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what friends what an anniversary what memories return to dieppe on 25th anniversary of raid ils stewart wribee an epilogue to the aeries of articles which appeared in the pne press recently about the dieppe raid and lift in a prison camp lieut stewart was with the royal regiment when they landed at dieppe on august 19 1942 he was wounded and captured by the hasis and spent the remainder of the war in a german prison he returned to dieppe tor the twentyfifth anniv ersary observances hong with other veterans and describes his experiences on august 17th and 18th 1967 all available accommodation in and around dieppe was ailed to capacity my wilt and i arrived on the afternoon of fie 18th via the new havendieppe terry the namel was just as quiet aa it had been when we carried out our heartbreaking raid of years be tore but the passengers renew ing old friendships and recalling other days were excited and at times a little noisy newapaper correspondents were dashing here and there ob taining our views on books that had been written about the raid and photographers were busily snapping pictures of tba actual survivors as we neaxed the sh ores of france all eyes were on the coast veterans of the royal regi ment of canada were pointing to wards puys on the left while others were showing their wives and friends the spots where they had landed 25 years before among the thousands who arr ived in dieppe on the eighteenth one could count about 200 who had been there before these in cluded members of the various canadian regiments from all par ts of canada english commandos and marines canadian air force veterans as well as free fr ench most of the hotels in dieppe are quite small and are located on the esplanade a large grass ed area adjoining the beach this is where many of the activities took place and those who were fortunate enough to be accommo dated here could observe the go- news of the district iollsburgh hwsburgh started the mercounty fastball semifinals suffering a 10 loss to glen williams ross splcer struck out 18 hitters and gave op only two hits before danny arbic managed to score from second on ron rlchtes clean cut single to win the game sunday afternoon again in the glen hiusburgh fought back to gain a 43 victory this time son little started and in the fifth accepted the help of russ splcer to restrain the glen to only three runs orangeville orangevlde could have licensed dining lounges in the near future sixtynine per cent of the 1346 people who voted were in favor of the dining lounges while 31 per cen voted no in the ballot held last wednesday the final result was 415 no and 931 yes only 39 per cent of the eligible voters used their right to vote fergus nobody can figure oat why but hubert rennle 20 of rockwood received only superficial injuries on saturday night when a milk track he was driving flipped over on the orangevllle road about three miles east of fergus and the top of ttw cabwu completely crusted the tanker truck went out of control tttbjtcurve near the shand dam and overturned the driver was tanned in the wreckage for over an hour until he could be rescured with wreck ing bars the truck was owned by pete mulders of guelph mr rennle was brought to the fergus hospital but was soon released as be had suffered only a bump on the forehead and some slight abrsjslons to his face arms and one leg mayor john campbell told the fergus council on monday night that tbey should get down to workman a comprehensive plan to improve streets in the town over the years to come he said that a longrange plan was needed and since a lot of study and effort will be required council should waste no time getting at the job the mayors remarks were sparked by some comments in the fer gus mewsrecord about the poor state of the roads in the commun ity re said that the local editor likes to get under peoples skins but that recent comments had set him to wondering why the town patched so many streets instead of completely rebuilding them milton blonde the sandcolored mouse biological phenomenon and prided mascot of p w merry school for a short time last week is missing and presumed dead a pet of nancy peacock the mouse disappeared from its cage wednesday morning its owner assumes a larger animal possibly a cat pushed aside the bricks guarding the rodent and dued well the one hope for the scientific world is that blonde was just one of a whole tribe oakviixe a bomb hurled through a window in the home of halton county family counselling service director rennie vivian caused 2000 damage the incident occurred early monday morning a mr ren- ales home on richmond rd in oakvllle living room drapes carpeting and the living room chesterfield were damaged the vivians escaped without personal injury and ran to a neigh bors home after extinguishing the blase investigating officials of the oakvine fire department labelled the incident a deliberate attempt to burn the bouse down and attributed its failure to do so to the heavy drapes which impeded the travel of the bomb mr vivian assumes the atrocity was the work of someone dissatisfied with his help in solving domestic problems georgetown possibility of a movie theatre being started in the georgetown plana is being mooted by metropolitan developments ltd a bank a food store and several other merchants are already lined up for a proposed expansion to the plata georgetown is also anticipating that the next major ontario government home home ownership made easy project could be started there the report circulating had enough basis for halton east lateral candidate robin skuce to attack the idea at georgetown fair mr skuce said home is just another example of the conservative governments lack of fore sight and complete disregard for peoples feelings r didnt take long for am snow tory candidate in the riding to reply he said mr sauces attack on the scheme was a ridiculous show of the incompetence of the liberals voters will have to sort out their own preferences twas a grand glorious fair tiring op to all expectations was the way the georgetown herald described the annual georgetown show a perfect combination of a fine fanday superior exhibits record crowd pen many features made it a standout a huge par ade added an exciting note mrs norman robertson acton won tot the major awards in the hall exhibits logs on from their balconies once again we stayed at the hotel de lunlverse where the owners regard us as personal friends as on our last visit we found the meals most delicious and friends vied for the privilege of spending time on our balcony on the evening of the eighteenth buses drove us out to the canad ian cemetery here after a sho rt religious service the old fr ench veterans began to perform their annual tasks standing at attention until dawn any can- adian who was present took his place in the line every five minutes a bugler from the royal marines sounded a note and a new group lined up after all the canadians had been given the opportunity of honoring their fallen comrades our old french friends took over for the rest of the night it was most heartwarming to see how the local people hive looked after the graves tor 25 years and it brought tears to our eyes to see them standing guard over them although the main assault had been made on the town of dieppe other regiments landed to the east and west with the english commandos coming in on the flanks therefore on the morning of the nineteenth each regiment held a service at its own cenotaph naturally we headed for puys a few miles outside the town the friends who were to drive us to puys were delayed so i rushed into the hotel and explained our predicament to the host when i asked if he could get us a taxi he immediately dashed out the door saving it is better to take my car it will be faster then through the narrow cr owded streets of dieppe and al ong the winding road to puys we had the fastest ride we ever ex perienced the route was lined with french policemen who wav ed us by when they recognized my canadian crest and realized cur destination we arrived just in time for the short but impressive service wh ich took place after the padre had led us in prayer wreaths were placed on the cenotaph by the various regimental organiza tions then a member of the ro yal regiment band played the last post and the reveille stan ding on a rise of ground between the memorial and the beach he put his heart into it and as we stood to attention it seemed tous that never had it been played so weu as our present co ucol douglas brought the service to a close we were very thankful that we had been spared on that fate ful day and were fortunate enough to have been able to return and take part in the service for our departed comrades at 1200 noon the big parade formed up on the esplanade as we marched past the saluting stand it was byes left for earl liountbatten british admiral of the fleet who was chief oicom- bined operations at the time of the raid before reaching the official base it was eyes sight as we went by the rhll mem orial in my minds eye i could see several hamilton boys of years before it was pouring rain as thepar- aojtietaedofried by the rcoc band i believe the order of march was as follows the official veterans selec ted by the canadian government and the various reglmentstotake part in the ceremonies then came the dieppe veterans who are still serving in the can adian forces the rhll band was followed by the surviving veterans we swung along some of us finding the marching a little difficult but i am told that we did a good job the ppc li bugle band was followed by a guard from the canadians presently serving in europe the royal marine band and the royal mannls were followed by a french band and french troops as we marched along canadian and royal air forces jets flew in salute over our heads as they roared past they dropped thous ands of popples one of which strangely enough landed on the balcony from which mrs douglas and my wife were watching the parade when our maid picked one up on the next balcony she pressed it to her heart andsmll- ed at the ladles from the beach we headed thr ough the main streets of dieppe although the rain was pouring down every avenue was jammed 10deep with men women and children it was heartrending to see thousands of them stand ing in the ran and to hear their cheers as we passed by such expressions as ah las canad- lens and le regiment royale were quite common i was marching beside the col onel who could hardly believe his eyes or ears he was so emot ionally wrought up that he found the parade hard to take for my part i tried hard to smile and wave at these peoole but the wel come we were receiving caused more than smiles to appear on my face as we marched by brunei bro thers florist shop i blew a few kisses to madame who with that charming smile of hers returned the same to me i could hear bob being called out loud and clear and fortunately before we passed on down the street i spied paul on an upstairs balcony he had been trying frantically to catch my attention and i was de lighted that we were able to ex change smiles the children were waving flags and bunches of wild flowers ev ery living soul in dieppe and vic inity was at the parade the st ores were closed and all bus iness for the day had come to a standstill the close friendship between the canadians and these townsfolk will last for ever they will never forget because the boys and girls from a tender age have been taught the meaning of this day in the afternoon most of us re- visited the beach where we had landed at puys i spent some time with our present cc ex plaining where various things had happened i showed him the spots where some of our chaps had been fatally wounded he saw the exact location where i had been when i was wounded in the knee and the wall from which i had been knocked to the beach he was very interested in the section of the cliff which had been scaled by ltcol catto several officers and men it was quite clear to him that our bram col- onel had risked bis life over and over again while leading his men to the top of the cliff our official schedule was very to visit the home of a french family who were anxious to en tertain some canadians we were happy to know that these people were so eager to welcome us and indeed we did want to visit their home but i explained that we could spend only about fifteen minutes with them this home was full of old tap estries beautiful china and fur nishings as well aspalntlngs done by the father and daughter our wives were heartborken that they could not spend more time with these charming people if we had not been so rushed we could have visited more french homes many french families phoned the hotels and offered their homes to canadians who had no accommo dation the hospitality of dieppe and vicinity was unlimited at 6 pm we had to dash back to puys where the neighbourhood french people were holding a service at our cenotaph mass was said at 530 pm and there headed by a band the villagers crowded to the beach a prayer was delivered in french and the children placed wreaths on our memorial at the chateau nearby we were entertained by a 20 minute film of the day the royal rogt ceno taph was unveiled at puys while enjoying the cocktails i had the pleasure of speaking tomr mills the present owner of la liaison blanche situated high on the hill overlooking the beach i apolog ized tor having broken so many of his windows in 1942 he ex cused me by admitting that he had not owned the white house at the time of the raid along with about 15 others we revisited the hotel dos ormos where we were given a royal re ception the champagne appear ed and after several toasts i showed my friends the hole in the floor which had been burned by our cigarettes many years ba- full but as we entered the lobby of our hotel the hostess asked us if we could spare a few minutes boys and girls you are invited to join our bible classes every saturday morning from 10 am to 1130 am ages 613 years in christian reformed church 77 churchill road everyone welcome l arche auxiliary north halton association for the mentally retarded presents its 1st annual dance with bob younger and the swingtette acton legion auditorium october 13 from 9 1 300 pew couple admission by ticket only contact membrs or phono 8530676 fore im wondering if the day will ever come when madame bonnet will put in a new flooring and erase this historic mark she maintains that this will never happen as we started back for dieppe headed by a french escort far mers and villagers both young and old were gathered in groups waving to us all along the route in the evening tho canadian government entertained both canadians and french at a huge buffet and cocktail party im a- frald that 1 had very little to eat because of the numerous friends i encountered and the ensuing talks which naturally took place the ceremonies camo to an end with the fireworks these in a very true fashion reenactod the dieppe raid from our bal cony lt col and mrs douglas paul and madame brunet and mrs stewart and i had a perfect view of the operations the sky was lit with explosions and tra cer bullets and the noise was ter rific on our tight we saw the royals landing at puys and to the left we watched as the ssrs camo in at paurvllle the rhlls landed right in front of us the arrival of the other regiments and the commandos was depicted most vividly the tanks came in and two or three of thorn were left burning on the beach the evening ended with an amazing display of fireworks whlchillum- inated the sky for miles around but even though it was 1130 pm all was not over for my wife and me we were taken by paul and gcorgptto brunet to have a quiet visit with them and to see the changes which had taken place at their home since our last visit the lawns flowers and fount ains were beautiful the inside was just as charming as before we talked in our broken french 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