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EDITORIAL ........................ Pogo 2
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Vol. 3; No. 39
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1959
BY CARRIER 35c PER WEEK
ONLY THING left standing in all-consuming blaze that levelled log cabin near Foreman over the weekend was this corner post, overlooking a square of dark ashes in the white of hip-deep snow.�Lagies photo.
TOPPLED STOVE is one of two indications of how fire might have started. The other clue is brass top of kerosene lamp. Two people died in the blaze. Inquest is to start tonight.�Lagies photo.
Professor Warns Parents Of Juvenile Delinquency
The story of the rehabilitation of 500 wayward youths was told by Prof. F, C, Boyes at a Duchess Hark Junior lllph School
..JJuvm-it "� ' Touehui''.., . Association mectlnB Tuesday ^mlKUt.
J'roC. 'Boyes, now connected With the University of li.C.'s school education, has spent more than 50 years working with young,
�He sketched the fate of a delinquent who is processed by juvenile and detention courts and to l;v!'istrlal schools where
a pruKruin Is ck'sinnoU to irvtev-est fctVoBo wsfrfed to >uiku< botp vocational and academic subjects.
lie said offenders between 1G and 18 years old are assigned to c i t. h e r Newhaven, Westgate,
Logging Suggestion Top Contest Entry
A suggestion for a scries of competitions on a logging theme has won the S2f) top prize in The Citizen's Simon Fraaer Day it lea contest.
Richard Clifford of Box 271, Prince George, will receive the
prA'ze for a practical and original *3iiggestion lie made for the two-day celebration program.
Mr. Clifford suggested bucking, totem pole cutting and other contests for the day.
He is a I i.e. Forest Service employee and resides in the city.
The Simon Frasor Day Celebrations Committee, at a meeting last night, agreed with contest judges from The Citizen that Mr. Clifford's idea was the best of 32 submitted to the newspaper.
However, there Mere so many bright and interesting entries
that the judges felt some of them could not go unrecognized.
Therefore, five other entries were chosen for an honorable mention category.
They were from Betty LcGal-lais, 'ill Fifteenth Ave.; Gary Phillips, 1800 Corse St.; F. Scott Gladus, Hill; Queensway St.; i'etcr Doerig, 22-10 Tamarack St., and Danny McMurray, GOG Fourth Ave.
Aid. S. H. Perry, chairman of Ihi' committee, thanked all the entrants for their ideas and The Citizen for sponsoring the contest.
"They will be kept on file and many of them can lie expected to be put to good use," Aid. Perry commented.
Haney of the Young Offender's Unit -at Oakalla where educational programs await them. "There was the. boy. who
could not uiidera^nnil hoW "play-lnn fair" /could evil1 pay off
until he was shown that satisfaction with a job being well done is the highest reward," Prof. Boyes stated.
He warned parents not to be too permissive nor too rigid in managing their children.
"The first leads to a feeling by the youngster that bhe world owes him something; the second leads to a rebellious explosion," lie said.
"Both lead to making a youth offender."
I'I�)I>\ F. C. HOYKS
Citizen social editor .Mrs. Jessie Cuhliffe has started a drive for woolen yarn which will be used to knit children's clothing.
She would like to receive yarn at The Citizen, :i."in Quebec St., to send to Save The Children's Fund, S17 Granville, Vancouver.
It will he put Into use right away," Mrs. Cunliffe said.
Mrs. Cunliffe will send the wool to Miss Edna Smith who knits children's clothing. She would like to receive a lot of wool in flie near future so she can start making baby covers, squares and strips.
Flying Urged For Women
Prince George Flying Club is offering a 10 per cent discount on the cost, of a flying course to the first woman who will solo.
The flying school will open at the aii-port soon, reports Mike Hackman, president of the organization.
Forty members attended a meeting of the club held in the Prince George Cafe banquet room last Wednesday. There were eight, new members.
It was reported that Jim Croken completed a flying course in eight days at Langley recently. He also brought an aircraft, which brings to total number of private aircraft in Prince George to 18.
By MEINHART LAGIES Citizen Staff Writer
bodies burned beyond recognition have been Tound in the ashes of a lonely log cabin along the railroad tracks five miles east of here.
Police say the charred bodies are impossible to identify.
However, RCMP know the identity of the regular Lehant of the shack and are narrowing down the number if persons likely to have been with him when the cabin burned to the ground.
inquest will open tonight under city coroner Dr. A. L. Chambers.
The shack, perched between the Fraser River and the railroad tracks, went up in flames unnoticed sometime during the week-end. The closest settlement, Foreman, is more than a mile away from the shack which is hidden among dense brush.
Origin Undetermined
Tenant of the cabin, believed to be a squatter shack, is Paul Rondin, about (i(i. He was last seen Saturday afternoon by a companion who occasionally stayed with Rondin.
The companion, Duncan McDonald, about GO, returned to the cabin late Monday afternoon to find it levelled by fire.
Police were called in Tuesday afternoon and the bodies were taken to Prince George later the same night.
Police are at a loss as to how the blaze started.
Jt can be assumed that the tiny eight by 12 foot cabin became a flaming torch once the fire started.
Only one corner post remained standing in the black rabble of ashes, pails, cans, and remnants of metal furniture.
The blazing heat reduced steel bed posts to a twisted mass of metal.
Only a weircT puitoiui of wires indium tevher� the spjsings or the two beds haft crumpled under the heat.
Police say one of the bodies was found sprawled diagonally across one of the beds, the other beside the fallen stove.
Except for the stove, the only indication of a possible source for the fire was the brass top of a kerosene lamp. Neither the glass cylinder nor the bottom of the lamp could be found.
Shapeless Melted Glass
However, in the ashes police found melted glass, shapeless and hard to trace.
Only glass not melted in the blaze were shattered remains of a window, apparently the only one in the cabin.
In one corner, as though flung carelessly, were two hard hats, one of them burned to the brim.
An old man's sweater, a few feet otttside the dark square that once was a cabin was the only piece of clothing in evidence.
Crumpled cans were strewn all over the floor.
A tea kettle and a frying pan were lying close to the stove.
Little is known about the tenant, Paul Rodin.
People in nearby Foreman believe he once was a wealthy mill-owner who hit the downward road until lie landed in the log cabin some two or three years ago.
They say he worked occasionally on odd jobs, often walked into town five miles along the tracks, and mostly came back with companions who stayed with him for one or more clays.
Rodin seldom saw his neighbors in Foreman. He preferred to stay in his shack, or go to Prince George.
Fee Faces Impounded Cars
Motorists who leave their vehicles parked on .streets which are being cleaned or snow-plowed will he assessed a $10 impounding fee by the city.
City council decided Monday night that the fee will he imposed on cars and trucks parked contrary to instructions on signs or flags on parking meters.
The fee was decided upon by city council's works committee and presented to council by Aid. Frank Clark.
Removing Snow Cover
Approximately $15,000 was spent on snow-removal in Prince George up to February 15, city council was told this week.
A report from city engineer W. C. "Bill" Jones said the de-
Safe Theft Investigated
Two men arrested in Quesnel Tuesday following a holdup at gunpoint in Wells are suspected of having carried out the February 15 safe theft, from the Prince George Coca Cola plant.
They were charged in ' Quesnel police coui't yesterday in connection with the breaking, entry and theft of the -122-pound safe.
The vault, stolen -from Carl-boo Dry Lid., 405 Soco'ncJ Avu.,
was discovered in a ditch about 12 miles south of Prince George on the Cariboo Highway.
It is understood the police received a tip-off on the whereabouts of the safe from certain witnesses of the theft.
Police say the safe was discovered following investigation of the Wells holdup.
part men t has been constantly removing snow from streets throughout the winter.
Prior to the recent spell of mild weather, the department had removed snow from all the streets. This has been effective in reducing the flooding potential.
Mr. Jones pointed out that storm sewer catch basins have been activated but frozen drains leading from the basins have been the cause of flooding in certain parts of the city.
However, pump crews are working at the most serious locations while the frozen drains are being cleared.
The department has analyzed past flooding complaints from residential areas and equipment has been organized and is ready to meet any emergency caused by heavy street run-pffs.
Mr. Jones also ^oporta that sanding is Neinfi'carriod out on streets but icy conditions will exist in the mornings. All of the important intersections will be sanded.
Many residential and business property owners are failing to clear snow and ice from sidewalks adjoining their property and dangerous conditions exist in many areas of the city from this negligence.
Your Citizen Carrier
LAItKY K1CHKT
Nine-year-old Larry Kichet has been a Citizen carrier for four years.
He once gave the paper route; to his sister and took over street sales himself but later went back to the route.
His sister, Darlene, is U years old.
Larry is saving his earnings for a bicycle and will soon have enough money for it.
His favorite sport is baseball although ho participates in many oilier activities.
Larry delivers Citizens on First", Second. 'Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Avenues cast of George St.
Larry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Ricliet and is one of The Citizen's most ambitious carriers. He has route B-.'l and he may lie contacted by telephoning his home, 4-572S.
Civil Defence Unit
eriences Mock Train Mishap
PRINCE GEORGE Civil Defence unit, working with local doctors and the hospital, went through the motions of a disaster in which 50 persons were injured in a train wreckage last night. Above, Ron Johnston, who "suffered" a fractured pelvis and bladder injuries is given first aid. Gordon Goodwin, Queen Scout, helps move the stretcher with Veraon Darey.
PATIENT Gloria Patterson was gi.ven first aid. for a hip dislocation, fractured pelvis and other injuries. Nurses' aide Ilaael 1 loff, left! records name, .nature of injuries and the treatment givcri 6n.7a card which is fastened to the patient: First aid attendants are Mrs. Coullhig and Ken AIcDermid. Civil Defence officials said the exercise was "very successful."
CASUALTIES of the wreckage who were able to walk are properly tagged after their arm fractures arc splinted and taken to hospital by car. Above, nurses' aide Shirley Balaski checks out Norman Ferris and Gary Howe. The base for the exercise was the Cariboo Health Unit on Sixth Ave, and victims were taken to the hospital for further medical treatment.
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