An Independent   Semi-Weekly   Newspaper   Devoted   to   the   Interest   of
sp3y To Mack On Bylaw
ScjtooJ board spokesman Harold A. Moffat said Friday L toording a plane for a Vancouver meeting of the Brir-roJli'mb'.ia School Trustees' Association that he would not "at this time to an attack, launched by Mayor Gordon
pnt last week against the proposed $2,0007000' school program.              �    '
<'7Tto comment on the. r:..uks. -which'" charged with    "free-and-easy" iid   t;iilure   to] explain
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A.F.L. Seeks New ^ Trade Unions Here
� Assistance of- a Vancouver or� ganizer for American Federation of Laboj1 unions will be sought by the Prince George & District Trades and Labor Council shortly in their effort^to-organize the city's iilurnbefs, painters and store clerks.
T.L.C. delegate Frahk Harvey, business agent for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners,     said this morning that
\i   "Moff-T'iokl I lmme(llate s'<-'ps will-be taken by Air. MOIiai'S) "� (he oranii              i                 k
xA tur.:�  $2,000,00ip, school ;n the people.
Moffat,   chairman  of  the
i*building  committee,  was
responsible for planning
pri posed new schools ein-
t,v the bylaw.
Saj(| a medtirig of. the school \C-oVikf-be   held shortly  to
I! Mayor Bryant and the re-i,.r nr the city council    will
nothing   whatever   to
�porter on Friday.
Men Committed More Break-In
',1--ji� < n were committed for � court trial last week on isig'l breaking; entering and iniuiinectiori with a rob-�! :� ii took place one week I /!)." Food Basket, 20U5 A; cjiue. /           '.,      /   .   '
� �: �'.. Were Donald  McCas-
liul Gordon Robinson, no fix-
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were captured a short dis-(Jin the store after a wake-' ialvjiving nearby had been i'lted ijjNthe Sound of break-.jniihad telephoned' po-i she sa\Xr two men enter ! Basket. N
lice captured the pair as they were    attempting    to �;h registerNyhlch
 from the store.
ipany Fined For I Act Breach
totalling $100 wij^e levied cthnn Tie & Timber Comp-tiiinilrtl     TF!
fcvhen principals of the firm JI a plea of guilty to two  arising from British Co-Vn';Ht Act Infractions, l     of   the   firm .� were
iapals |r.   K
 Prudente   and   John
iarge� alleged failure of �any   to   render  correct lily statements of timber cut id Hays of tnetmonth fol-and  failure to  keep rcor-6ks and records5 accounting ber ill which stumpage and, l.v was payable.
H.of timber involved In \va.sO86,O0rJ board feet.
organizing committee to seek affiliation from the British Columbia Teachers Federation local here as well as the Provincial Government  Employees' Association.
Mr. Harvey "said that Vancouver organizer ^Herb Flescher will be asked to assist theTX.C. In Its effort Xo organize certified bar-galning_hodies for the-painters, plumbers and store clerks. < Meanwhile, the T.L.C. delegate from Operating Engineers Local 115 reported that organizing of local garage employees is proceeding smoothly. .
He said the union has signed up 30 new members in the Daw*' son Creek district and that employment has been found for six additional members.
British   Columbians
 W^er/ Fortunes
 Canauians   won   nearly  x          Irish   Hospital
'Win '
Seven $500,000
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Sweepstakes Saturday when Royal Tap/ Tudor Line and IrishXIz-ard^finished in ihat order In the Grand National Steeplechase at id
Mrs. Dora Cato, of Pleasantslde, B.C., a housewife, and Dan Wood, of Brlttanta Beach, B.C., a miner, collected $140,000 on Royal Tan.
Two lucky Ontario residents pot $56,000 apiece v and Alex McDonald, Ocean'Falls, B.C.,'won $28,000.
Music   Festival   Has Official  Accompanist
Official accompanist for tht? forthcoming' Prince George and District Music Festival will b*.� Mrs. Joan Bradley.�
Anyone planning to enter the festival, and needing an acco.'iv panist may contact her through Mr. Bradley by phoning 396e regular monthly meeting of the Local Guide Association
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l�f Mrs. Buchanan's appoint- j [" (ill (he vacancy created � resignation of Mrs. I. Moss.' meetings-was held at the, "i Captain Marie Killy, 2570 \ '' Crescent:   \
r new members were wel-1 n.v District Commissioner M;n-Millan. who took charge go absence of Association Mrs. V. Houser.
 FUNFBAr TUESDAY
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generous donation of $25 \y-fis Vt|l [rprn R. Vandeleur. with
Mrs. Annie Mary Denman died In Prince George and District Hospital Saturday morning after a lengthy illness. She was 59. . Mrs. Denman had resided here for the past six years, and was employed at the hospital as cook
for several-years.1
mdeleur, with!    Surviving are her husband, two friat idii and thanks. -      -       I sons,  George and, David,   and   a West "was    elected Slaughter Joan, residing here; five
brothers, William, George, Albert and Robert of Moosejaw, Sask., and Burrell of Vancouver; three sisters, Airs. May Woodrow, of Moosejaw. Mrs. Mautlie Mare of Vancouver, Mrs. Grade Argue of Rolla* Sask; her father, Thomas Denman, at Moosejaw and six grandchildren.
I Funeral  services  will   be   held j Tuesday      from     St.     "Michael's made   by  Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. ^ecretary Mrs. Ralph Mof-  R.   Allen   officiating.   -
l"t> Oolden Hand tests for! ---------^----------------'-------
on April 3, and the Fly-[^monies for those Brownies
^1IV| to fill the vacancy llV the rosiRnation of Mrs. t(>\v>ixwho, the association
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Inouricement
 MONDAY, March 29, 1954
bounty Judgeiess At Least Until June 4
s^Cpunty of Cariboo, of which Prmc�kdeorge is the metropolitan centerxwjll be without Its own county cou^a judi;e at'toast until early summ&sN^ was learned this week.             ^
County   Court ~^dze   Eric  D. Woodburn, who baa pi^sided over only^one   court  sesslonN^ince a year.dgo last November  tiu^ illness, has until June 4 to resu ^}Jiia_dUties,'pravlncial officials ^ closed this weekL___
Recuperating from a heart'Con-ditlorKhY Victoria, It 1s not known whetherNhidge Woodburn will resume his dt*t4es,#r"not.
If he is.unable to come back to the bench by thexJ^ine deadline, a new judge for County Cariboo will have to be narried\and this would jprobably not cortte^until late summer.                  \x
Meanwhile the county Is being served by Judge H. M. COlgan of Cranbrook, andI less frequently by
A HEAD-ON VIEW of tte-fi�hteri>b8e of tne ^ edition of Canada's all-weather jet^tighter, the CF-10 now going into service withNhe RCAF. The nose "houses the automatic radar-finder anil firing system that locates enemy bombers, "locks'* on/me targets and shoots them.
1300 Teachers All Want To Come To Provincial Interior
Local   School  Trustee  'Swamped'  By  Letters
British Columbia's long-lamented teacher shortage would be practically solved ifvqll the applicantsAo a recent advertisement placed 4n an �rigt�sh paper 'by/ Prince George trustee H. A. Moffat were 'accepred.   /   . _
Apparently some  1300 English|~ teachers  feel   that  northern   Bri-fhp had
tish Columbia is the place for them, and Mr. Moffat has been getting from 10 to 20 applications from them every day for the.past tw^o weeks.
It ^U started when-delegates from Ryince * George School District suggested at a B.C. Trustees Association convention that some teachers might be attracted, to British Columbia from the British Isles.
So overwhelming was response', to the subsequent advertising that the I'nited , Kingdom. Education Department    stated   in  a   recent
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club, &aid that'-inany of the "applicants appear to have "outstanding qualifications."      '~
He saici t.hat the provincial gov-eminent was making arrangements to short-cut the prolonged immigration "arrangements which would normally have to be fol-tovved by the chosen applicants.
City, Curleri. In Key Meet Tomorrow
Fate of the Prince George Curl
Death Claims Ex-Residents ID.C�m'mg, W. D.fotrester
JdRrV~D. Corning  and .William; tawa on October ],_ 1S81, the el.V Douglas �   Forrester,     two    w^il, est of a fainily oKseven. At 4ho
Judge Lake.
H.  Castlltou  of" Williams
known former residents of Prince George, are dead In Vancouver.
Mr. Corning, a pioneer^QC this city and former owner of the Corning Hotel on Fourth Avenue, died oh Friday night, and Mr. Forrester, 53, passed away at 2 a.m. today, following a length }V\-ness.
Mr. Forrester, a native of Ontario, came to Prince George in April, 1933, from the Peace Rlver country and until 1942 was employed as a game warden In this district by the B.C. Game Department.
He resigned to. "join the Unemployment Insurance Coniffiission as manager of the Prince George office, and in October, 1950, was ransfedt    Vnc             he
jage-bf 19 he lefi for the West, and
worked
a CPR
l^ransferred�to Vancouver where ^h^swas assistant regional emplby-mehj^of fleer.            .'
He^v^nt to .the Peace River country aKferreturnlng from overseas servlceNtn, the First WoMd War during whteh^ he was sori-i ously wounded i^KNihe leg. At the time he enlistedhi^N^he' Fifty-fourth infantry BattallbnMn-1915-
he was only 14 years of ogtsXT'
Mr. Forrester is survlvech^ir his wife, Muriel, and daugrUeS^ vt�Iary.
"Funeral services will be held in .Vancouver. Wednesday.
Mr.  Corning   was   born  in  Ot-
Spruce Market la Doldrums
Eastern   markets   for   western (beihg inethodlea'lly depleted Bryant las> week to reach some flnad agreement with the curling club/over use of civic centre space.
Chairman of the committee Is Alderman Willlanv Ferry, and remaining two mtmibers are Mayor Bryant and parks chairman Alderman Carrie Jane Gray.
History of the curling club's association with the civic centre building dates back several years when the club advanced a substantial amount of money to the Prince George Civic Centre Association toi/ get construction underway.
Today it is estimated that the club has a $17,000 equity in the structure and prior to municipal ownership of the centre, this was to be offset by the civic-centre association hy a 20-year lease of the basement quarters.
Officers of the curling club and the "city's special committee met.
zone of the B,C.S.T:A.Nand special I for  the first time  last Tuesday,
and  tomorrow  night the curlers
A.F.L UNIONS COMMEND COUNCIL
Prince George & DistrlctTxades andj Labbr Council (A'.F. of L,.) havt resolved to take a greater interest in" civic^and ^community affairs, Its delegate from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Frank Harvey, told The Cltiaen today.
decision to expand Its tnteres' beyond the immediate labor need; of. its member unions' came at a general meeting here late last week.
� The Trades"* Labor Council will get.off to an auspicious start on its civic affairs program by publicly commending Prince GeorgeJs city council for Its proposal to bring the British'Columbia Power Commission into the .local utility picture. In addition, it will press the provincial government for^an early" start on a hydro-electric (development serve this area.!
'- Mr. Harvey skid that the. Td^ is cognizant of the great/ajdvant-ages which abundant.and cheap electrical power can give the employers of this.district.
,"\Ve feel that.we must do everything we c#n to protect the. employers who have signed contracts with the A.F. of  ^4i
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arrangements are being made with the Department of Education fpr certification of the successful applicants so' they can teach in British Columbia.
Mr.  Moffat, whose overburdened  postman recently  enquired if
Fire, Car Accidents Bring  Heavy Death Toll
 into- Guides,   on|          VANCOUVER�Seven persons died violent deaths in British Columbia
innual  provincial confer-11 bo held in Vancouver! �8, 0 and 10, and the Carl- on " lR|on will be represented  werc rGcorge District Commls-' R- MacMlllan.
' during the week-end.
monthly prize "for the most r '�- present was won by F'rgt
^uraw -was won by Mrs. J.
libers pointed out that the V.l r.)f a11 mr>tber8 of Brown-�uldea in the'work of the ?n would be greatly ap-
 a woman wcrc burned to death in a fire a.t Port Hordy  e northern *'P �f Vancouver, Island _and two youths and two women  killed in three separate automobile accidents .Saturday night. Victims of the Porr Hardy fire were AtexBeaudoin, about 70, and Mr.
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and  Mrs'.  Hclga Forsberg; both about 45^^
A 19-ycor-old Ontario youth and Mrs. Pauline Johnson, 44, of Newton, B.C., were killed near White Rock when two automobiles collided on the-King George Highway. Police withheld identification of the Ontario youth pending   notification  of  relatives.
Police also withheld the name of a B.C. youth drowned >hen a car rolled off the dock at Port Kells on the lower fraser River,         the furniture business,xcfnd-ivhen his first carload ofi^frnjture arrived here he had n operjed in September, 1930. Threex years^ago he disposed of the hotel businessman^ v/ent to Vancouver to live.     . \^
His first wife>^lorence Rachelx died in 1942, and a'rJaughter, Mrs. R. F. Corless, Jr., of thlscjty, survives. He married agairrin 1015 and is survived by his ^vsUfe, Myrtle.
Softball Meeting ^ Set For Wednesday
Softball players and others in-/ tcrested in^the game will hold a preliminary  organizational   meeting for the coming season in the City Hall on Wednesday.
It is expected that men's and ladies' leagues wiH^again function in the city this year, and the matter of spectators' stands will be discussed. ,    The meeting 'win start at 8 p.m.
Gult' Tteomi "BwhbS;'
High School Boy's Hoop Team Outclasses Dawson Creek
In-a letter of commendation "to the city council for its attitude towards the need for cheaper power^ here the T.L.C. will also recommend that the city make provision for election of a parks board at the first opportunity.
The Weather
Sunny .^kics, .with a. few cloudy periods, are predicted for Prince George today anil Tuesday.
There will be litQe change in temperature and wirifis will be light. Expected overnlgfrkjow is 20, with a high Tuesday of 40.
Showing experftnt'e gained during the hi;?}/ school chumpionship's in Vancouver" Prince George po\r ars basketball team rolled to two easx wlns-^ver a boys' team from South F*eace High School hct-e ^n Friday and Saturday. Scores were 81-26 and 94-42.
Meantime ' girls' teams fronv Prince George and Dawson split a two-game series, the visitors winning 35-20. on Friday and dropping Saturday night's tilt 31-21.
^ Ken Larson led the Polars scoring attack with high scores of'23 points In�t-h��ftr�L. game and 26 In the second. Johnny Bei'dusco was runner-up with 16 points on Friday, and Al Holley, who seemed to '.hit the basket from all angles, turned in 20 points on Saturday.   ^
The Johnstone's dominated the South Peace boys-scoring, with G. Johnstone getting 10 points Friday and B. Johnstone 21 points on Saturday.
The only injury of the series was suffered by Ruth King after a bad spill Friday night. ^ and Kirschke leu the Friday with seven Klrschke also leti
OffTheWitesTo
(Conadion Press�Monday, March 29-,x 1954> Passengers, Crew Sorecf As Fire Destroys Transport-
ALGIERS�Fire destroyed the British army transport Empire Wjndrush in the Mediterranean off Algiers Sundoy os i* steamed horrteward a'ong the North African coast. Four men were killed but 1,424 passengers and crew members scrombled to safety in a speedy ond notably calm rescue operation'..   Less than a dozen were injured.
Siamese Twins Included in Triple Montreal Birth
MONTREAL�Siamese baby; giris, joined at the head, were born Saturday night to Mrs. J. Savage of Montreol in. a triple birth thought to be without precedent. The parents have ihree other children. The Siornese babies were preceded by a perfectly normal baby girl weighing about five pounds.    All are reported doing welK
New Labor Relations Act-Angers Union Officials
VICTORIA�Labor officiols said Saturday next week's three-day provincial labor convention^ here will be the "most explosive" in B.C. union history.
Trpdes arid Lobor Congress of Canada and Canadian Congress of Labor representatives will meet to discuss the new Lobor Relations Act introduced in the legislature Wednesday.
Ed Haw, financial secretory of Local 1-118 International Woodworkers of America, said some clauses of the act "are real dynamite' arid'-We're going to fight them.tooth arid nail." Delegates also will discuss ornend-ments to the Compensation Act.
VANCOUVER�Fire, at an abandoned sawmill in Vancouver's cost end
was struck out Sunday night after blazing for 45 minutes.    Eleven pieces  Burns Lake to collect $75'bounty,    of fire-fighting; equipment were used in the two-olarm blaze..,:
day evening 'with 10 points.
In the first game, Friday the local girls took the lead from.the whistle and led at the first quarter 10-8. But from then; on the visitors began to take over and the half ended with the score till .in favour of Prince George 17-16. At the three-quarter mark it. was 26:18 for South Peace. The local girts managed to, .pick up only.tu'o points In the last frame, as the-game ended'35*20 in favour of South Peacel
In. the boys game .the Polars . made it. apparent right from the start that they were the stronger team, tind swarmed all over their South Pea^e opponents. The first quarter ended 20-8 in favour of the Polars. and in the secoj quarter the Creek team ^ made a point as the ty -10-8. The"North*star^>d\a'rally in the third stanza/Wfth 12 points but the lbcak>iqiiacl came back with 27 ns>rfTe--ciuarter erulPd (57-20. Tlicj/pijkfrs again sunk over twoJtfisket? for every brie of their 'opfmnents to eml the same Sl-20.
Saturday the Prince-^ George girls again started the scoring, this time they kept "the lead anlinson.
South Peace-t2U�Roberts 7, Anderson S, Hill 2, Morrison 4, Eyjolfson, Mytron, MocDougall, Sc-ott. J. Walsh, B. Walsh, Link-later.                        i B(?ys        _^_
Prince GeorRe (9^-� Larson 2fi, Holley 20, Roljert?on 10. Sauer 10, Berdusco 12, Young 9, MacAndrew -1, McLeod 1, Briggs 2.
South Peace (J2)--\Valsh 5. Mo Clarty 2, G, Johnstone 3, Hoy, Turner.  Calverly, V. Riedman 7/
W:   Rledmari, Johnstone 21.
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