RAOC Gazette - page 110
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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jgttog from Ibroao Headquarters BAOR MANY of the Directorate staff are running around preparing for the annual Rheindahlen inter-Church fete. One of our senior officers* because of his expertise in organisation and planning, is Chairman of the fete committee. Lieutenant Colonel Tony Rees is stalls and sideshow manager. We are running stalls for potted plants and used books and sideshows for a balloon race and wheel of fortune. Lieutenant Colonel John Shircliff who is OIC the balloon race wishes it to be known that it is not true that inflation will be by means of hot air from surplus stocks in S Man Branch. Could he have a personal supply? The Command Fire Ad- viser's staff has been roped in to give a fire display which is being organised by our SO (Fire) Mr Ted Hadfield. The real work involving clerical and labour support is as usual in the hands of our Superintending Clerk Conductor Frank Buckett. The West Rhine Musical Society gave five performances of 1 The Merry Widow ' at the Garrison Theatre at the end of June. SQMS Tony Dudley assisted back stage but Lieutenant Colonel Tony Rees was bold enough to appear out front in the chorus! Our theatrical activities also extend to the more ic./aimate theatre with Major Hugh Heap and his wife Marion creating the scenery for the local theatrical society's production of 'Absurd Person Singular,' an ambitious undertaking involving the construction of three different sets. Our congratulations go to Corporal and Mrs Frank Sheehan on the birth of a daughter. Arrivals: Major R, A. Swindley, Captain G, W. Harris, W02 A. J. Kennedy, Sergeant T. Dewhurst and Corporal R. K, Marrion. Departures: Major R. J. Hoy, Captain M. J, Steele and V. 02 K. S. Webb. BAOR Ammunition Inspectorate REGIMENTAL training continues to enhance our Friday after- noons and this past month has seen us running, marching, swim- ming and shooting. We would like to report a one hundred per cent pass rate on the range classification but this is not to be, One of our ATOs (no names but he used to be in the Artillery ar.d wears glasses) seems to have a problem with all calibres 1^3 than 175mm so he has bought a water pistol for his son Matthew and can often be seen showing him how to load, aim and fire. We have also attended a presentation on the thinking and! reasons behind the new Basic Fitness Tests given by a WOl of the APTC. A point brought out by the WOl is that if your height is less than twice your waist measure- ment you are overweight We now have an OC who is trying to convince everybody that he is seven foot six inch tall and an ABO who swears blind that he is six foot ten inch. It's unusual for an individual to organise his own farewell bi: 1 . then Corporal Mick Stripe isn't a usual individual. At his 3*~ing away party he arranged a grand prix complete with scalextric layout. The event was extremely well run with practice laps and qualification times which eventually produced a final between two ladies—Mrs Chris Bellamy (one of our civilian members) and Mrs Rosemary Anderson (wife of Sergeant John Anderson). Rosemary Anderson eventually inched home to the delighted cheers of her mother and father—ex-WOl (AT) Benny Byles and Kathleen Byles who were holidaying with their daughter at the time. Many of us there were delighted to see Benny and Kath and we spent many a session talking over old n-es. We would like to take this opportunity of wishing Corporal Mick Stripe all the best at CAD Kineton, We welcome back from 321 EOD Unit, Northern Ireland, ^ 1 John Rollison and Corporal Paul Myring, both of whom reliably inform us that Captain Haydn Schofield is having a r ough time back in Belfast enjoying the world cup and latest series of test matches live on the TV. Looking at the extra inches around WOl John Rollisons' waist we wonder what else he did. Sergeant Curly Thynne has returned from yet another holiday with BATUS and for services rendered has now qualified and been presented with the GSM (Northern Ireland) and Clasp 1962, (Not for services rendered with BATUS). Congratulations to W02 Don Newlands on passing his driving course after twenty years service. He is now the proud owner of a new car which he bought out of the money he intended spending on champagne when Scotland had won the World Cup. Staff Sergeant Bob Cockbum has passed his German course to qualify for the £30 tax free bounty and this should just about cover his lost bets on the same event. It is rumoured that WOl Alex Marshall is also out of pocket as a result of supporting the cause but all Corporal Mac MacDonatd has lost is his temper (will the Scots never learn). Welcome to Corporal Ian Chilcott from Kineton and Corporal David Hoit who is with us for a short stay. Another addition to the ' establishment' is Clair Julia Margaret Gunson; congratulations to our OC Major Nelson Gunson and wife Marg. Both mother and daughter are doing well. Notwithstanding our sincere wishes SACEUR went one better by turning out and putting on standby the entire BAOR at the estimated time of birth. Oneupmanship can be taken a shade too far. Planning and Workstudy Unit BAOR TRAVEL WITH PWSV should be our motto-^rstwhile WSOs should note that if posted to this Unit you will spend quite a lot of time travelling the length and breadth of BAOR and at more infrequent times UK. This months travelogue reads Berlin, Recklinghausen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Dulmen, Wulfen, Andover, Bicester, Nottingham, Ruddington, Didcot, Goteburg (Sweden) and Italy. Our wives greet us lovingly, our children wonderingly and our OC motheringly, Having mentioned the OC it seems appropriate also to men- tion that he has now got the oars firmly back in his grasp, but no doubt as his Italian holiday gets forgotten he will return to his old self—not so much a leera more a benign smile. The cartoon below is nothing like the truth, he has asked me to say, Back to work measurement, for some of the Unit, at the RAOC (BAOR) Athletics Meeting. As usual the efficiency that surrounds this Planning Unit kept everyone amazed. Two results worthy of note were heading the shot — time 16.091 thingies and catching the javelin—height four whatsits. 1 jon tanlt lh*V* rtln^t. "lou ihfciU h u e -s«fl, Htih alfcr Kit urte^ •*. Sodden |
| Book number | R0247 |