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An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest
I. 39;.No. 39
(Three Sections)
Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY,
n
ond Northern British Columbia
17, 1956
$4.00 p2r year
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ouncil Will Study ne-Way Street Deal
City Council Mondoy night accepted for study a proposal .flitted by the Prince George Board of .Trade that the orie-r street program being contemplated for the downtown area icrapped.
juncil accepted the brief, In form �f a resolution endorsed trade board ,, members
last rsYlay evehing without com-
lt.
ctihg Mayor Carrie J^jne Gray in the chair.
alph Zelmar, head of the rd's civic affairs committee Lyntlen Fonseca, local archi-presented the resolution, he proposal calls for abandon-lt by the city's, parking and fie committee of a move to ct one-way traffic on five mown avenues and streets, ouncil endorsed the commit-submission almost three ks ago and moved to purchase noco.^ary signs and put irth Avenue into use as a one-street last week, ther thoroughfares which hi bo affected by the move
Pipeline Compressor Hear Fort McLeod
Westcoast Transmission Co., builders of the natural gas pipeline from Fort St. John to the southern B.C. border, has applied to purchase a parcel of land neor Fort McLeod for use as a compressor station site.
The compressor, one of a series'used along the length of the line, will be 86 miles north of Prince George, adjacent to the Hart Highway.
Westcoast earlier this year applied for the purchase of land adjoining the old Shelley Roord for o similor instolla-tion.
Purpose of compressors on � a project of this nature is to maintain a constant'flow of the gas at a common pressure throughout the length
>ce COUNCIL WILL,. Page 7) of the line at all times.
Ire Rales Clear Lake Mill; �ss Estimated Af $40,000
ire which ripped through the ar Lake Lumber Co. sawmill Clear Lake early this morning piled the structure to ground-ami caused damage estimat-at from $30,000 to $40,000. lip operation was only partial-covered by insurance. 'he mill was located about 22 es up the Black water Road, th-west of Prince George. ccording to Hans Roine, one tne owners, the fire broke out ibout 12:30 a.m. s , spark from an open burner uspected of having started the flagatlon.
Indangered by the outbreak i a nearby planer mill owned
the same I 10 houses, he mill had been sprayed by
hoses right up until midnight a precautionary measure, Mr. no told The Citizen this morn-
>ne thousand gallons of diesel
I oil, .stored in a tank near the I. was an early victim of the ze.
When that went nothing could '.it," Mr. Roine saia.
II the mill equipment, includ-
ing a twin power Unit, was totally destroyed. ,
It was the first fire the owners ..ave experienced in three years of operating at Clear Lake.
Mr. Roine wae at home at 511 Patricia Blvd. when he was noti-Xied by telephone of the fire.
"For ten years I have been afraid of telephone calls at night," the veteran mill operator said. "Last night the one I' feared came."
No lives were endangered by the blaze, although a few employees were prevented from attempting to remove the sled that carried the diesel tank.
All activity was concentrated in keeping the fire from spreading t�- the . surrounding woods and buildings.
Besides Mr. Roine the other owners involved are Hugh Glazier and Don Doyle.
Mr. Roine said the company plans to re-build immediately.
This is the second mill fire this week.
A similar fire caused extensive damage to a mill at Nukko Lake earlier this week. Details of the fire were . not known at press time.
ity Moots Purchase )f Prov. Building Site
City council last week touched on one of the biggest down- real estate deals which" this municipality has ever con-
iplated.
t a committee of the whole sting last Thursday evening clerk. Arran, Thomson was tructod to apply to' the pro-cial government for the purse of land on which the Third "me provincial building now "ds, and a four-lot parking area its rear.
he city Ik proposing to buy Fourth Avenue parking lot, four lots which are occupied ihe antiquated building, but Hie building itself, otal value of the two parcels IantJ. according to the city's essment. roll in ' January, Is imately $28,000. building' is assessed for
,ouo:
{ the city later decides to pur->o both the building and pro->\,and the government agrees, deal will cost taxpayers close
$93,000.
1 is the general opinion of
nibers of the council that the ding, in its present state, is
icsirable.
provincial government of-provide employment for
>ost ioo workers in depart-
nt* ranging from the electri-inspector's office to the B.C.
;est Service, has been rumourd that an
now
en rumourd that an Miration has already been sent Ulc Provincial government by 5 Prominent Priqce George older to buy the -property and laing.
believed the person em-K'ng on the purchase plans to ^rtitimhL
laing.
oahoteL, government offices
here are expected to move into a new $1,500,000 building, on the corner of Third Avenue and Vancouver Street in late 1957.
It will' be five storeys high with an attached one-and-a-half storey "structure housing two court rooms. It will also bo the first building in Prince George to be equipped with electrically-operated elevators.
War Launched On Shacks
City To Placard
'Painless' Program Gets Underway
An all-out attempt to rid Prince George once and for all of sub-standord dwellings is slated to get underway within the next few days. /
City council has instructed its building inspector and the Cariboo Health Unit to placard "as soon as possible" all such
dwellings throughout the city. 1---------�-------'��'�--------------------
There is no official index- to | P�?ri�-:ht at y o'clock.
The special tape recording, cut by CKPG engineers, is in connection with Armed- Forces Day to be observed this Sunday.
The program, 15 minutes in picture of on a target zone.
It tells of how the enemy aircraft 'is spotted, the message is channelled to the nearest Ground Observer Corps .radar Is used to pin-point the location of the air-)orne objects and fighter planes ire dispatched to intercept It.s �oute.
Commanding officer of the LJSAF radar base at Baldy Hughes ias extended an invitation to all nterested Prince George residents p visitv the station and inspect ts facilities on Sunday afternoon.
Prince George detachment of the Ground Observer Corps will be exhibiting a special display at the base in connection with Armed Forces Day.
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described as "ch.cken coops", "f.re , ,0 th ,s .,� ai|dihl traps and "hovels unfit for hu- 'a simulated air attack man habitation."
More recently referring to them, Dr; H. M, Brown of�thc Cariboo Health Unit said Prince (Jooi-gp "exhibhod a state of Hqiialor :ind filth which prob. ably could not !><� njii.-illril by any other B.C. community of like size."
Object of attaching the placards o the dwellings is to make it impossible for anyone to take bceup-incy of them once they are vacated.
It is felt that once placarded, the tenants of the building will take faster action to find housing that meets with the city's building standards.
"We've given_up ^waiting to placard them when they come empty," said Aid. Gray. "They never do become empty because there is always someone waiting who will-move in overnight.1' "FUNGUS-LIKE"
Scarcely an area of the city ta free of shacks that spring fungus-like adjacent to homes of standard quality.
In a half-hour tour of two sections of the city conducted by senior sanitary inspector S. D. Taylor, Citizen Reporter Tony Skae was shown literally dozens of dwellings that were � woefully inadequate of providing even a semblance of modern" conveniences.
All were located on city water mains, yet none had either running water or plumbing.
Little imagination was needed to picture the interior of the
ers provided him by Scott Sash & (See COMMITS SUICIDE, Poge 2)
Week-end Schedule Of Events
SATURDAY�
7-10 p.m., Elk> Carnival, Civic
Centre. 10 p.m.-l a.m.�Elks' Dance,
Civic Centre.
SUNDAY�Chevies and the USAF softball teams leave for Lac La Hache tournament., 1-5 p.m.�Armed Forces Day � Open House at Baldy Hughes
Radar Base. 2 p.m.:�Ladies' Sofetball (Six
Mile Lake vs North Cariboos) 2:30 p.m.�Opening of the
municipal swimming pool. MONDAY�
10 a.m.�Parade starts from Third Ave and Vancouver St. Crowning of May Queen, etc.
11 a.m.�Soap-Bojc-Oerby, Old Airport on the Vanderhoof highway.
1 p.m.�Chuckwagon races and
children's raees. The Citizen will be published on Tuesday, May 22.
Two Committed To Assizes For Rape
Two men accused of raping an L8-year-old Indian girl in Central Fort George a month ago were committed to Assize Court for trial Tuesday.
Edmond Borquc and Frank William Marion appeared before Stipendiary Magistrate P. J. Moran for the 'preliminary hearing.
The alleged crime was committed April 17 west of. Prince George, a few yards oil Central Avenue.
Trial of Borque and Marion, represented by city barrister L. K. Blundell, will be heard at the spring assize trials which open here Monday, May 28.
New Swim Pool Will Be Opened Sunday
Prince George's new $86,000 swimming pool will be officially opened to the public this Sunday afternoon.
Alde?rman Carrie Jane Gray, in" an interview today, said all arrangements have been made for
the opening ceremonies which will take place at the. Walnwright Street site Sunday.
The opening procedures are scheduled to begin at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Prince George high school band will be in attendance and will play selected numbers under the direction of Al Horrocks.
Master of ceremonies for the affair will be Mayor. Morrison. Alderman Gray will officially cut the ribbon, opening the pool.
She will receive the project from Associated Engineering Services Ltd., who supervised con ] struction for the city during the j past year.
Alderman Gray, chairman of-the council's health, parks, zoning and cemetery-committee, will turn the project over to Parks Board chairman. Syd Perry. �
The pool will then be an of^, ficial parks board enterprise and the board will haw complete charge of its operation and maintenance during future seasons.
Art Warburton will take over as master of ceremonies at. this point and will introduce Jim Johnson and Gretje Petrus who will demonstrate low and high diving and other fancy swimming.
There will then be a brief intermission which will be followed
with an encore by the high school band.
Alderman Gray said she is expecting a record number of persons in attendance for the affair.
Next week recently-appointed swim pool manager John Brown will put a regular schedule into effect until the end of the season, expected about the middle of September.
Caravan Visit To Ml. Robson Planned
Prince George residents are invited to partake in a caravan'tript to scenic Mount Rolwon later this month as guests of the McBride & District Board' of Trade.
Guests will only have to arrange their travel to MeBridc and at thiSf point trade aboard members will take care of the tour into the beautiful parklands. *\Date tentatively set for the affair is" Sunday, May 27.
Visitors from as far south as Kamloops and from the east to Edson, Alberta, are expected to be among Uie tourists.
The. Mount Robson area has become known in recent years as one of the most delightful parks in western Canada and is becoming more popular with foreign visitors every year.
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