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The Island Guardian Publishing Co.

President and Associate Ediiur. Associate Editor. Frank

Ian A. Burnett. Weller.

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"Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew"

f'The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

l)IIAB.L0'l'TETOWN, SATURDAY. OCT. 11, I952

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a harvest festival and comes when people are being made aware of the approach of winter. We are thank- ful for the bounty of nature, looking upon it as a means by which Divine Providence enables us to prepare for the storms that

the school district is located. In New Bruns- wick, by a government decision in 1951 an

half million dollars derived from the pro- vincial sales tax has been made available to local school boards as a special grant- in-aid of education.

In connection with school building im- provements, it is noted that in Prince Ed- ward Island last year 13 districts provided new buildings or additional rooms with the assistance of government grants. Reference is also made to work having begun on a complete revision of thetprogramme of studies in this Province, special attention being given to the unification of the two senior high school courses, with the aim of establishing a uniform 12-grade matricula- ttion course for the Province. Noted also

ll” ah93d- From fa” back i” history ma.”lis the fact that at the 1952 session of the has taken time to give thanks that ”all lslp. E. I. Legislature provision was made for

safely gathered in”, that he has been per- mitted to prepare for the long months that lie ahead.

In Canada we have modelled our Thanksgiving Day after that of our Amer- ican neighbours, varying the date of its celebration in accordance with the earlier approach of winter in much of this north- crn land. In the Maritimes, of course, we could very well wait and celebrate it simultaneously with the successors of the Plymouth pioneers.

In truth we have great reason for thanksgiving. In this part of the world we no our way almost untouched by the ter- rible aftermath of the past war and the strains and stresses of the conflict between the Kremlin and its neighbours. We are blessed with a measure of prosperity. If it sometimes seems that people of an earlier generation were better off it is almost cer- tainly because we have so greatly expand- ed the number of things which we con- sider essential.

For all his speed of living and readiness lo wage war man now lives longer and en- joys better health than ever before. Leisure, which was once the prerogative of the few, has become the right of all. Slowly we are facing up to the challenge of what to do with that leisure. There are signs that the great lead which has been attained in man's physical mastery of his environment may in due course be matched by spiritual and moral advances.

Kingls Memorial Fund

A charitable foundation is to be estab- lished to the memory of King George VI, and the announcement of the National Memorial Fund has been made by Prime Minister Churchill. Postal authorities in Britain have decreed that donations in that country to the memorial fund can be sent free of postage-an example that might be followed by the post office in Canada. There will doubtless be hundreds of Cana- dians having a desire to make a contribu- tion and it would be possible for Canadian donations to be handled through the secre- tary of state at Ottawa.

In hisannouncement, the British Prime Minister spoke of the qualities of the late King as "courage, devotion to duty, human sympathy and understanding which made him not only honored but beloved,” and said that it would have pleased him to see that a memorial fund should be used to help "those who have sustained the nation with their life's work and are drawing near their journey's end."

Iducatlonal lieview

51,000,000 available for this purpose dyeing present year. -In Manitoba, the

'An interesting review of developments in education in Canada during the period September 1950 to June 1952 is given in the current issue of "Canadian Education," organ of the Canadian Education Associa- tion. At both the provincial and local lev- els, lt is noted, education costs have con- tinued to rise sharply. Major contributory factors included the continued rise. in thet cost of school construction and equipment- approximately if-140,000,000 was spent for this purpose in 1951-the growth of the school population, and substantial increases in the salaries of teachers.

Special steps to relieve the financial bur- den upon local authorities have been taken in several Provinces. In Alberta, legisla- tion in 1951 provided for an increase of capital assistance in school building. 30 per cent of the approved borrowing or expend- iture may now be advanced to school boards, 20 per cent as a cash grant and 10 per cent as an interest-free loan to be re- paid over ten years. In addition. by agree- ment between the provincial and Dominion. governments, a twelve.million dollar school lends trust fund has been made available for the purchase of school debentures.

In Saskatchewan, a decision to devote to school grants the entire proceeds of the public revenue tax, formerly used for gen- eral government revenue, made an addit-

, to benefit by price support.

I . . . .an increase in teachers salaries, amount-

:ing on an average to about 34150 per teach- ier.

EDI IURIAL NUIES

Monday, Thanksgiving. -. M 0 0 Tomorrow, 18th Sunday after Trinity. 0 v 0

Today Field Marshal Earl Alexander will unveil a memorial at Mons to the British and Canadian troops who fought the first

that Belgian town. 0 I Q

Prime Minister St. Laurent is to be made over it seems. At least his wax replica in Madame Toussaud's is to be melted down and replaced with a new model to be con- structed by artists working from a new set of photographs.

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Canada's tenth annual National Immun- ization Week begins tomorrow. Many groups and individuals are working to end the toll from preventable diseases - diphtheria, smallpox, ioekjaw, and whooping cough.

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The Battle of Camperdown was fought this date 1797. The British fleet under Ad-

erdown, defeated a Dutch fleet under De Winter slightly inferior in strength. Dun- can captured eleven ships in the battle off the Dutch coast and the Royal Navy was. felt to have wiped out the disgrace of the mutiny of the Nore. 0 I O t

A correspondent, very propelly taking the Government and individuals to task for waste, hit upon an inappropriate example, that of naval practice gunfire. It would be the opposite of economy to provide ships and shore establishments for the purpose of placing guns where we want them only to find that the guns crews were less than perfectly trained with their weapons.

Q O O

The Chicago Tribune says that Brig. Alan B. Connelly was "fired from the army for letting Canadian troops help American soldiers guard the prisoner-of-war camp” at Koje Island last spring. If it were from any paper but that of "Col." McCormick such a report would require investigation. Even from such a source it should receive at least official comment.

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Wild oats and persistent perennial weeds will highlight discussions at the In- ternational Weed Conference slated for Win- nipeg, December 8 to 11. Preparations for the conference are well under way, accord- ing to chairman H. E. Wood. Manitoba Weeds Commissioner and president of the

Western Canadian Weed Control Confer- encc. Reservations have been received from 14 states and five provinces.

O O I

Low grade and light weight cattle are The move may well save the government money. If the price of only top quality beef had been sup- ported, there would certainly have been a tendency for the buying public to turn to the low grades. Now the low grades pur- chased by the Government can always be disposed of for sausage meat and so forth. More top quality meat will go into immed- iate consumption. 0 I 0

Six Shackletons, maritime-reconnaissance aircraft of No. 269 Squadron, R.A.F. Coast- al Command, reached Greenwood, N. S., Oct. 3. The visit is in exchange for that made by No. 404 Squadron of the R. . A. F. to Britain in June for Exercise "Castan- ets." In this country the Shackletons will take part in exercise "Emigrant", planned by the Supreme Allied Command, Atlantic, to take advantage of the disposition of forces retumlng from the recent exercise- "Malnbrace”. ' No. 269 Squadron is com- manded by Sq. Ldr. E. Pennington, A.F.C., and will operate in "Emigrant" under the operational and administrative control of

the R. C. A. :F. Maritime Group.

annual sum of approximately one and one-

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and last battles of the First World War at g

miral Duncan, later Lord Duncan of Camp- ,

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column In open to the discussion by uurespondentl of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of , wrrcspondcnle.

CREDIT WHERE DUE

Sir, -- I read with a. great. deal of interest the article on the Ang- lican Church at Crapaud, but would like to point out one error, i.e. the name of the architect of the present church building, who was the late William Crttchlow Harris. I write this not to find fault. with a very admirable article, but just to keep history straight, as facts get. confused as the years go by. May I add another comment, in the article on the P. E. I. Hospital, I think the names of the late Mr. James Paton and the late Mr. W.F. Tldmarsh should be included with those mentioned. as they were all working together as a. splendid group to put over the new building. I do not mean to detract from many others, who took great in- termt, but these four were the main leaders, apart from the doc- tors. I am. Sir. c-ic..

JAS. E. I-IARRIS. Charlottetown.

WILD DUCK

Twilight. Red in the West. Dlmness. A glow on the wood: The teams plod home to rest. The wild duck comes to glean 0 souls not understood, What a wild cry in the pool;

We find e singular charm in these advertisements showing how meat prices have declined in the year-a pound of bacon 46 cents instead of 84; chuck rout 46 instead of 73 and cross rib roast 69 cents instead of 89. The charm is at little shaken when we con- sider that: the farmer receiving less for his animals is still paying the big prices for other commodi- ties like the rest of us. - Ottawa Journal.

Most. people think of spring I: the seeding time. And, for most CTODS. it is. In Ontario, however, there also is an autumn seeding. of fall wheat and rye, If Western Canada, with its hard spring wheat, is one of the great bread- baskets of the world, Ontario can be reset-ded as the pastry-pan of the nation. Most of the soft wheat is grown in this province, and much of it is sown in the autumn, and it is the flour from softwheat which is best. for pastries. Apart from their yield of grain, fall wheat and rye serve other pur- poses. As they can be sown in the autumn, they lessen the rush of spring seeding. Alsouthey are good conservation crops. An inch or so high linen the shows come they hold the soil together in the autumn and again during the run- off when the snows melt in the spring. -Windsor star.

According to one school of mod- ern folklore. America is the land of all that is novel, original and progressive in the why of business

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car I EGOi'w&;Qb00&G9sl'wv

'f.N0tes BX The way;

fxnterprlse. Another. less reliable. fas it that every important device mm the submarine to the tele. phone was invented by a. Rug. sian. But. wait till they both hear about Vienna. In Vienna the tele- phones are operated by the Aug. trlan post offlc. And in that an. dent Cflliital of the I-Iapsburga 0... may dial a. selected number for 3 recorded report of the skiing con- ditions. as your American tele. phone subscriber does for the weather forecast. or whgrg 3 pa. tient New York voice sayny "'rhe correct time now is 5.37 1-2." v1. ennals dialling system will pm. vide bus and train schedules, foot. ban results. or e recipe for dinner. To all this now is to be added (on September 1) a number, mm. Whit?! 3 YIOIIDIUS-zed parent can obtain a. recorded bed-time fairy tale for children. But the sex-vlcp distinctly Viennese -which proves that after two wars Vienna in still the city of Mozart and Strauss. - Christian science Monitor,

A Cup Of Tea

A good cup of tea may seem to be a matter of small importance when its value is measu ed against the background of our chaotic and troubled world. But. leafs beneflcenc fumes have penetrated deeply into Great Britain's way of life. It in- sulates the spirits of her people from the damp and chilly air which occasionally shrouds their island. It provides 3 lift. or e balm as the oc- casion requires. I-ts gentle aroma has become the very essence of British hospitality. I

In 1940, in year in which its sus- taining qualities must. have been doubly appreciated, tea. was ration- ed. The British people, who had been drinking tea on an average of four or five times a day, were forced to get along with what they could

And ll: was so, that when Sol- omon hml made an end of prey-

brew from two ounces e. week. They got along very well: they

sir.-Fire Prevention Week is al- xnoet over for mother year and elthoush we make it an annual affair only I few people take the matter of "fire hazards" seriously. Most people pass it off, saying the famous last: words: "It couldn't happen to ml." Others like the phrase. "I'm well insured-let 'er burn." Both these types are an increasing menace because. regard- less of insurance coverage, file destroys irreplaceable property and endangers others who may not be so fortunate. In these days of high cost. of materials, defense de- mands, etc.. we should

ash be donegto aid in fire preven- on. subject. into two parts: () the fagm property (2) the city pro-

ty. . Along with the normal fire hazards that are found on I form we have two other conditions to cope with. First, farms do not have first class fire fighting equipment hear at hand and sec- ondly ferm buildings are usually built near the house in n. hollow square for convenience. About the first very little can be done ex. oept to exercise caution, use horse sense and eliminate the potential cause. The common thing (.0 do in case of fire is to save the other buildings and this is sometimes possible if enough people with enough buckets have access to enough water and the wind is in a favourable direction. Too often the water supply is located in the burning building nd no other source of supply is available. An unlimited pupply of that cheap commodity, water, is most useful and should be easily available on all farms.

About the latter all that can be done is to try to encourage egriculturists who plan new forms or the improvement of old ones to disperse their buildings around their property as salrcrait were during the war so that one flash fire or explosion will not wipe every?-hint out in one stroke. There is no need in this modern div and use in having the back door of the house adjacent to the cow bun or pig sty just to save a few steps. This small. conser a- tlon of energy is n dublu.s,.dea ly bought luxury in case of . bad fire with the wind the, wrong way. Many there are who can testify to the heart 1-ending sight of their home and business going up in flames to say nothing of the ll): stock which is invariably Those living neat-.enough to e town or city and who have access to a well equipped fire department must remember that a. vehicle carries only e limited supply of water which, if it cannot be re- plenlshed, is only effective for a short: time. Too one 3 City fire department. have arr ved on the scene of a fire to find no water supply. Then too, the city folks who are paying taxes to buy and maintain these costly machines

their men and equipment celled away in case there ehould be e serious the at home. . one answer to the hazard of fire-on the farm is adequate 1...

disaster into an unfortunate ac- cident.

as well as the farm house, buildings and stock.

H

. look ' around us and take stock of what:

I would like to bro I: my

take a. very dim view of seeing

suranee which is cheap and readily available. Although it will not prevent fires it. turns a would-be

Farming today is e busi- nose and muchicostly machinery and equipment should be insured out- Electricity,

ii a too many old buildings and blocks of buildings in Charlotte- town that are flreireps. I know it

has all been said before, and it will probably be said again. after more people are homeleu. and in some cases, bereft of 'loved ones.

I have been in buildings where

cellars ere piled high with dis. carded cartons, rubbish, and pap. er; where bare electric wires are in evidence, and I have been in buildings that are structurally unsafe. who attempts to control 1' fire in e retirap such as this.

and overloaded

Pity anyone

I have been in private homes where the cellar floors are littered with in- flammable refuse, and where hot ashes are dumped onto an open ash pile within combustible range of the refuse. I have been in buildings where the insulation be- tween floors end walls has con- sisted of common sawdust and wood shavings. I have been in cellars which house oil-fired furn- aces with no master switch in evidence except right. above the furnace.

We had a major fire e. few years back which was greatly accelerated by a. cellar full of rubbish. The rubbish not only gave the fire I good start, but kept. burning throughout the destruction of the remainder of the building. An- other major fire was caused last year by the explosion of an un- guarded electric light bulb. This. coupled with the fact. that three garages were allowed to operate back to back with no fire will be- tween them, resulted in L major fire which woped out and damaged other properties on it. roared along. There are other such blocks in this city. (not: necessarily all with three garages) that are similar fire hazards, having few, if any. brick walls which might. act as e. fire break.

In many parts of our crowded city, you have only to go into any backyard to see evidence of fire hazards that might cause or lend help to a disastrous fire. What. can be done? I say the question is- what MUST be done? We must legislate, if neceeeuy, to correct. the conditions found in many homes and places of busi- ness, and enforce the law. Cellars attics, garages, warehouses. elec- tric wiring, all should have periodic checking. We fine and jail people who endanger the lives of others by reckless and- drunken driving, but do we ever think how great a hazard fire is? Fire can con- sume lives and property very easily. and what about the build- lngs close at hand which you might say are innocent bystand- ers? The crime of neglect or of knowingly harboring a fire hen- ard. is a. serious one, and I think worthy of consideration and prompt attention. r

In our own City add up all the littered cellars. the faulty wiring, the faulty flues and chimneys. the unmalntalned oiistoves, the um-epaired furnaces, and the structurally unsafe frame bulld- lngs. To these hazards add 3 half- dozen alleged lire bugs, and toll it all off with a. good duh of human error. There you have a recipe for I disaster in the making. On the other side stands on efficient but lim- ited voluntary Fire Department. On the shoulders of some fifty volunteers lies the-burden of pre- venting a crippling conflagm- tion. These men can do only so much with the equipment now on hand, and have so far turned in a. better-than-average record of

although it has been 3 boon to agriculture, is dangerous if per- iodical checks are not made "and faulty wiring and equipment re- placed. Then W0. as the Fire Mer- shnl has on so many occasions stressed, every form should be equipped with some modern fire fighting equipment. and authorized

all help by '

Fire Marshal.

the facts. our city is expanding yearly, and it won't be long until the Fire Department will have to be responsible for in much greater area than they new cover. The equipment to do this is limited.

promptness and efficiency. We can pectin premises and by practising the fire prevention rules and regula- tions laid down by our Provincial

0111' own

Everyone loves to watch in fire -unless it happens to be their own home that is burning.

extinguishers. As forucity property, let's call I nm' mr'1,ew" 5 the city Charlottetown , and face Cha,.Mteww,,.

STRATEGIC! BASTION

The island of Malta in the Mediterranean is 58 miles from

What things have the farm ducks!

had

other and more grievous sacri-

tralned firemen are few, and there

Sicily and 180 miles from Africa.

seen

That they cry so-huddle and cry? Only the soul that goes Eager. Eager. Flying-

Over the globe of the moon Over the wo'od that glows. Wings linked, necks nstrnin A rush and a wild crying;

A cry of the long pain

In the recdswf iv. steel lagoon In a land that no man knows.

-John Masefleld.

Off! Old Charlottetown (And 2. s. 1. )

CONFUSING SIGNALS

.....

"It will puzzle many ofius to

during the winter months.

dlsdaver the object; of hoisting ship signals on the Provincial Building On

in: nil this prayer and eupplica- , tion unto the Lord. he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on.hle knees with his hands spread up to heaven. And he stood, and blessed all the con- gregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying. Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his peo- ple Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not felled one word of all his good prom- ise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. Tho Lord our God he with us, as he was wli.h our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us. . . And let these my words. wllercwllh I have made euppiicatl before the Lord, be nigh unto the Loni our God day and night. that he Innin- taln the cause of his servant, and

all times. as the matter shall rc- quirn: that all the people of the

God. Ind that therqgle none else.

the cause of his people Israel at

earth may know that tho Loni ls

fices and -hardships with which to contend, and they were in no mood to bcwail a less so relatively trif- ling as a cup of tea. But trifles can be more irritating than calamities; and that the tea-pot, around which the social. and in some measure the intellectual l-lfe of Britain had re- volved for centuries, should become another symbol cf austerity. must have been a bitter up to swallow. But that is all over now. On Oct- ober 2 Prime Minister ChiIPOhIII'a government made one of the most welcomed announcements of its war-old existence: tea rationing is at an end. From now on, whatever other problems (and they will no

cupy the minds of Britain's people, longer think twice, or count coup-

ons. before brewing themselves "the cup; that cheer but not lnebrlele."

doubt be many and grave) may oc- -

they will at least have the eetisfsc-. tlon of knowing that they need no '

PROFESSIONAL -CARDS

1.

Saturday n. signal was hoisted

which denotes that 'the vessel has lost her captain and wants 9. pllot.' Today I signal for an approaching mail steamer is floating in the breeze. and tomorrow we will not bet surprised to see this signal farce carried out by hoisting 9. flag of distress. Is it possible some of the employees about the build- lng are playing practical jokes on the 'esaembled wlsdom'?"

-The Examiner. Much '1. 1881.

(This method of signalling an I means of informing citizens ofithe approach of a vessel from see. was employed originally-at St. Georges Buttery. on the Esplsnede. when i the !Battery site was mid in 1804 the system was transferred to the Colonial (Legislative) Building, where L flegsteff with cross-arms was erected for the purpose, and where it was continued for many years. Certainly it could not have been of any use during the' winter months. when the harbour was frozen over; and The-Examiners

Offices:

surmise that e jokeeter was re- lponeible is probably correct.)

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The unique type of double coco- nut known as coco de me: is found on the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean.

CYRUS A.

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