INSIDE EDITORIAL ........................ Page 2 SPORTS .............................. Pogo 4 CLASSIFIED ...................... Page 6 COMICS ......................... Page 7 WOMEN'S SOCIAL .......... Page 8 FH �\ H W F / T H B Mostly cloudy with occasional showers tonight and tomorrow. Not much change in temperature. Winds light. Low tonight, high Wednesday 25 and 40. Dedicated to the Proaress of the North Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 61 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1959 BY CARRIER S5C PER WEEK Big Sewer A $253,000 sewer construction program is slated for Prince George this summer. Contracts for the pipe are slated to be awarded after tenders are examined on Thursday! according to city engineer C. W. Jones. Utiy crews will install the pipe and work is expected to get underway about the middle of May, Jones said. Storm sewer construction will Two men were fined each in police court yesterday when convicted of Impeding another person in a public place. Frank LeCl.ercj and Morris Auger wei u ordered to pay the fine or spend 90 days in jail when appearing before Police Magistrate P. J. Moran. The charge followed a complaint made to police late Sunday by a woman who said she was disturbed by two men in the downtown area. She was accosted on Third Avenue and told, tho men who were following her that she was going to telephone the police from a nearby taxi stand. However, she feigned Mm1 police call and left the building soon after. She waii�?tr west on Third Avenue to Victoria Street where she once ntiain was accosted by the ^;ii<-io nnlr y;hi>h- Mic rr>ct on Third A'Vor.ue. Police arrested the pair about 00 minutes later and charged them with both impeding and intoxication in a public place. represent approximately $170,-000, sanitary sewer work will cost about S77.U00 and a new sanitary sewage pumping station will coat $35,000. ilOWM'HWX AREA A new storm sewer in the downtown area, bordered by First and Second Avenues and ieoige anil Cross Streets, will be part of the city's summer sewer construction program. Another storm sewer will stretch from Seventeenth Avenue to the river and will also Liuvei onio Queensway down (o Eighteenth Avenue. The third storm sewer installation slated for this summer will he in the Victoria Street slough area. It will travel up Winnipeg to Thirteenth, along Thirteenth to Edmonton, and north on ICdmonton to Ninth Avenue. JAKTrARY SEWERS Sanitary sewer construction will he undertaken to service homes in the area bounded roughly by Twelfth Avenue �nd Vancouver Street. The west and north boun Maries will be formed by service already in operation. Brunswick street will be the boundary to the east and the new installation will continue south is far as Thirteenth Avenue. Mr. Jones said the new $35,-000 sewage pumping station being tendered for will pump from this low area over the hill to the Quince Street sewer. He no;es also uiat a small amount of sewer construction is to be undertaken this summer in the Seymour sub-division. '"ho uveu to be*Hsrvii;ed is in tne norlhelist comer or uic auh- rlivision, bordered roughly by Fifteenth Avenue, Carney Street, 17th Avenue and Ewart Street. 45-Year Resident Dies in Hospital a well known Fernfl in the district for 45 year Prince George ;\n<.\ Distri illness. He'was 8G. Funeral services for Charles Wassil were held from the Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Father Edward Green officiating. Mr. Wassil was born in Lithuania in 1873 and came to the State of Connecticut, in 1904, He then went to Washington State and worked on a government project ror some time. He came to Canada in 1909 and went to Alberta working for the railroad. From there, he went to Alaska for three summers and washed gold, returning to Seattle for the winter months. He settled in the Ferndale district in 1914, where he had lived up to his death, In 1928 lie purchased the Pipke property at Fevndale and resided there until November 28 when he went to the hospital. Pallbearers were: William E. Kirschke, Harold Nelson, John Karipicius, John Handfoid, Fred Zilkie and Eric Lytle. Assman's Funeral Chapel was in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Wassil is survived by one brother, Peter Wassil of \\q resident who has lived s died on March 20 in the t Hospital after a lengthy Ferndale. Mr. Charles Wassil was predeceased by three brothers and two sisters, in Lithuania. engineer that con to begin Contract Soon For Super-Valu Contract is expected to be awarded April IS for Prince George's second Super-Valu store, slated to be the largest in British Columbia. Super-Valu store Vern Hohson stated struction is expected as soon as the frost is out of the ground. He also stated that a number of contractors are planning to tender bids for the new store, to be built at Twentieth Avenue and Victoria Street. He did not say if any local firms will seek the contract. The approximate cost of the new building has not been revealed. Desmond Parker of Prince Oeorge is supervising architect for the project. Your Citizen Carrier Garth Powers, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Powers, wants to follow his uncle's footsteps in becoming a dentist. Garth's uncle is Dr. J. [). Newby, dentist at 1703 Fifth Avenue. Garth has 21 customers and has been delivering the Citizen for a year. His route is B-19 covering Fifth Avenue from Toficld to Watrous Streets. He is a Grade -I student at King George V. Horseback ruling, biking, hiking and all outdoor sports are liked by Garth. Last winter Garth spent most of his time figure skating. He will be in the ice carnival on April 1 at the coliseum. He lives at. 371 Vvainwright Street and may be reached at LO -1--151."} for any information concerning his paper route. Garth has grandparents in Ottawa who are regular subscribers to The Citizen. "A" COMPANY, Rocky Mountain Rangers turned out nearly 100 strong Saturday night to combine the Rangers' 74th anniversary with a party in honor of retiring Sergeant Neil Manning, Sgt. Mannings at right, displays suitcase pre- mjntccl to.Him by Major GeorRa 'rhoi'po on. kMjhalf% of tlio compiiny. Private Bill Cunning, in the background, is wearing the uniform of the original Rangers. �Vandervoort � Fire Control Course Held by Industry, BCFS Moving early to prevent recurrence of last year's $7,-000,000 damage from forest fires in this area, the forest industry will be staging the first fire control course in the interior April 1$ to April 17. invitations have gone out to all lumber and logging operations to take part in the fire control and prevention course, sponsored by the Northern In-terior Lumberman's Association in co-operation with the Canadian Forestry Association of B.C. GAltTH POWJiltS Thirteen survivors of the famous Vimy Ridge battle of Wo rid War One will gather in the Prince George Civic Centre next week to relive that fateful April of 1917. The occasion is the third annual banquet for Vimy Ridge survivors, sponsored by the Prince George branch if the Canadian Legion. Legion first vice-president Walter Kimmel says that about 115 people are expected to dine with the First War veterans, Eiehf of the thirteen Vimy Ridge survivors arc from the city, two live in rural Prince George, two others reside in South Fort George and the thirteenth is from Penny. A fourteenth Vimy survivor from this area passed away since last year's banquet. Guest speaker Major G. F. C. Thorpe will take the old soldiers back through time to their harrowing experience at "The Ridge" with a talk on "Vimy Ridge" and "The New Look in the Army." 11. J. Gallagher, secretary-manager of the N1LA, stresses that not only NILA members, but everyone with an interest in the forest Industry should attend the course. Fee is $25 per person. STItlKING FOKCK He said the principal aim of the course was to build a "striking force" of competent men who could take charge of fire �"ighting, operations in any danger area. "Our biggest handicap last year was that, while we had the manpower, we had very few people who knew how to direct operations," Mr. Gallagher said. He said that graduates of the course would likely be designated by the Forest Service as honorary fire wardens, authorized to initiate action at any fire and to direct fire fighting personnel. This type of course has been held at the coast for the past four years. It is the first time that it has been put on in the interior. "If it turns out to be a success, we hope to make it an annual event," Mr. Gallagher said. He emphasized the importance of the course to all mills >.nd their personnel. "MOVE FAST" "The fire season starts in May, and we've got to move fast to prevent recurrence of last year's losses." Registration deadline is April !(). Registration forms are available at the downtown office of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association. The course will tako up three full days at the Civic Centre. It will feature lectures by experts from the B.C. Poorest Service. Pacific Western Airlines. Skyways. Okanagan Helicopters and other companies. The printed schedule of the course lists in bold face three lunches and a concluding banquet, all covered by the $25 fee. KlltKX AXATjYZED Highlights include a welcoming address by R. \V. Hilton. NILA president, an analysis of 195S fires and forest service regulations, a lecture on weather forecasting, fire costs, timekeeping, employee education in fire prevention and mill fires. One of the main points will be talks on use of aircraft in fire control, covering latest discoveries in advantages and disadvantages of fire fighting from the air. Other subjects to be touched are use. maintenance and testing of pumps; care, maintenance and use of fire hose and fire tools and equipment. Before the banquet at 0 p,m, Friday, at which certificates will be presented, lecturers and pupils will have a bull session and equipment display. tarte OTTAWA (CP) � Newfoundland today filed suit in the Exchequer Court of Canada for unstated damages . from the federal government for its refusal to send requested RCMP reinforcements to help police in the island's strike of loggers. The court action is not likely to be heard before next autumn. The Newfoundland government claims that the federal government by its refusal, broke an agreement whereby RCMP services are leased to the province for provincial policing purposes. The province's statement of claim said that the Attorney-General of Newfoundland, Leslie Curtis, requested the RCMP on March 8 and March ir> to "increase the strength of the Newfoundland division to I'ssist. in dealing with the emergency., then subsisting in the said province." jg Justice Minister Fulton has four, weeks to file a statement of defence, after which Newfoundland will have 14 days to file a reply. The contest for school names is on again. Latest school to complain of an "unsatisfactory, confusing and misleading" name is South Central elementary school. Principal Hector Sutherland has told District 57 School Board the mail addressed to him is taking "the strangest detours'' before reaching his office. Trustees were in general agreement with Mr. Sutherland, but were reluctant, to take on the burden of picking a name themselves. They instructed the principal to submit suggestions to be evaluated by the board. One trustee forecast that similar confusion will shape up at Connaught Junior High School and Connaught Elementary School. However, trustees still haven't, found a sure-fire way of choosing names that will leave everybody satisfied. W. Gordon Crockett, assistant publisher of The Citizen, has filed an application on behalf of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the newspaper for a broadcast lelevision licence in Prince George. Mr. Crockett made the announcement in Vancouver today. He has made the application to the Board of Broadcast Governors in his name on behalf of a company to ?e formed and known as Northern Television Ltd. Officers of the company will be senior personnel of The Citizen along with qualified television technicians and broadcasters. Several local citizens will also be officers and directors of the new company, Mr. Crockett stated. He said property has been obtained on the western foothills of the city for a studio and transmitter site.' A 200-foot tower will be built in the area if the company is successful with its application. "The site which has been obtained will provide excel-W. Gordon ckockett lent coverage to the city of Prince George and surrounding areas," Mr. Crockett stated. Meanwhile, two other companies are interested in local television broadcast licences. Robert T. Harkins, managing director of Radio Station CKPG Ltd.. stated that the CKPG television brief Ikih- iicencompjeted and is in the-hands of the Board of Broadcast Governors, awaiting their decision at one of their forthcoming meetings. "The CKPG-TV brief is completed, including building plans, selection of technical equipment and transmitter site," he stated. Victor A. Blue of Aurora TV Ltd. said his company' has also applied for a broadcast television licence. Mi-. Crockett said complete engineering surveys have been made and have been included in the application. "The most modern equipment will be installed in the studios and transmitting facilities if the licence is granted," he commented. Crew !s Ambulance Team A water division foreman and a draftsman are doubling as ambulance attendants while the city is trying to find someone to take over ambulance operation, out of professional hands since Alex izatt quit March 'IA because of mounting deficits. Municipal employees ,J. IT. Hunter and Peter Pattullo will run the city's Volkswagen ambulance until tenders for the operation are opened June 1. The city rejected the only bid entered as first tenders for the service were opened earlier this month. Notices for retendering will go out soon, City Clerk Aaran Thomson said today. Telephone numbers for the temporary ambulance are LO �1-2451 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. At. night cither fire hall or RCMP can he called. The city has restricted its ambulance service to city limits, leaving all outlying districts entireiy without ambulance. Only two exceptions are emergency runs to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway station and to Prince George airport. CANADIAN LEGION building at Fifth Ave. and Quebec Si. is soon to be dressed up with a new coat of paint in preparation for the North West Command convention here next month. Close to 500 delegates are expected to attend the convention from May 10 to 20. Legjon president Bert Mills reports all committees are miaking arrangements for the meeting. �Vandervoort Spring Assize hearings are slated to open May 19 in Prince George. One of the major cases to go before the court involves a 51-year-old Indian from the Stel-lako Reserve; who is charged with murder. Joseph Isaac Augustus has been committed for trial in connection with the December 17 shotgun slaying of his younger brother. Joseph was charged after the j body of 29-year-old Fraser Isaac , Augustus was found in a cabin 1 at the reserve. Deputy registrar Ken Weir informed The Citizen today that several criminal negligence cases are also slatted to be heard. These cases arise from nio tor vehicLe accidents.