town

student at

Mrs. Line Road Miss

HEDED RIOI-IT

ill on tiie right side of fashion ..:t.i teaches her that the right grosgratn band ends in a tab with! Mr. lint is thc crowning touch to her it tiny jeweled circlet. Priced to cmtiiittc ideal for the sweet sub- fit allowance budgets. but ever so Icr'lI is this middy hat of beige good looking.

Waited 30 Yea rs here." said Mrs. Palinkas. "l was

To Join Mother lso excited the doctor gave me ph(,,,,g,aph5p

tthllAWA. Ont. (CPI -”WIleII Iipllls 10 calm my nerves- t:n:.li nith the army I will lointHAPPY TEARS mil in Canada." Mernyat Palln-i

Charlottetown Miss Cath

"I never thought I would live to

in.-oslavia 30 years ago. a loved one after waiting 30 years. none or us ilrs. Palinkas then was 39. and I think we all cried a bit. we were Mernyat. llcrnyai was 20. Their, reunion so happy." terpreter

tool. place here lust recently. Mrs. Mrs. Pallnkas left

liirtlirlay when Mernyat arrived in ter and son-in-law. Paul Slekeres. walks hcrc.

P. E. l.'s OBJECTIVE IS "UP" to S3I,O0O

MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION A GENEROUS ONE. AND HAVE IT READY WHEN THE CANVA SSER CALLS - REMEMBER HE'S A VOLUNTEER.

t

R.C.C. SIGN

P. E. I. RED CROSS I956 RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT

LT. M. L. MCALEER

LT. M. G. RARLL R.S.M. JOHN F.

L574 Prince Edward Ialaudera user 2.5.15 bottles of blood in IMO. Bu for the Red Cross Blood Trans fusion Service this would hava cot- our ncopla 855.000!

1.50 articles of BICKROOM IUF Pull loaned from to Man Cup board! to islanders sick at homt This service alone saved thou mi used it over gammy

I02 women enrolled in I Ham Nursing Classes learned how I care for patients in the home.

no moss DISASTER sani 1”" m''

M" W091! enrolled In 41 FIR5 AID ('LA35I'IS. AI” IIIIILTIII IPOIIR Cl 40 First Aid PIMLI.

5-137 persons enrolled in Swlmrnin. and Water safety Classes in 7.. rrntres.

17-5 IIANDICAPPID (THILDRE. "ccetved treatment ia the. Fund for this treatment provided H lht citartottetowa Rotary Club. List Mt-nlatitio Mum and the Junior Red Gus.

ttenaruiiaatauttronlalaas.

' RINIMZN MI. IAN RANKIN (C IR. JACI JKNITO GJVI ITIWART

11100

IE3

Gcnrgc

Ilclcnc

what

TEAM NO. I-.5 SIGS.

- L TIAMNILII t . , um: I t ' winch

SOURIS

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McKinnoa nnn M.-,: and family of Winnipeg. have tak- Bay west. en up residence in Souris. At pre- sent they are visiting Mr. McKin- non's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will- Iam AlcKlnnon of Saint Peters.

Miss Pauline Murphy. a grade! X student at Saint Mary's Con- vent. spent the recent week-end it her htime in Montague.

On March 5, Mr. Vernon Jarvis returned to his home in Souris af- ter a business trip to Charlottc- si e spent a recent weekend at thei , home of hcr parents. Mr. and Mrs 1'1""? '3 5:! up fhmw rapthes X1 student at Sourts High School. ; Harold Lcslie of Souris Line Road. I" ” M "" I” ”""l W" I Corporal I'raiicis St. .lohn. form- nf Siuris and now' serving luiih thc Rt1A.i-1 it-ti Halifax tin:

erinc

A

CAPT. L. W. RAMSAY CAPT. GERALD BARRETT

SMITH R.Q.M.S. A. E. RICHARD

, . MR. GEORGE HOOD want.) If LS rendered emergency aaais MR. REG IARWISE ancc to in families whose home MR. ALFRED Ms-KEARM-If wcrc destroyed by tin, MR. PRESTON CURL!-IY

. nan N0. I7 "7 """W-tf-UM will It III- III. nouano snansuzv i

' run so. :1 - apt.) N

N AICHIR

IC&t.I ".

Miss Angela Souilierland. gradel

spent a recent week-end with her parents. Mr. Southcrland of Goose River. Leading Air Woman Eileen Bryn:-' gun.-nn 3 aboard Ihp of the R.(?.A.F. Station. Beaverl Bank. Nova Smith. a weeks leave with her motheni in Mrs. Annie Byrne of Souris.

Miss lnez Mccormaek, Grade XI Souris High School. spent the recent week-end with her mother. Mrs. Joseph J. Mc- Cormack. Sourls River.

Miss Carol Hogan. it student in one of the Souris school. spcntl a recent week-end at the home of March 4. her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Htiiiam I'Iimdalce'tit ' R d -1 7 AV

iss tary a crtnc ernar . a student at Saint Mary's Convent, . spent the week-end at the homei i of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. McCormaekl Hr. Anztts liaclman rcturncd lo. we mm-S hf, we". on 5 muting and family. Souris.

and Mrs.

the home of his parents. Mr. and McAulay.

Macllonalti. tljvisilor grade Xi student at Souris High , School. spent the recent week-end I good head start Set! I Klrlygelltj. llarnty. bfguilligzl. young handwisiiing her parents. Mr. and Mrs. mentt Loan Boai'd. C nttey I I- C mic lfIS.Hugb MacDonald. Montecello. Lloyd Maclnnis of Souris made a recent business

. . financed the vtslrof hei-ion and or cnnrinit.-town. are Bereiiye. for a six months stay. me mtervs niece. M” was only two years old when Mrs. 5" the "W that Merny” WI Palinkas left Yugoslavia. but she recognized her grandmother from

"Mcrnyai. told mi: that on the boat coming over they planned "You can't express in anybodyiivhat they wotild say." said Mrs. his told his mother when she left.the feeling you get when you seelPaliiikas. ”But when they arrived could say anything." asked through an in- impressed him Yugoslavia most about Canada. replied: "The l'.-iltnkas was marking her 69th for Canada In 1927 with her daugl't- trees and the scenery. and nobody pitnl Everybody tittiuida with his niece. Mrs. Maria now an Oshawa businessman. He.car and a television."

REGIMENT LS MAJOR R. G. DUMONT. icnpt.)

1

trip to

has a

Grade 21 Ittident .9 sou,-in

aigit

5l"I1')01- Went tho recent week-end

lat the home of her pm-ants. Mr. liugh lilcltinnon. Rollo

t Nova Scot ia.

nrsidcncc.

Elmer prly

France. spite of III? weather

lHall. on March 5. Congratulations tended to Mr. Longphce

Mr. William Pierce has return- ed to his home in Souris following a recent business trip to Halifax,

land family of Winnipeg. Manitoba. :have returned to Sourls where !they plan to take up permanent

"f'ynthla" . ' p where he uill proceed in Grog Ten- SP9Ilt'I”1IZ'qiiin.

are bcing

TIMELY NOTES ON FIIII TOPICS

ads One of the female! so thin- ped had white htntt lPgS bill that did not disqualify her from regis- tration. The ranch manager of the ranch they went to was Ollie

(Continued from last week)

Dawson City. Alaska. and

iwan and a few

very little silver. hut

Arctic had it considerable amount of silver in their coats. This prov- .cd to he it good thing later on when ithc styles changed from the black

,. ”"'""'”mhlE fox which could be imitated by """d't'""S- ("P Marl" the red fox being dyed black. white Y""”' with he” 3" ””"-V3h'' 599' I the silvers could not he initiated. Jial evening at Saint Mary's Parish .

Returning to the write up in thc llllack Fix Magazine. . . . "Begin-

9”, nlngs were made at an eary date 3"” MT? "0W3"d in other parts of Canada. T. L. wiiosc marriatze took) ;;u,.mwma,,

P1308 at Sail" -V3")"l Ch””'h Imjstartcd cxpt-rimcnting with foxes

of Wyoming. 0nt..

about I890 but did not .suc(-cssfiii-

,-- ly raise young to maturity until

I900 . . . Another very colorful fig- ure tn the early days of fox ranch- ing was Dr Johann Bali. 3 scion of a wealthy Belgium family. in

'G90”19”"”' "'('9""-V I”"”w'"I'i 3"? expedition in Labrador and Alaska

4 . . 1 Mr. Gerald MeAuley of thc R.C. labscnce of several months. duringl and if A.F. station at Clinton. 0ntario.MflliCllp H V is spending thirty day's leave at lives in loronto. ()nt.. New lork I

l

l

Snm-i5:tnn and Waliliam. Mass.

saw possibilities in raising

Ill"? hp Vlgimd Wm" rel"'7silvcr foxes In I898 he settled in

lPiasire Baic on the North shore

C"y- N Y" nE”"iL Mil'hig8"' HMT of the Gulf of SI. Lawrcnce and

-started raising silvcr foxes with a

W: I-Kl Dclinry has a hit-ittcsit,p.'tir he hrutight back with him

in t'lt.:irlottclnun on Tue day. Mr. l)cl.oi'y is a member in the Prince Ititlward Island Fisher-

Miss Nellie King left on Wctlncii- p day. March 6th. for Boston. !l'Iass.. I t.v wars arm that during the ear- whcrc she will visit tvitli relatives. I.V tIt't.V5 M "M" ranching IIPIIS Wt"?

"There nus a tffinllilttll

peak of thc indiistry about twen-

Mr. Guy Hemphill was R visitorlworih about sl.tlf)0 each. btit re-

MCKIIIIIOII. I in the city early in the weclt.

l cords do not hcar this out For the

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Stevens IN! .Vl'-"ITS l'"I'i0tl "Om 190” lllmutlh

Air I-'nrce.

from Btnetoti. .IIass..

in Montague and all

spending. 1909 the IIllfISOn'S Bay Company B!-'l'enYE some time in Georgetown.

Mr. Stephen Gotcll. who has iieenl for an average price of Si.-'itI.fttl. stationed in Quebec Province as al Prices rose slizirply after this and member of the Royal Cantidiani arrived at his linm in Georgetown early in the wee

sold a total of 5.89l silver fox poll:

by l9l2 practically no ranch rais-

elcd silver fox pclis wcrc market-I I(.lcrt bccausr cvcrylliing that cvcn Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Allcn re-I resembled a silver fox was mar- turncd tn the Province rcrentlylkcted as a hreeticr. ivhcrc they. havc rcsidcd since last summer. Friends of Mr. John Jcffcry arc. nhotustat of 25 pclts he sold at (2. sorry to hcar that he has enicrcdl W. l.ampson's sale in March the Kings County Memorial lins-

In Junc IDZII. at Wniisttii. 'l)IlSII1.

litlfl. one of which brought moo

wish tahoul Sl..'l0fli. This skin that itin- hlm an early return to grind hcnlth. pod the sale was pure black. The I AC avcragc of the sale was over ;l.0(lfI

l Sir (.'barIeit told of another pelt of his that was re-sold the next year for 11580 I about 82,829.! As far asl it is known this is the highest price! 'ever paid for a pelt. I . "iooo A PAIR find very active. - 4 . The time was arriving when tne inspector would be around and the fox could not be registered be- cause of its mai'ktiigs. Ollie Mac- Neill who had a ranch of his tiwn near the company's ranch. offer- ed to buy it and him. It turned titit in be one of the most magificeni tux ever seen in Western Canada and pups SlTFfI by him stild rcad- ' White markings rogue and at changed its rulings to pt-rmit them llrunswick the Colpitts were also ui't)du('lniz white They had been up around Mount Stewart and bought some and were looking all over the Pro- vince for that type of fox. They uere smarter than the rest of its and realized that adopt a fox with those characteris- tics. PLATLFM I-IOX The WIIIIP markr--l tux Eta; mun followed by the platinum fti.. The platinum fox had -pcarance in Norway and an ex- lslanrier had brought oiti a con- ple of males from here and path- err had some types and platiuums became thc rage We IJ(Ill'.(hI a platinum male from Wilfred l'tidd. the par- ty first IIl('IIIIOIIt'II. several platinums for us and in a time we

"That year was the heyday of H y . . the industry. Foxes were being

Mr. and Mia lltrhert (hcverie bmugm in from H I" Nan” II also from certain parts of Saskatche- K from Newfound- . , , , , . land. Ranchers sprang tip like ma- um- i ' g T ' d to be plenty of money floating

land in December, l9l2. were sel- ling for as high as 515,000 per pair and the but could not be bought for that man- ey. Some of the problem that plag- ued the early fox rancher was in- adequate A proper kennels and next boxes and the proper methods of mating up." Mr. Leonard goes on to tell of Sir '.'liarIes Dalton giving him one of he log houses which served as a ten for his taxes in thc early breed- ng days . , . . "Except for a very mall number of ranchers like the Fromm Bros, and Niemans of Wis. onstn. the Gnrdons of Traverse. ytichigan. 'erniont, plus a few others wliose iames are not readily availaule. i start was not made in raising ilver ftixcs in the United States ntil immediattely after the first corltt war. By this time the price -I Itlvcr foxes in P I-I I. had levell- ri off Small ranches started up -ver the northern one-third of the Jnitett States in rather surprising iumberx. . .

The Dalton fox was usually black the foxes that came from the West and the

tlilligan formed a partnership in ilaska in 1908 where George rais- d a hack to Ntiriham. l' H l and start- ed il Iarilc ranch Tlicy had a wry iniportnnt part in ptiptilarizinu the h Ip ' raising of silver foxes in the L'nit- ? lt' ted States. among fox ri-inchcrs during the'hreeding stock but formed a scr-.1lUII9 8 INK ice organization with G on r g at Morrison as They hclpcd ranchers with hrced-p ing. feeding and management pro-1 "items. Most of IIPHO ranclitrs who. tare scattered from coast to coa..t-I were quite successful.” ilariler Quality W! -1VErBtlt!d OVEP

Continuing with the story of sit-.5100 for them. The white mark- ings also brought up the averag- M, es and also the ' vers. The black or medium fox had gone out. One of the big rea- ””' suns was the slogan Fromm Hro.I.. ver "

The war limught a Int til pros- perity to South American and It was through there that many of

(the pelts raised on Island farmsl Mclnirejwere mark:-ted. U. S. A. buyers and Mat-Kiniion Silver Fox Farms i were also keen on fancy speci- reccivcd an order for ion pairs nfi ni foxes from parties in Western Can-t ing was a paying hiisincss for

var fox in the early I9-10's untili the raising of silver foxes had to be discontinued liecatise the fash-l inns liad year I940 or perliapt t-arlier. some silver foxes were being produced Athat had white niarkings on the Wis- hind lcgs (lhnrlcs Dalton shnwcrt .1 I cd lflll high on the leg: the nninial could not be registered in the ('a- tlf nadian National Records. About that

”Bi'c-eders in Prince Edward Is-

proven breeders

fencing material. im-

and E. F. Emery of

"George Morrison and I-Edgar

few foxes and Edgar wcnt

They not only sold

changt-ti. Around the

if the markings on the

timc tlic

Charlottetown Red Cross campaign Organization

MARCH nth -- 16th

"YOU NEED YOUR RED CROSS - YOUR RED CROSS NEEDS YOUI"

GEN. CHAIRMAN - BRIG. G. G. K. PEAKE. D.S.O.. E.D.

DIVISION NO. I ARMED SERVICES Divisional Commander-Lt.

TEAM NO 2-.1 SIGS REGIMENT.

R.C.C. SIGNALS

MAJOR E. A. MCCAREY fCapI.)

CAPT. W. L. MICIIINNON CAPT. HERBERT HUGHES LT. A. E. RREEDON

LT. .I. It). GREEN

OXC S. SQUARERRIC-GS

OIC GEORGE ANDREW

SGT. A. WALSH

SISGT. GEORGE SCHI'2I.I-H'I'ZR IGT. HENRY WOOLRIDGF.

TEAM NO. A-P.E.I. RItIG'T. (I7 RECCEI MAJOR D. J. AIIBCORMACK want.)

CAPT. W. R. PETERS CAPT. I.. G. MICNEVIN LT. 5. W. CLAY

LT. J. N. RICHARD

WAD I G. E. SUTHERLAND WM) I .I. T. PLACE

S.0.M.!. P. R. HOV

SGT. L. A. MacDOllGAI.I.

TEAM NO. I--NO. I MILITARY

GROUP HDQTS.

MAJOR ARTHUR FARQUHARSON

tCnpt.) t MAJOR IVAN HARPER MA.lOR ARCHIE VICKERSON MAJOR M. Mat-KENZIE CAPT. W. SMITH CAPT. ELMER HI.AN('IIARI)

TEAM NO. 7-H.M.('.S. QCEEN CHARLOTTE

LT. JAMES CIJAPTON (Capt) P. 0. SWEET

l,t'S MOUSSEAII

l.lS MacDOlIGAI.L

IMS DESMUELEK

IM5 STEELE

TEAM NO. C-I. I A. CADRE NO. 2 MILITARY GROUP WfO I P. W. R. MARION fCIpt.)

IVSQI. L. MIIRTAGI-I STSGT. CLAIR ARCHER SGT. W. R. CI.EVEI.ANlI SGT. C. W. STOREY

TEAM NO. I--H.M.C.!. Olii CHARLOTTE

I.T. JOSEPH MAHAR tCapt.I tl.I'.O. WEBSTER

I'.O. RROWN

IJS LIVINGSTON

IJS TRAVIS

LIE RLIRNI

DIVISION NO. II-Divisional Commander--Mr. J. T. Doyle

TEAM N0. 10 MR. EDDIE CREIGHAN ifinpt.) MR. ALFRED PETERS MR. STEVE Mat-DONALD MR. PAUL KAYS MR. JOSEPH HUGHES MR. THOMAS BRADLEY

TEAM NO. I4

CHIEF CHARLES McARTIIl'R trapt.)

MR. 1. L. R. ANDERSON MI. I. ll. DOUGLAI MIL JON ROACII MR. BLAIR MUTCI

no.1. . cuu.aN Ml. aoant AIIIIWOITHY

TEAM NO. II MR. JAMES COVLE f("iIpt.) MR. PERCY CAMERON MR. GORDON BENNETT MR. JAMIE MICCALLUM MR. C. F. IIINE MISS MAIIL MATIIESON LT. COL. L. 1'. IDWTIIIIIR MISS FRANCIS MICMILLAN

TEAM NO. I! MR. RONALD PARKER tI'apt.t MR. EDWARD VQREY MR. VICTOR RUNTZ MR. HARRY RONNELL MR. TED MOORE

TEAM NO. I! MR. M-INEDICT (TALLAGHAN Want.)

MR. M20 P, DOYLE

MR. .IOSF.PH TIERNEY

Mn. I-?l'GI-ZNE KELLY

MR. Gl'S PAQUETTI

man No. II VII. tin" MONAGRAN 4Capt.i yin. rnrtn REEF! mt. FRANK Mt-INTYII MR. rosrnn nuns:

DIVISION NO. iii-oivtsiottoi Commander-Mr. George Pin-vls

TIAM NO. 1! Mld HA)ITLlY CUNNINGHAM 1

MR. ALD WOODHATR MR. J. O. Macl.lAN

MR. I. O. PI.A'I'l'l

MR. CLAUDE WIITRNI-1(”l' -

mu no. at ...'.'”3'iW.un”"l."t..'"'i-'"'"" . . f.IpI.l MR. ooanotc

WILLNQ MR. IMAM 1el,Il.l.AN MR. AIJIRT LANNAN

nan no.1: MR. L. A. NY (Capt-I an o. E as. a.

.gAM NO. II MR. VAL IAKER (Capt) MR. NORMAN

R, Jr.

TEAM NO.Il

I ...KIIP .

team not I HI! RALPH RUPERT (Capt) MR. R. I".. IIYNDRIAN MR. THOMAS MeAVINN MR. R. I-1. YOUNRER Mn, vicron MaeDONAI.ll MR. WILMER RLANCIIARD

DIVISION NO. NAERVICE CLUIS Divisional Commander--Mr. Gordon Kerr

TEAM NO. I ROTARY mt. .l. A. MRIUTIIEII (Capt) Mn. Nlitl. Mat-l.lAN MR. FZRSKINE MaeNU1'l' mi. 0. II. CURTIS ('OI,. ROBERT PITT

' TEAM No. I mt. WILFRED t.tVIlW3l'f0l traytt

mg. iv. 1. NIZARING

iltllt. w. it. MUNN

nan. G. wic.orNo1'ol

MacNeilI of this province. In the following Spring this female pro- duced a litter of live pups and a- mong them was a "JIIILP ring-neclc ed pup with white markings on its hind legs. The fox grew tip strong

short

pelted them two were sold at the 5.-rm-9 mnnagp.-,iMontreal sale through the Canad- ian Natlunal Silver Fox Breeders Association for 8225 each and they went to South America. when we were producing them in

ens and up until I946 fox ranch-

rr chat.

city.

. year. it was sold to

spccinicns of I day,

week.

came into the Caiiadinn atitin-

Ill be registered. New intirketl foxes. there ing a

fashion wuiild goals. l

qvadc its tip- somehow

secured the

.tnd he VIFPTI

were The first

producing time we

Later

very bright sil-

tist-tt by "Bright With Sil-

niot her.

Mltia Anna , spent a few days with her aunt. to Lorne Valley. Miss Marion MacAuIay during the 109!!! Of MP5. Parkrfl DRFPIIII. past week.

A hockey

rounding areas. Georgetown on Wednesday to en- ioy a friendly game of hockey with the Seven Mile Road boys. It was a fast interesting same. end- score of 6-3. Mat-I.etid of Lorne

high "point getter"

and Mrs.

and Mrs. Georgetown. were recent visitors

Mrs.

Mr Heath Mat-(irath and his Muro Mu-Grath. it ere recent business visitors to the

Heartfelt sympathy goes out to the relatives of the late Mr. Heath Shepperd who Cardigan.

Mr. Daniel Shaw. In Montague during the

where he Scotch concert in Yen's and visited relatives and friends.

team

Miss Margaret Iliittun. at Prince of Wales College. went the last week-end of the wlth her parents. Mr. and Mrs 2 William Hutton. Lorne Valley.

Mr. Gerald Mat.-Dougall. tague. is spending some time at the home of his uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mat-Leod.

Mr. Walter Mat-I.eod. a I0rIlIt.'f resident. of this vicinity. recent y . I , spent a few days here renewing El1i'fV,,3"lA5"”5',, 'IId friendships.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nicholson. Mr. Johnnie Nicholson and Mr. R Roy MacLeod. Char-. ' - lottetown. motored to Lorne Valley . on February 21rd,. to spend the week.end with Mr. and Mrs. Angus Nicholson. I

those who could produce any quan- l B tity. About that time mink com- .menced to take the tole of lead- er and by I950 one could see the handwritling on the wall but we. like many others, didn't recognize it and oontlnued in the hope that a ; vtttm than why It In - change In fashion would occur. It didn't and reluctantly we had tot pelt off all our foxes and the plant - which cost 8lfI0.fIfI) Is now Idle.