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Big. Construction Program . Sparks Employment Locally

Page 2 The Guardian Saturday. Aug. 13. -1'955

lAd"'"" "Hy lP.E. Island Children Among

Le es Today For; , , scat Jomboreel-lop Winners At Gaelic Mod Three Prince Edward Island

This morning. P. E. I.'s advance hildre ere among the top winl party to the iith World Boy Scout gen -tn”: Gum: Mod come” in

Jamboree left for Niagara-on-the

in her age group. George Fraser did not Ctlmpgle in Charlottetown as he remained

L” b .C l- m at Cape Breton which concluded in Cape Breton for the can

....i s”. it.” m'l"'li'.i'.i'f'llc. 1.? hi -am-r mu ween C-I-my we-Ins tomorrow. if

Perry. T. L. Bill Reid. Mr.) P. Geotlm Evelyn and Heather was one of two boys selected to Fortified b

a lively construc-principally carpenters. these forlavailable to them. Most crops are tion program. the Charlottetown the most out have been absorbed reported as good. and the potatoes employment situation is reported by other jobs. are coming Ilonl nicely- to be very good according to of-SIIOIITAGE OF TRADESMEN l The dragger fleet operating out ficlals of the Charlottetown NI-. There is a definite shortage of of Souris. is making 800d nlcllel. tional Employment Office. bricklayers. and iradesmen of any lmfl llle Pl'0"955lll8 Pllml "'9'? l-'1

The Local Employment Officeliype are in demand. The Local-quite busy The new fnciofy 9!. lists a number of building jobs as Office reports a ' A demandvllle Qllllllli Fl3l'l9Tl93 C0mP?llY 11' responsible for the present fairly-for first-class automobile ” QSOUHS. ll 1101 yCl In 0Pel'Ml0n- 13! high level of emplo meat. The new;ics with practically every l8l”Ee2l5 Olle lll ll"? l"05l "l0d9l'll Plullil Federal Building; the new Guard- garage in the city showing vacan- in the Marltlmes.

Fraser of Charlottetown walked pl off with a total of ten firsts and one second in the Highland dancing and piping competitions.

George Fraser was top boy piper at the mod winning two cups and three medals in the various piping contests. " er up was Daniel MacLeod of San Diego. California. who placed second in the contests.

ay with the famous Macdonald Hundred Pipe Band at the cause. way opening. He will be the only Island piper in the ceremony.

The judge for the Highland Dancing at the Mod was James L Macxenzie of Aberdeen, Scotlainl world's champion Highland .1”: cer. Judging the piping Wu Seumua MacNell Principal at an

L.'s John MacLean and Blair MacDonald. all of Charlottetown: also P. L. Noel Palmer of Sum- merside. P. L.'s Joseph Gallant. Souris, and Paul Desltoches of Montague. Brig. Reid will be Camp Chief of Sub-Camp Atlantic. and all the members of the party will be on the Quartermaster's

staff of his subcamp. which will

all the College

ian Office building; an extensionycies. The mechanic shortage has STREET IMPROVEMENTS

to the Notre Dame Convent: an

been more or less acute for some

The city of Charlottetown is car-

enlargcment of the Maritime Light years. and very few BF? lwlng l'Y'l'lE "lll l-'llll5lll9l'3lll9 Slleel "'1'

and Power Company plant: service stations:

newumnedy Ga,-age Owners and car provements and sidewalk repaira.' new residences. dealers point nut that no schoolland the imPF0VEmBnl in the Street!

all contribute to the high volume in the Province gives a complete In lhE'ViCin1'ly Of the Exhibition of building operations. In additionxand advanced course in this type grllllllds l5 Pnrllculally llllllc93bl9-

two oil companies have extensive

projects underway in the vicinity All the dairies on the island are has of Hillsboro Bridge. Both the lm- reporting to be working to capa- men! log I number of men. can clly, alllmugll milk pr()ducIi()u'PIlEp81l8tl0n for the annual show.

perial and the Irving oil - panics are relocating. their entire plants. and the combined expendi-

of work.

from the first of the year has lbeen down somewhat compared to.

The Exhibition Association itself given considerable employ- in which is about to open. l

The Employment Office believesl

tures of these two companies wili'l954. This means that butter pro- that the Present faV0llr8ble 6m-- most likely run to a million and dui-tion may be of! slightly in the Pl0ymeni Silualion Should wnlinuel

a half dollars.

early months of 1955 The Local.

into the late autumn. when the

Although the Federal Building Office reports that farm labourers-ll"lV9FSllleS and 5 i'h00lS open: has reached a point where some are scarce. but the farmers seem Many Sllldenls Drfsenlly employed

men were temporarily laid off.'to have got along with the help Will lllen l93V9 lllell” Summer 1055

City and Central

"YOCR DOLLAR BUYS MORE

TO ATTEND OPENING- Mr

l0I"l

4-way ( . .. liege Battery will meet Charlottetown Arrnouries on the

afternoon of August 16 at 2.00 0'-l clock for their annual l'P-ll"l'"'

LD REU

I ' . Surviving members of the Eighth in the same year. It saw some of! talk over old times both good and at the the toughest fighting during World bad that

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War 1 and took part in most of the important engagements including Amiens. Armentiers. Hill 60. to

on HA

.3 I . . :3 RLOITEIOWN they experienced in rance.

F I The officers of the Eighth Seige

above W

comprise approximately 1.000 lead- ers and boys.

The arrival of the main groups for the Jamboree will be on Au- gust 18. other membe . of sub- camp Atlantic Staff. who will be leaving for the Jamboree on Mon- day. are as follows: Frank Cot- ollo. Charlottetown. Programme Co-ordinator; Dr. G. E. Robinson. Tyne Valley. First Aid: Rev.

. E. Ingram. Kensngton. Q.

-Battery are seen in the p picture. Left to right they are: Lt.l

which this year will take the form mention a few. The battery had 3 ll W- Peake. Lt. H. A. Messervy.

of an afternoon's

National Park. The Eighth Battery was or-

ganized by the late Lt Col A G.

outing at the

strength of 210 all ranks. y Bert Johnston of Summerslde.

president of the Battery expects a

good turnout Tuesday afternoon

-Capt. J. S. Bagnall. Lt. Col. A. G. lPeake. George Prowse. Lt. A.E.B. Murphy. Of these only Messervy. lBagnall and Murphy are living to-

Peake in 1916 and went overseas when the boys will get together to day.

and this will create v

any people who happen to be idlel

at that time The students of the Province comprise a considerable working force during each sum- mer. and are employed in service stations. on building projects and

at the HUGHES DRUG sTon.E." D. s. Wood of Atkinson Building "ll mad Wrlk and ll l5 8 healthy

ISLAND COLORED VIEWS -

Craswcll Studio.

RADIATOR REPAIRING. re- ooring and l'lushing. Mallett's Battery and Radiator Service.

FOSTEWS DRUG STORE will be open this afternoon and all day Sunday.

DON'T DRIVE with a hot moi or. Have it flushed now. Mal lett's Battery and Radiator Ser- vice.

VISITORS ! TOIJRISTS l

Char1ottetown's Centen-

nial Booklets and Souvenir l

Currency make 1 a s t i n g mementos to take home or mail home. On sale at lead- ing Hotels, Restaurants and Tourist Resorts.

Howard Mclnnis FITTEII FO0TVlEAli

17! Queen St. -Currie Bldg.

IIIITIIS. MAIIIIIAGES. IIEATIIS 50: Per Insertion

BIRTHS

'l'0WNSREND- At the loin-is Hospital on August 7th. to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Townshend. a son. James Gordon, 8 lbs. 11 ea.

POUND-At St. Joseph's Hos- pital. Toronto. Ont.. on July W: to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pound. nee Florence Bruce a dauGh' ter. Connie Lee. V0531! 3 lbi. A oes.

MacDONALD-At the Charlotte- town Hospital on Wednesday. August 10th. to Mr. and Mrs. John B. MacDonald. Pleasant

Grove. a son. John Oharlel. 1 lbs.. 1 oz. LECKY-At the Prince County

Hospital on August 9111. 1&6. to Mr. and Mrs. John Leclw. a daughter. Amy Leonora. Weight 7 lbs. 1 (vs.

MCINNIS - At the Toronto Western Hospital on August 6th. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. George Mc- lnnis lnee Dunning) a son. Don- aid Joseph, 9 lbs. We 0:.

MARRIAGES

ROWE-MacLEAN-The marriage took place on July Nth at Arm- our Hts. United Church. Toronto. of Kathleen Mae Rowe. R.N.. of Brown Hills. England. and James Kenneth MacLean. Alherry Plains. P. E. I.

". Flinn mm-At Indian River Aug.

11. 1955. Mrs. Clarence Sinclair. "ed 5 years. Remains resting at Davison's Funeral Home. Fu- neral notice later.

N. D. Mecleali

UNDEBTAKEB EMBALMEI

eauiowuowi as lerh Wlltablre lIlAL,l54l

ILtd.. Toronto. is in Charlotte- .-town for the opening of the Pro- vinciai Exhibition and Old Home Week Monday night He is a. g u e s t at the Charlottetown el

LEAVE FOR SYDNEY - Twenty

three sea cadets from l-I.M C.S. by Mrs. Stanley Lancaster of the "'9 "lllsl elll"-Vableo l

Queen Cl irlotle held a ulcner fry at Stanhope last evening prior to their departure for Sea Cadet Camp Protecter at Sydney. Nova Scotia. The cadets will leave Charlotte- town on Slimiay afternoon.

tRETI'RNS T0 OTTAWA .Mrs A W. Truman and daughter Sally of Ottawa accompanied by Mrs. Lovinck, the Dutch Am-ll bassador's wife to Canada. have returned home after visiting Mrs. Truman's mother. Mrs W. A. Miller at Oakwnod. Charlottetrmn Royalty. for the past two weeks.

. HERE FROM PROVIDENCE- lMr. and Mrs. Hector A. MacDon- ;ald and their two daughters Isabel and Constance motored from Provi- dence oo P.E. Island and arrived here a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald are native is- -landers but have resided in the 'US. for more than fifty years.

POLICE COURTmAt the Police Court yesterday morning. an On- tario man was sentenced to 30 days for false pretences Iissuing a cheque without fundsl. Magist- rate K. M. Martin adjourned for one week the case of a woman charged with keeping more than two dogs in the city without pos- sessing a kennel license.

ENGAGEMENT-Mr. and Mrs. Walter Patrick Hammill. Seven Mile Bay. P.E.I.. announce the engagement of their daughter. Lorraine Agnes. to Frederick Richard Williams. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ovila Williams. " t Wedding to take place at St. Bernard's Church. Mone- ton. September I. 1956. at 9 o'clock a.in.

PUNERALSERVICI-The funeral of the late Mrs. E. R. Brow was held privately yesterday afternoon from the MacLean Funeral Home. The service was conducted by Rev. Howard Christie and Rev. A. Frank Mac- Ioan. Interment was in the Peo- ple's Cemetery. The pall bearers were A. W. Hyndman. J. A. Web- ster. E. T. Higgs. L. E. Wellner. Alfred Pickard. H. E. Miller.

sign that so many of them are employed at the present time. in addition to the heads of families and regular wage earners. l

Tilersonals

The sad news has been received

death of her father. Mr. Jumesl H. Shnpland. at Hertfordshlre. Eng-ll land. I

Miss Marilyn Clow has return-. ed to the city after visiting her-. uncle. Lt. James Johnson at Cornwallis. Nova Scotia.

Mr. Mrs. Charles Knc .e and family left yesterday morning for the' home in Toronto after- spending I vacation visiting rcl- atives in Charlottetown and Mt. Stew-

Mr J. G Dennis. managing director of the Prince Edward Island Credit Union League. who is also treasilrer of the CUNA Supply Cooperative. is at present in Madison. Wisconsin attending the Cooperatl've's quarterly board .of directors" meeting. l An enjoyable evening was spent

at the home of Mr. and Mrs. of their son Don. who left Wed- nesday mornlng for where he will be training with the R. C. M. P. Allan Maclnnis. Halifax. read the presentation and presented Doll with an elec- tric razor and a purse of money. (in behalf of his friends. Afterp the presentation. lunch was serv-l ed and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing.

In Memoriam

In loving memory of a dear” husband and father James Pid- geon who passed away August 14. 1947.

Ihywilbedoneuesnshudto

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When one we level has passed away

some day perhaps we'l under-

K- Wlsen we meet nil h has let- ter Land.

Ever remembered by wife and family.

In loving memory of my dear:

TIIE MONTAGUE Pastoral charge. the United Church of Canada. Rev. J.M. Fraser. Milli- ster. Sunday. August 14 Montague: -11 A.M. (Daylight Time. morning service. Dedication of New Elec- tric Organ. Junior Sunday School. (Please note anniversary on Aug. Zit. Lower Montague - 1115 A.M. Istandard Timel. rededication ser- vice. after redecoration of Church interior.

DIED IN CALIFORNIA - The death nccured suddenly on August l5th. in Palo Alto. California of Miss iNora N. Power. first teacher of lclassics at Mount Royal College in 1911 and a sister of Mrs. H.C. Hooper of Charlottetown. A gradu- ate of Dalhouiiie University. Miss ,Power had a distinguished career

I

was Dean rf Women at Louisiana) State University. and also at Stan- 'ford University in California In laddition to Mrs. Hooper she is !survived by one brother, W. Kent Power. Q.C.. of Calgary.

COURT CASES-Two speed-l ers appeared before Queens Coun-I ty Magistrate Gilbert Gaudet. yesterday and were each finedf 810 and costs or 10 days. Onel person. for driving without a lie- ense. and another. for parking on a curve. were each fined 38 and costs or five days. A man charged with causing a disturb- ance In a public place was fined no and costs or 10 days For poleulion of intoxicating liquor in a place other than his resid- ence. the accused was fined W and costs or 8 days.

RIVIBITING PROVINCE-Re turning to Prince Edward Island after an absence of 46 years, Bennie Mayne of Sumrnerland. British Columbia. has spe

ntihe

in the United States as a teacher- and education administrator She;

father. David W. Millar. who passed away. August 12. 1951.

.You can only have one father Patient. kind and true '. lNo other friend '-i all the world lWiIl be as tnie to you.

For all his loving kindness

lHe asks nothing in return

.If 1" the world deserts you To your father you can turn.

So all we can do. dear father

115 go and tend your grave y 'And leave behind a token of love; .To the best father God ever gave:

Lovingly remembered in daugh-I ter Sadie. l

by his wi

FUNERAL SERVICE -The funeral of the llte Margaret Car- ragher was held from the Hen- nessey Funeral Home on Thurs- day morning to St. Joseph's Church. Kelly's Cross. where Re- quiem High Mass was celebrated by Father James Smith. P.P.. who also nfficiated at the grave. The poll bearers were Messrs. Arnold Toole. John Charles Condon. Ralph Conway. Francis MacDonald. John A. McDonald. John P. Carragher. interment took place In the church cemetery. The funeral was large- ly attended.

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Two Hurricanes

ricanes are 1.100 miles apart. Thus with Connie's lsirmlle wide cir- culation, and Diane's 4m miles or so. there is a collision of the outer forces of circulation and the Tuli- wlisra effect has begun.

''In this effect. one storm tends to rotate around the outer. That's why Diane is being pushed north- ward. and Connie is being held back and moves erratically."

In late afternoon. Diane was about 1.100 miles east and slightb to the nollli of Miami. moving toward the northwest or north- northwest at about 11 miles an hour.

lllll now riisssuaa

the sum-. Chursbl

. , l7! while stone'increased from zero lllchdrllrlltplzhledopgdulliil.plmntlsisilll” 7" S"l3"- l""lb'l'- l""ll5 and fa

J89); potatoes 35. (36); roughwood.

Folk "And Squ Festival Last

are Dancing Night At

Forum Enioyable Event

While not the must claboratel Tap Dance: "Sidewalks of New MCAVl"ll presldlng I

of the Centennial year functions.. the Folk and Square Dance Fes- tival presented last evening at the Forum was certainly one of

A large crowd turned out for! the occasion and was treated to an evening of top-notch enter- tainment from folksy square dancing to the more sophisticated siye of Mrs. Douglas McGowan's. ballet group from Montague. l

One of the highlights of the show was the performance oil Peggy Dal1.iel's Centennialeiles., who delighted the audience with their precision dancing and high stepping in perfect unison. Mrs. Dalzlel was the centre of attrac-

tion as she performed intricate cow”.

tap dancuilz steps with amazing speed and agility. 'ttle Miss Florence Macbonaldl of Montague caught the hcartsl of onlookers with her solo toe dance as she gracefully flittedl about the large stage to the strains of "The Glouorm." g

1 F0"? 5C"ll'll la-isles P9ll”l'm9d D nald. Al Blanchard. Aneas Cur--. - pan Ar2.vle Brnadsword dance and 19;. lexlem mat their chums

a Scotch Reel while a group of.

a well received Irish Jig.

v

Reglna, The following is the program lrl-age;-.

for the evening: Square Dance-Model Schooly pupils.

Y o r k" - Florence

Ralph Fraser. Marion MacDon- ald and Carolyn Sullivan.

Reel - Norma Duvar. Haywood. Eleanor Virginia Shaw.

Henry and

Square D a ll c e- West Kent i School.

Solo Toe Dance-Florence Mac- Donald, Montague. Peggy Dalziei'a Centennialel-

5. 'Square Dance-Queen Charlotte

Irish Clog: Miss Millie and Mar-

Macbunald. l

lFertilizers. Saint John. N.B.'. S28.- tion of thousands.

B.I.S. Regular Monthly Meeting

The Benevolent lrish Society held its regular monthly meeting for August. in their clubrooms, -last night with president Thomas

The mlnlllE'5 of the previous monthly meeting were read and adopted. l

The routine business of the Sn-

l Argyle llroall-iwml and Smith ciciy was dealt with in short or- mountain. ripped apart by tons of Ellzabelll tier and the meeting closed with xiynamiie to provide the l0.000.000

a social period.

Continued from page 1

Creditors

ada Packers. 021.471. International 1 464.92: Hastings Potato Growers.'

lllgll 5Cl"”l- . . Fl rida 121800: Cantrell Produce. lrilsh Jigmllfrs. Macxinnons Noam ldamhnm 513.000. Maritime 9” so C S rvice . llioncton. NJ3-I Montague Ballet Group. under I sgfggslzf; P. L Bag Company

direction of Mrs. Douglas Mc- giugelosv I Bllle '1)”l"be: The proposal set forth by the

Eastern Trust Company t was as

l follows: 1. That the secured cred-

Sqllll" Dan”: Ll” 1' Merry” ltors retain their existing securit-

garet Roberts.

makers. y Community Centre Juniors.

Tango Mixer. ALI. American

Promenade and Wallis of the bells. Accompanists. Miss Marion Mac-

Callcrs. Carlyle Phillips. J. A.

Stems Webster. Aug 9. in honor vnung colleens romped about in lvlacllllllang

Centennial Committee. George Mrs. Len Macboullall. Mrs. Gordon White. Mrs. Arthur Duvar. Urhan McQuaid. Walthen Gaudei and Dr J. A. MacMillan.

Incoming Freight Traffic At Borden Shows Increase

The July shipment of carloadsasphalt 53. t37l;

ferried between Borden and Capef Tormentine shows a decrease of 39 exported carloads in compa iaussl with July of last year while the imported carloads increased by 332 over July of 1954. according to figures released by the Super- intendent's Office. Island Division C.N.R.

A total of 87 carloads were shipped from the Island over the Borden Ferry route in July of this yen in camparlsoil with 336 a year ago. Imported carloads in July 1955 amounted to 1424 against 1092 in July of 1954.

There was a big decrease in the export of roughwood with 41 car- loads being shipped out of the Province last July against 17 of July this year. Exports of canned goods also decreased with only four carloads being exported in July of 1955 against 11 of July 1954. The potato export held about the same with 36 carloads last July against 35 of July this year.

The importation of flour and. feeds was considerably higher this year with 136 carloads being im-l ported in comparison with 90 of July a year ago. Sand. stone and gravel imports increased enormous- ly from wicarloads a year ago to E4 this past July.

Autos were also up from M to

meats all showed increases in the amounts taken into the Province. Following are the July figures for the exports with the 1954 figures in brackets: Livestock. ill

17 (41); railway material 11. 113): meats, 21 (10); canned goods. 4 till: scrap iron. it (ill: lumber. 7, (2); vegetables 1. I61: butter 2 (01; empty barrels. 2 (3); eggs 8, MI: fish. 1 (1); HH. goods. 1 (1); hides 2. (3): oats 0. (31; machinery 3. 15): railway poles 1. 10); mass 4. 14); autos 2. (1); empty bottles 0. I2): blueberries 3. (0); straw- berries 0. m.

Imports autos 79. 150): empty blll 3. 40); empty barrel: 2. ll); coal is will fruits I0. 1 ); noni-

and feed 186 (00); fertilizer 4. (4); gas and oils all. 1201); H.B. Goods 3. 10!: harwai-e1.(o); lime 6. (5); lumber 31. 122': livestock 2. (3): less carloads N6. (238); meats 1:: (Bi: achlne ; I1. (12); sugar al. (251: salt 10. (11); railway material 12. 1101; railway coal 0. (at: roof- ing 9. I21; vegetables 7. I5): molasses 0. (5): sand. stone and gravel 224. um; canned goods 11. 414); brick and cement 71. M4);