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A new science service Building to replace the one destroyed by last winter's fire will likely be con- structed this summer, it has been learned. It is understood the new building will be built along the Malpeque Road. The old science service building was situated near the Mount Edward Road. Agricul- tural Minister Gardiner has dis- closed in the Commons that plans for the building have been pre- pared and that the contract is ex- pected to be let within four to five weeks.

Mr. Charles Wlliett. 99 Upper Prince Street, won the four hold- ing seats plus the complete sea- .son's tickets for the 1951-52 hoc- key games lotteried by the Kins- men and drawn at the Carnival on Saturday night.

The Forum was well crowded Saturday night for the closing of the three day carnival which was I'E'p0Tt0d by the Kinsmen to be one of the most successful yet staged despite the unfavorable weather conditions.

Prior to the close of the Car- nival the President. Mr. Ivan Sin- cialr expressed the appreciation of the Kinsmen and Kinetics to the housewives who supplied the food in the Ilome Cooking Booth, to the grocers who contributed to the full pantry and to the follow- ing wholesalers for their donat- ions: Clarke Fruit Co.. J. C. Mont- gomery, R. E. Mutch and Co., Carveii Bros., DeBlols Bros., Fisher Bros... Sidney T. Green and Co.. Atlantic Wholesalers, Robin Hood Flour Mills Ltd. Canada Packers and Purity Flour.

Eleven delegates from P. E. 1. United Church Presbyteries at- tended the Maritime 0fficers' Coaching Congress at Wesley Un- ited Church in Moncton this past week-end.

Sessions began with a banquet on Saturday evtning, followed by a presentation of the new Y.P.U. ”Set.-up" by the National Presi- dent Don Reid of Slrubenacadle, N.S. The special speaker for the evening was Rev. John Jar-vie, re- tiring field secretary of Christian Education for the Maritimes.

During the Congress .delegates were billeied in United Church homes in Moncton and attended the morning church service with their hostesses in the various United Churchu.

The afternoon program consisted 0! hymn sings, group discussions and a round-up of Presbytery ac- tivities. A report was given by Gordon MaoCurdy of the Maritime Conference Y. P. U. and P,1:,I, Loca-1 Unions will be pleased to learn that they are being credited for doing outstanding Y. P. U. work.

The Congress concluded Monday morning with an open forum and a very impressive Communion service conducted by Rev. J. H. Johnston and Rev. John Jarvie.

Those attending from P.E. I. in- cluded: Evelyn Underhay, Parker Jewell. Mary Morrison, Ray Hig. gins, Wilma Watts, Irene Cha-p- pell. and Aletha Brown, all from Eastern Presbytery; Jennie Moore and Aiettha Graham from Central Pfwbylery. and Mr, and Mrs. James Burleigh, from the Western Presbytery Y.P.lJ.

The Board of Transport Com- missioners will sit in the court House this morning to hear gn application for the establishment of one zone in the Province for railway rate-maklm nurposea, The t h r e e Commlssi:::crS. Messrs. Archibald, Sylvestre and Chase ar- rived in the city over the holiday weekend. 0

The present division of the Is- land into two zones. an inner one extending from Borden to Sum- merslde and Charlottetown and an outer zone comprising stations on the lines on both sides of the inner zone, was objected to by the Provincial Government in a brief presented before the Tourgeon Royal Commission on Transport- ation. Thls Commission recom- mended that it would be "most desirable to have the request for one zone complied with.

At that time it was noted that the Board of Transport Commis- sioners had under consideration at similar application.

At today's hearing the claims of Island shippers for a single none will be presented through the Transportation Commission of the Maritime Board of Trade, of which Mr. Rand Matheson is manager. The witnesses to be called on be- half of Island shippers will be Messrs. B. Graham Rogers, C.J. Fitch, Col. 21.0. Full. L. H. Poole. I-LB. Willis, A. A. Scales and 11.1). Reid.

Also in the city for the two-day meeting of the Board are several ranking Canadian National Rail- ways officials. some of them are to attend the zone rate hearing and others to deal with the case arising from the C.N.R. cessation of traffic on the Hillaborough Brides. Among the railweymen here are Mean-I A.K. Dysei-t.. commission counsel: A.H. Hart, Iuistant com- mission counsel; 1'. A. Gaffney. chief of transportation research. all of Montreal; 0.0. Gillespie. eaeletant tlon economist, lloneton: B. A. Robertson. gen- venl superintendent of transporta- .t-lua. Ilonoton: Alfred Green. Dia- triet Freight Agent. :

Dennis Beedley. auiatent General Freight Aemt. llontreal: Walter Bell. lniltent General Friieht

Agent, Montreal; n..o. ltewert.

eaeiatant chief engineer, Montreal.

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getting in touch with as many is- ianders as possible who served in the North Novas during the last world war.

WEDNESDAY

Mr. .l.J. Freedman, saint John. New Brunswick. Lieutenant Gov- ernor of the Prince Edward 1:- land and New unswlck Kiwanis Division, made h official visit to the Charlottetown Kiwanis Club last night and addressed members and guests at a. dinner meeting held at the Keppocli Beach Hotel.

The meeting and dance which followed was the annual "Ladies Night" event held by the Kiwanis. Mr. J. J. Trainor, Club president. presided over the meeting.

Mr. Freedman presented im- mediate past president, Mr. Law- son Jenkins with a certificate of appreciation for his leadership during his term of office last year. The certificate was forwarded from Kiwanis International.

A large number guests and their partners sat in for the meeting in the dining room of the hotel. The meeting com- menced about eight o'clocI: and ran until ten after which Mr. Freedman met with the executive of the Charlottetown Club.

The regular meeting of Crystal Chapter No. 1 order of the East- ern star was held on Friday even- ing June 1st in the Masonic Tem- ple with Worthy Matron, Mrs. Winnifred Lavers, and Worthy Patron Cecil Palmer presiding. During the business session C60. 00 was voted to the shriners Hos- pital for crippled Children to buy a "rung in the ladder of smiles."

Mrs Helen Herring Convener of the Food Sale held recently gave s. splendid financial report.

The Chapter was honored in having District Deputy Grand Matron, Mrs. Eva Mae Kolhler.

Lunenburg, of the Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia, present, in an of- ficial capacity. Mrs. Kolhler'a re- marks were both informative and complimentary. sh requested the Chapter hold I Grand Represent- ative's Night which would give the members a feeling of closer con- tact and an added interest in the Chapters of other countries.

The exempliflcation of the work was beautifully put on. the degrees of the Order being conferred on one candidate. Before the conclud- ing ceremony an address was read by the Worthy Matron and Sister Elva Ives. Grand Esther of the Grand Chapter, presented Mrs. Kolhler with a gift on behalf of Crystal Chapter in appreciation of her visit.

Later a social hour was enjoyed and delicious refreshments were served in the banquet hall under the ronvenershlp of Mrs, 1-jam, lord and her committee.

Emiihasis was placed on the comparative smallness of Prince Edward Island at hearings which were opened before the Board of Transport Commissioners in the Supreme Court room in Char- lottetown yesterday. The Commis- sloners are hearing an application from potato growers and shippers for the consolidation into one zone of the two new in existence on the Island for railway freight rate purposes.

The sittings, which will resume this morning. were presided over by Justice M.B. Archibald, Chief Commissioner. With him are as- aoclated Commissioners Armand sylvestre. KC. and H. B. Chase.

Several witnesses were intro- duced by Mr. J.O.C. Campbell, K.C., who is appearing as coun- sel for the P.E.I. Potato Advisory Board. Counsel appearing yester- day for the Canadian National Railways which is opposing the proposed change were Mr. A. K. Dysart K. C. and Mr. A.H. Hart. Witnesses heard were 13. Graham Rogers, Clive J. Fitch, Col. G.E. Full, L.I-I. Poole and .A A. Scales.

The evidence offered before the Board stressed the disadvantage at which shippers of potatoes and turnips particularly were placed if they had to buy or ship from the outer zone. Nearly 30 exhibits were offered and they ranged from maps showing the zone div- isions to charts indicating the ex- tent of the planting of seed pota- toes in each of the freight zones.

Mr. 13. Graham Rogers, the first witness yesterday morning, brief- ly described the shape and size of the Province and called it very small. He said there were approx- imately 5,034 miles of highway and 286 miles of railway. He was ask- ed what term Islanders generally applied to people living elsewhere. especially in Nova Beotie and New Brunswick. He replied 'Maritirn- ers'. but Chief Commissioner Archibald interjected the remark, "They need to call them foreign- era when I lived here."

The application is being pre- sented through the Transporta- tion Commission of the Maritime Board of Trade with Mr. Rand Matheson in charge.

THURSDAY

WILL VISIT CIPTOWN-Dr. if. K. Brown. Chief of the Dental Health Division of Nationalifealth and Welfare, Ottawa. will be the guest speaker at a public meeting to be held in Cha:-leiictown on June 20. Dr. Brown is well known in dental circles for experiments with sodium fluoride which he has been conducting for the past six years in many Canadian cen- tree. Also addreaolng the meeting will be Mrs. Helen Marsh, repre- sentative of the Information Ser- vicea Division at Ottawa. The two speakers will remain in this city to attend the convention of the Maritime Dental Aeeociallon which will eomgience the following day.

fire late last night caused eon- sidereble internal dam to a summer cottage at York Point

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owned by Mr. Piston "Pic" Charlottetown. The fire was iret

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noticed by ridarby farmers about 1130

Origin of the blaze at the time of writing was unknown. It ap- peared to have started around the fire place but there were none of the owners in the cottage since late in the afternoon.

The blaze quickly spread to the viall and over the floor but near- by neighbors succeeded in remov- ing all the furniture without dam- age or loss.

City firemen with the Bickle pumper raced to the fire and with the aid of neighbors over- came the blaze.

The case of Cecil Arsenault and Clarence Cahill, charged with robbery, which occupied the at.- tention of the Supreme Court in Summevrside all day yesterday will go to the jury this morning after the charge by Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell, the presiding

judge. '

Yesterday the Crown presented four witnesses. including the com- piainant, Mr. Roy Ford of Nortbam. The defence did not present any evidence. The jury was addressed by Mr. Harold Goodwin for the Crown and Mr. H. F. McPhec. K.C. for the defence. Attorney- General W. E. Darby, K.C. was present but did not take part.

I-Ion. Ray Lawson, O. B. E.. L. L. D.. C. Cn. L.. D. C. L., Lieutenant Governor of Ontario will arrive in Charlottetown early this after- noon accompanied by Mrs. Lawson and. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lawson, his Aid-de-Camp and son. The party will be guests at Gov- ernment House during their brief visit.

This afternoon His Honor will be driven to points of interest throughout the Province, and will see his first lobster factory. He will be accompanied by Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse. Premier J. Walter Jones, and Mayor B. Earle MacDonald.

This Evening he .wiil be guest of honor at a reception at Govern- ment House. attended by approx- imately fifty guests including Pro- vincial and City officials.

After a visit tomorrow morning to the National Park, the party will leave by R. C. A. F. plane for '13-enton, Ontario, where His llonor is to officiaie at an Air Force cei- ebration.

An argument between counsel over the admissibility of several letters exchanged between Premier J. Walter Jones and Mr. Donald Gordon, President of the Canad- ian National Railways, highlight- ed the sittlng of the Board of Transport Commissioners in the Supreme Court room yesterday af- ternoon.

The Board. under the chairman- ship of Chief Commissioner M..B Archibald is hearing arguments by the Province of Prince Edward Is- land and the C.N.R. over the closing of the Hillsborough Bridge to railway traffic. Wltli the Chief Commissioner on the Board are Commissioners Armand Syivestre, K. C., and H. B. Chase.

The Chief Commissioner finally ruled against Mr. A.K. Dysart. K.C.. counsel for the C.N.R., and suggested that the correspondence he wished to table be laid aside. Mr. Campbell had objected to its admission as the file proposed to be submitted contained only cop- ies of the original letters and "they have not been proven". He sug- gested that opposing counsel bring Mr. Gordon to the hearing, say- ina'.. "he is the man we want”.

In his opening discussion Mr. Dysart had traced the stages of the Hillsborough Bridge from the discussion in the local Legislature in 1899. At that time it was de- cided that the bridge be so con- structed as to be adaptable for railway and highway traffic. He said orders had been given to dis- continue operation over it as it is dangerous for trains to pass over the bridge and the "C.N.R. was imbidden to run trains over said bridge".

Mr. Dysart said the purpose in wishing to submit the barred cor- respondencc was to show "that the purpose of the request for recon- etruction was for the reason of having a bridge for highway pur- poses to meet the standards of the Trans Canada Highway".

The sitting of the Board of Transport Commissioners to hear the application to make this Pro- Vince a one-zone freight rate area ended yesterday afternoon without argument by counsel. Chief Com- miesioner M. B. Archibald ruled that due to the length of tune

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taken up with the case the oppos- ing counsel should submit briefs rather than have the Board hear their arguments.

Mr. A. K. Dysart, A.C., counsel for the Canadian National Rail- wajp opposed the euggestioii but his objection was overruled. As a result Mr. J.0. C. Campbell, K. C., counsel for the P. E. X. Potato Marketing Board, was ordered to have his brief prepared by July 7. with Mr. Dysart being given until July 28 for his reply.

Mr. Dysart as an alternative had suggested that opposing counsel present their arguments before the 'Board at Ottawa at the end of this month. This, however, was objected to by Mr. Campbell who stated the Supreme Court of this Province would be sitting here a'. that time.

At the time adjournment was taken on the one yesterday after- noon Chief Commissioner Archi- bald said the Board would all here until Friday night to give this Province and the C.N.R, time to fully present their cases deal- ing with the cessation of railway traffic on the liilleborough Bridge.

A recent report to Ottawa on a dental survey made in this Pro- vince states: "Generally the pic- ture is one of ignorance, indiffer- ence, and neglect."

Completed by Dr. B. J. O'Mearn, Director of the Division of Dental Public Health of P. E. I. the report of the survey was filed after the examination of '5.- 500 children. 2.000 of these child- ren were from schools in rural areas. and 3,500 in Charlottetown and Summerside.

The report divides the children into age groups and states that the decay rate in permanent teeth is very similar in urban and rural areas until the age of 10. After that age there is a sig- nificant increaae in the rate of tooth decay in urban areas.

The presumption is that this is due to the fact that the town child has more access to sweeten- ed foods and drinks than his country cousin, and that from the

age of 10 he has more pocket money to spend on them. Only seven per cent of the

children examined are free from tooth decay or have had all de- cayed teeth treated. and 36 child- ren out of every 100. in the six year group. do not even possess a toothbrush.

Although the number of ex- tractions of permanent teeth in the rural areas is not much less titan in the towns, the number of teet which have been filled In rural areas is considerably less in the younger age groups. In fact. up to the age of 10, the number of fillings in permanent teeth is negligible. At that age less than one in ten decayed permanent teeth have been fill- ed, whereas, in the towns. three in ten have had fillings. Each year after that, the difference becomes less.

At 15, in rural areas. one quar- ter of the decayed teeth have been filled. while in town: one third of them have fillings. The difference is counterbalanced by the fact that the country child has nearly two less decayed teeth.

FRIDAY

.TllO Musical Festival Associa- tion held an executive meeting in the Y.M.C.A. yesterday. Professor Hamer has been ask- ed to draw up the syllabus for the 1952 Music Festival. Several

new classes were suggested iur this syllabus.

The nominating committee re- ported they had divided the

former Iiali and ticket committee into a separate hall committee and a ticket committee.

Several of the members of the executive had recently attended Music Festivals in the Maritimes and had many new suggestions for the Festival here for another year.

The annual conference of Fed- eration of Canadian Music Fes- tivals la to be held this year in Saint John on June 28. 29 an 30th. It was recommended that the P. E. I. Association send two or three delegates.

The Hon. Ray Lawson. Lieuten- ant Governor of Ontario, and Mrs. Lawson arrived in the City yesterday afternoon and were welcomed at the Airport by His

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Honour Lieut.-Governor T. W. Prowse and Mrs. Prowse. Prem- ier J. Walter Jones and His Wor- ship Mayor , Earle MacDonald. The distirigu shed visitors were accompanied by their son Lieut.- Col. Thomas Lawson, iilde-do- camp.

Last evenlnx. guests at Gov- ernment House, they were tend-

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ei-ed ai buffet supper and re- ception. Provincial, civic and military dignitaries attended in- cluding members of the Executive Council and their wives. Among the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Cullen of Halifax. and Wing Commander Willis, of-

ficer commanding the R.C.A.F.- Station, Summerslde. and Mrs. Willis.

Correspondence between Preinler J. Walter Jones and Mr. Donald Gordon, President of the Canad- ian Natlonal Railway. and other Railway officials, submitted in evi- dence at the hearing before the Board of Transport Commission- ers on the application of the Rail-

Hillsboro Bridge, was the high- light in the proceedings before the commission yesterday.

The wrrespondence ,ened with a letter from Premier Jones to Mr. Gordon, dated March 18, 1960. directing attention to the propos- ecl route on Prince Edward Is- land of the Trans-Canada High- way and to the fact that this pro- posed route trirversea the Hills- boro Bridge, the width of which does not m'eet the required stan- dard of the proposed highway. It was concluded that the widening of the existing bridge would not be economically feasible, having regard for the weight and age of the steel work in the structure. Mention was made also of the fac- tors of load limitation which are imposed upon the present bridge. as a circumstance affording fur- ther justifieation for its replace- ment.

One man was killed instantly and another was taken to hospital in serious condition shortly after noon yesterday following a train- truck collision at Winsioe-crossing about nine miles west of Char- lottetown.

Mr. Wendell Johnstone. 22, of Brookfield lost his life in the ac- cident. His companion, Robert Rackham, 20, of Wheatley River. is in the Prince Edward Island Hospital. suffering from a fract- ured skull and shock. Hie phyllc-g Ian. Dr. E. S. Giddiiigs, reported last night that he was doing very well under the conditions.

The men were proceeding Charlottetown in I. one-ton 1946 Mercury truck driven by Mr. Raokham. They were in collision with an "extra" freight which left the City about 12.30.

Coroner Dr. J. D. ordered.an inquest and wore in the following jury: Messrs. Pred Stewart, Dennis Neal. Erie Jes- some, Lloyd Diamond. Guy Ken- nedy and Jack stockman, all of Winsloe. and Walter Morrissey. The inquest was adjourned to an unfixed date.

There was no load in the truck at the time of the accident. The men were coming to the City for a tractor part and were planning to return to their work as soon as possible. .

The truck, owned by Mr. Rack- ham. is a total wreck. It is be- lieved the truck was caught in the cow catcher of the engine and hurled against a nearbv telephone