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Mrs. Alban Farmer pre- sents to Louis Gaudet and Roy Vessey the trophy em- blematic of the men's pairs

N’S PAIRS BRIDGE CHAMPS

ehampionship for the Char- lottetown Duplicate Bridge Club. The trophy was won by Mr. Gaudet and Mr. Vessey

in 1962. The trophy for the men's pairs championship is

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Souris Legion Reviews Year, Names Officers

“Public Apathy Is Problem .

For Prov. Safety Council

Apathy on the part of the pub- | 500,000 persons have been killed | law and support the safety coun- | .576q by the branch was traffic accidents merica since 1899 and over 4,-| According to Mr. Meikle, the ning Trophy 000,000 persons: tjured: He~said+ couticit-ts seeking to -have-am-;~ -pye~yeyst Safety Council is faced with, ac- there were 4,000 fatalities from | endments made to the province's} traffic accidents in Canada last |traffie act which will provide! examination of

lic toward the prevention of highway accidents is one of the

eording to council George Meikle.

As guest speaker at yester- day’s luncheon meeting of the Charlottetown Rotary Club, Mr. Meikle suggested that if acci- dent statistics could be present- ed in the terms of human mis- ery rather than as cold, hard facts “‘we would be more aware of our responsibility”’ in the pro- motion of highway safety.

“What do we do when we read news reports of accidents?’’ he asked. ‘‘Do we shrug out shoul- ders, say ‘too bad’ and turn to another page?” He said ‘we might pay more attention if we could measure the sorrow of a

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mother at the loss of her son,/Vince is rapidly becoming “‘in-| the grief of a-son mourning his | famous because of its highway) father, the pain-filled hours death rate. I have been told by spent in hospital or the depres-| some traffic authorities that it sion and misery of a young girl | is impossible to have a fatality- forced to spent the rest of her;free year in the province. life in a wheelchair as the re- won't accept the fact that one |Fire Chief Douglas Coffin pre-| Adams.

The officers were installed by Bruce L. Stewart, provincial re- presentative, to dominion com-

sult of some accident.”

LOCAL BRIEFS

HOSPITAL PATIENT Billy MacEachern of York Point and Charlottetown, is a patient at the P.E.I. Hospital.

IN CITY HOSPITAL

Mrs. Vince Gallant, 266 Syd-| Ordinary fines brought a total ney -Street, is a patient in the | of $41,527 in City Police Court, ‘clerk B.G. Campbell told City | Council in his annual report last,

night.

Court costs added another $3, @ patient in the Prince Edward | 994 and the dog tax $925.

The totals, minus witness fees |and other disbursements, meant | $43,848 was deposited in the of- fice of the City Comptroller, an

Charlottetown Hospital.

Is PATIENT Mrs. Frank H. Watts, York, is

Island Hospital.

IN HOSPITAL Jeanie MacMillan, Cornwall, fs a patient in the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital.

IN P.E.1, HOSPITAL

Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Sapderson, Winsloe is a patient in the Prince Edward Island Hospital.

IN MONTREAL HOSPITAL

Jean Tierney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Tierney, Char- lottetown, has entered Montreal General Hospital for a heart

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will take the help of everyone to bring it about.” FETY POINTERS A number ‘of pointers in safe driving were given to the Rotar- ians by Mr. Meikle. These were: wear seat belts; drive careful- ly, obey the law and practice courtesy; turn headlights on at dusk; drive defensively, as if every other driver were a mo- : Teport infractions of the

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Minor hockey saw 750 boys en- rolled while the newly- formed Charlottetown Figure Skating Club had 137 active members

SOURIS — MB. Fitzpatrick was re-elected president of Sou- tis branch, Royal Canadian Le- gion, at its annual meeting Fri-

spon- | winning the Man-

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ory of the late John D. MacIn- past president of the | “ity.

gpant-at-arms, Neil F. MacIn-| tosh; service officer Donald F.|hungers. It is, in a very real Campbell; secretary-treasurer, | sense, a way of life”.

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ganization in the province to be- come. an international member of the Canadian Figure Skating Association.

The 10-week life of the sum- mer playground season saw 52,- 834 youngsters take advantage of the slides, swings and other forms of entertainment provid- ed in various sections of the city. cl of the season was the

Day at Memorial Field with some 500 boys and giris taking part.

Mr. Fax noted installation of safety belts on swings and re- liable supervision had held acci- dents down to the remarkable low of only 17, all of a minor na- ture.

Minor baseball attracted 325 boys from 6 to 16 with 90 boys junder 10 in the farm league; 104 | in Little League under 13 years;

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ISLAND NEWS PAGE Sunshine

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Recreation Activities Blizzard Covered Wide Field

A wide- ranging field of en-jand became the first sich or- deavours was revealed to Coun- cil last night in the annual re- port of James Fox, recreation director, when he outlined acti- vities from women’s basketball to summer playgrounds for chil-

SYDNEY (CP) — A blizzard that dumped as much as seven jinches of snow on most of Cape Island early Monday the day as | Jan. 24.

Breton ended later in abruptly as it arrived.

Accompanied by winds to 59 early on the Monday before the miles an hour that piled drifts; first bulletin -was issued by his up to seven feet and elogged| physician, Lord Moran, on the several roads on the eastern! afternoon of Friday, Jan. 15, section of the island, the storm | the newspaper stated. — passed across Cabot Strait and| For most of the 13-day illness, moved into southeastern New- he was uneonscious. It was on

foundiand The Island's coal mines normal production after

storm abated. , Many miners | the newspaper said. the

could not get to work at height of the blizzard.

Bright sunshine followed ‘the | | storm and city streets were re- ported clear. RCMP: said main

highways had been plowed. Air Canada reported can

celled two early flights to Syd

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