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AGENTS: lira. John Pond, I1 Ohureh Streetw-Phone In

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PBWOI COUNTY

1 News, Subscriptions. Advertising

should be left with Mrs. Pond.

The Guardian may be bought gaiiy at any of the following gem-q m umns " .

Ieil Bookstore. Bakery,

The Guardian vrlii be delivered carrier Boy at 2o per day or 10o per ‘we your order to the boy responsible

Water Street. Gourlies Drugstore, Wsm sung, 10mm, Water Street Mark Gsudet, e1 Grenville street.

to any home in Bummerside by week. Phone 289 for this service or for deliveries on your route.

{his eolumn Is reserved for news o! hclli interest, but advertising of a ‘only nature may be inserted at I mils a word. strictly payable in advance- _BlSMA-REX for stomach up- Wis at Taylor Drug Co., Kenslngton.

_BUY dvgavcg: fsrmofinclng and anize ar wiren a gun's. flv 11-203-1 -30-Zi.

-11. N. UBRYAN of HolLRen- [you nnd Co., Montreal is buying [urs daily at office bi Charles

Rogers, Sunnrnerslde. Lv-Mli-IZ-IB-tf.

-I§UY Pui wood, one-man Saws and extra B odes, at Bruce's, L-203-12-30-2i.

—F0iv. SALE-We offer, subject w quick sale, 48 acres woodland on Curtain Island Malpeque Trading Co. Ltd. L-263-l2-30-3i.

Personals

-Mr. Norman MaeLeod of the R_(}_A_F‘_ spent the Chritmas holi- days at his home in summerside.

_.Mr, Francis Arsenault. student in Montreal is spending his Christ- mas holidays at his home in Sum- merside-S.

-Miss Ella Gay was I. weekend visitor to Ch'town.-—S.

-Mrs. R. J. MacNeill and Miss Doryse MacNeill of Tyne Valley were recent visitors to Charlotte- iOWll.—-S, '

~Mr. and Mrs. Veniah Milligan of sununerside left recently for Purl Huron to visit their daugh- ter. Mrs. Katherine Church at Port Huron-S.

—Mr. Ross MacKenzie of the R. c. A. F. at Ottawa spent the Christmas holidays at his home in Sluumcrsidla-S.

—Scrgt, Eric sheen of the B. C. A. F. at st. John spent Christmas nrlth his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George sheen Surnrnersider-S.

-Frionris will regret to learn iiini Mix. Charles Ramsay of l-lar- vzud Street, Summerside, has been Oillisrd to enter the Prince County Hospital for treatmenla-S.

—N[r. Russell Ramsay of Amherst. spoilt Cilrisimas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ramsay, S'- Bloc-S.

~Mr. Allison Delaney of the R. C. A. F. at Montreal spent Christ- ma: with his parents Dr. and Mrs. Delaney, S‘Sidc.—S.

-—Miss ch11; LeBrcche of the n. C. A. F. Civil Service Department

Montreal, was s. visitor over the goliiéiays with iVlliss Edith 1‘ ' , ‘s e.

-l='lt. Lieutenant Arthur ‘Bren- firm who spent the Christmas vaca- tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Brennan, S'Side, has returned logs duties at Hagersville, Ontar- o.

-Mr. Imlls Moore. son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Moore, S’Side, who spout Christ-mas with his parents has returned to his duties with the Royal Canadian Navy. Mr. Moore is takin an advanced course in wireless tructlon.-S.

Residence of Mr. Harold Schunnan Badly damaged

The residence oi Mr. 11111113 damaged by fire on Monday Illofilillg.

I30 in the mornin underwa by thgt, "my 01' Binated in the and ran up through the wells the back part of the house an

Tflbldly.

the fire was under control

house was badly gutted, the “min: through the roof. The

Nmalnder of the house ruined by smoke and water.

Dart of the house was r moved

deuce of Mr. Maynard

MAXI FIDWIR! LAST TWICE A8 LONG

Gills of E116 pleasure twice as {£11 118k your flcrfet for uoil-‘flyiilfe andmfailow n

- eep em s!!! 11°" of lamps and rad "lmlber that. crowding 2°11"! arrancementq is

calihful as it is inartis it'll‘: of flo-w "1111118. shoul broken on u

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of ic. Wood

ave their

1111161’ flowers should 5-911" cut. off unde" water wl'|~ ih

breathing mace

Harold Brhurman on summer street was Fwd 311086.

The fire was discovered about and was well e. It upper; M"°m",‘, ANTICIPATING omen

d PEOPLE'S TROUBLES WON'T on reaching the attic spread very MAKE “w

Tile firemen were quickly on the scene but it was two hours before

The north and west wit: the "$0,,

I0 n" afterwards w . nil - G Cgacknexfioorxrlngstlypstgalgigo bitllgclzf‘: yglgciglfi. 131:“ she does not really

‘Iire house was formerly the resi- molded ‘Wmlon F- 561ml‘- love, she'll say ooyly, “It won't be 11111“. his son, Harold, onlymoved like iélto the house n. short time odor-q make

from the iatora. Re fresh had ust as im-

. like chrwsanlhe- stern: r water as soon l! W11 receive them; roses and mcet fines have their

5111111111! stroke of a sharp knife i° brovlde a maxlmium area of then."

—SPECIAL bo f h 1 lbs. for 08c at Taylo? Drfilgotgiftgen? sington.

—-NEW HAMPSHIRE PULLETS for sale. Apply box 472, summq- side. L-252-12-30-li.

-BUY d handles. réihfféiiw? at gl%gce’§?m' L-2lXl-i0-30-2i.

—FOR SALE-One 5.horse power International farm engine, 1939 model; also three new wood Keisha ready for use. Malpeque “M11118 Company,

L-264-l2-30-3i.

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Miss Victoria MacLean, Reg. Nurse, e. graduate of the Iioronto Watern Hospital '39, now on the slaff of the Ontario Hospital, Queen 5t, Toronto and formerly of Norlham P. E. Island has been appointed by the Dominion Gov- ernment as one of the 300 nurses from the Dominion of Canada, for war service in South Africa. Miss MacLean is the sister of Captain,

lottetown on December" 4th Philip Everett Wedlock, of River, P.E.I.,

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In Memorlam

l’. EVERETT WEDLOCK

The death took place in Char- 1941, of Hunter at the age of sixty.

Tile late Ml‘. wedlock was a native o! Stanley Bridge, son of the late John and Mary (Lamont) wedlock, of that place. 1n his early manhood, he was a partner with his brothers in the operation of a general store ill that village, and at tllc some time engaged in the buying of livestock and the exporting of farm produce. About thirty years ago, he moved to Hunter River, where he became widely known throughout a large section of the province as an exten- sive buyer of ive stock, and for a number of years was the solo rep- resentative of tile _SWiiL Canadian Company in Prince Edward Island. Ill this capacity he wasbrougilt into touch witn a wide circle of lricntls and acquaintances, and W35 highly CStUCillCtl us an honourable and up- right man of business whose word \\..s ti.) good us" ills bond.

H lso took a cicsp interest in the

he lived, and was instrumental ill orguuizulg the first electric light plant in Hunter River, Other com- lfllmitv interests such as the schoo and the Church also received share of his interest and service. Progressive in his outlook, he ups one of [llC first owners of Tn auto- mobile alter the roads 0i tic prev- lnce were opened to their use. About ten years ago, he was

_ stricken with serious illness. Despite

all that medical skill could do, he

_ became unable to walk, a great ai-

fiict-icn especially for olic ilnhcrto so active. But through the years of comparative ilelpicssllcss, and inval- iclisnl he faced llie with courage and hope, and ever greeted his friends wit a smile and a cheery word.

deep gap in the family circle. ‘

l..- .th.~..;1l was held from St. James Manse, Charlottetown, to winch he and ills family had remov-

passing leaves a

ed for the wintcr. 1t was coilducted by his minister, Rev. B. D., Hunter River. assisted by Rev.

L. M. Murray,

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' Naval Control Service officers had 8611i out coded signals, moving our 11mm from berth to berth and port

"he" 1-119 811198 were assembled, mad)’ for their Sailing into the war areas, eclténforclclcc, in which our ' s an ~ ‘ - disc“ their our captains 11nd readiness to face the enemy.

0f @116 001111111111113’ 111 W111C11 with merchant ships, riding lazily

u the makirvr. identified each vrssel

WINTER C ON V0 Y

B! mm. r. n. Bartlett, nclmvn.

The fleet was at sea.

Bunnd us were the days when Ahead of it. sturdy minesweepers

had v assured a channel free of possible danger from the floating deaths which the enemy lets loose 1111011 the waters. Around them, Carmdlan naval escorts craft clrel- ed _i.n ceaseless, vigilant guard “K111111551 Sllblflillllle attack. Over- ltrad. aircraft formed their Sh“; of tile protecting Screen whieh L; given a. fleet at sea.

Our sea-most ships were rising and fallmz to the Atlantic swell long before the harbour behind us “'11s emptied of’ our sisters, Up and do?" 1119 1011A‘ line of merchant 511195 the escort vessels steamed in steady patrols, weaving their mum less paticm of protect-ion which would not. be relaxed until the con- voy was safely in the various har- bours to which it was bound.

$1°W1y. so slowly as lo be almost Wllficflllihic, the line of ships commenced to alter formation. Ifrom file corrullotiorcls ship, at the line, signal flags ilad whipped out. Veteran of many crossings, wise in the ways of n fleet at sea, ms conlmodol-c was ordering his chargvs into shorter, more easily guarded columns. l-lls vice and rear conllnotiorcs, working to plans well prepared beforehand, were taking over their own divisions of mer- Chilntmen. manoouvering them u skillfully and as steadily as, in other _dnys_ (when they wore their flags lll ships of the fijating force) they had manoeuverecl ships of war.

The fleet came into station. The one long column split into several shorter ones and the size of the fleet became more apparent. To port and starboard, ahead and astsrn, “'91P i111l1s steadily steaming on- ward. 'l'll-2se were the illipg that, Hitler boasted he was going w sweep from the seas! And these were from but one port,

W? P1°11Eiled on through seas llrfiivillg steadily higher, and into a lvlncl \vll‘:'h brollrzilt biting cold with _ii. On our_ bridge, and in {he (llllylllllly swaying cl‘o\v's nest on our mast, keen-eyed seamen kept constant watch over tl-rg ulaterg on the bridges of the shins of our

. Fort. thcir follows rvcrc sharing the

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final strategies in

Now the fleet was at sea, From the grey shore line we had left behind, to the far horizon w 111111511 We 1'~'91‘e steaming, shipg 511011811011 the; solemn way tllrou-gll e Wavlés- e were mceed “line ahead," for lhfispwus 513%“: 3110111 alsosy, numbering its ships scores and waiting until well 91531‘ i?! 511011? before forming cruis- 111g {hsliositlon fol‘ the night.

Line ahead" and “cruising dis. P0$1l1011"—go0(l naval terms they; but it was not a battle fleet to which they were being npplied,

Our fleet was one of merchant 5111115. Peace time carriers 0f cargo who today were setting out to run the gauntlet of torpedoes and shells and bombs from enemy raiders of sea and sky.

So, since the first days of war, merchant ship convoys have been leaving Canadian ports. In their deep-laden hulls the ships have carried tile food supplies, the sincws of war. iile vital necessities. across the ocean to the Island Fortress which is Britain.

Secretly, for in secrecy lies safety, thousands of rlxips bearing millions of tons of cargo have left Canada.

Our convoy was typical.

0110 Iliflht the port was filled

to their anchors in the peace of a sheltered harbour. ‘The next day saw a harbour empty. Cianking wincilasses had raised the anzlmrg, (iilurnhlg (propellers were driving the fleet on its way across the sea.

From the bridge of one of the fleets Royal Canadian Navy's yvar- sllip escorts I had sccn the sailing of the fleet-and had marveiled at l‘vl "wrnoscful prccisnn with which it lttvl been zwcomp d

In the grey of an A c morn- vizil. Al. c vilicnns in ire ships 1"" we SiHYiFIi lo slip ugh the of war .y trained operhtors opened submarine d. which were lied. m ilice..alitly for the guarded the Port Signal pendants. vru-‘tnlilgs their submarine detec-

whipping in a glowing wind which

tors mfzrht bring. gave promise of a winter storm in

The fleet was at sea . . . s fleet, in which merchantmen as well as shin: of war maintained battle stations.

The cold became more apparent with the coming of night. In the Efliilefiflg dusk we ‘git sight of the farther ships. .of the high- funneiied Greek and the newly-

qllickly for I1’: scurlyving: launclics which boa‘. l. ‘rc Naval Control Service Officer nlxtl ills staff, were scciuw that U13 sailing schedule was being maintained.

"We sail at 9:30 in the morning" had been the film] orders delivered

the Rev. C. M. Macbean, now serv- D. CJBOOtilTOYG, l3. A, oi 'l.l..l y g1“. night b=vfQ.f:\_ Dam,“ N0,“ an of the 51a,» ing overseas with the 1st Army unurcn, anti Rcu r. H. B. seniors... At 9:30 in the m"l'nlng_ 1O the -d-.,1 mum“. _ , “m, “flared Red Tank Brmadt ‘hs- T- M~,°1.Sd1-£11“111$$UQWQS minute, the can: " ‘s ship iiarl 11M p“. 11.95,“ look-mg 11° 1111151“ 111C114” 1° "1111 1~ 1 started mo rr Sfrlllillti. in pride Dughm-uj T1 ‘ ' Love that will not lct me go," and a ..‘ . _ _ ‘ ‘1 1°50 0511113111 was 5° B - p |- any; isrlis: start“ "‘ sir.‘ omit; use: o ‘rm l ' l," r ‘on .. , “' " ‘- ‘ '_

oys ar Iament am pulling." y The interment was We “111 i1“; i111°11¥11 ihPHB-“FS could carry cu his country's War in the People's Cemetery. The poll i‘? 50 111F111?‘ m 1111M hflervflli _ i116 at sea. T1 v are international fleets

o t s k I" bearers we're Armulzi 1! ~.?1‘li.‘>‘t\;li, A. 11191‘1'13:f.°1e ma?“ hm‘ conumwd tin: protection of the a B B. Bngllnil, W. D. Maciiay, J, s, and the intervals were marvcllnusly a meg, dayx M“, an RAALCHL... J. 1-‘. Llultioll llllQ W. C. smrill. , all the Free peoples

~ Macllcod. At the exact stnteci interval after rel nod illlltlllg thenl.

SAOKVIIJLE. N.B., Dec. 29- (GPi-Tile annual Maritime Tuxis and Older Boys‘ Parllamtnt opened here tonight at Mpun; Allison Academy with 25 delegates present. Plans were made for the formal opening tomorrow and cabinet menlbe were elected as follows:

Premier, Whitney Dal pie, Bridgetown, N.S.; Leader o the Opposition, Ronald Mont, Halifax; Speaker. Linden Peebies. Frederic- ton- Minister of Finance, Frank Phillips, Woodstock, pa; Pro- vincial Becretary and Minister of Omization, Ronald Drysdale, H x; lvilinlster of world Broth- erhood and International Affairs, Joseph Campbell. Truro; Minister of Physical Alffoirs, Law Farrell, Newcastle Bridge, N.B.: Minister of Devotional Affairs, Eric Kins- man, Kentviiie, N254 Mirlister of Publications, Elmer Matthews, O'-

, ESL; Minister oli Social

, Donald‘ Chesworilh, Saint ; Minister of Intellectual A1- iairs, Gordon MacLeod. Sydney; Minister Without Portfolio, Ralph Sham, Hart-land and Ernest Boehk, West/ville, N.S.; Clerk, Allan O'- Brien, Halifax.

Other members are Wendell Phinney, Kentviile. Garth Brown, 111F199!’ Cfunard. N.S.i Ncfl Elgee, Dartmouth; Bruce Kddy, Dart- mouth; Hugh Campbell. Sydney; George Jones, Pownal, PILL: O0- bum hihcllleggan, Bleckvllle, NB; Malcolm Bales. Bmokfield, NB:

Windsor, N5; Orvai my. W ok

Victor Moriarty, New Glasgow, N.S., a student at Pine Hill Di- vllnity HalL-Halifax, is the Dink I he Parliament.

POPULAR

‘mere i; no woman lees charm- than the woman who oes around helpduliy an

ticipetlng sr

le's troubles. always feel a little better before you see her than you d0

Yet she isn't really

. she just likes ‘.0 et you in on what she figures the

l Most o, the ‘unlmm "an me m!“ future holds in store for you.

If you are about to be married - and thomughl enjoying the un- of the marl you

that once you're married, a0

the molt of it."

You'll Never he Iree if eagerly awaiting the Wail}. to your funiiy, she lip-you'll

ii‘!- m flowers and plants will will say, "Well, you might as well long if make up mind to advice on never be ree again." conscien-

we one made of the very vnalerial and it didn't wear well y st all." i‘ 3'33‘ i” “;§..I“§ZW 3'23.‘ £3 ti! 0? that outlwnkyouwosiwlth the kind of people, she'll "1 wanlt to hear how you eel it in 6 months. I'll bet it will

about e seem so wonderful by

not all so abe goes from friend W

Hie is survived by his wife (for-

merly Janie MacKendrlck, of Camp- bcllton.) two

daughters, Marjorie, Nlrs. W. A. Clhcllllc. oi CilllFiCttC- lIY-Tll will Irene uL homo and two

sons, Allan of Sununorslrlc and 110.‘.-

urn \-'i'b:l lilo Uullt. of National Dc- fcllcc. He is also survived by one sister. Mrs. C. F. Stewart, of Caven- dish. To all of these we Join in ex- tending sincere sympathy.

GOLD OF GUIANA

ilrdjol" product

French Guianrfs has been

has been gold, which mined tilere since 1853.

friend pointing out future trouble. Nine times; out of ten she's right- nnci that seems h szvsii’ he's. Silo

.l*;i i _,\ nnpperl as she predicts-Just complacent. It makes her feel that she is wiser tilan other folks, and‘ tilat in an- ticipating their troubles she has really done them a favor.

But she hasn't. All hcr gloomy predictlsns over do is lake the shine off n new exceltelicc r someone vlilo has bern thoroughly enjoying it, And she robs herself of her opportunity to be thought of as a gracious, charming, wann- hgried woman. ‘

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San Francisco, Calif, Pi here on the attack on Pearl Harbor. wlill b1by marked by blackouts, darkened portholes and learilli

dren, who rrrlvcd lng thr- Japanese Mrs. Alma Firshman, They told of a W?!”

rst refugees from the Pacific vvar zone included these Navy wives and chil-

Slcmiily the darkness blotted out the ships. ‘There were no lights to give Us nvni: to the enemy, and k" Si1 .011 called for anxious

the coftlmodores ship had shown her stern to the men on duty in the gatcsllips, lllc STCOlKI ship of his fleet was thrusting her bow in his , \\‘-'11§‘?- _ \ 1nd ccwirult alertness. The

lllcse ivcrc not ships of xvnr, or; mice fllllllfli in long months 111111< N011. practised in fleet mnno- of u r unzi hundreds of such night euvers and evolutions. These were Wdttiirs. now stood in good stead. Pam? cargo carriers. their deep- Iilcre was no slowing of the fleet. laden hulls thrusting sullenly Daylight broke on a tumbling, through the water nhich their whlte-crested-sea _ with the ships sisters in the figlliing service knlf- plunging steadily onward through ed cleanly. -' .

Sulien or keen, however, they kept their station and the fleet put out to sea on schedule.

The fleet was at sea, and the supplies for the Front Line were going through.

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The Commodore flag, and another armlltiu of

oi an Atlantic

ANCHORS AWEIGlll

cnnvny crficrs his signnlmcn tn iwfut lhc wzilrg merchant ships is under weigh, buulill for lirl in.

Oii‘ on their hazardous Journey while the escort

steadily onward, heavy wave. These photos

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CONVOY 0N THE HIGH SEA!

across the Atlantic, ships oi a winter convoy foru- from which they are viewed hurls sharply to a were made by Lleut. Gerald Richardson, ILLKIsXY-lt.

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ment.

Tile word come by cable from the Swiss cousul-gcllerlll at Shanghai, noting as representative of the protecting power for Canadian in- terests Ln Japanese-occupied China.

Officials of the external affairs department said it would be “pro- bably safe to say" not more than 25 Canadians, most of tilem men, are in Shanghai at. present.

Names of the Canadians were not available.

Canadians in Shanghai safe

CYITAWA, Dec. 29 —(CPi —'I'hc drparlmcnt 0f cvtcrnnl affairs an- nounced tonight the receipt of word that nil Canadians in Shfil g- hai are safe despite Japan's entry into the war and the Japanese en-

Stiiiifl-

try into the international Ker-n Millard‘: in the 1101M-

S.S. Lurline from which had sailed from llonoluiu the Friday BR096- Leit to light: Mrs. Louis liuiicr, holding Ray, 4 onths old; Charles Kirk and drughler Frances. Thril- hustardn were left behind. uncertainty.