some of the head table guests last night at the dinner given for the delegates of the Can- adian Federation of Agricul- ture by the provincial govern- ment are shown _

are from left to right: Mrs.

AS P.E.|. GOVERNMENT ENTERTA-INS CFA

A.B. Macllae; J.M. Bentley, Edmonton. Alta. president; Hon. Andrew B. MacRae, min- ister of agriculture; Hon. Dr. L. George Dewar, minister of education. the guest speaker; Mrs. Smith MacFarlane, wife

of the president of the P.E.I. Federation; Lionel Sorel, Mon- trearl, president L'Union Oath- olique des Cultivateurs, and Walter J. Cox, Charlottetown city councillor.

AT TRADE BOARD ANNUAI.

By CARMAN SMITH

s‘side Bureau, the Guardian “The 1' regional economic development is not one that embodies either simple crespmsi " ea or solutions". John S. Wu‘-ight, president of APEC, told members of the erside Board of Trade at dinner meeting held at the Royal Canadian Leg‘-

ion borne here last night

by assignment to any particular level or agency or government; nor can it be entirely passed to the private sector.

“Much of APEC's early re- search program was devoted to an identification of the reg- ’ ' ' position in rela-

wright satd. de the factors and forces that have

Communities. management and labor also have important roles to play in a comprehensive de- velopment plan".

BASIC STAGES The president of APEC told

edto“ifan-ydegreeofsuccesa is to be assured". First a com- plete apprdsal of the commun-

WESIERN BRIEFS

of other communities

18 GUEST Mrs. John Black, St. Nicholas. is a guest of Miss Shirley Mac Arthur. Alberton.

I8 PATIENT Brenton Ramsay. smith Kil- dlre. is a patient in the Western Hospital.

THOMPSON FUNERAL The funeral for Preston Thomp- ed-

nesday from the United Manse in O'Leary to the Church where service was conducted by Rev. . Hymns were Abide With Me and Peace Per- fect Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph MacLellan sang, Above the Brisht Blue. Pallbearers were George Ellis. Chapman Jelley. Wsman Phillipa, George Bucl; an

neth Ellis, Lloyd Jeiley, Scott Buchanan and Harry MacDon- ad. Interment was in Brae Un- ited Church cometary.

savour ‘runauuu. -

¢OlllO-

Economic Development Plan Ouilined Ai S'side

ity must be undertaken as to needs, problems, possibilities; second, to use this new know- ledge in the preparation of a bold and comprehensive plan for commumi growth.

The third step, he said, is that of implementation. Ideas are of no value, he continued, “unless you do something about them".

The guest speaker commented that recently Summcrside. like ' thmoughout the Atlantic provinces, has been showing increased inerest in its ability to attract new indus- tries. "We have been trying to recognize and weigh our op- portumuitiiies and to mobilize measures that will speed up our industrial and economic growth", he said. "We are con- cerned with the estavblishment and servicing of an industrial. park with other efforts general- ly designed to make this com- munity more viable industrial- NEW PRESIDENT

In the naming of a new exec- utive for 1964, Earl Cannon was

'cers

al elected president. Other oftil

named were Francis MacQuar- rie, finst vice-president; Johnston, second vice-president; Alex B. Oamrpbell. secretary- treasurer and T. Earle Hickey, auditor.

Councillors are William AD- nett. David Cannegy, Geomge T. Clarke, R.T. Henthom, Amos H. liubley, Claude Ives, Errol Laughlin, Charles Linldeitter, C. Ross MacKenzie, Geonge Meiide. Perry Mossman, Bruce Minc- Dougald. Georgie Smallvman and

- John S. Wright. his report outgoing prmi- _

In dent Edgar M. Cannon said an expert had been obtained “to give assistance in the prepar- ation of a suitable brochure for this area".

‘'1 must stress the import- ance of such a pamphlet", he said. “If this town is amaious to secure outside industry. Be- ing centen-niail year we have

' b from across

bush-ness peop he Canada and other countries vis-

iting here, and you may feel sure they will be looking for as

much information as e Ma . when we plant on our area." em“ if Wm Mr. Cannon said that con- pmf: mph’ W“ 20°

siderable work had been dbne in relation to the proposed park

west of Summerside in co-oper- ch

ation with the centennial com- . 'l‘hi~s project was being held up however, due to the harbor pollution problem.

A committee had met with

members of the provincial gov- ernment, he added, and had been reassured that when the pollution problem was over- come the park would be given rompt consideration. ALL WEATHER ROAD

Mr. Cannon commented on a brief presented to the minister of highways ooncerni-mg the up- grading of highways from Al- bany intersection to Miscon- che to an all-wealther highway.

“I feel certain in the near fu- ture our efforts will be reward- ed", he said.

In the agricultural commit- lee repont decisions were sought on three matters: —-1. Lower license fees for eavy farm trucks; 2.—-Pea spray subsidy, and 3.—Unifonm electhiic lilght ates. Chairman of the retail men- chanta committee, R.T. Hen- thorrn, said “work is in pm- gress towards procuring the necessary rigthts of way from the vanilous property holders tor the installation of a new street below Water fir-om Queen’: Wharf to the Marine wharf.

"Our local representative, Hon. J. Watson MacNaught", be said, “has been mos '

'1

right of should be available to the in the near future."

rge Me-ikle. chairman of the industrial development com- mittee. commented on the pro- posed developmeut of an indust-

W85’ town

this be approved, he continued. “it would involve the spendll of abollé $190,000 in this district to provr e waiter and sewerage fiacilitieg for factory sites

an all-weather road connecting this area with Summerside and Shenbmoke roads.

OPEN IN MAY M.r. Meikle also mentioned that n tod

5

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A mod comprehensive repeat on civic affair; was prepared by airman W. . Jenkins. s report Mr. Jenkins said that the capital assets of the town are over $7,000,000 and as such is the third largest capit- alized project or business in P.E.I. The overall town counter

DEATH NOTICES (Received too late for Classified Death Notice column).

urvelrlau exceetk 1% mlllio R dolls the read, "and you should be aware of-its dollar value when

' ’ ecision of the

STRIGHT At the Prince County Hospital annex, Jan. 21. I964. Olga Maude, wife of Herbert K. Stright, 332 Chest-

nut Street, Summerside. Rest- an

in:

Home until Thursday noon. then to the Presbyterian Church, Summerside for ser- vice commencing at 2:30 p.m.

Interment in People‘: ceme- rsutjtoc

tery.

GAl.I.AN'l' — At the Prince County Hospital Annex, Wed- nesday, Jan. 22. 1964. MP8- Mary Mildred. wife of Gil- bert Gallant. 327 First Street. Surnmerside in her 75th year. Resting at the Compton Fu- neral Home until Saturday’ morning, than to st. Paul's Church. Summenaide for R9- qniern High Mass at 9 am- In ‘in chuck cemeteri-

Viaitinl hours 7-10 PM-

..........._., your man you vote at an- money."

In common on the lobstc carnival and hi

‘and certainly an educational program.

Guests at last night‘. meeting included Mayor J.E. lviorriaon. George (hamlet. preadient of be and Morley Bell. mpresenting Solrioitxn-General Macflaucmt.

NAME STREET FOR JFK SIIERBROORE. Qua. (CP)-— A main residential street in “tit:

Kennedy Stree . fitting tribute to the late prea- ldent of Inc United States.”

rs. is town is a big operation", 1, report

of for nual elections to pdminister this D

ISLAND NEWS PAGE

Western And Central Districts

Marriage Course Is Underway

ALBERTON _ The second lesson of the course of prepar- ation for marriage was given Sunday night by Rev. Patrick Walsh of Palmer Road. Father Walsh spoke on the qualities to be found in the ideal wife and ideal husband.

Topics covered were the physical, intellectual, moral and religious qualities to be found in a prospective partner. This course presented at the Sacred Heart Church in Alberton is under the sponsorsluip of the parishes of West Prince and is intended for the young men and women of the area.

In all 15 lessons will be given covering such topics as: phycho-

3'3’. anatomy and sexual hy- giene. The University of Ottawa, which publishes the course, will issue a certificate to all suc- cessful participants in the study.

Next ndaay Rev. Reginald Phelan of Foxley River will speak on the qualities of love and the relationship of love and happiness in marriage.

The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs. Jan. 23, 1964. 3

Kensington

KEN‘SING'I‘ON

— Murray installed by Champion as president of the Kensingtoh Area Board of Trade at the annual dinner-meeting held last night at Svend's Inn.

The new vice-president is Don Wood and Archie Johnstone was elected secretary-treasurer.

to th exe council were Morris Caseley. Lloyd Lockerby, Keith Harrington, M-LA; Allan Murphy, George I-Iowatt, E.C. Moore, Don Caseley and Leaman Caseley.

The retiring president, George MacMurdo, extended a welcome and introduced guests: Lorne Moase. principal of Kenslnogton Regional High; Rev. L.P. Cal- laghan; Mayor Champion, Wil- liam Brennan, representing the Charlottetown Board of Trade; Dr. Harold Stewart; Frank Jar- dine, MiLA; Joseph MacDonald and Kenneth Webster.

Mr. MacMurdo, in his presi- dential report, mentioned some of the highlights resulting from the board’s efforts for the past

irade Bd.

Installs New Executive

lights at the Kensington railway crossings. a successful secon

year at the Tourist Bureau and trans-

among the things mentioned.

E. C. Moore, secretary-trea- surer, reported on finances of the board. Arch-ie Johnston gave a report showing a large in- crease in sales and services ren- dered to tourists during the past season, as compared to the pre- Vl01lS one.

GUEST SPEAKER

The guest speaker, Ted Ge- burt, Summerside, was intro- duced by Don Wood as being a native of Germany who came to North America in 1951 and who has since seen many parts of the country.

Mr. Gebuirt gave an interest- ing account of life in Mexico, its history, government, resour- ces, transportation, population and education, which is now compulsory.

Beautiful slides of the country were shown by the speaker who

was thanked by Mr. Harrington for his comprehensive outline of

year. Installation of crossing

Mexican life.

ALBERTON — ea Tig- nish residents, Benoit Joseph Gaudet, Edward Joseph Perry and Edger Joseph Gaudet, each received a six-month suspended sentence when they appeared before Magistra-te W. Chester S. MacDonald at Alberton yes- terday on ‘charges of breaking

REVISED

(Continued from page 1) tural problem in the world, and the necessity of making pro- gress ‘glh detailed examin-

hon and agreement among na- 'tions.

“Further that annong the best of the solutions to agrlculttnwl Wade Pvoblems h more efifec-'

d Food PI‘08Iram to meet the nutrition» al and developmental require- ments of the poorer nations at the world."

PROPERTY TAX _The meeting backed a resolu. tion to ask that pnoperty taxes be abolished as a

The move, it (I eloped - _ is virtually in line with present CFA policy.

INTERESTING APPROACH

One interesting approach up the taxing motion came from Mr. Huffman. who suggested that tax revenues raised on ma’ property should go to finance such government departments as administration, roads, and police.Personal taxes, he sug- gested, should cover costs of

oh " ople's nvlcea" as education, welfare and justice.” “We have made a complete study of this problem in Ontar- io,” Mr. Huffman and several other spokesmen from that pro- vince insisted.

ation of problems and conisulta- and costs

out of Trgrush 1a In ad "

days, and $50 and costs or 30

Gaudet received fines of or 30 days for as- saulting a police officer.

were ordered to

Breaking Jail Results |nSuspendedSentence..

keepiihepeaceandbeofgood behaviour and to enter into necogniizamces of $200 each. John Oliver of 0’ pleaded not guilty to a charge under the Liquor Control Act

the case was adjourned to Feb. 12.

A Tignislr resident was ed$20a:ndcostsforbeingin- toxicated in a public place.

Gary Shields, formerly of Al- berton and now living in Mone- ton, and mi Powehs, - berton South, charged with

of keeping liquor for sale and servat e women

- RENEGADE IN POWER:

The Act: (This is the tenth of a

ernment, there is always a

ence—-is most important to

baker Years, It might have aspired to this role of chief

came into the intimacy of circle—soon realized that th

woman of enormous charm

second wife and unfailing a When brought her

been performed by the wive

By 1957 Ottawa officialdom

to prime minrsters appearin

include his wife.

that she managed to transform ificilal hierarchy into a position

gnace.

meeting as she would be in a

, IV are

PRIVATE ACTS OF KINDNESS Such mwnificent pmarlse was

ibaker’a public appearances. but

many private acts of kindness en she was about to take of

Michener, the Speaker's wife. Mrs ichener to stand aside.

breaking a soft drink vending machine. had their cases ad- journed to March 4.

per cent or the ‘available as- sets or $10,000, whichever the lesser amount.

RAILWAY PROBLEMS

Signal warnings were urged for dangerous railway cross- ings. delegates, not- ing the treat of lamge-scale abandonment of rail lines 5

wan, one man e

railway balance sheets in determining abandonment act- ion. Assurance of “adequate and efficient service to meet the social and economic needs of the people was held to be one of the important factors, as a federal agency was suggested to direct the program of trans- portation ratlonalizatrion in West- ern Canada. All transportation requnremients within the area should first be taken care of before lines are abandoned, it was argued. Immediate action was asked to provide the application of un- employment insurance to harm labor when requested eitiheu‘ by famous in a specific or producers of any mecifiic commodity.

per cent or more in Saskatche- isix ;_’°3mi°5 have ""“'d‘°““‘ 'two of th

Wren riate action

«companion, “you take her

traffic jam. At the end of her

given by ARDA in alternatzeiaentedittoher‘

5 ‘land use pmgrarrrs. Areas have been secured for the esta.bl-ish-- ment of trailer. tenting and 112- lost hm. sense of per

°"°ati°“"‘1 ‘“%£?§f;a1A ¢i3g gapemman told her that the youthful Cansadian Press

for assistance fuzrtlrer areas W111 be made in ;due course. These areas are pop- lulair with tourists as well as the people of the province. In all. been assisted program and ese were recently ap- provved—a large area at Braden- ell and one in Prince County." Other resources '

und the AB A

ment- ioned were water conservation: and dicraft - ' pro-

grams."

PRINCE, QUEENS SURVEY

Premier Shaw said one of the most important developments- from the resca ‘vision “is the organization of a survey in Prince County and parts of Queen

Through an the honours-

spec-tive, or

hosen to

served for that one person whose strength, whose sympathy——in fact, whose very pres- the leader in the loneliness. of his high office. At various times during the Diefen-

frequently mentioned were those of Senator Bill Brunt, the wheeler-dealer lawyer from Hanover, On- tario, and Allister Grosart, the big-city pitchman from Toronto. But these men-—and everyone else who

not by any politician or indeed by any man, but by a Olive Evangeline Diefenbaker,

her husband’s sudden accession to office into prominence, Mrs. stepped into a role that had very little tradition at- tached to it. During the regimes of bachelor prime ministers R. B. Bennett and Mackenzie King, it had

Her immediate predecessor, Madame St. Laurent, never liked and hardly ever made public appearances.

that during the first few months of the new adminis- tration, seating arrangementg frequently ignored Mrs. Diefenbaker’s attendance. Finally, a pr_oi_.ocol mem_or- andum was sent out by the Prime Ministers office, stating that unlex otherwise specified, ‘all evemng engagements accepted by the Prime Mmrster should

Olive Diefenbaker was free to interpret her functionexaciily ’ d, and it was a measure of her acoomplitciiment

offering him a centre of loving calm, giving advice that he grew respect, and effectively campaignnng at his side. OIIWE D'ieif9l1' baker significantly influenced her husband’: success.

A pleasant, handsome woman, slighter, younger, and p than she appeared In her photographs. Olive Diefenbaker treat- ed nearly everyone she encountered with warm, “She's just as interested in the smallest Conservative

Downing, head of the Progressiveconservative Women's As- sociation at the Party‘: 1963 convention. and added ‘ so lucky in our first lady

Win 1957 election,‘ she was standing at the airport cliatting to Norah

. M Mrs. Diefenbaker objected, protectively stepping closer to her with me. :1, her ofifi ' car. driven by a girl chauffeur, scraped another vehicle in a

driver felt miserable about the inned from her lapel a valuable maple-leaf brooch and pro-

The Diefenbaker Years

By PETER c. NEWMAN INSTALMENT 10: OLIVE DIEFENBAKEB

series of twelve excerpts

taken from the much longer version contained in RENEGADE IN POWER: THE DIEFENBAKER YEARS, copyright Canada, 1963, Peter C. New- man; published by McClelland & Stewart.)

In the retinue that surrounds any head of gov-

glowing place re- reassurance and

special

seemed that several people confidant; the names most

John Diefenbaker’s inner e part had long been filled,

and personal strength-— the Prime Minister's lly.

Diefenbaker

s of the governors general.

had become so accustomed g alone at public functions

her informal place in the of- of considerable prestige. Bil’

rettier infectious Royal visit," gushed Dc-uothy “We Con-

,.. ‘GIVEN PRAISE

based not only on Mrs. Diefen- also on stories told about her and concern for other people. f for London, shortly after the

A press photographer

asked "Oh, but sh friend,

The Subject.

one pass it to him. During the 1963 campaign, while Diefenbak- er was addressing a group of Cape Breton coal miners at Syd- ney, Nova Scotia. she passed i him a note which read: “Ox «.2! -the fireplace at home. we have i a painting of Cape Breton." SOOTHE HIS TEMPER Her habit of breaking bl o s 3 o m from the quets presented to her at nearly every appearance. then handing it back to the shy but elated child who had made the presentation. won her many ad-

O II 6 bou.

mirers. “I’ll vote for vour John," women were often over- heard reassuring her at the

clnse of political meetings.

the couple during campaigns. Olive tried to preserve the Prime .\Iinister's energy and to soothe his temper. On one over- night motor trip through Que- bec in the 1957 election. she sat. awake in the front seat of a car. so that her husband could curl up and sleep in the back. In the ugly demonstrations ago i n s t Diefenbaker at the 1962 rally in Chelmsford, Ontario, she stood slightly in front of him and jab- bed one of the male rioters in the stomach with her elbow.

During the campaigns, it was inevitable that the Diefenbakers should constantly be scrutinized, but between elections it was Olive’: determination that their home would be a personal hav- en rather than a tourist attrac- tion. Under her direction, the three-storey grey stone house on Ottawa's Sussex Drive. which serves as the official residence of Canadian prime ministers, was gs a re d to be a refuge for the Prime Minister. with every- thing planned around his activi- ties and needs. Because he nev- er enjoyed official entertaining, parties were kept to a minimum. The dinners and receptions that did take place were pleas ant enough. but some of the m o r a sophisticated. Ottawa hostesses could become quite sarcastic about the Diefenhakers’ pen- chant for holding afternoon teas and actually serving only tea or - coffee.

AN PNDERSTATEMENT . Commenting on his h s p py marriage and the good press his wife was receiving. Diefenbaker once told a friend: “You know. no matter what they say about

t her, It will always be an under-

statement." In the last telecast

n

In Londo

visit, because siha realized the accident. Mrs. Diefenxba-ker

and dlift‘icultles—that her hus-

band's electoral triumphs brought them, Olive Diefenbaker never

Whenanews-

reporter

of wonderment.

accompany the Prime Minister’-s party on the 1958

trip around the world was practically beside himself with ex-

citement, she replied:

"Oo(nf‘identially, so am I

JOB NOT POLITICAL

Olive Diefenbaker did not re- gard herself as a leading lady whose own popularity might at- tract converts to her husband's cause. “My job as John's wife," she once told a close friend, “is to fit in as each duty comes up It’s not a political part. He's so far ahead there. I could never catch up. I'm happy to adapt to each situation."