g * if; f _ 1947 as a great year for Canada Life L}; ' "by policyholders.

i "5 41¢; .z$-—.-,-.-..,....,.- , .

‘i. . Total Assets

CHAN

ASSURANCE

S. W. WILLIS

R. S. RAMSAY, Summulidl

“ . . . our Company at the present time _,_is in the strongest position in its history?’

—-President E. G. BAKER 10m ANNUAL MEETING

0' UMP/l N l’ A MODERN COMPANY—OVER CENTURY. OLD

JOHN MaeKlNNON, C.L.U., Su orvisor R. .YOUNKE1

233's‘ \

sunnanvlbra w. '1.

Q" ifiqhiriuiv 2nd the ivgular monthly nicctihg of the SUIIHICF- ville W. T. was held at the home o! Airs. A. blurphv. The president opened the meeting by askingl members to repeat collect in unison. The sec'y thch read minutesl nf last. tnceting which were upprov-i ed and signed. l~"1\'e. members responded to roll call and one new member joined.

S3: pairs sex. twu pairs imiitsl nnd six axe handles. gllt o! Mn! Murphy were handed in (or card nlay. These articles realized $10.60.

The sick cunmittee then gave

rcport saying three member: to he sent treat. The aec'y raad a letter [F0111 King's Co. Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, asking institute to take purl. in maintainance o! hospital. it. was decided that my write same, aild find out in what. way institute might assist.

Mr. John Doyle, trustee, parent. was than waited on asked to get ill touch with other trustees and see about fixing o1 school pump. hall expenses o! 111111 to be d1- [raycd l1y W. I.

Mrs, John Doyle kindly invited members to her heme for noxt meeting. Roll call an ‘Irish Join.

Cuiiectcn amounted to 50 c1nts.~

_ D111 ll Mk1 "lust 1 word‘? '0 111d 1 quornl time “Vi?

W111i’? £31 lhll morn-

‘fDo have t0 argue. at breakfast too ?

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thin timo-provon tonic c1111 much more than jult bulld up 1 rung down systom, by l 1p-

llo 1nd llnpyovln

' Give Dr. again ltlnAvilPood O In ' 11L’ “u um 11 '°“-?1~¢"id 111.1- .311. 11-11111, 1h n1mI“DI- Chan” -

National Anthem brought meeting to a close. Lunch Was than served by Mrs. Murphy assisted by ,tnembers. Mr. Murphy lhcn read a. well worded tribute to the women for tho oxcollont work they are doing l_n the community. (Patriot b11111 copy)

__€___,.__. ELLIOTT-LHMAHON WEDDING A woddlng o! much interest

to her m1r1y Blonds ln, zmcrgld

1nd Klnknra took plsu o11 Jan-

lllfl’ 98th, 1048 1t 8.30 1.111. o'clock

ill BL ‘moms: Aquinas Church, St.

Antoine's 81., Montreal, when Miss

Anna lfisll-aiocn McMahon, young-

est. dsughto o! Mr. 1nd Mrs. P. A. McMahon W11 unltld 1n mar- riage to Mr. J. boo Elliott. son o! Mr. 1nd Mrs. .Alb1rt Elliott o! Montrul- The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. 8t. Ci1lr Moti- aghan, 5.J., o! Loyola College, :4 cousin o! the bride. lalistcd by luv. Fathor Pcnny, curate o! 6t. Thomas Aqulnds. To the strains o! tho Wedding Much. baautiluliy played by the church organist, the bridle entered the church on the arm other lather. She wore a gown o! white slipper 111111 with 1 sweat-heart neckline 111d long titted sleeves and insets o! lace Lu ‘the lull skirt. Her linger-tip veil was edgld with satin 1nd she car- ried a bouquet ot American Beauty roses. Miss Mary Alice l-loulhey. It. N.. v11: her cousin's brldunuld 1nd wore pink sheer over tslleta with bonnet o! pink sequins and carried 1 bouquat o! pink oarnn- tlona. Mr. R. Hlllott acted 1s but. m1n for his brother. Following th1 curcmony th1 bridal party rc- tumld to the 110111 oi the bride where 1 sumptuous bruldaatwu served them 1nd their immediate relatives. In the evening 1 recep- tion was held whore upwards oi sixty guests congr1tul1lod the young couplo. Altar WW1: the evonlng vvu,1p11t in alnllnl 1nd dmclng. 14hr the young couple 11ft for 0mm on 1 short honey- moon, the 111141 tuvllling m 1 frock 9i M911 ~,ilvl. under 1 110111011. (1 gilt from the groom) with blank 11111117111. Th1 1M1 1nd groom rloclvod molly uulul 11d v1lu1bl1 presents lnnlildlnl 111111111. 1llv1rw1r1. preuuro cook- u. 1011111 11111111. ilmll, mo: and 4111111. Prgvlous lo her m1:- r|1g1 tho 1M1 wu under-ed 11v- 1r1l uhcwcrl whon 1111 rccolvad many usllul, glib 1110 1n illumin- 1111 1nd w1li wordcd 161x111 Irom the 1111i whlro she worked. m. 111d Mn. Illott will reside in Moan-cal.

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81ml 0fTr1ll1 _ 1948 Committees

submitted and approved by members ‘ meeting on a ‘ly nllht. McFarlane, J. C. Pillman.

Chairman: Henry Claudet,

Jenkins. J. W. 511m. ~ len, Chairman; est Perry. Heath Strong. Alr Service: Chairman; coll. Hugh Morrison.

Membership: A. Chairman;

Community Mule: Allison Mc- Lean, Chairman; Erlce McKay, Vice-Chairman. George Higgins, . . _ Q . Henry Wedge. Our held representatives arranged more Transportation: Richard Hinton v _ . _ _ Chairman; Fred Bell. Via-Chill- 1 - g new protccnon tor people 1n all walks $3.6 lélfnvfn 011211111- T- J- 1mm. l i of life than in any prevlous year. mjljfljjlf"bol.,f‘j'agf.sco.f“"‘§§g§; ‘ i L_ _ l _ d '1 Chairman, w. n. Jenkins, n, n. j . - ' Ellis. Lorne McFarlanc. . v . lvulg p0 icy 10 ers receive an average Mm“: J‘ E Campbell‘ mm ' . ~ ' ' ~ man; Capt.BasllKelly,Vico-Chair~ 0i about $60,000 every working day. ma“ ma.“ smmoml _,_ w_ s” ’ ter, Morley Bell. _ _ _ _ _ Publicity and Tourists: V. Iirrc‘ are some additional lug/virgins of 31100121‘ Chairman’; Regalia GaJudelrl, , CB~ Blfmflfl, an tan, . . I/ae year’: operations: Gorrili, Geo. mm. Allen Holman- Mail Service: Leonco Arscnault, Insurance in Force (caudal; Anuuau¢u$1,096,877,362 manwunRam Aliayiuggrxgl, § . - - -- ‘ G 'gc Keg. NC.“ lflfiulflflgfi (c1itlvudingAnnuiucs) eggfional‘ Ann" Lhmmnti“: Gain 1n Insurance 1n Force - 94,746,608 Donald Baker. Chairman; mfllllll - ' . E. Arnett. Vice-Chairman, W. E. - ~ - 367,448,771 sinallman, A. A. scales, George . . n ~. ~ Gain 1n Assets - - - 17,700,193 08° ._---__-- 1 1 F\ _ Pflld to policyholders and hgrflgn beneficiaries - - - 24,552,867 ‘J n wad“: M; ,p.cre a on ' llllfiffifit fiflfllClll " v ' 3,81% dgylmgrnillgeto spend a few dayi '21 hiolalrcal A mmmar) of lbs 1947 results so‘!!! be mailed Ito 411 pulzqtbo/dfifll .11.». 1:11.». Haclienzie c! sordid ‘ ‘ ‘ \. 1s a patient in the hosfillll ‘l’ 4 Surnmerside - Mr. and ms. Don ruacPhvrlvfl c! Borden arc $119!"! "S B W‘ “w” in Montreal. F 111.» ital-icy Bernard- nwrvlwnl 1i .

town on ‘Fuesdly.

rink on Llonday fllllll-

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Har1'y__ nlacl-‘arlarw Cove was 1 en on Thllfllll)’.

1\‘l 1‘. Augustine visitor to Bord

Charlottetown.

hope to see bin 0111 "l1 5°"-

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Arsenault and m. Arsenal!" Borden.

to w n where

spent

she roclivad 1

neighbors.

Messrs Lloyd

to Halllsx returned homo Tuesday evening.

‘Mr. William Josey of Plclou‘ spending some

Mr. Love at Borden whore he rmpioyed with the lliaritlme Co.

iv game oi hockey was played Borden rink between Mar-eons and Borden

attended the game which ondcd

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The regular auction puty

with eight tables playing.

with consolation peso going

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THE GUARDIAN. '“’

The llollowdng commlttnoa we: t

o! tho Bummonlde Baud o! Trade 1t the monthly

Agriculture: T. J. Imnnn, chair- "man; P. M. McC1u1l, Vice-Clair- man. R. A. Prolltt. J. Hltrlwn

Entertainment: Leslie Slmmong, Ch1lrm1n. George I-Iogg, W. I2.

Town Improvement: L. R. Al- Willlivm Hayward. Vice-Chairman. George Key, Ern-

A. R. Brennan, W. M. Mclilah, Vice- Chalrmaxi. E. P. Foley, Lorne Oria-

S. Hopkins, J. L. Gorrlli, Vice- Clulrman, George Molkle, C, B. Jailay. Maurlco Mill.

Borden T“ a ‘qgitor 1.11 Charlotte-

The can ouiiigor Borden cut on a benefit skate at the B01111"

Miss Eva Trcnholcu W110 Wcfllul underwent an operation 111th! P‘ C. Hospital is recovering tin-cl)‘-

oi business

Mrs. John Mar-Issac of Borden spent a lew dayo l"! Week “fn-h her daughter Mrs. Frllllk Buuel a"

Mr. Waiter Farmer. o! the M. Abeguelt who has-boon ill at hi! hmic here 1S lmlmivlnl m“ 4"‘

Mr. and Mrs. John Aflflllilllli l’! Wellington 1r! 11111111111: the view" with their daughter Mrs. C1mlllet 1

Mrs. Cecil Stewart. of Clllflflll?" Friday 1t Borden worm welcome from old lriends 1nd

lnman, Noman Mat-William and M1101‘ lrmon 0! Borden who wero recent visitors on

tme with his . daughter lvlra. Charles Love and

Ionndstlon

i ’— I On Wednesday evoning a lriend-

(rum-y Natlonsls. Over two hundred hocltly I111!

victory (or Borden by 1 10-8 score.

lut. work was hold in th1 town hall on Thursd1y night undOr the auspices of the Wcvmn’! Inllllllll b11111 prllQ was won by Mrs. Nell Dur- och. gents by Mr. Jos. Gallant.

Miss Roslo Ccrettl 1nd w- John Arsenault. The lraoloout prllo Ill won by Mr. llnmonuoi q1ll1nt.--A

Church "-

Trocing its loch in the Cultural. Educotlonol 1M Commorcicl ‘Fields of the Community. I

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1n tho mizustorisl succession. 111v. Jams Buaklw tollovod Mr. nsvlea in 1.110, coming i111 1o u» you 1nd some only till tbvnoxt June. H1 was 1 r1111! suhltltuta (or suv. 1110311 110114818. who hid ro- eelved the appointment but for some reason did not wish to coma to the Island. Perhaps tho live-room 103 house tor the preacher 1t Lower Bedeque was a deterrent. It was certainly no attraction (or 1 man with 1 iamliy in a day when bigger and better frame-houses had- nninly replaced the pioneer log-cabins. Accordingly it was not sur- pnua; that luv. Alexander w. lacuna. wbo c1110 in 1W. told dist-slat meeting next you that Bcdoque pxopoud to erect 1 "Mission Houae

azv. ammo nucvcnni: Superlntandmt Ecdsquc Circuit 1540-1841 Second term 1850-1852! '

at searletovxn, and 111 1M3. snnouiluod lha completion ol such a mln-_ istefs residence. "32 x 28 with 17 loot. post". 1t the cost o! tvrelva hundred dollars. A debt rlmained the Ilrst year cl 1240.00, which the circuit. propoced to pay oi‘! immediately.

The land cn which the new mission house was built i1ad_ been given to thoMethodisls by Horatio Mann and his wile Isabella. itlucush the good services of their attorney. Joseph Pope), in i836, but was not ruglstercd till 1110. Horatio Mann was the son-in-law oi James Saarle. original landlord oi the rtorthem hall o! Lot. 27 (or whom Ssarletovln was named. The ten acres of ianrl WGPQ reserved l1: usual in a Metho- dist trust decdl lor the special use o! the people called Methodists. to erect thereon chapel or preaching house. or to usa as desired. agreeable to approval ol conierenoe, through the trustees or their agents duly 1nd “Mcthod-isticaliy appointed." Only ministers appointed by conference and preaching no other doctrine than that conulmd in Wesley‘: New Tutamant notes were to occupy the pidpll. o! 11W ahlpel that. might be erected. 0i the ten-acre tract one wrc facing on the seven Mlle Day Road was (or a cemetery, while 1n 1d-j0in1ng acre was re- served for the erection o! a school 1nd master’; house. Though all the land was vealed ln the Methodist trustees yet the rosarvlng o! thua two was tor more or 111s mulor rill-cam may 111111111 Why Mr- Willow in lid‘! 111d reported 1 gilt o! only eight. acres.

The location o! the parsonage at Bearletown, rattler than 1t. Bede- que. was probably an ldn. oi the Tryon 1nd Crwpaud churches which wanted the pastor more centrally located. The move would 40111111111 have the support o! rapidly growing Bearlatewu Where mm!’ strong Methodist llmllles were settled. This settlement may indeed lave been not only the geographical, but 1111 the pplrltual contra ol th1 circuit 1t this time. . ‘i ' Mlflona Contribution s Bcdoque circuit in 1M3 raised noariy live hundred dollars towuds it; ovm expanses. Contributions (or loralgn missions roaolvod (ran thou lttpndlpg little Mothodlst chapels tn England provided tho 1111i 1M1 of 0M hundred pounds. Bodaaue conlmnco collect-ion lim- runncr oi the conference Punch amounbd to $16.03 in 1843. Mr. Moc- Leod’: 11.» year on l-ha Bodaque circuit was want. in semi-retirement this to 1. thro1t allilotlon which prevontod him (rpm ggcgpttgig Qhgrv lottotown as his next charge. Ho reported in‘ 1843 that ha preschcd ilv1 t-lmu 1 wool: on the circuit. in addition in loading classes. tach- lng. etc. For the next you. in view o! hi1 work 1.114 hi1 1mm. tions. he was given tho 1111111110! 1 young ordolnq nun, In. GIL‘; W. Whcclock who died the nut year on t1 mlsnon lieid in the Ba u.

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rcviv1l which had 1pro1d thcwgh the whole clxcult tn th1 wintar o! ‘£844 under tho inspired preaching oi the junior mun, Rev. Georn Wheelock whose name and memory came down the years in persons oi George Wheelock Bentley o! Margatc, George Wheelock Cameron oi.’ Cove. and qoorgo Wluciock llluttart oi Capo Traverse. who wm named in his honour by pnrenlo deeply thlnklul tor the great spiritual harvest o! that year. The 1844 membership report. which showed an increase oi one hundred and one uver the previous year, gave three hundred and sixty-one members for Bcdequeln contrast to Gharlottetowns three-hundred and twenty-live. The post ravlval slump the next year reduced Bedeques members in. lull connexion to three» hundred and eleven. 1nd thereslter Charlottetown remslnod th1 largest circuit on tho Xsluid.

Bedeque ls mentioned ln 111 interesting voiunis published in 1815- Memorlals o! Mlulonary Lilo In Nova. Souths. (by lRov.) Charles Chm». chili, M.A., who, having visited the Island 11111211 Spring came suddenly. coinciding spparontly with conference week in Charlottetown, wrotn apprcclatlvoly o! the wild cherry in bloom 1nd the molodious plplng oi the frogs. n-hich ho declared wero "the nightlngales o! Nova Bcotls." His interests were broad, 1nd included. besides mention o! the Metho- dist chapels at fiyon, Bcdeque and Crapaud. the discovery o! “some rc- markable fossil remains and siiicated trunks of trees.” at. tilt! last-named place. "The new residence (or the nlissionary at Scarlclnwn roceiverl his unqualified 1 oval; "delightfully situated 1nd central lo i111 work o! thl circu t."

For those who like statistical. Churchill} (lsurea for tho Bedcquu circuit in 1844 showed nine hundred people attending the Methodist ministry in (our chapels and eight other preaching places. Nineteen class-loaders and (our local preachers assisted the superintendent mis- sionary in his work. Foul‘ Sabbath Schools with fourteen teachers had, one hundred and (arty-six pupils. Figures for Charlottetown. the only other Methodist circuit on the Island at this time. were vcry similar cxcenl. that the Oapital had twice as large attendance. and. what. 11:11 a still grcatrr advantage. ten more local prcarliers lhah Bcdequr

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Th: bvlldtr: o! . m the Bow-tun ol-rault wu 1 slaw u» cuss at this period. The plsln llnlshad muting housa o! the oightua turtles’ was no cathedral o! the middle ages. that required deeados tor building. yet ‘Pryons second chapel. whose proposed construction wm ltrst reported-by ‘Rev. William Wilson ill 11x15. lvns not linlshed till i844. whln Now London's first ch1pci was aleo mentioned as being eom= plated. Mlthc: with any d1bl. The growth oi membership 1t Bcdioquo, and Dorhalbs 1 certain hnalthy rivalry betiicen it and ‘rt-yon, would u» count {or plan! l0 raplwa the aid Bedcque chapel wllh a new one. Those were still in the tentative stage in 11545. and not. liil District. llwtllllll the ncxt year were precise dimottsicns. b0 x 38. quoted.

Brdsqua‘: Ilrsi. Methodist chapel like musty per cent o! the only churches o! P. Ii. I. was built within sight o! 1 river or open water. 1nd like most oi’ its contemporsrlca when replaced was sltuotadailttla further inland to take advantage o! tho roads which had taken tho place oi rivers and shorelines as popular arteries 0f travel for cluuvh~ bound folk. The paw alto lor the church was one purl. o! tho original M1101‘ Hooper farm in that part o! Bedeque known as Reaper's Corner later centrevlile. not. '1 laundrcd yards from the wright barn in which the lirst Methodist services had been halal. The propertyhsvnled h.\ 'l‘homas Hooper, was regularly conveyed by a coitierence deed, which named as trustees Joseph Pope. William wright, Stephen Wright ‘Phomas Wright. Lcmucl Hooper. George Clark and slcphen Black. Th1 Wrights had lost the ovcrvrhehning majority they hold on tho ltrsl. trustee board and only 011s oi the new trustees. Stephen Wright. Esq. wmsllme merchant. miller. farmer and Just-ice oi Lhc Peace. had nrv~ 8d on the trustee board o! the Lower Beds-clue isropcrhv. The Centu- ville deed unfortunately w1s never recorded and the title to the land. ixhera the third churcl would also stand. is that o! possession only.

(To! Be Continued»

Stanley llotus

Th1 many lrlsqda 1nd neigh- burl o! 1141111: 8111111011 wlli be sorry to boar o! his return to tho P. l’. Island Hospital this whiter for special treatment and pro.‘- dbly an operation in the near future. They sincerely wish him 1v1ry success 1nd 1n early r1 turn to hi1 aummerfhoino 1t Stan- icy Bridge.