DECEMBER 8, 1951

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THE "GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

FJR NEWS BUDGET for OUR SATURDAY SUBSCRIBERS

MONDAY

NORTH YARMOUTH. Me.. Dec. 2.-(AP)-A station wagon crashed Waugh a bridge guard rail and plunged into the Royal River to- day, killing a couple and an air- fcric sergeant-

Police identified the dead as Bmjainln Richards. 43, I native of mince Edward Island. and a re- 5,dent of Pownal; his wife. Helen. 33; and Sgt Burton E. Somere. 35 wiio was stationed at Fort Will- ,3;1,s in Cape Elizabeth.

P0l:CE said the station wagon p;,;ng.:d into about 30 feet of Mu-r. The three bodies were re- L.m...,.d by a diver.

Last night a resident of Pow- mz said the names of the accident were unknown in that

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The power distributing facilities ,,. lhP Gordon Electric Light Com- pany of Alberton were taken over by the Maritime Electric Company on Saturday when the contract. sub,-',crt to the approval of the Util- ;f'ps Commission, was signed by A w.A. Gordon, owner of the -,vr::'Prl1 plant.

Mr. Thomas Phillips. Maritime jilprttrlc Company representat'.ve in AIlJL'liOl'l. will have charge of the

The belief that there is I small gold mine to be realized on Prince Edward Island by ,.romcting the Province as a mecca for trout fishermen was expressed by Dr. J. W. Saunders last night.

A biologist at the Dominion Biological station at St. And- rew's. N. B. Dr. Saunders was ad- dressing the quarterly meeting of the Queen's County Fish and Game Association in the Vocation- al School on his experiments on trout research at Ellerslie, P. E. I. He was introduced by E. K. Mac- Nutt, President of the Association

He said that the state of Maine has built up a very profitable tourist fishing industry with for less than is in evidence here. The main reasons for the abundance of trout in Island waters are the coolness of the streams, the plenti- ful supply of food. and the lack of other types of fresh water fish such as "eels, suckers and lampreys

'l'he annual Radio Auction was reported a success last night, with .all items sold and the cash con- tributions being higher than last year.

The annual event is sponsored by the Charlottetown Rotary Club, President Dr. E. S. Glddings. and the auction chairman, Brig. W. W.

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be I steady growth of the prac- tice of Sunday openings by groc- ery stores and even extending to clothing sales. The recommend- ation was to the effect that the Town Council instruct the police to enforce the Sunday closing of such places of business except those classified in the bye-law as selling necessary articles which are in the nature of a service to thc public.

The appointment of Lieut. Col. P. S. Fielding. M.M.. Deputy Min- ister of Health and Welfare, to the position of Deputy Provincial Secretary was announced last evening by Premier J. Walter Jones, following a meeting of the executive Council. Col. Fielding succeeds Mr. J. W. MacKinnon. who recently resigned to accept a position with an insurance com- pany in Ottawa.

A veteran of both world wars. Lt. Col. Fielding was appointed Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare when that department was re-organized from the pariment of Health and Education. I-Ils successor to that post has not been announced.

Confirmation of the appoint- ment of Miss Edith Hume, R.N.. as Matron of Beach Grove inn was also announced. Miss Hume

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DEATHS

MUSICK-The death occurred at his home on Dec. 1, 1951, of Henry B. Musick, Klnross, age 89 year- '

CAMPBELL-At the P. E. I. Hos- pital. Dec, 2. 1951. Guerney A. Campbell in his 62nd year. form- erly of New Perth. Remains are resting at the Cutcliffe

GALLANT-At the Charlottetown

Hospital on Saturday. Dec. 1, Mrs. George -Gallant of Muyfield in her 65th year.

MscCOItMACI(-At Halifax, N. 8.. December 2nd, 1951, Joseph Mac- Cormack, formerly of St. Mar- garet,s, P. E. 1., son of Mrs. Dan- iel Maccormack and the late Dan- iel Maccormack.

MMDONALD -- At the Heart Home Def. 3, Miss Agnes MacDonald. formerly of South

HAMMILL-At Freetown on De- cember 4111, Mrs. Patrick Ham-

Sacred

MATHESON - At Belle. River. December 4th, 1951. J. Craig Matheson in his 84th year.

PEARSON-At the-Prince County Hospital on December 5th, Chaun-

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George A. Calibeck. Summer- side, paid a brief visit by plane to Pierre last week-end. return- ing on Monday. It is a, trip of less than three hours and George said it was well worth it as he had often wondered what these tiny islands belonging to France were like. but they are great fishing centres. The people are thrifty and appar- ently quite prosperous. pose was principally to have a look over the fox and mink ranch owned by H. R. Gautier. section of it with has been in operation for years and now Mr. mink after with a few pair last year. Callbeck supplied his requirements from his ranch They which few Silver-blus. lnent was about 75.

The caretaker of the Gautier ranch is L. Joner. Switzerland who was with Raoul Raymond for several years and is

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There is very little farming

His pur-

The fox over 600 foxes

Gautier is adding having experimented Mr.

in Summerside are mostly Aleutlans in George specializes, with a The total ship-

a native of

sition in regard to selling his furs as St. Pierre being under the French Government furs are entry flee and are readily marketable in Paris. There is a very plentiful supply of fish which forms the main basis of the ration for botri fox and mink although some horse meat is imported from Prince Edward Island and also cereal feeds.

The writer was surprised and delighted the other day when Walile Scantlebury dropped in to see me. He and Mrs. Seantlebury had Just returned from a trip to the Old Country and while in Scotland visited his sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. MacKendrick in Glasgow. Howard will be remembered by many as one of our succesful fox ranchers of the long ago. Later he oper- ated a ranch in Oslo. Norway, and then moved to Scotland where he conducted a ranch with success until the bottom fell out of fox farming. Since then he has gone into the manufacture of plastics and he was kind enough to send

coo-oooooo-co-0-0-olextend unemployment insurance

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out the co-operation of these man cannot make a success of for farming. We trust that the lion. Mr. Abbott. who represents a con- stltuency in Montreal, will see the light and remove the 25 per cent tax. Even if he does so he will be receiving a 10 per cent tax and the City of Montreal places A 2&4 per cent tax on the retail price of the garment and the Province of Quebec s. 3 per cent.

benefits.

The spokesman for the Associa- tion, Richard Haddow. said that unemployment and short time work is now affecting over half of all workers in the fur industry. Bankruptcies on the Montreal market alone in the past month have total liabilities of almost one million dollars and are indicative, he added. of what is ahead. He said that buyers' responses brought on by Government impscd re- strictlons on installment buying. curtailment of. bank credits to manufacturers and a discriminat- ory Government imposed excise tax has crippled all branches of

We are very glad to see our very long time friend John A. Lee out and around and apparently in ex- cellent health after having under- gone A serious operation in the Prince County Hospital. John A.

the fur industry. This resistance will" lead to the industry's ruin unless drastic action by the Gov- ernment is forthcoming soon.

was one of the top foxmen of this Province after World War I and as an exhibitor he stood in the front ranks. We particularly re- member his exploits with ths Magic foxes in 1922 and 1923. He also was the supplier of faxes to ranches throughout the United

Mr. Haddow and his associates are absolutely right in their ef- forts to rehabilitate the fur hi- dustry. The plight of the workers and the manufacturers has had its effect on the producers-that is fox and mink ranchers, who with-

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States and Canada that led to the development of some of the best fur farms. .

Hkid, D.S.O., Said that the b is , . - . district, and the company's engiri- very satisfied Wm, the respglgse O, was appointed to the post last gay 5., Pearson of Chcllon "l m5 an exceptionally capable and well by Wallie a desk set of his manu. WA Will Wnduct 3 5"l'VeY ml” we" the citizens. He expressed the July by orde"l"'C”””c”' lh lean informed fox rancher and speaks facture with my name stamped on in (lflefmllle lVhCm9l' my "0" l3 hope that the citizens of Mon- HOGG-At Sherbrooke on Wed- several languages. He has been ll: We are glad to learn that his i-vqziirlcrlt :0 be done 10! the c0m- tatigule will respond equally as Well BWTHS nesday, December 5th, Charlotte with Mr. Gautier since Mr. Rey- nflw businless is mfetlng with ins! WHE3 a flair a ction to ht. ' . izabe o , -' of t close his ranch and enomena success- in fact he The service supplying All-Teflon The total procced'.lll,g which are SMALIMo9D"'At the Chaflotw gvldwarrlthl-llotggginmrltiyer ygre. lxllrzgd St. Pcierigen and the people glillllot lieell up Wlth the Orders he commenced in 1924 when Mr. P.VW. donated to help crippled and tow" !diOi,l,max'ShD1iiC' 3'5 1931' 0:10 . very much, To become more in. is getting. It is a far cry from Lcard l7lll”0lI35ed the Old 001110" handicapped children and other gIJ;;”?"o" gsisone 0" mu W0 ' '03”-At N0,”ll Milli)" 0", 1399- mm” with mink he spent the fox farming to plastic manufact- . Mill two mllcli "Om Alb9l'l0D- MR welfare organizations, have not yet p ' ' 5' 1951' D""” C' F””'' '"fa"t months of September, October and uring and it shows that a. man Gordon assumed Wnml in W271 been tabulated. lviaooNALi) - At the C-harlotttu 5”" ”' M" and M"' Cmsm November at Mr. Cailbeck's ranch who can be a success at both has

Ford, age 13 months.

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more than ordinary ability. Our grateful thanks to Howard and our best wishes to him and Mrs. Mac- Kcndrick and family for contin- ued health and prosperity.

and at the present time power is i;?IlCl”ille(l'by three diesel engines luialling 210 horse power. with Reg- ii..-iirl Travers in charge, assisted by Hillard Bell. Under the con- tract, these generating facilities

and hopes to be quite as success- i ful with this feature of fur farm- ing as he has been with the foxes Mr. Gautier is in an enviable po-

The winner of the Lucky Draw. a 15-lb. Tendcrsweet llam. was Mr. H. L. Smith of Rochford Street.

town Hospital on November 25th. 1951. to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Moc- Donald (nee itiargaret Arsenault) a daughter 6 lbs. 10 ozs.

FARBEL-At the King's County Memorial Hospital, Montague, on

THURSDAY

extreme measures are called for.

W.C.T.U.

ulll be leased by the Maritime

For example, a. doctor must

The exact date for imposing an

.v; I C n gn , Approximately 31000.00 was rais- December 3rd, 1951. to Mr. rind Leo rlcl lp y ed at the annual uuctlon sponsor- Mrs. Bernard Farrel, Sturgeon, ll sometimes resort to extreme mea- embarga on imports of mink. 181 QUEEN ST. ed by the Masonic Order of Mon- son, Tcrrzinco. sures to save itself. musk,-3;, ermine, (ox, kounskm

. "Mdderatc" measures under such circumstances could well be inex- cusabie.

or course, it is to be realized

marten, weasel and other furs and

pens produced in mm ,8 Jam AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE uary 5th. 1952. Imports of the same 1.

TUESDAY

An increase of over 4.200 pas- sengers carried this year is re-

tugue in aid of the Crippled Children's Fund held last evening at Yeo's Theatre. A very large

ACORN - At the P. E. I. Hos- pital on Dec. 3rd, 1951, to Mr. and Mrs. William Acorn, nee Mary

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crowd from the community and , .. .. wnled tn Hsures released! last surrounding area attended to lend Gallant Summmidev 3 W" WW"? M0”E”"0” and admitted um both "modera- Slff...”...5?Zif5.?av"i...?.”'"3"”'”i ii-.'-lhl bl; th: rllfgortllumlzerlnnd their support to an very worthy Kelllh As t m bl I I t tion" and "excess" are relative The above 1, the lawman 01 the TT"-T l'ci-i-ics Lmite. e iota show cause, Generous donation, wen. g g , V o e pro em o wien o t, ,h, h Va mm m . yr- iiiai in 1950 the service operating received from the business men '"sE"iSEM the Pmwe Cmm” stop: If you don't start. there 1511': pleloxlrlllse alld gircumganzggo g Itl!:l.litr:et:d wiiifsw G3:l,ie:sI:Ie';ensE' nil? DROI . ' i A

Hospital on Dec. 5th. 1951, to Mr. and Mrs. Wnlince Reeves, Frec- town, a son.

any problem. And if you do start' and then stop there isn't any problem.

bctivccn Wood islands. P. E. 1., and Caribou. N.S.. handled 74.527 pas- sriigers. During the season of op-

nnd other citizens of Montague. Charlottetown, Lower Montague. Murray Harbour, Murray River.

We know definitely what "ab- stinence" is, but what is moderate or what is excessive is forever in

Lure questioned the Government at Ottawa as 0 whether they are going to embargo furs along the

M. Alban Fonner FREDERIC A. LARGE,

oration this year which ended last Georgetown. Cardigan, Klimuir M 9 g, .- . t But if you start and keep going, - - . . . I-'ridny the line carried 78.744 and other points. not only of ”::sp?:lRTN2:;a3;rPig?,:c lgglmltg the problem will always remain gap"; :I;:Sll;:1l”llrli1llch 1” "5 same lines as the United States MON”!-:5-1'.g4-1-OAR. K c l'”"'"5e”' g””d5 but 515” M C"h' Mr. and! Mrs. Mervin 'McCo'urt. Wlm Y9”- But the thing to remember but Pnme Minister sh Lauren" Chnrlotteto F El. . . Emerald, a son. Weight 9 lbs. 5'.-J Th” l5 the c0"Cl"5l”" 0l U10 about moderation is mm. -iAny, allswegeg tn? "';l:eCl15fl9"t had Yell W" s ' Barrister. Sollcitor.'Nota.ry -it. was announced yesterday Criticism of the screening meth- on - whole matter-as it applies to thing which m "sen is not good been 1! en 0 B 9 en. Royal Bank of Canada Building the bid of the Canadian Bank of cell used by the Immigration De- every course of conduct in life. Sm, mm good even when indulged Chas. R. Charlottetown. P E I. Commerce has been accepted by partment in Europe in the .selec- MARTIN--At the Prince County habits included, In ,.modeumy.. An exhibition of am r I X a d LOANS ON CITY AND one town of Summerside for its tion of farm workers was express- Hospital on November 24th. 1951, when word; and phmses are There is no I-mg” mgmodemmm mutations was held me Ste Lmlllis B. A FARM PROPERTIES ' iiiiecncglcigpdgo oyfens300"- ,g(;I0eyat 4W3: Premier J. Walter Jones last lsolmbrgxkrililzli lizlll:-e xlivlfgge lcixlliggllir llpgascigmiggtjelycxaftfgptsxtldU3):"33 that will change a vice into a vir- de Courville. Que-. last week. BAKRISTER. 50l-ICFTOK -'-Old l0F 95-03 Which will. the hlgl'l- Speaking at the regular monthly Belle Riverl, a son, William Riley: sultan; false Sconcluslons. wind now to revert to the title .?5.ec:de;:rlicri::ce3ll rfileirt mass :53. taste":-?.T;::t lnlhclidinl -T . D a W - if.f..l”'il.'.uI..-"'.'35.'i5t:l i7iep3? .33"??? i2"t'ti."tZ53n "Q3i?3”o:"u-.3: 0951:; MvM0MGl-E -M WPeE-Island ..c”""ii" M: 5”: ”:”"'""l”':”” W ”e"l”””"”P""”” PM ere-my conceded mac the quamy or cmlu-orrmown i 5- CABRUTHER8 was raised this time due to credit quuglon cg gmmlsnmon with pa,-. l'l03PllvBl.0n December 2nd.1951. 10 poeq::nEsysay?u:))ne Crltl:;l::?n..A rs? 19"” 0l' Wlle" W .sl"-DP: the animals is better this season Phone 1111 R.0. being lightened ,5 . mm” of ucmm. mlerence to agricumlml Mr and Mrs. Pat Mrmlonngle Wplearmn R mm emu; mm H And if we dont want to face than ever, The exhibition was ' govcrllnicnt, rest:-lctlong, The pur. needs, the pram” mid that the (1106 Gerda Tmmcrel 9' daughter twourd V53 Anal: meg, be jusnfid Ems p;ob1eE'n)m:ndnn;;le,g disbbgg "W-dc P055lbl9 by the Quebcc Ml"' P059 "Y 919 bond 155!-le ll to COVBI majority of the immigrants are welght 8 "'5' in concluding that if a little learn- iiexivsagayure 031-louldn't dabble in. ?;xA5:;:?iIet:sTe in co-operation Macphee & tra"'o' PHONE 2872

I,'.'lpiii'll expenditures. -a.

Word has been received by the P.E.l. Potato Marketing Board that the 42 samples of seed po- later: for Florida testing arrived

l youth. "Implre the youth at j perhaps best expresed by the lherc in good condition. They N" , , . .. !9C0"d- ti Fd 1G nm t ii -n 3373?.ii.'5.'3:2".:i'”.5'2.32”i?.f?5 .i:-Mr::".-"re .-. A;.m".- ””.i”f.”' l?f3.i:i:fi:.':--ml?"Mil v we .a:..e.:i:. .::e;....e".”:..:...:: LLB. - V U11 0 C llfc Y E 9V- - 0 V have to face the problem of in the 333315113" gong;-fog. lu P.lm.', & Has..."

the sun to develop the sprouts. and it is expected that the plants will be above ground by Dec.

totally unsuitable for the type of farm work as practised on the Is- land, and it is questionable if they are suitable for farm work at all.

He urged that greater attention be paid to halting the exodus of

he said. "Then bring in the Eur- opeans. if necessary, who are ac-

MUTCH--At the P. 1-1. I. Hospital Dec. 2nd. 1951, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mutch. Southport, a son. William Perley Hartle, weight 9 lbs, 7 ounces.

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T. Irwin on November 15th. 1961. Wanda Dorene Ivory to Vernon

ing is a dangerous thing, we should eliminate learning?

"For why take a chance with "a dangerous thing?"

There is another troublesome idea that has grown up among us,

good word, to be sure, and one that is associated with many vir-

not even in questionable things. even in "mod- eration", always create the prob- lcm of where to stop.

If we" don't take the flrst,ques- Wlonabie step. we'll never take the

where or when to stop, or how far to go.

"moderation" because

Canadian fur workers held a meeting at Montreal last week and decided to send is. national delega- tion to Ottawa to ask action by

deteriorating conditions Canadian fur industry. The Asso- ciation claims to represent 90 per

ll. MIBPEEE. B.A., KO. I. BOMERLED TBAINOB. I. A. Ba , etc.

123 Kent Street (Nelt to Simpson's Agonq)

A. Waltllen Gander.

Phillips Building 111 Grafton Street

A. J. EASLAM. B-A.. Dial.

25th-Jan. 1st, at the latest. cmwmcd to th” type 3' urmmg JW-1”” M”Le""3"' W” am much w”d”m' And if we never form a bad cent of dresser and dyer worn” Mm", u, M.,, couemon B-mu" mo. Growth there is very rgpld Pm3”59d 9" the I513nd- , S RATT At T1 Jndeedn ll ll 50 8005 I W075 habit, we'll never have to break it. and so to 85 per cent of wbrkers CIjGC Bum .' N scan (xi. once the plants have made a good JLNKIN -- G Oh-1 t N” that we may be led to conclllde But if we have committed our- ,,, fur man,,mm,,n 1,, cam,” Guide, & H uafd L. ,''';:m "M" , iont system, and readings for Bellwed '0 have been 0"” 0l "'3' United Mlmsei C ”9l'etow"' that ”moderation" is always a vir- sewes to a questionable cou,se'the h 3 i d C "" l” "M 7-3-1- tm. Pmvlncevs oldest cmze.-.3, P. E. 1.. November 17th. 1951, by me. and that anything in "mod, and it endorses t e recent unte Gu3gR1- A. GA"-D5;-L IA” IL.

lllS('i'l!E will be made from the Tnrizdle of January to Feb. 13!. 15'.

Mrs. Jane Maclntyre died Tucs- day night at the age of 105. She would have reached her 106th birthday on February 5 next. She

Rev. ll. E. D. Ashford, Cecil Lloyd Jenkins, Winsloe. to Marian Louise Grotto, White sands. '

nnansnn .. nslunn - At the

eration" is good.

But at least we would be safe in saying that moderation is al- ways to be preferred to "excess".

problem of where to stop is con- stantly with 1'-.-and will be until we do something about it.

-The Foundation Says.

industry appeal for abolition of the 25 per cent excess tax on furs It also calls for (1) easing of bank credit to manufactuers: (2) aboli- tion of Government restrictions on

Bsrrlsten and Solicitors "on' T” W”

Money to Loan Uansdlsn Bank of Commerce Bldg

Boll. Mat-llioson 8:

WEDNESDAY died at the home of her dnugh- An uexcessn of anything is bad J A McGui an ' I K. w gMimse. New London,-on Wednes- ; r , t H t b I f 1 , - c Q omwn. nee. 4 - - W ”” " .u..emw an ..:":.li:."2:..l.:e.:'.:r..:i:".:::::; -um so-.-mo-. -e. rm.

The quality of Prince Edward Is. land's Msipeque oysters was prais- cd here tonight by His Excellency. Viscount Alexander Governor Gen- eral of Canada. who was guest weaker at a banquet held in con- llcctlon with the Dominion-Prov- inciril tourist conference.