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ov | Vol .8, No.45 TO Ube TV Wr Will Remember Shem - ARMISTICE DAY SERVICE HELD SATURDAY The people of Terrace Bay under the direction of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 223, gathered at the Cenotaph Saturday morning to hold their an- nual Armistice Day Service, remembering proudly the fallen of two World Wars. Mustering at the Recreation Centre, a parade of Legionnaires, and Auxiliary were led to the Cenotaph by the Lake Superior Corps of Sea Cadets and piped on by Piper David Shivas, dressed in full Scottish regalia. The Terrace Bay Band at the Cenotaph led in the hymns and National Anthem and Bugler Fred Gould sounded the Last Post and Revielle as they observed Two Minutes of Silence. Addressing those before him, Very Rev. Dean E.A.Gallagher brought a message of Peace from Rev. T.G.Husser who was un- .able to be there. Dean Gallagher led in a prayer that we ... (Continued page 4) Serving the District November II, 1965 Survivor Plans to Join Tribute to Navy Hero LONDON -- The last man who saw him alive is going to Canada next month to join in a tribute to Captain Fogarty Fegen, one of the imperish- able naval hereos of the Second World War. "He was a typical fighting man, dynamic, an enormous character,' said Commander Ronald Butler, the last survi- vor to reach Canada after.the British merchant cruiser Jer- vis Bay went down with all guns blazing in one of the most unparalleled actions of naval history. Commander Butler, now 44, is flying to Canada on Nov. 3 to take part in the 25th anni- versary ceremony of the epic mid-Atlantic engagement, which took place Nov. 5, 1940. "We were about halfway across the Atlantic, on our way from Halifax to the Unit- ed Kingdom with a convoy of 38 ships,'"" Commander Butler recalled. 'My chief memory is of the felling I had of the utter and complete inevitability .of it all. The German attacker, the Ad- miral Scheer, was a very new, modern, fighting ship, with far greater armament. We had no chance at all. But Cap- tain Fogart's action in steer- ing for the enemy achieved its purpose of saving the con- voy."" For an hour or more, the Jervis Bay, with her six-inch armament -- stood _ gallantly against the pocket battleship's ll-inch gungs before giong down with colors flying. All but four ships escaped. Commander Butler then a 19-year-old midshipman was the last man to talk to the badly injured Captain Fegen and the last of the survivors-- 65 of a complement of about 400 to reach Canada after 'being picked up by the Swed- ish liner Stureholm. ' Commander Butler vividly remembered the reception the survivors received on reaching Canada. "Tt was really most uncan- ny," he said. '"'People motored in from miles around and there were the most emotional scenes." The anniversary ceremony is being held in Saint John on Nov. 5 under the auspices of civil and naval officials. Com- mander Butler, who is to lay a wreath, said he would like to take messages to Canada from any survivors living in Britain, "but we have never had a reunion and I do not know where the great majori- ty of them are living." Two are known to be living in Canada. Over the years, some opin- ion has questioned whether a losing action should be en- shrined in the British story. Commander Butler comment- ed: "T have no doubt we should try to remember it. Here is a piece of our history, part of the tapestry of our time. To me it seems right that we should look back in pride." Commander Butler, with traditional Royal Navy reti- cence, will not say what his present job is. Nor will he go into details of how he had four other vessels sunk under him during the war. On another occasion, an aircraft flying him from Cairo crashed on takeoff. A local man, Arnold McKechnie, and his brother Harold, served on the Jervis Bay--leaving the ship just before she began her last voyage. The photo below shows Arnold and his brother on the deck of the Jervis Bay. -- oer