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Potato Chip Plant Opened — In Charlottetown Last Night
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Atlantic Potato Chips Lid., plant on lower Prince Street was officially opened jast evening by the Hon. Eugene Cullen, Minis- ter of Agriculture. He threw the Switch starting the plant in op- eration. ‘
Present also for the occasion Was His Worship Mayor Johns- tone, Dr. Frank MacKinnon, pre- sident of APEC, and represen- tatives of business. They were able to watch the plant in opera- tion and sample the product. WILL EMPLOY 15
The Atlantic Potato Chip plant when operating at full capacity fan process about 50 bushels of faw potatoes per hour and at
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@ried in January 1958”, said Mr.
Bell. However he was of the Opinion that although the amount Was included in the budget later in the session, “it was nearly over the dead body of the Pre- mier or the provincial treasurer or his deputy’’.
“Why all this’ fooling around— |
let us give credit where credit
peak seasons will employ about fifteen—ten of them women.
Using the most up-to-date equip- ment, potatoes first reach a peel- er and. from this move to a bucket escalator where they are washed before moving to the cooker. Here the chips are cook- ed in fat as they move through the machine.
Th next operation in the pro- duction is the packaging. Again the chips without being touch by human hand are fed by con- veyor into an automatic weigh- ing machine and sealed in %, 12 .or 4 oz. packages. These retail for 5c, 10c and 25c res- pectively.
many of them ready to retire, to run the farms. The price of beef, Mr. Bell ob-
, but was sorry to see that not too | Many were in a position ‘to cash in on these good prices.
He said he had been advocating a hard improvement policy for years and he felt that through such a policy the government | could not lose.
He suggested that farmers be advised by the governmem to
is due and get on with the job”, said Mr. Bell. erate with Mr. Flemming in a mew general survey of ou? finan- cial agreement’’. AGRICULTURE
The PC House leader said he
of Island agriculture.’ # we produce the volume and quality’’. He said he was convinced that P.E.I. alone could produce enough to feed the Atlantic Provinces.
He felt that greater opportunity should be taken of the markets Mear at hand observing that the upper Canadian and Western Pro- vinces were using the Atlantic Provinces.as a dumping ground. He said these provinces were flooding local stores with com- Modities that can be produced here.
HALIFAX ABATTOIR
Mr. Bell made reference to the opening of a co-operative abbatoir at Halifax. He felt that Island Producers had an outlet at this plant and in this connection read a quotation from a speech made
by the president -af the new |
abattoir. Mr. Curtis.
The statement went as follows: Farmers in Nova Scotia have a tremendous job ahead of them in hog production to keep the mew plant running ‘o capacity and there is a tremendous op- portunity for beef productien—H- farmers will produce all the, pork beef and lamb required this-would mean $25 milion yearly increase in Nova Scotia's gross income”’. -Harold P. Smith: “Would you favour such. a plant here?”
Mr. Bell: “I was always of the opinion it would be a good thing’.
agriculture. Mr. Bell people of Prince Edward Island |
were dependent upon the pro-! ducts of the farm and he blamed’ the Liberal government for the} many vacant farms on the Is-| Jand and the large number of | young people who have left the | province. POPULATION LOSS ot -He observed that the Island} has a population of 99.000—very little advance from 1935. On the other hand he showed that the natural increase in population per | year was 1,800 which should now | make the Island population in the | vicinity of 140,900
He said that from 1951-56 only 856 of a 9.000 increase had stay- ed on P.E.I. and he would ven- ture the opinion that 99 per cent of those who left were between the ages of 16-21. These young people left their aging parents,
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P.E.1. EASTER Beef Show and
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COMING FEBRUARY 4,000 f{b.m. boat plank, good, glean Nova Scotia stock. Place — order now at Kings Lumber
Montague,
Was optimistic about the future |
keep their heifer calves and pre-
“Let us C0-Op-| dicted that within the next two news reporter in Halifax but one
years there would be a great shortage of growing heifers. ‘This is a job for our fieldmen who ' should also see that all calves are vaccinated otherwise we will not be able to take advantage
export market when the demand arises.
BIG OPPORTUNITY
“We have a. wonderful oppor- tunity,"” Mr. Bell. said, ‘“‘to de- velop our cattle production in a
served, was the best since 1951 |
For making potato chips a dry potato is required. Good success has been had with the Kennebec,
VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia's wild and rugged northwest. region, largely un- explored, has become the centre of a combined search for miner- als, oil and natural gas.
During recent days three ma- jor mining companies have been reported on a.staking spree’in an MESA Miles north of here: seeking rich veins of asbestos and molybdenite.
South, in an_area known As the Groundhog Basin, a search for oil and natural gas is expected in the spring. The basin covers 1,9000 square miles, about® as large as Nova Scotia, and is cen- tred about 650 miles northwest of
REPORTS
The rush into the virgin terri- tory has been sparked by the re- ports of mapping crews of, the Geological Survey of Canada.
Dr. E. F. Roots, who carried out a survey of the Groundhog Basin, said the area has ‘‘in- creasing attractiveness for those searching for oil and gas." Far- ther north, Dr. Roots reported asbestos veins ‘‘wider than one-
Sebago and Netted Gem varieties and a new variety known as the! Avon has proven exceptionally | good. ; |
Producers hoping to supply the) | potato chip market are required to keep the potatoes preheated at varying times in temperatures of from 70-80 degrees. i is also advisable to use fertilizers which stress sulphate of potash.
| The president of the new Iskenr | firm is Fred Hatfield. ED. Reid of Charlottetown is the only Is- land director. The plant manager | is Richard Lyons. The goal of the firm is to do- minate the Island market and to | acquire a large portion of the Newfoundland and other Maritime | | outlets.
| get our money from outside sour- | ces, meaning Ottawa.”’ THE CAUSEWAY
Mr. Bell said he was dumb- | founded to see only mere men- tion of the causeway in tie Speech f€om the Throne. We have been informed by a Cabinet | Minister ‘Hon. A.A. Maclsaac) that an election would soon be | held in the Province and one of | | the main planks in the Liberal platform would be the cause- | way, Mr. Bell said |
“This minister told this to a}
thing he didn’t tell him was why he had made the trip to Halifax. He should have told him that | he went over there to find out | how to run a Department of La- | bor.
“IT am not satisfied with that | minister’s remarks. I am afraid the reason why there was noth- jing in the speech about the causeway’ is that the government | here is aware that the causeway is going to be built by a Con-
Book Fair Was Success, Club Meeting Told
The ‘book fair’ was a success- ful venture, the club treasurer fat ez .@- the regular month-
ly » &@ the Charlottetown tee...» Women's Club. The oe cing was held at the home of Mrs. D. J. Gill.
A letter was read from Mrs Morton, president of adian Federation of University Women dealing with fees, IFUW relief committee, transfer cards, Education Week and the council meeting in Baniff this year.
Miss Valerie Ross was an ac- coum of some cufrent events which is a feature of recent club meetings
The special speaker was D. J Gill, director-taxation, who dealt with various matters including estate, gift and income taxes
A discussion period followed
Mrs. J. MacLaren Dies In Hospital
MONTAGUE The death of Mrs. James MacLaren (nee Anne MacDonald) of Montague. occurred at the Kings County Memorial Hospital on Wednes- day, after a lengthy illness.
The late Mrs. MacLaren was the daughter of the late Mr
and Mrs. Sampel MacDonald of Dundas. Following her marriage she resided in Montague where she remained until her death ex- cept for a short period spent in
the United States. |
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Rugged B. C* Northwest Is Prospecting Centre °‘
eighth inch appear to be spread at least one to every square yard.”
H, S. Southers, another geolo- gist, reported ‘‘abundant molyb- denite’’ four miles west of the north end of Chutine Lake.
The staking parties streamed
into Telegraph Creek, 50 miles east of the Alaskan Panhendt>; and about 700.miles north of Van- couver. _. Meanwhile, oil development companies have taken out 17,02,- 000 acres of the northwest area on permit for exploration, 12,500,- 000 of which ‘s held by Calgary- based Pan American Petroleums in the Groundhog Basin.
Almost alongside Pan Amer- ican, a Portland, Ore., syndicate called Hemisphere Oi Corpora- tion has taken out permits on 445,757 acres. : : 4
NEW TERRITORY
These blocks are entirely new oil-hunting country for B. C., where the major search so far has been in the Fort St. John district in the Peace River coun-
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Possibilities of wealth for the provincial government are excel- lent if the explorations are suc- cessful. Even jf not; the province will get’ $2,500,000 in three years in rent alone,
The University of British Co- lumbia campus in Vancouver can
son in building these days. Nearly $10,000,000 of new build- ings are under construction, near- ing completion or about to be put up for bids. 4 The projects include new fac- ulty buildings and student resi- dence and are financed mosily under a plan in which the B.C. : t matches funds ob- fined from other sources. Actual total contractug! and estimated costs on current pro- jects is $9,758,000. Three of the
major projects are a $1,324,000 chemistry building addition, a
give the onlooker a practical les-)
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$920,000~biological sciences wing and a $1,700,000 residential de- velopment consisting of three dor- mitory units for 100 students each, and central dining and recre-'
try.
Dundas charges. Left to mourn are one sister, Bessie (Mrs. R. D. MacLaugh-
lan), Montague; Mrs. MacLar- en's adopted daughter, Con- stance (Mrs. William Bears)
who cared for her during her illness, and Mrs. Bears’ child- ren, Elizabeth, Cynthia Vicki. :
She was predeceased by her husband in December, 1939. and by the following brothers and sisters: Hudson, Fred, Tenny, Catherine, Adah, Winnifred and | Sophia. | The remains are resting at her jlate residence uatil 2- p.m. 3 to- day when funeral service Will be held at Trinity United Chasgrch Montague.
Interment will take place in. , the Montague Community Ceme- | tery.
| GEORGETOWN C. W. L.
Mrs. W. J. Fitzgerald presid- ed, when Georgetown Council C. W.L. met in the parish hall on | February 3rd, at the opening of | the meeting the Rev. Director spoke to the members on the Feast of St. Blaise. Correspond- ence read included letters from
provincial conveners for organ- ization, Honorary Members, National Scholarship’s, Resolu-
tions, Radio and T.V. Mrs. J. G. | Conte for radio, ete., offered to send cards to be used in ap- |proval to broadcasting stations, council cenvener remarked in- j teresting article on Danny Tho- mas show in a recent magazine. | Treasurer reported funds _ in- creased by half of proceeds. | Christmas party~and by sale of
She was an active member of
and| port
ational building.
lunches at weekly card parties, | three members . vokinteered for each week. Mrs. Pat Murphy re- ported for-social welfare, that a needy family had received a loan. Mrs. P. L.: Boudreault re-| ported usual visits and treats to sick, Mrs. D..P. MacKinnon re-| ed on sanctuary work, it |
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Vehicle Output Figures Given | TORONTO (CP) Canadian |
motor - vehicle production this week is estimated at 8,058 com- pared with 9,085 last week, says the Canadian Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce. : Production consisted of 6,965 cars compared with 7.888 and 1,093 trucks compared with 1,197. Production this year to date is | estimated at 18,469 vehicles com-| pared with 18,619—made up of! 16,008 cars compared with 16,117; and 2,461 trucks compared with! 2,502.
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disease free area such as this,| S¢Tvative government and they
but things have been allowed to} don't want ‘them to. get. the lag behind.” | praise’, said Mr. Bell He recalled that in 1944 he
He said cattle could be raised more cheaply on Prince Edward proposed the building of a cause- | Island than any other place He | Way and the. Minister of Resour-
pointed out that cattle can al-|°®S (Hon Dougald MacKinnon) | ways be considered cash income | said he was “daft. I know he
for the farmer without the ele-| 'S NOW Sorry for what he said ment of risk involved in such | and ota oe rer crops as potatoes. | EARLY REPORT
| \Mr. Bell said he would not} Mr. Bell said he had a report in any way discount the grow-|from an official in the Depart- ing of potatoes, which he realiz-| ment of Public Works in Ottawa ed have brought a lot of. money! who advised him of the extensive
to the Island, but they are a per- ishable product and there is al- ways the threat of overprodiic-
survey that had been carried out during last summer and promis- ed that a report including plan
the United Church -and worked in the- various chureh organiza-! tions. For many years she was' a member of the choir as well as '
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organist in both Montague and ? WATIS: SSIN favour-of draggers but we pins! : MI NG?" ak || ‘ : . i ‘ ea
protect our inshore fishermen.” Reviewing briefly federal}! Inadequate electrical wir
spending. Mr. Bell said that | ing is inconvenient, costly |
for years the wharves in Char-|] ahd dangerous. Let us check
lottetown had been left to rack'\} your Housepower right
and ruin but today the govern-|] away.
ment at Ottawa is spending money |
not only in the hundreds of thou- | FREE ESTIMATE
sands but in the millions. He! : CALL NOW
noted also that the airport run- | way which was debated for | so} long now become a_ reality. |
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Continuing on the subject of | settle this quietly with the par- | give up farming and leave the said the! ties concerned, he felt, and not) farms through lack of finance.
tion “There is a place for po- | and design along with estimated tos but I think that farmers | costs would be made available
should stick to. mixed farming,” | by the end of Mareh:
he said. When Premier Matheson, pres- | Concern was expressed by the Sed Mr. Bell to identify the
| Opposition leader regarding the| Source of his- information, he
adverse publicity which Island| replied that the letter he had
potatoes had received in Ontario eceived was from a Mr. Jeph- centres last year. ‘This was not | 5°"- %
a case of disease but rather one} YOUNG FARMERS
of weights and grade,"’ said Mr. | The PC leader noted that “the
Bell, who felt that undue public-| government had finally gotten
ty had been given the situation.| around to doing something for
They should have been able to! young farmers who have had to
give Island potatoes such a black | “We used to be told, go to the} mark. | Farm Loan Board — but now the} Fe es smptepes ate age | Premier“has admitted that the! SUGGESTS PASTURE PLAN 'Farm Loan Act is unrealistic,’’| Mr. Bel said something should said Mr. Bell as he recalled the|
“Why were we discriminated against so long,”’ he asked.
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be done to improve the pasture| words of a former provincial |
lands of the Island. He said there| secretary (W. E. Darby) who} were areas fn which the catile said. “why beat ‘a dead horse.” | had to travel great distances in| ‘‘Now the government, per-| order to satisfy their appetites.) haps with the Minister of Heaith
lly designated by | fieldmen and 2-3 of the cost of
Lith, |
He cited the policy of the On- tario Agriculture Department in which farmers are encouraged to devolep pasture land through assistance from the Department.
He said Ontario gives farmers seed to plant on areas previous- agricultural
fertilizer for the same is borne by the government.
The Opposition Leader noted that the government was plan- ning to appoint two additional fieldman—one a veterinarian and the other a -potato fieldman
He thought the first was badly needed but could not imagine what one lonely potato fieldman could ever hope to accomplish. The Throne Speech said this man would haye to do with potato di- seases. “I would think that he would be better employed giving advice*on packaging. grading: and marketing’ Mr. Bell said
He could: not understand why it was so hard to get farmers to attend ghort courses on agri- culture but remarked, “if they won't attend then we must take the course to them" and in this connection felt that TV was an excellent medium through which this could be accomplished
Returning once more to provin- Cialfederal tax agreements, Mr Bell said, “I don’t care what they say—we are a Province and since most of our revenues are used
up ia fixed charges we have to|
has given the dead horse an in- jection and brought him back to life again. If they can't find another dead horse perhaps the Minister of Resources might find one for them,”’ Mr. Bell said. PWC DORMITORY
The Opposition Leader wonder- ed why the matter of building a dormitory for Prince of Wales College had come up this year. He said the Women’s Institutes had been making representations to the government for year after
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year without success. “I wonder if it really is a provincial pro- | ject or is it because we have a Conservative Canada Council which I hear is prepared to ad- vance an amou>t up to $100,000 for this purpose.”
Reference was made by Mr. Bell to a speech delivered by the president of the Federation ef Agriculture, C.B. Waugh, who is reported to have said at a farmers’ , institute meeting, “Rural people are getting a raw deal—if we could get satisfac- tory teachers we would have little difficulty with education.”
FISHERIES _ Satisfaction was expressed with development of the fisher- ies in the province. He hoped to see more dragzgers noting that the only way to make fich- ing pay was to catch them in large quantities. - William Acorp: “So you final-
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7 p.m—East ice--C, Stewart vs vs.:W.M. MacLean; West ice—L. Poole vs. L. A. Johnston.
9 pm:—East ice—L. Johnston vs. J.S. DesRoches; west ice— P. Macintyre vs. H. MacGregor.
Y’s Men Hold Valentine Party,’ Dance_- -
Last night the Alpha Y's Men held a most successful invitation Valentine dance in the gymasium of the YMCA. The room was gaily decorated with coloured cartoons drawn by club member Henry Purdié* and bearing Val- entine motifs. Music was supplied by the Downtowners. ‘
Prior to the dance, the club en-
tertained. the Y’s Menettes at a Valentine turkey party. Head table seats were occupied by: Ernest V. Bell, international dir- aude Whit- enect, district governor, Key, président Summerside Club, Ralph Carr, president Centennial Club, Arthur Duvar, president Charlottetown YMCA, Loran Mc- Lellan, president of Alpha. Club and their wives.
Other guests included two Sum- merside Y's Men, Roy Boates and Edgar Ramsay and their wives '
A rousing sing-song. was led
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Benevolent Irish Society
Meetirig Held
The February monthly meeting, of. the Benevolent Irish Society was. held last night,
The largely att 7 featured reports from the dif- ferent standing committees of the Sociéty. fre tte
The initiation of new members into the Society will take place at. the. annual initiation and smoker~to be held March 12th.
The Irish show “Laughing Irish Eyes’’, will be held March 16th, and 17th, Birchwood High School Auditorium, under direc- tion of J. Pius Callaghan, C.D.A., Director. The play, a three-dct comedy, features lots of laugh and should prove a wonderful evening's eptertainment to all who attend.
The Society welcomed the re- turn of two members who were recently disabled in the persons of Jack Doyle and John Coady.
The Choir Marshal. Rov Dunn,
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stated that the RECCE regiment band had been engaged would again take part in annual parade.
F. Pius Smith, a member ol Society, was the recipient of 6 Qnanimous ovation from the So ciety upon his achieving thé presidency of the Canadian Le gion, Charlottetown Branch.
Apple ‘Market Benefit Seen
Nova’ Scotia says relaxation # currency exchange rates and 4 more’ valuable British pound should help Canadian apple ex
in import figures, he said. Te Dec. 4, 1958, 440,000 bushels of Canadian apples had been im ported by Britain, up from 288,004 bushels in 1957. American’ im ports ‘to the same date totalled 72,000 bushels while. Italian im ports were 500,000 bushels—70, 000 ‘less than the year before. “But,” Mr. Haliburton said, “the tremendous comp etitios
from British and Continenta growers and other factors stil make this market something of 8 gamble.”
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