Wreath - laying ceremonies were held Saturday afternoon at the Cenotaph in Charlotte- town. when First World War

By GEOFF TURNBULL An itinerant company that al- most bee ame Confederation Centre's permanent pleasers 's leav-

today.

The Keogh's Canadian Puppet Theatre, which has become famil- ia to tourists and Charlotte tonians alike since it set up shop five weeks ago in the Centre's Lecture Theatre. proved possibly the summer's greatest success. Children and adults both have

packed up Saturday an ing Charlottetown and the Island '

2N|D AND 8TH BATTERIES LAY WREATHS

veterans of the 2nd Siege Bat- tery and the an: Siege Bat- tery held a reunion and a Joint parade to the Monument in Queen Square. Above, the

French-st

Peter and vlng there with the equipment. while the rest of the family learves this afternoon by train. After a short in well- earned vacation there the trulpe

will move on to Detroit for a two-week stint at the state fair. Then it’s back to Toronto:

motile young Martin are just going

thrilled and laughed lo the dilllLS of the mostahuman manipulat- ions of Smart Aleck and Howard the Turtle and the whole host of other characters.

John and Linda Keo h w and run the venture with the help of their childrenj-Peter. Nina. and little Martin—an Alex Eftimoff. a folk-singing,

WESTERN B R | E FS

LOBSTER CATCHES

GOOD l Lobster catches in the West

siderably at Campbellton Skinners Pond. Lobster catches were reported poor the first of the season due to rough wea- ther.

FROM USAF

MacL e o d fro and his son Billy of Schnecta dy, N.Y. are on a three week holl- day at the home of Mr. Mac- Lcod’s mother Mrs. William MacLeod, Tignish.

HAS SEVERAL GUESTS Mrs. E. A. McCue, Alberton, had as recent guests Mr. and Mrs. Pius Byrn of Watertown, Mass. Mrs. Joseph Clarkin of Brighton. Mass, May Gillis of Sommervllle, Mass. Mrs. Kitty Roach Patty Lou O'Shea Mass, and Mr. and Mrs. Roger McCue and son Michael of

ontre

GUESTS OF PARENTS Mrs. Reginald Jeffery and

family of Alberton are guests .of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. ‘ Harold Clements. East Roy- sIIy.

FROM DARTMOUTH Mrs. Eric Caldwell and fam- "y of Dartmouth are visiting her parents, Mr. and s. thur Wilkie. Alberton. GUESTS FROM ONT. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jeffrey and family of Scarboro. Ont. and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jeff- rey of Whitby. 0nt., have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jeffrey, Alberton.

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MINISTER RETURNS Rev. W. A. Mchusrrie and Mchusrrie of George town were weekend guests of

Dr. Mae rri

student minister on this charge He received s warm welcome {It Campbeilton and Elmsdsle in the morning and st Mont- rose in the evening.

GIBBS FUNERAL - The nersl for Mrs. Jessie Gibbs was

' Wendell Shaw, Chicago.

Two City Men Elected Officers Of 'Old 98th’

The Second Canadian Siege

attery. comma y known as the “Old 99th", elected two Charlottetown members to its executive at a reunion here Saturday.

Elected secretary was Aili- son Tait of Charlottetown, and Rex Kielly, also of Charlotte- town, is treasurer. other offi- cers are: Lawson Jenkins. Ver- non, honorary president: 3.x. (Burchard. Toronto, president; George Walker, St. Thomas,

Prior to attending a dinn served by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion. Charlottetown Branch, mem- bers of the association. along with members of the Eighth

0nt., vice-president: executive, Geo Hobart, Montreal; Les- “let lie Smith. Vancouver.

9, them, too -— especially on wet

wreaths are laid by (left) E. B. Gaskin, president of the 1nd Siege Battery. and Gor-

cCallum, president of

don Ma the 8th Siege Battery. ‘.

Fond Memories To Remain For Puppet Theatre Group

ho John and Howard the Turtle to Da .

Fre s Peter to high school. Linda and

e. . All the group have confessed to a developing fondness for the Island, and hope to be back next year for another suc cessful run at the Centre.

Certainly this summer has been a success “Attendance has fluctuated," said father

John last night. "We are more likely to draw larger crowds when it‘s raining, and we have suffered once or twice from poor houses." But all in all good-attendance has been fair- ly consistent.

IGGES'I‘ CROWDS “During this last week have got the biggest crowds the summer, something like 1,000 more than in any other week, and we are tremendous-

'n

ly happy about it.

we of

Slemon Park School Teachers Die In Crash

Coleen Kelly, 24, and Anna Eogen, 26, both of Newcastle, N.B.. and former members of the teaching staff of Sle mon Park School, RCAF Station, Summerslde, were killed in a two-car crash in Browning. Mon- tana. last week.

The women were driving small foreign car through

area.

s a road construction

ISLAND NEWS PAGE lCan. Contralto's ‘Superb' Voice

The Guardian, Charlottetown, Mon. Aug. 17, 1964. S

Western And Central Districts l

TraditionaIWee Underway Today

A promise of fair weather and clear skies from the w therman heralds today's open- ing of Old Home Week in Char- lottetown.

visitors to the Provlnrlal Exhibition this year will see one of the biggest displays of livestock to date, with Holstein cattle leading the list: 17 herds are represented in the big show.

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Livestock entries, including cattle, sheep. horses and poul- try, completed the transition from farm to exhibition grounds Saturday night.

The Women‘s Institute build- nlways a favorite attract- ion for competitors and spec- tators alike. is again filled with exhibits of cooking and handi- craft from throughout the prov- mce.

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VAUDEVILLE SHOW ‘ Local talent combincdi with imported performers to delight audiences at the vaude- ville shows, for '1 pm. Monday to Friday in the coliseum, and at day to Friday.

Fans are expected to pack tlve Charlottetown Driving Park every night at ‘30 for some of the greatest harness racing thrills of the year.

A highlight of racing events will be the Evening Patriot Invitational Pace tonight. which rs a purse of $2,500. The now-traditional Evening Pat- riot Gold Cup and Saucer race, also with a purse of $2,500. is set for Friday night.

Lieutenant-Governor W. J. MacDonald will be on hand Fri- day evening to present a trophy to the owner of the waning horse, which traditionally re- ceives a cooler in honor of the. 'ctory.

POPULAR MIDWAY

Personnel of the Bill Lynch show have set up their famous midway, likely to be the main attraction of Old Home Week for most of the small fry.

Several bands from within and outside the province will play in front of the grandstand at the CDP during dashes.

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T I Official opening of the show p.m. uesw

will take place tonight at eight o'clock.

Brings Great Audience Ovation

(The following was written for The Guardian by the director of music for By CHRISTOPHER GIJEDHILL Maureen Forrester. the fa- mous Canadian contralto, drew a big crowd to her recital in the Confederation Theatre. It was a very satisfying concert. The quality of her voice is so superb. she has studied each phrase of every song with loving care. There was nothing perfunctory, and there was no- thing left to chance.

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his high reputation as one the world’s finest accompanists in ‘s thorough mastery of the musical as well as the techni- cal problems of all the accom- paniments, many of which are extremely demanding.

The management of the then its is to be congratulated this time on getting out a sheet with summaries of the songs in for- eign languages, thus adding a great deal to the pleasure and understanding of the audience.

The two Handel arias which opened the program gave Miss Forrester an opportunity to display her command of

ment (from Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas) was sung with due regard for its signifi- staraerossed

story of lovers.

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Success Makes Beatles Hermiis

TORONTO (CP) “Tin. Beatles are fenced off by their fans into a little world by them~ selves." says Norman Rossing ton, who_spent two months with the Liverpool group filming A Hard Day's Night. He plays their road manager in the film

Success ’ tual hermits, he says. like to go bowling or dancing or go out on dates with ordin- ary girls but it can’t be done."

A veteran of British televi- sion. Mr. Rossington is in Tor- onto taping s CBC festival how

a romp. till over- whelmed by their fantastic suc- cess and are not blase about. it " he says.

5 . “The Beatles treat life as They're s

ession

Sets New Record

By JAMES NELSON

OTTAWA (CPi—The current parliamentary session has lasted 26 weeks so far — he longest run uninterrupted by a recess in the history of the Ca- nadian Commons.

In the show business field of radio and television, after weeks e sponsors decide whether it’s worth picking up the show’s option for another sea- son

Until this session got under way last Feb. 18, the parlia- mentary session of 1903 had the record for long sessions with- out a major break. It began March 12 and ended Oct. 24.

But even it observed th usual parliamentary custom of taking an Easter recess. cutting it short to just one day before

ne thing is certain. They have enjoyed the longest run of any company in the Centre's history —- all three months of its history -— and they h a v come out on top of a difficult assignment.

All of them have said that, although they will be happy to home to Tomato, they will miss the Island.

Islanders will probably miss

afaernoons when there's ing the kids to do but cranky. But (hopefully). there Is a next year.

Canadian Siege Battery Asso- ciation, marched to the cone- taph where President EB. Gaskin of Mono-ton laid a

DEATH NOTICES

Received too late for Classified death notice column

wreath.

During the dinner, toast to the Queen was pro b H.K. Burchard. and the oldest member present, RH. Nichol- son. pr toast to the battery.

WEATHER

TORONTO (CP) — Observed temperatures from the weather office:

LEWIS — At Bunbury. August 15, 1964. Warren Keith Lewis. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Lewis, in his 16th year. Rest- ing at the Cutcliffe Funeral Home from where the funeral will be held this afternoon. with service commencing at 1.30. Interment in the Floral Hill. Memorial GaGrdens.

McKEARNEY — 1n the Sacred Heart Home on Aug. 16, 1964, J. Francis McKearney, aged as yeans. Resting at the Hen- nessey Funeral Home where

Tuesday morning at 8.45 to St. Dunstan's Basilica for Requiem High Mass at 9 o'clock. Interment in the Catholic cemetery.

COOKE —— Suddenly at Victoria General Hospital, Halifax. on Sunday, Aug. 16, 1964, Keith Edward Cooke. son and Mrs. Keith Cooke, Cape Wolfe. in his 18th year. His. remains will arrive this Mon- day evening at Jelley's Fu- neral Home, O'Leary. Fu- neral notice later.

GALLANT - At the Charlotte- town on Sunday, Aug 16, 1964, Augustin Gal-

lant of Monticello in his 715

year. His remains are rest-

ing at the Perry Funeral

Home. Funeral arrangements

will be announced later.

GILLIS — At the Sacred Heart Home Sunday, Aug. 16, 1964., Miss Margaret Gillis, former- ly of St. Theresa‘s, in her 85th year. Her remains will rest at the Charlottetown Fu. neral Home from this even- ing at 7 o’clock. Funeral notice later.

NEW ALPHABET ome 20,000 US. schoolchil- dren will begin learning to read and write with a new British

the funeral will take place on

44-letter alphabet this fall.

and after Good Friday and Easter Monday. It took no sum- mer recess.

In the current session the Commons sat through the week following Easter, the week it. normally takes off. It even was called into session on Good Fri-Q day morning because one mem-l her would not give consent to introducing a last-minute gov- ernment motion to adjourn. The house did no business tiiat day.

STILL N0 BREAK

The prospect of any summer recess now is fading and Ot- tawa‘s summer heat, which can. usually be counted on to drive} MPs away for a holiday. gave‘ way this las week to crisp,; cold nights. It was 45 degrees in the capital Friday morning, an one district farmer re- ported frost damage to his; crops. I

With the flag debate resum-'

ing Monday on a new opposi- Nam

tion proposal after 62 speeches; in eig-‘it days, there are pros-‘ pects of it running at least to; Labor Day. ‘

Prime Minister Pearson has called Opposition party leaders 0 a meeting Tuesday to dis- cuss the parliamentary situa- tion. An earlier meeting ended with firm Conservative opposi- tion to any time limit being set on the flag debate.

But wlhile the current session has set a record for uninter-t

rupted work. it falls short of [records of lengthy sittings counted in working days.

OTHERS LONG TOO

Monday’s sitting will be the 128th. The 1903 session had 155 sitting days. T-‘ie modern and

5 all-time record was set in the

1960-61 session. when the Com- mons sat 174 da 5. ere has the time gone?

Thirty items of business so far debated have taken 64 days, including the eight spent on the flag, and 18 have been passed. an days have been spent on he year’s appropriations, and 28 on month-by—month interim spending authority and supple- mentary appropriations.

There were days given to such set debates as the 1 day throne speech debate. the six - day budget debate, and three two-day non — confidence debates. Three days were spell on censure motions, points of order and other parliamentary tactics when no real work was done.

N.Y. Police And Leifisis Have Battle

NEW YORK (APl—Policec men fought pitched battles across mid - Manhattan Satur- day with a leftist group of young people trying to rally in Times Square against United States involvement in Viet

Several demonstrators were knocked to the ground, to the cheers and taunts of spectators trailing the group of about 250.

Police arrested 38 persons, in- cluding seven just back from a U.S.- government-Haunting trip to Cuba.

Officers carried or dragged several demonstrators to police vans. including one young woman dragged away by the hair. Some were bleeding.

Backers of the organization

BULL FIGHT WAS GIMMICK

ASH, England (APi—Pub- owner Alfred Marvin was only throwing the bull last week when he said he would fight a bull.

Marvin, 48, had announced he would stage a bull fight for charity. Bull fights are illegal, so the police joined

spectators Sunday night for tile even ,

Marvin first went through a dry run, waving his rented cape and dancing about in his rented matador’s outfit against his pet ram, Bimbo. The ram won, chasing Mar-

II.

Then came the main event.

arvin m a to h ed himself against two persons dre sed in a rented bull's outfit. His wife. Beryl. was in the hind quarters.

“It started as s gimmick but then it grew and grew until we had to go through with it,” Marvin said. “Can you imagine me at the age of 46 fighting a bull for the first time. I am against bull fighting and all blood sports."

Nevertheless, three repre< sentatives of the International Council Against Bull Fighting paraded around the ring with this sign: “The acme of bar- barism. Torture and sport of butchery of bulls and horses."

Then Marvin took up a col- lection for cancer research.

include at least three young men indicted for. or who ad- mitted being responsible for. arranging the so-called “stu~ dent" tours of Cuba by young Americans defying a state de- travel has to the Communist country.

PROCLAIM BELIEF

The latest such tour, 84 young Americans, returned here Fri- day night with several of its members proclaiming them- selves believers of communism. Some of them joined the pro- test Saturday.

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BRANDED INSPECTED

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John Newmark fully Justified

a me cance as the close of a tragic trodden various other paths

This air was transposed downi *

s minor in order to sc- she c

commodate it to a eontrslto voice. and in the process the limax “Remember me" lost ome of its poignancy.

NO MISFIRES

The Wolf songs present I pro- blem to any singer. They are in a wide variety of moods: moreover some of them are so snort, almost epigrams. that they are over almost before they have started. Unless the right mood is caught within the [first two or ree notes 1: whole song can never

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M secrnful jade to love-sick mal- den, and then to daydream‘fg old maid, with lightning speed. The rou of French songs that followed the intermission was sung with great insight and love of the French lang- uage. As a matter of fact her diction throughout the evening was clear as a bell. I cannot speak for the Spanish songs owmg to my ignorance of the

language. but the French, Ger-.

man and English were of the highest order. Canadian group (and

a congratulations to Miss Forres- beautiful vocal line. Dido’s La- ter for singing some Canadian

songs!) were a pleasant sur- prise, especially those by Jean Coulthard. The has

since writing these (I assu-nu that they are fairly early pro- ductions), but they remain sen- sitive and evocative.

SALM DISAPPOIN'I‘ING

Violet Archer’s the Twenty-third Psalm. The opening sounded as though she

seemed to have no motivation, and the big climax at the end reminded me rather irrever- ently of Malotte's atrocity. The song as a w he to lack cohesion on first hearing. Per-

ps 3 second or third hearing might cause me to revise my

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Falla's settings of Spanish .folk songs are so deftly done

that melod and accom - ment have been welded into one. Not only are e accom-

paniments always supremer 'relevant. they are also delight- : fully pianistie. and Mr. ! mark revelled in them. At the ! same time the melody aid the

ew-

jaccompaniment were always kept in perfect rapport, no mean tas

Miss Forrester gave us of her best. and that is praise en- ough. If she was not quite suc- cessful in capturing the com ‘1 plate essence of pride and past ,sion enshrined in these songs

day inclusive with

Service.

Min. Max. Dawson . . . . .. .47 60 Prince George .50 SS Vancouver . . . . . . ..52 13 Victoria ....51 65

n .. .M 77'; Calgary . .41 Regina . . .. .55 81 Winnipeg . . .50 10 Toronto . . . . .. .. ..55 76 Ottawa .. .. ..52 74 Montreal .. ..ss 74 Quebec . . . . ..48 78 F ri .. 47 74 Saint John S'l Moncton .. m.“ 70 lfax .. ..S2 at Charlottetown .. .. SI SI! ....SI 70

Y ..4S as St. John’s, Nfid. . .18 U Boston . . . . . . . . . . ..Sti vs New York . . . . . . . .11 1|

HALIFAX (CP) — m wes- M

fog had drifted into some on coastal sectial.

The fishing fleet of North Rustlco was blessed Saturday

by Rev. Francis Corcoran. as part of Centennial Day ceie~

soars BLESSED AT RT ausn

brsnons h tint village. TweMy-five to 1!) bouts, most of which were decorated with pennants . pl-

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under! around harbor be- fore passing Father Corcoran who blessed each boat. a- rsdes. waning events. old-

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ing s lobster supper and ance rounded out the day's festiVi- ties.

C A N A D A PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

(GREAT SEAL)

Lieutenant-Governor.

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ting of a one thousand eight hundred