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Duke of Edinburgh and H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth
lion Band Is .... Jlertained At filial Banquet
Musicians Highly Praised fi Guests For Fine Work
Gathering together at their banquet and following a *essful appearance on Re-nbrance Day parade, about 20 fcnbers of the newly formed fed of the Canadian Legion met [the Club Cafe Thursday even-& discussing many plans for future. With optimism and n in the building up of a mus-organization which would be "thy of the city, all members, [h young and old, gave their purance that they would give fir time to band practices j Never required, and pledged! ^support to Bandmaster Jim 1(isey, who has undertaken the pes of musical director. [Support of the band was also |Kliaid by a few guests, Judii? \ Y f)- Woodburn declaring In a ^ef address his personal desire see tho organization become a f$*ss; and urging that the w"s of the band stay with;
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J'0"-" Judge Woodburn said, bni-'," lct tnat happen to this i ^ncl; when he referred to a |
viotis band which existed in ; t. c"y some years ago, "and Ulpn went out of existence. The j
ak�r also stressed the need;
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JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEEK DATA ON HYDRO PROJECT
Council, B.C. Power Representotives Invited To Attend Monthly Meeting ond Answer Questions
-----For Trial On
obbery With Violence
1 Hain A. Ellis appeared yes-
|r � before stipendiary MagiS-
lobi H- HaIlett on a charge- of
>ery wn^ violence and was
(lni'lted to stand trial on the
p,..ln of the county court judge.
s and "Bud" Baker are charg-
�n connection with the removal
orce of a sum of money from
Person of T. Hominik, lumber
y worker. Ellis was repi;e-
lled by H. B. King.
The question of obtaining hydro- power ;for Prince George will be the subject of discussion at the next monthly dinner meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, to be held in the Prince George Cafe Banquet Room Wednesday next, at 6.45 p.m.
It has boon announced t'hat a member of the B.C. Power Commission, as well as representatives of the city council, have been invited to the dinner,.so that a questionnaire which has hern prepared may be fully dealt, with and the various questions answered. The Junior Chamber of Commerce is intensely interested in this matter, referendum on which is being .made to the voters next month, and the members of that body are very anxious to obtain all the information possible on the subject beforehand. ..
The questionnaire prepared ny the Junior Chamebr is published and is as follows:�
1. How is the hydro power to He financed? At the present rate charged for electricity and the amount consumed, the revenue saved will be absorbed by the interest on the loan. In other words the total revenue is approximately $102,000 and the interest rate on the anticipated loan will be $100,000. Will the capital then, be paid off by increased taxation, or how .will it be paid?
2. Has the B.C. Power Commission been approached on the hydro project, or has it made any offers to supply electricity to Prince George and district, from any other source than hydro.
3. It is understood that the B.C. Power Commission has already made "a survey of the (iue-'nel area, which has a potential power supply of 60,000 h.p., sufficient to supply the whole northern interior. Has the city (See JUNIOR CHAMBER, Page 5)
Food For Britain Tag Day Nets Over $700
Tag day for the Red Cross fund to send food to Britain and Europe Saturday last has resulted in a substantial sum beiing available for that cause, a totafof $695.95 being collected downtown. and $16.50 received from Upper Fraser. Results f pin other points in the district are not yet known, but will be published next week. Expenses totalled $25.01.
This large sum was raised through the voluntary efforts of a number of Prince George women. who spent very many cold hours resisting
Overwailea Plans New Large Store
Contract to construct new store premises in Prince George for Overwaitea Ltd., has been let to J. N. Dezell and Son, it was announced Wednesday by W. A. Jamison, local manager.
The building, which will be situated on Third Avenue opposite the new provincial library, will be 80 by 30 feet, and will be ready for occupancy next spring.
The new store will be a modern semi self-serve market and will feature up-to-date merchandizing methods.
The maximum temperature for the week past fell on Thursday last when the mercury registered 35.3 degrees and the minimum was on Sunday, with the temperature falling to 10 degrees. Snow-, fall was IS inches and there were S.5 hours of sunshine.
Prince George Citizen
An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Central and Northern British Columbia
Vol. 30; No. 47.
Prince George, B.C. Thursday, November 20, 1947
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Alderman Frank Clark to Contest Mayoralty Seat in Civic Elections
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Will be Candidate For Chief Magistracy in December Civic Election; Has Been Alderman For Five Years
ROYAL WEDDING
LONDON�Princess Elizabeth ' became the bride today of -'the newly-named Duke of Edinburgh. The Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, intoned the words "I now pronounce that they are man and wife." at 11.11 a.m. G.M.T. (3.44 a.m. P.S.T.) as the bride and groom knelt before the altar in Westminster Abbey.; Standing before a gleaming gold plate of altar, flanked by banks i of flowers, the 21-year old heir-! ess presumptive to the throne,! and her groom, the 26-year old j Duke of Edinburgh, until last j night Lieut. Philip Mountbatten, exchanged vows so quietly the words were scarcely audible.
Saves Woman's Life
VANCOUVER�A motorman is credited with saving Mrs. Mary Griffiths, GO, from death last, night, when she fell under his streetcar. Motorman William Robert Ken, 34, threw on the brakes when Mrs. Griffiths tumbled.
Infant Burned to Death
VICTORIA�A 17 months old infant was burned to death yesterday and a three weeks old baby brother was severely burned when fire destroyed their parents home at Beaver Lake, eight miles north of Victoria. Mrs. Wildred Sadler, mother of the children, is . in hospital with minor burns suffered when she rescued her baby and tried to save her little girl upstairs.
Two Killed in Plane Crash
VANCOUVER � Two persons were killed on nearby Lulu Island yesterday when theiir small Tiger Moth plane plummetted from 300 feet to crash into a field. The dead are Robert Lov-ell, 23, Princeton, B.C., and Joan Little, 18, reported to be Lovell's fiancee.
William Dewar, 94, Dies After Fall
Failing to rally after a fall at the rear of his home Sunday, November 9, William Dewar, age 94, passed away at the Prince George and District Hospital noon Friday last. Following his admission to ,the hospital with a fractured pelvis, it was believed that he would recover, but his condition gradually got worse and he died five days after his accident. It was bis first time in hospital in his long life of 94 years.
Born in St. Elsthore,'Quebec, the late Mr. Dewar was by occupation a blacksmith, and spent five years on the prairies, part of which he resided in Edmonton prior to coming to Prince George, where he had lived with his daughter. Mrs. Ken Irwin, and his son-in-law, Ken Irwin, for the past 35 years.
Resides his daughter living here, he is survived by a son, W. K. Dewar of Winnipeg.
Remains of the deceased were shipped by Assman's Funeral Chapel to Lancaster, Ont.. where he will be interred. Service was held Saturday afternoon in the Knox United Church. Rev. Der-mott Mclnnes officiating. Accompanying the remains east was the late Mr. Dewar's daughter, Mrs. Irwin.
ROTARY CAR SALE BENEFITS CADETS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Prince George Air Cadets and children's playgrounds will benefit by the sale of tickets for the recent Rotary Club dance, at which a new Ford super deluxe coupe was won, the net proceeds announced by Jack Ratledge, president of the club, amounting to more than $3,000.
This, he said, during the weekly luncheon Friday, would give the club enough money to put the playgrounds into first-class condition and also finance its sponsorship of the air cadets.
FIRE DAMAGES DARLING HOME
A serious fire occurred Tuesday evening last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Darling. Bowser Avenue shortly after 5.30 p.m., when the Prince George Fire Brigade promptly rushed to the scene. The fire, which caused damage to the extent of approximately $100, was believed to have been caused by a hot air pipe to the register becoming overheated and which set fire to the wall.
At the time of the fire Mrs. Darling and her four children were in residence, Mr. Darling himself being away from home in Vancouver. It was found necessary for Mrs. Darling and her children meantime to seek accommodation elsewhere, and their next-door neighbour, Walter Hen-nlng, opened his doors to them pending the restoration of the damage done, which, it is hoped, wiill be completed within a day or two.
But for the speed with which the fire brigade answered the call, it is possible the house might have been completely destroyed.
The fight is on and Prince George will have a contest for the office of mayor December 11 next. Aid. Frank Clark, Monday last, announced thai his bar was in the ring and that he had consented to the request, of his many friends, and supporters to oppose all-comers when the voters go to' the polls.
The announcement did .not come altogether as a surprise, for it has been known for some time that efforts have been. made to have Aid. Clark allow his name to go forward as a mayoralty candidate. He might, for that matter, have been in the field long: ago and has on former oc-casrons refrained from entering the race though often urged to do so. He has, however, at last been persuaded to run. for the chief-magistracy of tho city, and will be officially nominated as a candidate.
Aid. Clark is no stranger to the Prince George, community and has had long residence in the city. Coming here in March, 1920, as locomotive foreman of the Canadian National Railways, he has been a guiding spirit during the past 27 years in many successful undertakings both in civic and community affairs. He was a member of the Prince George School Board of Trustees for five years, holding office as chairman of that body for two years. For the past five years ha has served the city as an alderman, taking keen Interest in all matters which came before the council during that time. He has sat on many committees while a memjaer of the council.
Many other community undertakings have occupied Aid. Clark's mind and time during his residence in Prince George, among which was chairman of the publicity committee of the Victory Loan Campaign, and during the war years devoted much time and energy to the project. He has also ben long connected with St. John's Ambulance, of which organization be has guided through many difficulties. Other activities of the alderman have been so many that they are almost impossible to enumerate, but there have been few to which he has not devoted his' time and given his experience and knowledge.
Prior to coming to Prince George in 1020, Aid. Clark held similar posts at other points as locomotive foreman in C.N.R. shops.
(Note:�Aid, Clark's appeal to the electors and platform will be found on Page Two.)
Police Court Docket Considerably Lighter
Prince George Police Court docket was light during tho past week, there being only six eases beard. Four cases of drunkenness received sentences of , from $10 arid costs to 20 days. One Indian was fined $10 and costs under the Indian Act and a straight $25 fine was levied in a conviction of causing a disturbance.
P.G. Air Cadets May be First Squadron To Have Glider Training Program
Johnny Watt, O.C., Returns From Meetings At Vancouver; Panel Winch Truck Purchased
Local Cast Offers Noted Stage Play
Excellent progress is reported at rehearsals of Prince George Players Club members who are cast in the amusing stage play, "Murray Hill." to be presented in the Junior-Senior High School Auditorium, December 5 and G.
Written for the stage by the late Leslie Howard, brilliant English actor and playwright, who died in a plane crash in Spain; during the war, "Murray Hill" i enjoyed successful New York and j London runs. It is a vehicle that-offers unlimited scope for amateur thespiahs while providing good entertainment fare for de-; votees of the legitimate theatre.
Returning from important meetings in Vancouver last week where commanding officers and chairmen of civilian committees were welcomed by the B.C. Provincial Committee of the Air Cadet, League of Canada and heads of the R.CA.F. units in western Canada, Johnny Watt, recently appointed to command the Prince George squadron, drove back a one ton panel Winch truck after a bid by the local squadron, sponsored by Prince George Rotary Club, was accepted by tho .provincial committee.
High hopes were expressed by Urwin Finch, B.C. air cadet chairman, that the newly formed Prince George squadron would he one of the best in the province, and that it would be the
first to set. up a glider training program which would spread to the other squadrons.
Assurance was given that a training glider and possibly a high performance airplane would be loaned to the squadron.
Staling bis belief that Canada would possibly be the father to the air cadet movement, just as Britain fathered the boy scout movement. R.CA.F. Air Marshal Robert Leckio, CB, DSO, DSC, DFC, retired chief of air staff, addressed the combined commanding officers, and stressed The importance of the organization insofar as it related to youth movement aspects, rather than to its military usefulness. He outlined the impending international conference in Quebec City, (See AIR CADETS, Page 5)