PAGE FOURTEEN

. THE GUARDIAN.

CHARLOTTETOWN

DECEMBER 5, 1951 '

I Let's Talk It Over

A Prince County Viewpoint by ..d..

Freetown and Vicinity

Mcll;3lls Mills I and Vicinity, -Miss winnifred Burns of the

, l -Mr- Angus MBCDOMM mdicivll Service in Halifax. Nova Mr. Clarence Ellands were vlsltorslgcomy spent . neon; weekend .t Rf 919 home Of Ml” End M"-lher home in Lower Freetown,

The Consumer: Lut.1)u(-,1. nun Peter Millar, Ellerslie, recently. the guest of he, pm-ems. Mr, Md "Consumer Resistance" is a term Mr, Stanwy-Phillips of sum-l Mrs" J' Roy Bum!"

vvthgch is Eyeing heard a little more ins;-side, spent a recent. week-end Congrmulauons are bgmg exg

0 Y1 38 lme E093 011- I3 15 (lull? Wllh his parents, Mr. and Mrs. (ended to Mr. ;-md Mrs. 3,-We

possible that. as inflation sweeps on its r lentless way. consumer re- sistance 'ill be the "Battle of the Marne" that will finally say, "It

Austin Phillip-K ;Profitt. nee Marion Mllllar of Kel- ivln, whose marriage took place in Kenslngton United Church on sat-

s0me;'y'.rd8,V afternoon. November 24th.

Mrs. Robert; Mac-Donald has re- turned home after spending

Shall DOL P355". GAovernmc-nt el- time with her son Elmer. and Mrs. forts to halt inflation have cndcd MacDonald. Unlonrale. l M,.; and Mrs. Gerald Jardme in failure. At least results pre- LA- to! Montague accompanied by dlcted by the Government have Three carinads of pulp wereymeh. children, susm and Paulv not been forthcoaiing, and the loaded by Mr. Charles Mcxaytspem several days recemly m Government has ceased to make here recently. jmeewwn at ma Mme of V”. and optimistic predictions. Nobody is rM1.S. George J;H.dme. saying today that inflation will lie Mr. Keir Adams was a recent mug giiiixogieregovgiynmzzgybocliymor pc:ioi:;i1; visitor to McNeills Mills. ; Mr. and Mrs. Nan mow and - . r : l t. . . stand by in a sort of dismayed Mr. Ramsay MacLeod, Victoria iaggcdcoozolggfegggl, gelzidon mg” acquiescence as prices continue to west was a recent visitor at Mc-iBm.!.ingmn' Nova Scam" where skyrocket. Financial experts, antlp Neills Mills. they had spent the previous week indeed, Government itself. have . 'Nsmng Mr Claws mother Mrs hinted that the key to the success- Messrs. Lawrence Milligaii andfMan. Bearigm ' ' ful fight against inflation lies in Ralph Ellands were visitors to- l iymp the consumer himself. Somedaysummerside on Monday, Novem- , enough consumers. perhaps. will ber 26th. teslfrson El7('iiroi3a,:')rueT:rrli(llI:gi Yl3lsi)vreYi)rT-

wake up to the truth, curb their -- - lbel, 23rd to the south Freetown

.f..11i”?.-eliiiii.hill???i?5f"t..2.-.32EM The President Mrs- XVlr. and ).lrsn Rainii Ellands ,lA”red ReeVes' presided and ” pp -N T ilarge number of members were in

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Phillips oflaImendanC.e' During the evening Rnmford. Maine, visited relatlvesipnnls we” made ti.) hold the 8"" here recently and on their returnlmm goose supper m the new In" . It was a relief to learn that Ilhhome we1.e'a(.Conman1ed by Ml..;WT9- II 'he F9d”a””” M A9”,C"l”'”' and Mrs. Austin linillips. The lat-- ' "'99””35 50 I33 the Wsohmo" mrlter spent some time with relativesl I' electoral reform has been Sill)-iandf1.k,nds' returmng -home on!

spending sprees, invest their sur- plus money in-hands and nthcr securities, and inflation will be on the way out.

Electoral Reform

--- . Miss Ruby Drum-r.ond of Char- lottetown recently visited lll South

tr. ported unanimously. In tlils dayislmday night November 25. They Freel-OWE

Mid 539' 1gTl:'-13'9"? E3dm;13”ee tail! were accompanied here by Mr. and grlspyefillng tllrievlllcszscgowouldavbe to:Mu.si Wan” Phmms 0! -Rumford'l Tl admit that the philosophy of iii.-EH7”, 5pm." a law .d”s mm "W3 . - middle ages is still inii-miig albei:UtlQ:,E(sdRhmiio ””;”””3,ahh”m” ””,M the hcme of her parents Mr i

, iv 2 , ' V y, vem er .. . d . -- ' '1

2.2.2..” ;r":.”;,..:”..:::C:. Elisa: M” e

- - i The M N ill. Mil' w ' I -i . . .- CT . ., :

to reform In 0"l'm0ded Swim stltute hgldetlieir T:4'SOt'9n(i)l)I:r3'n:'leell-V) Flemm" mends "” 5”” '0.

we can always mam. the (IxcuSP.;ing at me Mme of Mr. and MFSJ earn that Mr. and .'Mrs. Harold)

that we just. hadn't not arolind to.Smm(,V Hutchinson ,PWmm0nd Mid family -are lFaV-; - ' ;ing to meke their home in Centrall

it. But to defend the custom wouiil' , he to invite the ridicule of all iB9deque. Mr. Drummond. who. lsl

O-O I

Miss Evelyn M. Rngei-s of Monc-l ion. New Brunswick. spent a week- end recently in Lower F'rectown,l

Graham's Road Vf.l. Annual Meeting

-The 37th annual meeting of the success Women's Institute was held at: the home of Mrs. Archie MacLean on Tuesday evening. Nov. l3th. The president, Mrs. John Maceregor presided, and the meet- ing opened with the singing of the "Institute Ode" and repeating the "Creed". l4 members and four visitors were present. A new meni- ber was welcomed.

The minutes of the last annual and regular meetings were approv- ed, after which the Orphanage collection was reported as amount- ing to 32300

sick committee rs-portal visiting sick and taking fruit. and the school committee reported visiting the school. Mrs. Hugh Campbell and Miss Laura MacKay were ap- pointed as school committee for next month.

Donations for the Christmas box for East Clandon W. 1., England, were passed in and Mrs. James M. Campbell will take care of the packing of same. The president

Albany and Vicinity

The many friends of Mr. Mur- dock Dawson. one of the largest potato growers in Albany,'wlll be sorry to learn that he is ill.

Mr. John O'Holloran of Cape Traverse lost a nice general pur- pose horse last week. '

The children of North Tryori school are planning for I Christ- mas concert and practice is ex- pected to get under way thisweek.

Mr. Grsttan Noonan of Albany recently motored to summerslde an business.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thompson of North Tryon were recent visit- ors to Freetown, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lldstone.

The Borden Mounted Police have been investigating some pet- ty thieving and have had a. num- ber of the younger element up for questioning.

' A. The burn on the late Frank Mc- Kenna's property in Albany blew

then thanked the 'r a for their cooperation during the year, and the secretary gave the fol- lowing report: 12 regular meetings were held with 23 member.-i. and an average attendance of 15; re- ceipts 5531.31, expenditures s(37.-fl leaving a. balance of 393.90.

The officers were re-elected. The Red Cross Convener was in- structed to send for sewing and knitting, and the secretary to write to Simpson's and Eaton's for a donation of remnants.

A sing-song 2-d by Mrs. Edward McMurdo was much enjoyed. Next meeting will be held at the home or Mrs. Amy Macxlnnon and Mrs. Louis Campbell and Miss Laura MacKay will prepare the program

Each member will pay one dol-

and the roll call will be answered by a Christmas message.

Meeting closed by singing the "Island Hymn". .

IRON SOURCE

.Nearly 70 per cent of the United States supply of iron ore has long been provided from open-pit mines in Minnesota.

HISTORIC HOME The White House at Waslilngton has been the home of American president: since 1800. FRENCH ORIGIN The state of Vermont was so named by Samuel Champlain from

down in the storm. It is owned by Mr. John H. Dawson, Albany.

Mr. Elmer Gamble of the Tryon Dairying 00.. and Mr. Rex L. Dawson of Albany were business visitors to Charlottetown on Wed- nesday, Nov. 27th.

Mr. McFarland of the summer- slde Fruit Company ways bushi- ess visitor to Albany and Klnkora on Nov. 29th.

-Mr. George Parker of Seven Mile Bay. recently purchased the New- Hampshire flock of pullets from Mr. Brent Carr. Mr. Carr in planning on going to Toronto to spend the winter months. I

Mr. Rex Dawson of Albany re- cently purchased A lot of wild furs from Mr. Earl Mnvhew. Among the lot was I wild mink measuring thirty-three and, one- half inches long.

Mr. Arnold Murray of seven Mile Bay was a business visitor to Albany on Saturday, Nov. 25th. He sold a choice beef animal to Mr. E. Vern McLeod, general merch- ant.

Mr. zsterling Lord, of North Tryon. representative of the Marl- time Electric Co. in this section of the county. left on a business trip to the New England States on Thursday. Nov. 29th. He expects to be away approximately ten days.

The many friends of Mrs. Wil-

liam Weddell, of this district will regret to hear that sheilias been sick for the past two weeks. She is now feeling little better. Mrs. Waddell is ninety-six years of am- and has been very smart and act- lve till the past month.

Mr. Eric Robinson of Augustine Cove. who operates the Potato Growers' wuiehouse here at Al- bany, has arrived back from a trip

lar in place of holding a bazaar,

the words ”verd” and "mom." or green mountain.

to Upper Canada and the United states. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson

The Neighbors

...zo....

"But these people ii-T ahead of me, Doctor. were all here when i came in!'

were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Myers of Crapaud and their daughter. Mis Heather My- era.

The potato market has been I little easier at Albany the past week, with not much stock mov- ing. The price for table stock po- tatoes. 75-lb. bag 31.40 to 51.50. Turnlps are not moving, the price being offered. -10c I bushel.

Mr. and Mrs. 7P1-eston Mac-

modcrngmmkmg peppy... C 11 d V a very efficient mechanic. em- . ' ' ltflillainarlilllxflle all-lIireMi:5ceniLM-vl:iI:l”1”Y'd at the service Shmon 01 High School Hand-Book ' Mr. Edison wright. has purchas-

'l summerslde l-Iiah dents Council has lished a little handbook pupils of the senior

for

grades

schnnl Slug Lawrence Mllligan. i recently pub-

the It

contains rules and regulations.ot the school and a lot of useful in- mrmation. The book was prepared

Ivy the

supervisor. Mr. ClarenccIM'””C'""-

ltors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E I Mr. and Mrs. Orrin MacDonald, and Mr. and. Mrs. Lewis Ramsay: returned home Monday night, Na.' vembevr 26th. from a very pleasant trlp by motor to visit friends Inl Fredericton and su5- l

Mercer. and is the first of its klnlllswv N- 5- Stating t that a three-year supply has been

to appear in the school.

published, it. expresses t

hope

that before a new edition appears. the High School will be housed in

a single building, and will contain 3 modern gymnasium. Let. us '.l0pP that this expressed hope comes i'igh'

' Mr. and Mrs. James willinmsi were visitors to Summgrglde on! Saturday. November 21th. i

bliss Greta MacDonald. Summer- slde. spent. a recent weekend at her home here.

t .. The need is urgent --W -. Ilziuwf. arrest:-K)era1xd1;ingM:s;veeg'nv1Vtig;y rfliltrilggi, VICIIIIIY MAM; VIE-AA-O Rt Mt-Adam. N. B. i it"-s" K A. V , A lllrs. .lnlin .MoresheaId. lihiwriaii H . . . at OLBBI). is spending soyeral . . , er mam filend- El? glad to . ,. .. . , vlc""Ty know that Miss Jean Nave is re- "M5 ”5”””z l" s""l""”'51d9' icorering from an attack of the' Mr and MOI:-E':dW D. --- A H H - . ' 'ln ignan .,Mr. Mick Gallant. I7lLlSYlllE.;meaS1eg "MM lland twnd ghildren. 0' ary. sc- laft recently for St. John. 1 Miss Ema Dmwon is s , .companie y Mr. and rs. Doug- " gym 1 t ' pendmg 3 las Cornish O'34:irx' are at pre- imr Gym. GBHML pmsvmel neck with MlssWKiat.hleen Williams. ,0,” Vismng in Momwny N3 1"" mmnuy for st John l Mn I” Banks of Poplar GmYe'l Mr and Nlr-: Albert Goi'rill of , rs ilelt T esda ri , - ' ” ,, 1 rlzzlr. AdrllanfGrgflnn;tnBro('kl0n3 th, for Btllstoxllf w1T10eY':mbI:::1xi;f1n .V(2il!CpDP,n,ar(;0r9(3I;JlF':,),a T(hoPl; '9 n,v or . . - ' 1 "9 - iiii " ”vesSl:EIA(Il.:(i);;l1:sl.lnle visiting rela-ihaye purchased the home of Al- Mr. and Mia. Aliza Gallant,i gg; W” D'g'””'- - - r- . ”ll .- "ET :P”rl”'lll:l"v mrliid I” ””” 9 '9 l .Miss Wanda Eliands of Summer- One -of the heaviest fans in n .- A pa l,:i;e.2:aentW:.Eihe Iweekenduof Noy;m- IO'nF.!Ilm9 colyered O'Leary and , . . er mo er. . rs. Vlflmy on lriday night. Nov. Mr; and Mrs R31llhHOBrf9”iltlurlel Ellands. 30lII. It made car driving very Tignlsn. were recent visitors to.

the home of Mr. and Mrs- Her-5 P. 0. Stewart Banks. who spent

mon Cprcoran. Piusvllle. .95, past six months overuai is -- ;spendiniz a furlougn with his par-

Sisler lllary Agatha. '.VI!'F. ems, Mr. and Mrs. "R Bums.

Ambrose Corcoran. Mr. John ,gAP.

J. Corcoran and Arlene were re- cent visitors to Lot 7.

Mr. and Mrs. llcrman Corcm-an avid Mrs. John J. Corcoran were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn lvIcGi-cg-or. Burton. Lot 7. recently.

Enmore and I I O VICIIIITV -Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bryant. and family spent a recent week-

tO.W"' "CE”m: F,”E'”' rm” day? there were the guests of Mr. and with her palen.s. Ml. and Mrs. l M” Gem, 6 Boswnn Ambrose -Corcoran i-cl urned on ” g ' - ti . . Th. '. . . gggsggtfr 23 h m SI Frag” Miss Violet Enman has returned

to her position in Newton. Mass., ,liavin-g spent. the slimmer with her

' A vcrv onjoyab'e evening was, , T" I imlrenls. Mr. and Mrs. Richard

. 1 th h f M: . . yalzntmzeph 0” oz-:;la?.”l wimnang Enman. Victoria West. whilst party was held in aid TT"

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Enman and daughter Jeanie. were dinner guest. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Moore, Northam, recently.

of Piusville School. They hope to have another one in the near fu- ture.

Synipathy is being extended to Mrs. Joseph Currie. Richmond in the passing of her husband w ose death look place recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Percy Yen. Har-

'M7ilvIvTcH'1iim us The caterpillar stage of the silkworm lasts from six to eight

weeks. in which the insect sheds tits skin four times.

ed a property in Central Bedcque village and the family will he mov- zng there in a very short time.

On Tuesday. November 71th. Freetown experienced very heavy winds, accompanied by I. blinding snow storm. The village was with- out. electric power for a few hours. Telephone poles in the vicinity were also broken down and com- munlcation cut off for several days.

-AB.

O'Leary and

dangerous as visibility was all- most zero. One car from O'Leary going to Glenwood Young Peo- ple's meeting had to turn back at Mr. Thomas Sllllker's corner at Mount Royal because of the den- sity of the fog. If a wagon had been on the road that night. even with a reflector on it, one could not have seen it in time to stop.

Despite extremely foggy wea- ther which made car driving a definite hazard, there was a good attendance at the monthly party of the Glenwood United Church Young People's Union which was held in Glenwood Hall on Friday night, Nov. aotli. Games and con- tests were enjoyed and delicious refreshments served. The young people were pleased to see their Lily Minister. Mr. Heher I-I. Hardy and Mrs. Hardy of Springfield West. present. at the meeting. The Glenwood Y.P.U. are taking the entire service on Sunday, Dec. 9th for Y.P.U. week. the theme hslng. ship and Action."

--AZ.

mony. have recently spent, it very

pleasant holiday in Maine and Massachusetts visiting relatives and friends.

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There Ought To Be "Law

WBy Fagaly and Shorten

PAPA WAITS ma WEEKS To see: :me BIGGEST FIGHT IN vases

women-rs -rue NIGHT. new,- aovsmooo mine ms acme TELEVIGED. 1 WOULDN'T MISS IT roiz ALL me

vii3eiii3s's'nsAov 1b was rr IN MAMQ3 GUT DIFFEPENT IDEAS!

nairr!auMicm!nieaEs A FASHION gnaw some

IS THE PRICE OF MILK TOO HIGH?

The recent storm of Nov. 27th

did extensive damage to the elec- tric light and telephone lines in this section. The section of mail passing Mr. H. Boulter's farm, leading into Borden. had many of the heavily laden poles with main. land wires lying flat across the road. There were also a few breaks in the electric line wires, but I crew from the Maritime El- ectric plant have them mostly re- paired and are now straightening up poles thatiuerc twisted out of line.

CANADNS DAIRY INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE,

THE CONSUMER OUTLOOK

ARE DAIRY FOODS PRICED TOO HIGH?

I939

MILK

PRODUCTS

Auoun mo-too I254

No.6

11911

MILK PRODUCTS

I951

In 1939, the average hourly wage earner in manufactun'.ng industry had '

to work for 15.6 minutes at his job to buy a guart of milk. .To'gla 10.1 minutes of work at the average hourly wage in manufacturing in ustry

On the basis of August, 1939 - 100, the index of consumer prices of milk products stood at 125.4 in October, 19-.11; meat and eggs at 130.6, and all foods at 124.1. Today milk products are 213.4, meats and eggs

"Advance in Study, Wo'f- "

will buy a quart of milk. Therefore, the price of milk is low in relation

to the wage earners income.

WHAT OF FARM PRODUCTION COSTS?

relation to other foods.

THE PRODUCER OUTLOOK

or T941

1951

Farm labour wages have increased by 181 7;, in the last ten years; feed ain mixture, by 82 percent. Labor and feed (dairy cows cannot be fe efficiently on home-grown crops alone) constitute the biggest items in milk production costs. The many other items in the cost of milk production likewise show big increases.

costs, as represented by dairy

HAVE WE THE COWS TO FEED OUR PEOPLE?

LABOUR

TOO

GRAIN RATION E

354.9 and all foods 251.5. Therefore, dairy foods are low-priced in

DO FARM PRICES REFLECT COSTS? AVERAGE FARM PRICE PER IOO LBS. or MILK

THE NATIONAL outlook

The average producer price of all milk has increased only 78 percent in the last ten years, a rise that has not kept ace with the greater increase in production costs. Three-quarters of some from each shipper to the premium fluid milk market, goes to the lower-priced butter, cheese and manufactured milk markets.

e milk produced, including

IS ENOUGH MII.K.BEING PRODUCED?

I941

I951 .

HUMAN POPULATION

- up 2I.676

Iiilflhegst ten years Cen;i1il:': po

durycow on W ' ” oeduidfevv':reowi:tofeedtI1omiThegephuboe tyintlielssftugyeen-A trend tlntoun

mouths to f ing with alarming re

" ' cow , A . POPULATION I

ecrveuedby2.4

reach serious ptopo one in the near

31” 'i'ii'2i" ""'”ie3'i"ii '""'" "mddwi'3a"iTi'a'hiT&-7'. growth is in ' , "as o co co

my umlinlo-A decline 5332'. become the costs of production and prime ammo are cutting down or abandoning their ;lairy enfnrprlse for more attractive Golda ofproduction. The mimo-

FARMERS or CANAD

period of" doc '

' 1947. ltlhd "M. iaaiicglyniiiyf

am out of

percent.

DOWN

2.4h7

atgon has increased by 21.0 percent

nincnu- oro

I438IIl.)S. Will i Mur-

, , s cc no as men . i" ”4”&..':i'."” ii I 18 MOB pounds r year. pg percent. to feed livestock on the farms continuity of supply of dairy foods.

ll .74.

Il7.H. rm l fililln '

uctl '1.4aa undo. tnendtodl lti on.” oil: gzmhwmumpgmlz

There is e margin only 7 pounds per capitn. ensure

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CANADA'S DAIRY INDUSTRY?

DAIRY

4o9'iiuaoN mm, roaouto . , "

, .

.lewuignpmer

glnto

that Candide dintiedui .ifthlsdoc1lnenmslnIunchecked,lsthe::bleIhor'tegO a attlmee ementialdairyfoodsirieomocnnsdinnmnr . Thelonger and more marked rennin danger is the depletion of Csuds':'soils, so 1: on animals received a :3 rotation for the maintenance leted soils lead to I farms and b I: of Cenedfe largest induntry with its inalor place in national -