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An Independent SemNW^kly New^oper Devoted to the Interest of Central oiuL ' jf hern British Columbia
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Prince..-Wrge,, B.C., MONDAY, May 3, 1954
$4,00 per year , 5' an on-the-spot in-ictiun of ;ii! factors relating to ecivic cfntref"
It li.is bern learn-| that tin- provincial govern-iv. --receipt of a letter .Alil'Tiiinn Carrie Jane opposing (he city's appli-'{or prr mission to use uf lands fundH on the rtrr.
u:ivj 10 a reliable inform->>itl�>n expressed by ; based largely upon stand that �the city irrfrnlt itself to work
ih? opi Qraj i earlier
�W not i cerft
by the Prince George Curling Club.__
Mayor Bryant said this morning it is quite possible that Mr. BracewelPs decision to have the matter placed before the public will stand,, but he .attached significance to the fac^ that the inspector had asked fits assistant for a further on-the-spot "Investigation of circumstances after his first decision had been made.
Mr. Brown met all members of the city council informally heard
their views on the centre proposal/ and yesterday kept an appointment with Alderman Gray. The appointment was arranged by Mayor Bryant.'
"1 will not hesitate to place this proposed expenditure before the people of this city if that is.the desire of the prbvin-clal government," the mayor Haid this morning.
"The only factor which has prevented me from advocating course earlier is that it
such a will ce
tainly delay a start on
construction and it will cost the city a considerable sum of money which Would not otherwise have had to be spent."
Bryant recalled the" substantial majority with which
(See: VOTE DEMANDED, Poge 7)
South Central School Is Not 'Emergency Measure'; Mofffat
Prince George SchobL Board ^building- chairman H. A. Moffat this morning countered^charges-made by Mayor'G. D. Bryant last week to the eifectjtbat the controversial South Cen'tral Elementary School proposal is an "emergency rheas-ure." ---------------------:---------------'------
ERIC WOODBtlRN
The> school, which will cost about "$400,000 completej will be a twin to the Connaught? Elemen~ tary School which opened last September. "f /
"I don't know why f,his school is referred~ to as an measure', because it 1 bodied in our master/ plan for some time," said Trustee Moffat.
The school is urge'ruly needed,
> KfiM hut Ihp m1>r/a I fart thrit
The school is urgeruly needed, until it is vacated he said, but the rrWe / fact that it will be erected as/soon as pos-
\mperatures Cli New Month
awns
nth of May got away tart In Pplnee/George
the - !'..;!....,1 waited ni;nlt." its appearance, weeks <>f freezing weath-thcrrnometer rose to - 51 arid 58 on Sunday, residents greeted the sine sunshine by indulging in or activities. Voughout..the city gardeners feeji starling to get their in" > >-hdp..c for planting, car a popular activity, rists took the op-\" ' ' for Sunday drives. �.:.' i' "f residents drove |w Vanderhoof area to see the numbers uf Canada geese
t wanner weather came I �'hen arctic, air masses forced out by "warm, moist fjtom the pacific!!
tthrnrfnn-gays-t here-wiH-; and intermittent rain *t two days. Winds will occasionally reaching
slble does riot Indicate that it is merely a "stop-gai>V /measure or will not coincide /with expansion l l dki(
plans at a later (j
"As a matter
"While it /is trite the adoption of the Connaught School plan will save us about six months in getting the- building started, this was not the prime factor in deciding to use it again." GOOD PLAN
^-CHher factors entering into the decision to repeat the Connaugh^ 'C
plan'Include the fact that naught School has proved
"Con- very
Jected to the South Central School pToposal on the grounds that it is -to be bu4lt in an area where the city plans no Immediate development, where the present population is sparse- and where children will have-to walk through dense underbru^K to reach it. MEETINGS
Mr. Moffat's defense of the council's prime target hVthe $2,-000,000 school expansion referendum will be a feature of a special public meeting to be held in^the Prince George Junior Senior High Schoool tomorrow night.
With Mr. Moffat as speakers
(See SOUTH CjENTRAL. poo* 1)
Judge. Mrs. Woodburn Return To Pr. George
' Juqge and Mrs.-Eric-D. Woodburn returned oh Saturday by car and have again taken up residence in their home at 1994 Twelfth Avenue.
They have been living in Victoria for th^ past five months �while Judge Woodburn was convalescing from a severe illness. He is stiti-ort sick leave granted by the Department of Justice, but plans to resume his seat on the County Court bench early in June.
During their absence from the city, the Woodburn home was oc; cupped by Dr. and Mrs. D. E. Waller. � '
Japanese Nine Wants Exhibition Date Here
Prince George-may be visited next July by a baseball team from Japan.
Baseball officials in that country are making arrangements for a team composed of top cpllege. and amateur players to tour B.C. and the Pacific North-west in July. They will play 25 Barnes, and have offered to include* Prince George in their itinerary.
It was: suggested the Athletic Club .or Prince George' and District Baseball League might sponsor the appearance of ^he Nlppo nesc nine In 4Mb -city. .... ,
Ciiy Orders Carload Sample 01 Royalile Oil Via CNR.
A city, hall spokesman declared late last week that art order has been placed for a^tr^al carload of,Royalite Oil Company diesel fuel which will be delivered at a price which could save Hie city as much as $14,000 on o year's operation.
Council To Consider Zoning Testimony
I City\councll will deliberate tonight on ^testimony heard last Wednesday -at a special public hearing into the city's proposed new zoning. by la w.
Aside from embracing for the first time the area annexed by the city last year, main departure frtjm the previous bylaw is a sec^ tlon setting up a new class 6f residential zone.
The new zone, designated as "AA", permits no multiple-dwell- i oil from the Imperial Oil Co. re
The order is for one carload only and the fact'that it will be delivered here from Kamloops via the C.N.R. does not preclude the possibility that the city" may extend" a truck-hauling contract following the break-up season.
Last week the city opened truck haul tenders on a three month contract proposal and found one which would save, about $16,000 a year at the present rate of fuel consumption at First Avenue powerhouse.
If the oil from the Kamloops refinery proves equally efficient in the ..�'City's blg,i dlesel-powered electric generating units as has
Jng units in the area and decrees that all homes built within the zone must embody not less than 900 square feet on the ground floor. Minimum frontage for homes in an ''AA" area is 60 feet.
Prince George Town Planning Commission has so far mapped two such zones, located at the extreme northwest and southeast corners of the city.
A third "AA" residential zone is contemplated in an undevelpp-ecT area southwest of Prince George & District Hospital.
Giscome Logger Dies In City Hotel Room
well known -.. , , ,
The festival had alsq revealed there was sufficient talent to stage "Puss In Boots," "Alice Wonderland" or some similar I duction during the �firistnfas
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season, and Mr.' W a Little Sb League wW be operating Prince George this summer, ac cording to Johnny Dlnsmore, who has been active in the preliminary work cohnectepiayers will not be. overtaxedT-^excepjLions such as equipmjerrtr number of ^ruiings, sjze^of field, distance of pitcher's plate >fifb"m home plate and distance betw.een bases.
Little League Baseball was or2 ganlzed in 1939 In WUllamsport, Penn., and the growth has beep phenomenal. The 1053 season showed ?,826 leagues organized comprising 11,837 teams with aj> proximately 17S.00O boys ' 12'yoars of age and under on thtyroster of. regular "first" tearnx^n addition, morc'than SOMvboys found places on ^
nery in Edmonton, the city may xtend a contract to Royallte for upply of oil during the month of day.
The sample carload ordered by he city is only about four days upply at the daily consumption ate of 2000 gallons.
Price quoted by Royalite for the ample car and accepted by the ity was 21.75 cents � gallon f.o.b. rfnee George. Last month the ity drew Its oil from Edmonton nd paid 23,671 cents a gallon.
Lowest trucking tender for ringing fuel oil here from Kam-oops would i make the delivered rice a quarter cent cheaper than he sample shipment at 21.5 cents.
Meanwhile, It Is reported that fficials of other oil companies �presented in Prince George and tie Interior are sharpening their encils and will shortly come up ;vith new prices comparable to the new
hos6 available from
a m loopsrr eflne ry.
Royalite OirGompany is expect-d to move into the gasoline and ubricating oil business here this ummer and is said, to have, ar-
anged retail outlets with a num--j could not say immediately er of service stations in the area, type of explosives used.
Jorgen ftyornestad. Resort Owner, Dead /
Many Prince George outdoor sportsmen wiji regret^ to learn of the death at/Plnchl Lake of Jorgen Bjornefitad, well known resort owner.
He died suddenly ,oi a heart attack.
Mr. Bjornestad went to the Pin-chi Lake district 15 years ago and was employed at the mercury mine operated by. Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. during the Second WorldJWar.- When the mine closed down he was appointed caretaker of the property, and later opened a fishing resort at the east end of the lake which was" a popular rendezvous for Central B.C. fishermen arid U.S. tourists.
He is survived by his wife at Pinchi Lake and a married daughter at Smithers.
Douks On Rampage In Nelson District
NELSON, May 3 (CP) � Five power poles were blasted and railway track torn Saturday night as eight explosions ripped out In the heart of the Doukhobor district.
Poles were blown up on the high bluffs above the Nelson-Trail highway near Brilliant, 20 miles west of here.
The Canadian Pacific Railway track was blasted in three explos-
ions along the right-of-way near Wlnlaw, 40 miles northwest of here. . v
Police declined to say whether the bombings were the work of more than one raiding party and
the
Mayor Bryan! To Open Annual Music Festival On Wednes
Mayor, Gordon Bryant wUKpfficiaHy open the Prince Georgeand District Music Festival "Wednesday evening at the, Vigh school auditorium.
The four-day festival, which
draw
of contest-
Mayor Will Ask Council To Hold Meetings Once A Week
Weekly meetings of the Prince George City Council are just around th^corner, it was learned today. In a statement this morning�-----------------;--------�-------------r-
Vancouver, has- pourfkl wines some of the wirtid's leading
hostchics.
the council at a special tonight to ratify once-weekly public meetings.
"The city has grown in size greatly within present years," said the-.mayor, "and I feel that the present twice monthly meetings are Inadequate."
He said much j business that could be dealt with in. a fe\v minutes must wait two weeks before it can come before the council.
1 In addition to speeding up trig, city's own business, once-weekly meetings will expedite the business of the public, the mayor jjointcd ouf.
lie said that persons wishing to see the council over some matter must �wai.t. as long as 13 days to get an audience, then must sit through two to three hours of the council's general business session until the public, appearance part-of the agenda is dealt with. "By meeting more frequently,"
Proprietors (reported wines out- the mayor said, "we can, Imple-selllng beer fciur to one as diners ment bylaws faster and we can "experimented". Up to now, beer shorten our regular meetings." has been the only drink sold by *f the council agrees to meet
who ^has quaffed vintagesj-rom London to Cairo, he .gives a. rather lengthy recipe for/fhe perfect choice of wines Avith dinner, or in this case, banquet:
With the consomme, Sherry; with the fish starterv Sauterno, Moselle, or a Rhine wine; with the fowl, Burgundy or any--�*ed^ with the desseft. any sweet wine, or better still, champagne. There are a number of after dinner choices: ��
But with all the complications
of choosing the "correct" Vancouver people seem pleased tlons.
wine, quite with their new regula-
a weeii,. the new schedule of meetings will go into effect im mediately.
hundreds
The fbrst evening's^ program will feature\all teen-age artists, with four higff school choirs, vocal solos in theNL6-20 year age group and open yioinv solo.
Adjudicator of the festival ;wil! be well-known Vancouver^niusic-ian Sherwood Robson. ^Mr. Rob-son has just completed judging the North-Wester^/ Washington Music Educator)? Festival at Bell-ngham.;
Contestants in the 50 classes in he festival will compete for nimr ciips,'"? including four nsvr'ories donated this year. S Classes wiULnclude vocal solos, Juets and^tt^os, pianoforte, choirs, bands^^nd instruments. New classes this year include a string orchestra and accordiah classes. Contestants will travel from several points outside the city, including Giticome and Vanderhopff to take part. Coming from Jfartlv
be at the SacredO^eart School. Friday's day $eislons at Con.^ naught SchooVand S�t,ujrd�^>^at
At a'^pec'ezH-ipeetlng of the fe*. tlval wVmmJttee It was decfdecl to hlUel the Welln 'Band for two; so that-if would not have
at the Sat)
Wilf
est away will be the W$$Hs munity Band, clirecp?a by Dunkley. y/
The Wells hand will be heard
night perform-
ance, competing with the Prince Georj^High School Band, dlrect-ejjkm' Al Horrocks.
But on Sunday at 2 p;m. the two : bands will combine talents to "present a concert of band music in the high school auditorium.
The Saturday night concert will be the usual Honor Performance of winners in the vario'us classes with presentation of cups and tro phies. Jack Carbutt will be pastei of ceremonies . at the, Saturday night concert.
The $1 season tickets purchase^ by many for the February Dram; Festival, are good for all sessions of the Music Festival except, the Saturday night concert.
Single sessions >are 25- cents days and 50 cents evenings.
Sessions will be held at the hiyb school, auditorium � every even ing. Thursday's day sessions wil
o perform the same djiy it arrival in the city. Mr.*- J. K. < lan, blNeting cha Uie
Three chfffr^ memlsefs, Jcinice &dley, Lrfnda JEJtfker and Beryl onsdattCjiave l>een busy writing jt ther^rtifieates to be present-
^t. for the adjUdi-ntor will be in.tnBsCharjjB-of Mrs. lorence Riggs.
It was decided/at the meeting lat, funds pepniitting, the^associ-tion will rnaice a donation Lo^ihe atholl^f5rama Group to asslsK
mKfn their forthcoming trip to entlcton to lake part in the B.C. ne-Act Play Festival.
The meeting also decided to Tite \Ir. and Mrs. Ge,rry McLet-an, who have left to live in prution. for the death penalty for leaders of narcotics peddling rings. The resolution specifically endorsed a suggestion made ^n- the Senate, by Nancy Hodges of Viciorio. ' � -
.umbering Course For Jort Alberni Students
PORT ALBERNI^May 3 (CP)� ^ort Alberni, Vancouver Island umbering centre, maybe the first �ity in British Columbia to have ligh school courses directly re-ated to.,the lumbering industry.
Trustees have approved in principle the forestry courses suggested by Principal E. J. Xirm. Senior officials of the Department of Education arc reported to have. givc>n enthusiastic, though unofficial, sanction to the plan.
It is hoped to\ inaugurate a two-year course at the start of the fall term in September.
First year's course would be of a general theoretical nature, with the students taking more practic-, al work, including elementary lumberligrading', in the second year.
Victoria Not Included in Massey's Itinerary
VICTORIA, May 3 (CP)�A report from�Government House says ; Governor-General Vincent, Massey will not visit Victoria on his forthcoming trip to B:G.
The governor-general will visit Vancouver, Edmonton,' northern Alberta and B.C. late In May.
He will visit the new development at Kitimat, site of the. Aluminum Company of Canada project.
The itinerary, to he. announced this week, will Include visits to the Peace River, , McLellan', Grande Prairie, and Dawson Creek.1
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