KENSINGTON FIRE IDEPAIKTMENT IS UP TO DATE. WELL EQUIPPED

NEW BANK, SENIOR HOUSING

y possiube . . . - managers of the ’ in . ensing on as m ing spur we will be J.M. ' tant i J mglilka“ .but is expected to be ﬁnished l as?” ' genera manager m l the l by the completion ‘ San“ Joh M

l«ili~ii1i'li'1ll in the town ofrrooms 2 l in l963 lll(‘llli"l(‘('l anloverflow of students.

Rfli"‘4‘ll ‘i the old high schonhl

vim .u of a new bank and i all are occupied with i 0%‘ hi .-: 1. of .1 fiiui‘-iinit Senior 3 guitar grades. one , l"'=/vii ‘Ii rm‘ ,class taking in grades \\'.v «-i: lllf‘ old lllﬂll S(‘ll00l ; eight and 8 Sum) rem-.-ii.= -:‘ .'l(l(lll'iI1 four new ‘ for grades one to three.

to accommodam the l

'I‘here are now 10 rooms and » old structure, have soundproof.

i .great improvement over . ‘ . . , i a.V~ eight re- ceilings. Hiiorcscent lights. rus-

one to furnace has also been installed ry class to heat. the cxtna space.

i have as man as

Unprecedented activity in the Prince Edward Island fishing in-

last year in announcements by private and govermnent source- en.

Last August. Premier Walter R. Shaw confirmed that the pro- vincial government would co-op- erate with a Canadian-Norweg- ian development organization in the construction of a multi- mil- lion dollar. fully ‘integrated fish and‘ processing plant at George- town, in the eastern part of the province. _

Work on the plant is to begin this spring and operations com-

to between 700 and 800 people-

SHIPYARD MOVES

Almost simultaneous with the announcement . town plan was the report that Baltzhurat Marine Industries of New Brunswick would move its entire operation to the sa m e area. start was made late last year.

In December a new fish pro- cessing plant was announced

mately 200 feet with ii heating unit and laundry room situate in the center of the building. A convaiescent home is also exipec-‘ted to be built adjacent to the homes. The committee made cerrtain that th space available for this home

a-- . building will be situated on the east end of Pleasant Street.

Oha-i-nmiain of the finance com- miliee for the project is James L. Saunders.

WORK ON BANK

3 Work on a new Bank of Nova lscotia ivliich begaan early ‘.35! ‘fall is neavning completion and

pr .

A tentative official date had earlier been set for Feb. 24 but the date was advanc- ed when it was felt that it would be inconvenient for out of the province officials to be here.

The building is being erected .b_v M.F. Sohurman Ltd.

opening

with a number of sub contrac- ‘ iiors. Manager E.C. ‘ ‘recently the only work remain- ing on the building H the in- stalling of a mimlber of doors and completion of the interior decoration. Aslo. he said. there are a few minor repairs made. An attempt will ,-be made to ' of th

6 branch open-

dustry for 1964 was heralded De

for Red Head Wharf in the Mor-

ere was enough.

‘will be oniciaiiy opened cm‘ A ~ 4

Thelnew rooms. considered a lhome was late getting startcdl

_ . _ _ 1Deccm r. - The four-um-t scniior citizens: ’I‘ihe building extends aipproxl- Mlayor Everett 0

retired E

Also attending Haymvan. the

date i-n mid-l open house

. . Th "-t.b' -idb" teimoon ., remedial l co windows, etc. An additional ' mp f‘g‘,»,‘,:“.:,Jf01(vpa,ic((;l,",:z1v(L-:‘c‘(L:.‘an the af 0' Apr“ 4

n_ l The opening will consiist of an between

Also attending the opening wﬂt 0 Charlottetown. got underway in be the president of the Ken ' « and town

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Prince Edward Island formers-dreluprovidingi themselves with complete ercitive produce marketing service.

From the time their produce is delivered to the Co-op Warehouse or loaded on ship, railway car, or transport truck it is handled by experienced produce men employed by and working for farm people.

They also know that through their Co-operative they have gained influence and powerful voice in the marketing of their farm products.

You, too can share these benefits. Join the Cooperative.

ummerside CO-OP Assn. Licl.

SUPERMARKET PHONE 436-2117

ell area. it is exported to pro- vide employmcnl for 60 to 70 1e

up .

The best and most in o d e 1' ll equipment will he installed in the plant, and lobsters will be processed there for the first time in nine years when the season opens in May.

Chicken liaddie is also to be processed during the ground-fish months of July through Septem- ber. Octobcir is usually g i v e ii over to mackerel fishing.

The plant is continiiing tn op- jerate under the name of the ‘Morell Packing Company but ,considerable money has been invested by people outside the lprovincc. A.W. Lewis, Shcdiac, ., is the manager. G e r aid lBarry, Morell, is in charge of lfishermen's equipment for the Ecompany. lssini: PLANT

At Summerside. in the west- .ern section of the province, Is- ilaiid Packers Limited have es- l tablished a new plant on Queen's Wharf. It is to go into operation this spring. Employment is ex- lpected to run from 200 to 300 ,persons for a 10-month period ‘each year.

The plant covers an area of ‘approximately 75 fe by 150

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Plans call for the plant to en- gage in all phases of the lobster ,‘ fisheries. live. fresh cooked. froz- ien and canned. In addition to llobster, it is intended to deal in i smelts, oysters, mackerel. chick- yen haddie, clams, and all other iavailable products of the sea. . it is likewise intended to es- ylablisli. at the plant. cold stor- age facilities and tliercby be la-ble to freeze small fruits such las straiw-berries. blueberries. ‘etc.. and to engage in this phase lof industry as w . lvAi.iu-: or l.ANl)lN(lS i Company persoiiiiel includes .J.E. Burden, president. Charlot- jtetown: Everett Champion. vice- [president Kcnsingion: James ‘Cousins, treasurer. Park Corn- .er; and Fred L. Arsenault, sec- ;i-etary. Sum-merside. ‘ The value of sea products ‘landed by Island fishermen last year was $-1.600.000. This com- pared -with $4,650,000 for 1962. l Total weight ‘of sea products !landed in 1963 was 48.9 million .pounds compared to 54.9 million

‘mg ‘pounds for 1962.

l The lobster catch in l9ﬁ'i was

but increased prices kept total value in line with revenue received in 1962.

{ Lobster valiie and ponndage for the 1963 season with 1962 fig- ures in brackets follow: $3.136,- , i$3,2l8.000l, and 7,376,000 lpounds (8,70,000 -pounds).

l Landings of sea fi it for 1962 and 1963 were 37,600,000 pounds ‘apd 38,300,000 pounds respectiv- ‘ey.

—0YSTERS IMPROVE

The oyster industry last year

you can afford.

them.

shelves and racks.

fled customers.

Water St.

down by over a million pounds, ‘ e .‘

showed an improvement w i t h landings of over three million pounds valued at 5365.000 com- pared with 2,400,000 p o u n d s valued at 8300.000 in 1962

Irish moss harvested w a 5 down about 7,000,000 pounds compared to the previous year. in 1963, ms million pounds was harvested valued at $162,000, while in 1962 l7.3 million pounds brought a return of $288,000.

Cod fish landed in 1963 totalled 6.700.000 pounds valued at $240,- 000 w-hile in l962 the 8,700,000 pounds resulted in a revenue of $311,000.

During the year the depart-

lhe Gnu-Ilian — The Evening Patriot

lei‘ condur-led a llIlllll')l"l‘ of courses designed to imprnir the efficiency of fishermen. T ll 1-. courses included lla\l2Eill0l1. not hanging and plant oppratinn

The minister. and the (li'plil_\' miistcr. Eugene (inrinaii. wliilc looking forward to the cxpan. sion program now taking place have also been l)llSll_\' engaged in conferences widely affecting

e industry as a whole.

Last year. Mr. Gorman iwiw given an opportunity of \'lf‘\'i'ln;1 the operations of the llSllf‘l‘l(‘~‘ industries in several Fiiiropcan countries. On his return he re- ported the need for oxpanderi

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New plants at Morell, S’side, Ch’town will spur Island's fishing industry

in-atioiial and technical anis- ianre He emphasized that ol- fl(‘lf?n('_\' in operation was essen- tial from the one-man operated ho.‘-it to the crew-manned trawl» or if progress was to be main- iziiiicri.

During the year one steel built tr.'iwIcr ioined the drauet flccl operating out of Souris.

(‘lose to $4,000,000 is invested in boats and equipment by is- lami fishermen who in number! total nearly 3,500. About 42 per (‘Pill of the fishermen population is concentrated in Kings Coun- t_\'. 37 per cent in Prince County and the remainder in Queen;

‘menl under the Hon. Leo Rossi- research, on a federal level, cd- County.

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