Dear Ms. Stuckless, After reading 'Where History Takes Flight' in January's Downhome magazine - story and photos by Dennis Flynn - I went to my old photo album and dug out a few photos that I took in July 1959. My first cousin Hugh Horwood and his sister Roberta (now Mercer) took a car full of us to Gander to see the Queen - that's Queen Elizabeth II. Our uncle Royal Cooper (who married out mother's sister Ella Adams of Milton, NL) was then the mayor of Gander. Gander went 'all out' to welcome the Queen. An archway of evergreen boughs was built to welcome the Queen on one side and after her short view of Gander, to say 'Bon Voyage' when she went back to the air terminal to take her plane. Many central Newfoundland communities had banners erected along the route she took. One such banner was Buchans - pic 3. Getting a picture of the Queen was very difficult as is seen in pic 4. Getting back to pic 1, we thought that uncle Royal and Aunt Ella were just as important as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. To us they were! Austin Greening Clarenville, NL   Submitted By: NULL