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APRIL 2. 1952

HTHE GUARDIAN. CIIARIDTFETOWN

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"Playgrounds ' tommisslone Meeiinglield

At the monthly meeting of the Charlottetown Playgrounds Com- mission held last evening, the an- nual tag-day in aid of Playgrouds was fixed for mid-May. Mrs. W. A. McDonald was appointed ocntvener of the committee and arrange- ments were made to carry out this project.

The success of the children's skating and hockey on Saturday evening in the Forum was fav- ourably commented on ,as an im- provement over the operation of outdoor rinks.

The selection and qualifications of supervisors for playgrounds on the City square's wasp discuss ” and suggestions were made for improvements in the service and repair and replacement of the equipment.

City Councillor P. R. Mccormac was welcomed as a new member of the Commission representing the City and gave valuable advice from his previous experience in this type of work in St. John's, Newfoundland. .

PIIJ SVILLE SCHOOL

Honour Roll for March.

Grade X.-1. Norma Corcoran.

Grade IX.--l. Raymond Gallant.

Grade VIII.-1, Norma Brown and Rita Gallant; 2. Annette Gal- lani.

Grade VII.--1. Pearle 2. Esther Gallant; hut.

Grade VI.-l. Freddie Gallant: 2. Aldona Gallant and Theresa Gallant: 3. Bernice Gallant.

Grade V.-1. Olive Gallant: 2. Vincent Gallant: 3. Lioncl Blanch- ard.

Gallant; 3. Debris Gal-

Teacher-.M'rs. Anita Gallant.

RIRTHS. MARRIAGE!

DEATHS 50: per Insertion I

BIRTHS

FORD--At. the P. E. 1. Hospital, March 31, 1952. to Mr. and Mrs. l.Ioyd Ford, a daughter, Len Anne Winnlfrcd, 8 lbs, 11 U2 oz.

WORTH--At the P. E. Island Hos- pital. March 29th. 1952. to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Worth. St. Peters Road. a daughter. Cynthia Anne.

MoCUAIG - At the Kingston Gen- eral Hospital. March 27th, toss. to Rev. and Mrs. Alnn Mocualg (nee Elizabeth Bonnell). Arden. On- tario. a daughter. Margaret Bon- nell. . DEATHS FISHER-At the P. E. Island Hos- pital on Wednesday. April 2. A. B. Fisher of i4 Brighton Ave. Funeral notloe later.

.MacI(INNON-Al the P. E. Island Hospital on Wednesday, April 2, D. A. MscKlnnon of 3 Kent Street. Resting at the MacLean Funeral Home. Funeral notice later.

ITAMPBELL - At the Prince County Hospital, April 1st. 1952, James A. Campbell of Darnley, in his 74th year. Remains resting at Davlson Funeral Parlours. Ken- slngton. Funeral notice later.

PBOWSE-At 225 Sydney Street April 1. 1952. George Prowse in his 88th year. The remains were transferred from the Frank Hen- nessey Funeral Home last even- ing to his late residence from where the funeral will take place tomorro'w (Thursday) morning at 8:55 to St. Dunstan's Busllicn. In- terment ln the Roman Catholic Cemetery.

McGUIGANl-At her home 27 Alan Street on Monday, March 81, Mrs. Louis McGulgan in her Slat year. Her remains were transfer- red from the A. A. Hennesscy Funeral Home to her late resi- dence yesterdtry morning. The funeral will take place on Wed- nesday morning at 9.45 to St. Dunstan's Basilica. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery.

liIacDONAI.D- At the Sucrcd Heart Home Tuesday. April 1, 1952, Mrs. (Cnpl.) A. A. MacDon- ald in her 87th year. Her remains will be transferred from the A. A. llennessey Funeral Home to the

' Sacred Heart Home. The funeral

. will take place on Friday morning at 10:15 to St. Dunstnn's Basilica. interment in the Catholic Ceme- it-ry.

Mc)IAHON--Al. his residence. 90 l-Ilm Ave-.. on Tuesday. April 1st, 1952. Philip I. (Nace) McMahon. eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip I. McMahon. Resting at the Frank licnncssey Funeral Home until this nfit-rnoon. then at his late residence from where the funeral will take place to- morrow (Thursduy) morning at 9:45 to St. Dunstsn's Basilica. In- terment in the Catholic Cemetery-

- IDUNSFOIID-Suddenly in Moni- real March 29. Emerson Dunsford, aged 32 years, formerly of Corn- wall, son of Mr. Fred Dunsford and the late Mrs. Dunsiord. Re- mains will arrive in Charlottetown Wednesday evenln and will be transferred to the . A. Henna- Iey Funeral Home and then to the residence of his father. Fred Dunsiord. Cornwall, from where the funeral will take place on Friday morning to St. Dunlllll" Basilica for Requiem High Mail at 9 mm. Interment In the Cath- olic Cemetery. Charlottetown.

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COOK'S for Perfect Plclilrcd.

GlGGl:Y's PHARMACY. Phone 3110 for "PIl.0MP'l'" delivery.

M38. JOIlN5'r0N's IADIEE WEAR - Resl values -,Sults, Coats. Dresses.

SAINT PAUL'S Church Child- ren's Lenten Service in the Chapel today at 430 o'clock. Sound pic ture.

SWINE SHIPMENT - Two sows and one boar are being ship- ped by Mr. wlllnrd Prouds of Kingston to Mr. L. J. Msocuiness in Toronto. The boar has not been selected as yet.

THE SALE of tickets for the

Easter Monday play "Maid of Money" in aid of the Charlotte- town l-Iospltul, opens Monday

morning. April 7th. at R. T. Hol- man's Ltd. Secure your seats early. Telephone 47.

KIWANIS OLUD - A brief talk on civic affairs was given by his Worship Mayor J. D. Stewart at the Kiwanis Club luncheon yes- terday. which was held at Milton's Old Spain restaurant. Lieut. Col. A. W. Rogers presided.

RAILWAY 0I"I"ICI.AI..S HERE- Mr. C. W. Rand and Mr. P. Burns. officials of the Canadian National nsiiway's. arrived in this city from Moncton. N. 8.. last night. While here they will stay at the Char- lottetown llotel.

I-IOII. MACDONALD COLLEGE-

Mr. Wilfred Thompson, of Dun- staffnagc, is shipping a. young breeding age boar lo MacDonald College in Montreal. This is the fifth boar purchased by this in- stitution from Prince Edward Is- land. SERVICE - Boxca? service for potatoes and other Islsnd export produce between this Province and the mainland is expected to resume within the next two weeks, officials of the Canadian National Railways an- nounced recently.

BOXUAR.

TO REPRESENT l'. E. I. --- Mlss June Bowman. of this city. will be the only person represent- ing this Province at the National Canadian Girls in Training Camp this summer. This camp is locat- ed near Huntsville. Ontario. and is called Camp Kwasind. Eight other girls from the Marltirnes will be present.

ENJOYABLE SOCIAL "A Hard Time" social evening was held last night by the Young People's Society of Central Christ- ian church. After an hour of exciting games, Eddie Bertram and Norman Stewart led the group in chorus singing. The evening was closed.by serving of an appetizing hard-times lunch.

BILLS INTRODUCED - Acting under s. suspension of rules to permit introduction of the bills without prior notice. Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan yesterday presented three bills for first reading. one is An Act to Amend the City of Charlottetown Incorporation Act. another An Act to'Authoriso the Issue of Debentures by the City of Charlottetown and an Act to Validate Corporate noceedings of the City of Charlottetown.

QUEEN'S BCOUTS - Boy Scout Headquarters here has been notified through Imperial Head- quarters. London,' that with the gracious approval of Her Majesty the Queen, the King's Scout Badge will be in future-known as the Queen's Scout Badge. It was also announced yesterday by lore- cutive Commissioner Gordon Kerr that for the first time in 12 years there were over 1000 scout. cubs and leaders in the Province. There were a total of a1 wolf cub packs and 20 scout troops.

POLICE COURT -- Three. men charged with being drunk and disorderly were arraigned before the stipendisry Magistrate at the City Police court yesterday morn- mg. One was sentenced to 20 days and another to to days in county Jsll. The other offender was fined :10 and costs or 10 days. A man convicted of failing to stop at a red traffic light was fined :10 and costs or 10 days. The case of a man charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident in which he was involved. was re- manded one week. A youth con- victed of theft was given six months in jail.

FIRST AID - The First Aid Course which has been carried on during the winter months was completed last week and tests were given on Saturday. March 29th The practical work-spllntlng and bsndaging-was particularly well done. but the marks attained by many of the class members dis- played a lack of knowledge in Shock and I-laemorrhage Control. Another session will be held on Saturday morning. April 5th when Miss Betty King. First Aid In- structor. will give further instruc- tion. in this subject. All members of the class should be on hand at Red Cross Headquarter. at 10.15 next Saturday morning for this in- struction and quesuoninl on shock and Hssmorrhago Control.

TRINITY 1'. P. U. - The Trin- My young People's Union held their regular weekly meeting last

evening in the Social Hall. The meeting opened with a short rec- reation period led by Norman Csrruthers followed by U10 V01" ship service led by Joyce Wiggin- lon, whose theme VIII "I'M History of the own". Durins the worship service a duet ';Alons". dwas still by Mary Morrson an

Ilaoltss with Shirley afoeoonaid at the piano. Pbllawlll-"I0 '3' strip ssrvios- a number of lively um" were enjoyed under the direction of Blair Brown. I0110"W!d by a film "The Klndlod Plants by

provincial organizations who gath ment House yesterday afternoon to

Discuss Gift To Lady Alexander

A group representative of the various women's organizations in the Province met yesterday after- noon at Government House upon the invitation of the wife 6f the Lieutenant Governor. Mrs. T. W. L. Prowsc, provincial chairman of the Prince Edward Island division of the Lady Alcxander Gift Com- mittee. their objective beim to de- cide upon the means of contribut- ing to the fund.

It has become customary for the women of Canada to present the wire of each Governor General. upon her departure from Canada. with a parting gift. In the the presents have included jewelry. furs, and similar articles.

As Lord and Lady Alexander have returned to England platt- ning to establish a psrmrtnent home. which the fortunes of war and diplomacy have prevented their doing up to this time. and because Lady Alexander is known to be 9. practical sort: of person who always bought things for her home rather than for herself. it was suggested and the idea readily adopted that electrical household equipment of Canadian manufact- ure would be an unusual and yet highly appropriate gift. As a re- sult of this decision the Alexand- ers' kitchen will be equipped with the sort of conveniences which are hard to obtain in austerity-ridden Enr:land- .1 durable gift. and one with a practicability suited to the times.

Open To All

The privilege of contributing something to the purchase of this gift is open to every woman in Canada. It is customary for the wife of the Lieutenant Governor of each Province to take charge of the program, and the representat- ives prescnt nt the meeting were

formed into a committee. with Mrs. Prowse as chairman. Each will contact the members of the

organization which she represents. and each will also try to get in touch with those women in the community who do not belong to groups so represented. and will turn the money collected in this manner over to Mrs. .l. P. Lantz who. as chairman of the Char- lottetown group. is assisting Mrs Prowse.

Any individuals not so contacted may send contributions. which are not to exceed 5500. to the oiiicc of the i.icui.enant Governor, or if it is more convenient. may leave them nt his uptown office.-

A letter outlining the purpose of the meeting and reviewing the progress and decisions made thus far will be sent to each of me ladlcs present. Mrs. llarold Laird. provincial president of the worn- en's Institute. has consented to ac: as chairman of the various branches of the W. I. in P. E. I. in order to reach those in rural districts. -

After the above plan had been worked out, it was decided to meet again at the end of April to make sure that it is being carried out anoothly and effectively. and the meeting was adjourned. After the meeting a delicious tea was served to those present.

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feed. The meeting closed by aing- be imported, "chosen on the basis in: "Bess Be The Ti:” and s of whether they're good enter- prayor y Rev. Mr. Irwin. tslnment."

ered at Govern- Lady Alexander. discuss means of

Reviews Activities Of Art centre

Last month over 700 people visit- ed the Prince Edward Island flirt Centre in this city, Miss Frances E. Johnston. director of the Prince Edward Island Arts and Crafts

monthly meeting of the Guild held here last night. President Mr. A. Clark presided.

The majority of these visitors adlan handicrafts recently on dis- play at the Centre Also many vis- itors cumeto view the excellent flower paintings by Miss Emily Sartain.

Milss Johnston reported that she has been instructing residents at Beach Grove in the art of raffia weaving, and that results have proved very satisfactory.

by children who attend the Child- ren's Art Centre in Boston. Mass. is currently on display. This exhi- bition will remain on view for the; month of April after which an ex-. hibltion of work by adults who have been attending evening clas- ses nt the Charlottetown Art Ccn- tre will be shown.

It was announced that arrange- mcnts for exhibitions for the 1952-, 53 season are under way. and that among those scheduled is a displsyl of photographs by the eminent portrait photographer Karsh.

Island Boar is Herd Sire At Sask. iilniversity Farsi

Mr. H. W. Clay. senior livestock ficldmtln. Federal Department of Agriculture. said ycsterday that he had received word that the boar Woodstock Duke MA bred by M.r. Allan Boswood of Dunstaifnagc and sold three years ago to a syndicate in northern Saskatche- wan. is now herd sire at the Uni- versity of Saskatchewan Form.

This six-year old boar is the sire of breeding stock found today in every Province of the Dominion and in many of the Northern States.

Mr. Clay nlso announced the ar- rival ln this Province from north- ern Scotland. of two North County Cheviot rams recently purchased by the Prince Edward Island sheep Breeders Association and the Provincial Department of Agriculture. These two rams are two years old and arrived here af- ter a brief quartmtine in st. John. N. B.

with television for two hours each evening by August. Fergus Mutrie. CBC director of television. said today.

Mr. Mutrle spoke to the Canad- ian Association of Radio and AD- pliance Dealers. holding a con- vention here.

CBC television stations are un- der construction in Toronto and Montreal.

"we'll be ready program-wise as soon as the lower and building are ready." said Mr. Mutrle.

Technical and production staffs. "almost too per cent Canadian." were nearing the end of their training to produce shows.

"Another thing you can expect is that Canadians programs will dominate.”

some United states shows would

Guild, reported during the regular.-l

came to see the exhibition of Can-I

An exhlblton of paintings donel

t tlotnl of 3.2230 miles

Will contribute To Lady Alexander iiift

Shown above are representatives of local and'coliecting donations in this Province for the gift to

Stresses Need Of Evaluating PEI Prospects

stressing the need of a thor- oughgolng survey of the natural resources of the Province. lion. W E. Darby in the Legislature on llvfonday night called attention to 'lhe somewhat anomalous position ioccupicd by Prince Edward Island in the Dominion.

"With but scarcely more than -two thousand square miles of ter- ritory and a population of less than one hundred thousand peo- ple." he said. "we maintain all the 'personncl and functions of gov- ernment which might cqually as iwcll serve the needs of an area innd populace ten times as large. .The result is that our overhead costs of government are very much grvaicr proportionately and im- pose a burden which we cannot lsustain without federal subsidies illlld grants to supplement the lim- iited revonue which our own tax potential is able to provide.

. ''In the matter of roads and .hlghways. though our population

iis less than many Canadian cities

we must. lay out. build and main- aln the comparatively enormous of hirzlvways reasonably adequate to conform to modern standards of transportat- ion. The City of Montreal. with a population nearly fifteen times as great as ours, can be even more satisfactorily served by less than 800 miles of city streets.

Ilnlifax Cited "The City of lialitax with a population of 103,000 has but 147

miles of streets. Even if we as- sume that these are all paved. the comparative burden is more strik- lngly apparent when you consider that we now have 255 miles of pavrtl roadway and with that additional 3.000 miles still to he maintained. widened and improv- cd. Our scattered population. how- ever. makes this extra mileage an absolute necessity. A quarter. a half, or even a million people liv- ing within the same area would be as well served: but the per capita burden would be reduced until its weight could scarcely be felt.

To provide for public school education in this province we op- erate 460 schools and employ about Tlo teachers to look after a total cnrolmcnt. nf approximately 18.- non pupils. The total cost of Edn- cation for the year 1950-51 was s1.ee9.o0ooo of which the Pro- vinclnl contribution was SL035.- 000.00, representing ncnrly or per cent of all expenditures for this purpose. For all Canadian Prov- inces in the same year the per- centages were as follows:

Alberta. 31.6; British Columbia. 4.1; Manitoba. 25.6; Ontario. 39.1: Quebec. 14.4; Saskatchewan. 34.4: New Brunswick 46. and Nova Scotla 55.5. while. as I have just slated. our Provincial contribution is shnost 61 per cent.

other Departments

By the same yardstick we oper- ate in the Department of Health dc welfare Divisions dealing with such varied subject matters as Public Health Nursing. Laborator- ies. santtsry nigineering. Cancer

Control, Tuberculosis Control. Mental Health. Dental Hygiene. Nutrition. V. D. Control. as wcll

as a welfare Branch dealing with Public Welfare. Child Welfare. Mothers' Allowances and old Ale Assistance. All these functions would as gdstglstely serve a popu- lation many t as as large.

'yesterday morning at his sister's

' a. patient. at llle Kentvrllo Sana-

Thus. our problem of provincial finance is doubly accentuated by the lack of population to provide an adequate source of revenue and

Sudden Deailtf Yesterday of M: Philip I. McMahon

suddenly

The death occurred home at 80 Elm Avenue of Mr. Philip I. (Nace) McMahon.

A native of this city, Mr. Mc- Mahon wss the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Philip McMahon of Charloftetown. In his youth he was very athletic, displaying his great- est prottciency in tootbsu and track. During the early part of the First World was". Mr. McMahon enlisted in the 105th Battalion of the Prince Edward Island Regiment as a bandsman, and later was in- valided out of the service. In poor health for many years. he has been torlum in Nova Scotta several times. Mr. McMahon has been residing with his sister here since last July. Surviving him are two sisters. Mrs. Reginald Ellison, Charlotte- town. and Mrs. Michael Cronin, Newtonvtllc. Massachusetts. also two brothers, George and Louis of Charlottetown. The funeral will be held Thurs- day morning at St. Dunstan's Bas- ilica. Interment will be in the Catholic Cemetery.

island Delegates At Liberal Meeting in Federal Capital

OTTAWA. April i-tSpeclal)- Mrs. George S. Inman of Mont- ague. a member of the national executive and Mrs. Russell Roper of Charlottetown are taking active part in discussion at the annual meeting of the National Feder- ation of Liberal Women now in session here. In addition to at- tending committee and special sessions of the Federation, the Prince Edward Island delegates called on J. Watson MacNaught, Liberal member for Prince at the Parliament Buildings today.

the comparably heavier burden of maintaining those public services for the limited numbers which we do have. and which by reason of an almost static population tends to increase the size of the depend- ent groups. the very young and the old. For certain it is that these categories are not the ones who seek their fortunes elsewhere in this country but those in the full vigour and prime of manhood.

Primary Industries

"Economically our existence is mainly based on the -primary in- dustries of fishing and agriculture. llere again it is accepted fact, and one on which all economists and taxation experts agree. that the primary industries fail to be a good source of taxation revenue". Th-us those provinces or areas most largely dependent on the in- dustry of agriculture find it ever harder and harder to provide necessary public funds by taxati n.