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MISTLETOE IN FRANCE

Leading Airwoman Audrey Division base in Metz. France. the married quarters. Mistle- T E. Woodward of Victoria. A group of a-ivwomon man- toe g-rows wild in nearby _ B.C.. gathers mistletoe to aged to gather enough to orchards. (CF Wirephoto from ‘

National Defence).

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in liiejackets and all appearedseen in the vicinity of the Ls-

to be ‘lifeless. Later the airkonia.

force said this did not neces- The fire roared up suddenly. just

decorate the RCAF‘s 1st Air decorate all the messes and

24 KNOWN DEAD

‘Colwiﬂllﬂi ‘Wm Pale ll sarily mean all were dead. torce plane radioed from the The British admiralty re» the liner—packed with‘ scene it had seen 100 persons ported that many bodies were 651 merrymaking Christmas va-

Maior Shipping Disasters lmm’:’n‘(l“; m““lf Of 20th Century Recalled

lcruised NEW YORK iAP) — Major!

|tively calm seas. Among the ipassengers was one Canadian. iidcntified only as C. Loyst of lliove. England. and four Amer-

s. . Sept. 17. 1949 —— 119 persons. P5$5¢"8€l‘5 “Cd ‘mm lhelfl

peace-time ship disasters of the . died when the Great Lakes liner . C8binS- from the ballroom and ﬁlth cen y: Noronic ivas destroyed by fire 3<‘|'055 the biz Pl‘0m€llade deck- Aug. 17. 1963 —— 128 persons in Toronto Harbor. drowned when a ferry boat was, Jan. 27. 1949-—Reiugec-packed lcaned across the ship's rail swamped in e east China Sea steamer Kiangya sank in China "I10 the W819!- I - I , ofllugkiiilayf. a th .055 1.100 lites FORCED 1.“ LE“,

-- 51 personstalter explosion.

were killed when a boat caught July 17. 1947...}-‘erryboat sank ,

fire and sank in the River Plate in Bombay. India. with loss of l" leap °‘"b""d Wm‘ me-l‘°k‘r

estuary. 50 miles east of Buenos 625 lives. "5 l’°°‘“‘5“ _”‘"“°" d"°"° “W,”

Mres_ Argemina. V Sem 3' 1934 __ Lin” “MT” 8\\El_\' from lifcboats. The ships April 10. I963 —— Nuclear siib- Castle caught fire and ranlagems 5“ the" “"9 m°"°'

Apparent.l_v. some were forced

l~from the lileboats. Ollie i frantically from the listing -w

I boat it pleasant."

:Mathios Zarbls.

ALBERTON --

iieinieriiwiisiii Are Held At Alberton

(‘hristnias , does Fhristmal mean to you'."‘

Sunday morning worship set’-J‘

terlan and United Churches

Alberton, and in the evening}

vices were held in the Prcsby

all

there wal worsliip in St. Peter's‘

Anglican Church.

All churches were with seasonal decorations Christmas music was sun!

Donald Ross conducted

hcaut

ifu:

Rlld‘

toe.

presbytei-laii service The themij

hich was flame.

One report told of pare

£l7lds_i11_e_rlVit_atlon was "What

1'5 swam ' hulk, . emiting great iclouds of smoke and gbut her stern was ablaze.

All

_ _‘) '_;,_;,'_ g,‘ kg Lverotl. Lesley Uunslu, Cav- _~_._..._.-.-—j___i Bac mg Case llﬁ Scales. and the accused's fa-l ther. Knud Joraensen. cross-ex-t amined the witness ‘ A charge oi‘ backing up a motor venicle Mien such a move couio not be made -n satetv. was dismissed against Martin

ca. there was he said. "fault on both

be settled in civil court."

t Jorgensen. Fredericton. by l‘-Magistrate James R lunn Only two other cases were on ‘ ‘ ' " i. QC. in Queens (‘minty P dmkl.

:l1t::§"Sll'alP'l coiiri vestorrlav A vlcmria ma" WM ﬁned 320 The choir selection was "Chris-.__.-J; ' ‘ ‘ tinns sweetly Carol."

“Rev. David MacDonald con

Wm be mnmﬂmmma] shmmﬂ intoxicated in a public place,‘ ducted the United Church ser-I °fC%:_'i:lts;$:s§3K‘T;':_"’in Alhcrmn i-eiiriiiiandcdin lieu of a line to vice. The theme of his sermon. concluded w'“h 8' communliyi failure to bring a motor vehicle’ “'35 “Using it all "p'" the licarol sing in the United Cllul'(.'tl‘ in to the RCMP for mspecnoul being borrowed lrom the boott ha" six cmnmlminns “N? p” when ordered to do so. “Magniﬁcent Obsession." '

, . : ted in the large 2-"lllt=I‘ll]}.( . The AYPA of St. Peter a pat ‘on _ . , l ish conducted service in the The acmmpanms “P” Mn"

An- . , lu-nneth Crockett. or: rust. and glican church. The rector is M” BE Lnm. Nags.

Rev. lii.R. Ness. The ch otr. _ “,‘,al.ing new mhes_ sang two; Miss Sandra Rreniian render

selections. “Twas in the Moon ed two vocal solos.

Recidy In Jan.

"0 H0 l it, Ex-pe(‘lPd to be completed by

* Of Winter-'l'illl9" "id "UM" 09, Night" and “Deck The Halls Jan. l5 the city's new “teepee"‘

A BOY 15 30"‘-" Cyril and Roy [man-I and Alvin incinerator has reached approxi- At the United Ch“""‘h- BM“ ; Ashley sang “Silent ?\light" al1tl‘m3l9l.V 0h9-YhlTd 01' its height-

‘ Dl‘€‘SeMt’d by M” John C- D9‘ during the reading of the Christ.‘ City Engineer Norman Stewart

on i

treading water and holding their

children afloat

A weather

24 hours said roi

was unlik(".v.

forecast for the

igh

.weather in the disaster area

But a British weather official

A shi-:>p'ng official at Ca

flam Lakona because of 500 tons

l fuel oil aboard.

ded "for someone in an open ' ' not be very

58-

-" iblanca reported a risk of explo- ision on the drifting.

ing of

Throughout the day. the res- 'cue ships plowed through the

disaster area hauling in surviv-

ors and tending them in hastily improvised sick bays. The larg-

est group to be rescued was people reported taken abo tthe 5.606-ton Argentine Salta.

The Montcalm picked up I50 9 and set sail for Casa-

people blanca. 500 miles to the am

east. . The Belgian vessel Charles- beiore midnight 5lmd8.V 8$;ville reported it had six bodies d plus 24 ‘[)8SSt?llE(‘l‘S and ‘(our crew members. including pt

aboar the Lakonia's master. Other survivors

Strathcden.

The Lakonia left Southampton . Dec. 19 on an "away-‘ from-the-winter" cruise sched-f ‘uled to take in Madeira. and

'Tenerife and Las Paimas in the . Tlicy jumped into lifcbnats or Canary Islands before returning

‘ home via Le Havre on the north l

England.

French coast. rts

apparently were aboard the British liner

500 and

Ith-

I R said that when the‘ fire broke out. few of the pay‘ gsengers had gone to bed. many

were either dancing or strolling

around the promenade deck. What caused the fire was immediately known.

not

for

marine Thresher sank during a aurounrl off Asbiiry Park. .\'..l.. « "La" _d°"”"3h "”el"’at5 l°" mi The Lakonia had been lllSlll‘E(l diving test 220 miles off Boston with loss of 125 lives. 3 £3‘ ' th . ifor £3.000.000 a spokesman with ii loss of 129 lives. May 29. um _ 1.024 lives iiwi mm ° who mom ﬂashed: '

a last desperate message from «= icabin any longer. We are leav-i d_ _in;tlh{e shciip. Pleahse St‘il1(itLl§lpv.;' .- —_; a a ozen sips n -

taﬁigrgan gglilaldgzlevgyrgem‘ y-clnlty swim; around and raced north Atlantic after hitting ice-imwa spot when hug’ hem‘ L517 ‘OS. |l'lanies roared from the Lakonia

Sept. 86. l954—Jaipanese ferry June l5. t904——Paddle stcanier-""0 Eh’ Fm“ sky‘

Toya Mam sank off Tsugaru ‘ Gen. Slocum sank at Hell Gate.1 U'5- 3" f°''‘'° 913"“ ‘mm ‘Elle Straits. Japan, with 1.172 per-,N.v.. after ii fire with loss of Mom flew over droeplns his sons lost. ‘L030 lives, mostly children. rafts waded Wm‘ {Md and “'3' ‘ ter and large enough to take 20 people. British planes from Gibraltar joined the operation. From the British tanker -Montcalm came the message: "There are a lot of people in the water around the burning vessel." The water temperature .was 64 degrees. warm enouzh

Jan. 18. 1963 -- 119 persons drowned when a coastal ferry sank in stormy seas 200 miles south of Seoul. Korea.

July 25, 1956 —— ltaiian liner Andre Doria collided with Swe- dish liner Stockholm off Nan-

when Empress of Ireland sank in Father Point. Que. after being rammed by the freighter Stors~ ta

Cruise Liner Lakonia Was Former Troop Ship

AMSTERDAM tAPl — Thel After the war. the .lohan van stricken liner Lakonia sailed the; nldenbarneveli Dutch, ,- seas for 33 years as the Dutch] troops to the East in an effort?grO:gg";;:;d:u1ﬁa:,hi,e1$’;‘tf(?Eir:3 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and& to hold off Indonesia's drive form: up wave, in the Second World War was independence. On her trips back Omcm. of" the Greek Lin. converted into a British troop she repatriated Dutch survivors mported ma‘ 3.; children in, lflnslloft the Japanese occupation. eluding two babies 'w,,., ‘(now

The 20.314 - ton liner was in- “Gm the °"“'°"°“’di‘-‘l l1°m¢‘ the passengers. Almost all of volved in a collision on her land Sh? l{'0h (ens 0' ‘h““53"d3 the passengers were British or maiden voyage in 1930. but from 0‘ Plllfh lmmlﬂaﬂls '0 A115‘ lrlsh. Most e crew were then on her voyages were iiii- ‘F3118 ﬁnd NFW z03l8nd- Greek or German. troubled until fire struck in the In 1959 she finally returned eastern Atlantic Sunday night. to her prewar luxury. resuming WAVE” wu‘m,"Y '

The ship spent nine years car regular cruises around th e A5 rescue‘ Sm“ h°‘e'd °::m2:' rying Dutch colonialists to andl “-0,-]d_ ’°°“°' 5"" W" W" V‘ :2: the N°”'ma“d' Ea" Ln’: Earlier this year. she landed

During the Second world wan her Chinese and Indonesian ca- she was chartered by the Brlt- bl“ 3'3" l" 5"‘S3P‘“‘9~ Fmm

mini ry of shipping and there she sailed to Genoa. where. the

she was refurbished as Greek liner Lakonla.

Blast F ii..*.i'.t‘;.°

May you be blessed with us joyous and holy Cbriussns saws.

served as a troop transport. CARRIED TROOPS

GEORGE SMITH

PLUMBER

Summerslde

Ylllill llllEll’l‘lllliS

.. . best wishes- Ind much joy we send to you, our pstrom sndi friends!

851 Chestnut St.

ltsnshgronllcngs

Charlottetown T

10 Dorohoster Street

General Steamsh _ iGreece. was a converted British

the company said T

he Lakonia. owned by thei

Compa iiv

troopship in the Second World‘ ch ship Joh j

Van Oldenbarnevelt. she landed

allied scﬁdiers in the strike at .P0W"3l St-

Sicily. She was refitted ea

‘this year by her new owners.

War. As the D

of‘

rly .-

Ml“° Of Newt“ C9"“'9~ M555-v mas story from the tznspel of St said _vcstei‘day it is being erect-

in mehmry Of Ml“ Enid Mic-E Luke by Rev. David MacDonald ed in prefabricated ten~l0ot wide Arthur “'9'? d9d“'3l°d- The PT?‘ the assembly hiimmed the tune steel sheets. Willi its

Seﬂiallon “'35 mat‘-'9 by 11”” of this well loved carol. completion. and. a 0

Eleanor .lohiiston on beh f Mrs. DeMllle.‘

MlDNlGll’l' MASS

At the Sacred Heart Church; there will be midnight mass the evening. There will be carol singing by the choir befors miu night and during the mass there

\ p CHANL ROS.

0. I.

, us

--Btslﬂlsllss us - _. ill’ I MN‘ May all the many wonders of “T ‘ Holy Season be yours!

"'"'i“‘"°'""' .J.C. HANCOCK reap MILL

Murray River

MAC’S : A.UTO soar

Ch 'town

BROWNS CLOVER FARM

Murray River and Murray Harbor

Sincere Good Wishe s w. take this opportunity to extend heartfelt thanks to all our hisntls and pcirous. It is our sincerest wish that

each and everyone snioy the vsry nsrsisst Christmas Oldliﬁlidﬂrssusonﬂllsdwithgoodchsu.

SOMNER co. no.

May your Christmas filled with wishes come true, . grand friendships renewed.

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Lucky Dollar Store Hunter River

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s take this opportunity to extend warmest wishes to our many friends. Hope you are lissdtu for the happiest holiday season overt

WALKERS IRVING SERVICE STATION |

P. I. I. Water Street

tnstssuration oi endish. testified in the case. Pro- compulsory zarbaize . ‘ secution was conducted by Alan will come the end of the old city dump. ‘ions: an exnecteri the prnviicial gmerii ent. The m2lZlSll‘fllP dismissed the ill? 'lUmD. ll ll‘ se because in the accident Bl?!” "ll l'll'1‘='-' ‘‘ ““‘l‘ "1"-V

‘ work (in tlic toopce has slop- '.=i'iles." He said the case "should PM l"mD(tl‘ay'|lv to n''''’'‘'', ' hi? contract workmen from ‘\ n v a ‘'Scotia in spend the t’lH‘iFtm 3 8 holiday in their home:

and costs or 15 days for beiiii;iH°spifal

and a Sherwood motorist waslHe.ar Coroners E r«

MONTAGUE the Kings County Memorial Hos- pital. .\l()lllRi.’,ll€‘ were treated 10 a half hour of carol siiitzlni-’. N“ centlv when the ('aiiadiaii (iirls. l in Tl‘a!lilllE l groups nl Trllllll Vnitnrl Vhiiri ii

St. Eleanors

Upper Queen Street

Bolv-adore. Ave.

Joyful chizistmeus

Summer-aide [em st]-get

up mat in Linn; Lao lplﬂt ul t.Ln'i-I. mas to the sick and shut-ins. Accompanied by their leaders. \ti-s Lloyd Fraser and Mrs. A. F logs. the girls brought treat! as well as hanri made individual tr:i_\' ornaments. I __ Geo’lown School Holds Party t‘.F3(iRGl-‘.TOWN — The pupils of (i(’t)l'E{Pl(l\\'l'l High School held tlu-ir (‘liristmas party in lb! school Sziturday morninE- T“? storm of last week had forced

re-st-licrluling of the event fmm Patients at Fri

new c l t y ' collection. P\'f‘¥lIl'¢‘ ll lﬁ

o\vr‘I- the site of inzikc an 9-'i1".V

iv.h_irh

‘-n

— (lav.

The. school moms Were 59' propriatcly decorated and Phi‘!!- mas trees were in abundallci anti tastefully trimmed to to the occasion.

}<j\'[\|nl‘(‘l‘ union rlsius was in attendance

and the

In great sincerity, we expresspour appreciation for our friendly association. May you and yours have a holiday season abundantly ﬁlled with joy.

BUELL and MacLEOtD Lid.

Summerslda

for happiness

at (Christmas!

/ . F.J. CAMPBELL

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