Importance Cf The Potato

Col. G. E. Full was the guest " speaker at the regular monthly ' meeting of the Agricultural In- . stitute held Wednesday evening in the Charlottetown Hotel. Mr. 0.] - W. Ayers presided.

‘ Speaking on the economic im-I parlance of the potato. Col. Full, laid that it had many uses apart

from its value us an article of food. Prom it starch. dexirln, potato flour, and alcohol

factories in the Province quite common, Col. Full said. sonic thiriv or forty years ago hut at tlie-jircsent time only two were in operation so that the‘ ouantl; of starch manufactured licre was not great. In fact, Col. Full cXlllfllnPfl, the starch factor- [es only operated to capacity Ivhen the tnrtrkct price for pota- toes was so lo\v as to make their export from the Province a fin- ancial loss to the farmer.

The possibility of making a ser- ies o! editcatlonal films 66191199171! t-he vnriotls llhflSPS of agricultural work in the Province was dis- (‘ilsscd at the mcctlnil.

The institutes ofilccrs for lllc wear i947 tviil he elected at the January meeting.

A Large Audience _ Enjoys Christmas " Music At Zion

A very large audience enjoyed m excellent. program of Christmas music on Wednesday evening. Doo- lmlber 18th in Zion Presbyterian Church. when the Junior and Sen-

' ior choirs of the Church presented

their annual Candlelight, Cami Ser-

vice under the capable direction of

Mrs. Arthur Roper with Miss Helen , Stewart at the orgasm. An orches- l j tars under the direction of Mr. Don l, ' Messer supplied suitable Christmas selections. The Church was beau- tilillly decorated with spruce and calm-ed lights.

Flollowlng is the program pro- ‘Denied:

Selections by the orchestra.

Carob-Hark the Herald A-nlsls

ng—Junlor and Senior Choirs

ca Orchestra.

lflipture Reading and Prayer.

v. 6.0. Webster.

Cantata: The Adorltion-Seninr fliofr. soloists. Miss Nona! Auld. Mrs. Arthur Roper, Mrs. Allison

Donald, Mr. Hon-y Crsswell. . Wendell Phillips.

Selection by Orchestra.

00ml: shepherds! Shaka of! your howsy sleep. -Senior Choir.

_. Male Qusrtefte-“It Cams Upon

Io Midnight Clecr"-H. Craswell.

. MaoLeod. M. McKin-zson and _ . Phillips.

Carols: I Saw Three Ships-Jun- .‘ ler and Senior Choirs: What Child ls This

Senior

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Raiding-Roy. 6.0. Webster.

, Oaxol. As Joseph was A-wslking.

‘ -senior Choir with Orchestra.

Carols. Junior" Choir.

Carol. While Shepherds Watched lr Floclu. -— Soloist, Miss June oPherson.

Cami: Holy Night. Peaceful

flight-Senior Choir with Orches-

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gvfarns Cf Sympathy lrive By Witnesses

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QUEBEC. Dec. IQ-JCW-Rflmflfl Catholic Church authorities today warned against “subversive pro- fptiganda" and a sympathy-seeking i drive of Witnesses of Jehovah in » the wake of recurrent court: sp- ;': pcaranccs and legal manoeuvres of ' the stat '

The u-urning, issued by the Arch- »~ bishop's palace, was dircctcd ‘n '.;_ parislr-nners of Quebec diocese. ‘l. urging a camp-sign againv tvis 5., "suhilcrsive i-ropag-lnrla" against. f sociel,‘ and religion. as ivell as [he church's l-nnlinticd opposition to» '1 heretical pr-ipaunnda, it sat‘:

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CALL AT MILLER B305.» or Toombs Music Store and Obtain a copy of the Syllabus for the 1947 Musical Competition Festival.

T0 ENLARGE; PROPERTY — The apartment house at No 25 I-Iillsboro Street purchased by Mr. Mllburn Bucll. ls to be enlarged by building an addition with s store on Hlllsboro Street.

CITY POLICE COURT —- At thc City Police Court yesterday morn- ing a man charged with drivl-ng a vehicle while intoxicated was sen- tenced to seven d-sys. A drunk and disorderly was fined $30 and cos'< or 30 dais. A drunk and incapable was fined $5 and costs or i0 days.

POST OFFICE STAFF TREATEDI

~As a token of his appreciation for the expeditious manner in which his staff is handling the

large volume of i-n-golng and out-

going Christmas mall. Mr John Griffiths. supervisor of the loral post-office mall-clerks. treated

them all lost night to a generous‘ lunch including soft drinks and rookies. 1 ———— I

LIQUOR. SEIZURES — Upshoi- of raids by llquo-r squads in Char- lottetown yesterday was the seizure of two lots of liquor and a still, In the itfternoon Cpl. N.A. Shaw and Constable warble of the R.C.M.P. and Cpl. A.J. Lund of the City po- lice seized s. "still. Thm last. night. Cpl. Lund and Constables John- ston and McNevin of the City force seized a gallon of moonshine and a little later Cpl. I-lilnd and Cctn- stables Howatt and MoNevin dump- cd 30 gallons of home brew and seized five cases.

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LUCKY WINNERS-The follow-l ing were the prize winners in the Basilica Altar Society draw-l ing: 1st prize, $25.00 cash. Flo- rence Slnnott. 200 King 8L; 2nd, prize, $10.00 cash, Frances Kin; win, Villa Aves. 3rd prize. fruit: cake, G. Flynn, zoo King SL; 4th prize. $10 cash. M. A. Arsenault. 28 Eden 51.; 5th prize, $5 cash. Mrs. C. L. Burke. 2'1 Alley St.;‘ 6th prize. fruit cake. Mrs. A. But- ler, l5 Pownal Sh: 7th prize, $5. cash, Mary E. Morrissey, 205i Grafton so; 8th prize, es cash.‘

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O. Carbonnell, 62 Prince Si.

CHRISTMAS SERVICE — The patients at, the Provincial Senator- ium had the pleasure last night of enjoying a Christmas service con- ducted by the Rev. T.l-I.B. Scmers. pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church. assisted by the Church‘ choir with Mim Lillian MacKenzie. as organist and choir director. Many beautiful Christmas carols‘ were sung after wihich the mlrxEsle-rl delivered an inspiring sermon tsp-i propriate to the occasion. The cele-l bratfon of Holy Communion follow- ed. Those patients unable to attencbf heard the service through the med-l ium of the loud speaker service. The hall in the Sanatorlum was tastefully decorated in harmony with the spirit of the season.

0N VACATION-Mr. Wiliam D.) DeCoste, well known to Guardian contributions to the Poet's Corner, has obtained his discharge from the Arnxy and; ls spending his Christmas ilacation, at. home in Charlottetown. I-IeI leaves shortly for Montreal where. he has been appointed to a pOSl-. fion in the writing department of, the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration, Early in the New Yearl a volume of Mr. DeCcsws poems!

is being published in Englandl under the title “Sinu! Soldlcrli Sing!" His first novel. hfiled on] his war experience, ls a'~'o in

course of publication in England] l

I’. E. ISLANDER APPOINTED-J Director of fish culture for Can- ada's Department of Fisheries. J.’\. Rodd, I.S.O.. Was rcccntly na-ncd by the American Fisheries Soc-ety as a member o-f three of I-ts main conv‘ mltiees. One is the Committee on International Relations. another the Committee on Pollution Study,

"It p; ohvEous that tin- W|lllPSS€< of Jclrorch. in an effort '1 main ’S_\'n1r\athi7crs. are making n .ar,:c-

pagandzi much sntn-erzivc to

society as io our relight-n."

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BIRTHS. MARRIACES. DEATIIS

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+ BIRTHS diacritics-lo the c. r1. 1. Hospital ~- Dccomlbcr 16, 1945, to Mr. and Mrs. John E MacPhee. Clyde River. j daughter. Linda Dlenns. Jlzalusro-Ag the Prince Coun- dy Hospital Dec. i6. i046. to Mr. llnd Mrs. Everett Bealrsto. nee Dorothy Simpson. a daughter.

______,_____ TIN-CAMPBELL - At the bytcricn Mame. Kenstnltm, - agony. Deeunher if. 1046. W armfvoitovnutc was. to Minn‘! ’ . Isa Campbell. Freetown. P. E- 1-

, _ scale rlf ‘Sh. hfiVe r'nl1l'ld"T~<'(‘ ._ r that our parishioners u-ill llflflfil" ’ stand lhc crave damsel" oi .'n-|

and the third a committee set up to revise the society's constitution and bv-laws. Mr. Rodd (whose ‘birthplace was Brackley Road. P. 1E. Ii had prcvic-tisly served on various cihcr ccmmlttccs oi the organisation as member or chair. "l""- A T"\V FPIITS arzo. on the 00th flIlnl\£‘l‘5f1l’_\' of the society. which was nrzanlxcd in i870. he was elect- ed to the pesldeney the vim 159m. her other than a citizen of the United States to hold ihls office.

Mr. Ira Houston of Lccadena, Saskatchewan, is renewing friend- Bhlflfl 0f his boyhood in Mayfleld. Cavendish. New Glasgow and the Rusticos.

MI. COWAN’ RANKIN MACIIINNON

On Dec. 12th of this year follow- ing a long illrnss Cownn Rankin MacKinnon of this city passed peacefully away lo his sbemal rest.

lie was the eldest son of tlhe late John MscKlmi-tm of Rose Hill Farm, Lot 16, Prince Edward Is- land. and his wife‘ former-i Ann MscKinndn of Dessbie, Prlhce Ed-

his widow.

ward Island. He is survived by

formerly Miss Cstherinej-Zllsn Mao- iue of Come Cove undone daught- er. Helen. of the teaching staff of West Kent School. City.

Ho was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon. December 14th; in Sher- wood Clnotsry. Services st the Moot-van Funeral Home were con- ducted by the luv. ‘IZW. Goodwill

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Concert At Falconwood Hospital .

511M116!" Whndid cveninl’! enta- tainrnent was provided the stsfl and Patients of Falconwood Hol- pltal on Wednesday evening, when a party of entertainers, organised by Mr. Jimmy Power of “Jimmy's 'l‘axi" visited the Hospital. The en:- tertalnmcnt consisted of uivartety concert of singing. dancing. instru- mental music. eic. Treats of fruits and candy were distributed to the patients during the intermission. 'l‘hese were donated by Minhael Bros.. Carvell Bros. Ltd., DeBlols Bros. l.td.. Eastern Hay and Feed. Clarke Fruit Co. Ltd. Messrs. J. C. Montgomery. Sidney Green, and "Jimmys 'l‘axl".

At the conclusion of the coitccrt the Superintendent of the Ilospltal. Dr. A. J. lvlurtchisotu, thanked the entertainers and those who had supplied uhe treats, mentioning particularly Mr. Power. who fcr several years now has shown great generosity in airanglng a Christ- mas party for the patients at Fal- oonwood.

PIIJGRALIM! Openirn. Chorus —- Entire group. Vocal Solo —- Charlie Chamber- lain. Tap Dance -- liliss Weatlierbie Vocal Trio -- lilisses Duffy, Walk- er and Larter. Vocal Solo - Mrs. Arthur Mur-

Lorraine

ray. Highland Fling - Miss Aurelds ‘Frainor. Vocal Solo - Miss Aide-m Arsen- to... Solo - Charlie Chamber- lain.

Mill Atiludicate At P. E. I. Musical Futlvsl In May

Miss Dorothy II. Allen

At a recent Incelhig of the P.E.I. Musical Festival Association. itj was decided to hold the second Musical Festival at. the Prince of Wales College May 20-23 next. Miss Dorothy H. Allen. Mus. Sac. Mount Allison Conservatory of Music, will be the adjudicator again. the position- dvhich she cap- abiy performed at the Festival held here last spring,

Competition for the Festival next spring is open to Prince Edward Island, and a comprehensive syl- iatbus ha; been prepared to suit the growth of interest stimulated by this enterprise.

The following is a sununary of the classes for competition:-

Choral b Vocal Groups

INTERMISSION Church choirs-city and town. Chutrch choirs-rural.

Mixed voice choirs-unison and‘

Step Dance -- Andrew Gallant. Vocal Solo — Mrs. Waiter Perry.

r Step Dance -— Miss Aurclda pan singing FFMWJY- Female voice choirs-unison and

Vim“ 5°10 — gash‘? Tg£°rw_ part singing.

You“ 5°10 — a‘ e m Male voice choirs — unison and lam- part singing.

Vocal Trio — lilissu Duffy, Walk- er and Larter. Cowboy Songs - Art Doirori- Vocni Duet — Jimmy Power and Charlie Chamberlain. Saxophone Solo -— Elmer Gallant. Instrumental Duct -— Lymllfl Dunsford and Art Doiron. Closing Chorus -— Entire Grout!- The Nafiotvsl Anthem.

Senior Vocal Enstmblo

Male and mixed qusrtebtcs. Female trio.

Female and male duets.

li/Iixed voice duct.

Solo - soprano, mezzo-soprano. confralto. tenor. baritone and bass. Solo-Open, any voice.

Girls and Boys

Teen age girls choir. Girls‘ Solo-Three age groups. Boys‘ Solo-Two age groups.

Ancient Colony Still Undecided

(By The Canadian Press)

5T. JOHNS. Nfld-. Dec. iii-As Newfoundlunds national conven- tion. deciding the Old Colony's political fate. takes a three-week Christmas recess, there is little clear-cut to indicate which alter- native of government. will be re- commended and there has been some criticism that t-he delegates are not keeping their eye on the ball.

In heated debates covering tlhe last three days nf the convention. many of the delegates made un-

School Chou-uses

City and town schools. Grades 1, 2 dz 3. Grades 4. 5 do 6. Grades '7. 8. 9 d: i0. Grades 9 8r up.

Rural Schools

One and two room schools. Grades i. 2. 3. 4. 5. Grades 8. '7. B, 9.10.

Three. four and five room 5011061!- Grades i, 2, If, 4.

Grades 5. 8, '7.

Grades 8, 9. 10.

School Chorus-opem-part sins-

misiakably clear their hostility m3;

towards the present Brltlsh- Hm‘ Schml Chmu!“

figflrgiored Commission admlnist- Pmnohrh The recess has also afforded open class.

the public-undistracted by daily broadcasts from the convention floor-the opportunity to consider the success of the discussions so far. And many have asked ques- tions as to whether the conven- tion has bitten off more than it can chew and whether it will be possible for the delegates to come to any concrete conclusions.

Convention observers will not even g ess on how long the body will continue to meet. “As long as it. chooses." one delegate said trltely. Thcrc is no provision to 'termlnate the convention, cvcn if it becomes obvious that it. is en-

Classes in 5 age tirolllm Duets in 3 age gToups.

Strings

vl0]ifl—f)|\BX1——'I‘\X'Ii age groups.

Winds

Clarinet solo.

Cornet solo.

Copies of the syllabus may be ob- tallied by writing to the secretary. Mrs. O. Archibald. R R. ti. Char‘- lotteic-vn, or to a local music

store. ' gage-d in a hopeless task. l I ; And. the observer cotttlnued, if,

liii.i"i."‘.3.‘3..i.;’“*;.£$£ "$5.32.; ‘ Complete Figures In i Quebec By-Election

there would be an outcry that the

administration or London's Do- lminions office was taking sup- pressive action. ‘ & ( lvson o o1- fmgflggjnififil".11....“ is ‘at sr. unomm, Que. Dcc is- present. it is possible lo sny that (CPD-Returning officer rlermeis Cardin today announced complete figures in yesterday's Bagoi by- alection won by Daniel Johnson. Union Nationals candidate.

the majority sccm to be for the

lrestorafion of Dominion status Results from all 40 polls gave Mr. Johnson 4,656 votes; Dr. Rol-

land responsible gcvnnInOlt/t, with land Bailly. Liberal candidate who

a small minority in favor of con- jfederatlon with Canada and an- other small group in favor of con- tinuation of the present form of guvemmoni, sought to retain the provincial —~ seat for his party. 3,480. and Georg- es deCirandpo-e. independent, 40. Mr. Johnson's margin ovcr Dr. Bsitiy was 1.178, a record for the

liouhle Sea Trased

llias Psychic Angle -—*- constituency. Hi-s majority ovcr both his opponents was 1.138. villi

Iirvnnvoos. nnslsnd. Dw- lv — 1GP Cllbl!) —— A ""11" "m7 °I P far‘ ahead of the previous winning double traced! It Its-t “WW "it" margin oi’ m m by the Liberals a psychic angle-was told todli‘ W m m” a crew member aboard the 1.400- ton freighter Bsntria.

Last September off Genoa. Clar- ence A. Laurie, a cock aboard the Cunard line ship. disappeared mi"- furiously.

while in the Mediterranean and on the Bsntria‘: next. tIllP- n" cook Prank MoNlught also disap-

red.

"men cool: vanished durinl 1M night and nobody knows how." slid one ember of the crow. "Neill!!! man had my WW1! "l" l" m“ of any no snemv 0n "it? Bill?-

"No one suggests that this is n {voodoo ship but it does fairs some cznislnifil. doesn't. it?"

Letlirldge Prices Camp la inplcd

(By The Cllllliln Press)

LUFIIBRIDOI. Alta» Dec. ll- The last group of German pris- oners of war internefin Alberta left here tonight; bound for 0n- tarlo and eventual iibq-atlon in moods. The cvsotutfon emptied the fieihbrldge internment cam» which was the lat-lest in Canada and at one time held more than

UNnttfiARIl oomfortlnl nsmlmmrlrgnghr-‘rflzt-z: 1w» watered h» from z 3 ~¢l I mM"-"M‘n hgr of his dis- IONDGIC-Irst married womw. clsnetisbws cs0 no ' the women ma. be- appointed permanent ldmlnistra- Itili IIIII! _ cfllqrooufl x: m t» m civil urvicg u. firs. » i l_ mo. I know he is Psrnei; Ann Parr, II. amistsni " ' l‘ ‘vision through erlwdclont Ieerdtsry in the Board ct ' TL‘! O. - 1;. .

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mCCHARI-Orrlrcuuszvilsvlew

The "Youth and Police” policy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was praised at a police conference in Charlottetowh yes- terday by educstloniste. including Mr. I3. W. Shaw. director of edu- l cation for the Province and Lt.-

Col. W._W. Reid. Director of Phy-

l slcai Fitness. . l The conference. held at the ' Mounted Police headquarters, was attended bv representatives of each R.C.M.P. detachment in the Province. '

Sub Inspector J. F‘. Nevin. dis- trict personnel officer for the Marltimes, of Halifax. explained the aims and obiecis of the “Youth and Police" progrgn-l hp. imz sponsored bv the force all a- cross the Dominion. Officers from detachments visit schools in their nres and tzlve talks to fhc chil- drcu dealinc with clilzcvtshln and civrieavourlnq to show that the pollcfimiiii was ni all times the children's friend. The nrctzram was a lfllW-PRHZC one, designed for at least fen years. ‘

Sub Inspector Nevin sold that. nlreadv in excess of 200.000 school

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Yfiu. And Police Policy iv or R; c. M. P. ls Praised

that the progmn was being cor- rted out in s11 the novinces. The men of the force themselves were keenly interested, the " said.

Mr. Shaw said first from his observation the talks were meet- ing with a good response both from teachers and pupils. '

LL-Col. Reid explained howthe talks were found to be helpful in furthering the activities of his department.

Sgt. L. A. Mcfnnls represented thc Cltv Police.

Two films were shown by Mr. Bramwcll Chandler and Mr. Stan

rm t ally festive hour,

Dinner served '| to 2:30 and New Yours.

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Jccetfimss =11" OLD i: ‘ CUSTOM

Christmas is c doy of traditions-all over the world there's Santa Claus, mistletoe, Christmas mu, fcmli re- unions, carols-customs of mcny your: ego." In Cher otte- hsre’: Christmas Dinner at the Queen, the tradition- mede cosy for Mother.

Private or public Dinner Parties arranged any time.

Th0 QUEEN HOTEL

New Management —- Some Excollint Cuisine.

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ESIRVATIONI-ISII

Within the past week. R.C.M.F officials revealed. more than 1.000. children in this Province hadl beard talks bv Mounted Polico| Once all the schools arc visited. return trlns will be made. ‘Ric ititercst shown by children was revealed. it was explained. bv the ottestions asked. At maul’ sehoviis the police were. invited to

Club Actlvlty At Annual Party

children had been contacted and

selves.

A n05)‘ decade of service in the

return by the difldren them- communlty was observed at. the

Text Of Macd0nald’s Letter To Prime Minister

HALIFAX. Dec. l9 (OP) -— Following i; the text of the Dec. 18 letter from Premier Angus l... Mac- dnnsld to Prime Minister Macken- zie Klrig respecting financial ag- reements between the Nova Scotla and Dominion governments:

The government of Nova Sootia has considered your letter of Dec- ember 14th.

I‘: the budget proposals the Do- minion govrnmeni. made threg spe- cific requests of the provinces. namely that they retire from the fields of personal income tax. cor- poration tax and succession duties. The government of Nova Sootla agreed to all three requests. Hav- ing done all that the Dominion government asked us to do. we note with great regret. that the requests which we made and which we thought were modest and reason- a-ble in character. were only partly met by the Dominion authorities.

When your letter reached me on Monday evening last, I first thought of replying item by item to the points you made. In view, however. of what I shall state later, I do not now intend to follow this course. This is not to say that I find mWBlf in agreement with your letter. On the contrary I disagree with much of it and in particular with the attitude of the Dominion government. in refusing u; sgrgg to