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i mi PWespsctivo MILTON, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1981 FOURTH SECTION Whaet is todayrs 'Cana diana?7 Mifton's 8111Gregg sa ys 'CMPs' Dy jim, Reblasu. When tbe collectors nof taday aa ed 10 deicribe 'Cnadtan" theWi 0yvata t to the furniture made in Upper and I.ower Canada made the Fasloaeéd front tb lhes= t quality m~ater"aI, crsfted tu be utlitartan aud efficent in desig fiat, 111e slmpiclty of lin. combned with a meant-to-e-ae construction wb"c makus Canadian furniture of lhe period stand out an not only unique but per- hum anhistorcietof ho furnture should be made. "k wen te ew icooyeara front noce 10 asked ta describe "Canadians" what wlberbaalglout as bet flttilg the critaria nif1the pweeding paragrapli- lbsnawe eliprabably be trucks ni the 1930 sud 19#0s. Ntjteytruc lék e a plekupor a van, but a "CMP".' Canadian Miltary Pattern, fom cagtgvie s eddrn 13 eon o Wrlyaloataihe Allies qultaMe jeep"! dd mr nl i erta i b.tnssdaftak obnd 'a 'itti g :-hciOSObPIOl 00f flore lanlie ayâc< "beacsly ia as beauly does"'i smi ceal rel a sr inbe t i olc dpes ofar-c bclr0 nca l absonsa l- ins lcpreco star a iit linlie prinsle muocecsoc ci Dr. Bil1 Gren ofMMiton, celiscollectea miiilarya vebconof thoeecnd Woe War ad pubiltbea as, of te Re-mà*wCmanias 0909157- Il la =al str a tourof the large croture bo-c- b40 d lbvlce, 1tb teboldn f thec bsb1lcnithe utmimbalg ccltritiofl, Md tho e iccide- totls ofdegn re back inMÎW>. f1inely a irai oflie CanadienofM discfl ofr True Cadiaca furcctre ina iocot ipisble i,10 Oi. Wr lloaisecusUeqiy tr mgold. Caoîis prode 0 a sil ,0m'MoCMPcfor Wgi fi" 10d, e p M everyftbuttbel d. Uldie l la a psbi 0eocitrcat oece" antiqe l imo*parleaceblw iceSagceo or son lm'e taise sa slook ice he3lm erescr3'Bill 2r u edisplay etba Museum bntheguiseofa O- dliuebon od helasae nglua, a oii-batb csrbceer a radlalor, gneralor, ccmialca sabou ilNsaiu ailesof tubignd whig ocai,o pwarlbls W hol. esty la0as beacty idoe ccd in the ccmofMthe bioeY il la iOlIC1y la i 000sd konp rus- tilg Detroit clii cant do wltb moot ofls 'cmWi" Wbat started as a projocI 10 keep bisseli busy, ham reulted inBillGrg pcblsisbg tdrue bocks anod dlving itomof Othegreat CanaOdienstories of nmictand cscarlflglinourlOtoiY. Ma" cemayno thiok itlasa tragodylobhave let aU ourtrlucka and vebiicles l loto dieuse cnd de- cay; but thon boy many people in 1860 tmOcgt tboy wcrcmabloga mlotakev/boclhey brewoottcfur- oiture belr fabor hadlmadeloin040' i193DrBilGregg, a volemrorln, tait Con- In sodolng, Dr. Ilcege otarting looing artccodbai farocfor cometboglodLsin bis spire lime in order to geltaay from abectib5l0OO8life. Dr. Gregg bad coilecled tho odd sotique car in- cludlog a pristiso 1911 Modai T Ford ho ssys ho Bill ebs haoballoday. in bia travelo srcund Ontlario celihConnaugbl Lobs, Dr. Greag o ilced lthe boas four-bei, six- elarts ceeeiog, bul for Dr. fogle 15 vz0asregular oldsroty truck. Being s rocoarcher by training, hooltarled looklog op lice recordo or wbere tho truck was bull, Who buli il, and wbyit ws lo Iin the fistlacet. And hat penedthe doors tewba Dr . Gragis1 ta onofothe great untoidsMortescof Csnadlan hlslocy iand the centiral IbemecifIis h10w bock, "Bluepr10l .for Vlctory", wblcbwil in" rllby AuigocIand s Dodos tiesa oe emcold. Dr. BIS Greg ostndsamldst anMeO n eN u i b e osa smasedM uis McolletiL cb 73author cil tbree bockson Canada'.contribution 10 WorldWar Two, Dr. Gre¶ hm perhapa 1the bmt cofletion of thmesespcallzed tnucks and rflored cmain mlu suent1mde visage. This8 Crulsor-style tank turret cita atip a .was Canada whlch developed a new type nf 'ery rare Stagbound ail-purps armorcd csr. Althntsgh it looks eventually adopted loy ail our Alles. mssive il waa flot proof agaiat German anti-tank sbolis. It holtgsed au a primeor oncCanodian vlcles coctrul- tionprcico during thev/ur. 111/a sbchckcd aItlice scopeof wbal Canada bad domo dorog lice v/ar," Dr. Gregg ctated, noing Canada unl asly prcdored itoce8o 0,00CNPs bul !aiicred thev/bcle in fleShermaln tankbubiithe United States, ccd devolopod lice arocor plating evoclsaiiy adopted b ilthe allies. And v/bsl makes Ibis clrangoc 1 co ome,o goveorment, no ally evor officialy lbaoked Canada toc v/bol il dld, ccd in ocny Camo, ployed docon canada'crol oaggandizteircown. A casein0point Dr. Grogg can document 10 lthe Valocbine tank. Destlgned by lice Britisht i> 1 vthlie car in Northc Aica, tli an0k v/cs aflop. 7fio- ioned and ooriesaly ocreliablo, lice British1 oyw bainsg sicgned i100 Valentine cr00 v/oc liko beiog orderedto comitlsucid. A copy v/ocsent1te, Canada ccd v/e v/re ocdered 10 reprodiuce il, despilo 1the ocI lice Britlih boew il ceas abod design. Bol in1942 anyting wac bolier tban cotbing. And on the Valoctine came 10 Canada nd Ibore s s hebope il couldoliher be fololed ofo ti18 conry or porbapo il cooli ho loWrovOd 10 provide sonnetorci o oeservce. l'oc Vaienti0e was ieiloltely improved vilis lie mne ofceol armor pioneored here by Dofaso. Anolicor lmprovoiicocl v/oc elinclocusion of o Generai Motorsbus engine Byli 00 V, ie British> distrusted lihe Vol- .Us tcdl e /oi clexcopl the 1,200 boltin Oàaova bocause ticcir ocec "beîter British" models Sb the 1,200 v/Ore sent coder lend-locese bo p- AligcleuRsice01101 oe cod .110 Started a warlime trend. 7The Second World War saw the emE celves 10 recognize lice tact, lte armor was st>on propelled gun which was produced in Canada and th3e United and teGM ens ostartednd rsn/boctheBrlitis greatesl use with the Germansaond Ruasiana. This la the Cana enin neverv/ould. which set a patterni for Commonwealthi SPo during hostiliies. "I10 th ie Rucslaon coocidered il one of lte bolt 1iaotry support ltanks10ib eir arsona," coid Dr. Gregg. Not badtoruscoloIal.' *bile Canada hb 1>11soineexcellent opecial- ized trucksi he 0ib cd-20 s he ceFWD Corp ccd (botredsofldocfs ur Defeoce Departoceolteoded , V ~ to Ifor110vebicion oding oI1 eol truist our ov/n people 10 desin and locild o rom- pelilive unit. By 1M39celic v/ar approacbisg, tbe British ap- pcoacbod Canada ccd cocouraged bilideco nie GM and Ford 10 manufacture vntbllon Allicoug> lere v/oc encouragemelnt, Ibare v/are oorders, iicy 100 otlreally truolinso get the job dafle rigb. 11100 a sory Io long and involved 10 reprint bere, h,,t Can aa ol the ('MI' hieh reetuallyas by the (o 1000atti Thce excellence of Iboee tucks eventuon y orce lice British 10 bove iicem loolI and/or reaocembled in Eoglantd bul Casadiaco ceere ceboily in coclrol oM tbis ceorb But eveiIv/bii0tbis ceas donc, Canada v/oc gettcicg a short hrliftonce&gain. Wbiie ail tbe CIMPcceere 10 tact Canadian lie plants prodcicbog limoc-cocid remoitin00of evory 100 bebos conldIered "Brulaic" ccd thce olier 40 ho- flbeCMPe/re ungondlicaliceyv/tuer çop in EMOpcevs Stbey v/ae leit beclnd illicoenddof lice v/ar. 8cme are M111110se 10day icICieciociov- 1 asithoymay lhseMboDffiaiiarb 1Perhapa licefiaieet voblboecmade by Canada v/as Hoce simple lîlsa. As 0115105d ta today'i, car engines sasipeit 1 th Geera Moorsarmoed ruc. Aseui-*thia la the englue onia 102 Merctcryist affcr. lUs slmpllclty lIi .caslaionmPaeOO25 M11eS tth1e gallon. iergence of the sel- dStates but naw its da-deigiled Sexton .1113 icoseand wlre eu andialOi gela about