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Clinton News-Record, 1966-01-20, Page 10►age 10-r-Clintpn HeWSrRtecord^Thur?,, Jan. 20, 1966 Review Of RCAF Progress In 1965 Auburn Guild Instals Officers St Janies, Middleton, Receives Excellent Report On 1965 For Canada’s armed forces, the year 1965 was one of the most active in recent history. It Was the first full year of totegraition and saw marked progress made in the re-organ­ ization and re-design of the forces to the -new, functional pattern, At the same time, Canada's servicemen and their, civilian colleagues added substantially,' and at times notably, to their record of duties performed and jobs accomplished. Among the highlights of 1965 were: —Formation of a new com­ mand structure, to operate on functional lines and re­ ducing from 11 to six the number of commands in Canada. •—Near completion, well ahead of schedule, of. the integra­ tion of Canadian Forces Headquarters. —The continuation and exten­ sion of world-wide ’ under­ takings1 in support of peace, typified by the rapid .dis­ patch of Canadians in Sept­ ember to assist UN efforts to preserve the India-Pakis­ tan.' cease-fire. —The launching into orbit in ■late November of the Defence Research Board’s second BUYING A HERD SIRE? □ □ □ □ □ □ Check fo make sure he— Isri't a big eater Keeps himself clean Sleeps in an unused corner Never loses his temper Has a priceless pedigree, but can be bought cheap Will indicate in advance how his offspring will 'do' Should you have difficulty in finding such an animal, contact WATERLOO CATTLE BREEDING ASSOCIATION Artificial Insemination Service from ’ A.I. Proven and Selected- Young Sires space satellite, Alouette II. ■ r—Th? ordering of a new tacti- ‘pial fighter, the CF-5, pri­ marily for service in close support of the ground forces. —The totroduction of new wea­ pons and equipment, to give increased fire-power and mo­ bility, These include armour­ ed personnel carriers, heli- copters, anti-tank weapons, and the first submarine to be ■built expressly for Canada. Announcement of the new command structure was made to June, months ahead of the original plan. Where previously there Were 11 major commands —two navy, five army and four air force — there now will be six: Mobile, Maritime, Air De­ fence, Material, Air Transport and Training. At Canadian Forces Head­ quarters, integration was vir­ tually completed and the new, streamlined staff organization was functioning smoothly and efficiently. In attestation of this was the speedy response to September to the request for a Canadian contribution to a new UN observer group to India- Pakistan, Less than three days after the Prime Minister agreed to the request, a dozen observers and a senior air. advisor with hits staff had been gathered to Ottawa from across Canada and’’ flown to todia-Pakistan, The new UN group is headed by a Canadian, Maj.-Gen, Bruce F. Macdonald of Edmonton, for­ mer Nicosia Zone commander with the UN forces in Cyprus. Again at the UN’s request, Canada also speedlily reinforced by ten; officers the truce super­ visory team within Kashmir. They joined nine other Can­ adian observers 'already serving in Kashmir. To provide the necessary air transport support for both these UN observer missions, the RCAF dispatched two addition­ al Caribou aircraft by staging route to Pakistan and airlifted an air transport unit of 100 airmen and three Otter air­ craft by Hercules transport planes to the subcontinent. Meanwhile, Canadian service­ men continued with their peace­ keeping efforts to other parts of the world. With the extension of the UN mandate, in Cyprus, Canada rotated another infantry bat­ talion and reconnaissance squad­ ron to the island to the spring and again in the fall. In Egypt, the 900-man Can- . adi'an contingent completed its ninth year as a major part of the United Nations Emergency Force. Other Canadian servicemen are with UN truce commissions " in Palestine 'and Korea, and the toternational Commission for Supervision and Control in Viet Nam 'and Laos. Two Canadian Army NCOs serving, with the latter coanmlission have been missing since October when their courier plane vanished while en route to Hanoi. Following up the highly suc­ cessful' Alouette I, launched. 55 ALBERT STREET — CLINTON WO/ AEE ALL OUR KNITTING WOOL /O Urr FROM ITALY la (Continued .from Page Nine) proved by levelling of the ground, where the church shed stood iby the county workmen. Mrs. Fred Middleton present­ ed the annual report of the WA; Mrs. Donald Middleton for the Sunday 'School and Mr. and Mrs, Don Middletoip, the audi­ tors’ statement. Mr. Harrison appointed Mrs. Dpnald Middleton and Mrs. David Peeves to act as scrutin­ eers for the election of officers, which resulted as follows; Rector’s warden, Edward Deeves; people’s warden, John Cole; board of management elected by the people, Donald Middleton, Mrs. Stewart Mid­ dleton,x Mrs. Fred Middleton, Alfred Hudie, John Smith, John Deeves. AUBURN —. The first meet­ ing .iiii I960 of St. Mark’s Angli­ can G vtild. was held in the di- urch. with a good attendance. Mrs. Thomas Haggitt had charge of the meeting and read a New Year’s thought. Mr. P, Pakenham conducted an impressive ceremony for the installing of the officers. The study 'book of Down the Mac- Kenzie River with Bishop Cook proved interesting. This was taken fry Mrs. Ed Davies. The rector read the scripture lesson amid 'gave a splendid study period on the creed. A letter was read from Rev. Locke, rector „ at St. George, Quebec, thanking the Guild for their Christmas donation. Rev. Locke explained in full the ac­ tivities of his parish and how wed! the churches in the far north are attended. Guild president, Mrs, Orval McPhee presided for the busin­ ess and thanked Mrs. Gordon Taylor for her faithful efficient work as treasurer for the past ten years. Mrs. Taylor gave the past year’s financial statement. The travelling apron received a penny for each letter in “Epiphany of our Lord”. Roll call was answered’ by a new Year’s resolution, Mr.^ Paken- haim • closed the meeting with prayer. Appointed by the rector to the board of management w^re — Ray Wise, George Wise, David Middleton, Joseph Stor­ ey, Edward Wise and Mrs. Don­ ald Middleton, Vestry clerk and secretary to board Of management, Mrs. Ed­ ward Wise; treasurer, Edward Wise; envelope 'clerk, Edward Wise; chairman of sidesmen, James Storey; lay delegate to Synod, John Deeves; sub-lay delegate, Ray Wise; special fund, Mrs. Ross Middleton; au­ ditors, Mr, and Mrs, Reith Mil­ ler; press and publicity, Mrs. Stewart Middleton, Mr, Harrison moved a hearty vote of thanks to Mr, and Mrs, Edward Wise, for their hospi­ tality. A social half hour follow­ ed and lunch was served, ■ 1 Him ' three year's ggp and still pro­ viding scientific data, the De­ fence Reseaich Board’s second 320-pound sajtellite, Alouette JI, was shot into orbit from tfe? Western 'TeiSt Range to Cali­ fornia to 'late November. .Life jits famous predecessor, Alouette II will make scientific obser­ vations and measurements and transmit them back to earth, Selection of the tactical air­ craft that will be a major ele­ ment in the new roles pre­ scribed for toe forces was an­ nounced in July; The CF-5 is an improved Canadian version pf the Northrop E-5. Aitfuames and engines will be manufact­ ured and’ the aircraft assembled to Canada. First deliveries: of a total order of approximately 125 are expected in the fall of 1967. Into service to 1965 came nearly half of a total order of 1,000 M113 'armoured personnel carriers for the army. Capable of 40 mph. on land and 3.6 mph. in water, these 12-ton amphibi­ ous vehicles improve consider­ ably the flexibility and mobility of the ground forces. ■ Mobility Was enhanced still further with the delivery of 14 C-130 Hercules long-range “air trucks”. Total order of this ver­ satile work-horse is 24. Twelve twto-rlotor Voyageur transport helicopters taken into' ’army service laite in 1964 car­ ried out their first full-scale field training during the sum­ mer concentration of troops at Camp Gagetown, N.B. In December, phasing in be­ gan of the Carl Gustav, the army’s man-portable, 84-mrn anti-tank weapon. The Swedish; designed rocket launcher is al­ so used! by other NATO troops. The most conspicuous addit­ ion to the maritime forces was the submarine Ojibwa, commis- ■stoned in September at Chat­ ham, England. Intended pri­marily for training purposes, the Ojibwa is readily convert­ ible to operational service if re­ quired. Two more submarines of the same class are ’ now building. Four destroyer escorts of the St. Laurent class, converted1 to carry anti-submaa'ine helicop­ ters and fitted1 with the Can­ adian-developed Variable depth sonar, returned to service dur­ ing the year. This brought to eight the number of helicopter­ destroyers in the fleet. Mean­ while, delivery was accepted of 10 more of the heavy Sea King heHcopters that will ‘be oper­ ated from the DDKs and the aircraft carrier Bonaventure. In addition to the sax inte­ grated commands, another com­ mand structure is being set up. which will take over three ma­ jor responsibilities. It is the reserve and survival organiza­ tion which will ■ administer the militia and be responsible for aid! to the ■ civil power and the civil survival role. There will be a number of district offices across the country. The region­ al and survival organization will be controlled by the deputy chief of reserves at Canadian Forces Headquarters. There was. increased empha­ sis on combined training and exceraises. From early January to the end of March, more’than 4,000 Canadian sailors, airmen and soldiers took part in "Maple Spring”, a series of anti-submarine and1 fleet train­ ing excerdi'ses to the Caribbean; Centred on Puerto Rico, the ex­ ercises provided' trafotog in sur­ face, mr, anti-submarine and bombardment operations for sea and air forces, with admin­ istrative and liaison support from army units. For two weeks in February, a party of officers and men of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regi­ ment) of Canada, took part in a two-week NATO exercise1 in northern Norway. RCAF air­ craft lifted the soldiers: and winter transport equipment for testing in. the rough Norwegian country. The area, near Bardu- foss, is the home ground of the.. Norwegian Army’s Brigade North. The Blade Watch bat­ talion has been earmarked for service with Allied Command Europe. Mobile Force. In June, tire battalion group was airlifted by RCAF Hercu­ les aircraft to western New­ foundland, where it got a rug­ ged workout in terrain chosen for its similarity to the moun­ tainous area of northern Nor­ way. in November, a joint am­ phibious: landing extetrcise lin- volving the three forces was of very important part of Can­ ada’s armed forces belongs, will, I am sure, maintain those glor­ ious, military traditions put troops haye/forged to the course of two world wars and the Korean conflict. I “To the traditional role of the serviceman there has now been added another sometimes thanldess and always difficult but no less glorious task — that of preventing war. On many oc­ casion's since the' end pf the Second World War, Canadian troops frave been called upon by the United1 Nations to under­ take operations With a view to. keeping or restoring peace in the Near East, the Congo, Cyprus, and now India 'and Pakistan. “The formation of this com­ mand shows that our military forces can respond to the chal­ lenge of new concepts and . of a new organization. The group­ ing of officers and men of the three 'services under Mobile Command should ensure that co-operation between the vari­ ous components of our forces, which must always be a prere­ quisite of success in operations, will be timely 'and efficient.” ,.. „...... Iff W'.-.. *• held in the Queen Charlotte is­ lands off th? B.C. coast, The RCAF airlifted army units from Alberta and' three naval escorts 'transported troops. Canada’s brigade' group and air division in Europe and RON ships in the North Atlantic ■took part to a number of NATO exercises during the year. Qenadiani.and U.S. air defence forces of the North American Air Defence Command engage ed jn frequent exercises rang­ ing over the whole mutual air space from coast to coast. In the first 10 months pf the year, there were more than 1,700 search and rescue inci­ dents. Included were 98 air­ craft distress 'incidents, which 24 — two military and 22 civilian — developed into major aircraft searches. There were 154 marine alerts which developed into six major air­ marine searches. The • RCAF flew 4,600 hours on search and rescue operations. As always, the armed forces responded to calls for assist­ ance to the public to disasters, accidents and natural threats ranging from a mountain slide that devastated a mining camp in B.C. to forest fire fighting in the Maritimes. r,. When an explosion shattered an apartment block in Montreal. f last March, 200 sailors and 15 civilians, from a nearby naval . establishment helped fight the ensuing fire, rescued 25 people, mostly children, from' the ’ wreckage and gave other valu­ able assistance. Servicemen pitched in to help save 'the crops to the Maritimes; More than 50 airmen stationed to Nova Scotia gave a hand With the apple'harvest in the Annapolis Valley 'and in New Brunswick soldiers assisted in bringing in the potato crop. The training assistance pro­ gram for Commonwealth coun­ tries was broadened with the inclusion of the new states of Tanzania and Malaysia. More than 100 military personnel from 'six Commonwealth coun­ tries are now in Canada train- tog for 'air, ground duties. Early in 1965, 30 went to Tanzania to the Canadian armed farces ad­ visory and training team there. In 'the fall, they were .jotoed by the vanguard of about 50 Can­ adian airmen who will assist Tanzania to setting up a mili­ tary air component. Two venerable transport planes of the RCAF went into retirement after many years’ service. In the 'spring the C- ■ 119 Flying Boxcar, a twin-boom twin-engine aircraft that had worn the RCAF roundel since 1952, was put to pasture. In December, the famous four-engine North Star was for­ mally retired after serving Since 1947. The last part of the Mid- Canadla Line in the early warn­ ing network of the North A- merican air defence system ceased operation in March. The 1,000-mile section of the line in the Hudson *B'ay area became redundant as the result of im­ provements to the Pineitree Line, farther south. ' A tribute to the Canadian armed’ forces came from their Commander-fn-Chief, the Gov­ ernor General. 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