GOLD PIN WINNER United Baptist Church. Brenda is the daughter of Mr. Miss Brenda Stewart, left is “receiving her gold bar pin for perfect Sunday School atiend- ance for three years at the Stur- geon and Mrs. George Stewart of Sturgeon. Presenting the pin is her Sunday School teacher, Mrs. John D. Sorrie. AMONG THE FARMERS Federation of Agriculture Newsletter CARDIAC CONSOLATION Farmers of course have their , and more particular- og the possibility of producing and Pjrocessing in a commercial way, flax in this province. The second committee will have un- The membership of individual farmers and their financial sup- port is of course of prime im- portance to the federation. The plan used last year produced an: increase in individ- | this year and to in addi- a possible to en- the complete support of all plant operators. It is provided of course that the farmer has the right to refuse payment if he so wishes. The total amount deducted by the _ plants is then remitted to the Association in trust for the Dairy Farmers of Canada. The plan outlined reduces very consider- ably the amount of bookkeeping involved by the factories as com- paared with actually showing the deduction on each patron’s state- ment. The contribution by “the dairy farmer is a voluntary one but the response for the past two years has been close to 100 per- cent. POTATO PLANTINGS As of March 1 the \Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that Canadian farmers plan to plant fewer potatoes than was the case last year. This province is going to cut back from last year’s 46 thousand acres to something over 40 thousand or 88 percent. For the Maritime Provinces in- tended plantings are 91 percent of last year for Central Canada 98 per cent for Western Canada 106 percent and for all Canada 97 percent. _ MARKETING VOTE Until this session of the Legis- lature a marketing Board could not be set up in Ontario without holding a vote on it. An amend- ment. to the Marketing Act at this session removes this com- pulsory feature but provides that a vote on any plan); may be order- ed by the Farm Products Mar- keting Board. Another endment to ‘the On- tario Act 4iso gives the Provin- cial ard the power to cancel EASTERN GUARDIAN AUCTiON “453” Score Cards for sale at Guardian-Patrio! Central Printing. ep | Georgetown, any regulation made by a Local Products Board. ONTARIO DUES For a number of years under the Ontario Municipal Act -it has been possible to have dues for the Federation of Agriculture collected by the Township Treas- urer. This privilege was confined to the Federation of Agriculture. This year however, a change has been made in the act which give the township — where the proper | Neill authorizations are provided — the auhority to collect dues for any farm organizaion. In some Counties the Municipal Council dispensed with the tax collection system and merely voted a grant to the Federation. Of course the general tax rate would be adjust- ed HOG AND PORK PRICES The farmer who sells a hog and then goes into a meat store to buy some pork products is apt to make a mental contrast in the prices which may justify some wonderment on his part. Kk may, however, help him in part to ex- plain this situation if he under- stands that even the entire hog carcass does not command these high prices. A 210 pound hog will produce a hot weight carcass of approxi- mately 157 pounds. This carcass in turn yeilds 98 pounds of cuts which fall — he high price cate- gory There will be 34 pounds of w Value products which nor- a fetch about half the car- cass prices of hogs. To finish off the picture here will be 30 pounds that has little or very low value. While all this may not make the purchaser much hap- pier and while it doesn’t com- pletely explain price spreads yet it does point out that something less than half the hog falls in the high priced category. : NEXT MONTH While it may be a little diffi- cult to realize the fact at the moment the next month is ‘May and that means possibily in six weeks ar less cropping and also it is hoped, pasture for cattle. We have a long winter feeding sea- son in this province and both man and beast look forward with keen anticipation to the time when there is release from the routine of carrying feed to the livestock and the endless chore of cleaning stable. While at the moment there is not much evi- dence of warmth or growth yet the miracle of spring can come quickly and produce a tremen- dous release of both energy and growth. DRY ROADS At the moment of writing many dirt roads in the country are showing, even with very little frost out of the ground a surpris- ing tendency to dry up. General- ly the expecation had been for a very muddy season but appar- ently the frozen ground has been exposed so long to wind and sun that much of the moisture has evaporated out of it. he result is that once the frost come out the drying takes place very rapidly. LORNE VALLEY Mrs. James MacNeill and Mr. Cecil MacNeill, motored to Strathcona on Wednesday, where they were the guests of the for- mer’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Grover MacKay. A. C. Louis CaHaghan arrived home from Greenwood, Nova Scotia, on Friday morning, to spend the holidays with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Callag- han. Mr. and Mrs. Cuyler Dingwell, Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Morrison, Orwell Cove, were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and, Mrs. Francis Macia- tyre Mrs. Alexander Macintyre is spending a few days with re latives in Elmira. Miss Pamela Hatton. was a visitor to Charlottetown on Sun- day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parker, were Easter day guests at_the home of Mrs. Parker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Munro MacGrath. Mr. Wilbur MacDonald and Mr. James MacNeill motored to Charlottetown on Wednesday, they also visited the latter's mot- her, Mrs. Isabel MacNeill, Mount Edward Road. Miss Sandra Ferguson and master Douglas Ferguson, Mon- tague, were visitors to this vicin- ity during the Easter season. They were guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. Russell McAulay and Miss Marion McAulay. Mr. and Mrs. William Hatton and Mr. and Mrs. James ,Mac- Neill motored to New Perth on Tuesday, where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mac- Mr: and Mrs. George McCan- nell with children Margaret, Bobbie and David, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben McCannell, Montague, were Good Friday guests at the home of the latter’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Munro MacGrath. Mrs. Anna MacIntyre, Mr. and Mrs. Wilsil MacDonald, Mermaid motored to Lorne Valley on Tuesday to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Alexander Maclio- tyre. Mr. Malcolm MacLeod has re- ceived word from Prince George, British Columbia, that his sister Mrs. Janie Snell has passed) away. Mrs. Snell, a former re- sident of Lorne Valley, has visit- ed here in recent years and has many friends here who will mourn her passing. The sympa-| thy of the community goes out to} Mr. MacLeod at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Cobb, Mill- burn, were in Lorne Valley on Tuesday to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Alexander MaclIn- tyre. Mr. and Mrs. Roy MacLeod, Charlottetown, spent the Easter season in Lorne Valley. the guests of Mrs. MacLeod’s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Nic- holson. Funeral service for the late Mr. Alexander MacIntyre was held at Lorne Valley Church on March 2 A former pastor, the Rev. Donald Campbell conducted the service and brought words of comfort to the bereaved. The hymns were ‘The Lord's My Shepherd”, ‘‘Nearer My God to Thee’, and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus”. A_ solo ‘“Good-Night, Good-Night” was feelingly ren- dered by Mr. Sterling MacLeod. Flower bearers were: Mr. Hugh MacLeod and Mr. Peter Mac- Leod, and the pall bear were | Messrs. Reuben Mec nell, James MacNeill, James Callag- han, John Mooney, Walter Mac- Leod and Murdock MacDonald. Interment was in Lorne Valley cemetery. FORTUNE The regular monthly meeting of the Bay Fortune Ladies Aid | Society was held at the home of Mrs. Fred MacKenzie on March th. Deepest sympathy is extended to the family of the late Mr. Ed- die Burke who passed away on Saturday, March 2ist. Mrs. Frank MacClumpha © and little sons Sandy and lan are visiting at the home of er bro- ther-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Claude DeLaney, Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Claude DeLaney Mrs. Wesley MacKenzie and Mr. and Mrs. Allison Wood were Sue- day visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Dingwell. Mr. Claude MacKenzie was a business visitor to Georgetown on Tuesday, March 2. The many friends of Mrs. John Norton, Annandaie, are pleaséd to learn that she is im- Mrs. Norton was a patt- ent in the Souris . Hospital. The ‘Souris Bay Fortune Couples Club held a rummage sale. in the hall at Fortune Bridge on Saturday, March 2ist. The Souris Bay Fortune Couples Club held their regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Jocelyn Coffin on. Monday evening March 23rd. Mr. John Francis was a visitor to Charlottetown on Sunday, Islands from Adjoining districts.’ |The fishermen are endeavouring “We still‘have a long way to go before we should feel = all il Li finances; Mrs. Hickox with phy- sical facilities and public rela- tions and Miss Yeo with curri- culum and the teacher. Points brought out showed that salaries for first class teachers have increased during the last quarter century by three fold and the total payment for educa- tion six fold. Memizing some of the gains it was seen that: Equal pay was granted to male and female teachers; summer ing a greatéf need for education evidenced by increased at- The curriculum has developed according to the child’s interests and needs. Teachers are taking an important role in its develop- ment. Musical training and in- terest in the drama were also oted as favorable. Mentally re- tarded children are receiving special instruction. Correspond- ence courses are available to ‘NoRoomFerComplacency’ Declares QHCS Principal the job expected of it. He aoted that teachers’ salaries since 1946 have increased from 50 _— to 200 percent in certain fhstan- ces. Quoting from Shakespeare and using the words of Brutus, “Mr. “In the 10 years of its exis- tence the NATO alliance has preserved the peace and held the line of Soviet expansion’’, Heath Macquarrie, M.P., for Queens, stated last evening in an interview relative to the 10th anniversary on April 4h of the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Mr. Macquarrie emphasized that Canada ‘has played a significant role in this alliance and our military are in various establishments in Europe.” “For many years’, he said. “Canada avoided military alli moves of the cold war prompted forts with the cauntries with pose. "Ah... Wee maintained, should play appropriate”’. “that Canada such an important NATO Has Preserved Peace, Maintains Queens Member ances but the dangerous Soviet | us to realize the need for clos- | er co-ordination of defence ef- | which we share a common pur- | an |part in this alliance since we | always regarded the North At- | |lantic as an area of particular | interest. “Our ties with Britain and the | closeness of our relations with | the U.S.A. make us a natural | link in this chain of alliance,” he said. Looking to the future, Mr. Macquarrie envisioned some pos- | sible change of form and em- | phasis for the organiza.ion, but | he ,considered if likely that the relations among the members | wo become closer and more intimate. He cited the Euro- ‘ , and Mr. Sterling Bell of Somerville, Mass., motor- ed to Georgetown early in the week to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Victor Rafuse, which was held on Wednesday, March 25th. Mr. Vernon Myers, student at St. Dunstan’s College, is spend- ing the seasons holidays as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boudreault. Mr. Terry Soloman, Si. Dun- stan’s College student, is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Soloman for the Eas- ter holidays. Mr. John C. Gotell. caretaker of the Post Offic ilding has entered the. Charloite\pwn Hos- pital for treatment and his many pean Market as an indication | of this trend. “Support for NATO won over | whelming support in the Can- adian Parliamenm in 1949", Mr. Macquarrie emphasized. ‘And | there is every reason to believe | that Canadians strongly endorse our membership in this friendly | group today.” SOUTH LAKE SCHOOL Following is the honor roll for South Lake School for the! month of March: Grade VII: 1. Margaret Stew- art; 2. Charlie MacDonald; . 3. Stirling MacDonald. Grade VI: 1. Blair MacDonald. Grade IV: 1. Heather MacDon- ald; 2. Elmer MacDonald: 3. Bernard MacDonald. Grade Ill: 1. Jay MacDonald: 2. Paula MacDonald: 3. Gail MacDonald and Gary MacDon- ald ‘equal). Grade IU: Roger Bruce: 2. Allen Bruce; 3. Jim Cheverie; | 4. Glen Fisher. Grade I: 1. ald. Mrs. teacher. LITTLE SANDS Mrs. Ivan Gordon, Abney, | sent a few days visitimz her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Munn Little Sands. } Mr. Lloyd Wheeler, Little Sands left by car for Pictou on Monday, March 9th. He is employed on the Charlies A. Dunning. Last Sunday he spent the week-end at his home. iere. March 6th. was the early ar- rival of the wild geese this year. Residents here wefe sorry to hear of the passing of Mrs. Adam Clark in Hamilton, Ontario. Mrs. Clark was. formerly Pearl Rob- inson of Murray Harbour. Sin cere sympathy goes out to. her family. Fishermen are busy reheading traps and building new ones. Sev- eral truck loads of lobstertraps have been emassing to Wood 1, Barbara MacDon- Marguerite McMahon, to get their traps where needed before the roads break up. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Blue and Lila, acompanied Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stewart, Little Sands, on Sunday, March 15th, to visit Mrs. Blue’s sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Rowan Sincabough, Oak Valley. On their return they visited Mr. John Sanders, Mrs. Stewart's father, at Murray Riv- er. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Burhoe; Abney on Sunday March jing the Easter holidays . with jtheir parents. ; Miss Joan Kenny of Morell "|where she is the guest of Mr. MacPherson, Wood Islands East.’ Residents here were shocked to hear of the drowning accident in Charlottetown on March 18ta., of Mr. William ‘Bill} Moore of Wood Istands. To his mother, Mrs. Richard Moore, Wood Islands, and all the family, sincere sym- pathy is extende: from their many friends in this vicinity. GEORGETOWN Mr. and Mrs. Harold MacLean of Charlottetown, motored to Georgetown on Thursday where they spent Easier with Mrs. MacLean’s sister, Mrs. John P.! MacDonald and Mr. MadDoneld. | Miss Joan Batchilder, Miss Doreen Scully and Miss Marg- aret Jean Buchanan, students at Notre Dame Academy, are spend- Rear, is visiting in Georgetown and Mrs. William Burke. Mr. Gerald D. Murphy and Mr. Ray Murphy, students at St. Dunstan's College, spent Eas- ter with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Murphy. Mr. Alex Robertson of High- field agent for P.E.I. Mutual In- surance Company, was a_busi- ness visitor to Georgetown on Wednesday, March 25th. Mr. Lawrence Martell and Mr. Harold Martell, St. Dunstan’s College students, were guest of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam S. Martell, during the Eas- ter holidays. Mr. Charles Stead and Mr. Ed- win Mills of Howe Bay, were business visitors to Georgetown early in the week. Mr. Joseph Martell, student at St. Dunstan's College-is spend- ing the seasons holidays as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Martell. Mr. Bernardus Kols of oMn- dtague, was a recent business vis- itor to Georgetown. Mr. Joseph Murphy, St. Dun- stan’s College student, is spend- ing the Easter holidays with his mother, Mrs. Agnes Murphy. Mr. Joseph “Sonny” Johnson and Miss Barbara McQuillan re- cently motored to Vernon Bridge, l5th., were Mr. and Mrs. Mack where they were guests at the side offices of The Patriot. March 22nd. Mr. Lester Johnston, Char- lottetown was a business visitor Sun-|to Bay Fortune on Friday March NOTICE TO PATRIOT SUBSCRIBERS Patriot subscription “accounts may be | paid at the Montague, Souris or Summer- | Guardian and The ! The Guardian ~The Patriot } parents, i | Curley. friends wish him an early re- ;turn to good health. During his Mr. Gotell’s duties at the Post Office will be carried on by Mr. Wilfred McQuillan. Brian Curley, student at St. Dunstan's College. is. spending the seasons holidays with his Mr. and Mrs. Ricard AC. absence, BRISTOL The people of this district learn ed wits -regret last week of the death of Mr. Peter McMillan at the age of eighty-four years, he had been a blacksmith for many years, sincere sympathy is ex- tended to the relatives of the de- ceased. Mr. James Arnold’ was business visitor to Charlotte'‘own | on Monday. Mr. Arnold has been; in il] health for some t me, he is| retired after many years work on Dredges. he is also a war veteran, all will hope for his early return to good health i Mr. John Roach, veteran of more then fifty years at the lob- ster packing plants, was in the city last week on business. Jack as he is better ktown is also the key man in the knitting of trap heads \ for the fishermen and says he will turn ten thou- sand heads this spring. Despite his years, he enjoys prime health and works long hours. Mr. Ed Burns spent the Eas- ter week-end in the city with members of his family. The merchants here regret the passing of Mr. Wilfred Doucette, Mr. Doucette was a: traveller to this district for many years. Miss Rachel Sinnott was in the city last week on business, Miss Sinnott has received word from her sister Norma, who was trans- ferred to Calgary, Alberta recent- ly, she is with the Toronto Do- minion Bank in that City. PM TO TAKE PART QUEBEC (CP)—Prime Min ister Diefenbaker is to take part April 18 in ceremonies organized by the Chamber of Commerce and the Quebec Metropolitan Bu- reay of Industry and Commerce to mark “harbor day.’’ The cere- monies have been organized to underline the city’s harbor facil- ities and ta_ir importance in the development of the Quebec re- al the Federation was to carry out ‘ | Sinclair, An exhibition of the Maritime Art Association is being shown by the Prince Edward Island Art Society at the store of the T. Eaton Co. until April 13th. This display has been arranged to illustrate the work of five prominemt artists. New Bruns- wick is represented by Jack W. Humphrey and Fred Ross; both of St. John; “Nova Scotia by Joseph Purcell of Lunen- burg and LeRoy Zwicker of | Halifax; and Primce Edward Island by Mabel MiacCulloch Gass of Charlottetown, here shown with one of her paintings. Mrs. Gass contributes four paintings to this group. She studied art in Toronto and Bos- ART WORK ON DISPLAY ‘ton and in New York at the Ast | Students League. Subsequently she attended art summer school [courses at Margaree, Cape Bre- ton, which were under the direc- tion of Frank Vincent DuMond. Mrs. Gass has also contributed to various travelling exhibitions across Canada. Second Round Of Curling Draw This is the second round in closing bonspiel at Montague Curling Club. 7 P.M. West Section “B’ winner of Yeo! competition. East Ice: L. Johnston, 0. Poole, Dr. W. Macintyre, . Watterworth. vs. E. Shaw. MacDonald, G. Worth, D. fon Donald. 9 P.M. West Ice: At. MacDonald, L. A. Nelson, M. Mac- Lure, vs. H. Moar. C. Stewart. A. Robertson, L. Hennigar. East Ice: R. Knox, E. Clay. E. Duvar. S. Westaway. vs~ R. | Machon; D. Nicholson, R. Mac- Lean, G. Murphy. Tornadoes Hit In Two States ; , +. | blas 5 | died. gion. »~ DALLAS, Tex. (AP) — Killer tornadoes and hurricane - like smashed Texas and Okla- homa today and Tuesday night. Six persons verished and at least 61, suffered injury. A US. Air Force tanker plane crashed in central Texas during the storm. Its four crew members south of the, Marshall-Henderson area. Smashed automobiles, tractors and wagons remained scattered in fields and ditches in the Bynum - Vaughan area. Clothes and -bedclothes fluttered from trees and fences. The tanker plane crashed ana Ice: L. H. Poole vs. | exploded on a small mountain near Killeen in central Texas /during a thunderstorm. It was on la routine training flight. have worked 8,000 hours less than in 1958. Mr. Campbell said it appeared that many Canadian businessmen were using United States ports “to a greater extent than they have been” although world con- ditions undoubtedly had resulted in some drop in the cargo vor. ume this year. He said similar conditions existed in Saint John, N.B., the second main eastera Canadian winter port. Port Of Halifax ‘Has Busy Week HALIFAX (CP)—Officials said Monday that last week was one of the busiest in the port since the Second World War. But long- shoremen said that despite the increase in business they were working fewer hours. Fifty - one ships passed in and out of Halifax last week. 19 dur ing the weekend. Dispatcher Sfd Power said 1,000 freight handlers worked each day jast week. The daily average for the season has been 500-700. J. J. Campbell, president of the Halifax Longshoremen’s Associa- tion (Ind.) said that last year stevedores worked 1,100,000 hours on the docks. compared with 1,- 760,000 in 1956. This -yaer, they Storm damage ran into aygnegrd of dollars. The main storm erupted ‘| miles south of DaHas late Tues- day night at the village of | Vaughn and the town of Bynum. The tornadoes took six lives and injured 31 in and around the two communities. HITS OIL FIELD From the Bynum - Vaughan area, the storm front lashed down} with a tornado northeast of Gainesville in north central Texas, injuring 17 persons. The funnel destroyed or damaged 20 | oil derricks, 12 oil storage tanks, a refinery and several homes. At Silver City, Okla., 30. miles | west of Tulsa, the storm dropped | a torngdo, blowing away at least | six homes and damaging dozens | of others. The storm raged on into Kansas and Missouri, —setting “off—a—15- minute tornado alert in Kansas City. Several hours later, tornadoes st Henderson, Athens and Marsiiall in far east Texas, while bursts of wind reaching nearly 75 miles’ an hour lashed the area. SHIPYARD STRUCK About the same time east Texas underwent its storm, a tornado struck a shipyard on Galveston * Bay on the Texas coast, 200 miles SOURIS FIRE DEPARTMENT Wish to express their sincere thanks, to Morell and Charlottetown Fire Depart- ments, also to the very many people who rendered valuable assistance during the a », a a oe who donated and served refreshments c. \ | to the Fire Departments and workers. Signed, E. LaVIE, Fire Chief, Souris Fire Dept. ee + HELD ¥ FOR TWO EXTRA DAYS TODAY and SATURDAY + * SHOWS 2:30 — 6:50 — W. Australia Labor Gov't Loses At Polls PERTH, Australia (Reuters) The Labor government in office in Western Australia for six years was defeated by the Liberal- Country Party coalition in dec- tions Saturday, it was announced Sunday. State Premier Albert Hawke conceded defeat. The Liberal- Country Party iti also forms the present Australian federal government—is expected to have an edge of two seats in the new 50-member legislature. 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