Saskatchewan Liberal leader Ross Thatcher. left. his wile Peggy. second from left. and Mr. and Mrs. Colin Tliatcticr. the Liberal leader‘s son an daughter-in-Iaw. wore happy

GATHERING or THE HA'PPTMTHATCHERS‘

expressions Wednesday night in Regina after the provin- cial general election. On the basis of election night re- turns. the Liberals unseated the GCF government in the

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The. Guardian, Charlo‘ltftown. Fri. April ‘24. 1964.

it Irish Moss Plant Scheduled l f For Construction In Prince 3 .

Construction will begin im- ‘mediately on a $100,000 Irish muss plant in the West Prince arca. it was reported yesterday.

Site of the plant has not been disclosed but it is expecte be known within few days.‘ The plant which appean: to have jhcern made possible by a high degree of federal participation. its expected to be operated by the provincial government,

The plant will be fully Pﬂllllb

d with two moss driers. stor. iage and boiling facilities.

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election. Some ballots re- mained to be counted and a number of seats were won by slim margins.

(01’ Wirephoto)

Tangled Search For Jeep I Reported At Coffi n Probe .

MONTREAL rcpt-The Cot. lumber camp about 60 miles'lished following publication of‘t‘ir Commons in replying

tin inquiry attempted Thursday

to follow the tangled search forj' matioii they had received from tin," by Montreal author Jac-

a jeep that may or may not

:from Bathursl, N.B.. on infor-

a garage man but were so con-

CAHTAL BUREAU

OF THE GUARDIAN OTTAWA — The Canadian Na~ oral Railway is currently giv-- eu consideration to improve- .ments in its rail service to lPi-inie Edward Island.

Transport Minister J. W

‘I-‘ickcrsgill .ievealed this in

to a

'J'Accuse Ies Assassins dc Como-“lien question from Heath ' ,Illactiuairi'ie. MP for Quecns_ ques Hebert who charzed the: lie said that no discussions

have been in the vicinity whenl vinced it was not implicated in Quebec government railroaded l its". been held with the CNR

three United States bear Iiunt- the crime that they returned to Coffin

ers were killed in the Gzispe

Peninsula in 1953

Maclean. former Tor-I

onto newspaper man, testified the Iiunt was motivated by Wil. bert Coffin’s testimony during a coroner's inquest into the kill- lngs that he saw a jeep bearing Pennsylvania licence plates in mid - June when the hunters were shot.

He covered the inquest and Ooffin‘s preliminary hearing.

The former Toronto Telegram

reporter said the maxi sign its: pictures. sending them to Mr. the New Brunswick trip that we . Edward island," Mir. a meeting in the fall of magi Matter and to the jeep owner. became so tired we couldn't

with Pennsylvania mining Pll’llt neer Theodore Arnold in Mont- real during a family funeral. The witness said Mr. Arnold told him a jeep bearin: Maine and Pennsylvania licence plates was stolen from him iii done

while .he was working at Jiini-.

per River. NB. ~ about 110 miles from the site of the slay- ing.

HEARD NO MORE

Mr. Mac-Lean said he heard nothing more about it until he received a letter from Mr. \r—

noid during the summer of 1954. ‘

containing dates and the names of persons work-log for him the previous year.

sent him to . the location of ('offin's trial on a charge of murdering one of the hunters. in July to get In touch with Raymond Ma- 'her. a defence lawyer. He said Mr. Matier had obtained the ap- proximate di—iles from persons in the area when the jeep was seen.

Mr. MacLean said he and {\Ir. Maher left the trial for New Brunswick to check the story. leaving Coffin‘s defence in the hands of Francois Gravel.

For three days. the witness said he and Mr. Malicr trav- elled 1.500 miles and talked to 50 persons before becoming con- vinced the jeep could not have ‘been in the Perce ar 1 the time of the killings

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They located the. jeep at a

WESTERN B R I E FS

a the trial. The jeep had appar-

. enlly been taken by employees! of Mr. Arnold who went on at . twoday joy ride. I

PICTURES TAKEN t llr. Machan said he sent! al iiixi driver to take pictures of‘ 1the jeep and may re- turned to Bathurst with Mr. ' Matter a few days later b0 re- trieve the camera and film.

The witness said he returned

to Toronto and developed the

l He said Arthur Ma-loney. a ; Toronto lawyer interested in the Coffin case. told him the ac- l cused recognized the jeep in the i pictures as resembling the one "II? had seen, The owner. 1'. I Arnold. said later the jeeip‘s al- uminum cabin en re- placed with plywood and was i b a rel y recognizeable as his 0W“.

1 in 1955. Mr. MacLean signed in statement used by Mr. Mal- t oney in his unsuccessful appeal i to the federal government for I new Coffin t ial.

n the statement, produced at the inquiry, Mr. MacLean ex- pressed the opinion that the- jccp located in New Briinswick ,rituld have been the one seen ‘ by Coffin.

BEGAN T0 DOUBT

He testified doubts began to 'I‘ISP in his mind again following a limb report by Toronto cloctorll Robert Wilson and his wife that. they had seen a similar jeep on;

I thtoghekgiqnowﬁbet .diconceining the restoration of n e 00 , l'. e 1‘ $31 ‘5in in c if c rv) ’ »Mr. Mather was derelict in liisgfmn? (ﬁraﬂznefniyn'we to me

duty as a defence lawyer. Ini H . ; particular. it said Mr. Maherl ‘ “ever: the quesmn of 'left the Coffin trial and spentll‘lal" 5‘“va t" a"? from bl]? two days at nearby hmelflsaud has been given'specia. where “the lawyer proved atiattention. particularly in View .least one thing_he was no, at ot. the centennial celebrations member of the Quebec counter-l “‘1‘ Yea“ .‘Consldcm’lmn . '3 part of alcoholics anonymous." lolm'entll' hem“? 31W“ to "11 uThis is scandalously untrue proremciuts in available trams and slanderous." Mr‘ MacLean services which would said. “We worked so hard and I‘ll? majority 0" l‘al" interviewed so many people in‘travelicrs to and from Pl‘lll‘f‘l.’ Picket-is~

i gill replied.

sleep.‘ I “I never saw a man work‘ I . harder in my life. I was thor-i S d d ougth impressed with Mr. Ma-i e U the? and I still am." 1

Mr. c an. now a self-‘I D I d employed reporter and pressl s e agent. said he never wrote at

downh the case. iizclicduled for last evening was

n here appeared to be 3 ipnstponed to a later date. prob- marked difference between the tabll‘ Monday. When the COMIC“ dam of the jeep} disap.luas unable to conclude a cam- arance given me by Mr. Ar~ telis meeting “'l'llllch was to pre- mold and those given to Mr.lrecd the Open sessm- IMaher of when the jeep was‘ Presumab'iy called In give seen in the area," he explained. ltt‘vic budget preliminary consid-

Makes Note Of Team Work i

SUMMERSIDE — Three more lplays were presented at the , Provincial Drama Festival here last night.

Presented were "The Dear Departed" by Central Queens Regional High School: “The Bishop's Candlesticks" by En- glewood Regional High and “The Ugly Duckling" by the Athena Drama .

In the play "The

r De- parted" adjudicator Murray Porter said there was good

team work and that the cast , worked well together. The pare ‘ of the play. he added. needed more variation but generally it was light and bright.

He expressed his appreciation in the warmth shown by Jean MaePhce in her role as Mrs. Slater in the play and said she had displayed the best facial expressions in the plays to date.

The play “The Ugly Duck- ling" contained no great ments. he said “but I don't think it should". The cliaractefs he continued. were quite well suited to their parts but the grouping did need some dress-

ing. . "The Bishop's Candlesticks" tdct'inileiy has a message for 1 us". '\lr Porter said. biil again I l cralion. the

caucus ennt'niieil lwell past its deadline before rwu ting nmvsmetn were to that the councillors were llll‘a‘hiﬂ

have to be postponed. (.Tolin. D. Alex Ulla-clltiriiilld said the meeting would prob

story for his newspaper aboiitl SUMM’E‘RSIDE “ Th“ sum‘. .. . ,. ,v. . - . .the great jeep hunt because he mcrnde Town .Ooiinoil ainmiai t ‘5'} (re P‘hpdule‘d “ML Mn" 'was convinced it had nothing to. “1199‘ meeting m'g‘lnam’l d“ g1 ‘ _. -a

Cleanlmg and'drying is an im- the west Prince area last fall. .

t ner Brook

c conclude their business and; the open budch meeting would-

entral Districts 1 y " . 3

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itnrtant part of the Irish “105‘ operation and this facility has been Iackt’n here previously

The fisherman will take his moss to the plant. where. for a small fee it will be cleaned and hail- ed. The ﬁsherman will then sell his rosu whereever he desire .

A second plant will probably be started within a year. " “est Prince plant is due to bc lllt operation by next September.

Construction of the plant lifts been advocated ail hearings in

I Adiudicator i

he stressed that the climaxes were not well brought out. commended the cast

President Johnson poses in

H whom he said had worked well a three-way handskake yes-

terday in the White House

together. Rose Garden with Roy David-

Seal Hunters M .1 , k I i . . r3] Way Union SIN) '-

RAILROAD SETTLEMENT GIVEN WRAP-UP

both sides: “Well. fellows. you did a great job. I'm mighty proud of you and tihe nation is mighty proud of you". (AP Wirephoto)

chief negotiator for the rail— roads. in a jovial picture-tak- ing session that formally wrapped up settlement of the railroad work rules dispute. Johnson told negotiators for

‘ csman. and JP. Wolfe. right.

HALIFAX (CPI RCAF search and rescue said here Thursday the fisheries patrol vessel Cape Freels has rescued nine seal hunters from an ice floe in the Gulf of St. Lawrence about 75 miles southwest of Cor-

‘ Yield Case Is Adiourned

SUMMERSIDF, I ward h’lachtil‘l of The hunters, part of a party . , of 16 men from Portland Greek “ﬂhl‘mmvay to west coast of Nettlouudland.l were reported missing early Wednesday. Seven members “f!

the group returned to Portland Creek Tuesday night. 1

The nine were reported to be t

in three motor boats and “excl last seen by their companions‘ about 30 miles off the coastl .near Portland Creek. 1 l An RCAF nentune search air.: :craft spotted the missing men : just after dark Wednesday.

The hunters were identified :as Frederick Giiiiicliard. Ran .dell Wentzell. Samuel fairies. 5Wolfred Caines. Ralph Caiiies.l ‘Thoinas Caines. Asaph Cams: and David Caines.

--r Hilbert Hoe Freetown. charged with failing to yield the accident at Ross Corner on Apr‘l vehicle on 3. The other vehicle involved in and parsonts pond on thenmﬂb ‘ the right had his case adjourn-‘ the mishap was operated by

ed until Monday niulzl at 7.30. when he appeared before Maig-i .I‘ll‘alf‘ W. Chester 5. MacDonv a‘ii in Prince Criiuty magisr lrate's court yesterday morn-

i Perry Thomas of St. Eleanors.

Mr. Thomas and Cnsl. Lind- say Robbins of the RCMP gave ‘cvidcnce for the Crown yes- "erciay. The case was adjourned

I“ t‘n hear the defence eiridence The charge arose following an. Representing the accused is J. .M’ciVille Campbell while the

Crown prosecutor is George R. i‘vicM ahon.

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1 The Coffin inquiry was estab-

: Packed House I For Concert

I Last night for the second .‘nighi in a row. a vainiety con- cci't sponsered by the ' Park United Church. played to “I capacity audience of 400 at. West Kent School auditorium. Master of ceremonies Fulton Robertson Introduced some 24 acts headlined by the appear- ance of Burke's lads and last sic; pipe band. , included in the program were ‘the Spring Park (hair under I 'lliiam Ball,

he. direction

ls PATIENT Wesley Falstetr. Kensrngtmi. l' a patient in the Prince Coun- ty Hawaii. Stunmcirsidc. where he has undergone surgery.

UNDERWENT SURGERY

A . of McEuien Road underwent an Appendcct- omy yesterday in the Prince County Hospital. Srmmerside.

Ia iikclin solo. by Mrs. Watson ‘Jlly. A ukelin is a cross be- ‘twc a guitar and a violin. 1The Centennial Scottish Dan- lcers. under the ‘ of IUITI'S. Evelyn MacKinnon. also jappcared. as well as Four-Tom In! Harmony. Fmd Pound. Matc- Aiily Ken Mackenzie and Earl Nicholson.

Chairman of the men's com- mittce was Mr. Robertson and .Mrs. Eric Ripping was chair-

DEATH NOTICES Received too late for Classified death notice column

MacKENZIE — At Boston. Mass. on April l7. l9“. Mrs. Margaret MacKenzie in h r lust year, widow of the late John A. MacKenzie of Harts- ville. The remains are rest~ ing at the Cutcllffe Funeral Home where committal ser-

will be held today at

two o‘clock. The remains will

placed in the Cutcliffe re-

ceiving vault. later to be in-

rred in the Hartsville ceme- ry.

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CROKEN — In Sydney. Nova Scotic. on April 23. 1964. Mrs. (Dr.) LE. Croken. formerly of Charlottetown. Her rc- meina will arrive in the city on Saturday afternoon and will rest Saturday evening at the Hennesaey Funeral Home from where the funeral will take place on Sunday after- noon et 3 o'clock. Requiem Big-i Mass will be celebrated on Saturday morning in Syd-

ney by her nephew. Rev. Laf-

ﬂn. Interment will take placo‘

In It: Catholic cemetery. WI.

t government in to“

an of the women's commit- tnr. Assisting ‘n tthe production were Mrs. Floyd Buell, Mrs. leel‘. Stewart mi Mm. Rob- §ert Stewart.

. SLIM LEADS

‘ lConlinued from page It the provincial House in 1 35 years. A Conservative won a ' 1953 byelection with Liberal I support.

‘ He said he would not form an alliance with either the Liber- . his or .

‘ The CCF continued to show Istrength in Saskatoon and Re- ‘gina. t Saskatchewan‘s largest cities. but rural support ; fell otf.

. Four of Snskatoon's five seats |went to the 00F and I Liberal held the other. The Regina rid- ings elected five CC!" members and one Liberal. Both cities got :two additional seats under re- 1 distribution.

‘ OCF candidate Walter Sni- shek won Region East over ‘Paul Dojack. Western Football lConle'rence referee who ran as to Liberal. An unofficial count had given the seat to Mr. Do- daolt Wednesday night.

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