, or fifty members and guests. "Prize

The Western. Guardian

CARD PARTY, Darnley, Wetl- nesday, January. 18th.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH;

J(ensington, annual meeting poof-

poned until further notice. ...m.....,......

, Personals

Mr. Vernon Ferguson has re- cntered the Prince County Hospital

FLORAL TRIBUTES - The names of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crane and family and Mr. and Mrs. -Eric Siputhler were inadvertently omitt ad from the list of those who gave? floral tributes to the late Henry. Henderson.

LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA - Mr. and Mrs. Morley M. Bell left last week for Long, Beach. .Cnll- fdrnia where they will visit friends

and relamesp Mm 30” expects to . to undergo an operation. His many '

mmaln ml. Several mmmm hug ' friends wish him a quicki-ecovery. Mr. Bell will return in about one ' : month. .

N. Y. "E-h.gmineer Arrives In Summersicle

An electrical engineer from New York arrived in Summerside yea- terday by plane to oversee the

JJROKINOLE PARTY - The 0'- Leary United Church brotherhood hbld a crokinole party in the school jruejday night with an attendance

winners were Mrs. Douglas Adams and Mr. B. Barwise with consula- lions going to Claude Jelley and Bill Stenvenson. The enjoyable suc- iai evening concluded with a dc- llcious lunch.

G. Terhnrst, who has had wide ex- perience in power line reconstruc- tion will be in Summerslde and surrounding areas for at least six weeks to organize crews and gen- erally blueprint the reconstruction program for Summerslde and those areas serviced by the town.

To assist Mr. Terhorst, a toll line reconstruction expert, Mr. Toll! MacLean has been brought h from Nova Scotia and. he also lull has wide experience in this work and is expected to help expedite work considerably. Mayor Henry Wedge said last evening that more experienced linemen will be ac- quired as time goes by to help speed up the reconstruction pro- gram as poles become available.

Mr. Terhorst has been KlV0u I leave of absence from his firm. the J. A. Jones Construction Co. of Harmon Field, Newfoundland, to assist the town in restoring power services to Summerslde and the surrounding areas serviced by the Summerslde Electric Light Depart- mcnt.

Yesterday crews were workinl on rebuilding the lines on Russel, upper Central. Harvard and Notre Dame Streets but poles from 'l'ruro that have been enroute for three days had not arrived late last even- ing but are expected at pny time.S

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cotton and their two sons of Dartmouth, N.S.. spent several days on P.E.I. re- cently. They were guests of their daughter, Mrs. Sterling Enman, and Mr. Enman, Victoria West. They also visited with Mrs. Cot- ton's mother. Mrs. Ernest Weeks and Mr. Weeks, Bedeque. Their return to Dartmouth was delayed

for some time owing to the blocked roads in Prince County.

Kensingion Flooded Homes Get City Pumps

Relief was brought to more than 35 flooded homes in-the town of Kensington over the weekend when a large capacity pump was secured and taken to K .' tun. manned by employees of the City of Char- lottetown.

The distressing situation of the flooded homes came to the atten- tion of Mr. Gordon MacDonald of the Red Cross Disaster Corp! Whu has made many trips to the strick- en areas during the past week. Through the co-operation of acting Mayor E. C. Johnstone and City Clerk James A. Fullerton the pump was obtained and a crew of City workmen sent to the western -town where they were still working yes- terday. The Charlottetown crew is under the supervision of foreman of Works, Ralph Crockett. ,

Red Cross Personnel Visit Alberion Area

Representatives of the Red Cross Disaster Services continue to give evidence for their concern for the people in the Western part of this province since the heavy ice storm disrupted electric power and all communication systems. On Satur- day afternoon Mlss Iphigenle Ar- senault. Mrs. Harry Cudmore, Mr. Gordon MacDonald and Mr. Hynd- rnan visited Alberton and called on members of the local Disaster Services committee to inquire if they could lcnd any assistance to residents of this area. .

A small supply of warm clothing and bedding was left with mem- bers of thc, local committee in case they should be needed. Fortunate- ly. no one in town is suffering hardship because of the power failure, although a number of fami- lies are inuuivcnicnced to Loon-. siderable degree. . W

Power has already been restored to certain sections and much cre- dit ls due employees of Maritime Electric for the manner in whichg they are carrying out their work: under difficult conditions. Many citizens also appreciate the cour-

esy of the R. C. M. P. in relay- lllk urgent messages at a time when telephone and telegraph Vice is not available. 4-Employees of the Island Tele- phone Company are doing their best to restore service and have already established connections to store service and have already established 0 tion to the Wes- Jggn Hospital, all doctors and the R. C-M. P. The scarcity of fuel has been relieved for the prcsi.-nt and in number of citizens who had buui,carr,ving water from a neigh- bor's pump have devised other means of iupplylng thcmsclves with this very necessary commo- dity. -- .

Mr. John Forbes. originally of Lower Bedeque, has moved to Hall- fax where he has accepted the post" tion of assistant buyer with Simp- son-Sears Eastern Ltd. Mr. Forbes ,e oyed for some years . . olnians. Surnmerside, and the T. Eaton Co. in Charlotte- town more recently.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mat-I-'arlane and son Douglas. Frrnwood were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cor- bett, Summersida on Sunday after- noon, Jan. 1st.

Her many friends will regret to learn that Miss Martha Oatway of Fernwood. is a patient in the PC. Hospital, where she will be ob- liged to remain for a considerable length of time. All hope for her a good recovery.

Mr. Harry Waugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Waugh, Lower Bedeque, was the representative from the Tuxis group here at the 3rd. annual meting of the Mar- itime Tuxls and Older Boys' Parl- iament, held at Mount Allison Un- lversity from December 28th., to the Silt.

........m......m. HISTORY LINGER8

SHERBROOKE, Que, (CP) - Canadlans suffer from a "latent anti - Americnnism” Marcel Olivier, deputy head of the infor- mation division of the external

881'-

ALBERTON

Miss Mabel Fielding has return- ed to her home in Alberton aflcr visillliit her brother and slsicr-ln-

llw. Li--C01. Inll M11. P- 5- Fl9ld' affairs department, said in a his. Charlottetown. speech here. Americans. for their part, had a "benevolent

Mr; and Mrs. Men-lit Callaghan. Aihcrton. are spending some time with the laltcr's parents. Mr. und lvlirs. Joseph Hughes, Emerald.

Mrs. J. E, C. Hunter is confined to bed at her home in Albcrlon foi it few days following ll fall in which the sustained bruises but no seri- ous lnjiiry.

ignorance" about Canada.

CONSTRUCTION BOOM

ST. HYACINTHF. Que. (CF)- This town 35 miles east of Moi- .real has just enjoyed its higgc: construction year since 1950. Cm structlon in 11 months of 1055 wa. Mr. Leonard Mnrrell. Alberlnmliallled ll 32-753-000.

been ill at his home for

with the 12-month record of 83.-

IOV" l4.'i7.60fl in 1950.

work of line reconstruction. Mr. S. -

Ham Operators

Amateur radio operators onlpassed to and from various sour- countless occasions have lllllslrdl-ices. and included requests for ed their willingness and ability in 'emergency supplies, train and air- performing a communications st-r-jcrart dispatching. sickness and futi- vice whose value would he indccd ierul niessages, Guardian news bul- difficult to measure by monetaryllctius. etc. standards during times of emcr-1 With headquarters established gency and disaster. gm the Island Telephone Company

Another outstanding example of building in Summerside, Stewart the importance of amateur "ham" Smith of Charlottetown LEFT am radio in any local or national f.'lVI-ll'll1SklliP Glllis of Summerslrlc lian defence or emergency program i RIGHT began operating a wcc' was dramatically illustrated atiago Saturday afternoon and main Summerside during the recentitained an 18-hour service eat- three day slet storm that com- day until last weekend when Mr pletely demolished t'phone andisuiith established this radio scr- electrical communication syslema vice at Alberton, and Mr. Qillis throughout Prince County and re did sumlur work at the Summer- sulted in it being declared a dia- side R. C. A. F. Station. aster area. . A portable generating unit own-

Normal communication systems ed by Mr. Smith and brought to had scarcely been rendered inac- Summcrside by him on January ,tlve by the storm before amateur 7th provided power to operate the radio operators voluntarily stepped various units of radio receiving in and. together with the R. C. M. and trnusniitting equipment which P. radio equipped cars. provided he nwuerl, as well as that owned the only communication links with by Mr. Giliis. ' i the areas outside of Prince Couty. This pointed up the importance

By means of this system all of having an auxiliary power gen- types of emergency messages were erating unit available in this area

Fill The Breech

to operate amateur radio equip- ment in the eicnt of any future lpuwer failure. j Mr. Smith's mobile radio equip- iped car nus also used in the Sum- mersidc area to relay messages from the ll. ('. A. F. base, the C. N. R stativui and other points In the Sumnicrsule area to Mr. Gil- lie in the tclcpiinnc Building, who in turn iinuictluuely forwardctl the messages on the radio equipment located there which was more powerful and hzui a greater range. On one U('t'a.xltJll atmospheric -onditious wt-rc alIl'Il that an oper- ator at Woltvillr-. N. S., was able to hear and lulh to both Charlotte- town and Suinim-r.s-ide at a time when reception between the two island points has very poor. Ag emergency lilo-s-rage from Mayor Henry W. Wcrlgc ll'l Summcrsidc to Premier A. W. ltlathcsnn in Charlottetown tilts sent from Stim- mcrside, iiiterrcptcri by the Wolf ville operator, and relnyedtto him to an operator in Charlottetown who delivered the message direct-

' oonslauea n-om page I

cnminv or "Y"

that it is today, when seeking im- proved transportation faculties. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics. in 1855. places its population, in- ciuding the Royalty district, at 0,513.

CAPT. ORLEABAR.

”Pi'e-eminently, one figure -that of Captain John Orlebar, R. N.. links the effort at Charlottetown with that in the Old Land.

"Capt. Orlebar, employed in the, Hydrographic Survey of the Gulfi and adjacent waters, arrived in Charlottetown on June 3 or 4, 1841, and for many years resided in what we know as the Judge Haz- ard property on the corner of Euston and Oriebar Streets-the

latter having been named in hit honour.

probably were made with the effects.

”His survey work, we know. took him at least part way up the St. i.avu-cuce, and he may have been aware of Association activit- ies in Montreal. And the same

Association was located. JAN. 1. 1836

January 151, 1856. in St. Charlottetown Young Men's Christ

ian Association was formed.

ly to the Premier.

During the first few days follow- ing the storm a radio equipped that by January 7th a constitution The car belonging to the New g,.uu5.ihad been "drafted, accepted, and easy. There have been many dis-

wick Telephone Company was s-ta-lappmvedn

"His arrival. in 1841. indicateslin 8-'-It'll l'8llle- 'l.llt'S,t' the movement had not been start-ispliccd before the circuit. can be ed previous to his departure. fromlfiul In 9DPIj8lI0I1 Bull ('0ll5f'(llli:illlY Lundony but professional con13ct3'.l'eSlOl'allOll is slowed considerably.

home land where he would note it! .

Tuesday, Jan. 17. 1956 The Guarthan, Page If 1 I

79 PHONES IN TOWN

Summerside

To ,WeIlingfon.

Toll Circuits Are Restored '

Toll circuits between: Summer- side and Weelington were restored yesterday as the island Telephone;

progress while coping with an aim most insurmountable task. 3 Five crews are at work in Sum- merside and are restoring business and other essential phones as rap-i idly as possible. As there are as many as 600 pairs of wires in the lead-cables it is easily understand-' the amount of time anal throughness needed to check and repair this vast communication system which has many breaks have to he

Approximately 70 businesses and essential homes were restored to local phone service yesterday and it is expected that progress will be expedited somewhat from now on.

Mr. Stewart Smith of ChaI'I0lic- town who has been providing an invaluable scrvlce with his ” aim" set is installing a 500 watt l ans- ect communication between Alber- berton, Summcrsidc and Char- plottetown. His has been the only ,iiicans that Albertou has had of ,oulside communication since last ;Suuday night when Smith establish- ed a till-watt transmitter in the town but which now is being re- placed by a more powerful set. I

luxcellcncy Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Can- ada, 75 years and one day after the olficial opening of the Rich- ll1t).l(f Street building.

"Formal opening to the public

could apply to Halifax where an uas on February 23, 19-19. The old

property was said to be the first Y building in Canada erci.-ted dur-

--In any ewnp app1.eciam,g thy mg the first century in Y history,- need for Sud, influence. he called and we are assured that otir new, 8 meeting M leading citizens, on building is the first building erect-p -.. pauys ed in the second century, not only Schoolmom 8, which meeung 3". ill America, but the entire world.i

”.Aud so we are 100 years old January 1st, 1956. We give thanks

”We learn. from the old records, for the good that has come to us.

road has not always been

and that by January couragcments and. at times, no- mmcd M Summerside and ML,” toildth the first slate of officers had kindly criticisms. We need your

ipass Telephone name and m.gent,been elected. it is interesting to support: - moral and financial.

messages to Moncton. , , ! Mi'. Wendell Mayhew of ('.har- the mmlly ”"'”"”s 3"” mm mlssi lloltciowu, using his own Iuul)ile;luS "Om Cll3l”l0lleli”i'"- radio equipped car, in addition toi operating in the Charlottetown area R.N.; Vice-Presidents - Lt. also travelled to Borden where he provitlcd a most valuable commun- Morpeth. and James Desllristiy; icntion service to that area in seud- Secretary - Robert A. Strong; lug and receiving messages of great Treasurer . Gem-gg Beep; concern to railway and carfcrry 53,, , Samuel weslacou, officials, as well as the citizens of; mm, January 215,. wmiam that area. ' Other oi.-ei'atoi's who assisted in receiving and sending FIIESSBRCS during the critical period follow- in: the storm, included Angus Mac- Kie of Summcrsirle. Clifford Stew- art, Waller Hyntiman.

0! East Point enrolled as a life member".

Guardian Photo

Ingenuity Is Solving Many Problems In Storm Districts

Ingenuity and resourcefulness has solved temporary problems in many instances following the diaaste uua storm that left Sum- merside and most of Prince icounty, without electricity and communication systems.

water systems. air pressure out- fits, and gasoline tank pumps by means of such things as gasoline engines removed from power lawn mowers, bicycles with the rear wheel as the power source,

Faced with the absence of was called out of retirement and these services for days, weeks, after being equipped with a belt or in some cases. perhaps was used for pumping water. months. unusual but effective Other interesting sidelights to

methods are being used success- the storm include a report con-

and even an old spinning wheell

fully by some individuals in ov- ercoming particular hardships and disadvantages caused by the effects of the storm.

Each day new reports in this category are being received in

cerning the operation ofa milk- ing machine by means of the vacuum operated windshield wip- er device on a truck parked, be- side the stable. and the heating problem for one man whose home

compared i

. adian Government. lvot.oMi-: ADVANCED

the Guardian Office at Summer- side, and some of the most in- teresting and unusual reported to date include the operation of

TIMELY, NOTES ON Fllll TOPICS '

EMBA mutations ended the year Diadem covers eight mutations. on a high note with Jasmine and more or less similar in color, but Argenta types singing a merry each with a different genetic back- prlce tune for four days at Newlground. These mutations were dub- York Auction Company. Turnover bed Diadem in order to minimise continued to approach 100 percent the confusion caused by having a, with price levels firm to slightly number of pale brown genetic higher than December the pre- types with only slight color var- vlous year. An offering of 7.1100 iatlon. For the purposes of con- Jasmine was 96 per cent sold at sumer advcrlisl g and promotion very strong prices. Top males sold , those pclts will he offered as EMBA for s74 and top females at 345. iliiadem natural pale brown mutat- Argenla types were 99 per cent "in mink. sold at prices same levels as set . LETTERS

had depended on electricity for heat was solved by moving a chicken brooder stove into the house.

sllverblua and other mutations. That seems a big jump in pro- duction for Denmark as it is not so many years ago that they start- ed to produce mink in any quant- ity.

The second auction sale of the

sociation opened on January 5th. with a total of 17,000 blue and 4.-

skins. The blue fox were reported

average of 514.114 and a top of 520.- 60. Some 2,000 silvcr fox pclts were 65 per cent sold at an average of: s1l.90 and a top of S1il.20 Bllvors were mainly from France and West: Germany but some purchases wcrcl made by United States representat- ives.

The fut' industry have been er deavoriug to secure an outright re-

S, peal of the 10 per cent excise tax.

which the United States govern-l ment collects. They had high hopes of this going into effect this year but now we understand that Pros-1 ident Eisenhower has come out- ngalnst a tax cut in his State of thcl Union message.

The New York Auction Co. will offer a fatal of 45.000 standard mink on January 18th. and 27.000 standards on January 19th.. also a total of 12.000 mutation mink.

MINK PRICES UP

Mink prices will. be up frotn-5 to 10 per cent in 1956. according to industry growers attciidini: thcl i.'lth. international Mink Exposit- ion at Milwaukee. Wis. Franki Gauthier of Anthon, Iowa, R vet- eran rancher and well known to Maritime mink men is one of the

in the Jasmine sale. Standard types i Gm drew . high in male, of 339; re.l However, for the guidance of the males brought a high of 32.1. Stew- ll” lrudcv EMBA l5 labeling ll": art Argentas drew a high for males 1 Varluus Duulmu mulalluus Wllh of :45 and 323,50 for females. Greek letters as follows: Kappa fori Breath of spring Argent” bmugm palomino: lanida for palomino wlthi 352 in mam; and 534 in remalesg more pigmentation toward ihc tips The New york Alwginn (tn, com. of the guard hairs and unticrfuri menting on the sale said that it than kappa; rho for rose buff and had been wonderful, with an over- llhl'9I'Il hull: Pl lhf Dlilnlflllalloh nil turnover of about 97 to 98 per "NW9 '0 ill? illl ill lhP illlhrfl hairs cent. Rancher reaction to the sales "ul.V Mul 5llllhll.V "TOTE Full" '1!” mom apnea.-N1 5" nm, with ma. finilion: signia for the original manifested by the auction rompany.il'ul'l1 kappa flrliil lor kappa Pal- omino and royal pastel with old: Canadian Fur Auctions Sales Co. lVf"'Y C0l0l' "1 "'9 ilulftl lull? DWI (Quebec) Ltd” in Momma; Wm underfur: lamba delta for the col-

rhold its first general sales of the or between pastel and lambda nul-

season of 1955 in January no in amino: and rho more for rho bull Montreal. To be offered are all and kappa Palomino. Mr. Wittliz varieties of ranch raised mink In: said only polls purchased at the eluding Majestic dark and raw Feb. 29 sale may Carl? lhv l'7M3A EMBA mutations. ,colI;-piinm-. of Diadem trademark. Special woven Canadian wild furs and Alaska fur inhcls will be issued with each seal for the act-mint of thc Can- ibundlc. The auction will be backed by heavy promotion in the trade press in New York and abroad.

New York retail fur volume ad- At the 13th. annual mink pelt vanced 10 to 15 per cent during sjow sponsored by the Quebec For December. I thorough checking of Breeders Cooperative Association leading fur departments show. held in Montreal January Jrd., Siam at the some time ftvorted championship for standard ilarka gains for the year in their for de- -lllvcrblue, breath-of-spring and partim-nls of from 1 '1 10 percent. , sleu'aI1s wns awarded to F. X.

illoucliard, Parc lloberval Ranch,

IIlld.son' Bay Company offered Quebec City. Murray 0'ReagaI, 70,000 ranch mink including muttit- Sutton. Que. won top honors with lone, 5,000 blue fox and 5.000 silver his iiilverblue pastels. atgwgrt pu. fox at their sale last Tuesday, Jaa- leis. sapphirs and gun metals. The nary 10. in London. championship for halfblood stand-

, ards was aunt-drd lo the Thousand

I-IMHA Dioxins" mutation mink laland Ranch of Jargunllle and will be lnlrntlnced to the trade on Adams. at St. Francois de Sales; rehniury 20th. at 2.00 p.m. at New Que. Morris .loncs. Hudson's Bay York Auction co., 1uc., New York co.. and Louis Preiean. Canadian That was the date-meat of Harley ,l"tu- Auction Sales. Co.. (Quebec)