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As historical pageant, “La- dies of the Provinces—Confe- deration Parade” premiered last night at Confederation Centre's Memorial Hall. The pageant, which is in the for- mat of a fashion show, intro-

Confederation Ladies In Centre Hall Pageant

Amid the splendor of marble a great deal of thear time m the |

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a living thing last- night as pageant federation Centre's Memorial

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MOTHERS OF CONFEDERATION

duces the wives of leading statesmen is Canada’s ‘ten provinces and territories at the time that each province

entered Confederation. (LEFT TO RIGHT) are Mrs. Samuel Leonard Tilly (Mrs. JKL.

past two yeara_te be part of the

period costumes were created, after much re-

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town, Thur., July 14. 1966. :

' L ae The Alberton Presbyterian congregation wa’ organized-July Music ; Exam A "S20. 1831, and the first Kirk ses- ° 4 sion was ordained and inductéd Results Given -by Rev. Jolfir Kier_of Malpeqiie = in 1935 Ahout this time a Professor Howard Brown, BA = church was built in what is now MA Mus B. .of Mount Alli son the old dock cemetery, where | University conducted music -ex

aminations at the Local Centre

~ the congregation worshipped for : < in Victoria recently

2 . Bh years ef ‘ ’ = . T fotinwing uite1 mann ; ‘ : A larger church was erected ga. Ce. valk : aes } 4 in 1854 on the same site and fin- le ot Met Allieae-Laa Thich das” Be * . - —_——+. | shed ot w eutside. but early tinction 90-100. distinction 80. a0 j aes ca ae nee in 1855.when nearly eempleted Konors TERN pasa 60-70 : t sy s 8 | Bee it was destroyed by fire In this he P — Re i= _ tov Alien # s 1 Grade Hegh distinction, ee ' : | g year Re an Fraser was call 4:34; Joy Howatt: honors Jow ". rts | | ed. and inducted, then the follow D <0 ¢ i, a ; ing year the church. now | so " Steven Hardy : 7: + > ke th U d Ch Grade ? Distinction, Katny " mown s ! 1 , Ses sf i| Growers. representing. 9 ne-the Wells é area Is badly brown , caer built on “the pow Bo Lord. Anita Holm, David Wad me : third of this province's 460-acre'ed, and there ts general.evidence gm cihid dinletead “Gaeaaieee oT dells Kathy Bou)ter Rita Beu't Eitobaceo industry returned last of the lack of sufficient mots- er, Lynn Boulter. honors: Isab- evening from a twoday tour of ture ¢ > 1 The _ charge then extended e} Konderson, Joan Waddell, eltobacco farms in the Annapol)s’ \feav Valley farmers are using from North-Cape-to- West Point: | Marion Craig Valley of Nova Scotia rrigafion treely, One man was In 1865 the churches of West Grade 3--Honors. Sylvia My Those making the trip it was °.e" sing it on a field where’ REV, DONALD NICHOLSON Point, Campbellton, and Bras ers. Helen Muttart, Paula Smal! arranged by horticulturist Doug.'0 lad been cut: Appar: “weg were formed into a new conzre= wood, David Smallwood, Beryl Kilpatrick—included Leonar.d om ly lie as. trying t get \some Anniversary gation, and in 1881- Montrose, Dawson. pass. Sharlene Mae- Vaerwyck .arid Mark Vanneste S'345% for pasture +*Elmsdale and Tignish were also Eachern, Rarbafa Hardy who are producing 50—acres_at The Islanders had Praise- for For Alberton erganized inti —a separate cone” Grade 4 Honors. Wends” Gratidview: Marcel Moyaert-Up- [he 2!ity and the quantity of gregation “MacEachern, Marlene Myers: per Montague, who hae 42-actes tobacea they_sew But they do Presb teria In 1995 the churehim Alberton pass. Mariorie Stevenson John Pawer Greenfield With 43.00" “ ntemplote chasging their y i ns again became affiliated with the Grade 5 Honors, Carl Dixon. — lac en ‘ohn McC » q prodifction methads. They agree congregation in West Point. and: Grade’ & Singin Distine. 3 with Se . eo Jona ‘nat irrigation is needed in “The ThE Congregation of Alberton in the course of time was recog- tion. Lillian Lea weit ot Me 1 Valley”. but they de not feel Presbyterian Church —will com- nized as the Alberton — West Thomas Hamilton-Irving ARCM _Also making the - trip Was i+ would justify the expense ™emorate the 135th anniversary Point Charge. with one minister it RAM. of Summerside ’ Keith LeLacheur. research Oo here—i's not needed . of their organization on Sunday, serving two congregations The — aes ae oe ee at the Experi-- the higher vield of leaf in co 7 oon A special Service at present incumbent, AR Mur LoPreseviccseoe cecoeees men arm Nova Scotia-the . average of ‘-1Im the evening ray. Catechist, began his mints «| . The growers and agricultural sit 13.5000 pounds of leaf per, Rev Donald Nicholson af trv last fall . PURITY DAIRY 3 ea ten imprensed DY acre compared to about 1,109 Wood = Islands will be guest meometeerterntareitenemmnnpmepenenietonnk Ee ee 3 mary 0 So Sa they sas on nunds here—-can be explained:SPeaker, and the Wilmot Quar- THREW GAS AWAY > Parents Prefer ° im ome wy the t epaaape by the greater heat im The ‘ette of Fredericton. NB. un- Early sit drillers collected the $ Purity Products : of Ganins ‘etuee aaa eT one man said. For ex-4¢r the leadership. of Frank kerosene and. threw away the ¢ 317 K st Dial 4.7125 3 Mills, vas bee k ‘7 ample the temperature has been'Pridham. will assist in the ser- gasoline. since there ‘was no $ em St. ial 4.7125 ¢ nev rm his sprinklers “inning approxi tely eight device of praise use for it ™% $9S34E5608SO ‘aaa The group -wsited~ the Kins- there. thi’ week above | -as * _— man farm in mid-afternoon Tues er recorded ip this ‘prov ; : day: yesterday morning they re-\ + ’ turned for another look asd the oo re ee ee \ differ: | lined, quality, : vo ence was almost unbeliev- explain, though, Mr. Kil- | Ouernictt 9 3 aa patrick said ‘tast evening - the ‘ : have t ' "quality of —tstanct— tobacco teat +#— To . e ee eae oer of gad te gh uadene aBlfyestrce really good. The buyers really f eit Sad esbkad the ercund a ae are enthused about it, he said ‘ and that's the real test of the ~

plants. For doubting — readers, lcrops specialist .tohn Mahoney, \department of agriculture, who was. host for the tour, said he jonce measured the growth from Friday afternoon until the fol. ‘lowing Monday and found the tobacto had grown eleven inches _—in that time Mr. Mahoney, a

ee j reliable observer, actually meas- dation of the civil institutions ured the growth a ee

jot Manitoba and the Territories.!vardstick in the row alongside Mrs.. Alexander Cameron Rut-\the plant, so the actual growth herford, Alberta, 1905, -brought would “be recorded accurately

Irwin), New Brunswick: Mrs. Charles Tupper (Miss Miriam

Hyde), Nova Scotia; Mrs (gasps from last evening's atid-iwhen he r

: i eturned two d ‘ Join Hamilton Gray (Mrs lience im a ‘‘tea’’ gown with) About one-half the ve. a Frank MacKmnon+, Prince | matching—enat, that made one ers use irrigation—several

ot told think thet afternoon tea in 1905/The Guardian they wouldn't trv

must have been a riost import-|to grow tobacco without it—ani amt occasion to have demandediit is badly needed this year as such a gown “The Valley” is burning up for

And more than a page out of lack of moisture. Mr. Mahoney was a black - cocktail told

Edward Island; and Mrs. Jo- seph Smallwood ‘Mrs. T. Laid lax), Newfoundland

history this paper parts -of the dress worn ‘hy Mre.— Joseph area have net had a decent rain- AER Smatiwood (Mrs. T: A. . Laid- fall . since -the first of June

law) whose husband*was Prem- One field vifited’ was that ‘of ier of Newfoundland in 194% when Philip Murphy, Canning, whose Ithat colony joined Canada astobacco leaf won the Grand ithe tenth province. ;Champronship and topped every

Many chuckles could be heard class ast November at the At- ‘as women remembered dresses|!@ntie Winter Fair The Murphy such as this. that had hung in|CTOP appeared’ tm he wilting, or their own closets—not s0 very near to the wilting stace when \long ago. The gay and gaudy the Islanders visited it Wecdnes

tier, whe led his province {nto Confederation in 1967 at the na- tion's birth His wife, portrayed by Mrs. Charlies F. Bentley, w

crop from a commercial point

‘Howard’ Party . Held At Stanhope

The first in a series of ‘How- ard the turtle parties’ was at- tended by Over 400 children at Stanhope Tuesday morning. John Keough, Alex Eftimoff, John Rapsey, David Rapsey, Elva Miller and other members of the Canadian Puppet_ Theatre - com- pany, including Howard and his many puppet friends who are performing daily at the Con- federation Center, put on a one hour show at no cost for the children

Other Howard parties. will be held in various Island communi- hes, cluding one Wednesday morning at Cavendish, i

The puppet shows at Con- federation Center will be held twice each afternoon Monday throngh Fnday at 2:00 and 3 p.m. and three times on Satur-

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ey sown.of dance hall girl “Gussie” |Oa¥ _ morning. though _& goed Lamore was another favorite Irrigation could still save.

search, by Malabar's of Toronte Montreal. Mrs. Cartier was -por- cisco’, played by Margaret 't-

The pageant is to he a regular Wednesiay evening feature of the summer program at the

and by “Jo” Vautour of Char- ‘Tayed last evening im a beauti-' lottetown. An Indian eostume, ful scarlet ball gown which {m- worn by ‘Sisoyakee” wife of mediately transported one back!

Collings, was in Dawson City at the time of the gold rush and

her appearance las night re-

| large field of potatoes in the ning area waa badly wilted

Confederation Centre. the head chief Crowfoot, North-

There is a saying—‘‘Behind west Territories m 1875, port- every. great man, there is a raved by Mrs. Barry . Beers, great woman’. Until last night much help te create authent-

the-wives of the. ‘‘builders of ically. Hugh Dempsey, archivist eur nation” were little known, at the Glenbow Art Foundation, presentation one feels well ac- Gordon S. Vicent of the same

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* the vear the province she re-

quainted with these women, who were the wives of the leaders @f our conniry'’s provinces and territories at the time they—en- tered confederation

The pageant, through its fae- imatine commentary, introduces one to Mrs. John A. MacDonald, | to “Gussie’’ LaMore, to “Sisoy- akee'’ and to ten other women whose husbands: were integral the birth of Canada as 4 nation. In addition to this one also sees a delightful period fasion show, as each of _ the thirteen ladies models a gown that was very much im vogue

organization acted as liaison and the costume was made Mrs” Ruby Fraser, of the In- dian -Friendsitp—Center—in—Cal- gary. Indeei all the gowns re- quired a gr-at deal of research te design

It is difficult to setihe the gowns of material to create. a gown such as that worn bv" ‘Mrs. Anthony Musgrave" of British Columbia im 1871 ‘portrayed bv Mrs William |. Thompson’. it is chfficult to describe where the 4 yards went, ie jesse than © paragraphs.

Lady Musgrave was the for- mer - Jeanoie Lucinda Field. of New York and she was the sec ond wife of Sir Anthony Mus grave, who was the leader of British Columma im 187! when that province joined Canada, then four years old. The gown was in a pale shade of mauve with its volumimous sinrt drawn back into a bustle and lavishly adorned with the frille and rmaf- fele ao popular im that period of our history

Quebec's . father of confedera tion was George: Etienne Car

presents joined Confederation.

The Ladies of the Provinces Pageant wag first, presented in 1964 in connection with the an- nua! spring fashion show of the Jumor Ladies Aid-of. the PT 1. Hospita!. The presentation .was go colorful and interesting that # was performed several times during 1964, and in 1985 the Dageant went on tour te West- ern Canada, where itt was well recetved in several centers

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iby the drought, a golf course in to Quebec City on the evening of | -alied what is probably the most) July 1, 1867—to a ballroom giow- colorful period in Canadian his- Nova Scotia, 1867 (Miss Miriam ing im candle light and ringing tory, when fortunes were won Hyde); Mrs. John Hamilton with gay laughter of handsome anq inst at the spin of a wheel. Gray, P.E.I. 1873 (Mrs. William men and beautiful women. And not to be forgotten is the Mampley); Mrs. Walter Scott,

Another particularly attractive wife of Sir Sohn A. MacDonald.|Saskatchewan, 1905 (Mrs

claret 8 costume wes Mrs. Mrs. MacDonald. portrayed hy ton Howatt Adams George chi Mrs ; ois. wore a os a E Manitoba (1870), portrayed by/bridal gown of the 1967 period. pageam was written by Mrs

Mrs. Dougla for some reason kept making me Susan Agnew Bernard of FEng-, Doing the

" t makin ‘ ao : commentary think of “Pickwick Papers” and land, was the second wife of Vrs Daniel

Taweel David -M. Boswell Archibald was the former Eliz-| Other . “‘ledies” the show The organist: for the perform- abeth Burnyeat of Truro. N.S. included Mrs. George Brown, ance was Royston F. Mugford and her husband, with patience./Ontarin, 1867 (Mrs. J. K. L.and the period coiffures foresicht and skill, laid the foun- Irwin’:. Mrs. Charles’ Tupper. by Eileen Woodruff

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