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The second annual Northum-

box-land Straw Marathon mm. all-mile tide - infested jaunt from Cape Tormentine. N.B..

to Borden. P.E.:l.. is set to go Saturday with 14 entries includ- ing the world’s to p three long distance competitors.

Heading the list will be Her- man Willemese. 30. Mr. Mara- thon Swim. from Utrecht. .land. W l l lemese is defending and five tlm e champion of

1' the Atlantic City 26 - mile Ma- 1 rathon swim and has won three ‘ times at Lake St. Jean and , ‘ twice at Lake Ontario. Famous Egyptian swimmer ‘ A Abdel Latif About . Heif. who finished second to Willemese

need his intention to enter the iStrait crossing Wednesday ev- ening. Abou-Heif. a major ' the Egyptian Army. also finis- l hed second to Willemese in 1963 . at Atlantic City. ‘LA COURSIERE DEFENDING A great favorite with Island :swim fans last summer John iLaL‘oursiere. Port Aux Tremb-

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Islanders l Try Again

. The only two Islanders enter-. ed in this year’s Northumber- land Strait Marathon Swim. H and

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91'. Morgan Mitchell. Charlottetown both failed in attempts to con quer the nine-mile water in last year's swim.

Carragher, a great favorite with the crowd at Borden last year. waged a losing battle . .against tides and high waves for five and one-half hours last

from the finish point.

e vowed that she would en- ter the race again this year. and after training long hours in the waters off the. island t h i 5 spring. the eet girl will

rigged Strait again. Carragher ﬁnished third hi the three-mile Montague Regat- ta and Strawberry Festival race in July. but experts contend that . she is far from her best. in short 1races. She has said she is de-

; ’ land thic year. ‘ Mitchell. who is a lifeguard lon the North Shore of P.E.'l.., :lasted only two hours in last year's race because of cramps. i'l'he Charlottetown native says 'he learned a lot ruin his two thours in the water last year . . however. and ho 3 he can com- plete the. distance this year. i Mitchell finished second in the Montague race. However. i like Carragher. has always been

Hol- houns

at Atlantic City July 21. snow pulling

d fifth in the Capri-Naples Swim.

itermined to cross the Northum- mm of

.short ones.

“$6. . H . . l - ~ A- v- A: ~ interested in long swims and HELEN cannaomm FINALLY owns UP THE EFFORT has“ be“ ~‘°° “mum” in the

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lea, Que. will defend his Nor- thurmberland crossing title. Ln-

Coursiere was the first to enter crossing last year.

this year's swim. He lost sec- ond place [0 Abou-Heif at At- lantic City by one stroke. Saturday's battle begins at 9.30 a.m. from near the Cape Tormentine wharf. LaCoursi-l ere‘s record time of seven. . ten minutes is expected mav

to fall and swim m e r s gin arriving at the pier between 4-4.30 p.m. Although only a mile emac- ing. 4 ‘h e Nbrhhumhenland is equal to 17 miles of calm water be c a u s e of the usual high waves and tides. Because 0! the Strait width tides can be . I on competitors from both like mainh/nd and P.E.I. ISLAND ENTRIES Two Islanders have entered this year's swim. Helen Carra- gher. E’bbsfleet. fought. with the tra it for more than seven hours in last year's swim but had to give up when she was

actu al I y losing disrance be- cause of the tides. Morgan MitcheU. Charlotte-

town. swam well for two hours last year across the Not-thum- berland but was forced to quit

.auae of cramps.

Mitch ell placed second in . Wednesday's 3-mile swim at" Albert Carrazher placed second and won the women's dbampirmdhip. Mitchell holds the course record at Alberton. PROFESSIONALS .

Among the top contending professionals is Carlos Larri- era. 29. Santa Fe. Argentina. Lacrriera was Argentine ama- teur champ in 1957 and 1938 and won the national 38-mile. Santa Fe - Cordona swim int 1962. Earlier this year he placed l

Jorge Messadra. 26, another Argentinan, placed second in

been training since spring for the swim. He failed tomato the

First place my Saturday will be worth 31mm second ——- 3900; third - $500; fourth - $300; filth - 8100. The Islander finish- ing first will receive .100.

Car Production Is Slowing Down

TORONTO (CW—Production has all but ground to a halt at plants of Canada's seven car and truck makers. according to weekly figures released by the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers' Association.

For the year to July 3. auto manufacturers produced 455,850 cars and trucks compared with 387,122 produced during the cor- responding 1963 period.

However, for the week ending manufacturers scheduled only 340 units for pro- duction compared with 950 actu- ally produced last week.

Each year about this time manufacturers halt production to tool up for praised ' the new model year.

Scheduled production this week and total production for the year to the end of last week. with last week‘s actual produc‘ tion and production for the a of last year in brackets:

ARS:

American Motors ~ (— 283 (18.465). Chrysler —. 60.420 (46.126). Ford ; 101,761 (88,069). General Motors — —); 190.751 (168.929). Stude- baker 240 (240); 9.218 (4.474). Volvo 50 (50); 1.387 (151). TRUCKS:

l: 21.- (198); .. (—

Chrysler 501277): 7.557 (5,249). Ford (19,692). General I—); 31,956 (27,966l. tional Harvester — (185): 8,075 (8,001)

the 1964 Santa Fe - Cord on a swim. Hr \va 5 fifth at Atlan- tic City in [900 and is Argentine champ in the 400. 800 and 1.500 meters. in 1958 Messadra was South American champ in the 1.500 meters.

Twenty - year - old We n d y B l rc h of Atlantic City is en- tering the second professional ' her career. this month's entry in her home city marathon. She was Atlan- tic City amateur sprint champ-

ion.

George Park. Weston. Ont. turned professional last season following a successful amateur

following ‘

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Kenna and daughter Nancy Ann of Borden were recent visibotral at the home of her parents Mr. i and Mrs. Edward S. Grifﬁn.‘ Burton.

career. He was fourth at Lake Ontario and won the 28 - mile Chicoutimi Marathon.

The other professional entry is Gail Clovwse. Atlantic City.

New Brunswick is being rep- resented by R on aid Burns. Cape Tor-mentine and Hal

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DAUGHTER WEDS NETO

LISBON (Reuters) — Former

Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek‘s young ugh ter. Marcia, was married to Baldomero Barbara Neto. a Brazilian industrialist. at a civil ceremony hero ednes- day.

La Coursiere Got ' IniiiaI Triumph

John LaOoiLrsdere. 284year— . siere more than half a mile in V old Point Aux T‘remhles. Que’; the lead followed by .Connor. 1 bee. swimmer became the firstlBiggar. Starrot, MacKenzie l

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male ever to conquer the North- and Carragher.

. umhc r l a n d Strait last July" .3 who" llf‘ made tllt‘ ll mill" dis g “nun” “"‘rr'f‘Rs tanre in seven linurs. ton min- C " n ’l "mm “In”

utn; tn ualk off with top money: throughout the ﬁrst half 0' the in the rim annual No.11“,me swim but with a northerly tjde

land Strait Marathon Swim. ‘swinizimz Into effect at 1.30 Lat‘nmsicrc who seem tn'pJ'n. and the wind velocty in- Iikc \\’l H mm: Il‘nphips "mm, ' crcas in E. the. always much

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than mmwi" was m‘vm- iwadpd Northumibcrland in his sin)” crossing; and for 8? h"l""" while it "warm that he wmﬂd. Approximately halt-way from make the distance In less than: “I ‘Wlmmers lix hours. Shift in tides and‘. was caught by the “Naming troublesomp waves slowed himI tide that pulled them south with down considerably howeven'JSUTih f0”? “5?” mm“- Mill" and alter his more than sevcanen7'i" and carragh” “a” I" hour grind hp Mimw "howl withdraw from the race because. near the Borden pier. "I 9001' P'h‘lli‘m'

in“, ﬁrst person m "9,. m", Ch arlottetown's havimn gum. Quehec-s Lake St John. Biggar said he actually lost Lacoursiere 9"“.er [he Norm: several miles until he was only umheﬂand 31m" Marathon; two miles from the island but last. y e a r expecting a ﬁght I still six m l l es from Bordon. wnrkmt for a 33.500 swim later After an hour without. gain he In the month. ' 9““ 1- "Somfhworkont". he said ML “1 passed Helen tCarrnghcrl owmg e race." they told me v - It. would take four hours, l've “To” web-"H1 “N? in "Hump

um,” f d , u h the tide". he said. “and

glam-v “m” that m'mh!‘l)r;ld‘ her she may as well give FINISHED ' ' 9 “1m.”

“Shag”; om" #92:.” I” """'i 13:51. a fgvoufl‘fr with that e . n no - mi e stance lasti ' . '

yPar was couragmuﬁ - v“ r’l ((1711 nlmmlilrzre'mliaaniﬁj

. lhour without, making headway. ' th’eeho was ﬁnally pulled from. “ “(tithe waters. nearly exhausted. . ' ,- HMCS Stadacona protege ﬁgjalﬂfmple 'Il'ce b‘rthntGerald MacKenzie, who clock-. ‘5 mﬁnlltiscros'lngm m hours- ed the 15 mile Halifax Natal - we by w 0' 0.1 degrees water the Natick‘th'? last per'snn to give up H professional said to the hund-g kg} “,9 water at 4.15 pm, 'cus, ed in: :w'magld 33"“ sing the rou gh water. and‘ difficuleilu: ﬁt! it hadn'iitiﬁfsf’u” "8"" WM MW" of"; rt}: youﬁ‘smdgm} '99"? Mar-Kcnzie and at Irasi fwc mv war 53nd; [inf the others who ontormi tho‘ tone; won 3"” mad“ II‘ “'9 water. said he was determined .01 "5 om. 3‘"? "m to return and try Again nelll _ m9- summer.

Nine ofthe original 10 con- thntl entered the water Just CONNOR ENDS (‘AREER north of the '

slow endurance “immer determined out no the

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LADIES' WEAR: Summer dresses. coats.

'Tormenti no Halifax native Bull Connor. lorry terminal ".10 am. pulled from the water after m at: hours was the only sWimmer‘

who said he deﬁnitely wouldn't: back next summer.

“I was less than two miles from shore and in good position to win the whole thing" hc said "a t

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Monday - Thursday . 9- 5 My 9-12.30

i hit me. It w a s whole stroke to once and I was only making more“ with the. ﬂy heart wasn't in it today anyway. and ,

have a real burning desire to VII In these long swims it’s “time” to and something else to ' F

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'EIEHRIIIICE

ends this Friday at 9p.m.

THIRD FLOOR: House Point. Bath towels. blankets. ﬂoor tile. dupes. SPORTSWEAR: Shorts. icmuicus. slim. bathing suits. sweaters.

minwecr.

LINGERIE: Nylon slips. gowns. briefs and bros.

CHILDREN'S: Swim sum. short-s. norm. (coats. dresses. v MEN'S &- BOYS': Sport shim. span coats. slacks. suits and luggage.

BASEMENT: Chino punts. Windbreakers. m Iran. and undershirt.

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a n h e r e p e a t ? John LcCoursiere the winner of last year's swim. faces a chol- Iengo from several world renowned swimmers. LaCoursiere is faced with the challenge of Her man Willemese of Holland and

Abou - Heif of Egypt and many others expected to give the "King of the Strait" a stiff test in tomorrow's event.

lIST OF SWIMMERS

.....i .......M°IIITQCI Abou - Heif . . . . . . . . . . . .. Egypt Herman Willemese .... Holland Carlos Larriera .... ...... .. Argentina George Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toronto Wendy Birch .... .. ...... .. Atlantic City Jorge Messudru . . . . Argentina Gail Clowse . ........ .. Atlantic City. Ronald Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... .. Cope Tormentine. N.B. Morgan Mitchell .. . . . . . . ... Charlottetown Helen Corrughor Ebbsfleef. P.E.I.

Charles Grover .. Boston Ralph Brooks utfield Pin. N.B. Jean Anderson .... Toronto

John LoCoursiore . .

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Best Wishes - - -

TO THE CONTESTANTS IN THE NORTHUMBERLAND

STRAIT SWIM

The Mayor and Councillors of the Town of

Borden wish all the beat to the Committe- aponsoring this event and to all contestaan taking part. We appreciate their efforts and sincerely wish them the best of luck. _

TOWN OF BORDEN

Mayor elm us

Good Acoomodcitions and Meals

BORDEN ' Hardware & Grocery Co.

Clients CProduoo C REP-taboos! Valli-Ii GoodLuokhﬂsozadltI-ultﬂwhn Roldan Ell.

Breakfast 7 to 11 tun. Dinners 12 to 2 pm. ll to 0 pm.

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