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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-06-30, Page 2The Late R. STANLEY WEIR Worda by WEIR Music LAVALLEE 0 Canada.! Out home, our native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command, With glowing- hearts we se,e thee rise, The True North, strong and free, And staled on guard, 0 Canada, We stand on guard for thee, O Canada, glorious and free, We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee! o Canada, we stand on guard for thee! • front, ash. au estlons were received f 1l parts of Canada that a uniform Engli �cvin to the fact that numerous gg g Version of "0 Canada" be approved, the National Committee for the Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee o . Confederation circularized the Prime Ministers and 'the Ministers of Education of all the Provinces; Replies were received that the version Written by the late R. Stanley Weir, O.C.L., Recorder of Montreal,is being used 'A- tha schools of :all the Provinces, including the English•speaking sections of Quebec. In view of this, the Committee is using the Weir version in its own publications. ,Iiii-DERN INVENTIONS RELATED ELA R T� RATIN ��1R 1UI$iIaEE �E E continent. Improved road -beds and rolling stock cut the time required for such travel to a point not thought of in '67. Our steamers, palaces of un- dreamed grandeur, constantly In torch with land by radio, bind our ports with m a participation in Canada's the maritime centers of the world. For The National Progress the Last ore general lthe venturesome (and soon no doubt Years Diamond Jubilee Celebration. Sixty i Gars Points to the four general use), the air -ways have an - Unfathomed Future Transportational Advances ''. fl nihi'lated both distance and time, per- Our - : train services can and will speed miffing, -we hope,our nine provinces WE HAVE COME FAR the wanderer, In luxusioue comfort to . to our to send their felicitations country's -Capital on July lst and en - the home town.' They will permit him abling these messages tostart and to How Far We Go Depends Only on Ourselves By R.B.G. In 1367 the followers of John Knox, our good Presbyterian Forefathers, had one word that hal become almost oh &elate In 1927, the word "Innovation.". Many are there of our elders who can look back and recall the things that came under the interdict as lanova tions. Church -organs, cushions in church pews, carriage driving on the "Sabbath," secular reading on the "Sabbath" and, many other accepted commonplaces of to -day. Advn.noe- ments: in Science and Invention and the application of such advancements to our everyday life has long forced the word "Innovation" up on the same shelf with the words 'Chaperone" and 'Petti-coat.'' They are gone from our present-day language. However, in- novatIons, or departures from the es- tablished (.55 of 1867), can be credited with manythings which afford a ful- ler and more widespread opportunity to enjoy Iife and which permit of a THEIR EXCELLENCIES to enjoy the best of oo an o comfortable of met while travelling 'reach their destination within the home from the farthest cornere of the space of the one day; perhaps too al lowing a message ofe goodwill, to be sent to the `Mother°•Land within two days time. These :lee blit a few of the practically applied Innovations whish, win help to make' our Diamond Jubilee Celebration truly national: ndividual'Appticatton More closely Applied to the individ- ual are other innovations which are now accepted as commonplace. Think how our thousands of miles ..of good roads and the motor -car will enter into the successful enjoyment of our eom- ing 'National rejoicing. Motorists can load their faniiliee • and fiampers" in their cars and easily- journey to the,. large centers to join In the big'muni- cipal fetes. 'The old homes in the country, will be evisited_by thousands where the old• folks' will be cheered by the visits of the "city dwelling sons end.' daughters and their famiItes, Within limits unimagined in''67 ie our countryknit- together by this cone paritively new method of transporta- tion and we do not give full credit to . the great good depleted from the' con- stant interchange of thought and.per- sonal experience• between country and city dwellers. • The days'of the "hick," are gone, "Hayseed" is ou the same .stele with "innovation." The telephone gives the opportunity ofinstantaneous interchange of per- sonally voiced messages of love'- and remembrance so that distance no long. er separates the people of our land. From coast to coast: the ether waves will enable all Canadians to similtan- eously Join hithe National Jubilations, opened by the Governor-General at Ot- tawa when our Gracious, King In Lon- don starts proceedings by pressing a ; . Capital of our ]0m- pire. The chimes of the' new Carillon golden key in the will ring not only In the ears of the people of Ottawa but will he heard pp - the people of Canada from Halifax to •OUR KING -AND ,QUEEN `•e;� ,.illi.. :%i "God Bless Them" , Vancouver, from Pelee Pettit to the means ;for the development of the Heliburton's novels, of his home near Yukon and it arrangements are car average mantali attainment, so the Halifax, also known as Kent Lodger ried out as planned they will i•ever- great masses more nearly approach flim The Prince of Wales; 'afterwards ROYALTY "Respected for Their Position —Loved for `i'hemselyes" SERV -IC r r ' Members 01 the British Royal Family have made more visite to Canada than many people probably Imagine. The first recorded visit, by the Duke of Clarence, goes back to - 1787, when George ' 117, was on the throne. The Duke of Clarence was captain of the frigate' Pegasus,and Is chiefly remembered because he was with Nelson In the West ladies, and ' acted ae best man at his wedding. The Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, arrived at Quebec in 1791 from Gibraltar, as commanding officer Of the 7th Royal Fusiliers. He made his home at Quebec for three' yeaia, occupying what was known as. Kent Lodge, near Montmorency Falls. FIe returned in 1799 . as commander-in- chief of the troops at Halifax. There is a fine bit of description, in one of berate throughout the Empire. Truly mental standard and outlook of our Edward. VII., visited Canada in 1860, an Epochal event in thelife of a re- leaders. We'need not think that be-' and laid the corner -stone of the, Par• markable courltr'y• of which we as cause we cannot point to Macdonal'ds, Bement Buildings at Ottawa. Hie Canadians may •be justly proud. As Cartiers, Mowats, Browns and Lauriers brother, Prince Alfred, came here in we join, in whatever, capacity we ma)y, that we are retr•ogeessing. Tire 1801, as a naval officer. I»' 1890 the in our July first celebrations -we shows], mentality of Canadians is—must be— Duke of Connaught travelled across remember how Oar we :have ;travelled keeping 'pace with our mechanical ad- the Dominion on his way 'home from along the road,' of national develop- vancesnent• We are not "Supermen" a visit to Japan. He returned to Can- meat during the past sixty years and but we are wren and women .el a Free,' oda as Governor General in 1911 and we should look forward to an equal Piogreseive and Verile Country with md. until 1916: Pc trot Loui q daughtereainer of Queen Victorriiaess, spent these, progression in the sixty years to come, a magnificent heritage. We are linked years 1878 to 1883 In Canada as wife fi tl Standard High 'by iedisoluable 'bench) of blood to the Na enol H g of the Governor General, the Marquis The day of outstanding National oration, Great Commonwealth of B•rittsh Na-, of Lorne afterwards Duke of Argyll tione which has stood and will always goros such as our Pothers of Coated- stand, in the forefront of the worlds The Duke of Cornwall and York (at- eration,[e past. As education and les of Justio Libert and Pro- terwards George V.), and his wife tioaal pro^resa rapidly raises the defenderseti y .visited Canada in 19011 The.present • Story of Confederation in Bronze. a"' ::l o.1 1. Alexander Mackenzie 2. George Brown 3. Queen Victoria 4. D'Arcy McGee 5. Georges -Etienne Cartier 6. John. A. Macdonald 7. Lafdataine and Baldwin Memorials on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, of those Great Figures in Canadian Life Whose Efforts Have Resulted in the United Canada, the Sixtieth Anni- versary of whose Birth will be Celebrated July 1. Viscount and Lady Wiiiineeee. F"G .JRTH OF NINE HISTORICAL SKETCHES EY J2FFE RYS ...(CTTT OUT AND -SAVE) wr y Inti �jyvommonmemmum . Ia• S� ll� • Prince of Wales made his first visit o These are the things to remember n Jolty the First and while participating to Canada in. 1919, and tae returned in the Sestivities' of that important oc- more than once. He has shown his casionrlet •iso register a personal re interest in the country by buying a solution toendeavor bodevelop our ranch in Alberta, where_ lie , can oc- selves ate broadly as our country has casionally escape from the cares of developed, Let us expand our meatal 8tat9,. vision as fax as our opportunities have Some of `us who are not as young expanded. The day of narrow paro- as we used to be can reniennber the ahialism has passed and we all must delightful hospitality of Lord Lorne our and think beyond ourselves, beyond. the Princess Loui"e at R.'•.leau personaitice, beyond our, homes, be- Hall in Ottawa, and the simplle:!ey see yohd our local anrroundings. We const their home life. The Princess was learn to think in terms as unlimited ee always a warm patron of art in gale the boundaries of the ether waves and oda; and was herself an artist of no - we'rnust learn to apply each thinking mean ability. Her : husband will be to our dully occupations. In this way remembered, among many other July the Plret Nineteen Hundredand memorable acts, by the Pack that he Twenty -Seven will st,tutc, out not so was chiefly instrumental in founding mucin as the day of celebration for the the. Royal Society of Canada. His aerie, srccessful yosio that have gone public life probably overshadowed his but as the day which ushered in a new ability as a poet, but it will not be era of National Advancement and forgotten that he wrote that splendid Unity.hymn beginning: e. ,Unto the hills around do I lift up Aly longing eyes." Tho influence of such members of the 'British Royal Family as the Princess Louise,. the: Duke of Con- naught and the Prince of Wales upon public and privatF life' in Canada, al- though always exerted unobtrusively and with characteristic tact, must be regarded as a very real factor in the development of the country. All three of them have huown' how to win not only the respect but the affection . of thhs Canadian people. That thought was very happily expressed by Lord 13yng in January ,last, at the Wolfe Banquet In Loudon, when, turning to the Prince of Wales, he said: "1 know y'ou hate eulogy and I am not going to indulge in it, but I should like to say this: 'We respect you, sir, for your, position, but, damme, sir, we lova you for yourself." • (Tr ITh), n,nnrr rrnrrr r rrrr i�,`�i��;,J l/ a���/�«���rrr�rrY tiii;�%��•. ' r rrrr�trrr� II I pl►±hila r,r . �� ,kms � �. --- PIONEER, SETIiEr2, AND WMBERM,N 'THE BULL TEAM'"1W71•1EWOODS PULP AND PAPER MILL Grand Canada, My Home Home of my heart, I sing in gratefell tongue To God whq gave With open hand thy treasures strewn • afar From wave to wave, From Gc:1den South to silvery- Arctic glare, LR, God 'in glory;"shineth everywhere. Land of the free, whence came thy, liberty? Behold her hand, Strong skill, which blesses . thee,'. in yonder borne, Thy Motherland. 0 daughter fair! Proud freedom aver dies, Where'er thy mother's noble banner .{ilea. Land of the brave, who kept thy free- dom free; • They felt thy flame, They marched through blood and paip, they gi'sndly dyed: Whisper their name, The name of youth, for. wham Ione Brothers weep, The beeuteone brow, in calm heroic sleep. — Land of the strong of cidont arm revealed In bounteous plain In glitborine rock, res prendent street find shade, Reluipo humane, - 1litlaro:f learning, end edorlin.gdbnre-- Ilome of my heart, Grand Canada, my home. ' —Grant Balfour. Toronto, Ont. Dominion Day 1927 Foi' dere's no place lak ons own place, don't caro de far you're goin'. Dat's w'at do wholewori's sayin' w'enever dey comb here, . 'Coe we got de fines' contree,-an' dW • beeges' reeves flowiau', lAn' to 'bon Dieu sen' de sunshine nearly twelve rrio..i' ev'ry year. —From "Johnnie Ccurteen," by W. I1. Drummond.