TRAIN WITH ANTI-TANK WEAPON Two m melibats of an infantry regi- months . ment undergo training with - the manufactured ““Carl Gustav” the — anti-tank wea- pon with which Canadian troops “Heller” rocket . serving with the NATO Brigade in Burope were equipped several =) 4 ‘| - Armed Forces Day Summerside, June 11th _| We Wish The Servicemen ‘All The Best On Their Armed Forces Day te qaest oor -“ * tte BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY ~ NICHOLSON'S — DRY ‘CLEANING P. E. I. ago. The new. infantry’s main anti-tank weapon A Show to : ‘Remember . a _ ARMED. FORCES. DAY -fune Ith., 1966, a show whieh we Ges will include'some- = mn interest to you. ~ SPEEDY PROPANE Chariottetown Summerside weapon in Sweden. and weighs 33 pounds and replaces the launcher as ___ NAVY RECORD 3 The navy has made well over 100,000 blood donations to the - FedCross in Nova Scotia since the bicce bank was established [itnere in 1948. ONE REMAINS Of the 122 corvettes Canada built in the Second World War, | only the, Sackville still has any connection. with the RCN. She | is a civilian manned survey ship for the Naval..Research-.Estab-.. lishment of the Defence Re- search Board. : ~ land Regiment) |United Nations mates that The general 'was-talking .to ’ some of his fighting trocps “You are not going out to kill psople. Your mission is to proyent pe ople froin killing oth- er, “people.” iieht.- Gen, Jean Victon ,Allard, commander _ of anada’s __ Mo- bile Command; Was speaking to ‘members of the 2nd Battalion, ‘The Black Watch (Royal: High- of Canada be- fore they left Canada this spring for péace-keeping duties wih torces on the troubled island -or Cyprus. The number of Canadian’ sol- diers, sailors and airmen who . have participated in peace-keep ing operations has grown stea- dily over the years and the de- “fence department today — esti- more «than 70,000: have served under the UN flag lin one of the world’s trouble spots. Veterans of these, peace i\keeping operations can be iden- | | sion, |server Group In India and Pa- ‘squadron, 8th Canadian Hus- icati ithi u communications within the U? kistan. UNMOGIP is still fune-| sors, from Canad@n — Forces. force> and long digcace cane | tioning: The _ India-Pakistan Base Petawawa, Ont., form the port drivers. tified by- the blue and white strip: ‘ed ribbon they wear proudly on their .uniforms. 7 , Canada has: participated) in~ every UN peace-keeping mis- beginning with the India- Pakistan dispute in 1948 which |. “tresulted~ in the establishment of | watch from Canadian Forces the United Nations Military Ob- | operation was the forerunner of “other UN operations — Korea ‘(a war in everything but name) |Gaza, Lebanon, The Congo, New Fun For Everyone ... |Guinea, Yemen and Cyprus. Today of the more than 14.000 | {g "fembers of the Canadian ‘for- | ces who serve overseas, appro- |ximately 2,100 are serving on ‘the UN flag. The remainder | the serve with Canada's NATO for- | ; ions in Europe or with the lInternatYne! Control Commis- |the armistice between E gy pt rsion-in-Viet- Nam and Laos. | TOUGH JOB Service with a UN peace-keep- {ng mission is not the easiest |. 'fob in the: world for servicemen It takes: more than the tradi- tional military virtues of skill- | ‘et-arms and a high standard of | discipline. In the words of Air Chief Marshal Frank Miller, Ichief of Canadg’s defence staff. have high professional -compe- itence and must possess and ex- ercise an extraordinary degree | of patience. perserverance, tact | integrity and good will.”” Two areas where these quall- = NET Summerside Rirport | ARMED FORCES DAY | Summerside — —— ‘Canadian forces Pp articipate = i in many peace-keeping roles ties are put fo the test almost disengagement of. both sides. da. are Cyprus’ and the Gaza The first Canadian eltbers Strip. ‘rived in the Middle East on N “hr Cyprus, gjanadians eoncedei~ by RCAF aireraft-and the RCN that while thy _ scenery. is mag- airchaft. carrier Magnificent sea- nificent, their ‘duties oiten tence lifted the, contingent’s Neavy little time for admiring the. na- equipmenty and_ vehicles, tural beauty of the island. .Per- EXERTS INFLUENCE iodically ‘bullets fly between the ‘Greeks and the Turks but our servicemen .- follow’. the * slogan “hold your fire and your tem- per’ arndgissues are normally re- solved by Wiking’ it out mn all v sides. ‘ UNER exerts a moral influ- ence out of all proportion to its sizeof several thousand, made up of six codntries: Brazil, Den, RN India,, Sweden, - Yugasla- via and Ganada. Contingents from Columbia, Finland and In- | 2 UN ee in ane donesia originally contributed to | was established in Cyprus in UNEF but have since. with- March, 1964,’ and within jhours drawn their contingents. The} first commander of UNEF. was of the government's decision to a Canadian, Lt.-- Gen. &. L. M. nd a Canadian contingent “jan RCAF Yukon from Air. Trans- port Command ,was winging its way to Cyprus with an advance party.—_It was _followed—closely—b aircraft carrying the remaind- er of the troops. -At the same jtime the RCN’s aircraft carrier -Bonaventure—was speeding to, Cyprus’ with the contingent"s jheavy equépment. The first con-' tingent served on the island for six months and’ this established a pattern which {s° still in effect. The 2nd Battalion of the Black Truce Supervisory Organization ' in Palestine. For nearly. 10 years UNEF has managed to maintain peace in an area re- cognized as one of the most sen- sitive trouble spots in the. world. | €anadian—servicement “play a vital-role in UNEF. The main- tenance area for the force is at Rafah, just outside are Canadians. Canadians pro- vide sappers for the heavy con- struction work, signallers for 'Base Gagetown, N. B., and ‘‘B”’ They~also- provide highly trained men: for handl- ing ammunition and equipment and for vehicle repair and pro- vost duties. At El Arish, some 20 miles west of Rafah, an RCAF unit is responsible for air supply, air movement of personnel and re- connaissance flights within ,the |UNEF area. It flies Caribou and Otter aircraft. A’ Canadian - réconnaissance squadron operated for ~almost 10 years along the international fifth Canadian contingent to see service on the island. The jetrength of the contingent has ‘and is just under -1,000 all ranks |The present commander is Co-, Jone] George Hale of Toronto. and St. -John's Nfid. | A UN commitnient that goes jback to November, 1956, is the | United Nations Emergency iForce established to supervise ‘and Israel and to arrange for the Full afternoon assured Following is the program of eyents scheduled for Satur- ° ‘day's Armed Forces Day. at CFB Summerside: 1:00 Gates Open to Public. Exhibits Open — 2 Hangar. y Static Display of Aircraft and Service Vehicles. ~ 1:30. Fire Fighting Demonstration." re * _1:45 Free Airplane Ride for 4 Visitors. 9:15 Guard of. Honour Takes Post. | Band plays until 2:30. ~ : | ‘ : 2:30 Arrival of Lieutenant-Governor 100 Man Guard of Honour. Royal Salute. Official Opening Ceremonies, Air Show. Neptune Solo Take-off and Infield 1 Dinptay.- F101 Voodoo Formation Flypast. *. Argus Solo Maximum Performance Take-off Maritime Formation—Stream Take-off ore ise * CHSS-2 Sea King Helicopter Infield Display Argus’ Solo—2 Engine Flypast. . CS2F Tracker Formation Take-off, Display, and Stream Landing. Argus Solo—Low Speed Flypast Maritime Formation Flypast. Argus Solo Infield Display. Argus Solo Submarine Bombing Attack. Maritime Formation Flypast in Diamond — rere reak. oe 4:00 Concert by the Summerside Legion Concert Band. | Judo Display—No. 3 Hangar. Free Airplane Ride for 4 Visitors. _ 4:30 Air Cadet Precision Drill Display No. 3 Hangar. - $:00 Band. Plays ‘‘The Queen” Static Display and Exhibits Close, " $:30 Gates Close. 9:00 Dance in Recreation Centre. Muste by “The Velvets”, ane Burns, who had headed the UN | the Gaza’) Strip, and about. 700 of the 1,000 | military personnel in the camp More than 700 Canadians fF e- main in’ Egypt, however, in the various support arms whic make it-possible* for UNEF to function efficiently. Colonel] George Bell of Toronto is the Canadian con.igent,,commander The UN soldiers have a.dua!~ Cyprus. They are members of ‘their own. national armies but serve under the UN flag witlithe authority of the'UN. They wear the. blue: UNEF cap, helmet, beret or turban, ‘nationa) insig- nia on the left sleeve and UN in- signia on the right. Canada’s most recent UN peace - keeping.commitment was in the area where we first: be- gan UN peacekeeping duties in 1948 - Kashmir.. Relations be- itween India-and Pakistan sharp- ly deteriorated last fall and UN- |MOGIP was eealorced: by navy ‘army-and air“force officers” from Canada within days and a se- jcond observer group headed by. Brigadier Bruce Macdonald. of | Edmonton rushed to the troubl- ed area. The United Nations In- dia-Pakistan Observer Misston (UNIPOM) and the older group | 1966. ADMISSION Sée PER PERSON. ADULTS ONLY. P. E. I. GOOD. LUCK SERVICEMEN - ers)—4 new seat-belt being de- veloped at Sydney’s Technical +Crllege short-circuits the car's engine until the belt is correctly fastened SMART INVENTION - SYDNEY. Australia (Reut: We S Armed Forces Day & J UNE 1966 YY Y Yf Pring” The Whole Family” There's: ror Everyone To Enjoy AMALGAMATED DAIRIES LTD. - é Something — Air Show, | St. Eleanor's ~ CANADA S ~ ARMED ~ FORCES! alute Visit R. CoA. F. Station, Summerside, on ‘Saturday, June, Ith -and-—see-your- Armed. Forces .in_Actionl... CURRAN & BRIGGS GENERAL CONTRACT ORS rk a@onter but wee withdraws ts The oe when the force was re ~— on’ both thesGaza Strip and. We Extend-Best Wishes to There's. enjoyment here for the whole family so why not plan to attend the thrifls and excite- ment at the Summerside Airport June‘ 11th, |. NE ELLIS LTD. Gnuarfian- The ening Patriot were. given RCAF support—with— Di id cl Caribou and Otter aircraft. Vi en ae February of this year the N secretar?-» general was able p U to announce the crisis over and| ayments P. the -w ithdrawal of UNIPOM.|! f Brigadier. Macdonald, who was TORONTO (CP)..— Dividend granted “the acting rank’ of ja-|payments by Cahaitian: com. -- ‘dar - general- while he carried ‘panies in the’ first “halfof this outy his ‘difficult UN assignment year will be e record 5866, 843.- home along with the dozen rein- |\614. up 12 r rom aeeas who had bolstered’ year oats ate oe eet NMOGIP. The,,RCAF was. 7j ” yack able to withdrdW most of’ gee : sedi Aircraft it had quickly. dispatch- | asi ed-to'the trouble zone last fall. Timmins breaks its figures Of the UN. military. missions !™to four categories, miscel- round ‘the world since 1948, half/!aneous industrials, mines, utill- have been a success and no ti€s—and institutions —and—trusts. es longer exist. The. others contin-; The ‘biggest increase wa ue to forestall the outbreak of | Shown in miscellaneous indus war. Canadian servicemen, ‘who trials which paid out $326,404,. have participated in all. of them |845 in the first six months have proved to their country-|compared with $287,297,646 ie, ment that they are potent peace the comparable period last keepers. lyear, ‘ Alean Aluminium, . 1 ial ‘STEAM 35,000 MILES Oil and Simpsons "daa the A dozen ships of the RCN on |group’s increase by raising spring, 1966, exercises. in the |their dividend rates. North and South Atlantic seam. | For this—month, —Canadian~ ed a total’ of more than 3%000 Companies will pay out $155,- miles .from early Jeuary to 444,328 compared with $196.756.- early April: 1945 in June, 1965. All Servicemen a : ARMED FORCES DAY | oe Summerside Airport a JUNE TH, 1966 eh Ground. Displays,._._. iw #