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TRUCKS LINE
I up dwalting their turn at this asphalt paving plant located at Royalty. It takes
ionly a few minutes to load each
truck with the ten tons of asphalt it holds.
Ellis boardiatt
“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
CHARLOTTET'OWN,‘ CANADA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1958
A SHORT distance from the asphalt plant, the truck is weigh-
TEN MILES away from the Royalty asphalt plant, the trucks lump their ten tons of black top.
This is rolled through the paving:
machine on the highway adding more precious yardage of hard
sunface. This photo shows pave- ment being laid at North Will- shire, one of the many projects now in progress.
Province Goes All Out On Road Paving Program
“Prince Edward Island’s 1958 Highway Construction Program now nearing completion, was the largest ever undertaken in the Province, and marks only the first stage in a proposed five-year plan designed to add between five and six hundred miles”. of new pavement to our 31:, on. tensive system of hard s aced roads,” Hon. J. George MacKay, Provincial Minister of Highways
, and Public Works, said yester-
day. “In an effort to improve trans-
, portation in every section of the
Province, particularly in the far- flung rural areas, the Provincial
, Government will spend about $15,-
000,000 over the next five years to implement its recently an- nounced highway improvement policy,” Mr. MacKay said.
“On top of that,” he added. “we plan to build, with federal assistance, a chain of tourist
‘ roads in all the three counties.
It is, without a doubt, the most
._ ambitious and far-reaching road , building program ever formulat~
ed in the Province."
FIVE YEAR PROGRAM
The five~year highway con- struction program was first an- nounced by Premier A.W. Math- eson. It got underway last spring and on completion for the sea- son it will have added 83.7 miles of pavement to the 332 miles of hard surface roads built over the past few years. ‘
To date this year more than 65' miles of pavement has been laid, and the work will continue as long as the weather permits.
amount of pavement to be completed in 1958 will represent a mileage In excess of the entire Trans-Canada highway in the
Province.
Every "section of the Province has shared in this highway build- ing boom, Mr. MacKay noted.
GIVES CREDIT
“Without the everyone, this y
o-operation of s’accomplisn-
ner mendous program has been car- ried out,” he added.
ways crew, the various construc- tion firms, .the truckers of the Province, and others for the man~ in which this year’s tron
“At this rate of progress, I can
see where we will be able to
uentcofldaabhmt’ooen‘achievc arry'eut our propasalwto build
ed,” Highways Minister MacKay
500 miles of new pavement
said. “Much credit is due-our in the next five. years as an- Proviucial Department of High- (Continued on page 9 Col. 1)
lnlirmary Conditions iermed “Deplorable”
The Grand Jury returned to the Supreme Court at 7.30 last night with its report on the gov- ernment operated building 5 being used by the general public.
The conditions in general ap— peared to be particularly good with the exception of the Infir- mary which was termed “out- moded”. \ /
Following is the text of the re- port submitted by jury forman Preston Beck.
At Riverside Hospital and Hillst Hospitals we were re- ceived by Dr. Murchison and Dr. Deacon and Mrs. Wood, who showed us every courtesy and took us on a thorough tour through the institution. We are pleased to‘report building and equipment in good condition, some renovations and painting
Charge Commissions Often Ignore Consumer Interests
QUEBEC (OP) -— Government commissions dealing with agricul- tural products frequently show a lack of consideration for the con- sumer, the royal commission on price spreads of food products was told Tuesday. .
A brief submitted by Quebec’s French—language section of the Canadian Association of Consum- ers said such commissions are supported by public funds and should first serve the interest of the public. .
The commission, presided over by Andrew Stewart of Edmonton,
_is investigating the spread be
tween prices paid to food produc. ers and prices paid by donsumers.
Formed in 1957, the sevenomem- her commission is finishing its Canadian tour in Quebec prov- llK‘e.
COMMISSION REFUSED
The Quebec group of the Cana» than Association of Consumers mentioned in its brief a pl‘OVlllCl’lI dairy industry commission which, It said. refused to allow lower prices for milk bought at stores, .“ather than delivered. and which also refused to allow two-quart bottle or column of milk which would he sold at Sllgl'llly lower prices per quart.
"T‘I ~ 3": .:le " Corp 1 ,s (is? ' ail‘icui. luz': '. sm'Ve oniy a small path of the pupulalion," the brief
smut
‘aics how
who»...
Premium: and sales give-aways:
raise the cost of products and tend to make purchasers buy without regard to the quality of one product compared with an- other, the brief said.
The Quebec District Retail Mer- chants Association submitted a brief which also condemned the use of premiums and suggested they be abolished so that food re- tailers could return to what was .destn'ibed as sane competition. ‘ The association said rising ad- ministrative costs are partly re- sponsible for the increases ID prices during the last 25 years.
Another reason for increased prices, the brief said, is the more exacting packaging of fruit and vegetables.
Move To Settle Gypsum Strike
HALIFAX (GIN—A new effort to settle the llnmonth strike at the Canadian Gypsum Company in the Windsor, N.S. area will be made today.
Labor Minister Pyke of Nova Scotia announced Tuesday that he would meet at 10 am. ADT with Joseph MacKenzic of Ottawa. or- ganizing director of the Canadian Labor Congress and works man- ager M. E. King of the struck Canadian Gypsum Company.
are required but we understand this is being taken care of in the near future. Dr. Murchison reported 171 male patients and 135 female patients are being cared for at the present time. There appeared to be over crowding in the men’s quarters.
PROVINCIAL INFIRMARY
At this institution we were con-
ducted through the premises by the assistant Matron; We found the conditions deplorable through no fault of the staff, laundry fac- ilities and equipment inadequate and antiquated; worn out wash- ing machine; clothes drier out of older for several years, re- sulting in clothes being dried on hot water radiators.
We strongly recommend new laundry equipment he installed at once. i
Kitchen facilities were found very inadequate. We recom- mend new equipment be instal- led with more counter space for (Continued on page 2 Col. 5)
GM To Lay on 10,000 Workers In Oshawa Plant
OSHAWA. Ont. (OP) — About 10,000 production line men and workers in other departments of General Motors of Canada here willbelaidollfbytheendofthis week, bringing the plant to a complete standstill lack of key parts from the conpor- ation's strikebound factories in the United States.
Despite a settlement on the na- tional level with Ford, Chrysler and General Motors early this month, strikes continue in many U.S. plants because of failure to reach agreements with individual branches on” the union on local working conditions.
Madagascar To
Become Republic
TANIANlARlVE. M a d a gascar tAP)-—~Tlhis East African island, bigger than France itself, Tues- day voted to become a republic within the French community.
This is the first step to eventual dominion status or complete in- dependence. Other segments of the French empire are expected to follow suit promptly.
because of '
ed. Then it is on its way to the highway paving project.
Queens MP Pleased With Potato Grant
Mr. Heath Macquarrie, M.P. for Queens, P.E.I., now serving on the Canadian Delegation to the United Nations General Assem- bly, is maintaining close contact with his constituency and Otta- wa government departments. He expressed great pleasure at the Dominion Government‘s further move to assist the Prince Edward Island potato industry through its additional grant to those produc- ers who were unable to market their 1957 crop.
Mr. Macquarrie stated that on this question the four federal representatives from P.E.I. in Ot- tawa had worked in close co- operation over a long period to seek the additional grant. He also referred to others in the province who had been 'closely associated with the M.P.‘s in their representations.
The Queens member also re- ferred with satisfaction to infor- mation he had received from the Dominion Minister of National Health and Welfare, Hon. .1. Waldo Montelth. This referred to an approval of a grant of $132,- 990 toward the cost of new con- struction at the’ Prince Edward Island Hospital and an additional grant of $12,086 toward the cost of construction of a new nurses resi- dence for the Charlottetown Hos- pital. The new grant is in ad- dition to an earlier construction grant of $111,750.
Mr. Macqnarrie's constituency
Is one of the til/'0 dual ridings in-
Canada. The 'other member is Hon. J. Angus MacLean. Minis- ter of Fisheries, with whom Mr. Macquarrie is in close contact on constituency matters.
OPEN NEW MILL VALLEYFBEM), Que. (OP)— Montreal Cot-tons Ltd, today of- ficially opened a new yarn mill, designated the Salalberry Mill, with special ceremonies at the Valleyltleld plant.
PART ‘OF THE new slate of officers elected‘at the annual meeting of the P.E.I. Musical Festival Association last night
More Prisoners
WEATHER
Cloudy. with a. few
showers ending in
afternoon; little change in temperature. Low-high at Charlottetown 38 and 45.
NOT MORE THAN
Will Be
FIVE CENTS
Responsibility Of Ottawa
Resolution
Suggests
Rehabilitation Centre
A resolution recommending the establishment of a treatment and rehabilitation centre for “those convicted of the use of alcoholic beverages” was introduced to last night’s meeting of the City Council.
The resolution, moved by Coun- cillor A.J. Haslam, asked the council to petition the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council to give ser- ious consideration to the establish- ing of such a centre in conjunc- tion with Riverside Hospital by the introduction of legist'ation at the next session of the Provincial Legislature.
According to the resolution of- fenders would be kept in this centre “for such period as may be necessary to restore them to
Dies Suddenly
Councillor Frank G. O'Neill received the sad news yester- day of the unexpected death in Alberta of his brother, Rev. Richand Joseph 0’Neill,- parish priest of Assumption parish in Edmonton.
Father O’Neill was found dead in his car near Viking, Alberta, 3 community 75 miles southeast of Edmonton. He had served as parish priest in Viking for 25 years previous to his appoint- ment to the Edmonton parish in 1953. Death was due to a heart attack.
The late Father O’Neill was born in Charlottetown, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John O’Neill. He attended Queen Square School and later St. Dunstan’s“ N University from where he graduated in 1924. He then entered St. Joseph’s sem- inary in Edmonton and was ordained to the priesthood in 1927. All of his priesthood years were spent in Western Canada.
He is survived by three brot- hers and two sisters, namely: Frank G., Charlottetown, Fred in Fanny Bay. British Columbia, Charles, Halifax, Mary (Mrs. Ray Stull) Truro and Helen (Mrs. Neil Walker) Muray Riv- er, P.E.I. ‘
A brother, Rev. Rupert 0’-
'town, assistant secretary; Mrs.
Wendell Wood, Central Royalty, secretary of Queens; Mrs. Wes-
“ seen above_ seated, 1 to r, ley MacPhee, Summerside, sec- Miss Mary Donahue, Charlotte- retary for Prince. Standing J.
Music Festival
Ass’n Sets
May 24th As Opening Date
The 1959 music festival will get underway in Charlottetown Monday, May 24th, it was an- nounced at the annual meeting of the Prince Edward Island Mus- ical Festival Association held at Prince of Wales College last even- ing.
The announcement was made by Mrs. Wendall Wood, secretary for Queen’s County.
The adjudicators will include Earle Terry, London, Ont.; Boris Roubakine, Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto and Garfield Ben- der, Kitchener, Ont.
Mr. Terry and Mr. Roubakine have been adjudicators in the past at the Island festival. Mr. Bender will be coming here for the first. time.
ELECTED PRESIDENT Neil A. Matheson of Southport
was elected president of the As--
sociation for the coming year. He succeeds outgoing president. Gordon Bennett of Charlottetown. Dr. L.W. Shaw of Charlottetown
was named honorary president.
Other officers include:
Vive president (Prince) Mr. J. Loring Rayner, Summerside, vice president (Queens) Mrs. Leo- nard MacDonald, Charlottetown; vice president (Kings) Mrs. Archi- bald Hume, Montague; secretary (Prince) Mrs. Wesley MacPhee, Summerside; secretary (Queens) Mrs Wendall Wood, Central Roy- alty; and Miss Peggy Beck, Charlottetown; secretary (Kings) Mrs. Kenneth Norris, Montague assistant secretary Miss Mary Donahue, Charlottetown; treasur- er Mrs. Robert MacKinnon, Char- lottetown: treasurer (Prince) Mr. Allison MacLean, Summerside: auditors Mr. J.A. Likely and Mr. A.G. Hogan. Charlottetown; past president Mr. Gordon Bennett, Charlottetown.
Convenors of committees clude:
Award-s: Mrs. G.G. Houston. Charlottetown and Mrs. Ben Schurman, Summerside: choral
(Continued on page 2. Col. 4)
in-
good physical and mental health, if possible."
The motion was seconded by Councillor Earle C. Baker.
SERIOUS NATURE
Councillors Foster and Arse- nault suggested that a motion of such a serious nature should be carefully considered and discus- sed at length, and that It be taken under further considera- tion at the next meeting. The Council agreed. .
The resolution went on to state that in conjunction with sucn Treatment Centre there be a farm property on which the in- dividuals would be required to work daily commensurate with
Rev. Richard O’Neill, 55,
(Continued on page 9 Col. 1)
In Alberta
LATE FATHER O’NEILL
Neill of the Edmonton diocese and a sister‘Eileen, predeceased him.
A funeral mass is being cele- brated in Edmonton on' Friday after which the body Mil be taken to Charlottetown for bur-
ial. 3
Lorintg Rayner, Summer side,
vice<president for Prince; Neil A. Matheson, Southport, presid- ent; Gordon Bennett. Charlotte- town, past president.
Britain Backs U.S. In Nuclear
Testing Issue
UNITED NATlONS (GP)—Brit- ' ain threw lts backing behind the United States on the nuclear test issue in the United Nations Tues- day, with the British and Soviet delegates hurling mutual accusa- tions of “ultimatum.”
The latest developments in the disarmament debate in the UN‘s political committee failed to clar- lfy whether the Big Three Geneva conference opening Oct. 31 has any real chance of success. East and West apparently remain rigid on their' positions concerning a cessation of atomic tests.
Cmdr. Allan Noble, Britain's minister of state, told the com- mittee that Russia’s position at the moment means that the Sov- iet Union may go ahead with 60 to 70 new test blasts unless the West accepts an unconditional
noN. J. w. MONTEITH'
Federal Minister Here Next Week
Hon J. Waldo Monteith, Minis- her of National Health and Wel-
. fare will be in Charlottean on
Monday, October 20 according to word received here by Hon. M. L. Bonnell, Minister of Health for the Province. Mr. Monteith will be accompanied by his deputy minister Dr. George Davison. His first trip to Prince Edward Island is part of the Federal Minister’s tour in Eastern Canada. While in Charlottetown he will call on Pne- mlier Matheson, Hon. Dr. Bonnell, Minister of Health; Hon. A. A. MacIsaac, Minister of Weltare as well as the Federal office of his own Department which is under the direction of Mr. Alfred. Tait. It is expected that the Health and Welhare Minister will confer with the Citizen's Committee on Hos- pital Insurance.
CGS Howe to load Suppies
MONTREAL (OPl—aThe north- ern supply shilp C. D. Howe is to sail Friday for Prince Edward Island to load 500 tons of food and fuel for lighthouses on the New- foundland and Labrador coasts. The vessel arrived here re cently a f t e r covering almost 10,000 miles on her ninth summer Simply mission to Arctic outposts. She brought back 60 Eskimos suf- fering from tuberculosis and other diseases, They were sent to hospitals in the Montreal and Hamilton districts. ’ Undergoing repairs and paint. ing here along with the C.tD. Howe are the Federal Voyager, another supply ship, and tlfe Ernest Lapm'nte. a transport department ice-breaker.
The Federal Voyager is to sail soon for Rio de Janiero with a load of rails and ties for a new
v. South American railway.
$175,000 Loss In Naval Fire
HALIFAX (CW—Naval .prop- erty suffered $176,000 damage from a three-alarm Sunday night tire here navy officials said Tues-
y. The fire destroyed a. navy bulk stores building containing canned goods and an estimated 8,000 gal- Ions of rum.
No estimate has been made of damage to Man buildings. Five vacant warehouses owned by Shaw Steamship Company Lion- ited containing ship parts and supplies was also destroyed.
Fire Chief Fred MchilIivary said Tuesday treaspassers may have tarted the fire. He said in- vestigators will continue to seanch the ruins to determine the cause.
N.Y. Stock Prices Slip
NEW YORK (AP)~A late sell- ing wave knocked many stocks down $1 to $4 in heavy trading Tuesday. The selling mounted in the last hour and at the finish the ttc-ker tape lagged 13 minutes behind floor transactions.
Until the last hour the market churned about in indecisive fash- ion wilth oils mostly a little stronger and metals weaker, Then the weakness in metals became more pronounced and spread to other sections.
Brokers attributed the selling
suspension dictated by Moscow.
primarily to profit taking.
\‘
.ward Island Nurses Association
Estimate Another Five Penitentiaries Required
By DON PEACOCK Canadian Press Staff Writer
OTTAWA (OP) —— Federal and
provincial law enforcement au— thorities Tuesday agreed condi- tiouallly to transfer of some 2,800 prisoners from provincial jails to fedehal penitentiaries.
The plan, agreed upon at Tues- day’s closing sessions of 0 fed- eral - provincial conference on penal reform, calls for the fed- eral government to assume sponsilbility for all prisoners sen- tenced under federal laws to terms of one year or more.
The change was agreed upon on the condition that the federal government will take the neces- sary action to eliminate sen- tences under federal law of more than six months but less than one year.
The federal govennment at present handles all prisoners sen» termed to two years or more and the provinces those on shorter sentences.
TRANSFER 2.800
Justice Minister Fulton told re- porters alter the meeting that based on 1956 statistics, the pro- posal will mean about 2,800 pris- oners will be transferred from provincial to federal responsibil- ity.
The conference communique said that “because of the prelim- inary planning that is required, it may be three years before con- crete results of the plans agreed upon are apparent. ‘
Mr. Fulton said only tentative estimates have been made as to what the change will cost the fed- eral government, but it would be “in the millions of dollars and more than one or two millions."
Mr. Fulton said the federal government has accepted a sug- gestion by the 1956 Fauteux com- m‘i-ttoe report on Canada's/mag rectioual system that no more" than 600 prisoners should be kept in any one institution.
The revision in responsibility for Canada's estimated total prison population of 31.000 would increase the present number un- der federal care to about 8,700 from about 5,900. There are an
vincial jails at present.
0n the basis of 600 prisoners tper penitentiary, the federal gov- ernment would require at leat five more than its present eight tor men and one for women.
The current annual bill for on» oration of federal penitentiaoies in about $12,000,000.
Mr. Fulton said the federal govennrment is prepared to nego- tiate with the provinces to acquire provincial jails that would be suitable. In other cases, it would (have to build new ones.
He said it is hoped the federal penitentiary system will be able to absorb stalif from provmc' ial institutions asth-e changes in pris- oner raponilbilily necesiltate.
OTHER ITEMS
Among other items dealt with in the communique: '
1. Agreement was reached that no person under 16 should be senv tensed to imprisonment in an in: st'itution where adults are con- fined, except where the ofifence is murder, manslaughter or rape.
2. The federal government agreed to consider establishing one or more new institutions for women, with special consideration being given to providing custody for Frenohsspeaking women pris- oners. This point was not elabor- ated' upon.
3. It was agreed that arrange ment should be worked out “to encourage r eg it 1 a r visits by judges and magistrates to those penal institutions to which they would be sentencing prisoners."
4., Consideration was given to providing more financial help for volunteer agencies that help pris- oners alter their release.
5. The federal government agdeer to consider a change in the exist-ing arrangem- t where- by prisoners found within three months of admission to a federal
’ill on admission become a provin- cial responsibility.
Mr. Fulton said the (first thing to be done at the federal level after the conference decisions will be to establish a planning com- nuttee within the penitentiaries staff to work out the details in- volved in implementing the
estimated 15,000 prisonos in no
changes.
PEI wNurses Ass'n Begin Meetings
The establislnnent, at River- side Hospital, of a psychiatric nursing affiliate program is an accomplishment the Prince Ed-
are proud to record, stated the president, Miss Ruth Ross, giving her annual report at the 37th annual meeting d the as— sociation which got underway at the Charlottetown Hotel yester- day. A
“The cooperation of the Pro- vincial Department of Health
and of the directors of nursing .
in our school-s has made pos- sible this vital preparation as part of the basic nursing pro- gram,” she added.
Other reports given at the meeting included: Programme committee, Sister M. Patricia, convener; arrangements com- mittee, Miss Hattie MacLaine, convener; nominating commit- tee, Mhs. J. Donald MacKay, convener'; Secretary - registrar, Mrs. J. E. Vernon Bolger; trea- surer. Mrs. Bolger. AFTERNOON
During the afternoon the nurs-
es heard a panel discussion on
the topic “How Can We Stop Killing Ourselves?" Those par-
ticipating included: Garth C. Crockett, B.S.P.H., M.S.P.H.. Public Health Educator, Mod-
erato’o‘; Cpl. Ray "Stu n d en, R.C.M.P.; Mrs. Harry Cudmore, Director of First Aid, Swim- ming and Water Safety; John C. Theriault, M.D., C.M. psy‘ chiatrist at Riverside Hospital; and Miss Noreen Shaw, RN, Staff Nurse, Charlottetown Hos- pital.
At the open-ing of the meeting, greetings were extended to the nurses by His Worship, Mayor Edwin C. Johnstone, Mayor of Charlottetown; Dr. 0. H. Curtis, M.D.C.M., D.P.H., Deputy Min- ister of Health and Dr. John H. Maloney. VM.D., M.R.C.O.G.. president. Prince Edward Island Branch of Canadian Medical As- sociation. Rt. Rev. John A. Sul- livlan, Rector of S.D.U., gave the invocation. - STUDENTS REPORT
Students of nursing from the three Island Nursing Schools ro- ponted on their attendance at (Continued on page 2 Col. 5)
One Plane Found But Two ’
Others Are Stil
HALIFAX (OP)—RCAF search and rescue headquarters here said Tuesday a civilian aircraft that crashed south of Baffin Is~ land Tuesday was located but two other private planes were still missing in the Labrador area. 7
A singleeng‘ine Otter with five persons aboard crashed in- a lake on Little Savage Island, four miles south of Baffin Island. Owned by Eastern Provincial Airways Limited of Gander, Ntld., the Otter was en route from Frobisher l‘ay to Resolution Island when it crashed about 3 pm. AD’I‘.
Its mayday signal was heard by a passing USAF K097 which circled the area and reported all five of the plane's occupants could he seen waving from the shore of the lake. The plane was reported partly submerged, An unidentified United States merv chant in the area was reminded
I Missing
were not identified. FORCED LANDING
Meanwhile. a USAF helicopter from Goose Bay, Labrador which was taking part in a seanch for a missing Aeronlca, made a forced landing 75 miles southwest of Goose Bay who. it developed engine trouble. A second ’copter from Goose Bay was sen-t to the scene with a repair crew. No in- juries were reported in the emer- gency landing.
The Aernnca disappeared Mon- day on a 370—mile flight from Sept-Isles, Que. to Goose Bay. It was being deliver d to the USAF flying club at Goose. The pilot, not. identified. was alone.
Also missing I: a Taylorcraft that took off from F'robisher Bay Friday on a humus: flight north to the Rivcr (‘lyde area. The pi- lot was idontztiod only as Mr_ Ruth o r f o r d of Yellowknife. NM" T. Ill< unidentified pax‘fifln. ger was IJCiIF‘YNl to he a pl‘OSDBCv
to pick up the passengers. They
tor.
to have been mentally ‘
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