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bleger than

Dannie, had a hangover trom a hinge the previous night, and came at the new Corpora! But Cpl. MacDonald had just come

loff a tough hattle course and he took. care. of the situation.”

A fellow spud Islander heard the-loser._remark latér ‘That blankety-blank MacDonald, he's ‘Jas tough as Hell.”

‘| LIKED THIS STORY

The returned man had a fund of stories, here’s one I liked best The unit had 18 Arabs attach.

jed to it as mule drivers, during,

fone particularly bad period in Italy. MacDonald dtew rum ra- tions each afternoon of an ounce ‘per man. and the 18 Arabs were included in the count, thowgh their religion - forbids Tey ‘to )drink. oe mn i—The ~paranrieiding oftiees got. wise a few days later, and re- primanded the Island NCO with the observation ‘Arabs don't drink.” “Nobody said they did sir,” replied. the unabashed Islander iwho-is-now—our-new- minister” of agriculture

I was -surprised when Danvel MacDonald was named minister of agriculture — T hadn't thought of him, though several iothers suggested him just before ithe cabinet was announced. But ja man with so much raw cour- age, with a complete refusal to let anything ~get him down should do a good job in his pre- sent post ed, if the Bothwell Seot does not make’ good in’ this” portfolio,

. THIS AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

Achievement Of Minister

- Considered Remarkable

By NEIL A. MATHESON » Today's column attempts to tell the story in ae at the man I su 4s today this pro- -vince’s ae ci figure in ‘the worlds of agriculture. Back in April, #963, 1* visited the Both- well home of Daniel and Pau- line MacDonald to get a story for this paper's ‘‘Farm Edition” of that year. I thought Dannie’s achievement was remarkable ‘then; it's. much more remark- able now.. Let me refresh the memories of those. who read the story,.and_hring it now to the at-

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cans. But the flow of American traffic is not north and east, it

zona, California.

The Island like the rest of the world is looking toward “indus- trialization as the cure of all ills, __the fulfillment. of all hope for progress and -prosperity. They causeway the 1868 in the-tront-of the rade iran world. This seems strange from a people.who have been brought

up: withean understanding of the racing Bame. Other ‘places have the-inside-track. Where. is the hydro-electric power, the coal, the’ oif, the ores? They must be shipped in. How can the harbors compete with Halifax or Van- couver? Prince Edward Island raises wonderful grain, but it cannot compete with the vast fields of the Canadian -west: Even when it comes to, scenery Prince Edward Island does not have the wild dramatic beauty of lofty mountains or towering cliffs.

Why do we, strangers, linger ni wander on the lonely beach-

°. Why-do we love every tiny pebble? Why..do we.Jook at the smiling ‘faces of the wildflow- ers? Why does the moon shine

¥- "go beautifully. upon the water?

Ht is an accepted fact that quantity destroys the value of things while scarcity increases __their value. The smallness of the ““Tsland, the ‘Jowness of the hills and the cliffs gives it an unique value. Three elements, land, sky and water are brought toge- ther in an unbelievable intim- acy. One does=“not. destroy or lose the other.-You. can . walk along the shore and see where water and sky meet. It is the in- timacy and harmony of these basic elements of land, sky and water which create and its charm. There is balance and not dominance that gives one a sense of balance. It brush- es away the cobwebs of confus- fon. The simplicity of such bequ-

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its beauty |

HON. MR. MacDONALD

the story more than three years ago. ~ I called Mr. MacDon- ald’s performance - unusual “then when he had developed his own home and farming operation, though he . had: been offered his choice of se- veral government jobs when he came home from World War Two with his right arm off above the elbow and his right leg above. the. knee. The husky Scot stubbornly and courageously refused te be a cripple; he _ turned- down the desk jobs because , he loved the life of the coun- try.

“T’ve never regretted that decision,” he told me as we sat. in the kitchen of his Bothwell home more than three ‘years ago, with his charming ‘Polly’ | by his

pr

visit this week after I had talked to the man who ‘is now Angriculture Minister of this provincé.

MOST REMARKABLE

I suggest, in all seriousness, that the performance of the big likable Scot is one of the most remarkable in our agricultural picture in recent years. The big

else for his life’s work; now he heads the department of govern- ment which has to-do with agri- cultural development.

All of the farm organizational leaders to whom. 1 have. talked thus far are happy with Prem- ier Camphell's choice for.the po- sition. ‘We feel this man will work with us,"’ is the comment heard most often.

There were 20 head of cattle on the MacDonald farm when I talked with him three years ago.

There are 35 head now — he ijhas Holsteins and Ayrshires —

ty given to us in this Intimate jand the, new large barn on the

tort of way gives us.a_ clearer understanding of God than all the unfathonable vastness of the universe,

This Island has long been known as a place where you can raise the best livestock, especial- ly horses, and I hope that it will never be so mechanized that the people living here will not have the contact with lower forms of life-which-God-so-wisely -gave-to man.

This Island can -produce_ the finest horses on. earth.. It has the resources to do if. but if also tan use those same resources to

produce the finest people. -This Island—1s-the—place—in—erdueate voung people. Here you can. pro- duce the hest teachers, the best writers, the best artists, ‘he best eeiettisis. the hest doctors, the hest preachers. ‘Sod's balance, ;od's harmony. is ere, There is nore of God here. It is God's ky, land. and water. The. beau- v is God's beauty brought, near snough for us to seé it and un- | jerstand it. As soon as. the peo- |

le of this Island feel the near- | ss to God they will know that |

o produce the hest artists. ors. teachers, ant just a dream, bit as real as he sky, thessea, and the land This ‘is God's “Island I-am, Sir. ete,, (Res WILLIAM A,

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property within the past year is ithe latest addition te the farm- |stead.

Dannie actually short time on one government job, as I recall it,

fenced in,’ he told me, and he

iwent back to Bothwell. There he |

jwas joined by four brothers and they went to the woods to. cut |60,000 feet of lumber for his fhousey— een aa eel | “I had my eye on the bird and I was building the cage,’’ he told me with the imp of mischief in

his eye, as he glanced fondly at |

“Polly’’ who was formerly Pau- line Peters of St. Charles. PDanni¢— was crossing the Senio River in Italy with his * platoon from” the Cape Bre-

ton Highlanders, one day in December. 1944, when a German 8&8 millimetre.

shell came along with his number on. it. .

The husky Carporal, as he was then, hopped on_ his right-leg for 50 to 60 yards, though his right leg, and arm, were. badly shattered.

The man who is now mit-

ister of agriculture had to be placed/on a_ stretcher against his,will, — he had

not wanted his men to go.on without him: For a’ time the medics had tried to save the Jeg but finally they had to amputate Kk

¢| Danny

side. I thought about that

fellow _is_a_farmer: beeause._ he’ didn’t want to aecept anything

did work a}

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|. The Canadian Legion maga- zine did a-feature story on him shortly ‘after the end of the war. Terming him “a born leader’, the Legionary added -in part: “Dannie has been the inspira-

had begun to think there was no place left in civilian life for him. You can't stop a man with-guts, faith and a_ fighting® heart. He loves the soil and independence, -no man was to be his boss.” * As I added back in April 1963,

that seems to describe the lik- |

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partment of aericulture. me the’ 1966 cern field day will be held on Friday. It starts at 12.30 with a visit to the farm of ‘Sterling MacRae in Greenvale, near Hunter River; from there the tour goes to ‘the Experimen- tal Farm just outside Charlotte- town and concludes with a visit to the corn fields of Leo P. Me-

Isaac. of Mermaid. Incidentally I missed the to- baceo field day that was held |

some weeks ago, on the farm of | Douglas Roloson who has crops growing at Ocean View and in Greenfield. Sorry Doug, I was sick at the time, otherwise 1 would most-—stirely’ have heen there.

| was down to the Hants Coun- ty Fair, in ‘Windsor, N.S. last year with Leo Mclsaac who was

-jndging- Angus: cattles: That was

the 200th anniversary of the fair | and | did a special item on-it—in-+ this column. That's probably why the fair people sent along a |program. this year.

| The fair entertainment fea- | jtures an Ostrich race. Here are

ja few paragraphs on it, I thoughts

ivou might find interesting: OSTRICHES IN SULKIES: | | “Ostrich Races on_ Sulkies, iGene Holter, the famous Holly- lainaal Animal: Trainer, is supply- ing the big birds for the Hants County Exhibition.

“The Ostriches will all be drt- ven by local drivers. Since none

» {of the local drivers are exper- |

llenced, we have a few facts Indeed I'll be -surpris-

\Ostrich driving. “First _the Ostrich is: the larg-

lest bird in the world, weighing |

jup to 400 pounds and — standing over severr feet tall. He runs at speeds of over. 40 miles an hour with a 20 foot stride. | “Now, you don't steer Ostrich- es like a horse, because you have no bridle or reins, You on- ly have a broom, When you jwant the bird to turn left. you jshake the broom on the right jside of his head, the bird turns away from the broom. the same on the other side, you | hope. :

“The main thing Mr: Holter |\says*- ‘Hang on to the sulkie at lall times so you don't fall out,

David Smith, provincial a Sbienaint on the fast _ starts,

It works”

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tes! 10 The Guardian, C Charlottetown, Tues., Sept. 18, 1968.

Experienced Teachars Short In Rural Areas On Prairies

By THE CANADIAN PRESS A shortage of experienced Genki personne! has hit jmany Prairie rural areas as the 11966-67 school term opens | Common to districts in Mani- jtoba, Saskatchewan and lberta, the apparent shortage ‘has “sparked” statenients “from both teacher association and government spokesmen. Howard Loewen. public rela- ‘tions officer for the Manitoba Teachers Society,. said: ‘We've

.never.-had._so..many--phone.-calls..

ifrom_ principals ’ asking if’ we ‘could find a teacher for: them.”’

The Saskatchewan Teachers [Federation reports its highest isummer loss since 1958—about 2,000 of 11,000 teachers won't be* back.

“We consider this—a—very—se- tious situation,” says executive assistant Jules Friesen.

In Alberta, Deputy Education Minister Dr. T. C. Byrne says the province will have about 1,000 new teachers this year, about 400 more than usual

Manitoba's problems were

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quick turns and the unpredict- jable finish’."’

Dates of the fair are Sept. through Sept. 24.

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emphasized this week when a group of 18 grade nine students in Austin were tinable to begin classes because their’ schoo!

;was short one. teacher

Mr. Loewen says 2. high teachers stil wee needed in the province, . mainly in’ riiral “areas” and ruraly ele- mentary schools need ‘another 20 or 30 teachers: About 29 one- room rural schools. likely w°tl be closed for lack of personnel However, Manitoba's shortage is denied by the Manitoha_ sociation .of School Trustees, which claims the situation is no worse—than—normal. - Mr. Friesen says that Saskat- chewan has had to recruit in Britain and the United States this year and the rural situation

is much the .same as Mani- toha‘s. “What will doubtless nappen

is that rural classrooms partic- ularly will be filled with people with no téacher -education at all.”

The department of education recruiting campaign .has brought in about 300 teachcrs and. another 800 to 900 are ex- pected to come from. university this vear. Less qualified teach- ers are given probationary one- year certificates.

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