Burke had an ice-equipped plane and made four trips to rescue the marooned crew and a fifth to salvage radio equipment and flying instruments from the plane. Two of the four men were put on firm ground at St. Peter’s Bay.
1S. 1774.
16. 1841.
17. Heather MacDonald received the honour in April 1973 at Norfolk Virginia. She represented both Canada and NATO at the festival.
18. William P. Lewis obtained the marble from Vermont for the many tombstones that can be seen in Island cemeteries.
19. 1983. Mention was made that this was the second-largest Santa Claus Parade ever held in Canada. There were 72 floats.
20. Over 200.
21 William Cooper died at his home in Sailor’s Hope on June 10, 1867. William Morrow would inherit the estate, on the condition that he would drop his own surname and retain his grandfather’s surname, Cooper. The young man agreed and then he sold the estate and operated a store in Oregon.
22. Charles H. Sterns had a branch in the Magdalen Islands, Matthew & Mclean Ltd. operated a branch store in Bridgetown for about 80 years and J.J. Hughes Co. at one time had branches in Georgetown, East Baltic, Vernon River and Bear River.
23. L. Art MacDonald, in the summer of 1941, assisted the princess, who would later become Queen, record the message in Charlottetown that would be transmitted by shortwave to the war- torn Netherlands. 24. It was a 490 Chevrolet, No. 198. He purchased the vehicle around 1918.
25. William Cooper.
26. At the Souris Fisheries Exhibition and Regatta in July, 1963. Members of the corps included Barbara Acorn, Wanda Burke, Patsy Cheverie, Susan Dixon, Helen Jackson, Margaret MacPhee and Lynn- Ann Roach.
27. It was the closest in the district’s history with John McLean squeaking by Thomas Kickham by only one vote.
28. Susan Dixon.
29. Marcus Mooney.
30. Carol MacKinnon of Summerside as the special guest of the Souris Regatta in 1969. 31. October, 1971.
32. November 30, 1973. Joseph Paquet was the first President.
33. Alexander MacKenzie in 1877. 86 This 'n That Answers