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Dr. RoddiGe’s Birthday Marked By Celebration
The people of the tiny village
of St. Peters Bay, P. E. I. were joined by hundreds of well wish- eps from all parts ‘of the province who gathered to pay sincere tri- bute to their community Doctor Roderick James MacDonald who celebrated his 100th. birthday yesterday- ” Hale and hearty at the cen- tury mark, Dr. MacDonald retir ed from active practice a year ago last April and at that time was considered to be the oldest practising physician in North A- merica. His son Colin and daugh- ter Jean with whom he resides, state they have a difficult job to curtail their father's activities which for the mostpart ware tak- en up with digging in his gar- den.
STARTS WITH MASS
The day’s celebration started .off with Pontifical High Mass ce- lebrated at St. Peters Roman Catholic Church, Most Rev. Mal- colm A. MacEachern, Bishop of Charlottetown was celebrant. Rev. J. P. E. O’Hanley, D. D., delivered the sermon at the Mass.
‘In 1952 in recognition of his service to his Church and his community, Pope Pius XII con- ferred upon Doctor MacDonald the rank of Knight of St. Gre- gory the Great.
Following the Mass, Dr. Rod- die, the name by which he is af- fectionately known, became host in the home which he used for an office for about 69 years.
Perhaps the only complaint that the venerable physician had was the fact that his eyesight is “failing him a little.” He was completely overcome with the significance of the occasion and «avowed that he knew nothing about it until he was told by his family to attend Mass yesterday morning.
MOST GRATEFUL
How does a man feel» alt 100 years - 70 of which were spent Ill administering to needs of his community? Dr. Roddie summed‘
- It up this way, “I think the great- est honourl could have bestow- ed "Don me is to see this token of appreciation and loyalty 5h°‘_'v’1'1 by all the people of the
Parish. I have worked hard at 1113’ Job but I enjoyed every min- ute of it.”
A friend wished him many" years of happiness and the Doc- t01' Quipped back, “when you get to be a hundred you don’t look ahead too many years at a time."
Dr. Roderick James MacDon- Ild was born on May 16, 1858, at Maple Hill, near Mount Stewart. A5 a young lad he taught school
and worked as a bookkeeper in’
order to acquire enough finances to put him through University. He Zraduated from Trinity Col- lege, Toronto with the degree of
- D. C. M. and the same year ‘tamed Practice in St. Peters.
poms MESSAGE
Pllrlng yesterdoay’s celebrations P lcrtations of His Holiness the We were extended through Bi- d :31) Glovanm Panico, Apostolic W;-‘egate for Canada. Bishop fl3°‘i3§°hern save Dr. MacDon- T 5 Personal blessing. ehflgo of_the centenaritans’ six Colmren live with him. They are A and Jean, both unmarried. 59"’ S,°m°l'1<-‘d, llves in Boston, ma Lives in Montreal, ‘A1- in éh 15. P. J. Rossiter, lives lives .31" °'tte_WW11. and Roderick His lsvilllaaltllfiaxf e ormer Josephine ylgfnlgliald, daughter of a for- pmvi l°“t‘%1tant.Governor of the nce, died. in October, 1947.
MOVING TRIBUTE
Dr‘ 0’HJ3~lJiley said:
By his strong birthcry of mo yfgrs ?-‘80 today, Roderick James flied on Page 5 Col. 4)
CANADA'S OLDEST PHYSI- cian, Dy.,Roddie MacDonald, St. Peter’s Bay cuts his birthday cake on the occasion of his hun- dredth birthday yesterday. Among the many messages of congratul- ations received was one from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth 11,
the course of his remarks.
and one from Pope Pius XII, through.» -'s_Apostolvic .D_elegate to Canada ost Reverend Giovan- -ni Panico. He is wearing the uni- form proper to a Knight of St. Gregory The Great to which ancient order he was named in 1952 by His Holiness, the Pope.
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Fire Hazard In Ontario
TORONTO (C‘P)~0nt'ario’s for- est fire hazard approached the crisis stage Friday night as a CPIR railway town was threat- ened, a 1,000-acre bush fire was burning out of control in the Port Arthur area and blazes sprang up three times as fast as they could be put out.
Chapleau, a town of 3,200, 150 miles northwest of Sudbury, was threatened with a fire blazing over a three-mile front.
A strong northwest wind fanned the flames which were reported out of control and hundreds of fire -fighters were rushed to the scene.
The lands and forests depart- ment reported 52 fires burning. Foresters were able to extinguish only 11.
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Plebiscite Plans “Being Prepu red
In an interview yesterday, May- or Edwin C. Johnstone stated that a committee named at the last regular meeting of the
taining or doing away with the Water and Sewage Commission.
This Committee, he said, has now completed its work and their observations will appear in the form of an advertisement in the Press early next week. The pleiscite is to take pace on Wednesday the 21st.
Don't Plan To Extend Limit
OTTAWA ('ClP)—Fisheries Min-
ada has no present intention of extending unilaterally its juris- diction over the waters off its coasts to 12 miles from the cur- rent three.
He added in a Commons reply to Frank Howard (‘COF—Skeena'r that “it is hoped further discus- sions may be held on this matter in the future towards the end of iichieving agreement on the prob- em."
Canada favored extending the three-mile limit to 12 miles at a recent Geneva conference on the law of the sea, but no agreement could -be reached by the 87 coun- tries present.
Mr. Macluean declined to say whetherfvlihere is any definite plan for additional discussions. There were a number of “complicating factors” that he did not want to comment on.
But “the whole problem is still
under active consideration.”
Potato. Trade Moves To Curb Price Decline
The P. E. I. Potato Marketing Board met yesterday with Executive Members of the Potato Producers Association of P.E.I., the P.E.I. Potato Deal- ers Association, and other offi- cials to consider moves to curb the potato price decline which has assumed serious economic irnpoutance in the past few weeks.
As a result of the meeting the Potato Board was urged to take immediate and vigorous action to deal with the situa- tion.
Heart of the problem seems to be that growers, aware of substantial stocks still on hand to be moved, have lost confi- dence in the market and have pressed too great a quantity of potatoes on the market. The re- sult -— continued price declines.
PRESENT SITUATION V Best estimates of the situation here add up to this: ;. (1) To date 13,300 carlots of potatoes have been moved_from P.E.I. at reasonable prices-
1,000 more cars than have ever
meted during morning and after- °°11_ sessions of the Musical essllval yesterday. audliectators attending the three tflrlum heard a wide range Voice solos, piano solos, choirs ‘Muses. piano ducts, and Iyh- "1 hands. all: adjudicator at Prince of noon ,C°11ege yesterday after- awaI\d“aS George ‘A. Smale who .0ned_f1rst place to North ass 1Wlth a mark of 86 in one m 43--School Chorus Rural 1aCi°m. any grades, _ mark Ins second with just one Brackleess was Cross Roads. anageywand ‘Mt. Herbert Or- with 84‘ ere tied for third place (:‘Il1‘(’)1;lShi Milton again took top “S R 1‘ n Class 142--School Char- a - One room, grades 6-10. Brackllléark of 88. md Cmssyléalaced second with 86 with a oads took third place Off-lc.n.laI‘l( Of: 84. * la1SP‘'e51ding at Prince of “ring the afternoon ses-
fion . were. Platform Chairman.
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23 More Classes Judged , As Festival Nears Conclusion
Al0ta1 of 23 Clases were com- Mrs. Leigh Kennedy; Platform
Secretary--Mrs. Clarence Murch- ion; Awards--Mrs. George Shaw and Secretary to AdJl1d1Cat01' W35 Mrs. Willian Brehaut.
PLACES THREE TIMES
Appearing in either first, se- cond or third place in all classes adjudicated at Birch.W00Y High School yesterday afternoon by Dr. Charles Peaker was Glen MacEachern of Tea H111.
In Class 89--Boys Solo, 12 years and under Earl D. Foster of Parkdiale placed first with a mark of 86. Followed in second place by Ian L. Hume, St- Peters Road with 85.
Tied ‘for third place h0n0I‘S were David Charles Mutch of Mount Herbert and Glen Mac- Eachern of Tea Hill With 3 mark of 34.
other classes adjudicated at Birchwood in the afternoon ses- sion were:
Class 162A.--Piano Solo. 12 yevars and under--1. Leigha Jamleson Charlottetown, 88; 2. Glen Mac- Eachern. Tea Hill. 37; 3 Claw‘
been moved in a full season.
(2) 2,200 cars have yet to be sold in 50 days—44 cars per day.
(3) In the first 12 days of May the average movement has been 53 cars daily.
(4) In order to make stocks last out for the remaining $0 shipping days movement must be decreased by nine cars per day over the early May move- ment.
(5) All that is required to ensure a healthy cleanup is a slight reduction in available
supplies.
(6) Western Canada is in short supply of potatoes, and increased movement to Winnipeg West is hoped for, probably 300 to 400 carlots.
(7) Demand from Caribbean areas is greater than ever, and a substantial volume of potatoes will go to these markets yet this year.
Mr. B. Graham Rogers, Direc- tor of Transportation for Prince Edward Island, who was present at the meeting was delegated to approach representatives of the Canadian National Railways im- mediately with a view to obtain- ing some temporary concession on freight rates to Western Canada in return for a maxi- mum use of rolling stock. A meeting to deal with this matter is arranged for Moncton on Tuesday.
CONTACT OTTAWA
Contact has already been made with the Chairman of the Agricultural Prices Stabilization Board, and the Honourable Eugene Cullen, Minister of Agriculture for Prince Edward Island, who is at present in Ot-
ette J. Callbeck town 86.
Class 162-Piano Solo Sonotina, 12 years and under,--Glen Mac- Eachern, Tea Hill, 85; 2. Mary Cullen, Charlottetown 84; 3. Don- na Sutherland 'of Charlottetown 83.
Class 181--Piano Duet, Boys only, 12 years and under; 1. Glen MacEachern and Donald Roper 87; 2. Rundell Seaman and Paul MacDonald 80.
OFFICIALS
Officials at Birchwood during afternoon session were Platform Chairman--Mrs. Preston Beck; Platform Secretary--Mrs. J. W.
of Charlotte-
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The Potato Board has made application to the Agricultural Prices Stabilization Board to guarantee 75c per bushel for stocks remaining unsold at. the end of the shipping season. Ap- plication has gone forward by mail and two delegates leave over the week-end to present the case to the Board Chairman on Tuesday. Mr. R. L. Bu.-rge and Mr. E. W. Campbell were the representatives unanimously chosen to present the case.
No ‘Paper Monday
Monday being Victoria Day and a public holiday, the next edition of The Guardian will be Tuesday, May 20. '
Council has outlined the Coun- ‘ cil’s reason for requesting a plebiscite on the matter of re- »
ister MacLean said Friday Can- ,
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“Covers Prince Edward Island Like‘ The Dew” CHARLOTTETOWN CANADA, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1958
WEATHER
Clear with a. few cloudy intervals; 1i13fl° change in toinperatiire; southwesterly winds 15. Low-high at Ch’town 37 and 63.
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REPRESENTATIVES of Her Majesty The Queen exchange handshakes and farewells as His
Excellency - Rt. Hon. Vincent
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Canada, said goodbye to His Hon- or F. Walter Hyndman, Lieuten- ant-Governor of Prince Edward
H.M.C.S. Sioux, famed Canadian fighting ship, which carried the Governor-General here for his
Massey’ Governor _ General of Island. In the background is,three-day visit.
PEI Bfids Bon Voyage To A
Governor-General Massey
Guns boomecla Royal Salute and H.M.C.S. Sioux slid easily in- to the stream as bells tolled the hour of six last‘ evening. She carried with her His Excellency Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, Can- ada’s Governon General, as he ended a three-day visit to this province.
As the fighting ship drove across the harbor the departing guest was sped on his way with another salute fired by guns at old Fort Edward in Victoria Park. '
Hundreds of citizens gathered at the wharf to‘ wish the dis- tinguished guest a warm bon voy- age and their cheers echoed across the water as he waved from the deck.
It was the end of an outstand- ing official visit by the first Can- adian to be named representative
of the Queen. On the pier His Ex- =
cellency expressed his deepest thanks to His Honor Lieutenant Governor F. Walter Hyndman “for the wonderful welcome you gave me.”
ENJOYED VISIT
At a luncheon at the Char- lottetown earlier he had publicly thanked Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Hyndman for their kindness and added sincerely “I will come back if you will permit.”
The dinner, given by the Pro- vincial Government, was really an opportunity for the Governor General to relax and enjoy an Islandseafood meal. There were no speches. Premier Matheson as host rose briefly to tell the
‘visitor’ how happy the people.
were to have him and express
the hope h-e would return.
His Excel-llency humorously noted that his staff had advised him not to make a speech, but he did wish to tell the Island how much he had enjoyed its hos- pitality.
Present were members of the
Provincial Legislature, the jud-
iciary and military _units and the wives. At the head table were His Excelency the Governor Gen-
eral, His Honor Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Hyndman and ,Mrs. Hynd- man, Premier and Mrs. Mathes- on, Senator Elsie Inman, His Excellency Most Rev. Molcolm MacEachern, Bishop of Charlotte- town, Rev T.H.B Somers and Mrs. Somers. ‘
AT MONTAGUE
Prior to the dinner the official party had motored under police escort to Montague where they were greeted by Mayor Bruce Yeo. The Governor General told the large gathering of the pleas- ure he derived from stopping in the various centres and then signed the Town Guest Book. He was escorted to the Garden of the Gulf Museum where he cut the ribbon to officially open the building.
Once again he made a host of friends among the children by declaring a half holiday for them.
In the lounge of the Charlotte- town the Queen’s representative informally greeted a number of
a ribbon opening the Garden of
yesterday.
OPENS AUSEUM AT MO'N'l'AGUE
Governor—GeneI‘al Massey cutsi the Gulf Museum at Montague Hyndman and Montague’s Mayor 1 Lieutenant-Governor Yeo look on
the dinner guests‘who had not previously been presented and then left for Government House. RECEPTION HELD
A reception there saw him again greet a large number of civic, provincial and military of- ficials and ‘their wives. In the receiving line with His Excell- ency were Lieutenant Governor Hyndman and Mrs. Hyndman who welcomed the visitors to Government House. They were in- troduced by Lieut. Commander Douglas Saunders, aide de camp to the Lieutenant - Governor.
A beautifully decorated and ap- pointed dining table bedecked with flowers invited the callers for refreshments.
One of the smartest Guards of Honor to be seen locally in some time was at the clock for the sail- ing of the Governor General. The 100-man Guard was formed from the combined Cadet Corps of Queen Charlotte and Birchwood High Schools with the bands of the schools supplying appropriate music. On his inspection of the Guard His Excellency was ac- companied by Dr. R.G. Lea, chairman of the School Board.
SPRING PARK AREA
PAIRIS (op) — Premier Pierre Pflimlin today gained virtually dictatorial powers from Parlia- ment for a three-month period to stamp out any right ’ wing coup against the French republic.
By overwhelming votes, the National Assembly and Upper House authorized P f 1 i m li n’s three-day-old regime to declare a national state of emergency.
The drastic action served as a direct rebuff to an army-led re- volt in Algeria and to the re- newed political ambitions of war- time leader Gen. Charles de Gaulle. '
After an emergency session of- the assembly Friday, the bill was rushed to the Upper House and approved early today, making it law. .
NOT AIMED AT DE GAULLE
Pflimlin told the Upper House’ “those who believe that today's «bill is aimed at Gen. de Gaulle are mistaken.”
He said he did not believe de Gaulle intended any attack on re- publican institutionsdn his state- ment that he was ready to take over the .government.. “But,” said Pflimlin, “the general would ren- der an immense service if he would make this point clear."
Paris bristled with heavily armed troops and police at all strategic points as the historic bill to declare a state of emet- gency was approved 461 to 114 in the assemibly and 211 to 94 in the Upper House.
Shortly after the assembly
Action Is Rebull To De Goulle Ancl Army Rebels
istry cancelled all leaves and or- dered soldiers from North Africa on leave in France to report to the nearest military centre. Two French air force generals were among those reported ar-
police regime. One officer is on the staff of the Allied supreme commander in Europe, Gen. Lau- ris Norstad, and the other_ is his deputy in the French joint chiefs of staff.
One of Pflimlin's first acts was to reshuffle his new cabinet and bring back a man regarded as- one of France’s toughest high po- licemen. ’
He is Jules Moch, veteran in- terior‘ minister of other post-war cabinets, and the nemesis of street mobs who now and again dig up and hurl cobblestones in Paris.’ normal fare of demonstra- tions.
Before the parliamentary vote. Premier Pflimlin charged there was a plot against the republic. Among those who supported him were the Communists in Parlia- ment who loudly oppose any rightist return to power.
The two arrested air force gen- erals were reported linked with the plot against the governmeni.
ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHER .DIES
HORLEY, England (Reute'rs)-- Royal photographer Walter Stone- man, 82, died Wednesday at his home here, it was announced Friday. Among his sitters were Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward
passed the bill the defence min-
Hundreds of citizens flocked to the auditoriums at Prince of. Wales College and Queen Char- lotte High Schoof” last night to hear the first two concerts given
by vocal and instrumental stars of the 1958 edition of_the Prince
The festival winds up today with the adjudication of the final five classes this morning, a jun- ior “Stars" concert in the after- noon, and the final senior con- cert in the evening. ‘
Professor Gordon Bennett, president of the Association, chaired the concert and presented the awards and certificates at Prince of Wales, while similar functions were performed by Mr. Malcolm MacKenzie at Queen Charlotte High School.
ADJUDICATORS SPOKE
Ajudicators Dr. Leslie Bell and Dr. Charles Peaker of Tor-‘ onto and Mr. George A. Smale of Brantford appeared at each au- ditorium and addressed each au- dience briefly.
Dr. Bell, completing his third successive adjudicating chore on Prince Edward Island said he was happy to see the continuedf growth of the local festival. 1 “Festivals enable young and old
Sewage
Integration of the Spring Park Sewerage system with the pre-
started within thirty days from the time any engineering firm gets the green light. This was told
7 a meeting of the City Council last
night by W.H. Crandall of Mone- ton who prepared the report on sewerage and water for the Met- ropolitan _ Committee. He also gave assurance that the overall program could easily be com- pleted in two years.
Mayor Johnstone said he want- ed to have assurance that a cer- tain areato the north of the City Whose need for sewerage service is most urgent, will receive prior- ity in the program.
CONDIITIONAL OUTLOOK
The Council’s participation in any scheme of course is con- ditional to the outcome of the plebiscite which will decide whe- ther the administration of water and sewerage will remain under the Commission or be turned over to the Council. This plebiscite will take place on May 21.
Mr. Crandall explained in de- tail the type of sewerage system , that will be required. He said Spring Park already had a great deal of its pip underground and it is a matte and taking advantage of the na- tural gravity flow down to Gov- ernment Pond.
SEWERARGE SEPARATION
CA1‘ Early Date
Hookup
Euston Street which would allow the liquid part of the sewerage to be carried on into a “fallout" into the harbour for a distance of about 3,000 feet by means of an
Edward Island Musical Festival. .
VIII and King George VI.
Hundreds Aflencl Stars'Ol Festival Concerts Last Night
to keep live music going as par-
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rested under a hard new French ' 1
ticipants ,rather than observers," y ‘
he said.
He added that such community efforts helped cultivate a taste for “'the better things in life."
ENJOYED EXPERIENCES
Dr. Peakeri who was here in the capacity of adjudicator for the first time, told both audiences that he had enjoyed the experi- ence, particularly the work of "the lovely children."
"None of those participating should become "vexed" with an adjudicator, Dr. Peaker observ- ed. “We mean well,” he said, add- ing that any criticisms that had been given were made in order to ‘ help the individual or group con- cerned.
He wished the festival Associa- tlon "every success’ in their fut- ure endeavors.
The ,Association, the public, and the patrons of the Musical Festi- val should be well pleased with the more than 8,000 persons who took part in this year's event, Dr. George Smale said.
EXCELLENT DEPORTMENT '
Mr. Smale paid a special tri- bute to the “excellent deport- mentT’ shown by the children all through the festival.
“You should be proud of their conduct,” he remarked.
At Queen Charlotte four scholar- '
ships, and the I.0.D.E. Shield,‘ emblematic of the school attain- ing the highest total marks in the festival, were presented to the students of Queen Charlotte High School.
The scholarships, earned by outstanding performances in _four different school competitions. were presented by the chairman, Mr. Malcolm MacKenzie, while the shield was presented by Miss Margaret Riley, I. 0. D. E. Na- tional Cowncillor for P. E. 1.
In addition two scholarships were presented to the Notre
18 inch pipe. Mr. Crandall said nothing could! be done with the area west of North River Road until it had been decided by a planning board. where the streets were to run. He' explained that it would be folly to lay sewer pipes only to find they had to be dug up when some- one decided later that the street should go in the same place.
PARKDALE REQUEST
A request from the Commiss- ioners of Parkdale was deferred‘ when it was pointed out by Court. Gaudet that the Council, until its status is established by the pleb-l
ments.
of connecting up,
He said a type of separation would have to be installed about
Dame Academy Choir for top performance in two prior events.
Both choral groups’ sang at Queen Charlotte last evening.
Queen Charlotte’s junior chorus sang “The Isle of Beauty”. and the senior group sang “The Long Beach Sea,” “The Ash Grove.’"
Notre Dame Girl’s Choir sang “Mary of Argyle”, the opening
number, and later, “Kyrie Mas- skv.“ -
CERTIFICATES or MERIT
. At Queen Charlotte, certifica- tes of merit were presented to Austina Kennedy, who sang “The
iscite, cannot make any commit-‘Cry of Rachel”: Mrs. Nancy 1).
Cox, who sang “My Love‘s An
Parkdale wants to run its sew- Arbutus”; Alan Rodd, who played
erage line through Belmont Street the piano solo “Andate and Vari- and around the Exhibition ations in E-flat": Maida Roger- grounds to the East River. In re-[son who sang an operatic solo:
'turn for the concession of allow- ing the Village to do this, the citi- zens on Belmont Street and sur- rounding area who now have no sewerage facilities connected with the City line, would be allowed to use the Parkdale-line.
‘ Their proposal suggests that the lfee charged householders would he set by the Public Utilities Boarzl. ,
MAYOY IN FAVOR
and Glen MacEachern, who play- ed the piano solo, “Turkey in the Straw." -
Also receiving merit certificat- es were: Bethany Maclntyrc. Lynn Manning. Marina Kavs (2: Margaret Maclntyre and Vincent Mar:Allister.
Miss Bethany Maclntyre sang 1“The Little Clock". Miss Marm- ing played “lnvcntin N0. 8" by lBach, Miss Kays played “The lllarmonica Player”. lVll.‘4.’~', Mar-
Mayor Johnstone said he waslrzaret Maclntyre sang “The Bo-
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