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Hieioricsd Sketch .- on Soldier: ' 1... till! N. Loki

tiy Mrs. Clarence Roie the first arrivals to Nvrth I-I100

we-. housekeeper Martha Potts and his truslcvl servant Peter Rose. This W3. he ye'nr UN. The Captain W. retired officer and he owned several hundred acres of land at North Lake. which and been grant-l ed to him in lieu of wages in- King George lu. Peter was from Dorsetshire. E ii

in spite of many land was cleared and a house was bu... facing the Lake. After a few yours Capt. Minwarren desired to return to,England. Be made a pro- position to Peter and Martha that

if they married. he would give '

them the house and land. and this lhcy speedily did.

4 Then Peters brother Samson Rose and his wife came out in lmt and built a house further east of Pet- .-r's. The descendants of Peter and Samson number many and are w.m.1y 5.-pto....... ..iw- Nu.-w rm. ertc."

, Their In an old ccmctry at North Lake. where lie the remains of gtmu cast up from the sea. be- gqtvllklnl the perils of sea-travel :.u ll1tls4' early years. The remains at Jul" Morrow. and two of his

Captain Minwsrren. lIll- .-

liardshipc the p

re also laid to rest there.

x ml 'llii-- were some of the early set- thw too. landing here about 1797.

sii.-inish coins were ploughed up how it few years ago. which leads us in conjecture that. this must have been one of the settlements

wherein the departing Frenchl

hurled their valuables when the fall of Loulsburg occurred in I750- The site of Peter Rosa's home- stand is now owned and occupied hy the great-grandson of Samson Rose. while the lattar's homestead is owned by another grest-grand- son. and it was here that the Spanish coins were found. IL

' Eastern Guardian

' PA.V'nil SALE at Stswart and Beck's. Saturday. A . N. no D.T. Sponsored In llmuir Wo- men's Institute. -

'' N0Tl(lE--Montaguo School will open on Thursday. September 1. for all grades. By order of trus- tees.

i ' ICE CREAM. cake. sandwiches.

tea and coffee will be served In the Oddfellows lall. Montague. Saturday evening. August Dth. Everyone welcome.

'31-IONI: ofthelsoblood don- ors needed at lied 0ross Clinic in Morcll Community Hall next Tuesday. August 30th. between 2 and 4 PM. Standard Time.

' vcaunsc Au. incidents - el Souris and surround districts to be among the to donors needed at Red Cross Clinic in It. Mary's Hall on Tuesday. August 30th. between 7 and 9 run. Itand- ard Time.

MONTAGUE has an objective of m blood donors hr led tress ('linic in Beavc am; Ian on Wednesday, August 81st botwson 2-4 and 7-0 EM. Itandard. and needs the support of residents of all nearby districts. t

rr TAKES only a few minutes to glvsthebloodlatwillaavea ltrivlfelhaps your own. no your Dart by atsusding either is lllnrell or Sotsria Blood Donor Clinics on Toned .AmIat I)th. iliiorcll I-4 and 7-0 P.M. Standard).

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Personals

'Mr- lad Hrs. Allan Jamleeon and son Ronnie. accompanied it Mr. Jamieaoafs brother I . ipezt the weekend as Guysboro.

Mr and Mrs. Leslie Stuart. whim Road. have as their guest the latt.sr's sister. Mrs. Margaret Moore and son Douglas. who rs- 9"'1lli' l'l'IVltI horn Ontario to spend their vacation here.

Mr. and Mrs. Iddie' Gunn and daughter Dorothy recently return- ed to Everett. Mass. While on the Island they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Percy MacDonald and ion. Horace Ifacbonald.

whim Road

Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Donnell. Rhndc Island. were recent visitors at Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Munro. lllhlm Road.

bunt II::uMrs..J.ames Dean. wo; .- -. holidaying a wlllm Road. where they are the ll"!!! of Mrs. Dean's parents. Mr. "id Mrs. Norman MacDonald.

-M Mrs. Robert )lacPherscn and son ....v...t.;:.”:."s."::'. at .:: W C-mnbaltwnaii Road. '

hiilir. Gordon Ieaton. 3? hit his mother. nation. 0

lion Vlaitlng

iccornpan-

returns: friends and

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day to John Raymond Praught,

retiring Rate Clerk after 44 yearsl

urvice with the C.N.R. Left to tight-E.M. Campbell. Freight gent. L..l. MacDonald. D.P- and .F. Agent. 3.0. Baker. Acting

REIIRING C.

Officials at presentation ycstcr-:Supt.. Mr. Praught. F.F. Andrew..

land C.J. Boudreault, (representing Canada Packers Ltd.) Newton Large. Clerk. E.C. Matthews, Divi- sion Engineer. Phillip Arsenault. Assistant Freight Agent.

1 (Barter's Film l.ab.t

Preliminary Hearing In . Criminal Negligence Case Opens At Georgetown

The preliminary hearing oi Rod- erick Jeremiah Steele. Cardigan, charged with criminal ligencc la the highway accident death of Lao Douglas Sh ,,ard on July so. was heard yesterday at George- town before Stlpendlary Magistrate Gilbert A. Gaudct.

Mr. J. P. Nicholson represented the Crown. and Mr. somarlcd Tralnor represented the accused. Only evidence for the prosecution was completed. and defence ovid- encc will be heard next Wednes- day afternoon beginning at 1.00 p.m. S.'l'.

The first witness yesterday was Dr. Lemuel Prowse. Charlottetown who stated that he had conducted the post morem cxaminaion. He said that he had found consider- abls area burned and also a large quantity of blood in the abdominal cavlety. He stated that in his opinion death was due to hem- orrhage and shock.

Const. Gordon Humphrey. R.C. M.P.. Charlottetown. in charge of the identification section. present,- ed photos and a sketch of the area at the scene of the -accident. Const. Humphrey explained each photo and carefully outlined the details of the sketch.

on cross uamination he stated that he was unaware of any truck getting stuck in the washout near t a scene of the accident. He said thatms washout was eighteen inches long. about two feet in widthandahoutafootdeepla said that he did not know of any traffic on the road the night be- fore and that he saw only on tire marl going into the washout.

.CarI Cronin. Cardigan. said that he saw Steele at Cardigan In the aftunoon. and that he got in the truck with Steele and drove around. Steele sccmsd alright, he said. Steele got a bottle of wine at the vendor's. he stated. after which they went to Anthony Mc- Lennanfs. and thue with Charlie Mcbsnnan. the four drank the bottle of wine. The witness. Charlie Mchennan and Steele went back to Cardigan .to get another bottle of wine. after which they want to Cmnin's house where they had supper. Mchennan went home and Steele fell asleep. he said. I: re- mained there until about 7:!) when he (the witness) went to pick up Mchsnnan and the three then went to see Michael Sullivan at llosaneath. They 'lniahad the bot- tle of wine there. he said.

After leaving Sullivanls house. Michael drove tin truck. he said. and they went to Pooles' Garage for gas. after which they contin- ued to Adrian Sullivan's homo. yr picking up Adrian. they

tinusd to Peter Macdulayi and Steele was driving at this time. Michael Sullivan led Steele to his home where he (Steele) got dressed for the dance. the witness said. They came back to MacAulay's and the five left in the truck, Steele. Mcbsnnan. Cronin. Michael lullivan and

Adrian Sullivan. STARTED FOB DANCE

They went to the restaurant in Cardigan. he said. where they picked up three girls, Beatrice Publlcover, Betsy MacDonald and Vera Sheppard. and all eight got in the cab to go to the dance. Steele was driving. the witness said. He said that Steele asked ll anyone else wanted to go to the dance. and Douglas Sheppard an: Urban McLellan got on the bacl of the truck. On the way in the dance. he said. they picked up Joseph Campbell at his gate.

They went a short distance. he continued. and struck a hole. and want in the ditch. after which the truck rolled over. When the true! was going in the ditch. he said someone shouted for Steele to pal it out quick. They were goint about 30 rn.p.h.. he said. Whet they got out of the truck. he said. they looked for Sheppard. and when they rolled back the truck

ey found him under the truck.

He said he went to phone the doctor. while two others went to George MacPhee'a for assistance. On cross examination he said that he saw two bottles of wine con-

ad, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. He said that he was present when Mr. Mac- Phee's truck struck the washout. and front going in and the truck remaining there. It was still there when he left the scene of the accident. he said.

Charles McLellan stated that he saw Steele at Sullivan's Forge at Cardigan about 11 cm. They went to Cardigan where Steele bought a bottle of wine at the vendor's. They drove to the shore where they drank the bottle of wine. after which he went home. He saw Steele later that after- noon. he said. at his (Mt.-Lellnn's) home when he arrived with Carl Cronh. At this point the witncss' evidence was similar to that of Carl Cronin. corcborating the avi- dance given by the previous wit- ness. p William Walsh. Cardigan. said that he met Steele at. the Forge at 0:30 a.m. and they went for a half case of beer. They returned to the forge where they each drank three cans of beer. He (M not see Steele anymore that day he said.

POLICE EVIDENCE

Cpl. Don Davis, RCMP. Char- lottetown. who was stationed at Montague at the time of the acci- dent. said that he first saw Shep- psrd in the back seat of a car owncdtby Rev. J. P. E. 0'Hanlay of Cardigan, near the Montague Funeral Parlors. He said that he

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N. R. OFFICIAL HONOURED-

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5 home beautification.

Field day at the Illustration Station operated by Albert 'lick Alliston. was held yester- iay afternoon. Owing to the heavj rainfall there was an attendant of forty farmers from the area The program got under way a mo p.m. and continued uptll ap-

pproxlpately 5.00 o'clock. l Several speakers were heard during the afternoon. the first of. '.whom was Mr. li.B. Chandler. ;director of the P.E.l. Libraries. iwho gave an Illustrated talk on irural home beautification. He rs-. lviewed. the story of the Rural- iheautification Society. stating that '61: total number of entries In the competitions during the nine years was about 1.500. He also said that farmers like to beautify their es so that they can have

.something they can enjoy. indivi-

duals. he said. take pride in rural

and enjoy!

home life to a greater degree. Mr. S.C. Wright. deputy mini-

"star of agriculture, expressed the

regrets of Hon. Eugene Cullen. minister of agriculture, and of Mr. Winston E. Smith. both of whom. were unable to attend. Mr. Wrlghtl outlined some of the farm services

" ” through the Provincial

Blood Donors

Mayor Bruce L. Stewart. imper- ial Oil represcntbtive at Souris. has again undertaken the chair- manship of the Souris Red Cross

tblood donor clinic to be held in

St. Marys Hall next Tuesday with an objective of 200 donors. Residents of Souris and the surrounding area have not had an opportunity of icontributlng towards the Red cross fBlood Transfusion Service since November. 1953. and will he look-

ing forward to playing a major .

saw Steele there at the same time. The witness said that he asked who had driven the vehicle and that Steele replied that he had driven it.

He stated that he instructed Steele to accompany him to the detachment office, where he smelled an odor of liquor from his breath. that he was unsteady on his feet. and his condition was

'not normal. He said that he then called Const. Flscliel and Const. Pettit. That night he said. he took only a verbal statement, and then had Ihtt c constables drive him back to is home in Cardigan.

on cross amlnation. he said that he could understand the ver- bal atatcment. Steele's eyes were bloodahot. he said, and that he staggered while walking in the office.

Michael Sullivan. Cardigan. an occupant of the truck. also gave evidence similar to that of Carl Cronin and Charles Mcilellan. He said tdtnt before going in the ditch. he heard the bushesgoing by the truck window. He said that someone shouted for Steele to pull tdie truck .out. On cross ex- amination he said that Steele's

condition seemed normal to him. and that he did not hhtnk Steele was unsteady on his feet.

Beatrice Publicovcr also gave much the some evidence. She said that it was a little foggy but they could see the road all right. She said she looked at Steele as they were going in the ditch and that he was looking straight ahead. She said she could not tell if the boys were drinking. she stated that she heard someone shouting in Steele for him to pull the truck out. She felt no bump in the road, she concluded.

Vera Sheppard, Cardigan. said that when she saw the boys she could smell liquor and that Sieelr was a little unsteady on his feet. However. she thcutait the truck

p was being driven alright. Some- times. she said. the truck was in the middle of the road and sometimes on the side. As they

. were going in the ditch. she said. that they were identical with the. tires of the truck. He said he he-1 quick." The witness stated that liavcd the marks he examinedl

someone shouted "pull it out she looked at Steele and that she eonld see his head going down. and then he would raise it to look at the road, and it would then go

down again.

on cross examination she said

that she was sitting on Adrian Sullivan's knee who was sitting on Michael Sullivan's knee. Be-

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QUALITY BEVERAGES- A SOURCE OF

REAL FOOD ENERGY

SUSSEX GINGER ALE LTD.

Souris Has Quota Of 200

On Tuesday

part in making the Souris clinic the most successful aver.

dsr the leadership of Mrs. George Roach, president. the energetic members of the Junior Ladies' Aid of the Souris Hospital, ever conscious of the great need for blood with which to maintain the free transfusion service, are con- ducting a house-to-house canvas for donors in Souris itself this week. I l Representatives of different or ganizatims in Souris and the near- by districts have been written and asked to co-operate in securins donors for the Souris clinic. Eac' district has been given a propor- . ion of the 200 donors to obtain. everyone will assume a , onal gesponslblllty of being either a donor or a booster there should be no difficulty whatsoever in aching the objective set for unit. and in this way helping to cancel some of Prince Edward Is- llamfs Present debt of 1.000 hot. as.

tween her and

Cronin, Beatrice Publlccvcr and Betsy MacDonald.

MECHANIC! EVIDENCE

Homtr Molt. mechanic, New p Perth. stated that he had exam- ined the truck and found it in good mechanical working order. Joseph Campbell said that he was picked up at his own gate and got on the back of the truck. He said he was leaning against the side. and that young Shep- pard was sitting on the side near the driver. He could not recall any btmp hi itbe road. he said. Const. Ron Pettit, RCMP. Mon- . tague. stated that as a result of A a phone call. he and Oonst. Aus- ln went to the scene of the ac- cident. There he said he learned t or the injury of young Sheppard. lIIItI called Cpl. Davis, and went their in the detachment, leaving Const. Austin on the scene. At the office. he said. he saw Steele, and "could smell liquor breath. and that his eyes were bloodabct. The witness stated mat while on route to the scene he used the wipers on the hill com- ing into Cardigan because of the fog. on cross examination. he said. that when he drove Steele home that he walked to the car. and that they talked with him on the way home. He also stated that he had examined the tracks which struck the washout and

were made before MacPhee's

truck went into the washout. Inl

answer to a question he stated that to strike the hole a truck would have to be driving within about a foot of the ditch. ' The case was then sdjotrncd for one week, until Wednesday. August 31. at 1 p.m. S.T.

t SPECIAL CLEARANCE v

:5 coin CROSS SHOES

Magda! SI2.9,I)

. While They lost - - S9-.95 AN DUTSTANDINC C" I I

"11icllaha0fdoslhoss"

macs silos co. up. i

D e p a r tment of Agriculture to: farmers. horticulture. both the can!

!ning and freezing of fruits and

vegetables. the production of horti- cultural crops, field crop services. farm improvement policy, and forestcrs to assist the farmer.

l GREAT POSSIBILITIES - Mr. .Mayor Stewart reports that. ran. G.C. Warren, hortlculturlst, experi-

A the driver. shel said. was diaries McLellan. Carll

off his .

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as n tal F a r m. Charlottetown, stated that there were great poa- sibilities in this area for the pro- duction of horticultural crops in- cluding spples, cherries. pears,

. In the production of garden crops. Mr. Warren listed cucumber.

which could he produced for can- ning or processing. He stated that there were 130 acres of peas in woduction for canning this year.

Mr. Warren went on to say that rotational b u r n in g of blueberry areas had proven very advanta- geous to its production. For the lnoutrol of insects he stressed the use of arsanate of lead applied as a dust or spray. Mr. Warren also said that the use of 2-4-5-T was a very effective means of con- trolling growth of hayberry.

He went on to discuss orchards. saying that double working of apple trees was proving very advanta-

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Repeat Demand

2 Pltgs. 51:

PtsreVcnilla.2ea. ..

Plums. basket . . .

Peaches. basket 81.19

Cern.dos.

MEAT & FISH DEPT.

Sliced Iacon. 5. Fowl.Ii.

Slsankless Picnic Hams. D. . . . . . . . . . 53::

Roasting Pork. 5. . .

Spare Ribs. (carried). 4 Is. . . . . . . 59:

Iee4i.lver.lb.

lessalleef. iahosslderhlb.

WARNINC . A-won dont-sins rrttwtv vi the 1 ssavsa :t.us. Montague

Nesccfe Coffee. boa. 31.75

ilnteresting Field Day At Alliston Yesterday Despite Heavy Rainfall

genus at the Alltaton Station. hardyl crab stocks were chosen as a root, and a hardy variety such as Hibernal was grafted on the root stock. These trees. he said. have since been top-worked to desired varieties such as Mclntoah and redl Delicious. TOURING STATIONS

Mr. Ian Furness of the Division of illustration Stations. Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, pre- sently on a tour of inspection of Illustration Stations of the Mari- time Province". expressed his pleasure at being present and con- gratulntcd Mr. I-llckea on the splendid manner in which he had cooperated with the Experimental Farm Service 0 -' the past number of years. He indicated that the I-licken farm was one of stations serving farmers through- out Cnnada, and cooperating with Experimental Farms in carrying

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Former Irocdwtsy Director Dies at 78

SAINT JOHN. N. B.. (CPl- A former Broadway production di-

rector and a stage Bertram Harrison. 70. died day night at Hammond River. N. 13. He had been associated

cities. Mr. Harrison was born h lainty John in 1878.

I NOIICE

A new feature of the East ern King's Exhibition toibe

will be a fat steer show and; sale. ;

Anyone having steers for; this show and sale would they kindly notify the Sec- retary by Saturday, Aug. 27th of the number of steers they wish to show.

Anselm MacDonald. !ec'y.'

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l siiiioriiniso or outside Will be dealt with according to the law.

supian-srncrana 1

Heinz Vinegar. gallon 90: Jewel It Domesti: Shortening. 2 is. 55: FrIslI'Co:kroil.28es. 49: Chocolate-Mallow Cookies. I Is. bag 39: Fancy Mixed Cookies. I lb. bog . . . . . 39: Planters Peanut Butter. IL on. . . . . . . 43: Aylmer lens. 20 os.2rins 45: & Wetlsey's Marmalade. 24 oI.. 2 for . 79: Perfection Milk. 6 lists 07: i

Photographed above is Mr. John Jeffrey of Lower Montague. who withlis 94 years of age this year. Mr. stage productions in New York. Jeffrey. despite his age, is still San Francisco and other American very active. does the chores around lhis home. and last week worked for three days on the new road. which the Government is construct- ing in his vicinity. lo I hale and hearty and appears to be a much Jeffrey was born in Cape Breton. and came to the Island over sixty years ago. making his home h Lower Mon-