The (Indian. Charlottetown, Mon. July 8. 1964.

Itoria office: nor their father May-.Harold, who founded l'l‘B and day. . i o sits as chairman of the One-coda word. a cry of'board. They're businessmen.

“help me." “We'll tow anything from born In France but itanywhere to anywhere for any- has crackled across the widest,ione. DI‘OVidEd the Prlce ll deepest ocean In the world intrizht.” says Donal . .

a Babel of tongues. The IT8 house flag. a white Among those who listen for n 1 life ring encircling a red tum‘el. are the red-haired Elworthysﬁhas been torn by tornadoes off a family that has stuck closelJapan and ripped by humcanes to its desks in two cities while 9“ Mel‘lco- 1‘ h frozen stiff sending one or one largegt tug- in the inlets of northern British boat ﬂeets moat ranging metColumbra and Alaska and faded Pacific. lunder the sun of the South

- . Pacific. Donald Elworthy is Vice-presl-i CAPTAINS 0N SHORE

dent in charge of operations for, 1TB ha. 5“ captains_..one on Island Tu: and Bars- in Vanqthe boat and one on the shore" cou"er. He’s not a seama'l. for each of its deepsea vessels. "You don’t have to be a captain Behind them stand 350 clerks, to run a tugboat business." Nor divers. bookkeepers. electronics are brothers Gordon and Ar- experts. stenographers. deck- thur, who operate from the Vic-thands, cooks and waiters and

By BRUCE LEVET'I‘ VICTORIA (CPI "

leamanship Not A Requisite Io Operate Iugboat Company

welders and dock waliopers.

And lways there is someone listening for the cry of “may- day In

In mid-May it came with a Chinese inﬂection from the Tatih Sing, 9.000 tons. bound for Port- Ore.. who lost her pro- l,700 miles west of here south of the

land. peller and 500. miles Aleutians.

Last year the call came from the Greek freighter Elli, a 10,000-tonner who also lost her propeller at 46 degrees north, 17o degrem east.

Bu it was another Greek freighter, the rusty Makedonia, and a retired corvette. the Sud- bury, keeping a rendezvous off Japan in 1955 that broke an 1TB tradition.

“Suds” brought her safely to Vancouver. 3.000 miles under tow and 43 days through eight

major storms and anoountad gales described in her log as

u I ' by Until then. In practice had

been to name Hie tugs Island. he 'firm operates the Island Rocket. Island Planet and dos-

d

tux-nod Illa sisal Moat island Commander into an lcabreaker

cos Vancouver Island rescue seven .maroonad adults and a

ens of other craft. all with the child stand fix

COULDN’T CHANGE NAME There h been pressure to rename the Sudbury the Island Elworthy. “i wouldn't have it." Harold Elwortby says. “I could see the stories the first time she went

into drydoclr—‘Elwo is up on the ways having his bottom scrs .' "

In the midst of the indecision, Makedonia sent her signal.

“After Makedonia run ‘I couldn't change her name. The city of Sudbury, which had adopted er as a corvette. claimed a piece of the glory. Capt. Harley EBlagbome is from up Kelowna way—they claimed a part in it.

“Makedouia was taken to Vancouver and Vancouver claimed credit. So did her home port, Victoria."

The Makedonia epic Is only one of the stories which make l'l‘B‘s scrapbook locker an an- thology of the sea.

In 1940 Capt. .rthur Warren

HMO-DIE!) TOW ’ In 1047 the put her line aboard a barge loaded with six and' towed the strange cargo 10.000 miles to Buenos Aires.

Cambrian Salvor. in 1959. sailed from San Francisco with an escort aircraft carrier and a 10,000-ton liberty ship booked

in tandem to r tow line and vered them to the breakers' yards in Japan.

Same year. some tug and the tow was 11, lea. taking the 30,000-ton battleship Almir- ante Latoore (once HMS Can- ada) from Concepcion Bay, Chile, to the same final des- tination.

In the mid-1940s 1TB had the contract to meet the engineless Pamir, four-masted windiam- mer. at sea and tow her into Vancouver. Ten years later Pamir. as a German cadet ship, was lost off Africa.

Twice 1TB crews have gone to the rescue of the Canadian Pacific Steamships' Maplecove.

tug Snohomiéh'

on: seam an aides to has

The rescues and tbs salvaga

operations grab the headlines.

but the g money-maker is

the towing of forest produhta. Donald' -

s .

“We carry rail cars, barges of explosive. We have brought centre-sections of tankers to by jury-rigging bows on them.

"We tow industrial salt, ii.- 000 tons at a time in open

Warrior' Lagoon in Mexico."

ITB carries forest products for MacMillan, Bloodel and Powell River, Rayonier and Crown Zellerbach. It takes light oil products to Prince Rupert and runs a weekly barge sched- ule to remote northern’ ports. LOST CONTROL

From his office. Harold r] worthy can see the tiny Island Planet. As the- Quinitsn, over- all length 35-foot. she was the tug'upon which Elworthy built his flee .

“ e'll run until doomsday or until we lose her." _

He can also see Sudbury II— more than 200 feet long and one of the largest salvage vessels in the world. She is named for the ship that lies off her fan-

tail, the original "Suds."

United States yards from Japan T

barges. 1.600 miles from Black h

lines. .Dmntl aaanoffioa

ha wad ho! waiver-sly

has foi- contin

Gudner Towing: in 1952 Young and Gore Towing; in 1950 Victoria

UK.

Only once did Harold El- worthy falter. in 1941; follow- ing “some stock manoeuvres." l e found himself with only five per cent of “my own company.”

He quit, ill and , later arranging ﬁnancing through “one of our oldest cus- tomers" and buying back 1TB

Today the con Wat in 1TB lies with McAllister Towing of New York and Mont- real. but the Elworthys operlte

- it under contract. ’

Only once did the Elworthys desert their desks for the sea.

Donald and Gordon dripped as hands on the slxstug tow for Buenoa Aires. At their destina- tion. Gordon met the dnhgllter o the port c p for the powerful Royal Mail Linea.

ST l’l'Es

House sparrows rarely build their nests less than 10 feet above the ground.

d with .a salvage

sideniial nomination. Rev. William F]. Miller. New York. right, the retiring Republican National Committee chairman is another man being con- sidered. (AP Wirephoto)

Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan. left. is a new name on the list of men Sen. Barry Goldwater is considering as vice-presidential running mates If he wins the Republican pre-

Diet Of Adventists I ' e *1 - ~ eing Recommended

KEENE. Tex. (APl—Thp sun

;drink milk. and often shun cof— . rises with a frcshly-scrubbcd ‘ (‘9 and tea. They don't play i look in this community of 1,600 1 cards, and rarely attend mov- 1 planth among wooded hills just I '

e. O m

off US. Highway 67 southwest Keene‘s adventists are

of Dallas. among some 300,000 in the U.S. It is Sunda\ but the. one and Canada.

chur, . an angular, modern Wit‘h missionaries in 190 coun-

brick building which seats 1,400, tries. Adventists cite St. Malt-

lemains empty and silent. ; thew 24:14 as the cornerstone of A man in blue denim can and 5their faith:

"And this gospel of the king- dom shall be preached in all the world for witness unto Enations. and then shall the and c me ..

overalls sets out for work. A housewife in a homemade pink

nnet hoes a garden; Boys and girls stroll abmrt a college cam.

IIND

FISHERIES EXHIBITION JULY 7th and 8th

5. . _ . puThe post ofﬁce. which. has Adventists beheve this means handled mad here SillCP the .thaf when every single living 18905. has a steady s’rream of person has been told the gospel, customers. the world will end. Christ will

Sunday. a day of rest for I return physically in earth. and much of the world. is the ﬁrst ‘ the righteous shall live in hap- work day of. the week here. ‘ pinrss forever.

Keene is a town of Seventh They believe the world was Day Adventists. a sect which literally created in seven days, observes Saturday—the seventh as Genesis. the first book of the day on the calendar—as the Bible, says.

Sabbath. '—-——*——C'—_——* Adventists do not eat meat. ‘ TAKES EXAM

y ] _. v 05‘ use lipstiok smnkc. drink or W - “330:5?” ex_ “an” Th” “*9. dMl"a'.“d ‘0 ; aminanoh at Victoria High gleﬁgll‘islmd‘lmgﬁl “‘9 0‘ School. where he also 013(th , V ‘ ' ' ,_ p his grammar. Mr. s me. 3 R henma'y I: fanat‘cal', rim” is. chief engineer at. .a lumber ‘ an. an ..: ' an a I

- ‘ ‘ . « . w en e re l-res. beginning to recommend l'ne‘ kind of foods we've eaten for years—whole grains, nuts and fruits."

ONLY ONE OPEN

Mrs. Hesland is postmaster m the only 115 post office rim-n 0!! Sunday It closes at nnnn Friday and remains closed all day Saturday. the day of church services and Sabbath school. ,

The human body. Adventists 1 say. is a thing at heady which v

PROCLAMATION

I hereby proclaim Wednesday, July 8th, I964 a civic holiday in

. SNACKS AND 0 ma CREAM 'rnmrs

needs on Addlimnal adnrmnz.

\‘_n u_~ u Ad~ cu. an I ' veggalgags acw‘qflgng; n; DAIRY BAR . the town of Scum, In order that meat is sold in Keene's grocery . MW 30“

stores. A few Adventists won’t ‘

everyone may have an oppor-

0.0.0.0.....IIIIOOOOOOOOC 0 oa' ~.

Schedule for Tues. July 7th.

S‘hedl’Ie F" w°d- JulY 8th. iunity to participate in the cele-

-, 0 Id gum ' Porous -

5m"! "d W" 59°“ 0 Official opening by Mr. H. J. Robichoud. brotlons d u r i n g the Sourls ‘ _‘ 33 ‘ s _ . ,- Federal Minister of Fisheries ; " ‘ T" d m" mﬁmm“ 0 Boot mas (inboard and outboard) Regalia and ﬁsheries Exhibition. ; » ° Queen of the Sec iudging : Bond concert .. o ' f SANDWICH . Maritimas Shows Ltd. 0 £9,331? mm”. co Réﬁ‘. mg C l

Al deiciousucombination of . Cofmﬁgn . NOW and “I. ' ' . see‘rved fres . Cygnus will be in port along with the I ‘ my... . with dill pickle. and '

Serving ﬁsh and chips RCMP Patrol

your choice of garnish. A com- plete meal in itself. Reg, 85c.

effective Monday only

PETER PAN

Drive-In Restaurant Junction Trans-(Tanads Highway and Malpeque Rd.

CHILDREN’S SPECIAL DELUXE HOT DOG regular 25:- .

This message of welcome ls publlshscl by the following Sourls business firms :.

B. L. STEWART

Imperial Essa Dealer

seems I LEGION HOME

Soarls .

MacKenz‘ie Motors CIIIIyIIOI‘ - Plymouth - Valiant ' I Fargo Trucks 1

ensrenn PACKING

Company lid. .

Lu. p,“ surly ' nu. Sourls r.s.l.

Gasser.

CHIIISSON'S RESTAURANT ,

Souris Ell.

WILSON'S BAKERY

Birthday Cakes—Wedding Cakes Souls P. I. l.

'SOURIS CO-OP

Sourls -P.l.|.

Ell.