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Report 0f Teachers Convention At lligg

'l'he Fall Convention of the Teach- ers. Association which was held in Ulgg Sept. ill, opened with the ap- pointment of a Secretary for the day, Mrs. Hazel MacPhee, to take the place of Miss Zelda MacLood.

The following committees were appointed: Nominations - Mrs. Beaten Stuart. Mr. Jack Hughes. Resolutions - Mrs. Gertrude White- n-sy. Mr. W.P. Cairns. Question Box- Rosc Morrisaey, Lenwood Cillis. Press - Mios Margaret Roache, Miss llcien Bohm. Our president and rc- presentatlve to the C.T.F., Mr. Les- lie Stuart, included the ever-pres- ent problem of salaries. and the necessity of close co-operation between the teacher and the Can- adian Teacher's Ekderation in his address.

Mr. Gilmore’: lecture, Reasoning in Arithmetic, was very timely, Al- though we are an education-consc- ious province, Mr. Gilmore warned 11s that we are not getting the ability to reawn instilled in our pupils. To illustrate. Mr. Gilmore gave us some results of Grade Eight and Ten exams in P111. this year. The mark: were very low for such a utilitarian subject. Our Supervisor advised drill in essentials; guided approach to problems; discourag- m: parents from having their chil- (lien write for experience the en- trance enema if the pupil: were not raady to write Grade Ten exams; And. to avoid the too-rapid promot- ‘on of pupils who had not mastered the work of the grade they were in.

Mr. l-Iynes, Mr. Willlard Brchaut. and Miss McCallum made brief re- marks. Mrs. MoCaullum of the Red Cross introduced a new Health Poster; and a vitamin capsule which she urged be used in sll schools for the school year. I

A delightful lunch was served very efficiently by the WI. of Uigg.

The afternoon session opened with the introduction of our new Public Health Niurse for southern King's Co., Miss Lois Brady, to whom wt send s. welcome. and s Warm wish for success in her lob.

Mr. Shaw's message brought to everyone present the inspiration and moral uplift which his addresses always bring.

Mr. Show invited tho teachers to lake a bright view of their profess- ion and adopt a cheerful philosophy for the coming year.

He showed u; the healthy signs of ‘mporovemenis being made for t e better education of our children: the building and improvement of better school plants, the interest oi the teacher in her profession, the cc-operation between parents and teachers; the help financially snd advisory, in the smooth running of the school by the Department of Ezfllcailon.

.\ir. Show advocated, Home and

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CONFEDERATION LIFE IN- SURANCE. -

FIREMEN CALLED -— The City firemen ‘were called out on a false alarm about t! o'clock yesterday evening. Cause of the alarm was a bonfitre on the corner of Ed- ward and Grafton Streets.

CITY POLICE COURT _ At the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court yesterday, three drunk and incap- ables appeared, one being fined til) and costs or 20 days in jail, the other two being remanded for one week. The case of a man and his wife charged with using in- suiting and abusive language was adjourned indefinitely.

LEGION CARD PARTY — The weekly Legion card party was held in the Legion Home last night with the proceeds going to the veterans in Hospitals. The party, which was well attended, was under the direction of Mr. Anthony Burke. Winner of the ladies’ first prize was Mrs. E. Fardy; second. Mrs. L. F. Arsen- ault; third, Margaret Maclnnis: “consolation, Mrs. Fred DeCostc. Men's first prize was won by Mr. Leslie Champion; second, Mr. Parker Whitlock; 'ccnsolstion. Mr. D. Simms. Miss Verna MacEachex-n won the door prize. While MP5- Plneau and Mrs. Kerwin won the freezeout prize. A consolation prize donated by Rey’! W“ W” by Messrs. H. A. Ebers and Henry A. MacLecd.

Personals Miss Avis‘l-1iggin| arrived home by plane Monday from Goose Bay.

Labrador, to attend the funeral of her little niece, Janet Higgins.

school Organisations. whenever possible. be stated.

Mr. MscKmaio spoke about the encouraging revisions and changes in some of our most obsolete texts. Ho mentioned durirm his talk that a great deal of the cost of many of the texts is paid for by the De- partment of Education. This insures our children of authoritative texts at a low price.

"fr. MscKenzie oncoursgtd the School Districts to begin‘ school Libraries. The teachers and the Department of Education are most willing to give more information about such libraries to interested districts.

Miss Yen's refreshing talk en- abled teachers to gouge their lan- guage activities with the long- range objectives which she outlined. Miss Yen's mcosage was that oral language must bs taught so that ides (original or from the printed page) may be put across effectively to the audience either by reading or talking.

Mr. W.A. MaoPhee was a welcome visitor. Ho ably settled a discussion about zero's, nsughts, and. 0's in Arithmetic.

Two mrtrlbers to the Board 0f Governors were elected to replace Miss Annie Matheson and Miss Thelma Reed who have left this Inspectorate.

Those chosen were: Mr. Hughes and Miss Rita White.

The nominating committee brought in n new slate of officers. Mr. Arthur O'Brien was elected s: President, and Miss Anna Mc- Qusid a: Secretary.

Several Resolutions were passed in which: Dr. Shaw was congratul- ated on his election as President of the Canadian Education Assoc- ciaticn: Orange Lodge was thanked for their hospitality; The Wccnens‘ Institute of Uigg were thanked for their lunch The speakers were than- ked for making the Convention such a success; Th ks were 6X- tended to the Prov ncial Govern- ment for the fifteen day sick leave benefits.

The need for higher salaries for teachers was stressed. and the nec- essity of eliminating Fall Vacation and beginning school after Labour Day. for the 'm.provement of school- work was also resolved. ‘

The convention ended with the National Anthem.

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LARTIIB — At the P. E. f. Hospi- ial on September 26th, 1949. to Mr. and Mrs Heath Larter, Hampshire. a son. Weight 9 lbs. 7 ozs. DOVER-At the Prince Edward island Hospital on Sept. 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dover, Dun- Slilllllflbe. a daughter, Rosemary lsabcl.

DOIBON - At their home in New Acadia on September Mth. 1949. 00 Mr- srrd Mrs. Charlie Don-on (nee) Leona Chaissnn a son. 8 lbs. 0 cu. William l-‘rancis.

DEATHS

MacKINNON - At the P. E. Island Hospital. Sept. 27, Mrs. John A. MacKinnon of 34% Passmore St.. in her 44th year. The rernlinl are resting at her late residence where funeral service will be held Thurs- day afternoon, service starting at 2 o'clock. interment in the Peo- llle‘! Cemetery.

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per cent. This rat: was reduced to two-fifths of one par cent in 1927 and to nil in 1948.

The money for the properties sold‘ yesterdaymmorning will be held by the Provincial Treasurer for two year: during which _ time the previous owner may redeem the properties hy paylnl amount for which the land was sold plus ten pt".- cent interest on that amount.

In case of no bid of the amount of taxes and costs, the land is ab- solutely forfeited to the Crown twelve month: after the date of the sale. ,

A person who purchases some-

one also‘: property ca not gain permanent possession c this pro- perty for twa years after the

sale. If tha property i| vacant h: may ilv: on it but ‘ commit any waste. If he make: any im-

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At the conclusion of yesterday's uiyAuctlcnoar Heston announced that King's County properties will be sold next Tuesday morning. The Prince County auction is ad- vertised for tomorrow, at the Court Hour: in Qummmide.

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The machinery of the Public Utilities Commission went mm action yesterday afternoon to order l special general meeting on October 13 ‘of the shareholder: of the Mount Herbert Rural , Tele- vlivna Company Ltd. which services sdlno ‘N customers and has a total annual. income accord. lng to one witness. of $28.25.

Before an over-flow crowd in the Commission's board room, the Commission chairman, Judge c, St. Clair Trainer, ordered the spec- ial meeting " decide m; mm” in which cf cisnt service will be established." the directors to report back to the Commission on October

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Declaring the investigation open to hear complaints concerning in: adequacy of the service, the chair- man stated that the Public Utilit- ies Act was originally framed to control, presumably, lugs mo“. vllolies in the public service for the customers’ pnotocticn. Ho did not believe it was designed to 1n- clude such matters as were pres- ently before the Commission. "The affair: of any democratic institution should be run without the necessity of appealing to such a Commission as this," he declared.

Other members of the Commiss- ion are Messrs. W.R. Bremen and L.B. MacMill-sh. secretary.

Present at the hearing were those who challenged the service and those who "hadn't noticed it was too bad."

Mr. Walter Wood. tho company's president who said he "seldom used the phone, but just hopped into the car and came to town to do his, business." finally stated amidst laughter, "We got used to it being pretty poor. And if we do get through. we thin-k it's prethy

Although no quarter was asked or offered between the parties at the beginning. the dispute was amicably wound up before the hearing concluded. so much so that it appeared for a time the "special general meetinz” ordered was being held right then and there. .

' Complainie Hoard

The challenging force: had mus- tered a couple of Charlottetown businessmen Messrs, Albert Riley and J. l-lornby, who testified that, because of the "worst telephone service on the Island" business was

practically impossible over the phone. Mr. J. Russell Drircoll, Mt.

Herbert. farmer and trader and a shareholder in the company. told of old posts, wires in poor shape and in places Just barbed-wire. noise on the line and the great difficulty of connecting with cent- rsl, "although when you could get central there, was marvellous scr- vice." He stated he oftem had to go into Charlottetown when hc could not get through and had to cancel s. number of long distance calls for the same reason.

"We've got to the point where we don't bother central unless it's very important," stated MruJoseph Drlsccil, farmer and shareholder. "If you crank long enough. some of the neighbors will help you out and you may got central but generally you can't hear the party after- wards anyway. The main trouble is we have no competent man to check the line."

After a direct question to the company officials present, the chairman started "we have heard enough to see that the service is not good."

However, Mr. Ray Atherton. em- other shareholder rose to testify that in 21 years he had had "won- derful service." He was challenged by Mrs. Frank Hamm who quoted him as telling her that it "was so noisy and such a nuisance that he often disconnected it." r. Atherton could not recall the oc- casion and sat down.

Next to testify was Mr. Prank A. Lund, secretary of the corpor- ation. Mr. Lund explained the finances of the company and stated that the income was $3.21‘) per annum and that the fixbd annual charges were 811 per year. He pointed out that four users insin- taihed their own extension and that the company's service was given free "as a community gesture." Later, however. Mr. Lund discover- ed that they were charged an sn- nual fee of so cents each for this service.

in anawr to questions by the i-Commission chairman, Mr. Lund stated that he had never received a copy of the by-laws but that each box-holder was required to main- tain hi: own box and spur-line. Chairman: "And what about the main line?" .

Mr. Lund: "Community spirit and our owin-honourableneis keep the main line going. But some don't assume the responsibility. We need something with teeth in it to make thorn keep their cart in ord- er."

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iibrplslning the company's posin- icn, Mr. Lund named the seven directors and told of the secret- ary's honorarium of $25 annually which was collected by an assess- ment of one dollar per boxhcldor. "Wo give a good. reasonably adequ- ate service." he added.

ma. ftamm: "Were you over pn a line where there was a good aar- vice?"

Mr. Lund: "The worst connection 1 ever got was through Charlotte- town." ,

Testifying further, Mr. Lund stated that inspections c! th: line were fairly regular up until four or five year: ago. H: then went into an intricate explanation cf the method of spending the annual balance of till. ccoeiudim with the statement that "administrat- ion of the lino i: a pleasure with some and not so pleasant with cthm."

Mr. E. W. Raynor Oiilned his teatlinow by stating that the line was not originally intended m:

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Annual Potato Festival To Be Held 0d 4-5

Th: annual Potato Festival, jointly sponsored by the Dominion Departments of Agriculture Serv- ices and the P.E.1. fnnkeepers As- sociation, will be held next Tues- day and Wednesday, Oct. 4-5, at the Charlottetown Forum. In ad- dition to the potato exhibits, dis- plays by the Science service Branch and other departments, there will be a. fine entertainment of amateur events, old time fid- dling and step ’ ‘ ,, contests. A surprise boxing match is in the offing and lf it materialiaes, it will be announced in a day or so. A very large number of people attended the Potato Festival last W" llld it created a 300d deal of interest. The educational fest- ures for potato growers and ship- pers \vill be a. big attraction this year. A special display of the new potato shipping bags, both in jute and paper. will no doubt prove very interesting. A number of fine moving pictures will be shown during each afternoon and early evening.

Festivals of this kind in other places have generally proven of value. This year the improve- ments that have been made in po- tato culture and disease prevention are encouraging. A good deal. of this work will be seen at the Fes- tival.

llad Conference With N. S_.l’remier

HALIFAX. Sept. 2'! - The gcv- ernments of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scctia have started to explore constitutional questions to come before a proposed Dominion- Provinciai conference in Ottawa. Initial u cussions. it was said yesterday, had been held last weak. attended by Premier Mac- donaid of this province and At- torney - General Large. J.O.C.

lottetown. The Premier yesterday said s general discussio had been held

in Halifax last week, but that matters were of a general nature and that no specific recommenda- tions hsd come from the meeting. He said he doubted if any con- crete steps would be taken by Nova Booths‘ and Prince. Edward Island until a definite date is set by Ottawa for the Dominion-Pro- vincial conference:

Quebec's reaction to Prime Min- ister Bt. Laurent’: proposal for a conference and the bill to abolish appeals to the Privy Council was ‘that all constitutional changes be deferred until the conference had been held. This came in the form of a letter to the Prime Minister Sunday from Premier Duplessis at Quebec.

No definite stand has been tak- en by Prince Edward Island at least, either on the question of abolishing the Privy Council ap- peals or of obtaining for Canada the right to amend her own con- stitution. So far as could be learn- ed a "go slow" attitude has been assumed by the Charlottetown ministry, especially since it is con- tended there that, under the pro-- posed change, ‘s federal court would be given jurisdiction over matters which involve federal and provincial rights.

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agreement on the huge global arms-aid program and prepared to rush the 31.314.010.000 legisla- tion to the White House.

Chairman John Kee (Dem. W. Va.) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said he expects to a3: for a vote in the House tomorro . Both Senate and House must ac- cept the loint committee's work to clear the bill to the President. Chairman Tom Connally (Dam.- Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Bela-- lions Committee told reporters he was "immenlely pleased" that the House confereea accepted the

vice to csli the doctor or for help in case of fire. 1 know of four homes that were saved from fire by! the line. It's not 100 nor cent e icient. but that's because the spurs are not kept in order." Mrs. Prank l-lamm testified that the service was "terrible". w. Loud: "I: the service getting worse? 1 can giv: you a list of the call: you have put through in the last five or sia years from then toil books." Mrs. Ifamm: "But you couldn't give n1: a list of the number of calls I couldn't. puttbrcugh!" Mrs. Ethel Mach.» and Mr. W. w. Mulch simported Mrs. Harem‘: avidcnc: that it was difficult to get through to Mrs. Han-rm. The lsst tc testify. Mr. Welter Wood. president of the company. said h: didn't us: the phone. but his family did. "I'm not say f wouldn't us: it." he explained. " ut I find trouble hearing. 1 mu be a little dull in hearing anyway". Th: chairman and Mr. Brennan both pointed out that it was tho responsibility of the corporation to

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amicable discussion of vrevs and mun: concluded the sitting - N?! and the chairman av: hi: ruling rerun: tools: a comm Wist- u aim: mantle .

Board Meeting‘

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Rcconunendations were made at‘ a board meeting of the Women's Missionary Society (Eastern Div. ision) in St. James Church last night which are to be considered‘

iety to be held here today and tu-I morrcw. This is the society's 78rd! annual meeting and it is expectsdl that about 70 delegates will be present.

Mrs. Alox MacDonald Glace Boy; presided last night.

The meeting will get underway this morning at St. James Church with devotional service and the‘ reading of the year's report: To- night an address will be delivered by Rev. W.A. Cameron, D.D , sec- retary of the Board of Missions.

Imperial Service Medals hvlarded

Eight Prince Edward Island re- tired employees of the Atlantic Region, C.N.R., have been award- ed imperial Service Medal: in rs- cognltion of long and faithful service, according to word receiv- ed yesterday by Mr. W. E. Robin- son, Moncton, vice-president and general manager of the company. The Island recipients are Messrs. William Leard, Hector McKenzie, Borden; James Laf- ferty, James Murray, Urias Mc- Donald, James Revel], Charles Worth, Charlottetown; Leonard Murphy, Vernon River.

A total of more than 100 retir- ed employees in the Atlantic Reg- ion, are named in the list of awards. The medals will be pre- sented by officers of the railway. at s later date.

Senate's higher-cost program. The‘ House had previously voted $444.- 595,000 less than the Senate. Con- nslly predicted Senate passage . without delay." Meanwhile, military men said ' efforts to develop an atom-power- ' ed airplane-capable of spanning. vast distances at tremendous! speed-may be expanded now that, it is clear Russia has the A-bornbq