I NSIDE IDITORIAL ........................ Page 2 SPORTS .............................. Poge 3 WOMEN'S SOCIAL ........... Page 8 CUSSIFHD ....................... Pdge 6 WA4ICS.......................... Pog8 7 t the WEATHER Mostly cloudy with a few snow flurries. Continuing mild. Low tonight, high tomorrow, 20 and 32. Dedicated to the Progress of the North Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 17 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1959 BY CARRIER 35c PER WEEK ENTIRE OLD SLATE of officers was installed at Prince George Contractors' Association's annual meeting. President George Creuzot praised the group's work during the past year and-singled out foundation of the Builders' Exchange as the "outstanding effort." Installation picture shows, from left to right, standing: George Creuzot, president, Stewart Woods, vice-president, Edward Nelson-Kent, secretary; front row: W.jE;> Robertson, Thomas Wright, Ken McKenzie, directors. �Vandervoort Photo Foundation of Exchange Contractors' Top Foundation of the only builders' exchange in the province, outside Vancouver, has been termed by the president of the Prince George Contractors' Association as "our most imports nt pffovt~a�.-thd*uoav,-''�� George Creuzot, installed president for his second consecutive term at the association's annual meeting Friday, said the group now Is ''receiving full co-operation, not only from local aehl-tects, but from Federal and Provincial sources, in depositing plans." "1 prophesy that all contrac- loi�-,anil allied ti-mles will bless bur foreslgfu fn slarting"the exchange," he said. As outstanding projects of Historical Society Elects President Mrs. (Jeorge Baldwin has been elected new president of the Fort George section of the British Columbia ~ I Historical Association. Or. the Sentence For Brett Jack Brett. 28, who posed as a doctor in a Vancouver hospital and helped deliver five babies, has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to passing merit. Magistrate Oscar Orr ruled in Vancouver police court Friday that Brett, a former Citizen reporter, deposit ;i !v>00 bond on a promise to "keep the peace" for ihc next IS months. Ian Evans, past two She succeed; president for years. Other officers elected at Friday's annual meeting at the CiVic Centre arc: Ray Gunliffe, vice-president; Mrs. U. !�',. Lonsdale, secretary; and \)v. .1. D. Newb'y, treasurer. Featured guest speaker was one of Canada's foremost economics wizards. Dr. Anthony Deltbn Scott. Dr. Scott, associate professor at the University of B.C.'s department of Economics and Political Science, gave a talk on the subject "B.C.'s dependence mi its natural resources." A member of the Royal Economic Society. Dr. Scott served on tlie Executive Council of the Canadian Political Science Association and the Consultative Hoard Review of Economic Studies, in addition to his appointment in H�.j.j to the Royal Commission on Canada's economic prospects. (lie last year, "adding In the stature of our iKssociiitiuii in the community'," Mr.l llas set out. immediate past-president Walter Burns has been named chairman of t'ie agriculture committee while Jack Dobie is in charge of membership. Other com mi iice chairmen are: Dob Haiirilton- merchants; C. B. Chuck" Ewart, publicity; Ray civic affairs and Alex Clark, finance. Harold Moffat was named chairman of the Industrial Development Commission while \V. I). Ferry and Alex MacGregor have been chosen members. Mr. Morrison said further committee appointments will be made at a regular board of trade New Talks Urged MONTREAL (CP)�A number of supervisory employees of the CBC have made a direct move to request that negotiations between the corporation and its striking producers be resumed, it was learned today. Two of them carried a letter to Ottawa Saturday, where representatives of the Council of Broadcasting Unions also gathered to meet with E. L. Bushnell, acting president of the CBC. The supervisory employees are not members of the producers' association and have had no part in the strike or the sympathetic stand taken by other employees in refusing to cross picket lines. The letter is said to have contained 25' names and., to-huvo been addressed to Mr. BuslViYell. The two who carried the letter to Ottawa were the director of educational programs and public affairs for the province of Quebec, and the director of radio and television programs. Details of the letters' contents were not made known. Meanwhile, another gathering of union members got underway in Montreal. Tension of last week appeared to have been replaced today with expectancy following the CBC's decision to defer a back-to-work ultimatum. The CUC told more than 1.200 employees who have refused to cross producers' picket lines if they were not hack to work by 9 a.m. today, it would be assumed they had resigned. In Ottawa. Prime Minister Diefenbaker turned down a proposal that the government have parliament immediately set iip a broadcasting committee lo deal with the dispute between the CBC and the 71 producers. FAULTY SWITCH that- caused small fire at Rustad lumber mill yesterday afternoon is examined by operating engineer Oyville. Davis before power is restored. Majpr daniage was averted by quick action of engineering crew who were'art the scene of the'fire when the switch in the generator room blew up. �Vandervoort Photo Five Persons Hurt As Car, Truck Hit Five persons* suffered minor injuries in a highway collision at the Giscome Road intersection early this morning. A pickup truck driven Melvin Moore of Prince George and a late model car driven by Dean Andrews, of the Baldy Hughes radar base, were hauled into town by a wrecker after they collided at 7:30 a.m. on the icy road. Damage is estimated at .$l(K). Police say cuts and bruises y were.)suffered by Andrews, his wife and two daughters, and a passenger in the Moore truck, However, no hospital treatment was required. EXPERT TO ADDRESS CARIBOO BAR GROUP A Vancouver psychiatrist who is an expert on medical-legal evidence will address the annual meeting of the Cariboo Bar Association here Saturday. Dr. Joseph Thonias, a consulting psychiatrist, will address the group in trie Court House at L0:30 a.m. He was in Prince George two years ago to give expert evidence in a murder trial. Vancouver lawyer Arthur Cowan. QC. a former vice-president of the Canadian Bar Association, will also speak at the meeting. Lawyers from throughout northern B.C. and the Cariboo are expected to come to l'rince George for the day-long convention. Promotion For Former City Agent YV. 10. R. (Bill) Dale, formerly district freight agent for Canadian National Railways al Prince George, has been appointed personnel assistant, to the general freight traffic manager I'll Montreal. Morn and>educated in England, Mr. Dale joined the CNR in l'J30 as a stenographer In the freight traffic department at Calgary, later holding various positions in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He served in the RCAF during World War II and returned to the railway in 1946 as chief dork at Port Arthur, Ont. Mr. Dale subsequently became freight traffic representative at Calgary and moved to Priitce George in 1952 as travelling freight agent. He became district freight agent here four years later, his territory extending from Jasper to Endako on the CNR lines and south from Prince George to Clinton on the IN MISS CANADA CONTEST Road to Movie Glamor Opened to Local Girls Janakka, timber; Jack Leyland, I meeting on February 12 PIPING IN the haggis with all the glamor and color of old Scottish ceremony is Bill Maitland at annual Burns Night of Prince George Moose Lodge. Jack Haughton is carrying the haggis. One of featured events was a dance by four couples of Prince George Scottish Country Dance Club. Event took place Saturday night at Civic Centre. '�Vandeivourt Photo A Prince George girl this summer may compete with the nation^ top beauties for the Miss Canada crown. The local board of trade has been offered a.franchise by the national sponsors of. the contest. It will make a decision soon on whether to accept it. The Miss Canada contest offers a scholarship program for 40 girls from cities throughout the country. Prince George's entry would first have to attend a preliminary contest in Vancouver with three other girls from other B.C. centres. The sponsor of the contest has written the trade board that the local group has been "highly recommended" as a sponsor. Prince George will have a.chance to obtain one of two franchises left in the province, If the board of trade accepted the franchise, Prince George would become the elimination centre for entries from Dawson Creek, Prince Rupert and, possibly,. Quesnel. The Miss Canada contest is held under the same rules as the Miss America contest. The winner of the Miss America title can compete for the Miss Universe crown*