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April 2014 Football is coming to Ottawa you say? It's already here at the Perley Rideau! By Brant Scott s football fans anxiously await Golab and Daniel Komesch earned the rebirth of professional reputations as capable World War II Afootball in Ottawa this summer, pilots with the Royal Canadian Air the Perley Rideau Seniors Village is Force. already well-stocked with gridiron Tony “Golden Boy” Golab was raised talent from yesteryear. in Windsor, and played for Our health centre is home to a Kennedy Collegiate before he became well-known Ottawa Rough Riders star the pride and joy of the Rough Riders player and a talented chiropractor who in the 1940s. Still a sizeable and gentle worked with League man at 95, Tony is the youngest of six (CFL) warriors to speed the post-injury children. He tore up the turf for nine Brant Scott photo recovery process. In addition to their seasons with the Rough Riders during THE GOLDEN BOY: Tony exploits with the Roughies, both Tony 1939-41 and 1945-50. He played in four Golab is still remembered as See page 9 a star with the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1940s. A Grey Cup winner and Spitfire pilot Perley Rideau resident wills $50,000 shot down twice during WWII, he remembers the action from the comfort of his room to Capital Campaign project fund at the Perley Rideau. By Brant Scott argaret Stott lived a quiet to help pay for the new independent and meaningful life after and assisted living apartments that Mshe came to Canada from opened last year at the Perley Rideau England, and since her death on July Seniors Village on Russell Road. BU Contents 12, 2013, her legacy lives on at the The Foundation has a mandate 2 2014 Priority Needs Perley Rideau Seniors Village. to raise $5 million for the 139 3 Daniel Clapin column Ms. Stott fended off multiple apartments through its Perley Rideau 5 Akos Hoffer column sclerosis in her twilight years and Capital Campaign, and Ms. Stott's 6 Mercedes-Benz lottery was a resident for three years at the generous contribution brings the 8 Foundation photos Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health campaign closer to its goal. Donations 12 Memorial Tributes Centre. She derived great comfort from foundations, corporations, from the care that the health centre organizations and individuals staff provided and left $50,000 to have raised nearly $2.5 million so the Perley Rideau Foundation in her far to help finance the brand new will. Ms. Stott wanted her donation apartment buildings that house See page 4 Perley Rideau Foundation 2014 Priority Needs

y renewing your support today for 2014, donors can help the Foundation ensure that the best care is always available for our residents. This is just a Bpartial list of Foundation purchases that your generosity can help deliver this year: • $135,000 for residents' much-loved Recreation and Creative Arts activities that include arts and crafts, theatre, concerts, music and dance therapy • $10,000 for staff Bursaries that enhance healthcare education to benefit residents • $124,200 to purchase three types of specially designed mattresses to help prevent and heal pressure ulcers. (11 fluid overlay @ $7,200 each, 5 pressure guards @ $1,000 each and 100 comfort type @ $400 each) • $10,600 for a fully adjustable, power-operated shower chair for residents with mobility issues • $100,000 to renovate our 10 dining rooms and replace 20-year-old furniture and flooring • $35,000 for 10 commercial microwaves at $3,500 each • $50,000 to purchase 10 new sub-station hubs at $5,000 each • $42,000 for 12 Unit Communication Station Furnishings where residents meet visitors @ $3,500 each • $100,000 to upgrade four outdoor courtyards for residents and families to enjoy • $25,000 for furnishings, greenery and patio renovations at Rideau veterans' entranceway • $3,000 to fund our important Summer Youth and other Volunteer Programs. To see the complete list, please visit us at: www.perleyrideau/priorities Building Choices, Enriching Lives $5 Million Dollar Capital Campaign: http://www.buildingchoices.ca 13th Annual Perley Rideau Night at the Races Tickets are selling fast! • It was SOLD OUT the last 12 years We invite you to support this event by getting together with family, friends and colleagues and purchase a table for 4 or 6 people Thursday, May 8, 2014 Dinner — 6:00 p.m. • Post time — 6:30 p.m. Rideau Carleton Raceway and Slots, 4837 Albion Rd. Have fun and support a great cause! There will be a silent auction and lots of great raffle prizes to win. Tickets are $60 (includes a $25 income tax receipt) Please see us at the Foundation office to purchase tickets or phone 613-526-7173 Or send a cheque made payable to Perley Rideau Foundation at 1750 Russell Road, Ottawa ON K1G 5Z6 Buffet dinner features over 100 fine foods Live race program - Entertainment vouchers for slot machines and races Complimentary parking and valet parking • Gratuities included

2 • Between Us • April 2014 Perley Rideau Seniors Village evolved from 116 years of dedicated health care www.buildingchoices.ca By Daniel Clapin, ACFRE, Executive Director The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre Foundation

ur wonderful Perley Rideau Excellence doesn't happen village? In tandem with the Perley Seniors Village has evolved by accident. The Perley Rideau Rideau's convalescent care and Ofrom a proud tradition of Foundation helps to purchase community health care programs, helping people. important goods and services the seniors village is a social hub The Perley Hospital for that cannot be provided from the for seniors entering the phase Incurables opened its doors in standard operating budget. Many of life when access to personal 1898 at 415 Wellington Street in programs and health centre items assistance is welcome. Our Ottawa. That unfortunate name are furnished strictly through the donors can take credit for helping would never pass the test of generosity of Foundation donors. seniors to make that change more political correctness today, but all None of the things purchased by positive. these years later the Perley Rideau the Foundation in 2013 would The Foundation is very means so much more to so many. reside at the Perley Rideau grateful to receive your gifts The Perley Rideau is widely without your help. And, none of and pass them along to those known for its legacy of caring for the equipment and services for who reside at the Perley Rideau Canada's dedicated war veterans. 2014 will be possible without Seniors Village. With an additional We continue to provide top-notch your ongoing donations. You are $5million to raise for the Perley accommodations and health care bringing so much comfort and Rideau Capital Campaign fund, services for those who served in quality of life to so many seniors the need has never been greater World War II and the Korean War. – I see it every day in the smiles – and the benefits never more Veterans have exclusive access here at the Perley Rideau! appreciated. to 250 of 450 health centre beds The Foundation has taken Please visit us at www. and no fewer than 30 percent of on the additional task of raising buildingchoices.ca to see how you the new 139 independent and $5 million to help finance our can help. assisted living apartments are fabulous new independent and committed to Canadian Forces assisted living apartments. Both personnel. No limit has been apartment buildings are filling placed on the percentage of quickly with new tenants. The Canadian Forces personnel who Perley Rideau hallways were are invited to live in the new well-used by folks this winter who apartments on our Russell Road enjoyed the exercise of walking or The Perley Rideau is home to campus in Alta Vista. wheeling indoors in any weather. 450 residents, 250 of whom are war veterans And so it is that the Perley And, what a delight to see We appreciate your support Rideau Seniors Village has recently arrived tenants mingling in making a bequest in your evolved. It is a daily pleasure with health centre residents. will and/or making a donation for me to stop and chat with the Seniors are engaging in new social Please contact Daniel Clapin The Perley and Rideau seniors who live here. I hear so activities, enjoying coffee in the Veterans’ Health many interesting stories from cafeteria and visiting in the pub. Centre Foundation 1750 Russell Road, seniors who helped to build our They also enjoy the convenience Ottawa ON K1G 5Z6 nation. We are pleased to see that of the Perley Rideau's in-house Email: [email protected] the specialized apartment clusters pharmacy, hairdresser, dental care, Internet: www.perleyrideau.ca for new tenants with Alzheimer’s physiotherapy, hearing clinic, with Capital Campaign: www.buildingchoices.ca and related dementias are nearing so much more to come. 613-526-7194 capacity, too. Isn't this the definition of a

April 2014 • Between Us • 3 Perley Rideau resident wills $50,000 ... continued from page 1 Ottawa area seniors. travelled by boat up the west coast Before Margaret Stott died at 84 of B.C. to Alaska. We remained life- from pneumonia, she loved to sit long friends. During Margaret's trips by the window in her room at the to England, she would visit me in Perley Rideau and watch the birds. Cambridge, and I visited her at her She had worked at Bristol University former home in Bristol.” early in her career interpreting Ms. Stott also became fast information from weather balloons, friends many years ago with then came to Ottawa when the Margaret Bennett, who also worked Research Unit moved here. She met for the Canadian government. It one of her best friends in 1954 in wasn't long before Margaret Stott, the labs of the National Research Clare and Margaret Bennett had Council (NRC). Clare Wylam (later cemented a close friendship. When Morgan) was also a British ex-pat, Clare Morgan came to Canada, working as a Post-doctoral Fellow she was always welcome to stay A GENEROUS LADY: Margaret at the NRC for a year before she Stott is a former Perley Rideau with Ms. Bennett in her Ottawa returned to the UK. They forged a resident who left $50,000 to the apartment. As Clare’s visits became friendship that would last for many Foundation in her will. less frequent over the years, and decades. with Margaret Stott becoming “When we met, Margaret worked in the increasingly incapacitated, Margaret Bennett NRC physics department where she performed gradually assumed the role of friend, confidant and meticulous measurements using a microscope,” power of attorney to Margaret Stott. explains Clare. “Her work reflected her character as a Ms. Stott acquired an unexpected substantial shrewd and careful observer. She was a very modest legacy from England, and given her enthusiasm for and private person, keenly interested in geography the Perley Rideau and with her multiple sclerosis and the countryside, and she enjoyed music. progressing, she decided to will $50,000 as a gift to “I used to go cross-country skiing with her, and the Foundation’s Capital Campaign. remember how much we both enjoyed the beautiful “Margaret was delighted that she was looked snowy scenes in the Gatineau Hills. We also had after so well for the three years at the end of her a fantastic holiday together in the Rockies and life,” explains Margaret Bennett. “She remained calm, serene and courageous right until the end. When I visited her at the Perley Rideau, she was always very content and well cared for. So, it made good sense for her to support the Seniors Village in her will.” Foundation Executive Director Daniel Clapin is grateful to her: “Bequeathing funds to the Foundation is a wonderful gift to leave behind. It is the most selfless kind of giving, because the donor is directly supporting other seniors they will never meet. Ms. Stott, with the support of her friend Ms. Bennett, deserves heartfelt FAST FRIENDS: Margaret Bennett (left) and Margaret Stott spent thanks from all who will benefit from this many days visiting at the Perley Rideau before Ms. Stott passed away with pneumonia at 84. Ms. Stott's donation to the Capital Campaign altruistic act of charity and humanity.” leaves a wonderful legacy. BU

4 • Between Us • April 2014 Accreditation with Commendation sends Perley Rideau to the head of the class

By Akos Hoffer, Chief Executive Officer The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre

ver the last few years, possible care and quality of life. Workers. The new system enables Perley Rideau has made A summary of our Accreditation more timely access and updates Otremendous progress report can be found on our to residents’ plan of care. Our towards achieving our vision. website. quest never ends to innovate, We have been expanding, The real proof of success is engage and improve. launching new programs and the satisfaction of our residents. As we have expressed many completing our new independent We will soon be releasing the times in the past, government and assisted living apartments. results of our 2013 Resident and funding does not always fully I am very proud of the growth Family Survey. Preliminary results cover the cost of all investments. and pleased with the great suggest we are maintaining the Your donations make all the accomplishments in our core very positive results we saw last difference between standing still business of caring for 450 long- year. Accolades from our residents or moving forward to give better term care residents. and their families are the most and better care. Every four years, Perley important indicators of all. I urge you to take a look at Rideau’s long-term care Never content to rest on our the Perley Rideau Foundation's programs, and our management laurels, however, we are executing 2014 Priority Needs partial list in and governance practices are plans this year that include this issue of Between Us on page reviewed by Accreditation significant investments in our 2. Each item on that list is crucial Canada, an independent third communications and information to enhancing the quality and party. Through a four-day technology infrastructure. These comfort that our seniors enjoy. on-site survey in February, added benefits have a direct link And each item can only become Accreditation Canada compared to improving the quality of life a reality through your donations. our practices to standards of for our long-term care residents. Our seniors village would be a excellence applied to similar Later this year, work will start on more austere place without all the organizations across the country. a state-of-the-art emergency call wonderful things your donations As a result of the survey, we were bell system. The existing system provide. awarded with the impressive is functional, but audible to We are proud of our standing of Accreditation with residents at all times of day. recent Accreditation with Commendation. The new system will eliminate Commendation – and it is a This award is a level above noisy alarms through the use of feather in the cap for all Perley the one we received in 2011 and pagers and smart phones using Rideau staff, volunteers, and our reflects our collective dedication our newly upgraded wireless generous donors. to innovation, engagement and infrastructure. In addition to this Happy spring at last! quality. To support our ongoing investment, we will be rolling journey to improve, the report out the Point of Care system to also helps us identify areas where provide secure access to residents’ we can further strengthen our electronic charts to all nursing practices to provide the best staff, including Personal Support

April 2014 • Between Us • 5 Tickets for Barbara Ann Scott's beautiful red Mercedes-Benz are selling like $100 hotcakes

By Brant Scott

ee if you can successfully answer the will take place at the Perley Rideau on May follow skill-testing questions. 9 to commemorate Ms. Scott's birthdate in S(Hint – the answers are all the same): Ottawa 86 years ago on May 9, 1928. 1. Who is the only Canadian woman in history Many Ottawans have fond memories to win an Olympic gold medal in singles figure of Ms. Scott's early days in Sandy Hill skating? and more recent visits she made back home in her twilight years. Perley 2. Who is the two-time World Figure Skating Rideau resident Lou Guertin, 93, Champion and four-time Canadian National drove the lead car in the parade Champion from Sandy Hill in Ottawa? when Ottawa welcomed their 3. Which skater was awarded a Buick convertible by the newly minted gold medalist in City of Ottawa in 1947, but had to give it back to retain 1948. The Reverend Gail Christy, amateur status in the 1948 Winter Olympics? who is a tenant in the new Perley 4. Which Canadian gold medal skater became a Rideau seniors apartments, has kept an distinguished horse trainer and equestrian in her 40s? extensive Barbara Ann Scott photo gallery after presenting her with flowers at the 1953 Minto Follies in Ottawa. 5. Who returned to Ottawa to carry the torch into an ecstatic Convalescent care client Stephanie MacGregor was a member House of Commons to celebrate the Vancouver 2010 Winter of Minto Skating Club at the same time as Ms. Scott. Perley Rideau Olympics? Foundation Board Member Merv Beckstead has known Ms. Scott 6. Who named her beloved, Florida-driven 1988 Mercedes-Benz and her husband for many years and made arrangements to bring “Bennie” and bequeathed it to the Perley Rideau Foundation Bennie to Ottawa for our important fundraising lottery. lottery after her death in September 2012? “So many people have done so much to help us with this car Answers for Questions 1 - 7: Barbara Ann Scott, who will forever lottery,” says Foundation Executive Director Daniel Clapin. “Of all be known as “Canada’s Sweetheart.” the charities there are, Barbara Ann Scott and Tom King chose the “Bennie” is a red 1988 Mercedes-Benz 560-SL two-passenger Perley Rideau Capital Campaign to benefit from her beloved Bennie. coupe roadster professionally appraised at $40,000. The roadster It's hard to imagine that some lucky person will take this pristine was owned by a person whose has acquired a reputation for Mercedes-Benz home for a hundred dollars. The car has been safety- altruism, charity and perfection. Barbara Ann Scott was a dedicated checked and put in top running order by community-spirited car athlete and humanitarian who donated her “brand” to many dealerships in Ottawa. charitable causes. “The other 1,947 people who buy tickets but don't get a car will Ms. Scott’s husband, Tom King, donated Bennie to raise funds be winners, too,” he adds. “They will have the pleasure of knowing for the Perley Rideau Foundation’s Capital Campaign. The only thing they are supporting the community seniors and veterans who you need to call Bennie your own is a winning lottery ticket. paved the way for our generation. The generosity of Ms. Scott and Everyone who knew Barbara Ann Scott could see her quest Mr. King places every ticket holder in a position to contribute and to help those who deserve it most. For this reason, she didn't make life a bit more comfortable for our residents and tenants.” hesitate to jump at the chance to be one of three Capital Campaign The Perley Rideau Foundation would like to thank Kanata Myers Honorary Co-Chairs along with Ottawa charity icon Grete Hale and Motors, Skate Canada, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, Ogilvie Motors General (Ret'd) Rick Hillier. Mercedes-Benz and Star Motors Mercedes-Benz for their valuable Tickets to win “Bennie” are on sale and moving quickly at just promotional assistance. $100 each. The lottery is limited to 1,948 tickets, to commemorate To purchase a ticket before they're all gone, visit: www. the year that Barbara Ann Scott was featured on the world's front perleyrideau.ca/mercedes or call 613-526-7173. pages with her thrilling Olympic gold medal performance. The draw Then cross your fingers! BU

6 • Between Us • April 2014 Tickets for Barbara Ann Scott's beautiful red Mercedes-Benz are selling like $100 hotcakes Support the Perley Rideau

By Brant Scott and have your will take place at the Perley Rideau on May chance to 9 to commemorate Ms. Scott's birthdate in Ottawa 86 years ago on May 9, 1928. Many Ottawans have fond memories of Ms. Scott's early days in Sandy Hill and more recent visits she made back home in her twilight years. Perley Rideau resident Lou Guertin, 93, Win drove the lead car in the parade when Ottawa welcomed their newly minted gold medalist in 1948. The Reverend Gail Christy, who is a tenant in the new Perley …a red convertible Rideau seniors apartments, has kept an roadster 1988 Mercedes extensive Barbara Ann Scott photo gallery after Benz 560 SL previously owned presenting her with flowers at the 1953 Minto Follies in Ottawa. by 1948 Olympic Champion Barbara Convalescent care client Stephanie MacGregor was a member The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Ann Scott King (value $40,000). To of Minto Skating Club at the same time as Ms. Scott. Perley Rideau Health Centre Foundation received celebrate her gold medal, only 1,948 Foundation Board Member Merv Beckstead has known Ms. Scott Barbara Ann Scott’s Bennie and her husband for many years and made arrangements to bring tickets will be printed. Bennie to Ottawa for our important fundraising lottery. Barbara’s husband, Tom King has • Tickets $100 each “So many people have done so much to help us with this car given the roadster to the Foundation • Draw to take place May 9, 2014 lottery,” says Foundation Executive Director Daniel Clapin. “Of all to help in our fundraising initiatives. at 10:00 a.m. at The Perley and the charities there are, Barbara Ann Scott and Tom King chose the The late Barbara Ann Scott-King was Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre Perley Rideau Capital Campaign to benefit from her beloved Bennie. an honorary co-chair of the exciting It's hard to imagine that some lucky person will take this pristine $5 million Building Choices, Enrich- Mercedes-Benz home for a hundred dollars. The car has been safety- ing lives Capital Campaign. The ini- To order your ticket today, visit: tiative is addressing the need for checked and put in top running order by community-spirited car independent and assisted living for www.perleyrideau.ca/mercedes Mayor Watson shows his support for Barbara’s dealerships in Ottawa. seniors including veterans. Bennie Lottery. Left to right: or call (613) 526-7173 “The other 1,947 people who buy tickets but don't get a car will Foundation Executive Director Daniel G. Clapin, be winners, too,” he adds. “They will have the pleasure of knowing Capital Campaign Co-chair Merv Beckstead, Daniel G. Clapin, ACFRE Ottawa Licence Number M669430 Foundation Development Officer Delphine Hasle Executive Director they are supporting the community seniors and veterans who and Mayor Jim Watson paved the way for our generation. The generosity of Ms. Scott and Ticket holder must be at least 18 years of age. Mr. King places every ticket holder in a position to contribute and make life a bit more comfortable for our residents and tenants.” All proceeds are dedicated to the The Perley Rideau Foundation would like to thank Kanata Myers Building Choices, Enriching Lives Motors, Skate Canada, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, Ogilvie Motors Capital Campaign Mercedes-Benz and Star Motors Mercedes-Benz for their valuable promotional assistance. To purchase a ticket before they're all gone, visit: www. perleyrideau.ca/mercedes or call 613-526-7173. Then cross your fingers! BU

April 2014 • Between Us • 7 LEGION BRANCH 593: On December 24, 2013, Joel VanSnick, President of the Royal Canadian Legion Bells Corner Branch 593 presented a cheque of $5,000 to Bill Cooper, President of the Perley Rideau Veterans’ Council and Dan Clapin, Executive Director of the Perley Rideau Foundation. The funds will go towards a new staff sub- station designed to be more efficient for staff and more accessible for our residents.

GLOUCESTER LIONS' GENEROSITY: From the left, Perley Rideau Executive Director Daniel Clapin, Theresa Whalen, Gloucester Lions Vice-President Howard Keck, Heather Christy, Dave Brush, Bob Kemp, and Gloucester Lion President Fred Barrett present $1,000 to the Foundation.

TED PATRICK'S STORY: At the book launch of For Love and Country, A Canadian Soldier's Story at the Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre. The book tells the tale of Ron Lawruk 's beloved cousin and Perley Rideau resident, Private William J.E. “Ted” Patrick. From the left are Captain Tim W. Brown, Dan Clapin, Ted Patrick, and Harold Pretty.

8 • Between Us • April 2014 Football is coming to Ottawa you say? ... continued from page 1 Grey Cups and helped Tony was the Ottawa Rough inducted into Riders bring home the the Canadian coveted silver mug in Football Hall 1940. of Fame in The Golden Boy 1964 and the graced the sports Canadian pages everywhere Sports Hall during his career and of Fame in won the Jeff Russel 1984. He was Trophy in 1941 as named general the outstanding manager of player in the Big Four. the Montreal THE FOOTBALL PILOT: That same year, The Alouettes in Tony Golab somehow Canadian Press named 1968 and '69 managed to merge two him Canada's top male and the cake courageous careers in the athlete and gave him was properly 1940s. He was a standout on the iced when GRIDIRON PERFECTION: In the 1941 the field and in the cockpit. Grey Cup final, Tony Golab booted a Award. During Tony's Tony Golab high, short punt and received his own WWII hiatus from the CFL, he played football for was made a kick for a touchdown. The feat still Ottawa Uplands in 1942 as a member of the RCAF. member of stands in the record books. After the war and back in the CFL, the 1948 the Order of record books show Tony scored nine touchdowns Canada in 1985. in 11 games. The Ottawa Citizen ran a headline The Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum dated September 1955 that noted, “Golden Boy's” posts the following tribute: “Anthony (Tony) Golab Number Retired When Tony Did.” The subsequent was known as the “golden boy” during his football story explained that his famed #72 was retired and career. He was one of the game’s finest backfielders hung up for good. Many and was All-Canadian almost every year he played. of the photos from Tony's Golab appeared in four Grey Cup games, but the playing days bear another 1941 contest was the most memorable. After kicking name of distinction – a high, short punt, Golab rushed up and recovered Ottawa's Yousuf Karsh. the ball, then ran it in for a touchdown. After being A man of eclectic talents seriously wounded during the Second World War, Tony still loved the Golab returned to star on the gridiron for several more game after he left the CFL seasons.” and enjoyed developing The Great Canadian Book of Lists places Tony the young bodies and Golab on the top 10 list of the best pre-1950 CFL minds of players on the players. It gushes, “Ottawa's “Golden Boy” (was) a Hamilton Panthers semi- powerful runner who could carry a team with his play pro football team. He or on his back.” The CFL web site notes that Tony was COLLECTOR CARD: went on to coach the 6'2” and weighed 210 pounds in his prime. Ottawa children in the '40s Royal Military College Tony's wartime record was no less impressive than all wanted a football card team in Kingston and was his CFL career. He flew tactical reconnaissance over like this one. Tony Golab was mobbed after games later appointed vice- war-torn landscapes in Egypt, North Africa and Italy for for autographs from principal of St. Paul's High four years. One day, flying at 5,000 feet taking photos admirers young and old. School in Winnipeg. of German troops on the move in Egypt, a plane slid

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April 2014 • Between Us • 9 Football is coming to Ottawa you say? ... continued from page 9 in behind Tony's a lot of touchdowns,” he chuckles. “I used to spend Spitfire. The pilot nearly an hour signing autographs after every game. lit up the Spitfire There was always a big crowd outside the stadium with his guns that went right down the stairs. There were a lot of and Tony had to pretty girls there, too, looking for dates. They tried quickly bail out everything, but I was married man.” and hit the silk. Tony enjoyed his dual career as an RCAF pilot He cursed and Rough Rider after the war and retired from CFL aloud when he action in 1950. He worked with the RCAF in Ottawa saw his plane and Hamilton as he made his way up through the had been shot air force chain of command. By 1958, Tony was Chief down by an Administration Officer at RCAF 14 Wing Greenwood in inexperienced Nova Scotia. and confused In 1960, he became Chief Administrative Officer American at the advance flying school in Saskatoon and was pilot. Tony was named Commanding Officer just two years later. flying tactical By 1966, Wing Commander Tony Golab joined the reconnaissance planning staff for the Western NORAD Region at HALL OF FAME BOUND: Tony in Italy later in McChord Air Force Base in Washington state and “Golden Boy” Golab was inducted the war when Hamilton Air Force Base in California as battle into the Canadian Football Hall of his plane was commander. Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. When he retired from the hit by German In his advanced years, Tony fondly recalls Ottawa Rough Riders, so did his ground fire his passion for both the RCAF and the pursuit of famed jersey number 72. and exploded excellence in sports. He says he was driven by a role just behind the model he admires to this day – his own sister. cockpit. He was “I was forced once again to bail out, this time taking shrapnel always striving in his right knee. Tony was reported missing in to follow in action as he was receiving quiet care from the Italian the footsteps resistance movement. Sitting in his room in the Perley of my sister, Rideau's dementia unit all these years later, Tony Genevieve,” rolls up a pant leg and points to his misshapen knee. says Tony. “She Heaven knows how he built a football career on that won an award knee when he returned to Canada. as Canada's “This knee has hurt since that day I bailed out,” he outstanding says with a smile. “I had a brace on it. But, the photos female athlete were important. Our intelligence people passed them in on to the army generals so they knew exactly what and track and they were going to run into on the ground.” field. She was Returning to Canada and sports about four years When Tony's war years ended, he returned home older than me to his wife, Frances, on King Edward Avenue in Ottawa. and she was Brant Scott photo Canadian newspapers announced his return to Ottawa tremendous, PROUD AIRMAN: Star football and local Rough Riders cheering fans turned out in always making players don't get medals, but droves when their favourite gridiron hero and war headlines in the seasoned RCAF airmen do. Tony Golab was a WWII pilot who enjoyed a veteran took to the field once more. sports pages. productive Canadian Forces career for “I was a fullback, so I carried the ball a lot and got I always said I several decades.

10 • Between Us • April 2014 wished I could do taught him him loops and rolls.” that.” Daniel married his wife, Mary, in 1944, who was And so he did. a chartered accountant. Mary had a stroke in recent When asked if he years and lives at the Longfields Manor in Barrhaven has any advice to now. She was the engine behind putting Daniel share with the new through five years of Toronto Chiropractic College after the war. players soon to Graduating in 1950, the Komesches moved descend on the to Ottawa and Daniel opened a clinic on Metcalfe nation's capital, Street. He hooked up with the Ottawa Rough Riders Tony paused for and worked the sidelines at home and out-of-town a moment, then games for many years. His reputation for helping offered. “I would athletes spread quickly and soon there was a steady tell them to play stream of players into his private clinic from other CFL for the love of the teams. Daniel also treated a who's who of ballerinas, PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR: game, instead politicians and other local celebrities before he retired. Daniel Komesch was an RCAF of only thinking Dr. Komesch won his own Grey Cup ring in 1960 pilot and flight instructor during about their own when a young led the Rough Riders to WWII. He later worked with the career. You play Ottawa Rough Riders as team a 16 to 6 victory over the Edmonton Eskimos. Dr. Dan chiropractor. better when you later became part of the medical staff with the Ottawa love the game.” Gee Gees football team and won a Vanier Cup ring in Playing from the sidelines 2000. He worked with the Ottawa Bootleggers semi- Dr. Daniel Komesch travelled with the Ottawa pro team during their short 1988-92 tenure. Rough Riders a decade after Tony Golab hung up his Staying on his feet all day took its toll over the cleats. Dr. Komesch ran a well-known chiropractic years and Dr. Komesch collapsed in his clinic when clinic in Ottawa, and could often be found hovering his legs gave out from flesh eating disease. When over damaged CFL players on and off the field. His specialists wanted to amputate, his son Donald parents came to Canada from Romania in 1912 and asked them to explore any other possible solution. he was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan four years After extensive surgeries, Daniel still has his legs and later. continues to enjoy visits with friends and family at the As a teenager, Daniel made his way to Trail, B.C. Perley Rideau. and still holds the record for the 400-yard dash at The Perley Rideau Seniors Village welcomes the his old school. He went on to play hockey with the Ottawa Redblacks to town. We are pleased to provide scrappy Trail Smoke Eaters in 1935-39, and the team all the comforts of home for two former Rough Riders still cranks out talented young players today. who helped to pave the way before you. Daniel Komesch joined the RCAF to do his part Have a great season! BU in WWII and is a popular figure in the Perley Rideau dementia unit. He got his wings in Regina in 1940 and trained pilots in Canada throughout the war to prepare them for action. In addition to being a test pilot, he trained new recruits in Harvards and Tiger Moths serving in Regina, Moose Jaw, Portage la Prairie, Trenton and then Pendleton Airport just east of Ottawa.

“He used to fly eight hours a day every day,” says Brant Scott photo his proud son, Donald Komesch. “The Canadians trained American pilots, too. One time Dad heard THE CHATTING DANS: Dr. Daniel Komesch discusses his that a young American student pilot was hungover illustrious career with Perley Rideau Foundation Executive Director Daniel Clapin. Dr. Komesch won a Grey Cup ring from drinking the night before, so that was the day he in 1960.

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