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THE NEW ERA -88th YEAR
No. 21—The Home Paper With the News
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THE :NEWS -RECORD --72nd YEAR
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1953
FIRST SECTION—Pages 1 to 8
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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
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