If it’s Good For the Island The Guardian is For it
VOL. LXXV. NO. 57 BRIEF PRESENTED IN HOUSE ——
Recreation FacilitiesSeen , Lacking For Tourists Here
By DON a. ae ped ie - of “recap- lars are every bit as acceptable
uardian-Patriot Staff the cruise|as those from Florida or Cali- An earnest ee ten bin a ‘a possible.’ | fornia in the long run. that the government In re provincial tourist | loans through the Provincial advertising, the association MONTGOMERY HALL Toarit Loan Committee to cautioned that “we do not over-| | In a paragraph dealing with eni and recrea- | t inexpensive ad- Montgomery Hall, it was stated fiosal facies ‘for. the tourist vertng” o ‘the Atlantic Pro-|that
ithin the membership of the association we num! the various Charlottetown rola
aunts who resent the situation developing at Montgomery Hal (Continued on page 2, col. 1)
ner was voiced ~ ae ae
ture yesterday as foward Island oarit ee tion presented its first brief to the government. The
vinces in favor of the expensive ‘ince | national and international ad- vertising “‘aimed at far off fielc which, in effect, are no greener
at all, Atlantic Provinces” ‘dol- |
Support Is Given Brief
association directors
e brief, read association ree ves presi nthe On Both Sides Of House coanae
The premier said he would ‘ation pre- | have the provincial transporta- |
to the government in| tion director investigate the pos Legislature yesterday, was | sibilities
S| well received ad by both sides of |capturing a share
sssociation president. RECREATION LAGS row _— It was stated in the brief that |e
4 arowing problem, "beco
more importa: year, louse. rules businoes, as requested Ty iat the tourist amido‘ for his Fee isis ww calle | the association.
recreation and entertainment, | eq the brief “an eek
“particularly on the rainy days | document” and that OPPOSITION LEADER
and in the evenings. his government ‘would give | _OPPosition Leader Alex Mathe-
“Here, we feel, is where we | every consideration to the re- have lagged furthest behind sad Scmmendations ‘contelned’%a I the direction in which w “We realize,” the premier devote our major cfforts 1 in "ike said, “that tourism is increas- Immediate future. One of the |ing and we foresee a greater in- main reasons for t atlerease in the years ahead.” loans are not as yet available COMPETITION ENIED through the Provincial Tourist} Commenting on a section of Loan Committee for such Pur the brief in which is was said pose, and this Te |that restaurant owners resent commends most earnestly that] the public use of Montgomery
son said ‘‘the greatest pth the association can provid the tourist industry is son a commodation and good
Noting thatthe oie ‘had said in its brief that the new MV Confederation will prove a valued addition to the Borden fexy service “‘during the open ation season,” Mr, Mathe- pom sald 0 wonder whet that re-
the regulations be extended | Hall, Premier Shaw said ‘the ference to ‘open navigation sea without delay to permit loans in| situation has been enlarged | Son’ means; I have been trying this field to develop entertain- away beyond what is taking _ (Continued on Page 3 Col. 2)
front sat aeecptoaal facie place there. Montgomery Hall for gur expanding tourist indus- | was not set up to compete with hotels and restaurants and any "polatild out that there is a| competition so far as vast tourist potential in the) slight indeed and it will be ie countless, crowded American |on that basis.”” the Association emier Shaw said that it is
effort towards seeing that dir-| authorities an investigation will ect air transportation between | be made into the decline of up- this province and American Ci-|land game. This was asked for ties on the Atlantic seaboard by the association. becomes a reality, particularly | perointing out that there have in the summer months. been complaints of shortages of | fresh fish following ‘a commen: CRUISE BUSINESS of Attorney-General Melvin Me
OTTAWA (CP Finance Minister Fleming unveiled Wed- nesday the first results of nearly a year of tariff bargaining at Geneva—an agreement for mu- tual tariff reductions by Canada
Recalling the days when) Quaid in the Legislature re- 4 . “cruise "used to call at soe that. many women and the United eet some Provinelal ports almost weekly do not know how. to cook -fish Area a ape is goods, during the summer season, properly, Premier Shaw said ae erween..tge, $0, cowa- bringing hundreds of visitors, | “ ms strange that we who (IO the association recommended | are so close to the sea do not ia of coods from. farm. fish: that a full investigation be car|have an adequate supply Of 01 mines. forest and factory. ried out in this regard by the|fresh fish. An investigation is Sit; "lo “ing effect alter 40. C Drovineial director of transpor-| needed.” day’ noice A Paani pial pee
ver only a small frac- $7,
| tion of the more than 000,000 in total annual trade which flows both ways across the Canada-US. border.
|,,0f, probably greater. impor.
| tance to Canada is the fact that | the Canada-U.S. agreement is
i For West Point
By NEIL MATHESON Farm And Provincial Editor lid backing for the West Point ferry proposal came yes- terday in the legislature from George MacKay, Lib-4th Prince,
Oil Tanker Is Sinking
NORFOLK. Va. (AP) tanker, sinking in the Atlantic 250 miles east of here, reported Wednesday night she could stay afloat only until 8 a.m. Today, not long enough to reach port.
The 215-foot tanker, A. H. Du- reported her heavy deck
Gordon Report) to move some of the Maritime people out of the region, Mr, MacKay suggest- ed “let's fonget that, and turn to a more recent suggestion.” (Continued on page 4, col, 3)
Landing On Moon , Possible In ‘68 cargo was shifting freely and
WASHINGTON (AP) --Space she was leakivg. She had been Administrator James E. Webb disabled since early Wednesday,
who said there's no reason why
‘Tormentine | ferry for the central part of
th Thane ne reaton, he suggest. |Stid Wednesday the United battling heavy seas that threat. ‘, why those people in ‘West States may land a manned ex-| ened shipping off Virginia and
ition on the moon a bring oe Carolinas it back as early as 0 coast guard vessels from But the head of the National Habis Roads were expected | Aeronautics and Space Adminis-|to reach her about $ a.m. | tration added: “I would es = ar: is a better guess, maybe 1 Webb told the Nivertising « Vernon River Council NASA cannot conclude
rom the successful orbiting of Fire Hall Is | Lt.-Col. John H. Glenn Jr. Winter Project
for at federal elect web Hon, was! U.S. spacecraft can dipaiee with some of the elaborate auto-
Prince should have to travel up Borden
may only be a few miles away fen’ tern tothe first place. |
WHERE-TO-FIND-IT
of a fire hall at Vernon River
ever heard you support it be- village is the latest in a num-
“4 Announcements, notices 13 her of winter works jects a eal Meskey. pont “dam | Births, deaths, ete. 314 approved here by the "naa tee “aye Seneane hrs 13 government arke'
Fu Known as project P.F.1. 4, rence are ) ‘aw ave | | oa atid + 12 the fire hall will be built at a almost as many people in ist] Cie om - § cost of $2,201 and the federal | tnd 20d Prince ‘as they have in | (ity: ‘Queens 5 government share under the the whole of Prince County. wr 3 winter works scheme will be SUGGESTIONS RECALLED Editorials § ‘The announcement of the pro-
wi governt spokes. | Summerside 3 ject’s approval was made by man taunted him with Walter | Prince Ce. 2 Hon. Angus MacLean, member
"s suggestion (in the of parliament for Queens,
Field Inspection Planned Of ee peiatoes In P.E.I.
Potatoes may nave more than needs and might sell some. that it is not
t's book aie. Gna | matic-control devices now used. CAPITAL BUREAU years’ since the West,” Polat OF THE GUARDIAN | OTTAWA The construction
CONVICT FREED
AFTER 29 YEARS |
KINGSTON, Ont, (CP) — Jake Hoff, 60-year-old blind or] ee years of out of Esso Tees Wednes- and drew his first breath 7 ” sree air in 29 years, Hoff was scalaneel to life imprisonment in 1933 in the slaying of his wife when she Tan away with another man.
He had attempted to take his own life also but the bullet fired into his head severed an optic nerve, leaving him alive but blind.
Hoff was released after Rev. J. G. Moyer of the House of
| Providence in Toronto
*) tered to look after the blind
man for the remainder of his
ears.
Until now no agency could be found to insure accomo- dation for Hoff.
Prison warden David Me- Lean said Jake received news of his parole with deep emo- tion.
“The world won't seem that much different to him,” Mr. McLean said. “He had a radio all these years and sounds are his main source of informa-
| tion about things around him."
Trials Continue For New Ferry
HALIFAX (CP) — Final ocean | trials for the tion continued off here Wednes- day and a Halifax Shipyards Limited spokesman said the ship likely would be turned over to the CNR by the end of this month. The ship will go into service on the Bordon, PEL Cape Tormentine, N.B. run.
= Ottawa Reveals Cuts In Tariffs
one of a number of tariff-cutting agreements made by the
in negotiations which began last member countries Agreement Tariffs and Trade.
‘Those .other U.S. agreements,
ferry Confedera- |
Aeria
Pair Safe In Crash On Ice
ALBERTON — A large ‘wis, rotored helicopter cracked on the ice last evening about 50 miles east of Norih Cape The two-man Om ‘Smith and R. Laan ots of Monireal, were pi
waine of Tryon who was engag- ed in aa, seal pelts to North Cape for sealing party from Both tutes on te aie | |were broken whea a wheel went | through the ice when it attempt- | |ed to land, causing the machine to tip over on its side. Macli- waine was making his last ea of the day whén he spotted the ‘copter on the ice and flew over to investigate. By this time the pilots had spotted the plane and | were rua flares to attract at- tention a stee three Ligeia over the — ~ feed
Ireniety rough ice, peel men and to Tench
he made a pees: «. dor — landing by ¢
car ighis, The etiaetiy crew were hi ly pleased with aes lt hopeless poe: then Thy ane aestts in Tigniah nose. the woree “a thle hazardous experience: he ‘copter wrx reported | wo jdet yeas easrente
to transpor jas sald valued at
It some $250,-
Ww announced in Geneva and Washeq99° Another ‘copter used in the
ington Wednesday, involve the six Common Market nations and some 13 other countries in- cluding Britain and Japan
CANADA ALSO BENEFITS Under GATT rules the tariff concessions granted in those agreements—as in the Canada- U.S. agreement—apply to all GATT members, including Can-
ada Mr. Fleming said the full benefits to Canada from all those agreements have not yet heen analyzed but their effect “will be to open greatly en- We prospects for Canadian xports.” Mr. Fleming said Canada also has been carrying on tariff ne- Rotiations at GATT with other countries and some of these still
A|are going on. The result would
be announced later, This was taken as an indica- tion that cuts in other Canadian tariffs may be made, with com- pensating reductions by other countries, as a result of the tit- for-tat tariff negotiations under GATT.
Representatives of | Char- 4 areas met last night with Dir ector of Town Planning Claude Smith to discuss amalgama-
Amon attending
?
same operation is expected to| make an attempt today to sal- vage the downed machine.
picke half-hour later by Hebert Maetl. |
matte i
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1962.
mh
THE FIRST SEAL pelts from a huge herd spread over a 40-miles area in the Gulf
of St, Lawrence are shown |
above
Che Guardian
“Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew”
Department. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,
Low-high'20 and 35.
Nor MORE SEVEN CENTS
being
unloaded
North Cape by member of a
Tuesday at Glen Matthews, 10-man sealing party.
on
Last Fiscal Year Showed — -Decrease In Liabilities
A surplus of $3,292,284.68 was reported on ordinary account and an overall surplus and de- crease in liabilities amounting to $28,061.96 was shown for the fiscal period ending March 3l, 1961. when the Public Accounts were tabled in the Legis!
here yesterday afternoon
Provincial ‘Treasurer Melvin
~| J. McQuaid.
Total ordinary revenue
J amounted to $19,113,719.31 and
{anks See total ordinary expenditure to y | $1 5,821,434.63.
Tariff Cuts The total revenue, ordinary
Small Gain
WASHINGTON (CP)—Months of tariff bargaining | between
Canada and the Unil have produced only a raltivery small shift toward freer trade between the two countries.
As the list of agreed tariff re- ductions was made public Wed- nesday. U.S. authorities said they had proposed offering greater concessions but with- drew them when it became evi- dent Canada was unwilling to yield equivalent concessions to
the U.S. The Americans did not dis- close just what it was they
wanted from Canada.
See ogee
23 Deaths, M
and_ capital,
amounted to 767,701.81 and total expenditure oa sera with Ottawa. There to $23,739,639.85. Some of
Millions Loss
Caused By Storm In U.S.
A vicious eastern storm of
NEW YORK (AP) backlash fram the United States’ worst the winter ravaged coastal areas from Virginia to New England Wednesday with surg-
ing tides and violent winds. mage was heavy. Helicopters, boats and am-
phibious vehicles were pressed into service to evacuate thou- sands of coastal residents Power was out in some sections. Food and water ran danger-
AMALGAMATION IS DISCUSSED
were, left to right, George Che- verie, chairman of the seeds issioners of Sherwood: Mr. Smith; William Long, hai the community
West Royalty: Earle Norrie,
i Park, (No- Man’s-Land . Alexander Mac- Lean, chairman of the Village Commissioners of Parkdale,
Five
normal, winds miles an hour.
that
children were swept to death by waters at Bowers, Del tient died for lack of oxygen at a storm. yan hospital in Sea | erside Isle City,
Damage ran vas wilson (et dollars from tides six feet above waves 25 fect high and gusted
ously Jow in a number of com- munities.
At least 23 deaths were di- rectly attributable to the storm. from one family flood
A pa-
up
| and Coun, Walter Cox, deputy Mayor of Charlottetown. The
meeting w: in Smith's office in the Cabot Building.
$23,-
but
received from the tax sharing
the $2,500,000 in: the Atlantic
the major ordinary ara adjustment grant and renveue items included statut- | $1,010,806.54 from the hospital ory subsidies of $656,931.88, less Hillsboro Bridge account of $9,- major. 750, an amount which will no 27, 130 for old ‘age assistance, longer be payable, been paid every year since the | 754 for disabled persons allo
pmrece agreement
items included
has | $39,763 for blind pensions, $230,-
old. bridge, abandoned late | ances, $110,951 in _unemploy:
last year, was erected here in ment assistance, $277,744 in
the carly 1900s. health grants and $74,756 in the vocational technival and train:
MONEY FROM OTTAWA ing agreement.
The amount of $4,802,159 was |. ‘The total revenue from the
Sovernment of Canada was $10,- 924,
tne amount of $2,896,968 was | received from the gasoline ‘and
| disel fuel tax and $1.1
| from | the provincial ake ae of $914,575 was re-
cinedne hospital insn--
premiums and $677,074 from the Public health tax total of $1,150,187 was re- licenses, permits with motor vehicle licenses accounting for more than one-half with $755,386. Riv- and Hillsboro — hospital fees totalled $81,686 and fees at Beach Grove amounted to $90,- 051. Prince of Wales College fees totalled $13,752 (Continued on Page 5 Col.
cy 4
Two Sittings Planned Today
J. W. Don Campbell, PC-Ist | Prince, will have the floor when the debate on the Throne Speech is resumed in the provincial legislature, probably some time tod
lay.
Mr. Campbell moved the ad- journement of the debate at 5.30 last evening,
The house sits at 2,30 this afternoon and some legislation may be considered before debate resumed, Premier Walter Shaw stated,
house’ will sit again this evening and will then adjourn until Monday evening, if the schedule suggested by the pre- Inier_a week ago is followed.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fin (AP)—A complex solar obser- vatory soared into orbit Wed.
nesday to probe mysteries of the sun, how it controls condi- tions on earth and the peril that giant solar flares hold for hu- man space travellers icknamed OSO for Orbiting Solar Observatory. the pound labo was moe 350-mine-high orbit by a
Thor - Delta rocket leashes {from this spaceport 1:08 Almost immediately, _Oso’s instruments began radioing in-
on radiation reas
Mr. | ing from the sun. From its
tage point =. the cluttering ‘well of the earth's atmosphere,
WEATHE Soe cree 5 Se deus eee
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Magdalen Islanders Swell
| Seal Hunt In P.E.I. Three Men
Camp Out (In Ice
By FRANK WEEKS Alberton Guardian Burean A night on the lonely ice
fields of the Gulf of St.” Lawe
rence 30 miles from land in any direction was expert- ence shared last night by three
Alberton seal hunters. Lester Lewis and brothers Lowell and Clair Matthews
| Elected to remain at the loca: tion of a herd containing thou-
sands of seals instead of re- turning to their base at North Cape,
An camp was
constructed among the ‘masse of piled up ice and additional clothing, food and heater were flown out by bert McIlwaine, pilot of plane being used by the men ie transport their daily take of eal skins to the nearest point | of land. at North Cape.
‘The difficulty of carrying both the hunters and the heavy seal skins in the light plane Tesult-
in the decision to set up a ae at the scene of the hunt and concentrate on landing as
the
many pells possible while the weather continues favor- able. 100 PELTS
About a 100 white furred skins were landed at North Ca; yesterday althouzh some dif
culty was experienced in locat- ing the hunters on the returm trips out on the ice. For sev= gral miles around the coast igs is vlled to a h
‘The seal hunt from P.¥.1 underway Tuesday Matthews
got when Glen recalled the hunters from the Magdalen Islands and
started operations from North Cape about 50 miles from e seal herd Up until ves- terday only ninesor 19 men were engaged in the chase but many more are keeping a close watch on the atr lift operation, of tts kind from the
t none are believed land A. snow.
aeroplane
returned without sighting thing except nflod up ice floes. The Glen Matthews narty is planning to set up a better Svs. tem of markers to enable the plane to flv directly to the piles
of white-furred baby cals. Two additional planes
are expected to join uD
today
FROM MAGDALENS Meanwhile another P.E.1
based sealing operation is get- ting underwa ff North Rustico. A group of 25 men from the Magdalen Islands arrived and is using a helicopter in ite search for the seal herds.
The helicopter ran short of = Tuesday night and its oars
pent the night on ioe pan off the north side of the Island about 4 miles from North Rustico,
The ‘copter flew into Rustico yesterday and after refuelling began its arieal search for seal herds,
Dr, Arsenault said last night the aerial search has not too successful to date but he has _hopes for a_ successful hunt.
Complex Observatory ls Fired Into Orbit
the satellite provided United States scientists with their first direct
oso
servatories pl
hasic scientific data about the
sun,. thé huge furnace at the centre of the solar system about which the earth and eight other planets orbit
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration procession of such satellites will help answer such questions as how the sun detefmines the earth's weather, disturbes radio and television communications by bombarding the ionosphere with radiation, and alters the composition of the sob gine ing Van Allen radiation belts,
t