l h ‘ , v w. ._ WNW ti” FOUR OF the 17 water safety instructors who are now , undergoing a refresher (course at the Charlottetown YMCA. take a breather following a session in the pool. e in- structors, left to right are: Seventeen Red Cross safety instructors from~ across the province are undergoing a YMCA poo. The course opened Monday morning and the participants were welcomed by the president of the YMCA. Claude Whitnect, Gerald Hopkirk. Summerside: Mrs. Sandra Emery, W Is- - Jean MacInnis. Char- lottetown, and Jam Ben tham. St. Dunstan's Univer- sity. who is employed as a life- guard at Covehead. 17 Red Cross Water Safety Instructors Taking Course water"Y' was in a position to offer I l four-day retresher course at the} son got underway the pool so that this type of training could be undertaken be- fore the beach swimming sea- The course. will cover such subjects as aquatic skills. lec- tures on physical education. rules governing the use of water craft and life saving equipment who expressed pleasure that the I associated with boats. Ice Conditions If the present weather condi- tions prevail. fishermen should not have any trouble finding Alberton Is Plainning Anniversary ALBERTON — A postponed meeting of Al‘berton Town Coun- cil was held last night with Mayor M. Roy Leard presiding and Councillors Arthur McRae. Wesley Hardy. Vernon Hudson. John C, Profit and Douglas Rix attendance. It was noted that since Jan. 1. over 31.000 in tax arrears has been collected and many made arrangeents to pay an in- stallment each month on their amount in arrears. Some discussion was held in connection: with the fiftieth an- nlversalry in June of the incor- poration of the town. One sug- gestion was an open house in the town's new fire hall which is expected to be completed by that time. Final plans for the anniver- sary celebrations were left for e May meeting. Following the reports of com- mittees. which were of a rou- tine nature, the meeting ad- lotn'ned. History Of Red Cross Outlined To Englewood CRAPAUD — ,Miss Iphigenle Arsenault. Charlottetown. exe- cutive commissioner of the P.E.I. Red Cross was the guest Speaker at the Englewood home and school meeting at Crapaud. Miss Arsenault traced progress of the Red Cross from its founding in 1863. illustrating important highlights with pic- tures. She also explained the Red Cross emblems. and stat~ ed that funds for the P. E. 1. Red Cross are now raise through the United Appeal Fund Mrs. Charles Howntt thanked Miss Arsenault for her contri- bution to the meeting. Mrs. Clayton Crosby. presi- dent of the home and school association presided. and Mrs. erxon Moore was secretary. Cure '1' v members of the association will be in Charis of the April meeting Ind the lunch committee. for the next meeting. April 26 Herring Run Starts In West. Prince ALBERTON —- The first her- Look Better For Lobster Season Opening open water to set their lob- ster traps in with the season opening May 1. it was speculat- ed by ER. MacNutt. district marine agent. department of transport, last night West winds prevailing. any ice now existing around the coast should soon be cleared keeping with the present trend of the moving ice-field. orth- east w l n d 5. however, would shift the ice and move it back towards the mainland. present- ing an entirely different pic- turc. The latest ice survey shows that Northumberland Strait is clear. except for a few floating blocks. from t e west end 0 the island to Pictou Island and from Cape Bear to Souris. A large field of ice. however. remains near Pictou Island. George Bay. and between East Point. Magdalen Islands. the Cape Breton coast. a .Strait is also plugged east of thc Magdalen Islands. A very heavy field of Ice ls extending from Cavendish to East Point. Charlottetown h a r b o r is mainly clear with some soft ice but the winter ice still remains at the mouths of the Yorke and Hillsboro rivers. Tankers To Open Service Tuesday Starting with Tuesday. April 23 the steady parade of ocean going tankers of three of the major oil companies serving Prince Edward Island will get underway in and out of the port of Charlottetown. With winter stock becoming well depleted all three com- panies are anxious to replenish stocks, particularly gasoline ’in preparation for the coming tourist season. when thousands of cars from out of the prov- ince will be using Island high- ways. The first tanker to arrive will be the Imperial Quebec. due the 23rd, with a full cargo for the Imperial Oil Company bulk storage plant and the PAGEIS'sideSnowRemovaICosts; Summerside And Prince County The Guardian, Charlottetown, Wed. April 17, 1963. 3 Ieachers Federation Announces Scholarship By MARIAN BRUCE I Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer I was announced yesterdayl that the P.E.l. Teacher's Peder-1 ation is making available a scholarship. to go to any one teacher desirous of furthering his or flier academic standing in the profession. This announcement was made at a meeting of the board of governors. held in the Federa- tion House. Grafton Street. as a prelude to today’s opening of the annual three-day convention of the P.E.I. TF at Queen Char- lotte High School, A number of reports were sub- mitted to the governors' mee - Costello. ioned a brief discussion before they were given final approval. Reports submitted were: on the directors meeting. Frank Cos- ducts. all of which will go into the local storage plant. illiam Connolly. district manager for Irving Oil. said last night that for the first part of the shipping season, Irv- ing tankers will continue to use the discharge berth at the Rail- way Wharf. Last fall the company had been hopeful that the four 10- inch pipe lines from their new pier. just below the Hillsbor Bridge, could have been ‘ on the ice. But it was found at this was impossible due to the ice not becoming firm a7 a. enough. Mr. Connolly said the plan now is to get the pipelaying started as soon as the river ice Maritime Electric generatingi plant. clears out. and which will lim- it working periods to low tide. resolutions. Frank Cos- vis-ual meeting. Ottawa. Gordon Bovyer; board of teacher education and st dards. Miss Mabel O’Brien: cur- riculum. Sister Mary Peter: and federation periodical. Thomas all. stone; tello; Acadia N = I With this preliminary session behind them. the governors are anticipating that some 900 tea» chers from across the provmce will be arriving in the city this morning to participate in the convention. eatured speaker at the an- nual event. which involves rur- al and urban teachers through- out the province. will be Dr. Floyd G. Robinson, director of research. Canadian Teachers' {at i Expected To Set Record ' IUMMERSIDE BUREAU f OF THE GUARDIAN I Show removal costs in Sumu merside this winter will be the highest In the historv of the night‘s meeting of town council presided over by Mayor .1. Ern- est Morrison with all council- lors present. The street department report. read by Town Manager J. Brophy. showed that an all- time h' .was set in March when snow removal costs. in- cluding sanding and salting to- talled $13,981.88 and required. in addition to town- owned equipment. rented equipment for 256% hours and truck ren- tal of 935 hours. town it was revealed at lastI Salt used during the month of March totallal 181 bags whne ‘ sand used during the winter to i the end of March amounted to i 73 truck loads. _ Snow removal costs to the end of March were $29,100.33. which 'when added to April's .outlay. will establish a record ‘ expenditure for this depart- . the report stated. Coun. H.B. Schurman. chair- man of the street committee. said the department was per- haps a little slow in opening some of the unpaved streets after the last storm but said this was due to the fact that rubber tired machines were not satisfactory for these muddy, soft streets and added that the Federation. T d activities include: registration; an address by the: president. Frank Costello; welcome from the city of Char-i. lottetown by Mayor A.W. Gau-i det: an rcss on. L. George Dewar. minister of edu- cation; and study groups. The study groups will be dl- vided into three main categor- ies: primary and intermediate grades, high school. and com- merce. Thursday will see a repetition of this afternoon's program. along with Dr. Robinson’s ad- 55. Speakers on the final day's agenda will be Malcolm Mac- Kenzie, deputy minister and di- rector of education. and J.A.S. ‘ ‘ director of curri- Q- .1 t'D Social activities will include 3 din n e r Thursday evening at Montgomery Hall, wit Dr. Ro- binson as guest speaker, and a social evening at Parkdaie jun- ior high school auditorium Wed- nesday. SHAW GOV’T (Continued from page one) was only logical that smaller districts be divided among their neighbors. Since the Prince County part of the section came first the amendment of Dr. McNeill had priority and was considered and Local officials said last night the Quebec is ule to bring 9.000 barrels of gasoline, 3,500 of stove oil. 5.400 iesel fuel. and 17.000 of bunker oil. The greater portion of this last product will be pumped in- to the power company's stor- age tank. The second ianker to arrive will be the Irving Oil Com- pany‘s huge Irvinglen. expect- ed on the 25th. Her cargo will consist of some 5,600,000 Ions of assorted petroleum pro- W as 'T‘ "This." he said, "will be for funding $5,000,000 unfunded debt for capital expenditures incur- red .for public works, highways and other payments. The sec- ond bill. the Prince Edward Is- land Refunding Act. authorizes the Lieutenan‘t-Governor-in-coun- oil to borrow 62.300000 to re- fund the balance of an original issue of 32.000000 winch ma- tures on Dec, 15 and to refund the balance remaining on an issue of 500,000. maturing Feb. 15." and mai tenance t Hnloftbsyearin the West 23025 f MO'RE INCOME (Continued from page 1) tailed comments" on the in- creased expenditures "to my colleagues who wi present their proposals later in the bud- get address." CAPITAL EXPENDITURE .. Capital expenditures for th 1963-64 fiscal year are estimat- ed at 36.192.710. "The largest item In this cap- ital budget." said Mr. Farmer. “calls for an expenditure of $4.- 643.410 for highways. res and, bridge construction...this includes $2,000.000 for Roads to Resources projects; 31.152.000 for our provincial paving pro- gram: $1,102.410 for highway construction an $389,000 for permanent bridges." The estimates for 1963-64 show a total revenue on ordin- ary account of 323.660. . of which $13,127,344 will come from the Government of Can- ada and the balance. 310533.060 will be provided from provm- ciai sources. REVENUE FROM OTTAWA town is: subsidies. 0656.032; tax collection agreement. 32.- 006,000; equalization. 83.098000: Atlantic Provinces' Adjustmen Grant. and income tax on electricity. 350.000. From provincial sources it is expected that the following will be collected: taxes. $6,751,000; licenses. permits and fees. 31.- 511.390: liquor control. and from other revenues and appropriation, included in debt charges. and $13.01!! from Revenue expected from Ot- a sum me 000: fines and penalties 065.000 c f aurancelresulting from the can- cellation of hos' 1 insurance premiums for the four months of December. January. Febru- and . ' the amount of 3451.000; an excess nu ma '9- severe conditions of the winter of 1962; flood damages to roads inthestpiringof1962alsooost an additional sum of 3331.570; compensation to grain: growers ontheloss‘ofcropsimthewet season in the amount of $50,000. NO APOLOGY “We don't apologize for over-all deficit for in doing we believe we have achieved an avunosphero favorable to mic emission and to the advance of better auditions for our people by the adoption of realistic program within our financial capacity to bear. “Though the dated rev- enue fund debt was inciieased by $2,469,195. we acquired cap- ital and revenue-producing as-‘ sets. ccmtrlbuted towards the this 50 600110- 5 pension of mural electrification tor a total expenditure of a d 3 capital nature of over 310.0(1).- With a finther hmease of $1,792,404 fonecost to be added debt the isdesigned to meet the condit ions and problems with which but of the economic cor-iii and reolitia of the day. It seeks goveriInent expendi- lc MAXIMUM salmon: “It also seeks to economize in administrative costs and in whichthe wealth disprov- inu cornea and on those relat- lhta At last spring‘s session, an act was passed which providesfor the setting up of a provincial civil ervice commission. Mr. Farmer said that $20.000 will be provided this year for set- ting up the commission. Nearing the conclusion of his speech. r said "a though the government main- tains a constant review of i taxes. there is merit in the periodic examination of our whole tax structure ~ federal. provincial and municipal -- to determine whether we have got the right kind of balance. For that reason, we welcomed the appointment by the government of Canada of the Royal Com- mission on Taxation. _ .We re- gret, however. that the terms of Ireference. while broad In some respects, do not permit the making of recommendations on provincial and municipal taxa- tion.” TAXATION COMMITTEE He went on to say that to overcome this difficulty the gov- ernment of the province has decided to appoint a provincial committee on taxation. "Its purpose." be said. “will he to cooperate with the Carter Commission in making a com- prehensive study of taxation by all levels of government in the province. . .we have een as- sured by the. chairman of the Royal Commission that he would be prepared to work freely d 9" openly with such a provincial committee. Revenue, Expenditure ORDINARY REVENUE G overnment of Canada . . . . . . 813127.344, Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,751.0“). Lizenses, Permits and Fees .... 1.511.390. Other Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.270.670. $23,660,404. ORDINARY EXPENDITURE Debt Charges. including Sinking Fund A on . . S 3,256.260. 1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.600.699. Welfare and Labour 2.886.455. lv . . . . . . 4,895,930. Attorney-General . 906.092. 1‘ tion . . . . .. . 167.890.‘ Executive Council . 61.300. 1 ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 41.540. ndustry and Naturd Resources 625.110. ‘isheri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.250. Iighways (Maintenancel) . . . . 2017.61». ’ublic Works Achntnlstration 117.9%. 1 Following Is a summary tures for the fiscal year- ending March 31. 1964: Estimated Sin-plus (Ordinary) .. 8 758.045. CAPITAL AND OTHER RECEIPTS . Government of Canada . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l .000. Interest on Sinking Fund InvestmeMs 233.400. Shifting Fund Appropriation. included in Debt Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.047.l75. C 3.646.fll. CAPITAL PAYMENTS . am. Bridges. etc. . . . . . . . . . . .. 34.64.1410. Fixed and Movable As . . . . . 294.900. J Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.254.400. S 6.192.710. Excess in Capital PM over I Capital and Other Receipts .. 0 ammo. ' as t 1.702.464. ’ Estnnatsd lacs'easo hi flabth decided on a straight party vote with Liberals oppOsing. consideration of the Farmer amenment was resumed and mention made that Sth Kings would disappear. Mr. Stewart stated Kings County would return to the position in which it had been prior to 1892 when the Minerals gerrymand- ered to create the Fifth Dist- rict." IMPORTANT ISSUE Opposition leader A.W. Mathe- son said the House was faced with an important issue and ex- pressed the thought Charlotte- town did not need increas rep. resentation as it had a Mhyor and 10 councillors to look after its streets and sidewalks. Dr. M.L. Bonnell maintained if it were not for e farmers and fishermen ‘the people of Charlottetown would starve.‘ He said rural people not only came to the city to spend their money but they grew and caught the food to feed the people here. Mr. Matheson asked why. since Premier Walter Shaw fav- ored the amendments. were they not put in the bill in the first place. Walter Dingwelil, (PC Kings) said he was concerned about the fate of his county and the resentation it would get. He said e had not u about the 8 '5’ Knutsford Farmer Uies Souris Ladies Are Taught Weaving ' SOURIS — Nine women who completed a weaving course under the resources de- velopment program were awarded certificates at a meet- ing here last night. They were: Mrs. E d w a r d Kassner. Mrs. Roy White. Mrs. Fred Perry and Mrs. Helena Robertson. all of Souris: Mrs. Russell Mills. Howe Bay: Mrs. Walter Dixon, Mrs. G e o r g e Cheverie. Mrs. John Robertson and Mrs. Thomas Harris. all of Kingsboro. The presentations were made' by Rev. Elton Adams of Souris and Rev. Charles Gallant of St. Charles. Dr. W. Marold of Souris West presided. He is acting president traxcavator was stationed at the town dump. MORE PAVING Looking ahead Coun. Schur- man said he believed the street department would be able to do as much or more paving in the town this year as last. when a program of considerable magnitude was The electric light department report showed that 1.199.960 kilowatt hours of electricity had been generated or purchased during March which was an in- crease of 9.11 per cent over March last year. Of this total amount the Summerside utility generated 899.770 kw hours. Following the submission of the police department report Coun. Schurman said e wish- ed to commend the police. de- partment for its quick action in apprehending two men h 0 have been charged with break- ing into Gourlie‘s drug store last week. One man has plead- ed guilty while the other has elected trial by judge. Coun. Schurman stated Pol- of the Eastern Kings resources ice Chief S. Donald A. Wanna- development organization. Guest MacDonald of ma er is nearing completion speaker was John of the traffic survey in the Charlottetown, town which he has been carry- field manager for Kings Coun- ing out. He stated there are 53 ty resources development. can er streets which the chief has rec- r the weaving ommended one-side parking be O‘LEARY — A well known course, which lasted for six instituted and added the final farmer of Knutsford. Nelson weeks. were th Adams. died April 10 at the Brunswick School of from e N Arts and w report on the survey should be completed within a week or so. Charlottetown Hospital. He was Crafts. They were Miss Jennie SEWER swoppAGEs in his Blst year. gas and Miss Thelma Alex- Mr. Adams was the son of andra. the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adams. Malpeque. He moved to Knutsford at a young age with his parents. His wife was the former Jane Harris. ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Harris. Forest View. Surviving are a daughter Geo- Mrs. Hugh MacGregor. O‘Leary. seven grandchildren and three great- grandchildren; Isaac a sister Bessie, Mrs. Joseph him On his regelection. Mr. 3 Macqualrrie, in turn. congratu- Mr. Pearson on his par- 8 elec- Dunning, Long River. predeceased him. an brother George. A sister Addie {glad s dau-. Queens MP I Meets Pearson l Heath Macquarrie_ PC mem- ber elect for Queen‘s County. while in Ottawa Monday. met Liberal leader Lester B son and was congratulated by success in April The funeral was held Monday “01" from his Knutsford residence to the O‘Leary United Church where service was conducted by Rev. David Hamilton. A trio. Mrs. Dan MacPher- son. Mrs. Douglas Adams and Machougall. sang the Bright Biue.‘ Hymns sung were “Nearer My God To Thee". and "Forever Unto the Lord." Pallbearers were Lewis Har- ris. Harry Adams. Waldo Phil- lips. Guy Harris. Edwin Den- nis. Robert Woodside. Flower bearers were Clair MacNeill and Heath Woodside. Interment was in Bloomfield United Church cemetery. amendments as he was out ill and had not attended the caucus meetings and expressed his op- position to them. BILL HELD OVER The Speaker, Hon John R Mache'an. Souris. exercising his privilege of sitting in on com- mittee meetings. rose and' sug- gested the bill be held over for further consideration as he did not want to vote against the government but was opposed to the amendment. This was ac- ceded to by the promoter who then read through the various non-contentious forms used for election purposes. Th House then adjourned to last night. estimated revenue and expendi- ' $22,906,759. Fire Damages S’side Home SUMMERSIDE — Fire about 9 am. yesterday at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzpatrick, 448 North Market Street. Summerside. broke out in the kitchen ceiling in the vicinity of the stove pipe. Flames spread along the attic floor of the one storey house said to be owned by Gilbert Gaudet. The meeting occurred by chance when the Liberal leader , was emerging from his car and noticed the Progressive Conser- vative MP shaking hands with a group of friends from the Is- and. . Pear- ' The water and sewerage re- l port. showed that a large num- ber of calls have been received from Hillcrest development, complaining of stoppages in different parts of main sewer system. no 5" (D thorough flushing of the sys tem will be carried out and an No. 2 housing The re- port stated that this trouble seems to be far above normal for a new system and as soon as weather conditions permit. a I this would not be the case. 1 he finanae committee report. (showed mat. $3,258.27 in out.- standing tax anrears had been collected during March leaving the sum of $68,728.06 still out- standing. Coun. Leo Wood said the amount brought in in tax ar- rears during March was small but hoped that a much bigger reduction would be made mil v monfli. The report also stated that the water and sewerage rate case is nearing cormpletnmi' for commissioners of publiia‘ utilities who will set a date (it a public hearing. GRASS FIRE SEASON 1 Seven alarms were i to by the fire department dur- ing Mord: includm.’ g one faint 5? C( ; fined 81 i said there has been an absence 3 of serious fires. fort ‘ “as we have arrived at the time of. year when grass cause serious trouble. be ing the citizens examine extreme caution in this regard. C un. cod. the town‘s fire chief, said it has been the policy in the past that if a resident wishes to start a grass fire, a Dumper and two men are sent out to stand by at a nomind cost to him. The Civic Stadium report re- aled an overall profit nor March of approximatdy $1,675 and an overall profit 1‘ the calendar year to the end of March of approximately $500. The report the < I'D also stated first green of the ndnhature golf course being installed in tho stadium is completed and the other 17 holes will be completed "a plenty of time to build the fairways. feels there are sufficient cap- ital wank to be done to warrant this move. The other resolution provides for the supplying od heating fuel to all ci ‘c buildingu be done in future by tender. Tendens will be called for the supplying of fuel oil to all civic buildings except the electric light plant where this policy in already in practice. Coun. George Kie'y. Jr.. chairman is! the electric light ernt. Perry. moved the resolution which was~ seconded by Mm. Wilfired WEATHER Drivers Warned To Get licences SUMMERSIDE — Failing to obtain 1963 registrations for their vehicles and operator’s li- censes. brought several offend- ers yesterday before Magistrate W. Chester 5. MacDonald. After a warning by the ma- gistrate those who had not pur- chased licenses since being checked by the RCMP were or- dered to obtain them before the day was out and report to the RCMP. o accused pleaded guilty to charges of possession of li- quor in a place other than resi- dence and each was fined $20 and costs or 30 days. investigation made to locate the cause of the trouble. ‘ TORONTO (CP) _ Temperao Concerning flOOdlnl. C 0 u n~i tures issued by the weather of- Alex MacDonald said he would fice; like to see the council obtain Min. Max, the services of an engineer for Dawson ............ 30 43 two or th ree weeks to locate Vancouver 40 54 the trouble spots now while Victoria 42 51 flooding ls taking place. ratheri Edmonton 36 44 than during the summer whenICaigary 33 39 egina 46 50 Winnipeg 50 51 [Toronto 38 59 IOttawa 3 61 . (Montreal . . . . . .. 31 61 At Bedeque [Quebec . 32 56 (Fredericton 35 50 I . BEDEQUE — Wilfred Lav-iliaolflztggh“ 3.2, 2; iolette. his wife Emily. an (Halifax 35 50 daughter Christine. were left Chyarlotte'téhfztz 32 39 homeless after a fire complete- S dney ' 32 39 ly destroyed their ome ini y ‘ ' ' ‘ ‘ . H armoutn . . . . .. . .. 39 49 Bedeque yesterday morning. st John's I I . . I ' v H 34 The fire is believed to have started between the walls of the second and third floors near the chimney. A great deal f the down- stairs furniture including a chesterfield suite. television set. stove, washing machine and kitchen supplies were sav- ed from the flames by the nei- ghbors. However. all the furn- ishings on the upper floors kitchen ceiling and attic floor. and some amage resulted to the walls and ceiling from water that had to be used to extinguish the fire. were lost. A large supply of foodstuffs in the basement was also lost. There was no insur- once. The Kinkora fire department Mrs. Fitzpatrick and her 13 year old daughter Gail were In the kitchen w a s h i n g clothes when they became aware of the fire in their home and phoned SEES BIG EXPANSION The first railway in India wasl opened in 1853 with so miles ofl the fire department. Damage was confined to th e track. Today India has some; 35,400 miles of track. | responded to the ire call but had difficulty reaching the house due to poor r o a (1 conditions. Mr. and Mrs. Laviolette have made a temporary home at Mrs. Laviolette's former home situated nearby. HALIFAX (CPL—The weather office says clear~ skies will give place to increasing cloudiness as mild air moves into the fore- cast regions from the southwest Chaleur regions this afternoon. Regional forecasts: Nova Scotia. except South Shore and Prince Edwar ls- land: Sunny with increasing cloudiness in afternoon; milder; light winds, Low-high at Hali- fax 38 and 55. Kentville 32 and 60. New Glasgow and Goshen 33 and 50. Sydney 30 and 50. Char- lottetown 3i and 50. High tide today at Chariot town at 4.37 am. and 3.36 p.m. At Rustico at 12.36 em. and {11.02 Summerside tide [eighteen minutes later than (Charlottetown. Sun rises today (at 5.21 and sets at 6.39. Seen thatnewBen’s rod andyeliowwraploat‘oriymgrocan’dtelfiTssredityet? Buyouwacn’rfoolodoliebit.8etyouKNEWfiointheirnddicions hireitwsa Ben'ogthem’gnd buttermilkbmadr-mwinaaewwraptoavoid WWWMML“