Maxims ot a More Man

A friend to everybody is

at friend to nobody.

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As if a giant bite had been taken out of its centre, the barn of Wallace Muttart of Cape Ti'rii'erse is seen following the hurricane. This barn 105 x 28 was rebuilt only three

ycnrs RED.

Bite From Roof O

Cape Traverse Barn

WN, CANADA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1964

'Covors Prince Edward island i Like The Dow

PRICE So

aritime Storm Damage Is Reported To Total Millions

I-IALIFAX, (CP)--Hurricane Edna sliced across the Marltimes Saturday -night and destroyed more than two- thirds of Nova Scotia's bumper 234,000,000 apple crop in a costly last fling before dying in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. -

Damage was in the millions, but only one fatality was i ireported. William Jefferson, a Lake Centre. N. S. farmeiyl was crushed when his barn collapsed. The blow wiped out communications and first reports were received through. I the 430-member amateur radio network of the Maritimes. I lands the Clniles A. Dunning and Nova Senna wok me hun.n.am-S ..-- -..D....?-D.....- the Prime N0” mad” 3 mun” worst punoh as it sieamrollercd sea" AL Ken”; Cove "ear Ym". trip each on both Saturday iiiorn- mu agaimt mhmg Vluages on the mouth. the loss to the herruig 1” and Sumlny ”””i"3' southwestern shore and later the mhery W” estimated " s100'000'l Things were soniewliat better Annapolis valley WRV05 lllmlled 254003: bF5HlWBiCl”5t at. the Borden end. however. The Bums mued hie mmbleweed be (Continued On page 15. col. 1) l Sginggtuligxiardhytedthup :1!) "09,':lfore the 100-mile winds: shore: was able toycontlnue Zrossinuswtelll lm" pushed back Jerrymum fish"

' s 5 ing shacks; fish plants lifted from

Storm Interrupts Ferry Services

Ferry communications to and front the Island were slightly dis- rupted because of the hurricane over the week-end. At l'Vootl ls-.

day.

DENVER. (AP) - State Sec- retary Dulles conferred with Presl-i dent Eisenhower Sunday and dc-; clared afterward he is convinced the Chinese Communists could not poslbly conquer Formosa against

the United

7:30 p'm' Bath m" all day Sum concrete foundations. flew tlirotigli the air. A half-mile of road dis- appeared under tons of wind-blown beachstones.

APPLE CROP RL'INI-II)

In the Annapolis valley. apples tell on the eve of the harvest. For

D" says

Has Dior Look

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. (APl-- Sheis tall. shes tanned. and she the new Dior "flat" look "came just in time to save me."

Lee Ann Meriwetber. l9-year-old

Miss America i l

EYEWITNESS STORY TELLS OF DESTRUCTION

Valley Is littered With Wreckage

Iil)lTOR'S NOTE: The venge- ful hacltlalh of I-lurricuue Edna tilt the rich Annnpoliu Valley Saturday night and a vast. area was to all intents and purpoles rut off from the outside world. Following is the first eyewitness .1l't'nlltll of the destruction by I Canadian Press Ital! writer who toured the. 150-mile Itretch from Halifax in Dlgby.

h' RAE CORELLI

Canadian Press Staff writer HALIFAX tCPl--The four cows lay breathing softly in I row while .he flies buzzed around their in-nving flanks. inches above the prostrate an- lnuils was the heavy beam that

Coming Events

"B'.l)'il1I and cleaning timothy ii". McGulgan & Boyle.

"'lant'e Moroll hall tonight. i? 'lii Orrhcstrn. "fiance Vernon River Hull.

l':tcsrln,v. Sept. 14th. "Regular Dance Crapaud Rink. tirdncsday night.

"Dance. Fortune iticsrlity night.

"Dance Forest Hill hall. l'”'-'lI)'. Sept. 15

"Regular Dance. Bonsiiaw Inn. l'll('5('l3y night.

"Annual Chicken Supper. BrIe tat-ish l-lull. Wednesday. Septem- icr 22nd.

Hall. every

Wed-

"lm 85 Pnrlsh Chicken Supper, riiilzn and Dance, Thursday, Sept.- imncr lsth. Meals served from 5.

"Reserve Wednesday. Sept. 22 'or Annandnlo United Church rapper.

"Dance in Monticello school

for-stlny, Sept. 14. Chnisson's Or- cur-slra.

"Dance. Elmwood school. Mon- 'i'll'. September 13th. Canteen Ber-

ilfr.

"showing at Mt. Stewart, Mon- ?-iv and Tuesday, 13th and ldth, The Titanic”. Time 8.30.

"Buying young pigs: also feeder rattle. Paying ninrket price. Plus llrtcllontild. Mt. Stewart.

"Dance Lorna Valley Hall. Tuesday, Sept. 14th, VVebster'I Or- mantra.

"Chicken Supper in the French rt ver Hall, Wednesday. September ?ti-ii. supper starting tit 4.30 p. m. bltonsored by St. Thomas W. A.

"In stock. Potato Top Killer, Fly -'inrn,v. Cobalt, Iodised Salt. potato Basket-I. Euler Ind Binder Twine. Dillon st lpillett.

"Provincial Plowing Match Ind Filr. Dundu. September llith and W-h. Two full days of competition and entertainment.

"Aulultlno Cove Skyllners will in in Crnpaud hall iMnndny. Sept- l.'l It 8:30 A.S.T. Sale of candy. Admission doc Ind 251:.

"A W. M. a. run: will be held It Sourts United Church. saptembor Nth. It 2.30 p. in. standard Timo- Guoat Speaker. Miss Elma lnnmnn. Trinidad.

"Poultry. Buying live and drau- Ni It our plant. on clerk Strut. Charlottetown. Iloudu. madly. liednudo. non wook. rbono om. M- Ind A. return.

I "Vina River at-mob Ouiutdim MM. will it I Quint uieetinl :1 loudly. htibor llth. in tho much Rollo at In to. II. I 1'. All member: In urged to attend. O bdnn

had broken their backs when Charlie Clerk's barn blow apart. Hurricane Edna ripped the alum- inum sheet: of the roof into tat- ters and flung bits of wood and metal 100 yards away.

Inside the gigantic barn-shaped pile of hay-200 tons of it that oddly seemed undisturbed-were 10 hogs that Charlie said he thought must be gonera.

A man came in a truck with n .22-calbire rifle. shot the sufi'et- ing cows one by one and hauled the twitching carcasses away.

Dying btit defiant Hurricane Edna cost Charlie Clark. a Kent- villa district farmer. about 310,- 000. '

FARMERS WERE IIOPEFUL

It cost the 100-mile-long Annap- olis valley 83.000000 worth of the world's best eating applcs just two weeks before were in start. harvesting the crop that valley farmers hoped would get them back into world markets. They lost the markets. chiefly the British. after the Second World War when no one had dollars to buy apples.

The crop was worth 84,000,000 as it stood in mile after endless mile of neat orchards. A senior agriculture department o f f l c 9 r. who guffared I 35.000 loss himself. said he thought about one-third or nrnhuhly loss rnulrl be salvaged

Indian River Man Near Kensington In

Aeneas J. MoLellan. 40. of Iiirliim River, died en route to Prince County Hospital following I high- way accident near Kcnslngton about 11 p.m. Saturday night.

The -accident occurred opposite the home of Wallace Moase on the main highway about one mile west of Kcnslngton.

The deceased. accompiinlcd by Gerald Murphy and Allan McLei- lan. proceeding west. from Kensing- ton in it ll-ton Chev truck. had stopped to change a flat tire.

The deceased went to the front of the truck to operate the jack so that the wheel could be re-

By DANIEL DE LUCE

KIEL. Germany (AP) - West GermIn Chancellor Konrad Adan- aut-r's Christian Democratic Union was trounced by the Socialists Sunday in this republic's first state elociion since the death of the Eu- ropoan Defence Community.

The suite of Sehloswlg-Holstein. which gave the pro - American chancellor I 2-to-l margin over the opposition Socialists in his national election triumph I your ago. re- vorud iiulf in Sunday's voting. The van wu interpreted II I repudiation of AdenIuer's policy of promoting I unliod Europe.

On the basis of incomplete offi- rlnl returns It ll:3ll p. m. (0:33 in. EDT) the Socialist: ud- vocatel of negotiation with Rustin for Germany a nunifiontion-had won p majority of It least 22 of the 4! directly elected Iutl in the Landing frinie parliament). MORE 1'0 COME

There are 09 seats in the Land- lIg. ly ludlng in the popular vote. the SoclIliIiI Ilso were Insured of it big Ihu-a of the 27 seats Illotiod on I proportionul repruentniion bull. '

The party held only 20 sent: in on. previous Into y-rliument. The cluncollor hId mad his con- ti-ovorIiIl foreign policy 1 e No. 1 election issue and appealed to l.-

lO0,I00 eligible vision to strength-

imported pickers-

”such opposition" as ithe first time since the war. grow-

(Photo by Wotton).

and he accented the "less."

The apples that can be saved- macintoshes. delicious, g r a v e n- stcin's-will beiused to make apple juice. apple sa cc and other apple extracts. But the returns here are DUOT.

The Annapolis valley growers had hoped to get a fair - sized chunk of is promised British order for several million boxes of Cana- dian apples. They doubt if they can provide any now.

CHAOTIC JUMBLE

Near llatitspori. a piece of heavy farm machinery was trundled from 3. field into a road nearby. At Windsor. Ralph Gelz.er's chlin- iiey buckled and crashed down on the late-model car he had care- fully psrked away from trees.

A chaotic jumble of telephone poles and wires. trees anti branches stuck into the highway between Mount Unicake. 25 miles from Halifax. and Wolfvillc-poo sibly the hardest hit townr50 miles farther on. Detours were everywhere in that district.

The entire valley was topped by junked television aerials. Tele- phone companies estimated it would take a week to restore rural services fully. Power services even Sunday night were spotty. Tole- granh clerks merely sat in empty officcs along the line and won- clercrl what was happening in the

Fatally Injured Highway Accident

ymoved by one of the other men. While thus engaged the truck was struck from the rear by I I954 Ford sedan drivcn by Leslie Hnmmlll. iii, of Freetown.

The impact drove the truck for- ward against Mcbellitn cruising I :t-vcre head injury. Dr. L. K. Zie- llinski of Kcnsington was called to the scent-. and the injured man was placed in a car to be lnkcn to Prince County Hospital. but died on the way to Summerslde.

Coroner Dr. W. J. Callaghan or- dcrcd an inquest and a jury was lmpanncllcd at the scene of the

(Continued on page 15. col. 3)

West German Chancellor Defeated in Voting On Foreign Policy Issue

on his new international demand for NATO membership and uncondi- tional sovereign for West Germany.

Political observers here de- scribed the results of almost as sharp I nlap for the United states as for Adennuer.

The chancellor in regarded ll ItmericI'I moat fIlthful friend in Gummy. Ind during big We your: in office bu Iupported W uh- ingtonis dlplomntio objectives.

States would throw tip. -ers had been promised they could

sell some of their 2,500,000 bushel crop on the lucrative nited King- dom markct. Now the fallen. bruis- .ed apples will go into Juice, cider and other by-products.

The weather office said Edna pbore up the Bay of Fundy separat-

nexi 10Wn- .lng Nova. Scotia from New Bruns- FENCES Vl'9YP I'lPDNi UP and .wit-lc and reared across Prince Eil- blown to the four winds. A ser-

. g - - Ward Island before blowing itself W09 51,8110" at Joszms Bridzc.lout in the gulf. Sotithern New xiii" Di3by- W35 if Wf'"k”a” i?"iiBruiiswiclt got D0-mile gusts but I lfdW”'.i;e,'ti,5 dibe5"0?m Wh”'ll not as much dam.-ige as Nora fmsijetsi la 99”-l”5iWe"9d Scotia. Newfounrilzind received

HOTEL in iuiiiniisss 3"”'ge Wslsf Wulfville normally nioicd for it I A state or emngmcy W” de- atMuesque'elms mum (ml boa; clared in Yarmouth. on Nova the most rubble. At Keniville sooismi” mmhwastpm Mn as me i ' i100-mile winds roared in from the

almond-eyed beauty from Califor- nia, had breakfast with reporiersi Sunday on the first morning of her: reign as Miss America 1955.

The San Francisco College coed was crowned at. the climax of the Miss America pageant here satur-

Pictured above is some of the damage to the railing day mm She was mend mm at Victoria Park as a result.of the pounding received dur- arnong 50 beauties jngluding M... ing the storm of Saturday night and Sunday morning. The Canada. Barbara Joan Mwklmni picture was taken at the turn of the roadway facing York of Cornwall, Ont. ipoint -

A warm, friendly brunette withi sparkling blue-green eyes, Lee ad-' mitted she was not the chentyi

;r.?L;3-1.1;.::iirizf:fllSlAND SIDESWIPED BY HURRICANE WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGE REPORTED

But. the Miss Amariciv Judges sotirls as the storm warning had

Photo by Doug George.

A corner of hurricane Edna

thought she was it knockout in I lwhipped oter Prince Edward 15- been heeded and all ships in port:

blnck-overrillcd troops of the Blarki Watch Regiment pitched in to helpl the fire department and volunieersl saw or axe away the debris. Pa-l irons and staff of the plush Corn-i wallis Inn moved about in candle. gloom.-

Apple grnwers listed personal losscs ranging from sl.000 to 525.- 009 TYWY simply said they would:

start all over a aln next car. Ninety per refit or the yapph,-s.sioi'ni to butter. New England in M,” bk..." .1" the "eel ll? days. left. in its screaming wake Three giant elms toppled likeiu lie” sum”-V' mcmdmg eight in wooden soldiers at Lawrencctown. Mam” where lit "used mum”! 0: ripping up and baring in passersby dollars damage before moving into the underside of 800 square feet C”'"d”' of lawn. Scores of itquawking Coastal areas of southern New England received only II grazing

PORTLAND. Maine (AFi -- Hur- ricane Edna. the second violent

tcnntinued on page 15. col. 6)

. Highway Fatality During Storm

The two vehicles involved in I highway accident on fore they were removed following the accident.

lous head injury, and he died while being rushed to the

Summerside

ill Storm Deaths Reported From New England Area; 8-inch Rain In Maine

Dnxt sun . . . . . . . . .. X':iiim-tixci' . Yicttiiin .. 0 lirliiirititnrt . -. l Calgary . l (".A(1l-'.TOWN.N rt. loci Florrl ii:-gnu. Btouti, 23. Miiitti minor and fnrnirrpltiiiiiipeg tton(lsiiuikci' of llH'l'I' ili'l)tlii. IV 5 f1'.t1-ntiln tins t-utitititctl S.'iltii'riiiy of lizixiitg tlttaun . nuiidciiid iiailc Thtinitisoii. 54. air Ztlitiititial other Minio mincr. Mr. Justicc Quebec , I (1. F. G. Brides scntcnccd him to Saint John .. Saturday night near Konsington be ltniigcd Nov. 23 and defcncc Moncion . .. Atkinson aiinouiicctl llnlifax

which resulted in the death of Aeneas J. McI.ellan of Indian River tire secn abovc l)c-Ittiiin-"1 ii (3 Mr. Mcl,.cllan had been in the act of'h" ”"'M 5"” ”” f””"”l' placing I jack under the front of the truck in order to changc a flat tire. The car pro- ceeding through the storm in the same direction crashed into The impact threw the truck forward striking the head of Mr. McLcllan causing a scr-

swim suit. Her waist measures 22 were firmly tit-rl dotxn and all

inches and her hips 35. She is 5 feet 8 1-2 and weighs 124. hatches battencd. The electricity failed, but power was restored by fotir o'clock yesterday afternoon. However, up to a late hour last night the town was still without communications. Contact was made through the co-operation of two amateur radio operators. Up west at Cascumpec anotlicr (Continued on page 5. col. 2)

Storm Pictures

For ticlditlorial pictures of the

llaiirt Saturday night. nnd early isundny morning. levelling power lines, uprooting trees. unroolihg buildings and causing povoc gen- erally.

The storm began to make itself felt shortly after 10 pm., and in- l('l'ER5P(i in intensity to reach a

blow and far less appaicnt. prop-lpeak M 2.30 am. when the nu

erty rlamnge than had been feared.

Four persons perished in Ma5sag!cordcr at. the Radio Range Station clittsctis. Six highway deaths mgged

-m, the wind at 60 miles per - , . g hour. with gusts up to 80 miles Eiwlihigglllgnthrheihtoiithrk vwre M lMr. Warren Burns of the Metere- . . ' - ilogirnl Office. Experimental Frtrin. Ldtctii "Dims said the h”m”"”;repot'ts an unusual tenipernture of blew itself out of the Gtilf of St.i60g.A0 dezwes dunng me peak of Lawrence after a smashing blow U", 51mm. 'C"m'””'d mi 9”" 15' wI' 3' l Extensive damage was caused in itha City. mainly through falling trees. and along the waterfront. There was a considerable amount. I of daniapa on the South Shore , with farm otitbiiiltiings and sum- ' DON T M'ND mar cottages the principal victims. NATUQE TAK)pj' Tel h rte poles were down in "D ” t3ATH Bu-r st-it: NEEDN'1' 00

many sections. ” Swimm t ?

pages 2. 5. 14 and 15.

At. Hunter River several barns were hlnwn down and branches of trees were strcwii all over laun.-t. Trees were blnun down across the marl but removed by local resi- dents in order to provide clear pusngi-. for motorists. Nothing could be learned of the extant of damage at Rustico as all lines were down and communication was lillp0SSlblP. The lines were not ex- . pt-ctcd to be repaired until some time today.

ALL SHIPS IN PORT i

There was very lttlc dnmncc

ll. B. Man is Sentenced To

TORONTO iCl'”---ltiintmiim maximtiirt l0lTlllCl't'illlTFF

l'ii'crlci'irion . ('harlnitcInu;n .. Sydney Y.-irmntiih .. ... st. John's .

HALIFAX (CP)eThe Dominion public weather office here says cool dry air will flow into the dis- trict from the west during ho

Rimrn surtenrlcicti H'lil1ulii ic- .sisi;inrc .-iticr H nook"; watch ii) iinlicr I h r n ti ii it-rmrlcrl ai'Ni:- ;ii-otinri Minio last May following the shooting of Thompson. A neigh- boring fa r m c r w.-is seriously .u-ntindccl liy rinntlicr hullct the 's:imc night.

The jury rlnlibcrniod two hours

the back of the truck.

Prince County Hospital in

storm :1 a in a g c. please turn to '

TWO LOSE LIVES IN DRAMATIC EPISODE

Family Rescued From Flooded Car.

UN'!'I'Y, Mulnl (A!)- A family of to no pluokod inn the top of their burly Iituorgod on only Bundcy in Hurricane ldnI'I wlkl in I Ioven-hour rucuc operation that took two lives.

Drowned were Ruth It-ookway. 8. am of eight children msroonod with their parents atop the car. and Alton lllcoormlck. 41. of Unity. one of the human chain of res- cuers Iwept. into turbulent. sIndy sh-eIm.

The ctir occupied by Mr. Incl

Mi-I. Prod lrookwuy cl Albion Ind

iholr children puud ufolv thr- ough t.hlI vlllIgI about 1 o'clock Ilturdly night It the height of the hurricane. A chart distance down the road i.hI cIr became mired where the stream swept over its bunks. .

The normally gentle strum. whlppld to I ironxled torrent by the wt do and downpour. climbed npldl toward the top of the vehicle. Fin chief Max For-tier Iummomd three other firemen - nlnlltnnl chief McCormick. Ken- neth Teller. 48. and Irving Judson - and the four along with mini Bullsrd of Unity fashioned I hu-l

man chain using I guard rail iistnrvirk a wire." iutiri the stunned

In anchor for their rope.

GUARD IAIL IMABHID

Brockwiiy. I2. began handing his family to the chain.

Two of the children. Thelma, 2. Ind Blanche. I. were passed nlnniz the row of men too feet Icroiis the swirling writer to safety.

Then I Imsll building hurtling down the Itreum smlshed into the fence guard rail. The men were swept away. Brockwny lost. his grip on the third child. Ruth

father. "I think I hurt my log and when I did I lost. Ruthie." Tozler was rescued by boltman its n crowd wutohed from firm high ground. Brockwtty. Tozier.

Dick and Bullard were hiinderll

to safety on ropes thrown to them The men could hear Mccormlck yelling but couldn't. find him. Finally. at-veral trucks were lin- ed together from the other side of the car Ind Icrou their tops for I distance of 'II feet were as- :-nricii Ml'l. Brockwly. Albert 12. Brnriltxv. lo. Oiiry. 7. Harry. I. and

"I went over backward Indlciuy. seven months.

and nno mtnutr. it was polled in- divtrlually at Mi: Alkinsnnis re- quest The slnnrirr. ii:-aily t'irI9s:ori Rl'nill1 slinirnri yin omniirm, except for I rtri far-. wlirn Mr Jtislirc Fridges pivviiotinrrvi tho rlt-nth son- icnre.

The condemned man's lR-yrar- old girl friend and several of his sisters broke into hystt-rir:il wren-

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ling.

LONDON tRciiiersi --Sir Ain'- rinder Flt-mlniz. tiuicoi'ei'vr of pm- irillin, said Friday vncrinc crpcr- lmcntal work is being condui-tori which might lead to the CVllIlfll0l1 of measles And similar diseases.

i "we might be able to protect

ourselves agamst. mctislcs and ii- nd that there ts.ll cycntu.-illy be no mcnzics in the world." the iscientist uid.

night and Monday and front is ex- pecied in many localities near rlawn. The weather will remain generally fine.

Regional forecast.-::

Prince Edward I-land: Cit-in-, and cooler: light winds. low-liigii M Ch.-irloits-town 45 and 00.

Eutern Nb. counting. lower St. John river valley: Clear and cooler; frost in valley: nur dawn;i light winds. Low-high at Monctmg 40 and 60. Fredericton and Suinl John .15 gnd 00,

l

.,. High tide today It Charlottetown

at 104'! a. m. and 11.18 p. m. Summerside tide eighteen gum

uteri later than Charlottetown. High tide today It the North

Shore It all I. m. and HI 1). II.

Sun rlsu today at. on u. as. ma '-

scts at 6.29 p. m.

(Tho time is Al-llllil Xlrdj

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