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THE UUAKDIAN.

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JANUARY 23. 195";

THE GUARDIAN!

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The clergy and members of the Holy Redeemer Parish in this city are to warmly congratulated upon their magmf' lcent new Community Centre on Stewart Street, which is to be formally opened this evening. Every modern facility is provid- ed in the spacious brick structure, an im- portant feature being the combined gym- nasium and auditorium capable of seating 750 persons, with which are connected a modern kitchen, community room, stage, dressing rooms, projection room, offices, canteen and bowling alleys.

A few years ago such an ambitious un- dertaking would have seemed impossible oil achievement, and the increasing cost of building material since the war presented a further serious obstacle. But with the continued growth of the parish the need for a community centre became more and more pressing, and it was wisely decided to provide for future as well as present needs when the project was finally launch- ed. The result is an inspiring achieve- ment in community enterprise, and an in- valuable asset both to the parish and to the city generally.

Although descriptions of the new Centre have appeared in the press. no account can do it full justice. It is to be hoped there- fore that all our citizens will take advant- age of the invitation to attend the open- ing formalities this evening, and inspect its facilities for themselves. Dr. J. A. Mac- Millan will preside, and there will be brief addresses by the Very Rev. A. MacLellan, C.Ss.R., pastor and rector of the parish. His Excellency Bishop Boyle, His Honour Lieutenant Governor Prowse, Premier Jones, His Worship Mayor Stewart, Pres- ident Sinclair of the Charlottetown branch. Canadian Legion, Brigadier Reid, D.S.O., director of the Department of Physical Fit- ness, and the Rev. P. McMahon, D.D.. rec- tor of St. Dunstan's Basilica.

community Planning

At the Regional conference of the Com- munity Planning Association of Canada, held in Charlottetown last September, it was decided to form a Prince Edward Is- land division, and a meeting for this pur- pose is being held tomorrow evening in the Vocational School. As indicated in a news item in today's issue, invitations have. been extended to all the towns and incor-: porated villages of the Province to send members, and all have accepted. Already there has been a representative enrollment of members and it is hoped that the launch- ing of this movement on .1 Province-wide basis, linking up with the Canada-wide organization, will have the support -of all our ltogressivc citizens.

Briefly. the purpose of the Association isl to foster publicunderstanding of, and par-i ticipation in, community planning in Can- ada. Each Province has its own problems in this respect, and by working in co- ordination with the municipal and provin-t cial governments a great deal can be done by a central organization in promoting im- provements. One field of particular impor- tance is that of gathering and disseminat- ing information on community planning needs and requirements. At tomorrow night's meeting the chief speaker will be Mrs. Lillias Toward, Mayitime field sec- retary of the Dominion organization, whose address should prove of much interest and practical yalue.

life Too short

Turning down nomination for mayor, a resident in a neighbouring Province gave his view that "Life is too short for any man tq serve on the town council and be- come a target for abuse." He is not alone in his attitude. The man who tries to serve his community or his country does so with o ryalization that his every act or omis- lllm will be subject to criticism and too often his private life as well.

It is an attitude, however. which bodes ii for the body politic for it is essential thIt.the best men available should be mum. to give their time and efforts to m. ggmmon good. Politics cannot be mg. guy but we can and should honour

EDIIURIAL NUIES

A strong demand has set in for Island disease-free chicks, due to the outbreak of disease in poultry stock in Nova Scotia and elsewhere.

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Farmers and farming have had a good innings at Montreal this last week-end, a convention organized by the Federation of Agriculture consisting of some 400,000 members from all over Canada.

0 O 0 Sapphire furs are now ”the thing" for ladies' wear. following the lead of Princess Elizabeth. who is taking her Canadian out- fit with her on her visit, with the Duke, to Australia. 0 o o ,

Voting in 14 degrees below zero, and with a 25 mile zero wind blowing must have bean something of a never-to-be-ton gotten experience of Manitoba electors on Monday. And no change in the political strife of the elected, a 50-50.

C O C

Bradford. Ontario, could not afford both a curling rink and an addition of a celery storage room to the local cold stor- age plant. There must be some Scotch in- fluence in the community for they solved the problem by making the same plant do for both, in their respective seasons.

The tell 60,000-ton super-carriers envis- ioned by United States Secretary Kimball make ships now afloat seem insignificant. The actual building of them, however, at the rate of one a year, depends upon their fitting in with expansion plans of the other services. 0 O O

Charles Kingsley, English clergyman and novelist, died this date 1875. Christian So- cialist, Imperialist and Charterist sym- pathiser, his vigorous views were not back- ed by an equally vigorous intellect. Kings- ley's historical and social works are not on a par with his stirring "Westward Ho!" and delightful ”Waterbabies."

Some biographical collection! Profes- sor W. K. Hancock, Director of the Insti- tute of Commonwealth Studies, London, has been appointed to write the Life of General Smuts. It is estimated that the formation of the archives will cost 330,- 000, half of which has already been con- tributed by friends of the Smuts family in South Africa. I O 0

Most dangerous of all forms of con- sumer greed is the constant demand of big urban populations, .with the highest standard of living in history, that fdod prices must lie pushed down, although the steady increase in the population of the world is being accompanied by a failure to obtain an equal increase in the production of food, and, in many cases, there is an actual decrease.

The Moslcms of Singapore have per- suaded the censor to ban the movie of "David and Bathsheba". The Moslcms pointed out that their teachers describe the prophet David as "a man just and upright, endowed with all the virtues." "To por- tray this messenger of God as was done in

,thc picture is an insult to his memory, and

we Moslcms hope the leaders of other re- ligions will join us in getting the picture banned." 0 O O

The funeral takes place at Montague today of one of the best known farmers and curlers in the Maritimes, namely, Mr. Fred G. Maclntyre. He was thoroughly trained from his youth in the theory and practice of agriculture, and his farm was for long a show place in Kings County. When he entered upon strawberry grow- ing, he was equally noted for his success, and was one of our largest exporters. Like most busy men, he had time for recreation, and became an enthusiastic curler, being known far and wide for his success with

"the stones." 0 O 0

Rev. Arthur R. Kirk, of Biggs, Cal- ifornia, has been declared by the Liars' Club, of Burlington, Wis., the Worlds Champion Liar. Here is what he wrote as his contribution: "-A man living west of town tried to raise watermelons this sum- mer. He had very bad luck. The soil was too rich. The watermelon vines grew so fast that they wore the watermelons out, dragging them along on the ground. One of the boys from town went out one night to swipe a melon. He got the melon all right, but the vines were growing j fast that warm night that the boy had to be taken to the hospital. Before he could break the melon off the vine, lt.had dragged him

Brink, president of the board of directors of Biggs Community Church said: "After all, our minister was just bragging about our northern Conforms soil, and anything you can say about that is the simple, truth,

and that's no lie".

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half a mile and he was in bad shape." Leon N

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This column is open to the discussion by wrrcspondents of questions of Interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

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ALBEBTON MEDICAL SERVICE

Sir.-I would appreciate space in your valuable paper to voice my views on the attitude of our Pro- vincial Medical Association in re- gard to the medical service in Al- ber-ton and vicinity, This matter has been gone over before but the present emergency in this area is not going to be easily forgotten by the people here. as it is left with- out a doctor. Dr. Shea has been stricken gravely ill and will notbe able to practice for some time.

The Medical Association was met by a delegation early in the fall and was told that Dr: Band- ler was not going to practice and that Dr. Shea was not well and would not be able to carry on for the winter season. At this time we had Dr, Halmson with us. but our Association informed us he was not qualified according to their regulations. Dr. Haimson then left for Montreal where they ac- cepted him. and he is now on t c staff of the Sacred Heart Hospital. which has 900 beds and is consid- eyed a gond hospital. He is in the department of thoracic surgery For a man who was not qualified by our Provincial standards. he seems to have done all right.

Dr Dewar of O'Leary is trying to handle this large area in addit- ion to his own practice. and it. is quite impossible to attend to everyone especially in tr 1-cal cm- ergency as the distance is too great for him to get to Albel-ton In a reasonable time, even if the roads are open. I would suggest

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'1 will sing unto the Lord - long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have nu being.

our country excuse themse'vu- from giving to missions on the ground that those eastern. peo- ples do not make good Christians. They do not know the facts and they take little trouble to find out. If they only knew what splendid work our missionaries are doing they would conclude that no money could be better invested for the good or mun and for the Kingdom of Peace than what is given to extend the gos- pel of goodwill to all the world. As Cardinal Spellman recently said about the persecutions in Korea where he is visiting: "I am reminded of the persecution: in the early church and how the Christians are standing up under them.. here in this country." in that early church the Roman emperors set. out. to destroy it root and branch; but the savage Galerius declared on his death- bed: ”rhe Galilean hath coll- quered" and so He will. until "The kingdoms of this world shall be- come the lrirfgdoms of our Lord

and His Christ."

I am, Sir. etc,

W. l. GREEN

stanley Bridge.

S. D. U. ALUMNI IN BOSTON

Sir,-The St. Dunstan's Alumni Association. of Boston, organized in Boston by former students of St. Dunstan's University, P, B. Is- land. who are now living in the United States will hold a benefit dance and whlst party at the Rose Crolx Hall. corner of Warren and Dudley Streets. on Friday even-

that perhaps the president and others of our Provincial Associat-,

our local country doclors go be more lenient when the people ask for help,

T am. F-lr. etc.

A WEST PRINCE RELSLDENT

WHAT KIND OF CHRISTIANS IN KOREA?

Sir.-I would not llki? it to go abroad, unchecked. that members of the Church in Korea are "fair weather" Christians. or. in other words. that missions in Korea have been a failure. Christianity in Korea had made such progress before the Japanese took over in l9l0, that Dr. John R. Nott de- clared that Korea bids fair to become the world's first Christian nation. No doubt some members are "rice" Christians as there havn been some in all ages of church history. and as there are some today. here in Canada: but then are plenty of proofs that the ma- jority are very loyal to their faith and brave in the face nf persecution even unto death. J

Last year. one day. Elder Kim came to his church door in Seoul and was met there by three arm- ed Communists who told him he was to be shot. Kim said. "Give me five minutes to so into the Church to pray." He .went. in. looked up It the cross. Ind pray-

ed. came out and was shot. Many Christians in Korea have Med for their faith in Jesus.

Every missionary who has re- turned to Korea has testified to

use of church members. The wor- ship services in winter are often held in tents, with no fire but the warmth of the worshippers. Dr. Fly. editor of the Christian Century. writing recently -from Korea says: "People in Almrlcs compare themselves perhaps un- srvsdly if we squats our fslihfulncss and ml with of the Korean Christians. no building couches. and erect- ing schools in, refugee camps and other places of exile and no answering a onnolisn designed tosxtsygnlnstc than. by, I -one of victorious witness.”

mokinl . Jroo may church 'mmbsu in tho public sun of the may ways Jan. :1. 1008

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ion who sit so I d Charlottetown these winter days U" - ' should be given st taste of what 1-35" 3'9”? 3'0" W919 kmd E"0”3h

uuougm mm mmhc km... wouldlpaper whioh we appreciated vcry

the great. faithfulness and cour-o

ing. Feb. 1st. Proceeds of the of- fulr will be donated to the st.

Unlvcrslty building

in insert. a similar item in your lmuch and no doubt it had a great effect upon making it I success.

I am the son of James .1, John-

ston. K.C.. barrister and solicitor, now deceased. and am practicing law here in Boston. , Among those active 'l'a!rs of the club and who will be lattendlng this party will be Ben lMclnnis of Cambridge. Dr. William Fisher of Maiden, Harry Ellsworth of Boston. Dr. J. B. Brown of Watertown, Dr. James Mccobe of Some:-ville, Gerald Connolly. of Melrose and Frank Mooney of Winchester. all former P. E. is- landers.

I am sure that. this would be of interest to many people here and on P, E. Island. Boston newspap- on will also carry this item.

in the al-

I am, Sir. etc. Riel-lAR.D B. JOHNSTON Boston. Mass. . ,

THE P. M.'S APPRECIATION

5.1-:-Mall volume in the recent Christmas rush once again set up a new record. and so also I might say did the weather. Both these factors imposed a particularly so- vcre strain upon the facilities of the Postal service of Canada, de- spitr the preparations made to handle the extra anticipated load. and which among other things in- volved the employment of 27.000 tcmporu, t ' rs.

co-operation extended by the public in early mailing of their Chrlstmss gifts and greetings was, however. even more notable than in previous years and,it was this fact that enabled the postal work- ers to cops efficiently with the un- expected. difficulties that cross.

While it is true that in some areas the ssvsro weather condit- ions were ruponslbll for delays in mail delivery. in general through- out the country Post offices were able to keep pm with the nails on ltcsms lnsndmost wgss, onion normal basis by the day,bs-

forn Ohrlstlnu.

Tho purpose of this letter is to thank the public for the assistance given to us. and also to express to

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T0 BEN JONSON

-What things have we seen Done at. the Mermaid! Heard words that have been

so nimble, and so full of subtle flame.

As if that every one from whence they came

Had meant to put his whole wit in

.a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the

rest.

-of his dull life; then when theta

hath been thrown

Wit able enough to justify the town

For three days past;

might warrant be

For the whole city to talk fool-

ishly

Till that were cancelled: and when

we were gone

We left an air behind us. which alone

was able to make the we next companies

Right witty: though but right fools. more wise!

-Francis Beaumont (1566-1016).

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wka s-...a . 0 Old Charlottetown

tAn3 r. a 1.) ms: LAEIGI-ITEII

Gas lighting was in vogue in Charlottetown in 1878. when the following incident occurrefi as re- lated in The Examiner of April 22 of that year:

"On Saturday evening. shortly after the lamp at the corner of Weymouth and Grafton was .Iit, the pipe burst below the tap and an immense blaze come forth. bursting all the glass. It attract- ed a large crowd, and many ef- forts were made to extinguish the blaze: but all was fruitless. Jim Dowling. lamp-lighter, appeared on the scene, and after witnessing the attempts made to put out the blaze, he placed his ladder against the lamp-post. took a handful of mud, and with a very dominant air. ascended the ladder and plug- ged the pipe. Then, looking from his lofty porch at the crowd be- low, he exclaimed: 'Ye pack of know-nothin's; see what it is to know the trade? Descending. he shouldered his ladder and march- cd off on his lighting tour."

Fa-t-Politicians

(Windsor star)

In High Wycombe. England, public officials are weighed when they take office and again before they quit it. The theory. dating back to 1282. was. a man who weighed more at the last than at the first hadn't worked very hard. Or. perhaps. that he had lived too well at the public tmugh..

The idea has some merit, pro- vided it weren't carried to ex- trsrnss so as to work injustices. some men are by nature fat. and inclined to sfw father with the

Present prospects for the new

of economic activity. says the cur- rent Review of The Bank of Nova scotla. And the possibility of a renewal of serious pressures later in the year certain- ly cannot be overlooked. At the same time, conditions during the next few months when seasonal slnckness is most marked are not likely to be buoyant, and there is much to suggest tbs for the'year as a whole experience as between industries will be far from uni- form.

Though the record of 1951 is one of further expansion. the picture at the year-end is a good deal more varied than that at the end of 1950. Today. a number of in- dustrlcs and trades. mostly in the sphere of consumer goods. are less than fully occuplcd.and unemploy- ment so far this winter has been somewhat greater than a year earlier though not quite so great as two winters ago.

D O I

The contrast in the business at- mosphere ls even more striking. A year ago it was ruled by inflation .-by the expectation of higher prices and strong markets and by the fear of shortages. Today. there is no uniformity of opinion about the outlook. some people are im- pressed by the slackness in de- mand for certain products and by the sins of inventories in a num- ber of lines and look forward into 1952 with misglvinlz. others re- main impressed with the strength of inflationary forces. and in many lines. of course, business has never been more active. The fact is that for the time being a rough bal- ance has been reached between the expansive and contracting influ- ences in the economy. and opin- ions differ as to the trend in the new year.

The Review goes on to give sev- eral reasons for the radical change in the business atmosphere.

The first. and probably most important. is the natural reaction from the remarkable and intensive splurge of buying that followed the outbreak of war in Korea. The buylng wave was on a scale which could not continue for long and was based in part. on expectations of shortages which did not mater- ialize. Consumer spending rose disproportionately to incomes and a marked increase in consumer credit tied up a slgnincant part of fillllfe incomes. when sales began to slackcn off and some basic com- modity prlces declined. it. was found that inventories in a num- ber of lines were excessive and fre- quently high in cost.

I O O

The second reason for the change in the economic. atmosphere is of course the deliberate measures taken to combat inflation. includ- ing the policies of monetary and credit restraint. the increases in taxation. and the introduction of deferred depreciation. These mess- uru have on the whole been quite effective. though their influence in the decline which has occurred in the demand for durable consumer goods is often exaggerated.

A third and more fundamental reason for the change in business attitudes is the fact that many of the deferred demands accumulated during the war and early postwar ears have been met. After the splurge of buying in the autumn and winter of 1950-51. it is highly questionable whether any import- ant backlog of demand for such

Economic Review 8. Outlook: I Monthly Review of The Bank of Nova. Scotia It

year are for a high average level

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more is um. doubt that ti. logs of demand for lI0llSlIlegb:ck. for improvement of plant. 33.: e.-ullpment in many consumer good industries were much reduced 3 . .

In such circumstances. the Re. llcw says. I951 might have bge the year of the lOng-expectgd pm” war recession had it not been 10: the sharp increases in Caught; preparations which have radically altered the economic picture. 1);. fence outlays both in Canada and the United States will certainlv bp much larger in I952 than lll A1951 even if the building-up of the u S. defence program should in spread over a somewhat longel period than was contemilat earlier. I M The influence of defence pr:-pa. rations on Canada is to be seen not only in the direct impact "1 defence orders but through thr u. feats of such orders on the U, 5 economy. The resulting high ac. tlvity in the United States has in turn worked to strengthen the de- mand for a number of Canadian exports and to increase U.s. in. vesfment; in Canadian rcsourcc dg. vclcpment.

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Nor are defence outlays the nnlv expansive influence in the Camel. ian economy. Even if the rurlrnn: r-lent had been more peaceful Can: afllsn resource development would undoubtedly have continued on I very substantial scale. World )9. qulrements for most of the basis commodities which Canada is well. fitted to produce have been grad. unlly and steadily lllCr(":lSlI7': mid. despite exchange and trading problems. this underlying trend favours the expansion of the Can- adian economy. Moreover. the mo- mentum of a growing cconomv ll not easily halted. partirularly when growth centres around tin dlsovery and development of nut- urs resources.

Thus. in view of the scale of de- fence preparations on this confin- ent and of the rapid rate of Can- adian rievclopment, it is question- nblc whether inflationary pr:-ssura are more than temporarily check. cd. Incomes are still increasing snt consumer debt is being stcadllv re- duced. Prices havc levelled off aim in some cases have fallen sl:nilir- rwtly. Consumer buvlnl: pnwcr In t.hus increasing and. though cle- mand has not yet shown any no- table revival. there is no indire- tlon of any general pr rleveloplnr ucakncss. . . .

With respect to the defcucc pro- gram. the Review notes that. though Canadian expenditures for actual deliveries of military sup- plies and for progress payments on large items had by October roach- cd an annual rate of over 53.30 mil- lions they were still below the ma indicated by the April hudrl-I. However. before the end of lflal. outlays are expected to be at I rate of close to sl,500 millions s year and. in addition. Canadian production of defence goods for U- S. and European account my rcach A rule of around 3130 mil- lions it your. Defence output thul will be expanding markedly duriul 251.52 and. indeed. the peak will probablv not be reached until wrll into 1953.

BRADFORD. England - tCl'”-' Authorities in an institute for flu deaf here say television hns been a big success. Patients follow till spoken parts with the help of an

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years. They can't. -help d "sldsrmsnio abdolnons," whether t.hoy be in private or public life.

"Let me have men about mo that are fat." wrote Shakespeare. warning the danger of man with a "loan and hungry look.” A parlia- ment or council of loan man might be less preferable than one of fat man, Loan men might want to got fat: fat nun hlvl no unbltfon to get fatter. '

But. if we had a council or put- liament composed of fat. self-utlr flsd men. when all their" constitu- ents were loan and dissatisfied. that definitely would donoto something wrong. g

in which that co-opanuon could bo made effective. At the some tins. may I

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foyousndtils mombsnofyollr staff my vary best wishes for a happy and prosperous New You-. I am. so-. sto.. v W. J. TURNBULL Deputy Postmaster General

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