FEBRUARY 16. 1952

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SERVICESAHELDT iN our YESTERDAY

Large Attendance At Trinity Church Service

,. , number of citizens 'medhlEst evenllli 1” P”1"l m' Lit”, to their late sovereign King

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arm 5,.-Vic): held in r Y ”'q?...Ch.Tr3i&e was conducted by the Charlottetown Mmigstlierlli RAG!- soclation. Wim m9 we em '1' M9,... aarber. pastor of mg” River Baptist Church. P115

B..r,,m the pulpit draped n my and black, the Scripture gmwnccs and. Invocation were onpnd by sgmor Capt: Leslie Tit- of the Salvatgo: d Algnuy; . b the com G 0 :,?Utnir:dzior)i Presbyterian Church. ”... Kirk of St. James. St. Peters CIWd,..,L central Christian. Bang fat and Trinity churches. Whle jomed voices with the conK1'0lZl- -,n the hymn. O God Our in Ages Past". 1... ., the Old Testament Rev. M I. Dunbar, of the Central Ch,,j.uan Church. chose for !his 3.5.4.... the 46th Psalm. nttgr w-lllill the Thanksgiving 10?” E K1n;:':: life and reign W55 ” if ,4 by Rev. J. T. Irwin. T71?! church. followed by the Trinity Mate Eight sinzlng an appropri- ale selection. '

Rev. J.T. Davison o. the Bap- (fsf. Church. selected his passase from Paul's second letter to the snruitliians.

CD-.i:-ing the Intercession for the Queen and Royal Family. HeV- J- 'r. lbbott, of St. Pauli Church, caliri upon Almglhty God to coin- (art the Royal Family in their dir- (sf, hours of need. Afterwards the un,ie.1 choirs again linked their Voufs with the congregation in iinszuu: the King's favorite hymn. "The King of Love My Shepherd

Tn, address of firiibute. given by Rev. T. if. B. scmers. of the Kirk of St. James. portrayed the late llonarcli as a man who took wil- Ilnciy upon his shoulders the burden of a great nation. and IS ollr '-lllf) at all times displayed the fnndest affection for his fam- ily and subjects.

Near the close of the service tsw hymn. ."Abide With Me" was sung, followed by the National Arifilfuii.

The Rev. H. E. D. Ashhrd. of v Church. closed the sor- i.. with the "Benediction."

Pxmcnt amongst the congrega- iir-n acre His Honour Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse and Mrs Pmwsc, Premier J. Walter

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piinl. Feb. 14th. 1952. to Mr. and Mrs Lester Johnston. Fortune fiinisr. A daughter.

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.00 'N()l.l.l'-Suddenly in Somer- Yiirif. Muss., U.S.A., Feb. 13th, ifl.v.', Mrs. Waiter Connolly. nee MTHIV llossiier. age 51 years,

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REYNOLDS - At her home in -llvnmsue on February 15th, 1952, -lirs. Marshall Reynolds. Funeral at 2 P. M. today from the Mon- tngiu-. United Church. Please omit flowers. '

GAl.f.ANT-At the Prince County l!05niinl on Friday. February 15th. ihrnc-st J. Gallant. in his 35th ,W'I- Remains will be forwarded iiflillv the Compton Funeral Home in his late sP.Ild9lICE today. Fins- ffnl on Monday at 9.(IJ o'clock to 51- Paul's Church and cemetery.

lii.(lilNSON - At the Prince (ouniy Hospital on February 14th. ;l:urs I-.. Huchinson. widow of hr lute William James l-luchinnon 01 Lcnlrnl Lot 16 in her 67th -”"'- nil-'"l71i.' at the Bownesl Fun- Pmllllomc from Where Is short service will be held at 10.00 am. "H Isaturdny. February 16th, then '" Untrnl Lot 16 United Church iur service at 2.00 p.m. interment Vllilitll cemetery. '

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Jones and Mrs. Jones, His Wor- ship Mayor Stewart and mem- bers of the City Council."

Memorial Tribute

Following is the text of the memorial address by Rev. Mr. Bomers:

It would be difficult to find A parallel to that widespread sense of loss which today fills the heart of every son and daughter of our nation and binds our far-flung Commonw.....lth in an ad. of rev- erent homage. At this laour there is something deeper in our thoughts than that wistful sadnes and mel- ancholy . tion of the tran- sitoriness of human pomp and power which accompany the pass- ing of the great onus of earth. There is common to each one of us I. very real and unaffected sense of profound and personal sorrow.

"We have gathered to this mem- orial service not as remote and dis-

Isoclated spectators of e soveri-ign's

obsequies. We are Is those who stand by the death-brad of a loved and honoured friend. That spirit- ually-minded gentleman. whose earthly career of high service has in the mysterious providence of God been brought to so sudden a close, possessed in a unique degree the affection of all his people. From us he seemed divided by no artificial barriers of station or re- nown. He was in a peculiar sensc our very own.

"George the tslxth was more than the monarch of I mighty people. more than the sovereign of is far-flung commonwealth of ms- tions. He was to Britons everywhere the example of a nobility of char- acter and lderilism which exerted a profound Influence for good upon us all. Unaffected goodness cannot be hid. and we exalted him in our hearts not only as our liege lord and king. but because we saw revealed in hbn a wealth of moral and spiritual qualities which cast a. spell upon 'the nation's soul. Our Empire mourns his loss with a un- iversal sorrow, remembering as well as the greatness of his station. the inward grcatnem of the man himself. Stiuinless in his honour. iinimpeachiible in his integrity, selfless in his devotion, he walked among us with a perfect heart, a pattern or the knights of God.

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"Thong-h shy and of retiring na- ture. when called so unexpectedly to assume the panoply of majesty and the burdens of kincship, George the Sixth soon won the love and acclaim of his people. This. llOll'- evcr. served only to deepen the ex- traordinary humility of his heart. Those intimately associated with him dcclsre with unanimous test- imony that our late Sovereign never put himself forward nor sought his own ends. With single- mindnd earnestness he pursued the path of duty and consecrated what strength he had and all his gifts to the disinterested service of his country and his people.

"At an hour like this. men and women. how the wells of memory are stlrredl

"We are transported hack to those tortured days of war in which. following so soon upon the ilklrles of his coronation and the dedication of himself to the ser- vice of God and man. he stood nrect. a strong. undauntcd fiaure, upon the world's disordered stage. Info any appreciation of the bur- den of weariness and anxiety he borc with level eyes and unflinch- ilng courage no one of us can dim- ly enter. Yet here and now we humbly own our gratitude for all that he was to us. and all that lu- dld. who endured on our behalf. and with us, what we are now nowerlrss to estimate or compre- hend. Nor do we forget how the cessation of hostilities found him an earnest advocate of neace and goodwill among the nations. call- ing upon all with whom his voice had influence "in sound l.hc Truce of God to the whole world for- ever."

"Followinc the dark days of strife and the unsettled aftermath of war His Majesty's life was brightened somewhat with the sin- cere and layouts Welcome accorded him and his beloved Consort when thev vii-in-d their riebnle in South Africa. There they were made to realise afresh the depth of the devotion they had so nobly earli-

cd for themselves from the varied ranks of divers races. It must have brousht to mind the hanoy days of His Majesty's visit with Queen Elizabeth to our shores some eight years previously.

"During the south African four their elder daughter. now Eliza- beth II, our Gracious Queen, reach- ed her majority. and. in a birth- day broadcast to the Common- wealth. pledged herself to the Ideals of honour and service which

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OATH T0 COUNCILLORS - Members of the newly elected City Council will be sworn into office in the Council Chamber It 2.30 Monday afternoon. '

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ORGANIST FOB. BROADCAST- The Church of the Air broadcast by the CBC network Sunday even- ing will be from the First Presby- terian Church. Montreal. The org- anist there is Mr. Paul Cudmore. son of Mrs. Harry Cudmore and the late Mr. Cudmore, Charlotte- tcwn.

FIREMEN CALLED .- A minor blaze shortly after 8 o'clock last night took the Fire Department to the plant of Canada. Packers at the foot of Grafton Street. The slight blaze resulted from some forms. being kept warm for the pouring of the new concrete floor. smoldering as a result of the heat. Firemen remained on the scene only a short time sf- tcr laying only one line of hose.

Former New Dominion Man Dies In The USA.

Mr. R. B. Currie of Charlotte- town has just rcccived the sad news that his nephew, Wiiimot Currie MacNeill passed away in Hartford, Conn. on Feb. 14. Mr. MacNcill was born at New Do- minion. P.E.l'. and was in his fifty- fifth year. He was a veteran of World War I, and at the age of 18 went overseas with the Second Siege Battery under the com- mand of Col. Walley Prowse. He saw much active service during the first five years and was hos- pitalized in England in I917. In 1918 he was again in active ser- vice and spent several months with the army of occupation in Germany. returning to P.E.I. in July, 1919.

He later spent several years in Western Canada. and went to the U.S.A. about 25 years ago. He leaves to mourn his wife. May and his fourteen-year-old daugh- ter Gail: also two bi-others. Ernest. Cumberland, P.E.I., John, Saugus. Mass. and one sister. Marion, of Vancouver. B.C.

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SAINT JOHN. Feb. 15 - J. Ar- thur Covey. Saint John, has been re-elected eastern zone director of the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada for 1952. according a word received from Lavalle J. Wal- ter. Windsor. 0nt.. president of the M. A. A. G. Mr. Covey's territory will include the provinces of New lBrunswick and Prince Edward Is- and.

As the official governing body of model aviation in the Dominion. the M. A. A. 0. guides and promotes the growth of the hobby wherever possible. in cooperation with the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs As- sociation. Official rules and regu- lations for model competitions are set up by the board of directors of the M.A.A.C.. and revised each year when necessary. Official rec- ords may only be set by members of the M. A.A.C. during an official contest or record trials.

During the coming year Mr. Covey will direct his efforts to the organizing of clubs and croups In various ceiitres of the two prov- lnces and to the promotion of con- tests, wherever possible. At the pre- sent time there are clubs at Fred- crlcton, Camnbellton, St. Stephen. Chatham. Moncton, Fredericton Junction and saint John in New Brunswick. and in Summerside and Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island.

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ATTENTION

All Loyal Orange Lodges in the Province are request- ed to observe the sti lsted period oilmmptljjning or our late Sovereign, George by the draping of their war- rants.

God Save The Queen.

(SKI!-) . G. 'ARTlI'UB OIIDMORE. Grand Master.

VI, their late Sovereign.

"The Throne was never more stable than when be occupied it. The crown was never more lust- rous than when he wore lt." In a brief but moving talk Rev. capt. l-I.E.D. ,Ashford yesterday told "Why we Moum" as he addressed the large military gathering at the armouries during the mernorfal service to His Late Majesty King George Sixth.

one of the greatest service re- presentations to turn out in peace- time ln many years crowded the Armourles to pay tribute to the dormer head of state who died last week and was buried yesterday.

The impressive service opened when Lieut. Col. A.W. Rogers. of- ficer commanding the parade, cal- led the group to attention and Rev. J.T. lbbott gave the Invocation. "I am the Ressurrectlon and the Life," The three Protestant padres stood just in back of the flag- draped drums as the parade was turned over to them.

Behind them -were high ranking representatives lead by His Honor Lieutenant Governor T.W L. Prowse. with him were his aides. Capt. J J. Connolly and sqdn. Leader A. Macmillan. others in the party were Senators George H. Barbour. James P. McIntyre and Thomas V. Grant, Brig. w.w. Reid. Brig. G.G.K. Peaks, Muyor .I.D. Stewart, city Clerk James A. Fullerton. Dr. W.J.P. MacMillan, O.E.E., Col. J.H. Shaw.

Scriptural Reading

Following the singing o! the Hymn ”O God Our Help in Ages Past" Rev. Capt. .I.T. Irwin cf- -fered the scriptural reading. from Ecclesiasticus. Chapter 44, "Let us now praise famous men". Then Rev. J.T. Ibbott, Naval Chaplain 11 (P) offered the prayers of the gathering.

In telling "Why we Mourn” Rev. Capt. Ashford said we mourn the late King George Sixth" first, as a symbol. A symbol of our unity with the Crown and the Throne as its centre. The Throne was never more stable then when he occupi- cd it. The Crown was never more lustrous than when he wore it.

"Secondly as a Klflg. In these days of rising republics and falling monarchs we still cherish our tra- dition 0! Klngship. when the King died the heartbeat of the nation stopped. It stopped-but the tra- dition continued. The very same voice that whlspered "The King is dead" shouted to a skeptical world "Long Live The Queen."

"Thirdly we mourn him as a man. Plain would he have seen an- other crowned and gladly would he have served another King yet he bowed his head to the dictates of destiny and humbled his heart be- fore God. He knew that he was a second choice. He knew that a family crisis had catapulted him to the throne. He knew that he was being compared with the one who vacated that throne and that he suffered because of the unflatter- ing comparison.

"As he ascended to the Throne he was buffeted by tip threat of War. As he famlliarized himself with his duties war rushed upon him As the body broke under me strain rumors of war still beat upon his tired brain.

"PIPE!" Play a sad refrain,

We'll never see his like again,"

Military men of all services and all ranks united then with Capt, Ashfoixl in a. steadily rising mur- mur as the words of The Lord's Prayer re-echoed- throughout the Armourles. It was a heartfelt ap- Deal in "Our Father who Art In Heaven.”

The Hymn "Abide with Me" was 3'-ml by all and at its finish Rev. lbbott offered a final prayer of supplication. As Cpl. Frank smith blew the hcartrcnding "Last Post" the final notes rose and then died, to be -followed 'by the solemn ira- dilional two minutes silence. The only sound heard was the muffled roar as the guns boomcd out the start of the 56-gun salute to the late King. '

The guns of the 28th LA.A. Regiment were stationed on Vic- toria Park Roadway just at the exit of Government Pond. Their crews were under command of Major C.I-I. Kydd. with him were Capt. M.I-J. Campbell, Licut. Gor- don Wellner. Staff Sgt. Robert King and Sgt. J. Dalzieli. Lieut. Col. RD. McNeil. medical officer of the Regiment, was also present.

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in the Armouries the entire par- ade was drawn up in the form of a Square. Navy men led by Lieul. Commander J.J. Tralnor, captain I-I.Ml C.S. Queen Charlotte, were on the left with officers and men of the P.E.I. Regiment (mu Reece) under Major EK. Ken- n0d.V beside them. Facing the Governor's party were the 28th L.A.A. Regiment. under com- mend of Lieut. Col. ll. Gordon Williams. and 5 Signals Regiment under commend of Lleut. Col. K. M. Johnston.

were the members of the zlst Field Ambulance, commanded by Capt.

R.c.M.P.. headed by I pector N. W. Churchill beside them. Joining the Mounties 'IlI.Cl'iilf of Police Ciierles ,MscArthur. To the left of the Police were members of the Canadian Legion. Large numbers ranging from Colonels to privates turned out to pay their respects to Iii charge of the ponds was sat. Maj. Allison Mscbeod. while leading than to the Armouriss was the flag party of Party aentner. Harry Mnrtsmer. Stanley Ward and Percy Carr. Standing in the front row with the uglonneries were six repre- sentatives of the Overseas Nursing

Association. All were nurses who

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Military Forces Pay ' Tribute At Armouries A

..?..:..:j.i hail served their King and country during wartime. In line with them were many members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion. Throughout the memorial ser- vice appropriate music was played by the Reece Band under the di- rection of Bandmaster Thomas McFarlane. In the beginning the entire parade was formed up by Major A H. Peake, 21st Armored Brigade Headquarters, who turned it over to the parade 0.C. Col. Rogers. The Officer 'C0mmnndlng then turned the parade over to the padres to start the services.

fislanii Phone System ,”MarginaI Company" isays Gen. Manager

HALIFAX. Feb. 15 -(Cf?) - A. Murray MacKay. general manager of Maritime Telegraph and Tele- phone Company. told the Public Utilities Board yesterday why the firm is seeking higher rates across ihe board.

He outlined increasing costs - already described by other offic- ials in the hearing that began two days ago-along with reasons for higher estimates. The hearing ad- journed until Monday.

Mr. .llacKay said Eastern Elect- ric and Supply Company. an af- filiate of Tel and Tel. handles all motor vehicle maintenance, print- ing: and equipment installation for the firm more efficiently and at less cost than otherwise possible.

Answering a question city solicit- or Carl P. Bethune. Mr. MMKBY said he is general manager of the Island Telephone Company as well as Tel. and Tel. The Prince Ed- ward Island outfit, however. has its own staff and managem at

Tel and Tel handles all billing to Island consumers. and receives in return 3.5 per cent of the sys- tem's gross revenue. The Island system is a "marginal company". Mr. MD.CKa)' said.

Tel held a "paternal" view to- ward the smaller company. and this was justified since the firms handle many calls to and from P. E. I.

Answering a question. Mr. Mac- Kny said "over a number of years the cost of the dial system-as compared to manual-may be less; but the original cost, you must re- member. is greater." .

In the afternoon session. John F. I-Iai-t inspector of rural taile- phone companies in Cape Breton. Piclou. Guysborough. and Anti- gonish, asked on behalf of the smaller telephone companies that the proposed increases be denied. I-le held the new rates would put many small companies in an "uiwkward" position. and would mean "oblivion" to many. His pro- test was filed with the board.

Mr. ,vlacKay said the company. in setting out its estimates for the proposed schedule, did not dis- criminale.

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bowed. his rifle reversed.

The first wreath was placed by Chief Justice Thibaudcau Rinfret. administrator in the absence of r. governor-general. He was accom- panied by Prime Minister St. Laurcnt. '

The wreath. from the people of Canada. bore a card with these words:

"Canada mourns a great King and a good man."

Senator Elie Beauregard. Speak- er of the Senate placed a wreath and was accompanied by Hon. Wis- hart Robertson. government lead- er in the Senate. The third was placed by Speaker Ross Mncdon- aid of the Commons. accompanied

by Mr. St. Laurent and George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader.

Lord Alexander. Canada's form- rr governor-general. placed one for the Canadian Legion and Mayor Charlotte whitton another for the clfv of Ottawa.

During the piaciuo: of the wreaths. :1 pipe band of the Cam- eron I-Iishlanders of Ottawa play- ed a highland lament.

I The ct-rrmonv Elldflfl with a flourish of trumpc's and the play- imr of God Save The Queen.

Originally. it. had been nlanned 'tn hold the ceremony at the Na- 'tional War Memorial. on Ottawa's Confederation Square. but cold weather forced the government to move it indoors.