An lndepenAY, May 6, 1954
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Pnnce George will be rhe^ocal point of the 55 Kinsmen ^5 in .British Columbia when the annual business meeting Qist/ict 5 of the Associated Kinsmen Clubs of Canada opens eon Saturday, May.. 22, with the registration of more than delegates continues through two busy days of business ians and social functions, arid winds up Monday night with Governor's Ball-in'the Civic Centre.              ;     ..
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start  flocking into ,.';v On  Friday  from  every Jjjja town   in the province. ivUarrive by plane, train and he   largest   convention in Prince George. / ,1 motel accommodation jxctl   t<>  the   liniit, Nal-mi iy Norton, cnairman, ,vniu>n /ommittee, and jin, Jacl/Arthur, report-that   advance  arrange-e  proceeding'  smoothly jfent co-operation being com opeift'tors of a score ijtelries and auto courts. George   Kinsmen   Club up a S17.000 expense bill
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iHfa'iinc .1*10 list of visitors will | DislricjXJovernor Landan De-:#Thiili\vaaj�,       -     x"
uil! be  welcomed w> city-by  another   prominent -Mayor Gordon  Bryant, charter   member    of    Prince srge' Club,
main business sessions will he! Robson, who later expressed pleasure    at    being    in    Prfftce George.
Items on the first night's program, included vocal solos, a violin solo and senior high school choirs.
Highest mark of the evening was received by: the Prince b*H>rge High School Glee Club, whh^i was awarded 86 for Its ren-ditlonNjf "Li$U Is My Heart."
First class heard was vocal solo, girls 16 and 17 years, with marks received being Sonia Tes-luk, 85; IsayrBell and Jean Rus-tad! 84, and Helen Efrell, 83. Mr. Robson said Miss Tesj'uk received the' highest mark in the class because of. her more mature quality of voice, but complimented all four contestants.   '           .
Billy Ross received 83 for hfs rerfdllion of "Trade Winds" In the vocal solo, boys 16 and' 17 years class.                           �   *
Mr. Robson said his voice is well developed and very promts-
In  the  vocal solo, girls  18 to
20, Helen Bell received 84. and the
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provement    over    her    previous
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(See  BRYANT OPENS,  Po'ge 3)
McBride Link Will Not Be Huge Task
Construction, of a highway between Prince George and McByitle, will not represent any unusually complicated engineering or c6n structlon problems, a veteran ex ploratory engineer told The Citi zen this week.
L. C Gunn, the man who help ed map the routes now used by "the north  line of the C.N.R., a, well  as  the route of the'Pacifl GreatvEastern, said he had cover ed mubh^ of the ground  l>etwcen Hansard and McBride and that good  highway  route without  ex tensive, rock-cutting can prbbabb be found  to   cover the "missing link" in the Northern Trans-Pro vinclal .Highway.
Mr. Gunn  said that the  route will probably be found well back from the course of the Frasej- Ri\ er    and will  not closely. paralle the C.N.R. right-of-way.
Mr. Gunn obtained recognition of his work as a pioneer engineer in this country when he was "chosen to drive the last spike' on the northern extension of 'the P.G.E, in 1952.    .
A highway route between Hansard and McBride will be survey-exl by the provincial government this summer/according to a statement made in the legislature by Works Minister P. A. Gaglardi.
Vancouver Man Burned Truck Bursts Info Flames
A Vancouver businessmen is today in Prince George & District Hospital suffering second degree burns as cr. result of a freak outo mishap on the Trans-Provincial Highway 225-miles west of Prince George on Monday night.
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Dustan, district manager for th* tnlck   sunner   was   standing on
The charge against Magistrate Moran arose^from,alleged infrac-k>ris of tfie plumbing bylavv^-lrff wo of the three dwellings.
According to a city hall source he proposal that the charge gainst the magistrate be dropped nd that the buildings be remov-d came from Mr. Moran's solicit-r.
City council considered the proposal on Monday night and ad-/ised the city solicitor that it was prepared � to have the case ad-ourned pending some action from he accused.                             /
On Tuesday Stipendiary Magistrate George H. Hnllett, empowered by Mr. Mortfn to preside over the case', agreed to an adjournment of two weeks with the concurrence of defense counsel and the* city solicitor.
AH three of the dwellings own-id by Mr. Moran were originally :ited in reports to city council by health committee chairman Alderman Carrie Jane Gray and  the municipal medical health officer. In one of them it was alleged hat a  toilet   had been  installed n the same roorn^  which is used as a kitchen.  '
The toilets were Installed upon order /of   the   municipal   health ' Phillips conducting the service.
but allegedly not In accordance with the city's plumbing bylaw.
Mr. Moran appeared before Magistrate/Hallett on^April 27 but did not plead to the charge.
At that time, Mr. Morgan's solicitor, Frank S. Perry, argued thai the charge was improperly drawn up and that his client need not enter a plea to it.
A city hall informant said that the charge against Mr. Moran, subsequently amended, will not be withdrawn until the buildings are removed from ''within the city limits.                /*
Horace  Cornell Died At Hospital Tuesday
Eleven-year-old Horace Cornell died in Prince George and District Hospital Tuesday after an illness of a month*
He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs Lome Horace Cornell of Pine view.
Funeral services for. the boy were, held at 4 p.m. today from Assman's Funeral Chapel' with J.
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Success Of Clean Up Drive Now In Hands Of Residents
Success" of the 1954ciean-up drive which officially starts here on Monday will depend on the amount of co-operation extended by downtown and residential area property owners, Mayor G. D. Bryant declared today as a force of six city service clubs plus 15 trucks stands poised for what could well be the most extensive cloan-up the city has ever seen. Yesterday,   with   a   Citizen
Home Oil Company^brought theM the road noiding a suitcase.    He badly burned Vancouver man to|^enied dazed and r cwId see hls
rince George for treatment. Extensive burns to hands and ace were suffered by Ismet Sunner,  1806   Hastings  Street,  Vancouver; -
Sunner was driving to Burns Lake on Monday after leaving Vancouver on the previous day. A short distance west of Prince George, he told police, hisjate model light truck swerved into the ditch and became J.mmoVable. It was while he was trying to get_ihe-iruck back on the road a burst of flame suddenly came from beneath the Instru ment panel.
Sunner tried, to beat out the flames with his hands but hail7 to abandon the effort. Damage to his truck and clothing samples which he carried has been estimated at $2000.
Dustan was returning to Prince George with his family when he saw what he thought was a camp-fn;e burning beside the road some distance ahead.
"When he pulled up he saw the  flames were coming  from a
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hands and.face were biirned.
"We took him in our car and headed for Prince George. There was nothing iwe could do about the fire and we wanted to get him to hospital.
"Sunner was (suffering terribly from the burns on his hands. He seemed to be_in a coma part of the time," Dustan said.
The city oil company representative contacted police as soon as he had taken Sunner to the hospital but they were unable to extinguish the flames when they arrived at the spot where the truck was burning.
A motorist who encountered the truck a short time after Dustan had picked up the driver said he could have extinguished the fire if he had been able to fiftd a container with which to carry water. The city man said today he will never again travel the highway without carrying a fire extinguisher with him.1
Police said they believe the fire started as a result of a short-circuit in the truck's jviring system.
IWA Seeks 6-Cent Pay Boost
Two Thousand northern interior woodworkers will seek a six-cent hourly across-the-board wage increase this year. Members  of  the   International j_______________�       _______
Willislon To'Open' Connaughl School
Woodworkers of America will also ask for seven other major contract changes.
The 1954 wage demands will be handed to northern operators, "shortly", IWA District President Joe Morris announced Wednesday In Vancouver.
Negotiations normally-get under way about June 1 for northern woodworkers. Last year there was a 99-day strike in northern districts.,
Other 1054 contract demands include pay for all statutory holidays, additional union *<�� curity, a 40-hour, five-day work week, job retention clause, wage scale revision, full day rates for piece workers, and tin ear-1. Her contract termination date.
Following last year's strike, unionists were-granted a 5V4-cent hourly increase plus maintenance
porter, Mayor Bryant, made a brief tour of downtown back, lanes and agreed with a remark that "There Is a million tons of junk"
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To Citizens of Prtnce George:
The City Council of the City of Prince George has proclaimed the week of May 8-14 as Clean-Up,Week in Prince George.
All the'facilities of the City and the Provinoial Government, together with \ privately owned equipment, will be put\ to the task of improving the appearance of our community.
Your utmost co-operation in this wprth-while campaign will be appreciated.
In    Prince area.
Some back lanes were actually found to he blocked with discarded building materials and rusting pieces of machinery.
"Anybody    who     thinks    this, clean-up campaign is  merely .ill; tended to preity up a few j^ in  the  residential mistaken," said the Mav
"It is of the utmosjxlmportance that we get rid orsrfl the junk, refuse and scimv^which is littering the businosssection."
Although the city council is now in the process of passing a nuisance bylaw which will make the removal of debris mandatory, the mayor said he would like to see most of the work done voluntarily.
Under the nuisance bylaw the city will be empowered to clean up an unsightly property and assess the owner for the . coat. An inspector has already been employed for a threjLJBiontb;-period to enforce the bylaw.
Firms-' already     volunteering truck's for the removal pi refuse during the drive are Riish Transfer & Storage Ltd., Columbia Excavating    Co;     Ltd.,     Handler's Transfer, Robertson Construction Ltd., R. A. Ewen, Central Delivery, C. Towe, Tabor Creek Sawmills, W. M. Tire, Ken's Delivery' and Central Sand & Gravel Ltd. f All privately owned wrecking trucks  in   the city  have heen volunteered   for  hauling  away discarded   machinery   and   the city  will   operate   all   units  of its  public   works   fleet   on  an overtime basis.             4
1?Under the general direction of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the 195-1 clean-up drive will have more equipment at^ its disposal than ever before, A Jaycee official said yesterday
"We have been given all the help which we could have asked for from city garage^, tr(.ick operators, and the municipality itself, (SConnaiight   ' Elementary    School principal.
Parents and members of the general public are invited to intend the ceremony.
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expire until August 31-
Aldefman   Frank  Clark,  chair-
Henry Ferguson, 72 Died At PG  Hospital
Former city employee Henry Ferguson died Tuesday in Prince George and District Hospital. He was 72.
Mr. Ferguson, who resided at 1977 Queensway, was well-known In the city, having lived here for 12 years.
Born in Quebec, Mr. Ferguson lived In The Pas, Manitoba, where he was a farmer, before coming to Prince George.
Surviving is a brother, Joseph, in Saskatchewan. Mr. Ferguson's wife predeceased him 20 years ago.
Funeral service for Mr. Ferguson will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from Assman's Funeral Chapel with Rev, Gordon McLaren, officiating.
n^in of the city works committee, shrprised council by moving that a local shopping area be set up under the new zoning bylaw where C. E. Bellamy owns property and a store building near Sixth Avenue and Freeman Street.        �?_
"He was supported by Alderman Carrie Jane Gray, the council's representative on. the Prince George Town Planning Commission. /
Earlier this year, after/months of negotiation with city council, Mr. Bellamy "was 7.grahted the right to a confectionery store license as, a non-conforming measure under the zoning bylaw.
The drawn-out Bellamy case dates back to annexation of the fringe area.last spring. Mr. Bel-amy at that time was the holder of certain provincial trade licenses which the city subsequently refused to replace with municipal trade licenses.
The case came to the forefront again Monday when city counci was considering requests and objections heard at a zoning bylaw hearing a week ago. Mr. Bellarny had again presented his case a1 that time asking local shopping rights for Lots 1, 2, 3, i; 5, 6 and 7 in Block 34, District :Lt>t 937.
Alderman Clark remindet council that Mr. Bellamy hat brought the city a petition in fav or of his earlier application signed by some 300 residents of his district.
''What I �want to know," went on the alderman, "is whether there were any objections against his application. His petition was well signed."
at the time the city set up one of he   other ! two    adjacent    local shopping areas, i
Mrs. Gray and Alderman Clark were alone in their support of the motion.                            �-
Funeral  Service  Today Far Giscome   Resident
Funeral services were held at( 10::X) a.m. today for Leo Belli-' veau, (53, of Giscome, who died Sunday in t'rince George.
" Father A. MacDonald conducted the services, which were in the charge of Aaonian's, Funeral Chapel.                                        l"
Pall-bearers were S. Jehson, M. Alines; William Barber, Alex Parent, L. Fiirario and W. Pozzebon,.
USAF Flyers On Mercy Mission
Members of a U.S. Air Force detachment stationed'neari Prince George volunteered their services Monday night in anj emergency flight to save the eyesight of a,small girl  from Smithers.                                             r"                                       ;
Six-year-old Avis   Tennant suf-^ager Ken Thomson then  relayed \
fered an injury which threatened the loss of one eye unless prompt skilled medical treatment were available. The nearest adequate facilities were in Vancouver. /
(The girl's mother, Mrs. Phyllis N. Tennant, called the Prince George airport in a plea for a mercy, flight, but was told no aircraft was available. Airport man-
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the message to the Baldy Hughes radar, site. Major Harold E. Plain/ commander, volunteered  the use of the Air Force L-20 airplane for' the flight.
At   10:25   that   night   Captain James  F.   Mitchell   took  off  for i Vancouvev  with his aide, '  A/1C R. H. Billett, the stricken girl and her mother.
Alderman Eugene Gabriele, chairman of the city's fire and water committee, said there were two local shopping areas in close proximity to Mr. Bellamy's property and that the establishment of a third one would be "unfair to thr nthnr two."
Alderman . Gray pointed out that Mr. Bellamy's store building was  already  under  construction
Off The Wires Today
(Canadian  Press�Thursday,  May  6,   1954)
Wants Northern Highways Linked With East
OTTAWA�The government was asked Wednesday to initiate o national highway building plan and offer financial assistance to the prov- \ inces.                                   o
Stanley Holowach (SC - Edmonton East) said in the house of. commons that British Columbia, Alberta ond Saskatchewan would accept such help, particularly for building on inter-provincial1 highway between Winnipeg ond the Pacific.coast.            ;
Canada needed more national highwoys, he said. It hod only one� the  Trons-Conoda   Highway�under  construction.
First project of a national highway progrpm should be the western inter-provincial highway joining with the 1,600-rrrtlc Alosko Highway and Hart Highway which runs from  Prince George to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Early Forest Fire Danger Net Anticipated
VANCOUVER�A spokesman for the B.C. Forest Service said Wednesday thot another month ond a half of safe conditions can be expected before woods are closed because of fire hazards.
The spokesman said a mild danger period appeared on the lower mainland during the last two weeks when trees, were dried out. However, green growth is now general throughout trie province eliminating; the fins haza'd for the present.