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Happenings of The Week

Mrs. P. B. Conrad entertained at a tea this week in honor of her niece, Miss Heather Lantz, whose marriage takes place this morn- ing in Trinity United Church. Mrs. J. P. Lantz poured tea. Assisting were Mrs. F. M. Nash. Miss Jane Jnhnstone and Miss Elizabeth Lantz. Miss Rebecca Nash attend- ed the door.

0 O 0 McLaine enter- tained at tea Thursday afternoon in honour of her son's fiancee, Miss Betty Hamm. Mrs. Milton Bell. Mrs. Fenton Newsoni, Mrs. J. P. MacPberson and Mrs. Neu- man McLel1an were pouring. while Mrs. Weston Whiilock, Mrs. Wal- lace Higgins. Mrs. William RIX. Mrs. Douglas MarLeod, Mrs. Wendell Beaton and Mrs. Edison Tanton assisted in serving. Mrs. Arthur Henry and Mrs. Roper ushered the guests. uhile Mrs. Walter PlL‘l(aI‘d. Mrs. Frank Hansen and Mrs. George Bll\li.\‘ were replenishing.

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Mis. Rankin

Dr. and Mrs. D R. Brown and daughter Linda Dawn spent last week-end in Antigonish, .\'.S.

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Mr. and Mrs. James Hoiiiby have taken up residence at their summer home at Keppocb.

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Mrs. J. Ray Praughi left Mori- rlay for Greenwood. NS. to visit her daughter. Mrs. .lohn Bradley and P. 0. Bradley. and to attend the christening of her young granddaughter.

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Miss Betty Hainin. who is to be married to Mr. Wendell McI.aine. was the guest of honour when Mrs. Walter Pickard entertained at afternoon tea Wednesday at her home on North River Road. Crimson carnations and white candles formed a striking centre- piece for the tea table. over which Mrs. Charles Hamm, Mrs. Rankin McLaine, Mrs. Ross Down and Mrs. George Binns presided. Miss Jeanetto Ladner and Miss Lois Shaw, who will be bridesmaids, Mrs. Harry Thomson and Mrs. Frank Hansen assisted in serving. while Mrs. Clifford MacDonald and Mrs. Gordon Stewart replen- ished. Mrs. J. Ivan Nicholson and Miss Jeannie Picknrd greeted the

guests and ushered them to the dining room. 0 0 Mrs. George Abbott and Mrs.

Ronald Woodgate entertained at four tables of luncheon bridge at Mrs. Abbott’: home on WIines- day. 0 0 0

Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Miller ar- rived home Wednesday afternoon by car, after attending the wed- ding in Halifax of their son. Mr. Stanley Miller, and motoring through the Annapolis Valley. They were accompanied on the trip home by Mrs. W. H.’ Pethick, who spent a fortnight in New Glasgow. N. 8.. with her son. Mr. R. H. Pethick and Mrs. Pethick.

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Mr. and Mrs. H. Briimwell

Chandler left on Sunday by car for London. Ont. w h e r e Mr. Chandler is attending an adult

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Mr. and Mrs. James ‘Brodie ar- rived yesterday from Hampstead, Montreal. to attend the marriage today of their niece. Miss Heather Lantz. They are the guests of Mr. Brodie'a sister, Mrs. J. P. Lantz and Dr. Lant1..

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Dr. and Mrs. J. K. L. Irwin en- tertained Thursday evening be- fore the dance held in honour of the graduating class of the Prince Edward island Hospital.

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Mr. and Mrs. Darrel McGuire arrived Wednesday e v e n in g to spnncl a few days here. the guests of Mr. and Mrs. LeBaron Tait.

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Miss Jane Johnstone entertained Tuesday evening at a buffet sup-

per in honor of Miss Heather l.ani7._ Pouring tea was Miss ‘Louise Cox. Assisting to serve were Miss Mary Beth Harris.

Mrs. Lloyd N. Gibson and Miss Elizabeth Lantz. . o a Mrs. J. S. Walker entertained at .1 slipper bridge Tuesday eve- ing in honor of Mrs. Roland Dia- mond who. with her family, will take up residence in Montague. . a .

Mr. Kelvin C‘. Johnston left Thiirsday to take tip his duties as student minister at Middlewood. N. S. mission field for the sum- mer months. Mrs. Johnston and family will join him later.

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Miss Isabel Jamieson entertain-

ed Thursday evcning at the Char- lottetown Hotel at a bridge party

Assisting Miss Jamieson were Mrs. Jack Southerland and Mrs. Alfred MacNeill. First prize was won by Mrs. L. Wellner; second. Mrs. George Peiikc: third, Mrs. Arthur Bruce: fourth, Mrs, (Dr-,) Ballley: travelling prize, Mrs. Jack Webster. 0 I 0

Mrs. T. I. Edgett arrived home

Sunday after spending two months‘

in Florida and New York.

Edaett, who spent a month

Florida. returned home earlier. 0 O 0

Mr. in

Mrs. Wylia Allan arrived home Monday by air lifter visiting in Hlllllx. N-3.. for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Leaman. Dr. and Mrs. Allan attended the closing exercises at Horton Acad- emy, Wolfvtlle, N. S.. and Dr. Al- lan was accompanied home by his daughter Judith and son Wylie.

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Members of the Ladies‘ Auxili- ary of tha Y.M.C.A. met at the home of the yfE.fdCn . Hrs. Ernest Bell for afui-noon tea on Wednes- day in honour of Mn. Fred Gam- ble. who with Mr. Gambia in leav- Otrul sound. Ont [Illfl of honour was presen’ -_,WIuII1“IXIhI§Ol3Wl.$-

les ofher fellow members were extended her

a a 0 Dr. and Mrs. T. A. Laidlaw. ac- .companied by their children.

',David and Judy, motored to Saint ‘John, N. B., last week-end. where

they visited Dr. Laidlaw's par- ients, Mr. and Mrs. James Laid- law.

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, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wil- liams of Sumnicrsidc were the guests last we-ck-end of Mr. and

Mrs. Sinclair MacKay. . . .

3 Mr. and Mrs. Lefiarun Tait ino- ‘torcd in Saint John, N.H., on Monday to attend the graduation of their daughter. Miss Phyllis Tait. from the Saint John General Hospital. They returned home on Wednesday.

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l Miss Bethany Mat-(liiiiald, who ‘is a student at the Royal Con- S(‘l'\'Ell(ll'y of Music in Toroniti, at‘- rived home last Thtii'sday to visit her parents. and to attend the graduation of her sister, Miss Mariedith Macdonald, from St. Dunstan's University.

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Mrs. A E. Smith is spending the ivi-ek-rind lll Aniiaiuilis Royal. IN. \\llll her son, Major A. R. iSlilllh, Mrs. Smith and their fam- ily.

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Mr. and Mrs. George Keefe and Miss Dorothy Keefe left last Stin- da_v on a week‘s motor trip to .Maine.

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Mrs. Ross Down eiitertaiiir-cl at tea Monday aflernooii in ll0|’ll)lll' of her sister, lyliss Betty Hainm. Mis. George Binns presided over the tea table, vlhilv Mis. Norman iLowthcr, Mrs. l-tarry Thomson and Mrs. Donald Macmillan as- ‘sisted in serving. The guests were

.ushered in by Miss Shirlcy Down. a . .

I Mr. and Mrs. Gr-urge Wood had as their guest for a week Miss ,Ruth Pike. who left Wednesday .‘on return to her home in Spring- ihill, N.S. . . .

i Members of the order of the .Eastern Star llOllllLll‘(‘(l itirs. L. .. ‘Tracker with a supper bridge lwednesday evening at the Queen ll'lotel, when she was presented ‘with an Eastern Star compact. Tracker is leaving Charlotte. ‘town to take up residence in Halifax. The prive winners at bridge were Mrs. W. T. Weir and ‘Mrs. T. Keefe, while Mrs. A ‘Lehnan won the consolation prize and Mrs. Bruce L(‘\\'lS the prize for auction.

0 a o M155 -lll|l.)' Mc(‘tillot-h of New G13-‘Emu’, NS. was the guest of

Miss Kitty Gass last week-end, o a .

Mi’. Pliillip Mi-icDoiiald and hill‘. Arthur lVlRt‘l.)0l'l.‘il(l of 'l‘rui'o. N.S, spent the holiday week-end with gr. and Mrs. Dalvay Coyle, Kent

. C I O ‘ The Jutiior League of the Char- 'lottetown Hospital held its annual dinner and reception at the Queen -Hotel, Tuesday evening. The pres]. dent. Mrs. Urban lVIcQuairl. pr.-. sided, and Miss Mary Carroll was a special guest.

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Miss Marieditli Macciiiiiald and .Miss Mary Farmer left Thursday morning for Jasper Park Lodge, lJasper Park. Alta.. where they have accepted positions for the summer.

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The members of Alpha Chapter, Beds Sigma Phi S()l’0l‘ll_\'. met for their closing meeting at the home of Mrs. William Thompson Wed- nesday evening. Guest speaker was Miss Wanda MacMillaii. who Have a talk on amateur photo- ,graph,v. Refreshments were scr- ‘ved by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Larry Slaght and Mrs. Al- bert Allen.

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Mr. and Mrs. H. Barry Budgcn ‘have returned home following at- tendance at the Dominion Drama finals in Hamilton. Ont. '|‘hcy lalso visited Mrs. Hugden's home ‘in London, Ont A stop-over was imade in Detroit. Mich. \\'llt‘lt'

ill?!’ visited relatives and friends. a . .

l Miss Mary Tait, _ii.N.. (l3<llJill‘itPl'

of Mr. and Mrs. Allison Tail of Southport. accompanied by Miss iRiiby Johnston. R.N., of Van- l(‘(lliVCl'.‘ll5lS returned to British Columbia after spending several months on the island. l . . . Mr. and Mrs Aitliur Putnam have lYll)\ ed to their summer

place at I-lldon am-r

’ a pleasant WIl'ii(‘l‘ in the city. o - o

The Nurses’ Alutnnae of the lei-.:i, Hospital held a dance ai ‘the Cundal Home last night, hon.

"Uiinli this _ year's graduating class. Receiving the guest; wp]-9 Mrs. Lois MacDonald and Mrs.

W. R. Shaw. Pouring from ll well- appointed tea table. were Mrs. Gordon Warren and Mrs. Laura Clapp. Assisting ‘were Mrs. D. Schurman, Mrs. N. MacLean, Mrii. K. MacKiniIon. Mrs. J. L. Doug. ins. Mrl. S. Pierce and Mrs. W. R. Seaman. C I I

Trinity United church’ Choir entertained on Monday in honor of one of its members. Mlu Betty Jenn Beers. whose marriage to Mr. David Crawford. Bprlnghlll, N. 5,, takes place June 12. Choir pregi. dent. Mrs. Angus MacEiichern pre- sided ovcr the beautifully Appoint- ed tea table. Assisting in ii rvlng were Mrs. L.T. bmrther. Mr . Wil. lard Spencer. Mrs. H. W. Diiyimn, Mrs. Phyllis MacF‘adyen and Misc Dfliolhi’ Auld. A program of violin music by Miss Marlon Puncher. RN. monologue by Mrs. Fred Oa- bome and a vocal duet by the en- liifld couple was much enjoyed Mrs. Macmnchetn read an address "' 1"“: Lynn Altkrn presented a gift. Mr. craivforri rv-O‘ ..¢v. A. Prank Macuan apoka

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Smallman-Lantz Wedding

At 'ninlty United Church at halt-put ten o'clock this morn- ing tne marriage oi Miss Heather Jean Lantz, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Lants, to Mr. John Alpheus t-imallman, son of MI’. and Mrs. William E. Smallman of Sunimerside, will be solemnized. Rev. A. I-‘rank MacLenn will per- form the ceremony and Mr. George Thompson will play the wedding music which includes the wedoiiig march by Guilmant and the Happy Pair from Alexander‘: Feast by Handel. The soloist will be Miss Margaret .MacMurdo of North Bedeque.

Miss Elizabeth Laiitz will be maid of honor lor her sister and Miss Jane Johnswne will be brides-

maid. Garth Toombs, ('0\J.SlI| of the groom ,will be best man. and

Arthur Holland, George Sinallman. brother of the groom and Rory Lantz, brother of the bride, will be the ushers.

Given in marriage b_v her fath- «-r. the bride will wear an iridescent ll’O('k of blue taffeta with a wide neckline forming a V-front and back above an empire waist and full skirt, the waist and skirt- iop being fashioned with pill-lvUCkL She will wear a sculptured flower- covered hat and ran'y a semi- cascade of white carnations.

The attendants will be cli-cssecl alike in full-skirted frocks of old rose shantung with diagonal pili- tucks and having matching lace forming a V-neckline iront and back. The maid of honour will wear A small poke-tihaped hat and the bridesmaid a tiny shell cap. both hats being navy gros- grain with matrhing veils. They will carry nosegays of blue iris and baby‘: breath.

Mrs. Lantz, mother of the bride. will wear a silk suit of slate blue with a small silver hat. Pink rose buds will be pinned to her purse. Mrs., Smallman mother of the groom will wear a two piece dress of shantung in oyster beige with matching accessories and a cor- sage of bronze button "mums.

A reception will follow at The Charlottetown. The table will be centered by the wedding cake and on each side or the cake there will be a mixed bouquet of white ‘mums, pink siiapdrngon and for- get-me-nol..s. Mr. Arthur H. Mould will propose the toast to the bride, Assisting in serving will be the Misses Valerie Rogers. Phyllis Tait. Lila Howe, Mary Beth Harris, and Helen Holman.

Besides the guests front Sum- merside. those attending the wed- ding will be Mrs. John A. Small- man. St. John, N. B.. grandmother of the groom. Mr. Hume I-lopgood also of St. John. Dr. Stanley K. Donald of Moncton, Mr. and Mrs. James Brodie of Hampstead. Que- bec. Mr and Mi-s. Reginald 'I'homP- son. Among the. Summerside guests will be Mrs. A. W. Leard, grand- mother of the lzroom.

I-‘or travelling the bride will wear a fitted suit of brown wool with pleated skirt, and luggage- tan accessories. Mr. and Mrs. Small-

man will reside in Halifax. The groom is a graduate of Del- housie University. Commerce

and the bride of Commerce '54.

briefly, ii.-i did Mr. George Thomp- son. church organist, Mr. George .Jnhnson_ Mr. Esben Arniast and Mr. George Beers.

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Miss Louise Haszard and Mrs. Percy Williams left by car this New York.

week on a trip to O O 0

Members of the Charlottetown

Chorale were entertained infor-

mally at the home of Mrs. Keith

S. Rogers following a radio broad-

cast Thursday evening. Members

of the Chorale assisted in serving. a o -

Mr. and Mrs. Earl 3. Clark en- tertained the graduate nurses of the P.E.l. Hospital at their home on Kent St. before the gradua- tion dance on Thursday evening

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Mrs. Leonard Vatcher returned to Dartmouth, N.S., on Wednes- day after spending a week in Charlottetown.

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Hostesses at the opening tea this afternoon at the Charlotte- town Golf Club are Miss Nora Longworth. Mrs. Donald MacMil- lan. Mrs. C‘. St. Clair Trainor. Mrs. Fred Cannon and Mrs. John Simmonds.

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Amongst the students who grad-

uated from the Dalhousie, Uni- versity School of Nursing was Miss Hannah Turner, R.N., who trained at the Prince Edward is- land Hospital. graduating in I951. Miss 'I‘urner‘s home is in New

Glasgow. N.S.

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Mrii. C. J. Cooke, Kcnsington, R.

15 "lslllflil her daughter. Mrs. E. Jenkins. Admiral Street. o . .

Following graduation. the Nurses‘ Alumnae of the Charlottetown Hospital were hostesses at a for- mal dance in the Rollaway Club in honor of the 1954 graduates. Sixteen graduate nurses were pre- sented by Miss E. MacDonald to Dr. J. H. Msloney who introduc- ed them to the guests. Chaperones were Mrs. Charles Trainor. Mrs. Leo Mclsaac and Mrs. Allison MacDonald.

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A bridal shower, in honor of Marjorie Cameron, was given rec. ently by Marjorie Hayden cmuiyi of the bride-to-be. at_tha home ,of ll?!‘ IIIM. Mrs. Annie Gallant. 460 Concord S t r e e t. Friimlngham, Mass. Relatives and friends at- tended from Dorchoster. Boston, Untnn. Milford and Prince Ed- ward Island. Co-workers from Telechlron Department of Gengi-ii] Electric, Aiihland. also a‘tended_ Miss Cameron was manageresa of The .Greendal Co.. Ltd., Ladies W9" 510". Charlottetown until January 1953. when chi left the Province to reside with relative. in the United States. She will become the bride of Joseph Spri- hen. on Saturday. June lit, in Saint Stephen‘; Church. Framing. ham. Man.

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OMEN

E“ ""“'*"‘_‘,*_'“ S“*.‘L'j'.“~"-JP'Y_.E9v_1,f_’5j£_

“The blessedness of life depends more upon its interests than its comioi't.s,” Granddaughter I't‘&‘ud from the book we bad Just left illce down on a cupboard. She smiled. "I think I know what that means." she siild . Saturday sometimes brings the Gl'8ll(l(‘hllCl- ran to us, the two, girl and boy from the House across The Lane at Alderlea to toiegatlicr here with the two boys of this place.

Not that Jamie enters much now into their more juvenile pas- times. He being twelve-past has more niatui-e interests; and be- sides in his spare time from les- sons and rhoring. he is his Dad's good right hand at the cropping. However when he is about he often has an alert following of three. At the first mowing of the lawn today. uas there ever a more will- ing and helpful trio then that which moved the obstacles i:athci-- ed there since last Autumn, out of the path of the puffing little machine?

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This week gave us the swallows as summer guests——and saw the young cattle turned out to perman- ent pastures. The ewes too, and their increase. to live at “the other farm." In the little trucks they were carried, not without noise of plaintive, wondering bleat.

James attended to first sllwllllzs’ this week: following the same method he has always ciijoyed. Never yet has he been ill or ab- sent from the farms in the crop-l ping. But Always there, to hitch

Arts Graduate

Mari- graduated

Photographed above is cdith Macdunnld who with I Bachelor of Arts cum laiide, from St. Diinstan's University this week. Miss Mac- donald received the 'l‘ M. Mac- Millan Memorial pri'/.e for the highest aggregate in the four years of the Arts course, as well as it prize for philosopliy. She left Thursday morning for Jasper Park Lodge, Alberta, and in the fall she expects to join her sister. Bethany. in Toronto.

degree,

Morning Smile

A lawyer was attending a fun- eral. A friend arrived and took ll seat beside him, whispering, "How far has the service goiie?"

The lawyer nodded toward the clergyman in the pulpit and wnisv pered back, "He just opened the defense."

Modern Etiquette By Roberta lice

Q. Is it proper for I! hostess to wear a hat at her own luncheon oi tea table’!

A. While a hostess iisually does not wear a hat in her own home. still if the dress she is wearing looks especially pretty with a hat that goes with it. it is quite all right for her to wear it.

Q. Is ll all right for a divorced woman. who has l‘t"n‘iRl'l‘lf‘(‘l. to at- tcnd the funeral of her first mother in-law with her second husband.-‘

A. This Wflllld . be in very bad taste. If she wishes to nliend the funeral, she should do so alone.

Q. When st toast is proposed to a person, should this person diiiik from his glass, too?

A. No: he does not rise‘ from his chair, nor does he drink tin- toast.

(‘leaning WT}!-(lT):l

Allttle vinegar added to the

water when cleaning wuidovis -.viIi keep the glass clean for a longer time. A little bluing added to ill‘ water gives brililancy to the glass.

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ELLEN’S DIARY

by an Island Farmer's Wife

the team and follow after the seeder, bright-painted and glamor- ous in his boyhood and still much respected, after all those years. While not all the sowings of all our past springs have been left to. him. for the most part. the rite has been his. And if. as he says he. "usually sets her to sow three bushels to the acre. and" with I smile, “she puts on more"; and if as he surveys the greening grainlands lie invariably voices concern that he has "sowed her too thin" there is always enough in- t'l‘PaS(‘ left over to take care of seed when the next cropping rolls around. 0 U I

And the Maytide lengthens the days for us. much as it mother lets down last year's hems for her grou-iiig girls and boys. But still there is no staying them—no de- taining any lovely hour. Beautiful thcy come. clean and fresh and over new, and to us. of much inter- est and charm. Where shall we look to lllld these interests, we who are bound heart and hand to the farm?

One has found a key which helps make life blessed:

“Be. aware of life around you: Walk with thy fellow creatures:

Note the hush and whispers

among them.

'I‘lici'e is not a spring or leaf but linth llls morning hymn:

Each bush and oak doth know I an‘.

Caiist thou not sing?"

Until Monday ._ — -- — Diary -— -- — - Good-night . . . . .

_'_’9"°T*{¥_‘Z’x Pack Your Fears In Mothballs

Being overindulizcnt is the par- cntal fault. that bears the brunt of most criticism. yet. in my opin- ion. b(‘ll‘i: nvcrfcarful is as much. if not more. bl:-iincwortliy. The ex- cessively cautious parent. is the one who is airaid to let (‘l\lldl'Cl'l grow up. who fosters the “cling to mom. m:i's skirts" school of upbringing.