983
PART III
THE
ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY CADETS
The Keys to Success
Every
successful organization is based on sound administration, foresight and
logic. The organization
supporting the Royal Canadian Army Cadets is no exception, and the following
information will explain the structure of the cadet movement and the keys
required to open the door to success.
The Army Cadet Movement
The
Royal Canadian Army Cadets have been making history in
Canada
since before the turn of the century. The
first Army Cadet Corps were formed in 1862 and since that time many
distinguished Canadians have passed through the Army Cadet ranks.
The Army Cadet movement is a youth oriented agency administered
jointly by the Army Cadet League of Canada and the Department of National
Defence, whose joint aim is to offer to Canadian youth a program of personal
and social development based on military training and contributing to the
qualities of good citizenship, leadership, physical fitness and service to
the community and nation. Also
to stimulate the interest of youth in the Canadian Forces and roles of the
military in Canadian society.
Cadet Corps are of two
types – OPEN and SCHOOL. An
open corps is one, which is sponsored by a service club, a community group,
a branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, or a unit of the Canadian Forces.
A schools corps is one that is sponsored by a local school board.
The key is DEVELOPMENT.
The Sponsor
The
sponsors of cadet corps undertake certain responsibilities to ensure a
successful operation. These are
to:
- provide
adequate financing;
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