Prayer Week Service Held AtMargate

KENSINGTON -— The second in the Week of Prayer servrccsi for the Kenslngton area was held at the Margate United Church Tuesday evening with Rev. Donald MacKay of Sum- merside Presbyterian Church as guest speaker.

His message conveyed the im- portance of using the present time. like Paul. forgetting those things which are behind. “we must press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Jesus Christ. using the time now at our disposal." he said. '

The service was conducted by Rev. L.M. Murray of Kensing- ton United Church. and the Old Testament lesson was read by Rev. Ronald Parsons of St. Mark’s Anglican Church, who also led the large congregation in prayer. Organist was Mrs. Harold Woodside.

manager; Mrs.

ISLAND NEWS PAGE

lPIowmen’s lCouncil

, EMPLOYEES 0F Maritime Electric Company Limited and their guests met at the Charlottetown Hotel last night for a banquet honoring the general manager, A. D. Cameron. Among head table guests were R.W. Smith, the

new general A.D. Cameron, Mr. Cameron, and RA. Parker, who acted as chairman. Mr. Smith takrs up full time duties at th e company here in February while Mr. Cameron takes a new post in Montreal.

jlncorporaied

‘ The Prince Edward island}

gPiowmen's Council has been in-

‘corporated by letters patent is- . sued under the Companies Act. it is indicated in the Royal Gaz- ;

Summerside And Prince County The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Jan. 10, 1963. 3

Maritime Elec ric Co.

COMMUNITY PLANNING ASS'N HAS MEETING

The provincial Community Planning Association held an "exploratory" meeting 1 a s t night at City Hall. Among

members of the new wganim- ‘

lion attending were, seated. left to right, A. Currie, Summersidc: Mrs. Alfred

Charlottetown; Earl G. Cannon. St. Elean- tars; standing. left to right. Norman MacLeod. Sherwood.

Hennesscy.

and Frank MacDonald. Park-

dale. A ing of county representatives is planned for ‘ Jan. 30.

Abegwei’r Crew Rescues

S'side Boy From Ice

By PETER MEERBURG C’side Bureau. The Guardian l

SUMMERSIDE Sixteen—

ar-old Kenneth Blacquiere. was safely home with his family in Summerside last night thanks largely to the seafaring skill of Captain Gidcon Kean of the CNR ferry Ahrgwcit.

Kenneth spent eight terrifyg ing hours adrift on an ice-par off Summerside Tuesday n‘ght and was picked up by the Abcg welt early yesterday morning1 as the ice on which he was float- ing was in the process of break-‘ ing up.

Kenneth and another friend had gone smelt fishing from a shack on ‘ in Summerside harbor Tuesday evening. Slid- denly the ice on which the shack was located broke adrift. The other boy. George Paynter reached safety. But Kenneth dis- appeared in the darkness.

The Abcgweit was called in from her berth at Rordcn at 2.16 a m ednesday. Says Captain Kean: “l worked out where I thought he would he. taking into account the currents and wind direction. We sailcd full speed to a point oil Son Cow Head. near Summorsidc. fozgy. and some snow, The radar set picked up the shack while we were still two milos away. It was only a 100 yards or so from where I had estimat- ed it would be.

BREAKING UP FAST t

“By now the shack was two- and a half miles off-shore. and; the ice was breaking up fast., Two other shacks on the too had . already tipped over. and it

would not have been very long‘ H

LATE NOTICES

(Also see announcements in columns adjoining Classified Advertising section.)

MATHESON -- Al the Prince3 Edward Island Hospital Tues-l day. Jan. 8, 1963, James Ma-r theson of Glen William in his. 95th . Resting at the Cut-3

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Thursday, with service com-‘ max-ing at 1:30. Interment} will he in Caledonia cemetery. l

WHITE-At the Prince County'

Hospital Jan. 9. 1963. Mrs. Peter R. White of 336 Willow! Ave. Summerside. Fu-nerali arrangements will be a-n-§ pounced later. 1 ARSENAULT - At the

iotietown Hospital Wednesday Gary Stephenj

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Char-l Jan. 9, Arseneult. Mr. Mrs. Gerald Arsenault. litilobuo Street. in his 11th year. Beating this evening at the Hennassey Funeral ome from where the funeral will take place Saturday morning at 8:3) to St. Winston‘s Bas nice fcr Requiem High Mass at 8:45. Intcrmmt will be in the Ram Catholic cemetery

COX — At the P.E.I. Hospital, Wednesday. Jan. 9. 1963, H therino Maud Cox, widow Herbert Cox. M ell. Remains are resting at the MacLean Funeral Home until 10 am. today, then to her late residencc. him-cit. Funeral arrangements wrll be announced later.

GILBERT — At the P-l'ince Ed-

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= until 10 o'clock M}, Jan. .10. then to More“ and Church for funeral ser- 'vlcc commencing at 2 pm. In- haled! will take place Mario United cemetery.

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before the one Kenneth was in would have gone, too.

“He started to run toward us. hill the second mate, Ken Mer- riam. shouted to him to stay

'we PRAYED’ I‘SAYS MOTHER .‘or S’SIDE BOY

Wha. does it feel like to have your son missing?

Mrs. Aubin Blacquiere. mother of Kenneth Blacquiere. the 16-ycar-old lad plucked from the clutchcs of death in Northumberland Strait Tues- day night after he drifted out on an ice pack. said yesterday morning that Tuesday evening she was at a bingo party.

“i was walking home with anothte woman about 10 o'clock and noticed a crowd down by the waterfront, so we walked down . . Some- one told me a boy by the name of Blacquiore was adrift on an ice pan. and I‘found out shortly after sort Kenneth"

.\irs. Blacquiere said she no.'cr gave it . times felt that her son couldn't possibly bc still alive as the ice would definitely break up.

“We prayer“, she said. "and I think that's what saved him."

that it was my

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where he was. That was the safest thing to do.

“We turned around and ap- proached stern first. We had to go very carefully not to break

10 small piece of ice —- it was only about 20 feet square and was going to pieces fast.

“The boy was in good spirits. He must have nerves of tee], becausr he knew that the piece of ice hc was on could not last much longer. We threw him a lifebuoy, and he was able to walk up a ladder on to the fan- tail by himself. We gave him a hot meal straight away, but he did not seem much affected by the ordeal." IS COMMENDED

Captain Kean has received many commendations on the rescue carried out by him and his crew. Says Howard G. Gray- ston. Atlantic Region vice-pm- sidert of Canadian National Railways: "Captain Kean and his crew carried out the rescue in the highest tradition of the sea. heir skill p saved this boy from almost cer- tain death. and I am happy to able to congratulate them on the succeeetul outcome of

‘ their mission of mercy."

iN QUANDARY

When the searchers on the waterfront of Summer-side were in a quandary as to what to do next after a search of harbor waters and for a short distance outside the harbor failed to locate the missing boy. I: d g a r Cannon suggested that the MV

Ahcgweit. be sent up the Strait m.

to search.

The captain of the ferry which m

was running late night crossings with freight was contacted by radio and the férry was diverted for the search. WORD OF 1101’! v The first word of hope, which was also the much-awaited news of the safe recovery of th 0 young lad came to shore short-

. ly after 3.30 a.m. when the ship

radioed to an RCMP car on the

"° scene that they had picked . Resting at the Machan the

up lad. The actual pick-up came at 8.32. just one hour and 10 minutes after the Abbi- Ml

ft dock. The sighs of relief that wont up

clearly audible. Many had oh- viously given up hope of the youth's rescue.

Interviewed following the re« scue, Abegweit‘s Captain

. Kean said he was able to as- certain an approximate fix on the boy’s location as soon as he was told the time of his disap- pearance through knowledge of the flow of the tides and the wind direction (it. was south). FOUND BY RADAR

Proceeding via radar. the ship steamed to a spot two and a half miles off Sea Cow Hcad and about four miles from Mac- Callums Point, where the boy was found.

The almost complete acouracy of the ships 'officers in plotting their course was borne out by Capt. Kean's statement: "if we had stayed on course. we'd have run right over him".

Captain Kean said "I’m lick. led to death that we rescued the boy...he might have been dead. We found him only four degrees off our originally-planned course ' was of the utmost impor- tance. He was just floating out into the strong current — anoth- er haif hour could have been

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the end' . WEATHER WAS BAD Captain Kean said the weath- er was quite bad. with 25 mph. 'nd in open water and near zero visibility. The large ice pan on which Blacquiere was riding originally housed four smelt shacks including his. All these shacks remained to- gether with the floe until the Abegweit broke up the ice. Captain Kean said they back- ed the ship up to the boy's ice

‘Cen’rennialPark' Proposedl

SUMMERSIDE —— The hear-| ing into a charge of keeping liquor for ,sale against Percy Gallant, Fitzroy Street. Sum- merside, commenced in police court yesterday morning he-

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cake and a life buoy was thrown him. Holding this, he walked up a ladder into the ship with little difficulty. “When I first heard

. from the RCMP that we wen;

requested to fish this boy out of the water. I thought it was joke." said Capt Kean. “That boy certainly is self reliant. He didn’t panic and seemed little the worse for his ordeal. b of I wouldn't want to have been in ce".

Kenny Blacquiere. on board the Abegweit after his rescue. told this reporter “I sure h a it some anxious moments — l was sure worried by times — I felt okay because I had the s m c it shack for shelter and I didn’t get too wet — I guess I‘m pret-

ty lucky". ALL THE HEROES Hero of the day. at least

heroes. would seem to be the crew of the Abegweit. but every one that assisted in sending out search parties are equally de- serving of praise for the recov- ery. and y o u n g Kenny Blac- quicre can look back on it now as a bad dream, although he probably learned a lesson in its process.

Kenneth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Aubin Blacquiere. His companion George Paynter. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Payntcr. Sr.. Summerside.

Two trucks from the Summer- side fire department rallied to the scene at the waterfront. and their flashing red beacons guid- ed the searchers in their opera- tion. Coffee and doughnuts were supplied to the searchers by James MacLean, manager of; the Tartan Restaurant. I

fore Magistrate R. S. Hinton. C.

On completion of the morning hearing the case was adjourn- ed until Jan. 30.

John J. Holmes of Charlotte town is conducting the case for the Crown and defence co

3 is J. Watson MacNaugiht. QC.

The change resulted from a raid by Summerside police and on the Fitzroy Street residence on the night of Nov. 2 when a large quantity of liquor, ale and wine were seiz- d

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Police Chief S. D. A. Wanna- maker related how he and Cost. Ronald Mailman had the accused‘s residence under ob. servation on the night in quest- ion while parked in the chief's private car nearby He stated that two young men. later iden- tified to be tram the O'Leary area were seen coming up Al- ley Street and going into Gal- lant's home. As a result the two were apprehended shortly after and some liquor taken

born t .

Shortly before midnight the lhome was searched a a large quantity of alcoholic beverages were seized and taken to t police station by the police

truck. Included were five pints of whiskey, Z) or more pints of

rum. five quarts of sherry. and four cases of ale. Also tender- ed as evidence were five cases of empty beer bottles, two “shot” glasses. beer bottle caps and several empty bott- les. all alleged to have been taken from the accused's borne.

Objection was raised by de« fence counsel during the tender-

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As Summerside Proiec’r

SUMMERSIDE BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN A "centennial park” fronting Northumbarland Strait. adjac- ent to title western edge of Sum- merside, was the preferred item offered for consideration by the special projects committee of Summerside Centennial at its third meeting last night. The discussion seemed unani- mous however that a sewage disposal system for the Town of Summerside should coincide or precede the establishment of the park. The committee envisions the pro s'c r v i n g many pu s c w o u l d have their beginning in the province's centennial observan- ces in 1984.

Edgar ‘Cannon. chairman of the Summerside centennial com- mittee, presided at the meeting held in the civic building.

The incorporated village of was reported to be

cooperating with Summereide in working for the establishment of the pa . Sally Baler said she looked

St. Eleanors interest

have

torlcsl reserch that has been done is this nce mem- of the RCA! and felt that and would be willing

hel to make

so

from the large throng gathered around the RCMP radio eu- was

r Summerside

this matter even (if it involved} an increase in taxes. and saidy that until this is done there Is just no place where citizens or

a review of facilities that could be provided at that time. t was felt that Charlottetown

Evidence Heard In Liquor Case

ing of exhibits “to save time" when he erred the court to. the Keough case of a year ago. r

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council include Alvin Palmer and itaynail Mac-‘ Neil, O‘Leary: Cornwall: al: Clair MacLeod. Long River;

ter. Dundas and Albert : Cardigan.

tie. Officers and directors of lb 9 her‘n E l i i s,

Stanley Willis, Arthur Jones. Pown-

eslie Hunter and William Hun- Acorn,

Objectives include greater at-

Mr. MacNaugm said in this ‘tention to thorough cultivation

case Keough had been raided} and a large quantity of liquor. seized by the police. He saidl Keou-gh was later: convicted but

of the soil and to co-operate with all organizations which are as- sisting in conducting county or

{provincial plowing matches.

Employees of the Maritime Electric 00., Ltd, and their guests g ed at the lottetown Hotel last evening to bid farewell to A D Gammon,

general manager. and Mrs. Cameron, and to welcome the

new general manager, Smith

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Almost-m0 sat down to the company-sponsored dinner which

the case was appealed and the? appeal upheld in Supreme 5 in which judgment stated thatl

quantity of liquor on the prem- ises ong as he has ther money and a permit. r lPrayer Week 0 lServrce He ‘At S’side SUMMERSIDE — The Uni- ted Baptist Church in Summer- side was .the meeting place for. the Wednesday evening service of the Week of Prayer. Rev. K. Hobson conducted the ser- vice which was veny largely at- tended. The church choir ren- dered a very lovely selectio entitled “Seek Ye The ord". v. B

the theme spoke on the universality Christ noting that. everyone finds what he needs in Him.

He directed attention to three. separate areas in life where. Christ is Lord. The area of? truth. the domain of character.; and the sphere of service. Alli present were challenged to look deep within themselves to see if Christ really is the lord of life. in the opening remarks greetings were brought from‘ the Guelph Ministerial Associa- ion.

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The services will continue to-r night at 7:30 convening in Trin-‘ ity United Church. The t e for the evening is “Food Satisfies".

Rinks Take !

Bad Beating um

Wilfred Hutchinson in Central he pointed out is a sizeable re- 1 "i . l

EVANGiEllST _

Rev. D. Bruce Moore. EA, BD. son of A. G. Moore and thc late Marry (Bruce) Moore. Pownal. has recently accepted the position of evangelist ' the Maritime Baptist Convent- on. Mr. Moore is married to

former ' Wis.

. Mary Lou and Jo Aim. For the next few months. Mr. and Mrs. Moore and family will reside in Free- town.

h me i That liflue Fire Results in Call To Firemen

CENTRAL LOT 16 — Flames 3

a flue fire at the home of r

was delayed a half an hour repa' damage by the late afternoon’s wind and wet snow.

R. A. Parker, chairman for the occasion. ' ‘ head table. and reviewed the many activities of MI. Cam- eron. not only in the company but in is chumb and com munity, since he and Mrs Cameron had arrived almost . 38m

crimson roses, vase and J. L.

in their remarks both Mrs. Parker and Mr. expressed the deep affection felt by all those present for Mr. and Mrs. Cameron. and the hope that their absence from the Island could be broken from time to time.

Speaking on behalf of his wife and himself, Mr. Cameron thanked the employees for their gifts. but- more than that. for the very pleasant memor- 1[es which their thoughtfulness

lHOilOiS A.D. Cameron

would always bring to mind. He voiced appreciation to 'all w had made their stay in the province such a happy one, and to the past six years as very busy ones. but most rewarding.

Robert Mr Ca M

. micron then mtmod' need 1'. Smith, new general man- ager of the company. and for- merly senior super- Visory' en- with the Montreal Elle Co., Ltd. brief remarks. Mr. Smith, who was meeting most

gineer .gineering In his

s Pleasure

to take up residence in the province. . of the concern he felt in stepping into the shoes vacated by Mr. Cameron. and voiced the hope that the futons of the company and its em- ployees would be as bright as the past years had been under

Mr. eron’s dance. ‘ 8 Guests at the head table in- enthnsiast, with an electronic flash. M

Magistrate Fines Two

A small docket confronted Magistrate James B. Johnston in Queen‘s County magistrates court yesterday.

Walter G. Heartz. East Royal-

lty, and Soloman Tawil. North

:Fire Loss uln S’side lls Reduced

SUMMERSIDE — Fire Chief {Leo Wood stated yesterday that Mire damage in 1962 in Summer- lside was a great deal less than rfor the previous . re- ‘vealed the comparative figures which showed only $6,400 n damages from fire last ear against $38,000 for 1961. which

{Lot 16 early last evening led to ducmon- r

TIGNISH —~ Continued mild weather is very disappointing for skaters in the Tignish area. I

9 outdoor rink in the village with a good ice foundation be-

:a call for the Miscoucthe fi rel ldepartment which quickly

J sponded and stood by until the. r n ‘

ames had subsided withoth

would have occasions when they fore the mild weather set in is l damage 10 the TESidence-

tourists can safely swim or would be overloaded wrth con~ bathe in the harbor waters. . ventions a d t t Summersidc ing mdl‘. W 591‘. Chlef could offer facilities for some of

administration officer at RCAF Station Summerside, represent- ed the air torce at the meeting. and offered the cooperation of RCAF personnel in an pos- sible during the centennial pro- gram. AIR FORCE DAY

He suggested that If it was the wish of the committee, and if a definite date could be giv- en. thnt the RCAF would plan to have Air Force Day duping Lobster Carnival week. This offer was received with enthusiasm by the commit- tee, and Charles Hogan. carni- val manager, said that the 1964 Lobster Carnival dates would be set within the next 10 days.