and color. This photo was tak- en yesterday in one of the three kilns at the “Greenfield Experi- mental tobacco plot following Mr. Kearney’s arrival on an in-

D.E. KEARNEY of the Im- perial Tobacco Company, Mon- treal, (second from left) is shown examining partially dri- ed tebacco leaves for texture

ISLAND NEWS PAGE

2 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Wed., Sept. 30, 1959.

SUMMERSIDE— A, New Water- ford, N.S. man, Henry Gallant, was sentenced to two years in Dorchester Penitiary by Magis- trate R.S. Hinton in Police Court here yesterday. He was on trial for the armed robbery of the Summerside office of the Island Telephone Company on Sept. Ist.

Gallant pleaded ‘guilty to the charge at an earlier appearance in court and had beer remanded for sentence until today.

Gallant, using a water pistol, entered the Water Street at and ordered Miss Clara Mountain to hand over all the money in the office.

For his efforts he received $174 from Miss Mountain, all of | Which was later recovered _} |for $6. Gallant.fled the office and

.jafter purchasing new clothes at

Also in the photo are David Pea- |2 nearby store headed west. He

ead MiB slansan. eto

spection tour. Mr. Kearney was

telephone office on) mid-afternoon |

except | sary, _

2-Year Prison Term Given Armed Robber —

boarding a bus bound for Alber- ton.

Crown prosecutor George R. McMahon told the court that armed robbery was a_ serious crime and the maximum sen- tence was life imprisonment, He added, the fact that the robbery was committed with a _ water pistol did not lessen the serious- ness of the offence.

Mr. McMahon stated the New Waterford police said Gallant had no previous criminal record,

Diagistrate Hinton said the town had been relatively free of this type of crime and hoped to keep it that way. He also pointed out the seriousness of the offence which he said certainly could not be encouraged and felt a penitentiary sentence was neces-

He said he could show no len- iency as Gallant was not a young man and should know better. He

cock and Keith LeLacheur of |was apprehended about 24 hours

leasantly surprised with the : the provincial department of ag- jlater by the RCMP as he was

success of the experiment which

hoped he would learn a trade and come out a better citizen. j

riculture who ac anied Mr,

has been under the supervision ‘Kearney from Charlottetown.

of Ernest Leitch (extreme right)

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(Also see announcements im columns Bdjoining Classified Ad-

veriising Section.)

EDMONDS — At Iona, Tuesday, Sept., 29, 1959, Mrs. Catherine Edmonds, in her 86th year. Re- mains were transferred from the Gillis Funeral Home to her late residence. Funeral Thurs-

~ day morning to St. Michael's Church for Requiem High Mass | at 9 o'clock. Interment in St. |

Crop ‘Pleasant Surprise’.

Says Tobacco Co. Expert |

MONTAGUE BUREAU of agriculture. He is leaf depart-!value of the crop must be de-

‘ OF THE GUARDIAN ment vice-president of the Im- termined at the laboratory to the Maritime Hospital Associa- The P.E.I. tobacco crop is a perial Tobacto Co. Ltd., who see if it reaches and fulfills and tion announced last night. pleasant surprise states D.E. have made arrangements to requirements, The hospitals coming under the

Kearney, after examining the purchase the crop regardless of | eight kilns that have been har- results. vested from the experimental Mr. Greenfield operation. certainly

S‘side Teachers

Kearney felt the crop Elect Executive

showed promise and

Joachim's _Church cemetery, |

Vernon River. € Mr. Kearney arrived yester- extremely good color for such 'day by plane from Montreal and

MACMILLAN — At the P.E.¥;iwas accompanied to Greenfield for new land.

‘Hospital, Tuesday, Sept. 29,'phy David Peacock -and Keith!

1959, Mrs. Edmond Rodd Mac- | Millay in her 81st, year. Resting | at the MacLean Funeral Home. Funeral Friday, October 2nd, 1959, from the*Funeral Home where a short sefvice will be! held at 1:15, then to Covehead United Church for service com- | mencing at 2:30 p.m. Interment in West Covehead cemetery.

BISHOP— At 131 Hanover Street, | Sept. 28 Annie Sophia Bishop, wife of the late Thomas Bishop.

Forwarded from the Bowness; Grand River on

Funeral Home to her late Oct. ist for requiem Mass/| residence from where _ fun-

eral services will be held ati church cemetery.

large leaves and especially good |

} 9, ~ = Mr. Leitch, who has supervised side Teacher's Association held its

annual mecting Monday after-

LeLacheur of the department the experiment said it Would noon in the home economics @%¢ in the hospitals when the | —— a : take some time to develop un- wyym with Benjamin Beck, the plan comes into effect and be, 2 o'clock on Thursday, Oct. iformity and to learn to meet retiring president in the chair, | "e-admitted

1. Interment in the People’s and handle situations that differ; Officers elected for the coming Cemetery. ‘ from those in Ontario, especially year areas follows: president, those involved in the kilns. John DesRoches: Secretary Mrs

TRAINOR— At the Prince Coun- ’ 7 ee i | ott; , Mrs. -

ty Hospital on Tuesday, Sept. | Today Mr. Kearney expects Jack Scott; treasurer, Mrs. Har

2%, Annie Trainor, wife of the ‘© Visit Kings County areas , old Melver.

late Joseph Trainor of Grand which show promise of being career Ge tes’ Stee’ ake River in. her 58th year. Rest-.good tobacco growing areas. He carvied other riitine matters ing at Bowness Funeral Home will be, accompanied by Ernest pertaining to the association. from where the funeral will Leitch who states there are thou- wth

be held to St. Patrick's Church, sands of acres around Kings} MINE SAFETY Thursday. County for growing tobacco: Wire haulage ropes in South Although crop prospects from African gold mines are tested by at 9 a.m. Interment in the the growing and kiln operation, an electro-magnetie device every jat Greenfield are good the real four months.

| SNMMERSIDE— The Summer- |

P.E.I. Hospital Plan Effective At Midnight In 8 Hospitals

they ,,will still enjoy this protec- tion. For instance the Government plan does not cover Hillsboro General Hospital and.as far as it could be learned at:a late hour last night, the only charge deduc- | ted from any existing - hospital indemnity insurance plan will ‘be something like a standard $2.50 for accommodation only. This is the difference between the charge for ‘standard ward accommoda-| tion and semi-private room ac- | commodation. GUARDED NESTS

The Adelie penguins of ‘the ‘Antarctic collect stones to bank around their nests on the ground.

Effective midnight tonight, the Prince Edward Island Hospital Insurance plan will go into opera- tion in all the province’s eight general hospitals, N.D. MacLean, chairman of the P.E.I. Branch of

Mr. MacLean stated that all pa- tients would be discharged who

| Walker and Mrs. Milton Dyment.

WEATHER

TORONTO (CP) — Tempera- tures issued by the weather of- fice:

DOWOOM .icccccssds 30 49 Min Max. (Night) (Day) Vancouver .....-:- 50 59 Victoria csteveselpe 50 57 Edmonton ........ 32 4 CRRBOES oi cénccsrae 24 50 ROMA. .cdecdcess 35 43 Winnipeg ..cecsces: 29 43 TOGO cchdstccacns 6 81 QURWE: cridedcecces "69 80 Montreal .......... 66 86 NS sy vacens 61 8&3 Fredericton ....... 61 — | Saint John ........ 54 61 Moncton ...... cose an 76 Halifax ...... baass: Oe 74 Charlottetown. ..... 60 73 Sudney: ...... sdcee' 81 Yarmouth ......... 50 70 St. John’s ......... 67

_ HALIFAX (CP)—The weather | office says there is likely to be less sunshine today. A few show- ers are possible over New Bruns- wick and Prince Edward Island. Hurricane Gracie should have no effect at all on the Maritimes fore Thursday. ~ - Forecasts:

Presbyterian

are oes Variable cloudi- che. ae ness continuing very warm;| Bay ‘undy : west win southwest winds 15. Low-high at|20: extensive fog banks; visibil- Halifax, New Glasgow, Goshen | #¥ near zero in -fog, otherwise ant Grouy 60 and 75, Yarn-“ta|Sht miles; warm. 60 » Kenville 60 and 80. | High tide téday at Charlotte Prince Edward Island and New .

re : town at 8.28 a.m. and 9.23 p.m. Brunswick: Cloudy with a few : 7 showers and continuing very At Rustico at 3.38 a.m. and 4.20 watm;- southwest winds 25. Low-|?-m. Summerside tide e:guteen high at Charlottetown, Moncton,| minutes later than C>arlottetown. Edmundston and Campbellton 60|Sun rises today at 6.09 a.m. and and 75, Fredericton 60 and 80,!sets at 5.55 p.m.

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