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' X DECEMBER 31. 1951 Canada In 1951 ET(By the Canadian Press) - JANIJ-A37 Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.

2: Tracie Minister Howe sn- nounces new 330.000. Ilonmc pile to be built at Chalk River.

0: Canada allows entry of im- mediate relative. of Canadian citi- zens of Asiatic origin.

9: "Children of HIM" 3995 and fruitless vigil for ”end of world” at Kersmoos. BC.

12: Albert Guy. 33. Quebec. hugged for murder ln,19t9 time- bumb airliner explosion that cost 23 lives.

)5; New Sl2,500.000 hospital for sick children opened at Toronto.

19; Immigration Minister Harris at Winnipeg says Canada expects 150.000 immigrants in 1951.

20: Fierce storms batter no miles of BC. coastline. one fatal- lty; Edmonton Bulletin. founded 1590. ceases publication.

24: Three new Senators pointed from Newfoundland.

30: Fourth Session of 21st Par- liament opens at Ottawa.

31: Four killed in collapse of Duplesls Bridge at Three Rivers. Quebec.

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FEBRUARY

5: Defence Minister Claxton gives Parliament outline of three- year defence pro- gram; National Advisory Coun- oil on manpower created.

3: Count Jacques de Bernou- vllle. Montreal, ordered deported to France to face charges of col- laboration with Nazis.

9: Nine killed in collision be- tween C.P.R. train and bus at Conislon. Ont.: 28 injured when C.N.E. trains collide at Montreal.

10: Suzanne Morrow, Toronto. wins Canadian women's figure skating title at Vancouver.

13: Premier Frost of Ontario gunouncog 32,000,000 cancer in- stitute to be opened at Toronto.

21: British twin-jet bomber flies from Belfast to Gander in 4 hours. 40 minutes.

21: Crawford Gordon. named federal co-ordinator defence production.

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1: Leon Mayrand Nppoinived Canadian Ambassador to Chile: C. Fraser Elliott becomes High Commissioner to Australia.

2: Ottawa announces S5-5.000.000 payment to Western farmers on United Kingdom wheat agree- ment of 1946-1950; first Canadian casualty list from Korea shows

six dead. 9:- Parliament approves incor- poration of trans-Canada pipe

lines to build 3.100-mile ua'll-UB1 gas pipe from Alberta to Mon- treal H

14: Fedmal consllmcr credit regulations tightened: new 0? used can now need 50 per cent cash dnwn PIYNEHV

15: Turgeon Royal Commission report recommends lntesmied "3" tlonsl transportation policy. .

16: Mrs. Arthur Piire convict- ed at Quebec of murder in alr- liner time-bomb case; sentenced to hang July 20.

18: Western blizzard leaves six deed in Alberta. ' .

31: Canadian cost-of-livlnlf in- dex at this date 181.8. compared with 119.5 at start of year.

APRIL

I; President Vincent Auriol of France visits Ottawa; Canadian Cir-loo jet fighter explodes at Komoka. 0nt.. two killed.

10: Ottawa "budget boosts in- come tax by 20 per cent surtax on defence.

15: Governor-General Vimount Alexiande reviews 25th Brigade for Korea at Fort Lewis. Wash.

21: Toronto Maple Leafs Vin Stanley Cup. defeating Montreal Canadiens four games to one.

24: Defence Minister Claxton announces plans to recruit wo- men for armed services reserves.

26: Premier Walter Jones' Lib- oral Government re-elected in Prince Edward Island for fifth consecutive term.

30: Commissioner S. T. Wood re- tires after 39 years' service with R.C.M.P. P

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4: Defence Minister Claxton ail- nouncea new 2'ith Brigade to be recruited for N.A.T.O. defence forces in Europe. ,

8: Barrie Flyerl defeat Winni- peg Monarchs four straight to wui Memorial Cup at Winnipeg.

9: Own Sound Mercury; win Allan Cup. beating Fort Frances Canadians four games to three.

121 Vnlleyiieid Braves win first Alexander Cup in major hockey -llefles. beating Toronto St. Michaela three games to two,

14: McKee Aviation Trophy for 1900 awarded Carl Agar. 50, of Vslrgcoilrqver. -

2 cw radio Canada building -01 C-3-C Opened at Montreal.

19: Four firemen die in 3300.000 "'9 It Peterborough. Ont.; Les do saint Laurent of

20: First offlcl residence for Canadian Prime Minister. at 0;. tawa opened.- - n9ft5orE-MS; 'f':iyl;alr's colt Major

, , n running l Klnla Piste, Toronto. 0

JUNE 1? Mluey Royal commission

ll" Atttrenorr tsbl a l 9 l - 'n!nt:,Mrs. Arthur Pietre, '3....:.'..'2.l

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to hint July so for murder in WIT!-bomb conviction. H" "wan "mm

35 xmmlie 31.000.005 damage in

fix. Central Ordnance Depot. 5:. vlut "June snowfall 56'

inches on 110: monnl-I ta.lLlnchu '3 cilifi before norm ended. Rev. Norman Kennedy of Rcglnreiccted Presbyterian Mod-

orator. Sir lusm rlogc. 91. fol'-met.

15: Death tall 35 in fire at Ste. Gunegonde Hospice in Montreal. 23: Fifteen arrested at Ed-mon- ion in feud between young hood-

lums and servicemen; Mme. Casgraln elected Quebec C.C.F. leader.

:5: Progressive Conservatives

win three Federal by-elections and retain fourth sent.

26: 2nd Battalion of Princess Patriclas in Korea. awarded Unit- cd States Presidential citation for valor.

27: First individual gallantry awards for Canadians in Korea announced at Ottawa.

30: Parliament at Ottawa ad- journs to Oct. 9 fter sitting 104 days.

JULY

1: J. Scott Mscdonald. 55. of Goldcnville. N.S-. Bll7D0inted Can- ada's first Ambassador to Yugo- slavia.

4: Prime Minister St. Laurent announces Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh will visit Can:-.d:1; 12 per cent inotease in Canadian freight rates announced at Ottawa.

5: Forty buildings destroyed in 5300.000 fire at Ca-p Chat. Que.

7: Jim Ferrler wins Canadian open gulf title at Toronto.

10: Canada formally ends state of war with Germany-

23: Jack Guest, Jr.. of Toronto wins Ca-nadian singles sculls title at Port Dalhousie. Ont. g

20: Five persons killed in sink- ing of hand-operated ferry at Lake Caron, near Edmundsion. NB:

AUGUST

1: Laurier House at Ottawa. home of late W. L. Mackenzie King. formally turned over to no- tion.

2: General Omar Bradley. chair- man of U5. joint chiefs of staff. visits Ottawa.

4: Canada wins first Davis Cup tennis zone final in 18 years. beat- ing Cuba five straight at Mon- treal.

5: William (Red) Hill. 38. fam- ed rivcrman, killed in attempt to go over Niagara Falls in rub- ber-tubed barrel.

ll: Marlene Stewart. 17. .of Fonthill. Ont.. wins Canadian Ladles' Open Golf championship at Lavals'5ur-Le-Lac, Que.

12: First rain in British Col- umbia lower mainland in 58 days.

17: Count Jacqucs'de Bernou- ville. under sentence of deporta- tion to Frances, leaves for Brazil

by air. 18: Harold Gunter. 19. of Saint John, wins Governor-Generalls

Gold Medal at Dominion rifle meet at Connaugh Ranges. Ont.

20: Marguerite Carson of Ottawa xi-worded first place in Women's International Air Race from Flor- ida to Windsor. Ont.

W: Bill Ba-rilko. defenceman of Toronto Maple Leafs. N.H.L.. and Timmins dentist Dr. Hen-ry Hud- son missing on flight from James Bay holiday.

29: Jerry Kerschner of Colum- bus. O., wins 10-mile 55.000 mara- ihon- swim at Canadian National Exhibition. Toronto.

30: Strike at Hollinger Gold Mine, Timmins. for higher wages and union check-off ,ended after 52-day tie-up.

SEPTEMBER

'1: Bishop Walter Barfoot of Ed- monton elected Anglican Primate.

8: Nine killed in collision be- tween truck and car at Drum- mondville. Que.

15: North Atlantic Treaty Or- gm-,1u.fion opens international con- ference at Ottawa. .

18: Canadian army authorized to prepare 27th brislde 101' m0V9f ment to British zone of Germany.

20: N.A.T.0. meeting at Ottawa recommends admission of Gretice and Turkey. .

21: Pat Conroy of Ottawa re- signs as secretary-i-l'933l"" -. gt Canadian Con8?055 91 Lab” 5 ' fer policy split at Vancouver con- vention. . .

26: Ottawa announces ROVE- tour postponed for short time be- cause of Kil18'5 HIM”; Dwtd Johnson. 49. sppombed Canlidaus pcrmamenl: representative at - N. headquarters.

OCTOBER 1: Ottawa City Council elects

Charlolle Whllton to fill unex- pired term of late Mayor Gren- Vne Goodwin: cost-of-living in- d ' 190.4. , , '

2; six western bakms ("me convicted on combines charges. at Calgary.

8: Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh arrive by Di? 1" Montreal. .

9: Fifth session of 21st Parlia- mcnt opens at Ottawa. . g

15; Royal couple reach Winni- peg aflcr great receptions in east.

17: Queen Charlotte airlines plane crashed at Nsnalmo. 23 dead.

18: Ottawa announces Nazi Gen- erai Kurt Meyer. servmc hie sentence for responsibility in shooting Canadian D1jlI0ilN'9- transferred to British prisonvln Germany.

19: Dr. W. A. MncKintosh first Queents graduate to betlnstall- ed Principal of Queen's Univer- sity. Kingston. Ont.

20: Advance group of Tlth Brigade sails from Quebec for Germany: Elizabeth and Philip reach Vancouver. - l

22: Princess Elisabeth broadcast to Empire from Victoria, B.C.

20: Viscount Alexander's term as Governor-General extended to iaulumn of .1952.

21: Ellxmbeth and Philip reach Edmonton on return portion of

ur. 29: Five match companies con-

victed of rnbinea charges at Montreal; royal couple reach Montreal.-

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NOVEMBER

r 2: Returning from Washington, royal couple start three-day rest at Ste. Agathe des Monte. Que. 8: Parliament gives final ap- proval to free pensions at age 10. 10: Royal couple after visiting

P.E.f.. leave Cape Breton for Newfoundland. 11: Princess Elizabeth makes

farewei-1 broadcast from St. John's. Nfid.

16: Disability pensions for Can- adian war veterans increased by average of 33 per cent.

10: Naval inquiry board re- ports surg-eon-lieutenant aboard Canadian destroyer in Korea, on- listed as Joseph Cyr. is American waldo Demara. Jr.

22: Progressive Conservative Government wins huge majority in Ontario general election.

23: Six airmen killed in R.C.A. F. plane crash at st. Bruno, Que.

24: Ottawa Rough Riders win Grey Cup at Toronto. defeating Saskatchewan Roughrlders 21-14

m: Premier Smallwood's Liberal Government wins Newfoundland general election.

29: Dr. Augustin Frlgon ap- pointed director of planning of C.B.C. Donald Manson succeeds him as general manager.

DECEMBER.

5: Canada's population placed at 13.893208 in first total estimate of 1951 census; Federal and On- tario Governments sign agreement for St. Lawrence power develop- ment; 72-year-old bridge oollapscsl at Riviera du Loop.

3: Strike of brewery workers in British Columbia ends after six weeks.

10: Three injured in explosion and fire aboard tanker Leduc at Sarnia.

14: Twelve-day wild-cat strike of 9.000 Ford Motor employccs ends at Windsor, 0nt.; Canadian Government abolishes all foreign exchange controls.

18: Toronto traffic paralyzed by nine-in-ch snowfall.

21: Canadian navy announces first service decorations for Korea.

24: Federal assistance for gold mines extended to end of 1953.

28: Ice-jam causes floods in northern end of Montreal; 500 homes inundated. A

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of improving secondary roads by use of the most modern equiP' mcnt and methods. Results have been successful enough so that plans have already been made to extend this work next season and new equipment for the purpose is already on order. -

Snow plough facilities were again increased with thirty units in the field. Sndw fall was light and ploughs were not overwork- ed. However. open weather- brought slippery roads and de- mands for sand and chemicals to combat ice reached a new high.

Trai1s- Canada ,,IIlghway

Progress on our Trans-Canada Highway has been extensive in 1951. . .

Subgradlng:

Subgradlng is now completed from Bonshaw to Borden. a dis- tance of 21.6 miles.

From Wood Islands to Pineite. a distance of 11 miles was 9065 completed when weather closed the job. it is expected that this remaining 1066 can be completed in early spring so that it can all be paved in 1960.

Paving: I

9.2 miles of pavlng.was laid from Bonshaw through. Crapaud and the contract for completing the paving into Borden has been arranged for next year.

.A contract has also been let for paving the section Wood is- lands to Pinettc in 1952.

Bridges:

1-Iallls Bridge. a pile trestle 150 feet long, built on a. clay labour .bdsis. was the scene of an un- usual occurrence. During pile driving operations, the approach fills were built out from both shores. When the fills were about up to grade. cracks appeared in the fills and a gradual settle- ment. of the fills was noticed. Settlement took place in char- acieristic fashion. pushing up mud at some distance from the fills ond forcing the newly driven Dillng out of place. Work was stopped and a study made of the situation under the supervision of, Mr. MacVey. former chief bridge engineer of the New Bruns- wlck Highway Department,

it was decided that slippage had occurred in a relatively unstable underlying layer of soft clay. Started Pfolpalbiy by vibration from the pile driver. To con. solidatc this layer. dynamite was used with good effect. The bridge was then redesigned to shorten the fill sections which had slump- ed. nnd rebuilt to the new des.gn.

S-Ilvnze operations. occasioned by the occurrence, cost the De. partment 32.29100 with the Gov. ernment of Canada paying a like sum.

56551316 Brldgt. a pile trestle 88 feet long was built under con. tract: by Mr. Lloyd smith, The delilzn was made to permit con- struction of one side of the bridge at s time. so that it was not ne. 9355”! id detour traffic. except fit! Brief intervals when con. zhrlufedun equipment was being

Hlllaborough Bridge

of Hlllsborough now seventy-five. the piers are nearly old. it is clearly time

The span; Bridge are years old: fifty years

to take stock of such a-sllusllon.

TM mans are built principally 01 Wrought iron (which. while not as strong as steel. has good gnu. corrosive properties) but at least fllriy members have been either bent or broken an repaired.

The piers. whic range in

length from H feet to IM feet.

vary considerably in structural details. Four of them were carri- ed all the way down to bedrock. but the remainder rest on wooden piles from the mud line down. With bridges failing frequently ill neighbouring provinces. this Department has been -concerned

over C.N.lI. engineerr reports girl

the conditiori of I-llllsborough Bridge. which they described in the recent hearing before the Board of Transport Commission- ers as affected by ”constant de- terioration in carrying capacity."

As it is proposed to route Trans- Canada Highway across Hills- borough River. any new bridge built would benefit by the fin- ancial agrcement of Trans-Can- ads Highway and therefore. if :1 new bridge is needed, now is In. time to build while the 'lVl'.1ll-.-

Canada Highway Agreement is in C

force.

With this in mind, the Gov- ernment of this Province took steps to ensure that steel would be available to carry both rail and highway lr3ffic across the Hillsborough River, by purchas- ing a new bridge which is now stored at Lachine. Quebec.

However, since that purchase was made, the Board of Trans- port Commissloncrs ruled that the C.N.R. could abandon service across the bridge, with the result that the bridge purchased is now heavier than needed for highway traffic alone and for this reason. will probably be resold,

.Once the C.N.R. was out of the picture. it became a matter for this Province to work out with Trans-Canada Highway officials.

The services of a well known Consulting engineer. Mr. 0. J. Mc- Culloch of Montreal, were secur- ed to advise on the whole prob- lem of Hillsborough Bridge.

Mn MCCl11l0Ch. who is the con- sultant on the Canso Causeway Dro.iect., has been to Charlotte- town and as a result, data will be secured during the winter months to ascertain the feasibility of building a causeway instead of 3 bridge. In this conrfectlon. various sites will be examined. when all data. including divers' and engineers” reports on the exist- ing structure. have been gathered, Mr. Mt.Culloch will be in a posi- tion to advise both Federal and Provincial Governments on the following points:

i. a new bridge necessary at this time?

'. If a new structure is ad- visable. should it be a bridge or a. causeway?

3. Where should such new struc- ture be built?

Decisions concerning the de- tails of the Trans-Canada High- VVBY route in the vicinity of Charlottetown will probably be delayed until the Hillsborough Bridge problem is finalized.

Maintenance

P3Ved hlshwiay maintenance was begun earlier last year than ever before and all spring patch- lng.ws.s completed before July 1.

Ditching. and brush cutting were continued th.-roughout the year and grass was eliminated from shoulders to prevent snow drifts starting.

Twenty miles of roadside were sprayed with poison to kill trees and weeds. Results so fa: are promising and will probably lead to much more of this work, 95 Dresent indications are that costs will be satisfactory.

Surface treating of old pave- rnent with asphalt and chips was limited to fifteen miles as wet weather and asphalt troubles combined to shut down the pro- gram before completion.

Light pavement was laid on two miles of sandstone base from Cornwall to Clyde River as an experiment, which. if successful, may be extended towards Bon- show next season.

Light pavement was laid on the convenitio al gravel base on Mt. Edward oad. Palmer's Lane and Belvedere Avenue. a distance of over two miles. and on the Commercial Road for a distance of nine miles to link Murray Riv- er with Montague. it is interest- ing to note that Palmer's Lane was paved on a contributory basis. This Dopartunent supplied the gravel base and the local resi- dents the asphalt top.

The dust menace was somewhat.

lessened by summer rains and the use of ten ears of calcium chloride.

Our extensive network of gravcllod and uusuriaced roads suffered considerably from the

increased traffic and the frequent rains. It was necessary to scrape the roads much more frequently than usual. and this tended to re- duce the time such machines could spend on gonstructlon and heavy ditching.

Standard (ionstqction

Standard construction work, not including Trans-Canada Highway work. totalled 123 miles. of which nearly 25 miles are incomplete. Heavy ditching too was reduced from last year's total with ap- proximately 40 miles done. Details of this work follow:

Subgrading and Gravclling Jobs Completed The figures given below present mllu: Portage 2.4: Brackley 5.2; Un- ion 2.1; Ml. Herbert 1.9; Monaghan 1.0: Ncwtown Cross 5.0: 48 Road (O'Keefe's) 1.1; Eamscllffe 1.2; Eldon 1.0; St. Charles'4.2: Don- nolley's 1.8: Head of Hlilsborough 1.0: St. Peter's Lake 1.0: Alleyls Mills 3.0: Union 1.1; St. George's 1-5: Sturgeon 1.2: Panmure Is- land 1.5: Melbu u 1.0: Colvllie Road 1.0: Arnett Road 3.0; Lower Montarue and Back Road 2.4; 10 Road (Alleyfs Mills) 1.1: Murray Harbour 5.0: Spring Park 2.2: sundry Short Sections 3.0; Mont- rose 2.2; Alberton Wharf 1.1; Dock 1.1; Palmer 1.0: North Cape 1.2: St. Louis 2.0: Boulter,l.4; Enmore 1.5: Freeland 2.0: Barlow 1.5; Fli- teen. Point 1.0: Belmont 0.8; Lot 10 1.8; Msobounll 1.4; Mcxinnon 0.8: Lower Malpequc 0.3: Darnley 1.5: Shipyard 1.3; Factory 0.5: Union Corner -10; shamrock 1.0: Augustine cove 3.0: 'l'ernwood 1.0; She-r'bI'oolre 1.5; Ii. st. Ilean-

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Potato Crop One Of Most Profitable In P. E. I. History

By D. A. MacDonald Chairman. Prince Edward Island Potato Marketing Board

The year now drawing to a close has seen many changes both from a potato production and marketing standpoint in Canada and the U. S. A. and will be re- espcciully as a year when producers at last adopted ll rculistic policy as far as their xv-'ume of production is concern- (1

For some years post we have

had to contend with a surplus production of potatoes. While that condition existed it was

very difficult to maintain R fav- orable marketlng position and a year ago the industry was in a situation where producers. in this Province and elsewhere, were only able to realize a part of their production costs. which in- cidentally have been steadily in- creasing each year.

Early last January. Prince Ed- ward Island had the major part of its crop unsold and grave doubts were expressed that mar- kets could be found to absorb all our crop at any price. However. during the early months of this year we had a good movement and with the help of u subsldizcd starch program last spring. prac- tically all the 1951 crop of about was marketed by the end of the shipping season.

Marked Reduction

This your a real effort wus made to bring potato production down to where it should be and we have seen on overall acreage reduction of about twenty percent in Canada and the U. S. A. Here we have had a reduction from 45,000 acres in 1950 to 31.400

or's 1.0; Rattenfoury 1.4; Smith 1.3; Suprinlglbrook 15; Oyster Ben l.l; Mayfleld 1.1; Cavendish 1.0- total 97.50.

Partly Completed

43 Road (Hazelbroolr) 1.0; West Cove-head 1.2; Georgetown 1.0: Johnston's River 2.0: Gowan 3”? 1.6; Forest Hill 2.4; Point Pleas- ant 1.1; Brooklyn 10: West Devon 2.0; Leardfs Mill 1.5: Victoria W. 1,5; Cape Egmont 0.5: Bayvicxv 2.0: Kelly's Cross 1.5: Argyle Shore 2.0: Rustico 1.0: Clyde Riv- er 1.0; Park Road 1.0--total 253.

Road Paving Program

In all a total of 23.7 miles of high class asphalt pave-merit was laid during the year as follows:

The road from Poole's Corner to Georgetown, with a spur to Cardigan, a distance of 3.3 miles. was paved with hot plant mix asphalt by Warren Maritimes Lid.