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Tank on the �ray..�.
(Co.ntlnu.d from pogo' 1A) through=out the action
sonally directed the fire of his,every opportunity t'
coltnmand tank on a Tiger tank weapon pits and other en -
which had been harassing his sive posts to talk to his men, to
position and succeeded in
them as to the best use
knocking it out. During of theirweapons and to cheer v
another attack, while the guns therm with word's of en
of his command tank were couragement.
taking on other targets at When his ,force wa`s finally
longer ranges,, he used a rifle relieved and he was. satisfied
from the .turret to deal with in that the turnover was complete
dividual snipers who had in- he fell asleep on his feet and
filtrated to within -50 yards of collapsed*
his headquarters. • Where, can be no doubt that
the success of the attack and
the only time reinforcements stand against the enemy at St.
were able to ggt through to his Lambert -Sur -Dives can largely
force, he himself led the 40 men be attributed to this officers
forward to their ,positions and coolness, inspired leadership
explained the importance of and -Skilful use of the limited
their task as a part of the weapons at his disposal.
defence. When, during the next
took
v i'; ',t
attack, these new reinfor-• The courage and devotion to
cements withdrew under the in- duty shown by Major Currie
tense fire brought down by the 'during a • prolonged ' period .of
enemy, he personally collected heavy fighting -were outstan-
them and Fled them forward 'ding and had a far-reaching of
into position again, ,where
feet on on the successful' outcome
spired by his leadership, they of the battle..
held for the remainder, of the. Lt. *Col.'Currie 'V.C., now
battle. Sergeane
t at Arms for the Hous
His -,employment of the ar- of Commons, noted ina recent
tillery support, which became �
letter to Bill Clancy of the local
Legion, I am most happy. Arid
'honored that' you wish to use ,
.the insignia ',of a South Albert
Tank." •
"I have enclosed, a, picture
(see above) which was taken 'on
August 19, 1944 in St. L mbert.-,
'Sur -Dives, in the 'Fa -raise
pocket. The one on the right
was hit on the front end as we
were moving into the village.'
This is on the Village 'Hain
street about 3''00 yards from the
Throughout the operations mainatown square."
the casualties to Major Currie's Before° being, shipped off to
force were heavy. However, he - Goderich the tankyhas been put
�- 'never cons= ered`t pos§i�ilrty' ' 'i n� wit a t` ---the ` army term s
of failure' or allowed it to enters "Me'tnorial Condition," Tran
the minds of his men.. In the slated this means rhe'turret has
words of one of his non.coni- been locked, the gun breaches
miss oried officers. "We knew` sealed ' and • the hatch covers
at one stage that,it was going to welded closed. The two 375
be a fight4 to the finish but he horse power diesel engines have
was so cool about it, it was im- also ,been removed anda paint
possible for us to get excited.". job completed.
The 38 ton tank is 20 feet in
•Since all the officers under length andeabout 10 feet wide. •
his'command wereeither killed I.n action ilk carried a crew .of
or `wounded. erring the action, five, a commander, loader
Major Currie . had virtually no operator, gun' operator, . driver
respite from his duties and in and bow gunner. It was armed'
fact obtained only one hour's with a 76 rim cannon, ,two 50
sleep during the entire period..' calibre anti aircraft guns and
Never the less he:did not 'per- two 30 calibre machine guns
mit his 'fatigue -to become ap (c,ne onwthe turret and one in
parent to his troops .apd' the bow). ti
ayailable- after ` his original at-
tack went in,- was typical of his
cool calculation, of the risks in-
volved' in emery situation. At
one time, despite the fact that
'hAort rounds were falling
within 15 yards of ,his own
tank„ he ,ordered fire from
medium artillery to continue
because of its devastating effect
upon, the attacking enemy in,
his immediate area
AreaJBRD staff:auends
Queen City :.convention
Rev. Garbutt Smith,
President of the Local TI3RD
Association, Mrs. Frank Dodds,
Mrs. Edith Brothers,a M-rs.'
Edith Fisher, "Mitchell and
Mrs. Beryl Davidson attended'
the Semi -Annual meeting of the
Ontarl'o TB and Respiratory
Disease Association inq'oronto...
:Mr,• Fergus Kelly, Christmas
Seal Director for iOntaria_ .for
the- past 2,9. years was honored
on his retirement with a
presentation and standing
ovation. At the "Fergus Kelly
' • Retirement .Luncheon," Rev.
Garbutt • Smith was a par-
ticipant. It was noted during
addressesr and comments that
Cravefl"�tropthe senior siver dance trophy donate
d by'Mt-and Mrs. WilliamCravenwas won by Vicky
, Dierolf (left front') and Debbie Jeffrey at a recent' test day. Other winners. were (back left to
right) Valerie Raftrey and Carol Ann Wilson, third, and Karen Pederson and Debbie Cheese!,
second...(staff. photo)
the 1973 Christmas Seal Cam -,1
paign in Ontario reached an
all-time high.
L'deally, (1972 Campaign)
last year we received the
highest population support in
the :province and withan in-
crease in returns there is every
indication that the 1973 cam-
paign. may again hit the top.
We.believe this to be-yhe result •
of respiratory disease
rehabilitative and educational
programs carried out by the
local Association, as well as ef-
ficient Christmas Seat,, Cam-
paign secretaries and volun-
teers.
ntario Hydro's plants
to be examined in turn
- .Each generating station in-
cluded in Ontario .Hydro''s $15
billion expansion program will -
be •examined° "'one -by -one“;
R.W. Macaulay:” regal counsel .
to ch e=ffmarirr Eirergy- B.'curd.,
told Hydro witnes'ses.last week,
at public, hearings being held in -
Toronto. .
'Cross-examination of the
utility's •witnesses by the
Board's counsel , on the corn-„
ponents of theta' program.began
this week, as °the hearings- en..
tered their sixth week.
During -the. past five , weeks,
Hydro witnesses have testified
on the methods used to forecast
the province's power needs to
1982. Under cross-examination
they have explaihed the plan-
ning of . the new generating'
stations acid bulk power •tran-
smission system whit are .
required to meet ,the forecast.
demand for electricity, -
The Board, has heard
evidence on the methods of en=
suring a reliable power system,
the reasons for interconnection
of the Ontario power system
with neighbouring. utilities in
the H.vdro's ,plans for
securingsupplies of coal,'
uranium .and heavy water, oil
and natural -gas for the
proposed power plants.
The 'Hydro •expansion
prlgram. includes the doubling
in • si•ze of present generating
statios at Pickering and
.Bruce',nnew, generating 'stations
a t B o -w -=rya -n
Wesleyville, three additional
heavy water manufacturing
i• plants at Bruce, the extension
of the present Thunder I3ay.
generating station ".and a new -
thermal -electric station in Nor-
thwestern Ontario. An integral
"part of the •program is the ext•
tra-high 'voltage transmission.
network required • to, transmit
the electricity to the load cen-
tres of the provirwe.
To ensure a reliable supply of
'electricity for the forecast
period 1977-1982, approval of
Hydro's expansion program is,
',needed at the earliest possible
date according'to Arthur Hill,
manager of•Hydro s Generation
• Concepts -department. He'
described the need for approval
of .n the • proposed Wesleyville
til nt, near Port Hope, as
-"critical" if the'station is to,
produce electricity early in
1979. •
Mrf Hill'said that '60 months
'are required to construct and
start-up , a fossil -fired
generating station while 72
'months are required fo'r a ther
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