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Letter from the Queen

NEWS photo Torry Peters

V- Friday. Anvil 5, 1985 - North Shore News

ENTERTAINMENT:41

Two Easter weekend plays
from Green Thumb.

SIX-YEAR-OLD Jessie Hill is an even bigger supporter of the Queen than she was after receiving a note of acknowledgement
for the Valentine ske sent Queen Elizabeth I,

She's beaming over

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letter fromm Queen

SIX-YEAR-OLD Jessie Hil! is all smiles becatise
of a special piece of mail she has received.

The North Vancouver
grade I student sent a Valen-
tine card to Queen Elizabeth
Hsothis year and, in return,
received a letter of thank
you signed by the Queen's
lady in waiting, Kathryn
Drydale.

‘It was her own idea to
seid a Valentine to the
Queen,’” says her grand-
mother Joan Hill, who was
minding Jessie during spring
break while her mother was
at work. ‘'l think her next
project was going to be to
write to the Queen for
Easter, although | think
she’s a little late this year.’”

The answer Jessie receiv-
ed, typed on an official
Buckingham Palace let-
terhead, sent Jessie sincere
thanks for her kind thought
in writing to the Queen.

“*l was doing Valentines at
home with my mom,’’ Jessie
explains. ‘And my mommy
was giving me a hint of who

BRITISH COLUM-
BIANS will be celebrating
not one but two religious
holiday this weekend.

Saturday has been pro-
claimed an official day of
prayer in the province,
thanks to the efforts of
the United Citizens for
Integrity.

Victoria resident John
Crages helped lobby the
government for the proc-
lamation, ‘‘primarily
because of the economic
state we're in.””

Said Cragys: ‘‘When
people pray, God in-

Saturday day
for prayer

BARRETT FISHE

1 could send one too besides
my family. She mentioned
my friends, and I said, ‘I
haven't sent one to the
Queen.’ ”

Asked if she would ever
like to visit the Queen, Jessie
says, ‘‘It would take too
long, because | don’t know
if she would have an airport,
but I'd like to meet her.”*

Jessie says she thinks the
Queen is pretty special
because, ‘‘she lives in a big
caste far away, and great
stars come and visit her.’’

Asked what the function
of the Queen is, Jessie says,
“She stays at home most of
the time. I think being a
Queen means a lot to the
person who is the Queen.”

Jessie’s plans to send
another card or letter to the
Queen, ‘‘whenever my mom
can help,”’ she says.

tervenes. We felt we had
to do something.”

A spokesmen in the
Provincial Secretary’s of-
fice in Victoria said the
prayer day is a new event
for the province.

North Shore resident
Linda Clements suggests
that topics on Saturday
could include prayers for
continued guidance and
wisdom for provincial
Jeaders, increased
employment, decreased
crime, family unity, hope
for B.C.'s youth and suc-
cess for Expo 86.