ALBERTON CURLING CLUB CHAMPS

A rink skipped by Fred Mill- man won the Westerner Motel trophy, emblematic of the club championship in a schedule re-

Accidents Result wood Is.

Ferries Are Overhauled

In Court

SUMMERSIDE — Several charges of leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report | accidents, were laid Thursday | before Prince County Magis- trate W. CHester S. MacDonald by the Summerside RCMP de-| tachment, most of them stem-| ming from the rash of accidents | during last weekend’s sudden storm.

A $50 fine was levied against Arnold Edward Ballem, of Be- deque, after he pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. The RCMP report of the incident showed that the

oo. S ee in the Alber- ton Rink. Charles

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ISLAND NEWS PAGE

Alberton and West Prince County

Hearing

eanors, Ira Wall, of Summer- side, Paul Gregg Bernard, of Kensington, and Roy Carl Ford, of Mount Pleasant.

Francis Augustine Conehe, of Souris, entered a plea no guilty to a charge of postal : motor vehicle while his abilities were impaired by alcohol and his case was adjourned until May 8 for hearing.

Only other cases on the docket Saw one man fined $10 for illeg- al parking and a second fin- ed $20 on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor other than in his residence.

accused struck the fender of a

ear driven by Edmund Gallant,

of Miscouche, while trying to

pass the Gallant car, on the

highway near St. Eleanors on ch 9.

A similar charge was brought against Bruce Allison Mann, of Kensington, who also entered a guilty plea. His case was ad- journed for sentence until next week, after defence attorney J. Watson MacNaught, QC, point- ed out that the defendant. 7 stop, but saw nobody around the other vehicle, whieh was parked along the road, and so he continued on his way.

Four fines of $10 and are Were assessed on men

w pleaded guilty to charge of tail. ah

ing to report an accident involv- ing over $100 damage. Those

who paid fines under this sec- tion of the Highway Traffic Act were: Ernest Moore of St. El-

S‘side Y’s Men Elect Slate

SUMMERSIDE — Charles Ballem was elected president of the Summerside Y’s Men’s = during the group’s 25th nu meeting held Thursday in the Y centre on Green street, with the retiring president, John El- lis, presiding |

her members of the new ex- ecutive include: Edgar Ramsay, | as first vice-president; Alexand-| er Campbell, as second vice - president; Gordon Simmons as third vice-president; while} Allan Stewart is secretary and Lloyd Gorrill is treasurer for| the coming year.

The board of directors consist of: Roy Boates, Carman Carle, Keith Lapp, Charles) Linkletter and David Morrison.

In his president's report, Mr. Ellis thanked the executive and all members for their support | during a very successful year,| and offered a special thanks to| the radio auction committee, }

He noted that probably th e| highlight of the year was the| 1961 Maritime regional conven-| tion, which was held in Sum-| merside last May

A committee has been

will |

ap pointed to finalize plans for the | or f

25th anniversary celebrations, but nothing as yet has been fin- alized.

Co-chairman at last meeting was Jack Walm while Carl Moase acted as oan leader and Wilson Ross lead t

¢evotions.

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BRIEFS Federal Gov't To Continue

Show Has 110 Entries

Census Hike

Easter Beef

rye sg eee. trot said y

that io pe cove been |

ceived for the Easter

|a couple of weeks with winds

phy to skip Millman and team mates Arthur Wilkie, Lloyd Is Zion YPS Topic Wilkie and Bruce Currie. Crests were also presented to “ Money for space or for the the winners. | , and “Nuclear wea. a” were two of Te t oe discussed at the regul- ar meeting of Zion PYPS_ re- cently Rev. D.A. Campbell, =

opened the business mee to conduct the evening worship to be pe & in Zion Church April a Mr. Campbell also gave a

, Captain Claude Hunter, presi-4 Cc brief history of the Apostles

erations between oer Islands | Geese Fly

and Caribou on May he is hoping the weather- |

Like officials of the oR fer- man will co-operate and provide C)yer Souris

a ques

ries,

prevailing from the southerly quarter. Winds from this direc- tion play a major role in clear-| were ng ice accumulations from the yesterday. The flocks were seen Northumberland Strait, he said. | an hour apart with the first The ferries have been hauled| flock averaging some 26 birds. up on the slip at Marine Indus-| The second flock contained 27. tries Ltd., Pictou, for under-| One flock failed to form the water inspection and repair) usual V-formation and travell- | and painting. in a straight line. | ce

THE WEEK AT SDU

Show and Sale to be held at Provincial Exhibition Grounne in Charlottetown on April 5 and 6.

er of entries is erg 10 nae pl at last year’s

Mr. per said the entries are of high quality — “the finest probably that the show has ever seen. The reason is that produc- ers are paying more attention te the finish of their animals.”

Pointing out — road condi- tions are good now, Mr. Roper at a large ane’ is sianeetad

0 attend the show and sale.

Is Welcomed |

‘A welcome addition to our} revenue through aE te Dd per, capita grant,” man, chairman of the tyre | “ nance committee, said yester- | day of the announcement from Ottawa of an upward revision in | Charlottetown population figures.

eral weeks ago when pre-| at results of last year’s census were announced the pop- a of Charlottetown was d to be 17,956, a drop of 121 from the total previously used for the basis of per capita grant payments by the local government,

Thursday's announcement said consideration had been given changes in the city boundaries and the population total was in- creased to 18,318.

This represents a gain of 362 persons over the previously an- nounced total and 241 more

“Blood Wedding” Staging Enthusiastically Received

After a wealth os publicity, the exciting tragedy ‘Blood Wed- ding’ was presented to a crowd- ed auditorium, last Monday at} Saint Dunstan’s. Highly allegori- cal, and spiced with the beauti- ful poetry of another country — (Spain). The highly passionate

won the provincial ‘‘A” basket- ball crown by defeating St. Dunstan’s High School.

The SDHS team, which hadn’t lost a game all during the re- gular season. could score only 37 points to Summerside’s 54, The Saints were playing with-

2 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Sat. Mar. 31, 1962.

Airlift Suggested

Wianey For Space

gave his approval to the group an

reed and answered _questions |

| presided and reports of the ane

| SOURIS—Two flocks of geese | seen flying over the town }

For P.E.I.

KENSINGTON — A suggestion that the Prince Edward Island Government provide an airplane large enough to carry several trucks across the Northumber- land Strait due to the car fer- ries not being able to handle the heavy ice was made Wednesday night by Rev. E.H. Bean at the regular meeting of the Kensing- | ton Board of Trade. |

The suggestion, he said was | being made ‘‘in view of the fact | that the ice situation in the | strait is likely to be ~~ us for | several years to com

| tennial year

Freight

ance for potato growers was dropped when a number of speakers agreed with an opinion

| expressed by Allan Murphy that

“the government should keep out of the potato business.” FARAMERS’ TOUR

It you announced that a farm- ers’ r to Ontario will leave ~~ in gfe and it was noted that the agriculture committee be contacted by any farmers who might want to take advan- tage of -— opportunity.

W.S. MacLean stated that a site was en, - the re ist bureau to be erected if the idea cr thought feasible,

Lloyd Lockerby brought up the matter of a project for Cen- was left to the public affairs and civic

| affairs committee.

HIGH COSTS

Morris Caseley stated that the high costs of such transportat- on would no doubt prohibit the | operation but the suggestion might “have the effect of jolt-| | ing the powers that be to con- sider something adequate but ess costly.”

Archie Johnston expressed the | opinion that even Prince Ed-/

ward Islanders are not willing “to live in such isolation any longer.”

The president Edison Rayner | ous committees were hear

A suggestion that the aia | set up a meeting for the purpose | of asking for government as sist |

It was reported by George MacMurdo that the agriculture short course hel Kensington had been partly successful.

SIGNAL LIGHTS

Keith Harrington, MLA, spoke on the matter of signal lights for the town railway crossings and stated that a letter had been sent to the Hon. Philip Mathe- son. minister of highways.

Donald Caseley reported for | the commerce and retail merch- ants committee stating that the service stations will start even-

| ing service April 1.

Lloyd Lockerby and Caseley said the finances were in good order.

Red Cross Reports Upsurge

In Demand For

During the past few montis e been a definite up- surge in the demand for Red Cross home nursing courses throughout the province. Re- cently, classes have been com- pleted in Alberton, 3 Mile Creek, Argyle Shore, New Lon- don and Charlottetown with 65 women having received attend- | ance certificates in these five | communities.

Mrs. R. S. MacDonald, RN, was the instructor of the Char- | lottetown class and the follow- ing received certificates at the

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closing session, Mrs. obert Coffin, Mrs. E. Mullin, Mrs. Helen Chandler, Mrs. Lloyd Farquharson, Mrs. Alma Lea Mrs. Frank MacIntyre, Mrs. Jack Stevenson, Mrs. Dennis

Rooney, Mrs. Joseph Rooney, | Mrs. Helen Horne and Mrs. | George MacCormack.

of |charge, and are dann |

Home Nursing

At the present time courses are in progress at Crapaud, Cardigan and Souris and others are scheduled in the near future at Ebbsfleet, the RCAF Stat- ion, Road and in Charlottetown. This latter course

| will get underway at Red

headquarters on Wednesday, April 4 and while there are al- ready a number of sparen enrolled a few accommodated if they Per im- mediately,

Red Cross home ee oe ses are given

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any |

marily to provide for both men and women i‘ the care of the sick at home. They are also given to prepare those enrolled in them to render service in the community in the event of emergencies in time of peace or war.

The last electric power trans- mission pole is seen being in- stalled opposite The Guardian | office in Summerside yester- | day in a new distribution sys- tem that will complete the eli- |

WEATHER,

TORONTO (CP) — Tempera- tures:

Min. Max. Vancouver ..... .. 37 60 Edmonton ....... 26 43 Calgary serseina ae 48 Winnipeg ...seeee. 8 29 Toronto 008 ees 48 53 Montreal ........ 50 69 Quebec © ecce 33 64 Fredericton ‘ean 31 72 Saint John ..... $2 50 et juaee eee 32 61 OOS aia cs eine 35 48 cubes eeeee 32 54 Sydney ...... Nesses ABO: 56 Yarmouth .....000: 35 54 Se: JOuWe 35 cess 28 47

HALIFAX (CP)—The weather

cour- | office says temperatures should

cees

LAST POLE HUMPED INTO PLACE

that formerly served this sec- tion of the street. Transmission poles for the most part have been placed in areas dehind businesses, enabling the com- plete removal of transmission lines and poles from the streets and sidewalks in this area.

mination of power poles irom the sidewalk areas of lower Central Street. A new modern mercury vapor light will be installed on the pole. replacing the old style incandescent light

| northwest 20. Low-high at nae lottetown 35 and 50. look for Sund Cloud Ba of Fundy: Southwest oe NB. eas sty. winds 20 shifting this afternoon, St. John River Valley: Cloudy | ine z= . ppg t ’ di: in| ’ x a Jo en bility 10 miles lowering in show- winds 15 with gusts to 25 shift-| €TS to one to three miles and in ing in the evening to northwest a — ches to one-half mile; 15, Low-high at Moncton 38 and | Ve oe Saint) tow at 6.47 a.m, and 5.57 p.m

John 38 and 48,

| At Rustico at 2.09 a.m. and 1.54 Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy. | 5m. Summerside tide eighteen Upper St. John River Valley, | minutes later than- Charlotte. Bay of Chaleur: Cloudy with .a| town. Sun rises today at 5.47 few showers, ending in the after | and sets at 6.22 and rises Sun- noon; mild; southwest winds 15| day at 5.46 and sets at 6.23. shifting in the afternoon to! Sunday, Apr. “. High tide at northwest 15. Low-high at Ed- Charlottetown, 7.56 a.m. and 7.23 mundston 38 and 45, Campbell-| p.m. Sunday, Apr. 1, High tide ton 33 and 45. | at Rustico 3.27 a.m. and 2.46 Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy. | p.m.

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Hie ‘tide today at Charlotte

be well above normal today. Skies will cloud over and light | showers should be general arent | | the district.

Regional forecasts:

Halifax and vicinity, Eastern | Shore: Mostly clear becoming | cloudy with a few showers in the afternoon; mild; winds’ southwest 15 with gusts to 25.

out the services of Don Brown, their team captain and the lea | gues leading point-getter

Brown, a Halifax native was | the recipient of a gash in his | leg requiring a dozen stitches, earlier in the week and was un- | able to compete. Valentine of | SHS was high scorer for th a with 15. Joe Martin with

12, and ‘‘Postie’’ Connolly with 8 contributed most of the Saints

play by Frederico Lorca was witnessed by an _ enthusiastic audience.

Last night, the play was pre- sented at Summerside in the Regional Drama Festival. INTER-CLASS DRAMA

The inter-class drama festival |

will be held at St. Dunstan's | | this Sunday evening, starting at | 7:30. Four one-act plays by the freshmen sophomores, juniors and seniors are on the agenda. Spectators from the city are not only permitted but encouraged to attend.

Ellen Reddin and Elaine Green returned from Mt. St. Bernard at Antigonish, after having been defeated unanimous- ly, by the girls from St. Francis Xavier in the final debate of the Maritime Girls Intercollegi- ate Debating League issue ‘ ‘We a an anti-intellectual

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points. SENIORS LOST

In intramural hockey, the

mighty senior team crumpled in the final game and lost the hockey laurels to the junior squad 3-1, in the best of 3-of-5 series.

In buzzer hockey going into the fifth game, the juniors also lead 2-1 (one game fied) and

threaten to wrest that trophy from a tight grasp of the sen-

ving in ior age”, the girls from Mt. St.| In City League basketball. the Bernard proved, to the satisfac-| Playoffs are over and the

irates, who clinched first place in the regular season schedule some weeks ago, easily defeat- ed the YMCA and then easily de- feated the Saints to take the hoop honors for this year.

tion of the judges, that we are now fortunate enough to be liv- ing in an intellectual era.

BASKETBALL PLAY And in basketball, Summerside

| than the total used last year. City authorities had complain- a the first announce- ment and had written Ottawa

urther information on

method used in reaching the | total given. No reply has been

| received as yet to the letter.

Driver Ordered To «igs Muffler

e charge of operating a

sae oo with defective| ed out the docket. Of these, two equipment, no aoe S ac-| were each fined $10 and costs or| Newly an Tangan- cused had his rned | five days. and one $20 and costs was the 1 to

until March 31, with tastrustions | from Magistrate A.J. Haslam in|

“Cleaver’’ McLean, the lea- _ top SS a and the Hyndman—both on the Pirate. team, lead the “skull and crossbones” crew to their victories — as they have vor = during the regular

“The. ‘final examination sche- has been posted, and it is

city police court, to get a muf- fler installed within that time.

Convicted of being drunk and disorderly, Wilfred Bradley, Charlottetown, was sentenced to 20 days in Queens County jail.

Failure to stop at a red traffic light a in another accus-

runner-

ed, repres by oa Gillis, being fined $10 and costs | cet, Sst San dhe on or five Gays tm jell. Most of the exams. are over on

Four persons convicted of be- , of ing drunk and incapable round- as _ May.

NEW MEMBER

costs | yika or ‘0 days. The fourth was sen-| join the United Nations Food tenced to 20 days in jail. and Agriculture Organization.

WAITE FUNERAL — a ae

meral for Henry F. Waite

Place Friday afternoon

the Bowness Funeral home to | the Church of God, West Devon. | The officiating clergymen were Rev.'D. H. Hamilton and Rev. W. E. McOully. Interment took Place in the West Devon Bap Gest Church cemetery. Palibear- @s were Emmett Young, True- man Jeffery, Gus Gallant, Jack

Fitrpatrick end Reg Wooding- | 2!

CAPITAL BUREAU aaa | GUARDIAN

tae — The federal gov-| ment will continue its efforts |

to to snake P.E.1. fish efficient in the coming year. Hon, Angus MacLean, minister | Gasaeen said here that od

couraging that ‘ane eoue| tive arrangements are pelsg) made for this year.

Mr. MacLean said that his éo|

Efforts To Aid Fishermen

‘Scholarship Fund Mooted As Memorial To R. F. Seaman

Rev. George W. Tilley, Bun- |

donations to the “R.F. Seaman Memorial Scholarship Fund" were coming in very slowly. The endowment fund, established to preserve the memory of Dr. Sea- man and also to provide finan- cial ye = deserving PWC stud- ents entering the medcial pro- | Sieakee,. . still in its early stag-

ve of development.

Tilley, talking with The Guan yoevelaa said that a committee is hoped to be set up near future to stir the in-

head the campaign to get things rolling’, said Mr. Tilley

Mr. Tilley recently "pesevied a as from angaret C.

Beato (formerly Margar

Mutch, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Mutch), now residing in Vancouver, B.C.,

expressing her pleasure in the | setting-up of the scholarship. Mrs. Beaton, in her letter to

who knew and loved

man would consider it a pel-

vilege to contribute to such a ind’.

Low-high at Halifax and Goshen

38 and 60.

Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy.

South Shore, Annapolis Val- ley, Northern Nova Cloudy with a few mild; winds southwest 15 with gusts to 25 shifting in the eve- ning to northwest 15. Low-high at Yarmouth 40 and 50, Kent-) ville 43 and 60, New Glasgow |

garet | 38 and 60

Ontieas ‘for Sunday: Cloudy. Breton: Mostly clear be- coming cloudy with a few show- ers in the evening; mild; winds southwest 15 with gustst o 25. | Low-high at Sydney 35 and 65. Outlook for Sunday: Cloudy. Prince Edward Island: Mostly clear becoming cloudy with few showers about noon; mild; winds southwest 20 with gusts

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