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No.
FRtDAY, AUGUST
7
7th,
t953.
PRTCE 2d
Searchli 'ghts spotlis ht Cam p close-down, L
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& THEN TA.TA
f" .AST night's oercmotry to mark thre formal close'down of the St. John Cadet Coronation: Camp will long be remembered by alt who were privileged to take part in it Here was a fitting climax to a week that, inr spite of its watery start, and its one grearq disappointment, was hugely enjoyed by everlone*a week of history in the making. The 2,000 campers assembled on Unfortunately, General Rich was the parade ground as the shadows too fully occupied at the time. Yes, began to lengthen. he was helping the W.V.S. to wash Throughout the speeches, and the up, after a beano held by the presentations. and the various dis- Somerset Ambulance Cadets to celebrate winning their sub-camp totem plays that had been arranged, pole.
searchlights swept the arena, and lit
Our own Princess under canyas Cadets attending the Coro$EW l- nation Camp have been aware
that there has been a Princess all the time. Moreover. she has
living under canvas like
here been.
everybody
else-
She is Princess Chula Chakrabongse, whose husband. Prince Chula of Thailand. is a ffrst cousin
of
the reigning king of Siam, King
Perhaps the most moving spectacle Bumiphol. up its fringe of towering trees. all i,n last night's parads came Princess Chula, who was formerly It was a fairy-like setting, but it of right at the end. Miss Elizabeth Hunter, and whose would have been nothing without This was when the Band led the father is the head of a well known music, and for this the eamp was long
column of Nursing Cadets in Sheerness their withdrawal from the arena. Cadet Band. returned to head the reHow smart the Band looked, with and thenprocession of Ambula,nce their instruments gleaming in the treating Cadets.
again indebted to the
full glare of the searchlights, and how sfirred were all the Cadets by the display of marching and counter-marchin-e.
The parade had its moments of
fun,
too. . How everyone laughed rvhen the lights suddenly focussed on Ihe queerest of apparitions-a tan-
dem bicycle ridden bv a man and woman in the costumes of grandmama's time.
herself
General Rich.
THE IARGEST Sr. JOHN CADET CAMP EYER parade was addressed by the Doputy Sup elin tend,ent-in-Cbi ef , [tHE r Mrs. Beatrice Grosverrorl [he Chief Officer. Nursing Cadetg Miss Yirginia Cunard; and the Camp Dr F. R. B. [I. Kennedy. In his speedh, Dr. Kennedy said: "This Camp has been a good one "Some months ago, Miss Cunard and a happy one, and I am certain and I had a picnic lunch on the that we have made many good and lawns of Stubbers, and we wondered firm friends. We also know that we then what the Coronatioin Camp have made history in having the ,
The Band struck up "Daisy Bell"
and everyone j,oined in the singing. Our roving repoiter laiter identiffed
the cyclists as Dr. Gladys Danhy,
tthe Assistant Carnp
London printing firm, is
County Cadet . Officer for Cornwall. At Stubbers, she has been assisting the Chief Administrative Officer,
Comrnandant,
aqd Mr. H. F. Muiligan,
in
charge
of adtiv,ifies. would be Iike. largest camp of St. John Cadets that It'was also learned that the Chief "You arrived last Friday in the has ever been held. pouring. Administrative Officer, Major-Genrain, and no doubt you, eral H. H. Rich. was to have appeared too, wondered what the Camp would ing"Perhaps some of us are wonderwhen the next camp of this size in the uniform of the W.V.S.-just be like. for a bit of fun. "Now rve all know Continued on Page 2.