- ¢§_v-:.l—..>-I_;u-Inu—_a0\_\\~4.- <-. ua.blfi J u a .4 guy-rut? _A cunntorrrrovm GUARDIAN Ion-Ill: Dill (Iourlod In 1887) W. Chester S. Mellon l. swam. F-ll m} Melt. Col. D. A. bhollun, 0.5.0. ‘flu; .5‘ “giggly; DIOOIQI: J. l Bull“, IJJ- Aloclll: ldlton: Funk Walker and Holt. Ill a Burnett, not“). (Orheflv: 8011100! “Th: Strongest Memorfl ll Walk" Th4“ lh: Weakest Ink.” SATURDAY. OCTOBER l, l9“ Thanksgiving W: knew something of harvest festival: long before the New England institution of Thanksgiving day: “All is safely gathered in, ’ere the winter storms begin.” Those harvest festivals of the old land were mostly Sunday services. The New England observance upon which our season is modelled was on the last Thursday of November, in the year i621. It was in 1620 the Jlayflmurr had landed the Pil- grim Fathers to found the Plymouth colony, named in honor of the last British port touch- ed in their sailing from tl-e old homeland. The winter that followed their landing at Plymouth Itock had lxscn so filled with hardship, priva- tnm and [mil they often despziired of survival. 'l'licy had been saved from starvation, more than once, through the kindness of friendly natives, and at best they had short commons and an uneasy life. Yet, and notwithstand- ing. they held that religious service of thanks- giving in their log church, and then went home to make a feast of what could be scraped to- gether from scanty stores. It has always been that way, as could be shown bv itiany examples from the lives 0f our own Island pioneer settlers. "Out of the suf- fcring comes the serious mind; qut of the sal- vation, the grateful heart; out of the endur- ance, the fortitude: out of the deliverance, the faith." Uni‘ Canadian Thanksgiving Day, which fall: on .\londa_v, (Jctober 8, is a tiational holi- day intended, as of old, to be a public celebra- tion of divine goodness. This year the day is fraught with a double significance; it nOt only marks the end of the harvest season as the crowning fitllriess of the ytear, but also the end of six years of warfare and the beginning— let u: hope——of a new era of peace and pro- gress for mankind. A: yet there is little evidence of the new er: in war-ravaged l:nd:. Hunger and want face many millions of. people as these lines are being written; the coming winter, so far as hardships are concerned, Will he among the bitterest in human memory. \\'e in this favor- ed land can only imagine such conditions; but it ill behooves us to forget them. For us, once again, the h: stores of food, and the husbandman _ ity as well. Herrick’: quaint verses thought in today’: Poet's Corner. \Vritten three hundred years ago, they seem as fresh a: ever; well worth reading and pondering at this particular season, ____________ The First Punjab Priest he following excerpt is taken from a let- ter by Sister M. Alma Julia,‘ pharmacist at Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, India, des- cribing the ordination of the first native priest in the Punjab. ‘ .ast Sunday (April i5, i945) we had an ordination here in Rawalpindi. For the first tinie in the history of the world a boy from this part was ordinated a Roman Catholic priest. He is the first native priest from this Prefecture of Kafirstan and Kaslimire which consists of about 50 million people, mostly Moslems, This is the sort of territory where you cannot expect to see mtich progress for the first hundred years-but after that . There are only a few thousand Christians i this whole Prefecture, with perhaps a rloz priests scattered here and there. from Lahore (the nearest Diocese) came to perform the ceremony. The candidate had made his studies in the Papal Seminary of _K_ancy Ceylan. Most of the priests of the vic- inity, almost all liriglish and Dutch missionaries of the Mill llill Society, London, attended. The church was crowded with a mixed congrega- lion of English. Indians, Burmese and Chinese. Th! fflll/“Yillg d8)’ We attended the first I\lass celebrated by the newlv ordained priest. I kept thinkinz during m. lloly Sacrifice; ‘This i.- one of our own boys, one of these Indian boys, who probably minded his father's goats in the hills. And now he is a Priest’? n en 'l'hc bishop Fire Prevention Week For the first time Prevention Week will in six long years, Fire he observed Oct. 7-13, under [mace-time instead of war-time condi- tions. During that period, the world has secn the use of fire as a major iveapon of war. It was the endeavour of both sides to reduce the other side's ability to wage war by the deg- truction by fire of his war plants and at the same time every effort was marle in the liome- land to prevent such destruction. In the end, the Allies by reason of vastly superior war materials, won out. But have we. won the fight against the fire demon here at home? Recent holocausts have indicated that we have not. The destruction by fire of one of the Great Lakes passenger boats, the burning of a famous Muskoka summer re- sort, and the near annihilation oi liastern (‘auadian port of llalifax sho forcibly that as a nation we have not ed to be carcful with fire. The fact that-l was so small : loss of life in these confl: ‘ lion dollars in i944. earth has yielded up has garnered the fruits 0f his labour. Ilere is mat- ter for profound thanksgiving, and for humil- express the same arebeing housed in the best conditions; th Erato elevators are being rapidly filled precious reserves for the winter our Province, vegetables and fruits are coming that grcat on to local markets in full abundance, for gar- w us vcry dens and orchar vct learn- lays caused by s ltcrc deuce for givin tgra- contribute to the vigorous health of our people." i‘ (AGE u‘ f Q11“ in the ifu: explo s i ‘ Ill-E‘ on: — one a i y m —-was indeed providential. There could quite easily have been many more. _ In spite of the effortyof fire prevention and fire protection officisl: throughout Cl!!- ada, fire losses jumped from slightly more than 24 i-z million dollar: in I939 to 0v" 4° Mll- lt i: quite true that the value: at risk in the latter year We" ill‘ ll! exeeu of those in 1939 but it i: also s fact that every effort was being put forth to ¢°fll¢fv¢ our resources for the war. In spite of thooe efforts, this country saw : mounting fire loss let u: hope that there will not be a repetition of events following the last Grent Wlr when between i9i9 uid 19a: firelosses jumped from 25 millions to 54 millions in property dim- age alone. . Fir: Prevention Week thi: year offer: u: in the prevention 0f fire in our homes, schools, places of business and factories. It only re- mains for us to keep in mind that we are going to be careful of fire from now on. remember- ing that fully 80 per cent of our fire: are due to carelessnes: and remembering also that it is our patriotic duty to prevent fires. City Hospital Bazaar Reference is made elsewhere _lfl i060.‘ issue to tllc opening M00113)’ ""11"?! °i the eleventh annual bazaar in aid of the Charlotte- town Hospital. This feature is becoming more and more popular with the years, and now that the war is over this year's attendance should eclipse all previous records. It is scarcely nec- essary to add that the cause is a most worthy one, ‘and deserves the support of all classes of our citizens. -EDITORIAL NOTES- Tomorrow Harvest Thanksgiving, Mon- day Thanksgiving Holiday. U I i I The" are about i,o5o Federal Civil serv- ants in the Province, almost one to every fam- ily, and now they are to be compelled to work six-and-a-half hour: per day, six days per week. No wonder the other member: of the families grumble. I!!! In Saint John and New Brunswick gener- ally Thanksgiving i: to commence at l P. M. today when all plants, industries, offices and stores close till Tuesday. To make up for Lhis the stores remained open till io PM. last night. o c : o Some good Samaritan: in Britain, who prefer to remain nameless, have decided to pre- sent the C. P. R. with a new Empress of Brit- ain to replace the one lost in the war. To him that hath shall be given. II i U i A movement is afoot to mark all Can:- dian bacon "made in Canada", to offset the bad effect of the inferior American product which bas been pouring into Britain during the war, and which has tended to make consumer: ask for Danish bacon instead. I I U U Attention is called to the encouraging re- view of Island farm activities in today's issue by Mr. \V. R. Shaw, Deputy Minister of Agri- culture. Mr. Shaw know: hi: subject thor- oughly, and hi: comment: a: well a: his facts and figures are of value and interest. a s w a Th: Blacquiere Septuor, famous Cana- dian singer: who have been giving concerts in the Maritime: owe their origin to this Prov- ince. The father of Mr. Blacquiere was born in Rustico, and he later moved to the United States where his son, Arthur, was born. At an early age Arthur went to Montreal where he developed his music:l talent. All the mem- bers of the family were musical and began their studies early in life. They have been giv- ing public concerts for the last I2 years, v a o a Sir Isaac Brock "hero of Upper Canada," born this date I769; Lieut.-Governor in I803; put down a formidable uprising of rebellious troops and conducted the campaign against the United States; received the surrender of Hull's army on Aug, 1o, i812; was killed while lead- ing his men at the battle of Queenstown, a monument to his memory being erected in St. Pam's, London. I O I U Lfttenetitrnt-loitrnal, Quebec, has evident- ly been examining the reports of farm produc- tion in Canada and is very pleased to find that fhe harvest, despite a wet spring incértgiin parts of the country, is not at all bad. Its edifiorial this last week is almost a song of praise: “Latest estimates bring to 325 million bushels the coun- try's wheat harvest; crops in the three West- ern Provinces have decreased by a third on what they were last season, and cannot be com- Dated with the three great harvest: of wartime. Just the same, the wheat produced passe: enor- mously the needs of the domestic consumer, to such an extent that millions of bushels can be sent each month to the less privileged countries ravaged by war. Canada is continuing her food- stuffs and provisions to the populations who are haunted by the spectre of famine. Cereals have grown in abundance; barley, rye and Dag; have been but mildly affected by the summer drought and the wet spring. Crops per acre have been sensibly increased, which amply compen- sates for the reduction of areas to be peeded. Harvest work is proceeding in an ideal temper- ature in all producing districts and the crops e big with year after year. Now that hostilitie: luve ended, fyourm; excellent opportunity to intensify our efforts lm had "Stubborn" we said, lt can wants." Notes By The Way 0! 0010:. ml! nub lllvlyl laughs that Marl: Corelll wrote “the Mlahty we: about 50 years before bu‘ time: -'l‘h: Christian Science Monitor. lawnwouanwlllnrolvcllovor ha: face; remlndod u: oftlut red nus: our baskets of poncho: But wlurou the tr rown poncho: under tho red coimng are :0 often green, this "peach", lt. wl: voted when the red vell was llfwd, ws: in ull bloom-St. ‘Ilsomu ‘lime:- Islnn ‘haul’: London - worh, now :ddfn¢ President - mm to ft: zallery of the lemon: md Infamous, 1m week n pllia through the clo lag l: lrlhln mtly nthnod, lt . muswlllsoudalol rultfcrhl: an to wenu-"Newsweok" Mog- nzlne, New York. A London report any: Irllcln wtll scrap her bl; battleships "u the result of the atom bomb." '11:: report would appear premature. 1'. l: too soon to uy that battleships have out-lived their usefulness - and Britain would not take such a decision alone. - Ottawa Journal. Cour-fay l: never outmoded, nil l: alwoy: common son-u. Th: man o:- womm who doe: noe know how lo show evorydq polltenn: to- wcrd his fellows works under a revere handicap; he will never rise to any posltlon in which he has to boss people, or meet them, be- cause he does not know how to do either without giving offence. No polite and formal belmvlor ls, ust a: useful now as lt ever was, an ln a world which glves the llluslon of becoming smaller we may find that courtesy, and such thlnfls as know- ing how and when to say “How do you do?" have taken on a new 1m- portanca-Peterborough Examiner. 0n August 23, 1944. 38 children were killed when a United States Llberawr crushed on the village school at Precklelon, Lancashlre. Just three days short of the first anniversary of the tragedy a gar- den playground has been detllc- iited to the memory of these young vlctfms and to the future happi- ness of generations to come. It ls a glfl; from the officers and mcn of the American alr station near- by, built, by them and paid for by subscriptions amounting to $10.44». Mothers of the dead children took pert, ln the strn lo but moving ceremony of edfcistlon, whll: former schoolmates played ln the background on swings. slides, and roundabouts. A rzranite stone, cov- ered vtlth : while silk parachute and s Union Jack wos unveiled. - London Dally Mall. The zrealect problem of the ap- ple grower—amateur and roles- slonal alike-As finding suflclsnt tlm: t0 lllve the trees the nocesuiy number of spra a llcotlon: thoy mun have urtn t. year to insure o, bountiful an sound crop. No less than five sprays are need- ed for the best results. the first. of these starting even before the growing season when the trees are dormant. But researchers have now developed a spray which may greatly simplify the problem. ff experlmonta now being conducted prove successful then lt may be possible to have a good apple crop with only one spray a year" This would encourage more home grow- lng of apples and would have a far- reachlng eflect on the commercial market-Boston Post. Recently thl: newspaper m;- gested that a constructive move towards Canadian unity would re- sult. from the encouragement of travel in the Dominion. To this end, lt was further suggested that ways and mun: might be forinu- lated by service clubs and other organizations for the awarding of gravel scholarships. As it ls, Can- ado la divided lnto five parts, the Murltlmes. Quebec‘, Ontario, the Pralrles and British Columbia. Lack of "visiting? among the flve parts fosters disunlty as much as a racial minority, - Woodstock Smtlnel Review. Stern police action lhouhl be taken to eliminate the ptuctice cf youthful cyclists riding two or hree abreasg on clty roads and on highways. ls most dangerous and could result ln a fatal accid- ent for which any motorist involv- ed would hardly be to blame. Youngsters riding abreast on bicycles frequently disregard cars and trucks while they chat ln anl- mated fashion as they rlde. They often weave back and forth across n. road on their cycles, seemingly oblivious to vehicles. Police offic- ers should arrest youngsters found rldlng two or three abreast on bicycles two or three abreast on made an example in court, the ractlce soon would cease-Niagara alls Review. The Germans instituted flfly new medals and twenty-nine dis- tinctive badges for servive during this war. We were more modest. and our decorations will therefore be more valued when memories of war begin to fade. Our 11st has now been nlmost completed by the addition o! medals for Courage and for Service In the Catise of Free dom. Thcy are Intended for for- eigners who have served the Allied cause. The medals will go mainly to clvlllam, and the first award of the Medal for Service to Mr. Winthrop Aldrich broadly indicates one type of qualification for the award. Mr. Aldrich fought the Brltlm cause ln the United Stntes before Pearl Harbor at n time when his countrymen hnd by no means emerged from the fog of neutrality. Awards of the Medal forCourage, when they are mace, will glve us another opportunity to understand the debt. we owe citizens of occupied countries who helped our solders and airmen to escape from German hands-Man- chester Guardian. We hid all bu: forgotten that "let/s-go-plices-nnd-do-thlngs" feel- lng that comes from stepping on the accelerator, and having the engine respond with never a "nay" ln ltr horsepower, The Chriatlan Science Monitor exults. In fact, ‘ve almost come to call lt mule power, so delayed has been its rc- uctlon during these war years. "just because w o Ahom" 119-186 . 12°“ »- T‘ “. pew. nun llll llrml- ll- Tn:- makln: an aureulv: bld for Bri- tish tminlgrnnu, which lend: the mark: Kingdom, Governments, worried while the suppoudl-y free enter- prlae Governments of Canada and the United State: an apparently quite worried about. : lnbour sur- pllll." It ls, perhaps. not :0 much the Governments. u labour itself, whlch l: doing the worrying, needlessly so, a: many thln . Government as the Letter-Review observes, hes, through the Mints- tcr of upon the Canadian there are ample opportunltle: for ‘f A mm r con rodhr: tool: “a”: '---~" A Mal: hollll. whoa: mil: Ioofi Undczluuguiiro: indghlhlflllo Bofi _: i Wberothoum dumb: u: lo indentation! Ollllfllklllfllfllhii“'5$\5d I I mop; my lltll: loll: of . unnnu: Con: page stick: of Then: 0r III-h? dose by 14rd uhe l: And all Those other Bill. "IN N! There plac'd 1x11519190; TM work, m; lain and the Maine " wiugi did-if; kindnool Thou nut flu. 62L: ltvln: cool: I It. Q- t. sent; “m t: l mm migiheiiia linyt bowed Best- Tls hi“??? fifihilliifi-si my slum- lng Hearth With gulltless ruff-mic And zlvtst m: Wassalle wlc: to leiilflrtigflu mu m”? m; my plenty-drovblnfl iiamiL land Tn sole: my I And its?» mt. ftor myxeBWl-s“ 8°" i o : Thoiirwirgeakiabtn m? tcemlnl H"! W lay Her e5: out: dly! 5,515“ my healthfull Ewes to heme Me twins each yearet The whlle the conoulrs of my K1116 Run Creame. lfor Wine-l All these, and better Thou dost , tn lhh ond. of“! shmilal render. for my P)" in‘ A thankful hear" which. flrwl with lnosnso. I no. A: 3x531! ’I‘hlne: m" me nee. thot inuot be. My (mabv The!» _ Kerri k, From "l-lls Hols’ lob“ Numbcorl“ 1647. PUBLIC FORUM nu coll-n l: open for filo Incision by 001'"- lpcndenll of quell-loll: of imam. The Cn-rloltetown Gnu-din doe: I00 num- m salon: m onlnbn of oorrooponlontl. iflfi “GO BABY, BOYS!“ suq- an account of c new track on m: outskirts of Charlotte-town imlne: me wonder K we should think back to other, clays when we had too many nee tracks. | We will start from the out end of the Island. Georgetown (clos-t ed); Bourl: (closed); 5t. (closed); Mule (cloud): River (closed); Riverside (clomli: reo ned last, year. en we come to Charlottetown and west. The Jenkins track practically closed slnce the Pro- vlnclal Bxhlbltlon track opened 50 odd years ago: Cymbrla at Oyster Bed Bridge‘ tho Rustloo track; then the beautiful track of Milit- gan’; at Northam and the track at. Alberton. pmctlcnlly closed but used extensively for trulnln! l"- poses. There may still be er: that. 1 have omitted. Now we only have on: new frock u, Coveheud which has bezn u, wonderful succen. I In looking over the above pic- ture, lt isn't a pleasant one for the‘ truck owners. I On looking over me program for Wednesday afternoons the tracks that are now operating have been keeping me race fans pretty busy. and now wlth the new inducement of nlg-ht, racing they will be a busy bunch with their many other nlieht amusements. We must remember that where they have night racing ln the U. 8. A. they lvsve hundreds of thous- ands to choose from, where here we only have n. few thousand on the whole Island to work on. For comparison-n show put on at our theatre lasted 6 days; ln New York Clty ll; lasted over flve ears. I suppose you wlll cal me n pes- slmlst or wet blanket but as the night racing on P.E.I. ls only an experiment and the expense great, “keep wlthln your means, boys. I am, Slr, etc, RAG! FAN. Canada and Immigrants (lhlsllkn Spectator) The Austrnllnn Government l: Europ.‘ n Wm Fort. En-le letter-Review to re- "Ausuralla and the United both under Socialist sr: tremendously labour shortage, to be about at this time. Th: mg Moll The ved, ensrgles to flllln greatest llck." Reconstruction, Impressed public that ‘t have all the gasoline 1t. But lt appears the poor months. In ds have yielded well despite de- tlilnir W85 undemourlshed all the while-not enough octane content. Now that It ts getting back on its prewar-plus diet-plus a higher oc- tane ratlnE-lt responds to the touch of a toe. For tfi employment, and that lf seekers for Jobs were not so choosy ln em- bracing them problem would 511""! "1110 "I eagerly e pres- pring rains. Let us thank Provi- g us wholesome foods which ent. judging from the average nee gfdmost of our unsollne buggies. ft. l1 worn shoe: won’; be able to tnkc better be n tlmld tor, or the be automatically solved. If thl: attitude l: maintained, then the alternative of encouraging work- ers from other countries not only willing but anxious to do wbnt ls required. f: an obvious lol- d ft. But. when new fir; and new ngnlnst 600 ln ft." any: the who- are Baseline teun up. witch our - war dist! WOIIIQII hlVl IUD tering lines. utlon of the difficulty. Ca-nnd: f: much too large n country to be l:- nored by the overcrowded lrou of not. be any to flll the empty space: with Immigrant: from the Motherland, ln vlew of the gigantic task of reconstruction carried out there, tally with other clomlnlons of the Empire maklng n bld for But there are other people who would, no doubt, b: 31nd o the op- portunity of mlgratlng f wor-wrn suroundlng: to Canada Cmndfnn and Oversea: ouunlne: the situation, the light. of. existing and comes to the conclusion once reconverslon problems are sol- "Canudlan: must. turn their I thl: country's The population. It l: pointed out that there are only 3.31 persons to the thl: Dominion, u Holhnd. Mall, "$34,468 square miles of country. most of capable of dazzling production - t :bout — and {merely alntk about but‘ to do some.‘ pg}. m: a u. ur aerv ce men and n“ I u m V“ uh, mu L for FOR Populated noun lnltfnctfvoly the situation, and 811d NPR‘ The important discussion: on than. l: to putlh e blu there must Those lnvlted and ever, should be On that point Dosslbls ram their dltlons, that. lack being GET _. v \-. ‘Tr Ml | llmpuon m i: be a factor tn rlgn f either. among ufiiirej alble people. Just ho 0|’ Q u to that #3601261“. lpce . ow- of the right type. there cm be no dlssgrecnent udlced, w to cecur: than ls another queotlon, which deserve: tlon of the moat amen colltl- our statesmen, character QEBEP 63$ ' MT- hardware teller!» ' Service men will be surprised at thewonder- ful showing of fine suits that awaits iihem at this store- Hundreds of handsome lVorsteds and Burly Tweeds-cut along the most flat- Feattu-ed in Autumn Browns, Blues, Greys, priced from . . . $25.00 to $45-00. "Bring Your Priority Io U; " blade to Measure 8ult:— Two Walt: Ilollvsry The returning serviceman will find it very easy to choose his new Civilian Suit. Many new rich cloths just received tailored to your measure by Fashion-Craft; or Hyde-Park, Canaclzvs finest Tailors- Deli anteed in two weeks- . . . . . _., . , , . ,__,_, _ _ _, $3250 u, HENDERSON & CUDMORE “WHERE QUALITY tlS SURE’ home- IQ!!- TY suirs RETURNED MEN n-Suils ready lo wear in one day --- VETY guar- wlut. thing: are like 1n the ovor- Ind llllmi-lllillll! b01118 "l! ‘u’; trlu of Eurofiiungd camper: co : with those ln thelr Cl-nndlon land. They realise the anomaly of will undoubtedly ting lt. thing, 1n time Immigration pollcle: e stress on qually ril- ther than quantity. Cnnada- need: er p0 ulatlon; general important consldorntlonl. a A v BIICOLH . -<om- sli- lowmi Dultw _ ‘l9, former Judo: plush: Hllh Court» In Rangoon, bl: d _ _ _____._ _ noncssmimnaigima -tor>-; lorry mam. with moo (RIM- rth of gin we: stolen from : cor. p her: and found fntsct l‘. ew hour: lnwr at. Stanford nearly: 70 mils: sway. ' " w n .., G. F. llutchmn & Still OPTOMITRISTS “Spoclalfnl: In lb‘: flt- llng of glues: for tb: _ correction of ocular d:- feeto." ' $8 Grafton Strut