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"Your Saturday night Jamboree -Forum. -

"Regular Dance. Mt. Ryan llall. every Thursday. ,

"Dance. St. Andrew's llali. It. ltewsrt every Wednesday.

"Dance. Kosy Hall. George- bws. Wed1icsda,. June 15th.

"lot it Dance. Wednesday. June l5th. Doiron's music. Canteen.

”Rr-riilar Dance. Crapaud Rink Wednesday night.- Burns Orch tetra

"ire Cream social. South Gran- lhlllle school. June mi. Sponsored y W. I

"iimziiiar meeting of Rosa Cmiii l'ninn June 15. I pan. Pow- nl iiall

"See His "Irlah Millionaire" in Kingston I-Iall. 'v'v'odnasday, lune 15th.

"Ice Cream Social and Dance at Tracadic Cross Ichool. Friday night.

"St Peter's Variety Concert, llldirlvwn. June 17th. 8.30. spon- -Mml ilundas Y. P. U.

"lliviimil Tea. WOH Cove-head Nnimalional tea I. we K-tlilenri invitations to .

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l "i-ta.-i wiliiihire Ceaaetary work Wlllnlllns Thursday afternoon, lune lath. Help appreciated.

i-ill-”'ll:.. 33'." M" :3"?! beciai price for limited time.

n"lon-a Hall Thursday. June - Vernon River players present Clodho

L ii " .'0'Cl0Cll(.h "er . Catt.”

"Dance. West loyalty lall .m-do. Rollh ssexuixin up airs.

.n canton Itvlee; 0.9

"All taxes due Peahe's school ilk: I731! July MCI. ll &lN&. GUI!

I hltees. I 3! Jumamu today ear Master L Jlasgirower hrurns. mm am can lottetowq. its

mvolnatiiufc Convention at Iear H l" North previously advertised E-sno 24th. will be held June - in st. Margaret's Rail. Ill w'll'laf Ell ' . l 4 'elnek h'l'"d Time. Dance snail.

"At gm, 3.... ...,m "M :1 laurreiabtlaa tnnb sea, I "' lb. onlon' -3' .. "Wen Kits In llali. Wed- gfy. -lune lath. at as p. m. ., gullvn with emoetleat

g,m”'M!mn?:. then. our

Hjslwoishi Mayor David St

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Miss MacPhersori was the contestant rep resenting the Rotary

Miss Noreen MacPherson last

night was chosen Min Charlotte- town Centennial. Representing the Rotary Club. the 21 year old daughter of Mrs. Alec M.acPher- eon. Charlottetown. will I180 FeP' resent the province at the Mill Canada Pageant to be held in London. 0nt.. the week of June 1'! to July 2. Miss MacPherson will also reign over the most im- porbant functions taking place hue this Cenionnial year.

The judges. Group Captain W. H. Swstman of the R. C. A. Station. Sumrnerside. Mayor Henry Wedge of Summsraide. and Mrs. Elsie Inman of Moo- tague. judged the contestants in street clothes. hauslnl suits. eve- ning clodies. for talent and for personality. Miss Macl"hereon chose for her street costume a turquoise blue dress with white accessories and for evening wear a blue net and lace strapless gown with white accessories.

in accordance with the rules of the Miss Canada .'ageanl. the contestants appeared briefly as a group in bathing suits and then were judged privately before the iihree judges.

The proram. which was omceed by .Mr. Loman Mac- Aulay. was presented before a

r ” audience at the Queen Charlotte High School. and was sponsored by the Caltennlal Com- mittee through the Junior Board of Trade.

Talent offered by all the girls

..0'l'l'AWA tCP)-Firemm hauled hose lines 1! storeys up the face of downtown Lord Elgin hotel to quell a bless in a storage room at the top of the huildlntl. No one was in in the Tuesday morning blaze but electricity was shut off. resulting in circulation of dense smoke through upper corridors. Gusts used stairs to s.

I "Dance.-hreat am. Venee- day. Juan ma. -

"Regular Monday night dance starting June It. Charlottetown Forum. Rollie McKensie's Or- chestra. Dancing 0:80 to 18:80-

"Ueloading to-day ear Master chick starter and srower hum!- Clarlr's Feed service. Mount Stewart. It's Results That Count.

"lee Mrs. Maexinnoni Scot- ttat dancers. and Cove head Connanai Ha . Thursday. m it. 0:6. in aid of

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Miss Centennial Crowned

ewert crowns Miss Noreen MacPherson as Miss Char- ceremony at Queen Chalrlotzte High School last night.

Club. Bar-ter's Film Lab.

Coming 5V9ill5llMiss Centennial Named At Ceremony Last Night

was enthusiastically received by

the audlen . For her contribution

Miss Macl-"herson recited a poem. (Continued on page 5)

Mrs. J. P. Lants was elected president at the third annual meeting of the Federation of and school Associations held in Prince of Wales College auditorium yesterday afternoon and evening.

Other officers elected wt-re: Past President: Mrs. J. Gordon MacDonald; Vice-I-resident. Kings; Mrs. Ruth MacLeod. Montague: Vice-President, Queens: Judge C. St. Clair Tralnor. Charlotte- town; Vice-President. Prince: Mr. Allison MacLean. Summer-

side: Recording Secretary. Rev Howard Christie. Charlottetown: Corresponding Scrrotary. Mrs. Alex Maclsaac. Charlottetown: Treasurer. Mr. '2 St John. Charlottetown

Greetings were extended at

the afternoon business session by Dr. L. W. Shaw. Deputy Minister of Education; Miss Estelle Bow- ncss. P.I-3.1. Teacbers' l&era- tlon: Mrs. Stewart Pierce, P.I.I. Association of Retarded Children; Miss Haul Hunter, Cerebral Palsy Group: Mrs. Roddie Mac- Donald. Southport Women's Ina- tliute Affiliated group; Mrs. E. S livenden. Chairman of the Na- tional Constitution Comniltcc. Win- iilpes. Manitoba.

Dr. L. A. DeWoli'a of Triiro. N. s.. in hls.hrie(,rcroarks gave a glimpse into that wider vision which has made him choose Home and School as his first hobby.

Only Quebec. l'.l.l. Missi c From Alert I OTTAWA ICP) - All proyinces except Quebec and Prince Edward Island will participate in the three- day civil defence communications exercise Operation Alert II start-

ing today. Quebec was asked to come into

a potaa soul!

as such. is desitnsted area for evacuees.

The . to be held in Canada and the Uni States. is” deslllled to cheek oper tlooal procedures be- tween the federal civil defence col- and provin- cial control centres. I is a follow- up to a s Crciee I, III!

.ll,1'neserotaawlhehnainvIll- calatuniehonbiuofa

is not target and. I

of can . c ..... 'i”'.".s”-': areas.Tisve not boeI1:.lnsed.

Participants

'ne eornerslone of Charlotte- town's new Federal Building, is scheduled to be laid at 10:46 A. D. T. this morning by the Hon. 1!. R. Winters. Federal Minister of Public Works. Neil A. Math- eson. M.P.. for Queen's, arrived will the Minister from Ottawa last night and will act as chair- man for the occasion.

The invited guests are request- ed to enter the building at the Richmond Street entrance immo- dlately below Queen Street.

Following is a list of the items to be placed in the cornerstone:

A set of freshly minted Cana- dian coins.

Sample sheets of Canadian postage eta - urrent issue.

A photograph of the Hon. Rob- ert H. Winters, Minister of Pub- lic Works.

Descriptive brochures featuring the City of Charlottetown and the Province of Prince Edward Is- land.

Maps of tile City of Charlotte- town and the Province of Prince Edward Island.

Pro ess photo of the new pub- lic bu ding. June 1955. and photos of the present Post Office and the Old Bank Building.

Copies of the Charlottetown Guardian and Patriot-June Mill and 15th. 1955.

Copy of Charlottetown Guar- dian Centennial Issue 1855-I955. published June 6, 1955.

Copy of the Official invitation List to the Cornerstone Cere-

mony. Description of the new public

Probe Shooiif In Saint John

SAINT JOHN N.B. ICP)-A Har- rison strcel house was peppered with at least nine shots late Mon- day afternoon by an unknown per- son who fired from the rear of Douglas avenue. it was learned

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One bullet whizzed over the head of Mrs. Joseph W. O'Brien. 4'!- while she was working on the top floor of the three-storey hnusc.

Detectives said they were still investigating the incident. Resi- dents reported the second floor fist of an adjacent dwelling was fired upon about two weeks ago. No motive was known for the

shootings.

Annual Meeting Yesterday OIPEI Home&SchoolAss'n

This was followed by a panel diacussin under the chairman-

ship of Mrs. .l. P. Lantz on High-I

lights on the Recent National Cori ventlon which was held in Fred- ericton, N.B. lncliiiled in the panel Continued on pane is rol..2

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Corner Stone Ceremony

. Architect's Sketch

In Today's

building.

Copy of the list of items placed in the box.

Excavation work on the build- ing location was started on Oct. 5, 1954, and the first t placed on Nov. 20. The first steel was erected on Feb. 22 of this year.

The building was designed by the Chief Arc-liiiei:l's Branch of the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and is under construc- tion by the Angiin N'i'I.-rosa Com- pany (lilaritimes). Completion

is expected in 1956.

Ion. I. R. Winters ll

---chronically ill and one over 85 : years of age.

CHARIIHTETOWN. CANADA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 15, 1955

nlgit embarked on the task

The most ser-loin nail

ciated Society

Sir Brian Robert son- chief of the governments transport commis- sion. an d an early I ion of passenger services and predic- ted that freight trains will be op- erating normally within a few days.

The agreement rsched between the transport commission and union leaders provides for a resumption of work by the 70.000 strikers

all of Britain": rail workers within seven days.

AVERT UNEMPLOYMISNT

The strike halted about 80 per cent of train services and plunged the country into an official state of emergency within three days of its start on May 29. But the settle-

ment comes in time to avert a spreading wave of unemployment

Predicts

TORONTO (CF;--By limit Cau- ada may have three unemploy- ables for every able-bodied work. er. Dr. G. F. Strong of Vancou- adlan Medical Association. said Tuesday.

In a paper presrnled on the openlng day of the fourth British Commonwealth Medical Confer- ence here. he stressed the "ur- gent need for rapid expansion of rehabilitation services in this country" and said:

"In another 25 years. for ever) able-bodied worker. there will be one physically handicapped. one

"This is the great challenge of the future of this continent."

Dr. Strong said the increasing burden of welfare costs makes it

NATIONAL RAILWS

"forthwith." They are assured oil pay increases under a promise byi

the commission to begin detailed- talks on a new wage settlement forilhe damn” ll" "mmhs m c"""'

Adrian Bali LONDON. (Reuters)-British rail oiffloiala Tuesday '

of restoring normal train

service after leaders of 500.000 rail workers approved a. settlanent. tenninatjng a 17-day national strike.

stoppage in British history

ended with the return to work of members of the Asso- of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.

which would have followed the shutdown of many factories now operating on reserve supplies of fuel and materials.

Emergency train service oper' ated by members of the non-strlk- ing National Union of Railwaymcn .k(-pl essential goods moving and ffleets of trucks and buses were mobilized to haul supplies and pas- sengers tn cushion the effects of the walkout. But industry will feel

and the government has warned -that cumulative effects will show lup in export and import figures out yet complied.

Labor Minister Sir Walter Moneti- ton steered the talks between trade union chiefs and railroad execu- tives tliruiigh their delicate final stages in a day of intense negotia- tion. Monckion. whose tireless me- diation played a major part in

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3 Unemp

from re-training.

.EQUAI.lTY IMPORTANT l He said rehabilitation today

ver. retiring president of the Can-2”"lk5 WU-"lily in lmlmrianrr Wllh,'

lthe two other major phases of medicine, preventive and cura-

PRICE Se

AGREEMENT BRINGS END T0 17-DAY TRIKE IN BRITAIN

I

OTTAWA i('P --licpreseiiiatives of consumer and producer clash- ed Tuesday as the tariff board concluded hearings on potato tariffs.

Producers timed higiiiws tariffs against imporicii poiaioins. arguing that ihc iiiilii.si.y v.t..i.il Miller nihcrviisc. (friiisumi-1': iiiiiiicri ilial the low-incumr P'dl'll('i' unulrl be unable to pay ilie ilI'l('P that would result irnm ITIP mm-eased tariffs.

Board cIi:iii'iii:iii ll ll .licIx'iii- non said ilic lioaiuis report. will be made to Fiiiancc Minister Har- ris as soon as pimilile. lie said a couple of iiioiiliis would be nei-(ied in plicilfllic it

Mr. HKITIS ill a letter in the limird ui'dci'iiig the iiiriuiry said the guvcriiinviii ll'dS iiiiiiicrous re- qiu-sts for increased protection. liv said the gnvcrnnieiil wanted

oyaloles

For Every Worker By 1980;

inc, but reliabiliiaiinii is was public health and preventive medicine 100 years ago,"

He urged greater emphasis on rehabilitation services and tech-

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Coun. Rogers

Fire Committee of the City Coun- cil has resigned in protest against the Council's lack of support for the Fire Department.

Yesterday morning ('o if in, George Rogers, representing Ward Three. officially tendered his

imperative C a n a d a rehabilitate persons capable of benclitting

resignation from the Council. a move which he said he had been

WASHINGTON. (A P) H '1' h 9 House of Representatives voted Tuesday to extend the Reciprocal Trade Act three years and give

the president new powers to cut tariffs.

soon and send the bill to Presl-

Mr. Neil Matheson. M.P.

The Senate is exprcied to aw

dent Eisenhower for his signature. The compromise measure-giw

Reciprocal Trade Act Approved By U.S. House

inn Eisenhower in general the new authority he sought-would let the. president lower tariffs up in ISI per cent over the next three you in return for similar Luann sslons from other countries. The rediict-I ions could be in steps of up to fivel per cent a year.

Also the president could cut in 50 per cent any new duties now above that rate.

Resigns In

Protest From City Council

' Charlotietown's chairman of they contemplating for some time. Alto

report by the Fire Underwriters in I947. he stated. had oiiiiined what the City required to bring its fire defences up to standard. but no action had been taken on it

"The Council." said Mr. Rogers. "persists in refusing to support the Fire Department and even abuses its officers."

,The refusal of the Cmiiivil to

laiilhorize the purchase of a ncwnold that

fire engine finally persuaded him; that resignation was his only COIIFSG. MAYOR'S ST.iTF.ME.VT I ”There is no alternative but to. accept when a Councillor siibmlisv his resignation," His Worship' Mayor Stewart said yestnrdayl when questioned on the subject. ''It is obligatory in call for an election within thirty days to fill the vacancy." . This action is necessary under al City by-law which reads: ”It shall be lawful for any person holding! the office of Coiini-illnr in resignl (Continued on page 5)

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Dnw.-.on :1 1: Vancouver . 49 (3 Victoria .. 4'7 59 Edmonton . . as N icalizary . 45 74

i Regina 5: as

, lwinnirwl 50 El .Torontn 5: 7:

f iottawa 56 71 i Montreal . 50 70

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Consumer And Producer Clash As Tariff Board Potato Hearings Concludo

all the facts considered. including u-npiicaiions for consumers. before considering these requests.

YEAR-ROUND DLTY

I The P018”? growers, represented .by the Caiiaiiiaii iiiiiwiculiiiral lcouncil. Monday proposed a year- rnund duty of 75 cents a 100 lpounds.

Potatoes now come in from the United States duty free except for in six-week summer period when ,Canada charges a toll of 379: lccnis a huiidredweigbl.

The US. impose a tariff of 75 cents a hunriredweight on potatoes imported from Canada. with the 18X(.'9Dll0l'l of a small annual quota on which American tariff is 37V: L'8IllS.

Mrs. H. E. Vauielel of Mont- real, Canadian Association of Con- sumers president. Tuesday pre- sented a brief in which the asso- ciation opposed any increase.

FEAR HIGHER PRICES

The brief said the association fears that a tariff increase will bring higher prices for consum- ers. and U.S. retaliation against Canadian exports of other pri-

in ymary products. ”someviliat the same piisilinn asl

W. R. Show of Charlottetown. lchairman of the Canadian Horti- cultural Society's potato commit- tee replied that refusal to apply tariffs would put Canadian potato growers out of business and the consumer would "wind up paying higher prices for potatoes import- ed from the U.S.

Invite Convention

WINNIPEG fCPl -- Delegaiiel from Prince Edward Island Tues- day inviled the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada to hold its next biennial convention in Char- lottr-town in 1957. However. no de- cision was made by the federadol.

l Representatives of 90.000 rural iwomen across Canada attending ithe present national meeting were Mrs. A. B. B0117 of Australia. president of the Assn- claled Country Women of the World. will be in Canada for two months next year and will attend all 10 provincial conventions of the F WIC.

WHY is if Tuar for law lrlllo Loses lit! car NEVER tars ANY SYMPATHY .9

TORONTO lCPl-Minimum and maximum temperatures

HALIFAX (CF l-The Dominion

drier- but very little change in the weather is expected. and showers are forecast to develop again this afternoon in widely scattered local-

I88.

North:-rn Nova Scotis: Variable rlnurlinrss with showers in a few localities in the afternoon. not much r h a ll g a in temperature; westerly winds iii. Low-high It New Glns ow 52 and 70.

Prince dward Tali eastern N.B. counties. lower St. John river valley: Variable cloudiness with showers in a few localities in the afternoon' cooler: westerly winds 15. Low-high at Charlottetown II and 65. Mancini. Fredericton sad Saint John 50 end 65.

High tide today in Charlotte- town at 5.12 a m. and 0.00 p rn.: at Rustlco at 11.50 a. m. and l2.ll p. rn. summer&e tide eighteen minutes later than Charlottetown.

Sun rises at in a. rn. and sets ll. MK I. in. Standard Ting,