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Farm‘ mechanization story is told by machinery firm
The story of the evolution of farm equipment and farmin method Prmce Edward Is- lmd is told through the history or the Hall Mfg. Co. Ltd. whose activity in this field spans an
ire century. en'i‘hls company. which today supplies everyth‘ng for any type of modern mechanical farming. was playing a similar role 102 years ago. when it inanulactur.
its own marhines. before the days of electrical. mobile wd self-propelled farm imple- m
nts. _ eOlder farmers in the provmce will rcrall Hall Mfg. 00.. pro- ducts. ulta modern by the stan- dards of those years. but out- dated badly by today‘s methods. Many of these farms then pl‘0"(liy displayed Hall Mfg. Co. machines activated by actual horsepower of horses walking on an endless treadmill. Later came the conversion to the power of gas engines which became th e symbol of power for many sta- tionary farm machines. Hall Mfg. Co. grain threshers were among their products that led the conversion from actual hor- sepower to engine horsepower. Today the actual manufactur- ing of implements is left to giant corporations. whose complex facilities are necessarily a part of today's way of doing the bus- iness of farming. CLOSE TOUCH Unlike many ies of its day. this company had a close touch with the farm in- dustry of this province. and the visionary leadership to recognize nds of farming that enab- led it not only to survive but to alter its operation with the years. and grow to farm implement distributing companies in Eastern Canada.
Founded in 1861 by the late Thomas Hall. the company now headed by a father and son team. in the persons of George Kcy Sr. president and general manager and George junior. vice-president and sales mana- ger. with Layton Schurman as secretary - treasurer.
Ralph Hogg and Walter Gam- ble. are travelling salesmen ' the Maritimcs and Mrs. Virginia Svenson heads the credit de< partment. with Joyce Day as stenographer. :
er members of the staff. about 15. some of whom have been with the company for sev-
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m moving out to actual use on Is-
The company prominently 10-, cated on Water St. East. ranks' as a regular point of call to r farmers from all parts of the Maritime Provinces, who are al- ways fascinated by the newest proven types of farm implements that are constantly being assem- bled and displayed briefly before
land farms.
it has been said that there are many farms in I. and the Maritimes. which have some items of farm equipment pur-
been the contract awarded them by the construction of the guard rails and culvrts which chased from. or supplied through W"? Put 31003 the NEW?” the Hall Mfg. Company. last
Metal Products thaws progress
William nix. Jr.. man Lowther. Jr.. the present managers at C h a r1 ottetown Metal Products Ltd. took over the company in 1959.
and Nor-
Since then. business has
doubled. the staff has increas- ed from three to eight. former building has been doub- led in size and much new ma- chinery has been added.
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Helping such expansion h a s t o for
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Bewness expands fleet
owner (1 Bowness Transport Ltd. began operations from High- field. P.E.I.. with one unit mak- ing two trips weekly to and from Halifax. Nova Scot-is.
A second unit was added the
In 1950 Arthur Bownese began\
Truro. Halifax
ed up on either on delivery at its destination: iihe following day before noon.
es WL'L'ams to send flowers to any part of the world. With a staff of five and a, lapecial delivery car, Williams' tween Prince Edmrd Island and iis still p 1 a n n i n g expansion. Annapolis ! Renovations to the p r e s e n t Valley points. offering daily 1 store and a new over-mg“ service, Freight pick.‘added are included in the fu-liradc end a the mu ; ture plans.
TherEE-rdiafini-"The Evening Patriot Page 27-A CIRCULATION At the end of 1962. the publica-
NEW YORK (APi [)ailyltion said. there were 1.760 U.S. newspaper c i r c u l at i o n in- daily newspapers. one fewer creased to almost 60.000000 in than in 1961. Their daily circu-
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wing to be the United States last year. the‘iation. as of Sept. 30. was 59.- publlcation Editor and 848.688. almost 600,000 more Publisher reported Thursday. than in 1961.
next year and one driver was hired to meet the increasing de- mand for service. In 1953 the first semi-trailer was pure seed in order to enable the company i to ship greater loads. siness increased. more.
space was needed. so in 1954 the l firm moved to its present opera- tion site at Belvedere Avenue in Parhdaie. 1‘
In 1060 the business was in-l amputated under the name of l Bownese 'l‘ransm‘t Limited.
At present Bowness Transport
-- Limited operates 11 units bc-‘quai'ters in Detroit. This enabl-
Florist shop 1 is 103 years old '
Williams‘ Fionists Store. the first on the Island. was opened in 1860 at its present site 0 n Upper Prince Street _by the great- great uncle of the pres- ent manager. C.P. Williams. 1
About 40 years ago Williams. joined the Florist Telegraph Delivery Association with head-
eral years are specialists in as- sembly and servicing farm ma-
lnery. Hall Mfg. Company has pion- eered many new farm mach- ine ideas. proven in modern tannins methods and introduced and distributes such well known equipment as new idea grass land machines. Allis-Chalmers tractors. and grain combines. Gray-Snider and John Bean po- tato harvesting equipment. Fleu- ry Bissell cultivating equipment. Hanson spraying machines Westfalia dairy equipment. WIDE RANGE
The range of farm implements sold by the company ‘s so ex- tensive that they are able to sup- ply sny item. that could normal- ly be required in anv
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type of . farming in the Atlantic Provinc- other compan- e
s. The company credits its grow- th to its years of experience and customer confidence and satisfaction and takes satisfac- tion in having farmers every~ where look to Hall Mfg. Co. for the best in machinery and guar- anteed service. along with a re-
liable replacement of parts re- quired.
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Hyndman Insurance firmi marks century of service.
Hyndman and Co. General In- aurance has a long record of naming Islanders. The company was established in Charlottetown in 1872 by Fred W. Hyndman. a retired officer of the Royal
avy.
Since that time the business has remained in the hands the Hyndman family. It was in- corporated in 1910.
President of the company the Hon. F. W. Hyndmsn, who is also Lieutenant-Governor f' 15.1. and directors are R. E. Hyndman. A. G. MacMillan and Miss Sybil Gordon.
When established. the firm dealt entirely in marine insur- ance and was closely connected “ith ships and shipping. the founder's father having built many ships at Princetown OTHER LINES
Gradually other lines of inaus- ance were added. including fire. life. automobile. accident. sick- ness. surety bo ds. etc. until now all lines are handled. T h e company is also provincial agent for Canada Permanent Mort- gaze Corporation.
In addition to the Charlotte- town location on Lower Queen St. the company also maintains offices in Summerside. Monta- aur. and Alhcrion.
The firm has beat in its pre- sent Charlottetown location for approximately 60 years. Two years ago the original building was rebuilt with the addition of the former Island Tele- Nlnne Company building to pro- VidF modern offices and apart- ments An elevator was installed to serve the rental spaces on the
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There is a total office force of 12. persons in Charlottetown while the agency department in- H—
Norma's carries variety of wear
Norma's Lid. Ladies W e a 1' store was opened in 1951 by the late Mrs. Norma Yen at its Present site on Kent Street. Following her death in May of
1962 the business has e e n mana edbyher usbsnd. alph Y
In 1962 the store space a n d staff was doubled when a new Wing was add ed. An increase in business has each year since it opened.
A new department is soon to it? added to the store which Will carry all types of ladies sportswear.
Vorma's carries all
r the bet.- ter
lines in clothing in the med-
nrice range. If there is Iomcthing that the customer Wants that isn't in the store. a Win] order will have it for her in a short time. ,
beddi-n Bros. unprove store
Whnnis and ge Reddln. I, on Dennis Reddln died in 17 Leo M. Doch became
gecplrtner. Roy M. Smallman in me his partner in 1033 lol- RWing the death of Georlt cdtiin. They are still the own- ers of the business.
wSeverallycars ago the store as moved f
"3'2 Richmond
"there would be more much A 0d room for expansion.
the lfire 12 ye a rs ago filmed
“ nside of the building but
"whoa as the smoke cleared . Isle and the store was re-
Milt. Lat year the front of the
"I completely renovat-
give “entire stock was sold in I New
eludes Thomas McAvinn. CLU. Jock Sutherland. Fred Hynd- man and David Hyndman. Lorne Good is in charge of the loan department.
Allison B. MacLean. CLU. is in charge of the Summerside of- fice and. Cyrus Shaw of the Montague office. Several agents are located in various parts of the province.
The company president reports that the business is still expand- ing. and last year was the lar- gest on record.
Spud crop
on economy
Long regarded as the m a 1n cash crop of Island agriculture. potatoes have more influence on establishing the economic out- look each year in this province than any er phase of agricul- ture.
for example. in a good year like 1969 when the Dominion Bin- eau of Statistics estimated cash value on the “6.738.000 to an abnormally low year like 1961 when the cash value was placed at 30.061000. This latter valuation drew sharp enitlcism from agricultural spokesmen here though the DBS people stick to their original estimate. The WV low price of 90
ed to the low return. The 1961 potato returns play- ed the msior part in a sharp
eral political spokesmen locked
the item was forgotten. 40.000 ACRES
tatoes with the acreage varying only slightly each year. and the greatest part of it planted to seed potatoes. although much of the apuds passed for seed are
seed demand does not provide a market for all of them.
A summary of the returns for the past five years has been sup- plied by the Provincial Potato Marketing Board. It shows that the 1967 crop year furnished the biggest shipments with .
450 himdredweight
uc- tion was down slightly in 1950 l
with 13.627 carloads
from the 1959 crop brought 816.- 738.000 for the highest return in the five~year period. It was 310556.000 in
of astirnated farm value for the 1061 m.
0.788.000 bushels had been ship- ped from the 1008 crop year up to the of January. This is down slightly from the 6.522 car- loads of 4.091.000 bushels ship- ped at the same date from the I 1001 crop year.
ELIE! T0 AFRICA
LONDON (Reuters) — Colo~ nlal Secretary Duncan Ssndys
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top influence
65 Queen St.
Returns can vary as widely. .
cents per 100 pounds. eontiribut- '
drop in farm income which new ‘
around for a few days before .
The potato income comes ilrom approximately 46.000 acres of po- ‘
sold for tablestock because the .
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New Legion Plans Opening In June
in .lune of this year the Grand Opening of the new Royal Canadian Legion in Charlottetown is planned. This fine new Legion is the newest and largest on P. E. l. The members of this Branch are proud of their new home and are happy to have it in such a fine community. Membership is now over 1100. this membership is hoped to increase with the opening
of the new branch.
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