LIBftARY VICTORIA, B.C.
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An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central and Northern British Columbia
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r nothing," seems to be of the zealous workers ilching the 1944 figure %ed when $1600 alone ited by army personnel.
Chricwas the first to cor-t statement cred-
ble for securing the sub-
oicr Kidston of Shelley Id $25: the R.C.A.F. tacked itional $68.56 to their previous � Harold Pennington relayed \ the High School and T. 8.
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t CONTRIBUTIONS Roy Spurr of Giscome 1 to $190.50, and a further j behalf of employees of Eagle ISitnniUs Ltd. at Newlands. iSherar.t came across the Ne-tRiverwith his annual $2 Red k donation
IB. Blackburn and Mrs. 8. !, tor Pineview, collected $347.05 f they rre not yet finished. i Carlson's mill contributed .George Morgan completed of the Millar Addition ||M6.65; Mrs. Fisfc acquired a ruaount, $140. 25, In district Ids. Cahoon of South Fort i Increased her total to $116, of Penny sent In
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, March 29, 1945
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Easter Bunny Visits Hospital
A pre-Easter parade has left a local police constable red-faced and the staff of Prince George Hospital somewhat limp.
Easter finery for no less than eight Infants was required after the sorting: of those needing pink booties and those entitled to blue booties this week.
One call at 3:35 a,m. resulted in pot-hole-;, bumps and other road obstacles being avoided despite a more than hasty trip to hospital in the police patrol car.
Logger's Death Accident Says Coroner's Jury
A verdict that Carl Olaf Gard was accidentally killed March 21 upon sustaining compound, comminuted fractures of his skull at Ralph Lind-strom's logging operations off Kelly Road, was returned Thursday by a coroner's jury convened by M. W.
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Top�Charred timbers and a shambles of corrugated ircin, blowers and pretzel-like sawdust conveyor were left in the wake of a $12,000 blaze that on March 17 and 18 razed the planer mill of M. S. Caine opposite the city power plant.
City Maintaining Tax Rate at 65 Mills as School Costs Mount
Despite a substantial increase in the school costs, the Prince George tax mill rate willremain at 65 mills, the level maintained for a number of years, the City Council decided Monday night
Of the total 65 mills, 41.0017 are school estimates and 10.3839 to cover debenture payments on the new Junior-Senior High School, This is an increase of 23,0496 mills over the 1944
Expectant Mother Saved by Flight
Skinner, coroner.
The jury added that no,blame was attached to any one. .
Gard was instantly killed when struck by the top of a dead snag.
Funeral services for Mr. Gard were held Saturday at 2 p.m. In Assman's Funeral Chapel, with Rev. F. E. RunnaUs officiating.
Brown of Giscome sent D. area engtaeefo; at lornl cks, gathered $30.06; J. A. Itf Chief Lake, $8: Mrs. C. T. Upper Preset. $35.65: Lome Aleza Lake, $138.25: John *. of Willow River, $77.50. Officers' Wives' Auxiliary *8. and Mrs. John Mallla $50 donation, for her dis-of $22?J5 from the Cres-
Many Expected for Testimonial Dinner
Indications are that a large num- , her of citizens will attend the public | testimonial dinner in honor of ex-mayor A. M. Patterson being held Monday at 7 p.m. In Prince George Hotel banquet room. vAW. Ws R. Munro Is chairman of \nt civTcT'committee in charge of arrangements.
Bottom�Planer machinery valued at $2500 toppled to earth when a second outbreak reduced the mill building to ashes and damaged the loading platform in the background (from which the above picture was taken) beyond repair.
Require $30,000 to Build Pollinqer Memorial Church
us Studying Music-drama Kyal in May
y and high school child-gout the district will have bome study during the Easter in the form or memorization which they will enter in George District Drama-vvil here Mny 3 and 4. forms for drama and music must be turned/in' to the committee, headed by T, 8. H by the end of March. ' elementary schools r'
band classes
Baby Girl Dies On Way To Hospital
Taken suddenly ill at 5 a.m. Saturday, Nellie Marjorie Jennett Dyer, three-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dyer of Red Rork. died en route to hospital, an inquiry-determining death was due to natural causes.
Funeral services were held Wednesday by Rev. P. E. Runnalls in Assman's Funeral Chapel.
Meeting Wednesday To Plan Memorial
An appropriate memorial to commemorate those who have paid the supreme sacrifice in World War 2 will be considered at a public meeting on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Elks* Hall.
Prince George Library Association hftff issued an invitation to lodges, churches, service clubs and other organizations to attend the meeting.
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shop Pollinger Memorial Church to I C be erected on the southwest corner � ^ � "-" � of Fifth Avenue and Victoria Street was Instituted today' in Prince George and across cJanoda.
The objective Is $30,000.
The site is marked by the church bell which swung from the belfry of the famed St. James Anglican Church In Vancouver before the new edifice was built.
It was forwarded to Prince George George by Rev. Cancn Wilbcrforce Cooper, rector of St. James, who formerly served in the local field.
school tax.
The city's general debenture service will take 7.16 mills, compared j with. 8.808 mills last year, while the I general operational fund will have i only 6.4544 mills this year compared ' with 27.856 mills for 1944.
City estimates recommended by the finance committee and adopted by the council showed estimated revenue of $242,468.39 and estimated expenditures of $240,580.50.
School estimates of expenditures for 1945 amounting to $61,551.15 were adopted. Estimated revenue is set at $18,795.60. EXTRA EXPENSES
The council also approved on mo- ; tlon of Alderman C. W. Ferry extra- j ordinary school expenditures ap-' proximating $5 00O to provide for re-conversion of the olti nigh school for | industrial arts and home economics | departments and a lunch room. The | Education Department will contri- j bute 40 per cent of the cost. Materi- j al salvaged from the building will! be turned over to the city.
Aid. Ferry sought delay in passage of the tax mill resolution at the < council meeting, maintaining he had not been fully conversant with the financial situation or. procedure at | the meeting of the finance commit- j tee when the 65 mill rate was decld- \ ed. \
Aid. J. N. Keller, finance commit-, ,-tee chairman, asserted it was too' ,late for revision.
Aid. Ferry sought without success to enter a written minority report, the other members of the finance committee pointing out that he hi'd not voiced objection to the 65 mitt rate at the committee meeting.
In a verbal report Aid. Ferry advocated a cut of $10,000 in the eloc-
A Cpl J E Patterson, 28. son of ' tric ]l%ht revenue estimate, and a re-Milton Patterson of Red Rock, who duction of $5,093 in the water revenue estimate, saying the army camp wns likely to be closed all summer, thus lowering revenue.
He pointed out that $6,000 loss 40 � per cent, for extra-ordinary schr>ol j
With an emergency Caesarian operation indicated, ('apt. Ross Baker, flying assistant superintendent, Canadian Pacific Air Lines, flew an expectant mother from Telegraph Creek to Fort St. James, accompanied by Miss Christine L. L. Clark, district health nurse.
The party was fortunate in reaching Furi St. James as had they remained at Takla or Thn-tade Lake, where they were nearly weatherbound, the patient would have died, the child being stillborn when delivered by Dr. Dr. W. It. Stone. It had been dead three days.
The mother was taRen to St. John's Hospital in Vanderhoof. The flight was arranged by the social assistance branch, Department of the Provincial Secretary, in co-operation with the B.C. Police.
Tribute to Miss Grant was paid by those at Fort St. James who assisted in saving the patient's life. They concur that had it not been for the devotion to dnty and attention given by Miss Grant that the mother, too, would haye died. Miss GratriC whose trip by plane la not the first mercy flight she has taken, continued thro.ngh to , Prince George from Fort St. James en ronte to the Coast.
While here she visited Prince Georire City Hospital on Tuesday before flying- south.
Invalided Home
went overseas with the Rocky Mountain Rangers in May, 1944 and was wounded in September in Bel-glum by bomb fragments, has been invalided to his home in Can-j ada.
Influence of the late Bishop Sa-
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muel Pollinger of Carboo was such the Lady Nelson as to deeply affect the lives of men [which recently and women, who are now resident i reached" Canada
tores To Close For tter Friday, Monday
city stores Good Fri-fward to with mixeu emotions locally
Ivor B. Guest, mer-ee chairman of the
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ward to with mi as tradition has it that Mr. Weatherman spills hfs last few snow flurries on Easter finery. (Witness today).
Nevertheless, local stores show an exciting display of feminine .hats, suits and the thing-ma-bobs that allure women�and men, as sap bo-gins to run. CLOSE WORKROOM
The Red Cross workroom will be closed on Eaater Monday in the City Hall.
Provincial Government offices, including the liquor vendors, will observe both holidays, but bank staffs will return to work Monday. City Hall will dose this afternoon till Tuesday.
With the war nearmg a smashing climax and victory seeming to hang by a thread, church services take on a heightened importance this Easter.
Maundy Thursday will be observed at 8 o'clock toniRht in St. Michael's Church where Morning Prayer on Good Friday at 9 a.m. will precede Litany and Ante-Oommunlon at 10:-(6ee "Easter Holiday" Page 4)
throughout the North American continent.
At' the last synod of the diocese it was decided that the diocesan memorial to the late Frederic Carl-boo, be n new church in Prince George, centrally locnted. in the heart of the district in which he had faithfully ministered to so manyx congregations at many places. ,
The church committee comprises the rector, Rev. H. Cutler: James Quayle, secretary: George Milburn. treasurer: and Judge Eric D. Wood-. (See REQUIRE $30,000. Page Five"!
Funeral Monday For G. K. Anderson
Last rites for Gabriel K.-Ander-
and was among those' who ireach-
J. E. Patterson
ed Vancouver last week. Cpl. Patterson wns transferred to the South Saskatchewan Regiment.
Mrs. W. Morgan Dies Following Injury to Thigh
Mrs.^Wllliam Morgan, 67, resident over 25 years in South Fort George, died Tuesday in City Hospital.
She was admitted to nospitel on March 16 suffering from a fractured right thighbone, sustained when she fell oh the roadway in front of her
son, 42. resident. 20 years in Prince . hQme upon slipping on a patch of George district, who was born in Denmark and who died Friday in Prince Georpe Hospital! were conducted Monday in Assman's Funeral Chapel by William Young of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Pallbearers were C. Nielson, E. J. Roberts, J. Nielson, A.. Junker. T. Christlanson and J. K. Nielson.
Probe Refusal Of Permit for Medical Office
Executive action toward ascertaining why application of Dr. .Tohn G. MacArthur for a new medical office-
In conclusion, Aid. Ferry moved! was bluntly rejected at Ottawa was | that the tax mill rate be set at 70 \ endorsed Tuesday, by Prince George ! mills. He received no seconder. J Junior Chamber of Commerce at a
dinner meeting in Prince George Hotel Cafe banquet room.
J. Gray Turgeon, M.P. for Cariboo, advised by telegram that the refusal "was based on advice from officials in B.C." In advising the chamber to continue pressing upon grounds relating to the particular construction and general health conditions. V The executive sent a telegram to Ottawa on Mondiy following receipt of a telegram notifying Dr. Mac-
She is survived by her husband, and .two brothers, one 4n Alberta and theTother in MInot, NX>. - Mrs.-Morgan aided in Red Cross and other activities in South Fort George, and with her husband was a member of the Community Hall Association.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in A-ssman's Funer-
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Oil Good Friday Cohnaught Hill
Lutheran Church specia-1 Enster Hi Chapel, George Street. sen-Ices will be" held, the tonic.
'Father, Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit." On Easter Sunday Holy Communion will be celebrated and the sermon topic will be "I Know That My Redeemer Tjlveth." There will be no evening service.
Hospital Closed
TERRACE�Staff of the military hospital left Wednesday week for postings elsewhere
Aero Club Proposed
At an organizational meeting In Prince George Hotel at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday plans for forming an aviation club in Prince George will be discussed, with local enthusiasts by Gordon Stock, chairman of the aviation committee of Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce.
expenses had not been included in
estimates.
70 MILLS
Aid. Frank Clark, and Aid. Keller explained that extra-ortl'nary expenses were not supposed to be included in the year's estimates. They were likely to come up at any time, and were something outside regular expenditures.
Last Rites Held For William Cole
Funeral services for William Cole of Vanderhoof, who died March 21, were conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. in Assman's Funeral Chapel by' Rev. F. E. Runnalls. He was admitted to City Hospital a month ago.
Arthur of the rejection. The J.C.C." said" In. the wire ft was unable to comprehend the decision in view of permits being granted to build private dwellings and business premises
Finance Campaign Opens For District Ambulance
With delivery of an nir force type ambulance possible by July 1, Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce instituted an aggressive campaign Tuesday for membership in Prince George Ambulance Society.
Objective of the membership drive is to raise funds, for an ambulance to be.used within the city and district. George Haddon, chairman of the ambulance committee, reported that the vehicle, complete with modifications suitable for the type of country in which it will be used, and with equipment, will cost approximately $4000.
The city wns zoned Into 15 districts In preparation for the drive which will be extended to-sawmills and operations adjacent to Prince George. AMBITIOUS PROJECT
The campaitm was recognized as the most ambitious undertaking the | to compete.
Junior Chnmbor has tackled in its nine years, members unanimously approving the underwriting of an ambulance society to the "full resources" of the Chamber.
Mr. Haddon said the ambulance will be of the type made familiar, to Prince George residents the post two or three years. The committee considered; the air force type ambulance best suited to local needs. -
It will contain twp beds, lockers for equipment, nna will be modified to Include four-speed "transmission, heavy duty shock absorbers, and 18-inch, instead of 16-lnchi tires.
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Members made a gift of $500 ward the cost and on Tuesday gave themselves three weeks to achieve i,i their -objective,^recognizing that the ;< Eighth Victory Loan requires a clear In which they have i-o desire