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feature of the district Dutch members of the Prince Accordionist Frjccari wMT re-With a revised prize George Folk Society will appear turn to the Stage with a-group of
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City Awaits Second Proposal From B.C. Power Commission
Carter reports: j The City of Pririce George has received a proposed power
feature amongs^^plqnt "partnership" agreement from the British Columbia Poy/er Cojprnission but is withholding press publication of its Lake Gladioli Club. conVtfrjtsT'until o second proposed agreement is received, booths are 'ex-; >Pne�second agreement Is
I in attract much interest/pected to contain a plan whereby > fair this year. In this se6 the power ccinrnission will erect included a dempnstra- an electrical distribution system
flower maklng^and glass in the suburban a Fj hv local experts. jcity.
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: put without increasing its/tfonded indebtedness," said the/mayor.
"It is the second^greement� the one which wptild take* city-g&nerated powep'outside the city limits that interests us. We feel that the-suburban area must be served."
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agreement had be.eri receiven plan may be placed before he city electorate shortly came Monday in connection with a council discussion on extension of the city water syof another extension of/munlcipal boundaries. He'sald such an extension had discussed by the council recently.
.Asked for more details ye.ster-dny the mayor salil that he favored a plan whereby the city would take in all land bounded by the Ncchako-Praser River linos and the foothills. This would mean almost>rip-ing the present size of tire cjty and would bring Sptfth Fort George inside the municipality. "Of course," said the mayor, 'we would have to hold a plebiscite In the South Fort George area to see if those people want ) become part of the city." He pointed out that South Fort eorge would be the only part of the new area which is already settled to any appreciable extent.
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Main advantage to taking in � the entire plateau^ area within the angle formed by the two rivers which bound the present community on the north and east would be to permit long-range planning, said the mayor.
"Under any program of annexation the city would have .to offor the people of South Fort George a priority on city services over any other area^wlthln the annexation district. Mayor Bryant explained. -
He stated that If the City of Prince George is to expand in � an efficient and orderly way, the municipal administration must hold control over the entire area which will contain the urban population in* the forseeable future.
The mayor said that if the city held control over the area it could develop it in compact units which would not necessitate huge capital expenditures of "an imminent, nature.
Under municipal administration the new area would be developed block by block, district by district, as the population demanded.
While the portion of the plateau area which forms South Fort George would require a plebiscite before it could be annexed, the rest of it could probably be transferred to municipal authority by" provincial legislation. ,
The annexation plan as outlined by the mayor would probably in-Clty council learned Monday crease the city population by 1500 that its plan to hire a special people.
constable for enforcement of park-1 This would bring the official ing meter regulations will riot be population figure to about 12,-necessary. , - ,� \ 000..
Royal Canadian Mounted Police; The new annexation proposal will handle enforcement of meter-' has been under study by the ed parking under its municipal Prince George Town Planning policing contract. �' j Commission for some weeks but
But the1 city must provide its � no definite conclusions or reebm-own collector and maintenance rhendations have been forwarded nan. ' I to city council. s<"\
have the . necessary per-' sonnelNnow," Mayor Gordon Bryant told aldermen, "I don't think It should beN^ecessary to hire another man, butsWe must make some decision sonwt whoever we choose can learn the\maintenance procedures .from the tnanufactur-ers' representative". ~
Appointment of a collector and maintenance man was referred to the traffic and parking committee. �
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Al Moh, banadion-Chinese who fle^v with the RCAF and for the Chinbse during* the "^Second World War, told a Victoria newspaper'a heavy ijow^of^applicotions isN^>ming in from this area.
et and not ready ~TiT"hire
pilots," he soitf in a'wire froitj Montreaj."
VANCOUVER�Former British^Rrime Minister Clement Attlee may. not visit Vancouver and Seattle on the wayoto England from Communist China and the Southwest Pacific. Leslie Power^disrrict sales or.d traffic manager for Austrolion Quanras Airline, said Mr. ana1 Mrs. Attlee ari^ scheduled to continue to Montreal September" 19 after arriving here from Aukland, New Zealand.
KELOWNA, B.C.�Frank Zahara wos drowned here Wednesday after falling out of o rowboqt into Okanagan Lake. Sahara and another plumber. Bud Winters, were Working from a rowboot os they extended the water pipe from a lakeshore house.
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MISS HAZEL HART, director of Christmas Seal sales for the Canadian Tuberculosis Association. Ottawa, will arrive in Piince Georgo September 10 to discuss organizational plans with the Rotary Club Christmas Seal committee.
� Miss-Hart-will be accompanied by Fred T. Arnott, executive secretary of the B.C. Tuberculosis Society, Vancouver, who will discuss T.B. services and preventa-tive programs with the local committee.
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desirability of building the pool in the Prince George Civic Centre grounds, Parks Chairman Gray replied that the grounds would not bo ready for such, a project for "some years" and that such a move would mean abandonment of the plan to . use~~hoated water from th� powerhouse.
The stork came close to setting a record at Prince George and District Hospital in August, when ,68 babies were born.
The number was just two under the hospital's all-time hijih of 70 in one month, set last July, and was the highest month so far this ! year.
Citizen "Employees Labor Day
Next Monday*is Labor Day. a statutory holiday, and all offices arid stores in Prince George will remain closed throughout the day."
Citizen newsboys, advertisers and correspondents are asked to note there will be no issue of the paper on the holiday in order that the staff will have an opportunity to join fhe throngs at Prince George fair.
Next week The Citizen will he published on Tuesday and, as usual; on Thursday.
Firm Claims $200 In Damages From City
A city photographic fjrm has entered a claim against the City r $200.as com-
which were ruined in the developing process through impurities in city water. . T
In a letter fo city council, Peter Bancroft, proprietor of the firm, said tnat oil in the water had ruined the films. I
Council learned that samples of the spoiled films had been sent to City Engineer G. P. Harford in substantiation of the claim.
Mr. Bancroft also asked consent of the city council to erect a sign pointing to his placq of business at trie intersection of Quebec Street and First Avenue.
He contended that this was in line with a city policy-wWeh permits motels and auto courts to erect directional signs.
Council forwarded the claim for damages to City Solicitor P. E. Wilson, Q.C., and will ask the city engineer for a report on how-oil gets into the water distt^button system. /
It also rejected tho application to erect a directional sign on municipal property.'
Material Needed For Polio Packs
A plea lor white woollen material Hultable ' for milking polio packs, hax been issuort by ~the: local- branch of the Kc.y thr Prince George T>aii�l ^District Hospital to supplement \ts Mip-
M-hicli have ijljei'ii dyecl^caniiot 1m� us�"d. �" }'
The woollen material .should be left at Uie hospital. Tlioso unable to make the delivery _thejr donations picked up by plioiiiiic'thr^liwpitaL or 08-R-3. /
PG Singed To Record
Overseas Broadcasts
Mrs. Jack Watson, nationally known singer, leaves here Saturday for Eastern Canada and a recording stint! wjth the C.D.C.
Mrs. Watson, who Is known professionally as Emma Caslor, js frequently heard on the C.B.C.
......Xln this trip she will make six
transcriptions for the C.B.C.'s International Service, to be beamed overseas. The program*,, each to ba 15 minutes long,-will consist of Elizabethan 'and folk so
The recordings will probably be made in Montreal.
Trade Board Delegates Flying To Ketchikan
Supplementing an earlier story appearing on page 13 today, c.x-Mayor Garvin Dezell will accompany four other, members of Prince �George Board of Trade on a flight to Kctchikan, Alaska, to attend the annual convention of Associated Boards of Trade of B.C.
A Beaver aircraft chartered rfron�-Pacific Western Airlines will leave here Tuesday afternoon carrying the Prince George delegates and will return to the city Friday, i
'Phone Co. To File Progress Report
The Northwest Telephone Company ' and the British. Columbia Public' Utilities Commission are still awaiting a'report "from city council on its conclusion regarding the telephone service as a result of talks with Northwest or-ficials.
Meanwhile, however, the telephone company in a letter this week has salo chat it will forward to the city in December a progress report on its current construction and expansion program.
The public utilities commission, has postponed action on a public investigation into the 'pfrone service here until it has studied city council's report and recommendations.
Wall Of Silence Surrounds Facts Of Mystery Fatality
Royal CarSadian Mounted Police have run into, a impregnable wall of silence in their investigation into circumstances surrounding tho mysterious death 12 days ago of a 42-year-old laborer.
Charles Ernest Plant, a resident of the Prince George district and father of two children, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Prince George & District Hospital on the evening of August' 21 after being picked up by a city ambul- in a downtowh
to be SvVic of u heart attack, an autopsV performed on Plant's body August 2-t disclosed that death was caused by a broken neck.
More than 40 persons ha\c been questioned by police since it was learned Plant died a violent death, but the cause of the broken neck is not known.
A police official said this morning that not a single witness to what happened to Plant In or j near the beer parlor of a downtown hotel has come forward with any useful informaUdfi.
RCMP in\vest4ga-tors have established only that'Plant was in tho beer parlor of the Columbus H'>-tcl, 1250 Third Avenue, and was
carried outside by hotel employees. In a comatose state.
Reports that the dead man was involved in a fight have not been substantiated.
An inquest into the death was adjourned for the second time on. Tuesday for lack of evidence.
A police official said it will continue to be adjourned until either the facts of Plant's death are learned or all avenues of investigation have been explored and exhausted. __^__
Weekend Weather Outlook Promising
The weatherman didn't have a prediction this morning for the holiday week-end but he at least gave his forecast for. a good bo-ginning on Friday.
Tomorrow should be sunny, he said, and a little cooler. Winds will be light. Expected overnight low is 40, with a high Friday of 65.