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PROUD MOMENT investiture for the Second Charlottetown Scout Troop -at St. Peter’s Cathedral hall last |

‘Scoutmaster Patterson Carr to Scout Billy MacLure at the

But Its ‘Average Winter’

By ROY TURNER these . statistics were “Made; Weather records have been S’side Bureau Staff Writer { gunialiie, “to be Ggais-up an. Sngt ai he “last” enetion alan Whether or not it's true‘ that'| one of the most average winters | 1949 and that winter only. 6.9 on record, with typical Maritime | inches of snow féll during Jana- Regardless this js still a nice winter.-so far!

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Tobacco Survey Planned By Dept.

Agriculture Minister Andrew MacRae said yesterday th a‘t he will have prepared a statisti- cal survey on all aspects of to- bacco production in the prov- ince. : > *

Main reason for the survey, according to Mr: MacRae, is to provide the Farm Credit Cor- poration with information that will be helpful te it when

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sure been a lovely winter ..90 far —- what a difference from last winter!’ recorded sedtion at ceived 40-inches of snow so fat syuMMERSIDE — Fierce|ing on highways in the area, this winter, which is about aver- | : but due to extremely slippery really not too much more COM | hoq completely ceased falling|Station Summerside - recorded sidering the fact we had @ 21- | 114 skies were clearing. | only_.8 inches of snow, althouglt remains on the ground, ; : on is a wonderful thing, ett Sarage reported no drift ariel theky Sf meat tp seperied. | \ eee ‘ kept. # 4rom blowing. . 4 . 2 , Although five days this month Dec. 1 and Jan. 15. Last year ers these days is “will history ates, will be seeking an unpre- | repeat itself?’’ Will there be‘a|cedented fourth term as ahe

after last winter but we hope er, | he’s right. ; Take this winter for instance, (~~ i di f S However, statistics Int Ing now form at the m ; ‘ . the RCAF station Teveal there Teally isn’t sucn a big differ- ence after all, at least in some respects age and 17 of those inches feil | went ne ee re road conditions several trucks so far this month. |day afternoon brought feat to| 0. dispatched to dose . them | Last year-up to this date 5um- | many Summerside citizens that| with liberal quantities of sand | and ‘rodk salt. — inch wfall over the first The hi ghways were at no time| winds soared to a maximum weekend of come ie year. | socked by the shortlived storm, velocity of 56 miles per hour. The big difference that have | Dut visibility was reported to be} The RCMP reported only one that of the 40 inches very poor during” the distur-| accideng during the short out- especially in January. Last year the white stuff just kept ac: cumulating and was piled high er by raging winds. This year | | as a * a 2 : = ne | if : sy have produced record high tem- | : peratures, generally the figures : show that the “ temperatures | ; were quite similar for te two | Y ROY TURNER Councillor *MacCausland, whe | S’sig@e Bureau Staff Writer is deputy mayor, has been in| One of the questions uppermost | the council since 1956. civie election next month or will |town’s chief magistrate. Since | \the same councillors be elected | coming to office in 1956, his ad- | | by acclamation as was the case | ministration has adopted the |a@ year ago? pay. - as - you-- go policy, as |

Nearly everyone is saying “It’s | ‘ L h E { p | - a difference_ot-22 inches, but-| however within three hours snow}. The “met” section at RCAF fallen this winter, hardly bance. Officials at the govers-|burst. In West Prince, only a, we've had the winds but the snow was winters, for the periods between in the minds of Summerside vot-| Mayor Currie, if. ke renomm.- | well as having hired a town

arrived on the calendar, winter | and kept on firing |

Warrant heued For Driver

. SUMMERSIDE — A warrant | was issued for the arrest of Albert Matthews of Freetown

in police court. face.a charge of driving a mot- | or vehicle while his license was

MacKay | after he was checked for driving | the wrong way on a one-way

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| tion is always rife-at this time ‘of year and many think the an-

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Only they can ‘answer questions, and so far only one is showing his hand. But specula-

swer is “yes.” — that no oppo- sition will be forthcoming and all will ,renominate, with the re sultant Feturn to office by ace lamatiort.

Councillor Fred ault,

nominate for a third term. How- ever, Mayor Currie, W. E. Mac- Causiland, and W. E, Jenkins, when approached, said ‘‘it’s too early yet.” However, Councillor

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SERVED THREE TERMS Mayor Currie’s predecessor, the present Welfare and Labor |

Minister Henry W. Wedge, was the only other mayor to have | served three successive terms, ranging from 1950-56. Other ma |

| yors have served three terms, ‘but not in successive years.

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. 1.00 ea: Mrs. A. D. MacLare, | Mrs. Garnet Moore, Mrs. G. HL.) private growers. has been ship. (Myers. Simon _Dicholson, — tis. ped to the purchasing SOMmpany |r aser. ’ .

in Ontario. P “Tom Clair, Mrs The’ minister said that the-de- |ssarb. Poole, iiies. Emersoa O° paeet of agriculture’s pro- |Connor, r on, grown on about 80/ sic: Mrs. John MacPhee. acres, ig expected to’ be ship- en yee yee ete bee ecve $55.00 ped from the province: within \Collector Jessie Shaw. - the next two weeks. 3.00 °.... MacLeod & Greeve

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it is approached for loans to help set up tobacco farms.

Mr. MacRae said fhat part of the tobacco crop, ~produced by

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might ‘be drafted, but this would * be lost as soon as the John MacDonald, Mrs. W

tide drop- | Burhoe ped. Captain Hawley Crockest PULD0°: J suggested that a pier might be We: Mrs. John D. weeny built out into the river on which Ms. William Riley, Mrs. a a pumper could .be parked to ton Campbell, Mrs. Jenny Mac- draft water. | Kenzie. There is another hydrant on | a dead-end line on Park from which only a trickle of |

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: \Cannell, Mrs. RECOMMENDATIONS MADE (mrs. Ted tions, stated as being absolutely necessary, were put forth at the meeting. \virs The first called for a mutual |

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tetown, ‘staff Kings County Memorial jospital, Collector Barbara Ma-

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ments but a nite ruling in writing is now deemed neces-; 100ea: Audrey Liewellyn, sary. ; \Charlotte Gordon, Mrs. Mae In the event of a major dis- Clow, Sally

tricts, help could be had from Hilchie, . Mrs. Nan Aicholsoa,

It was noted that tn the past the Ange Power, Mrs. Margaret city department undertook to Rodgers. : provide protection to areas with- 50c ea: Mrs. Ethel Murphy,

of Katherine Watson, Marion Cross Parkdale has now man. ME cs ys eee o> Teresene $14.

taken over much of that responsibility and the city should be prepared to assist Parkdale. especially if their machines are out -on @ country call, it was said.

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