SEPTEMBER 27. 1949

iTHE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

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Worli 0f Blood Transfusion Service Described

ss.ooo cfiiantiea ey Local Government Announced at Ro-

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Df‘. JP. Ohdordon. Medical Dir- ector of the Maritime Depot of the Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Halli“, ‘d. dressed Rotarians at their weekly luncheon yesterday.

Physicians realized for many years the value of blood trarnfus- lnli, but it was not until the early 20's that they learned the reason for the many strange reactions which often followed transfusion. mid Dr. Ofilcrdan.

[Jurlrrg the war the Canadian people donated two and a. half mil- iliili bottles of,blood resulting ln the raving of countless lives. At the wuclusion of hostilities it was sug- ‘JESIEd that under proper organizat- inn the benefits of readily available ‘ulnod could be of equal value in saving the lives of people in all parts of Chriada. With this ideal in mind, the Canadian Red Cross was n-ked to operate the service.

Previously it had been found that swlilt} areas were completely lack- lug in facilities for transfusions ;_-.d in the metropolitan districts inc cost ofobtalning blood was exorbitant. In some places a charge virying from $10-00 To $16.00 was made for a bottle of blood. When it 1.: realized that it requires often frccii 1.0 to 25 bottles to treat some cases. the cost m many patients n15 prohibitive. continued Dr. O'- Riordan.

At the present time the Pro- VlllCiBl Governments undertake to provide the mobile units with don- q.- centers, and some governments in addition make a grant to the Red Cross to assist in the work.

Provincial Donation

At this point, R-otarian R. H. Rogers. President of the PJLI. Red Cross Society. interrupted to any that this morning he had re- run-ed a. cheque from the Pro- zifitld/l Government for $5.000 to assist in this work. (Applause).

Dr. O'Riordan said his present tour 0i’ the Maritimes is to find out how the service is being received He had been very pleased with the ‘reception in every locality. One doctor had told him that the ser- vice was the greatest advance in recent medical history.

No matter how good the Trans- fusion organization. the instru- ments, facilities, or the amount of money available. it would all be useless except for the donors. With- out donors there could be no tram-

iuslons. Prince Edward Island had met its quota and had 350 bottles on the credit side. However. said the speaker, there should be a still greater response to the call for volunteer donors. He said there is no pain nor ill effects in giving blood. yet many times he had heard of people holding beck be- cause of these imagined reasons.

Service Free The service is free to all who need blood no matter what race creed or colour, and a twenty four hour service is maintained. I-le urg- ed Riotariairs to do ell possible to increase the number attending the next clinic. At the conclusion of his talk. s motion picture. "Miracle Fluid" was shown. Regret was expressed that this would be the last meeting attended by Rntarian JLm McConnell who is lacing transferred to Truro. Two new members Prof. Prank Mac- Kinncn. and Dr. Kent Irwin. were welcomed to the club. _ Guests were Rtotarian Athoi D. MacLeod. Cambridge. Mass, and

Dunstan MacCormac. St. John's Ne-Moundland. also Messrs D. A. Morrison. Halifax. and lifted Gam- hie. Charlottetown.

NEWDEIHI- (GM-Alpert of the food production drive, the Indian government has organized

competitions between villages for increasing production of field l crops. Prizes range from cash

awards to the individual farmer, to communal awards such as a trac- tor or school building to villages.

aiiiiiis. MARRIAGE; ilEllTllS Per lrisartlos

‘M BIRTHS

SENTNEll-AQ m “ma” “viifluber ZBKTIWMELntb-Mr. and’ “ll-f. Ivan Seflther, g 90",, 1\\:i.l.T0N-~At the King's County “lilvrlal Hospital. Montague, on SPDW-mber 22nd. i949. to Mr. and file Harry Welton. alga-ems. obi‘- Lmy n-srnis. weights lbs.

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DEATHS

"PE - At Boston on Monday gent; 16. William Oliver r-yie, aged ‘hpiéflrfl. Remains will arrive at d - l acllcan Funeral Home Thurs- b"-l' “Think. interment People's "melefy- Funeral notice later.

cgAlliLEY-On Sept. 26. Mrs erxmbher Bradley aged 78 inure. Remains resting at the ‘M11115 of her slsicr, John Philip M]? 1H. 102 Richmond St., from weave the funeral will take place

flcklmdev morning to st. Pat- R a Church, Ft. Augustus, for Bmmem Hikh Mass at 9 o'clock. "rial in the church cemetery"

‘ill. Maclean UNDIITAIII IHIALHII "has-lactate" p“ North Illtalslre

Sir Sandford Fleming studied. Af-

r MoMi-eal. North Bay and Sydney. before being promoted to assist- ant cnalnecr at Charlottetown iii 1915. Mr. Scott was appointed C.. N. R, division engineer at Halifax in 1927.

liarltliiie Sunday School Convention

day School convention Maritime Council will be held at Dlgbv, N.S. Oct. l9 and If. Ralph C. Young, general secretary of the I'.R.B.C., announced here tonlghtp '

this year will be “buill foda for a Christian world." Speaking on the theme as a special guest at" the convention will be Rev.

"Ibo members of the medical and musing staffs believe you are Clp‘. 8M0 Hid it l! lip DO yQu t0 wqvg that you can fulfill your duties," stated Dr. W. a. Bowatt, Sum. merside. in his address to the graduating clam of nursing sides o! the Provincial Sanatorlun at the exercises held in the auditorium of the Sanstorium yesterday after- noon.

Ibur graduates received their pins and certificates from Mrs. William Mutch in the ceremony Dmlidod over by Colonel G. Elliott Full. chairman of the Sanatoriuni Ccmmisslon. Hon. A. w. Math,- son. Minister of Health and Wei. “N. Premier J. Walter Jones and Dr. P. A. Creelman spoke words of esuuUIIICDIEIII to the class. Graduates who have completed the two year course are: Jean Ruby McAusiand. Charlottetown; Inna Germlde BIKINI]. Hunter River; Dorothy Buelah MacRae, New Lon- don. First year course: Gertrude Harriet Liootle, Miscouohe. Two vocal solos were rendered by Miss Gaelyno Craig. She was m. oompanied by Miss Louise Cox. Hon. A.W. Mathesors pointed out that there was a greet shortage of registered nurses ript only in this Province but everywhere. The field of nursing aides. he stated, was the means by which girls with only Junior matriculation could be- come nurses and thus help relieve the nursing shortage. He stated that the Planning Com- mission had been asked to make regulations for nursing aides so that the Government could be of assistance in giving these courses. Premier Jones spoke of the ls- landb educational system which requires student-s to take Grade X plus the year after they pass entrance. instead of Grade XI as in other Provinces. This requires the students to take another year be- fore they can qualify to enter Uni- versity or training for a Registered Nurse. lie stated that there was a scarc- ity of nurses in the Province and congratulated the four young ladies in taking up the profession of nurs- ing aides. Dr. Creelman stated that the nursing aides can do a work equal in importance to that of any others who are serving. He pointed out the great value in a bed side nurse and told of the valiant service these ‘girls had given during their train- rig. Dr. Hewett in his address stress- ed the need for nurses and enum- erated the reasons for this need. He told the class that they would swell the nmrubers of a relatively small profession with an important Job to do. Col. Full congratulated the young ladies on behalf of the Sanaiorlum Commission and made a presentat- ion to each graduate.

Reliremenl Of Mr. Alex Scoll

MONCTON, Sept. 26—A mgn who has played .1 leading pert in railway engineering in the Mari- tlmes, Alexander Scott, M.E.I.C., M.P.E.N.S., division engineer, Can- adian Nstional Railways, Halifax. ll Yeuflfll. Hie retirement on Sep- tember 30 under the pension rules of the company was announced here today by T. L. Landersxchlef engineer of the Atlantic Region. Mr. Scott, whose engineering career dates back more than a iwlf-n-ccntunv, directed the con- version of the Prince Edward Is- iiiiicl striihvny from narrow to standard gauge. From the time the first surveys were made. road- WBY. brldees and buildinls re- constructed, and multiple track in- stalled until the standard gauge was laid took fifteen years.

One of the most important pro- lects in which he had a hand was the construction of the 65,000- square-foot C. N. R. llghterage dock and facilities at. Halifax in World War Two. It was hullt to facilitate the handling of the tremendous war traffic moving from the United States and Can- ada to Europe and more than 100 scowa were operated in conjunc- tion with it.

Since hewame to Canada in 1911, Mr. Scott has supervised the construction of railway bridges over the Magnetewan River and Sault Ste. Marie Canal in Ontario, the building of the new roundhouse at Fairview, N. S., and the double tracking of the railway at Truro. He also had a part of the installation of the centralized traffic control. tho most modern railway signal sys- tem in the world, between Hali- fax and Trui-o. Born at Kirkcaldy, Scotland, Mr. Scott graduated in science from the Herriott Wait College and studied engineering with Edward Sung and Sons Limited at Edin- burgh- it was with this firm that

ter being assistant city engineer of Kirkcaldy for nearly ten years. he moved to Canada and entered allway service. He served at

SAINT Joan-Tia, Sept. aa- (CP) - The annual Maritime Sun- of the

Religious Education

The theme of the co-‘ventlo

Nelson Chappel. Toronto. secre-

Graduation Exercises At Sanatorium Yesterday

jewelry business.

tary. department of Christian Edu- cation, Canadian

Sunday School taacharl. minlsterl.

Ient from all parts of the Marl-

lnleresilng Board 0f Trade Meeting lleld Al 0'_leary

Mr. Ralph Rawsthorne. M.B.E., Mmilreal- "Q10 Pfillreseatatlve of the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce was the guest speaker last "will! at a meeting of the Al- berton -West Prince Board of Trade held in the community Hail in O'Leary.

Mr. Rawsthorne chose for bll theme "Building a Better Canada". He spoke of the work and pro- gress of the Canadian Boards Trade since the first board was organized two hundred years ago in Halifax. To be successful, he said. l‘ Board of Trade needs four things: First, a programme o! work; second, an active member- ship: third. a strong financial backing; fourth, general council construction to provide good lead- ership.

He reviewed his recent tour on which he was accompanied by Mr. Peter Pate, president of the West Prince Board, a tour which ex- tended from Campbeilton. NB" to Cape Breton with special refer- ence to the work accomplished by the Boards of Trade in Cape Bre- ton island.

Mr. Rawsthorne said he believ- ed that in order to attract tour- ists one of the things needed was a really distinctive national Can- adian dlsh. Regarding Prince lid- ward Island, he said that the various Boards in the Province would continue to press for the white safety lines on all highways as well as the erection of wel- come signs at the entrance of all towns and communities in the Province.

The meeting was presided over by Mr. Peter Pate, who announced that a boat would call at Alber- lon within a week or tan days to load supplies of produce for New- foundland. -

At last night's meeting a re- solution was passed which was to be sent to the Minister of Public Works requesting that the clan- gerous curve at Beatorfs Bridge. five miles east of O‘Lsary. b¢ straightened and that in the mean- time. until this was done. that warning signs be erected st the approaches to the curve as a pro- tection for the travelling public.

A vote of thanks to Mr. Raw:- thorne for his able address was moved by Mr. A. J. Matheson and seconded by Mr. J. M. McWilliams of OLeery. Other speakers who delivered brief addresses compli- menting the guest speaker on his able discourse were Mr. DIV! Holland. manager of the Bank of Nova Scotla. Dr. George Dewar. O'Lesry and Rev. W. G. Dickson.

The president. Mr. Pate. an- nounced that the next meeting of the Board would be held in about two weeks time at Alberton.—S.

British Parliament Will Meel Today

N, Sept. 26 - (OP) - Parliament breaks its summer re- cess tomorrow for. an emergency debate on the devaluation of the pound. Indications are the Gov- ernment will get the vote of oon- fidence it seeks.

Although some Labor members are thought to be critical of de- valuation, not mkny are expected to vote against the motion of eon- fidence which the Government tabled today.

The motion will be moved by Sir Stafford 'Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the opening oh! the three-day debate. It calls o the House of Commons to approve devaluation, along with other de- cisions taken at the three-country talks in Washington. al a mun! of putting the sterling area back on its feet financially.

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age contained, but thought it was a statue consigned to Bale Comeau. There is no charge against the woman who will be the chief crown witness against Guay. The watch expert, who has lever walked in his life because of his paralysis, is known to have worked for Gutsy on several oc- casions. "Guay, although I kwfil- ler. never performed any repairs. He handed them over to his light- fingered handyman of Qusrtlsr du Palals.

Investigation Contllslel

R.C.M.P. and Provincial inves- tigate s continued to piece t0- geihe bits of evidence scattered from Quebec to Sept Iles, 100 miles down the St. Lawrence River. where Gusy once operated a

A party which flew to Sept Iles Sunday returned today. bringing back to Quebec two suitcases, be- lieved to contain Jewels.

They also stopped at Bale Com- eau. about 200 miles from here. There Mrs. Guay was to have pickgd up a parcel of jewelry in return for the parcel she hid been told to bring with her and which contained the lethal bomb.

Council of Churches. ‘

The coTifas-enea is open to all

leaders and prospective leaders. and it is expected that a large number of delegate will be pre-

ilentral Guardian

This oofariua h reserved for lsewa of local Interest, bee advertising of :tlli'fl It'll’! Ira! he inserted

vs eea s wo ts-ietl . able in advance. . y N,

CIASWILL for Photographs.

sr you: crevice-smut Coal Comltlny. Phone 2M.

OONFEDEIATION LII . SURANCI, a m

uuwaan asst-muss Fitted Footwear st 116 Queen Street.

SPECIAL SERVICE in Pia“. ant Valley Church tonight. st 3 p.rn. Guest speaker Dr. Whittier.

ILIGl-TTS DAILY except Sunday to New Glasgow and Halifax Phone Maritime Central Airway. Limited 206i or 540.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY -- The funeral of the late Janet Helen Higgins. slx-year-old- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil W. Higgins, was held from the MaoLean Ihlner- ai Home yesterday afternoon. Scr. vices were conducted by Rev. H. D. Ashford. Interment was the People's Cemetery. During th ser- vice a qusrtette composed of Janet Rupert. Margaret Rupert. Phyllis Tait. Dorothy Macbelian. accom- Plliiod by Jane ssChIlSlODB, sang "Jéfllli Loves Me." The funeralwgs very largely attended. and there were a large number of floral trib- lites. The little girl died Sunday ai- ter a brief illness.

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units — providing the Provide; guarantees the balance. The Premier did not indicate

when the program would “gin. Few Roads In Ares

There are virtually no roads in the coastal stretch between For- tune Bay and Port aux Basques. When a trans-island highway first was discussed. observers noted that a south-coast road would open up new areas as well as provide the most direct east-west route.

This highway would give vil- lages along the south coast a link with other parts of the Pro- vince. Boats are the only way now. The project also would make accessible wood supplies for fuel and building and perhaps land which might be cultivated.

Boosters of the Province’: tour- ist lndustry say the road would bring visitors within reach of numerous salmon rivers, lakes where trout are found and hunt- ing grounds.

An alternative route is a direct line between the two points. This would traverse country for the greater part unexplored except by fur hunters and timber cruisers. There is little iiere to encour- age settlement and the area large- ly is uninhabited.

The direct route would follow that taken by Williams Epps Cormack, a Newfouridlander who 127 years ago undertook to cross the Island from east to west on foot. He described the country as wild, rugged and in some parts, covered by almost impenetrable forests.

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tween last March 1 and Sept. 26. Sillantaa was arrested at Dorval Airport here some time ago and police said he had in his possession one ounce of heroin.

Young will be charged in court tomorrow morning.

When Father Taillefer and Slsco were arrested. police said they were leaders in the ring. However, they reserved the ‘kingpin’ label for Young.

still another alleged member of the Perreault ga.m—il"rank Perre - suit-was arrested by city police on a drug-possession charge. although police said he was not a member of the ring.

Frank Perreault. is a brother of the late Douglas Perrsult. hanged last summer for the murder of the two constables during a. bank rob- bery last September. Noel Cloutier also was hanged for the crime. while Donald ‘Perreault (no relation to Douglas) is awaiting outcome of his »appeal frcim the death sentence imposed for the same crime.

Some police sources said it was their belief that the package was not intended to explode until it was opened by Guay‘: 28-year-old wife. Others were of the opinion the aim had been to have the explosion occur while the aircraft was over the St. Lawrence, in which case the. chances of ever determining how the crash oc-

curred would have been slender.

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Throne Speech

Dy Mel Sufrlss Canadian Press Staff writer OTTAWA. Sept. 36 -—(0P) -The

Throne-Speech debate. often stormy through many weeks of each Coim- mons session. showed signs of pet- erlng out today. lust a week-and- a-half after opening of the 21st Parliament.

With only s few members still to take part in the debate. critic- ism of Government policies-oil:- viously blunted by the big Liberal majority-has failed to produce any marked degree of fireworks.

The Government was taken to task particularly on trade. devalu- ation and defence today.

E. D. Fulton (PC-Ksmloops) accused Finance Minister Abbott of following a path of inconsistency in dealing with the markets and currency problems.

In devaluing the dollar 10 per cent last week. the Government had taken a step which Mr. Ab- bott had flatly re1ected last March. Yet in m. Abbott's address on de- valuation, he has-i said the difficult- ies to be overcome had been in evidence since well before last March. ‘,

lMr. Hilton said the only long- term solution lay in allowing cur- rency to find its own level in world markets instead of setting artificial values as Canada. had done.

Other speakers in the Throne Speech debate were: J. L. McDon- gall (L-Vancouver Burrard) who delivered his maiden address. Henri Gosselin (L-Brome - Mimisquoi). Mai-Gen. d. n, rein-w. v.c.. iPC—-N aimo) and Angus Mac- ln-nis t -Vancouver East).

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ceptional yields of apples are thick- ly clustered on the propped, hang- ing limbs. This year's three acres of corn is producing some 70 tons of ensilage. The spacious grounds are still trimmed with great long beds of unusual and stately dahlias and the potato plots show dramati- cally the_ green foliage of new late blight resistant varieties alongside the black and withered stocks of some of the old reliable:-

And, to cap it all, the staff and employees formed a Recrea- tion Club last evening.

Orchard

For the firat time in its history, accurate yields in the eight-acre orchard are being recorded this fall. This ls because of the new $1500 lpage wire fence with three-wire barbed overhang six feet high on steel posts, most of which are let in cement.

Mr. Parent was quick to explain that it was not always the rascal- ly boys who raided the orchards in other years. But respectable citizens had been found helping themselves, thereby reducing the records of yields and making it impossible to determine accurate- ly the good and better in the ex- perimental varieties.

With a sense oi‘ achievement and a certain pride, Mr, Warren pointed out the varieties which were making a name for them- selves. Here was a young Lobo, its solid bright red apples drag- glng its supple branches to the ground in spite of the many props. Forty large apples were counted on a six-foot branch only three-quarter inch thick. The Lobo is a Macintosh seedling with the advantage over the Mac of being a good baking apple. Mr. Warren estimated one of the older Lobo trees carried a crop of eleven barrels. But last -year there were 13 barrels on an Atlas. he added.