seersmeen '22. 1952

THE l GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

At Rural Youth Fair

. . - .. . . ., - . I 'ia.J..2.-. Shown above, with officials of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, are the

youthful judges of cattle who last week contested for the right to -represent this Province at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Wallace Wood and Wilfred Stewart,

standing in the back row on the right, were the winners. Also in the picture are. . e me clued M 0, M, front row,.left to right, Gloria. Jenkins, Millcove Club; Evanetta Smith, Gowan ;';,,f,,”f,d ,,u,y,,:j:, 0,, ,3: 0; M, Brae; Patricia Mclsaac, Bear River; li-lartena lluglies, Bear River; pZylla Mclnnis, other misdemeanours. what

Gowan Brae. In the back row, left to right, are Ian MacArthur, Millcore; Arthur more, there was as yet no Dor-

Jones, Alexandra; Mr. S. C. Wright, Mr. L. Roper, Mr. James Nicholson, all officials who judged the contestants; Wallace Wood and Wilfred Stewart, Millcove, members of the winning club.

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. . .. V pygmy, . , 1 . v -. . Group, won by Hampton Club, left to right: Beulah Ferguson with grand

Shorthorn to do all the same" said Jim grim- b m ion' Mar'orie Fer son Glad s Villett. Iv. "We'll drag the skunk into the

0 a p ' J .. - . y open, and threw his dirty lies hack in his teethl How do we

know this fellow didn't murder

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Wiltshre Calf Club, left to right: Joyce Easter with reserve ch rt Vickerson.

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Ayrshire Group, won by St. Phillipis Group. left to right: MOM" Bernard with pgrand champion; Placide Arsenault, IrIenryAl3erii7ai:ciV.!i

1 last of the wilderness... to the at- Eileil 5 nlafy Mme tantinn and guidance - especially ,Cont.lniied-firm page 2

name them in prayer, every one gathered in Heavenly about. that humble or more impou- ., ing hearth-sidei

that. was in the homes, when the It seemed to give more meaning Shepherd of the flock came in to than any ceremony of church he- kitchen or room to read to them cause here by niime in the well- The Word and then kneeling with loved home. each one was lifted the family, lead them - andgup, as once did Moses a creature

the guidance of Heavenly rulings.

and sometimes - or indeed us- ually, when a congregation was sheplierdless for it time. minis- terial supply come in to guide lem- porarlly the flock -1 to hold ser- vices on the Sabbath. the mid- week prayer meeting and to visit pastorally the homes in his care. on foot we recall these came as did. we read, good men of old . . . stopping upon invitation to meals or to remain over-night, for did not the our forebears in building their houses make provision for A Prophet's Chamber in their plans?

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in-i;i.iw of its liigli-livitimz viiiue

I Murder In Duplicate

by Glenn Corr

ank's fa'ce remained grave. He shook his head.

"Sorry, Jim." He spoke "Of course I thought of all things. But - "

"But what?” asked Jim defiant-

gently. those

ly, but with uneasiness again welllng up within him . . . punk said: "He described the

living room of the cottage-i-every; thing. He admits he was up to no

good. An escaped convict from Dartmoor was not likely to be. But he was at the cottage, all

right. He was looking through a window, hoping to break in. He saw Mary come in and go over to her aunt. Mrs. Dormer was Just about to take her medicine. Mary took the glass from her. and put something in it -it looked like A white powder. Mrs. Dormer drank. A moment later she collapsed. That qas when he ran away."

'iWhy didn't he tell his story at the time?" Jim demanded.

"He was thinking of his own skin," said Frank patiently. "The police caught him next day. He decided to keep his mouth shut,

mer case! No one had mentioned murder. or poison. That. came a long time afterwards, when he was back in goal. What he had seen might. have had no signifi- cance. The old lady might simply have fainted. But now -- as I say. I'm afraid it's blackmail."

Frank paced the room.

"I can't. believe he just rnude all

this up. He could so easily be challenged. Knowing that, he wouldn't dare to try. But, if he knows he's right, then he can count on us - on Mary - being too much afraid of his story, to risk an open challenge . . . " CTHAPTEIR TWO Continued "That's just what we're going

Mrs. Dormer himself -- if she really was murdered, that is, and

of school

tilanaladale Home Anti School Meets

fThe regular monthly meeting the Glehaladale Home and Association was held in the school on the evening of Sep- tember seventh. After the open- ing exercise the minutes of the meeting held at the closing of the 1951-52 term were 'read by the secretary, Mrs. William Power. The minutes having been ap- proved, the presldent spoke to the group regarding the giving of prizes at the end of the present school term. It was suggested that the same amount for prizes be voted this year as had been voted for last year. This was moved by

ing. Beyond doubt he was watch-

Mrs. James Hughes and seconded by Rev. K. C. MscPherson.

Means for acquiring funds were then uiscussed. Mrs. Basil Mec- Dcnald very generously offered the use of her home for 1 card party which is to be held in the near future, and others also of- fered their homes for the same purpose.

The buying of Cod Liver capsules for the school was then discussed. and it was decided to provide them for the Duf)iLs from Grade One to Eight inclusive.

The parents were concerned over the constant change which is taking place in the school text books and questioned the teachers on the matter of further changes. The teachers explained that the Department was trying to provide an adequate course and at the same time trying to use similar texts to those used in other pro-

Oil children

, . . rinees as that would make the nisalme mnn iiurned his head books liheapen 1 m b - wshuy. his we showed for an7...T2S .iJ.f'cm.”iiii.g""..diZf....iii .i5.”.'i; m5''”"' 1" me imnque "gm M d the singing of the National An- street lamp: a short nose, which them,

Bureau Analyzes Some census Figures

OTTAWA, Sept. 2i--(CF) - Tiar- riage appealed to a lot. of splits- ters and bachelors in the last 50 years. Canada's population more than doubled in that period, too.

The proportion of single males in the country declined to 52.9 per cent in 1951, down from 63.5 per cent. in 1901. The Bureau of Statistics also estimated that sin- gle fcmules dropped to 48 per cent. from 59.7. -

In the 50-year period, marriage was on the upswing, with the proportion of male population get- Ling married jumping to 44.3 per cent from 33.8 and the propor- tion of females climbing to 45.1 per cent from 34.5.

The population soared to M,- 000.000 from 5,371,300.

Divorces. too, had their innings, but the proportion to the total population barely caused a. ripple on the marital scene. The pro-

” nightmare. where would all

at. one time had been broken and, badly set; a faint scar on the left temple; eyes like frozen pools. Jim paused. Then, abruptly, he tuni- cd and entered the flats.

The brief encounter with those eyes had chilled him. Frank well- ds's story was still fresh in his. mind. That night in Torquay,,i three year ago, there had been a mysterious watcher. It now seem-J m”- ed certain that murder had been Mr. and Mrs. Vernon (;illl.s were done. Jim Tracey moved as in n,recent visitors at the home of her thj5'pnrent.s. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher

Grrtham, Shamrock.

He put his fears aside as fancl- " "er f.ul. The entrance to the fluid, ill Ml”5- llMT.V Wilblif Oi ROXbUf)'. gaudy, was prasajc enough, The Mass. and Mr. Wm. Spicrir of Wav- wausi floor and ceiling were mm.-,erly. Mass.. have returned to their me, or perhaps gmmmon marb1,.gi'cspective homes, after spending To one side was 3 many lettered tlielnvncniion with Mr. and Mrs. board, with the names of ii-n- Sicllmg M"-”lL"'”' ants and their flat numbers.l Ahead were the lifts. Jim erosserll, the marble expanse, and pressedl a button. He was soon gliding up- wards.

portion of divorced males increas- ed- to 0.2 per cent from 0.1 per cent and that of divorced females to 0.3 per cent from 0.1. Divorces increased substantially in the 1941- 51 period.

The bureau's marriiige appraisal is based on the decennial census findings in 1951. In that year, the bureau estimated Canada had It ylarger proportion of married cit- izeiis than at any other census in. the last. 50 years.

However, single males and fe- males still had it. over the mar- ried couples in actual numbers.

The number of married men jumped 30.!) per cent in 1951 to 3,141,754 from 2,400,100 in 19-ti. Wives numbered 3,119,824, up 33.5 per cent from 2,336,-185. Reason for the larger male figure, said the bureau. was that. a number of -- inimigi':ints' wives still were over-

Mr. and Mrs. Alton 'Vlne.I.eaii,seas. were rt-eeni, visitors to Stnnchelp In the last in years the. number where they attended the Poiind- Of Single males jumped 12.8 per Kcatlng wedding, cent to! 3,747,000 from 3,323,000.

- Single emales increased 14.4 per dBm' when lie swod .oum.de the: Mr. lrwin Blondoii. Mr. and Mrsuccm 10 3335-090 fmm 2.900.000.

0" M M”” m” "is ”””'e i”'i.iniin Blnndon mid family of Mont-l Widowed population msc 9-3 per "W51 dasmed him H" could see aim.” and ML and Mm L,,,.,.a,,,E cent to 186,595 fioni 170,773 and light through the frosted gig lBeriiley and family have i'eturncd.wldml”; 289 P” 5”" L” 456-753

panel. He thought he could liear: . from ' ,390. .to their homes after spending their In the 1941.51 pcnoi me num-

'. Li "1 this , M. . Blgxdoliiirenw r ber of divorced males almost

Slen Valley and Vicinity School has cogenced here fol-

lowing the holidays with Miss Mary Duffy as teacher.

end?

a low murmur of voices, a man's and a woman's . . .

He ldnockcd more loudly thnn: p doubled to 13,115 from 6,546, while he had jmended, aisdaining (mu Mr and Mrs no ,divorced females increased to 18- . . . y Frizzell were '

little electric bell. Mary herscit.,.,5,,,,,.S ,0 S,,a,,,,.,,ck on W.ed,,CsJl3l3 fmf'jjj53-

opened the door.

She had not changed. That wast the incredible thing. Heaven alone knew what he had expected. She stood there, her dark

2: tion wl i.li his :11; rc.iil.w',-ltiIlr..n;(l

day. September 3rd. Mrs. Christopher Higgins.

Mrs. Eldon Hickox was hostess to the members of the Womenis In- M555 Margafeii NlCh0l50I1 Oi hnirismute on September 3, Then; w;.s'Monti'e:il is vscailoiiing with her, framing her oval. face, her grey a good attend-”mCi5 mid the usual parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mnlcnlni eyes looking at his steadily. For Rfbusjness was gyucndpd go, fnllgwcdl Nicholson of Sprinzton.

it. wasn't. the accident you 'proved' it. to be?”

Frank stirred uneasily. Some- thing- seemed to be troubling him - something new, that even this

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night of revelations hadnit yeti brought out. l dwell?" demanded Jim.

Frank raised his head. His eyesl were like dark blue flames.

"How do you know." he asked, "that MEI! Will 38799?"

Jim stared at him. "Agree to what?"

"Agree," said Frank, ”tn being confronted with this fellow; to

having it out with him; to throw- ing his dirty lies back in his teeth, as you put it. Suppose" -he hesi- tated -"suppose she doesn't. want to face him?"

"In other words," said Jim bit- terly, "suppose she's really guilty, after all: that's what you mean, isn't. it?" He shook his head in bewilderment. "I can't understand you, Prank. Damn it, you defend- ed Mary. it was you who got her off! You told me you belleved'she was innocent. Now, when this bieckmiiller turns up with a cock- and-biuli story - "

i'I came to know Mary Lincoln rather well during the case." Frank spoke the words oddly. "I've come to know her even bet- ter slnce. You're in love with her. but you don't really know her very well, do you, Jim?" '

Their eyes met in the long sil- ence that followed.

"I received an anonymous let- ter," said Jim Tracey slowly. "But I got a telephone call, too. Mary phoned me to break our dinner date. she said there was some- thing she had to do. And she

seemed upset -as if - ” he left the words unfinished. "Something she had to do?"

Frank Welles repeated the words. They mung heavily in the air. and seemed charged with an almost sinister meaning. For an instant, Jim tried to grasp the meaning - of the words, and of the queer look that had come into Frank's eyes. Then he swept all this aside. "I'm going to Mary - at once. And if that chap has trie'd -"

He turned at the door. His voice was hard. I'm going to do more: I'm going to prove to you, once and for all, that Mary did not poison her aunt, and you're going to apologise for some of the things you've hinted tonight!"

The door slammed behind him.

The btilldlng was one of those smart. modern blocks of flats such as are found in the great cities of all continents. It loomed solid and four-square against the night sky, its facade broken by e. criss- cross of glosming windows. Hur- rylng towards it, Jim thought, not for the first time, be an expensive placq to live in. Mary had merely told him that she had an income of her own. If she had inherited her 'nunt's money. . : He dismissed the ugly thought.

Thunder shook the

air. The

storm which had been approach-

that it. musti

m,0'"9"i7 ”""C might lid"? "000 H by fl dainty liineli served by the- flicker of emotion in those xi-itlrlimgiess, spread eyes. instantly they w're-

Mr. and Mrs. Mehiille Weeks and family motored to Milo on Sunday

PAGE NINE

IN MEMORIAM

BLAIR. MICDONALD

Friends and relatives in Prince Edward Island and elsewhere were ,shocked and grieved to learn of ltbc sudden piissingr at Sydney. 'Nova Scotia, nf Blair MacDonald. formerly of Kensington. Mr. Mac- Donald was ill only a few &Y5 with polio rind his death at the early age of 29 years is deeply regretted. ,

The funeral Viafi held from the Pictou United Churcii, Friday, August 22nd, and was largely wt- tcnded. The SDi'VlLt' was conducted by the niinlsicr illfl Rev. Aubrey

H. Moore. lie was ll sisted by the Rev. C. B. Szilter of Valley United Church, ii iI')l fr pastor of the family at Km till, who offered prayer, niid l, M Rev. George MacLe:in of 'l"-it . lfiiited Cifurch

New Glasgow, i llf)J read the scrip-

ture lesson. 'liie inassed flowers at the front. oi IT" church were inn c.vpres.sioii of the iiidcly-fell sympathy for ti--n family, and a ti'lbute of i'('S;)t't. nizd esteem fni the deceased. 'lilir- music was ir charge of the e lll('ll choir.

Mr. ltizicuonii tins born, and

spent his earlv wars at Kenning- toii, rr-inoi.n: 1' uiili his par- ents, Mr. and ti .l. R. MacDon- ald, to Picieu. AI. Plctnu he was appointed in his early twenties to the rcspoiisible l')tiS1iLOll of man-

ager of the Onslniv Liiss Dairy. On leave of nbsc he spent one year at Guclpii . Ltltural Col- lege, where lic it the honor of being first in .1 its of 60 in the grading of flilll products. This

last spring he urns appointed In-

spector of Dal Products, Fed- erril Deparini of Agriculture. for cnsterii Nm.

time prinr to in ii. member of Pi:-Jmi United Church and a member of the board of stewards. He v.'.1.s also itctlvely in-

s only to his fun the Maritime P: a younc man of and ability.

He was married to the former Miss Elsie Pei-wit of Bridgetown, N. S., and E 'tlllF, besides his widow. it son six months old. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Mac- Donald. live in New Glasgow, Nova. Scotin. Additional surviving members of his fniiiily are three brothers, Laird at Pieiou, Barrie in the Mei'i:hnnt Nziry. Nornian

ill ucli promise

at Halifax. rind one sister, Jean, Mrs. William Dickison, Frederic- ton, N B

nui-iiii took place at Pictou. (The late Mr. MacDonald was a nepliew of l':irold Laird, Kelviiijr

F..Wi"i'Y .1iilii5S

Nearly nize-third of the North-

5"9')9- Mr. Nelson fli-gglns has returned and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. em Tex-2-itni-y of Atisti-nlia. is un- Toilie continued to Toronto, having spent his vac. Milligztn. occupied and uiii'esei'ved. yl . . is l i ii i I. ff

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The xecrcf is the satin-smooth, almost glass-like siirfnee of Hntpointk new Plmlirt Activator. li (locsii'l pit. tieni. (link or roiiglicn in u.sc- never dc- veiops :i 's:in(lpaper' action' on your clothes. ily actual test there it 9052 lets wear and tear on your W.'I5ll:Ihlf's. You save on clothing . . . anti save on wmliiiig time. trm--l'iofpnint's new Plrixlir .ttiiv;ii4ir has fmn. not three, fins to speed up (lirt-rcmm'ing action.

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If you are spending good money and

It will pay you to see this new Hotpoint beauty.

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losing precious time on an old washer,

its easier on; washaMes...wEih

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Ht-Iii-1' -mi fur ii.--.u d'()r to I mm Wm" towns!" We "menu "M Mm" J” ”'"”d ” '"””

bered then the words of a good fsi-mwife as well as if they had been only recently uttered and lshe not gone these many years to walk nngel ways . . .

Until tomorrow - - - Diary- - - Good-night. . . . . .

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man stood on the pavunent. l-lei was A burly man, with broad shoulders. His hands were thrust

First man to make A balloon" IIs- deep in his pockets. There was a cent was Jr-an l-'i.'neois tie lltis-,Ciil'i0ii1 like someone acciisiolgned to wait-

his brow. He noticed that his hand was trembling.

He noticed something else. He was being watched.

Across the street from the light- ed entrance to the block of flats, n,

immobility about him.

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