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Stan GatchellL-e I (Continued from page one)[[ dog has one master and one mast-“ er alone for his care, attention and association., Stanley Gatchell joined the R. C. M. Police Force “three years ago this Thanksgiving,” according to his mother, and was immediately posted to Regina for six months strenuous training. Subsequently, he was transferred to s I Rockcliffe, Ont., where, after a e series of stiff examinations which s he passed successfully, he receiv-* ed his red coat and became a full-y I fledged Mountie.B. H. S. GraduateBorn and educated in Bowman-ville. the 23-year-old constable $ I attended Mrs. C. A. Bartlett's e I Business School here after graduating from B. H. S. StanleyI j Gatchell was 20, and working in the A P Store when he was accepted for training in the R.C, M.P. ^ v 1%Since leaving Bowmanvllle he has travelled a great deal and has seen a lot of Canada. On completion of his training he was transferred from Rockcliffe to Stewiacke, N.S., and assigned to general police work. Last September he became a dogmaster and was transferred with Tiny toII Sydney, N.S., where he is presently ^stationed. .) 1 It is interesting to note that { I when Stanley lived in Bowman-ville he was a very good friend of Alan Clark, the 19-year-old ex-post office employee who left June 18, for the R.C.M.P. establishment at Rockcliffe.- . His; Dog “Tiny”Cst. GatchelTs dog is a male Shepherd of small stature which , was recruited from Westlock. Alta., at the age of nine months, and started his training at York-ton last year. From this western city he was taken to Sydney Training Kennels in Nova Scotia and received his elementary training under the trainer. Completing this successfully, he was handed over to his present master, Cst. Gatchell, to be finished off for field duties in the Sydney area. Since that time he has been called on some 25 times in | the past four months to render assistance to police and public.“Tiny’* was called to the scene of a breaking, entering and theft of a store at Reserve Mines, N.S., on January 3rd, 1951. Arriving at 5:30 a.m. the dog took scent from tracks left by the fleeing man after his partner had been apprehended by a local constable. “Tiny” had difficulty tracking in a layer of soft thawing snow, but worked fast and after some 500 yards located an all-weather gabardine coat that was folded and placed on a dry concealed spot. From here he continued to track some miles distant to the yard of a suspect in the Lorway district. After searching this house, the tracking was found to be useless. Later it was concludedthat the suspect had entered the
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Bowmanville Canadian Statesman
Bowmanville, Ontario, CA
Thu, Jun 28, 1951
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