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Charlotteiown and Queens COUI‘I‘I’Yuas presented by the Junior‘ The, Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Dec. 27. 1962. 5”“ a‘ M" “be” we“ I Bcgottcn

Cilurch last Sunday. Guest sing- ,ers were Allan and Marjorie . l I o “0 Come. 0 Come Emmanuel", e o n Little Town of Bethlehem",

Balderston. The c ‘uo

0 Holy Night". “Angels We Haxe

directed by Mrs. Winston Wood.

Selections included: “While

I" “The Magmiifica-t", , ‘ ' v I.

The efficiency of this arrange- .hords 2:“

[Shepherds Watched Their ment will also be discussed at 15109”... Mme March of “he

li-‘locks" “0f the Father’s Love Beef cattle producers in tonight‘s meeting. it is consid-

Prl’noe Edward Island will meet

tillilsl caching at Montgomery end likely Kings”. “Bring a Torch. Jean- a . arotetuwn to discuss ' ette. Isabelle". ""l‘was in the. problems in the an 0”“ members 0‘ the "man" Moon of Wintertime". "Gentle‘

izing committee in addition to , - . .. Mir. Gass are Leo P. Mclsaac. man had Her Child ' Mermaid; Norman A. MacMil-

also to elect a board of direc- tors for their organization.

The chairman of the organiz- Ian Amer - ' ’ . I . , . i ry Plains; Elmer.A o "‘g “mm” Daniel Ga“. Waugh. Wilmot Valley; William} pprec'a“ n

Cornwall. has announced Lank west R0 ' , yalty. Lloyd y c u ; M a x lEXpreSSEd B

meeting is scheduled for 8 Lo W oclock- Thompson. Victoria; J. 1). Mac- i Japanese Girl

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‘ i I Since .the organization of the Donald, Glenfinnan; E d w1 n ‘ 1d _ K :fifgtlzzglgfi imybgnef' tem- MScBae' Charlatmtown RR; Oceans and continents were MONTAGU'E PRINCIPAL onoltEo‘ hie his was“??? is: CASTRO GREETS RED CROSS OFF'C'ALS a ormula on price . bede H _ ,re' 9 an app'ecalve / .I I . . ‘ ment with Canada meg: head. ey mes cove- lchr'Stmag grading card from trguzi‘rhtgfegggtsmgghreggh- Zglgthlgr 183:3; lll'ilteb‘llrstTill; if; (ligzgfoollflc‘lglzmlsgre 1:;

IMiss Setsuko Sato. of T0kyo. Ja-i tam/es of the American Red

‘pan' Recently this pap.” Duh" Cross Sunday on their arrival

llished a letter f M.. Sat . . lsaying she \l'ouldolllke l: comgl aboard the “fighter “mean

IPark Royal UC Kindergarten, in"? m m but needed a - Nursery Presents Concert littllgéii‘iiy “‘“‘ “'“°"‘ S“: Brother Made Stake U.S. Attorney-Gen. Says

John Yeo. teacher at Mon- tague Regional High School is pictured presenting a cigarette lighter to the principal of the school. John Hughes. on be-

half of the teaching staff. The picsentation was made at the teachers' annual banquet he‘d at the Bison Restaurant last w-eek. Mr. Hughes stated “the

cooperation of the teaching staff is one of the things that attribute to the success of the school."

Canadian Business Scene

stallment of $53 million worth identified of food and medicines for Cas-

tro's swap of the 1.113 Bay of

P Wirephoti by radio from Havana.

l The story carried by this pa-

Read. Melody Gay and Calvin per brought a quick response Wells, while duets were heard from a Parkdale service club from Heath and Jo Ann Mac. which announced it was endeaw Latino. and Jimmie Ewing and vouring to locate a suitable fa-I Diane Tye. mily with whom the Japanese. The d 1 slog“ 9 “Gifts for Girl might stay for a year or:

A large appreciative audience was on hand r the annual Christmas concert and party staged recently by the pupils of the Park Royal Church. kinder- garten and nursery school.

Shows Little Easing Sign

By GREG MacDONALD Canadian Press Staff Writer There is little evidence of a

major downturn in the Canadian economy in 1963, says the Bank of Montreal.

The bank. in its monthly Busi- ness Review. says the economy during 1962 advanced almost without pause and that in spite of some weak spots it was a good year for most people and most industries.

Noting that the year started out in an encouraging atmos- phere. the bank says that most business indicators were point-l ing upwards and the external economic environment seemed‘ generally favorable.

York School Has Concert

Choruses. d u e t s. dialogues and exercises featured the an- nual York School Christmas concert. The program was pre- sented in its entirety. although many of the children were ab- sent due to illness. Richard Ves— scy presided with music sup- plied by Mr. and Mrs. Raou Raymond.

The program\ included an ad- dress of welcome by grade two “A”; choruses by the s c h o o children; the junior room. sen- ior room: duets by Anne Chap- pell and Betty Ann Crockett. Glen Watts and Dwight Vessey. exercises by Grade two "B", grade one, grade three, an grade three “S”; dialogues by

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But there was also evidence of some slowing down in the flow of long term capital invest- ment into Canada, as as falls in exchange reserves and the exchange rate.

The rapid succession in devel- opments which led to the fixing of a par value for the Canadian dollar at a lower rate continued heavy losses of exchange re- serves and speculative pressure against the dollar culminated in an exchange crisis which re- quired figrrective measures, the sa .

"Nevertheless, the economic advance in Canada continued

thout pause . . . and indus- trial production and retail sales rose to record levels. unemploy- ment was substantially reduced agricultural output ex- ceeded earlier expectations.

"The stance of the Canadian economy as the year draws to a is measurably stronger than might have been expected in the uncertain atmosphere at mid - year and encouragement may be drawn from other as- pects of the current situation."

The bank continues that while excess capacity is still in evi- dence. the relatively low level of

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rent upswing could mean that the Canadian economy is closer to the stage when major invest-

plans will be imple-

mented.

What seems to be in store, it says. is a further moderation in the rate of expansion. perhaps a dfewfofe anrm moytnh s'g before many months by another

upturn. Reviewing the factors that

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contributed to the increase

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made the economy expand dur- ing the year. the bank said the level of retail sales. which were well maintained throughout the first three-quarters of the year. suggests that consumer spending continues to exert a strong sus- taining influence on the over-all level of business activity.

“In the first half of the year durable goods purchases were the outstanding feature of the consumption pattern. register- ing strong gains over the previ- ous year. largely as a result ofl record sales of motor vehicles.‘

‘Government expenditures on goods and services have also In total spending. During the first half of the year purchases of oods a d services by govern- ments at all levels were run- n at a reasonably adjusted‘ annual rate of about $8.000.000.-l 000. some 10 per cent above thel previous year." .

The bank added that althoughl the continued rise in govern-l ment outlays since mid-year; has tended to be held down: somewhat by the implementa-’ tion of the federal government’s policy of cutting expenditures. the reductions will be small in relation to the total.

Another contributing f a c t o r was the increase in private cap- ital spending on residential con- struction and on ew plants ad Another was Can- ada’s e xtern a1 trade which reached record levels during the year. while yet another was the increased demand for Canadian output both at home and abroad which reflected the pace of in- dustrial activity.

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four girls of the senior room; senior pupils. grades four an d five: a reading by Eleanor Jewell; harmonica solo by Ben- nie Watts and Christmas carols by the senior girls.

The teachers in charge of the program were Mrs. Gertrude Whiteway and Mrs. Anne Crock- ett. .

LOCAL BRIEFS

RETURNS T0 DUTY Miss Diane Bennett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bennett. has returned to her duties at the Victoria General Hospital. Hall- fax. after spending Christmas It her home in this City.

VISITED PARENTS

Wayne Ward and William Ward returned yesterday It 0 Saint John. N.B.. after spending the Christmas w c e k e n d with their parents. Mr. and M r a. Cecil Ward and Mr. and M r s. Elmer Ward. city.

N0 ACClDEN'l's .

The RCMP in Charlottetown last night reported that dc+pite the hamell condition of all highways. due to the rain and snow which fell yeaterdav. no reports of highway accidents were received from the area within their jurisdiction.

ARSENAULT FUNERAL -— The funa'al for Mrs. A.E. Arsen- ault was held Wednesday morn- ins from her late residence. 139 Upper Prince Street to St. Dun- stan'a Basilica where Requiem Hill! Mass was celebrated by Rev. James Kelly who alsocon- ducted the service at the grave. Moat Rev. Malcolm A. Mac- Eachern, bishop of Charlotte town; Rt. Rev. Nazaire Polrier, Rt Rev. John Sullivan. Rev. George A. MacDonald. Rev. William Doucetic. CSUR_ ev. Raymond Gallant. WP: and Rev. Lorne Mchonaid. 0M1, were Dream in the sanctuary. The

txealttve and staff of the Red C t '

mas Society were present a ' mm

the fractal. Pallbearers were “'1’ 2" no mum.

Mr. Jutica Mark R. MacGui- um“ .0 the ME w .n

880. Mr. Jiltice George J. a mu m tron”. n MIG 0- St- CM reached their - objec-

Trninor, Comedian J. Edmond um I. u” “at my hour: of

Arsenal. I. Alban hmr. mug.

QC. and a. Earls Taylor. in- did . real of

torment took place in the Roman what in said. My estimate in that

Catholic nannies-y. 'a solicit!

Bad luck ls Blamed By Freed Prisoner

Humberto Sanchca, 28. was in the Cuban armed forces under Fulgencio Ba- tista, the deposed dictator. He left his homeland when Fidel Castro took over. A member of the Bay of Pigs invasion force. he was re- leased Sunday. This in his story.

By HUMBERTO SANCHEZ

MIAMI, Fla. (APl—Bad luck wrecked our invasion of Playa Giron. Air support would have

But with a couple of breaks we could have gone all the way. planes or not.

Misfortune was far from my mind. from the time of enlist- ment in March. . to the morning of.the invasion April 17.

I was with the 5th battalion aboard the freighter Houston. We had shipped April 14 from Puerio Cabeza. Nicaragua. and were in Cuban waters by 7 p.m., April ltl.

Our attack got under way be fore dawn, but for some reason we could not get our launches away from the Houston until the sun was up.

The bad luck with the small boats was compounded when the first enemy aircraft arrived. We thought the not coming over us was friendly. It wag-

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gled its wings. We waved back. ch

He dived and fired into our launches. We were sitting ducks after that.

LOSE 80 MEN

The n-zc was joined by armed jet trainers and the British Sea- furles. All we had in the way of antiaircraft were four 50-

One Jammed. Our d ed with high octane gal and before long all our supplies were either re or severely damn: . en bombs put a list to the Bonn . We lost about so men by drown- ing or strafing as we swam

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I 1.800 dead. Their militia was not well trained.

Once a o m e militiawomen showed up in a truck a started firing at us. Well. this is war. We blasted them with a single bazooka shell.

It was inevitable that the end would come. for most of our equipment and supplies was either destroyed or in the water. The battle was over in 72 hours. Y after their long—range artillery started pounding us to pieces. I

I hid for 11 days. helped by friendly peasants. On the morn-l ing of April 28 l was picked upl and brought to Havana by car.j winding up eventually in Prin-i cipe Prison. which was to be. my home for the next 20 months. I

Treatment at Principe was

stial and humiliating. We weren't beaten up. but the psy- chological torture and humilia-I

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tions were worse I We learned we were to be re- leased on the 22nd and wereI

very happy. Some of Castro's? own guarda‘were sympathetic I towards us. ‘Now you're going; to eat beefsteak and have shoes: I don't forget us." they would say. I

e were so sorry for .

They came for us at Principe l yesterday at 1 pm. few rela- i tives were outside and they I yelled and waved. I

e were surprised to receive eers from peasants in the smaller towns. The reception at 1 San Antonio was even noisier.| But the guards up front merely; looked at each other. Near the? airbase. some of us gave our; shoes to people who begged for t

We boarded our plane finally at 8 pm. for the U.S. We were emotionally exhausted and hun- i gry. W

The guests were welcomed by Mary Knox, Cathy Peacock, Linda Wiggington and Jimmie Ewing. Both classes combined to form a chorus to sing six Christmas songs, “l'm Happy . “Ring the Bells of Christmas", “Be Careful", "Away in a Man ger". "Twinkle. Twinkle Little Star" and “Jingle Bells".

Recitations were presented by Kathy Stewart. Linda Rob- inson. Gail Gorriil. Diane Tye. Susan Moore. Elmer Campbell and Glenda Gorriil. .

Solos were sung by Donna

Jesus" was presented by Mar- lene MacDonald, Nancy Mutch, Heather MacLellan. Barb a r a Webster. Karen Lowiher an (1 Gordon Matheson. A n o t h e r “Christmas Gifts" was perfor- med by Bobby Thompson. Bob- by Verhulp. Paul Moore, Calvin Wells, Max Cook and J o h n Chipman.

The superintendent, Mrs. Stewart MacKay, acted as mis- tress- of- ceremonies. The pro- gram concluded with the chil~ dren being given gifts and

treats.

Veteran Worked Six Months To Prepare Bus For Escape ‘

BERLIN (AP) For six months Hans Weidner, a crip- pled war veteran. worked deep in Communist East Germany to armor and outfit an old bus for a run to the freedom of West Berlin.

Wednesday he made it spec- tacularly, despite the machine- gun fire of East German border

uards.

Weidner led a party of eight refugees that crashed the bus through three barriers on the main road to West Berlin and emerged from the shooting un- scathed.

A half-dozen bullets scarred the bus.

Weidner. who walks painfully with the aid of two crutches. brought along his wife and two children. a 15-yearaold daughter and a son. 10

With them were his driver. Jucrgen Wagner. 22. and W ner‘s wife and two children. one 18 months old.

“We didn't say anything to the children until the last min— in an inter. Vie “They thought we were going to visit relatives in East Germany for Christmas.

Weidner had been planning scape since mid-summer in the little town of Neugers- dorf, at the southeastern corner of East Germany.

"I had a garage and this one bus." “It was built in 1941. Anything newer than that goes to the state."

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The preparations were com- plicated and thorough. Weidner and Wagner worked together to obtain the steel plates. fit them to the side of th us and to make eye-slits in the plates to go over the windshield.

They also built steel guards to protect the double tires of the 10-ton. 40-seat bus. They attached a snow plow to clear the heavy nails they expected to find at the crossing-point.

About 5:30 am. the bus ap- proached the first East German control point at 15 miles an hour, as East German regula- tions provide. Then Wagner gunned the engine and burst through.

It was a moment before the.

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Sato carried a hand \vritte “Thank you for publishing in letter."

SANTA CLAUS SENIDS TRAIN

train. To the surprise of all. _a

I streamlined passenger train

roared into this tiny York County hamlet Christmas Eve and screeched to a halt at the tumbledown s h a c k of

mother and her eight chil-

Out sprang the crew in the twinkling of an eye. laden with packages of toys and food.

In an instant. the shack came alive with the shouts of joy from wide-eyed and de- lighted youngsters. But before the bewildered mother could even say "thanks." the men were off again, back to their

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The special stop was the idea of fla g m a 11 Nelson Speraw of Harrisburg and his helpers on the Pennsylvania Ra i l r o a d Harrisburg - Baltimore train which leaves every night at 6 pm.

“We never had a chance to

learn the name of the fam- ily," Speraw said. “but it was

police saw what was hapening: obvious they could stand some

and began to shoot. “I grabbed the steering wheel with both hands," Weidner said.

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help. So we schemed up this

“while Wagner stepped on they quickly. "we asked Santa‘s

gas and we went through.

Poet Frost May Recover

BOSTON (AP) —— Doctors are u“

still hopeful about the chances

of poet Robert Frost‘s complete * r the

ecovery, the director of

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital ‘

reported Wednesday. But he said the 88-year-old four-time Pulitzer Prize winner remains

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By ALTON BLAKESLEE NEW YORK (AP) — “M made a mistake." that frank statement. Attorney-General 5F. edy took inegotiations to bring I1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners. a drug firm official said here.

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1U.S. hand

,of the 853.000.000 worth of drugs. ‘instruments and baby food col- .lected for liberation of the men captured in the unsuccessful .Bay of Pigs invasion—the “mis- Itake" in April mill—this source ,said.

‘. The drug firm official. who fiasked not to be identified pub- llicly, said the attorney-general

told them he was acting as a

.private citizen in making the lrequest. i Cuba's Premier Castro

lspelled out his needs in a thick lcatalogue. written in Spanis. Ihe said. The catalogue listed the value of requested items. in lwholesale or lowest market .price.

I The catalogue suggested. l“lcss 30-per-cent discount." lIGNORED ‘DiSCOUNT' ..

‘ “We didn't know what that Imeant. so we ignored it." the loificial said. His firm was one

lof about 50 contributing $23.263.-i to" £000 in drugs and medical sup-

‘plies.

“One item in the catalogue was for a 17-year supply of a compound used for diagnosing (blockage of arteries in the brain lor circulatory tree. This was jtotally unrealistic—the Cubans

yto Russia. in exchange for other

Robert-and nitric acid. which might be in 3 basic for making explosives. We back the I decided not to fill such requests.

In a conference with manufac- turers. Kennedy asked for dona- tions of pharmaceuticals as part 3 ing items to meet their

pro-led", would never be doing that much ‘ Of course, he a d d e d ‘ surgery of that - . . , . , “Things like tllat made us -‘ oifICIal permlsswn “first; He ‘wondcr whether some items Save “5 the green hght- ‘would really be used in Cuba in serious condition. l PRECIOUS CLAY Fmst entered the hospitall Four rare ores—titanium. ru-