7 mes ree 3 ae highest enrollment in Pp seven schools was evident 1, Dr. R. G. Lea stated in eo report of the Board School Trustees last night. <4 noted that 3,480 pupils are ow enrolled at the schools and 1% an increase of 9 over the Previous year. The schools have * es staff fag 4 pointed out that this steady ‘Merease in enrollment has been the major factor in increasing *tost over the past few years, but —~ despite this there was a surplus on the year's operation of $5,- 978.60. Adding the surplus for 1960 of $3,153.23 there is a total are surplus for the year of $9,131.83. This was due, he said, to in- creased grants received from the department of education to- ward teachers’ salaries. VOCATIONAL SCHOOL It was no that considerable exploratory has been done during the year concerning the building of a vocational schodl, by the department. of education for the student population of Central Queens County. He said | indications are that depart- ment is giving favourable con- sidéraion to the provision, _ _ot prod new type of school for the Goad Reports Surplus. Despite Bocerd Growth He stated that the new Prince Street School is completed and oceupied except for four rooms to be added this spring with the official opening scheduled for next these four rooms ‘Sewn neces- sary when it was decided to leave the present site of West Kent School and build in the Brighton area. READY IN SEPT. The new school on Upper Queen Street, to replace the Hy ‘sent Queen Square School, is well-along and will be ready for occupancy in September. A tite has been secured in the Brigh- Expansion | Of Playgrounds Urgent, Says Councillor i of 3 3 . and. it is possible | L ‘Pay-As-You-Go’ Policy the playground on Kent “Street East may be removed this year, as the locality is not so desir- able,” she said. The report stated that with 1964 f, approaching the city is | forward to a float parade and inviting bands to} participate, it is a must to erect | a band stand, which could have many uses. oo POOL f a previous meeting, I sug- | ‘& add a splash pool for the swimming pool in due to the give this further consideration. It was also noted that a drink-_ ing fountain is to be installed in “Advised For Streets, Walks paved, but as soon as there {s ar area where all the water and sewers have been installed and a “casonable number of. homes - cemnleted. upwards of m'tée as nec ‘bof permanent arent should be laid and paid ; fo. ot of current revenue.’ ‘We s that in future, T% council should adopt a & ‘pay-as-vou-go* for ~ 96 other services.” STRERTS PAVED - The . le . report noted | that all = 4 roe ‘experiment. ost of $26,651.91 for streels located within the old boundries of the city have now been paved and, as well, a number of streets in Ward Six have been paved as agreed in the terms of amalgamation. During the vear the city co- operated with Warren Maritim- es Limited in a street paving The pav’ com- pany resurfaced a of Queen Street, at no cost to the | city, with a new formula for as- phalt base. If this experiment proves “satisfactory, {t will result in lower costs for rebuilding and repaving streets.” A total of 37.451.9 square feet of new sidewalk Were laid at a and "15,288 square yards of parking areas were built between the city’s sidewalks and streets at a cost of $3.09 per yard. ‘Snow Removal: Costs Set Record i : ¥ tre ‘ that business | 2 i a rae a . «ty . % times Ltd., which saw 5.67 mil- | es of base pavement laid on var- fous streets in 1960, was contin. | ued in st and pod contaat ‘or "portions | of tndate paved under this two-year | project in early and was completed, ex- some grading on the . in. early November. a ‘the year, 175 covering a total va- Kinsman Park. The fountain beam donated Sy te Winer) . Kinsmen, ie ested that trees be planted at park, which, she said, w heautify the area and give protection to children from the sun. She concluded her report with the suggestion that more open | air skating areas should be pro- \vided and that, “We will give |assistance when possible to one lof our service clubs who would undertake this project.” "Hforts Ignored A letter from the assistant de- "| puty minister of health, read by |Dr. W. L. MaeDonald, — city health Officer, hs he gave his annual report to city council ast night stated that “It would appear from the results of the Charlottetown plants that. our efforts to improve the milk sit- uation have been largely ignor- ed by these plants.” The letter further stated that thé plants are worse or at the most holding their poor level and noted that “perhaps it is-timeto—resort-to more severe measures than we have been employing.” Dr, MacDonald noted that it was “all too easy to be criti- cal but I also realize that, in this day-atit age, where milk 1p such an every day part of © oer food, those handling milk: shou’ § have a more rigid inspection ¢ @ their equipment than they pro- bably Rave. been having in the past.” : SEEM TO SLIP A restaurant inspection was also carried on during the: year jand’ Dr. MacDonald noted that “At times we thought that we had.made considerable progress but,.as soon as we eased up, the restaurant keepers seemed to | slip ae to where they had ,been in the past.” | The health officer stated that pod showed the usual conta- diseases Poe ae were no eee cases iomyelitis in or around Charlotistows dur. jing the year. He stated that there was a. | marked eee in Re lie pretty” well taken -care daily, rather than allowing ‘it. to The addition of; either getting” ton area for the school to replace West Kent. Plans are now com- plete and tenders will be calléd shortly, It 's hoped to have the school ready for occupancy by “The cost of the three schools will be about $2,002,000, During the period 1954 to 1962 therefore | we will have spent $2,440,000 for | new construction,. which, ‘when | it is finally and completely amor- tized in 1982, will have cost tax | payers over 28 years a total of $4,454,020. This represents about- $2500 for every man, woman and child in our city. “The Board is much aware | that this is a tremendous bur- den for this city to shoulder im addition to the many other ur- | gent and necessary expenditur- es that must be made. That this, - preceeding councils have had the vision and courage to accept this great challenge must | |be a source of deepest satisfac- [ ition to those citizens who real- ize the vital importance of pro-— viding adequate educational fac- \ilities: and ities. The school board is confident the | results will justify these expen- ditures,”’ he concluded. Space Lack Seen Problem | Of Fire Dept. A recommendation that seri- ous thought be given to the se curing of larger premises for the staff and equipment at the fire hal! was contained in the re- port of the fire committee sub- mitted last night by Couns. Ar- thur Wright, Dorothy Corrigan ‘fand William R, MacNeil. It was noted that difficulty is jnow found in the ‘movement and handling of equipment, and that office space is lacking. A further lowering of the fire loss for the year occurred with! the year’s total loss being $137,- 186. The department answered 178 calls, The committee was also con- cerned with the lack of an ade- quate water ;sypply at the east end of the city, noting that the four-inch main, near the Hills- boro Bridge, is inadequate to supply water volume for the pumper. It was_stated that an inspec- tion of the equipment at the fire hall shows it ‘to be careful- ly .atfended and in good condi- tion.’ _pplicants' Age “eneerns Coun. The neous number’ of young applicants applying for assistance, when they should be taking more responsibility them- selves, is causing some concern to welfare directors, Coun. Dor- othy Corrigan, said in giving the report of the welfare committee | last night. Coun. Corrigan noted that the | past winter was a very difficult one, and“for the welfare agen. cies there was no exception, they were fortunate to k within the estimates. The councillor observed that the completion .of the survey is’ awaited with interest and when completed should on tt wheels bo —— for a lo ‘housii T need “conditions. m oved Coun. Corrigns wae .@evenie: In project dur. Secug une (ver ® period of ted that the dental clinic had # | had not been opened but word | HAS 100TH. BIRTHDAY‘ CARMAN, Man. (CP) —- Mrs. | David <Stonehouse es celebrate |her- 100th birthday in hospital ihere me Born at Galt, Ont., Stonehouse came to the ‘seth in 1895. In hospital for. the last 3% years, Mrs. ruction of $5,110, 785,- | ar tg has three living chil- Corrigan concluded. for you to PLAN " This is the season to get those Jobs done, while men and materials are readily available “Many firms offer discounts in the. off- season lull to make Was expected from Dr. O'Meara | in the near future. “The work at Victoria Park, under the winter works pro- gram, is employing about 25 men, who would. otherwise be idle. This project is also supply- ing a large amount of which is being distributed to many needy families,” Coun. it doubly profitable NOW ‘ November, | press Prince William of Glouces- ter, shown strolling in Venice's St. Mark's Square in 1960, ap- peared in London’s popular for the hand of Princess Mar- grethe, heiress \to the 1,(00- year-old Danish throne. The London Daily Sketch, a mass as a likely candidate | caamcammpmgemagaa Acion Asked On Water- NAME LINKED TO PRINCESS circulation . tabloid, their picture side by -eitoulated that Ingrid would: soon bring her Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Wirephote via Felts | from London) Four Big Made In At least four big strides were taken in the field of town plan- ning during 1961, town planning committee chairman W. J. Cox told the meeting. | He defined’ these as the com- | plete aerial mapping and sur- | vey of the city, the repldnning -and-mapping of the new north- west of the city, the} establ t of the co-op) | housing project in the extreme Strides Planning the co-op housing site. It was stated that this would be an im- portant project in> view of the rising status of Charlottetown as a tourist city. The report also stated that a recommendation be made to the | provincial ee me the | proposed —Voe- Queens —Count: | ational School be nana in | Charlottetown. Other recommendations call- north-west end of the city and | ed for consideration of the city representations io the govern- | re-zoning to make industrial and | ment concerning the importance | commercial sites available and of having the .proposed provin- Jegisiation to promote better cial government.- administration building located in the city. g the aerial ‘maps, Mr. Cox ed that all mater- ial with the exception of a few minor details has been receiv- ed and town planner Walter de “= Silva will now be able to report | on his housing study early in the | spring? He reported also that the provincial department of | | industry, will pay a Portion of the cost of the maps. * | ROAD EXTENSION Also noted in the committee report as being of major -im-‘ portance was the attendance of many of the city councillors at the town planning convention in Halifax. One of the foremost recom- mendations made in the report was the Victoria Park roadway | be extended along the bank of | the North River to a point above town planning. ‘Compulsory Collection Is Requested A recommendation «that ture city councils give consid- eration to compulsory garbage collections was made at- last night’s meeting. The report, given by public property committee chairman Coun. Arthur Gormley said the two biggest problems facing the committee were the city dump and government pond. Coun. Gormley said the city fu- 4 a 9 may have to soon find another 5 —~ } ; HELP THE WINTER WORKS PROGRAM BY Drastic measures may be tak- It was noted that the Pitomet-. compl only thing the commission can do to alleviate such a situation | to resort to drastic measures. Many visitors will come to Ae hese be sub | Prince Edward Island to help public by the new commission.” us in our celebrations. 4 ; sone - sotoviedial ie we Now is the time to start will be asking us to vacate the getting ready for this hig ae a short period of event by having all your | pote ee oo the a odd jobs done now when. mer has received requests to have and material are ready. , - filled ne aad others to beautify ist’ perenne eer mee HELP BEAUTIFY OUR CITY FOR 1964 vincial administr: buildi hae in looking after this ; Tie ep ato reonneot’| GHANDLER BROS.. the replacing of the wooden " with a ee an ne en BUILDING SUPPLIES | 1 Plywood P| Dial 4-65 ® e 3 5 ELECTRICAL WORK REFRIGERATION REPAIRS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING | Automatic Washer & Dryer Repairs. os il eee SPRING iT NOW! 136 PRINCE STREET DIAL 4-7341 : CHARLOTTETOWN nn = HAVING YOUR ODD JOBS DONE WHEN MEN AND MATERIALS 7 - ARE READY. 4 HARRISON JAMES. PLUMBER 50 EDWARD ST. __ DIAL-4-9868 NF nd an WHY WAIT? 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