NO TAX INCREASE EXPECTED

j

Summerside Council Has

Sl5,29O Surplus For '56

A surplus of 815.290.! for l95d,expendlture for this period wgg 042'! 409 07

and a' forecast that no increase in taveswill be made in 1957. high-

i ted the annual meeting of the

mmerside Town Council last

vening.

The surplus was reported in the annual statement of revenue and expenditure submitted by Council- lor W.E. Maccausland. Chairman of the finance committee. who said

that 95 per cent of the taxes have.

been .collected. His report showed that revenue or the year ending December 31, , amounted to 842,699.96 while

WESTERN GUARDIAN

RAYMOND Grant. optomitrist, ylii be in his Tignish office Sat- urday. Jan 26.

BORDEN RINK. Saturday. Al- bany St. Pats vs. Alberton Regal. Game time 8.30 Skate after.

PANTRY SALE 3 p,m, Sam;-.

day. J an uary 26th. Kennedy's Store, Kensington Community ioub.

BEDEOUE Rink tonight South Shore League, Freetown Royals vs. Summersidc Junior Aces. Game time 8.30.

SHUR-GAIN CAVALCADE Cen- tral Bedeque Hall, Tuesday. Jan- BFY 29th, It p.m. Sponsored by - ddleton W. I.

KENSINGTON RINK. Saturday Skating 2.30 to 4.80. Cavendish vs. Springfield 8.30. Stanley Jrs- vs. Springfield Jrs. 1 p.m. Skate aft- er.

IIOME COOKING Sale at Ken- nedy's Store, Kcnsington. Satur- ay. February 9th at 3 pm. Spon-

rch.

ALCOIIOLICS Anonymous Spec- ial meeting to be held at Borden AA. Hall, Saturday, January N at lip.m. All members please attend, also visitors and friends.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of

rate payers of the village of Eleanor: will be held in St. Eieanors Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tues- day. Feb. 5th.

THE PRESBYTERIAN Church ll Canada. Central Parish. Nine Mile Creek. service 11 a.m.. Canoe Cove 3 p.m., S. S. 2 p.m., Clyde ii-er 7.80 p.m. Rev. George Kil- . Minister.

MONTROSE Pastoral Charge, United Church of Canada. Ser- vices for Sunday, Jan. 27th: Camp- beliton, 11 n.m.: Elmsdale I p-m.: Montrose 7 p.m. Sunday School at usual times. Rev. N. R. Green.

875.00 FOR your old chain saw regardless of make or condition r new low priced Fleetwood chain ws. next week only. Keith inasr. Kensington. sales and ser- 'lt'PS.

KENSINGTON United Church. unday. January 27th. Church hool 9.50 Morning Worship 11 'rlnck. Evening Worship 1.!) Sum- rmerfield Service 2.30 p.m. Rev. . hi. Murray, B.A., B-D.. Minis- r.

PIANO BARGAIN One New ilinet Plano also Ilelght I'M nth mi Width Salt Beautiful no. Regular price 9035.00 NOW

clearing price of 0495.00 with - yscgil D-J. Gallant, Ilowlan. Phone

THE PRESIIYTERIAN Church u Canada. Services for Sunday. snuary 27th. Freetown Divine rvice ll s.m- Keir Memorial llpeque. Divine service 3 p.m. .P.S. Friday 1.30 p.m. Sunday

chool 10 a.m. Divine Service 1.30 mu

.m. A cordial welcome to all. Rev.

ill Bean. B.A.. B'l'h.. D.D.. MIn- ,1-.1 . ..,

A.Y.P.A. -The regular in i 5'. Mary's and St. John's A. .

him on group hirli was enjoyed by all.TIae

mung closed with prayer. Dur-

IIIES IN DINNNllPORT- ii the recent visit of Mr.

sir children. the sad as received by Mr. Inn-iaa

iiiii.

Mi Ca-at. Iona

mred by ladies of Presbyterian 5u' II

when compared with last year's statement. revenue fo r 1956 showed an increase of 381,966.66, mainly from taxes. Expenditure wgs up by 368319.20. but most of this was due to increased debt charges which, all included, rep. resent approximately 40 per cent of the annual revenue.

MAYOR'S COMMENT

Mayor Currie in commenting on the financial statement said that the surplus encouraged him to be. lieve that with a tight budget for 1957 it would be possible to get by without a further increase in taxes. He said that property and streets would have to be maintained be- cause it would be false economy to do otherwise, but he said that cap- ital xpenditure would be kept to a minimum.

Mayor Currie expressed appreci- ation of the services rendered by Councillors Andrew Perry. Donald Lidstone and Dr. I-LE. Clark whose two year terms of office expires with next Tuesday's civic election.

Councillors Perry and Lidstone have stated they will not renamin- ate and Councillor Clark has not yet announced his decision regard- ing nomination.

Mayor Currie also complimented Councillor Maccausiand for the presentation of such a satisfactory f' i 1 statement in view of the additional expenses incurred by the town during the year. PREPARE FOR ELECTION The council directed a resolution to voters advising that voters lists for all three wards would be posted in the Civic Building where voters could ascertain if they are listed in their proper wards. Further information is obtain- able from the office of the Town Clerk to 4 p.m., next Monday, and this office will be closed on civic election day. Tuesday, February

Returning officers, poll clerks, and doorkeepers were appointed as follows: East Ward, Harrison Bell. Claude MacNeill and Samuel Gallant; Center Ward. Keir Dug- gan. Aiyre Arsenauit and Henry Bernard; West Ward, William Cor- ney. George Olscamp and Matthew Arsenault.

An annual grant of 8150-00 was also approved to the Summerpide Dental Clinic.

In his report as chairman of the streets committee. Coun. Perry said that snow removal costs for 1956 were 06,800 lesss than in the previous year. He reported on the work done on streets during the year, and noted that the purchase 'of the old post office building by a previous council had . placed the Town Hall which was lost by fire, and had given the town a civic building worth a great many times the investment.

LIGHT COMMITTEE

Reporting as chairman of the electric light committee. Council- lor Clark said that approximately 25 per cent of the lines had to be completely rebuilt following the January sleet storm in 1956. and varying amounts of repair had to be carried out on the remainder. with 1,200 poles replaced. He said the Summerside line from Mis- couche to Mt. Pleasant was almost totally destroyed and it was neces- sary to build a high powered line to service the western end of the Island. The Public Utilities Coni- mission passed this over to the Maritime Electric Company and

He said that during the year about M miles of new extensions in Sea View. Park Corner. French River and Long River area was completed bringing the mileage to 132 miles in the niral areas with slightly over l.000 customers. In

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INSURANCE

lt.l'.lIIsolsaI.hlIsl rm-an--on-any si. a-can

expected in the year 1957. P lor Clark predicted. WATER DEPARTMENT

Councillor Cannon reporting as chairman of the Water and Sewer- age Department said that durill the summe some extensions were necessary particularly in the West Ward where 450 feet of 16-inch sewer line was laid at the western approach to town extending out in- to the harbour. other extensions were alsd made and 38 new ser- vices have been installed. Accounts receivable in this department are quite large, he said, and some method must be instituted to cut down this loss and have a more rigid payment plan. Revenue was up 03,198.45 over 1955 and expen- diture down 31,204.33.

In the report of the P.E.I. Board of Insurance Underwriters on the town of Summerside. Councillor Cannon said it was shown that the average daily quantity of water pumped is approximately 1,000,000 gallons per day, storage capacity is 366,000 gallons. total pumping capacity of the system per 24 hours is 1,317,600 gallons which is not sufficient for normal supplies plus fire stream suppiie for a town of this size. also all pumps should have alternate power service. Thar There are mo consumers with 81 of the largest users metered.

Daily consumption of approxi- mately 1.000,000 gallons is a per oapita daily consumption of IO gallons based on a populat' of 7.115. This is three times the con- sumption noted in the report of 1949 and recommends all large consumers be metered. The stand- pipe has a storage capacity of 300. 000 gals. However, even with the water in the tank maintained around the 120-foot level, water storage is only one-third of one day's normal supplies. Above ground water storage faculties should be of sufficient capacity to contain fire stream supplies for ten hours and normal supplies for 24 hours.

This would mean a total storage capacity for the town of Summer- side of 2,200,000 gallons. The exist- ing standpipe should be provided with a float or positive type gauge to indicate the height of water in the standpipe.

A program should be undertaken to eliminate all existing dead end mains of which there are approxi- mately S5. All new installations should be made with pipe of not less than six inches. The distribu- tion systsm should be equipped with sufficient gate valves so that no single fracture. repair or al- teration in the system will malts it necessary to shut off more than 500 feet of main in high value dis- tricts. and 000 feet in other places. In high value districts and in neighborhood of important bulld- ings hydrants should be placed at all street intersections and in no case should the distance apart in such areas exceed 150 feet. In residential areas hydrants should be placed at all intersec- tions of streets but in no can more than 500 feet apart. Total number of hydrants in Summer- slde is 92. Flow tests indicate that merchsntlle and industrial areas are below standard in volume of water required for fire protection. It is recommended that an out- side firm of consulting engineers be engaged to make a survey of the waterworks system in the town of Summerside, according to this report by the lnsurancy under- writers, said Councillor Cannon- POLICE REPORT .

Councillor Jenkins. chairman of the police committee submitted the annual report of the chief of police. Peter R. White. the report stated that the Police Department consists of a chief, two sergantl. five constables, and one special constable. who is also trust of- ficsr and building inspector.

This year 398 cases came be- fore Ernest If. Strong. Q.C. M.C. Stlpondlary Magistrate for this consideration an:udisp0Ill- Whit: represents a mi per ' or those handled in the III? proceeding year and about Null to the number handled in 1054- rines and costs collected also showed an increase of 31176-31 over Ill. with a total amount of 3.8 collected.

The parking meter collection! for 1&0 was-I 04.80034. an average of 881.0! per week. and till! it!-

- eludes the month of January WIN"- Otdfl

because of the storm. 150 "1 were not in operation for a whole

mm CRAPAUD RINK

TONIGHT Ti-yon All Stsr Sisters vs.

Borden Sisters 7:30 p.m. Sb!-I'll Cape Traverse Rovetn vs.

Milton Hornets mo P.M. Skate after Adnilaion 35 and 5

RernernbarCarnlvall'eb.6

Pmidlns last night at the ban- tiutt given to the membe of the Pfillff 0011111! Hospital "Century Club . Mr. Austin Scales, pregid. ent of the board of trustees said that it was through the efforts of this newly formed club that the

month. and also when the under- ground cables were being laid this fall.

Durlns the Year 101 traffic ac- cidents were reported. Damage amounted to an estimated 313.865. 00 in all. Four persons were lnlured during the year. two adults and two children.

The report said that the police are very grateful to any citizen who may have rendered assistance in an way to the department.

I would like-the citizens to realize just how much they can do in this way. simply pick up your phone and call the officer at the desk regarding anything that might be of a suspicious nature. This very act might avert some crime. and all information so gl- ven will be treated confidently. We are always ready to investi- gate, and without your assistance it would be impossible to carry on successfully. your police force is only as good as you help to make it," the report concluded. COMMENTS MANAGER

Before adjournment of the meet- ing, Councillor Cannon . mmend ad Town Manager Joseph Brophy. stating that he is doing an excel- lent job. and said he had already saved the town considerably mo-

ney.

Mayt: Currie concurrred in the remarks of Councillor Cannon. Ind noted the sincerity of purpose and beneficial results of the work being done by Mr. Brophy in man- aging the affairs of the town of Summerside.

Century Club Members Praised For Aid To Prince Co. Hospital

hospital had been able to continue to function. He stated that had it not been for the efforts of the club and the amount which had been donated by them the situation to- day would have been most serious. Mr. Scales said credit for the origin of the club must go to Judge W.E. Darby. It was part of the understanding in the beginning, he said. that those who contributed one hundred dollars would have their names inscribed on the scroll which would be placed on display lnutlhe main entrance of the hos- pi

WELCOMES CLUB Judge Darby. vice p.esident of the board. in welcoming the mem. bers of the club and the guests present said that the scroll is an acknowledgement of the good work of the members of the club. He outlined the steps taken in the formation of the club and briefly gave a resume of the financial con- dition of the hospital at the time the club was formed. a condition which he pointed out was very grave. "Too many people," he said, "assume that the hospital is a charitable institution and unfor- tunately too many who could pay did not pay with the result that the hospital got into financial dif- ficuity." He went on to say that with the formation of the Century Club the sum of :19,000 was raised which en- abled the hospital to carry on. Judge Darby read the inscrip- tion on the scroll which is as fol- lows: "List of public spirited citizens of Prince County who generously donated a membership fee of at least one hundred dollars so inter- est and bond retirement payments on the hospital and nurses' home construction debt shall not be an

lag die doors of Hits institution." CONGRATULATES BOARD

President Vaughan Groom of the Rotary Club congratulated the board members on the success of the Century Club and said that the Rotary Club has always been proud to work in the interest of the b ” ' and pledged the sup- port of his club in the future as it had been given in the past. Representing the Canadian Le- gion of Summerslde, Dr. I-lubert MacNeill. the president of the lo- cal brancb said that the legion hopes to donate the sum of 51.000 each year until the amount of 310,000 has been paid. This dona- tion, he said, was a memorial to the 103 comrades from mu com- munlty who paid the supreme sac- rlfice. John Legerwood. the hospital ad- ministrator. paid tribute to those who had organized the Century Club which had been of such great assistance to the hospital. He dealt with the financial diffi- culties which had faced the board in their efforts to carry on. Re- ferring to those who had received care and medical attention and had been restored to health and who did not pay he said that per- haps they felt that they were get- ting a free ride.

only so many miles in a gallon of gas and when it is all used up then everyone has to walk."

He said that the money which had been donated by the members of the club had supplied that extra gas which now enables the institution to keep going.

IN NURSES HOME The banquet was held in the

"However." he said. "There are in

Till tlluftlllullf DECIDE. the evening was of a very high order and credit is most certainly due to the membe s of the George Fraser family of Charlottetown who delighted the gathering with vocal and instrumental numbers as well as Scottish and Irish dances. The vocal solos of Miss Eileen Grant were a delight to hear as was the outstanding singing of " aster Donald Groom of Summer- side.

iue program opened with the Highland Fling by the Fraser trio followed by a vocal solo by Eileen; Grant ”Scotland's Lovely Delis".! George Fraser. the young piper” followed with a medley of Scottish airs. Judy MacDonald. Evelyni Fraser and Heather Fraser gave a charming interpretation of the Scottish dance. "The Shepherd's Crook”. Donald Groom's "Loch: Lomond” was heartily applaudedi and following this the Irish had, their way as Eileen Fraser dancedi an Irish jig.A lovely rendition of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling and a tap dance brought the. program to a close.

The pianist during the evening was Gabriel Chaisson who charm-1 ed all with his mastery of the var-l

ious numbers. classic and modernui

Saturday, Jan. 26. 1957

'I'ii'sGuardfanPaga11

Bound Over To Keep The Peace

In County Magistrate's court. Summerside. Friday a woman from Central Bedeque was fined 51.00 and costs and bound over to keep the peace for one yeur by Magistrate R.S. Hinton Q.C. after she pleaded guilty to unlawfully

her. etc. The

assaulting a juvenile by shaking 0' TIL DECO VII .. .. 1 the .. .. oi ..

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case February 1st. Perth. Iiistuie city

which he played during the even- g.

lovely reception room of the new Nurses' Home.

Credit for its success must be given to the membe a of those two valuable clubs who work so dili- gently for the Prince County Hos- pital, the Octo Club and the Ladies Aid of the Hospital. Those pres- ent were dellghtcd with the success of the evening which all agreed was due to the manner in which

added burden on patients enter-

NOTICE

The Kensington Co-oper- ative Association Ltd. year ends January 31st, 1957. All accounts owing this Co- operative must be settled before the above date.

KEITH STEWART. Manager.

CAMEO

KENSINGTON

Frl.. Sat.. 1:15-9:15. Matinee Sat. 1 p.l'n. Randolph Scott as the "TALL MAN RIDING". in color. Co-starring Dorothy Mal- one. Peggy Castle. Also serial and news. Bank drawing Friday worth possible 8125.00. Until further no- tice shows only on Friday and Saturday at usual times.

SIIIIMEIISIIIE sonar (samnnav) 2-7:15-9:15

"SUEZ"

Starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young and Anna- balls.

The heroic story of the builder of the Suez Canal spectacularly told.

Public

ther information can be quiries at the Office of th

Town of Summersitie

ATTENTION IS HEREBY directed to all voters or anyone desiring information concerning voters' lists. For this purpose, voters' lists for all three wards may be seen at the Office of the Town Clerk, and those qualified to vote may refer to these lists to ascer- tain if they are listed in their proper ward. Any fur-

hour of 4.00 p.m., Monday, February 4th, 1957. The Office of the Town Clerk will be closed Civic Election Day. February 5th, 1957.

these two clubs had catered.

Notice

obtained by making in- e Town Clerk up to the

J. E. Cameron, Town Clerk.

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in the Assessment next p amount or upwards. and shall have pa pointed for Nomination. all rates. foxes. assessments. lic- ense fees or other amounts due from him to the Town.

Section 8 of the sold ocf reads as follows:

No person being a School Teacher or School Trustee. Srlpendiory Mogisf-rote for said .'l'own.' Judge of the County Court or Sheriff shall be qualified to be elected Councillor. nor shall any person be so qualified who has not been a resident of said Town for the twelve months Immo- sucli Election or Nomination. or who is or lntoxieofinglllquors. or who has

authorized to sell spirituous fixed for Nomination

within twelve months prior to the day been convicted of any vioiofl on of any Act In force In said Town relating to the solo or prohibiting the sale of intoxicat-

ing or spirituous liquors.

BUYING JUNK

Paying highest market prices for scrap iron. copper, brass, lead, aluminum. car batteries, rad- iators, horse hair, and bottles.

LEONCE ARSENAULT SALVAGE LTD Water Street West, Summerside -ore ARTHUR P. GAUDET,

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THE

TOWN OF SUMMERSIDE

The following are the quoiificoti ons required for Mayor or Coun- cillor in the Town of Summersido as set down in the Summarslde Incorporation Act. 1903 and amended in I938: