INSIDE EDITORIAL ....................:..; Page 2 WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ Page 5 CLASSIFIED ........................ Page 6 COMICS .............................. Page 7 SPORTS ............................... Page 8 WEATHER Cloudy with occasional snow flurries today ond tomorrow. Cold-|er. Low tonight and high morrow, 0 and 10. Dedicated to the Proare%$ oi the North Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 4 PRINCE GEORGE, BKII lari uOuUMdlA, VVtUNtbUAf, JANUARY 7, 1959 Highway Costs Hit-Run Victim Recovers Condition of a six-year-old Prince George girl who was .struck by a hit and run motorist a week ago is improving rapidly, her doctor reported today. Dr. Jean Izatt said Helen Leona Labonto. daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. Otto Labonte, 1684 Fourth Ave,, is making fast re-coveCjr f.roiw.-SJUa.-atuiii.plc -cuts and fractures "she ^uEfered In the accident. However, she is expected .'to be confined to her hospital bed several weeks before she is fully recovered. ROMP said today no promising leads have yet been obtained but the investigation Is continuing. The force's identification section was unable to find any marks on the child's clothing which could help pin-point the vehicle. struction and surfacing" costs since the highway routes through B.C. would be of vita interest to Americans and Alas kans. "I am sure the two nation.' could agree, and establish a high degree of co-operation,' Mr. Gaglardi said. Canada and the United States should share 50-5C on a new north-south highway route through B.C. Highways Minister P. A. Gaglardi suggested yesterday "Or they could share 50-51) in bringing the Alaska Highway up to standard and hard-surfacing it," he said according to a Canadian Press report. Mr. Gagjardl was discussing in an interview recenr. suggestions by Oregon Senator Richard Neu-berger that the whole of the Alaska Highway should paved in a joint Canada-U.S. venture. Mr. Gaglardi said BiC's contribution in his suggested plan would be to take over the highway or highways after the hard surface is laid, and undertake maintenance cost.-;. The minister said B.C. lias iilrcaily undertaken to main- tiijit the first ,10 miles of tlio Alaska Highway north of Dawson Civek, in northeastern B.C., and Ottawa "is thinking" of hard - surfacing another 50 niilr.s thin year. The U.S., he believed, should be prepared to pay 50 per cent of new construction, or recon- 'Care' Charge Royal Canadian Mounted Po lico today received the green light from the attorney-general's department to proceed with charges of driving without due care and attention under the Motor Vehicle Act. Staff Sgt. A. N. Beaumont, officer in charge of the Prince George detachment, said the attorney general's department has informed police to proceed with the prosecutions. Attorney-General Robert Bon-ner last month suspended prosecutions under that section of the Motor Vehicle Act pending the result of a test casp argued in Ontario and before the Supreme Court of Canada. The case pointed out that the due care and attention section of the Motor Vehicle Act conflicts with a similar offence cited in the Criminal Code. Staff Sgt. Beaumont said several charges' under that section will soon go into court in Prince George. A second company lias announced it will apply for a licence to broadcast live television in Prince George. A spokesman for Radio Station CKPG Ltd. said today the engineering brief has been completed by the RCA Company of Canada Ltd. The latest application along with a second by Aurora TV Ltd., another local company is expected to go before the Hoard of Broadcast governors later this year. Mayor's Letter Denies Charges Mayor Carrie Jane Gray today replied to yesterday's Citizen editorial regarding lack of municipal council leadership to Prince George publicity programs with the following letter to the editor: The Editor Prince George Citizen It is obvious to everyone that knows me the remarks attributed to me in your front page editorial of yesterday's paper must be a figment of the reporter's imagination. Yours Truly Carrie Jane Gray/p RAPIDLY BECOMING collectors' items�like the silver Centennial dollars � are these Prince George spruce 'dollars' being held by pretty City Hall clerk Noreen Greenwell. Requests from all across the country are coming into Prince George for the wooden cartwheels after television viewers saw them thrown to crowds in Vancouver during Grey Cup parade. �Hal Vandervoort Photo City's Wooden Dollars Still Rising in Demand prince George's "publicity stunt of the year," the spruce lollars, are rising, in demand Vom clay to Uuy ..and muy soon roecome ftlrcr collectors" items than British Columbia's famed Centennial Silver Dollars. The nation-wide audience who watched the spectacular Prince George entry" in the Grey Cup parade in Vancouver, anpnr- Mind Probe Advocated For Teachers VANCOUVER (CP) � The Vancouver Parent -T ea cher Council says public s c h o o l# eachers should have periodic �nental health examinations. In a brief to be presented to he provincial royal commission on education next month, he group says the examina-ions should be made to ensure hat the emotional stability of teachers has not deteriorated. [n endorsing tbo brief Tiles-lay night, the council said that eachers should be chosen not nly on academic qualifications jut also on emotional strength. The brief urges that teachers, especially in ole m e n i, a r y chools, Have a basic education n mental health. � New Canadians Foun Through Citizen A Citizen news story has reunited two missing new Canadians with their worried relatives and friends in Europe. The local branch of the Canadian lied Cross Society asked The Citizen's help in locating three New Canadians earlier this month. A front page story located one of them in Vander-hoof and a second working at a sawmill north-west of Prince George. A third is still being sought. Hen o Benjamin Barki, whose relatives in Hungary have been looking for him for 'years, telephoned Mrs. Irene Kortvelyessy. chairman of the Red Cross missing persons committee, from Vanderhoof last week. lie said he had seen his name in The Citizen. The whereabouts of the second man, Boldermars Kajins, was reported to Mrs. Koi'tvelyessy by his employer. His mother in Prance was trying to find him. "The Citizen did a won- derful job," commented Mrs. Kortvelyessy. However, she is still trying to contact Bruno Hoffman, who is believed to be living in this area. He was located once by the Red Cross but disappeared soon after. 'Beefcake' Pix Tops With These Oldsters VINCENNES, [rid: (AP) � A city councilman says he is quitting his campaign against indecent magazines on Vineennes' newsstands. Marvin Miller said that while he was suggesting that a magazine dealer remove a display of nude feminity from his newsstand, two elderly women came in and asked for "pinup pictures of men with big muscles." ently also had a good loofc at the wooden dollars that were distributed, among spectator^ � Recu'oHts for fYio coin*. nc-HO-tlttblc in J'rlnco CJeorge, -'tire pouring in from all over Canada, Most queries come from coin collectors who appear to be speculating on rising value. Harold Moffat'; brain behind the promotional idea, says he is receiving requests from nearly every province. Most letters contain a $1 bill. Of the original supply of some 5,01)0, little more than 20 are left. However, no more spruce dollars will bo printed even if the demand should exceed the supply, Mr. Moffat said. "We don't want to devaluate them-'by. turning them out in �Besides collectors, museum::; and provincial archives departments have asked for the dollars as items in their Centennial exhibits. Drive to Arrive Alive More fntal accidents happen in the curly hours of dusk and darkness than at niiy other time of the day. .Add sleet, f��K, rain and slippery roads and you have real danger. Gordon Styles. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Falardeau, Charles Van Soraers, U a v i il George, Joe Abear, Marcel Miller, Charles Cranston, Mike Thornwaite, and Dora Allen volunteered blood last week. Five emergency donors Monday night gave blood to a woman who was undergoing surgery in Prince George and District Hospital. The local branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society was called on to hustle the donors to the hospital when doctors found the patient needed blood. The Keil Cross reported that the hospital blood bank became dangerously, low over the holiday period. Red Cross blood transfusion headquarters in Vancouver customarily send blood to Prince George every Thursday but both Christmas and New year's days fell on Thursdays this year. Standing arrangements with the airline and other agencies made it impossible for the Rfd Cross to sond blood to Prince George on other days. Xl.VK DOXOKS The shortage of blood also brought nine emergency donors to the hospital last Friday. The were from five blood groups. Monday nighL's donors were Dr. R. E, Brown, C. H. Oairns. M. C. Lewis, Fred Nieki and Cloudy skies with occasional snow flurries today and Thursday are forecast for the Cariboo, Prince George and Bulkley Valley areas. Temperatures will be .milder and the winds will be lighter. Low Tonight, High Tomorrow Quesnel, 0 and 15; Prince George and Smlthers, 0 and 10. Sawlog Output Doubled Nearly twice as many board feet of sawlogs were produced in the Prince Jeorge forest district in December than in the same period in 1957. Monthly report from the forest service for December �>hows 4,821,66(5 board feet were scaled in December, 1958. Last year in the same period, the figure was 2,-713,782. Total for 1958 dropped below the- 1957 figure � last year, 63,748,772 were scaled; 76,277,332 in 1957. Figures on piling poles shows 128,490 "lineal feet- sc:i iorl Inst-'DeoembGp;, ..lpO,- 225 lineal feet in December, 1957. Total for 1958 was 1,714,329; in 1957, 3,062,-358. Last month,. 5,275 fence posts were cut; in December, 1957 � 4,120. Total for 1958 � 92,579; 1957 � 91,-418. No Christmas trees were cut last month � in December, 1957, 8,355 were cut. For 1958, the total was 2,-280; in 1957, 11,488. Total board feet of timber scaled in mills tributary to Prince George in December was 1,805,775 (1957 � ,424,333); Quesnel � 3,-002,640 (1957 � 1,103,611); Peace River � 13,251 (1957 � 185,838). Totals for the year 1058: Prince George � 40,261,- 159 (1957 � 45,777,355); Quesnel � 17,186,686 (1957 � 22.088,449); Peace River � 6,300,927 (1957 � 8,411,-528). Response to the winter work "Do it Now" campaign in Prince George has put, more men to work in the contracting industries today than at any other time of the year. National Employment Sen-ice work done in months w h e n the w i n t e r material nnd office announced here today ;>0 more men are currently employed by local contractors than there were even at the peak of the building season last year. Employment supervisor Cliff Bristow said the situation can be credited to the success of a �back the attack on winter unemployment" campaign which �vas spearheaded by a local winter work committee. He also reported that two local building supply firms, which usually cut their crews at this time of the year, have not had to make any lay-offs among their personnel. Work on several large projects in the city, including the new �2.00.0,000 hospital and nurses residence; an addition to the South Central Elementary school and the senior citizens' home will continue through the winter months. GKOUNJ) THAWKI) One contractor plans on starting work on a home this winter by thawing out the ground with a fire fed by straw and coal. Construction is expected to begin this month on an addi-*the campaign, tion to a downtown department It is expected to go up soon. store and the old government building at Third Ave. and Brunswick St. is scheduled for demolition, "Everyone must realize they have a role'to play in the campaign," said George Forscutt, .-secretary of the committee. Mr. Forsjutt's work with the committee fs a full-time assignment by the National Employment Service here. He said anyone who requires improvements to homes, stores, offices or factories can have the skilled tradesmen are available. "Every man hour on a job will not only benefit the om-pldyee but the community as u whole," commented Mr. Bristow. National Housing Act loans are available for improvements to homes. Full information on these loans may be obtained from any bank. Contractors are also offering free estimates. The committee has made aft rangements to have a large helium-filled balloon float over � the downtown area advertising NILA Stands Firm On No-Hike Clause Near-certainty of a strike by the International Woodworkers of America brought about an emergency meeting of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association Tuesday. The NILA stood firm on its contention that the industry can't afford to take a cost increase at this time. R. J. Gallagher, secretary-manager of the NILA, issued the following statement:, [___________________ At a meeting of the NILA at- �� ' operations where a strike vofe At a mg tended by practically 100 per cent of their membership, representing 80 per cent of the production of this area, the labor picture was reviewed to date including the latest developments. The membership expressed concern at the apparent inability of the Union leadership to appraise the situation in its true light. The operators have continuously stressed the fact that the industry In the Prince George area cannot be asked to absorb increased costs. The Majority Report of the Conciliation Board substantiates this position, yet, the Union leadership demanded that their membership take a strike vote. In 32 was called, employees in 18 mills voted against the leadership's request for a strike. It would certainly seem to anyone that the employees In. the industry in Prince George want to continue working and signified their desire to sec stability increase in the industry. However, there is one factor which is encouraging to the residents of Prince George and that is that the District Council of the.lWA can only ask the employees of 14 operations, out of the hundreds in this area, to leave their jobs. K. J. GALLAGHER, Secretary-Manager. Inquest into the death of a Prince George man whose body was found last Saturday has been adjourned indefinitely. Coroner Dr. A. L. Chambers opened the inquest Monday night into the death of Duncan Grey- Livingstone, .'58, but he was called away to perform an emergency operation. Livingstone w�ia discovered dead in a home on the western outskirts of the city. Police be.-iieve he shot himself. SECOND PHASE of winter unemployment relief program began today as the "Plan Now" stage came to a close and "Do It Now" became the new slogan. To symbolize change, sign on top of the National Em- ployment Service building is changed by George Fors- " cutt (right), secretary of the campaign committee, and. Cliff Bristow, employment supervisor with NES. �Hal Vandervoort Photo