Orangeville High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Orangeville, Ontario Canada)

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95 Grade 13 Trip To Ottawa by Ruth Pearce X111 On Thursday afternoon, May 15, 1955, students of Grade X111 and the girls who work in the cafeteria boarded the bus for their tour to Ottawa. Since it was a beautiful day we enjoyed our trip very much. We stopped at Deseronto and ate our lunch. Around 10 olclock , after approximately seven and one ehalf hours of driving, a weary group arrived at the Y.,W.C.A. and Y,M.C.A. We were still able, however, to talk and laugh for half of the night. ln the morning, refreshed after what sleep we did get, we visited the Royal Mint. Here the big attrac- tion, for the Sir-15 , was the Mounties. The tour through the mint was very interesting and the guide patiently answered all of our ques- tions. It was really interesting to see the various operations involved in making our coinage. Since the Archives is right next to the Mint, we made it our next stop. ln the Archives were many things of historical interest, among them being the cloak Sir lsaac Brrpck wore, and relics which belonged to Ancient Monarchs. There was, Etoo, a miniature model of the war memorial erected on Vimy ridge. One of the most int:- ere sting things was a model of Ottawa with al l the houses in their right places. The highlight of the tour came at noon when we had lun- cheon in the Parliament Buildings. We were guests of Honourable W. E. Rowe, who is Progressive Conservative representative for Dllfe- ferin:-SimcoeRiding. After lunch we went into the House of Commons where Parliament was in session. Mr. Rowe very kindly arranged a meeting with Honourable George Drew and J. G., Diefenbaker., The most exciting moment came when we were introduced to Prime Min- ister St. Laurent. Mr. St. Laurent invited us into his private office where he spoke to us for a few minutes. Following this, Mr. Rowe had a guide take us through the Parliament Buildings. The architec-s ture in the main hall and the beautiful stained glass windows in the Memorial Chamber were breath-staking. Of course, we went up to the top of the Peace Tower. What a thrill to look down on Ottawa from the top of the tower! On the way clowngthe elevator operator stopped the elevator and pointed ou.t the different bells in the tower. These ' bells ranged in size' from ten pounds to eleven tons and carillon rec- itals are given almost every day. Later on Friday afternoon we went for a drive through Hull and out toward McKenzie King's re sidence. Friday night we were on our own, and l'm afraid Ottawa will never be the same.