e An Independent Weekly Newspaper en Devoted to the Interests of Central a 803 \�rn British Columbia licholson Re-elected layor For Two Years ,,k Conceded Victory During Count; Aid. Munro And ,1s Also Returned; Wisenden, Hodden New Members J^gceGeorge, B.C., Thursday, December 18, 194'/;*; PRINCESS SNUBBED�BUT DOESN'T CARL ifWtlimavfHr------ - - � �------------------------------------------......; $2.50 a Year * majority returned Nicholson to office as of Prince George c 5toreS to Close Two D Ineni election to him at 8.40 during the counting of the Returned to the mayoralty he fourth time, in 1945 and I by acclamation, and in 1944 efeaUhg tin-1 then mayor, A. jjlieison, Jack Nicholson will a two-year term commenc-Ijanuary 1, 1948. ; cast for .Mayor Nicholson 521 as against 301 for his total number of voles [beiiw 82-1 out of an electorate jjproximately 1300. The usual spoiled ballots showed up c votes were being count-these were infinitesmal. entaw of voting on Decem-\vas high as compared with cities, no elss than close to � cent of the electorate ex-g tiit.' franchise. tyor Nicholson, who is a na-of Eastbourne, England, to Canada in 1911, farming aviere, .Manitoba, prior to the World War. Enlisting with [Winnipeg Grenadiers, he ser-Iwith that unit and the tank in France, and on returning Canada homesteaded in the River district For some before coming to Prince Ige, he was in business in ritt, and served on the Mer-jSchool Board. In 1941 he I elected to the Prince George Hoard, holding the office hairman of that board. hanking his supporters for re-(ing him to office, Mayor oison spoke over CKPG soon the result became known, thai, fob All food stores in Prince George will remain open Wednesday next, all day until" f> p.m., but hardware, clot bin;-; and novelty stoics will stay open for business that dale until H p.m. All city stores, however, will be closed for two days, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, thus giving a two-day holiday period to their employees. This announcement was made by the Prince George Board of Trade Merchants' Committee, of which Gus Lund is chairman. At New Year's, all stores will remain open December 31, until G p.m., but will close all day January I and 2. Legion Band to Perform Sunday One of the concert highlights to be staged by the new band of the Canadian Legion in the Princess Theatre Sunday night next, will bo a composition by a �rst public concert appearance,in the city. A. Manzinoja, veteran musician and former bandmaster in various centres, has dedicated a march of his own writing to the Prince George branch of the Can- adian l-(-'lnn- and this march, whk.h wi|j |)0 hea d llblidv for the )irst lime Sun(laVi wif| bo usecj i,v the Legion here as its very own march. Title of the march was stated to be -Opus The first appearance of the h has been the council had Bind. With the support of icoplc, he added, the council .now make Prince George ,tlie place which belonged to He also expressed thanks He Junior Chamber of Co-n-:e for its part In getting the in out to vote. Bailing the poll in the importance in the musical annals of Prince George. Composed of approximately 2 0 musicians, many of whom are youths eager in perform n.n their first public HOSPITAL FINANCES TEMPORARILY EASED BY GOVERNMENT GRANT, $7,500 Difficulties in Future Envisaged Serious; Wisenden Resumes Administration Duties Rotary Car Winner Located in Toronto Winner of the Rotary Ford Deluxe Coupe, November 7 last, in the, person of J. W. Wrignt, has now been heard from. Following a search for the whereabouts of the lucky man, who purchased ticket number 4215 from H. A. Rogers while in tho city last month, a long distance call was received Thursday evening last from Mr. Wright at the Citizen office, the caller being none other than Mr. Wright, himself. Declaring that he had not known of his good fortune, he stated that be had received a wire from a friend in Prince George advising him he had won the car. It appears that Mr. Wright had merely been in Prince George for a short period, and had in the meantime left for Toronto, where he is now residing. Hearing of his good luck he immediately telephoned the Citi7.en, asking for the edit- , or, who, in turn got in touch with Jack Ratledge, president of the Rotary Club, giving him the information he had secured over the phone. Steps were then taken by Mr. Ratledge to have the winner communicated with, his ticket number certified, and disposition of the car arranged on payment of the five dollar purchase price. It is not known whether -Mr. Wright will take physical possession of the car, but he will no doubt appreciate winning something that at present | day prices is worth a considerable amount of cash. a s m * ; An incident occurred during the visit ol Princess Margaret to the Union of Girls' Schools Social Service Settlement in London recently. She en lied in at the nursery school just as the children were enjoying tea, and when this picture was taken, the young boy seen in picture, appeared to take more interest in a photographer than the princess. � tin t.'iis pi e Christinas Sun-evening. The concert has been arranged to take place after city church hours, and doors will be contest was Aid.ol trustees, December 11 last, Harold A. Moffat, who sought re-election, I headed the poll, when two irus- Promising that the provincial government would entertain a proposal of some kind in the near future by which assistance could be given to the Prince George and District Hospital in solving Its financial difficulties, Hon. G. S. Pearson, provincial secretary, in a letter addressed to the hospital administrator, states that a cheque for $7,500 would be forthcoming at this time He added, however, that this sum was being forwarded subject to consideration that it would form part of whatever proposal might be made by the government at a later date. Mr. Pearson's letter was in reply to one sent to him by the hospital board of management following a previous meetin'?. "Your situation is certainly very bad and apparently the future looks worse," the minister's letter states. "1 want to be as helpful to you as I can but I think I pointed out to you before that we cannot accept complete responsibility for deficits arising out of the operation of general hospitals. We have always considered that the community must accept the responsibility for operating the hospital subject to our regular grants." Mr. Pearson goes on to say that at a future date some proposal will be made, based on the effort of the community which can raise the necessary funds to put the hospital in a sound financial position. In referring to the need for immediate aid, the letter states "In the meantime I realize your situation is only little short of being desperate and I am sending you a cheque for $7,500 which will be taken into consideration as part of whatever proposal we make for you later." It was further revealed that before such a proposal be made, A. McLean of the provincial hospital inspection staff would visit the hospital. The present financial difficulties also resulted in application being sought from the bank to increase its borrowing powers by 100 per cent, a resolution that would double that power being passed by the members. The present borrowing power Is $10,000 and it is proposed, subject to the bank's approval, to ask that it be increased to $20,000. This was done in order to meet the deficits in the list for the two-year ;v alderman was Aid. Fred NICHOLSON, Page 5) read ings. Dave Fraser, well known in the city, will act as master of ceremonies. ??????? ?????*� �ami known - Bulletin*, - �Canadian Press� -f ��� ? . I Waltz' IB.C. Tug Crew Saved. LShii!$g K'TORIA�On a history-mak- ciaus is Included in the band program * j will he two marches. "Aero Club" ? land "Wver the Top," the well- tfavorite "When waitz; a selection based Cay Nineties"; "Santa Coining to Town"; a Voyage, the big deep-sea tug Christmas festival selection; and lomish, bound from Seattle to ., nvmn "Till We Meet Again. !>os Aires, limped into the c Songs to be rendered by Shir-� Brazilian port of Sao Luiz, I |eV 7. � The two. city candidates wore j elected for School District No. f>7, alo.T^' with two new trustees elect-j od from the rural portions of the i district. J. E. Nilson and H. R. j Pennington, who were chosen at � a meeting of the rural representa-| tives held in the city recently, j Mr. Nilson representing South Fort George and Mr. Pennington Willow River. m in pa, Prince George ticular. Probably the most, important of these 22 resolutions which were radopted; and vU of which were drafted by II. G. Iityry, former minister of education and chairman of the resolutions committee, was that dealing with the extension oi th," Pacific <.�ivai Eastern Railway. This resolution, which pointed out that Hon. John Mart, the retiring premier, had been negotiating with representatives of the dominion government. Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways, with the objective of formulating a A. McCailum Dies Following Accident Following" an operation duo to a'recent accident, Archibald Mc-Callum, who had been employed at the Gedcted Sawmill, Willow River, died in the Prince George and District Hospital December 12 last at the age of 4 1 yearv. He was stated to have been Injured at. the mill while working there about two weeks ago. Funeral services were hold at the Assman Funeral Chapel, The weather report for the week past as issued by the department of transport meteorological bureau at Prince George Airport, was as follows. Maximum temperature, 36.6 � degrees on Tuesday last, minimum temperature, 2 6 on Sunday last The week's snowfall was 5.6 inches and there were 4.9 hours of sunshine. policy in which joint action might which were attended by a survlv-be taken by these parties along ing brother from Dapp, Alberta, with the Province"of British Col- Rev. Dermott Mclnes officiated. umbia, whereby the PGE could ----------------------------- be extended into the Peace River district expressed its approval and apprciatibn of the efforts, made by Premier Hart to achieve the above objective. The resolution also urgen tho government to br'ng to finality SHOKTKK SERVICE: HOXTRS Announcement to *he effect that closing hour of the Prince George Motor Dealers' service stations will be 6 p.m. has boen received. All stations, therefore, eight in number in the city, will was. up to a few days before nominal ion day, the only nominee in the contest, but on ihe day of nominations the other tin oe candidates, entered, their names oh the ist. Mr. Moffal has had considerable experience a.-: a trustee and his interest in community affairs and work as a trustee ensured his easy victory. Mr. Anderson who was elected as a new member has resided in tho city for many years ! and is a retired locomotive engi-r,cfv with the G.N.R. He is also well known in golfing circles'. He now fills the vacancy caused by Mayor Jack Nicholson, who was a member of the board, retiring from office as a trustee. governmen o g g y the conference with the Canadian ctcse at that hour during !.be fu- ld if t Std h railways; should no satisfactory ture except on Saturdays, when then to invUe railways; should no satisfactory ture except on Saturdays, w policy of joint action be achieved, one station will remain open iVipn'to invite other interests to | til 7 o'clock. The usual ser then to make firm proposals to the provincial government on the su.)-jeci; failing the early consummation of satisfactory arrangements with any interested parties, to i kept open. un-vlce will be made available *o tho rub-lie, however, it wos stated, on Wednesday afternoons and Sundays, when one station will be Corner Truck Service Mack Truck Dealers Corner Truck Service, whose premises are at Fourth Avenue and Dominion Street, have been appointed dealers for Mack trucks for northern B.C., it has been announced this week. The firm has on display at its showroom a now five-ton Mack truck, especially adapted for heavy and tough hauling. further deficit expected during the current month, which was estimated by the board to be considerably higher. Owing'to the absence of Mayor Jack Nicholson, city council representative on the board, however, members found difficulty in discussing financial matters in. which the city itself was interested, as they were unable to ascertain to what extent the city would be prepared to give financial aid* to the hospital. In the matron's report which was submitted by Mrs. C. A. Warner, acting matron, the matter of temporarily closing the new private wing over the Christmas holidays was discussed, due to the staff shortage arising .through married nurses being absent for that period The board passed a motion that this should be done (See HOSPITAL, Page 5) Police Court Light As Yuletide Nears The sanctity of the. pre-Christ-mas week was upheld durinpMhe past week, there being only \ total of four cases appearing in police court. One case of intoxication drew a S2.> fine with an alternative of 20 days and a charge of wilful damage would have cost the offender SI 5 had he not decided to spend 15 days in jail instead. A minor was finer! $10 and costs for operating a motor vehicle without a license and the district detachment arrested a man at the airport who had been put off the plane, en route to Vancouver, for being intoxicated. He was fined S2f> and costs. Citizen to Publish Wednesday, Dec. 24 Owing to Thursday next being Christmas Day, the weekly issue of the Prince George Citizen will be published on Wednesday next. Similarly next week, the. Citizen will again be published Wednesday, December 31, the regular day of publication, January 1, being also a holiday.