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mac the Ladies

f,'j":;?. Prince County Hospital weugdyy afternoon in lie board

gig president later in die month. Mrs. Maclallan, mpcrintondant .( mi: hoopftli expressed deep ap- pi-gcintion to the aid for their con- - lbution ol typewriter and gestetner. The superintendant was guthorized to purchase a filing cabinet for nurses records and demonstration trays, which had

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" Cascumpec

.-Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ashley pd two children. Gordon and Bobby. Summcrside. were recent visitors in the home of Mr. and Mix, Rhodes Ashley.

Mr. Frank Bryan. Alberton. re- d-ently visited his home in Cas- CIIIIIDPC.

Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Murray, West Devon. were Sunday guests of Air. and Mrs. Ray Murray.

Mr and Mrs. J. B. Thomas. orciiinpziiiied by Mr. and Mrs. Jaiiics Tliomas motored to Sum- mt-rside Tuesday. Jan. 25.

5. Miss Doris MacNevin. teacher of l-iiirtiine Cove school was a wet-ii-ciitl visitor to the home of her p:il'k'IllS Mr. and Mrs. Rustin Mac.”-'evin.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smallman spent Sunday in Cascumpec. with their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Thomas.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dennis and family were Sunday visitors to the home of Mrs. Dennisl parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry MacNevin, Bran.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cough- lts. Roxbury. were recent visit- ars to Knutsford. Mrs. Coughlinis sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Smallman, Knutsford had the misfortune to lose their home and all its contents. cloth- inl1.etc.; a washing machine was all that could be saved. The fire broke out early Saturday morn. ing. Jan. D and is believed to have been started by an over. healed stove.

On Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bell of Mill River "Denied their home to neighbours and friends of Mill River and Brooklyn districts who gathered to tender a shower of gifts for the household to Mr. and Mrs. in Wallace who recently lost their home by fire. Mr. Sergeant Melhcrall called the gathering to nrdi-r, after which Mrs. Frank Keefe assisted Mrs. Wallace in OPENING the gifts. Mrs. Robert llnrdy read complimentary nu.

Wallace expressed deepest appre- ciitinn to their former neighbors in Mill River district and to their new ones in Brooklyn where they have purchased the properw of Mr. James Hodgson. A happy social evening was spent and ". freshments were served.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomas and two daughters. Linda and M-"E.a1'et. were Sunday visitors in Mill Road, guests of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Warren.

Mr. Jack Jeffrey was a busi- 2055 visitor to O'.Leary on Tues- all.

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Wilmoi Defeats Albany 5-4

Wilmni defeated Albany 5-4 at Bedenue rink last night in a game of the South Shore Hockey Lea- gue The game was clean. with Dilly two penalties handed out.

For the winners Don MacFar-

lane got two goals. Reid. Huestis Ind Walker one each. For Albany singletons were Wed by Phil Noonan. D. Daw- on. 1". Desfioches and R. Mac- Donald.

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-CARD PARTY, Sea View hail Hy. February 4th.

-.I. s TAYLOR opioinuri-it will be in Alberon an... inn Sat- 'ill)'. February lth.

-4 U N I 0 I HOCKEY. double

Rovers vs. New - fdmfosion It cuts to all.

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5. M loc hold an auction J1 P-rtv it the home of Mr. hi. Russell Daighan. Bor- .. II Wednesday. January. p-Allin tables were in play. was Itvod by the hostess "”U IIVIII I In ladies wont to .

”iiostoIa

bridge to be held at In home of

es. In well chosen words Mr. h

Piusvllle

-A very enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Gallant on Wedlleldny. January Nth when a whist party was held in aid oi the school. Twelve tables were in play. Ladies first prize was won by Mrs. Edward McKenna, second by Mary Gallant. Men's first prize was won by Blanchard. second by Earle Mc- Kenna. Freeze-out wu won by

”" Miss Louise Sbelhong. A delic-

ious lunch was served by the unlisted the ladies puson

at tile Western Hospital. Alber- ton, spent Wednesday at the home of be parents. Mr. and

' Mrs. Peter F. Gallant. Piusvillc.

There is a conslde amount of colds and flu in this district. Several children have been ab- sent from school during the past week.

The people of Piusviilo and vicinity deeply regret to loam of the continual illness of Rev. Father Monaghan, pastor of Al- berton parish, who is a patient in the Charlottetown Hospital. All wish him a speedy recovery.

Miss Catherine Gallant. em- ployed at the Western Hospital. Alberton. spent Wednesday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs! Phil- lip Gallant. She was accom- panied by her friend, Miss Louise Sheshong. St. Roch, who is also an employee at the Western Hospital.

Mrs. McLean Horne. Rosebank, was a business visitor to the dis- trict on January 24th.

Due to the storm and high winds of Thursday and Friday, the pavement was In very poor condition. Although the plough kept opening out the road. the drift was filling it in again and cars were getting stuck. Luckily there was no snow of any amount on the Piusvilie road.

Mrs. Norbert Corcoran. son Gordie. spent I couple of days visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kelly. Roseville.

Mr. Delore Gallant, Summer- side. recently visited his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gallant. Piusville. Mr. Benjamin Gallant, Sum-

merslde. was a week-end guest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gallant.

Mr. Willie Gallant. of the Royal Canadian Army. recently visited fr nds in Portage.

r. Leo Arsenault. I-iowlan. was a business visitor to Plus- ville, recently. -BB.

Alberion Wins Opener From O'Lenry 8-6

The'AIbert.on Regain and the Oibcnryr Maroons met in the O'Lel!'y rink last night in their first encounter of the Prince County Hockey League. with the Regais edging the Maroons 3-6 in a fast crowd-pleasing game. Goal-tenders of both tennis were outstanding. The Regals jumped into an early lead. out- scoring the home team 8 tallies for a lone marker in each of the first two periods. The Maroons came back stronger in the final period to tally 4 goals to the visitors' two. Richard, Millman. Mccrae, 0. Bernard and Rodger- son. each counting a pair. with Woodside. Schurman. Klnch and Atkinson getting singletons. Pen- alties were handed out to W. Hardy and E. Atkinson with Mill- man and MacDonald getting ma-

rs. The Aiberton Regals meet the Summerside Aces at Aiberion to- night

Summerslde Baptist W. M. S.

-The president, Mrs. Jack Mac- Leod. occupied the chair at the February meeting of the Sum- merslde Baptist Church W. M. 8. Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. A. Currie. The open- hymn. "O Master Let Me Walk With Thee". with Mrs. A. W. Leard as pianist. was fol- lowed by invocation. The mem- bers iesponded to roll call with a Bible verse containing the word "prayer"

The devotional period was con- ducted by the president who out- lined the high points in the lives of Florence Nightingale and Al- bert Schweltze.. The hymn. "Take My Life and Let It Be" was re- peated in unison as I prayer. Mrs. Robert Palmer and Mrs. Wilfred Inman read the scripture portions.

Mrs. W. G. Ellis conducted its study on pioneer missionaries. as Reekie, Mitchel and Rutledge. closing with the poem "Lest We Forget". followed by prayer. Following the S benediction a social hour was enioyed when the hostess stvsd tea. -0-

Guardian

church parlor. Thc theme for the devotions and study was "The church universal hi India" and the leader was asdstod 17! HH- Harold Mnclennun. Mrs. Wlllilm Roach. Mrs. Harold Mllligan and

land Ramsay. II dclilitci 5' ported on the recent presbyterial held in Surnmenide. Mlu Joan Gordon was pianist and in hymns sung were "Glory 30 To God The Father" and "0 ll!!!" of 11:. Living A social period followed when refresh-

niittce h charge.

Jocnr h Bordon rink to- night. Youth Club vs. Legion. Game I p.ni. I to all.

.Jl'II KINIINGTON Commu- aiw Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Wald:-on Auid. Friday. February dtii.

-IOCKIY Remington Rink. tonight. February Id. no sharp. !'arniors' League. Cavsndlaii vn. Grahams Rood. Discount on re

beiolloamsiatolkatsaftu.

thy several of Miss Yvonne Gallant, employed l

Mrs. c. p. miimoii. Mrl. I:i- Collection mounted to 31-30-

..,,,.d . the cloning. ice cream and cake men" ml" " 5. were served by the hostels and

740-Year-Old Building

An curb! morning fire that cloc- trified many slumbering residents of Summerside saw firemen fight

for several long cold hours to

140 contain the flames that oomplo

ly destroyed the 40 year old to ball yesterday morning. The al-

snioko emitting from a locker in the police office. Within a very shore time the whole ground floor of the building was filled with smoke.

As there was a chimney in the wall directly back of the lock- er it is behaved that there may have been a defect in the chim- ney which caused the fire. so quickly did the ground floor of the building become fined with smoke. that CST Berry who was on duty and who turned in the alarm was unable to turn off the main switch which controlled the sirens and for over an hour the wailing of the sirens continued without letup until the wires lead- ing to the main one were sev- ered.

Within a very short time the fire had eaten its way between the walls and although the local brigade received valuable assis- tance from an R.C.A.F. Station crew. .it soon became apparent that the building was doomed. in spite of the combined efforts of both brigades.

By seven o'clock the flames had reached and broke through the roof and the tower surmounting it. which contained the fire bell, and shortly after the whole stru- cture fell through to the centre of the burning building.

As the tower and roof collaps- ed. papers and otl1er material stored in the attic which had oeen burning fiercely. billowed up and was carried away in a show- er of sparks and burning embers. l-ioriunately there was only a slight wind at the time but it was sufficient to carry the em- hers towards many homes in the east end, causing panic for a time and great fear for the safe- ly of the homes. The warehouses of Messrs Brace Maci(ay and Company Limited at the rear of the hall were also endangered but the fire never got beyond the confines of the brick walls of the civic building.

Assistant Fire Crief. Fred Mac- Leod. who had been sleeping in the firemen's room had a narrow escape and was rescued by the aid of a long ladder to a window on Summer Street.

The ground floor of the two storey building housed the mag- istrates court the police office and the portion on the north side, the offices of the town clerk.

A walk-in vault in the town clerks offices contained the valu- able records and books of the town and it is hoped that the vault was able to withstand the ter- rific heat and thus preserve these records from destruction.

Older records, some of them of the old water and sewerage com- mission. which were stored on the

-On Monday evening. January ztith Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mc- Callum, P..i...e. Road opened their home to their friends on the occasion of their fiftieth weddlnl anniversary.

The supper table was very pretty with a lace table cloth and tau red tapers and in the centre was a large three-tier weddinl cake which was made by their

daughter-in-law, Mrs. Arnold Mccallum. Mr. and Mrs. Mccalium were

the recipients of many useful and valuable gifts. The bride and groom of fifty years thanked every one for their thoughtfulness following which everyone sang "For Tl!!! A" -7093' G004 1791' lows."

Mr. and Mrs. Mccalium have

been valuable members of the community ever since their mar- riage fifty years ago. When the guests left they all expressed to the IIIPPY 909918 their good wishes that they might enjoy many more piness.

FREETOWN W. C. T. U.

The Freetown branch of the W. C.T.U. met for its regular meet- ing at the home of Mrs. John Lewis on Tuesday evening. Jan- uary iil. Owing to bad weather conditions the attendance was small. The president being ab- sent. the vice-president. Mrs. El- don Drummond had charge of the ” which ' with the reading of the hymn "Flsht the Good Fight".

This was followed by Scripture reading. Psalm 111 being read by Mrs. John Heffol and the reading of several articles taken from the White Ribbon Tidings. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. and roll call was responded to with a suitable vane. One visits was present.

Treasurer gave a satisfactory report. it was decided to bring unod magazines to March meet- ing. to be not to specified insti- tutions. Afur several business items had been dealt with the meeting closed with the Lord's Prayer repeated in unison. After

was Inndi enjoyed bl! Ill-

TOBIII I0 TOUR CANADA

LONDON (CPl-The central of- fice of the Conservative party said Wednesday that it plans to send in study group to Canada later this year. Volunteers are being souiiht among members of the party's Commonwealth council. but the party has warned that I possible autumn election here will rule out

:1: Canadian trip for key parson-

Golden Weddingy......i

years of hai)- of

second floor were lost. All police equipment as well as considerable personal effects of Chief Peter White were burned.

In the large room where magis- h'ate's court is held many effects of the Red Cross were stored and Miss Carrie Holman of the local branch said last night that in this fire the Summerside branch of the Red Cross Society lost everything. including five sewing machines.

-' much valuable material as well as

finished articles of knitting and sewing and all sick room supplies on hand in the loan cupboard. She said that branch will be getting materials to fill any orders for work and arrangements will be made to continue the loan cup- board.

Yesterday morning at eleven o'-

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clock the mayor and councillors held a special meeting for the pur- pose making temporary arrange- ments for the town clerks and the police department. Beginning to- day thc Summersidc Armouries will be made nvailabloifor the for- mer. through the courtesy of Major Francis MacNeill the com- manding officer while the police will be housed in the warehouse of the customs department in the old post office building which now belongs to the town.

It is understood that Major Mac- Neill is endeavoring to make ar- rungements to have the armouries used for this purpose until a per- manent building ia erected.

Firemen while fighting the blaze In the extreme cold were served

Seen above directing a stream of water throu side of the Summerside Town Hall firemen remained on duty throughout the day and last evening at the ruins of the Town Hall which was completely gutted in an early morning fire. On the top floor, the windows left and center were located in the cham- bers of the Town Council while the two below these were in the town magistrates court room. This room was also used by several groups as an assembly meeting hall. The windows (top right) were in the May or's office while the police office was dir- ectly beneath it. The one storey building which adjoins the main building was used

hot drinks by Messrs Rogers and

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,i,o house the fire department trucks.

gh a bssemelnitvviridow on the south

Fire Guis Town Hall Al Summerside

Arnett. Summers Street and by the Fucker Taxi Cafeteria on Spring Street. This generous ges- ture was highly appreciated by the firemen as it helped in no small way to alleviate their great discomfort.

From the War Surplus Store came firemen's helmets donated by the manager Mr. Norman Prlchard and these also helped

greatly. preventing frozen ears and faces. No estimate of the loss could

he arrived at by officials but it was learned that 535.000 was car- ried in insurance with an addition- al 36.000 on the contents.

The building was erected in 1914 and the first meeting of the town council was held there in January I915.

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(Photo by Wotton) .

Maine's Potato Men Told Support Price Unrealisiic

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FORT FAIRFIELD. Me. (AP)- Agriculture Secretary Ezra Ben- son told Maine growers Wednes- day night the solution of their potato surplus problems lies in realistic production and market- ing. not subsidies.

Benson spoke to a Fort Fair- field chamber of commerce din- ner in the heart of the Arms- took county "potato empire" of Maine. the United States' largest producer of potatoes.

He hit price supports as short- and said "I feel very -deeply that 'yes' would have been the wrong answer at this time" to Maine proposals for a feder- ally-subsidized starch diversion program.

The secretary said market pros- pects. while under continuing study. are favorable and don't appear to justify a diversion pro- gram for lower-grade spuds. He said "there is reason to feel that the price support programs of a few years ago were an in- stance in which potato growers unwittingly may have sacrific- ed the future to the present." Benson said potato support

LOCKE ROAD

-Mr. and Mrs. Dave Griffin of the Locke Road. drrivp to 0'Leary. on Thursday. January 20th.

Ml' Finiik (iiilliiiill of the Re- serve Road, was in iiowlan on Thursday. naiivirilgv 20th.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Cullicutt the Reserve Road. were in Howlan on January 24.

Mr. Angus Mciiaine of the Locke Road. were in 0'Leary, January 24.

Mr. Dave Griffin of the Locke Road, was in 0'Lcary on Satur- day.

Mr. Charles Rlx of the Locke Road. drove to 0'Leary on Jan. 22nd.

Master Allan sicsum. goal of Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mchalpo of the Locke Road. is spending I few days at the home of his grand- father and grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Ansley silliker of Forest View.

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Gallant and Junior accompanied by little Gordon Adams. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Adams. all of O'Leary. wore visitors on Sunday after- noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Gallant of Forest View.

Visitors at In home of Mrs. Margaret Arsonauit of Forest View were: Mrs. Frank Richard and daughtn-. Shirley. also Clif- ford. Grace. and Judy Arsenanit of Bowlal.

The many friends of Mrs. Angus Mcnslno of the Locke Road. will be lng a week in the hospital she was gab returnhhorhomodan.

The many friends of Mr. Alex Cullicutt will be sorry to hear that lately he has been in very poor health due to a heart condi- tion anri on January aid the doc- for was called to visit him at his home on the Reserve Road.

Mr. and Mrs. Coleridge R0 or! of 0'l.eary. were visitors on ini-

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glad Mrs. Arthur Rogers. For-est

gladiohsarthataftu-spend-Mrs

day afternoon at the home of Mr. dot

"broke down of its own weight. but not before it hurt the potato industry in the estimation of the American people and cost the tax payers s47li,000.000. It led to leg- islation specifically excluding po- iatoes from support provisions."

Benson said his department knows the potato industry has overcome adverse production and marketing situation in the past. and is confident the industry can repeat.

He praised 1954 adoption by Maine growers of a marketing agreement program designed to keep sub-standard i toes out of competition with better epuds from other areas.

"The current shipping regula- tions may, because of tin quality of your 1964 crop. keep 25 to 30 per cent or even more of the crop off the murkot.' Benson said. "I believe. that these re- gulations have contributed sign- ificantly toward irnprovinl mar" ket prices. . ."

Bension hinted earlier at a Dies! conference earlier that he might make federal surplus funds a- vailable for an exhaustive survey of the Maine PMM0 Problem-

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