Thursday May 28th., 2009
is our
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
followed by
A Special Presentation by
Historian Dave Cook
and
Writer Dave Cook
a fourth on the way.
He deals with not only the subjects, but also some of the trials
and tribulations of research, some comical
and some of the amazing coincidence that left him just shaking his head.
Much of the subject matter deals with events,
people and happenings that took place in the
Malton-Weston regions and many of the topics are of
international significance.
These topics include the training of pilots in the
British Commonwealth Training Plan, a military base
located about where the Pearson International Airport now stands
and the base becoming a world-leading 500 bed hospital after the war.
He will also talk about the flying saucer built by AVRO,
the Lancaster Bomber built by Victory Aircraft during the war.
Also, for the golfers, there are stories about the father-son golf professionals
at St. Georges Golf Course on Islington Road.
His books deal with a wide variety of subjects.
He will also be dealing largely with his third book as
his first two books might only have a passing interest.
One is the building of the first major subdivision Applewood Acres,
by the Shipp family from Etobicoke and the other
about the history of Dixie Arena and the Dixie Beehive Hockey Club,
that now plays out of Weston Arena.
Dave Cook grew up on the 6th Line, south of the Village of Malton
and as a youngster attended Elmbank Public School
and then Malton Public School.
His family homestead was expropriated by the Federal Government
as part of the Toronto Airport expansion in 1957.
The family then moved to Applewood Acres, (Q.E.W. & Cawthra)
As a teenager living in Applewood Acres, Dave regularly attended
the stock car races at the CNE grounds in Toronto.
(Ted Hogan with Doug Duncan and a third person unknown).
His love of the sport blossomed and would become
a major part of his adult life.
He quickly became involved in the development of Canada's premier
race track, Mosport Park north of Bowmanville, Ontario.
He organized the track's first car race held June 3, 1961.
In later years Dave also owned race cars competing in the
northeast USA and eastern Canada.
For many seasons Dave also served as play-by-play announcer
for race events at tracks in Ontario, Quebec, and in the United States
at events in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and New York.
Dave's motorsport announcing led to a career in radio broadcasting.
In 1966 he was hired by CHIC Radio in Brampton and later
he was offered a job in the lucrative Toronto market at CHIN Radio.
CHIC RADIO SHOW
He was employed as an on-air news announcer at first,
then later he moved into program production.
He left radio in 1974 to work as a newspaper reporter
with The Mississauga News 
and later, its sister publication,
The Etobicoke Gazette.
In 1980 he was elected Councillor, City of Mississauga
and Regional Municipality of Peel.
He served three terms, retiring in 1988.
After retiring from Council, Dave turned his attention to writing
and publishing his own books on community history.
His first book , Apple Blossoms and Satellite Dishes
is the history of the Applewood Acres community which was
the first major subdivision built west of Toronto.
His second book, From Frozen Ponds to Beehive Glory,
is a look at Dixie Arena and the popular Dixie Beehive Hockey Club.
Dixie Arena Gardens was the first arena
with artificial ice built west of Toronto.
Dave's third book, Fading History Vol. 1, features 15 chapters,
each telling an interesting story, some of which are events
and happenings that had a major impact on world events.