divisive factor into village life. Those whose forefathers acquired farm land within the present village limits are particularly hard pressed as, regardless of whether they benefit from the arrangement, they are taxed many times the amount charged the individual housholder. Senior Citizens With Daniel Mullen as President; Walter Collier , Vice-President; Mrs. Mary MacKinnon , Secretary; and Mrs. Mabel Birt , treasurer, the newly constituted Mount Stewart and vicinity Senior Citizens' Club held its first meeting on June 29, 1971. One of the first projects of this ac¬ tive organization was to lend its support to the interest being shown in the establishment of a Senior Citizens' Home in the community. Dur¬ ing the following year, it was announced that financing had been arrang¬ ed, and, on September 18, 1972, the traditional sod-turning ceremony for the six-unit structure occurred. Designed by Architects Associates and built by Band L Construction , both of Charlottetown , the complex, located on in the southeastern section of the village, was ready for occupancy in the autumn of 1973. 1973 Centennial With the approach of 1973 and the centenary of Prince Edward Island 's entry into the Canadian Confederation, there were those who feared that a surfeit of centennials would render the forthcoming cele¬ brations somewhat less than successful. Such proved not to be the case. Festivities in Mount Stewart began early with a very successful Winter Carnival, the project of the Consolidated School. Featuring checker, crib- bage and hockey tournaments, the programme culminated in a corona¬ tion dance and the crowning of the King and Queen, Robbie MacEachern and Barbara Affleck . In June, the local Centennial Commission hosted a sports banquet at the Legion Home in honour of the "Sea Gulls," the Prince Edward Island Intermediate C hockey champions. Guest speakers were Billy MacMillan of the Atlanta Flames and Dave Keon of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mount Stewart 's Centennial Day, July 19th, was officially opened by Hon. Gordon Bennett , chairman of the P.E.I. Centennial Commission. The parade which followed, graced by the presence of Queen Cathy Mac - Lennan and her princesses, included a number of skillfully contrived floats, notably that of the Dutch Canadian Association which was award¬ ed first prize. Rain, unfortunately, enforced cancellation of much of the afternoon's programme; however, the dances held that evening were not affected, nor was the delicious supper served by the ladies of the Wom¬ en's Institute. The climax of the celebrations occurred when Hon. William Gal ¬ lant, Minister of Environment and Tourism, unveiled a beautiful ceno¬ taph, the village's Centennial project, in front of the Royal Canadian Legion Home. "In grateful tribute to the men of this area who sacri¬ ficed their lives in our country's wars and in everlasting gratitude to those, who daring to die, survived" is the inscription on the central plaque of the four ton monument. On either side of these words is a pillar, the left inscribed with the names of the men of the area who gave their lives in the 1914-18 war, and the right with those of the service men who made the supreme sacrifice in the 1939-45 conflict. —122—