Over 2,000 Registered For Employment Benefit Claims

Officials of the National l-:m- to the Act nd Regulations. ployment Office report the of- made from it e to time. flce ashaving I strenous time. 'Rli§H CONDH-|0N§ In a little more than a

Local Woman Dies In Chicago

Jessie Macl)onald. wife of Gol- idcn A. MacDonad passed away} at the home of her daughter. Mrs .‘ [Ruben R. M('Cll'\9y on Friday.! Qctober llth. in Chicago. U.S.A.l

KINGS CO. FEDERATION EXECUTIVE

rim-nlii Dewar. secretary of who were elected at their annuallMr. Gavin Reid. Mrs Percy ,i., i".-ilcrotion of Agriculture. ‘meeting held Wednesday night at iKing. Mr. Alden MacDonald. .. ~.. ziw directors and 0fllt‘(‘l‘.\‘1l\tI0nlflgUO. Left to right: . Mr. Russcll Buell and Mrs. p‘ the Kings County Federation Dewar, Mrs. Webb Nicholson.‘. Doug Mellish.

Potato Board To Operate For Balance Of Season

inn [i1tl\lll(‘|EIl gnvernment has jm tIt‘ll to keep the present Po- .,.i. \laikcting Board in opera- tion for the balance of the cur- rent mzirkcting season. Hon Eu- Minister of Agric- the Queens County Thursday night at meeting held In

U . was not being done in de- mure of the Island farmers de- (‘twill as c.\prcssed in the plebis- rile ‘told October 30th he said, but "to give producers time to mi‘.-ti-c it with some other or- ;.in 'ét'ltIn more suitable to them.’ iu..i.tr-cn resolutions were plac- ("I ‘lt'lill‘(‘ the meeting. discussed .-ml t‘t'(‘|\(‘d approval. These re (‘tItll.’ll(‘II(l9(I'

'l'hc establishment of a commit- It‘t' in three to study and make Tt‘<'ti'lllll(‘ll(lHIIOIIS on a suitable an-t t‘l‘l'l‘ll\'(’ organization of po-' Lin .Il‘tl\\'t‘l'SI

I'll‘ study of the possibility of on -im: 8 policy which will en- t't\lll'.'lLZ(‘ the construction of an emnoinical type of farmer-owned and farm-located potato storag- ,.

int siiitly to be followed by |’F>tti|llI‘II9I’K‘lal..IOI'IS on the setting- till ni a suitable plan of defic-

-discussion of the various resolu-1

tions included; Mr. M x Thomp- son. Mr. Eric Robinson. Frank Myers. M.L.A.. and Donald MacDonald. RESOLUTIONS DISCUSSED Mr. Thompson and Mr. Robin- son each supported the building of farm storage units for potat- oes. Mr. Robinson told meeting that he had been able to build a roadside storage room 100 feet long. 40 feet wide. and twelve feet deep. with con crete floor and walls. The space would accommodate about thir- ty carloads of potatoes he said. Mr. MacDonald said he was unable to understand what had happened to the Island poultry

Mr. Mr.

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business in the la at twelve months. “Last year the firm I manage

shipped no less than half-million p o u n d s of Grade A fowl," said. . I

Mr. Thompson attributed the in- ability of Island poultry and egg producers to meet competition to the fact that farmers no long- er took the trouble to "crate - fatten" their fowl. Island egg qua- lity could not compare favora- bly with that received by main- land producers. who carry large flocks and feed them regularly

lf‘r'«" pa}'nlE‘nt to cover distres- <t‘4l periods in potato marketing: _ itiovoviic srrnv l

I'lJll the I\linistci' of Agricul-. tun of (‘ttiiatki be asked to havei

and systematically. he said.

Mr. Myers gave the opinion that poor returns had a great deal to do with the present slump la the Island egg and poultry indus-

tion of potato growers. Mr Don- ald MacDonald remarked th at there were al ' ations _ cred to deal with this matter: the Potato Marketing Board. the Potato Promotional Committee. The Potato Producers Association and the Potato and Turnip Deal- er‘s Association.

HOSPITAL INSLIKANCE

the mere taking of a daim is _ only a small part of the work involved in getting the claim‘.

they have taken more than 1.000 benefit claims and the total? number of people now registered for benefits exceeds 2.000. cent amendments to the regul- ations started the rush at thel local office. and it was neces- sary to double me staff to cope with the extra work. For over a week was crowded with people. most‘ of them from country districts,‘ filing their claims to take ad- vantage o the more generous; provisions of the new amend-l ments. A large proportion of‘ those filing were fisher- men eligible for the first time to draw benefits from the Unemploy- ment lnsurance ‘und. Besides those applying in person at that office. hundreds of claims are being received by mail. and it has been necessary in the hand- ling of this type of claim for the office to work overtime. ‘er- tain members of the staff have ; until ECDI

the office

It is expected that the totail claims load will reach

REVIEWED AND CHECKED I It is not generally realized that i

into the payment stage. The facts] given to the claims takers must

reviewed and checked. The claim itself must go through the record department and that por-l tion of te claim which deals! with contributions must go to the Regional Office in Moncton. ;

The total cost of hospitalization “here Insurance books of pre_. in ‘ms p‘.°"l"°° last year W” vious years from all over -the‘ st.»oo.ooo, Mr. I)ewar told the Mummes am odgm and;

farmer's meeting In the propos- ed scheme of hospital insurance advocated by the Dominion gov- ernment the people ofthe Pro- vince would be obliged to pay forty per cent of the cost he said.

He pointed out that this would amount now to approximately 3600.000 annually with the like-

” hood that this sum would increase

by ten per cent each decade. He advised the Federation mem- bers to study this question thor- oughly as the Island government would soon require an answer to the problem of financing this scheme.

As Mr. Dewar saw it there were three ways in which the provin- cial government could finance such a plan: take the money from General Revenue: impose a

‘special sales tax: or levy prem-

iums on individual citizens. Named to the nine-‘man provin- cial committee charged with the

llll’lt‘llilI\(‘Il by competent per-'

son. ,. _.(,(.m_e(.Un0mi(. Smdy of i try. ‘ recommendation of a suitable and

I \Hm_h, of Prince Edward "_I '.(1IYe our farmers a decent effective organization of potato

WI. Hr“! mmmunmcs. yprice arid theywill produce the growers were the following: Mr. H”. We Dcparmlem of A_;}quality.'ghe said. . Norman MacDonald. Crapaud;

ll. MW he mqueswd .0. ,3“ Referring tovthe resolution Mt‘. Jackie Howatt,‘New Will-

a_‘\, \\h(_'.(,\,(,_ possible in the naming a committee to study the.sIlll'e and Mr. Cedric Seaman.

I ll: ll't‘tl towl: establish a syl- i»:n on l'f‘lll'l'SCI’lIBIl\'9 farms of

ttnivoiistixitiiiii poultry projector —- iiu-so farms to an cxam- pic at l"li\l(‘lll management and f‘ttIlItllllli' oiwration; Icl. prov’ e cnt iilll'.t_’t'lIlt"lll to producer 2i -on til we marketing and pro-

tt~~—in: of egg and poultry pro-, (1 . l

I ...v lllt‘ meeting go on record 11- 'tvI.' iii: the present system n v mo and TV with such, I "l.l'\ is arc necessary to pro-‘ \ili' R |tf'lI(‘I' and more etficient_ .tt‘ ‘ill the iiiicrest of the Ca-

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flmlhtfl piililici

I M t'tlllIlIIll(lllS study should I'll m.itlc by the Department of i:. ttion in improved methods

n‘ '1llllf‘lfIL'. education.

l..-l lllf‘ Federation of Agric-

zic t~ontintic to urge on Fed- .‘tll(l l’ro\int'tal aiilhorilics

ul: cg.

"" "“ll‘-‘-"I." ‘ll '“‘*l"l"l\' “““ll3‘ principal reason for this has been It at prospective farmers loans fuel economy t-v on: terms at reasonahlc rat- using 50 per cem to 50 percent

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Si‘. lll-LNT Rl}RS.aRlI£S

' t‘ the department of I'Iditca- v we rcqiicsted to provide bur- larni people ‘ to in the farm < -t‘ at the Nova Scoiia Agrie in II tollcgc.

' I-‘rt-ight Assistance ~ reviewed and revis-

thc farm laborer he in- ‘II the Unemployment In- .‘i1’.tll\'9 plan.

wit the Premier of the Pro- \ nu be commended for ntiat- in.‘ all invcstigatton of the high t~— ~ of _farm machinery a l'«' '-

l:.ii ilic Ft-dcr tion be com- l’IIl'lIlll'(I on their stand respecting -\lwlitl.'ii‘d Time:

'l"wt the government he urged l" wiioint a co-ordinator to work llllll iir(l\'ln(‘lB.I Junior Farmer Ifloiips ‘

The final five resolutions were

g-S_Dt‘a|<ers contributing to IN

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IIMMAGE SALE. Saturday of ‘moon and evening Dec szue

Com ' highway cost “I noted that highway costs have in-

embsr 3 In Presbyterian Hall. Moo

Suggest Gas T Sharp Hike In

A suggestion that the increase in gasoline tax rates have kept pace with the percentage in- crease in highway costs and the demand that diesel oil tax rates should be sharply increased was contained in a brief presented to the Provincial Government Thurs- day by the Prince Edward Island Legislative committee of the In- ternational Railway Brothcrhoods.

‘The most striking develop- mcnt in highway transportation‘. has been the gradual shift from the conventional gasoline power- ed vchlcle to diesel equipment for certain types of peration. The

the diesel vehicle

the fuel consumed by the gasoline ‘vehicle. if for example. all motor. vehicles suddenly changed to die-t sel fucl. highway rcvenucs would be practically cut in half. but high

Improved strains of sctting~up ofa suitable associa-lBradalbane.

ax lags; Ask Diesel Levy

requests in connection with the

c . There was a reference to the elimination and protection of lev- el crossings. to a National trans- portation policy and regulation of intcrprovincial and international transport. allowances for disabl-

Boiicless Chicken. 3 tins

Catsup. ll 07... 2

Lard. 2 lbs. 45c; I-‘lulfo, 2 s.

lh.: Stcwing Beef 27c; Corned

where the computation as to the, number of contribution weeks‘ each claimant has to his credit‘ ‘ in Moncton it is e termined whether he has enough ' contributions or stamps to’ qualify.

The computation is then re- lured to Charlottetown and providing the man has quali- fied so far as contributions are concerned. the decision is then made whether he is entitled to benefits. it is possible that he may be disqualified because he has left his job of his own ac- cord. or becauce he is not avail- able for work or was obliEPd 10 quit work because of illness.

The whole process takes con- siderable time especially when thousands of new claims are being handled at the computa- tion centre in Moncton._ and this work is further complicated w books are incorrectly stamped. or when claimants fail to produce insurance when filing claims.

The Charlottetown Office and» every office in Canada is obllg- l ed to hold staff training con-‘ tinuously. to keep abreast of

‘ and the amendments ‘ -—~— -—— l

r

ed persons. a co-ordination of re- habilitation services. Old Age Aa-i sistance. Widows‘ Pensions.

The request was that a widow in needy circumstances receive a pension for the five years be- fore she might normally become .eligible for Old Age Assistance.

‘ Mothers Allowances. P u bl icy :Health. Housing. Minimum Wage lAct. a program of Provincial ln- ldustrial 1')evelopment. education' and representation on p u b I icy‘ boards and commissions were. other items covered. i

WEEK-END SPECIALS. MONTAGUE 4 CO OP

- SATURDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY

Still; Molasses. 3 qts Sllltl

Purity Oats. 5 lbs. bag 49c; Dates. 2 ‘tbs. 29c; Fruit Cocktail

I5 07.. 2 tins 49c; Silverseal Lemon or Vanilla. 2 oz. 2 for 49¢‘;

Aylmcr Tomato and Vegetable Soups. 2 ' .

for 47c; Hollyhill Orange Juice. 48 oz. 35¢‘: lb

tins Aylmcr

59¢: Oranges. l6.'l's. 2 doz. 79c;

Mixed Nuts. 2 lbs. 85c; Peanuts. 37c; Xmas Candy and boxed l (‘hocolatcs in stock at low prices; all Roasts of Beef, «to per

Beef 29c lb.; Bologna. 33c lb.; 1

Also in stock. fresh Pork. Lamb and Chicken. Booking orders for Turkeys for Christmas.

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While the rush to file claims continues, the - Office us- uall-y has five or six people tak- ing claims. The rest of the peo- ple in the office are engaged In other duties. such as paying Cll) claimants by cash over the counter. paying the country claimants by warrant and in other duties which must be car- ried out daily. if the office is to function efficiently.

Many people come to the of- fce who cannot understand why they must sometimes wait an hour or perhaps longer before their claim is taken.

However. slate all those who mall at the office to apply for benefits are unemployed. the hour or so of waiting is not re- garded as too much of a hard- ship. when hundreds of people must be given attention daily,_It is not possible to do away with the inconvenience of each in- dividual waiting his or her turn. The same delay occuns wher- ever crowds collect. to be served by a government department

Born at Alliston. Lot 6.’). P I'I.l. ‘ she was a daughter of the late fllalcolni aitd Mary IMacLeodi. Mat-Kcnzie. At an early age she went to the United States with her sisters and lived in Everett. .Mass.. until her marriage. She .later went with her husband to jiNorth Haven. Maine. where she .lived until her recent illness. at WIlI(‘Il time she went to Chicago; .'to visit her daughters and pass‘ 3 ed away on the above date. l Her outstanding chararcteristic lwas kindness and she was al- ways being manifcsted in word and deed Her disposition was happy and gentle She was a . member of Trenioiit Tcniple. Bos- lton. a past presidcnt of Auxiliary Post of North Haven and a for-f mer Most Excellent (‘hief of (lio- 'ria Temple Sisterhood. I Surviving are her husband and two daughters. Katherine. Mrs. Robert R McClevcy. and lildie. I

-Mrs. R. D Wall. Chicago. in.‘

‘Also one brother Roderick. Mill- yinockcl. Maine. sisters: Annie.’ ‘ Mrs. Maurice (‘. Smith. Melrose,i

any insurance

The Guardian Page 9

Sat, Dec. 14. 1957

Small Fire At Montague

Yesterday morning about ll.tI a. m. the Montague Fire Depart- ment responded to a .call and found a very stubborn blaze in a building owned by Mr Lloyd Hig- ginbotham which was being u by Mr. Maurice Doiron as a work shop in which he was building lobster traps.

Apparently starting around the stove and burning between the ceiling and roof. the blaze was eventually brought under control by the use of the chemical ma- chine The line of two and one half inch hose which was laid to the river was then brought into usa to complt-tely extinguish the fire. It is the practise of the depart- ment to run hose from a water source in the scene of a fire and set the pumper for the quick

known if there waa

f‘A.\'l'(‘KS OWE LESS

OTTAWA l(‘Pl (‘anadians

owed $8l«l.00tl.f)0fl in consumer

or by a commercial establish-llllaififi-t Mari‘. MFS» 1-9519!‘ l-- I‘ . D. I ‘ i ,. d. . [h d ,0. be [_ ‘Smith. Melrose. Mass; Sarah. "Pl 5‘ 9 9“ " "0 7- 1 mm Mrs. William A. Stewart. Mill-I ‘drop of 09 or rent from the inockct, Maine. Minnie Mrs..- $82l.lott.tloti hill of the previous U_ C. Exp|0[‘ef$ Hiram F. Leeco. Summersidt-;' Once .i;;.iiii tlic Yiloiitagiie Jim on the tree have afI(lt‘fl t:t‘(‘afl_v month The hiireau of statistics Katherine. Mrs. Stanley J. (liI- mr “W...” M vl~.m|.. ...\\N..d M to this festive season and so en— reportcd Thursday that the Oc- G lie. Rhode island: Margaret. Mrs _ y , i I ' ham-cs the Clirisiinas spirit tnber figure was 4.2 per cent Guy Vogler. Everett, Mass. HIP '“"m"“w ll" Hlmmm "1" those viewing ll. will lll\'('I_\' be-I higher than the $78l.'.’.00.0()0 oq C '1. H Services were held at North has pi-..\(».t “hm a group "I come a popular annual event. in October. I956 e ilaven Baptist Church October 8L'I’t‘~\l\f’ IIl(‘ll can éttw-tilll[lIl.\Il " "‘ "”' * ‘lSth. Interment was in Sea View f)ii .\lonilav eiciiiiig. \lr The Explorers group of Trinity . cemetery. Nclsnn. prcsidciit of the .liinior Church “aged their Chrigimu **”"' ‘ ' ' "‘ " ‘llloard. attcnilctl the re g It I it r mm Mm PEAKES '.".:*‘*‘.'.'.S.‘:...?.'. ‘:'.'.L orlal Hall’ Rev’ A’ F‘ M‘c[‘ean giant ('hi‘istiiias trcc la hovel‘ Pl‘?-Sldfid A _ _ M,-_ and Mrs_ 1,9“ Jay M." \\Ill(‘h would be a joint project Those participating in and “she” in Chariouemwn Tuesday of the two orgaiii/ations The } H,” (,,,,,1 ,t,.

assisting in a varied program of entertainment included; Wendy Weatherbic. Diane Dalziel. Karen and Lynne Johnson. Lynda Spen- ccr. (‘arol Fraser. Mary Mac- Pherson. Elaine Glover. Heather Jenkins. Heather and Patsy Mills. Marilyn l)arrach. Maureen Bell,

Miss Gladys Birt was hostess to the ladies of Pisquid East Wo-

December 4th. wit a good at- tendance of members present.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelly and

‘Patsy Docherty. Carol MacLure. Mrs_ OM," Kl,”y_ mmored to of the (Iardt-n of the Gulf mus-I. Ilelcn l)arrach. Karen Macl)on- (-h8r|.mem“n Thursdav t-um ovcrlookiiig the l\ltlIlIZIE.UP} aid. Brenda Howatt. Margaret ' Rl\f‘l‘. The mall) Ill-’.hlS shining‘

Bell, Glenda Stweart. Lynne John- son. Sandra ‘

Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Mai-l)on- aid Charlottetown. were visitors in Pisquid I-last Friday. were guest of Mrs. MacDonald's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jay.

ennedy. Ann (.roc- kett. Gail Storey. Pat Jay. Norma Stone. Sally Dalziel. Mary Leard. Patsy MacDonald. Heather Bea- ton. Sandra Macxay. Barbara Mayne. Helen Wilson. Mrs. Leigh

Kennedy. Mrs. Sterling Benton. Mp Hm“ M“. and Mr‘ Hm,_ Mrs‘ Ema’ Dalzlel old Jav motored to Charlotte- town Friday. SOVIET AUTHOR DIES Mrs. Edward Jay spent the

LONDON (AP) -4 Moscow Ra- dio Thursday announced the death of Ivan Popov. veteran Soviet au-, thor. The English language broad-I cast did not say when he died or how old he was but described Popov as “one of the oldest viet writers." It said Popov wrote

past week in Charlottetown. She was the guest of her daughter Mrs. Johnnie MacDonald and Mr. MacDonald.

.. d Jay was a visitor in (‘harlottetown Friday. BA

Nonwsv” METALS

In underground Bleshvik Metals. including aluminum. press before the Russian revolu- now rank as Norway’: largest tion 40 years ago. single export.

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way costs would remain the‘ ‘same."

The railway brotherhood spokes- men noted that the diesel vehicle by lcgitimatcly helping to r ucc ;transportation costs. is contribut- ing to progress but complained ‘that “by being rmitted to evade ;legally its tax responsibility it is undermining the highway tax l structure."

In view of the difference in fuel consumption and hence in high- way tax contribution. the brother-

ood spokesmen asked that the tax on diesel fuel be ‘‘increased’ forty percent over the gasoline

it ra e." . signatories to the brief were J. C.’ Carroll. Chairman Brother- hood of Maintenance of Way Em- ployees; E. P. Lynds. Secretary. Brotherhood of Railway Train- men J. . Surge. vice-chairman Order of Railroad Telegraphers;

increases

Y -concerning the subject. The brief asked for a minimum . for those called

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