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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1958

Water Safety

R. J. RUPT, REV. M. Committee

Representatives Hold Meeting

Representatives of the Water Safety Committees of the Pro- vincial Red Cross Water Ser- vices in communities from Al- berton to Georgetown, met in annual session last evening at a dinner meeting at the Rendez- vous restuarant in Charlottetown, reviewing the activities of last season and discussing plans for 1958.

Mr. Keith Lapp of Summer- side, Provincial V Chairman, pre- sided at the meeting which in addition to representatives from many communities. included a number of special guests: H-is Worship Mayor Edwin C. John- stone of Charlottetown, and Past President of the Provincial Red Cross; Mr. Water R. Shaw, Pro- vincial President and Mrs. Shaw; Rey Dunbar, Past Provin-

ma aumnil‘ "f -Water .

Services and

A pleasing feature of -the meet-

ing’ was the presentation of a brief case to Rev. M.D. Dunbar, who is soon leaving Charlotte- town to reside in Tacoma, Wash- ington.

Mr. R.J. Rupert, in making the presentation on behalf of the Committee, spoke of the fine con- tribution made by Mr. Dunbar for a period of six years in the interests of water safety “Through his leadership.” said Mr. Rupert,” the services have developed un- til at present our Province holds a unique spot in the Dominion record of students per capita participating in the swimming and water safety program.”

Mr. Dunbai‘ in a suitable re- ply, expressed his thanks for the Committee's gesture of appreci- ation and goodwill and gave much credit for the phenomenal growth of the prog;-am to Mrs. Cudmore and the committee members.

DUNBAR, KEITH LAPP

His Worship Mayor Johnstonc welcomed the group, stressing the importance of the work they are doing among the young in giving them swimming instruc- tion and instilling in them the rules of water safety. He also referred to the work of Mr. Dun- bar and Mrs. Cud-more. “Their vision and initiative been noth- ing short of remarkable," he said.

Provincial President Walter R. Shaw ‘n brief remarks, empha- sibed he “tremendous scope” of Red Cross work andvthe debt the society owed to the many men and women who give voluntar- ily of their time to further the work. “It is folk like yourselves,” and Mrs. Cudmore who make the great work of the Red Cross possible,” he stated.

OH-ILD DROWNED ’

Sfl’. LEONAIRD, N. B. (OP)- Two-year-old ' Marcel Michaud was drowned Friday when he fell into a hole filled with four feet of water after recent heavy-rain. The accident occurred at his

farm home six miles from here.

Complete Itinerary Of Governor GeneraI's Visit

Following is the complete ‘it-_

inerary of the visit here next’

week of His Excellency the Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada:

4.00 p.m. AST HMCS “Sioux" arrives Charlottetown from Pic- tou.

A sal-ute to His Excellency will be fired from -Victoria Park as the ship enters the harbour.

His Excellency will be met by His Honour the Hon. F. Walter Hyndman, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island; His Worship Edwin C. Johnstone, Mayor of Charlottetown; Com- mander John N.‘ Kenny and In-’ spector Edward L. Martin RCMP, Honorary Aides-de-cam-p.

His Excellency will inspect a composite Guard of Honour. (Band - Prince Edward Island Regiment).

The Vice-Regal Party will pro- ceed to Government House where His Excellency will re-

main as the guest of His Hon- our the Hon F.Walter Hyndman and Mrs. Hyndman, during his stay on the Island.

On arrival at Government House a representative party of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides will be drawn up on the lawn directly opposite the entrance.

Dinner at Government House.

Thursday, May 15th:

10.00 a.m. AST The Vive-Reg- al Party will leave Government House by motor car for Sum- merside.

11.30 a.m. AST The Vice-Reg- al party will arrive at Summer Street Entrance to Memorial Square (if the weather is in- clement-at the C i v i c Audi- torium).

His Excellency will be met by His Worship W.A. Currie, Mayor of Summerside. who will conduct His Excellency to the parade square.

The Sea Cadet Band, Sea Cad-

Carl-in Reaches Toronto In Half Sate; Near End Of Trip

TORONTO (OP) — Ben Carlin trundled into town Friday in an amphibious jeep called Half Safe and said “a brace of bulldozers” couldn’t get him to make a sec- ond land-and-water circuit of the globe such as the’ one he has nearly completed.

The Australian-born Carlin and

his pretty American wife started the trip 10 ‘years ago next fall from Halifax where grizzled wa- terfront veterans eyed the jeep and said it should have been called “Unsafe.” Some said it would sink like a stone as soon as it hit the water. _ But it didn’t. Now, after voyag- mg across two oceans—wlth its tour rubber - tired wheels re- traoted-—and driving across 38 countries, Half Safe is still going. It Was U.S. Army-surplus when Carlin bought it for $901.

The leathery veteran of Second World War service with the In- dlan Army is en route to‘Mont- real on the last lap of the trip. Mrs. Carlin, who quit the expedi- t10n at Calcutta last year because 5h€_Was sick of being sea-sick, awaits him at New York.

WED NURSE

Mrs. Carlin, a native of Boston, met her husband in 1945 while sewing as a nurse in India. The mufid - the — world project grew more from .Carlin’s observation °"° day while gazing at an amphibious jeep: “With a bit of

"WON Iaclornmcml you could 3° ‘Found the world in one of

those things."

After the war. Carlin went to the U.S., married t-he nurse and bought a sea.-going 3669- He added a bow and fuel tanks, bolted on a roof and coated the whole contraption with Plastic paint. _

The Carl-in-s made one abortlve attempt to get going 1111943 f“_°m New York, broke down 400 1101195 at sea and were towed to Mont- real by the tanker New Jersey. They lowered the wheels and drove the box-like vehicle to Hall- fax where they planned and can- eened a couple of departures, eventually getting away N01‘ih Af‘ rica-bound in early 1949-

WROTE BOOK

Carlin wrote a book called. nai- urally enough, H-Elf Safe» _5aW ‘t sell 32,000 copies and wind up printed in Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish and. Jap- anese in addition to English-

From North Africa. Where _H31f S-a.fe’s 17-foot bulk caused Cllllie 3 stir, the Carlins drove through Europe to England where they spent more than ,three years mending Half Safes scars and writing the book.

Then they set off across east- ern Europe, through the Middle East and so on round the g10Ib9-

Carlin, a nrining engmeer by profession and now 43. Sa.V‘S he 5 had his fill of adventure. He didn’t say what he planned to ‘do with weary old Half Safe which

looks less safe than W81‘-

ets, Air Cadets Boy Scouts and Girl Guides will be assembled on the, parade square 0C -Major Lorne Monkley.

General Salute.

His Excellency will make a brief inspection.

His Excellency will proceed to the band stand where he will receive an Address of Welcome from His Worship the Mayor. His Excellency will reply.

Members of the Town Council, Members of the Legislative As- sembly, Judge Darby and visit- ing Mayors will be presented to His Excellency.

His Excellency will wreath at the Cenotaph.

The Sea Cadet Band willplay ‘God Save The Queen’.

12.00 noon: Party will proceed to St. Elean- or’s Airport where His Excell-

(Continued on page 5 Col. 1)

Strike Threats Continue To Be Worry In U.K.

LONTDON (0P)—-The Macmil- lan government Friday night gained a reprieve fromya strike that would force Britain 5 nation- a-lized railways to a Sta‘Il|l2I‘StlII and leav-e London completely Without public transport. _

.In a bid to prevent the biggest transport shutdown in 30 years, Labor Minister Macleod called_to- getlier railwauy chief S1-r Brian Robertson and three union lead- ers for talks that ’lasted more than three hours.

Then it was announced further talks will be held Tuesday-

The crisis talks came on the fifth day of a London bus strike. And Londoners face the prospect of a meatless diet along with

lay a

‘walking to work as ’a result of a

meat wholesale wonkers’ strike scheduled to start Sunday-

Rail union leaders originally sought a wage increase of up to 10 per cent for their 500,000 men, but now are ready to accept a cost-of-living increase of about four per cent.

The transport commission said at first it could not afford any increase, but offered to recon- sider the situation in the fall af- ter further rail modernization and union co-operation in economy moves.

Earlier this week, Sir Brian made a further concession and said he could “reassess” the claims of the unions in July.

There was no break in the Lon- don bus strike, which has re- moved 8,400 buses from the roads

in an area of 2,000 square miles.

The Vice-Regal I

24 Trapped Virginia Coal Miners‘ Rescued

SIHAR.-PLES, W. Va. (AP) - Twenty - fou-r coal miners, their grime-smeared faces split with wide grins, emerged in single file Friday from the flooded wreck- age of a 30-year-old mine.

They escaped from one of the oddest accidents in West Vir- g-inia’s long and often tragic coal mining history.

The tunnelled-out earth of the Boone County Coal Corporat-ion’s old No. 2-A mine collapsed at 2 p.m. Thursday under the weight of a two-acre pond atop the slope mine about 2,000 feet back from the entrance.

Hrund-reds of tons- of black waste water gushed harmlessly out the mine entrance, but other tons backed up into low-lying" areas, ’blocking off the tunnel. '

Twenty-two of the 24 miners at work at the time were digging coal 6,000 feet from the entrance and 4,000 feet from the water breakthrough. Two others were on a mine motorcar. They saw the water coming, retieated and joined their co-workers.

MISS WHITESIDE

Is Awarded Scholarship

Miss Mary E. Whiteside. B.A., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Whiteside, 15 Lapthorn Ave., has been awarded a pre-Master’s scholarship by the Canada Coun- cil.

She graduated from D=alhousie University in May, 1957, receiv- ing an honors degree in history. She was awarded the university medal for first class honors in history, also‘ the Edith and Ross Goodman prize for Canadian his- tory.

early education in the elementary school in Truro and at Prince Street School and Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown.

While attending Prince Street School she was awarded the Gov- enor-General’s bronze medal and in her third year at Prince of Wales College the Governor- General’s silver medal for gener- al proficiency.

Since graduation Miss White- side has been a research as- sistant at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. She plans to con- tinue her stud-ies in Canadian history towards‘ a Master's de- gree at the University of Tor- onto this autumn.

BONNIE JEAN WEDS

MOUNT STEIRLING, Ky. (A-P) —Bonnie Jean Pflug, 19, weds William F. B-eu-cher today. Bon- nie Jean was born without arms. Beaucher, 22,‘is paralyzed from the waist down. S-lnce their wed- ding plans were announced, wishes for their happiness have come from Malaya, South Af- rica, Hong Kong, Dublin, Paris,

England. Canada and Singapore-

Miss Whiteside received her"

By The Canadian Press Premier Matheson of Prince Edward Island said early today he has no intention of withdraw- ing a statement he- attributed to

« Federal civil servants regarding

his Province‘s' share of federal grants.

The Premier commented on a letter sent him by Finance Min- ister Fleming which was made public in Ottawa Friday. It said

eral Finance Department's ex- pert on Federal-Provincial tax

1 matters, was unfounded.-

“I am not withdrawing any statement that was accurate,” Mr Matheson said. He quoted Deputy Finance Minister K.W. Taylor earlier this year as saying Prince

. Edward Island is receiving more‘

than its share of federal assis- tance to the Atlantic Provinces. Later Mr. Matheson said the statement was made by Mr. Burns. Mr. Fleming has denied the statements were made by either official.

The Premier said he had writ- ten Finance Minister Fleming April 25 and again "a couple of days ago." The letters would be made public “at an opportune time.” -

Mr. Matheson said neither he nor Mr. Fleming were at the meeting where he - claims the controversial statement was made. "‘I have people who were at that meeting and heard the statement.”

He said that instead of writing

Has ”No Intention” Of Withdrawing, Is CIaim

an attack on R.M. Burns, the Fed- ,

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Finance Minister, Premier

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letters of the kind released Fri- day night Mr. Fleming “should make his position clear” about Island revenues from Ottawa.

Mr. Fleming referred to the}, letter written by Mr. Matheson‘ April 25‘ and said “before taking steps to reply to your letter.....- I shall be glad to wait until I‘ know whether you are prepared to withdraw the statement which you have imputed to Mr. Burns and which he never made."

Three U.S. Navy coastal patrol vessels are scheduled to arrive in Charlottetown this morning shortly before noon for In twp-day

courtes visit. The xx/Sgssels, the U.S.S. Ely, U.S.S., Farmington and U.S.S.

Portage are arriving from Great Lake Headquarters in Rochester N.Y. and will tie up at the Rail- way wharf.

At seven o'clock Monday morn- ing the ships will, depart for ex- ercise duty of the U.S. Seaboard. The ships will be open to visit- ors from 1 o'clock p.m. to 4 o'clock p.m. on Saturday and

Three U.‘ 5. Coastal Patrol Vessels Are Due Here Today

Sunday.

All three ships are U.S. naval reserve training vessels, slightly smaller ~ than‘ a -destroyer" and‘ carry a crew of 100 officers and men.

- The Ely is under the command of Lieutenant J .G. Ammerman, while the other ships, the Farm- ington and the Portage are com- manded by Lieutenants D.W. Jones and J .W. Harris, respectiv-

ly.

This evening a special dance‘ will be held at the Rollaway for both officers and men of the three ships.

By THE CANADIAN PRESS Developments in a Montreal court room today and, after- wards, in Prime Minister Diefen- baker’s Ottawa office may decide whet-her the CP»R’s locomotive firemen go on strike early Sun- day morning. ’