L37: No. 95
An lndepe�d.nt Semi-Weekly New|poper Devoted to the Interest^ Central end Northern British c|;�blo (Three Sections)
Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, December 2, 1954
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UNICIPAL NOMINATIONS
FOR ALDERMAN
(Three to be elected for two-year terms)
\Villiams, Percy, businessman
Leboe, Otto millworker � Ferguson, R. S., merchant Cranston, C. E., insurance agent Gabriels, Eugene, merchant
FOR PARKS COMMISSIONER
(Three for two years, two'for one year)
Hatch, Mrs. H., housewife
Kirschke. Mrs. Wm., housewife
Heighington, N., merchant
Perry, S. H., pharmacist
Bell, I. W., Bellos, Wm.
merchant merchant
titorney-Genergl Issues Licence Today
1900,000 Brewery Here Next Year
Construction of a $900,000 brewery on a site north of the thako River near Prince George will start early next spring, >Citizen learned at noon today in a telephone conversation
an official of Nechoko Brewing Co. in Vancouver.
A licence to operate a brewery here was received this ning at the head office of the brewing company'from the orney-General's office in Victoria.
Plans for the new brewery (above) were drawn up several ^l� gilding will not be held
*' ~ nPYT Sat ntvl t\ \7 5>c ttlatinorl
nths ago. It will be equipped with the latest types of brew-
Iand bottling equipment and will have a capacity of 65J000 lorrels annually to serve a large area in northern and central |ritish Columbia, Directors of the firm are Walter Huff and I, D. Johnson of Vancouver, and Fred Black of Prince George, will get a chance to inspect the
Until completion of the brewery here, main office of the lompany will be at 1155 West Pender Street, Vancouver.
Legionaires Delay Opening Ceremony
Formal opening of the newly renovated and decorated Canadian
next Saturday as planned.
At a meeting of the branch executive committee this week it was decided to postpone the ceremonies until Wednesday, December 5, when members and friends
lospifal Emergency Power
leed 'Over-Rated'; Ferry
Seriousness of the lack of emergency power facilities at Irince George & District Hospital is over-rated by some groups �nd individuals, city council hospital board representative, Wderrnan W. D. Ferry said this week.
I His remarks came at a council letting (in Monday after Mayor lonlon' Mr Bryant had mentioned hospital board spokesman's aiement that funds for' such
ipinenj are not available. I Alderman Ferry confirmed that t*li()s|>iuil is financially unable > install'a full emergency power I'l at this time, but he said in-i,'i."n. of'.smaller battery-op-Iratctl units for specific locations underway. VII, DKHICNCE PLAX
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civil defence planners
pn have an emergency plant svn> rlyinu' pnvvor t0 tne hospitals by four hours has elapsed a ' municipal utility
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orating room, he said, is
pi|>l>i:d with an emergency bat-WBKwered lamp" and�similar may be purchased for the
case room and two minor-surgery operating rooms.
"I really feel that o'rgamaations over-rate the seriousness of the situation," said Alderman Ferry.
He was referring to a, Prince George Hoard of Trade resolution which had expressed alarm that no emergency lighting unit was available at the hospital and urging that one be installed immediately.
Aside from lighting and heating, the city hospital board representative said, the only other ma;i: or electrical need Is for the X-ray machines; These, he added, can .not, be operated" by batteries. -'-"'He reaffirmed a fellow board member's statement of a few days ago that a complete emergency lighting and power unit would be included in plans for a new hospital.
54 Log Scale Down 'nly Nine Percent
Prince George Forest District log scale for the mbnth-o_f_ cfober was up 52 percent over the corresponding month in
P'53 and total production to date is off ^nly nine percent
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"flic fact Lliiit' the October log
*'a!�j !c:v,,'iinod at a relatively hi�h !
'\c' ^nie as a surprise to observ- j
r" in the lumber industry and is
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to he evidence that a of sawmills were' able to cutting, and drypilihg for
Subscribers Up 241 In City
New directory of subscribers in
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r rough product to town, week Dy North-West Telephone production Company and shows that 241 ad-
one
more "ip Mo go, before the forest djtipnaf telephones have been in-
sfvi!!!;. :^C a?*tr}* may/lnrl stalled here in the first ten
1 >' ii s record total cut of 500,- , �
'0;l)0o board feet. � ~~ months of the year,
district mills scaled 32,601,710 I-ast year there were 1525 tele-
ij|(1 [eet . during October this phones in use in the city. The
"i.ird fcet iast' year when the closed on October jU, contains uisny Tvas"strfkeb6und. � j 1766 names. .\ I(";'I cut. so far this year isi In addition toll stations are. board feet, compared listed at Nukko Lake/Chief Lake, ISK.OOO.ooq board feet at Dome Creek, Qiscome, Hansard, Hutton, Penny, Newlands" and West Lake.
The latest directory, which includes ^ 76-page yellow section devoted to city advertisers, was received With a great deal of satisfaction by' subscribers � it contains the new number's. assigned to downtown firms since party lines were eliminated in some sections of the city last summer.
last year, "'is immediately adjacent to "ce .George have scaled 320,-m" hoard feet of the district
�noiit nine per cent less '"� the first 11 production ~ of 1953.
�cm -i s Oct-ober scale, local mills L1 ^l.ono,opo board -feet compar-W" ".corresponding 1953 cut J!% 13,000,000 feet. �
pan f, Of'
modernized premises.
Workmen are still putting last-minute touches to the interior of the building, and a firm of professional caterers has been engaged to supervise operation of the club, .which is now one of the most attractive headquarters for ex-servicemen in the province. �It-is reported a number of other changes in the internal management of the club are under consideration.
Mayor's Wife Wins School Board Seal
Wife of Mayor Gordon D. Bryant became a last-minute nominee for a two-j'ear term on Prince George School Board and will take office by acclamation.
Also uncontested was the nomination for, re-election of former mayor Jack Nicholson, a school trustee for eight years.
Until shortly after 11 a.m. this morning it was not known wheth-or'the school board slate would hs
filled, f Wilfred
Olts, whcL announced
his .school board candidacy a week ago, withdrew after learning that he did not possess the correct property qualifications. "Mrs. Bryant and-T-rustee Js'ichoL son will be sworn in sometime in January.
Confidence Vote
Eugene Gabricle, former alderman who resigned from city council fwo months ago after the defeat of a fire hall renovation program had left him "bitterly disappointed/' up-let the predictions of municipal political pundits by filing sldermanic nomination papers a few minutes before the deadline this morning. � ~
Alderman Gabriele told reporters he was seeking a "vote of confidence" in his fire hall policy from the electors of Prince George.
"We should not be talking about construction of a new fire hall now because the need for other facilities makes such action financially undesirable," he said. His nomination papers were signed by former mayor Garvln Dezell and former alderman Harold Assman.
His resignation from the council came after a $15,000 fir.e hall renovation program recommended by his committee was defeated by a one vote majority.
The measure required the assent of three quarters of the council and 'Mayor Gordon D. Bryant and Alderman Percy Williams voted against it.
Earlier he had scaled down the cost of the renovation program from,an original estimate of $30.-000.
Mayor Bryant spearheaded op-
position to the plan by pointing out that the present fire Jiall is situated on a street allowance and should be replaced by a new one in a hew location.
Alderman Gabriele's renovation proposal was designed to expand the dormitory space so that more volunteers could be added to the force.
He claimed that cost of the program would be offset within a short. time by the need to pay full-time firemen if more volunteers were not added to the fores.
"I had no intention of seeking re-election to the council but a great deal of pressure, has been put upon me within the past few days," he told The Citizen.
"I am running in support of my original contention that our present fire hall should be renovated and expanded because we cannot at this time afford a new one.
"I had the support of five members of the city council in this matter and now I want the support of the people."
Spirits Soar As Cold Snap Reactivates Lumber Industry
Colder temperatures during the past few days have sent spirits soaring in the mudbound lumber industry here and some'operators were predicting this morning that 1000 to 1200 men would be at work in the woods by the end of next week.
Several sawmills are opening this week.and a number of others are being prepared for full-scale pre-Chrlstmas: production by skeleton crews.
Earlier this week it was believed by some men in the industry that production would not re> sume until early in January.,--' .
Their beliefs were expressed on a mild day when the forecast was for more balmy weather.
But that night.the cold snapped down and upset their calculations. Now it seems apparent that perhaps 40 per cent of the industrial labor force will pick up a paycheck before Christmas.
First to get started will be sawmills located in areas where the ground is not thoroughly saturated with water.
Already some lumber which had been isolated by impassable roads is on its way to board-hungry city planing mills.
One city planer which has managed to remain open by operating on its yard inventory was to have closed this week, but one of its principals said this morning that fresh lumber supplies should arrive just as the inventory finally dwindles to nothing.
All up and down "Planing Mill. Row" this morning there was the air__p.f__impending activity.
In spite of slightly warmer tern-' peratures forecast for tomorrow,
existing frost will probably^'hold ami freezing nights will" drive It deeper. * > ^
The light blanket of snow which has fallen today will help Insulate the light skin of frost from above-freezing temperatures. ^K small amount of snow will-actually hasten recovery of the lumb"e~r: industry, but too much could prevent frost from penetrating any deeper. ..
A sudden recuperation of the industry before Christmas can mean substantial sales for city merchants. .-
Even the assurance that industry will be humming as soon as the year-end holidays are over will stimulate spending.
More than 700 pounds of choice venison is seen here with the three district hunters who dropped the trio of prime bucks in the area between QuesneLand Williams Lake a few days ago. From left to right are Hans Madsen, Jan Gargol and Folmer Anderson, employees of the H. J. M. Sawmill at Willow River. The three deer are the fruits of a three day hunt. Largest of the bucks is the one atop the hood of the car, which came close to 300 pounds dressed. The deer, season closed on Tuesday.
�Kamera Kraft Photo
Weather Could Aid School Program
Four classes of Prince George students might come off shifts before the end of the school year if mild weather permits construction of the proposed Island Cache School during the winter months � and if city and district voters pass a $997^000 school expansion bylaw next week. .
The two-classroom Island Cache School would cost $24,500.
A school district official said this morning that mild weather might permit building the unit during the winter.
If city and district electorates approve the bylaw next Thursday all schools contained in it will be "completed in 1955 with thxTex7 ception. of the $597,000 high
school. The latter'* will probably nopbe ready for'occupancy until September,/1956.
Prince "George City Council, whose attack on the first school expansion bylaw last May^ is considered largely responsible for Us d
Bank Bandits Get $51,500
*. VANCOUVER; Dec. 2 (CP) � Holdup alarms jangled a wild refrain here Wednesday as smooth-working bandits, striking in quick succession, looted two branches of the Bank of Montreal, of $51,500" In a new wave of crime. y' Mayor tJume immediately sum-
moned the police commission ini.o /
ultimate defeat, has
the present program.
Eight rural and three municipal schools'would be built under the provisions of the bylaw. ' Four of the rural schools are unallocated, and the balance are
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approved e�ier8ency session/to discuss means of curbing a crime wave that has resulted in six bank robberies in as many weeks and more than 40 smaller holdups.
In.the first of .Wednesday's two daylight robberies, throe masked
located at Prince George Airport, land armed bandits forced, their Hixon Creek, and on the John i way into suburban West point Hart Highway. Givy branch, '�cleaned out" the.
A special meeting at. which the teller's cage, scooped more money school expansion bylaw will be discussed is to be held under the auspices of the School District 57
from an open vault and escaped in a car driven .by an accomplice. Manager of the branch is A. T.
board of trustees in the Prince j Cross, formerly manager of the George Junior-Senior High Schocfl tomorrow night at S' p.m.
NILA Head'Surprised'By Royal Commission Statement
Northern Interior Lumbermen's'Association President R. W. Hilton expressed surprise, but no comment, when he was asked this morning what his reaction was to an announcement by Premier W. A. C. Bennett that a royal commission will be
Prince George branch. Due to illness he was not on duty when I the hold up took place. � L"css than .two hours later, .i lone, nattily-dressed' bandit entered ihe bank's main branch and. shoved a note at the teller, rea-.l-ing "Hand over your cash or I'll blow your brains out."
He sauntered out with $1,500, passing, a policeman standing in the doorway of the bank.
Police Gel Title To Block In Hospital Site Reserve
A somewhat surprised city council learned Monday that a residential-zone block which is part of a proposed hospital j estry. site reserve has already been given to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a location for-a^married personnel housing (it development.
set up to enquire into forest administration.
Mr. Hilton is president of one of three groups which met ^ in -Vancouver some weeks ago and urged the government to establish such a commission.
The request was flatly rejected by Lands and Forests Minister Sommers, and other high government officials were reported as saying the time was not ripe for such a step.
Premier Bennett, in his surprise announcement, said he would ask Chief Justice Sloan to sit as a royal commission on for-
The � land has been granted to the RCMP by the British Columbia Government.
Only two weeks before, trie council learned that the police were contemplating erection of a 8120,000 duplex housing unit three blocks south of Prince. George & District Hospital.
Aldermen were quick to point out.at the time that under the city's zoning bylaw no duplexes
Hardly had this beeii established when a spokesman for the board of management of the hospital disclosed that Block 101 was part of a proposed site for a new hospital building.
Council moved two weeks ago to advise the provincial government of. this situation so that some other block could be found for the federal police force before the land grant was-made. >
On learning Monday that title to the block had already been transferred to the police force,
officer commanding- the RCMP here to see if some compromise could be worked out?
It is expected that the council will propose an alternate site^for the police housing development and endeavor to have the provincial government give Block 101 to the city.
Rural Trustees Election Tonight
Rural school representatives of District No. 57 will meet in the McDonald Hotel this, evening to elect two rural trustees to serve on the School Board for the next two years.
The two rural seats to be filled oh the board are those of C. W. Buxton and A. C. Birchard, whose terms, of office have expired.
Another rural trustee, I. SV has one more year of his two year term, to serve.
A possible 41 school representatives will attend, the election
was on his recommendations that a sustained yield policy was based.
In a telephone interview with
The Citizen this morning Mr. Hilton said, "Frankly I am a hit surprisea�at^: the; govei'mneni^: sudden reversal of its earlier attitude towards � a request for a royal commission. 1 am not prepared to make a further statement at this time;"
The British Columbia Truck Loggers' Association andxthe In
terior Lumber Manufacturers Association acted with the NILA in-the-request for a commission.
The request was based upon lack of confidence within the industry of the administrative policies of the British -Columbia Forest Service.
Jaycee Election Meeting Monday
Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce will stage a st(v.v-jL\nljitiin._anil candidates meeting in .the -Elks Hall on Monday as part of its 1954 Get Out The Vote-Campaign.
The meeting will give Prince George electors an-opportunity to hear city council members comment on their activities of the past year and allow prospective civic- election candidates to outline, their platforms.
Chairman of the Jaycee meeting will be Stewart Wjlliamsoh, Jaycee executive officer.
Speakers will be given allotted limes in which to address the meeting.
council decided to approach the I meeting.
Off T/ie Wires Today
(Canadian Press, Thursday, December 2, 1954) Widow Gets $11,000 Damage In Death Of Sailor Husband
; VANCOUVER�A Supreme Court-jury awarded the widow of-CPO Kenneth McOindle of Victoria $11,000 damages for the death of her husband here October 12, 1952.
'O McCrindle, attached to HMCS Sioux, drowned when a car in e wo$ riding fell off a CPR ferry slip during a fog. _ .. ,. 'he |ury ruled the railway was two-thirds liable.
Douks Must Send Children To School, Court^Warns ~
�NELSON�Three Glode, B.C., Sons of Freedom were given suspended sentences here for not sending their children to school. They were ordered to have the children in school by Monday and warned if they did not the children would be taken from .them. '
Charged were John-W. Legebokoff, Fred Parkin and Nick Koorbotoff, who entered no plea, claiming it is against their religion ter send children to school. . " _ ' " � "/
Lovers' Quarrel Preceded Killing Of Vancouver Man
. �" VANCOUVER-�Alexander Hoodley, 20, was committed in police court to stand trial "for the gun-slaying of his girl, friend's step-father here Nov. 13.
Patricia Wallace, step-daughter of the murder victim, John Tonick, EX-MAYOR JACK NICHOLSON will; 39, said she and Hoodley planned to marry but quarreled and had-not seen serve another term on School Board, each other for a month before the shooting.