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FROM ARVIDA. HQ. ‘ Mrs. John Gordon, Arvida. PH, 0., arrived Monday by plane to, be with her sister-in-law. ‘r\'li'5.' M. Dunn, Alberton.

AT TATAMAGOL’CIIE

Rev. David MacDonald, Al- berton. is spending this week in Tatsmagourhc. 5.15., where he In giving instruction at the At- lantic Christian Training Centre.

AT BOYS' PARLIAMENT

William Pcderscn, a commer- cial student at Tignis‘h Region- :1 High School attended the

ninth 0d. 3. Parliament held in Charlottetown over the weekend.

IS PATIENT 'Mrs. George Richard. Tignish, b a patient in Prince County Hospital. Summerside.

ATTENDED FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gould, Gerald Bellivcau. Mrs. R Cornish, Amherst. N.S.; Mm and Mrs. Albert Ellsworth. Mon- i tague. and Mrs. Preston Ella-5

Ministers from Christian churches throughout the Mari- times are meeting this week at Summerside Church Christ where the host minister. Rev. D.L. Howlett is presid- ing over a three-day confer- ence. The public is invrtcd to a

MINISTERS MEETING IN S’SIDE

special service this evening at 8 o'cloc when the special speaker will be Rev. Russell Carr of Dartmouth, N.S. Some of the ciergymen attending are seen above, left to right, seat- 'l'homas Fountain,

ed. Re. Halifax; Rev. D.L. Howlett.

Summerside; Rev. Lorne Neth- ercott. Weymouth, N.S. Rear: Rev. Russell Carr, Dartmouth. N.S.; Rev. Cecil Fletcher, Saint John. N.B.; Rev. Mal- colm Smith. South Lake. P.E.I. .,

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worth, Charlottetown attended the funeral of their niece Bren- da Ellsworth in Tignish Monday.

OUT OF HOSPITAL Mrs. E. C. Gaudette. Tignish. returned to her home from Wes- tern Hospital. Alberton. where she spent the past several weeks.

CWL CARD PARTY

The Tign‘ish Council of the CWL held a card play at the home of Mrs. W. J. Shea Fri- day evening for the hospital committee. Prize for the highest score in 455 was won by Mrs. Thelma Harper. Bridge prize by Miss Ann Gavin: freeze-out prizes went to Wil- liam Shea. d Mrs. Irving Mockler.

CARD TOURNAMENT

The weekly card tournament of the Tignish parish was held in the Dalton school. Prize for the highest score was won by E. P. Bernard. Freczeout prizes were won by Jerry I. Doucctte. and baked by Mrs. Frank Gaudet was won on an Italian auction

Mrs. Leo Fennessey. A cake the

by Michael Bernard of N all Pond.

ELLSWORTH FUNERAL The funeral for Brenda Ells- worth was held Monday morn- ing from the home of her ar- ents. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Ells- worth, Ciiristophers Cross to St. Simon and St. Jude's Church. Tignish, where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Floyd McGaugh. who also oil'-

ciated at the grave. Rev. M. J. Rooney was present in the sanc- tuary. Pupils from Christopher's Cross School with their teacher, Mrs. Ray Handrahan attended in a body. Pallbearers all school friends and neighbors of the de- ceased were David Ellsworth, Junior Ellsworth, Phillip Har- per. Winston Keough, Mark Han- drahan, Robert arper. Flower- lbearers were Jean Ellsworth and Nancy Harper. Interment was in the church cemetery. BRIDGE HANGS HIGH The suspension bridge over Royal Gorge of the Ark isas River is 1,053 feet above wa- ter evcl.

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Ike Carnival lSIatecI Sat.

TIGNISH — The Tignish Ice carnival scheduled for Saturday evening was postponed until Sat urday evening, Feb. 16. due to high winds and drifting snow.

The Queen chosen to reign ov- er the evening of entertainment will be crowned at the Valentine dance. Feb. 14 and will be pres- ent at the ice carnival with her royal escorts.

The coronation c ake on dis- play for the carnival was not held over. and the winner In the lucky cake draw was Cnst. Nor- man Curry. RCMP Charlotte

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All other entertainment pian- ned for the ice carnival will pro- ceed on Saturday at 8:15.

BALBOA WAS FIRST Vasco Nunez e Belb started the ﬁrst European col- ony on the Isthmus of Danien. now Panama. in 5

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Drifting ls Heavy As Storm Strikes

RCMP at 11:30 last night re- ported poor travelling conditions on all highways throughout the province. which was being worsenedrby heavy drifting in many sections.

The police were able to main- tain their normal highway pat- rols for the first portion of the storm. but were forced to dis- continue vthem shortly after 11 pm.

is ll be etc I They reported that at that weather, as the pressure stood time some traffic was movirg, at 29.80 inc and w

but advised that due to the al- most. zero visibility, motorists should use utmost caution. The meteorologist at the Charlottetown radio rouge. re. ported that by 11 p.m. about two inches of snow had fallen.

WEATHER

'IQRON'K) (CP) -— Tempera-

tures issued by the weather office:

‘ Min. Max. Dawson ......... -1 -5 Vancouver ... 34 53 Victoria ......... 44 54 Edmonton ....... 19 23 . Calgary .......... 25 39 Regina . ....... 6 23 Winnipeg ........ 8 20 Toronto .......... 10 21 Ottawa .......... 14 22 Montreal 15 20 Quebec .. 3 21 Fredericton ..... -! 20 Saint John ..... 1 22 Moncton . .... 6 23 Halifax . . . . . . . .. 9 25 Charlottetown 10 22 Sydney 1 25 Yarmouth .. .. 24 — St. John's . . . . . . .. 13 18

HALIFAX (CP) — The wea- ther office says the storm res- ponsible for Tuesday’s precipi- tation was advancing northeast- ward along the New England coast and intensifying gradually. It is forecast to enter southern New Brunswick in the morning and then move out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence this afternoon. leaving in its wake some five to 10 inches of snow over New Brunswick and three to six in- ches over Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.

Regional forecasts;

Halifax and vicinity, South Shore: Rain changing to rain- shcwers this evenin - very

and by morning it was forecast that another three to four ' ches would be added to what ‘ was already down. i During the forenoon the snow .‘ is expected botum torajn orl

as re- ported to be falling rapidly. T win were recorded at 18 mph. gusting to 28. Some. time during the night, they were expected to swing around totheeastataswlthgustsof 55 mph.

mild; south winds 20. shifting by evening to northwest 30 with gusts to 55. Low-high at Halifax 30 and 40. Yarmouth 32 and 40.

Annapolis Valley. Northern Nova Scotia. Eastern Shore: rain; very mild; south winds 20. Sgt John H" Bill"! Of Char- shifting in the evening to north- lottetown arrived at Frederic- (west 30 with gusts to 55. Low- ton airport early last Saturday

Glasgow and Goshen 22 and 40.

Prince Edward Island: Rain town at 1:39 3m. and 2:09 p.m. turning to 511'0“jf1u1‘1'i€5l11l5 even- At Rustico at 9:46 am. and 9:14 ins: very mile south winds 20 pm. Summerside tide eighteen ﬁgé‘fagnaim £33,211?) 2%.nﬁggt: minutes later than Charlotte. high at Charlottetown 13 and 35_ town. Sun rises today at 6:57 High tide today at Charlotte- and sets at 5:32.

CITY SOLDIER RETURN

high at Kentville 22 and 34. New following a year‘s service in

Egypt with the Reconaissance temperature greeted them Squadron of The Royal Canad- ian Dragoons. The squadron patrolled a 25-mile stretch of the Sinai Desert for the United Nations Emergency Force. Sgt . Binns and 99 other members of Th RCD sqaudron left Egypt with the thermometer reading 109 degrees. Chilling winds and a nine-below-zero

ers of soldier returning with

H. Bishop. son of Capt. a Mrs. Harry Bishop of (I76 dar Street) Summerside. (National Defence Photo)

on arrival in Canada. Sgt. Binns is a nephew of Mr. Alyre Pet-

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