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- MARCH is, 1952

MONDAY

The thirty-fourth annual list, of hospitals approved by the American College of Surgeons. asl of Dec. 31. mi, has been tuuedl and once again includes four in- stitutions in Prince Edward Is- land. They are the Charlotte-I town Hospital. the Prince Edward; Island Hospital. the Provinciali Sanatoriu... and the Prince Coun- ty Hospital.

wintry weather has apparently had no effect on pzrsons plan-1. nlng next summer's holidays judg-i lng from the increased number of enquiries for literature received during the month of February by, the Prince Edward Island Travell Bureau. i

A total of 744 letters were re-' celved front Canada. the I'illlEl'ii States and other countries during: the month. or these 372 came from the various Canadian provinces. 321 from the United States and 51 from other countries. A further breakdown in the figures show that 66 of the Americans who re-I quuted information stated defin- itely they planned to visit the 15.! land this coming summer. Fifty- flve of the Canadians who wrot: the Travel Bureau said they WOliltl their vacation ill. Prince Edward Island this year.

The right. to represent the Mari- times in bhe Dominion Inter- scholastic Debate finals was won by Saint Dunslan's tlnivcrsity as it walked away with the Maritime debating crown defeating St Thomas College of New Brunswick at the S. D. U. auditorium Satur- day night.

The Dominion finals are sched- uled to be held at Ottawa March 7 and 8.

The eloquent deliveries and ex- cellent preparation of the affirm- ative side while defending the resolution "that Canada should have a Bill of Rights." by students Adan MacDonald of Charlotte- town and Walter Reid of lIop.. River. were the deciding factors in S. D. U. being awarded a unanim- ous decision by judges E. somer- led Trsinor. J. Frank Mctvlillan. and Plus Callagthan.

I led British geographer. toured Can-

Dr. Dudley stamp.'world-rcnown-

ada. last year to make a survey 61 the teaching of geography in Can- adian schools and universities. His tour was sponsored by the Canad- iansoclal science Research Coun- cil which released his published re- port last week. The report describes many Canadian educational pract- ices and suggests remedies for some existing problems ln.schools and colleges.

A chapter nf the report is devot- cd to "The Problem of the Small Collczc". In the course of this chapter Dr. Stamp states:

”In many parts of Canada I was struck by the pride and loyalty ofl those who had received part of their education at Prince of Wales Colleen. Charlottetown P.E..l. Ycti this is E junior college covering cnlv the first two years of a unlv-I etsiiy course. not granting its own degrees. but sending on its stud- ents to the various universities wherp their own particular inter- ests are most ftilly covered. The well-equipped laboratories. tltc well-

iqualified staff able to concentrate "19

on it few well-arranged courses yet

with freedom to develop their ownl research interests combine to make; an institution with ll real univer-i siiy flavour. 1 .

TUESDAY

The Province was still reeling yesterday from the effects of Sun-l day's terrific snowstorm as ni heavy ground filled 1 cuttings as fast they opened.

The Canadian National. Rail- ways was having its share of trou- l ble with practically all trnlns running froln one to four hours late. The main lines were report- ed clear last night. but passing tracks had not been opened at ye.t

The train to Borden yesterday. morning was late arriving and the car ferry was held up untill nearly 11.00 on its first crossing. Last night the train as two hours and 25 minutes la reach- ing here with the late arrival at- tributed to a delay at Cape Tor- mentirte. This morning a wing plow will lead the way to Borden.

other trains suffered similar delays with the Murray Harbor train not reaching Southporf. un-

drift as

up were i

!cold storage plants in the prov- 'ince.

The change. effective on Wed- nesday last. occurred when Brent C. Wood. well known merchant. handed over the large retail gen- eral merchandise business that he has built up over the last twenty- slx years. to William Weddell, who, since 1947. has been secre- tary-treasurer of tho Crapaud Creamery and Cold Storage Co.

The unusual part of the story is that on the very day that Mr. Weddell took over Mr. Wood's business. Mr. wood immediately took over Mr. Waddell's position as secretary-treasurer of the Creamery and Cold StorageCom- pally.

Citizens last night heard an- other of the lively arguments which have featured all meetings of the new City Council. and us well they were treated to an un- usual scene in which the Council attempted to rttise the salary paid the Mayor while His Worship flatly refused to accept it.

The meeting dealt mainly with eight points of discussion raised last week by Coun. Edwin C. Johnstone, Chairman of the Finance Committee. The question of salaries was introduced hy the Councillor who stated it llil(i long been felt that there was no .rt-al relation at present between the salary of 3325 per year witich is given the Mayor and the high cost of holding the position.

Coun. Johnstone expressed the opinion lhat the Mayor and Couli-

clllors should he paid and sug- gested 51,000 for the Mayor to cover expenses incurred and Either 5200 or 3300 for each

Councillor. However. he said that such a move invariably met with criticism and to avoid it he pro- posed that such salaries not be paid tilts term. only to the next Mayor and Councillors. Mayor Refuses

After all Councillors had spok. on on the subject Mayor J. D. Stewart stated emphatically: "I will not accept any salary as long its I am in this chair". but he ngrced that the next incumbent should be paid. lie personally favored paying 81.000 to the May- or and 3500 to each Councillor. Mayor Stewart in explaining his

mild mosaic. and spindle tuber.

These virus diseases can only he found when the potato plants are in leaf. By taking advantage of this testing service in Florida. the producer gains an advantage of one year in knowing the qual- ity of the seed that he produces.

When lll('y were harvested last fall, a sample of 600 tubers was taken from the potatoes lifter they were placed in the storage bins of anyone wishing to have his seed so tested. This sample was taken to Charlottetown, and with all other samples, forward- ed to Florida.

It is reported unofficially that sometime in April. an Isiand-own- ed draggcr will scout the waters north of Cape Breton. and adjac- ent to the Magdalene Islands in an effort to locate the early spring schooling grounds of had- dock, cod, and other marketable fish. The draggcr may also carry equipment with which to fish the tasty and highly commercial Rose fish, or sea perch which is always a good seller on the American market.

The areas which will be explor- ed are beyond the reach or range of small off-shore fishing craft, and have not been seriously in- vcstigatcd in many years.

Any worthwhile discoveries will be highly advantageous to the growing fleet of Island draggers. which will total five this spring and possibly eight in late summer. All of the Island owned drag- gcrs will once more be based at Souris. where considerable devel- opment and extension is being made to the fish handling facil- ities of the Eastern Fisheries, and the Eastern Cold storage. East- ern Fisheries is once more-as it did last year-enlarging and im-

proving its f ish-processing build- ing located on the Companyls Wharf. Up town Eastern Cold

Storage space is being greatly en- larged to keep step with the ex- pected increase in fish landings, because of the upswing in the number of modern draggers. The enterprising Eastern Fish- The menace of Communism in the field of education was em- phaslzed in a striking address de- livered at Prince of Wales College Watson Kirk-

Mm-ch may have come 1,, mm altil three hours after the sche- lamb in traditional fashion. but it duled time The tram from Scum was wringing the lion's tall as it W35 ml" hwrs 13"” Wm” 1" W35

position said he went overseas last "mm b? D” . because there was a job of work co""ell' Pfeslderft M Afladm Um", 10 be done 1" protecting H". versity. Di. Kirkconnells address

was the third in the annual series

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End. The wont of the mam, stmmsl reported that trouble developed this Province has suffered this season hit the Island Saturdayl night and all day Sunday to make. the problem of transportation an almost impossible one.

A comparison with the snowfall of the winter of 1941-42. consid- ered one of the worst in many years, shows that there were 124.8. inches of snow down during the,

months of November. December.. January and February that year.' So far this winter the samel

months have produced 106 inches. '

Yesterday's storm brought the, heaviest snowfall or the year tot date, despite the terrific storms under which the Province has pre-: viously suffered. A total of over ., inches of snow tell yesterday to. demoralize all traffic and com-' pletely ruin the work of plows since Thursday. l

Fire of undetermined origin Sat-ll urday night sent. four Charlottetown people to hospital suffering from minor burns and the effects of smoke. One of them was Dt-'ective Sergeant A..1. (Tony) Lund who was overcome by smoke after an heroic rescue as he carried one of the victims from an tlppcr storey in. the house to the ground floor i

The blaze started on the second. floor of P rooming house operated by Mrs. James Campbell H9 Pow- nal street. and although thorn was little general damage. the firc be- ing confined to the room in which it. started. the effects of the rc-

iafter snow got into the

engine. when the train leaves Elmira this morning for the city it too will be headed by a wing plow.

Mir. Lcsier (Chuck) Maci.eod, 36. a resident of Murray River, was found dead yesterday afternoon in a snow drift about an eighth of a mile from Murray River on the Point Pleasant road. lie was warmly clad wearing overall pants. heavy jumper, cap and rubber boots.

The body was discovered by Mr. Cyrus MacLeod about 3 p. in. while he was travelling from Point Pleasant to Murray River. In his testimony given at the inquest last night at the public hall at Murray River. Mr. Macbeod said that he had noticed a dark object on the road which at first he thought a horse blanket. but on moving clos- er discovered that it was a person. He immediately continued to Murray River where he informed Glen MacKinnon and Sandy Dut- ney, who returned with him to the scene. Dr. M.L. Bonneil of Murray River was informed. who phoned the RC.M P., Montague detach- ment, who, because of the impass- ntilc roads were unable to get to the scene. The body was then mov- ed to the public hall. where the inquest was held last night,

-An unusual and important ex- change of management took place at. Crapaud last week when two men, prominent in the business

doing it and finally decided to enter civic politics as giving him a chance to do something for the city in which he was brought up. He admitted that the job as Councillor and then Mayor took rt far greater proportion of his time than most men cared to give and the salary received was nothing short of ridiculous.

WEDNESDAY

Just how much the farm labor sltuation in this Province will be affected this year by the expected labor migration to Labrador and other far northern Canadian points is one which may cause concern to employm it officials.

Last year a large number of Island workmen. in both the skilled and unskilled classes, went

to Labrador where large con- struction projects were in pro- gress. This year it is believed

that the movement might involve upwards of 500 to 600 Islanders. To a great extent they would come from the farms of the Province. Although there is no great short- age of farm labor at the present time it is thought that approx- imately 200 men may be needed this spring when work is begun. But this total could be swelled considerably if men start leaving for greener industrial fields. Shortages of labor are not felt

. Mr. Harry Dawson. Augustine ICovc. received word recently from ,ihc E. 1. Potato Marketing

Board that his sample of Green

Wnlnil Smuke l7mV3d W0 much f9?.me of that area. changed pom,” Mountain seed potatoes that Im- residents in the house at the timeulom of great responsibility Wm, derwent the Florida test is com.

Suffering minor burns were Mrs.l

James Campbell. llcr rialuzltteri Miss Margaret Campbell. R.N. and

each other. One of the inert, Mr. Brent C. Wood. took over an important

plctely free of all virus disease. It is believed that of the thir- teen Island samples found free of

Dr. Roland Howatt. who had beell,scc,.ct,mnl posmon am... remmg disease, Mr. Dawson has the only

residing at the hflilse for some time. Detective Sgt. Lultrl wits ovcr-

come by smoke aftcr fl,-.-htinq hlsnhat, has had .1 gross turnover 5; lcs way throttclt filo housc in a sue-i

cessftil effort to slivr: Mrs. Como- bell. All victims were still in thei

;from the ownership of a large ,geueral merchandising business

approximately two million dollars in the last twenty-six years. The other mail. Mr. William

Green Mountain seed that passed lihe test. The other twelve samp- that were successful inclini- cd Cobblers. Schagos, Katlthdin and Ca'nso.

This test which

was conducted

gm,-1ogm,own Ho-pital last night. Waddell. during the last. fiveyears at Olmstcad. Florida.-is made to

but were reported as making ex- cellent progress.

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Lectures and was heard by a large and appreciative audience. Taking for his theme "Totnlitarinn Edu- cation," the speaker cited chapter and verse from Communist auth- orities for his statements.

Dr. Frank Macxinnon. Principal of Prince of wales College, wel- comed the guests who included I-lis Honor Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse. Premier J. Walter Jones, and Mrs. Robertson. widow of the late Dr. Robertson in whose honor the lecture series was in- stituted. Mayor .1. D. Stewart, who was unable. to be present. was rep- resented by City councillor George Keefe.

Dr. MacKlnnon paid warm trib- ute to the late Dr. Robertson, portraying him as a great Canad- ian whom all remember with pride and gratitude, ll great teacher who not only lnspirect his own stu- dents, but who left a rich heritage for future generations. He said there were teachers "Who are an abiding influence and presence in the minds of those whom they taught. These do rare and lasting service to their time and genera- lion. and-their works live after them. That is our tribute to Dr. Robertson."

This Province continued dogged- ly the fight to dig its wily out of the huge snow drifts piled up in recent storms and added to by Sunday's big onc.

Yesterday nil Government. plows were out bucking the piles of snow and managed to get the road to Molliague open as far as Pownal. Plows were also on the St. Peter's llightvay. but al- though it was piotvcd it is not open for traffic any further than to the York Road. Offlclnls how- ever. expect to have it open early today. -

On Route 2A. the Burden road via Bonslttlw was rcported open about half-way to Crrlpaud. Last night the plow from Crnpllud wns

working towards Bonsltaw while the plow from Bonshaw was king towards the City. Tile n highway to Summerside and Borden was open only as fnr as Wlnsloe with heavy going being encountered all the way. Canadian National Railways of- ficials reported all main lines clear of snow and passing tracks being opened up. The train from here to Borden was 20 minutes late yesterday morning while the incoming train last night arrived here two hours and thirty min- uiea lste. Officials said the de- lay was caused on the mainland.

as good as Swedish crafts. stated Mr. lllis Rouiston. director of the Mt. Allison University Depart- ment of Applied Arts when address- ing si group at the Charlottetown Hotel on Monday evening on the subject of "lflndlcrafts in Sweden.” Swedish crafts are among the out- standing in the world and Mr. noulston has' recently returned from a sixteen month visit to Ewe- den to study its crafts. , "The Swedes use A rials such as you have yoursolvss'. he said. "They make s great deal of use of birch; their clay is much like tire

and their wool is in texture to the wool '1 uoed here in Prince ldward . M s

adlan provinces. but even some centres in the Unlud ltstsl draw upon Prince ldwsnl Island sources for their wool and we can't. under- Itlnd Why you don't lasso more use of it yourselves."

The occasion .of Mr. ltouhi.on's

address was the opening of the ex- hlbitlon of handicrafts from boron Osnada which has been

orgasm by the Prince ldward Island -Arts and crafts Guild with the assist-,

-iu A my:-4-w

There Is no reason why Prince Edward Island crafts shouldn't in

matter of fact. not only other 0sti- snlmo

fl the road from lot-don to

slice of the provincial branches of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild in Alberta and Quebec, the Handi- crafts Divislon of the Nova Bootla Department of Trade and Indust- ry. the Bsskutchewan Arts Board. the Travel Bureau and the Jubilee Guild of at. John's. Newfoundland, the l-Iolnect-aft shop of Charlotte- town. and individual craftsmen in New Brunswick and Ontario. Work front Manitoba and British Cclum- bla was also invited but it was not possible to have it sent at this time.

THURSDAY

Approximately so name plates will be needed for the various in- tersectfons to indicate the streets in the Parkdale ares. it was announc- ed last night at the monthly meet- ing of the Parkdale Men's Associ- ation. The District Improvement Committee of the Association is investigating the possibility of ob- taining the plates and although some estimates were offered .last night it was decided to study the matter further.

Prince Edward Island led all Provinces in Canada in the per- centage of Grade A hogs marketed through inspected plants during the montir of January. according to an official report received from the Department of Agriculture. The average for this Province was al- most 20 per cent higher than that for Canada as a whole.

The percentage figures for the Provinces were: P.E.l. 48.9; N.S. 36.1: N.B. 33.1: Que. 27.9: Ont. 33.2: Man. 23.1: Sask. 26.0 Alta. 24.4; B.C. 27.0; Average 29.2.

In

several daring emergency flights Mr. Elton Woodsidc. known locally as the flying farm- er. piloted his single-cngincd

Fleet Cllnuck aircraft into the ice- bound harbor of North Rustlco yesterday to evacuate four hos- pilitl cases. a. newly born infant, two confinement cases and an- other girl suffering from an un- defined illness.

The air rescues were made ne- cessary by the-recent snowstorms which have completely blocked the road in from Hunter River. The only means of transportation other than by air is by horse and sleigh.

A suggestion that all swine pro- ducers llcre should make an effort to hi.tve all their market hogs yield at least 150 lbs. hoi. drcsscd weight in order to secure government premiums was made by Mr. W. H. Clay, Senior Live- stock Ficlrlman.

When asked for nn observation of the recent chllngc in the Fed- crnl hog premium policy Mr. Clay said that on and after March 4. and while the new system is in operation the Government will not pay premiums on hogs dress- ing under 150 lbs hot dressed weight. He added that while the s2 premium is now in effect for A-Iype hogs weighing from 150 lbs to 180 lbs hot weight and the 51 premium covers B-type hogs weighing over a 150 lbs hot weight, the packers will continue to apply the usual discounts on hogs dressing over 170 lbs hot weight.