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Prince George, B.C, MONDAY, November 15, 1954
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partmeht of Public officer stationed in Prince Ge'orce nbark ori a $100,000 last year received a transfer after �in, pn behalf of the being still without a home after ;il1 Mounted Police six- months of searching for on � T^ame to Canada .many years ago
Under the trade board's pro- af^ ]va(1 resided in the Prince
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-earlier her mother had seen her playing with the can-opener.
John Penner, 68 Buried Tomorrow
�oatlwould.be;bullt from George district for the past 25 lend of the new bridge years. He maintained a farm in | a junction With the John Hart the Beaverley District until four years ago when he moved into
l*lfniotinists have no intention prince Georee;
i Stopping here and spending ]-je leaves to
wy. we ran not compel them wife j-mtr1 � '
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v, we can not compel them wife, of Prince Nleorge, five �ri'lv r>y making* them drive daughters. Mrs. Anne William-5h the rity," Mr. Bowie sori) fianey; Mrs. Verh. Muralt.
irvive him his eorge, five
rest Officer Off Victoria Post
K'seiilor official of the British
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�aimbia Fore.si Service in Prince wgewiii move to Victoria and
ition on December 1.
I)1-1 here after a stay of j (ten years is Floyd Nelson, for-tprbtecti.on officer, 232 Burden
laney; Mrs. VeiV M Westminster; NlrsN. Katie Wlebe,, Manitoba; Mrs. Helen Sass, Isle Pierre and Mrs. Lyota Bailey, Prince George, and one^ son, John of Prince George.
Funeral rites will be conducted from Assnian's Funeral Chapel with Rev. G. McLaren officiating.
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Weather Tomorrow ViDull, Damp, Dismal
! The airport weatherman, is. pro-j dieting , more duck weather for as served 20 years the Prince George district.
"Forecast says' skies will, be
career at Salmon Arm.
g to. ned
.n::. Georgc- at Williams
|l"l>on his arrival in Prince 1 served as" ranger' sup-W. Imt in T952 was promoter!
i forest
thin officer.
lie-will hoifl the same title, but Phi
cloudy on Tuesday � with partial clearing Tuesday afternoon. There will be a few rain showers infew" i llfjceeing 17 to 23 to table
1% "', corifidence in Drew;
� an almost unanimous vote wjenijo to provincial leader i'inl:,\son. Only five dele-'r""(l against the motion pfal abstained.
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_iiIimilet^_pr_esidejit__QL apilano' constituency, ' "I the meeting saying: h01"P expecting to find ;il1d failed to find it. "n�- I'm going to con
earlier. We hadno: previous plan to walk out."
.-Piper-moved ai)d Gait Wilson seconded a motion on behalf of the young group to set aside the Vernon non-confidence vote.
Earlier Robert Kohaly, member for Souris Estevan in the Saskatchewan Legislature, said: "Until we seize the -cudgels and break away from the apron strings of Ontario we will never gel anywhere. Let us get together, as westerners and put over" some of the policies' we have if we are going to survive here." -
There was no voicing o'f provi j(^sJy_^nnoujTcetldemancls that John Diefenbaker be TfonTrrrated^ national leader instead of Drew.
Following the meeting Howard Cr.een, Vancouver Quadra M.P., iisue(U,a-S.intemeht on behalf of
PGE Slashing Urged FoTtoming^Winler
Prince George Board of Trade voted Thursday to urge the Pacific Great- Eastern Railway to commence work' on its northern extension from Prince Georgo this winter. .�.
The move is being advocated as. a partial solution to a mounting unemployment problem; in the interior,
Specific request will be that ci:ews lie put to woi^k at once slashing the right-of-way in preparation for an early start on construction in the spring.
Some 200 men might be put to. work on such a project. ~ '� ' It is believed that slashing could continue through .most of the winter, subject only to occasional shut-downs when the mercury falls to extremelylow tern-' peratures.
|lfrs: ' l"llvities to federal mat- himself, Pearkes and Fulton say-
F(ve 1 inR: "Tne onl>' reason, for these
Von- ,'.'"'"'s of lne Young vicious attacks on our national
^irlom i ;"k'(1 by provincial leader is that he refuses to give
fyinr ,..,., !1 p'Per, walked out control- of federal activities in
^att(.n "s ls-"ot dissociation. British Columbia to.-. provincial
�ve t)(l( i"''(1 a Qprnpromise but leader-Finlayson. No other pro-
%Chai 'l'1^<1 OLlt of oi'der. We vincial leader is asking such
U(| :< chance to bring it u^ power."
Quesnel Postpones Gas Plebiscite
QUESNEL � Ratepayers' will not be asked for an opinion regarding installation of \a,liquified petroleum gas system to serve the municipality until some time in 1955, it was decided at a special -meeti ng-:of_vllUrgeL.cojn m issioners last week. ��� '��, .......
H was originally intendeH to have a bylaw presented tp the voters in the municipal elections on December 9*4but a number of new developments made it flulvis-able to postpone-the verdict.
Four companies have shown an interest in obtaining a natural gas franchise. butVonly one of the applicants has so far come forward with a prop.osal to instal a liquified fuel systemV\ .-
per-month as compared with .173 kwh in, 1952-53. The total number � of residential eustomer.vlhcident-1 ally, increased over/seven per cent.
Commercial consumers used an average of .,618 kwh per month� a 10 per..ceht increase�and aver-
investigate three specific
Complaints concerned low voltage, lack of substantial power rate reductions, and duration of a recent power outage.
Board members complained that voltage is still so low in certain"
age cost dropped 3.7 per cent larea.s of the city that electrical from 2.7 to 2.6 cents. There were, '"equipment is being ..damaged, at Marerf"31 this year, 7,416 com- Others said that an adjustment
mercial customers, a jump of four per cent during the. year.
in power rates made by the city last June was not reflected in
tion cent gain
Liquar Store Here
Has New Manager
There was a three per cent reduced utility accounts, boost in the number of larger Another group criticised the consumers in the "power-service" utility for the duration of a pow-class (from.034 to 961) and aver-; er failure which over a month age kwh cost to these customers | aR� deprived the city of light for dropped, about six per cent from rnot'e than six hours. 1.7 to 1.6 cents. At the same time, A-newspaper clipping describ-their average monthly consump- ing. a similar failure in another showed a sizeable '21. per city was produced and it was ;ain from 4,165 to 5,052 kwh. | pointed out that repair took only
an hour and a half. 1 The board of trade was also critical of the lack of ' adequate street lighting on First Avenue, George Street and Third Avenue, and will send a delegation to city
Ronald Whiff in, an employee of | council ' shortly to press"; for a the Liquor Control Board for ,12 : comprehensive, street lighting years, arrived-here Wednesday P10^1 am-
fi;om" Vanderhoof to take over! The delegation will also point managerlfilp of-Prince George li-! out the unclean condition, of city ctuor store. ' I streets and ask that a" regular
Mr.'whiffin had been the liquor', street-cleaning program be iristi-yendor at Vanderhoof for three tuted. and one-half years before coming to this city.
He succeeds Edward Curtis of West Vancouver who was appointed acting liquor vendor following the transfer of Robert .McMillan to a Liquor Control Board store in Vancouver two months ago. |
The new liquor vendor will out the area is making further in-bring his wife, daughter and two roads on planing mill production
More Rain Blagues Lumber Industry
Continued wet weather through-
sons to live in Prince George.
First Snowstorm Just Misses City
Evidence of the first heavy snow, fa 11 of the season was brought to Prince George early rough lumber with which to
here.
An official of .the International Woodworkers of America said today that production at city planers js off at least 60 per cent.
One mill is completely-closed and others are working^irrCermit-tantly with skeleton^erews.
While some firms are short of
Saturday by cars and trucks, arriving here over the Hart Highway. �
About four inches of woj. snow fell overnight in the Chief-^Lake-Salmon Valley-Summit Lake reg-, ion, adding to the woes of farmers* and loggers in those districts.
.Fringe of the storm was less than a mile north of Prince George where several inches of sho\vrT.b.la;nketed the Hart Highway and surrounding country.
Farther north in the Parsnip River valley and Pine Pass, the weather was colder and nearly six inches of fresh snow < proved troublesome to Hart' Highway motorists. . . T"*
With continued mild weather,
maintain-' production, others are being forced into periodic closures because of mill yard conditions.
Today's-^, weather forecast of more showers tomorrow is doing nothing.to dispel the gloom which prevails, in the lumber industry. -In addition, each new day which' transpires without a sign of winter freeze-up increases -the possibility of winter snows corning before heavy-frost.
If a heavx snowfall blankets the area before frost has penetrated into the ground there will be no resumption of logging until well into January.
Moisture content of the, groiirul is'so high now that only a pro-
file snow is fast disappearing, and longed cold spell .will drive, frost millnven are still hoping for a down to a sufficient depth to period of heavy frosts before the! withstand the thawing action of winter snow starts to fall." I snow. ._
Continued Rain Ends Hope of Savins Grain
fc^ All chance of salvaging more than 120,000 bushels of grain s_till standing or lying in the fields of the.Prince George district following a rqin-drenched summer and fall is now gone, provincial agricultural officials.stafed today.
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tions the grain unharvested here He said that grain production could have been worth some, $90,- in the area will just cover the �0�- ! needs of local livestock with, per-
S. G. Preston, supervising agriculturist for the Provincial Department of Agriculture in Prince
haps, a very small surplus.
It is the surplus over loc:il needs which is shipped" each year.
George, has estimated that about! But even if the grain now rot-10 percent of the 1954 grain crop ting in the fields could be har-
in the area has been wiped out. The estimate of 40 percent unharvested was first given about t a month ago when it was thought | that it might Unreduced to 10 percent or at least -20 percent.
Since that time constant rains have made it impossibile ^b -.get equipment into the fields.
Many fields in the Pine view area and farther south from Prince George arc under several inches nf water.
Mr. Preston described the 10 percent of grain lost to district farmers as the portion from which the grain, profit is derived.
vested, it would be of very low grade.
Lumberman 'Fair' After Heart Attack
In "fair" condition today after suffering a heart attack yesterday is Albert Stekl, well known city lumberman and a principal in Albert Stekl Lumber Co. Ltd.
Mr. Stekl . was admitted " to Prince George & District Hospital yesterday after suffering a heart seizure at the home of friends.
He has been active both in the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association and the Prince George Board of Trade!
Police Check On Milk Money Thefts
Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating^extensive thefts of milk deposits which took place in the city's west end last week.
Whole �'" blocks of homes on Carney and Burden Streets, were robbed of the milk ticket payments which had been' left in bottles on their doorsteps.
Milk deliverymen making the rounds found the missing bottles thrown away on the streets..
No estimate of the amount of milk money stolen in the city "following the Remembrance Day holiday has yet been made.
Last week's raid on west end forties is th.e,Jlrst la.rge:scai9,ttie.f.t of "mlik' deposits iii' tnV city" in months.
Last year one group systematic ally raided doorsteps of homes!
Rough Outline Of PGE Route Learned
-\The Pacific Great Eastern Railway, will cross the present route of the John Haft Highway five times" in its -first 52 miles, engineers disclosed here this week.
First crossing of the highway-will come near the Salmon River where the rails -\vill swing west from the Fraser traversing the north slope of the Salmon Valley.
At this point- the line will go as far as three miles west of the highway in its ascent of the north slope.
Between Prince George and the Salmon River the route follows the Fraser Jtiver fairly closely, the engineers state, with occasional swings inland to" avoid swampy areas.
There will be no severe grades in. the first 65 miles of the northern extension^'and ground con? ditions will be good with the exception of a few soft areas.
A PGE survey official said late last^week that the decision on the l'oute to be followed into the Peace River country can be made with two starting points in mind. Alternate routes exist from Red Rocky Creek north and also from the Parsnip River north.
At present survey crews numbering some 50 men are working on the Pine River route; and no PGE survey work has yet been done on the Parsnip-Peace River route.
At Prince George the Fraser River crossing will be made by-* means, of a bridge whose southern approach will travel above the CNR tijacks.
FronJ. the present PGE yards, the new line will go in an easterly direction before approaching the river crossing.
The bridge will be approximately JBQP feet long and Qp feet high.
Estimated cost of the complete northern extension of the PGE i.5 $70,000,000.
Engineers believe that the fre-
throughout the city' for .several fquent. re-crossing of the Hart-'
Highway between the Salmon Val-
weeks and netted hundreds of dollars.
ley and Reel,Rocky Creek will be
Police investigating the thefts .eliminated through relocation of believed that the widespread na- the road.
ture of the robberies was brought I--------------------------
about by the fact that the thieves I f% f f\gmm were using a car:- �Xu'l\\^
Poppy Day Sales /-� Are Outstanding Success
Although exact figures are not yet compiled, Poppy Day in Prince George was more successful this year than it was last yea*r.
Many local veterans', will benefit from the results of,the general public's generosity and from the work of the many willing workers, organizers pointed out.
The annual sale of poppies and wreaths was held here November 6. ' -�� �
The president and members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion expressed their sincere thanks to all who helped to make Poppy Day such a success.
H.S. Parent-Teachers Assemble Wednesday
Members, both active and potential, of the High Schpol Parent-Teachers Association will meet next Wednesday, in' the Home Economics room of the high school.
A number of important subjects are slaved for discussion and a large tiirn-out is requeste'dr-'^p^
The meeting will startafst'lo p.m.
Hears Final O.K.
Transfer of 2443 lots from provincial to municipal ownership is all but completed, City HiUl learned last week. -
The lots are part of the biggest city real-estate "deal since Prince George was first incorporated in 1915. . ' .
About OG per cent of the lots involved are located in that portion; of the city which* was annexed' last year, and close to 80 per cent are located west of Carney Street.
The land is being" granted to the.city as partial, compensation for the -money., which must be spent in equipping the .annex with roads, ' sidewalks, lights, power,. sewers and watermaihs.
.Contained in the want are; two blocks which the city intends to put to use as public parks.
One of these is Block 57, District Lot 343, where a municipal'' swimming pool will be built/next year, and the btnTr is oivSeventh Avenue Between Irwin'^and Harper Streets.
� Included in .-the grant are 13 .blocks in a proposed exclusive residential district located at the extreme southeast corner of the city' . y
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(Canadian Press, Monday, November 15, 1954)
Youth Charged Following Death Of Vancouver Dock worker
VANCOUVER�John Tonick, middle-aged longshoreman,._wa's shot and killed in an 'east end home here Saturday night and police later arrested Robert Hood|ey, 21, and charged him. with murder. Police said Hoodley knew' the dead .man's 18-yfear-old daughter.
The npurder, thir'd'ih Vancouver in two months, followed by only a few ' hours the disclosure by police of the discovery of a large narcotics cache n a safety deposit box rented by Danny Brent, killed in a ganglan'd shooting here September ;1 5. �
Police said the cache, one of the largest in Canadian history, contained 25 ounces of pure heroin worth an estimated. $175,000 on the underworld morket. ;-- � � v " -
Five Violent Death's Mar Weekend In British Golumbia
CLOVERDAL%�Wendy Tomlinson, 7, wa^Jjumed to death here Sunday when she evaded her mother's grasp and ran back into her flaming home to save a doll.. -
X�^The child's death was one of five violent deaths reported in the province during the weekend. The others: Tonick, murdered; C. W. Young, 25, Penticton, killed Saturday when a car plunged 150 f'.et down'an embankment near. Summerland; Mrs. Nellie"Peterson, 54, Honey, killed Saturday when hit by a car near her home; Alexander Joseph JFinch of Nanaimo, shot and killed in a hunting Occident'near Duncan-Saturday.
SANDRINGHAM, England�Prince Charles celebrated his sixth birthday Sunday surrounded by presents and close members of his family.