TM Attend Quiet Potato Meeting At Tyne Valley Hall last Night

.About 100 persons attended a meeting in Tyne Valley hail last evening at. which Mr. D. A. Mac- Donald. chairman of the Potato Marketing Board. outlined the put activities of the Board and reasons which its members feel made it necessary to ask for a compulsory potato marketing pool.

The meeting was a quiet one in which several present participated in a question period following the main address. - . of Tyne valley presided at meeting which did not adlourn until after midnight.

The first question w:z..- net---a .... Mr. Fred Lewis who said he would like to know it til. , . .,. proved the Marketing gem-. how long it would be until another vote was taken.

Mt. macbonald said that he be- lieved that any time there was a substantial request to the Govern- ment to hold a vote on any public question that the Government can- not do anything else but fail in line with the people's wishes.

WANTED ANSWER

Mr. Everett Hudson, Elmsdt-ile. said he wanted a definite 'yes' or lno' answer on his question "if the so-called selling agency goes into power at this forthcoming election. are you going to be over Mr. Mstheson. the honorable Premier. or is he going to be over you?" Mr. MacDonald said ”I never aspired to fill a position in this Provintn where "I will be over the Premier of the Province."

Kenneth MacLean of Lot 16 said it should be up to the chairman of the meeting to decide what quest- ions are reasonable.

Mr. Charles Maoxay. Northam. asked who had called the meeting. and began a discussion in which several took part.

Mr. Ira Banks of Poplar Grove said that he had. alter conversation with Mr. D. A. MacDonald, ar- ranged for the hall in which the meeting was bei.ng held.

Mr. Fred Bingham. pressing this question further. said he didn't think it had been clarified who had called the meeting.

Mr. Charles Yeo. of Sherbrooke. said that this was a matter not nearly so important as getting down to the business of asking questions concerning the Board and Pool. He said that the work of getting the Board organized was started four or five years ago and required a great deal of effort to accomplish. If it is torn down. he asked. is there going to be anyone else crazy enough to stick their neck out to repeat,thls work. or are the ones who are running a- round with the wrecking bars going to do it for you? he asked. and added "you can't build anything with s wrecking bar".

Mr. Bingham asked if Mr. Mac. Donald had been instructed by the Marketing Board to call this meet- lhi. or was it an idea of his own.

Mr- Bilidbam also charged that Mr. Mubonsld had turned down s ocmwomdse suggested, by the lililnhlf which would have elimin- ma tho uecemtty for ii plebiscite.

E aid that Mr. Maclbotnald mould have taken this praponl to the hard. Mr. MacDonald said the slugestlon had been more in to form of a personal convene- tuon than an offlicial proposal.

WHAT HUOBITYP

lk. &aI'iIu Msoxsy aked what MUD wiou.ki.oonstitu.te s major- ity in the p&isoitn. and said the Fluids had intimated that their would ban to he a majority of .-wow-an psroaat before there would be a pool. Mr. M-f-Dan-id replied he understood that s m.uority' would be Just what the word imp ed.

Domki rimlied that it would be the farmers who have always paid for it.

Mr. Lewis inquired who had given certain dealers permission to contract potatoes at 60 cents per bushel this spring. Mr. MacDonald refilled that the Board had not liven permission. and had advised against it. but said there was noth- ms the Board could do if the farm- er had signed these contracts of his own agreement.

Mr. Russell Dyment asked if there would be s delay in getting the checks out if the potatoes were handled by the Board. Mr. Mac- Donald said that. this difficulty had been caused last year by the Drablenis encountered in setting up the organization which while still

g on this point before the plebiscite.

NW: had to handle a vast volume or business.

M15 Binsham said he felt the farmers did not realize what a D001-setup meant in regard to aver. age payments. Mr. MacDonald said that this simply meant that in. ilveggg :1 mnmdnty-tot:tay pfice, the

or e o would be paid. W pmod

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Queen Mother

"'3! in 8 Police escorted motor- made.

The passengers and the liner's crew were enthusiastic in their ac-

counts of how the Queen Mame;

enioyed the trip. She visited virt-l ually every part of the vessel, had Cocktails with the engineers in their private club, visited children in the nurseries. saw three movies. and had one dinner in the main dinng room at the table of Com- modore C. Ivan Thompson, cap- tan of the lner.

”She was with everybody," a steward told reporters.

WEATHER CALM

The weather was calm, warm and misty for the arrival in con- trast lo the last two days of the voyage where a roaring gale off Newfoundland caused the liner to arrive 12 hours late.

Several members of her party were seasick. other passengers re- ported. but the Queen Mother her- self proved a good sailor.

The last time the Queen Mother visited these shores was in the i939 royal tour of Canada with the late King George VI. when she and the king made a side trip to visit president Roosevelt. This time the visit is private, although the Queen Mother will stay at the White House as the guest of Pres- ident and Mrs. Eisenhower during part of her stay in Washington, where she goes Nov. 4.

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liuestlon And Answer

in this area?” he. asked.

Mr. Mclsaiic stated that ar- rangements could be made to as- sist farmers to buy fertilizer st considerably less cost than thev were now paying and he outlined the scheme used in British Col- umbls.

Mr. Ira Lewis stated that com-

pulsion was not necessary in order that the farmers get as- sistance, from Ottawa. He stated that the Marketing Act did. not mention anything about compul- sory marketing. . Mr. Harvey Douglas stated that the farmers must organize and have power. "Only the people with sh organization behind them can go to Ottawa and get results." he stated.

"As a farmer I am interested in the Marketing Board and I hope it is maintained." he continued. "Cooperation is what we need in this country. I think we should all be happy to.get the same price.

Mr. E. D. Reid stated that a 10095 compulsory pool in P. E. I. is s useless organ because it would not work on account of the voluntary selling in New Brunswick and Maine.

He stated that collective bargain- ing was s good thing but there was s. limit to what it could do. In referring to last year's assistance by the Dominion Government he stated he would not be a party to such s plan again because it would probably cost the Island their po- tota trade with Quebec and Ont- arlo.

He also predicted that Ottsws would only guarantee a non-incen- tive price of, 45 cents s bushel this year and thought the farmers should have definite information

FROM ME. GARDINEI

Mr. Mclsaac replied that the fol- lowing word had been received from Agricultural Minister Gardin- er: "Guarantee in new agreement can not be same as last year but effort will be made to have it as high as possible."

"We asked for a straight initial payment across the board this year instead of a varying price as we had a year go." explained Mr. Mc- Isaac. He added that in this respect the Government assistance would be on a different basis than it was A year ago.

He added that the customers in the Southern States paid the Mar- keting Board considerably more for

seed than they paid the dealers at

The Western Guardian

-VARIETY CONCERT, Irish- :01l:n Hall, November 5th. Curtain

-PANTRY SALE at Ho1ma.n's by irishtown women's Institute. Thursday, October 28th.

-RISE!-VI Wednesday. October ?7th. for Masquerade Dance in Dtmley mu.

-ALDIBTON Parish Hall. Oct. 28. entertainment by Don Me r Ind his Islanders. Dance after DWI open 7:30.

-MUSIC AND BOUND EQUIP-

T available for dances at halls

by llwointment. Contact Normal Ml". Remington.

-KENOINGTON United Church d

-LOCATE STOLEN ARTICLE! summerslde Pouce yesterday aftemoon located a number of artic- les that had been taken from the main office at summerslde Race- way and concealed in the grand- stands. The items found included a typewriter. several boxes of pen- cils, two first aid kits. wrenches and other miscellaneous articles. The only damage by the prsnksters was the cutting of he wire leading to at desk telephone in the of- fice.-S. .

AMERSHAM. England (CP) - Vincent Stone and his wife claimed they had never quarrelled in 29 years of married life. They were awarded a goose as the prize at a "trial" for happy married cou- ples in this Buckinghamshlre town.

Chicken and Ham ,, an 3."... ... . . , C . L. Hm, At 4.30 p. in. '

mTHl DINTAL office of Dr. Vincent Gram will be closed from MPWII. October lath to October 111 inclusive. -

-xlxsrxorox, carnrr UV10 Friday. 9 m g Hall. at aoo -ta.-::.. mt--o -W -nnrrn onnrr UNION. Annuslitlifbeting, Wednesday. Oct-

MASQIIETIAIIE DANCE

1.; Borden Legion Hall Thursday, Oct. 28 g Prizes for best costumes Door Prize.

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AS-choold Parad.eiQuiz Winners

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Last Friday everilngis winners in the four and over classroom division in the Schur- Parade' Inter-scholastic quiz from O'Leary School are pictured above. From left to right they are, Valerie Macwilliams, Priscilla Gallant, Sandra Matthews and Claudette MacNeill.

Runners-up In Parade Quiz

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Shown above are the runners-up in the foul and over classroom division on the ScliLir- mans School Parade Inter-Scholastic quiz on last Friday evenings ey are: Dgyre ChgppellJ Bai- endell Lyle.

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Prepare Plans For Remembrance Day C Program Al S'side Next Month

--The Rernembrarie Day program committee of the Summerside Branch f the Canadian Legion met last evening in the Home to discuss plans and to define the program for the Armistice Day memorial service and parade as drawn up by the committee chair- man, Comrade Boy Boates, who presided.

The memorial service will be carried out as in past years, under the auspices of the Summerstde Legion Thursday, November 11th at ll ii m., with the parade. under the command of Major G. L. Monkley,

Nancy Campbell, (Photo by Wotton).

program. The stu-

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Every now and then someone suggests that the failure to sign one's name to a letter published in a newspaper is evidence of cowardice on the part of the writ- er. Now there are situations in which this seems to be the case. If a writer attacks the character or actions of another persons. he has no right to do this sniping pro- tected by a pseudonym. which makes it impossible for the person attacked to strike back. But. if a writer sticks strictly to the points in an argument, treats them ob- jectively, and refrains from per- eonaiitles. we should think he has a perfect right to do so without revealing his identify. Such a course of action can be quite res- sonably attributed to modesty rather than cowardice. Sometimes people. interested in an argument. and desirous of expressing an opinion. do not wish the publicity attacked to signing their own names. There doesn't seem to any ignominy connected with such pro- cedure. One may as well call the act of using thesecret ballot (which is also. in a sense, an expression of opinion) an act of cowardice.

Now names, perhaps. make let- ten more interesting because readers like to know who is ex- pressing the opinions given. on the other hand. the names may tend, in some degree. to confuse the is- sues. Unfortunately some people are prone to accept the word of a prominent person even if he argues that black is white, while words of wisdom coming from the pen of a person of lesser importance may take untxi themselves some discredit

certaln times last. year and he quot- ed figures to prove the stahment.

"The reason why some dealers in Quebec and Ontario prefer dealing with the dealers here is because they are good friends and they can cut down the prices and make big- (61; profit on the other end," he ss . . r

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Bedeque Man 90 Years Old

Mr. Thomas Moyse of Bedeque village celebrated his i?0t'h birth- day on Monday, October 25th. He is hale and hearty and would pass for one twenty years younger. Mr. Moyse has been a member of the Bedeque Church choir for over sixty years and is still carrying on as usual.

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Extra Trip of Ferry For Fair

MONCION. N.B. - For the con- venience of people from Prince isdward Island attteniditng the ivfaritims Winter Fair being held sit Amherst. N.S.. the Cumdian National Railways is srmnging for an extra trip of the car ferry to leave Cape Tonmentine at 1.00 am. commencing Sunday. Oct. alst. and continuing each day thereafter un- til and including Sunday. Nov. 7th, which will be the last of these extra trips.

because of the source. Addison in his letters to "The Spectator" s-bout Sir Roger de Coverley ex- presses this opinlon in other words Writing letters under s. nom de plume is s. privilege peculiar to democratic life. We doubt if it would be tolerated seems right to suppose then. that though letters with writers' names attaches are better under most cir- cumstances. still. if the writer shrinks from publicity. or fears some sort of reprlsal. it is all right to give a nom cle plume.

IMMUNIZATION CLINIC

lsummerside Health Center

SATURDAY October 30th 9.30 - 11.00 am.

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1.. R. WALLACE,

Ober 21th. at we p. in. lpworth "'11- Special speaker. Visitors wei-

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Guest Speaker At Rotary Meeting

-Mr. James Peach civilian meteorologist at the RCAF Station Summerslde was guest speaker at the regular weekly luncheon meet- ing of the Summerside Rotary Club yesterday, prmiident J. C. "Bud" Mountain. presiding. Mr. Peach gave an informative account of var- ious aspects of meteorology, stress- ing the formations of iiurricsiics and the routes followed by them.

Group Captain W. H. Swetnisn. commanding officer of the RCAF station Summerside was welcomed as is new member of the club and was introduced to the members by Rotarian William Hayward. Visit- ors to the luncheon meeting were Rotarian Dr. Ralph shaw. presi- dent of the Charlottetown Rotary Club. Rotarlan Wallace Scantle- bury, Charlottetown. and Mr. Jack Lockerby, Rochelle Park. N. J.

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Former Alma Man Dies In Vancouver

..tM.r. James Dunbar. Alma. re-

forming up in front of the Legion Home at 10.30 and moving off in the following order:

Firing party, commanded by Sgt..- Major ,Emmett Trainor; R.C.M.P.. Royal Canadian sea Cadet Corps Band, under the direction of Sub- Lt. Gabriel Chaisson. colors (Leg- ion color party) commanded by Comrade Arthur Carney. veterans, commanded by Lt. Col. R. L. Moi. lison and Lt. Leo Blacqulere, R.C. N.. R.C.A.F. (personnel about fifty), Royal Canadian Sea Cartel C01”?-9. under Lt. D. L. Miller. D.S C., Air Cadets. under Squadron Leader Murray Shanks, Boy Scouts and Cubs, in charge of Mr. Eric Tanton, Girl Guides and Brownies, under Mrs. L. Llnkletter. Summerslde. Fire Department (equipment) and R.C.A.l". ambul- ance.

5911001 Suliervisor Mr. Clarence Mercer told the committee chair- man that, if the weather is fine. grades 4 to I will proceed to Mem- orial square as a body.

'The route of the parade from the Legion Home is along Water st. to spring then up spring to

I Memorial Square. After the Mem-

crlal service the parade will move

j 0" 30 Spring St. north to Notrp -. Dame. then west to Summer. south

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Inquest Held

They left the party at 130 am. in two cars. Witness did not see these men drinking -. their con. ditlon was normal, they drove quite well - they were tired. Question- ed as to the weather conditions. wit- ness said it was misty but not raining. Questioned by Mr. Nichol- son witness said "Phillips drove my car -to Georgetown from Poole's Corner." They were both sober all evening.

Dr. T. A. Laidlaw testified that he saw Gordon MacDonald at the P. E. Island Hospital on the morn- ms of the accident. On examina- tion found him to be in a stupor - could answer quqestions but had a tendency to sleep did not stimulate him. There was no sug- gestion nl drunkncss or smell of

liquor. Witness found multiple scrapes on the right arm. right ear. and cuts on both knees and

lower less. A deep cut in the hip had been cleaned up and stitched by the House doctor. There were chest. rattles but rin pain and no difficulty in breathing.

Witness felt that there were no serious injuries except possibly in chest and head. Memory was poor and condition drowsy. Laboratory tests indicated less than one mil- logram of alcohol in the blood stream, which is far below the level of drunkeness. Questioned by Mr. Nicholson as to the effect of the lapse of time between the ac- cident and the examination would have, witness said if the patient had been drinking there should have been a significant quantity of alcohol present when examined.

Shirley Livingston described at- tendance at the party at Glen Martin with others. On the return trip home. Gordon was driving Preston's car and both were in nor- inal condition Questioned by Mr, Nicholson witness said they were driving slow and had said they were doing so as they were on a clay road.

Cons. G. R. Humphrey. in charge of Identification Section, R. C, M. P. submitted five photographs and

until the culvert was struck. There were no slid marks and apparently no attempt made to apply brakes. The whole car was lying on its side in the ditch. The pavement was wet. and the 19 foot. highway was straight in both directions. Mr. .1. P. Nicholson repixsentett the Attorney Generally Department at the hearing which will be re- sumed at it o"r.lock November 2. at

ceived word yesterday of the very sudden death of his brother. Dr. D A. Dunbar at his home in Van- couver. B. C. besides his wife he is survived by one son. Jack at Van- couver. and a daughter. Mrs i'arshall Burress. Washington, D.

The late Mr. Dunbar was seventy- two years of age and last visited the homestead at Alma eight years ago when he and wife spent two months on P. E. I.

Funeral arrangements were not known.

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TIIE INITIAL MEETING or

Aliiorton Prince county Exhibition ssociatlon

be held in the o ALBERTON LIBRARY on FBL. OCT. 29 at 7.30 p.m.

Shareholders, directors and all others interested in this exhibition are urged to attend.

W. W. CURRIE.

City Hall

plan of the scene of the accident. showing tire tracks when the ac- cident vehicle left the pavement

along Summer St. past the saluting base to the Legion Home on Wat- er St. Group Captain W. H. Swet- man. commanding officer R.C.A.F. station Summerside will take the salute. Also present at the review-

ing stand will be His Worship Henry W. Wedge. Major Francis MacNelll, president of the Sum-

mersicle Branch of the Canadian Legion. Mr. Charles Hogan. presi- dent of the summerside Navy Lea- gue. Dr. Gilbert Gallant. president of the summersidn. Wing-R.C.A.F. Association: Lt. Col. J. A. MscPhee.

honorary president of the Pro- vincial Command and Lt. Com- mander Townsend of the Royal Canadian Navy.

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Committed For Trial On Breaking. Entering Charge

--In the Fniinly Court of Prints Criunti yesterday before Magistrate R. S. Hinton. Q.C..

Elzeal Edward Dourettv-, of Alber- ton was committed to the Sup- reme Court for trial on a charge of breaking and entering.

The accused was taken into cus- tody shortly siter the break was discovered Sunday night. Sep- tember 5th. 1954, at Waugh"! Drug Store in Alberton in which considerable cash and merchan- dise was stolen.

Two motorists, one from French

River and one from Victoria. charged with driving a motor vehicle while their ability was