-.—....— 9 i’ The annual report of the Depart- ’ 1' tof Agriculture reveals a 1' I ht increase in the quantity of t"'ge, produced last year over ;; but a noticeable rise in the elflber of patrons selling cream. iiilfiere were 5,662,427 pounds of If M. compared to 5,644, 075 in 113"” ,0, last year of $3,498,619. hi“! preceding year with a gross "'e- g the same period the in- e in cream sellers was 524. The report of the Department - 1- ’dmini5Il€I‘ed by Hon. Eugene "5 en, Minister of Agriculture, ' it was tabled in the Legislature yes- jlimday, and covers all branches 1 3‘ of the department. i Cheese production dropped 1.2,- pounds to 839,494 pounds with I 5 value of $306,577. Pasteuri- 2' min; production dropped 163,- pounds to 11,180,490 while the “'m,kiiig_~—of ice cream rose 20,168 -" to 811,900. . During the year the Department -‘ made grants to Exhibitions totall- over $27,000- .,-wgm ANIMALS ,. The rerhrt shows almost con- ql-gent declines in the numbers of “H531-m animals with only cattle ma sheep close to the totals for me previous year. It noted that Ming the year dogs killed 77 -sheep an increase of 45 over 1956. ‘don Was remarked as shown « popularity of the Harvest Ex- bition was remarked as shown ‘by the over 700 entries received in all classes. However, it was t that efforts should be made ' in Prince and Kings counties. » Falconwood Farm showed more mie than expenditure an ex- “,5 of 5227- with sales of cattle ind swine to other than institu- .,. mounting to $10,000. . ONS gpealifng with exhibitions it is fiedill the report that the handi- ’¢iaft,i‘art, food and flower ex- ‘V iibit last year drew 1,653 entries ind there were 275 entries from this province at the Maritime Winter’Fa1r as _it featured a yvomens work dlsplay for the irst time. County exhibitions here were held at Alberton, C1‘3Daud,_Dundas, Egmont Bay and Sou-rrs. It also shows that during the year there were 9 new 4-H clubs formed since Septembei-_ In his annual report Dr. George Fisher, Director of Veterinary Services. stated that the year brought the province two firsts in Canada. It IS the first to be de. clared a Certified Brucellosis Con. ‘"31 Area by the Canada Depart. ment Of Agriculture and the first to make available the services of artificial insemination to all cattle owners. VETERINARY SERVICE Veterinary Service of the live. stock owners of the Province has 5h°Wn 3 Steady increase each _year_. The six practising Veter- inarians responded to 9233 calls, treated 10,876 animals and drove approximately 180,253 in perform- 1118 their duties. The break down 3CC01‘dl!1g_ to species is Cattle 7,653: Swine 2,301: Sheep 290: Horses 632. ‘ . There is one herd of cattle with 132 head in the province and located in Queen's County. The next largest herd of 121 head ‘is in Prince County. They are the o y two herds having more than 100. The report also shows a bonus was paid on sixty-five bulls during the calendar year 1957. . With the advent of artificial insemination and with this ser- vice now available to every cat- tle owner in the province the Sire Policy is no longer necessary for most areas in this province. However there are still some areas requiring it, where tele- phone service is poor or non-ex- istent or where road conditions are very bad during the season when the cows are bred. POULTRY » That an amendment providing‘ for increased allowances to others with more than six .. of lMothers’ Allowances. » « — It was contained in the annual A». of the Department of Wel- . - and Labor tabled in the ~‘ lature Tuesday. .In dealing with child welfare ‘I‘ report notes the Division was . with the impossible task - Viiling with its problems with ktaff of only one or two and as 7 -.; lt delays and even neglect y occur. tes that often in following I of neglected children they ' ble parents who cannot uate care of ‘their chil- ‘dreifiit seldom find parents who ., ' neglect them. Often the gstress of problems lead to situa- tions where children. are neglect- ted and need protection. "The Division tries to help but Activities Reviewed In in some cases it is necessary to remove the children, from their parents. In other cases -parents make use of the voluntary place- ment service until] they are able to cope with their. problems. In the year under review the pro- tection services aided 43 families but was unable to take care of several other cases referred to them. During the year, too, 58 juve- niles, all boys, appeared before the Court with 34 found guilty of breaking, entering and theft. Of the 58 appearing 41 were first offenders. Four of the boys were committed to the Boy's Industrial Home, Saint John, one placed in a foster home and the rest com- mitted ‘to the’ custody of their parents while required to report periodically. At the end of March 1957 there were 580 pensioners on the ‘ rolls, 90 blind pensioners and 395 disabled pensioners. ”l‘roiiiiies which are providing in competition at Red Cross 0011 Donor Clinics are on dis- playt ' week in Simpson Sears’ .. indoiv, in connection with the . ual Red Cross campaign for These trophies include the d-carved plaque which was Si ed and executed by Mr. ,, ‘lpli Mann-ing. This shield §:Was fionéby the Belfast Commun- for having achieved the high- gist nerebntage of the quota of L‘ Y ooijhmuniity in Prince Ed- ,=.Ward- and in the 1957 Red -fcross Bdod Donor Competition. ' MacRae of North Pin- W9. chairman of the Eldon clinic lWl1l0h_ was sponsored by the Eldon granch of the Canadian fllegionyg was presented with this . ardéat the annual meeting of e Prince Edward Island Divis- °ll_0£ the Canadian Red Cross i cleliy held in Charlottetown on 1‘ 10th. Since then, the 9 has been admired by the "Who saw it at the store of ,7; - avid S. Ross, Eldon, where 1135 been on display. a A lieautirui shield put up for giflmpetition among the various :. "°1"8roups in the City by the riwharlottetown District and Lab- 5"." C911!1Ci1. is also in the display Simpson-Sears’ window. It W18 won twice last year by Local (31432; Electrical Workers Un- "has been won twice by St. lfihliiwflson and Moore Trophy __an"s University for having gs D.El"cent of the eligible stud- “ l;*°dy registered at clinics in » °'11Betitioi_i against Prince of is 95 College, and the “Bottle . . "for inter-class competi- iciviiuo EVENTS {Hope River Hall tonight. Belfast Hall, Monday. E""¥"’?’*“ l2sC"‘1fd;1I’arty Community Centre. I‘ “Wait Street. Thursday. March 1 -3-15'p.m. Admission 35 cents. dcake Sale will be held on Fri- 35’ March 31st at 2 o'clock in ginlmfilfis store in aid of the Bas- ca Altar Society. FY9116 act comedies and specialties ;, "Ii Hall Friday March 21 8:15 ‘ '‘1'- Sponsored by York. W. I- €3Blood Donor Awards Shown Eln. Simpson-Sears’ Window ton at St. Dunstan’s, are also features of this attractive win- dow display. During 1957, 3,000 bottles of blood were given as free trans- fusions to 1,500 residents of Prince Edward Island. These 3,000 bottles of blood represent a saving of $75,000 to_tho_se who received them. This is the amount these transfusions would have cost those who received them at $25.00 per battle, which is the average cost in hospital which do not have the free Red Cross Blood Transfusion Ser- vices. - ’ CORNWALL W.I. The regular meeting of the Cornwall Women’s Instit-ute was -held at the home of Mrs. Hazen Howard, Monday evening, March 3rd. Inthe absence of the pres- ident, Mrs. Jean Scott, vice pres- ident presided. The roll call was answered by twenty-two mem- bers, donating a cup for institute use, also by making a suggestion to make some improvement in the school. The treasurer reported $85.86 on hand. A discussion on having {Farm Activities Reviewed “in Report Tabled In House In dealing with poultry it is re- vealed that there were 11 hatcher- ies operating last year: 6 com- mercial chick hatcheries; 2 R. O. P. breeder -hatcheries; 2 turkey hatcheries, and 1 duck and goose hatchery. There was an increase of 8 to 69 in the number of Approved Flocks shipping hatching eggs and this was attributable mainly to one hatchery establishing a number of flocks for the purpose 01' Supplying eggs for broiler chicks. The following are the breeds by the number for 1957: Breed Female Male Barred Plymouth Rock 12,816 326 White Rock 3,874 335 Rhode Island Red White Leghorn 1,363 207 Total 28,335 2,255 The soil laboratioiry division re- ceived 371 samples of soil for testing, higher than the previous year but considerably fewer than in other years. The Forestry Division reported having 72.000 young trees of var- ious species on hand for planting this year with balsam fir leading by a wide margin with 31,900. Last year 40,000 were planted on Government owned land and 28,- 500 on privately owned land. 1,292 469 Four Hospitals Four Prince Edward Island Hos- pitals,’ the Charlottetown Hospi- tal, the P.E.I. Hospital, the Pro- Vincial Sana-torium and the Prince County Hospital, have been ac- credited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, which includes the American Col- lege of Physicians, the"American College ofsurgeons, the Amer- can Hospital Association, the Am- erican Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Assoc‘iatio There are approximately 7,000 hospitals eligible for ‘- accreditat- ion but Dr. Kenneth B. Babcock, Commission Director, pointed out that the omission of a hospital from the list did not necessarily mean it had failed to pass an accreditation survey. The accre- ditation program is a voluntary one and only those hospitals which request surveys at r e visited. therefore, some hospitals not lis- ted may not have requested sur- veys. Hospitals with less than 25 bets are with rare exceptions, not eligible for ‘accreditation. “Accreditation -of a hospital means,” Dr. Babcock said, “that it has voluntarily submitted to a survey of its facilities and its pa- and the committee, Mrs. W. Low- ther, Mrs. J. Donahue and Mrs. Ford Wilson -419 choose..one and select the characters as soon as possible. 7 Also it was decided to have the card parties continue each week for another month. The corres- pondence read by the secretary consisted of a suggested book for ‘‘In Memoriam” members nam- es. Mrs. Hazen Howard. was ask- ed to get the names of the de- ceased members and have them inscribed there-on. A letter was read from Burge tellhig of the Ceylon is- aster and it was decidedto take 1* special collection at the next meeting to help the same. The sick and school committees re- ported doing their work. The next meeting which is the anniversary one is to be held at the home of Mrs. Norman Hyde, when the roll call will be answer- ed with an exchange of slips or bulbs, and Mr. Stanley Willis is invited to give hints on gardening. Mrs. Hector Scott was appoin- ted as representative to the Blood Donor Clinic meeting. The Mead- owbank members wished dona- tions of woollens and any mem- ber wishing to send orders could do so, before next month. I Mrs. Samuel Gass passed in ‘$8.47 to the Hall Fund which had accumulated in the bank. A pap- er on education was read by Mrs. Earl Lowther and a. reading “Ac- tive member” by Mrs. Herbert Scott. A spell-ing match was teamed up by Mr. Hoster Herliky and Mrs. Elmer Frizzell, all members standing the test well, finally, Mrs. E. Frizzell’s side won. The meeting closed with “The Queen”, after which lunch was a play by the group took place served by -the committee New Hampshire 3,570 695 1 Light Sussex 3,984 223 Columbian Rock 1,436 — LIT!!! POND C. W. L. The meeting of Little Pond Sub - Division was held in the church Vestry March 2nd. Meet- ing opened with League Prayer and was chaired by Pres dent, Mrs. John Blackett. Following roll call, and reading of minutes of previous meeting, the treasurer read her financial statement which showed a substantial sum had been realized during the past several months. Correspondence was read from the following: Mrs. Basil Mac- Donald, Convener of Education; Mrs. Jas. A. MacDonald, Spirit- ual Convener; Mrs. Wm. Hay- ward, Red Cross Campaign Chair- man; Mrs. Anthony Doucette, Convener of National Scholarship; Mrs. J. E. Fleming, Convener of Social Action. Cards were sent to two mem- bers who had recent bereave- ments, and were much appreci- ated by recipients. The Sick com- mittee reported having visited sick and shut-ins and distributed treats where necessary. It was agreed by all members present to remember a former resident of the parish with a card and gift, when she will re- ceive her Holy Habit in a reli- gious order in the near future. The sum of Two Hundred Dol- lars ($200.00) is to be turned over to our Rev. Director, Rev. Char- lesmGallant to be paid on church de . Tickets are being sold on two quilts, a pair of _pillow cases and fifteen (15) pounds of sugar. Drawing for same to take place around Eaisitesr. There being no By Joint Commission rs. ’ ”TI1e Pirates P. W. C. Auditorium March 25. 26, 27 at 8:30 ::s°“th Pinett W. I. sl‘°Win-g at Morcll Friday, “Ma- nn 11 of K a D s a s," starring. Gatrge Montgomery, with Nancy faster. Technicolor 8 0‘- ‘link. ,, Es and James Griffith. Nobody . ’ handed in for collection. 2 I ,,,.. The Prince of Wales College Chorus presents Gilbert and Sullivan’: Immortal musical comedy E. Lillian MacKenzie, Director -NOTICE All arrears in school taxes owed to Emyvale ; District and not paid before March 31st, will be Of Penzance” Tickets at Miller Bros. Toombs Music Store Adults $1, Students 50 cents By order of Trustees. further business, meeting adjour- ‘ned with prayer. ‘ Accredited tient care. It is a badge of ‘re- cognition which the hospital can display to its community to prove that it conforms to high stand- ards of patient care.” The Joint Commission on Ac- creditation of Hospitals is an ag- ency established by the five above organizations to conduct the hos- pital survey and inspection pro- gram initiated by the American «College of Surgeons in 1919. The Joint Commission on Accredita- tion of Hospitals began operations on January 1, 1953. Nominations At A Glance By THE CANADIAN PRESS Following is a Canadian Press su m in a r y of nominations by provinces and parties for the March 31 Dominion election. PC Lib. CCF SC .Nfld. 7 7 1 o P.E.I. 4 ,4 1 o N. s: 12 12 4 o N. B. 10 1o 3 3 Que. . 75. 75 29 15 _Ont. 85 x35. 63 13 -Man. ,14 14 ' 14 6 sask. 17 17 17 1 Alta. 17 17 15 17 =3. C‘. . 22 22.‘ -1. 22 22 Yukon 1 1 0 0 N.W.T. 1 1 o 0 Total 265 265 169 82 Others: Nfld. 1, Que. 3o, oiit. 10, Man. 1, Sask. 3, ‘Alta. 4, B.C. 5, Yukon 1. Total 55. Emerald School Gives Program Parents and pupils met at Em- erald school, where under the dir- ection of the teachers, Miss Ad- riana Monaghan and Miss Phyllis Cairns, the pupils gave a dem- onstration of their school work. Mr. G.C. Green capably acted as chairman and after a few in- troductory remarks called on the junior pupils for a health action song. This was followed by a senior spelling match. Next waas a cur- rent events quiz by Grade six pupils. Sx Men Are Sentenced In Buffer Cases Sentences were imposed on six men in County Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning in cases involving theft of butter, lard and shortening from River- side Hospital. Stipendiary Mag- iesgrate Gilbert E. Gaudet presid- In dealing with the sentences Magistrate Gaudet said that he had “. . . considered the matter very carefully and also the con- dition related in the Criminal Code.” He said that in dealing with three of the accused, Vincent Vic- ton Peters, James Garfield Tay- lor and Emerson Rowan Ford- for theft or having in possession more than $50 worth of stolen goods—- the offence called for a sentence of up to 10 years in pris- on. Melvin Louis Ford, Joseph Stanford Biggar and Thomas Robert Jones, charged with the theft or possession of stolen goods totalling less then $50, could receive, a sentence of two years. On the former charges, he con- tinued that a sentence must be imposed. Peters and Taylor, both charged with the theft of six—50 lb. cases of butter, two-30 lb. cases of lard and two-30 lb. cases of shorten- ing totalling $237.60 during the period of September 15, 1957 to February 10, 1958, were sentenc- ed to two months in the Queen’s County Jail plus an additional fine of $100 or one month. Emerson Rowan Ford was sen- tneced to 30'days in prison plus an additional $100 or one month in jail for having in his possess- ion two-50 lb. cases of utter and two 30 lb. cases of lard t tal- ling $82. Fines of $50 and costs or one month in jail» were imposed upon Biggar and Jones Biggar was charged with hav- ing in hispossession 10 one-pound pakages of butter totalling $6.40 while Jones was charged with the theft of one pound of butter. Melvin Ford was fined $100 and costs or 30 days on the charge of being in possession of one-50. lb. case of butter. Three more men, appearing on similar charges will appear be- fore Magistrate Gaudet next week The cases against Frank Louis O’Brien and Clyde Donald Bell were remanded until Monday,‘ ‘ March 24. James Bernard Carrag-her el- ected to be tried by Magistrate's Court when he» appeared yester- day. No plea was given and the case was adjourned at the re- quest of his counsel M.A. Farm- er until March 26. onstration of the health ruleis. Grades seven and eight pupils quoted from memory several sel- ections from their literature book On the program was a spelling match by Grade two pupils. The Grade one boys dramatized two nursery rhymes.‘ Education films weije enjoyed by all, after"whidh.‘the°‘-ladies. ser- ved a delicious lunch. A vote of thanks was then ex- tended to the teachers by Mr._ Herman Mayne. An enjoyable evening was then brought to a close by the singing of the Queen most inexpensive salesman you can , - employ - - - a GUARDIAN- PATRIOT ‘ WANT AD_ The Junior pupils gave a dem- Phone 8506 when it comes ‘to POTATO and TURNIP mas we have THE DEAL YOU WANT! I Co" 8506 ENTRAL 0 165 Prince St. We'll Talk Turkey! Today . . .‘ PATRIOT-GIIARIIIAII RIIITERY “P.E.I.’s Most Progressive Printing Firm" Phone 8506 ‘his home by a neighbor. Wooster Coior Exhibition Here "“““’* Mm" 2°? 1°58 The Guardian Page 3 Sponsored ByArt Society Techniques to suit many tastes may be found in the exhibition of water colors now on display in the Civic Centre. The pictures, from the National Gallery, range from the restrained but fluent realism of F. H. Brigden, pop- ular earlier in the century to the more modern interpretations of Maritimer Jack Humphrey of Island N.A. Life Mcmdgers Meet In N.B. P.E I. representatives of the North American Life Assurance Company, Mr. J. LeRoy Gallant, . P.E.I. District Manager and V. J. Gallant, both of Summerside; and Mr. Everett Donald of Ken- sington are in Saint John attend- ing the Annual New Brunswick- Prince Edward Islad Agency Meeting of the Company on Tues- day and Wednesday of this week. Mr. W.W. Murray C.L.U., Sup- erintendent of Agencies for Eas- tern Canada, and Mr. A. Greaves, Group Life and Health Consul- tant, are representing the Com- pany’s Head Office at Toronto at the Meeting At the Annual Agency Dinner Tuesday at the Admiral Beatty Hotel in Saint John, Mr. Vincent Gallant was presented with th e “Founders Trophy” in recognition of production for the week of Oc- tober 5, 1957. This date comme- morates the sale of the first North American Life policy in the Ag- ency to a Saint John merchant, Jeremiah Harrison, in 1881. Mr. Lloyd Stevenson, represen- tative for the Company in Char- lottetown, will go unable to at- tend the meeting. nor FOUND Ii OTTAWA (CP) —- Kalluin Josi-_ lin, 11, missing from his home here since Tuesday morning when he left for school, turned up Thursday cold and hungry. Kal- lum was found sleeping in a large wooden box about 500 feet from 'sTilliE,v’ ELiac1nic IIEFIIIEEIIIIIIIIII -.- .- ‘- -‘ supply, install and repair any type, anywhere in province - Electrical '0ontracting-- from repairing ‘a lamp socket to" rewiring your house-FREE es- timates ‘ ' APPLIANCE REPAIRS - - motors, ranges, automatic wash- ISSTIIIREYVDELEGTRIG DIAL 7341 I Saint John who so cleverly shows the scenes of his birthplace. The exhibition is being spon- sored by the Art Society of Prince Edward Island. Many more big names in Cana- lian art are represented inlthese papers, such as Carl Schaefer, V one of the leading watercolorists who makes rhythmic impressions from such subjects as sheves of wheat and Charles Comfort, whose technical command of the medium brought him to the fore particularly in watercolor por- traits, unfortunately not repre- sented here. The name of Pegi Nicol Mac- Leod must be familiar, to many as a teacher at Fredericton summer school. Her joy in life shows- in her buoyant treatment of crowds, done in writing 0111'‘ ves and singing colors. Emily Carr, whose outstanding genius developed an original technique for expressing the mystery of northern forests, has two brooding studies of her familiar totem poles. The work of David Milne de- serves special mention. He is re- presented by several papers done in his intensely personal style of saying much with little, using Jew colors and leaving expensive intoucherd areas. 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