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NEW S’SIDE LEGION EXECUTIVE NAMED "

Shown here is the new 9):. ecutive of the George R, Pcarkes VC Branch of thc Royal Canadian Legion at

Housing And Ren’ral Ass'n Formed AI S'side Meeting

SUMMERSIDE BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN

A meeting of 50 landlords and other interested parties in Summerside last night resulted In the formation of a Summer- sidc Housing and Rental Asso- ciation and the naming of sev- eral committees. one of which will investigate rent controls.

George Meikle was elected president; Laurilc Colcs. president and Peter Pope. sec- retary.

A committee headed by John Leuty will appoint five direct- ors.

A count of those present re- vealed that approximately 50

Summerslde. Left to right are Dr. Hillard Clark. first vice- president; E. F. Arsenault.

president. and Clarence Steele.

An airman replied that some local residents. naming Major

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S’side BPWA

Has Proiect

SUMMERSIDE The De- cember dinner meeting of Sum- merside Business and Profes- sional Women's Association was held Tuesday evening at Birch Hill Lodge with the president. Mrs. W. Waite in chain.

From a s ' the name of a candidate was sent to na- tional office to be forwarded to work with the federal centen- nial celebration committee. Plans were made for the Jan- uary meeting to study and dis- cuss minimum wage and pen- sion 1am.

The holly which had been or- dered was distributed to the

Christmas packaging and deco- rating by Mrs. Joan Madden.

second vice-president. The new officers were elected at the annual meeting Tuesday night.

'Mir. Wedge suggested that a “‘ look into the num-

moncy to provtde houfing. “and allowed families to be remitted. but since then the ring has been pulled out from r them by gr local manipulators."

He also referred to “the coackerboxes" built at Hill- crest, adding that "a lot of

people are paying

D.0. Stewart stated the RCA? has brought a lot of money into the town and as a result many residents have invested a lot of money in housing, but; he emphasized that the asso-

spartments and homes are vac- ant or will be by the first of January in Summcrsitlc. Hon. Henry Wedge. minister of welfare and labor. stated his department had a great num- ber of inquiries for three and four bedroom homes. “I wonder If we're not going too far one way. Perhaps we should pro- vide accommodation for those who can‘t pay high rcntal". Mr. Wedge said concern has also been expressed rcgardinn rcntal control in the town. add- ing there are many who can‘t suitable accommodations should

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LATE NOTICES

(Also see announcements columns adjoining Classified vertislng section.)

GALLANT - At St. Hubert, Wednesday. Dec. 12. 1062. Pri- scilla Gallant. wife of Frank Gallant in her 78th year. Ite- mains were forwarded from Compton Funeral Home to her late residence. chncs- day afternoon from where funeral will be held Friday morning. Dec. 14, to St. Jam- es‘ Church. Egmont Bay for Requiem High Mass at 0 am. Interment church cemetery.

MacDONALD —- At the Prince Edward Island Hospital. Wod- nesday. Dec. 12. . Mrs. Annie MacDonald in her 74th year. widow of Calvin Mac- Donald of Hampton and (in :1- wall. Remains are resting at the Cutcliffe Flu‘icral Home whcrc funeral servtcc will Le held Friday afternoon. with service commenclng at 1:30. interment will take place in Argyle Shore cemetery.

MURCHISON - At New City. New York. Saturday, Dec. 8. 1962. Rev. A.J.G. Murchison. formerly of Charlottetown. P.E.l. Remains will arrive in Charlottetown this evening (Borden train timel and will rest at the MacLean Funeral Home. Funeral Saturday. Dec. 15 from St. John’s Presbyter- fan Church.’ Belfast. with scr- vlcc commencing at 2 pm Interment will take place in Mt. Buchanan cemetery.

MacNEILL — At the Prince Edward Island Hospital. Tues. day. Dec. 11. 1963. Andrew R. MacNetll of Southport in his 78th year.

. om where the Moral will be held today. Doc. to. with service cmnnlcnclng st 2 pm. Inter- ment will be to Sherwood cemetery.

lea man of Burton. Lot 7. in his can your. Resting a s1 ome

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at 9.3). the- church

Charlottetown. :‘2. 190%.

mu _ Way Elms-

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.cockcd. We must first find out fthe number of personnel

' sent during autopsy.

icialion “shouldn't go off hallf-

.ing accommodation. now and Illl future." and suggested tlm lcould be done through the due‘ Iparimcnt of national defence. Major Inma-n was appointed {chairman of a committee investigate the number of man-- .rlcd couples coming into the itoWn and also information re- ,garding future housing develop- lmcnts for I erside and ‘arca. He. case as commit members. Leland Linkletter. Frank Jenkins. Creeiman Mac- Arthur and Keith Picicard. There was no dismrssion of thc proposed 275 homes for

Inmain. had .ispeuit a lot of be

r of low cost homes avail- able for larger families stress. ing that many families should be living in town and not 10 or 15 miles away.

HAS APARTMENTS

Major Inman replied he had 24 two-bedroom a ent.: available as well as 12 three- oom apartments and stat-

Potato Price Is Unchanged

There was no change reported in the potato price situation here yesterday though one dealer ' : “It is not good with pres- sure still being on to lower the price."

It was learned from Agricul- ture Minister Andrew MacRae that potato holdings are down sharply from the same time last year.

Holdings in the Maritimes are down 2.4 million bushels and the Ontario holdings are down million bushels from this date the minister reported.

I Maritime shipments as of De- cember 10 were up 2.569 car- loads over the same time a year ago, he a d.

The updatedlfigures on ship- ments followed several reports Tuesday that some pressure

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ed that the latter were the hard- est to rent.

ing “How do rent controls?‘ reply suggested that rest-

you feel about

wha type of accommodation is avail able and what the price is. A committee was formed

vestigate rental control as i enforced elsewhere and repo back. This committee is headed

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Leonce Arsenault. Frank Call- beck and Reich Rayner as

members.

houses be used to display a list of housing availabilities. Another ‘ was ap- pointed to draw up a constitu- tion for the association which will be present consi

MacNeill

the meeting

Mr. Wedge asked the meet-.

dents should be able to go to; - ' t

by J. boring Rayner withl

Escapes From Flames

It was also suggested a win-. dow in one of the local business I

is being exerted to lower the price. and ' advice to

SHERBROOKE SCHOOL

The following is the standing of Sherbrooke for December

ms.

Grade X: 1. John aid; 2. Ethel Thompso mes Harris; 3. Byron

MacDon- n.

Grade IX: 1. Ja 2. Grant Bernard; Pauptit.

Grade VlII: l. Betty Dekker: 2. Errol Pauptit; 3. Harriet Al- len.

Grade VII: 1. Ewen; 2. Leith Waite; 3. Claude Allen.

Grade VI: 1. George Harris; 2. Shirley Matthews.

Highest percentage: Harris: 95 per c

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Grade V: 1. Janet Harris; 2. Ronnie Chappelle: 3. Leslie Waite.

Grade IV: 1. Thomson; 2. David Matthews: 3. Terry Waite.

Grade III: 1. Eva Wilson: Gregory Steele; 3. Theresa La- Violette.

Grade II: 1. Junior Laviolette; 2. David Costain;

Eleanor M a e

3. Kevin}

i growers by the minister not to ‘scll for anything less than one dollar per 75-pound bag at the arm. ..

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MacKinnon. I

Grade I: 1. Judy Doyle; Sylvia MacKinnon; 3. Debby{I Chapmuc

Highest. percentage: J a n e t Harris: 93 per cent. Teacher, Mrs. Ernest Allen.

éS'side Man

SUMMERSIDE Summer-i side machine operator. Ernestl iPayntcr. escaped without in-I Ijury when an aceylenc torch he ‘was using ignited gasoline used for cleaning machine parts in the town garage across the street from the electric light de- partment about 4:30 yesterday afternoon.

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I SUMMERSIDE — The trial ‘of Earl Joseph Brennan, Sea Cow Pond. charged with man- slaughter in the Oct. 6 death of North .Cape fisherman. Roy Joseph Hackett. continued in Supreme Court here yesterday ‘beforc Chief Justice Thane 1' Campbell.

‘ The case for the Crown in being conducted by Deputy At- torney-General J. Arthur Mc- Guigan. with J. Watson Mac- Naught. QC. acting for the dc- fensc. '

Edmond Gerald Rooney. Al- berton funeral director told the court of being summoned to the home of Vernon McCarthy on the morning of October 7 and finding a body lying on the ground in. the yard. The RCMP were already there he said. He took the body to the funeral home where it was identified. In the afternoon he took it to the Charlottetown Hospital and the following day an autopsy was performed by Doctors Macken- sic and Craig in his presence. The body was sent back to Al- berton. RCMP retained clothing. he stated. 0n cmss examination Mr. Rooney said it was custo- mary for undertaken to be pro-

FINDS HAIR AND BLOOD

Mrs. Rolando Rouen. chem- lst at the crime detection labor- atory of the RCMP at Snckvilie N.B.. testified she received se- veral exhibits from Cast. Vic- tor Cameron of Alberton detach- ment. On a stick of wood she found a short. black hair. On some chips of wood she I! - cred human blood and mo hair. Also a faint blood stain was found on some absorbent cotton sent to her. These exhi- bits were examined Ind for- warded to Cpl. Kerr ct crime lab in Ottawa.

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AliMore Witnesses

augh’rer

and could not be sure if the hairs were all from the same

Marvin Hackett. Sea Cow Pond. testified that he went to the home of Vernon McCarthy after dark on the evening of

A_ Oct. 5. Ralph Arsenault and

Donald Brennan were with him at the time. and they had some beer with them too. At the house they all had drinks and witness stated he slept up- stairs In the house for the night.

When he got up the next mor~ ning. they had some wine to drink and then he went to Tig- nlsh Run In his truck. In the afternoon Basil Spears a nd Earl Brennan went with wit- ness to Tlgnish where they pur- c sed some beer and liquor at the vendors. They then returned to the farm of Melvin Vernon McCarthy. Witness said he was sick and remained in his truck in the yard while the other two went into the house.

NOBODY SCARED

Witness testified he h e a r it someone say to Earl Brennan that Roy Hackett was coming. Witness said he heard Earl Brennan say “let him come in: body's scared of Roy Hack- ett". Witness stated he s a w Roy Hackett standing in the doorway of the house with Earl Brennan standing behind him. After that he fell asleep in the cab of his truck.

Marvin Hackett said later on he went into the house and fell s cc on the couch. Donald and Edward Gavin came later and witness said he had some

re more to drink but did not see

the other two men drink any. That night Vernon McCarthy and Marvin Hackett went Tints or more beer.

they got. but in the yard. a man was lying on the ground In front

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Mrs. of Roy Rackctt's truck. Witness

stated he thought the man was

vc h I m s eoupleof shakes. t he did not

wake up. Then he and McCar-

wcntto'l‘tgnish. At tilts time It was almost daylight. When the two returned. the man was still lying there. He was lying on his side. witness stated. and be recognised no Roy Beckett and Vernon McCarthth ran Into the bunch tell his brother Flor- clec. Later Dr. Bellmleh and RCMP

the . .

Next was Sgt.- Major

Thomas Keefe, RCMP Char- who told of seeing

Donald Brennan and

ouch Ralph Amount in die Sum- monldc detachment office when

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Heard Trial

Ille arrived there on the evening of Oct. 9. That night Cnst. Ed- ward McCuc and Cpl. Calvin Bungay of the Summerside de» lachment accompanied Sg . Major Keefe to Alberton.

The following day (Oct. 10) witness said he saw Earl Bren- nan in the Alberton detachment office. He asked Brennan to re- late hls movements beginnln with Friday evening Oct. " Sgt. Major Keefe said he asked Brennan if it was true he a hit Roy Hackett with a stick. At

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0- ed to the building which houses

Narrowly

Mr. Paynter removed town's. payloader and t r u c k from the mersidc firemen doused th blaze that had spread to the wooden Workbenches and other woodwork in the brick building.

The bucket containing the

asoline was about 12 to 15 feet from the welding area. and it is thought that a spark from the welding torch may have ignit-

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e the fire.

Mr. Paynter tried to remove the bucket in which the as was burning but the handle broke and premitting the bucket to fall and overturn and this led to a spread of the fire.

In trying to escape from the closed building Mr. Paynter had difficulty in getting the side door open and said that it seem- ed to be “ten times more diffi- cult than it usually is to open‘.

The firemen used extinguish- ers to douse the gasoline fire. and brought the burning wood- work under control with water from the pumper truck.

Only slight damage was cans»

some of the town vehicles. and serve as a maintenance work-

Betty Mac- 3

ent. Principal. Mrs. Oscar Mac-I 'l I

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1 garage while Sum- e

s fumes and touched off'

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members to sell during the

Christmas season. i The program consisted of anl

instructive demonstration of

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A cargo of 85.000 bags of Carolina is being taken aboard seed potatoes for Jacksonville, the Liberian freighter Glen- Fla.. and Charlston. South view. Tile freighter docked at .

ISLAND NEWS PAG

Summersicle And Prince County I [The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Dec. 13, 1962. 3 |___.._____._._ - ._

Scales Hydro Electric é

Id Io Calgary Firm 5

I agary Power Invcstmentsiwhcn the rights and powers of ILtd.. Calgary. Alta.. will take‘thc Dunk River Hydro Electric over the operation immediatelyiPowcr Company were purchas- ‘of Scales Hydro Electric Com-‘cd. However. the Dunk River pany. at Freetown. Company was unable to sup- Austin A. Scales. owner and port additional power lines. operator of the plant. announc- The Scales company then ed. at a private dinner in Ken-{took over and extended the sigton Tuesday night. the sale‘lincs. In 1929 the Scales Com- of the plant. Its transfer be- pany was formally incorporat- comes effective today. ed. It is understood officials of Today the company has up- fhe Calgary company are seck— wards of 30 miles of transmis- Ing permission to operate in‘sion lines and in recent years

this province under the n a m e . has shown a 25 per cent [11’ "Canaico". crease in the number of cu 5‘ Mr. Scales. owner and operamtomcrs and a 126 per cent in-

tor of the plant for 34 yearsucrcase in power consumption. said there is a strong possibil- Mr. Scales did not say what. a the selling price was. oh the served the Western firm has shown faith enough in this prov- ince to “expend a substantial

ity he will be retained for period to assist in getting new firm started.

He said the history of his

theicompany dates back to 1928 sum.’

New Personalities Add Ior Io P.E.I. Politics‘

four newcomers to the‘farmcr and livestock buyer in provincial legi tune as lIIlCIAIbcl‘lhn. result of Monday‘s election: This man made his first are I‘nlel‘esting Permnalitios' start a winning one In First The f'Olllflwmg I5 8 brief Sllm' Prince and turned a PC major- mary of three of them. Theiity of 237 in l939_ into a Libw Guardian was unable last niglitjm-ai margin of 432 this um... to Team. Arihm .MaCDonald, Mr. Campbell has been ac- Who won m F'nh ngs' I Itivc ‘ politics behind the Most unusual Devil‘aps- lslsccncs for a number of years. Daniel MaCDOnaIdv Bovh‘venille Is a past orcsirlcnl of the Who Won 919cm)“ 9"" Hon- iYoung Liberals Ill West Prince. Melvin McQuaid in First Kings. la pas, president of me west A “'5’an Old war Wteran With T’rincc scnior Liberal Associa- 8“ 3”“ 0“ above the elbowv'tion. and he is on the executive; and 8 I08 0“ above the kIll-“Not the provincial Libcral Asso- Mr. MacDonald runs a largeicimimt farm and runs it well an in-i ~ - . _’ . is active in church nork Sieglfindem source sad l“Wland is on the trustee board of“ ' ». Ithc Western Hos ital. and the He has 3" head 0‘ “"12 "“TAlbonnn Regional) High School.

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this point defense Counsel Mac- Naught objected to Sgt-Major Keefe giving evidence with a statement he had taken from Brennan because Mr. MacNau- ght said it was not given vol- untarily. The jury retired while e point was argued.

OBJECTTON UPHELD

Chief Justice Campbell ruled against the admissibility of the statement because “It was tak- cn after a police officer made up his mind to direct an inves- tigation against the accused himself In the absepce of a pol- ice warning which may or may not overcome the voluntary na- ture of a statement made in such circumstances '

Witness continued that he was present when Cpl. Pettltt ar- rested Brennan. After this. Brennan was given sdlhe and drink and placed in the dc- tachment cell.

Witness stated that Oct. 11 he was in the detachment office at Alberton with Coat. Horrocks when he gave Brennan the sta- tutory police warning and then asked Brennan if he had hit Roy Hackctt more than once. At this point defense counsel ob-

ted again and be jury rc- tired while the point was argu-

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Chief Justice Campbell ruled that this question also could not be allowed. id that acts which occurred on Oct. 11 w admissible. but conversations

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a . PATHOLOGIB‘I' TESTTFTES

Craig. Provincial Pathologist. He testified that he and D r. MscKcnste had performed -mortem examination of a body at the Charlottetown pltsl on the morning of Oct. 0. Dr. Craig stated the man died as the result of hemmorhage In-

Next witness was Dr. John and

Carnival Sect'y ls Appointed

SUMMERSIDE —— Richard Sawler, Summerside. was pointed secretary-treasurer of the Summerside Lobster Cami- val and Livestock Exhibition Association at A brief meetin held Tuesday in the Legion home He succeeds Lowell Andrews who has served in that capacity for several years. Pre- sident Ben Champion presided.

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Craig. by direct violence with a blunt object.

He testified there was evidence of any substantial dis- ease in organs of the body that were examined. Samples of blood. urine and stomach fluids were taken and analyzed for alcohol content. Blood alcohol was 0.6 milligrams per milli- metre; urine alcohol was 1.9 mlligrams per millimetre, and stomach alcohol one milligram per millimetre. Indicating the deceased had taken some al- cohol. but under ordinarily ac- cepted standards. was not drunk at the time of death.

Dr. Craig estimated death between 48 and 72 hours before he began the autopsy. Dr. Da- vid MacKenzie. Eldon. testified that he assisted Dr. Craig in the autopsy. He said death was caused by a haemmorhage tn- slde the left side. -of the skull a less severe fracture on the right side. The fracture on the left side was about 5 y 3 inches and about an inch deep. He estimated the man had been dead for at least 48 hours.

The case was adjourned this morning at 10.30 am.

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eluding nine mi'l‘k cowsv andl He served m the Reserve he produced 10 acres of pota' Army and the Merchant Navy: missklefi‘ifyiir‘does 3“ mg own Iduring the second World War.‘ {am work he said “Yes; and lie is married to. the former I work to; other people ‘tmn IMISS Georgie lends. Aibcrton Mr MacDonald doei cummbam they have seven children. '. . . ‘ . ' .‘fivc girls and two boys. grain harvesting With his com- bine. an cuts and bales hay‘ls FARMER in season. he said. Frank .Iardinc. ST. is a farm- The Bothwell m-an bought his .er and a leader In farm organ: farm before the war but built‘izations. He is still farming ac-‘. the house on it after he came‘tivcly in the Wilmot disirict.‘. ac , near Road's Corner. where hc‘. BUILT HOUSE 1'00 moved in 1060 after farming for And he bum me hour 100. 1 many yours in the adjoining dis- he said. a statement which was "it" Of Wllmnl VHIIFY- confirmed by a fm-rner “part. Mr. Jardinc is a past prcsl- mom of veterans affairs 9m dent of the Prince Edward Is- ployee who moaned seeing the land Dairymcn's Association. big {gnaw—he stands over six and past president of the Prince.- feet and must “Ugh mom man County Federation of Agricul-