Message For

lilayor Bruce H. Yao yesterday issued the following New Years musage to the people of Montague.

--Following a program of sound civic i' consistent with I program to provide all necessary facilities required in a municipali- ty'of this size, the Town Council fels that the year Just past has been one of growth and develop- ment in the town of Montague.

The major program of the P313 two years. that of street paving, wee continued this year with the completion of Locust Street and Chestnut-Parkman Streets.

This program has resulted in all the major streets of the town hav- ingheen paved, and this program will-be further extended provided iuitable arrangements can be made

All existing pavement was also maintained and repaired so as to k it these strets in as good a con- diilrm as possible.

This year a new program was undertaken. that of providing new sidewalks in the town of Montague. A long portion on the north side of the town. together with the side- walk approaches to the bridge iuirg ompleted this year. and a further program will be carried out III the New Year to continue this necessary work.

avian New srnnnrs

- ahpwcaiewf-tats-eels have been i. nod in the town and already residences are being erectd which

may arve to indicat the rapid growth of the town. a fact further emphasized by the growth of school attendance during the past

.Easiern Guardian

.iTiiWN OF MONTAGUE taxes are due now and rrrust be paid before December am.

MONTAGUE Week of Prayer service. Monday. ' 800 11.111. Church of Christ. Rev. A. M. Rogerson.

VALLEYFIELD - Orwell H e a d Congregation. Services for Sun- day. January 1st: Orwell Head 11 a.in.; Kilmuir I p.m.; Valleyficld 7.3) p.m. Rev. Fred MacKinnon. Minister.

UNITED. BAPTIST Churches: Montague 11 a.m. Sunday school at 9.45 am. Murray River 3 pm. Sturgeon 7.30 p.m. with Song Scr- vicc at 7.15. Ordinance of the Lord's Supper at the close of this service. All visitors welcome Rev. A.M. Rngei-son. minister.

ST. PETER'S BAY Pastoral ljiiarcc. the United Church of (npnda Services for New Yearls "ilk January lst: St. Peter's -W'f'l,.'l'P at H a.m.: Greenwich Willi” 0' 2-30 P-In-: Marie serv- ito at 730 p.mh Rev. Russell A. Mm-iieud. Minister.

Speaker

Personals

p .'ili Frank Giddingl, Halifax, N. - . went the Christmas weekend at his home in Cambridge.

I lllpv-ll-'1ItN lfemphlil, Montague. and tuition! in the Kings County mjhilllh-"ll. and her many friends ltonllh Fr 3 "mdy mum '" 5”"

N 2 James sutuvim. R. c. A. r.. land

l:i:liI'lI0flVlO his base in Camp Bor-

FBIDAY SATURDAY

MAYOR BRUCE ll. YEO

Mayor Yeo's New Year

Montaque

The year I055 proved to be an eventful and prosperous one for the town of Souris. with the building and opening of several new services and businesses. The highlight of progress was the completlo and opening Sep- tember of th comniodious new High School. 0 provide addition- at markets for the fishermen two new fish processing plants were built and put into operation; these were the Fish Meal Plant and the Filletlng Plant. The prop erty that was formerly operated by J. J. Hughes df Co. was com- pletely remodelled and reopened as a modern Co-operative store. ,

A new R.C.M.P. barracks was erected and put Into operation, and the new Canadian Legion Home was officially opened in

ject, and converted the

'Town Of-Souris Records Year Of Marked Progress

June. Gillesple's Snack narlwu remodelled and extended. and the Central Market was converted into a modern restaurant.

The Eastpack Co. carried out large extension work on their whu-(property. St. Mary's Ro- man (Jathoiic Church was rededi- cated in November. after com-

plete interior redecoration.

The Town Council carried out an extensive street pavingd pro- o . Mary's Hall into a snow plow building. The residents of Suth- cland Street undertook the layout

of a sewer line.

The foregoing are commendable achievements. Dfodilced by the

ambition and public spirit of the citizens of Souris. who have set a

fine example to the Province dur- ing the past year.

Mayor Boudreault Extends

Mayor P. L. Boudreault, on be- half of the Town Council extends greetings and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year to the citizens of Georgetown. His Worship reviewed many of i the accomplishments of the yearl just ended and looked forward: with confidence and hope of fur- ther progress and civic accom- plishments in the year ahead. Among projects referred to by Mayor Boudreault was the sub- grading and gravelling of Victoria Street, which extends north and, south for a distance of nearly half a mile; the sub-grading and gravelllng of Gordon Street and the gravelling of Fitzroy Street. It is planned to pave Victoria. Gordon and Fitzroy Streets in 1956. North Street was machined.

.few years and the necesiiy of erecting a new high school.

Every assistance has been giv- en the fine department to provide it with necessities for its work. This yer a dam and water reser- voir was completed at Burnt Bridge for the protection of citizens in that area. Many new culverts and new manholes have been placed for drainage purposes.

The town has acquired the scr- vices of Mr. John White as town policeman and i Jging from his past record he should fulfill his work to the satisfaction of all.

The old post office building tias been acquired for a nominal sum from War Assets Corporation. and this building may well serve the community to good purpose in years to come.

FINANCES GOOD

The financial position of the town in an enviable one. and with the federal grant of approximately 51400.00 to the town and school combined, It will do much to stabi- lize and onsolidate gains which we have already made.

Therefore I feel the past year has been one of marked progress. and I feel sure the New Your will bring advancement equally as

great.

I would like to express to the citizens of Montague my sincere thanks for their splendid co-opera- tion in all matters of welfare to the community, and extend to them and the people of the sur- rounding areas. best wishes for health. happiness and prosperity

in the New Year.

Potato Boot Leaves Souris

The S.S. Gulfport, 1.635 ton re- gistry, Capt. J. A. Begin with a crew of 29 men sailed yes- terday morning from Souris with a cargo of 53.135-100 lb. bags of seed potatoes destined for Char- leston, S. C. and Jacksonville, Fla. The variety of potatoes were Pon- tiac. Sebagoes and Katahadlns. She was loaded by G. H. Brookins and MacFarlane'a Produce.

den, 0nf., after sepending the Christmas holidays at his home in Montauge.

Mrs. W. E. MacNcill. who has been a patient in the P. 1-). I. Hos- pital iorv the past two weeks. has returned to her home in Montague.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Harper. Tig- nish, had as their guests for the Christmas ltoliday. their sons Rom- ey who is cmploycd in New Bruns- wick and Reggie employed at Hal- ifax. Thcir daughter Irma. of Charlottetown also visited with her parents.

Miss Anna Power, Halifax, arriv- ed in Montague last week to spend the winter months.

Mr. M. C. Rcynolds returned to M tague after , ding the Christ- lnll weekend in Moncton. guest of his son-in-law and daughter. Sgt. Lionel Strong and Mrs. Strong.

ATOMIC ELECTRICITY

The world's first full-size atomic 0190510"! station in northern Eng- hte to be operating

- THEATRE . itioitrtsur

Adm. 40c - 55c Including Prov. Gov. A. Tax A

.. HELL”! OUTPOIT

Rod-Cameron - Joan Iseslie - Chill With

mMining

Town Adventure. 'nmils and Romance.

NEWS and CARTOON

Mon .

W.

Tues

Adm. 30 - 46 Incid. Prov. Gov. A Tax llatrineo -- Tuesday -- 2:30 pm.

A A A.-EUDDENLY

3.? o”'”';f Sinatra - Sterling Hayden

K. . thh tension romance.

In the sub-grading. graveuing and machine work on the various , streets and in having the interest

taken off the debenture on th.

Recreational Center. the Mayoi

and Council had the full co-opera y tion and assistance of the Provii. l cinl Government representatives - for 5th Kings.

l wonx on TOWN HALL

renovated and is now one of the I finest halls in tlw Province. The llall interior was painted; im- pmvements made to the motion picture projection booth; new in- side black-out shutters installedzl

and the floor of the hall sanded.

A new Council Chamber was built. over the Fire Hall and fin- lahed in Masonite. The new room

During 1955, um Town Han Wu major community facilities. been kept in constant repai. or

were improved.

structlon is contemplated for the naming year.

lite stage closed in with Masonite. with confidence that the ycar195d was would see many

l jects undertaken. which would snark the progress of the capital neat of King's County.

lGreefings To Georgetown .

MAYOR P. L. BOUDREAULT

is heated by an oil heater.

l liad

A programme of sidewalk con- looked

His Worship forward

important pro-

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Jets Collide I

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE. Man. (CPI-Three crew members par- achuted to safety Friday when two RCAF Silver Star Jets collided in the air 14 miles northwest of here.

One of the planes crashed on the shore: of frozen Lake Manitoba about five miles northwest of the point of collision. The other landed in a farmer's snow-covered field four miles southeast.

The aircraft. from Macdonald air base. were in a three-plane forma- tion about two miles west of the base when the lead plane. a dual-1 controlled T-38 and a solo Jet ny- ing alongside. collided. i

One ainnan dropped on a high-

3 Airmen Escape When

hnds Air Force.

MONTAGUE BAKERY

n Mid Air

The men were identified as F0 W.l-I. McKay. 23, instructor in the stu dent PO R.C. Pranzi, 22. Pilot of the other plane was Sgt. J.C. iockeleon, 21, of the Royal Nether-

dual-oontrolled aircraft, and

' 'being

l His Worship stated that all

Fishery

The following review eovers its fisheries of Prince Edward Island for the year 1955. but does not include the month of December as the report for this month will not be available until early in Jan- uary. It is published through the courtesy of Mr. Lester Johnston. director of Fisheries in the Prov- lace:

The year's operations can be considered fairly satisfactory. Many of the more important var- ieties show substantiui increases in catch and value as well as some of the least important ones, which offset the decreases reported in others, so that the increase in the total catch was 21,064 hundred- weight, with an increase in value of 3301.226.

The total quantity of all fish landed during the year was 348.- 164 hundredweigbt with a lauded value of 03,056,227. as compared with 327,100 hundredwelght landed in 1954. with a value of S2,755.00l.

Weather conditions during the year were favourable for fishing with the exception of the latter part of September and October and November when unusually bad weather hampered groundfishing loperations along the north, and l eastern shores. There were no very heavy storms and while there was some loss of boats and gear and damage to shore installations. the loss was not great.

- tDRAGGER OPERATIONS

The fleet of small draggers operating out of Souris was in- creased to thirteen; two new ones commissioned during the year. Those owned in the province together with some from other provinces landed all the plaice. almost all the haddock and a considerable quantity of cod and hake. One filleting plant was in oper- ation in Souris during the year handling the catch landed by the draggers. most of which was fillet- ed and frozen. Another plant was constructed during the year and is ready to operate. Two fish meal lants were In operation also at uris, process- ing offal, coarse fish etc. plants produced approximately 875' tons of fish meal. There was a substantial increase in the catch of cod amounting to 21.894 hundredweight with an in- crease in value of 840.647 as com- pared with 1954. The inshore boats landed 47.912 hundredwclght while the draggers landed 12.210 hun- drediveight. Cod were plentiful 810118 the north shore and were taken mainly with hand lines. The bad weather during the fall months curtailed fishing operations keep- ing the catch down. More than half the catch was salted with the balance being sold fresh, frozen fillcted. canned and dried boneless. Practically all the haddock were taken by the dragger fleet. These fish were not as plentiful as in past years. consequently there is a decrease in the catch and value as compared with 1954. Most of the catch was filleted and frozen. The inshore fleet landed 27,740 hundredweight of bake. while 10,- 836 hundredweight was landed by

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way five miles southwest of the air base. A passing air force bus picked him up. The other two came down in farm fields about" seven miles north of the base and were picked up by an RCAF am- bulance.

Local Hockey TONIGHT

MONTAGIJE RINK iAIso New Year's Eve skate until midnight.

Special

MIDNIGHT SKATE Monday Morning 12:15 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.I

J. A. -Maclaean Montague Co-op H. L. MacGregor T. M. Llewellyn

era a Happy New Year.

"DR. J. E.

THE PRACTICE

New Year's Mince Pies

Be sure to get yours at the following stores today:

The management and staff tunity to wish its customers and potient-ial oustomi

wishes to announce

THE OPENING OF AN OETK8 FOR

IN SOURH ON TUESDAY, JAN. I. 10”.

the draggers. These were canned

L TODAY

These

Improvement Note

ndusiryi

Plaice were fairly plentiful and the catch was 5,768 liundredwetght more than hi 1964 with an in- crease in value of 837.91 Th! dragger fleet landed all the Plhlce which were marketed frozen fillet-

ed.

annniud AND MACKEREL

Herring were not plentiful in most districts during the spring with the exception of East Prince. In that area they were plentiful but did not appear until May, con- sequently the fishermen were un- able to sell as many as they could have taken. as the bulk of the lobster bait requirements usually supplied from this area had been procured from other sources. ' the Magdalen Islands. A considerable quatity was also brought in from that source and processed into fish meal at Souris. During the fall months herring twere scarce but bad weather also kept the landings down.

The quantity of mackerel taken was smaller than in 1954. Spring mackerel were not as plentiful as in previous years. Fall mackerel were fairly plentiful especially along the north share but bad weather hampered fishing oper- atlons and kept the catch down. Most of the spring mackerel were salted, while the bulk of the fail catch was sold fresh to United States markets.

The smelt catch was small being about the same as in 1954. These fish were scarce during the year which combined with poor fishing conditions during January and Fetbrjuary. contributed to the small ea c .

SHELLFISH

There was a small increase in the quantity of oysters taken. The size limit on oysters was reduced from 31.5 inches to 3 inches which acounted for most of the increas- ed catch. The bulk of the oysters was taken from leased areas. al- though a considerable quantity

areas. The demand for these shell- fish was good and prices held up well.

More bar clams were taken than in I954, but the demand for this variety is not great. Soft-shelled clams were taken in smaller quan- tity than in 1954. Intensive fishing of this variety in the past depicted the beds to the point where pro- duction is governed by the annual growth.

There was a good demand for quahaugs but the catch was down as compared with previous years. Intensive fishing of this variety is

the East and West Rivers

River in Prince County. LOBSTER FISIIERY

Harry Johnston Stewart & Beck

Clark Bros.

Hilchey s. Vanlderstlne

take this oppor-

MncPHE

OF DEIHWPDY

Montague

NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS TO TI-I CITIEIS

. MAYOR asucs I-f. YD y Cassaelent McGowan Arnold Vealderariae - M. . Reynolds Pnalt Greene Claude Mdioisea

I CHIN Clements

oumno-'-wiiyrosauwso-vascular

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was also taken from public fishing

d ln PEI nl955

is landed value as compared with past years. During the spring sea- son lobsters were fairl! plentiful in most all areas along the north shore but were not as plentiful along the east and south shore. During the fall season good fishing prevailed. Prices during the year were slightly higher than hi 1954. A total catch of 82.660 hundred- weight was taken which was 9.-' 092 hundredweight the 1954 catch. The landed value was 32.273314 as compared with a value of 31,976,783 in 1954. This fishery accounted for about sev- enty-four percent of the value of all fish landed during the year and is responsible for most of the fish- Contlnued on page it

-Outlook For Manufacturers Is Optimistic

TORONTO (CPl - Barring any

radical change in the international

political or trading scene, Canadian

manufacturers can anticipate a

good level of business and the

maintenance of a strong economic

position in 1956. T. A, Rice of Ham-

ilton, presideni of the Canadian

Manufacturers” Association, said

Friday.

Even if the good crop production

of 1955 was not repeated in l .

the non-agricultural section of he. economy should witness a produc-; tion expansion at least as high as! that recorded this year.

The domestic market is and must continue to be the paramount in-

more than in 30

J. MacDonald.

Another year of prosperity has drawn to a close. Mayor Bruce L. Stewart told the citizens of Souris, and we look forward to the New Year with confidence.

At the conclusion of the year 1955 let us thank Divine Provi- dence for the blessings He has bestowed on our town and people. and let us resolve to continue to make progress

me. At the beginning of the New Year we wish to extend to all our citizens our most sincere thanks for all their co-operation in the past, and hope that the future' shall bring personal happiness and prosperity to all and contin- ued progress to our town.

Mayor Bruce L. Stevtart Councillors:

.1. Arthur Peters. Charles J.l Boylon, Wilfred C. Wright, Joseph! Campbell. Wendell R. Blrt. Elmer

CAPITOL

terest of most Canadian manufac- turers. said Mr. Rice.

However. the persistent promo- tion of Canada's exports was also important, particularly in view of the continuing deficit balance in foreign uscsClIIndlIO trade. Continuing population growth ac- companied by increasing purchas- ing power per capita was the great- est stimulant to the economy as a whole and to industrialization hi particular. It ensured. among other things, expansion of existing indus- tries and the creation of com-

ia the year to I

MAY .it BRUCE L. STEWART

EVENING

Ktubmbee. 31. 195 The Guardfan Pap I

Mayor Bruce Stewart See: A Prosperous Sou

ris Year

pyt-

FINAL rooav - JOEL McCREA in "BLACK HORSE CANYON"

SERIAL - COMEDY - NEWS

iilA'l'l.NEE 1 AND 3 SIIOVVS 5-7-9

Bold and Boisferous as the Mighty Mississippi-l Lusty and Gusty as its Fiery Women!

MON. - TUE. - WED.

Creole Beauties and Higliliorn ladies WON ....-

also depleting the beds to the point where production is governed by the annual growth. These shellfish were taken mainly from areas in n Queens County, in St. Mary's Bay in Kings County and in Percival

The mainstay of the fisheries of the province, the lobster fishery, again shows a substantial increase 3rd and 4th centuries.

pletely new ones.

Mr. Rice said 1955 had been from almost every aspect the moat pros- perous in Canada's history. Can- ada was a richly-endowed country yvith an assured and enviable fu- ure.

()IL.- tvlnvahau UP

WINNIPEG (CP) - Manitoba's oil and mineral production during 1955 was valued at more than 346,-; 000.000. hlxhest in the provinces htstory, Resources Minister C. Ef Greenlay said Thursday. In a year-; end review Mr. Greenlay said me-l iallic mineral output would reach 338,000,000 compared with 810,745,- tilz last year. Oil production would- b! about 4.200.000 barrels agalnstl 2,148,449 in 1954.