FAST WORKING drill crews ue seen adding another 30-foot 1 '|ecll0II of drill pipe at the Im- No Oil Yet Al I Derial Oil drill site at Welling- l011 yesterday where the drill had reached a depth of about 8,700, Wellington, , Drilling Supervisor Reports There has not yet been any in- ‘dication of oil at the Imperial oil test well at Wellington, George Kirkpatrick, drilling sup-' ‘ervisur at the rig,_ said last night. i ‘Mr. Kirkpatrick made this an- nouncement. in reply to a rumor, originating in Halifax yesterday ‘thug;-culsated widely in Sum- merside during the day. He stated that there was ab- solutely no truth in reports that oil had been found at the Wel- llngton site, and normal drilling operations were continuing, with the drill at a depth of about 8,700 WESTERN GUARDIAN ‘TDANCE spnnvc VALLEY Hall June 6th, good music. T3 RAYMOND GRANT Optome- “ trist will be in his Tignish office on Saturday afternoon, June 7th. REGULAR MONTHLY meeting Ladies Auxiliary Legion Home, Keno-‘mzton, tonight 8.00 pan. BURNS CHICK hatchery now open. Aopecial breed for every need. RESERVE JUNE 14rn., for Lobster Supper, Carnival and Borden Legion Home. }$"£7‘rmmr SALE av. c.c..r.'r. Rglennedyu Store, Kensington, on June?-th, 7 p.m. , DR. J.A. DOIRION will be ob- Vnent from his oflfice from Wed- nesday, June 43th, to June 21st. inclusive. Office open for collec- tions and appointments every af- Wirnoon from 1-5. . .WOR'l'H YOUR while investi- uting. A number of ambitious- Ind industrious farmers are re- quired to grow poultry. For further particulars contact Jen- kins Bros. Ltd. Summerside. PENTECOSTAL Church. Ser- Vice in the Spcrlnghill School house, Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Q. R. Stairs, Minister. .cElvmAL BEDEQUE United Janus: Church. Services sunday ,j11la.m. Sunday School 10:15 a. Rev. Oharles_A. Britten, ;‘?'§l_LBERTON Pastoral Charge, Church of Canada. Sun- lll. June 9. Tignish, worship at 9‘30 'a.m.; Sunday School at 10-30 a.m. ’ lr BEDEQUE Pastoral Charge. ‘ jlhe United Church of Canada. . Rev. G. A. Cowper-Smith, Min- : . Services on Sunday, June . it Bedeque 11 a.m.; Borden. 3 .3 3313-; Albany, 7:30 p.111. The A Sacranv.-nt of Baptism will be ' at the service at . Borden. , jj_ Professional Cards _ Chartered ‘. ,Accoun’rani's « T-'Enr1e Hickey & Co. Canadian llsganllirdf Commerce 111 ll] iurnmernde, P.E.I.g Phone 2235 Water St. . Summerside 5.: 0 Kensington on Saturdays) “ Phone Summerside 3551 R INSURANCE -{ -E.EI1is& Son Limited safe -- Auto — Casualty Summerside Optometrists E. E, P31’-kman _ %I)Hl.OIII).. n.o. . E 3237 «>_§:°SITE GUARDIAN OFFICE __\m°1' St Summerside Mn 3- Hunter, R.0. ,( Sflerslde. P.E.I. Phone 3116 . ; ALLMAN's BUILDING- A- Raymond Grant. Q33 wt .Sc., 0.1). Ahovaeel‘ Street. Summerside Maurice M.ill’s Men's . Wear. 1 .!,:l‘°l'Ographers . EDREAD STUDIO . w. smns feet. ‘Mr. Kirkpatrick stated that the Imperial Oil Company office in Toronto would announce any actual discovery of oil or natural gas at this P. E. I. well site. He pointed out that the odds are at least -40 to 1 against finding oil on a first test. and he recalled that an announcement had been made by the company on their arrival here that this well was a test site to explore the geo- logical formations which SrelSn'lli- graphic; surveys had indicated might contain formations which might be favorable to the ac- cumulation of oil or natural gas at a depth of 8,000 to 9,000 feet. With the drill at about 8,700 feet yesterday, the operation con- tinues along in a normal routine manner, and press and radio people who visited. the well yes- terday to check on the rumors which had sparked renewed.pub- lic interest in the site; found things looking much the same as on the day they attended the first “spudd-ing in" operation on March 3rd., following the arrival of the Imperial Oil crews and equipment from Edmonton, AI- berta, at Summerside on Feb- ruary 15th. ‘ S’Side Observes. Air Force Day On June 14 Air Force Day'wil1 be’observ- ed at the RCAF Station, Sum- merside, on June 14, and the public is cordially invited to at- tend the air display and look over the exhibits depicting the‘ poles of the Air Force in its normal operations. _ Featuring the flying exhibit- ion‘ will be the biggest and new- est aircraft of the RCAF, the Canadlair Argus. designed and built » for Anti-submarine and Maritime reconnaissance work. Many more of Canada's top fighting aircraft will take part. featuring jet planes and other oonvential type planes. feet without yet finding oil or natural gas. _ legion Stops ' Cape Travers Summerside Legion defeva-ted Cape Traverse 4-2 in the second game of the Prince County Soft- ball League at Queen Elizabeth Park in Summerside last even- ing. Sonny Stull, pitching for Legion. gave up only two safe bingles, and whiffed 13 Cape bat- ters. Harold Leard, pitching his second game with only one day’s rest, was touched for nine safties. His mates were a bit shaky be- hind him in the first and third innings and the‘ Legion team scored a brace of runs in each fname. Cape Traverse were held runless until the seventh and final inning. Sonny Stull, Des Roberts and Des Callaghan each collected two hits; Roberts getting one two-bagger. Cnanlie Deighan and Owen Sonier hit doubles and Enrigh-t Doucette a single. Jud MacFadyen and Dale MacWil- liams picked up the Cape Tra- verse hits, both singles. The two most spectacular plays of the game were a double play in the first started by shortstop W. MacFadyen who caught a line drive off the hat of Clarence Gilli-is and ghis throw to MacWi1- liams at third caught Ralph Champion going into the bag, and‘ a nice peg to the plate by Henry “Piush" Gallant to double up MacWi11-iams. Cape Traverse had four errors to Legion’s two. Legion 202 000 0 4 9 2 Cape.Trayerse 000 000 2 2 2 4 Gord Sullivan was plate um- pire and Eddie Boates and Mike Scott handled the bases. TEST PILOT DIES BOSOOMIBE DOWN, ’E-ngland (AP) — Squadron Leader John Booth, chief test pilot of Saund- ers Roe, was killed Thursday in the crash of an experimental SR-53 fighter, still on the part- ially - secret list. Described as Bri\ain’s first manned aircraft with a rocket as its main power plant, the plane exploded after taking off. Several farm cottages were damaged by the wreckage. The SR-53 is said to climb at a ra-te of nearly 10 miles a minute and travel at 3. sped of.1,500 miles an hour. The Grade XII pupils have completed their pre-matriculation examinations. Some -of course found them difficult, .but others were quite satisfied. We are‘now getting down to real. earnest study for the last month, al- though an imaginary. V'1S10n of graduation night, which some- times lasts more than “just a sec- ond," often distracts us during study periods. MAY PROCESSION On May 25, all the school pup- ils of Grades V to XII took part in our annual May procession and crowning. _'I‘he procession followed the Sodalitybanner car- ried by Ann Broderick. The boys who acted as guards of honor were Elmer Perry, Jer- ome Martin. Wendell IliaI'P9T. and Wilfred Heywood of Grade X11, and Lee Gillis and John Gavin of Grade XI. . The flower girls were Joan Ar- senault, Betty Richard, M_ary Handrahan, Patsy B1‘°de‘¥'1°,l‘- Mary Gavin, and Joanne Leclaur. Donald G-avin carried the cushion on which rested the bealmful crown of carnatious. Our May Queen was Miss Sy1Via.H083‘1» Grade XII. and her maids of honor were Miss Claire Kenny and Miss Eleanor Medan- ald, both of Grade XII- ESSAY WINNER. _ Congratulations are bemlg ex- tended to Miss Lucy C§>nvWar>’,°f Grade VII who Won first D1119 in Prince County for an, essay entitled “Care of the Eyes’, which was sponsored by the Lion s Club. RED CROSS Miss-Alice Gaudel of Grade. X- has been cllosen as our High School Red Cross delegate t0 _at‘ tend the J uninr Red Cross Tram-= ing Course being EIVGH J”-ll’ at Kings College School. Wm - sor, Nova Scotia. We Wlll. be an- xious to hear her report on this course nCXi fall. ’ SEWING . The" exhibition of the sewing done by the various classes this year was held on May 43- Had sum Barrister ‘E9 R. MacMahon, ‘W, "M ht-on. able to soctbllllltir work. we lrnglll ml 114” e “W Four Team Baisegloall League Will Play Twenty\Games ed that the sewing pupils were able to make such beautiful gar-_ ments, which included ‘dresses, skirts, blouses, aprons, and other_ articles. Prizes were awarded to those whose work was shown to be best in the garment they made. SPORT The second, third, and fourth of a series of five basketball games were played between the girls of Grades Twelve and Ele- ven and those of Grade Nine within the last month. The score of the second game was 34-22 for Grade IX. fln the third the sen- ior girls were victorious with 3 score of 42-31. The fourth game went to Grade IX with a score‘ of 24-22. It looks as if the. Grade IX girls have won the trophy. Congratulations! ! ! Baseball is verypopulal‘ 31110118 the‘ boys this spring, and a four- team league has been formed which is to play twenty games- The Tigers, Red SOX. Braves. and Dodgers are the names of the teams, and the Braves are in the lead winning four games and losing none as yet. A hast}- bau trophy has been secured, is on display hi the school,_and will be awarded to the winning team next fall. ' The sympathy of all the stud- ents is extended to Dor1_s- Le- Clair of Grade XII on the sud- den passing of her loving fiather Mr. Thomas Le Clair. The late Mr, Le Clair was also the grand- father of Phyllis Myers of Gmde XII. ASKS TIME TO PAY PARIS (Re-u.ter.sl—-I"rance this week will ask the United States and Galleria F01‘ l36!‘m1-_5510_11 50 postpone payment of $‘oz.000.000 of the $72,000,000 post -oar debts due at the end of June and the beginning of July. :1 French f}- nance ministry spokesman said Thursday. The pestponemnt was foreseen in the agmemeflt reached with the U5. last Jan- uary under which r‘rnnce re- ccivcri various 1-rorlils amounting to a total of $655,250,000. l S'side Board Discusses Paving, Ferry Schedule ‘ The Summerside Board of Trade held its final meeting pnior to the summer recess last evening in the Civic Building with president, C.R. MacLaggan pre- siding. Matters of local and pro- vincial interest discussed included . the paving of Harvard St. East the highway at Summerside East and the most unsatisfactory sch- edule of the Borden - Tormentine ferry at night. Rcgardinrg the Harvard Street ,paving problem, the president‘ said that he had been in confer- ence with Mayor Currie and had been assured that something be done about this street but just what was at present uncer- tain. The matter depended on how much money was going to be available for paving this summer, the Mayor had said. Mr. J. Frank Arnett in dis- cussing this paving said, that if the street was paved it would provide an alternate through highwiay and that the Provincial Government should. be pressed to give some assistance in hav- 'ing the job done. Mr. Arnett pointed out that much heavy traf- fic problem and he suggested that -at least the machinery of the government might be obtained to do the work with the town paying for the material used. The president said that he had been informed that the highway at Summerside East would be provided with some sort of cov- ering by June 30th and that the paving of the road would be com- pleted'some‘ti.me this fall. In this connection he said that the Tou- rist Bureau is now open and in operation. FERRY DISCUSSED Considerable discussion took place during the meeting regard- inng the ferry crossingiat Borden on a schedule which keeps pass- enger cars waiting long hours there while the ferry, apparently on orders from Moncton, insists Group Capt. S'wetman~ Is Transferred To Group Captain W. G. Swetman. D. S. 0., D. F. C., C. D., Oom- ' manding officer of RCAF Stat- ion, Summerside, has been trans- ferresd to Goose Bay, Labrador, as Commanding Officer there it ha-s been announced by Air Force Headquarters. The tnansfer will Fishermen And Factories Fined For Short Lobsters An Alberton South fisherman was fined $50.00, and costs by Magistrate R. S. Hinton at Al- berton yesterday, when he plead- ed guilty to a charge that. being master of a fishing vessel, he did fail to bring the vessel" to after signal by a government vessel; secondly, that he did unlawfully, after signal by a government vessel, did throw overboard part of the fishing vesse1’s cargo, eontnary to Section 7 of the Coas- tal Fisheries Protection Act. According to evidence presen- ted by officers of the Federal Department of Fisheries the fishing boat commenced circling at high speed after receiving a verbal order to stop from offic- ers _in a Fisheries patrol launch flying code flag “K" an interna- tional signal requiring vessels to heave to. While circling four’ cars of lobsters were thrown overboard which were later re- covered and each found to con- tain appnoximately 125 pounds. of undensized lobsters. The in- cident occurred near Black Banks in Ca-scnmpec Bay. FIRST OI-‘FENCE In the fine Magis- tnate Hinton said that it was his first case under this regulation ‘but warned that future infrac- tions would be more severely dealt with Maximum fine is $200.00 for a first offense. A Tignlsh lobster factory was fined $35.00 and costs for posses- sion of a quantity of undersized lobsters. Although pleading guilty the factory manager stat- -ed that the fiactorry had the daily catch of sixty-two boats to attend to make it difficult to elimin- Melmbership And Activity Of Boy Scouts Shows Gain Total provincial membership in the Boy Scouts Association for the year 1957 was 1338 it was re- ported at the annual meeting held in Summerside last might. The 1-epont by Brig. Reid showed that there were 23 Boy Scout_ Troops for a total of 502, and 35 Wolf Cub Packs for a total mem- bership of 841. Honours and Awards during the year included a certificate for Gallantry awarded to Scout Ger- ald Murphy of the 1st. Southport Troop. Long Service Medals for at least ten years faithful and ef- ficient service went to Frank J. Costello, George C. Fisher, Mar- garet Dolliver, E. Gordon Kerr. Walter B. LePa:ge, Robert Parent, Laura E. Parent. Daniel MacCormack, Eric S. Tanlon, 8 Abraham Zakem. LONG SERVICE . Bars to the service medal for each additional five vb’?-31's 0! same type of service were a\\’aI‘d- ed, Arnold P. Ceretti. Robert C.‘ Parent, Laura E. Parent, Harry J. Pineau and William W. R610- A review ’of the yea!‘ Showed that, for the first time, Prince Edward Island played host to the National Training Committee and to the Executive Committee of the Canadian General Council. Premier A. W. R/lntllesmi prese1it- vrl r'c1'tii'ir'a|<'.s In H QM“-"1 5 Scouts. Special rallies marked on doing the ‘oil trip‘ immediat- ely after the 9.15. crossing. It was pointed out that since the ferry is on a,night long crossing sc‘hedule, that if there are cars waiting to make the crossing that the matter of hauling oil across should be delayed until these passenger ‘cars are‘ brought across. . » It was decided that the quest- ion would be taken up at the annual meeting of the Martime Board which is to be held in Charlottetown on June 23rd and 24th. Matters of local concern dis- cussed included the practice of blowing the fire horn at 12.00 o’clock noon. Mr. Frank Arnett said that he has been discussing the matter with the Town Coun- cil in the hope of having it dis- continued but so far has met with little success. ._Mr. John Wright led the discussion on the matter of the incessant blowing of the train whistle at all hours of the night when trains are passing thnowgh town. The consensus of opinion among the members was that signals should be erected at the various crossings in town as war- nings that trains were approach- lllg. The president of the Board. stated that he would take the matter up with the superintend- ant of the Island Division, Mr. Greenough, and find out who to contact in this regard. CAR HORNS T00 ' Mr. Amos Hubley started that something should be done in Summerside about the incessant blowing of horns on Sunday night around the streets of Summer- side. He pointed out that this was a most annoying nuisance and it was felt that the police must do something to curb the practice. Mr. J. Frank Arnett brought up the matter of congested tra- ffic on Water Street at noon hour _ pleading guilty to unlawfully re- and at five o'clock in-‘the evening‘ Goose Bay become effective in August. Group Captain Swetman will be succeeded by Wing Com- mander J. A. Creeper, presently on the staff of the Supreme Al- lied Commander at Norfolk, Vir- ginia. He was formerly Com- mandrlng Officer of 0. '1‘. U. at Summerside Station in 1954-55. ate all short lobsters. A similar charge against an Alberton South ‘lobster factory‘ was adjourned for two weeks. DOLLAR A LOBSTER Four fishermen from Tignlsh rxceived fines ran7ing from $20.- 00 and costs to $33.00 and costs for possession of undersized lob- sters. Fines were assessed at the rate of one dollar for each short lobster retained. A charge against a Ti-gnish fisherman of possession of 240 short lobsters was adjourned for two ‘weeks. - A St. Louis resident was fined $25.00 and costs for possession of liquor not purchased from a vendor (home made beer). SPLASHED An O’Leary operator of a motor vehicle. was fined $5.00 and costs for splash-lug a-pedes- trlan with mud. A party from Tlgnish was fin- ed one dollar and costs and or- dered to sign a $100.00 recogniz- ance to keep the peace after slsting a home owner’: "effort to prevent his entry. For causing a disturbance in an O’Lear‘y restaurant a young man from O’Leaiy was fined $20.00 and costs or 80 days. . A party from Tignish, cha ged with assaulting a police off cer, waz ordered to pay compensat- ion of $65.00 to the officer for loss of the officer's wrist watch. Sentence was held over for two weeks. For resisting arrest and interfering with the arrest of his father. a second Tignish party was fined $75.00 or 30 days. the Baden-Powell Centenary. Thirteen Queen Scouts a-nd three Scouiters represented‘ the Pro- vince at the World Jamboree held at Sutton Coldfield, Eng- land. Five Scouts also represent- ed the Island at the 4th. Nation- al Jamboree, Boy Scouts of Am- erica, at Valley Forge, Pa. 1957 proved to be a most suc- cessful year for camping. 681 members attended nineteen re- gistered camps for a grand total of 4123 camper days. This was an increase of 147 members over the previous year. , OLD CITY Bristol], England, received its first town charter from Henry II in 1171. REGENT Friday & Saturday ”JAlL BUSTERS” Leo Goreey and Bowery Boys. "JOE DAKOTA" Color M ah on ey J00 ls’. when stores are closing. It was felt that this also was a matter that could be rectified by the police if they were given instruc- tions to control traffic at those hours. _ ‘We have ten policemen in this town,’ said Mr. Arnett and sur- ely one or two of them could be delegated to be at the busy intersections during the busy hours and help control traffic. After discussion by the mem- bers, it was the, unanimous opinion of the meeting that the solution of the meeting that the solution of the pedestrain pro- blem was in having the police on duty. ' ‘ Mr. C.R. MacLaggan was appointed as the voting delegate to the annual meeting of the Mantime Board of Trade meet- ing to be held in Charlottetown June 23-24th. Mr. J. Frank Arnett said that his firm would be pleased to con- tribute to the expenses of the 19 reception held during this annual meeting . Will Ask For V Examination 01'' Murder Suspect EDMUN-DSTON, N.B. (CP) -- Defence counsel J. A. Pichette gave notice Thursday he will seek mental examination of his client when the preliminary hearing of John Jacob Vollmann, Jr., enters its third day this morning. , Mr. Pichette said he wants to call an uni~den=tified physician to testify concerning a psychiatric examination of the 20 - year - old defendant from nearby Mada- waska, Me., charged with mur- dering Gaetane Bouchard, 16, near Edmundston Mag’ 13. The defence counsel introduced his motion after County Magist- rate A. M. Chamberland com- mitted Vollmann to stand trial. The magistrate allowed the tion and cancelled the committal. Crown counsel. Albany M. Robi- chaud said he had instructions not to oppose the motion. Mr. Pichette quoted a section of the Criminal Code stating a defendant may be remanded to a psychiatric institution for an ob- servation period of 30 days or less if the magistrate is satisfied there is sufficient evidence to warrant such action. SLIM EVIDENCE Mr. Pichette said the evidence was “very, very, very slim” and the prosecution had failed to link the accused with the crime. Twenty - four witnesses have testified at the hearing. A Maine automobile registration card for a green 1952 sedan was admitted as evidence Thursday over de- fence objection. Sgt. J. R. Lapointe said he found the paper among Voll- mann’s effects and also identified a car in a photographic ezdhibit as one driven by the accused. Other e x hib its have included paint flakes said taken from the car and flakes allegedbr found in the gravel pit area where the high school girl. was stabbed. ‘Presentation Of Pledges Marks Club Meeting. Highlights of the last regular meeting of the Summerside Y’s Men‘s Club for the-season, held last night at the Y centre _on Green Street was the presentation by the three presidents of the Hi-Y Chapters to the Y’s Men's Club of cheques for $100.00 each, finishing out their pledge of $900.- 00 -to the building fund over a three-year period. The presidents are, Joy Nichol- son, Marjorio Shacks, Ron Mac- Farlane. . President of the Hi Y Council also presented a cheque for $100.- 00, making the total contribution of the Hi Y movement in Sum- merside the commendable sum of $1,000,000 over the past three ears. t is the feeling of the Y's Kinkoru Alumni Association GRADUATION DANCE FRIDAY JUNE 6TH, 1958 AT 8 P.M. ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY JUNE srn. AT 3:00 P.M. CAMEO Kensington Fri. Sat. 7:15-9:15. Matinee Sat. 1 p.m. Randolph Scott in “Shoot- Out at Medicine Bend”. Co._-star- ring James Craig, Angie D1CkII1- son. Also Serial. TODAY (FRIDAY); 3:15-7215-—9:10 . SATURDAY 7:15 - 9:10 ”APR|L LOVE" With Pat Boone and Shir- ley Jones. Filmed in CinemnScope nml color. IIMMERSIDE ‘J A Plan Special Services At Trinity Church Historical events related to the church will be the focal point in special anniversary services to be held in Trinity United Church, Summerside, on Sunday. June 8th, at 11 o'clock. The events which will be re- membered will be the beginning of the Methodist Church in the town, the union of that congrega- tion with the Bible Christian con- gregation, the building of the church on the present site, and the formation of the present con- gregation as a result of the church union in 1925 between the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches of Can- ada. Rev. Frank A. Archibald, Ph.D., of St. John's United Church, Moncton, will be the special speaker and the theme of his sermon will be “The Church.” Men that Summerside has the most enthusiastic. the hardest working Hi Y members in Can- ada, and that their record of sup- poirt for the.Y Centre is unequal- During the evening Herny Scales and Otis Pickard were in-’ ducted into the club- in a very inspiring ceremony by the induc- tion team. ‘ The club voted $150.00 towards the operation of the Little League in Summerside. It was decided to hold the -an- nual club picnic in July,at Bob Hogg’s cottage in Fernwood. Don Adams, speaking as a club leader, asked for the co-opera- tion of the Y’s Men towards sup- plying leaders for the Cub camp to be held at Camp Buchan from July 31 to August 3. He said that regulations were that one leader was needed :for every six Cubs attending the camp, and that unless more come forward, leaders both inside the club and out, many Cubs would be disap- pointed and deprived of the. op- portunity of attending _ camp. The program of the evening was on new member councilling, when the committee consisting of Ralph MacFarlane and Jock Hop- kirk gave brief talks on the his- tory, aims and objects. and the financial setup of the Y’: Men's movement. The meeting w a s capably chaired by Fred Hunter; the song leader was Ken Dorsey, and Eric Sheen collected fines. Appointed To Pensions ‘ Body OTTAWA (CP)—David Decker, former commissioner of the Ca- nadian Red Cross for Newfound- land, has been appointed to the Canadian pension commission, it was announced Thursday. Mr. Decker, a resident of St. John's, Nnd, is a graduate or the University of British Colum- bia and a former B.C. civil cerv- ant. He was an unsuccessful Pro- gressive Conservative candidate for the Newfoundland seat of Friday, June, 5, 1958 The Guardian Page 11 Dredging Job At Skinner's Pond .«0T'I‘AWA, -— (Special)_-— A contract for $8,000 for the dredg- ing of Skinner’s Pond, P. E. I., has been awarded to Maritime across the entrance to the bar- bor. This makes fishing opera- tions impossible except at high tide and dangerous in rough wea- Dredging Limited, of Charlotte- town, Public Works Minister Howard Green announced Thurs- day. . . Skinner's Pond is in Prince County. Dr. 0. H. Phillips is the Conservative M. P. for Prince. An official of Public Works ex- plained that dredging of the pond is necessary because two sand bars developed during the win-ter ed ther. The present project will con- sist of removing about 6,000 cubic yards of sand in order to provide a channel 80 feet wide through the sand bars. The depth of water at low tide would be five feet. No other suitable dredge is available nearby, It was explain- Plan To Provide Additional Classrooms For -Alberlon, A special meeting of ratepay- ers in the Alberton School Dis- trict is to be called later this month to make plans forthe pro- vision of additional classrooms in one of the Alberton schools. This problem was given much discussion at the annual meet- ing on Tuesday night but owing to the -small attendance of only twenty-seven ratepayers, was left over for a special meeting. Although a new four room High School was built in Alberton in 1955 andgrades nine and ten transferred from the five-room elementary school, more space is urgently‘ needed to accoin- Dial Pho-nes In Nfld. In lead ST. JOIEWS (GP) — After the end of the month 86 per cent of Newfoundland’s telephone system will work by dial. A company of- ficial said Wednesday It is one of the highest percentages in the world. Bell Island, 13 miles from here by road and water, will be the latest section to join the dial ex- change. About 1,000 manual phones’ are expected to be re- placed by June 30. The exchange will open up new circuits and the company expects to receive ord- era for another 700 phones. modrate the large number of children‘ attending the lower grades. Mr. Winston Currie, principal, presided at the annual meeting. Mrs. Everett Shea was re-elected auditor. ' The amount for supplement was raised from $4,800 to $5,200. Mr. Vernon Hudson was re- elected tnustee. Other trustees are Wesley Hardy and R. D. Mc- _ Kinnon. Mr. Earl Atkinson was pointed chairman of a commit- tee to improve ,the grounds at both schools. In announcing the total expen- ditures for the past year total- ling $11,534,34, the secretary, Mrs. Blanche England, read the report of the Alberton district of fifty years ago which showed a total outlay for that year of $644.47. Following a discussion of tax arrears, the meeting adjourned. Crérpuud Theatre Fri. 8:30 p.m.; Sat. 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. “The Proud and Profane” in Vista Vis- ion. Starring: William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter and Dewey Martin. ‘ Wyman, Charlton Heston, Grand Falls-White Bay-Labrador in the March 31 federal election. 6 I are high (bloom and set). tree and small fruits, and I sticker and spreader. BURLINGTON, ONT. . 1-‘ran PLANTS THROUGH LEAVES! I NUTRI-LEAF Nutritional Folior Spray \ An economlcal,. safe and efficient, method of supplementary feeding through leaves. Research indicatesthat absorption of plant food is much‘ more ‘efficient from foliar feeding than through soil treatment. Nutri-Leaf gives the added boost needed for fast start, early maturity and top production. A Nutri-Leaf 60 provides easy application -— can be combined with insecticides or__ fungicides" to accomplish several jobs with one spraying. Nutri-Leaf gives a helping hand over periods of adverse weather conditions or when plant nutrient requirements 3 In addition to treatment of plant beds and field grown plants, Nutri-Leaf is ideal for transplanting tomatoes, cabbage, eggplant, cantaloupes, strawberries, peppers, many other transplants. I As well as a basic: 20-20-20 formula, Nutri-Leaf provides mineral supplements and chelate complexes. It is completely sollible and contains a safe and effective To provide the supplementary plant food necessary for healthy, profitable gl'u\\.lh . . . from seed to maturity . . . scc you.~r‘Niagara dealer now for Nutrl-Leaf 60. . NIAGARA BRAND CHEMICALS THURSDAY and FRIDAY. JUNE 5-6 “THE BIG LAND” in Technicolor. -Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Edmund 0’Brien. Cartoon and canteen special lobster sandwiches. 8:30 p.m. SATURDAY and MONDAY. JUNE 7 and 9111 “LUCY GALLANT" in Technicolor. 1* ST-ARLlT,E DRlVE- IN THEATRE SUMMERS! Stirring Alan I Starring Jane Claire Trevor. ‘K DE REGINA, SASK. P ap- .