QELAYED f'Shoirfage OI Poles Slows .”S'side Line Rebuilding

Th,-ee cal-load; of poles WIlI('II'WOPI(InS on cross streets in the arc cn route to Summerside from area referred to as "the hill". A mtro had not arrived up to last crew of men were also busy putt- gwning and the tempo nay short-,ing on cross arms and insulators

Dame Street.

Another crew completed the work on Russell and King Strels. and others were working in

pn-tponment of work in a low at-can where new P0168 will l'3V0 in be used in replacing those des- mn-ed by the recent ice storm. These areas include a part of the Ivar,d Street East.

west end of Summerside as well I A specialist who arrived here on the eastern part of Water Monday to supervise the reconst- slrcct. ructlon of power lines for the igngsmen yesterday completed Sumrneraide Electric Light Depart- Imrk on Central I and Market ment refused to say anything yes- si.-cets, and were working on terday regarding the work he ivlll North Market Street to Duke Street supervise. or whether any changea and.on Duke St. toxwater Street. are s.0I1l8fI'IIJIILQd when rebuilding Yesterday morning crews were the system. .

The Western

Guardian

PROVIDED SERVICE - Mr. Erskine Gillis of St. Eleanors who has been operating his amateur radio set from the Summerslda telephone office since a week ago Sunday, has provided invaluable service with his 150 Watt set oper- ating on a average of 14 hours daily. Mr. reported in yesterday's Guardian as operating from the R. C. A. F- Station. Mr. Stewart Smith of Charlottetown is located in Albert on with his 500-watt set and it is hoped to have a set lnstalledIin Tignish very shortly to provide outside communlcatio with that town.

CARD PARTY. D:-irnlcy, Wed-

nperlay, January lilth.

USED SIG-S TRAINING - l)iir- in; the hectic days immediately following the recent devastating sit-ct storm, Lloyd Delloche C.N.R. operator at Borden was able to ow his Railway and Signals Corps training to advantage when a port- nhlr-'ham set was placed at his di-posal. Mr. DeRoche was one of (hr first operators pressed into entcrizcncy service.

. ' Personals

-.1.-5, Elmer Campbell. Hunter llwcr, and Miss Irene MacKenzie. liulln flay. have been called to Im,nny owing to the illness of their mollicr. I Mrs. Wt-slcy Mac-Ix'cii7.ie, Bay ii-'nruinc. who has been spending the winter with her daughter. Mrs. rlaudc llclzincy. Albany. has ent- rd the P. E. I. Hospital for treat-

cnt. '

Word has been received by friends in the Province of the death of Margaret Ann, four-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Maclntyre in Toronto on Jan. I12 Mr. Maclntyre is a former resid- eut of Bedford and his wife is the former Josephine Greenan. KN- xinimn, P. E. I. They have one other child, Mary Teresa.

Alberion Council Considers Conservation OI Electricity

Clarke. and approved.

Mayor 1!. E. Barbour presided and all councillors were in attend- ance.

Plan For Visit Of YPII President

Ernest Murphy. president of the Central P. E. I. Presbytery of the United Church of Canada Young People's Union states that plans have been completed for visit by Stewart Russell. Sackvllie to this preshytery.

Mr. Russell. a second year theological student in Mount Al- lison University. is president of the Maritime Conference Y. P.U., and as such, will be making his first visit to this area. He plans to at- tend the meeting of the Presbytery executive officers. scheduled for 2.30 p.m. in Epwurth Hall, Sum- mersltie, on Saturday, January 2l.

Also planning to attend the meet- ing are Maritime officers, Dorothy Townsend. secretary. Olive Jr.-llv, registrar and David MacDonald, of Charlottetown. convenor.

EARLY PRECAUTION

Experts recommend giving chil- dren a dental checkup as early as three years of age.

Coiiscrvalion of electricity during the present emergency was the main ilcm of business at the post- pimcd monthly meeting of Alber- ton'Town Council Monday night. Mayor Barbour stated that in a survey of the town Saturday night he found little effort on the PIN at ritizciis to keep the use of lights and .powcr at a iiiliiiiiiu and he rx'pl'el-iserl ilie opinion that many in not rcali7.c the. sei'ioiit;iicss of the situation. Unless the situation moroves as more homes and pint-es of business are connected o the present load temporary shut downs will be unavoidable. lllcasures were taken at the meeting to distrubule a form let- er in all users of electricity re- questing their co-operation for the next two or three weeks when an additional power unit is expected to be available.

An application and plans for pro- posed changes and alterations to the Imperial Oil Company's instal- lations on Prince Street was dealt with.

Snow removal atid the parking problem on Main Street were both discussed at length and it was de- cldcd to ask those in offices and stores on Main Street to refrain from parking their cars in front of their places of business all day. Minutes of the last regular meet- illl. and a special meeting were read by the town clerk, Henry

Out, Our Way

By J. R. Williams

,.,,,,,, ?l:.i'uzu' ""”s'b?-"la": so... ou..ot.'.l'..2i.”i.3P fife. W Ngggg,-; w onnsoesoaniregrur "ml 5.”, A L we ARE in ARREARS. - MAI-3'6 W um""9'”- ..F-Roi coocscu is ensues: c 50 MM! A . '4 W - -- e iaaweze 4lT- N 55' V” I one our on rue 5tos- ?:",ffg',7.,".'5L,g'f&t l NN,K THAT I . . suzxsno 1 u L I y .- up may 4 x . 7 I . W; T I? t ,, .

auc of poles has resulted in a'on the-poles replaced on: Notre '

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Gillis was' errotiously ,

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ON AN EXPERIMENTAL effort to establish telephone xnicrowavc. communications with Moncton, N. E.. two Summerslde men are seen installing two antennae on top of the 120 foot water tower near Sum- merside. .

Sonny Huestis seen near the top of the towering water tank is guiding an antenna which is being hauled into position by Ray Dur- ant. at the top of the big watcr rc- aervolr which stands on the high- est point of land in the Summerslde are to the north of the town. and which can be seen for many miles in every direction.

While telephone officials who are conducting the tests, report

Experiment

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that the tests to date have been most encouraging, they cautiously state that to be considered success- ful the signals to and from Manc- ton will have to be perfect.

If microwave communication can be established from this point it would mean that such a system could supplement or replace the station at l-Jgmont Bay which was made inactive by the destruction of the i7 miles of lines between the microwave relay station at Eg- mont Bay and the A ' L of- fice at Summerside.

About 500 poles together with the lines they carried. were destroyed along this system in the recent destructive sleet storm.

(Photo by Wotton)

Electricity

Auxiliary power units are now supplying electricity to Alberion, O'Leary and Tignish. At Alberion approximately one hundred cust- omers have been connected. at Tignish forty and in 0'Leary about fifty.

The Alberion generating unit is ocated in a shed at the rear of Myrick's store and it is of 60 kilowatts capacity. It is operated by Mr. Erskine Campbell and Mr. Robert Profit. At 0'Leary a plant of simlliar size is installed in a

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tr' ting owned by Amalgamated l -5 Ltd and is being attended to y Lloyd Silliker and Wallace

Yeo. The Tignish unit is of 40 K,W. capacity. is situated in a building near Main Street and it is operated by Fraser Rix and Aubin Richard.

Itil understood that these units will be continued in operation until theI the present and any future emerg- r wer transmission line destroyed cncy.

Auxiliary Units Supplying Now To Alberion, lO'Leary And Tignish Areas

by the recent storm is repaired.

Electric Company representative at Alberion is being assisted . in supervising the various installat- ions by Mr. Roy Fowler of Cal- gary, Alberta. At the present time a line crew of five men from Fredericton. N8. and five from Nova Scotla are assisting with re- pairs in the West Prince area and about thirty local men are also em- ployed.

All possible conservation of elect- ricity is requested by company officials and in the case of the generators becoming overloaded non essential commercial services will be first to be curtailed.

An auxiliary power unit has been procured by the management of the Princess Pat Theatre at Al- bcrton to supply the theatre during

IIY 111165115 'flEllii discuss some technical details with Ray Wilson, Halifax Radio lCIlL1lllf:El'. tleftt be- fore thc two Suninicrside uieii

i make a perilous climb to the top

New Telephone Linlc

RAY DURANT tcentrel and son. of the. Summerside water tower to

install two antennas by which it is hoped to establish telephone microwave comniunicaiions with Moncton, N. B. (Photo by WOIii7ill

To And Aroun

By SAL'LL PETT

OVER "THE SOUTH POLE (de- layed! tAP.l- It is now 7:28 p, in. Fridalt. New Zculuud time. A inin- ute ago we ocre flying scuth. WlthuuI challgiug course, we now are flying north lliglucen hundred feet below us lies the precise bot- tom of the world from which all directions arc nurlh.

This is the inngwal 90-tlegrce- south latitude one oi the two most exclusive iiavigutiolizil positions on earth. This is the South Pole for which men harc tiled in the reach- ing.

We have jllni L-oiiiplctcd ii circle of five miles ill tlinnn-tcr. Thus we have flown al'tlilll(I the world in five minutes.

There are ill of iia aboard the plane-nine base fliers of Opera- tion Deepfreezc and one bug-eyed correspondent. TIlL'll' boredom is understandable since. for most of the crew of the l(tlii'-CIlg'LnCd Sky- masier. this is thcir second flight over the pole in ii days. The ex-

” t of this LUII " I is equally understandable.

Fewer than 40 men have been here before us. This is only the fifth flight in history over the pole and I, they tell me. am the first reporter to fly over ii, The flight was carried out by a plane at- tached to the U. S. Antarctic ex-

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Mr. Thomas Phillips, Maritime

Diamond Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. William Lollanrl of North Granville are seen above as

they observed the 60th Anniver- sary of their wedding on l)t-t-- ember 24th. at the home of. their daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Trowsdalc of Crapniid

winter months.

WASHINGTON (CF)-A delicate question has arisen as to whether Prealdent Eisenhower really would be doing his duty to his country by running for re-elction with a heart condition that might ham- per him in that great and exacting office.

There is little doubt that the! Republicans. who see certain vic- tory at the polls ncxi November with an Eisenhower ticket and pos- sible defeat without him, have been trying to push the president into a second-term decision by appealing to his strong Iaensc of patriotic duty.

not only among political opponents, But now there are misgivings but among some leading Repub- licana as well.

Many Republicans have suit-

his Sept. 24 heart attack. could do a creditable job through another four years in the White House, especially if some of the tedious dciail were cili away from the office. Legislation to lighten the presidential load already has been introduced in Congress.

IIAISEI) RY REPUBLICANS

Democrats argue that the coun- try In these perilous international times needs an effective and active p-esldent. not a sort of semi-retired chairman of the board presiding over a team that would carry the main policy-making load.

The ation. smouldering under- ground during the president's long convaleacence, n ow has been brought into the open by a Repub- lican congressman, Representative

gestad that Eisenhower, despite

W. Sterling Cole, veteran of 20

TORONTO (CP) - Three new! pieces of equipment, designed forr Canada's jet fighter pilots. are; undergoing tests at the Institute of

Aviation Medicine here.

Institute officials said Monday

the devices are a high-altitude suit. I to aid filers In case of failure inf cockpit pressumlng. an elector

seat for the TH! jet trainer and' the If-I lat llllter. and a new

type of sr-vttr suit. used to ease

gravitational pressure st high

speeds. All three will undergo field! trials this month.

The hlato-altitude suit. created at

the Toronto institute. will be tested

at the RCA? station Rockcllffe,

asar Ottawa. Flt. Lt. Julia Hoary.

VII III IE QUIT

.7: bseroIvhInaI4utIdst iiocitcnttm W I . ' HELPS IIIATEINB

no -at-(I-s-not-o

.NewiEquipmenl For Canada's Jet Pilots

pilots breathe at lieiillits above 40.- (KI feet in case cockpit pressuris- iag equipment should fall or be damaged. '

The elector seat will be tested at Uplands station. near Ottawa, and Cold Lake, Alla. 11ie auto- mauc seat is designed to Npiace the present ejector seat. which requires manual aperitif!!-

Tbe gravity or (3-suit la a devel- opment of the Canadian-ddgnad original. The RCAF slid the new null requires considerable work before it Is perfected.

A G-suit works by means of a cries of bladders aboutbtbe lum- ash and legs which on N02! and prevent excesliw Hell ling la the trunk and blood "pooling," durind M

Preeleclion Controversy Centers About Eisenhower

resentailves and one of the orlgiiial l backers of I-”.iseiihoucr for pres-l Idcnt five years ago.

Cole astounded his licpublican

the other day and urging them to cease entreatiiig a president ”ofi admittedly uncertain hcnlth' fol run again. it was "not fair” to

Eisenhower to appeal to his son of duty and it was but interest of the country he attempt a second term "

it was all icry wcll. Cole said. "to speak of the return in a nor- mal life of those other persons who have suffered heart attacks but ther is nothing normal about

5'0

that

about the times."

lklrs DECISION

Several Rcpuhlii-an sciiutors took immediate issllc with ('nlc and

Minnesota, said that Eisenhower, "with half a heart would be bet ter than some pople with a full heart"

The final decision. of course. rats with Eisenhower. now going through a period of personal test- ing of his strength as he assumes the full work load of the pres-

months.

In an interview before leaving Key West. Fla., after a ltl-dav rest In the sun. he gave no clear indica- tion that he had reached ii deci- sion. He said he had discussed the question with some of his asso ciataa and was gains to so over It agaia before making a public

announcement. here noted that Eisen- bower did stress the "critical"

dfeeta that might result. both at halls and abroad. from any forced la the government leader- ; a presidential term. words. be has in mind aval that might follow if

lei- manoeiivres can cause pilots to esuehtaaau.

on a second form and -alsanazlassl

1Newsmon Reports On Flight

I his arrest. They were the police

' merit:

where they are residing for the RAPE OR NOTHING

years' service in the House of Rep- I "I9 0""-S '3' "'9 Crow" 10 WOW colleagues by rising in ('ongrcss,.

"lint in ihcl

the presidency and nothing norni-all

nae. Snator Edward J. Thye oil

idency for the first time in three '

d -South Pole

pedltion.

DIRTY WHITE BLUR

Now what does a good reporter do in such an exclusive spot? He reaches into his book of adlectix es for a ringing description on the epic level. This will now be done in on broken-hearted line:

All I can see below. above audl to the left and right of our orange- tlpped wings is a dirty white blur.

This is a wliileout-the Antarctic trick of refraction by which light bounces off billions of minute ICQL particles and results in zero visl-I biliiy. It is just my luck to slrikei it now.

"Don't feel bad." says our plane commander.

"You didn't miss anything. The pole is exactly like the rest of the dull, flat snow-covered plateau we have been flying over all day."

We hit the pole on the return leg of a long. tiring flight of -.x- ploration deep into the unknown heartland of the Antarctic. We took off from the base, McMlirdo sound, h e a d e d toward Queen Maude Land. reached a point 550 miles beyond the pole at latitude 82 degrees south, longitude 20 (le- grees ast. turned left and headed for the pole on the honieward jour- ney.

(Continued from page 1-)

EIIILTY OF RAPE

warning before giving a state- the preliminary hearing; the hearing before the Grand Jury and trial before a petlt jury.

”You are the sole ludges of the facts", said His Lordship who ob- served that the case had received I30I.ISIdEI'8l)lc notoriety during the past few months and especially during the past few days.

A NETWORK 0F FACTS

Iiis Lordship told the jury that the case was not one of circum- stantial evidence alone. "A not- work of facts has been cast around the accused" he said. "lie said that the evidence heard must be weighed not only for its consist- ence with the guilt of the accused but for its iuconsisleiice with his innocence".

Judge Tweedy said that ilie statement of the accused. which lwas submitted -in court must be tconsidcred as evidence. ''It will ibc your duty to decide how much of this statement is correct and thaw iiuich of it is not correct."

f assist farmers in their problems

-grain of very inferior quality. In

lweeds in our crops.

(Continued from page It

AGRICULTURAL

as this subject has been printed In co-operation with the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Depart- ments of Agriculture.

POTATOES :I The Provincial l)eparinieut of ' Agriculture through v a r i o u s

Boards and Committees is endeav- ' ouring to promote the production. marketing, and disease control of - table and seed potatoes. While the investigational work on potatoes is carried on by the Experimental Farm and the Science Service. seed I production and inspection work by other branches of the Canada De- partment of Agriculture, the Field Crops Division is always ready to

in potato production.

.' I YE BOW

Farmers of this Province will use trash for seed grain!

Results of the Seed Drill Survw during the past six years show that many Island farmers are seeding

1954 over 65 percent of the grain put in the ground did not meet the requirements of No. II seed. This is a shocking situation when- we stop to consider the infeiior qualities of seed when it is classed: 35 "Reject". To be rejected as seed, oats must contain over 3,400 total weed seeds per bushel, over. 500 of which may be of weeds such as Canada Thistle and Ball Must- ardl

What does this mean when we think of the number of weed seeds that are being planted? Ten I thousand potential weeds on every, acre in the grain alone. Add to this an equal or greater number pre- sent in the grass seed mixture w h e 11 homegrowii. ungraded . timothy seed is used, and we read- ily see why there are so many

Why does this situation exist? Wei have the facilities for cleaning our. seed grain. There is a modern and efficient seed cleaner capable of handling all of the seed in the areas in a three-week period. within five or six miles of almost every farm

er. And yet only one-third of all' the seed planted goes through al

of the seed is never cleaned at all.'

in Ontario where farmers are very much concerned with the loss due to weeds, there is one power cleaner for every 300 farmers, com- pared to our 165 farmers. The dis- tances between cleaners are much greater than in P. E. If. and yet the Quality of seed sown is vastly superior to ours. Over half of the seed grades No. 1, and less than 5 percent falls into the "Reject" class. compared to our 65 percent.

Is the cost of cleaning a factor? Perhaps. but 15 or 20 cents per acre added to the total cost of pro- duclng an acre of grain isn't going to increase the cost noticeably. Milly farmers pay ten times that amoulg to get rid of the weeds by sprayi g. The cost of cleaning is justified if you only consider the satisfaction of having the grain flow freely through the seeder,

Many farmers think there is too much "take-out" with power clean- ers. This may be true. but it is impossible to have a good clean- ing job without removing at least I5 percent of the grain. Tile screen- ings are not wasted -- small onus and weed seeds make excellent feed when mixed with other grains: and finely ground. The remaining- portion of the screenings is made up of dirt, straw. and light oats With Practically no feed value. and of no value as seed.