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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-11-25, Page 10K' 011 'p ,Y 2A 'proritlUCH.SIGNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1971 The Blue Thum. 1 nvestitur.e BY G.'MacLEOD ROSS the Order. 'These having been unicorn passant._ Bearer approaches, with the hilt An .hour has elapsed. The Governor General, the Gate approved, are published in the• With the audience standing of the sword resting on the closing prayer' are said. His General Varier. The prcztocol is In our present permissive regime which places a premium onperson irresponsibility, even a e' ret of Tra tier a4s m- 'considered out o`ace, even b`ar joke, certainly -TY that aiidiblet minority of human Investitures, whether at young preparing for adulthood. Buckingham Palace or at Rideau and while all' stable bLie.ties•-sjal.l.. always impressive; have set skrandards and .have always intpdsing; always stately, maintained- them,, only our own even regal, and when, as in. the seems to have spurned them, recent case, the Priory of Canada whether they ,be of art or of holds its Investiture at behaviour. Little wonder the Government House, Ottawa, the young are conf\rsed when their e.e,Cenlon` is not only intellectual leaders • lack the picture-4*w; but so id -stirring in moral- Libre o ensure ilZ�}} the extreme, so trait' 'ball, can receive the bread of traditional almost imagine oneself back in wisdorrreand real perspective. ,the high mellow "walls of the • Consequently, it is all the Grand Master's Palace at Valetta, more refreshing and inspiring to on the island of !Malta, where the find oneself in ,the company or' Knights' of. the ' Order finally that relatively small Community defeated' the Unbelievers m which comprises the 'lust 1565, and where 375 years later, Venerable Order of the Hospital. 'the island 'and its defenders of St. John of Jerusalem, with withstood' the Luftwaffe for London -Gazette. tater they are and with the red eoated band Of crook of his left arm,,presenting Excellency,calls on the audience such that. cameras are permitted invited to an the )Investiture here the Royal Canadian Mounted it thus to His Excellency, whoo Stan' "'nd sing the National ,to be used' after the ceremony. Government House Police playing `sweet musick', receives it and •taps the investee , Anthem. of Canada, each in his 4170444.a - referred. tnnirtrt, _. ,when- . t ,e t -)-"-se - who have Priox dC t�Ile Pxtc�rr �tlt�ititttes process. to their,- :t1�,���t1.�s�-�~-��� �fie;a, !?....-,.�.,.. �' been resents each Member witch an • a otnte se• ti 'ort either side c -t' Sword bearer retrieves the sword• chapter is closed. The Executive prlvitegecl" to attend an accolade of the Order. `� the dais,' facing the audience the Chancellor places the black Of rice,r"s',"' the- Knights and Investiture ;cannot blit be its precept: "For the Service of Mankine" and this more especially, in a world' where .""service" for your neighbour has been exchanged for "Self". So 'much so that . sometimes the doubt arises: How can such a standard of service survive? and tour long years, . to earn the George Cross. The setting t'or this ceremony is the brilliant ballroom with its huge crystal chandelier and, the batteries of floods high up on the walls; the dais at one end and some 300 people seated we find the answer in the other expectantly on either side u`f`te matt:t_- 44e4 der.;,,,Faith;_,The,.: w;jd.e •ce►it.ral aisle;. await'i•r g'•tlw. alt:h; filY1 iit'', iifdifrOTI -Tri opo-ifir of the' -Ch apter. : This tradition established by a few . array serves to•abet ._ the'.wise men sic este-�centures, ago. pageantry which develops ,when, Men who divined that : such . a on- the s,troke _'o _aur, Ih.ase Members to be invested as Knights 'of Grace and as Commander -Brothers, file in. two by tvv'o, each wearing the long ,black silk mantle of the Order, with its, high collar, its Wide latch of black silktasseled eerd and on its left side a nine inch -white embroidered Ctoss; the eight pointed cross of .Malta, whichrepresents the , eight Beatitudes;- while embellished in the principal, angles of the .Cross is a lion passant guardant and a virtue as Ser\ice, such a'part of the Christian Faith, must survive. Thus it comes about that the Grand Priory of the British Realm has established • Priories wherever British ' influence. persists, the Grand . Prior being Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second herself.; -And so from time to time the. Priory of Canada ° recommends to the Grand Prior the services of some of those who have worked for ,,-M.4NA CLEMENTS Suggests 'LITTLE LADY' `LITTLE PIXIE, 'LITTLE PRINCESS' Children's Bath and Beauty Gift3e MONA CLEMENTS RIECK PHARMACY Reza Archie Barber, PHM.B. Soon the company is bidden to rube of the Order about the im�iressed by the great good rise while He , Excellency, the Standard, d Sword, last of fortune which has given Canada wife of the f,pYernor General all , out of (Tie t w' o such g r a c i o ti s enters, attended by -her two representatives of the Queen as A.D.C's, to take her seat ori the Excellency, T Knight bows the Right Honourable Roland Michener, and- his predecessor, dais. Finally the Governors the late General Vanier. Each in General, His Excellency the his own way displayed ,a dignity Right Honourable Roland coupled with a frost. engaging Michener, Prior of the Priory of A t hnrg is been Canada entera,..l?rNc•�'ded_by the , )'_j friendliness,'which cannot fail Oa Standard of the Order, the impress anyone even though his Members of they Chapter and the o awed encounter _ :be limited to a Sword of State. � '�, 1 with the The handshake. And so" it is that The Prior having reached his Serving Brothers Servi g whether as Governors General, position on the dais, the Band or as Priors of the Most plays (`sod Save.the Qsieen' U, t d all over with its Chinese furniture and Venerable Order, the dignity of followed ., by the Canadian coming forward the PriQxy . of Canada has been National Anthem. There fallow V d worthily upheld ,by the interest and patronage of both these sons of Canada. Commanders precede • Ulf shoulders .of the new Knight, S an ar the • wo , and; who rises to be shaken by the a the slowly. hand and congratulated 'by His bath -06m to disperse in the wide •elle The entrance Halls.the walls of, which then moves before the chair of are hung with life size portraits Her Excellency and bows to her, of at the Sovereigns .and their before retaking his seat.' consorts since Queen Victoria, After theh have" each in its handsome gilt frame. duly, dubbed; a ame of Grace .Nearby, in ,what is known as the comes - to- the-' Prior --TMto be----T-e-ntroom,' Trefresht nts are congratulated.She' isfollowed served and Their Excellencies by the Commando Office mingle wi r guests. rothe • and opportunity is afforded to look -Sisters to the' number o the in at the long drawing, roam, 1.1 selected from Canada and comin very- good portrait of Madame by one to be presented with the anier, In the adjoining small sitting room is an excellent portrait of the previous the prayers with which the appropriate token of their Chapter,, aria° fact any meeting Grade. of the Order; invariably opens.. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Ottawa reads the, first prayer "Pour la paix" in French, followed ,by the Priory. Chaplain with a prayer in English "For tl the fruits of . the Earth". Thereafter the, prayers are for the Queen and all Christians, • PrincesTand • ;-knsierjxgts For,, tiles -I-- 'sie'k and wounded land- : al1''� 'Prisoners and Captives; For our . Benefactors; F6r, the Members and,, associates (' the • Order; 4 FOR YOUR FIRE INSURANCE Y See or Phone! MALCOLM MATHERS GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT 46 WEST ST. - 5"24.94 2 b u'r• A r�, fwi Machines Robertson A Once again . a prayer for peace, BY AN.1TA ROBINSON • followed by the recital of ,the There is a variety ef things Lord's Prayer by the whole t we've beep doingi Last week,we gathering, simultaneously in 'did ceramics. The week before / .. , ye had people model so the class French and English, and finally' f , the Grace, read alternately by, ,'''., 41,,z--_--- mild learn 'to 'draw the right each of the officiating clergy' in - roportions of people. 'Other his own tongue. , . . ' , times we can pick out, ofseveral . The Prior makes a • short . ON IN ART? kinds of art as to which one We address of welcome, to all and Miss Mckee is the art teacher would like to do, I li1,5e it! sundry., after wriich the for the senior wing. This is what , ,. .. .„ we have been doing.. ' kepeption and Investiture opens. BY EARL SALTER A prie dieu has been placed In art we were learning how before. the Priarand the 'first of . BY BETSY BECHARD to draw people.. At first, it was the rive knights is called forward ,. -Last week we- constructed done with , crayon but later oh to kneel before him. The Sviord sOme fabulous pinch pots out of we were' using paint. One person _ clay: FirSt we wedged it to get in the'class acted as a model and the air bubbles out, then rolled ' the ' rest of the.--elass", was reach- the farms •in Huron it until it became round like a County? . ball, then put.our thumb ireand pinched it, then d•ecorated it. T ke .HURON "Gr. 2 did Some Figure Art. . SHOPPING. BY DIANN . Lately we. have been working They made funny pictures using cireles, squares and ' triangles. N E %I S . ,, ,paint, making string pictures and with clay,. We worked with One • pupil Lisa Hill , brought some" bread veit,b,„„,butter on it splatter pictures. We also did that 'she had made at •home for Mrs. Norman's Grade 4 claSS C L A SS IF] ED . blOck pictiire-% One, day we had us to .taste'. She •followed the has been very busy in room PA -G E ._!------room— , , . -and pose 'and. we were-to—our-stories- to make- -the-butter -•umodels go to the front of the . directions that were in one of is delivered to 6;200 farm hOmes''d.raW them different ways:- and it was verY good, -.poems. Here are sorise,samples of every month. . Mr. Currie's class has been their work. '-Reach - this -huge ' market BY KEVIN WILLIAMS ' working hard on , Christmas. Cats _CIAO Cautio,uslY; economically with a Huron, In our last art period,. we decorations. ;They. , have Spiders Spit' Secretly; Pups Shopping News Want,Ad. were , using clay to make completed Stain glasS windows Pounce ' Playfully; Monkeys Phone the Clinton'News-Re.cord different things. In, the weeks fo and their. next project will be Moan Marvellously., Toads Trot at 482-3443 or'the Signal -Star at come we will be 'finishing these making Christmas wreaths using Tretnendously; • Lions , Leap 524,8331 to place your Want up. Before that we were learning hangers and plastic•garbage bags. Lightly. ' Ad. ''''''''"'+ • how to draw people better.- • In Social Studies , this' week they have been Studying the Red Star Commune in China. This week Grade I are ,practising for their assembly on Dec. 2. Social -Studies Ave are studying •Woneger - Life in ,Quebec.' We are ,studying the farms, their customs, .food, making soap and candles and We have also . been writing different kinds of poetry. BY BECKY, VANSTONE MY DOG I have a little dog; His name is Charlie Brown He is the noisiest dog in town He barks at me and he barks at He even barks at hirriself for Som!.thing to do. • So when you hear a dog barking You will know it's my little dog Chaklie Brown. E'LL HELP YOU IS • And We've Got Me Boot So That Every Member Of The Family Can Get Into The? Ad ••• Let it blow, let it snow, we don't care and neither will you after we have outfitted you in boots to beat old man winter. You can literally "put the b'o ts to him." 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