—« Che Guardign “Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew” SECOND SECTION CENTENNIAL Commission- er John Fisher sights a replica of Samuel de Champtain’s as- trolabe. Mr. Fisher is a sup- porter of efforts to have the original given to Canada by Champlain's Astrolabe Will Be Centennial Gift By GERARD McNEIL OTTAWA (CP)—An electron- es firm here is trying to re- patriate an old navigation de- | Charlottetown, Wed., Sepi. 8, 1965. the New York Historical Li- brary. Champlain lost_his as- trolabe at Muskrat Lake, on the Ottawa River, in 1613. It was found by loggers in 1867 and sold to @ United States admirer _of--Champlain, got the firm interested in the explorer. | Mr. MacRae now is with the | |Centennial Council. . PAGE 11 | 8 aaa 1913 for $10. Efforts are being made to get it back by 1967, the centennial of Canadian Confederation. (CP Phote) It is hoped that the birthplace | also can be given to Canada by vice the astrolabe Samuel de| The astrolabe*was adopted as | 1967. Champlain used in exploring | Canada It would be the com- pany’s gift to the country for the 1967 centennial year. Computing~ Devices of Can- eda Ltd., which makes naviga- m and other instruments. adopted the Champlain = astro- labe as its signature severa: years ago. It is one of the 500 firms that belong to the Canadian Centen- nial Council, a private group carrying out a number of pro- jects for 1967. One of them is an attempt to have the astrolabe returned to | Canada by.the privately-owned New York Historical Library. The _astrolabe, a. crudefore- runner of today’s sextant, nad a Cirtular scale marked off into” 360 degrees and a rotating arm When suspended from a tree or. | steady object on: a‘ ship, the navigator sighted the Norti Star to determine his latitude then sighted two or more other known. stars along the movable | arm to determine his longitude. REMARKABLY ACCURATE Sightings had to be made either at dawn or dusk when the horizon was visible. The as- trolabe also could be sighted on the sun during the day with readings taken at fixed time in- | tervals but this did not give as accurate figures. Champlain's astrolable was made in 1603. After using It to make maps that were incred- “tbly -aécurate-even™ by “today’s * standards .he apparently lost it at Muskrat Lake June 7, 1613} while exploring the Ottawa River. _ It was found by a woodsman fm 1867, the year of Confedera- tion. About 50 years later it was sold to a private collector in the United States for $10 and even- tually wound up in the New York library Shortly after Computing De Vices..was.. established._in 1958, William MacRae: a student and | the firm's symbol. Computing | | Devices also found itself owner | of Champlain's birthplace 1n | |Brouage, France. The village | turned the site over to the com- pany in 1963 and it has been |helping with restoration. FOUNDED QUEBEC A coin found there is believed to have been lost by MONTAGUE Mr. and Mrs. Sid Hilliard and.| |three children of Orimocto and Jennifer Annear of Fredericton, N.B.. were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus, Martin, New -Perth, Mr. -and Mrs. Hilliard © ~have-returned—- home——while~ the ~ children remained for a two} week holiday. - Mrs. John MacPhee. and dau- | ; ter of Chatham, N.B., are vi- siting at Heatherdale, guests of hor sister, Mrs. Martin MacDon- | ald Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mon- roe, Whim Road, opened the ir | home, for a surprise party. for their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Orpin of | Brighton, Mass.» who are visit- ing here for the first time since | their marriage in 1964. An ad- | dress was read by Mrs. Rich- |ard Campbell: Jessie Clarey pre- | sented a gift and a purse on be- half of their friends and neigh- bors. ‘Mrs.:Fred Aitken, ower Mon- tague;°’underwent** surgery “re-+ cently in the Kings County Me- morial“Hospital. § ~ Mrs. John Clarey and sons, | Douglas, John and James have arrived from Toronto to spend | their holidays at Miltown Cross, | guests of her parents Mr. Mrs. John Nicholson. Mr. and Mrs. RM. j Eldon, Mrs. Roddy MacPherson, Bellevue, were recent visitors to Halifax, | guests_of Mr—and “Mrs, John Alex MacPherson... and Edith MacLure | | to Canada from Brouage. He ar- |Tived when he was 42, came within an ace of establishing the first permanent settlement in |North America at Port Royal (in what now is Nova Scotia? ee ee need eee ae 1608 He died in Quebec City Dee. | | Computing Devices ha | a replica of the ‘labe found at Muskrat Lake |.John Fisher, commissione#. of | +-t-h-e-—-government's the sun at North-Bay, Ont.- | after canoeists headed for King- ston, Ont., on one of Cham- | plain's old’ routes. | Mr. Fisher ts also a supporter | igi | | returned to Canada. perhaps as _| a trade for two brass cannon | from the Battle of Bunker Hill | now in a Quebec museum. ii al APPOINT JUDGE OTTAWA (CP)—Mr. Justice Meredith Milner McFarlane of! the British Columbia Supreme) Court will ifi]l the vacancy on| the province’s Appeal |Justice Minister Cardin § an- nounced Friday. Mr. Justice |McKarlane .seplaces. Harry. J, ‘Sullivan who died last month. John Gould, a Vancouver law- | |yer, will fill the vacancy in the, Supreme Court. 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