L/nce George Girl Wins \op Scholastic Award
A prnCe George girl has topped her classmates in the Matriculation examinations and has won a coveted
mce
e
hest
.General's silver medal
dent is Lavinia | "lie '''T^ht'cr of Mr. and Mrs. | {!-" pi-oese,"' 1850 Seventh . a ,u,deni at'St. Ann's Aca-
i'U!3�caine as a complete ,
to the lS-year-old �irl; M-er expected to win it,"
,�!i<Avas81.
Lavin,i.\will begin junior.elerfcvwith the ji Service here, but 'plans to nursing nest year al\St. ill's Hospkai in Victoria.^s nmencement services at her will be hold September 25, the silver medal will be kI. l.;ivini;i is not sure-yet 'ther-.she will attend-the serv-
Fall Assize Court Opening Postponed
Opening of Fall Assize, originally scheduled for today, has been
} delayed- until Wednesday.
The postponement was made at the request of Mr. Justice Coady,
. who will preside at the sitting. It is expected that only civil cases will be heard. .
' In County Court last week, Walter J. Hampton was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for theft of goods from' Hein Jewelry on August 21. He pleaded not guilty.
Lyle Doolittle was fined $50 for breaking and entry and wilful damage to a city home on July 15.
Claude pqeaire elected' jury
trial when he-appeared on a
^charge of entering a home with
inier^t,4o"commit an indictable
offense.
Charge \of indecent assault against Wilfiajn Paschal was dismissed. \.
ix Postmen Named ir Delivery Service
Three Post-Office Department officials from Vancouver Jin the city todoy an3 six Tetter carriers are being trained reparation for the inauguration of door-to-door mail deliv-
|September 28.
ving. successfully passed the
iifd civil service examina-
. the following men will
knocking oil doors a week
today, following ' a brief
-ceremony on the post-office
Donald J. Tosoff, William
[nnn, Frank Harone, Donald
liainberlain, E, E. Erickson
\V. Meadows. |rrc to complete plans for the. mail service are Inspector Heid. J. (VConnell, staff ping officer, and G. C. Stew-| superintendent of letter car-
�re will he -one delivery , i!)"'ho residential areas, and [deliveries in the -business |n:i of the city; Businessmen �get-mail both in the morning
aftsciic
"). and mail arriving
Vancouver on the noon will lie delivered to them syed boxes, jr these have not Provjded,they must get their Hie general delivery wick-householders will not be 111 U> retain lock boxes rft �t-offiee.
officials have pointed ock boxes can be used residing outside
filial I'.v thos
/cry area, clubs and and certain busi-
spital Group Holds fcessful Taq Day
>� very successful' tag held here Saturday by f 'lie Women's Auxii-I'rince George and
ness firms whore it is considered to be warranted by the P.O. Department.
PARCELS
It was' also explained that persons taking advantage of the door-to-door service will also obtain free delivery of parcels by vehicles -and will also get quick delivery of "special delivery" letters by messenger.
Postmaster Wallace Mulligan and other postal officials have expressed satisfaction with the co-operation being received from the public on the eve of the new service. At - the same, time they announced that the number, of directory cards returned had been '�disappointing," and stressed that this was the key to the success of the delivery system.
"Most Celebrated Doffed Road In B.C."
Williston Deplores Lade Of Prince George-McBride Link
The road from Prince George to McBride is "the most celebrated dotted road on the map of B.C.'.' Ray Williston, MLA for Fort George, told the B.C.-Legislature last week as he devoted a good portion of his address-in reply to the Throne Speech to what he would like more generally known as the "Upper Fraser Valley." i �------------------------------------
Blood Donors Urged To Honor Pledges
BCHIS Policy, Delinquents, Blamed For Seven-Month Hospital Deficit
During the first seven months of thisyear Prince George and District Hospital had an operating deficit of $14,300 and Hospital Board members place the blame for this situation on insistence of the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service that hospitals operate at the 1952 budget level.
Text of Mr. Williston's reinai'ks follows:
Some people think that the wedge-shaped valley funnelling out, of. th_e Coast Range at Hope is the only Fraser Valley. N'o one will doubt its productivity and importance.
The annual Red Cross Blood Clinic opens here tomorrow; with a backing of 1300 pledges to help
However, Port George would it reach the objective of 1000 pints like to see it properly designated �f blood., as the Lower
Fraser Valley so that: proper publicity and attention can be given- to the Upper Fraser Valley stretching west-
. The three-day clinic will operate both afternoons and evenings at the CCF Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
ward from the Alberta border a | Chairman John Morrison em-distance of more than one nun- phasizes . . that pledge-signers dred eighty miles, with McBride ! should make every effort to keep as its centre. From this valley j their appointments, to make sure last year more than 125,000,000 that the Prince George drive goes board feet of lumber were pro- j over the top.
duced which had a conservative.1 valuation of $8,750,000. j
At the same time""better than three-quarters of a million dol-
city
once a year, and this will be the only opportunity for persons wishing to give blood.
He also asked that all persons possible attend the clinic in the afternoons, as the evenings are more rushed, due to the atten-
[ars"jjrTstunjpa~ge "and "royalties! dance of working persons.
were paid into the provincial The cIinic onlv visits the
treasury. This was no flash in the pan.
In 1951, 121,000,000 board feet of
lumber were produced and in I
1950, 103,000,000 board reet. This
year indicated production . is ap- j
prpximately 135,000,000 board
�feet.
^Besides this, $200,000 worth of
cedaivpoles and fence posts were
marketetllast year. The moSKm0^6*'"*-dairy farm
Another factor contributing, to the r,ed ink on hospital books is that the number of uninsured self-responsible patients, admitted to the hospital in the first seven months of, 1952 totalled 21 percent.
An alarming number of these patients,leave the hospital without paying their bills, and the board and management of the city hospital are threatening to put additional emphasis on a "get tough" policy toward, delinquent and non-insured patients.
Chief reason for the unsatisfactory state of hospital finances is an edict issued by BCHIS last spring which forces the hospital to operate on a fixed budget principle without taking into account an across-the-board wage increase recently granted to all employees, and a 3.7 per cent increase in the occupancy- rate , during the first eight months of this year, which has brought higher food and laundry bills.
Based on the number of estimated hospital days, the city hospital has been allowed a fixed sum with which to pay operating costs this year with rates set by BCHIS.
If the estimated number of patient days is exceeded, $9.90 is deducted for each patient day; if the. number of patients is under the estimate, �2.75 is deducted for each patient. .
In effect, this penalizes all hospitals where the occupancy rate is higher than the 1952 level.
During the first eight months of this year the average occupancy
at Prince George hospital was 78 per cent, compared with 71.3 per cent in 1952 and 63 per cent in 1951.
( During the last month the women's ward was. occupied 100 per cent of the time; men's ward,' 78 per cent; maternity ward, 83 per cent;' private and semi-private wards, 45 percent; isolation ward, 79 per cent, and 'children's ward, 48 per cent. The hospital has a capacity of
'85 adults and 17 newborn patients.
Commenting on the financial problem of the hospital, a member of the board stated: "Had we been permitted to operate on the basis of our 1953 estimate, taking into consideration the recent salary increases, instead of being forced to hold the line at last year's budget level, the hospital, through increased occupancy, would have had a small surplus
'at the end of July instead of a deficit of more than $14,000."
ARRESTED ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Robert Mitchell,' charged with assaulting an elderly man in* a downtown hotel last week, was arrested in the same building later in the week. He was released following preliminary hearing, on $1000 bail. ,
Four persons were convicted this morning of driving while impaired and each paid fines of $150.
Otherwise the . week-end was fairly quiet in police circles with no major accidents reported.
Cariboo M.P. Attends | Legislature Opening
j Bert R. Leboe, newly' elected member for parliament for Cariboo, left ,by plane Monday, for Victoria where he attended the opening of the B.C. Legislature on Tuesday.
j On Thursday Mr. Leboe attend-' ed a meeting of the board of the B.C. Social Credit League in Victoria. He returned to Prince
i George at the week-end.
Rotary Governor Here On Official Mission
Strike Vote Sept. 25
A strike vote among woodsmen in the Prince George and northern interior area will be taken on September 25, it was announced following a meeting of the IWA policy committee in Vancouver Saturday.
The-decision followed a vote-token lost week when 93 percent of the union members favored acceptance 6i the Conciliation Boora1 award granting junc}lco,]
1 Dr. W. .Bruce Gordon, a resi- ;----
dent of Courtenay, V.I., and a 'member of Rotary since 1940, paid an official visit to Prince , George Rotary Club on Friday as � governor ,of District 151. j While in the city Dr. Gordon . i met President Alex Bowie and the executive officers and committee chairmen of the club, was guest speaker at a noon luncheon, and attended a club assembly at Summit Lake Lodge where members were the guests of Ro-I tarian Dr. John Mac Arthur. 1 Introduced ' by Jack Carbutl, program chairman, at the weekly in the Elks Hall. Dr.
them an across-the-board wage increase of 6 cents on hour. At the some (5orcion traced the historv of Ro-
in this province is located at Gis-
come. With newNiiethods of for-, .
age harvesting specifically suited fime millwOrkers employed in mony operotions votedfo apply for o govern- iary international
to this couhtrv expansion in ment-supervised strike vote if the award is not occepted by the operators, ception in 1005 by
x)th dairying and beef cah-le_ production appears almost unlimited. POTATOKS
More potatoes were produced in and around McBride than in any one section of the north-central interior. The report of the-Department of Agriculture indi-cate's 700 tons were shipped and ai the same time states that one major wholesaler in Prince George brought in half of his potato needs and the other far more than half. .
Cattle, grain, and seed production showed an over-all, increase of one-third in productive value in the last year. .
As you can see I am not talking about potentials�I am talk-(See WILLISTON, Poge 2)
since Paul
its in-Harris
Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association rejected the oword of the
ew lonely old men met
conciliators shortly after it wos announced ond the operators have remained weekly ill Chicago. He s.ajd it silent on the latest action of IWA members. , takes a new member a fvw years
Union officials state next Friday's vote will likely result in endorsation 'to realize liis full responsibilities.
of strike action unless there is a change in the employees' attitude.
Parents Committee Fails � To Change Board Opinion
School Board niembers had an answer for every query put to them by a parent's committee Thursday night^at a meeting to protest the transfer of classes from King George V to the
" th
'l Hospital. '()t;il amount
collected
V.} iast year's contribution, r' approximately $800. The r win be used to buy f01% the children's ward hospital.
?mIv. the auxiliary .has :i sterilizer, kindergarten
t'?"'ls-
l*l.ilont
Ramos and other
Cameron
IS, ^ IX J- Cameron .. Ui hanks to the Hudson's
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"rincc George Shoe l�cir contributions of
fa!(1 for the tag day. '7' sh0 tlianlvocl
Wilt
|tho tag
1 s"PPort
all
out to
rJa>'i and the public
nunnv
t0
n-ew Connaught School.
However, the board promised to make every effort to see that a walking thoroughfare will be| provided from the city centre to the new school so that children will not have to walk along the arterial highway on Victoria Street on their way to school.
Hoard members pointed out that in the' modern school system the tendency is to get away ! from the idea that there arc special schools for specific districts. There arc a certain number of classes for each grade, and it is a question of placing the children by grades. �
When a certain area has a large school population, greater than can be handled by the schools in that area, then extra classes must be absorbed by the next nearest schools, members said.
Jn the spanking new Connaught School,'it has been found necessary to convert a utility room into two classrooms.
Rather than split, up classes, the Board decided to transfer a Grade 6 class from King George V to Connaught.
This year there arc sufficient classrooms to accommodate- dll students without reverting to the vshift system, but with the expected growth south of Twentieth Ave. and at VLA property,- the
u'iKs t -----.��*>�! I.AH.HU- Board expects that next year Con
of M('s!;ilf '"embers of the naught School will be filled to
^iiv' nf !t>a1' Wno handled capacity with pupils from the,
�i the money. . immediate vicinity and there is
a possibility some children will have to attend shift classes in some areas again until a new school is built in the south Central district.
Members of parents commit--tec were Mrs. H. MacMillan, Mrs. H. B. King, Mrs. Newman,- V. A. Blue, R. B. Douglas;" N. tT. Izow-sky and Wilf Oltsl
Loyalty Dinner Sparks Church Building Drive
I The idea that the Rotary' Club .functions as merely a -.luncheon I club is replaced by fellowship, and � the full realization of the Rotary ' motto: "Service Before Soil."
Rotary International, which has �JOO.000" members in S(5 countries, has no religious beliefs or . political adherences, but brings friendships, happiness and a sense Pronounced the largest function of its kind ever held in of obligation to the community,
. ., >. . , i.. , -p, , i Dr. Gordon said,
the city, 337 adherents of Knox United Church on Thursday Some monibcr, bo]ievc too mUch
stress is placed on regular attendance, but the speaker, pointed out that a member who is careless about, his attendance record "is depriving a map of equal or better calibre from joining and working for Rotary, since only one ^member of a trade or profession is allowed in any one "ckjb."
The district governor.' who startedxhis tour August 12, recently visited eight clubs in Alaska where hc^found a '"strong spirit of international friendship."
evening were seated at a Loyalty^Dinner^in the C.C.F; Hall as guests of the budget and building fund committee.
On Friday evening 50 members of the canvassing committee, division leaders, team captains and
hostesses met in the church hall to officially launch a campaign for $100,000 in pledges for the purpose of building a new edifice for one of the pioneer churches of B.C.'s northern from tier.
Jack Lee and a corps of chefs from the' Prince George Hotel Cafe, ably assisted by a score of girl residents of the high school dormitory, were complimented on the efficient manner they served the large throng with an appetizing three-course dinner.
The anthem. "O Lord Most Holy," was sung by the senior choir, with.-Miss Jean Rustad as soloist.
Later the choir led the assembly in the singing of a number of popular melodies.
Chairman John Mallis called on Division Leaders Duncan Munro
Off The Wires Today
(Canadian Press�Monday, September 21)
Canadians See Newest Craft At Air Force Day
R.C.A.F. gove a public glimpse of its might ond prowess Saturday at air shows held across the land in connection with the seventh annual Air Force day.
The Toronto display cost the life, of Sqdn. Ldr. Raymond Green of Ottawa, whose Sabre Jet plunged into Lake Ontario during low-lcvef aerobatics before 60,000 horrified spectators^
The Vancouver turnout wos 20,000. Watchers at Sea Island airport thrilled to a flying display by Lancoster, Mustang, Harvard and Vampire aircraft.
Nude Douk's Lament Fate Of Imprisoned Brethren .
KRESTOVA-�Sons of Freedom Doukhobors, tome in the nude, conducted o tearful service of mourning Sunday for imprisoned members of thcir-fanatical sect.
Sorrowful Russian hymns were sung in" an outdoor service at this rom-shakle Doukhobor headquarters in the Kootenays. Seven women stripped, thereby showing* their belief in a cult which proclaims man must shed all evidence of worldly possessions to be equal before God.
About 200 persons, including non-Doukhobor sightseers, watched during the two-hour service bewoiling the fate of 144 sect members now irtv
a nil Dr. Julian Tabcsriess to introduce the team captains. Jack Hotel!, Gus Lund, Jaclb-^osse, Jim McLellan, Dr. WilliairNAit-ken, Gordon N'icol. Dr. J. hi^ Evans and .Bruce Scholton. SI*KAKE!tS
Speakers at the :flower-bedeck-Q<1 head table were Mrs." F. V. Hut ton, chief hostess; David Friisor, who outlined in a humorous vein the history of the Unit-j ed Church in Fort George; Jack j
Hritell, Sunday School .superinten- He still has 50 clubsNuv visit dent; Lars Strom, Miss Jean Sar-1 in the district, which includcs^the gent, John Morrison, Mrs. D. I Fraser Valley, Vancouver and the. Boult and Rev. Gordon McLaren, state of Washington as far south
I'dnce Rupert,
Later he visited I'umce I Srniihers and Hums bake.
They stressed "sacrificial giving" as the theme of the campaign, appealing to listeners to "give what you can afford�and then a little more." The need of the giver to give�-rather than the -church's need�was also stressed.
John Morrison announced that $3(),000 had already been pledged I to the campaign, and immediately following the dinner and
DR. W. BRUCE GORDON
color," he said, "and the French put on ;i mighty spectacle for the Rotarians."
Jii England he found a good spirit and a detcnnin;ition to make ii complete recovery from two wars which had left the country nearly prostrate. Avoiding the more publicized portions of the Coronation, Dr. Gordon told of sidelights which showed that "while tho British conduct their rituals with solemnity and dignity, they never lose their sense of humor.!'.
'At the Summit Lake Lodge gathering .'JO members enjoyed a delicious roast beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner served by. the staff, und many complimentary remarks were heard regarding the high Standard of the cuisine and'the pleasant atmosphere, of. the large dining-hall.
Following the generous repast, Governor Gordon Heard detailed reports from Treasurer 4utt, Xo.nnan Napier, Martin Caine and Cy Westaway.
Next Rotary International contention will be held nt Seattle in Jun\v 3 051.
as Centralla.
Of Scotch descent. Dr. Gordon said lie is a third generation Can-! . . ^V�'i�� r ' C1
"and proud of it," and toidjJumor Chamber s rirst
of his annoyance with officials who insisted that__ he could not be described in this manner under the heading "racial origin."
Tht district.governor, who is a dentist, kept Rotnrians chuckling as he employed a good deal
I to wie campaign, aim muni'mui.....�- � �,'.,�. .
civ following the dinner and of �% �n describing a trip to i speeches the program was climax-1 J'arls and London last spring with
ed bv the announcement of "Pace his wife and two sons.
Setting Pledges" 'from canvass In Pans whore he attended an
Setting
leaders by name and amount.
This encouraged the workers to predict the "published goal" would be subscribed before the intensive phase of the canvass ends October .').
1 It >vas made quite clear to the friends and �members present, that although the canvass closes its completely intensive solicitation period on October .'3, .the program wjll continue in the "fol-1oav-up" and "collection" phases for 1H0 weeks.
N. D. Napier, canvass treasurer, will servo as chairman of the monitoring committee which will attend to the formation of the new committees.
The Wells Organizations of Canada Ltd., Toronto, are "the how" of the successful endeavour.
The new place of worship is
assembly of Rotary International along with more than 10,000 other Rotarians from 76 countries, he had some amusing experiences with French taxi drivers and theatre ticket agents. "Paris is.ndted for its noise and
Fall Meeting ^Tuesday
First fall session "blithe Junior Chamber of Cmmiierc.e will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday "at/the McDonald Hotel.
Besides regular business, discussion of the Post Office, ceremony marking the start of house mail delivery next Monday will be held.
�A; new progruin, based chiefly on a drive for increased membership, will be drawn up for the coining year, and hjter other activities will he undertaken. Interested persons are invited" to attend.
RCMP Alerted For Fleeing Texas Murderer
RCMP reported Sundoy that George Williom Kcndricks, 29, believed headed for Alaska from Texas, is wanted for murder, ond said thp .wanted man is believed to have been at Dawson Creek on Saturdoy driving a jeep with 1953 Texas Licence plotes.
) Police said they have set up a1 roadblock on the Alaska highway between Dawson Creek and Whitchorse, Y.T.-
A request from the FBI to arrest Kcndricks did not state whot murder he is wanted for. '- ;
Police believe there is little chance Kcndr.icks will evade RCMP patrols on the Alaska Highway and detachments stationed along the northern road.
RCMP officers in Prince George state it is unlikely Kendricks passed designed to eliminate over-crowd- through Prince George on his (light to northern B.C.. The wanted man was'
prisoned in Vancouver on charges arising from nude protests of government ' ing-, especially In the Sunday seen last week at Buttc, Montano, which would in all probability take him insistence thot they send their children to school, � (See KNOX DINNER, Poge 8) over the"Edmonton-Dawson Creek road.