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Vol. 17, No. 2 February, 1965

Vol. 17 No.2

1AeCROWSN ESTTHE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY'S MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1965

FAMILY PORTRAIT

CONTENTS

Retil"ements ... .............................................. ........ 27

Naval Lore Corner No. 135 ........ Inside Back Cover

The Cover-Royal Canadian Navy Trackers are shownon the tarmac at Roosevelt Roads naval base in Puerto Rico,wearing Canada's new national flag. The flag became officialon Feb. 15 while the aircraft were exercising with Canadianand U.S. forces in the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy Photo)

RCN News Review " , ,

A 'Forlner Naval Person'

The New Flag : ; ,.. , ~.

Esquinlalt Tops Fire Prevention i.

O"!Jicel"S and Men .

Weddings and Births .

Video D,.'al11a , .

Home from th.e Sea ..

Here and There ift the RCN

Afloat and Ashore ~ .

Science and th.e Navy .

Books for the ~ailor : .

The Navy Plays .

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A photograph that contrived to show notonly the ship's conlpany but also the grace..ful lines of their ship was taken when HMesFraser was in Pearl Harbour before sailingfor blast tests in Hawaiian waters, The out..board ship is the Qu'Appelle, which acconl..panied the Fraser to IIawaii but went herseparate way for exercises.

The high..explosive tests were a follow-upto one conducted at Suffield, Alberta, where500 tons of TNT were exploded on theopen prairie~ In the Hawaiian tests a similaramount of TNT was touched off on an isletnear which a retired cruiser, ex-USS Atlanta,the Fraser and USS Cochrane were sta..tioned. The· blast was estimated to be equi..valent to that of a one kiloton nuclear ex-plosion, with the advantage of causing nonuclear fallout. (0-15930-50)

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Wheeling gulls and the selling sun mark the close of another day of exercises in Strait of Juan de Fuca for HMCS Saskatchewan, destroyer escortof the Pacific Command. (E-79492)

New AssociateMinister Named

The appointment of Hon. Leo Cadieux,Member of Parliament for Terrebonne,as Associate Minister of National De-fence, was announced on Feb. 12 byPrime Minister L. B. Pearson. It wasannounced at the same time that Hon.Lucien Cardin had been transferredfrom the Defence post to Minister ofPublic Works.

Mr. Cadieux was born May 28, 1908,in St. Jerome, Que. He attended St.Jerome Commercial College and is agraduate of the Seminary of Ste.Therese de Blainville.

From 1941 to 1944 he served with theCanadian Army as a public relationsofficer in Ottawa. In 1944 he was a warcorrespondent for La Presse, Montreal,reporting from the United Kingdom andFrance.

Following the war, Mr. Cadieux be-came a director of the publicationsL'Avenir du Nord and La Revue Mo-derne. In 1948 he was elected mayor ofSt. Antoine des Laurentides for a two-year term. From 1953 to 1956 he waspresident of the St. Antoine des Lau-rentides school board.

Mr. Cadieux has been a member forthe Quebec riding of Terrebonne sincethe June 1962 general election.

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Mr. Cadieux and his wife, the formerMonique Plante, of Mont Laurier, re-side in St. Antoine des Laurentides.

Hon. Paul Hellyer, Minister of Na-tional Defence, in commenting on theappointment of Mr. Cardin, said:

"I wish to congratulate Hon. LucienCardin on his appointment as Minister

HON. LEO CADIEUX

of Public Works and publicly thankhim for the superb job he has done asAssociate Minister of National Defence.

"Mr. Cardin has carried out his as-signment in the Department of NationalDefence in a quiet, extraordinarily ef-fective manner, and whatever accom-plishments we have been able to achievein reorganizing the Canadian ArmedForces and establishing a new directionfor Canadian defence would not havebeen possible without his wholehearted,dedicated and remarkably effective as-sistance.

"I wish him well in his new appoint-ment."

Spring TrainingTakes Ships A.jar

The two-ocean activities of the RoyalCanadian Navy were gaining momen-tum in mid-February.

The aircraft carrier Bonaventure,queen of the Atlantic fleet, was at SanJuan, Puerto Rico, in conjunction withthe annual winter exercise "MapleSpring" and combined RCN-USN exer-cises in the Caribbean called "MapleSpringboard".

The Provider was at Bridgetown,Barbados, at the time, except for aquick dash out of port to seek a missingfishing vessel which she brought backwith the three crewmen in good shape.

The destroyer escort Terra Nova waspoised at Halifax to join the manreuvresand several others, including two hard-working British submarines underCanadian operational control, were inthe thick of the Caribbean activity,based on San Juan and Roosevelt Roads,both U.S. Navy bases on Puerto Rico.

Ultimately 4,000 naval and maritimeRCAF personnel will have been in-volved. The Canadian Army is admini-stering' the temporary Canadian bar-racks at Roosevelt Roads. Canadiannaval and air force anti-submarine air-craft are operating from there withUSN aircraft and the RCN and USNships allocated a total of 140 units.

The destroyer escort Columbia, mem-ber of a newly formed NATO anti-sub-marine destroyer force, was en route inmid-February to Rosyth, Scotland, andNATO Exercise Pilot Light. The heli-copter destroyer Ottawa meanwhile had"chopped" to the Flag Officer AtlanticCoast in the Panama Canal zone whileen route from Esquimalt to Halifax.Another helicopter destroyer, the As-siniboine, was carrying out night flyingtrials with Sea King helicopters offHalifax.

Nearing the equator and bound forthe Galapagos Isles was the repair shipCape Scott, her medical expedition toEaster Island in the remote southeastPacific accomplished. Like Maple Springforces, she was to return to HalifaxMarch 17.

The destroyer escort Yukon and oceanescorts Sussexvale and New Glasgowwere en route to Balboa with ShortService Officer Plan cadets embarked ona Central American training cruise.

The destroyer escorts Fraser andQu'AppeHe were returning separatelyfrom Hawaii where the former tookpart in a simulated nuclear blast testof the U.S. Navy and emerged un-scathed despite airblast overpressuresequal to one kiloton burst. The 500tons of TNT used was piled in a moundtwo storeys high.

At Esquimalt, matters were in handfor a major cruise to the Orient of threeother warships. The destroyer escortsMackenzie and Saskatchewan and oceanescort Beacon Hill. were leaving on the22nd on a training cruise to ports asfar away as Japan.

Provider FindsMissing Vessel

The operational support ship HMCSProvider was diverted Feb. 16 from herberth at Bridgetown, Barbados, tosearch for two fishing vessels reportedby the U.S. Coast Guard to be missingabout 100 miles west of the Lesser An-tilles island of St. Lucia.

This is the big bong to which HMCS Fraser was subjected off Hawaii in early February. Theship seen in the picture is the retired U.S. cruiser Atlanta. The Fraser was stationed at a somewhatmore comfortable distance from the explosion. The igloo shown in the lower picture is actually astock of TNT blocks, to the total of 500 tons, which was touched off on on island near the ships.(USN Photos)

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Ldg. Sea. Richard (Dick) Windsor, a naval storesman in HMCS Provider, chats with threeCaribbean fishermen rescued by his ship in February. The Provider was diverted from a recreationalcall at Barbados during Exercise Maple Spring to search for two fishing vessels missing for nearlya week about 100 miles west of St. Lucia. One, spotted by a USN aircraft out of Trinidad, washoisted on board the ship and taken, with survivors, to Barbados. .

· The Provider was at Barbados in con-nection with annual winter exercises ofthe RCN Atlantic Command in theCaribbean.

The Provider left port Feb. 15 and,guided by a U.S. Navy patrol planewhich had spotted one of the vessels,came up to the Victor II at noon thenext day.

The three crewmen were given freshwater to drink (they had been missingthree days), then brought on board tobe fed and given spare clothing by theCanadian warship. They were in goodcondition.

The Provider then hoisted their boaton board and the ship returned toBridgetown to land them, meanwhilesearching en route for the other vessel,the Silver Sea. Other ships and aircraftcontinued the search for the latter.

Divers RecoverFlyers' Bodies

The Royal Canadian Navy's divingteam which assisted in recovery of aUSAF tanker plane that crashed in anice-covered lake near Stephenville;Nfld., in December, has been com-mended by the Commander U.S. Stra-tegic Air Command, General J. Ryan.

In a message to Canadian ForcesHeadquarters, General Ryan said:

"Please convey my appreciation to Lt.Alan Sagar, and the members of hissalvage and diving team from HMCSGranby. From Dec. 21 until Jan. 15, 1965,Lt. Sagar and his team provided excep-tional service in the recovery of crewmembers and the aircraft that crashedat Ernest Harmon AFB.

"To recover 95 per cent of the aircraftand four of the five deceased crewmembers from 80 feet of water under

extremely adverse weather conditionswas an outstanding feat. The supportto the investigation board has enabledthem to determine the cause of the ac-cident. The attitude and co-operationof Lt. Sagar and his team has been ex-ceptional throughout the recovery op-eration."

Members of Lieutenant Sagar's teamwere CPO Vernon Melanson, PO AlanHaywood, Leading Seamen Glen Frau-zel, Gordon H. Rank, William Lukemen,Donald McLeod, Charles Doyle andAble Seamen Ralph Romans and RobertSmith.

Jonquiere AgainWins Sonar AtfJard

For the second year in a row, HMCSJonquiere, ocean escort of the PacificCommand, has won the sonar profi-ciency award for ships of the FourthCanadian Escort Squadron.

The 1964 trophy went to the Jon-quiere's sonar team on the basis of itsperformance in the ATH unit in theFleet School at Esquimalt.

Ottawa SteamsFor East Coast

The destroyer escort Ottawa sailedfrom Esquimalt on Feb. 2 bound forHalifax and service with the AtlanticCommand of the RCN.

Commanded by Cdr. J. P. Cote, thewarship carries 12 officers and approxi-mately 210 men, practically all of themmembers of the ship's company whichbrought the destroyer escort Yukon toEsquimalt from Halifax.

The Ottawa reached San Franciscoon Thursday, Feb. 14, and left theGolden Gate city the following Sunday.

The ship after passing through the Pa-nama Canal, was to reach Halifax onFeb. 26.

The Ottawa was re-commissioned lastOct. 28 following a major refit. Thework, which lasted almost a year, in-cluded the installation of variable depthsonar and incorporation of a helicopterhangar and flight deck.

Officer CadetCruise Begins

Some 52 RCN Short Service OfficerPlan cadets under training at HMCSVenture are experiencing their firsttaste of life at sea on board ships ofthe Pacific Command.

Forty SSOP cadets left Esquimalt onJan. 25 in two ocean escorts of the 4thCanadian Escort Squadron the Sussex-vale and New Glasgow.

They were joined early in Februaryby an additional 12 SSOP cadets whosailed on board the .destroyer escortYukon.

The Yukon left Esquimalt on Feb. 7to join the other ships in Long Beach,California.

During the cruise, the three ships areunder the overall command of CaptainE. P. Earnshaw.

The Short Service Officer Plan cadets,who range in age from 18 to 24, begantraining at Venture last September. Thecruise is intended to put into practicemuch of the training they have beengiven in the classroom since last fall,and in addition is exposing them to lifein seagoing ships of the command.

The cruise includes calls at ports onthe west coast of the United States andto several ports in Central America, in-cluding Balboa at the entrance to thePanama Canal.

The three ships are to return to Es-quimalt early in April.

HUP PresentedTo War IJ[useum

The last of three HUP-3 helicopters,employed on air-sea rescue work,photography and other naval errandsin the Pacific Command, has been re-tired after 13 years' service. It has beenpresented to the Canadian War Museumin Ottawa.

The Piasecki HUPs first came intoservice with the RCN in 1952 and theyinitially saw service in the AtlanticCommand and later with HMCS Labra-dor during her survey voyages in theArctic.

The HUP carried a crew of two butcould accommodate four passengers.During the career of the HUPs twocrew members were awarded GeorgeMedals and others won commendations.

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I T IS ENTIRELY probable that Winston Churchillwas the only living person who could have ralliedthe forces of the rest of the world to destroy theterrible menace of the Axis. Thus, sorrow was tem-pered with gratitude that such a man had lived andthat, when his long and useful life had drawn inevit-ably to a close, the end was without pain.

The navies of the world felt honoured that hechose to refer to himself in correspondence withPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt as a "Former NavalPerson".

His contacts with the Royal Canadian Navy werefew, but one occurred on a memorable occasion, thePlacentia Bay meeting with President Roosevelt inAugust 1941 when it was decided that the United

States, still officially at peace, should share the taskof protecting North Atlantic shipping.

One of the ships at Placentia was HMCS Assini-boine. The accompanying picture shows the arrival ofChurchill on board for a brief visit with the Cana-dian sailors. The officer about to extend his hand ingreeting was Lt. John Hamilton Stubbs, commandingofficer, who a year later 'won the Distinguished ServiceOrder for destroying a U-boat in a desperate surfaceaction. He died a hero's death in the spring of 1944when his ship, HMCS Athabaskan, was sunk in ablazing English Channel action.

Somehow it seems fitting that, on this brief visitto a Canadian warship, this great man should havebeen greeted by an officer whose career remains an in-spiration to the Royal Canadian Navy to this day.

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A ti-i-service flag party awaits the hoisting of the new Canadian flag Feb. 15 at the base of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill as Chaplainof the Fleet E. G. B. Foote, Protestant Chaplain General of the Armed Forces, offers prayer. Members of the flag party are Sgt. W. Bigras, CA(R); POS. Fowler, RCN; Sgt. J. R. Danis, RCAF, and, at the halyards Canst. Gaetan Secours, RCMP. (Pl-145088)

THE NEW FLAGACROSS HALF the world at noonon Feb. 15 ships of the RoyalCanadian Navy hauled' down for thelast time the cherished White Ensignand hoisted in its stead the bright,hopeful new maple leaf flag of Canada.

In mid-Pacific, off the coast of SouthAmerica, in the balmy Caribbean or onthe chill waters of the North Atlanticand North Pacific the change was ob-served in ceremonies, sometimes emo-tion charged, but all pledging loyaltyand devotion to Canada and its flag.

Ashore, in Canada's capital, at Hali-fax, at Esquimalt, at Cornwallis, andother shore establishments the changewas observed with greater formalitythan was possible at sea. At Saclantheadquarters, on the day of the cere-monial raising of the new Canadianflag, a light snowfall brought an endto mild, springlike Virginia weather, asif to remind those present that this wasindeed Canada's day, weather and all.

At Shearwater, Pat Bay, Debert andat Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, thenew emblem was painted on naval air-craft.

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The focal ceremony, marking thechange from the Red Ensign to the newflag, was held on Parliament Hill inOttawa in the presence of members ofparliament, representatives of the

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Able Seaman Douglas Day and Clinton Mac-Burnie cast a critical eye over their handiworkafter stencilling the new flag on the rudderfin of a Tracker aircraft at Roosevelt Roadsnaval station in tropical Puerto Rico:(HS-77193-52)

Armed Forces and Royal CanadianMounted Police and an assembly ofsome 5,000 citizens.

Armed forces participation in thenoon-hQur ceremony included a navaldetachment, an Army guard of honour,fanfare trumpeters and orchestra fromthe RCAF, a gun's crew from the RoyalCanadian Artillery and two tri-serviceflag parties.

A naval detachment from CanadianForces Headquarters lined two sides ofthe ceremonial platform at the base ofthe Peace Tower where His Excellencythe Governor-General, the Prime Minis-ter and the Leader of the Oppositionheaded a group of distinguished partici-pants.

The 2nd Battalion, the CanadianGuards, with its band, mounted a 100-man guard of honour. Three 21-gunsalutes were fired in nearby Major HillPark by a troop from the 30th FieldRegt., RCA (M). One salute markedthe raising of the new flag, the othersthe arrival and departure of His Exel-lency at the Hill.

Noon on Feb. 15, the moment when Canada's new flag was born, came the latest of all, amongships of the Royal Canadian Navy, for HMCS Fraser, steaming homeword across the Pacific fromHawaii, where she had been taking part in shock tests. (0-15930-115)

ies similar to those on Parliament Hillin Ottawa.

Alaska, Puerto Rico and the remotesoutheast Pacific were three of the moreunusual locations to see the Maple Leafunfurled. Other major ceremonies wereheld by contingents on peace-keepingduties in Cyprus, Germany, France andEgypt.

In Alaska the Royal Canadian Regi-ment took time out from the U.S. ArmyExercise Polar Strike. In ceremoniesin the West Indies, the U.S. Navy fireda 21-gun salute as RCN aircraft andhelicopters flew past over San Juan,Puerto Rico. The new Canadian Flagwas hoisted on board HMCS Bonaven-ture, the destroyer escort Chaudiereand ocean escort Cap de la Madeleinealongside the U.S. Naval base there.

For the indoor ceremony, fanfaretrumpeters and a 12-piece orchestrafurnished appropriate music includinga special flourish for the lowering ofthe Red Ensign.

The two tri-service flag parties eachincluded an RCMP member in scarlettunic, who handled the halyards.

Members of the flag party who low-ered the old Red Ensign included POW. Stephens, RCN, in charge; Sgt. A. J.Ferguson CA(R); Sgt. J. Shkwarek,RCAF, and Sgt. A. J. Goswell, RCMP.Those who raised the new flag were POS. Fowler, RCN, in charge; Sgt. W. Bi-gras, CA (R); Sgt. J. R. Danis, RCAF;and Const. Gaetan Secours, RCMP.

The new Canadian flag waved inmany foreign breezes as Canadian ser-vicemen the world over held ceremon-

The ensigns of the three services fly for thelast time at the Canadian Services College,Royal Roads. Moments later they were low-ered and the new Canadian flag flew in theirplace. (RR-3830)

Vice-Admiral I. W. T. Ileloe, RN, Deputy Sac-lant, presents the new Canadian flag to Lt.-Cdr. Clarke Mecredy, RCN, in ceremonies atthe flag plaza of the Supreme Allied Comm-ander Atlantic at the NATO headquarters onFeb. 15. (Saclant Photo)

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Elsewhere in the Caribbean area,other RCN units on winter exercisesheld similar observances with the op-erational support ship Provider and de-stroyer escort St. Laurent at St. Croix,one of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Near the equator, the Navy repairship Cape Scott, homeward boundfrom the Easter Island medical expedi-tion, had her flag-raising at sea enroute to the Galapagos Islands.

At the North Pole, a new Canadianflag, encased in a canister, had beendropped days earlier by an RCAF Argusduring a navigation flight.

At Saclant headquarters in Norfolk,Virginia, the formal flag raising cere-mony was presided over by Vice-Ad-miral W. T. Beloe, RN, Deputy SupremeAllied Commander Atlantic, on theplaza where the flags of the 15 NATOnations are flown. The Canadian gov-ernment was represented by Commo-dore James Pratt, Chief of Staff to theFlag Officer, Atlantic Coast, Halifax.

Wives and children of Canadian per-

sonnel in the Norfolk area were invitedto join the other guests for the cere-mony which began at 11.50 am with thehauling down of the Red Ensign to theaccompaniment of "Evening Colours",played by the band of the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

Lt.-Cdr. Clark Mecredy, RCN, thecolour officer, marched off the flag tothe music of "Auld Lang Syne" andpresented it to Admiral Beloe, who inturn passed it to Commodore Pratt forsafe-keeping.

Commodore Pratt then presented thenew flag to Admiral Beloe. It was quickmarched to the pole of honour to "TheMaple Leaf Forever" and, after a prayerof dedication by the chaplain, it wasslowly hoisted at 12 noon to the play-ing of "0 Canada" and "The Queen".

Perhaps the most moving ceremony ofall was that held at HMCS Stadaconawhere 30 ships and establishments inthe RCN's Atlantic Command laid awaytheir familiar White and Blue Ensignsfor the last time. It was an experience

shared by television viewers of EasternCanada over CBC networks.

Ninety ensign bearers, all petty offi-cers first class, formed the focal pointof the ceremony. Thirty carried WhiteEnsigns, 30 Blue Ensigns and 30 borethe Canadian Flag-representing in allthe 30 ships and shore bases making upthe RCN's Atlantic Command.

Participating in the ceremony were600 officers and men forming one un-armed battalion, a 100-man guard fromHMCS Cornwanis, the colour parties,the band of HMCS Stadacona and adrum party from Cornwanis. Cdr. W. D.Johnston was the parade commander.

Before the arrival of the Flag OfficerAtlantic Coast, Rear-Admiral W. M.Landymore, the ensigns were marchedin, followed by the lOO-man guard fromCornwanis.

After the admiral's arrival, the ensignbearers stepped forward, carrying the30 White and 30 Blue Ensigns, the guardpresented arms and the band played"God Save the Queen" in salute to thenaval ensigns.

The White and Blue Ensigns of the Atlantic Command are displayed for the last time on the occasion of the raising of the new Canadian flag atStadacona. (HS-77503)

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Then, as an officer called out thefamiliar names: HHer Majesty's Cana...dian Ships Algonquin~ and Assiniboine~... Bonaventure and Buckingharn .Terra Nova and Victoriaville/' the En...sign bearers marched forward two bytwo to place each White and Blue En...sign against an altar rail. Inside therail, were piled the ceremonial drumspresented in 1960 to the RCN's AtlanticCommand by the Province of NovaScotia on the occasion of the Navy's 50thAnniversary.

Chaplain (P) Earl Sigston and Chap-lain (Re) J. A. MacLean led the paradein a brief service of prayer.

Admiral Landymore then addressedthe parade,

The ensigns were retrieved by the en-sign bearers and as they reformed in asingle line of 30 White and 30 Blue En-signs before the dais, the band playedthe "Heart of Oak" as the final salutewas made to the ensigns.

The ensigns were slowly furled, then

cased. The bearers carrying the Cana-dian flag, still cased, stepped forward.The Canadian flags were uncased andunfurled, and the new flag was salutedas the band played HQ Canada".

The ceremony concluded with Ad-miral Landymol'e taking the salute asthe guard marched past.

At HMCS Naden a cold wind blewacross the Strait of Juan de Fuca andswept over the parade ground wherenearly 1,000 sailors were assembled.

Shortly before noon officers and menhad taken up their positions. With themwere representative groups from shipsand establishments of the Pacific Com..mand. The Naden band was in the mid-dle of the assembly. A 100-man guardof honour was in position directly infront of the dais.

The dramatic ceremony started withRear-Admiral M. G. Stirling readingthe Queen's Proclamation authorizingthe flying of the new Canadian flag.

Then came the significant moment.

The band started playing "God Savethe Queen", and the White Ensign whichhad been fluttering high above theparade ground, started its slow descent.Simultaneously the new maple leafflag was slowly hoisted.

As the two flags passed at the half..way mark the band started playing HQCanada". The anthem ended when thenew flag reached the top of its staff.Nearby, naval guns fired a 21-gunsalute.

Naval chaplains read brief prayers,Admiral Stirling, in a prepared address,expressed the hope that "we willhonour our new ensign as we did ourformer one."

Slow..marching colour parties marchedoff the Navy's White Ensign and theBlue Ensign as the naval band played"Auld Lang Syne". Then the new flagwas marched on for the first time.

The 45-minute flag ceremony endedwith a march-past by all who partici-pated.

ON THE OCCASION of laying away the RCN'sWhite and Blue Ensigns at HMCS Stadacona onMonday, Feb. 15, Rear-Admiral W. M. Landymore,.Flag Officer Atlantic Coast said: .

"The ceremony which brings us together todaymarks an end and a beginning,

"In a moment we will pay final tribute to twoensigns which for more than half a century have beenthe insignia of the Royal Canadian Navy, Then wewill uncase and unfurl the new flag, and in so doing,"VIrill accept it into our keeping.

"Over this past half century our ships have sailedto aU parts of the world, in peace and war, wearingthe White Ensign, and when in port or at anchor, bothat home and abroad, the Blue Ensign has flown fromthe jack staff of our ships. It has also distinguishedour naval auxiliary vessels.

"It is never easy to break ties that link us witha proud and vital past. It is not easy to end old friend..ships if they cannot be renewed. I have no doubt,therefore, that for many of us here today and indeed,for many across Canada and throughout the Common-wealth, the separation of the White and Blue Ensignsfrom the Royal Canadian Navy, after so long a period,is an event we cannot help but experience with afeeling of regret.

"Many of us have taken the White Ensign forgranted and it may not have occurred to us that achange might some day be made. It is only when sucha change occurs that we realize how attached we areto the familiar things around us. Those of us whohave personal memories of the sacrifices of war willfeel the greater loss, and yet, if we pause for a mo-ment to reflect, I feel that what we really should ex-perience on this occasion is a sense of pride andsatisfaction.

"I believe that this feeling .should come from therealization that, throughout the whole period of theRoyal Canadian Navy's asssociation with the WhiteEnsign, our Navy has upheld -at all times the greathonour and respect that this symbol has for centuriesbeen accorded throughout the world. So many deedsof sacrifice and· humility, so many acts of charity, somuch comradeship, courage and loyalty are associatedwith the White Ensign that we should say to our-selves, 'This ensign has been held in trust; that' trusthas been discharged and now it can be laid aside withpride and with honour.' If we can say this, then surelyregret must be short-lived.

"Now, in place of the White Ensign and the BlueEnsign we will fly the Canadian flag; and it will beflown with honour and respect. It comes to us nakedof tradition and barren of association but it comes de-manding us and challenging us to give it honour andglory. Those of us who serve now, and those youngCanadians who will enter the naval service in thefuture must do so with a clear understanding that theywill be responsible and answerable in peace and warfor providing the new flag with an unblemished recordto equal the unblemished history of the White Ensign.This is no matter to be treated lightly or carelessly.It will not be easy and it will not be painless.

"Let us then mark this occasion by laying asideour ensigns with pride and with thanksgiving, fortheir tenure has been one of honour and renown. Letus rejoice in our new flag and resolve that in theyears ahead it will be for all who serve, the embodi-ment of our loyalty and devotion, to be made a worthysuccessor to those living symbols to which, this day,we bid our fondest farewells."

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THIRD VICTORY SINCE 1958

ESQUIMALT TOPS FIRE PREVENTION

Defence Minister Paul Hellyer presents the Howard Green Grand Award Traphy in theCanadian Fire Prevention Contest to Commodore H. A. Winnett, Commodore Superintendent, PacificCaast, as l.t.-Cdr. G. C. Ball, Base Fire Chief, HMC Dackyard, Esquimalt, looks on. The West Coastnava-I dockyard was judged winner of the Natianal Fire Protection Association (International) annualfire prevention contest on the basis of their year-round inspection procedures and educational pro-grams. The Howard Green Trophy is presented to the winner among the leading military andgovernment entries. (PL-145134)

T HE 1964 Grand Award of the Na-tional Fire Prevention Associationfor all military establishments in Can-ada has been won by HMC Dockyard,Esquimalt. The award was announcedby headquarters of the NFPA in Bos-ton, Mass.

This is the third time since 1958 thatHMC Dockyard has captured top hon-ours in competition with army, navyand RCAF establishments across thecountry. The Esquimalt dockyard re-ceived the Grand Award in 1958 andagain in 1962.

The Grand Award of the NationalFire Prevention Association is givenannually for "excellence in fire protec-tion and year-round fire preventionefforts."

Extremely low fire losses in the areacovered by the fire department of HMCDockyard reflect the department's firmbelief that every week should be fireprevention week. Last year fire lossesin HMe Dockyard at Esquimalt totalled$25. In 1963 they were nil. And in 1962they were nil.

"The Dockyard's good record is duein large measure to the co-operation re-ceived from everyone concerned," saidLt.-Cdr. Gordon Ball, Pacific Commandfire chief. His staff of 48, guarding thedockyard area against fire around theclock, is composed of civilian personnel.

He also had warm praise for co-op-eration extended by the City of Victoriaand surrounding municipalities whothroughout the year joined HMC Dock-yard in special "fire prevention" events.

Throughout the year, naval firefight-ing departments conduct a continuingprogram of fire prevention educationwith large numbers of adult and youthorganizations. Included are such groupsas PTAs, Girl Guides, volunteer firedepartments of the area, Boy Scouts,Cubs and others.

The Grand Award was first sent fromNFPA headquarters in Boston to Cana-dian Defence Headquarters in Ottawaand from there forwarded to Esqui-malt for presentation by Rear-AdmiralM. G. Stirling, Flag Officer PaciflcCoast, to the fire department of HMCDockyard.

HMC Dockyard, Esquimalt, also wontop 1964 honours in the "large class"naval phase of the competition "large"designating an establishment of 3,500or more personnel. In this class, second

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place honours went to HMC Dockyard,Halifax, and third place was won byHMCS Shearwater, the RCN air station.

In the "medium class" naval bracket(over 1,500 and under 3,500 personnel),first prize went to HMCS Cornwallis;second place winner was Belmont ParkMarried Quarters at Colwood, near Vic-toria and third place was taken byHMCS Naden.

"Small Class" winners (establish-ments of less than 1,500 personnel)were: First, the RCN Magazine atRocky Point, near Victoria; second,VU-33, the RCN's utility air squadronstationed at Patricia Bay and third, theRCN's air facility at Debert, N.S.

In a "Special Class" (a base with nofire department) first place was takenby HMCS Gloucester, naval radio sta-tion near Ottawa, and second place wascaptured by HMCS Aldergrove, navalradio station near Vancouver.

An editorial, entitled "Amazing Re-cord", in the Jan. 26 Victoria Colonist,said:

"The fire chief of Pacific Commandof the Royal Canadian Navy gives fullcredit to 'everyone concerned' at HMC

Dockyard for the extraordinary recordof the establishment's fire department,which for the third time since 1958 hasenabled it to capture first place in thecompetition among Canadian militarybases sponsored by the National FirePrevention Association. The award isfor excellence in fire protection andyear-round fire prevention efforts.

"It is in the latter phase that theglory truly spreads its light on all thepersonnel at the base, even though theleadership c

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OFFICERS AND MEN

Beginning the long journey to the Caribbean are these cartons of text books and school sup-plies, collected by the Counties of Annapolis, Kings and Digby, Novo Scotia. The books are portof the recently he·ld collection to assist the schools of Barbados Island to where they were tranS-ported by HMCS Provider. Left to right are: R. E. Polls, general supervisor of the project., Cdr.M. A. Martin, Executive Officer, Cornwallis and Cdr. F. R. Fowlow, Material Officer, Cornwallis.Loading the cartons is PO J. Simpson. (DB·19560)

Transport GivenSchool Books

The operational support ship Pro-vider sailed from Halifax on Jan. 25with a cargo of 74 cartons of assortedbooks and school supplies for the chil-dren of Bridgetown, Barbados.

The school needs were collected dur-ing a campaign conducted by citzens ofAnnapolis, Kings and Digby Counties,Nova Scotia, after listening to an urgentappeal for assistance by Wallace Bar-teaux, formerly a resident of Kentville,and now professor at Erdiston Teacher'sCollege in the Barbados capital.

Mr. Barteaux told his audience atWest Kings High School of the poor,cramped conditions endured by the chil-dren in his school. There were few textbooks, slates had to be used in placeof regular exercise books, and oftenthree grades had to be packed into oneroom. He said there were 50,000 chil-dren of school age in an area one-sixththe size of Kings county.

Valley school administ.rators, withthe encouragement of the Nova Scotiadepartment of education, were able tocollect 2,300 pounds of school materialwithin weeks.

The problem of transportation lookedalmost insurmountable until the Navycame through with permission to utilizeits "Grey Funnel Line" in the cause ofeducation.

The Provider, on arrival in Barbadosin early February, was met by theisland's minister of education who rep-resented the grateful children.

Four A.wardsFor Suggestions

For the fourth time, Miss HelenTrinque, of Hull, Que., has earned anaward from the Suggestion AwardBoard of the Public Service of Canada.

Miss Trinque, a clerk in CentralRegistry at Canadian Forces Head-quarters, suggested a way to prunepaperwork in civilian personnel files.

'UIeddtHf)4Able Seaman Louis Dawson, Shelburne,

to former Wren Donna Dumont, of Sooke,B.C.

Wren Patricia Donovan, Shelburne, to Mr.Perley Goodick, of Sandy Point, N.S.

Able Seaman Wayne Gowanloclt, Colum-bia, to Wren Lorena Henderson, of FortWilliam. Ont., formerly of ShelbUl·ne.

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Her previous suggestions also led toadministrative improvements in thissection.

Her suggestions have gained for hera total of $80.

Captain PorterNext CO of "Bonnie"

An officer who began his naval careeron the "lower deck" of the RCN in 1939will take command of the aircraftcarrier Bonaventure at Halifax onApril 2.

Captain Harry A. Porter, who hasbeen serving at Canadian Forces Head-quarters on the staff of the Chief ofPersonnel, will succeed Captain RobertW. Timbrell. Captain Timbrell will be-come Director of Officer Cadets for thethree armed forces at Canadian ForecsHeadquarters.

Captain Porter joined the Navy as anordinary telegraphist in November 1939and was promoted in August 1942 tothe rank of acting sub-lieutenant.

He served in the destroyer Kootenayand specialized in communications. In

1947 he also qualified as a pilot in navalaviation. Later he commanded the oceanescorts La Hull.oise and Lauzon.

Captain Timbrell, who has com-manded the Bonaventure since August1963, entered the RCN as a cadet in1937. He took early training with theRoyal Navy and was awarded the Dis-

To Able Seaman Lyle Brown, Shelburne,and Mrs. Brown, a daughter.

To Able Seaman R. S. Dobish, Naden, andMrs. Dobish, a son.

To Petty Officer Charles Greenwood, Shel-burne, and Greenwood (formerly WrenShirley Murray), a son.

To Petty Officer Thomas MacAuley, Shel-burne, and Mrs. MacAuley, a daughter.

To Petty Officer Owen McKenna, Shel-burne, and Mrs. McKenna, a daughter.

To Leading Seaman John Ovens, Shel-burne, and Mrs. Ovens (formerly Wren ElsaKish) , a daughter.

To Petty Officer E. T. O'Donnell, Qu'Ap-peUe, and Mrs. O'Donnell, a daughter.

To Petty Officer Merle Plant, Bytown, andMrs. Plant, a daughter.

To Petty Officer George T. Samways, Shel-burne, and Mrs. Samways, a son.

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tinguished Service Cross for his part inthe evacuation of Dunkirk. He subse-quently served in four Canadian de-stroyers, surviving the sinking of theMargaree and being mentioned in des-patches for "services in destruction ofa submarine" while serving in theOttawa.

A specialist in torpedo anti-subma-rine warfare, he was in charge of anti-submarine schools ashore both duringand after the war. He later commandedthe ocean escort Swansea and was thefirst commanding officer of HMCS St.Laurent, first of Canada's new destroyerescorts.

New QHM NamedFor Halifax

Cdr. Evan Petley-Jones has taken upthe appointments of Queen's HarbourMaster and Master Attendant, Halifax.

Previously he commanded the oceanescort Fort Erie and wa~, in addition,commander of the Seventh CanadianEscort Squadron at Halifax..

Born in Edmonton, he entered thenaval reserve as an ordinary seaman in1940 and was promoted to sub-lieuten-ant at the end of that year.

During the war he was executive offi-cer and subsequently in command ofFairmile motor launches. It postwaryears he commanded ocean escorts anddestroyer escorts, specialized in navi-

CPO R. W. DUCKWORTH

gation-direction and held staff appoint-ments ashore in Halifax, Ottawa andBritain.

Honours AwardedChief Petty Officer

CPO Roy W. Duckworth, of Stada-cona, has completed with honours aspecial course in automatic telephoneexchanges at Chicago. The course wasattended by trainees from all parts of

the United States.Automatic telephone exchanges are

found in all 20 of the RCN's modern de-stroyer escorts, in the Bonaventure andin the Provider.

CPO Duckworth is senior instructorof the power section at the EngineeringDivision in Stadacona. A native ofSaskatoon, he entered the RCN in 1947.

Officers to ServeWith Embassies

Two senior officers of the RoyalCanadian Navy will take up attache ap-pointments in Canadian Embassiesabroad this summer.

They are Cdr. John W. McDowall,who will be naval attache USSR, atMoscow, and Cdr. W. W. Maccoll, whowill be naval, military and air attacheJapan, at Tokyo.

Since last fall they have been attend-ing an Ottawa language school andmore recently the tri-service languagetraining school in Eastview, Onto

Cdr. McDowall was formerly execu-tive officer of HMCS Naden. He enteredthe Navy as a cadet in 1937 and servedfor most of the Second World War as agunnery officer on loan to the RoyalNavy in several war theatres. He tookcommand of the destroyer escort Resti-gouche on her commissioning at Mon-treal in 1957.

FIVE-YEAR HITCH IN ONE SHIPW HEN PO Claude Marcotte leftHMCS Fort Erie in January,,1965, he said farewell to a ship inwhich he had served for more .than fiveyears of his less than five-and-a-half-year career. PO Marcotte left his hometown of Donnacona, Que., to enter theRCN in August 1959 and on completionof new entry training in Cornwallis,was drafted to the Fort Erie as an or-dinary seaman engineering mechanic onDec. 1, 1959.

He remained in the Fort Erie continu-ously, advancing through trade groupone to trade group three without leav-ing the ship for the usual courses, andpassing through all ranks from ordi-nary seaman to petty officer secondclass, to which he was promoted inMarch 1963.

PO Marcotte has seen many men com-plete tours of duty in the Fort Erie andproceed to other ships. Some of thesehave even returned at a later date fora . second draft while PO Marcotteseemed to be a permanent fixture. Hehas served with five different com-manding officers, three executive offi-

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cers, three engineer officers and sevensupply officers during his stay in theship.

Such an extended period in one shiphas resulted in many experiences andmemories. One recollection, amusing tohim, concerned a storm which sprungsome plates with resultant flooding ofthe cable locker and paint locker.There was no way of pumping out thepaint locker with either first enter-ing it or cutting a hole high in thebulkhead. It was decided to open thewatertight door to take a peek and aminiature tidal wave of rusty water,paint, varsol and red lead engulfed theforward mess deck. The then Able Sea-man Marcotte somehow was not in-·volved in the clean-up operation.

Another incident of which he has avivid mental picture occured during re-plenishment at sea when the fiexiblehose ruptured just above the deck fit-ting. He fondly recalls the images ofmuch loved and respected bridge offi-cers, especially the first lieutenant, withwhite eyes popping out of suddenlyblack faces.

He has another memory with a hap-pier ending. PO Marcotte was, in fact,a journeyman machinist before he en-tered the Navy. After months of in-vestigation, it was confirmed that hewas entitled to a higher rank and tradegroup and appropriate action was taken.

Retroactive pay was so high thatthere was not enough cash in the shipto make the payment and it was neces-sary for Marcotte to trudge to Stada-cona to receive $2,200 for his hardship.

During PO Marcotte's tour of duty,the Fort Erie steamed 114,382 miles, vis-iting many ports, including St. Law-rence River citieS and the usual AtlanticCoast ports of Canada and UnitedStates, of which Fort Lauderdale andNew York deserve special mention.Cruises to Iceland, Trinidad, Britainand West Africa provided some of thevariety usually associated with navalservice.

PO Marcotte joined the destroyerescort in January for what is hoped willbe another long, successful period ofservice.

Cdr. Maccoll was assistant directorof naval training (training equipmentand methods) at headquarters in Ot-tawa and before then had also com-manded the Restigouche, He was a Bri...tish merchant service officer beforeentering the RCNR in 1942 as a sub...lieutenant.

Sc1l,olarsltiJJFor BaJl,dsm,Qll

The Alberta United Services Institutehas announced that the 1964 Wing Com-mander Freeman Memorial Scholarshiphas been awarded to PO R. D. Stra-chan, a bandsman at I-IMCS Tecurnseh,the Calgary naval division. The $300scholarship is awarded each year to auniversity or technical school studentwho has been a member of one of thethree cadet corps. PO Strachan is anex-sea cadet at RCSCC Undaunted.

To be eligible the winner must alsobe a member of one of the armed forcesuniversity training plans or the re-serves. PO Strachan is a percussionist inthe Tecurnseh band and is majoring inmusic at the University of Alberta,Calgary.

The presentation of the scholarshipwas made by Group Captain G. E. Sar-genia, CD, RCAF (Ret), vice-presidentof the AUSI.

Naval OfficerGoes to Cyprl's

Lt.-Cdr. James 'L. 'Vightman, ofWakefield, Que., became the informa-tion officer for the Canadian Contingentin Cyprus in mid-February. He is theonly member of the Royal CanadianNavy serving in Cyprus.

Lt.-Cdr. Wightman entered theRCNVR as a midshipman in 1944 aftergraduating from the Royal CanadianNaval College, Royal Roads. Taking abachelor of arts degree at the Universityof Western Ontario after the SecondWorld War, he re-entered the Navy asan information officer in 1948.

He has served on both coasts, atNaval Headquarters and in the Far Eastduring the Korean campaign. He waswith Information Services at CanadianForces Headquarters in Ottawa beforegoing to Cyprus.

CO"nwallis BoostsBlood Donations

The commanding officer, Captain J.M. Paul, and Mrs. Paul, led the waywhen oHMCS Cornwallis held a highlysuccessful blood donor clinic in lateJanuary.

More than 650 servicemen and civil-ians responded to the Red Cross appealto bring the training establishm~nt's

grand total of donations since Corn-wallis was commissioned in 1949 to27,994.

Three of the new entry divisions re..sponded to the captain's example byturning out 100 per cent strong to winjointly the Corpuscle cup, which car-ried with it a cash prize to be split byFraser, Margaree and S1ceena divisions.

For the past 10 years, CornwaHis hasheld the Nova Scotia provincial recordfor the larg~st attendance at an indi..vidual blood donor clinic. In March1954 a record 1,062 donors gave blood.

Commenting on the "latest clinic, RedCross official Robert Whyte, of Halifax,said it represented Hone of the best per-centage turnouts ever obtained in ablood donor clinic in Nova Scotia."

Officer' ActiveI,,, USN Clll,b

Serving on exchange at the U.S.Naval Supply Centre, Oakland, Cali..fornia, Lt.-Cdr. P. C. Fortier, RCN, hasbeen elected secretary...treasurer of theBay Area Supply Corps Associationfor 1965.

The association was formed in 1960and has a membership of 1,500. It holdsmonthly luncheon meetings at TreasureIsland to help members to keep up todate on professional matters and tohear prominent speakers on assortedtopics.

Lt.-Cdr. Fortier has been with theUSN since September 1963.

RecrlJ,iti".g HeadVisits Maritimes

Group Captain C. R. Knowles, Direc-tor of Recruiting at Canadian ForcesHeadquarters, and senior members ofhis staff visited Halifax, Feb. 15.

During his visit, Group CaptainKnowles briefed senior Navy, Armyand Air Force officers in the Halifax-Dartmouth area concerning new re...cruiting policy and proposals.

He also visited armed forces recruit-ing centres in Halifax..

Croup Captain Knowles and his···partyleft Shearwater Feb. 16 for St. John's,Nfid.

Bottle MessageFriends1l,ilJ Link

Two former prisoners-of-war whowere in the same camp in Germanyhave rediscovered each other as a resultof an RCN seaman, AB E.· J. Boudreau,tossing a bottle containing a messageinto the sea off the coast of Scotlandlast summer.

The story of the finding of the bottleby Urban Peters, ~ resident of Liver-pool, England, appeared in the Decem-

ber issue of The Crowsnest. Mr. Peterswrote to AB BOUdreau, then serving inHMCS Athabaskan, saying that, while aprisoner, he met a sailor from the, firstAthabaskan, which was sunk off thecoast of France in 1944. The Athabas-kan sailor, CPO Hector Cooper, 'hadwritten his name and aqdress in a logbook kept by Mr. Peters~'

Now, as a result ofr'the publicationof the story in The MOail-Star, Halifaxnewspaper, it was learned that IiectorCooper is an insurance agent living inDartmouth, N.S. When he heard his oldprisoner",of-war friend was trying toget in touch with him~ he immediatelydespatched an a'ir mail letter.

Mr. Cooper, says The Mail-Star,agrees with Peters that the war was H amemorable time, when people thoughtless of themselves and more of eachother."

'CalJ]JY' ReedDies in 17anCOlJ,ver

Salty of language and vigorous ofaction almost to the end, Cdr. ArchibaldHeurtley Reed, RCNR (Ret), died justtwo weeks short of his 92nd birthday. Aresident of Vancouver, he would havebeen 92 on Feb. 20.

"A bantam fighting cock," was theway one friend described this dynamic,125-pounder, who up to the end thoughtnothing of swimming 100 lengths of theYMCA pool or going for a two-mile runin Stanley Park.

For 34 years "Cappy" Reed, as he wasknown, was harbour master in Vancou-ver, an appointment he received first in1911. He returned to active service withthe Royal Navy in 1914 and commandeda "Q" ship. He served through most ofthe Second World War in the RCNR asNaval Officer in Charge, Prince Rupert,B.C. And, on the outbreak of the Ko- 0rean war, he again offered his services.He was then 77.

"Cappy" Reed's seagoing career datedback to the days of tall ships and, asan apprentice, he sailed in a clippership in the wool trade between Eng-land and New Zealand.

Some of' the highlights ~f his careerwere described in the June and July1964 issues of The Crowsnest.

Band Presen,fsConcert Series

The band of HMCS Stadacona inFebruary inaugurated a series of con-certs for high school students in theHalifax-Dartmouth area.

The band, under the direction of Lt.William Gordon, was to present a widerange of selections, from light concertto popular. Nine concerts were sched-uled.

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ORIENTAL SHOPPING

Captaill, TilleyCommander 01 7th

Captain Harold R. Tilley took up theappointment of Commander SeventhCanadian Escort Squadron at Halifaxin January.

He had been Captain Sea Training onthe staff of the Flag Officer AtlanticCoast at Halifax.

Captain Tilley entered the RCN as acadet at Halifax in 1941. Wartime train-ing and service was in ships of theRoyal Navy and the Canadian destroyerHuron. After ·the war he specialized innavigation-direction and was navigatingofficer of the destroyer N ootka duringa tour of duty in the Korean wartheatre.

Since then he has commanded theocean escort Jonquiere and destroyerescort Saguenay, both based at Esqui-malt, and has held staff appointmentsafloat and ashore in the Atlantic Com-mand and at headquarters in Ottawa.

Offil:er AwardedLott FlJ.nd Pri:le

Lt. James Gibson Mimnagh has beenawarded £ 15 from the Herbert LottNaval Trust Fund in recognition of hisstanding first in a class of 11 naval offi-cers who passed a recent weapons offi-cer course at HMCS Stadacona.

Lt. Mimnagh achieved 79 per cent inexams covering academics, anti-subma-

.rine, surface and anti-aircraft systems;tactics and organization.

He entered the RCN in 1950 as aleading seaman after three and a halfyears in the Royal Navy. He was pro-moted to the rank of commissioned offi-cer in 1957. Married, he lives in Bed-ford, N.S.

The trust fund was established by theBritish Admiralty from the estate of thelate Herbert Lott, London businessmanand strong naval supporter.

Naval VeteranOn Pension Body

William Andrew Gilmour, a lawyerfrom Penticton, B.C., and a veteran ofnearly five years' naval service in theSecond World War, has been appointeda member of the Canadian PensionCommission.

Interrupting. his studies at the Uni-versity of British Columbia, Mr. Gil-mour went on active service with theRoyal Canadian Naval Volunteer Re-serve in July 1941, spending the greaterpart of his service on loan to the RoyalNavy submarine service as a torpedoand gunnery officer.

He served in submarines off theFrench and· Norwegian coasts, tookpart in the Allied invasion of Italy in

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1943, then s~rved off Sumatra and inthe' South China Sea.

He was in HM Submarine ·Tantalusduring the epic 52-day patrol in thePacific in late 1944. Damaged off Singa-pore, the submarine was hunted inten-sively by the Japanese but successfullyreached her base in Australia, althoughreported overdue and presumed lost.

Mr. Gilmour studied law at the uni-versity of B.C., and has been a partnerin Gilmour and Kinsman, Penticton,since 1963.-Canadian Veterans' News-Notes.

HQ Appointment,For New Captain

Captain Ernest S. Baker, of Ottawa

ONE OF THE MOST fascinating andfrequently discussed aspects ofHMeS St. Laurent's world cruise wasthe Eastern practice of driving a bar-gain. Bargaining, which is little knownbeyond used car lots in Canada, hasas its guiding principle "caveat emptor"(let the buyer beware). It is an expres-sion that became ever more meaningfulto us during the past few months.

Almost all items which are sold fromManila to Istanbul go via the bargain-ing system. Fixed prices .are almost un-heard of. Where they do appear, theyare little more than window-dressing.As soon as a customer enters a shop,the proprietor takes one long look andhas him sized up in one of· his variouscategories, such as "rich Yankee","cheapskate", "easy mark", etc. Anyonewho speaks English· and spends dollarsis automatically assumed to be good forat least twice the going price.

A great many animated discussionstook place in the various messes whensomeone returned from his shoppingspree to display his treasures, only tofind that his buddy- got it cheaper evenat the same place. In each port therewas always someone who would sug-gest, after the purchase was made,naturally, that you should have waiteduntil the next port or bought it in thelast one. Everyone had a lot of fun,however, that often added up to manyhours of free entertainment.

One of our number, who shall remainnameless, was passing an alley in Adenwhen one of the locals offered him awatch for $10. He was a bit surprised,but automatically his reflex took overand he countered with the standard:"I'll give you three!" The local imme-diately accepted and our friend is now

and St.Catherines, Ont., has been pro-·moted to rank of captain in the ReNand appointed Director of PersonnelPlans at Canadian Forces Headquar-ters.

Captain Baker vvas born in ESsex,ant., and entered the Royal CanadianNavy as a cadet in 1941.

He took his early training with theRoyal Navy and served in Britain un-_til November 1946. He has since heldappointments on both coasts of Canada,in HMC Ships Ontario and Crusader, inHMCS Niagara, RCN establishment atWashington, D.C., and at Naval Head-quarters. While in the Crusader, heserved a tour of duty in the KoreanWar theatre.

the proud owner of a dollar watch-for $3!

No one likes to admit he has beentaken. For that reason, we heard aboutall the bargains but usually the fellowwho actually did pay twice the pricedid not boast about it. We feel sorryenough for those people, so we won'tadd to their misery by describing ithere.

In another case, one of our ship'sco~pany was negotiating for a coffeetable in Karachi. This particular tablehad a fancy engraved brass removabletop and three rather spindly legs. Itwas the top that our friend was after.After agreeing with the merchant thatthe whole thing might be worth 100rupees, he started to admire the legs.The merchant began to bite and insistedthat the legs alone were worth at least50. Thereupon our .crafty friend saidhe didn't want the legs but would takethe top alone which, by the merchant'sown calculations, was only 50. The mer-chant was so stunned by this unforseentur of events that he not only. settledfor the 50 but allowed the whole partyto enjoy a 50 per cent discount on otherpurchases! In any case, our friend hasa coffee table top and the merchant isstill presumbaly in business.

Many such transactions took placearound the world over glasses of Tigerbeer or cups of Turkish coffee. Alreadysome of the sailors find their owncomplexion taking on a greenish palloras the inlaid ivory turns brown and thegold tarnishes. Undoubtedly, however,many genuine bargains were struckand everyone returning to Canadaloaded down· with cameras and camelsaddles could only hope that the folksback home knew a bargain when theysaw one-J.B.M.

TV men sprint across the snow-covered tarmac at Shearwater to pick up the video tape of Sir Winston Churchill's funeral, flown to Callada viaVulcan bomber. (DNS·34BB5)

VIDEO DRAMAALIVE television drama was enactedat HMCS Shearwater on Saturday,Jan. 30, 1965, as two networks, theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation andthe Columbia Broadcasting System usedthe base's facilities to speed the showingof the video tapes of Sir WinstonChurchill's funeral.

Original plans had called for the CBCto use Montreal a s their main centre ofoperations. RAF Vulcan bombers hadbeen organized to fly the video tapesfrom London to RCAF Station St.Hubert. However, on Friday morning,Jan. 29, CBS telephoned CBC in Halifaxto ask about the possibilities of feedinginto the CBC micro-wave system byusing portable equipment at Halifax

International Airport. This was imprac-tical because of the distance from theairport and the "line of sight" require-ment of microwave transmission. But,permission was obtained from the RCN

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to use Sl1earwater, which was suitable.The CBC and CBS arranged to use

space in the air station for their equip-ment. The CBS also obtained approvalto have an RCN helicopter fly theirtapes to Shearwater from Halifax In-ternational Airport. The final CBS planwas to tape the BBC transmissions ina specially chartered "Aer Lingus". 707on the runway at Shannon, Ireland, andthen fly the tapes direct to Halifax,then have an HU-21 Squadron helicop-ter transport the tapes to Shearwaterfor transmission to New York via micro-wave and thence over the CBS network.

The CBC now realized that CBS mightbe first on the air in North Americawith video tapes of the funeral. This

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Columbia Broadcasting System personnel watch the transmission of the first videotape fChurchill's funeral in the VIP lounge at Shearwater. (DNS·34890)

was not acceptable to the CBC in thiscompetitive world of news coverage andit decided to alter the well-laid CBSplans. The Vulcans were requested tofly to Shearwater. A quick look at theweather forecast indicated that condi-tions would be ideal for this change.

Technical problems now faced theCBC. They had given over their micro-wave equipment to the CBS and thismeant that portable equipment wouldhave to be flown in from Montreal tomeet their own requirements. Time wasrunning out.

The CBS team arrived by air on Fri-day evening. A complete mobile videotape unit came in a NOl'dair DC-3 fromMontreal and the producers arrivedfrom Boston in a twin-engined Bon-anza aircraft. They worked franticallythroughout the night and by 10 amSaturday they were set to roll. The"VIP lounge" in Hangar No.4 had dis-appeared, wires criss-crossed the floorsand led out windows to portable micro-wave aeriels. Distraught technicians andproducers manned direct telephone cir-cuits to New York City. A general airof high pressure television waS buildingup.

Meanwhile CBC technicians, who wereassisting the CBS team, anxiouslywaited for their equipment to arrivefrom Montreal. It finally arrived atShearwater at 8 am. This equipment wasquickly erected on the roof of the Ah'Movements Unit building and connectedto a mobile video tape van which was

A Vulcan bomber, dragchute extended, taxisto a stop at Shearwater. (DN5.34884)

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moved into place alongside the building.The CBC was ready by 10 am.

While the CBS crew had gone togreat expense to keep open telephonelines to Montreal and New York, theCBC with "due economy" did not havean open line to their studios in Halifaxbut used a five-cent piece in a handypay-phone-a record four-hour teletalkfor a nickel!

Now the anxious moments of waitingfor the first tapes arrived. CBS had de-cided to cut only one reel and beat theCBC. At 11: 26 the Irish aircraft toucheddown at Halifax International Airportand the tape was transferred to thewaiting RCN helicopter and flown toShearwater.

At 11:55 am CBS was on the air.At 12: 06 pm the first of the two RAF

Vulcans touched down at Shearwaterand 10 minutes later the film of SirWinston's funeral was on the nationalnetwork direct from the RCN air sta-tion. The second Vulcan arrived at 1: 30pm with further tapes, this time forthe CBC, CBS, CTV and NBC.

The CBS' plan to beat the CBC back-fired somewhat as they had taped onlyone reel against two by the CBC. Theresult was a 25-minute break in theirprogram. In the end CBS found thatthe quality of their second tape was notacceptable and they used the CBCedition.

Although the initial tapes from eachVulcan were transmitted from the mo-bile van, the second reel, so to speak,of each series was flown by helicopterto the Halifax studios of the CBC fortransmission and for other networks.

By 3.30 pm the films had been trans-mitted and the affair was over. Then en-tire operation of obtaining permissionto use Shearwater's facilities, setting upof equipment, transmitting the film, anddismantling the equipment was execu-ted in a little over 24 hours. A mostcreditable job on everyone's part. It wasan excellent example of teamworkmixed with a keen competitive spiritbetween the two major networks.

A special bouquet is deserved byShearwater civilian electrician "Eddie"D'Eon whose knowledge was of greatassistance when it came to hooking upthe maze of lethal-looking electricalleads. Without him on the scene all thefuses on the base and possibly in NewYork would have blown.

It is unlikely that we shall witness orhear of similar enterprises in the future.The day of world-wide live televisioncoverage draws closer and closer withthe advent of communications satellitespositioned in space.

Everyone in Shearwater who tookpart in the venture can feel justifiablyproud of his efforts and, in a way, itwas a fitting tribute to a "Former NavalPerson".-C.M.S.

Home from the Sea

Efforts to PreserveHaida SUIJIJOried

The efforts of Haida Incorporated topreserve one of Canada's famous fight ...ing ships of the Second World War asa memorial to the country's sailors isgiven strong support in a widely re-printed editorial that originated withthe Orillia Packet and Ti7nes.

"A Iittle handful of men, led by acommercial airlines pilot, believe, thatthis country owes some sort of me...morial to its sailor dead," says theeditorial.

"Using their own resources, they havepurchased Canada's most famous war-ship, the Tribal destroyer Haida, andthey plan to preserve her in a site ad-jacent to the Canadian National Exhi-bition grounds in Toronto as a nationalnaval memorial, with the names of thewar-time dead inscribed on plaquesabout her.

"No more fitting memorial to thedead, nor more impressive reminder tothe living, could be found than thisfamous ship, they believe, and they haveformed themselves into Haida Inc., andopened an appeal for funds at a postaladdress, Box 668, Adelaide St, PO,Toronto l.

"They hope that business firms andindividuals alike will buy membershipsat $100 each to finance the restorationand preservation of the ship, and thatothers will send in donations, large andsmall, to build a national naval warmemorial ..."

Athabaskal~

Reunion Plann.ed"Where are they now?" is the big

question organizers of a reunion' offormer shipmates of the first HMCSAthabaskan are trying to answer intime to get word to them to mark the20th anniversary of the release of 85Athabaskan prisoners of war on May2, 1945.

The reunion is planned for April 16,17 and 18 in the Caravan Motor Hotel,Edmonton, and is intended not only for

ex-prisoners of war from the ship orother survivors of the sinking but forCanadian sailors who served in theTribal class destroyer at any time up toher loss.

The hope of the organizers is that itWill be possible for those attending thereunion to plan an even larger eventto be held in three to five years in east-ern Canada, because it is known thata large proportion of the survivors hadhomes in Ontario and Quebec.

The main banquet will be on Satur-day, April 17, since it is realized thatmany of those attending will have totravel on Friday. The approximate costfor each person will be $25, which willinclude a room for two nights andmeals.

The sinking of the Athabaskan occur-red on April 29, 1944, during the sweepsof the English Channel by Tribal classdestroyers of the RN and RCN thatpreceded D-Day. Thirty-eight mem-bers of the ship's company were res-cued by HMCS Haida, another eight bythe Haida's motor cutter, 83 were takenprisoner and the commanding officerand 128 others were missing.

Information can be obtained fromDon NeWlnan, 2024 58th Ave. SW, Cal-gary, Chuck Kent, 2103 24th Ave., alsoof Calgary, or H. C. Sulkers, 4903, 114Bstreet, Edmonton.

17eteral"S' Reu,lliol~To Be Held in Gll,ellJ/~

The 11th annual reunion of the RoyalCanadian Naval Association will beheld in Guelph, Ont., "The Royal City~"on the week-end of May 21-24. Hostsfor the occasion will be the mernbers ofthe Guelph Naval Veterans' Association.

Their slogan: "The 11th-It's aNatural for '65."

The program of entertainment willget underway on Friday evening, at thesame time as registration. This will bean informal social evening, with gamesand a stage show, and ample opportun-ity to meet old friends. Both registration

and program will take place in theGuelph Armoury.

The formal opening of the reunionwill take place on Saturday, May 22,Other events that day will include afashion show for the ladies, the annualbanquet and a naval ball. The twoGuelph branches of the CanadianLegion will hold open house and therewill be entertainment for those not at-tending the ball.

Sunday's program will include a non-denominational church service andmarch past. Wreaths will be laid at theGuelph war memorial.

The registration fee will be $2 a per-son or $3 a couple. This will cover allactivities except the banquet and navalball, at $3 a plate and $3 a couple re-spectively. There will be an all-inclusiveregistration fee of $10 a couple. Ad-vance registrations may be sent to RossGilfillan, 129 Macdonnell Street, Guelph,registration chairman.

Headed by Jack McLeod, the reunioncommittee includes J. Cunnington,Denis Cale, Ron Cameron, Ross Gilfil-lan, Harry Smith, Harold Tomlinson,Wally Horn, Henry Sibley, Tony Yan-chus, Bill Amos, Stan Wells, Dave Mills,Paul Hebert, Norm Hill and WalterMassey.

IJIaril~e 17eteral~STo Meet i,,, July

Veterans of the 531st Engineer ShoreRegiment of the U.S. Army will holdtheir third reunion in Paterson, NewJersey, July 13-15. This coming June 6will be the 21st anniversary of theregiment's landing on Normandy's UtahBeach, its fourth successful amphibiousoperation of the Second World War,The others were at Oran, Gela andSalerno.

Reunion officials are attempting topass the word to veterans in the 50states and in Canada. Reunion presidentis Sid Strober, former sergeant with"E" company, who lives at 1019 9thStreet, Far Rockaway, New York 11691.

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HERE AND THERE IN THE RCN

The three services are represented on Cypruswith the arrival of the first naval afficer to jointhe Canadian Contingent and the rotation re-placement of the lone RCAF technician. HereCol. W. de N. Watson, centre, commander ofthe contingent, greets Lt.-Cdr. J. L. Wightman,left, information officer, and Sgt. Rupert Knight,right, who assists with the maintenance andturn-around of RCAF aircraft. (PL-145083)

Mrs. Ella Mapes, who has been a flag makerat Flag and Signal Company, Norfolk, Vir-ginia, since 1924, adds the final stitches to thered maple leaf on Canada's new national flagfor its official debut Feb. 15 at the head-quarters of the Supreme Allied Commander At-lantic at Norfolk. (Sadant Photo)

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A charming Newfoundlander, Mary Lou Farrell, of St. John's, who was a guest at the AtlanticWinter Fair in Halifax late last year as "Miss Dominion of Canada", chats merrily with twa sailorsfrom Cornwallis. The naval sunset ceremony was performed at the fair by a guard and band fromCornwallis. (HS-75533)

While in command of HMCS Kootenay Captain D. H. P. Ryan acquired a definite affinity forhis dispatch baat. So when he was piped over the side for the last time, he was met on thejetty by his beloved boat, sitting on a dolly, and powered by four outboard motors capable ofrealistic "VROOM" noises, The actual motive power was provided by ten of Kootenay's officersas seen here. (HS-76668)

AFLOAT AND ASHORE

The ensign of one of the Royal Canadian Navy's most famous fighting ships, HMCS Haida, waslaid up Jan. 27 at the chapel of the University of Kings College in Halifax. Rear-Admiral R. E. S.Bidwell, RCN (Ret), presented the ensign to Rev. Dr. J. B. Hibbels, of Kings College. Kings is reomembered by thousands af former naval officers as the war-time junior officer training establish-ment in Halifax. Allending the ceremony Were Rear·Admiral H. F. Pullen, RCN (Ret), and Mrs.Pullen, Mrs. Bidwell, Rev. C. H. Mclean, Chaplain of the Fleet, and Rev. Earl Sigston, AtlanticCommand Chaplain. (HS-77361)

ATLANTIC COMMANDHMCS Cape Scott

The Cape Scott with 14 officers and160 men under Cdr. C. Anthony (Tony)Law, was busily engaged in Januaryon a goodwill mission on the WestCoast of South America. The ports ofValparaiso and Concepcion, Chile, werevisited during the period Dec. 31 toJan. 15. The result was of the estab-lishment of lasting friendships and fondmemories.

The scheduled arrival in Antofagasta,Chile, was deferred one day due to aserious explosion on board the Chileanmerchant vessel Maria Elisabeth whichtook several lives and caused the shipto sink after having been towed out ofthe harbour. Port activities were pac-tically back to normal when the CapeScott arrived and was greeted with thewarm Chilean hospitality experiencedin the previous southern ports of Chile.

The commanding officer, accompaniedby the executive officer, Lt.Cdr. C. D.Gillis, Lt.-Cdr. E. E. Moore and FatherTessier, proceeded by boat to the spotwhere the Maria Elisabeth sank. Herea memorial service was conducted anda wreath cast upon· the water in re-membrance.

Antofagasta serves as a port to thenorthern regions of Chile and is theoutlet to the sea for the rich copper,nitrate and other mineral deposits. AI-

u.s. Marine NoSpoil-Sport

On Nov. 2. a col~, dark and snowynight, a landing party from HMCSBu.ckingham went ashore at Argentia,U.S. naval base in Newfoundland, totake part in the defence of the stationduring Exercise Yeoman.

One of the Bu.ckingham's sailors en-countered a prowler, challenged himand questioned him at gunpoint abouthis identity. The intruder proved to bea U.S. Marine, but the sailor hadbarely learned this when a secondMarine crept up and put his gun tothe sailor's back.

"What you gonna do now, Mac?"asked the second Marine.

"Pull the trigger," said the sailor.This apparently wasn't the answer

the second Marine expected but hesaid generously:

"Go ahead. This is forget-your-buddy week, anyhow."

I·J;,

though comparatively small, the port isextremely active, with as many as 90deep-sea vessels loading and discharg-ing their cargoes in the period of onemonth.

Despite the hustle and bustle of this

busy port, the Chilean people foundtime to welcome their Canadian visitorsin a most cordial and hospitable man-ner. A busy itinerary was arranged, in-cluding calls on local authorities,luncheons, a visit to the University of

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the North, the opening of a CanadianLithograph Exhibition, soccer gamesand swimming at the excellent beaches.

The Port Authority, CommandanteEduardo Zapata B., graciously arrangedan extremely interesting excursion tothe Chiquicamato copper mine, some150 miles from Antofagasta. Operatedby the Chile Exploration Company, themine is 10,000 feet above sea level. Ithas an annual production of 356,000tons of ore,- obtained by the open-pitmetod. The mine was opened in 1915and is now one mile long, one-half milewide and 500 feet deep. Included in thevisiting group were the ship's engineerofficer, Lt.-Cdr. Duff Pennie, and PO A lM. Mullen, who were both keenly in-terested in the mining operations.

The ship was open to visitors duringthe afternoons with an estimated 1,500people attending over the three-dayperiod-a good indication of how inter-ested the Chilean people are in Cana-dians.

With the satisfaction of "mission ac-complished", the Cape Scott sailed onJan. 23 to Callao, Peru, on the next legof her goodwill tour.-A.E.S.

HMCS BonaventureCBC-Television's Don Messer's JUbi-

lee joined the Royal Canadian Navy inearly January and although it was foronly two days; their short hitch wasa memorable occasion to many of oursailors.

Don Messer and his cast of CharlieChamberlain, Marg Osborne, CatherineMcKinnon, the Gunter Buchta Dancersand host Don Tremaine, took advantageof a special invitation by the RCN tooriginate a show from the aircraftcarrier Bonaventure.

The show, telecast on the CBC-TVnetwork Monday, Feb. 1, was video-taped from the main operational hangarof the Bonnie which is used for main-tenance and storage of aircraft andequipment.

The Navy went out of its way to ac-commodate the show, even to elimina-ting possible fire hazard caused by theTV eq)lipment. This was done by "de-gassing" the vessel-removing of highoctane gasoline from the vessel and air-craft.

In addition, the Bonnie's sick bay wasturned over to show- produced JackO'Neil and it became the makeup,wardrobe, costume department anddressing rooms for the artists.

Taking two days to set up, the showwas produced before an audience ofsome 500 crew members, their wives,sweethearts and families. As part ofthe show, two lovely ladies were intro-duced to the national TV audience-

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Miss Sailor, 19-year-old Diane Covey,of Halifax, and Miss Fire Fighter, 22-year-old Wren Donna Walker, of Fred-ericton, N.B.

The Messer show did not have a stageset but used the hangar and its equip-ment, including the aircraft and towingvehicles. There was a portable dancefloor for the dancers.

This was the Messer show's secondhappy encounter with the RCN. Lastseason they did a show from Shear-water.

SEA CADETSRCSCC John Travers Cornwell, VCA former Winnipeg sea cadet has won

one of the 20 scholarships awardedannually by the Navy League of Canadato sea cadets and ex-sea cadets who, onentering a university program, under-take to enroll as UNTD cadets and con-tinue naval training toward a commis-sion.

For the 1964-65 academic year, firstyear UNTD cadet Garry Peak wasawarded a $300 national scholarship onthe basis of his scholastic ability, seacadet record and over-all proficiency.

L. O. McMurray, president of the Manitobadivision of the Navy league of Canada, pre·sents a scholarship to first year UNTO CadetGarry C. Peak ot HMCS Chippawa, the Winni.peg naval division. In the background are F. C.Stevens, chairman of the scholarship cammittee,and It.-Cdr. J. B. Thorsteinsson, commandingofficer of the UNTO at Chippawa.

In 1957, Garry entered the NavyLeague Cadets at HMCS Chippawa.Then in September 1959 he joinedRCSCC John Travis Cornwell, VC, Corpsat Chippawa. The officers of the corps,recognizing interest in naval life and hispotential as an officer, promoted him tothe rank of petty officer, first class, in1963.

His annual two-week summer train-ing at HMCS Acadia provided him withexcellent grounding in sailing and gen-eral seamanship. The highlight of hissummer training came in 1962 when hewas one of the 25 sea cadets chosenfrom across Canada for a two-weekcoastal cruise on board the U.S. De-stroyer Fred T. Berry (DD-858).

During the summer of 1963, Garryobtained his boatswain's certificate atHMCS Naden.

Garry, currently enrolled in the gen-eral science degree course at the Uni-versity of Manitoba, plans to enter thefield of chemical research upon gradua-tion.

SAILORS FRIENDDIES AT CHURCHILL

An old friend of naval personnelserving at HMCS Churchill, the navalradio station in northern Manitoba,Joseph K. (Trapper Joe) Chambers,died at Churchill on Dec. 6, 1964. Hewas 83 years of age.

Trapper Joe was born in Elora, Ont.,where he attended school and learnedthe cooper trade. After several years ofbarrel making, he homesteaded innorthwest Ontario, but found he wasmore interested in hunting, fishing andtra'pping and agriculture. He and apartner travelled by canoe to northernManitoba.

The trapping venture was not a suc-cess and he served as a deckhand untilthe First World War, when he wentoverseas with the 144th Battalion, theBlack Devils.

After the war, he returned to trap-ping, married and set up a trading postat Landing River on the uncompletedHudson Bay Railroad. When Churchillwas selected as the railway terminus, hemoved to that area. He had a trappingcamp at Goose Creek, about 11 milessouth of Churchill, until his death.

Just across the railway tracks fromTrapper Joe's place, HMCS Churchillhas had a recreational camp for manyyears and he frequently dropped in toyarn by the hour with the sailors.

His funeral took place in Churchillon Dec. 6 and many of his Navy friendswere among the mourners present.

SCIENCE AND THE NAVY

Scientist UrgesFuel Ccll Stu,dy

Dr. Harry Sheffer, chief superintend-ent of the Defence Chemical Biologicaland Radiation Laboratories (DCBRL),of Shirley Bay, near ottawa, a DefenceResearch Board establishment, has ap-pealed to Canadian industry to embraceresearch in the fuel cell field.

"This new area of scientific investiga-tions is more than promising and, unlessCanada acts now, we will be left behindin the developing fu~l cell technology,"he said at a DCBRL symposium held inOttawa on Jan. 28 with representativesof industry and government.

Fuel cells are devices that developelectrical energy from the chemical en-ergy of conventional fuels, such as hy-drogen or petroleum products and oxy-gen, supplied continuously. They differfrom conventional batteries, in whichthe chemical energy which produces thecurrent is contained in the cell, in thatthey will continue to produce electricityas long as the supply of fuel and oxy-gen is maintained. The electrical energyis in the form of low-voltage directcurrent.

It is expected that in the future smallfuel cells will be used in situationswhere compact, long-lasting sources ofelectric power are needed'. They are al-ready being incorporated into space ve-hicles and it may be that one day largerunits will power automobiles and loco-motives.

Much larger units may be used incentral power stations, where the re-quirement is for high output and lowunit cost of electricity. Such power sta-tions would have to operate on cheapfuels, such as methane or water gas.

For some time now, scientists in manycountries have been seeking to developfuel cells that will perform on petrol-eum derivatives and air. Feasibility hasnow been established.

"Unless we now initiate industrialresearch and development activities inCanada directed towards production offuel cells, Canada will be left behind,"Dr. Sheffer said.

R. M. Hayashi and E. E. Criddle,members of DCBRL's Power SourcesSection, presented key technical papers.E. W. Greenwood, of the Board's indus-trial research directorate, and V. E.Tant, of the Department of Industry,

explained how existing government as-sistance programs could be employed tohelp build up a Canadian fuel cell tech-nology.

The papers provoked a lively discus-sion of the technical and economicproblems facing Canadian industrial en-try into this new field of technology.Nearly 30 representatives of the pe-troleum, chemical, electrical and bat-tery manufacturing interests met withan equal number from five governmentdepartments.

Fuel cells, costly and bulky at present,promise high efficiency, high reliability,relatively few moving parts and com-pactness. Undoubtedly, they will eventu-ally play an important role in industrialand domestic life, replacing batteries,motor generator sets, and conventionalindustrial power sources in some appli-cations.

For the past 10 years, the Shirley BayPower Sources Section, headed by Dr.E. J. Casey, has been investigating thepotential of such devices by means ofa series of basic research projects. Dr.Casey, also head of DRBs Interdepart-mental Study Group on Fuel Cells,acted as chairman at the symposium.

Scientific AdviserIn New Position

Dr. John C. Arnell, former ScientificAdviser to the Chief of the Naval Staffand to the Chief of the Air Staff anda scientist with the Defence Research

DR. J. C. ARNELL

Board since the latter's inception in1947, has been attached to CanadianForces Headquarters for duty as Scien-tific Deputy for Engineering and De-velopment to the Chief of Logistics, En-gineering and Development.

Dr. Arnell is a former superintendentof a DRB establishment at Shirley Baynear Ottawa where the defensive as-pects of biological, chemical and radia-tion warfare are under investigation.He has been associated with DRB head-quarters in a variety of senior capaci-ties since early 1954.

A native of Halifax, Dr. Arnell gradu-ated with high honours in chemistryfrom Dalhousie University in 1939, ob-tained a Master's degree in physicalchemistry there in 1940 and was

'awarded a doctorate in the same fieldby McGill University in 1942. That yearhe joined the Canadian Army and wasemployed as a technical staff officer inthe Chemical Warfare Laboratories. Hewas demobilized in 1946 in the rank ofmajor.

Dr. Arnell joined the Defence Re-search Board in 1947. He attended theNational Defence College, Kingston, in1951-52.

Caribbean FishHabits Studicd

A team of federal biologists of theFisheries Research Board left in earlyFebruary from St. Andrews, N.B. onboard the Canadian Scientific ShipHudson for the Caribbean area, wherethey were to spend a month studyingthe life history of swordfish and tuna.

The team comprises scientist-in-charge, Noel Tibbo; Dr. L. M. Lauzierand Dr. A. C. Kohler, all of the Fish-eries Research Board Biological Sta-tion at St. Andrews, N.B.

Purpose of the study is to assist Cana-dian fishermen to extend their presentseasonal catch of these valuable fish toa year round industry.

The Canadian catch of swordfish andtuna has grown markedly in the pasffewyears and now contributes several mil-lion dollars to the total value of theannual catch. Last year, for instance,some 12 million pounds of swordfishwere caught by Nova Scotian fishermenat a value of $3k million. The tuna catchtotalled 21 million pounds.

However, the catch is on a seasonal

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basis, extending from May to Septem-ber, and is made on the edge of thecontinental shelf in the Nova Scotiabanks area. In September the fish mi-grate to unknown areas in southernwaters. A knowledge of these areas andof the habits of the fish will greatlybenefit Canadian fishermen. Severalvessels of the Canadian fishing fleet areequipped to work hundreds of milesafield. Last winter a number of themfi3hed off Cape Hatteras.

The Canadian biologists are tryingto trace the fish to locate their south-ern areas of habitat, and to study, by

fishing for adults, their spawning sea-sons and areas, habits and the distribu-tion of the young. The biologists wereto begin work just south of Cape Hat-teras and follow the Gulf Stream tothe West Indies. They expect to go asfar south as 12° north latitude, in theeastern Caribbean sea.

Also on board the CSS Hudson arethree other biologists: Dr. W. B. Scott,curator at the Royal Museum, Toronto,who is an authority on the identificationof fish; Dr. V. D. Vladykov, professor inbiology at the University of Ottawa,who will attempt to locate eggs and

larvae of the American eel, and Mar-tin Bartlett, of Woods Hole Oceano-graphic Institute, Woods Hole, Mass.

This is the most southerly trip yettaken by the Hudson, the new floatinglaboratory of the Marine SciencesBranch of the Department of Minesand Technical Surveys.

Use of the ship by the Fisheries Re-search Board illustrates the co-opera-tive effort in oceanography amongCanadian agencies, represented on theCanadian Committee on Oceanography,which co-ordinates and directs Canada'seffort in oceanographic research.

TRUST HONOURS CHURCHILLW HEN Sir Winston Churchill died,many people and many nationswere interested to know what perma-nent memorials would be erected tohonour the great man. The answer wasswift in coming.

On Feb. 1, a memorial trust was setup in Britain, with fund-raising com-mittees in Australia, Canada, NewZealand and the United States, to worktowards establishing, not only an edificeof steel and concrete, but a "livingmemorial" to Sir Winston.

A permanent fund is being formed,enabling men and women from allwalks of life to study and live for aperiod of time in another Common-

wealth country or the United States ofAmerica, of which Sir Winston was anhonorary citizen.

The award of "Churchill Fellowships"will not be confined to students orscholars, but will be available to anyman or woman in any field of activity.They will be open equally to thosewhose contribution to the communityand to their trade, industry, professionor calling would be increased throughpersonal overseas travel and service.The fellows will be selected for quali-ties of character, intellect and responsi-ble leadership, in addition to theirspecific skills or academic qualifications.

In England, the sponsors are all old

personal friends and colleagues of SirWinston. The first call on funds will bethe completion of the Churchill Collegeat Cambridge at an estimated cost of$450,000.

The Canadian appeal is headed byHon. George Drew, former CanadianHigh Commissioner in London; His Ex-cellency the Governor-General is thepatron of the fund-raising drive.

Before he died Sir Winston was toldof the proposals for a fellowship fundin his honour and pronounced himselfin favour of it. The fund has also thefull support of Lady Churchill and othermembers of the family.

FAMILY PORTRAIT-Tropicol climes are favoured by the Navy for winter training because of the absence of interruption'" such as those occasionedby the wild storms of the North Atlantic or even the North Pacific. This also lends itself to ships' companies having their pictures taken, as happenedwith HMCS Qu'Appelle during her recent visit to Pearl Harbour. (0-15930-49)

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SEAMANSHIP BROUGHT UP TO DATET HE MANUAL of seamanship knownto the greatest number of servingand former Canadian sailors is un...dOl.lbtedly the 1937 edition of the RoyalNavy's handbook, which was reprintedin Canada for the 100,000 or so Cana-dians who joined the Navy during theSecond World War,

A completely rewritten AdmiraltyManual of Seamanship was producedfor the Royal Navy in 1951 and theRCN produced in 1960 its own Sea...7nan's Handbook, designed to meet thespecific needs of the Canadian navalservice~ Now the Ad7niraUy Manual ofSean~anship has again been revised to

The Sikorsky H04S-3 llelicopter was acquired bythe RCN in 1955 as an anti-submarine aircraftbut lacked the all-weather and night-flying capa-bility, On occasion, it was used in rescue opera-tions, One of the most famous exploits of aNaval Sikorsky helicopter was the daring rescueof the crew of the Liberian freighter, Kismet II,which was wrecked on the Cape Breton coast inNovember, 1955, All members of the helicoptercrew received awards for their part in this opera-tion.

Power: 700-h,p, Wright 1300-B engine,

BOOKS for theSAILOR

keep up to date with the rapid changesthat have overtaken the navies of theworld in the past few years.

Looking back on the 1937 manual,and comparing it with those of today,it appears that the volume on whichso many hundreds of thousands of sail-ors cut their nauti