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The Easter seal committee of the Charlottetown Rotary Club held its initial organizing meeting Tuesday night at the

SUMMERSIDE BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN Edgar M. Cannon was elect-

Board of Trade at the annual dinner meeting last night in the George R. Pearkes VC Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Elected fir s t vice- president was Roy Johnston; second vice- president. Francis MacQuarrie; secretary - treasurer. Alex B. Campbell; auditor. T. Earle Hickey.

The installation of officers Mayor J. Ernest Morrison. guest of the meeting.

Council members are: Charles Linkletter, David Miller, Davtd Carnegy. George Clarke, Fred Davison. John Holder, Gordon Simmons, Mrs. Muriel Y o u n g, Jack Wright, Amos Hubley, George Smallman. Claude Ives. C. Ross MacKenzie and Horace lilacFarlane. Past president is R. T. Henthorn.

Head table guests were Alex

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Births, Deaths Marriages BIRTHS

DOUCETTE -— At the Charlotte- town Hospital, Jan. 23. 1963. to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Doucctte. a daughter. Carol Monique. Weight 7 lbs., 4 oz.

WIDDOWSON — Born t the. City Hos-pita]. Saskatoon. Sask.. on Jan. 19111. 1965. to Rev. and Mrs. James H. Wid- dowson (nee Earith Dunning) of Radisson. Sask.. a son. Paul Dunning.

DEATHS

DYE _ At Strafford. Pennsyl-

vania. Tuesday. Jan. 22nd. 1963. Cecil Dye. London. Eng- land. father of Mrs. Dunstan McNichol. Burial will be in Pennsylvania.

MORRISON — At the Prince

be in Belfast cemetery.

WOOD — At her late resid- ence. Wednesday. Jan. 23 1963. Mrs. Brenton L. Wood. 17 Felling Street. Beating at

, the Machean Funeral from where the funeral will be held. Friday. Jan. 25, with service

In P 'QUIRES —— At the Prince Ed- w

ard Island Hospital. day. Jan. 2:. 19%. Mrs. A. Squires in her 40th year. Reman'ns were transfer- ed from the Mac F

late resrd cnce More“. Fmerai Friday Jan. 5 turn Morel! United Church. with service oom- meneirrg at a pan. Interment will take place in West St: Peters oernetery.

MARRIAGES

"ELTON — Mcme — Mr. and Mrs. Newman A. McLel- Ian. wish to announce the mar- rille of their daughter, Doro- thy Jen to Malcolm 1“. Mel- ton of Jacksonville Il'lorlda.

Jmuary 20th. 1968.

CARD OF THANKS

We Wish to express sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses

0' the Charlottetown Hospital. tho Special thsrlrs to Drs. Oud‘ more and

Charlottetown Hotel. The Eas- ter seal campaign begins March 11. Among committee members are, left to right,

B. Campbell. secretary-treasur- er; Gerald nman, president of the Summerside Junior Cham- ber of Commerce; Frank Bry- an. president of the Alberton Board of Trade: Edison Raynor. past president of the Kensington Board of Trade; Hon. Hubert MacNeill. MD, minister of health: Group Capt. A. G. Dagg. the guest speaker; R. T. Hen- thorn; Alfred Parkes. Moncton. N.B.. executive secretary of the Maritime Provinces Board of Trade: Mayor J. E. Morrison; George Chandler. vice-president of the Charlottetown Board of Trade: G. Lorne Monkley. MLA; Earl Cannon. chairman of the St. Eleanors village commis- sioners, a Heber Canfield, president of the Crapaud Board

of Trade.

The ladies auxiliary of the legion catered.

M Morrison brought greetings from the Town of Sum- merside, and Group Capt. Dagg. guest speaker, spoke on the top- ic of “The role of the station in the economy of Sum- merside." Group Capt. Dagg spoke of his topic in four ways. the number of people employed at the air base; what the gov- ernment pays these people: how this money is spent. and how this spending involves Summer- side businessmen.

He referred to statistics com- plied to Oct. 31. 1962, and said this month could be termed as an average month for the year. in which 1.367 service and civilian personnel were employ- ed at the air base.

RATES OF PAY

Commenting on rates of pay. he said each airman is given basic pay plus a subsistence al- lowance and marriage allow- ance. if married.

Outlining. in term s of num- bers, the married picture ver- sus single. at the base. he said to Oct.. 31 last year there were 451 air force personnel in bar- racks. 241 at Siemon Park: 186 at Hillcrest and 489 in private acommodations This means that 916 were married with fam- ilies and 451 were single.

The guest speaker said the payroll for the month of Octo- her was $483,000. with the civil- ian workers receiving 375.000. Citing this as a typical month. the speaker said this means roughly that about $7,000,000 au- nually is spent on salaries at the base. outlined briefly an esti- of how the average air employee or servicemen

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EASTR SEALS CMMITTEE PLANS CAMPAIGN I M

George Rogers. Walter Auld. Reg Jenkins. chairman; and Dr. Malcolm Putnam.

Role Of RCAF In Economy Given To S'side Trade Bd.

spends his earnings. “The ser- viceman is never a welfare problem", commented commanding officer. He esti< mated that married service- men at the base pay each month into the Prince Edward Island economy about $366,400. About $30,000 is paid for airplane fuel, electricity, ibuitiding materials and such like by the airforce base each month. on the aver- age. he noted.

The group captain stated that almost every year on the base. some large military project is undertaken, and although this project does not directly bolster the Island economy. it sti means that another estimated million dollars per year is spent.

The speaker was introduced by Mr. Henihorn and thanked by Claude Ives.

PRESIDENT’S In his repo

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REPORT

rt. the retiring president outlined the. activities nd acwmplielmrents of th . Mr. Henthorn men- few of the past year’s projects. noting that member- ship fliad risen to an all—time high. The Summerside board ast summer headed up a meet~ ing between the provincial gov- ernment. federal government representatives, fisheries fod- eiration representatives and fish-

ermen. As a result I steering committee was appointed and

.IISLAND NEWS PAGE"

Summerside And Prince County

the Summerside Lobster Carni- val next year will be greatly expanded in regard to fisheries. | Early last year the board in- itiated recommendations to the provincial regard- ing a park development for the western waterfront. This pro- ject has since been taken up by the centennial committee.

Mr. Henthom stated volum- inou-s correspondence took place between the board and the presi- dent f TCA regarding better Iconnections for Island travel- ‘1ers, and noted that as yet con- ditions remain unchanged. He noted dredging for Summer- side harbor and gates for the marine wharf are two import- ant items that will be dealt WI

The board presented a brief to the Labor Relations Board in! iw-hicli they endorsed the principal of a minimum w e but were unable to point out certain inequalities. stated the president.

'FRUS'I'RATING'

summation. the outgoing

u president stated “in many ways

board of trade work can be eat-- trcmely frustrating for anyone who wants concerted action. but in the words of the childhood hymn - “Little drops of water. little grains of sand. make mighty ocean and a pleasant land".

Annual committee reports were presented by their chair-

eirnan: membership. David Car-

negy: attendance. John Holder; meetings land entertainment, Roy Johnston; tourist and pub- licity. Francis MacQuarrle; civic affairs, Edgar Cannon: retail merchants. David Miller; agriculture, Errol Laughlin; marine and transportation. Gor- idon Simmons; lobster carnival. lAmos Hubley.

The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs, Jan. 24, 1963.

last Year's Seal Peltsl

Dispute Will Be Heard

SUMMERSIDE BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN

A sealing dispute in the Gulf of St. Lawrence last spring will have a sequel in the Supreme Court at Summerside Feb. 18.

The case concerns sealing par- ties from three ships. the MV Polar Star. MV North Star VI. and MV Arctic Whaler who were piling up seal pelts on the ice, while another party, Les Enterprises Madeleine Inc.. from the Magdalen Islands. w e r e hunting in the same area. Lat- er. a third company from New York entered the scene.

In the case that will come be- fore the court. the plaintiffs are the officers. crew, and own- ers of the MV North Star, MV Polar Star VI. and MV Arctic Whaler. represented by A l e at Campbell, Summerside.

Defendants are Dr. Marc Ar-

senault. of the Magdalen Is- lands. represented by Gerald R. Foster, QC. of Charlottetown; and Louis Denker Inc.. York. represented by John P. Nicholson. Charlottetown.

The plaintiffs claim that they had seal pelts stacked on the ice which they allege were taken by Dr. Arsenault or his agents.

The pelts were seized by the plaintiffs in three locations on P.E.I. by way of replevin pro- ceedings, and later the pelts were released by the plaintiffs to the New York firm of Louis Denker Inc.. who put up a bond for the value of the pelts.

The New York firm claims to have purchased the seal pelts in question from Les Enterpris- es Madeleine Ltd., thus raising the question of ownership as between plaintiffs and defendant Louis Denker nc.

Small Snowblower May Be Used For Sidewalks In S’side

SUMMERSIDE — Complaints! have been received concerning. the plowing of sidewalks in thei town, Coun. H.B. urman re- ported to council Monday night.

In order to improve this sit- uation. he said that two local contractors are now working on this problem and it is hoped the end result will be some type of small snowblower to do the job.

Regarding side of th churches. Conn. Schm'ma stated this plan is working out very well and several signs have been erected to denote where parking is permitted.

The water and sewerage re- port revealed the town used $1,000,000 more gallons of wat- er last year then a year es lier. This was attributed to s

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large increase in cu and two leaks in water mains. Civic Stadium report show-

n partment report also

ed a large reduction in the de-

ficit due to the fact the man- ager. Charles Hogan. and staff had been able to sell more ice time than ever before

to rural teams. The police report submitted by Chief S.D.A. Wanamaker

stated: "Juveniles still pose a: problem. During the month of December five juveniles were ordered into juvenile court for offences including theft ag ’

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various and dam The water and sewerage de- related how trouble was encountered on the light plant pump when some of the old piping developed leaks because of rust and had to be replaced. This mm. which has been in continuous operation tiorr almost 40 years. is badly worn, the report point- out. and as it is situated in any dangerous place it should be remove as soon as possible and be replaced with a new deep-well pump.

Store Hours And Tourists Receive Board's Attention

'SUMMERSIDE — Lower lid cense fees for heavy farm trucks was one of the recom- mendations brought in last night at the annual meeting of the Summerside Board of Trade. The recommendation. presented

p.m. interment will telne place P owns! . ‘

Tues. those Rob-

way in our sad bereavement. Mrs. William McTague and family.

IN MEMORIAM

BUELL — In memory of Mrs. Mary Buell who passed away. Jan. 24. .

Always remembered by son

Walter. daughter-in-law Hazel.

and grandchildren Sydney. Lyle

a n a. Dear Mother, you are not for- gotten Though m re. Still in memory you are with us. As you always were before.

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the ommi agriculture. asked that the pro- vincial government give consid- eration to the matter. The present system. said the committee. is forcing farmers. often against their will. to do

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custom wqu with their trucks in order to meet the high cost of license. This results in unne-

cessary competition with regu- lar truckers. recommendation was to the effect that the pro- vincial government has been subsidizing half the cost of spray material in order to en- cotirage farmers to eliminate weeds in grain fields. and that this assistance be extended to the weed portion of the spray material for pea crops. The committee said it realiz-

lrade Bd. Urges lower Farm Truck Licences.

ed that everyone should be al- lowed fair wages. and said th e minimum wage law should be Islandwide, but some of the com- mittee members were concern- ed that extra wages would be charged back to the farmer where food processing and farm products are concerned. These same members were of the opin- ion that this extra cost should be passed on to the consumer. The committee also stated “We believe that the most un- usual year weather- wise w a I largely responsible for the dis- satisfaction between pea farm- ers and processing plants. How- ever We think the liaison com- mittee appointed by the federa- tion of agriculture to work with the plants. to iron out contracts and other problems is a move in the right direction and should help to eliminate embarrass- ment on both sides. and would like to see a similar committee appointed by the federation of agriculture each year."

SUMMERSLDE — —At last night's annual meeting of the Summerside Board of Trade. the committee on retailing sub- mitted s ev e r al reco tions to the effect that tail hours remain the same pending the one hundred per cent co-op- eration of all merchants: action be taken to ensure the in u- ture every Saturday afternoon during the month of December. stores remain open: town em- ployees collect the lights u s e d for Santa Claus lane and store them. with each merchant tag- ging his personal sets. and then the town employees could in- stall these lights next year when erecting the trees; town author- ities be approached to provide more artistic town entrances.

0 recommended was that further investigation be launch- ed into the feasibility of a town wide sale to include a prize pro- motion to provide added inter- est; investigate the centennial celebrations to discover “h ow through full co-operation we may be able to benefit our town."

The committee on tourism had a very favourable report of 1962 tourist activities in this prov- ince.

The Summerside board each

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ism committee of the board met with Hon. ' tewart an Hon. Philip Matheson with re-

gard to receiving some aid from i “Swen”! SummerSide T 0 w n ‘

Centennial Celebrations' i Revenues To Reduce Cost

promise of more fill and an ex-,

the provincial government i preparing a picnic site at the Red Bridge just beyond Read‘s Corner. Some progress has been made in this respect. and a con- siderable amount of fill was in- serted and levelled last fall. The committee said it had been pro- mised eight picnic tables for the coming season and also has the

tension to a culvert on the s e grounds.

The committee recommended that the board make available to next year’s committee $500 to be spent on the picnic grounds in the spring and that the pro- vincial government e ap- proached as soon as possible to grant another $1,000 for this site. and that every effort be made to have the tourist bureau moved to this new location this winter or early spring. and that a well be drilled for water. and provide toilet facilities for the coming tourist season.

It is the opinion of the com- mittee that some of this work can be done under the winter works program.

United States Ambassador W. Walton Butter-worth ask- ed in Ottawa Wednesday that Canadians understand the

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gS'side Plans To Seize Cars; f

| E SUMMERSIDE BUREAU , OF THE GUARDIN i While legality is still debated iln regard to seizure of license ‘Iplates from automobiles of Sum- imerside residents. delinquent in' their auto tax of $20. Summer-l ' side civic officials moved yester- iday within their authority to; iseize the entire car, and police‘ ioff-icers began action of round-' ling up vehicles on which pay- iment of tax has been ignored: l Removal of only the license iplates which had commenced ilast week, resulted in strong re- action from RCAF residents of Summerside, and the provincial attorney-general questioned the legality of seizing registration plates instead of taking the car. with the result that action in this regard was halted. Officials have now completed arrange- ments to proceed with seizure of autos owned by delinquent tax payers.

Although strong opposition to expressed ifrom a group of Htllcres‘t RCAF

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Ry DON Macl.EOD ‘ Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer

While the Centennial Corpor- ation has asked the provincial government for $420,000 to carry out Centennial Year cele- brations, increased revenuei from a large influx of peoplei expected in 1964 may offset the.i proposed $420,000 budget by as. much as 6280.000.

Wednesday. the corporation executive presented a brief to. the cabinet outlining the expectfl

expenditures of the Centen-l nial Committee.

LAUDS PRESENTATION Tourist Development Minister J. David Stewart said yesterdayi morning "the brief was w I thought out, well presented. and,

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year sponsors the operation of the tourist information bureau at Read's Corner. Last year 3,221 persons registered at th e bureau for information. and using the figure of four persons per car for those -who register- ed. it may be estimated th at the bureau assisted about 12.884 persons in many varied ways.

The operation of the bureau was financed again last year by grants from the provincial gov« ernment and 'Town of Summer- side

During the past year the tour-

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SUMMERSIDE BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN

A variety of interating and daqu were presented last night by com- mittees at the annual meeting of the Summerside Board

rade.

The committee on marine and transportation noted during the past year there had been two accidents on marine wharf in- volving the loss of life.

The committee was in contact with the department of public works and department of trans- port to ascertain what precau~ tio measures could be

recurratm of As a result

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a... Wharf Gates, Air Terminal,

hed Said Need

thaI. MCA in constructing a new itermma-l budding at the RCAF istation, du‘ectly notices from :the present one. Negotiations iiiave been going on to relocate this company either along the n . . .

.way or appmximaidy half- way from the guard house at the base and the main western highway. The reason for this is {due to the nuisance of going ithrough the main gate at the ‘air base both! to the RCAF and the public and also that every- one going to MCA from outside yt‘ne base must pass a restricted area.

MCA is willing to move its new building at any time and the chief reason they have beat unable to do so is because a minimum taxi strh) of 800 feet from the centre of the runway to any building is required and

the department of transport is unwilling to make this expend- iture

noted that in 1962 a total ofi 10,955 passengers Irri .‘ or eparted via whichi

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cial air to Summerside.‘ become

has NEW snap ‘ The report said that “thiai past year your commute. wat-f ched with apprehension the‘ available shed space on rail- way wharf for use in assem bung potato cargoes. Each year a goodly portion of these car-

suitable sheds which lack frost protection in a good many cases and must be retrucked to the ship as it its loading. This is costly and inefficient. and al- ways done in cold weather with fear of frost damage to the

especial' ly when trucks. very few insulated. must dten wait on the dock several hours before they are able to unload.

indicates how a common-i d

Air Force Not Concerned In Tax Dispute

SUMMERSIDE —— As far as the RCAF is concerned the cur- rent Summerside tax dispute is strictly a matter between the town and its citizens. This is my View,

and I'm

quite prepared to back it up.".