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te Old Party Game

=It-used-to-be-a=papular—move—in-

election campaigns, on the part of the party which happened to be in line with the party in power at Ottawa, to

governments of the same stripe poli- tically. This on. the assumption, im: plied but never actually expressed, ‘that partisan considerations are _of overriding importance in determining ‘how the taxpayers’ money shall be spent, and that provinces which don’t “vote right” have no claim on federal expenditures. It may be'that this idea is still harbored in-some quarters; but it hasn't worked out consistently in recent years, as we know to our cost in this province.

--Take for example the humiliation

inflicted on a local Liberal govern. .

ment by the St. Laurent administra- tion at Ottawa, when our payments under the tax sharing -agreements

were curtailed on the excuse that we.

“had been overpaid—just on the eve of the budget presentation in the Legislature. The House had to be adjourned on that occasion to enable the Premier and other cabinet mem- bers to go -on pilgrimage to their party friends at Ottawa. They came back rebuffed, and. pretty sore they

_were about it, too! We were in dire straits indeed, and were saved only by the defeat of the Liberals in the following federal election, when John Diefenbaker came to power and in-

“ftiated, as his first-major-poliey,the-

Atlantic provinces adjustment grants.

Liberal - Leader Alex Campbell wasn’t in the House at that time, otherwise he would think twice about —-arguing the-merits_of-electing .a Lib- eral government~here so that we would have ‘‘the assurance of a better deal from the federal purse.” -It’s a pretty cheap assumption, anyway. We

think we are entitled to a square-deal, Ne

regardiess of who controls the purse strings. That’s the way we voted last November, despite Liberal efforts to make a partisan issue of our cause- way project. Are we to have a repeti- tion of these discredited tactics in the

~provincial--campaign;-and.if—so, to

what purpose? i

Mr. Campbell complains of the:Shaw government's handling of the re- cent causeway “crisis”; yet the_resolu- __tion complaining of the rescheduling ,of this project was passed unanimous-° _Jy in the Legislature. As for the “readjustment_.of the construction plans’ later. announced by Works Minister Mcllraith, which Mr. Camp- bell -credits-the Opposition with hav- ing negotiated ‘‘while the local gov-

ernment was getting headlines criticis--

ing the, federal decision’ =what does it amount to? The House resolution got a show of action from the federal

minister; but it was a poor show at”

best and doesn’t explain why tenders which were to be called last winter for the road approach on this side have been held up.until June. Nor does it explain why the car ferry

TUESDAY, APRIL 19. 1966.,

en

‘9 ,Catholic }

religious pilgrimage headed by the | Ee aa ee of Western card- | inals and bis ops have been thwarted by the government’s refusal of entry visas. The Vatican was told a papal visit would be inopportune. The state occasions began last weekend with public demonstrations in Gniezno—

Poznan in western Poland.

At.was at Poznan where the primate

Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, ac- companied by his bishops. conducted open air services on Sunday. Between

100,000 and ‘200,000 Poles attended —

Mass outside the Poznan cathedral while hundreds of thousands more packed the vast Mickiewicz Square to hear Communist party leader Wlady- slaw Gomulka accuse the church of

| | trying to hold ceremonies in opposi- ey

tion-to thé state celebrations, of try- ing to weaken Poland's relations with the Soviet Union and of trying to turn the country into a ‘‘bulwark of -Chris- tianity sguinie co

The Same unhappy pattern seems in store as the dual celebrations un- fold throughout the spring and sum-

~~“ stress_the adyantages of having-both-—mer--Church-state_tensions_today_are_|__]

said to be as acute as in the last years of the Stalin period. ,

In 1956, when Gomitkacame back _

ip power, -Cardinal—Wyszynski—was | Teleased after a three-year exclusion

from church life. An agreement was reached which was one of the most hopeful of the “‘liberalizing’’ develop- ments, but which has since been the occasion of sharp dispute. The atmos- phere has steadily deteriorated in re- cent months, with defiant church

of criticism from the press. . ,

The government has not improved its case by its inept ban on the church’s intended guests. But it has brought Poland’s lay and church leaders to a new-impasse, which can:

government

return to the moderation envisaged in 1956, however difficult that may be.

Too Talkative The United States recently re- ceived from the Canadian government a tentative promise of water from Canada's vast reservoirs at some future date. At least, it was thought to have done so in a state-

ment made by Jack Davis, parlia- |_mentary assistant to the federal’ min- | ister responsible for national energy - administration, who said that Canada eventually will export water to the U.S., though it cannot do ‘so until Canada surveys its own needs. But

cation of federal policy before Ray ‘Williston, British, Coltumbia-minister of water resources, flatly rejected it. We may expect, when Parliament resumes, some_ pointed__Opposition - queries as to what authority Mr. Davis had for venturing into this con-

' troversial field. Provincial govern- ments, Mr. Williston insists, have full jurisdiction over all water in their own territory, and so far as B.C. is

rates are being boosted to the detri-

ment of our transportation interests. | .

| concerned “there will be no export | of water to the United States in the | conceivable future.” He condemned

as impractical and unrealistic the as- |

| sumption that Canadian water, once | diverted there, could be-repatriated- ‘later on. B.C.’s policy, he said, is to

| keep its water at home and attract

“people and industry-to it. = The international water argument has not necessarily been settled by

the British Columbia veto. But what. | is disturbing is that Mr. Davis is pre-' |

sumed to: speak for the federal gov- ernment. Plainly if it was a federal ‘policy statement he was making, it should have come from his minister or from the Prime Minister himself.

Even if he was only. attempting to theorize on behalf of his superiors, it

| would have heen better if he had used more discretion.

EDITORIAL MOTES

Plans for a gigantic |

_the oldest Polish diocesan see—and---

sermons and rebuttals and a barrage-

*Parliame

be solved only by a mutual effort to -

he had hardly given this broad indi- {jpn yest

In the circumstances, we suggest

——t hat it is not-a-eozier—political“‘lia-

ison’ _with_Ottawa that we need _at this time. but men with the intestinal stamina to stand up for our just rights

regardless of politics.

Bitter Millennium * -

White we're getting ready ° to observe our Centennial of Confedera- tion in what we hope will be an atmos- phere of cordiality, Poland last week began celebrations of its Millennium of statehood and Christianization. A wonderful occasion indeed: . but. al- ready , Shadowed-by-the-sharpest-clash be tween, the secular Communist govern: ment and the Roman Catholie Church in 10 vears. The conflict has provoked sut¢h hitterness on both sides that government and church are promot-

ing coincident ‘rival’ events to cateh

we

the” celebrations have been:

| ©The popular trend to TV in class- rooms got a knock last week from a

Education. Speaking at the Ontario Education Association conference, he’

| Canada has been negligible and has

not. justified the expense. paseg eee ‘ The Times of London reports an

airport manager who has statistics to

show fhat air travel js safer than |

horse trave]. These figures show that in 1909, allegedly the peak year for horse travel, some 26 million horses

- ‘ ‘ | and mules covered. 13 million miles. |

In the process 3.850 ‘persons .were

killed in accidents involving horses or mules or horse or mule drawn vo: ‘hicles. 'Fhat’s 30 fatalities for eyery

100 milhon files The claimed air.

line safety rate for the period of 1958-

63 was ,45 deaths per 100 million ; niles. Therefore it is at least 60 times gos Popplar attention for the anniversary. | safer to fly than go by horse’

-member of the Toronto Board—of-

we

a

Beard |

| By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen In China, oldsters are highly respected and revered by their descendants. In this country, we are accused of going to the other extreme. Much of the difficulty

_ | stems from the belief that elder-

ly persons are different. Our young. whippersnappers cannot be convinced that age does not eradicate love, hope, joy, hatred, | Jealousy, and other emotions: ‘| they can be as strong in a man ‘;of 80 as in a 20 year old. | The distinction lies in the fact | that the octogenarian has bet- | ter control and knows his limita- tions. Furthermore, his interests vary and psychological changes have reduced reaction time, dex- terity, and agility. Improvement in medical care has added not only years to life but life to years. As a result, men of 70 no longer are regarded as old;

_| many are in their prime and do-

“Hing such -a~-good job ~that*-the young and middle aged should sit up and, take notice. ~ There is a possibility that our more lenient attitude about re- tirement may lead the younger

; about the capability of the old- | ster and return to the—attitude

| of their forebears when a long .| white beard was symbolic

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__. _ BRITANNIA RULING THE WAVES | OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson 1

“Fills New Role With Marked Success

v “Mr. Speaker, may I ask the

| permission of the Minister of —Welfare-to—invite-his-

Health-

ry Secretary to be

my~-Valentine?*-----_—.—- That request - unusual be-

-cause a lady P. S*"is~exceed- _ ingly rare in our House of Com-

mons - was the tribute paid to the Merry Widow from New Brunswick by a fellow MP on February 14. The. popular and busy Margaret Rideout is not only the first lady to-be appoint- ed to that assistant-ministerial post by a Liberal Prime Minis. ter: she is also.the sfirst Yady MP ever sent to Ottawa from New Brunswick.

A mere 17:month veteran of Parliament, she already, shows that the laborious and delicate post fits her like a_glove. May- be-this-is-because—she-has-made. the job that of public relations officer for her Department to- wards all other MPs:-and P. -R. just comes naturally to the at- tractive brown-eyed blonde from Moncton.

think I get along well with mem- bers of all parties,"’ she explain- ed to me.

Mrs. Rideout first sought elec-

| tion to the House of Commons

Updating

We noticed a little item in the news the othe day to the ef-

fect that a new Rolls-Royce, the |

first updated version to appear in 10 years, will soon be avail- able. We are not thinking of buying one — not when they start at $20,000, we’re not — but.

ft is amusing to note some of-

the features of this remarkable

machine... The Rolls Silver Shadow in- ecludes— air-conditioning, uphol-

stery of topgrain English hides,

_ an instrument -panel of Circas-

PUBLIC

—ber,her—-husband._

,in the 1964 by-election caused by | sits with the same group of fel- the death of the sitting mem- low Liberal MPs, predictably

__ Sheh-a.d_all young _and_coming_ balls of given first priority in her 21/fire: Victoria's David Groos, years_of_marriage to her role as |-Arnprior’s Joe Greene, St. Cat- wife and mother; but she-has-al- | herines’ Jim - McNulty -and ways taken a keen interest in Brantford's Larry Pennell - a politics - perhaps inherited from group #6 ¢oming that in fact two

her Mayor - father - and she of- have already arrived in the Ca-. ten spoke at political rallies on binet, Joe Greene as Minister ~

behalf of her husband. of Agriculture, and Larry Pen- , SUCCESS AT FIRST TRY —_ nell as Solicitor-General. p She won her by-election hand- ALL WORK AND NO PLAY _somely; and won again in last’ Mrs. Rideout spends her mor- ‘year's general election, both. nings attending ~-committees:

times with—targer— majorities the Health committee now study- ‘than her” husband ever .attain- ing birth control, and the Trans- ed. port committee reviewing Monec-

Her parliamentary day is long (ton’s great interest - railways. |

ahd well-filled. . She often gets Other--morning chores are ans- up very early.in her small cen- | wering mail, studying French tre-town apartment. to have her- and handling’ departmental pro- hair done before breakfast. ‘I blems. Her afternoons and eve- believe that_a_woman_in_publle :nings are largely spent inthe |life should always appear well- |MP ‘enjoys listening to debates,

NOTES BY. THE WAY —

Women make up 6.5 per cent |

| of Norway's merchant sea- /Men. Yo-ho-ho. and, perfume. — Calgary Herald. Then there is the type of per- son who tries to drown out the voice of conscience by singing | hymns in a loud voice, — Guelph

Parents recognizing the perils | Which face young people today yearn for the era when the big- gest threat was Rudolph Valen- tino. — Algoma Record-Herald

Young men proposing mat- | riage these days are said to say jto their girl friends, “‘let's pool | our pay envelopes."”” — St. Cath- arines Standard. :

Ottawa

In an era of miracle pills that | can tranquillize or exhilarate, rei countryman takes a neu- al position. Pill consumption is

a national pastime and perhaps

Half a century ago, a foresight- ed citizen laid in a supply of

-and_judgment._ im in A Millions. are living beyond the | the rush of oncoming work. | low-pitehed;— impe

a bottle of

—groups—to—drop-their—prejudices_|-it-is-betterthan—molasses_and | The tonic has the

sulphus or _pipsissaway tea. | spring ~in—the—air,—-gray-purple

| age of 65. These individuals are | But there is another tonic—- a

hot content to vegetate in the | natural combination of ingred- |

green pastures of retirement. | jents that man has not been | An overwhelming majority are + able to duplicate in terms of vit-

| existence. Many find the answer | a-heart tonic_that engenders re- |{n retirement villages where | newed faith. | they live in beautiful homes and | This ‘special | apartments that are tailor-made | compounded of many for their needs.

Housing projects for senior cit. | cite are cropping up in many |

spring tonic 1s things:

cities to handle an increasing | demand for such facilities. | These buildings are not. in the | country, but in the middle of town ‘‘where the activity is.’ It {s here that retirees mingle with | the. world they: helped to build without being annoyed by re- sponsibility and worry. |'MOTHER NEEDS ATTENTION

B. N. writes: My 50- year- old mother is active and emotional | _and_ worries a lot Sometimes |

Agents of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have no ' business crossing the border in- to Canada in search of Ameri- /cans who have failed to register for the draft.

Ottawa is investigating re- ports that incidents of this sort

‘she does not sleep well for five “have—taken:—place without the

| knowledge of the Canadian gav- /ernment. If te reports prove ‘be accurate, then the practice must stop. Ueay

It is worth reminding the US. that 154 years ago our two coun-

your mother to cause concern, ‘Ties got involved in a war,

She _ partly as a result of this very eae ee ey aly type of tactic. One of the causes

TESTS WILL TELL of the War of 1812 between Bri- D. E. W. writes: My son has; tain and the U.S. was the prac-

had many nosebleeds. Is there ‘tice of the British stopping Am-

any way I |erican ships on the high seas to he. is rd Ses ot hetnet |femove seamen whom they

REPLY claimed were British subjects

. or six nights in a row. Her pres- |sure reading is” 170-125. Could this be responsible for her sym- ptoms? Be . REPLY There is enough wrong ‘With

|

Some call them hepaticas,

the carol of the first robin, the | t sight of a brown patch along the | renewed meaning to life.

No FBI Agents Wanted

Toronto Daily Star:

First In Thé Woodlands - New York Times . Catena and they burst bud .on hairy

groomed,’ she told me, and Margaret Rideout never looks less than her best, smartly but ‘neatly dressed.

Missing her golf and her curl-

and. like to ing, she enjoys, and values the r t

ten minute wa

mentary Restaurant - juice, eggs | toast and coffee. She generally

The Rolls

sian walnut and deep-pile wall- to-' ‘all carpeting ‘even in trunk). .The front seat adjusts six ways for comfort, the back- seat inte-ior includes a_ pencil beam for reading, lighted van- ity mirrors and there are fold- ‘ing picnic tables behind the front seats. — es

But these features do not re- | present changes in, the model. They are standard equipment. | What ia new in the 1966 model is. the Tadiator shell.

FORUM ~

LABOR SITUATION | Sir,—The current labour situ- ation is a matter of concern to all in this community. Believing

| that the just resolution of this

problem will contribute to the good of the entire community, we of the St. Dunstan's Univer- sity Fxtension Yepartment have seen fit to involve ourselves in

‘the studv and’ evaluation of the

present labour situation. During the past two days we have dis- cussed the relative positions of workers and employers with persons from both ranks. We have not had an opportunity to study ‘the legal aspects of this situation, and the following’ com- ments do not imply any judge- ment on legality. As a result of

|the insights gained in these dis- cussions—and—with the hope _that— | we can contribute to the. satisfaec-

‘tory solution of this problem. we

.said_the_impact of educational TV in, 4T¢, making the PIN ORE

vations: :

1, The present sitnation in which the construction industry finds itself clearly indicates that the *structi#é for carrving out normal labour relations within the indvstry is far ‘rom ade quate, Both labour and manage- ment have a serious responsihil ity to themselves and tn the community to repair this inade

quacy. 2 It is necessary that the | workers be. organized... Besides the other benefits hich usualls result from assocrition, an or ganization of workers will ensure that they are provided withorep . resentationS so cthat nor nal

rhannels of grievance can he es tablished and utilized) To hring

‘about this organization, local la.

hour leaders have “the right. te

seek assistance from outside their tanks-and to‘ appoint rep- fesentatives of their own choos- ing

§

3. Mt anit be ore aimned that

; much good will exists on the management. level. No doubt, most employers in the construc- tion trade are concerned about ‘the. situation of the unskilled worker and are genuinely desir- ‘ous that their workers have a just living wage and all the oth- er. benefits that are the normal lot of the wage earner. It would ‘secm that in such a highly com- petitive area as the. construction trade it is necessary that all em- ployers be able to act jointly In the establishment of their labour policy. An important step in this direction would be the designat- ‘jon by the P.E.I. Builders Ex- change of an industrial relations committee to represent manage-

ment in this and other aspects |

of labour relations

increase in’ the waces of all un- s:'led construction workers Only by receiving such an_ in- crease will these workers be able to provide for their families. | 5. We are aware that the pres- | ent action has resulted in a ser- fous breakdown of communica- tions between labour d man- agement inthe construction. in- dustry. In order to proceed to- ward a mutually acceptable so- lution both lahour and manage- ment must seek to restore com munications. It is essential, then, that discussions. be held be- tween representatives of workers and manavement. Po ensure that the situation of The unskilled , workers be understood and that the special problems of manage- ment in the industre he ree. | _ngnized, if is necvessary that such Aiscussions he held imme diately On .snch discussion rests ‘the hope for a iust and equitable settlement of this problem

et Yours truly,

Rev Director of Extension. . St Dunstan's Univer sity!

[

and is one of the most regular

, attenders.

A demanding part of her new job, she says, is handling prob- lems from all parts ofCanada

ni which - other MP’ bring to her |. o The Hill, at-" department. ~She~ often replies This —particutar—pattern-

riving at 8:30 every morning to to questions addressed. to her been noted in families and in have breakfast in the Parlia- Minister in the- House; and she _ this respect may ‘be considered |

also eases his burden by reply- ing to MPs grievances affect- ing her department which are raised on the late, late show, the 10 p. m. adjournment de- bate. :

“This is my life,”’ she enthus- ed to me. “I had a very happy marriage for 21 years, but now

this is something quite differ- |

ent and I like it, even though as a woman I have to work twice as hard as a man. men should come into politics,

and find out how rewarding it is’ |

But Margaret the mother a 1- ways looks forward to her week-

ends at home to see her three |

university and schoolboy sons.

More wo- |

CHUBBY LEGS . i

N. W. writes: Are fat legs in- |

herited? My figure is nice but my legs are hefty. My mother is ; fat all over, includng her legs. “REPLY

| hereditary.

| TINGLING FINGERTIPS

| A. E. O. writes: I will be. 89, | /and was unusually well. until a

year ago when my fingertips ac-

.| quired a tingling sensation which

,has become worse. What | this be? ’ REPLY ‘ Anemia, poor circulation, or | neuritis. TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Improper lifting can cause backache. : (NOTE: All correspondence | to Dr. Van Dellen should be | addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen, co Chicago Trib- ‘ une, Chicago, Illinois.)

can

Henry: Ford's Law

Christian Science Monitor

The other day we saw and en- joyed- a fearsome and futuristic

| British color movie cartoon call-

ed Automania. It showed the day when_. automobiles _ would cover the earth 20 to 30 deep and families would live their whole lives in them--Fantastic? Of course. But thought- provok- ing. :

Also thought- provoking is New York Mayor, John V. Lindsay's statement when vetoing a plan to build a 2%-mile above-ground expressway across lower Man- hattan to connect the New Jer- sey bridges. with land tunnels. He said, ‘‘the city is. for people, not cars.” He thus took the side of those who

the Long Is- |

| gued that such a relief word | have been‘ a ‘major “means—of | giving the city back to its foot- | Zoers and-to those cars which ! are on local business. Thus the problem grows and swells. To make it easier for | those--who-live—in——cities, one , must first tear down their dwell- | ings to make room for the high- |! ways which will benefit them. | And by Parkinson’s.(or, in this | case, would it be Henry Ford's) . | law, the, moment new space is - -ereated, so are the cars design- ed to fill it: ‘ , In short,. we “sympathize with | the city dwellers whose homes

;come down, the mayors who |

| must decide what to do, the

hat

“ preciative—audience

~ Howard Christie was chairman

| some call them liverworts, ,but all know them as the first flowers ‘in the woodland. The blossoms, inch across, vary from lavender-:

tinged white to pale purple |

Our Yesterdays

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO |

(April 19, 1941) In the literary competition of the women’s’ Canadian Club of

Toronto, honorable mention was |

given Dorothy Hutcheson Duch- emin of Charlottetown for her poem, “Ever He Loved the Ways of Birds,”

The unending mass of men, arms and planes -the Germans were able to throw recklessly against the stubbornly resisting allied line in Greece was causing increasing concern over the out- come of the campaign

TEN YEARS AGO (April 19, 1956)

A most enjoyable concert by pupils of Rena Johnstone and sponsored by the Irwin Christian Fellowship was heard by an-ap- in Heartz Memorial Hall. Mrs. Edith Da- vison was narrator and Rev. G.

A well attended meeting of the PE... Musie Festival Associa- tion was held at. Prince of Wal- es College, with the president, Mrs. Preston Beck, presiding.

no more than an,

THE CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE

Charlottetown

Still awaiting a discoverer an effective-liniment for a excuse. — Windsor Star.

Time. was when “A penn saved is a penny earned’; no a penny saved is a penny tax — Galt-Reporter. :

| It's usually difficult to tell | gaint from a, sitrer when the: are fishing to er... — Cha ‘am News.

The leading light at the coc tail party is no longer the ma with all the technical details bout Viet Nam. He’s the on who can list all the inquirie

‘commissions and investigation now: under way in Canada. ‘Ottawa: Journal.

Another Heart Tonic

Journal ‘ south side of the woodlot; “th drumming of a partridge, th bugle of a jay, a bouquet-of pus | sy willows on a living room tabl and the song of a rushing brook feel

| smoke’ billowing. from~old- | houses among patriarchal map

of | Wine of Life to banish that tired | les, the whistle of the train float _______| feeling and put him in fettle for | ing back over the hills and the

| of the cows in the barnyard.

»Man cannot list all the item | that go into this heart tonic | the spring. He knows, however

| too keen and active fora dullamins, -minerals-and-drugslK-is | what it does for him. When win

| ter is over and the climbing sun | shrinks the drifts, lengthens Ahe alders’ catkins and swells t

| maples’ buds, he takes his hear tonic and gets a lift that gives

and, in some cases, deserters from-the Royal Navy, . : The immigration department is aware of the presence of so- called draft-dodgers in Canada, but as far as can be determined, | their number is very small and does. not- constitute. any great | problem. ‘Draft-doging ts not-an ,extraditable offence, and, there- fore, no legal procedures “are | available , for the U.S. to get these men back across the bor-. der. If they are official landed immigrants, then they have every right to remain in Canada. Washington is entitled to ex- pect co-operation from Canadian , authorities in -dealing.. with of- jfenders against U.S: law, but any inquiries carried out in this | country should be the responsib- llity of Canadian’ agencies.

q

‘stems that rise from winter- | worn leaves before the~‘irst | new leaves appear. ~

They grow on rocky hillsides where rich pockets-of leaf mold catch the ooze and trickle of

late x, es 7 7 tate—Mareh—and——early—Apr

| On a sunny day. they are like | flecks of clougless sky on the | littered floor of the leafless | woodland. .

We cherish them not because of their. special beauty but be- | cause .they bloom so early. | They are, in a sense, the tri- umph of spring, the first tri- umph_ of the vital root and the urgent bud.

Snowbanks may still be melt- ing on the slope above them. - Nights may still be fanged with

| frost: But the hepaticas dare to

send up a stem and fatten a bud, and the petals open with what we can only call confid- ence that the earliest bees will. come_to_ their pollen.

They bloom when April ie still deliberating the reality of

spring. In another few weeks they will be lost in the spreading’

shadow of new leaves and even the bees will ignore them.

Anemones will be sparkling the’ woodland, ‘trout~ Tilies ~ will be in bloom, and violets: Blood- root will spread its waxen white petals. Columbine — will demand the-eye—with its flash of gold and crimson. The pol- len-rich rush~willtave—begun.

But first come the hepaticas, early April's covenant: with spring” j

believe that. such an express- | truckers and drivers caught in way would cut too great a snailing lines of traffic, and, of swath out of the island’s already course, with ourselves whenever.

a There—mmnst-he-a—strbstantial en 34.000. trucks

| over-crowded living space.

Yet the highspeed highw ay would. it is reckoned, have tak- alone from Manhattan's seam-.. hirsting streets daily. And if can he ar-

| we venture in town with the car | But as for coming up with the | best answer to if all, well. we'll “have_to give it. a litile more thought © : ;

On A Cow Moose

Calgary Herad

Written by an unknown child, we found the following essay de- lightful

“The animal write about is

to The

Tam going the skunk

skunk is a cute Jittle animal but”

it has a had smell

“I do not know much about

the skunk, so T will fo on to the |

animal | am eoing to choose “It is the cow moose. The cow Moose is a mammal. It has six sides. right. left..hack and bel ly . “At the hatk it with which to swat flies,” so it runs out on to the highway and wrecks cars and gets killed. The

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advise that

MILITARY CAREER ~

will be at

The Royal Canadian Air ~ Force Association.

. Water Street SUMMERSIDE

Wednesday, 20 April 1966 1AM FRM Young men 17-29 years old with grade 8 or better-

are-invited focal in.and discuy, the opportunitie for careers in the services or contact—

THE ‘CANADIAN FORCES . RECRUITING CENTRE -

QUEEN CHARLOTTE, ARMOURIES a Box 1148 — Charlottetown

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