>Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:08:04 -0400 >From: rac-bulletins@xxxxxxx >Subject: [RAC-Bulletin] RAC Bulletin 2012-058E -An invitation from the family > of Earle Smith, VE6NM >To: Steve Cutway VE3KC <ve3kc@xxxxxx> >Reply-to: rachq@xxxxxx >Organization: Radio Amateurs of Canada >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:rac-bulletins-leave@xxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Id: <rac-bulletins@xxxxxxx> >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 > Thunderbird/15.0.1 >Original-recipient: rfc822;ve3kc@xxxxxxxxx > > >*RAC Bulletin 2012-058E -An invitation from the family of Earle Smith, VE6NM* >2012-10-01 > >An invitation from the family of Earle Smith, VE6NM: > >There will be a service for Earle Smith in >Southampton Cemetery in Nova Scotia on Oct 5, >2012 at 11 AM. A luncheon will follow at the >Southampton Community Hall. Here is a map to the >Cemetery >location:http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nscumber/cemetery/southampton.html ><http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Enscumber/cemetery/southampton.html> > >For those of you that do not think you know >Earle please pick up your TCA magazine from >May/June 2012 (page 10). Take a look you probably knew him. > >Here is a snippet of his bio >fromhttp://www.obsd.com/qcwa-chapter151/ve6nm_bio.html(QCWA Chapter 15) > >"First licenced in 1948 as VE1SA. During RCAF >career 1948 - 1968 held calls VE3ADP, VE2ACW, >VE2ATT, VE8AT, VE2ACH, VE8AT, VE3BMM, >VE1ZQ/VE1WR, VE6APB, VE6NM/VE6EWS and VE8BY-B. >Served as VE8 QSL Manager for several years. >Served as ARLA Director for NW Alberta and also >briefly served as Assistant Canadian Radio Relay >League (CRRL) Director for NW Alberta, then >various executive positions with Canadian >Amateur Radio Federation (CARF) and worked on >merger of CARF and CRRL to form Radio Amateurs >of Canada (RAC), followed by many years >involvement with RAC as Director for AB/NT/NU, >various Executive roles and retired as President >RAC December 2007. Also RAC Delegate Team Leader >to several IARU Region II conferences. Currently >Life Member of RAC, QCWA, SOWP, member of ARRL >and member of several amateur clubs across >Canada. Proud to be the sole Canadian recipient >of the prestigious Azteca Award from Federacion >Mexicana de Radioamateur Experimentadores A.C >(FMRE) for services rendered to amateur radio in >Canada and Mexico. Amateur wise my favourite >band remains Six Metres. I continue to be >involved in ARES. It was a privilege for me, >while serving as RAC President, to visit every >Canadian Province and Territory while meeting >many amateurs. I've also attended several QCWA >National conventions and enjoy meeting so many enthusiastic amateurs." > >Jeffery Trevors, VE1CQD > >Via Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW > >**----** > >Vernon Ikeda - VE2MBS/VE2QQ >Pointe-Claire, Québec >RAC Blog Editor/RAC E-News/Web News Bulletin Editor > > >-- > > * * * * > > > > > >---------- >You are receiving this bulletin because you are >subscribed to an electronic mailing list. For >more information or to change your subscription >please visit: http://rac.eton.ca/racbullemail.htm