i Island Hospital.

' ', . Ralph Charles I-Ieber.

JANUARY 15. I954

isiackening In Unemployment Noted

For the first time in more than nu-es weeks the rush of people to me unemployment insurance claims at the local National Office has slaakened. In the busy three week

, psriod, more than I. thousand

, claims were taken from points all

. over Queens and Kings Counties. This total combined with the number which had been on file

' before the real rush began, spir- alled the overall figures to the vicinity of two thousand.

Ab,out eight hundred of these

. are residents of the City of OhIr-

, lottetown and the couhtryside sur- . rounding the city.

, At the peak of seasnal unem- ployment last year the number of

. claimants on benefits was more than seventeen hundred, more than two hundred less than at the present time. The pi-sent figures represent a record high since the office was opened more than twelve years ago.

The snowstorm provided a num- . bar of men with I day or two of

..work. most of whom were hired "by the Canadian National Rail- W.Gl?B- Others were engaged by pie in the residential sections clear walks. or driveways lead- .. his to garages. ' Dozens of applications are being received daily from the many city unemployed. as walls: from people I who travel to the city from the , country. Orders from employers, nhowevsr, are few and far between, ",,and the odd vacancy which does Voecur. is quickly ihled from the ranks of city residents who are out of work. , pThe Employment Office does not expect any improvement in the ' employment situation until April.

llllflls. MAIIRIAGES. DEATHS 50:: Per Insertion

BIRTH 5

MAYNE - At the Prince County

Hospital on Wednesday, January ' lath, 1954. to Mr. and Mrs. Herman : Mayne. a daughter.

JENKINS - At the Prince Edward January 10th, 1954. to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jenkins (nee Evelyn Mulch. R..N.) Mt. l-lerbcri. it daughter. COUGHLIN - lit Toronto Gen- eral Hospital, Tuesday. December

' -.15l.h. 1963. to Mr. Mid Mn. Bunnie

Doughiin (nee Freda Myers) I eon.

v DEATHS ,,.WO0DS-At Kelly's Cross, Jan. 14. 1954. Mrs. Charles Woods in her 73rd year. Funeral notice later. RAMSAY-At He.mi.It0'n Jan. 14, I964. Mrs. Howard Ramsay in her 78th year. Funeral notice later. -RAMSAY - At Soldiers Memorial 1 Hospital. Campbellton, N. B., on I Wednesday. January lath, Mrs. , Vernon Ramsay. Funeral on Satur- day afternoon at 2.00 o'clock at Campbellton. N. B.

CROKEN-At Emerald on Wed-

nesday, January 13, 1954. Ronald

Edwin Croken. one month old son

,, of Mr. and Mrs. Pius Croken ,Funeral was held yesterday from the home at 2 pm. Interment was in church cemetery, summer- field.

HYNES - At the Charlottetown

Hospital on Thursday. Jan. 14th,

1954, Mrs. Martin I-iynes formerly .pf Vernon River in her 87th year.

.Her remains were transferred .yesterdny afternoon from the .Charlottetown Funeral Home to

.Ihe residence of her son Martin Hynes. Summervllle from where the funeral will take place Sat- urday morning to St. Joschim'I Church, Vernon River for Rs- quiem High Mass at 9:30. Inter- .ment in the church cemetery. HUESTIS-At her home at 341 first Street, Summersvide. on Jan- 'uI.ry 14, i954. Marguerite C. liuestis, wife of Hamid I-Iuestis. in her 40th year. Transferred from thecompton Funeral Home to her late residence from where the funeral will be held Saturday morning to st. Paul's church for I Requiem Mass at 9 am. Interment ' in ac. Paul's cemetery.

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POLICE COURT - There was I clear docket in City Police Court yesterday morning.

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QUEEN MARY Needlework Guild annual meeting Wednesday (n.ext). Jan. 20, 3 p.m. Charlotte- town Hotel.

UHURCH OF SCOTLAND ser- vices January 17, Charlottetown- iin the new church, Birchwood Street) 11 am. and 7 p.m. Sunday, School 2 p.m. Rev. J. H. Bishop, Minister. ,

SORORITY MEETING - The Beta Phiat Sorority held their weekly meeting yesterday with Kathy McLeod acting as chair- man. Fifteen members and one guest were present. The evening began with several members of thei club bowling, after which a bus- iness meeting was held.

WINDOW REPLACED - A Jame plate glass widow in the F. A.' Woolworth store which was broken during the holiday week was re- placed yesterday. onlookers were impressed with the efficient man- ner in which the workmen carried out the Job.

ON BUSINESS TRIP - Mr. Ar- thur Irving. saint John, accom- panied by Mr. Harrison McCain. sales manager in the Maritime Provinces for the Irving Oil Com- pany, is on I business trip to thc' Island. Mr. Irving is the son of the President of the Company Mr. K. C. Irving. They are registered at The Charloiztetrrwn.

LEAVING FOR BASKAIIOON - A. Walthen Gaudet, immediate past national president of the As- sociation of Kinsmen Clubs of Canada. leaves this morning by air for Saskatoon, Saak., to attend the midyear national council meeting of that Association being held there on January lath and 1'lth. Mr. Cvaudet will return by air on Monday night.

CAR ACCIDENTS - Tile heavy snow piled on either side of the streets made the going for cars difficult yesterday and resulted in five minor accidents. A truck backed into a. car on Passmore Street yesterday morning and a car backed into another car on Fitzroy Street. A similar accident occurred on Grafton Street and I car turning north on Weymouth Street was in collision with a. car going west on Grafton: the dam- age in this instance was quite ex- tenslve to both machines. A New Brunswick car parked on the south side oi Kent street was struck by an unknown driver at about 3:00 p.m. A damaged headlight result- ad from this collision.

TIIANSFERIIED T0 ST. JOHN --Mr. Ray Kennedy. manager of J. as M. Murphy Ltd.. has receiv- ed notification of his transfer to the saint John branch and will leave to take up his duties on Mon- day. January lath. Mr. Kennedy has represented the company in this City for nine years and his removal to New Brunswick consti- tutes a promotion where his terri- tory will include the area from Saint John to Grand Falls. The Charlottetown branch will be con- tinued under the management oi Mr. Vernon Williams and Mr. An- gus MacKinnon. Mr. Kennedy is at present. vice-president of the Maritime Commercial Travellers Association on Prince Edward Is- land. Mrs. Kennedy and their son Charles will remain in the city until the spring. A younger 5011 Ian is attending Mount Allison University.

FUNERAL AT ALEXANDRA - Tho funeral oi the late Mrs. J. Bramford Wood was held yester- day afternoon from the MIcLsIn Funeral Home to Alexandra Bap- tist Church. A short service at the funeral home was conducted by Rev. J. D. Davisou and Rev. T. R. Gduge. During the service Mrs. W. S. McMurtry sang I solo. "Good Night. Good Morning". services at the church were conducted by Rev- erends J. D. Davlson and T. R. Gouge. During the service in the church Wendell H. Phillips sang as I solo. "The Christian's Good- Night". Interment was in Pownnl cemetery. The honorary pIll bear- ers were: Senator J. Walter Jones. W. Chester 5. Mature, larl Jenk- ins. M. W. Wood. Roy Joneavand H. J. Kennedy. The active pail bearers were Wendell Jones. Heb" Jones. Cyril Jones. Edward Wood. Benjamin Wood and George Me- Lennnn.

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Enjoyable Piano Recital At PWC Hall

A large number of Community Concert petrona were preosit last night for an outstanding razitai by the brilliant young Amqican pianist, Samuel sorln, It Prince of Wales College hall.

Mr. sorln opmed his program with two Bach compositions, "Jesu. Joy of Man's Desiring." and the "Little" Fugue in G m.i.nor, Schu- bert's Impromptu in G flat major, opus 90, number 3. and the famil- lar Marche Militaire by the same c , to which the - soloist brought I wealth 61 colour Ind animation.

The major work on the program was the sonata in ll flat major, opus ala (Les Adieuiu by Beethov- en. This sonata is one of the few

Beethoven "tions with a story-the first two movements. Adagio-Allegro a n d Andante

espreesivo, were written following the flight of I friend and pupil from Vienna, and the third. V-ivscis- slmamenie, which completes the work, after his return. It is rich in its expression of human anot- ion, and Mr. sorln gave it I rare interpretation. sensitive ami warm.

To end the first part of the pro- gram, the artist played a variui group of ohcrpln compositions, the Scherzo in B Flat minor. opus 3i and three short, eoupreesive pre- ludes. concluding with I polished rendition of the Fantalsie, in F minor, opus 40.

Mr. Soriui brought out all the clever imagery in Debussy's "Re- flections in the Water," and de- lighted the audience with I hu.m- orvus piece of descriptive writing. "The Cat and the Mouse," by the contemporary American composer, Aaron Copland. This group of mod- ern compositions was completed by Scriabine's "Ncctourne for the Left Hand Alone."

A performance of I..iszt's Hung- arian Rhapsody Number 12, com- parable in fineness of interpretat- ion to the Beethoven sonata, com- pleted the scheduled portion of the program, but enthusiastic applause from the audience brought the soloist back for three delightful encores. the popular "Flight ed the Bumblebee." de Fallafs "Fire Dance". and Waltzes from "Die Fledei-maus" by Johann Strauss.

Mr. sorln Ls well known in Can- ada. and Central America. where he has toured extensively, as well as in the United states, where he has also appeared as soloist with a number of leading symphony inches-tras-appearances w hi c Ii have frequently resulted in his be. lng recalled for re-engagements, such has been his success.

ison conducted his Bible studies on Paul. beginning the second mis- sionary Journey. A lively session of games introduced by Windsor Brchaut closed the evening's pro- gram.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY -The funeral of the late Harold Hender- son of Charlottetown was held yes- terday afternoon from the Out- cllfie Funeral Home. service Ilt the home and grave was conducted by the Rev. T. A. Wilson. The pail bearers were mer Brown. Ira Gay, Keith Bi-yenton, Wilfred Hardy, Stephen I-Iolroyd. James Mound Interment was in the Foo- ple'. Cemetery.

ALPHA Y'S' MEN'S CLUB MEETING - Mr. Bramwell Chand- ler was guest speaker at the reg- ular weekly meeting of Alpha, in Men's Club last evening using as his topic "Education". Mr. Chand- ler described some of the systems in vogue over one hundred years ago in which the general prin- ciple was the "Three R's" and ap- prenticeship and which has not var- ied very much since then on the Island. He said there is not enough money being spent on education and that more vocational guidance should be made available and a system of intelligence tests used so that those with the higher intellect might be helped to go on to highr things. He then gave I review of the tests as used in the army .and large corporations and explained how they might be made use of in the schools. Following his address Mr. Chandler was cal- led on again and gave some inter- esting anecdotes on his Job with the occupational forces while in Germany recovering historic docu- ments for the archives. President Dick Mathcson thanked the speak- er for his interesting and compre- hensive talk. Y's Man Col. Fred Andrew acted as chairman of the meeting and also introduced the speaker. William Rix, Jr.. was present as a guest.

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Personals

Friends will regret to learn that Mrs. J. Elmer Dunning in I patient in the P. E. Island Hos- mm.

Supreme Court

Mr. Justice George J. Tweedy. presiding at the January term of the Supreme Court. yesterday look under advisement the ap- peal qf John Joseph Doyle. Mt. Stewart. from a conviction of driving a vehicle while his facul- ties were impaired by the use of alcohol.

No evidence was taken as the day was confined largely to argu- ment by Mr. A. J. Mr-Dnnalrl, K. (i. counsel for the appellant. Mr. McDonald maintained that the

.nut evening the Baptist Young Peoples group resumed their week- ly meetings with the worship per- iod led by Florence Onkes. assist-I ed by pianist Thelma BrehIut.. secretary David schurman recalled I Ihe past activities. In the plailsi for the future. Don Holden. Kitty” MIcFIrlIne. Eileen MIcArthur.' Keith Breheut Ind Rlrtley Condon ' were Appointed I prolnmmi Wins rnittee. Plans were mile for the historical pageant "These Hundoed Years and More" to be weaented early in February. The group 3,190 decided for It three-act play of later presentation. Rev. Mr. Dav-

doctrlne of "reasonable doubt" must apply to this case as well Is to other legal instances. in reply to A suggestion by the Court that it could not upset the find- ings nf the mRRISIrllIP'lifiIt'SS an error on Ihr part of the latter Pr-ulrl be nointerl nui. Mr. Monon- aid said that this Court was birth a court of appeal and equity and had equitable jurisdiction.

Mr. J. P. Nicholson. appearing for the Crown. spoke only briefly in pointing out to Judge Tweedy that the magistrate in the lower rourl had believed the witnesses he had heard and based his con- vlctlon on their testimony.

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On Stage In P.E.I.

This in the first of I series or monthly columns in regard to me progress of amateur theatrical: in this Province, and is publlgh. ed in the interest of community enterprise.

Requests for assistance have Doured in from all over the Island I0 M13 3- Barry Bugden. West Royalty.

Many groups were getting I head start on the New Year, and warmed lunestions for plays which they mlsht rend. thus being able to have copies of the play they wished to do on hand for an early start in 54. Min Grace Campbell, of the P. E. I. Public Libraries, has been very cooperative in this respect, and has forwarded many plays to groups which have written to Mr. Bugden.

It has been very gratifying to note that many organizations are attempting plays for the first time. and it is felt that with the help now available they should be able to accomplish worth-while enter- tainment in their community.

Many of these groups are Wo- men's Institutes, and the first re- quest for assistance came from the Mayiield Branch. Also in October, enquiries were received from Mrs. Wm. A. Jones of Albany; North Milton W. I.; Irishtown W. I.; O'- Leary W. I.; Cape Traverse W. I.; Pownal W. I.; Father Gallant of Tignish: New Glasgow W. I.; East Baltic W. I.; Hunter River Glee Club: Bedeque Dramatic Club: Kel- vin Grove W. I.; Central Royalty Glee Club and Harrington W. I.

Mayfleld W. I., then requested and received a number of one-act

plays to read. and we hope they

found something to their liking. Remember though, don't do a play just because it was recommended to you: Your own group must be enthusiastic about your choice.

November

In November new enquiries were received from the Teena Club of the Charlottetown Community Centre; Emerald W. I.; Sherbrooke Farm Forum and the Hunter River C. W. L. A letter was received from the newly-formed Summersidc Little Theatre. and we are all ex- pecting and looking forward to fine productions by this group.

During this month plays were sent to O'Leary W. I.; East Baltic W. I.; sherbrooke Farm Forum and Irishtown W. I.; and it will be most interesting to see the re- sulting productions.

Mr. Bugden gave his first on- the-spot assistance by attending rehearsals of the Central Royalty Glee Club's production of the musical play, "The Minister's Aunt." This show was presented threr; times with good crowds at each performance, and the committee was so pleased with the results of its efforts it is already for another play or next Fall.

December

The Tecnai Clug of Charlottetown called on Mr. Bugden early in Dec- ember to talk on 'Putting on a

Play' at one of their Friday night

meetings. This group of nearly 50 teen-agers is a very interested and energetic organization, and fre- quently pIOdlICES short plays as part of their meetings. This is an excellent way to 'break the ice" for beginners, and bring forth talent which may be drawn on for bigger productions for the public.

Plays were sent out this month to New. Glasgow W. I.; Pownal W. I.; Clyde River W. I.; and Hunter River C. W. L. Enquiries were also received from St. Peter's Bay; Springfield Hall Committee. and the Summerside Little Theatre who were producing an original play. Little York contacted as about material for a variety show, but up to the present we have not been able to do much work on this type of entertainment. it is hoped though. that as soon as a sufficient number of plays are catalogued. Mr. Bugden will be able to gather to- gether numbers for variety shows which are so often presented in conjunction with one-act plays.

No doubt a number of the groups who are mentioned here will al- ready have selected their plays, and have them in production. Readers of this column will be interested in knowing what you are doing in the way of entertainment in your community. and if you will drop I line to Mr. Bugden, mention will be made of your production in forth coming issues. It is hoped the column will be printed on the fifteenth of each month. so have your letters reach us no later than the tenth.

Before closing. may we remind you that now is the time to be working on entries for the Pro- vincial and Dominion Festivals. Miss Jcssic Fraser is Secretary of the Provincial and Mr. Bugden is chaimian for this region of the Dominion.

Until next month then, and may your play merit Ind enjoy capacity audiences. .

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Annual Meeting Of Art Society

The Prince Edward Island Art society re-elected president Vic Runes and officers and executive to office at its annual meeting on Tuesday night It the home of Miss Nora Longworth. This will be the third term of office for the group.

Mr. Runts presented I report of the executive meeting of the Mari- time Art Association of which the local Society is a member and which he attended last week in Amherst.

In an effort to draw up I pro- gramme for the Society I ques- tionnaire which was prepared by the executive was distributed to each member. Interests will be learned and policy made accord- ingly. Results will be disclosed It the February meeting.

A suggestion received with much enthusiasm was made by Mrs. P. A, Creelman that members plan a small select all-P. E. I. travel- ling exhibition for a year or two hence.

The pruident in giving his re- port aid that deqzito 9. slow be- ginning of the Fall season I fine. looal exhibition was held. our- passing all others to date in site. quality and public support. Miss Florence Simmons. secretary. gave a report of the society's actllvities and the treasurer, Mrs. L. T. I.owt- ner, gave a detailed financial ac- count. audited by Mr. A. L. Wright.

Mis, Creelmari, on behalf of the nmninating committee brought in a report which was unanimouaiv adopted, and which will see the following people in odfice for an- other year. President Vic Hunts: Vice-President, R. H. Rogers; Bec- retary, Miss Florence Simmons: Treasurer. Mrs. L. T. Lovwther: and as Directors, Mrs. P. A. Oreelman. Mrs. J. A. Fraser, Mrs. D. M. Gass, Messrs. A. L, Wright, Joihn Taylor and J. E. Harris.

After the lengthy business per- iod Mr. Wright gave a gliort in- teresting talk on suitable framing of paintings, with illustrations. following which refreshments were served by the hostess.

Plans For Annual Red Cross Meeting

Plans for the annual meeting of tile Prince Edward Island Red Cross were made at the regular monthly nu-ctlng of the Executive held yesterday afternoon. It was decided to hold the annual dinner in "The Clover Club" on Friday evening, February 12th. Mr. H. H. Leather of Hamilton, Ont.. Chair- man of the Central Council. Cana- dian Red Cross Society, will be the chief speaker at this meeting. Ann- ual reports of the Standing Com- mittees will be given at the after- noon session which will take place at Red Crom Headquarters. Mr. S. A. Bjarnason of Toronto. As- sistant National Commissioner. who will accompany Mr. Leuainhar in his tour of the Atlantic Province Divi- sions. will address the afternoon meeting I