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OLI) lfl-ISIDICIVI‘ DEA!) -- b14113.- oll friends w11l regret to learn oi ‘ th of Miss Catherine Caro- the e of her IIlCCC M.rs. Rosa Ilen- ,. 5011111 Weyinouth. Muss , on 111 ti. 19117. 111:5 Ellis, who is -.u-1l the older 1e alt-111; of Cl-iariuttt-tuxvn is the

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COMING I-‘lttnl INDIA -~- .~\. C, l-‘ifk, F110,, and sis: s, . Ali-sea Clmrlottc and Sara I101- nnin arc duily expected at C111- gury, o11 their \\':1_\' to Lheir houn- Ill I'.E.I. from India. The tu-o latter i.1-‘c bfcn for many ye -:. - .‘-K1(JIL\‘IAC>S of the Methodist I111- ,1i Church. USA. While 1n ' \\-1ll bc tl1c guests o3 1-.- t 1111's. Fred Essory. mt-i-iy of Utiion Road, Lot 33.

' neral took p‘ fr0n1 l7 i-to 111ml Square, , 1i, widow of 1111-‘ en agent. 01 ilmt

f . was‘ t-cfulueled by . J. K - r FY1159!‘ at tl1c home are. interim-111 bein-g Cemetery. The pall- ' T1Tt‘ti-~i'-<. A. 1a‘. Morii- l). ‘i. Afar-l 111011, John Mac- . l‘. J. MHFDOllfHtl, SA. Mac- . 1d J. R. Burnett.

son of Ali-s. ll. M.

this 11101-11111“ they will board ahn in t-:1n1p:-.11y \\l10 me. Canadnn ~r.-hools to tort-nation in 1101111011.

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vn e and mod 111111.- with l-Tnrllsl1 cousins. The boys will . the guests of Englsh Boarding Schools during their vis;t.—-§

STI-IAMERS IN PORT-The S.S. ‘ orth", Capt. Min-icy,

011-sly yesterday morning. dockint: at Bantam-Bell's wharf, where cattle, horses, pins, and a general cargo is being loadcciforSt.J0l1n's.

,The SS. “Fleuru-s", Capt. -Luc Pei- C‘. N. lie-tier also arrived at. 13111113111 & fin-near mot-idles -

Bells wharf about 10.30 yesterday from Montreal. The steamer mil- ed at Summersitic Sunday where general cargo was unloaded and a part. cargo of potatoes taken. Aftci- utiloachng cargo for this port, the balance of the cargo of potatoes will be placed on board.

I-‘ll-NERAI. SERVICES-The fun- c1_-.1l of Hugh McLlu-c \ hcld from 111s 1111c residence. B“ .11bnnc on Wednesday afternoon, service at thc l1ousc being confine-ted by Rev. Ar- thur \Val.1s, 11nd at the grave by

"c; °-‘thc O 1- 0rd: r. llymns sung ' I 11011 Lcid i; .\'.-,1 Shrphcrel". M and “Sale 111 tn:- A1111.; of Jesus."

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i. 11, John 111111111‘. Lr- L-htiza-r, PFVJI‘ Alorrisou and " Service at llfilCd by Rev. Fnihrr .C. 1R. and the Last .1..<lc<i 11y Lt. \‘.'c.-i011 Smith,

LED 1937 CLA ‘H - Mr. Lloyd 1'11)‘. son o1 Mr. and Mrs. J.

ll. Lru-lzt-f-by, of ll-tznnl 111, P. l-l. I:.- _‘

lni-(i, lcfi tho 1W1’! class in Agrirtil- turn at. blut-lllnznkllk- (Igllrifpy win. tho '1-o11-1'.1:M'-d: 4- Quebec M1111 ‘ ' 110110111- 111114111111; - of tap-t". lflilif - Dairy 51-11110} n1 lhg pm- 1 n1‘ (gm-bee. In 1935 Mr. lock- ‘ .:- at the rcceiv ng

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1 1" illi‘ high honours quoted above. 11y is rcceirht-z the con- _ s of Island frlcntls on n... success-S

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her 1101111: :1‘. a‘ (J11rn:r on Friday aitv-mon. Mr John L. ‘Fucker at 111': advanced aec of 87 years. H01- 1111.11.11 name “nu; Christina. Mun-

disposlt-ion, but,klud 11nd hos- nd will h1- must 1: ndjv rc- d 11y frlcmls c.1111 neigh- Lihc leaves to mourn hr-r $.Ol‘l‘0‘.\’llllI husband and tun 5011s, Mr, Sterling 'I‘u<- '01- of Central risque 11nd Mr. 111-y N. Tucker, metr-ltwnl. at Ros-w’ (‘0rnc1-. Also one brother. 1111-. John 111111100 of Sum- mersiric, m u-houi si-mpathy fr. cx-

llorlh Iir-dcqttc United (7111111-11. n1 u-hivh she was a ins-mir- \h-. l), Vi. Fraser conductor‘. the- sort-rec. us- sistcd by Rev. J. W. A. Nicholson. Thc hymns sung: vxrrc “Rock of Ages." "What a frlcnd we have in Jesus." "Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide with Mc." The remains were hid to rest in the cemetery nem- flu- church. the pail bearers being

l biersrs. Albert Wright. A. (l. Mae- (Imlll. C cmv-nt Carruihr-rs. (Elayton ‘ rr-r. BC. to :21! of whom deem-rt lfluckmore. Wilter Reeves and Nor-

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The ltufcral r1‘ the late Robert Bri Aftliean Iktncral Home yesterday .12 ‘.3 o'clock. Rev. G. Carlyle Web- 1P1‘ 0011111101011 the funeral ser-

RFC.

The pail bearers were l-‘rcrl J. Chappeil. Heibcrt H011, J. .\f. Roop, Russel Hyde. Huffy 111-dc and Wm. T. Seller.

311-. Patterson was 'tl1c son of the. late Duncan Patterson of ait-atloubank. West River, and 1s survived by his aged mother and v-u- I other. C. W. Patterson. ..'.-. ._ 1-, oi this. City. (Jnf- sister“ mnnc predeceased him some years n-o.

Mr. II. H. Shaw, Chief Superin- 11- .111 of Ecitlcatlon fo1- Prince klduxn-d Island, leaves this morn- ing for Quebec where 111- will sail on the S. S. Montrulm 101- Eng- l. Ilc will be accompanied by 1111 Ilatthcu‘, Sour-is. James Cfark and John Dmvninlz, Sum- high school stud- ents- of the eight, who \\"1-re select- Pa-ovincc to attend lady

M Shaw is gorg to England as :1 1:1 -t. of ihc National Council of

poinlg-I-Jducation, 1-01111-111111; a visit. lead attend i in";

Old Country GdliCRLlOlIlSLS n1:1<le to Canada two years ago.

‘T191175 W111i “will I1 PWI-“fllil l The Chic-i Stilx-rlntencietit, in c0111- tncbn- i Why f‘- .~ r-t‘

v.-iii1 others making the tcur, 1 .1 after the Coronation visit isrl ‘r115 in .'.==ion in England,

Sr-otiand, Irciafid and possibly in Denmark and Sweden. Hon. M. R. I\lCGill!:l‘1l, Mitiisict- of Health and Education, is also a Quest of the National Council. He left last week for Entglantl accompanied by Ali's. blt-Guigan. WEDNESDAY

HOOKS BIG TROUT — Mr. C- - hus- Dary. caretaker of Lot 40 .- on. lmoized n trout in Hot-ell liner that tipped the scales at tin-cc pounds and six ounces Mr. 11:111.- prcscnteel thtispcelzlezl beauty to Mr; J. W. Nlclhren, merchant at Brirtol. Trout fishing has bren 1-c- ported good in this (iistrict. Sov- cral have captured the bag limit of 2‘) for one day.

-P1\SSI<ZD \VI'I‘II IIONOIIRS - Mr. Roy Lockhart. son of Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Liockhart of Summer- sidc has arrived home irmn Toron- to where he has just completed a course at. the ltlzu-coni Wirclt-.--s Col- lcue. grad 11111:; with 1115111 lwnours. A1111 :1 101-1. holiday Mr. Lockhart will lcavc ptr-ition 111 the employ of the On- 1111.0 Pronnr-iul LIov-errnnent as B. wh-elxs opcrato1-.—S

‘---'l‘lu- S. S. nus-l. trip of the this; week.

HPPIN _ :1 111.111" r111 from Alonirr-til :11 Summers do ’I‘\.1csday

‘ a1 cargo. Thu . e faking shelter 11 the harbour have laroccccied on thrir vsnv to Itfonlrcal. The C.

' S. “Arie-run” which wa. 111 Summer- 1

111-- en-cr the. weekend sailed Yester- 131v for the north end nf the Is- land. T 1111". F1

v-ries Depnrtment.—S

LOFIH PIOIWE RY FIRE -—Tl1'3 .1 e, of Mr. Chester Reynolds. B m- . and :1 half from Murray . - Viil:1".c u-as comlllftfly i155‘ t1-0_.cd by fire early MTmlflY mlm‘ ing. ‘The household retired about

11 o'clock, Stmday flight, and at I 1 1.111. were :1\-.':1i:ened by :1. crack-in“, pa“ heme“ were Norman

1~ .-'1v.nd of 1111111111; \'.00cl. With t r1:fi"<‘u‘.i‘.' r-omc O U10 90111713‘ \ r- saved but the huiidinf! W1“ 11111-111-(1 to the around cvldrntiy lrmn :1 smrk from the chimney- :1 small itinurztncc. lNl-‘LUIIYZA (ru- - Dl-JATII - 'l'iu-. lniltuuhlt Pliltlfilfilt. which has -.-. 1 111111111: in the 1.1115101. P- E~ l» t 11111-1115; the past _ 12:1 elainze-ti another victun, lrarned yt-stei-dzrv. Louis 1. ., 0i Mot-ell Parish died Fri- <i.1.. I’.'t--.10:.ly the e11:l1t-111o11t.l1s- old son 0f 1111-. and Nirs. P. R. Sn- nnti. Bristol, tied. Bristol and Mor- cll Rear schools were closed owlnfl to the epldeunr- and 170st St. Peters School 1111-; been closed for some time as thc teacher. Miss Coffin. has bccn iii “nth 1111111011211. 1t. was

for sevcralyiays on account of the

' epidemic. Airs. Tucker was of a quit-t. 1-c- '

Nlany friends tln-ouahout the

p1-o-sincc have learned with regret-

loi tl1r-.,.<.ud1:‘.e11 passing ni. Court- t rnny, B C.. on January 20th, 11137.

of Charles FtTaylor. aged 62 years

Ill! vans born in I-‘ret-tofvn. PEI. :1 ron of the late. Peter ‘Taylor and (Jharlotin (Scotti Taylor, and his rmlv lifc u-ns spent. on the. com- fortable ironic-lead there.

Ilr- lr-xrr‘: to mourn the loss of :1 tlrvutrrl int-band and father. his wife. formerly Mir-s Mary Benirslo of l‘ l"(l(I\'»'l‘.. I‘.lE2.I.. n sister of B0111. Ileahzin of that. place; ihrw- daughters. Ruby 1Mrs.D11dlt-yf1ur- blflgf‘) vmcouvcr. 13.0.; _ Marie (M125. Viv/fl), Courtenay, B.C.: Ev: (Mrs. l‘ll‘i"/f1 Cowic), CourtenavJh C.. and 1'4 son. Atwood, of Van- couver, 11.7.‘; also three sister

Mrs. Wm. Atw'cud,-New Bcdfm-rt .1411. Mrs. H. N. newness. Cali- l forum; Mrs. A. T. Crnlz, Vancou-

The inter- OOUXIADIY,

sympathy is extended. I151 900k plug M,

in the Edward Island Hospital last . Ilt- is tl1c 5011 of M1-. Clarence

-I.\1 SUMMERSIDE-I-Iis Lord- Hrtekcniey, ' 1n.-hop of Nova Scotin, arrived in

SlilillDCfSldL- last evening and will , ztciu-ixiistci- the Holy Rite of Con- Church Hac- confirlnalionl of the Cross Band. under the dir- Cathcdrai - 11nd St. P.=.11l‘s Cnurch, Chm-lette-

G_ was a

several |

lPresldeni. of P. E. I. i/tssoelation; Mr. J. A. Dewar. New lPei-th. Vice President: Mr. J. W. lBoultcr, Secretary-Treasurer of iDah-ymcnh Association; ,ward Larkln, Bayaide, Lot Stewart C. Wright. field promoter;

It U R l A L YESTERDAY —The

.-1.:i-. :11 fjiunmersidc will lcurni {Hum-a} of Ml; C_ “any 1155;51- 1 -rct o1 111c- ETHOiLs illness o: 1 “qua, was largely attended, was

fer Harris. who underwent. held yesterday morning from s, Peter's Cathedral to the People: . Cemetery. Services at the church -

and grave were conducted by Rev Canon Malone, the Oddfellou. service at the grave being con- ducted by A.O.F.Gill, Noble Grand and Murdock Ross, Chaplain. A large number of Oddfellows, of which the deceased was a member, followed the remains. The fune- ral cortcge headed by the League

eetlon of Mr. W. J. BTHWGCISJCII- dercd funeral marches along the

froute of procession. The pallbear- iers were: -Ernest Peake, Windsor Campbell - Patterson was held from the 1 Laughnn Mcnonam s_ Q Mmmh

Messrs. Charles Earle.

n11d Geo. Binns. The mourners were: Messrs. Aubrey, Harry, Ber-

't1-an1 and Gerald Foster. sons of

the deceased; J. S. I-lolly, E. A.

Mrs-HS- ‘Foster, Allison Foster, and viewi-

Purdie. Interment was in the

People's Cemetery. THURSDAY

ANNUAL MEETING 0F III-Y CHADS-Mr. Arthur Jones was elected president of the Hi-Y Grads Club at the annual meet- ing last night. Other officers elected were: vice-proficient, Frank Storey; Sseretary, George Hart; trefzurer, Keith Johnston. Retir- ing president, Gordon Morris, pre- sided. Reports were presented by the social, sports, correspondence, membership and religious com- mittees, and by the retiring of- flccrs.

-—GOLI-‘ DANCE-Tho first dance of the season which was held in the new 5 and 10 depart- nu-nt at Holmans‘ Summersicie store, u-us :1 very great success. ‘Phe dance was under the auspices of the Golf Club. The chaperone: were Mrs. E. T. Tanton and Mrs. F. J. L. Wright. There were about 230 present. many coming 1n

from Charlottetown and country

districts. The Garden of the Gulf Orchestra. furnished the music. A prize was given for year dance and everyone enjoyed every min- utc of the erening.—-S.

—VISITING PROVINCE-lib. A. E. lvlacLauf-ln, general secre- tary of the Boys and Girls Coun- cll of Calf Club work of Canada arrived in Borden last evening. where he was met by Mr. L. Roper, Dominion Live Stock pro- motcr, and taken to Charlotte- town for a consultation with the Live Stock Branch officials to diszuss with them Junior Club activities in the Province. Mr. Mac- L-aurin will also attend a confer- ence at Amherst on May . 5 of Maritime Junior Calf Club of- ficiztis.—S.

It is also our painful duty to re-

cord the (fcath at North Rustlco 0n

April 24th of Mr. William A. Houston at. the age of eighty-four years.

Mr. Houston had been in his usual good health almost 11p to the day of his death having been in Char- nn nay 5th to take a , 1°1t°l°w11 0n the previous Tuesday. The dezearcd spent his entire life

at Rustico where he owned and operated a. large farm. In his earlier years he built many large fishing boats used in fishing in- tltistw when sail boats were in 1115111011. His wife Matilda Mac-

Kexizie piedescased him twenty- six years

and one week having died April 17th, 1911. Mr. Houston prominent Mason having been a member of Prince Edward

Lodge A. F. and A. M. at. Stanley

Bridge for fifty three years and

‘~11.- Arleluix is ctilzncsted with was the second oldest Past: Master of his lodge having been Master

in 1895, he also represented the state of Delaware in this order for the past twenty six years. I-Iis funeral was held from Cavendish church on Monday April 2G under the auspices of Prince Edward lodge Rev. W. A. Patterson offici- ating at the church and grave.

Nicholson, Alfred Fife, Herbert Mar-Ewen, Joseph I. Stewarbweston Rolllngs and Jame: E. Andrews.

Yesterday afternoon thirty five butter makers, cheese makers and

| creamery managers met at the call

of Dairy Supt. W. L. Brenton to arrange details for butter scoring for the summer months, suggest- ing improvement in cream grad- ing, etc.

A grading contest of both butter and cheese was entered into by all present, Mr. W. J. Davies,

Dominion Dairy Produce Grader

and Dairy Superintendent Warren L. Brenton conducting this wo .: and explaining in detail of the pluclngs made in the different grades.

The men proved quite capable and-on motion it was unanimously passed that compulsory grading of crcamcry butter for domestic con- stimption be asked to come into effect. 011 the first. day of June next.

At six o'clock the above dele- gates along with the directors of the Dairymens Association were tendered an enjoyable dinner at the Canadian National Hotel by the Provincial Department of Ag- riculturn. M1-. Brenton acting chairman.

Short. after dinner remarks were made by W. N. Jenkins. Bcdeque, Dalrymenb

m- ll;

Ml‘.

Mr. John A. McLeod, Primrose, director; Mr. Wallace Maclhy. Stanley Bridge, director; Mr A.

‘Sullivan. Vernon Bridge; Mr. Rob- -crt Dnucctt. IPraught, Grand River, director--

Halifax; m. 1e»

Mr. W. J. Davies, Dominion D1:- mrtmsnt. of Aflioultun.

FRIDAY

-EXTEND SYMPATIIY — Sym- pathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. MEX Iiefurgey of North Tryon 111 fine death of their only son. Jackie, who passed away on Tuesday after .-. lingering illness. Besides his par- .:.1ts there are left to mourn four -5128“, Doris, Helen, Mildred and Lelia. The funeral is taking place this afternoon-S

LAID T0 BEST-The funeral o1 Mrs. B. C, Cux was hcld yesterday afternoon from her late residence, 4, Brighton Road to St. Paul's Church where service was held by Rev. H. D. Raymond who also con- ducted the service at the grave and a brief service at the home. The pail bearers were Messrs. A. D. Hyndman, Jas. McQuaid, E. W. Mc- Kinnon, W. E. Bentley, I... D. Mur- ray and Harry Winchester.

-—-NURSES GRADUATION-Ewe nurses are to graduate this year from the Prince County Hospital. The graduation is to take place on May 25th. The graduate nurses are, the Misses Isabel Hasiam and 1.115s Enid Lewis, Freetown; Miss Gladys MacNelil, Kensmgton and Marina Nicholson and Eleanor Harris. Sum- mcrslde. Dr. Henry W. Moyse of Bedeque will address the graduat- ing class-S

FINE FINANCIAL SHOWING- The financial statement Just. is- sued by the Cornwall Charge shows that this field is in good condition. They raised for salary and local expenses $1,777.52 and for mission- ary and maintenance $658.00. The W. M. S. raised $388 in Cornwall and $125.00 in Kingston. The total for all purposes, $2,970.70. There are three Sunday Schools and two Y. P. Unions. The 8.5. at Com- wall has over 100 members and meets every Sunday at 11 o'clock.

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Plans for renovation of the D0- minion Building in Charlottetown have arrived in thc city and oper- ations will begin as soon as they have been approved, it was announ- ced. Mr. Peter Sinclair, M. P., con- sulted za-lth Mr. W. W. Allingham. Saint John, N. B., district resident architect, on the proposed changes yesterday.

The two vacant spaces or "logs" at the rear of the building, nu eith- er side of the rear entrance would be built up one and a. half stories. result in a more attractive square balding. .

A single stairway would replace the present. two large stalrways leading to the customsancl other offices, at the rear of the and the new space would be con-

thc ground floor would not. be changed, it. was understood. and the only public access to the ground floor would be through the present front. entrance.

'I'he post; office, on the ground floor, would be extended into portion of the Tax Office, across the hall. The Tax Office would be moved into a new space.

In addition to the $20,000 alioted for the renovation. $4.500 has been

ating the interior of the Post. Of- fice, Mr. Sinclair stated.

The grim reaper who comes as a thief in the night has been busy and we regret to chronicle the sudden death of Mrs. Garfield R. LePage of Rustlcovllle which occured on April 23rd. Mrs. IcPage was a. woman honored and esteemed by all who had the honor of her ac- quaintance and her sudden de- mise came as a. great shock to tl1c entire community. Her funeral was held from her late residence on Sunday 25th undet- the direction- of Cutliffe and Andrews, to St. Marks Church Rustico where the impressive burial service of the Anglican church was conducted by the Rector Rev. E. O. Lancaster assist/ed by Rev. W. A. Patterson of Cavendi-h. Mr. Gordon Carew of Hunter River sang the appropri- ate solo "Shadows" The pail bear- ers were Messcrs Charles and Stan- ley Houston, John Clarke, Rouel LePage, Edison Railings and Cyril Toombs. Besides her sorrowing husband she leaves to mourn one daughter Helen, three sons Elweil and Fred of the staff of the Royal Bank of Canada, and Weston at 1101118. also two sisters Mrs. Percy Dickerson of New Glasgow and Mrs. Hamilton Horne, Milton, and one brother Mr. Emest Buimnn, Rustico. The sympathy of the entire community goes out. to the bereaved.

The cieath in the Provincial San- atorium on March 22, 1937, of M-r. Marshall Hughes caused widespread regret among his many friends and acquaintances. During his illness, which he bore with Christian pat.- Lence and resignation to God‘; Holy Will, hope was entertained for his recovery, but God willed otherwise

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and, fortified by the last. rites of the Roman Catholic Church of which he was a. devout member. he parsed away peacefully on the above mentioned- date. The de- ceased, who was in his forty-sev- cnth year, was the son of James and Catherine Hughes of Freetown and had been a life resident of that. place. He was a progressive farmer, a. man possessed of a sterling cbar- acter. honest and honorable fn his dealings, ever ready to help in time of need. He will be greatly missed by his friends and neighbours. but more especially in the home. where there are left. to mourn his wife, formerly Miss Ella Smith of New- ton md two sons and five daugh- ters. The following brothers and sisters survive: John A. Hughes, Norboro; Norbert Hughes, Bangor, Maine: Emmet. Hughes, Lynn, Mus. Mrs. Peter Oonnfck. Nor-bore; Mrs. Pem- Deiahnn. Freetown; Mrs. Ar- thur Corbin, Cheaber Bum, N. S. and Mrs. Patrol: Hughes. Bangor. Maine. The ill-lo funeral proces- sion on Wednesday morning to St. James Church, Summerfteid, de- spite the imlemency o! the weath- or, was a sincere and fitting trib- -: - to the memory of one. who was 111,- a man. The pull beam-a were 0min.

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John A. Curlcy. John L. Murphy, Alonzo Webster, and Andrew Hughes. ‘

__;__ -ENTERTAIN CLUB-Mrs. A. S. afacAasey entertained the Girl: Club of the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening at her home on Spring Street. After the reklllll‘ business a social hour was spent and. a lunch served-S

ISLAND LADY DEAD — Mrs. Mary Griffin. 39 Pasmore Sh, re- ceived the sad news a 18W dill’! ago of the death of her sister. Mrs. Thomas Dewhurst of Bridgeport. Conn, U. S. A., nee Barbara Game- -stcr of Hunter River, P. E. I.

ROAD IMPROVED-York road is being scraped tbue days. It is hop- ed the government will drain and build up the low spots this summer. Commissioner McIntyre miihfi 100k ovcr this road so near the city and subjected to heavy traffic saifi- B correspondent.

CHANGE 0F RESIDENCE —— Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Bfrt, York, have moved into the residence recently occupied by Mr. John 136K185"- M'r. and Mrs. Smith. Royalty. hill/t? taken up their residence at Cove- hcm Road, the home of the late Thos. Carrol. _

FUNERAL SERVICES-The fun- eral of the late Mr. Norman Mac- swaln, was held from his residence at Mount Hope on Wednesday at 10:10 a. m. and was" 1111891? aft-end- ed. The services were conducted by his pastor Rev. Mr. Firth assisted by Rev. E. Altken of St. Peters. In- terment was at Dundas United Church Cemetery.

—FUNERAL 0F WILLIAM GIL- LIS-The funeral of Mr. William Gilli: was held on Wednesday morning from his late residence to St. Paul's Church and was largely attended. Rev. ‘Fr. Murray cele- brated the Requiem Mass and Mgr. G. J. Mach-fan, V. 0., of- ficiated at the grave. The pail bearers were. Messrs. E. P. Foley, J. E. Dalton, D. F. MacNeill, W. B. MacNelll. John P. DasRocht-s Mid Daniel Connick.-$.

ENJOYABLE SHOWER — Mrs. Jack Williams was the reclpicntot a. miscellaneous shower tendered

cording to the plans, which would i her by her sister Hilda, on Tues- uc and l day evening, April 27. The room

was very prcttliy decorated for the occasion. A pink and white be-

tdecked baby carriage was wheeled

in loaded with many beautiful gifts by Mrs. Ari; Brown and Mr. IPred Brown dressed in an amusing bri- dal outfit. “Freddy” caused mam’ laughs by his comical impersona- tion of a bride. The evening was

‘ passed playing games and dancing

after which the young couple

fthanked those present. for their allovely gifts. The bride's mother

then served a dainty lunch which was heartily enjoyed by all. The

pleasant evening closed by singing l-‘For They are Jolly Good Fellows."

Mr. W. E. Massey was elected president of the Charlottetown Y's Men's Club at the annual

meeting of the organization last. night.

Retiring President. G. Claude Smith presided. Other officers elected were: vice-president, F. J. Holman; secretary, James Haslam; treasurer, E. V. Bell. Directors. Col. F. I. Andrew, Major GGOYBB Craig. Walter Wilson and Jack MacNuir.

Report‘ dealing with the activ- ities of the club for the past year were given by the following of- ficers: President. Claude Smith; secretary. P. .1. Holman, treasurer. Edwin Johnstane. A review of the bowling activities of the Club was given by Mr. Fred Small and Mr. Joseph Curran reported on the boys’ work. Committee chairman told the Club of the work carried on by their groups.

Three bad fires occurred yester- day in Prince County 1n Wbl¢h°116 house was totally deslffillfid 9nd two others badly dflmfltked- The first fire broke out shortly “m” ten a. 1n. at. the home of Vernon Macheod. merchant at Albany When first. noticed flames were coming through the roof. Friends and neighbours came to the as- sistance of Mr. MacLeod and saved the building. The property wasone of the finest in the district and the beautiful oak floors were con- siderably damaged. There was some insurance.

The second blue broke about noon at the resldenoe of Earl You. Lot 16. It is not. known how the fire started but when first seen the roof was well alight. Willing neighbours lent, assistance and the fire was finally put. under control but not before the roof, attic, rooms and walla and part of the second storey were destroyed. Considerable damage was done to the rest of the build- ing by fire l-nd water. There was some insurance on the building.

‘The third fire occurred in Mis- couehe about 3 pm and also start- ed In the attic. it ts thought from a. defective flue. The house owned by William Perry. was near the railway track and was soon well ablaze. There was a. high wind blowinfz and but. for the tremend- ous efforts of the men in _ the village and an abundance of water from the convent. two other properties on‘y 31 feet away would have been burned. A call was put in to Link- letter road and several farmers there came hastily to assist. Pump- ing 45 gallons every minute. which was taken to the scene of the. fire in trucks, a steady stream ofwater was kept playim: on the adjacent. buildings. As 11'.- 11': 1-'11ht o'clock water was still trvr- taken to the scene in ~cccc the smouldering’ mink of the Pen-y hon-c breakout again into fame: and endanger nearby buildings. There was l small insurance on the burned

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noil-i-aur - 51111-1 .111; b“ son ot-lgns-Jrtie s11 pplng 5am, was officially opened m, Months,“ this week with the arrival of m; S. S. Surf, Captain Vernon Pear-den from Sydney. N. 0., Monday. M, W. N. McDonald, well-known Syd. nay steamship man, paid a visit w Montague the same day.

LEAVE FOR CORONATION _ Three students, Miss Margaret Prowse, daughter of Hon. T. W,L Prowsc and Mrs. Prowse, Miss Ir. ene McLeod, and Miss Ruth Cle. ments left yesterday morning 1m Quebec where they will embm today on the SS. "Duchess o.‘ Athoil" for England to attend the coronation. Miss Ruby McNeil} Miss Dolly Matthews also 11,-f Summerside yesterday morning Joining the Charlottetown student: at. Borden.

T0 CONFER. WITH OFFICIAL‘. —Mr. A. E. Macbeurin, Ottawa, secretary of the Canadian Oouncl,‘ on Boys and Girls Farm Clubs, arrived in Charlottetown 111:1, night. He will confer with Domiu. ion and Provincial Departments or Agriculture heads regarding the work in this Province. Steady pro- gress in the work has been up perlenced since the Canadian Count-ii was formed six years Ego, In 193i there were 21,000 clubs in Canada and lust year 34,000, Mr, Macbeurixi said. Growth of chine in this Province was slow but, steady, he said.

Miss Gertrude Mao Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Miller, Eden Lake, Pictou County. N. 5., was united in marriage with Clarence Harry O'Brien, son or the late Thomas A. O'Brien, and Mrs. O'Brien o1 New Glasgow, N, 8., at Charlottetown last night.

Rev. Hugh Miller, pastor of Trinity United Church and uncle of the bride, officiated in the Church Parsonage.

The blrde is a graduate of High- land View Hospital, Amherst. N. 5.. and the groom is in the employ of the Canadian National Rail- ways at New Gla-gow. .

‘The couple will leave on a trip to Chicago before taking up mo. dencc at New Glasgow.

BIRTHS

DARBY-In the Prince Counti- I-fospitai, April 28, I937, w Mignnd Mrs. Edwin Darby of Wellington R-R. a son.

OIIAPPELL-At the Charlema- town Hospital, April 20, I937 to Mr, a-nd Mrs. Fred J, Chappell, City a. son.