ii ‘ All the strange looking peo- ple, was probably the thought _ of this little girl as she peer- ed at hundreds of faces from the table in the main lobby of the Charlottetown Hotel last night. Four-month-old Flora is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wendall. MacKay, Charlotte- town. Mr. MacKay, manager any STRANGE = LOOKING of the Charlottetown Hotel, ex- plained that he was left to care for his daughter while his wife lectured on anthropology at St. Dunstan’s University. “LOCAL. BRIEFS Strength Of A _:_ EGG PRICES Dealers quo’! cers. ces for ungraded eggs delivered in Charlottetown yesterday. Grade A large, 38; grade A medium, 33; grade A small, 25. IS PATIENT John L. MacLeod, Montague, is a patient in the Kings County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Mac- Leod: entered hspital on Mon- day for treatment. CARD PLAY Following are the results of the recent card play at Afton hall: ladies’ first, Mrs. Bertha Taylor; second, Mrs. Linus Al- chorn; gents’ first, Gordon Mat- _-¥wen:_-consolation, Arthu: Betts. _ ‘Winners in crokinole were Dou- |) gfag:-MacEachern _ and Roy Campbell. Low in crokinole were ‘Gam MacPhee and Lem Mat- Donald. HOCKEY TELEGRAM A large telegram containing 69 ,pames, plus 10 individual tele- grams were sent to Charlotte- town’s Billy MacMillan and his Canadian National team-mates “trom here yesterday wishing them luck in the world amateur hockey championships being played in Yugoslavia. CARD PARTY The following are the results of the card party held at the Winsloe Road Hall recently: la- dies’ first; Mrs.~Austina Arbing; second, Mrs. Evelyn Smith; con- solation, Mrs. Marie Sanderson, men’s first, Alton Younker; se- cond, Johnnie Sanderson, conso- lation, Ronnie McDonald; door prize, Gerald Dollar; freeze out, Russell Smith and Ada Craswell. BRIDGE RESULTS The following are the results of the play at the Abegweit Bridge Club Wednesday night: 1. Mae Hines and Chris Lar- abee; 2. Alan Forsythe and Hilda Green; 3. Mrs, J.W. and Jim Kirby; 4. Mrs. L.I. Duffy and Mrs..J. F. MacMillan; 5. Wally Coles and Henry Mac- «William. : CARD PLAY The following are the results of the card party held at the’ Community Centre last night: ladies’ first, Mrs. J.R. Gallant; gecond, Mrs. Mary Pineau; mens’ first, George Larter; sec- ond, George McCormack; con. solation. W.W. Murphy_and Mrs MH. Peters; special prize, Leo Duffy; door prize, Peter Cos- tello; freezout, Mrs. Mary Pin- eau and Harold Cudmore. ; FINED $10 Fined $10 and costs or four days by. Justice of the Peace Al- bert Dinnis in traffic court yes- terday were Bruce MacPherson Pippy, Hazelbrook, speeding: Harold William. Thorne, North River, splashing a pedestrian; Anthony. Michael. Moses, City, passing on a solid line: Earl David MacD on ald, City, imsufficient equipment: Philip Kent Henry, Southport speeding; John Francis Mactit lan, City, failing to stop at a stop sign; Donald George Jay, fail- ing to transfer registration. By DAVE McINTOSH _OTTAWA (CP)—Strength of the armed forces is expected to [fall to 100,000 or fewer but basic defence commitments will con- }tinue to be met, officials said | here. Basic commitments means Canada’s contributions to the ground, air and sea commands of the North Atlantic Alliance ‘and to North American air de- fence. Since July 1, 1964, the armed forces have experienced a monthly net manpower loss of some 600 personnel. This rate increased in Jan- uary to 810 when manpower strength fell to 108,157 from 108,- 967 at Dec, 31,1965. Officials said losses are ex- pected. to. continue for several months though the re-engage- ment bonuses announced Feb. 18 should slow the exodus. Authorities said they don’t City Resident | day city received a a costs or 20 days when he appéar- ed before Magistrate A.J. Has- lam, QC, on a charge of assault. Frank Sigsworth acted as couf- sel for Mr. MacGuigan. A Montague man.charged with illegal possession was fined $20 and costs or 30 days. A Murray Harbour man charg- ed with being drunk and in- capable was fined $10 and costs or five days. eS CITY AREA FUNERALS MacLEAN FUNERAL — The funeral for Aben MacLean was held Thursday from the Mac- Lean Funeral Home to the Kirk of St. James where service was conducted by Rev. Malcolm oo . sung were, The Lord 4 herd and O God Of Bethel By Whose Hand. Active pallbear- ers were, N.D. MacLean, Bruce MacPherson, E.E. Jardine, Rus- sell M.. Ewing, B.F. Tinney and John* Martin. Interment took place in the People’s cemetery, STAVERT FUNERAL — The funeral for James Stavert was held Thursday from the Mac- n Funeral Home to ~ Zion Presbyterian Church where ser- vice was conducted by Rev. D.A. Campbell. Attending in a body were members of the firm of Hall and Stavert Ltd. Hymns sung were, MyeFaith Looks Up To Thee and Jesus Saviour Pilot Me. Pallbearers were, Lloyd Weeks, Robert Waugh, Allison Harper, John Muttart, Percy MacMurdo and Donald Stavert. Interment took~place~in- North | Bedeque cemetery, « ‘May Drop Below 100,000 Mr. MacKay said he had plan- _ned to attend a meeting of the Christian Businessmen’s Com- mittee before he was elected to the ‘task-of baby sitter. ~ sland News Page Eastern and Central Districts The Guardian, Charlottetown, Fri. March 11, 1966. 5 rmed Forces | know at what point the losses will be halted. One source said figures are not yet available. The defence department .at- to good economic conditions. The Conservatives attribute it to poor morale brought on by the uncertainties surrounding in- tegration of the forces command and trades structures. When Defence Minister Hell- yer took over the defence port- folio in 1963, manpower strength was 123,270 servicemen. When integration began it was 119,098 and Mr. Hellyer said some 10,- 000 would. be cut from the sident of the association, chair- ed the meeting. : It was decided at the meeting to sponsor a card party for the purpose of raising funds for the family of Mr. and Mrs. Pius MacDonald, Charlottetown. | A discussion on how to {m-, prove a child’s study habits was conducted by Miss Carmichael. EASTERN FUNERALS GRAHAM FUNERAL — The funeral of William D. Graham of Gaspereaux was held from Mur- ray Harbour North Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, March 9, at 2 p.m. Service was conducted by Rev. M.C. Currie. The hymns “In the Sweet Bye and Bye", “Think of The Home Over There” and ‘‘Safe In The Arms ing. “Jerop by March 1, 1965 which ' |means that 3,559 carloads were. “| Claus—the former Claus von strength may drop off to some 95,000 _by summer. February _| tributes the number of drop-outs roster to make--administrative- Potato holdings in Canada this year are the lowest since 1961 and the Prince’ Edward Island potato market situation is hold- ing firm with an estimated 3,000 carloads remaining to be ship- ped, it is estimated in the week- ly report of F, A. Ward and oe Produce .analysts, Mon- | The report estimated there are 5,000 carloads of 50,000 pounds ach, in the province at the pres- ent time, and that 2.000 car- loads will be required for seed- | The report indicates an optim- istic outlook when it says that 11,251 carloads were shipped from the 1964 crop to June 11, 1965, that 7,692 carloads had been shipped from the 1964 shipped last year between March 1 and June 11. Following the same reasoning ty Weekly Ma rket Estimate | Sees Island Hold Firm than last year are left to be|of the shipments have been seed | set between now and next and total to the fresh-market is | une. : . very poor. Shippers still remain _The New Brunswick situation bullish and prices are not drop- . is — apuely good, it is ping off. i suggested, with an. estimated...Maine movement has been’ 4,530 carloads to be shipped and slow so far this month but: anti- this compares, the report indi-!cipated board deliveries and high cates, with 4,195 carloads that|future prices have held markets were shipped from that prov-|up. Prices guoted out of Maine ince from March 1 to June 11 range from $2.30 to $2.50 per of last year. Canadian holdings of 9.970.000 | hunderweights as of March 1, compare with 11,241,000 a year ago. In 1965 it was 12,506,000 hundredweichts, it was 11,477,- 000 in 1963 and the Canadian holdings at March 1, 1962 were 12,524,000. hundredweights. The Ward analysis has this general comment on the potato situation in the United States. | Shippers in the mid - west | have been“disrupted by cold and snow with many shippers tied up due to the roads being closed. the report suggests that 3,000 carloads, or 559 carloads less Movement from‘ Idaho has been slow and considering some | | was estimated at 5 million cwts. hundredweight _ Dade County in Southern Flor ida reports shipments starting |this week with the crop about | the same as. last season. Some ‘of the crop was damaged in the January freeze. and. consequent- ly, has held yields down. Volume | will begin around the middle of March and continue into April. The total winter crop production Road weight restrictions ef- fective midnight March 8th may curtail truck movement in N.B. for a while as roads seem to be in poor shape due to small amounts of frost in the ground. By. CAROL KENNEDY AMSTERDAM (CP)—An icy wind swept .the empty streets of Amsterdam Thursday night after a day” of taut “emotions, jeers, demonstrations and cheers as Crown Princess Bea- trix, who spent her childhood in Canada, married -'\a ’ German turned into a Dutch prince by royal decree. Fears >of bloodshed, which forced authorities to mass an unprecedented army of Dutch police and security guards in this city of wartime Nazi occu- pation and terror, were dissi- pated with the end of ceremo- nies. fe Ambassador W: F. Bull, Can- ada’s official representative at the wedding, said he- would guess the royal couple might head for the West Indies for their honeymoon. ss Bull in an interview said he suggested the couple visit Can- ada, “‘but Claus said he thought it might be a little cold in Can- ada this time of year.” = - Reneé Smith, dutch-born for- mer schoolmate of Beatrix dur- ing their wartime Ottawa stay, married to a Canadian justice department official, was given the silver pen she used to sign the marriage certificate as an official witness. YOUTHS : As the princess and Prince Amsberg—headed for their re- treat, police investigated the jeering, the smoke bombs and fan- demonstra- tors to storm towards the pal- | aece—Six-youthswho tried to dis- lrupt the wedding procession were taken in for questioning. Police estimated about 1,000 youths tried to leap steel bar- riers on the main thoroughfare to block the wedding procession. Police beat them back truncheons. One youth was. re- ported injured. The youths began a demon- onstration at a memorial for Dutch victims of Naziism. Some marched to the: palace, just as the wedding procession began. Others moved towards the town rc ttt setts WEATHER ins with | hall, scene of the first of the two marriage ceremonies. Beaten back by police, the | discontents used a back route to | reach a road leading to the his- | toric Protestant church where | Beatrix and Claus were mar- | ried. Here. the -youths hurled | home-made smoke bombs as the golden coach approached and again as it left. Some guests coughed, choked by the smoke. CRACKER EXPLODED | Near the church a firecracker | exploded on the street, causing one of the coach horses to rear Pamphlets were thrown at the coach and a dead chicken hurled into the road. Police said the procession was never in danger. } Ferry Traffic Is On Upswing | BORDEN — Prince Edward Island’s year-round ferry ser- vice, operated by Canadian Na- tional between Borden, P.E.L and Cape Tormentine, N.B. is continuing its upswing in traf- fic handled across the Northum- berland Strait. Figures releas- ed by ON for February show that the number of passengers in that month was 2.2 per cent higher than for the equivalent Period in 1965. Last year, 672,688 passengers, the greatest number ever, was earried by CN’s ferries: The ltotal number of vehicles during February was up 23 per cent | over February, 1965, continuing a trend began in January. Last month, the ferries Abegweit and Prince Edward Island carried 19,073 passengers to and from the Island as well as 9,513 ve- hicles, said .J.G. Davis,’ man- | ager of CN’s Maritime area. Those figures. compare to 14,840 passengers and 7,289 ve- hicles in the same month last year. The two ferries made 486 crossings to handle the traffic. | There were 120 crossings more than in February last year, when only a one-ship: service was in| operation. This year CN is| operating a two-ship service throughout the winter for the) first. time: Sager! They carvied 6,546 automobiles, | 1,658 trucks, 1,116 tractor trail- ers, 186 buses and seven pas- | senger trailers last month: The | railway’s bus __ service linking | savings. This reduction was ‘achieved far ahead of schedule pe but hasn’t stopped. TORONTO (CP) — Tempera- Officials said. pay. increases, ‘tures: especially for pilots, will be |Low Overnight High Thursday granted soon. - EY Bee eer cases -2% «ill i $2 48 Many administrative jobs in enacts oe the NORAD command: are ex- Foigar estes te as pected te be eliminated to save Iain kite sereecoees “ ‘ eee lRegina..i.«. see ea 26 38 ---Officials-—stressed—and_. .-theY_.l winnipeg ae alae do not appear worried about the |qnirchill ... ee 1 problem—that there will be no eset: Bay ci sveesse oy 28 large-scale withdrawals from Toronto Pe “peek 52 NATO or, NORAD. WGSLAWa: > idecpanedes 2% «37 Other sources said, however, Montreal . ...-..-+- 6 41 that the manpower pinch will Quebec ....++++++: 10 34 make it more difficult to maim- Fredericton . ....+- 12 34 tain these commitments. Saint John .....++++ 12 39 : |Monctom.......ssseeeee2 12 Co] ia } S hy | ee i ie ee " yg Charlottetown ers ome, choo SYGHEY hiss byeususe ye e (Yarmouth . .s.sees-- 23 39 Has Meeting St. John’s” soccsseee. 7 Si Boston . .scceeveeee- 1 ‘i The Tracadie Cross Home end eee im 4 School Association held a meet- Miami REL IEN | | "5 ing*recently in the Tracadie Tycsoq | ceeescesee-47 77 school. Mrs James Kelly, pre- San Francisco ...... 53 se the Island with mainline trains at Amherst handled 1,192 pas- | | sengers. } | Fire Prevention — Act Amended A bill, carrying amendments designed to strengthen the pro- vincial Fire Prevention Act, was {given approval in principle in | the Legislature yesterday. Promoted by Public Minister Philip. .Matheson, the amendment gives power to the fire marshal to order any ‘‘build- ing, structure, material or con- dition to be removed or reme- \died’’ that does not conform to ‘regulations in the act covering the prevention of fires. The bill also gives the fire marshal power. to order build- | 4 larmy, atose from=-memory of teaching percentage to grades | seven and Works © ; bring considerable cloudiness: to eastern Nova HALIFAX (CP) — The wea- ings under construction be ther office says colder air was |made to comply with agi pushing southward across New |vention provisions of the act or Brunswick late Thursday and |with fire protection by-laws of will cover all three provinces to- | any city, town or village. day. | Provincial Treasurer Alban. As this cold air becomes more Farmer promoted two bills, gi- firmly established over the dis-|ven second reading, which pro- trict, strong northwesterly to vided for the appointment of northerly winds over the Gulf |court stenographers and the of St. Lawrence are forecast tO bringing of legislation respecting ‘income tax up to date. Scotia and to Prince Edward Island. While the remaining regions experi- ence a mainly sunny day. A high,pressure afea moving eastward. across the ‘continent is predicted to give generally sunny weather to all parts of the dis- | trict Saturday. Regional forecasts: Northern Nova Scotia, Eastern Shore, Cape Breton, Prince Ed- | ward Island: Variable cloudin- | ess, scattered --enowflurries; -a- littel.colder; winds northwester- | USE ONE LONG WIRE The world’s longest radio an- | \tenna is a 21-mile long copper ‘cable used by American scien- | tists in Antarctica. ‘ “We have_ Wes 6 Camera. of Jesus’: were sung by the choir, accompanied by Mrs. An- | nie Kennedy, organist. Pallbear- | ers were Everett Dixon, Archie | /Dixon, Eldon Dixon, Grant Dix- | jon, William Dixon and Claude | | Dixon. Flowerbearers we-e Bruce Leeco, Laurie McHerron, Claude Graham, Grant Dixon Jr., and Robert MacDonald. In- terment took—place in-the.Lower Montague Cemetery. Q ly 20;, Low-high at New Glas- | xoshen and Sydney 15 and | RENTAL 32, lottetown 15 and 30: out- | look for Saturday, mostly ginny. SERVICE Cold. ; Whatever your needs — cameras - projectors - tape recordes - you High tide today at Charlotte- town 184 a.m. and 1.57 p.m, Ate or ™ = Yee Ce rem W new Rustico at 9.35 a.m. and 10.57 f “"* - ‘ { p.m., Summerside tide eighteen M | 1 PHOTO and |minutes later than Charlotte- § - ( nis HOBBY town.-Sun-_risestoday at 6.33] 111 Kent st. __Ch'town.:} la.m, and sets at 6.15 p.m. Youth Demonstrations Fail At Dutch Royal Wedding | Judging from the warm, cheers of Amsterdamers, who} waited patiently in cold, wet! weather to see the parade, Bea- trix scored a triumph. She de liberately . chose this strongly- socialist city which formed part of. the Nazi resistance _move- ment, convinced if she could win Amsterdam, she could hold the affection of all Holland. Beatrix is the fourth genera- tion of the House of Orange to marry a German — the royal house itself is of German origin. Resentment at Beatrix’ bride- groom, who served in Hitler’s the Nazi terror in Amsterdam. Police estimated 200,000 lined the streets but ‘later cut the fig- ure to 100,000, about one-eighth of the city’s population. Study Group ; Hears Speech. Mrs. Viola’ Taylor, teacher of-; Long Creek School, described methods of ‘arousing interest in reading among students at a meeting of Elliott River study’ group recently. A- small scale lending lib- rary has been started in Long Creek School with the pupils supplying their own books. J. Reginald. MacDonald, super- visor, gave a brief lesson on. a Ideas on “aids -in teaching’ were discussed. It was suggested that flash cards be used for teaching history and primary words.. Second: Debate Goes Tonight SOURIS — The Souris Region- al High School Debating Society is in action at Montague tonight when they. meet Montague Re- gional High School for the sec- ond debate of the school year. Souris debaters Shirley Hen- nessey and Mary Jo -MeQuaid are upholding the negative side. of the topic, ‘resolved that Greece has contributed more to world civilization than Rome.” The debate which begins at 8 p.m. will be held in the Mon- tague High School gymnasium. Saturday afternoon the Souris team of Nellie MacDonald and Loma Burke will meet a team from Morell in the Morell High School gymnasium at 2 p.m. The topic for the debate is trade with communist ¢ountries.” Morell will uphold the affirma- tive side of the resolution. ~_.§j SC aE mag Ut) SNC na lacie aCe 136 Prince St.. Ch'town We Trade * Furniture , * Appliances * Televisions FIRESTONE Home and Auto Charles A. MatPhee end Chris Cheverie, Knights of Co- lumbus players, are rehears- ing for their annual St, Pat- rick’s play which will be stag- “PREPARING FOR PLAY ed March 16 end 17 at St. Mary’s Parish;.. Souris. The play, entitled ‘‘Aunt Abby An- swers An Ad’’, has its lead role played by Mrs. Kit Mac- Intyre who portrays Aunt Abby. Other members of the cast include Marlene Chever- fe, Hebert Cheverie, Margaret MacDonald, Mrs. Ralph Sex- government _is drafting instruc ries in Canada to tell them what | Front Wheel | A communique issued at the | conclusion said: | “The United States mem- | |bers made clear that the U.S. {government was not requesting U.S. corporations to induce their Canadian subsidiaries to act in any...ways that. differed .from their normal business practices Gehavion it ri ‘ ‘as regards the repatriation of : : policies, or their other financial aver garry Soy pein sever: and commercial activities."’ in Most larger subsidiarie ¥ x 4 -M 4 Canada have already given the : A Ottawa Drafts — Instructions For U.S. Firms OTTAWA (CP)—The federal tions to United States subsidia- government informal assurance that they will not increase their imports from the U.S. at the ex- pense: of Canada and the in- structions are expectéd to go mainly to smaller and medium- sized subsidiaries, informants say. 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