By CHARLES B ucr: Canadian Press Staf Writer "From stetiin in the gsmc to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended . . . The time was March 5, I946. The

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l'.l'liers the old war leader-out of , (office but with the cloak of honor ;Itlll around him A first put in tspoksn words the pattern of the lpeace. I The liner of the second world War remained to be cleaned up. hi" "I31 ycar l0 men would die ” ' N”9l'"b9FE scaffold in a grisly climax to their crime against humanity. A year or two would pass before the term Iron Curtain came itilo common lan- gauge. the label for a fearsome political idea cutting tiff a giant slice of world geography,

But 'h'e8d.V the design was iaflgggr The :1;-tsttt story of the last

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divided. y of a world

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STILL UNSETTLED

L3” in ""51 year (if 1946 a Big Four conference at Paris broke III! with Germany's future 'stllI un- settled. People were still hoping against hope: while the foreign ministers met at MOSCOW. Ernest Bevin could say

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'Slrange Pattern Of Peace

iFormed In Postwar Decade

In March of 19471

titionlng of a country still in Ier. meat. That year marked comple- tion of the De-iidulum'a swing ini Germany. Rearmnment of thel Bonn Republic. as a partner in. Western defence. was arranged and approved-by nations which nine years before had sought a formula to keep guns out of Ger- man bands. umphs.

The decade ended on a puzzling Mackenzie King retired in 1948 note. Frlendllness. or so it seemed.,and turned the prime mlnlstership among the beads oi state who metiover to Louis St. Laurent. George at Geneva in July. But st-anilDrew was chosen leader of the agreement. among the ministers Progresive Conservatives. New- who met in Novenibr to work out foundland voted to join Canada. something practical. Smiles in iheiand a commission studied tiving parlor. but no soil words in ilielcosts. workshop outback. mThe Noronir fire in which 119 FERMENT W THE EAST Ctfcdliuhnilhhb-cgiglgsibhusfoi.whiz:

The holding of a balance uti the three were hanged, were spectacu- mnin line of cleavage was compli-liar Canadian breaks of I949. No- cated-and its issues sometimes 2. sessions of Parliament obscured-by almost continual dis- were livcned by disclosure that a turbance elsewhere. mainly along combines report on flour-mlilitig the so-called lifeline of empire. had been withheld from the public

.In 1947- the United Nations moved for 10 months.

killed l7. .

it 1917 the "dollar-saving" pro- gram Injected a touch of auster- ity inlo Canadian life. Canon J. H. began her world-wide skating tri- Turner was rescued from a Baffin island outpost. Barbara Ann Scott

to split Palestine into separate Floods beleaguered Winnipeg lor:F--

Arab and Jewish states. Arab- a spring month in 1950, the coun- Jewish civil war culminated in tryiiwas partly paralyzed by a rail- self-proclamation of the state otlway strike in August. and on .lul:.- llsrael when Britain's mandate 22 Mackenzie King died. On luttc ended in May. 1948. ii. 1951. the Massey report was pub- Self-rule for India was achieved fished. Also in June, 35 died In the .only after bloody battles betweenll-Iosplce Ste. Cunegonde fire. Can- Hindu and Moslem madc net,-es- ada announced in September sitt-

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V LBERTO SREET AFTER THE ICE -DID ITS WORK

street at Alberton. near

Th i rincess Pat Theatre shows

power poles with the tops broken

err on the ground. Most tele-

are also down and the ornament

off and all wires and trsnsforni- phone wir:s across the street of trees are broken wrecks.

The Western

Guardian

EAVING FOR OTTAWA-Mr. Mrs. J. Watson M:.:Nauglit leaving this morning for Ot- w On arrival Mr. MacNaught resume his parliamentary dut- and wliils in Ottawa Mr. and

tr: MscNaugIit will be in rest 5 J s at the chateau Lsurter. .

ENGAGEMENT-Mr. and Mrs. - - Noonsn wish to Announce ofngagsrneiit oi tzlielr (lanth- tsr. his-icy Marion to Mr. Don- ald somers. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jsmes s o in s r s. Summerslde. btsrriage to take place in the near fntoiirc.

I HOSPITAL OPERATING-It was announced yesterday by the Board of Trustees that during the present tionditions the Stewart Memorial Health Center at Tyne Valley is fliitctloning normally with the aid of its Auxiliary Electrical Unit.

dance Canadian Legion Home.

han and " 50 cents.

Gaudet was held Saturday mtirn-

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REGULAR THURSDAY night

Kenslngton. Music by Erwin Dolg-r " Boys. N ' 1

a:i.aANoit.'s STUDIO having heat and lid)-ts but without tele- phone wlll be glad to accommo- date short notice 'wltliout sp- pointnient. Mrs. Lois E. Couso Prop.

FUNERAL SATURDAY - The funeral of the late Mrs. Clovis

ing from her late residence. Eg- mont Bay. to St. Jacques Church where Requietm,Hlgh Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Gallant assisted by Rev. Father Polrler as deacon and Rev. Father Richard as :ubdeacon. The pallbearers were Messrs. C. M. Arsenaiilt. Gerald Arsensult. Louis Arsen- ault, Victor Araenault, Innis Gol- lant and .loseph Gallant. Interment

the program was concluded by distributed gifts to the children singing the National Anthem. Pro- ceeds were in aid of the Women's institute.

Mr. Shelton Adams. medical student at Dalhousie University. enjoyed the Christmas season at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Adams., Conway.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phillips were Ciulsuuas guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hardy. Cape Traverse.

Sympathy is extended to the family and relatives of the late Mrs. Willard Oatway. whose death occurred suddenly in St. Cath- arincs. Ontario. The late Mrs. Oatway was for many years a resident of this community.

-B.Y.

PIUSVILLE

Sympathy is being extended to the family of Edward McKetina, whose death took place recently in Camp Hill Military Hospital in Halifax after a lengthy illness. There was a largs attendance at

BURLINGTON

Mrs. Lila Hendersoit and faintly. Margaie. have as their guest for the holiday season. her son. will- lace of the Merchant Navy.

Mrs. Roy Reeves and her daught- er. Mrs. Ralph Owen, Kensiitgton. paid a recent visit to Bedctiiie where they were guests of Mrs.

ray. Bur

Mr .and Mrs. Sheldom Adams and family. Charlottetown. spent the Christmas weekend with Mrs. Adam's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reeves, Kensington.

O.S.E.M.S. Donald Cameron is visiting his mother. Mrs. Helen

Donald has been in the Navy to

uary 9. Mr. Billy Fit

family at Long River.

immons returned to Halifax on January 26 after spending Christmas with his moth- er. Mrs. Linus Fltzslmmons and as her duties at the prince County

Miss Ethel Fltzsiminons. of Long River. is spending the holiday sea- son at her home in Long River.

that four-povtor unity was strtingcr than CVCF. Bill that ctmfereuce also ended ill dlsagrt-ciiient. Russia

Geneva meuntz designed to get world trade mot-tttg, and (mm the M31153” Plan to rebuild Elll'.pe. When the foreign ministers met again in London III the fall. V M. Molotov talked tipt-itiy of a third world war. Of that meeting, a Canadian Press story said: "The breakup prultably -signals

I the beginning of a period of more

intense rivalry brillocii Russia and the .Western p(lllt'lS . . . Britain. the U.S. and Ft-aittr can be ex- pected, now to unify western Ger- many. '

In June of 1948 the i-ie.-1'... muck. ode began. and it became appar- eat that there were. in various parts of the world. the heart and slnew to make a stand. The West kept Berlin open through the air; and down in the Balkans the old partisan Tito set his own brand of communism against the Kremlin.

NATO EMERGES

That summer. ion. the United States began to talk about expnnd- lug defence aspects of Europe's Western Union-Britain. France. Belgium. I-Iolland. Luxembourg- and out of that emerged in 1949 the North Atlantic treaty auiance. the grouping that remains the strongest bulwark of the west.

' That was the year the Reds swept

Chins. theyear the West learned

In June of 1950, now that Red power had girdled Asia. the North Koreans swept south, A jab, per- HIPI. to test reaction. Reaction was swift. The West stood together to halt invasion with a United Na- tions force in which the United States was the heaviest contribu- tog and directing head, but in w ich 16 nations shared. Truce. talks started in l95l.'

The next year, 1952. saw Dwight Eisenhower ' A J president of the United States. The man who had led Western armies to victory ill EllI'0De' assumed now the high- est post in the Western alliance, grouped to check the world amhi-' tion of a one-time ally.

BTALIN DIES Stalin died in 1953. 'l'lie KI)l'Pall:

Reeves. momerr M”. Hugh hluplwlr at last ended territtirizilly

tlspealting. about where it began. But something had been learned. United action had been taken. But, while the Korean War w.i parried, there was little rest in the war of nerves.' The restlessness of ancient Asia. made to order for Kremlin strategy, erupted in indo- china. The most dramatic story of 1954 was the siege of the French

C3m9"0n 3'"-1 i'm”Yv M"K””- fortress of Dlen Bien Phit. culmin- r .

the past six months and will re- - - turn to duty at Halifax on .lan- children. Olive and Roy, who have

ating in its downfall and the par-

been under the doctor's care wliilc suffering front the effects of moss- les.

Miss Mildred Mann has returned

Hospital. Siimmerside. after spend- ing Christmas with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Allison Mann and family. Kensington. v

S CANADAN

isary the establishment of st-n.tratr would build the St. Lawrenc sea-

domlnlons of India and Paki.-'t.in,

way alone it necessary. anti

rmurder trial, and a tornado that'C ripped through Windsor, 0nt., and .

wwett, Jan. 11, 19st. The Guardian. 1-... 11 i ' T, y mi: vALi.ev'

l The many friends of Mr. Wil- ifrcd Macnougali regret Ms ill- ness in the Prince County Hospital. and hops he will soon be able to rsttirn home. '

i Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Marl;-an and family of Ballot-d.Nova Scntia. are spending the holiday season at the home of Mr. Maclaeatiht par- ents. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Msclsean. . Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Mscliiy . and family. Stanley Brid e. spent

Christmas ut-' '-and at t e home

of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred 1facDoitg- "all. 'fync Valley.

. The many friends of Mr. Lcemsr

'-Campbell are pleased to knniv he has rectiiercd sufficiently to be able to rctunt to his hnmc mtg. being a patient in the Prince Coun- ty Hospital.

; Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Dvineitt and faintly. Scinon Park. Mr. and

Mrs. llurzice Neiictimbe and fam- lily, Mr. ziud Illrs. Kelvin MacLen-

nan and daughter and Mr. and

Mrs. Hc ry Hirrli and family. were

Christmas giiests of Mr. and Mrs.

Herman Dyniciil.

The many frictids of Mr. James

G. BRUCE MacDONA LD

PROMOTED

A Prince Edward Island R.L'.A Dymenl are sorry to learn he is

officer Flight Lieutenant C a patient in the Stewart .Vlmnr- Briire MacDonald. 30, son of Mr. ial licalth Centre and hope he will and Mrs. Duncan MacDonald. 385 soot! be well again. Mr. Dymeni Cedar Ave.. Summerslde. was l)l'0- will have reached the grand old moied to the rank of Squadron lge of ninety-four in February. Leader. the Air Force annouiict-tl The patients and staff of the in IIS New Year promotion list.lSlewart Memorial Health Centre.

Squadron Leader M8('D.'liIili(l. have enjoyed television during the presently residing in W.. ipeg Christmas season supplied by the lvlicre he holds the position it. rindness oi Dr. Robinson.

.,. .Assistant Deputy Judge Adw-calel

Miss Helen Nisbet, who is oin-

tn 1947, India went on to be.-qme aioctobgr Elizabeth and the D'"ke up at Prairie Command lieadqu'.irt- uloycd in Ontario, spent the Chi'liI

'monwealth ties. in 1950.

I Early in 1951 under the fanatic Ileadership of Mohammed Mosa- ldegh. Iran nationalized oil and went on to oust the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and sever relations with Britain.

The shah fled to Iraq in 1953. was re-established in a military revolt. it I954 operation of the tia- ttonalized oil fields. whose output had been reduced to a trickle, was turned back to Anglo-Iranian and seven other companies. By ltien Mossadegli was in jail.

Late in I951 began the violence in Egypt. tied in with opposition to British influence and internal politcal enmities. that reached a crescendo in the riots of January. 1952, in which 30 were killed. Far- ouk was ousted later that your. Finally in October. I954, a treaty was signed under which Britain's ocupation of the Sites canal zoiie ended. with the right to return in .certain circumstances.

C rut-: HUMAN sronv

saddened when George V died in i952, and felt again the grip of .ong tradition at the young Queen's coronation.

All this against a background, .partictilarly early in the decade. of Britain's struggle to survive as la trading nation: Devaluation of

that Moscow had the atom bombfihef P0""d W35 W9 M 1949'! WE?

tU presidency, in the face of stories. The year before that, forecasts of defeat. surprised the world. In 1950 came the attempt by. Pue'rto Rlcan fanatics to kill him. In 1951 Churchill returned to power in Britain for a four-year int

Ih 1952 the world thrilled to the story of a Danish captain who re- fused to leave his sinking vessel. the Flying Enterprise. for 14 days; and in 1953 to the exploit of a New Zealand bee - keeper who scaled Mount Everest. Illness of Pope Pius XII touched millions of hearts in 1954. and in the year just closed the Western world watched anxi- ously the health of President Ei- setihower.

That was the year in which Peron fell in Argentina. Churchill finally stepped down. and Princess Margaret decided not to marry Peter Townsend.

mag-ry S. Truman's election to the

SCENE Aspects of the Soviet-Western conflict touched Canada early

when in I946 a Russian embassy clerk. Igor Gouzenko, turned tip with evidence of an active spy ring That was the year of an 81- dny steel strike. the Evelyn Dick

. May Double

1 Of Oysters l

SOUKE. B.C. (CPl A new method of oyster culture here may doublc prodiirtion at iiarry Hel- gescifs ill-acre oyster farm.

held aloof that sttutiner from tiielrepublic. reililllillz nominal Cum-.lEdlnburgh toured the country.

lNs'rvE GOVERNOR-GENERAL Canada's first native governor- gencral took ofice in 1952. the Boyd gang terrorized Toronto itilti went to the scaffold and the pull- itentiary. and the dollar rose nbtite US. currency for the first time in It years. Social Credit won B.C. land Conservatives upset Liberals in New Brunswick. j Gouzenko was back in the next. ;in I953" in a Canada-U.S. versy over a Washington commit- tce's wish to question him: they finally did. Three Pennsylvania bear-hunters were killed in Gnspe in July in a case still before the courts. The St. Laurnt govern- ment was returned to power.

The name Marilyn Bell came into the news in 1954 when the teen- ager swam Lake Ontario. An air force plane and an airliner col- lided over Moose Jaw and 37 died. A and chapter was written in the great human-interest story of the Dionne quintuplets when Emilie died in August. Edmonton won the Grey Cup in an 'upset victory and shovels started on the seaway.

Vancouver's police scandal took the headlines in 1955. along with Montreal's Richard and tram-fare riots: and a 10-day filibuster forced amendment of the government's Emergency Powers Act. A snow- slide killed seven on s Banff moun- tain, Marilyn Bell swam the Eng- lish channel. and Edmonton kept on the Grey Cup.

I0 POST-WAR YEAR.-S

bomb feats; sites.

1947: Marshall plan; Indian in- dependence; Geneva trade agree- ments: royal wedding.

I948: Gandhi killed; Berlin block? ads; State of Israel proclaimed;

Paris peace confer-

Prince Charles born: Truman elected. ' 1949: Tito defies Russia: Atlan-

tic pact; Mlndszenty trial; Rus- sia'x atom bomb: Reds take China.

1950: Korean War: Truman death-attempt; Holy Year activi- Lies.

1951: MacArthur fired; Iranian crisis: Korean truce talks: Church- ill back in power. .

1952: King George dies; Faroiik ousted: Eisenhower elected.

toss: Stalin dies: Elizabeth crowned; Everest climbed: Korean armistice signed.

IIH: War in Indochina: four- lsilnute mile: Germany to reatni; Pope ill.

1055: Churchill retires; Peron falls; Soviet ahakeup and Geneva talks; Eisenhower ill; Margaret's decision.

Production n B. C. Area .

not subject to tides. they are able to feed continuously. with the re-

sult that growth is twice as fast. Mn. Brooks

midnight mass on Christmas night in St. Anthony's Church. High Mass was celebrated by Rev. hthsr Rooney. C. F. Gallant was ta-ganlst. Hymns wers sung by the chair. J ' The funeral of the Tate Edward lllclfetina was held at St. Anthony's urch. Rev. Father Rooney was lhrofflclstsry clergyman and also psi-formed the services at the grave. Much credit is due our mail carrier Mr. Phillip Gallant. on the aicellent job he has made of del- ivering the many cards and par- -cela during the Christmas rush of . mail. He has found it necessary 9- to so his long route by ttctsit due to snow and heavy roads. D.

was in the church cemetery.

AIDE!) IN SURVEY-In report- ing the list of Summersld service Clubs which conducted the house- to-house survey. for the shelter Committee of the Sumrnerslde Red HIM! 37th. It the home of Gltlll Cross Disaster Organization the and claudi D-tlmfnolld. In - Summerside Lions club was regret- ssnss of Pruldent Vet-den Reeves. tably ommlttadfrom the list which lllvlce-President Gall Drummond appeared in yesterday's issue of prosldod. the Guardian. Members of the The Christmas worship service Summerslde Lions Club. slongl lit llslttod candles on each side with membe . of the other Service. filth Mlnser Scam opened w it Clubs. and the Canadian Lesion.- lillf 01' llle 510?! of J0lIIl' Mr it have been active in every way pos-

elt from Luke 2: was read by sihle in the work of assisting the Titans Drumn-iond. An Impressive Disaster committee.

tier! 'of this service was a candle r A FREELAND

lllhting otterclu with Ian Drum- The December muting of the

Gall Dmmmond. Wesley

- el. Irwin Drtimmond Garth Presbyterian Ladles' Aid was held at the home of Mrs. Arnold

Claudio Drummond as caidle Smith.

Mr. Kenneth Maclfay. Frederic-

Mr. Ralph Fitzslmmons, of Long River, who has been in Toronto, left recently for Goose Bay. Lab- radar.

The many friends of Mrs. Her- man Bryanton. Spring Valley, will be planned to learn that she is gradually recovering from her re-

Miss Hilda Fitzslmmons has re- 09'" WIRES- ggxgrgo heCrha:1I:lt't:0,;nl (liars, Her many friends uill be sorry spending Christmas with her molIi- '” l"'"' mm M” 14""; M"m"" er. M”. Lin", I.-nmmmom. md Bedeque. Is a patient in the Prince (nutty. Long Riven County Hospital receiving treat-

-”IoIt'rit ritszarowu Mission BAND

mg Faithful workers Mission 2 .of Freetown United Church inst for their Annual meeting Dec-

Miss Betty Johnstons of the Kt-n-i sington T ' 3 Exchange. at- tended the annual Christmas fain- lly re-union at tier home at Long River.

Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Moose. regret the illness of their

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Attention Iowlors of Summorsldo

Al bowling in the Town of Bummersidp has been cancelled for the St. Mary's Academy and the

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-llltfl: lids us shine was sung.

Igor was by Gail Drumntond. ' '1 - by repeating, in unison ' J -- ur .

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am. N. n.. spent tits cttrinmu mixed leagues for this week. ' holidays at the horns of his . eiltl. Mr. and am. Harry - Signed.