Princ e r � 3 ef Citizen An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia 32, No. 44 Prince George, B.C., Thursday, November 3, 1949 10c per Copy; $3.00 a Yeoi Around the Town wlth "ROVING REPORTER" tie while back a New'York- 'elling with reporter on the |JOal to Victoria suggested irter must find it pretty rting small town stuff. . oukl 1)0 farther from /e'ouT' funei als, just th � in big tow ns � � . iiki; tin* mei al of a friendh S3 lof LJealon came round Ln iiing and .-.i. pallbeaiei mei'genciej. So reporter ; [ai old Assman's funeral 2 p.m., whicii must i>e ,ii:.ii as pldtimers who ,\fii ihe chid' role in Us rues know it. � * * * There's an organ in one corner i Captain Earle Jarrett of � . Salvation Army presided. irrett led th> singing�and n I say she led it, 1 mean led. I!,.; voice is like that of Gracie Fields, only with a sligjitly higher pitch, and fellow pallbearer. Bill Itexon, struggled manfully to make his bass, unexercised for many years since he abandoned his choirboyship in the Anglican Church, predominate He lost out. Captain Jarrett then left the organ, and" with three Grecian jases on the wall as background paid a short tribute to the dead stranger. During the course of his address he said it might have been me or any of those present for whom the service was being held and that our time would come anyway. We didn't like this. ? ? ? ? Out again in the bright sunshine, we drove to the cemetery and stood silently as the coffin was lowered in what must be one of the most beautifully situated cemeteries in the world. ? ? * * After that there was a wedding. In the evening there was a dance where 1 saw an orchestra leader playing in his braces�you could-n't see this anywhere else in the world And next day I aceom-panied a clergyman to the Women's Jail where he held service for some half a dozen whites and half a dozen Indian girls. In the way these things get about, I heard an amusing story about the jail. It appears that a prisoner was brought from Van-couver because she had beaten up a woman so badly that the woman Has taken to hospital. Arriving in our Prince George jail, the prisoner immediately began to relate �vith relish what a beating up she had Riven her victim. She described every gory detail with enthusiasm, little guessing that among her audience was a sister of the beaten-up woman. To say that the sister of the beaten-up woman objected is putting it very mildly. To make a shnrt story long, it can be reveal-e'i that both women had to be transferred and that now peace arifJ harmony prevails again. ^(>s- sir. we see life. � ? * * �FF THE RECORD�The red rooster presented to Rudy Kaser as retiring president of the J.C.C. was even tougher than the woman who had beat up another *'oman. Rudy said he had to stcu" it for two days before he could net his teeth into it. and he did eat it, it tasted like 'See REPORTER, Page 5) Last Rites Held For C. A. 'Chuck' Thomas Many Prominent Local Residents Attend impressive Funeral Held at Karnloops TRIBUTE FROM JOHN MclNNIS Last rites were he'd in Kamloops on Monday for C. A. (Chuck) Thomas, veteran C.C.F. Party member and for many years p Prince George resident. Seriously ill since the provincial election on June 1J5, death came to Mr. Thomas late last Thursday night in the Royal Inland Hospital where he had been a patient during the best part of the past four months and had undergone a number of major operations. Still Sunny ! Weather Forecast�Sunny to-day and Friday, Little, change in temperature. Winds lijxlit. lijj'i tomorrow .">"�, low toisighi THE LATE "CHUCK" THOMAS SIMPSON'S TO OPEN HERE Simpson's, the big Toronto department store will open a branch office here on Decemuer 1 in the Third Avemie building formerly occupied by N'ormanton Accounting Service, say reliable reports. A representative of Simpson's from Vancouver was in town recently and gave orders for renovation work among others to Cyril Dupre, signwrlter and Gar- vin Dezell. No official statements have been issued by Simpson's to the press. Two More Sentenced On Assault Charges Clifford Hogan and Percy Math-ews, two men charged jointly with Leonard Whitford for the October 15 assault upon Samuel Bart let. changed their pleas to guilty before Magistrate G. H. Hallett on Monday and were sentenced to the time they had already spent in jail. Whitford was sentenced last to pay $100 fine for his part in the street brawl when Bartlet was allegedly kicked. Hogan and Mathews had already spent 14 days in jail awaiting hearing. They were represented by F. S. Perry L.L.B. HOTEL SALE DENIED L. Zimmaro, proprieter of the Columbus Hotel denied emphatically yesterday that his hotel was being sold. Rumors have been circulating in Prince George for some days that a deal was in progress. i ie wa; 16 years ol age. Last rites were held in Kamloops United Church with Uev. il. U. Morrison officiating. The hymns "Onward Christian �'�� Id ei i" and "Faith of Our Fath-were sung, while the church � . �iril sang "Prayer Perfect." In Kamloops to offer their regrets prior to and at the service were Harold Winch, M.I.A., and Arthur 'Turner. M.L.A., both of Vancouver; Mrs. S. A. Cunliffe. Mrs. Gordon Bryant, and W. R. Campbell, brother-in-law of Mr. Thomas. Interment was in Pleasant Street Cemetery, Kamloops. Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, the" former Effie .Campbell, and three children. Maurice 13, Mary Lonnie 10 and Linda 7. Also surviving are a brother, Dr. G. Maurice Thomas, Ph.D., of Victoria; two sisters, Mrs. R. A. Paul of Vancouver an,d Mrs. Mel-lor of Victoria: and an aunt, Mrs Henderson of Victoria. Floral tributes were sent froiT Prince George by Dr. and Mrs. John G. MacArthur, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Forrester, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rollason, Mr. and Mrs. H. Faw-cett. the Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce and the local office of the International Woodworkers Of America. Deep regrets were sent by Premier Byron I. Johnson, and a floral tribute was received from M. J. Cold-well, national leader of the C.C.F Mr. Thomas was born in Victoria in 1903 and attended elementary school there until his family moved to Saskatchewan in 191!r,.' He graduated as a licensed teacher when under 17 years of age. In summer months he tour- 1 (See LAST RITES, Page 4) HART HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS RELEASE MEN AS WINTER CLOSES OPERATIONS ^"'k on the Hart Highway is diinost at a standstill, a "spokesman for the firm reported this �ek. and some 35 men have al-TO;i'ly been laid-off. *"� Hideout, office manager for "? company in Prince George, �aid this week that the company s only keeping a clearing crew ^ work and' that the company's 'wjclids are now idle. u whole Hal-owe'en was quiet 'and the only serious damage was the destruc-ion of thf signs. The signs were demolished by battering them down with a car. Others were wrenched from their posts. Sergeant DeWitt stated it is not known if charges will be laid against the trio, but added: 'They will-certainly pay for the damage." � The three juveniles are also reported to have confessed to the destruction of four fences, upsetting qf a number of outside toilets, and removal of a two-wheel trailer from Third Avenue. Sergeant DeWitt said he attributed the relative peace on Monday night to the efforts of .the Kinsmen Club in providing entertainment for children and teen-agers. The teen-agers dance in C.C.F. Hall was well attended, while 700 youngsters crowded into the School auditorium to munch GREAT NEW B.C. HIGHWAY, running from Hope to Princeton, was opened yesterday by the Premier, Byron "Boss" Johnson, in the presence of on audience from all over the province. First man to drive along the highway was an old trapper who approached with pack' on back while the opening ceremony was in1 progress and was invited by the Premier to be a passenger in his car. Many in Prince George who heard the broadcast are wondering whether the old trapper was Yukon Joe, who when last heard of, was making his way south to Hope. apples, ice cream and candy and watch moving picture cartoons. TOWN PLANNING An executive meeting of the hoard of trade on Tuesday nighl decided to send Dr. R. W. Alward and Robert Seeds to the Community Planning Association of Canada convention in Vancouver on Nov 15 and 16. Miss Alice Gadd. R.N., and Miss Dora Abrams, R.N., arrived recently from. Penticton tmony. those on hand commented that the building was a definite isset to the appearance of the city. , YOU'VE FELT LIKE IT � Most people at some time in their lives have been mad enough at a "juke box" to want to take a punch at it, but John A. Nichols, a logger, went a step further and actually did. i He pleaded guilty to a charge of wilful damage before Magistrate G. H. Hallett Saturday and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and make reparations to the "juke box'' operator to the extent of $20. . Police state that Nichols hit the machine in the Shasta Cafe with his fist after it had refused to disgorge a coin which did not cause a record to play. Freight Riders Pay Two .transient loggers, Hubert Tweed and Victor Anderson, were sentenced to pay $10 fine and costs before magistrate G. H. Hallett on Monday after pleading guilty to an infraction of the railway act. The pair were charged with unlawfully entering upon a train. perseded in accordance with policy which aims at more rapid promotion of senior P.G.E. officials, Mr. Graham said. Mr. Ferguson is believed to have worked in Australia and for Clnnra before taking service with the P.G.E. His replacement will arrive shortly. At the Prince George end of the extension work is progressing rapidly. Two miles of road have been built from the C.N.R. steel bridge towards Red Rock Creek. Gravel trucks and power shovels are cutting into the banks. Much of the former grade was still in existance, but there were many places where the cut banks had crumpled and others where the grade had been washed away. Whereas the former grade was just a narrow iane winding through the trees, the new one will consist of a clearing 120 feet wide. A crew of three men and a bull-dozer this week pulled many feet of old track from the grade whrere it was abandoned when work stonped on the railroad. The old track in some places was buried under four to five feet of clay and silt. LOCAL TRUCKS Although some equipment now on the job was brought here From Vancouver by the Jamleson Con- (S&e TRACKLAYING. Page 4) Popular Policemen Leave In Reshuffle Constable H. R. Billings will be transferred to Vanderhoof in the near future. He will replace Const. G. Russell, who is resigning the force to take up farming in the Vanderhoof district. First class Constable Larry Mc-�Kinnon, who left for West Vancouver on Monday, (see story on sport page) will.be replaced next week by Const. F. C. Thorstein-son of Langley, B. C. B. C. Police radioman Jack Lennox left on Saturday for Vancouver where he will be radio technician on the southern B.C. police network. Taking his place at the key temporarily is Const. James Vint, of the district police detachment. ROGER GAUTHIER, owner of Roger Motor Products, who assumed operation of the George Street automotive agency formerly known as W.M. Motors after purchasing it from Harold Moffat, Gordon NIcol and Ted Williams.