years later, at the 1974 meeting, sewer assessment rates, dog control and the L.I.P . funded Village Improvement Project were prominent on the agenda. J. P. Maclntyre Prince Edward Island lost one of its leading public men in the death on April 8, 1957 of Senator James P . Maclntyre of St. Andrew's. Born in that community on July 19, 1883, the son of William D. Mac ¬ lntyre and his wife, the former Elizabeth MacKinnon , he became a fisherman and farmer at an early age. He was first a candidate for the Provincial Legislature in 1917 and was first elected in the General Election of 1919. Defeated in 1923, he was re-elected in 1927 and from then until his appointment to the Senate in 1943, he weathered every election storm, even when the Government of which he was a member was defeated. As Minister of Public Works, "Big Jim Bill ," as he was widely known, expanded the Department and pioneered hard-surfaced road building in the Province. An excellent speaker, he was rarely, if ever, known to use notes. At the time of his death, a fellow senator remembered that on the first occasion he ever heard him speak, Senator Maclntyre "did not have a note in his hand or on his desk. I recall that he made particular reference to Canada 's national debt and the per capita debt of each province, and he did all this without reference to notes. I believe he also gave Canada 's total population and that of each province. I thought it an amazing performance." Perhaps the greatest tribute came from the pen of a political rival, that of Dr. W. J. P. Mac - Millan, who recalled that "during our years in the local legislature, we fought fairly and squarely, and he was a foeman worthy of your best steel." L. E. Jay The Guardian for November 24, 1960 recorded the death of Mr. Lemuel E. Jay , one of the Province's foremost entertainers. The son of George E. Jay and his wife, Flora Fisher , of Fanning Brook , Mr. Jay was born on June 15, 1882. "Lem", as he was affectionately called, was known to thousands of radio listeners as the first old time fiddler to broadcast over Station CFCY. He made frequent broadcasts during the early years of the station, and a programme of his music was a feature at Christmas time until two years before his death. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his marriage to the former Janey Bell Mac - Donald , Lem proved that his touch on the strings had lost none of its skill. During the evening he thrilled his listeners with old time fav¬ ourites, such as "Jay's Reel" and " Lord MacDonald 's Reel' and many others from his extensive repertoire. Rescue of "Bosun" The setting for an act of heroism worthy of more than passing mention was laid at Mount Stewart one autumn day in 1957 when "Bosun," a cat owned by Captain Joseph MacLeod climbed an electric light pole. Noticing the pet's plight, Frankie Feehan went to the rescue and was reaching for the animal when it, in turn, reached for a high tension wire. 39,000 volts were transmitted through Mr. Feehan 's body, and he was thrown to the ground some twenty feet below, unconscious and badly burned. After his recovery, "Bosun's" deliverer was special guest at a meeting in the local theatre where the village and surround¬ ing districts recognized his valour with an address and gift of money. —120—