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HON. KEIR CLARK, Minister the picture is Claude W. Wood, Mrs. Norrie. The picgn of Education, is cutting the ribbon principal of the school. Mrs. Earl ken on a stairs whic accounts to officially open the new school Norrie, secretary of the school for the fact that the Premier looks

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was held last night. At the left of Premier A.W. Matheson is behind‘

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“Spring Park Complin1en’recl As New School Is Opened

The people of Spring Park were warmly complimented on their new school when the structure was opened officially last night by Hon. Keir Clark, Minister of Education. ~.

The official opening cerem- ony was held in the school auditorium.

E.S. Matheson, Chairman of the Trustee Board, presided.

Speakers’ included the archi-

tect; Claude Wood. the,prinai--

pal, and Malcolm ll/i‘acKenzie, assistant director of education and director of curriculum. _.The iunior and senior school choruses were heard in enjoy- able numbers under the direc- tion of John Harris who was their accompanist.

Mr. MacKenzie commended the people. ‘on the fine new building. as did all of the other speakers But he cautioned, the

_ most important factor in the

education of your child is not the building nor the curricu-_

lum but the teacher. The home’

is also important. If the home does not provide the proper environment, your child is go- ing to have plenty of trouble in school, he said. The church and the communty also play their part in the educational devel- opment of the child. he said.

Hon. Mr. Clark said this is one of the finer of our new schools as he complimented the district the ratepayers, the trustees, the teachers and the pupils on the fine building they have.

Mr. Ross said he had been the principal of a regional high school in Alberta last year. He had seen many of the Alberta schools but “no school of similar type in that oil rich province exceeded this one either in quality of beau ."

Mr. Ross paid a very warm tribute to the teaching staff

whose classrooms he visits and whose work he supervises.

Mr. Pickard turned over the symbolic key of the building to Mr. Matheson, the chairman of trustees,‘ who in turn hand- ed it to Claude Wood. the school principal.

Speaking briefly Mr. Wood noted that this is a highlight in my twelve years as principal of Spring Park school. Be

a high ‘tribute to them both” for their character traits and their ability.”

Premier A. W. Matheson was one of the. platform guests.

Following the opening cerem- ony the teachers took the rate- payers and visitors on a tour of the school classrooms. Coffee and doughnuts were served by the

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DROP 'MURDER CHARGE

‘ WOODSTOCK, N. 13. (CP)—- A murder charge against a 13-year- old Carleton County boy was dis- missed Monday by County Magis- trate G. R. Mccutcheon but the

boy convicted of unlawfully wounding Gordon A, Carr and

Boys Industrial Home at Saint John.

OPENING DATE?

SYDNEY (CP)— The Cape Bre- ton Post says it has learned the Nova Scotia, Legislature will open its 1958 session Feb. 12 The gov- ernment has not announced the opening date yet.

DEGREE FOR B, M.

HALIFAX (CP)— Prim; Minis- ter» Diefenbaker will receive an honorary doctroate of laws from St. Mary’: University here Jan. 30 at a special convocation.

FATALLY INJURED _

EDMUNDSTON, N. B. (CP)- Herve Bosse, 12, one of 13 child- ren of Mr. and Mrs. Antoine

Bosse, died in hospital here early

s need to two years in the-

Monday four hours after he was struck by a taxi Sunday night while coasting near her home at St. Joseph.

FROM NATURAL CAUSES

NEW WATERFORD, N.S. (CP) -- A post-mortem examination Monday revealed that Clarence Avery, 46, a Newfoundlander res-

cued from a fire in his bedroom Sunday, died from natural causes.

DIES m FIRE,‘ \

CAMPBELLTON, N.B. (CP) - Robert Kinsella, 84, was found suffocated Monday afternoon af- ter fire broke out in the two-storey house where he lived alone at nearby Tide Head. Cause of the fire is unknown. An inquest will be held today. 4

WORK’ FOR SHIPYARDS

HALIFAX (CP) —- Manager R. J.R. Nelson of Halifax Shipyards said today construction w-ill begin within a month on the $3,700,000 lighthouse supply and bouy tender

being built for the Transport De- partment.

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Riff Between , Hillary An Fuchs ln,The Antarctic

LONDON (AP)-—Br.itain’s Ant- arctic expedition reported Mon- day there is a rift between Sir Edmund Hillary and Dr. Vivian Fuchs, a British scientist trying to cross the frozen continent.

The expedition comm-it-tee here threw its support behind Fuchs in his rebuff to Hillary's advice that he ought to halt at the South Pole. Fuchs messaged he intends to go on and needs no help from Hillary. _

Fuchs is 350 mil e s from the Pole on his 2.000-mile snow - ve- hicle trek from Britain’s Shackle- ton base on the South American side of the continent to New Zea- land's Scott Base. y

Hillary completed a dash to the South P ole Friday. Hillary left the Pole Sunday and flew to the U.S. base at McMurdo Sound.

Hillary told expedition head- quarters in Auckand he mes- Saaed Fuchs to stop at the South Pole and fly the rest of the way in Scott. He suggested Fuchs could continue next November.

Hillary said the weather will get worse next month and for the Safety of the party Fuchs should call off the expedition.

FUCHS \\'lRh'.S DECISION Fuchs, however, messaged the

British expedition headquarters llEl_‘e;

“He (Hillary) states his agree- ment with his mechanics’ view -that continuation of the journey later in the season is an unjusti- fied risk.

“I do not agree bu-t have in- -formed him that I do not feel able to ask him to join us at De- pot 700 to use his local know- ledge, bu-t will f-ind our own way out.” ~

Fuchs was backed by British headquarters, which said there was “a serious difference of opin- ion between the two.”

Fuchs’ progress has been slow because of bad weather, vehicle troubles and frozen snow ridges. He also has been stopping to make seismic soundings.

WERE TO HAVE MET

Under the original plan, Hillary set‘ out in the opposite direction from Fuchs and established de- pots for Fuchs along the polar plateau from the South Pole to Scott. The plan was for the two teams to meet 350 miles on the Scott side of the Pole at a sta- tion named Mile 700. But Fuchs’ progress was slow while Hil1ary’s went ahead of schedule.

Rather lhan wait for Fuchs at Mile T00, Hillary pushed on to the Pole.

Fuchs then wanted Hillary to nail at the Pole for him. but

Hillary said Monday:

“I advised him that rather than wait several weeks inactive art the Pole I would return to Scott Base and get on with my job, then join him at one of the depots.”

Sir John Slessor, chairman of the British expedition comm-it-tee. fired off a cable to the New Zea- land committee in Auckland, say- ing:

“We believe Fuchs’ progress across in 0 st difficult country fairly satisfactory and now would expect his rate of advance to in- crease substantially, as indeed is happening.

IS HILLARY’S JOB

“Emphasize, as previously, that Hillary's primary job is to make as certain as humanly possible that Fuchs reaches Scott Base this season."

Fuchs will have 1,250 miles ahead of him once he makes the Pole, which he originally hoped to hit by Christmas.

Slessor said an expedition plane is available to help Fuchs if he runs into trouble.

The plane, a Canadian - built RAF Otter. landed at Scott Base a"Lcr a 1.600-mile, 11-hour ‘light that constituted the first trip across the Antarctic in a single- engined craft.

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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew" CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1958

Hunch Saves School Boys In Box Car

MONTREAL (CP)—The hunch of a man who knows Arctic con- ditions was credited Monday with playing a big part in saving the lives of two school boys who were imprisoned for 34 hours in a bit- terly cold box car.

The rescued youngsters, Lanny Matthews, 14,.and Sandy Yokota, 13, were in hospital. It was not known» whether they would lose parts of their frozen feet. Robert Lepine, 34 - year - old maintenance Foreman and store- keeper of Canada's Distant Early Warning line in the Arctic, was the man whose hunch that the b<.>.\=.s....»We1§,e-~ . .box.c._alr..

' proved‘ '-

When he learned Saturday night that -the boys had been" missing since Friday, he and his brother got into their car and drove past 50 freight cars on a siding in suburban Cote Vertu. They heard faint shouts of the boys. It took only a few seconds to find the car. The door had automatically locked when it slid closed, with the boys inside. During the boys’ imprisonment the temperature reached as low as six below zero. ‘ Friday night they lay on the floor of the car keeping close to- gether to keep warm.

When” they failed to show up at their homes Friday night police were notified and friends and relatipes started the search.

Power Fdilure

In ‘Montreal

MONTREAL (CP) — A sudden power f a i lu r e Monday night plunged Montreal into darkness. Electricity was restored 47 min- utes later in some districts, but many parts of the 201-square-mile island were still in darkness more than an hour after.

Quebec Hydro officials, investi- gating the cause of the blackout, said a major failure had occurred somewhere in the system. Noth- ing else was immediately known, but it was believed a peak-hour overloading, of the grid system was to blame.

Civil Servant As Reinstciiecl

OTTAWA (CP)—A civil serv- ant fired last Oct. 10 by Charles Stein, undersecretary of state, has been reinstated at full pay, lit was learned Monday. ,

J. George Neuspiel sued Mr. Stein after his dismissal. His re- instatement to the translation di- vision of the state secretary's de- partment was arranged in an out-of-cougt settlement of die ac- tion.

Report Russia 5 V In Rocket Up 186 Miles

A meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the Marketing Board office, for the purpose of review- ing the potato movement during the past fall and the prospects for the balance of the season. Present were representatives of the Marketing Board, Seed Branch, Tabelstock Branch, and the Potato Dealers’ Association. The following report was releas- ed at the close of the meeting by the Association president, Colonel Full~

“Shipments to the end of Dec- ember this year total 6,400 car- lots which is the heaviest move- ment of Prince Edward Island potatoes in the past six years.

“It is estimated that 50 per cent of the marketable potatoes have been shipped out during the fall season. leaving about 6,400 cars to be shipped from January 1st to July 31st. This compares with 6,100 cars shipped during the same period in 1957 and 6,800 cars during the same period in 1956. It was agreed that we should at- tempt to distribute the move- ment of the balance of the crop, roughly, as follows:

January 1,050 cars February 1,150 cars March 1,425 cars April 1,325 cars May 925 cars June and July 525 cars

"In reaching these estimates, consideration was given to the fact that last year, from January to April, 1,000 cars of United States potatoes were imported into Canada. This year the situa- tion is entirely different. The American market is strong, and could be another 1955-56 proposi- tion when the market in May saw the peak for the season after a

sharp rise commaicing about March 19th. ‘ _ ,. -D-—F-r-yr“ -. .... _ ..-—,-.--w-- .-rzk‘ '

“In reviewing our movement of the 1957 crop -to date, and con- sidering the North Amerlcan sup- ply picture, the above figures seem reasonable and hold out the prospect of a good market for the rest of the crop year. .

“The Canadian Crop Report shows a total of 42,063,000 cwt.

Macmillan Begins 37-Day Tour Today‘

LONDON (CP)—Pri-me Minis- ter Macmillan sets off today on an unprecedented 37-day, 32,000- mile tour of five eastern coun- tries, demonstrating the strength of his faith in the Commonwealth connection.

On what is described here as an “historic journey," the pre- In-ier will visit India, Pakistan, Ceylon, New Zealand and Aus- tralia, with calls at Singapore. It is the first time a British prime minister has visited. any of the countries while in office.

Britain Lashed By Heavy Gales

LONDON (Reuters) — Atlantic gales reaching 60 miles an hour swept Britain Monday, bringing heavy rain and flood threats in the north and east.

Floodwatersl three feet deep poured over roads leading out of Rotherham, in northern England, cutting t-raff.ic and flooding the countryside.

At Ipswich, eastern England, water rose within a foot of the danger mark before high tide Monday and harbor authorities began a special vigil.

Lifeboats on the East coast went out in gale-swept seas to escort about 14 fishing boats back to harbor. All the boats returned

safely.

Effect Of Pact

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain sought Monday to minimize the worldwide effect of her own sug- gestion for an East-West non- aggression pact.

The suggestion, made by Prime Minister Macmillan in a radio ad- dress Saturday night, made a. greater impact. on world opinion; than many had foreseen. ' I A foreign office spokesman told a press conference any non-ag- gression pact could not stand alone but “must be part of a wider settlement.”

Reaction in Washington was, cool. West. Gcrmany’s initial warm reception tiirned to reserve on the heels of the U.S. reaction.

F r e n c h Ambassador J can

Britain Seeks To Minimize

Suggestion

fice to ask for clarification.

In Paris, French officials said, until the idea is discussed by NATO governments, France will reserve her views.

The NATO permanent Council nfeets in Paris Wednesday to con- sider replies of the 15 govern- ments to Premier Nikolai Bul-. ganin's shower of “peace” letters’ last month. ‘ WAS BULGANlN’S IDEA

Bulganin suggested a non-ag- gression pact between the NATO powers and the Communist coun- tries of the Wa1‘saw Pact.

French officials are trying to determine w h e f h e 1‘ Macmil- lan had this in mind or whether he meant a bilateral treaty be-

for 1957 against 41,359,000 cwt. for 1956, when along with 1956 pro- duction we imported 1,753,000 cwt. of potatoes; taking into con- sideration the strong market in the United States and the added protection that has since been provided us, through the tariff imposed last spring, it is not like- ly that importations will amount to any considerable quantity, thus leaving the Canadian market for Canadian potatoes.

“The Potato Advisory Commit- tee in Maine set a target last fall for 10,000 cars to be moved by December 31st. They have exce- eded this amount by 3,000 cars, leaving a very strong feeling in Aristook County. The program-

No Meetings

OTTAWA, ( Specal) The Roy-. al Commission on Price Spreads does not plan to hold public hearings at Charlottetown or any other centre of Prince Ed- ward Island, its chairman, Dr. Andrew Stewart said at a press conference Monday.

Dr. Stewart felt that inform- ation on price spreads from other centres of the Maritime

WINNIPEG (CP) —- Mayor H. Lloyd Henderson of Portage la Prairie told a press conference Monday Lester B. Pearson will win the Liberal party lead rship iioinlnation.-a'.*fbub‘he-wuI’:iwifi the? people.” ' '

terlan minister, who has an- nounced he will be a candidate for the nomination, said Mr. Pearson, former minister of ex- ternal affairs and 1957 Nobel -Prize winner, “doesn’t know the little guy. He is not one of the boys. . ."

But, hesaid, “I am.”

Mayor Henderson said he will leave either by train on Satur- day or by plane on Sunday for Ottawa to attend the three—day Liberal nomination conven- tion beginning Tuesday, and he would be “full of fight and full of determination to put new life into the Liberal party and its plat- form.”

He said he would be “ex- tremely happy if I obtain 25 per cent of the first-count votes." He added he “won’t finish last” in the race.

He told the press conference, which he had called “to get to know me better,” that he al- ready has a seconder for his nomination, probably someone from his native Prince Edward Island.

HAS MATHESON-’S VOTE

The mayor said Premier A. W. Matheson of Prince Edward Is- land, an old classmate from Teachers’ College in Charlotte- town, had promised his “personal support,” and the premier had indicated many P.E.I. delegates also would back him. That prov- ince has about 40 delegates

LONDON (.Reuters)—-Ch-ancel- lor of the Exchequer Peter Thor- neycroft resigned from the cabi- net Monday night, claiming the government was blocking his ef- forts to halt inflation.

The 48-year-old treasury chief, one of the leaders of the “pro- gressive" section of the Consefv- ative party, rocked the cabinet and the British political world with his surprise announcement.

Joining him in the resignation were two of his chief aides, Nigel Birch, economic secretary to the treasury, and Enoch Powell, the financial secretary.

’l‘horneycroft, considered one of the rising young spokesmen of the party, said in a letter to Prime Minister Macmillan that “resig- nation was the only course open" afltcr the government approved higher expenditures for the com- ing fiscal year than it budgeted for last year.

He said he felt a limit on gov- ernment expenditure was “a pre- requisite to the stability of the pound, the stabilization of prices and the prestige and standing of our country in the world.”

“The government itself must in

Chauvel called on the foreign of-ltween Britain and Russia.

my view accent the same meas-

Encouraging‘Re\‘/iew Of Potato Market Prospects

me laid out above is similar to that being outlined for Maine, and it is anticipated that the de- mand will permit this movement, particularly as our prices today are 35 cents per bushel lower than Maine and other competitive markets.

“Authentic information has been received from Ontario sour- ces to the effect that most of the potatoes in Ontario are new clean- ed up, and the potato trade there is interested to see how the Prince Edward Island grower will market his crop, both in re- lation to spread of movement evenly for the balance of the season, plus careful grading and proper weights in the containers.”

Planned By / A

Prices Commission, Here

Provinces would provide ade- quate evidence of the price spread situation in the costal provinces. Pressed on the mat- ter, he intimated that if the government of Prince Edward Island particularly asked that a public hearing be held _at Charlottetown. the commission would be ready to reconsider its decision.

Is-lancl;-Born Man Lines Up Support For Leadership Race

among the 1,700 delegates ex- pected to attend the convention.

(Premier Matheson said last night that he did not make any _suchprorni§e',to Mr. Henderson." ”He”tele'ph6ned me today and 1

, , '_ said I would mention to the The ’50-year-old First Presby-

Prince Edward Island delegates that his name was coming before the conference but I made no committment, nor am I milking any,” the Premier added.) I

Other support, he said, would come from Senator T. V. Grant of King’s County, P.E.I., and others across the country whom he did not wish to name.

He said he would unite the Lib- erals into a party that would give dynamic moral leadership to this country both at the national and international level.

He said his approach would be to the “common man—-the man, who, in the final analysis, elects ,or ousts a government."

Born on a farm near Freeland, P.E.I., June 11, 1907, Mayor Henderson said if successful in the nomination, he would run in King’: County.

Real Skelton, Out Of Danger

S-ANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) Comedian Red Skelton was pro- nounced out of danger Monday by his physician ‘but a mild case of pneumonia will keep him in hospital several more days.

His doctor called it a “moder- ate pneumonitis of the right lung” and added it is common among victims of severe asth- matic seizures.

Thorneycroft uits Cabinet

ure of financial discipline as it seeks to impose upon others."

DENIES TWO VIEWPOINTS

‘ Macmillan, faced with Thor- neycroft’s resignation on the eve of his departure on a six-week Commonwealth tour, said he could not accept the treasury chief's contention that “there is any difference of principle be- tween the rest of the cabinet and yourself."