PROVINCIAL An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of \ mtralP and Northern British Columbia Vol. 3"; No. 44 Prince George, B.C., June 7, $4.00 per year per copy funeral Rites Here Today For Youth Killed On Alaska Road K Funeral sendees were held in St.""Michael's Anglican Lurch this afternoon for Billy peon Bargy, 23, who was killed �Thursday evening when a light delivery truck overturned at Lie 13 on the Alaska Highway between Dawson Creek and h Forl St. John. , waii the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bargy of Prince George. pjve jfjrls riding, in the truck ;~re injured in the accident. The mik �'�'-' t:ikin8 a 8irIs> Softball \L from Dawson Creek to a "e at Fort St. John. li was reported the driver of �i (nick swerved to avoid a Le ,,; steel lying on the road, �. his back wheel caught, flip- ping iirew The Ao'-v vehicle. Police said the ig tmn to shreds. Icuek had extra passengers e it was carrying players eVe riding in a, car which io U broken down earlier. Vouns Bargy came to Prince IGeow wltM �is parents six years ho f"!> Iliil. Crooked River, Sask. mployed by Lee's Trans- I,id. and B.C. Spruce Sales Inline leaving for Dawson four months ago. He was hotels Protest Lane tough Properties 'owners of two Millar Addition gptels will protest construction � j lane through the block In rtiich their units are located, ft n- learned last week. proprietor of Allen's Motel, |jl(, ijui-ensway, told city council instruction of a lane i the block would not only the landscaping of both -. bill would constitute a srloiis nuisance. , i Mr. Allen said _ that the lane, ihich \vi.ul(M)isect half of Block f ami its 'counterpart is built the south half. The lane would ii north and south and would iieci each motel-site. viiig, ;i public thoroughfare . his property would make more difficult to keep prow? ra away, Mr. Allen contended. He said the owner of the other |aoid �;;> equally convinced that .' should not be built. "Alderman Carrie Jane Gray ill the lane was needed for roilection purposes ap/1 "nobody has the right .i !;iik!."., I'll moved to turn ihe mat-�i* toxthe municipal works I aning comQiitteeS-for rpPnrtB Seeks Site In Central For Sheds Fust MopMowards decentraliz-�'-' mipalNleparlment build-fcgsfrotn the clty^ha'll area at the � '�� "fCiiMnnught.Rj.il will take ;j..�� shortly when the city will Kempt, to get' ground"^ for an qgpment shed _site_in_Central I'a � ht intention of the city; ifosfceyre ground for the cquip-teni shed in fhe immediate vi-ai'y ot-the former army power-||nti now municipally owned. Mayor C. D. Bryant told city | 'Jr.ci'i hist week that the former I'kmi building will make a I1'- adjunct to equipment i- and servicing when it is >l Of surplus powejr equip- ntion of the council is to �illy dear the city hall area �''�' buildings. a member of Prince George Boxing Club. Surviving are his mother and rather, three sisters, Barbara and Mrs. Betty Velchek of Prince 3eorge, and Mrs. Roy Trask of Chu Chua, B.C., and a brother, Buddy, of Prince George. New Paper Currency Stripped Of Frills OTTAWA, (CP)�Canada's new paper currency, to be -circulated next September, is a strictly functional, two-tone affair, stripped o/ all Victorian ornament and equipped with a few gimmicks to fool the forger. The new bills, in eight denominations, were unveiled by Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada, and his staff at a press conference. This is the first bank note design change in 17 years and! the first note to bear the portrait of the Queen. The Queen appears uncrowned and rather sombre, the steel engraving is from a photograph by Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa, taken several years ago. The negative and all prints of that particular photo now are in the hands of the Bank of Canada. East Of Pr. George Public works officials here announced this morning that the provincial government has granted 849,000 for the replacement of three frail bridges on the Northern Trans - Provincial Highway between Red Pass and Yellow-head. Divisional engineer D. D. Godfrey said that the project to replace the old bridges will be complete by Christmas. The bridges to be replaced were constructed of slender poles by Japanese internees during World War II, Engineers have described them as bemg in a precarious condition for.some time. Each will be . replaced by a standard pile-trestle design having 18 feet clearance between wheel-guards. -Locations and costs of the new bridges are as follows: Lower Fraser $17,000, Upper Fraser $19,-000, Yellowhead, $13,000. Decision to replace the bridges strengthensvjthe belief that the government intends to construct the missing link of the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway within the near future. Life of then ew bridges will be from 20 fo 30 years. Boost Involved In West Coast Contract Formula VANCOUVER, June 7�An eight-point settlement formula f&r dF^l 954-controct has been accepted by negotiators for pperators and lumbermen of the coastal lumber Industry. No pay boost is involved, but it calls for three additional statutory holidays, making six; a new seniority retention clause; dues check-off provisions to cover new employees after 30 days, and a new beard and lodging rote of $2.50 a day, a boost of 25 cents. Thirty-two thousand workers are now voting on the proposal, and an IWA spokesman said results are expected about June 17. Referendum To Boost School osls 12 Percent In 4 Years Operating Cost Inevitable Says Moffat Actual increase/'in school costs here over the next four ears os-a direct result of passage of the referendum on which ne ejeciorate will vote again Friday would be 12 percent, chool board building chairman Mr A: Moffat told The Citizen 6doy. . ""It is grossly unfair, as well as eing entirely Incorrect, to arrive t this referendum cost increase, s the city did, by the Inclusion of peratlng costs," he stated, The city claimed passage of he school expansion referendum ould increase school costs ,by 72 er cent over the four years of he program. = "Tlie .greatest portion of -our peratlng cost each year is pay- nent of teachers' salaries' and it nust be obviritu? to us-all that a Iven number of students require SUX-XV AND S Prince George will be enjoying swimming weather for 'the next few days, if predictions of the airport weatherman are^realized. Sunny and warm weather is forecast for this afternooh\and Tuesday with low and high ternp^ Life of the new bridges will be morrow 38 and 72. Graduates In Caps, Gowns Receive High School Diplomas Dressed in cops and gowns, 58 graduates of the Prince George High School deposited their lights of learning with their younger brothers and sisters and bid farewell to their high school careers at graduation ceremonies held in the high Off The Wires Today (Canadian Press � Monday J,une 7, 1954) , � One Shot As Police Surprise Safecracker Suspect NEW WESTMINSTER�One man "was shot |n the back and arrested with three other men Sunday in a running gun fighf"between police and suspected sdfecrackers. Police withheld all names until charges could be laid. \ The battle erupted in the downtown section when two officers checked the door of a' milk company. They noticed smoke coming from inside and were about, to investigate when four men broke from the bock .door. Shots were fired on the officers as the four raced to the alley and split up. One man wos dropped in his tracks as police returned the fire, Police Chief Jock Donald soid. Others were rounded up after a hunt. I . � Gargrave Says Premier Trying To Disrupt Unions KAMLOOPS�MLA Tony Gargrove (CCF-Mackeraie) said Saturday Premier Bennett is "trying to drive 6 wedge between British Columbia's trade unions and their leadership." He said the premier's claim that, criticism of |he controversial new Labor Relations Act wos just a politician's quorrel "is flippant," Mr. GargraVe, speaking ot a public meeting here, said "the next step by the government will be establishment of on 'education program' to further wean workers awoy from their own organization." , "The program will'attempt to convince us we need not bother with such pesky things as unions." '-'_j New Labor Relations Act Arouses Union Ire VANCOUVER�An audience of 150 cheered o proposal that labor institute a compalgn to unseat British Columbia's Social Credit government. The suggestion wos aired ot a special meeting colled to give Vancouver union members on opportunity to study the new Lobor Relations Act. The meeting was sponsored "by the joint executive committee of the Trade Union Congress of B.C., B.C. Federation of Lobor, and the Joint Legislative Committee of Standard Railway Brotherhoods.. school auditorium lost Friday night. The Impressive � candlelig h t graduation ceremony climaxed an evening of festivities for the graduates which began earlier with. a ""round-up" party -at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Ged-des. With soft music hummed the background by "member h hih hl Gl Clb in r of the high school Glee Club under the direction of Mrs. E. Black, the gowned graduates walked through an arch of fragrant lilacs to deposit '... their, .symbolic� candles- to waiting grade 11 representatives La/ry Dell and Diane Abernethy. Greeted by Supervising Principal Jack Beech and counsellors l^lss. B. Lang and R. C. Brown, thVgraduates then went on to re-ceiyeHhelr diplomas from homeroom teachers G. L. Scens and D. 'A. -.Morrison. Vice-principal Phil MaeGregor read the names of the graduates^as they entered the auditorium decorated for the occasion, with streamers xwhich Suspended from the middle of the celling. Smaller stars containing rthe names of individual-graduates mfcQB from the auditorium' walls. . Jabk Carbutt read the Graduation Grayer following the ceremony, and graduates and staff members; then danced Urn graduation waltz.- N\ Earlier the graduates were feted at a turkey cllnntr in the banquet room of the Prince George Hotel. . In- a number of toasts> the graduates paid special tribute to the staff, the school, the Parent-Teachers' Association and the visitors for the efforts which had been put forth on their behalf. These were reviewed again by Betty Bunton who. promised;- in her~ valedictory address; that the graduates would show by their lives that the efforts had not been in vain. Guest speaker Harold Moffat urged the graduates to take a stand on present day issues. If we are to preserve.our heritage, ho said,-we-must work for it. We " must study the problems which face us and then show our colors. . f "Carry on with your learning," he said, "and supplement tt with lessons of participation in some organization in the society in which you live." Jack Beech, in his farewell address to the graduating class pointed to the increasing number of students from the ..Prince VICTORIA�Dean Johnston, 26, ond Donald Hopton, 23, were killed Sunday night when their car went out of controKpnd hurtled over a 30-foot embankment six miles north of Duncan, on Vancouver Island. 26, suffered internal injuries, shock and bruises.' -N, John Robson, LANGLEY�=An 18-year-old bride-to-be was Killed in a cor. crash early Sunday on her way back from o bridal shower. Her fiance suffered con- cussion and was unconscious in Kospitoi-.- RCMf Identified the girt os^ Anrt Plywkan and her fiance osXorry Wood, ?9. Three Month Tour Begins Soon Fortify Members Of Elgar Choir Fifteen-year-old Joyce Ongman will make her first trip outside of Canada when she leaves Prince George on June 10 on the first lap of a three month tour which will-toke her through; major cities of England and Scotland. A member of the Elgar Choir of B:C, Joyce will undertake four days of intensive practice with other choir members iti Vancouver before beginning her overseas tour. Ye/lov/bead. Pass Boosters \hMeet At Mount Robson Yellowhead Pass boosters from Alberta and Central B.C. h'H converge on Mocint Robson, B.C. next weekend, to publicize l'lhe best highway pass through the Rocky Mountain Range. " will be annual road caravan carcasses of choice beef in barbs-cue pits in preparation for a west-,ern style noon lunch on Sunday. l� the V.iiowhead Pass Highway 1K. cvem on Ifountains. lfc ;11e the and promoters of both sides of the are preparing to largest crowd on re- "n June 13 UVan from caravan from the A1' ^"�aiigementB have been made ' works Minister Gaglardi, �'";"'"ii Minister Williston and m Alberta MLA's to attend thc .iMy'"f advocates for a better -..a.\c*' ro;it* route. 'Punt Robhon there will be meeting and a frank op, �f problems associated ation. 1th |giK,r �^ "nation officials are making ort,,, ' accommodate-more than area ,ufand visitors from a wide provin!.rad(llin8 'he two western I ert. 'rS- On Saturday .night a cnefs at rzrr nefs at *he bg B'.eaves Ranch-will place two year was of special him because it marked the 20th anniversary > of his teaching career, nine years of which have been spent in Prince George. Mrs. A. MacDonald IWA Auxiliary Head George high school who � were! ^Ajttadvi_iB__valleQttver-te-aTFi gnimij!leAJisJ3i4lM^^ Prince George representa- B.C. this spring and urged the L,ve of lhe choir Dorothy Shires, high school graduates to continue] The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. their learning. Shires, Dorothy remained at the He remarked iha^ the class this loasl cRy (Jurlng the wInter *� I months in order to continue her practices with the choir. The city girls were chosen to represent Prince George at auditions held .here last year by Mr* and Mrs. C: E. Findlater, directors of the choir. Many other Interior" points will also be represented by the.choir meinbers who have been chosen to make the 1954 tour. A number of farewell.concerts have been -scheduled for the choir members at the coast, before they leave for Quebec on June 16. From there tney will sa-il on June 23 on the SS Samaria, arriv ing at Southampton on July 2 Following appearances at Bour nemouth,' Winchester, Salisbury Bristol, Swansea and Wokingham they will travel to l�ondon where they are scheduled to appear oi a number of television programs While in London the choir wil also present a concert at Overseas House. O Other stopping points on th 1954 tour will-be Reading, Wind Officers of the ^ Auxiliary The highway group is anxious to have representatives from Prince George Board of Trade join the B.C. caravan at McBride on Sunday morning. From McBride transportation to Mount Robson and return will he arranged. - i Those leaving Prince George on Saturday's train will be met at McBride by caravan committee members. Anyone /intending to go' from Prince George should phone 67the in-reased use of any one building. TKACHRR8 "I seriously doubt whether we iuld get teachers of the calibre ve have today for the same salar- es we are paying today if we re forced to shifting and the use f more temporary accommoda- Ion. Teachers, like most other ersons, are attracted to good working accommodation and reas- nable working hours." Mr. Moffat said be Is convinced hat-.failure to pass the present eferendum will actually result n a greater cost for schools In he future. x "This program is designed to meet the -classroom demand by POLICE SCIENTIST TKflFIB HERE ^tphn Gaudette, a laborer, wa coumvltterl for trial in a highe court here Saturday charged with ireaking ami entering the P/ince George JuniorSenlor High %J3ool on or about last April (] with in> ent to steal. Gaudette's committal came fol-owing testimony, from a Royal Canadian Mounted Police scien-1st who testified that \ burnt Hatches found on the floor of he high school following the )reak-iri exactly matched the stubs In a paper matchbook said o have been found on the accused al the time of his arrest. Testimony concerning discovery hildw-n-already in the city today ver the next five years. It does not take Into account the very arobable influx of more ipeople to he city. f__ ,"If the ijrogram does not go head from Friday onwards, con-estion in our schools 1^ going to lount rapidly. CAN GO ONLY SO FAR - "Congestion can only, be car-ied so far as a substitute for new lassrooms and when Its extreme . s met, a municipality or district must ,expand its school facilities with the greatest speed possible. Ve have seen this -in other, municipalities. "Now, as we all know, speed osts money. If a building |imist e built with maximum hasjte it ecomes- a needlessly more expen-lve building in the process.! Fre-uently the structure you put up n haste is not the structure you would build at a more leisurely jace. It is less suitable, less well juilt, and more expensive. "The farther a school district ;ets_behind in meeting the needs, he more money it costsHo catch up. In the end it has not only spent mote money for the same number of classrooms, but It hasN vreaked a hardship on both par- N nts and students during the oeriod of acute congestion. LACK OF CONFIDENCE "In reality then, there is but one factor upon which a voter can honestly justify a stand against this referendum and that s lack of confidence in the future )^Mhis community. "Because this referendum l�-jased upon the need for living children, this factor must represent not orilyx^abk of confidence n our city to go ahead during the next five years, butMack of con-idence that it will even hold Its-present population. "If such lack of confidence were ustified I would say that thc\ municipality had better not spend �my bond money at all, on streets, mvsidewalks*, on sewers, on water-nains, on equipment, because the peoples-will not., be here whose axes would retire the bonds. "I believe that we are as justified to build schools for children who live here today as the city is to build improvements for the people who live here today and 1 'Invite the city council or anv-'ISbclyWlse to. prove oHVerwAse.*r Voting on the referendum, being presenter! folMhe second time after i\n initial defeat through a three per cent rleficieficy In support, takes place throughout the nity ahcLjltstrlct^on Friday, PqIIs v/ill be p.m. from 8 a.m. to Restrictions Lifted On Two Highways Albspeed and load restrictions on the John Hart Highway and the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway frora^ Prince George west to the district boundary at Bed nest i were lifted this morn- Lifting of restrictions In the . , , , . , . , Vande-rhoof area last 'week coupl-Mr Johnson told the court that ^ wil1t^odav-s action by ^JjHe he discovered a broken pane qf orks ofm^ wl], ace Peking glass in the door of the school resumetl west of here. and a trail of blood leading from __________^_______ Johnson, .engineer at the school. The meetings will commence at 8:30 p.m. and will be held in th�T Prince George Junior-Senior High School. it to the school staff room. A short distance outside the door he founil ('an unemployment insurance book bearing Gaudette's name. An R.CM.P. constable- testified that he was called to the scentvx and discovered five bu.r.ned paper matches scattered around the" staff'i*Oom floor. -^fle said that when Gaudette was arrested he was carrying a partly vised matchlmnk. Both lxx)k and burned matches were sent to an R.C.M'.P. laboratory in Regina where they, were �examin-CfJLby Staff Sgt. J. M. Robinson, an expelt on hair, fibre and physical comparison work. Robinson gave details of his examination of the evidence and hiiicl that three of the burnt matches had once been attached to stubs In the match-book. He said the other two may or may not have been part of-the book. $50 In Prizes Awarded At Shoe Store Opening Three lucky residents are richer by $30 in shoe gift certificates today following the officiial open-ing Saturday of the Prince George d Two Films Scheduled For tweeting Tonight Two interesting films, one In color, will be shown tonight at a public meeting In the Prince George Library, Fourth ami Brunswick. > The-cQlor film deals with the' Tennessee Library Development. The second movie is "Library on Wheels" and outlines in detail the operation of the Fraser Valley Regional Library. � It- is expected that the timely need of the city taking over the library as a municipal development in view of the growth of the city, will.be discusser.). ('. K. Morison, superintendent Of the Public Library Commission, is in the city from Victoria and will speak at the meeting. Two-police constables earlier *i**nsiS �Pen U> ;'!1 illterosted had testified that when arrested Thc*mvoU wi|1 t undmvay Gaudette hud an open wound on g.3O > b his hand. I "" �'___________ Gaudette was not represented by counsel at the preliminary hearing but in a statement at its conch is on he lold the court ho' cut his hand while loading a car of plvwood for a supply firm. Ho said he cbuld call b d city building P�wre ^\ b c<1 hy '\ hnmc Shoe Store in its modern new witnesses to testify to this, but de-quarters at 427 George Street. clined to do so when offered the Three door prizes of gift cert if i- opportunity, cates were given away at Saturday's opening. First prize winner of a $25 certificate b ticket number 169: Second prize winner of $15 is 281. and third prize winner of $10 Is number 7. . ' v Steve Cavaghan drew the ning tickets. Cancer Campaign Fund Now At $1800 �The Conquer Cancer Campaign in Prince George is $H80 ahead of irt^ilast year';; drive, and there are ,, ___ Istlirtwo points to be heard from. Crowds thronged the store Sat-j The fund now stands at SI796.-urday to see the attractive decor 79. Of thiis amount the previously announced total was Smo.29, and since-.that time $385 has been mated that a ininimumxjf 700 per-' received from canvass of tlW sons took the opportunity of at- business section, $20 by mail and of the new location of the well-ktiown city firm and it/i.s esti- tending thc opening. i $01 from Upper Fraser. ,'' New Fish Dishes Topic At Gathering Tonight New and interesting ways to will ho demonstrat-economlst to all* interested persons at" a gathering in the high school this evening. The Department of Fisheries is sending cookery expert Miss All- * man here to hold the meeting for the purpose of showing home-makers how to get the full bene-fi.t of B.C.'s local product, and she will tell of many methods of making fish more tasty and appetizing. The. Prince George Women's Institute is sponsoring the meet-ingXwhich will be held in the homev economics room, starting at,R p.rrtv. All persons interested are extended a cordial invitation to attend, this demonstration.