~ UNION MEMBERS HEAR DIRECTOR Rebert P. Rintoul, ‘National Union of Public Em- Ployees, discusses - pertinent} prior to a reception and dimmer | guests. A dance followed. R. Ross Tops Contestants Scoring 91 In Sword Dance Scoring 91 in Class 305, Sword Dance, open to contestants of 17 and over, Ruth Ross of Char- topped all competitors in the first day of the Charlotte- town section of Prince Edward Is- 14th annual Festival of opened Saturday in Summerside. also won -the Solo open to the same age competitions were point behind Miss day’s highest in- dance, while Miss Ross, with the same score, was second to Miss Burke in the Highland Fling. THIRD TWICE In both senior competitions, Margaret Carol MacLeod, also of Charlottetown, came third. Miss MacLeod scored 86 in the High- land Fling and 88 in the Sword Dance ste Adjudicator, Mrs. Roger Fink ef Halifax observed that ali three senior competitors, in common with the most of the other dance contestants, had improved con- siderably in technique in the past two years. She declared that in the case of the senior groups, it was most dif- ficult to. choose between the three principal contestants. With two firsts, one in Class 265, Solo Tap Clog (13 tol6 years, inci.) the other in Class 259, solo Novelty Dance (16 and under), and one tie for second in Class 269, Solo Rhythm Tap (13 to 16 years), Montague’s Florence MacDonald gave one of the day's better performances. EVENING RESULTS Following are the complete re- sults of the evening session held BRIEFS DIES IN LONDON Mrs. Walter E. Beairsto of Charlottétown has received word of the death in London, Ont., of her father William S. Curtis at the Victoria General Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday. Interment was in the Woodland cemetery. ATTENDS MEETING Rev. Frank MacLean, minis- ter of Trinity United Church, left yesterday to attend the an-| nual meeting of the Board of Colleges and Students of the United Church of Canada in Toronto. Mr. MacLean repre- gents the Maritime Conference #n the church board. RETURNS TO OTTAWA John A. MacDonald, MP for Kings (PC) to Ottawa _ yester- day after spending the last few days at his home in Cardigan. While in the province, Lt.-Col. id, who is commanding of the SDC Cadet visited various fishing harbours in his constituency prior to the opening of the lobster season, May 1. non Gay; Wood; door prize, Doug Simms; freezeout—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winners, grand high, Dominic Doyle; gents’ first, Doug Simms; Brent Essery; (center) of | points with Mayor Edwin C.}at the Community Ottawa, national director of the| Johnstone (left) and Staff Ser-| might. Mr. Rintoul was guest geant A. J. Dowling, president of Local 501 of Civic Employees, years and over)—1l. Ruth Ross, Charbottetown, 85; 2. Margaret | White, Charlottetown, 83: Class 249, Intermediate Square Dancing—1. Central Royalty School, 82; 2. Celtic Square Dan- cers, Charlottetown, 77; 3. Tracadie Cross School, 73. Class 277, Group Tap (3 wo 6 contestants, 13-16 years incl.)—1. tShirley’s’ -Dancing Dominoes; Charlottetown, 83; 2. The Ross Trio, Group 3, Charlottetown. 81; 3. The Shirley Dancers, Char- hottetown, 80; Class 259, Solo Novelty Dance, Own Selection. (16 and under)—1. Florence MacDonald, Montague, $1.5; Brenda Lee MacLeod, Char- | lottetown, 81; Class 300, Fling (17 years and over)—l. Shirley Burke, Charlottetown, 90; 2. Ruth Ross, Charlottetown, 89; 3. Mar- Centre Yast speaker at the dinner attended by 135 union members, wives and town, 86. ene INT Te Se, Pe ee Ee ee ee See gee kee CITY NEWS PAGE TELEPHONE 8506 — ASX FOR NEWS DESK Of Rotary Cl “When English is as dead a as Latin is today, will jearn it to enable them to read Shakespeare” pro- fessor C.F. MacRae, M.A., Ph.D., said in \concluding an address on “The Soliloquy in Shakespeare” at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club, at the Char- lottetown Hotel yesterday. The gifted speaker, who is @ow on the staff of the English department of Mount Allison Uni- versity, quoted from and des- cribed the result desired and achieved in Hamlet's soliloquy. “Shakespeare's plays are well supplied with soliloquys.”’ Dr. MacRae continued, as he went on to describe MacBeth, Othello, Ju- dius Caesar, King Lear, Henry IV and Henry V. Describing in detail the ‘“‘tailk- ing to himself” effect of Ham- let, Dr. MacRae stressed the ef- fect gained by “thinking out loud” in this and other productions’ of the Bard of Avon. Introduced by chairman Dr. Frank MacKinnon, the speaker was thanked by co-chairman Ken Parker, a former member of the staff of Mount Allison Uni- versity. A letter from the Lions Club described their drive for used spectacles in their “Bank of The Guardian, Charlottetown, Tues., Apr. 28, 1959. .5 Shakespeare Is Theme { The bank headquarters in the city is located at the Maritime Electric Office. Dr. MacRae is a native of On- tario, a graduate in arts of the University of Western Ontario at London, taking his master’s de- gree at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and his doctorate at the University of Toronto. Serving in the English depart- ment at Mount Allison University for the past 10 years, Dr. Mac- Rae is now moderator and direc- tor of plays and panel discus- sions. He is to adjudicate the choral reading classes at the Mu-’ sic Festival here this year. LEAVES SEAWAY BOARD OTTAWA (CP)—Carl W. West, 69, has retired from his $20,000- a-year job as member of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. “TI served my three-year term and got two extensions and the time had come to leave,” Mr. West} said Saturday. BUSINESS MISSION LONDON (CP)—A 40-man busi- ness and goodwill mission spon- | sored by the Winnipeg Chamber | of Commerce arrived here Mon- | day on a chartered aircraft fly- ing the Hudson Bay route direct APPEARING IN their and white costumes these five green members of ¢ St. eompeted young ladies, Vincents Orphanage, A mark of 87 was the highest received in morning and after- Light"’ project and stressed the urgent need for general support. Class 254, Solo National Dance, | own Selection, ‘Ages 10 to 12)—1. Heather Fraser, Charlottetown, | 82; 2. Heather Burke, Charlotte- town, 81; 3. Brendalee MacLeod, Charlottetown, 380. Class 269, Solo Rhythm Tap (13 to 16 years)—1. Tommy Burke, Charlottetown, 82; ‘2. Catherine Shepherd, Charlottetown, and Florence MacDonald, Montague, 81 (tie); 3. Virginia Shaw, Char- lottetown, 80. Class 261, Double Novelty Dance (16 and under)—1. Eliza- beth Thompson, West Royalty, and Brenda Lee MacLeod, Char- lottetown, 78. Class 305, Sword Dance (17 years and over)—1l. Ruth Ross, Chariottetown, 91; 2. Shirley Burke, Charlottetown’ 89: 3. Mar- garet Carol MacLeod, Chariotte- garet Carol MacLeod, Chartotte- The preliminary hearing of a Charlottetown man .charged on three count$ of being in posses- sion of stolen goods knowing them to be stdlen was further ad- journed until Monday May 4th af- ter evidence was heard in County Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. Evidence was given by two wit- nesses for the Crown on the sec- ond charge against the accused which is that he was in posses- sion of 10 hens the property of a Milton man. Allison Gillis is counsel for the defence. J.P. Nicholson is crown prosecutor. A city man pleading guilty to a charge of taking a truck without the owner's consent was fined $25 and costs or 30 days. A Charlottetown man appeared on a charge of driving while in- toxicated. He had his case ad- journed until Wednesday without plea. : A fine of $20 and costs or 30 days was drawn by a city resi- dent convicted on a charge of hay- town, 88. Witnesses Heard In Hearing Of Charlottetown Resident ing possession ‘of liquor at a place other than his residence. Two city men charged with driv- ing unregistered’ motor vehicles were each fined $5 and costs or five days. Another city man drew a reprimand for permitting his unregistered vehicle to be dri-| ven on the highway. Two more city men appeared on charges of operating a motor vehicle without an operator's li- cence. Each was fined $5 and costs or five days. Operating a motor vehicle with defective equipment cost a Marshfieli and Parkdale resi- dents fines of $5 and costs or five days. STARTED SCHOOL FIRE NORTH BAY, Ont. (CP) — Two Matiawa school boys aged 11 and 12 were sentenced Friday to in- definite periods in a_ training school for setting a $275,000 fire that destroyed St. Anne's Separ- | ‘Two-Year Penitentary Term from the Manitoba capital. | moon sessions yesterday as the 14th annual Festival of Music went into its first day of com- petition. This was given to Frankie Ross Murphy of Charlottetown as he captured first place honors in last evening in the group tap dancing competitions held at} Prince of Wales College Audit- orium. From left to right are, of 76. Mrs. Fink remarked that this was one of the most enjoyable dances from the spectators point of view. “It was a good attempt by a young group and the spacing was particularly good for a young class.” Receiving top spot in the Sword Lana Riley, Theresa MacKinnon, Elaine MacCann, Isabel Carter and Rose MacCann. City Boy Gets High Mark As Music Festival Opens ficult dances to do,”” Mrs. Fink said. “But it is coming along nicely in Charlottetown. The con- testants showed good competitive spirit in completing the dance, although they kicked their sword a number of times. The dancers are improving greatly in their balance and interpretation of _| Street “W-day term in jal anda | Drawn By Ch’town Resident A city man. Joseph Wilfred | Gillis, 27, drew aé_ two-year jterm in Dorchester Peniten- | tiary, when he appeared in Queen's County Court yesterday morning. The man was convicted a charge of break and entry at the city residence of Anthony Mayme and theft $1,000. The break occurred early in 1958 Taking into consideration the two previous theft convictions of NEW YORK (AP) — Sugar | Ray Robinson, refusing to be rushed, said Monday he hadn't signed for a defence of his middieweight ring title against | Carmen Basilio at the Los An- | geles Coliseum Sept. 21. “There are details to he worked | out,’ the champion said discussing the fight, but I haven't signed. I will say “I am closer than ever to an agreement.’ | A San Bernardino, Calif., pro- | motor, Roy Warner, said Satur-| day that the Robinson-Basilio| fight in Los Angeles was set. | Confirmation came from George | Gainford, one of Sugar Ray's! managers. Robinson said he would give, Basilio first shot at his title when he defends it but added he would! prefer a couple of tuneup bouts | first. o PROMOTING PROBLEMS Sugar Ray said he preferred the title fight be held in Calif- ate School in Mattawa, 35 miles east of fiere, 10 days ago. SQUARE DANCE COMPETITORS» This eight - member square their dance as they get ready to|group, who“W8 entered in the ricia Lacey, Kenny Brown, Eliz- ; }dancing team, representing Trac-}step onto the stage at Prince of| intermediate ; | adie Cross School rehearse a few | Wales of the more difficult steps im\jevening. The members of the| Marry Duggan, Joha Lacey, Pat-|Quillam. College Auditorium last| competitions, are left to ornia originally but now he was not sure. ' square | protect on | | ter what sentences had been | given for previous offences the of nearly | man had not shown any effort to {mend his ways. dancing|abeth Power, Joseph Power, Kay right.| MacQuilam .and Francis the accused, Judge C. St. Clair Trainor when passing sentence said “‘As much as I dislike hand- ing out heavy sentences, what am I going to do in order to society.”" The judge noted that no mat- Defence counsel was Lester P. O'Donnell and crown prose- ‘eutor was John P. Nicholson. RobinsonRefuses To Be Rushed “A little situation has devel- oped because of an outside pro- moter, one from out of state,” he added. “I may not even fight in Los Angeles if the California commission tries to force a dif- ferent promoter on me.” He said he would prefer having “I am | the bout promoted by someone of | his own choosing. He would not name prospects “IT can’t arrange a fight in. 15 days,” the middleweight’ king said. “If the boxing commission has the power to take my title away, let “em go ahead’. LONG TERMS Normal term of office of a councillor elected to any form of | local government in Britain is three years. ROBBED DURING MASS MONTREAL (CP) — Mrs. Al- dege Lalonde reported an enve- lope containing $1,300 was stolen from her purse during mass! Sunday. | Florence MacDonald of Monta- | which awarded her first place in the Solo Tap Clog, 10 to 12 years inclusive, over 25 other contes- tants. Placing second were Linda Wright and Bernadette Shaw, both of Charlottetown, who were tied with a mark of 83. Third place honors were awarded to Donna MacDonald of Charlottetown who received a mark of 82 The judging of the dancing classes began at Birchwood High School in the morning and at the conclusion of the evening ses- sion at Prince of Wales College Auditorium, a total of 21 classes had been adjudicated by Mrs. Roger Fink of Halifax, N.S. The afternoon session, also held at the high school auditor- |ium, saw Shirley Burke of Char- lottetown take first place hon- ors in the Solo National Dance, (not Highland) with a high mark of 85. Second place honors went to Ruth Ross of Charlottetown with 8. Third place went to Margaret Carol MacLeod with 81. SURPRISED AT ABILITY Commenting on Miss Burke's performance, Mrs. Fink said that she was surprised to see this con- that she was not closing in on the breaks and should try to do eight different steps instead of repeating some of the others over again Miss Ross, she said had a very | Pleasant manner but was not moving her arms enough and that she should shuffle wider in the whole step She noted that Miss MacLeod had captured first place honors in this class last year. “She has just as good an expression but is not getting her footwork in.’ gue received a high mark of 84 Solo Tap Clog, (13 to 16 inclusive) Second place honors went to Catherine Shepherd of Charlotte- Charlottetown was awarded third place with her mark of 80. St. Vincent's Orphanage danc- ers were awarded first place with a mark of 79 for their square dance performance danc- ed to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel". The other entry in Ru- ral Schools class ‘Grades 1 to 4), testant do the jig so well but} town with 83. Mary Cullen of! this dance." A mark of 82 was given Shir- ley’s Celtic Lassies, group one, Charlottetown good enough, for first place im the Scottish Reels, (10 to 12 years, inclusive). Sec- ond place was won by the Celtic Lads and Lassies, Charlottetown with a mark of 71. Dance, (nine years and under), was Adele MacEachern of Char- lottetown with a score of 86. Fol- lowing closely behind was Beth‘ any MacAleer, of Charlottetown with a mark of 83. Third place went to Heather Armstrong of Charlottetown with 79. “This is one of the more dif- Ch’town Man Gets Ten Days A city man was sentenced to serve 10 days in Queen’s County Jail when he appeared in City Police. Court yesterday morn- ing on a charge of theft. The accused was convilcted on a charge of stealing a deal- ers’ plate from a truck owned by a city car dealer and using it on his own vehicle. A Bedford youth charged with speeding in Charlottetown was fined $50 and costs or 20 days. Evidence disclosed the vonth had reached speeds 9f heiween 50 and 60 m.p.h. along Grafton A suspended 10-day sentence. were drawn by two city residents ap- pearing on drunk and incapable charges. Children Finish Trip To Shrine BOSTON (AP) Sixty-three handicapped. children returned Monday from a pilgrimage to the shrine at Lourdes, France, led by Richard Cardinal Cughing, Ro- man Catholic Archbishop of Bos- ton. They arrived at Boston in two planes from Gander, Nfld., much delayed, after engine trouble halted a big Irish airliner at Gander. The first plane brought 24 chil- dren and nuns who had them their care. , The second Pan American Air- ways craft carried 39 children, nuns and the archbishop. The cardinal was cheered and applauded by a throng of about 500 who had gathered to greet the returning pilgrims. SUCCESSFUL PILGRIMAGE The prelate told the welcoming group “it was the most suécess- ful of any pilgrimage I have ever sponsored. The children were wonderful and remarkable under every phase of the trip.” Of the nuns, he said “I have never seen anything on this earth comparable to the dedicated serv- ices of these nuns. to the chil- dren.”’ Referring to the delay at Gan- der, the archbishop said “the children took it as part of the pilgrimage.”’ The first group of children ar- rived singing ‘‘Ave Maria,” their thin voice vying with the rush of wind and roar of engines. ‘New Era Begins For Toronto Port TORONTO (CP)—A new era,N.Y. Forty-one of these were began for this lake port early| coming into the Great Lakes. Monday when the first ocean ship Another Dutch vessel, the Prins to dock here since the opening of | Willem Friso, was the first sea- the St. Lawrence Seaway Satur-| way vessel to enter the Welland day tied up at Pier 11. €anal across Lake Ontario at The Prins Willem George Fred- | Port Weller. The Friso. followed erik, a Dutch freighter, brought; the Frederik, the first foreign- a cargo that included plywood| flag ship into the seaway, and from Israel, German cameras, | overtook her off Kingston. Both French perfume and Scotch|are owned by the Netherlands whisky. | Oranje ‘Line. Despite damage to her propel-| The 4,000-ton Friso is to sail ler and bow caused by ice in the | on into Lake Michigan and is ex- Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Federik | pected to arrive in Chicago Thurs- won the race to open the port by | day morning with a cargo of ESCAPES CRASH WATKINS, Colo. (AP) — Col. John P. Stapp, fastest traveller on earth- parachuted from a falt- ering jet plane at 10,000 feet Fri- day and escaped with a chipped ankle bone. The pilot was killed in the crash. Stapp has led U.S. experiments on jet - propelled sleds. 4 ADVERTISING CORRECTION A national ‘Rambler’ auto motive advertisement in Fri- day’s Guardian erroneously list- ed the firm of W. G. Barbour Lid., as distributer. This was im error, as the “‘Rambler” dealer is the firm of W. R. Jenkins Limited, Charlottetown. about six hours over her nearest | Steel, glass and liquor. rival, the Manchester Faith The Frederik sped the 135 miles from Montreal to Kingston, Ont., in just under 30 hours, cutting two days off the time required to navigate the old seaway. TRADITIONAL GIFT Skipper Steve Aaldijk was pre- sented with Toronto's traditional gift to the first ship into port, a dispatch case. He placed it along- side the two he won in previous years. From the opening of the sea- way Saturday until noon Monday, 36 ships had travelled through the Eisenhower Lock at Massena, Fight Colitis; TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY $29.30 was a group from Mt. Herbert Orphanage, who failed to appear. Mac- ‘jlottetown and Gail Mrs. -Fipk observed that the froup was afraid of getting out of the music which left their skip not free enough. On the other side of the picture she noted that the line was very Sood for the age group. They had a very 00d en- trance and exit and a pleasant manner, she said: 2 TOP PLACE Taking first place honors, over eight other contestants. Sharon Elizabeth Cameron of Chariotte- town received @ mark of 75 in the Beginners Highland Fling, the first class to be judged ‘dur- ing the morning session. Placing second with a mark of 74 was Heather Livingstone of Charlottetown. Third place went to Margaret Plizabeth Argent, also of Charlottetown with a mark of 73. Bethany MacAleer of Charlotte- town received the high mark, of 8642 as she placed first in ;the Highland Fling Class, nine years and under. Second placing went to Adele MacEachern of Char- lottetown with a mark of 2%. Marilyn MacDougall, Charlotte- town captured third’ place hon- ors with a mark of &. Contesting for first place hon- ors in the Double Sword Dance, 10 to 12 years, resulted in a tie as the teams of Bernadette Shaw and Barbara MacMillan of Char- Loftus and Brendalee MacLeod of' Char- lottetown, each received a mark| of 82. _ Second place went to the team of Marlene Marjory MacNeill and Carol Jean MacNeill of West Royalty with a mark of 81. Mary MacPherson and Carol MacLure. of Charlottetown placed third with a mark of 80. The “Wee Celtic Dancers” of Charlottetown was the only entry in the Scottish Reels, (nine years and under). They received a marl Help Bowels and Stomach Spastic Colitis (functional irritation of the colon or large intestine), is causing thousands to suffer from dull aches or burning pains in the side. Gas, Heart- burn, Biliousness, Nervousness, Bad | Breath, Dizziness, Burning of Stomach, Loss of Sleep and Pep. If you suffer from Spastic Colitis, ordinary stomach medi- Children 5-12, Half Fare Under 5 Free, without trying KOLADE POWDERS. 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