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An Independent Semi-Weekly Newipaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia
37; No. 60
Prince George, B.C.. MONDAY, August 2, 1954 (two Sections*
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Iving Crew Here Do City Work
Infract paving of city streets ncti'ced again this week after ost a year of inactivity on a - bylaw project which was 'into being in December of
hlllanis & "Carrothers Ltd., ,\iver paving contractors, ar-Ik re last week with a crew '� unplete the contract which wis forced .to abandon when: �'weather set in last fall. ^_j Ivcrseeing the start of work . h Elmer Carrothers, a direc-i.f the firm.
|jiv Engineer CTeorge P, Har-'ilirinsed that almost three .. ,if_jiaving . remains to be
:,rk will get underway inv Jiatcly due to the fact the city
already undertaken most of j preparatory'--work of 8raf tfui-JWichine In connec-
former swim marks underwent revision, and track and/field stars b;*>ko three.
England held a 21-polnt lead at the start of today's program after taking four of the 11 gold medals awarded Saturday and eafning a
, total of 68 points.
( Xustralta won two medals and
up
under
10-5-1-3-2-1 scoring system for the six finishers. ,
Canada failed to win any medals
n-\mir'prTpaiTng''some "streets h�<- followed in third place with hard-surfacing meant that 31 points by scoring two seconds
Untcnarice work was falling be
�
a ill that in order to main-grave] streets within the pality an extra eight-hour iranie necessary.
in track and field and two more in the swim relays.
South Africa stood fourth "with 28 points; Nigeria, 17; New Zealand, 1G; Trinidad, 15; Northern ' Rhodesia, 13; Jamaica, 5; Ugan-
Central Resident Since 1913 'ied In Hospital Sunday
A 77-year-old man who played a leading role in the fly life of Central Fort George and who at one time owned [major portion of that townsite is dead. |\Villiimi .lames Peters died in
� George and District Hos-
�" P".45 a.m. Sunday, one K'k after being admitted. He
been in railing health for � years, and his condition be-|nie 'worse during the pust year.
ial will take place in Prince forgo Cemetery Tuesdav follow-
da, 5; British Gyiana, 4; Scotland 1; Wales, 1-.
Sixteen-year-old Virginia Grant
of Toronto led the swlrri record breakers in heats of the Women's
ark*
a mar d mas
'i vices conducted by Rev.
hi .McLaren at 2:30 p.m.. >�irr;il arrangements are being andled by Assman's Funeral
Pel.;:.
illbearers will be A. B. Mof-H. Hill, K. Irwin, J. Gaul, fiarlea Freeman and E. Burden, in fowrr today for the funeral their father are two Vancouver |'!; W. J. Peters and Thomas I'tdcrick Peters. Other, surviv r< include Mr. Peters's wife, 4wo l(l>. Mrs. Mary French and !"*� Louis Lorkln of Kent, Eng-1 expected and winds will be light. Low and high temperature readings expected in Prince George 15 d 75
under canvas. ~"
They will camp, this year on -
Twenty^sjx boys'undur the leadership of TecKAVilliams will, spend the week pioneering, cooking camp style on thesopen fire, hiking and swimmingNs
-Assistant, leaders at camp will be Geoff Crowe, Don Moffat, Roy Goodkey, Bill Blackburn, Jack Bond and .Bob. Seweii.
Preliminary- cvainp set- up was done Saturday afternoon by Bill-Fleming, Stan Witherall and Bob Sewell, assisted by Prince George Builders transportation.,
Yisitor'frrlny-wrtV be,next Wed-nesday, and the boys are' hoping as many parents anil friends as possible will motor out.to the camp-sye and watch the Scouts go through their routine. Scout Leader Willianrsreporfs the road is good and the trail to the camp is well marked.
Steel Arrives For West Van. PGE Span
Thousands of tons of structur al steel started pouring into Wes Vancouver late last week at th site of the PGE bridge over th Capilano Canyon.
"Already 28-root deep coffer dam holes'have been scooped up and piling started. Bridge is being constructeaxby Baynes Manning
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Sefen More Counts Against Mother Of Two
A comely 26^yeor-old former receptionist,in a downtown physician's office will leave her tail cell here tomorrow to face seven charges of uttering forge'd documents. /
Muriel McGilUs. currently serv-
ng a five-month sentence after pleading guilty to an earlier charge of a similar nature, will attend a preliminary- hearing tomorrow to learn whether she must stand trial on the new counts.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials announced today that the seven new charges had been laid, Juf the sum of money in\^lvqd was not made known.
Mrs. McGlllis, a former employee of the Chamber & MacAr-thur Clinic, 1210 Fifth Avenue, was arrested on May t this year and charged with uttering a forg-erf document in the form of a cheque fof $950.
The cheque was drawn on^the Eirltish Columbia Wefkmen's Compensation Board^-and the endorsement of Di>>A\ L. Chambers
was a forgery. It was cashed> at the Bank of Nova Scotia branch at Third and Dominion.
Committed for trial in police court, the attractive mother of two children entered a_plea of guilty and was sentenced to five months in jail.
Details of the � new charges against the fprmer receptionist a
not known. Her counsel wjlr be George Stewart.
According to poliee the new charges also stepvfrom the period or her employment as a receptionist.
In/sentencing Mrs, McGillis on ^Itrne 8 County Court Judge E. D. Woodburn said he was taking into account the. fact that restitution of the $050 had been made. Complainant in the first case was the Bank of Nova Scotia,
IWA Announces Acceptance Of Contract 'Overwhelming'
Ah official of the Internationpl Woodworkers of America declared here this morning that the union membership has accepted a proposed rwo-year contract in^rhe interior by "an overwhelming majority," .1________________________
P.G. Elks Attend
Big Penticton Rally
& Co.
Meanwhile,-
wbrjc crews have
started clearing thexPGB right-of-way through Bellevue..&venue. Residents leasing part 'of the i rtothet
He said the final count would probably disclose better than 95-per cent approval of the new wage and working conditions formula.
Howard Webb, business agent for the l.W.A, local here predicted that the 1954-55-56 contract would bexsigned by. both parties by the end of this week.
Thi new contract will come Into effect September,. 1 and will provide for a llfc-cent-an-hour increase for all woodworkers-after that date.
An additional three cent increase will commence September 1 next year and the -iO-hqur" week will also go into effect at that time. Three pakl statutory holidays are includetlf
The new^laljor formula in the woods industry here was composed after little more than a month of preliminary negotiation.
rlghtoftwajt^aye^rieceiva
,lo be off the 'properly' by
but PGE officials have slated they
will not interfere with ripening
crops and blooming-flowers.
Friday will btf
Jady gdlfers. Tee-off time for those playing 18 holes will" be 10 a.m. Thdxnlne-holers will start at p.m. P\
Hill Will Defend Lightweight Title
Prince George IJoxinfJ Club officials announced today that, the Cariboo Lightweight championship will be at stake here Friday
Telephone Men To Meet With City Council Tomorrow Night
Two top officials of the Northwest Telephone Company will arrive in Prince George today and tomorrow to hold talks with city council and, possibly, the Prince George Board of
night in between Brewer:
Hill captured
five-round title bout Gone Hill and Larry
the title from
Trade. , i
-The-, pair are coming here following city council and board of trade allegations that the telephone service bore is inadequate.
Arriving today^Jrom Vancouver Is B_ R. Tupper^manager and chief engineer for the company. He will be joined tonVorrow by B. S. Abrams, commercial manager of Northwest.
Meanwhile, both the board of trade and the City of Prince 'George- are collecting written complaints about the telephone service from private Individuals and business firms. � No further word has been received from the British Columbia Public Utilities Commission following their announcement last Week that an investigation of the company's Prince George service will be launched. DISCUSSION TONIGHT
According to city hall sources
tor Hogan, Australian world re-1 Tuny Klotz here a few weeks back cord holder, who finished third
behind Don McFarlanc of Hamilton.
Yyette Williams of New Zealand won the women's shot put with- a heave of 15 feet 'J'.*i inches, with Jackie McDonald of Toronto second.
Canada's other point getters at the stadium were Harry Nelson of New Westminster and Gerry Bcmister of Vancouver who finished fifth In the men's and wo-(See GAMES, Page 6)
and the mainline Ixnit on Friday's card will be his first defence of the crown.
The Frlclay title bout announcement cainc after it was disclosed the Johnny Rclnhart, Prince George's scrappy welterweight, injured his knee a,nd will not be able to box in the previously scheduled main event with the USAF's Henry BrrU.
The boxing card will take place in the Civic Arena commencing at 8 p.m.
Legion, Rough Riders Beaten By Motormen
Prince George Chevrolet^ continued their merry pace at the head of the Men's Softball League by winning two games at the week-end.
On Friday they nosed out the second-place Legion squad,7-6 in a thrill-packed encounter^and the motormen returned to Duchess Park diamond on Saturday evening to outscoro the Rough Riders 10-6.
the council will discus^1 latest developments ln~ the situation tonight. Attending the council meet-Ing to hear the discussion will be members of the board of trade's special telephone committee.
City council will meet with the two Northwest Telephone Co. Officials tomorrow night in spite of the fact that it earlier requested the attendance in Prince George of top officials of the parent concern, B.C.. Telephone Company.
Written statements containing specific complaints, names, dates and places in connection with the 'phone service here arc piling up at city hall and the George Street office of the board of trade,
Asked tf the board plans to agree- to a meeting with the Northwest officiate here, A. G. Bowie, president, said the matter is still under consideration.
He pointed out that the original, motion of the board's executive was to make a direct appeal to the Public'Utilities Commission rather tjvan to officials of either Northjvest or B.C. Telephone.
sided over by ^ ticton, and featurecKa
Prince George was well ttfpre-sented at the national convention of the Benevolent arnKProlective order of Elks and/he sister lodge, the Royal Purple, at Penticton last week, y
About/ sixteen members of Lodge^No. 122 made the trip by car' and most of them stayed at Ihe same auto court.
Tliey report a tremendous reception and open-hearted hospitality at\the Okanagnn Valley Centre. The convention., wan pre hr of Pen memorial service at the city's war:�Duke of Edinburgh arrived "here Sunday to begin a seven-day v'isit to the province.
Before he leaves tonight foK Kllimat the duke is spending a full day with the navy. Me-will take-trie royal salute on arriving at the Canadian Navy's Pacific Command Headquarters here ami inspect a guard of honor and present awards to tin*, graduating class at the Royal Roads Naval College: go aboard the minesweeper Comox, then proceed by air to Port Hardy where he will board the cruiser Ontario -for- Kltimnt.
The duke spent the night at Government House ufior being welcomed at Patricia Bay airport by a cheering crowd of two -thousand. He was greeted by Lieutenant-Governor Clarence Wallace.
Apparently bewildered by the, crowd of reporters and offici>ls, he wasn't looking when Premier .Bennett put out a hand^-fo he introduced. Then he>�nook hands with both the premier iind numerous government, civic and service dignitaries.
PG Archer Slays 200-Pound Bear
Hunting history was made in I Mr. Vandergrift, who is a
g p when the new townsite tonight and tomorrow�15 and 75.
this part of British Columbia last Thursday night and a novel and exciting form of sport was opened to local big game hunters when J. C. Uim) Vandergrift killed a 200-pound black bear with a powerful bow and arrow.
It is believed to mark the first time bijj pme has been slain in Uils manner .by a local hunter.
Scene of the unique kill was 18 miles south, of Prince George in the vicinity of an abandoned sawmill near the Queanel-Prlnce Qeorje highway.
North-West Telephone Co. employee, was accompanied by Bruce Lamb. They stalked the bear briefly before unloosing the first arrow from a range of 20 yards. The slim, 2S-lnch winged missile
pull and arrows equipped with thrcc-bladed Bodkin broud-beads.
Mr. Vandergrift. who has been hunting with bow and arrow for three years, is founder and presl-
penet rated 26 inches bear's chest, leaving
into just
the' dent of Prince George Silver Tip the! Archery Club. He resides at 863
Carney Street.
The dead bear was left at the
second arrow, shot as a pro- scene of the kill as halt for other cautionary measure, shattered! animals seen in the same vlcinl-
feathers protruding, and killing it almost insiantyly.
the wounded animal's spine.
H>c lethal weapon conuibted of a bow capable* of a 07-pound
ty, and cits' archers plan to return soon In an attempt to duplicate Mr. Vanderjrift's" i
Unsettled Spruce Market Is Reflected In Reduced Cut
.Unsettled state of thelNorth American spruce market was reflected in recently released British Columbia Forest Service reports for the Princ-e George Forest District. That portion of the report deal-
ing with June cutting showed a sharp overall decrease in cut for the district and a corresponding decrease for the Prince George area.
Forest district mills cut a total of 27,498,000 board feel during June of this year, a 25 per cent drop from last year's figure for the same period.
June was the first month this year in which the sawlog cut did not exceed the., volume expected by observers in the Industry.
With mills tributary to Prince George the 'decrease from la;=t year was 26 per cent. These miUs cut 20,007,000^board feet In Juno
this year computed with 27,038,-000 feet in June 1cJ."j3.
The total cut for the forest district during the first seven months of this year stands at 266.000.000 board feet, or about 22 per cent lower than for the corresponding period a year ago.-. _
Lumbermen here say that the diminished June cut reflects thn high Inventories on hand here in planing mill yards, and the uncertain market conditions.
All were more-or-less agreed that a brief flurry of. increased prices about a month ajo did not. last. ^