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Vol. 3; No. 11
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1959
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Peace Power Grips U.S.
VANCOUVER � Peace River power, if relatively unnoticed in British Columbia, "has caused all hell Lc break loose in the United States," Lands Minister Ray Willi.sLon said here Tucsria} nitrht.
Mr. vVIUiston who resumes negotiations with U.S. officials for downstream benefits on the Columbia river next week after a two-year break in the talks said "that job on the Peace will return more on a long-term basis than any other development in B.C. in years."
"U.S. power interests now realize for the first time they haven't got B.C. at their mercy."
Mr. Willlston said he is convinced the U.S. "has been waiting to get us over a barrel" ever since talks broke off in 195(5.
"They knew we would eventually have to develop the Columbia and were prepared to sit back and wait.
"They were sitting with four aces until power was reported on the Peace" and overnight they lost their advantage.
The minister told a university group here he will also seek compensation for flood-control benefits on the lower Columbia as well as a substantial power return.
"U.S' interests followed engineering reports on the Peace closer than any group in B.C." ho said.
$7,000 Raised By Clubs
The Prince George Joint Service Club Council has paid off close to $7,000 of n $25,000 committment, toward Ihc Municipal Coliseum.
The money has been raised in giant bingo programs held monthly in the city.
The $25,000 guaranteed, by the Club Council covers the'cost of the foyer to the :> 150.000 coliseum which Avas opened to the public 1-1 months ago.
A cheque in the amount of $3,893 from the Club council was received by city council Monday night. Approximately $3,000 had been received late last year.
Alderman G. O. Stewart moved that a letter of thanks be sent to the Service Club Council for Ks donations toward the coliseum.
Service Club Council officials are confident the organization will meet its $25,Q00 commitment within the three years it has agreed upon to find the money.
The Council consists of five service clubs in the city.
The foyer to the coliseum is one of almost a dozen projects the Council has underway in Prince George;
Last week-end the Council raised $800 to send an ailing mother, Mrs. Frank Bencher, to Mayo Clinic for treatment to her heart.
She left Monday evening and started taking treatments yesterday.
THE TIRED motorist who comes, to believe all motel "no vacancy" signs are lying and that the manager has stepped out for a "long cool one" during the summer heat can have no doubt that the sign at the former site of the Mayfair Motel is bona fide. The "here today�
gone tomorrow" look is explained by the fact that Super-Valu donated the building to the Senior Citizens Association which relocated the building at its home site.
FltOGMAX Louis Lourmais, pounded into exhaustion and agonizing pain, completed a l(iu-mile swim ..to Quebec City from Montreal Tuesday night with his -wife 'at his side for the final 12 miles. He swam-the Fraser River from Prince George to Vancouver.late last year.
Mosquito Program
The city's mosquito control program will swing into action soon.
('. W. Hill Jones, city engineer, says larvae samples will he collected shortly from marshy areas in and around the city to determine the stage of the mosquitos' development.
When larvae have reached the desired stage the city charters an aircraft to spray the sloughs in the district with an oil and DDT mixture. '
Mr. Jones explains that if larvae in any one area are further advanced than in others, a light slick of the killing mixture is spread on the water to retard their development In' order that aircraft spraying will contact all larvae at the opportune stage of growth.
Navy Week Will Be Marked in Pr. Geo.
A special N'avy Week program has been arranged for Prince George residents, starting May 1. Similar programs will be hold
Propose $25,000 Track For Racing Association
The Prince George Auto Racing Association is building a $25,000 paved track here.
Work has already started on a base for the track being built at the site of 'the old dirt track on the Vanderhoof 'highway.
Art 'Babc'ock, association president, says $]0,000 to $15,000 worth of construction will fte finished tlijs year and the building program will be completed next summer.
Two feet of crushed rock fill is now being put down. This will be covered by six inches of "three-quarter minus" crushed rock mixed with a heavy oil to provide u temporary finish for this racing season.
The final layer of paving will be laid next summer. TO STANDARDS
The new track 'has been surveyed and is being built to accepted standards.
It is one-quarter of a mile long, with the 12 foot high corners banged at an angle of 35 degrees.
Truck width is -10 feet on the straightaways and 00 feet on the corners.
Besides the paving, a three-foot wall is being built around the track, an eight foot board
fence will protect spectators and a grandstand will be constructed,
Mr. Babcock says as much of the work as possible will be done this year.
The temporary track surface is expected to be ready for the first race of the year on May IS.
About 20 cars are expected
to-'take part, S from Quesnel, two from Williams Lake and about ten from Prince George.
Eventually about 20 local cars will probably be racing regularly along with visiting racers, says the president.
The Auto Racfng Association, which has been. in operation here for about five years, is a non-profit organization.
Council Will Invite Cabinet to Meet Here
City Council finally decided to invite the provincial government cabinet to hold a meeting in Prince George, to discuss problems with local organizations.
What Next?
City Council this week heard a proposal that an underground air raid shelter could be developed on Conriaught Hill.
In peace time it could be used as a parking area, the Advisory J Manning Commission said.
� Council decided that until Prince George is declared a target area, it is unlikely the Civil Defence organization would' contribute toward the project.
Ray Cunliffe Quits Position
Kay S. Cunliffe, chief engineer for the Department of Highways in Northern B.C., has resigned to become a senior executive with one of the largest road building contractors in the province.
Cunliffe will leave the department, at the end of the month to take the position of general manager and chief engineer for Den Glnter Construction Ltd.
The Ginter firm holds major highway building projects throughout the province.
Cunliffe, 35, is the youngest senior engineer with the Department of Highways in B.C.
He has been chief of the Department for three years and is boss of highways from as far
On Lower Mainland
Trade Board Knocks * Apathy, Skepticism'
The Prince George Board of Trade is concerned over the "apathy and scepticism" of people on the Lower Mainland in relation to industrial development in this area.
Decision was reached Monday night, a week after council's finance committee took the matter into hand and looked into financing arrangements,
Council received a letter from the Prince George Board of Trade last week, advising the cabinet, would be willing to hold a meeting here but it customarily comes at the invitation of the municipal council.
The cabinet meeting is expected to hear delegations from city council, board of trade and school board to discuss local issues.
That was the explanation given today by President John Morrison for the "good will" tours to major areas of B.C. to be undertaken during the coming months.
The trips are connected mainly with efforts to have the Peace River Power Development Company establish its headquarters here if it proceeds with its plans for a huge power dam on the Peace River.
Plans mooted by the company call for the largest hydro power dam in the world to be built on the river at Hudson Hope, 260 miles north of Prince George. SUCCESSFUL
Meetings this week with Boards of Trade in Burns Lake and Vanderhoof to solicit sup-
Lively Co-op Society Meeting Expected
The annual meeting of the Prince George Co-Operative Association Thursday night is expected to be a affair with the new shopping centre the main
jn cities across
Canada in re-
membrance of a fumed battle in 1040 which kept a lite line open to Britain.
Battle of Atlantic Sunday will be commemorated on May ;> when the Navy and Merchant Marine Corps of Canada and allied countries will be remembered.
In .May of 11)10 a full concentration of German .submarines were deployed in the North Atlantic. From that date to '.he end of the Second World War, many men and ships were lost and many German submarines wore destroycd.
The local Sea Cadet Corps will appear at a manorial church service and parade on May 3.
The public has been invited to an Open House in the First Avenue Armouries at 7 p.m. on 'May 5. Visitors will have an opportunity to sec all phases of Sea Cadet activity.
� Memberships in the Navy League of Canada help support tlie local corps. They may be obtained from Dudley Sawley,
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topic of interest.
Tenders for the $120,000 building, planned for Sixth Avenue and Quebec Street, are .slated to be called shortly and interest is running high.
The building is being financed by debentures and share sales.
Assisting in the share-selling campaign is Barney JohnsmUc, general manager of the B.C. Cooperative Wholesale Society in Burnaby, who will be guest speaker at tpmorrows's meeting.
The final stage in the campaign is to be kicked off at the
Your Citizen Carrier
Clary Reoapel is a Boy Scout in the Fourth Prince George Scout Troop and likes all .sports.
Ho has been delivering The Citizen for over a year.
His route covers the area near the Airport.
Ho is 12-years-old and is a grade six student at tlie Fraser View school.
Reading is his favorite hobby and he also likes drawing and collecting stamps.
He has. purchased his own bicycle and is now saving his money.
Ho !;>kcs pride in pet animals a.ud likes zoos.
meeting, to be hold in the CCF Hall, and will continue through to May S. i>ki;!<;nttkks sold
The major portion of the debentures have already been subscribed and the share drive Is being undertaken to "secure the balance."
The .-hare drive 3s about half completed. OFFICIALS HERE
Mr. Johnsrude, one of 20 co op officials from provincial and affiliated groups helping in the financing campaign, says: '�Control of their own retail outlets is tile first Step toward consumer ownership of co-operative factories, processing plants, refineries and oil wells."
With a wide experience in cooperative dealings Mr. Johns-rude was -formerly with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Federated Co-opera lives Limited.
The local co-op says the current location on Fourth Avenue will likely be retained, at least temporarily, as \\ storage and sales outlet lor \'qu\, fertilizer and farm equipmeiit.
A numbered coupon on the first page of the second section of today's Citizen will decide the winner of the door prize at tomorrow's meeting.
A spinning rod and an electric coffee and tea maker are the door prizes.
PARADE WILL OPEN SAFETY WEEK HERE
A parade through the downtown area will kick-oil' Forest Products Safety Week in. the Prince George area early next month.
Prince George and District Safety Council announced today a parade and mock electrocution will start at 1 p.m. on May 2.
Anyone interested in entering a float should contact Herb Maxwell, president of the Safety Council, by telephoning 7L12 or 7o04.
port for the campaign to have the company} headquarters located here were quite successful, Mr. Morrison said.
An open meeting Monday with the Burns Lake Board of Trade was attended by about 00 persons.
The board's president and industrial, .commission., chairman, Harold Moffat, along with commission member Alex McGregor, spoke on northern development and the benefits Burns Lake wotdd derive from having the Peace River Development Co. locate here.
C. B. Ewart, chairman of the publicity and tourist committees, addressed the group oa tourist trade. VANDEUHOOF
A similar meeting was held last night in Vanderhoof and the local Board of Trade delegates spoke to about 35 people.
Mr. Morrison says they were well received at both meetings and he is sure support for the campaign can be expected from the two centres.
This weekend a delegation will go to the B.C. Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Vancouver.
Contacts will be made there for meetings later on with Hoards of Trade in southern areas at which the local men will solicit support for industrial development in this area. � Delegations will also be sent to other centres in the Northern Interior such as Williams Lake and Quesnel.
south as Williams Lake to the Yukon border and west to Prince Rupert!
His offices are in the provincial government building here.
He has been with the department for nine years and had served at Williams Lake, Vancouver and Prince Rupert before moving here.
Cunliffe is married with two children.
He succeeded his father, S. A. Cunliffe, to the position of regional engineer for the vast area. The late* Mr. Cunliffe worked for the deparUnent /or 10 years.
Robert Harvey, regional maintenance engineer for North Vancouver, will take over Mr. Cunliffe's job.
Vacant Property Should Be Cleaned
City Council heard a recommendation this week that own-^ era of vacant lots bo forced to, clean up their property by virtue of an anti-litter bylaw.
Alderman Harry Loder, chairman of council's health committee suggested that odd-shaped lots be cleaned up.
The only way such a clean-up campaign could be enforced would be through the adoption of an anti-litter bylaw, he said.
Vacant properties have always been the bug-hear as1 far as clean-up campaigns in the city are concerned.
Streets Readied For Oiling Program
Main traffic arteries in the city are being prepared for a dust control oiling program this summer.
Grading and rock removal is being undertaken to prepare for the 50,000 gallons of oil to be spread on the streets.
The first of the work is currently underway in the Central area.
Oiling Is expected to begin next week.
The 50,000 gallons of oil will give a dust-free .surface to about 17 miles of streets.
City engineer C. \V. Jones cautions motorists that the oiling does not provide a rugged pavement. Speeding and "rough driving" could reduce the coating to a "dust bowl."
PRINCE GEORGE Auto Racing Association has started construction of a $25,000 race track at the site of the old airport near the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway. First phase of the program will be ready for the
season's initial race next month while the entire program is scheduled for completion by next year. The track is about four miles west of the city in the vicinity of the curling club and golf course. -Vandervoort Photo