l . .: . . , . THE BANQUET table was \\'llll a larze three ‘ anniversary cake and '. J.I\l. Rooney. the guest of honor. is shown above as he cuts the first slice. The ban- quet was entered to by the Tignislt Council CWL. The
cake. was beautifully decorat- ed in white with a gold chal- ice mounted on the top. On either side of the cake were arrangements of re
oom was decorated white tapers.
Very Rev. J. M. Rooney;
ls Honored At Iignish
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TIGXISH a Vch Rev. J)I.iRcv. Sister St. Rosalie. super-l Rooney. parish priest at Stuior at Tignish Convent; Revfir Simon and St. Jude's Roman Sister St. Mary Angela. admin~
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Catholic Church. Tilllisll honored by the parishioners on the 40th amtversary of his or- dination to the priesthood )lon-
day.
A Solemn High Mass offered by the Tisziish Council of the Catholic Wrtncn's Lraguc was celebrated by Father~ Rooney. Deacon was Rev, Nazaire Gal- lant: subheacon Rev Emman- uel Richard: master of cere- monies was Rev. Gerald Steele. Present in the sanctuary were: Rev. Clarence Pitt‘c. Rev. Reg- inald Phclan. Rev. David Mc- Taguc. Rev, I-‘loyd )IcGaugh.
The mixed choir under the direction of Rev. Sister St. George with Miss Jean Perry as organist sang a special Mass. An address in English was read to Father Rooney by church trustee. Terrance Gavin. fol- lowed by in French by church trustee. Frank .T. Gaudet. Cyril Arsenault anotlir‘r trustee presented the pastor with a gift of money. and a gold and silver
was i istrator at Western Hospital. . -
berton, Wilson Shea. manager of Tignish Fisheries Co—op; Mrs. Milton Kcough, president of Tig- 'h Council of Catholic Wo- men‘s League; Jack Rooney. uncle of Father Rooncy.
CO-OPERATION
Father Rooney spoke on thc co-operation of the people in his parish. and he spoke on the years he served in other parish« es and of the priests now de- ceased who had a great in-
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To New York
ALBERTON — A light plane from the Moncton Flying Club landed at Alberton South Tues- day a rnoon where it picked up Phillip Kinch. manager of Alberton Industries boat build- ing firm. and left immediately for Halifax. NS.
Mr. Kinch plans to sail the 67 foot “Alosa” from Halifax to New York and will return by
an. The “Alosa” a former fishery patrol boat. was remodelled in- o a sea going pleasure cruiser at the Alberton boat factory.
Dr. Orville H. Phillips, MP. was on hand to see Mr. Kinch off to Halifax. The “Alosa” will later be sailed to St. Lucia in the West Indies to engage in fishing for kingfish and tuna.
Alan Stott of Moncton is t he new owner of the cabin cruiser. Ray Kinch of Alberton is the engineer.
lSlANDRNEWS PAGE
Alberton and West Prince County‘
2 The Guardian. Charlottetown, Wed, Jan. 16, 1963.
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l sunmnnsmn BUREAU OF THE GUARDIAN l A civil action for damages in. the amount of 375.000 which resulted from the death of Earl L. Higgins in the Clifton Hotell fire of March 14. 1961. commen-i ced in Supreme Court at Sum-g merside yesterday. before a se-l van-man jury, with Mr. Justice, RR. Bell presiding. l The plaintiff is Mary Ellenl Higgins of Dartmouth, N.S..| wife of the deceased and moth-l er of three children, aged 14 seven and five years. Mrs. Higgins is represented y Gerald R. Foster of Charlo? ttetown and Merlin Nunn of Halifax. | The defendant, J.E. Dalton ofi Summerside is represented by‘ Neil R. MacLeod. J. Watson
MacNaught. QC. Summersldev and John P. Nicholson, Charlo~ ttetown.
G. Keith Pickard, Charlotte- town architect was the first ltness called and explained fol the court a model of the Cliftoni Hotel he had prepared as welll
as scale plans. ;
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the model was approximately a half-inch to one foot. and ex- plained the location of the var- ious rooms in the hotel includ- ll
Higgins was situated. Mr. Hig- gins was employed by the Mar- itime Telegraph and Telephone Company and was working in
broken telephone lines which
resulted from a sleet storm. Mr. Foster ed Mr.
Pickard, during his testimony,
fluence on his life. Father Mc- Gaugh offered a word of thanks to all those who had worked with him to make the occasion suc- cess
Throughout the evening music was provided by Mrs. Harry Rogan Fred Fitzgerald and Al- cide Richard.
Refreshments were served to. a large number of parishionersl and friends.
Out-of-town guests beside the visiting clergy and the uncle of
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Moncton . . . . . . . . .. 6 25 Halifax 28 31 Charlottetown . . .. 16 24 Sydnev . . . . . . . . . . . 17 — Yar" outh . . . . . . ., 24 31 St. John's 28 31
HALIFAX (CPI—The weather office says sunny weather is ex- pected in the three provinces ay. Temperatures will be
much the same as those on
ITuesday except in some sec-
watch. lFather Rooney. were Missl . ~ EXPRESSES masks {Esther Finnan. Bloomfield; Sis.tlons °f eastern NW3 Scm‘a Father Rooney expressedl ters of Western Hospital. . l-l“'here they are expecmd to be
thanks and appreciation to alll berton: James Rooney and Reg-lSIIEhllY lower- who >0 kindly remembered himl inald Mclnnis. Orwell Cove.
on this happv occasion. A ban-
quet catered to by the CWL was
tendered the pastor later in the evening in the dinin: room of the high school. viiero
the I
i WEATHER
ronoxro in» j
-— Tempera-
est of honor was offerrd con- tures issued by the weather of-
gratulatory greetings.
Wishing. flcc:
him many more years in serv- Min, Max. in: the Master. Night Day
Father MrGaugh v'as toast Dawson . . . . . . . . .. 5 1 1 master for the occasion a (1 Va couver 3’5 40 ' Father Pitre brought greetings Victoria . . . . . . . . .. 37 45 i from the people of Bloomfielthdmonton . . . . . . .. -14 3 where Father Rooney served as Calgary 6 20
t r .or ‘2‘? years. Regina .. .. . -26 0
Father \lcTuztte proposed a Winnipeg . -22 -4 i toast to the honored guest which ’Toronto 4 13 was responded to b" FatheriOttawa -3 9
Phclan. ’ Montreal . . . . . . . . . 6 11 Other speakers throughout thejQuebec . . . . . . . . . .. -3 11 ‘
evening were Father Hichard,iFredcricton -8 25 I
Fathn“ Gallant. Father Steele.lSaint John . . . . . . .. 2 27
Regional forecasts: Halifax and vicinity. Annapo-
llis Valley. Cape Breton, Prince
Edward Island: Clear with a cloudy periods: tempera- tures about the same as Tues- day: light winds. Low-high at Halifax 23 and 30. Kentville 22 and 28. Sydney 15 and 28. Char- lottetown 15 an South Shore: Sunny with a few cloudy periods: little tem- perature chan and light winds Low~high at Yarmouth 27 n .
High tide today at Charlotte- town at 2.35 a.m. and 3.20 pm. At Rustico at 11.36 a.m. and 9.55 pm. Summerside tide eigh- teen minutes later than Char- lottetown. Sun rises today at.
17.20 and sets at 4.59.
“Would you call it an old dry building?" Mr. Pickard replied “I wouldn't classify it as an old. dry buildinri".
Mr. Pickard said the h etc was approximately 75 years old. In reply to a query by Mr. Foster. th' witness said that the balcony at the rear of th e hotel “would be considered a fire escape".
Cpl. Roderick MacKenzie. who is in charge of the identification ;section at RCMP headquarters. Charlottetown. testified he d lphotographed positions where the bodies were found as well ‘ as the ruins of the hotel.
Mr. Nicholson ‘jected to the introduction of iphotographs showing where the bodies were located in th e 'rums. He stated he felt th e s e .photographs couldn't serve any useful purpose and could only be damaging to his client. Mr. Justice Bell ruled that a photo- graph of the body of Higgins taken at a place other than the hotel ruins would be excluded.
FROM MONCTON
Roger Wright of Moncton who was staying at the Clifton Hotel on the night of the fire told the court he arrived at the h o t el around 8.30 an ound there were no rooms available. How- ever he was offered a room by a friend who moved in with another party. Mr. Wright was located on the second
Hospital Comm.To Refund $600,000 In Premiums
y DON MacLEOD
Guardian, Patriot Staff Writer.
Hospital insurance premium refunds in some cases will be as high as $40. Dr. L.E Prowse, chairman of the PEI. Hospital Services Commission. said yes- terday.
The provincial government, as promised in the Dec. 10 gen- eral election campaign. has ab- olished the premium payment plan and has directed the com- mission to refund all premiums paid in advance of Nov. 30.
Close to 5000.000 in advance premiums is to be refunded to approximately 35.000 persons.
Largest refunds will come in the collector groups. such dairy creamery patrons. fisher- men and professional societies.
“For example." sai r. Prowse. "Dairy patrons and spring fishermen mostly have paid their premiums 10 months in advance of Nov. 30. Single persons in this category will get
WESTERN BRIEFS
SPENDme m.J.w.Wau¢hand Mis- Mmd Dyer, Aim-ton. are m the waiter in (Xiao- lottetowu
Too f... To Classify
3’ amount of refund due e ch
a refund of $20 while family
heads will get $40."
EMPLOYEE GROUPS Another category is members
pi-oval is given by the commis- sion. This approval can be ar- ranged in a matter of minutes."
The commission expects. in
of employee groups. These arelthe near future, to publish a
usually paid six months in ad- vance so refunds. if there are no arrears, will amount to $12 for a single person and $24 to a person with dependents.
A third category. the pay-dir- ect group, will receive whatev- er premiums they paid in ad- vance of Nov. 30.
Dr. Prowse said the commis- sion hopes to have all repay- ments m ad e by the end of March. “At present,“ he said. “the staff of the commission. assisted by a firm of chartered accountants. is determining the ac- count. When this work is finish- ed. individual cheques will be made in the name of each per- son qualifying for a refund. LATE IN MARCH
“The cheques will be return- ed through the agencies th at collected the premiums. such as employers and dairies. T he cheques will all be sent out within a period of several days. liker late in March.
"After the cheques are sent out. we expect that there will be a period of inquiries and ad- Justments on many of the ac- cou
With the province now provid- ing free hospital care. the com- mission is drawing up regula- tions on eligibility. "The pl an. mainly " said Dr. Prowse, "
cover any person who makes hls home in the province and is ordinarily present. '1‘ h e re will be some exceptions and addi- tions to the eligibility regula- tions and these are being work- ed on by the commission. As to
is
normally available or rendered in a hospital an ordered I h a physician. except medical ser-
not normtu
3‘
vices. So can available in hospitals in the pro- the
booklet outlining the hospital services available in the pro- vince and who is eligible to re- ceive them. “Other provinces issue such a publication." Dr. Prowse said. T0 PREMIUM PAYERS Commenting on a suggestion that the approximate 8600.000 in refunds should go directly to provincial hospitals. Dr. Prowse said "our policy is to make in- dividual refund cheques to pre- mium payer
‘- _ stated he suffered several in- connection with this rug . . ‘ WW
gestion that the whole amount should go to hospitals, I would like to quote the following from a speech of federal Health Min- ister J. Waldo Montelth: ‘It is important that it
u the "man in the street" that he and munity still have a large stake
be drawn .to flu his com. safety equipment either time.
loor (actually the third floor as the
lCivil Action As Result w l0i Hotel Eire. Starts
Mr. Pickard said the scale of l 311:: ing No. 23 where the late ’Ir. an
the Summerside area repairing "1
strongly ob- K
room. On being questioned whether he was planning to bring a claim against Air. Dal- too the witness answemed “There‘s a possibility l ”.
this action you say you might:
bring depend on the outcome of .
this trial?” Mr. Wright answer- cd “there is a possibility". Mr. Nicholson said “Then you have an interest in this case?" to which the \vitiness replied “Cer- tainly I hav ".
Mrs. Erma Morrison. Moncton chartered accountant. was a guest at the hotel on the night of the fire. Mrs. Morrison said she was awakened by a n on the ground floor. She had room No. 1 on the first floor. Shortly after site heard inter- mittent sounds of a siren or alarm and “heard anacldtimg noises which increased in vol- ume very quickly." She started to dress t someone knocked on the door and she told them she was al- ready up.
Mrs. Morrison said she rea- she proixatbiy time to dress 50 she opened the door saw black smoke toiling dowu the hall towards her. Then the
lights went out. she testified d rczlizing she didn't dare attempt to find the rs
through the smoke. she closed the door and opened a window ‘ the room. She sat on the ledge and later a ladder was put up and she climbed down. Mrs. Morrision said she suf- fered luttgs as sustaining minor burns. She stated she was hospitalized as a result of the smoke inhalation.
Mr. Nicholson asked Mm. Morrison if she was planning to take action against the de- fendant. She replied “I have made no decision on Ask-
The case was adjourned un- til this morning at 10.30.
Before hearing loom- menced, G. Bruce MacDonald. acting for another plaintti
wife of the late
Betty Dorsey.
enneth Dorsey of Moncton who was killed in the fire, made ap- plication to revoke the jury no- tice requesting the action for damages in the amount of $52.- 500, for which he is counsel heard by a judge without 3 Jury. As a result the action was set over to the next regular sitt- ing of Supreme Court in May.
Mr. Nunn. the personal sol- icitor of Mrs. Higgins was in-
Foster. Mr. Nunn is a member.- of the Nova Scotla Bar.
Members of the jury are Frederick Profitt (foreman). Edwin Compton. Sherhpoke:
Clayton MacLure. Lower Bede que; Walter Bernard, Free- town; Edwin Dawson, Poplar Grove; Alhol Cotton. Kensing- ton and Robert MacLaurin. Com tral Lot 15.
lobby was referred to as th e ground floor) in room .
Mr. Wright said he went to bed around midnight and was awakened by a man in the ad joining room who was running back and forth. He said said he smelled smoke. so we went the door and looked out. He saw flames at the top of the stair- way. Mr. Wright said he went
0 at the closing banquet will be
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F e d e r 31 Transport Minister Balcer.
back in the room to one of th e windows and then came back and closed the door. He threw his luggage out the window but “there was nothing there to get myself down" to the street. (The rooms on the second floor were estimated by Mr. Pickard to be about 24 feet above the ground.)
Mr. Wright said he “hung out the window" sitting on the ledge, part of his body inside and part out. He saw a balcony a short distance away and while endeavouring to crawl over to it. he slipped and fell no the sidewalk below. The witness
j rm
pelvis and wrist and was hoc-
pitailzed for a period and also eat several
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cing.1-Iesa.id behad stayed at Clifton Hotel about
HA8 INTEREST
MERIT MIIN
Vince! m be received in other prior
av- ian-avid. the building. ‘
On cross-examination by Mr.
in their hospitals. The insurance Nicholson. Mr. Wright said he
program has not meant that the
government has taken over hos- hadn't W to see what pitals or that it has assumed all fire safety equipment w a s available when he
ft 11 a n c i a1 responsibility for ic-
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them. Hospitals are still has ally in community institution and need community support for addition the cost of providing many problems such as n cw s ervlces to those who are n of construction and other capltal insured. if not paid by the indi- needs. In fact. it was to leave vldual. must be borne by the some room for local initiative community. and responsibility that capital “The hospital insurance pro- items relating to physical plant gram was designed not to un- generally were not included derwrlte the full costs of a hos- wtthin costs shared by the two pital’s operations. but simply to senior levels of government.‘ " provide a means whereby an T0 COMMUNITY individual might protect him- self against the financially crlp~ pling costs of prolonged hospi-
to
meat and the working capital. In
Dr. Proww continued. "the federal legislation assumes that the community will maintain a hospital equipped and ready for operation. and that the hospital insurance program should pro- vide for operating costs related to the provision med a
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Dr. Prowse said the commis- sion realized that hospitals are in need of money but "we have tried to stress that hospital in- s u r I n c e plans were not de- signed to pay the full cost of Communi-
goverument. at any
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