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CHARl.0'I'TE'I'UWN Saturday. June 24, I950

Newfoundland llay

This day 1497 John Cabot out of Bris- tol, England. discovered Newfoundland. which he named ”Prima Vista" and claiin- ed it for King Henry VII. For long the Is- land was regarded as an English ship moor- ed near the Grand Banks for the conven- ience of fishermen. The days of the ”Fish- ing Admirals" have long passed, as have the troubles over lithe French Shore," al- though it appeals that France still enjoys special privileges in territorial waters of the west coast of the newest Province 4 .

Today Canadians from sea to sea join in celebrating this feast of St. Johii- as New- foundlancl Day. No longer simply a fish- ing Sitllitlli. no longer a colony, Newfound- land is Canada's Atlantic Province and has a great future for her courageous people and developing resources of forest and mine as well as the fisheries which are even to- day the prime source of the livelihood of great numbers of her people.

Ministers. officials, representatives of the services from all the Provinces are helping to make the celebrations in St. Johns today memorable and gay.

Canada salutes her newest Province, the Ancient Colony.

Canal issue Sldestenned

The Dominion Government has passed on to the Royal Commission on Tran- sportation the onus of advising upon the feasibility of the Chignecto Canal scheme. It is important to keep in mind that the Commission can advise only, and that the additional delay in presenting the matter before the Commission will be time wasted unless the Government is prepared to take action.

One of the strong points made in the admirable brief presented by the Canal delegation to the Cabinet on Thursday was that this project was promised to the Mari- times at Confederation. It is in the same category as our special Island claims for adequate transportation to and from the mainland. The failure to implement the agreement has been of incalculable loss to these Provinces. and on equitable grounds we are today not only entitled to the Canal but to compensation for the years and gen-

taking was guaranteed. Moreover. as - pointed out in the Allan Commission re- ' port. as far back as 1870. a policy of canal 'enlargement would not only benefit the . Maritimes but would stimulata the commer cial development of the whole Dominion. It is a national project of prime importance. There is no question that had we been able to bring sufficient weight to hear at Ot- tawa. it would have been undertaken long ago. But the very handicaps which result- 'ed from the Dominion's disregard of our claims in the first instance. have further militated against their redress. There is no justice in a situation of this kind. and no Royal Commission can relieve the Govern- ment of its responsibility of l'em6d.Vi"S! "-

Rurargchool Meetings

On Tuesday. June 27. the annual school meetings are to be held in the districts throughout the rural communities. As pointed out in a circular addressed by the Department of Education to the clergy of the Province. these meetings are extremely important. for upon them and the action taken at them depends. to a great extent. the school service that will be provided the children. Among the several duties of the voters at an annual school meeting. three are of outstanding significance. These are: (1) the election of trustees who will realize their responsibility to the 'children of the district and will endeavoui to discharge it efficiently and well; (2) the provision of sufficient funds to ensure that the school and its surroundings will be clean. comfort- able and reasonably well equipped: and (3) the provision of adequate supplement to enable the trustees to secure or retain the services of a competent. teacher.

Emphasis is placed by the Department In a communication to trustees and secre- taries on the fact that payment of teachers supplements should be promptly made, even if the money has to be borrowed. as the

gGovernment salary cannot be paid in full until the returns show the amounts have been paid by the districts. Consequently. the delay of both payments greatly increases the hardship to the teacher.

Under the school Act, in addition to previous legislation with respect to women voting at school meetings, wives of rate- plnrlninynowvotn.-,andltishopedtliiit

erations that have passed since the under-

out of women voters at all the meetings. The more people who participate actively in this important duty. the nlore adequately will the educational needs of the districts for the coming year be met.

EDI IURIAL NUI ES

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Today. St. John Baptist. I 0

Tomorrow. 3rd Sunday after Trinity. I O 0 Rain is a welcome relief to farmer and gardener. but for the latter it also means more work behind the lawn mower. O O O This is the last week of the present lobster season. ending on the 30111. There will be the usual tantalizing wait until fish- ermen along the western part of the Strait have their innings beginning the 10th of August. 0 i 0 Welcome to the Assistant Trade Coin- missioners from Germany, Holland. the United States and Carribean area. May they learn, teach as well as enjoy their visit here. 0 O C It was appropriate that both the Mari- time Press and the Maritime 1.ibrarians should meet in their respective annual meet- ings at Dalvay yesterday. - U I I A visitor who had been surveying the Island by airplane remarked yesterday that its beauty was excelled only by the hos- pitality and bonhoniie of its inhabitants. O O 0 General regret was expressed yesterday at the Canadian Press gathering at Dalvay that Newfoundland Government should have called away Premier Jones before he had an opportunity to address them as promised. O O 0 Farmers are fully realizing the value of the publicity they are receiving in connec- tion with their various organizations. "Let the people know” is about the best maxim any organization can fly at its masthead. O O 0 New Brunswick farmers are this week holding a three-day seed convention at Harland in the interest of disease free pro- duction. The next project is to grow regis- tered. barley seed. g 0 0 0 To an Albertan. Mr, E. R. McFarlanc of Letlibridge goes the credit for inspiring Canada-Newfoundland Day. and also for fathering the Newfoundland Flying Club. affiliated with the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association. which marks its es- tablishment today. ' O I Q We are waiting now more or less patient- ly for our new Federal building, and our proposed modern bus service for which the Government is supposed to be negotiating. One proposal under discussion is that the C. N. R. should monopolize the bus service and sublet it to the Irving Company for operation. 0 O I Subject to a means test, New Brunswick Barrister Society has decided to provide le- gal service free to the poor of that. prov- ince. Organization of such a system is al- ready well underway in Saint John, and Moncton and Fredericton barristers have had the matter under consideration, it is reported. Under the scheme proposed. a panel of barristers would be named by local groups. Cases where assistance is needed and deserved will be referred to the panel by welfare and other groups and free legal aid will be provided on the recommendation of the panel. Hopeful. From Montreal Gazette. "Money For Let: A Canadian bank, acting as agent for U. S. interests, is looking around for a spot or spots to invest F510 millions in going concerns. Particularly sought is a silk pro- cessing business. A recent offer for one was turned down. The fact Canada has no cap- ital gains tax; the exchange differential. and the ease with which profits may be sent to the U. S. are chief reasons for a steady, and at this moment heavy influx of U. S. capital into the Canadian business picture." After this, who would doubt Canada is mov- ing ahead by leaps and bounds? O I 0 Mr. J. G. L. Langlois IL-Gaspe) is try- ing to convince the administration that it should see what can be done to prevent erosion of the shores of the St. Lawrence "particularly in the Gaspe peninsula," says an Ottawa correspondent. "Perhaps 25 per cent of all private legislation is placed on the order paper with no intention of allow- ing lt to reach the debating stage. There is an excellent reason why the diffldent minority of independent legislators becomes draftsmen. Even though their pride and joy is left high and dry when the session ends. they have the considerable consolation of knowing that their views are in black and white on the official record. And when the sessional battle is over. to the immense re- lief of all who have participated. they can point out this product of their industry and

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Tliln column II open to the discussion by cmreopondenlo 0' tllleltlouu at interact. The Guardian doe: non necessar- "J endorse the opinion of, wrreoponilonu.

H5' ART CRITICISM ENJOYID

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Slr.- The criticism in last Wed- ncsdny's paper of the annual ex-I hlbition of the P. E. I. Art Society was delightful. It was like a fresh breeze blowing on a sultry sea of apathy. it. was delivered with punch and enthuslasin-nnd best. of all- it was conyructixe.

I can understand the shock the writer felt if he or she has re- cently returned from an up-tm date Art School where high. If iiarrcv.v standards must. be main- tnllled: but the beauty of our show is. that we have no stand- ards.

Everyone who sends in picture: has at. least one of them hung. There are so many we have them crowded on the wall three tier deep. and when the wall is full on place the over flow along the floor.

To fit: the pieces of that mosaic takes patience and genius, It's 3 might; work of art in itself,

1 agree with our critic that I.hPl'-? was a lot of bad -painting but I can not agree that it was uninter- esting. It. was more than interest- ing-lt was fun and I hope that all the amateurs who ever contri- buted will continue to paint. an.) will send in more pictures than ever.

I also hope our critic will be- come a member of the P. E. I. Art Society.

I am. Sir, etc. FRIEDA I. CREEIIMAN

President of the P E. I. Art

Association

ART SOITIICTY EXHIBIT

Sir.-I was very lllJ.Eli6Si)9d in the article on the recent. exhibition of the P E. lslzlnd Art Society which was presellts.-cl by L. G. M. M. in your issue of June 21st.

The Art Societyhas been doing a

quiet and unobtrusive -work for some fifteen years or longer in CllE1.ltlOEiEfOll'l'l. L. G. M M. is evidently quits linfaniillar with the efforts -lvhicil have been made during these years. otherwise instead of criti- clsni there would be Ii measure of appreciation for the recent ex- hibition. as compared with 8EI'llc!' shous a marked improvement would be seen from year to year. If L. G. M. M. thinks there is a lack of inspiration. as quite pos- sibly there is. there was quite a bit of good drawing and respectable coloring. which after all is of more real value and more likely to help the public along the road of art appreciation than ttonal qualities and types of design" which at bed. appeal only to the few. and those not always the leaders to be ad- mired

Tom Thomson and his cared little enough for theories. but went and painted nature (1:- Gotl i-'iic'.ved it to them, whether we approve or .not we can see thc very evident. sincerity of pur- pose. which after all is the beginn- ing of genius.

What the Art Society licecis is not a slap. but a little judicious praise and appreciation of the ef- forts it has made in the passage of time. Believe me there were some faithful workers who often labored into the night. arranging and hanging pictures of the var- ious exhibitions shown. as well as working with hriish and canvas in leisure moments. which were all I00 few.

As regards the gallery the wri- ter has seen a great many gal- leries in the more wealthy centres and very few, if any. better light-lrl or ventilated than our own.

or course with I few thousand dollars much might be done to improve it and if there were means of having a regului attend- ant it would help.

Let us be thankful at least Chnriottetowii has a picture gai- lery whore pictures can be hung in safety from tires which few of the Maritimcs are in it position to so boast.

Given the right support the Art Society and the Gallery might. go far to spur along the cause of art in Prince Edward Island.

Of course there are no Michael Angelos and no Tltians here at present in P, E, I, to our know- Icrlgc. but no one can tell where genius may break out if given the oppoitiinlly. which is what we are trying to provide for.

I am Sir. etc. JAME E. HARRIS

Grouu

sir.-Two recent letters in The Guardian regarding the Crapaud plebiscite on the matter of in- corporation tinder the Village ser- vice Act. and the announcement that the Government. had received a petition requesting a recount, have left erroneous impressions in the minds of -many persons outside of this village. arid if an explan- ation of this partlcyular situation were notmadeit. mightbea factor that would discourage other villages from taking advantage of the bene- fits of the Village service Act.

I suppose. that from a civic point of view. all villages might be com- pared with the communal life of the hive to this extent that they have both workers and drones.

'Ilhere are those who hlve work-

ed unceulngly and unselflshly to build and better this community through our various organizations and as Individuals. and needless to say. as citizens truly interested in our community. will continue to do so. because it is only through the principle of co-operation and wil- lingness of each to do his part that any community can give of its best, On the other hand. are those who take no active interest. in com- munity affairs. who remain fenced off by themselves. and whose crit- icism and efforts in community If- fnlra Are more deiltmctlve than constnicllve.

The desire of residents of Cropeud to not for I plebiscite on the question of incomorlllon wu not. at Mr. Lord's fewer might.

Ingenuity to the interested folks back

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POOR RATE!

"rile Parishioners of Charlotte Parish are hereby required to pay their Poor Rates for the present year to either of the sub- scribers, without delay. lnyorder to avoid trouble and expense: and those who are in arrear for the past year are .requested to come forward immediately and pay in their arrears. otherwise they wl.'l be sued without distinction Roheit I-lodgson. Charles Desbrlsny. Cl1urch Wardens."

--Prince Edward ISTET, April 4. I826.

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Honour the Lord with thy nub-' stance. and with the first fruits of; all thine Increlue: so shall thy! hams be filled with plenty. Ami! thy prone: uh-ll burnt out with new wine.

mind will be threatened by incor- paratlon.

Personally, Mr. Lord's for another pleblscit.e'will meet no opposition from me for we are told

-Anyone who nmrnfs facing a "pile of 50 conlposinon books after leaching all day," says Miss D. :L. Cooley. retiring head. mistress at St. Dunst::in's here.

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as can be borne out by the min- utes of the meeting, the unanimous decision by individual vote of those including John Simmons. Jack Leard. Robert Dawson, Lloyd Rog- erson. Brent Wood. Park Canfield. Clayton Crosby. Art Simmons. Wi- liam Weddell, Jack Nicholson, and myself. All these. to the best of my knowledge. still are in active sup- port of the application of this Act to this village.

We have three purposes which we seek incorporation: (1) Organization of a trained volunteer fire-fighting force re- sponslble for the maintenance. re- pair. and operation of the equip- ment already owned by the com- munity: and the gradual replacing of a few lengths of heavier long- lasting fire hose each year. until the present. inferior and damaged hose is completely replaced,

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(2) The installation of street lights. . (3) The improvement. of the

parking problem that exists in the villa.ge. especially on Saturday nights.

No one is in oppositloii to incor- poration who has witnessed our firefighting equipment. in action at fires not only in Crapaud. hut. in Victoria and Tryon. and realized t.hc incstimablc value of this equip- ment in times of an e.nci-geiicy that always comes unexpectedly, In the last three fires in this village one home was lost due to

defective hose in the line: two other bliildlngs were saved. in which. had the fire Ilol. been ex-

tiriguislicd, dniibtlcle.-ly would have wiped cut a large part of the vil- iage. Until recently the maintenance. storage, and operation of the equip- ment has been the responsibility and personal expense of two or three persons. who hnve very gen- erously provided that service for this community. At, the present moment. because of the efforts of Mr, Lord and his opposition, no organization what- soever exists. no one knows whether or not the engine will start and only one or UWO would -know where to find and how to get. the engine. hose. and couplings, which are at present stored in three widely scattered buildings that are locked each night.

since those in the village who do the actual work of fire fighting and maintenance of equipment are in unanimous desire to incorporate. those of us in support of incor- poration wonder who will assume responsibility of our fire lighting equipment if the act, is not pro- claimed to apply to Cvrapaud. Three years ago there was 5. great desire among the resldentsto have street. lighting installed in this village A plan was prepared by which each home would contribute an equal amount. each month to pay the cost of this service. Every home in the village was interview-

ed and the plan explained. and with one exception every single home gave its uiiqunlificd ap-

proval, Maritime Electric Co.. how- ever. lnslst on a five year contract before installing street lights and the automatic control system: and because we had no community or- gnnlzatlon with authority to make this collection. and with whom the Electric Co. could sign a coiitrncl. the plan had to be abaiidoiied.

By being incorporated under the Village Service Act we have the organization with the necessary authority to make collection for this service which would now be paid for on the basis of the value of property as determined by values set. by the Government ap- pointed Land Valuation Board. which recently made a scientific up-to-date valuation of properly in this district.

This, in effect. will mean ii great deal less cost for those few that I know to be in opposition to incorporation. than the original plan of payment agreed to three years ago.

The paiklng problem which we hope to improve would be solved by seeking the co-operation of motorists in parking only on one side of etch street. and by the use of one or two free parking lots which we understand will be made IVIIIMIIC at no-coat to the village upon Incorporation.

These. sir. are our reason: for seeking Incorporation under the Village service Act. and oould not possibly be to any degree unreason- able in the eyes of anyone even slightly lntorcsted in the com- munity in which he or she resides. Under the Act. those nffnli-s would be udmlniltored by three commlsaioners duly elected at an unminl public, meeting. and no action can be taken. no taxes lov- led. and no expenditure mode only an nnvrovod by majority vote of U! the, Nlovjn It "W. Mr-.lJva M: I -4;')..!.' .'i.'.A1fi'...-g ..d.i-.-.. .i;i .---' pim-

pose. as is comipaxalbie to the method by which the business of public schools is mimaged. with the majority of electors at all times in control of the organization and its expenditures.

Another assistilig factor in favor of incorporatlonls the grant of fifty cents per person per year which will be paid by the Govem- ment to the village after incor- poration, for every man. woman. and child within the area. This, in our particular case. would amount to an lllCCt.'I1e of upwards of one hundred dollars each year. which would greatly assist in the fulfill- ing of the three objectives for whlch we seek incorpomtioll.

It would appear that those who are opposed to incorporation have largely been misled or influenced by the totally false rumors that have been spread in connection with incorporation and the plebis- cite

Some of these are:

ill Thai. every resident would have to pay fifty cents each year to the Government after the vil- lage became iiicaiporated.

(2) That it would be necessary for every home in the village to install modern plumbing and wat- er systems.

till That the commissioners woul.-l compel every home to re- move snow from their properties.

(4: That taxes would be from eighty to one-hundred dollars per home par rear.

13! That. the village would have to buy r 0 a d maintenance I11aClllil'cl'y and be responsible for maliitcnance and repair of all roads within the area.

I6! That the village would he compelled to build concrete side- walks.

(71 That the village Service Act. and the To-.vn Act. were one and the same thing,

fill That our exrpendlture would be as great. as larger places like Borden and Konslngton. that are under the Town Act,

(9) That. all villages are coni- pelled hv the (" vernment. to main- tain fire hting equipment whether incorporated or not, thus implying that the few will have to continue to personally assume thle expense and responsibility for

(to) That. the opposition was ,denied the privilege of having a sci-utlncer present. at the counting of the ballots after the plebiscite.

till That. the scrutlngei-s present were responsible for alleged ir- regularities ln the conduct. of the poll. and at the counting of the votes,

(121 That a Tigmn woman who was a former resident. of Craplvud voted on the plebiscite; and that fl ballot was taken out of the booth to a man who was actually par-, alyzed and un.i-onsclous at home in bed. '

These and many other false rumors quite as ridiculous. are, in the main. the impressions on which the opposition to incorpor- ation is based.

We leave it to the fair-mlnded- ncss of any intelligent person to judge the responsibility of persons who would believe and bein- fluenced by such nonsense as the false rumors mentioned above.

The Village Service Act fills a, long felt need for villages such as ours, in that it permits us the Iuthorltative organization through which we can supply ourselves with certain services consistent. with our

desires and ability to meetlthe cost.

of the three purposes for which Craipaud seeks incorporation.

street-lighting is the only one which would be ii recurring expenditure: a dozen street lights would cost. the great, majority of homes In the incorporated area less than one cent, per day. and in the case of many of the smaller homes it would be 3 small fraction of one cent per day.

If this is the "excessive" tax which Mr. Lord and his mynter. tous opposition fear. then we leave it to the opinion of those who are familiar with the situation to de- cide how seriously the economic aeourlty of the iealdents of Cu-

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support incorporation.

village ,

workers try to build up.

that there are those who voted ngiainst. incorporation who now realize that they were misled and who would now unhesitcitiiiglv

Those who have resided in Cra- paud all or most, of their lifetime, and who have provided commun- ity leadership and taken an active part. in comm-unity affairs in an ef- .- fort to build and better the emi- nlunity are one hundred percent in open and active support of in- corporation. as are those of us who have resided hole a lesser number of years but who regard Crapaud as o-ur home ccmniuiiity in which we will willingly take our part in the community life of the

It is somewhat dscoui-aging to this group. however. to find that those who have little or no interest in. and who take no part in com- niiinlty affairs or improvements. will even surpass the comparison of the drones in the hive by trying to tear down what the community

I aim. Sr. etc. GEORGE WOTTON.

neath a grent mound in Park there is a Roman forum.

J UNF. 74. 1950

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Life, like a wood-pathhls 3 way", in

Z. Love-haunted, changeful,

beauty , shadowed thing. some gleam of sun-gold dazzle; and is gone. some fleeting. fawn-like mptur.

lures us on.

subtle i-all

Bo thine the S'.'llSc of wings, 11,. That comes from some bird-breast. The

ed waterfall. crriiradeship of

trees. the hearts of friends.

And one Near Presellcc where the

faolpa th bends. -Etllelwyn wetherald

CHEAM. surrey. England-rcpt thinks a school. should in-

life is easy

School

CAMBRIDGE. Mass-., Julie 2!: .

Secretary Dpan Acheson said today the United States and its allies "are on flu

tlireshold of ii new period" in IllCi' quest for obstaclc DOSCII by the "iiiordlniiin ;r.mbltloii" of Russian lsaid. war is not inevitable.

peace. Despite mg

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COLCHESTER. England-xcpx L

Roman ruins have been unearth-

d here. Experls believe that. le-

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