DltCl!'.MBER- 31, 1953 7 THE WESTERN GUARDIAN, j... following states sou Bookstore". Iummer Street: Gellriiee Drugstore gguym News-stand, Water ltteetgd H," Deueottfl Grocery, Water Street; Vince's Grocery. Ito V. jervloe Ul.iNCI'.' COUNT! 0l'l'lCI I Summer Street. lummereide. Phone Iii. News. Subscriptions. Adve preeen GEORGE CLOW and 620303 W0'i'i'0lI ' Home Phone: Old! and I038. The Guardian may be bolljlllll any of the Drug Store; he-l'e Grocery, convene ILL. Waite in Kensington. WIBT rusivcx OFFICE Jbertoni Frank Weeks, uoprgggguuyg, Plionei 00-! Office and 00-: song, Io IIIIVI in Bominenlde: . :1 Central Street: Marl Gaiulet, I1 Granville ltreetq Street; Island Motor Transport itumeu Street; Enmaire self- Street. 4. S. TAYLOR. Optometrist, will be in Alberton Office this Sat- urday, January 2nd. -sPlKJIAL SKATE rink New Years night 10.00. Admission 35 cents. Bedeque 8.00 to .NOB'l'I! TRYON Presbyterian Church, service Jan. 3rd, 11 e.m.. church school 12.15. Miss Mary A. McKenzie, desconsss. -TBYON BAPTIST PASTOR- ATE. - Services for Sunday, Jan- uary 3rd. Bonshaw 11.00 A. M. Westmoreland 3.00 P. M. 'I&'yon 7.30 P. M. Comimtmlou. Rev. Ernest J. Bari-ass, Minister. All welcome. , -0'I.l-ZARY UNITED CHURCH CHARGE. - Rev. R. R. Wagner, M.inlster. Bloomheld, Church 11.00 A. M. Brae. Church 2.30 P. M. O'Leary, Sunday School 10.30 AM. Church 7.30 P. M. Fellowship ser- vice). -THE MARGATE PASTORAL CHARGE of the United Church of Canada. services Sunday, January 3rd. Long River 11 A. M. New London 3 P, M and Murgate 7.30 P. M. Rev. 5. H. I-laslam, Minister. -CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Ser- vices for Jan. 3rd, the Second Sunday after Christmas, in the New London Parish. Rector Rev. W. Eric Ingrahom. St. Thomas', French River, Holy Communion 11 a.m.; St. Stephen's, Burlington, Evening Prayer 2.30; St. Mark's. Kensingion, Sunday School and Bible Class 6.30. and Evening Prayer at 7.30. Everybody wel- come. PER S ONAL -Miss Kristine l-luestis. Moncton, N 13.. spent the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mir. and Mrs, Stephen I-iueoils. North Carleton. House Robber Steals 3200 An unknown man, into Monday:P"'ge- Hum" Rm": evening walked into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bishop on Russell Street and stole about 32001 aner mgmemng Anne Dysmnuof their brother Chester F. Mac- about 20 years of age, who ran up stairs to where her grandparents, lvlr. and Mrs. Bishop, were sleep- rig. It is reported that the girl was alone in the downstairs part of the house about 11.30 P.M. when the the door opened and a man walked in with his hat pulled down over his face so as to conceal his iden- ity. The girl was very alarmed by the intruder and ran up stairs to awaken Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. The intruder was heard to leave shortly after, and on coming down stairs Mrs. Bishop discovered her pocket book containing the money was missing from where it had been hidden in the downstairs sec- tipn of the house where the in- truder had been. When Miss Dyetent'; mother. Mrs. i-fuel Dystant retumed home a short time later police were sum- noned but were hindered in their '...vestigstlon due to the fact that I mowltonn in prucreoe at thh time had obliterated any tracks which the thief may have left when fleeing from the home. 8. canatisii 1953 (Continued From Page is) maninsenatetomove dreesin web to throne speech. senator Muriel M. Ferguason. New Bruns- Wick Liberal, is secondcr. -- De- fence Minister Cfexton announces armed services pay increases, ef- fective Dec. 1. 21: Donald C. Miaobonold, I0, national (X2! organiser. elected at Tbwnto convention as Ontario 001' leader to succeed I. B. Jol- liffe. resigned.-'1':-am and bus Wfhul in Montreal launch strike Which ends in 94 hours. 2!: Twelve Canadian rubber Oomipenics and Rubber Association of Canada fined '10-thousand-dob . BOAC Btreto-oi-uise., cg."-y. in: Queen and Duke of nldinburgh bk; Bermuda. lands -at Gender, ewfoundland. for ref '''T . ternal Affairs Minister Pear-son live in New York that Igor oou. T” "M00 to so to ' United I-in to be interviewed by Senate subcommittee on Soviet spy mu. vitiu. 36: External Affairs Mi mu- Peareom tells Commons thstngov- Urnment will not make Igor Oou. Wt 01' not it 9' -H 5”" lslinet Pearson. ' ” :..m"' 0" mfg! Canadian Bankers Associa- Izinounces as - KENSINGTON Community, Club dance scheduled for January 1st will be held on January 2nd ;t'tilt1r-tn-Larkin's building. Dancing -SUMMEIISIDE POLICE COURT - Two local women sp neared in police must yesterday momlnlf and pleaded guilty to theft of nierchandiee from a local stoi: They were fined 325.00 and cos . -NEW LONDON Presbyterian Churches. Services, Sunday, Jan- uary 3rd. Geddie Memorial. 11.00 n.m.; Long River, 2.30 p.m.; Clif- ton. 7.30 pm. Rev. Donald A. Campbell, minister. -PARISH OF ALBERTON. Church of England. l-loly Com- munion at 11.00 A. M. in St. Peter's, Alberton. Evening Prayer at 8.00 P. M. in Holy Trinity, Alma, and at 7.30 P. M. in St, Luke's, O'Lcary. Rev. J. R. McMahon. Rector. i L. l -TRYON UNITED CHURCHES 5Sunda,v. Jun. 3rd. Tryon 11 a.m.; 'Capc Traverse 3 p.m.; cmaud 7-39 VP-m-: Week of Prayer ser- vice in Tryon Church Friday, Jan. 8th at 8 p.m. Rev. Lloyd Archer. -NORTH BEDEQUE United Church, Sunday service for Jan. UMZV 3. 11:00 am. North Bedeque; 2:00 p.m. Travellers Rest: 7:30 p. m. Freetown. Tuesday, January 5th, Week of Prayer service in North Bedeque with Rev. George Ward as speaker. Rev. J. K. Campbell, minister. -HAMPTON Pastoral Charge. The United Church of Canada. Services Sunday, January 3: Vic- toria, 11 am.; Hampton. 3 p.m.: Bonshaw, 7.30 p.m.; Week of Prayer service at Bonshaw, Tues- irlay, Jan. 5 at 8 pm. Rev. Lloyd Archer will be the speaker. Rev. R. H. Baxter, minister. --TO ATTEND FUNERAL .- Mrs. Stephen 1-Iruestls, North Carleton; Mrs. Elias Bishop, Sum- merside: Mrs. James E. Andrews, Hunter River; Mrs. James 1.. Le- and Mrs. Warren E. Houston. Charlottetown: have today for Concord, New jl-Ia.mps'hire, to attend the funeral sud- --5 IKenzie who died there very dtnly yesterday morning. -CAR BURNS - Summerside firemen responded to an alarm znbout mo a.m. thid morning which proved to be an old model Dodge car which was burning merrily near the corner of Central and Con- vent Streets. Members of the Sum- merslde police force were on the scene a bit ahead of the Fire Dept, and had extinguished the blaze within a nutter of minutes. by using a chemical extinguisher. B. -FUNERAL ON TUESDAY m The funeral of the lane Mary Goi- lant, wife of the late Louis Gallant was held on Tuesday from her law residence to St. Paul's Church where Man was celebrated by luv, Joseph MaoLeod. The pail bearers were Mcesrs. A t” ; 'Arsemult. Jack Arsenault, Theo- dore Richard. John Gallant, Henry Gallant and E. P. Foley. The nnal rites at the grave were performed by Raw. Joseph Leclar. Progress In Industry (Contnued from page 1) 31.410.350.00. During the latter part of the year the director attended meetings at different villages in the Prov- ince to discuss "The Village Ser- vices Act." At this time the fol- lowing villages have been innumer- ated under the provisions of this Act. st. Peters. Mt. ate-wort. Morell. Murray Harbour and spring Perk. This makes a total of ten villages incorporated under the Act. Matters pertaning to Transport- ation to. within. and from the Province continued to receive ever! consideration and study from the Department of industry and Nat- ural Resources and our Director in particular was kqot extremely buoy throughout the year. In addition to many matters in connection with rail. air, trucks, and eteemships, it is gratifying to note that the early morning trip of the cu-fetrry from Borden to Torment- orous plot. 18-Cori Austin Rail and Mrs. Bonnie Heady executed at Jeffer- son City. Mo., for kidnap-slaying of Gieenleale boy. 1!)-Elisabeth and Philip leave Tonga islands on route to New Zeeland. 21-Mossadegh sentenced by court-martial at Tehran to three years in prison for treason: Rue- sls expresses willingness to dis- cuss Eisenhower's atomic pool plan. B-Mosco Boris and six others treason; lune Coty. 71, French president after 18 at-New zealsnd train wreck at etorln-weakened bridge costs 1 lives; 10! killed Ii theoboelweb ian train wI&. Iidem delivere announces L P. shot for creue in bank grmli 1155 i” "V0 per cent,;” World Dates; ..,..... Oontinued Inn 10 tom u. a mate Secretary Dulles "mi that U. 3. would have to fvnsldee revhhg basic policy if tween army including Ger- "'!ny is not formed soon. 17-Kl1llflIl"' IOVOHIMOIII an- 5-Queq chrininuiaenngerrau Nettles- lend. : ialwnlllll equal of nations and races. ' - D-Eeniwwer announces pro- gi-eesivig reduction of its forces in Korea. DIM!!- Iullflli is-an Three eocqvt proposeito deley Berlin meeting of In I New Year's message ex- tended to the people of Summer- Ilde and the surrounding vicinity. Group Captain A. G. Kenyon. (right). officer commanding R. C. A. F. Station, Summerside said. tion, Summersidc, has been a more than usually eventful one. Once again it has changed func- tion. Thie is the fourth such change during the history of the station which was a flying train- ing school in 1941 and a general reconnaissance school in 1942, an has now undergone another chang to become a Marltme air command operational training the position of the station is once more stable. Perhaps one of the most notable change: during this festive season is the lack of students from the various NATO countries with their different uni- forms and intriguing accents. But I can assure that although they will be missed in our homes this year, they are being well looked after. One other noteworthy has been the change arrival of a con- tingent of the Royal Canadian Navy. We have found them a very pleasant group. I hope that their stay may be a lengthy one and that they will find it as pleasant as we do. On behalf of the officers and airmen of R.C.A.F. Station, Sum- merside, 1 would like to extend sincere greetings to the Mayor and citizens of the town of Sum- mersidc and Prince County. inc inaugurated in-1953 has again been promised for 1954. Forest Nursery The Forest Nursery located at Southport continues to supply an unprecedented demand for bulbs, trees and shrubs. More than 87,- 000 imported Holland. bulbs have been sold during this past few months. This makes a total of 240,- 000 bulbs sold since the Nursery opened four years ago. Sales of trees and shnibs have also in- creased from year to year, A con- siderable number of orders are now on hand for spring delivery. During the past year expansion of the Nursery became necessary. An additional 10 acre plot was pur- chased and another 12 acre plot leased. An additional building 30 x 00 was recently completed to pro- vide storage space for bulbs and shrubs. Just recently the Department published a 32-page, vwo-color illustrated booklet titled "Prince Edward Island Produces." This booklet, the first of its kind put out by the Departmmt. features in word and photo the various in- dustrics of the Province. It gives facts and figures about agricult- ure, canning, forestry and general industry. A section is also devoted to transportation and another sect- ion deals with the island's trans- portation facilities. "Prince Edward Island Produces" was written and edited in co-op- eration with George V. Fraser. Dir- ector of the Government's Tourist and Information Bureau. Copies of this new booklet have been distributed to Trade Com- missioners in various countries and will be sent to leaders in industry and firms which are piroqoective customers for commodities which are produced on the Island. Geological Sltvey manly in the year arrangements were completed with the Depart- ment of Mines and Technical ur- veys for a geological survey the Province. This survey will continue for the next two or three years Dr, V. K. Prcet has Just ' t ed the first season's work. It is not expected a report will be made un- til completion of the survey. The Electrical Inspection Divis- ion during the past year have ex- perienced one of the busiest years since the inception of electrical in- Qeotion in 1032. While we did not have as extensive a programme of rural electrification as in some previous years, yet a great. many are taking advantage of the Gov- ernment's plan of rural electrific- ation for me next year in having their buildings wired in readiness for the simply of power when it be- comes available. Aiarge increase has been noted in the number of oil burners and elcctriml heaters installed during the past year. During the past year as usual our trade representative has given his services cheerfully where re- quested. Exports The volume of export: from the Province has been well manteined. Potatoes and turnips, our principal: cash crops, have been low in price and the price for beef might ac- count for a further reduction in our gross income but vdlume and price have both been high in many of om other pi0dUCl.l. The ' ome derived from such items as oysters, quhwl and Irish mode. has been . ' "1! Melt our strawberry growers have had an exceedingly good year end the exceed 3.1 high price for blueber- riee encouraged picking up a great- er extent than usual. So the bl 7 1; crop was not particularly heavy the total income from this crop nude this one of the best years we have ever enjoyed. Ex- periments carried out by this De- partment would seem to indicate that the future poulbilitiee for blueberry production are exceed- ht. the past year for the first products into cash. Handling the tremendous quant- itiu ofeuch products H strew- berrics, blueberries and qushsugs would not have been possible were it-not for the su-vices rendced by our Cold Storage Plant. During 109 the cold atorese Plent has handled a greater volume of pro- eince its inception. During the out three weeks the Cold Storage Plant has been filled to capacity I114 it ill! been iinponible to take in any new rwoduch except when a oerload of Minced Jlerle confused to trait- nig Your foreign eililetere for mart time , zone ixcduct had been stabbed Group Captain. Kenyon Reviews Yearis Events "The past year at R.C.A.F. Sta-, alr navigation school in 1947 and. unit. I am very glad to say that; I'HE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN i i i i i l Council Holds Adjournetlheeling -A letter from the Summerslde Community Planning Association lread at the adjourned meeting of lthe Summerside Town Council ilield last evening recommended the installation of a two way radio communication system link- mg the town police patrol with the police office. Council mem- bers expressed agreement with the suggestion and thought thati the need of such communication was also evident in the muni- clpally owned electric light com- pany trucks engaged in mainten- ance work on rural lines. After favorable discussion the matter was referred to the police and electric light committees for study and investigation as to costs, etc. Another letter from the Amal- gamated Dairies requested that Noonan Street be paved. Noonan Street is ri short street leading off Water St. East, and in addi- tion to several private homes, also carries the traffic leading to Amalgamated Dairies. Polar Quick Freeze plant, and Jenkins Can- nery. A resolution passed by the council approved the appointment of Raymond Mat-Kinnon its line and equipment supervisor and as- sistant to the chief engineer. Last night's meeting was held primarily to dispose of bill: which were requirorl to he passed before the hooks endinz the fiscal year could he closed. Tlicse hills had been received since the last regular meeting. After discussion the town clerk. 'lVlr. John Cameron. was instruct- iod to write the Government rovi- corning a rzrani available. to some municipalities in lieu of taxes on banks. incorporated companies. in- surance companies, etc., on it pop- ulation prn rain basis. A special merilnr: nf the roun- r-ii will he held about Januaryi 20th at which time the etntrmcni of revenue and expenditure will be completed by the auditors. Last night's meeting was pre- sided over lby Mavor I-lcnrv Wedge. and all councillors were present.--S. Swine Industry (continued from page 0) Ontario. Bred sows have been sold to these areas and to breeders in Alberta. A significant feature of these sales is that many leading breeders and exhibitors in Quebec and Ontario have purchased Is- land stock. At the leading show in Quebec, Yorkshiires from Island stock cap- tured the bulk of the bacon class- es and mode a strong showing in the breeding sections. The most outstanding recognition of the merit of P. E. Island Yorkshires has been the recent sale of a number of young boars and guts to the Beltsvil-le Research Instit- ute in Maryland. U. S. A. This is cm of the largest live stock breeding experimental stations in America. Apparently the reputa- tion of our swine has travelled far and it has caught the atten- tion of the ' " stockmen be- low the border. We may hear more from this arcction in the future. Last June the swine breeders of Nicolet county in Quebec held it show and sale where over fifty head were on exhibit. At this event only animals of pure Island breecdng from sowe qualified in Advanced Registry were eligible. many parts of Quebec were pres- ent. This was a very important suvutisement for Island York- shlree. lliowe In 1968 no exhibit of Island swine was made at the Tomato Royal show. It'was decided by the directors of the Swine Breed- ere' Association that in the face of the decreasing hog population here we would have difficulty in assembling an exhibit which would uphold our reputation of past years. Another factor ruponsible for our absence at the Royal is the apparent inability of the judges there to recogniu the mer- it of our exhibits on the hoof. With the exception of the 1961 show, we failed to place anywhere near the top with our live entries in the bacon classes, while in the carcass classes we made almost a clean sweep. In many cases. the live bacon entries were litter mates to the animals shown in the carcan classu. Our breeders are getting somewhat exasperated over this situation. We have ex- hibited at the Royal four years in a. row. We have demonstrated be- lyond a shadow of a doubt that tour Island Yorkshires are far su- perior in bacon type to the strains found in other areas. Further Royal exhibits would not add much to this rating. At the last Amherst Winter1"air, Island exhibitors captured every first prize and dominated the show completely. At the 1953 Charlottetown Show, the entries were down in numbers but the quality of the animals was of a high order. The Judge. Mr. Don- ald Stewart. Puslinch, Ontario. was so impressed with the swine ex- hibited that he made a purchase, as he stated, to improve the bacon type of his own herd. Mr. Stew- art is a regular exhibitor at the Royal. His general observation was that we have made is won- derful lmprovement in feet and legs of our hogs since we first exhibited at the Royal in 1949. One point our swine showmen must remember is that show win- nings are of little value to our swine improvement if the winning animals fell to make a creditable performance when tested under Advanced Registry. No breeding stock should be kept in any of our key herds if the dam has sn AR. score under 85. Fodure to recognise the importance of this standard will result in disappoint- ment when short, thick pigs ap- pear in the progeny from such low scoring sows or boars. If the carcass quality of our market. hogs ever begins to fall, the first evidence will be found not in the stock at our shows but in the scores of the sows placed on test. There is some evidence that our swine exhibitors should heed this note of waming:-"Watch the length of your breeding stock.” Advanced Registry In 1953, in spite of lower hog production, the number of Island sows tested remained at ll. reas- onable level. Again we had more 90 scoring sows than all other provinces combined. On the debit side we had some increase in the number of sows which failed to qualify. This unsatisfactory per- formance on the part of mine sows was due to lack of length and a tendency to carry overtin- ish in the in-osen.v at market weights. This is evidence that our breeders are not exercising enough care in the selection of their foundation stock. There is alwsya the danger of keeping low scoring btrood sows on the ground that they look good in the show ring. A pretty face with s curvocious figure may be e delusion in more than one close of live stock. It will be useful for our com- memiu gwlne producers to know that over a recent twelve month period the feed consumption per pig at the Charlottetown Test Station was 035 lbs. The pigs go on test at so lbs. live weight and are marketed when a little over zoo lbs. Past experience shows that it taku about 50 lbs. of feed to bring the pig from 30 lbs. at weaning to 50 lbs. This makes a total feed consumption of 585 lbs. per pig. The variation in feed used was very great. one lot used 466 lbs. per iris while on the other extreme one lot used about 050 Rue. There is much evi- dence that thie dinerence is, in a large measure. due to unthrifti- nose at weaning age and to worm infestations. Neglect in giving iron early and often enough to the nursing pigs and failure to pro- vide a proper starting ration to- gether with unsanltary accommo- dation results in unthriftinxand consequently an increase in the feed needed to develop the pig to market weight. These figures for feed consumption should warrant the claim thst,s.ny normal heal- thy pig should be grown from weaning to slaughtering age on close to 600 lbs. of a good bal- anced rstlon. The writer had the privilege of judging at this show. Buyers from January 6-Church of 0'LEARY January 4--Church of Time of a slonary purposes- SCHEDULE OF CHURCH SERVICES FOR WEEK OF PRAYER. JAN. 4-8 ALBERTON SECTION January 4-Presbyterian Church, Alberton. January 5-United Church, Elmsdale. January 7-Church of Nazarene, Elmsdale. January 8-United Church, Alberton. January 5-Baptist Church, Knutsford. t January 6-United Church, 0'Leary. January 7-Anglican, O'Leary and Baptist Church at Springfield West. January 8--United Church, Gienwood. An offering will be taken at each service for mis- These services have been arranged by the West Prince Ministerial Association. We require it large number of Digland, Alberton. SEUHON Nazarene, O'Leary. ll services: 7:30 p.m. high scoring sows to supply the volume of breeding stock to meet outside and local demand. lbr this reason. every breerhr of reg- istered Yorishires should enter all sows in Advanced Registry and use the H A.R. score as a mini- mum standard of performance to justify the retention of any sow in the herd. Advanced Registry ieasetrvicewhichcanbeuscdby breeders of registered swine to discover the good or the but in- herited qualitiel. 'which often are not evident in the appearance of the animal. It serves the same purpose as the race track to the standard breed of horses and milk records to the dairy breeds of cattle. It is hoped that there will be no decrease in the number of sows tested by Island breeders. Boar Bonus Policy some years ago, the P. E. 1. De- partment of Agriculture instituted a policy whereby assistance was offered to the owners of the boars. Under this policy, the following annual grants are made to bear owners:- sl6.00 on boars graded "A" 312.00 on boars graded "B" To qualify for this grant. a boar must be from a sow with A score of 86 or over and he must be registered in the owners name. It is the generally accepted opinion that no expenditure has made with more beneficial results. In fact. this policy can be cred- ited with much of the swine im- movement in this province in re- cent years. Expert key breeders may develop good stock and Ad- vanced Registry may do much to weed out the poor pigs in these herds. but all this is of little vai- ue unless this high class breed- ing finds its way into the herds of our commercial swine growers. We have It compliment to this policy when we note that both the N. S. and the N. B. Depart.- ments of Agriculture in 1052 set up a Boar Bonus Policy patterned on the P. E. I. policy With very few exceptions. all Yorkshireboars in service in this Province at the present time are from high scor- ing dams and bonused under this Pig-mentation In view of the fact that no market hog can grade "A" it pig- ment or colour is found in the dressed carcass, this policy does not apply to black or red bears. in case there is any doubt in the mind of any swine grower rela- tive to this rnatter of colour, this paragraph should be carefully considered. We are relatively free. in this Province, from some of the swine diseases which have been a seri- ous problem in other areas. Re- cently we have found evidence of swine mange and a little indica- tion that we might not be as free from these diseases as we were a few years ago. Where these pre- viously unknown diseases and par- asites originated is anybody's guess. That they were brought here from outside sources is a logical supposition. It would be wise on the part of our swine breeders to exercise caution when introducing breeding stuck, into their herds from outside districts where the swine health situation may be questionable. When looking ahead to 1954. We hare reasonable assurance that swine production will remain at a profitable level at least for the first nine months. After that time, during the-last quarter of 1954 and into 1956, the situation depends on the ptmible and an- tlcipated increase in hog produc- tion in the United States and in PAGE FIFTEEN Mayor Wedge Issues New Years Message -Mayor Henry Wedge (right: yesterday issued the following New Years message to the people of Sumrnerslde: The year 1953 has been one of continued consolidation in the affairs of the town. As was my case in 1952 there was little capital expenditure and it is ur- pected that the year will be I very successful one financially. A program of careful scrutiny of all civic expenditures was in- stltuted at the beginning of the year and this. along with the month to month records that have been kept by the town clerk. will. I feel. tory year end statement. In my message last year. i said. "I would like to think that 1953 would be the year in which our rink would become a reality." I am pleased indeed that my hope in this respect has been realized and I believe that our ritizpns agree with the action taken by the council in giving financial as- sistance to this project. I would like to compliment the directors of the company on their public spirit and on the speed with which the building was con- structed. This is certainly a big. step forward in our civic life. During the year the program of water and sewerage expansion was completed and now there is no area within the town limits. that is not provided with this' very necessary service. i During the year also the. elec- tric light department constructed 2-! miles of rural lines. I believe result in a very satlsfac- , It that this will he of great benefit- to the rural people living near, Summersidn and that it will re- flect. in this benefit of the town. The welfare of summerside, a trading centre. depends on a happy and prosperous surround- ing rural area. While the economy of the Pro- vince has suffered somewhat In 1953 in roniparison with the pre- vinus year. we must look to the future with confidence. I believe that there is no problem that can- not be solved if faced with cour- age and determinaiion. We must to forward rlntermiiwri to over- come all problems and to build a better future. I would like to wish the peo- ple of Siimmerslde. and those of the surrounding communities. health, happiness. and a measure nf Pl'0SDPTll)' In the your lll1Pld. Death Yesterday Of Well Known Summerside Man Thomu W. Johnston. one of Summersidds best known and most highly respected citizens died yes- tcrday morning at his home at the advanced age of 87 years. Born at Freetown, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Johnston, he came to Summerside about 75 years ago and had since resided here. He was for some years head of the Thomas Johnston Company. umbing. western Canada. Sow breeding in the west and in the U. 8. should be watched very closely as some- times the livestock producer finds that what is expected does not happen. Up to the end of the year there has been no evidence of any increase in sow breeding in central and eastern Canada. This situation may change early in 1954. We. can expect the outside de- mand for Island breedmiz stock to continue but this depends on the efforts of our breeders to test more sows and to keep our key herds with high AR. background. This province has built up a rep- utation as the source of the best bacon tvpe hogs in the world as evidenced by the orders from all parts of Canada and front many states. our key swine breeders dc- serve the credit for this favorable position but it is their responsibil- ity to make sure that this reputa- tion is maintained. heating and electrical contractors andoerriedonthisbuineesupto just e. few years ago when he re- tired As perhaps tin oldest living resident. of the town he was poe- seased of a remarkiilzle memory and a fund of information regarding the early history and growth of the town of summeireide. For many years he was active in the affairs of the town and at sill times gave of his best for the advancement of any movement for the betterment of Summer-side, He was for some years the chief of the fire depart- ment. a position he filled with great honor. He was a.t one time a merri- ber of the Public Utilities Com- mission of the province. During the years when the Pioneer Publishing Company existed he was one of its directors. He was e put.-. Noble Grand of the 1.0.05”. and only last wcelrhad received his 60 years Oddfelloivs Jewel. His first wife, the former Eliza- beth Callbeck mxleceased him several years ago and he is our- vived by his second. the forlner Laura Parlee. Surviving also are one son. Arthur. summerside. and a. daughter, Miss Olga Johnston also of Summerslde. The funeral will be held on Fri- day, January 1st from the Bownesd Funeral Home to the Baptist Church for service at 2.00 o'clock. Interment in the Pcoplm Cum.-tery. "” DONALD LIDSTONE I 9, r-.yV L. ; .d3!tr .4 ' At the Beginning of the New Year we wish to ex- tend to all our citizens our most sincere thanks for their co-operation in the past year and hope that the year ahead will bring personal happiness and prosperity to all and con- iinued progress to our Town TOWN OF SUMMERBIDE HENRY w. weoer. COUNCILLORS CLARENCE STEELE JAMES MMDOUGALL ANDREW PERRY Mayor. '2” ,l .-l