Newspaper: RCAF Observation Post Is Opened at Arnprior (Article)

Object/Artifact

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Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Newspaper: RCAF Observation Post Is Opened at Arnprior (Article)

Entry/Object ID

D2023.8.1.24

Description

Newspaper clipping titled "RCAF Observation Post Is Opened at Arnprior." Clipping is on yellowed newspaper, cut to size of article. Article text is 30cm in total length, divided over two columns of uneven length. Column on proper right is shorter than column on proper left. Backside of object includes a short article titled "Man Injured in Car Crash" along with portions of various advertisements.

Context

Roy McCooeye (James Elroy McCooeye) was a resident of the former Goulbourn Township. Roy McCooeye's career was with the National Research Council and he was a volunteer firefighter. Since these positions took him all over he joined the RCAF Ground Observer Corps (GObC). The GObC was a civilian organization within the Royal Canadian Air Force formed in October 1950 to help identify intruder aircraft before the Pinetree Line radar network was fully operational. Members were required to report any sighting of an aircraft with four or more engines via Forces-supplied radios. The organization was disbanded in the late 1950s.

Collection

Artefact Collection: Digital

Made/Created

Date made

1958

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

9.5 cm

Depth

25 cm

Dimension Notes

2023-08-23 Vertical

Material

paper, newsprint - papier, papier journal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ground Observer Corps, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces, Elroy McCooeye, Archie Cameron, Dorothy Cameron, W.A. MacDougall, Bruce MacDougall, Mrs. Dorothy Lasalle, Mrs. Dorothy Bennett, Mrs. Beryl Harrison, Mrs. Vern Black, Mrs. Ann Grierson, Mrs. Muriel Labarron, James Labarron, John Clement, John Doraty, Robert Doraty, Larry Ritchie, Roger Thompson, Randy Fairnie, Donald Moore, Bill Cameron, Ron Cameron, Tom Shanks, Claude Parent, Mrs. Molly Maguire, Mrs. Doris McCooeye, Mrs. Gale McCooeye, Miss. Faye McCooeye, Howard Maguire