FEBRUARY’ 7, 1950

lllhess 0n China At Rotary Club

"New days in old China" was the subject of an address by the Rev, H. E. D. Ashford, M.B.E.. minister of ‘Trinity United Church. Charlottetown. at the regular meeting of the Charlottetown Ro- my Club yesterday Roiarians George Walters and Frank Fraser were chairmen. Guests included llotarian B. W. Taylor. Summer- 5rd,, Messrs, R. S. P. Jardine, (‘hnr-lot-tetolvn. Justice R. T. Gra- ham, Fabian Monnett. Walter Guil- KAY)‘, LL-Col. R. S. W. Fordham, P. L. Featherstone. Ottawa, G, E. Wood, Charlottetown, Jack An- ml". Montague, W. N. Mac- lmlild, Sydney, M. N. Kelly, '.l..l.l.'ix.

"Just as the Chinese compass ha; flve points — North. South, [~13 1, West and Where you are," nu; tiev. Ashlord. “so today the .,\,l-;_:l i\\'3ll.'i the revelation of its '.l'..l> hr frndlns out where we

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NAMED DIRECTOIL-Mr, 1-1, c, Bfiliflller of Charlottetown, “ll-lo represented this Province at the annual meeting of the Life Unrlgfo writers Association of Canada nl; Toronto recently, was nnmod a member of the board of directors, Mr. Edwin C. Johnatone, also of Charlottetown, was elected region. at vice-president for P.E.l., and also appointed to the board of dir- ectors,

c. w.l.. CARD PARTY _ The regular weekly card party s-pgn. sored by the C. W.L. was held last night and was greatly enjoyed by those in attendance. The follow-

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COOK'S for Phollogrgptm

WARMER WEATHER - Jlck Frost weakened his grip on the 1|. Iii-lid Yesterday u thl , tun rose from 13 below yesterday mmlll! to 1 above in tho evening.

1°11"! "mil Iflldllllllt last night with the forecasts indicating that ll would use today. The wind was East 14 m.p.h. last night.

crrv roucr: COURT —At an. Siipendlary Magistrate's Oourt Yfif-ierday three men charged with being drunk and incapable apps"- ed. One was fined $5 and costs or l0 days in jail. one S10 and out: 0r 10 days in Ja-ll. and tho third was committed on a. previous com- mitment of 10 days in jail. These Y€Te the only cases to appear be- o-re the Court yesterday morning.

New LP.U llolne Nears Completion

The temperature remained stat-

‘Ti-IE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

Minstrel Show |.ast Night Huge Success

A vary successful Merry Min- strel Show- was held in the Holy Name Hall last night. The hall was filled to capacity and the program was delivered to a very appreciat- ive audience. Many of the num- bers were enthusiastically encored. and the "Bones" and “Tnmbos" proved to be a great source of mirth with their revival of old vaudeville jokes.

The show, w-hlcll is an annual affair. was produced and staged un- der the direction of Messrs. Frank Maofntyro and Austin Con- nolly. with electrical engineer Iva]- tel" PCl'l'_\', and Mr. D. Coyle handling the stage. It will be re- peated tonight and again Wednes- day night.

The program consisted of a very 800d selection of popular and nov- elty songs. dances, and other feat-

To Em’ P951‘ '- DI‘. Dirk Slik- tires. The music was supplied by

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these were commented on by Mr.

Frank lTiliney chairman of the

New Building Committee in his report. Complete cost of the building and new furniture was estimated at. $302,000.00.

approximately

Other reports heard during the evening were the financial re-

port given by the treasurer Mr. J. Haslanl; Ladies’ Auxiliary by its secretary Mrs. J. Brady; Y's Menettes lforlned in Jan. 1949) by its president. Mrs. W. P. Mac- Leod; Y's Men's Club by presi- dent Mr. Arthur Dewar; Y Grads by president Mr. R. E. Giggey; Phalanx group by president Mr. F. Norton; l-I-Y Clubs by Miss Aline Woodslde, president of one oi‘ the four groups; Plliat by.pre- sident Miss M. MacLearl and the "Y” Secretary's rclport by l\ir. Gamble.

Commend; Reports Ml‘. K. M. Martin, vice-president

of the Board. then spoke, con-

“York Night" At Trinity United Men's Meeting

The senior Women's Association of Trinity United Church provid- ed the excellent repast to which the Men's Association to the num- ber of about 125 sat down in the Social Hall of the church last. night. It was "York Night", and 25 men of York United Church were ill attendance and put on the musical programme.

The meeting was presided over by Brig. W. W. Reid. Mi‘. Lucas Alien of Sumlmerside, Mr. W. N. McDonald o! Sydney and Ml‘. Darryl McGuire of (Jllzlrluttciown, were present as guests. President. J. A. lticNalr spoke fcelillgly of the death of the late Dr, Ayers. one of the pillars of Trinity, and called on tihe audience to stand a few moments in silence as a mark of respect to his memory.

Ml‘. Arthur Vessey and Mi‘.

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Protestant Orphanage Contributions

Cross Ronda Continued by H. H. Jenkins

Wellington MacNeiii $10.00 $2.00 Each: Leigh MacEachenil H. H Jenkins.

$1.00 Each: H. J. Kennedy; Wil- lard Stewart; Leigh Kennedy; Earl Balderston; A. W. Kennedy; Guy Stewart: Edwin Stewart.

50c Each: Jack Mac-line; Bert Stc-yvart.

Total—$fb2.00.

Vernon River by Birdie Stewart

$2.00 l-lzlcil: Ernest Cullings; H. S 'M.£I(Il.0tld 8s Solis.

$1.00 Encll: Roy Eillllflll; Irving ‘Tweedy; Mrs. Aldrin R. Carver; George Vickcl-solr; Mrs. John Cum- mings; Everett Sty-wart.

we Each: Warren iikiman; F. B L903 Mrs. Jack MacLeod: Mm H9013’ Wllodfi; Mrs. A. M. Carve!‘ T0ial—-$l'.!.50

“r .n China" _ - l"! are the Prize wlnners: Ladies‘ Harry Vessey, both of York. rend-

ker, above, foreign minister of the following Ql-qnesu-n, piano, gratulating Mr. Cudmore on the

“The _ of gutting this ‘nforrnatlon was not brought home 1h us until 194i. in fact, we in the wuteru world completely ignored Alia for comuriel. Yet it m; an Asiatic country —- Japan lvéiml inflicted upon the United 5.r_rs its first major defeat in 1's 10H years of nationhood. Japan -.\.'.h 73 million people startled the “will by slrikzng at Pearl Har- lhtlil‘. slllklng the two mlghltes‘. ‘iiIIltSIllPS of the British fleet. ‘we "Repulsr" and thc "Prince of Wales." driving the white man ‘loin Asiatic waters and terri- ilrles, and taking Hong Kong our <"Oii,2lIt)ld ln the far east. This alas clone by 73 million Japanese. ‘\‘.'ll.l‘ 2v ll ll?l]ill"lI ulilu 430 mil- ‘inn Cillnrse are turned loose?‘ nsklcl Ml‘. Aslliord.

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usurped just as the hordes of Vriicngs Khan, in l2l3, the ter- nble Mnllcnus in l6l6 and‘ all others who have tried to con- ;‘.A(‘l' China. But China once dis- unlted will now be one country \\il.II a single language from their new alphabet, a sense of cultural and national unity typified in the r.-~w Communist regime. The .lllhuslasm of the students for the wSChIIIQS of Marxism is beyond .-lir understanding." said Mr, Ash- R-rrt, as he told of two thousand ~"ifll‘fllS walk-mg 20 to 40 nhlcs ‘ll Zilkc part ill a Communist par- ade, and re-peat the pledge, “l llll always follow the lead of “to Communist Party and will lxert myself to the utmost to rlrcngthen the new regrme in China and in all the world."

“The coolie with his pole and tlu- farmer tied to his wheelbar- :ow are gone never to return," rontihucd the speaker. "China is becoming industralized and its production will enter world mar- lets with even greater impact "xran was caused by Japan's en- t-‘y into world trade."

Rev. Ashiord concluded by say- rlg that the Chinese are looking forward to the day when the "Wagon will spew its death deal- mg fire in all parts of the world until their domination is supreme

Mr. George Wood, lfield Secre- tary in P.E.l. for t-he Canadian institute 01f the Blind spoke brief- ,v about the purpose of "White Vane Week." l-ie asked that or- cllllllry courtesy be shown to the blind, and that sighted people of- le-r their arm when crossing a

mtreet, or entering doorways or

vehicles. He called attention to "he parking of cars in Charlotte- ‘lwvn which he said made street crossing more than ordinarily dif- ficult. Children should be taught not to leave tricycles, balls or other playthings on the sidewalk.

The club welcomed back aftcl" .l long absence due to sickness, Rotarian Roy Kendall,

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.___________________ O'CONNOR-At her home ln H009 River on Feb. 6, Mrs Jeremiah O'Connor in her 83rd year. Fun- l-rnl Wednesday morning to Sl. Ann's Church in Hopi- Rlver at 9.30, thence to the xlrlioinlng ceme- tery.

A\'ERS—At the P. E. Island H08- flltal. Monday, Fehrtlary 6. Dr. J- ". Ayers of Charlottetown in Ill! 83rd year, The funornl will he held from Trlnlty United Chllffll on Wednesday, February 8th, ser- vice starting at 3.30. Interment will Ito in the People's Cemetery- Resttng at the MncLean Funflrill Home until noon Wednesday .

MacLEOD-Al‘ Long Creek, Feb- ruary 6, 1950, Mrs. John MllcLeod filled 71 years. The rf-‘mllill ‘"1 resting at her late residence where n short service will be held Wed- nesday afternoon at 2 il-"l- “w” to Long Creek Baptist Church fol’ service at 2.

m. The interment in the Church Cemetery.

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first, Mrs. Annie Stewart; ladies‘ second, Mlss Bessie Jay; gentle- man's first, Mr. M. Griffin, gentle- meifs second. Mr. E. Ranahm. Door prize, Mr. T. Benoit and FKeeze-out. Mr. and Mrs. T. Ben- 0 .

RETURN T0 EDMONTON-Mr. Elverctt lVlneKe-nzie, Mr. nnrl Mrs. Glen lvlzlcKenzie and son Bobby of Edmonton, Alberto, who were called home to attend the funeral of their flltl\er,_ Alex K. Mac- Kenzle, spent the month of Jan- uary with their mother and bro- ther Wendell in Nlclville, They left for Alberta by muilll- car, ac- rbmpnnlod by Russel Compton of Belle River, on the 23rd of Jan- uary, They spent a day visiting re- latives in Toronto and despite winter roads and winter weather arrived in Edmonton on the 30th of January, making the trip in seven days.

R.C.A.M.C. TRAINING PRO- GRAM -— Because of the rather marked recruitment recently into the IY-ifi-IIS of the 21st Field A-mhul- ance with many of these recruits having had no previous military experience this unit has finalized plans for an Intensive two weeks course in general military training. The course- wlll begin at i900 hours on Monday, February l3. It is div- ided into 40 periods and includes such subjects asknilttary law, man usage. weapon training. and basic drill Information concerning dress, pay and other detafs will be made known to the trainees when they apply at tho unit orderly room to- day and tomorrow until 2100 hours tomorrow night.

Pgsonals

Mr, J. Lester Douglas, MP, has been confined to bed for thc past few days with a bad cold.

lllfiss Aline Reid, Miss Iitancis Reirl. llupe River, were week-end visitors to Charlottetown.

The many friends olf Mi-s Evelyn vatcher are srry to know that she ls a patient in the P. E island Hospital. '

Rev. Rrnald Delaficy- 956R. oi Holy Redeemer parish, Cizy. leaves

by plane today fcr QuPbr-c City on a short visit.

Mrs. Elliot Jones. W051’. Royaltn, has returned home after being in Iris two weeks with her mmhv!‘ who was very lll-

Youth Sunday Service At Y. M. 0. A.

Approximately three hundred young poeple tllronged into the Y. M. C. A. Sunday ill/em"?- Pcbruary 5. to ohserlvc inter-dc- ngmlnatlnniil youth Sunday. Tile young people represented nil Pro- testant. Youth Organizations ill the city; e. g. St. l'aul‘s A. Y. P. 5,, st Peter's A. Y. P. A., Trinity Y. P. U.. Baptist B Y. P. U. Central Christian Y P U. . 5i- James Y. P.U., Zion Y. P.U.. Sai- vatlon Army, Y. M. C. A. Student christian Movement.

Tin; meeting was ulider the sponsorship of The Canadian Council of Churches. The chair- man was Mr. Claude Campbell assisted by Miss M. Brohaut. 11D Rev. T. H. B. Homers of 8t. Jllrnl church was the special speaker. in his address, he explained the formation of the World Council of Churches. The Canadian‘ Coun- cil of Churches, The Ducumenical Movonent. In the course of his remarks, Mr. Somers also 8W0 R short but comprehensive history of the Church since the time of Christ.

After the Devotional service a musical interlude was enjoyed by the assembled youna people-

Followlng is the DFOBIYimI

‘Iflnity: Chorus comprised of Betty Beers, Carol MacRae, Helen Hyde. Doris Clarké. JOB“ 5038i‘- son, Joyce Proctor.

Central Christian: Piano Solo, Joyeo Warren.

gnptlst: Solo, Goylene Craig.

Zion: Solo. Christine King.

St. Pnuls: Solo, Nancy Mac-Nevin.

at, Peters: Piano Solo. Hllllll Plckard.

Amol-npanists: Miss muise Cox and Miss Audrey Glllls.

Refreshments were served by the Committee in charge, ending m- a]; n happy and instructive Qtlenlng spent in Christian. Fel- IOWAhIV.

The arrangements for the even- inl were cnpahly handled by m, goyynwln; committee; Miss wllma Watts — ‘Ivilllly. Miss Doris Downe - Trllllll-Y- Mi‘. clmdo Olmvbell — ‘Trinity, Mr. G. ‘Anderson - 8t. Paula, Bee. ‘Prunin- - Local Council, An-

glican Young Peoples Association.

'l‘he new lwme o! the Laborer’: Protective Union a; 48 Wnter Street will be completed this week. An attractive one storey building with red brick facing, it has been well planned to meet the needs of the organization.

The large meeting room is very well lit with nine of its nine- lccn windows facing the south. Other rooms Include the executive office, reading room, canteen, cloakroom and lavatory.

The L. P. U, ha; been organiz- ed for many years and received its charter from the American Federation of‘ Labour in January, 1902. One of the original mem- hers, Mr, J. W. Gormley, states that this was not satisfactory however, due to the inability of th organfzatlon to make decisions wl hout first consulting the head- quarters of the A, F. of L. which usually took weeks. After up- proxinlntely five years this assoc- Iniion with the American unloll was severed and it was only l’!- cently that the local Union was certified by the Federal Govern- mom Department of Labour.

Members are close to the 200 mark and ll: is the only Union of its kind on the Island to be cer- lifted.

lir. J. ll. Ayers Died in Hospital Monday

Charlottetown lost an old and highly esteemed citizen in the death yesterday of Dr. J.I-I. Ayers.

He had been in failing health for a year and a. half and was strick- en with a heart attack on Jan- uary 1. 194a‘. But after three months

in the hospital he was lble to return

home. He became worse about a week ago and was. taken to the P.- E. Island Hospital a "week ago last Saturday and his death came at 3 o'clock Monday morning.

He was born at Union Road. near Charlottetown on December M. 1867, and was the son of the lfll»! Thomas Ayers and lviaria Seller. He practised dentistry for 56 yenrs, a period of service in the profession which few have equalled. All but six months of his practice was canted on in Charlottetown. He started his practice in Sydney, N. 8., in i892. He received his profession- n1 training in Philadelphia. Penn- sylvania in 1890-01.

Dr. Ayers was married in i000 to Eva M. Hyde of Meadowbank. P. E. I. who survives him.

A kindly man. he was a warm and and a true friend with fine prin- cipics and keen devotion to duty. His passing leaves a gap in the llfl of this City and province that will be difficult to fill.

He was most active in u mmun- ity and church work in his native province. He was for some YE"! l member of the Board of Directors of the Charlottetown Y.M.C.A., was a Past President of the Billie Society, and was also a. mtmbfll‘ 01 tile sons of England.

Hn was a very promlnelnt worker in Trinity United church. He sorv- ed for many years on the Board of

Stewards and tho Trustee Board and

was an elder of the church. Only recently he was diode an Honorary Life Member of the Session and two weeks ago was appointed ll" Presbytery and Conference of the United Church.

He was a Methodist in the days prior to Church Union and NW0d many years as a lay preacher in this province.

He was fond of Biifdllillli In“ spent. many f his leisure hours at this hobby.

m. Ayers was fond of sports and for many years was always a PHI- iclpant. in the sprints at the an- nual church picnic-

Besides his wife he leaves to mourn the following Iona and daughters: Miriam. Mrs. E.C. Duff of Montreal WEN-l. Rdflllllld l" Mount Royal; Ruth, Mrs. (D12) C. w. v. McOutcheon. Hamill 0M- nl-lo; Norma. Mrs. Freeman Now- son, T onto; Frances, Mrl. 1".W. Boyies o Charlottetown, and George at home.

One brother, Rev. George Ayers. of Summerside, and two sisters. Mrs. 3.0. Hardy. Union Road. and Mrs. W.B. Leard of Souris, also survive. '

The funeral will be held tomor- row nftemoon from Trinity United Church, service starting at 3.30.

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Fishing is one of the oldest in- dustries in the world; about 190.000 people in the Unitod States work for fisheries and flalhery industries.

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the Netherlands. con-

shall Plan Council in place of

local Fire Chief Addresses Zion Men's Brotherhood

The Men's Brotherhood of Zion Church gathered last, supper meeting held ln the church basement, An excellent supper was served by the ladies auxiliary. During the early evening R. C. Parent spoko brief- comlng campaign funds to be conducted by the Boy SCOllIs Association, Each church is expected tu supply sist in this work and captains from Zlnll will be Guthrie Bnllingall and Clarence \\".'llker. A very encouraging report was received from the Burns

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Concert

By way of entertainment a still song was led by Rev. Mr. Weh- ster and two violin solos hy Ba- sll Phillips \s'ere greatly enjoyed. Mr, Herb Jewell, Chief of the City Fire Department. was gulslst

r. Jewell spoke of the development of fire fighting equipment the historical highlights of fire fight- ing equipment the {ire Chief re- volunteer _ fire brigade in London was form- ‘Vim Edd“ 3911mm» ed in ‘i667, one year great fire of London. 1829 marked the first use of the steam pump ln fire fighting. Mr. Jewell referred tolgradual replacement of drawn equipment by modern mo- torized engines. Timely ndvice was prevention lth the fire flir-

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and co-operatlon w hen n firi- occurs. A hearty vote- oi‘ extended to Mr. Jewell for excellent address,

Unemployment Benefit Payments

OTTAWA. Feb. tk-(CP) - Can- ada's growing unemployment prob- lem was reflected in unemployment Fiddler. Eddie Arse-nadir. insurance benefit payment figures Quartelte-Lct/s Harmonize, Dot suitable reference was made to issued today by the Bureau of Sta-

The Government paid out $7,181,- 00l during December. i949, com- Gallant. l pared with ssmsma in November Elhilflllan and $3,592,165 in December, i948. The Bureau reported that claims for unemployment December rose to 150.480. an in-

last

All Provinces except _ Prince Edward Island reported increas- ed claims. Claims in Prince Ed- ward Island fell from 981 December. 1948, to 964. -

Claims recorded in other Mari- time Provinces (December, l948. fit;- ures in brackets):

Nova Scotin 8,158 (6,442); New Brunswick 6.719 (5.049).

Benefit claims in Newfoundland for December, 1940 totalled u has no oomparltiv for 1946, since Ne

IIIUIU wfoundland did not become Canada's 10th province un-

(LNR. To llave Deficit lnNtld.

Railway in 194B. T.J. Gracey, R. assistant comptroller, said today. Mr. Grncey gave evidence on the first nine months of "Pllrations of the G.N.R..'s newly-acquired New- foundland facilities at the -Board of. Transport Commissioners hearing on the railways’ application for a 20 per cent freight-rate increase.

The C. N.R. took over the facil- ities April l last. and revenue has not met expenses, Mr. Gracey said.

While final figures were not yet available, the company estimated revenues for that. period were 1'1,- moon. Expenses would total more than li0,000,000. Allowing for taxes nnd other charges, the now deficit would be about 92.000000.‘

“Handfastingf folmerly practised in Scotland, was a. temporary mar- riage oolelmnized by a verbal pledge

cl tho couple while holdin: hands

McTague, Jim

Jim Flanagan. St. Clair

Dennis Dowllng, Margaret Hearts. Anne