e Big. Construction Program . Sparks Employment Locally Page 2 The Guardian Saturday. Aug. 13. -1'955 lAd"'"" "Hy lP.E. Island Children Among Le es Today For; , , scat Jomboreel-lop Winners At Gaelic Mod Three Prince Edward Island This morning. P. E. I.'s advance hildre ere among the top winl party to the iith World Boy Scout gen -tn”: Gum: Mod come” in Jamboree left for Niagara-on-the in her age group. George Fraser did not Ctlmpgle in Charlottetown as he remained L” b .C l- m at Cape Breton which concluded in Cape Breton for the can ....i s”. it.” m'l"'li'.i'.i'f'llc. 1.? hi -am-r mu ween C-I-my we-Ins tomorrow. if Perry. T. L. Bill Reid. Mr.) P. Geotlm Evelyn and Heather was one of two boys selected to Fortified b a lively construc-principally carpenters. these forlavailable to them. Most crops are tion program. the Charlottetown the most out have been absorbed reported as good. and the potatoes employment situation is reported by other jobs. are coming Ilonl nicely- to be very good according to of-SIIOIITAGE OF TRADESMEN l The dragger fleet operating out ficlals of the Charlottetown NI-. There is a definite shortage of of Souris. is making 800d nlcllel. tional Employment Office. bricklayers. and iradesmen of any lmfl llle Pl'0"955lll8 Pllml "'9'? l-'1 The Local Employment Officeliype are in demand. The Local-quite busy The new fnciofy 9!. lists a number of building jobs as Office reports a ' A demandvllle Qllllllli Fl3l'l9Tl93 C0mP?llY 11' responsible for the present fairly-for first-class automobile ” QSOUHS. ll 1101 yCl In 0Pel'Ml0n- 13! high level of emplo meat. The new;ics with practically every l8l”Ee2l5 Olle lll ll"? l"05l "l0d9l'll Plullil Federal Building; the new Guard- garage in the city showing vacan- in the Marltlmes. Fraser of Charlottetown walked pl off with a total of ten firsts and one second in the Highland dancing and piping competitions. George Fraser was top boy piper at the mod winning two cups and three medals in the various piping contests. " er up was Daniel MacLeod of San Diego. California. who placed second in the contests. ay with the famous Macdonald Hundred Pipe Band at the cause. way opening. He will be the only Island piper in the ceremony. The judge for the Highland Dancing at the Mod was James L Macxenzie of Aberdeen, Scotlainl world's champion Highland .1”: cer. Judging the piping Wu Seumua MacNell Principal at an L.'s John MacLean and Blair MacDonald. all of Charlottetown: also P. L. Noel Palmer of Sum- merside. P. L.'s Joseph Gallant. Souris, and Paul Desltoches of Montague. Brig. Reid will be Camp Chief of Sub-Camp Atlantic. and all the members of the party will be on the Quartermaster's staff of his subcamp. which will all the College ian Office building; an extensionycies. The mechanic shortage has STREET IMPROVEMENTS to the Notre Dame Convent: an been more or less acute for some The city of Charlottetown is car- enlargcment of the Maritime Light years. and very few BF? lwlng l'Y'l'lE "lll l-'llll5lll9l'3lll9 Slleel "'1' and Power Company plant: service stations: newumnedy Ga,-age Owners and car provements and sidewalk repaira.' new residences. dealers point nut that no schoolland the imPF0VEmBnl in the Street! all contribute to the high volume in the Province gives a complete In lhE'ViCin1'ly Of the Exhibition of building operations. In additionxand advanced course in this type grllllllds l5 Pnrllculally llllllc93bl9- two oil companies have extensive projects underway in the vicinity All the dairies on the island are has of Hillsboro Bridge. Both the lm- reporting to be working to capa- men! log I number of men. can clly, alllmugll milk pr()ducIi()u'PIlEp81l8tl0n for the annual show. perial and the Irving oil - panics are relocating. their entire plants. and the combined expendi- of work. from the first of the year has lbeen down somewhat compared to. The Exhibition Association itself given considerable employ- in which is about to open. l The Employment Office believesl tures of these two companies wili'l954. This means that butter pro- that the Present faV0llr8ble 6m-- most likely run to a million and dui-tion may be of! slightly in the Pl0ymeni Silualion Should wnlinuel a half dollars. early months of 1955 The Local. into the late autumn. when the Although the Federal Building Office reports that farm labourers-ll"lV9FSllleS and 5 i'h00lS open: has reached a point where some are scarce. but the farmers seem Many Sllldenls Drfsenlly employed men were temporarily laid off.'to have got along with the help Will lllen l93V9 lllell” Summer 1055 City and Central "YOCR DOLLAR BUYS MORE TO ATTEND OPENING- Mr l0I"l 4-way ( . .. liege Battery will meet Charlottetown Arrnouries on the afternoon of August 16 at 2.00 0'-l clock for their annual l'P-ll"l'"' LD REU I ' . Surviving members of the Eighth in the same year. It saw some of! talk over old times both good and at the the toughest fighting during World bad that I C War 1 and took part in most of the important engagements including Amiens. Armentiers. Hill 60. to on HA .3 I . . :3 RLOITEIOWN they experienced in rance. F I The officers of the Eighth Seige above W comprise approximately 1.000 lead- ers and boys. The arrival of the main groups for the Jamboree will be on Au- gust 18. other membe . of sub- camp Atlantic Staff. who will be leaving for the Jamboree on Mon- day. are as follows: Frank Cot- ollo. Charlottetown. Programme Co-ordinator; Dr. G. E. Robinson. Tyne Valley. First Aid: Rev. . E. Ingram. Kensngton. Q. -Battery are seen in the p picture. Left to right they are: Lt.l which this year will take the form mention a few. The battery had 3 ll W- Peake. Lt. H. A. Messervy. of an afternoon's National Park. The Eighth Battery was or- ganized by the late Lt Col A G. outing at the strength of 210 all ranks. y Bert Johnston of Summerslde. president of the Battery expects a good turnout Tuesday afternoon -Capt. J. S. Bagnall. Lt. Col. A. G. lPeake. George Prowse. Lt. A.E.B. Murphy. Of these only Messervy. lBagnall and Murphy are living to- Peake in 1916 and went overseas when the boys will get together to day. and this will create v any people who happen to be idlel at that time The students of the Province comprise a considerable working force during each sum- mer. and are employed in service stations. on building projects and at the HUGHES DRUG sTon.E." D. s. Wood of Atkinson Building "ll mad Wrlk and ll l5 8 healthy ISLAND COLORED VIEWS - Craswcll Studio. RADIATOR REPAIRING. re- ooring and l'lushing. Mallett's Battery and Radiator Service. FOSTEWS DRUG STORE will be open this afternoon and all day Sunday. DON'T DRIVE with a hot moi or. Have it flushed now. Mal lett's Battery and Radiator Ser- vice. VISITORS ! TOIJRISTS l Char1ottetown's Centen- nial Booklets and Souvenir l Currency make 1 a s t i n g mementos to take home or mail home. On sale at lead- ing Hotels, Restaurants and Tourist Resorts. Howard Mclnnis FITTEII FO0TVlEAli 17! Queen St. -Currie Bldg. IIIITIIS. MAIIIIIAGES. IIEATIIS 50: Per Insertion BIRTHS 'l'0WNSREND- At the loin-is Hospital on August 7th. to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Townshend. a son. James Gordon, 8 lbs. 11 ea. POUND-At St. Joseph's Hos- pital. Toronto. Ont.. on July W: to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pound. nee Florence Bruce a dauGh' ter. Connie Lee. V0531! 3 lbi. A oes. MacDONALD-At the Charlotte- town Hospital on Wednesday. August 10th. to Mr. and Mrs. John B. MacDonald. Pleasant Grove. a son. John Oharlel. 1 lbs.. 1 oz. LECKY-At the Prince County Hospital on August 9111. 1&6. to Mr. and Mrs. John Leclw. a daughter. Amy Leonora. Weight 7 lbs. 1 (vs. MCINNIS - At the Toronto Western Hospital on August 6th. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. George Mc- lnnis lnee Dunning) a son. Don- aid Joseph, 9 lbs. We 0:. MARRIAGES ROWE-MacLEAN-The marriage took place on July Nth at Arm- our Hts. United Church. Toronto. of Kathleen Mae Rowe. R.N.. of Brown Hills. England. and James Kenneth MacLean. Alherry Plains. P. E. I. ". Flinn mm-At Indian River Aug. 11. 1955. Mrs. Clarence Sinclair. "ed 5 years. Remains resting at Davison's Funeral Home. Fu- neral notice later. N. D. Mecleali UNDEBTAKEB EMBALMEI eauiowuowi as lerh Wlltablre lIlAL,l54l ILtd.. Toronto. is in Charlotte- .-town for the opening of the Pro- vinciai Exhibition and Old Home Week Monday night He is a. g u e s t at the Charlottetown el LEAVE FOR SYDNEY - Twenty three sea cadets from l-I.M C.S. by Mrs. Stanley Lancaster of the "'9 "lllsl elll"-Vableo l Queen Cl irlotle held a ulcner fry at Stanhope last evening prior to their departure for Sea Cadet Camp Protecter at Sydney. Nova Scotia. The cadets will leave Charlotte- town on Slimiay afternoon. tRETI'RNS T0 OTTAWA .Mrs A W. Truman and daughter Sally of Ottawa accompanied by Mrs. Lovinck, the Dutch Am-ll bassador's wife to Canada. have returned home after visiting Mrs. Truman's mother. Mrs W. A. Miller at Oakwnod. Charlottetrmn Royalty. for the past two weeks. . HERE FROM PROVIDENCE- lMr. and Mrs. Hector A. MacDon- ;ald and their two daughters Isabel and Constance motored from Provi- dence oo P.E. Island and arrived here a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald are native is- -landers but have resided in the 'US. for more than fifty years. POLICE COURTmAt the Police Court yesterday morning. an On- tario man was sentenced to 30 days for false pretences Iissuing a cheque without fundsl. Magist- rate K. M. Martin adjourned for one week the case of a woman charged with keeping more than two dogs in the city without pos- sessing a kennel license. ENGAGEMENT-Mr. and Mrs. Walter Patrick Hammill. Seven Mile Bay. P.E.I.. announce the engagement of their daughter. Lorraine Agnes. to Frederick Richard Williams. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ovila Williams. " t Wedding to take place at St. Bernard's Church. Mone- ton. September I. 1956. at 9 o'clock a.in. PUNERALSERVICI-The funeral of the late Mrs. E. R. Brow was held privately yesterday afternoon from the MacLean Funeral Home. The service was conducted by Rev. Howard Christie and Rev. A. Frank Mac- Ioan. Interment was in the Peo- ple's Cemetery. The pall bearers were A. W. Hyndman. J. A. Web- ster. E. T. Higgs. L. E. Wellner. Alfred Pickard. H. E. Miller. sign that so many of them are employed at the present time. in addition to the heads of families and regular wage earners. l Tilersonals The sad news has been received death of her father. Mr. Jumesl H. Shnpland. at Hertfordshlre. Eng-ll land. I Miss Marilyn Clow has return-. ed to the city after visiting her-. uncle. Lt. James Johnson at Cornwallis. Nova Scotia. Mr. Mrs. Charles Knc .e and family left yesterday morning for the' home in Toronto after- spending I vacation visiting rcl- atives in Charlottetown and Mt. Stew- Mr J. G Dennis. managing director of the Prince Edward Island Credit Union League. who is also treasilrer of the CUNA Supply Cooperative. is at present in Madison. Wisconsin attending the Cooperatl've's quarterly board .of directors" meeting. l An enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. of their son Don. who left Wed- nesday mornlng for where he will be training with the R. C. M. P. Allan Maclnnis. Halifax. read the presentation and presented Doll with an elec- tric razor and a purse of money. (in behalf of his friends. Afterp the presentation. lunch was serv-l ed and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. In Memoriam In loving memory of a dear” husband and father James Pid- geon who passed away August 14. 1947. Ihywilbedoneuesnshudto I07 When one we level has passed away some day perhaps we'l under- K- Wlsen we meet nil h has let- ter Land. Ever remembered by wife and family. In loving memory of my dear: TIIE MONTAGUE Pastoral charge. the United Church of Canada. Rev. J.M. Fraser. Milli- ster. Sunday. August 14 Montague: -11 A.M. (Daylight Time. morning service. Dedication of New Elec- tric Organ. Junior Sunday School. (Please note anniversary on Aug. Zit. Lower Montague - 1115 A.M. Istandard Timel. rededication ser- vice. after redecoration of Church interior. DIED IN CALIFORNIA - The death nccured suddenly on August l5th. in Palo Alto. California of Miss iNora N. Power. first teacher of lclassics at Mount Royal College in 1911 and a sister of Mrs. H.C. Hooper of Charlottetown. A gradu- ate of Dalhouiiie University. Miss ,Power had a distinguished career I was Dean rf Women at Louisiana) State University. and also at Stan- 'ford University in California In laddition to Mrs. Hooper she is !survived by one brother, W. Kent Power. Q.C.. of Calgary. COURT CASES-Two speed-l ers appeared before Queens Coun-I ty Magistrate Gilbert Gaudet. yesterday and were each finedf 810 and costs or 10 days. Onel person. for driving without a lie- ense. and another. for parking on a curve. were each fined 38 and costs or five days. A man charged with causing a disturb- ance In a public place was fined no and costs or 10 days For poleulion of intoxicating liquor in a place other than his resid- ence. the accused was fined W and costs or 8 days. RIVIBITING PROVINCE-Re turning to Prince Edward Island after an absence of 46 years, Bennie Mayne of Sumrnerland. British Columbia. has spe ntihe in the United States as a teacher- and education administrator She; father. David W. Millar. who passed away. August 12. 1951. .You can only have one father Patient. kind and true '. lNo other friend '-i all the world lWiIl be as tnie to you. For all his loving kindness lHe asks nothing in return .If 1" the world deserts you To your father you can turn. So all we can do. dear father 115 go and tend your grave y 'And leave behind a token of love; .To the best father God ever gave: Lovingly remembered in daugh-I ter Sadie. l by his wi FUNERAL SERVICE -The funeral of the llte Margaret Car- ragher was held from the Hen- nessey Funeral Home on Thurs- day morning to St. Joseph's Church. Kelly's Cross. where Re- quiem High Mass was celebrated by Father James Smith. P.P.. who also nfficiated at the grave. The poll bearers were Messrs. Arnold Toole. John Charles Condon. Ralph Conway. Francis MacDonald. John A. McDonald. John P. Carragher. interment took place In the church cemetery. The funeral was large- ly attended. Continued from page I Two Hurricanes ricanes are 1.100 miles apart. Thus with Connie's lsirmlle wide cir- culation, and Diane's 4m miles or so. there is a collision of the outer forces of circulation and the Tuli- wlisra effect has begun. ''In this effect. one storm tends to rotate around the outer. That's why Diane is being pushed north- ward. and Connie is being held back and moves erratically." In late afternoon. Diane was about 1.100 miles east and slightb to the nollli of Miami. moving toward the northwest or north- northwest at about 11 miles an hour. lllll now riisssuaa the sum-. Chursbl . , l7! while stone'increased from zero lllchdrllrlltplzhledopgdulliil.plmntlsisilll” 7" S"l3"- l""lb'l'- l""ll5 and fa J89); potatoes 35. (36); roughwood. Folk "And Squ Festival Last are Dancing Night At Forum Enioyable Event While not the must claboratel Tap Dance: "Sidewalks of New MCAVl"ll presldlng I of the Centennial year functions.. the Folk and Square Dance Fes- tival presented last evening at the Forum was certainly one of A large crowd turned out for! the occasion and was treated to an evening of top-notch enter- tainment from folksy square dancing to the more sophisticated siye of Mrs. Douglas McGowan's. ballet group from Montague. l One of the highlights of the show was the performance oil Peggy Dal1.iel's Centennialeiles., who delighted the audience with their precision dancing and high stepping in perfect unison. Mrs. Dalzlel was the centre of attrac- tion as she performed intricate cow”. tap dancuilz steps with amazing speed and agility. 'ttle Miss Florence Macbonaldl of Montague caught the hcartsl of onlookers with her solo toe dance as she gracefully flittedl about the large stage to the strains of "The Glouorm." g 1 F0"? 5C"ll'll la-isles P9ll”l'm9d D nald. Al Blanchard. Aneas Cur--. - pan Ar2.vle Brnadsword dance and 19;. lexlem mat their chums a Scotch Reel while a group of. a well received Irish Jig. v Reglna, The following is the program lrl-age;-. for the evening: Square Dance-Model Schooly pupils. Y o r k" - Florence Ralph Fraser. Marion MacDon- ald and Carolyn Sullivan. Reel - Norma Duvar. Haywood. Eleanor Virginia Shaw. Henry and Square D a ll c e- West Kent i School. Solo Toe Dance-Florence Mac- Donald, Montague. Peggy Dalziei'a Centennialel- 5. 'Square Dance-Queen Charlotte Irish Clog: Miss Millie and Mar- Macbunald. l lFertilizers. Saint John. N.B.'. S28.- tion of thousands. B.I.S. Regular Monthly Meeting The Benevolent lrish Society held its regular monthly meeting for August. in their clubrooms, -last night with president Thomas The mlnlllE'5 of the previous monthly meeting were read and adopted. l The routine business of the Sn- l Argyle llroall-iwml and Smith ciciy was dealt with in short or- mountain. ripped apart by tons of Ellzabelll tier and the meeting closed with xiynamiie to provide the l0.000.000 a social period. Continued from page 1 Creditors ada Packers. 021.471. International 1 464.92: Hastings Potato Growers.' lllgll 5Cl"”l- . . Fl rida 121800: Cantrell Produce. lrilsh Jigmllfrs. Macxinnons Noam ldamhnm 513.000. Maritime 9” so C S rvice . llioncton. NJ3-I Montague Ballet Group. under I sgfggslzf; P. L Bag Company direction of Mrs. Douglas Mc- giugelosv I Bllle '1)”l"be: The proposal set forth by the Eastern Trust Company t was as l follows: 1. That the secured cred- Sqllll" Dan”: Ll” 1' Merry” ltors retain their existing securit- garet Roberts. makers. y Community Centre Juniors. Tango Mixer. ALI. American Promenade and Wallis of the bells. Accompanists. Miss Marion Mac- Callcrs. Carlyle Phillips. J. A. Stems Webster. Aug 9. in honor vnung colleens romped about in lvlacllllllang Centennial Committee. George Mrs. Len Macboullall. Mrs. Gordon White. Mrs. Arthur Duvar. Urhan McQuaid. Walthen Gaudei and Dr J. A. MacMillan. Incoming Freight Traffic At Borden Shows Increase The July shipment of carloadsasphalt 53. t37l; ferried between Borden and Capef Tormentine shows a decrease of 39 exported carloads in compa iaussl with July of last year while the imported carloads increased by 332 over July of 1954. according to figures released by the Super- intendent's Office. Island Division C.N.R. A total of 87 carloads were shipped from the Island over the Borden Ferry route in July of this yen in camparlsoil with 336 a year ago. Imported carloads in July 1955 amounted to 1424 against 1092 in July of 1954. There was a big decrease in the export of roughwood with 41 car- loads being shipped out of the Province last July against 17 of July this year. Exports of canned goods also decreased with only four carloads being exported in July of 1955 against 11 of July 1954. The potato export held about the same with 36 carloads last July against 35 of July this year. The importation of flour and. feeds was considerably higher this year with 136 carloads being im-l ported in comparison with 90 of July a year ago. Sand. stone and gravel imports increased enormous- ly from wicarloads a year ago to E4 this past July. Autos were also up from M to meats all showed increases in the amounts taken into the Province. Following are the July figures for the exports with the 1954 figures in brackets: Livestock. ill 17 (41); railway material 11. 113): meats, 21 (10); canned goods. 4 till: scrap iron. it (ill: lumber. 7, (2); vegetables 1. I61: butter 2 (01; empty barrels. 2 (3); eggs 8, MI: fish. 1 (1); HH. goods. 1 (1); hides 2. (3): oats 0. (31; machinery 3. 15): railway poles 1. 10); mass 4. 14); autos 2. (1); empty bottles 0. I2): blueberries 3. (0); straw- berries 0. m. Imports autos 79. 150): empty blll 3. 40); empty barrel: 2. ll); coal is will fruits I0. 1 ); noni- and feed 186 (00); fertilizer 4. (4); gas and oils all. 1201); H.B. Goods 3. 10!: harwai-e1.(o); lime 6. (5); lumber 31. 122': livestock 2. (3): less carloads N6. (238); meats 1:: (Bi: achlne ; I1. (12); sugar al. (251: salt 10. (11); railway material 12. 1101; railway coal 0. (at: roof- ing 9. I21; vegetables 7. I5): molasses 0. (5): sand. stone and gravel 224. um; canned goods 11. 414); brick and cement 71. M4); union of forces has trapped her. she will begin to move. said Dunn. This would leave a path for Diane to follow. Whether that path. when it opens lip. is toward landreinaiastobeseeihsaidtbe forecastc. At the very eerllen gale is three days tom the insin- Ifconaiecaii pressure pupil to lead her out of tiieareavbareihsnaassiveeol-' sbeniaytalraaswipeat Ben-, udsusheroiisaloas.-button llectedin burlap 13. I61: building material 1. ll); stoile 70. I Loo; Mon Honored By French Group MEMRAMCOOK. N. B.. iCP)- Three Acadians were presented Friday with diplomas of scholarly merit by l'Association Cann- diennc - Franciase d'Educatiol'i. Ontario's urganizaiun promoting French-language culture. Gaston Vincent, president of the association and a well-known Ottawa lawyer. made the pre- sentations d ur l n g ceremonies marking the bicentennial of the Acadian pulslon. Honored were Joseph Henri Blanchard. Charlottetown profes- sor for 30 years at Prince of Wales College and historian. Lou- is d'Entremont of West Puhnico. N. S.. inspector on Acadian schools for 22 years. and Gerard DeGrace of Fredericton. author of school books. ,, Continued from page 1 Heavy influx in so led to the ring last year. Four breeders will exhibit a total of 101 cattle. They are,A. lliacllae and Sons with 29; A. B. I: T. Fred Mackae. 24: Keith Boswell and Sons. Victoria. 24 and Col. F.I. Andrew. 24. newcomer to the red and white exhibit will be Brent Stewart. Souris. RR. 4. Mr. Stewart is extended a hearty welcome to the Charlottetown shop ring. BEEF BREED! The Shorthorns will have the largest number of beef cattle on parade. A familiar figure in the ring will be that of Athol Rob- erta of Southport who will ex. hibit 17 cattle. Mr. R. Lyle Bos- well of Charlottetown R.II. I will have 15 on dispIay'and Dan Jew. ell who exhibited the prise .3. final at the Fat stock sbovnlaat winter will have 1!. seven cat- tle will be shown from the herd of Cyrus Eaton and Leigh Brown of York will show four. Sanderson and Borden of North River will have the largest Here- ford entry wltb 24. Miller San- derson will he showing 15 and Roscoe Walker of Kensington eight. lalgh Sernvle -of Winaloe will have three Hereford: oi the show. Plenty of competition b (- illlt iI't Hftlitli A . ice and realize upon some in the normal and ordinary course ' lhusiness. 2. That there be paid l to the unsecured creditors (includ- ling the secured creditors to the are not I seclirecll: for To each such creditor. the l sum of S100 immediately following l the acceptance and approved of the I proposal. l lhi That. in addition there be p paid to each such creditor 40'7n of j the balance of his claim after giv- ing credit for the said payment. of 5100, the said 4091- to be paid as follows: 41! Ten per cent lm-. mediaicly after the acceptance of the proposal. (2). Ten per cent on the 3151 day of July in each of the' years. 1956. 1957. 1958. At any time when the financial circumstances of the company make it possible. it was proposed that the company advance the date of percentage payments to credit- ors or increase the percentage of payment with the idea of paying the 40”h proposed at as early a date as possible. While acceptance and approval of the proposal would to pay the balance of the claims. the company would recognize a moral obligation to pay same as soon as its financial circumstances permitted it to do so. The meeting was presided over by the Provincial Proihonaiory. Mr. G. R. Holmes. Appearing for a umber of clients was Mr. J.O.C. Campbell. Q.C. Mr. K. M. Martin ieprescnted Mr. Austin Scales; Mr. James Haslam. Canada Pack- ers. Mr. A. Walthen Gaudei. Niagara Brand Spray Co.. Burling- ton. Ontario and Mr. C. R. Mac- Quaid. Island Co-op Services. Reject Wage Boost For Postal Workers OTTAWA. ICP) -- The govern- ment has rejected a request by the Canadian Postal Workers' Brotherhood for a S500-a-year sal- ployees. it was reported Thursday. Finance Minister Harris also told the brotherhood in a letter that a general salary increase for clvu servants is not warranted at the present time. . The brotherhood requested the increase in a brief submitted "to Prime Minister St. Laurent in March. Mr. St. Laurent at that time fumed the matter over to a uh-committee of the cabinet con- sisting of Mr. Harris. acting post- master-Ge-neral Pickersgill and State Secretary Pingd. ber of Red Polls with Lank Bros. West Royalty showing 16; David Glower six and -Alton Ramsay four. A new exhibitor in this breed is Edward I-Ieeney with 13. INCREASE IN SWINE Tlierewillbe17entriaainthe group bacon class and 18 entries in the single class. Almon Bos- well. 8. C. Stewart and Sons and E. Paynter from Frericli River will be among the exhibitors of Yorkshire hogs. The sheep exhi- bit will also be bigger with an entry of Haifipsblres from Nova Scotla. A busy man yesterday walrMr. L. W. . senior fieldman with -the Production Branch of the Dominion Department of Ag- riculture. It was his Job to find a place for this large number of animals which has taxed the capacity of the Exhibition bulld- All the animals have has T.B. hr the exhibition grounds by this ovu- ingdkifelod. lg. relieve thcl company from any legal obligationl ary increase for 13.000 postal em-iand "lllel" M. Stores"; Ross Davlson. Ken- sington. Sanitation; William Cos- tello. Charlottetown. Q.M. Stores: Bobby Lord. Charlottetown. Q.M. Stores: Tom and David I-Iogg. Summerside R.C.A.F. Station. Eq- uipment Officer and Q.M. Staff respectively. Mr. Ernie Gallant. City. will also be making the trip. He will be attached to the Camp Provost for duty. Continued from page 1 Causeway overhead in a salute to the cause- way and people who agitated for more than 50 years ,to have the strait bridged. From the causeway. spectators can see scar - faced Porcupine ions of rockfill necessary to block the strait which reaches a depth of 200 feet. "BIGGEST PICNIC" Officials planning the ceremony have prepared for the aicommoda- One has de- scribed it as "the biggest picnic in Nova Scotia history." Ancient traditions. dear to the hearts' of Cape Breton's 14.000 Gaelic-speaking citizens and thou- sands of Scottish descendants. will he iv the forefront of the celebra- tions. The pipes of a dozen bands will sound an eerie lament to the mem- ory of "Angus L." Before launch- in their march with the light- hearted 'Air Lorg Nan Eilean" (Road to the Isles). The colorful tartans of the Mac- Donalds and MacAskills, Mac- Leans and MacNeills will mix with colorful Acadian dialect from the villages of L'Arc-heveque. Cheti- camp and L'Ardols. Continued from page 1 Connie that Connie would strike deeper inland and blow herself out. But as she turned back to sea. north- ern storm warnings were hoisted north to Provincetown. Mass. Preliminpry estimates of dam- ages to North Carolina beaches in the Wilmington area total about 32.000000. state civil defence direc- Evelyn Fraser topped Nova Scotia competitors to win first in the highland fling and sword d a n c e championships. Heather. her sister. also took first place in both the fling and the sword dances in her age group. Evelyn. who is ten. also won the most medals at the Highland Games in Charlottetown on Wed- nesday. She won all the Prince Edward Island open contests here First Division Reported Not Baffle-Ready By DAVE McINTOSR Canadian Press Staff Writer CAMP GAGETOWN. N.B. (CP) Six days of army manoeuvers here have shown that the lat Infantry Division is not yet battle-ready. senior officers said Friday. One added. however. that the di- vision is as operationally fit as it lwas in England in 1942 after more than two years of training. The 1st Division did not see action in the Second World War until the summer of 1948 in Sicily. Maj.-Gen. E. C. Plow. exercise director and chief of Eastern Com- mand. said everybody involved learned I great deal from the manoeuver. biggest ever held in Canada. TOO MUCH IMPROVISATION The exercise had proved valu- able. Unleal such manoeul...-is were held. a division could never be trained how to function in battle. Gen. Plow told reporters that no fundamental vv ' were found. but that there had been departures from orthodox procedures. It was better to im- provise only when necessary. Release Sen Fisheries Figures OTTAWA rCPl-Canada's sea fisheries yielded an estimated 665,752,000 pounds of fish during the first half of this year. Last year's catch for the correspond. ms period was 652226.000 pounds. the bureau of statistics reported today. 1 June landings weighed 185.246.. 000 pounds against 19l).5l4.000 and the value was 39,396,000 compared with 510195.000. The half-year catch on the At- lanilc coast jumped to 503304.000 pounds from 475.053.000 and thg value to 821518.000 from 322,. F-'.l8.000. The Pacific catch in the six-month period fell to 157.748.- 000 pounds from l77.l73.000 and for Edward Griffin said. The total will go much higher. Hardest hit apparently was Carolina Beach. G r i f f 1 n said. where damage was estimated at 31.300000 For most of the Carolinas coast only a mopping-up project re- mained. Governor Luther H. Hod- ges of North Carolina indicated he will ask President Eisenhower to declare his state's southeastern beach section a major disaster area eligible for federal aid in restoring e'ssentlal services. Torrential rains accompanied Connie up the coast. Tides ran u to eight feet above normal ahea of the storm's eye. WATERFRONT HARD HIT In southeastern North Carolina. fishing piers were broken up and damage to oceanfront housing in- creased appreciably. Communications were spotty in ibg North Carolina coastal area and it likely will be several days before the full effect of Connie will be assessed. Thousands of refugees huddled through the night in hoolhouses sturdy buildings all along the coast. The American Red Cross maintained 79 shelters and cared for 14.000 temporarily displaced persons. In many areas nobody was al- lowed back on the beachlfront until the national guard had moved in. There was extensive looting in the wake of Hazel. and authorities in both states vowed that it would be held to a minimum this time. RIVER BRIDGE! FLOODED One of the biggest mass evac- uations was in New Bern. N.C.. well inland but on the big Neuse and Trent rivers. Bridges over both were flooded. More than 2.000 ,persons were moved by national guard trucks from the waterfront ground. The Trent and Neuse bridges were . pened Friday. New Bern still was without electricity. Radio ' ' . hospitals. and police and fire departments were supplied by emergency generators. Highest winds were at Atlantic Beach. across the inland water- way from Morehead City. Gusts went up to 100 miles an hour. Waves towered as high as as feet at high tide. Will rlghi 1.... Cue. By-Elections QUEBEC fCP)-The Progres- Qnebeo district Conservative ae- sociatlnl announced Thursday 2 D d . the value to 35.874000 f . 974.000. mm ”' jwlieat Carry Over Reported Third Highest OTTAWA (CPI-Canada's carry over of wheat from the 1954 crop year totalled 481363.000 b L ' on July 31. the third highest in history. lthe bureau of statistics reported Friday. This is roughly 100000.000 bu. lllllels llelllw 185! years near-record but more than double the 20.838000 average of the last 10 years. The record high was 594026.000 in 1943. Total carryover stocks of the five major grains-wheat. patsl barley. rye and flaxseed-was estimiited at 668,800,000 bushels. about 24 per cent below last years record 876.- 200.000. but some 06 per cent above ihe 10-year 1945-54 average of Stocks of wheat held on farms July 31 were the third highest on record. With the exception of oats. more than 90 per cent of the grain stocks were located on prairie farms. The bureau said that although this years farm-held stocks of wheat were the third highest on record. they were little more than one-half last years record 195.900.- 000 bushels. or the near-high of 190200.000 in 1948. Farm stocks both of barley and rye were second only to last yen-g records. but barley stocks were less than one-half the 1954 loll), STAR CAB Lucky Number 79754 Dist 55" 6581 The value of the catch droppedl to s29.:l92.ooo from s29.s52.ooo,l of Plains in G1 Scotland. 55”" Girl Stowaway To Be Flown Home LOS ANGELES, (AP) - 11.. young Hawaiian girl who slowed away aboard a Canadian warship in Pearl Harbor will fly hum, within a day or two escorted by . deputy United States marshal, Joycelyn Joan Pilapil. 16. plead. ed guilty Thursday in federal court to a charge of juvenile ll, linquency. Judge William lvl, Byrne granted her probation for five ybars. provided she return ll, her parents at Hilo. A court clerk said she probablv will be flown on a U.S. navy trans. port plane to Hawaii today or the next day. U. K. Exports To Canada Jump In July LONDON. (CPI-British export: to Canada. swollen by carry-oven from the June dock strikes. lump. ed during July. The board of i:rade's provisional July trade figures Thursday show- ed Britain exported to Canada 214,700,000 worth of goods. Till: was an increase of .i:3.400.00i above July exports last year. and more than 24,000,000 above tilt monthly average in the first hall year. July's exports to Canada are the second highest since mid-1953. In releasing the figures. tin board of trade said the June docl and rail tie-ups continued to "sub stantially affect" exports. Total U. K. exports during July were m23.100.000 an increase if il.66,100.000 over the figure fol June. But July exports were stll four per cent below the average monthly rate of export in the first half-year. A board of trade spokesman said Britain was "especially" watching exports to Canada. which have de clined sharply in recent months. In a Commons debate July 2il.i member of Parliament suggested Canadian-born Lord Beavcrhrool up Britain's lagging sales in Call- ada. 69-year-old Man Charged with Murder BLIND RIVER. 0nt.. (CF1- Justien LaBelle 69-year-old widow er. Wednesday was charged will murder in the death of a womal whose body. weighted down will stones. was found Tuesday in its Blind river. Police said the body was ident- ified through x-ray plates as tliil of Raymonde Lanouette. 38 who disappeared two years ago wlillt should be given the job of building: on a fishing trip. Coroner V. S. Grigg said ill body was mummified rather tllil decomposed by the icy water. PRINCE EDWARD lsi.ANo Elokllfnslsn l 3on4 elm. lTAYLOR9 .i:w:Lens,,. EDlS TAXI Lucky Number! l5313A - l6243A 6561 Diet 6561- mm T0 MY Elllillns My sincere and IPPr9fl'll" "':n:..'- ..'.':?.t':.'.'l.'”' III III . a.'l'hey will he cherishlgl I light: of happy remem dull-lag the years to come I" with deep gratitude of our l' sociatioii . "3. Ronald Harris. Lorna MscPlw n Norma Stewart lylyli sllll" mgi. mm-ll uoluoll new LlMlTEll nmlaaitos ooousnuoas , and Tiuivu. sonms Iblephonesi lunranss IMO -ATIIVOI 35” onaawi-'rl.-sown. r. a. L