INSIDE EDITORIAL ........................ Pago 2 SPORTS .............................. Page 4 WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ Pago 9 CLASSIFIED ........................ Page 12 COMICS .............................. Page 13 WEATHER Cloudy with sunny period* Friday. Scattered flui'rics of snow or rain. Colder tonight. Winds light. Low tonight find high Friday 20 and 42. Dedicated to the Progress of the North Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 49 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1958 BY CARRIER 35C PER WEEK The Smell NEWS THAT THE Board-of Trade will not sponsor a lcoal entry in the Miss Canada contest is disappointing to admirers of female beauty. Two girls above are living contradiction to any possible implication that Prince. George hasn't got the talent to compete with the nation's fairest gals. Hilma Furano (left), 18-year-old bank teller, is already capitalizing on her beauty. She has been a fashion model for two years and will appear tomorrow and Saturday in the Lions' Fashion show at the Coliseum. At right is Helen Proppe, 25, who already has expei'ience in beauty contests. In 1950 she was chosen Prince George's May Queen. A good dancer and singer, she says she loves light opera. Attention men: Both gals are single, but Helen is engaged. �Hal Vandervoort photo. RCMP vs Citizen-Radio In Hockey Game Monday Half of Prince George's a hockey game in the Coli- RCMP complcrP(is expected to becdme an annual event. The Citizen and CKPG have mustered a team from among their staffs which they a're confident will match the RCMP force, if not pound-for-pound, then at least goal-for-goal. Proceeds from the game will go toward furnishing a unit in the new senior citizens' home. "The police will have three players on the ice who are stars in the Commercial League but that won't make any difference," commented an organizer of the CKPG-Citizen squad. "Skates are quite different from spurs and the adjustment is not easy." It is expected Monday's game will be the last benefit game this season and comes in the midst of senior league playoffs. The secret weapon on the CitizcMi-CKPG team will be a I'rone. Haven't you heard what a frone is? Police are also expected to have a secret weapon but spectators will be the first to notice the muzzle of a .38 sticking out from under a hockey pad. Your Allen anil .Jim Bell are brothers and are both Citizen carriers. Allen 10, is in Grade 5 while his brother Jim, is 9 years old and in Grade 4 at Sacred Heart School. Th.ey are the sons of Mr. and .Mrs. Art Bell, 1670 Qogwopd St. Mrs. [U'll is ;i Citizen sub-statjon manager; Botli boys play hockey in the minor league. The boys split the week for deliveries: one delivers while iho other Helps with distributor! at sub-station. They arc both first star cubs and build models as a hobby and are saving for a trip to Ijisnoyland. Allen and Jim collect rough, crude rocks and cut them to make pendant?, rings and other jewelry. They are partners with their father in a mining claim located on a lake west of here. The boys have sold some of the articles which they have made themselves. They may be reached at LO 4-5334 for business concerning their routes. PROTESTS TO MINISTERS Labor Council Joins B.C., East issues Prince George and. District Labor Council, representing some 3,000 union members in this district, has joined in the hot labor-'disputes boiling in British Co- lumbia and Newfoundland. The council last night sent off wires to Ray Williston, B.C. minister of lands and forests, and to Justice Minister Davic Fulton, protested a proposed labor law introduced in the B.C. legislature 'and the use of RCMP Provincial PC Prexy Speaks Here The provincial president, of the Women's Progressive 'Conservative Association arrived here yesterday on the first leg of an organizing tour of northern British Columbia. Mrs. Dorothy Harrison-Smith, of Kelowna, was met at. the airport by Mrs. Ralph .Stromherg and Mrs. Martin Caine, members of the local women's PC group. Mrs. I Iarrison-Smith will address the Prince George branch Saturday afternoon at the home of president Mrs. Joseph Siddons, 1055 Freeman Street. Anyone interested may attend. The city has been divided into 10 canvassing areas for the Re'd Cross "blitz" fund-raising drive next Monday. Campaign chairman Jack Ley-land reported today that some 300 canvassers are scheduled to start calling on homes at G:30 p.m. in an effort to reach the drive's $0,000 objective. A team captain is in charge of each area and lias an average 6f .eight canvassers under his supervision. Tiu: local Life Underwriters Associations has offered to canvass the VantBovy zvea in the western outskirts of the city. Ira S. Lamb will be in charge of the sawmill canvass while Del Thompson will look after canvassing in communities adjacent to the city. Douglas Mac-Lise is in charge of the down-j town area. John R. Morrison | heads the special names cari-' vassjng committee. Mrs/Jack Leyland, Mrs. R. S. Cunliffe and Mrs. Ira Lamb arc-in charge of the team captains. Rev. Don Corbett is chairman o� the campaign's publicity committee. in the New Foundland loggers' dispute.* The telegram to Mr. Willis-ton read: The Prince George and District Labor Council and affili ated unions protest most strong ly new Bill 13. We request that as our elected member you oppose this bill, as it is provocative and will not bring about better labor relations in this province. Wording of the wire to Mr. Fulton was as follows: The Prince George and District Labor Council and affiliated unions protest the use of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as strike breakers by the New Foundland government. Labor Council requests you use your office to stop the provoking of violence by police on legitimate picket lines. Both wires were signed by Jacob Hoist, president, and E. S. Shaw secretary. Of It. T-he faces of school trustees Tuesday when they heard the beginning of this letter: "1 would like to congratulate yourself and the imrmbers of the board, and in particular �the members of the finance committee for the excellence of the budget presented at the recent representatives meeting. 1 doubt whether very many people realize how much thought and work goes into such a report. The citizens of Prince George and district are fortunate in the extreme to have gentlemen of your calibre taking care of their school affairs." . . . And the change in expressions on the trustees' faces as the letter went on: "I would appreciate being notified when there is to bo a discussion on school planning etc. in the 'Bonnet Hill area so that I may attend and listen and know the plans being made for my district. I may be reached during business hours at LO 4-1333. Mail is not very satifactory as we still only have two deliveries a week. Sincerely Bonnett Hill Representative'" "You � could smell it coming," one trustee commented. Hixon Postmaster Dies Aged 63 Herbert Lockyer, postmaster at Hixon for 32 years, died Tuesday. He was 63. Mr. Lockyer was a prominent figure in the community 35 miles south of here and was a veteran of the First World War. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle, who lives at Hixon, and four daughters and a son. His daughters are June Thorp, Joyce Thorp, Rose Cann, all of Hixon and Lorna Sawitsky of MeLcod's Lake. His son, James lives with the family at Hixon. Mr. Lockyer also had two sisters living in England. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from Assman's Funeral Chapel, Rev. Canon T. D. R. Allen officiating. Interment will be in the Prince George cemetery. Extended Building Program Asked Need for 40 additional beds in the not-yet-completed new $2,000,000 Prince George and District Hospital was forecast at a meeting of the Hospital Society this week. Milton Burt, chairman of the hospital board's building committee, recommended that immediate consideration be given to obtaining approval for the building program. The new hospital, which will be opened in September, will accommodate 125 adult and children's beds, 34 bassinets and six incubators. Completion of phase two of the board's building program would bring the bed complement to 1(55 adult and children, 55 newborn and six incubators. Mr. Burt proposed that permission to proceed with the program be obtained from the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service, the city and the improvement district. Annual meeting of the Society, which was held in the banquet room of the Civic Centre, was told that 4700 adults and children were admitted during the year. There were 9G5 children born in the hospital in 1958, compared to 921 in 1957. John E. Powers, president of the Hospital Society, reported that everything points to an increased population in the Prince George area and a subsequent increased use of hospital facilities. Mr. Burt said 28 beds would be added to the south end of the fourth floor and 12 beds would be added on the south end of the second floor. One of the outstanding features of the new building, which is expected to be occupied in September, is that the average distance from a nurses' station to any patient is 68 feet. Other features are: All floors will bo serviced by two- passenger elevators. There is provision for a third elevator in the future. All floors will be serviced by three dumbwaiters: a pharmacy, dietary and central sterile supply. Shelley Parents Deny Racial Discrimination A bid by 15 Shelley residents to prevent admission to school of three Indian children was not motivated by racial discrimination, The Citizen was told today. It was based merely on what parents believed to be true of the children's behavior and background, Several of the 15 who signed the request claimed today. The petition, charging the Indian children constituted a "moral and physical" menace to other students, was turned down by District 57 School Board Tuesday. "Half of the children going to school here are Indians. Racial discrimination lias nothing to do with it," one of (he parents told the Citizen. ,V EXTERIOR FINISHING is being applied to Prince George's $2,Q0QjQ00, 125-bed hospital which will be opened next September. Hospital's building committee is already proposing a, 40-bed addition to. the new build- ing which will be the second stage of the construction program. The new nurses' residence adjoining the hospital will be opened next month. �Hnl Vand.ervaart photo, 1