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Vol. 4 WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, OCTOBER, 1961 No. 3

Mr. Dinsdale is a member of a number of Honourable Walter Dinsdale social and service organizations, incuding the Canadian Legion, R.C.A.F. Association, Can­ Walter Gilbert Dinsdale, P.C., D.F.C., M.P., adian Welfare Council, the Brandon Flying M.A., was born in April, 1916, at Brandon, Club, and several others. He is a Regional Manitoba, son of the late George Dinsdale, Consultant for the Canadian Citizenship a former Alderman, Mayor, and M.L.A., of Council, and is on the Board of Directors of that city. He was educated at Brandon pri­ the Western Region Canadian Council of mary and secondary schools and at Brandon Christians and Jews. l{e was a delegate to the College, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts de­ United Nations General Assembly in 1955 gree from McMaster University, Hamilton, and was general chairman of the Political Ontario, in 1937. Committee of the Atlantic Congress held in London in 1959. During summer vacations and for two years after graduation, Mr. Dinsdale worked In 1947 he married the former Miss Lenore for the Canadian Pacific Express Company in Gusdal of Erickson, Manitoba. They have foµr Brandon. In 1939 he left the railroad and be­ children: Gunnar 12, Gregory 9, Elizabeth 7, came a social worker in the Salvation Army, and Eric 5. serving in Toronto and Montreal. Mr. Dinsdale is an active member of the Salvation Army, holding the position of Band­ In November, 1941, he joined the R.C.A.F. master in the Brandon Citadel Corps. He also as an aircraftsman, volunteering for air crew. represents Canada on' the International Coun­ He was commissioned in November, 1942, at Uplands, Ottawa, and went overseas the fol­ cil for Christian Leadership. lowing month where he served with the fa­ mous 410 Mosquito Night Fighter Squadron THE HONOURABLE WALTER DINSDALE + + + P.C., M.P. from August, 1943, to February, 1945. He was Minister for Northern Affairs and the first night fighter pilot to destroy an enemy National Resources NEW MEMBERS piggy-back bomber and was awarded the Dis­ The following have been registered as me~­ tinguished Flying Cross for his night patrol Toronto. He also did pre-doctoral work in bers of the Association of Professional Engm­ operations in North-West Europe. He returned sociology at the University of Chicago. eers of the Province of Manitoba: to Canada in 1945 and was released to the P. M. Abel, J. D. Campbell, L. L. Char­ R.C.A.F. Reserve in September of that year. In 1946 he became the Director of Adult riere, W. F. Dechman, C. A. G. Delory, E. His navigator, Flight Lieutenant Jack Dunn, Education and Assistant Professor of the So­ Enns, 0. J. Green, K. S. C. Johnson, W. J. D.F.C., is still serving with the Air Force in cial Science Department at Brandon College, Lapchuk, J. D. Lowood, M. E. Moffat, C. G .. Ottawa. A brother, Sergeant William Dins­ Pain, A. E. Smith, J. E. Wiebe, C. Crust, a position he held until 1951. A. l. Ross, L. B. Sylvester, E. J. Dixon, J. R. dale, is with the Air ·Force Central Band in Schmid, W. P. Beley, N. A. Babey, A. A. Ottawa. His first bid for political honours was suc­ Borger, R. C. Brewer, G. M. Campbell, J. K. cessful when he won the by-election in the Cavers, F. D. Ciebien, J. P. Dean, R. H. Dyck, Mr. Dinsdale has continued his affiliation Federal Constituency of Brandon-Souris in F. Y. H. Fang, A. Froese, E. P. Hain, R. W. with the R.C.A.F. Reserve and reports for an­ June, 1?51. He was re-elected for that con­ Hill, R. C. Isaak, L. Lachance, H. G. Mazinke, D. W. Mitchell. L. A. Morison, H. H. Morn­ nual training. For several years he reported stituency in 1953, 1957, and 1958. In August, ingstar, T. T. Quirke, G. Schotch, W. Smi­ for training at T.A.C. Headquarters in Edmon­ 1957, he was appointed Parliamentary Assis­ tiuch, D. L. Stenberg, J. C. R. Thomson, .F. ton, involving operations in the North. tant to the Minister of Veterans Affairs. In M. Tomita, E. M. Van Doorn, D. F. Whalley, November, 1959, he was appointed Parlia­ R. J. Wong, ]. Ahugov, W. B. Dunlop, M. At the conclusion of his war service, Mr. mentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Greenberg, H. T. Hazleton, W. A. Jackson, J. J. Larocque, W. McGilvery, D. E. Mc­ Dinsdale resumed his education under the Affairs. He was sworn in as Minister of Gregor, L. W. Ogryzlo, A. F. Peirce, P. J. veterans rehabilitation program, taking his Northern Affairs and National Resources on Raleigh, R. R. Zimmerman, G. K. Stewart, Master of Arts degree from the University of October 11, 1960. H. N. Burrows.

Annual General Meeting Saturday, December 9th, 1961 Guest Speaker at Lun,heon I-Ion. Walter Dinsdale Royal Alexandra l-lot:el 3 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

the services offered by a profession to the Published by the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Manitoba general public, employers and fellow col­ 418 - 265 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg 2, Manitoba leagues. We realize that all of us expect to re­ President - C. S. LANDON, P. Eng. Vice-President '- R. E. CHANT, P. Eng. ceive some · benefit from any organization to Secretary and Registrar - 0. MARANTZ, P. Eng. which we belong, but the benefit is propor­ The Manitoba Professional Engineer is published under the direction of the Bulletin Committee, tional to the energy exerted. Editor: R. C. Sommerville, P. Eng; Aside from the legal and moral aspects of Managing Editor: J.C. Gillespie, P. EnS-, the profession, the Association · pr-0vides the Associate Editors; I: W. Thomas, P. Eng.; ·C. R. McBain, P. Eng. individual members with such services as : Reporters: G. R; Kirk, P. Eng.; K. Hallson, P. Eng. Photographer: G. A. Tough, P. Eng. 1. It conducts a salary survey of all mem­ bers and publishes a report on salaries. along with those of other associations. 2. Members receive monthly issue of the Engineering Digest and the E.I.C. Jour­ nal. By C. S. LANDON, P. Eng. President's Report 3. It provides Group Life Insurance scheme. It is a fact, which is accepted by industry tional staff and detailed planning ·of the var~ 4. It provides several social functions dur­ and by the engineering profession, that the ious laboratories. The Association has . been ing the year. shortage of engineers in Canada has been asked· to nominate members of the Association 5. Each member receives a copy of the caused by employing engineers as technicians to serve on these committees and this has been membership roster and issues of the because a very definite lack of persons suffi­ done. Canadian and Manitoba Professional En­ ciently trained for technologica1 vocation has gineer Bulletins. It made this necessary. is a fairly generally accepted definition 6. An employment service is offered to of a technician that he is a person who "Is members. qualified by specialist education and practical In March, 1957, Council set up a commit­ ACT NOW! ·tee to study the advisability of establishing training to be the liaison between the profes­ some system under which recognition could be sional man and the skilled workman, to accept A. SOROKA, P. Eng., Chairman, Membership Committee. given to persons who had acquired qualifica­ supervisory responsibility to translate the creative ideas into new machines, new pro­ tions that enable them to assist professional + + + engineers. ducts, new processes, new structures and so on." After several months of careful studv of All of · the recommendations which were Fall Golf Tournament the subject, the committee reported to Council made by the Association's Committee of En· that training of technicians should be under­ gineering Technicians can now be carried out, Trust the boys in the Highways Branch to taken in Manitoba. with the establishment of the Institute of provide the comic relief at the golf tourna· ments. On the day of the Fall tournament Mrs. Technology. . John Dennis was in hospital with a new baby One of the recommendations was that ·the + + + and John locked his keys in the trunk of his Association of Professional Engineers of Mani· car, after he locked the car which was parked toba set up the necessary organizations for ex­ Membership on the St. Boniface Golf Club parking lot. amining and certifying of engineering tech­ By A. SOROKA, P. Eng. Bill Corbett piloted the Sports Committee. nicians. through another successful tournament. Al We ask you to help in increasing the mem­ Leiterman won the Sullivan Cup, and the prize The committee arranged to meet with offi­ bership in the Association. To date, we have donated by Anthes-Imperial. Larry Greer won had 105 new registrations, which is an aver­ the Dominion Bridge prize with the second cials of the Department of Education and to age figure. The total membership constitutes low net. The Honeywell Control prize for low lay before them a plan for upgrading of en· approximately an 80 per cent registration in gross went to Gordon Crabtree with a score gineering technicians by means of further edu­ the Province. How. can you help? Simply by of 74. He was followed by Ben Fast, whose cation. It learned at this meeting that facilities participating as part of the membership com­ 78 netted him the Canadian Johns-Manville mittee. for providing the type of instruction which nectar. would be required, were not available in The following information may help you to Don Simons ousted such contenders as Bill Manitoba. It was at this point that the matter convince your fellow engineer who is quali­ Isberg and John Lewis to take top honours fied to join the Association, but not a member. rested. with his gross of 164. Twenty i?olfers out of The primary intent of the "Engineering 84 broke 100. Recently the Association was advised that Profession Act" is to protect the public by + +· + ensuring that only qualified persons practise the Manitoba Department of Education is now the profession ; 1t also provides the only. pro· planning the construction and equipping of a tection for the profession against such prac­ new Institute of Technology; tises by unqualified persons. Social Club Committee The following are some of the basic rea­ At the last annual meeting, following fail­ The kind of instruction given at the Insti· sons why one should support the Professional ure of efforts to establish permanent quarters tute will be such as to provide adequate in­ Association: for the Association, a motion was passed to form a special committee to investigate and struction to those interested in training as en· 1. To develop and maintain a high stan­ report on the formation of an auxiliary so­ gineering technicians and to improve and aug­ dard for the Profession. cial club. The committee was to review the ment their knowedge of the work in which 2. To advance the professional, social and possibilities of operating the club in conjunc­ they are to be engaged or ha~e been employed. economic welfare of tJ:e members. tion with existing facilities or with other groups. 3. To promote the knoW"i~age and appre­ In the programme in the Institute it is pro­ ciation of engineering and of the En· A questionnaire appeared in our last issue posed to offer ( 4) two-year post-high school gineering profession and to enhance the which sought the members' opinions on en· engineering technological courses. Those be­ usefulness of the profession to the gen­ trance fees, annual dues, lunch and bar fa. eral public. cilities, joint use and other questions for the ing offered are · Civil, Electrical, Mechanical guidance of the committee. and Electronics Technology. 4. To establish and maintain the bond with other associations and to promote the We understand that response from the It is proposed further, in connection with welfare of the Engineering profes~ion in membership was most disappointing but that Canada. the committee is preparing a formal report each of these courses, to appoint Advisory for submission to the annual meeting on De­ Committees to assist the Department in such We are all aware of the fact that an indi­ cember 9th. matters as curriculum, equipment, instruc- vidual working alone can do little to improve -R.C.S. THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

FLIN fLOi~ NEWS some of. these young fellows in the art of ENGINEERS IN TRAINING By M. N . COLLISON, P. Eng. sailing. He spent some time in Carberry this summer helping his .FATHER -IN-LAW build The following ~ve ·been enrolled as En­ gineers . in Training: In spite of all of the summer vacations, it a house. It seems Doug's wife must have done appears that most of the engineers in Flin a lot of persuasive talking. He also reports E. M. MacCharles, W. K. Mann, W. T. Flon have been especially qJiiet dming this the birth of a son and heir in August, giving Bailey, C. G. Kunze, G. W. Crabtree, F. F. period. The most noteworthy item seems to him a sixth of a dozen assorted. Brown, J. G. Locker, F. 0. Best, A. ]. Mc­ be the marriage of Frank Gira, P. Eng., on Cabe, T. R. Fox, S. H. Derksen, R. W. Glas­ }Jily 1st. Their honeymoon trip took them to man, L. R. Nichol, A. ]. Arens&n, E. G. Banff, Calgary, Reno and San francisco. I S. F. Liss, P. Eng., also reports the bfrth .of Robins, A. G. Kuluk, M. C. Romas, D. J. wonder why Frank went to Reno? He also a son in September, giving Stan one-half dozen Wilson, W. M. Cardigan, D. E. Cross, R. M. reports spending ten days in September train­ assorted. His holidays were spent in beautify­ Ronald, E. H . Geres, S. I. Helman, D. C. ing with the Engineers Militia at Pinewa, ing his yard, at the cost of one thumbnail in Sexton, F. L. Privat, C. E. Kellner, T. H: Manitoba. . a rock wall. Young, D. A. Ennis, B. P. Grover, E. R. Pentland, A. W . Gilliland, L. Romanchuk, G. ]. ]. MoJild, P. Eng., reports a trip to G. W. Reed, G. ]. Tencha, J. R. Herman, S. Regina, where he visited relatives, and spend­ H. L. Easton, P. Eng., has decided that he ing most of the summer at his cabin at Lime­ has had enough of endeavouring to solve ]. Kustra, A. ]. Schmidt, R. ]. M. Chase, C. stone Narrows. This is located on one of the some of Flin Flon's town problems and, fol­ W . Jack, G. C. Mirtaker, W. R. Cooke. main waterways between Big and Little Atha­ lowing the completion of this term on coun­ + + + pap Lakes. Access to his cabin is by an eight cil, is retiring from politics. He spent some TRANSFERS mile boat ride from Baker's Narrows. time at his summer cabin at Gull Lake, loaf­ ing and relaxing, although Harry admits to The following have been registered on trans­ D. F. Whalley, P. Eng., informs us that having caught some fish. He says ·he threw fer from other Associations: he has been raised from the engineer-in-train­ them all back because they were too small, G. S. Sanders (Sask.), C. ]. Connolly (Al­ ing status to a licensed engineer, this being particularly in comparison to the 18-pounders ta.), G. S. Langman (Alta.), A. Winer effective in June. Doug is active with the Jo. .that Stan Liss was catching in some of our (Sask.), G . G. Harley (Ont.), P. W. Stri­ cal Sea Cadet Unit and has been training local Jakes. laeff (B.C.).

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57"/,/.,/. Ill'~ KA/~£/ t/ T'llATS Jl'//.IAL. ) 4 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER CONGRATULATIONS An Engineer, Civil Defence and Fallout To Mr. and Mrs. R. C. -Galbraith on the By E. OLYNEK, P. Eng. birth of a son, David Graham, on September 12, 1961. The Federal Guide of Survival Planning states "Engineers will be able to make considerable progress towards solving their own local problems." To Donald Onysko and Elsie Mossman Oriysko who __ were married on August 26, 1961. Formula (1) Range of blast r1 1/3 where r = radius :of damage To Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Burrows on the w = weight of bomb birth of a daughter, Alexandria O'Bryna Page, r. ( ::. ) on August 26, 1961. Formula (2) Radiation intensity _To Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dennis on the birth ! where I• is the initial 0 of a daughter, Michelle Anne, on September I = -- intensity and T is the time T1.2 elapsed since blast. 11, 1961. i+ + + For every 7 fold increase in time the ra­ this pulverized radio-active material which diation intensity is divided by 10. may be carried by the_ winds over areas 200 ENGINEERS AVAii.ABLE miles long and 40 miles wide, or bigger, and Explosion of all atomic weapons, including There are several engineers registered with the H-bomb, has four character:istics: then settle to the earth, contaminating all it touches. This is called fallout. the Association office for employment, in- cluding: · ( 1) Blast energy is greater than 1/2 total Residual radiation is made up of gamma release. rays and beta rays. Gamma rays are powerful P. Eng. No. 1-B.Sc., M.E. 1957. (2) Heat energy less than 1/3. enough to cause general injuries -and sickness. ( 3) immediate radiation energy about 1/20 Inside an ordinary house the gamma ray inten­ P. Eng. No. 2-B.Sc., with Elec. & Mech. ( 4) residual radiation energy (fallout) sity is cut by one-half, in the basement by experience. about 1/10 9/lOths and in concrete block basement shel­ E.I.T. No. 3-B.Sc. Geo!. 1960, interested The blast results from an instantaneous re­ ters the penetration is almost negligible. in soils. lease of immense energy by fission and fusion Gamma ray intensity will fall to 1/100 of its of atoms. It produces an extremely high tem­ early activity in two days,. Beta rays cause skin P. Eng. No. 4-B.Sc., M.E. 1952. perature within a few millionths of a second infections but is adequately protected against in the form of a ball of fire. Where the fire­ by clothing. E.I.T. No. 5-B.Sc., M.E. 1961. ball touches the ground the surface becomes Engineers who have appointments in na­ P. Eng. No. 6-B.Sc., M.E. 1946, Plant En­ highly radioactive for a considerable time _and tional emergency organizations should make gineering and Maintenance experience. almost everything, including great chunks of every effort to study the work of the Civil earth, is pulverized. The fireball may. be three Defence staffs and services in order that thev :-}- + + miles across. It sucks up the pulverized mater­ may give and request support more intelli­ ial possibly 70,000 feet up in the air. It is gently. ENGINEERS WANTED J No. 1-Civil, 5 years experience. bi~ ?f snorkling, some shooting of fish, a little Engineers on Vacation sailing and a lot of nothing. No. 2-Municipal for Consulting Engineer­ ing Firm. Allan Moffatt got some new camping equip­ The E. C. Lambs spent their holidays visit­ ment for his wife, sent her off into Caribou ing various beaches with relatives from Cali­ No. 3-Electrical for Consulting Engineer- Country in B.C. in the station wagon with the fornia. ing Firm. children and when she had set up camp he The F. M. Henrys took a tour of the -Lake No. 4-Civil 2 years' experience. took the train and joined them. of the Woods area, went to Minneapolis via P. A. Brett, with the able assistance of his the scenic routes and returned home. No. 5-Civil with sales ability; wife, built a cottage at Rush Bay, Lake of the No. 6-Civil-age about 30, structural ex­ Woods. + + + perience. F. Chapman spent half his holiday at K No. 7-Municipal, to head local branch Laclu and is undecided between Europe and On Industrial Development office. Trinidad for the second half. A great deal of time and money is being W. A. Farnell spent his vacation at Clear­ No. 8-For regional consulting and sales sp~nt on promoting industrial development in promotion, experienced in steel design. water Bay staining his summer cottage. Un­ th1s country by Federal, Provincial and Local fortunately he fell off the ladder during the governments and by groups of individuals. No. 9-Mechanical, for design of farm process and found himself stained to match One main purpose is to provide employment equipment. the house. for the growing labour force and thereby im­ prove the standard of living. All employment matters are handled on a Ben Fast is taking his holidays two and three confidential basis. days at a time in order to get in some duck Wha~ a~e _professio_nal enginee~s as a group shooting. and as ind1v1duals doing to help in this cause? r+- + + S. Brownstone flew to Europe and to Israel. Nothing? Few gain more by industrialization of a country than the Professional Engineers CONFEDERATION The McFetridges travelled to the United of that country.-B.W. States on a joint camping and shopping ex­ The Report of the Engineers Confederation cursion. i+ + + Commission appears in the September issue of The Engineering Journal. The Charlie Pikes divided their time be­ tween West Hawk Lake, Regina and Echo Bay. Referenda &Otnesfionnaires i+ + + The A. W. Bells spent their _holidays at Win­ THANKS, ANYWAY! Some people claim that anyone holding the nipeg Beach. They survived the roller coaster franchise should vote as he pleases but vote Those members who have neglected to pay but reported that the tiltawhirl was too much and in various parts of the world voters are their annual dues by the middle of June are for them. subject to . poll tax for neglecting this duty. reminded by registered mail that unless they Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Bryant went to Chicago Others cla1m that the franchise should be ex­ do so by the. end of June, under the by-laws where they took in the theatre, night cubs, art ercised only if the voter is fully aware of the they must be removed from the register. One institute, etc. issues at stake. We can only report that in the member returned his cheque with this notation: recent referendum on by-laws only 27 per cent "Mrs. D. If you need it more than I - HERE. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Haig and four children of qualified members voted and allow you to I am expecting an addition momentarily." went on a camping trip to Vancouver Island draw your own conclusions. + i+ where they were joined by several thousand + Committees with questionnaires in the last EMPLOYMENT SERVIC'-E wasps. issue of the Bulletin would have been happy Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Jarvis spent their vaca­ with 3:, 27 per cent response. Twelve answers In the last issue of the Bulletin we pub­ tion at Clear Lake, sw1mming, golfing ·and were received to the questionnaire on (utling lished a list of engineers available for em­ playing tennis. and fourteen to the questionnaire on a social ployment, as a result of which inquiries were club. Though all were answer.ed in the affirma­ made to the office by potential employers, F. J. Lindenschmidt reported a successful tive the number of replies would seem to add and ultimately several of those listed found holiday at West Hawk Lake where he did a up to a negative. satisfactory employment. THE MANITOBA. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER ' tel in September. Dr. C. S. Landon officiated counted in deciding an election. In a small Public Relalion.s Committee at the presentation. The recipients . of the election results ar·e apt to be close as counting By R. R. DuTKA, P. Eng. . awards were delighted with the prize and the progresses and election of a candidate can be applause of their colleagues. Certainly they decided by those ballots transferred indis­ For years Professional Engineers have felt well deserved ·such .a reward in view of their criminately from surplus earlier along the the need· for greater public understanding of senior matriculation averages which ranged line. This of course gives a sort of "flip of their work and responsibilities. One approach from over 85 per cent to 92 percent. Indeed, the coin" atmosphere to the whole proceedings: is to show by example, and the best medium these three men, G. W. Duncan, G. K .. McLure Unfortunately there is no practical way to for this is television. and ]. K. U. Schwahn are, and should con­ overcome this problem. tinue to be, good examples for their fellow Arrangements have been made by your students. I urge that every consideration be given to Public Relations Committee for ··Professional eliminate the "transfer of surplus" feature in Engineers to be considered for inteniews, To conclude this comment on Association future elections in order to give us a broad panel shows,. and in any other way which will awards some mention shoud be made concern­ representation on Council and eliminate ele­ satisfy the aims of the APEM and the. pro- ing recognition for engineering Hrms. Pre­ ments of chance in the count. , gram requirements of the station. liminary investigation has shown that the me­ chanics of administering a programme· for se· Yours truly, CBWT is quite interested in our proposal lecting fairly that firm which contributes most REFORMER. and has .already carried an interview with to the development of professionaliSni amongst W. L. Wardrqp on "Spotlight" ip. which engineers are not prohibitive. However, a plans for creating a national "voice" by Con­ great deal of co-operation from the nominee federation were discussed. It is hoped that we firms woud be required. Similar awards exist + + + can supply four or five more persons in the coming year who can present some of the in the United States and are reported to . be many facets of Engineering to an interested effective. They do not differentiate by the size of the firm. A large and a small firm have The Editor: but uninformed pubic. equal opportunity to win the ward. A natural For this to be effective the consideration outgrowth of provincial awards would be to Last year our fees were increased, in part and assistance of every member are essenti~l. have provincial winners as candidates for a to provide "incr.eased services" to the mem­ Suggestions of topics and persons able to dis­ national award presented by the Canadian bers. cuss them are wanted by your Public Relations Council of Professional Engineers. Committee. These can then be formulated into As a keen student of your paper, I have a pattern and concrete arr.angements can be + + + noted the following items, which, I presum,e, made for suitable presentat10n to CBWT .and are efforts in this direction: the public. A phone call to. any ~ember of 1. An ad requesting members to indicate the Public .Relations Committee will e~sure their interest in a Spring Dance. that your suggestions are passed along qu1ckh:· Letters to the Editor They are listed in the front of the APEM Di· 2. A cutout questionnaire regarding an rectory in case you don't know one personally. To the Editor• Engineers' Club. As a result of the recent by-law vote, the 3. A ditto regarding a curling league. + + + Association will be adopting the "Proportional Representation" system for election of officers. On inquiry it seems these requests for The old system was essentially a minority sys­ members' interest netted an average of 7 re­ PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE tem and I expect the change was advocated so plies each, out of our 1000-odd membership. REPORT that Council members would represent a ma­ jority of the members. The PR system will At the present time we have: ASSOCIATION AWARDS most certainly accomplish this. (a) A golf tournam@nt which attracts about By H. E. T. NoRTH, P. Eng. However it is my opinion that when the 50 members and the same number of guests. Recognition and credit fairly placed where Association adopts PR that they should drop the "transfer of surplus" feature. This feature they are due make a subs.tantial ~ontribution (b) A formal dance, attended by many to morale. This idea is easily applied to those in part defeats the principle of broad repre­ sentation and presents complications in the guests, several V.I.P.'s and a few tangible areas where accomplishment ~s marked A.P.E.M. types. by some completed structure or service to t~e count of ballots. community. However, recognition and credit Lines are not so tightly drawn nor interests (c) A Fall Frolic attended by hundreds of should not end here. They ~hould. extend so at variance within the Association that any guests, the social committee and the themselves to include the more. mtang1bl~ con­ group is interested in electing a number of award winners. tributions by individual profess10nal engmeers, members to Council. Rather it is more im­ employers of and the of I believe the purpose of these functions is eng~neers,. sti;iden~s portant that as wide a cross-section of the to promote interest in the Association, bv engineering, who m their own and m d1ff7r­ membership as is possible is represented on ent ways, increase the standard ·of the engm­ bringing members together sociaHy. If so, the Council by first choice ballots. results must be classed as a complete wash eering profession. By restricting the PR system to the transfer out. A study concerned with this latter "in~an­ of the low candidates' ballots ·we assure that gible area" has been in progress for some tl~e Our members don't want any part of this a majority of electors are represented by a socializing business. In fact they don't even and positive action has be7n tak~n rega~dmg successful candidate. With the ."transfer of . d' 'd al professional engmeers m Manitoba like each other very much. They would prefer m 1v1 u · h U · · 'tv of surplus" particularly if the leading candidate to eliminate all of these activities, and con­ and engineering students at t e mversi has a heavy majority, his voters in effect re­ Manitoba. 1\vo Association awards have been fine Association activity strictly to tqe business ceive a vote and a half or even two votes as for which it exists. established for this purpose. the case may be. And it is not inconceivable The Associatio~ Award for Achievement has that the surplus votes can decisively affect the AND REDUCE THE FEES ACCORD· already r.eceived publicity. It has been est!l'b·· results for more than one of the remaining INGLY!!! seats to be filled. I" h d for recognizing the really outst~ndmg Increased services to the members? Bah ! c~n:r~butions by individual engineers m the The technique of counting surplus transfers Humbug!! Province. This is the highest tribu~e that. c~ while probably satisfactory where large num­ ]. SCROOGE, P. Eng. be awarded by the Association and 1s adm1ms­ ber of votes being dealt with can produce in­ tered by an august committee of Past Presidents equities in a small election. The general prac­ of the Association. No award has b7en made tice (which has been upheld in local courts) as yet, however it exists for the occasion. is to count the seconds of a candidate who has ·The second Association award has . been exceeded the quota and to transfer ballots to estabished on a continuing annual baSIS to the second choice candidates in the proportion MOVING? reward the academic achievements of the top of the surplus to the number of second choices three students registering in Engineering I at counted. Having determined the number of bal­ PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF The University of Manitoba. Each. of t~e three lots to be transferred to any second choice ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS. 'Every students receives ·a log log duplex slide rule candidate that number of ballots is taken in­ month mail is returned from members which is suitably engraved with an A.P.E.M. discriminately from those ballots indicating who have moved and left no forwarding him as second choice and transferred t.o his crest and his name~. address. When you move, please advise pile of first choices. On such transferred bal­ the Association office either by letter This "Slide Rule Award" was presented for lots the third choice is in effect promoted to or by telephone. the first time on the occasion of the Engineer­ second choice and subject to further transfers. ing Freshman Banquet at the Fort Garry Ho- It is not uncommon to have fifth chokes 6 THE MANITOBA PROFESSIONAL ENGINEElt 102 Golfers Tee off Calling All Members On November 24th, at the Pembina Hotel, in June a joint A.P.E.M. - E.I.C. meeting will be held HIGHWAYS BRANCH PROVIDE with engineering students from the University INTERMISSION ENTERTAINMENT of Manitoba. There will be a discussion on the graduate engineer .and his relationship to By S. ]. Armstrong the two organizations and there will be an opportunity during the reception and after Thanks to genial Bill Covbett and his dinner for students to mingle with engineers Sports Committee, another successful golf and discuss pertinent topics with them. The tournament is now history. Of the 102 golf­ students would appreciate a good turn-out of ers who started, 9 5 per cent finished the Association members at this function. Novem­ .course. The exercise and the heat proved· too ber 24th - Pembina Hotel - Reception 6:30 much for some of the older members and - Dinner 7:00. (There will be a charge of Messrs. Debusschere, Christie and McGinnis $2.75 for the dinner). were forced to retire after 9 holes. Although the trio of Bowie, Junker and Caverly were + + + the spryest looking as they stoked up in the clubhouse at half time, they slowed up on Calling All Curlers the last lap and trailed the field reporting in during dinner about 8 p.m. ' Applications are being received in the Asso­ ciated Architects-Engineers Curling League, for Saturday or Sunday curling. Pleas·e submit Bill ·Adam~ and Stan·. Butcher won top rinks IMMEDIATELY to Jack Netterfield. honors for headdress. Carl Fritz won the Can­ Moody, Moore & Partners, 295 Broadway, adian Johns-Manville prize for the second low Winnipeg 1. gross. The prize was up to the high standard + + + C. R. PIKE, P. Eng. set and maintained by Johns-Manvm~a new Chairman, Social Committee type of liquid fertilizer for spreading Ort the PEACOCK'S LAMENT + + + grass so it will come up half cut. Fritz, fol­ It's a long way to the 18th lowing the boy scout motto of being prepared, It's a long way to walk. had a supply of cigars on hand whic;h he The drinks here are so refreshing, USE OF SEAL hoped to sell at a profit to Don Craik if the Let's just drink on and talk. latter's family increased during the tourna­ Goodbye fellow golfers, Secti_on 19 of The Engineering Profession Act ment. Nine is enough for me, reads as follows: . Every person registered under this Act shall Glover Anderson was out of the prizes this I'll just double what I've scored up Since I left the first tee. have a seal, the impression of which shall con­ time and complained that the wind bothered tain the name of the engineer and the words his game. On the 19th hole he was faced with It's a long way to the 18th, For me it's too far, "Registered Engineer, Province of Manitoba," a tough decision - should he have another with which all estimates, specifications, re­ "pink lemonade" or drive Loreen Dunklee You can plod on if you want to, I' 11 be right here at the bar. ports, working drawings, plans and other docu­ back to the city. Claude Wright very gallantly ments issued from his hand shall be sealed. came to the rescue and drove Mrs. D. to town. George Flavell proved once again to be an ideal M.C. As some one said following ~he + + + M. D. Green, playing his home course, and dinner George says it so well, they all like it no 'matter .what he's talking about. Maybe a member of the Sports Committ~e had too JAMOVE? many advantages on his side and won top we should get him to announce the next fee increase. Wine chalettice no? Phwee onny gotcher old honors for low gross, his reward being the add!'eSs weakent senjer mail taya. Ifyamove, Canada Wire & Cable prize of club covers. Where were the Manitoba Hydro boys? Not woodja lettice no yernu address. Mutt cha­ Lou Marrin was third low gross. Low net one of the regulars showed up. bliged, was Bob Zimmerman who won the Manitoba + + + Telephone System prize, and second low net Of the 102 golfers, 3 were in the 80s, 21 was ]. Scotten who won the Supercrete. prize. in the 90s and the remainder will have to S. Goodbrandon and H. V. Smith had birdies. practice to break 100. The All Star G~lf boys Finding Employment Mac Coutts won the dubious honor of high have nothing to fear from us for the time be- hole with a 14 and George Durnin won the ing. For Engineers high nine with a 76. Durnin would have been + + + hard to beat in his field in this tournament. Submitted by A. F. Brown He solved the problem of lost balls on the Exec. and Prof. Div. second nine by never hitting his ball out of Fall Frolic National Employment Service sight. He drove a neat 12 glove lengths off the 10th. "Sam Snead" Dennis also found it The 1961 Fall Frolic is now history and It is interesting to note that 1,401 of the a costly afternoon in golf balls. another success story has been written i~to ~he 7 000 successful placements of executive and Association records. Our thanks for this fme p~ofessional applicants made in 1959 were pro­ evening of entertainment go to Charlie Pike, fessional engineers. Bill Finnbogasson put his experience to Chairman of the Social Committee; Al Bur­ good use and was directing traffic at the first rows, Vice Chairman; Jim Warrener, Gor~on To provide this service trained ' officers tee when the boys began to pile up. Quote Marshall, Bob Gottfred, Lou Earp, Don Mill­ assess applicants' qualifications against detailed from Bob Byers: "Talk about tough breaks." er, Vic .Chorley, Glen Booth, Hans Bonne, requirements of employers. As the majority of and Ray Jonasson. applicants are employed, the strictest confi­ The highways branch boys provided some Some claimed the awards were rigged be­ dence is maintained and qualifications are dis­ first rate entertainment in the clubhouse at cause two members of the social committee, eussed with prospective employers only with half time and it is hoped that the Sports Com­ Lou Earp and Glen Booth, were recipi~nts but the permission of the applicant. That only mittee will be able to book them for future the claim could not be proved. One thmg that those suitably qualified are referred for inter­ tournaments. They discussed the pros and cons was evident was that we have some very good view is of great value to the· employer as con­ of the game, gave "Dad" Durnin some advice sports in this Association and someone shou~d siderable time is saved. and made some very pertinent observations, nominate Scotty Borgford, Tom Storey, Bill If an employer registers a vacancy and s.uit­ i.e. "As long as you have an adding machine, Thomas Lou Earp and Mr. and Mrs. Glen able candidates· are not available locally then, there's nothing to this game." (J. Duerksen). Booth ·£or Good Sportsmanship Awards for if the vacancy is of sufficient importance, the 1962 event. such requirements may be circulated to about Jack Peacock enjoyed his brea~ to the ~x­ . Outstanding among the dancers were the 200 offices across Canada. This means that tent that he tried to talk the boys mto doubling Tom Storeys (as usual) and Don Sampson applicants who have indicated a wiI!ingness the first nine scores and staying in the club­ who cuts a mean jive. Craig Sommerville has to move have their applications reviewed house, and just to prove how right he was devised a new system of looking slim with­ against requirements from all over the country. he chalked up identical scores on the two 9's. out losing weight and Jean Isberg has a smash­ Alternatively, applicants having special educa­ We may have missed some of the w?r~s, but ing new hair do. tional qualifications may have their applica­ following is a fairly accurate transcription of tions circulated to other offices. what Peacock was trying to get across at half It was decided not to print the names of time. Set to the tune of "It's a Long, Long those who had third and fourth helpings of The Executive and Professional Division is supper. located at 344 Edmonton Street. Way to Tipperary," it becomes a jaunty jingle. J