Truck Driver Exonerated In Southport Man's Death _more than $2,000, the Charlotte- A Premier Walter R. Shaw PREMIER SHAW-OPENS YOUTH FAIR Stirling MacRae _ Brookfield, year’s Queen and King, Linda Fair at the Charlottetown Ex- fs shown above as he officially | hibition grounds last evening. | presen of the P.E.. Junior | Paoli, Charlottetown and opened the annual Rural Youth | Seated on the stage are Mrs. | Farmers Federation; last | Eugene Donahue, Cornwail. Unemployment A coroner’s jury last evening exonerated Harold Francis Doyle, Mt. Stewart of all blame in the September-10th death of Sylvan Chester Pippy of Southport, which resulted from a collision at Hazel- brook on Sept. 9th. The accident occurred at ap- proximately 1 p.m. when Mr. Pippy’s halfton truck was in collision with a three-ton gravel truck driven by Mr. Doyle. The inquest, held at City Hall, was presided over by Coroner L.E. Prowse, assisted by Gerald R. Foster, who was act- ing in his new capacity as Crown prosecuter. minutes the jury members return- ed their verdict. A total of seven witnesses were heard including Dr. Malcolm Put-! nam, Charlottetown surgeon, who treated the injured man on his arrival\at the hospital: Dr. John Craig, provincial pathologist,.who conducted the post mortem ex- amination: Cnst. James D. Brooks, RCMP Charlottetown who investigated tke accident; | William Gordon Emmery,; Beat-| ons Mills truck driver, who wit-! messed the accident. Also testifying were Louis Mac-| Lean Blue, Belle River laborer, | Mr. Doyle, driver of the gravel | truck and Walter Burhoe, Char-} lottetown mechanic, who examin- ed the vehicles following the ac- cident. Dr. Putnam testified that when he first saw the injured man, | he appeared to be in a semi:’ conscious condition and did not respond to any questions. He also stated that Mr. Pippy died at > gece noon the next | y. ‘ | INTERNAL INJURIES The provincial pathologist, said | that the main cause of death) was due to the severe internal | injuries which the accused has re- | ceived as a result of the accid-} ent, as well as several rib, and arm fractures. Const. Brook said that invest- igation revealed that the Pippy vehicle—the half-ton truck—was! turning into the lane of Roy | LOCAL BRIEFS $2,000 COLLECTED With collection now totalling town Hospital Charity Bazaa special names committee fas | met with an excellent response | from the public, chairman R.D. | MacGillivary stated yesterday. Associated with Mr. MacGillivary | on this important committee are B.M. Callaghan and Bill Coug-| lan. ee IS TRANSFERRED Capt. G.C. Major, gon of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Major, 86 Cumberia. St. city, who has spent the }wst-two Wears with the Canadian Afyny in’ Germany and Indo-China fias bebn transferred from Winnipeg Man., to Calgary, Alta. -Capt. .Major is with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and has travelled extensive- ly throughout Canada with the Canadian Army. Capt. Major, has a record of 2 years service with the Army. ISLAND PRODUCER Murray Creed, son of W. B. Creed. Highfield, will have his production “Silver and Gold” heard over CBA radig on the program “Summer — Fallow”, Monday evening September 28. “Silver and Gold", is concerned with the silver fox industry on P.E.I. Mr. Creed is also doing a special TV coast to coast Thanks- giving show on “Country Calen- dar”’, on Sunday, October 11. This show titled “A Morning Hymn” ig filmed near Ormeston, (Continued from page 1) isurance protection. There now are about 4,000,000 insured- work- ers in the labor force of 6,400,000. On the basis of experience over contributions Pippy when the accident occurred | later learned was driven by Roy venue going -into the fund by and that the driver of the gravel | Pippy. | about $96,000,000 for an estimated truck had tried to swerve to! Later, he said this truck turn-| average annual intake of $337, his left to avoid hitting the other ed in a lane and that he was 000,000. On the same basis, the vehicle but could not 'do so due'travelling at approximately 30) benefit total should increase an jtoa number of automobiles which m.p.h. when he noticed-a half- average $24,000,000. had been following the Pippy ton truck which had been on the, Apart from this, the fund vehicle. |other side of the highway at-| poud erdw naturally’ by. some The constable noted that as a tempting to make a turn 10) ¢15 $16 900,000 a year in interest result of the impact the right| follow the other Pippy vehicle | 4) its investments in bonds of the front wheel of the gravel truck, | into the lane. leash put into it. This interest which was carrying 11 tons of He was only about the distance should go up, assuming the eco- | gravel, became jammed and if of a length and one-half of his nomy continues to rise. | the driver had applied his brakes, ; OW truck when the other vehicle! r a little more than he did, the Made the turn, he said, and he) MAKES RECOVERY vehicle would have gone ‘into|4Pplied his brakes but could not; Meanwhile, since the legisla- CITY NEWS PAGE the last five years, the additional | should increase re-} TELEPHONE 8506 — ASK FOR NEWS DESK The Guardian, Charlotictown, Fri, Sept. 25, 1959 5 Power Interruptions Caused By Lightning The violent electrical storm | Souris along the St. Peters Road. which swept over Prince Edward No reports of trouble had been Island last evening did very | received from the Montague area, | little damage other than to pow-| the company said. | transmission lines. : oe v. reports of other damage Reports from Summerside said | | power was interrupted in the) had been received up to press time this morning. ae Maritime Electric Company re-! town vicinity. Perrtt ported that two extra crews were| The frequent bolts of lightning | at work last night restoring trans- iene accompanied by very heavy formers and main line disconnect-| "2" at times throughout the, ing points ‘which were knocked StOrm agg many areas were as out by the storm. It is expected | bright as day for several seconds | that service will be restored | # 4 time. by morning, in all areas. Large quantities of-leaves also The company has crews work- | drifted down to plug catch basins | ing all the way from Borden to! in the city and town areas. | Mrs. Percy MacDonald Heads Parkdale Home And School Mrs. Percy MacDonald was, Beewn and Mrs. Sandy Frizzell, ones ea - Park- Mr. Gauthier heads the member- ale Home a School Associa- . : tion at the annual meeting. Mrs. ship committee and the library Arthur Love presided and re- Committee includes Mrs. Elmer ports of the various committees, Johnston and Mrs. Don Mitton. * |Members of the hospitality com- were received. A vote of thanks to the retir- mittee are Mrs. Edgar Dennis, ing officers was moved by J.W. Mrs. Hector MacDonald and Mrs. Lawrence Blakney. Hogan and seconded by Mrs. Mr. Costello introduced—the Holly Archer. the teachers of the various clas- Other officers elected after the ireport of the nominating com- ses. The parent attendance prize was won by Mr%. Ross” class. mittee was received were: vice- A committee was named to president, Mrs. Erie Gauthier; secretary, Everette Johnstone; | take care of the distribution of cod liver oil capsules in both treasurer. Mrs. John Martin; schools. Mr. Hogan was appoint- directors, Frank Costello, Mrs. |Gordon Rice, Eric Gauthier. ed press reporter for the associa- The program committee tion. Lunch was served by the ladies. cludes Mrs. Love, Mrs. Churches : ‘Continued from page 2) i in- Lois Tignish Worship at 9.30 a. m.| Sunday School at 1030 a. m: Cascumpec Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship at 1] a.m.; Alber- FRYON UNITED Church. The ton Sunday School at. 10 am |regular schedule of services for; W.MS. Thank Offering at 7.30 the Tryon Pastoral Charge of The’ p.m. with Rev. C.R. Webber as | Middleton, Newton and Searle- | the ditch. avoid the collision. tion went through the mill the) United Church of Canada for! guest speaker’ Other“ services ; -~ DRIVERS STORY Following deliberation of 20; Mr. Bruce said that following his examination of the vehicles The driver’ of the gravel truck| he considered the Doyle driven Mr. Doyle, said that he was go-| vehicle to be in perfect condition ing to Charlottetown with a load) and that the other truck was of gravel and was, following be- twisted up so badly that he could fund has been making a recovery} Sunday, September 27th., are as on its own from the nosedive- it | follows: suffered during the recession. se. The Sunday School Rally Ww $900.000.000. it | Day Service will be held at Try- ee ben er t on at 11 a.m. and at Crapaud at ll am. at Cape Traver-| McLean. Led will be conducted by Mr. Elmer ANGLICAN CHURCH. Services for the New London. Parish on ? hind a blue truck, which hej not examine it. et Re nS a oa eens vonnenecnennen Oe iat bist nit ellis” is ’ Handling a squirming, scaly five-foot alligator is an old story to Connecticut-born Florida rancher, Frank Weed, this fall making his eighth consecutive | annual visit to Prince Edward Island. \ * An ex-marine, a TV star, and | a pistol expert, the lanky Sou- therner, a confirmed devotee of upland game _ hunting, first came to the province several years ago to take part in the field trials that year. He liked what he saw so well he has come back every fall since. On two occasions his attrac- tive blonde wife, Ellen accom- panied him. EVERGLADES RESIDENT The Weeds, who live on a mile- square ranch located in the heart of the Florida Everglades, are real outdoors types and Mr. and Mrs. Weed and their two children, Frank, Jr.: and Gary, have been featured at sports- men's shows in many parts of | North America. Since arriving in the - Mari- times a few days ago, Frank and his, unusual collection of birds, snakes and other animals | have appeared on CBC's Gazette and CKCW-Moncton. He expects to telecast a show for CFCY Saturday , night. Over. the years, Mr. Weed and his tame anirhals e appeared EASY DOES IT! Florida Rancher Visits P.E.I. Vith Collection Of Reptiles seem to have the: ability to make the animals stand still,” he drawled. PISTOL EXPERT A deputy-sheriff for Dade Coynty, Florida, Mr. Weed is li- censed to teach pistol shooting in many of the American States. On his trip to Canada this fall Mr. Weed brought along the big ‘gator and several smaller ones, 40 harmless snakes, 20 poison- ous snakes, a coati-mundi (a ra- coon-like animal found in South Anterica), one possum, two South American quail, two Jap- anese quail, two chuker part- ridge, several turtles, and 10 dried snake skins up to 16 feet Jong While travelling through Nova Scotia earlier this week he pur- chased a deer and a red fox to} add to his collection: = Most of Mr. Weed’s unusual collection of snakes and other animals were caught in teeming Everglades, which. he says, is not a wild jungle but an area of everlasting grass that is very wet most of each year. VETERAN HUNTER Using an air boat, Mr. Weed | can travel through this area for perhaps 40 miles in a straight | line while hunting deer or wild pigs. a He stated that the grass in Florida was of very poor quality ber on the farm of Gordon Gree! fiction Editor of the Family He ald and Weekly Star, on the front covet of 67 nation- al magazines. “Not because of | |my pretty face, but because Aivided as much animal food as though plentiful. He declared that one ton of Canadian hay pro- : will |graduated according to wages, : ‘in June at the finish of his sen- jtence in Britain.: | also’ claimed that after flying to | Montreal last Nov. 17 he got a the | had_ plummeted in about two! ¥ ; | September 27th.. the 18th. Sunday years to $432,800.000 by May co Ministers Rev. ADC. | hoe Trinity ecter chow w With the drain eased as employ- | % 2 Eric Ingraham: St. Mark’s, Ken-| ment picked up. it had come; $R¥ON — BONSHAW United | sington, Holy Communion 8.30 | back to $448,600,000 by the end of Baptist Pastorate. Rev. L.R.|a. m. Confirmation Class and | September. Graves. Minister. Services for Sunday School 10 am. and Mor- Those now paying into the fund , Sunday, September. 27th.: Tryon) ning Prayer 11 a.m.; St. Thomas ie rib. avs Bn payments a.m.: Westmoreland 7.3@' French River Sunday School and ' "| p.m. Sunday School at Tryon 10 Confirmation Class 1.30 p.m. and a.m.; Westmoreland 11 a.m. Al!) Evensong with Baptisms 2.30) are welcome. ' | p.m; St. Stephen's, Brulington : |Confirmation Class and Sunday as a maximum. Two new classes} ANGLICAN CHURCH of Can- School 6.30 ban vale cident will pay 8 and 9 cents. ada, Crapaud and Springfield for ‘7.30 p.m. Come and worship with! The new benefit rates will be | Sunday, September 27th, 1959:) ys | same most of the way. but St. John’s: Evening Praver 7.3 ae } ae ane wereases “at the. top|P-M.; St. Elizabeth's: Holy Com-| THE NORTH Bedeque Pastoral rising from eight to 10 cents as a} minimum and from 60 to 78 cents Engineering Institute Head plores Iron, Coal . JJ. Hanna, president of the Engineering Institute of Can- ada told 30 members of the P. E. Island branch in an after dinner address at the Charlottetown Ho- operate with management to meet the ever-pressing competi- | tion of Brijgiy, \Prance,-Germany Belgium Japan, im world markets.”’ Mr. Hanna dealt in detail with | many phases of national economy, particularly that of the gas situ- ation in Alberta and the iron ore | deals in Newfoundland and Lab- rador “Not too many years hence, Special Sunday Is Designated The Prince Edward Island Temperance Federation will ask churches throughout the province to designate November ist “alcohol education Sunday”. In making this announcement at @ meeting of his executive com- mittee, presidegt Arnold Hender- son hoped that this would help to make citizens more aware of . the need for an expanded alcohol education program. The meeting was held in the conference ‘rooms | of the Charlottetown YMCA yes- | terday morning. The field: secretary of the Fed- \ eration, B. Jones, stated that he had visited most of the high schools and that he had, conduct- ed classes in eachy grade~ in alcohol. education. F.A. Large, Q.C., chairman of the education committee, reported that a pro- vincial oratorical-essay contest Exports ee the engineering fraternity may be was planned for early in the new why they did not warn the J.J. HANNA year and the program co-ordina- Uaeadian people of the effects to|_ 2 a tor, G. Kerr, ‘announced that be anticipated in the export of so| ™ touch with the latest develop. booklets on alephol education, much raw material. Fish may| mets through frequent meetings were nearing completion. be replenished, trees may be | With panel discussions on techni-| Robert Carruthers, treasurer, groyn in waste places, tourists May cotinue to be a profitable ad- dition to our economy, but iron ore, coal and gas cannot be re- placed,”’ he said. _Stressing the caliber and at- titude of young engineers as com- pared with older members of the organization, Mr. Hanna spoke of the two wars and later the de- pression, leaving the engineers of today to face the fact of an atomic age, booming economy and high stadards of living. He urged the latter group particularly to keep Award Made To Air Cadet Roger Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Clark of Mt. Ste- ‘wart-has-been awarded a flying training scholarship following completion of three.years training with No. 60 Charlottetown Squad- ron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Cadet Clark has also been ac- cepted by the RCAF’ for further ir crew training and leaves Sat- urday morning for Centralia, Ont. He attended summer camp at CAF Station-Greenwood in 1958 and was also the recipient of the RCAF scholarship at Prince of Wales College on two occasions. The flying training course was carried out at the Moncton Fly- ing Club during July and August of this year and was attended by approximately 17 cadets from various Maritime centres. On the completion of 30 hours cal papers and employér-em- | : Maer ars ployee, relations. | outlined plans for obtaining fin- . , ne | ancial support from churches and Engineering ucation con-| congregations to assist the fed- i ; Dir |, 4 Ss SSist e fi tinues throughout an entire life/ eration in its educational pro- and May be considered from on! gram. the See ue training) It was decided that the annual | Sandpotats L rr | meeting would be held in Bede-- Off the job training is an €x-,| que on Oct. 20th when Dr. J. | cellent nity for real ser-| Linton will be visiting the pro- = wh€n courses of instruction! vince. It is planned to have Dr. are held where members may Linton as guest speaker at that hear the opinion of others and be | time. | able to express their own,” the ~ speaker stressed. | i. : Mr. Hanna was introduced ow WW F d R.D. Donnelly and thanked for: itness ine his highly interesting address by N.F. Stewart. The meeting was B Cc presided over by Laurie Coles, | y <Oroner Summerside, president of the P. | E. Island branch of the organiza-/ One witness, scheduled to give tion. ° evidence * the inquest of Sylvan Chester Pippy of Sonthport, | techaleal services, Enginering In-| "hich was held at.City-Hall last | stitute of Canada, with head-| evening, failed to make an ap | quarters in Montreal briefly des-| faa and was fined $20 by cribed the routine practiced at| ner Dr. L.E. Prowse. ; head. office, all of which was of} The witness, Roy Pippy of particular interest to the mem-| Southport, sent word by way of a bers’ present. He urged that re-| friend that he would be unable gional technical conferences be | to appear at the inquest due to formed with a view'to broadening | illness. ' the outlook of younger members }—Dr-—Prowse-noted-that this ex- and using the more matured as use was “not good enough for | mentors and lecturet’. | this court” and imposed the $20 Two third-year students in en-/ fine. gineering at St. Dunstan's Uni- —However, Dr. Prowse stated, versity, Francis Tam of Hong] that Mr. Pippy would have his Kong and Emil Nagy of Hungary | money returned to him tpon the —. enjoyed meeting the members! presentation of a doctor's certifi- | and hearing the speakers. leate proving the—itiness——__ —_—__—_ flying and 60 hours ground train- ing, Cadet Clark had the distinc- tion of attaining the highest mark. | ADULT POLIO CLINIC Lobsters Seized At Gurnsey Cove) A punt containing a quantity of | illegally trapped lobsters was recently seized. in the Guernsey Cove\ area by an officer of the federal department of fisheries. Charges are expected to be jaid in the Kings County Court against Chessel Irving of Murray Har- bour and Howard Glover of) Guernsey Cove in connection with | the seizure. For 1, 2, 3rd inoculations for Alberton and surrounding districts at ALBERTON HALL, Monday, Sept. 28th—7 to 9 p.m. Cee ee Se ke CAPITOL — TODAY - SAT. Micuty SAGA r 27th.: Maine, United States, and took | 928. Sunday. September 27th are fun them to eastern Germany and! delivered them to the East Ger- man government.”’ The airport was not identified : -/munion 10 am. Rector: Rev.| Charge, The United Church of of the scale. The te dae nOW | David S.H. Minton, S.TH. |Canada. Services for . Sunday HISTORIC FLIGHT are $23 a week for a on ee : : 'September 27th, as follows: _ First airplane flight across the. son and $30 for_one with a de- _MONTROSE P ASTORAL ‘rayellers Rest 9.30 a.m. A spec- English Channel was by Louis pendent. The new maximums !/Charge, United Church of Can-\ial speaker from A.C.T.C. at - Bleriot, from France to England, will be $27 and $36. jada. Rey. Robert A. Crooks, B.A.| pa:amagouche, Nova Scotia, wil], 0a July 25, 1909. B.D. Minister Services for Sun-| sneak of the work of the Center | ; ° > day, September 27th.; Mimine-} a: Freetown at 1] a.m. and will|the congregation of the pastoral Espionage gash 11 a.m.; Montrose 3.p.m_| give an illustrated ‘talk at North|charge are invited. Rev. Angus was eee ae a cle Bedeque at 7.30 p.m. to which| Brown, Minister. (Continued from page 1) 130 p.m. (W.M.S. ank er- which he had served eight years ‘8’. oe > as an accessory. Then he was, MARGATE PASTORAL asked whether he had worked ms leueee “on Sunday, September L a spy after getting out of a Brit-| 97th - Long River 10 a.m.; Mar- ° o ish prison in 1958. gate 11.30 am.: New London at amt y o BOGUS NAME . 17.30 p.m. will be W.M.S. Thank e errr er . °° | Offermg Service. Guest Speaker Hume, mentioning two trips ©; RS. Latimer of Trinity Church, e the United States and Canada on) Chariottetown. Special music ls e a passport with a bogus name, wGcC._ Elliot, Minister. mea e replied: é + .@ “I took some photographs of| ALBERTON PASTORAL . the U.S. military airport in Charge, United Church of : Can- > s 7 2 a further and the date of the pic- ° Prince Street _ ture-snapping was not brought H And S Meet T Hume recalled he had been in| The first meeting of the Prince a British prison with Fuchs, for-| Street Home and School Associa- mer British nuclear’ scientist who | tion was held on Thursday even- passed atomic secrets to the So-|ing at which Mrs. Gordon Mac- viet Union. : Donald was the guest speaker. _ Fuchs went to East Germany | Sixty-nine members were in at- | tendance. The speaker chose “Program for Home and Schoo] Meétings’’ | |as the. topie which led to. dis-| cussions by several groups and | produced many interesting ideas | for program including class dem-| onstrations, speakers on. child psychology and other subjects, panel discussions and _ suitable films. Rev. J.H. Bishop introduced the speaker and Mrs. Kenneth MacQuarrie thanked Mrs. Mac- Donald for her tmformative talk. | After the singing of the Queen, parents and teachers enjoyed re- freshments served by the lunch) ¢ committee. | The defendant, who spent much of his: time in Switzerland since Zefting out of prison in Britain, job with an unidentified Cana- dian electronics firm where he did “theoretical work’ and passed a security screening. eight tons of the variety grown ‘in his home state. 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