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INTERIOR CITY’S NEW WATER RESERVOIR

Enlarged businesses

give economic

boost

| Storage

facilities

increased

During Centennial Year in the and is being used for a hard concluded with a b-nquet in the, Both the British American Oil

‘{ncorporated village of O'Leary construction of new buildings electric and plumbing fixtures and improvements to present and building supplies structures marked the continu- Jelley's Funeral Home, estab- ed advancement of the entire lished in 1889, has moved into area. spacious new accommodation Probably the most notable event in the economic life of O’- Leary was the establishment by Edwin Turne and Bernard Shea of a sizable vegetable business

lof the Community Hospital. One of the oldest such establishments in Prince County it was taken | over from Claude Jelley in 1958

principally 45 acres of carrots|by Douglas V. Kerguson who which be continued vit served" nis? with year with the same acreage. the.j¥.D. MacLean Funeral

Marketed under the brand name ‘“‘Tushey” the industry is conducted in a new frost proof |new home leads from a hallway concrete block building measur-|into double slumber rooms and ing 120 x 14 by 17 feet in height. | adjoining waiting rooms. Liv-

Seven people. are cmploy-i/ing quarters are on the second full time in washing, grading | floor. and packaging the carrots which| The seventh annual Prince are receiving a ready accept-|County Plowing Match was held ance on the Maritime market. (in O'Leary on Aug. 27 with Ar-

A $13,000 addition has once|thur Hudson of Cascumpec again expanded the facilities of | chalking up his third consecu- O'Leary farmers cooperative. tive victory for a total of four The 20 x 80 addition on the east | wins since the match was insti- side of the store is of concrete 'tuted in O'Leary. The match

Despite serious fire raceway has goodyear

Destroyed by fire last Fall, Event No. 4— $800 claiming. the old established Summerside Purse at least $1,000. To be rac- Raceway barn has been replac- |ed July 28th ed by a new, 174 feet by 60 feet' Event No. 5— three-year-olds. model with room enough for 60 Purse at least $1,000. To be rac- horses ed Augus’ 5th

Eric Johnston is the new pre- )= sident of the Prince County Horsemen's Club. A race an- nouncer last year, Johnston suc- ceeds BP »b Dewar and has »rom- ised an even more colorful, ex- citing and entertaining racing season for 1965.

Johns'ra has a new, very cap- able :nd experienced manager in Leara S. Frame. nicknamed eo s\. Frame, prior to his ar-

val here set up harness racing in five different centres in Bri- tigh-Columbiaand_was_a —_pro- gram director at Sackville Downs, New Brunswick

Frame would like to see Char- lottetown and Summerside get together and other than Lobster Carnival and Old Home Weeks. face three times each every two weeks. This would b> done by having a race once a week in one area and two races the next week.

The manager indicated svec- fal entertainment will be held on race nights to encourage larger crowds: Citizens of surrounding villages, he claims, should be admitted free of charge to spec- fal nights during the season.

In a wholesale change for the coming season, qualifying heats will be run off and all comoet- fmg horses will have to qualify in order to race in Summerside.

A $4000 Free For All, the bic gest purse ever offered on the Island, will be held during Lob- eter Carnival Week and some of the firest horses in the Maritim- es will be represented.

In addition -to this king sized

, the Ensor Bowness Mem- orial will be held at the race- way.

Johnston will feature 2 rac- tng dates for this season as cormeared to the previous year card of 24.

Following are early closers for 1965 to be raced at Summer- side in July and August.

mt No. 1 four-year-old. Purse at least $1,000. To be rac- ed July 7th.

Event No. 2— To be raced July 12th. Non winners of $100 in life time ‘either gait) st end of 1944. Purse at least $1,200.

Event No. 3—Free for all. Purse at least $4,000. To be rac- ° ed July 15th.

EARNS FELLOWSHIP

KINGSTON, On. (CP) — R. Fraser Armstrong, administra- tor of Kingston General Hospl- tal’ from 1925 to 1958 and a charter member of the Ameri- ean College of Hospital Admin- istrators, has been awarded a life fellowship by the Chicago- based organization, an educa- tional body th at aims to improve hospital standards

thrqyzhout North America. ‘(SMALL CHARGE Nauru, a island with «a

en 000 in the Pa- Ocean, is the smallest

|Home tn Charlottetown, The dis- tinctive main entrance in the

}Wolle resulting in a remarkable. transformation of the coastal community.

On Saturday, Tuly 11, one of the largest and most colorful parades ever held th West

Prince was staged “to mark O’- Leary’s part in the - provincial Centennial celebrations also to observe the opening by Hon. L. G. Dewar, MD, minister ‘of edu- cation, of a fine new commun- ity park. Situated near the com- | munity hospital the land for the |park was donated by the hospit- | al officials.

A four unit senior. citizens jhousing unit was also officially opened the same day by Hon. Henry Wedge, minister of wel- | fare. the first such unit to be }0, ned in Princa, County. The | home was constructed by Wil- \liams and Murphy. Centennial day opened in O’Leary with a mammoth ball in the Regional High School Auditorium spon- |sored by O'Leary Lions Club, |continued with sports events in

community took part }

|the afternoon and closed with a community church service Sun- dav evening.

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tion to gasoline.

ware department, farm supplies, |evening followed by a band ton- Company and the Irving Oil

Company installed new storage tanks and increased storage fa- cilities in Georgetown during the past year.

In October the British Ameri-

on Barkley Street in the vicinity’jof ~'Leary was awarded fitst!can,whose local agent is Char-

les A. McConnell, installed three

to job increase

| Im @ year-end review of tt he ed out that one segment | employ ment Situation George employment situation reyes aes ee of the the efforts of the whole commu- ice of the Nat-/nity. He referred to the ev. rey rs ohne Service, sta- increasing numbers of students | tes ' ca banner year enjoy- seeking summer employment. A is expected to contin- Many of these, particularly the vee er into 1965. All economic under graduate university and » ications, point to a rising level college students, need the sum- prosperity, with high emoloy-|mer earnings to help cover San cad tty ‘n construc- their education costs and re- Proce ‘sing occupa- duce the dr " tions being important factors. ftered. the’ suzgect Mr. Cheverie said ion that An indication ef the extent of | their the services provided by

all employers review | need omer ree ee! the | Snow an vise National Employment Office | 5° that local needs can be dan here was given by J. A. Mur. Mined, and an early beginning phy, Emoloyment Branch Sup.-| in selection and referral ervisor He reported that. dy.|% ‘Suitable student applicants ring 1964, a total of 4,863 per-|'0 Jobs

sons were placed in jobs. Of Asked to comment on the these 2,846 were men, and number of applicants for un- 2,017 were women During the/employment insurance year, Mr. F. B. Ashmole was C L. Winchester, insurance appointed to the staff, as Spe. Branch Supervisor, noted. that, cial Services Supervisor, and,/up to the end ‘of the year, with C A. Orford, Special Ser-'claims for benefit were appro- vices Officer, this. section re-|ximately 10 per cent lower than ferred, or directed 167 men in 1963. However, as the ful} and women to vocational train-|/force of seasonal lay-offs is felt, | ing. Another responsibility |the Special Services. Division,|and claims to be almost as |Mr. Murphy said, is the coun-|high asin the winter of 1964. selling of students in occupation| Mr. Winchester pointed selection. In this area, with the| that the majority of claims are co - operation of the Charlotte-| received from fishermen, can- town Rotary Club. and the Park-| Nery workers, construction work- dale Lions Club. more than|ers, and others employed in sea- 1,500 students in grades 9 to 12| sonal industries. Sic counselled in 23 ed

8. UNEMPLOYMENT “SURE”

Another addition to the staff,| R ? ( -_ Me “4 a Smethure, | EGINA (CP) Near-otal ployer ations Officer, hasja result of automa obert strengthened the local office’s|Theobald, a New. York cone contact with employers, and is| mist’ and journalist, said Sun- already reflecting an increased day. Mr. Theobald told the fifth awareness on the part of em-| annual winter institute the citi- ployers, of the services avail. | zens of highly-automated soci- able through NES |eties eventually will have noth- Although optimistic regarding | ing but leisure time and will be the general employment out- entitled to expect their govern-

new tanks. Two of the tanks are of 2,000 galion capacity and the third holds 3,000 gallons. This in in addition to the tanks for- merly..in. use sh. held. 2,000 gallons each and brought total capacity to 11,000 gallons to.be used for the storage of stove oil, furnace oil, diesel ofl and farm gasoline.

In addition the local dealer has the regular underground gasoline storage facilities. Around the newly installed

The Irving Oil Company leas-

highway and here -they installed a storage depot.

The land was verts and a gravel ed on the site. A was brought in from. Morell placed in position. cradle, on which six large storage were erected, is 43 feet long and 12 feet high and rests on cement blecks. Total capacity of the tanks is 18,000 gallons and the various types of stove, furnace and diesel oil are stored in addi-

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look for 1965, Mr. Murphy point-|ments to support them.

‘Moore & MeLeed Lid.

A departmental store established over 72 years ago to serve Islanders . «+ ‘flourishing Because of its close connection with the preferences - ° and needs of Islanders. In 1965 we are proud to still be ‘Your favorite shopping centre” and pleased to meet and serve you at any time, _

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To The Ladies of P.E.f.

Yes, indeed, without - the - excellent customer response and acceptance, our progress would not have been . + «6 From a modest beginning in 1945 the

store flourished, apparently. filling a need in Prince Edward Island.

We are proud of our progress, as one of the oldest stores in P. E. 1, and try to live up to our standards by being just a little friendlier, just a little better and just a little mote helpful.

Our skilled staff deserves honourable mention here, without our staff, who have helped thousands of P. E. L cus- tomers, our store would just not be the same. .

We also try to live up to our standards by stocking only top quality merchan-

. dise, in a full range, to suit everybody at a modest price.

The Fashion Shoppe

Great George St. Charlottetown

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