Doris E. Eechtley 1158 Melville St. Y.ANQOUVER, B.C. '� Dec6-57 INSIDE CLASSIFIED ........i............. Page 8 COMICS........................,. Page 9 EDITORIAL...................... Page 2 WOMEN'S SOCIAL............ Page 7 SPORTS........................ Pgs. 4, 5 PHONE 67 ~~~~~~ The Weather Sunny with af few cloudy periods. Warm during the day. Low tonight and high tomorrow, 15 and 35. Vol 2; No. 52 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1958 PRICE 7 CENTS BY CARRIER $1.35 PER MONTH Rural Delegates OK 1958 School Budget Over 40 rural representative? in the Prince George school district last night approved the district's share of an estimated million dollar budget. The exact amount of their share is not known because recently proposed revisions/to the Public Schools Act call for increased provincial government grants to school districts throughout B.C. Members of city council also attended the meeting to obtain the district's reaction to the record spending program. School board officials do not expect a preliminary draft of this year's budget to return from Victoria for at least a week or 10 days. AVA.S APPROVED The preliminary budget was approved by the board about a month ago. The representatives were from District Boy Reported Missing A 12-year-old Giscome highway boy' was reported missing from his home late yesterday. Sheldon Cornell, son of Mr. und Mrs. Lome "Cornell, wus last seen yesterday afternoon. His parents told police they do not fear anything serious could have happened.to him and were confident lie would return home soon. His parents issued calls over the radio for anyone who may have seen the child to report his whereabout, either to them or the ncMF" detach'mehfc -in Prince George. rural communities which are serviced by a public school. They are elected at school meetings held in their own areas. Following a dinner meeting in the McDonald Hotel the representatives elected Chesley Brown of McLeod Lake to sit as a member of the board of school trustees. Mr. Brown will "replace Harry Peterson who resigned from the board earlier this year. The rural representatives have three members on the board this year. Roy Pierrot from South Fort George and Mrs. E. Pratt of Red Rock are the others. Jack Coriess Heads Liberals J. D. "Jack" Coriess was elected president � of the Prince George Liberal. Association at a meeting Wednesday night in the Liberal committee rooms. Past president of the association is Frank S. Perry. Other officers elected include George Baldwin, vice-president and S. H. "Syd" Perry, secretary. Executive members are Don Allen, Irving Hill, Ron Anthony, Warren Holley, C. B. Ewart, Joan' Hiil, Ernie Belle-vance and H- P. Enemark. A result of the meeting was the decision to intensify the Liberal campaign to elect candidate Gordon Bryant. VANCOUVER (CP) � A teenage girl led two men in a $300 holdup Thursday at a Vancouver grocery store, the fifth, time In five years it has been robbed, August 27 To Be *C Day In City August 27 will be "C" Day in Prince George, "C" Day will climax centennial celebrations which will be held here this year and will be "the ciay of days." That is how centennial coin-�nit.tce chairman "Alex Howie described tlie occasion at a board of trade meeting last night. "It will draw visitors from Sui'ithers, Huzclldh', Terrace, Vanderhoof, Williams Lakej Quesncl, McBrldc, and Dawson Creek," lie declared. "It will be something which will not be duplicated anywhere Use in the province," he stated. ANNUAL EVKNT Bowie said he hoped "C" Day programs could become an annual event in Prince George. Early in the morning of August 27 the canoe race will be launched from Fort St. James. Ciinoists from as far away as eastern Canada and the U.S. have expressed interest in the event. "The 129-iiiile course will comprise the longest and most colorful canoe race in the world," he said. Second phase of the day's circus of activities will be a parade, which Bowie modestly predicted would be at least a mile long. He said floats are expected to participate from almost every business and organization. in Prince George along with cx-'ilblts-on-wheels from centers throughout north-central B.C. Mr. Bowie explained that the Prince George fete is the only one of its kind in this part of the province. The Royal Canadian Mountain Police musical ride will also participate in the parade. Prince George is one of the three stopping places for the "ride" in the province during" the centennial year. I'AGAENT Lister Sinclair's pagaent "From Wilderness to Wonderland" will be presented here the ;;umo day. A barbecue, sponsored by the Canadian Legion, will be held on me Fort George park on the west bank of the Fraser River and is expected to attract between live and ten thousand people. During the day the contestants in the canoe race will arrive in Prince George und will be welcomed at the park site. A giant fireworks display will i-lso he hejd near the Kraser River and Prince George's old timers will be honored at a banquet the siinie night. Aurora I, Queen of the Ever-Sreens, will reign during the celebrations. She will be selected from seven contestants for the title next month. THE HIGH SCHOOL. Junior Red Cross group was $500 closer to their objective of $3,000 for,a bus to transport handicapped children when Harold Hatch, ski is seen accepting the cheque. Gathered around are other members of the Junior Red Cross executive. From left to right they are Sandra Hoff, Carol Mqffatt, president of the Prince George Rotary Club, yester- Carol Ongman. Leola Reimer, Carol Carr and Penny day presented a cheque forthiss sum -on behalf of his"�'., Burns. � . � � club. Here Junior Red Cross secretary Jean Jarnowet- n �Citizen Photo PREMIER BENNETT Speaking engagements in the Cariboo Riding have been announced by two prominent Social Credit figures. On Mar.ch 21 national leader Solon Low will speak at Quosnel in support of Soered candidate Bert Leboo. This will be an afternoon meeting. Premier AV. A. C. Bennett will speak In Prince George on March 24 in the Civic .Centre. Leboe will also be on hand to address the residents of Prince George. Tight Money Policy? No Such Thing � Coyne OTTAWA (CP) � The head of Parliament's non-political Bank of Canada has dropped a potentially-explosive political issue into the March 31 general election campaign. Governor James E. Coyne of the central bank, which has a big Viand in shaping Canadian monetary policy, says there has been no such thing as a "tight money" program so far as the bank is concerned. The S50,000-a-year bank chief said this in his annual report to Progressive Conservative Finance Minister Donald Fleming, one of the government spokesmen who have stated that damage was done to the Canadian economy by a Liberal "tight inoncy" policy before the election of last June' 19. The report was made public Thursday. In the current political warfare, Conservatives have been claiming that it was their easing of such a policy in late summer that staved off a more severe recession than the one now hitting Canada. Mi'. Coyne, an appointee of the previous government, docs not .�cfer directly to Conservative knocks at "tight money" in his report for 1037. He states, rather, t.hai "an impression' seems to have arisen" that the money supply was shrinking. Actually it was increasing, he said, but dse-oite this the impression of "tight money' across because of unusually large demand for money. Last month, Liberal James Sinclair, former fisheries minister and now the chief financial critic for this party in .Parliament suggested in a Speech that the Coyne report was being concealed. '.'Hidden," ho said, "is the annual report of the Bank of Canada, which would have to be iablcd if Parliament was sitting � a report which will confirm tno steady decline In the national economy since the Conservative government took office." The* exact meaning of the "tight money" catch-cry has. never been specifically spelled out. In general, it appears to mean money for 'loans that is iiard to get, either because of un-uttracttVelj'-hlgh interest rates or oecause of scarcity of it // It Expects To Grow Canada Must Look To Investment Canada's southern neighbor were dubbed "tier Majesty's loyal Americans" by the head of an international magazine publishing firm in an address to the Prince George Board of Trade last night. Lawrence Laybourne, managing director of Time International of Canada Ltd., said Canada must look to foreign capital if it expects to grow at a reasonable rate because all countries in the 'world are "scrambling for the same bag of investment money." He called his address "The view from a bridge"; the bridge being journalism, one'of the few professions which, he said, links the spectators with the piirtici-pants in all fields of human activity. Laybourne addressed a luncheon meeting of the Prince George Rotary Club today on journalism, particularly us it is practised by Time Incorporated. The world - wide publishing giant produces Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and a handful of other magazines from editorial offices located in New York City. "There is little reason" for concern'over any' divergence in U.S.-Canadian relations," he de clared.' "Canada has received capital and skills from the United States and other countries which cannot be surpassed anywhere in the world." . ' He noted there is generally good feeling between the two Ex-Clericrs Trial Monday Former minister of St. Andrew's Lutheran � Presbyterian Church here, Robert A. Jenkins, will appear in County Court Monday on 17 counts of uttering forged documents. Jenkins was � committed to stand trial in a higher court November last year following a preliminary hearing held at Vanderhoof. The crown alleges Jenkins uttered a series of old age. pension cheques at "Vanderhoof in l'ic name of another person. Monaco Rejoices Over Birth Of Son iF CUB George JCilly, son of Mr: and Mrs. Ivor Killy, 2570 Laurier Crescent, is one of an anticipated 200 cubs who will take part tonight in a giant rally in the Civic Centre which stints at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend the affair which will demonstrate the activities of the cub movement in Prince George. It is the first large-scale cub rally to be staged here. � j �Citizen Photo MONTE CARLO (A?) � Princess Grace of Monaco today gave birth to her first son � the new heir to the throne of the principality of Monaco. The royal palace said the baby weighed 8V� pounds. He will be christened Albert Alexandrc Louis Pierre. The baby displaces ' his 13-month-oid sister, Princess Caroline, ih the succession to his father, Prince Rainier, .Monaco's 31st sovereign.'. The boom of the 10 l-gun salute � it would have been only 21 for a girl � set off wild rejoicing in the 307-acre principality on the French Riviera. As the news spread around tiny Monaco, happy Mon agues-ques quickly hung out rcd-and-.vhite national flags in celebration. Flowers began arriving at tnc palace on Monaco Rock. The births of both Caroline and Albert provided Monaco's L\oOC citizens with ample cause for rejoicing. Barring tragedy, then ensure the survival of the advantages of lWing in an Independent, income-tax-free state that-nas no^ compulsory military service. If Rainier were to die without a successor, the pocket principality, rolling in wealth from its gambling casino, would be annexed by France under a 1919 u-eaty. countries and he held bright hopes for a reciprocal trade agreement which would allow a "free and liberal" exchange of goods between Canada and the U.S. NATIONALISM "Canada was swept by a surg ing tide of nationalism after World War 11 which the Americans have observed," Laybourne stated. "As time goes by there should be fewer absurb images of what Canadians really are," he predicted. He said' the Gordon Royal Commission on Canada's economic prospects has stated that by 1080 Canada will be produc ing three times as much goods and services as the country did (See "CANADA MUST" Page 3) Pledges Canadian Bill Of Rights By ALAN DONNELLY Canadian Press Staff Writer VANCOUVER (CP) � A pledge of action towards a Canadian bill of rights � has ' been made by Prime Minister Diefenbaker before th� largest audience of v his campaign so far � more than 10,000 persons. The Progressive Conservative leader, emphasizing that it would be limited to matters within federal powers, said Thursday night his government is working on "a bill of fundamental freedoms for Canadians." It -was the first time in his month-old campaign that Mr. Diefenbaker, a long-time advocate of such a move, had raised the subject. LET COUUT DECIDE He gave few details of his intentions, ,but spoke of federal jurisdiction in the field being "decided by the Supreme Court of Canada." He also said the justice department is studying the constitutional aspects "so that when we put the: bill before Parliament if will be within the constitutional powers of Parliament." (This city, where an intensive campaign has been conducted on the slogan ."Follow John," turned out a crowd to the east-side Exhibition Forum � a" hockey arena � that more than doubled the audiences' of close to 5,000 at Winnipeg and Edmonton earlier in his campaign. Twenty minutes before the scheduled start the arena doors were closed by the fire marshal, who estimated 8,000 were inside. He said that "2,000 or 3,000" were outside, listening to loudspeakers. ANHWKRS HECKLERS .The audience; � fevvever.^vas- periy. sprinkled with hecklers who interrupted the prime minister sporadically throughout his 70-minute speech and brought a few rejoinders from him. The heckling contrasted with the almost complete lack of interruptions in previous i campaign meetings. The meeting capped a four-day swing through British Columbia by the Conservative leader, who flies today to Calgary. His speech dealt at length on two topics: unemployment and his parly's national development program-. 11 was an elaboration of an. address earlier in the evening on the CBC's national television network in the corporation's free-time election series of broadcasts. In his broadcast he said there (See "JOHN DRAWS" Page 3) PGTV To Hold Open House Today, Saturday Prince George residents will have a chance tonight and tomorrow to .sec for themslelves the operation of a television studio when PGTV hol(1S "Open House" sit its studio at 1085 Third Aye. The premises will be open for inspection today from 5 p.m. until 0 p.m. and tomorrow starting at 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. First 300 ladies on hand will receive* orchids flown in from Hawaii especially lor the event by CPA. PGTV spokesman Doug Starr urges all residents to attend. Man Gets 3 Mos. For Possession A Prince George man ycslcr-�Jay was sentenced ,to three months imprisonment after being convicted' of a charge of un-awful possession of., stolen pro- Lance Kcohari plpaded not guilty to the count but was convicted by County Court Judge C. W. Morrow. Court Of Revision Tomorrow will be the last day f6r prospective urban voters to attend a court of revision ' in order to secure a vole in the forthcoming federal election March 31. Court Judge J. Fairburn said '.oday, that, the response during Ihe first two days of the sitting has been very good. Tomorrow the premises at 1314 Fourth Avfc. will be open all day starting at 10 a.m. Mr. Fairburn said. Closing time will be at 10 p.m. iTHE CITIZEN'S new circulation sub-managers were shown through the newspaper offices yesterday by acting circu-lation manager Mrs. L. M. Johnson. The' city is broken into areas and each area is under a sub-manager who loks.after_ distributing papers to the carrier boys. From left to "right are Mrs. Evelynr JMcKinnon, Boyd Bayne (rear), Mrs. Edwina Barker, Mrs. Jan Jensen and Mrs.; Thelma Bell. Sub-manager missing when this picture was taken was Mrs. Carol Kennedy. _ / -Citizen Photo !