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AGENTS:-MONTAGUE: Harold F. Landry. Mrs. Byron Stewart. Mn.

Bruce MacPliee. Miss Joyce

AGENT GEORGETOWN:

The Guardian milV rbouglii at

Wlgginton. PIII Muklnnon. Weldon haven.

the following places In Montag-.

g Blue Dome llcnlaiiraiit, and Guardian Office; in Georgetown: TM

Post Office; in Souris:

..!S'I'. MARY'S Parish, Mon-y tague chicken siimmr. n(lRk'l)rt Club Hall, ii4mi.....i.-kt, July 30th.;

nE(;l 1..-in ll.t.Vt E lll tins- pqreallx School. xi-.i....ii..t lIl:ill,l

July 16th. Srilr-I: oi iiimliriz.

ii-zriirnth. nt the

Miss Anrilc Sullivan, R has accepted a po Won Charlottetown llrx.:pi'n..

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NiOnl8l:UPdl')l1Pl ll'"'lrti"Srl1n)4- VMiss l.oliisPd Na:d)'. Rr&lghtojn. In-alkad home 1,-Dmna weddmg pa.-.

lune tan 5. . : wins a .. . ass. is sprn Int? 91' W08 10” Tl ty at. Jerome Ga ant's in com-

daioring. .'tIn.-il- mi czmiiitls A Greenfield. guest of her parents. lpany with Harold Francis Gallant.

pond time for tho .t1mi-- l:im:l,i. lMr. and Mrs. William Nl'ddl'- it was about one and ii half miles ' A from his home.

Mia: ti-.'..i twll oi l;vv- v.:,i:i oi is'('(i'l't1l HAT H FIRING in A car passed them Just as he .Ianiis-son's di"-:L - .r '1 -Rlililllili-' xlnniiicun limimtnii. iintlnesdav. was turning in at. his home. Sec- ; two week liollrltliv -Tl Alci iiriiiic pipn bands. highland games andlnnds after he heard a thump and in Montague. dancing. Mvals on grounds. A saw the Maccormiick car in the

. - .- good time for ilu: uhoio family. ditch. He walked down the road

Mrs. Alton floss Mlirl. niiildrcn . . quickly. Saw a girl on the side of london. Clninim in .tVsurl::u: at Vlrs. Moi Dennis. Ottawa, is tlieythe road. Allan Maccorniack was few days ciirsis of Tii 'iid Mrs guest of her sister-in-law, Mrs. .l.plyiiig in the ditch. He could not Grorgr xiclinlsiu-. Hull '1)". ill t'nri'iit.iiers. Montague. She is find Arthur Gallant. The car uiis

- lzirrompanied by ilPl' son andlsianding on its wheels in the

Vilsscs Rona and 3 - I

lyn. Vloiitn 'ir o ioij French llil W-A lrnd tho i. '. ”llli int ten days p

Mr and Vlis .1 Nltilli-l agile. spr-iit I Sus- srix. N. R. . '..ilr.'is parents.

'!'(ttl'l'lll I. lllll lllhti ll Mrmtagur i--mi it ” in-..ri.I pipe bands in inir. anril dancing. Al". inri-. .- 30-'lrl tlmn for W" ' fliniili

'.-K'l"Itl”..YIilltN ' mil lxl mil. Mill Vino ("ii it i x it, Eltililll, l"-"iflE"” - V t ” I show ill 5 '-Hi - ' '" - i F Maker", starrng t'in.cbx.l Louisa Carnplzl I. 'yl.'.. Ned Sparks.

Mrs. Wiiliaiii of Si John. h: R, has '0 lioi. home nftrr spciiri ..ii is FCk5l visiting Mrs. G. A timniprnii nil Montagur. Also x is 1 Mrs ; Thompson was Tirs. T. Cl1ll)l)

of Cliarlottotoxiii. who

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Thompson of F'ii'.ill has been visiting his iziiiiitiiiioilitw for the past several wecks. , . j Lodge.

Vir. Janie: ' 4.” of llrrcii- land, is spriirli -i'miir'i' holi- days with his cm in 'rlinni- as Sullivan of F "vi: Hr isl

accompanied bv hr of Boston. Mass ll”-n i.s'.iliii'I Airs. in-law. Mr. van, Halifax.

nilrl John Sulli-

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. .. Rdeumafic PM Good news lnr tlinxr ivlvw tang inf it-iirr (mm rheumatic win. b.t ircl lzmwliwzl Thousands gri Spry-Viv yr. ”i I: malic and :irt.lmt:t' t T-R-Cs. Don't lrt d and sham stnbbiiig mzrw l:.im:

b-c lining re i!tlil'i'-. mu

loriny. ()'nly Mr 51. is at Iirilgglsis. mu

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The Snack Bar and II. Richard: H San.

.. 'IIOY'I"S BEAUTY SALON. Souris. will be open Monday, July 21st. Write to Hoyt's Beauty Salon. t'liarioi.t.etown for your appoint- ment or Plioiib No. 10 in Souris on July 21st. .,.

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hawkins and son. Hugh. and daughter Mar- gin. of Tillsonhurg. Ontario. are visiting in Lower Montague. guests of Mr. and Mrs. l.e Bert Taylor.

l,lcnrl- dnugiiter-iii-law. Mr. and Mrs. Carljdi

lirnnis and family. also of Ottawa.

..'i.VQl'l-ZST ADJ()l'RNlID -Thc znquesl. lnquiltiig into the death of I-lorry Raluse which occurred on July I. on the Georgetown Roy- ally Road, tn be held last even- ing at. the Legion Hall. Mnntaguc. was postponed to a later date by ihc COITTIIFT. Dr G. S. A. Inmlin, so as to complete lurtlirr investi- Eililtlll. No cvidcncr from u'ltiiesse:.' was takcii last. evening.

xlrs, A D. )lacKenzie left for Snsknirlicunii on the ”Overland Special" trniii on Saturday morn- :n':, July 12. and will visit her mother. Mrs. W. R. Motherwell. and brother at Lanark Place. .-ibcrnetliy. She will also visit in

I Regina where her husband was. for

fifteen yc'ii's. minister of West- minster bnitcd Church. and ex- prcis to be away for about a month. in the meantime her hirs- band. Dr. MacKenzie. and their son Donald are holidaying at Sea- forth. their summer Montague.

.flNVAl.ll) I'0ACli IN TOWN- waiter Callow invalid wheel chair coach was in Montague yesterday,

sponsored by the Acme Rebekah Patients of the Convales- g rent. Home. as well as a number of

residents from Montague.

nurse. the escorts were Mrs. Neil

tllooley. Mrs. Carri Stewart.

i('nllnw wheel chair roach.

fund.

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I Not counting Quebec. it. is eill-me did hm any longer. Try Trmrilrfrvila ii .lt.i"s malrd that. by 1954-55 Canada ivillwmm than M. He was knocked 1”... need 71.200 public school teachers. mnxiom End md HM remember

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George- town and Vrrnon River riiioyed any afternoon drive. latcr calling at ,-,- p,.,-m,-,.5y ! the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson, Lower Montague, for re- sumwm L. h,,, 5,... and dnughm-.lircshmenls. Besides the driver and

and lxlrs. Spencer Llewr-llyn. On Satilr-I day the Rehckahs sponsored a very mghwm,

.siiccrssful tug day for the Walter drive 1:1”. the .prrirPcds of which will go to this mm,

, '-rim A Inquest Held In Death On Road At St. Charles

. A coroner's jury at Souris last night decided that Allan James Mnccormack. 41, came to his death on July 3 on the st. Char- les highway by "losing control of his car and being thrown there- from while driving at an excessive rate of speed.”

Coroner Dr. M. N. Beck presid- ed. Mr. S. S. Hessian. Q.C.. of Montague represented the crown.

The first witness was Louis Burke. 16, of St. Charles. He is A son of John J. Burke and lives at home. On the night of July 3 he

tch. badly smashed up. The witness said he did not ser-

ihc car turn ovcr. The time was labout 3.30. He was about 300 yards away when the accident happened.

He ran to AlbertGallant's near- by and got him to take the injur- ed to hospital. They found Ar- ihur Gallant ta brother of Al- bertlsl near the fence beside the load.

Thr witness reiiiained at the scene of the abcident. and did not touch Allan Maccormack. Harold Gallant was there too.

Later one of the R.C.M.P. took ihe. girl to hospital. There had not been room for ll('l' in Albert Gallaiit's truck. The witness left alter the police Rl'l'll'9d.

Going Very Fast

The witness said the Maccor-i niaok car was "going very fast" when it. passed lilni. He would say it was going 65 miles per hour. It was too dark to see the car turn over,and the road was very dusty.

Harold Francis Gallant. 20. St Charles fisherman. corroborated the evidence of tile previous wit- .ness. He did not see the car t.urn over either. It. appeared to be travelling between 60 and '70 when it passed him. He was never in the car but. it. appeared to be in

”good shape". Arthur Gallant. St. Charles farmer. said Allan Maccormack.

Margaret Feelian and himself left the wedding party at Jerome Gal- lant's home between .1 and 3.30 to go home in MacCnrmack's car. He remembered they had trouble starting it and went out the lane very slowly in the St. Charles highway. When they reaclied the the driver started to

Gallant said he lived about two from MacCoi'mack'n. The jroad runs IlDi'il'l.lll'ld south.

1 When they got. to J. J. Burkcfs store the car look a swerve to the side of the road. The witness said reinembi-r anything

janything until he woke up in bed 'in Souris Hospital about an hour later.

The ll'lillPS5 said he was sealed in the middle of the front. seat of the car. ll cluh coupe. 1

He said he told the driver to slow down. The witness said he had a few drinks at the party. he did He did not

not. know how many l remember being fired from the: car. i l The witness said Mnccnrmack lwas "as sober as l was.” He hadl one drink with Marcormack nndy did not. see him think any more.

The car was ll 1950 Ford. Maccormack had the car only about ihrce weeks. It was the first car he ever owned. The witness sairl he would say they were going probably about 60 miles per hour. He shouted to Maccormack to; slow down. "l was afraid." thel witness said. He could not lay ill

i the road. corresponding to the tires

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the speedometer was working.

Margaret Feehan, 13. St. Mill'- garets. said she was working at Allan Msccdrmsckk keeping house for himself and his mother. She went to the wedding party with him, about two miles away. she said the car, a 1950 Ford. will ll! good working order. she was in the car before. and it had worked well on those occasions.

Lenve For Home

They left for home between 3 and 3.30. She saw MRCCOFMBCK M the party on three different times. Saw him early in the night and he was okay then. saw him again af- ter supper, which was about mid- night. He seemed different at that lime. She would say the differ- ence was caused by it few drink!- Sbe danced with him about I o'clock. He seemed all right then.

She. too, could not emembcr any- thing after the car look a swerve at Burke's store. She would say they were going about fill miles per hour. She had been driving with. him before and he did not drivrl as last the other times. She heard. Arthur Gallant say to the drivery to drive slower.

He bought the car about the end of May. The first time he eV9I' drove A car was when he boilzlll this one. She would not say that he was very drunk.

Dr. Edward Kassiicr. Souris. said that on Jilly .'l he was called in the scene of an accident by the R.C.M.P. on arrival they found It car on its side in a ditch. Allan Maccormack was lying in the ditch covered with 9. blanket. The man was dead. It would be between 4 and .'i o'clock altihougli he did not look at his watch. He knew Mac- Cormack personally.

Maccormackts neck was broken. which caused his death.

Constable L. MacDonald, R.C.- M. P. Souris said that on Jilly 3 at 4.10 A.M. he received ii call to E0 to an accident, at St. Charles. Ac- companied by Cpl, Lionel Strong and Dr. Kassner they drove to the scene. arriving about 445. The car was in the ditch on its side. They found the body of Nliiccormiick in ihe ditch six or seven feet north of the car.

Tire marks on the shoulder of

on the car. were found soliih of where the car was found in the ditch. The ciir swerved towards the west. side of the road, then brick in the centre. and then took a second swerve towards the west, side. It was about 450 feet from where the cor took its first swerve to where it was found in the ditch. The roadl was 32 feet wide. The witness said. he would say the car turned ovcrl about three times to account for the way the hood wot flattened and the other damage.

Constable MacDonald last witness.

Members of the jury were Peterl B. MacDonald. foreman, John J. Burke, Edward Euguene Gallant. Albert Anthony Maccormnck, Fran-

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cls Waiter Gallant. Pills Joseph Mncxinnon, Robert Archie Mac- Cormack.

House Damaged

Murray Hbr. North

A house owned by Mr. William Irving of Murray Harbour North was struck by lightning during ii severe electric storm, destroying part of the flue and piercing ii hole in the roof.

The building however did not catch fire. No one at present is living in the house. Mr. and Mrs. Irving having moved to Montague hut. year.

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TO-DAY and WED.

The action-blazing, adventuroiis events that led up to the last stand at Little Big Horn!

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. .' Pictured above are Mary Mc- Innis. age 10. left. and Doris Pow- er. 8, holding certificates for per- fect attendance which they receiv- ed at the recent closing of the Lit- tle Harbour School. They were the only ones of the twenty-five pu- pils who had perfect attendance records.

W. I. convention At Murray Harbour H.

..' Tlic Annuiil District Con- vcntion of the Pembrokc. Gaspar- eaux, Pamure Island. Sturgeon. Murray Harbour North, Cam- bridge, Albion. Alma. Peter's Road West and Alliston Women's Insti- tutes was held in Murray Har- bour Nortii Hall, on the alter- noon of Wednesday. July 2nd.

Pembroke Institute was host to the convention, with Mrs. James D. Laiiigan of Cambridge, presid- ing and the Cambridge Institute receiving.

The hall was tastefully decorat- ed in the Institute colours - gold and blue - and lovely floral bau- quets were beautifully arranged.

The meeting opened with the "Institute Ode." followed by the ”Club Women's Creed" in unison. The addrrss of welcome was very nicely delivered by Mrs. Hamid Hicken, Pembroke, and responded to by Mrs. Archie McLeod, Cam- bridge.

The niinulra of the last annual convention were then read by the secretary. Miss Belle Hlcken. Pem- broke. and the roll call was re- sponded to by the members of each Institute standing, as called by the president.

MES Elizabeth Daniels, for Miss Robin. Supervisor, a very intercstiiig and instructive talk on colour harmony in the choice of clothes and accelnories. She also gave a. demonstration on "How To Make Hat: With Little Cash Outlay." The hats displayed

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lby her. and which she had made.

were delightfully "chic." trr-mely simple to make.

Miss DanieLs' talk was followed by a hearty sing-song led by the Pamure Island institute members.

Mrs. Julian Hcrrin: then gave an excellent talk on various phases of Institute work. followed by 3 second sing-song in which she took a most. enthusiiistic lead.

Of special interest to all present was the enlightening subject chos- on by Mr. McKenzie. Chief super- visor of Schools for Prince Ed- ward island, who graciously ac- cepted the invitation of the Educa- tion committee. Murray Harbour North. to speak at. the convention. His talk on the need of Regional High Schools for Prince Edward island must. have left in the minds of the parents and teachers alike. it feeling of the great. responsibility they have toward the youth of the Province --the citizens of to- ITIOITOW.

The pl'i'SldN'il. on calling for dis-

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Gravel Arriving for Street: in Town Of Montague

Several car loads of gravel chips for the street paving project or- rived at Montague yesterday from Bedford. N. 3.. it was announced by Mayor .8. H. Yeo at the Town Council meeting held last evening. The tender for unloading was giv- en to Mr. Robert MocPhee. Grand- view. at 00 cents per ton. with employment taxes in the town to be paid by Mr. MacPhee. During the next few days ten cars. each containing 40 tons. will arrive here to be stock piled on Fraser and Annear lot. With its arrival. the street paving program will be ready to be started as soon as machin- ery and asphalt are available.

Following the routine business of reading the minutes. the bills were read. and it. was moved that to- gether with the regular bllls, the balance of 32000.40 be paid to Poole and Beer Construction Com- pany for work done on the streets

during the spring.

In the reports from the commit- lee chairmen, Councillor Nicholson stated that 200 feet of new hose would soon be required for the fire equipment. I-le also reported that the dam at the Burnt Bridge was completed, and that the ,. ,. would be tested there in the near future.

Councillor Msocowan reported on the condition of the si;.reet.s.and also the dump where considerable work had been done by the main- l'3ln9l' 10 Put it in good condition.

Councillor Jamieson r e p o rte cl that the town policeman had re- signed. but that during the interim the town would still be policed to afford protection to the citizens.

The clerk was instructed to pre- Dare the town tax assessme it. lists so that notices might be distrib- uted M early as Possible. After some further discussion on this matter. the meeting adjourned,

53533” Ofvlhe sublect. -spoke briefly in support of Mr. McKenzie's val- ued statements, bringing out the almost impossible task pressed on the teachers in the over-crowded rural schoola.

Mrs. Edwin McDonald. Panmui-e Island. and Mrs. George Johnston, "Alma." Peter's Road. led the dis. cussion.

Fulfilling the old adage-"Nam sensels the spice of life,” the members of Peter-'5 Road West gave it mirth-provoking show -- "My Mother Told Me So," which was very much enjoyed by an,

The arrangements for the next .V'ear's convention were completed. and it will be held at sturgeon Hall with sturgeon Institute en- tertaining. ,

The meeting was brought to ill close with "The Queen." and s dc-i licious luncheon was served by the Pembroke Institute members.

G&SFgT3wn qnd Vicinity-

. 9 Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Scully and two children. and Mr. and Mrs. Don wlckivire and three chil- dren. all of Halifax. N. 5,. motor. ed in Georgetown. arriving on Friday. July 4th, where they were guests of Mr. St-ully's relatives for several days.

Mr. Ind Mrs. Fred Allen were re- cent visitors to the City.

Mr. and Mrs. Rnmle Ccredinl of New York city. accompanied hy Mr. George ortatono. also of New

.TU'LY 15. 1952

Fiddling And Dancing Contest Held At Souris

A very successful fiddling and dancing contest was held lint. night: in Souris Rink. It was sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of Souris Hospital.

Competition was keen and the large audience appeared to enjoy l-heuirozmn to the fullest.

First prize for fiddling was won by Mr. Emmett Chalason of Bear River. Mr. Omar Cheveric of Sour- is was second.

In the dancing contest for ladies Mus Cecilia Gauthier of st. Char- les and Mire. Earl Peters. also of at. Charles tied for first. place in the initial contest. In a repeat per-

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7 i first and Mrs. Peters second. P am

In the men's dancing cornpeti. Lion Mr. Tony ferry og -nnmh came first and Mr. Joseph Long- aphle of Gowan Brae second.

The judges were Messrs. D. J, Muliin. st. Peters. Joseph '1'. Gal- lant. St. Charles and Walter- Briand. West Arichat. Cape 3”. ton.

Mr. Gallant. one of the judgeg who was 81 last April gave an ex. hibition . of step dancing which was greatly enjoyed. Indeed so delighted was the audience um, the former champion had to :9. Wood in it couple of encoi-es.

Campaigning In Quebec Reaches Final Stages

QUEBEC. July 14 - The contest 'for 92 Legislature seats at stake in Wednesday's Que- bec election drove into its final stages tonight with some of the hottest campaigning -- and in some of the hottest weather-- in Quebec's electoral history.

As temperatures rose - they reached into the 90's in some cen- tres today - so did tempers. Flur- rles of charges and counter- charges peppered the record as party leaders and their supporters embarked on a series of whirl- wind meetings. .

Provincial law requires that campaigning end at midnight Tuesday night. Broadcast speeches ended at midnight Sunday night.

Advance voting. for those who spend most of their business time away from home. bcgan today in 22 centres scattered across the province. The advance stations are open from 2 pm. to 10 pm. EST today and tomorrow,