3069 W.A. McColl’s Diary – III Year – 62 Years Ago!
6 Jan 52 The holidays were wonderful again this year except perhaps for Aunt Grace’s funeral which Dad and I went down to Sutton for. I got over to Toronto for the two days and stayed at Webber’s. But it all seemed to go by in a flash and here I am back again at…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: “…Never in the past two years has there been such a demonstration of disorganization as there was last night …”
6 Dec 51 It was announced today that the National Film Board would be taking moving pictures of the wing at the P.W.O.R. Armouries. The parade shown was to be the graduating class’s last parade with presentation of prizes by the Honourable Brooke Claxton. So at about 1515 we dashed over to our dorms, grabbed…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: “No. 1 squadron is really keen this year!”
1 Dec 51 We finally got the obstacle course finished this morning and the race itself was run at 1130 hours. Our recruits were very keen; they had a meeting to decide on how they would run the course. The net result was that it paid off because they won for the squadrons. There was…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951:”Exam timetable is up already”
27 Nov 51 Quite a bit has been going on lately. We won 1 out of three games in the inter-squadron rugby. Now it’s over I’m working on the obstacle course. Was in to MacDougall’s for chicken dinner Sunday. I spent most of last week with stomach cramps and diarrhea. A great number of fellows…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: Fire, Fire, Fire @ Panet House Nov 1951
19 Nov 51 Haven’t had much time for this journal this past week but events are such that some of them should be recorded. We played the other two squadron soccer teams and lost both games. I was put on charge for missing a squadron meeting and sure enough was asked out by a girl…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: “I started off today badly…”
11 Nov 51 Friday night we left for Montreal and one of the best weekends this year. We stayed at RCAF Stn Lachine again and played McGill Saturday afternoon in Molson stadium which was a terrible mud-hole. The boys played a great game and we won 20-0. The ex-cadets threw a beer and oyster…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: “The snow was pretty deep so we were kept busy changing cleats to mudders…”
3 Nov 51 Up early and set off by bus for Ottawa. The snow was pretty deep so we were kept busy changing cleats to mudders all the way on the bus. Had a steak dinner at the Gloucester St RCAF mess and then over to Lansdowne Park for the game with Ottawa U. Before…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: “… after much scrambling around got myself a date.”
27 Oct 51 Played St Pat’s and won 29-0. Don Green played a wonderful game – he had an 80 yard run called back for holding. Held a formal dance tonight and after much scrambling around got myself a date. Most of the girls from Queen’s are in Toronto this weekend. George Wild came out…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: ” there is no doubt in my mind now that the air force has the best messes.”
20 Oct 51 Up early and had a delicious breakfast – there is no doubt in my mind now that the air force has the best messes. Then Wing Commander Stewart arranged for us to go up in the North Star and fly around Montreal which we did for about an hour. Steak dinner and…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951 & 2013 Update…
13 Oct 51 After a light practice we had dinner at Creelman Hall- it was the best meal we’ve had for a long time – they eat well up there at O.A.C.as they produce much of their own food. I spent an interesting hour wandering about the campus and into a post-mortem room. The game…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: “Today’s parade will probably be the biggest one any of us will be in for years now if not for life.”
6 Oct 51 Up early today after a good night at the Delta KE fraternity house and went over by ferry to the Q.C.Y.C. on Ward Island. The races took place in the bay and the wind was very light and changeable. The boats – Snipes. Four races were run off today and we placed…
3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: “After the show we had a “jousting match” between 3 boats representing the army, navy and air force.”
29 Sept 51 We spent all morning on wing drill parades. Drill has improved quite a bit but we have a lot of small points to smooth out. We rigged our dinghy early and got out to see what the sailing was like today – the windy days of the week didn’t carry over and…