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Vol. 2 No. 139
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1958
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Ace Hockey Player Among The Dead
Four persons died in accidents in the Prince George area this week-end.
A father and his son were killed in a motor vehicle crash south-east of here; a star hockey player died after an automobile accident on the Hart Highway; and a man was drowned in a Giscome creek.
Dead are:
John Vnrgeati, 2!), of South Fort (irorgc.
John Viirgcaii, Jr., nine, also of South Port George.
Kon Montgomery, 112, a Pacific Grpat Eastern ;Sailwny employee'.
Robert Nicklc, 28, of llellc-ville, Out.
It was the most tragedy-filled week-end Prince George has seen since 1955 when five persons were killed in two highway crashes.
CAREENED OFF ROAD
The Yargeaus died when a heavy pickup truck careened off Hie Iiuckhorn Lake road .'Ml miles south-east of the city early Saturday evening.
Mr. Yargeau and his young sol} were pinned under the truck after it crashed into a ditch.
Police said Vni'gban WHS i driving a IJ.C. Forest Service truck on hi.s way to a forest fire in the Biickhorn-Willow river ill ca.
John Jr., a second son, Mel-vin, iyu^ Ale.-v Bird were in the frpJUp! sdqf- JkCHvt'ri suffered a fractured pelvis unil Uir�i was shaken up.
They were thrown from the vehicle and the father and son were caught under il. A pass-
FATHER AND SON died in this truck. They were pinned underneath when it careened off Bupkhorn Lake road, I'A) miles .south-east of Prince George, Saturday, night. They were John Yargeau, 21), and John Jr., u'gccl nine, <>r South Fort George.
Local Construction
Town planner Desttiond Parker said today that he expects the volume ,oi construction in Prince George this year to be on the low side, despite an apparently good start.
'.'High investment at the beginning of the year led some observers to predict a record year," he saidi "But. i think they misread the sign;;."
The large burst of investment was largely attributable to ''once in ten year" projects like the hospital which had happened to mature this year.
Projects .such as the now school, the coliseum and the Woolworth's building, plans for
which were laid last, year, should be considered essentially as an overflow from last. year lie claimed,
PLANS BELNC; SHELVED
At the moment plans are being shelved to ^ce which way the economic cat is suing to jump."
There is little on the boards of the city's architects just now, he said. "And it is too late in the year to get. much underway."
Prince George Crops Almost Complete Loss
Forage and grain crops in the Prince George area today arc almost a complete loss.
Farmers have surrendered to the three months drought and have started harvesting dwarfed grain fields which normally would be cut in September.
In some areas trie seedlings which started growing in May and which were stunted until a rain early this month have started to wither and die.
Barley which is not normally ready for harvesting until mid or late August is being cut by farmers in the Pineview district.
Yield of hay crops have been cut in half and in some cases less than that by the abnormally hot weather.
"1 used to think three tons to an acre of hay were good but this year I'm lucky if 1 get a ton to three acres,'" commented one farmer.
Dominion Experimental Farm in Pineview is an example of the appalling loss suffered by farmers this year.
Large, open grain fields which normally would have produced prize crops are covered with plants about three inches high. In average seasons the grain would be breaking out in heads at this time of the year.
Towering Rocky Range Wins Margaret's Heart
BANFF (CP) � .Like any tourist. Princess Margaret was enthralled Sunday by the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies, one of which has been named Princess Margaret Mountain.
The mountains were on every hand as she spent a day of rest, her first full day in Alberta, free of official engagements. Clearly visible to her was 8,508-foot Princess Margaret mountain. The Alberta government announced Saturday night had been named for her. GOES RIDING
After church Sunday she changed into a brown riding costume, ti^d a kerchief about her head, and went horseback riding through the trees and bush along the shore of Lake jyilnnewanka, near the lodge where the royal party has taken up residence while in Banff. She was accompanied by a lady-in-waiting and a body of mounted RCMP guards.
She was to see more of the picturesque mountain scenes and rjver valleys around this
resort town today.
Sh<: was to tour the Canadian Army cadet camp, visit a buffalo paddock and receive a complete Indian buckskin costume as a gift from the town of Banff.
Then she was to take a scenic drive to a -1.000-foot Lookout Point on towering Mount Nor-quuy.
She also was to visit the Banff School of Fine Arts on Tunnel Mountain where the school's founder. Senator Donald Cameron, was to escort her through clases of ballet dancers, music .students and painters. GREETED 15V 5.000
iviurr^ Margaret arrived in Bauff by train at !) p.m. Saturday after �� two�we'ek centennial tour of -IJritMi <'o-lujiibia. On hand to greet lirr were an estimated 5,000 gaily-dressed townspeople and visitors.
The princess, wearing a white organdy petal hat that set off her red-arid-white print dress. met government officials and Superintendent G. 11. L. Dempster of Banff National Park. After the official reception,
she was whisked away to Fair-holme Lodge on a l iO-acre private ranch owned by Conrad O'Brlonffrench, a former cap-lain in the British Army.
The ranch and its 14-rooni lodge overlook Lake Minewan-ka and face the rugged Fair; holme Range across the Bow River, valley.
TIGHT SKCLlilTV GUARD
Princess Margaret's privacy there has been assured by a security guard of more than 100 Mountics who patrol the area on foot, on horseback or by motorcycle. RCMP tcir.s are pitched around the ranch:
Sunday rooming, the-.princess attended service at 60-year-old St. George's -in-the-Pines Anglican Church in town.
Sin* signed Hie prayer boulc
used by her parents, the late � Kins George VI and Queen
.Mother Elizabeth when they
visled here hi lit:;:). The service was carried by an amplifying system to an unfin1 ished i00-seat annex and to hundreds who stood on the streets or climbed to roofs to catch a glimpse oi the royal vibitor.
McLeodLake
Monument
Unveiling
A inoiiii in cut commemorating the opening of McLcod |,ake trading post in 1805 will be unveiled August ;{.
The l'ort George- section of !$.<'. Historical Association, reports thai t!�c unveiling will be carried out by Prince George oldtiiner W. \. "Rusty" Cainp-bell.
Also present will be Dr. \V. N. Sage. Roartl of Historic Sites and Monuments of Canada. Archdeacon C. \V. Kirk-sey, M.nt .uwl Alaska Highways, and l>r. lah LOvans, president o[ the local historical association.
Day's program will kick off �; die IIihImiiiV {Jay Company Store.
GRAHAM FILM
A documentary film account of Billy Graham's \ New York Crusade win he shown tonight:
'at the Civic Centre. Program starts at g pm Admission is
1 free.
ing truck pulled their bodies clear.
Police said the truck Yargeau was driving was carrying fresh fruit and vegetables.
CRASHED IX DITCH
Montgomery died behind the wheel of a passenger ear when it crashed into a ditch Go miles north of here on the Hart Highway Friday evening.
He was one of the star players with the Penticton V's hockey team that won the world championship in 1955.
He and two companions were travelling to Prince George when the mishap occurred. His family lives in North Vancouver.
Owner of the car, Henry Ilol-mer, was In the hack seat arid a second passerrger, John' Albert Mullins, was sealed in the front at the time of the accident.
Both escaped with only minor cuts, bruises and shock. CAUS KLEW TIKES
The Prince George Ambulance Service vehicle and. a doctor's car blow, tires speeding to the sccrfe'rff fie mishap about. S p.m. Friday.
Nickle, an employee of Eagle Lake Sawmills at Giscoincj was drowned at 1:15 p.m. yesterday In a creek which runs through the town.
Artificial respiration which was applied for two hours failed to revive him. Police said lie was pronounced dead . at the scene. /
f) flic e r s investigating the drowning said four men were near the stream when one of them ventured into deep water.
Nickle pulled hi......it, they
said, luil wlille he was in the water decided (o venture a lew feet lint her himself.
He apparently stepped into a canyon in the creek bottom and went under.
NIcKle's family resides al Belleville, Ont., and he has no relatives known to be living in this area.
STRIKE THREAT AVERTED."
LONDON (Reuters)�Threat of a nationwide dock strike wan averted Friday when union lead, ers- agreed to discus's a deadlocked p,ay claim with an official arbitrator.
RON MONTGOMERY, a former star hockey player with Penticton Vs died in this car when it crashed into a ditch on the Hart Highway (15 miles north of Prince George on Friday, evening".
Princess Thanks Us For Gold Nuqqet Gift
Prince s s Margaret expressed her appreciation of the city's gift of gold nuggets in a letter to Alex "Century Sam" Moffat last week.
Mr. Moffat. tooH (he lead role in h demonstration of gold panning which cllniaxed the princess's visit here, .liily 17.
Here is the to.xi of tho letter:
Dear .Mr. Moffat, The L'rliiccsH .Margaret c< mauds me to write and press (o you her warm I hanks lite (he gold nugg and the finely inscribed I vrliich were presented l<> Her Royal Highness on behalf of thp people of Prince George at the Pacific Great Eastern Station last Thursday afternoon.
'IT.r Princess greatly enjoy-ed (lie display of panning gold ivlilcli had been so thoughtfully arranged, ami this rliarin-ing gift wlif aiways bring hack lo Her I toy a I Highness very It.ip|iy memories of her visit to Prince George.
Vours Sincerely ��'. M. L.
Private Secretary to The Princess Margaret
Uy THE CANADIAN PRESS
Fifty-three persons died in accidents across Canada during the weekend. Saskatchewan was the only province to report a fatality^ free record.
A Canadian Press survey from 0 p.m. local time to midnight Sunday showed 19 drownings a2 most of Canada basked in balmy sunshine. There were 2S high, way fatalities. One person di