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THE
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Dedicated to the Progress of the North
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Vol. 3;No. 35
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1959
BY CARRIER
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Long Distance Calling On National Hookup To Be Installed Here
Prince George telephone1 operators will be dialing direct to telephones In cities througtiput the North American continent from this April.
��ODD" � Operator Distance Dialing�is the name of the revolutionary change in long distance calling procedure which goes into effect, In all the major telephone centres in Canada, April I.
Preparations for the improved
I long haul calling procedure are well under way in the Prince George telephone office where extensive rewiring is being carried out in readiness for the April 4 changeover.
Purpose of "ODD' is to speed up communication channels across North America.
At the present time, if a local subscriber wishes to place a call to Cranbrook, for example, he first contacts the Prince George
Wage talks between the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association and the International Woodworkers of America resumed here today with no indication of
a settlement in sight.
Negotiations to and the five-month dispute between the NILA and approximately 1,000 woodworkers opened here Wed-
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Accident
s Man To Hospital
A tractor operator who was pinned under the machine when jt capsized in the Willow River ai ea is in satisfactory condition in hospital today.
Stanley Henry, 1702 Twelfth Ave., suffered a fractured shoulder and leg when the tractor he �was operating rolled over and pinned him to the ground.
He was employed by a sawmill at Frost Lake in the Willow Jiivuv. .fucest tleyt/Sloiwiani�iaiima, about 10 miles southeast of Prince George,
The accident occurred at 5 p.m. yesterday. The injured man hud to be transported down a Steep embankment to the main campsite where the ambulance awaited him.
The union is understood to be asking for a settlement similar to that reached with the Southern Interior Lumber Manufacturers' Association.
Terry Watt. Gordon Iirown-ridge, Cecil Clare, Art Stauble, Tom Dilworth and C. ,J. Wintoh appeared on behalf of the NILA at yesterday's talks.
Jacob Hoist, Joe Morris and Joe lUiayawa bargained for the union.
The talks are being held in NILA offices at 2G3 Dominion Street.
.�.-wr �thl!-*>nf��n Ik ^oekinpr n contract similar to the one which was agreed upon in the Southern Interior, it will be asking for a 16-cent increase.
However, the operators have stood firmly on a no-increase since negotiations began late last summer.
POWER PLANT UNIT OUT OF OPERATION
B.C. Power Commission officials announc- today that one of the four generating units at nevv power plant has been temporarily taken ^ service because of a crankshaft failure.
replacement crankshaft is being shipped from factory and repairs will be made as soon as possible.
The remaining three engines are capable of handling the current load but as a precautionary measure, two mobile diescl units and a small generating plant on First Ave. have been placed on stand-by service.
operator. She will then plug in j to the appropriate circuit and j contact an operator in Vancouver who, in turn, will call an operator in Cranbrook who finally dials the number requested. Under ODD this handing on of calls will cease. The Prince George operator will simply dial the seven digits of the two-letter-five-figure number in Cranbrook. Complex electronic machinery at different stages of the journey will handle the dialled message from this point, an intertoll switching machine in Vancouver automatically diverting the call through to Cranbrook. In the Cranbrook c e n t r a 1 office a u t o m a 11 c switches interpret the dialed combination and ring the number all within a matter of seconds.
Calling direct points beyond the B.C. border will mean dialling more than the standard 'two-five' combination since 'access codes' come into force over the greater distances. Contacting a local telephone in Montreal, for instance, means that the Prince George operator will first have to dial '013'�the Montreal access code � before the 'two-five' number of the telephone in this Eastern city.
Sometimes up to 11 digits will have to bo dialed to reach local 'telephones in some of the American cities.
Calling direct by the new long distance calling method will not necessarily be restricted to this continent for a local telephone in Hawaii can also be reached by dialing direct from the Prince George telephone building.
North-West Telephone , Company's' commereini ~urwl�traffic
manager O. C. Jones said that the introduction of Operator Distance Dialing with its speedier completion of calls is expected to result in an upsurge in long distance traffic through the local telephone office.
"Nevertheless, local operators have been handling a steadily increasing number of long distance calls over the past year," said Mr. Jones.
"In January of 195S, 530 long distance calls were placed on an average day from the Prince George office to points beyond; the corresponding figure for January of this year was up to the 690-ma'rk."
Local calling has also stepped up considerably. One year ago, the average number of local calls placed daily throughout the city was approximately 20,-500. Today, this figure has been boosted to almost 40,00.0 per day.
"The growing volume of calls placed is, in part, due to the dial system, but it also reflects the number of new subscribers who are constantly being added in the Prince George district," said Mr. Jones.
Brass Pledges
COPIES of -this illustration were distributed among guests at yesterday's luncheon given in the Hotel Vancouver by a Prince George Board of Trade delegation for the heads of the Peace River Pnwer Development Company.
�Art by Barry Curtis, Layout and Photography by W. D. West Studios.
Drama
The Prince George Players Club will present two plays in the regional drama :'estival which will be held here next month.
The club has started rehearsals for "When Guto Ran" by Roberta Bowen and "Nellie Came Too" by Peggy Simmons.
"When Giito Han" is a folk play about a middle-aged Welsh couple and the effects of the outcome of a foot-race.
Cast in the play are Bill Ward-law as the farmer Caradoc Ap
[fan, Mrs. Carmen Pennock as his wife, Slari [Fan] Robert Rob-shaw as a neighbor farmer, Hank Hoorriehborg as Dr. Rhys Wat-cyn and Stewart Fraser as the vagabond poet.
It will be directed by Mrs. L. G. Gibbins.
The second play, "Nellie Came Too," is a comedy situation created by two families' concern over their sons' romances.
Edith Nolan, Barbara Johnson, Mrs. Donald (lough. Mrs. Elsie Giles. .lames Wright and Bill Hughes are in the cast. Lt will
PROUD LIONS' LADIES gather in liv ng room of Senior Citizens' home unit they furnished. From left tp right: Mr. K. W. Yip, Mrs, A. M. Wordley, Mrs. E. F. .Moore, and Mrs. J. W. WoLtenhuu.�Jial Yandervoort photo.
Founders of Ness Lake Haven Now in Senior Citizens' Home
Mr. and Mrs. G Mrs. Ralph Willi Ladies, in Senior
,ebi'ge Cahtpbc-11 are welcomed by amson, past president of the Lions' Citizens' home.�Vandervport photo
Nellie and Geor the couple- who built the beautiful Ness Lalr McBfide, .Jim Heath and John Harvey of Quesnel and Robert Mills of Vancouver.
Mr. Atkinson will be in charge of publicity for the group.
Lasting Impression Made by Delegates
By VV. GORDON CROCKETT Assistant Publisher
VANCOUVER � A Prinee George Board of Trade delegation made a lasting impression on directors of the Peace River Development Co. at a luncheon here Wednesday.
The 20-strong delegation received an assurance that Prince George will be given "very favorablo consideration" when selection is made of a site for headquarters ami services on this development.
Peace River Development plans construction of a hydro electric dam approximately 700 feet high on the Peace River, about 300 miles north of Prince George.
"This is perhaps the nicest gesture our board has ever met," said William C. Mainwaring, president of the Peace River company.
"A development of this magnitude requires an enormous amount of capital, work and support of groups such as yours," he commented.
He accepted without reservation the Prince George Board of Trade offer of helping to educate the people of the northland as to what the development will mean to the country.
"We are going to lake your invitation very seriously," Mr. Mainwaring said.
"At this stage it is impossible to .say where tlu� northern headquarters and various Services will be located," he commented.
City's Initiative Admired
"One thing we admire' is initiative and enthusiasm and these are qualities which have been shown by you in the Grey Cup float and here today."
"We admire friendliness and you have shown that as well. You have on our board a group of friends who are pulling for you. '
""Rest assured" your 'Invitation to locatt^in PiA?ce Ociiyge will have been studied by the board of directors."
John Morrison, president of the local trade board, Harold Moffat and Hon. R. G. Williston, minister of lands and forests, each made presentations to the officials on behalf of Prince George. C. 13. "Chuck" Ewart presented Mr. Mainwaring with an aerial photograph of the city which depicted it as the key to the northern hydro development.
Bernard Gore, accepting presentation of desk souvenir of replica stump with wood-carved double-bitted axe imbedded from Harold Moffat, pointed out Prince George has been part of Wenner-Gren headquarters since before the agreement with the province was signed and that Prince George was used as a base of operations during all early exploratory work.
He said "I will do my best to see Prince George is a part � an important part � of bur organization. Its geo-graphical situation and your friendliness justifies our doing our best to become a part of your community."
Place Cards Given Away
Each of the guests at the luncheon look away with him a place card which was a photograph on aluminum of Prince George, framed by the projected arch to be erected at the approach to the city.
A strong spirit of cordiality keynotcd the gathering and there was little doubt that the Peace River power directors were deeply impressed with the enthusiasm and originality of the Prince (ieorge presentation.
A novel presentation which captured the fancy of tho guests was a special edition of the Citizen which on the front page carried a story in the theme of a prediction of what the future held with a combination of Peace River power and Prince George forces ar.d on the second page gave statistical information on I his city.
Your Citizen Carrier
Fred Colvillc. 14-ycar-old Citizen carrier, is making plans to bring more sport into the local Sea Cadet Corps.
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George Colville, 3SG Ewert St.,
says he hopes to persuade the
commander of the Sea Cadet ,!
Corps to start a basketball league ""."� an(1 h�Pes U) g0 u>
among th,-. cadets. . . thls yo?r;
A. boy with lots of initiative,! A carrier for about one year,
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Fred also plans to join an in
route covers Burden and
formal class
imlHs. His experience in work-ing with plaster includes sculpturing animals and small plaques*.
The money he .saves from delivering newspapers be spends on models and hockey equipment.
Besides hockey, Fred also
plaster Paris Carney Streets, blocks 300 to '100. telephone number is LO -I-
PC Group To Meet
A meeting of the Prince George Progressive Conservative Women's Association will be held at S tonight at the home of Mrs. Joseph Siddona, JUjo Freeman Street.
This will be an open general meeting and an interesting program has been planned by the execu jive committee;'