There will be no issue of The CiKicn next1 Monday, Boxing Day. Next publication date will be Thursday, Dec. 30.
K'.ost rctai! stores will remain open until 9 p.m. tonight to accommodate lotc shoppers, but w:!l close at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve.
City banks won't reopen for business from 4:30 to 6:00 o'clock on F.rdoy afternoon this week' or next.
The liquor store will be open until 9 o'clock tonight, and close or the regular hour, 6 p.m., Friday night.
Main office at the Government Building will be closed Friday and reopened Tuesday morning.
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An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia
Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, December 23, 1954
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Gas Pipeline Sparks Wave Of Dr.CariEwert Optimism In Central B.C. Towns Died Tuesday
� W ^^ ^^ f/^ A new era of industrial pros- man of the village commissioners,
J| Jm_ Q/J Jf '% perity for British Columbia has foresaw industrial expansion foi
been forecast, with the signing the community for the next 10
Prince George sports;!of an agreement for a natural-^as. years.
, , ,. ,a. rOrr . pipeline from the Peace River Sawmills in Merritt may l;e
Tans D. ODie ro waTCn me IVOO .through Vancouver to the United powered by natural gas while
World Series and 'Grey Cup; states. greater diversity of industry
Will
finals oh television?
Completion last summer of a i-adio-telephone chain linking this city with the lower mainland has made it possible to transmit programs to Prince George from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV outlet in Vancouver, ac-
In Fort,St. John news of the-through the whole interior was! pipeline sent farmers into a predicted by Penticton's Mayor! huddle over plans for a packing Oscar Mattson. '<
plant- to process heef, pork and Kamloops would like to study allied meat and dairy products, the feasibility as gas there as a i A village commissioner said it public utility. Mayor J. E. Fitz- j is "the city of destiny".
"Everything that happened at has been achieved". Edmonton, Fort Worth, Tulsa, or And at Dawson Creek, village
Dr. Carl Evvertj pioneer Prince G.eprge physician and surgeon, died Tuesday morning in Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, at the ago of tili.
News of his deajth. spread quick-ly among the city's uidUniers and the wide circle of friends he had made prior to -his departure in 11M6 to make hfcs home in. New Westminster.
Dr. Kwert arrived at Central I-'ovt George in 1913, the third
water said there '� A great victory doctor lo set up .practice in a
community which was destined to be replaced by the city of
Santo Clout has had many eager assistants during the pre-Christmas Mason and among tha busiest were members of the Polly Pigtails Club, whose homes arc in the Crescent district of Prince George.
The four girls�the oldest is 11�started six weeks ago to repair and repaint all their old toys, with the basement at the home of Mayor and Mrs. Gordon Bryant as a work-shop.
Lost week they invited Lieut. George Chapman to
the-Bryant home and presented him with a score of dolls and other playthings that will gladden tha hearts of younger girts when/the'Salvation Army hampers are opened. Christmas morning.
Left to right: Jeannie Noble, vice-president; Georgina Dingwcll, secretary; Gail Bryant, treasurer; Lieut. - Chapman, and Aline Beech, president. In the baby buggy is "Finnegan," Gail's dog.
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MAKGAIIKT SCEPTICAL j boon ever to hit the Peace River.
But Fort St. John, "shunted so ln importance it exceeds the corr-lorig from one proiruse to another" struction of the Alaska Highway is still wary of the plan, in the ln 1042-
words of Margaret L. Murray,1 Premier Bennett, who said Can-publisher of the newspaper there, fdian labor and materials would
At Prlnpp fiporcp mnnicinallv- De Llse(1 in constructing the $110,-1 ', .- � x. ,,
At Prince beorge municipal^ throu�h the heart of He took an active part in hook'
owned land jumped in price three uuu-uuu line uuou^n tne neait ot
hours after details of the pipeline B-c- predicted "a tremendous ef-
were announced. Mayor Gordon Eect on lhe Province's economy"
Ratepayers Group Opposes Golf Club Land Sale Deal
In a resolution tabled by city council on Monday the Prince George Ratepayers Association is strongly opposed to a proposed sale of municipal land to Prince George Golf and
Country Club Limited.
It was decided to table .the resolution and leave it for the incoin-i:it: 1055 city council. ;
The; resolution, said to have I been passed, at a December. 1G riiceting or th ratepayers association, charges the council with be- j iiig,-aware that its proposed golf j club sale is at"a price below mark-' ot value.
The ratepayers- point out that Hie golf club is a limited company and as such is not entitled to municipal aid of any sort.
.Their resolution points out that the city is asking a far. higher pVjce than $20 an acre for land adjacent to that which the gojf iliib wishes to purchase. ..
Under the proposed agreement I'd ween the club and the city,, the
fell into disuse.
It is the inclusion of the latter clause, the ratepayers association resolution claims, which indicates that the council-realizes it is selling the land at a low price.
Several attempts to get the land sale bylaw through city council
Government Agent Here Transferred To Duncan
George H. Hal lot t, government agent ami stipendiary magistrate in Prince George for more than seven years, has been transferred to DuricaTi where he will act as government agent.
The transfer is not effective until early-next April when Mr. and Mrs.. Hallett will leave to make their home in the Vancouver Is-
Mr. Hallett was employed as a clerk in the^gqvernment office at Atliri in 1910, and in 1040 was
this city who tuned in the first program here on January 31 last.
Provided a lease could be arranged with the B.C. Telephone Company, the CBC could transmit programs over the company's p'oint-to-point system at a cost not exceeding that of the existing CBC radio programs being received here.
Many national network programs in the United States are distributed from coast to coast in this manner.
A small booster transmitter would be erected here to rebroad-cast the telecasts, and similar installations would serve Quesnel and Williams Lake.-
"The only way we-will get the CBC to install a television booster station here is to let them know that we want it," said Mr. MacDonald yesterday in announcing that petition forms are now available, at five city stores, including Hudson's Bay Company, Simpsons-Sears Limited, Northern Hardware & Furniture Co. Ltd., T. Eaton Co. Ltd. and Ferguson Electric Ltd.
"Everyone interested should go into one of these stores and sign the petition," he added. "If this is. not possible, drop a note or postcard to CBC, Vancouver, re-jucsting a TV booster station for the Prince George area."
One storekeeper estimated that provision of good television reception here would create an im-
'1 ib would get about GO acres of kround. for $20 an acre, would MUTender a lease on other munici-1'il land and would agree to sell 'he (50 acres back to "the city at li.i1 original'sellin
Unalterably opposed to it is-Alderman Carrie Jane Gray.
Mrs. Gray said that the land in question is worth $1,000 an acre and thirt the city has no right to sell it for less than -mar-.ket value.
On two occasions she blocked passage of the bylaw by resorting to B.C. Municipal Act provisions.
In one case she challenged the right, of Alderman Ft. \V. Hilton �and Mayor Gordon Bryant to.vote
U. Students Here Pass Examinations
All chartered accountant stu-'if-nts in Prince George were suc-1 c-ssful. in ..their. October examina-'�'i'lns, it. was announced by J. J. Hope, liaison officer of the cen-I'ral interior for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. ' Local articled students who w rote the Institute examinations were. * '
Primary examinations � G. V. ('. Gaum, E. ^. Gunn and C. NT. Menzies. -.J
Econpmicsi examinations: E. C. Crowe, E. 1)1. Gunn.
intermediate examinations: G. P. Tiimer. ' . � . .
Mr. Turner and Mr. Crowe are with Paisley.- Wallace and C'o., Messrs. Gunn and Baum are with A. P. Gardner and Co. and Mrs. Monzies is, articled \o G. C. B. Kellett
on the measure because they were shareholders in the.club. "' - On another occasion she claimed that another section of the municipal act niakes it necessary price if it ever l() have sm.h a"lanu- sa\e approved
by the electors.
It is expected the proposal will be dealt with early in 1955.
moved to Nelson as deputy col- mediate market for � more than lector. Sixteen months later he 3000 sets.
was named government agent at Atlin, remaining there until his transfer to this city in 1947.
Cooler Christmas Eve.
Cooler with variable cloudiness is the weather outlook for Christmas eve. Winds will be light."
Low and high temperatures expected in Prince George tonight and tomorrow 15 and "30.
The booster station would probably have a range of 25-50 miles.
There are already five owners of television sets in Prince George, 'and they report having received programs from 27 different stations, including Seattle,. Vancouver, Winnipeg, Anchorage, Alaska, and as far south as Mississippi.
Reception is often good for brief periods, especially in June and July.
Telephone Co. Reports On Progress Of Local Program
in 1915.
He immediately devoted much time and energy to all phases of community work in the struggling young city, and played a leading role in the establishment of the first permanent hospital in the community.
Bryant said the city will now con-the question
No estimate of taxes from the and its products was forth-
ey and curling and was one of the stars on The Cache hockey
the A.
500 Checked At Roadblocks
More than 500 motor vehicles Have been halted at Royal Canadian Mounted Police roadblocks in and around Prince George during the past four days, and charges have been laid against about 25 drivers.
One man Stopped at a roadblock yesterday paid a fine of $100'and costs for impaired driving, and another man who failed to stop when ordered to do so by the police was fined $50 and costs on a charge of obstructing justice.
The biggest traffic crackdown in the city's history was branded a success today by police officials.
They say that a definite improvement in traffic behaviour is already apparent.
Charges have been laid so far for a multitude of offences ranging from defective tail lights to missing licence plates.
Three separate units are setting up the roadblocks.
Each roadblock, consists of a police vehicle and one or more constables.
f Trade, he was also first president of Prince George Rotary ('Tub, and a member of the Masonic and Elks lodges.
A member of Vancouver branch of Prince George Oldtimers' Association, Dr. Ewert regularly attended the annual picnics in Stanley ['ark and served a term as president.
Surviving are his wife, Netan-his; one son, Robert, a recent graduate in medicine of McGill University. Montreal, who is now serving a hospital internship in that ci'ty, and a daughter, Mrs. Everett Lundy (Katherine) of New Westminster.
Funeral services will .be held tomorrow (Friday) in New Westminster, with Rev. Evans Fuller-ton, formerly of Prince George, officiating at final rites in Queen's Avenue United Church.
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They.,are operating around the clock as Any Size Christmas Tree
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�ity nr�y scouts are offerin
located in the Thorsness Block, fi - Proceeds from the Scouts' tree
deterrent to the usual holiday season accident rate.
Locations are changed at brief intervals so that motorists cannot avoid being stopped sooner or later.
Constables operating the roadblock say that public reaction to the system is-good. Most motorists have been polite sale will go towards their annual when asked to produce their licences and seem to accept the .summer camp, necessity for the crackdown. rh? fees are sold for 25 cents
�- _ ' /, ,j,'ri. r .- .'.t . V: , ! a foot and will be delivered by the
The program of rigid traffic enforcement with spot checks scout's.
throughout the municipal area will continue until after New' Selection can be made at 12GS Years. . Fifth Avenue or phone 216-Y-l.
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~H5rdnrrrL-B+H�emd-^Fred Spurr Rave also arrived home to spend I 'he Chrlstijias vacation in Prince I George.
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West's local staff has undertaken 'Civic recognition or the yuletide season produced this beautiful scene^last week when a pnoto-a commercial service survey of |grapher&ised the double-exposure, technique to capture the municipal fire hall,.the cenotaph-_......._...... and a city-erected Christmas tree. In addition to decorating the, city hall and fire hall, the*
the city and its environs which "will enable us to more accurately determine complete commercial; requirements."
city erected a number of Christmas trees in the downtown area.
Peter Bgncrtft