18 The Guardian. Charlottetown. Thurs. Jan. 16. 1964.

President Antonio Segnl of hassy in Italy. presents a portrait of himself in President Johnson

Wednesday at the Italian Em-

Spirit Of Self Help Prevails n Hurricane Wrecked Tobago

The Caribbean island of Tobago was one of the hard- est 't by hurricane Flora in September. In this story a Canadian Press reporter tells of Tobago‘: recovery

i program. I coconut plantations.

By RUSSELL ELMAN i ‘ SCARBOROUGH. Tobago,

(CP'—Two young men carrying saws trudged through the driz-

“Flora may turn blessing in disguls The hurricane

homeless, r i p 13

Washington. .lohnson also received a por- trait. one of Italy's First Lady who is almost hidden by her

devastation estimated making thousands in g roofs and , walls of-f hotels and flattening counts to mature. In the mean-;

FROM ONE PRESIDET TO ANOTHER

Mrs.

out to be I.-

e. left in trail of bor on the isla - holders ‘suffered.

at

she the

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makes

occasion was a luncheon given in honor of the Johnsons.

husband as presentation.

Worst hit are the large es- tates-principal employers of la- nd —— but small-,

too. t A m or problem is that 1 . ltakes five to 10 years for co-‘

time islanders will be in desper- [

days aid in the form late need of cash income. There; tof food and clothing began pour- rare proposals for more ground ! ing in from abroad, inctudinglcrops such as cassava or ba- Canada. Trinidad’s Prime Min- gnanas which grow rapidly and-

zle up a steep. muddy mountain- , ister Eric Williams organized a jcould offer a quick return.

" side path to help put a new roof on a house severely dam- aged by hurricane Flora last Sept. 30.

Bus r‘nnt‘lu('l0i's-—iiot carpent- ers - they had volunteered to spend their day off helping on the reconstruction job. They didn‘t expect to get paid.

gram.

‘ bago‘s_ 34.000 people have taken some sort of 51, the ‘ steps em- selves back on their feet after the savage storm. Pcopie have grouped together to rebuild damaged homes. Women have gone to wor repair roads. Resort owners have fixed up their hotels and guest: houses so that l are open for business as usual dur- con 5. int: the winter tourist season. Meanwhile. mountainous To—| bago. long considered a pretty Cc hilt relatively poor and back- le’ \\al‘fl neighbor of Trinidad, is 01 Pn_]0_\'ll‘l£ the ‘limelight in gov- W ernment planning for future de- velopmeut.

it has its own five-year plan the aimed at revitalizing agricul- tut-a-1 productivity. lure and boosting its tourist. in- dustry. MA.‘\'Y HOMl‘ILESS

“l believe our rehabilitation is getting into top gear," says (‘art Sarrliiia. president of the Tobago Chamber of Commerce.

lifted. N ow

3.- 8

‘derlined the

says Sardina his was

study of land

broken

rSLOW T0 MATURE "Emphasis m u st to agricultural redevelopment."

relief fund which has raisedl $400,000 in Trinidad and be per- sonally took command of the- start of the rehabilitation pro-

At the end of six weeks nearly all essential services such as water, electricity and commu-, _ , , nications were back to normal. 1“ ""5 Sl’”"l °l 5°l'l'l‘ell’v T°’ ,Most, of the homeless had found eller. Outbreak of disease had been averted and travel restrictions between To- bago and Trinidad had been

the islanders are re- assessing their future prospects in the light of Flora, which un- fragility of an economy based on copra and co- ut

give

already being con- sirlered before Flora. and a use on the big estates had been suggested with aim of increasing agricul-

.\n air travellcr can see thous- ands of coconut palms strewn be done to foster the tourist over the tropical landscape like matchsticks. trees still standing. a large pro- portion have ’.ost their coconut- zrowintz potential.

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,'.. World Fair Site Completion t“ Foreseen By Late In 1966

Mf)f\"i'RlCAl. t.('.Pv - (nniple-‘ fair late in 1966 was foreseen here by Edouard Clll|l‘Cl.llll,‘ director of installation for the

fair corporation. 7 Shadbolt said “the Montreal The fair is scheduled to open: fair is blessed with such a mag-i ‘mel its six~montli run April 28. I967 nificeiit site that it does not!

i . on two islands in the St. Law l :1 rem-e River. identify ‘.1’, Mr. (‘hurchill told a press cou- ‘iv hp" fcrenr-e coiislruction of the fair 3 1.. buildin;:s and utilities is to be 1"‘ ftnishr-r| at least six months he- l in fore the npeniniz date. This 5“ would allow sufficient time for ’ A- training the staff and setting up‘ '“ exhibits in the various pavilions. fwd: John Parkin of Toronto. ch:iir- ‘ D man of a I2-member committee-

‘ of architects from across Can- ‘ uda set tip to advise the (‘O1 ;a truly hporation. said preparations foi.Mount Royal the construction of the fair 1n~imain

I‘. pear to be "close to schedule." backdrop." 0

fair has

natural features.

He said the cnnimittee wants‘ tion of the 1967 Montreal world‘: to see architecture of “world; excellence" at the fair and there

need a man made symbol tol it or draw attention to, l

“Hardly any previous world's been blessed with

p:irtir'ularl_v attractive Fairs have usually been forced} into urban jungles where some; enormous piece of architecture; was felt necessary to compen-l sale for the lack of any lzood_

“ln Montreal's case you have; ' site. with

part of the city as at‘

’3léMotl1ers Of 3 Stricken Boys

.4Appeal To Queen, De Goulle:

the serum

JACCIO, Corsica rReutersl- til viothers of three

le Glulie. among others, to In- l British

ed iere. »'l'he boys-all from Scotiand -were waiting on this Medlter- treatment on I Inean Island while their moth- Blackpool.

learned te two years.

rum, it was

s to waive the ban.

3' -n‘ One of the mothers told Tues-‘ thy of the appeal‘. cables and “old she also was cabling Dr.

' lerre Deoolx, director of the

" stave Roussy Cancer Instl-=,lu-‘dc was

in Paris, to reconsider his‘ ' lo

Sn iok said 1‘ re using to leave. st Friday. Denoix told the.-flu“! "will mm P entor of the serum. French loglst,Gaston Nsessens, not

‘any more patients on-

bad

ukemia- . "complete verification. A mother of one of the boys

chem Elizabeth and President said medical advisers told thelrl and Frenc — ercede against a French gov-‘here they had from six months ernment ban on an unauthoi'- lto a year to live-and the Paris sis on the serum would take

I England, boy "or pleaded with local authorl- ‘two French boys who were I l ted to be making progress. The mothers of two lyoungsters here whobave refused treatment told report- ers the French government’: at- "in uman." British vice - consul the mothers were

received ..

h children

N a e s s e n I was continuing

ur-year-old and re-

Scottish been

Witliam

hoping some-

'11’ One of the mothers said: "I am staying. Something must be done to save these children."

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The problem lS heightened be- -cause in recent years there has . en a drift away from the soill 'with a constant fiow of men and ; women to Trinidad in search oft work in the larger, more pros- perous island. Once an exporter, of food. Tobago has had to im-, ;port food from Trinidad. l lFREE CLOTHING ‘ The need to create more em-l ployment is pressing. although. »in the immediate aftermath oil ‘Flora people have been kept‘ ‘busy tidying up the mess. l Money earned by women onl iroad work has helped many al family's financial situation andl free clothing and food, much of Ill supplied through the inter- national Red Cross, has been an

added boon. l196 nj Encouragement of the tourist

ll'El(l€"lS considered essential at this time. Whereas tourism nor- mally is an important. yet sec- ondary part of Tobago‘: econ- omy. loss of tourist income now . :on top of Flora‘s devastation could be a deadly blow.

_ Trinidad and Tobago Tourist. Board officials feel more could

trade in the summer months as

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Dairy Farmers

Reports from the Canadian Dairy Food Service Bureau were presented yesterday to the an- nual meeting of the Dairy Farm- ers of Canada being held in the Charlottetown Hotel.

J. Lincon Dewar. chairman. in reviewing the formation and set - up of the bureau w h i c h c a m e into being last Mar c h.

was a . Farmers of Canada. but it en-, joys a day - to - day autonomy not normally accorded a com- mittee.

" e have collected thou sands of dollars in the name or Canadian dairy producers with-‘ out interference of any kind} from the directors of D a i ryt Farmers of Canada". "Three senior officers parent association attend our executive meetings in an ad-‘ visory capacity."

Members of the executive of‘ the curse in addition to Mr.‘ Dewar. are R. Martin. Quebec., vice-chairman: F. McCalla. sec-‘ ond vice-chairman. Alberta: J. Warburton, Manitoba: E. Brady. and A. Sloan, Ontario .; and R. Morin, Quebec. A r view of the finaiic i a I‘ position of the DFC and CDFSB; was given by J. Monkhouse., Toronto, executive secretary. of the Dairy Farmers of Canada.

During the morning, the wives of delegates were enter- tained on a visit to Mrs. P u l,-

the National Film Board.

Police Report 3 Collisions

Oorisldevrablo damage to sev- eral cars was the result of three accidents which were reported to city police Tuesday.

At 9.50 a. m., a 1958 model! European car driven by Howard Bernard of Mt. Edward Road was in a collision with a 1960‘ model car driven by .lohn R. Mac-Donald of 94 Sydney Street. Damage to the MacDonald car was estimated at $225 as the whole side was damaged. Dam- age to the Bernard car was over $100. The accident occurred at the corner of Water and Queen Streets. ;

At 1.35 p.m. a 1960 car driven‘ by Earl J. Hennessey. 41 Upperi Hillsboro Street was in a coliis-; ion with a 1960 vehicle driven by? Lewis Power of 72 G r a f t o n Street. at the corner of Edward’ and Fitzroy Streets. Damage to the Power car was estimated at $400 and damage to the Hennes sey car was over $100.

An accident occurred at the; corner of Chestnut and Upper Queen Streets at 3.35 p.m. be- tween a 1959 car driven by Rob- ert G. Patterson of North River Road and a 1963 vehicle driven by Vernon Smith, T r a c a d l e Cross. There were no estimates:

BOOSTS PRODUCTION

Pakistan expects to be self- sufficient in farm fertilizers by. 5, with a big surplus of am- monium sulphate availalrle for export.

well as the traditional season during the first three months of the year. It‘s hoped there will increased government as- sistance through tourist promo- tioii and advertising and attrac- tive air fares to bring more vis- itors to e island's tranquil

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