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Port Perry Star (1907-), 18 May 1939, p. 9

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Sainiidinal] A oe _-- Se SRY dice han : ocr demande .. CANADA WELCOMES THE KING and QUEEN .. Ontario Towns And Cities Will See Their Majesties : Adi Aud Bowgusts Will Be, Prasad 13 Stops Following Councils and Local Officials In Each Cass Will Welcome King George And Queen Elisabeth. Western Trip--Mayor, "The {nterdepartniental commit. * tee arranging for the Royal visit * has announced the official program for the King and Queen's tour of - 13 Ontario cities and three days prior to crossing to the United _ Btates at Niagara Falls, Ont. for the trip to Washington, Returning from the west coast and the Prairies, the Royal train will arrive at Sioux Lookout, Ont, from Melville, Sask, at 7.85 p.m, C.8.T.,.on Sunday, June 4, and will stay at the northwest Ontario town for ten minutes with the Prime Minister presenting the Mayor of Bioux Lookout and Mrs." Moran to Their Majesties. On Monday, June 6, at 6.30 p.m, E.S.T.;, the Royal party is sched- uled to arrive at Sudbury Junction where the King.and Queen will descend to the station platform and the Prime Miilster will pre - sent the Mayor of Sudbury and his daughter, Mis Laforest, and the Mayor of Copper Clitf: The train will leave Sudbury Junction at 7. 30 pm, ES.T. 10-Minute Stops Planned Three 10-minute stops made on the afternoon of June 6, At 1.35 p.m. EST. the Royal train will arrive at Guelph, at 2.156 p.m. E8.T. at Kitchener, and at 3.20-- - p.m, -E.S.T. at Stratford. At each city the Prime Minister -_ will introduce the Mayor and his wite. The Mayor will present an address of welcome and then will present the members of the City' Council, officials and their wives. ~The Royal train will visit Wingd- yor at 7.30 p.m. E.S.T. that evening and a 21-gun salute will be fired as Their Majesties leave the train'to have the Prime Minister present: the Mayor of Windsor and Mrs. Croll, A guard of honor will be in- spected 'by the King and the Mayor will 'present His Majesty with an address from the people of Wind- sor. Her Majesty will bouquet. ©. London, Windsor - "On 'Wednesday, June 7, the Royal "train will arrive at the C.N.R. sta. . tion at London at-10 a.m. E.S.T. and the King and Queen will be "met by the Mayor of London and Johnston, . who the Prime his mother, Mrs. will be presented by "Minister. Al 1020 a.m, Their Majesties, -tho Prime "Minister, an. Ontario . member of the Federal Cabinet, the Mayor and his mother, and the la- To Meet Royalty At: U.S. Border : Setrctary of State "Cordell Hull will greet King George and Queen Elizabeth at the Canadis an border when they enter the to 'America. Hull will accompany the King and Queen by train to Washing- ton, where President Roosevelt is to meet them at the station. "lowed. -Brantford Their will be accept a | King an address from -the citizens SEE Unitéd' States during their trip 5 * des and gentlemen in walting will drive through the city, . When passing the municipal of- fices, The King and Queen will sign the official visitors' book of the city which will be brought to thelr mo- tor car, At 10.56 a.m. the Royal party returns to the C.N.R: station and at 11 am, the train leaves for Ingersoll where a stop will be made from 11,30 am, E.S.T. to 11.40 a.m, and the usual procedure regarding presentations at short stops fol- Another 10-minute stop will be - made at Woodstock with the train arriving there at noon E.S.T, and the 'city officials will be presented as they also will be at Brantford where the Royal party arrives at 12.60 p.m., for a 15-minute stop. Be: sides the usual presentations at Majesties will autograph the Queen Anne Bible of the Six Natlons Indians. . - The sovereigns arrive at Hamil ton at 145 p.m. ES.T, and will: meet the city officials, A 21-gun salute will be fired and a' guard of honor inspected. Their Majesties, the Prime Minister, "an Ontario member of the Federal Cabinet, the Mayor -of Hamilton and Mrs. Morrison and the ladies and gentle- men in. waiting will drive_to the City Hall where, the mayor will greet the Royal visitors, hand The of Hamilton and Invite Their Ma. jesties to sign the visitors' regis ter. The Queen will accept a bou- quet. AVE 'At Nlagara Falls A guard of honer- whi be inspect- ed by The King 'and the $ralp leaves at 3.10 p.m. - The Royal party arrives at st. Catharines at four p.m. EST: Their Majesties will meet the Mayor and his wite and city offi- clals and their wives. : At 410 pm. The King and Queen, the Prime Minister, an On- tarjo mémber of the Federal Cab- 'inet, the ladies and gentlemen in walting will drive to Niagara Falls, _arriving at the boundary of the city at six p.m.; where they. will be met by a mounted escort. The King will receive:-a Royal salute from the.escort and the Hbyal party will proceed the inistration building at Quden/yictoria Park." g jou will drive to: the C.N.R. Station at 9.10 pm, and a guard of honor will be inspected by The King, At 9.30 p.m. the Royal train leaves Niagara Falls for the United States. ri TR NR i King George, Queen Elizabeth And The Two Little Princesse They Are A Happy Family: | King Unveils New National War Memorial Coraniony Highlights = Their: Majesty's Visit To Ottawa Cornerstone Of Néw Su- preme Court Building Laid By Queen Elizabeth, : The tourdey panorama of state ceremonial and military pageantry . in Ottawa May 20 will provide the King and Queen with a broad cross. section view of the capital's varied population, Highlight of the visit of the King and Queen to Ottawa Is the unvell- 'ing of thé National War Memorial in Confederation Square, May "18: His Majesty's address to the thous- ands gathered about tho massive granite plle In the city's main -square Is being broadcast to all Canada and the United States} x Trooping Of. The Color Secondary features of the capi tal program include laying of the cornerstone of the new Supreme Court building by Her Majesty, trooping of the color by the King, a state dinner, a- dinner far' mem- bers of the Senate and Commons, a birthday garden party for His Majesly and: a state ceremony - where the King 'will either give Royal assent to a number of bills or prorogue parliament. 3 Welcome From. Governor. General Cannon crashing out a Royal sal- ute. will herald the. arrival of the Royal train from Montreal on May 17, an. hour before noon. Prime Minister Mackenale King will des- cend from the train with their Ma. jgsties, who will be welcomed to the capltal by thelr hosts, Gover non-General and Lady Tweedsmuir, Also on the special-platform be- side the rallway tracks on the out- skirts of the city will be cabinet members, Senators" and House ot Commons members from the OL tawa area and Speakers of hoth Houses. Royal Train Is Silver Panels Between The Windows; 12 Cars Included --In-- Equipment __For The _ King's Use. The Royal Train which bears the King and Queen on their Canadian tour has 12 carg_thié same as they. pilot train that will precede it, car- rylng the prews officials, Color scheme of the Royal Trahf® ig royal blue with sliver panels be- tween. the windows and horizontal gold stripes: above and 'below the window line for the length of cars. 'Rhe two private cars of the Gover * nor-General, which are belng used to carry the King and Queen, carry the. Royal cost of arms, Other cars bear the royal cypher and crown. The Canadian National Rallways prepared four locomotives and the Canadian Pacific, two. -- ~ Picked Personnel Cooks, walters and porters on the Royal traln were under close medical survelllgnceé for 72 hours before they began tha Canadian tour with King George and Queen Eljzabeth,> All food served to Thelr Majesties 18 carefully supervised for purity aad all drinking. water Blue And Gold | served {s from a bottled supply of . tested walter, There are 18 Canadian Natlonal Rallways employees classified as food handlers And three or four Negro porterg of the Canadian Pa- cific Rallway sleeping car service assigned to the. care of the Royal retinue. a Queen Bringing = Finest Jewels Queen Elizabeth Is wearing a -dlamond maple leaf-shaped brooch on occasion during her Canadian visit. The brooch, a present from King George, will be among .the many pleces of fine jewelry Her Majesty - is taking to Canada and the' United States. Among-:others fis her favorite brooch which Is. a badge of Her Majesty's Own Regiment, the Black Watch. Sho uses (his brooch lo pin flowers to her coat, The Queen has also brought "her pearls whith were a present from - her father, Lord Strathmore, State Crown Won't Come Te Canada / Because Pastinment Has Not : et Spel Business Tho King has not brought the imperial state crown to Canada. The glittering, jewelled crown which His Majesty wears on-state . occasions was Jeft-behind when the King and Queen embarked on the battle crulser Repulse at Ports' mouth May 6. The reason is: understood to be that Canada's Parllament -§s not --ready for prorogation when Their Majesties are In Ottawa. Will Give Assent to Bills The King, however, is to appear n Parliament at Ottawa and give toyal assent - to bills - which have been enacted,' The last occasion on which a soverelgn gave personal royal as sent to an act of Parilament was "believed 16 have been at Westmin- ster on August 12,-1854, by Queen Victoria. Royal Train's « Post Office Philatelists will be able to ob- tain the special postmark of tXeé Royal Train Post Office by send- ing to the Philatelic, Division '(Royal Train Covers,) Finan- cial Branch, Post Office Depart- ment, Ottawa, 'Such Canadian ' postage stamps' as' are required to be mark, or a remittance suffici- ent to cover the value of stamps, ghould be sent in with the cov- ers. Requirements may be stated. in a brief, enclosed let ter, This special pst office will be operated for the convenience of the Royal party and the officials "accredited to the Royal Tour, cancelled with the special post- Queen Brings Two Ladies With Her Lady Nunburnholme And Lady Katherine Seymour Accomp- - any Her Majesty On Royal Tour--Are Personal Attend- ants. The Queen has chosen two ladies. in-wailing, of about her own age from among her friends to accomp- - any her to Canada. They are both women who have known her since the days when they went to chil dren's parties, and both have ¢hil- dren who play with the young Prin- . cesses, Lady Nunburnholme, tall, stately, lovely to look at, has fair English coloring aud large grey eyes, She is 35, and as the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Bath, was Lady '| lacy. Thynne -hefore her marriage in 1927. Popular with the Royal family--at one tiwe rumor went --~ghe .was to marry the then Prince of Wales--she was one of the large retinue of bridesmaids. at the Queen's. wedding. ln. Westminster Abbey and-also an attendant when Princess Mary, now the Princess Royal, married Viscount Lascelles. Both Are Close Friends Lady Katherine Seymour is the; same age as the Queen and a wid- ow of a few months. She has three small children, one son and lwo daughters, also playmates of the Buckingham Palace children. - Youngest daughter of the Duke of Abercorn, she was appointed to the present Royal household "as | _ lady-of-the-bedchamber on the same day. as Lady Nunburnholme, March 1, 1937, when preparations for the Coronation were under way,, and the Queen asked the help of her close friends. - Dress Not Set For Royal Trip ¥ Those Who Will Meet The King Can Suit Selves Dr. H. L. Keenleyside, chairman ot the committee In charge of ar- rangements for tire royal visit, says that fio instructions on the" mater of dress haye been fssued. "There's no sense in telling peo- ple they'll have to buy a complete new outfit because they'll be pre- f and Queen," he sald. "We're issu. ing no instructions whatever on the matter of dress. People can wear what they like on any occa. slon," Semi-Streamlined Engine Pulling It Royal Frain Piloted By 26 C.. P. R, Engineers In' Sun, A semi steamiined engine--No, 2850 of the Canadian Pacific power fleet is hauling the royal train from" Quebec to Vancouver, while: 26 C, P. R. enginé¢ers in turn handle "ithe throttle on the coast-to-coast run, From the timé Engineer" Hugene {| Leclerc took over the 2850 at /Quebeq City on May 16, until the train bearing King George VI and - Queen Elizabeth pulls into 'Vane couver station May 20, the engine will have completed upward of 8, 600 miles, It is belleved to-be a run not hitherto carried out by a single engine on the North Amer ican continent, | About-Attire | sented for 10 seconds to the King _ King George to Breil Five Times During Tour Queen Elizabeth Will Speak Over Radio Once While Their Majes- ies Are In Empire Day Message From Winuipeg will Be Heard All Over World. "BROADCASTS BY THEIR MAJESTIES N Monday, May 15, 1.45 p.m. EDST.......................At Quebec' Thursday, May 18, 2.45 p.m... EDST...-..... JAt Fag triday, May 19, 10.45 am. EDST.. At Ottawa © += (Her Majesty the Queen) - Wednesday, May 24, 3.00 p.m. EDS' ~a.At Winnipeg . (Empire Day Adres) Bl Tuesday, - May 30, 6.00 p.m. DST. cnvnimens At Victoria Thursday, June 15, 1.15 p.m. ety Feknsier ..At Halifax Those who have been able to seé¢ the script prepared by the CBC for TAME the Empire Day Braadeast at which His Majesty will make his prin- cipal speech during his tour of Canada, declare it to be a very im- pressive piece of writing. Simplic- ity is its kéynote. Each participant, typical citizens from all walks of life scattered throughout the Empire, has sub- mitted his little speech In which he talks about himself and his work. There will bo no frills and no pompous ceremoiilal. While the King's Hegre TO BE HEARD ...... May 19, 10.45 all natworks--Her Majesty speaks at the laying of the corner stone of the new Supreme Court Building 2.45 P.M all networks --the King and Queen visit the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa ...... Saturday, May 20, all networks, 10.45 AM, Trooping of the Colour at Parliament Hill described from the Main Steps of Parliament Build. ings in Ottawa .... May 22, all net- 1 Majesties Will Receive Quints Presentation will Be Made In Toronto May 22 King George V1 has given his approval to the proposal that the" Dionne quintuplets be presented to His Majesty and the Quecn in To ronto, May 22, Annette, Marle, Cecile, Emilie and Yvonne will: meet the royal couple just six days before their fifth birthday on May 28. They are to be taken to Toronto in a special train under arrangements made by "activities of the fvorks, 11.30 AM.; Description of the Royal procession from the To- ronto City Hall to Queen's Park 11.50 AM, Address of Wel: come to Their Majesties by the Premier of Onfarlo and Presenta- tion of Members of Ontario Pro- vinclal Parlfament .... 1245 P.M Presentation of Colours to Toron- to Scottish by Her Majesty the Queen ..... May 23, 6 BM, De. scription of the Royal arrival at Port" Arthur ..... 6.20 P.M,, all net. works, Songs of greeting to Their Majesties. by Fort Willlam School children's choir .... 6.45:P:M., all networks, Arrival of the Roy Party at Fort William boundary May 24, all networks, 1.30 P.M, Aildress of Welcome to Their Maj. estles by the Premier of Manitoba . on thelr 'arrival in" Winnipeg ... 2.156 to 3.15 P.M. all networks throughout the British Empire, tha United States ete, EMPIRE DAY BROADCAST to and from the en. tire British Empire and HIS MAJ. TESTY THE KING addressing his subjects everywhere' at 3 PM. EDST from Winnipofpe S15 PML all networks, the ceremony of the Black Beavers, presented to Hig Majesty the King .... May: 25, all networks, 4.30 P.M. Address of Welcome to Their Majesties by the Premier' of Saskatchewan en their arrival In Regina ' Rebroadcasts At 1116 PM, EDST every even ing throughout the tour of Their Majesties in Canada -and_the Un- ited States, thé -Canadian Broad- ~casting Corporation will present a rebroadcast of the highlights of the Royal Party on that day. King's Barber During Tour Paul E. (Red) Tasse, popu- lar proprictor of the Chateau Laurier (Ottawa)--barber ship; is barber by appointment to 'His Majesty King George VI,- on the Royal train. during .its trip across Canada, For 35 years Mr. Tasse has been engaged in barbering in "Ottawa and this is the crown- ing honor of his life so far. the Ontario Government. i | Princess Elizabeth on Her Thirteenth Birthday A charmin 13th birthday. photo of Princess "Ellzabsih taken on the moral g of hey Tho Princess had just enjoyed a ride in Windsor park with her father, the King, and her sister, Princess Margaret Rous, When .. she posed for this picturs, . di An CN Se on 0 FEL lB" oT A, a eo

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