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our interest in the Black Re- public of Haiti. Kreatly increased. after reading of the tcribls dam- age caused there last October. .by the hurricane Basel; which was -spawned in the Caribbean Sea just north of Venesuls. where it loafed for about four days he-
destructlve course. -' It struck lieltl first at Les Cairo!
and roared over the peninsula. across the Gulf of Gonave and
"over the Mole as it swept north thro
through the Windward Passage between Haiti and Cuba. leaving the citrus and bananevplantations devastated. the villages and towns wrecked with great numbers of
"The first Spanish settlement in the New World was near Cape lialtien on the north shore of the island of "' P8310” W59" Cm” topher Columbus first landed in America in 1493. The island at that time was inhabited by Cen- tral American Indians, who un- der harsh Spanish rule were soon destroyed. They were an in- dependent race. but. their crude weapons failed before the super- ior Spanish arms. as they fought. The negroes are not natives of Haiti but were brought as slaves from Africa after IW. .
French pirates" gained possesion of the western section of the is- land about 1650 and Spain handed over to France the area known as Haiti in 1697; retaining What is now the Dominican Republic. llaiti is spoken of ns'the Black Republic and was formed by the negroes in late under the leader- ship of an ex-slave, Toussalnt Lowerture, in a revolt against the French Government follow- lllll, the French Revolution.
He was successful and pro- claimed himself Governor Gen- oral Toussaint. He put into ef- feet the Constitution which re- mains to this day. France tried to put down the revolution and Napoleon sent 70 ships and 25.000 troops; but the negroea fought so valiantly that the result was a stalemate. ,Their leader. Tons- saint. was asked to attend a false armistice and was treacherously taken prisoner. cast into a. pri- son where he was kept until he died. Haiti honours him today as a. great national hero.
The War of Independence was continued by two negro leaders. Dessalines and Potion who won out in 1003. France after losing Haiti. sold under the Louisiana Purchase most of her interests in
Two modes of travel are used by tourists to visit "The Citadel": is by boat direct to Cap Kaitlen on Haiti's North
other
This year sixty passengers land- ed at Cap liaitlen from the S. S.
horseback trips they ever had. from the base of the mountain they were 2V: hours going through the five miles of jungle and up steep rocky mountain trails to the heights above.
They felt it a shame to have the natives force these small beasts to carry such loads, but were as- sured by the boys, who wielded the switches. that the ponies liked it better than hauling a plow which was the other alternative. These native boys lugged on their own backs flour sacks of soft drinks for their guests. as they climbed barefooted over the stony road. These sharp. slab-sided little horses were sure-footed and tenacious and went where ordin- ary animals would have baulked.
On the way up they had a good dei
view of the famous ruins of the Palace of Sans Soucl. These tour- ists, as they saw the great Citadel loom above them. kept wondering how it had been possible for men to lug cannon. rock and other material up the steep trails. This left an impression on them that wlll,endure long after other in- cidents of the trip are forgotten.
When they reached the top. saw the immensity of the Citadel, the draw bridge, redoubts. the many batteries underground cisterns, storage rooms for provisions and the spacious parade grounds and the view from the height. they felt well repaid for their difficult ride. They also saw heaps of iron cannon balls, beside the muzzle-
IPIINGIONICIOOI.
Match Report of Springton School: GRADE IX - 1. Jean Farrar.
GRADE Vii! - 1. lrls Lamont.
GRADE VII - 1. Florence Far- rar.
GRADE VI - 1. Allistelr Mac- intosh and Jimmie Fsrrar (equal): 2. Donald Nicholson and Eleanor Thompson; 1. Lawson
pson. GRADE II - 1. Sylvia Gauthier; 2. Vernon Farrar.
GRADE I (Sr). - 1. Donna Nicholson-
GRADE I 01-.) - 1. Phyllis Gauthier.
Hlghut Average h Senior Grades - Jean Farrar U96; h gluglor Grades Donna Nicholson Perfectp Attendance: Allistair Macintosh. Donald Nicholson. James Fan-ar. Eleanor and Law- son Thompson. a
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-On Saturday. March 19, three Patrol Leaders and three Patrol Seconds of the ML F Girl Guides attended a conference held in the Epworth Hall. Summer- slde. Mrs. Harry Cudmore, Mr. Keith Lapp, Mrs. Ferno Rogers. Miss Sue MacKinnon and Miss 33711811! Smith. R.N.. gave inter- esting talks on "Guiding. map and compass reading. and First Aid.
On. Friday evening, March 25. I bmso was held in the Mis- couche Parish Hall. A large crowd
loading cast iron cannon that were everywhere about the cita-
.The tourists expected the re- turn journey would be much eas- ier, but shortly after their arrival. clouds. filled the sky. they had only time to secure a few Koda- crome pictures. when the white fog blotted out the landscape. A pelting rain hit them as they Started -down and continued for two hours to soak those without raincoats so that drenched and shivering from cold they got so stiff on the ponies backs that they couldn't even shiver.
This and many incidents on the trip formed topics for conversa- tion and c t d friendships from the rough trip that made memorable their trip to "the Sum-
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and decitated. Mrs. Harry Crozier had charge of study Book assist- ed by members. closinl hymn- God of Mercy. God of Grace. WI! followed by Benediction. Lunch was served by the hostess.
” ded. Proceeds were in aid of the Mlscoucbe Band. y
Mrs. William Perry of Mis- couche. recently motored to Hall- fax to visit her dsughte . Mrs. Eddie Doucette. who is ill.
Friends of Mrs. Theodore Gal- lant, Miscouche. will be sorry to learn that she has entered the Prince County Hospital, ” - side, where she underwent an operation.
Sympathy is extended to Arthur Leclair of Miscouche on the death of his sister. Mary Anne Le Clair, who passed away on Tuesday. March 29, in the Prince County Hospital. The fun- eral took place on Thursday. March Si. interment in Church cemetery.
Friends of Jeanette Perry, Mis- couche, will be gad to learn that she has returned to her after having spent some time in the Prince County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Josepha Rich- ard and family of Cape Eg- mont spent Sunday in Miscouche at the home of Mr. sndLMrs. John C. Poirier.
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Stresses Importance Of
Road Safety
By I. L. JONES Canadian Press staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) - One Canadian dies in a traffic accident every
three hours. I ,
To put it another way, 56 people die on Csnadats roads or streets every week or about 225 every month. .
The calculations are those of C. W. Gilchrist. managi director of the Canadian Goods Roads As- sociation. lie makes them on the basis of the 1953 traffic death toll of close to 3.000. the highest since the Second World War.
Those are the grim figures, he said. which have prompted the CGRA to call Canada's first high- way safety conference here May 24-26. At the meeting federal. pro- vincial and business and industrial representatives will formulate a national program of action to cut the mounting toll.
URGE PERMANENT BODY
The conference will consider es- tablishment of a permanent or- T ti--n to correlate the work of existing traffic safety bodies across Canada and to make every Cana- dian safcty conscious, whether he be motorist or pedestrian. Only in this way, says the CGRA, can the problem be met.
Traffic fatalities in Canada have climbed steadily since the war. There were 1,663 traffic deaths in 1946; 1.759 in 1947; 1.976 in 1948; 2,276 in 1949; 2.270 (approximate) in 1950; 2.412 in 1951: 2.701 in
LADY FANE SCHOOL
-Following is the report of Lady Fane School for the month of March.
Grade X.-l. Mary Rubblee.
Grade IX.-1. Jean Robblee; 2. Joyce Waddell.
Grade VIII.-l. Maureen Craig; 2. Frankie Murphy.
Grade VII.-l. Evelyn Gamble; 2. Wyman Cairns :3. Ruth Rob- blee.
Grade IV.-1. Elizabeth Cairns; 2. James Craig. , Grade III.-l. Mildred Francis; 2. Margaret Francis; Ii. Miriam
Gamble.
Grade'lI. (A) - l. Sylvia Wil-. son; 2. John James Waddell and Harry Craig. equal.
Grade II. (B)-l. Gerald Craig; 2. Howard Francis.
Grade l.-i. Elmer Waddell.
Teacher-Phyllis Cairns.
hetnes h which Canadian troops fought in the,Second World War and in the Korean conflict.
And that doesn't take into ac- count the thousands of persons in- in ed in the post-war or
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1952 and 2,906 in 1964- Fisum. vet I'" I" pwpem d""'"'
to be comirileth M! be slichtlv CHECK avi:-znv ANGLE lower than in 1953. but not much. It will be the objective of the
say officials.
Mr. Gilchrist draws a compari- conference to consider the problem son showing that the postwar traf- from every angle. Five functional fic death toll exceeds the number committees have been set up to
of Canadians killed in all the land consider the safety factors in high-
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already are at work.
will come in for round-table dis- cussion at meetings with the con- highways.
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The four major award winners of the C-I-L Singing Stars of Tomorrow 1954-55 season will be presented in recital and receive their C-I-L music scholarships at a Grand Award broadcast Sunday evening from Massey Hall. . The top scholarship of S2,000 will be awarded to Miss Lesia Zubarck, coloratura soprano, of Prince Albert. Sask. She will also receive an R.C.A. Victor Red Seal recording contract. A 381,000 award will be presented to Bernard Turgeon, baritone, of Edmonton. Miss Emily Cundaii, soprano, of Windsor and Gaston
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Emily Cundorl Gaston Hnrnols Harnois, baritone, of Shawinigan Falls, Que., will receive S500 second place awards. Dr. Edward Johnson, retired former general man- ager of the New York Metropolitan Opera Company, will make the presentations. Greg Clark will tell another of the stories he writes specially for the program. Rex Battle, con- ductor of the regular series, will be musical director of the Grand Award Broadcast which will be one hour, starting at 10:00 p.m. on CFCY.
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North America to the United States. Dessslines was murdered shortly after the close of the war and was succeeded by Hour: Christophe. who pinclaiinctl I' sell "King of the Norl" t lines. had called iiinvofl , - .bui Haiti I Repu lic I.IlCll acqt a King. . y ..
To celebrate the fix, '.um (ii Llialtl and to t:uiiiiiiciii.:i';itc the fgithful work and pci'scvcrance' 'of the coloured folk of the Repub llc. King Henry Christophe built in 1820 "The Citadel on a Mono- tain top. It is a gigantic fortress that covers more than an acre of ground and rises as a sheer mass of stone and mortar 300 feet high. it has a prow like a giant stone ship with only two sally-ports near the top to break the bare walls. This mighty lor- tiflcation, one of the most im- pressive pieces of masonry ever constructed. W35 EIEIII SIGHTS In hulldlng, and stands intact today. although never quite ' ' d
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nor occupied by the army- The materials used in con-
structing one of the great won-
ders of the world were hauled to
the top of Laferrlere heights. 3.000 ft. above the sea by slaves. horses and mules, through the, jungle and up the steep rocky
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