OCTOBER 3.

1949

THE GUARDIAN. CHARIJOTTETOWN

PAGE FIVE

iitispiial Bazaar

i Obtains Services

Noted Singer

Mr, Jimmy Shields. outstanding “nadio and» stage tenth. has accept. ‘ed an offer to appear at the an. rluai Charlottetown Hospital Basi- oar next week. The Bazaar Com-

"mlttee is to be congratulated in procuring such an outstanding singer to appear in Charlottetown.

7 Jimmy Shields is at presenirsing-

lng weekly on the C.B.C. for com.

‘uisrelisi programs. Prior to the

or he performed with Paul White-

an and was heard on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio shows. Dur- ing the war Mr. Shields sans with bthe Canadian Army Shows.‘

H During his performance here it ‘b expected he will entertain with acme 0f his interpretation: of Irish longs and compositions of such ‘rest writers as Gershwin and Cole

rter.

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‘ion. Even if they made no move, the steel situation in Canada would land to dotsriosate.

No Sign 0f Poaco

~ PITTSBURGH. Oct. 2 —-(AP)— The first doubile-barrelled steel-coal strike. making nearly 1.000.000 men idle today battered the economy

of the United States. There's no sign of peace.

Labor's twin pension dispute with industry is costing millions in

w-agoo and profits. Business too, is hurt.

Philip Murray, steelworicer presi- dent, and John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers chicftaih are lead- mg labors fight.

Their demands for benefits led to the walkouts of 513.000 steel- woflcero and 400.000 soft coal dig-

ers.

g Murray wants company-paid pensions and social insurance. Big steel wants employees to contribute something to support a pemion pro- sm. '

Lewis wants a new contract for his workers. But he's never pii.biic- ly disclosed specific demands.

Now Murray warns of more strike trouble ahead.

_ His union has 500.000 additional tnuznbers working in ‘I00 steel fab- ricating plants from coast to coast-

Contracts with the union begin in expire Oct. i5. And Murray says pne feature of renewal must be:

Free pensions and free social in- ruranoc. That's the crux oi his light with the steel makers.

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BIRTH S Ho s-

LUMSDEN-At. the P. E. I. pita], Oct. 2, to Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lumsden, City, a son.

CHANDLER-At the P. E. Island Hospital, Sept, 29, to Mr. and Mrs. John S. Chandler, a daughter.

BAKEII—At the Souris Hospital Sept. i9, to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Baker, Lskevllley a son, 9 lbs, i4‘ oz.

SELLAR — At the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital on Oct. l to Mr. and Mrs. Theo. A. Seller, Whcatlcy River, a daughter.

MacPilEl-I-At the home on Sep- tember 24th. 1949. to Mr. and Mrs. Judson MaaPhee. New Haven, a daughter. Alice Emma. Weight 9 lbs.

Iblvoarnin-At the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital on Oct. l. i909. to Lac. Louis Lonsahhio and Mrs. Longaphie, a daughter, Mary Ethel.

rhoup-Ai the P. u. I. Hospital,

earns...- 1, 1949, to Mr. and Mra.

Willard Proud (lice Vern Willis).

Kingston, a daughter, Nora Mae, lbs. 2 ounces.

lONAGIIAN—Ai nunty Hospital on Sclllenlbel‘ . th. to Mr. iintl Mrs. 130F015 onaghan (nee Doris K011i’) K111" tiara, ls son, 7' lbs 5 1-2 obs.

t MARBIAGES QI-—><-———~""'“" CUIIBIE-STBETCII—At the resi- dence oi the bride's parents on Saturday. September 10th. 194v. Drlmar Austin Currie and Shirley ltllififlh Stretch were united in mgr-loge by Rev. H. Barber o! North River, P. I. I.

PAATIIESON-PRUNTY-At Mone- tion. September 26th. 1949- 11)’ RW- thsl- McCarthy, Phyllis Teresa. aughter of Mrs. Prunty and the late m-nest Pnlnty to Robert John Mnthemn. son of Mr. and Mrs. gcnlieth J. Matheson, Cape Breton.

the Prince

' DEATHS '_ liJlDqAt the Charlottetown Hos- piial on Oct. 2nd. Joseph Reid l" his 68th year. Funeral from his lino residence Tuesday. 0d- 4111-" St. Ann's Church, Hope Riv"- sprvlcs at coo. ~

rxols - At v.12. Island hospital nday avening, October f, Ml‘!- trick Dixon. Psrlldslo, form- erly of Mermaid. in her 57th year. nara] from MacLeari Funeral omo, funeral notice later. inter- ent People's Cemetery. Please _ it flowers.

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OONIIDIBATION . SUBANOE. LIFE m

APPOINTMENTs ANNOUNCED — M11 RBI-Db MaeLean has been flDWmWd Supervisor of Vocational Courses in the vocational wing of Prince of Wales College and Mr, John Kirby as assistant electoral inspector in the Department or Industry and Natural Resources, Their appointments were announ- ced following the recent Provincial Government meeting. t

LEAVING FOR VANCOUVER —Mr. John Maclnnis, Charlotte. town, retired C.N.R. employee, and Mrs. Maclnnis leave this morning for Vancouver, B.C., where they will spend the winter with their son Charles. A veteran of the late world war, Charles lost both legs in action overseas but ho mgdg excellent recovery and is now located in business on the Pgqlflq Cont.

CARS IN COLLISION — Two cars collided at the intersection of Kent and Rochford Streets about 8.15 last night, slightly in- luring two men and causing ex- tensive damage to both cars. The cars in the accident were n 1942 Plymouth sedan which was pro- ceeding north on Rochiord Street and a 1938 Pontiac‘ which was travelling west on Kent. The Pun. tiac was upset and struck an elec- tric iight post on the corner. Damase to the‘ car included two smashed in sides, iront fenders, running boards and broken win- dows. The grill of the Plymouth was pushed back and headlights, front fenders and bumpers were broken. The injured men were taken to the hospital where they were treated for shock and super- ficial cuts.

ST. VERONICNS GUILD

The tenth annual meeting of st. Veronica's Guild was held in the Morris Home on Sept. with with twenty-five members in attend- ance. We were pleased to have present three outside nurses who joined the Guild. They were Mrs. Cunningham, Miss Ann Cameron and Miss Helen Arsenault.

As president, Miss Eileen Mac- Donald is at present in Ottawa, the vice-president, Mrs. Gerald Maddigan, presided at the meet- ing.

The meeting was opened with prayer followed by roll call and reading of the minutes oi the last annual and regular meeting. The secretary read her report ior the year and the treasurers report showed a credit balance oi $84.69.

The following members were elected for office for the follow- ing year:

President _- Mrs. Gerald Mad-

digan.

Vice-President _ Mrs. RD. Mac- Donald.

Sec. Treasurer - Mrs. Rose Cal- iaghan.

Cor. Secretary - Loretta 'i‘rain- or. Councillors - Mrs. Ed Cullen, Mrs. E. Corrigan, Miss Marion Boylan and Miss Theresa O'Don- neil.

The new constitution of the M.- C.C.N. was presented and the by- laws were read and discussed. It was moved and seconded that the constitution be accepted by the Guild. - ‘

Mrs. Ed MacGuigan was asked to buy toys for the children's ward on behalf of the Guild. ~

It was moved and seconded- that the guild apply ior the “Lin Acre" magazine for the benefit of the members.

Plans were discussed concerning the Home Cooking booth which the nurses will take charge oi at the Hospital Bazaar.

Members on the lunch commit- tee for the next meeting are Miss Richard. Mrs. Earl Macinnis and Mrs. Jack Dowling. After an en- joyable lunch was served by the committee in charge.

it was moved and seconded that the meeting adjourn. .-

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men did not get settled on farms till very late on the night oi their arrival or perhaps until the follow-

‘ New Arrangpsnenta

To overcome this delay and in- convenience, the Dominion‘ Pro- vincial Farm Labour Committee. composed oi officials oi the Pro- vincial Agriculture Department. Fhrmsrs federation and the Nat- lonal Employment office, worked out the present scheme oi chart- ering buses to carry the men from tho point of departure direct. to their various destinations.

Mr. W. Sinclair McLeod of the National Employment Office is in charge of the movement via Char- lottetown and meets each group as it reaches Wood Island and sup- ervises the loadi of buses at that point to assure t at the order of every farmer will be filled prompt- ly and on the date specified.

At Summenida Mr. Norman Mac- Leod of the National llnpioya-nent Office. Qtinmersldo. is carrying out similar duties in the handling of the very iarno number of men required by tho largo potato grow- ln farmers in Rlnhoro, Abany and

joining districts.

1t was remarked by Mr. J. B. ‘Murley that tho Island in procurin: men from Capo Brown is in com- petition with NKB. potato growers and that to some extent the State of Maine makes demands on Marl- ttino Labour under arrangements with AmeYican authorities. Canad- ians residing on the American bor- der are consisted to lhtl Mains

i. GUARDIAN

IIUWARD iidacINNlS Fitted Footwear st 175 Queen Street.

NOTICE T0 ADVERTISERS. .- Advertisers ars reminded that their “W? must be in the Guardian not later than noon the prev. 1W8 11W to guarantee insertion. Out of city advertisers who tele- Dhone classiflede. etc. should par- ticularly bear this in mind.

M /V ESKIMO. -- Freight will be Rvtepicd up to 5.00 P. M. Tuesday. Octc-ber 4th for next sailing of M/V Eskimo to Cornerbrook. St. Pierre and the South Coast of Newfoundland ports, including Argentia. For space and rates ap- ply to Corporation Office, Lower Prince Street (Wharf) 91 Phqng Charlottetown 1605.

FUNERAL SUNDAY-The fun- eral of the late William Douglas Bryanton, infant son o: Mr. and Mrs, Stanley C. Bryanton w“ held from the Macloan Funeral Home yesterday afternoon. sew. ice was conducted by Rev. Dr. TLC. Rice, and the interment was at the People's Cemetery.

POIEILOIS

The many friends of Mrs. lug. ham W. Palmer. l3 Kent Sh, will regret to learn that she is ill. She is undergoing treatment in the P.lT..I. Hospital. '

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Rhynes, Roy- alty, accompanied by Mrs. Robert Rhynos, Dunstaffnage, leave this morning by car fol Montreal where they will visit Mr. and Mrs. Doug- las Rhymes.

Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Harding, Sudbury, Ontario, visited Mr. Hard- ing's mother. Mrs. Josephine Harding, Charlottetown last weak. En route from Sudbury they visit- ed Mrs. _I-Iarding'a parents, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Dartmouth, Nova SCOtiZL. Tiiey left on return from Charlottetown by car Friday morn- ing.

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cided to advertise the business for sale when twenty-one year old George E. Hughes. who had two years’ experience as an assistant to Dr. Frank Beer and two years in the drug store of Dr, S.W. Dodd on the opposite corner, learned oi Mr. DesBrlsayb intentions. A deal was soon made, and in 1874 the name 0f George E. Hughes appear- ed under that oi the Apothecaries Hall on the sign.

Mr. Hughes was a man of strik- ing appearance, and very clever lii diagnosing and treating the vari- ous injuries and every-day com- plaints oi the many customers who entered his store. His country trade, as it was then called, was enormous. Everything in the line oi drugs, dye-stuffs, horse and cattle medicines, and hundreds of other articles were carried in stock.

He was an authority on diseases oi horses. Many will remember the copper replica oi a. horse which he used to have persons indicate where injuries required remedial measures. He also put up a. lot oi family remedies that were very curative and popular, and many or them are. continued in use to- day. ~

Mr. Hughes was not only a goo merchant and good drugglst, but he also had the faculty oi secur- ing the loyalty oi his clerks and Of'tl‘liii'iil'lg them in the art of pharmacy. Dozens of men who af- terwards became prominent in the drug business and in other walks of life were graduates of the Ap- othccaries Hall, or served there for years, ,

New Building Ereoted

As the nineteenth century was drawing to its close, the old bulld- ing, which had been -ccupled for ninety years, showed signs of great deterioration. and the owners, the DcsBrisay famiLv, decided .to build a new one worthy of the prom- incht corllcr it occupied. The ser- vices of the late Mr. W.C._I-Iarris were secured as architect, and Lowe Brothers avers awarded the contract for the building. Mr. Wal- ter Douli iind the contract for the wiring onll electrical fixtures, and Mr, T.A. McLeahQthe installation of the plumbing and heating.

In tile early spring of 190i the

old building was torn down and replaced one year later with the present handsome brick and stone edifice. The fixtures incorporated in the new shop were of mahog- any, made by skilled workmen at Mark wright and Company's shop. Its opening attracted great atton- tion - and it certainly was tho finest drug store in the Maritime Provinces. Business increased with the new structure, and additional clerks were taken on, including Mr. Hughes’ son Gordon in 190d. In mug the name of George 1:. Hughes disappeared from the sign and the Hughes Drug Company mplaced it, with George E. Hughes as president and G. Gordon Hughes as secretary-treasurer. In 1924 the Hughes Drug Company purchased the building from the DesBrii-iay estate. and ton years ia- ter Mr. Gordon Hughes assumed the management-

A Notobie Career

Mr. Hughes, senior, was by oom- mon t ‘ known as the Dean of Pharmacy in Pflnee Edward Il- iand. He promoted the PJLI. Phar- maceutical Association and acted as its president for many years. During the declining years of his

to assist in harvesting tho potato crop and since the wages offend are attractive many border reoi- deliis take advantage of the op- portunity. It is emphasised that

accepted and they must be regist- ered wlth the National Iknploy- ment Office and givs

they are Dona fide residents of bor- der districts.

only residents oi bolder points are lav

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8E2 OEOIIIORAIIS FROM SEA ‘IO SEA

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Two BIG roooono snake- Ce- dlflrain Siding Shingles air Dfllllllor. lint, they're PEB- MANENT. Made of asbestos and cement they're durable as atone -- absolutely fire- proof, weather-proof and rot- proof. Second, they're BEAU. TIFUL rgraina are rich. ly grained like fine weather- ed wood. In addition, their wavy butt produces a dia- tinctfvo shadow llne that adds character to your home. Cedargrains ore available in Dover White, Blended Gray, Tantone and “ eentono. For free folder vvrito Johns-Man- vllle, Sun Life Bldg" Mont- "ll. or ace your nearest J-M dealer.

life his services were mcognized with the ppointment of honorary president. . . He also took a great interest in Public affairs, and was for twelve Yfllra a member of the City Coun- 011; and for twenty-two years a Liberal member of the Provincial Legislature, serving under seven Premiers. and being frequently n cabinet - member without portfolio.

In his earlier days he had been very fond of horses, and in the two's owned the standard-bred re- ifletered stallion Physician, prob- ably the handsomest standard-bred that ever came to this Province and the winner oi the gold medal and diploma at Madison Square Garden, New York, horse show. He liked good trotters and pacers too, and several that he owned were winners at the Provincial Ex- hibition nnd other class meets. When the Charlottetown Driving Park and Provincial Exhibition was formed, the late Mr. Hughes was one of the charter ember, and remained a director for many years.

Mr. Gordon Hughes

Mr. G. Gordon Hughes gave early indications of athletic ability, and was an eager spectator at football and hockey games and. track ev- ents, where his father's employees took a prominent part. As he grew to manhood he developed a. splen- did physique, and it was not to be wondered at that he made the Acadia University track. football and hockey teams, receiving the "A" badge of honour. Later he spent three years at McGlll Un- iversity. being one of its promin- ent track stars, and receiving the "M" in connection with hockey and football activities. In the iat- i-el‘ Wort he had Bus Matheson, also oi Charlottetown, as one o1 his team mates. On the track team Gordon featured in the high hurd- ies, hammer and pole vaults

In the management of the Hughes Drug Company, full re- sponsibility for its management devolved on Gordon about twen- ty years ago, and it is a tribute to his business ability and the re- liability of the firm that a con- stantly increasing turnover of goods has been registered. Every- thing ln the line of patent medic- ines, drugs for prescription use, toilet articles, horse and cattle medicines arid the popular family remedies, has been carried in stock and bought in very large quantit- ies; so that it is not too much to say that the Company is known throughout the Dominion as one of the "tops" in the drug trade.

Mr. Baker's Career

The friends ' of Mr. Earle C. Baker can have good reason, therefore. to congratulate him on havirig obtained possession oi such a worthy and financially sound enterprise..Mr. Baker was born in Summerside in i011, the son of Albert E. Baker, contractor, and Irene Baker. They moved to Char- lottetown in i929. where Earle at- tended West Kent school and ls- ter took a course in s business college.

For several years he was a vol- ued employee ot A. Home and Company, Ltd. in i936 he took over the Imperial Service Station. conducting it until i940, when he enlisted in the Canadian Army, and sold the business to Arthur Roper, the present proprietor. Ho took o Canadian war staff courlo at Kingston, 0nt., went overseas, and was attached to Headquarters in London, returning to Canada with tho rank of Major.

Since the end of the war Mr. Baker! was employed with the Bergman Corporation, as manager of Bergman, Ltd, Morita , later as director of the Pioneer Pub- lishing Company. Summersldo, and Pioneer Enterprises, Ltd, Char- lottetown. Those connections have all been severed and Mr. Baker will devote entire attention to the l-fughes g Company with the object of mnintainingthg high standard of reputation M‘ quality.

raliabilit and IWd aarvioa which it has ad under Mr. Hughes‘ management. ~

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m. Hughes will remain some time in an advisory capacity. so that Mr. Baker will bavo time to acquaint himself with the ‘details 0f the business. II! feolo that he is fortunate tn having with him as head of the dispensing depart- ment and assistant manager Major His Bethune, who minted tho employ of tho iato Mr. Biighea in and i_l thoroughly qualified in all details of pharmacy, rtic- uisriy in tho art of . A capable staff built up tahroiqh the ysara will be retain-

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p an introduction I quote from Bath's "Birds of P. It. Island," dat- ed IBOI. ‘The Collusion Crow." he says, “is very common bore. Win- ter and summer his familiar cow- ing is about our doors. In the former season he finds s subsist- enco by pllferlng from stacks and picking up refuse about yards and madsidel. In summer various fields afford him abundant food. He forages oh the shores. digging clams in the most expert manner. fishes amelta in the brooks, and delights in a nutting excursion in the wind-l, while he never misses the opportunity oi a good meal on grasshoppers, locusts, and June bugs on tho sunny slopes of upland pastures.

“Our Crows gather in great rook- eriea in the autumn. Until recently a grove in Charlottetown Park was the tryating place for central Queen's County. I have seen three thousand Crows going at sundown, on a calm autumn evening, in one long, black. silent stream of quiv- ering pinions to the favorite rest- ing place."

Thirty years later I stood on the l-fillsboro Bridge and watched the "long, black, silent stream" com- ing up the River from the east. "Too many crows," I thought even then; and there are still more how. These last few years they have established a rookery in the woods on the North Shore, near Brackley Point: and this I take to mean that the Brighton rookery is overcrowded.

Francis Bain looked at the Crow with n friendly-too friendly-eye. Let us observe the bird and note his actions at various seasons. In winter he. without doubt, finds scanty pickings, as Baili shows. When spring opens the Crows scat- ter through the country and seek their nesting places. Seeding is now going on and the first of the Crow's mischievous habits comes to light. As soon as the grain is slightly sprouted, it becomes a favorite article of diet for the black marauders, (Corn is pre- ferred before all other grains.) Yet even here there are mitigating cir- cumstances: one agricultural writ- er, who made it his business to shoot Crows and examine their stomachs, reports that they al- ways contained an equal quantity of grain and cutwoams.