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WDED LONDON • '
Sraturday, `September 15.
,„Via 41b# Great North Road
Leeds we. • reached the
Agantie unity at Old London late
wis afternoon: Our hotel is the
Cnsingboi Palace Hotel, very
shear tQ_ the birthplace of Queen
Vitoria and adjacent to the Al-
'Siert,iemorial in memory . of 'her
usband, Prince Albert. It . is a
'tremendous monument and if the
steps surrounding ...it on .four.
•.sideswere laid end-to-end they
could•reach for : two miles.
Nine million people are pack-
- ---
. sed inta ane funded square miles
3a thisgreat metropolis and its
treets', and thoroughfares are
teeming with p*eople and motor
• ' traffic., Many cars are of ancient
"vintage, and a -.contrast to the
.array of new model cars which
. we were to see later on the Con-
'
Sunday and Monday were
.spent in touring London, by bus.
Starting from Kensington. Gar-
dens arid. Hyde Park we circled
'Trafalgar Square where.'Nelson's
.Monument .towers :184 feet, and
:at its base children delight to
teed • the pigeons. The Parliament
Buiildings,. , Westminster; , Abbey
and Big Ben, now` scaffided for
Xepairs, *ere the next highlights
self 'the • tour. •
We" entered' the -Abbey as ser
ace was concluding and- : stood
by' the tomb;4-of; the Unknown
Soldier, surrounded by fowieS
hand bearing ,in .part, the ow
i ng inscription, ' `Beneath • this
stone .rests the body of.a Bri-
tish warrior,: unknown by name
-or rank, .brought, .frail). .France
And buried on November 11, 1920
..in; the presence . 'of King George
•
That evening we joined sever-
41---of-the-Press-party
ever-.1-of e-press-partyy to, Attend-
service m this high -vaulted ' and
historic abbey, . treading the aisle
'that, the • Queen and her cortege
.followed, for ;her, _ crowning.
disked by,to-air :College
Guard. •' From •there e were
and then to: Balmoral lnn at I
Windsor where we had lunch
and then visited Windsor Castle
the private residence of Queen
Elizabeth, and. the Duke of. ' Edin-
burgh. As the 'Royal Pauly -WaS
in Scotland we had the Privilege
ofviewing the beautiful flower
garden and grounds in -front . of
the, palace, a privacy that is not
invaded.. when they • are in. ' resi
dence. While the castle is quite
large it was ,pointed out that the
Royal Family ;occupy only a self-
contained apartment and . the re-
mainder of the building is oc-
cupied --by-- of ices -and -servants''
quarters. The grounds that, sur-
round the palace are open to the
public. Itis after Windsor Castle,
conceived by William the Con-.
queror, as one of -a ;chafin of fort-
resses, that •the present Royal
line 'takes its name. .
Witlhin the Castle walls, is St.
George's 'Chapel, a beautiful and,
awesome . piece of .architecture.
Here rest the bodies* of kings of
more recent date, and we stood
beside , the' tomb of IKing ..George
V and ' Queen ' Mary, whoare
sculptured in 'life -like stone. •
King George • VI also lies t Tere, :i' .
but his .inonument has not „-yet
been placed over his tomb. '
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During the morning tour we
went.. from the Abbey; to... St
James ' Palace and then passed
arlliborough-:douse, the_-.home_of_
the. late Dowager Queen Mary;
which, is to become an art gal-
lery of ' her treasures. We stroll-
ed up "The Mall" passed Clar-
ence House, the residence of 1 Relations, Commander Allan
Queen Mother ' Elizabeth : and 1 Noble. Prior to the -banquet a
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From Windsorwe moved on
to..Hampton Court, .claimed to
be England's most beautiful 'and
most interesting'royal-: palace.
:Built by . Cardinal Wolsey 'early.
in the .16th century. it was taken
over and enlarged by Henry
VIII, who brought five of, his
wives in .turn to live there. It
was ;greatly improved by Wil-
liam /and
illiam/and Mary, and its beautiful
grounds and flower , gardens are
laid out to this day in the form
of a W and- M; ,;Here the 200 -
year -old great grape vine with..
is main-hr-annh--over--1.00 feet
long is to be seen, and finally
there is the "Maze" 'ofclose-clip-
ped. 'hedges, six ; feet high, and
two .feetthick, in which one can
readily ",get lost".
This day of sight-seeing >was,.
:climaxed by a reception and din-
ner, at the -famous Apothecary
Hall, with the .British 'Press As-
sociation as hosts, and the. chief.
speaker being . the Under Secret-
ary of State for Commonwealth
iPrincess Margaret to Bucking—
Rain Palace, which has been the.
official...residence of'. Britain's.
reigning .Monarchs since Qiteen
Victoria. • The Royal Standard
Wei 'not, flying.:over the • palace.'
`.as the Royal . Family was .at Bal
Moral 'at the ; time.. .
Much of Sunday afternoon was
spent at the Tower of : London,
which is in ` fact, a fortress of
many -towers, with• entrance gam-
ed to the inner circle by an arch-
way under the ;infamous Bloody
'Tower. A small square—plot
specially ,marks' . the spot where
several executions took, place,.
notably those,: at Anne Boleyn
' Katharine Howard, second
and fifth wife respectively . o1
Henry VIT,I; and Lady Jane. Grey
All werebeheaded with an, axe
except Anne Boleyn, . whose
'lead vrras cut off bye French
'swordsman '"as requested, rattier,
than, bow her head to a • clumsy
English axemaai.
• The -Crown' jewels. on 'display
in ' Wakefield Tower : are a daz-
zling sight. •
The work: of building the tower.
Was : commenced by William the
Conqueror in .1018 A' number of
wing -clipped ravens inhabit the
grounds. Their sombre presence
adds a note of grimness to this
• stonefortress where some of the
cruelest acts in 'British history
'were perpetrated.. The stone, in
. the main castle known as the
White Tower, were all brought
from Normandy and measure 15
feet in depth at the base and
11 feet at the tqp,
• Intended to mention that the
.:presence of the` ravens` 'fulfill .may:
Scottish prophecy: that so long
as . they inhabit the tower .all
will be well with., the reigning.
sovereign. . .
message of > greetings and loyalty.
was a sent., to 'the Queen at Bat -
moral, and the following :response
was received 'while the banquet
was in , progress: • "The Queen
sincerely, ;thaiiks. the .'members of
the Canadian Weekly Newspapers
Association; and the members of
the Newspaper Society, dining:
tonight, for their kind message
of loyal greetings which • Her
Majesty greatly appreciates". `.
The day was completed with a
jaunt about Piccadilly 'Circus.
and a whirl on the underground
railway, first established a cen-
tury ago ansi which makes. the
DAIRY FOODS
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and would you believe it there are
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more than 40 kinds, of cheese made in Canada.
October is Cheese Festival Month and what a
wonderful variety awaitsyou right now atyour food' store!
A free set of Marie-P:aser's:Cheese. Recipe'Booklett t
is yours for the ask1fg. Write -today.
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Toronto subway system seem ass
a toy in comparison. •It was in
these underground tunnels, at
various levels, . deep into the
earth, that , Londoners sweated
ont the nightly bombings during
the Battle' of Britain. Those scars
of wa'r' are now comparatively.
few and far. between, .as . least in
the heart of London. The rebuild-
ing • arid repairing , program has:.
been stupendous- •and • is ;to . be.
seen : in ' advanced stages on every
hand. •
Tuesday, September 18th, was
a free day for the press party.
• A ninner visited the Arthur Rankmotion picture, studios, "the
•Hollywood . of Britain' • while:
others pursued theirown spec-'
Sal whims, or, went on'a tour.
of London stores.
• 'At, six . o'clock Wednesday,
morning, as'this great metropolis
was stirring slowly to life we
took the DoverRoad to the coast
to board a channel steamer`. for
Boulogne, France.
It was •a beautiful day,' warm
and sunny, shirt -sleeve weather.
ourfleet of three very comfort
able' ' '. 'and modern Motorrways.
Misses,. or 'coaches as ' they are
e.
r>fier
eve
called
c e.
So, until the ,trig nears conclus-
-ion we_bid=farewe11_to-. London,
a city.'beyond comparison or de-
scription, •but . we: are told and'.
know, that exciting new adven-
tures lie before:us on .;the con-
tinent. '
;:Cam and :,Marg.
In - (fact it liar . been ` delightful
weather since the trip •commenc-.
ed. A bit dull at the. start of the
Britisli—Isles tour, abut -only- a
sprinkle of 'rain one day and on
that occasion we were aboard diction.,
OiIVET'
ATTEND MASTERS" MEETING
Those attending the Orange
County masters' meeting in Dur-
ham ' last Saturday were Donald •
Courtney, Leslie, Y,_IOrne-
merton,t. Cliff Geddes,Robert
Nealy; County masterJohn Em-
erson. This being :a : zone meet-:
ing, ::it was largely ' attended by .' .
county masjters or their accred-
ited
ccred ited representatives; from Grey,
Bruce and other : neighboring.,
counties.
(Intended for Last Week) .
the home of
with Mrs.
and pray-
wor. devotional
lt. Mrs
speaker, Mrs.
Win�11a
subject of
Donna. Os -
k favored
vof
r, vote
mgclosed
1VI:i5. bene
-
Grand
September` meetingof the
W.M.S.. was held at
Mrs. • Elmer . Osborne `�.
Clayton : presiding' The meeting
opened . with a hymn
er The..roll .call was answered
with the name -of one of bur mis-
sionaries and field:of
Ross Black led the ,
period.: The' guest •.
W. J.:..Roulston of::. ,
chose "Love"., as the •
her talk. The Misses
r'borne, and Ruth Black
with a piano duet... Mrs; Oliver
McCharles moved ., aote
thanks to the speaker,
and' gra lY. •The meet'
with a hymn and .:'W:
Grand Master , Carl Smith pre-
sided over the meeting and gave
•a very inspiring. address. ' He
stated that 1960 would mark the
100th anniversary of the Grand
Lodge of Ontario . West and sug-
gested. that instead 'of holding so
many small celebrations on the
12th of July ths4,.yeir that we
hold one mass celebration in the
city of Toronto. ' This . met with
the approval of all the brethren..
present. '
Remarks, and' short . speeches
were given bythhe. different Co.
Masters' when ;much_ information
.was given and. received: It was
agreed that these .County, mast-
ers' meetings are a real success •
and -many -expressed- ; the- _wish_
that more time be given ,to this
annual. affair. ,
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Changing of The Guard
Monday's .tour , comrnefeed
with a return visit to Bucking
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emony of the Changing of the
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