More Georgetown Stories

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1935—1982

Priest Rescues Exhausted Swimmer

“On Sunday, July 15th, a fatal drowning accident was averted at MacPhee's beach on the Cardigan River near Georgetown when Frank (s_ig) ”Bubbie" Stevens was rescued by Rev. Father Delaney of the Redemptorist Order, who is one of the priests conducting a mission at St. James Church, Georgetown. Mr. Stevens, while attempting to swim to a boat anchored off shore, battled the treacherous tides, but due to near-exhaustion was unable to pull himself aboard. Father Delaney who happened to be on the shore quickly dispatched some boys for a dory a considerable distance away and himself jumped into the water and swimming to the anchored boat he succeeded in hauling Mr. Stevens into the boat to safety. Stevens is well-known in King's County as the stellar net-minder of the Georgetown Eagles hockey team." (Ggardian, July 21, 1951)

Eagles Wi

”Showing spectacular form, goalie E. Sullivan wptured the first shut-out of the King’s County Hockey League at Montague last night as the Georgetown Eagles blanked the Montague Meteors 8-0. From the opening whistle the game was a fast, close—checking affair with both teams fighting to gain the edge. Hemmed in for the first few minutes the Meteors battled furiously to relieve the pressure and were able on long passing to carry the attack to the other end. Georgetown returned again and again to shoot the puck into the comer and battled to get a scramble in front of the net where several goals were scored. The Meteors seemingly unable to get a concerted attack organized moved ineffectually through Centre ice where the puck was quickly taken by the Eagles who returned to another attack. In the second period the heavy roughing got underway and soon got out of the hands of the referees. The Meteors got a sustained power attack underway in which they held the puck in the Georgetown zone for almost five minutes but were unable to crack to defense or get by Sullivan. The tiring teams came out for the last session with a handshake and an onslaught by the Meteors but again were forced back by the f ast—checking Eagles who captures each loose puck. There was no doubt of the supremacy of the Eagles as, even though tired they continued pressing the attack, shooting from all angles, back~skating out the Meteors attack and returning to shoot again. H. Stevens, fast centre for Georgetown broke in the clear on two occasions in the second period scoring on both and added another in the final period. H. MacLean opened the scoring and got one more in the first session. Landry had one in the first and another in the third; while MacNeill came through with a singleton. Lineups: Georgetown: Goal, E. Sullivan; Defense, W. MacLean, A, MacPhee, H. MacLean; Forwards, MacNeill, Landry, Murphy, Publicover, Martel], Stevens Johnston. Montague: Goal, F. Fraser; Defense: George P. Beck, P. Fraser, M. Beck; Forwards, Power, D. MacLean, Nelson, Clements, Jay, Cudmore, Miller, Clow." (Guardian, Jan. 29, 1952)

[That year the Eagles won the Provincial Intermediate B. hockey title, the Georgetown Boy Scouts won the Provincial Scouts hockey title and the Georgetown School Girls won the PEI championship.)

A Blue Lobster

" Mr. Fred Allen, well—known veteran lobster fisherman of Georgetown, caught an unusual lobster yesterday while hauling his traps on Boughton Island. The blue coloring of the ﬁsh gives it a unique a ce. From a light sky blue underneath it changes through a variety of bluish shades and over the back the deepest, clearest blue color. In daylight the gradual even changes of coloring make it a thing of beauty. The ﬁsh is about eight inches long from tip to tip. Old-time fishermen who have viewed the lobster state that in years of fishing lobster they have never before seen such an oddly-colored and beautiful lobster.” (Edited, Guardian, May 8, 1952)

Gunners Bag Black Ducks

"Two Georgetown hunters, Mr. Temple Gotell and Rev. W. A . Paterson, hit the season's jackpot on Thursday, Oct 30th at Brudenell River when they both fired into a ﬂock of black ducks and together knocked eight beauties. A few weeks ago Temple, Georgetown's outstanding gunner and hunter's guide in company with a visiting American gunner, had good luck on downing both ducks and geese. In Temple's case experience evidently pays off in knowing where to find the birds and what to do when they're found. Both gunners were highly pleased with the day's kill and rightly so as black ducks are reported as scarce while other varieties are more plentiful." (Guardian, Nov. 3, 1952) [The Guardian of Oct. 16, 1956 reported that Temple Gotell bagged " six ducks with one shot. "

Ship Aground

_“The 5.5. Hendrik Fisser, a 2,830—ton German freighter ran aground on Burnt Point Reef at the entrance to Georgetown Harbour shortly after daylight yesterday morning. She was still there last night but it is believed an effort will be made to ﬂoat her free under her own power at high tide this morning. The vessel arrived off the harbour on Sunday evening and anchored for the night. Shortly after daylight yesterday she weighed anchor as the weather appeared to clear. However, in a matter of minutes a sudden squall accompanied by torrential rain cut visibility to zero, and she went aground at high tide. Then yesterday, the ship whose bow was pointing inshore swung around and pointed seaward, indicating that in all probability she is grounded amidship. The ship was due at Georgetown to finish loading a cargo of pitprops from the Quigley storage yard. She has a part-cargo of pitprops taken on at Bathurst, N .B. and planned to load 400 cord at Georgetown.” (Guardian, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1952) (The freighter was not reﬂoated despite several attempts until Friday when the salvage tug Foundation Vera finally accomplished the feat. The freighter suffered little damage.)

Coronation Day in Georgetown

”A large and colorful parade highlighted the Coronation Day celebration at Georgetown as citizens under favorable weather conditions observed the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second. The parade moved off at 1.4 5 pm. from the Town Hall and its route covered many of the