pagp 12, WhIIby Free Press, Woclnesday, May 3, 199 Legion to holdi V-RE Day events Royal Canadian Legion branches ini Whitby and Brooklin will host the 5thi annmversary celebration of Victýory i Europ>e (V-E) Day on'Sunday, May 7, ini downtown Whitby. Starting at 1-5P ,a-parade will begi at the Whitby Branch 112 Lgon Hall on Byron Street Southffand end at thie cnôtaph on Dunda StretEast at Green St "efor a service at 21Pm. members, the Whitby Brans Band, Royal Canadian Mounte ~PjOçIFerýTêrete Armoured Patrol Vehicles, 'WhUtby flîefig-hiers, Boa Cadets, Knrights of Col1- umibus and representatives of local Ã>oli, Dutch and-other groupa. Miniature Canadian flage will b. distributed to childron at the conotaph and Whitby church bolls will ring out. And at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m., opon houses will be held the Lgion hall i Whitby. 'There will be musie, clowns, buffet, face- painýting, dancing to 1950s' musif s from the 1940s and '50s, and a display of local pic- tures from 50 y-ears ago. SINCLAIR Secondary co student Doris Van (left) displays the 'poste r which eamed her top district honours in the senior colour categdry in the Royal Canadian Legion's Rememnbrance literary and poster contest. St. Marguerite d'Youville student Mghn Stewart (right) won the district interrneduate (Grade 7 anid 8) cotour poster category. Both had won the Whitby Legion branch contest and both eamed honourable -mention for their entries at the provin- cial level. Photo bY *MakRoe. VhItby Froe Pres Veterans look back on Lberation By Natasha Hotohkluu V-E Day will rocognize the day 60Oy"a ago, that romnants of ilià ctle' Third Reich surren- derod unconditionally i the city of Rheims, Fr-ance in 1945. .It will also ho a salute to the vetorans of World War H., mclud- îný.veal romWhitby. . .T. re were so many people 'rejom »rocails Henry Perry- Joobin, who spent four years overseas as a member of the Tank transporter Company and served in the Dutch citioa of UtrechtArnhem and sHerto- genoch vividly remombers the lieation of the -Notherlns The Dutch people showered the Canadian and Dutch soldiers with gifts snd flowers during the parade. Ho recalîs the tension as bomba were faflig and planes wore overhead. «On V-E- Day 1 celebrated aloni -withi evoryonie olse " says Flran-Smith, a ground crew worker. Whitby Mayor Tom Edwards joined, the army at age 15 and served four years. His duty com- menced in Egypt. "My most memorable exene was the» siege of TTorukfoÃŽllowed by the lIberation of Tripol in iJanuary 1943," Later ho returned te southern :England, whore the infamous doodlebuge were flying overhead to London. "I was assigned te anti-aircaft gçm crews shlooting down the After D-Day, hie unit protected air fields lin Beliuni, Holland and Germany. As the allies moved ite Ger- many, they were uncertain what reception they would receive. «Gorman people were as glad ns we were that the war was over. Some of the war veterans are visiting Europe this month. Ada Wiston, founder of 'Adopt a Veteran' arranged for Whitby veterans Oscar Smith and Tony Jones te visit Holland. Both looked forward te visiting the Dutch people whose hospita- lityas fonidly remembered. %WIwas most impressed by thousands of planes gigqe Europe towards Germigany,»7 rememibers Jones, thaniFful they were hoaded in that direction. Frank Smith served as grôund crew in Labrador, and ho notes that for every fighting solider, there wero a dozen or more la'Werwo.uld malce sure the air- mon had all their- equipment boore they flew off to Europe.» "We remember there wore no trees and it was very cold." And V-E Day may mean oven more to Bernie Greening Of Wbitby, a fighter pilot wh bocanie a prisoner at a Gorman war camp. "I was .most relieved and very happy that the war was over.» THE REGIONAL MUNUCIPALUTY 0F DURHAM and THE DUTCH C.LUB 0F DURHAM. participate in THE TULIP TRIBUTE: SHORE TO SHORE 1995 Marks the 5Oth anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the Liberation of Holland. In September 1994, the Dutch Club of Durham Region and the Regional Municipality of Durham planted a commemorative tulip gardien tQ honour ail those who contributed in some way, large or small, in Canada, or in, Holland, to the re-establishment of World Peace. This national programn of rec 'ognition is knoâwn as "The Tulip Tribute: Shore to Shore . The tulip tribute, located on the front lawn of the Durham Regional Headquarters Building, 605 Rossland Rd. E., Whitby is a 24',x 12' garden and iscomprised of app roxi mate ly'2, 000 red and white tulip bulbs planted in the formation of-the Canadian Flag. On Wednesday, May 24, 1995 at 9:30 AM, Durham Regional Chair Gary Herrema will Iead the Durham Regional Cou noil and the members of the Dutch Club of Durham Region in a commemorative service. AIl residents of D urham Region are invited to participate in this celebration of peace and international friendship. " Further information can be- obtained from: Virginia MacLeod Office of the Regional Chair (905) 668-7711 Gary Herrema Chairman Remembrance positers