(Two Sections) Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, May 10, $4.00 per year 5^ per copy Mother Of Two Jailed inw) Forgery Case Bared ^n ottractive. 26-yeor-old blonde mother 6f two is in Oyinc'al Jail here today awaiting preliminary hearing on a arge arising y earing from a forged signature on a $950 cheq ue. Icing the $1500 ball set �iaOi�ti'ate I'. -I Moran on Sat-ai-ning is Muriel McGillis, iniii-t at a downtown i;in^ office. � MrOilix was arrested late 31 Of She Is MacArthur Clinic, 1210 Fifth Avenue, said she. was at work on Friday as usual. She "had been employed at the �> complajnt of an of- j cllnic as a^reeeptiomst since 1951 Hank of Nova Scotia, j and came here from Vancouver, irno< miontbut not with the vvoiii'an it alleged to have a cheque at the Brink of �ijiia wJiich bore the forg-,.�,,. of a city physician, i chambers. The cheque Dr. <'h:": 1 with uttering a j Her husband is a patient at 1 Shaughnessy Military Hospital and one child, age five, stays with her mother in Vancouver. A second child, only 18 months old is in Prince George. According to an official of the Bank of Nova Scotia the S950 cheque was cashed several days ago and the fact that the signature of endorsement was a forgery was not discovered until late last' week. Mrs. McGillis was represented, in court oh Saturday by L. E. Blundell of the firm of Ferry & Blundell, barristers and solicitors. was made payable >ers and was drawn l(riliii\i of the Workmen's Icdlillls has not yet eriter-plca [6 the charge and has remanded eight days or oner for preliminary hearing. Her ��employers, Chambers & Downtown Area Ranks Firs! In Garbage, Refuse Survey Giant Clean-Up Drive Starts Today While all of Prince George needs attention in the large scale clean-up drive which starts today, the city's downtown commercial area is the scene of more refuse, junk and unsightly objects per square foot than any, other, Junior Chamber of Commerce president Art Bell declared this morning. e*5� �& ar-Dov Event Prows Hundreds hird Annual Music Festival nds With Honor Performance "With* the Honor Performance of the winners of the nine ps and trophies offered \n the Prince George and District bsic Festival, the third annual event came to a close Satur-iy ot the high school auditorium. � y^ Hundreds of contestants from luce IIhuki' and surrounding i, competed in,the vocal and ,::. ient.il events which open-�mImv night and continuity and night sessions irday_night. ijiulicator of the big fes-�ll-know'n Vancouver bT>srw6od Robson, and esiderii Mi>S4frances Glbbins the �hard-wbsJdnR associa-m committee whien"'s4j>ok .care the hundreds of detailSx$ytilch Hit into organization of en;. Savor Gordon Bryant officially the festival oh Wednesday Binp. Ifarge crowds attended all the and the auditorium was 0 capacity for Saturday honor performance. IIBI'JK llfcRobson paid high tribute to festival association members, |ng he had never seen isu'ch outrunning festival ot ,such committee.�! iHc al=o �iiin older that talented o? j>(M)|ii(> would not have to province to rc� We Mirli Uaining. [f'e said \hi'ixK Is no lack of P*nt 111 the province, but there | >5'k of tt-i*inir\K facilities, and "rK<'(l interested persona to their member of tlW\] 1 '� -Mature or the premier 3 that a chair of musicbe hod at UBC. the festival Mr. Rob that because of the �*m~ size of the festival in c two adjudicators be obtaln-He-roo urged that more men j . 'Pi'" in festival events.: 1 rn the honor performance '�lulu the Prince George oo.l Hand aVid the Wells Hand performed, both marks of 85. ft Pfjnce George'band play- Chapel" and the Wells band played "Military Escort" and "Overture Assembly Hour." Jack Carbutt was master 'of ceremonies at the concert and paid tribute to Mr. Robson for his remarkable work in adjudi-* eating the festival. Winners of the nine cups and trophies offered in the music festival performed Saturday night. Five of the awards were offered for the first time this year, and Mr, Robson paid tribute to the eroslty of city organisations 3 the mai First pe have ^donated lovely trophies. trners were two little singers, Phllomrsja Mbrrissey and Brian Fawcett, wTls^tied for the Northern Rebekah LottgcCup for junior solo, with marks ol Phiiomena sang "Bedurae Brian sang "Windy Night." Next performers on the .program were the ' Sacred Heart School Grades five and six Choir, winners of. the Prince George Jun- NEW OFFICERS were .installed April 27 for Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 928, Prince George, by a past govemer, Lome McGowan of Prince George. Seated (left to right): Ernie Crawford, junior governor; L. A. Goodricjvgovernor (second term); T. A. Martell, prelate.1 Standing: W. E. Keibel, trustee; J. McPhillips, secretary; G. Hunter, R. Gray, trustees. Outstanding project of the lodge this year was the sponsorship of the Barbara Goodwin Trust Fund which, in conjunction with the Ladies of the Moofferraised more than $4200 to provide skilled, surgical treatment for a_young Chief Lake girl who was seriously burned in a fire which destroyed the home of her parents last October. s^ �Ferrucci Studios Gfyr Sees 72 % School Tax Boost If Referendum Passes City Shows Effect On Tax Structure School cost- demands on the City of Prince George will rise 72 percent over the next four years os a direct result of the $2,000,000 school expansion referendum on which ratepayers will vote on Friday, a city hall statement alleged today/ Of this amount 60 per~cent will represent increased operating costs brought about by-i- tion of the schools projxjsed.undt'r the referendum^ and 12 percent will represent retirement of principle and interest. from ~E\AMVhK The ^city's carefully document-d j ed statement shows what effect this will hae on u city home as-at $1000 on property as-sesseINr's statement: i ers* Association at Jasper in June. Mr. Williston vvil contribute to a series of formal speeches on the topic "A � Progressive Caria-da," and has chosen as his subject "Are We Educating For the Future." He issuecl a special request to city merchants in which he ask-ed that all store xaPid. Jbuilding owners be on "hand at their premises on the evening' when their zone is scheduled to be cleaned up. , v "Our back lanes ,, are simply choked with" refuse, much of it an unnecessary fire hazard and much of it representing a seriou'sTteaTth~hazard." OWNERS CAN HELP ur crews will remove as much refuse as they can, but property^owners can help them indicatmg^which objects may removed antLby having all ill bits of rubblsrsiieady In containers A Cariboo Health Unit^bfficial meanwhile stated that the clekn^ p campaign will be followed by very careful health department crutlny and that any unsanitary �onditions will be dealt with hrough the city's bylaws. \ The downtown area -will be leaned up tonight and tomorrow. ..one 1 of the clean-up drive con-ains-vthat part of the downtown rea ^ast^pf Ontario Street and Zone i, to be concentrated upon omorrow evening, contains all of he downtown area between On-ario and Vancouver Street. A. survey of the five zones into which the city has been divided howsthat Zone 1 Is In the worst tate and that Zone 2 is running t a close secorjd. )DD ASSORTMENT Both zones-contain, among ther things, rickety shacks, bandoned machinery;, garbage,, bandoned ._ automobiles and rucks, general junk, discarded usses and mounds of discarded ullding materials. Zones 3, 4 and 5, comprised Tlncipally of residential development, are in little better Condi-ion, the survey officials disclosed. ' Abandoned automobiles, trucks and machinery abound in some alocks and refuse is scattered over most vacant lots. __ ,* Prince George's biggest-ever clean-up drive got off to an of- Alcan, Unions Spar On Wage Talks VANCOUVER, May 10 (CP) � Wage talks that will eventually affect more than 1,000 workers at the vast Alcan project at Kltimat and Kemano in northern B.C. have broken down, a union official said. Conciliation officer BolKForgle is scheduled to leave fof Kltirriat Monday to meet officials of the Aluminum Company of Canadax and Aluminum .-Workers of America (AFL).- Less than 300 workers are involved at present but both labor and management are handling negotiations as "top priority" as tftev win set the pay pattern for all workers in the production end of the bigNjmelter now under construction. ^\. Unions are asking a base hourly rate of $1.88 pliis a*Q ' /' � . / Bill Strom, convention comttlit-tee chairman, announce^ today that arrangements had been made to run the Hi-Baller Revue ah e^tra twA nigWs so that the public may have an opportunity-to see ihis-oCftstanding stage enter-tainmeoU This will also be the Fall Fair building and admission will be charged. Those who saw the Hi-nallcrs at Prince Rupert have pronounced it "an excellent family show,'.' and are making arrangements for a repeat performance. Irol NEW WESTMINSTER I01 ^gineer stood by �A radio announcer and his con- stood by in a burning building here Sundav a running account of a $1,000,000 blaze until in .Worst burned off the air. d In the fire, one of ever to hit this Fraser of 33,000, was the five-Wright Building con-and radio sta- but later revised broadcasting until through our main wires and the fire chJef, ordered us out of the building," said Bill Duncan, chief control operator at the station. He and announcer Sid Lancaster were alone in the station 'when the blaze broke out. Lancaster turned in the alarm. Only injury was to Fire Captain Gordon Hardman, taken to hospital .suffering from smoke poisoning. Old Sol Back Tomorrow Says Weather Forecaster CJt3' residents should be able to get back to their "clean up paint up" activities under blue skies tomorrow when sunshine Is expected to succeed today's clouds. ( -Mild temperatures will, con-tinue and winds will be light. EX' pected low tonight is 45, with a high Tuesday of 70. Maximum temeprature on Sunday was G6. "The year 1958 will be the first year that the full .fittest, of this program will be felt. At that time school population willr he 60 per tent greater than at present, without any increase in assessed values as the new pupils are already -here and housed.,Therefor, because of operating costs only, school taxes will rise by 15 per cent each year for four years. "Thetj ^there is the matter of cost of paying "interest and principal on the money borrowed on the referendum only. This, will | -iiclci three per cent to school.taxes r for four years. "TtieYcfor we have the prospect of, an incresije in school tales' of .18 per cent per^ year for -four years." ,| A city-prepared c^iiFt shows that whereas the"'. schooKjtax levy in the city today is 61.083 mills, it will rise to 72.078 mills next year, 83.073 mills In 195fi, !M.0(i� mills in 1957 and 105.0C3 mills in lf)38. J Actual dollar cost to the/City runs from $334,143 this y^ar to S57J.72G in 195^. . The statement conUrtues/'There will be no rejief/from increased assessments because it is agreed that tM children arc already here and 'Tiousjpu, . I ncreased v assessments con only mean a general incre^e in population, with chil-Irw brought in to the school dis--tfict from elsewhere. \t very, be'st this increased assessment could only pay for the additional costs represented' hy these newcomers." The. city's statement, designed merely to show the consequences in taxation of passage of the refer ehdum, lauds the school board for having given a "clear picture of the needs over the next four years." It continues, "We realize that he school board's planning is endangered by the unfair share of school costs i the 'taxpayer is being forced to pay as a result of the present provincial-municipa financing^ arrangements."-' Mayor Gordon D., Bryant sajd he had nothing t6 add to the council's prepared statement. Said he, "I felt it was our duty to show the people what this referendum means in the way o dollars and cents and we have now done our duty. The people must decide." ficial start here on Saturday whei\l j^111 Y* members of the /sponsoring Jun- !�.,?_'. lor^^hamber of Commerce donned old clothes, took mops and in hand atuV scrubbed the main do\vjntowri_Jniersection at Geprge and Third. > TonfgfiVs part of the \2o-ny\n clean-up force will concentrate on the east end of the ci^ anlf will be looking for the wholehearted co-operation of "Zone l&resldents. \ny person wishing to dispose (See CLEAN^yP, Page 6} Open House, Tea Al Hospital Wed. Residents are reminded that Wednesday is Hospital Day, "and-an Open House and Tea will be held at Prince ^George and District Hospital during the afternoon. � ; -\ . The Open House gets underway at 2 p.m., and all members of the public Ve cordially invited. A special invitation is extended to uvernen, with the reminder that the affairs of the hospital are as much theirs as the women's. Those vifdting the hospital will be conduetedNjn a tour, and wjif then be taken to the nurses'residence, where t he ^Wprnen*sr Auxiliary will serve tea>-The open house will be from ^to^t p.m. and the tea from Transportations/to will be providiia for anyone Gordon Florence Nightingale estab-ftsbed _ the nursing profession, during the Crimean 'War. City School Stand Slur On Trustees' Integrity; Moffat "Almost deliberately misleading" were the words used by school board building chairman H. A.' Moffat-last week to describe recent public statements on the $2,000,000 school by Mayor G. D. Bryant and members of the referendum mo city councily^ Mr. Mo�fax,'addressing an abdi-enceofxfatepayers in the Junior Senior High School Auditorium, sakf^that school "trustees are in-erpreting recent statements etiv Hnating from the city' council chambers as "an active campaign Earl Warner returned to Prince Georg last night after spending the winter '";vvith Alcan's weather station on 'the. mountains. GAS PRICE REDUCTION �Word \yas 'released this after noort by Imperial Oil Co. tha their wholesale price of gasolln has been reduced 2.2 cents pe gallon. Up to time of going t press no retai} outlet� could glv any information as to a retluctlo to consumers. defeat the board's school, refer-ndum and as a slur on the in-egrity, arid responsibility of the lembers of the board." ALMOST. DELIBERATE^' �'Some of the statements that lave been made sound almost de-iberately' misleading," Moffat de-laned in referring to news ar-icies published in the Prince eorge Citizen. "One of these," he went on, "is he / mayor's statement that the school trustees have based their presentation to the publip on statements, to the effect that 50 classrooms were needed, whereas he referendum called for 71 :lassrooms. "This appeared In the press three days, after the full boarc had outlined to the mayor anc council in the city Jiali counci chambers 'that 50 classrooms wcre needed in the City of Prince George and the others in the rura areas. ''There was no chance for < misunderstanding," charged the building chairman!' "The trustees and the counci went over the details of the-refer endum item by item." "DIRECT INSULT" Moffat said that, Mayor Br.v ant's statement to the effect tha he would' "lay , the facts befor the people was a direct insult." He declared. "We have bee holding meetings night after nigh all over the school district, an we have nothing to hide from anybody. The implications of such | f whether new schools are built r not built, the operating costs oil Id reinain a burden until something is done at a provin-ial government level." "The cost of pupil supplies, eachefs' and janitors' salaries, lght bills, bussing students, and ther operating costs have' noth-ng to do with this referendum at 114 and they will continue to ;row with the pupil increase. W1H SHARKS ""This-referendum is for capital �xpenditures which are shared in ike proportion by all ratepayers vhether they live In the city or he rural areas. "If "the city .council were preparing figures to support a brief at Victoria for a faji- share of taxs and a more suitable agreement n regards to the sale of lands in (See MOf FAT, Pag* 4) Gagfardi Faces Jail Bids On His Return i One of the first things to face Provincial Public Works Minister P. A* Gaglardi on his return from Ottawa this week will be tenders for the proposed provincial Jail at .Prince George. Bidding on the 100-cell structure cjpsed April 21 and Marpole Construction Company was low bidder at $550,720. Marpole Construction Is an affiliate of G. W. L,edingham-& Company, contractors on the substructure of the new Salmon River/Bridge. According to an authoritative source the provincial .government's architects were shocked at the amount of the low tender. It was $140,000 higher than their est^nate. City Optometrist Will Head Kinsmen Harvey Clarke, city optometrist. will become the new president of Prince George Kinsmen , Club when formal installation ceremonies are held in September. He will succeed Dr. Gordon M. Fierheller. Other 1954-55 officers named at a recent meeting include Tommy, Norton, vice-president: James E. McNaughton, secretary; Syd Poz-er, treasurer; Dick Smith, Lorne McCuish, Dick Hipwe.II, director. Bulletin editor will be Harley Robertson. � to deceive the people." The trustee told his audience �that it is unfair distribution of government -grants which throws the burden of taxation on the municipality and that regardless Off The Wires (Canadian Press�Monday, May 10, 1954) B.C. Muscleman Breaks Record With 381 Pound Lift VANCOUVER�Strongman Doug Hepburn smashed ,his world weight-lifting record Saturday night when he snatched 381 poupds off the ground, raised it shoulder high, then thrust it to arms length oycr his head. Htf boosted 270 pounds in the two-handed snatch lift, and easily handled 350 pounds in the two-handed clean and jerk-for a total of 1,001 pounds in the three-lift total. -His world record lift of 381 pounds in the military press wos-9V2 pounds more than hi* championship effort in Stockholm last summer. His over-all total, however, fell short of;the 1,030- pounds he picked up in Europe. � ' One Canadian and four provincial marks were also bettered in the weight-lifting show, billed at the combined British Empire Games weight-lifting trials and western Canada championships. Train Passengers To Get Drinks In Miniature 'Mickeys' VICTORIA�Miniature bottles of liquor will be used on CPR and CNR Statements are thatwe are trying rrQ.ns jn Britjsh Columbio when lounges go into operotion on or about Moy 24, railway officials said Saturday night. Transportation companies wi!^ serve alcoholic beverages from bottles holding approximately 1 2/3 ounces of liquor each. When the drink is ordered, a steward will bring the bottle to the table and break the seal - in presence of the customer, then pour.