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Holds Reunion Dinner

_ The Second Canadian Siege Battery of First World War days held its re-union at the Char-

~ lottetown Hotel last evening. The business meeting was presided over by the president of battery association, Alliston Tait & Charlottetown.

The in-coming president, E-M.. McNevin, Charlottetown, pre- sided at the dinner.

A two-minute silience was ob- served for comrades who have Passed on since the last re-un- jon. These included Temple Stew- art, Wilfred McGuigan, Char'es Hine, Pope Beer, Gordon Worth, Harry Stanley, Logie Milton, Roy Aitken, Joe Bell, D.V. White, Tom McTavish, Harry Riggs, Fred Morton, Joe Barton, Nor- man Howell. Charles Diamond and Jack Matheson.

There was an exceptionally fine turnout from Prince Edward Island and in addition fie fol- lowing members from ouiside

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the province attended: Harry Burchard, Toronto; Arthur E. Bisson, Lynn, Mass.; Roy Mac- Kay, Holden, Mass.; William L. Williamson, Kings Park, N.Y.; Archie Potter, Springhill, N.S.; Ewart B. Gaskin, Moncton.

Officers elected until] the next re-union are: Capt. J.F.. Sterns, Souris. honorary president; E. MeNevin, president; Roy MacKay, Holden, Mass., vice- president; Rex Kielly, Chariotte- town, secretary-treasurer.

Executive members are; George Hobart, W. L. (Scotty) Williamson, Kings Park, N.Y.;

C.G. Heeschen, Kensington: 2nd H.H. Simpson. The honorary president was the only surviving officer of the original battery in attendance. Capt. G.E. Ritchie, York Point, was unable to at- tend because of illness.

The next re-union will be held in Charlottetown during Old Home Week, 1961.

Magistrate Fines Speeders, Others In Court Yesterday

Five residents of the Island appeared in Queens County Mag- is:rate’s Court Friday on separate charges of speeding and were) fimed accordingly by Magistrate Gilbert A. Gaudet, Q.C. |

Of the five accused. residents) of West Royalty, Central Royalty, |

other equipment in proper con-!

dition, three persons pleaded guilty to the offence and were fined $5 and costs or five days. A resident of Clinton appearing om a similar charge was given a re- primand.

A fine of $10 and costs or 10

Tona, Morell and COhariottetown,! days was imposed on a resident

wijerWest Royalty resident was of Dunstaffnage when he pleaded

fined $20 and costs or 30 days, the | guilty to driving a tractor on the

Central Royalty resident $25 and | highway. not registered for the

costs or 30 days, the Iona resi- dem $15 and costs or 10 days, | and the Morell resident $10 and costs or 10 days. The Charl-tte-} town resident charged with) travelling above the speed limit} in a 40 mile zone, pleaded not week.

Pleading guilty to charges of| having unlawful possession of in-' toxicating liquor in a place q@her than their respective residents, four persons, residents of Corn- wall, Bonshaw, Alma and Char- lottetown, was fined $20 and costs or 3 days.

Charged with driving a motor the headlights of his motor ve-|

vehicle on the highway not at all times equipped with lights andj

current year.

A resident of Parkdale was fined $10 and costs or 10 days for driving a motor vehicle cn the highway not having license plates displayed in a conspicuous place.

For leaving his vehicle parked unattended on the travelled por- tion of the highway, a resident of Union Road was fimed $2 and costs.

A fine of $10 and costs was imposed on a resident of Duncstaf- fnage when he pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle without the proper license to do so.

Pleading guilty to failing to dim

hicle a resident Souris was fined $5 and costs or five days.

China's Marriage Is ‘Cheap, Simple’

, By RONALD FARQUHAR PEIPING (Reuters) — Getting married in China, once costly and+colorful, today is cheap and simple. Young folk choose their own mates unaided by parents. rela-'

with a minimum of formality and none of the pomp and processions of the day-long feasting. and drinking there used to be.

One wedding this correspond- ent watched lasted only one hour,

including the traditional “rag-

Rex Kielly, Charfottetown; Roy MacKay, Holden, Mass.; E.M. MecNevin, president, Charlotte- | town; Frank Sterns, Souris, hon-

Getting together this eve- ning for the first time since their demobilization in the Second World War will be members of the Second Medium Battery which was the first Island unit to leave Canada in that conflict.

The members of the unit. which went into active service the day before war was declared got their initial training at the Ohnarlotte- town Exhibition Grounds and at Beach Grove They embarked from Halifax in the latter part ef January, 1940 and arrived ia Scotland on board the S.S. Ac- quitania early in February.

ed with the 7th Battery from

OTTAWA — SPECIAL}? — The government is taking strict-

tions against the dumping of oil by Foreign ships in. Canadian waters.

The Department of Transport has chartered a motor cruiser to patro] the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Three Rivers to check on ships passing to and from the Seaway.

On the West Coast a court case is pending this fall against a foreign oil tanker which fouled waters near Harmac on Van- couver Island while cleaning its oil tanks early this year Penal- ty is a fine of $500 or imprison- ment up to six months or both.

Capt. E.C. Angus, Steamship Ipsnector,_ for the Department, said that although less than half a dozen ships were fined for dumping oi] in a year, ‘very many” complaints were receiv- ed by the Department of oil kill- ing wildfowl, damaging fisher- men's gear and spoiling bathing beaches.

| DAMAGE

| Complaints against damage to fishermen’ gear had been re- ceived from Three Rivers, Que.; complaints about lobster pots be- ing fouled up from Nova Scotia; damage to bathing beaches from Howe Sound in British Columbia and scattered complaints about beaches fouled in the Great Lakes.

The greatest source of trouble, however, is the near-wholesale slaughter of wildfowl. Bird loss- es are estimated to run into the thousands. Along a one mile stretch of Newfoundland shore- hne 400 dead and dying birds were picked up. The greatest sufferers. are murres and eider ducks in Né@wfoundiand—the

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2nd Medium Battery To Hold Re-Union At Ch’Town Legion

,Montreal and henceforth was known as the 2-7 Battery. The P. E. L. unit was originally com- manded by Major George (Crack- er) Craig of Charlottetown.

Between 75-100 former members ‘ot the second battery have re- | gistered for the reunion which will be held at the Canadian Le gion. Registration and business will take place between 45 p.m. after which a parade will be held to the war memorial. Here a wreath will be placed and a mo- ment of silence will be observed for fallen comrades.

At a banquet to be held at 7 |p.m. the guest speaker will be

regiment.

Oil Dumping Irks Canuck Officials

__A marine inspector has been | appointed to enforce the regula- ions but the Department reporis licontinuing complaints of off

lution show up the need for more stringent enforcement.

Expansion of the patrol from its | present Montreal-Three Rivers ilimit is being considered.

‘Adams Family Is Rated Tops

A pot-pourri of entertainment has been offered all week by

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TELEPHONE 8506 — ASK FOR NEWS DESK The Guardian, Charlottetown, Sat. Aug. 15, 1959 5

Salk vaccine first became avail- | able.

On the trip across to Great 4 former officer, Captain Horace | Surgeon - General

Britain, the battery was integrat- | Trites of Moncton, adjutant of the | 'in a number of states rather than

- CONNAUGHT RANGES — The City of Ottawa Match, 10-rounds at each of 200 and 900 yards was shot Friday morning under very tricky conditions. Heading the squad was Lt. A.K. Mutch with 97 out of a possible 100. Fol- lowing closely were R. S. Coles 94, Mary MacLennan 93, Bob Barwise 92 Mike Susick 92, Ralph Jenkins, Dan Clark and Ral Dickieson with 91's, Eight members of the P. E. I team were placed in the Grand Aggregate which -eonciuded to- day: Top Islander was Lt. R.E- Jenkins with 681 followed by Sgt. Susick 679, Lt. Mutch 677, Lt.

Fight P-E. Marksmen Place In Aggregate

Rogers 675; Mary MacLennan 673, Bob Barwise 671 and P. J.’ Landrigan 666.

The first two ranges of the Governor-General’s Matcn was fired Friday afternoon, 15 rounds at each of 300 and 600 yards. On Saturday afternoon maining 20 rounds of the match will be fired at the difficult 900 yard range.

The winner of this, match is presented a gold watci and a cheque for $200 by the Governor- General. The scor-s in this match

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One of the best tightrope acts

to be seen on the stage today is that of Lenares who ap- peared in vaudeville here

AG. Watson, R.N., will exchange calls with the Lieutenant-Gover-

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The two ships will be open to the public Tuesday from 2 to 5 p.m.

R is expected that a number of Islanders will invite members of the ships companies into their during the visit.

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TRADE GAP NARROWS

LONDON (Reuters—Britain’s trade gap — excess of imports over exports and re - exports— arrowed by £14,000,000 last month to £55,900,000, the board

| gregate to give the Bisley agcre-| brother ot the decea:ed,

will be added to the Graad Ag-

gate from which the 18-man Can-| ed Requiem Mass at the altar of | adian Bisley team is selected. So Heart is

Polio Cases Jump In U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP)—Reported | paralytic. polio cases in the! United States jumped by 33 per cent last week to 245, the highest weekly figure since September, 1956.

Through last Saturday there had been 1,560 paralytic cases ilisted this year. That compared with 668 in the similar period of 1958 and 3,045 in 1955, the year

Leroy. E. Burney said the rise last week was caused by a general increase

occurrence of any new major epidemics.

At least two more weeks of in- creasing reports are indicated. Not since 1940 has the weekly total shown a steady . decrease unt after the 33rd week of the year. In 10 years the turn has come as late as the 37th or 36th week.

The 245 paralytic cases last! week compared with 183 in the

week ended Aug.t-and-89-in-the—

week ended Aug. 9, 1958 |

The highest weekly total in 1958 ;was 221, in 1957 it was 1065 and in 1956 it was 388.

Altogether. there were 432 polio jcases listed last week. This was) one case more than in the high-| lest 1958 week and the largest weekly total since 1956.

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REGINA ‘CP)—Saskatchewan Liberals, thwarted for the last 15 years by the success of the CCF, meet next month to pick a new leader.

A convention here Sept. 22 and |24 will choose a successor to! ‘leader A. H. McDonald, resign-

the Adams family of vaudeville! ing due to poor health

‘entertainers here for Old Home ;Week, The scope and variety of their work makes them a com- plete show all by themselves.

Opening with a highly am- | using animal act involving their ‘trained chimps, they run_ the | gamut of fun with honest motor- cycle and dishonest trick bi- leycles. No bicycle which comes japart in sections and can be ridden on any part is completely

is a magician, and sometimes the audience is ready to believe that Adams is just that,

ENTIRE FAMILY

The act, involving as it does the entire Adams family, has all the true elements of show busi- jness. Implicit in it are the hours |of patient training of sometimes hard to handle animals, count- less..more hours of rigid self discipline in acquiring & perfect sense of balance and then years of practice.

During their run at the Collf-

proved almost as amusing off Stage as on and certainly as friendly as they are entertain- ing. In their all too brief stay here ‘they have succeeded in

seum this delightful family has |

worst hit area in Canada—eiders | bringing real pleasure. to thou- and puffins along the north shore | sands of Islanders as they help of the St.. Lawrence and gulls ip ed to make this the best vaude-

tives or professional matchmak-|2ing” and teasing of the bridal pair by their guests.

ers who, in the past, could ar-| range weddings without bride or bridegroom even knowing each other.

Nowadays,

couples wed inj;

DINING ROOM WEDDING

The bridegroom was a 21-year- old hotel waiter and his bride a 19-year-old country girl from his

everyday clothes, without finery | home village. They were married | ago.

er jewelry, at brief ceremonies;

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LOCAL BRIEFS

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An eve - catching display of farm machinery on the grounds at the exhibition is attracting a}

. great deal of attention from Is- | land farmers, and urban dwellers | as well, Ranging all the way/| from an automatic bag sewer to! huge combines the value of the! machinery ‘shown is estimated at} over $125,000. It includes a wide variety of farm tractors. :

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WALLER FUNERAL — The funeral of the late Mrs. Fred Waller was held Friday morning from the Hennessey Funeral Home to S&. Dunstan's Basilica where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Walter Reid who also conducted the service at the grave. The pall bearers were George McQuaid’ Bruce MacLaren, Alfred Doyle, Leo F. Doyle, Thomas Creighan, Walter Morrissey. Interment took place! in the Roman Catholic ceme- tery.

in a small private dining room of the hotel where he works.

About 50 gue:is, mostly wait- ers, waitresses and porters in the hotel, sat at a long rectangular table, chatting animatedly, sip- ping tea and helping themselves from plates of candy and cig- arets. Most of them were in their hotel uniforms.

On one wall, a colored portrait of Mao Tse-tung, China’s Com-

|munist leader, hung between two

national flags—red banners each studded with five gold stars. Red posters with greetings and con gratulations painted on them in black Chinese characters decor- ated the other walls.

A young waiter, acting as mas- ter of ceremonies, pinned red paper flower decorations on the couple as they stood together at the table beneath the picture of Mao and the flags.

A middle-aged woman, chair- man of the hotel's Trade Union branch, rose and read out a cer- tificate 6f registration of the marriage.

Then came the brief marriage ritual. At a word fromthe mas- ter of ceremonies, the couple turned to the wall and bowed to gether three times to the flags and the portrait of Mao. Next they bowed to parents and rele tives present and to the other guests. Then they bowed to each other and exchanged silk hand kerchiefs. And that was all.

30-MILE LIMIT

Department officials say they ‘are up against many difficulties in trying to prevent ships dump- ing oil within the %0-mile off- | shore limit agreed at the Inter- | national Convention for the Pre- | vention of Pollution of the Sea | by Oil in 1954. |

Only about half the seafaring nations signed the Convention. | Canada, Britain. West Germany, France, Norway. Denmark, Swed- en and the Netherlands are mem- | bers United States, Russia Jap- | an, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the polygot fleets of Panama, Liber- | ia and Costa Rica are not. |

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Most ships dump oil at night | when it is: virtually impossible | for them to be observed. 4

Dumping occurs either when a freighter which has exhausted | all her oil] fills up her empty tanks with water for extra bal- last and then pumps out this ‘mixture of oil and water when nearing, shore, or when an oil tanker cleans out ils empty tank.

In each case the oil pumped into the ocean is carried toward shore by wind, current and tide.

Routine precaution taken by the Department is to have each Canadian pilot taking a ship into harbour hand the master of the vessel a card describing the oil

dumping regulations,

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for many years. ‘-

Canada, Red Swap Reels

By BERNARD DUFRESNE

Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA ‘CP) — Canada and Russia have started swapping television films for use mainly in news and documentary pro grams.

The exchange has been going on for a year and CBC officials said Wednesday there is no com- plaint yet about the Russians trying to slip in Communist prop- aganda.

The Soviet films are carefully screened for propaganda before being used and, presumably, the Soviet’TV officials in Moscow are doing the same to Canadian films.

“Any propaganda would stick out like a sore thumb,”’ Bill Arm- strong, CBC information official, said Wednesday. ‘But so far the Russians have been very careful about eliminating propaganda be fore sending their films here and there is no complaint.”

The exchange arrangement was reached a year ago when John Dunlop of Toren‘o. head of the OBC’s international exchange department, visited Moscow's central TV studios.

SWAP VARIED FILMS

The agreement called for a swap of films on news events, documentaries, music and sports and ehildrea’s programa.

So far, four men have offered themselves for the post which one of them describes as ‘‘perhaps the most difficult job in Canada.”

Ross Thatcher, one - time CCF member of Parliament. said re- icently the new leadér will head a party which has met repeated setbacks at the polls and is rid- dled by discouragement, frustra- tion and apathy He admitted he was reluctant

honest. Either that or the driver to try for the job.

LESS RELUCTANT

the provinces proposing a feder- | ally-directed campaign to make | a bigger dent on public inertia towards civil defence.

POLIO CASES ARE TREBLED

OTTAWA — (CP) — Re- cent polio outbreaks in New- foundiand and Quebec pushed the number of paralytic polio cases in the first seven months of this year to almost three times the number in

Rt. Rev. R.V. MacKenzie, Rt. Rev. John A. Sullivan, Rev. Ter- rance Campbell, Rev. Urban Gillis, Rev. Leonard Mac- Donald, Very Rev. Bennett Mac- Donald, Rev. Walter MacGuigan, Rev. Oharles McCarthy, Rev. George MacDonald, Rev. Harold Croken, Rev. Wilfred Keefe, Rev. George McCormack, Rev. T.P. Butler, Rev. Francis Corcoran, Rev. Francis Aylward, Rev. Jos

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of trade announced or

sa . iProvisional figures for July and has compliment of 16 officer, | owed that British exports for 45 senior ratings and 165 junior the month were worth £287,800,- ratings. 000. Imports were £353,000,000.

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the corresponding period last eph Trainor, Rev. K.C. Mac- — .. | Millan, Rev. Erie Robin, Rev.|The Major was used to having his way . . . with men, The health department's Murnaghan, Rev. Joseph.

Pius Campbell, Rev. O.P. Wood, Rev. Edmund Roche. Rev. Clarence Roche, Rev. Charlies MacDonald, Rev. Andrew MacDonald, CSsR,

epidemiology diviston—Friday reported that to Aug. 1 par- alytic polio cases reported by the provinces totalled 137

against 46 in the correspond- Rev. Thomas McLellan, Rev. A woman past innocence! ing period last year. Francis Cameron, Rev. Clare Newfoundland reported 37 | yacDonald, and Rev. Maurice cases against three a year | co¢fin OMI. earlier while Quebec's total Rev Dr. Bernard Gillis assisted climbed to 61 from 12. Om- | in the choir. tario had 14 against five a Interment was in the Catholic

year earlier and a spring out- break in the Northwest Terri- tories resulted in a seven- month figure of 10 cases there against none last year-

Cemetery, where service was con- ducted by Rev. J.V. Cass, SJ, as sisted by Rev. F.L. Cass. 4 The Legion graveside service was conducted by Harry Morti- mer. Last Post and Reveille were sounded by bugler James Clark. The pallbearers were: Leonard

HELPFUL SPIDER Though regarded as a nuisance, |

miosquitoes | Rossiter, Leo Rossiter, James Morris and Louis Mac Donald.

quantities of fliés,

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the common house spider gobbles | Connolly, P-A. Murnaghan, Linus {-

or tanks, or women. And he meant to take this lovely iceberg—by force if necessary!

A man past faith is

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‘Nuclear Attack ‘Can Be Survived

By KEN KELLY Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)—You can sur- vive a nuclear attack. The prob- tem seems to be to convince peo- ple k's worthwhile preparing for survival.

This difficulty surrounds fed- eral preparations for an October

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conference with provincial gov- ernments on civil defence. A chief feature of the conference is likely to be greater stress on a 'regram of shelter against nu- clear fallout, the deadly radioac- tive dust that covers a wide area after a nuclear explosion.

Because of the division: of pow- ers which gives the provincial sovernments exclusive jurisdic- tion in particular fields, the fed- eral job in civil defence has been te a great extent to spur on pro- vincial efforts—with funds, infor- mation and other aid.

The federal government hasn't, ' for example, own campaign of public éduca- tion to convince the man in the Street of what federal authorities feel is an urgent need to start Pow preparing for survival. CONTRIBUTE MONEY

But. the federal civil defence | people have contributed materi- ally with money and pamphlets to education programs of the pro- vincial governments.

In attempting to bring new em- phasis to a fallout shelter pro- gram, the federal civil defence authorities have to cope with this handicap.

The way to do it hasn't been decided yet. but it is apparent that the federal government hopes the provinces will come up with specific proposals for a national campaign to educate the public on the need for fallout shelters.

fence people believe the message | is getting through only to a lim- ited number of people.

Short of making it compulsory by law to have a fallout shelter, a big education campaign is con- sidered the next best thing.

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