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4. THE OSHAWA TumES, Seturday, August 1, 1964 ¥ Government Road Full Of Memories 'VICTORIA (CP) -- The road to Government House was long and full of memories for Mrs. George R. Pearkes, wife of British Columbia's lieutenant- governor. . The memories go back through her husband's army and political careers and to 1914 when, as a girl, she almost sailed on the ill-fated Empress of Ireland's last voyage. Mrs. Pearkes' father, Victoria real estate man W. F. U. Cope- man, and the family were booked to sail from Montreal on the Empress bound for Eng- land. "But my mother wanted tp see New York, so father can- celled the Ireland booking and we sailed from New York. "It was a -wonderful life," said Mrs, Pearkes, "There were trips to Eng- land, and I remember when the VC winners and wives were called to London for a reception by the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales." An army posting in Ottawa shortly before the Second World War was shadowed by the death of Priscilla, their seven- year-old daughter. CYCLED TO GAMES In 1939 Gen. Pearkes was moved from Calgary to England in charge of the Ist Canadian Division Infantry Brigade, and jin 1940 Mrs. Pearkes and John | joined him there. } "John went to school at Mal- "Some of our friends were 09 yern and I would cycle 22 miles the Ireland May 29 when it col- lided with a Norwegian " freighter and sank." More than 1,000 persons died. MISSED HER DEBUT Mrs. Pearkes was born Con- stance Blytha Copeman at a ranch owned by her father, but ler family moved to this city soon after. They went to Eng- land shortly before the war. She studied the violin and was about to make her London debut when the family decided to return to Victoria, In 1925 she married Lt. - Col. George Pearkes, VC. Her husband, born in Wat- ford, England, had come to Canada in 1906, homesteaded, joined the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and in 1916 en- listed as a private in the Cana- dian Mounted Rifles. | During the war he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Passchendaele. He was wounded five times and re- ceived the DSO, MC and the Croix de Guerre. After 1925 he 'vas stationed at Winnipeg, Victoria and King- ston, Ont., attached to the staff college. Their son John, now a practising lawyer in Vancou- ver, was born at Kingston. to see him | recalled. tinued, and in 1942 the family moved to Vancouver where Gen, Pearkes took over the Pacific 'Command of the Canadian Army. "There was gasoline ration- ing and again I took to bicycl- ing,'"' said Mrs. Pearkes. The general retired after the war, and in 1945 became Con- servative member of Parlia- ment for Nanaimo, He later changed to the Es quimalt- Saanich riding, and from 1957 to 1960 was minister of national defence. On Oct. 13, 1960, Gen. Pearkes moved into Government House here as the Queen's represen- tative in B.C. "T"ve enjoyed meeting so} many people and watching them looking around the house gardens,"' says the woman who hardly has any free time be- cause of the number of official functions and events she must attend. In another year the couple will move back into their old house here and Mrs. Pearkes will be a housewife again. MOUNTIJOY, FERG USON Family Picnics Held At Cartwright Park BLACKSTOCK -- The weather was ideal July 22, for the Mount- joy family picnic, hela at Cart- wright Park, Caesarea. Thirty people attended. In the absence of president, Mrs. Mandy McLean, the vice- president, Mrs. Russel Gilbest presided for the business. * Secretary Mrs. Mervin Mount- joy is in Western Canada so Mrs. Russel Mountjoy read the minutes and acted as secretary. Two minutes silence in memory of Mr. William Mountjoy, Ked- ton, was observed. | "The following officers were) elected. * President -- Ivan Mountjoy; Vice - Gilbest; Secretary - treasurer «Mrs. Mervin Mountjoy; Sports committee --Miss Linda Mount- foy and Miss Janice Byers. » Next picnic will be held in) Cartwright park on the fourth Wednesday of July, 1965. FERGUSON PICNIC +The annual' picnic for the éastern section of the Fergu- gon clan was held in Cartwright Park Caesarea, July 25 with an @ttendance of 65, In the absence of President Stuart Dorrell, vice - president, Bill Ferguson presided and wel- domed everyone especially Mr. and Mrs. Ross Taylor of Mont- real, wyho were present for the first time and whom only one of this group had met before. Sec- president -- Mrs. Russel} Rev. Clarence Ferguson read an interesting letter from Mts. Norma Glenn, Maine, the only living member of the. third gen- eration of the William Ferguson branch. Treasurer Mrs. Murray Byers gave the financial report and received the collection. Roy Ferguson reported on the repairs done to the monument of the first, ancestors, which stands in Union Cemetery, Cad- mus, Clarence Ferguson reported |his progress on bringing the Family Tree book up to date. UNITED GATHERING Next year and every five five years, there is to be 'one united gathering of Western and Eastern sections, with Western executive to arrange time and place, Ross Taylor expressed their pleasure at meeting new rela- tives and hoped to be able to attend again. The following officers were elected: President -- Bill Ferguson; Vice-president -- Bruce Mont- gomery; Secretary -- Ear] Dorrell; treasurer -- Mrs. Mur- ray Byers; Committe -- Mrs. Ivan Mountjoy and Dalton Dor- rell, The eastern section will meet in Cartwright Park, on the last Saturday of July, 1966. SPORTS PROGRAM retary Carl Dorrell read the minutes and correspondence. The sports committee, and Mrs. Mr. Lloyd Wright con- play cricket," she|Mountjoy; G Their fast-moving life con-| By ALEXANDER FARRELL Canadian Press Staff Writer Ranger 7 Hits Moon ' Johnson Trims Field Thant Fails to Collect The number 13 turned out to be a lucky one for the United States Friday in its efforts to get acquainted with the moon when Ranger 7 made a lunar landing right on schedule. Seventeen minutes before impact the Goldstone, Calif., tracking station began receiv- ing picture signals from the spacecraft. Before the landing all six of its cameras trans- mitted the first close-up pic- tures of the near side of the moon, The successful flight came after 12 failures in various types of moon probes. Previ- ously, the closest lunar pic- tures were those taken by the Soviet Union's Lunik III of the far side of the moon in 1959 ooe '| from 40,000 miles away. 5] CHOICE NARROWED Back on earth, meanwhile, President Johnson eliminated some of the possible contend- *| ers for the role of his running male in the Nov. 3 U.S. pres- i) idential election. In a surprise move seen by pundits as aimed mainly at putting At- torney-General Robert Ken- nedy out of the picture, John- gon said Thursday he has de- cided it would be inadvisable to nominate for vice-president any cabinet member or any- body regularly in touch with the cabinet. Specul ation immediately fasteneq upon Senators Hu- bert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy, both of Minne- sota, as possible No. 2 men on the Democratic ticket, In an Associated Press poll of dele- gates to the Democratic Cen- ducted an interesting program of jentertainment with the following winners: | Children -- Hand under--Col- lette Taylor. Children 6 and under -- Bunny Hop -- Neil Taylor; Girls 8 and under -- |Mary Ferguson; Children 10 land under -- Three-legged: race |-- Ian Ferguson and Walter Taylor; Boys 8 and under -- Laurence Taylor. | Girls 16 and under -- Shoe lscramble -- Heather Dorrell; |Girls 12 and under -- Linda irls 10 and under -- Sack race -- Leslie Wright; Boys race 12 and under --Don \Wright; Boys 16 and under Sack race -- Don Wright; Girls 16 and under -- July Mountjoy; Bovs 16 and under -- Ian Fer- on. Ladies shoe Kick Linda Mountjoy; Mens shoe kick -- Grant Ferguson; Couples three legged -- Bruce and Jean Tay- lor; Ladies spot -- Nancy Dorr- ell; Mens Ball throw -- George Dunbar; Ladies activity -- Jean Taylor; Mens activity -- Mur- ray Byers; Youngest baby pres- ent -- Daniel Morton; Largest family present -- The Bruce Taylors;. Having come the far- thest Mr. and Mrs, Ross Taylor, Montreal. Jerry Lewis « "WHO'S MINDING THE STORE? HWY EAST 839 IVERPOOL RON AT ADT PHONE 287 8369 OP Number 13 Is Lucky For U.S. Moon Probes vention opening in Atlantic City, NJ., Aug. 24, Hum- phrey was the top choice for vice-president, 'NYET' FROM K In a visit to the Soviet Un- ion, Secretary - General U Thant tried unsuccessfully to persuade Premier Khrush- chev to change the Soviet stand against paying for United Nations peace-keepin; operations in The Congo an the Middle East. Before leaving Moscow, he made a television appeal for support of the UN so that it "will not face the same fate as its predecessor, the League of Nations." RIOTING EASES An uneasy calm settled over New York City and Roches- ter, N.Y., after last week's racial disturbances. Talks be- tween New York's Mayor Robert Wagner and Dr. Mar- tin Luther King, Negro civil rights leader, appeared to get nowhere. Wagner expressed his "'com- plete faith" in Police Com- missioner Michael J. Murphy but King said he finds the commissioner "utterly unre- sponsive" to demands of the city's Negroes, whose leaders want a civilian board to re- view cases of alleged police brutality. Racial violence hit Roches- ter, N.Y., last weekend, re- sulting in four deaths, injur- jes to 350 persons and more than 1,000 arrests. MASSACRE IN AFRICA A fanatic religious sect. the Lumpas, ran wild in Northern Rhodesia, where refugees re- ported the massacre of 200 in- habitants in two villages. The government said its troops killed 65 Lumpas in an armed clash at their headquartérs village Thursday but the sect, followers of prophetess Alice Lenshina, was reported to be massing in another part of the country. 'RIDICULOUS' CHARGE Armed clashes also con- tinued in Borneo, where In- donesia and Malaysia have a common frontier, The Malay- sian prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said in Mont- real a Russian charge that Malaysia is the aggressor in the jungle war is "ridiculous." On a visit to Ottawa the tunku (prince) gained Can- .ada's agreement to help Malaysia purchase aircraft and train pilots. VISIT EXTENDED Prime Minister Pearson an- nounced in the House of Co\)- mons Thursday the Queen and Prince Philip will visit Ot- tawa Oct. 11-13, Canada's WEEK IN ONTARIO Premier Robarts announced Thursday that two byelections will be held Sept, 10--just one week before Ontario's Liber- "als are to gather in Toronto to choose a new leader. The Sept. 10 date could make or break Charles Templeton's chances for the Liberal lead- ership, since he will be the Liberal candidate in the Tor- , Thanksgiving weekend, fol- lowing their previously an- nounceg visits to Charlotte- town and Quebec City. SALUTE CHURCHILL The British House of Com- mons united Tuesday in an all-party tribute to Sir Wins- ton Churchill, retiring from politics at the age of 89. The wartime prime minister, a member of Parliament for 64 years, will not contest his seat in the general election this fall. Later a committee includ- ing the prime minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and the Labor party leader, Harold Wilson, waited upon Sir Wins- ton to convey a House resolu- onto Riverdale riding. The other vacant seat is Windsor Sandwich, whose Liberal member, Maurice Be- langer, died in the spring. Toronto Riverdale was left without a member by the resignation of Robert Mac- aulay, a former Conservative cabinet minister. Attorney - General Wishart launched an investigation into Windfall Mines and Oils Lim- ited, whose stock had climbed in the last few weeks to the $5 range from the 50 - cent area, The bottom dropped out Friday when Windfall said as- say results on its Timmins property were negative. Eight new charges of con- tributing to juvenile delin- were laid against a Shatham United Church min- isver, Rev. Russell Horsburgh accusing him of encouraging sexual intercourse amon is teen-agers attending a you club he organized. A week earlier eight similar charges had been dismissed on the grounds that the informations had not been detailed enough to allow the minister to pre- pare defence. Tribal warfare displaced unity at the National Indian Conference mear Sault Ste. Marie. A Montreal fashion model, Kahn - tineta Horn, gathered supporters in an at- tempt to oust the council's executive. : Fighting to save his job is Cotnc!! President Wil- liam Wuttunee of Calgary, whom Miss Horn regards as a "town Indian" divorced from the problems of Indians on the reserve. ing as a at Montreal's Bordeaux Jail. Judge Emile Trottier said Smith "deliberat- ely set out-to traffic drugs within the jail." SATURDAY'S THE NEW BAND WITH THE NEW SOUND By THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada Safeway Ltd., 4.40 per cent pfd. $1.10, Oct. 1, record Sept. 1. Hayes Steel Products Lid., 15 cents, Aug. 31, record Aug. 14. Robert Morse Corp. Léd., class A 17% cents plus five cents in Sept. 1, record Aug. 21. respect of arrears, Jerry Reidt and His Orchestra GUARD SENTENCED M Frida illegal ONTREAL (CP) -- Norm- Smith, 23, was sentenced to two years in prison for Possession and traffick- ing in barbiturates while work- Couples only -- Doncing 723-2143 -- Jas iaae INSTALLS RADIO A major American bus line is installing individual radio re- ceivers with private earphones for every seat in its servce. tion thanking him 'for his services to Parliament, the mation and the world." ' STARTS SUNDAY DIES AT POST 4 -- All Color Show! : A 64-year-old widow, Mrs. |§ Addie McCormick, !ost her life Thursday by staying at her telephone switchboard to warn guests when a fire swept Ottawa's fashionable 300-room Beacon Arms Hotel. Her son, Donald, was one of the firemen who fought the blaze that took two other lives and injured at least 17. World briefs: Rock 'n' roll. record hops were banned in the Boston suburb of Medford following a dance-hall brawl among white and Negro youths Tuesday night... . Britain agreed Thursday to grant independence Feb. 18 to Gambia, its last West African colony. . . . The New Delhi news paper The Statesman says India could produce a "militarily useful" atomic ADVENTURES OF THE AGES... FOR ALL AGES! THE 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD In COLOR with KERWIN MATHEWS KATHRYN GRANT LAST TIMES TODAY Mon.-Fri, poors OPEN 6:30 P.M, "NURSE ON WHEELS" "GIRLS TAKE OVER" BILTMORE NOTHING LESS THAN A MIRACLE IN MOTION PICTURES THE 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER in COLOR with KERWIN MATHEWS JO MORROW BOTH Fr RUN Continuous SAT & SUN, From 1:30 P.M, Ti NKIE AVALON - FUNICELLO BUDDY HACKETT BOX OFFICE OPENS 8:00 FIRST SHOW AT DUSK TOMORROW BIG FEATURES ADULTS $1 00 ONLY FOUR DAYS ONLY SAT. @ SUN. @ MON. ond TUES eit Happened "-WoRLDs FaiR."* COME AS EARLY AS 8:00 P.M, OR AS LATE AS 1.00 A.M. Giant "Dusk 'Til Dawn Show" bomb within 18. months but INCLUDES THE ABOVE 2 FEATURES comments that the idea is "probably in nobody's mind," >. y Some 100 persons were feared drowned Wednesday when a crowded launch hit a sandbar, broke up and sank at the confluence ofy the Padma and Meghna rivers in East Pakistan... .. A Chicago jury Sunday convicted Team- sters Union President James Hoffa of fraud in arranging loans from the union's multi- million-dollar pension fund. a DANCE TONIGHT Old Time ~- Modern ADMISSION----$1.25 Robert Taylor Joan Caulfield "CATTLE KING" IN TECHNICOLOR CenTne OPENS MONDAY! THRU AUG. 15 JEANNIE ns | O'KEEFE CENTRE "The Honeymoon Machine" TECHNICOLOR Steve McQueen TODAY CONTINUOUS FEATURE AT. . 2:10-5:10-8:10 IT'S HERE! THE MIGHTIEST X Regeni ER FILMED! 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