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7T.A. SAUL, Kenora, aor president. of the Canadian Tu- berculosis Association, Walter Coulson; president of ‘the

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srolident sleet of . the Asse ciation stopped for-a chat prior to the 26th annual meet- ing of the P.E.I. T.B. League yesterddy. The meeting, which

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was held at the Charlottetown | Hotet,—was—largely— atte: A number of reports—on—pro- gress made during the past year were given.

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The 26th annual meeting @ the P-E.1. Tuberculosis League was

held at- the Charlottetown Hotel jthe province during 1965,

yesterday afternoon. Chairman of the: meeting was Walter Coul- son of Summerside, president of yn League.——

he minutes of the last annual meeting-were read by H.G.-Mac-- William and the treasurer's re- port was given by LiJ. “MacLel-

A run-down of’ the League's 1965 program was heard. Robert Schurman gave a report on the

. Mass chest x-ray surveys of se-

“Yécted. adult groups during the

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Fa ener 108 under treatment.

There were three TB deaths in

the | ages being 92, 81 and 75..

In Blanche Conway's Seal Sale report it was noted that the istmas Seal Campaign reached. an all time high. in the | League's history..The amount of $14,633 was contributed — a se- ven per cent increase over the previous year. Not only was there an increase in the gross: Te-; turn, but -the-net return was much higher-dye to greatly de- creased costs in the: administra- tion of the campaign.

year. He gemin led the r Ne tng. tat ae Epos The - an ctor of of the Tey estes aie . ve P.E.L.T.B. League, Dr. E.M.

‘transport same were purchased at a cost of $20,000. This equip- ment became obselete~ and was | repla in 1962 ata cost of $19,- 000, This chest, diagnostic equip- ment; into which goes a high

Found said, “In Canada our tu- reached a point where we can dream of elimination of the dis ease asa public. health problem.

percentage ‘of seal funds, has ‘made it possible for 245,000 free x-rays to be taken on the people of this. province; through the

- program 330 cases of tubercu-

——~Fésis— have been-discovered—and-

treated. Applying. the formula whereby. each undiscovered case of active tuberculosis. may infect 10 others, it is estimated that this program ‘has been respon- sible for sparing 3,300 a the @xperience of taking a year | or more out oftheir lives:to re- eover their health, and had sav- éd in excess of $6,000,000 of av- | tax"payer’s money over a period | of 2Levears. IN ADDITION In” addition to x-raying en- érants to St. Dunstan's Univer- | gity and Prince of Wales College | during 1965, the staffs and pa-! tients of Homes for -the Aged | were x-rayed in addition to the personnell of Central Creamer- és, Charlottetown and person- nel of all food handling and food processing plants in Summer-| ~gide. © In all; 7,700 chest films were |‘ taken-by the Mobile Unit during ~1965; six cases of tuberculosis and four cases-of previous pleur- isy were detected and several other doubtful cases were kept under the surveillance of the | out patients clinics. <—

._F.A. MacMillan said “the highest priority in a tuber- @ulosis. control program should be given to the prevention of the disease, and the earliest possible diagnosis before symptoms de- yelopeand before the patient be- comes contagious."’

POSITIVE REACTORS

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will be long and tortuous, a8 wit- nessed by the levelling off of tu- berculosis mortality and mor- bidity, the emergence of drug re- sistance organisms. and the oc- curance of .TB epidemics, | ot | which there have been 20 in Can- ‘ada during the past.year; eight lof these were on Prince Edward lisland where. 53 cases were in-

“Council ~ ead. Landscaping

BORDEN The regular) monthly meeting of the Borden | Town Council was held in the»! council chambers with Mayor | Gilbert Bell and councillors J.J. Macisaac, A.E. Jay, . Everett:

| McKenna present:

Due to the MV Abegweit: being | in dry’dock the other three coun- | aiiars were unable to attend.

The. minutes of the previous meeting were adopted as eae and bills amounting to $503.88 | paid. |

Councillor Maclsaac ~ submit- | ted the police ‘report. He report- ed 37 convictions, 35 traffic and | 2 liquor cases. Councillor Jay reported for the fire committee, | He reported that the equipment | was in good condition and- that he’ plans to have landscaping done around the firehall soon.

Councillor McKenna, — chair- |

man. of the street committee, re-

He’. gaid that 60 per cent of the Island: population over the age of 40;years are positive tubercul- in reactors making it necessary

to-continue surveys of the so- “

_ ealled healthy population.

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He reported that in the ‘10 to 14 age group last year an all)

ihibereulpowes? de cent positive tuberculi detected. - operas

Dr. MacMillan paid high ae bute to Mrs. J.E. Cameron, for her work in organizing ina eonducting community-wide tu- | berculin testing clinics. . Edgar Wright reported Health Education — listing gome of the means used to con- vey facts to the public: pre-clin- | Acal talks, press releases, ‘circu- lation of health education mater- 4a) and lectures for nurses at thré larger hospitals on the Is-

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A number of associations were <@lso addressed by Dr. EM. Found 07 the subject _of tubereu-

sis during the year~

>: Erma Tait, RN, co- ordinating | elinie~ “nurse, presented some,

facts-and. figures to. the meeting. |

She sald that in 1965 41 persons meeding treatment were’ discov- ered_in comparison. with 44 In| 3964. During the past year ad- missions to the Sanitorium were |

avd discharges were 101. These figures were the same in| 1964. There were 704 persons on

the Tuberculin Case Register as | ahimni compared”? she taught First. Aid for the Red In | Cross, and, was‘a staunch work-

of December, 1965 with 883 in December, 1964. 1965. 145 patients were treated at the Sanitorium against 150° in’ 1965.

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Shespointed out that the treat-’ ment for TB still takes 18 - 24 months; the difference today"is that most patients remain in the Sanitorium for five to six months | only. As of December, 1965 67 | patients were on drug treat- ment in their “homes and there |

were 42 in the Sanitorium which | siste

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ported that the necessary street, .

| tepairs would be. done as soon |.P

as the weather permits.

Action is to be taken immedi- | ately to have.unsightly buildings and vacant lots cleaned up.

| A donation was made..to the | Borden Paperweight Island A | championship hockey team. —

&. Cify Woman | Passes Away

The wife of N.D. MacLean, Mrs. Eva MacLean, RN, died jin hospital yesterday, morning | following an-iliness of ‘about two | weeks. Mr: MacLean 1s the ad- | ministrator. at’-the Prince Ed- ward Island Hospital. Mrs. MacLean, the former Eva Murdock was the daughter | of the late Mr. and Mrs. David P.. Murdock. of “Murray: Harbor. Mrs, MacLean was p¥ominent in music circles in the ‘city and assisted actively in many char- itable causes. *A member of the Kirk: of St. | James.she took a prominent part in ifs. many organizations. Mrs. Ma¢Lean was a graduate of the Prince Edward «Island ‘Hospital School of Nursing and was an active member of . the For a number of years

| er in the Rainbow Club of Sun- set Lodge: She was a former | member of the Y’s Menettes.

She. is survived by’ her hus- and and six sisters-of her im i mediate family,. Florence in Montreal; Nina,.Granby, Que Claire, New Glasgow, Mary, Louisville, Kentucky, Connie, Murray Harbor;. and. Ferne. city, A half-brother Frank of Mi rray~ Harbor. and three~half- tere also. survive

: ee that through ‘and- integrated into the 'jo- [stop at a‘stop sign has his case

“Feregion would be the most . sirable, with the integration of j_ Be

Hected, 52 per cent of whom were children.

Dr. Found suggested that the ichief ally of the TB fighters, the ‘family doctor, be kept on ‘‘cen- tre stage,” due to his great im- -portance—in_helping detect. cases, |.

He said that in 1965 ‘‘Tine’* tuberculin_tests-were-supplied_to- lall practising doctors throughout ithe province.

SPECIAL-GUESTS_— Two special guests \ were in at- tendance at yesterday's. meet- ing. They were -T.A. Saul, Ken- ora,-Ont., president of the Can« adian TB Association and Ken- “meth -H--More, MP =for=Regina, president-elect of the Canadian 'TB “Association. They were ae- leompanied by their wives. +—In-his-address- Mg: Sau!—told- the listéners that TB is not “‘the only disease v which we must concern oursé gram ‘inclu respiratory disease and - offers unlimited scope for the activities of local voluntary tuberculosis associations.” Mr. Saul stressed thatthe prime need is for much. more effective co-ordination and de- velopment of our provincial pro- grams. He cited the necessity for a nationally oriented pro- will” be —_ carried

year-round ‘program of every, cal voluntary assoctation in country.

It was also announced at the meeting that as a 1967 Centen- nial Project the P.E.I. TB Lea- gue will donate $1,000 to support | ‘an effort to fight TB in Malaya- | \sia

Natapaten: Board ‘Anticipates Need «

SUMMERSIDE — Austin Pen- dergast, chairman of the board of trustees of Kensington Re- gional High School, has an- nounced that in. anticipation of the need.for a site for a consoll- dated elementary school build- ing, they have obtained purchase options on two lots of. land ad- joining the high school property, totalling 11 acres. They were ob- | | tained from Russell MacKay and

Louis Gorman. ‘The move is made tn conjunc- | tion with a province-wide trend |

MOST DESIRABLE

The: Kensington board feels | the -

| that one consolidation for de-

| the present Kensington Elemen- 'tary School helping in keeping | the reed for new building to =| | minimum. ;

It was emphasized. that ‘eed | options do not constitute a. final

decision to buy land or to build | a school but will simply guar-_| antee that a desirable site will |

he available-if—and-when-—_the ‘various districts decide te set wp an ‘administration’ to operate ayconsolidated elementary school ”

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$25 Penalty Is Imposed -

SUMMERSIDE — In_ Prince County Court yesterday morn- ing, Horace Newcombe, Tyne Valley, was assessed $25. and costs for passing a stationary school bus. Magistrate :W. Ches. ter S. MacDonald presided

For driving without a license Edward Reginald Campbell, MaecNeill’s Mills, was fined $10 and costs. Arne Marie Camp- hell, Borden, was also fined $10 and .costs ‘ona similar charge.

William Edward Cousins, Park Corner, was fined $19 and

vo costs for failing to signal when

hirning A Redeqie manp-Douglas. Ste- phen Derek Gaudet, was assess-

ed’a fine-of $20. and ,costs for -

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|2 ‘The Guprdan, Charlottetown, ‘Phurs., May 13: 1966.

OTTAWA — Average income of

Prince Edward Island families 1961 was $4,436,. the = ‘Bureau of Statistics has r

ed in its latest compilation of -in-

formation compiled by the 1961

census.

The figure was compiled from a 2% per cent eample of private non-farm dwellings taken. The PET: average compares with $4,294 in Newfoundland, $4,774 for NovayScotia, $4,617:for New Brunswick and $6,253 for British | Columbia, which had the highest average.

“Of a total- of 10,692 PEI fam- ities in the sampling, 492 had no incomes or incomes under $1,000; $1,144 between $1,000 and) $2,000;. 2,004 ‘-between—two.- and --three— thousand ; 2,254 -hetween ; three and four; 1,671. between four and five; 1,841 between five and seven; 1,083 between $7,000 and bd and 173 over $15,000.

‘Magistrate ‘Remands

‘Sunday, May 8th.

tat the Essays on thé Care of

ompon Lions

GEORGETOWN — King Lion, | Joseph E. “Sonny” Johnson, | presided over the regular, meet- ing of the Georgetown Lions | Club,’ held’on Tuesday night in the Lion Hall im the Rink Build- ing. Auditors appointed were: Lions, Harry Yorston and Her- bie Stewart. Lion Guy Coffin, who has been treasurer for the | past -year has taken up resi-

}| dence in Ontario and ‘{Ne@akgn-

a-cial books were wrncd aver | c. to the auditors. It was reported to the meeting that the Dscers beid weekly and- sponscred by

{the Club were financ' av iW sic ce

It -was moved that the Town net door receipts from-the dan- ces during the period between | March-15th, and-May tir, in ad- | dition to 20 sees! of the re- | ceipts for the hiring -of:.the Hall! to other organizations en sev: eral occasions,

ARRIVE ‘Liotts= vests, ordered «from | Lions International, arrived and’ were distributed to mem- bers._A number have yet to ar- rive. The Secretary was authorized to order perfect attendance pins and club officers pins. A number | of members—received Award | Pins for bringing in new” mem- bers during last October, which was membership month. The.

-also_received . zat toe member- | “ship increase and lub visit- |.ations.

The Chibd authori the pay- meht _of—an-amount-“towards—a. gift for’ the retiring District Governor. Lions . Eric. Wood;

reported that they had attended lions district cabinet meet- held “nM

It was announéed that a School will be held for club presidents and secretaries in. the District. ‘on June 4th,-in Saint-John,N-B: Lion Allan MacPhee. reported

Club President. and ‘Secretary | a

Allan MacPhee and Joey Walsh}

Co "eosts for driving without wee tive brakes.

Under the highway traffic act NEW YORK (AP fines of $10 and costs here .given | Henry Metherall | Alberton and ~

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REJECTS LIBEL CLAIM” tet decision, a federal toort aes 10-| ijury Wednesday found there was no libel, in a. Columbia ‘Broadcasting system” television + inst Representative

MacAusland, |-eph. Raymond Richard, St. Pet- Kathleen Anne jer and St. Paul and June Marie | ishow aga

Stewart, Bloomfield for exceed- | Wells, Alberton, driving without James B: Utt (Rep. Calif.), who

_ing the speed limit. in a forty | a license. mile | Hardy, Alberton, Gordon Arsen-

'had sued CBS for..$5,250,000_Litt,

Evidence was heard in the 67, had charged that a 1963 tele-

case of Mrs. John Dunbar, Alma, vised show, entitled * ‘Case his. -with-failingto—stop-at-a—tory—of—a—rimor,*

zone; Douglas Robert-

Gamble,

.ault, Duvar, — Rebert stop sign and the case was ad- he was responsible for a rumor O'Leary and C, Wade Coughlin, journed to June Ist. Two charges that a planned army manouevre | y / Alberton, for tire squealigg; of impaired driving against Er- was part of a United Nations « : lt Profit, Alberton, failing skine Miller Hardy, Alberton, plot to take over the . United to-stop-at-an-intersection:—Jos--were-adjourned-to -dane—2nd.—-‘States.— oe : | |

the next. regilar, meeting on |

May 24th, would be held at 7.00 |.

| p.m. > )

Five Youths Plead Guilty °

ALBERTON — Five youths ap-" ed eee Magistrate W. ster S MacDonald_at_Alber-

ton vesterday and pleaded guilty to charges-of-causing a disturb-

| ance in the: Palmer Road. Hall

; by fighting>. Fines of $25 and costs—or--30_-days were levied.

CANCELLED |

The proposed Joint Meeting of Candie dates which was to be held in the Mon-

~tague Regional High School on May 12>

has been cancelled, as the candidates.

James John Gavin, Kevin Jos-

| eph Gavin and John Edward- be-paid their 20-per—cent of the j Gavin of Tignish; Bennett Jos- |

; eph Deagle, Miminegash = | Charles Frederick Deaéle. .8t St. Edwards. “4 r

For failing to report an ac-

cident John Grant—Noonan,—At-——

berton, was fined $50. and costs while Gerald Joseph McNeill, Alberton, was fined $15. and costs for failing to stop when signalled to do so by a police officer.

FINED $25

» Leinard Aylward, ‘Tignish, was fined. $25. and costs for causing a disturbance tm. a public place by fighting, Leroy ‘Arsen-

ault, Tignish, was fined: $20 and |

ffm Queens County Magis trate's Court yesterday morn- ing Victor Herbert MacLean of Vernon River, charged with im- paired . driving, ‘was remanded to May 18. Mavisthate James B. Johnston, QC, presided. Counsel for the accused was Lester 0'- Donnell.

Norman Lloyd ‘MacKay, Har- rington, charged with failing to

‘adjourned :to June 2. Counsel for | the accused is Gordon Tweedy. James Reginald Bruce, Lyn- dale, and Clifford Wilfred Lar- kin, Armadale, were each. charg- ed with escaping from _ River- | side Hospital where they had | been remanded for observation. The two were remanded to Queens County Jail to May 13th. +-€ounsel - for- Larkin” “is -Frank | ae Bruce iS unrepresent-

Areyenond—-Pietchier-sadltester: Bridgetown, charged, with false pretenses has his case adjourned to June 8. Counsel for the ac-

‘Your Eyes had been_ returned and the winners announced. First place winners are: John Fraser, Montague Elementary and Joy Barwise of Murray Harbour; second place winners,

are; Dale Harris of Murray ae? bour and Glenda Clements:: a Montague Elementary: third place winner fs Fay oe of Georgetown.

LOTTERY DRAW |

I€ is-planned to, hold the 50-50 lottery draw on Saturday night at the Liotis Dance. The Club accepted an offer of the Life™ Underwriters of Prince Edward Island, for a representative of their Association to. address the Club on Insurance ‘and possibly on the Canada Pension Plan at a future date.

The Club unanimously donated “the facilities of the Rink Dance | Hall to St. James Parish for their: use in comnection with their An- nual~- Supper on July z th. The King Lion appointed niné Lions, to work at the next three dances, with three working at

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