libra *� i �� rnnce George 01 iizen An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbio Vol. 32; No. 46 Prinice George, B.C., Thursday, November 17, 1949 10c per Copy; $3.00 a Year Mayoralty Bombshell W. Fraser May Run � � Announces Resignation as City Clerk After 79 Years Service to Community. TWO NEW ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES With civic elections only four weeks away, some big surprises were sprung on voters this week with the entry of another mayoralty candidate an danother two definite and two possible aldermanic candidates into the ring. William George Fraser, for 19 years city clerk of Prince George, will resign his post prior to December 3 and has City to Present First Art Exhibit The Prince George Art Society will play host to the city's first ait exhibit towards the end of this month, it was announced by Frances Gibbins, society official. The exhibit will consist of oil paintings and water colors done by B.t\ artists during the past year and is made available to art rnayoralty contest. New aldermanic entries and their status are as follows: Harold Hatch, definite; Win ton Campbell, definite; Elmer Clark, possible; William Ferry, possible; Sam Stevens, possible. Other candidates are Mayor Jack Nicholson, Aid. William Munro, Aid. C. H. Wisenden. Mr. Fraser's decision to resign his post came as a bombshell at the Monday night meeting of the city council. Only members of the finance committee had been informed of his plans. Commenting on his announcement after the meeting he said: I just made up my mind today and informed the finance committee a few minutes before tonight's meeting." Taking Mr. Praser's place at the helm of the city accouning anil collecting system will be David T. Williams, asattant to the rity cSertr'for 20 years.' � Mr. Williams' appointment was ;ccommended by Mr. Fraser and was approved on a six months trial basis by the council. NOMINATION The former city clerk intimated that his resignation was made in order that he could qualify for nomination in the forthcoming election "It is a bit too early yet to state any definite intentions." ho said. "but if I run it will be for mayor." He added that he was also thinking of the younger men in the office such as Mr. Williams, who were awaiting advancement. Ht> said that he will retire from business life in the city. CAME IN 1911 His residence in Prince George 'lates back to 1911, when he came to South Fort George whore he worked as accountant for a lumber company. He enlisted in the army and went overseas in 1915 and upon his return .was accountant for Oi/anbrook Sawmills here. He later moved io a similar position with the Provincial Public ^ orks Department hero just prior to assuming the job of city clerk in 1931. I-ONCRST TERM Th longest term of office in this position prior to M". Fraser's ap-I'.ointment was for three years 10 months, while the shortest on record was eicrht months. He has served under the reigns of two mayors, A. M. Patterson nn20.000 feet ,i day causing a !;iy-off of men. The demand for good grade lumber nevertheless remains good and lumber operators opine ihat as soon as the cold snap sets in. there will bp plenty of work or all. locate the exhibit than in the Civic Centre. "Speaking for myself and the city, we are extremely grateful to Mrs. Cox for offering her fine historical collection to the community and I am sure the Civic Centre Association and council will greatly appreciate the offer." said Mis Worship. "It is the sort of thing for which the Civic Centre was designed." Civic Centre Seeks Full Time Supt. Director.* of ihe Civic Centre Association1 are working actively to find a fill-time competent man to coordinate fun<'-raisint,r and ether activities, reports president ��Bill" Ferry this week. The Association . already has two men in mind and steps are being taken to ascertain whether they can be temporarily released by their present employers. It is desired to engage a local man if .at all possible, because he would be familiar with local conditions. Live Bomb: Chinaman Hit: Injured Boy as secreta^v and advisor at coun- on "Personality" was given by F. MAYORALTY, Page 4.) (See TEACHERS. Page 4.) Charles East, city engineer, was called upon this week to put war-time ordnance experience to the test in detonating an unex-ploded bomb found by a group of youngsters, on the qld airport adjacent to the golf course. This is not the first case of live bombs being found by children, the most tragic being that which resulted in the death of F.rnest Boleski earlier this year. � Chow Ylm, 60-year-old Chinese, was struck oy a truck on Third Avenue early Monday night after he had stepped from the sidewalk apparently not noticing the oncoming vehicle. Extent of his injuries is not yet known but his condition In city hospital is reported to be "fairly good". Police state that the truck was driven by William Goglin. 9 Condition of George Shires, Prince George school boy wounded Jn an accidental shooting at Six Mile Lake almost two weeks ago, was described by hospital authorities this morning as "fairly good". Shires was shot in the chest and left arm when a shotgun he was removing from a boat exploded. Fie was rushed to Prince George for treatment Mild Fall Helped CNR Improvement Work A big improvement project, in vhich 2(H) men were engaged and rii,.()0() yards of ballast laid, has just been completed on the C.N.R. between Prince George and the west. Superintendent ('. A. Berner, v. ho was a weekend visitor to Prince George, accompanied by Mrs. Berner, said the unexpectedly beautiful weather had helped a great deal in the work. A large amount of contract work, cutting brush, etc. is still in hand, he said. Recently Mr. Berner attended the Chamber of Commerce convention in Montreal. One of his memories ^sitting 14 hours there i n a not too comfortable chair. Cadets Rifle Shoot Next Saturday A group of Air Cadets from tire No. 1 Wing, R.C.A.F., will arrive in Prince George tomorrow by Air Force plane to shoot In competition against boys of the local Rotary squadron. They will return on Sunday. The shoot will take place at the armories. The trip was arranged by John Watt. Cadet CO., and SgL N. O. DeWitt, chairman of the Rotary Air Cadet committee, when they visited the cadet convention in Vancouver on October 22. The visiting party will consist of some 1G members among whom will be five to six air force crew. Installation Banauet For Beta Sigma Phi At the installation banquet held by Beta Sigma Phi in the Prince George Hotel on Thursday, Hazel Strom presided as chairman.