At yesterday’s Spring Beef Show one several cattle ewners donated portions of their money to charity. Boyd Dixon of Clyde River donated

TIMMY BENEFITS |

| $50 from his grand champion steer sale money to crippled

children’s work. Shown above, making the presentation to 1962 Timmy, Vincent Court of

Tourist Inquiries

Up 50 Per Cent

BY RALPH CAMERON Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer Distant fields may look green- er, but sometimes the lushest meadows are right next door. At least the recent experience | of the Travel Bureau would tend to indicate this may be true. Last month, the bureau insert- ed one of their advertisements

in a leading French publica- tion in Quebec. ad was in French, and apparently had

such ‘an impact on the reading public in that province, that within four days there were 1,- 000 queries received here from interested tourists. BANNER YEAR SEEN

Right now all indications point to another banner year in| the tourist industry jes from potential tourists to the Travel es oe surpassing all previous r

The first ares months this year are up nearly 50 pe cent from 4,190 to 6,281, and the final total is expected to far surpass last year’s 12-month re-, cord of 27,000. Admitting that all people who

quire about this province as a Veusnbiin place do not come

here, nevertheless there sree

ently is an existing ratio ‘be- tween the number of inquiries and the subsequent number of | arriving visitors

Last year set a record high

in the number of letters receiv-!

ed at the Travel Bureau; it also set people who came and the) money they spent while here. $8 MILLION INDUSTRY

Hon. J. D. Stewart, minister of tourist development, an-

nounced the industry had clim-|

bed into third place in the Is- land’s economy and last

ESTERN BRIEFS

MacINNIS FUNERAL — The funeral for George MacInnis took place Friday afternoon at Trinity United Church with Rev. C.R, Webber as officiating cler-

gyman. Hymns sung were “Je-) and} “What a Friend We Have In Je-| sus.” Mrs. Eric Sheen was or-|

sus, Lover of My Soul”

ganist, Members of the Loyal Orange Lodge attended in a bo- dy and conducted a service at the graveside. Interment was in the peoples’ cemetery. P all- bearers were Allison Harris, Stewart Wright, Waldo Gardin- er, Thorne Affleck, Lemuel Tren and Burton Rix.

‘

as inquir-|

records for the number of |

year |

| pao over $8 million in ‘new’ mon The first three months of -this

year have seen a tremendous)

| upward surge im the number of inquiries received from pros- pective tourists.

Last month, there was a jump of 59 per cent in the num- ber over March of last year. February showed a 42 per cent

increase over the corresponding |

month of 1961 and January was up 38 per cent. | Just what this will all mean jto the Island in 1962 is diffi- cult to say, and even that ve- | teran of the industry, George | Fraser, director of the Tra- ve] Bureau, refuses to make any predictions.

However, if the vast quantity

‘HighwayDamage : Rapidly Repaired ;

The contractor firm of Mathe- son and MacMillan yesterday

| completed the ee of = The work i P

| planking o1 bridge, but no caste’ has vai crossed over the new span. The erection of railing is expected to be completed this morning so that traffic should be able to re- sume over the bridge by noon | today i ‘The provincial department of

ghways yesterday reported al most of the paved highway damage caused by recent flood |conditions has been repaired, and all but a few major gap have been closed.

In Queens County all paved roads are passable except high- way bridges at Pisquid and

% a

Bedford is Mr. Dixon’s young son Mack who had earlier won the 4-H Club prize for show-

manship.

of mail pouring in daily to his office is any true indication a jump of 50 percent over last xoers tourist population is a trong possibility. Ae that would mean a whop- ping $12,000,000 industry for 1962. It is perfectly true that the figures used represent pure spe- culation on the part of this pa-

r

Pomp, Ceremony Mark = Closing Of Legislature

ISLAND NEWS PAG

Summerside and Prince County x

|The Guardian, Charlottetown, Sat., Apr. 7, 1962. 3)

r Assault Case

ls Adjourned

SUMMEREINS — The trial of rman Gallant, Summerside, a with assaulting James eae on the evening of March

MacLEOD Gun eeues Staff Writer Royal assent was given 54 ‘ills in the Legislature by | Lieutenant Governor F. W. man, who prorogued the fourth session of the 49th Gen- Ed-

In his prorogation speech, His

Honor said: ‘‘At the conclusion j of your legislative duties, I | have much p pleasure in con-

selves to the public business, and upon the useful measures which you have enacted.”

SAT IN CAMERA

Prior to the arrival of the Lieutenant Governor, the House sat in camera to receive the re- port of the contingent accounts committee. Passage was given to a bill to enable Provincial Treasurer Melvin — id appropriate $27,995,4 an amount budgeted to pel on the business of government for the current fiscal year, Opposition Leader A.W. Math- eson was unable to attend the closing, having been hospitaliz- ed last week due to what was

} | | |

a heart aration. — opposition leader for ti gg of the session on M.L. Bonnell (L-4th Kings), eg traditional paper haittle | broke out as His Honor left the | chamber. For a time the was filled with flying gare government and rs pelted pater are with copies . bills and reports that had been considered dur- ing the session. GUARD OF en

Units of 2 Miiti

made up a guard a one bg the Lieutenant emeeeee. a lowing closing of the Hou guard was reviewed Hn " :

onor.

Thursday night the House sat | until 11.30 to conclude its con- sideration of the budgetary esti- mates for government depart- | ments

Some of the major epee

a es

of ane provincial building, | and a civil service act.

Scottish

22,/ numbers back for a third

24, committing harm, omer a at the request of |

utor George R. ae dag — was unable to be ioeeeeet.

remanded until

‘an - a Secteke Richard 8S. Hinton QC. J.Watson Mac- Naught QC., is defence counsel and indicated bail would be ap- plied i later in the day.

‘south tracks Saturday evening March 24. James Hustler of Summerside was stabbed in the arm and leg in the fracas, which oo in the charge against

Concert Is Enjoyed

MONTAGUE — “We are de lighted with crowd and their reception of our band and | program,’ Stat | Fraser following the Scottish

The grand champion steer in the Easter Beef Sale yesterday was owned oyd Dixon, Clyde River, and was shown

GRAND CHAMPION STEER

by his son. Mack. Shown above with the champion is Ronald Blizzard, head buyer for Dom- inion Stores Ltd., in N.B. and

P.E.I. and Boyd Dixon. The firm paid $1,041.86 for the champion steer, which weigh- ed 922 pounds. .

| concert last night af Montague which featured the Lovat Scots | band and dancers. It was a very appreciative audience that brought some

Royal Scarlet Elects Slate

|

| time. Mr. Fraser also express- | ed his pleasure - the support-

per, but figures representing the increase in inquiries received are facts. r. Fraser readily | supplied the facts, but refused to draw any inferences from mae He would only say ano- her good tourist year appear-

a to be in sight.

One of the factors making possible tourist spending diffi- cult to assess is the swiftly- growing number of visitors who prefer to spend their holiday un- der canvas. They, arrive com- plete with small trailer, or overhead rack, carrying all tent- ing supplies.

While these visitors swell the, total number of tourists, they make no appreciable impact on requests for tourist accommo-| dations in the recognized sum- mer hotels.

|

§| tions in many areas is reported

Glencoe. These two bridges will | require major construction work gin | next wee! le All gaps are closed in Prince} County highways except bridge washout at Ross’ Corner. The department expects this |

Tignish Variety Show Aids

Retarded Children’s Ass‘n

TIGNISH — A variety was presented at Tignish High School on Tuesday evening by of talented people from Alberton and other West- ern points on the Island for the benefit of the Retarded Chil ren’s Association at Tignish. John Barrett acted as master ceremonies to a well-filled auditorium that was opened by a medley of fast tunes on the violin by Henry Myers and Mrs. Frances Larter at the piano, The latter served as accompan- ae “in = of the members. young ladies under PA eee: 7 Wayne Mc- Kinnon sang @ of Tri songs. This was | Manoa 7 solo very beautifully viaheeul Mrs. Helen Audette, follow- by a tap dance by Lorrain ro of Summerside ry Myers followed with an adnate solo and a solo by Jerry O’Brien, os a step dance by Andrew Ars t was fol- lowed by a qaunal: Cyril and | Roy Leard, Albert Noonan and Douglas Pickard, who sang sev- era Step ing Hugh McGregor, O'Leary was

Mrs. by Pat McKinnon.

bridge to be open for traffic on Monday. In Kings ore - May oc passable except washgut at Sidentonn: This. ” ee ee = be repaired about a) week fi toda Patecstie road drying condi-

to be erasing much of the mud and water on secondary and

branch roads.

LEISURELY VACATION

It's potato harvesting time in Florida reports Ernest Foster, and Mrs. Foster who returned a few days ago from a leisurely vacation trip which took them over thousands of more than six weeks. The harvesting started there April 1 and it will be general by the middle of this month, they report.

The weather was so dry that the growers were forced to irri- gate every day of the week, to maintain the

The Fosters visited one Has-

LATE NOTICES

tings farm where the grower had a yo bags of Sebago seed. He

: (Also see guncuncements | te spute oe Peron setuans Temi Moises were sling fr for ae per yg he on nee

ey report were

MANSON — At Charlottetown on eng oer pple _ pound in newera ee aoe Georgia and grapes at 10 cents ; ing at te * oe aes with the Home re spent

oe ~

noon, then to United Baptist

; ing at 2.30 p.m. Interment in * cemetery. At 16 Passmore | 1962, Ci

months.

Domin- . Hugh

for service commenc-|

indy | There

orl oo where they saw an entire eatin given over to a flower how. There oon table bou- quets, corsages, flowers

| flower anieeate and garden

lbs had exhibits of their own. : exhibits

3

2

7 &!

sence oo fruit, vegetables, grass peanuts among other

for our ex- | hibition here”, they believe. Potatoes were not as good, though, as the P.E.T. they od. There were Tdaho and

| Tris, Bliss,

Potato Harvesting |: Underway In Florida =:

» Alpha Y's Men : Inducts Slate

Regional director of Y's Men's Clubs, rence Mercer, Sum. merside, inducted the new ex- ecutive of the Alpha Y’s is See's club at its regular weekly meet- ing lest re

Members of the executive in- clude George Wright, president, Robert Williams, 1st sident; Dr. Paul

were Lester Keizer, R.H. Bar-

31 cents a box. Florida tempera- be tures ran from 80 to $7 dezrees while they were there.

The Fosters were impressed by the Cypress Gardens which | have four varieties of pa bananas, pineapples and tropical plants of kinds. The gar- os were started from a swamp |

aher saw the Ringling mans- fon and a at Sarasota

| with western euliane and Way 1

eae §

ir. ly and emphasized the impo!

| ance of proper directing of re

minds of the country’s youth pe N wl encourage Christian

tt vn noted - the Y’s Men’s movement has 657 clubs in 39 countries

world. “Fitty delegates were able to internati

he B ‘s Fund. This first these delegates the opportunity to meet

of ‘ife .

|

and crossed to St. Petersburg on the 15-mile ie Skrray Bridge. They visited Silver and the

Walk-Wait

z. Lights Slated

Tin order to obtain a greater

iS

i 4

i hy

The next number was a | by Wayne McKinnon a

other: by his brother little Garth McKinnon always steals the hearts of any — ence he sings before.

Kinnon, Summerside - tertained with a tap dance. Little Debbie McCue all dressed up | in her Easter attire eee | everyone with Marilyn Gay of Recmmasune danced an Irish jig, Joseph Gal- lant ae about Mrs. Murphy s Chowd:

No rie show was ever complete without some one steal- ing the show and this was done

by James O’Brien, a 78--year- | old step dancer, who really put on a tapping display long to be |

remem! ;

One Irish breakdown in cos- tumes of long ago brought the evening tertainment al a

Worshipful Commander Ernest A. Moore presided.

Officers elected for 1962 were as follows: worshipful com- mander Harvey Colwill, =)

ed the audience and perform- ers and congratulated Mr. and

rs. ser, organizers of the band stating there was a ter- Pi amount of work behind t

scenes in organizing such | brooke, past worshipful 2 band pecially when they mander, E.A. Moore, wllcugng vag from such scattered side, deputy worshipful com- fe as Belfast, Charlottetown, mander, Hillard Simpson, St. | Kensinaton, Tryon, Stanhope. | wleanors; chaplain, Lester | Montague area, Brooklyn and Beck, Summerside, scribe, | ee: Bennett Jenkins, Summerside: ncert sponsored jreasurer, E.A. Moore; marshal, by the naciegiia aah oe Spurgeon’ Stewart, Summerside; pioviartnwwy _ first lecturer, Frank Rowe, oe fesscrvangho- second _ lecturer, esley Currie, srgesae a | ae t conductor Waldo Beck Tests Postponed lees ws: second conductor. Adrian Dekker, Sherbrooke; For Fishermen Ae ald, Archie Ramsay, Ken. | The tests scheduled April 10,| sington; sentinel, Arthur Galp-

‘hin, Summerside.

WEATHER

{11 and 12 for Island fishermen | | seeking to obtain their tempor-

ary master’s certificates have been postponed, Travel Bureau Director George Fraser said

Billy MacMillan Gets Goal As St. Mike’s Win —A

HAMILTON (CP) goalie

| who watched the first two min-

utes of the game from the| stands took over in the nets for St. Michael's College Majors Friday to turn back 39 shots as Majors blanked Hamilton Red Wings 2-0 in the first game of their best-of-seven Memorial Cup Eastern semi-final.

S game will be at Tor- onto Sunday and the third here Wednesday.

Bill McNabb, was whip into service when regular net- minder Gary Smith pulled a leg muscle while making a sprawl- ing save 6n Pit Martin at 2:08 of the first period.

From ‘then on, with a stone- wall defence in front of him, the 19-year-old McNabb rose to spectacular heights to hold out the OHA junior A champions.

Buddy Blom, at the other end, made only stops and he couldn't be faulted for the two that counted.

Defenceman Ray Dupont scored the winners first goal. With Hamilton’s Howie Mena and Larry Ziliotto and St. Mike’s Barry MacKenzie serv- minor penalties, Dupont took |

a pass from Gary Dineen at the Hamilton defence, went around | Bob Wall Ly pushed the puck into the n

The sec cons goal came with | only three seconds left with Bill MacMillan scoring.

| last night. | The examinations have been ‘UTCS: Min, Max. | rescheduled for April 16, 17 and i 4b

| 18 in Charlottetown. | Daw pure rates Ua 51 | Mr. Fraser said the postpone-| Victoria i 3

ment was made necessary due to oe biviesiowate . =

the inability of the chief examin- Cae re ae taster 15 24 jer, Capt. Leblanc, of Montreal Baa ee ee ee ts en ee Ottawa ...ceeeceees 32 Hl

Some 24 men took the recent) ebec pees S 62 navigation course at the Voca-| Fredericton «.-----

i : Saint John ...+. + 26 54 tional School which leads to the ManGtD 32 ae tests for the master’s certif-| VODC\O" "95 52 {cates. | Halifax ....-+seeees 3° SS beri lottetown Weis 32 54

cL ssialbulpeaae 30 51 ; = i dilvawa *» 57 Nothing Less St, John’s, Nfld... 29 38

HALIFAX (CP)—The: weather | office says clouds are expected | to spread southward and bring | light showers of rain and some | coastal fog to the district. A lit- \tle clearing of the skies could

Than $3,000 | Is Labor View

“From the point of view

labor, anything less than $3,000' northern regions of New Bruns-| missionary, Linda Matheson: | the modern = 2 sae a year of take-home pay is not) wick, but another system mov-| social, Everett Johnston. centrally located a reasonable family wage inj|ing from the south will likely! For its program, the group $ STERLING HOTEL

| Charlottetown", Dr. Brendan! bring precipitation again Sun-|

| O'Grady suggested to some 30 day.

persons attending the fifth meet- Regional forecasts:

ing of the Labour School con- Halifax and vicinity, south ducted by the Social Action De-| shore, eastern shore: Cloudy partment of St. Dunstan’s Uni- with coastal fog; scattered rain-

showers beginning about -noon; the | continuing mild; south winds 15. \ideal’’, the speaker said, ‘‘and| Low-high at Halifax 37 and 52, until the ideal is achieved the| Yarmouth and Goshen 35 approach of labour in collective and 50. Outlook for Sunday: bargaining will seem to be ag- Rain gressive. After that we can look| Annapolis | Sasmemeees eae es atte Nova Scotia: Cloudy; scattered | complete co-operation between rainshowers in the morning and | labour and management” afternoon; continuing mild; » ‘a thr fu factors which south winds 15. Low-high at cite Geek, engage Kentville 32 and 52, New Glas. | of workers. the conditions of | 20W 32 and 50. Outlook for Sun- | | the business and the require-| day: RAIN. ments of the common good Cape Breton: Clear, deeting | yong discussing the points| over late in the morning; fog view of both labor and mana-| patches during morning; scat: | ent on wages, hours and tered rainshowers beginning in |

| versity on April 2. ‘This amount is still not

Valley,

j ‘fem

LIVESTOCK

MONTREAL (CP) — Calves were steady to $2 lower and cat- tle and hogs steady to 50 cents | higher on the Montreal livestock | markets this-week. Trading was generally active and demand

Receipts this week were: 1,302 ttle, 3,202 calves, 1,176 hogs and 16 sheep and lambs. Last

eers sold at 25.50- 25.85, a to ry 24.50-25.35, medium 21.50-24.25 and common 16.75-22. Medium heifers were 19 and common ee . a

dium 16-17.25, voentinee 14 425-16 | and canners and cutters 6-14.50. Good bulls were 19.50 - 21.25 and common and medium 1i1- 19.50. ae vealers sold at % - W,

week a receipts were 1,508. |

orking conditions, Dr. O'Grady | afternoon; pe touched on the role of gov-| perature; south winds 15. Low ernment in labor relations. In| high at Sydney 28 and 50. Out- {reply to questions from the | look for Sunday: | group, the speaker explained| Prince Edward Island: Cloudy some aspects of eenstilation and with scattered rainshowers

| arbitration. MOUNTAIN STATES | tinuing mild; The Balkan states of southern! Low-high at Europe got their designation tm| at 55. Outlook the 19th century from the Turk-| Rain ish word meaning mountain Eastern N.B

Charlottetown 32 for Sunday:

Counties, lower

| TORONTO (CP) — Tempera- |

of then occur late today in the) appointed:

northern |

little change in a

the morning and ‘afternoon; con.- | south winds 15. |

| i. 4 S'side Discusses Sewer Problems

SUMMERSIDE — The munic- | council which met as a commit-— ipal problems related to the tee to consider forthcoming cap building of the 275 new rental ital improvements in under- housing units at Hillcrest Park, ground services, sewage treat- and difficulties encountered last ment, street, sidewalk, curb and

weekend from overloaded sec- gutters |tions of the sanitary sew- | The excess water infiltration |age system which caused water | caused by the more than three to backup into a number of base- | inch rainfall last weekend was |ments, were discussed Wednes- | traced to a number of partly day by the Summerside town | completed structures of the Hill- | crest development where water |eollected in the basements and entered the sanitary sewerage eon through floor drains; coup! with surface water en-

St. John River Valley: Cloudy | | with coastal fog; scattered rain- | showers; continuing mild; winds

| south 15. Low-high at Moncton | ; : tering the system through the 32 and 55, eee oe ee covers of manholes situated im | Saint John 35 and 56. the streets carrying a large | for Sunday: Rain. amount of surface run-off.

Upper St. John River Valley, | P Sia, partially relieve this situa- Bay of Chaleur: Cloudy with) on, all available portable

scattered rainshowers, clearing | | by evening; very mild but turn-| ‘pumps, ash Oe oe jing colder in the afternoon; | | pointed out the SecueaD of {south winds 15 diminishing in| relief sewer installations, Pe desiseeaeat a asad aie gall 2 eartouiaag at the electric light ’ ond, Lower Arcona Street, bellton 36 and 40. Outlook for| Notre Dame Street at Green Sunday: Variable cloudiness. Road, King Street and Water Street. Some of the above | to as arene, ear items are now on the drawing | Rustico at 7.32 a.m. and 8.52 | board. } | same Summerside tide eighteen| Sewage disposal and treat- minutes later than Charlotte-| ment methods which have been |town. Sun rises today at 5.36 | of interest to the present and /and sets at 6.29 and rises Sun-| past council for some time was | day at 5.34 and sets at 6.30. brought to a head by a visit of leoat A a representative of a national fear ioe . a a ao ot consulting engineering firm | p.m. High tide at Rustico, Sun- who anticipate sending a ei d A 8, 8.12 at: 49 | sentative into the area for a | wee pr. a.m cursory investigation of | problems involved on an explor- atory basis only.

Milton AYPA Has A general discussion followed oO

n the uncompleted portion of Literary Meet | the 1961 capital program, toge

| The St. John’s Milton AYPA ther with anticipated 1962 re met for its regular literary | quirements, program which meeting on March 31, at the/| will take some additional study. home of Myrna and oid Coles: | 00 ih eae ean

Plans for the AYPA variety concert to be held in Kensington were made.

The following conveners were literary, Enid Coles; |

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May aa

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Donovan & Gormley 309 Grafton St.

@ garbage and refuse pick-up

@ light cartage

@ parcel delivery

Phone

4-4617

for fast efficient city-wide delivery

|

THE SUMMERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE GUILD

“OKLAHOMA!”

ATTENTION KENSINGTON AND VICINITY

Kerisington Co-op will be closed for grinding and mixing the week of April 16th, due to necessary overhaul of diesel engine. Farmers are urged to have their mixing requirements done before that date.

Robert Cousin’s Mill, Darnley, will be grinding and mixing aa usual with eomplete line of Coop feeds and concentrates,

Jt

Tuesday and Wednesday, April 10th & Tith 8:30 P.M.

SUMMERSIDE CIVIC AUDITORIUM

Admission: $1.00 —====—