The Arrival
julie davies, cynthia fehr and kelly lawson with kevin mccarthy and bob fehr in behind
bob coulter chattng with guy simard with ann marie simard and kelly lawson
kevin mccarthy, bob fher, ann marie simard, richard groves, and kelly lawson
Cash and name tags
doug campbell passing our name tags to gary bruce
ian yeates taking the cash
doug campbell shaking hands with bob north
Handing out the Class of 79 Books
lutz sukstorf and marc de van der scheuren passing out the class of 79 books
john turnbull signing for his book
The Presentations - The Big Cheque!
rich gimblett, class secretary, getting the proceedings under way …
oh, okay, so that’s what “smart casual” is!
Renée lafrance, treasurer for the RMC Alumni assocation, accepting the big cheque that will go to Rmc Alumni Association Museum capital fund. farley, pete avis, Renée lafrance and rich gimblett
The Presentations - Donation Pins
Our Class of 79 has had a very stellar grassroots fundraising campaign raising over $275,000 for far and more impressively from more than 85 different Classmates. The RMC Alumni Association reviews the donations annually and when someone surpasses a certain threshold they recognize those contributions by mailing Memorial Arch pins to each of the individuals. Coming from a time when some Canada Decorations were mailed to recipients, we thought the Old Brigade Reunion Weekend would present a golden opportunity to publicly recognize guys from our Class who had passed those thresholds and not yet been mailed their pins (Pewter - $1,000 - $9,999 and Silver - $10,000 - $99,999). Since the vast majority of the guys previously qualified, we double-checked with the Alumni Association and these were seven guys who had not yet received their pins.
bryn weadon presenting jim kightley with his silver pin
bryn presenting scotty mills with his silver pin
bryn presenting scott allward with his pewter pin
bryn presenting al moens with his pewter pin
bryn presenting bruce nelms with his pewter pin
bryn presenting bob hills with his pewter pin
bryn presenting steve kelly with his pewter pin
The Presentations - The Class of 79 Book
the group responsible for the book - pete avis, terry leversedge, tom keogh and farley (looking like a deer caught in the headlights and ironically later when driving home that friday the 13th night he hit a deer, quite unfortnately for the car and the deer)
The Presentations - Recognizing our Two Chiefs of Defence Staff and getting (Finally) a Photo of Them Together wearing Jerseys from Their Favourite Teams!
walt natynczyk with his winnipeg blue bombers jersey and tom lawson with with toronto maple leafs jersey
… and the back of the jerseys
Presentations - Farley getting his Sens Jersey - #79
Presentations - Recognizing Rich Gimblett - Our Class Secretary for the last 45 Years!
huge smile on rich after finding out it was a very expensive bottle of scotch - Johnny Walker Blue Label Special Edition for "The Year of the Dragon".
the bottle stowed away safely at home in port hope - sort of. he was to able to confirm the outstanding taste after sharing a glass with richard greenwood and ian yeates
Watching the Proceedings
paul madore, john roeterink, terry wood, jeff and katie switzer, sue roeterink, craig sandiland, richard greenwood, catherine byrtus, david wiley and darcey byrtus. and in on the leather couch, susan wood
guy killaby and al stephenson
Attendees
mike and janette deibel
dan eustace with tom lawson
bob and cynthia fehr (with manja mackley)
marc and jacqueline fraser
jean claude and guylaine gagnon (with anna main)
muriel gimblett
bob and christine hills
christine and manja
jim kightley and jaime
ed and susan king
andy and anna main
ken and carole mackenzie
Wayne and janet murray
walt and leslie natynczyk (with jeff switzer)
lutz sukstorf and debbie patterson (our “Official” photographer)
steve zuber
Mingling
cathy doull, nick garito, rick doull and susan garito
the utpm contingent - in back tom wall and larry richardson; front: marie wall, don mcleod and shirley ann george
the mains, jim kightley and jaime moore and jena cluade and guylaine gagnon
rich with walt and leslie natynczyk
ray mackley and steve gasser looking at the “survivor photo” - the morning after graduation photo
les mosher, chwylms, dwight davies and bobby north
doug and gail fawcett and gary and micheline bruce
ulrich jaggi, scotty mills, guy killaby and pete barber
ross lambert, dave alder and terry wood
catherine byrtus, laurel and randy rogers, and john and nancy turnbull
dan and esmeralda martin with bruce nelms on left and jacques gagne on right
pete barber with lutz sukstort
walt natynczyk and tom lawson, with chuck donohue on the right and janet murray
the gazebo - terry honour, joanne lambert; rick and anne cope; jacqueline fraser; nick and susan garito; and ross lambert ( or at least part of him). On the left in the background, tom keogh
the guys from 4 sqn k flight - with the best turnout of any recruit flight again - back - sandy davidson, mark sellars, chuck attwood, tom keogh, and craig wood. front - glenn long, ken mackenzie, les mosher and bernie boland
The Buffet
scott allward and dan eustace
todd moxley, ulrich jaggi, sharon touesnard, roger touesnard, mike deibel, monika greewood and catherine byrtus
richard groves and maral Tavrizian with paul and yvonne madore
tom keogh and sheri long
wayne and janet murray; guy killaby, chuck and martha donohue, and mark bowen
john and sue roeterink with jean claude and guylaine gagnon.
al stewart, barry kelin and susan macisaac, al and zan moens. in behind, bill and judi panter standing .
rich and terry leversedge chatting with melissa mcdonald the ssm mess manager. she and her staff did an awesome job. we were very happy with the way everything turned out.
