OCTOBER 7, 194a

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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‘Signing Auxiliary in Trinity iihurch

4 The Evening Auxiliary of the W. Iii. S., Trinity United Church, held their‘ October meeting on Monday of this week, with the President, Mrs. S. C. Thompson presiding. The worship service was led by Mrs. Thompson and passages of scripture on the theme "The faith whereby the Church must live" were read by several members. '-Mrl. ‘Gerald Bowness and Mrs. L. MscMillan reported having made calla on patients at the Sanator- iunrpand Miss Morson on guests at Sunset Lodge.

Tentative plans were made for a Itharrkofferlhg service in Novem- tiér. -

The studies on mission work in Chins were continued, and another chapter of "West of the Gorges" was ‘reviewed by Miss Edith Douse. she left with her hearers s clear rrrd vivid picture of how the lives oi~women are changed by the com- mg of the Gospel, and how won- derfully they adapt themselves to the new life.

..The meeting closed with the Miz- nah‘ benediction.

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flxhiblts," 1o in all out of a total of 38 entries. "and that every phase of judging requirements in- cluding type. color, shape, size, |y_p characteristics. etc., had to be Lhoroughly taken into account be- lore the winners could be decid- rd." Mr. John Edwards, New wlitshlre, was the first prize win- ncr in this event.

Commenting generally on the potato exhibits, Mr. Peppin said they hschhoped "for s larger ro- presentation. but due to the fact that this is our first festival, and that the late varieties were not rg-ady for competition, we consid- rrflthis year's show as the small pprt of the wedge, and that by next year will have s. much greater entry list. quite possibly in the hundreds."

The prize for the Grand Cham- pionship, which was won by Mr. Mcllish. will be two return tick- ets by bus or rail to the Amherst Winter Fair as well as two season tickets for the Fair, plus I15 in expense money. while the prize for the Reserve Champion. won by

., Gordon, will be two season tickets for the Amherst Winter Fifi/r. The cash prizes for the in- dividual winners in the various types are $5. $4. $3. $2 and $1 for first, second. third. fourth and fifthirespectiveiy. Due to the fact that there was additional prize money over, six additional prizes of 8i each were awarded to the plilBlIlBS in the Irish Cobbler class (trim sixih to eleventh inclusive. "The following is a complete list i.’ price winners:

Cobblers

1W1. John Edwards, New Wiltshirs "2. Douglas Cornish, I-Iowlsn "'5; George l-I. Brookins. Ken- llngton

' J. Dcuis Davis Ward. New Wilt.- lfilrc.‘ ’

‘f _." M. L. Jardine. Mt. Stewart __I-Isrvey Douglas, Mt. Stewart ~Russel Wheatley, North River . J. W. McCabe, Stanhcpe

-- - J. H. Love, Charlottetown d0. Harold G. Coffin, Mt. Stew- art .-

111. George D. Cnles. Bridge.

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l." Reg Mellish. New Perth

2. Bruce Gamble. I-lowlsn, RR. ___2. Harold Q. Coffin, Mt. Mewart .4. Guy E. Rollings, Rustico -b. Aeneas Bsssett. Albany. . Sebagoes .__-1._. William Duncan, Howlsn. ‘n8. - ~2.- IreRoy Vessey, Charlottetown r~3. Russel Leard. l-Iowlan *4. =Jatrnes Cudmore. Winsloo "b". Saptimus MacPhce. Souris.

lhtahdlns (four entries)

Murray Gordon, Howlan RR. Joseph G. Gallant. I-Iowlsn

RR. .2. Walter Mallard. Souris. ILR. L" Wsrbe (one entry)

‘Harold Dunphy, Cherry Val- PY- ,

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llllRTNS, MARRIARES. IIEATNS

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By D'Arcy O'Donnell

OTTAWA. Oct. 6—tCP) — An 84-year-old dream of s. Canada stretching from Victoria to St. John's. Nfld.. today moved closer to becoming a reality.

At a. history making meeting in the senate, representatives of Can- ada and Newfoundland gathered to start final arrangements for the 60-year-old island's entry into confederation as s 10th province.

The inaugural meeting was con. fined to speeches of welcome and lasted s bare 30 minutes. Acting Prime Minister St. Laurent wel- comed the visiting delegates and Commissioner A. J. Walsh replied on behalf of Newfoundland.

At an informal meeting it. was agreed that the two delegations would meet in camera at 4 p.m. AST tomorrow to iron out the procedure to be followed during the balance of the negotiations. March 1 has been set as a tentative date for final consummation of the union.

The two speakers at the inaug- ural meeting stressed the signific- anctf of the gathering. Mr. St. Laurent recalled that in the 100i confederation talks and again in 1895 Newfoundlands union with Canada was seriously discussed.

"The union. the terms of which we now hope to settle, will be the realization of an old dream," he said. "It is our earnest hope that union will better assure the future safety and welfare of both peoples.

Mr. Walsh said the land representatives have come “to carry on discussions snd to settle terms which will. we hope, be mutually acceptable and prove to be mutually advantageous to both countries." He added:

“It appears that the great vision of the Fathers of Confederation of a unified Canada extending from the United States of America fa: into the North and from the Paci- fic Ocean far into the waters of the Atlantic n sbout- to be fully realized.

"I am sure that these consider- ations will be present in our minds and I feel confident, that as a re- sult of these discussions Newfound- land and her people will find a happy place in this federation."

Besides Mr. Walsh. the New- foundlsnd delegation includes F.G. Bradley, J.B. McEvoy, J. R. Small- wood. G. A. Winter and P. Gruchy. A seventh member of the delegat- ion-Chesley Crcsbie-will not sr- rive until he has recovered from injuries suffered in a motor car accident at St. John's Sunday.

Seated alongside Mr. St. Laurent were Trade Minister Howe, De- fence Minister Claxton, Finance Minister Abbott. Revenue Minister McCann. Veterans Minister Gregg and External Affairs Minister Pearson. Fisheries Minister May- hew_ is expected to arrive tomor- row. Other Cabinet ministers will be available s; needed.

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Newfound-

try, that I am ‘one of the boys‘. Mr. Gsy said smilingly. 0n the last lap cf a Canada-wide tour which he has made since his all-

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pointment as Ambassador months s80. he explained that while his present duties were

those of a, diplomat, his chief life- work has been journalism, and he had never lost his pride snd in- terest in the profession.

The Ambassador was met at wood Islands by Mr. Justice A.E. Arscnault and greeted on behalf of the Acsdisn residents of the Province. Accompanying him t0 Charlottetown, where he remains until Friday morning, is Mr. Rob- ert Pichard. French Consul u! Halifax. Madame Gay was ro- grettsbly unable to accompany her husband to the Island. as had been planned.

This morning the Ambassador will pay courtesy calls upon the Lieutenant Governor, the Bishop of Charlottetown. the Premier. the chief Justice and the Mayor. In the afternoon he will call on the pre- sident of the Ministerial Associa- tion, will vislt Prince of Wales College and St. Dunstan's Univer- sity, snd'later will hold s recoil- ticn for s number of invited guests at Government House.

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Distin ' Career

Mr. Gay is one of the principle leaders of the Mouvement Repub- lican Populsirc, the party headed by his close personal friend. Geor- IU Bidoult. He has filled the posts of Minister of State in the government of General de Gsulle. Vice President of Council in the government of M._F. Gouin, and Minister of State in the Bidsult administration oi’ 1M0. Since the first Constituent Assembly he has been re-elected regularly and. at the present time, is a Deputy in sbsentia in the Nstionsl Assem- bly. He is an oflicor of the Leg- ion of Honour and has been awarded the Resistance Medal with rosette for his work in the French underground movement during the war.

In 1932 Mr. Gay founded the newspaper "L'Aubc" (Dawn) in Paris, and was its director until June. 1940. Refusing to slicw his paper to appear under the Vichy rc- gime. he devoted all his time to the Resistance movement. He was a member of the Press ‘Commission cf this movement snd immediately following the liberation of France helped to set up regional informat- ion centres throughoug the coun-

t .

WA distinction wiuch he resarda vsry highly was his election. shortly after the liberation, to the

positl of honorary president of the National Federation of the French Press.

Talks Open On Terms Of Union For Newfoundland

Prof. Blanchard is Honored At P.W.0. Luncheon

The staffs of Pflnce of Wales College, Model School and the P. E. Island Libraries tendered a buf- fet luncheon at the’ College last night in honour of Professor J. H. Blanchard who recently retired after 50 years service in the teach- ing profession, 38 of which were spent on the College staff.

Dr. G. D. Steel, principal of the College. spoke feelingly of his close friendship and association with Professor Blanchard over a long period of years and testified to the sincerity and the ability of Prof. Blanchard as a teacher.

Dr. H. H. Shaw, retired Superin- tendent of Education, who had also been a member of the College staff, supported the remarks of Dr. Steel respecting Prof. Blan- chard‘s ability and expressed the hope he would live many years to enjoy his well-earned rest.

As a mark of the esteem in which he was held by the staffs as- sembled, Prof. Blanchard was pre- sented with a matched set of trav- elling bags. The presentation was made by Lieut.-Col. J. W. MacDon- ald of the College staff.

Little Theatre Guild Meeting

A meeting of the executive of th Charlottetown Little Theatre Gu id was held at the home of the president, Mr. H. Barry Bugden last evening when reports were given by the chairmen of the var- ious committees and general busi- ness for the coming season was discussed.

It was decided at the meeting that a full scale membership cam- paign would get underway during the month of October, and it was also announced at the meeting that the year's performances of which there will be five in number will be held in November, December, January, February and March.

During the meeting a letter was read by the secretary, Miss Lillian Duchemin, from H. Allen Skinner, honorary director of the Domin- ion Drama Festival, stating that if three plays were presented by the Guild, it might have a sub-reg- ional festival here between Jan- uary 24th and 29th. In connection with this letter it was decided by the executive to enter in the reg- lonal or sub-regional drama fes- tlval.

THINNER THAN PAPER

Aluminum can be rolled into a foil so thin that 10 layers are need- ed to equal the thickness of a newspaper page.

Gestapa. who failed to find any incriminating evidence. In March. 1944, they came when he was in the south of France on. s. dangerous mission, and for two months oc- cupied his office. questioning everyone who visited it. All his papers were seized.

"But. I had many tricks to cover my activities," Mr. Gay explained. He was ostensibly preparing abook on the history of French journal- ism for the past twenty-five years, and corresponded with s large number of fellow journalists. Many cf them were his collaborators in tile Resistance movement, and they succeeded in communicating their plans to each other in code.

It is difficult for Canadians to understand the intricacies of French politics, the Ambassador said. A_crisis followed by a. change of government does not necessar- ily mean a general change in pol- icy, but merely s. re-arrangerneni of the government personnel. "It is not good to have s new govern- ment every few months.” he con- ceded, "but in Fzance that does not imply the upheaval that fol- lows changes of government in Canada, the United States or Great Britain." One reason for this was the close relationships between political families in France. going back over a long period of years.

Since he tnok office as Ambass- ador to Canada, there ‘have been four cabinet crises in France. two of them under the Premiership of his own party leader.

Seeks Wider Trade

On the subject of trade with Canada. Mr. Gay pointed out that France is facing great difficulties financially. Les; year she sold only $1,000,000 of goods to this country. purchasing about 510000.000 worth in return. She is desirous of in- creasing hcr trpde in French wines, dresses, textiles, jewelery, chemi- cal products. medical supplies and other cccnmodities. Her heaviest purchases have been in the form of locomotives, machinery Ind ships of all kinds. '

Canada has helped materially in rebuilding French shippins- which decreased by two million tons dur- ing the war, leaving s balance of only 000,000 tons. Today France's imrnsge is up to the prs-wsr level-

On arriving in Canada. Mr. Gay said he conside ed it his first duty to became acquainted with the country by visiting it from coast to coast. He started on a tour of of West snd North sg the beginning cf Augult, and we! emu! 1m- pressed with what he had seen.

"Canada is very quickly becom- ing one cf the great nations ofthe world." he said. He foresaw a large increase in population in the years ahead. coupled with further trem- endous developmant as a result of

Honmled by Gestapo During the war Mr. Gay's house

was raided seventeen times by the

the country's new found resources for production of oil snd steel, as well as aluminum. uranium and

GENTRAI. GUARDIAN

This column is rescued for news vf local interest». but advertising of e newly nature may bs inserted st five cents s word. strictly psy- ablo in advance.

4 MEN'S TWEET SUITS $25.00. To clear $10.00. Henderson d: Cudrnoro.

VISITS SANATORIUM-Patients at the Provincial Sanatorium were delighted yesterday morning when Miss Canads—lviiss Betty Jean Ferguson of Halifax-paid a short visit to the institution. Despite the short time at her disposal she spoke to s number of the veteran patients. Miss Ferguson, who took part in the program st the potato festival Tuesday night, returned to her home yesterday morning by plane.

6 BOYS TWEED SUITS. size 34. Regular price $23.50. On sale $18.95. Henderson A Cudmore.

MAYOR IN ACCIDENT — A news report yesterday that a Major JS, MacDonald o-f Char- lottetown was involved in a motor accident in Maine has been found to be erroneous, It has since been learned that the motor accident referred to involved Mayor B. Earle MacDcnald of Charlotte- town who. with Mra. MacDonald, was motoring to New York. No one in either csr was injured. It is understood, however. that the Muller's car suffered considerable damage.

FUNERAL AT MARIE - The funeral of the late Mrs Robert Batters-by was held yesterday from her residence at Midgell to Marie United Church. Rev. Mr. Mac- Pherrson conducted service at the residence, during which Mr. Jack MacCallum sang as a solo “Some- time Wc'll Understand." Service at the church was conducted by Rev. Mr. MacPherson and Rev. Mr. char-man. During the service the church choir rendered "Going Down the Valley." The pallbear- ers were Thomas Cullen, Gordon Sanderson, Leaman Dingwell. A. J. Webster, Marshall Peters and George Morrow. Interment was in Marie Cemetery.

CHILDREN'S ART CLASSES- Next Tuesday afternoon the new session of art classes for boys and girls in the city schools will be- gin at the Children's Art Centre. These will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after- noons after school and on Friday mornings between eleven and twelve. About 200 children will be attending the classes this year and, of course, the majority are children who attended classes be- fore. Many more children than this would like to come to the classes but it is impossible to sc- commodate any morc with the pre- sent limlted housing and staff fa- cilities of the Art Centre.

C. W. L. MEETING AT KELLl/‘S CROSS-The regular monthly meeting of St. Joseph's sub-divis- ion of C. W. L.. Kelly's Cross, took place on Oct. 3rd. The meet- ing opened with the League Prayer by the president. after which minutes of previous meet- ing were read'and duly approved. Roll call was responded to by more than an average attendance considering the inclcmency of the weather. Correspondence was read by the secretary and the treas- urer gave a very satisfactory re- port on the financial status which was nicely increased recently by sale of articles at the bazaar held in connection with the an- nusi parish chicken supper. A discussion then took place on plans to further increase funds. After various views and opinions were exchanged, it was decided to hold an old-time musical festival in early November. It was also decided to ask Father Keefe to give a talk on some subject at the November meeting. Adjourn- ment was moved and all repaired to the main chapel to attend Benediction of the Blessed Sac- rament.

Personals Mr. Robert. Doiron oi‘ Mayfield left. last week to visit his sister. Mrs. Ross Tidmus of Hamilton, Ont.

Mrs. Margaret Cole, North Gran- ville, has entered the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital and her con- ditionds somewhat improved.

Mk. and rm. J. P. Simmonds leave today on s visit to the Paci- fic Coast.

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Rose, to- gether with Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Rose and son "Garry". all of New Glasgow, NS. are visiting friends in Charlottetown and Montague.

COVE HEAD ROAD SCHOOL

Honor roll of Oovehead Road School for month of September:

Grade 9-1, Shirley Blrt; 2.Mar- tin Birt.

Grads 0-~l. Joyce Birt; 2, Dor- een Bist.

Grade ‘l-Ii, Clayton MacDon- sld; 2. Patsy O'Brien.

Grade 0-1, Glenda. Brown; I. Everett Birt.

Perfect attendance: Joyce Birt, Glenda Brown. .

Highest average: Glenda Brown. 02%. Principal — Jeanette Marcvittic Marshall.

0N MANSLAUGIITEI CHARGE

ANTIGONISH, N. 5.. Oct. 6- (CPP-Corneliul Francis Robi- chaud of Maxwellton, N.S., today was committed for trial on a man- slaughter charge following the death of John Andrew MscLeilsn in s tum-truck collision near here

other valuable metals.

Sept. 28. Ball was set at. $2.000.

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free and self-governing nation.’ Similar thoughts were in the mind of Mr. Walsh who spoke gravely of the changes in the Gov- ernment cf Newfoundland after urrlon with Canada is consummat- ed. On this subject, he stated: "Members of the Newfoundland delegation are deeply conscious of the changes involved for their country. When it is considered that a complete change for our_people constitutionally, administratively and economically will be involved in adjusting ourselves to a new system, it will be realized how properly the words of the Canadian Prime Minister last year apply to Newfoundland."

Photographers’ flood-lights bath- ed the vaulted red chamber in glaring light, flash-bulbs popped and newsreel cameras whirred as Newfoundland and Canadian mem- hers of the conference shook hands at the formal opening. Sole member of the Cabinet committee absent was Fisheries Minister May- hew who had not returned to Ottawa from Victoria.

Present on the floor of the House was J. Watson MscNsught, parliamentary assistant to Mr. Mayhew and M. P. for Prince, who for the past two days has been chairman on the preparatory com- mittee for the conference. Repeat- edly ai this committee's sessions, Mr. MacNaught, Newfoundland of- ficials and advisers stressed the paramount importance of their salt cod industry.

Among spectators at the confer- ence openlng was Tom Reid, par- liamentary assistant to Revenue Minister McCann and Liberal member for Westminster, B. C., who looked upon the proceedings with a somewhat jaundiced we.

"I'm not taking any part in lt," the British Columbia member 101d The Guardian. "but I'm not too en- thusiastic about it. Newfoundland is going to get seven membe rs of Parliament and six Senators for less than 300,000 people. I won't