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C The Guardian. Charlottetown, Fri. Mar. 20. 1964

ACROSS THE ISLAND

Ice Boat Days

Are Recalled

By NEIL A Provincial-

MY MIND went back to the hardy men who braved the ele- senyice m 730 pm took wintry storms In their strides, even on exposed IngersolL pastor.

merits and

ice-filled Northtuiibcrland Strait, I . ‘ V i some 50 soldiers had completed "a gruelling trip' by air to Nt- cosia from Valcartier. Quebec The young newsman who w'nite.tn\‘.n paslmal Charges of

. MATHESON Farm Editor

as I read a story suggesting

that yarn (‘t‘t‘lainly cannot have any sense of history. I can

Imagine some timers sn

orttng in et‘lston at the idea

of a trip in an acroplane bruit: "gruelling" when all the men

had to do was to look after tiictnsclves while skilled lcchnlClans “ m. (nhllrph Schml 43.00

piloted and sorviccd tlic plane So it‘s natural tltat 1 sho few months alzo with Ed Mat-ii ed on the ice boats that cross fore the lce-broalzcr Prince Ed in 1917. IF YOL' think of “a Silll‘ll examplc. but 1 was t“llll1 unusually acme \‘t-‘tctjan of mu there had bceu ant-thin; nuns Now 78. and made 19 degrees ht‘ltl“ across the vast he st)

mm and tho arc~

But

uld rccal‘. an inierestul: chat 'illtams, Cape Traverse who work- cd the Northumbcrland Strait be- ward Island took over the service via cxpct'tcncc" that should be a thcli unable to net the spry 1(‘v‘-htl.5tl days to even admit that nilv dtfftcult about the job.

Ed started thc cross‘Srrait ice treks at 19 in 1905 Chnrc hit: lad crcsstn: In 1016 (‘nldcst day he recalls was ship 730 p. in

wind would have a terrific sweep "we used a sort of stocking cap 1d

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CHURCHES SUNDAY

KINGS

(VLEARY l'NITED Pastora

Charge. Rev David H Haniil- 11st Church: 3 pm. — orshi ton. BA BB. Minister, 1100 Service. New Glasgow Clirts- . Bloomfield 1.15 West Devon: ttan Church: 10 am. -— B i ble 2.30 Brae; 7.1m O‘Igana Mid. School, 11 a m. — Worship Ser- week Lenten Service on Tues» \‘lt‘t‘ Mintstcr, Mr. Merle W.

day in O'Ikary.

DL'N . ANNANDAIE United Baptist Pastorate Dun» .das Sunday School at 10 am. Service at 11 am. Annandalc Itic Myrtle

DAS

THE I)l'.\'DAS and Gcot‘ze-

The tUniled Church. .\ n n a n dale lChurcli‘ Worship. 11 a in St lDavid's Church: Worsluu 3.00

p. in

Dundas Church: Worship, 730

pm, Minister: Rev 31R Pork» linEton.

THE PRESBYTERIAN

Church. Caledonia. Worship 11 m. St Peters Road. Church School l 30 n m Worship T’ 30 Murray Harbour North h School 10 p m Wor

MURRAY RIVER Church of

and got so that we didn't mind the cold". I was to Christ 10 3 m Bible gr)...” n

They wcrc warmlx r‘yic‘, hnl Illt‘\ didn‘t wear abnormally am‘ Lard. Supp“. and “top heavy tuiderwr-ar “ii-in .ic :ol on the ice and started to work. sh.“ Speak" _ John Mammy? there was no problem kceptnz warm" am

Started Under Captain Campbell Maggot

HARBOI 'R Church

8 pm. Bible Scltool

THERE \l‘tZRI-Z Ill? boats. m uteri to a boat. mth an owl- all Lord's SHDW- 73‘" 17““th

captain in charm ct” the oprratt charge of each host. Captain William Campbell. fat Iottetoun Th

waislmcn an $43 [‘ilt'l

Ladies paid (it per crosstn: and rode in the boats. The men schm‘ 2.00 worshm

paid S2 and l‘clncd pull thn bo

on There was also a coxswain in

her of .\'orman Campbell, (‘har-

e (‘I‘xs‘ilfl'll 1m 9”»: a month. the bowmenr vthey_were at locale. Rev. A the from and their cwct-ictu-c and judgement. in following leadStfor Montague to and selomm: llm hc:E mm wire of sonic value—got $75. That 11 worghlp. 7.30

ats over the 1(‘9. They 1

they rode. hnt ha: i‘lls‘f‘t’llll‘flflf‘d "We didn't have to take

at all 1‘ no t more than dull pounds of mail". he recalled.

'I‘lic limits -\c;lictl 5100 pounds each and the mail ran to

600 pounds or titnrc \l‘lcr onc had cxpcrience crew were out nvcr null: . one man lost a fool and another the fl

off one hand from most bro 7 t1 coma"

at. would free?»

ngers 1

each boat atrge

. a . box of hard tar-l; 'l‘brv also had to carry a supply of water In \Itnlstcr Sunday School ' was of little use."

Ed told me. "because II.

'Disuster’ Occurred In 1883

“THE DISASTER" as it was called. occured back in 1883. tam” 945

I find after checking “llll llclcn Herring whose father. Montague. b0

- "l a blinrlni: snm‘ oi‘rtl'i‘ plunge-1 ‘n 78

TOM me. :3an t‘nn (‘l'punq hnmmd

(may {praynpd a: a :hattm- against the full force of the vmnd

and licr two unclcs, Hcctor and Will. were in the _a atir'll .‘1 wild. stormy rllEll‘l in mid-Strait after losing

storm,

dezrees below vero. fli‘rs Herring all their boat: evcept one which They

also burned the mail in the raw. bitter battle for survival.

Captaincd by Klitncey Irvin

t1. the crews did not find their

Worship Speaker -— David

\Ir \lncll'tlltams stat‘tcd his service under Weale.

MONTAGI'E BAPTIST Pas- .G..l, Sleeves. Pas» Sunday School .100 Sundav ‘l‘lurrnv River v 200 Sundav School. 3'15 Worship. Sturgeon 2-00 Sun- day School. 7'30 Worship

rav 11a rbnur

MI'RRAY RIVER Pctitt‘cosl al A

Services Rev Lounsbury. 10 am Worship a m . Evan

Relislic Set-vice 1‘30 pm

MONT-H1117. I" \STOR \Tlti The United Church Rcv Ru! sell Burns. Minister l.m\cr Unit- a m Montague. Palm Sunday .lnnior chm" in atten- dance Reception of \‘cw mcm- he s Sturgeon 'I R0 p in

\IOVTAGI'E HIRIY. Chapel .. am The Lords Rimmi- for all believers: 10 45 a in Sun dav School for all aces includinz

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location until late-afternoon of thc following day. Then they re— ‘\dllll Bible Classes: 730 remi-

turned to the ncarcst land which was in the Msnble area. Told lar cvcninz service own".

by the canlaiu to "do on your for a ncarhi- f,=rm li~u<c~ citnod

one—half of the crews made or \TacPIiaiis. and the rest made

~\Il wclr

(‘01110

or on so 1w Iatr‘r ti nan the first crew group visited the 5"”"5 ~ RAY FN'IHIP l'n- other. rhrw found that one man. Sandv \luttnrl. was missing. 11“” “WWII” Worship in Sour Thev found Sandy in a nearby crchard where. apparently '5 ll Rm Ht Bay Fortune 1'30 ton weak to stand up any longer. he had Erasped the lower limb of pm Rev D 17. Adams. minis- a tree and lll< hand. net-c frozen in the grip that, he \liaS (tittnable lcr to releasc Mr \lnttart lost the fingers off onc iis tan s. . . , . , ' ‘ Nobody died. and many of thc mcn includin: the Campbells. ‘AHIFI‘HNID '- ORIH‘JJ: i-c none‘ fhc wot'sc for their mishap. but one other man lames "PM -- Relic River The Ullll« Hawaii. lost the maior portion of one not. leaving little but the 9‘1 ChllI‘Ch Mmtsu‘r: Rev Gra-

stump of the 1:ch

THE ONLY man list. l was was several _\t‘7‘l‘S bcfcrc the set

the ice hnal \va: cousin in two lipids of Ice that were rapidly Worship at Murray closing In on it Hanson oprart’nlh’ Em NIH-Elli between "‘9 Sl‘le'a m Iris 2 p m. Belle River of therl'wial and the crush of the ice field on tha ' a firm grip on each of his wrists. 'I‘r

Two strou: mcu lllfl

he was literally torn frt‘m l'llf'll‘ grasp. several Cape lost on Fcbniary 13 and his body was

people recallcd Ilc . not found Illllll llw I'ollcwuiz sp

"Normally: tic-"rt lent-(- the shorc around 7 o'clock tn the worm C in; and arrive on tho othm‘ stdc about I or 2 and did not make Bell's Point. tn the

left Tormcnl'he at 7 a m Cape Traverse arm, nnril 330 r Once. \lr

x: of his llfc, l was told.

told. was Lem Dawson and that 'vice coded A5 I recall the story. side.

but averse 2‘1112. hilt

p m, once we

ofipm” Edtnld mo.

\I:tt-\\‘=l!:ams rccallod. 11in had crossed the strait a m-

Ile became a blacksmith and worked at the (mic ‘.\I Fraser. Valley-field —- 11 a,

m. Orwell Head -— 7.30 p m.

FREE (‘HI'RCH of Scotland. Rivcr II

4

p m Rtrch Hill 7 pm. Ewen Fl \Iachucall. student

THE I’NITED Church. \Iounl

Stewart Saint Pctcrs Ha,

harze Mounl Stewart 111;;

a to Public Worship. 10 am. »- Senior Sunday 1130 Junior Sunday School Moi-

In two hcnt‘s and 141 muinlcs l‘hc zoitig was almost perfect most 9113 730 p m. — Public Wnl‘ShIP- .

of the way and thcy could walk

heavy snow on tlic ll‘f‘. we look turns breaking the way“ he told gay ' ")1

me.

at a brisk pace When there was

Two Stories Are Interesting

THERE ARE many \lrrics land man cot'crtn: his wi:ttr_\ t

in the mind of this friendly 13- rcks. Herc are two of them'

One Island man was rctnrning from the lumber woods with‘

his winter‘s cnvntngs tn ts pn:

But the pocket that held the:

'50.

purse was cmply \"lwn thcy reached the Cape Traverse shore. Na

turallv the man fcll tcrrt

working ice—hunt (“cits fclt almost as bad. Imagine their satisfact-‘Tm pm. (‘hurch Ion \vlicn (mo of lllf‘ crew found the purse on the ice in mid- Rev. David H. Barwise,

strait several dais lntor. "Anothcr luiic tic notu-cd b of title male "passengers" Hams recalled. 0n uivcslicznlui. warn through the soles n

«'1‘:

as he had trnmpcd manv miles to the New Brunswick shore 10mm Rev

before starting acrcsg thc Strut

The boal crciis tin: up a 0:1 the rest o‘ tlic ‘il'ly money for lttm to hit} a . Looking back on tho

" themselves now. those earlier days.‘

Ftl‘l‘flSS the Strait. ncn pair when he rcachcd the Island. is :encrous and kindly acts of his fellow NIathllianis 101d me ‘ ‘ they're not ncarly so happy as they were in

ble about the loss. and the hard-

lOlltl tn the tracks“ made by one

c trod along the ice. Mr. IllacWil-

: tlicy found that t e man had1

nos. then the soles of his socks.

l w.th tlic iccAboal crews. ir of boots for the man to wear l'llf‘ll collected enough

‘pcopltI ltvc more within

-. Canoes At Wood Islands In 1755

THE I(‘F. hnal crosstnzs were inaugurated back in 1775 at the alhanc Churches of Christ: In L'nitcd Scrvice in St. John's ‘ urging cf Walter Pattcrsnu. the first Gm-crnor of the Island. am. _- Bihle serum] 31 Fwd“. icommued on page 9, 'Birch bark canoes were used at first but the route from W Islands to Picton. .\‘.S. was so long and hazardous—it was 23 miles at best—ethal scrvtcc was most tuiccrta-tn. . It was in 1827. l find in an old Guardian, that the people of P,E,|. centenn'al : Cape Travcrsc conceived the idea of making much shorter cros- " sings from l‘l‘ll‘l‘f‘. and aftcr a few trial nuns. some man was pRF’SENTS i'éontracted to them the following year and the regular service I . - there started In 1829. ar y canoe; wnrc followed by flail-bottomed fponies opcr- Charlottetown s

‘lted by two men. an old Guardian story reports. an t ey were

.followed by the soniclimcs-called Norwegian ‘pram" or "ice- Appearance

bcat“ as Islanders know them until they crossed for the last

times In 1016.

Th e are nonc of those boats left on lthe Isl-and. so far as

, I could learn. But there is one i not far from Sackville In New

me. Old accounts tell of thrce Back In 1831 fottr men. one a Were rescued the following day Ten persons wcrc involved they spent more than 36 hours The other came in 1855 wlic

and another student returning l - entlne Friday. March 9 and 1c land with an cldcrly man nan

n the museum at Fort Bcauscjonr Brunswick. Mr. MiacWilltam told

accidents before the one of mart passenger. were out all nicln but by pmple from Cape Emmi

in the experience of 1843 when on the ice being rescued. n a Vlr. Haszard of Charlottetown rom Philadelphia "reached Torm fl early ncxt morning for the Is. rtect Weir. with one boat's crciv

of four men, They tcnre nilliln oneahalf milc of the Island in mid. afternoon and were rmvim: the boat in lolly. lice and watert

when a blinding snowstorm str return to solid ice where the shcllcr against the storm. They

uck suddenly and forted lhcm to y turned their boat over flor a ' suffered lorriny from cold and

hunger and finally killed and ate a dog belonging to Weir Then

they started back

the other; reached the Nova Scotia slim

bad phvsical condition and fin

to Nova Scotla. Hasmrd died on Sunday and

e near Walace. M‘cmdav in ally staggered to a farm home

two miles distance. Weir lost all big fingers and both of his

feet and died somcttime later.

The contrast beth this

the rcscnt was «unframed as

Ind

"(Nu boats crmsl The contrast was cmpha-sb

sMhSO-foottowcrhadbcen

merit. to survcv the Strait tor the new Causeway mar

die-on

bidding him an mar. Now. he nu randomly-dour if you cmlnt

lhc old storv rcla e

s. storied and difficult past and l was thanking Mr. Mat-Williams obsented. then- are three the old Smtla even more as we looked lo«. hurting the shore. where erected In I part of die equip- d the future.

10.30 am. Scnior and .lttntor Sum.

pm, Public Worship. Re- ception of new members and ad- mission of elders.

Ml‘RRAY HARBOR )lnr- ray River Charge. the United Church scrvices. Little Sands» 11am Murray River. dcdim lion in mission. 2 p.m.: church school. 11 am. Murray Harbor School 10 am mints-

SUEENS

NORTH RIVER Baptist Pas- T.W.

tster. Worship: North Rlvcr

a.m.: Clyde River 3 p m.: Knit ston 7.30 pm; Fairvtcu 11.00 .m. under auspices of W.M.S. with Reid Sanzsler. spcaker: Lona ('reek 7.30 pm Easter Cantata. “The Conqueror" t‘cn- dered by the Choir S i; n d a y

School Clyde River 2 pm FREDERICTON AND Bread

tvensonfl. Mutt

School. Saint Peter‘s Bay:'

icton. 1030 am. — Bible School at Bradalbane. 7.30 pm, — Ev- enth Worship Service to be held 1

Zuuuierman.

\I'INSLOE PASTORAL (‘harze the I'ntled Church. 11 a.m_ \l'ttisloe \‘orth: 2.30 pm. at Win- sloe South \vtth .luniot' Choir: Tiltl pm at Iltghficld. Rev. T.R. (ltttttlze. Mintsler

B —.

TIII‘.‘ I’RESBYTERIAN (‘linrch Ccntral Parish. Nine

.\1 1 1e (‘rcck Church 11 a m 4 Palm Sunday Worship. “The Cry of Forgiveness" Sermon.

(‘tutnc ("wc Church 3 pm. Palm Sunday Worship of

Remembrance" Sermon Clyde River Church 7.10 pm. a l m Sunday Worship. “The Crv of Completeness" mon. Minis

tcr. Rcv Raymond L. Gillis.

VERNON -— POWNAI. Pastor- al Cltziruc United Church Rev. G \D Elliott. minister in char:e 11 service 111 Mtllvicw Church: 2.30 11.111 Orwell: 7.30 Cherry Valley

FREE (‘III'RCH of Scotland \i'orshtp D\'. Charlottetown 11 a m and 7 pm ; Stanche12 pm. -r Rcv. \l'.R. Underhay. minis- l r.

CORNWALL ['NITED Church

New Dominion 11 a m Kingston 3 p in Cornwall 7 30 pm. Mem- bership Classes at New Domin- ion at 1015: KIRESIOR at 2 pm: Cornwall at 8.30 pm.

1.1.. Walls.

covEuEAD Pastonal Charge:

l‘nitcd Church of Canada. Suu-‘ day. March 22. Union Road 11 am Stanliope 7.30 pm cv. R. ‘

. Baxter, minister.

ALEX.~\.\'I)RA Baptist Churcn SOI‘VKP March 22 at 3 p m Hat old ‘I‘horne. special speaker.

CAVENIHSH PASTORAL (‘haruc I’nticd Church, Caven- rllsll 11 n m. Rustico 230 p m..

Stanley Bridge 7.30 p.m.Guesll

speaker at the morning and st- ~tcrnnon services Mr. .1 s m e s Forbes \len‘s Choir at evening service. Rev. Morley P. Bent- lev

TRF. PRES BYTERIAN. Church St John‘s. Belfast. Ser- vice of worship. 11 am. Rev. .Donald Nicholson, minister.

'I‘IIF, PRESBYTERIANE ('lturcll; Wood Island‘s Servtcot of worslttp. 7.30 pm. Rev. Don-

rl Nicholson, minister.

YORK Pastoral Charge Uniteo (‘ h u rc h Rev. rw. Lacey. Minister. Sunday. March 22. 11 am Central; 2:30 pm Plea- sant Grove tSunday School 1 p "I m. York.

m“; I.

.\IOI'.\'T HERBERT l' n l ted‘ Church. Sunday. 2.30. Rev. John Hall. \Iintslf‘l’.

III NTl-TR RIVER L' M l e n Church (‘7 Services Hampshire. 11 am; Hunter R: v ‘ 2 pm; Sacrament of Com munton at both scrviccs. North \l’tltslure and thnl‘lcy River invucd to participate. Rev Mot Icy Bcntlcy \Vlll conduct the ser vices .\III.TO.\' — Rl'STICO Anzlly can Parish. Rector. Rev. . . ‘. lPierccy St. John's. Milton 11.0ut am. Morning prayer and Set- mon. St Mark's. Rustico. 2.30 pm. Evening Prayer and ser- .mon

CHERRY VALLEY C h H st Church 7 pm. Evening Prayn and Sermon. Rev. AE. Pierce, . pricst-in-charge.

PRINCE

HAMPTON UNITED Church I'Cw Easter Thank offering ser-

Howard. min» ‘.vtce * 3 pm. —— Victoria Unit- ‘

‘cd ('liurclt. Special music by

Mrs (lcorze Roblee. Mrs. Ever- ‘

clt Howati atid Mrs Gorde n (“antic-Id. Guest speaker was Mrs AW C rwood.

.\.\'G|.I(‘AN SERVICES. Par- ish of Port Hill. Rev. Delmonl \'co. Rector. Palm Sunday. Port Hill. 11 am. Inverneas. 2.30 pm. Ellersllc. 7.30 pm. Parish

Ill Fredericton Cavendish Bap- ‘

S u nday . School Cornwall at 11 am. Rev. .1

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' FARM FEDERATION NEWSLETTER

0n tion of Agriculture presented. briefs to the mcnihcrs of the

ilegislature and over the years :tlicse briefs have brouth for-l 'ward many matters for consid-l eration on which public policyl has since been dcvclopcd. ‘

The avantaces of appearing in the legislature lay in the fact that a public forum was created 1with private members being given the opportunity of taking. part and with quite wide pnblic- i ity resulting. tis year a' change has taken place with the brief in essentially the as me: ‘form being presented to lhcl

' {premier and nicmbcrs of tlie PX-l

lecutive council. This arrange-l lmenl. of course. tirctly \\(‘ll cit-l minates the public fcrtrrn but 11‘ does provide the advantage of‘

Vernon Rn-er gettlticz down to cases in a from in: needs the stabilizing lnflue.»

We would suspect that the re sults from this arrangement could be superior even though the federation may not receive the same publicity.

The brief in question empha- sizes the importance of a sound- ly based and prosperous agri- culture ln relation to the wet-

fare of all our citizens. To quolemn

from the conclusion of the brief. “We are not narrowly concern- ed with the nced of the farmer to make more money. the province is desperately in need of the in- creased revenue which potentl- ally agriculture can produce."

Further we quote, “Farming operates in an ccon om y in w I] i c h substantial power to maintain prices and wages exists for other groups. Farm-

; Federation Brief Stresses ’ Potential Of Agriculture

20 occasions the chera-'ker and more outspoken way. are of organized marketing

and of being able to bargain on terms of reasonable equality with the buyers of farm pro- ducts."

The present brief leans rs- ther heavily in the direction of requesting the setting up of com- mltteas t do; certain prob- lems and of surveys for specific

es. Committees are requested for the study of matters related to the sale and control of liquor. matters related to farm chinery and to land use In the province. Recommended under the ARDA program is a study of the marketing and produc- tion of cattle and other related features to the industry. Finally it is requested that the proposal made a year ago for extended research and development

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relation to agriculture be ser— iously considered and either ap- proved or rejected on its merits.

Referred to in the brief are the importance of education for agriculture and the planning of conference on this subject April 15. The federation w like to see more bargaining be» tween the growers of crops for. processing and the plants. Wit-l lingness to help in the settingl up of a Highway Safety League. is expressed and the importance? of much stronger leadership in the potato industry emphasx- med. There have been lengthier briefs in the past and while a number a the recommendat- ions relatcd to matters that are of long term importance. yet the document appears to a down to earth one closely relat- ed to present problems.

POTATO MEETING

The decision to sponsor and hold the p o t a to meeting on March 30 was made after very careful consideration by the ex- of the federation. There does appear to be In the indus- try a genuine concern for its fu- ture. a concern not Immediately related to present indifferent