__ s,,a1 herd presently located M perceval River, near the ilwee district of Western Prince limo! is isolated in com- alftive safety by almost impas- plfle roads and dangerously 9’ ice_ About a mile of ice Ilfefates the main herd, esti- fpteed at about five hundred the shore at the closest “in: attainable. P"”,,,,een the mainfherd land the - oroups O seas con- ll°{f,‘,7,e afound holes they have We in the ice but they quickly .8 in at any attempt to ap- dlvach, A small number, pos- W less than fifteen, have been I by residents of the area, by Whmg them at some distance m the holes in the ice. ’%.,. some unknown reason a ' seals made their way in- and some of these were when they were sighted {arm houses in the En- mo,e.portage districts. The mammals were described gray seals by a buyer who visited the region yesterday and to be all adults as no young could be spotted on the will we‘ organized hunt does not ‘ax to be in progress and fly two young hunters were Ming any interest in the herd ysterdaih ww OFF N. B. ‘WCTOUCHE. N. B. (C P) — seals in huge number on floes off ut'efKent County coast of North- mherland Strait are proving a manza to Kent fishermen. They we reported previously on mute Edward Island shores of strait. no number of furry animals ,3. estimated at 30,000 to 40,000 mes carried them from the it-ctic to the Buctouche Bay area mite first time in the memory gtveteran seamen. Fishermen made a profitable West Tuesday after walking WESTERN GUARDIAN RAYMOND GRANT, Optome- tist will be in his O’Leary Office sgturday March 22nd. ‘ BECAUSE of the Trustee Meet- Robinson will be absent from his Tyne Velley office Thursday even- in March 20th. M11. DOUGLAS MacFarlane, willspeak on behalf of C. C. F. candidate over C. J. R. W. Sum- merside at 6:45 Thursday even- in. March 20th. LIBERAL Committee Meetigg Town Hall Kensington Thursday eiening at 8,30, Full attendance nquested. IEGULAR Thursday night lance, Canadian Legion. Ken-‘ viington. Music by Mellowaires. Admission 50 cents. BROADCAST today — Mr. T. Earle Hickey, C. A., will give a radio address today at 12.35. scion over C. J. R. W., Summer- I! e. TARIE T Y CONCERT and dance, Lower Montague hall, Mamh 21st. 8215 p. m. Admission '50 and 025 cents. Sale of lunches Ind apples. ‘BEDEQUE RINK tonight lllmrsday), second game best three out of five for Island In- lermecliate “C” championship. lot 16 Rangers, vs. Sherbrooke Meteors. Game time 8.30 sharp. KENSINGTON Rink, tonight, llmrsday; 7 o'clock Charlotte- Boy scouts, versus Ken- futon Boy Scouts. 8 o'clock, rside Boy Scouts, versus Ktnslngton Boy Scouts. ll. '1‘. COLVIN Optometrist in Summerside. Temporary office, 300m 3 Smallman building, only my safe and books were saved 51011! the fire. Please call at the above office to settle accounts, rrget lens“ replacement and re- s. -_CRAPAUD RIN K, Thursday Ilfht provincial play-offs. Queen Charlotte Bantoms v-s. Crapaud Illnloms. Sudden Death, game “I119 7 pm. First game best. three five finals for Frank Myers Illllly Tryon Arrows vs. Crap- illl Heartbreakers, game time ' D.m. \ FUNERAL WEDNESDAY — efuneral of Mrs. James For- ‘llh was held at her home near Alherton Wednesday afternoon. Service was conducted by 0, - Ross Howard, minister of Leafy Baptist Church, assist- glby Mr. D. A. Dunlop of Alber- .1“ lfresbyterian Church, who 1“ Prayer. Hymns were lwha’t,A Friend We Have In fps, "siiau We Gather At 5 River?” and “A11 The Way Vsaviour Leads Me." Pall- .‘“‘,°TS were Messrs. Sterling ki . George Living, Alvin Wil- Fr» Hethered Inman. Upton 3591‘ and William Campbell. 'L1‘”9P bearers were Messrs. 0” Wilkie. Norman Oliver. sen FY3561‘. Frank Skeriy. Rus- Fr Hayes, William Clark, Hubert M3391‘ and Wendell Matthews. 9 . (.em'g1eerI;t was in the Old Dock A PERSONALS Mghe many friends of Elmer :1L°0d French River, will be MMIO learn he is convalescing uatignflfter his recent serious op- . In th . .. ' Hosmml e P E I Veteran s Alta J. Inglis, R.N. has re- to her home in Kensing- I I I011, aft . . . I Chsrlobfgtoiglending some time in tul,€1§ Annie MacLeod has re- River I0 her home in French time vi3fl3_E!' having spent some town‘ “tins friends in Charlotte- ing of Prince County Hospital Dr.. more than two miles over shift- mg 199- one gT0U<D brought in at Iefst 109 Delts worth more than $500. Few were able to reach the seiilfs (Wednesday. A sealing Veg. se p°”ted t° M3113’ People who qualified for seasonal and fisl1ermen’s unem- ployment insurance benefits are now being notified that they have drawn all the money to which they are entitled, reports the Unemployment Insurance Office. These are people who have not ellougll stamps for regular bene- fits but who had acquired at least fifteen stamps or contribu. tions since the 31st of March last. ,Unt11 this year. seasonal bene- fits were not payable until Jan- uary lst each year. However, in the autumn of 1957, the Regula- tions were amended to permit payments to start on December 1st of each year. Another amend- ment put into effect at the same time. made claimants, who had the minimum qualifications of fifteen weeks, eligible to draw of the ten weeks paid previously. ‘At the present time, for every six_ contributions or stamps a claimant has in his ‘insurance book,’ he is granted five weeks benefits. The claimants who have now reached the stage where they can no longer draw benefits, are those who had only fifteen stamps to their credit when their claims were approved. Many other‘ seasonal fishermen benefit claimants will draw for longer periods because, they worked langer and had more stamps earned. It is possible for some of them under recent am- endments, to draw-benefits well into the month of May. For seasonal benefit purposes, only those contributions or stamps whoch have been carried since the 31st of March 1957, are taken into account. DATES CONFUSED The local office points out that some claimants become confused over the fact that seasonal un- employment benefits are payable between December 1st and rough- ly May 15th. These claimants seem to have the impression that this entitles them to draw for that period, but they can draw only according to the number of insurance stamps recorded in their books at the ratio cited above—five weeks for every six weeks stamps. , As an example of how this works out, some fishermen who had fifteen stamps of the highest denomination, $1.20, were able 0 I Police Chief I O 0 Visits Office summersndes Chief of Police, Peter R. White, after an extend- ed illness in hospital, made his first visit to the Police Office 'on Tuesday afternoon. Tins was his first time down town since being released from hospital about two weeks ago. Chief of Police White entered hospital on January 13, and was a patient there for almost two months during which time’ he underwent surgery. He is now convalescin-g at his home on Wil- low Avenue. Freetown In 9-6 Victory Over Lot I6, The Freetown Royals defeated the Lot-16 Rangers 9-6 Tuesday night at Bedeque Rink in the first of a best of three semi-final series in‘ the South Shore Hockey League. The second game will likely be played this week. Royals, short four players, put up a great battle, led by Clayton Mill with six goals and an assist. Other scorers for the Royals -were Lloyd Reeves, Robert Mc- Murdo and Norman Kennedy. The Lot 16 scorers were Elmer Gamble with a pair and Wendell Yeo, Ira Strongman,‘ Earl Strong- man and Keith Bagnall with singles. The Royals lost their rookie forward Norman Kennedy pos- sibly for the remainder of the‘ season. He suffered an injury to his ankle in the final period. Lot I6 Beats Sherbrooke The Lot 16 Rangers took the first game of a best-of-five final series for the Island Intermedi- ate “C” Championship at Civic Stadium last night, downing the Sherbrooke Meteors 10-2. The Rangers took a 4-0 lead in the first period, were outscored 2-1 by the Sherbrooke boys in the middle frame, and then roared back to score five more tallies witho-ut a reply in the final frame. The referees were Joe Bernard and Dougie Arsenault. SUMMARY 7 First pei'iod—1, Lot 16, E. Campbell (E. Gorill) .32; 2. Lot 16, J. Gorrill 6.28; 3. Lot 16, E. Strongman (I. Strongman) 13.10; 4. Lot 16, G. Campbell (1. Strong- man) 18.45. Penalties. -1- G01‘- rill, G. CamPb€11- ‘ Second period—5. Sherbrooke, J. Gallant (C. Simmons) 3.45; 5- Lot 16, G. Campbell 7.12; 7. Sher- brooke, C. Simmons (Bridges) 17.- 31. Penalties. E. Gorrill, 1. Son- ier. . Third period — 8. Lot 16, Strongman 2.34; 9. Lot 16, . Campben (G, MacLean) 5.27, 10, Lot 16 E. Gorrill (1. Campbell) 12 16. 1’1_ Lot 16, G. Campbell, (K. Baglole) 14.29; 12- L0t15-E- G01“ rill 19.00. Penalties, None- thirteen weeks benefits, instead ‘ Bad Ice Keeps Most Seal Hunters Off; Better In N. B. h3V9 gathered nearly 5,,000 pelts. The fat-lined pelts, averaging 45 1° 35 Pounds each, bring the fishermen eight cents a pound and are compensating for a poor win- ter fishing season in the area. Confusion Over Payment Of Flshe-r,men’s Benefits to draw for thirteen weeks, the total cost of the fifteen stamps was $18.00. Of this amount the fishermen had paid $9.00. If he was a married man he drew $30. per week, a total of $390.00 for his $9.00 investment. Other claim- ants with smaller denomination stamps to their credit draw pro- portionately lower weekly pay- ments. _ In all Unemployment Insurance Offices, the Regulations must be strictly followed. state local office officials and every office must see, that a claimant re- lceives everything that is due um. Explains why ‘ (Continued from Page 2) last Parliament. Mr. Macdonald stated that the price will be set by an advisory board made up of farmers and farm organization representatives. He also explained why potatoes was not one of the nine named commodities in the new Agricul- tural Stabilization Bill. Chiefly it is because it is not an agricul- tural‘ product common to all farming areas. He also mention- ed that all representatives of the Horticultural Council who ap- peared before the agricultural committee stated they did not want or expect a support price on potatoes. Like any other farm commodity it can be placed un- der support. He recalled that in speaking on the Bill in the House he made a strong plea for a» decent floor price when the occasion war- ranted support. He pointed out that the last floor price offered by the Liberal Government to the Potato Marketing Board was 20-30 cents per bushel. He cited the greatest proof of ' the value of the Bill"was that on. third reading it passed un- anlmously. was strongly ap- proved by all farm organiza- tions. and that the Liberals are being very insincere in criticiz- ing an Act which their leader and ther party strongly support- ed in the House "of Commons. ,Mr. Heath Macquarrie, the next speaker, said that the Canadian electorate can in this election compare two known Governments, He then said “Actions speak louder than words"_ The next speaker was Mr, - -Tom Bell, Parliamentary As- sistant to the Minister of Trade and Ccmmer‘ee_’ He stated that since Confederation the Mari- times have suffered from econo- mic disability, which was soon ended with the Diefenbaker Go- vernment. One of the first things they did was aid the Maritimes_ and for Masritimers this‘ new era has just begun. When Mr, Diefenbaker acquires his clear mandate, the Maritimes will reach an economic status that was heretofor undreamed of, he said. Other speakers were'Dr. J'_ A. MacMillan, Senator MacDonald, Andrew MacRae and Russell Driscoll. Lfinch was then served by the ladies featuring cup-cakes with a big "P.C." on them. ‘. ALMA . The manyfriends of Mrs. Mary Jane Donald are pleased to know she is making a good recovery in the Western Hospital, after having an attack of Bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. Mary MacLean is convales- cing at the home of her daughter, ‘Mrs. Isaac Dunbar and Mr. Dun- bar, after her serious illness in the P.E. Island Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Hoston I-Iierlily and daughter Iris and Mr. and Mrs. John Ashley, Mir. Allan Rush, and Mrs. Everett Grey of Charlottetown, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Dunbar and Mrs. lg/$1-y MacLean on Sunday, March Mr. Louis MacKenzie from O‘- Leary and Mr. Lyle Livingston of Glenwood, were visitors to this district on Sunday March 9th. Donnie and John O’Brien of Al- berton, were weekend guests at the home of their grandparents, returning home on Sunday, March 9th. ' Mr. and Mrs. William Profit and family, Maple Avenue, Sum- merside, were guests of Mrs. Pro- fit’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Wallace on Saturday, March 8. TYNE VALLEY Miss Carolyn Grigg, Summer- side High, spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Grigg. Mr. Eldon Ramsay. Halifax, spent the weekend visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ramsay. Mrs. Bessie Sharp spent a few days recently visiting with her granddaughter, Mrs. Paul Han- seéi and Mr. Hansen, Summer- si e. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid met at the Manse on Thursday evening with a good attendance. Boxes of used clothing w a s brought to the meeting to be sent to the Koreans. A special fund was started to purchase new win- Thur. March 20, 1958 Mr. John Arnold was elected president of the Summerside Rotary Club at the regular week- ly luncheon meeting of the club held Tuesday at Mulberry Lodge. T-he presiden-t-elect is manager of the Roydal Bank branch in Summerside and will assume the office of Rotary president in July. Other officers named by the nominating committee of which P. G. Clark was chairman, were: Vice President, Fred Davison, Secretary, Cyril (Bill) Hickey; Treasurer, Ralph Ramsay; Dir- ectors, F/Lt. Bud Quinn, and Jack Laycock. During the business meeting conducted by president, R. L. The Guardian, Page 21 S’SicIe Rotary Club Names Officers To Take Over In July’ Mollison, reports of various com- mittees included one by A. H. Hubley who reported on the Curl- ing Bonspiel completed here on Monday in which the local club won the Wellner Trophy in com- petition with the Charlottetown Rotary Club. Three rinks from Summerside played three from the capital in the bonspiel. Rotarian Bud Quinn reported on the hockey night project of the club to beheld this Friday at Civic Stadium when the Greenwood Bombers take on the Summerside Aces. The proceeds from the hockey night will be used by the club for crippled children’s work. ’ New Cu’r OTTAWA (CP)—A new order to take effect late this summer will further reduce the strength of Canada’s militia, it was learned Wednesday. , Strength of the reserve army has been steadily declining in re- cent years. It now standsiat some 4l,000——7,000 officers and 34,000 other ranks—comipai\ed to 47,000 three years ago. The new order decrees that only 10 per cent of a militia u»nit’s strength may be over-age or in low physical categories. At pres- ent, 25 per cent of -a unit's es- tablishment-—in effect, its man- power cei1ing—may be over-age or not in A-1 physical condition. RETIREMENT AGE VARIES Retirement age from the mil- itia varies according to rank and trade. But, generally, it is 50 for corporals and below and 55 for non-commissioned officers. For officers, the retirement age range from 45 for lieutenants to 55 for brigadiers and above. In some trade categories, the retire- ment age is 60 for both officers and other ranks. Officials said Wednesday they could not estimate by how much dow ‘shades for the church. Mns. Charles Newcombespent a few days recently visiting in Summerside with her daughter, Mrs. Donald MacDonald and Mr. MacDonald. Misses Shirley and Lillian Mac- Kinnon, Summerside, spent the past weekend at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- fred MacDougall. (Dr.) Robinson spent Fri- day, March 14th, visiting with friends in Alben-ton. Mr. Roy MacDonald is in Char- lottetown taking a course in egg grading. He will be employed by Mr. Carmen MacNeil as egg- grader. ELLERSI.IE Mrs. E.S. Burleiglilwas hostess to the Ellerslie W.I. on Tuesday evening. ‘ Miss Juanita Newcombe, stud- ent at Prince of Wales College, spent the weekend as guest of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Glenford Millar. Mrs. Jeanetta Ogden and Miss Betty Rennie, Elmsdale were re- -cent visitors of‘Mrs. ‘Ogden"s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gillis. Mrs. George Jelly, O’Leary and daughter Olive, Summerside, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Bueleigh. Miss Lucy Adams, Summerside spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adams. Albert Barlow, sectiontman a.t Wellington, spent the weekend at his home h re. Misses Irene and Edith Hardy. Summerside, spent the Weekend at the home of their parents Mr. and Mrs. ., Ralph Hardy. Henry Grant, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. William Grant and Mrs. Hubert’ ‘Hutchinson. were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Reeves, Bedeque- Mrs. Kenneth Maclsaac and son Mount Royal, are spending a few days visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard MacAusland. Mr. and Mrs. James Morrison and family, Summerside, we r e Sunday guests of their parents Mr and Mrs. John Morrison and Mr. and Mrs. John Biggar. - Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Paynter, Summerside, were Sunday guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Coughlin, also Mr. and,Mrs. Har- old Gillis. ’ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sharpe and daughter Vicki were Sunday vis- tiors of Mr. and Mrs. Ord Sharpe and Mr. and Mrs. Waslo Phil- lips, O’Leary. Congratulations are being ex- tended to Mr. and Mrs. Garland Wheeler on their marriage on Feb- ruary 19th, in Florida. Mrs. Whce er is the former Mrs. Edith Hut- chinson. The funeral of the late Arthur Hutchinson was held in Bideford United Church on Saturday, Mar. 8th, at 2 p.m. Rev. Mr. Fraser conducting the service. Hymns sung were “Abide With Me”, “Nearer My God to Thee” and the choir sang “The Old Rugged Cross.’ Pallbearers were James MacDougall, Glenford Millar. Em- mett Hutchinson, Willard MacAus- land, Louis Penwarden and Ken- neth MacNevin. Interment was in the church cemetery. DO Seenln Militia Strength ” sgrength of the militia. In some units, there might be no decrease but, over-all, there would be a reduction of hundreds and per- haps thousands. , Militia strength has declined by about 1,000 since the government announced last year that summer training camps for units were being eliminated and that the re- serve army. would devote more training time to civil defence. TRAINING DAYS CUT Number of training days in the militia was cut to 40 from 60. meaning a one-third cut in pay for reserve soldiers. This pay re- duction will mean a saving of about $5,000,000 to the defence de- partment this year. The navy now is in the process of reducing its reserve strength by six per cent. When the reduc- tion is completed the reserve will number 4,400-—1,100 officers and 3,300 men. This number will be set as a, manpower ceiling for the naval reserve. No decrease in RCAF reserve strength is planned. It now stands at about 5,100 or some 500 less than a year ago. Bride Elect Is Honored Central Bedeque was the scene of a very lovely shower, when Mr. and Mrs. Edwin opened their home, on Saturday evening Mar. 8th and friends from far and near. gathered to honor Miss June Crossman with their gifts pre- vious to her marriage, which takes place in the near future. After the gathering was com- pleted, the bride ,to be was ec- corted to the seat of honor by Mrs. Gerald Maccarville who sat with her during the evening. The room was beautifully decor- ated with pink and white stream- ers for the occasion. . by The gifts were carried in Carla Gardiner and Arline Gard- iner, and were opened by Mrs. Stewart Waugh and Miss Arline Reeves; Mrs. Montague Gardiner and Mrs. Keith Dennis read the names and verses, while Mrs. Fred Jewell and Miss Astrid Mil- ler tastefully arranged them on the table. . The many lovely gifts consisted of: wool blankets, lamps, chinille bed spread, money and other use- ful household articles. During the evening Miss Astrid Miller presided at the piano and render- which were enjoyed. — June thanked the friends for rememberingher with their gifts at this time. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess assist- ed by the ladies present. As the gathering broke up, all wished June many happy years of wed- ded life. / . REGENT Wednesday - Thursday "Donce,WitI1 Me Hen ry” ” Bud Abbott, Lou Costello Professional Car,cIs Chartered Accountants 1‘- Earle Hickey & Co. Canadian Bank of Commerce Building Summerside, P.E.I. Phone 2235 Ba rrisfer George R. MacMahon, LL.B. 255 Water St. Summerside ‘(Also Kensington on Saturdays) Phone Summerside 3551 INSURANCE B. E. Ellis & Son Limited Fire — Auto — Casualty 5 Summer St. Summerside Optometrists E. E. Parkman opt. D.. R.0. PHONE 3287 OPPOSITE GUARDIAN OFFICE Summer St. Summerside B. F. Hunter, R.0. Summerside, P.E.I. 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