PRINCE
RUPE
6:30p.m.
Football
at
Roosevelt
Park:
1
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
"UGANDA"
or
"CRESCENT"
(Hanson
Cup)
Semi-final.
9:30
p.m.
Navy
League
Dance
at
Navy
Drill
Hall.
'
(Both
Ships)
Gentlemen
50c;
Ladies
and
Men
in
Uniform
Free.
Silver
Collection
at
events
marked
.
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THE
CANADIAN
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May
the
Stay
of
H.M.CS.
Uganda
and
HMC.S.
Crescent
Be
a
Happy
One
Programme
of
Entertainment
to
Officers
and
Men
of
HMC
ShipsUgandaand
"Crescent'
WEDNESDAY,
JULY
24-
6:30
p.m.
Sharp
Soft
Ball
at
Gyro
Park:
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
"UGANDA"
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
"CRESCENT"
9:00
p.m.
Basketball
at
Civic
Centre:
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
"UGANDA"
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
"CRESCENT"
THURSDAY,
JULY
25-
2:30
p.m.
Whaler
and
Cutter
Races.
3:30
p.m.
Swimming
Parties
to
Salt
Lakes.
8:30
p.m.
Canadian
Legion
SMOKING
CONCERT
at
Navy
Drill
Hall
(Both
Ships).
(Legion
Members
and
Guests
Only).
FRIDAY,
JULY
26-
SATURDAY,
JULY
27-
2:30p.m.
Football
at
Roosevelt
Park
(Hanson
Cup
Final)
Winner
of
bye
vs.
Friday's
winner.
Other
games
to
be
announced
later.
8:30p.m.
Boxing
at
Gym
(Roosevelt
Park):
Canadian
Legion
Boxing
Club
vs.
"UGANDA"
and
"CRESCENT"
Boxers.:
SUNDAY,
JULY
28-
10:30
a.m.
Church
Parades.
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2:30
p.m.
Baseball
at
Roosevelt
Park:
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
"UGANDA"
PRINCE
RUPERT
vs.
"CRESCENT".
THESE
ARE
THE
VISITING
WARSHIPS
ILM.'CS.
CRESCENT
One
of
Canada'
largest
and
most
modern
destroyers,
Hil.cjs,
Crescent
is
welcomed
here
for
a
second
time;
Her
last
visit
here
was
early
in
May
when
she
called
in
the
course-
of
a
cadet
training
cruise.
Commander
is
Capt.
P.
C.
Nixon
and
the
personnel
numbers
upwards
of
one
hundred
officers
and
men.
Completed
last
year
at
Clydebank,
Crescent
is
one
of
the
new
British
Class
destroyers
and
was
transferred
o
the
Canadian
Navy
on
completion.
She
is
363
feet
in
length
and
her
armament
includes
four
4.7-inch
guns,
five
anti-aircraft
guns
and
quadruple
torpedo
tubes.
Lieut.
Inge
Valen
of
Prince
Rupert
is
one
of
the
navigating
officers.
H.M.C.S.
UGANDA-
Initial
visit
of
H.M.C3.S.
Uganda
to.
Prince
Rupert
marks
the
first
time
that
a
Canadian
cruiser
has
been
in
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
since
the
days
of
the
old
HM.C.S.
Rainbow
nearly
thirty
years
ago.
Trim
and
speedy
bristling
fortress
of
the
sea.
Uganda
is
556.0
feet
in
length
and
has
i
complement
of
C84
officers
and
men.
She
was
built
on
the
River
Tyne
(
Armstrong-Vickers)
and
completed
in
January
1943,
being
commissioned
to
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
October
1944.
Commanded
by
Capt.
K.
F.
Adams,
who
only
re
The
following
Prince
Rupert
business
people
have
made
the
publication
of
this
page
possible:
NORTHERN
B.C.
POWER
CO.
OYSTER
BAR
PRINCE
RUPERT
HOTEL
ARMSTRONG
AGENCIES
HOWE
&
McNULTY
H.
G.
HELGERSON
LTD.
PRINCE
RUPERT
FISHERMEN'S
CO-OPERATIVE
ASSOCIATION
st
r
cently
took
over
the
ship,
H.M.C.S.
Uganda
a
short
time
ago!
returned
to
her
base
at
Esquimalt
from
a
cruise
around
Cape.
Horn
to
the
Atlantic
Coast.
Her
armament
includes
nine;
six-inch
guns,
eight
4-inch
anti-aircraft
guns
and
six
21-?
inch
torpedo
tubes.
She
is
a
sister
ship
of
H.M.S.
Ceylon
and
H.M.S.
Newfoundland
of
the
Royal
Navy.
Warrant
Of-:
fleer
Patrick
Palmer
of
Prince
Rupert
is
a
signals
officer
on
Uganda.
VALENTIN
DAIRY
VICTORY
CAFE
GRAND
CAFE
McRAE
BROS.
LTD.
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