The meeting was opened by President Earl Mann VE3PTF (now VE3EHM) at 10:20 AM on May 3 at The Plainsman Restaurant on Hwy 9 5 in Dundas. A total of 134 members and guests attended this special "Ladies Day" event. After outlining the day's agenda a moments silence was held for the silent keys as listed below. One of the highlights was the presentation of "The Canadian Hall of Fame" award to our own Fred Hammond VE3HC of Guelph. In his remarks John Iliffe VA3JI, who represented "Radio Amateurs of Canada" and made the presentation cited Fred's outstanding service to Individual Canadian Amateurs as well as National and International Amateur Radio organizations. John also commented on Fred's "Labor of Love" in the establishment of "The Hammond Museum of Radio" in Guelph, ON. The collection of tubes and equipment depicts over 80 years of wireless and radio progress, including a working spark transmitter and the early days of television. The "Hall of Fame Award" is the highest honour presented by RAC in Canada. Fergus Kyle VE3LVO announced that he has resigned as a director of RAC and that the new Director is Dana Shtun. Fergus then introduced the guest speaker. The guest speaker of the day was Jennifer Kyle of Burlington,(wife of Fergus VE3LVO) who spoke about her childhood memories of the three years she spent with her mother, brother and sister in a prison camp in the Philippines during the Second World War. Her story of how they were able to cope and survive the ordeal was deeply moving yet had some humorous aspects. Rations were eventually cut to a half cup of rice per day per person and people ate the bark off trees. The 2,000 prisoners were rescued by the 11th Airbourne Division and Filipino guerrillas. The meeting was adjourned for lunch. Silent keys who passed away since the Fall meeting,
President Earl Mann, VE3PTF welcomed new members
Croft Taylor VE3CT of Kanata, the Canadian Director gave his report on the recent QCWA board meeting at headquarters. President Earl VE3PTF presented Croft with a Honorary Membership in Chapter 73. Croft discussed the following:
Tom Atkins VE3CDM of Toronto, President of IARU Region 2 gave a brief report on IARU matters. Tom, who was one of the many nominators of Fred Hammond for the "Hall of Fame" award also conveyed his congratulations to Fred VE3HC and thanked him for his years of support. Sec/Treas Report by VE3DWH Balance as of Oct 96. $4,863.00 Income to April 30/97 Luncheon 2003.00 Membership Inc 540.00 ------------- Total $7,406.00 Expenses for Period $1,550.00
VE3DWH moved adoption of this report. Seconded by Al Bonner VE3FY. Moved by Fred Hammond VE3HC,seconded by Herb Lehman VE3BZU that Chapter 73 donate $US 1000.00 to the QCWA Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of Chapter 73 Silent Keys.The motion was passed with only 2 votes against. VE3DWH mentioned briefly the 50 th Anniversary recruiting contest and indicated a new Canadian application may be ready for the Central Ont., Fleamarket on June 7 th. Harold VE3DWH thanked Bruce Underwood VE3ANU & Ted Bodman VE3CD for helping at the door, Fred Hammond VE3HC for all help in printing forms, providing envelopes and obtaining prizes and Edna Braun for her help in looking after prizes for the Ladies. The Amateur prizes were supplied by the following:
The next meeting will held on Oct 4/97 at the "Plainsman Restaurant" beginning at 9:00AM. The meeting concluded with ten door prizes for the ladies as well as the usual array of door prizes for the radio amateurs. Harold Braun VE3DWH (A new Chapter 73 Directory along with a ball point pen, provided by Fred Hammond VE3HC was given to each person attending the meeting.)
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