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DRAGGERS PLAY ROLE IN ECONOMY

PLANTS GIVE BOOST

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Trend is established

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Taking a hiok al the future RA. Leard, mayor of Souris says he does not see the town “blossoming into a small cily hut a trend for (He future has already been establisned

Mavor Leard thinks the Kings

with its processing plants will provide “a pleasant rural life for marginal land holders who will suppleinent their incomes by working in the town,’

He said ‘this trend has al ready been establisned and now workers commute to the town from as far. away as 30 miles

Sotiris’ has always been noted for its connection with Gulf of St. Lawrence fisheries and is now the home of a dragger [leet which numbers about 80 ships

Fish processing plants in the town give a large: boost to the area's economy, with as many as 300 plant workers employed at peak season BIGGER FARMS

County town

RAY LEARD

gional high enior ( ers 4 excellent whari number. of fish SHIPPING The

school

faciliues packing CENTRE

town has the

ouris

homes for home, and a plants

biggest pulp-

wood stockvard in the province and pulp is shipped to such countries as Italy, France and England. Souris is also a ship-

ping centre for Newfoundland the. Magdalen ine potato

and other

age

According to Mayor Leard 4S. anlicipaling .

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produce going to Nova Scotia and Islands

sharf has a heated

The mar- shed for

produce stor- the the... con:

structyn of: harbor facilities’ for

fishernien this expects an early nouncement on “This may ing wharf other small he said Two sewer the town at a hundred thousand Affairs of the ministered by Ma} a s'x-man

for

years ago system

Andrew Gillis, ling Dingwell Power

Donald i

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Veal

possibly fishermen vesse!

was

cost of town

council members are Clarence Meurant Walter

He said he federal an- the matter be a land and owners,

a water and installed - in everal

dollardA

are ad- or Leard and

Council Mac- Char-

Solomon, and Richard

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jion in | date |June of 1964 when a steel short-

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relieved at Borden

BORDEN — The most signif- icant progress seen here during was the complet-

which was

the past the new pier

year ion of , completed late in 1964 Originally slated for complet December of 1963 the

was pushed forward to

Due to short- and weather

problems the McNamara Con- struction, the general contract- ors on the job, were given two extensions on thefr contract During the early ‘stages of con- struction, Wilfred Clausen, res- engineer Whitinan Benn Associates of Halifax, the engineer for this we want to use products for this added “but when to order the steel we Canadian steel He said result been

e, dev eloped

age of materials

and j consultant | project stated all Canadian He went that all mills were booked up time that, as a should have

we found

everything

| completed, except the steelwork,

by the end of 1963.

The new pier gives the Borden terminal a total of three and has helped ease the traffic tie- ups but it will really prove its worth this summer during the height of the tourist season. Originally it was planned that the new pier would be used primarily by the MV Confeder-

‘able for most of the

ation in moving vehicular traffic

Another acc omplishment seen

here was the extension and ren

ovation to the Legion ,Home

started last June and completed in December The project was completed at

$25.000 and the work was carried nwt by New

a cost of

Walter

comb and -Kelvin Maclennan The extension consisted of a

wing measuring 25 x W feet

With: this additional space the

main floor of the home now con

sists of a large area lor dances along with bar facilities. dry canleen. washroom facilities along with a stage with PA system and a ticket booth Another feature on this floor

is a completel, vequipped— kit chen

The bottom floor is subdtvid ed into a beverage room, lounce and TV room with bar and wast

room facilities The or iginal 1951, makes

home. erecjed in its facilties/ay ail

ommunity

activities including girl guides scouts, naval cadets agd other projects. Blood donor clinics are

also held here

The home has a. membership rol] totalling 130 along with as sociaté members. The members come from the town itself and surrounding areas extending as far as Crapaud

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We are very happy and proud to have sharedin —. the prosperity of this community in the past 38

years and we would like to take this opportunity —

to thank our customers who have made this pos-

@ Smith Cerena Marchant Typewriters, Add- ing Machines, Calculators, Photo Copiers, Ac-

Mayor Leard pointed oul that peautiful stene and many farmers and fishermen of the jo, of {ine be DPIC area will have opportunity to but , aa

. ’ t € our st “ provide ‘the staples for the PU! ‘0 atiract th © lange fish and frozen food piant Mus! have. more overnight ac- which will begin operation im commodation for the traveller Kings County in the summer Emphasis should be put on He emphasized, however, that the provision more locally

‘farms, like draggers. will have cooked sea foods for the tourist to be larger and more acreage With many types of sea food will have to be matched with right on our doo ep eTi- bigger and bigger investment to prepared sea food dishes are a make both land and machinery mus! for ever enu pay.” Souris, which was incorporat-

A third potential of the area, ed into a town in [910, now. has according to Mayor Leard. is a p 37. It boasts the tourist industry ‘We have fine eleme hools. a re

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