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JUNE”. 2, 1950

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Pre-Election Jobs In P. E. Island cited

"A In House Of commons

OTTAWA. J-une 1.-(special)D fmplication that the Government gave jobs to 150 Prince Edward Islanders at the time of the last election campaign in hope of pol- itical benefits was expressed in gm House of Commons today by W Chester S. McI..ure. Progres-

. 51l'6 Conservative member for g Queen's. ,

,, Speaking on the number of i gm-,por.1ry employees in the de-

J'lt'.lllEI1t of rcrources and devel-

ipnielll. Mr. Mcclure told the :lr.lmbe1':

"1 would like to get more infor- mllon about these temporary

,,.,ployees. Accordlmz to the amount 3('lll3 voted, they are being paid in average salary of sense per

, --gr: and I believe this committ-

V -o cnlitled to know how many 3 is possible to make permanent.

-pm-snmiijv, I believe many of

tho.-ri poople are useful employ-

,-,-. v-spot-lolly at election time , wixc-ii we always find a great deal .-1 money being voted for them. I know that in my own constituency, - otrr 150 temporary employes were put on 'before the last election, and we had it hard time to hold . tmrn down. They even split their Vvvs. However. we were able to

-- assilre them that once the elect- ;.'in was over, win, lose, or draw, (boy would be dismissed."

"And were they?" tnterjected G. -K. Fraser. Progressive Conservative member for Peterborough west.

”Most of them lost their jobs because the work was done." re- i'.ll”l'lFd Mr, lilcllure. "I was going to say that many of these people igwzlld be made permanent and

' no should be told why all these

:-mporaries are employed. If there

ll' is work for them, all the better."

Undt-rtheitemonhistoric sites,

" Mr. McLure said he would touch

lw iizhrly on this "because everyone

-i i,.pnu'3 my Province is the. most

imsmric site in the whale Domin-

--C in-. " He told the house that Prince

"- ' tfdnard Island hada rare curiosity

in what he believed to be the first automobile made and operated in

T Canada, The automobile was made

.-I M. ,1 parish priest, at" Rustlco in

Quecnts County. he added.

Profession ceremony ilii Mt. St. Mary's

rly morning three nov-

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Ycricr

I, i- of the Sisters of St. Martha 37

their first profession as as of the congregation in a

rt ny held at Mount St. I TX.',.,.s. His Excellency Bishop Bwlo presided and offered mass at "' first temporary vows were W minced by Sister Cecilia I"-M.-':c Schultz. Sister Thomas Ti':.'ir- Ledivcll, and Sister Maria

Jr-ijcil Kelly. Rslioo Boyle was assisted by .R---. William Simpson and Rev. j Pas: Fisher. C.Ss.R. Present in the chapel were relatives of the n -.-xiv professed and the follow- ing mcmbers of the diocesan Clergy. Rcv. Louis Callaghan. Rev. Waiter Maccuigan. Rev. T. P. But- ler. Rev. Lawrence Landrigan and '17": James Kelly.

' BIRTHS. MARPIAGES DEATHS

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BIRTHS

n(nl.E--At the Charlottetown ll"-ffiilal on Wednesday. May 31st. in llr. und Mrs. James Doyle. Al- h”:'r,i' Plains. a son.

('.l.VlERON - At the Western Wfnizal on Tuesday. May 30th. 1"-)0. to Mr. and Mrs. John E. C-”"CI'0I1. A daughter.

,. ””'?V'KER - At the Municipal T Iilipztal. Hanna. Alberta. on May - 2 M I030. to Mr. and Mrs Doug- Ymlnker tolga E. M2cNevin of .l3Wl a son. Loon liessell.

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MORRISON-At the Prince County , Hi: -tal. May an, 1950, to 11;, and Me Albert Morrison. Carleton

Shine. a daughter. Judy Dianne.

STORDY-At Calgary. Alberta. :.Mu.v 23rd, 1950. to Mr. and Mrs. ; Lgriian sturdy. a son. Dennis ; if-ih. Weight 7 lbs. We ozs.

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. Bchgwg gWggjg1”gggg -)l0L'.V'I'AIN- At Charlottetown, I Juno 1. 1950. Eliziibeih Jane Moun- I ism. formerly of Albcrton in her :91u your. The remains will he .I 1'" WM'I'lt'ri from tho Cutcllffe Fun- ler.-il Home today to her late rc- 5J"lWH'e. Funeral notice later-

MMDONALD-At the residence of or daughter. Mrs. James Mao-

Eachcrn, M:-rmnld. on Thursday. June fist. Mrs. Murdock F. Mao- Dnnald. formerly of Bellvue in her Both year. Resting at the Mecbean ..l7'uncral Home, Interment at "I9 iV""".vfield cemetery. Funeral no- N"! later.

N.lI. If.-aclean

UNDERTA Ill EMBALMEI

Charlottetown IM ' North Wlltehlro

. PEDNI NO

u Proposed

For Retail Merchants

A proposal that the retail mer- chants” commitle set up within the Charlottetown Hour of True 8 credit bureau where confiden. tisl information could be kept or distributed to all retail mer- Dhants. was made in a report of the above named committee sub- mitted by the chairman. F. J. Storey. at the Board's annual meeting last night.

"Each store," the report gug- gests, "could monthly advise this bureau of serious defaulters and send such list under confidential cover to all retail members of the Board."

The report notes that "too many retail purchases are being made outside our Province and this is not all the fault of the purchas- ers. Much of it is the fault of the merchant in that he is not Cafryinl in his line of merchan- dise what the customer wants. or his markup is too high.”

A Million Dollun Log:

The report estimates that a sum in the neighborhood of one mil. lion dollars leaves this Province anaullly for purchues of articles that are sold or can be sold by existing retail business in the Province.

The committee in its study of this matter considered sending out a questionaire to all boxholders in the Province, on which a book- let could be prepared and distri- buted to all housewives advising them of the action taken by the retailers to meet their problems- advising them of the advantages of buying at home. etc.

Emphasis is placed on the im- portance of notifying all patrons of changes in hours of business, and of holiday. Christmas season and summer months' observances.

Civic 'Ibx: lion

Objection is taken in the report to the present method of civic taxation of retail merchants. inu- much as taxes are fixed on the basis of stock carried "with no thought given whatever to the amount of money a firm is mak- ing or losing. In most cases this tax runs from. say. 3200 to many hundreds of dollars. Yet a profes- sional man who handles much more money. probably makes much more money. and who risks little or no money at all pay: on the average only 36.50."

Other excerpts from the report follow:

"The present city by-law sf- fecting peddlers was studied and with the assistance of such by- laws in effect in other cities e new one was written incorporat- ing many changes which would protect the citizens of our city and its merchants. This suggested by- law was forwarded by our Board to the City Administration but in so far as we know nothing was done concerning it.

"A complaint was made to your committee by a member of this Board that loafers were hanging about the store doorways uptown every night with the result that window viewing was discouraged with resulting loss of business. This complaint was forwarded by the Board to the City Council. The Board has been advised that a regular police patrol is now being made and several- loafers have been brought to the police station and there warned.

LCL Shipments

"The question of very poor service by the C. N. R. in handling LCL shipments from Sackville, N. B.. and other such centres was brought to the attention of the C. N. R. authorities by your Board. with the result that a daily direct service is now in operation from Sackviile. N. 8.. with advice that deliveries will be speecled up from a 6-day minimum to not more than 2-days.

"A study was made of the pro- blem of retail sales contracts- there being government regula- tions in effect in some Provinces regulating the amount of down payments and the length of time allowed for the payment of un- paid balances. As it was not de- sirous of having too much govern- ment lcgislation and regulgilon in our retail business. it was decid- ed not to do anything at the pre- sent time and such action would only be requested if it was felt that patrons of our Charlottetown business were being exploited."

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Greece and help modernize Turk- ey's defences.

Iran, the Philllppines and Korea - 327,500,000 to enable those coun- tries to maintain internal order and, in the case of Iran and Korea. to strengthen their defensive obli- me: against the Communist na- tions on their borders.

General area of China - S75.- memo to continue and expllld programs new in the making to strengthen countries, such as In- do-China which are either threat- ened by or engaged in fichtlnz "militant communist elelnenf-I which are ondeovoring to seize control."

CENTRAL GUARDIAN

fhio column In riurved for now- of local lntmu. but advertising no I I0"! nntlln "M: be Illerhll at five out: I word. omen; ",- oblo In advance.

CBAIWILL In PDDIOIIIDDI.

AUTO DOBBS selling at 6.50. at Tanton'l.

IIOWABD MacINNlS ROUT- WIAB at 175 Queen Street.

' ON! BACK masses clearing

at film off at The Fashion Shoppe. can CUSHIONS.

1-50. at Tenton's.

ELECTRIC RANGES and Rang- ettes. Excellent supply of both new and used ranges now on hand. Miller Brothers Ltd.

MAGNETIC TRAYS for your car. all colors. at Tanton's.

nan. PRACTICE-Ment'I Fal- cons will practice against the Kinsmen tonight at 5:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Ser- vices June 4th: Stanchel 11 a.ni.; Cape Traverse 3 p.m.. Sunday School at 2 p.m.; Coleman at 7.30 p.m. Rev. J. H. Bishop.

all colors.

HEAR THE Bonshsw quartelle at Alexandra Baptist Church. Sun- day. June 4th. 8 p.m. Mr. Vernor Jones. guest musician. will play ll clarinet solo. The sermon will bu delivered by the pastor. Mr. Byron Hewlett (Matt. 10-13:32). Come and receive a real blessing.

TI-IE PRESBYTEIIIAN Church in Canada, Brookfield Charge. Ser- vices next Lord's Day are as fol- lows: Brookfleld ll. a.m., S. S. 10 a.m.: l-lartsville 3 p.m.. S. S. 2 p.m.; Hunter Blver 7.30 p.m. fa.l.'-.- well service at Hunter River. Dun- ald Nicholson, Minister.

HEAR THE Charlottetown Bap- tist Choir tonight at Alexandra Baptist, Church. 8 p.m. The ser- mon "Religious Indecision", 1 Kings 18:21. will be delivered by the pastor. Mr. Byron I-Iowlett. All are welcome.

VISITS N. B. -- Mr. and Mrs. Waldon Duggan and children Betty and Jimmie. French. River. returned home after spending the week-end pleasantly with Mrs. 1)uggan's parents. Mr. and -Mrs. D. Gaudino. South Nelson. NEW Brunswick. They were accom- panied on return by Ml'S- Di-l3' gun's mother. and brother. the Rev. Philip Gaudino.

STATION OPERATORS MEET- .- About no Island service station operators and Gasoline dealers at- ge-ndgd 3, meeting QODSOTGC by B.A. Gasoline Company at The Chat- lottetown last night. TOPIC 03 535' cusslon was the pl , f' 91801"! of B.A.'s new gasoline on the Is- land market. Company Dmcmi present were Messrs I-I.V. Thom- ton, Sales Promotion Representi- five. from Saint John. G.F- D9- Brow. Area Manager and MV- Bleakney. District salesman from Moncton. These men are making a tour of the Maritime area.

PARKING METEIIS-Charlotte- town's first parking meters were installed yesterday in front of the Vendor's on Great George Street. The fifteen meters were installed on a trial basis to determine whether or not they will interfere with the business enI0.V9d I5 "” vendor's. No cost was entailed by the City on their installation and if they prove detrimental to bus!- ncss they will be removed with- out cost. supervislnz the 1m”"'' tion is Mr. W. L. Currie. Maritime Distributor for the Ml-Co Meter company, Montreal.

25TH. WEDDING ANNIVER- SARY-Twenty friends of Mr. and Mrs, Henry Wooldrldze Ealherid gt their home. 15 Fellins Sh. 10 tender them a very 9n10YAb19 Md delightful Surprise party on 1?"? occ,,,io,, of their 25th Wedding Anniversary. Durins ihe evening refreshments were served and hMF- Hod Balcom on behalf of t ose present presented the IIIPIW COW 9 wiih a silver hot water PIICh"gw much their giver service. lit and Mrs. Wooldridge are IEHV-"3 Saturday for a two weeks vm!-0" in W'lnnip8S-

Personals Df. Mark K. lnman. London- Ontario. arrived by P1359 Y95l”' day to visit his tather..Mr. Peter lnman. Cornwall. who IS serious- ly ill.

Mrs. Thomas Boiler. Hunter River. left for Montrel! H 75”” day morning to spend a holiday with her son Francis who is at- tending the! Grand Seminary. and will receive his first Holy Old" on June 3rd.

FOR SALE

1947 DODGE SEDAN S150 W. G. BARBOUB Boston Street

FOR SALE

1042 CIIRYSLEII SEDAN Excellent condition. Equipped with Radio (8-tube Philco) and Better. can be soon at Guardian Offloe bflornoon and evening.

Scout liewe

FIFTIEN SCOUTB QUALIFY

in: evening qualified for, the Easter-at-Arms Badge. To succum- .V were required to become proficient in any two of the following sub- jects: Single stick, Quarter-Staff. Boxing. Wrestling or Jujitsu. TM 0011110 covered a period of one night a week for two months, and was under the direction of the Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice. Cpl. Green. Const. Davis and Coast. Glberaon were the instruc- tors. The following boys qualified for the badge:

Name Troop Joe Muise Southpuit John MacDonald . Fifth Roy White .. Ninth John Phillips .. Ninth Robin Houston . Ninth Robert Hutchinson Ninth Foster Burke Par-kdztle Roger Partridge Ninth Ivan Vessey Ninth

Arthur Cauty . Billy Ives

Fifteen Scouts from City Troops

' .. the course. Scouts

K. Of C. State Council Meeting Held Al iuris

Judge J. Sylvere Desnochu of Montague was elected State Deputy at the annual meeting of the State Council Knights of

'Calumbus in Soul-is on Wednes- day. The official delegates from the Charlottetown, Summerside

and S0l.lf'lS Councils as well as I

large number of interested mem- , hers attended.

Mr. J. Arthur Clow of Summer-

slde was elected State Secretary and Judge C. St. Clair Trainor of Charlottetown, State Treasurer. Isiate Advocate is Mr. Melvin J. I Macouaid. Soul-is and State Wur- den. Mr. John J. MacDonald of Souris. Dr. J. A. MacMillan of Charlottetown is the Immediate Pest State Deputy.

In addition to the election of of- ficers many matters of importance to the Knights of Columbus in the Province and throughout the order were discussed.

JRECEIVES SAD NEWS - S. A. MacLeod. Kinross. received the sad news of the death of his sister. Mrs. Stanley Lee. in Belmont. Mass" on May 30th. Besides her husband she leaves to mourn one son. Stanley Jr.. and two sisters, Mrs. Murdoch MecPhel-son. Dun- dee. and Ruth MscLeod. Waverley,

Lead. Kinross, of deceased her.

63rd. ANNUAL

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he stated, "but we do not want any privately operated company to be the yardstick by which our rail- way rates are determined.

"It is the duty of the Dominion to make laws that will provide advantages to the extremities of the country and they are not ful- filling that duty. But the fight is not over yet. he said. and we have a long distance to go.

"The Maritime Board of Trade is the father of the Maritime Transportation Commission." Dr. Blakeney continued. "I do not know what would happen if the Board of Trade dropped out of existence."

He commended the members on the wonderful work they had sc- camplished and reminded them that if the Board had not func- tioned the community would have been deprived of many facilities.

Past Presidents Heard

Mr. R. E. Mulch. who presided over the Board in I910 announced his intention of resigning from the Maritime Board of Transporta- tion this year. He urged all young men to join the Board of Trade.

The president of 40 years ago, Mr. W. E. Bentley. K.C.. urged the Board to direct their strength and energy towards the erection of a museum. It would be a permanent historical reminder for the Island people. he said. and an attraction for tourists. .

Mr. E. '1'. Higgs. president

i911 and former president of the Maritime Board reviewed the ac- tivities throughout the period he was president. stressing the pro- blems with the C. N. R. and the efforts of the Board members in obtaining improved telegraph ser- vices. , The transportation problems of 1915 were vividly recalled by Mr. J. O. Hyndman who was the Board President at that time. He recalled the prominent part he played in developing better trans- portation for the Province and how he based his arguments on the terms of Confederation.

Mr. Alfred Pickard. president in 1916. also told of the problems faced during the period he head- ed the Board. He recommended that all young men should join the Board.

Other past presidents present were Mr. Percy Turner. I023: Mr. J. P. Gordon. 1925; Mr. W. Rowe..1926; Mr. R. L. Cotton. 1927; Mr. J. P. Crockett. i930; Mr. Jus- tice G. J. Tweedy. 1931; Dr. J. A. Clark. 1983; Mr. J. J. Morris. 1936; Mr. R. R. Bell. 1937; Col. G. Elliot. Full. 1938; Col. K. S. Rogers. 1041; Mr. V. A. Ainsworth, 1942-43; Mr. Morton Dew. l94-I; Mr. Donald Gass, 1945 and Mr. Walter Hyac- man, 1046.

time Board of Trade. Mr. W. Higgins. was also introduced. Mr. Higgins was secretary of the Charlottetown Board for 29 years.

The secretary's report was read by Mr. Welthen Gaudat. The re-

ports of the various committees were tabled. Committees and their chairmen were: Agricul-

tural committee. Mr. Claude Smith; retail merchants committee, Lt.

EASTERN GUARDIAN J

Mass. One brother. John D. Mac-i

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The past president of the Mari-i

Need of some remedial measure such as the building of a sea wall across that portion of the western section of the Charlottetown water- front whinh still stands. was urged in the report. or the industrial de- velovpment committee of the Char- lottetown Board of Trade at the Board's annual meeting last night.

"Anyone who has recently looked at the western end of the water- front will realize that this has gone into definite decay, and is 1065 for all time, while a large au- dltlonal section will be seriously affected by the action of the sex in the next few years." states the report. which was submitted by the chairman, Mr. F. W. Hyrldman.

A 59! Will. it is suggested. would have the two-fold effect of ex- iendlnz the present port facilities. providing additional space for as. 591'”-715' 01 Clmoes, etc., and also of providing protection for that portion of the city lying immed- iately behind it.

Financing of such a project would probably have to be handled

Basil Phillips Nllnth

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Aria," B",,':K:"", 1:"-kd-.1e,J between the proper authorities W””.n1 MACDOHHM , mm, of the Trans-Canada Airlines and

ter of P. E. I. being eliminated from the published map of the airlines. Suitable apologies and corrections were made and re- ceived from the Airlines manage- ment.

"(Z) Your Board resolved to in- vestigate ihe cost of traffic lights for the City of Charlottetown, and after competitive quotations had been received to the effect that installation would cost in the vi- cinity of 5800 per intersection this information was passed on to the City Council for their consider- ation and whatever action they saw fit. To date, no action has, been taken.

"(.'i) It was also resolved that immediate action be taken in the matter 'of installation of parking meters on I trial basis be made by the City Council, but no act- ion was taken.

"(0 A plopcsed by-law was sent to the City Council dealing with the matter of hawker: and peddlers for their consideration. We believe that this matter is still under consideration.

"(5) A Committee was appoint- ed to look into the matter of an Industrial and Trade Booklet. but as an alternative your Board up- I proved of the action of two local citizens in soliciting advertising for such a booklet, and we believe tho: it is now in the process of publication. thus filling a long needed want.

"(6) Your Board strongly ap- proved and sent a resolution to that effect. to the Provincial Gov- ernment. that serious 'consider- ation be given to arranging for 'sn exhibit at the International

Trade Fair at Toronto. particular-

ly in view of the fact that some

organizations and firms locally had expressed a desire to share

I portion of the cost of same. We lregret to report that no action

I this Board in regard to the mat-

was taken. "(7) Your Board sent a resolu- tion to the Minister of Public