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A [The Guardian. Charlottetown, Sat., Jan. 19, 1963. 3?

:‘Civic Elections Slated

‘lSLAND NEWS PAGE‘

ilSummerside And Prince County l

in Seven Island lowns l

Residents of six towns in thsiavailable as yet as to which province will go to the polls Feb. ; mayors and councillors will run 5 to cast their votes in civic el- 1 again for office. or how many ections. in all cases. positionsinew candidates will contest the for mayor and the six councill-lpositions. ‘

ors are at stake. making for a 1n Borden. Mayor Gilbert full slate election in Montague.‘Be|l is now completing tour Georgetown. Souris, Borden, Al- years as mayor. Councillors.

.e terms of office are also these A. expiring, are Reginald MacAleer ‘ towns is set for Jan. 22. ;Everett MacKenna. J , ‘ .lsaac. Russell Deighan. lssmE ELECTIONS]. 1 1. lPaImer. and Chester Lake. The 1" summers‘dp' cm“ 6 9‘ "m ] election polling booth in Borden .day is Feb. 26. There, term _of win he in the town ha” office ls up for three councill-.YE0 To REOFFER } “r53 n A“: “Tammi,” L90; ' Mayor B. H. Yeo of Montaguei wm‘l- and '3‘"? 055‘ aWrits expected to re-offer. but if' .1. Frnest Morrison, and coun-iiS not if anyone will “"1"” George A' Ke-V' Herbertl contest the mayoraltv there. ‘sohurman- “Pd Mrs' Frances ' Retiring councillors are Charles Perry have Sll" another Year tolJ. Fraser. John Hughes. Frank

berton. and Kensington. Nomination day in all J. Mac- Harold

serve tn their two-year term oijreene Jr., Dr. E. lngs. fame... meron Reid, and Cecil Beck.

i . . . Term of office has expired. No definite information is for Mayor Roy Leard of Alber-

ONE-T BALL stun Ls Demolition Oi Cabot Building Attracts ’Sidewalk Supeirs’

The swinging ball that lalbcdded. The stone will be sw- knocking down the walls of the ed and may be included in the Cabot Building is one-ton of construction of the new provin-

cast steel. cial government office build- Dc. :tolition project foreman mg. cane operator Scifcrt Near the centre of the build-

steel beams that framed

ADJOURNED TO MONDAY Final Witness Is In S'side Hotel Fi

He said the furnaces were in

ton, who has served one term as

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CH'TOWN MAN IS HONORED

Jack Moulton. of Charlotte- town. P.E.I.. is shown right, receiving a certificate in, dicating a resolution by the Order of St. John that he re- ceive a "Priory Vote of Thanks". Moulton has loyalty served the St. John‘s Ambulance Association as an

instructor in first aid for Research Board and Surgeon Some 31 years. The presenta- Cmdr Don Willoug by, 00 tion was made by Col. Strome of Fort Churchdl Military Galloway. tleitl commander. Hospital During the presene Fort Churchill, where Mr. tation Col. Galloway stress- hlniillon is employed by the ed the importance of first Defence Research Board. At- aid training. particularly in.

tending the ceremony are Dr. so remote an area as James Brandy of the Defence Churchill.

mayor and one as councillor.. The two-year term has also ex- ; pired for the six councillors: T. 1 Albert Clarke and Douglas Rix‘. l who have served two terms . i councillors: C. R. Hunter, Nor-1 man Hardy. and Charles A. Gordon, one term; and J. Ar- thur MacRae. elected by ac- clamation last April following the resignation of Leo O'Meara

re C Officials acting at the last municipal election in Kensing-

She staied the basement waslton, two years ago. will act in.

a Rayner said yesterday that the building is “the toughest" the firm of Morrison and Mat-Rue rhave demolished. The lower walls are four feet thick \rlicre ey are covered with sand-

stone; the next section of the walls war of pressed bric, three feet thick, and the upch section was two feet thick. Two and a half days of con- stant. bashing with the stool ball that is swayed back and

forth by a crane. nearly all of the building's ex- terior. Still standing is a por- tion of the lower wall facing Grafton Street. 'HU‘C. a stone bearing a coat~ofsarmis is cm-

:ias toppled ‘

ing. an elevator shaft still stand. The beams will have to be cut by torch and remcv the crane, This job is expected to be done next week.

Demolition. at times, has drawn size-able crowds of spec- tators. Shoppers stand on the corners. watching the heavy “ll‘llf‘s‘ fall: motorists stop their vehicles long enou. see

divided “it's prog- .l'ess1" others say “it's a shame {that such a fine. old building

lhas to be destroyed."

S'side Action Overruled By Attorney-General

,slatcd in the Highways Traffic Act.

"I would suggESt that what- ever by-law or authority the town council is using for the

By DON MaeLEOD Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer Attorney - General M. Alban; Farmer said ye s i e r d .'l y

that the Town of Summcrside does not have pmwr to remove

registration plates from motor is not bound by any statute

ence was heard yesterday be- fore Mr. Justice R.R. Bell in Supreme Court here in the $75.- 000 damage suit against .1. E. Dalton by the plaintiff. Marnie Eleanor Higgins, Dartmouth, N.S.

The suit arose as the result of the destruction by fire of the Clifton Hotel. March 14. 1961. in which Mrs. Higgins lost her husband.

First witness called yester- day was Henry Bishop. volunteer fineman with the Summerside fire department. He testified that in October 1960 he inspected the hotel and checked stoves. fur- naces and their pipes. Hc stat- ed that in the basement there were holes in the. top of a large pipe of one of the fur n 3 cos. There was some metal above the pipe to protect the ceiling. The general condition of th e

basement was good Mr. Bishop‘ stated.

0n cross examination by Ger- ald R. Foster, QC. Mr. Bishop

said he carried out the inspec- tion under the instructions of Heath Warren, then fire, chief of the town. He testified he passed the information regard-

ing the “Hilly P1P? 0" '0 so“"“i curtains because of their fin e

SUMMERSIDE — Final evid-I

always in good condition. Therei was nothing but coal and thel furnaces there. Ashes were kieipl ‘ outside in a corner of the park-

i good condition. 1 Under cross examination Mr. ‘Adams said the pipe he replac- ‘ed was between six and eight inches long and about eight to 10 inches in diameter. He went in to the hotel around 7:00 am. the day before the fire. he stat- ed tn which Mr. Foster asked “did you put enough coal on to last until 4:00 in the after- noon"? The reply was "I figur- ed ldid“. At 4:00 o'clock that afternoon he put enough coat on to last until midnight he said. The pipes on the furnaces were lleft up all summer, he continu- ed. and he agreed that through dampness these pipes w o u l d rust during that irne. . Adams said he replaced the _ . . . pipe under the instruction of mersm'e Fire 0"“ Heat“ war‘ Mrs. Dalton but stated he would r9" (3‘ that t‘me) had mid. he“ have done it anyway on his own l9 pl"- f‘u'e escapes on 91‘ 91' accord Side of the hotel with extts ‘ the other recommenda- tions about red exit lights if these exits were installed. or else close the top floor. Wit- nch said the top floor was subsequently closed. She stated this floor was the main source of income. 1 Counsel for the defendant. J.

Witness said the exterior of the hotel was covered with as- phalt shingles and when they took over management old shingles were replaced and more new ones added

She. stated that reservations

were lodged there on the night of the fire were made by one of the companies, and hotel bills were paid by the line crew forcmen.

FLOOR CLOSED Witness testified that Sum-

rs. Sophie Mac-Leod. flo o l‘ at the hotel. said Hi

:windowat the end of the hall on the second floor had fine meshed curtains on it and there was a fire escape rope behind the curtains. On cross examina- tion Mrs. MacLeod said

could see the rope behind

M ‘i girl

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the

iiig lot away from the hotel. t

for the telephone linesmen that v

e same capacity on election day this year. The retiring ma- yor and councillors are Everett Champion. (mayor), Robert Car- ruthers. Bruce MacLeod. Ches- er MacKay, Arthur Ready. Elmer Paynter, and Athol Cot-i to

n. , SOURIS SITUATION ‘

It is believed that most of the retiring council will re-offer in‘ Souris. The present administ'ra-i tion consists of Mayor C. E. La-i ie. and councillors Andrewi

Meurant. John J. MacDonald.‘ Alan MacLean. Elmer Dou- cette, L. G. MacDonald. an d

Henry Larter.

The retiring mayor and coun- cil in Georgetown are A. H. Ste- ‘ wart. (mayor). Dr. . Ken-j ‘nedy, W. J. Fitzgerald. Patricki ‘Murphy. J. F. Johnson. uy

, FIRE FUND .

HITS $1,175

The Freeman Jackson Fund soared to $1.175 yester< day as the most successful day of the campaign ende bwith more than $500 contri-

Donations came in big and large lots from the $100 con- tributed y the Benevolent Irish Society to the 65 cents sent in by a group of young children.

The fund was started by The Evening Patriot Tues- day night following a fire early the same day that des- troyed the Mount Stewart home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack- son and took the life of their young son Carl

it is being administered by the Catholic Social Welfare Bureau.

Monetary contributions are being taken at the office of The Patriot and the branch of-

:St. Paul’s In S’side Will Have Annual Course In Marriage

SUMMERSIDE — The courselcourtshtp. masculine and fem- ' ' is a great sacrament"linine psychology, relations be published by the University of tween husband and wife. The Ottawa, will again this year be first lesson deals sponsored by St. Paul need of preparation for ma:- Christian Workers with Rev. riage and it will be given by Pierre Arsenault as chaplain. Rev. Walter Reid of Charlotte- The course is open to all town. Guest speakers have also young people of St. Paul’s par- been lined up for the following ish in Summerside as well as lessons. neighboring parishes, who are The course was given in contemplating marriage or are summerside for the past two 30mg Steady years and has been very Well The course will begin Sim-lattended day. Jan. an at 8. pm ' lSt. Paul‘s auditorium on

Etral Street. Enrollments wilfile-‘SISide SI'UCIet‘II' Has Leg Broken

accepted only until the follow- ling Sunday. Jan. 27.

' The course ctmsista of

lessons and will cover such SUMMERSDE — Evert?” topics as love in marriage, Moase. seven-yearold 8011 of —_‘_‘—_—‘—‘-—‘ MT Carl MC‘a-lse of.

. and r . districts Wednesday afternoon summ'ide- stiffer“! 3 Wk“!

fices of the Royal Bank of 38nd evening conducted by Dave Canada in the city and Mount » oswei. dine-choi- of pthysi Stewart. fitness and alcohol studies. Mr. Boswell spoke briefly on:

Hemphill, and Spurgeon Walker.

discussed ropes and decided to " stall them. When the ropes

had been installed. witness said her husband was satis— ’ fled with them .

Mrs. Dalton Isaid she chosel the curtains for the window at“ the end of the hallway on the;

. second floor. She said the ropes i

were installed in the spring oft 1960. The fire extinguisher in:

Maple Leafs

.lhe p ose of all sports. as" lto the building of character. "personalit. team lrela one with othe in pineal help in future life in lbf‘t'nml‘l‘llg a better citizen.

I falso spoke on international

TORONTO (CPD -.. Leonardjrules and regulations that gov-t Heath. treasurer of Maple Leaf 01'" Olympic and inleI‘SChOIaS-l

“1 patient

leg yesterday morning and is a in the ' County Hospital.

Everett, a grade two student at Summerside Elementary School, was standing in line to e 001

ice. causing him to be knocked down and his leg broken by the fall.

Gardens Limited. said Friday tic hockey. These mics state} he has been served a writ nam-’ that all players must wear hel~i ing Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey. mets and checking is allowedl Club Limited as a party to a only in a team's defensive zone.

BORED with the

move is irregular. The Crown t

employees and the chief hut "nllmesh. She worked there six to v a l to n IlImSC‘ll- H9} seven months before the fire wasnt ordered to make 8 T(‘-‘ and rope was there all during

Watson MacNaugm‘ QC. noted " the lobby was easily removed“ . I s 6 am ed. ‘ that an allegation made by the. wrtness said “he was no

vehicles.

Summersidc police yesterday were removing plates from vehicles on which owners have not paid automobile tnxcs. Town Council approved this step to collect tax arrears.

MUST REMAIN

"The plates," said Mr. i‘ur- mer. “are the property of the Crown and must remain on the registered vehicle. This is clearly

es that the Crown is so boun .

"Automobiles can be taken but registration plates must re- main on them. Vehicles and re gistrat ion go together; the plates

i stay with the vehicles."

Mr. Farmer added that remo- vol of plates would interfere with proper registration "and con- ccivahly could cause serious mix-

nless the statute clearly stat- d

ups."

S’side Police Chief Suspends Removing Of Licence Plates

SUMMERSIDE -— Police Chief Wannamaker has suspended the lmpounding of auto licences fol- lowing a call to stop from the

Former Northam Woman Dies SUMNERSIDE A former

Northam woman. Faye (Ellisl MacEwen. 25. wife of Arthur

tMacEwen. Jr.. formerly of Sum- ,

merside passed away Wednesday In a Toronto hospital.

The deceased entered hospital two weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. MacEwen resided in Summer- slde until last fall when they

to Toronto where Mr. MacEwen was employed. She was the daughter of Xir. rs. d Ellis of Nora them. Also surviving are her husband three' children. Gail, 7: Cindy. f. and Thane. 2. Also four brothers and one sister: Thane, Summers-idle; Russell. St. Eleonora: Linden. attending Summerside High School. and Miles at home: Reta. Mrs. Hui!- enc Bovalrd. Saint John.

The funeral will be held at the ‘—

Bowness Funeral Home. Sun- day. Jan. 20 with service at 2 . Interment will be in Peo-

pm pic's cemetery.

LATE NOTICES

(All. see announcements in columns adjoining Classified Advertising section.)

office of the attorney - general yesterday. Attorney - General Former maintains Summerside has not the power to take plates

‘ from vehicles.

inspection he added. Asked ijtliat time. she testified. Mr. Foster. "did you feel the| WERE EXTINGUISHERS condition of the pipe was dan-l M

gerous with holes in it?" Mr. Bishop replied “yes”.

INSTALLED NEW PIPE

Austin Adams. stokei‘ at thelf‘lng from the floor to the cell-Ethane allegations. i M r. Q mg~ me court} over the hotel. witness said Foster. Witness was

hotel. and caretaker of Dalton's farms, told

he installed a new pipe on the ‘ “101‘? big furnace (the one with the t more. and they were all replac- holes in it_ Mr, Bishop mention- ed and the interior of the hotel 1 top floor?", to which she around . was redecorated. ,plied

ed) in the fall of 1960.

the latter part. of October or the; Clealnlin-g materials were kept

plaintiff was that the defend-l ant failed to maintain a proper rs. J. Dalton. wife of heating system, and also that the defendant, testified that ithe defendant permitted defects. there was a fire extinguisher-lin exist and continue in thei lin the lobby on the post run-theating system. Witness deniedi

On cross-examination by asked you had installed fire escapes} then would you have opened that

re-,

When the Daltons took?

were fire extinguishers

“ cs". i Mrs. Dalton said she and herl

first of November. 50} on the second floor. and Fiirelhusband. the defendant. had! cleaned the dust off the top ofl Marshall Earl MacLeod had i never estimated the cost of| the pipes. The day before. thel requested that inflammable . fire escapes. she said Fire Chief i

ire he removed the ashes from the furnace. Between 4:00 and 4:30 on the afternoon prior to the fire be filled the furnaces

and banked them for the night. year before fires were lit iniat what approximate costs. Then he went home. he stated. the fall. 1 She said she and her husband

materials be separated froniiWari-en had told them if they the other items. This was done. idccidcd to put up the escapes. Mrs. Dalton stated the furnaces j he would advise as to where and pipes were cleaned every j they might be purchased and!

Chief Wannamaker said he is suspending "perations until study can be made of the mat-

If‘l‘.

The police chief said he took action Thursday under section 12“ of the Summerslde Incorpor- iation Act. amended by the le- gislature in 1.59.

This act “authorizes the Im- pound‘ng by any of its officers or constables of any motor ve- liiclc whereupon the annual tax is at the time in arrears."

‘ The chief said he felt impound- Ing the plates had the same ef- feet as impounding the vehicle. and eliminated storage costs which would be paid by the ow-

l'.

Seven writs were served. three of the intended recipients were located. one paid the taxes due. and two people had their plat-

es impounded Thursday.

The chief took the action on

instruction from the town com- (‘1 .

rade Boards ;To Have Visit

i A. T. Parkes, Maritime! inan- 'ager of the Canadian amber of Cmnmcrce and executive ; secretary of the Maritkne Pm- lnces Board of Trade. will visit Prince Edward Island M

CURBIE—Oled In Boston WNi- next week

. 16. [963. Amelia

Leslie, formerly M Sourls. widow of late Wt). Currie.

HIcEWEN — At Toronto. Wed- nesday. Jan. ltl. 1963. Faye Ellis MacEwen wife of Arthur MacEm. Jr.. formerly of

When the funeral will he held and”. Jan. to. service com- mencing u 2 pm. Interment I. Panda' «quieter;

He will address the mural meeting Kem‘h‘lton Board of Trade Jan. 23 and attend the annual needs; of ithe Summer-side Bond of t'l‘rade Jan. 23.

' lie vill address the numthly

‘meeting of the Montague jof Trade Jan. 34 and meet with

While Mr. lParkes will also vtIslt with ca- lporate martian d the Cu- dlan Chamber of .

Trade Minister Hm. accom- panied by Miss Clnitde Robit.

attic. perform exercises atop Robitatlle. I psyslcsl educa- tbo hood table of a breakfast tion instructor from Montreal,

held in Ottawa yesterday at.

stoma." 'I'RIM

warming sytem or alarm in the‘ hotel and no telephones in the}

ma. She said new fire ex-‘ tingutishems were installed in 1957, upon request of the pro- vincial fire man-shall.

Mrs. Dalton said the back door leading to the parking

llot of the hotel was not locked

from the lnstde. She said or- dinary every-day guests at the: hotel did not ask ' about fire! escapes. but some tourists in the summer would IN POOR HEALTH

W. Foster asked Mrs. Dalton about her husband who had been absent from the court room after attending the first day of the trial, and she re- plied that he was in poor health and was at borne on the ad- vice of his doctor.

Final witness was Errol Prid ham. Moneton. oommemciall traveller. who stated since 1956 he spent approximately one night every week at the Clif< ton Hotel as his travels tmki him to Summerside. He toad-3 fied be ha in severall rooms on the first and secondl fl

l

oars. He said [there was an open-‘

see through it, but wasn't surai if it was a door or window. Hoj said there was s ' a room or hallway on the second floor.

On ms examination, wit-j mess stated he never stayed 1 the top floor. 3

He said he had visited Room: 25 on the second floor about two years prior to the fire and' on the way saw.at theendof the hallway. an opening thatl was a door or window. Hel said he didn‘t see a rope there. ‘ and didn't notice the cmtainlng. l He saw no exit s'nzne in the building.

All evidence in the case has. now been entered and shmf many of the jam are fawn-i ers. at adjournment until Mon-i day was deemed suitable. i