Page I The Guardian Tuesday, Fish. 15, 1955

RCMP Report Tabled In House

The aggregate criminal investi- gations carried out by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Province during 1954 was 4.501. This Is shown in the annual re- port of the R.C.M.P., ”L" Div- ision, tabled in the Legislature yesterday. Included are those made under the Federal Statutes and the Municipal Laws.

This is a decided upward climb since 1052. The increase of 1954 over N53 h 50 or 245k. There were no murder! or attempted murders hi the Province last year, There was one case of man- slaughter but at the subsequent preliminary hearing the accused was not committed for trial.

An increase is noted in the of- fences of driving whilst intoxicat- ed and driving whilst impaired. as well as failing to stop at the scene of an accident and reckless driving. There were three cases of robbery with violence and the same number charged with theft of cattle.

Breaking. entering. and theft resulted in 35 cases. nine of which were the work of juveniles who attacked summer cottages and did a great deal of damage. Thefts of which there were 113 were mostly of a petty nature involving small amount of cash. merchan- dise and movcable equipment taken from unlocked vehicles.

Howard Mclnnis

FITTED FOOTWEAR 175 Queen st. - Currie Bldg.

IIIITIIS. MARRIAGES. DEATHS 50: Per Insertion

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iiiizrns AYLOR.--At the P. E. I. Hos- pital on Feb. 14. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Edison Taylor. I aon.

JENKINS-At the P. 1:. I. Hos- pital on Feb. 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jenkins. Brackley. a son. 9 lbs. lloz.

HUNTER;-At the Prince County Hospital on February 12. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hunter. Sum- merside. a daughter. Betty Lee.

DOIRON-At the Prince County Hospital on February ll. 1955. to Dr. and Mrs, Aubin Doiron. Sum- merslde. a daughter. Marie Sim- one. weight 8 lbs. 4 ms.

PROFITT-At the g I). I. Hos- pital. February 1-it . 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Profitt. Char- Iottetown a son. 7 lbs.

CARR-At the Prince Edward County Hospital. Picton. Ontario- osi February 6th. 1955. to L7Bdr. and Mrs. Wm E. Carr inee Vern! g pmudp 3. xi 5 daughter. Linda Gail. Weight 1 lbs. 10 cu.

DUFFY - At the Charlottetown Hospital on February l-ith. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Duffy. a daugh- ter. 8 lbs. 9 ozs.

BURKE - At St. Joseph's Hos- pital. Toronto. on January 17th. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. John Burke (nee Kaye Collinsl a son. John Henry Brian. Weight ti lbs. 7 ms.

REID-At the Kings County Mem- orial Hospital. Montague. on Feb- ruary 2nd. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. nnward Reid. Murray Harbour North. a daughter. Dianne Jane. Weight 5 lbs. 6 ozs. Maiiiiaoss

wjjrt-mmm--Tm BAKER - RICHARDS-At Bouris. February lst. 1955. by Rev. D. A. Sharpe. Enid Ann Richards. daugh-

ter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. mchards, Souris. and Edison Stanley Baker. son of Mr. and

Mrs. Stanley H. Baker. Summer- side. 7 DEATHS

SMITH - At Emerald. on Febru- ary llth. i955. Joseph Walter Louis. infant son of Mr .and Mrs. Reginald Smith.

KELLY-In the city on Monday. Feb. 14. 1955. John Kelly aged 83 years. His remains will be trans- ferred from the Hennessey Funer- nl Home to his late residence. Fort Augustus this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

PHILLIPS-At the Prince County Hospital on February 14. 1955. Edna Elizabeth Phillips. wife of E Im c r Phillips. Summerside. Resting at the Bnwness Funeral Home until Wednesday noon. Chance to Trinity United Church. Bun-irnerslde, for service at 2 p.m. I II t e r in e n t People's Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers.

City and Central

ICE CREAM - the perfect solu- tion of the dessert problem.

ELECTRIC FLOOR sander now available for rental. R. T. Hol- man Ltd.. Charlottetown.

INTERNATIONAL 3.5 Refriger- ators, regular 334175. Sale 5225.00. Storey Electric.

ALPHA REBEKAII Lodge No. 10 I.0.0.F. regular meeting to- night 8 p.m. Valentine party. Odd- fellows invited.

LITTLE THEATRE G U l L D Studio Night. Thursday. February 21th, 8 p. in. Queen Charlotte High School.

SMARTEN UP YOUR NEW CARS. lnstall Duel Exhaust Sys- tems and Fender Skirts. Tanton's Accessories Ltd.

CLASS 127 Music syllabus should read as Bagpipe solo in: Junior years. (DI intermediate years is) Senior l6 years over.

FUNERAL Sl-JRVICE The funeral of Edward Bradley was held on Monday morning from the Hennessey Funeral Home to St. Dunstanis Basilica where Requiem High Mass was cele- brated by Rev. Justin MacDon- ald. who also conducted service at the grave Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery Pall bear ers were: Patrick Dennis. Harry Cahill. Henry Redmond. John Carragher. Ambrise Duffy and Harold Cullen.

Festival follows: under 12 13 to 15 and

FUNERAL MONDAY - The funeral of Henry McGuirk was held Monday morning from his late residence in Dromore to St. Patrick: Church Fort Augustus where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by th pastor. Rev. T. P. Butler, who also conducted the service at the grave. Prcscnt in the sanctuary were Rev. Wil- liam Simpson and Rev. Alan MacDonald. The pail bearers were: Emmett Wisner. Charles Quinn, Chester Walsh. waiter White. Joseph Holland and Revi McNally. Interment was in the chnrch cemetery. The funeral was very largely attended.

Personals

John Fitzpatrick. farmer of Bed- ford was making a few business calls in die City yesterday.

Mr. Arthur Stewart. livestock buyer Sea View. was a visitor to the City yesterday. Mr. Stcwart reported the roads were extra good for this time of year.

Miss illizabeth Wright of Char- lottetown. spent the weekend with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edison Wright, Central Bedequs.

Pension Payment is Explained

Hon. B. Earle MacDonald stat- ed in the Legislature yesterday that 5720 is the maximum amount that a single person can earn and 51,200 the maximum amount that a married person can earn and still be eligible for the Disabled Person's pension. Mr. MacDonald said that any amount under the maximum will be made up by the Government. For example. he said. a single person earning 5500 would be entitled to receive 5220 per year and likewise a married person earning 5000 would be en- titled to S400 a year pension.

The Minister of Health and Welfare was replying to s ques-

tion from Dr. Lorne Bonnell (Fourth Kings) who stated that according to a Press release

those with a maximum income of 5750 (singlet and 51.200 (married) would be eligible to receive 340 a month or 5400 a year.

3. P. Women's Club Meeting

The lilnternational Federation of Business and Professional Wo- men" was the program topic at the February meeting of the Charlottetown Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club held at the Charlottetown Hotel. Feb- ruary tub. The program chair- man. Miss Gladys Hart. introduc- ed the topic. A resume of the founding. development, and pro- jects of the ation was given by the commit- tee members. Mrs. M. Bell. Miss Ethel Sutherland. Mrs. W. Hoyt, Miss Lillian Duchemin and Miss Hilda Harper. In summing up Miss Hart stated the aim of the Federation to promote co-oper- ation of ' and ya ' women throughout the world.

Mrs. G. A. Chan. guest of honor. who recently came to Char- lottetown from Hong Kong com-

N. D. Maclean

UNDERTAKER EMBALMEB

Charlottetown and North Wlltshlre DIAL 5540

pleted the program with s beauti- ful rendltion of piano works by Handel and Chopin and the sing- ing of a Chinese hymn.

The dinner tables were attrac- tively decorsted in keepin with

. Valentine's Day, a bouquet of red and white carnations being the centerpiece.

During the business meeting. presided over by Miss Dorothy Cullen. president, s scholarship of 525 was voted for the 1955 Music Festival Mrs. Laura Clapp. con- vener Ways and Means. pre- sented plans for a white elephant sale. Tentative plans were dis- cussed ior s gel-together of Mari- time business and professional women in connection with Cher- lotteiown's Centennial celebra- tions. Miss Ruth Vinnicombe was named eonvener to arrange ob- servance of Business Women's gWeQR ni October 1955.

icard of Thanks

I wish is express my sincere thanks to Dr. MacDonald. Dr. Grant. nurses and staff of Prince County I

Ills treats and cards during my illness

Walter Wilson. Grsoeud.

Girl Guide Leaders Honored

Queens County Gulders. with their escorts. were the guests last evening of the local Associations and sponsoring groups at a dinner and dance held in the banquet room of the Y.M.C.A.

At the close of the dinner Mrs. F. G. Hutcheson, provincial com- missioner addressed the Guiders. thanking them for their many hours of voluntary work with the Guides. for without the leaders there could be no Girl Guide com- panies or Brownie packs.

A lively sing-song followed with Mrs. Ronald Atkinson as pianist.

Bridge and scrabble were in play for the remainder of the evening and dancing was enjoyed to the music of the Brightonaires.

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Annual Meeting

Gordon hlatuunald. Judge .n. S -Deslloches, Mr. H. R. Carrulhers. y Auditors. H. R. Doane & Co. .SPEClAl. SPEAKER

The special speaker at the at- ternoon session was Mrs. Lane Rniglit, National Chairman oi Red Cross Voluntary Services, who stated that although 9792 of all Red Cross work is done by volun- teers. it is vital to Red Cross that in every phase of Red Cross work ioiuniecr participation should be maintained and further developed. She said she was nappy that Mrs. H. L. Palmer is now Divisional Chairman of Red Cross Voluntary Services and in this capacity will act as consultant to the Division- al Chairman in extending the field of voluntary scrxiccs in Red Cross programs in Prince Edward is land.

EEYENING MEETING At the etching meeting. pre- sided o v e r by president Mac-

Donald. guests at the head table were: His Honour Lieut.-Gover- nor T. W. L. Prowse and Mrs.

Prowse. Premier A. W. Mathe- sun. Mayor J. D. Stewart and Mrs .Stewart. Hon. B. E a r l e

MacDonald and mrs. itlactionald.

Rev. J. H. Bishop and Mrs. Bishop. Dr. W. J. P. MacMilIan. Mrs. Lane Knight. Miss Mar-

garei E. Wilson, Mr. Edwin C. Johnstone. Mr. H. R. Carruthers. Following the report of the Commissioner. Miss lphigenie Ar- senault. Premier A. W. Mathe- son spoke briefly commending the organization for the splendid work being done and assuring the members of his appreciation. Licut-Governor Prowse said "the thanks oi the city and Province are due the Red Cross if for nothing else than the work done on behalf of crippled chil- dren and water safety.” His Honour riled several cases where the society had done splendid work locally when called upon in emergencies. He paid tribute to the Rotary Club. the Masonic Fraternity at

Montague and Dr. MacMillan for

work done on behalf of crippled children over a period of years.

Mayor Stewart congratulated Miss Arsenault on her report and Miss Wilson on her talk on international affairs. "We at City Hall are most conscious of the work being done by the Red Cross here and throughout the Province." Mayor Stewart said.

'1-Ion. B. Earle MacDonald. Min- ister of Health and Welfare. said "The Red Cross have done a good job or they would not have survived. We work very close with the Society and do the vgry best we can at all tirnes, and we should all be thankful for the deep interest and enthusiasm of

international li'eder- "I

the ladies here. who are ready and willing an all um" to advance the work of Red Cross."

Mr. MacMillan commented on the large and enthusiastic audi- ence "We should all be satisfied to be here and learn of the fair- ly good position now enjoyed by the Red Cross. There B much work to be done in this province among ” ndicapped children." he Said. "a work which is only lim- ited by-our contributions."

He paid tribute to the Rotary Club and the Masons of Mon. tague. who over the years hay. contributed more than 500,000 to the crippled children funds."

GUEST SPEAKER

.Miss Margaret R. Wilson. Na- tional Executive Secretary as guest speaker said in the course ' her remarks on the interna. tional activities of the Red cm", Our international activities make us unique among ox-gun. zations of the world today, as Red Cross has for gomg um. been the only organization to WIIICIIIIII nations still adhere." within one generation of the -u ..... oq our u - wcp 9i-"M I highly developed system of communication has rendered it impossible for any nation .9 stand aloof and self-sufficient. Disaster In Europe, hunggr 5 Asia. wsr wherever It may go. cur. affect the future of Canada Just as surely u do” -ny ,0. meme tragedy. Conversely, ovary aufferins human. sheltered or fed 01' Riven medical aid under thg banner of Red Cross. and every- one who helps. forge. gm mo" link in the chain of brotherly gc. ceptance and love which is the one hope of this troubled world.” Th! llleaker then dwelt on it; activities of the Society in meet- ing the demands brought on by major disasters. in it different countries which brought a swift and definite response from fig. Canadian Red Cross. In the En- quiry Bureaux. no son were traced intemationsly Ian nu- for Canadian nextof-kin.

MODERN TREND SOUTH NORMANTON. En lsnd (CPI -- A car park is inc uded in plans for s new church in this Derbyshire town.

I HUNG, I . Fool Ill

Weak. lied. endow. st 00. I0 I) P .3" :.'.'-.-'ti:.-..':'-.-...:.'.'..-.'..:': day. or H nun ; 0.019,!” 013 M a. lens.

lTo Renew Application For TV Broadcasting License

At a recent meeting of the Is- land Radio Broadcasting Co. l.td.. the directors unanimously approved action to renew the Company's application for a Tele- vision Bloadcastiug License. The application will come before the mid-April meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. If a license is granted at that time. CFCY television operations will get underway during the month

Dr. Frank Macliinnun. Princi- pal of Prince of Wales College. was guest speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotaryl 'Club. held at the Chiirlottetounl Hotel yesterday. presided oi er by N. D. MacLean and Arthur Mould jointly.

Guests present were Hon. E. P. Foley. M.L.A.. of the Sum- merside club and Mr. Dennis in- wood of Montreal.

In the course of his address Dr. Macliinnon said:

The purpose of the centennial is

not merely to hold a celebration.

but also to remind us that oui' time is only one chapter in the cityis history. that we have in-

herited the city from those who went before, and that it is our duty to pass it on improved and strengthened to prosperity. Charlottetown was simply woods and a few houses in l764 when it was selected as the colony's cap- ital by Captain Samuel Holland. Every inhabitant was a farmer in the earliest days for there were no stores and little trade and people had to grow their own food. The streets were laid out so as to give ample room for fields

lRotarians Hear Excerpts. From Ch'town's History

of October. depending on con- struction and manufacturers de- livery schedules. TV Studio and Transmitting facilities would be located. as originally planned. at Strathgartney. P. E. l.. and cov- erage of the station would in- clude Prince Edward Island. and the adjacent areas of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The pro- posed Television station would have an effective radiated power of 30.000 waits.

diter the smallpox epidemic of 1885. g I The history of the city il-

lustrates how much is owed to its .

founders and how much its pres- ent inhabitants are obliged to carry on its traditions.

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Council Urges

letter was nearly strong enough. He stated as a person couldn't tell what the Board had in mind and they might go ahead and spend money building extensions or repairing existing buildings.

Councillor G. F. Hutchesnn thought the letter was good en- ough as it stood. On motion Coun- cillors Johnstone, Rogers and Hutcheson voted for the letter while Councillors Gaudet. Germ-

ley and Maccormac voted a-

issue by breaking the deadlock on voting that the letter be sent as it was written.

WATER FLUORIDATION Letters from the Queen Square.

Prince Street and Queen Char- lotte Home and School Associa-

and gardens and they wore all called after royalty and British! officials. Life was hard. there were fen" ,houses and food was scarce until the land was cleared. What littlc money was sent out from England was used for salaries of officials and there were few funds for pub- lic purposes. If officials ran over their budgets in those days they had to make up the deficit out of their own pockets. There was, however. a tavern and most pub- II(' meetings. including the first sessions of the legislature met in

Buildings were constructed as the supply of money. material and labour increased, and roads were built to the rural areas as agri- culture and trade developed. The city developed with the provincc, in fact one of the basic economic principles of the city is that it grew exactly with the develop- ment of the province.

Constitutional problems arosei from the fact that the island was a small colony administered by a large system of government. The development of responsible gov- ernment took many years of dif- ficult and hard work. It was com- pliciited by the fact that most of the land was owned by absentee landlords in England.

The growth of the colony was much influenced by the newspap- ers. The first was the Royal Com- mercial Gazette and lntelligencer founded in I787. The second was

tions were submitted to the Coun-

jcil requesting the fluoridation of 'tlic water supply as soon as pos-

siblc.

Councillor Hulchcson spoke in favor of the undertaking and stai- cd it was quite inexpensive at . cents per head per annum.

Councillor Gaudet suggested that the matter be left alone until the people knew what it was all about. He stated he he was at one Home and School Association meeting at which there were 200 people present and no members of the Association spoke either for or against. He stated the group was high pres-

ment by one or two individuals from outside.

Mayor Stewart thought the mai- ler should be shelved for a time; and he asked the City Clerk to write the water commissioners; for information about the cost of installation and operation.

The question of whether or not a certain house in the City was fit for habitation was brought be- fore the Council in the Health Officers report and was discuss- ed at some length. The report stated that the question was a difficult one to decide but noted there were nine dogs and horse living was owned by a woman. Coun- cillor MacCormi-ir stated the place was a definite fire hazard as well as a health problem.

Reports were presented by the

the Royal Gazette and Miscellany of the Island of St. John. estab- lished in 1791. There were 27 others before the modern papers. the Examiner. Patriot and Guard- Ian. They all played an important role in the fostering of the social. economic and political life of the

community. By the time of incorporation Charlottetown was a town of

wooden houses and stores heated by coal and wood fires and light- ed by tallow candles and by gas. There was outdoor ' " , stables, woodsheds and r kitchens. The streets were dusty in summer. snowbnund in winter and muddy in spring and fall, and there were no improved side- walks. Parking problems consist- ed of looking after the horse at hitching posts or in wagon sheds --a loud deal more inconvenient than the parking spaces and met- ers of today. Water was secured at the town pump which also served as a meeting place for the exchange of town gossip. News and advertising were spread by John Hatch. the town crier who walked up and down calling out the items of the day.

Social life was full and varied. There were numerous picnics at Kensipgton Pasture. now the as- hibition grounds. Lectures. dances. skating parties and box socisls were common and suppers and dinners in those days were "sumptuous repeats" of many courses. There was a very active

i ' life with operas, a sym- phony orchestrs and several bends.

Before kieorporatton lie bigger public projects were carried out by the legislature. Other projects like manning the fire brigade. lighting street lamps and keeping the streets clear were handled by the citizens Iiemselves. The Ill;gf5Jl'P0I'lIO Act was passed in