Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), December 8, 1966, p. 3

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raining imy in wiarton ercise for grant lornes right to wear yellow hackle 1w spa e was no cover on the open road so georgetown and brampton soldiers walk gift file at the road s edge to eliminate the dangers of a sudden attack aaaw j v j ajctacklf ol machine gun fire in the distance sent the lorne scots quickly into yjr her pte e jamieson georgetown grimly awaits the attack that might come at whfn ntoht fell a lone sentry lome scoti camp awaiting the dawn addcnta of wiarton mar fiwen sound looked a little as tounded saturday not 5 mtr artaed aoldien marched trough toe usually quiet town the aoldien were members of brampton and georgetown companies of the lorne scota on their way to atage a mock battle lit the bruce peninsula i the croup flew to wiarton airport and immediately atart- ed on a 16mue trek on foot guided by officers to a rendu- tous point along the brace trail by colpoy bay designed to give the aoldien experience in mapping and fleldcrart the manouerre was worked out by capt frank chtng and capt david arnold of the lorne scots essentially the plan consist ed in destroying an enemy which had invaded the area and was bombarding wiarton air port with atillery the men were to leave the jrport as soon as possible supposedly under- urd and loaded with gear infiltrate the enemy area a point six miles op the coast was selected as an over night stopping point before the final assault sunday morning capt ching directed each company to its objective while capt arnold directed a con trolled enemy to oppose them they marched through the bush each company kept in contact by radio as to enemy position and need for assistance in em ergency soldiers were forced to take cover and even circle a few miles off course by the ippear anee of enemy vehicles cruis ing the area one company found itself lost for a while due to ambigu ous directions as to where they were to hold up for the night the orders said an old baru but there were too many old barns in the fields and capt chin had to give the men a brief guide to the objective the soldiers were to have trained under near arctic con dltlons as possible but there was enough rain during the fin i al assault to make up for any i lack of cold heavy rains in the brigadier derek lister cbb dso mc colonel of the 20th regiment of the lancashire fa tfuers came across the atlant k with friendly greeting from his command to the lorne scota peel dufferln and halt on regiment an then at the 100th annl mess dinner of the scots he dropped bombshell when the cheering died down the lorne scots were of bcially the proud possessors of the right to wear a yellow hackle brigadier lister announced the honour at the end of a live ly speech constantly punctuat ed by cheers and applause 1 knew only 47 minutes be fore the dinner the hon our could be granted he said the yellow hackle was aw ded to the lancashire fusiliers in moo by jueen victoria af ter its magnificent fight spain kop brigadier lister requested the honour be given to the lorne scots as s token of the fusall era regard for the canadian grant education minister wll i davis elwood mtddl mp bruce beer mp peel coun ty warden jack grahani and halton county warden bert friends of mrs keith jack son will be pleased to hear she was able to return home last week from the oakvule- trafalgar memorial hospital birthday greetings to mrs henry peacock on december mrs stuart mcmillan and jack loos on december 12 and dwayne wood on decern iw 13 his own regiment approved the british ministry of defense approved and finally just be fore the dinner word came that canada s defense department had also approved among the distinguished guests attending the dinner were the present lorne scots commanding officer lt col r g bardie eight former com mending officers col s r charters lt col f h chls- holm uolg h fitxgerald col reginald conover col john r barber lt col e f conover and lt col arthur kemp at the head table were may or russel prouse judge e w morning during a two hour at tack give the men a taste of gruelling marching conditions through the bush while enemy fire forced them time and time again into pitched battles it was the enemy though who finally surrendered when bramp ton and georgetown companies converged on concealed head quarters deep in the bush and blasted capt arnold and crew back into their trucks to await capture pw r a cume stood guard outside the restaurant for the best chinese food hornby garden centre wynfield nursery garden centre half mil west of 7th line on 17 slderoad telephone 8779952 we cater to parties eanquets anniversaries for hot pickup service calt 8779791 restaurant ttks 21 main srrmt south georgetown for 0hrtjfe end of the trail wasn t as pleasant as it might have been here cpl k lee gets attention for his blister from l w adcock both o georgetown s c company choice trees scotch pine shop early for best selection lot locatid at end of delrex market centre for information p s774wj help kin help kiddies maccormacks christmas wift deitler gift shop at maccormacks and enter our lucky draw for a kodak camera sffif for her perfect gifts from coty helena rubinste n du barry desert flower jaguar hartnetl evening in pans chanel yard ley 51 bon shulron caron st john s maccormacks drug store 25 main street north 77u92

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