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NEW TERMIN AL AT BORDEN

S’side electric embarked ‘on modernization program

SUMMERSID! One e largest and most complex de- partments in the tov the ele tric department. of which Tom Richardson 1s the superiniend ent. carri€d on extensive work during the past vear se MD on Mak —— fhe hh hp athe S lve which took approxin three months. was the instalia- tiou of 4,000 feei cf aed at fal cable line extending from the McEwen Road on Water

Street east to the Euston Street

Intersection

The only one of its kind in the Maritime Mr Rre dsont stated the line is of a rebust con- struction whoict be ahie t withstand a hea ce load and hich wind

The ork ve in e fne the old ! epann distance. consisted of ren the ald poles and Mfoot pine treated “poles

1964 ferry traffic shatters records

A year which saw all previous Island ferry travel records emashed showed a passenge increase over 1963 equal to the entire population of the Pro- vince

Figures released by B. Gra- ham Rogers vincial direc- tor of transportation, show 827.544. persons used the ferry service in 1964 between P-E.l and the mainland — an increase over the previous year of 10 514

Coping “with the droves of pas senzers. man af then tour ists drawn by Centenmal Year arctreTHe.« Here Fetter ( aan an National ferries an the Border Cape Tormentine in and on the Wood Islands Caribou $\.tem

4 Borden, the MV oe W\ Confederation ar

Prince Edward Island cal rie d passengers vehic! ’ Way cars le the Il did her yre with ca railway cars

Plving the Wand Islan Caribou route sere th

Lord Sel} and o\ 00 MV. Prince Nova. w was chri-tened in Dre

1963 and began service on the route in May. 1954 NEW VESSEL

The new 250-foot ferry a vehicle capacity similar to the Lord Silkirk’s hut area > specd 14 knots to the Selkitk’s lI which enabled wr to make the crossing in one hour 2> minutes fess than the Selk

\ breakdown of passenger fig- ures reveals 604,196 passenzets travelled on the Borden - Tor mentine ferries in 1964. Of these, 30,430 were railway pas- sengers, an increase over. 1!963 of 6,156, and 573,766 travelled in vehicles, a 57,226 increase

Wood Islands ferries carried 223.248 passengers and 82,483 vehicles, an increase of 16,209 vehicles over the _ previous

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Peavetiing via Borden were 237,560 vehicles, an increase of 23,082, and between 54,000 and 55,000 railway cars

Mr. Rogers said both rail frieght and, trucking were in- creasing each year. About 9,500 truck loads crossed to and from Borden and Cape Tormen- tine last year. The railway caf- ried 906,000 tons of freight and trucks carried approximately 116,000 tons via Borden

Last year also saw the pre- liminary steps in obtaining 4 new férry for the Borden - Tor- Mentine route BIGGEST YET

A contract was awarded. in} November to Vickers of Mon- treal for the construction of a

powerful new icebreaker 28 feet longer than the Abegweit. The ship will have four propellors ahd 16,000 gross horsepower as compared to the Abegweit's gross horsepower of 12,000.

It will carry-1,000 passengers and 185 vehicles, 102 on the:

PAVING THz WAY 10 s PROGRESS

Highway and Airfield Paving

City and Town Street Paving Driveways - Service Stations Industrial Paving, etc.

OVER 62 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THE MARITIME PROVINCES. ..

Warren Maritimes Ltd.

PLANTS AT CHARLOTTETOWN AND NEW LONDON

a f t \I Rict t a Ca 1 for e 40 foot oO to enable the partir ele ; ij} the transiormers above to |} ’ el ) ke Th ui i to ¢ LD dgtleahlbpchbe 4 Se Aeacebtbititee Jb Bibione hin. n o change « al ou.d O wus¢é unilo 2 © S The line is given eatra of re ort polypropys lene ) Wate at installed at 0 foot jnterv 1 ale the line T € p ( at a d tar e YT M » 4 de 1 oO! ec d Richa fied by Paladin of TVs °H t Gun W I ane t t l¢ er 4 « t4 '’ < 3 ene ‘ zg n nie tx t € next ye M the ad upper deck and & . deck Looking to the ; portation officials (ipa the lamp even bigger year for ferry tras three + in 1955 Many h would have come to t last summer turned ack of fear of accom { . age on the Island It is also felt the tremend: ’ e amount of publicity the y , “ received {rom Centennia Vities “ill help ke e | foremost in the minds of pe from all over Canada an Talaty, United State en the The The 1%) Holida ai

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€ progran on 1 ron the la on Harvard Street snd Central Street

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j eet Zz the on the € ( . Mr m said “compared cross arm support, it ace . ai corked 1 the street de- the town was ) es ' ‘ < te € for snow re ( 3 é m ¢ reet light ale am" to The conversion ed fo be completed by a n said that tage of mercury . : ; ¢ t + . doiiar value: tee is from ‘ . alm rst n- ich ¢ ancin? ve now has a staff accourti ne ‘ pliant store echnician. and At} 4 me , PRT he

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has been made available for all classes of minor and school hoc- key. both for practice sessions and for the holding of games and ice sports

FISHERMEN SAFE

HAVANA ‘Reuers) The Swiss embassy here confirmed that three American fishermen whose shrimp boat ran aground Cuba's north coast three

ago were rescued by a8 Cuban Navy helicopter. The embassy said the men were not under detention and will be re- turned to Miami via Mexico as

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soon as they receiveg Mexican visas, the embassy said. superintendent said, and the

capital value cf the department fo ner -$2.000-000

ade, which featured’ 16 sepatr- HMCS Inch Arran during the ate entries. Trophies and pri- evening and was attended by zes for the various events were 200 guests. Gifts to commemo-

Manifold. | rate the occasion were exchan- celebrat- ged by Lt. Cmdr. Manifold and and the Town of Georgetown

presented by Lt. Cmdr Those attending the jon were served turkey

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|The Guardian - The livening Patvtet Fees 88

Use of rock-filled baskets was lots; continued as protection —_ ae :

shore erosion, mainly.on Rustico! painting Island and-the Stanhope area. | provements on The department of public| The Wfeguard works also directed the stabili- 14 men, ; zation of sand dunes on Rustico| er ar : Island through the use of crib) beaches. Five 72 = ot Attendance figures at P.EI.'s circulate more spreadi =, aa . and groyne emplacements» ried out. i | a the north province tp take in (er ling fertilizers system and fire protection sys- One of the small changing |ed to and 4 national park and limestone. mowing. cleari hore are still on the ups¥iug. celebratione pe &. clearing tem at Dalvay houses at Brackley was replac-| beaches, bringing the a». anos a er eeees a rush along the fairways Under the direction of the de each beach to two. ‘ : us it continues to take seco wast yeal et e. levelling of fairways. and con. oe ed in readiness for next season. | ai | larity only to the park had the ser nd con- partment of public works is the In addition to eaper 8 a na : park naturalist. Robert. ‘struction of a new dam on the| construction of Covehead Bridge, Ober maintenance and im visory work, the erew >= Bantt es available from park who conducted 7 mrey The brook which is expected to be complet-| provements included installation | gave swimming oe igures a eee ’ he tenn ourt at Brackley ed i ae superintendent Dow McAuley ors on the Long :Pond faturé was resurtaced with noua by-early summer of hub reiling along reads _and | some’ 200 persons. - show 1.112.536 visitors came to trail in the. Dalvay area and a new toilet building at the - the park between April 1 and Mr Grey alsa conducted group camping area will be - Dec. 31 of 1964, an increase over groups such as the Girl Guides ready for this vear ~ the previous year of nine per slong the tray 0 wing out na Contractors also completed a 2 cent tural features and wildlife of the new pumphouse and the mecha wy Campgrounds. accommodated area ’ nica) installation for a water = 11.918 parties as compared with » He was also responsible fof system at Brackley ; i last year's total of "8,142 programming films on campl REBUILD LAUNDRY be : Mr- McAulev attributed the groun’* at Seances and Caven., The laundry building ' destrov- ; 4 increase. in part. to the new dish More jan 12.00 persons ed at Cavendish campground os camp ground on Rustico. [sland attended the ow IN: and, last year was rebuilt. and with which was ready for visitors by '" 4 two-month period 988 per! only painting of the building ey July 6. The campground provid sons were condiicted on the na-, left to complete will be ready es 148 campsites, three kitchen ‘ure hike SA ifor use in the spring 4 shelters and five modern toilet It is expec ed the Lone Pond \t Stanhope campzround. the i buildings trail wil! he expanded this vear old laundry and toilet building 5 In’ conjunction with this. de- ita) Ge veropaent ake place was torn down in the fall and a ® # , atthe Cavendish end new-ene Built in its place It will velopment bégan last year on 8 Mosq-golfers used the Green also be ready f bew supervised swimming area AT “ean . : Soane C ready or next season ' on the Gulf side of Rustico Is- previous vear . Ou Ohi asl year also saw the con- land adjacent to the camp- as , iction of a pump house at ;

J . . lot Regular mainte f wrned Da complete with mechan ae ground To date. a parking lo oullanithe course : ; S| has been completed there. and co aiinn of weed killer | e | corporsied let el ae it is hoped future development . : ncerporsied Into the new water . 4 will provide picnic facilities ° ot STAY SHORTER e i

Mr MecAulev said although en enniada ad a} more campers visited the park : last year. their average stay ~ ' was less than the previous year e ® 5 | It was felt this may have been ] ] te because of poor weather ‘condi- tions during the summer, and ’ also because tourists tended to A forever - to-hbe-remeimbered ham dinners at the rink through SF

== gecasion took place in George. oul the day j z town on July 22, when the capital Phe skydiving program which " Rink Given 2 nat eee Senedd ioe ee own < - eren'a ening was cancelled when a ted its Centennial ia Months law cloud ceiling prevented the S . of preparation and planning, jumpers from performing ace 1 ting went into makinz she cay the In the evening a maminoth success it was, The days festi- dance was held in the Govern- 5

Improvements were carned Vities started the morning ment Warehouse on the Railway E out during the past year to the With a Perraa ri parade which Wharf Georgetown Rink and to. the Comtained !5 floats and a num- During the morning Lt. Cmdr

Py stheanve-hadl-hey Lber.of bands: "as well as a con. Manifold was hosted by thei =r wich tp en the soufh eod of the building. Ttingent of navy persoutiel il Mavor and Town Council in. the | Islanders know that we at Sheen & we we nt The motor and pump received. HMCS Inch Arran in port for Council Chambers, after he had ri in of off : a thorough overhaul and atten. | the -celebrations paid his respects by calling on strive to maintain a policy ering only - tion given to promenade and The parade was marshalled | the Deputy Mayor, A. H. Stewart, finest in footwear at. reasonable prices to wiring by J. A. B McConnell and was who was acting in his official many valued customers. 4

Tim dance al hag mderama Seat te RCP. ord Comsat dun 0 Ge tines of Each season we feature Canada's newest a face-litting with new mater ) May ’ ‘ having been placed on the ceil-| Town Council, Chairman Alec Also taking part in the day's for the w f ily e ar ing and walls: a new bandstand Arsenault of the Centennial! ceremonies was the RCMP in properly fitting for comfort. If you are ae} erected, as well as a cantee: ae Lt Cmdr C. R.' Vessel Fort Steele under com- regular customer of ours, we suggest that 2 and new wiring. installed Manifold, commanding offi- mand of Inspector W Drew come in soon; you'll be glad you did! eS throughout cer of HMCS Inch Arran. the Both the Fort Steele and the ;y ‘ 5

The rink is under new man- Royal Canadian [legion Col- Inch Arran were open for public , aol a-einent, the »: e parties also our Party and the Georgetown inspection. At about 19 pm, a FAMOUS NAMES IN FOOTWEAR: ab or

s fas operate the 409 Club which Fire Department all participa-, large raft loaded with automobile Men’s Women’s | sponsor the dances in the rink ted in the parade tires and on which a mast was 2 oe dance ha Following the parade, swim- erected, to which was tied bot @ Dack @ Golden Pheasant ‘ ‘

Hockey has ',’>n @ new lease ming events were held at the tles of gasoline; was set afire @ Hartt @ Fiancees m life a d many Kings County Railway Wharf and track and in the harbor to represent the @ Gale @ Savage communities use the George- field events were held at the Burning Ship of Northumberland @ Ritchie @ Grandmere eae rink to practice and to park These activiuies were fol-; Strait play league games Free tim€ jowedq by @ Doll Carriage Par-- A party was held aboard

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