GOIN' TO THE CORNER ■ OFFICIAL of on Wednesday, Sep. 11 1940 The through paved highway from Komi* awl Montague through Chariot tetown «««* S'umnisiwMe lo Alherton will be finally completed, and the Of¬ ficial will take place at the Al- berfcon Exhibition, on Wednesday afternoon, Sep¬ tember 11th. ft fs a significant omen that the date of the Alberton Exhibition should happen to coincide with the completion of the through Highway. This Ex¬ hibition is noted for its fine display of Prince Ed ¬ ward Island products*—Cattle, Horses, Hogs, Sheep. Poultry, Fruits and Vegetables and is well worthy of your attendance, especially this year. A novel feature will be the horse-pulling con¬ test which is probably one of the first of its kind ever held on Prince Edward Island . There will also be a dance in the evening. Meals served. Band in attendance. From East to West come to the Exhibi¬ tion and Opening. See Prince Edward Island and its beautiful har¬ vest fields from one end of the province to the other and do it on lovely paved roads, firing the family. This day wifl in our history mark the time when East and West are united by a through modern highway. It enables us to transact business and to see our own land In a way that we have never been able to see It before. Take this beautiful drive Wednesday. The country is so lovely that you will be prouder than ever to realize you are a Piince Edward Islander , THANE A. CAMPBELL , Premier, The Island Farmer, Sept. 10, 1940 Official opening of the in 1940 I.. .have decided to try my hand writing a letter in regard to the paved highways, which have been kept open part of the time, up to now. I have been informed that this intermittent service is to be discontinued, leaving the roads completely blocked to traffic.. .The mode of trans¬ portation of horse and sleigh and a horse cannot go very far on eight or ten feet of soft snow which is the average depth on the western road along here, due of course to the cuttings piled up by the snowplough. We had open roads during the past week Tuesday night, but Wednes¬ day morning we found a storm raging and the road im¬ passable and the residents along this road bound in to their homes and we still are as the road is still blocked, and the mail man has not been able to make his rounds since Tuesday. Just what we would do in case of sickness I don't know as in many cases it would be impossible to get a doctor, we'd probably die without medical attention... Do the taxes on the gas consumed by eight or ten cars pay for the operation of this machine (snowplough) on the road in this section of the province? This service was never desired up here and now that we have it many have expressed the opinion that it is a disgrace to any party... In a subsequent issue of the Summer side Jour¬ nal two residents of Tignish responded to Wallace Thomson's letter: In the Summer side Conservative Press of February 29th, 1940, an Elmsdale resident was speaking about the pave¬ ment and I find it my duty not to let such talk go on because it is not Thane Campbell's fault but the people of Elmsdale . If the roads are impassable, it is because you are too lazy to get down to hard work and shovel the snow. I don't blame the mail courier if he does not give you your mail until your muscles get stronger... 34