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Vol. 36; No. 35
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, May 4, 1953
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Img-Sought Centre Transfer Jo Take Place Here Tonight
Association Signs Over Assets, Liabilities
Prince George's urvcompleted civic centre will, unless some unforeseen hitch occurs, finally become the property of the city at a committee meeting of aldermen tonight.
The long-sought transfer of-----------;-----;----�--------------------
from the Civic.-Centrej tiqn to the civic centre problem h i ii
Association to the City of Prince George will become- a reality when two officers of the association and members of the city council affix their signatures to a cluster of legal documents.
Although the city will be, committed to take over the centre ivhen thev sign the transfer papers tonight, they will not ratify their action until a week from" Monday.at a regular council meeting-. city uhVrs all
Out of' the transaction the city Ail! get 'the civic centre building itself, all tne adjacent property held under title or lease by the | �association, property in the down-] town area donated' to the centre j and a tract of ground in Central Fort Ueorge. In addition they will. take over some $6000 in Civic' .Association liabilities. -
The Civic Centre Assoc v ill get only a clean bill of health. and a feeling of relief at being j freed of a heavy burden of re-i bponsibility. j
Authorized to sign the trans-'
here, is municipal ownership. �SMAlili GROUP'
"Although a great deal of work must still be done to make the building usable on a year 'round basis, the people of Prince George must never forget that small group of hard-working men who years ago set the civic centre movement in motion.
"They tackled a huge task and insofar as their motives were to get Prince George a civic centre, they have succeeded.
"We have-every assurance .'that before many weeks are past, the City of Prince George will tin-(See CENTRE TRANSFER, Page 12)
Travel Officials Happy With Hart
Brevities
District
University of students who
Impressed with the friendliness of local people and astonish- Columbia ----
, �. .. . . .... .'through Prince George Saturday
ed at the first-class condition of en r0*te tQ theh. hQ^es fw ^
the Hart Highway late last week. summer included Robert Ren-were two travel counselors of the shaw, who has � just graduated Government; from U.B.C., and Frank Renshaw, i bound for McBride, and Steve Evanoff on his way to Loos. Ned Smith, also of Loos, is staying over in Prince George until tomorrow. The four made the trip
British Columbia Travel Bureau.
They were Pat Hamilton and Lois Moir, both of Victoria.
While here they inspected tourist accommodations, evaluated road conditions and upon their return will file an official report on what they found.
They were conducted through the Prince George area by Walter Crocker, field representative for the Department of Trade and Industry.
Referring to the Hart Highway
from the coast by car.
Dan Nicholson, A. P. Blaik-ie, Walter Jervis and A. K. Long, all of McBride, were week-end visitors in the city. They attended a Masonic Lodge meeting Saturday night.
i Miss Uldene Earner R.N., has recently joined the staff of Prince
they said, "We were simply amaz- George and District Hospital. *A
ed. We expected from previous reports tn find nothing but a cart-track."
The two travel counselors returned to Victoria on Saturday.
U.K. Hardship Illustrated By Ir Archibald Nye At Banquet
Commissioner Addresses Trade Board
Plight of Great Britain's 50 million people was brought forcibly home to members o fthe Prince George Board of and a handful of guests on Friday night when Sir
graduate of St. Paul's, Vancouver, Miss Earner was on the staff of Chilliwack hospital before coming here.
Miss Shirley McCrea of the clerical staff of Dawson Creek branch of the Public Library Commission passed through Prince George late last week en route to the B.C. Library Association conference held in Kelowna over the week-end.
G. A. Brebner, estates manager for the Montreal Trust Company of Vancouver, was a business visitor in the city last week. He left on Wednesday's CPA plane for the coast.
Pony League Play Starts Here Tonight
Pony League baseball will get under way here on a scheduled basis tonight when Pirates, last year's champions, meet a new League entry, the Lions, for the first time.
Game time is 6:30 , p.m. and Connaught Field will be the scene of play.
In an exhibition game here yesterday the Lions defeated Pirates 7-3.
Second scheduled game '.will come Wednesday .night when Lions meet Moose, and on Friday, Moose will meet Pirates.
Pirates defeated Moose 3-2 in an exhibition game here five days ago.
Flies South To Address Liberal Group
Prince George's Mayor Dezell, Liberal candidate~in the June 9 provincial election, left here by plane on Saturday for Vancouver where he will address other party-candidates today on the subject of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
Mayor Dezell will explain the need to continue the provincial railroad to Vancouver and to the Peace River.
He will return to Prince George to open .his campaign on Wednesday.
Wells Miner Will Run In Cariboo Riding
At an enthusiastic meeting in Quesnel at the week-end, Joseph McConnell received the unanimous endorsement of CCF party supporters to contest the Cariboo riding.
Mr. McConnell, who will be opposed by three other candidates representing the major political parties, is a miner employed at Wells. .
Roy Henderson of Prince-George attended the ^nominating* convention held in the Elks Hall.
Sixty-tight At First Meeting Of Prince George Youth Centre
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Bryant, president, and W. G.'Archibald Nye, high commissioner for trade to Canada from formerly of Fort Fraser, are tak-
Fraser, secretary-treasurer. \the United. Ki-ngdom, told those before him that the meat ing up residence in Prince George.
Said Mr. Bryant today, "We are h h^ . t consumecj ot the banquet was roughly equal to Mr. Mitchell has been transferred
exceedingly gratified at the re-i ^', ' . >-~ 3 .here with the Forestry Depart-suits of our negotiations with the a Briton s ration for one week.
city. ' i Sir Archibald and Lady Nye,-------
ment.
"The present executive has felt arrived here Friday- afternoon for some time that the only solu- after a tour of the Vanderhoof
--------------------�i------------f-----"'and Fort St. James area and
I upon arrival were taken on a I brief tour of the city in the cqmp-i any of HK-s Worship Mayor Garvin i Dezell and Trade Board president ; Norman Napier.
j Sir Archibald captured the in-terest of his audience after a
RAILROADER FACES HIT-RUN CHARGE
John F; Harris, a C.N.R. em-
ptoyee, will be charged today banquet at six Mile Lake when with failing to remain at the ne cracked that he was under no
scene of an accident, police stated this morning. Victims of a hit-rim collision
illusion that "Ottawa is Canada." British Columbia, he said, is the first province to be visited on his nation-wide tour of famil-
between a-car and a motorcycle iarizaition and "already my wife on Saturday afternoon on Winchester Street were Albert Cook, a l.vyear-old city high schoolstu-clent, and Ray Rising. � Young Cook is back at school today despite a severe shaking up he received "when a car, alleged -to�have�been� dr-lvn�by�-H.Jir.tis,. sideswtped the motorcycle ' on which he was a passenger.
Rising suffered a fractured hand, foot injuries and bruises when he was thrown from his machine.
Albert Cook lives , with his family, a short distance from
y short distance Prince George on the Hart Highway. Rising is a neighl>or. According to witnesses to the
g
the car which struck the motorcycle stopped for a short time at the point (where the acci- 'lent took place and then drove away.
Police located the vehicle later tt'hen it was parked .downtown. Harris was released by police on his own recognizance after he h;ul been questioned.
funeral Tomorrow For Joseph Boyuk
^ Funeral services will be held at 2 P.m. tomorrow for Joseph Bo->uk, 55, whose death took place suddenly Friday night.
Mr.Boyuk, who had been in apparently good health, died of a heart attack about half an hour after being taken ill, on returning trom a meeting. He resided with 5J�e Reaugh family at 780 Eleventh Ave.
His only survivors are two Pieces and a nephew in the Unit-l'd States. He was a member of the Moose Lodge here.
Captain E. F. Ja'rrett of the Salvation Army will' conduct the last rites at Assman's Funeral
has decided it is the best part of Canada."
Outlining his. .duties as high commissioner for trade. Sir Archibald said he spent much of his 'time keeping the United Kingdom informed of what Canada is jjoiiig-and thinking* and also must be able to explain the policies�of-his country to Canadian officials.
The high commissioner said that the trade problem from the United Kingdom point of view is that Great Britain has always lived by export.
"We cannot absorb all our products -and we have not been able to sell enough to be able to buy what we need from other countries." ___J
"In order to pay for the war," he went on, "we sold all our overseas investments. During the. war we lost every ton of our merchant fleet."
' The British Isles, Jne said, lost one house in three to enemy action during World War II.
Referring to trade with Canada, he said that Great Britain has, since the war. spent $2 in Canada for every $1 which Canada has spent in Britain.
"We haven't got the money to buy more. We must buy vital things." � .
He said that Great Britain is not asking for charity in world trade circles and nor is it asking people to buy British for sentimental reasons.
Sir Archibald's 25-minute talk brought a rousing cheer at its conclusion.
Dancing to Don Douglas and his orchestra followed the banquet and address.
Sir Archibald and Lady Nye circulated among the guests, shaking hands, chatting, and then left early for their return to Prince George where they spent the night before going on to Quesnel
! Jacques Seigneuret has left for Jasper, where he plans to spend '� the summer months working on the pipeline. He will return.here later in the year. i Mrs. R. McLaren, Miss Kay i Hurlburt. jMiss Wilma Love, Sir Archibald said here he ex-j peter Jensen and Russell Tousaw, pects to have visited every pro-ri an of tiie Xaramata Christian vince in Canada by October of, Leadership Training School, left
by city taxi-cab operator John Watt. ".. � - ,
After a side trip to Barkerville yesterday, the distinguished couple were scheduled to fly to Vancouver.
this year.
2000 Hew Names On 1953 Voters Lists
today for Fort Fraser where they will conduct services following a number of meetings in Prince George. McBride arid Giscome.
Mr. ai\d Mrs. H. C. Pringle of i Giscome are guests at the Sand ! and Sea Motel at Long Beach,
An estimated 2000 new,names will appear on the 1953 provin- \ cial voters' list for the Fort George riding, provincial government officials disclosed this week.
A record number of registrations were filed in the Provincial
Government Building here lasljonce, for which the Okanagan
voters Regi
I California.
' Paul Wright of the Public Library Commission here, accompanied by Mrs. Wright, left Friday morning by cor for Kelowna where Mr. Wright.will attend the P..C. Librarv Association confer�
At the Civic Centre on Friday evening, 68 young people ranging in age from six to 21 attended the inaugural meeting o� Prince George Youth Centre and dedicated the organization, which' will fill a long-felt want in the community, to the provision of healthful exercises, gymnastics, and a high standard of moral conduct.
Decision pt the young people to form a Youth Center here was reached after preliminary organizational work by four young men interested in the physical and moral advancement of the younger generation.
They are: Ron Anthony,. salesman, Mott Electric: Gale Gal-braith, salesman, Gosse Cold Stor. age Ltd.; Do:< Applin, PGE tie inspector, and Glen Hawkins, whose weight lifting feats have thrilled city sport .fans.
At Friday's meeting a committee was. formed to supervise the activities of the Centre and the conduct of the members. Member; are: Marline Mintern, 15: Mary Radcliff, 17: Sharon McDowulf, J3; Tony Klotz. 10: Harold Mann. 11; Jim'Hay. 21; Eric Crone. 19; and Bill Dagg, IS.
The committee will meet every two weeks.
It was decided that the gymnasium will open at 7:.'{0 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Children under the age of 15 will be required to.leave in time to comply with the 9:4."i p.m. cur-
Monday when 455 new
line.
Although 2000 new names will appear on the list, an undetermined number of names which appeared in the last' list � will be .cancelled.
Despite the cancellations, however, it is expected more than 10,000 people will have the right to vote in Fort George.
Cancer Tag Swells Campaign Funds
Local campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society got a welcome boost Saturday when $485.63 was taken in'by a'tag day. . No house to house canvas will be conducted organizers note, and individuals are urged to forward donations to P.O. Box '2,80, Prince George. Cheques and money orders should be made payable to Canadian Cancer Society.
._......Library is host. They
aTe-expectevoman known as Ethel Martin ami Ethel Campbell was returned here by was Royal . Canadian Mounted Police i mai from Terrace on Friday to face
Two Lakes OperrAs Troiit Season/Starts
: Ice went out nr at least two local lakes at the week-end and one party of oity anglers yesterday accounted for a half dozen, trout in le,x The woman/was arrested last week after !>he had been identified as the/person who took SI SO from a nYan's pocket; in a city beer parlor.
Victim of tlje theft was Walter Mosurj a woodsworker.
/The accused was remanded in police court Saturday and bail was set at $3000.
Lake�which.-yielded a half dozen rainbows on the evening rise. Opening day^-for lake fishing" on Saturday. Streams will remain closed until Mav 24.
Little Change
Littlo change in the current, weather pattern is indicated by today's forecast from the airporr. meteorological station. Cloudy the remainder of today and on Tuesday with a few sunny periods Tuesday, the prediction rejpis; continuing mild with light winds, low and hish temperatures expected, 42 and 62 degrees.
Off The Wires Today
Canadian Press�May 4
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Iron Ore Smelter Looms For West Coast
VICTORIA�An iron ore smelting industry will be established in British Columbia, Mines Minister R. E. Sommers announced today.
Quebec Metallurgical Industries Ltd. of Ottawa, a subsidiary of Frobish�r Ltd., has entered into negotiations with Western Canada Steel Company Ltd. of Vancouver for establishment of a joint iron ore smelter. The minister said the smelter presumably will be located in the Vancouver area.
Frobisher Interests have at Zeballos on Vancouver Island what p considered to be the best deposit of high-grade iron ore -on the B.C. coast.
! IWA, Coast Lumber Operators Deadlocked
i VANCOUVER�Application has been made for a government concilia-
\ tion officer in the woge dispute of 32,000 coastal woodworkers. tnter-: national Woodworkers of America applied Saturday for a conciliator after ' contract negotiations with 160 operators broke down Friday. j A strike in the big industry was threatened by IWA demands for o-
wage increase of 15 cents an hour to bring the basic rate to $1.60. Operators have countered with a proposal that wages remain unchanged at the 1,952 level. ' "