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Tenth Musical Festival Opens Today Ail P.W.C.

The Prince Edward Island Mus- bal Festival is ten years old aa I opens today at Prince of Wales College Auditorium, and is able b look back to steady growth and aaoemplishment ever the years and to look ahead to wider and wider areas of cultural deve- lopmmt in the field of music in this Province.

The Festival now includes three hys of choral reading and folk danehg as well as the week of made and has expanded to the use of three halls in Charlotte- hwn and two in Summerside. With four adjudicators for the music part alone. COIlSldeI'lD5 the large number of entries the fea- Ival on be classed with the large festivals of Canada and h a member of the Canadian Feduation of Musical Festivals.

Frank Wharram. a popular ad- indicator of last year in return- ing. also two colleagues from Tomato: Mr. Killburn and Mr. llatchtord. A fourth man Mr. Mitchell is from Montreal.

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The choral reading opens to- day at P.W.C. and will be ad- iudicated by Mrs. Arthur Roller C.D.A. The folk dancing also be- ginning today will be adjudicated by Major Callum Maclleod. Syd- ney. N.S., and Mrs. Gardem Law- son Summerside.

An interesting display of Fes- tival shields and cups and artis- tic crests is being shown through the kindness of Moore and Mc- Leod's and is attracting a great deal of interest.

It is pleasing to note that there are more entries this year from more widely diversified areas of the Province. It is hoped that the Festival while encouraging those of exceptional talent may also make the lives of many of average musical ability happier and fuller.

Truly it has been said "Culture is something which comes from a people. rather than something superimposed upon them".

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Dr. G. D. Steele. Wlll Prtsldl? five of the 35 men who gathered:George C. Fisher. guest speaker.

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Dr. L. I. Duffy (above) has

bed appointed general chair- man II the Catholic Social Wel- fare Bureau drive for funds which will be held this year on June 15

other chairmen appointed to work with Dr. Duffy are Mr. Roy ldacaillvary from the St. Dun- otan's Basilica parish. Mr. Frank O'Neill from the Holy Redeemer pariah and Dr. Brendon O'Grady lot the special names.

Executive members on the cam- paign mcludos Messrs George Qovcio. J. T. Doyle. Eugene Kelly. Walter Morrissey and A. I. ldaelnnls Jr.

The necial names canvass will be held during the week of June I. The members of the Board of Directmo of the Catholic Social Welfare Iureau plus a number d retired members will constit- Ile the eanvassers.

The drive is usually held ii November each year but this year owing to a great need for

the time of the drive was moved ahead to June. It will be held annually at this time.

A meeting of canvassers will be held on June 10 a few days before the drive opens. The monthly directors meeting will be bold next Wednesday night.

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IONTREAL lCP)-RCMP om- nlght arrested two ouieelers and seized 11 pounds g raniinaaa. it was disclosed adnooday. The seizure was da- ooribod as he largest oi the city I seven years. Name of the two wre not disclosed.

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DEATHS

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, April 17. of Mrs. John Willi: MacDonald h her 70th year. Funeral Friday at 1 o'clock tomheliomeefhersonlarnes A. MacDonald. Interment Cardi- gen Cemetery.

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called to check instruments.

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5-Day Postponement

The tri-service radiation detec- tion team from Kingston. Ont. had been in position beside slit trenches for three hours in tem- peratures around the freezing mark when the , .. A was announced. Their trenches are only 3.500 yards from ground zero. the second most forward manned position at the Nevada desert test site 80 miles north of here.

The Canadians returned to their quarters in the . Armyla Desert Rock camp about 40 miles west of the test site. They had a warm meal. Then when word that a new attempt would be made was ref-caved. Lt.-Col. Robert Klaehn of Ottawa, the team commander, or- dered all personnel to go to bed to ensure they would be fully

Officials said that if the test has

ditional attempt may be made Saturday before a lengthy bait is

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ly beef and beans when the. Saurel arrived with fresh foods! There was no scarcity of cannedl foods, however.

Only one patient had to be alr- lifted to hospital from Bell is- land - a youth who developed acute apponttcltia was picked up

. ut e island has on hospital this is of- ten done even when conditions are normal.

Movies were cancelled because no films oould be taken in.

SCHOOL CLOSED

At least one school had been closed since Easter because the taachar was stranded on the main- land.

The laurel plowed through the ice as a southwest wind began easing the cakes out of Concep- tion Bay. bringing the first sign of relief to the ice-infested north- east coast.

An lee-belt stretching across the mouth of St. John's harbor also showed signs of breaking up an '.'.'ednoeday and I southwest winds continued 15 ships waiting to get in could probably nose through later i to day.

The keigliter Exploits. loading flah h Conception Bay ports forced her way clear of the ice '.'.'edneaday and headed for Hall- fan but the Jam is still too thick to allow the small ferries to ply givweeo Iell Island and Portugal

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UII HELICOPTER

Some do people stranded on the Newfoundland mainland were flown home by helicopter Monday night and Tuesday morning and still more were scheduled to be flown h late Wednesday. Two earlier attempts to reach Bell is- laad by boat failed when the Powerful rafting ice took the ships in its tip.

Put more &an a month nearly WOW Port along the northeast coast has been solidly jammed with the Arctic floss that drifted farther west than usual this ykar. There is little chance of it drift- llll away until a prolonged gouth. west wind blows it into the chan-

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5-Point Program those now dealing with relief hi various localities. This is in line at: In prime minister's own

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at the Queen Hotel for the semi- annual meeting of the Egg Station Operators Improvement Associa- tion. From left to right they are: Stuart MacEwen. Egg Grader. St. Peter's; Mr.'E. A. Holland, Egg Inspector. Charlottetown; Urban

soclation and chairman for the evening: Mr. S. C. Wright. Dep-

ference.

Despite the brevity of the head- ings for the October agenda. they appeared to leave the provincial premiers with plenty of leeway to discuss main points that they want to have acted upon.

Quebec's Premier Duplessis has been anxious to have tax matters at the head of the agenda. It is expected that in October he will seek to have Quebec taxpayers get full deduction from their federal tax liability for what they pay in provincial personal income tax.

This year. the. federal govern- ment extended them a 10-per-cent deduction for the next two years. MKYYF. GOOD PROGRESS

()niario's Premier Frost. confer- ence informants said. had a big band in getting the ”health and welfare services" itcm put on the agenda. mainly to open the may for approaches to a contributory national health insurance plan wliirrh he suggerted publicly Tues- day . After Wednesday's meeting. Mr. Frost said he considers the con- ference made good progress. Premier Hicks of Nova Scotia said he is "satisfied" with the meeting.

"We didn't get anything." he added. "We were just getting up the 4 for the main meeting." PROPOSED REVISION Mr. I-licks is proposing a radical revision in the basis of federal payments to the provinces for tax rental. The present basis is a com- bination of provincial population and production. Mrs Hicks would add the factor of the provincial level of individual income. which would tend to give a break to the "have not" provinces on the At- lantic seaboard.

Premier Matheson of Prince Ed- ward Island described the confer- ence as "very harmonious." He also is an advocate of a shift in the basis of payments to help the less-wealthy areas.

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Queens Liberal

Mr. Matheson expressed high hopes of future accomplishments of the Atlantic Provinces De- velopment Council. This council operates on the principle of self help and plans a new deal for the economic life of the Mari- times. Through research, business- man of the four Atlantic Prov- inces will work towards improv- ing production. marketing. and utilisation of Maritime goods. Re- sources of the Maritimes. al- though not comparable to those of certain other parts of the country, are by no means de- pleted. he said. Agriculture. fish- eries. minerals. lumber and the tourist trade are the sound and basic elements of present and future prosperity.

The Atlantic Provinces Develop- ment Council. Mr. Mathoson said. is patterned on a similar body operating in New England. Through it. Maritlmers can put their collective minds at work to find new ways of stimulating business and industry. and of making the best use of resources at their disposal.

FISHERY INDUSTRY

The Queens L emphasized the importance of the lobster in- dustry in the Prince Edward Is- land waters. All coastal provinces and some of the inland provinces as well. he said. were given sub- stantial aid and guidance by the Federal Department of Fisheries. He mentioned in particular the test kitchen of the Department of Fisheries whole " fish dishes were doing much to in- popularity of fish amongst the Canadian people. Mr. Matheson paid tribute to Works Minister Robert Winters for his speedy action in starting the new Federal Building h Charlottetown. Bteelwork of this minding will be completed about the first week of Mn, he said. and thanks to intervention of the Department. work which had been threatened with a stoppage. moved on without delay. lo ro-

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”Closer co-operation between poultry organizations that would.

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duction for the year was down. quality should be stressed for '55 and could be achieved by better feeding methods.

A business meeting was held after Dr. Fisher's interesting talk.

enable the better functioning of Deputy Minister Wright and the industry as a whole on the Boyd Mac.Phersou. 'Poultry Pro- lsland is necessary." Dr. Fisher duction for New Brunswick. also

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Hon. Eugene Cullen. Minister of industries and Natural Resources. was the guest speaker last night at the Central Royalty Commu- nity Hall. He spoke on ”Town Planning and the Village Service Act."

"Town planning has been going on for a long time." the minister declared, "but it was done in a different manner than we do now. An absolute monarch or dictator planned for large areas, road- ways and the like. and then went ahead and had the work done without consulting anyone. If you were in the way of a building project. it was just too bad for you. Today. town planning is done in a vastly different way. People must be interested in their com- munity and have a desire to pro- vide for better living in the fu- ture. Our local government is endeavouring, through the enact- ment of laws. to assist these communities."

The speaker continued to out- line the various aspects that had to be taken into consideration in planning communitie. such ap- parently mundane matters as san- itation. water supply and the beautification of an area. Restric- tions on buildings. and calling for certain specifications as to the size of lots is important. other- wise a hedge-podge of buildings and lot sizes would occur instead

called that under present-day construction methods. even the project of a large building gives work to relatively few people.

It was fortunate for some of the potato growers in the Prov- ince tliat potato prices took a sharp upturn a few weeks ago. This was a windfall. however. and not a permanent solution. He expressed the hope that adequate protection can be given the Mari- time potato growers either by tariff or some other solution.

P.E.l. ECONOMIC COUNCIL The Prince Edward Island Gov- ernment, Mr. Matheson said. had made a' fine start on economic development of the Province. A new program sponsored by Pro- mier Matheaon was designed to aid the fishing and farm indust- ries and would also provide em- ployment for town - dwellers. Strides are also being made along the lines of rural electrification. Mr. Matheson voiced regret at the cut-throat competition which

Island against Perfection Brand condensed milk. a brand produced by two young Islanders. lie scor- ed the prlc "lug of condensed milk "by a very large and a very powerful r ."

"I do not know just how seri- ous the threet to Perfection Con- densed Milk may be." he said. "but it is another example of how some of the big firms will try to squeeze out competition to maintain the monopoly they in. variably seem so anxious to have.”

OUAKIB IIAKE IALVADOII. BAN SALVADOR. El Salvador. felt ki El Salvador Monday night.

The most severe lasted four min- utes. No damage was reported.

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address entitled. spoke briefly. The next meeting iLet's Take Inventory." lie point- will take place in the fall.

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Hon. Mr. Cullen Gives Talk On Town Planning

of the uniform and organized. The original planning of the Charlottetown main artery is an example. The wide streets and the well appointed buildings on the square were planned for 200 years ago. "We can thnnklthe city fathers for their vision. After that .however. as some of our districts bear witness. the plan- ning of streets was forgotten. Now we have government as- sisiance for planning and organiz- ing all over Prince Edward Is- land." the Hon. Minister said. Mr. Cullen enumerated many benefits presented in the Village Service Act that covers the in- corporation of a district. He pointed out that the government presented a per cap to grant of 31.25 to villages inc rporating. Mr. Claude Smith, director of Town Planning, also spoke brief- ly and answered questions on community planning and the Vil- lage Incorporation Act. In com- munity planning the government will match dollar for dollar for roadside beautification. Mr. Smith spoke of other features also and told the group present how they could go about arranging to be- come an incorporated village.

Mr. E. D. Reid and Mr. John MacAleer were nominated as a committee of two to arrange for future meetings pertinent to town planning and incorporatibn for the Central Royalty district.

WHEAT STOCKS DOWN

OTTAWA CP)-Stocks of Cana- dian wheat at April 13 declined slightly to 329,802,000 bushels from 330,528,000 in the preceding week and from 351,601,000 for the same week last year. the bureau of sta- tistics reported '-'.' dnesday.

GREAT PORT Premier passenger port in Brit- ain. Southampton handles more than 600.000 ocean steamship pas- sengers a year.

WINSLOE HOCKEY GLIIB DANCE,

Friday night, April 29, Winsloe Hall. Nick Keys and his Eastern Gentlemen. Admission 50 cents. Dan- cing 9:30 to 12:30.

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arnn. corn is the out day for paying Education Tax and the first installment of City Taw-

wnnn PAYING the first instill- ment of your City Tl!" 91”” bring your bill.

THE FIRST INBTALLMENT of City Taxes in due and Plylbli 03 Saturday. April Nth-

mrnnnsr AT RATE of v. of 1'!) per month will be caused. on the first installment after April soul.

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SPECIAL at Taylors Jeweller! 4 Coffee Spoons only 31.00.

SALE AT llELEN's-Friday and Saturday. April Will find am" One rack of last seasons cotton and nylon dresses: Values to SM.- 95, for 54.98. Good assortment of sizes and colours.

ATTENDS v. A. conirsnnncn -- Lt.-Col. F. B. Conrad left Sunday morning by. plane for Witt" where he will -attend a con er- ence of the district administrators of the Department of Veterans Af- fairs.

POLICE COURT-At City Po- nce Court yesterday murnlnz. heme Magistrate K. M. Martin. two drunk and. lncapables were (med 35.00 or five days. and an- other drunk and incapable W33 remanded until ltlay 2- A ill" offender facing this charge re- ceived a sentence of ten days- Three cases of criminal ne8ll- gence in the operation of metal; vehicles were adjourned In May 4.

FUNERAL SERVICE - The funeral of the late Mrs. George H. Mitchell of Truro. N.S.. lg! held yesterday afternoon from . e Maclrean Funeral Home to Z1011 church where service was con- ducted by Rev. W- 3- 3'0"”- Rev. A. Frank MacLcan and Rev. E. C. Evans. Interment was in the People's Cemetery- The P3" bearers were Messrs. GeorB9 Ayers, Louis Simmons. -l0hn E- Court, Earl Wonnacott, Ivo Cud- more. Gordon Bowness.

y-s MEN'S MEETING - Dr. Frank Macxinnon. princinal 01 Prince of Wales College villi! guest speaker last night at .91 weekly meeting of the Centennia Y's Men's Club. he spoke on the Charlottetown centennial 3791” celebrations and SUV! I Very 1'” teresting description of the diffi- culties encountered by Only settlers. Co-chairmen ' were Elfl Taylor and Percy 5lmm0”d5: A sing song was led by Bob Glssey and Les Alexander while Arnold Callback was finesmaster. Dan

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avel Bureau will hold a reception at the Charlotte- town Hotel.

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the tourist bureau and bus termin- al was curled out by M. F. sch- urman and Co. The plumbing was done by Douglas Brps. and Jones

Service Station shortly after mid- night. noticed a pane of glass broken in the 'door leading to the grease pit of the station. Upon closer examination -flames were seen to be coming from the pit. City firemen were called and were quickly on the scene to put the fire under control. Since the broken glass was about -five feet up. and obviously broken from the inside. it is believed that Mr. Nelson's Collie dog jumped through the door to make his escape. It was this broken glass which attracted the olficers' at- tcntion.

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DR. E. S. GIDDINGS now at 222 Queen Street will be found in his new office at 78 Kent Street. commencing May 2. There will be no office hours April'30.

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building had always operated at a deficit of about 86.- per annum. It is now anti- cipated that it will be able to function with a surplus over the first full year of operation.

to Join her husband who is at- tending Radio College of Canada in Toronto.

Councillor Edwin C. Johnstone leaves tomorrow morning for Toronto where he will atthnd the International Council of his Cana- dian Red Cross. He expects to be out of the Province for a weak.

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