paBRUARY mgr-as r7’

American

‘ White Flannelette

39c

2 yard to 10 yard lengths

regular 50c yard this morning

third floor fake the elevator

MGDRE s. M-ieoom

Store closes at 12.30 p. m.

UAW President Walter Rleuther. left, examines a niece of smoke. his coal. the by-product of a new chemical process that produces gas and oil from coal. The process was developed by L. C. Karrick. right. rllcillicril engineer. The demonstration was held at. Detroit's Wayne University.

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l-rhe or she may indeed tread an "Holy ground." "Yes" James agreed and his voiee floated back

plan's first mode of travel should interesting horizon hastily beck- on. An open drawer of a cupboard or a door ajar are lodestcnes which may not be resisted. His secon-i accomplishment. we noted when the Radio was turned on and he

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The iiantral Guardian

Ibis eoluann is‘ rssen-ed for news ui local interest. but advertising of l "My llllurs may be inserted si. five cents a word strictly psy- able in advance.

OIASWELL for Photographs MlcPHElSOlWS-Mm! clothing.

T0 NEW GLASGOW in 35 niln- utes via Maritime Central Airways

CDNFEDEBATION Llll IN- SUIANCE.

HOWARD MMNNIB’ Fitted Footwear at 175 Queen Street.

PHONE SAUNDERS 1806 for- Kroup and wedding pictures on location.

IEDDIN 3305.. will be the only Dnlg Store open this afternoon

Coal Co. Phone 249i.

NEW WILLI-SIITIANO. —- Rich Mahogany, beautiful" tone. 'l‘oombs Music Store.

FOB. lllALTllY CHICK] buy Island Chicks at the Island Chick Hatchery. Charlottetown.

LITTLE THEATRE Studio Performance at Theatre tonight, 8.15 P. M.

(lUILD Empire

‘BY AIR to Montreal and Boston In about three hcurs. Phone Mari- tinie Central Air‘ iy: 2061 or 540. -

RESUMED PRACTICE. - Dr. 0. S. Nordland, Veterinary Surg- eon, Charlottetown, P .121 1., Mshes to announce that he has resumed practice.

EXCELLENT Variety Concert in Parkdale Hall. Thursday, Feb. 28, at 8 P.M. Admission 35 cents. Auspices Women's Institute.

IN GRADE Vl’ - ln the report. of New Argvlc §ohooi Grade V should have read G ‘llilC \'l'. I..lctlil

ILEDDIN BROS" will be line only Drug Store open (his afternoon and evening. ‘

FIRE ALARM — The Piirkdulc firemen were culled out about L30 yenterday morning in allsne.’ in a call from Richard Carson Gorey Street. Although there was no serious damage. the firemen had to do a lot of cutting before O

Division of The Red Cross Society,

a total of 831658.11 to the 1947: Red Cross CempaiBn. an increase of $2,100 over 104b, ‘Mr. Edwin C.| Johnstcne. Provincial Campaign Chairman announced. The objective was $25,000. - .

sum subscribed follows: I Phec. $5,866.41 Trainer, $4.429.

and evenm‘ Prince County, Judge L. 5.: (Continued frcm Page 1) o _ Lewis. $8,598.02 _ -——-*___.___ n Y u“ ‘Elwwl “m” Charlottetown. 1.2.001. r. J’. "ilrtmvly nwud of our achieve-

Storey. 619.7326. .

Summerside showed an increase stonewall over the previous year's receipts.

articles of clothing were Shipped started in this Province due loi- overseas distribution. Mrs. c. A.‘ the Canadian Anne-l for Uhlldfcfl Foster chaiiman of the Women's HOW in progress. Work Committee reported.

overseas relief, thr- Work Committee Chairman. a ' '

made hospital clothing for h s already ‘med up h“ patients at the Sanatoriuin, vided pyjamas and other supplies standing success for l). V. A, patients and made] '

31:23:56! for the use of First Aid two fgjmful Red cm“ supporters

to the work of Miss Qiarivs Holman Macbeml‘ and Mfrs

Summerside Branch and spoke of;

ll l d ~ ' . ‘Jgrnglifzl’ ‘d "° °pe"“'°" °7 ‘he Branders who have been bereaved

WOMEN'S LeMfue and other groups.

by ilrgillg groups lo continue illCll‘ good work.

Annual Reports 0f Red Cross Society

_ . uiischarged. twenty-two as cured. m4‘? ‘mctwitll; f‘ rm"; “at”; twenby four as improved and If! ' - as unimproved. The Junior Rod :Cro|s is deeply indebted to m. Acker for his untiring efforts. ' Provision was also made for the services of a part. time teacher for the little patients Al. the Sangtoflmn All this work is made possible by the generosity of those submqb. "l8 le the Crippled Children Fund and our grateful thanks are ex. tended to all Doctors uld Bum‘ Nurses.‘ Optometrists, Hogpltglj and their staffs. the Rotary Clubs

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submitted at yesterday's annual meeting of the organizations

m1 CAMPAIGN baron-i-

Prince Edward Island subscribed‘

Chain-rich and breakdown hi the Queen's County. Mr. l-l. 1'. Mac-

l ANNlIIiL MEETING

King's Coun ', Judge O. St. Clair‘ |

lmenis during the last few years. Mr. A. S. Hopkins headed the! W9 have become the third largest Committee which' Red CM- Svciety ‘being only ex- l cecded in size by the American and lBPii-LS-h Red Cross Societies.

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Charlottetown Hotel‘

Sponsored by the

Junior Ladies’ Aid .-

of the Prince Edward Island Hospital

March 16th and 17th A

MGDRE E- MFLEOD iimikfl

v Dates To Remember! g FASHION snow at the l

l‘ .,‘

Asoaoaaa-AQ-Aeamnkk a a a. a a

i ,0” 511111111 Aifweal for funds ‘Wfilcll ls scheduled to take place nil oler Cnnada and the United States during the-month of Mal-eh "my be a little late in getting to

l

WOMEN'S WORK COMMITTEE

During the year g. total of 4.339

k Nevertheless, I now that. our generous people “These articles". said Mrs. Foster.‘ wil. rally to its support because

‘coilsisted of infants’ and children's they Pflalize the worthwhile work

wear for b0 s an irls u to ei hi: that is bei ' - .

years of egg Sliocl-sgand gals wgerc n8 accomplished’ This ml Selena: m ream’ yea“ pm“ purchased nationally and this div- ision contributed $1.000 for these items."

jyears Canadian objective is $3,- ;\700.000.00 while the quota for our o Prglvincédi? set at s2o.ooo.oo.

r. w n C. J h -. In addition lo the work done for. again our Provillcglmnélglzggig:

poliO Committee of faithful supporters, Pro- and I am sure will meet with out-

|'-\_'ho were members of the Exccu. tlvo for many years-Mr. William a Moran and Mr. W. F‘ TldfflarslL We r-lso sympathize with Mr. n. A. MacKinnon

hfrs. Foster paid special tribute

Ernest Mills of the‘

institute and Catholic. M"- Fbsl" “°"“l"€1*‘d her Telmfll "jilvelviould like to extend sincere p thanks to all those who have in n anway assisted in furthering the

later named the Red Cross so it ‘i.- that in the wars of 1014-18 and 1939-45 men of science and lead- ers in the medical profession have. under the blasting pressure battle. conceived new ways and means of alleviating suffering and saving life even in the very midst of destroying it.

of

0f the many advances in Medi. ance than that of Blood Trans.

1914-18 of sariouz‘

re born tilc blessings. of pence,

No Test TE: Substitute i ‘Blood cannot be manufactured

. in the test tube. There is no ade- i"' "1' Paw"! °Y their belflvcd quate substitute for this highly

ersonalized product which is a art of man's very self. So it is

that the giving of one's blood fol- transfusion purposes must be bas-

JLKNIORYII-I). (11,055 grlffigcl’: a’! lphe RMLCTUF?’ l" ""5 eri on the individual recognition -.—._ +h n ‘K4355 3"!"- ofthe moral responsibility of A total of 14.892 mullbers were e Presidents remarks “'9” Christian Charity and the

then followed by the reading of

ill-oiled in 565 branches during the minutes of the last annual

to me from the interior of the building. "But. it doesn't look any too promising to me. A pet day. I believe it is. We'll likely get a storm out of it!" I forgot his ivords than but recalled them later. - was in a hurry at the time. I was going to be busy —so busy I'm s- out 1 cannot tell when the superb sin of morning disappeared be‘. liind a cloud and snow-flakes be- gan to float lazily earthwsrd. I know that as we sat chatting with nu: visitors in the coziness of “the room" someone said: “Why, it's moi-inc!" and there it. was fes- looninr the lawn shrubs: the cin- flanlon rose, the forsythia-envoy s! spring. and by its feathery fall. ing. veiling the mill that sits so lazily in the depths oi our valley. . .

TlilS was the first anniversary

~01 our- yoimger grand-son's birth.

he ullom the small less in the house across the lane in her new words calls: “Gaga-baby." Kafolyn has been heard to observe laugh- ilizly that of the three grand- children he is a sort of forgotten fellow. None of us 1 believe shall iorsci Iiim as he was today. He

a big child. already almost ss tall u granddaughter. broad loo and llllimp. With dark hair which Kflrvlvii and I fancy “may curl". Weill!‘ tlnrk eyes and deep dimples il'l checks which James with a lit-ailgr touch of vanity claims are "lust illu- those I used to have". When lu- lmiles. He is inclined to be rosrl-zcrl- giving one more Juan a Clinlllll glance before making an sdvsnrr- to any preferred friend- ship Recently ---and how closely 101K.» watch their babes’ unfold- ing! he has added two more ac- "Yllilllshlnents to his store. He Isllu flow, stepping off when bid- l!" by his mother or Jamie slow- lltnd carefully and then in a Ifillllllc discarding it. in favor of

Toifonlv mx SAYS-

hummed a low sweet tune of filS own in accompaniment. "Wily, hc sings!“ I said. and Jamie looked up from the rug where he and granddaughter were interested lll a picture book to say: "Sure, lic can sing —he always sings when the Radio's going." And so I gave him then and there to some day sing the Psalms o‘ David in the old Kirk choir, He who can sing praises with a good heart will never stray too far from the nar- row —-and good path. I O I

And in this lads honor we fore- gathered for dinner today. Mr. A. who neighbors Rob's, on the slope opposite was a. guest. as he also had been at Jamie's. This is the Mr. A. who after a long and ex- ceedingly happy married life was bereft of his wife last Spring‘ and whose farmhouse is sadly empty now. A gentleman of the old school he ts. honest and God-fearing much respected by neighbors and other friends. A neat tidy farmer and blessed with a happy, but. not thoughtless nature. I caught him smiling that James. had broken off a conversation to go to a window in take stock of the weather. The snow was falling more thickly then and a menacing wind was beginning to whirl the flakes in a wild drift . . . But. they returned home safely. Mr. A. rind all. ‘Ji- cludillg tic ind who was one year old today.

Until tomorrow -- Diary -Goocl- night,

PRESENT WA'l"(.'ll BELL

SINGAPORE. Malaya -- (C?) -' The inscribed watch bell of HJLS. Malaya was given to the Victorian rylgtliutlon, leading SUlIUOl of. the Malaya Peninsula by the British Admiralty. Malaya prcscntcd llaM-S- Malaya to the Royal Navy-

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the love of his parents, and while he may be weak enough. for the "l" °l Peace. to let his wife separate him from his mother and father

111d brothers and sisters. he never

forgives her for doina it.

DEAR. MISS DIX: My husband makes a decent salary and we are

Manly married. but lately we h r1150 of

ave been quarreting constantly be-

the high prices-not everything eat up all his salary and there nothing left. for a little recreation.

I feel that the Government

lllould do something about the high price of food e-Wfivlllly in 0"!" ll lircmois happy marriages, as they are the mainstay of the nation.

ANSWER: What price love?

ANON YMOUS

And. alas. it is only too true that

Inn a h ' way marriage costs money.

m Bad who: Coughs, MiitTlaia Syrup at Home

hid-at by (U; you can uss corn syrup or liquid Ill! thousands o! housewives. ba- lhev have-found that it. was an effective. dibondabl ' ed- aughs. Q’ do it. oun o lfpmmlflmlal compound ofprevcell “within in concentrated tormmsl h. "f ‘ml-stun throat irritations.

F!“ wall hows raoips is used

mus

919m C!“ for dlatrellllll winter

gt ' "l "l? in I: a

""1 “r imam. s-

i”: l all

lnvoafonllouis:

until _ i Md takes in; ed. fuadsdlfltdeean’ please ineveryway. ll; Mined-

benay instead of sugar syrup.) Put the Pine: into n. 1U ounce bottle and fill up with your syrup. This gives you 16 ounces of cough syrup. unusually quick-acting and depend- able. and you gel. four times as much for your money. It never spoils, and i is vary pleasant-children love it. You'll beaurprissd by the way ittaksa hold of severe coughs. giving quick. asilsfyingreiiaf. Itloosonaibspbls soothes the irritated mambraneaan lhsipseleartiiealr sagas. Moneym-

Pl-ince of wales film board are holding its weekly meeting this afternoon at four o'clock. The fol- lowing films will be shown: Grant Manon. Birds of Canada. Mexico Today, and the "Sand of Central Asia". showing life in the desert of Kara Kum, The film was pilote- graphed in Russia.

PLAN TO AID CAMPAlGN-—The members of the Carleton Women's Institute in conjunction with the Credit Union of Seven Mlle Bay. held a meeting on Fri- day, February 20. at the home of .\'ll'. Heller Myers. The meeting was in connection with the Canad- ian Appeal for children and the following officers were appointed:- Field Secretary-Mrs. Hebcr Myers. Collectors for North Carleton Mrs. Blanche Harper and Mr. Wal- ier llulhmllificollecrurs for Carle- ton—~Mrs. Arthur McMlcktqn and Misses Mae McCarvilie and Louise Gillie.

ARMY 1211.0. HERE — Capt. Frank L. Dubcrvlll. Public Rela- tions Officer. ILQ. Eastern Army Command, is at. present in the city. Capt. DtlbbfVllYS visit is in connection with the second phase o! the recruiting campaign for the Canadian Army, Active Force. which got ilnflel-wliy Ztioilday with an ap- pciil i0 young men in llle hlfiflilhlPS to enlist in Canada's C\'€'l"l‘XPZ1|lEl' ilig peace-time army. Recruits are being sought for both the active and reserve fol-cc units. 'l‘hi.~< is lllc first visit of Capt. Dubcrviil to this Province as he only recently re- ceived his appointment in Eastern Command.

GAMING HOUSE RAID - At the Queens County Magistrates Court yesterday nine local men appeared before Magistrate Gilbert Gaudct as the result of a raid carried out by the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police on s "Coni- movri Gambling House" Monday night. Two of the men were charged with keeping a common gaming house and were remand- ed until Mai-ch second for a pre- liminary hearing. Another who was represented in court by his counsel pleaded guilty to s charge of being an inmate of a gaming house and was fined $60 and costs or one month in jail. The remaining six men were also charged with being inmates of a gaming house and were remanded lmiil March 1st vrlien they will

again appear before Magistrate Gaudet. ::I\MEBICAN WHITE FLAN-

NIil-ETTES. in 2 to i0 yard lengths. Iiegnlsr 50c valno for 39o yard, third floor. fate the eleva- tor. Moore it McLeod Limited.

Personals

Mr. James Maclesn. 107 Dor- chester St. received the sad news Monday of the death of his sister. Mrs. Phcobe Bchracder. Jersey City. N. J. Mrs. Maclean left. Mon- day morning lo attend ills funrrai services. ‘

COLLECTOR'S ITEM IDNDON ._ (CF) -»- A booksel- ler here bought. an impressed and well-preserved copy of the firs). lssul of the ‘Phil-d Folio of Shake- speare's works new. finely bound in rad morons. n east him sad-

0co-

were many and varied with the Prince Edward Island Juniors raising a total of $2.303.K3 for the Crippled Children's Fund in ad- dition to providing toys, books. gZiTl1ES4 etc. which contributed greatly to the Crippled Children's Christmas,

Service Fund for the year amounted to $718.39 which will be used to provide food. clothing and school supplies for European child- rcn.

Different meetings were held throughout. the year with the Junior Red Cross (Zonri-nittee meet- ing twice to deal with matters such as crccd and ritual, enrolment and organization.

The Junior Red Cross Council held eight monthly meetings during the year with the attendance at each one being excellent.

The third simmer school was 1181411 from July 3rd to July.1'lth With 19 teachers. enrolled. Courses are slven in Junior-thee croiu. FlrSI Aid. Nutrition. Physical Education and Swimming.

The first week in October was Junior Red Cross Week with very instructive addresses being de- “Vt-‘red by Mr. R. H. Rogers, Mr. Malcolm McKenzie and Mrs. Frank Ross. all emphasizing the im- poi-lance of Jullior Red Cross in the school and how it helps to build up a boiler fcelingin our communities in regard to Internal,- ional relationship.

The Creed of the American Junior Red Cross was adopted hy the national Committee and is i0 be known as the Declaration of Ser- vice.

CRIPPLED CHILIYRBNC WORK

In res-rd to Crippled Children's Work Mr. Shaw said that 399 children were treated during ghe Year through the Junior Red Cross Hlndlfllviled Children's runs. iaa were provided with glasses. 55 had tonsil and adenoid operations, 14 .were given convalescent care, 142 were orthopaedic cases and there were so other cases. which in- cluded the provision of en artificial limb for s. 14 year-old-boy who had lost his leg as the result or! an accident and the carrying one Q1 several operations on other child- fen.

Nina children suffering from b0llg tuberculosis were mm"- trestment at the Provincial Sana- torlism with three of than improved suliicientiy to be discharged lo their homes. A total of 53a treat.- ments were given at. the Physiothe- rapy Department under the dir- ection of Miss Price and in ad- dition a number o: polio children who were discharged from polio treatment are novw under the guidance of this department. Eight. crippled children's clinics were held at Charlottetown and

Summersids with 41a examinations were

made h! of the» children

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l

-various other reports was carried

acknowledgement of the mandate

"l"? n" “'85 exllllilumled- 194647. Mr. L, W. Shaw chalr- . that we are "our brother's keep- —--— man of the Junior Red Cross mew“? by Mnlm‘ N W- LWlhP-‘Y- er." The saying “greater love l'.\\'.C. FILM BOARD ~ The Sufled in his repolt, The activities honorary Secretary. the financial ha“. no m“ than that he my

statement by Mr. D. A. MacKinnon. down hi, me yo, a gmndq “ugh;

Treasurer, and the Commissioner's report by Miss Iphlgenle Arsenciult. following which the tsbllng of the

h

out. They included. the Junior Red Cross and Crippled Children's work by Mr. L. W. Shaw; Women's Work Committee by Mrs. E. A. Foster; Campaign report by Mr. Edwin c. Johnstone: Canadian

Palmer; Nutrition Committee Mrs. J. Walter Jonas: and

by the

be paralleled by “greater charity

ath no man than that he save

the life of s. friend," l

There is no need for me to

stress the need and necessity of such a Transfusion Service well as the practical use of Blood Banks. Suffice it to say that the Red Cross Society is endeavouring to establish in each Province a Red cm“ cm?“ by Mrs- 3' L- complete Blood ‘Transfusion serv- ice so this forrri of curative medi- cine may be available

,&S

to young

m“ Ald- s/Wl-"lmi"! “d WM" and his. u» mothers in childbirth.-

Safety report by MrshE. M. Bag- uaii This was followed hy the lending of the new slate of offic- ers by the nominating committee headed by Mr. Alex Matheson.

The chairman then the guest speaker. Lieutenant Col- onel Leo F. MacDonald who made the following address:

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LT. COL. LEO I‘. McDONALD

May I preface my remarks to- l: day by expressing my apprecia- tion of the honor conferred by the Red Cross Society in naming me as guest speaker. at this. your Annual Meeting.

I am here as the accredited rep- resentative of the Kiwanis Club of Charlottetown and I can assure you that all members of the Club wish me to express our apprecia- tion of the splendid service done

to the victims of accidents. those undergoing skin grafts and. plastic surgery and even in its by-

stress that this service will be ren-

fusions will be given without cost in the patient. We recognize the

to

roduots-tc be used in the field

, of immunisation of children ‘Mrmuced against many of the so called children's diseases. I need not

cred free of charge and all trans-

eed. we appreciate the value, we re convinced of the good. for

there is'a touch of the Divine in‘ giving of one's self; for by our. donations of blood we help f-hLs-ed their thanks and bride as sick to rise. the lame to walk. I