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nidDistrict Youth |Was Among FewChosen for Course JOne district youth was chosenfrom 400 young men recently In* q. terviewed prior to entering the w yy new armed forces college in the ta province of Quebec. He is Keithlt;1 McKinnon of Wheatland, g. He was one of the 125 persons th at selected out of an original 1,350 bj ig applicants, -according to armed of forces officials in Rivers- One oth- sc er successful applicant from this re part of Manitoba was E. H. Hoem* tr son of Griswold- All other Manitsaobans selected are from Winni* arP«S- UThe new institution, which opened Sept 22, is the Militaire Roy-ale, at St. Jean, Que., a tri-services ps college- *n* Establishment of the college, eS: 3- officials stated, met with a re-y sponse far exceeding anything an-30 ticipated. Applications came from all parts of Canada. Quality of ap- S£ _ plicants was described as being P1 ‘very good indeed'. irThe college will be officially op* ened by the governor-general, the C£ Rt. Hon, Vincent Massey, on Nov.13 QThe college is to meet with the «Jrequirements of French-speaking candidates, it trains officer cadets 0for service with the regular or re*serve forces.Those accepted for the regular i force will have all expenses paid • throughout, and will be commie* * sioned in the active forces on the successful completion of univer-36 sity or services college education. n Reserve cadets will be requir- ® ’e ed to pay fees on the same basis C€ ■e as cadets in the same category at* st tending the royal military college w *e of Royal Roads, Victoria. t wk Of the-125 young men accepted;^®* 80 are French - speaking, 45 are si 155 English-speaking. BCommanding officer of the new A* college is Col. Louis Marcellin La* haie, DSO, 39, former commanding n officer of the 79th field regiment, is RCA, now stationed with NATO JJ is forces in Germany, s* * » *Hy Keith McKinnon is the son of n c- Mr. and Mrs. M. McKinnon of ,0. n* Wheatland.
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Rivers Gazette
Rivers, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Oct 23, 1952
Page 4
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