Doris E. Bechtley 1158. Melville St. VANCOUVER,   B.C.   �
Dec6-57
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CLASSIFIED   '...,............  I'age 14
COMICS........................... Page 15
EDITORIAL. .................... Page 4
SPORTS..................... Pages 6, 7
WOMEN'S, SOCIAL ...... Page 5
The  Weather
Mostly, cloudy with scattered snow flurries, little change in temperature. "Wind south 15 occasionally reaching 20. Low tonight and high tomorrow 10 and 32.
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PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23; 1957
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Miracle Escape
As Train Crushes Vehicle On Bridge
Two men miraculously escaped with their lives when a train completely crushed � a truck at the east end of the Fraser Bridge Saturday afternoon.
Harry Gordon Matthews, the driver, and his passenger, Robert Ragg, leaped to safety seconds before their vehicle was ground 'into a heap of twisted metal in a hair-raising collision with a west-bound CNR locomotive.
The 1955-model lumber truck wa^ completely demolished and dragged about 75 feet along the track. Us load of lumber was spilled and scattered along the length of the track at the entrance to the bridge.
ONIiY CUT KIXGEK
Ragg sustained only a lacerated finger and Matthews, about
.LUMBER TRUCK valued at $6,000 was a complete write-off after being involved in a collision with a CNR locomotive Saturday afternoon. Accident occurred on the railway crossing on the southern approach to the Fraser River bridge. The train and vehicular traffic was delayed for almost two hours.
Poor Night For Thieves
. Thieves broke into two-Prince George .' business premises last ttightx but rjgot little for their trouble.-        �
A rear door \vas forced open at Shields Motor Proucts Ltd., 623 George St,, but the office and repair shop was left un djsurbed.
The break-in was reported by company officials at 8 a.m. today.
About $3 in change was stolen from Inland Oil Sales near First Avt. overnight. Thieves broke a window to release the door latch.
Sputnik Top Story Of Year
By   CANADIAN   PHESS
Sputnik was the world's top nrge Citizen, in cooperation xAtii thV incr-cbauts of Vandprtoof, presents in today's it-sue a special section acknowledges this major achievement.
On pages !J. 10, tl, 12 and 13 there appears complete picture and news coverage ol Iho opening.
ONLY SLIGHT injury to his finger wa s- suffered . by passenger Robert Ragg when the truck in which he was riding was demolished by the impact. An RCMP constable applied adhesive tape to stop the bleeding. Driver Harry Gordon Matthews,  shown  standing behind  Ragg, was only shaken up.
Ken Alexander's Home Best  Lighted  In  City
An original, colorful display of lights andu'rops in the South Central area last night was named a winner irj the fourth annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas lighting contest.
Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Alexander at 12S5 Ewert is graced with an unusual arrangement of colored lights and cutouts of Santa, a squirrel and Banibl.
It was chosen the best among nearly two dozen homes which were entered in the residential section of the contest.
Northern   Lighis   Motel,   1S52 Third Avc, was judged the best-lighted building in the contest's commercial division. UXUSUAL DISPLAY
Judges felt that the array of colored lights which surround the windows and floors of the motel brightened thc-wost end of Third Avc. and Is an unusual display for a place of business.
The Alexanders -will receive the top prize money. $25, in two or three days. Officials of N'ort hern Lights Motel will be presented with a scroll for the prize-winning efforts.
Chairman of the JCC committee, Don Datoff, said the response to the campaign was good and hoped that many will
make an �effort to look at tho prize. Winners so they will know what to strive for in next year's contest.
The judges' decisions were made after nearly three hours of inspecting the homes and places   of   businesses   scattered'
throughout the city.
"We are generally, very, pleased with what people did* to brighten and cheer up the city for the festive season," Datoff stated.     !
Judges in the contest were (Sec   KEN ALEXANDER,   Page 3)
SPLIT PRIZE BEFORE
Housewife Wins $500
"If at first you don't succeed,  try,   try  again."
Ail old saying perhaps, but Mrs1. Mary Pearson, 1577 Gorse SI. proved Saturday night that Its  still   I rue.
And today she has $500 to back it up.
�Mrs. Pearson was the grand prise winner in the service club-sponsored Giant Bingo game.
But she tried over and over again, 20 times all together, before she won it. all of it that is. SPLIT TOP PR1ZK
Last spring she had to split the top prize with another win-
ner ko she is really a two-time winner.
Mrs. Pearson and. her: carpenter hugband, Mark Pearson, have missed only one game since the scries started 21 games ago.
Along the way they have picked up one or two consolation prizes too.
Earlier this year Mr. Pearson won S25 and Mrs. Pearson won $10. but, they were determined to keep after the big one. � LOTS OF  PUN     �
"It's lots of fun playing whe-(See HOUSEWIFE WINS,  Poqc  3)
FIRM BELIEVER in Santa Claus after winning $500 in bingo game Saturday night is Mrs. Mary Pearson, 1577 Gorse St., centre. Surrounded by a bevy of Rotarians disguised as St. Nicholas, Mrs. Pearson happily accepts cheque from Rotary president Harold Hatch. The Joint Service Club Council game drew a record attendance. With Mrs. Pearson a re left to right Alex Clark, Mr. Hatch, Bob Harkins and Chuck Ewart.                                                �W. D. West studios
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