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Where and When to See the Royal Conple Satnrday Search for Oil Got ALL GLENGARRY will be warmly welcoming our Royal Visitors, Saturday, as the Britannia bears them along our riverfront to Cornwall. Many will no doubt journey to Cornwall to see the Queen and Prince Philip in person. Those planning to view the Britannia on its way upriver will have to be up early Saturday morning. The Royal Yacht is due at the Snell lock at 8:45 f a.m., and tour officials inform us it will be passing Lancaster “sometime between 5:00 and 7:00 o’clock”. Where And When To See The Royal Conple Satnrday Following are the details of the Queen”. Royal couple’s visit to this area on 11:15 a.m. — The party enters Saturday, June 27th: motor cars and drives to the Recep- 11:00 a.m. — H.M.Y. Britannia is tion Centre of the Power Authority partially raised in the Eisenhower of the State of New York at the Lock with bow in place. The Queen south end of the Moses Saunders and the Duke of Edinburgh, accom- Dam. » panied by the Hon. George Hees, 11:30 a.m. — Arrival at the Re- disembark and are received by the. ception Centre at the south end Vice - President of the United of the Dam. The Governor of New States of America and Mrs. Nixon; York State presents , Mr. Robert the Governor of the St^e of New Moses, the Chairman of the Power York and Mrs. Rockefeller; the Authority of the State of New York, Premier of Ontario and Mrs. Frost, and Mrs. Moses; the Premier of and Mr. lÆWis Castle, Chairman of Ontario presents Mr. James S. the St. Lawrence Seaway Develop- Duncan, C.M.G., Chairman of the ment Corporation. Ontario Hydro Electric Pow'er Com- The party moves to the front of mission of Ontario, and Mrs. Dun- a platform. The Vice - President can. Mr. Moses makes a number speaks briefly and welcomes Her of presentations to The Queen, the Majesty and his Royal Highness. Duke of Edinburgh, the Vice Pi-esi- Her Majesty the Queen responds. dent and Mrs. Nixon, and the Gov- HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE PHILIP HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II The Massena High School Band ernor of New York State and Mrs. Rockefeller. Mr: Moses introduces . ^Pictoe by McKague. —Picture by McKague. plays the National Anthem of the Courtesy Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity Courtesy Ontario Department of Ti-avel and Publicity United States and “God Save The (Continued on Page 4) • Will people who sit and • Breathes there the man ■watch ‘Queen For A Day* on with soul so dead, who never TV, go to Cornwall to see a . to himself has said, this is real Queen for a day? The Glengarry New my own , . .; hope it has oil? ONE OF CANADA’S AWARD-WINNING WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS VOL. LXVIII — No. 26 ALEXANDRIA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 25tli, 1959 • • SINGLE. COPT 7o Buu PISSES din-n. MIRE IT MCCRIMMOH Search For Oil Got Underway Saturday Guindon Majority Now At 69 Decision On Recount Monday With Arrival 01 Drilling Crew Official tabulation of the Jnne 11th vote, made today, gives Fem Guindon a 69 majority over his Liberal oppon- A diamond di’ill has already bit- ent. Returning Officer James Bentley put the final figures ten down past the 600-foot mark Five Cows Killed at: Guindon, 4,575; Major, 4,506. near MoCrimmon, as the search for Dinner Honors There were 95 rejected ballots. •oil under Glengarry reaches a new When Hit By Car Mr. Major has until Monday to apply for a judicial and exciting phase. The drill has Retiring Teacher recount. been working 24 hours a day since Dan J. MacDonald, Laggan, lost* Saturday as two shifts of workers five cows early this morning when Mrs. Duncan A. McDonald was keep the rig in action. Many spec- they were struck by a car driven honored Thursday of last week on tators have been drawn to the site. by Everett Nixon. The driver was the eve of her retirement from the Now Have Supervised Swimming At press time there was no indi- unhurt though his car -was wrecked. teaching staff of Glengarry District cation any trace’s of oil or oil-bear- The accident occurred one mile High School here. Fellow members Official Park Opening July 1st ing strata had been turned up. east of Laggan. Four of the cows, of the staff entertained members of The drill rig arrived Friday from which had' strayed-onto the County the Board of Trustees, their wives The summer season of supervised Houyn, Que., and was set up on Road, were killed instantly and a and friends, at a dinner held in the swimming at the Alexandria beach Many Anniversaries a farm owned by Mrs. A. H. Ken- fifth had to be disposed of this Alexandria Curling Club that eve- started yesterday to accommodate nedy of Cornwall. It is just west morning. ning. school parties from Finch and In Holy Cross of M.cCrimmon’s (Corners on the Chesterville. Other groups will be -Prescott County side of the bound- Rene Gauthier acted as chair- picnicking on the park this week, Thursday, July 2nd, will be a ary road. man, and Pi-incipal J. T. Smith was too, and there will be regular super- memorable ;day at thé Mother Four New Teachers called on to present to Mrs. Mc- vision from now until Labor Day House of the Holy Cross Com- Ofacials of the Toronto mining Donald a card table and chairs when school holidays end. munity, St Laurent, Que., when .syndicate which launched the hunt For High School from the staff. In making the Official opening of the Park sea- notable anniversaries of 78 of the for oil or mineral wealth in the presentation, Mr. Smith pointed out son takes place next Wednesday, Sisters of Holy Cross will be cele- area early this Spring were not on One of the new teacheks at Glen- jthat one of the reasons why Mrs. brated. They add up to 2,785 years garry District High School, next July 1st, ■with a day-long celebra- the scene when a News’ reporter McDonald’s contribution to this of service in the Order. term-, will be a former pupil of the tion which promises to be bigger visited the drill Monday afternoon. community was outstanding was 'Ruby anniversaries, 65 years, school. James Y. Baker of Corn- and better than ever. One of the engineers had been because she never let trifles bother will be observed by two of the wall, a son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Y. Three vaudeville acts out of there earlier, -We learned, to super- her. “She gave of herself unstint- nuns; seven ■will mark their dia- Baker, Alexandria, will teach Boys’ Montreal head'line the entertain- vise setting up of the rig. ingly to the things that were im- mond anniversaries, 60 years; no PT and Junior Mathematics. Jim ment on land, including a thrilling portant and worthwhile”, observed' less than 24, their golden dates, and It had passed' the 400-foot mark is taking a qualifying course at To- high-wire act on a bicycle, a sword Mr. Smith. 45 their silver anniversaries. at that time and rock samples ronto this summer. swallower, and Bozo the clo-wn. G. G. Aubry, chairman of the On the lake there will be a color- Among those marking 50 years in brought up appeared to be almost Other replacements on the staff; Board of Trustees, recalled his ful water-ski show presented by Holy Cross are Mother Wenceslas, Miss Gall Nyman of Long Sault, All granite or limestone. ■RCAF .personnel from Otta-wa. This now Superior at Gowgama, and a graduate of St Francis Xavier many years of association -with Mrs. will include a six-girl precision bal- Sister Mary of St. Gregory, who The ssmdicate has an option on University, who will teach Home McDonald and her splendid spirit ■ let ski team. was sacristan here for many years. Economics. of co-opemtion at all times. On one McOrimmon area farm and behalf of the board, he presented Notable, too, is the fact that the There ■will be platform entertain- principals of two Alexandria agreements with five other farm Miss Jacqueline Matte of Vank- her with a purse. ment, too, in song and dance; all owners on both sides of the Glen- leek Hill, a graduate of Ottawa schools are among those' celebrating In her gracious response, Mrs. the ■usual booths and for the kid- silver anniversaries. Sister M. of DIGGING FOR OIL — An estimated 200 area residents on SnlMay garry-Preseott border. Another 400 University, who -wiil take Girls’ PT dies the slides and rides they like and Junior French. McDonald paid special tribute to St Jamesma, of the Alexander visited the pastnre near McCrlnunon, where this diamond drill rig acres in the area just west of the parents in this district for the to linger at. School, was feted by her fellow is now sampling the sub-strata in search of oil. Members of the Dunvegan has been surveyed and Miss Ursula Flndeisen, a gradu- training and discipline they have The night show ■will see a repeat Sisters on Sunday. Sister M. of ate of McMaster University, who of the major afternoon entertain- agreements completed for the test given their children. In this way St Hose Alice, who directs Per- drill crew are staying at the nearby farm of Elmer MacDonald, which will have Library, English and they had made her work much ment and In addition there will be working.
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