On Second thought

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "What's that you say.?":

Well Ev, what have you done lately?

Leslie Frost? How many people here have heard of him? Paulie McGibbon? Holy crap, she was LG in the late '70s.

The QYR are not cadets. Ipperwash was closed years ago - I know, I was there in the summers of 1978 and 1979.

The life of a reservist is a hell of alot different than a cadet. Especially when you get activated and next thing you know, you are being trained in Pettawawa how to find IEDs.

Did you ever attend an event at the former Hydro buildings for QYR?

I didn't think so.

Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 3 February 2015 at 13:45

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Note the date of the above comment. Initially I deleted it.

Occasionally I  publish samples of  the personally offensive. They add nothing to the conversation.
But they do reveal a level of intellect.

Without a crystal ball , I'd say the author is a reservist and was a cadet adding up to  lengthy involvement with the militia which in Aurora we associate with Queens York Rangers.

I always felt there were positive aspects  of the cadet program. Like the Canadian Legion was  the source to advise on protocol, I  believed  kids learned to be respectful and feel better about themselves at a time in their lives when they needed it most.

It appears  the advantage may not have been universal.

BTW  I may not have read documentation about fund-raising  being for dress uniforms for QYR.
But it certainly was first indication of it's  purpose. Former Councillor now  MLA Ballard was
probable source. I believe it was  his friendship with the former Mayor made the  connection that allowed the Hydro building to be spirited out from the town's use just like Church Street school was pirated away.