Major equipment acquisi- tions announced during the year were among Canadian Army highlights in 1963. They ranged from the French-made anti-t a n k g u id e d missiles known as the “SS-11" and the “Entac" (top left) for use by

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NEW EQUIPMENT FO'R ARMY

the armoured corps and in-

many: and the American M-

fantry soldiers; to 12 twin-tur- 113 armoured personnel car- bine. tandem-rotor helicopters rier. lbottom righil a In-inn. (top rightl capable of lifting full-tracked amphibious ‘vehi- two ions of stores or trans- cle c ap able of a high rate

porting 8 fully equipped

troops; atomic warheads for its Honest John artillery roc- kets l bottom left) in West Ger-

of speed across rough terrain

while carrying a driver and

12 fully armed infantrymen. (National Defence Photo)

Alberton Presbyterians Hold Christmas Choral Service

A‘IABE‘RTO|N -— A Christmas, choralservice was held in Al-:1

Sunday evening.

The processiona‘. hymn. "0 Come All Ye Faithful." scriptures concerning the pro- phecies and the stories about

terspersed with hymns. The order of service was follows: “Christ's Birth and kingdom foretold” and the singing

"Come Thou Long Expected .i_e-i sus." i

“Micah fortetls the glory of Bethlehem" and the singing of “Holy Night."

“The story of Christ's nativi- ty" and the singing of "Joy To The World."

“The Shepherds go to the manger" and the singing of

‘joice. Lift Up Your Eyes." "The

was I0l- d uh 5.1 1 lowed by readings from the holy ;g1ad.,.:s Nnfifgof 01¢

I “John unfolds the mystery of 'th i ti " th 1 ‘ the coming of the Messiah. in-{ore mama on and e mg as

as; l

l dedicated after whi

“W hlle Shepherds Watched Tlieir Flocks." Anthem — “Shepherds. Re- e star" With

wise men are led by th of "As

“O Come Atl Ye Faithful." Anthem — “Have you heard story of Jesus’ Birth?”

he offering was received and ch the an- them "Hark! What Joyful Notes Are Swelling" was sung.

The meditation was “O Holy Child of Bethlehem."and recessional hymn was “Hark. the Herald Angels Sing." _

The rvice was conducted ny the minister, Rev. Peter Dareh and the choir was u er ‘rec- tion of Mrs. Lfoyd Wilkle.

During the service Myrna Home was presented with a cel- tificate for memorizing the pri- mary catechism.

the T

WESlERN

BRIEFS

I-TAS SURGERY

Mirs. Marshall Consta New London, is a patient in Prince Edward Island Hospital. Charlottetown. where she has undergone surgery.

IS PATIENT John Duggan. Kensington. is a patient in the Prince County Hospital. Summerside.

,lN’ HOSPITAL Charles Paynter. French Ri- ver. is a patient in the Prince County Hospital, Summerside.

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STUDENT HOME

Eric Brennan. student at St. Dunstan's University, arrived home this week to spend Christ- mas with his mother. Mrs. Ms- rion Brannon. Spring Valley.

RESTORATION

(Continued from page onel had not been completed Thurs- day when the strong wind

At Bristol a barn owned by William Aylward was blown The building contained farm machinery but no lives- stock. Extent of damage to the machinery was not known. FLOODING REPORTED

An extremely high tide caused some flooding at St. Pe- ters. The water crossed thi

sauna-I

Morell and smashed windows in the Canadian Legion build- ing.

VEHICLES TOWED

-Most stranded vehicles had been towed out by tliis morn- -ing. but a few remained in the deep-drift areas.

The main traffic movement. even by late yesterdaiy a‘ileir- nuon. was still only by emer- gency .vethii.ales. ROMP oars were still in their glairaigcs in C-harlotiteto-wn and city police said had been going out only for emengiencies.

Schools closed down Thurs- day afternoon and were not ex- pected IJO open before Jan. 6 in most communvities emain- ing exams at Prince of Wales College were to be writtie-n at

e that time

Four vessels in the Souris dragger fleet broke their moor- ing lines durinig ’Ilhursday‘s blow and went aground. They were the Cape Bear. Colville Bay. Souris Hi] and Donald and

ugene . _

Damage assessment will have to wait until the winds abate.

1930 sroniu‘ ITECALLED . Older residents recalling former storms were not un-an»i-

mous whether 'I‘l1ll1‘Sd'ay'S wasi

the wonst in memory.

A resident of St. Peter's. who keeps a record of suiclt eivcnits. saild he believed the worst in his memory was the one on Feb. 16. 1930. In that stonn -two railway cars were blown off a siding at Midigell. Eiiglht banns were blown down in _a

accompanied by heavy snow.

ISLAND NEWS PAGE

Western And Central Districts The Guardian, Charlottetown, Sat. Dec. 21, 1963. 3

Accused To Stand lrial For Mt. Carmel Break

SUMIMERSIDE — A p rim a ‘ a torn jacket worn by him at the tacie case was found against time of his arrest later in the Joseph Waller Eric Gal’-ant by days hearing. Acting for the MBEISI-l‘8¢€ W- Chester 5- Maw arrest along with I companion Donald in Prince County nha-_ on the Llnkletter Road the jac- aistrate's court yesterday and kel was taken from him. the accused was ordered to During investigation by the stand trial at the next session of Rcivip following the break, 5 criminal .‘ll-ll'l5l'll¢tl0ll 111 ill 0 . small piece of laminated cfotit ¢0lmty- ; material was found on a broken i window in the door of People’: . store. Later the piece of mater- iial and the jacket belonging to the accused were sent to the RCMP crime detection labora-

The accused pleaded not guil- ty and chose trial by judge and ju

ry.

Galiant. who already has been sentenced to two years in peni-; tentiary on a charge of posses.‘ I0|‘.V at S8('kv‘il‘-e. sion of stolen goods valued. Mrs. Roland Andre Rouen. a over $50, is charged with break. l chemist for the RCMP lab. ing into People's Co-op store at iTliu.rsday testified that the piece Mont Ca-rmel on the morning of . of laminated material matched

in all physical characteristics ;

A total of nine witnesses were with a tear in the front. of the ac- called for the rown t Thurs lcusedls la ‘ ‘i C a 'i Also testifying at the prelim-i

day’s hearing. Acting for thd iinary hearing were Ronald Jo-i Crown was George R. McMa- jsepli Durant, manager of thei hon. G. Bruce MacDonald re. lstore, who testified that approx-i presented the accused. ‘imately $165 worth of goods was _i The strongest piece of evi-.taken from the store including: dence against the accused was, “se_ven or eight cartons of cof-

lHeavy Drifting Forces Highway Plows lo Quit

i I SUMMERSIDE BUREAU or THE GUARDIAN

The department of highways

ioffice at Summerside said last'in 1944

;evening that ali plows were ta- ‘ken off the highways at approx- :imately 8.30 p.m. because very heavy drifting. ; Visibility was said to be nearly , zero in outlying areas last even- [ mg and snow was blowing in be- Ihind the plows as soon as they i would pass an area. 3 The forecaster at the ‘met’ i section. RCAF‘ Summerside said ‘[that 21 inches of snow had fail- en since the storm began two days ago. This is a record high

SHIPPING

; (Continued from page it 3 Nanook. The vessel was iast re- -ported about 60 miles south of l Sheet Harbor. ‘anoiu:-: TOW-LINE - i The navy auxiliary craft Glen- iside broke‘ a tow-line while ;being towed into Halifax Har- ‘hor and by late afternoon was drifting near Beaver Island, just ‘soot.-h of Sheet Harbor. There was no one aboard. The navy

-headed for the area to attempt ito take the vessel in tow. v The ocean-going tug Founda- ition vigilant was still with the ,Danish freighter Argentina in ‘the Atlantic 420 miles southeast ‘of here. Vigilan was waiting :for seas to calm before trying .' to put a second tow-line aboard ’the freighter which had rudder trouble. The first tow-line broke Thursday night. i The storm, mean-while. had ent its fury on, the southern aritimes. but was still batter- ing Newfoundland late Friday. While air and road transpor- tation in the Maritimes was gradually being restored, New-

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highway and did some d: to stock in the basement of a store operated by Colin Jack- son. .. .

Residents of the village. re- calling damage csused by storms in former years. said I

uluav

coating of ice on the bay helped keep damage down. The ice kept

e water quiet Otherwise heavy waves would probably have caused extensive loss.

At Red Head tidal water came up over a wharf and moved so- veral bulldings. There was no immediate estimate on damage.

shingles blew off a hall at

STUDY FERRY BASE

OTTAWA lOPl — The main- land base for a new ferry run to Newfoundland remains under consideration, Transport Minis- ter George Mcllralth informed Robert Muir iPC—C&pe Breton North and Victoria: in the Com-

foundland traffic had ground to

a halt.

RCMP in Newfoundland re-

:ported most main highways

‘were blocked and only the odd

cars were moving in bigger cen- s as ‘plows battled six foot

snow drifts.

All air traffic in Newfound- land was suspended Friday while in other parts of the Mar- ‘ ' loaded

moos Thursday. Mr. Muir ilimes i>'-anes with asked whether North Sydney_ Christmas vacationers began to N.S.. is being confirmed as the move early In the 4'18)’-

cholce by the Liberai govern- 12-INCH FALL

ment The storm blew into southern 3.~imn_ Nova Scotia with 12 inches of

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ARCTIC CHRISTMAS MENU PREPA-RED

proval as corporal 510" I-ll‘! of Barrie. Ont. W" "*9 ‘III’ lshing touches to the station's Christmas menu. More than so officers and men of the RCA!‘ no serving at list Is-

mote unit some soo miles north of the Arctic Circle. Reso‘ute Bay is the main center of I series at weather watching

stations in the Eastern Arctic.

snow early Thursday morning and quickly spread across the

wick got several inches of snow, but the storm missed the north- ern part of that province.

BUZZ AIMS RIFLE

destroyer Qu’Appeile was

so. DUNSTAN'S. nngiahdi (CP)—An electronic headphone‘ device has been developed to help blind people enjoy targeti shooting. A variable buzz lndi-I cates when the rifle is properly aimed.

1 Other Crown witnesses werei

lsgi. W.l.. Bigelow, NCO ml icliarge of the Summerside IRCMP detachment: Cpl. Calvin A..l. Biingay and constables L.f ls. R(')lnS, F.L. onn and; ‘Daniel A. Durlin-g. all of the Summerside detachment and Cnsl. R.W. Corrigan of Char-' loltetown. ‘

l lfor one storm in the month of H k I C hi iDecember since records have S . ‘been kept at the ‘met’ section

Winds were forecast to de- crease late last evening to 25 to i 30 miles per hour from the west. o'l"1‘AWA (CP) _. The indefi-

Lasl HIEWS Predicted lUW}nilc suspension of Jean Louis 3'85 hfivye) ttlgézreesl belfow zflro and l Lac-roix. coach of Hull Hawks. =

e ig ay or we egreesiivas announced Friday by the above. Scattered snowflurriesiotiawa Hu".l District Junior were expected. , Hockey League.

9 E1993,-19 rep",-ied . League President Mickey Lar- . all major branches from their l El" i"f0F_l11P<ltthtl:HUll I93"! Phil‘ Summerside oﬂfice in operation at‘|“0lX IS 110 resume COHC last night. With minor difficul- iuz until the league has com-. ties in the north shore area. Vplete its investigation into a

Island Telephone said that no game fill 3l‘°CkVlll9 1851 Mmlday serious difficulties remained as ['1 ‘(E1110 3 Spectator‘ Was In-lg only minor repairs in Summer- JUN’ - -‘ side were being worked on lasti Malfﬁf-m SEVEPSOH. 15. Was 1

igm,“ ix :ltl‘ll]:‘l(dlllr_I.l;E eye by abhockeyg .- t , 1-, _. ic u in a racas eweeni poﬁltlggmetéigte gm‘: plifien gerithe Hull and Brockville teams. accidents has occuired in Sum-lD°°l°l'shSay{ U‘? boy may l°5°i . d l e si,<z_t o eye. 1-'3§§f~“Zin‘3i‘i{i‘.?.§.‘“fi§.i’ ’§.'Z-.iiJl‘§ii .La°r°-x- 40- has P99" charged to be on their way back to nor- 3553"“ and '5 l" appear mat.

w ‘l fin court in Brockville Jan. 6. RCM-P also reported only mi-i BROCKVILLE. Ont. (C'Pt nor accidents during the day. 1Doctors said Friday it was un-l

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STERLING OIOTBI. h the state to stay!

'.ikely that Malcolm Severson will lose the sight of an eye linjured during a hockey game

. fracas here Tuesday. They removed bandages from

blow across his head was being absorbed and cuts were healing.

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Msgr. Laurent Pressault. Roman Catholic priest of Si Therese dc Blainville 20

miles iirirtli of Montreal. reads funeral services for the victims of the Nov. 29 DC-8F ‘

the youth's eyes and said he was progressing satisfactorily. Tlic liemmorrhaﬂc caused by ilie

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CONTAINING PROLIN (Warfarin plus Sulphaquinoxaline)

jet orash. church ministers and a Rabbi conducted burial services for

DRUG STORE OPEN

READS SERVICE

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REDDIN BROS. DRUGS

Will Be The Only Drug Store Open

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W/évy

Once again.

and wish them of (‘hristmascs

lidmseason overflowing with happiness and good chccr.

Jean and Walter I.ePage Cathy - COll'n‘le - Elizabeth

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