HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-02-03, Page 9The 5rftos,' unite? loam Wayne Horner, ate making a hard
charge at finishing in second place this year,•4he loftiest po--
'sition the locals have aspired to in several years. The Sif-
tos are working hard in every game and also in their prac-
tices to`s1jarpen their scoring, punch and to have that little
MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN'.
1966 is the,900th.anniversary'
Of the',i\Torman Invasitr'n „cif Eng-
land. In the Abbey at Shrews-
bury a✓ very old and very worn'
ston3 slab bears this inscription.:
"Sir Roger de Montgomery, Sec-
ond in Command of the Army
of his Kinsman, William the"
`Canitrertir.'At-1hr- taattle—o
Hastings, the F rst of the Family
of Montgomery in England. He
was advanced to . Itigh Ironour.
tis the Overlord of Many Coun-
ties and created Earl of Shrews-
bury. He founded the Church
and AbbeyWherein he, as a Bro-
`ther•, ,of the Benedictine Order,
died the first of Au list MXCV.
Sir Roger was a bonny fighter
and Sir Bernard shares that
same familiar blend of soldier
and churchman with his ances-
tor.- The Montgom'erys have all
been good at sports and their
armorial bearings pay tribute'
to an ancestor who pierced the
eye of Henry II' of Prance with
hislance in a friendly tourna-
mettt, so it was not surprising -
that Sir Bernard was always or-
ganizing the sports of his bat-
talion
Reviewing his early life, it" is
patent that Montgomery of. Ala-
mein; has always been a con-
troversial .character. As.a young
soldier he nursed a discontent
with authority and was apt to
argue with superiors. He grew
up at a time when army officers
,;edge come playoff time. Taking a break during one Of the
practices are Don MacDougall, Bill Wilkinson,. Coach Hor-
ner, Dennis Williamson, Doug Johnston and Gary Parsons.
The Siftos encounter St. Malys (here on Saturday night.
Signal -Star 'Photo
B y G.. MacLEOD ROSS
fell" into two gioiaps: those with
lr`na}ns.. 0d
..1119$,P. , withuu.t.. _In
1939 Monty said there were only
•halfa dozen good generals in
the British Army, a remark hard-
iy calculated to' endear him to
his superiors. Himself, he pos-'
sessed that unusual .ability; a
fascinatifin ,for -detail coupled
In 1914 he' won the D.S.Q. at
Metepen in' Belgium as a sub-
altern By 1938 he was a Brig-
adier . and as Wavell .reported:
One of the clearest brains; -
excellent tr`ai'ner of troops; an
enthusiast with occasional in-
toleratlee when he met brains
less quick than his own. •Monty's
teaching was: "The soldier is
the first weapon of war" a be-
lief he. followed up by the, most
meticulous caro of his men; their
just needs and their clear under-
standing of what he expected 'of
them. Employing a variety of
media, he was`a past master in
the art of communication, He
was a rebel; against the old ideas
and an enthusiast for the un-
orthodox.' It was about 1938
that he began to be "noticed"—
favorably
"Phoney War/
Invalided home from com-
mand in Palestine, he brow -beat
the ,year bifiee . into giving him
command of the 3rd- Division,
which he trained mercilessly
during the "phoney war'; period,
so that when the shambles of
the withdrawal to Dunkirk bc-
curred, his' division kept form-
ation in an arena in which every-
thing seeined to have gone,ma.d.
Back to the defence 'of Britain
he was at logger -heads with
those who were "concrete -mind-
ed,.' for he:had no -trust in_tren-.
-chc , .pig{; -rtes -or-;any, -form, of
fixed defences. 'Instead he prea-
ched .a fluid defence; a mobile
reserve which would, hit the
Germans 'hard, in mass, after
and not before they had landed
an 'appreciable target.
Ile \never raised his voice in
expltetive nr abuse. "Of course
you'r2,.useless, quite useless". he
uld say of an -erring subordin-
ate. "I am sorry but you are.
'of no use to me. None what -
e giver."• That was the end. No
argument!
1942 carne the phone call to
hiin_ha Scotland,.followed=by his
arririal in the ' desoart outside
Cairo on the 12th, with just a
roll of bedding, just. two "days
before.✓. Auchinleck's .command
ran out. There was a brief in-
terview betweten thein and when
outside the door, Monty asked
4hn. lio .` gate. 11,Pana
Zer army" for him, He met
Alexander at Shepherd's when
Alex said: Go down to the desert
and defeat Rommel."
Oncein-the--desert he -immed-
iately chose his Chief of Staff;
de Guingand:. Having assembled
his staff Monty said: "The de-
fenca of Egypt lies here at Ala-
mein ... if we cannot stay here
alive, then we wilT stay here
dead." He continued: "Given a
week - the situation,uwill be
steady. In threeWeeks the is-
sue will be cert in. In due
cour.-?, we ourselve will attack.
•We will' then finis with Rom-
mel" once and for all.. . I will
now explain my methods
Memoranda and papers are out
You, will get used to receiving
and transmitting orders by word
of mouth. All your men must
be thorourhly briefed before we
go into battle. Senior command-
ers have the right to come to me.
direct but I will listen to no
details; these will go to the Chief
of Staff." •
• Dog Fight
At his r_onferepce ; before his
attack at Alamein, with all of-
ficers down to the rank of Lieut.
Colonel, he told them: ,This bat-
tle will not be aver in one day,
fir two' days or even a week.
There will be the .successive
stages of the break-in; a dog
fight' resulting in the break"
through and finally_ pursuit. And
this was exactly how - it hap-
pened.
The victory of Alamein 'was
the. ,result of arduous t:t;sinuarg.
,Only when sati5ied the Divi-
sions were trained would he
commit them to battle. In fact,
.some were still untrained, so
he modified his plan; Other in-
gredients—in ;bis—recipe:wer
deception, good information, a
new and 'intimate relationship
between the army and the R.A.F.,
The key to the .subsequent
advance from Tripoli to Tu�nusia
Then on the 7th of August,
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British auto sportsman
R. R. C. Walker (above) has •.
had a Ide•long devotion to
, fineFnachinery- Obviouslyhe
knows something about cars ,
-but one thinghe didn't
know was how remarkably-••
4 quiet the 1965 Ford is.
1966 Ford quieter than my -Jaguar? •
Not jolly likely!” said Rob Walker
'7.e, Grdcxieh 5i,gnailStar, `Iuxay, L.ebxil►' S, 1 1
Montgomery, Of Alamein
Was 4.il 0 rearligZattQU ° rthat 'n1y
three, dtvisio ;s: could be Supt
ported. The rest sof the ant
Amy W usedto,ast up
three..
$canqp 0.1 .1tyc g hpph..e ere
s
,7Ghlo-„Ssruth , fr;n- fin:.
gineers 'who,. resugcifated:. axe
several'ponts of supp1Y ,'and. nth,
11.AW, ground staffs, wf io av-
pe+amed on the edge of In rcarexny
airfield, often before..the 1a$t
enemy mlaehane had taken off.
At the battle sof El Hanirana,
where, the17-pounder • anti-
tank gun was ^taa�recl far tliieinsi
,ii?ne, irnAgniiieent riru-.
mat t hi ich ATolity bad:4'4s t *t
wa'3 +asked to light oboe. sfor
464 14:44 $1me.
It. xv s fro'I;ri 1'ta1.aio that 'Sir
Roger e4 Out for .4'10 invasion.
if2f ::i' ug ,d.., . 3 3 and
t,x th1aaate .that Sir Bernard' ;
turrr'et-clni.194444 tionamontItog the.
•Brvtasb, lend Anatt as .fcrxccs�iat'
a
tha 4nv.! stow# Normandy, "rot
latus nothing in the cOimeidefaee
:or . in heredityv . r 1 will :admit
that pop yam wad a longer.
interval than usual for them
COUNTY -COUNCIL. HEARS
NEW PLANS FOR HOSPITAL
Manly new services will be
provided cin the ' .addition , to
Alexandra 1Vlarine and General
Hospital, Chairman John Schae-
fer told county council in matt:
iing his ropont as countyere
sentativp on the Goderich
herald. A
They will include ,an 'adntimlis- Ito 'hOE used 'as' necessary," he
tna Ii�oln 'office, equipmanrt room, ad'decia
pediatrician department, phxso,o- Contncii a'e .appoisirt ed ' Mr,,,
therapy department, pharmacy, Scluaefer to the G'roderidh board;
medical records department and Beecher Menzies to Clinton pub-
soJ atrium, as well ,as 46 "beds. 1nc . hoispital broarrd;' J. E. Long-
�Presernt number:' of active stiaff ito . Seafortlh 'Com xnunnt -
beds is 71, chromic 24. Pends �pitail bora rd; J. D. Fischer'
ing completion of the new wing, no rthe Wang�ham board sand J. H.
Delbridge to that of South Hn
chronic patients have been .ac -
Hospital, Eitetes
comm,odadted. .at Maitland Ivursrun-
"We have trade e, mangeuienes
'with the Hospital Services' Co r,t
m Ls sluon tio bo Crow $1.90,000,, the
maximum, at 3%, to be,repaid
over 20 years. It is expected to
marine $100,000 in a campaign
in the community, Land have ar-
ranged
sranged for o $32,000 blank loan
r ng Home, on 'a . temporary con-
tract' with ,the Ontario HoApital
Servides Commission.
Qf 1765 patients admifed- in
1965, 65% were from GoderICh,
14% from Colborne Towrnuthip,
7% from Ashfield, 3% , from
West 1awar iosh and 2% from
other pants of Huron. Thus
only two per cent were froni
dujside of the county. A of designated areas which will
In 'regard to the $813,000 be held at Mount Forest on
construction program under February ' 9.
Councillor Bruce Erskine,
chairman of the town industrial
cotnmission, and his deputy,46-
2, county Harry Worsenwei'e -
total only %. named as delegates at last Fri
he granas, are .inadequate,"
days council meeting.
sa
he. id, y`an�d iiitpose'much't • :A resolution will be presented
great a- , burden . on hospitals at the meetincommunity:, calling for .de-
and
e-
ancommunity: The hospital sigrratdd areas to apply to -total
has been carefully 'financed for areas` and not to individual
'a\ number of years ' iantl ' has municipalities as it does at pre -
saved $140.000,-' sent.
Nine Delegates'
To Review, Area
Goderich is to send -two dele
gates to a meeting to' consider
changes in the presents ayste
way; dh
Mr. Salefetr -said the pro-
vitnicial gaiaht . oaf $172,000, . fed-
eral grant of $111,000 and
$92,000 fromthe would
...then he drove the Ford.
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Ford's Quiet Man,,, who. recently dolttonstrated the extraordinary quality of the 1966 For4,jto owners of some of the world's
most expensive luxury cars, here discusses Rhe '66 Ford LTD with Rob Walker at, his family's estate in Wiltshire, -England.
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Compareyour car with 'he qutet of Ford's,‘
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olidly litiiit boOy:: Take a "Ouipt. Test" today.
British,s-Porisman Rob Walker was skeptical about comparing the quiet of the '66 Ford with 'his
But then be drove b.oth cars, and said, "This really is astonishing . . . I telieve this Ford of yours -really is
quieter. Astonishing'!" , .
Compare y,our catwith the '66 Ford and you'll understand his asionish'ment. Ford's quiet ride is a diredt
'result of more built-in qua,lity--,a strong, solid body that gives you quietness thth compares with the
world's most expensive 'automobiles.
ThiS quiet qUality means mote va/ue for you bec'ause today's Fords are built for years o,f dependable
operation, years of owner satisfactloh. • -
And with it all, of course, come Ford's wonderful new ideas for win. Comfort and cpnvenience.
Stereo Tape players. Silent -Flo ventilation. A "Magic Doorgate"On wagonsthat s,wings out like a door,
and down like a tailgate. And a host or other features offered first by Ford.
Visit your Ford Dealer for a quiet revelatiOn of Me solid quality you get in a Ford.
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1 -THE QUIET, QUALITY
66 FORD
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