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An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central and Northern British Columbia
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, March 7, 1946
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lercy Flights Underway io Brins Out Critically L|< Manson Creek Man
I racc to save Sam Rossetti, critically ill manager of Manson
"placers, was delayed early today when an R. C. A. F.
* t^ had flown out of Edmonton on a mercy mission
"delayed at Fort St. John by weather conditions.
It is scheduled to continue to Fort St. James to pick
Junior Hockey Titleholders
hns
up Me B E. Munkley, B.C. Police and continue to Manson
as soon as possible, t
oincident with departure of toe mercy flight was the scheduled �ival today from Edmonton ~6f a craft being rushed here by otral British Columbia Airways on a similar mission. Uness of the miner has focussed ention of both private and gov-Bent agencies of two provinces the emergency.'
ntral British Columbia Airways
received authority Tuesday to
Dduct emergency charter work,
til public hearings of the Air
3nsport Board are held here on
Gilbert, president, and ft
irch 21.
Walter E. ,
iss Baker, managing director, left
train early Wednesday alter wir-2 ahead lor the aircraft to be pre-red for a speedy return to Prince K)rge to be equipped with skis. Shortly after their departure east, rgt. George H. Clark, in charge of irt George sub-division, B.C. Po-e, upon receipt of further urgings, .pealed to Flt.-Iieut. J. T. Gibson i the local K.C.AP. station. He re-yed details of the emergency to estern Air Command. The only available Norseman was cated In Prince Rupert�fitted th pontoons.
Not to be defeated, a unique three-way telephone relay was established dipping down across the border into Montana to connect Prince George and Vancouver with Edmonton. In the Alberta capita) arrange-ents were made for immediate de-Kitch of a plane for Fort St. John, ter the flight itinerary had been leeested to the senior air officer lere by Sertrt. Clark. The Air Force plane is scheduled
Pressing For Completion Of McBride Road
Joining the growing campaign toward having the Provincial Government construct a road link between Sinclair Mills and McBride, Prince George Motor Dealers and Garagemen have wired Hon. Herbert An-scomb, minister of public works, ex-
Recognition of North Hinted in Policy Talk
VICTORIA�The Provincial Legislature is witnessing the unfolding of the biggest program of undertakings ever embarked upon by any government in the history of B.C.
This was made evident during the course of Premier John Hart's policy speech to the first session of the Twenty-first Parliament on Thursday when he outlined what had been done and what was being done to implement the government's manifesto made public only a few short months ago.
pressing support Trade resolution
of a Board of asking for early
completion of the road.
A copy of the telegram and a letter have gone forward to John Mc-Innis, M.L.A. for Port George, now attending the provincial legislature session at Victoria.
The garagemen are asking organizations and all interested groups between here and McBride to take similar action thus focusing greater attention on the need for the road connection.
Towns and mills are expected to follow up the lead of the Board of Trade and garagemen.
The more publicity the district can obtain for the project the greater are the possibilities of a road being constructed, garage operators contend.
Retired Indian Constable Dies
JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPION TITLISTS of Central B.C., who successfully defended the Mutual Life trophy against juniors from Williams Lake and Smithers, are now awaiting the concluding game in finals of Prince George Hockey Club's City League which they qualified under the team name of Lumbermen.
Kneeling, left to right: Harry Goodwin, C. "Chuck" Houghtaling, Howard Witt, George Hamilton and Don Moffat. Standing: "Bunny" Yargeau, Ralph Flynn, Trovers Fisk, Gerald Flynn, Teasdale Kiric-patrick, Scott Kennedy and Gordon Swankey.
Prince George Out Of Coy Cup Prelims
VERNON�In overtime play Ver-< non defeated Prince George 10-7 on
VANDERHOOF�Last rites for one of the earliest settlers in Central B.C. were conducted Thursday
..... <��. ��n,� piauc *�> o^���-viu*�-vi j when William Francis Manson, 82', drop in on Manson Creek where > Indian constable for 21 years until
D. Mackintosh, Hudson's Bay
�st manager, has arranged to have
patient ready, out on the ice,
his retirement, was laid to rest in Vanderhoof cemetery. He died Monday week after being
n a speedy return flight to Van- I confined to Saint John Hospital �rhoof for admittance to St. John I close to a year. osP'tal, Masonic ritual followed services
Mr. Rossetti declined to come out conducted by Rural Dean J. M. Mc-the north when the last mall � Cormlck in Holy Trinity Church,
Ail-Stars May Play
tmc out. He stoically endured ill-tor three weeks then sent his rst emergency message through a eek ago. The nearest available plane was
at Fort Vermillion, Alta. Caribou Flying Club was appealed 1 and Gerald S. Quinn, manager d club instructor, promptly voiun-�red to make the flight, under-J to prepare the Tiger Moth information was secured re-landlng conditions at Man-Oeek.
was determined skis would be As the plane could not be ulpped with them in time, the was necessarily cancelled, al-)oueh the club Immediately wired 5 Vancouver to have a set forwar-ed here.
'!"� Gilbert and Mr. Baker were "rare of the emergency until n5 rpturn from Vancouver at 4:30 Tuesday. Half an hour earlier a ?nm had been received by Cen-British Columbia Airways Ud. g operations on a tem-Hcence.
Th;y Immediately contacted Ed-for a Beechcraft and left aay morning on the late for the capital city.
brothers of the order serving as pallbearers, George Ogston, T. G. Steele, Cpl. Leo F. Fielder, W. N. Campbell, F. G. Mitchell and R. C. Moore.
Mr. Manson, who is survived by a brother and sister in the east, was born in Ontario, settled in Vancouver in 1889 then came north In 1891.
He was employed by the Dominion government telegraph service for five years from 1900, then was married in Quesnel in 1905, before working for some time on the old Black-water road.
City Ambulance Top Prize Goes
Last Rites For Sheriff Bourchier
Funeral services for Sheriff A. K. Bourchier, 71, who died Monday week in Prince George Hospital, were conducted Friday in Assman's Funeral Chapel by Rev. Herbert Cutler.
Pallbearers were J. Davis, A. Forest, J. D. Corning, P. E. Wilson, K.C.. Const. H. L. McKenney and J. T. Dawson.
TRADE BOARD MEETS '
A dinner meeting of Prince George Board of Trade will be held in the Shasta Cafe on Tuesday, commencing at 6:15 p.m.
Elks Install
ride Officers j ffi~ , , o
of Prince George; WOUlCl OWClp
- ~, Harold Assman as' � r ,
deputy grand exalted ruler! t OT LOCOl B.P.O.E., visited McBride I night to participate In the!
of officers there.
j. o. MacArthur.
blowing installation ceremonies,
LWaS,held m the *"** a dance was enjoyed.
at 3 p.m. on Saturday.!
Fine, wines and other North African produce in exchange for Central B.C. lumber is the proposal made to Leonard Proppe by the firm of H. J. Kuylen, general agents for North Africa, at Algiers.
In a letter to Mr. Proppe, the firm expressed Interest in lumber from this part of Canada and indicated a desire to establish an agency in Canada.
were" favorably impressed by behaviour of the northern team both on and off the ice.
The two teams met again Wednesday in the thiee game series mark-Ing preliminaries for Coy Cup championships with closer to 2000 enthusiasts attracted by bang-up beckey provided in the opener.
Prince George was knocked out of preliminaries by Vernon on Wednesday night after a y_ery..fast &une.in which the teams were tied at the end of both the first and second periods, with Vernon forcing play in the final period to win 7-4.
Mel Mclntyre lodged the opening marker to offset a goal by Vernon In the first period. Ken Silver added another counter in the second period, with Vernon tying the score; then Vernon moved ahead by lodging home five goals to the two gained by Prince George.
The opening game saw Vernerfcj take a three goal lead in the first six minutes of what was described j by local spectators a^ the best game j of the year, with Joe Strobiki. in goal, and centreman Ken Silver being the standout performers for the visitors.
Mel Mclntyre was serving time in the penalty box as Vernon netted the three goals, two being of the "flukey" variety. Murray scored j twice and Dinardo once for Vernon. j _ �
\ Mclntyre .slid onto the Ice to score T^j H^ff \f I unassisted on a long shot Inside the L ' UJiJUU 3 blue line. Ken Warner made a nice J goal on a pass from Bill Leach from the corner late In the first period. Penalties: Mclntyre and Neilson.
Ken Silver scored twice in the second period, the first from Johnny Stokes, McLeod sandwiching one-in for Vernon from Seemla.
Strobiki had his hands full as Prince George was outshot 20 to five. Penalties: Watson, Mitchell, McLeod, Watson.
Silver gave Prince George its first lead shortly after the final period opened, on a solo break-away, Bert Withlam following up by snaring a rebound at the four-minute mark to blink the light and make it 6 to 4.
At 12 minutes, Mark Zemla scored from McLeod for Vernon from close in. the play being repeated in less than five minutes on a low shot after poor clearing by Prince George, to tie the score. Penalties: McLeod and Gourlle.
Gourlle chased a bounding puck the length of the ice in overtime to score from what seemed an Impossible angle In 1:17.
Three more quick goals gave Vernon the decision despite Warner's closing goal from Archie Leach.
Strict, fair refereelng marked the game which was fast and clean ana drew volleys of excited cheers from the fans. Stokes sustained a cut lip which gave him trouble.
Prince George hockey fans nviy have an opportunity of seeing in action the team now en route home from the Coy Cup playdowns at Vernon.
City Hockey Team
Realizing that many outstanding players were unable to make the trip south, a group of fans went into action today in an attempt to arrange a game with the tourists either Friday or Saturday.
A telegram has been forwarded to Manager Vince Giles, suggesting that an exhibition tilt with his squad wu.ald attract much interest
With colder weather promised a the weekend prospects for the game loom bright.
The premier's policy speech was highlighted by such subjects as the Cameron report on education; power development; university extension; provincial-municipal survey; housing; the biggest public works program in the history of the province; Pacific Greatj Eastern Railway; freight rates; forestry commission; land clearing; Dominion-provincial 1 relations and many other matters.
As he unfolded government acti-j vities step by step, he made evident i that the manifest^ of some months i ago was evolving into a vast program of action. OWER DEVELOPMENT The premier outlined what had been accomplished by the B.C. Power Commission since its estab-ishment last April and a brief resume of capital projects the commission proposed to make a start upon this year.
Six utility companies had been expropriated and were now being valued to determine compensation. One small distribution system also had been acquired, he said. The acquired systems had been surveyed and plans were being completed for
Rebekah Lodge Is Visited By B.C. Officers
Northern Rebekah Lodge No. 34 was honored by an official visit Monday night by Mrs. Hazel Hol-llngshead, Vancouver, president of Rebekah Assembly of B.C., ac-ompanled by Mrs. S. McDougal, /ancouver, assembly inside gu.ar-lan, and Mrs. G. Docherty, district eputy president.
Following the meeting, Oddfellows and their wives were entertained.
On Sunday the assembly officers were entertained at dinner by Mrs. Baker, noble grand of the local odge, and Mrs. D. Storrings, vice-grand. Also present were Mrs. eorge Abbott and Mrs. A. H. Mc-Cabe.
The lodge tendered the visitors a luncheon Monday at the Prince George Cafe, and Tuesday afternoon the lodge held a tea in theLr honor
Nels Lindstrom Dies in Hospital
�Nels Lindstrom, 67, passed away at 12:30 a.m. today in Prince George Hospital after a lengthy illness. He underwent an operation in Edmonton in January following which he came here and was admitted to the local hospital on January 23.
Assman's Funeral Chapel has charge of arrangements.
at the home of Mrs. Docherty.
rehabilitation of lines and extension of service, while several rural sections had been surveyed with a view
to extending rural electrification. Contracts had been let and worl
started on development of Campbell
River power on Vancouver Island
The first unit will be 5,000 horse
power and the storage dam to b
constructed capable of providing.
100,000 horsepower.
SELF SUSTAINING Services had been extended to 42
new customers during the first six j months of operation, the premier I continued. The operating surplus for
(See POLICY SPEECH, Page Four)
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Prince George Ambulance Society, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, held its membership prize drawing Thursday at the Rotary Club dance in the CCF. Hall.
First prize of a $50 War Bond went to Harry Watson, Prince George.
Second prize of $30 In War Sav-Ings Certificates was won by Mrs. j Dan Morris, Prince George.
Third prize of $20 in War Savings Certificates went to Joseph Mueller. Sinclair Mills.
Spirited Moose
All W/ C
Adds to Woes or C.N.R. Traffic
PENNY � "Sheer conceit," gruffly concluded wrecking crews toiling- to restore C.N.R. traffic Wednesday afternoon by lifting four freight cars back onto the rails.
Exuberance of a moose led to the ungrinly animal pacing1 a train westbound from McBride/i until it suddenly tripped on the crusted snow beside the track.
The huge body rolled in to- . ward the track passing under the wheels just back of the tender, derailing the four freight cars, about noon.
Auxiliaries were sent out from both Prince George and McBride to the scene of the accident at Mile 58.
were simply let fly in the wind Sunday, literally speaking, when close to 100 spectators watched Gerry Quinn, manager and instructor of the Caribou Flying Club, whisk a dozen enthusiasts off the taxi strip on 15-minute jaunts above Prince George.
Amphibous operations best describes efforts of those to reach the snow-cleared take-off point as crusted ice on the shoulders of the runway led to many a gasp when the ice broke under the weight of the ! individual and feet were soaked with icy water.
Such discomforts were forgotten, however, as, with unlimited visibility and a celling of 4000 feet, the temptation to fly proved irresistable for many present.
Nestor Porayko was the first to po up, followed by G. McGlashan, F. Titford and Ted Harldw.
Marian Umbnch was fifth, then John Nlelson followed to gaze down upon Third and Victoria from a new angle; Mrs. Jack W. Wall thoroughly enjoyed her trip, then Jean Carter, Donna Hamilton and Betty Altken described how thrilled they were, as was Dora Rasmuscen, last passenger of the day.
Executive members of the Flying Club present wistfully longed for a second Tiger. Moth as the enthu-
siasm of spectators mounted during the afternoon.
It was indicated that efforts to secure a second trainer will be made as speedily as possible.
Municipalities Of North B.C. Will Organize
The good neighbor policy will be* taken from Prince George to Smithers next Thursday by Mayor Jack Nicholson when municipal leaders gather to form a union of Northern B.C. municipalities.
A staunch advocate of unity for North - Central British Columbia. Mayor Nicholson is anxious to see the creation of this orsanizntlon. believing It will bring about a better understanding among the towns and municipalities.
After attending the B.C. Union of
MAYOR JACK NICHOLSON
Municipalities at Vancouver Island last year, His Worship concluded that this part of the province had problems peculiar to itself and must act as a unit in advancing its points of view and requirements.
What benefits any particular town benefits the entire district, Mayor Nicholson believes. With a unity of purpose North-Central B.C. will receive more attentive hearings from the Provincial and Dominion Governments and other bodies, he contends.
Charlie Gow Wins Rotary Playground Car Prize
The smile of Charlie Gow if broader than ever as the result of winning the Mercury car prize ir I the Prince George Rotnry Play-i pround Club drawing at the Rotary Club dance Friday night in the C.C.F. Hall.
Winnlnp ticket was sold to Mr. Gow bv Rotnrian G. S. Wood, whose
seller's prize is a $100 War Bond.
The ticket was drawn from a revolving drum by Staff-Sergt. Robert Jackson.
Rotarinns are now laying plans for spring work on the playground.
Robert MacMUlin and Rotarian Norman Cristall sold the greatest numbers of playground tickets.
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