ide Streets Impassable In Souris

V SOURIS —- Members of tho—Z wooden building separated by a3 ‘9‘” “re” Commm-BE gap of about two feet. . mg” reported Phat Practically g This building houses . dress all side streets in the town due. "lamgel' Atlantic Region. forlbeen subdued by the firemen. . shop, aluminum window store. ‘0 the 59”an "law have either v SWB‘MSWS Limited said lasllwnliam Hambly. branch man, the offices of Dr. R. L. Burge “come Impassable or almost, mg“ “hat the company Will ; agar. am"; need than as soon as l and several apartments. Re- 5‘" ‘_ delin'itely rue-establish a store; suitable quarters are located met sidents of th ese apartments. some Sire?“ have now rent-r n, despite thelfirm will be open for bwsiness. ' were forced to vacate the pre-l Ched the Stagev Where ll 113' mises when heavy black smoke‘ bee“ necessary ‘0 bar all traf-

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The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. April 18,1968. 5

Souris Set lo Enforce

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y STAN BOWLES stock loss was qumJEd to be: Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer lmore than 8250.000. l

h. H. 4. moral] Before the disastrous one hadl

in Charlo teinw temporary 59m“ ‘lue '0 yes“ . In the meantime no delay was

{BE JUNIOR boys' class to hold them' during spring is seen here with three super- holidays was Standing are visors at the Easter Vaca- left to right, Mrs. William lion Bible School being con- Hentry. secretary of theschool; ducted this week at Miss Eileen Rubbeng. superin-

Christian College. The schools are normally held during the summer vacation. but a num- ber of chluches are beginning

Central Christian Conducts Daily Vacation Bible School

Centimal Christian Church is is Miss Eileen Rutberg; Mrs. conducting a daily vacation William Henry is secretary, and Bible school in church’s Mrs. Donald Stewart is in

educational building on K ent Street throughout the Easter holidays.

Some 115 pupils were present

at the first sessron Tuesday teachers for each class afternoon, and student attend- As a mission project the

once rose yesterday to arou l30 'dren from four to 14

yeans. town to work a mission

Classes, held Tuesday through school in Jamaica. Miss Mathe- Friday from 1:30 to 4 pm, and son, a member of Central Saturday from 9 to 11:30 p.m.. Christian Church. is being sent include singing. Bible study. and sponsored by the local recreation and handicrafts. church. and will leave for Ja-

Swperlnlenldent of the school #

LOCAL BRIEFS

tandem, and John MacDonald.

maloa, May 20.

During the last two years she has been preparing for this work at Maritime Olmistian College.

a student minister at the col- lege who is instructor of the class.

charge of handicrafts for all classes.

The school is divided into nine classes with at least two

school is helping to sen Miss

Breather Mathesotn of Charlotte- F

Invitations Are Received

Invitations are going out now to a large number of persons Prince Edward Island them to be guests at

anniversary celebra- tion of the Alberton and West Prince Board of Trade. sched- uled for April 24.

The function will be held in the evening of that date. start- ing at 6:30 at the Albertina Ln- sti-tuoe Hall, with president J.

rank on in the chair.

a inviting the

Guest speaker for the occas- ion will be Dr. Frank Mackin- non, principal of Prince of Wales College.

Prince board was

The West inconporlaled April 23. 1903.

Dog Licensing Bylaw

April 30 in which to obtain ion is made icgondling where

SOURiIS '— Dogs running at

It was revealed that the RCMP detachment was being flooded with complaints. that the dogs wens chasing children

least six persons had tell by canine maraudiers. Reports indicate that Decent- ly these dogs have started to run in pac . and are making to the rural areas where reports have come in that tithey are killing sheep. It was decided that the by- law negarding the licencing of dogs. which up to'now has not been strictly enforced, must be

excursions out

g owners wene given until

licence Also quincs all dogs to on the premises of the owner. orifonthestneettobeona leash, will also be enforced. Any violation of either-of these by-iaws will result in prosecu- tion. The council also decided that ' ' year. three

0n the matter of tenders called for the supplying of fuel or town-owned buildings. it was decided that the letting of the contract will be held over until a future meeting.

Three councillors were named to act its title 1964 centennial committee for ' town. They are Walter Solomon, Raymond Leard and J. J. MacDonald.

Acting Magistrate Faces Heavy Docket In Kings Court

SOURIS — A heavy docket confronted Acting Magistrate Charles R. McQuaid. at yester- day afternoon’s s e s s l o n of Kings County magist r a t e’s

court. Souris. Crown prosecutor

in all cases was Deputy Attor- ney- General J. Arthur McGui-

gan.

Counselled by Melvin J. Mc- Quaid. Peter James ly, Souris West, pleaded guilty to assaulting a peace officer who was carrying out his lawful

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ty.

Following the taking of the plea, the testimony of Cu 3 James N. Dunn and Cpl. Colin R. Craig, both of the Souris de- tachment RCMP, was heard and also that of the accused. The magistrate adjourned the hearing to April 24 at George- town when sentence will be handed down.

0 another charge of being intoxicated in a public place, the same accused was fined $20 and costs or 15 days.

Anselin Joseph D 0 ii 0 v a n,

In»

Impaired Drivi

I Aubrey C. MacKinnon, Char- lottetown. charged with drun- lken driving, pleaded not guilty. to the lesser charge of driving while impaired and was fined

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HAS PNEUMONIA Jack Blanchard. 252 Grafton Street, has been a patient in Charlottetown Hospital for the past ,week following an attack of pneumonia.

SPENT EASTER

Frank L, emiessey. Montreal. student at. St. F. University. Antigonish spent the Easter holidays in Charlottetown

Jon.

X. ing drunk and disorderly. They and

$125 and costs or 30 days byl Magistrate A.J. Haslam in city police court yesterday.

Wilma Burke. Charlottetown. charged with assault. was giv- en a one-year suspended sent- once. The complainant. her. mother. Mrs. Doris Doyle. wasi also given a one year suspend. ed sentence on a charge of be-y

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each must sign a the accused is to remain in cus- h

with his grandparents. Mrs. P. tody until today when 5 el1

Hennessey and Mr. and Mrs. will sign the bond. . Saunders. Appearing on two charges.: CARD PARTY HELD

Winners in the card party held at Covehead by St. Eugene's CWL were: Ladies' first, Chris- tina l-I‘utz: second. Mrs. Cecily Watts: consolation. Mrs. Myrtle Smith; men’s first. Frank Gau- det: second. Price Thompson; consolation, Herbert Baxter: freezeout. Ira MacDonald Jean Morrison. and door prize. Mrs. Margaret Morrison.

CLAY FUNERAL The funeral for Mrs. Frank Clay of Bridgetown was held yesterday afternoon from the Oubclit’fe F Home Dundas Bap-

‘5 a.

J Steeves assisted by Rev M. ii Pockri .

Court Adieu rns

ng, Assault

Cases Heard In City Court

Donald Edward MacPherson. Charlottetown. was fined $20 and costs or ten days for speed- ing. and $50 and costs or 30 ays for operating a motor ve- hicle while his licence had been cancelled.

Nine d r u n k and incapable charges were heard. Four ac- cused were given 20 days in jail. three were given a 20 days suspended sentence and two others fined.

Two men were fined $20 andl

costs or days on charges of illegally having in their posses-

sion liquor in a place other than their residence. motorists were fined

on charges of failing to stop at a stop sign. operating a» motor vehicle with defective brakes. and reversing direction. com- pleting the docket.

Bayfield. and James L o r n e Francis, Fortune. both plead- ed guilty to driving while their abilities were Impaired by al- cohol and each was fined $100 and costs or 10 days.

Pleading not guilty to a sim- ilar offence. Evremonde Dou-

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cette, Souris West. was re- manded until May 1. with ball to stand.

Milford Derrick Robertson.

North Lake, pleaded not guilty to driving while his licence was suspended. and following a study of the circumstance by the Crown the charge was with- drawn. Charged with causing wilful amage to a gasoline pump the extent of $200, the property of the Irving Oil Company. Leonard Joseph Clooney. Dun- dee. had his case adjourned un- til May 1.

A charge of parking his veh- icle on the travelled portion of

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the highway was withdraw u vass

against another accused on re- quest of the Crown. This accus- ed along with Robertson and Clooney were also counselled by Mr. McQuaid.

Six accused all pie 5 (1 ed guilty to having possession of intoxicating liquor in a place other" than their respective res-

S. j th the by-law which re- ‘ but be confined

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idences and each was fined $20 and costs or 30 days.

To round out. the d o c ke t. eight others. charged with be- ing intoxicated in a public place, all pleaded .guilty and each was fined $20 and costs or 15 days.

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Driving Charge

The case of

driving a motor vehicle _whlle intoxicated. was adjourned to

gistirate's Court yesterday.

Acting as magistrate in the absence of Magistrate James B. Johnston. QC. was Charles R. Machlaid.

Two persons charged with in- toxication in public place were: each fined $20 and costs or 15; days. Similar fines were im-l

in ll; Mb.

with possession of liquor place other than their dances.

HAS BIGGEST SHELTER

Louis MacLean Blue, Belle River. charged with .

April 19 in Queens County Ma- H

posed on two persons charged ll“

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Lloyd Macm- Km ‘ l-lewn from solid rock it servesl Wrmllt S Sh” CO. "‘"d moms“?! and Slew“ as a garage but could hold 17mm.” 5‘ (gym Mac d. Interment took 000 W | ‘

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He stated that it may tattle several days before a firm decis- e new store will be

they would prefer to return out

building if at all possible.

Mr. Kemaghan. who is ac- companied by Rosa Suggett. manager for all branch 5 es in the Atlantic Region, and three other officials, to meet during the next few days with Ivan Home, owner of the building. to see if some ar- rangement can be worked out with him rega-ndli-ng either his rebuilding the stone or sellinu the property to the company so that it can rebuild.

The original store was de stroyed in a three alarm blaze, which afner a six-hour battle left nothing but a smoke-black- ened shell surrounding a huge smouldering pile debris. which had been tilinee floors fully stocked with household furnishings and appliances Officials placed a conserva- tive estimate on the loss at ap- proximatel .000. Structural loss to the build- ing, which is owned by Mr. Horne, was placed at between $75,000 and $80,000. while the

I96 Families To Support New Church

A total of 196 families in the Spring Park area will support the building of a new church, the secretary Spring Park United Church Men’s Club ne- ponted at a supper meeting

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The above statistics were compiled as a result of a can now in gross. and it is expected that when the can- vass is completed approximate- ly 225 families will be prepared to support the project. The members enjoyed a sun per served by Spring Park United Church Women. Follow- ing the business meeting E. Chandler showed slides of his trip to the West Coast and the World Fair in Seattle.

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inal telephone number of 2-1254. . First indications of the blazel l came when an alarm was turn-. {ed into the fire hall at about; ‘3245 am. by Francis Cheverie,;‘ fwho was on night duty at the[ jStar Taxi stand. located imme- ; diater to the east of the burn-T ? ing structure. At the same time: {city police reported that a pe-; ldestrian rushed into the stationl lto report smoke pouring froml the ore l

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; firefighting equipment arrivedl ion the scene the fire, reported lto have started in the rear of the building, either on the main .floor or in te basement. had l made considerable headway. l The first two alarms were sig- lnalled shortly after the receipt ! of the phone message from Mr.

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; units had been battling the blaze I for about 15 minutes Fire Chief :H. II. Jewell ordered the third ‘ alarm sounded. I The chief said that following lthis, last alarm. every available jpiece of equipment and a 100 l per cent turnout of fire fighters w soon directing some streams of water on the burn. ing building from all sides. rder for the firemen to operate the aerial Ladder it was necessary to call upon light and telephone linemen to cut a num- ber of lines. which prevented the ladder from being swung close to the burning building Immediately after the fire- llliyiting equipment departed from the scene. linemen were soon back on the job to string new cables and restored servic-

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the west wall and ignite thel

from the burning building began l tie and to ensure this. barri- to fill their living quarters. , 5. ha?” been ETECIEd. Thll

ire mspector Louis Ramp situation in the town has result. han. said yesterday it would 951 m 311,111." town's lOWlng ser- be some time before it may be Vices enrolling a very lucrative possible to determine the cause busmess 1" hauling SIBUEd veh-

of the fire, ; icles out of the mire. He said that the original be; Town officials said that l! _' lief that the blaze had spread to; the weather as experienced

the upper floors majnly by wayl yesterday was to continue for;

of the elevator shaft, was not another four or five. it will be

true, and considered that the possible to re-open all streets

stairways and the space in the to traffic

wallsfproyided the most pas-

sage or t e flames. .

FED 0N TmEs SEUdenEs Once they reached the th 1 r d - 0

floor. which was used mainly as' Are TrlP Wlnnet‘s

a stock room. the were;

able to feed on a large stock of: Two Charlottetown youths

new automobile tires. paints and [have wo l - expense paid

oils which had only been receiv- trips to Montreal. Ottawa. and

ed a short time ago. Quebec city by selling subscrip- Both the chief and the inspec- tions in a special magazine

tor said that once the fire got ‘campaign

well into the stock. their main John Simmonds, son of J.A.

efforts could then only be con-.Simmonds. 9 Crestwood Drive,

fined. preventing the blaze from and Tom DeBlois. son of TD.

spreading to adjacent build-iDeBlois 24 Water Street, both 5. .grade 0 students at Queen Shortly after 8:30 a.m. ithharlotte Hrgh School, Charlo-

was reported that the firelttetown. won their awards was completely under control,;the campaign sponsored and was a smouldering pile of the Students' Council. debris. It was then decided to‘ The seven day trip. now in reduce the equipment to one progress. permits the boys to pumper and a couple of hoses visit three of the country's and half a dozen firemen were:chief cities, and be the guests left at the scene to continue.of some of Canada‘s leading cooling down operations. and to hotels. prevent any 11 _ ; Late last night Chief Jewell .eral months in not having ser- said water was still being poured lions fires, Chief Jewell noted on numerous pockets of fire be- 1 that it is about two years since lieved to be in piles of buried ‘the last bad blaze, which deo mattresses and rugs. stroyed Stead’s Pharmacy and William Hambly. branch maelthe Agnew-Surpass shoe store. nager, said that of the staff ofgalmost directly across the street 22 employed by the firm. some {from yesterday’s blaze. of them will unavoidably be-l Despite the early hour of the come temporarily unemployed. [morning it was estimated that a Commenting on how lucky the .crowd of more 200 gathered to city had been for the past sev-lwatch the spectacle.

by

. 60 YEARS OF SERVICE TO INVESTORS

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In 1903 Canada‘s lilassite land area of more than million square miles was sparsely populated by approximately 51/; million people, mostly concentrated in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Prov- inces. Manitoba hail fewer people than New Brunswick and the present-day prov- inces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were still part of the Northwest Territories. Agriculture, forestry and water power were seen as the principal bases of Canada’s economic development.