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{Arnett Trophy Tug-of-War

‘mat the interests of the people ‘of Prince County in tug oi war gporlg has not diminished was evi- ‘deneed by a crowd of some 700 ipeoiplo who attended the opening ioontest for the Arnett Trophy in hthe Kchsington Rink Wednesday might.

Mr. J. Frank Arnett oi Summer- klde, who donated the trophy, in a pleasing speech stated that he was nndeavoring to ehcolllfl/Kfi BPOYi-i iamong the middle aged men of the

fine ‘rink in which the contests are be- “ang held and referred to the ‘suc- feees of their boys in hockey and pother sports. The cup will be com- peted for during the month of rlOctober on tlle 5th, 12th and 19th

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Annual Meeting Summerside Branch , Canadian Legion

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A very enthusiastic and - ful meeting was held in the armory at eight p. m. about 25 members being present.

The application for ---=;.- of Mr. J. W. Gallant was accepted, some small bills passed. The finan- cial condition oi the branch was shown to be not altogether unsat- isfactory considering the unsatis- factory conditions oi employment. T. H. S. Jackson as chairman of the Remembrance committee save a very full report oi the intended parade and ceremony arrangements and announced that the committee recommended that no more than eighty tickets for the banquet be sold. ‘The report was adopted by the meeting. Msioi- F. F. may on ris- ing to move s resolution referring to Remembrance day prefaced tiie resolution with a few eloquent and inspiring remarks;

Major May said he was honored and proud to be s member of the Canadian Legion. It is the only or- ganlzation to which he belonsa- The Legion is a distinct and unique body of men; an orslniwiivfl ihfli is second to none other on the face o: ti,‘ earth. Composed es it is of

' the pick of the men of the British

Empire from the four corners of the earth.

We hold qualifications that can- not be bought for love nor money. Even our King cannot qualify for this organization. Only we who served and offered our lives and health in the cause of liberty and freedom. Every member of the Can- adian Lesion occcupies s peculiar position second to none in the Em- pire. We hold qualifications which must be lived up to. Speailill! Def‘ sonally, the Major said it took the war with all its horrors and glories to bring home to him a full realiz- ation of the blessings and honor of his privileges as a Canadian citizen. a citizen of the British mnplre- Be- fore the war, one took these privil- eges as s matter of will“. mllilh the same as we breathe the sir we need and eat the food that is plac- ed before us. The speaker said his eyes were opened by what was a comparatively slight incident during the war. it was in August 1915. it Beechborough Park, in the 01d Country. The Second Division of Canadians had received orders to go to France and take their place among the other sons of Empire in the fighting line. Before they left for France, His Majesty the Kins reviewed them at. Beechborough Park. The day was dull, miserable

.and then on the,26 the finals will Irtake place and the cup would be presested to the winner.

i The teams are composed of eight men and any p011 in Prince County can enter s. team.

l The following is thesummary of ‘events:

Fifty yards dash, 10 years and ‘Wander, first Eric Jardine, 2nd Er- inest McKinnon, 3rd David McLean ltfme 7 seconds.

4 Running high Jump. First Ken lMuttart and Roy Easter, equal, ‘5 ft. 1 1-2 inches; 2nd James Evans ,4 ft. 11 inches: 3rd Bov Wheaten I4 ft. l0 inches.

5 Running broad Jump, 1st James

, MMillman 18 ft. 9 inches; 2nd James

qiilvans 17 it. 7 inches: 3rd Bev ‘,Wheaton 17 ft. 6 inches. < y Fifty yards dash, 1st Bev whea- Jton, 2nd James Mlllman, 3rd Jas. Evans.

l Pole vault, 1st James Cousins. B ‘it. 10 inches: 2nd Maurice Higgins ii ll James Miilman. v

| 220 yards dnsh, boys under 15. llst Roland Sheen; 2nd Arthur Bridges; 3rd Eric Jardine.

220 yard clash open. 1st James

Evans: 2nd Roland Champion, 3rd Nernon Campbell. l Tux of War, Southwest Lot 1o fvs- Indlan River: won by Indian River, one minute and 24. seconds. l Kenslngton East vs. New Annan. This was the the most exciting pull of the evcniiig. Won by New An- nan in 7 minutes 9 1-2 seconds.

North Bedeque vs. Albany. The North Bcdcque team were the win- ners of the Strong-Morrison 'I‘ro- ilily and won this pull in 1 minute J2 seconds. _

There are six teams entered for lilext Wednesday night's contest. The pulls are on clay and]; good night's sports is in store for the fans.

Offlclals- Referee, George sheen Timer D. B. McDonald; Announcer r‘. .1. is. Wright-S.

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and raining at times heavily. The 5th Brigade, of which the speaker's Bel- talian formed a part. moved up in the heavy downpour to commence their march past, and ill-Bi I-i the moment that the 26th swung into line, the rain ceased, the clouds parted and the glorious sun burst forth in all its new splender- The speaker turned and looked back: he saw a sight that dazzled his eyes by it; unspeakable magnificence. a scene that caught his breath in un- controllable emotion. ‘filmy film's‘ and Canadan bayonets“ finsilill! back the dazzling light of that mighty orb which shines perpetually “We some portion oi our far-flung Em- pire. Thirty thousand sons oi Can- ada had travelled three thousand miles across the sea, and at that moment, proudly errect, weapons a- gleam, moving with a strons and steady rhythm, like a stream of silver fire, forward to salute their King, onward to flsht and die for country and empire. An inspTiIlE moment that imPWF-ged °n u“ speaker with unforgettable RIPFe i716 unFque honor and privilege that was his. The honor and Pill/HER 0i ii Canadian citizen of the British Em- pife.

Major May reminded his li-Bifill- ers that the Canadans had formed the spearhead oi the army WIN il° which they were attached and r8- called to mind the occasion when the late Earl Haig had addressed them after the unsuccessful attack by the enemy at the Somme. Quot- ing the Earl's words “Had the at- tack by the enemy broken ihioush our lines it was my intention to use the invincible Canadians as thfi spearhead of our counter-attacklnw vincibie; supreme to do men's work. Haig, although he has Dowel‘! on, still calls on the Canadian Leg- ion to contnue to'bo the spell‘-

hesd in all good work in evefllwm" munity.

Major May then moved the fol-

lowing resolution which was second-

ed by n. A. Gordon: THAT WHEREAS a resolution has

recently been owed by the Nei- ionai Chamber of commerce at Halifax, N. 5., and forwarded to the Government oi the Dominion °i ohmic, Ottawa, in Wrdl to this effect, “that two minute! with other suitable ceremonies be

observed on Remembrance 007-"

rsther than a less-l nubile "PM" with a cessation oi nu resuilr w- tlvitian-

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A HEALTH SERVICE O7

THE CANADIAN MEDICAL

ASSOCIATION AND LIFE '

INSURANCE COMPANlis IN CANADA

There are various types of serv- ice; there are services which we have as members of the mmun- ity, and private services for which we arrange when we have need oi them. ' -

Medical services are available to bring’ to the benefit ‘of mankind the knowledge and skill acquired through years of study and exper- ience. However, althcugh the serv- ice is there, it is used only in part. The sick come to be made whole; few people come to be kept in health.

g We today are free from the men- ace of certain diseases which were well and sadly known but a short time ago. Improved sanitary mess- ures have given us much in re- turn for the money expended on the safeguarding oi water, milk and food supplies. We have ar- rived at the time when we cannot expect much further help from sanitary measures, and we will have to rely upon our individual efforts to deal with those diseases which sanitary conditions do not influence.

The degenerative diseases of the heart, kidneys and blood vessels. cancer and diabetes do not develop suddenly, as do acute diseases such as pneumonia or typhoid fever. They are insidious in their devel- opment, although the first evidence of their existence may come as an overwhelming catastrophe.

These degenerative diseases de- velop within us. They have no re- iationship to the health of anyone else in the family or round about us. They represent the wearing out or partial destruction of essential working parts of the body machine.

We should seek in prevent the degenerative diseases by living a normal, hygienic life. We should also seek to know of their exist- ence in our body by having a regu- lar health examination once a year. If we wait until we feel the changes which these diseases cause, then very likely we have waited until irreparable inroads have been made.

The health examination provides for s. check-up of all the organs of the body. The earliest signs oi disease are detected and treatment secured at the time when it can do the most good. Instead of wait- ing until you are quite sure that you are ill to call in your doctor to take care of you, how much better it is to have him do his best to keep you well.

The periodic health examination offers a. practical means to secure a longer, healthier life.

Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical

Association, 184 College Street, Tmmli-O. will be answered person. ally by letter.

that we the members oi the sum. merside. P. E. 1'. branch of the Canadian Lesion n. n. s. L. duly assembled at our regular monthly meeting at Summerside, P. n. 1, on October the 5th, 1932, do hereby strongly protest against gnch Reg. olutlon as being "the thin edge of the wedse" towards total abol- ition oi Remembrance Day.

AND FURTHEFLMORE that we would respectfully point out to n11 interested parties that them are no 19-“ iilllil flfiyfive thousand Sons of Canada now lying dead upon the fields of honor of France and Flan- ders W110. by their lives, examples and deaths, have greatly aided Can- ada and the British Empire, as well as such bodies as the National Chamber of Commerce to continue to exist.

THEREFORE FURTHER. RE- SOLVED that we the aforesaid flwmbeTi 0f the Slunmerside branch of the Canadan Legion, do hereby place ourselves on record that we heartily support the present keeping oi Remembrance Day as laid down by the Domini-an Government. ‘This resolution was carried by a unanimous standing vote. Resolution followed by election oi officers:

‘President, B. W. Robison, re-efect- ed.

1st vice Pres. M. i". Graves. 2nd vice pres. B. A. Clerk. Executive Committee: P. Ryan, l". l". may. L. W. Smith. Refreshments, wh'ch had been donated by various members were then served by Mr. Patrick Ryan assisted by Messrs Tanton and 0611195’. ' —-8.

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THE CHARLUFTETOWN GUARDIAN

(By E. S. D.) One hundred and fifteen years ago last June the ship Valiant out of Hull dropped anchor at Char- lottetown bringing to Prince Ed- ward Island a large number of im- migrants. The descendants of these early pioneers today numbered in “' ’ , scattered far and broad over the continent, they know not that the year 1932 marks the an- nlversary of the most outstanding event in the lives of their fore- bears, which, in making history for Prince Edward island, drained some of the best blood from the old York- shire fsmilies, founded a settle- ment near Charlottetown called

Little York, and greatly augmented the population of other communi- ties on P. E. I.

On\ March the twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventeen the good ship Valiant (Capt. Ezard) with one hundred and ninety-six passengers aboard, mainly emigrant families from the counties of York, Lincoln and several from as far south as Devon, set sail from Hull on the Humber, bound for America with their course laid round the north of Scotland. In 1816 Mr. Vin- cent Bell who lster made ahome at ‘rracadie cams to America with the intention of settling perman- ently if he found a country suited to north oi England folk with agri- cultural leanings. Prince Edward Island was his choice and return- ing for his family and ossessions, it was Mr. Bell whose recommenda- tions were the means of securing the Valiant's large passenger list and who also acted as guardian during the voyage for the families of Messers. Sigsworth and Robt. Dodd who had previously come to the Is- land.

Cabin passeng included: Wil- liam Weldon, single; and Messerg, Matthew Burnett and Christopher Cross‘ who left their families in England later to be joined by their wives and children when homes newly carved out oi the forest would afford a certain degree of comfort.

The main body of emigrants, in- cluded the following who settled at different points on the Island: At 'I‘ryon and vicinity, Thomas Hodg- son. William Baker and family," Richard Hudson, single; At Crap- aud-Isaac Smith and family; Wil- liam l-lodgson and family; George Wigginton and wife ; Thomas Carr, single; and John Pearson, single. At Cherry Valley, Mrs. Robert Dodd and family. At Lot 48, William Lund and family. At Covehesd, William stead and family, and

‘Thomas Fawcett and family. At

Charlottetown —Henry Smith, sin-

gle; and Richard Cross. At West

River, Thomas Gorvat, At St. Pet-

er's Road- Mrs. Sigsworth and

family. At 'I"ftlc9.dic—Vincent Bell

and family; and John l-iutcheson

and family. At York — George

Hardy and family; Thomas Hardy

(family did hot come out till later.)

Othes who made this voyage and whose place of settlement is un-

known include: T. Mason, single;

Wm. Mason, siligle; and Ml‘. Fox,

single.

Some did not stay on the Island.

Among those who went to New

Brilnswick were: Robt. Hawks

(Hanks) and family; and John

Rennison both of whom settled in

Albert County. Sackville wlas the

stopping point for John Milner;

while Dorchester, Sussex and Cov-

erdale claimed John Towsc, Robert

Morrison and Robert MiilCl‘ res-

peclively.

The voyage, though long and ted-

ious was not without its exciting

moments. When anchored off

Stromrless (Orkney Islands) before

leaving Europe another ship collid-

was done. The passengers were al- lowed ashore for a short time and the people of the Islands clinic on board with produce, liinziy of the emigrants availing themselves of the opportunity to purcliilse fresh eggs, milk, meat, lobsters and etc. which they would be dcpriileii of for many weeks. Oiic old lady, when almost ninety, who was a passenger on the Valiant, used to recall how as a little gill of teli sile first saw and heard the bag-pipes when pipers came on board sliip at Stromness. She also proudly boast- ed that she was standing on dec

near Captain Ezard as they round- ed the “furthest neuk of Scotland" and remembered quite distinctly the Captain pointing out John of

ed with them, but. slight damage‘

Greats house.

Charlottetown.

in British Columbia.

at sea. At Charlottetown, before St. Croix—one of the first Health Ofllcers on P. E. I. came on ooard to inspect the ship.

some years ago two short ac- counts of this voyage were publish- ed in the Guardian. These varied in some respects but as each was

made the voyage they form intense- ly interesting reading. The Rev. Matthew Smith was the author of one which appeared in the Jan. 27, 1898 issue. The second letter in the Guardian of March 3, i898 gave Mrs. William Court's (nee Jane Bell) account of the voyage.

and the duration of the voyage as seventy-three days. An unusually

would make the date of landfall as June 3. On an old family record in the possession of Mr. Thomas Wig- ginton at Primrose, P. E. L, in the hand writing of one of the original voyagers is recorded, “George Wig- ginton landed on P. E. I. June 25, 1817." One is at a loss to under- stand the disparity in the dates. A search was instituted at the Domin- ion Archives ln Ottawa to see if either of these dates could be veri- fied, but unfortunately the records of clearances and entrances at the port of Charlottetown were not kept in the manner they should have been in 1817. While for that year there is no record of ships entering, there has been preserved a list of ships clearing from P. E. I. during the quarter ending October 10, 1817, these include the Valiant which cleared from Charlottetown for Hull on the 21st day of August.

Mr. smith states in his account that the following emigrants also arrived on the Valiant in '17:- Thomas Best and family; Mr. West and family; and Mr. Vessey and family; all of whom settled at Lit- tle York; and Robert Lund and family who settled at Lot. 48, but Mrs. Wm. Court contradicts this, saying that none of the above nam- ed came on the 1817 trip and that Robert Lund and family made the voyage to P. E. I. on a vessel call- ed the "Dixon."

The Valiant was e ship of 361 tons, registered at Hull in the year 1812 (certificate number 64>, and was the largest ship clearing port in P. E. I. in the months of July and August in 1817. She carried a crew of seventeen men, Captain John Ezard in command. Both Mr. Smith and Mrs. Court spell the Captain's name, Izzard, but Ezard, appearing on the original records. is taken as correct. Captain Ezard died on his next voyage and is bur- ied in the old cemetery in Char- lottetown. It would be interesting to know if there is a stone erected to him. The Valiant saw many years of service and in i839 was a floating chapel at Hull.

The Valiant’s company was com-

_posed chiefly of middle class folk,- ‘tradesmcn, farmers, labourers, nlen

who realized in a way what lay a- head and who were not dismayed. Nearly all settled on green wood farms, and in many cases in new districts. Little York received its name because the Yorkshire famil- ies of George Hardy, and later Tho- mas Hardy, George West, Thomas Vcssey, John Hardy, Abraham Gill, Robert Lund and others built their homes there.

The fine type of immigrants who came on this voyage is manifest in the quickened religious life of Prince Edward Island communities following their settlement. Both Crapaud and Little York built their first churches a. few years after the Yorkshire emigrants had become established in their new homes. They were mainly of Anglican and

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About midway on the voyage the Valiant sighted a Scotch brie in distress and drawing nearer she was found to be in a sinking condition. The crew and about sixty passen- gers were rescued and taken to It is believed fli-‘tt a number of these settled on P. E. I. One, at least of the passengers. Dr. McGregor settled on the 8t. Peter's road. He was murdered many years later on the gold fields The death during the voyage of the child of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Smith saddened the passage for many/ Mr. Chris- topher Cross read the funeral ser- vice and the little child was buried