may 21. 1951

THE GUARDIAN.

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MONDAY 231?". '3.:olvgo'..pg:::.o:ou:Ekf;; P0!'g0n 0'mth9 lllymskers were THURSDAY ed to order by the president Mr. could very well go below domestic 9313353.-Al;5lth't Fifi 1:9'P&-AL Ml" zvglyy. Henry of Keppoch. gny Egon unde, gh, camdn '3'” W" M1 "nil"! 111 IE0 - 4 Jerome O'Brien who presented needs. In any event prospects un- My ' ” "4" "' ' yuan." mu," M the Prince smppm. Act " 1. emmed to from 17 to 40. About half the spox-E IN WASHWGTON his.report after the reading of dcr normal conditions south of the Perl” Dnkei V'"""" ' W"-

adward Island Hospital. success- 'ully swam the Northumberiand itralts - between Cape Tormen- line. N. 8.. and Borden. P. E. I. yesterday in the time of eight hours and 53 minutes.

The main connecting ferry route between the two Province: .5 a distance of nine miles, but accordlnr to reports from Bor- den last night, it was estimated that Miss Henry swam approxi- mgtely 15 miles when strong tides prevented her from keep- mg to a direct course.

As far as could be here last night. it is the first time that anyone has ever at- tempted shestexziitrzlmlnz 01 NOT"? unxzicriifpunied by her father and brother in a row boat and George cg;-etti of Borden in a matter launch. Miss Henry Bun” t” long, difficult swim from CID! Tormentine at 8:25 yesterday momma and reached Borden Pier at 5:18 Pm-

Mlss Paula Perry. nlnelr” year- old daughter Of W- "M M” W”

learned

, 40 Brighton AVG. W95 lillecipenigistantly '3" Veswrd” evening when the car ln'wbicl; she was riding turned our II Wood Islands.

ths who wer- also in the cafautay-3" sufferinz from 5”" la” evening 1....- it was believed they sustained no serious iniurlel

Mi” pen-y had left Charlotte- town early yesterday afternoon mm M.-, charlie coyle, Halifax. grandson of M. and Mrs. John coyie, 53 Brighton Ave-. l0 d1'1Ve '0 Little sanda to pick up WM 5'" vicemen and bring them back W Charlottetown.

They were returning at BDD1'0X' imam” seven o'clock when the car skidded on the gravel road near the approach to the Wolizd Islands ferry. It is understood 1 e automobile turned over twice and M15; Perry. who had been rldins in the front :- .t. was thrown mmugh the windshield. The. left the road and entered the woods and had to be lifted in order to reach the body w1l' was under- neath it. .

The four boys were ta.:en to I nearby farmhouse where they were given sedatives by Dr. H. P. Stewart of Eldon

The deceased had celebrated her nineteenth birthday on Saturday. mg was employed at the Rite Way Cleaners. '

Date of the inquest is to be an- nounced later.

Spanning Canada in a gesture of aid to waterfowl, Ducks Unlimited announce that they have made fin- ancial grants toward construction of duck-producing areas in Prince Edward Island and in British Col- umbia.

First moves of their kinds in the history of the international con- servation organization. they are expected to bring appreciable div- idends in the form of extra wat- erfowl broods in these coastal prov- inccs.

Fullerton's Marsh. 8 134-I43” ares located four miles out of Charlottetown. 9.1:. 1.. in I alm- ned project of the Provincial Gov- ernment. Rscently surveyed and adjudged suitable for development, the marsh is e , I to becoml mc,-g;.5ing1y- productive through biological management.

Creation of Fu2lerton's Marsh as a duck-producer on a permanent basis will be particularly interest- ing to the thousands of sportsmen bulk of them in the United States, who annually hunt waterfowl along the Atlantic coast. The fact that the area will produce principally Black duck. favorite of many coast- al hunters, is another pleasing fea- ture.

Simultaneously. f' ' l aid has been given the Kelowna (B.C.l Rod and Gun Club in its efforts loo establish a duck project in that area. The Roiswig slough. about 120 acres in extent. is being as- sured a controlled water supply by installation of an underground pipe system connected to an irrig- ation ditch.

Ducks Unlimited, whose activit- ies naturally have been concen- traled in the great breeding grounds of the three prairie provinces, thus reasecrts the truly international and trans-continental nature of its work. From P.E. 1. to 3.0.. tom the Arctic Circle to Mexico; wat- erfowl territory. whet DI! and companion organisati always will find conservation work to do.

A Canadian Press despstcli from Grand Bank. Newfound- land. dated July 14th, stated that the R. C. M. P. at Grand Bank had advised that they had raided the P.l-2.1. Government owned supply ship Eskimo and lellll" contraband liquor from St- Pierre. Police were GU09"! '3 stating that this was the second time in a year that the Eskimo had been raided for the same reason, and that a charge will be made later.

The Guardian has been inform- ed locally that no officers of the Eskimo. nor any officials of the Crown company. the P. E. .I. In- dustrial Corporation. which 0997' ates the ship. were involved In the seizure.

Apparently the liquor. N0 quarts and 13 pint flasks. will seized by'the R. C. M. P. in the seamen's quarters. In addition there were a few cartons of clif- srettcl bought by the seamen 10 St. Pierre.

Mr. C. P. Reddall. shipping manager of the Corporation. stut- ed last night that all seamen on the ship have been warned to declare any purchases made at the French ports. A notice to this effect. was posted on the lllllfs notice board. He also star.- ed that all seamen had been notified that violations in- volving the ship itself would be ilfllllllllrblsced as a responsibil-

take. This would of necessity be

done to secure recompense or the Corporation. Mr. Reddail pointed out that

the Canadian Press report fall- ed to mention that the first time it was alleged there were contraband goods on board the ship. the samc goods had been properly cleared by customs and declared at a previous port. They were later returned to the own- ers.

A severe electrical atom accom- panied by heavy hall and high winds late yesterday afternoon caused heavy property damage in western Prince County.

Early reports told of the destruc- tion of the main building of the Prince County Exhibition Associa- tion st Alberlori and the loss of two barns. one at Knutsford and another at 0'I4:ary. Sonia stock was lost. Two O'Leary homes also suffered minor damage when struck by bolts of lightning.

An earlier fire, Saturday morn- ing. destroyed a house, barn. gran- ary and garage at Alma.

During the height of the storm. about 5 p. m. yesterday. high winds levelled the Albcrtou Exhibition building. a landmark for many ycaers and centre of the annual Prince County show. Only about 25 feet of the 200 foot building was left standing.

A large barn owned by Mr. Avard Harris of Knutsford, about one and a half miles from O'Leary, was struck by lightning and complete- ly destroyed. Seven calves, a. num- ber of pigs and some farm mach- inery were lost in the blaze.

Another barn belonging to Ralph Ozon, 0'l..eary, was struck about the same time and totally burn- ed. No stock was reported iii the building at the time of the fire.

A bolt of lightning struck the chimney of the home of Mr. Ern-

car ed

est Phillips, 0'Leary. Minor dam- age resulted. but no one was injur-

At the home of Herman Harris O'Leary. the front of the kitchen range was struck and blown out. Although members of the family were present none were injured by the bolt.

An early Saturday morning fire destroyed the house, barn. grannry and garage belonging to Mr Ralph Hardy, Alman Damage was estim- ated at sl0,000.

The fire apparently broke out in the house between 3 and 4 a.m and had gained considerable head- way before it was noticed.

Mrs. Hardy called the children and they were able to make their way to safety. but were unable to save anything. Mr. Hardy is at present in Labrador.

The Alberto: Fire Department- was called to the scene of the con- flagration but on arrival the house and barns which are approximately some 75 yards distance were too far gone. -

The storm was much less sev- ere in the vicinity of Summerside where an unusual heavy clap of thunder and a drenching down- pour was reP0Yl8d-

TUESDAY

Residents of Pariadalc will have g new village Tax of one-half of one percent on the valuation of their properties as a result of a meeting of the Board of Commis- sioners held last evening.

Mr. Edwin C. Cook was chair- man of the meeting which also appointed Mr. Arthur Seaman as Village Clerk. Other Commission- ers at the meeting were Mr. Hen- ry Maclcen and Mr. B. W. Birt.

The new tax, which is effective immediately. is separate from any other tax paid in Parkdale pre- viously. The revenue is to be used for maintenance and improve- ments of fire-fighting equipment and for much needed lllhilnil in the district.

At a special directors meeting of the Prince County Exhibition Association held in the remaininz section of the exhibition building in Alberlnn last night. it was de- cided to construct s new build- ing to replace the one destroyed during an electrical storm of Sun- .d .

"libero were 1'7 directors present at the emergency meetinl mil 1 committee of five was appointed to engage carpenters to cleanlup the wreckage of t s present build- ing and to arrsng for plans for the new one. Members of the committee are. Erskine Campbell.

lty of the individual concerned. DU were also told that any

Herbert Matthews. Chester Hayes. McLean Horne and J. P. Wallace. ' Afler considerable discussion re- garding the layout andlsize of the new building the meeting closed.

1'0 DISCUSS SEIZURE-Mr. C. P. Eeddsll, shipping mane!" 03 the P. I. 1. Industrial Corporation. operators of the S. B. Eskimo, left yesterday for Halifax to discuss the It. 0. M. P. seisurs in New- foundland of liquor on the island- owned ship. A Canadian Press re- port yeaterday said the ship clear- ed Portuno for Halifax during the week-end after police warned sev- eral crew members of possible leg- al action 'following discovery of contraband in the IeaInen's sleep-

ing quartera. In further reports the Canadian Preu re- gret at any emberaslment which

might have been caused the own- ers by the erroneous report that the veuel was being held in port and that officials said charges would be d.

Thirty-one Cape Breton hay- rnskers arrived in Charlottetown lsie yesterday afternoon by way of the Wood Islands car ferry, Nine continued on to Silmnierlido for distribution by the National Employment office there. The remaining twenty-two were allot- Ill bofarloers at the Charlottetown Employment Office. .

Some farmers drovl in from so miles distant to secure much needed belp. A pre-

ZPOIIP had some previous farm ex- perience.

The Charlottetown office is en- deavoring to obtain 50 more farm helpers from the same source and has orders on hand for approxi- mately that number.

Three local man were also plac- ed on farms during the day, by the local office.

It is understood that becgugs of the great demand for pulp wood. many former farm laborers are working in the woods all over the Island. They are being paid fgir. ly high wages. and this is ag- Sravating the farm labor prob- lem, local employment officials claimed.

Mr. R.G. Parent, above. Super- iniendcnt of the Experimental Farm. was elected President of the Prince Edward Island Ayrshire Breeders Club last night at the annual meeting of the Club held in the Vocational school. The pre- sident. Mr. Harold MacI..eod pre- sided.

Mr. J. W. Lewis. Freetown was elected vice president and Mr. Ar- thur Mcnae, Charlottetown Royal- ty was re-elected secretary. The following were elected directors; Queens County, Mr, George 305. wall. Frenchfort; Kings County. Mr. Lloyd MacI..eod, Dundas; Prince COUHW. Mr. Keith Boswall. Vict- oria.

Mr. Macbeod in delivering the president's report stated that a suc- Cesiful year had been concluded Among the activities he outlined was the bull bonus policy under which 12 bulls were inspected and bonused. He also stated that sl,000 was raised for the building fund

Dr. A. J. Murchison, superintend- ent of Falconwood Hospital, waz. guest speaker at a banquet for tur- staff of the Western State Hos- pital at Fort Stcilacc Washing- ton, on July 11. Dr. Murchison, who has leave of absence for 0:0 year to visit institutions on the west Coast. spoke on the advance- ment made in the assistance of mental cases. Mrs. Murchison and son Peter accompanied the doclnv to Washington from their tempor- ary home in New Westminster. B.

Forty-three former Prince Ed- ward Islanders arrived home yes- terday moon from Western Canada bier leaving the C.N.R. glerring Choker Special" in Manc-

n.

They had journeyed on the spe- cial train from as far west as Van- couver and with more than two hundred other Maritimers made up the third annual excursion which required fifteen railway cars. After leaving the special train in Moncton, the passengers for this Province caught the reg- ular train and arrived in Char- lottetown at 6.10 p. m.

According to information receiv- ed from H. L. McLaren. District Inspector. Seed Potato Certifica- tion. preliminary figures show a drastic cut in the acreage of seed potatoes entered for inspection this season in Prince Edward Island in comparison with the final figures for I950. The following table il- lustrates this fact. The figures re- present acreages for both years.

of the parent organization.

He noted that a very successful field day was held at the Experi- mental Farm last summer. It was decided that a field day will be held at the Experimental Farm this year in August following the arrival of the newly imported bulls from Scotland.

Mr. W. R. Shaw. Deputy Minis- ter of Agriculture explained the bull bonus policy which is to be undertaken by the Provincial De- partment of Agriculture and de- plored the fact that many good dairy bulls were being slaughtered due to the high beef prices pre- vaillng.

Mr. Shaw also spoke of the vet- erinary policy in the province and urged the breeders to take full advantage of this service.

The subject of dehorning Ayr- shires was discussed briefly but no decision was reached. The subject of vaccination of calves was held over until the field day. It was de- cided to continue the bull bonus policy of the Club this year.

WEDNESDAY

Johnny Spence, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Hedley Spence, Hun- ter River was killed yesterday af- temoon about 4.30 when struck by a truck at Fredericton on the Charlottetown-Summersidc high- way. The boy was about 13 years of age.

The inquest on the death of Miss Paula Perry, nineteen-yeah old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walt- er Perry. 40 Brighton Ave., Char- lottetown. was further adjourned last evening by Coroner Dr. I-LP. Stewart of Eldon, until evidence could be heard from two witnesses who are at present in the Char- lottciown Hospital suffering from shock.

The deceased met her death early last Sunday evening when the automobile in which she was riding with four other passengers left the road near Wood Islands and turned over. The two witnesses in the hospital are Mr. Charlie Coyle of Halifax. driver of the automobile. and Mr. Bruce Hubley, also of Halifax.

Seven witnesses were question- ned last evening by Mr. J. P. Nich- olson for the Crown. the first of which was Mr. Cecil Wm. Oakley, storekeeper of Halifax. Mr. bskley told the jury he had arrived in this Province, via Borden, on July 14, in a rented car with four oth- er men. one of the passengers. whose name he did not know. had left the car at Summerside and the rest had proceeded to Char- lottctown.

Later in the evening the witness, together with Messrs. Collins, Hubley and Ooyle, who had been in the car from Halifax. Coyle's grandfather and Miss Perry drove

to Little Sands. The witness con- tinued by saying he and Collins had stayed there overnight and the car was to return for them on Sunday.

Mr. Coylc, accompa ' ' by Mr. Hubley and Miss Perry arrived at Little Sands late Sunday after- noon and they all left for Char- lottetown shortly after five o'- clock. The witness said he was In the rear seat on the left. with Col- lins on his right. Coyle wds driv- lng with Miss Perry next to him and Hubley on her right. The car was a IND Ford two-door action. The intention was to drop Miss Perry in Charlottetown and then proceed to Borden to catch the eight o'clock or ten o'clock ferry.

The witness then stated he not-

iced the car swervlng from side to side of the road shortly before the accident. It had left the left side of the highway and rolled over a couple of times. He had stood up to try to get out and the car had rolled again. He thought he was the last to get out. The last witness to be heard was Mr. Douglas Graham. motor moch- anlo of Belle River. who said he had examined the automobile and found the brakes, steering gear and tires in good condition.

Taylor, Wood Islands. (Poi-omen). Baxter Sinclair

Ron, , clar- ence Patton and Alexander nose of Belfast, and George Y and rtslph Young of Wood Islan . The next hearing at for July

it in loan at 0:00 .in.

I951 1950 Irish Cobbler . 4,961 9,774 Green Mountain 3,371 6.653 Sebago ' 0.811. l3,4l-I5 Katahdin 2,180 5,234 Pontiac . 423 9 Bliss Triumph 95 -iii Sequoia 61 lifl Chlopewa 40 115 Canso 95 6 Keswick 53 Ncttcd Gem 55 iii Warba 23 Others 16 Total acres 21.234 35,581 Recent weather conditions could

indicate a bad blight. year for Prince Edward Island and Mr. Mc- Laren warns it is very important that growers who have not already sprayed. do so without delay. Late blight has already been re- ported from New Jersey and New York States.

The inspection of seed potato fields will begin on July 23rd. Growers are 'therefore advised to check their fields at once and rogue any diseased plants. such as those affected with mosaic, leaf roll,'blaolr leg, etc.

the minutes ing. '

In the afternoon session the report of the secretaiy Mr. J. G. Dennis was presented. During the past year three (Jo-operative Associations were formed: The Carleton Co-operative Association Ltd.; The Abram'a Village Co- operative Association Lid. and the Summrrside Co-operative As- sociation Ltd. "Our vcholo co. operative set-up is cont'nulng to expand." the speaker said. and the majority of the co-operativer. are increasing their sales and services annually. He stated that on Feb. 1st, 1951 all consumer co-operatives were notified that they would have to sell for cash. Many of the boards :1! directors thought this a very drastic stop. he said. but all cc-operated whole heartedly. and as a result sales in many of the co-operatives have shown an increase instead of a decrease as was ii-ared. The marketing organization The Island Co-op Services Co- operative Association l.td. was commended by Mr. Dennis as do- ing a wonderful job and this year they are selling nearly all lines of produce and fish offered to them for sale.

In closing he mentioned Dr. J. T. Croteau's book. "Cradied In The Waves" as a noteworthy contrlbution to the Credit Union movement in this province.

FRIDAY

"The efforts of the Catholic Soc- ial Welfare Bureau in this Ciiy last year. were truly magnificent." said Miss Evelyn Hessian, B. A.. M. S. W., as she addressed those gathered for the official opening of the new Bureau headquarters yes crday afternoon.

A Om; statistics Miss Hessian Save for the past year were state- menis that 47 unwed mothers had received services. 75 children re- ceived welfare services. In addi'ion there were 48 studies made of now foster homes. 14 studies of adopt- lve homes. 6 completed adoptions and 14 partially comp'eted.

A feature of the afi:-rnoon was the popularity contest among nine children who have been adooved through the Bureau. and thirticn who are ready for adoption.

Well over one hundred visitors signed ballots after they had seen each of the Children who were held by their new mothers or their foster mothers in the new bung- ng.

one-year-old Sharon. adopted daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. 1. Duffy took first prize in her class. and Frances Anne. also just over a year old. took first place in nor class. Frances Anne is waiting for adoption and is being given board- ing home care by Mrs. John

of the 1950 meet-

border are not without consider-

able hope. -

The Royal Bank of Canada suc- ceeded in its claim yesterday to be a preferred creditor of the bank- rupt Lavltt Potato Company Ltd., and entitled to be reimbursed out of the proceeds of fire insurance policies already paid into Court

Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell delivered judgment yesterday on an application of the Eastern Trust Company. as trustee of the estate of the debtor for release of the proceeds of five insurance pol- icies. The bank intervened and the hearing pioceede ' on the basis that it would decide on the valid- ity of the assignment of the pol- icies to the bank.