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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-05-28, Page 1Horne ' of ,RCAF Station linton) • THE NEW ERA -88th YEAR No. 21—The Home Paper With the News News- eco THE :NEWS -RECORD --72nd YEAR CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1953 FIRST SECTION—Pages 1 to 8 C''Illtil'-' '1111.f + \\ L)1). n IT Holiday Hours For Post Office, June `wi Flours at the Clinton Post Office on Coronation Day, .. Tuesday, June 2, are an- nounced by Postmaster G. 1VI, Counter, as follows: Wickets will be open from 10.30 to 11.30. in the morning, and from 1.30 until 2,30 in the af,. tereoon. The anter lobby will be openuntil six o'clock in the evening. Alltunes. !men. 'dolled are Daylight Saving tit 6c a copy 2,126' Copies A Week $2.50 p Ye+rr The Crowit WHEN the curtain rises on the coronation it will be a curtain rising on a deep vista of history. Not the least of the benefits of this ceremony is that life in the present takes on a profounder meaning in the larger context of time which its pageantry recalls. The coronation is an act of the highest poetry in the Commonwealth's life, saddened on this occasion by the death in March of Queen Mary — widow of a King, mother of two Kings, and grandmother of the reigning Queen. In relation to the Crown we are mystics. Our Queen is not a person exalted above us by Divine Right, nor a person of our own choosing, We have a part in her dignity, but she does not achieve that dignity at our will. The Queen is the unimpeachable figure of all that is good in government; her Crown is a symbol standing above creeds and parties. In a materialistic age, when the world is threat- ened by dangers never before known, the British Monarchy endures in noble strength. It is, in essence, the exaltation of dutiful example as opposed to the .hazards of railing by the mailed fist and the fleeting greatness of dictatorship. The Queens of England Wearing the Crown is no sinecure. It entails work. Queen Anne called herself "a crowned slave." And Shakespeare re- ferred to the drown in these words: "O polished perturbation! golden care! That keep'st the ports of slumber open wide to many a watchful night!" The queens of England have not been the shadowy queens of tragedy or romance. In her mammoth work Lives of the Queens of England, published in 1853, Agnes Strickland tells the stories of 34 queens between the death of .the last monarch of the Anglo-Saxon line, Edward the Confessor, in 1066, and the death of Queen Anne, last sovereign of the royal house of ,> Stuart, in 1714. Thirty of these wore the crown -matrimonial as consorts, and four the regal diadem of the realm. Two more have been added as queens regnant — Victoria and Elizabeth 11 — and nine as consorts. What changes are involved in the nearly 900 years spanned by the lives of these 45 women! Their reigns extend over the ages of feudalism, of chivalry and romance, of splendour and misery, the crusades, the attempts to add the crown of France to that of England, the wars of the Roses, revolution, the rise of the parliamentary system. The Commonwealth now has a new Queen, who comes to the throne, like Elizabeth I and Victoria, in the freshness and vigour of youth. Her life up to now has given Queen Elizabeth II these advantages: a happy childhood, in which she was tended by parents free from the pressing duties of state; a liberal educa- tion, in the sense that it was not confined to insular points of view; and practical contact with the world, similar to that received by princes during their services with the armed forces. She has muchof her father's strong moral sense, it was pointd out by Hector Bolitho in the British Vogue Export Book Supplement, blended with her mother's charm. She has also something of Queen Victoria's will — "the will that made the old Queen declare to a minister: 'I was brought up to know what:vvas.,xxjght and what was wrong — never let me hear the word "expedient" again'." The Rule of Law The function of the Crown as the fountainhead of justice is one of its greatest virtues. No matter how elaborate the machinery of legislation and administration might be, the life of the individual citizen could be rendered miserable by any defect or delay in the administration of justice, The Queen cannot at her pleasure alter the laws of the land, but in her coronation vow she sets the standard of all those who are charged with making and maintaining the law. The charge given her is in memorable words: "Be so merciful that you be not too remiss; so execute justice that you forget not mercy. Punish the wicked, protect and cherish the just, and lead your people in the way wherein they should go." Crown and Commonwealth The crown has acquired overwhelming significance as the core and symbol of Commonwealth unity. The formal centralizing institutions of the Empire have disappeared one by one as Empire developed into Common- wealth, but the status of the Crown has been progressively exalted. Last year saw variety introduced into the Queen's titles, but the Crown's unique unifying influence remains. Unity in ,.Diversity Broadening of the Commonwealth, by inclusion of republics for example, does not diminish but rather enhances the import- ance of the symbolism which indicates its sense of unity and common purpose. Strange it is to people not of the Commonwealth to realize that here is a galaxy of nations which functions without a central constitution or executive authority. Its binding force is loyalty to a Crown, and it is so cohesive that this Common- vbealth, alone in the world's history, has dared to decentralize three powers which were always before jealously guarded and tenaciously held by central authority: framing tariffs, controlling immigration, and creating and maintaining navies, No Decadence Here Those who visit Britain for the coronation will see a country dotted with war wreckage, but they will see roses amid the ruins. They will be impressed by the way participants from all the Commonwealth seem to say through the coronation ceremony, in the mood of Fitz -James in Scott's Lady of the Lake: "Come on Future; we've our back against the Past!" To -day, the Royal Crown encircles not only the ancient glories of a particular people, but the hope and promise of a broadening life for hundreds of millions of others. The Commonwealth over which the Queen reigns is far from perfect, but it is being constantly improved because of criticism by its own people through their legislatures, their press and their institutions. Throughout all its affairs blows the cleansing wind of democracy, based on freedom of speech, of religion, of the press and of association. Having dedicated herself to maintenance of these freedoms, the Queen will receive the Crown. She will receive it, as it is given, in a spirit free from ancient grudges, as the symbol of her unity with her people, and as an emblem of the unity of her people. The Queen's duties will be formally assumed in an atmos- phere of dignity, and her people will partake in the dignity with her, conscious of the tremendous past embraced and mirrored inthe brief coronation ceremony, and of the high hope they hold for peace and advancement during this reign. ueen eti abeth ibe'econb Clinton's Coronation Day Programme Coronation Day next Tuesday in the parade. Probably it will be in Clinton, will be so}nething for lead by the RCAF Station Clinton us all to remember. Without go- bugle band, followed by two Be- ing to the coronation itself, the tachments, one of airmen and one next best thing for all Clintonians of airwomen, from RCAF Station, and district residents is stay right Clinton. The Clinton Branch No. here in Clinton and put all they 140, Canadian Legion will be have into making it a gala day. there, supported by the members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion. (Already that makes at least 200 persons in the parade). Help them a you can. ��� The Coronation Day Committee has done a good deal. already to- ward providing for a special time, both for children and for adults, Because most folk will wish to re- main close to their radios and television sets if they have them, there will be not too much active program before lunch. In The Morning However, and here's a. chance really to get into the fun of things: prizes are offered for the best decorated houses, and the best decorated business places. You do not need a fresh paint job on the family dwelling, nor smooth terraces, a n d stately hedgerows. You do not need a wide expanse of marble frontage on your store. The prime need for receiving a prize which might be as large as $15, is to decorate your premises in a manner fitting for Coronation Day, and in hon- our of Her Majesty, Queen Eliza- beth II. Judges plan to make the rounds about eleven o'clock in the morn- ing, and will pick .the best three houses, and the best two business places, Awards will be made on the basis of $15, $10 and $5 in the case of dwellings, and $15, $10 in the case of businesses. The names of winners will be announc- ed early in the afternoon, before the commencement of the ball - games, or at some time during them. Important! Only those houses and businesses which are officially entered by means of the regula- tion coupon will be judged. This coupon was printed last week and again this week on the, last page of The CLINTON NEWS - RECORD. Just fill it in, being careful to make your name, ad- dress, and phone number clearly readable, and mail it to: L. D. Holland, Clerk, Town of CIinton. Make your entry early, for the judges are going to be busy folk. e p t em a you can. Record Entries Already In In The Afternoon For Spring Fair, Saturday Clinton Spring Fair, with a grand total of $4,000 on the prize list, promises to be the biggest fair yet seen in town. A, J. McMur- ray, secretary of the fair, reports that already he has received more entries than ever before for the event. The class of sheep, added to the prize list for the first time this year, has 150 entries, from places as far distant as St. Ann's, near St. Catharines; Paris, Tara and Denfield. Other special classes iiti. elude those for light and heavy horses, palominos, ponies, beef and dairy cattle. Owing to the recent outbreak of hog cholera there will be no swine shown at the fait:. The fair will be opened officially: by Professor R. G. Knox, head of the animal husbandry division, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, A - parade formed of school, children led by the Goderich Girls' Band, will form at the Old Public School on Ontario Street, and pro- ceed from there down William Street to: Victoria Street, then to the main intersection and down Albert Street to Princess Street, following Princess Street into the fair grounds. All Clinton and rural children in this parade will be ad- mitted fret to the grounds. Maple City Shows will provide amusements for the whole family. There will be a ferris wheel and other rides, and the inevitable concessions, A special evening horse 'show and entertainment will begin at seven o'clock. A square dance competition and old time fiddlers' contest will be held. A ventrilo- quist and a trick horse framed. Dale will help make the evening and afternoon program complete, The afternoon program, will be- gin with a grand parade, begin- ning at the old Clinton Public School on Ontario St. S/L G. J, Bury RCAF Station, Clinton, is parade marshall, and will organize the parade to go from the school down William Street to Victoria Street at the Commercial Inn Hotel. From there it will proceed west on Victoria Street to the post office, for a short ceremony and the laying of two wreaths on the cenotaph. The parade then will march down Albert Street for march past at the town hall, where Group Captain H. C. Ashdown, MBE, Commanding Officer, RCAF" Sta- tion, Clinton, will take the salute. Doubtless our own Mayor W. J. Miller will be on the reviewing stand with the Commanding Offic- er. The parade is due to reach the Clinton Community Park at 215. 13ut we must not forget to men- tion those wife will be taking part Members of the First RCAF Boy Scout Troop and the Cubs, as well as the Clinton Boy Scout Troop, and Cubs, will be march- ing. Girl Guides and Brownies from the town and from RCAF Station Clinton will be there in full uniform. Members of the Clinton Loyal Orange Lodge will be led by the Fife and Drum Band which has been practising regularly of late for this event, and in preparation for the coming Walk at Goderich. We save for the last, what is certainly not the least of attrac- tions, the CDCI Bugle. Band, which will lead the smartly step- ping CDCI Cadet Corps of two companies (boys and girls). And of course, no parade in Clinton would be complete without the 'skirl of the pipes and flirt of the kilt provided by the Bannockburn Pipe Band ,and its members from Clinton and from Varna. (There are rumours abroad that members of Clintons' Town Coun- cil also plan to march in full uni- form. Could they mean to come armed with their new dunlopillo cushions?) The program at Clinton Com- munity Park will begin with a baseball game scheduled to take place between the Auburn team and the RCAF Station Clinton team. Somewhere at the beginning of the ball game, or during it, announcement will be made of the winners of the house and store decorating contests judged in the morning. Races for the children of twelve years and under will be held at the same time as the ball game is played and substantial prizes are ready for the winners of theses Since admission to the Park is only 25 cents and 10 cents, some way had to be arranged for Clin- tonians to spend their money, so it was planned that the Maple City Shows which are going to be (Continued on Page Eight) Proclamation TOWN OF CLINTON WHEREAS on Tuesday,, June 2, 1953, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Sec- ond, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and her other realms a n d territories will be crowned Queen, head of the Common- wealth, Defender of the Faith, I hereby proclaim Tuesday, June Public Holiday and call upon all citizens to observe it LS such. (Signed) W. J. MILL R, Mayor, Town of Clinton Clinton, Ontario May 25, 1953 Last Chance To Win $20 Prize In Contest If you haven't yet entered the Words of Wisdom Contest, this is the last chance you have of win- ning the $20 prize offered, Leak up last week's paper, read the rules, make your entry by Monday evening and get hi on this chance to 'make some easy money. The Contest• appears this week on page six,