We have had a number of requests to present another "Ladies Day", so see below for details and bring your spouse to the next meeting on Oct 17 th . Formal business will be kept to a minimum. The entertainment will start promptly at 11:30 AM. Attendance is limited to 175 and on the last "Ladies Day" we had about 140 attending so send your form in early. We need to advise the Restaurant of the final count by Oct 8 This meeting will be on Saturday Oct 17, 1998, again at the Plainsman Restaurant on Highway #5, 2.5 km west of Clappison's Corners and Highway #6 in Dundas Ont. Coffee will be available on arrival, so come early and meet your friends. Feature entertainment will be The Paul Brothers & Shirley invite your spouse to attend. Complete the enclosed form and return it along with your cheque, in the addressed envelope provided, to arrive by Oct. 6/98. For more information check in to the Chapter 73 Net on 3,773 kHz at 9:00 AM Sundays. Meeting Agenda
Update on Fred Hammond's Condition We will have a full report on Fred's current condition following his stroke in June. The K-W ARC maintains a web site with the latest update on Fred at wwwkwarc.org/fred/ Association Reports
Entertainment Membership Information Silent Keys Membership Dues QCWA Headquarters handles the International Association renewals and issues renewal notices direct from head office. Jim Cooper VE3CR of Clinton, Ontario was presented with a handsome
plaque mounted 75 year When queried as to the attributes required to attain the 75 years mile post Jim replied, "one must start young and live long". In a recent compilation of "Amateur Radio in the Early Twenties" Jim described his early activities using a spark gap transmitter in the Toronto area. Since a licence was not necessary everyone started out using their initials as call signs. When licenses were required Jim was issued with 3IV for a dollar by the Department of Marine and Fisheries. No exam was required. A few years later he acquired 3CR, which eventually became VE3CR. In time he graduated to a one-kilowatt transformer, rotary spark gap and a tube receiver. In those days broadcast radio was becoming popular and many people regarded the young amateurs as pests. A letter to the editor of a Toronto newspaper mentioned several names and call letters including his and described them as 'unreasonable kids". His father saw the letter, became very upset and told him to dismantle the transmitter at once. Jim moved on to a CW transmitter. When he was 18 he obtained a commercial ticket and operated spark gap on ships until the late twenties. During WW II he taught Radar at the RCAF School in Clinton. After the war he moved to Goderich and taught in the local High School for many years. He is still active on the air maintaining several weekly skeds and drives his car from Clinton to Goderich several times a week during good driving conditions. Harold Braun VE3DWH e-mail: ve3dwh@kwarc.org
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Gold Certificate recognizing his 75 years as an Amateur
Radio operator. The presentation was made at a recent meeting of the Bluewater ARC in
Goderich, Ont., by Chapter 73 Secretary/Treasurer Harold Braun VE3DWH.