SAUIRDAY. FIFTY-TWO YEARS .460. 2nd this establishment come ontbitionl. - lowdown! lion. cerely THANK YOU and TO YOUALL CHARLOTTETOWN. P.E.l. p I; r‘ ELLEWS DIARY By An island Farmers Wife "Official List of Casualties CANADIAN ARMY OVERSEAS (Maritime Provinces) ‘vs owl???" iln A . . an , . . Be ent Timberlea, N. s ' Miller. Arthur Francis, New Brunswick Regiment (continued from page I0) W55 Diilkfli. iltiiin-liltlit uii iiic snUW. l tnzinotlted inv best oi smiles and said: "how's the iudile " With Whit i had in the wiiv oi UiBSSiXlJJ and pnviieges, already "mv out)‘ W85 "iiinrunk oven: . We hail company tonight. mostly young loll: who had come to visit Jtioy. when they had chatted aii-iiiie uno admired her tree they bezzeil ior carols on this next-to- Uliristnias love. ‘there was snow. lailinz iiuw. in zreat Whit-e 111K85- Tnc old lacy in the skv was pluck- s iniz her geese. and H. B. and ueol ale who called presently at A1- dei-iea on their way from the city hail u poivacriniz oi it. on their shoulders, as thev came ircin the car. Juuy and one of her young lady-visitors served thc lunch. There was quiet conservation. uiost- lv to do with the Christmas season. or DEISL huppv Christmas days. oi‘ those absent. and hopefully of UflflstmEl15€5l0 come. Jock and Jennie coinc- in to loin us. to inukc sine. i think that a certain Durcei u. Juincs liiiiiffllil Judy's tree would not be opened ‘till Christmas really caine. nicai Engineers Retiring]: William, Cin, d EEJ. R i Taylor‘ eg ment River Hebert, N Wounded Bum!!! filanatdiarevlArtiiiery . e Doinovtisie. N. d. MM’ an“ l cstcrn Ontario Regiment Ma M. . ‘or. Ar ll Southc lihbdeno. cliesiaonnld’ He" 51.5. and PJEJJ, Regiment NLgcas. Malcolm, Pie, Eur-Bum, when James iihd I were alone. Roo came, Willkllli up lrom the roadway" to sit iiWhlit: with his hither and me.‘ beside the RiOWlflR lire. Maybe it was us pleasant as having auntie with us. l ivassur- 6115801 whcli Rob said: "Guess I'd ettei" go or Ill have to shovel that) mine will. of a snow- biillii!‘ ror a minute, L had ex- pected him to H0 up ‘to his old room utieer the eaves. 'I‘hen .L re- numbered. 'i‘ncl-e was much de- pendant on him at his home “in tho road". hot the least. this next- to Christmas Eve. were "the cattle in the stall." . . Tonight on the Island there is ca... n4“ quiet. rlic snow ialls. 1 watch itoutslde the window. in the m... o. niiiiolituit, beautifully a whltc—anrl so silent. Perhaps to kccu H10 M114 so inanv others from Rdllllt to urandmas that Dav. Children anxious and excited have bTLli bathed and tucked awav to sic- . their dreams rose-liucii in Injured MNiS} 11nd P.E.I. lhgimgng i ac n , R Pie- Sht3i>t1irne.al3\il.no§_d Edward’ Sllxhtiy Injured- lloyal Canadian Artillery McCullocli, John William Gnr — Westwlgiver Station, N, s. ' ' i - . and P.E.I. Regiment McMuIien. John Joseph, Sgt, no- serve Mines. N. s, Regiment Arthur, iancusilie New Brunswick Howard. Laird (in; Sydney. N. S ' NRgy. Benoit. Pte. st. Leonardo. VSh-er ‘ . Stiff - lgdavm x-llllilzrlxiltii)“, N???’ He" MC 1'9 filly Reported W d , Rtiwrtcd Wounded artidlnllleiflaiiizw .S. and P.E.l, Regiment "Gign Lorraine, Pte, M91. Mini . Royal CanadIiaIn Army Medical Corps c Nyrgncls Earl, Pte, nor. l l..i..n.t l .-. n ny tales ht oun ed And Pi tilings '1“())llll2?lii. so cisafily. N.S. and rciifoiiihginivv” I can iisiuii o low hand-knit Conrad, Albert Ross Pte c". stockings close irv l-hc stove. in on den Lots, N. S. ' " CANADA oi;. lilblilUiiiY-l kitchen. I can see the Died and P.E.I. lugimme contents now in all their varittv. l-low Clii‘ tWD—-l01‘ therc were al- ways two!—bcst of Santa's ever Mnrfls. Pflflck Franc]! u“. M - Morris (wife), 56 Upper Queen Street. Charlottetown. r.c.r. 0211111221): to ' us these memor- ublp Christma cs. I shall never ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY Died in R.C.N. Hospital, rum,‘ know. Like others. I can oniv re- call thus-c davs in wonder but so N. S. on the 6th of Deceuib . i044. due to natural causes: er gratefullv Madden. William P tri k - ing Stoker, Sydney, 165C ' Lew N.S. one A ,_ peace; . u Wine Wter . heaven . . All izicrv be to God on cease!" . i can follow the words now. rfui "and to the earti n1 Good-will henceforth from to men. begin and never nightil Tuesday -— Diarv -. Good- Iling Out The 0id liing in The llew And with the peg]. l"! 0f the New Year’a bells that will usher in 1945, w” "m" ‘his oltlloriunity of extending to every- body best wishes for s HAPPY AND PBOSPEROUS NEW YEAR Our earnest hope is that in the year 1945 we willeae the United Nations triumph in com- fiei; Victory, and that once more Peace will _ , established throughout the world. 3 CARTER o» Co., Ltd. v r 189s - - - 1945 A on January into being with small resources but quite considerable During the more than half century gone by the generous support o! the public has been the cause of much grateful apprecia- Ldml so . . . as this Fifty-Second Birthday IIPpIOUCIIGI, once more we soil. WW lin- A HAPPY NEW YEAR‘ MGDRE £~ M9LEOD% Limit" We shill ltit . m , _ N ' We mail d James Albert, L.-Cp1., . S. " We stand at the th ' other J w. c. T-ilj Ab U‘ viflfhlbflblllh T w‘, mail do so much in the yea-ls to cane. , Bui, that. have we done today’? We snail KIVQ our gold. iii a FIRM" iy sum. , Bit what did we give 02.5)‘? the heart and dry e real, We mall plant a bow in the P13“ oi teal‘, we molt speak the words of love and cheer. But what did we speak today? reaip such Joya in the by an by, But what have We sown today? We gxhall build us mansions in i e s . But whet have we built today? I ’I‘i'.s sweet in iale dreaim to bask,’ But liege and ncw. do We do our tas ‘l Yes, this is the thing our souls must ask- “Wha/t, have we done today? -Selected. AT THE THRESHOLD 0F A NEW ERA What are some oi the signs loom-i in large and clear before us? Peace. Rebuilding , Reconstruction, Ebr- ‘ ‘ . Education and Einlistmcnt. threshold o1 a new era. Peace-It is herd to real- ize “hat it will mean, the coming oi peace. how i‘. w‘ll effect each one of us; individuallv and cor- porately. One thing is certain. there can be no going back to the old waiy of life. to the old world as we knew it before the war. We have become world neigh- bours, world citizens and, as world citizens. there 15 g, trgqign. iious task facing ula-From the President's address at the Domin- :ori Annual Meeting in London. FINDING LIFWS PBOPORTIONS ‘Ihc late Benjamin Jowett of Oxford delivered a challenged group of his listeners to the point where congregated following the to do some serious cal- been told by o... Filo!“ expec o age the period left for them to accomplish their ggairflgwas 13,000 dayisl. From s e uixng an. 1e men estimated they wmd spend one third oi’ that time in sleep‘ ., the second third of the period would be consumed in earning a living i Being men of high aspirations and sincere desires. they marked the last third oi the time allotted to do’ng life would not take any more out of life than they put in. 5o they calculated some 4.333 days remained for mom to do something worthwhile At least they wer determined to. fulfill the high goof of leaving the, wrrld better than they found it.’ Is ten Der cent of one’; time tool much to give t world o m‘ port a. better piece? What pm- ion of the time you spend on things can be devoted to needn- ‘me . Church omen TIE‘ PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE White Ribbon . Dear Co-Woritcm Across Canada:- bciitcrs come to us, oskinu what we, a, member of the W.C.T.U., can do in the present ems ncy. Al; patriotic ctizens we ae- sume th tasks lch are our re- bcr that, protection. our strength, and our is in the God of Natio . who ' calls upon in to mitten; our sine, and turn from our wicked ways, for the promise is. to The lend ' The national sin which mast hinders the victory for which we om is the liquor problem with ell, i . We eat the Provincial Presidents‘ ginleppoal u; officer; of every local on ml dos traffic if it would. any churches are under convict/on because of their silence on this question. Then we should co-operltte with groups wherever their ac-' tlvitias wide clean recreaflcn and moral surroundings for those in camps, and let such service u- ienci to women lg‘ war industrial vac ‘wttflbnbvirmmsz-rrmnnm. m. .- ,. .. .. .- .. .. .. mmmaimwsmamxnmm-owesn and servicemen’; . To t ‘ Jove-nu. i‘ " each church v'ce- come 'of the private cam ‘run cnincorrcrowu GUARDI_A_N_ t Mrs. l-i. L. Palmer, Divisional Crou Corps has given the follow- ing sununery of the activities be ing carried out by the meriotte- town and Bummereide detachments of this splendid body o! volunteer workers:- lis 1044 draws to a close. I think we can feel justifiably roud of the record of service of t Citat- lottetown and Buiumeraide detach- ments of the Canadian Red Cross Corps in the past year. The Charlottetown Detachment, under the leadershi of Mrs. 1.2M. Bagnlll, consists o 120 members. The trained personnel have been meeting only on the first Thurs- day of the month since Beptembe . On these nights there is an hour's drill and then a lecture. In Octo ber, the Divisional Commandant gave a report of the meetings held in Toronto the latter part of Sep- tember. In November. Mr. Iiloyd Shaw gave an inspiring talk on Rehiiblltation, and in Decembc. Captain David Mathieson gave a most interesting description or his experiences in England The -members in training meet twice a week. Monday and Thurs- day, for instruction in the courses given in their own sections. "Best Run Detachment" It is interesting tn note that National Head uarters considers Charlottetown to beet rim com- posite detachment in Canada. Six Charlottetown members. Drivers Dorothea Stewart. Marjo- rie stewart (now in Belgium’, Jean MacLean, Margaret MacMil ‘lan and Clerks Mary Brehaut Wil- ‘son and Margaret Murtin. are ~serving overseas driving ambulan- ces and working in Red Cross can- teens. These girls are doing a wonderful work and their Bert/ICE! are Kicatly appreciated. Every week 48 members from ldiiferent Sections are Posted duty at the Blood Donor Clinic, members do ho..iital visiting at No. 2 A.N.S., at Beach Grove mid the City Hospitals, as well as the Sanatorium and Infirmary, whine they visit veterans and servicemen alike. Special christmg-s oackgsgs Spending Power ‘lineal Detachment 0f Doing Excellent Work Commandant of the Olnadianlled m . Drives were arranged for the men 4 to loll War Savings Btu __....a-s._._ lied Gross ice t- lifll the." 6l.'-o‘i'&.'.""voii."1i ch lllill It e grand tote of . reguie d ti f bieh the Char lottetoanubgucloitinezit bu unlined sole responsibility. Meny Activities In addition the girls have assist- ed iii Victory lam Campaigns. in the selling o! W . in the issuing oi’ ration books and at the Canadian Legion Canteen where 20 members serve eloh month. the suppers for Campaign. and worked on the roc- ord cards and receipts in connec- tion with the Campaisn. A house to house canvass ior blood donors was carried out by the members. ‘ nonnunnuunm of I-LMCB. Charlottetown and for the C.W,A.C. Girls’ Band on their recruiting tour. The psrtici of the Charlottetown Deta the four day carnival held last spring and other money making ' enterprises raised some $1,800.00 for Red Crone Funds. The Summerside detachment of about as members. under the lead- ership of Mrs. D. C. Tompkins, meets every Thursday evening. Themembers do hospital visiting at No. i0 B. a (3., Mt. Pleasant, and No. 1 0.108., Summerside. small trees were decorated for Christmas and individual parcels given each patient. This detach- ment has taken over completcl: the sending out of recel pledge cards for the Red Cro: Campaign. They assist at the Le gion Canteen and Housing Regi try. Members have been detail. s at assisted with the Milk for ritau Drive. Complete co-operation ex- ists between the Branch and the Detachment and the girls have been of great assistance to the wglkfraflof the_Bra_nch.___ ‘ ~4- - _ l“? B ' iEiEil-L-‘iamaww tHEl@i§l@|§llI2l|E[§'iL Grows In Canada In 5th Year Cf War B ALEX PRINGLE (Cana ian Press Stuff Writer) 0 , D60. N —- (CP) -— Although production for war pur- poses showed a small decline in 1944 compared with the 1943 vol- time, business as a whole in Can- ada experienced further expansion. suggesting a little more attention was being given to the needs oi the civilian population. National income continued to rlsc. according to figures compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tlstics, a gain of 6.7 per cen-t being recorded. The growth of spending power was reflected in the volume oi’ merchandising which register- ed an eight per ccnt gain in rc- tail sales, an 11 per cent increase in sales by wholesale concerns and a 10 per cent increase in the dol- lar value of sales by department and protect children and youth. we should have recreation and health programs Such general projects as the following should be carried on by the Unions. each selecting the ones they can do best and most effec- tively in their special localitiy: work among children and youth; newspaper articles: radio talks; the use of films: good spr-akers before other tzroups; bookshelf for the library; books and periodicals nlaccd in the hands of group leaders. and the use of posters Again we would urge co-opsraton with other nnmmiglty activities uivrever possible We comm-and Saskatchewan for their work in raising a fund for the special education oi irziin- ed teacher. who would be accept- able to the Provincial Dc-"w-artmcnts. of Education Our aim should be, one trained teacher in each Pro- v'ncc of Canada. And last, but not least. we would urzc you io keen on praying in faith, knowing that God answers prayers. Look up nil the passages in your Bibles on Faith. and note the things which come to pass through Faith TIIE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Dear Friends of Temperance:- Wo an, looking forward to Miss Grant's visit again. Folicwinr. as it will. The Temperance Alliance Convenvon, we hopo mat izrouics of wmncn in many towns will 10in together, and with us to hein t. stores, Absorption o! Victory loans put no appreciable restraint on i3 he rising tide of bank deposits which stand at the year end at an ail-time peak. The average for 1044 was around 84.573.000.000 compared with an average of t3.- E] 900,000,000 for 104B. a gain. of 17.3 per cent. - _ While some branches ct indiis- El try did no better than hold their E ground in 1044 and some, notably D gold mining, suffered a further set-back due chiefly to the acute labor shortage,‘ the general trend n continued on a rising tempo. Farm prices continued strong on tho whole though cattle prices weak- E cried a little in the fall months. due U to pressure oi supplies at market- ing centres and the larger cmp of potatoes cut prices moderate! These recessions were off-set the stronger quotations for hogs, despite a record volume of sales. In 50 weeks oI 194-4, grading; or hog carcasses in Canada totalled ileum against 0,545,840 in thel corresponding period of 1043. In ‘the 88TH 50 kweeks cattle market- ngs a stoc yards and packing s m , plants totalled 1.406.374 compared $11 m- 1°3- Wlth 1.152.146. llwiho embwd district Jollowing ptogr Lunibering Expands a Rev. Peter Lumbering, under of war needs. figures. Production is estimated at 4,700,000 board feet. an increase of 100,000 feet. Newsprint production was down slight] but export sales of this commo ity increased four pet| cent. Buildin, in the figures of contractors, totalled $280,000,000 Bomllflffld With $180,000,000 in 1946. B Kain of 44.7 er cent. Building pennlts, issued n 58 municipalities ncreased 58.’! per cent. Railways handled a voiutrie of. freight about six per cent greater than in 194-3 but higher wage bills cut deeply into revenue. C, P. R. net earnings were down about per cent from the figures for 1943 and the C. N. R. net was oif more than l8 pfl‘ cent though both svs- "l" tems had increases in groan rev- enue. Iron and steel pliin a achiev- ed amail increases o! steel tron production and i iants throughout the Dom iu-i-ied out munitions valued ,680,000,000 abo t h withlin a three WM: w“ 1940 record figuremp" ca“ o‘ the I044 m ‘mm’ Edi-i’ occasion was names were Howatt at‘ prepare for the peace Min: Grant’, report on the Yale School of - cohol. should prove helpful, even though our problem is not exact- liv like theirs. A year iigo 1’ believed that year after the war our people would b4», readv for Prohibition u- gain. bi ter witnessing the power of the Liquor Trade during a the period when the governm tried to cut down i-he amount Pquor sold, I do not believe 0m could overcome their cunnin, and clever ivrovpa-giandia. We all know the: danger of Gov- ernment desire to make money too. but we know of e0 many in- stances where Public Ownership has been a blessing that it meiv prove to he a blessing in preparing i)‘: way for further To gain perfection overcome . ever lied. we been able to convince many P0001: fact. with the! woositfon n 117i But whatever is done gt us hope and prev for a better end more sober Canenh ‘utter lite war. Iillih MONO" IQ A hb St. vii-ilk Jdiluii Foreign trade iigur limited lteadil, B90116 to gcinlgcr 31 sivicw aniiicreescofMpei-cmt u" o er the first l0 months of 104! and i in nine period were up 3.0 t. Easing u? oi B ity brcugh a decline oi .0 cent in the reduction of billion oiioofi in??? o°i§d€3i‘i%o”& dividends by c i f monthgvbrf the prowl: ' . indi t urns: w. iiicatlie andumeculet v0 161$? Yo. El byi E-flfiilbiliflifilfiliilfillfiliillfillfiliialliilfiilfi vicroiuii scuooi. coucau‘ I On Friday Dec. find. the pupils oi Victoria, School displayed talent in a. vexw successful Christ akbmtifiu I-Iaor "u"? Y! om Victorie School we, also unveiled. The . mine was carried bwiour on the“ en by ma. Th; Honor Roll was then unveiled Mrs. James Boulter who the honor of having her . eon inscribed thereon. rend ew Year Greetin s c-amrfllfil It is a pleasure to extend to our Cus- tomers and friends New Years Greet- ings, and to thank you, one and all, for your patronage and confidence you have placed in us the past year and hope for a continuance of same in the years to come. ii Siai E‘ fi w. LPROWSE Manager, T JCIIEIIEIEIEIIEIEBQEIHEJEIJEIEIEIEIIEIEIEIEIIEIL ,. 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