* t Ons of the special treats in store for the visiting public at CFB Summerside .on-Armed Forces Day. will-be the great Argus aircraft which will be o seen regularly in PEI skies. since 1961. This aircraft is a most complex piece of machinery. ‘provide power for 60 six roem houses, It carries enough: fuel to ’ drive your family car more than five times around at the equator. The ‘tail G-C Berry extends welcome Helicopters employed on sub hunting duties The jean cies message ‘extend: -{ng a welcome to all citizens to attend the Armed Forces Day. celebrations has been received from Group Captain Grover A: Berry, Commanding Officer of the Canadian Forces Base in Summerside. The. integration of the Canad- fan. Arnifed Forces has proceed- ed rapidly during the past year and is now ‘approaching. a_ suc- cessful conclusion, . there have been problems along the way, but because of. the pro- fessionalism..and-..dedication—of ithe. members of your Forces, Integration. -onschedule- Integration of the Armed Forces is continuing on. sched- ule, and by.April 1 had reached the Command Headquarters level. This means that now. the regional command organiza- tions of the Army and the Navy have been fused~ with those of the Air Force to create ‘six com- mands organized on a functional basis. For example, the RCAF . Stations having,a Maritime: role ~ {dle either aS fasand will continue. for an ex.. <Nor-a sintle case snf frovthite uw a recarded amend the more * than 1.0 Canadian semucemen Biche part in: the NATO exer” cise Winter Ex*ress,in the Nor- wezian Arctic ip Mareh, 1966., thanks to Winterwise training in - exercises. ~ Jentic- north of Bermuda. * Match: Maker exercise, if to the Netherlands, France aad Britain, then will break. off tu. call at. nogthern European ports perore returning to—-heme ~buse a’ are now in the same “command . as the Navy.: Under the new. command | structure, the major armed forg- | es instaflations across the ‘coun- | “try became Canadian Forces | Bases (CFB),. and they have| been placed under an_integrat- | ‘ed Command Headquarters de- | termined by the bases’ function. | Mobile Command, Maritime Command, Air Transport Com- mand, and. Materiel Command each have five bases under their jurisdiction, Training Command has 13 bases and Air Defence Command is responsible for six _ bases. This makes a total of 39 -Mmajor Canadian Forces - Bases across the country’ responsible to six Command Headquarters; resulting in-a considerable. inte- gration of the former separate command structure of the inde- pendent Navy, ap ke and _Force. Air, Sea elements -and NATO | - Air. and ser .elements of the ‘Maritime Command of the Can- adian forces are regularly com- mitted to North Atlantic Treaty So far this year RCAF Argus Tearitime “petror ~aircratt™ operated with air and sea units of othe: countries in NATO ex- etcises Sailor's Pride, off Gib- raltar. and Landlubber in the At- Naturally— ~ CANADA Ss MIGHTY SUB - - HUNTING AIRCRAFT the wingspan 142 feet and the weight of the mighty Argus ts =-~157,000 pounds. There are 15.crew members. It can. fly more than 1000’miles from base, patrol for eight hours, return to base and still have ~ ’ sufficient fuel ‘to divert 500 miles if an alternate base is chosen, The Argus is a formidable weapon of Maritime Air’ ‘Command, ma:ntaining. vigilance over large areas of our. sea approaches. nn for inspection. ‘Fhe Argus' has been qt generates enough electriicty to the world is the height of a four storey building, Four_models_of the CHSS-\ 2..ranging set and self Sea King were built for the RCN navigation system by the Sikorsky Aircraft “Heli- Arm iwent =scopter. Division. in Stratford, and de»th bombs '‘Cennecticut, ‘and others were as- sembled *by United Aircraft of fere equipment Canada Limited, Longueuil, Que- hee. The Sea King, in addition to sts viial all-weather, day-_,and- night .features, possesses an au- ' tomatic tai'-folding device, win- | ch_ down equipment, ‘hull- shap- ‘Pollege of Canada, ed fuselege, high speed and: an 1876 automatic hovering capability. removed, nounds cf stores esternally. OLDEST €0LLEGE Homing torpedoes With the- anti-submarine war- the CHSS-? can transport up to 25 jtroops internally or up to 4,000 Oldest of the Canadian Servic- es Colieze is the Royal Military founded~in ‘It is equipped with the most ‘| modern detection, navigation. RHODES SCHOLARS SECOND SECTION Ar “Legion band ® ‘to perform: 3m The icundaticn of the’-Sum- | merside - Legion Coneert—Band was laid in September, 1962, when an invitation was extended to the boys in school grades VI and VII to commence the study of a wind or percussion instru- ment. In. September, 1963, the. course was broadened to include girlsin the same grades. After four years of intensive study and har-work, this group. of young musicians . comprise a’ 35. piece concert band, ed the finest of its kind in the Maritimes. Under the: direction ‘of {ts contained bandmaster>-Wilttanr-F-Conkey;: the band has performed in many sJand communities and _ has been the feature band at the SUPPORT NORAD The RCAF contributes a!1 weather three interceptor squad- ~ rons (CF-161 Voodoos) and two surface-“to- air Bomarc ‘misgile. squadrons to support. the North American Air Defense Com- mand which was established Sept. 12, 195% which is consider-., GOING STRONG, te 1. G uardian , “Covers Prince’ Edward Island Like The Dew" - Charlottetown, Fri., June 10, 1966. Annual S benivattion of the Mari- tim: Chapter of the Canadian Bandmasters Association. Their performance ‘at Truro and their ( appearance at the 1965-and 1966 P.E.I/ Music Festivals brought many plaudits from those inti- TT ~ mately -connected with the study . cellent of music The Band, -its — sponsors, ee PAGE. 9 progress achieved in such a-«short time. The perform- the ance of the band, at 4:00 p.m. in George R. Pearkes VC, Branch.Three Hangar, on-Saturday- June of the Royal Canadian Legion, 11 willbe a feature of Armed - and the Town of Summerside Forces Day at CFB Summer- are to be coumended on the ex- side, P. E.1. COOMAC AUTO BODY SHOP ‘Visit Summerside, Sat. June llth. ARMED FORCES DAY The Royal Military-Gollege of ' Canada produced three) ‘Rhodes scholars in 1965. RMC awards land weapons systems which en- | lable the Sea King to search, lo- cate and estroy any modern paccalaureate degrees -in arts ne _* (honours or general), _ science “These helicoplers. are “flown “{n } honours or general) or engin- taunched Nov Alouette 11, second of a series of Canadian designed and built upper atmosphere satellites, was | \ 26, 1965: Alouette RCAF STATION, SUMMERSIDE COOMAC AUTO BODY SHOP _ ~ Air | Wives. |HS-50 RCN anti- ~ (helicopter squadron, for opera- | al, mechanical or submarine | eering, (chemical, civil, electric 1. launched in September, 1962, - engineering.is still going strong, reporting . _ ‘buck scient.fic data. . tions from the aircraft carrier ~-hysics) |Bonaventure and from platform- |—————— jequippe2 destroyer escorts. | Vital Stat*stics: | : Se rte | Crew. 4 (Two pilots, two son- | : € . jarmen) . GROUP CAPT. G. A. BERRY. _ —- | ASW. Endurance: 4 hours or most of the problems have been | side. It ‘1s my leanne: on behalf rat is knots (cruising) ¥ minimized and overcome, while | of the members of the Army, ‘Goon Weight: 19,000 ‘he ‘ at the same time maintaining Navy and Air Force to invite the maximum. af : ¥ a very high level of operational citizens of Prince Edward, Is-. : capability. Aes land” to visit our Base arid in- "Domersion, Fuselage ae On Saturday, 11 "June, the’ eet - ere — Overall: 16°8"". . ve second annua] Armed Forces 4n ays,-whic Sey oma ainag: : es: 2 General Electric , Day. celebrations will be held at’ hope mwa prove interesting, en- By yo twin-turbines; € | Canadian Forces Base, Summer- tertaining and” informative. Deteciion Fquipment: © Sonar- Moore & McLeod Ltd. : “len to be part of the fun aes ‘t _excitement! © - Armed Forces Armed Forces Day oS Day SATURDAY, JUNE 1th % 11 JUNE 1966 | RCAF STATION “The s-a-going side of tine Command has Mari- not been The helicopter- de- stroyers Annapolis and Skeena and destroyer escort Restigou- che sailed from Halifax in April 4 tc rendezvous with anti- submar- ‘ne warships of other NATO na- tions in the Netherlands for Ex- ercise Match Maker II. Yn 1955, HMCS Columbia oper; ated with destroyers from Brit- ain, The Netherlands and the. ‘USA for frve months in the first the uni- que squadren under command © of a Royal Navy captajn., This year the same “countries are contributing: units to a eqiuadeon rommanded “by —~an-' American naval captain. The exerciss began in January over- tended peri-d The three,.Cana dian ships will be part-.of the Match’ Maker squadron for: vis- Halifax jn mid-July. NO FROST. BITE « Armed Forces Day & 11 JUNE 1966 ~ Summerside Airport” capoeira tami — oo SEVEN Mackenzie’ ms ‘Grant Mollison bas eo MOUSE .0Lg FASHIONS - . Wy the Canadian Army, . Cy and are now filing two. in Canada and Europe—on the Atlantic and.. < ‘Pacific, and'in the air, soldiers, sailors and = airmen ave doing their part to keep the de- fences of the free world strong. ‘oop wee SESE Eve | 7 The Canadian Armed Services have served with valor and dedication in war,. nt roles. In een Nem anal eryw ‘ARMED FORCES DAY : ‘Horverd Street, Summerside a \ SATURDAY, JUNE lth to. «i C . nadian Forces si Our citizens are proud of the way our — men and women in uniform are carrying out these difficult duties and we urge our peo- ple to visit RCAF Station, Summerside, in large numbers this Saturday. By doing this you pay tribtue to the Armed Forces... “and also have an interesting afternoon viewing new equipment and displays. “GEORGE REY de D. Alex, MacDonald MAYOR COUNCILLORS Mrs. Francis Perry J. Ernest Morrison ‘ \ Milton Mellish § % ¥ Herb Schurman