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His vision for Canada went sky-high
Aircraft engineer worked at Canadian Vickers during the Second
World War and helped in development of Canadair
By James McCREADY
Special to The Globe and Mail Wednesday, April
16, 2003 - Page R9
Perhaps more than anyone else, Peter
GOOCH gave Canada its wings.
An aeronautical engineer, he helped to build the company that
went on to become Canadair, the aerospace division of Bombardier
and the foundation for Canada's success as an aircraft manufacturer.
Like many young men of his generation, the Second World War had
thrust him into the job of his dreams: chief engineer of a vast
aircraft plant building flying boats for submarine patrols and
converting military transports into commercial aircraft.
Mr. GOOCH, who died in February at the age of 88, joined Canadian
Vickers at the outbreak of the war. The company was building
ships in the east end of Montreal but expanded to build sea planes,
including those that landed on floats and skis as well as amphibians,
so-called flying boats, which could take off from water or land.
Canadian Vickers moved its aeronautical arm to Cartierville airport,
then a three-kilometre streetcar ride from the edge of Montreal.
In May 1942, the federal government got involved by helping to
build a 150,000-square-metre plant. Within three months, Mr.
GOOCH and his team turned out the first
PBY, or Canso, an advanced
flying boat which saw extensive service in the war. The technology
behind the Canso's ability to take off and land using the fuselage
as a hull is still used in Canadair's water bombers.
The assembly line produced 340 Cansos. Then a young man who was
not yet 30, Mr.
GOOCH supervised a complex engineering project
with dozens of engineers and thousands of workers under him.
As the war came to an end, the factory expanded to convert military
C47s into civilian DC3s.
At one point, Mr.
GOOCH was also sent to England to work on the
development of the legendary de Havilland Mosquito, an all-wood
fighter-bomber that was later made in Canada and used by the
Royal Canadian Air Force.
Mr. GOOCH was not only a clever engineer but a man of quiet charm
and an accomplished linguist. Both these traits smoothed the
path for his winning the contract for Vickers to build Montreal's
first subway cars. Because he was fluent in French, he was able
to deal with the mayor of Montreal, Jean
DRAPEAU, something few
English-only speaking businessmen of his day could manage.
By 1964, Mr.
GOOCH was vice-president of engineering at Canadian
Vickers. He convinced the mayor that his firm, located in a working
class, French-Canadian district, could do the job of building
the subway cars. Shortly after winning the contract, Mr.
GOOCH
was promoted to president of Canadian Vickers.
Peter William
GOOCH was born on February 18, 1915, in Toronto.
His father was a successful businessman who owned and ran a window-manufacturing
company.
He attended Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto,
graduating with a degree in civil engineering in 1936. A year
later, he earned a masters degree in aeronautical engineering.
His first job in aviation was with de Havilland and he transferred
to the company's home base in England. He worked at its plants
until the outbreak of the war when he started at Canadair, which
was then owned by Canadian Vickers. After the war, the government
wanted to encourage the development of an aviation industry using
Canadair as a base. After one postwar re-organization, Canadair
was bought by an American firm with the odd name of The Electric
Boat Company. It formed the basis of General Dynamics, the defence
giant.
Mr. GOOCH opted to stay with Canadian Vickers and moved to its
operation on the St. Lawrence River. He left the firm in 1967
and moved to Toronto as president and part owner of the firm
that became FluiDynamic Devices Inc., a company that turned exotic
inventions developed at the National Research Council in Ottawa
into commercial products.
A man of immense curiosity, he would get caught up in many projects,
including a windtunnel. Called Airflow, it helped measure industrial
emissions as part of an environmental initiative put together
long before most people had heard of the word. The firm sold
its first wind tunnel to Volvo, in Sweden, to test the aerodynamics
of its cars.
In his spare time, Mr.
GOOCH read in many languages and in addition
to French, he spoke Russian, Spanish, German and Italian. When
visiting businessmen arrived from Europe, he was always called
upon to entertain them. At the age of 60, he decided to learn
Japanese since his firm, FluiDynamics, had picked up a Japanese
client.
A devoted family man, he spent his free time at the cottage he
built at Lac Oureau, north of Montreal. A patient fisherman,
his son remembers him catching just one trout on the fished-out
lake in the southern Laurentians. The family would head further
north on fishing trips every summer.
His hobbies included carpentry and a whole range of sports from
skiing to golf. He was fit even in his later years and last summer
was the first time he used a cart instead of walking the course.
Mr. GOOCH died in Toronto on February 27. He leaves his wife
Evelyn and his four children.
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GOOD o@ca.on.manitoulin.howland.little_current.manitoulin_expositor 2003-03-05 published
GOOD
-In loving memory of James, Mary and Edwin
GOOD.
James deceased February 14, 1990.
Mary deceased September 1, 1972.
Edwin deceased December 22, 1982.
-Forever in our memory, The Family.
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GOOD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-08 published
HARMER,
Robert
William
(Herb)
Passed away peacefully in Toronto, on Wednesday March 5, 2003.
Bill (Herb)
HARMER of Toronto and Southhampton, at the age of
70. Beloved husband of Mary
HARMER (née
DROESKE) of Toronto and
Southampton. Loving father of Robert of Toronto, Alexandra of
Orangeville and Lesley of Toronto. Also survived by his sister
Margaret and her husband Gordon
GOOD of Burlington. Fondly remembered
by his many relatives and Friends. At Herb's request there will
be no visitation. A reception in Herb's memory will be held at
the Granite Club, Toronto, on Thursday March 13, 2003 at 5 p.m,
as well, a Memorial Service to Celebrate Herb's Life will be
conducted in the Chapel of the Eagleson Funeral Home, Southampton,
on Saturday April 26, 2003 at 11 a.m. A Time of Fellowship will
follow in the Family Centre of the Funeral Home. Private Family
Interment of Ashes Southampton Cemetery. If so desired, memorial
donations may be made to the Chantry Island Restoration Project
or to the charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded
to the family through www.eaglesonfuneralhome.com
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GOODCHILD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-03-08 published
ALLAN,
Gavina
Y. (née
BROWN)
Survived by her husband William, brother Donald Grant
BROWN
(Katherine,)
sister Olga Marion
COUSINS
(William,) nephews and nieces Ian
BROWN (Wendy), Kevin
BROWN (Katherine), Randolph
COUSINS (Anne),
Anne GOODCHILD
(Wayne,) grand nephews and nieces Graham, Colin,
Andrew and Shawn
BROWN,
Russell and Kerry
COUSINS and Monica
and Justine
GOODCHILD.
Private family arrangements have been
made. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made
to the Canadian Cancer Society.
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GOODERHAM o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-13 published
GOODERHAM,
George
Kentner 1927-2003
Died at the Ottawa Heart Institute after a brief illness on Friday,
October 10, 2003. Born in Calgary and raised on the Blackfoot
reserve at Gleichen, Alberta where his family lived and his father
worked as the Indian agent. Kent married Helen Rea
CRAWFORD of
Winnipeg in 1955 and then worked as a school superintendent in
the Peace River, Alberta for three years before moving to Ottawa
in 1966. As an anthropologist and as an educator, he focused
on education for Indian people and later became Director of Indian
education for the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
In addition to his 17 years in the public service, Kent was a
patron of the arts and an avid traveller. After his retirement,
he and Helen pursued many interests and spent the winters in
Vancouver and the summers at the family cottage in Elgin, Ontario.
Kent is survived by his wife, Helen; his four sons, George, Rory,
Adam, and Nicholas; his daughter, Sara; his sisters, Elizabeth
Gooderham ROBINSON and Eleanor Gooderham
CRAWFORD; and eight
grand children: Elizabeth, Rachel, Noah, Graham, David, Eilish,
Maaike, and Willem. The family wishes to extend its most sincere
thanks to the doctors and nurses of the Intensive Care Unit of
the Ottawa Civic Hospital and the Cardiac Care Unit of the Ottawa
Heart Institute for their excellent care and compassion and encourages
Friends to make a donation in Kent's memory to the University
of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation at 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa,
Ontario, K1Y 4W7.
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GOODFELLOW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-10-02 published
WEAVER,
Clare
Thorne
Died on Monday, September 29th, 2003, at the South Muskoka Memorial
Hospital, Bracebridge, at the age of 64. Beloved daughter of
the late Harriet and Bill
WEAVER.
Much loved sister of Brink
(Margaret) and Stewart (Carol) of Toronto and Muskoka and Vicky
WEAVER (and the late Richard
BIRD) of Lake of Bays. Miss
WEAVER,
formerly of CosCob, Connecticut, enjoyed a happy year with David
and Jackie
GOODFELLOW of Gravenhurst where she received special
care. Fondly remembered by her five nieces and nephews and in
particular Harriet. Friends will be received at the Reynolds
Funeral Home ''Turner Chapel'' 1 Mary Street, Bracebridge (877)
806-2257 on Friday, October 3rd, 2003 from 1: 00 p.m. until time
of service in the Chapel at 2: 00 p.m. Burial in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Toronto, on Monday, October 6th, 2003 at 11: 00 a.m.
Memorial gifts to the South Muskoka Hospital Foundation, 75 Ann
Street, Bracebridge, Ontario P1L 2E4 would be appreciated by the
family.
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GOODING o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-25 published
HYDE,
Shelagh
Jane (née
LAWSON)
Died peacefully, at her home on Stoney Lake, in her 73rd year,
on August 22, 2003. Shelagh was the cherished wife of Kenneth
for 47 years. Beloved mother of Elizabeth (Victor
SPEAR) and
Joanne (Brian
GOODING) and Grandma to David, Andrew, Jillian
and Charlie. Shelagh was born in Winnipeg and graduated from
St. Boniface Hospital School of Nursing. Shelagh came to Toronto
in 1953 and was active in church and community affairs throughout
her life. A Memorial Service will be held at Rosedale United
Church, 159 Roxborough Drive at Glen Road, on Wednesday, August
27th at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the
Kidney Foundation of Canada (Central Ontario Branch) or to Parkinson
Society Canada would be appreciated by the family.
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GOODMAN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-01-08 published
Photographer, reporter and royal press attaché
After years at The Globe and Mail, he went on to craft speeches
for William
DAVIS and to co-ordinate royal tours
By Allison
LAWLOR
Wednesday,
January 8, 2003, Page R5
John GILLIES, a former reporter at The Globe and Mail, who later
served as press attaché for the royal tours in the 1970s, died
recently at his home in Mississauga, Ontario He was 74.
Known as "a two-way man," Mr.
GILLIES was both a reporter and
photographer at The Globe throughout the 1960s. He travelled
extensively around Ontario, covering everything from fires and
train derailments to inquests and trials.
Reporting was in his blood, said Rudy
PLATIEL, a fellow two-way
man who worked with Mr.
GILLIES at The Globe.
He loved digging up stories and talking to people, Mr.
PLATIEL
recalled.
"For John, the worst time was when nothing was panning out, and
he didn't get a story.
"We were sort of the generalists in the sense that we were ready
to take on any story," Mr.
PLATIEL added. "I think he enjoyed
not knowing what was coming up next."
After more than a decade at The Globe and Mail, Mr.
GILLIES left
the paper for a job with the Ontario government.
Working as a communications officer in the Ministry of Education,
his job, among others, was to field media calls and write speeches.
He frequently wrote them for William
DAVIS -- who would later
become the Premier of Ontario -- when Mr.
DAVIS was the education
minister. Mr.
GILLIES spent 20 years working for the government
before retiring in the late 1980s.
Of all the press officers at Queen's Park at the time, Mr.
GILLIES
was the most up-front, said Rod
GOODMAN, a former ombudsman of
The Toronto Star.
"If he knew something, he would tell you," Mr.
GOODMAN said.
"He was very straight and very honest."
During the 1970s, on leaves from the Ministry of Education, Mr.
GILLIES served as press co-ordinator for the royal tours to Canada.
He would ride on the press bus, following the Royal Family on
their visits to various parts of the country, arranging interviews
and ensuring that things ran smoothly for the press.
"Several times, he got to meet the Queen," said his daughter,
Laurie SWINTON. "He always said Prince Philip was a real card."
Her father was not known for his impeccable style: Ms.
SWINTON
recalls a photo taken of him standing with the Queen, wearing
a rumpled $29 suit from a local department store. It was not
uncommon for Mr.
GILLIES to be seen with a crooked tie and untucked
shirt. "He was probably one of the only guys at Queen's Park
that dressed worse than me," said author and broadcaster Claire
HOY.
John GILLIES was born in Toronto on March 4, 1928, the only son
of George and Sarah
GILLIES.
The family lived in a tiny row house
in the city's west end. His father worked in the rail yards,
and his mother in a chocolate factory, often bringing home boxes
of candy for her only son.
Not fond of school, Mr.
GILLIES dropped out in Grade 10.
Later, in search of work, he walked into the office of the weekly
newspaper in Port Credit (now a part of Mississauga), telling
them he needed a job and would do anything. It just so happened
that they required a sports editor and hired him.
"He just sort of fell into writing," Ms.
SWINTON said.
In 1954, when Hurricane Hazel ripped through Toronto, killing
81 people, Mr.
GILLIES's instinct was not to seek shelter in
the basement of his home, but to hit the streets to talk to people
and gather stories.
When Mr. GILLIES reached an area of the city where a number of
new townhouses had been wiped out, a police roadblock met him,
recalled his son, Ken
GILLIES. A friend who was with him at the
time pulled a badge from his coat pocket and flashed it at the
officer. After police let the pair through, Mr.
GILLIES turned
to his friend and asked where he got the badge. "From my kid's
Cheerios box this morning," his friend replied.
An avid golfer, it was on the greens in Port Credit that Mr.
GILLIES met Frances
SMITH, a woman who shared his passion for
golf.
The couple married in 1954, and later had three children. Ms.
GILLIES died of cancer in 1984.
A helpless optimist when it came to golf, Mr.
GILLIES was known
to go out under the most dire conditions. He would look at a
dark, looming sky and declare that it was clearing, Ken
GILLIES
recalled. By contrast, said Mr.
HOY, the task of getting Mr.
GILLIES on the greens when he hadn't scheduled a golf game was
next to impossible.
"I don't know anyone else who was that structured," Mr.
HOY added,
noting that his golfing buddy stuck to his weekly schedule, where
each day was dedicated to a particular task. For example, shopping
was done not on Thursday but on Saturday. "He had this one little
idiosyncrasy," Mr.
HOY joked.
A good-hearted man who was also a big lover of dogs, Mr.
GILLIES
was known to carry a stash of dog biscuits on his daily walks
to give to the neighbourhood pooches. "He was a very simple guy,"
said his son Ken. "He didn't like a lot of ceremony and fanfare."
Mr. GILLIES leaves his three children, Don, Ken and Laurie, and
two grandchildren, Corey and Grace.
John GILLIES, reporter / photographer, communications officer
born in Toronto on March 4, 1928; died in Mississauga, Ontario
on December 4, 2002.
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