he time is passing

rather quickly as we

approach the

middle of this year and

we get ready to weigh

anchor and sail into the

sunset. We are planning

to go in style with our

Reunion in September

(6th-9th), with plans well

underway and some still

in the planning phase. The

accommodations, the hotel menus for the Meet & Greet and Dinner are

set, the entertainment acquired and the bus tour organized (see the

article on page 6). As of this date, the return of registrations is good, which

allows us to get everything in order, such as seating. Registration closes

June 1, 2018. I would remind you that anyone not up to date with their

2018 dues will not be invited to the Reunion.

We continue to hold our get togethers with our veterans the fourth

Saturday of each month and we will continue to do so after we have

closed the doors in December 2018. I will be accepting the names of

those who wish to continue or to commence the obligation that we have

undertaken for our veterans. I do not honestly believe that it is too much of

a hardship to give 1½ hours a month to our veterans (who, unfortunately,

we are losing daily) of your time to pay the respect to these people to

whom we owe a great deal. At this time, we are seeing more and more of

our own age group in residence. You may be surprised to find out that

many of the residents were our shipmates and running buddies. Please

give a thought to helping out in this very worthwhile effort.

T

THE ATLANTIC CHIEF & PETTY

OFFICER’S ASSOCIATION

NEWSLETTER

The Crown & Anchor is published bi-

monthly and is dedicated to

providing relevant information to

members and subscribers.

Opinions expressed herein are not

necessarily those of the Association or

its members. Articles appearing in the

newsletter may be reprinted with

appropriate credit.

ACPOA EXECUTIVE President: J. Gaylord Kingston

Vice President: Dennis May

Secretary: Jim Cummings

Treasurer: George Stark

Padre: The Reverend Patricia Malin

Phone: (902) 435-4221

Service Officer: Hank Einarson

Phone: (902) 435-6681

CROWN & ANCHOR Editor: J. Gaylord Kingston

E-mail: gaylordk@yahoo.com

Layout: Cathy Belanger

Printing: McLeod Safety Services

Phone: (902) 468-5558

Distribution: DASC Industries

Phone: (902) 468-6606

CONTACT US ACPOA

P. O. Box 3533

Dartmouth, NS B2W 5G4

Phone: (902) 420-0370

Email: acpoa@eastlink.ca

Website: www.acpoa.net w.acpoa.net

INSTITUTED 1987 VOL. XXX NO. 15 MAY-JUNE 2018 INCORPORATED 1988

The Sailor Statue at the Halifax waterfront. See

the story on page 4.

From the

President

Gaylord Kingston

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Chair: Jim Cummings

(902) 455-1483 • stokersrule56@eastlink.ca

Please advise the Sick & Visiting Committee if you are going to be infirmed in any way. If anyone

has information on a member or sailor who may be sick or infirm, please contact Jim.

We are here to offer care and compassion when needed.

Fishermen’s Memorial Maurice Legault (902)527-2912 St. John’s, NF Ron Coles (709) 834-4751

Liverpool Larry Truelove (902) 354-2901 Charlottetown, PEI Hari Boggs (902) 368-2248

Shelburne Fred Molyneaux (902) 874-0180 Quebec Area Frank Cholette (450) 699-6770

Truro Joe Fillion (902) 662-2459 Montreal Frank Cholette (405) 699-6770

Annapolis Royal/Valley Doug Moore (902) 638-8700 Brockville & Area Rev. Paul Gordon (613) 865-8378

Windsor & Area Don Slatter (902) 798-3853 Omemee, ON George ‘Josh’ Warner (705) 772-4559

Middleton George Thomson (902) 847-3308

Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building

5955 Veterans Memorial Lane

Halifax, NS B3H 2E1

Fishermen’s Memorial

Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0

Harold Snyder ▪ Pamela Mary Steele

3rd Floor West

James McCullough (3223)

Muzz Leahey (3725)

4th Floor East

John Moore (4427)

James Sweet (4420)

Anna Haywood (4530)

4th Floor West

Maurice Kanasevich (4129)

Wilfred Gregg (4120)

Glyn Hilchey (4131)

Bernard B.L. McInnis (4133)

5th Floor East

Bill Gould (5529)

Bryce Gibson (5528)

Russ Connelly (5431)

5th Floor West

Mel McLeod (5223)

Gerald Leslie (5127)

Robert Wilson (5128)

Peter Waite (5123)

Jerry Sigrist (5231)

Albert Clements (5229)

6th Floor East

John Dawson (6429)

William Bruce (6420)

Ralph Manuge (6424)

Samuel Jennings (6523)

Russel Hubly (6520)

Harry Suto (6533)

Jim Forsyth (6525)

Herbert Easterbrook (6526)

6th Floor West

Stafford Yearwood (6133)

Harry Dye (6124)

John McCabe (6226)

Con White (6223)

Hillside Pines

77 Exhibition Drive, Bridgewater, NS B4V 3K6

Edwin Toombs (902) 543-2638

Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital

462 Main Street, Middleton, NS B0S 1P0

Cecil Vantassel (902) 825-3411

Melville Gardens

11 Ramsgate Lane, Halifax, NS B3P 2S9

Francis (Pat) Robertson (902) 404-5617

The Berkeley

35 Eisener Blvd., Dartmouth, NS B2W 6K2

‘Blackie’ Blackhurst (902) 888-8092

Other

Wilfy Broyden (727) 569-7438

At Home

Maurice Legault (902) 527-2912

Vince Carr (902) 466-6756

Don Slatter (902) 798-3853

Greg Spellman (902) 466-5617

Gary Faloon (902)434-7097

Ray Soucie (902) 434-3222

Bing Whittaker (902) 462-4331

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Sick & Visiting Committee Report

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Upcoming General Meetings

Sunday, May 13 is the date of the Association’s next

meeting. The date for the following month’s

meeting is Sunday, June 10. Both begin at 10 a.m.

in the Oberon Room at the Mess. Summer dress

(short-sleeve shirt with ribbons) is in effect as of May

1, with the exception of Battle of Atlantic Sunday.

Camphill Veterans Socials

Our upcoming visits with veterans at Camphill are

Saturday, May 26 at 2 p.m. and Saturday, June 23.

We look forward to your contributions of

desserts/treats for those at the hospital.

Membership Report

Charter, Ordinary, Affiliate and Life Members 432 Honorary Members 13 Miscellaneous Members 12 Total Membership 457

Our Membership Chair is Ray Harvie at (902) 462-

7633 or by email to r.harvie.home@eastlink.ca.

If you have not already done so, please submit

your 2018 membership dues for our final year of

operation as soon as possible. To receive the

Crown & Anchor by email, please send a note to

Ray.

Our Friend Guy

With the passing of Guy Ouellet, we have lost a

stalwart member. Guy was the main figure in

restoring, at times single-handedly, the Carleton

House to its condition of viability and value. A never

tiring man … he will be remembered for his many

accomplishments.

John Henbrey, 94 P2BN

Dartmouth, NS

February 27, 2018

Doug Giles, 95 C1ER

Orillia, ON

March 5, 2018

John Hillier, 87 C2ER

Louisdale, NS

March 10, 2018

Ron Hawken Robertson, 97 CPO1

Ottawa, ON

March 13, 2018

Henry Dyke, 88 C1RM

Valley, NS

March 15, 2018

George Chase, 79 C2SN

Debec, NB

March 18, 2018

Ron Marshall, 79 C2RM

Annapolis Royal, NS

March 24, 2018

Gene Tapscott, 81 PO1

Dartmouth, NS

March 24, 2018

Grant Lynch

Ottawa, ON

William Muluck, 86 C1ER

Ottawa, ON

Jack Hall, 95 C1FC

Dartmouth, NS

April 10, 2018

Guy Ouellet, 92 CPO2

Hubley, NS

April 19, 2018

Last

Post The following

shipmates recently

crossed the bar …

Association Notices

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WORD OF THE MONTH A man does not control his fate.

The women in his life do that for him.

The History & Achievements of the Atlantic Chief & Petty Officer’s Association

In our 31st and final year of

operation, we reflect back with

pride on some of the

accomplishments the Association

has had or been involved in. Any

project we have undertaken or

participated with has been based

upon exemplifying our credo,

“Service and Friendship to

Others.”

In 1987, four retired CPO’s living

in the Halifax area set out to

organize a group with the mission

statement “To preserve the unique

relationship and mutual respect of

those who have served and are

serving as Chief Petty Officers and

Petty Officers in Her Majesty’s

Canadian Ships (HMCS) and HMC

establishments”. The group soon

evolved into an organization with

a worldwide membership. While its

primary purpose was to support its

members, it has provided aid to

other organizations and charities

under the skilled direction of its

nominated committee members

and general members at large.

Camp Hill Memorial Hospital

and the Sea Cadet Corps in Nova

Scotia became first and foremost

in the concerns of ACPOA.

Requests from far and near that

would ring the bell of a sailor’s

heart always went to committee

for consideration and discussion at

the monthly general meeting in

Halifax or in the monthly

newsletter.

The first major project we

undertook was the creation of the

Sailor Statue that stands on the

waterfront in downtown Halifax at

Sackville Landing.

Financed solely

through members’

fundraising efforts

to the tune of

$300,000, the

statue was

unveiled in 1991.

The dedication

ceremony was

attended by

people from

around the world

and is a point of

attraction for

visitors to the

naval city of

Halifax.

ACPOA

equipped two

rooms in the IWK

Children’s Hospital

with furnishings

and equipment. It

led the

Association to

send clothing and

school books to

Bosnia in their time

of need. Enough

donations were

received from

across Canada to

fill eight 20’

container loads of

supplies that were sent to the relief

effort. The “Feed the Children”

organization looked after

distribution of the supplies.

With the amalgamation of the

hospitals in Halifax, a surplus of

medical supplies became

available. The provincial Minister

of Health agreed these supplies

could be sent to Bosnia as long as

the Association could manage to

direct the supplies overseas. Six

more containers were shipped to

Bosnia, including everything from

gurneys and blood machines to

operating gowns and prosthetic

limbs. We again contributed to

disaster relief in September 1995

when the Caribbean was

devastated by hurricanes Luis and

Marilyn. Two container loads of

the remaining medical supplies

were sent to Antigua in the West

Indies.

FOR THE RECORD

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In 1992, the Carleton Hotel

(built in the 1750s, Halifax’s second

oldest building and the oldest

brick building) had become run

down and was scheduled for

demolition. The Association

stepped in with $1.8 million in

mortgage money and a working

plan to house retired vets and rent

out the remaining space. The

debt load soon turned the

corner and it became

home to a very interesting

upscale restaurant called

“The Press Gang”. Some

years later, a heavy

maintenance load

affected the site’s

viability, and it was sold for

a solid profit and allowed

ACPOA to gain safe, long-

term investments.

Other noteworthy

projects included the

following:

1. Creation of the Sailor

Statue that now

stands on the

waterfront in

downtown Halifax at

Sackville Landing. It

also served as

inspiration for the Sailor

Statue in Burlington,

Ontario.

2. Provided Camphill Veterans

Memorial Hospital with large

screen TVs, stained glass

windows for its Chapel,

sponsored a sitting bench and

continue to host monthly

entertainment receptions

onsite for veterans.

3. Annual presentation of

plaques to outstanding cadets

at HMCS Acadia (Sea Cadet

Summer Camp) in Cornwallis,

Nova Scotia.

4. Aided in the restoration of St.

George’s Round Church in

Halifax and sponsored a navy

pew, as well as assisting in the

restoration of St. George’s

Church in Lunenburg.

5. Hosted a weekly charity bingo

in aid of the IWK Children’s

Hospital.

6. Placed the mast and plaques

at Muramask Memorial Mast in

Point Pleasant Park, on South

Street in remembrance of the

Naval HQ Building, for

Maritime Foundation tugs on

the Halifax waterfront, and for

the Sea Gull Club in

recognition of service for

thousands of sailors who

enjoyed a variety of pleasures

of home away from home.

7. Sponsored a Flower Carpet

Bed in the Halifax Public

Gardens for the Naval

Centennial.

8. Initiated the naming of “Sailors

Memorial Way” in Point

Pleasant Park, and the naming

of the Fleet Fitness Centre in

honour of deceased member,

CPO Ralf “Jigger” Mott.

9. Member fundraising resulted in

the placing of a Warships

Memorial on the Halifax

waterfront.

Throughout all of these

projects and others,

ACPOA was assisted

by all of its members

and especially those

who served on

committees answering

the call to duty

providing the

backbone of the

Association from

beginning to the end

in fine Naval Tradition.

The efforts, at times

tireless and against all

odds, were

accomplished by their

support, wrapped in

the love of seeing a

project from start to

finish from our home

base in “Slackers”

(Halifax) in a proper

and seaman-like manner.

We also give thanks to other

service organizations, the

outstanding people of Halifax and

beyond who supported each and

every one of our projects. We,

after all, were the lucky ones, as

many of Canada’s gallant sailors

never returned to port and shall

not be forgotten. We trust our

efforts on their behalf will forever

remain a visible sign of

remembrance.

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• Service and Friendship to Others •

This is just a little

information about

the Saturday,

September 8 bus

tour you will

experience at our

upcoming reunion.

I have six years of

experience as a tour guide for the cruise ships that

come to Halifax in the summer months. Here are the

highlights of our tour!

We will travel throughout the city where I will tell

you about the different things that went on over the

years, the press gangs, privateers and pirates, etc.

We will go to the mouth of the harbour, where I’m

sure many of you have sailed in and out of. We will

stop and take a short walk through our beautiful

Public Gardens (17 acres of flora and fauna), and

then on up to and around Fort George on Citadel Hill.

From there we go through the historic North End of

the city and visit the Titanic Cemetery, where you will

be able to hear stories and meet some of the folks still

resting there. There will be stories on the sinking of

Titanic, as well as the Halifax Explosion and its

aftermath.

We will then proceed to Peggy’s Cove to view the

historic Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse. Lunch will be at the

Sou'Wester Restaurant, although unfortunately it will

be at your own expense. I can say they have good

fish and chips and fish chowder, but not quite like

Camille's. On the way back from Peggy’s Cove, we’ll

travel around Bedford Basin and down past the N.S.

Legislature to the Westin.

This tour will be 4-5 hours starting at 0900 from the

Westin. We have transportation from Juno Towers to

get you to the Westin and back. It gives everyone

ample time to get ready for the evening’s dinner and

dance at the Westin.

The tour is limited to the first 48 people who submit

their names and fares. We can only obtain buses of

this size, so we would require a larger number of

submissions for a second bus. It would be a pleasure

to order as many buses as required, but we know the

number of persons that are interested.

-Jim Cummings, Your Guide

Days of Yore

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May 7, 1944 HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed - 125 lost

May 18, 1785 St. John’s incorporated as Canada’s 1st city

May 17, 1941 German battleship Bismark sunk

May 8, 1945 VE Day

May 21, 1998 HMCS Ojibwa final sail past in Halifax

June 25, 1940 HMCS Fraser - collision - 47 men lost

June 6, 1944 110 RCN ships and vessels take part in D-Day invasion

June 25, 1950 Korean War commences

June 13, 1956 HMCS Quebec is paid off

June 22, 1992 HMCS Halifax commissions in Halifax, NS

June 21, 1749 Halifax, NS founded

Reunion Bus Tour

The Veterans Committee of John Labelle, Reina

MacNeil, Mel Pittman and J.P. Martinello published a

petition online on March 22, 2018. This petition

requests that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau support the

appointment of Mr. Peter Stoffer as the next Veterans

Ombudsman.

The Committee would like to request maximum

participation from all military/RCMP veterans, their

families, serving personnel, and other Canadians in

taking a minute to view our petition and then sign it.

Go online now and add your signature to this very

worthwhile effort! Please don’t sign as ‘anonymous’.

Please do share and post our petition web link on

Facebook, Twitter and notice boards across the

country. We will only be successful with massive

petition signatures. Thank you!

~ Golden Memories ~

May 2018

June 2018

Robert Butt

Hendersonville, NC

99 Years Young

On May 18

William Cutress

Langley, BC

98 Years Young

On May 8

Roy Robertson

Lake Echo, NS

93 Years Young

On May 22

Peter & Shirley Mattice

Lower Sackville, NS

60 Years of Wedded Bliss

On May 10

John & Blanche Prince

Petitcodiac, NB

59 Years of Wedded Bliss

On May 2

James Earle

Halifax, NS

99 Years Young

On June 2

Ken Gutherie

Moncton, NB

98 Years Young

On June 17

Cecil Brown

Ottawa, ON

92 Years Young

On June 27

Dolores Micallef

Dartmouth, NS

82 Years Young

On June 21

John & Dolores Micallef

Dartmouth, NS

62 Years of Wedded Bliss

On June 18

George & Lois Stark

Dartmouth, NS

60 Years of Wedded Bliss

On June 14

Percy & Marilyn Edgecombe

Saint John, NB

61 Years of Wedded Bliss

On June 8

Dennis & Marlene May

Halifax, NS

57 Years of Wedded Bliss

On June 24

Wayne & Nancy Nordin

Hants County, NS

56 Years of Wedded Bliss

On June 9

Ron & Kathy Clark

Middle Sackville, NS

54 Years of Wedded Bliss

On June 20

Frank & Anne Rostek

Dartmouth, NS

56 Years of Wedded Bliss

On June 2

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Veterans Ombudsman Nomination - Peter Stoffer

www.gopetition.com/petitions/veterans-

ombudsman-nomination-peter-stoffer.html

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Atlantic Chief & Petty Officer’s Association ● P. O. Box 3533 ● Dartmouth, NS B2W 5G4

Canada Post Publication Mail Sales Agreement No. 40040556

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The late CPO1 Ron Robertson of Ottawa, Ontario attending the Battle of the Atlantic ceremony.

Maple Grove/Yarmouth High Memorial Club flag display.

1. We are too broke to buy anything.

2. Our utilities work fine with our current suppliers.

3. We have already found God.

4. We know who we are voting for.

5. Unless you giving away free beer, go away!

Senior’s

Response to a Caller

(Thanks to ‘Witsy’)