ADVANCE-NEWS
PAGE NINE
SUNDAY. JUNE 17, 1962
Queen Mother Cruises Seaway, Lands At Prescott
Canadian Navy Gives Royal
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Visitor A Tip- Top' Show
During Dockside Welcome
Historians \\ ill
1 akc Bus 1 our 1 o ^"^ >' °
Highland Games
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B y F R A N K L I T T L E , JR.
Ottawa — (CP) — After an
Prescott — T h e Canadian Navy did it selt proud here W e d n e s d a y .
jeasy-tfoing day around the St.
in the gallant and polished tradition o f its more famous sister-service, the Royal
'Lawrence Seaway, the Queen
N a v y , the Canadian officers and seamen sh o w e d that they know h o w to put on a
'Mother returned to official
(engagements in Ottawa Thursproper show for a m e m b e r of the Royal Family of Great Britain. All in all, the brief
day — unveiling portraits, .
dockside w e l c o m e for Her Majesty Q u e e n Elizabeth, the Q u e e n Mother, at the L o w and attending a luncheon and
er Lake Terminal provided a scene that few of hundreds of onlookers from both
a garden party.
•ides of the international border will soon forget.
cott — where the crowd was
.From the first sight of <h«y
She was scheduled to spend
aleek grey frigate HMSC Inch —
\
perhaps a thousand at most —
three hours at City Hal!, un0U
lhe blue
had considerably less pomp
veiling the city's coat of arms
,ancl
and two royal portraits and
rr< i
rfc
q>
rp
ceremony tnan the piewaters of the St. Lawrence in
attending a civic luncheon.
da
{tne io ai visii m
the shadows of the OgdensThe garden party, where she
burg-Prescott Bridge, to the
met Commonwealth
repre¥w
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Ottawa, where the Queen
la.-t ringing echoes of: 'Three
sentatives in Ottawa, was held
Moti
r
la
Members of the St. Law
•cheers lor Her Majesty, the
at the home of tne Indian
Q . e e n Mother — Hip, Hip. rente County Historical As- national war Memorial an
nigh commissioner. Like WedHooray" (repeated thnce), it MH-iation will attend the brought the meaning of the
nesday her evening was free.
I
Confederation
Square
before
a
was an even* that couid not Cilengarry Highland Games royal family down to an inthrong of
10.000. But it
fail to move the heart of the in Ma.wille, Ontario, on Au- tensely
Wednesday's activities obsimple and personal
most sophisticated adult. And gust 4.
viously delighted the Queen
I level
for
those
fortunate
Reservations for fhe pri- 'enough to be there.
to the scores of children, many j
Mother, \*ho got a kick out
perched on fathers' shoulders vate bus which will take
of the quaint old building*
lor a better view, there was club
members and their
in I'pper Canada Village—
the special excitement of "see- guests must b*» made at once
The Inch Arran, which had
the reconstructed
pioneer
ing a real Queen."
, with Mrs. Doris
Flanty, the starring role in Wednestown near Morri>burg.
And there is no question KFD 2. Ogdensburg. Mrs. day's portion of the Queen
that the wife of the late King Planty will also make reser- Mother's visit tshe had emShe also seemed to enjoy a
George VI is every inch a vations fo»- tickets on the barked at 12:50 p.m. near Uprelaxed 4 : - hours cruising on
Queen. As she asknowledgcd grandstand for the Games.
the Seaway aboard the navy
jper Canada Village for the
:'r:gate Inch Arran.
t h e spontaneous burst of apThis year 14 clans will be tour that culminated here) is
plause from the crowd, stand- present for the piping and a modernized World War 11
There were r.o big crowds
i n g on the bridge of the Inch dancing contest. Cars will anti-submarine frigate of the
•.J watch her, the weather was
Arran after her 4-hour cruise be left at the Ogdensbur; "River" Class.
Lawrence after a tour of Upper Canada Village m the morn- perfect, and the scenery was
fRESCOTT GREETS HER MAJESTY—Above is the .scene
ton a perfect June afternoon International Bridge and a
ing and was on her way back to Ottawa, where she was like a postcard.
By
an
interesting
coinciSit
the
Lower
Lake
Terminal
near
Prescott
at
5
p.m.
Wednesh e r regal gestures and warm bus taken to Maxville. Memdence,
she
was
launched
almaking
a four-day ceremonial visit. The Ogdensburg Bridge
day
as
the
frigate
HMC
Inch
Arran,
bearing
Her
Majesty
•mile moved at least one wo- bers may drive if they wish,
During the day the Queen
most exactly 18 years ago to Queen Eliraoeth, the Queen Mother, pulled into the dock.
i? :r. the background. (Chuck Kelly Phcto).
m e n to exclaim: "Oh, isn't she however.
Mother presented a
Cadet
(the day — on June C, 1944. The Queen Mother had enjoyed a four-hour cruise on tne Si.
beautiful!"
Award for Bravery Meda'. to
• Like her 17 sister ships in the
W::'.iam Fergv.son of Cornisame class, including the VicThe more observant noted uied to end eariy Friday.
w a l l Or>.t, a 16-vear-old sea
that the Queen Mother wore
Overhead flew the Royal toriaville, she is Canadiancadet who rescued two small
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a simple dress of palest pink, Standard from the frigate's built,
children from drowning m
almost white, which was topmast, while a line of
May. 1961. He received the
According
to
"Jane's
Fightj*iost becoming to her famulti-colored pennants from
award on the gun deck as he
ing
Ships,"
the
Inch
Arran
has
mous English complexion ; stem to stern of the spicfricate passed through
the
{which does not show in
and-span vessel — with its a normal displacement of 1570
>quois
locks.
tons
(2360
tons
full
load).
She
photographs). Before disem- i polished brass — snapped in
barking from the Inch Ar- | the breeze. Her crew lined is 301 feet long, with a 36 4 - ;
Has Informal Touch
ran for her return drive to the deck at attention and on foot beam and carries an arm-;
Al*rough,
as usual, every
Ottawa, she put on a match- I command "doffed hats" in arr.ent of two four-inch guns'
detail
was
ironed
out in adand six 40 mm anti-aircraft.'
ing coat lined in coral polkathe Queen Mother's honor,
vrir.ee. the entire day had an.
For
anti-submarine
work,
shei
dotted silk. Her hat u a s a
then gave the ringing cheer,
.".formal
touch.
including
•close-fitting one, with coral • *'Hip. Hip Hooray," just be- also has two Squid triple-barsl.ght'.y delayed arrival?, unreled
depth
charge
mortars.I
veiling and there was a flash
scheduled visits ar.d a free
fore she got into her car.
.
,
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of diamonds on her lapel.
mingling
with
the
small
Most eves were on Her M a - ! " " r e * u l a i complement is 14u
<One three-year-old desofflcers and men
eroups that scurried alons bejesty.
of
course,
but
also
a
cencribed this as *a sparkle.")
side her within the old ru?t:c
ter of attraction were her
flecentiv
Inch Arran
Xhe
f^r.ce around Upper Canada
To those who remembered three ladies-m-waiting in their w a s comnletelv modernized,
Viilagc.
lovely
dresses
and
the
bemednew'boilers
and
generatQueen Elizabeth from her 1939
with
A* one print she wa'ked
A.
i- i
-A * />*» .. -*u aled attending Canadian naval : n p marhinorv ctrnn^r- bows
e ice and a higher bridge and'
:hrough
the crowd to examine
.*.«n
nusuflnu
.x,-!
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for
111U1Cwith
1C
triumphal visitU i to Ottawa
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macniner). sironge. Do»i
a
team
of
oxen and *a'.k with
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d
dress
sword.
On
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officers, one of whom wore a f u n n e
.i> driver.
cent U.S. visit in 19o4. she still i7,t h e
,b . l.d p e ...
,,. . . . iunnei.
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looked as youthful and g r a " P P ^ J"
w wT f
Following the departure of
She also ducked into a
emus as ever as she c h a t t e d another
handsome bearded of- toth e t h Qe u pe reens s MWoe trhe e r e n mt me ma b
ers;
souvenir
»«hop to tell emf,cer
ined
with
the sailors and dignitar" ^of r Commander
^
^ ' T W^h i t e .
.
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.many
i i n t h e w a r d r o o m OI the Inch
ployees it was "lovely."
|head" of advertising fame.
JArran by the commanding ofi The employees, al*
g:rl>.
Adding their own special I The crowd began gathering ficer of the frigate. Lt. Cmdr.
jammed around a
window
waitim for the Queen 'Mirier
touch of color to the welcom- shortly before 5 p.m. near the Blyth A. Mitchell. CD, and:
to pass. When
they spun
| n g party were the tall, hand-1 grain elevator. At that time, other officers.
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around ar.d saw her in *'r.<:ir
some members of the Royal'the Victoriaville was "on staLt. Cmdr. Mitchell is a nabuilding, they were too surCanadian Mounted Police in tion" at her pier, also decked tive of Montreal who comprised to speak.
their scarlet tunics. Also pres- in gay pennants and with her menced his naval experience
A Farlinger barouche, an
c n t were Canadian Army offi- crew lined up on deck. Right by attending HMS Conway, a
old open-type can-lace drawn
cers and Ontario Provincial on time at 5, the Inch Arran British merchant marine trainby two horses, was waitir.g to
f o l i c e , helping to keep the was sighted moving slowly jng ship at Liverpool. E'.cland.
cary the Queen Mother over
throng from falling into the toward the downstream side and later entering the lormer
the rougr: gravel roads of *he
water of the Terminal slip
jof the elevator. The
first RCNVR as a midshipman m
villace after she had walked
Her Majesty paused just be- glimpse of the Queen Mother March. 1941.
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through much of it on the
fore
debarkation to
greet rame as she stood on the starThe frigate is a unit of the
wooden sidewalks. Her eyes
members of the crew of the board ?ide of the frigste. ac- Seventh Canadian Escort
J#S&*VV£.._
sparkled as the horses gaiInch Arran, then did the same knowledging
the
"three Squadron based at Halifax, j HER MAJEs-iY GREETS GIRT SCOUTS >ssembl. d a Jve
girls, members of a Maitland Brownie troop, are shown koped off over the old woodmt
courtesy at dockside for blue-| C heers" from the Victoriaville one of a number of RCN
Lower Lake Terminal in Prescoti Wednesday, just prior to
giving the Girl Scout salute as they admire the Queen Moth- en bridges and past a stream
clad sailors from the sister fri- across the water.
\ ships presently engaged in
entering her limousine for the drive back to Ottawa. The
er's soft pink dress, matching coat and white hat. tChuck where three men were padfate
HMCS
Victoriaville.
Most of the crowd had their training operations on the
dling a pioneer sailboat.
Kelly Photo j.
clocked just across the slip at best look at her during the Great I>akes.
,
Launch Whisks Her Away
the foot of the giant gram ole- docking, which was smartly
The bhip was the 58th of 60
.
From the v^.age. tr.s i^ut-en
•vator. She also chatted with handled by the Inch Arran's frigates constructed in Canada e a 5 t o f t h - t o w n o f r Inousie.
Mother drove about a mile
through rich grassland, past
Canadian Girl Scouts or a mo-.crew. Her Majesty at this durinc World War II. Built by X. S. The name of the p >int
an old steam engine, down to
snent before entering her Cad- point was almost overhead, the Davie Shipbuilding Co.. originated with Scottish **et* manna where an RCMP
iliac to drive to Ottawa, where.smiling and waving with her'Ltd.. at Lauzon. Que., the fri- thailed
j p r j . Qf from
century
who
I n c jj^ri
the Isle
of Arran
1X1
launch was waiting to whisk
Ih^r four-day visit was sched- simple but inimitable gesture-, gate was assigned to escort off the west coast of Scotland.
her out to midstream where
"
It was noted by many that as and support group duties
jlhe navy frigate waited w:ih
Officers and ratings on the'
|she walked off the ship, to the the North Atlantic.
Inch
Arran
presently
total
160,
all flags aflutter.
piping of a bosun? whistle, her
The name of the frigate.
of
whom
40
are
members
of
Shr had a tfeak dinner
Hack was ramrod-straight in Inch Arran. is derived frorr. a
ly
in the chip's wardroom, then
Hammond
—
"J imoth.% ,'he
tradition of British royal- P".nt V'
of iand.which
now callc - : F.-no the RCN Reserve presently
W^drie^d
spent the afternoon under
• ..r.r.(>-:."> 1 ::£ training.
Jnmes Hunter, eight-monthsa canopy mounted on the
f ' d son of James and Irene
forward run deck where
7 -nrner Hunter of Route 1, i
«»he walked from side la sitfe
IVicter. died unexpectedly at
taking in the scenery.
the family residence Friday j
1 •• -'ore she ief; the pier. =he
ii'pmoon (June IS. 1962).
i
• c for the ship's captain,
The infant, who had appear- 1
• C - d r . B. A. Mitchell. arA
r" in perfect health, had beenj
the royal order to splice
|>f<thed and dressed by hisi
— ain brace. This brings a
r »ther just shortly before h n j
• * »t of rurr. to every memcr«th occurred. Mrs. Hunter j
• of the ship's corr.par.r —
r.^d planned to go shopping'
••'1 m this case — and for *ec4F -id to take the bab> with hex.
She stepped outside the house >
erv. a small cash p - y t-' speak with a neighbor and;
members
re* hen she returned, about five
~e
r mutes later, found the child,
ded with three rousinf
f.umped in his hi£h chair. He
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V: day. the Queer: Mother
m as rushed to the office of DT
• • :r> leave for Port Hope.
T<*>x xa Dexter where Dr. Fox
£>:n*>ounoed him dead.
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-•—c she wa* fhe froest of
. r.ent llasaey. former tgov5^rvrrin4E. bejudei. the par- -- Genera! of Canada
*~ s, are a hrotlier. Edward. 2;'
5 ^ a r d a y . the qoeex
the maternal icrandparentK.
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• T was schedaled to arp.' . and Mrs. Norbert Zanmer
c f Syracuse; the paternai
- < for a kTMhf *M\. mod a:grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
*>*•* Woodbine race track
W. rray Hunter of Hamrr^od.
'he i.innanf of the Qoeen's
mr>r. a paternal great-frrand-e stakes S - e will J* r
tnother. Mrs. Lillian Hunter of
- T 3 t S -^day by p'^ane aor
Hammond.
I
E ^and
ji prayer j c m t t w i n he
L%<T ETfT< H T I D FCHt
b e l c at 2 p m today (June IT
MR'* %«THT« H A U L »
at the £ 4 0 fuejeral b o n e m
F^ncrai r . e :or Mrv Jea~
Haanmoad. Tne Her. J. Vmlarjdreoo HaU. r« wife of Areent Crawford, pastor of the
Hammond
Preshyternac
thur HsJL w h o ojed T r u s d a y .
O f T K I A L i r n C O M T S e v e r a l local 034c
O r t . who hod acromfja-jei l h e Qoeen J a n e 14. were faejd a, the LaChore*. «nll ofhvaafe. B u n a l
will be m F.:
rutane* were aj-tunited o c the p e r at
11-^ther o c her cnuve down the S*. Law- londe - Br^Eps fuftcial aoose
(sarnmond
1*1 game's Lower Lake Terminal to frreet rence ftoer. V p r e - Canada VJIo^e F-'iow- at 9 1 0 . S i - - r e a r and a aali
Nccre Dome
iBf the brief crrern^oy. saw aascerted aVva!
Her Xa.-cstT. Atnooc then. « r r e C H
C h a r e d Tne Rrr. Paul J O . T
"When you ore utijr* the dry
tsr^. reprosecSsrjc t o e Xataoool
N»rx i m . v t
^ cokebrated
fuf .'edjezsts ai m^lony a
bock >» Ottawa frooi rrescott
Board: Aihert D Boucfc. rr^nacrr of the 0 0 the dork and v»aied
rXKTiS€i
« %%T — Qoeen Mother
ard two-cop fWoi
Oat of her hidiri m w a ^ o s •*
craai eVraoar. and others Naval offxer at
Brownae Scoots frorr, Xartland. whooe > o d BVarers were
odd a teaspoo of c o n y beta « i t r 10 toe crew of the
m * t is Coean^dore Pool D. T « T > C .
i O o x k K e 3 y Vbtmt
Arraou 01 aiiLjowtedx i c m of t h e ?
e r f. t «er ted her w « h a KuoMft of red Frank F. Ba:
S^rwe with
imand-.r^ the NavmT D u j u a . at
< J o < before e c i r r x g hex O f i Q a c
roses and saephanoCrt {Chock KrSy Photo>. C n l Z c b and nV-ai«^.-a
™™ if ,H 1 T
A
Restored
Village Is
Enjoyed By :
Her Majesty
>
* , £ * wreath *t the
Hunter Infant
Dies Suddenly
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