‘VAPRILI 1944

THE WESTERN GUARmXNF

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fins-a H-ll _.pgAN WANTED for farm work

Apply W. i... Johnson, Kensinzton

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_Mr. and Mrs. Irancis B. Murphy flqgbdfli, were visitors to Simmer- “, on Thursday.

..-I'0It SALE, i918 2 l2-ton Dodge truck with long wheelbase and “an body. Good as new. 8.000 miles. Phone Summeraide 342.5 m

_ynoral'rv same Mr. w R“ wgrren, Summerside, has

of the cottage on Willow

Ave. at present occupied by F-O.

llan. to Mr. Eldric Arsen-

auit‘ The house was built. only owo

JIOTARY LUNCHEON — Mr. Bu‘); Morrison was the guest ‘penker at the regular Weekly luncheon of the Summerside Rot- ary Club held in the Olympia yes- terday. His talk consisted of rem- iniscences of thirty-three years as an auctioneer, during which time he wnduched over t irteen hund- red sales and sold over a half mil- lion dollars worth of svods- Hie talk was interspersed with anec- dotes and -'humorous incidents which had- occurred during his career. There were two guests. Austin A/Scalea of the Charlotte- town Club and Prank Myers of the Rotary Club of old Ton-n. Malag- U. . -

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—V‘IC‘IOBY LOAN OFFICE 0P- g-Nm .... The headquarters for Prince County for the forthcominB victory Loan which commences on April 28th has been established in ma George MacQuarl-ie office. in the Crockett and Gallant building on Summer Street. Summe ‘-' Th; office ls now open and prelim- inary work in organization is un- derway. The executive remain the same as last year with R. '1'. Dodds chairman of sales, W- E. Darby. Prince County chairman and J. W

atson MeoNaught. vice chair-

mm, meofficq secretary is Mrs. Ml? Rudolph. Mr. - he

L. R. Allen will ai

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HALL. Ken-

Monday

Acknisston 85c m.

4-6-8. —GO0D FRIDAY April ‘l bo- la; a public halide/our more and warehouse will be closed. Sinclair and Stewart, Ltd. 4-5-21.

—WANTII), maid fo housework, good wages. C. K. Gunn, Summers!

r general Apply Dr.

G. 1-5 -6—6—1d.—-I8-N.

For: BUSINESS TRIP ._ Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Callback, Central Bedeque, have gone on a combined business and pleasure trip to sev- eral Canadian cities. While in Montreal they will visit Mrs. Call- becks sisior, Mrs. (Dr.) Ben Tant- on and Dr. Ben Tsnton who have

mil spent the winter months in Mon-

treal where the doctor is taking a special course. S. —FUNEBAL SUNDAY — funeral of the late Charles Heck- bert was held on Sunday at 2 p.

‘m. from the residence of his ne-

phew, William l-Ieckbert. Rev. Mr. Carnegy of the Presbyterian church was the officiating clergyman, The pail bearers were Messrs- Chester Palmer, Vernon Matthew, Robert Rankin, Major Small, Wil- fred Lecky, Arthur McDwen. A service was held at the home and interment was in the People's Cemetery. Hymns sung at the ser- vice were. “Safe In The Arms o! Jesus" and “The Lord Is My Shen- hard." .

—HIGH SCHOOL DEBATING SOCIETY — A debating society has geen organized among the stu- dents of the upper grades of the School. The

Palmer; Secretary,

uis Gallant. The first debate took place Friday afternoon on the following subject. Resolved that the r e for continuous com- munication with the mainland can be ldflqlntoiy fulfilled by ferry and air service Chester MacDonald. Aleah Palmer. George Mcllarlane, spoke for the pro side and Stewart McNeil. Ivan Straight, Howard Macllnrlane and Preston Kelly for the con side. The next debate will

beaheld after the Easter Holidays.

“Soon after I peck my wayout of the shell. I must

have food-but not just any food!

I am a baby-

the little bit I eat will make or break rue-and it

must be just right!

Only fresh, perfectly balanced

food-made expressly for rue-rich in vitamins, min- erals and high quality proteins-can make me live and grow the way I should.

‘That's why I raise my voice a d peep f SHUR- GAIN 18% CHICK STARTER. It's the bgti l

"I need fresh food!

And you know that SHUR-

GAIN CHICK STARTER is made by the SIIUR- ,__ GAIN Feed Service Mill right near our farm-made

as needed!

Please don't give me stale stuff when you

can be so sure of freshness with SHUR-GAIN! “l want good food! SHUR-GAIN CHICK START-

I_, ER is crammed with the

quality materials that are

the beef. insurance of growth andstrength. Nuff said!

“I want iosted food!

Well, thousands of bablyé

chicks have already double-checked SHUR-GAI CHICK STARTER for me, at SHUR-GAIN Experi-

mental Farm,

before I ever take a bite. The proof

i of the pudding is in the eating! 1 “Hundreds of thousands more chicks are getting

SHUR-GAIN CHICK STARTER every year — b

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, cause it pays to BUY THE BEST — FOR MY SAKE- AND FOR YOURS!” 2 IN SHUR-GAIN FEED SERVICE

ins mu Division of

Ganada Packers Ltd.

. KENSINGTON, P.E.I. ' (IO-OPERATE WITH :-

IL D. I'll. North Tryon Menard s McKay. Northana

I. I. Morris. lllnkol’!

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Claodo MoNeiIl. 0'Loal'v Mnofllnailgan A Boyle. Hunter Rival‘ II. S. Izod. Vernon liver

i. A. Molae. lleatherdalo .l. slimming‘ Negvmapla: v n. e lwehonnle. Blnradale "onion Ron. Vernon liver - towart I leek. Montana

C. Wilkinson. Sllrllllflfi" W" WII Dairy CI». North -

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Stuart Erwin‘

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Boss" ' '

Also News 8 - MARCH 0F TIMI SHOWS 7.80 and 9.15 THURSDAY A1‘ 8.80

SUMMERSIDE IEJQIEIEJLIJIQIEIEJIQIEIEJIEJ

—I.AGISTRATE’S COURT —1l Sulnme ‘ last week a. man from out of town pleaded guilty before Maxi-strata w. a. Darby, K.C., of having had a still in his possession. v He was fined $100 and costs.

—FUNEB.AL MONDAY — The funeral of the late James A. Mor- rison was held from his residence on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock tn the People's Cemetery. The of- ficiating clergyman was Rev. Mr. Carnegy of the Eesbyterian Church who was assisted by Rev. Mr. Bilson, pastor of the Central Street Christian Church. A quar- tette sang "Shall we meet beyond the River” at the service held at the home. Members of the quar- tette were as follows: Messrs. Low- ell Hancock, J. C. Mountain, Maur- ice Mili and Earl Schurman. Pall bearers were T. D. Carruthers, A. S. McKay, John E. Campbell, Fred Muttart. C. B. Morris. M. F. Schurman.

—WOMEN WORKERS —A great deal of credit icr the efficient manner in which the distribution of Ration Bock No. 4 was carried out in Summeside is due to the different women who, as volunteer workers, attended each day and helped with the distribution. Herc

ed. Mrs. S Watson. Mrs. M. Delan- ey, Mrs. Kendall. Mrs. R. MacMill- an, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Davy, Mrs. R. S. Martin Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. 5811291‘. Mrs. Clark, Mrs- Eric Mac. Kay. Mrs. McAr-thur. Mrs. J. Steph- ens. Mrs. Moscrip. Mrs. I... Rogers, Mrs. E. T. Tanton. Mrs. H. H. Nich- olson. Mrs. Frank McNeil, Mrs, F. Daley, Mrs. Neil Durant, Jr., Mrs. W. A. MitLon, Mrs. A.W. vey. Mrs- S. K. Todd. Mrs. R. E. Berry, M" 3- Gerraway. Mrs. R. T. Dodds Mrs- FJ-E- Wright. Mrs. Gilli-s, Miss M. Nicholson, Mrs. W. A. Cur. r19. lvLrs. Jack MacLeod. While the distribution is now concluded any Person who failed to obtain a new book may be issued a book on ap- plying to the office of the ration administration in Charlottetown on or after April l7. g,

—Mr. louis Connick. Norboro. is spendin a few days at Mlscouchc, the guest of his sister and brother- ln-lew. Mr- and Mrs. .1 Emmett Power.

Charge Prisoner With Having Beer In ifside Jail

It is understood that n. charge is being laid under the Excise Act against a. pris'...er in the Prlnpe

tllliflnoe a few weeks ago. Ac- cording to the report this prisoner, who was the lone inmate of the institution at the time, is alleged to have become drunk one evening shortly after supper. Apparently the two lailors were unable to handle him and called on the RC. M. P- who have their quarters in the building. for assistance. When, the police arrived and investigated they found a quantity of beer in the cell. How the beer had been lmllflflled in is not known. It is ex- pected tha case will be tried on Saturday morning before M5315. trite W. E. Darby. K.C.

IS TRANSFERRED LONDON. Ont.. April 4 —- (GP) - Maj. William Hale of Sarnia, Ont, has left military district Ne,

..o. a, today. A former city editor of the Somia Canadian Observer. Ma]. Hale joi- ned the Royal Canadian Onianco Corps in December. i940 and has served on headquarters staff of twn divisions and as camp ordnance of. ficer at Debert, N. S.

MLYFIZUQQF

WANTED T0 RENT, TWO TYPE- writers for use during Victory Loan Campaign, TIIOng at once leoo, National War Finance Headquarters. 4-5-11.

FOR SALE. A NUMBER OI‘ young milk cows. cheap for quick sale. Knud Jorgensen, Frederic- ton. i-a-ii.

FOR SALE

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T0 B! SOLD by public auction In front of the Court House at Summer-side at 12.00 o'clock noon on Wednesday the ma day of Ap- ri 1044, the house and Iot form- er oeou Catherine Milk at the corner o Central and Ar- gyle Streets in the Town of lneraldo.

.. on of same to be given

pat‘ later than the lat day of Jane nilrsn a: Snnuneralde can

llth dlv of March. A.D-. IO“.

ILT. ‘IANTON. Surviving Trustee. Estate of II. C. Mills.

3- pletecl in the

is a list of the women who work- r

County Jail as the result of a dis- “m,” handicap which the 1°55 o,

ein

latter from Council

Col. ‘Ibo Hon. J. L. Balaton, Minister of National Defence.

lgtion of the Town Council of you their grave anxie this Rrorvince in regard on to and from outside world by land or Thsv wish to forcibly support

of

mier, on. J. Walter Jones, has voiced his alarm, stating in uncertain terms the gravity of situation- His candid, clear

statement can ’ the of all. Then- is no question in

enduring s

delay and neg

The construction of this new ferry was a necessary war ef and the old arguments of scar

countenanced or received

treatment.

your exerting every effort to

time for we cannot know the

the sioned in time for next winte

summer for completion, but may be impractical. In any e

ical to every man on Prince

every presv | to of the new ship." Yours faithfully.

Town C Col. Ralstonb Reply

Ottawa, March 29, J .I-I. Strong, Bu, Town Clerk, Summerside. P.E.I. Dear Mr. Strong,

I have your letter 11th regarding the the 'I'ou'n CGUIICII their anxiety c.er ntion sltuancn .0 and frcrn Mainland.

of

expre

over this oblem

town unfortunately sank to

w h

one phase our another of

osede

do not know of left untried in my efio

fts to do was done to overcome the the Charlottetown created.

Prince Edward Island believe

the hardship being suffered at present

ernment" as you put it

Island know the cizplllnsta

sense to make allowance for

l to assume new duties at M. D. lmg new, ifax, it wag announced who; our

its class in the world, and by

Summ Col. JL. Ral-

"i-have been instructed by reso-

wn of Bummerside to express to ty and con- sternation over the crit cal position

water.

publicly expressed views of our pre- who

opinion

of our people's minds, of whatever"

pfiiiiiltitflhllskflflililig, as to tithe reasorés

w y prov nce of e Confe - Sm m.

5- oration is today I m as have

mardship; simply the indifference. ect. of those entrust-

ed with this duty of government. {yard on to building a ferry would,

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question — the Ministers of Trans- port and Public Works, officials in th part-ments. and officials of the Canadian National Railways. any means that I

. On t contrary, I am confident that most of the citizens of Prince Edward

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to the

the no

our cut

any

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car fort city

of material, money or men cannot stand, It was expresed in Coun- cil that no other section or pro- vinq- of this Dominion would have such

We realize the heavy responsi- bilities imposed on governments in these years but the penalty of lead- ership exists always; as our repre- sentative for this Countv of Prince. we urge on you the dire need of

the

end that th- new car ferry be com- sllortest possible

day

when the old car ferry may meet a disaster ending in a total isola- tion of this province by land and sea. Certainly with another winter

to face before the new ship is avail-

able our outlook is indeed serious. It has been suggested that perhaps new ferry could be commis-

rif

some of the fittings, furnishings. etc, were left until the following

this

vent

we solicit your energetic attention to this, our major need, today crit-

Ed-

ward Islanrl "id urge you to exert hasten delivery

(SgdJJ . H. Strong,

lerk.

1944.

March resolution of , - h1g1 navigation which would be Just as "T0,:

SS

the transport-

lhC

May I say at the outset that no one felt more anxiety and concern pr than myself. From the day the SS. Charlotte-

the

present, not one week, and I might almost say without ---exaggcration. scarcely a day has passed that I have not been in communication

it someone in authority regard-

ihc

I

C11"

sure that what it was possible to

very

I find myself unable to accept; your statement that the citizens of

that the

ime is due to "the indiff-

IICES

and have the fairness and good

the

feotthat the service has been crip- ed byijcthe regrettable loss of a t w h was the finest ferry of

the

fact that wartime conditions have

made it impossible earlier to dertake the construction of a one to replace her.

Un- IICW

from Prince

I, my olieaguos Edwcgd Isianfii, may have erred in

l) to advertise efforts have been. have preferred

We

that such stale-

ments as could be made from tune

to time should be made by the tais have

unoemen have we felt that or desirable to take up the tim the House, for the purpose of b on record

"tors on which wa were able to

ap- not

c of eing

l-Iansard, with mal-

BEI-

quioker and more effective action

by dealing directly

nrith the Min-

ister of the department, or official

concerned

After tnc sinking of the “Char-

lottetown" every effort was

inl-

mediatelv made to find a fill-in

boat, without success. Every

ibllity that was heard of in th Nor-tlr__yur_ia_rfoan coltincltlaslrlly ' think you will agree that every_e_f-

Taste - Me Difference!

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THE C ETOWN GUARDIAN S’si_de Town Council Protests Delay In ,_,,,,, Securing New Ferry '.-:~..a;-____.___.

The following th toxt r iat- lorl. one wri "bye o c aide Town Council

atou, expressing‘, "grave anxiety and conatsrnat n over the criti- cal tion of

Mmops and war stores to prepare In

, and power required is a very special. lives in the Sicilian and

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esoort vessel ev merchant ship was of inoai- m cula 1e value. taken off the boa transportation. even today seems to lust how tilehlnadwgr ship- was. rs,we eep o. _

g across the Atlantic the ffim l“ ""33".- gf uIIdIEh anal tfood and weapons to a‘ 11 111D a Island Fortress to make a jum of! place for umbearirlg cars of w invasion of Europe. Secondly, am loaded with freight, while 25 were more recently, we had to keep up 881M8-

an enormous flow o c '_"' ' "Wm “I radvln aonanus ores - All for the drive to rid the w F“ W“! ° Wiwlme "e illcriim, “m o‘ {rpenatio mots: trairlc, it hwas To help in this vrork, Canadian‘ m?" V6514?!‘ iV- bomb‘ $04108 l"! been mvemhyy been closed becausewi snow drifts working to turn out Shipg 1m- ior several weeks. A few dirt roads lranspogtisand escort Dllxlposes, we, and sougle gragg hfigayiulzre also were a v ed that to turn 0W0 WM l ° mil-ill’ “ “m” are still blocked in spots aithouin the number open is being extended daily. Many dirt roads are not passable for motor traffic because of mud where the snow has thaw- ed away. Roads are drying up rarpidly once the snow leaves, how- ,ever. and there is said to no little

rrost in the ground,

mean abandoning construction of tell cargo vessels or eight egwn Vessels._ lne only Lhing may, fnakeg it possible these days m mmg or invasion ls the lace that these Slliiiyilros have given first priority to war vessels.

I dlcl not sec then, and I do ml, sec nozv, having '- d to —i- mow-S, 1,0,, we 353i‘; have FAREWELL PARTY—'I‘he ataff lied to Britain and the united of Falco Jud Hospital assembled States the stopping oi work on recently to bid farewell to one of vztaiiy needed war ships and me their oldest and most esteemed em-

tleing up of a yard lior rm lengmy ployees, Mr. MacEwen, of IJEHOd requlred at that time. Say e Harbour, who served as I know that the Clillells of Sum- hosp tal carpenter for several

merslde and the citizens of Princewears. An address was read by Dr. Edward Island wouldn't ask that R.D. MacLauchlan and the pres- the, war ciiort crippled in that entation of sivupurse was made by Qhaéynpfimf Eiillflfti Island has Mr. Albert liigan, after which cvervlfieidvgélliy and patriotism in Mr. MacEacher-n expressed his men-ts m me Alllljrirlllgdfltlzfitévéigs. lerrlzlist- thanks and received the best wish- fm. victow mam. Rm Crass gig es of those present. "Hilly olhlr worthy war undertak- ings» and 1'11 Personal service; and for the wcisarc of our troops.

1 "Rant Just mention here that on account of the agg of the can

I Funeral Service

erry

"Prince Edward Island", 1, like '

many others had some quegqonmg in my W" mind as to wnether she was capable of carrying on the service, Bu. in this like all the rest

or us’ I had w A funeral service was held in

mks the Dlllnion d! st. Mary's Auglican Church, Sum-

thcse who knew mor be -— | , e a ut such merside on Tuesday evening for the ‘things than I did We were assured late F0. Stewart Alexander Cof-

that nmlvlmlsl-flnding her age she fin of Calgary, Aita., who had been iwas l1 W811 built. sound. sturdy boat killed in a flying accident on Sun- with a "mm" "f Year-i 01 80nd ser- day. The service was conducted by vice ahead of her yet, and I must. Flt. Lt. D. Smith, Chaplain at the say that her record for 1943 was ex- Mount Pleasant airport. ceptlonally good. The body was forwarded yester- ‘I know that the record has been day morning to Calgary for_ burial far less satisfactory since the first wher; there will be s. military fun- cf the year, but my information 1g eral. It was accompanied by Mrs. that the stoppages which there have Coffin and I-‘O. Harry Pane. A been, have not been due w the age largo number of the officers and or wlldition of the boat, but gm,“- men from the Mount Pleasant air- to unusually bad ice conditions in D0"? Were Dre-Bent at the service- ilhe Strait 01‘ to accidents lncurredln m9 hymn‘ We" "FY5159 M)’ 54ml"

w“ fiing of Heaven" and "Abide likely to occur to e bo g e3

this one, may .05, 2;: meimnfhg 1'0. Coffin was a son of Dr. Ern- 1 have any idea ma; the malnwm ast Coffin, Ph.D., who is a native once cf me servgce by theapflnoe of Prince. Edward Island and at- Hfivard Island» is anything more tended Prince of Wales College. S. than utilizing the best servlpgl "Mir which is available to u; during me‘ interim until improvements can be made and until the "Charlottetown"