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MONDAY

FAMILY REUNION-Mrs. Lottie l-Iorner. Rochester, N.Y.. is visiting in Charlottetown. guest of her brother, Sam Smith. ll Upper Queen St. It has been thirty-eight years‘ since they last saw one an- other. She also had the pleasure of meetinl, her other two brothers in Halifax and Dartmouth, NS.

MINERAL YESTEBDAY- The funeral of the late Ina May Bre- haut was held from Murray Har- bour Presbyterian Church yester- day afternoon. Services were con- ducted by the Rev. C. E. Hender- son. Interment Murray Harbour Cemetery. Pall-bearers were, Nel- son Bell, Milton Howe, Harold Beck, Windsor Beck, Orin Bell, Leonard Brehaut.

DEATH OI‘ FORMER ISLAND- EBw-A telegram was received early Saturday morning by Mrs. Joseph Francis, T6 Upper Queen Street, in- forming her of the death at her home in Portland. Maine. of her aunt. Miss Catherine Hughes, formerly of Morell. Remain; will arrive in Morell Monday night and will rest at the home of her nephew, Harold Murphy, Moreil. from where the‘ funeral will take place Wednesday morning to The Little Flower Church.

-MINISTEIt AND WIFE HON- ORED - Rev. H. M. and Mrs. Burgess of the O'Leary Nazarene Church were pleasantly surprised an June 9th at the parsonage of Rev. A. I". and Mrs. Cone of Elmsdsle when they were tended e "Food shower". the occasion be- ing their wedding anniversary. A feature of the evening was a beautiful three-tier wedding cake

baked by Mn. William Hardy. The guests of honor although taken completely by surprisg

thanked their friends in a. few well chosen words. The evening W85 spent in singing and music and this pleasant social event terminated by all wishing Rev. and Mrs. Burgess many more happy anniversaries».

The death occurred suddenly at his home in Albion Cross of Sam- uel Nicholson in his 65th year. Mr. Nicholson was one of a family of l2 children, of the late Neil "Nich- olson and his wife, Mary Mac- Leod.

He leaves to mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband and father, his widow nee Flora Mac- Pherson. a daughter Sarah, a nurse in Charlottetown. one son Nell at home. and two grandchil- dren; also the following sisters and brothers, Bertha (Mrs. Gil- bert Wolfe). May (Mrs. Albert Guyote). Annie (Mrs. Fred Young), Florence. Katherine and Margaret. all nurses in U. S.. Margaret (Mrs. Malcolm Livingstone). Charlotte- town; Jennie and William on the old homestead and Neil of Albion Cross; one brother died in youth.

He was a veteran of World War I. having enlisted with the 105th battalion.

TUESDAY

FUNERAL SATURDAY — The funeral of Wilfred Ryan. Avon- dale was held from his late resi- dence Saturday morning to St. Joachim's Church; Vernon River where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by the pastor. Rev. Ur- ban Gillis. Present in the sanct- uary were Rt. Rev. Maurice Mc- Donald nad Very Reverend E. Baldwin, C.ss.R. Pall bearers were: Ray Kelly. Joseph Carmichael. Mervin Mclnnis, Joseph O'Don- nell. Philip O'Donnell, Earl Pow- er. Interment was in the Church Cemete y where services were conducted by Rev. U. Gillis and Very Rev. E. Baldwin. C. ss. R.

Decision to proceed with a campaign to increase the tourist business here was made _by the Junior Chamber of Commerce af- ter a meeting with businessmen of the City at the City Hall last even-

The campaign will be spear- headed by the Junior Chamber in conjunction wit‘; the Tourist Bur- eau and the local PEG. Spencer Co. theatres.

Main point of the campaign will be to stress to the salee staffs of the different firms the importance of courtesy and service to the tourists.

At. the last meeting of the Exe- cutive Council, Messrs. Hugh Mac- Lean, B..S.A. and David Peacock. B S.A. were appointed fieidmen in the Provincial Department of Alrlculture.

Mr. MacLean formerly "INN in Vernon River and is a graduate of the University of MAnItQ.

Mr. Peacock is a native of Bay- field. N.B.. and graduated this year from MacDonald College in "General Agriculture."

Added to the staff of the De- partment several weeks ego, Mr. Morris Deacon of Freetown and a graduate of MacDonald College in "Animal Husbandry" has . been working as field man also with the Department.

Mr. Jack Webster of Cardigan won first prise in the violin con- test and m. Allison MacDonald of Bridgetown first in the step ill-YW- ing at Morell last night. The com- petitions, sponsored by the Morell Branch of the Canadian Legion. were held in a potato warehouse and were attended by approximate- Iv 1.200. Mr. M9. Gilbert of Morel! was master of oefQmflfliQl.

In a junior step dancing contest. open to boys and girls under 10. top honors went to Gerald shep- herd of Cardigan.

In the violin competitions in which there were 1s egtrlahulea- 0nd prise was won In Chaisecn of Bear River. Third arise went to hie brother. Emmett Chanson, also of Bear River.

In the senior step dancing in which there were acme D entries-

‘Mrs. Aiphonaus Byriie of Byron's

Road, was second and J.. I. Gal- lant of Bear River third. In the junior step dancing Roy

Rena Peters of Bear River third.

A special prize was aw to George and Mons Weath bie Charlottetown. They played the V1010! Ind guitar together, an then Miss Weatherbis danced.

Judges last night were Wald Crane of tR-iverton. Lemuel Jay, Mt Sltlewart and Gordon Hooper, Mor- e .

WEDNESDAY

FUNERAL YESTERDAY — The funeral of Peter H. Doiron. whose death occurred in the tragic acci- dent on Sunday, took place yester- day morning from his late real- dence to St. Anne's ‘Church, Hope River, where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by the pastor, Rev. Earle Dalton, who also officiated at the grave. The pallbearers were: Joseph Gallant, Henry Doiron. Louis Doiron. William Cullen, Ern- est Gallant and Joseph Doiron. Members of the Hope River Branch of the Canadian Legion attended the funeral. Interment took place in the church cemetery.

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RECEIVED SAD NEWS- Mrs. Margaret MacDonald, Charlotte- town received the sadnewa of the passing of her son, Spurgeon Lee- land, Los Angeles, California. The late Mr. MacDonald was born at Martlnvale, P.E.I., July 8, 19W. He resided in Les Angeies for the past twenty _years, excepting four and a half years with the Canadian Army. serving most of the time overseas. Besides his sorrowing mother he is survived by two sisters, lthrgaret. Mrs. Alvin C. Robins, Midgell. P. E. 1., and Marlon, Mrs. Walter Downe. Charlottetown. His father. William H. MacDonald and his bro- ther Alex predeceased him.

REVISITS ISLAND- Major D. A. MacDonald, of Moncton andi Halifax, visited Charlottetown yes- terday and also his old home at Wheatley River. He states that the Provincial Department of Public Works has undertaken to build up the road and grounds at the war monument at Wheatley River. Ma- jor MacDonald was instrumental in erecting‘ this monument after the First World War. and has or- ganized yearly remembrance ser- vices there ever since. He returned to the mainland yesterday. after in- terviewing public works officials who. he said, had been very co- operative.

DEATH MONDAY 0F FORMIERI KDIGS COUNTY SHERIFF - C. Milton Waye. retired Sheriff of King's County passed away sud- denly at his home in St. Peter's Bay on June 20th. Although in fail- ing health for the past number of years he carried on his duties until last September when on account of his health he was forced to retire. He served as County Sheriff for ap- proximately 16 years with previous terms as County Clerk at the old court house at St. Peter's Bay. He was widely known throughout the Province and will be sadly mlsse by his many friends. He leaves to mourn his wife. the former Mary Jane Webster, twoaons-snd-four» daughters: Mrs. Louis Cameron. Head of Hillsboro, Mrs. Charles Bell, Prince George, B.C.. Charles W.. Toronto, Ont., Mrs. Harry Campbell," Charlottetown, Kent M.. and Miriam at home.

"The prospects are definitely

good for the cssv agement and development of trade between Prince Edward Island and New- foundland." stated Mr. George T. Dixon. Jr., managing director oi librtune Agencies Lid. (Burch Peninsula) and agent on the south coast for the MN. Eskimo, owned and operated by the Crown com- pany. the Prince Edward Island industrial Corporation, in an in- terview last evening" Mr. Dixon arrived in Charlotte- town on the vessel which has re- turned from a successful inaugur- al trip and 'is reloading general cargo to sail again tonight.

FUNERAL MONDAY-lfhe fun- eral of Mrs. Sarah Maclaaac took place yesterday morning from her late residence at Southport to Iona where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by the pastor Rev. Charles McCarthy, who also offl- ciated at the grave. Pallbearers were: Edward McGarry, Hector Giilis. Willard Roche. Frank Mur- phy, Michael O'Brien and Michael Flynn. Interment took place in the church cemetery.

DINNER. MEETING AT QUEEN) HOTEL - The second regular din- ner meeting of the recently form- ed Chartered Accountant Students Society was held at the Queen Hotel on Saturday morning. Jur‘? 18th. The lectures given by H. R. Doene, C.A. and N.W. Higgins O.A.- on the proper approach w typical inteiunediate an-d primary examination questions on auditing. were of great interest and value to all the student members present The fine address given by the Pres- ident of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Prince Edward Is- land, R. W. Manning. C.A.. at the first ‘regular meeting of the Boo ioty on May 21st was also greatly appreciated by the members of the Society.

Dr. Robert G.D. Steel. Ion of Dr. and Mrs. GD. Steel. Char- lottetown. received his PhD. de- gree fn Statistics at the gradua- tion exercises of Iowa State Un- iversity. Amel. Iowa. on Friday. June l0. He was also awarded a membership in the Society of Sigma Xi at e special honors con- vocation held in May.

Dr. Steel will ioip the leaching staff of‘ the University of Wie- conlin at Madison in September as Assistant Professor of Statis- tics. He will alao act as consult- ant atatiaticlan for the College of

Agriculture which is affiliated with the University. He expects to remain in the Idaritfrnes for the summer. ' '

Dr. Steel attended Prince of Wales Collage before enrolling at Mount Allison University where he received hla B.A. and Bic. de- grass. lie received his MA. De- gree at Acadia University after

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After a three year atint in the Air Force he taught at Queen's University for a year before he entered Iowa State University.

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THURSDAY

0n Monday and Tuesday even- ingl the pianoforte pupils of Miss Suzanna Brenton pre ted their recitals in St. Peter's hurch Hall. In both programmes. the numbers were played in clear style with a good tonal balance and contrast, and were greatly enjoyed by the large audiences.‘

The fine performance of the large number of pupils taking part reflects much credit upon their teache .

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RECEIVES SPECIAL RECOG- NITION - The wire sculpture. potato out designs, and puppets along with the paper and cello- phane mosaic; which the Char- lottetown Art Centre sent to ‘flor- onto for showing at the Canadian National Iixhibition have received special mention according to a letter which Miss Frances John- ston. director of the Centre re- ceived yesterday from Kate Aitlren. Mrs. Altken ls director of wom- en's activities for the Canadian National lbnhibiticn, and in her letter extends the congratulations of the directors of the Exhibition to the children who have partici- pated in making these articles. She also advises that the Art Centre will receive an honorarium from the Canadian National Ex- hibition Association. This will be used toward further developing the Art Centre's program.

Certificates of high production from the Canadian Holstein Fries- ian Association were presented to Premier J. Walter Jones and Mr. R. A. Profitt at the annual meeting of the Prince Edward Island Hol- stein Breeders Association yester- day. The Premier received two certificates for his Gold Medal Cow Abegweit Decoy and Mr. Profltt re- ceived a silver seal certificate for the cow Wlllowfarm Daisy Queen.

The meeting was held in the fox show building at the Exhibition Grounds.

Robert Chappell of Yer): was chosen president of the Association at a meeting of directors following the regular meeting. Hudson Low- ther of Albany is the vice president and Cecil Stewart of Hampshire was re-elected as secretary treas- urer.

Other directors are Lloyd Waugh, Wilmot; Granville Buntain, Rus- tlco; J. L. Dewar, New Perth and Douglas Aitken, Fortune.

Lloyd Waugh; the retiring presi- dent, presided.

Mr. Renault St. Laurent. son of

Prime Minister st. Laurent, paid a

two-hour visit to the City Tuesday.

He called at the Provincial Bulld-

ing and visited the Confederation Chamber where he signed the s3:- e

Mr. St. Laurent left by plane for

Toronto after his brief visit.

FUNERAL AT ST. PETERS —'

The funeral of the late D. Milton Ways was held from St. Peter's United Church yesterday after- noon. Servlce was conducted by Rev. D.W. MacPhcrson. Inter- ment was in Midgell Cemetery. The pallbearers were. J91"! J- MM‘ Klnnon, DJ. Mullim 00hr: Mc- Isaac. W.W. Anderson. Edward Quigley, Watson Partridge.

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BTRESSES CALI‘ CLUBS —. stressing the importance of de-, veloping calf clubs, Dd‘. A-R-I

Campbell, secretary of the Canad-l ian Guernsey Breeders’ Associat- ion stated at a meeting of the P.|

p, Island Association on Tuesday, land Hospital on June 20. 1949, to evening that “the u preparing for next year is now. |Pleasant The speaker dealt with the care‘ Weight 8 lbs. 13 ozs. and nutrition- many other matters. congratulating- J. Eric Hurry, winsloe on brlflil-"Kt honour to the Island and Canadai

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with his Patosle herd.

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UNUSUAL SITUATION - A somewhat unusual "situation exists in Millvale. PEI. The teacher there is Mrs. Leo Gallant. The thirty pupils enrolled include ‘Mrs. Gallanvs entire family of e151" children. As distance does not Pei", mit them to return home at n00" the packing of the school lunch is quite a problem. Mr. and MH- Joshua. Gallant, both over seventy- five years of age, who reside with their son, Leo. are remarkably W" and able to assist with the chores around home.

HEADS IIOLSTEIN ‘BULL CLUB - R1... Burge of Five Houses was re-elected as President of the PE. Island Superior Holstein Bull Club at the annual meetinl M"! 9" Tuesday in the fox show building at the Exhibition grounds. Other officers, all rs-elected, were Rob- ert Chappeil, York. as vice-presid- ent and Cecil Stewart of Hemp- shire. secretary - treasurer. The meeting decided to reduce service fees to members truckint animals more than fifteen miles and the fees to non members were also reduced considerablyu

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JERSEY R.0.l’. ENTRIES - Among the ‘Jersey cows reported in the Canadian Record of Perform- ance during June, were representa- tives from the Herd: of Clerk Bro- thers at New Wiltshire, Dr. J. l’. Lents. at Charlottetown, and Em- erson MacLeod. at Milton. lfedgeleo Ora-Iflllfl-owned by Clark Bro- thers, at seven years of age pro- duced Ek lbs. of milk, 51d lbs. of fat, in Q days. In the four year old clan, Kepoch Magic Mona- ISBQ-pmduoed 8.840 lba. of milk. C3 lbs. of fat, in $5 days, for J.

(Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cromarty

FRIDAY

CONGRATULATIONS are being tendered today to Mr. John Mc- Aulay. 40 Grafton Street, on the occasion of his "celebrating his 91th birthday. Despite his advanced years 1dr. McAuiay is still hale and hearty and takes s. keen interest in all things pertaining to the City and Province in general.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY — The funeral of J. Ivan Trainer was held yesterday morning from the residence of his father to St. Pat- rick's Church, Fort Augustus, where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Dr. Louis Cal- laghan who also conducted service at the grave. Pall bearers were Joseph Slavin. Seymour Hughes, Dennis Murnaghan. Eugene Train- or, William Myers and Robert Trowsdale.

801.0151‘ AT WEDDING-TWO graduates of Toronto University. Alice Gee and Tin Yeh were married in Knox Presbyterian Church. Toronto, June 16th, where Miss Delys Owen of Charlottetown was guest soloist. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Sing Gee, Van- couver. B. 0., and the late Mr. Gee and the groom is the son of Mrs. Wan San Yeh and thelate Mr. Yeh. The ceremony was performed in a setting of pastel spring flowers by Rev. David Smith Vancouver, B. C.

Making his first trip to Canada in three years, Mr. Nuseflt M- Clougher. president of Clougher Corporation Ltd., of London. Eng- land, which represents thirty Can- adian newspapers in the Old_ Country, was a visitor to Char- lottetown yesterday. He is ac- companied by nu wife. who is making her first visit to this country.

Prior to coming here they visited Newfoundland, in which Mrs. Clougher was particularly inter- ested as she is a niece of the late Sir John Glover who served two terms as lieutenant Governor of the Ancient Colony- _

Mr. Clougher is an authority on stamps and i; chairman of the

London section of the Called-i!" Philatelic Society. He is also keenly interested in Canadian

postal history. On coming to Prince Edward Island via. the Cari- bou-Wood Islands route on this occasion. he noted that this was the old route traversed by the postal couriers in early days, and was particularly interested in loc- gungtho old Ottawa House. be- tween Pictou and Halifax. W118" the couriers were accustomed to sto .

fir. Cougher has made forty- two trips to this country, and is crossing Canada from coast to coast for the twenty-ninth time. 1gp has been a lifelong student of Canadian affairs and has lectured frequently in England on opportun- ities in Canada for British settlers-

Arnong the papers rellffimud by Mr. Cloughei-‘s firm in En!- land is The Guardian.

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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(Canadian Prose)

Toronto-Stocks firmer; base me- tals climb.

Montrul-Stocks mixed; move 1p narrow range.

New York—Stocks firm; slow ad-

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EASTER - At the P. E. .I. Hospi- tal on Wednesday. June 22nd. 1949. to Mr. and ma. Lelth Easter nee Hope MaoLeod a. son. Arnold Wayne.

STOREY-On June 12th. 1949. to Mr and Mrs. Lorne W. Storey (nee Jean McLerman) the Hos ital Notre Dame de la GerdefwGrhTtil stone, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, a daughter, Bonnie Jean. Weight 9

mason-At! the P. E. I. Hospital on June I0, 1949, to Mr. and M"- Austin Fraser, South Lake. l I011- ARSENAULT -- at the Charlotte- town Hospital on June 18th. 1949. ' to Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Arsenault i (nee Melvlna Richard) city. a ' daughter.

ABEL-At Vancouver on June 19.

1949, to Dr. and Mrs Robert Abel

(nee Louise MacNeill) a daughter. ‘SMITH-At the Holy Cross Hos- pital. Calgary, June 17th. 1949. 1°

Smith (nee Nora Taylor) a s01). Douglas Arnold. BEYNOLDS—At the Prince Ed-