ROYAL CANADIAN SEA CADETS CORPS FORT LENNOX 

01 September 1960 - 31 August 1961

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Commanding Officer:    Lieutenant Peter Ferguson, R.C.S.C. [resigned 31 January 1961]

                                 Lieutenant Stephen G. May, R.C.S.C.
  [promoted and re-appointed CO 01 February 1961] 

Officers: 

Sub-Lieutenant Francis Howard-Rose, CD, R.C.S.C., Executive Officer & Bonaventure DO
Surgeon-Lieutenant Joe Senikas, R.C.S.C., MD, Medical Officer  
Midshipman A. Bruce Hannah, R.C.S.C., Haida Divisional Officer  
Midshipman Ross W. Kemball, R.C.S.C., Supply Officer & Micmac Divisional Officer

 Corps’ Chief:      PO1 Jim High [Sept 1960 to Nov 1960]
                        A/PO1 Michael A. Goode [Nov 1960 to June 1961] 

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September 1960 to April 1961 

The Corps was visited 3 times by: 

            - Lieutenant-Commander R.J. Mann, CD, RCN, Area Officer Sea Cadets, Quebec Area 
            - Mr. Charles Hutchins, Secretary, Quebec Branch, Navy League of Canada
               - Lieutenant D. Pengelly, RCN, HMCS DONNACONA 

September 1960  

At the start of the school year the corps appointed a new Chief Petty Officer, Jim High, a fully qualified PO1 who joined us from RCSCC AHUNTSIC.  The corps would not have another qualified PO1 until May 1964, when David Oliver and Don Ferguson progressed through the ranks and passed the PO1 exam.  

October 1960 

A contingent of RCSCC "FORT LENNOX" cadets took part in a Navy League Parade in Montreal in conjunction with the Royal Canadian Navy’s 50^th Anniversary Celebrations.  The occasion included a visit and dinner aboard the anti-submarine Destroyer HMCS TERRA NOVA. 

11 November 1960 

The entire corps took part in a Remembrance Day Parade in St. Jean.

05 May 1961 

3^rd Annual Inspection.  The Reviewing Officer was: 

Commodore H.L. Quinn, DSC, CD, RCN, Senior Naval Officer, River St. Lawrence Area 

The Commanding Officer’s Challenge Trophies were awarded as follows:   

Most Proficient Division:  Micmac   DPO A/PO1 Murray Willson

Most Proficient Cadet:  A/PO1 Murray Willson

17 Cadets traveled to HMCS ACADIA in North Sydney, Nova Scotia for summer training.  Even though the contingent from RCSCC FORT LENNOX scored 499.4 points out of a possible 500, an incredible 110.9 points higher than the winning score a year earlier, the Corps came second-overall in the race for the General Efficiency Trophy.  The winner, RCSCC VICTORY had a perfect score of 500!  They lost 0.6 points and the trophy due to a "dust bunny"!

On a more positive note, Able Cadet Murray Willson was voted the Most Efficient Cadet in competition with 550 other cadets. 

[Updated 200504]

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