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'''Name:''' War Effort Committee
'''Name:''' War Effort Committee


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'''Prominent date(s) of activity:''' 1942
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'''History:''' Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the [[The Second World War at UNB|Second World War]] effort.
'''History:''' Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the [[The Second World War at UNB|Second World War]] effort.


'''Activities: '''Those enrolled in the U.A.T.C. underwent two years of prescribed training that included, in its first year, lessons in morse code, air navigation, aircraft recognition, First Aid, followed by a year of practical training in the work characteristic of Manning Depots and Initial Training School. During the summer months, the squadron attended a training camp at an active Royal Canadian Air Force training station.
'''Activities: '''The War Effort Committee organized a Victory Ball at the [[Lady_Beaverbrook_Gymnasium|Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium]] at which over three hundred dollars was collected, as well as a series of informal dances. The Committee also organized an inter-faculty competition, the March of Dimes, which climaxed on the evening of the [[Conversazione]].


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Name: War Effort Committee

Previous/other names:

Prominent date(s) of activity: 1942

History: Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the Second World War effort.

Activities: The War Effort Committee organized a Victory Ball at the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium at which over three hundred dollars was collected, as well as a series of informal dances. The Committee also organized an inter-faculty competition, the March of Dimes, which climaxed on the evening of the Conversazione.

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Source(s):

  • Up the Hill, 1943, Organizations.


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