INSIDE EDITORIAL ........................ Paga SPORTS ............................. pog0 WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ pag0 CLASSIFIED ................ PagQ COMICS ........................... Page h ihe WEATHER Mostly sunny today and Tuesday, cloudy periods and widely scattered showers. A little warmer, light winds. Low tonight, high tomorrow, 30 and 58. Dedicated to the Progress of the North Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 90 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY MAY 11, 1959 By CANON T. D. R. ALLEN Member of the Board of Trustees One of the most familiar forms of greeting which we use on each other every day is, "How are you?" The answer is not always the same, but whatever it is does determine our personal read ion to the welfare of our neighbour. We may say that we are sorry if the reply is an unfavorable one, but we may not be prepared to become anymore involved than that. On the other hand, we can reverse the first two words of Cain's question to Cod and make it a .statement of the truth, "I am my brother's keeper". Herein rests the issue between a new hospital, with all its modern techniques and improved facilities for the care of the .sick, and a temporary expedient with which no one can any longer be satisfied. Neither the hospital board nor the medical or lay staff of our present hospital can assume the burden of such a decision. The association of all who are concerned about this moral responsibility which belongs to every member of our society must carry the final word. It is nobody's private concern fur personal welfare which spurs us on in this great undertaking; but the spirit of Florence Nightingale, Dr. Grenfell and Father Damien living on in obedience to the command of Christ which is laid upon the hearts of nil His disciples to heal the sick. The wonderful thing about this challenge is that it reaches but far beyond the confines of Jerusalem, Rome, Canterbury or Augsburg and binds us together on a common ground firm enough upon which to build for eternity. Enlistment in the Prince George and District Hospital Association is open, to us all. The membership fee is nominal, but your moral support is indispensable. If this is withheld the discrepancy will reveal itself in the hospital facilities which we offer to our sick and to those who care for them in our community; and it can represent an indictment of our concern and our profession of goodwill. If it were not for the comparatively few people who have made this matter an object of tireless devotion and effort, we could not announce such heartening progress on the new hospital during this hospital week. On Wednesday afternoon of May lo the beautiful new nurses' residence will be officially opened. This occasion will offer each one of us the opportunity of taking out mem-bershp in the hospital association. By so doing we pan identify oursel-cetr in'We soeieiF of Him who went^Tbbut healing all manned o"f sickness and disease among the people. Let us strengthen the hands that are always ready to minister to us in time of need. Foreign Ministers' Talks Russia And TWO HOLES were chopped through the roof of Northern Harware by enterprising burglars early this morning, one of them in the wrong place- The would-be thieves were staPett'ofF"before"they could take anything and their work went for nothing. �Vandervoort photo More Than One Way To Get In Breaking and entering is apparently a much more diversified occupation than most people are led to believe. While the laymen assumes that doors and windows are the only safe and sure avenues of entrance to closed buildings an enterprising type, or types displayed one of the more difficult, but possibly most effective, methods of breaking and entering here early this morning by cutting a hole in the roof of Northern Hardware and Furniture. Nothing was reported missing from the premises and RCMP believe that whoever entered the building through the hole in the roof fled by way of the back door when disturbed by police officers. The would-be thief, or thieves, arc thought to have entered the building between midnight last night and 2 a.m. today. Incidentally, this business of chopping holes in roofs I has its disadvantages. One hole was cut but was mis-' placed, not allowing entrance, and the breaking-entering artists had to cut another passageway. Canadian Medical Association president for the British Columbia Division, Dr. .1. S. Tysoe and Executive Secretary Dr. G. G. Ferguson met with Prince George medical men over the weekend. The pair are currently on an annual tour of the province which is staged to bring medical men in outlying areas up to date on current developments in the medical field. run the small hotel continuously since its erection. The manager-owner and his family were always provided with a good living as they watched the city mold and take shape through the windows of the old-style lobby. The in'\voo!!H'i's, who liavo installed * Mark PcavSDn as manager, say no changes are planned for the building, at least in the near future, with the possible exception of some modernisation work. lL will continue to operate as a hotel. The new owners did not make public the amount paid for the old Keller House�a Link with Prince George's rough-and-tumble past. Keller House, one of the oldest hotels in Prince George, has been sold by owner J. N. Keller to three local men. Mr. Keller, who built the 23-room hotel on George Street back in 1927 when the North was still young, parted with the old building last Wednesday at an undisclosed purchase price. The new owners are: local optometrist, Dr. R. H. Clarke, Prince George chiropractor H. A. Madill and construction man Jim Willson. Mr. Keller, who came here from Edmonton with his wife and three children in 1U2(J, says he has "seen lots of changes" in the district since then and he comments that Prince George "has been a good town to live in." He served on city council for 18 consecutive years and was a member of the school board for' four years, both terms of public office during the hard depression years of the "Dirty Thirties." The railroad trade has always been the mainstay of Keller House: the CNK construction between here and Prince Rupert in the early thirties, just after the hotel opened, and, more recently, the laving of steel on the PGE. The Kellers have seen Prince George grow from a population of about 2,800, when they first arrived here, to its. present mark of an estimated 13,000. They are not sure if they will continue to reside here or if they will move to warmer climes. Mr. Kelle" says business is Still good but he is past the time'")" and in default of payment will serve 57 days in jail," said the Magistrate to Thomas Isaac of Fort St. James, who appeared in city police court here today on his 57th drunk charge. a 210 J Western Airlines j and fixers arc now (heir ni.ii] service j ice. The planes were taken off their runs in March for the conversion. Included in Harvey's cargo are 50 pounds of fresh milk, a guitar bound for Fort Graham, a rifle and a batch of mail-order catalogues. ,: off wiLii Inaj, lor Findlay raham and & lxH�11' .Fort C "cOlrverted from ski to have SAFE DRIVING Road-e-o sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and held Sunday in Prince George was won by 19-year-old Terry Flemming of Prince George. Flemming had a handy margin over Gordon Fox. The boys got oil lucky, there wery no females entered. Flemming received a $50 first prize donated by Phillips Oil Company and will travel to Vancouver for the B.C. final sponsored by the Imperial Oil Company. i �-Vandervoort West Disagree By JOHN EARLE GENEVA i Reuters i � A dispute over German representation today forced an unprecedented postponement of the East-West foreign ministers' conference three hours before it was due to begin. It was the first such post- ponement in the history of post-war conference of the British, United States, French and Soviet foreign ministers. The four ministers arranged an informal afternoon meeting in an effort to resolve their quarrel. Russia is demanding the seating of the East and West German delegations at a round conference table as full participants. The conference cannot get under way until this issue is settled. W e s t German Foreign Minister Heinrich von liren-Lano, it is understood, fully supports the British, American and French foreign ministers in their insistence the two German delegations are here only in an advisory capacity. A series of Western consultations and East - West exchaages this morning failed to pierce the deadlock. � B:Homatic quarters also reported a complete tie-up in the ' lour-power liaison group which had been trying to agree on the size shape of the table to be used ut the conference. The Soviet Union wants a r 6 u n d table on the theory it will make it easier to expand the conference. T li c Russians would like to have Poland a n d Czechoslovakia as well as East Germany at the meetings. The West favors a square table, limiting the conference to four powers, one at each side of the table. Meantime, an American spokesman rebutted reports that State Secretary Christian Herter had agreed on i round table instead of the Western - proposed square table. He said Herter, who is here for his first East-West conference as state secretary, had declared he "did not mind what shape of a table it was" as long as the German delegates did not it at it. Drive Over TheTop The 1959 Red Cross fund raising campaign here has "gone over the top." .lack Layland, campaign chairman, reports that donations have readied the $6,300 mark and two or three hundred dollars more i.s expected to come in to swell tiie final figure. The objective this year was $(i,0U0. The drive began in mid-March and about $5,000 of the amount was realized in tho first two weeks of the campaign with the remainder gradually piling up as ihc drive continued. Last year's drive had a target of $0,300 but the figure collected only reached $1,800. The objective was lowered this year for the entire province, accounting for the drop in the target in the Prince George area from 1058. Co-Op Campaign Very Successful' The share campaign undertaken by the Prince George and District Co-Operative Association has met with tremendous success, with 370 new members signed for a total subscription capital of nearly $80,000. The campaign was staged during the last two weeks to gain share capital to supplement a debenture issue for financing of the new Co-Op building, to be built at Sixth Avenue arid Quebec Street. The new members bring the local Co-Op membership to more than 1,000 and a drive officials says, "The campaign has gone far beyond our expectations." A general membership drive will cany on the efforts began by the concentrated campaign, which was assisted by co-operative representatives from across the province. Construction of the new building, to be valued in the neighborhood of $120,000, will begin about June 1 and the contract is slated to be awarded shortly. Your Citizen Carrier With 2U papers to deliver daily to his customers on the Hart Highway route number four, Jerry Tanas still has time to play baseball with the school team at Kelly Road school, play football, collect stamps and fish. Fishing is one of Jerry's favorite pastimes and with the warm summer fast arriving and the fishing season now underway he has many pleasant and enjoyable hours ahead of him. Jerry, who is JL'-years-old, has been a carrier for five months. He is saving his money for a bicycle and he will undoubtedly have many offers to "try it out" when it finally arrives as he has three brothers und a sister. Jerry wants to be a J�otor jnecJjanjc in adult Jjj.'e.