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Maxims of a Mere Man Better unborn than

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flhe graceful and charming Tiny Tots of the Charlottetown Ballet Group took their work serious and placed first in their

class at the Musical Festival as did also the older girls standing behind. Front left to right: Mar- ion essey, Colleen Roache. Cath-

CHARLOTTETOWN BALLET oou

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erine Abbott. Lynn Loftus. 2nd. row. Wendy Phillips. Judy Arbing. Back row, Virginia MacNutt, Marcia Jones, Diane Lancaster,

Rhonda

Betty Carol Matheson. Reid, Karen MacNeill.

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imperial Oil Contracts

SARNIA (CPl-A lied 83 32.500000 has by Imperial Oil. ,Ltd.. to: ” Shipbuilding ad -. ,

under way It Collingwood ship- yards this summer and the vessel was expected to be ready for ser- vice by the fall of 1057.

LARGE INDUSTRY

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ployeel at the end of 193.

C oming Events

Hear smillinlg Bill Maccormack I-larshfield Monday, May 14.

Junior Farmers meeting New Glasgow tonight. Guest speaker: lllr. R. C. Parent.

Emerald W. I. pantry sale at Kennedy's store. Kensington, Sat- urday. May 12. 7:30 p.m.

Borden Legion Hall, Friday night. May llth. Indian River Drama Festival Play. 8:30 p.m.

Dance St. Peters Bay, Holy Name Hall, Friday. Burns orch- sstra.

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For best results book your clover seeds with us. Mcauigan at Boyle, Hunter River.

Wheatley ltlver Players present "Here Comes Charlle" in Wheat- ley River Friday. May 11.

Wellington play. Community Hall. Wellington Station. Thurs- day. May 10th. Curtain 8:30.

York Pastoral Charge official board meeting in York United thurch Wednesday. 0.15 p.m.

Opening dance Fort Augustus Hall Wednesday. May 9. Burke's orchestra.

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Regular weekly dance. St. l:lsry's hall. Souris. Wednesday.- Mny 9. can Petern' orchestra.

Dance West Royalty Hall. Wed- iieshliy. Rollie McKenzle's Orches- irs. Canteen service. 0.!) to 12.3).

Dance Fortune Hall Friday, May ll. Dancing 9.w-hp.m. Cliff Peters aichestra. in aid of Souris Hospi-

Sec "You can't Beat the Irish" resented by Borden Youth Club. on Augustus Hall, Friday. May ii. at 0.30.

.Eldon W.l. will present two one

E: plays, etc.. in Cherry Valley ii. 0.18 .m. Thursday. May 10. -Qicss erry Valley Choir.

Dance Cardigan Legion Hall

ursday. May I0. Webster's or- Ihastra. P. A. system and canteen service.

'TAI"ron slick From Pumpkin 9303 . 3-act comedy by Wheat- hr River-Hunter's River Y.P.U.. in Hampshire Hall Pride. May

til. 0:30. sponsored by P.U.

Reserve May 21 for the Chor- wn B. Y. P. U. play. "The "fee Girls" at Pownal Hall. in lid of Alexandra W.M.A.S. Cur- Illn IN. Plan to attend the films at Har-

;i'!'gton Hall Friday. May llth at

eontnc vIl- 4

b! number of young people with its

" log that the addition of a swhre pool would

pngent program. nod - Another matter taken under con-

DR. LESLIE BELL SPEAKS

A”! have adjudicated in many Canadian and American Cities and can say in all sincerity that the standard of your Festival vocal work is quitpos a par." Dr. Leslie Bell said in -a brief address at Prince of Wales College in a break between p cos of the Stars of the Festival program.

c any adles in their late

mu ments since the Festival he had

'teens do better anywhere here and at Snmmerside." He re minded the contestants that all could not be winners. and admon ished them to continue their in latest in music as a great thing to enjoy as they grow up. "It has been an incredibly wonderful Fest ival. Dr. Bell said and a lovely ex perience for grownups to listen to the small fry go through their numbers.

"The mood of the Island in I way is reflected in the Festival. There was nothing stiff in the per formances. The young folk were full of life and all were eager to sing. dance or do anything on the program with zest and pleasure."

Also speaking briefly Mr. Boris lloubakine expressed the pleasure

of all the adjudicators at being here and congratulted those in charge on the success they have achieved. He suggested that the young folk attempt the works of the great masters in music. hav ing in mind that many of these were written specifically for the young.

Mr. G. H. Mitchell said he was very pleased to note the improve

jndicated here last year-. "We are trying to lead you along a long road and it is most encouraging to see the results of our suggestions of last year were taken to heart and acted upon.” The leaders in the Festival movement are doing a splendid job and it is not too much to ask for liberal support from the people generally. espec ially in adding to the membership of the organization. "I would like to see music spread to the four corners oi the Island," Mr. Mit chell said, with added classes for adults."

Mrs. Preston Bcck. President of the Festival, presided at P. W. C. and Dr. Steel at Queen Charlotte

High School.

Charlottetown may have an in- door swimming pool in the near future if plans discussed at a meet- ing oi the Board oi Directors oi the Y.M.C.A.. last night materia- lize. Mr. Arthur Duvar presided at the mccting.

When the present l'.M.C.A. was built in 1940 provision was made for the plumbing and heating of a pool but shortage of material and rising costs prevented this.

Mr. Frank Curtis. last night re- ported that he had made an exten- sive investigation into the cost of constructing an indoor pool and estimated that with the present heating and plumbing facilities a steel insulated quonset type building could enclose a poured cement pool for a cost of approx- imately 525,000. This could be en- closed with brick facing at a later date.

SPECIAL FUND NEEDED

The Board discussed ways and means of financing such a project. it was pointed out that the present building carries a mortgage of 340.000 and it was felt that if the money were forthcoming it would have to be secured from some other source than from the regular cam- pnlnn.

During the discussions. it was recalled that the "Y" has always tried to give leadership in the fill- ing of the needs of the Youth of the City. School children no long- er consider it s privilecg to use the facilities of the Y.M.C.A. since a gym program has been included in the regular curriculum.

POOL A GREAT ASSET

Reports indicated that in most Y.M.C.A.'s across Canada the em- phasis is placed on Swimming. volleyball, floor hockey Ind bid- mlngton, it was indicated howeva um in suite of this. the Charlotte- town "Y" still attracts a large

I Iub work. camping and lCtl?rli:i.l'zlIno f-Fellowship. it was the consensus of opinion It "49 med-

mgu greatly enhance

the

Indoor Swimming, Pool is Discussed By YMCA Directors

hiring of an additional staff mem- ber in the role of program director, Some hesitation was expressed as to the practicability of such a move due to the lack of revenue. it was felt however that the "Y" must continue to supply the highest form of youth service in the area and additional staff must be con-

..Adiudicaior Has Praise For Festival Performers

Forty five numbers were pres- ented before two well filled audit oriums at Prince of Wales College and Queen Charlotte High School as the performers were shuttled by taxi from one location to the other. Keen interest and unstinted applause gave indication of the popularity of the respective "Stars of the Festiv " as they made their flnsl appearance and were pres ented with their prizes. ”

The awards presented at Prince of Wales Col ge were by Mrs. W. J. P. MacMi an and Mrs. L. L. Noonan and a smiilar duty was performed at Queen Charlotte High School by Mrs. Fred M. Nash and Mrs. Stephen Tralnor.

Adjudication activities were curtailed yesterday at Prince of Wales College- and

Queen Charlottetown High School and were entirely dispensed with at the Community Centre.

o.c.H.s. MORNING (

The results at Queen Char- lotte High School were as fol- lows: Presiding officer. Mrs. Maylea Manning; platform sec- retary, Mrs. P. S. Fielding; awards representative, Mrs. E. Arnlfast; adjudicator. Mr. Mit- chel.

Class 82-"The Green Bushes". (Girls' Solo 15 years and under), preliminary-lst, Elizabeth And- erson. znd. Arlene MacDonald, Southport, 85; 3rd. Virginia Mac- Donald, Charlottetown and Fay Hickox, Parkdale. (equal) 84.

Class 98: "The Lark in the Mom", Folk Song junior (Male voices 16 and under)-lst. Gwyn Phillips. Montague. and Blair Wood, York (equal) 86; and. Vin- cont McAllister. Tracadie Cross. 84; 3rd, Maurice Fitzpatrick. Tracndie Cross. 82.

sidered.

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NEGOTIATIONS B

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9. 1956

REAK DOWN

MONTREAL (CP)-Likelihood of a strike vote on Canadian railways was seen Tuesday night after a new breakdown in talks between companies and unions representing 150,000 non-operating employees. A short-lived attempt at re-open- ing negotiations lasted only 40 min utes Tuesday, when railway and union negotiators announced ters ely they had been unable to agree even on a basis for discussion.

Laurent said in Parliament he hopes there will be no interruption to rail services. In answer to a question he said the government is giving earnest consideration to the

in Ottawa. Prime Minister St.I

problem arising from the deadl- locked negotiations.

He said responsibility does not lie with the government, either leg- ally or technically. but Parliament has a responsibility to the Cana- dian people in respect to operation of rail services.

Labor Minister Gregg noted that the Montreal talks had been "dis. continued" but added he would make no comment until he had heard from the opposing sides.

The parties had come together at the request of Mr. Gregg, fol- lowing the majority report of 1: con- ciliation board. It recommcudcd that the unions receive more than

Island Students

O-Among Grads

A large number of Island stud- ents are included in this year's graduating class of Mount Allison University. The convocation exer- clses arg being held today.

Arts: Shirley Marlene Davison. Kensington; Annie Laura Gillis, Flat River; James Christopher Robin Houston, Charlottetown; Gordon Elwood Lldstone, Sum- merside; William Allison MacKin- non. Charlottetown; Mildred El- aine Smitb, Tryon.

B. A. Secretarial - Nan Beadle Pope, Summerslde.

Bachelor of C rce: Charles Bloyce Beck, Montague; Douglas Grave MacLeod, Albany: Charles Thomas Gold Smith. Mount Stew-

art.

Science: Norman Harry Carruth- ers, Augustine Cove; Bryar Max- well Chandler. Charlottetown; Lucy Joyce Wiggington. Montague Charles Jabea Williams, Tyne

Valley. Home Economics: Anne Blanche Dystant. Summersldu. Marjorie

Helen Hurst. Charlottetown; Nor- ma Jean Macleod. Charlottetown.

Engineering Certificate: Doug- las Hugh Johnston. Montague.

To Search Pond Again :For'BoyV is

HALIFAX. (CP)-The RCMP said Tuesday they would give a nearby pond another "thorough going over" before calling off the search for-a five-year-old Negro boy missing since Friday.

The search for Brayon Downey of nearby New Road settlement

3, went through its fourth day Tues-

day without results and police said they would search the duck pond area lagain before the hunt is called off.

Since the boy disappeared on I flower-picking trip hundreds of searchers led by the RCMP. and including armed forces personnel. have searched the wooded areas

half their demands.

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

mended in the conciliation board's

The sudden collapse of the talks lmajority report. i

ldxmmcd optimistic hopes for an. .eariy settlement and renewed fcarsy (of a paralyzing, strike on the coast- -to-cuasi lincs.

? A joint statement by Canadian :Pzrci iv and Canadian National RzuIuzLVs. and three smaller lines, said:

V "The railuuys came to this most- "!!! prcparctl to make an offer which we sincerely believed would

pr-ovnlc the basis for an early:

settlement. The unions, how:-vcr, insisted that they would discuss nmliinu unless we agreed to accent the lcrius oi settlement recom-

”Aceorcliugly, we were given no

opportunity to outline our position, The unions refused to listen to our'm-in cum-llictiou board proposed an (ll-per-cent increase for the non

offer.”

ON NO OTHER BASIS Frank Hall. chief union spokes;

PRICE 5c

Strike Vote By Railway Unions Is Seen Probable

goialing cnmmiltce is continuing private meetings. and an announce- .ncn1 may he forthcoming today.

The mainrlty report of the three-

-,.ei'.x1L1: group, spread over the

,r.exl. l-i months.

11) Ollawa. the prime minister

man, had demanded last week lll8l.:l'.'llPfl asked in Parlinmcnt whether

the railways accept the board's- rcport. He said the unions would. mom with the railways on no other loans. subsequently be acceded to Mr. GregI.I's request for anotherl moctiuu with the companies. 'l'uc-sdzvv night Mr. Hall said merely that the 16-man union ne-

the govcrnni:-nt would impress on "'9 'i3”))'3.) a necessity of accept 12:! ill? 00 V llatmu report, replied t at no dc-cisitm had been reached on the point.

A 5l"”i”gi).)'. the nnn-operating EFOUD Ill lS).)() tied up the railways .-:r muc (lays.

NOISY SESSIONCONZZPIPELINE

OTTAWA (CP) - The govern- ment was challenged to a general election Tuesday as it bared to the Commons its plan to grant a huge treasury loan to a private company to finance an immediate start on the long-stalled cross-Cam adn natural gas pipeline.

The proposal, outlined by Trade Minister" Howe to a packed and noisy Commons. received a rough reception from jeering Progressive Conservative and CCF members. CCF leader Coldwell challenged the government to take the issue to the polls. Prime Minister St. Laurent did not reply.

Involved in the complex pro- posal is provision of a federal loan covering 90 per cent of the esti- mated SlIl.000.000 cost of building this year the Alberta - Winnipeg portion of the 2,m0-mile line to deliver Alberta gas to Ontario and Quebec. The loan. bearing five per cent interest; would be for nine

” to March 31. 1957. If the company defaulted, the govern- neat would take over the line.

W - '

wsssr CANADIAN-'oWNER8BP

opposition leader Drew said the scheme is "truly fantastic." it was subsidy on a "grand scale" and an attempt by Liberal members to hell Mr. Howe out of confusion into which be had plunged hll government. "The present minister of trade and commerce can be too expen- sive a luxury for Canada under circumstances of that kind," Mr. Drew said. Both he and Mr. Coldwell esti- mated that about 83 per cent of Trans - Canada is controlled by Americans. Mr. Drew repeated his appeal that the 3375.000-000 link should be built by Canadians. Mr. Coldwell also asked for Canadian ownership, arguing that the gov ernment's proposal would mean

near his home. Police say "WU hold little hope for his safety.

REGINA (er) - Premier 'r.c. Douglas, with an eye on wheat- seeding weather, Tuesday called a Saskatchewan election for Wed- nesday. June 20.

The traditional June date is a week later than the 1952 election which saw Mr. Douglas' CCF gov-

IN EXCHANGE FOR LIFE '

Tells Story Of Convicts

lay. Marcel Frenette and Charles

Talbot. rioting Oakalla prison term prisoners. released hostage

guard Ernest Loveless on the understanding that Bruce Larsen Vancouver Province city editor.

would publish their complaint that they did not receive a fair trial. The story follows. with

some deletions advised by prov- ince lawyers. The entire story as told to Larsen has gone to the

attm-ney-general of British Co- linnbls.

By BRUCE LARSEN Vancouver Province City Editor

VANCOUVER (CF) Tremb- lay. Frenette and Talbot went to the brink of murder Monday to gain assurance that "their story" will be told. I

That story is basically a claim of monstrous frame-up.

I traded them this story for the life of a good Oshalls officer.

As i promised Tremblsy. I am undertaking to tell their story as accurately as i can. I insisted on my reservation to stay within the bounds of reason and the law.

Here is the story as it came from the three

some detail--at 11-emblay's comes from another a inmate who was con-

EDlTORS' NOTE: Bob Tremb- I

.u.-mubythaloardwastla

0 with them g of the attempted

Some of their story. because we must stay within our privilege in law as a newspaper, cannot'be told here. My undertaking there was that I would pass that part on to the attorney-general's office.

So, without comment. their claim:

"We never had a fair trial." In- slsted Tremblny at the start of the half-hour interview that ended with Lovcless' release.

"The fact is that we had a news- paper trial.

"We want a chance to gel in the box-at the trial the lawyers ad- vised us to stay out.

"We want the attorney-general to study what we have that didn't get into the courts-and decide if he should intervene-whether there is proper grounds to intervene.

WILLING TO TESTIFY

"When that materialls being con- sidered by Mr. Maclean (Deputy Attorney-General Alan Meclean) we want Mr. Hill (Larry Hill, Tremblay's trial lawyer) present and we want Bruce Larsen there for newspapers. We want.our stuff tested by points of law-nothing e se.

"it they want us to testify-tabs us there.

"i 'd rather not be present when Gordon (ltobrrt a 3.0. logger testified against the prisoners at their trial) was thin

NGHOI. lIy's pointamrrernbiny wanted to

done in BC.

Tremblay several times rcpcated one omment:

"if we had wanted to escape from here we could have done it a dozen times. All I'm asking is that it go by law."

PUBSUASION NEEDED

Tremblny said that he did not think that much weight should be given to the testimony of the anal- yst "about bloodstains on the back of my trousers and a grass stain on my knee the size of a base- ball. lie claims he burned the patches because they were use- less. if that is evidence against us-where is it now?"

That in essence. is what Tremb- lny wanted said.

He wanted that published along with what I'd taken down earlier from Jimmy Melgren and from Charlie Talbot.

Tremblny had intended to wait 1937

until our newspaper was on the street with the story before he re leascd Loveless. Fe. uaslon that their case would be stronger if Loveless left then with mc finally

won out and the guard was freed. The earlier information from

Malgren on Tremblay's "beef" (underworld slang for complaint). was mainly elaboration of Tremb-

le associated it because he

as us can eaau.i wuss I

was convinced the other prisons tyiawyu iiill could tell it bsttu.

"building enormous profits for U.S.

Sask. Election

Called June 20

ernment re-elected with a heaVY majority for a third term. '

Provincial elections also wlllbe held in Quebec June 20-the fifth time since Confede ..tion that two provinces voted on the same day. Elections in New Brunswick will be held Monday. June l8.

Premier l)ougias' announcement will step up political activity for what is expected to be largely a three-party battle among the CCF. Liberal, and Social Credit which wasn't represented in the last legislature.

Nominations for the 53 seats at stake will close June 4.

Standing in the last legislature. dissolved Tuesday by l.t.-Gov. W..l, Patterson. was CCF ll, Lib- erals 10. Progressive Conservative 1 and vacant l.

Chief issues as they now appear are highway expenditures. health insurance. social services. aid to education and municipalities, and federal cgriculturnl policies.

Freight Car . Orders To Keep Trenton Busy

TRENTON. N.S. ICP) -An East- ern Car Co. spokesman said Tues- day new freight car orders from Canadian National Railways will keep the local plant busy well into

The railway announced earlier that orders for 450 longitudinal hop- ter cars and I30 sir dump cars have been placed with the plant. a Dominion Steel and Coal Corpora- tion subsidiary.

About 1,000 men work at East- ern Car. now working on a CNR order for hoxcars. Current output is is an a days.

The spokesman said the new C- ders will be fitted into the plan schedule after the boxcar order is

private buccaneers."

I The CCF leader was convinced that if the Liberals took the issue to the electorate. it would be flatly rejected.

"1 say to the government . . let them go before the people of Can- ada al this time to see what will happen to them. I am convinced, from correspondence and from people with whom j am in con- tact. that there was never a more unpopular proposition put before the,people of Canada than this one is.' . The Social Credit party rather

Federal Gov't Challenged

To Early General Election

welcomed Mr. Howe's announce- ment. Victor Quelch (SC-Acadia) said his party is glad an imme- diate start will be made on the western leg.

It is understood that under the bill the government will ask Par liament for a maximum 580.000,- 000, though it intends that the ac- tual loan made will be slightly less than that amount.