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2____ Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, May 17, 1954
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Less than 25 percent of the eligible voters went to the x>lls Friday to approve by a jnajority of 218 a bylaw calling or the expenditure by SchooTDlstrict. No. 57 trustees of
2,060,000 for the construction of Tiew schools in "Prince George and at a number of urban centres. But the measure ailed by 2.45 percent to get the 60 percent ma[ori^neces-ary. to give the board members the go-ahead signal.
With only one of the 39 polling tatlons�Newlands�still unre-orted, a, tally of the votes shows hat.830 taicpayers approved" the
Largest elementary school north of Vancouver, Prince George's $400,000, 18-classroom Corr-/iaught School was officially opened last Monday by Hon. R. G. Williston, minister of education. Left, School-Board members watch as Mr. Williston hands the. key to Principal Harry Thompson. They are (left to right): I. Wiley, Allan Birchard, Mr. Williston, Bob Range, Jack Nicholson, Harold Moffat, Mr. Thompson, Gordon Johnson, school inspector, and John Nilson.
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senger Praises train Crew
ireman Critically Injured
ar CNR Wreck
comotive P lunges Through Flood-Weakened Culvert
Two trainmen ^ere rftjuretj, one critically, when the loco-^ive.of :an 1 l^ar'"^^^^(n^tIW^''pi&tse1ii'9er train pltirtged 6 50-foot culvert g4 Mile 29, three miles east of Isle 313:30 a.m. Saturday. � ---------��I�'���.------------
ini'v (.i-orgc and District ?pit,i! mday are W. H, *Bud'* � year - old fireman, n�- is In Smithei-s, and
Is in serious condition scalds, burns from -flaming oil..multiple leg- fractures i possibly a broken back. Full >f his injuries cannot be until he has recovered
tments sustained" a small cut | the; head and was X-rayed for
'ino-. He is also being
for -hock.
1'ikcii to hospiUiLJ'or ob-! I were six passengers,
('arm, of Prince George,
iroan; and William Sashaw
of Prince Rupert, .mall clerk. All were discharged on Saturday.
Train No. .195 was travelling at, 22 miles an hour when the locomotive dropped ./into a ^50-foot hoie caused by; a sudden freshet when a df water against the eulvert/iip-prpaches. -
The engine buckled a� it -plunged through the weakened culvert, and two baggage cars leaped in'.o the air and crashed on top of the locomotive, A. third baggage car remained upright on the rails.
The baggage cars acted sis a cushion for the- passenger^cars ami prevented serious -injuries to the 10 persons aboard trie train.
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1954)
rne homo Saturday from her six-month g bells, marching bands and derise crowds
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Queen Elizabeth Home From Globe Girdling Tour
.LONDON�Queen Blipbefh co l(itcur to a London of pealing b J*S their welcome.',
-�fined the banks of/the River Thames to criccr as she sailed into the heart of her capital.
i^e last year's coronation all ovcr'agoin. As they did then, hod camped all night on sidewalks to make sure of a place on
V's Dowh Wolves To Take ^
�Pentictpn /V's climaxed a comeback-studded playoff Saturday night by edging Sudbury Wolves 3-2 in the seventh and' m9 OQme of the Allan Gup finols. V's reversed the script by racking, 'h'ee qool fead and thei hanging on desperately to capture the <�an-sen amateur hockey championship.
The Oost
y pp
nticton club, led by ploying-coach Grant Warwick,, lost out In
year to Kitchener-Waterloos Dutchmen.
1 Servicemen Protest- Beer Parlor Ban On Indians
VANCOUVER�Wor vetcraps groups have joined the fight agoinst 4"n Lq'.;C magistrate who has ruled that Indians will be kept out, of ��'lors in that northern interior settlement.
leaking on, behalf of veterans, Bernard Isman, former president of tanadon Legion, B.C. Commond, questioned the right of Magistrote ',. l0r"Qke mass interdiction of all Indians at Burns Lake. , Aftcr q lengthy struggle with the government, Gordon"Wismer (former - oltorncy.general) finally consented to let .rndions enjoy our club ^C5-" he said. "This paved the way to allowing them to purchose lc gloss in licensed premises. We will fight this oct of racial ilu ICe �o our greoteit ability."
^ipload Alumina On High Seas For Kitimor Smelter
-'^GSTON, Jomaica__First shipment of alumina-for Aluminum Com-
0( Conodo's huge new plant at Kitimat left Port Esquivel Sunday J 'he Sun Karen.
''! shchool Board today, "especially vhen it is considered that anoth-
r 85 or more affirmative yotes would have put the bylaw over he top."
He added that defeat of the by-aw will result in double shifts
esct term at Prince George Jun-or-Senior HigfTSetiool 'and a continuance of the overcrowded coni
itions in , some elementary
chools. ,
The School Board will meet to-riorrow nlght-to review the situa-
k>n In the light of the result of
riday's voting. Consensus of opinion among
members of the board is th?t' the result is tantamount to passage of $ vote of want of confidence In the School Board, and there 1$ some talk of resignations.
"We feel that we no longer have the confidence of .parents
and ber
ratepayers," said one mehv when informed of the result
of the referendum.
"As matters stand now, there's no immediate solution to our problem. All moneyfor new con-_ structlon must be obtained by.bylaw. The government has the power to make special grants for school construction in cases of emergency, but there's little likelihood this will be done in our case."
With hundreds of children entering school next September and (See REFERENDUM, Poge 3)
Committees Ready Plans For Big/Frontier Kinvention'
Members of the convention i moose barbecue at Six Mile Lake committee of Prince George Kins-1 on Sunday evening. Lower main-
and clubs will be hosts at a cock-
men Club, headed by Chairman Pommy Norton arid his assistant, 'actf McArthur, are making- plans o welcome more than 400 fellow jlub members to the city at the veek-end.
it will be the annual business meeting of District 5, Associated be btUeted in city homes. They will start\arriving in the city late Friday afternoon by car will reach here by plane Saturday. ^\ .
Business sessions will be held irl the Strand Theatre, and- las� minute efforts are being made to have the Civic Centre auditorium in readiness for the major social functions, ,including the governor's banquet and ball on' Monday.
A civic luncheon will also be held at noon on Monday, followed in the afternoon by a Kinsmen golf tournament and a cocktail party in the Prince George Hotel.
On Saturday evening there will be a sea food dinner in the Civic Centre provided by Prince^Ru pert and Terrace clubs. More than 750 pounds of choice --moose meat Is lying in a qity cold storage plant in readiness for a monster
Power Commission Engineers Start Survey Of Gty System
Three members of the engineering staff of B.C. Power Commission arrived in Prince,George today by plane from Victoria to start a survey of the municipal-owned power anc light generating unit and distribution system, and subsequent ap
The survey praisal by members of the Power Commission is being carried out at the request of the City Council and' will form the basis for an oner to purchase the city utility if the sale is approved by the ratepayers at a plebiscite.
Included In the survey team now in the city is Norman Latim-er, diesel design engineer^ who will spend about a week studying and appraising the^First Avenue power plant.
He.is accomp�i"'C1' by John D. Taylor and Ted Cunning who will Inspect the existing distribution system and also survey the power consumption potential in a large area surrounding the clty^includ-Ing the Pineview and North Nc-chako regions, Willow River and Giscome. RATE COMPARISON
In an informative address to Prince George Rotary Clutt en Friday, J., K. McKeachic, public relations director, B.C. Power Commission, gave some pertinent figures relating to light and power costs in Prince George as compared to rates paid by Power Commission customers in Vander-hoof, Quesnel, Kamloops fcmd Nanaimo. " :-<,,
In Prince George the net charge for 100 KWH of electricity "is 58.44. In VanUcrhoof the bill would amount to $5.95; Quesnel,
f5; Kamloops, Si.07; Nanaimo $3.78. ^
Residents of Prince George wi�l an electric stove and other major appliances who consume 500 kilo watts,of power monthly now pay $13.28, as compared with Vander hoof, $13.52; Quesnel, $11.25 Kamloops, $10.63; Nanaimo, $9.83
A comparison of commercia rates shows thaj., based on a con sumption of 500 KWH a custom er in this city would pay- $26.25 In Vander hoof the cost would h $18.10; Quesnel, $16.40; $15.7t>; Nanaimo, $14.70.
In every case, the provincia sales tax and prevailing discount for prompt payment has been applied.
Mr. McK�achie said there was no danger that the Prince George distribution system would be "swallowed up" by the Power Commission, and that the Electric Power Act under which the conv (See B.C. POWER, Page Sh-
party in'the Civic Centre pre> ceding the big game feast;
Education Minister R. Gf Wil-lston, a charter member of the 3rince George club, "will be chief peaker at the ;civic luncheon on Jonday. \tr
Petition Holds Up Arras-Dawson Work
Education Minlster'Ray WilUs-on advised the Prince George 3*oard of T"rade^ Thursday night ot to "gel agitated" Over the prot x .Inclal government's apparent ack of action In reconstructing he- sor^etfimes - impassable 15 miles of the John Hart Highway mmediately south of Dawson
reek.
Mr. Williston made . the statement In reply to remarks by Harry Loder, a member of the board's transportation and highways committee.
. ^.|lir. Loder reminded hi* ltetfh-r�*rf of Works Minister F.' A. Ga�-
lardl's statement last year to the effect that reconstruction of the ^5-mile section would be commenced without delay.
Absence so far.of any indications that ihe projects is getting top priority is a matter of concern, Mr. Loder statefl.
"The people in Dawson Creek are very concerned and we should ery concerned," he told the ward.
He saWkthat tRere are several al-ernative mutes for the Recontruction project,to follow-'and he .aid indecision as^toovhich is the jest might be causirig^the govern- . ment's delay.^
Mr? Williston replied that the jrovinclaftgovernment js^in pds-v sessjon of a petition signed by some 1200 residents of the Daw-ion Creek area dealing with a new rouj.e'for the Arras to Dawson section.
J^uon't get agitated," he said, ^h work has not been forgotten.^,/ .
Money for the reconstruction project is ayailable, It was learned, and the work will be carried out this year.
Truck* Believed Used In Theft Recovered
A light panel delivery believed to have been used in a store robbery at Fort Fraser was recovered by. police on the Vanderhopf highway 28 miles west of here on the week-end.
.The truck had been crashed over the f=ide of the road and was badly damaged. In ,it were foods and clothing believed stolen ear-Her from Fort Fraser.
Police recovered one other Stolen vehicle Saturday and there is still one stolen car missing.
Twilight Golf
Club Captain Ford Wray of the golf club announces that first twilight tournament of the season is called for tomorrow night. In former years, twilights have been held on Wednesdays but it has been decided to hold them 6n Tuesdays this season. Play starts at 6:30 p.m.
Forged Cheque Case Remandeq Eight Days
Mrs. MurWii McGillis appeared in Police Court Saturday and was remanded another eight days on a charge of uttering, a forged document.
The charge arose from a complaint from the Bank of Nova Scotia involving a $950 cheque. It is alleged that Mrs. McGillis cashed the cheque, bearing the forged signature of city physician .Dr. A. L. Chambers, at the bank. ,-Mrs. McGillis is still in custody. Bail has been set at $1500.'
Three Motorists Fined For Impaired Driving
Three motorists, two of them Prince George residents, were found guilty in Police Court this morning on charges of impaired driving. ?
They were each fined $75 and costs. Ten persons Were 'convicted on intoxication charges.
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