NEARLY 700 six-month old chickens were destroyed by *fire yesterday. morning when @ 32 by 100 foot building loca-" ted on the site above, about

700 Pullets Lost Near Kensingto

‘ SUMMERSIDE — Between, 600 and 700. six-month-old chick- | the fire originated but said it | quarters, will be held Jan. 24, ens perished\in a mid -morning | spread quickly in the loose 24 and 25. For those who are | fire yesterday that levelled Pen- |

dieton’s chicken ranch, located

about a mile west of Kensing- | ton. “

The large building was owned

by Oscar Pendleton, who is at-

tending Prince of Wales lege.

Richard Kelly, manager of the ranch, stated he had been short of water and started the electric pump shortly before the blaze broke out in some loose straw which had been used to keep the water pipes from freezing.

NRC Official — Visits Island

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Dr. T. P. Houlding, of the tech-

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‘son of the fact that there were | no criminal cases to be brought |

He said he was not sure how

straw and later to bales. of straw, thwarting his attempt to beat it out. He was forced to abandon the building as flames ‘almost encircled him.

scene but it was too the building. sa

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before these courts.”

He stated, however, that ‘‘pet- |

ty crime, of course is still with

us” and its investigatiqn and | detection continues to _ occupy | the major portion of the time of

the police.

tional Research Council, Ot-| CAUSE OF CONCERN

tawa is scheduled to leave the |

10 days visiting various manu- facturing establishments such as ‘fisheries plants, creameries and woodworking plants giving tech- nical advice. He wag accom- panied by B. Graham Rogers, of the department’ of industry and natural resources.

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LATE NOTICES

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FERGUSON — At ‘the Prince Edward Island Hospital, Jan. 19, 1962, Mrs. Finlay Fer- guson, formerly of Victoria, ‘aged 79 years. Remains rest- ing at Dawson's -Funeral Home, Crapaud until noon to- day, then to Victoria United Church for funeral services. commencing at 2 o’clock. In- terment in Crapaud ceme- tery.

MacPHERSON — At the Prince Edward Island Hospital, Fri- day, Jan. 19, 1962, Hugh Mae- Pherson of Wood Islands in his 87th year. Remains. rest- ing at the Gillis Funeral Home Funeral Sunday from the Wood Islands Presbyterian “Church, service commericing at 2 p.m. Interment ‘in ‘Wood Islands cemetery. Please omit flow- ers.

PERKS — At the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital Jan. 18, 1962, Osmond Perks: of Lorne Valley in his year. Rest- ing at the Cutcliffe Funeral Home from where the funeral will be held today, Saturday service commencing at 2 0’ clock. Interment in the cCut- cliffe receiving vault.”

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Probably one of the worst fea- tures of our sent system js lack of employment and in many cases -prisoners now serve their entire time of imprisonment in complete idleness.

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Mr. Kelly drove to Kensing- | ton_to summon the fire depart- ment.as there was no telephone ; includes, traffic control, ~pow- handy. The Kensington Fire De- | partment sent a pumper to the | late to save | iy police

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| his wife, the former Ina Camp- |

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ISLAND NEWS PA

RCMP.To Hold Course. For Municipal Police .

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apizing and operating munici- pel paliue Sevess.

An ‘in-service training course ,

police forces will get under- vay in Charlottetown next week. | by The course, being carried. out at RCMP “L” Division head-

unable te attend a _ repetition | of ‘the course will be held Feb. | 6, 7 and 8 ee The operation of the program mental patients and prisoners. All lectures will be given by kcal personnel. :

Alberton Fire Chief Re-elected

Sgt. Major M.R.fagan. The, agenda for the first day

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| fire -departmeft at the annual meeting Thursday night. Her | bert Leavitt was re-elected .dep- ue woemtation ~ ee | uty fire chief and Dean Carpen- = ot aod $= ‘ter continues as secretary-trea- surer. i

“-Qhief Burke presided and-wel- ed a number of new me

; To Rest } the brigade. The SUMMERSIDE —~The death | larger fi

Topies for the.second day in- clude civil ence, enforce- ment _of —the—bi Control

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occurred at his home in Free-\the attention.of Mayor Roy

town. on Friday, Jay. 12, of | Leard and two James. Jardine Stavert in his | council who were pi ; 7th year following a lengthy or Leard assured the

illness. that the matter of a new

bers of his May- ild-

The late Mr.” Stavert . was’! ing would be thoroughly. inves-

eon \ The remainder of the prov- ’s 1961 tobacco crop is ex-

born at’ Freetown and resided | tigated at the next council ing.

when he lived in on request of regional Wi gh

Left to mourn his passing are | best type of fire extinguisher -for

“Prisoners. can and will work | Mt: Scott Clark, Kelvin Grove; | pass along the infornation to the

well in a properly planned and

administered program. Trained |

personnel will have to be prov- ided to guide and direct, be-

mal life without being embitter-

|ed against society,

MANY PROBLEMS “It is freely adrnitted ‘that

be worked out when the time arrives.” sae EP es

.As provincial treasurer, Mr McQuaid spoke at length on

last year’s setting up of a mark- ed gas system under which 1

cents of the 16 cents per gallon tax on feuls used in primery m- dustries was _ eliminated. | “Many consumefs,” he ,said, “have congratulated us on in- troducing this new system which did away with the necessity of tieing up for a year or more large sums of tax until it could be rebated. In addition, the opinion has been expressed that the introduction of colored gasoline is serving to curtail gas pilfering from farm tanks which

was beginning to reach sizeable

proportions.” Mr. McQuaid said that - very few complaints have been made

Pointing out that the RCMP have been charged with the en- forcement of legislation relative

| to the marked gas system, Mr

McQuaid said that from July: 1 to the present time, the police have made 420 highway tests of gasoline with positive results tm

one son Walter Preston, at | school board.

home am five grandchildren. | eh ae ii Also surviving is one sister. | On motion a vote of

: ‘| was extended Mr, Leavitt for wine ose Hand, Bakersfield, | nis good work on behalf of the The funeral ‘service was held

on Sunday afternoon from his late residence with Rev. E.°H.

|in the Royal Canadian Legion | club rooms, E

Bemarks will also be given |

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ALBERTON — Stephen Burke _ was re-elected chief of Alberton

‘school trustees, Herbert Leavitt | perial the secretary is to find out the

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840 Bales Of Tobacco Slated To Be Shipped To Ont. Plant

The department of agricult- ure’s tobacco growing operations to be shipped to the Im- will be increased to about a oc mpany Plant | acres from 18 acres. a mer> ., early week. David Peacock, argicul- | ur. Pennesk eokd. thet. most for Queens | of next season's tobacco will be | grown within a 20 mile radius |of Montague, although there Mr. Peacock said that 400. Will be some grown in the bales of tobacco were shipped to | Seuris and Alberton areas. Aylmer late last month, and —

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Bean conducting the service. A mixed choir sang “The GREAT ‘

Lord's : My Shepherd’ and ‘ . . “Abide With Me’. J. B. Lewis | (Continued from ee © sang “Sunrise” ang the orgaa- | solve the surplus problem. he | re! Pallbearers were William | and more efficient (as they .are Hammill, -Alfred Reeves, Jesse |

compound the surplus problem. Bradshaw and Fenton: Simmons.

I must pause to point out a fall- acy in thinking; just -because |farmers leaving the industry doesn’t solve the surplus pron-

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check at any time: farm tanks will be periodically checked;

not encourage them to leave. ¢hecks will be continually main-

We have two entirely separate tained on the invoice of suppliers| and distinct’ problems - 1. The and in ‘established cases of m-| problem of, those farmers who fraction, heavy penalties will be| cannot make a good living in exacted.” dairying.”

Agents east of Summerside are:

(Pick Up and Delivery,every Tuesday and

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“Kensington, Claude Hogg’s Barber Shop

Freetown, Mrs. Reeves’ store

Bedeque, Mrs. Bowness, Post Office

Borden, Borden Hotel

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Vietoria, Wright Bros. store ’

Hampton, Morrison’s store

‘Cape Traverse, Hardy’s store

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ure crop, produced on 18 acres, amounted toy 330 bales. Weight of a bale is about 60 pounds, but the exact weight of the crop will not be known until it is tely weighed, when it reaches its destination.

Mr. Peacock said that‘ the price of the crop will also be determined ‘at the Imperial Tob- acco plant. ;

The agricultural .representat- ive said that tobacco acreage will be increased next season. Last year, eight tobacco farms made up about 80 acres. This year, according to Mr. Pea- cock, between 15 and 20 grow- “ ers are estimated to plant a | .

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MODERN CASH & CARRY - DRY CLEANERS WATER STREET, SUMMERSIDE (Opposite C.N.R. Station)

OFFER THE LATEST METHODS IN DRY CLEANING AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES

Agents west of Summerside reanan ot Dae sre Tignish, Harpets Restaurant Alberton, Shea’s Restaurant Elmsdale, Hardy’s store Bloomfield, Saunders store O'Leary, Turner’s Restaurant

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