MRS JOSEPH A. MacDonald diocesan president of the Catholic Women’s League is seen above presenting Mrs. Ralph Pineau,

An impressive enrollment cere- grpny for St. Du "s Basilica parish Guides Brownies was held at the Holy Name Hall last evening conducted by District Commissioner, Mrs. W.J. Rodd, who also made the presentation of Guide and Brownie badges.

Mony was the presentation of Catholic Women’s League insig- mia to the Leaders, Guides and Brownies. This insignia, present- for the first time in this province, may be worn by Guide and Brownie Groups sponsored by the Catholic Women’s League. Leaders of the group taking

and Lorna Dennis, Guide Lieut- enants; Paula Reymond, Brown wl; Mary Chandler, Velda Noye and Mrs. Eugene Cullen, Taw- Guests included Mrs. Rodd, Miss Iphigenie Arsenault, County issioner; Mrs. W.A. Smith, Executive Secretary: Mrs. Jos- ‘eph A. MacDonald. Diocesan President of the Catholic Wom- en's League: Mrs. F.L. Mac- Millan, President of the Basilica Women’s Sub-Division of the -W.L.; Rev. P.F. MacDonald, iC.W.L. Chaplain and Rev. Fran- ces Cameron. Chaplain P.E.I. Catholic Guides and Brownies. Receiving the Catholic Women’s Insignia were the Girl Guide and Brownie Leaders and the follow- {ng Guides and Brownies: Guides, Sandra Doucette. Geneva Mac- Millan, Camilla Vessey, Barbara MacMillan, Marion Murray, Eli- zabeth Dennis, Dianne Doiron, Imelda Murnaghan. Ardell Le- ger, Barbara MacIntyre, Anne Dennis, Betty Trainor, Beveriey Judson, Muriel MacDonald, Rose- mary Hughes. Catherine Coady. Carol Ann Gallant, Maureen Paoli, Beverley Shepherd, Lynda yr, Yvonne Daley, Carolyn Mary Cullen, Gloria! Doiron, Joyce Connolly, Kathleen | Lappin, Geraldine Murray, Kath- leen Lappin: Brownies, Florence Daley. Rosetta Millar, Shiela Galant, Phyllis. Landry, Glenda Landry. Celeste Campbell. Don- Bell, Rose Marie O’Hanley, Vaunda MacDonald, Kelna Josey. Marjorie MacKinnon, Maureen nald, Julie MacDonald, Judy Cudmore, Katherine Duffy, Connie MacDonald, Brenda Mc- Leod, Ann Marie Dowling, Shar- on Brennan. *Noreen Brennan, Sharon Prowse, Elaine Hynes, Maureen Hughes, Betty Thistle. Pauline Lawlor. Mary Doucette,

A special feature of the cere}

Basilica Parish Girl Guides with the C.W.L. Insigna. Viewing the presentation are Mrs. F.L. Mac-

St. Dustan’s Parish Has Guide, Brownie Enrolment

non, Pauline Lawlor, Brenda MacLeod, Elaine Hynes, Kath- erine Duffy, Sharon Prowse, No- reen Brennan, Lorraine Monag- han, Vaunda MacDonald, Rose Marie O'Hanley and Donna Bell.

Child Nurse Badges were pre-

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(Continued from Page 1) for compulsory public liability for all car owners. He said it would protect people against the irresponsible motorist — without means to pay in the event of causing property damage.

.| DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS

Premier Matheson observed that Mr. MacDonald's viewpoint on public liability insurance was in direct contradiction of that held by Mr. MacLean in regard to hospital insurance.

“They tection for the public and in one case a member says it siould be compulsory, while the other doubts whether hospital prém- iums can be collected,” he said.

R.R. Bell speaking on market- ing said farmers have two ma- jor problems today—first, pro- duction and second, marketing.

Mr. Bell said he was not af- raid of the quality that Island farmers can produce but he felt that every effort should be made

the eastern provinces could not hope to compete with the central provinces who grow crops in quantity and have markets close at hand.

GET TOGETHER

Regret that potato producers could not see fit to get together, as noted in the brief, was a point raised \by Mr.. Bell. He termed this most unfortunate and re- called the unfavorable publicity which Island potatoes. received last year as a result of poor packaging and grade.

“If we’had an association that could co-operate with the Gov- ernment, these things would not have happened,”’ he said.

Mr. Bell noted in a _ recent press dispatch that Great Bri-

that market if it were not for

diseasé is not cleared up.” CLOSE TO HOME 4

“We must defend afd develop our livestock markets in

Connie Cullen. Mary Ellen This- tle. Margaret Ann Thistle and’ Lorraine Monaghan. : Guides enrolled were Marion} Murray, Elizabeth Dennis, Anne} Dennis, Betty Trainor. Lynda | Conway, Yvonne Daley and Joyce Connoliy. Brownies. Sharon Bren- man, Connie McDonald. Judy Cudmore, Julie McDonald, Anne Marie Dowling, Phyllis Landry, Kelva Josie, Marjorie MacKin-

_ EASTERN GUARDIAN

FOR RELIABLE sales and ser- Vice on watches - clocks - radios and record players. Hf we sell it - we service it. If we don't sell ft - we still service t. V.R. Pep- ler.

AUCTiON “45” Score Cards for sale at Guardian-Patriot €entral - Printing.

ERMECTRIC SHAVER Special, $25.00. Sunbeam, Phillishave, Re- mington, Schick, Ronson. Retail to $34.50 Sale lasts all February. Boehner’s Jewellers, Montague.

HEAR MR. Donnel MacLean, gee colored slides of Japan in the Montague Bible Chapel Wed- nesday, February 25th at 7:30 p.m. All welcome.

BINGO Cardigan Parish Hall, tonight, 8.00 o'clock. $100. in priz- es ~- Jackpot. '

TEACHERS Meeting. Montague Jocal in Montague High School on February 26th, at 8 p.m. Full at- tendance requested. D.A. Mac- Cormack, President.

CLEARANCE sale on Refriger- gtors Fairbanks Moarse and Frostimatic Sele ends Marci 7th Macleod and Greene, Montague. Phone 101.

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1100 per cent disease free pota~

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to produce more cheaply. He said ;

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Millan (left), Rev. P.F. Mac- Donald (centre) and Rev. F.A. Cameron (right).

sented to Carol Ann Gallant, Imelda Murnaghan, Rosemary Hughes, Betty Mullally, Sandra Doucette, Mary Cullen; Home Nurse Badges to Carol Ann Gal- lant, Imelda Murnaghan, Rose- mary Hughes, Betty Mullally, Sandra Doucette, Mary Cullen and Geneva MacMillan; Emer- gency Helper Badge to Sandra Doucette; Religion and Life Em- blem to Barbara MacMillan: Se- cond Class Badge to Imelda Mur- naghan.

iate for the industry.

Mr. Cullen also agreed that marketing was an _ important matter. He felt that the appoint- ment of a farm economist might be the forerunner of a market- ing expert.

“There has been a lot of glib talk about a marketing expert.” Mr. Cullen observed. He wonder- ed whether people understood what was involved in securing the services of a marketing ex- pert.

He said the first man that would be sought for such a posi- | tion would be one who is pre- | sently successful in business. “If we were to secure the services of such a person, we would cer- tainly have to pay him a fancy salary. On the other hand if we selected one from the first group of applications that came .n, we would more thaa likely find our- selves with a man who was out of a job because he could not run his own business but posed to tell the government how to run its.”

TRAIN HIM HERE

The Minister felt the only way

to get a marketing expert was

in their own province’’—that is to secure a university gradyate | with training in farm economy | and acquaint him with the prob- | lems as they exist—‘“These will eventually be our marketing ex- perts.”’ said the Minister.

in the Federation brief that a plant should be setup for oiling .eggs for the export market, Mr. Mullen said he had made the of- fer to provide the facilities for this purpose on several occasions but had never had the offer taken ' up.

He was glad that the govern- ment was now able to implement the federation’s wie ep ac

tain has a potato shortage. “We! of last year to conduct a would be in a position to supply; economic survey of farm condi-

tions in ghep rovince and assured

a certain virus in our potatoes; the assembled farmers that this and Breat Britain will not buy| survey would be carried out this one potato from Canada or the; summer with the co-operation of United States, so long as this!

economic experts from the Feder- al Department of Agriculture, STARCH FACTORY

ing of starch factories,

Bs aoe the| Mr. Cullen said that from a study Maritimes and in Newfoundland.| made of starch factories in New We can feed the rest of the Mari-| Brunswick, it was found that the

we must produce/ factories were -not able to sell

economically so that we can com- the starch at a price which would pete with the other provinces,” enable them to pay the “i

he said. ‘ Mr. Bell stated there was a great need for herd improve-|

ment and noted, “You might as well be feeding a good animal as one that is only a scrub.” |

Recalling some of the recom-| mendations of the Federation | since 1948, Mr. Bell said that quite a number of these sug- gestions had been carried out} but there was a great deal still to be done in the field of di-

trol.

“Our watchword should be— Produce quality products and see that they get on the Atlantic Provinces market,” said Mr. Bell. .

FULLY AGREED

Hon. Eugene Cullen, Minister of Agriculture said he was in full accord with the Opposition Leader when he advocated some form of potato association. “‘It is not only desirable, it is an! absolute necessity,"” Mr. Cullen! said.

Continuing the minister said, “Wf they cannot agree on mar- keting, then surely there must be\ many other things on which they can agree.”

He emphasized the importance of eradicating disease in pota- toes and asserted, “Any hope to expand our potato exports be- yond the North American Con- tinent depends upon our having

toes.

To further illustrate the need for a potato organization, Mr. Cullen recalled a meeting ar- ranged last fall with the Prime) Minister and the Minister of Agriculture. “‘Here was a time when we needed a voice to Lspeak for the potato industry but we had no one,” he said. MISSED A CHANCE

Mr. Cullen fek also that quick- satisfactory con- clusions in regard to the support price would have been realized, had there been a potato orzani-

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ers any kind of a decent price. He said the price received by N.B. growers under the diver- sion program was $1.45 a barrel, $1.15 of Which was contributed by the federal government. However Mr. Cullen noted, “‘A starch fac-

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ed are markets. More action is required in this direction, he felt.

Mr. Ramsay was pleased to note that membership in the Federation had increased during the past year and remarked, “This is good—we need a strong | voice in agriculture.”

SHOWS FAITH

G. E. Saville (Lib. 5th Kings) congratulated the Federation on their brief stating, “It shows that you have faith in the future of agriculture as a way of life.””

Mr. Saville wondered why Is- land cheese factories had closed up, one after another—especially when one finds twenty varieties of outside cheese displayed in local stores.

He recalled that 50 years ago Island schooners were laden with all sort of agricultural pro- | ducts for Newfoundland. We are not selling Newfoundland as much today as we were 30 years ago, he said

“It seems to me that these are some of the matters that we should be concerned with,” Mr. | Saville said. |

The veteran member of the House felt that the Island ed- ucational system = should put more emphasis on agriculture. “It should instil in .our . boys and girls a love of the country,” he said “why do people leave the farm—we should study this question.”

Frank Myers ‘PC ist Queens

pro- |

“to grow them and educate them |

Referring to a recommendation |

The Crapaud member noted that some members of the Women’s Institutes were present |

in the House- He praised the! Institutes. stating that-in any worthwhile. undertaking in the community—the women were behind it, ©

| Reference was made to the

home of Colonel Johnstone and his revlica bufldings of old En- Mish stvie. Mr.Mvers said Vr Johnetone has develoned one of the finest tourist attractions fn the vrovince—and that without a naved road. EGG PRICES

Dissatisfaction with the orice svoread in eggs was voiced bv Mr. Myers who sta‘ed that 20 cents per dozen was the price paid in Crapaud while 23 miles away they were retailing In the stores for 52 cents

He expressed regret that a potato association had not been set up to look after the indus- try. He was of the opinion that

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Debate On Coal Industry Launched In N.S. House

By IAN DONALDSON Canadian Press Staff Writer HALIFAX (CP) — An emer-

gency debate on the depressed Nova Scotia coal industry was launched in the. legislature Tues- day night. by the Liberal opposi-

tion. . moved a surprise adjournment of

the throne speech debate “‘io dis- cuss the continuing crisis in the coal industry.” Premier Robert

L. Stanfield agreed to the debate. view seems to have been taken"

“The matter warrants the high- est priority attention of the fed- eral government,’ Mr. Hicks said. The Nova Scotia govern- men! was still awaiting a deci- sion by Ottawa on requests made Feb. 2 for increased subventions to--get--the—provinee’s —coal into

competitive cent ral Canadiaw markets.

“When A. V. Roe laid off 14,000 workers, a much more serious

from 103,000 bushels to 121,000 bushels. ing of expatiding- produc-

tion, MacDonald said he

pervised.

APEC SUGGESTION

He recalled that the APEC)

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every old woman in the country got 100 hens and now you can't sell either eggs or poultry,” he said.

In addition to the local increas-

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The Southport farmer complain- | ed that Island farmers could not | sell their carrots in Newfoundland |

but was told by Hon. Dougald) ——

MacKinnon that Newfountifand | super markets, although they agree that Island carrots have a far superior quality to those that are Texan grown, the consumers

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recommendation regardmg day-

recently but most of the opinions — were those of indivi-

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wood.

WARM ISLANDS The great majority of the 3.000

islets in the Bahamas are stil! un-

inhabited.

will not buy them even if he of- | fered them for half the price. SCHOOL ASSESMENT ~

Mr. MacDonald asked the Leg- islature when they are consider- ing a change in the tax,structure of school districts to take into

to be inequities in the levying or | assessmem of property where ru- ral and urban properties are con-

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than of the Feb. 1 layoff of 4,100 Cape Breton coal miners for a month by Dominion Sieel and Coal Corporation, a Dosco sub- SMALL IN COMPARISON

Mr. Hicks said that 14,000 un-

employed—in- 2,000,000-2,500,000. in the Toronto- Hamilton area was small in com- parison to the Cape Breton situ- ation. “In order to equal the Sydney situation 100,000 would have to be laid off... ;

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lanswer this problem. There] -

| should be another, representation to the federal government to ask its views on subventions and also to ask the federal government to assign a marketing function to the Dominion Coa! Board.

—a- _ population=—oti=

“The plight of Cape Breton is sevegal times as serious as the | plight of Avro workers, laid off | because of the scrapping of the | CF-105 interceptor. More than | four per cent of the population of the Sydney area is out of work. | AH are waiting to learn what

“There has been adequaie time| ™} *

50 YEARS MARRIED

Mr. and Mrs. Albert MacNeill | and seven daughters. They

of 30 Grafton Street, celebrated Althea

MacNeill still actively employed |

, are (Mrs. Elmer Larter), their 50th wedding anniversary | Stephanie, and Lillie (Mrs. Ed- yesterday quietly at home. Mr.| Ward MacGuigan), albof Char-

lottetown; Frances, ‘Mrs. Peter | Nelson) Kensington; Levina (Mrs.

at the age of 73 is an employee of | George Green), Chatham, Ontar-

A. Pickard Company Limited; 9; Eudora (Mrs. Joseph

Keller) . | Mr. and Mrs. MacNeill have one! London, Ontario and Catherine, | their future employment will be.” son ,Eugene of Charlottetown, also of London, Ontario.

tained in the one school district. Premier Matheson said he was always happy to receive the mem- bers of the Federation and he felt sure that many of their sug- | gestions would be further discus- | sed before the House adjourned. |

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He was pleased that the Feder- ation had consulted with the Mu-

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summer would now be able to! bring in a report.

Explaining the Federation's stand in favor of standard time. Elmer Waugh said the Federa- tion had met recently with re presentatives of the Federation

tory on the Island might be a good thing # i were employed | for no other purpose than fo) clean up diseases”.

He assured the farmers that the |

sease eradication and weed con- government was in the meantime) RECEIVED BRIEFS | working toward other methods of Mr. Waugh said the Federation |

processing. |

Turning to conversion and land use, the Minister told of a con- ference held by the provinces with the Federal Minister of National Resources. He said every pro- vince was faced with a different problem but # was generally agreed that the federal govern- | ment should take tie lead in es-| tablishing such a policy.

SMALL PERCENTAGE

Morley M.°¢ Bell (Lib. 5th Prince) noted that Canada pro-| cesses only six per cent of its potato crop while the United Sta- tes processes 20 per cent. He won- dered if any consideration had been given to the processing of carrots. He noted that the juice of carrots is being used for many purposes including the making of butter coloring.

Harold P. Smith (Lib. 4th Queens) felt is was too bad pro- ducers ¢ould not get together and form an asociation—‘‘What és the reason—were not officers ap-

Mr. Smith asked the Federation president to clarify the organiza- tion’s stand on premium payment of hospital insurance. He wanted to know whether the Federation had any alternative method that they would like to propose. (Mr. MacLean's reply is contained in the first part of this report). NOT SATISFACTORY

Mr. Smith said Island poultry- mén were ot satisfied with the

-ted, they were unanimous f

of Municipalities and when the farmers’ viewpoint was explain-

uniform standard time

had received briefs from many different organizations in the pro- vince and all were unanimous in their opposition to Daylight Sav- ing Time.

He said the Federation was not opposed to the practice of mer- chants who preferred to open) their business one hour eartier | and close one hour. earlier. He said there would be no discrimin- | ation against any such merchants. |

Ohartes Jones, Pownal explain- ed the Federation's request to have hunters obtain permission to enter private property. Mr. Jones said instances of destruction of Property were not general but he noted a minority group over-ex-

tend their privileges by tramp-| $C

ing down grain, digging shooting trenches im fields and by leav-! ing gates open behind them. Mr. Jones felt that farmers) should receive protection on this request which puts the onus of | having the hunter prove that he was not trespassing rather than having the farmer prove that he was. ~ WANT ASSISTANCE Roland MacDonald said the De-

a man who will establish a mar- ket. As an instance of how faim- ers will respond to an opportun- ity, Mr.. MacDonald said that! when a Newfoundland beat was provided with proper facilities the | hog shipments went from 2,439 to 2,952; shipments of cattlé went from 1,700 towW,000 and potatoes

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