-2- 3. I think it should be announced by you that people who are not members of the party and strangers must of necessity be excluded, because the parishioners should have first chance, 4. I suggest that you announce also that all who hold tickets should be in their pews by 10.45, in order to avoid confusion around the church door. 5. After the service is over, it is my thought that you and the Bishop would stand at the door and greet us as we come out. We would then stop across the gravel to the edge of the grass and be photographed facing the highway. This would give the rest of the party and the parishioners in the church a chance to come out behind us and move off to the right and left so that they can see the King, and Queen while we are all being photographed. Then the cars would move in behind us (between the grass and the church door) and we would get in and drive away. 6. It will, I think, be necessary for us to have some troops at the church with possibly ropes, because I fear that there will be several thousand people who will go there to get a glimpse -- and, at the same time, the highway has to be kept open for traffic and the State Troopers cannot handle such a big problem. 7. Let me know what you think of the above and I will have Colonel Starling, take up details with you when he goes up. As ever yours, Rev. Frank R. Wilson, St. James's Church, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N. Y. P.S. I hope to be home the weekend of the 28th of May. I could have a Vestry meeting that day. Because I have so much to do in preparation for the following week, how would it do to have the Vestry meeting at the church in the Vestry room right after the morning service? |