An Independent Semi-Weekty Newipgper Devoted to the Interact of CerrrToJ_and Northern v �sh � .Columbia
[37; No. 15
(Two Sections}
Prince George, B.C., THMRSDAV/February %%t 1954
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Caffs For Tenders On ,000 J
Alderman Suggests Eject Curling Ciub
";ty Council Monday voted unanimously to call for tertd-what has been ��Hmot^d at an $81,000 civic centre )|\tion project -�but no* before oise alderman proposed ng the Prince George Curling pub from its present rink
and her said he is not prepared to "sacrifice other pro-in order to complete the centre this year.
i.ii--K.>n to call for tenders
t>t�
isolated action and led v,ith any motion
brtzu
g the expenauiire of
i/gram put fdrward Mbrv city building committee f1-Frank Clark would see lon of a iwo-Btorey struc-�, --..- front of the present nt:, cotHgTetlbn of the out-| -ails of ma^centre, installa-� heating, jilumWng. and
rnii a u Cliirk's propoual iiiM.tui o|ipoHltion front flfiaii Carrie Jane Gray (I �Mit that thT pro-Immpdiate allb'tf-. ruction of: club-
3riele an-4 ncfrkfavor of the i^ land trust fund mone
it meant curtailing
pro eets, s<
ne of which Jie.
found�the &o-U*tlorivfb ate when AldermariH\p scd that the city/Ca)l>ft>i* phases of-thp Inltlar In this \y.a^deterrnlne
{fi�ftes of the pro-Alderman Clark architectural fees
IT ion
ram outlined by the mtilttee�calls for cph-kUoru-of., art addition tp^the V-of Uu' centre -24 feet wide 16 fcfit long. �
Uie ground flotfr ofrtjrte ul,-ibde'rn addition "Would be, sp. nee, lobby, coatrob ins, foyer, 1x�Uj and wide steps up I xaiKlitorlum level. Top ?hikl house a banquet ft vide by 56 feet long, by lS^fqpt kitchen, a " sloragg room and spaci-tashreffms.
} addition will cost^cibout I') and its-construction would that existing space in the" building,would not be cut the facilities which included in the
that at the time of the plebiscite authorising the city to take over the centre numerous statements had been made concerning club-rboms for children and teen-agers ^sq that juvenile delinquency would be reduced. o
She said Alderman Clark's plan contained ho such clubrooms and on this basis she would not support it. , " �
KJKCT CURLKBS-
^ppd _the__eity_ "eject the curling chib at the end (See TENDfeftS^ Po0e 4) -,
Sentenced In Mail Theft Case
Three youths received. sentences up to 18 months in jalkhere midweek fqr their part in a case Ivtae theft from the malls" forgery
E/^EUiott, age 17, Ques-neVwa^ sentenced to 18 months In jail ohxflye charges of theft from the rmrtfe whileliewas an employee at PHnw; GeorgesPost OfficeHa^st summer^nd wasgiy-en ap/acttfl^ioriaj yearNeqncurrent sentence forxdealing irKforged documents. \\v
"Two other youthB,\Harold l�s L'llley and.James A. Fraser, received sentences pf one year in jail. Lilley was charged with forging an endorsement on a cheque while Fraser war charged wltn"' dealing in forged documents.
jiVreo pleaded guilty jo the
A fourth youth is still awaiting trial In connection with the case and a fifth must appear shortly in juvenile court.
The three who were" sentenced pleaded 'guilty before � County Court Judge H. M. Colgan.'
4�^( statement arthe council �
recom-approve
.�Uderinan Clark that it was^desfgned
iing usable and topro- m, the elements. RJrnian Carrie Jane Gray. �aid
Court Of Revision
. City ratepayers who wish to protest their assessment for side-walk^constructlon carried out last year under- a local-improvement bylaw will be able to appear be fore a court of revision herein March 15l.
-The court, consisting of the entire city council, will deal with
minimum to make the Tall matters pertaining to assess-
ment against property owners for ecovery of sidewalk construction
eWiresToday
. , (Canadion Press�Thursday, February 25)
Fire Menaces Liberty Ship in Gulf of Alask
CHORAGE, Alaska�The Liberrvvship SS Jomes^Lick^feported Wed-
Council To Discuss Huge School Budget
First 1954 budget meeting be-tweea city council and the board of trustees of School District Num-berv.57 wljl take place this week, a ci^y, official declared today.
The meeting wllf" discuss the school board's demand for a 1954 municipal contribution to educational costs of $346,000, the highest on record here and an increase of $96,000 over last year. 0
Unless the school budget is slashed the city's conVlbution would take over three fourths of Ihe city's annual revenue baseh-on last year's mill rate and this year's, assessment roll.
Last year the school-board cut-Its budget in talks with the city by enough to reduce the municipal share $30,000.
The city will be unable to prepare "its own 1954 budget until school district financing is finalized. . \
[oundl May Have Solution To :ood Store Hours Controversy
Three^Step Prog rom To BejAfgued Tonight
Prince George City Council^wiil. attempt to settle the con-bversy raging over houTs of closing for municipal food stores ifh .efiU.mated the cpmv bined annual allowable cut by the four firms will total about 60,-000,000 board feet. V ,; Also waiting a jJecTsi^n of the provincial cabinet and the Minister � oL Land^and Forestsf^s an applicatio^of The Pas' Lumber Co. L|d: for a management" H-cence'in the Parsnip River watershed nor;h of Prince George. , ' Forestrymen have estimated the annual cut which would be permitted within the. borders or the latter two management areas as approximately 45,000,000 y board feet.
Irf addition, PennvSlJriicB Mills Ltd. has applied fora, forest raah-agement licencp^overlng an area surrounding/Papoose, Slim and TumucVi/kfkes with the northern boundaiy-of the licensed area loft few miles south of Penny
Fou rth^iAver'Of fice For t>eferj<|e Chief
fe^nce co-6rdinatpr lor this, part J British Columbia will be located Avenue opposite the
Dentists, Doctors ie Fiuorid
^cal anil den--tar" expert&\are 100 per- cent tjc hind a proposed plan to institute artificial fluorluatlon Yiefe in the near future.
Corning~Hotel commencing next week. "\
City council Monday night confirmed leasing of the building as a headquarters for co-prdinator Jack Nicholson.
\ At present , Mr. 'Nicholson is iharing inadequate office space ij/the city ha-U. Rent for the new of flee ^g" ?50 a month arid half.of this arooOnt will be paid by the provincial civil defence organiza-
*qs afire but in no immediate--danger 80 the Gulf of Alaska.
les west of Cope,;
enroute to Scword and Valdez",
rted the fire broke out
|tk- L.
0 hold ond was being confined.tftere.. Coast Guard officials turned bock to1 Dundo/S Boy^ior assistance. of Ccastwide Lincs^'op>eroifors of the vessel, said in Seattle ttie ying a Qenerol ,cdrgo.<}t contfactors' tuppli^s, acacjeries, liquor, -nd plosterboortl
Pension Boost $2.50 Month
Vancouver Province in 0 special dispatch from fhp^increase .in the old age and blind pensions forecast in ch'atlhe opening of the B.C. Legislature will bo $2,56 a
SIX LICENCES .:The si>? forest managoment li wo\ill bri
cences wo\ilcl bring tp seven the number granted in Fort George Fprest>Distrlc.t. Western Plywoods (CaribooY lhe'pFe&ieht. $10 a mcjnth bonus. -Basic pension for old age blind pensioners now is $40 a month-sfrom the federal government plus Nrnonth provincial bonus. \^ :-,
CBC PQy$ $50,000 For British Empire Gomes Rights
[VA! ICOUVER�Blair Clerk, general manager'ofMhe British Empire
', soid Wednesdoy the exclusive $50,6oCkc6ntroct awarded' to Cdj>�
Broodcos'ting Corparatiort^will stand, despite protests from private
stations. n^/'^ ""........'�'�'' ������� ���'��� \
I -^naer the controct,. CBC Is fliverv exclusive rights to cover the gomes, here July 3ft/y' � >
�'e contract-unsigned, seoled ond delivered," sqid Mr. Clerk in a
received the first $25,000 paymentjrgni_ privote stations mavJbsoaiiccrsrJturoames. provided the prp-
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Extensibn Opposed in Marat*N>n Yictorio Speech
R^__:a' member of the Icgislotuje who spoke for more thon mostly Qboyf ,he proposccj gxtensiofj of tHe Pacific Great Eastern a5 scheduled to cootioue today. �
n Gibson (L-Lillooct) followed John Squires (CCF-Albeml) in the j� speech Wednesday and talked so long he ^hut out Frank Colder [_"'n) Qnd R. O. Newton (SC-Colvmbio). He'stopped when Preflnitr \Jobdtebe qdj&utdkd.ilH,today. "
Gibson was In favor of theoorthwdrd exfehsTflwi; of VHe" railway River from Prince George but said a cornrnitte* should discuss
VQy
ore anyj
token.
Squomish be mode the terminal for the P.iS.E, and that not run Its own barges to Vancouver.
west of the Cariboo
the vicinity of Strathna>er..
While no accurate crui^eS^haye been carried out, preliminary Gjk timatea^have placed the probable maxiuturtv. annuaf cut permitted thg' six. licence-holders will be I2t),00d,000v board feet, or approximately-23 per cent of the totul cut' in Feiitt George district last year.
. However, it is not. expected the companies Will reach maximum production ' for several, years. Much will depend on the future demand and price for spruce lumber, .and all but two of the recent applicants for forest management licences will have to construct access roads before cutting can start. * m
Operators of small and medium mills cart be expected to benefit by the establishment of seven public working circles in Fort George district. These have been named Crooked River, Naverj West Lake, \V~HIp\v River, Purden ,ake, Stuarl__Laito-and Cotton
Consideration is? also beinggiv tthe tbllhment oC an
en to'�' th eighth
i
eatabllshmenti oC an circle area at
eighth workirtgv circle area at Carp Lake in the trinity of the Crooked ftlvcr.
It has bfen estimated thi^.these il ld h ^tl
f
working circles would have xj annual allowable cut of J250.0o�v. 000 board feet, .which' would ..be tiqytil to about 49 per cent of the total 1953 production, ivi Fort George district. " �} If the government approves the granting ;of the five applications li
for
fore.Mon4ky^nlght re-ceivod a joint jstatemBnt tiarply and may be less than the new domestic rate. ..
Mr. Hilton said he believed the council win put the now: light and power rates Into effect as soon as possible, but he declined to s\ fiest a" date. ,
ed to consumers ,here they mus be appiWcd by the British Colum bla Puolic U.tiliUes Commission.
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over Bylaw 593;
whatever steps are necessary pre-
paratory to amending the food
ontroversy
which says a\Y city food stores' may remain open only from' 9 j stores hoxirs^oT'closing bylaw to
.rn. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and bs roYide^foflhcxWednesday rnorn-
losed all day on Wednesday, ame on -iSonrTay after a barrage f petitions had been laid before he city council. ^^^
First petitiorudeait with by the ouncil bore the 'signatures of ver J30"per cent of the city's food trife proprietors and simply as_k^ d that Bylaw 593 be repealed.
Council delayed action on the petition because to repeal Bylaw 593 would automatically bring into effect an older bylaw in which food store hours of closing are lumped together with general retaii stores.
Mayor Gordon D. Bryant told he council he did not believe that uch aresult Avas-the�intention of. the petitioners and that until hey were Informed X)f the ramifications of their.- Intended'"'actions, he "council should hold the petl-ion in abeyance.
A^second * petition, signed by only half the city food store, pro-jrietors and .urging extended rotrrs-of opening was dismissed iy the council for lack of 'strength".
Unknown to the council at this. Ime a third petition was in the �fflng. . . ,
G. A. Lund, proprietor of n< residential-area grocery store, presented council with a third petition, this, U!, dairy products, bak ery/pr,oducts(: tpbaccoX, magazines and other items>
City Solicitor H.- B^ Krntj was instructed to prepare a ci>n/ec
A city grocery stortNproprietor ,'as -assured by Mayor Ocir^on D. Jryant at a council meetin^on Monday that the municipal b'y overning hours" of opening for etail stores will be rigidly en-orced in the future.
ofiald Webster,^ propxl,(jtoi*. oX,. Bi-Rite Market, 1^24? Third Ave-ue,, appeared at city hall Mon-ay to ask the council why the ylaw was not being enforced. '
lie said.he had reported an in-rlngement to the city's license in-pector recently and that^Ro^acT on had been takenr" J^Iayor'^fyant told Mr. Webster hat he would instruct the license nspector to take tmmediate ac-_ ion.
lity Can't Buy Old Post Office Here
Cl\y of Prince George will oot be permitted to purchase the for-josi otOcbuflSCSg "fir^t
Ontario Man Gets Year In Jail Here
A former Ontario man, who pled guilty last week to obtaining jy false pretenses was sentenced o ohe. year in Oakalla Monday b'ys Miaglstrate P. J. Morari.
The accused. John K. Desros-ers, [ was charged/with- having nis-represepjled-'; ownership of a car l^e traded in with a city auto-nobile dealer last fall.
After accepting the car in trade for another one on the basis that derman William D. I .....; j ing at Third. Avenue and Quebec
Desroslers was arrested , in Street would "make
present due to the Dominion'Government's need for it as accommodation for the National Employment Service and the Government Telegraph Service.
This Information was contained in a Jetteh. received by ciiy-coun-cil on Monday from H. A'. Young, deputy minister* of public works in iOttawa.
rj'lie letter W8�> lh re]iJy tp^ono written l�y the city requesting ih-orh^atioh ori tfie availabllit.y\of he strycture at a suggested pricih Monday^ the National Employ* nent Service and-the Unemployment Insuraitce Commission wlTl jn busines^vin new quarters n the building/VbJch -the city might have purchased as a new ity hall. v
Although the city counqil Ii3d' never formally approved thVfop; mer post office building as;aV tential city hall site, a resolutio was passed at the request of Al-
was
Kamloops recently and returned here for trial. �
Before sentencing ' on Monilay he heard city prosocfttor H. R. Fretwell enumerate previous convictions' against him for offenses which Included bigamy, theft, falsfr pretenses and fraud. -
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municipal headquarters came from an editorial in The Citizen.
The deputy minister of public works told the, council that the city would be considered as a .prospectlve7 purchaser whenever the Crown:' decides to dispose of the building. �,-
mayor Outlines Plans For g Cuhural^RecreafionalProgrdm
Civic Centre, Swimming Pool, Parks, Arenj
Mayor Gordon D. Bryant outlined in a speciapiriferview
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y
witFTa Citizen reporter today a long-term three^point program
d
which is designed to fulfill the/aresent
and recrea-/�
tional needs of the city.
In order of priority the mayofVprogram would include:'
1. Completion of the civic centre.
2. Construction of a swimming pool and development of parks and playlots.
3. Reconstruction of the civic arena and installation of artificial ice. L
A feature of the mayor's propos-ed_:program is that � one project would be completed before another one is commenced.
He said that a strong demand exists today for rapid completion of the civic centre in accord with the wishes of the people as expressed in a referendum vote held here II months ago.
"I feel as far as the.city is concerned that no other program tof^a similar nature even approaches this til importance at the present time," he remarked. SWIMMfXO POOL
Upon completion of the centre. Before the rates can be extend- he went on; the city should back
construction.-, of the proposed swimming pool at least to. the extent of financing it through a city-guaranteexl bond Issue.
"N'othing of importance is going to be accomplished through the public subscription method," said the mayor, we have proved that with the civic centre."
Coupled with construction of the pool should -be development of areas already 'set aside by the city as public parks. .An import tant feature of this phase, said Mayor Bryant^ will be the development of small playlots in the residential -areas where children (See MAYOR, Page 3) \ I
RED CRpSS DRIVE STARTS MONDAY
The Red Cross campaign will get underway Monday morning with a speech by Mayor Gordon Bryant at 8:20 over CKl'G. *
The month-long drive has an objective of $4500 in Prince George and district this year. This is the *same objective as last year, but officials anticipate moreVeffort will be necessary to raise it this year, because of changed economic conditions.
Si>:ty ,canvassers will ;start out Monday on their rounds" to rwfse their objective. W. G. MacLean is again chairman of the drive this year, with Mrs. J. G. Ranby co-chairman.
__^l'he drive jwill continue
throughout the month. Radio addresses on the drive will bo Heard throughput next week, at ^arious times. : "*