1960 - When
"Al" Aveling retired from radio regulations, Hamilton, on November 15,
1960, friends
and co-workers gathered to honor him.
A desk and purse of money were presented
to him, while Mrs. Aveling received a corsage.
A native of Peterborough, England, Mr. Aveling joined the Department of
Marine and Fisheries as a radio operator in 1925 and was posted, first, to Cape
Race, and then to Chebucto Head.
In 1927
when the inductive interference section was formed he was appointed a radio
inspector in charge of the then new Kitchener field office.
Subsequently he was in charge of the London field office for eight years and
then went to Hamilton, where he remained until his retirement.