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Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, July 2, 1953
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omefy High School Student 'Al/ss Prince George'
We! Wealluf Takes $10,000 Screen May Toll Of Jobs Here I End Gravel Problem
Seventeen-year-old Annette fehorka will represent Prince ge at the Pacific National Ihibition queen contest next fnth;
The winsome high school stu-j pt won put over five other of Ince George's . loveliest teeners at final judging in the Civic jritre last night.
\ resident of Sinclair Mills, An-jtte has been living in the High j
iool dormitories for the. past;
ir while she completed Grade
at the Prince George High liool.
Before leaving for the PNE con contest, where represent a-'es of cities throughout. British Mumbia will compete for a $1000 aney bag and the title of "Miss s'E" Annette will receive a com-:le wardrobe with compJiments
the local Kinsmen. Before final decision was given the civic centre dance last \i\n, the six_ queen candidates �re guests of judges at a lunch-in and tea during the -afternoon j included Mrs. A. Bowie, Mrs. L. E.
ten they were quizzed on their j jiowledge of Prince George and rrerit affairs. Mrs. L. "T. Maxwell was chair-
in of the panel of judges, which
Fulmer, Norman Napier, Ray Wil-lision, and. R. G. Caine.
Gordon Bryant was chairman of the Kinsmen sponsored queen contest.
Constable Take *rizes At Talent Show
A young city entertainer who took part in the first motion cture produced in Canada won first prize in the Kinsmen �onsored talent show, held in the Civic Centre Tuesday evens'
Two Auto Victims In City Hospital; Driver Charged
Two persons were admitted to Prince George & District Hospital late yesterday afternoon as a result of injuries sustained when a late model panel truck plunged off the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway about a half mile west of the city.
Ernest Buck, driver of the vehicle, was unhurt but has been charged with driving while his ability was impaired by alcohol.
According to police-Buck's ve-| hide careened off the surfaced portion of the highway and rolled over twice before coming to rest ! on its side at the bottom of a 15-foot bank.
Under observation in hospital today and suffering from shock is Mabel Salonas, an Indian woman. Wellington Stafford, a logger, second passenger in the light truck, is being treated for leg injuries which, include a possible fracture.
The accident took place shortly after 6 p.m. yesterday. An ambulance removed the injured to hospital. �
Damage to Buck's truck is estimated at around $1000.
Carol Thomas received first �izc df $50 for her interpretation "Can't Get a Man with a Gun." A. clerk at Wood's drug store, isH Thomas played the role of o Princess in th? children's pic-re "The Changeling Princess" at
fie age of eight.
Winner of top marks in the petition class of the Music and rama Festival held here recent-
�, Miss Thomas was also "Miss ancouver" in the year of the nisi city's Diamond Jubilee. Talmud vocalist Robert King
ink the S2~> second prize money
i the talent show. A member of the local detach-ent of the R.CMP Mr. King udied "for a number of years
nder a former member of the in Carlo Opera Company, A winner of many medals for stival performances', he has
cen a member of Knox Church
enio'r Choir since coming to
rince George. Third prize of $1.0 went- to
ning performers Eugene and Hen Askeland. The eight and
inc-year-old brother and sister jtiam played a violin and accord-in duet tc| win the prize,
j Special mention at the show
J/eni to young vocalist Beth Olts.
A Rotary Club team led by
forrimy "Wlngy" Richardson was
[insmen May Net 12000 On Carnival
Around $2000 will go into the
!insmen Club's swimming pool ind as a result of the two day [in Karnival which came to a |ose here early this morning.
PatVOglivie, treasurer of the jarnivnl, said that1 the gross take was in the vicinity of $1700,, but added that some amendments this figure are expected. Of this the Kinsmen should net iround $2000 for the proposed city gttimining pool.
The money came from dance admissions, a talent show on Tuesday night, the queen con-itost and the Civic Arena midway.
leavy Rains Flood jriboo Highway
Following heavy rains which
Brenched most parts of Central
l.C. yesterday and early this
�cek,'the Cariboo Highway north
if Quesnel is reported by incom-
ft'g jfiotptists to be in near-inv
tassahle condition at.a number of
points.
I Nortlj and south of Quesnel [where gravelling and reconstruc-Iton -Is in progress the heavy {downpours have turned the rpap rway into a sea "of mud and water land some cars are experiencing difficulty in getting through.
Motorists � reaching Prince George assert the only solution i.< additional maintenance crews. They say a continuance of the "wet weather may result in a virtual closure of the road at several points.
judged best amongjrt the service club comedy entries;
Other members of the Rotary singing quartet wei*e Ian Evans, Alec Clark and J. McLellan.^ i Kinsmen were only club to compete with the Rotary, entering Sid Perry; Bud Bell, Hal Hetherington and Ivan Boyd.
Judges under chairmanship of Bert Twiss, included Merlin Bunt, Mrs. Ivan Blaqk, Frank Perry and Reece Thomas.
Chuck Ewart was in charge of production.
Some 1500 people turned out to watch the exhibition of local talent, and contribute . S1S5 in silver collection to the Kinsmen swimming pool fund.
Tax Receipts Soar Over July 1 Holiday
Tax receipts at City Hall within the past 48 hours have exceeded $100,000 and are still mounting, City Clerk D. T. Williams disclosed today.
Hundreds of city taxpayers have taken advantage of a special arrangement-made by the city for holiday-reniittaifr^'oT'1953 taxes a fid special arrangements were made with the p ;t office for early sorting of all July 1 mail.
Actually the city's tax deadline was at the close of business on Tuesday, but officials extended the deadline 24 hours over the holiday.
Complete total of last minute receipts is not yet known, but the year's total so far is in excess of $220,000.
Penalty of 5 per, cent goes on all late tax remittances.
Led In All Counts
Social Credit Delegates Endorse Bert R. Leboe
Waves of applause from 181 voting delegates and a large number of visiting party members rang through the big auditorium of South Peace River High School at Dawson Creek Monday afternoon with the announcement that Bert Raymond Leboe, prominent Prince George lumberman, had been elected Social Credit candidate for Cariboo riding in the forthcoming federal election. |
Three other names were placed before the convention. They were .lames McKelvie of" Wells, Stan Carnell of Dawson Creek and Lew L?King of Prince George.
Mr. King was formerly Social Credit MLA for Fort George, but failed in a bid to get party endorsement at a convention preceding the provincial election early this month.
Delegates attended from every part of the riding, including 80 from Prince George and district.
Mr. Leboe led on all three elimination ballots, receiving heavy support from delegates from central portions of the rid-J ing and the endorsement of many from northern and southern sections.
Air. Carnell appeared as the second choice on all ballots.
As results of the final ballot were announced, Mr. McKelvie went to the platform and requested delegates from the Wells-Ques-nel area to pledge whole-hearted support to Mr. Leboe.
Mr. Carnell also assured the successful nominee of his support
and that of all delegates from the Peace River area.
Both defeated candidates then went to Mr. Leboe's seat in the Convention hall and personally congratulated him.
Ray G. Williston of Prince George, who was recently elected member for Fort George in the Provincial Legislature, was convention chairman, and many congratulatory remarks were heard regarding the smooth and orderly manner in which the proceedings were conducted.
At night about 300 jubilant party supporters attended a ban4-quet and rally in the Windsor Hotel.
BERT LEBOE
Moose Signs To Curb Traffic Violators
Traffic speed violators on Victoria Street, First Avenue and at the power station will be appealed to soon by large illuminated signs bearing the warning'"Protect Our Children."
The signs, made of scotchlite material which is visible in the (lark, are being erected by members of the city Moose Lodge and will bear the Moose crest.
The signs were presented to the' local lodge by its. supreme body when local members succeeded in passing a membership quota set by the lodge.
Civic Affairs chairman Al Eng-dahl is looking after the project.
Unsuitability of local gravel in l
Wet weather throughout the Prince George area for the past
three weeks is having a noticeable roads and highways may become effect on the ' district's employ- a thinS of the past later this seas ment picture, Unemployment Insurance Commission officials declared today.
� Some 420 'unemployed received U.I.C. benefits here ^ast week indicating to labor observers that
ils natural state for surfacing of
on with purchase by the Provin- cial Public Works Department of
there are from 1500 to-1800 unemployed in the district.
a portable vibrating screen unit. Divisional Engineer D. D. God said today that plans to pur are in the
final stages. He said the unit will greatly improve the surfaces of unpaved roads' throughout the
A commission spokesman said district an(j will practically elimin this morning that a number of ate damage to the undersides of
cars by large boulders.
The unit should pay for itself in a short time, the engineer said He said that much of the pit-
sawmills have never reopened following the usual spring shut-
down as a result of wet weather. In addition, a lack of heavy
construction projects is contribut- run gravel in this district contains
too large for final sur-
ing to the unemployment totals.. Last year large numbers of dis-trict men were employed
boulders facjng. These boulders end up costing
Mcrrgifi Of Victory
Social Creditor Ray Williston achieved an overall majority in the provincial election race in Fort George on Tuesday with a total of 3509 votes after absentees and C.C.F. second choices had been counted.
slackness out of the lumber industry.
Pentecostal Church Must Change Plans
P.G.E. construction, at the Ken-j the public works department a ney Dam and at a nearby Depart-. iot of money because, along with ment of National Defence project. tne grave] being used, they must
It is believed a change to warm- be loaded, carried to the job, un-er weather will take most of the loaded and then thrown off to the
side.
"At the same time," the engineer went on, "we cannot get enough of these boulders when we need them."
With the vibrating screen in use, coarser material will be cast aside and will remain in stockpiles in each gravel pit.
Plans of the Pentecostal congre- j Mr. Godfrey said that the gation to build a new $25,000 screen can be equipped to supply church building here have been I gravel in any sizes. Trucks merely altered as a result of a city coun-j back under the screen, which is cil decision refusing the church's application to sub-divide its present property at Sixth Avenue and Brunswick Street.
Rev. A. F. Kenney said today that instead of erecting the proposed new building which would have seated about 400 persons, additions will be built onto the present church more than doubling its capacity to around 300 persons.
Originally the church made application to the city to divide three lots at the corner of Brunswick Street and Sixth Avenue on which rests the present church and the Pentecostal manse.
The church's plan Involved selling of the present church and the propei Godfrey declared today.
The engineer said that the pulva-mix surface will start immediately north of the city "and will keep going until it is stepped by weather!" .
He said the minimum goal this year is to surface the Hart Highway as far as Salmon Valley, but he added that the department is prepared to go as far as Summit Lake or farther If weather permits.
Pulva-mix surfacing cannot be carried out to advantage during excessively wet weather.
The preliminary surface to be laid down this year along the Hart road likely presages a full scale hot-mix paving job next year.
The project was first announced here over a week ago by Public Works Minister P. A. Gaglardi.
The crew which will start the pulva-mix surfacing here is currently completing a similar project on the northern portion-of the Hart Highway near Arras.
Pulva-mix paving is carried out by mixing the asphalt with gravel ,on the road surface rather than in one of the special furnaces used in hot-mix paying.
Prior to a start on paving the south end of the John Hart road, local works crews will spread ap-
Mr. Toombs has a full list of j proximately 5000 cubic yards of
crushed rock along its surface.
tape recordings of music, sermons and highlights of the Youth Congress and will play them for members and friends who attend the SDA Church Sabbath morning services this Saturday.
Mr. Toombs is superintendent of the Sabbath School which convenes at 9:30 a.m.
Terrace Bridge To Close For 48 Hours
Provincial Public Works Department officials announced this Between 10,000 and 15,000' morning that traffic over the youths from North, Central and ' Skeena River.bridge on the Nor-South America attended the con-, tnGrn Trans-Provincial Highway gress. Among special press offic-1 l5t Ten-ace will come to a halt for
fe� hours commencing at 6 am on
hours commencing at 6 a.m. on
ers for the congress were Ed,
Peterson, of the B.C! conference,! _,.... . . .
and Rill� Soloniuk, formerly dis- The.closure,-js necessitated by trict leader for the Prince ,George work on ,tne accent new C.N.R.
Kitimat branch bridge. Contractors erecting the new
bridge will move the present
highway bridge onto new piers. Westbound motorists should
time their trips to evade the clos-
area.
Purpose of the congress was to organize youth for a "Share Your Faith" program of Christian evangelism.
^The program includes clinics for marriage, war service and career problems, . together with workshops and the "Power Hour" for devotions.
Special features included a panorama of missions, a telecast show, and a special parade. There are lot) SDA churches in Canada, with a membership of 12,000] '
cd period due to the fact that no
other crossing .on cxists at that point.
the Skeena
HBC Store Instate Sprinkler System
Vancouver workmen are completing the installation of a sprinkler sy.sj.em for fire protection in the Hudson's Bay Co. store at Third Avenue and Quebec .Street and work will be completed early next week.
One of the first in the city, the system will reduce fire risk to a minimum.
City public works employees started excavating this morning on Third Avenue to connect a six-inch water main to the unit
I
Work Started On, Road Revision
Work is already well underway on reconstruction of about a half mile of the1 Northern Trans-provincial Highway some 20 miles west of here where a 10-foot diameter culvert will replace the �present Swede Creek bridge.
Despite heavy rains which have all but put a halt to brush burning over the half mile right-of-way, public works officials ^ are confident a star*t will be made on the culvert installation within the present month.
The section of road to be built will require a substantial lift to keep the travelled portion well above the soft ground through which it is to be built.
Cost of the project, including the culvert itself, is estimated at $15,000.
went 95 to Williston, 73 to DezeU and (52 to Bond.
Final count in the riding was Williston 3509 and Dezell 2173.
RAY WILLISTON
Alternate Ballots Give Bennett Govt. Majority
VANCOUVER, July 2�Social Credit appeared today to be marching toward a majority government in British Columbia with final success hinging on continued strength in the
multiple-seat ridings.
Retaining or leading in interior seats it captured in 1952, and making Inroads for the first time on Vancouver Island, the party now looks to big city ridings for a working majority in the 48-seat legislature.
Tuesday, the to-be-continued provincial election picked up
SOCIAL CREDIT ELECTED
Cariboo�W. R. T.. ChetwynU, unchanged.
Chilliwack�W. K. Kiernan, unchanged.
Columbia�R. O. Newton, unchanged.
......... ___...... s.....__ _ Dewdney � Lyle Wicks,
where it left off three'weeks ago|cllanKecI and, there was no change in a trend which showed itself voting day.
Latest standing showed:
ELECTED�vSocinl Credit, 11); CCF, 12; Liberal, 3; Progressive Conservative, 1; Labor, 1.
LEADING�Social Credit, 10; CCF, 2j
With 19 seats in the bag�the same number with which it formed a minority government in 1952�Social Credit was six seats short of a working majority.
The Vancouver ridings�still a riddle in the counting confusion� could provide this strength, lack of which toppled Premier W. A. C. Bennett's minority government after seven stormy months in office. OPPOSITION
CCF, ft appeared, would again form the official opposition under school principal Arnold Webster who, like Premier Bennett,'was one of the first to be declared elected in the June 9 balloting.
Defeated by Social Credit in last year's June 12 voting. Liber-
Esquimalt�Herbert J. Bruch, gain from CCF.
Fort.George�Rtfy Williston, unchanged.
Kamloops�P. A. Gaglurdi, unchanged.
North Okanagan � Lome H. Shantz, unchanged. �
Oralneca�Cyril M. Shelford, unchanged.
Peace Elver�Charles W. Parker, unchanged.
Rbssland-Trail�R. E. Somniers, unchanged.
Similkameen � Frank Richter, unchanged.
'South Okanagan�W. A. C. Bennett, unchanged.
-Irvin F. Corbett, unchang--J. D, Tisdalle, gain
als went into the with six members
new election and salvaged
three in counting Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sitting member Dr. Lorenzo Giovando has been the only Progressive Conservative elected.
Social Credit stormed into the Liberal stronghold of Victoria in counting' completed Wednesday night and captured all three seats there for a total of four on Vancouver Island.
As of Wednesday night' five of Premier Bennett's cabinet ministers had been returned to office. Education Minister Mrs. ' Tilly Rolston, meanwhile, was fighting it out in Vancouver-Point Grey, with Liberal leader Arthur Laing, while Health -Minister Eric Martin and Provincial Secretary Wesley Black were leading in their respective Jridings. Attorney-General Bonner was in the.lead with three-seat Point Grey with Mrs. Rolston. DISAPPOINTMENT
One disappointment for Social Credit was the defeat of Finance Minister Einur Gunderson in Oak Bay, where Progressive Conservative' leader Deane Finlayson also suffered personal defeat. The seat was won by Phillip Gibbs, Liberal, and sitting member.
Up to Wednesday night, Social Credit had gained two seats from the CCF and three from the Liberals. Liberals had gained one frqm CCF. and one from the Progressive Conservatives. In turn the Socialists gained one from the Liberals.
Blue Skies Not In Sight For Us Yet
Department of Transport weather experts here held out little hope this morning that clear skies would be seen over the district in. the immediate , future, but they predicted a "slow'improvement:-" I
Prince George's rainy season, which started early last montn, will definitely not end today or tomorrow. Afternoon showers are the forecast with clouds and cool temperatures.
. Winds will he light and vhc low tonight will be 15 degrees and the high tomorrow GO.
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Yale-ed. -
Sannich-from CCF.
Salmon Arm�J. Allen Reid, unchanged.
Victoria � C � Percy Wright, gain from Liberals.
Victoria�A�Mrs. Lydia Ar-sens, gain from Liberals.
Victoria�B�William X. Chant, gain from Liberals.
SOCIAL CREDIT LEADING
Vancouver Btirrard A � Eric Martin.
Vancouver Bur.rard B � Bert Price.
Vancouver Centre A�A lux Matthew. '
: Vancouver Centre B � George Mox ham.
Vancouver Point Grey A�Tom Bate.
Vancouver Point Grey B�R. W. Bonn or.
Vancouver Point Grey C�Mrs. Tilly Rolston.
Delta�Thomas Irwin.
Nelson Creston � Wesley D. Black]
North Vancouver�George Tqiii-linson.
CCF ELECTED
Alberni�Stanley J. Squire, unchanged.
Burnnv�E. H. Winch, unchanged.
Coin ox�W. C. Moore, unchanged.
Cowichan Newcastle � Rob'eVt M\ Strachan, unchanged.
Gr'anbrobk�Leo Ximsick, unchanged.
Grand Forks Greenwood�Rupert W. Haggen, unchanged.
Kaslo-Slocan�Randolph Harding, unchanged.
MacKenzie�A. J. Gargrave, unchanged.
Revelstoke�Vincent Segur, unchanged.
Skeena�Frank Howard, 'gain from Liberals.
Vancouver East 1? � Arnold Webster, unchanged.
Cert�A. B. Brown, gain from CCF.
Lillooet�Gordon Gibson, gain from Progressive Conservatives.
PROGKESSIVE CONSERVATIVES ELE< TKD
Xanaimo � Lorenzo Giovando, unchanged.
LAUOU EiiECTEn
Ferhie�Turn Uphill, unchanged.