All had recently held the 35 th annual inspection of the 636 Squadron Air Cadets La Tuque.
The formation of this body was already in the plans of former members of the RCAF at the time of the creation of the wing 312 of RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force Association), sometimes called, in a rare burst of French language, the Royal Flying Corps of Canada, when they received their charter in 1955.
So the 12 and 13 February 1955 was celebrated with great fanfare, the surrender of the charter president of the wing latuquoise, WA Bishop . The administrative board is composed equally of Onesimus Tremblay, senior vice president, Marcel Roy, second VP, Joseph Tardif, Secretary, and Yvon Riberdy, treasurer.
The presentation took place on Saturday 12th, at the Community Club and she was followed by a dance at the Hotel Royal Saint-Louis, to celebrate the event. The next day, a dozen musicians Aviation gave a concert in the Great Hall of the Central School.
Photo taken at the Community Club at of the founding of the RCAF Wing 312 of the La Tuque. (Photo: Roland Lalancette - Archive Herve Tremblay)
Among the members, the three youngsters who had briefly been part of the Air Force in 1954: Leo Menard, Jacques Lavoie and me itself. In the group, also members of the executive committee, we can also recognize the faces of Roger Duchesneau, Jean-Paul Aubé, Aurelius Boily, Fernand Ouellette, Anatole Côté, Gerard Sullivan, JC. Bilodeau, Jean-Claude Houle, JP Sicotte, Marcel Bouchard, Chauncey Adams J.-P.-G. Caron Zoël Frenette, John Kinsey, WH Stroud, Gaston Matte, and R. Philip Noreau Seguin and others.
L'Echo de La Tuque
This group photo was taken around 1955. Kneeling, or crouching, front, again, the three airmen who returned to civilian life, did not appear to have yet found your soul mate ...
right, second row, Marcel Courteau. At the rear, second from right lady, Teresa Danis. (Photo: Roland Lalancette - Archive Herve Tremblay)
Towards 1956. From left to right, Onesimus Tremblay, Herbie Monahan, Joseph Tardif THESE Brown (pastor of St. Andrews Anglican parish of La Tuque, from 1941 to 1962), Bishop AW, Sutherland, a stranger, Jean-Paul Aubé, Roger Duchesneau, Jean-Claude Houle. Photo courtesy of Gaston Gravel.
Accompanied by their wives at the front, Onesimus Tremblay, Jean-Claude Houle, Fernand Ouellet, AW Bishop. At the rear, Jean-Paul Aubé, Herbie Monahan, Gerry Sullivan, Courteau Marcel Joseph Tardif, Pastor Brown ESC. Photo courtesy of Gaston Gravel.
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Picnic organized by the Wing 312, 1960. In the background, Marcel Roy.
the middle, in profile, Gerry Sullivan and his wife take care of lunch for some young participants, including Robert Cantin, who himself, has identified the objective of camera from his mother, pointed at him ... (Photo: Lee Cantin Maizy - Archives of Jean Cantin)
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veterans and people who had been members of the armed forces Canada were important stakeholders, the involvement of their association, the formation of cadet corps air, among others, in the social life of La Tuque.
COMMERCIAL EXHIBITION
Thus several of its members who also belonged to section 31 of the Canadian Legion, whose existence, The hat, was in February 1931, organized in 1956, the first trade fair of La Tuque, similar to the recent Salon traders and artisans held recently. The Fair, located in the old arena located behind the Community Club constituted a social and economic role in the community of the time and the 312 Wing there was usually a kiosk.
The organizers of the Third Trade Fair (1958) Population latuquoise and thank the exhibitors and businesses (many of which are now extinct) and companies that have provided prizes to this occasion. The ad also points out that several winners have still not claimed their own.
The list is interesting because it constitutes a substantial inventory of stores and services available in La Tuque there half a century.
Preparation of the fourth fair (1959)
In 1961, he seems to have been fewer exhibitors and more game booths. It plays "Patriotic". In this fiftieth anniversary of the city is the ideal place to celebrate the "Dominion Day" ...
Shawinigan The Standard July 23, 1958.
not mistaken, the fair was held thereafter at the Colosseum, newly built.
These are the Montreal Canadiens, September 27, 1962, officially inaugurated the Colosseum. They faced the Canadian Junior Club of Ottawa-Hull, then led by Scotty Bowman.
Even before its opening, there was talk of having a hockey team which would measure some of the Lac Saint-Jean ( La Voix du Lac Saint-Jean Saint-Félicien, March 28, 1962) .
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ACTIVITIES OF THE WING 312
Association Alumni Aviation organized sports, including curling tournaments which are distinguished from Latuquois. In 1961, it was Josh Tardif, Albert Gohier, Joe Sullivan and Denis Allard, who had defeated the team of Larry Loken.La same year, another Latukois Captain Aviation Ruel Ken was awarded the CFD Decoration Canadian Forces for his 12 years of service.
card member of the RCAF Herve Tremblay.
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Following my previous episode ...
Yvon Tremblay, circa 1955 (Archive Herve Tremblay)
In Saint John sur-Richelieu when I went there to do my basic training, I met Yvon Tremblay, a Latukois of origin will then be an electrician at the factory of the CIP
A delightful anecdote about his family
His father had a garage, in Shawinigan, which was subsequently converted into funeral home. Ironically, this is where the body was embalmed in the garage.
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And now he is 69 years, today we launched the Shawinigan to Lauzon.
Marc Ringuette, son of Andrew, a native of La Tuque, authorized me to take this photo of his uncle Julius, a former pilot in the RCAF. The photo was originally written by Mark's Facebook page I COME FROM THE BEANIE and commentary.
" Jules Ringuette, the eldest of my uncles and driver, brother of Lucienne (Paulo Ruel), Simone (Roland Girard), Fernando, Andrew (my father) and Michael (Monique Bilodeau). He had to inspire my cousins Guy (air controller) and Pierrot (pilot), son of Ruel Lucienne and Paulo in their career choice! "
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Bernard Lejeune, a native of La Tuque, Lejeune family well known in La Tuque - remember the OJ hardware Lejeune, Commercial Street, adjacent to the Windsor Hotel - has an essay published in 2008, Looking of France and Germany Star (Stories of soldiers latuquois) where he became interested in veterans of the city, especially to Albert Harvey, his great-uncle, killed in World War II. There is the story of twenty soldiers.
His book was published in L'Assomption, at the author.
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Two incidents related to aviation and that occurred at The toque.
On June 22, 1955, in the early afternoon, an explosion was heard near the airport runway. A jet fighter, the Avro CF-100 Canuck CRA, Canadian built, crashed into an emergency landing. Its pilot, JG Zaleschuk, and his navigator, Arsenault J.-M., died there.
In early May 1962, the crew of a freighter in the ARC, a C-119, was more fortunate when the pilot was able to land his aircraft on the runway after that one engine had faltered.
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A rare collector's item ... well latuquois!
Gaston Gravel tells me for sale on eBay, this glass, manufactured at the time for Beverages Gaudreault.
A piece, delicate, our story, which would find its place in a museum interpretation that would find its niche in a renovated Community Club. It would be a great initiative that would enhance the commercial and industrial history of our city's centennial. 
The Gaudreault Beverages, bottlers of Pepsi and Seven Up products competing with Coca-Cola as "Brass" Emile Fontaine long before his son, Misael, takes over, distributed these "soft drinks" to mark VOGUE, various flavors: strawberry, cream soda, root beer, orange, etc..
There were other distributors, including that of orangeade Nesbitt, Wilbrod Girard, who died recently. I wonder if he did not offer as cola Donald Duck in its product line.
Duck Disney is from the Shawinigan Standard, September 1953.
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Ephemeris
Elections Harmony La Tuque in 1954. It recognize some familiar names: Adelard Potvin, Gaston Hamel, Lenny Rowluck, Yvon Bouchard, Gérard Lachance, Philippe Journault Denis Belisle, Martel Léger, Julien Dion, Paul-André Moisan.
