v WESTERN l HARRY ANNEAR. Monta- gue. left smiles happily as he holds the Charlottetown unit's Junior Chamber of Commerce Trophy for winning the 1964 Kings and Queens Counties I Teen-age Safe Driving Road- e-o. Shown standing with Harry. holding the trophy is the chairman of the Rondo-o, Bill Oulton of the Charlotte- town unit Jaycees. flarry will compete in the Atlantic Pro- in coming vinces Regional drive-off Summerside this weekend. IMMontagueYouthWins BREAKS ANKLE Wayne Gaudet. son of MI and Mrs. Francis Gaudet. ' nish. is confined to Western Hos- pital. Alberton with a broken ankle that he sustained w h i i e playing during the past week. INFANT DIES Peter Gaudet. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gaudet, Tignish, died suddenly at his home in the village on Monday. Funeral service was held from st. Simon and St. Jude Church on Tuesday. Burial was in the church cemetery. RESUMES PRACTICE Dr. Roy Kennedy has resum- ed his medical practice in the village of Tignish after a hair day spent with relatives and friends in Quebec and Ontario. RETURNS FOR SUMMER Standfield Dawson. Boston. Mass. has returned to Tignisn to spend the summer months at the home of his sister. Mrs. W. Machod. VISITS PARENTS OS Kenneth Clark of HMCS Shearwater. N.S. visited his parents over the past holiday. He was accompaiiied b 0 Paul Vcnia IN P.C HOSPITAL Charles Henderson. Bedeque. is a patient in the Prince Coun- ty Hospital. RECEIVES TREATMENT Hillard MacFarlane of Peru- wood is receiving treatment in the Prince County Hospital. BURNS FUNERAL — Funer- al of J. Stewart Burns was hel :3 as ll of Ottawa. Friday afternoon at the Free?i GOFF - M tm, Prince Edward p T Church of Scotland, Cape verse. where service was con- ra- ducted by Rev. Kenneth Camv cron. Pallbearers were: Walt. er Reeves, William Rogers. Wilfred Hammill, Alfred Reeves. Donald Bernard and Henry Reeves. Interment was in the church cemetery, NEW YORK (CPl—A furni- ture exhibit sponsored y the Canadian department of trade and commerce on beha f l2 Canadian office furniture man-- Harry Annear. a student of Montague Regional High School scored 351 out of a possible 500 to ‘ the @964 Kings and Queens Counties Teen-age Safe Drivin Road-e-o sponsored by the Charlottetown Junior Cham- ber of Commerce. The meet was held on Satur- ay at two locations. Prince of Wales College for the writ ten test in the morning and on the North River Road in front of Queen Charlotte High School in the afternoon for the prac- tical driving test. Fourteen contestants turned out for the day and officials and Judges showed a keen disap- pointment at the small turn- out. Judges for the contest were Philip Barlow. chief exam- iner of the motor vehicle depart- ment; Cpl. Keith Wakelin and (Just. Warren MacKenzie of the Charlottetown police force. and Costs. T n and Eric Bishop of the Charlottetown de- tachment of the RCMP. Placing second behind An- ucar was Joseph MacDonald of East Point. scoring 293 points and Charlie MacDonald of Both. well scored at points for third. ONE GIRL CONTESTANT Other contestants were: Don. aid E. Baker, Charlottetown; DEATH NOTICES Received too late for Classified death notice column l I island Hospital Friday, May . 22. 1964. Louis Goff of 245 Queen Street in his 58th year. Resting at the MacLean Fu- i neral Home until noon today. 1 May 25. then to St. Paul’s 3 Anglican Giurch for funeral service commencing at 2:30 . interment will take I place in Sherwood cemetery. I i snsw _ At the Livingston-\Iac-‘ Arthur Nursing Home. Satur- day. May 23. 1963. Mrs. Victor Kings,0ueensRoad-e— l givenI H. Shaw. Resting at the Mac- Lean Funeral Home where the funeral will be held today. May 25, with service commen- cing at 2 p.m. interment will ufacturers Saturday was ‘ the grand prix award for most original design by the US Na- tional Office Furniture Associau tion. The exhibit is in the na-i Alan Burke, Parkdale; Colin Campbell, Charlottetown; Ger— ald Campbell, Charlottetown; Irving Doiron, North Rustico; Regis Gallant North Rustico; R o n a l d Gallant. Mayfield; Blaine Jelly. Charlottetown RR 2; Blair MacDonald, Both- well; Douglas Rodd. North Milton. One girl, Margaret White. Milton Station. partici< pat Mayor A. Walthen Gaudet of Charlottetown presented the trophy and $100 worth of prizes to Harry Annear and also pre- sented merchandise prizes to the second and third placers. Alf Parks, the president of the Canadian Chamber of Com- merce. who is in town for the Maritime Provinces Board of Trade meeting Monday and Tuesday. presented the prizes to the girls who were selected as Queen and Princess of the Reade-o. Gail Loftus. a student at Queen Charlotte High School was elected queen and Jean Rue of Montague Regional High School was princess. They will travel to Summerside this coming weekend to participate in the Atlantic Region drive-off. LARGE CROWD _ 0d number of people. both itcen-agers and adults, were on {hand to watch the drivers test yiheir skill against the intricate .course laid out for them. 1 iiucluded a straight line test. a arking test and weaving around the barrel. It was hoped by of- ficials that there would be many more turn out for next year‘s road-e-o than the 14 this year. .— PMs ASKED ADVICE ‘3 LONDON i‘Reuiersl—All the Commonwealth prime ministers ihave now been asked about iwhether Ian Smith. prime min- ister of S o u t h e r n Rhodesia. should be Invited to the Com- monwealth prime ministers' conference opening here July 8, authoritative sources said Wed- nesday. The sources said not all the final reactions of the indi- iional office products exposition! take place in the People s vidual prime ministers have yet at the New York Coliseum. ‘ e tery. been received. ~v ‘ Y... $3.1: .. «(any 0 WHERE THREE DIED as . f. Woollen contemplate a booth near Shannmi. e.. “cs-fleck convertible um leaving three teen-age pal- "'M Into I telephone unner- dond and two others seriously hurt. Shannon is I! miles north of Quebec City. 0: ISLAND NEWS PAGE Western And Central Districts The Guardian, Charlottetown, Mon. May 25, 1964. 3 By P. D ELDRED SAN FRANCISCO AP) -— A flaming Samoan swored dance exploded into a panic-stricken holocaust at All Hallows Catho- lic Church Saturday night, kill- six and injuring more than The gasoline-torch sword of one of four dancers entertaining about 300 members of a Sa- moan ciub in the church recrea- tion room touched off a swiftly spreading fire that terrorized the crowded room. Five victims died, mostly from burns, during the night and another succumbed Sunda Several others were so badly burned they may not liv , Many of the injuries occurred when panic - stricken people rushed the exits. e fire burst out when one of the sword dancers lighted the gasoline-soaked cotton on his weapon. Flames ignited stage curtains and raced into rafters. “We didn't have a chance; it hit the curtains and that was it." said Ray Brown_ 28, a Sa Francisco backstage worker at e party given by the Samoan Catholic Benefit Society. TREMEN'DOUS PANIC . “There was tremendous panic," said another. survivor, William Hall. 34. of Oakland. "I was at the bar. starting to have a drink and the next thing I knew the curtains were afire." '5 5 Flaming Sword Dance Flares, Brings Death And Injuries taxed beyond their limits and. to facilitate treatment of the overflow directly at private hos- pitals. Mayor John F. Shelley declared the fire an official emergency. The death list mounted to six when Robert Orton, 34, of San Francisco died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital. The other dead, all San Fran- ciscans. were identified by the coroner as Faaaoga M. Auelua, 27. Tumuatasi V. Malepeai. 29, Tavita Fa’Amai Tuiagomoa. 25, Falaniko T. Paaloalo. 32. and N-ato Himhill. 16. 4.000 DAMAGE Fire chief William Murray. whose men quickly controlled the blaze and saved the church, 000. It was limited mainly to the i Emergency hospitals were OTTAWA (CPI —— A split in party lines in Conservative ranks—and perhaps among gov- ernment backbenchers as well -is shaping up as the govern- ment prepares to unfurl ‘ choice for a maple leaf flag for Canada this week. c Conservative Leader Tm Balcer bu promised support the Liberal govern- ment’s maple leaf design—de- spite the insistence of his chief. Opposition leader Diefenvbak that the Red Ensign is Canada‘s ,.. re U! in 5" E! ag. Mr. Balcer said in an inter- view during a Young Progress- ive Conservative Association study conference in Hamilton Friday he favors a new Cana dian flag based on a maple leaf motif He said the Red Ensign — preferred by Mr. Diefenbaker— is not distinctive. And he claims support from most Quebec Con- servative MPs for his view he- hind the maple leaf flag. Prime Minister Pearson has promised to unveil the design of the new flag in the Commons later this week. It will be em- bodied in a resolution placed be- fore the House for approval. The government seems as- sured of majority backing in the Commons—with indications of support from the New Dem- ocrats. Social Credit MP5. Cred- itistes—and Mr. Balcer and his Qu bee supporters in the offi- cial opposition. However. some are understood MPs leer Whether alized in Liberal to be ‘< albo w their misgivings materi Party Line Split Is Shaping In Vote On New Flag Choice “Retold " recreation room. Stage worker Brown told of seeing one of the dancers dip his cotton-covered sword in a pan of gasoline and light it. Then the recreation room ini- mediately filled with smoke as panicky guests scrambled over each other along a narrow cor- ridor to a rear exi . In less than 15 minutes. bod. les were strewn outside the rec- reation hall. many hurncd so badly skin was hanging in tat- rs. “They were jumping all over each other. screaming and yel'l- in " said one witness. Mike Aragon of San Francisco. He suffered minor burns, Commons voting may depend on how the government pre- serves the Red Ensign as the emblem of Canada’s association in the Commonwealth. while still adopting a different. ch clusively Canadian flag for the country. Accidents Kill 44 By THE CANADIAN PRESS“ At least 44 persons died acci- dently in Canada during the weekend including 28 in traffic accidents. Friday to 7 p.m. EDT Sunday showed six persons drowned. four died in fires and six in unclassified accidents. Eight died accidentally in tho highway. Newfoundland had four dead Scotia had two drownings and New Brunswick one fatality and a miscellaneous death. Prince Edward Island was fatality free. east of Grand Falls, 3 leve‘ crossing crash killed Cecil Rob- ert Pynn. Gerald Andrews. Roy Cannin and Ra Bisho , all in' . their lite 205 oryearly p305 and.1 Quebec and Onlam had ‘2 an from Grand Falls_ :deaths each. Eight persons WEATHER TORONTO OPl -- Observed temperatures from the weather office: Min Max Dawson ..... 26 50 Prince Ge” 3 51 Vancouvu 39 56 Victoria 43 57 Edmonton 35 55 Calgary .. 45 61 Regina 86 82 Winnipq 44 78 Tonroto 60 82 Ottawa ............ 63 82 Montre .... 07 85 Quebec .... -— 85 y Fredericton ..... . . 54 91 SaintJohn......... 5] 73 Moncton 53 at Halifax 43 61 Charlottetown 50 —- Sydney . . . . . . . . . . .. 44 67 Yarmouth . . . . . . . .. 47 67 St. John's. Nfid. as 60 HALIFAX (CP) — The wea- ther office says temperatures tapered on late Sunday, after a record shattering day in the Msrltimes. ru . Greenwood. Moncton and Fredericton all set new records for May 25. Ni Fredericton reporting a scorch- In! . A disturbance over Quebec will pass to the north of the Maritime! today resulting in scattered showers and a w thunderstorms over the three provinces. Behind this disturb- ance drier sir om the north- west should definitely end the present warm spell. Regional forecasts: Annapolis Valley. Northern Nova Scotla. Prince Edward Is- land: Cloudy with showers and a few thunderstorms this after- noon snd evening: cooler inland but little change in temperature along the coast: southwest winds so shifting in the afternoon to northwest 35. Loth at Kent- viile 56 and so. New Glasgow 3 and 75. Charlottetown «i and High tide today at Charlotte. . 10.54 am and I“ am At Rustico 0.45 am and m pin Summerside tides 10 mi- nutes later than Charlottetown. Sun rises today at 5.50 an and sets at no pm All tinsel I DIED IN HOSPITAL Bishop died in hospital seV» erai hours after the accident. The others died on the scene. The car struck the side of an Anglo - Newfoundland Develop- ment Company freight train. estimated damage at about $40.- ‘ ~ A survey by The Canadiani Press from 6 p.m. local timcs‘ Atlantic provinces. five on the. In Newfoundland, seven milcs' -....... Wm..a.......-. .. .., «sets». ~ -, . fix». I' _ an; «I v ""5" “"‘ “L” DIVISION RCMP HOLDS PARADE The fifth annual church St. llnnstan‘s Basilica. The tendance. Following lhl‘ ser- Memorial building. Show" parade of“L" division. RCMP. parade was under the com- was held Sunday and mem- hers of the force attended scr- vices at St. Pauls Church and US. Defence Dept. Claims Letters Changed In Story WASHINGTON U.S defence department cial contends Life magazine. in ireprinting letters written by a pilot later killed in Souili Viet certainly the editing as H p . 7 WV -‘ Nani. edited and changed them warm in Life would have ac, ASSGSSInaflon i .in such a manner as to com- pletely alter the sense of what vesmr wrote. he originally wrote. Assistant ence Secretary Arthur Sylvester made public a. letter he wrote to the editor of! Lie magazine in which he said‘ ‘he was appalled at the manner. iin which the magazine handled Ithc letters of Air Force Capt.‘ lEdwin G. (Jerry! Shank Jr. of ; Wiiiamac. ind. Tile letters. which Shank wrote . to his wife before he was killed ‘ in combat late last March. puhiizdied in Life magazine and APi—A high printed offi- comple WON? denied Sylvester's charges. vices the salute was taken by Lieutenant - Governor W. .l. MacDonald in front of the mand of Superintendeni A.S. McNeil and the band of the P.E.i. Regiment was in at— ,printed incorrectly by the mag azine was because editors could not read her hus- band‘s writing. "Other than that. those Ici- ters have been word for word." , , se said. "If this is all they teas though the) were: (Pentagon officials) can find to ' k apart, I don't think they pic have much to stand on. “If it had been desired to dis- edit the T-28 airplane, then: '— complished that objective.“ Sy - d fruct A spokesman for Life said he Recons e would prefer not to comment DALLAS Apt _ Federal until the Sylvesterdetter hasvagemS spent seven hours Sum c" weaved Bum he said theEda ted’ousl reconstructin the Shank letters were difficult tognafilas lmoilorcade semi in read and the editor had. to guess 1‘ which President John F, Ken at aword once or tw1ce an guedy was assassinated. put in hat ."1 Cameras recorded the re- ‘enactment for the Warren com .mission, charged with investi» in Winamac. the pilot’s widow‘ patting the Nov. 22 assassin: .10". made sen e at the spirit preserved. one t But he added th the letters were 0 Mrs. Shank said only one J. bee Rankin. chief connsc. PISOWIK‘FP.‘ They were the basis word of the letter written be- for the commission. said agents. 0‘ ('0nlf‘mmns “19 Unned Slatesi fore the pilot was killed wasywere “just trying to check out “is using obsolete planes in the 5Viillflnlf‘SO conflict. Sylvester. chief Pe n t a go it 3spokesman. said the Shank let‘ .ters had been edited but. were Rumors ‘OI Hotel Sale ‘Confinue i Reports are still circulating _’ that the Charlottetown Hotel has been sod some rumors saying that the international Hilton otel organization has bought it d plans to tear it down and erect a motor court in its place. Continual denials have been . i in a train ' car crESh- NWd‘ made by officials of the Can-i .adian National Railways. Re- i at Moncion have denied the re- Iporis. _\lo comment has ;available from the Imch itscif.‘ i i 1senger train. He was walking along the track. ilZ DEATHS EACH ‘dicd on Quebec highways, two I in fires. one person was drowned land a boy was run over by a . mower. 3 In Ontario. five deaths re suited from highway mishaps, two persons died in fires and two were drowned. Ontario also been ‘ i I i trauwi gionai officials of the company; has three unclassified deaths. including one youth who died when a homemade bomb ex- ploded. a bush-worker who fell and struck his head near rail- .ln Nova Scotia. two Digby County sports fishermen drowned in the Salmon River. The bodies of Alphonse Robt» above are the members of the force as they give the salute during the march past. ‘some of the approximate posi- tions and places of the car at .ihc timc of the shots." Rankin said it was the most extensive re - enactment since the slaying. surpassing a sim’ ilar reconstruction by the secret service shortly after the assass- ination . “We wanted in be as accurate as we could in the reconstruc- ti Rankin said. revealing the actual murder weapon was used in the simulated assass- ination. SHOWS PROFIT For the first time since 1956. New Zealand Railways has shown a profit—£538.782 more ,than expenditure in the last fiscal year. MOTOR REWIIIIIIIIG & REPAIRS Storey Electric Ltd. 136 Prince Si .. l‘h'town cheau. 54. of Saulnierviilc. and Gerard Saulnicr of Comeauvilic. in his late 305. were recovered from the river Saturday. In New Brunswick. Wanda Lynn Kingston. 3. of Quispam- sis. near Saint John, died after she was struck by a car. Lawrence Lavignc. 16. of South Bathnrsi, N.B.. died when he was struck by a CNR pas- way tracks and one man who was struck by lightning. Eight fatalities were reported in Alberta—seven on the roads and one in a plane crash. 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