An Independent Semi-Wcckly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia 3- No. 65- (Two Sections) Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, August 15,1955 $4.00 per year 5c per copy >0|jce Recover Body Drowning, Victim of 0 39-year-old American tourist who drowned in Bo yke |QSt Tuesday was recovered^ a Royal Canadian ort -j pni;Ce baat on Thursday morning, just 48 hours after kintea ^IILt- Youngest and Oldest Assault Peak .tra gedy. lein, Oregon at to'I rffly a week nil" after he ;,. df a boat vc a fishing wo children he time. < i- that they .t- and were lew^tqnk to was drifting fishing become i the iHly feed rods start made a d fell into ijj swimmer, ii_/fechle at-�lf and made life-preserver thrown to .i reach him liH-r -the -(Ms- is tanks, ircled in her him on the reled again, had sunk children, com- Sale:n Police dragging operations got underway within a few hours of the accident and a number other- boats were drawn into the search. Davis, who was known to a few friends- in Prince George, had spent four consecutive summer vacations at Stuart Lake. Searchers were assured of the exact, spot where the. tragedy took place when their drag brought up the line, lure and rod which Davis had been trying to save. At one stage of the search two "frogmen" were en route to the lake from 'Victoria but they turned with the finding of the body. Transient Sentenced On Cheque Counts William White, a transient, pleaded guilty to two charges of forging cheques in police court last week. White attempted to cash two' cheques for" $20 and $15 at the Canadian Legion earlier this month. Accused was sentenced to a $100 fine or two months in jail on each charge, the jail terms to run concurrently. jits August 20 Hearing In Court Manslaughter In pcli.ee. court Friday morning Magistrate P. J. Moran Ijhe first manslaughter charge heard in a Prince7 George Irtroom for almost two years. Project Shelved Till 1956 Prince George's proposed 2,500,000 gallon water reservoir atop Carney Hill will not be completed this year and construction probably won't even get underway. This was learned at noo'h to- day when bids were to have been opened for construction of the big basin. There were no bidders. Mayor Gordon^ Bryant. stated shortly after the noon deadline that hopes to have the reservoir in 'operation before winter have now been abandoned. He attributed the lack of interest in tendering en the project to three factors: 1. Only 10 days ^was allowed for preparing bids on the work. 2'. The lateness of the season may . have made, contractors leary of "undertaking such a large project in such a limited time. 3. General . contracting firms throughout the province are enjoying an exceptionally active season and many of them probably could not. spare the equipment, the men. or the time. Total cost of the reservoir project with connecting lines has been estimated at approximately $105,000. Need for such water storage has been repeatedly emphasized by insurance underwriters' representatives and by Fire Chief August Dornbierer. Investigation into reservoir sites here started almost four years ago and three were given serious' consideration. First of these was Connaltght Hill," a city park, which was discarded for aesthetic and technical reasons. A second site, north of the Nechako Bridge and west of the John Hart Highway, was also considered but it too was rejected. The Carney Hill, site was proposed by City Engineer George P. Harfojrtl, who pointed out that its ; location would ultimately place it. in the approximate geographical centre of the city. Mayor Bryant said thatythe council's water committee is now considering 'a plan where-(See CONTRACTORS, Page 3) City Accountancy Firm Merges With Big U.S.r U.K. Companies A merger of significance in international business circles will become evident here shortly when Prince George branch of Paisley, Wallace & Co., chartered' accountants, adopt the name of Deloitte, Plender, Haskins & Sells. Idler -M3.� Inlay wh< I counsel, nei, the m (WOll'S ' slay ,\! Robin ri,vfe|l'aguins flier'- cfii I -'. i: late. Idler wft i-i-io ]ay mornii � fi] on a !�,�--,.:.. ] returned to I furthci In Vlauglitci' i! 11 |oliminary ho;i 1 on Aujaist '� oil! i in- appeared with . I). F, McNeil of lairistrntc went over "�-' you. The Lord "J' you." "ivo< lings fol-�M. I. Clingan, Tuesday Hoagland, 75 " H;a,!;m,|. 75.yenr. 01 ' Gi i" in : illness. "''" Ifcen in will '-,' :a' Chapc-membei-'. )Ul pio-I'KC, died Sat-'lijice George rl fifter a lihg- i'"f health for l!" and was ad-'.' ''� nionth 'ago. '^ place Tups-icnietery follow-11 f's in Assman's 11 - p.m., attend-;| f-'arihoo 1,-oflge iident Order, of �n inni " Si;,tf.. on-i.-.j. prn. in Lar-muary 10, � 'TUTtgiirrc-cl to tiie !"'L!ajor to Alas-iving" in prince � �� trade, he was '' ' 'nrpontcrs' and ;i!1'1 Of the Odd- FIX n? locate �fl well ^'iikilioof Uirouglibut water diviner, * tor St. John Well and the 11 near. Princij? �survived by ">. Floy; three Plai fioni' Ti and Miss � arrived ioiiIo, and Quesnel, passenger in a Prince George taxi whjch was involved in a collision with Ridler's car on- July 1G. Clinghan's death took place a week later in city hospital. Five-other people were,.'injured. IWA, NILA Meet To Discuss Disputed Contract Clause Spokesmen for the International Woodworkers of America and the Northern Interior lumbermen's Association^met e^Thursday for a preliminary round of discussion dealing YOUNGEST CLIMBER^ to stay at the Alpine Club of Canada camp during a recent assault on 12,972-foot Mount Robson, monarch of the Canadian Rockies, was Prince George's Penelope Godfrey, 1 7-year-old daughter of a mountaineering city couple, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Godfrey, 1995 Twelfth Avenue. With her in this shot is the oldest climber, 74-year-old Prof, _Nl. Basset, professor of chemistry at Reading University, England.. Penelope-, a University of British Columbia nursing student, was accompanied on the climbing expedition by her parents. A high camp was'established on Mt. Robson but snow conditions repulsed the assault on the peak. Penelope had done some climbing previously but this was her first trip with the Alpine. Club. �CNR Photo with disputed interpretation' of a clause in the existing wage and working conditions contract, , The,dispute arises from a pro-vincicU wage order which requires that all cooks and bunk-house employees must get one day off each week, or a corresponding amount of free time every threi& jrionths. .- Union negotiators were Joe Morris, B.C. president; Howard Webb, business agent, for "local. 1-42-1. and JaOk Hoist, IWA organizer here. Sitting as employers' spokes- order to complj with the LakG- foi> a wo.ek;'s fishing, i'ent's order they are en- Tnev navc a daughter living men were R. W.' Hilton, NIL A past-president; R. J. Gallagher, secretary-manager, and Terry Watt, labor relations counsel. A union spokesman said today that a joint committee will be set up shortly to give the matter further study. � Nub of the disputed interpretation is the fact that the present contract stipulates a regular monthly salary for cooks and bunkhouse employees. Employers' claim the salary Seven Arrests Follow Post Office Robbery Solving of one of Canada's largest post office robberies and recovery of blank money orders with a potential value of more than $100,000"-iwas announced by RCMP in Vancouver Sunday night. Seven men are under-;arrest. Police said they picked up two men Saturday and recovered blank orders to a potential value of $-12,000 from a rented garage, Five others were.arrested Friday in the Monday robbery of- Port Coquitlam post, office. Charge with conspiracy to forge and utter money orders and due to appear in police court today were: Doug Mellick, 21; William Pomeroy, 18; Victor Hampson, 10; Rudy Driedger, 22; and John Raines, 20. The five wer.er arrested in an east-end house with "stamps, pads and ."other equipment suitable for fovgeryr1--RCM P�said,-----*� Money orders worth � $50,000 wiYre-iouncl near where the post office safe was'abandoned. Actual cash "stolen totalled $1,500. was arrived at on the baste, of a seven-day" working week and that in government titled to.reduce the salary by the amount of the time off. claims thtrt the eni-the fitll plus the The new name represents a merger of two large international chartered accountancy firms and creates one of the three'largest such companies in the world. William R. Hoilingshead, who is resident . partner in -Prince George for Paisley, Wallace, and who will continue -in the same capacity .with, the new firm, said the merger serves a separate purpose for the three companies involved. Both Deloitte, Plender, " Griffiths & Co. of the United Kingdom, and Haskins- & Sells of the United States, required representation in Canada to serv.e clients who have embarked on Canadian investments. Paisley, Wallace & Co. value the merger because it gives them affiliation with a world-wide association of accountancy firms operating more than 100 branches. The nucleus of the present company, operating tinder the jiame- Herbert J. Paisley, first, Hurricane Interests American Visitors. Hurricane Connie .which last week lashed the Atlantic coast and swept inland through eastern United States and the _Great Lakes region, held more than passing interest for an American couple who were in- the city at, the week-end. Mr. and .Mrs. V. T. Newton ..of Wellington, Kansas, were here Saturday on their way to Stuart The �N-ITA plpyeort are amount of itilled K � .salary days, off stipulated in the wage' order. . Union officials termed the Thursday meeting "amicable" and believe the disputed interpretation will be settled without serious conflict . . y If the union makes iis point it will insist that the adjustments be made retroactive to the l>je-gin-ning of the contract, said Mr. Webb. in Philadelphia, Pa., last reported to be in the path of the.hurricane. The couple arrived herp after, touring the Kootenay and Oka,n-agaii valleys, and later plan to motor up the Hart Highway to sample the stream fishing in the Pine Pass region. They have been in Rritish Columbia before, but never this far north. Asked why province fo thev selected this For*n vacation spot, Mi>--Juvcnile deliqucncy. replied: "because j>ne -*"1 believe'her story of how Newton fishing is good, and. Jjritish" Columbians _ are the J>iendliest people we've � met ^anywhere." Off The Wires (Canadian Press, Mondov ^August 15,, 1955)' Hope Wanes For PWA Plane Missing Two Weeks The weather improved today as hope dimmed in the search for five 13 days in a Pacific Western Airlines plane 300 miles west men missing of Prince George. There's not much hope of finding..them olive," said a spokesman for the airline. J Fifteen RCAF and PWA aircraft searched today for signs of the lost Grumman Mallard. The plane carried David Milton Owei?, Lt.-Col. MacGregor Macintosh; Albert P. Gorman, Pilot Ed. Bell and co-pilot Kendall R. King. Two Haney Men Killed When Car Plunges Into Canyon BOSTON BAR-�Two men who were killed near'here Saturday when a car plunged 1,000 f,ect down the Fraser Canyon were identified as Gordon Brown, 33, and James Elliot, 40, both of Haney, B.C._ Police said the car crashed through a guard rail on the highway nine miles east of Boston Bar. One man was thrown clear and his body was found about 400 feet below the roadway. THe second man's body was found in the demolished car which landed in Nine Mile Creek at the bottom of the canyon. Boston Bar is 375 miles south of Prince George on the Cariboo Highway. VANCOUVER�At least one British tar thinks HMS' Superb' hath no charm like Vancouver. When rhe Royal Navy Cruiser sailed for Victoria Fricjoy, Robert Dasev, 27, of Durham, Ireland, was listed as a deserter. VANCOUVER�Attorney-General Robert Bonnerjias advised authorities here not to loy charges based on' evidence to the'Tupper Royal Commission into the city police force--'-at least until the-inquiry is^cancluded." Hunger, Thirst Drive Out Hawaiian Miss Canadian Sailors Blameless For Girl Stowaway On Warship VICTORIA, Aug. 15 (CP) � ironing shirts and Skipper of � HM'CS" Athabaskan said here Jpycelyn Pilapil of Hilo, Hawaii, stowed away aboard his ship � "without- any- lHel]>^whatso-evor from, any member of the crew".. - " tt.-Cmdr.' Charles Richardson, captain of the A.thabask-aiT during , X)cv five-week voyage to Hawaii and California, made the" statement when, the ship docked at nearby Ksquimalt. y^ The girl was takeii/rfshore by FBI agents at pro Beach" Calif., placed o\v probation for five years.; and^ returned to her home. y '� decks are untrue, son said. She was to move around scrubbing Richard-it allowed i5hip unless accompanied by'the padre and at 7 p:m. she cabin foiyfhb night. confined to her ^dfn, Clouds, Sunshine Is feather Outlook The weather picture- in Prince George' district today and Tuesday will continue to be one'.of clouds and showers With patches of warm, sunshine. , There'll be enough fine, weather to please holidayers* and hay The UrS. Marshal's office put'harvesters with little change in her'o.iVa plane Saturday after s.he ! the daytime temperatures pro-pleaded guilty to a charge of \ vailing during the past week. started serving- the central in-.crior more than .')() years ago. In 1!)52 it became Paisley. Wai-c(c_e & .Co. at the time Mr. llol-ingsfiead became a full partner. Mr. Hoilingshead is well known n business circles in this area ia\ring travelled for the Paisley inn here since 1946 and made lis home here since 1951 shortly ifter being admitted to .the Can-idian Institute of Chartered Ac-:ouritants. The firm's Prince George >ranch will soon move into" more specious offices and the. new name will appear over the door and on company stationery. The old mama of Paisley, Wallace & Co. will be retained for a. time as a convenience to clients. �'.' Iiritish Columbia partners in', the hew firm''"are William L. C. Wallace, C.A.. Alan F. .Sinclair. C.A.. C. W. Duncan, C.A., and Mr. Hollingshead. .Mr. Paisley will continue-to l)e associated with the ijp�ifipany in an advisory capacU Office of, tlii> iTG*