re Cily Women To Hend PTF Meeting
[Five Prince George women attend the 31st annual mention of the B.C. Parent-jcher Federation in North
incouver on April 8, 9 and j
They are Mrs. Jean Kellett of inaught School P-TA, Mrs. W. [lv, High School; Mrs. Margar-Anderson, King George V; ggy Bowan and Harriett Gord-
Ccntral School.
Theme of the convention is Effectively." Delegates will jjresent the 46G associations af-fated with the Federation, with frnenibership of more than 35,-
Jpening day highlights will in* jtcle the official opening by presi-it Mrs. C. G. McCall, reports, Icussioh and a banquet. Mrs. Buena Maris Mockmore Si give the keynote address. (The Hon. Tilly Rolston, minis-of education' and the Hon. mes Sinclair, M.P., will speak the banquet. An informal re'-Dtion will follow. Section of officers, a general , sightseeing tour and buf-supper will be held on the
day of the convention. The president of the Washing-Congress of Parents . and lachers, Mrs. H. Nordfors, will Iress the meeting on the third f. A play will be presented, and [panel discussion and. installa-|n nf officers held.
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Vol. 36; No. 23
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, March 23, 1953
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Opening Moves Made On Quesnel River Power Plan
ideral Aid Sought ir PGE Extensions
[VICTORIA, March 23 (CP)�The pcral government will be asked ! contribute toward the cost of istruction of extensions to the � Great Eastern Railway. Premier Bennett said in the gislature he is looking forward co-operation with the federal fvernment on a joint investment |licy. Mr. Bennett said the fed-pi government would make a bat deal of money if the rail-jiy was extended into the Peace ver area.
le said his government was in :� of extension of the railway Squamish to Vancouver. The k-ernment intends to spend $2,-t�,000 on �the rallroad-this year-,-gliding $1,199,000 oh steel rails, 'said.
Opposition leader Harold Winch egested the railway be made pponsible to the Legislature. He a select committee should instigate it every session.
GLENNA CARELL/ talented ballet dancer and vocalist, who will appear
with the Italian group at the 1 5-nation Folk Festival in the High School j
Auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday. A brisk demand for tickets j
forecasts a capacity audience for both performances, Rotary Club"" j
officials stated today. �Photo by Ferrucci Studios i
Province Gives City More Than Asked For
Prince George, will likely get slightly more ground than it bargained for in its municipal extension program, it was learned this week at City Hall.
A recent communication from the provincial government, in whose hands the enlargement project now rests, asked that a small portion of ground be added at the extreme northwest tip of the proposed city limits. ;. Another portion will be adde'd east of the citjf- where a large area of gravel bars extends Into the Fraser River.
Letters patent authorizing the extension of boundaries to double the city's present size are expected daily.'
'.ity Woman Star Of Interior adminton Championships
Currie Captures Men's Singles Crown
Prince George badminton players won two clear-cut )rth-Cenrral B.C. championship crowns here before a crowd more than 100 persons last night and split top honors in je event with Kamloops. .
[Star of the Prince George en-1 Woodland respectively renewed fees was Nonie Embleton, wife! their duel and again it was the fa city school teacher, who cap-1 Powerfuli play of he Quesnel p ay-Ired the women's singles and �� wnlch turned the tlde after
Huge Kenney Dam No Menace To City
Commenting on the statement reported in the press as having been made in the B.C. Legislature on March 3 by Irving Cor-bett, Social Credit member for Yale, to the effect that a single bomb might destroy the Kenney Dam, with resultant disaster to the inhabitants of Prince George and other settlements on the Fraser River, McNeely DuBose, vice-president of the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited, said:
"No, the Kenney Dam is a rock-filled,, up-stream, sealed dam, the safest type of dam ever devised, and it would be impossible for a high explosive bomb to destroy it. It is a man-made mountain, over a quarter-mile thick at the base and consists of gigantic to i medium sized lumps of rock interlocked with each other by falling impacts under the action of hydraulic giants.
"Model tests made at the Uni-i versify of California indicate that this dam would be practically undisturbed by an. earthquake shock ten times greater than-any that has been recorded anywhere. It cannot crack into bits like a concrete dam might. 3,700,000 cubic ' yards of rock gravel ancl clay I have gone into this vast structure, ' and it will have a life measured i in geological rather than historl-, cal time."
BENNETT HINTS ELECTION SOON
VANCOUVER, March 23 (CP)� Premier W. A. C. Bennett Saturday night gave a -strong hint to newspapermen honoring him as �British Columbian of the year" that a provincial general election can be expected soon.
Mr. Bennett said getting -the award was a great honor but he hadn't made a speech for seven weeks and he wasn't going to start now,
Then he added: "But it won't be long before many speeches are made throughout the province."
The comment seemed to back up the premier's statement some months, ago that a- provincial election was likely before the hot summer months.
In the first step to provide Central B.C. communities with hydro electric power, the Provincial Government has approved an application of the B.C. Power Commission for a reserve on the use of waters of the north branch of the Quesnel River.
In making the announcement at Victoria, Hon. R. E. Sommers, Minister of Lands and Forests, said the purpose is to make the waters of the river and its tributaries and the lakes feeding them available for development by the .commission.
� Priority of existing licenses under the Water Act is not affected but the commission will have priority in the matter of any .new licences.
Hon. Ralph Chetwynd, Minister of Trade and Industry, recently-indicated in the Legislature that steps would be taken to develop power on the north fork of the Quesnel River for the Cariboo-Prince George area.
With the concurrence of the Department of Lands, a reserve has been placed on all unalienat-ed lands within the area that might be flooded by the project.
In Vancouver at the week-end an official of t,he Fisheries Association of B.C. said: "We are pleased that the people of Central B.C. will obtain the power they have so long requested and that no fish will be destroyed by this important development."
Pulp Forest Licence
- a member of the winning xed doubles and fhe women's fubles teams. Quesnel took its share of holi-
er which turned the tide after the Williams Lake pair had ture'd the opening game 17-14.
Currie, playing back-court and calling the shots, masterminded
Reports that a decision was imminent on an application by Westminster Paper Company and associates for a forest management license in the Wilknv River basin were discounted this week by L. L. King M.L.A.
Mr. King said that no ruling on the big pulp-plant inspired license is expected until the application "has received further consideration and the minister has" time to rule on it."
It has been reported that the interests supporting the proposal are prepared to spend $25,000,000 in developing a pulp industry in the Prince George area.
FIRST SPRING DAY � ROBINS ARRIVE
Friday was the first day of spring and right on time four l-obins showed up in Prince ^George.
Mrs. R. B. Snowden, 836 Ottawa, saw the four birds in the garden of her Millar Addition home. The weatherman provided a warm sunny day for the first day of the welcome new season, with a high of 41 degrees recorded.
th< WUHams' Lake pair hud cap CARIBOO HIGHWAY
WET AND ROUGH
with Don Currie .....
Es lLr SK* ^oolnd; -^-^SerS �
K ft ^ Y' u ' feated a hard playing Fort St.
IKalph Woodland took the open-, James pair in straight games, |g game of the men's singles as ^ l2 anci 15.2. |s smashing drives Kept Currie! " rnnivv
tte defensive to the conclusion | B*�ed with veteran Court-&*�&$$& TSffi �2S ^; HugUe .n the ,�.eQ". Currie and Ralph Wood-teamed with A very and Roy
15-10 but dropped t
game to Williams Lake 15-6 and
captured the third 15-7
A consolation mixed doubles match between Harley Robertson and Helga Sewell, and Bert Baker and Betty Phillips, all of Prince George, went to Robertson- and Sewell 15-12 and 15-11.
More than 50 players were entered in the 1053 championships which closed formally at midnight last night with the presentation of prizes by C. A. Warner.
Roads are breaking up rapidly at many points south of Prince i j George, according to motorists returning from Vancouver over the week-end.
I Melting .snowbanks have flood-
' ed the Cariboo highway with near-
i ly a foot of water north of Ques-
j nel and traffic has been reduced
1 to a crawl in the mud which re-1
' suited from heavy gravelling late
last year. � !
Between "Quesnel and Williams
Lake the road is drying up fast,
but is lined with pot-holes in
many places. Fairly heavy night
frosts have prevented more rapid
deterioration of the road surface.
Heaving has taken place at
many places where pulva-mix
topping was laid last year and
some holes have developed to
slow traffic on these sections of
the highway.
Hard surfacing crews are expected to go into action a few miles north of Quesnel as soon-as the frost has left the ground, and extensive maintenance work will be carried on south of Stone Creek on one of the worst sections of the Cariboo road.
Miss Olive I. Shore of Vancouver has joined the staff of Prince George and District Hospital as. dietician. '
Utility
Bear Street Names
Any Prince George residents who are in doubt as to what street they live on as a result of a proposed change in street names in the Millar Addition ancl the western part of the city will be helped to orient themselves bv City Hall.
"A municipal official said today that this month'-s utility account statements will bear the house number and new street name in each instance.
Although the new street nomen-lature has not yet been fully ratified by a bylaw, the names are, for all intents ancl purposes, final.
'Citizen' Plans '53 Building Supplement
In keeping with plans for what is expected to be the greatest spring building boom ever seen in Prince George or any other Central Interior community, the Prince George Citizen will shortly go to press with a 1953 building supplement as a special service to residents and advertisers.
It has been estimated that building permits here will surpass $3,000,000 this year and
i contracts covering the majority
I of this amount will be let within
| the next two months.
The Citizen's building supple-
1 ment will contain news stories and advertisements relative to building and construction.
Latest National Housing Corporation policies will be reviewed � and the supplement will contain many house plans and helpful hints to those who wish to build.
i Contractors, sub-trades, building equipment suppliers and building materials outlets wishing to arrange for advertising space in this special issue are asked to contact The Citizen's advertising department early so that a representative may be sent to call. Exact date of publication of the
! supplement will be announced
� soon.
Wir Up'Costs More Today
This will be "Blue Monday" for Prince George motorists.
Effective today, gasoline prices will go up, but just how much has not been decided by the major oil companies.
Imperial Oil has advised its agents here to Increase the prices of all grades of gasoline by .7 cents a gallon, but other companies are reported to be considering a price increase of 1.7 cents a gallon.
An agreement on a uniform price was expected before noon today.
If the 1.7 increase is agreed on, as most city service station operators consider likely, motorists will .pay 49.S cents for regular grades and 52.2 cents for premium type gasoline.
Oil companies attribute the increase to freight rate increases granted recently to Canadian rail-Ways.
RED CROSS AIDS BEREAVED COUPLE
The Red Cross disaster commit-'e came quickly to the aid of VIr. and Mrs. George N. Smith, vhose little. girl was burned to leath when fire destroyed their louse at Walker Siding last week.
Mrs. Hedley Millar, acting head of the committee, assisted by Irs. D. M. D. Murphy, bought and collected a large amount of new ancl used clothing for the couple.
Is'ew goods supplied by the Red Cross included blankets, linen,, pyjamas, underwear and stock-ngs. Six Prince George persons lonated used clothing such as coats, dresses, sweaters and pants.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross drive for funds to enable such work to be carried out, is swinging into the final lap in Prince George.
Objective this year is $4500, which is $200 more than last year.. Canvassers have been blanketing the area for several weeks.
W. G. MacLean,-chairman of the drive, reports the drive is going well and canvassers are working hard to collect their quota, ochairman of the drive is Mrs-. X. Woodhead.
Fire Razes Small Fraser Aye. Home
A double fire Saturday night completely destroyed a small dwelling occupied by Miss Dorothy Dungate on the west side of Fraser Street near the Thrift Cash & Carry? store.
Neighbors fought the blaze with snow until city firemen arrived. on the scene about 8 p.m. and emptied an 80-gallon tank of water on the burning walls.
The fire was believed under control when they left but flared up again at 9:30 p.m. in shavings which had been used for wall insulation.
Origin of the fire is a mystery.
The dwelling, which was outside the city limits, was owned by William Tibbets of South Fort George.
Entire contents of the building were destroyed, when heavy-smoke prevented spectators from entering the structure.
Fire Chief August Dornbierer said today the practice of insulat-ing homes with shavings should be discontinued as it increases the iire hazard and makes the work of firemen more difficult.
"In most cases it is necessary to practically demolish a house in order to extinguish a fire," he said.
Permission is being sought from the City Council by the Fire Department to acquire a 500-gal-lon water truck, hose reels and extra hose for the purpose of providing temporary fire protection. to home-owners in the fringe areas when these are brought within the city limits. Later when water' mains are extended and hydrants installed, full fire protection will be provided.
Income Tax Experts Here To Offer Help
Here to solve city and district residents' income tax troubles today and until March 28 is a two-man team of Department of National Revenue experts who have set up an office in the jury room of the Provincial Government Building at Third Avenue and Brunswick Street.
The free-of-charge service supplied each year by the Dominion Government is in the hands of C. K. Boyd and K. Ainsbury, both of Vancouver.
All persons troubled with income tax problems are invited to consult the two experts anytime between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day except Saturday when the service ends at 12 noon.