oc-roaan 31. 1951

yTI-IE GUARDIAN. CIIARLOTTETOWN

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Phone 8031.

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Bookliore. Slimmer Street: Gourlles Drugstore, 21 Central Street:

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VI-ce'I Grocery. 120 Russell Street; Service Drug.

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Il. L. Wllto In Kenslngiion, WEST PRINCE OFFICE

Alberton: , , Phone: CD3. BURTON IIOWATT, Be- Mue, will be absent from his mice Nov. 3rd.-11th. inclusive.

.voMPETEN'I' Complete In- wu-ice Service. W. Boyd Beairsto, xgrisington. 0

.BllING YOUR CLEAN TIM- (mnf SEED and receive 10 cents lb, W. H. Burns, Malpeque.

..MR. AND MRS. A. W. WOOD- s1DE. l-(enslngton, will be at home

I go their friends on Monday even-

mg, November 5th, from 7 to 10 o'clock. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Waldon Davlson, Kensington. The occasion being the 50th an- niversary of their marriage.

-FIJNERAL YESTERDAY - The funeral of the late Mrs.

Archibald Linkielter was held from the home of her son, Emery Linkictter, yesterday afternoon at 2:30 with service at the home conducted by Rev. W. O. Wealc. The pail-bearers were Messrs. Arthur lnman, Ernest Cailbcck, Arthur Linklctter. Wilfred Mac- Donnici. Frank Linklctter and Frank Townsend. Interment was in the Linkletter Road cemetery. -45.

DRITTVRN FROM TRIP Mr. and Mrs. J. Emmett Power. )llSCOtlPfl(”. and Mr. George Pow- er, Emerald, have recently re- turned from a motor trip to Halifax and Dartmouth. N.S. 'I'hey were :ircomp.1nied as far as Dart-

nioiitli by Mrs. Wilfred (kiudct of S.tnimerside, who intends to :em.i.i: for some time with her

ciauglttcr and son-in-law. On their retuin they were accompanied by Mrs. Frank Simmons of Bel- mont who was returning from Halifax.

-ANNUAL MEETING-The an- nual meeting of the Suinmcrside Curling Club. ladies division, was held in the Curling Rink on Mon- day, Oct. 29, and the election of oificcrs for the coming year re- sulted as follows: President, Mrs. Creciiuan MacArthur; vice-presi- dent. Mrs. Carl Crockett; games committee. Mrs. T. L. Linkietter: finance. Mrs. Albert sllllpliant: entertainment, Mrs. Eric Mnrxay: decorating. Mrs. Gladys MacQuar- rie;; membership, Mrs. Fred Mac- Rae. The secretary treasurer ap- pointed for this year is Mrs Earl Carney.

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-HOLD BANQUET-On Wed- nesday evening. October 24th, the member of Long R.lyer,llV,. I. and Clinton W.I., accompanied by their escorts, held a banquet at Irish- town Hall. when an attractive chicken supper was served by the members of Irislztown W. I. Fol- lowing the meal. Mr. Murdock Macbeod spoke on behalf of the long River group and expressed satisfaction and appreciation of the service rendered by the cater- ers. Mr. Wilfred Pickering follow- ed, speaking on behalf of the Clin- ton group. Mrs. John Pickering. president of the Irishtown Wo- men's Institute replied. A period of games and fun was enjoyed by the guests, and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. Among those assisting with the music were Mrs. Ernest Dunning, lirs. Borden Campbell,Mrs. George Macl..eod. Mr. Willard Reilly and Mn. Harold Mouse.

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lN MEMORIAM

PHILLIP WILLIAMS

--A feeling of sadness prevailed throughout the community of El- lersiie when it became known that Phillip Williams, an esteem- ed resident of that place. had passed away on October 10th. 1951. at the advanced age of M years. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. I-Ienriah Williams of Trout River.

He was in good health until two weeks before his death when he W15 stricken suddenly ill. and al- 1h0H8lI given every attcntlon,med- ical and otherwise. he was called Mme. and his passing came as a crest shock to those left behind.

He leaves to mourn. besides his lorrowing widow, two daughters. Purl IMrs. L. A. Burlclgh) Fillers- l0. and Bertha (Mrs. Horace Lid- Wlcl. Tyne Valley.

The funeral services at the home "id church were conducted by

V- L. A. Dignan. and the re- mllns were laid to rest in the St. ohn's Anglican Church Cemetery. ideford.

The hymns sung were. "Peace erfecl Pence". "There Is No Night " Heaven". and "Abide With Men;

The pallbearers were: Messrs. Roy William. Alfred MacLcan. Willard Oatwsy, E. 3. Burleigh. 1-Ivton Miller and George Barlow.

There were many beautiful flor- Il tributes and cut flowers. The "Mere lymplthy of the district is 5'1"! extended to his bereaved

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w0'LEABY ATHLETIC ASSOC- EKTION Annual Meeting, Tucsdgy, ovember sch, at 330 pg M" 014931? Public Hall. Please attend.

-ALMOST comru-:'ran-wn;x which commenced some time ago on the T'3'0'1'4llBustine Cove road. is now nearing completion, Shilling will start in a few days and when completed is expected to provide an excellent surface.

- ersonals

-Mrs. Jack Keenan of Welsford. N-B-. is a patient. in the Prince County Hospital. 5

-Mrs. Fred Wotton of char. lottetown is visiting in Summer. 5ld0- the suest of Mrs. Lorne Campbell and Mrs. Harold Milli- gm. 3

-Mr. Thane Campbell, Burllng. 'r0"- 15 makins 3 Kood recovery from a lengthy illness and friends will be pleased to know he 15 gble to go out walking.

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y-Among those attending the chicken supper at sea View on Friday evening, October 26th, were Mr. Frank Myers, M.L.A., and Mrs, Myers, Crapaud. and Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Dickison New Glasgow. Bur.

-Mrs. Harmon Black, Kenslng- ton. accompanied by her two l'0lmtZ sons. David and Peter, is spending a few days at Wheatley River, where she is the guest of her brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stead.

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-On Laymanis Sunday, October 28th, New London Parish was vis- ited by Mr. Whlteside of St. Paul's C h u r c h. Charlottetown. who preached the sermon at each church. and Mr. Frank Myers, M. L.A., Crapaud. who read the les- sons. The services were conducted by the rector, the Rev. Robert Coupland.

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Bedeque and O I I Victniiy Mrs. Ethel Haslam, Bedeque. re-

turned home after visiting in Bay- field, N. B.. where she was the

guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Allen. .1 Mrs. Brewer Waugh. wilmot

Valley, and Miss Mildred Callbeck. Central Bedeque, left on Saturday, Oct. 27th for Moncton, where they will visit Mr. and Mrs. Fred Horne.

The funeral of the late Mrs. John MacLean took place in North Bedeque United Church on September 25th with Reverend Kenneth Campbell officiating. The hymns were "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Nearer My God to Thee". The casket was covered with flowers from the family and friends. Pallbearers were Messrs. Fred Reeves, James Clarke, Wil- bur Stavert, Earl MacMurdo, Clare Bradshaw and Josh Arsenault The deceased is survived by two daugh- ters. Mrs. Leo Duvar and Mrs. Everett Bradshaw. and a son. George, abroad. Interment was in the Church Cemetery. H

Wear Pearls To Bed Ii's Good For Them

LONDON. Oct. -(CF) -"II it true that it will increase the beau- ty of my pearls to sleep in them. or is it just an old wivea' tale?”

An odd question, but one that jewelers are frequently being ask-

ed nowadays as fashion has brought pearls - real. cultured and imitation - into such wide popularity.

Though a. traditional belief, it is none the less true. Not only can you wear your pearls while sleep- ing. but you can bathe with then- -either in the sea or in the bath- tub. The old custom has a sound foundation in scientific fact.

Real pearls contain all which tends to dry out as time goes by. By contact with the human skin they have the power of absorbing oil from the pores and replacinsz that which is lost. in many cases the oil from the skin enhances a pearls beauty and it gains in lus- ire.

In the case of cultured and imi- tation pearls, I leading London manufacturer who is also a pearl expert had this to say:

"Human contact puts a natural gloss on the stone. in just the same way as an oyster does. and very often the pearls look better after twenty years than when they are new. They can easily be cleaned by washing in soap-suds and the only thing which can harm them is any kind of acid"

some of the latest types of im- itation pearls made in Brit- ain are known as "ivory quality" and are probably some of the beai ever produced. Each pearl is manufactured separately and care- fully selected for matching color and size before being made up in- to the fashionable styles of the day.

LOCAL GOD!

Each of the provinces of ancient Egypt had its own special gods. with frequent friction between

S'side S1. liauls Credit Union Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the saint Paul's credit Union Limited was held last night in the C. M. B. 'A. Hall. summerside, with s good at.- tendance of members and visitors.

The president's report showed that the financial affairs of the union were being well attended to by the directors and the different committees.

The president, Mk. Cyrus Poitier, conducted the meeting and gave a most comprehensive review of the work accomplished during the year and an outline of the work for the coming year. He stated that while the union had an over- all membershlp of over five hund- red that almost half of these were unfortunately inactive and some means must be found to get these members interested in credit un. ion activities.

Pointing to the fact that the union had assets of about 878,000.- 00. he stated that this was a com- paratively small amount for a town of this size and gave figures to show that other unions in this province in much smaller places had much larger assets. Ml'. Poir- ier said that if the union had as- sets of a quarter of a. million doi- lars then it would be really in a position to do something big.

The report of the treasurer showed that the sum of two thoug. and dollars uncollected interest had all been brought in and while the 3CC01mlS Dayable last year showed an amount of s2,5oo,oo this year's report showed that the ac- counts payable had all been liquid- ated.

The total income for the year, according to the financial report Was shown as sa9'19.a3 and undiv- ided earnings of 5222-5,55, The shares have increased over last year to the amount of 5739100 and the assets have increased :?.6130.57,

The credit committee .reported that during the year 103 loans had been approved and that 190 of these had been repaid.

It was decided on motion to al- lot the sum of 530.00 to be taken from the educational fund to be at the discretion of the directors for mines for credit union essays in the Convent school and the Sum. merside 1-ligh school,

There was no election of Officers as the present slate will hold of- fice for the next two years. The l0l101l'in8 new directors were elec- ted. Theodore Gallant, Wilfred Percy: J. A. Gallant and Alban Dolron. The credit committee, .1, A Arsenault, William Cameron, Mr, Elmer Puieau was appointed to the audit committee. Dr. Hillard Clark of the Trinity Credit Union was Present and in his address to the members he brought greetings from the Trinity Union and con. gratulated the St. Paul's union for the work and the progress it had shown.

At the conclusion of the annual meeting refreshments were served to all present.-S

2.000 Aiiend luncheon for Royal Couple

By ALAN RANDAL (Canadian Press Staff writer) MONTREAL. Oct. 30 - (CP) -

Canada; bilingual metropolis put on. a noon-time party for Princes Elizabeth and the Duke of Edin- burgh today to introduce the royal pair to the people between 25 and 35 years of age who are supposed to make this town light and gay.

It was I sood party. too. at the chalet on top of Mount Royal.

But "25" 35" took a terrible beating. A good many hundreds of Montrealers who first saw 35 many years ago were along.

The birds must have taken a beating. too. because almost every second woman had a hat. built on the close-to-the-head lines and made of feathers. In many cases they seemed to be feathers from small birds.

The Princess and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the chalet at 1.45 P.M., a few minutes late because of a scientific chat the Duke had this morning with mem- bers of the Royal Canadian Assoc- iation for the Advancement of science. A call to London to talk to the King and ueen added other minutes to the lay in the sched-

ule 2.000

By arrival time perhaps were jammed into the mountain chalet when only l.-i0O were ant- icipated.

As expected, all the girls had 1 ntw dress and accessories for the occasion. The escorts appeared to spend a somewhat boring hour and ii half before royalty arrived but the girls had a great time looking at and talking about each others' duds.

Mayor Camlllien Houde met the Royal Couple on their arrival and led them to the Lookout to see his city. for before them and garland- ed by the St. Lawrence River. In- side the chalet things were pretty much bedlam with the boys and girls - and the elderly folk too - iamming toward the centre to lzet Ii glimpse of the arrival before the buffet luncheon was served.

The Princess and the Duke got I great round of handclapc when they entered. also a few minutes to rest and then the lunch was on It took about an hour.

The Royal Couple ate in a cur- tnined-ofi section and then saw a couple of habitnnt-type maidens wearing pessa t skirts. blouses and sabots do a French-Canadian dance.

Then. for A few minutes the Princess and her consort mingled with the guests. made a walk around the chalet during which the girls nearly mobbed the Duke. Af- ter that they whipped off into th- cnr for the ntlnusnce of an al- rcsdy-crowded day.

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Utilities commission

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K.C., was attorney for the Com- pany.

Company Submission

The Telephone Company sub- mitted that "because of change in conditions beyond the control of the company the rates now in ef- fect sre insufficient to meet its needs and will continue to be in- adequate in an increasing mea- sure".

Witnesses for the company em- phsalaed the extent of the growth of telephone facilities here and evidence adduced revealed that the number of telephones in use in this Province had grown from 4.314 in H130 to 10,454 in 1950. or an in- crease of approximately 142 per- cent. Long distance messages had also risen in number from 188,677 in 1939 to 566,757 in 1950. Local

essagea had also shown a vast increase from the 8,023,730 in 1939 to 20,786,750 last year. At the same time the number of employees here had jumped from 85 to 153.

The company through its wit- nesses showed that there was a con- tinued demand for service despite the 6,140 extra telephones put in service since 1939, and that there was a strong demand for conver- sion of manual equipment to dial equipment. It was estimated by company witnesses that such con- version in the Charlottetown area would cost 5830.000. The brief pre- sented to the Commission also stated that the l950.paytoll had increased 2600:; over that of 1939.

In its brief the company showed that gross expenditures for the es- timated construction programme for 1951 totalled 384,000, while it was estimated that for 1953 they would amount to's908,504.

' Submits Schedule

The company also showed in a prepared schedule that at existing rates there would be earnings which would provide deficits for 1951, 1952 and 1953 of 532,726, 368,- 362 and 3131.963 respectively. The brief goes on to say that ”ln the present financial condition of the Company the financing of the re- quired expansion and development of facilities is a. matter of extreme seriousness."

In a discuuion of the necessity of raising funds to maintain and carry on the service the company brief states that it is submitted that the record of earnings and dividends paid is not sufficient to attract equity capital.

The company went on to state in their brief that "If the con- structlon programme is to he ful-

' filled including the conversion of

the Charlottetown exchange area from manual to dial, the Company must be allowed 8. rate structure that will enable it to attract cap- ital at reasonable cost, and to maintain its credit position on a sound basis".

It outlined the financial needs of the Company for the next three years and added that "If addition- al revenue requlrements are not met the construction programme cannot be proceeded with and the Company will not have sufficient earnings to meet its present oblig- ation”.

Opening Session

At the opening of the hearing yesterday Mr. Mathleson K.C.. counsel for the Company. suggest- cd s. form of presentation of evid- cncelwhich would let all the wit- ncsses make their presentations separately and so be cross examin- ed immediately afterwards. This would keep the evidence in com- pact form for study by the Com- mission. The evidence was tape re- corded and all witnesses and ques- tioners used microphones.

Mr. RH. Doyle. comptroller of the Company. was on the stand most of the morning and after- noon sessiona as he was frequently recalled to detail the financial set- up of the Island Telephone. Com- pany and the Maritime Telephone and Telegraph Company.

He stated that he had had 39 years experience with the parent company in various departments and was the comptroller of the Is- land Telephone Company. He said that there had been an operating agreement between the two com- panies since 1948 with the Mari- time unlt undertaking to supply operational and accounting serv- ices. All the accounting work is done in Halifax by a specially trained staff. If the work were done here it would cost the local company approximately s18.R'i.'l per year, according to the witness.

Mr. Doyle was of the opinion that this charge was much lower titan if the Island Telephone Coni- pany supplied the services itself. He stated that if the latter system was obtained. expenses would rise considerably because the Maritime "group" was doing this at a much lower cost per station, meaning per telephone, than could be done loc- ally. This cost to the local com- pany was lower than in Nova Sco- tia. He said the general rate was 34.20 per year per telephone in the Maritlmes while the local comp- any was being charged only 32.71 per phone per year.

In talking about general operat- ing costs Mr. Doyle said that no snlaries were paid by the Island Telephone Company to other than resident employees. He also stated that a majority of the purchases of the Maritime group were made through the parent company be- cause bulk purchasing could be done cheaper.

Maintenance Costs

Under questioning by Mr. Math- ieson the witness said that as shown in the schedule submitted the maintenance costs had risen from approximately 348.000 in 1939 to 0137.000 in 19.50. This meant that the meintennnu: per telephone hsd risen in the some period from 311.15 per year to ll3.70. Reasons entering into the increase in main- tenance costs were the greater number of 'phone.9 in use and

hlqher wages in effect at present. Estimates of maintenance costs

for the three year period coming showed I continual rise to an es- timated s2l2,000 in 1953. The en- timates. witness said, were prepar- ed by the general plant depart- ment and submitted to the gen- eral manager before coming to him. He felt that they were ac- curate," but on the conservative side."

When questioned by Mr. -K. M.

Martin as to whether they- were "realistic or conservative, Mr. Doyle said they were as realis- tlc as estimates can be. Mr. R. W. Manning asked him on what basis they estimated the increased number of phones which would be in use here in the next three years. It was on this that the in- creased operating 'costs were fig- ured. Mr. Doyle said the company had not anticipated a downward. trend in costs because that "was in the laps of the Gods". Asked by Mr. Mathieson about wages, Mr. Doyle said they had greatly increased in the past ll! years. One of the reasons for this was the increase in the number of telephones in use requiring larger staffs.

Mr. William S. Dickie, general traffic manager. told the Commis- sion that he had had 29 years ex- perience with the Company and during that time had been in ac- countlng, supply. maintenance and traffic departments. His depart- ment is responsible. he stated. for the making of telephone connec- tions. And he added that to do this a large staff of carefully trained personnel was necessary.