Rehearsals have begun for the Basilica Recreation Cen- t.re's production of the musical “Student Prince". The players
REHEARSALS BEoINlllFoiilMusIcAt
in the lead roles are shown here from left to night. They are Dale Schwartz (‘Prince Cari Fnanz), Ted Whalen
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Town Planner Walter de Silva reported to federal, provincial and municipal authorities Wed- nesday that Summerside will require much back-lot parking space if it is to prevent com- mercial strangulation. Mr. de Silva was speaking at a meet- ing held in Charlottetown.
In part two of his Planning and Housing Study, the result of two years of intensive research and study, Mr. de S i l v a said that metered parking allowed along both sides of Water Street has resulted in "chaotic traffic conditions during peak periods."
He said land is “badly needed in downtown Summerside, not only to meet the additional re- quirements, but to relieve the parking meters from the narrow streets."
WARNS COUNCIL
Mr. de Silva warned the town muncll to look into “the possib- ility of buying suitable pieces of land in the rear of blocks, over a period of time" if it is to pre- vent “ ‘strangulation’ of the commercial centre".
The provincial town planner said that areas of blight in Sum- merside are concentrated in areas bounded by Green Street. th 11 rt a e
race track, Northumberland Street, Notre Dame Street and Duke Street.
side's population grew 74 cent from 5.034 in 1941 to 8,- 611 in 1961.
Mr. de Silva also noted the town's fast growth over a 20- year period. He said Summer- per
Main factors in the growth he said were gradual migration om the rural areas, and the location of RCAF Station Sum- merside two miles north of the town.
3 Villages Show Growth
The latest report submitted by Town Planner Wal e Silva, shows that during the last five years the village of Sherwood, Parkdale and St. Eleanor-‘s have outstripped all
other Island villages.
In that period 135 new homes have gone up in Sherwood, 92 in Parkdale and 62 in St. Elea-
nor's.
At the other end of the ladder are Victoria a nd Kinkora. where not a single new buildin permit has been issued for ne’ homes in that period.
Parkdale-'s best year was 1966 when 40 new homes rose. Sher- wood is now enjoying its big.“ gest year as 35 new homes rise.
He suggested that these areas are not completely blighted and
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under slum- clearance. said there was a method avail- able to revitalize the area.
He said the town c o u n c il- should adopt a set of minimum standards and a clearance area procedure. DILAPIDATED HOUSES
While all construction during the past 10 years “has be e 11 sound" and the town has "a good stock of housing accommo-- dation", the housing study llll"l vey revealed approximately 95 dilapidated houses and 120 units needing major repairs.
WESTERN BRIEFS
RECEIVING TREATMENT
Mrs. Duncan Mac-Gougan, Summerside, is a patient in the Provincial Sanltorium. Char- lottetown, where she is receiv- ing treatment.
IS IMPROVING
Mrs. Howard Schurman, Cen- tral Bedeque is improving in the Prince County Hospital.
SISTER IS ILL Mrs. Orville Johnson of Bed-
ts Mrs. Victor oughley of Florida is critically ill.
I I AWAY THROIIINO
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” For Incest
erick Shea. 32. of Anglo.1‘ignisl1,, to four in Dorchester Penitentiary by-
Donald in Prince County mag- istrate's court yesterday.
Magistrate MacDonald that accused probably would not serve the cut that he should seek rehabilita-
SUMMERSIDE P‘ o u n d guilty at an earlier hearing on a charge of incest, John Fred-
was sentenced years
Magistrate W. Chester S. Mac-E
In handing down the sentence stated
four years but
tion while in the penitentiary. G. Bruce MacDonald repre-
sented the accused.
DEADLY PLAGUE!
Bubonic plague claimed 75.
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(Prime Minister), Ann Murm- aghan (Princess Margaret), and Paul Whalen iLutz, the servant). The musical will be
presented Feb. 8, 4 and 8.
The director is Kenneth Rus- sell. who directed Charlotte- town's entry in the Dominion Drama Festival last year.
Life Unclerwriters Install
New Officers During Banquet
The installation of officers of the Life Underwriters Associat- ion took place Wednesday night when members entertained their wives at a Christmas banquet held at the Charlottetown Hotel.
Th installation ceremony was conducted by Robert Younker, past regional vice- mresident. Officers installed
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Rupert; first vice—president, John H. Morris: second vice- president, Elmer Johnston: sec- retary, Glen Cotton treasurer Donald Nicholson; and direct- ors,~'Robert Carruthers. Fred Hyndman, Stewart Ives and Victor Ling.
Ralph Rupert was master of ceremonies for the evening and conducted a program of enter- tainment, which included a brief
address by the superintendent of insurance, Wendell MacKay; minstreis Fred and Julie Found: a mock induction president Ed McCabe by Wen- dell MacKay assisted by Rhoda
man, a sing-son led by Bob Parke, a reading by Mrs. Verna MacDonald and vocal duets by Mrs. Barbara Cameron and Mrs. Nancy Cox. The pianist was Al Blanchard.
Expressions of thanks we re voiced by Bob Parke, program chairman and president- elect Ed ‘;\icCabe to the retiring offic- ers who under the leadership of Ralph Rupert "had led the As- sociation in an outstanding year of activity and progress."
Mr. Rupert congratulated the new officers and urged the membership to give them their qualified support as they take over their duties in January.
lourist Ass'n Planning Map, BookingAgencies
A special committee to pre- pare the l964 Tourist Associa- tlon map was named yesterday by Charles Linkleitter. president at the first meeting of the new- ly-elected directors held at The Charlottetown.
Mr. Linkletter asked A.B. Le- Page. Cavendish. to again head the committee as chairman. Fellow members named were
Charles Boane, (‘l-all-nifrtun... Ernest Poole. Montague and Creelman MacArthur, Alberton.
The map. listing the many tourist resorts in the province with the type and number of ac- commodations available. has been one of the most popular of the association's projects. It has been distributed to all in- coming tourists on the Wood is- lands and Borden ferries with the distribution attended to by the Junior Board of Trade of Charlottetown.
The directors also heard a proposal that the centre design of the map be printed on place mats for restaurant use and the suggestion was adopted enthus- iastically. The colorful place mats will be sold to the various
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manship of Vaughan Groom, Summerside. was named to prepare specifications for entry by tourist operators in the an- nual Rural Beautification So- ciety competition class sponsor- ed by the P.E.I. Tourist Assoc- iation. It is expected ex tra classes will be created in this group and larger money prizes awarded.
Other matters discussed by the Tourist directors included accommodation booking ar- rangements to be in effect for visitors next year; the condi- tion of the New Brunswick high- ways leading to Cape Tormen- line: obtaining I sufficient number of lobsters during the tourist season: and public rela- tions plans for 1964.
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The Guardian, Charlottetown, Fri. Dec. 13, 1963. 3
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Program Scheduled
By RALPH CAMERON i
A nationally known chef withl a lit ' 's experience in all‘ phases of the proparration of’ meals on a large scale will be,
ased to come to this province in l the immediate future to assist! im- proving txhe skills of others.
,At the request of the P.f-‘..l. Touzrist Association his services will be made available by the departrnerit of education through -the diireotorr of Vocvanional train- M‘oM‘rurvt1ry, who said the proposal would approval that a full-time school might be main-
ed
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Mr. McMurtry, accomanied by , Joseph McLel1an and Cameronl MacDonald, principals of the vocational institutes in Char-l lotte-towln and Suuninerside ‘e- speotively, attended a meeting‘ of the driirec'tm's of the 'I‘ou~rist Association yesterday at The Charlottetown.
He was introduced by associa- tion prresident, Charles Linkiet-
Summers‘
grou to discuss one of the tourist industry's greatest prob- l.ems—obtarin.ing fully qualified cooks to properly Prepare and serve choice Island meals.
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Because of the proximity of the 1964 Centenmiial, Mr. Mc- M‘-urtry felt the greatest ad- vantage to the tourist business would come i the proposed cooking school provided an im- mediate ‘crash’ program of training to provide sufficient.‘ staltlf for all operratorns engaged in supplying meals to the great nu-mlbetr of visitors expected next
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Mr. McMuI-vtry did not identify by name the cheat‘-cle-cuisine he hopes to have here, but said he had A splendid reputation among the nation's railway carriers and top oatevnl g known as a top chef the man has also had wide experience in the teaching field through having provided on-the- job instructtion to student cooks for many years.
Following lVlir. McMurlr_v‘s ex. planation of what his department was prepared to do to help the
and Albany with ..‘.i ... made on the understanding they
three concentrated training cour-
wiih it on waitress tzravining. Mr.
tourist indu.-try the association directors named a committee of five to work with him in pre- Daiing a program whricli it is hoped to start in mid-January. SPECIAL (TOURSE
It is hoperl to provide at least
ses for classes in the school and at the same time offer a speci course in conjunction lVIc‘.\/lurtry pointed out that immediate objective of
course would be to make avail- able a supply of trained short- order cooks to help in the smal- ler lunchrooms and snack bars. After the tourist season ends, he said, it would then be pos- sible provide a long-term course in training for employed cooks who would have the ad-
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APEC and Zeger Salome of Be- deque delivered interesting ad- dresses at a dinner meeting of Alberton and West P r i n ce Board of Trade in 0’Leary Wednesday night.
Introduced by J. Frank Bry- an of Cascumpec, Mr. described the establishment of APEC, its aims and objects and some of its accomplishments and made a strong plea for more businessmen to join APEC in order to benefit their commun-
Y- . An investigation is béfdg con- ducted by APEC into tig possi- ‘lit of connecting PEI. to the mailand power grid, Mr. Wright said. A vote of thanks was extended the speaker b Gilbert Gaudet of Woodstock. gar Salome spoke strongly in favor of the growing and pro- cessing of flax on a large scale this province. Flax products grown during the past seven years on his farm at Bedeque were exhibited by the speaker who responded to a large num- ber of questions from the floor. A committee is to be appoint- ed from the board to investigate
W;-jghfz Errol Stetson of O'Leary.
vantage of top .train=m-g to im- prove their own skills and learn some of the finer arts of pre- paring meals.
COMMITTEE NAMED
Members of the Tourist As- sociation who will be asked to serve on the committee assist- ing Mr. l\lr\’lu«rtry are James MacLean, Summerside: Mrs. Lita Andrew. Mrs. Wallace Rodd, William Beer and Greet- man MacArthur.
It was strongly emphasized that the new training program was not for ‘home’ cooks, but would be designed solely for the benefit of those cooking for the public.
Any graduates of the crash‘ program will zeccvivve a certi- ficate stating they have success- fully passed the course and will ‘thus be qualified for positions cooking for summer visitocrs.
tional Institute here. Eventually itishopedtoprovidethesame trainiing in the Summerside
“W. Prince lrade Bd. , ’HearsAboutAPEC,F|ax'
0'LEARY— John S. Wright,
and promote the flax lndus1ry,_‘ Mr. Salome was introduced by Randall Boates of O'Leary. The meeting was conducted by the new president Ed win Turner, O’Leary who, with the vice-president, Fred Peters. Louis, was sworm into offic ,-
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l Stetson also moved a vote 01; ’ thanks to 0'Leary U nlteoi , Church Women for catering to, the turkey banquet. l
Rev. David MacDonald., chairman of the transportation; committee gave a brief report? on the board of art-nsport ocm- missioners hearing at Albcrmn and made a motion that letters of appreciation be sent the trade board's counsel, Melville (‘amp-’ bell, Summerside, and M.J. McQuaid, QC, Sourls.
Correspondence included oi letter from the Summersid .2. Board of Trade giving support’ for the West Point Ferry pro- ject. Mr. MacDonald suggested consideration be given for the use of the Wood Islands Ferry Charles Dunning on the West Point run on a trial basis.
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When the tourist season ends they will then be eligible to take
a full cooking cowrse lasting for
association would in time pro- vide a continuing flow of good cooks and perhaps, as Mr. M‘c- M‘urt-ry Sll{.’.',‘;‘."~‘l(?d, result in the eventual production of top chefs in this province.
In the beginning classes, both, day and night as needed. will‘ be conducted at the new Voca-. ‘
must be taken up at the motel 01 hotel named within a specified time limit.
The directors agreed to leavt the matter of the condition of roads to Cape Tormentine to the Island's minister of highways to handle in order to prevent any conflict of action.
The touchy matter of a short- age of lobsters available locally came in for considerable dis-
dispensary can be c1osed§ from Dec. 20 to January” 6 inciusive..
cussion with one proposal be-"'1 made that the provincial gov- ernment purchase all lobsters‘ caught in Island waters, p ay fishermen a solid price for them and make them available restaurant and hotel operators here.
One man noted the situation‘ was so bad in recent years the-5 f med Summerside Lobster Carnival had to purchase the lobsters it served in other pro- vinces.
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regnr, due to the absence «)1 the pastor, Rev. W.A. Paterson. who is confined to his home due to injuries sustained when he‘ slipped on the ice near his llom . _
In addition to the congrega- tional hymns, the choir under the direction of Mrs. Ray Mac-
Leod. sang "All that Thrills My soul is Jesus". Mrs. Mac-G«regor's Iddresl
\\ as entitled “The Greates Faith ever lived". The offering was’ received by James E. Cole and Roy Paynlcr.
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gular meeting when represen-lg tatives of the West Point Ferryig “Parents Prefer Company are expected to hc«i_.r. puritv p,.0dm.f,g" present. it: ' _
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