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Above the pneumatic pllev driver of the Morrison and Mac-

lgao company of Summerside.

my sub-contractor, drives the piling on which will be placed the concrete foundation of the new Naval baracks in Charlotte- town; The recent favorab‘e wea- ther has been a big asset in en- jbling the contractor to keep

V (By CAROLYN WILLETT Canadian Press Staff Writer ‘OTTAWA (CP) -— The Liberal mustering their

forces in preparation for the

1 party's three-day leadership con-

vention which starts Tuesday. ,.Executive officers of the Na-

rtional Federation of Liberal :3 Women met Monday to polish res-.

olutions? to be presented both from the convention floor and in Ihe=.reso.l'utions committee.

‘it’ is understood th-at one major résolution will call for the consti- tutional appointment of more women from the federation as ex- officio officers of Liberal associ- ations at all levels.

. Jessie Caldwell of Saska-

toon president of the NFLW, has emphasized the need for the women’s organization to promote coordination and integration with the main party association rather lhi building up the federation as

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annual meeting of th e Ltidies Auxiliary of the Y.-M.C.A. Wis held recently with seven- teen members present. Th splen-

' did report of the president, Mrs. ' S..D.- Irvine, was heard and show-

edua very successful year’—s work. Her report reads in part — During the year we served the Weekly suppers to the Alpha and Centennial 'Y’s Mens Clubs. La- died night Banquets for both clubs, The Phiah Club the So Ed. Club. Fat Stock Show ‘and Sale Banquet, the loyalty sup- per for the Baptist Church, lun- ches for the Caledonia Club at their monthly meetings, Alcoh- olic Anonymous banquet, Elec- l' Service organizational sup- 1', Y's Mens Conclare, Temp- fiance Federation, World Ser-

-Illfice dinner honoring Mr. Earl

uckley of Japan, Boys Parlia- ent Hi.Y Conference, the Wed- nesday —and Friday afternoon Experimental arm Bowling League, Banquet Ipr the City Bowlers in the play- -‘qffs, Swap Basket Ball club, and W0 suppers for the Maintenance four Qlousand meals served. tspring tea in March was quite Successful and we were able to Jionate’ twelve hundred dollars I0 tie Y.M.C.A. and twenty five Ilollars to World Service. Many_ rill articles were purchased to ake our kitchen more efficient. iMrs. J.A. McMillan brought in I119 report of the nominating lnmittee which was accepted -15 as follows: Past Presi- .°llt, Mrs. S. D. Irvine, President ._I‘_S. J.M. Burgess, Vice PrIasi- delll. Mrs. W.P. McLeod, Sec- NAVY. Mrs. Fred Osborne, Trea-

COMING EVENTS

5 ,‘Dance in Bonshaw W.I. Hall ‘esday, Jan 14th.

‘North River Rink tonight. Open- . skate, 8 to 10.

:Crapaud District Lodge Will meet in Argyle Shore Tuesday. Itnhary 14, at 2.30.

Eokmole party in New Glas- IW School January 17. Friday

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le congregation will be held in .9 Church Wednesday, Jan 15. 4 o'clock.

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Meeting of North River 2nd League tonight at Fulton War- ,'‘’“'S. at 8 o'clock teams interest- I send a representative.

St. Dunstan‘s Players Wm

- "”‘9Sent the play “Ohristmas in

6 Market Place” in High School ,lldtiorium_ M'outague. ’l‘hursda.V

anuary 16th. at 8.30 pm. 3110!!‘

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DRIVE PILINGC FOR i=ouNoAnoN

well within their time for com- pleting the job.

An official of the company Monday gave the opinion that all piling would be driven within the next two weeks. The depth to which the timbers are being driven is between ten and fifteen feet before solid ground is reach-I

minority group. NUMERICALLY STRONG

The convention promises nu- merical evidence —at least, that women are emerging from behind the tea services.

A total of 32 women are ac- credited as delegates or alter- nates—an unprecedented number anda representation increase of -more than 150 per cent compared to the 1948 convention, official said.

At least one woman is to been member of each convention corri- mittee. Four women are to site: the resolutions cormngtee. During sessions —- probably Th~ursday—— Mrs. Caldwell will address the convention. -

Friday women delegates, alter- nates and other women conven- tion-comers are to attend an in-

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To ensure the work going

:along at a steady clip. a number nature but was really the aboli-

of carpenters are employed else- where on the site prebabricating the forms which will eventualiy be placed over the pilings in readiness for the pouring of the concrete foundations.

Liberal WomenMus’rering Forces For Conve nfion

ing has been termed a letting-off- steam gathering which will brir‘ together Liberal women from provinces. The business session s ‘to be followed _by a social gathe- ing attended by the new leader and his wife.

Just how much impact the large women’s representation will make on the conference—-there is a total of 242 voting delegates and alternates —- remains to seen.

But the increased representa- tion is seen as a step in the night direction.

Some observers of Canadian women’s political activities have said that when it comes to elec- tions, men get thesafe seats and women‘ are left to contest-—an'd lose—-the already-lo or doubtful- -ridings. ’

But more active participation by women in nominating conven- tions and in the main party or-

Closed to the press, the meet-

M. A. Ladies Auxiliary Held Its Annual Meeting

s‘urer, Mrs. Frank Tinney, Mem- bers of Executive, Mrs. W. E. Bearisto, Mrs. McCurdy Bell and Mrs. W.A. Jenkins.

The meeting closed with the Mizpah benediction and delicious refreshments were served by the members of the executive.

Tfinity w. A.

Held Meeting

The monthly meeting of the Women’s Association of the Thin- ity church met in the social hall on ‘Jan 2nd, instead of Dec 26th.

The president was in the chair and there was a good attend- ance.

The meeting opened with the Hymn “Silent Night”. Muriel Roper read a Christmas story and Mrs. Dalziel led in prayer. Jean Bert as painist. .

The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. This being the last meeting of the year, each group presented the association with the amount of money they had made. This was very encouraging.

The president thanked each one for her help, and work done by them. The treasurer’s report was read and was very satisfac- tory. Some discussion took place concerning the annual turkey dinner, the, date set was Feb- 6th.

benedictlon. The Bunny BT91!!! served a lovely lunch. .

Mrs. Garnham brought in the names of_ the new officers for the coming year, which are as follows: President, Mrs. Taylor, Vice President, Mrs. Mayne. 2nd Vice President, Mrs. McPher- son, Treasurer, Mrs. Carr, Sec- retary, Mns. Smith, Press Cor- respondent, Mrs. -Ross, Corres- ponding secretary, Mrs. Gay, Buying Committee, Mrs. Robin- son, Mrs. Roper, Mrs. Whitlock. Parsonage Committees, Mrs. Sterns, Mrs. I-Iowatt. Pianist, Mrs. Bert.

Supreme Court Opens Today

Mr. Justice George 3- Tweedy will preside over the January ses- sion of the Queen's C°”“Iy As" sizes of the Supreme Court which is scheduled to 01300 ll‘ Charlotte‘ town at eleven o'clock this morn- ing.

Two criminal cases are slat- ed for consideration by the Grand Jury and on the civil side of the docket there is only 0119 Case-

The criminal cases are: The Queen versus Harry Wendell Mc- Gee of Cliarlotietowti, tllalkled with causing bodily harm “I”: intent to wound. The Queen V“

The meeting closed with the

ganization may counteract -fills trend. ‘

sus Theresa Pineau also of Char- lottetown facing n- charge of drawing a document without au- thority.

The civil case is for damage claims arising out of a motor vehicle accident and involve: William G; Barnhill and Alice C Barnhill versus James MacPhail.

Saurel Finishes Lifting Buoys

The C. G. S. Saurel» com- pleted lifting the buoys for the season for the Charlottetown Marine Agency and sailed Mo - day to remove the L‘ t keepers from isolated Brion Is- land and Bird Rocks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

After landing the Lightkeepers ashore on the mainland of the Magadalen Islands the Saurel will proceed to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland to service buoys in that area. Thereafter it is ex- pected she will proceed to work in the St. Lawrence’ River -for the winter. ~

Heiife/r Case ls ‘ Again Adjourned

In Queen’s County Magistrate’s Court, Monday morning a Sum- merside resident previously re- ‘mauded on the charge of the un- lawful possssion of stolen good." (a heifer) was further remanded until Wednesday by Magistrate Gilbert Gau_det._ .

An accused listed as no fixed address, previously convicted on a similar charge was also fur- ther remanded to the same date.

Two accused one from Char- lottetown_ and the other from Summerside, both charge‘! Wlth operating motor vehicles with de- fective equipment,_ llghts. etc.. were each fined fined five dol- lars and costs or five days-

Drive-r Released On $100 Bail.

Charged with drunken driving before Magistrate K.M. Martin in City Police Court. Monday morning, ,an accused was re- manded until this morninB- 3311 was set at one hundred dollars cash. .

A drunk and disorderly was fined twenty dollars and COSIS or ten days. Of two drunk and incapables one was sentenced I0 twenty days in the Queen’s Coun- ty Jail and the other was reman- ded until Thursday.

SMUTS AIDE DIES

DORCHESTER, England (Reu- ters) —- Capt. Ernest Cambridge Lane, aide-de-camp to the late Field Marshal Jan Cliristian Smuls during the Boer War and

died Monday at 75.

Premier Shows Concern

Over Secfion Men Layoff

Contacted in Ottawa where he is to attend the national conven- -tion of the Liberal party, Pre- mier A.W. Matheson expressed great surprise and concern when informed that 21 section men were being laid off by the CNR's Island Division.

The Premier was contacted by‘ Hon. B. Earle MacDonald, who is acting Premier in the absence of Mr. Matheson. .

The Premier told Mr. MacDon- ald that he would take this mat- ter up immediately with the Federal representatives and members of the Opposition in the House of Commons.

Hon. Mr. MacDonald, who for a number of years worked as an accountant in the C. N. R. offices here said he had been informed that the 111 man section staff on the Island would be reduced to 90.

"It is ironical that the Gov- ernment of Canada in the midst of its National employment cam- paign should take such‘ steps when they are at present ad- vocating that employers find as many jobs as possible for those 0% of work”, said Mr. MacDon- a .

POSITIONS ABOLISHED

The Acting Premier noted that

the lay off was not of a seasonal

tion of 20 permanent positions on

Former Wrestling Champ To Speak At Meeting Here

Leaving aside the wrestling togs in which he won fame and the heavyweight wrestling cham- pionship of Canada, “Whipper” _B1lly Watson will shortly appear in a new role on a coast to coast speaking tour. 1

Starting from Vancouver on Feb. 2, Mr. Watson will visit the leading centres of Canada, wind- mg up his tour of the Maritime Provinces at Charlottetown on Feb. 17 when he will address the Rotary Club on behalf the Easter Seals Campaign inaugurated by the Canadian Council for Crippled Children and Adults.

This voluntary expression of profound interest in the objec- tlves of the Canadian Council by Mr. Watson is expected to impress Canadians in every walk in life, of the necessity of whole-I

The Junior Women’s Associa- tion of Trinity United Church has just concluded a most success- ful year, under the leadership of the President, Mrs. George J. Tweedy. During the year‘ sever- Il money raising projects were undertaken with most gratifying results, the highlight of the year being the novel Gay Nineties Tea which the Association held in Oc- tober, and from which the pro- ceeds were well beyond expect- ation;

The association also catered to the Mother and Daughter ban- quet and the Father and Son Ban-

ing for itself.

Tri-nityJr‘. W. A. Have A Most ‘Successful Year

the railway here. 1

Until now, a section crew con-‘ sisted of a foreman and three men. Mr. MacDonald felt that

with the heavy lifting etc., involv- '’

ed in section work a definite hardship would be inflicted upon crews who are now required to

do the same work with 51 fore- _

man and two men.

Mr. MacDonald expressed the -

opinion that Prince Edward Is- land has the worst roadbed of any part of the C.N.R. System. “This fact”, he said, ”is borne out in railway’s precautionary measure of reducing the speed of locomotives on the Island Divis- ion.”

“It is common Knowledge”, said Mr. MacDonald, “that 85 per cent of the freight leaving or coming to the Island moves by rail and it will be hard for any- one to convince me that the Rail- way in this Province is not pay-

POOR BALLAST HERE

“I am sure the Railway man- agement is aware of the type of ballast we have on the Island roadbed”, continued Mr. Mac- Donald, “it is certainly a far cry from that of the mainland where an abundance of crushed rock is available most every- where”.

“I sincerely hope that the Rail.

hearted support in the Easter Seal Campaign.

The provincial campaign will be opened by Mr. Watson at the Rotary meeting when “Little Timmy” will be introduced and make the first sale of Easter Seals. This event will mark the third successive year in which a province-wide Easter Seal cam- paign has been corxiucted by the Rotary Club of Charlottetown.

Headed by Brian Cudmore as chairman, the local committee consists of Dr. Tudor Gencheff, Hugh Simpson, Percy Simmonds and Edwin Johnstone.

While here Mr. Watson will address school children, meet local officials and if time per- mits, confer with other organi- zation qfficers in the interest of the Easter Seal Campaign.

Fund of the Church, Canadian Legion, League of Mercy Tea in aid of P.E.I. Hospital, local Girl Guides and others.

The association now launches forth into another busy year, with the following slate ‘of officers: Past President: Mrs. George J. Tweedy, President: Mrs. Sheldon

Frederic A. Large, 2nd Vice President: Mrs. William Roger- son, Secretary: Mrs. Robert Mills Press Secretary: Mrs. Edward S. Chandler, Treasurer: Mrs. John R. MacEachern, Organ

quet, both" held during the year. worthy causes includingthe Trin-

fare, Missionary and Maintenace

By MARTIN TAYLOR ' Canadian Press Staff Writer KITIMAT, B.C. (CP) — A

homesteads in’ this picturesque valley 450 miles north of Van- couver more than half a century ago. They based hopes for a

Trunk Railroad, but in the end it went instead to Prince Rupert. Kitimat residents of today be- lieve they will see the faith of the pioneers justified in a great port city with a wide variety of industries, and apopulation sec- ond only to that of Vancouver. In the five years since the birth of the new town, Kitimat has seen progress and prosper- ity seldom displayed by an in- fant community on the conti- nent. But the danger of reliance on its single industry——aluminum —was demonstrated by there- cent layoff of 1,700 construction workers. because of a fall in the rate of expansion of the alumi- num market. BIG PROSPECTS Now the 14,000 people of this model municipality - with 4,000 neat homes, seven churches, 3,- 500 automobiles and scores of paved, winding streets—are look- ing with increasing urgencyfor a future of diversified industry. They speak of such projects as a pipeline from the Peace River oilfields of northeastern B..C., a road from the asbestos mine at

_Cassiar, 200 miles north, and

proposals for a pulp mill here.

The Cassiar road would open up a vast area. By the strip min- ing of a mountain top the Cassiar Asbestos Company is taking out 20,000 tons of asbestos a year. At present the only outlet is by truck over the Alaska Highway to Whitehorse, Y.T., whence it is shipped by train to Skagway, Alaska.

A road from Cassiar, would make it possible to ship asbestos ore from Kitimat to the eastern United States on the return voy- age of vessels which bring alumi- num ore here from Jamaica. The terminus of the new road is still undecided.

CHIEF ATTRACTION

The pipeline however is the big attraction. It could make Kitimat the centre for a pctro-chemical

industry that could supply a vast Northwest.

Donations were made to many‘

ity Organ Fund, Proestant 'Wel-i

Kitimal Citizens Hope To Have Diversified Industry

Committee Representative: Mrs. Ewen Anderson, Kitchen Com- m i t t e Representative: Mrs. George J. Tweedy, Sunset Lodge Representative: Mrs. O. K. Pres- lby- '

Carson, 1st Vice President: Mrs. .

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HON. MR. MACDONALD

way will be made to see that

this reduction in perhaps the most important department of the System is not only a great

hardship to the men concerned but constitutes a threat to the safety of our transportation sys- em and to the economy of this Province”, Mr. MacDonald con- cluded.

Bank Manager Was Known Here

Word was received here yes- I terday that E.M. Robinson, a for- mer manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Charlottetown from March 1950 until March 1952, died at his home "in Hav- ana Cuba. He was 52. The late Mr. Robinson time of his death was visor of Cuban branches Bank of Nova Scotia. He vived by his wife. take place in Ohio.

at the Super-. of the is sur- Burial will South Charleston,

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Sci ncIf_orium Christmas Donations.

The following is a list of donors

of Christmas gifts to the Sana- torium patients:

Mrs. F. B. Small, Individual Gifts.

Fredericton W. I. , Individual Gifts. - - .

New Haven W. I.,.Case of Ap- ples. ' -

Salvation Army, Fruit and Can- y. Trinity Young Peoples Individ- ual Gifts. King’s Daughters, Gifts for Children. ' I ' ' Mt. St. Mary’s, Individual gifts. Mr. Peter Small, Individual gifts. Mrs. A. B. Fisher, Individual gifts for children. s . Mrs. G. G. K. Peake, Individ- ual gifts for children. Rotari-ans, Gifts for Children, Ice Cream for patients. S-ummerside Legion, Fruit, Can dy and Cigarettes. Sister Mary Henry. Catholic Di- gest. Hyndman arid Co. $15.00. David, George, Frank and Bob Likely, Gifts for children. -St.’ Paul's Church, Individual gifts. Silver Circle, Trinity Church, Gifts for adults. Anonymous Doner from Corn- wall, Fruit.

‘ Such an industry would find a ready-made market for one of its Iproducts, petroleum coke, in the

present industry.

est to realization. Licence to cut a huge area of adjoining over-

great metropolis on the Grandmature timber has been granted‘-

to a specially - formed Kitimat Pulp and Paper Company.

This company, a joint enter-

‘Canada and the Powell River .Company, may start operations in the first half of 1960. The start 'has been delayed by a recession in the market for pulp products.

NATURAL ASSETS ‘

I All these proposals are based to a large extent on the: same natural advantage that brought the pioneers here in 1900—Kiti- mat's perfect harbor site at the head of the Douglas Channel. An advantage which the pio- neers could not have foreseen is ‘:the V‘.-1st potential of‘the power project at Kemano, 50 miles south, which supplies the great aluminum smelter and provides lighting and heating for the town.

The powerhouse is an engineer- ing wonder. It was built in the ‘gheart of a mountain. The gener- 'ators are in a cathedral - sized vault 1,400 feet underground, re- ceiving water by a 10-mile tun- nel from Tahtsa Lake.

Kitimat has attractions matched by few industrial com- munities in Canada. It has moose, wildfowl and fine salmon fishing within its boundaries. It has no traffic lights, no parking meters, no smog problem and a system by which no child need cross a main road on the way to school.

| Five years ago, when the com- munity was little more than a blueprint, planning director C. S. Stein wrote:

“The workers must find Kiti- mat more than temporarily ac- ceptable. They must be enthusi- astic about it as a particularly fine place in which to live and bring up their families.”

Most of the people who live here say K-itimat already is just that. Now they hope to see it ful- fi] the forecast of the pioneers Twho left 20 years ago, after Iwaiting in vain, and whose dere-

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for 10 vears his private secretary, expanding area of the Pacific ,lict farmhouses remain I0 See the

I dream come true.