ALL THE NEWS > ALL THE NEWS OP GLENGARRY OP GLENGARRY FOR GLENGARRIANS FOR GLENGARRIANS The Glengarry News FINEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN EASTERN ONTARIO Alexandria. Ont.. Friday, March, 22, 1946 $2.00 A Y SAJI VOL. LTV—No. 12 County Executive New Branch Of Canadian Legion Canvass In Mass X-Ray Project Seek Information St. Patrick s Teachers Met Formed At Alexandria, Wednesday Being Made Here This Week On Municipal Hall Concert Successful Consulting Engineer Is Drama, Music, Songs Organization of County Dave L. Lalonde Named President Of Group Legion Men In Alexandria Undertaking And Address Proved Status Committee Which Will Be Separate From Glengarry Branch, Organization Work —Everyone Over Age Engaged To Study Apple Hill — Seventy-Five At Meeting. Water Supply Very Entertaining Discussed. Of Six Urged to Get Behind Plan On Wednesday evening, March 20th. The canvass which is the opening _ _ A delegation from the municipal After a lapse of a few years the an- A meeting of the Execuive of the a most successful meeting for the pur- 9 Federation of Teachers of Glengarry Giving Up Connection of the mass x-ray project to be jVia,intCn<inCC McUl council and the Public Utilities Com- hual St. Patricks Concert held Fn- pose of organizing a local Legioa ield in Alexandria in May, got under- p D IT T OKfainprl mission Messrs Elie David, George day evening in Alexander Hall, proved was held in the Junior Room of the With Bell Telephone Branch was held to the Knights of Columbus Hall. Some seventy-five ■way this week when D. L. Lalonde and i Ol I.U.L. WDldliltU Simon George Lefebvre and Louis a most enjoyable and successful event. | Alexandria Public School on Friday More than fifty years of family con- nther local members of the Legion veterans of World Wars I and II were Shepherd, journeyed to Ottawa, Wed- The Irish of Glengarry were out in afternoon, March 16. Mr A. E. Mc- nection with the Bell Telephone Com- in attendance. started the big job of signing up every ; The local Public Utilities Commis- nesday, to secure information on the full force and many less fortunate re-iDcnell of Williamstown was in the pany for the Ostrom family of Alex- re-ident of the town over the age of s>on this week obtained the services of projected municipal building which is «dents of the county were also in the chair. andria, will end on May 1st, when In the past the only existtog Le- six They report a ready response from a qualified electrician as Maintenance being planned to house all town and capacity audience.. | The meeting was called primarily to Mr Clarence Ostrom will quit his post gion organization to Alexandria wa* ow citizenry although there have Man. Mr R. E. PleweUing of KasU. Que P U C. departments. They will inter- ' The lengthy programme included a nominate candidates to seek seats in as local business agent .Mr Ostrom, a sub-branch directly responsible to been isolated cases where co-operation j is to begin his new duties at the end view an architect and also inspect sev- ! splendidly presented gpe-act play tne election of Provincial Officers, No. 312 Glengarry Branch at Apple f who is giving up active connection •was refused or delayed. j ° . v, H the era! municipal buildings in the Ottawa ‘Merry Molly Malone”; a talk on his 'Miss Jean Craig, Summerstown was the with the Company because of pressure Hill. During the past few months the importance of this preliminary can-| Mr PleweUing has purchased the a_ea j recent visit to Ireland by Rev. Bro- | choice of the meeting to seek a seat on cl other business, will be succeeded by membership increased steadily up to va^ as been stressed by those in , home of Mrs N. J. MacGillivray, Sta- ; h We understand the committee is keep ther Nicholas of CornwaU; Irish mu- the Board of Governors’ and Miss Miss Bertha McDonald who continues a potot where the veterans felt they charee of the survey here. The Individ , «on, and will take occupancy on May sic and songs, and a junior revue. One Marjorie Cass of Maxville on the I ing in mind he possibility of incorporat- also as Chief Operator. The local ex- were strong enough to have a branch pa“s presence for appointment time 1st. Mrs MacGUlivray and her daugh- oi Alexandria’s more Irish citizens, Dr. Board of Directors. pais preieiei B .... ter, Mrs A. W. Robinson are removing ing in the plans facilities for a veter- change will remain in its present lo- of their own. This, we are glad to is to be met as far as possible and this ans' hall on the second floor. D. J. Dolan, ably filled the role of ; The subject of organizing A County j to Ottawa where they have purchased cation in Ostrom’s drug store. announce, has come about and at last, involves much secretarial work prior chairman. Status Committee was discussed. The j a residence on Finlay Ave. At a joint meeting of the council and The Alexandria exchange of the Bell Alexandria and surrounding district Introduced by Rev. R. J. MacDonald, work of this committee would be to to the actual x-ray survey in May. o the P.U.C. last Thursday evening, Mr Telephone Co. opened on November can say, “We have a Legion Branch," The volunteer clerical staff will set N. B. McRostie .consulting engineer of as one of Eastern Ontario’s foremost raise the status of the teacher. It was 12th, 1895 in Isaac B. Ostrom’s jewel- Dr. A. J. Gardner, ZoneCommander, appointment times and notify the in- educaionalists, Rev. Brother Nicholas agreed that there has been a definite Funeral L. A. Dewar Ottawa, was engaged to make a thor- lery store and on the death of Mr Os- Zone No. 24, of Cornwall, , one of On- dividual by mail. All canvass cards ough survey and submit plans for a told something of conditions in Ire- lack of regard for teachers as an in- trom, in 1923, his son Clarence succeed tario’s great Legion workers, presided must be turned in by April 1st. Held Yesterday possible new source of water supply land last year when he visited his na- fluential body both by the general pub ed him as the Company’s agent, here. over the meettog. The doctor, in his The mass chest x-ray survey now be- from the Black Lake or an addition to tive heath, nad also spoke of the many lie and by the teachers themselves. helpful address, vividly described tha ing undertaken in the United Coun- A respected resident of the Glen i the pressnt source 0f supply at the difficulties to be encountered at that Several important points were emp- formation of the Canadian Legion or- ties is the frist ever tried over so wide- Sandfield area throughout his life- i Power House. j time in going to and coming from Eire, basized chiefly these were; 1. Teach- ganization from top to bottom, right me A.H.S. Principal spread an area and should have the , « > Mr. Lewis Angus Dewar died on , McRostie, who last Fall made a ; it has the same beautiful landscape ers should be financially able to main- down to the smallest branch and sub- ready support of everyone. It follows Monday, March 18th, at St. Lawrence pre]iminary surVey here, outlined three i which he remembered from his youth tain a standard of living in the com- Suffers Heart Attack branch. The purposes and objects of the discovery of a method of taking Sanatorium, CornwaU, where he had possible methods of supply from the j and the people have never been so munity that wiU give them full se- the Canadian Legion were also por- large numbers of x-rays cheaply and. been a patient for the past two years, Black Lake: by dredging out the mill prosperous, he decluared. |curity and ability to enjoy and set an Many ex-pupils of Alexandria High trayed and stressed showtog that no His untimely death ,at the ■rapidly, and two points being stressed pond and taking water direct from the Rev. John D. McPhail of Cornwall, example of gracious living. 2. If parents School and other friends will learn task, large or small, is impossible If of 50, will be regretted by many ■are that it is absolutely free and the pond by piping water from Kenyon was one of the popular entertainers, ! could be interested in the problems of | dth regret of the serious illness of approached and performed with com- friends. V x-ray can be taken without the neces- dam; or by piping from a point near and he displayed the same aptitude in , the teachers and the school there would j smj^ principal of Alexandria mon sense and to a logical way. He was a son of the late Laughlin T sity v of removing any but outer gar- Fraser’s Rapids below the Kenyon Irish airs that he has so often shown |he more co-operation. 3. If anyone has 1 „ . , , suffered a severe The former slate of officers with Dewar and his wife, Sarah Morrison, j , thods would ne ments. ( am Any one of the me in the mu ic of the Highlands. 1 criticism to offer let it be given with-,111®11 Scho° • one. or two exceptions, remams tha and was born at Glen Sandfield. Dur- s The importance of the survey is cessitate the dredging of Kenyon dam Others from out-of-town who were on nut hasty judgment and not before heart attack at his home last Thurs- same.