GYSI points out some of the fcaturcs of a scale model of the L.i('kp01't outlet for the Red Ritci' Floodway. a 364000.000 flood-control project started

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By ClilSIlOLM MacDONALD WINNIPEG tCPi John Sutyla pointed in the direction of the Red River. beyond a giant dugout of silt and gumbo. "That Id waterway may have been a snap to buy." he said. "but her running expenses sure are stee .“ l\lr. Sutyla. a construction su- perintendent at the Greater Win- nipeg Floodway. was referring to the old tale that most of Man- itoba's lied River valley—in- eluding its capricious river- bll'ah‘ bought for 10 shillings. "When and if this ditch is dug by 1067. we‘ll see how the river ix .'1 t'tislly thing to run." he said. ‘ 1

Tim on: heralded "Big witch." a $04.000.000 flood-con- lt‘nl project skirting metropoli- tan Winnipeg and said to be the hipdest dirt-removal scheme

f‘\'(‘l‘ undertaken in Canada, was started this fall. " About 100.000.000 cubic yards

of gumbo and silt will be dis- placed in the project. designed

item! that put 640 square miles

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(‘oursinz an uneven 30~mile are downstream to Lockport. northeast of Winnipeg. from St. Norbert soulll of the city, the floodway is designed to divert tiie ri'esting fled River through A safety channel east of the city during times of flooding.

The idea was conceived after the flood of 1950 which caused

rial i'riynl coiiiiiiissltin was a pointed in 10.10 and presented its report Feb, 0. 1959.

Too l‘:-mile contracts were awarded this year. At St. Vital. near the southern end of the Dl'OJCt'l. .lohii Sutyla and about 3:) men employed by Monarch Construction are battling the illcky gumbo with 20 pieces of teary machinery. wh-—

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ENGINEER. MARSHALL

Winnipeg's Big Ditch ls Exp nsive Project

to avoid a repetition of the 1950.

of the Winnipeg area under wa- i ..

3100000000 iiaiiiogc. :\ pi'ovin-: p- ‘watct' control and conservation3ercd. 80 per ‘ in Manitoba. lists a combiuafithe Red. lump

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this fall. The floodway. sche-

tiled for completion in 1967. will divert flood waters of the Red River around Metropoli- tan Winnipeg.

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The contract. for this mile and ‘a half is close , , . :Siityla said. "But when you con- [sider the ditch is 800 feet wide . and up to 27 feet deep—in some. Eother areas it will reach a ' ldcpth of more than 70 feet—. git‘s not it million-dollar gift I we're getting." :FIRST FLOOD 1826

i The story of Red River flood- ing is almost as old as the docu- ‘ ‘mented istory of the valley. ' - ,.

The story of its sale goes back , Em .éjmggc: M" gxtend‘ {PO’T‘ to the time when Thomas Doug- i ‘ ' ‘ or ,'r ‘ sou" Of vmm' las. Earl of Selkirk. persuaded1 peg‘ dwns‘mam t0 LMkport' Hudson‘s Bay Company direct- (CP Newsmal’) ors to sell him 116,000 square 'niiles of Red River country foriand sudden spring: above nor- .io shillings. .mal rainfall during the break-

In 1012. Selkirk sent his first 'iip over the entire drainage shipioed of Scottish families ‘basin. through Hudson Bay. up the‘ Two other flood-control proj- Nelson River and Lake Winnie acts were recommended by the ‘peg to the forks of the Red and .royal commission. They are the Assiiiiboine. They were tlie'boili on the Assinilioine River jfirst white people to home~ iwhich flows in from the west to stead on the present site oftjoin the. Red in the heart of Winnipeg with any apparent in- Winnipeg—4m 311500.000 diver- ttcntion of staying. ‘. near Porta e la Prairie Hardships followed. not the I and a $1,500,000 reservoir in the ilcnst of which was flooding. lShellmoiith. Man.. area.

The first recorded year of The floodwziy is to be fl- lled River flooding was in 1820. nanccd about 58.8 per cent by

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MAP SHOWS location of 30- miie channel to be built to ease the spring flood threat of the Red River to Winnipeg.

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That year saw. the water rise the federal government and the ge

seven feet-higher titan it did in .remainder y the province, 1050's 30-feet - above-normal;\vliile ‘the costs of the Assini- level. Other major flood yearsiboine projects are to be shared .were 1852. 1861 and the final equally by the two govern~ tone 12 years ago which claimed meiits. ithe life of one person and left tCOULD UPSET SCHEDULE

‘fi muddy and expensive de- “But the floodway has prior- posit in some of Winnipeg's best ity in urgency." Mr. Griffiths parlors said. “Of the 314.000.0011 in flood

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Christmas lB Seals ‘ Sale Said Ahead Of ‘61 i

Reporting on the returns in: The survey was under thei the 1962 Christmas TB seal‘supervision of Mrs. John ‘ campaign. for the period Nov. :Cameron and Mrs. Mary Kelly.t 12 to 20, Miss Blanche Conway. tx-rey technician. TB seal sale secretary. said :SEVEN NEW CASES . that in comparison to the Sim-1 Dr. EM. Found. director ofi liar period in 1961 returns are ‘the division of tuberculosis con-i running ahead of last year. itrol. said seven new cases have

in the first two weeks of the ibeen discovered in the eastern! drive, the amount received fol- 1 section of the provin e during! lowing the sending out of Christ- November and “the i cideiice of mas seals. was $5.920 as corn- 1 the disease will be about pared to the $5.800 in 1961. This isame as it has been for “pie-Sift“ a? silirigi.’ .3322? 1 “it “"2 Misti t . icon 1‘! u or o . v e‘ ; te a es 0 ie \m mos re- year it was $2.06. icent admissions to the senator .

in regard to the number of! ium are six months and I\\'r\l letters returned with money. years. Dr. Found said there arei Miss Conway noted that it rep- i 20 children under treatment for; resents 16 per cent of those tuberculosis in the Provinciall :giiiaggt'agxaict'fliliethSaisriagn 30:50:1— isagfligi‘iu'g‘ioups which h a v e i a year ago. :been surveyed recently through i

In 1961 island contributors do- ;P.E.i. Tuberculosis League fac- nated $12,858 which was about tilities include the crews of the‘ five per cent over the objective. CGS Saurel and CGS Tupper.

e $5.920 contributed so far No active cases were found represents a running ahead ofiamoni.’ the 65.

approximately two per cent LIVESTOCK

Both the local and n I tional i' headquarters. Ottawa. are: MONTREAL tCPl—Livestockt

predicting that Prince Edward.

Island will again go well over prices were steady with Monday I on the east end livestock mar-i

the top. and will not only hold ket taday Trading was active;

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the present two per cent margin but no doubt will increase it. substantially. un

Employees of dairies and nth-i ~Recelpts were: 166 cattle. 47| er food handling plants in th e scalves, 18 hogs and 2 sheep and t I received ilambs. Monday's receipts were: i chest x-rays a few weeks “c.1562 cattle. 522 calves. 232 hogs1 and of the 135 x-rayed. no (115- land 6 sheep and lambs. . case was discovered. I A few common heifers sold at: i13.50—15.50. Medium cows werei ’15.50. common 13 - 15.25 and‘

i tcanners and cutters 10-13. Pa Elsciommon and ‘medium bulls at,1 ' I Com parison

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' county's general fund because

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PRYOR. Okla. tAPi—Tiie sheriff's two~way radios were i repossessed here for non-pay- ' merit.

Workmen for Motorola 1

i Communications and Elec- . ironies Incorporated. Tulsa. . dismantled the 50-foot an- i

tenna atop the courthouse.

o removed were the base station in the sheriff's office and three mobile units. 1

Motorola said a $1,410 pay- I ment, due last June. had not can paid. The delinquent payment. and another instalv . ment next month would have i paid off the balance. i

There is no money in the

the excise board has slashed . budgets.

Sheriff L. L. Weaver had a . solution:

“ 'm going over and hold a course with the Indians and learn how to send smoke signals."

Good vealers were 30 - 33.}

some. up to 35. and common 17-; ress Copyright 'Hog Edward Islanddished.

complete party vote compare with vote by parties in last two

prices were not estab- 1 Sheep and lambs too few tto quote.

Canadian 1’ CP Prince

Elections (Percentages erCk' the misfortune to cut his foot U C L iwith the axe which required

co N IL 035 "t h . 1962 1959 Mr- and Mrs- Wilbert Ens'isehiaiialfglbgrfsliridges. Burton. PC 19,499 «50.9; 19.195 «51.6i "0"“ and daughter Joyce- also 1 celebrated his 89th birthday on Lib 18,783 (49.1) 18.023 (43.4) rs- M- Keoufih 0f Nor‘Vay'iSaturday Dec 1 Mr Bridges Total 3 . 2 3 . 9 I‘ve“? rfchfnl "isms at the ‘enjoys good health and is most

PC 25.47oi50.si 24.649 150.51‘ Mr. and “11's..“le'vi" Mac—iiingfi'sEAitf dgfiglitbiiwlliirmsasgn- Lib 24.8mm“) 24.191t49.5i We“ 3""01“ 599'“ "‘8 Past 'Mrs ’cnmm Collictitt Eurton

T t l 50 364 8 ‘weekend with their son-in- law ' - ‘ ' 03 i - l Leland Currie, student

tand daughter, Mr. and M r s. Douglas Ross. Moncton. NB.

‘ iii/fr. and Mrs. Paul Arsenault _ tan famil . who w .Inscrtcd by friends and rela-iin Burtonyfor the . m ;ttves as a tribute to the deceas' . months. have. returned to their‘ .home in Bloomfield.

I OBITUARY

ELMER GAUTHIER . Mrs. Ida Ma Dan =N.B., were weekend guests at i on the night at septemher has re-enteredeWestgiiii Bilibgcii’i—‘ithe home Of his parents: M" 10th. 1962, John Elmer Gauthier tat {or treatment. and Mrs. Raymond O Connor. Ideparted from this life for the Mr and Mn. Lorne Howard, iCape Wolfe.

teternai. Friends and neighbours Misse's

Beverly and Elaine He

"in ‘South Freetown. Where 9 ward. also Desmond. Leigh andt jresided for the past seventeen Wayne of Glengarry motored years, were saddened at he to Hamilton om, '

thought of losing a ' ’

member of their community; 3 Vildrettill‘izing thek true fl"itiiialning‘ Gillis of Hamilton. Ontario. 0 ea. ey new a one - :‘md brie?! (glued to a judgment r. and Mrs. Roy Wilson of or w ic e was always pre- .‘ . ' pared. Before 1925 he lived in Kgflféfsfnlfilvnrfmig asisigg’ North Rustico where he was Burnin, ' born on July 12th. 1903 10 J01“! Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dalton of Gauthier and Emily Ann 301"“ Charlottetown were week end uests of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Doyle. Bloomfield. They also visited their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dalton, Burton and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howard. Cape Wolfe.

Miss Joan Bulgar. who is em- ployed in Charlottetown. spent' the weekend at the home of her ,

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For a long time Elmer suf- fered from a painful illness. During this time he exemplified a truly Christian spirit of pa- tient acceptance. In his time of sickness he was visited fre- quently by his pastor. Reverend Harold Croken. who brought to

FIVE CAUSES damage averaged each year by A. Gl‘lllilllS.“ director of liotli rivers. all things consid-

iion of live conditions that ae- “The other projects will be.‘ count for the sometimes exces- implemented too 0 ‘sive flow of the Red River. icourse. and all three could well They are: A wet autumn. be completed at approximately! very severe a nd continued lilie some time." ifi‘osts scaling up the marshes. i But. it's a "wait and see" mat- e. and saturated around; for whether the Greater Winni 'heavy snowfall during the lat- peg Floodwav will be com ‘ter part of the winter; a late pleted in 1967.

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charm to exercise their legs. ‘li was invented by I Vancouv- icngih er grandmother who borrow- eloth bands to hold the ba ted the idea from the indian it is him; in doorways. giving practice of suspending babies bIbieI too younl to wIllt a from tree boughs.

on it Princess Green Mead- , ow. Mode of light chains. I of Itrctchr rubber. and

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ttruth be said of him that his

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him all the consolations of Holy parents, Mr, and Mrs. peter ' :Mother Church. Loving mem- Bulgar. Cape Wolfe.

ibers of his family lavished cal‘c Mr. and Mrs. iiermaii ()or- | upon liim‘ at home from the coran of Piusville were recenti

. he became ill until the. Ivisitors at. the home of Mr and moment of his death. It can in Mrs. Lance Dalton. Burton.

' A pleasant evening was death marked the climax of the spent at the home of My. 3 n d life‘ of a man who lived Christ- i Mm Elmer Cooke, B u r i 0 n, amty. when the members of BUI'IOII‘ His funeral was held on 899- Women's Institute and theiri tember 13th to St. MalaClWS husbands assembled for their. urch. binkora. where annual gooose supper. The stint ouiem Mass was celebrated bywer‘ which was prepared and Father Croken. Reverend Regl‘served by the ladies. was thor-! inald Macnonald and Reverend oughly enjoyed and the remain- Arthur PendcrgaSt were “050‘” tier of the evening was spent in ‘ in the sanctuary. LeRoy and games and social Phat. A vote‘ Louis Gauthier. nephews of the of thanks was “tended M Mr . deceased. SCFVed the Ma“- The and Mrs. Cooke for their kind‘ pallbearers were: Fred Pelrry. howitamy

Lorne Smith. Elmer Hami ton. ‘* '

Wilbert Drummond. Elmer Sari?fggnMgshRObfingngitf Smith. and Everett Reeves. The ried at St. Mark": Lot 7 Satur- floral bearers were: Be.” Ar' day. Oct. 24. Mrs. Bruce. is the senault. Francis LeClair. Wil- former Miss B n D ‘ d liam Loughran. Albert Lough- e ‘v 0" e' au'

ghter of Mrs. Myrtle Doyle. ran. Elmer Reeves and Gerald Camnbomon.

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Left to mourn are his wife. the former May LcClair. and the following sons and daugh- ters: Gerard. Vocational School Staff in, Summerslde; one

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lthe misfortune to cut his :while chopping wood.

‘SDU. Charlottetown. spent weekend with his grandparents.

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Mark's, Lot 7 Credit Union was held Nov. 26 in the parish hall to attend the with a large attendance. George beloved wedding of their sister' Miss Shaw. the president. presided tella Howard and Mr. Gerry and gave the directors report One minute‘s silence was ob- iserved in memory of the New Dominion. recently visited Bennett Howard. who was a charter member and worker. New directors elected we c supervisors Lorne Howard re-elected. guest speaker was Urban

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The regular monthly meeting of Eglington-Howe Bay Womens Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Fred and Mrs. Claude MacKenzie on Wedesday. Dee. i

Mr. and Mrs. Athol MacBeath. Marshfield. were recent visit-' ors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reid Underltay. Little RI." r .

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Chas. Mills, Little River. is a patient in the Souris Hospital. g

Donald MacDonald. Howe Bay. 4’ young son of Mrs. Raymond ' MacDonald is a patient in the‘ Provincial Sanatorium. i

Mr. and Mrs. John Kaulbackl and family, New Glasgow. Nova Scotia were weekend visitors at ‘ the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reid Underhay.

Mrs. Fred MacKenzle and.

mily. were recent visitors inE Montague.

Miss Beatrice Johnston, For-j tune Bridge has returned home 3

having spent an enjoyable vaea- i tion with friends in different points in Massachusetts.

. William Burke. Arma- dale is convalescing at be 1- home. having undergone surgery in the Prince Edward Island Hospital.

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