POUKING TEA for over (SOU people was a tough chore, as Mrs. Marjorie Green, left, Director of Nursing, arid Mrs. A. F. Green found out at the opening of the nurses
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residence yesterday, The annual Florence Nightingale Tea was held in conjunction with the opening.
LARGE CROWD was on hand when the $123,000 nurses residence was officially opened Wednesday afternoon. The crowd witnessed Architect A. J. Northey
hand over the keys to Hospital Chairman John Powers and Mrs. A. F. Green cut the ribbon.      �Vandervoort
WEATHER
Variable cloudiness with a few afternoon showers Friday. Cooler tomorrow. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Prince George 40 ond 70.
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Vol.  3;  No.  93
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1959
BY   CARRIER 35c  PER  WEK1
By LEW KING Chairman, Personnel Committee
The hospital personnel committee, which I represent, deals, as thje name implies with personnel problems. We study these and make recommendations to the board a& a whole who accepts or rejects them as the case may be.
One of the most important aspects of a hospital or any organization for that matter, is its personnel and their morale. 1 pay tribute to the personnel of our hospital, some of whom have been with us for as long as lo years.
We have on gencr;i! duty staffat this time 45 nurses, 2(i nuj'ses'.aidti!i,.ix�uv.c)uy-i:viix)rs, o^e direeu./ of �nursing and also four orderlies in this nursing department making a total of SO. There are a further seven in the operating room. There is a kitchen staff of 20 under the capable hands of a dietician, a cleaning staff of nine with six in the laundry, six engineers, 14 in general administration. Also three technicians, making a total personnel of i;j[) in the hospital.
The administrator of the hospital, appointed by the board and responsible to them, is charged with the general supervision of the whole hospital which is divided into the clinical, business and service parts.
One of the maih functions of the personnel committee is the dealing with wage and other benefits, agreements with  the unions who  represent the hospital  personnel.
We have the Registered Nurses Association, a province-wide body, with whom we negotiate the nurses' contract. Then there is the engineers union, local No. S5S. They are I lie people responsible for the heating of the hospital and nurses' residence. Also there is the lay-staff, Local ISO, whose members are composed of kitchen, laundry, cleaning, clerical and nurses' aides, housekeeping and orderlies.
There are also a number of unclassified personnel who do not come under any union agreement. We must keep these four groups in balance as far as wages and benefits are concerned and at the same time keep our wage scale within the budget which must be approved by BCHS.
You will realize that we are sandwiched between what we are allotted and the demands of the personnel, so sometimes it is a tough job, although credit is due to this same personnel in being as fair as they can in relation to generally rising living costs.
Further too, we also hear grievances from various committees and make recommendations for their .settlement. If a wage settlement cannot be reached with a union we then meet with'a concilliatipn officer ami if necessary, an arbitration boardj until our differences are settled.
In respect to heads of departments, it is the duty of our committee to study applications for employment and recommend these findings to the board, This also applies to discharges of persons in this category. The administrator, or heads of departments deal with those employees under them.
This gives you a sketchy outline of personnel and covers briefly the function of this committee.
Your Citizen Carrier
A fellow with hi* eyes to the future Is II-year-old'Rodney Edwards, who aspires to travel In space.
Rodney, who delivers papers on Hart Highway number three, wilt settle for piloting a (jet piano until space travel is firmly  established.
In Grade 5 at the Hart Highway sclib.pl, lie favours studies In science and spelling and is an avid outdoor sportsman,
Fishing and hunting arc his mainstays and his preferred weapon is the bow and arrow. Rodney also builds model airplanes in his spare time. An air-minded boy!
A demonstration tour of a new jet-prop airliner turned into a mercy mission here yesterday as the plane, touched down from Edmonton on its way-to Vancouver.
The Convair 540, being dem-mstrated for Pacific Western Airlines by Canadair /Limited, picked up a 2l/j-monthx-old baby
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May Day Celebrations Are Many and Varied
Building To Be Demolished
Wrecking of the old provincial building by its new owners, Kresge Ltd., will likely be carried out in the next few months.
But decision on whether construction of the new store will be started this fall or next spring has not yet been reached.
This was the information given The Citizen yesterday by W. G. Adanisori, of Toronto, manager of Kresge construction department, who was in Prince George to study their new location.
Mi\ Adamson said tenders for wrecking the old building will be called in the next few days. Only the ubovc-ground portion of the building will be torn but, the existing basement being left to serve the new building.
The vifeiting construction engineer said weather will not be a factor in the decision on when construction will start.
He said his company carried out construction of a .store in Sudbury, Ontario, during the winter with temperature between 35 and -10 below zero. They found this to be no impediment to the work, nor did t affect costs materially.
The Shrine Circus, a soft-ball tournament, free movies for the children, a gala parade, soap box racing and a monster dance are the highlights of huge May Day celebrations planned for the week-end by the P r in c e George Elks Lodge.
The celebrations, which continue until Monday evening, begin tomorrow night with the circus at the Civic Centre grounds.
The circus will also run Saturday.
Sunday and Monday a soft-ball tournament will bc.fcature-ed with six or eight teams entered Sunday, children 12 years and under will be treated to two free shows at the Strand Theatre at 1:30 and 3:15 p.m.
The movies, to be comical features, will be followed by free ice cream for the youngsters.
The   final   inspection   of   the
Thieves Still Free
Police report no arrests in connection with-the early morning smash-grab robbery here yesterday in which $1600 �worth of watches and rings were taken from National Credit Jewellers on Third Avenue.
Road blocks set up at Dawson Creek, Quesnel and Vanderhoof following the incident have been removed.
The thieves smashed the front window of the store "and made off with approximately 14 rings and eight watches.
soap box derby entries will be held Sunday at (J a.m. at. the CGF Hall in preparation for the derby on .Monday, the big day of the celebrations.
Besides the derby there will be a giant parade featuring the .May Queen�10-year-old Sandra Fitzgerald of Sacred Heart School � a boat derby behind the police station and a dance in the evening at the Elks Hall.
Samlivi, chosen from Queen contestants from the *iv elementary schools in I'rincb George, will not be the only dignitary in the parade. Kay Willlstoii, Minister <>r Lands and Forests and Mayor Carrie Jane Gray will iilted.'of Montreal the Canadair 540 combines the airfraine of the Con-vair 440 Series, proved in over (1,000,00 hours of service, with Napier   I'JIand  jot-prop   engines.
The result is a fast, new aircraft designed for short, to medium length routes. The 5-10 has capacity for 4S-58 passengers.
The demonstration tour starting at Edmonton on May 11th, followed by flights from. Vancouver to Victoria, Comox, Port Hardy and Seattle on May 14th is the first such demonstration to a Canadian operator, according to Canadair officials.
PWA is known to be analiz-ing all new jet-prop aircraft but
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automobile    accident    at Avenue  and  Tol'ield   has
.sent Walter Umperville to hospital  with  head  injuries.
Umperville, who is described as being [ft "good" condition, was a passenger in a car which left the road, hit an embankment at the intersection and rolled over shortly before 10 p.m. Monday.
His brother, Vernon Umperville, was not injured.
craft,  for  use  on  existing lines     Police are still "'investigating';
IT REALLY doesn't look like this all the time, hut the Legion Club Room is being re-done for thePro-vincial'Legion Convention, which starts here Sunday. All the old stuff is being removed, and it will be a brand new Club Room when finished. �Vandervoort
is not yet committed to purchase any specific type. Said PWA President, Karl Springer, "our operations staff have been exhaustively studying all new aircraft A for some months. Flights now being operated under actual conditions and into existing nn.-piirts, will help us stnf >iriiier in ascertain the type of equipment best adapted to the development and economics of our own specific services."
The 540 will continue on a demonstration tour of the United Stales. A second aircraft is presently on a South American demonstration   tour.
The city of Prince George is. putting five choice building lots up for auction opposite  the  new  hospital.
The building sites, on Edmonton street and on l~>th Avenue, will be auctioned in the council chambers at X p.m. on Wednesday, May 20 and the basic prices total approximately $0,400;
Two lots are valued in the $1,200 range, two in the $1,500 range and an-other near the $1,000 mark.
Building permits must be taken out within six months of sale and buildings on the choice lots must be r e a d y for occupancy within  two years.
The city is not likely to offer   any    more    building lots for sale until the new* Seymour subdivision is op-ried in the fall.
ing Victims
The bodies of a woman and her 12-year-old daughter, drowned .April 2(> when a car plunged into the Frascr at Marguerite, are still  missing.
Quesnel RCMP report that the bodies of Mrs. Oscar Laycpck,  and her daughter, Sharon, have undoubtedly drifted from the spot where the car, driven by Mr. Laycock. broke through
ferry guard chain and disappeared in the depths.
The car. with the body of 12-ycar-old Yvettc FeltonJ was recovered before the dragging operations were halted on May 3.
Since . then . several police patrols have scoured river banks and eddies in the area searching for the bodies but re-suits have been negative