-oacemaan 22. 1951

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CHARLOTTETOWN

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The snow storm I which is Saturday morning and oontinu d over the week-end brought all traffic to a standstill,-'in the West Prince area. Some xroeds were passable on Saturday but with very heavy going and large banks of snow pilingrup. in all sections. A very quiet Saturday night was observed in Alberton as drifting snow and freezing temperature kept most Christmas shoopers at home and stores closed early in the evening. Government plows were out on Sunday but with a heavy drift continuing through the day roads continued to fill in im- medlately after the plow passed and many motorists were stuck on the main roads. '

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Convicted on a charge of the theft of approximately 7,000 feet of me. a resident of Hermitage was in-ntenced to nine months in jail

by Magistrate Gilbert A. Gaudet in in

the Queens County Magistrates Court on Saturday morning.

A female resident of Char'otte- l()li'l'i was fined S50 and costs or 60 days when convicted on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor not purchased at a vendors, and a resident of Mt. Stewart. charged with intoxication in a public place nus fined szo and costs or 30 days nnon conviction. A resident of G.-L-rgetown was fined 35 and costs or ten days for operating a motor Vlflllcle without a license.

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Early possibility of the erect- ion of a new bridge over the lilllaboro River is seen as the result of an interview in Ot- tawa last week which Premier .1. Walter Jones had with non. R. H. Winters. Minister of Re- sources and Development. Also present at the time was Mr. Gordon White. Deputy Minister or Public Works and liighways.

Premier Jones stated on his return home yesterday that the interview was ”highly satisfact- ory" and said that an Ottawa en- :.ncer had been employed to ex- ilmine the project. He will ar- rive this weelg.

The Premier on his return trip got as far as Moncton on Satur- day. but was grounded there and returned to this Province last evening by Maritime Central Air- ways.

An early Sunday morning fire rumpletely destroyed store, ware- 101159, stock and equipment of llr. J. F. Jenkins, operated under lliv name oi the Central Grocery it the corner of Central and Fitz-

uy Streets. The first was discov-

Tcrl by Sgt. Doyle of the Sum- in-rside Police who immediately turncri in the alarm at 1.20 a.m. Fnnnml by 11 strong north wind,

lie flames spread rapidly and on the arrival of the fire brigade had n-ide such progress that little Juuld be done to save the build- lng or contents.

Only a narrow alleyway separ- wtcd the Central Grocery and the Victory Cleaners but the firemen were able to confine the flames in the Central Grocery property md preventing it from spreading. it is certain thnt had they beeh unable to save the Victory Clean- xrs the fire would have wiped iut the rest of the business estab- lishmcnls down to First Street as they nrc all of wooden structure and closely situated.

Mrs. Urbain Doiron, the third victim of the tragic fatality at Travellers Rest railway crossing on Wednesday. December 12th. died in the Prince county Hospit- al early on Saturday morning. Hopes had been entertained since the accident that she would recov- cr but on Friday evening her con- (litlnn grew grndunlly worse and tlcspile all medical efforts, she pnssell awnv about 3.00 pm. -01 lhose involved in the truck-train collision only the husband and son. Rene, survive. Mrs. Sarah Doiron and four-year-old Marcel having died on the day of the ac- cident.

The funeral of the first two vic- tims wns held on Saturday morn- mg and the body of Mrs. Doiron will be forwarded from the Comp- zon Funeral Home by train this

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morning to her his residence in South Rustico for funeral on Tues-

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.The coroner's jury empanelled to inquire into the death of the first two victims met on Saturday to view the remains and the inquest will be resumed in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening at six o'- clock.

....'1-Ieavy drifting snow Saturday and yesterday brought out the gov- crnment snow plows in an attempt to maintain open traffic routes, particularly along main highways. The highway from Montague to Charlottetown was cleared Satur- day. but continued drifting made certain portions difficult to pass.

The plow stationed at Montague was taken "to Charlottetown on Saturday for repairs, and contin- ued its work yesterday evening clearing the highway from Char- iottetown to Montague, George- town. and Cardigan early last even-

8- " The plow stationed at Annan- oale has cleared the road to Dun- das. Rollo Bay and Souris, and back to join at Cardigan.

Owing to a breakdown of the plow at Murray River. a special plow was sent out from Charlotte- town and the road last evening was clear from Montague to Murray River and Murray Harbour.

Continued drifting will cause difficulty in certain places. How- ever. the general outlook is that all main routes will be open for traffic today.

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Working through most of Satur- day night and all day yesterday. crews of Government plows re- ported that all highways were passable, although the going was difficult due to heavy drifting.

Twenty plows were on the job and will resume operations early this morning in an effort to keep the roads clear from the drifting snow which filled in the cuts al- most as soon as they were made, and delayed the clearing of side roads. most of them still blocked.

The central and eastern sections of the Province bore the brunt of the storm, with particularly heavy snow reported on the North Shore In the Clifton. New London district. Provided that no fresh snow falls. all roads are ex- pected to be made passable today.

City plows were also operating yesterday and last night, with a mechanized loader clearing the areas and sidewalks around the parking meters. The snow was loaded into trucks which dumped it over the Pownal Wharf.

While accurate readings were virtually impossible due to high winds. the estimated fall during the storm was seven to nine inches at the Experimental Farm and the Radio Range on Brackley Point Road.

TUESDAY

CYPTAWA, Dec. 1'1 - (Special) --The Prince County firm of Noye. Rayner and Noye was found to be the lowest tenderer for the project of building ferry landings at Lennox Island wharf and across the stretch of water at Port Hill. Amount of the tender is 314,533.

it is expected that an order- in-council will shortly be passed

confirming the award of this tender. 2 A verdict that Mrs. Frank

Hickox, 78. came to her death as u. result of being struck by a car at Springfield on December 11 was reached by a coroner's jury at an inquest held in the Springfield Hall last night. The car was driven by John Stevenson of Charlottetown.

The jurors stated in their ver- dict that according to the evidence the driver of the car had it under control despite the icy condition of the highway that evening.

OTTAWA. Dec. 17 - (Special) -Cl1urlottetown's Hiilsboro Bridge is owned by His Majesty in the right of Canada. it was revealed today in an official answer to a question asked on November 15 last by W. Chester S. McLure. Conservative member for Queen's.

The answer to I further ques- tion as to whom will the Prince Edward Island Government pay

rent for its use for vehicles, the

official answq is:

”'1'hore is no agreement with the Government of Prince Ed- ward lslanci for paying rent for use of the bridge for vehicular traffic, but the 'Pi-ovlnclaT Gov- ernment is obliged under an agree- ment of April 18, 1900, to contri- bute annually towards the inter- est on the cost bf construction and maintenance of the bridge. the sum. of 39,750."

J. Angus whd was

Wing Commander. MucLean. D.F.C., M.P., among 153 R.C.A.F. officers and airmen awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration this week. ac- cording to an announcement from Ottawa. The award is given for twelve year's service in either the Permanent or Reserve Forces and is the first purely Canadian award of its type. Another Is- land airman to receive the de- coratlon is Sgt. J. A. Jackman, of Lower Montague.

Methods of maintaining the qual- lty of pulpwood shipped from .the

ravines and the setting of mini- mum standards were discussed at a meeting of buyers and shippers last night.

Held in the Vocational School. lire meeting was called by the For- estry Divislon. Department of I - dustry and Natural Resources In an effort to obtain a concensus from those actively engaged In the shipping of pulpwood. The chair- man was Mr. lo-anl: Gaudet of the Forestry Division.

It was generally agreed that cer- tain minimum standards should be set and all buyers. sub-buyers. loaders and cutters be notified of these as soon as possible. Several of those present pointed out that if all buyers adhered to the stand- ards suggested it will help to put woodlot harvesting on a stable basis and assure future supplies.

The standards tentatively set were that all logs should have sl nunlmum diameter of four inches inside the bark and be spruce red. white and black, fir, (Var). with peeled poplar acceptable in the Spring. Logs with rot or redheart present should not be accepted. nor

should be tdmmed flush. WEDNESDAY

A Prince Edward Islander is one of eight Roman Catholic priests and one brother reported by the Canadian Press in a Hong Kong despatch, to have been seiz- ed by communist soldiers and placed under house arrest in China.

The priest referred to is Rev. Cornelius Plneau, of Rustico. of the Suchow Mission, Northern Kiangsu Provlnoe. near the Yellow sea coast. 'I'l1e arrests took place at morning confession on Decem- ber 5th.

The Suchow Mission is operated by the Jesuit order. which has headquarters in Montreal. The order said it knew of only seven priests and one brother in suchow. Of some 70 member-sof twenty-one religious communities operated in Suchow before the Communists took over, only 20 now remain

Rev. Cornelius Pineau. S. J.,.;'i.s 51 years of age and is a son f the late Mr. and Mrs. The'&1Ihilus Plneau of Rustico Parish. e re- ceived his early education at his home school at Dolron's Creek be- fore entering Prince of Wales Col- lege. '

The potato warehouse of Nor- ris Kitson, at Milton. caught fire yesterday just fifteen minutes after the departure from the premises of an insurance agent.

The agent had been trying to persuade Mr. Kltson to take out further insurance on the ware- house and stock. He left at mid- (lay and Mr. Kitson was notified of the outbreak at 12.15.

Damage estimated .at 31.000 was caused by the fire which is be- lleved to have been the result of excessive heat from a stove. Mr. Kitson stated last night that the loss Is pretty well covered by in- surance.

Local residents fought the fire with snow while a call was put through to.Charlottetown for as-

sistance. They had the blaze un- der control when a pumper ar-

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Damage was confined to the roof. and libout 500 of the 3.000 bags of potatoes stored in the building. The undamaged stock was being loaded directly into reefer cars rushed there by the- raiiroad in the afternoon and eve- ning. '

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Mr. Justice Mark "McGuigan presided yesterday morning when the sitting of the Supreme Court opened to hear the appeal of Mr. Justice 0. J. Tweedy from a con- viction on a charge of driving to the common danger. Chief Justice T. A. Campbell had been unable to reach the city from Summer- side due to the storm. .

Counsel for the defence Mr. H. F. McPhee, K.C.. stated he had previously asked for an adjourn- ment due to insufficient time to prepare for the appeal. Mr. Justice McGuigan then set the adjourn- ment date for February 7. 1952. at 11.00 a. m.. the same time and date to which the sitting of the Court was adjourned.

One of the heaviest winds ever experienced in the area struck Summerslde amkvlclnity yesterday morning. Gusts up to 88 miles-per- hour were reported recorded at the R. C.A. F. station.

Scattered damage was caused in Summerside. At the race track a 20-stall horse shed was lifted some 40 feet by the wind and smashed. Damage was estimated at 32500. The building was owned by Mr. Harold Gaudet.

A large neon sign at the Joseph head as Co.. Ltd. was blown down. Several chimneys were blown down. among them one at the Me- Quarrie Dry Cleaning Plant One cide of the roof was smashed by the fallmg masonry. A chimney fell at the home of Cecil Sonier. First Street.

The trial of Carl Power. Char- lottetown, under the Speedy Trials Act opened yesterday afternoon before Judge C. St. Clair Trainor.

Queen's County Court Judge, in the Supreme Court.

Mr. J. P. Nicholson. Crown Prosecutor, appeared for the

Crown, while Mr. M. Alban Farm- er appeared for the defence. The charge against the accused was breaking and entering and the case arose out of the apparent entry into the dental office of Dr. J. P. Miller at 127 Grafton Street during the night of December 1 or the early hours of December 2.

The office had been entered and considerable damage inflicted on one wall where the plaster had been badly broken right through to the outside brick wall. Besides this a faucet in the ashbasln in the operating room had been left running with I towel stuffed in the drain.

The weatherman continued to throw the book at Prince Edward Island yesterday with the third wind storm in less than two months.

Following a sudden thaw thr- ough the night. the wind reached a velocity of 60-65 miles per hour. with gusts up to so between the hours of eight and nine in the morning, at the Radio Range sta- tion on the Brackley Point Road. where a large window was blown

out.

The trail of damage caused by the storm, which was still being reported last nlzht. disrupted transportation facilities, telephone. telegraph and electric services. A heavy toll was also taken of brok- en "windows, fines demolished and trees toppled.

The wind had diminished to a

to nine above at 10 p. in. The fore- cast for today is clear. becoming overcast and very cold. with the temperature rising to 15 above

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R. C. M. Police were still sear- ching yesterday for the body of Mr. Freeman L. Tynes. 3'1, a negro who was the chief stewart on the C. G. S. Lady Laurier. He is believed drowned.

Although all detales reguardinz his disappearance were not avail- able yester it appeared that while a patient in Souria Hospital Tue- day night he was found to be missing about 9 p. m.

I '”"onl':I he climbed through a window of the hospital while wearing only his pajamas and ran over a -trap ban-k in the rear into the water. The bank is ap- proximately 40 to 50 feet high. A body was seen floating in the water about 11 p. m. but the heavy heas runing at the time and the fectv that the tide was going out made recovery im- possible.

He was a native of Dartmouth. . 5.

Heavy fire loss was suffered early this morning by Mr. An- son MacLaughlln of South Milton when his barn and some 7,000 to 8,000 hens burn- ed.

For a time it was feared that the house would go also, but at 3.45 Mrs. MacLaughlln said she believed the house would be saved. A detachment from the Charlottetown Fire Department answered a call for help and had arrived on the scene shortly before that.

The fire was discovered shortly before 8 a.m. A neigh- bor aaw the blaze and roused the MacLaughlln family.

0rlgIn'of the fire was not lmown for certain. However, it was thought possible it started in wiring in a barn at which carpenters had been work and which blew down in yesterday's high rvlnd.

The hens lost were a mix- ture, pullets, broilers and lay- ing hens, it was understood.

Amount of the loss was not learned, nor was it kno whether there was insurance.

FRIDAY

The sale in Netv York of :2,- 500.000 worth of 10-year 495 bonds was announced yesterday by Hon. W. E. Darby. Provin- cial Treasurer. The Provincial bonds were sold at 396.20, Un- ited States funds. .e,..esenting a cost to the Province based on yesterdays market of 4.20.

The bonds were sold through Credit Inter-Provincial Limited. Montreal.

3375.000 of the issue will be used to retire maturing debent- ures. The balance is for capital expenditures for permanent roads and highway construction, also for repairs to public buildings, in- cluding work on the Health Centre and Government Garage.

The fire loss suffered when the barn and poultry of Mr. Anson Mncl..auchlan, South Milton. blim- ed early yesterday momlng was estimated" by Mr. MacLauohlan to be approximately 315,000. He said it was only partially covered by insurance,

The fire started shortly before 3 a. m. yesterday and made con- siderable headway before fire fighters got to the scene. Efforts of the Charlottetown firemen un- der Captain Gordon Stewart. of the Chemical l-lose Company. and the many neighbors who quickly gathered, prevented the blaze from

steady 25330 last evening with gusts up to 40 miles per hour. The temperature also dropped during the day from a high of forty four

spreading to the nearby cattle burn. water in the pumpcr taken from the city ran-out and fire- men and neighbors then threw

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Lost in the fire were the large 100 by 38 foot barn housing the poultry as well as approximately 4,000 capons. 2,400 broilers and 700 pullets.

The fire for a time threatened the MacLauchlan home as well. but fireproof shingles covering the residence aided in saving it. Cause of the blaze had not been determ- ined last night,

Representations against the new rate schedule for the . Maritime Electric Company were made yes- terday by a delegation from Hun- ter River and vicinity at a hear- ing before the Publlc Utilities Commission.

The six delegates. who were ap-

pointed at a meeting recently in Hunter River to,walt upon the Commission were Hon. R. R. Bell, K.C., M.L.A., Rev. Howard Chris- ties, Rev. Father J. C. Pltre, Ray Bngnall, Harold Bagnnll and Clif- ford Proude. Chairman of the Commission is Judge C. St. Clair Trainer, and members W. R. Bren- nan and L. B. MacMlllan. A short brief was read by Rev. Mr. Christie in which comparisons were made with the old rates and the general percentage increases, for farms, small businesses and community centres. With reference to the use of electricity by churches, it was pointed out that evening services are held only once a month in many rural Churches. and yet the rates for these have been raised by four hundred per cent.

Dr. Owen H. Curtis, Chief Health Officer, yesterday was ap- pointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Health. His appoint- ment to the position was an- nounced to the position was announced jointly by Premier J Walter Jones and V Hon, A. W Matheson. Minister of Public Health. He succeeds former Dep- uty Minisler P. S. Fielding who was recently named Deputy Pto- vinclal Secretary.

A native of Milton. was born April 18, Curtis obtained his early ion in sprlngvale School. He at- tended Prince of wales college between the years 19.30 and 1934. and the following year attended Mount Allison University. In 1935 he started his medical studies at Dalhousie, and later interned at the Kentville Sanatorium, the Prince Edward Island Hospital. andlthe saint John General Hos- plta .

The Old Age Assistance Act and the Blind Persons Act which were passed at the special ses- sion of the Legislature called for October 24 this year will be pro- claimed effective on January 1, 1952. it was announced by Prem- icr J. Walter Jones last night.

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1951, to Mr. and Mrs. Frederi& '1'. Beaton, a son. Frederick Charles. SIMCOE-At Winnipeg, Man.. on Dec. 13th, 1951, to Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Simcoe, nee Mary Mills, Charlottetown, a son, Richard Allen. ' MacDONALD-At the P. E. Island Hospital on December 9th. 1951. to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel MacDonald of Beaton's Mills a daughter. Sadie Savllah, 8 lbs. 1 oz. LAKE-At the King's County Memorial Hospital, Montague, De- cember 15, 1951. to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Lake,.a son, Robert Max- well, 7 lbs, 8 ozs. AXWODTHY-At the Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 1951. to Mr. and Mrs. David Ax- worthy (nee Ausllne Smith). North Milton. a son. Raymond Barry. weight 7 lbs. 11 ozs. BRYENTON - At the P. E. Island Hospital on December 18th, 1951. to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bryenton, ii son. Lloyd Ivan. 8 lbs. 8 ozs. IRLAM-At the Prince Edward Island Hospital, Saturday. Dec. 15, to Mr. and Mrs. W. W. lrlam (nee Joan Moore, Ste. Anne de Bellcvue. P.Q., a. daughter, Bever- ley Gertrude.