War h ero helped ini Liberation PROM PAGE 1 In Septembor 1944, the British lot Airborne division took off fromn England on this oporation codenamed 'Market Gardon' to land i Holnmd ad cature the. bridge ovor the river Rim e at Arnhem. Greening's glidor, known as the Horsa, noraily carried 30 mon, but in this case carried a jeep, a trailer ful 0f ammunition, a motorcyle and fi vo artillory personnel. As Groening. states, it was'a very anxious and scary time whon ho roloased bis glidor from the tow-plane (Halifax bomber), as ho looked for a place toland with the enemy shooting. up fi=m the ground below. Fortunately, ho pioted bis glider to a safe landing, but confusion broko out when the tail section 0f the gider could not be disengagod from the fuselage so the jeep and trailer could be pulled out. Aridst onemy lire, ho and bis co-pflot managed to manually removo the holding boîtsanad successfuly release lus cargo. Unfortunately, a German Panzer division was in that area. Greening, was wounded (his rogiment of 320 gliders lot 219 mon -- 30 per cent casualty) and was hold prisonr of war in the infainous prison camp Saa WV-B (south of Berlin) for eight months until Russian troopo liberated the camp. He didii't go'to Holland to join in the Sth ,anniversary clebratioei of the ià beration of Holland, but joined m the conimemoration of V-E Day on May 7 in Whitby. He was the =ublcity executivo of the Whitby -(gon V-E Day clobration planning comniitteo, creating public awareness 0f upcoming events. He has livod in Whitby for 33 year ad bas boon *a Branch 112 mebrfor 23 yoars.He bas served as publicity chir for six years, secrotary one year and overy year helps out as a vobnteer in varjous Legion activitios. Ho also did community work when ho was a member of the former Brookliný & District Lions Club. Because of bis dedication to Branch 112 and the community, ho was made a life member in 1991. On Sunday, June 25, champion harneEs.driver Doug Brown will bost a Colobrity Golf Tournament at Thunderbird Golf Club in Ashburn, with net proceods gomg to the Children's Aid, Society 0f Durham Region.. Clebrities include sportscasters frocm CFTO and CFRB, current and alumni NIHLI players, Toronto Argonaut players and harnees hall 0f famers John Campbell and Bill O'Donnell. Brown bas beon awarded six times as Canada's elite harns driver. Ho is seven wins away fr-om being tho ninth driver in North America to accomplih 6,000 careor victorios. Anyone interosted in becming a sponfor may do so by either donating a prize or funds to purchaseaprie o by sponsoring a desgnatehole. Cail the CAS at (905) 433-1551, extension 2250 or 2318. E [O PI I t.K E4 > P $1jflIJ;.00 ROLL Tee Litho n u Durham taxpayers don't get their fair share of provincial hospital funding. An Educational Program of W OSPTAL COUNCL 0F DUNHAM REGION Your Hospitals Working Together Whitby Fr.. Pros, Woeday, Mmy 10, 1MS.,Pag. il Eite ha rness driver is tournament host F::,>RE F=r % ii ~ LiJ E>ýF=lE -Servîng You For 41 Years -