Some 20 needy families in the Tignish area will have a happy Christmas this year be- cause of the efforts of the Tig- nish Royal Canadian Legion
CISTMAS PROJECT ion TIGNISH LEGION
Branch which carried out its annual Christmas project. Shown here are two of the Legion's members as they start to pack boxes each con-
an Accused Pleads Guilty In Beating Cas
Lorne Vessey, charged with his plea from not
guilty to
robbery with violence, changed guilty yesterday in Magistrate's
WESTERN B RI E ES
Court and was Monday. Dec. 28 The charge arose out of the robbery and ating of Mrs. John Spencer Sr., West Royal- ty, on Nov. 20 and the two men held by police in connection with the incident have both pleaded guilty to the charges against them. 9. Laurie William held on the same
remanded until
On Dec. MacDonald,
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Western And Central Districts
The Guardian. Charlottetown, Thom” Dec. 24, 1964. 3
Christmas Blessings 1 Extended By Premier
Sincere good wishes for hap- piness during the Christmas sea- son have been extended to citizens of the province on be- half of the government by Pre- mier Walter R. Shaw.
He id:
"Throughout this province in town and country the attractive Christmas lights are shining; the chimes of Christmas are ringing; and the age-old carols
at each year seem to have new meaning are heard through- out the land.
“At this season of peace and goodwill, I would like to extend to all the people of this Pro- vince of Prince Edward Island my best wishes for many bles-
sings.
“We have passed through a year of great historic signifi- cance. Widespread observancesl h e been conducted under splendid organization to com- memorate the Centennial Year.~
"The meeting of the premiers of Canada at an historic-session in September marked the 00th year of the meeting of Canadian
taining a turkey and all the goodies that go to make a happy Christmas. Left to right are: E.C. Perry and Arthur DedRoches. legion president.
charge as Vessey. changed his plea from not guilty to guilty.
A special court will be held in a room in the P.E.I. Hospital Monday afternoon and a state- ment from the victim will be heard prior to the passing of the sentences for the pair.
The necessity of holding the court at the hospital came when
agistrate James B. Johnson, had asked that the victim be present. Crown Prosecutor Alan
Mrs. Spencer’s doctor advised against moving her from the ospi .
Mr. Scales then stated he 'would make arrangements with the hospital for a room in which the court could be held.
Scales informed the court that W
WEATHER
Parish were taken care of for
IS PATIENT
. William Simmons. Sea View, is a patient in the Prince County Hospital. Summerside.
OUT OF ROSPITAL~ Mrs. Eugene Murphy return- ed. to her home in East Baltic. ha ng been a patient in the Charlottetown Hospital.
RETURNS ROME James J. Clark has returned to his home .at Kensington from e Queen Mary Veteran's Hos- pital, Montreal. where he has been a patient.
18, CONVALESCING
ommy Sharkey. student at Montague Regional High School, is convalescing at his home in Corraville after a serious ill- ness during which he was a patient in the King‘s County Memorial Hospital.
CAR DAMAGED About $350 damage was sus- tained by a 1959 model rated by a
llded Tuesday evening at St. Eleonora with a truck driven by Percy Rayner of st. Eleanors. damage to the truck and no injuries were suf- fered by the occupants.
BOXES FOR NEEDY 'l‘ignish Catholic Social Welfare Committee worked overtime Tuesday to make sure all the needy families in the
DEATH NOTICES
Received too late for Classified death notice column
AYLWARD — At the home of his Aylward. Morell, sday. . 23. 1m, Richard J. Aylward. in his 77th year. Remains will be for-
Li or for in High Mass at 9.1). Interment in the church cosnetery.
Christmas. Many generous dona- Mil“ max' tions to me the pm Dawson . . . . . . . . . .. -% '35 ject a success. The Ladies Aux- Prince George '28 ' 9 iliary of the Royal Canadian vgnml’ver “““ " 25 3° Legion mcked 10 boxes for the Victoria ......... .. 32 42 needy Tuesday evening to have Edmonton ~15 ~12 them delive in time for Calgary """"" " 'n ' 8 Christmas. This is an annual 395"“ " " " 4 0 project by the members who Winmpeg ' " '18 a take large families into consid‘ Toronto ‘ ‘ ' ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ' " 37 42 eration' Ottawa . . . n . . 36 . Montreal ........ .. 31 36
COMPTON FUNERAL — The Quebec .. 15 25 funeral of Katie M. Co ton Fredericton ----- .. 16 36 was held Wednesday afternoon Saint John ..... 6 37 from the Compton Funeral Home Moncton . . . . . . . . 9 35 to St. John's Church. St. Elea- Halifax . . . . 14 40 nors where service was conduct. Charlottetown 16 34 ed by Rev. Robert Tuck. Hymns Sydney ..... .. .. 21 32 were: I Now Thank Thee All Yarmouth 12 42 Our God and Abide With Me. St. John’s, Nfld. 29 31 Organist was Mrs. Amie An- ton . . . . . . . . . . .. 28 43 drew. Pallbearers were: Edwin New York ...... 32 42 Bernard, Elmer Burt. Albert Miami . . . . . . . . . . .. ~ 77 Brown. Gordon Rogers. John New Orleans .... .. 63 76 Reeves and Raymond Andrew. Tucson . . . . . . . . . . .. 44 73 Interment was in the church Los Angeles 56 60 cemetery. V HALIFAX (CP) —~ The wen-
TORONTO (CP) —— Tempera- tures:
lher dfice says it will be dull, damp and mild throughout the Maritimes today.
A disturbance was forming west d Chicago Wednesday evening which is expected to move into northern Quebec to- day, and will mean the dull weather is likely to extend into Christmas Day.
Regional forecasts:
Nova Scotia, Prince Edwa Island, Eastern N.B. Counties. Lower St. John River Valley: Overcast with intermittent driz- zle and occasional light rain. fog patches, especially near indward coasts; extremer mild; southerly winds 15 increas- in afternoon to southerly 25. Low-high at Halifax 38 and 43, Yarmouth 40 and 5. Kentvllle 38 and 40. New Glasgow and Goshen :5 and and 40, Charlottetown, Mono- ton. and Fredericton :5 and as, and Saint John 35 and 40.
Outlook for - 'stmas Day — Overcast with intermittent rain and 'zzle. extremely mild. High tide today at Charlotte- town 2.02 am. and 3.24 p . Rustico at 11.24 am. and 9.33 pm. High tide Friday at Char- lottetown 2.59 can. and 4.14 pm. At Rustico at 12.07 p.m_ and 0.36 .m. mmemide tide eighteen minutes later than Charlottetown Sun rises today at 7.33 ann. and sets at 4.53 pm. Rises Friday at 7.33 arm, and sets at 4.53 p.m.
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$200 Damage Occurs In Crash ‘
SUMMERSIDE — Total dam- age estimated at $200 was sus-
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a two-car collision at Summer- side East last evening at ap- proximately 7 o’clock.
The vehicles involved were a 1956 model driven by Wil- liam Lawrence Aylward of Kelvin Grove and a 1963 com- pact model operated by Ar- thur Kenneth Bell of Summer-
e.
Investigating the collision were members of the local RCMP detachment. No one was injured. .
can case was discussed. He sent Mr Tremblay his pics by .messenger the ne day. Mr. Denis informed him July 23 it had been rejected.
Mr. Daoust said Mr. Rouleaur remained for part of the inter-j
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TAL’KED ABOUT CASE r When Mr. Tremblay was on‘ the stand. he said the meeting took place in Mr. Rouleau's- of- fice but he didn't know whether. Mr. Rouleau was present. He1 said Mr. Denis reported ver- bally the talk was about all as-j pects of Bonanno case. Mr“ Denis gave Mr. Daoust no com-
mitments. Mr. Tremblay said there was‘ no consideration given b the, rr
leaders at Charlottetown in 1364 and added a dramatic incident to the year's program.
DROUGHT THOUSANDS
“The visit of— Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during which Her Ma- jesty officially opened the Mem- orial Centre was the highlight of the year and brought in thou- sands of people from this pro« vinoe and from across Canada buzho enthusiastically greeted our
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“These gatherings will go down as an historic ending of a century of progress and the ginning of another century of equal significance.
“t s been a year of great friendliness and happy associa- tion. The people are to be high- ly commended on the part they hm- played in all these func- tions and for the manner in which they responded to the de- mands of the year. In all por- tions of the province our citizens expressed their pride in our his- tory and loyalty to our institu- tions. I share in this pride and take this opportunity to thank young and old for the heart warming contributions they made in carrying out the various services associated with our Centennial Year.
“Now. we experience the most moving sentiment of all. Again our reach out to our friends and beyond to those who are in need and require our sym- pathy and support. Again, visualize the Christ Child in a stable at Bethlehem, the shepherds on the Judean hills; an e wise men and their gifts all expressing their ‘4“
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government to granting bail to
Christmas Expected White Despite Mildness
Despite forecasts of rain and extremely ‘ temperatures for the next two days. Islanders can probably look forward to a white Christmas.
Charlottetown radio range last night recorded 10 inches of snow e ground—a .amount which should be able to stand up to tomorrow's expected light rain and temperatures rising to the high 30’s.
The forecast also calls for overcast skies and south winds of 15, increasing to 25 by after- u
oon.
Christmas Day will see a con- tinuation of extremely mild weather, according to the Hali- fax weather office. with more overcast skies. drizzle and rain.
Hol‘day travellers will be taking advantage of good tra- velling conditions brought by the mild weather. with holiday traffic expected to reach a peak ay.
Eastern Provincial Airways reports bookings heavy for flights to Moncton. Halifax and Grindstone, M.I.
Island Motor Transport said a steady passenger bus travel is being experienced. with a peak expected in local travel to-
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Passenger travel by rail in the province is said to be light because of good highway con- itions. Ferries at Borden are coping with the travel rush with 10 round trips daily.
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‘ Bonanno and Mr. Denis knew.
is. He said he did not ask Mr.‘
Denis on or before July 14 tol'
get Mr. Lamontargne to the capi-l tal to discuss the Bonanno case. He didn't know whether Mr. Daoust asked for an intervrew after discussing the Bonanno case with Mr. Denis. ‘
He said it would be impos- sible that Mr. Denis had said Mr. Rouleau requested a review of the Bonanno case. He would have remembered if it had been raise .
Mr. Fortier suggested more was no letter from Mr Daoust before July 16 asking for an in- terview. Mr. Tremblay said he would be surprised if such a letter did exist.
MAY BE TWO
At another point. Mr. Trem- blay said it is possible there are two letters in the files.
Mr. Fortier said everyone at the inquiry had been taking it for granted that the letter ex- ists. If it wasn’t produced as Mr. Tremblay had agreed to do. he would have more questions for the mi..ister.
Ross Drouin, counsel for the Progressive Conservative party. asked Mr. Tremblay the where- abouts of the original files in the Bonanno case.
Mr. Tremblay replied they are in the immigration depart- ment.
Mr. Drouin asked whether the record in the Rivard case also is in the department
Mr. Tremblay said no. be- cause the Rivard case Is not an immigration matter.
Mr. Drouin asked whether Mr. Tremblay gave the RCMP a- statement during investigation
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ation at the side of a babe in a crude manger. We are deeply stirred by these memories and we, too. tender our gifts in a spirit of peace and goodwill.
FRIENDS
“On every hand we hear the greeting, “Merry Christmas". between friends and between strangers. We are all friends- all alive and vibrant to the spir- it of Christmas which refines and beautifies the lives of men. All feel a deep spirit of goodwill and thankfulness for the bless- ings and distinctions of the year which is now drawing to a close.
"It is in that spirit and on be- half of the government of this province that I extend to all our people of all classes, young and old, sincere good wishes for happiness during this festive occasion and in the days ahead.”
MINISTER
(Continued from page It the files and Chief Justice Dor- ion instructed Jules Deschenes, counsel for the federal govern- ment. to enter it as an exhibit when it is received.
However. Y. E. Fortier. coun-
- sel «for Mr. Lamontagne, sug-
gested in questioning Mr. Trem« blay that there isn’t a letter dated before July 16 He served notice if one isn’t produced he will have further questions for Mr. Tremblay.
While questioning Mr. Daoust earlier. Mr. ortier said Mr. Daoust tesrified Tuesday he had met Mr. Tremblay here July 15.
Mr. Daoust replied he hadn't actually met the minister. He had intended to. He, Mr. Denis and Mr. Rouleau met. The Bo-
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And a place in the basement for our old cat. Tom A house, herniated from groud to attic.
both automatic.
There are three spacious bedrooms and closets galore And our faces reflect in the fine hardwood floor.
new bath.
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orman Matthews. counsel for the RCMP. told. the court he was instructed to say i . Trem- blay hadn’t made a statement and hadn't been asked by the
This occurred just before Mr. Tremblay took the witness stand, The 18 lawyers ropresemo. ing different parties at the in-
uiry have been supplied pro- gressively with copies of an statements made by witnesses to the RCMP.
Mr. Matthews asked wh-:‘:er. on or before July 13. Mr. Trem- blay instructed Mr. Denis to in-
v1te Mr. Lamontagne to Ottawa by
to discuss the Bonanno case Mr. Tremblay said no.
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Holy Communion (Eucharist) Service with Candlelight Procession.
ANTHEM: “Let Carols Ring”.
CHRISTMAS DAY (Friday morning)
8:30 a.m.—-CELEBRATION 0F HOLY COMMUNIQN COMMUNION (Eucharist) SERVICE (Broadcast CFCY)
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do! doom. cwnsei for Mr. Denis. asked whether an inter- view had been gramed Mr. Dawot became of complairts about detention of persons wnh. out bail in immigration cases.
Mr. Tremblay said this was
so.
The fifth day of the hearing saw the cc. ‘usion of tesmmnvw Mr. Daoust. who occupied the stand most of Tuesday and all morning Wednesday
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