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CENTRAL

Organizations using this column to promote their meetings, en- tertainments. etc., are requested to place these announcements in the name of the sponsoring or- ganization.

WE TREAT the sick well. Gig- gey’s Pharmacy open 8.30am. to 8 p.m.

AUCTION "45” Score Cards for sale at Guardian-Patriot Central Printing.

CHRISTMAS Cantata, Crapaud Anglican Church. Sunday, Decem- ber 28 at 8:30 p. m.

SCRIPTURE Calendars— and daily devotional booklets for the new year. Fifteen cents up. The Bible House, (opposite Easton’s).

UNION COMMERCIAL C017 loge—New students may enroll on January 5, 1959 for complete course in business training.

FUNERAL TODAY — The fun- eral of the late Henry Redmond, 86, of 184 King Street, will be held this morning from the Hen- nessey Funeral Home for services at St. Dunstan's Basilica. Inter- ment will be in the Catholic Cemetery. The late Mr. Redmond died Wednesday morning at the Charlottetown Hospital. Employ- ed for many years with Canadian National Railways as a black- smith. he retired some 19 years ago. Surviving are five sons Harry. Lorne, John, ‘Peter and Leo, all of Charlottetown, and tom daughters, Lillian, Mrs. Henry Bourgeois, Monoton, N. 13., and Eileen,~ Mrs. Albert Garrett, Charlottetown. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. He was predeceas- ed by his wife several years ago.

DOUGLAS FUNERAL — The funeral of the late M-rs. Geddie Douglas was held Tuesday after- noon from her home. Head of llillsboro. where service was con- Liuoted by Rev. Charles Townsley. During the service Mr. ToWnsley sang as a solo “The Old Rugged Cross”. Interment was in the Mt. Stewart cemetery. Ball bearers were Hamilton Douglas. Ralph Melvin Jlardine. Ernest Bambrick, Walter Myers, Louis Cameron.

ONE ALARM — The only fire call answered by the City Fire Department over the holiday per- iod was still alarm at 23 Hensley Street at 9.40 a. in. yesterday.

SIGSWORTH FUNERAL— The funeral of the late Daniel Sigs- worth was held on Wednesday from the Hennessey Funeral Home to All Saints Church, Car- digan,, where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. Francis Corcoran, P,P. who also conducted the service at the grave. The poll bearers were John A. MacDonald, M.P., Lea Allan, E-arl MacDonald, Stephen Livingstone. Ghon Nabuurs, Dan- iel Saunders. Interment was in the Church Cemetery. The funer- al was largely attended.

CORRECTION — An error oc-

BIRTHS

TOOMBS— At Toronto East Gen eral Hospital, Tuesday, ember’22, 1958. to Mr. and Mrs. Elwin TOOITIIbS (nee Norma Goff). Both formerly of Char- lottetown, a son, weight 6 lbs. 8 025.

DEATHS

MUTTART: In Summerslde Thursday Dec. 25, 1958 Helen S. Muttart, wife of the late Hillard G. Muttart, in her 74th year. Resting at the Compton Funeral Home where the funeral will be held on Saturday Dec. 27th at 2.00 P.M. Interment in People’s Cemetery.

CLARK—At the P.E.I. Hospital on' Thursday Dec. 25th, llam Charles Clark, Water St., Summerside, in his 78th year. Resting at the Bow-ness Fun- eral Home. Funeral notice la- ter. Flowers gratefully declin» ed. Visiting hours'ltHz a.m., 2-5, pm. 7-10 pm.

MACMILLAN—At the P. E. 1. Hospital, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1958, Charles MacMIillan. 26 Prince Street, «formerly of Al- benry Plains, in his 89th year. Remains resting at the Cutcliffe Funeral Home until noon Fri- day. Then to St. Paul’s Church. Service starting at 2 o'clock. Interment Christ’s Church, Cemetery, Cherry Valley.

LECLAIR — At Prince County Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 24th, 1958, Joseph J. LeClalr of Egmont Bay in his 79th year. Forwarded from the Bowness Funeral Home from where the funeral will be held on Satur- day Dec. 27th. to St. Church, Egmont Bay for Re- quiem,High Mass at 11 am. Interment in Church cemetery.

MACNEmL — At Dorval, P.Q. on Tuesday Dec. 23rd, Mary Patrinella MacNeIli, wife of John J. MacNeilI, formerly of Miscouche and Southwest Lot 16 in her 65th year. Resting at the Bowness Funeral Home from where the funeral will be beld_Satu.rday Dec. 27th to St. Patrick’s Church Grand River for Requiem High Mass at 9:00 am. Interment in church ,cem- etery. Visiting hours 10-12 am. 2-5 p.m., 7-10 p.m.

GAUDET—At Chelton, Dec. 25, 1958, Mrs. Ray Gaudet.

warded from Davison’s Funer- al Home to her late residence

urday morning

Church, Seven Mile Bay, for Requiem Mass. Interment in the church cemetery.

CAMPBELL—At Clinton, Dec. 24, 1958, Mrs. Charles Camp- bell, age 67 years.

son’s Funeral Home to her late residence this evening where funeral service will be

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James

age 49 years. Remains were for-

where funeral will be held Sat-

leaving the home at 9 am. to St. Peters

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Suspends Term As Holiday Gift

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge suspended a sentence Wednesday as a Christmas gift to a 31-year- old janitor who admitted killing his wife.

Kings County Judge Samuel S.

Icibowitz suspended B e r n a r d Lewis‘ sentence after the v-ic- tim’s mother testified in a pre- sentence hearing that the defend- ant was “a wonderful. decent man." Lewis had pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to knifing his wife, Lily Mac, 29, last June 21 when she argued with him while he was trying to prepare supper for their three sons. Lewis testified his wife was drunk at the time. Mrs. Lewis had been convicted earlier in children’s court of neglecting the children.

“My daughter was a sick

woman,” MIrs. Lewis’ mother, Mrs. Cora Jones, told Judge Lei- bowitz. “This man is a wonderful decent man, a fine father." Leibowitz he did not sanc- tion the crime but was impressed by Mrs. Jones’ testimony. “She should be bitter,” he said. “Her own flesh and blood was destroyed by this man. Yet she volunteered to testify in his be- half. I don’t see anything to be gained by cl a mp in g him in prison except vengeance — and the purpose of the law is not for that—certainly not on this day.” “This is the most wonderful Christmas gift of all,” com- mented Lewis. “My mother - in- law has a heart of gold."

SWIM SUIT OWNER SUIES

MIJISIKEIGON, Mich. (AP)— Wlhile still dry, the new swim suit purchased in 1957 by Mrs. Donn-a Dibble was ade- quate for her trim figure.

But, the attractive blonde housewife charged Wednes- day in a $2,500 damage suit in circuit court, on its first dip in Lake Michigan the garment proved more reveal- ing than appealing.

Her legal action against a u Muskegon store charges 5 he was “humiliated, ems barrassed and publicly dis- graced” on her first swim in I the suit because it became transparent.

Ships Stranded In Boy Of Ctheur

DARTMOUTH, N.S. (CP)—'I‘he Transport Department supply vessel Edward Cornwallis left here Thursday to aid shipping stranded by the ice in the Bay of Chaleur.

Extreme cold has brought on severe ice conditions in the bay, bottling up shipping in the Ports of Dalhousle, NR, and Bathurst, N.B.

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PARIS (APl — AII financial markets will be CIost today be-

announced Thursday night. The announcement was taken as confirmation of reports of an

the franc.

cision to close markets been taken with a view to avoid- ing any ‘inopportune reaction be- fore the decisions which will be taken by the government." RUMORS HEADLINED

All Paris newspapers gave headlines to rumors about prepa— ration of a “De Gaulle franc.”

One of the changes that has been suggested is a revaluation that would multiply the value of the franc 100 times. Under this system, a banknote of 1,000 francs would be traded in for a new one of 10 francs. This might be accompanied by a devalua- tion.

The newspaper Le Monde sug- gested that the change might be linked with an announcement of a return to convertibility — at least in a limited degree—of the pound sterling. Markets in Brit~ ain are closed today as part of the Christmas holiday. BRITISH-FRENCH TALKS Full convertibility would be completely free exchange with

cause of “decisions which will be taken by the government" it was

imminent change in the value of

The announcement said the de— “has

OIII(‘I' currencies. l Lo Mon-dc said frequent ex- chanzcs of views have been held between the British and French finance ministries recently. It added that the hurried ter of Franz Etzel. German fin a n c e

minister. to Paris Wednesday probably concerned the same subject.

Le Monde said that several years ago Dr. Ludwig Erhard, West German economics min- ister. was asked what Germany would do if Bnitain announced a return to convertibility for the pound. He was quoted as reply- ing “we would follow five min- utes later."

The matter has become urgent because of the start on Jan. 1 of the six - nation common market. Every effort is being made to strengthen th e French financial situation for this transition by which Franc e, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy and West Germany are to begin shaping a common customs bor- der.

THREE PLANS

Three possibilities have been suggested for changing the value of the franc:

1. To chop two zeros off pres- ent values, thus making 1,000 francs worth 10. This would be almost wholly a psychological move, and could not be expected

French Franc Change Seen I

In Closing Of All Markets

to have any effect on trade bal. ancesm This revision. however. might be coupled With other changes.

2. To institute some system of turning the franc loose to find its 0er value for many types of transactions. In view 0f the chronic post-war weakness of the franc, however, the full step to- ward convertibility seemed im- probable.

3. An outright devaluation. Fi- nance Minister Antoine Pinay has criticized pas-t devaluations and pledged himself never to re- sort to this course, but many be- lieve that he will be forced to it. THREAT T0 EPU

The present official value of the franc is 420 to the dollar, but the black market quotation Wed- nesday was 471.

If moves are made by any Western European powers to- ward convertibility, the Europ- ean Payments Union is likely to disappear.

The EPU was set up as a clearing house for cancelling of-f multilateral debts among the 17 members of the Organization for European Economic Co - opera- tion. Convertibility for the Brit- ish pound or West German mark would mean withdrawal of those countries, and the EIPU probably would not survive the departure of its strongest members.

C. G. S. Saurel completed one tough ice<breaking chore Christ- mas morning and immediately answered a call to take on another one at Pictou.

'Ilhe ice-breaker, which has had hardly a moment's rest in the past two weeksdreeing icelocked freighters and tankers, finally fought its way into open water after some 40 miles and nearly two daysof fighting the ice in Northumberland Strait in a suc- cessful effort to break a patch for the potato freightér Marguerite. The SaIurel left Charlottetown Harbour about noon Tuesday with the Marguerite travelling behind, but ii was not until yesterday morning at 10 a. m. that the ship

VATICAN CITY (Reuters)— Pope John XXIII made a sharp break with tradition Thursday by spending Christmas with his Ro- m-sn flock in a program that in- cluded visits to patients‘in hos- pitals.

He walked past hundreds of beds in Rome’s main children’s hospital.

One little girl sat up in bed. her arms out. crying “Papa, Papa." The 77-year-old pontiff walked quickly to her. “Here I am,” he said. “You see, I came when you called."

He bent over the bed of a shy little boy, only a mop of hair and one eye emerging from the bed- clothes. “What’s your name?” the Pope asked. “Angelo.” the boy whispered.

“Mine used to be Angelo, too," the Pope said. "But now it‘s Gio- vanm."

BLESSES PATIENTS

Afterward the pontiff visited

Saurel Frees Marguerite, Sieams To Help M. V. Fergus

reported it had made it to open water near Cape Bear. '

Very heavy ice in the strait held up progress. Generally the ice is reported to be between eight and 10 inches thick. But in many places "rafting"-—-sheets of thick ice piling up to form exceedingly thick ridges—made progress slow.

Immediately after getting the Marguerita on her way, the gov- ernment ice-breaker was steam- ing for a spot some 10 miles off Pictou to free the M.V. Fergus while in solidly ice locked.

Last evening the Saurel was re- podrted some‘s 3—4 miles off Pic- tou Island, and officials believed she would wait. overnight before making any attenmpts to free the

Fergus. ‘ .

Pon’rifl Breaks Wi’rh Tradiiion

He w a l k ed quickly down a woman’s ward, giving his bless- ing to the patients.

Then he crossed into a ward of 9 men and spoke to several. A blind man sat up in bed groping toward the Pope. The pontiff stop- ped, put his hand on the blind man’s forehead and spoke to him in a low voice.

Today, shortly after dawn, the Pope will visit Rome‘s “Queen of Heaven" prison, where he is ex- pected to address the prisoners.

In making his Christmas visits outside the Vatican, the Pope broke the feeling of constraint that has surrounded papal appear- ances in Italy since Pius IX was ~virtually imprisoned in the Vat- ican and stripped of papal terri- tories 88 years ago.

These Christmas visits contrast sharply with the Yuletide observ- ance of the late Pope Pius XII who spent the holiday in the aus- tere solitude of his private apart-

Rome’s oldest hospital for adults.

ment in the Vatican Palace.

By ANGELO NATALE MOSCOW (A‘Pl—The Supreme Soviet Thursday confirmed a new Soviet security chief and adopted a more liberal penal code.

At its closing session, parlia- ment gave approval to Alexander N. Shelepin, former secretary of the Young Communist League, as chairman of the state commit- tee for security. At 40, Shelepiu takes over from Gen. lvan Serov. who was re- moved Dec. 8 and assigned to an- other job that has yet to be an- nounced. Serov showedxup at to- day's session wearing his army uniform. Shelepin’s job carries with it control over the secret po- lice—once directed by the ex~ ecuted Lavrenti Bkeria. LESS SEVERE PUNISHMENT The penal code revision abol- ished a number of punidhments, including the one proposed for Nobel Prize winner Boris Paster-

Securiiy Chief’s Appointment Confirmed By Supreme Soviet

bandltry and high treason.

The maximum prison sentence for ordinary crimes was cut to 10 years from 25. A maximum 15- year penalty was set for graver cnimesm The age of responsibility for ordinary crimes was raised to 16 years, two more than pre- viously. v

Announcement of Shelepin’s ap- pointment as security chief was included in a group of announce- ments that confirmed ex-premier Nikolai Bulganin’s removal as president of the state bank last Aug. 15. Bulganin now heads a regional economic committee at Stavropol. -

The appointment of a party- trained man to head the state se- curity c o m m i t t e e appeared a clear indication that the party intends to exert even greater con- trol over security in the future.

Missing P‘Ione’s Wreckage Found

HALIFAX (CP) RCAF Search and Rescue headquar- ters here said Thursday the wreackage of a civilian air- crsft missing since Wednesday was spotted on an island near Goose Bay, Labrador.

The Aeronoa, with one man abroard, went missing on a 15-mile flight from Northwest River to Happy Valley, Labra- dor. \

The name of the pilot was not available.

Search and Rescue said there was no sign of life around the plane, which. was spotted by an RCAF Otter from Goose Bay.

See Ambulance Speed Excessive

HALIFAX (OP)—-Dr. Ian Mac- Kenzie, professor of surgery at Victoria General Hospital here, said Thursday speed in getting patients to hospital makes no difference in the outcome of most cases. v

Dr. MacKenzie said a local survey failed to produce evi- dence that “speed changed the outcome 0 fthe case.” He was commenting on a statement by American surgeon Dr. Preston A. Wade, who said speeding am- bulances injure or kill more people than they save.

Halifax ambulance operator J. Albeny Walker said “with a per- son in acute pain in the back of your ambulance, it is only pin‘e human nature that would prompt you to speed up and try to get the patient to medical aid in the fastest way.”

Baron’s Spirit May Be Restless

DEWSIBURY, England (AP)- The spirit of a feudal baron prob- ably spent a restless Christmas in this Yorkshire town.

According to old records the baron killed one of his vessels nearly seven centuries ago. In remorse he donated a bell to-AII Saints, the parish church, and asked that it be rung each Christ~ mas eve to remind him of his sin.

Down the centuries the bell- ringers have gathered and have rung out the same number of peals as there have been years since the birth of Christ.

Wednesday night they should have rung out 1,958 peals on the eight bells. But time has caught up with the baron’s penance.

Rev. Arthur Rees, vicar of All Saints, said an architect had warned that the framework is no longer safe and vibrations from so many peals might bring the bell tower down.

So just a few peals were rung before and after midnight mass, “just a token to keep up the old tradition,” said the vicar.

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Large congregations attended the Christmas services at both Anglican churches hold at the usual hours. beginning with the custcmary midnight serxuce. ST. PETER’S CATHEDRAL

The rector. Rev. Canon J.R. Davies. assisted by Rev. Canon E.M. Malone. was celebrant at the midnight eucliarist. which be- gan with singing the process1- anal hymn “Sing of Mary. Pure and Holy”. 0n arriving at the station for blessing of the crib, the carol "Lo. How a Rose" (Praetorius) was sung. The In- troit hymn was “While Shep- herds Watched”, followed by the Gradual hymn, “Hark the Her- ald Angels Sing.” The offertory hymn was "0 Come All Ye Faithful.” The music of the ser- vice; (Nicholson in “C").

The 15th century carol “Unto us a boy is born” was the post- communion hymn. Servers were Frank Dow and Edward Acorn. Banner Bearers were Harvey MacPherson and Joseph Ghiz. Crucifer, Robert McHarris.

Other services conducted by the rector were Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a.m. with Alan Brady as server and Mattins (said) at 9.00 am. The Choral Eucharist at 11. 00 am. was the “Family Ser- vice" at which the rector addres- sed the children. Services were Roger Michael and Peter Taweel The crucifer was Paul Taweel.

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Fri, Dec. 26, 1953I

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J.T. Ibbott. he was una _ Winnipeg 5 ( ficilate at the usual Christmas T ‘ t s 1‘ Day services which were taken 01000 1; by other clergy of the Deanery. Ottawa .11 2 Rev. A.E. Piercey, Rector of Montreal .5 3 Milton-Rustico parish, assisted Quebec. .12 a by Rev. W.G. Hogg of St. Peter S Frederlctm 4 3 Cathedral staff was celbranrt at Saint John .5 7 the Christmas Eve Celebration of Moncton _5 7 Holy Communion. The epistle Halifiax 8 _ was read by J.D.S. Ibbott, Charlottetow, .3 7 year theological student, Trinity Sydney 3 19 College Toronto, son of] thle reci “mouth 11 u tor, Roddy Ives, pre-t eooglca St. John's m 21

student was server.

The anthem was "There were Shepherds Watching" and “Glory to God” (Handel) from the Messiah. Mrs. A.J. Haslam was soloist.

At the 8:00 am. service the celebran-t was Rev. W.G. Hogg, the epistle being read by J.D.S. Ibbott and Roddie Ives serving.

Rev. Canon E.M. Malone was celebrant at the 10:30 a.m. ser~ vvice, with Rev. W.G. Hogg as- sisting and Roddie Ives serving. The anthem was “Nazareth” (Gounod). ~

“Warmest Greetings, May your Christmas be a most bless- ed one" was the message to the congregation, conveyed from the rector by Rev. Mr. Piercey. The