JANUARY 2. 1954
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T BIRTHS Auggj,-At Saskatoon, sask.. 0!! December zlst. 1953, to Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Auger (nee Irene Mc- Mahon) a daughter.
)IcCLABl.'l - At Souris Hospital on December 29th, to Rev. and Mrs. Donald I. Mcclare, a son. John Arthur Martin. Weight 6 lbs. 12.02.
l.AltIBE - At the Prince County Hospital on Monday. December 38, 1,953, to Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Lambs. -Springfield, a son, John Arthur. Weight 8 pounds 7 U2 ounces.
FEE!-IAN--At St. Joseph's Hospital, Saint John, N. B., to Petty Officer and Mrs. James A. Foehan (nee Hazel Hughes) a son, Richard James Adrian, weight 7 lbs. 1455 ms.
DEATHS
IIALEY - At the Charlottetown liospital. January 1, 1954, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Law- rence Daley, City.
(JURLEY-In the City Hospital January 1st. 1954, Rita Elizabeth "Beytt" Curley, age 14 years. Her remains will be transferred this afternoon to the residence of her sister, 83 Cumberland St. Funeral notice later.
McEWEN-At Vancouver, B. C., on Jan. 1. 1954, Mrs. Horace Mc- Ewcn, widow of the late Horace Mclliwen, formerly of Charlotte- town in her 92nd year. ' MUBNAGIIAN -- Suddenly at Pet- awaws. Military Hospital, Pet- awawa, Ontario. on January 1, 1954, Lieut. John Francis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murnaghsn, age 25. Funeral notice later. STEWART - At Charlottetown December 31, 1953, Mrs. Charles L. Stewart, aged 65 years. The mains will be forwarded from the Davisdn Funeral Home, Kensing- iori, this evening to the home of her brother, Percy Stewart, Hamil- ton, where the funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at two oiclock. Interment will be in Peo- ple's Cemetery, Malpeque.
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MILLINEBY SPECIALS at Hi- Styls Millinery. Velours. velvet: and felts. Balance of Fall and Winter stock at 1-: price. Extra specials at 31.49.
ME. AND MES. PERCY Dick- leson, New Glasgow, will be at home to their friends this eve- ning on the occasion of their fortieth wedding anniversary.
NCO's FUNCTION - Members of the Garrison Non-Commissioned Officers Mess and their guests held an enjoyable New Year's Eve dance at the Armouries with upwards of 200 present. It was generally agreed that it was one of the best parties the Mess has held in many years.
DIED IN ALABAMA - -Mr. W. S. Gordon. I81 Rochford St.. re- ceived the news yesterday of the unexpected paging of Dr. w. F. Harper of Selma, Alabama. Dr. Harper married the former Adele Gordon of Charlottetown. He was ill only a short time.
CAR ACCIDENT - A minor car accident occurred early last night on the St. Peter's Highway when an automobile went into the ditch near the Texaco Gasoline station. A woman passenger in the car was taken to hospital, but on arrival was found to be suffering from only a slight bump on the head and she was released almost im- mediately.
EARLY MORNING FIRE - A fire of undetermined origin com- pletely gutted the interior of the home of Mr, Ernest Prunty, 263 King street at an early hour yes- terday morning. The rapid spread of the flames, which were dis- covered at 1.30 am. prevented the salvage of most of the household furniture, which also was a total loss.
Personals Dr. and Mrs. llolwrt Forsythc have returned to Halifax after
spending the Christmas holiday in Charlottetown.
Miss Lola E. Cox and Mr. Alan C. Snelgrove left on Tuesday for Hartford, Conn., having spent the Christmas week-end with the for- mer's mother. Mrs. Ll0.Vd 5- CW and family, Palmer Apartments, City.
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New Yearls Day Receptions Largely Attended Locally
Arthur Peake and Mrs. MacDonald.
At Blshopis luoldeneo
His Excellency, James Boyle, D. D., Bishop of Charlottetown, held one of the largest receptions ever known at the Bishop's Residence. High Government officials and cit- izens from all walks of life attend- ed to pay their respects. Among the priests assisting His Excellency in receiving were Rev. P. F. MacDon- ald, Rev. Reginald Pheian, Rev. Justin MacDonad and Rev. Clar- ence Roche.
At City Hall .
Following the popular precedent inaugurated last year, the New Year's reception by the Mayor was held at City Hall where Hts Wor- ship J. D, Stewart and Mrs. Stew- art received the guests in the Mayor's office when presented by the City Clerk. Mr. J. A. Fullerton.
They were then conducted to the adjoining Council'Chambers where refreshments were served in an at- mosphere of friendliness in keep- ing with the season. The tastefully decorated serving table and the chamber throughout emphasized the spirit of the occasion to the constant procession of citizens in attendance.
Wives of the members of the City Council who took part in serving refreshments were Mrs. G. R. Keefe with whom was associated Mrs. K. M. Martln,'wlfe of the City Re- corder in pouringcoffee. Mrs. Alban Farmer, Mrs. Arthur Gormley. Mrs. F. J. Storey. Mrs. T. R. Cud- more, Mrs. P. R. Mccormac and Mrs. Elmer MacDonald, Others as- sisting were Mrs. Bcnj. Rogers, Mrs. Donald Campbell. Mrs. W. T. Roz- crs and Miss Valerie RJCKCYS. Lady members of the City llall staff who also assisted were Miss Mary Mc- Quald, Mrs. Catherine M2.cLcod and Mrs. Joyce Argent.
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The most largely attended New 3. Earl: Year's receptions ever held in Charlottetown saw great crowds at Government House, at the resid- ence of the Premier. at the Bishop's residence and at the City Hall. The funclion at Government House was particularly pleasing this year as His Honor held an of- ficial leave for officers of the Charlottetown Garrison prior to his reception for the public. All of- ficers were in full uniform and wore medals. With the Lieutenant Governor were his aides Captain J. J, Connolly, V. D., 1-:.D., Lieut- enant Colonel A. W. Rogers, E.D., and Wing Commander A. G. Moc- millan. Also present was Surgeon Commander Dr. L. E. Prowse, priv- ate secretary to the Lieutenant Governor.
The official residence was par- ticularly well decorated this year and included was the 20-foot Christmas tree in the reception hall. Beautifully shaped it was trimmed to perfection and drew many favorable comments from the throng present.
Also in the reception hall were floral decorations of white baby mums while the dining room had pink carnatlons and candles of a deeper pink shade in silver candelabra. In the reception room were deep pink roses.
A large number of women were assisting Lieutenant Governor Prowse and Mrs. Prowse. In the reception room were Mr. F. 8. Con- rad, Mrs. H. J. MacDonald. Mrs. Alan Ernst, Mrs, W.H.V. Dunbar and Mrs. L. E. Wellncr. Pouring tea and coffee were Mrs. T. V. Grant. Mrs. J. W. Jones, Mrs. A. G. Macmillan and Mrs. A. W. Rogers. Assisting in the tea room were Miss Jill MacKay, Mary Farmer. Jean Tweedy, Marjorie Hurst, Mur- iel llurst, Mary Beth Harris, Joan Connolly. Mary Coyle. Barbara Rogers, Pauline MacDonald, Mrs. H. E. Miller, Jr., Mrs. T. D. De- Blois, Mrs. J. N. Kenny, Mrs. Hugh Simpson, Jr., Mrs. Clive Stewart.
Al. Premier's Reoldcmco
Premier A. W. Matheson and Mrs. Matheson received at their Crestwood Drive home and welcom-
, , , y Ballet Company by the Croydon lid ll huge numb” of guests dur Hotel. The hotel, claimed that mg me ””""m"' Am” Mist the Ballet company had reserved
Mmheson were Mm" Dounld MM" some 30 rooms for its orchestra
and staff, but only eight were oc- cupied. The ballot company cur- rcntly is playing in Chicago.
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Presentation To Mr. H. E. Miller 5
Mr. H. E. Miller, who retired on December 24 from the position of District Engineer in the Federal Public Works Department after nearly 50 years of employment in that division of public service was presented with a La-Z-Boy chair and foot rest by the District Of- flce staff, the Dredging staff and Dredge Inspector, on Thursday morning.
In making the presentation, Act- ing District Engineer C. W. Currie spoke briefly pointing out the high esteem in which their retiring Chief was held and the fine co- operation, patience, helpfulness and example he set. for every member of the Staff.
Others speaking briefly in sup- port of the words of appreciation and presentation were Messrs. T. B. Mcbennan, R. B. Smith, H. R. Miller and K. C. Martin.
Mrs. Miller was presented with a. beautiful bouquet of roses on behalf of the staff by Miss Ruth Stevenson.
Mr. Miller in accepting the gift expressed his sincere thanks for the same and more especially for the loyalty and co-operation he had enjoyed from the staff over many years. He hoped that his successor in office would be favoured with a similar experience. ,
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The Advanced Registry for Swine has issued a report which shows the following P. E. Island owned sows rcccnlly quali- fled:
Abney Lassie SF, Russell Bueli- 8-180-9
Bung , lG, M. Rat-kliam & Son-9-l 202. Spray Vicw i..1ss 2iG, Arthur
Campbell-8-190-Di. Somerglcn Sue SF, John J. Som- ers & Sons-ll-168-87.
in the above scores, the first figure indicates the number of pigs saved in the tested litter.
The second figure denotes the age in days of the pigs when slaught-
ered. The last figure gives the average slaughter test score of the four inst pi;-,2.
IN MEMHRTAM
In fond memory of huslmml nnil
father who (it-pnrtnd this life January 2, I953, Allwrt G. Ji-ly. Borden.
liver remembered and sadly
missed by wife and sons.
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Presentation To Mr. And Mrs. Sumarah
Mr. William Sumarah of Grind- stone, M. I., who spends the win- ter months with his wife and family in their spacious home at 121 Water Street, Charlottetown, was waited upon by a number of Charlottetown commercial travel- lens and presented with s beauti- ful silver tray and cocktail shak- er, on New Year's Eve.
The occasion marked his 50th anniversary in business. Both gifts were suitably engraved.
In the accompanying address which was read by Mr. C. C. (Monty) Montgomery, reference was made to the many enjoyable hours spent by the travellers at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Sumarah in an atmosphere of sincere friendliness, when mak. ing their calls to the Magdalene-s.
Reference was also made to the success which Mr. Sumarah has achieved since coming from Syria as a lad, fifty years ago. He now has extensive interests in the Mag- dalenes embracing the wholesale and retail in general me.rchandiz- mg, fishing in it's various branch- es and recently has added a seal- ing steamer tu his activities which is being fitted and conditioned for early spring service in the waters of the Gulf.
Considerable added enjoyment was caused by the attendance of the entire Sumarah family in a Christmas week reunion at their Charlottetotm home which brought together members of the family from the Magdalenes, New Bruns- wick and other points. Three ygrandcliildren, Elinor, Georgia and John Sumarah from Newcastle, N. B. accompanied their parents.
In accepting the gifts, Mr. Sumarah expressed his gratitude and appreciation and strassed the co-operation which he had enjoyed
Y.M.C.A. Reception On New Year's Day
The Board of Directors of the Y. M.C.A. received a large number of friends at a reception held on New Years afternoon. Guests were re- ceived in the lounge by President Earl Taylor, assisted by Mr. K. M. Marlin. Q-C-. Vice-president, Ml'. G. M. Avard. treasurer, Mr. Ralph Carr, secretary, and Col.,D. N. Bell, and T. Roy Cudmore, past presi- dents. The tea table was located in the Banquet Room. where dainty refreshments were served by a com- mitiee of Ladles' Auxiliary and Y5 Mcnettes, convened by Mrs. L. J. M:icLcilan. Those presiding at the tea table during the afternoon were Mrs. Earl Taylor, Mrs. Fred Gamble, Mrs. Merritt Forsythe, and Mrs. Roy Smallman. A group of young ladies served in the tea room, all being members of the vari- ous Phiat Clubs in the Y.M.C.A. These included Miss Betty Proctor, Miss Joan Rogerson, Miss Lois Shaw, Miss Edith MacLeod, Miss Barbara MacDonald, Miss Alicc Terry, Miss Carolyn Nelson and
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from the Island salesmen.
Mrs. Sumarah assisted by her charming daughters provided the visitors with coffee and sandwiches while they spent an agreeable hour chatting over incidents and experiences while making Magda- lene businus trips.
Those present and the firms ro- presented were: Thomas Rogers, The Rogers Hardware Company, Ltd.; George Meikie, Royal Bales; Freddie Egan. Canada Packers; R. S. Poirier, Bentleyls Ltd; R.'O. Kennedy and Vernon Williams, J. M. Murphy, Ltd.: C, C. Montgom- ery, G. E. Barbour, Co. Ltd; 5. R. Benton, Beaton's Ltd.; Wilfred Doucette, -P.W. Turner; Jack Stev- enson, The Baird Company; Ron- ald Norman, Oarvell Brothers,Ltd.; Walter M. Bears and W. Gordon Bears, W. M. Bears and Son; El- mer L. Johnston, S. T. Green;, L. L. Noonan, Dc-Blols Bros. Ltd.: William Rogers, Emerson and Fisher; James E. Burden, Fisher Bros; Jack Macilachern, Clarke Fruit 00.; David Cox, Colgate- Palmolive.
In Memorians
In loving memory of Daniel )lal'DonaI(l who pnssml mvuy Jan. 3nd, 1951.
Alwlys I'Plll0flIl)el'f51l by his
duugliler, Mrs. Harry Lartcr.
Cord Of Thanks
I wish to convey to my friends and neighbours my sincere and heartfelt thanks for the generous purse received at this festive sea- son; also for cards, flowers and other acts of kindness while in hospital. All is rlnoply .'ipprccini- cd, and to each and every one l extend my hest wishes for a very happy New Year.
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Promoted To Bank Of Commander
P-omoted to the rank of corn- mander is Lieut. Commander Ken- neth Blrthwistle, 40, son of the former Police Chief A. Birtwistle and Mrs. Birtwistle, of this city. Commander Birtwistle has been assistant Staff Officer (Plans and Operations) on the staff of the Flag Officer, Atlantic Coast. Hali- fax. In all there were 28 officers listed for promotions in the half- yearly promotion list of the Royal Canadian Navy.
SPECIAL SPEAKER
Rev. Johnson Edwards of Madras, India, converted Hindu, and now missionary to his own people, will speak on Sunday at the regular services at Sons of England llall,
ll:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., i Come to hear this unusual lspeaker.
Pastor, H. F. )IacEwen.
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