APRIL 8. 1952

THE GUARDIAN.

CHARLOTTETOWN

PAGE FIVE

Fmier Scores - Statement By C.B.ll.E. leader

Tex-ming it4"insurreciion in our midst.” Premier .1. Walter Jones yesterday took issue with I letter ippearing in The Guardian yes- terday morning signed by Mr. Alex MacLesn, president of the local branch of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employ-

res.

The Premier was referring to the stoppage of the car ferry M.V. Abcgweit during the railway strike and said the Federal Government must be forcibly reminded that the ferry service is to-be kept operat- ing regardless of what arises.

He objected to a remark in the letter which doubted that "even the Honorable Premier could find enough scabs to operate the boat. to say nothing of clock hands. and the problem of getting them to and from the ferry." Premier Jones said this was a serious matter in that it intimated there might. he fights on the pier.

April Meeting Of Trinity W. M: S.

The April meeting of the We- man's Missionary Society of Tri- nity Church was held in Heartz Memorial Hall on Thursday. Ap- ril ard. ,

The president Mrs. Lee Saun- ders was in the chair. This being the Easter meeting the service began with the hymn 'Thc Day of Resurrection". This hymn. known as the Golden Canon. was written by St. John of Damas- cus. a distinguished hymnist and one of the greatest scholars and poets of his time.

The meditation was based on Solomon 2nd chapter. ilth and 12th verses. 'Lo the winter is past: the time of singing birds is come"

Miss Mabel Newsom led in prayer. The minutes of the March

meeting were read and approved. Mrs. Burgess reported eighty-five visits to homes and forty to the hospital during the past month.

Miss Gwen Taylor with the president took the members on an imaginary plane trip starting at Halifax and visiting different Mission Stations across Canada. A social cup of tea, and light. re- freshments. brought a very inter- esting meeting to a close.

Cord Of Thanks

I wish to sincerely thank the doctors. nurses. orderilcs and all my friends, who visited me and sent flowers. gifts. cards and letters during my recent stay as a patient In the P. E. Island Hospital, Charlottetown.

Preston .1. St-ntncr.

I BIRTHS. MARRIAGE! DEATHS 50: per Insertion

BIRTHS .

WILLET - At the Prince count Hospital on Sunday. April 6th. 1962. to Mr. and Mrs. Murray Wiliet. a daughter. Diane Marie. Weight 7 lbs. 3 cu.

MORRISON -- At Grace Hospital. Toronto. March '29th. 1962. to Mr. and Mira. Leslie Morrison, (nee Shirley Linkietter) 240 Norihcliff Road. a. son, Robin Lirikletter Mor- rison. 8 lbs. 1 or.

MIADONALD -- At the King's County Memorial Hospital. April 5. 1952. to Mr. andlMrs. D. N. MacDonald, Hcstherdale. a naugh- ter. Joyce Catherine. ,

LIDSTONE-At the P. E. I .l-Ios- pital on April 5th. to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lldstone (nee Eliz- abeth Agnew) a son, David Alex- ander, weight 8 lbs. 6 112 ozs.

WARD - At the P. E. I. Hospital on Monday. April '1, 1952. to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ward. a son. David Bertram. weight. 8 lbs.. 5 on.

ITOGEBBON - At the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Medford. Mass. on Mlrch 20th. 1952. to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Rcgerson. Hampton. P. E. 1.. a son. '1 lbs. 1114 cu.

GREEN - At the Charlottetown Hospital on April 6th. 1962. to Mr. and Mrs. John Eldon Green. Char- lottetown. ti son. John Eldon. DEATHS

GILLIS - Passed away suddenly at. her hcme in Seattle. washing- ton. on March 19th. 1952. Florence (Mscdonald) Gillls. widow of Alex- ander J. Giilis and daughter of flu iste Nell and Catherine (Mc- Leod) Msedonald of Itoaeberry. Prince Edward Island.

HUGHES-At the Charlottetown Hospital on Monday, April 7. Edward Hughes of Scoichfort, in his 68th year. His rcmslns- will rest M the A. A. Iicnncssey Fun- eral Home. The funeral will take place on Wednesday morning at 8:30 to St. Bonnve-nfurc's Church, Tracadie. Interment in the church cemetery.

CALLIECK - At the Prince County Hospital) Summerside. on Mon ny. April 7, Howard Callbeck

of ryon. The remains will. be i arded from the Compton nersi Home at noon today.

(Tuesday) to his his residence

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COOK'S for Perfect. Pictures. 'rowu' TAXI-Phone zaoo-322.

JUST ARRIVED skirts in all spring colors. Kennedy'atLsdlea' Wear.

FUNERAL AT NORTH WILT- sl-IIIIE - The funeral o ftbe late Elmer plow was held from his residence at North Wiltshire yes- terday sfternoon. Service at the house and grave were conducted by Rev. Mr. Christie. Interment was in North Wiltshire cemetery. The honorary psil bearers were Leonard Bowman. Bruce Doiron. Amos Monaghan. Lewis MscPher- son. George Mac.Lean. Edison Easter. Robert Duncan. The active pail bearers were William Goody. William Cullen. Murdock. Mac- Leod, Everett Nicholson. Alex- ander Mscbeod. Cecil Campbell.

Piano Recital

A very pleasing piano recital. was presented by the junior stu- dents In the auditorium of Saint Joseph's Convent, recently. The parents attended in large num- bars to see their little tots per- form for the first time. lOther more advanced students made a very creditable demonstration of their technical skill on the keys.

The recitation "The Market Square" and ”A Folk Dance", a selection by the Rhythm Orches- tra added pleasing variety to the programme which was as fol- lows:

Welcome Song, Choral Group

Mother Calls Me, J. MacDonald

Apple Blossoms. J. A. Davies

Humming. C. Cullen '

Big Ships. Paula Reddin

The Postman, C. Connors

Boy of China, K. Mahnr

Camplown Races. A. Affleck

Going to Sleep. C. Power

An Irish Tune. N. Williams

Traffic Cop, Jenny Phelan

Waltzing. S. rWard

Indian Tom-Toms, M. Gillan

Gay is the Rose, S. Flynn

Recitation, The Dead Doll-A. Noonan Lightly Row. C. oseph A Little Medley. . Dowling

Mnrchlng Soldiers. C. James The Cuckoo. B. Doyle The Blue Bells of S.. C. nors

The Wind, D. MacQusrris Robin Hood, A. Coker On the River, D. I-Iandrahan The Blacksmith. A. Noonan

I Love Little Pussy. D. Hogan Mary Had a Little Lamb, A.

Murnaghun

Remembrance. M. Shannon Fox Hunt. B. Blanchard

Spring Song. M. A. Durant

In the Moonlight. P. Malone Folk Dance, Grade V Girls Lullaby, R. Jnlbert

Donkey Riding. L. Paoli

Indian War Dance, P. Murray Valse. G. Decoste

Rosette. B. Chcverie

Oranges and Lemons. E. Hand-

rahan March of the Gnomes, W. Mc- Quaid

Rosemary. D. Rush

The Tulip. P. lbecoste

Olivc's .Wnltz. W. Hogan Recitation: Market Square-The

Juniors

Gully Singing. 5. Stanley

Blue Danube. H. MacDonald Ship Ahoy. P. Ward

Romance in F, E. Smith Swanee River. M. Waye Rigoletto. P. Murnaghan

Rose Petals. M. Carragher Scherzo. D. Kays

Round the Village. 3. Griffin Auld Lang Syne. I. Roberts

Con-

Feathsred Songsters. .1. Mc- Guigsn Turkey in the Straw. Rhythm

Band A Waltz, R. Lund Jolly Darkies, H. Kays and M. Cerragher. - God Save the Queen.

14' SPEAKERS Continued from page 1

disagreed with previou's remarks ;that contractors charged more to build roads and said. "If you ws.nl. to do a job poorer and have it cost more. get the Government to do it". Contractors had to learn "the hard way", he stated.

He briefly mentioned the "won- derfui" Saskatchewan Government of the C. C. F. party which was "go- ing to do everything for notning" and said. that was not possible. He too wondered why the Leader of the Opposition stayed on a farm under the conditions he had men- tioned. He said farming was a real ” ' for real farmers and that never before had the farmers re- ceived so much help from the Gov- ernment as today. He favored the comin here of immigrants and said they could take unused farms and soon rgake a good living from them.

Mr. Foley noted the money be- ing spent on education and said that so far as t.escliers' supple- ments were concerned the farm- ers in this Province were not tax- ed ss they were in other places and they should expect to make up the difference in pay to the teachers. I-ie "remarked that this was a good place to live and am- psred it with Britain where he said the cheese rstlon had been cut from I I-2 ounces per week to 1-: ounce and "the meat from nothing to loincthiit fen." He expressed the wish that this Pro- vince could bring in a Budget like that of Mr. Abbott at Ottawa with a huge surplus.

in Tryon. Funeral notice later.

ll.ll. Maclsatt

Imbssrakss

He the ht there was no other place in t world of the also of Charlottetown and Summernide obtaining the of air service we rooelve. He knew that we do not have everything we want and we probably never will have "as as matter of fact I don't think it was ordained that we should have.”

. in. latest cum

WC I Mr. Hubeurth(l!:udeG. Hat thing for the fimen of the

area lfga bait freezer were to be

Estimates Tourist Returns Million Dollars

Al 0ver Five

The tourist industry is worth upwards of five million dollars per year to this Province. Hon. J. Wilfred. Arsenault, Provincial Secretary. said last. night when he took part in the Budget de- bate in the Legislature.

The Minister also said it was an erroneous idea to believe that the tourist resort operator receiv- ed most of this money. He stated that a survey by the Canadian Government Travel Bureau show- ed that of the tourist dollar rc- tail merchants received 30 cents; restaurants and cafes 22 cents: accommodations 17 cents; gas... line 12 cents; amusements 9 cents; transportation 1 cents and in- cidentals 3 cents. -

Hon. Mr. Arsenault said that food requirements was a big item in the tourist business as he point- ed out the value to the farmers of this Province from the indus- try. Hs said that the travel i.l- dustry in one year can account for three and one-half million quarts of milk, two and one-quart- er million dozens of eggs. 180,000 pounds of butter. 7.000 beef cat- tie and 90.000 lambs. These fig- ures, the Minister said, showed that tourist industry was an lin- portant market for our produce.

In Canada as a whole he said that last year it ranked second only to the pulp and paper bust. rises as a means of bringing im- portant new money into the coun- l'Y- '

Outright Visitors

Mr. Arsenauli: did not hold with the belief that a great percent- age of the visitors were form.-r Isiandcrs returning to visit their folks. While he agreed that there were many in this classification he felt that the majority of tour- ists were outright visitors and pointed to the large number of "foreign" license plates to be seen outside hotels and cabins.

Irhe Provincial Secretary said that last year there were 48,802 automobiles arriving in this Pro- vince on the two ferry systems. In basing his 35 million estimate

of the worth of the industry lie

Hon. 1. Wilfred Arsonnuit

took only half of this total with the average load of passengers being 3.46 per car. This. he stat.- ed. worked out to a total of '15,. 000 visitors and on the basis of a survey it meant 525,000 visitor days. He said that a reasonable estimate would be 38 per day pcr person which brought the total revenue to the Province to 34.- 200,000.

In order to promote the indus- try the Department last year ad- vertised the hollday attractions of the Island in 17 United States and Canadian newspapers with a total circulation of 6,437,322. Hf- said that in addition to this the Tourist Bureau sent out many stories about the Province. with pictures, and he thought this free advertising received was read even more widely that the straight advertising.

Mcntioning the tourist operator loans he said he hoped that this would continue and aid in de- veloping the tourist accommoda- tion to be able to handle the ex- pected increase.

install it .in Miminegash as at present they had to go to Tignish to get bait and it thawed our. on them. Regarding the repayment of loans to fishermen he questioned if those who did not repay were real fishermen.

He told the House of others who had loans and repaid them with gasoline rebates. He also noted that so far as the condition of the road to Tignish was concern- ed ”the Post Office might as well be in the Gulf of St. Lawrence."

Hon. C. C. Baker

Hon. C. C. Baker. Minister of Agriculture, who followed the member from Fifth Prince said he had understood that the Pro- vince stopped in Elmsdale anyway. He was referring to a remark made by Mr. Gaudet in the Draft Ad- dress debate. Mr. Baker believed that the naming of a Transports- tion Committee was the proper procedure in dealing with a fran- chise to the Canadian National Railway to operate buses instead of passenger trains. It was too big a pspbiein for any map judg- ment, he thought. He would op- pose the suggestion if it meant placing all trucking under a monoply. but if it meant the rendering of good service to the Province with control handled by our own Public Utlities Commission then he would favor the move.

He said the payment of a pre- mium on heavy weight hog car- casses had achieved its objective of holding back marketing and that was why it was being remov-

ed. He advised getting rid of heavy hogs by April 19. He felt that farmers here would benefit

from giving the Dominion coin- plete control of marketing during the period when the United States market is 'closed to Canadian meats. He thought that price con- trol would tend to maintain mar- kets as there would then be an inducement to ship cattle from one area in an effort to get a higher price. Mr. William Hughes

Mr. William Hughes. 1-iitii Kings. maintained his reputation for brev- ity as he reminded the House that though the people of the Province contributed over 32 million in taxes to the Government. it took approx- imately 60 percent of it to service the debt of the Island. He dryiy remarked that r. W. J.P. Mac- Mlllan, former Leader of the Op- position. did not think a surplus on the ordinary account was of any value because "he never had one during his term in office".

Regarding bait storage. he re- called that some fishermen at Neu- frage had once constructed "a box" for :18. filled it with ice and were able to hold bait for days. Asked by Mr. uaudet if that were in the winter or the summer he replied that it was summer in Kings coun- ty hut he could not say about the season in Prince. He did not believe it was practical to build big plants for bait. storage. The former Prov- incial Treasurer also hoped that the good work of outside auditors of a few years ago would be con- tfuued. -The work does not cont much. he said. and is the only real audit that is made. t

Mr. J.W.D. Campbell

A new material. still in the ex- perimental stage. to aid in prevent- ing frost heaving of highways was called to the attention of the bag- islature yesterday by Mr. J W.D. Csmpbeli. First Prince. It is called I..ignosoi,and in a letter which the speaker read to members the man- ufscturlng company said that lab- oratory results demonstrated that the material is most effective and they were now working out a means of practical application.

Mr. Campbell remarked that in the Legislature things were some- times confusint "The Government criticises the Opposition for not criticising them enough and cthers criticize the Oppuition for critic- iliij the 00VII1J!lI0nIi".

He suggested to the Department of Health and Welfare that 5. building grant for the Aiberton Hospital would not be amiss. but generally had no criticism to make of the Department. on the matter of education he felt the time had come for the districts to shoulder more of the financial responsibil- ity. He said there is cause for real concern in the shortage of qualified teachers, particularly in rural arcas.. and no relief seems to be in sight. He doubted that the recent increase in salaries was sufficient to attract many young people to the profession.

Mr. Campbell deplored the num- ber of vacant farms in the Prov- ince and noted that we were an- nually importing hundreds of cars of livestock feeds and flour which we should be producing ourselves. At the turn of the century. he stat.- ed, we wcre. producing 42.000 acres of wheat while last year we had only .000 acres. '

The speaker also referred to the decline in livestock population in mentioning that in 1881 the Prov- ince had 166.000 sheep while today there are only 48,000 and the cattle population had also dropped by 15.- 000 from the i911 figure. He felt that the Budget should rnve car- ried grcater appropriations for ag- ricuiture.

Mr. Campbell thought it would be an excellent idea if some sort of industry could be established in the Western section of the Island where therei are seasonal surpluses of labor. He thought the revival of the Aiberton-Newfoundland trade of the past: would be axboon to the area. In agreeing that the Govern- ment needed more revenue. he said that in order to get it the Province had to have more people and the only way to increase the popula- tion was to introduce more indus- tries to provide people with em- ployment.

He said he knew it was not pos-

sible to pave all the roads of the Province but he said the desires of the people should be considered whether they lived in isolated sec- tions or on a main road. Regard- less of where they live. "they are part of the population". He agreed with the suggestion of Hon. Doug- aid Macxinnon. Minister of ublic Works and Highways. regardi g the casing of the standards of road building. However. he disagreed on the advisability of using split loa dragi as he thought them a ecided asset in maintaining roads in the spring. While not emphasizing it too strongly. Mr. Campbell still felt that Prince County should have the ferry service which has been moot- ed for so lomr. He thought it would tw a decided advantage to the County in enabling farmers to ob- tain ncw and ready markets for their produce.

Mr. Lorne Mscl-larlano

A suggestion that speeches in the Legislature would be enjoyed more were they condensed was advanced yesterday by Mr. Lorne MacFar- lane. Fifth Prince. who said he had heard many during the past five years. He thought that this year they had been outstanding for their fairness on all sides and that many practical ideas had been advanced

He noted that the Ministers of the Crown were fortunate to have assistants of the calibre shown who were willing to work here at s frac- tion of what they might obtain elsewhere. He spoke briefly of the mounting Provincial debt and as- reed with others fho had men- tioned that the small savings which could be affected would mean a considerable sum in their entirety. Mr. MscFarlane suggested that a considerable amount was involved in travelling expenses and believed that "ln some instances were In-

curred by persons not in the em-

QUEENS,

once asked it flnanceiMinister from Ottawa about thevpotentiai

School Board Approves Boost in Supplentenis

The approval of an increase in the rate of ppleme t to teach- ers was made during the regular monthly meeting of the Charlotte- town City School Board held in this city yesterday. Doctor R. G. Lea presided. This increase will be given chiefly in the way uf increased increments after the first to the tenth year of service.

The decision to close schoois from April 10th until April 2ist was also made during the meet. ing.

Reports were then received from the physical education and art instructresses as well as a report from the truant officer. The transaction of other business fol- lowed.

Death of Former Island Doctor g in The Mlgdalens

A telegraphic message from iiaure Aubert. Magdalen Islands announces the death there of Dr. Andrew Gallant at the age of 89 years. '

Dr. Gallant had practiced med- lclne on the Island for over 30 years until his retirement a few years ago. He was born in Egrnont Bay and taught school for some years. He studied medicine at Lav- al and practiced for some years in Wellington also in New Brunswick. Nova smile. and the United States before establishing a pract- ice in the Magdalen Island.

He was an accomplished violin- lst and before studying medicine taught violin in Summerside.

His wife. a sister of Mr. Justice Arscnsult. predeceased him about a month ago.

ernment.'-'.'He-dill not eiabora-te on the statement.

Suggests Concrete Roads

Regarding the roads he said he was still of the same opinion he had long entertained that con- crete roads were the only answer to our problems. He realized that the initial cost was high, but over a long period of years the saving in maintenance would more than make up for it while at the