r- .i" TIGNISH ITISHERIES (‘O-DI’ Allliltll) COLD S'l‘URA(i‘iE PLANT l)l'Rll‘-‘G '4‘ VOK. ‘(S3 Tignish moves ahead; improvements made By I-EDITH F.l.l ‘RSli\'.'c' As the pi‘ovitice t. l’riii<: ward Island swings into treat for mass (‘i-uIi~i hratioiis plaiiiictl thoiights turn back to I.l(‘ t‘.'lllV settlers. and liistiiiji (‘\"'ll ll small ('0lTlll‘lllllIl_V lIli“‘l! \';i1ue to at "lllIt'Ii )'ltllll“t‘l' iiitiiiii siitltlciily I)t‘L'(illlt‘\ Liti- pltl‘l.'llll to t‘\t'l'_\'t>lli* in aiiliiiiiii of the '1." ITFSI liisttii'_\' hcgaii ill ihc «stern part of the proi.-iii-c \\ll|’l". eight -\oadiia.vi Faniilies rl!’l"\"‘(I by rta-t from \Ial_npriut: and trial. up resiirleiiee \'(:r\' Sllll[‘lI\,' tlqev wen: ininerl hv Dlljp-I)": of their comriatriots and ahniit the year 1809 the first Il“sll settlers of the community of Tigiiish a~i‘-1 I"l\‘Ft'.l. Past records sliiiu the new set- b_v l ters \\nl‘I\"f(I hairrl and lo_va". as they expanded into the ii. in: and farmiii: lll(lil~lI‘_\. (treat .st.rides have taken place for the better since those pioneer days 5 the prozi-ess in the Tignisii area owr the past year is not- ed. WINTI-ZR WORKS L'i1der the winter: \\‘l>I'I\’.\ pro- era-m maii_y improvements: were made in the village. .\ rcstnirccs ‘ development prograiii for the‘ Tiznish was laiiiiclictl. LlTl(It"l‘ new p~'o:ra1ni is- laiitlers have an cpptiitziiiity to create more jobs. I"i1I’I iiiore and hotter comniiiniiies. itiake fa"min: trione profitaiile and im- prove their lot. The program ueil iiiirlerway is progrcssiiiit Ia\'orab"y I‘he Fire {I(‘|'Vi}li"Il’llt iii li:itI water systciii installed .it the fire statinii diiririg the \ear along with improvenieiits to tiic interior and exterior of the .\'incial director of l island A Sister St. lialllt‘(l Tl_'.’lli>Il as the hoiiic of the I<'ll','.‘(‘Sl credit uiiitui and one whicli has Ill“l(I this posi- tion of [)l'i'tillillt‘lll'(‘ for iiiauy _\'i‘.ll‘\. The t'iu;iiiti;il sizitt‘mt'iil show- erl Itilzll .'l\.~t‘IS of S3.-172.74. ’l'he _<.l:ai'e aiiil loan tlcp:i":iuciit had total (i~~‘(‘ls‘ of .<.<4t:.3:;l;.ii a n d trtdif iiiiini \l£|l)llI/Llllllll tiiiitl liil.'il .'i<>t~is \\(‘l'(‘ $21.2tltl_llti 'I'h \'t‘ilt" was the iiiosi stic- t‘t‘\.‘IlIl ilic '|‘i:iii~li co-iIlIt".2li\'C \sso'.~i;ittiiii Liiiiitetl ever llilfl. 'l‘liis was ropiirtcrl hr the in:-in» a':et' (il"l‘.lItI tI:ititIi'alian -ii the annual mer-tin: held in April. An ll'|l',‘l‘Fa’~P of $48,000 in mliinie and a very large rleri‘ea=e in «'l(‘(‘0llnlf~ pat w o worthwhile acliiereiiietits men- tinned S(‘H00l. l!\'t'Rl-,‘.\-SE Enrolnieiit art the three 'i‘i<_:— iiish sclimils iiicrcaseti tt\'(‘l‘ the past year. .\u island iccord \\'.‘»1S set at the rc,'.-ioiial lugh school when 20 out o 20 Grade ll! students were successful] passing: the [)l‘O\'Il‘l('lal examina- tions. Principal is Sister St. Mary I . Olti'istoplici' tllcdhill. p r o - music or schools warmly praised Sister Sit. Geoige music tea- cher of the village sclieols. ' ' Rosalia. Ti;'iiisli (Ion\'ent. for ' in iindei'takiii_:: the first Prince (‘ouiity musical i'esiival at 'l‘i<:nisli in May. The first area council in: of P.FI.l. .Iiinior Red CITISS was held at 'I‘i:nisli regioiial IllL“ll scliool iii .\Iay wliaii dele- g;t«tes asseiiililcrl i'ri:tii t)‘l.eai‘y, .»\lhei'ton and '[‘ignisli to blue e."Ioi'ts to help promote better relations in Red Cross . .k 3 _ _ _. \\0l . ti-re siatimt Ihe iii-omen also in Jum, “,9 ,.(_.,_.i,,nai mg}, had Hm“ "K "“”“"' f“l' mt‘ M‘ school received its Allied Yoiilh th t-oiiserittive year for n1ll.'\'~-post (.ha,.1(,,. ,-mm David S_ Pllldi‘ ‘I-.\'-“ll"‘i‘-l‘."» r\ "“'i\ i‘"l(‘T‘ ' well. I‘ro\'incial (Tl"l"('i‘ll' of‘ Dl‘1-‘F in ill!‘ “Wm ' fll'11i'. . physica’. education and alcohol store opened in the village pro- vi in: a much needed service to the people of the cnmmiinity. Silt-ccsstiil i‘ecrc.'ition pro-l grants and the most sitct-ossliil _\-'f‘HI' oi‘ the Tignish Sports Re- creation a.\~tl('I.'l‘lIllll were re- ported in the piesirlent .Io'nn GFl\'ll1 at the third annual meet-1 in: held in .\'o\'eni"~r. most !‘ll('tlill‘.'tEIl1;.' .cpoi't the presirlent said a very hard} working hr~a-rd of direi-toi‘.\ sll‘0- vr all year to promrte .spnl'lS and recreation programs for the youth of the Tiznish area. '1‘ recreation association siiccessful ' day for over 200 young peo .e Participants in the course \\' chosen to attend the Red Cross swimming cliiampioiis-lii.p meet 3 at Cliarlottc-town and were suc- iossiul ui iiiiiniii: I"lllt't' Vniinty ilianipionsliip ‘trophy, .\lF.E1'S l'.\'K!\'t'Wl'S Before organiviiiiz this all im- io the _\oii:h ilt‘I't‘. A \'er_\ small and mu h needed baseball diamond was put into operation by the association for; the baseball season. ‘ impiwwements were made the oiittioor skating rink under} the winter works pl‘ti_".Z"fll1l. dres- l ilIl'_' s-minis. and canteen were“ ll‘-l'tltIrlf‘lI(‘(‘I and enlarged and 5 paiiitcrl in pastel shades of l'll'lt" and pink. Three new stoves I were added. along with new h("‘t'II(‘.< i'lio exterior of they I'i|llI(Illl’_‘ was ( no mer no , p;i‘n't"d in green and white itlt! rerl roofs. i K new elet'ti‘it‘. pump was in-' stalirrl and six lines of ii ztlfll “ere added to the ice sii«r.‘:icej allowing hockey to be played at night. (‘ontemiial celebrations in tlici got oft’ to R fine sta , uary 18. when tilie recreatioi 35- I sot-iation launched its first ma-. jor projet-t ot the year {oi the \‘t'tlllIl of the area iv ‘h ice =_ orts ' dress car—. I l re!-rd turnoutl of of 800 taldniz advai'a.ge . feet weather. Htistory iivirfilded Falttn-m (Iurintz the day as the ol (‘onledemtiitm were welcomed h d commie to the village n_v ea r i-:.c. Gaudette. I1‘ UN Credit Union League had a M iii.» sui meeuni at the P.E.I. E.-"".':-...*-sou .weeks of fishing were the low-1 est. in ‘ I)i‘(‘\'IIttlS year. ‘ Pridiliam transfer. iand left in the vats there for is days can he placed ' the cold storage room for In- studies for the Island. .»\dult education classes are iindcrway at Tignish for the lillllfl winter. comprising diifferent sii-bjects that have a fair atteiidaiice of men and wonien. I.ookin,i_' back over the past .39 years when the great move to better conditions of the fish- crnien began at Tignish it is iititcd that eiypaiisioii and im- provcment have taken place at Tiznisli l"islieries co-operative under the management of Wil- son Shea an a hard working board of directors. Winter ice conditions as in lzhe past two years delayed set- ting lobster traps until May 7th. Lobster ca-tcilies in tihe first [3 years and were well down when both seasons were over. ore the previoiis season but lllflllf" prices n'e"c paid ’l‘hi'er- liiuidrod and fifty thousand pounds of lobsters were landed during the spring sea- son. ' was down lS0.0t'tO pounds over the previous year Three Iiiiitdred thousand pounds were landed during the fall sea- son. down ('0ll.<l(I(‘V‘.'-lI1I_\' over tiite Market lobsters were trans- ported to the Bnstoll market by Five hundred cartons of lobster cocktail were processed besides 8.ll00 carton: of cann . er. One hundred and tthirty five thousand pounds eame front the Ebhsfleet fisheries, l4 new shareholders have joined th :- fisheries making a total of 160 Employees wages were tip con- siderably over Illt‘ previous years. A cold storage plant can- able of storing 500,000 pounds of wet salt fish and holdlnu three carloads of packaged fish was pii-t into operation during that summer. The fish salted at Tignish Run definite period. 'l'he Tl.°rI'l are taken fiiom the storage room. boned and packaged for sihl.p- merit in the new prodiiciion '.-liie cannery that was constructed during the year at Jude's Point the home tlve fish- ermen. Ten ‘extra men were e _ ed at Tignisti Run to handle the fish where an ice matter was put into operation makintil the iiecotid ice maker put into operation by the fldiories dur- ing the year. - Fish (‘M(‘I1(*s were up over 1,250,000 pounds over the past 3 tied cliicken Hadrlie were pro ccssed at .u(le‘s uiiit. 13 car- lozids of fish were shipped since September. up iiiiie t-a'Ioaci:~. s"IppcrI over the pt‘e\‘ioiis yczir. lIt‘l‘1‘Itl;! and lll.'l(‘l\'Cl'Cl luiidliigs ere l'(‘l)lll'l(‘(I as fair. I\lPRO\'EME‘\' S At Skiiuiers Pond uiip:'ove- iiieiits were iiiatlc to tiic liar- liuur wlierc soiiic tifi boats II~ll in the tall st-usoii: a li.-at-iiii lt_'iii was t‘2‘(‘('It‘(l as it guide for [tie fisiicriiieii. Frcsli Fllllllilllijl water was inzirle .-i\‘ailah|e tor the first time at Skiniiers Pond harbour. -\Iter tire wells ueie rlu: atid only salt water could be had. 3 well was piped to the l1:<ii'hour from a I‘i.<liei"ineii‘s home ‘ feet away glint: the fishermen an ample supply of much need- ed fresh water. Sltareliolders in the 'l‘i'gnish F‘isIic-ries (‘o-operative are ac- ciiinitlatiiig quite a fleet of fish- ing boats. The boat buildiitz plant at .iude‘s Point has turn- ed out 13 in the last two years Jerry Buote who took on the fisliing business of .\l_viick and Maciiitush a-t. 'l‘ignisli shore has a fishing fleet of 60 boats with an increase in liish landings. Sixty were employed at the pea‘ of the season. At the Buote cannery clams mackere-T are also processed and put into cans. IRISH MOSS The first shipment of Irish Moss front the island was made by ;\l-yrick and .\lacliit0sh Ltd. in September, 1961. This prov- ed to be the start of an liidiistry that has been a boon to both i'armers and fisliernien. it has I‘ll‘0ll‘.’IlI a lot of money to P.l7..l. which had been spread out among a great many individual mcss gatlierers. During the past , the market slowed down as the buy- ers in the area were forced to otit on the presstire for a better grade of Moss. .l.B. Yllyrick who is still very much in the business explained that with stricter re- gulations put into force a much higher and richer grade of moss is now for sale and the future market picture is very good and is expanding to other countries. CAMPING SITE Anglo Park situated a few miles nortlieast of 'l‘ignislt situat- ed on an outside shore along the Charlottetown %Vfl&IIfi’$CK¢II-I Lady slipper Drive is last he coming one of the Tll’lSI j)(ll)lII£ll'. camping sites in the ')roviiice. ‘There is safe and pleasant batti- ing in a newly roped oft‘ area. The park has l6 acres of rich green turf with a wooded back- ground for campers. two large suiiigs and teetei'-tot- ters are available for the yoiui<:- er set along '«\“IIi picnic t'ihle.~' and outdoor lire places t'iat help to make cookoiits complete ‘ near the sea shore. l A large hatlihouse was com- pleted duriug the past summer and a kltclicii is contemplated .'for the siiminer season A mod- Lern chicken-har the first for the .area is operated opposite the ‘camp site by \lr. and ‘\irs Wil- liam (‘-audet. Lloyd Shea a \cry likcahle and warden is always to any one ivishiiig to use the park. The old T‘T5l_l‘\\‘lt‘.'I Dam nisli \\'e,ll kiiowii by tourists and in Tu: ‘holding capacity of 30.000 bus- ‘It‘H‘ilI rcsideitls is heiiig corivert- . oil tanks with holding capacity ed into a publii trout stream by ‘ the dcnartiiient of incliistrv and iiatiiral resoiirces. (‘oiisiriict‘t~ii on the dam start- ed in \'oveniIier by foreman Huhr-rt (‘.:iud(‘t The dam base of cement wliicli is 70 ‘not has been (‘ttnl'lIt‘It"fI and -V8 ‘ont "ll vei-ts have been iiistalled. Fur- ther utirk has been disconliiitied until su“in'_' 'l"i"i‘c are 22 stream fecrtiiiu the dziiii that ill acres of water kituwu for its IHI“.ll" qiianili‘ of trout that clinics in from the sea l‘)ucI< liiini'iiu has always been popiiltir ,tI this piiutl ton. E. t‘, G.-iiirloites and Solis who operate a trciiieiidniis potato busuic~s in ttic area and run a B.-\ seivit-e stntioii iii the village. (‘.\’lt.'-iIidt‘(I thrir 'i‘ii~l i)l'l’tl‘ \\.'«ii‘(‘- lioiise near the t.‘\'Il li'at'k.< [0 tiels. Three Britisli American of 15.00 gallons of oil or gas was erected on railway during the fall. tanks are to be erected along illowitzer sitellsi lto be replaced soldier will shortly be replaced. 'hnnsIer._ThP shells now are in mm Joseph Richard Cote of use by airtillery units Scarborough, 0nt.. died in afCaiiad-a. military hospital Sept. 3) after a ‘ An army board of iiiquiry 105-millimetre shell exploded on opened on the day Cdte «lied leaving a howitzer. said Friday he died ‘as a fl!‘ L C? across B R A N D 0 N. Man. 'CP*— 'ect . A‘n ' it’ ’al at Cam Shilo , p . . . . _ “ml 3 131.29 Storage suppiy “:id‘-‘F_:id:;', l’:0““zer “gens of The new sliellsnill have new result of the shells Ill(’Ill’*ii]ip building. " 9 Type {hat Cau5..d the 391,, fuses and a delaying met.-hanisni de|()1‘|aIl0l1. l-‘ire nth... _..i,i-,.s Russell J. Perr_i' ntio operates temhér death of an 1g.yeai-.old between {use and e X p I o 5 iv e were 1n.luretl. the Irving service station in the y _ ~: village o’ Tignish made big lm- i prevemeiits by having the en- tire frontage of his business pav- ed and religlited. Nlauy improve- ments were made on a smaller scale to \'Zll'l()llS business. and private pi'opc"tios durin: the past year helping to heaiitify the area. .\.\'.\'I\'ERSARY T‘l..-KNS .estivit.e= of in Special (‘\‘t’lll.§ and mark the l.'i0th anniversary the .\‘oi-wezian constitution .\lay. Kent Street Is There A MOVE IN YOUR FUTUR many. many satisfied customers. Old Spain Restaurant GET Acquainted With... The Old Spain A Good Place To Eat Serving ‘the finest food in town‘ since I926 Milt-on's Old Spain Restaurant . . . the most popular eating spot in town . . . is small enough to give every dish that's cooked the individual attention it requires--yet Icig enough to give you the attention and service you expect when you dine out. And. too. at the Old Spain we give special attention to those customers on special diets. Why not drop in soon . . . and join cult it ‘'3? I575, EFL .”,°‘4;?‘.°?. Again: For Allied Van: Lines Pictured above is just one of the many new and modern units we have to help you with your moving problems. As agent for Allied Vans Lines we are ready and equipped to where in the Domiiiloii of Canada and the L‘.1~'.A. So it‘ _\oil are thinking of moving then call 2-1206 or 24207. Jenkins Transfer Ltd. where experieitu-will help pay off for you. JENKINS TRANSFER LTD. Charlottetown more you a iiy P. E. I. From A Humble Beginning . . . TO A MAJOR P.E.I. INDUSTRY That's The Story of . . . KINGS BUILDING MATERIALS in-1%. _ _.,. "I" Yes. since first starting us ca small sawmill on the outskirts of Montague quite a number of years ago, Kings l-‘ills has pro- gressed to a point wlzere it is known through the province and the Mccritimes. Mr. King is proud to be cilole to supply the puoiic with nearly eVCl’y'.iIIllEg in the line of building neeois. KINGS BUILDIN Mciiericils Licl. MONTAGUE SOUTHPORT DAIRY Left to right are Jack Gay and I) e s in on (I Whitlitck bottling nillk in cases rend) for the rctilgerator. T'l(‘IllI‘NI aliove is our Plate (‘ooler. Homoucnizcr ti ll II Pa§I.('IIl'l1,('l‘. 0" N9“' "°“"'-“ "HY lllflit we did our first tI:i."'F hiisiness . . . Since then our progress has mil,‘ Mr. 1; Mr. Percy (lay wish to take this op. portunlly to thank all the Perry Gay ineiisagc from been made possible through the continued in- creasing patronage from our many customers. We now I'a\'e I trucks and have 7 products which are: |‘asteuri7.c(I .\IiIk. Homogenized Milk. Clint"- litte Milk. lllend. Whipping ('rc:im. Table Cream- Skim Milk. ' Inr giving me the l'|'IVI|Pizc oi servinl them for the past twenty-seven years with the pert!-ct food. milk. Our employees are Mr. Jack (lay. Des Whitlork, Arnold Roper. Andre“ Arscnault. Wag no Mai-Kinnon, Basil .\IacI\'innon. l)oroth_v (‘on\\'iI,\'. SUNSHINE ISLAND DAIRY 134 Longwortli Ave. ch“-|ottetoWl|