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Je suis arrivé au CMR de Saint-Jean (CMRSJ) en 1952 de Ste.Geneviève-de-Pierrefonds, à l'ouest de l'île de Montréal. Bien que je suis né à Toronto, j'habitais la région de Montréal avec ma famille depuis 1939. J'ai complété CMRSJ en 1955, RMC en 1957 et McGill (génie électrique) en 1958. De janvier 1959 jusqu'au janvier 1963 j'ai piloté des avions de chasse F86 Sabre à l'escadron 441 de l'escadre de chasse #1du CARC à Marville, France, sous l'OTAN. À Marville j'ai rencontré Marg Belfry (de Toronto), enseignante à l'école de la base, et nous nous sommes mariés. Après notre mariage nous habitions Virton en Belgique, de l'autre côté de la frontière de Marville, et notre fille, Heather Anne y est née. De janvier 1963 jusqu'au juin 1965 j'étais l'officier de l'escadrille Champlain au CMRSJ et durant ce séjour notre fils Brian est né. In June, 1965 I left the Armed Forces and joined Foxboro Canada, Inc. as an industrial process control specialist (even if I didn't know what industrial process control was!). I stayed with Foxboro until December 31, 1999 and started my retirement January 1, 2000. When I joined Foxboro in 1965 we moved to Lachine and we are still in the same house. Marg taught at Selwyn House School in Westmount until retirement a few years ago. Now she does tole painting and surfs the internet for travel information. Heather-Anne is a tax lawyer in London England and lives southwest of London with husband John Hubbell and teenagers Raya and Jason. Brian does computer things that I don't understand for the financial / investment community in New York and lives in the Catskills with his wife Janet and youngsters Miranda and Benedict. I do some amateur gardening, make some amateur wine and produce some amateur web sites. Marg and I have a bit of a travel bug. In 2000 we spent two weeks in Malta, a month in Ireland and Wales, and a week in Antigua (40th anniversary!). In 2001 we spent a month in New Zealand and a month in Scandinavia. In 2002 a month in Provence and a month in the Maritimes and Newfoundland. In 2003 a month in Italy. Hoping to keep at it as long as the health and the pension are up to it. That's all for now. Bill (2003/08/07) |