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Vol.  2;  No.  142
PRINCE GEORGE,  BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30,  1958
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ONE OF THE FOUR SHACKS pulled down in the    minutes before Van Bow area totters under a blow from a heavy city    its work, scoop. Belongings of the residents were removed only
the heavy piece of equipment started
District Ambulance No Longer City
City taxpayers will not be responsible for ambulance calls to district points after August 1.
Council voted Monday night to tell the aUornoy-guneral of its decision, which ts dcsignc'd to relieve the city of ambulance service obligations it now faces.
Decisions was reached after ambulance operator Alex Izatt told council the business was not paying for itself.
Izatt said his biggest, problem was unpaid bills which ha\e accumulated since he instigated the service  last   fall.
Izatt reports that the number1 of calls this summer has been exceptionally   low.
Other   Council   Highlights!
An KOMI1 officer \i ;ts in attendance at council meeting iMpnday night, lie sat to the Mayor Gray and was by Her Worship half before   the  v\u\  of  the
right of excused an hour meeting.
Royal
won the store on Avo. at
�ft    -A-    -A-Produce   Stores right   to   build  a the west side of Harper Si.
have
new fifth
Councill, sitting as a board of appeal into re-zoning matters,' re-zoned   the  area   immediately
across the street, from the present store to permit construction   of   the   new   structure,
Site of I he present store has been re-zoned for residential use.
City has asked the provincial government that if it plans to to demolish the mock-red brick court house on Third Ave., the city be given the first option on the site.
Council   has   considered   the property on which the building ami parking lot  at the  rear of Jtbe structure, prize area.
Aid. Harry Loder advised Council Monday night the golf Course will require Vepair il further outdoor car bingo games axe permitted at the site. H Following Saturday night's games, I .oiler said, a heavy pall of .'silt y dust hung over the area arid some of it settled on the cemetery.
Mayor Gray said she was pleased a member of council attended the liingo and added Saturday's sessions were allowed only on a trial basis.
Aid. Ken .lack, chairman of council's works-, committee, has recommended that the H.C. Power .'Commission be. rciinested to remove street Jiphts Frnrn inr-ncrsi.whi>"h aro afj'tvrrd by the city's-.street   do:-m."   plan.
Alitif, John Viiwcrn l-rp.irtO'i work started on the new SL'.'O.OOO
S* nurses" residence a; Thirteenth ,.\ve. anil Ahvard St. .Monday mornlng. General contractors arc (\ .1. gliver.Jlitd. of Prin.-e uy.
I*mviiii-i;il   l'|)   offli-lal.s   have
circularized municipalities all through the province, urging them to reserve this date In honor of the civil defence organization.
City has been Invited to enter a float in the giant centennial parade here August 27.
Centennial committed co-ordlri-ato'r GqoL'gc Thorpe said ii will lie the most, spectacular procession  Prince George has seen
and designs for floats are available at his office.
Construction of a float may be turned over to the engineering  and fire departnu-pts.      � �
BnKlne?rfn'g ticiWitnoirtVi-ows which arc under-taking this year's sanitary-sewer pipe laying program have won praise for their efforts.
REHEARSAL
Rehearsal for the Wilderness to Wonderland pagaent will be held in the First. Ave. Armouries ;it   7 p.m.  today.
All casi members and others Interested have been asked to attend.
30-Year Dispute Ends As Shacks Torn
New Holiday For P. George?
A new public holiday may be added to the Prince George calendar.
City council is awaiting recommendation from the local centennial committee on whether to proclaim Prince George Day, August 27, a public holiday.
The city has the right to .declare one day of the year a public holiday.
Feeling of the centennial committee is that Prince George day should be declared a public holiday for the industrial sector of the city at least. Tt is expected that retailers will want to remain open to profit from the large influx of visitors.
A consensus of local retail opinion is to be taken bv the Board of Trade.
Prince George motorists within a few days will be treated to a host of changes hi the city's traffic control system.
Aid. John Powers, chairman of council's traffic committee, introduced the changes at cuun-�il   meeting   Monday   night.
One   of   the   most   notable   of
Aid. Powers' proposals was a at Laurier Crescent will be removed and a slow sign installed near  the  same   Intersection.
Playground /.one near the Civic Center which slows traffic down to 15 m.p.h, will also be   removed.
A crosswalk will be installed over Victoria St. and Twentieth Ave. before the school term opens  in  September.
motion which would see all stop signs   removed   on   Queensvvay
St.
Queensway wotdd then become a through street with stop signs controlling approaching trafic on Third, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. 'The stop sign  on  Melville St.
HAIL, RAIN, LIGHTENING and high winds struck Southern Ontario in a sudden attack, overturning summer cottages, wrecking boats and flooding city streets. This fire at Minet Point, near Harrie, was one of several struck by lightening. It burned to the groud with a loss of $35,000;
Arsonist On A Spree
GOUDA, The Netherlands (Reuters)�A drunken factory worker riding a motorcycle set fire to five farms and left 21 people homeless Monday night before police caught up with him. At one farm he stopped to watch buildings burn down and then helped residents to save their belongings.
Council Finally Acts After Last Warning
A huge city scoop-shovel struck the final blow yesterday in a dispute which has been going on for 30 years between city councils and healtu authorities on one side, and a long-time resident on the other.
Four shacks owned by Dominic Dallos, of 1613 Redwood, were mowed down by the city machine at 3 p.m. yesterday after Dallos had ignored a long series of orders from civic and provincial authorities not to use the shacks for Human habitation. v> ere contremned by an
"They
entire council which came to the site 30 years ago," a city official said. "Hut Mr. Dallos ignored every order."
The city finally passed a bylaw last month which enabled it to demolish the shacks after giving 30 days notice and allowing an additional 10 days in which Mr. Dallos could have appealed the order. S( A XT   BELONG IXGS
A Citizen reporter helped move the scant belongings of the four occupants out of the shacks moments before the big shovel  tipped them over.
A well-known and popular figure in Prince George's musical world � 78-year-old Andy nlanzlnoja, � was one of the men left homeless. A retired watch-maker who still works at -his trade part time and teaches 'music to children in addition, Andy  told  the Citizen:
."I am glad it happened, although Mr. Dallos had assured us the city would never really do anything."  :
--'Tho Khrtckfr Were described' as 'fire-traps' by city authorities. They contained no services whatsoever and the well from which
P.G. DAY TICKET ARRANGEMENTS
Advance sales of admission tags for Prince George Day entertainments at Fort George Park, August 27, will start soon.
Tags wilL be sold by Teen Town at a dollar fur adults and 50 cents for children.
Holders will be entitled to sec a lavish program of festivities running from 2:.'i() p.m. to midnight on the bank of the Fras-er.
Highlights of the program will include a monster pageant, a swimming and boating regatta, the IiCMP musical ride, and a display   of   oriental    fireworks.
Ten thousand tags are to be made for the event.
the occupants drew their water bad been declared contaminated.
"We paid $12.00 a month rent," occupants told the Citizen, "for one of the shacks, and $17.00 for the others."
Bill Conway, a pensioner from the first world war, was one of the occupants of the shacks. Aimer Vermatte, an unemployed mill-worker,  was  another.
The fourth occupant, Albert Adams, was not present at the time his posessions were moved out into the cluttered backyard of   Dallos'   home.
He is away fighting forest fires and presumably, knows nothing of the action.
Mr. Dallos, who came to Prince George in 101*4; was escorted from the scene by UCMP oficers and three rifles found in his   home were  removed.
He was later returned � with rifles � to his home.
FIRE THREATENS FIREFIGHTERS
Fire threatened fire fighters to the north and west of the 20,000 acre blaze near Mile 70 of the Hart Highway, yesterday, when the blaze jumped guard along several miles of the perimeter.
Eyewitness Ted Young, assistant forester, said the fire advanced so rapidly that there were brief periods when men were completely surrounded by the fire.
",\ forest fire must not l>n pictured as a solid wall of I la me," he said. "'Wlieii the blaze cooled down in the eve. ning I have no doubt that they could walk through tin; fire without trouble."
No reports of casualties or men being lost have been received by the Forest Service. A total of .'i2f> men and 20 tractors are righting the blaze.
Lightning started five new fires In the district yesterday.
Boat Pulls 24 Skiers!
A rivcrboat 10 times as powerful as the average boat In the district will bo used in the display of waterskjng on Prince George   Bay,   August  J7.   �
It. is a 217 horsepower, specially, "soupedttip" boat capable of hauling two dozen skiers at one   time.
The Canadian Water Skiers Association will bring it here for their show, which is to be presented at Fort George Park.
Manager of the association, Roy Gregory, who is well known as a judge of water skiing event.-?, described the river site as ideal when he was up here to finalize receritiy.
City Cautioned Against Sub-Division Development
Prince    George    building today  there'will not be many
contractors have cautioned the city against opening up new subdivision residential areas.
Only 33 of the 177 potential homesites in the Nechak o Heights (land assembly project) subdivision in Central Fort George have been sold during the three weeks they have been on the market.
Prince fi corgi* Contractor's Association told city council Monday the public reaction t<> the Central Mortgage and Housing project should be taken as an omen of what would happen to a new, low-cbst housing scheme. 1'OOK   RECEPTION
It wouldn't be a good idea to open any new, areas, contractors say, until there are indications they will receive better reception than the land assembly project.
� Dick Bond, manager of the CM & lie office licrc, predicted
WORK STARTED yesterday on a larg 3 stage setting for the Wilderness to Wonderland pageant here August 27, in the Fort George park. An earth ramp SO feet long by -10 wide will provide the base for the out-door stage. Workmen Arthur Didt arid Proper Becher are seen working at the site thii morning.
V
. City council lias appointed Edmund NTeff, a member of the building and plumbing inspector's department for two years, as building  inspector.
The appointment was ratified Monday night, nnd will become elective August U     -  -   :- - - �
more lots sold this year. � He said the sites went on sale in the middle of the construction season, when by the time homebuilders had obtained plans they would not be able to meet the n i n e-m o n t h deadline in which to-start building.
Bond stated better sales would have been achieved if they went on the block in either the spring oi  late fall.
In such casos homebullders would have ample time in which to study plans and engage a contractor or start building thein-selves.
The city plans to open another subdivision are^ in district lot 936: The contractors association suggests that before this properly goes on the market It should have all necessary public works services.
Rusty Campbell To Do Honors
One  of  central   B.C.'s   most avid   historians   and   naturalists. Rusty Campbell of Prince George, will unveil the plaque on the new McLcot! Lake cairn next Sunday,    j The.cajrn commemorates the establishment  of   Fort   McLeod as the first Hudson'a Bay Trading Post in B.C.
The trading post has been in continuous service since its opening'and the present store is still carrying out the traditions of the company which were instigated at the time of Sir Alexander MacKenzie.
Fort George section of the B.C. Historical Society is sponsoring the event and anyone interested in attending should telephone Mrs. Bobbie Phillips i4
The start-off point will be from the front of the Civic Cen-. ter between 8:30 and 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Those attending the ceremony should bring a pic �hie lunch' for a picnic at Whisk-1 cr's Point on the lakeshore. >'� DEDICATION
The party will tnen move to the cairn for the 3 p.m. dedication.
�   Among the guest speaKexs will. be  Dr.  J.  Ian  Evans  president Of   the   local   historical   society,' Venerable C. W. KKirksey, Archdeacon of Hart and Alaska High-,, representative on  the board of ways,   Dr.   W.   N.   Sage,   B.C.'s Historic   Sites   and   Monuments in Canada and Robert Middlcton,' manager  of the  Hudson's   Hay � Company    store    at    McLeod'a L                                                   '