INSIDE EDITORIAL ....................... Page 2 SPORTS ....................... Page 4 WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ Page 7 CLASSIFIED .............Pa3o 10 COMICS Page 11 WEATHER Sunny with cloudy periods Saturday. Little change in temperature, tow at Prince George tonight, 35. ^~JJE& K.gh tomorrow 70. The city's street oiling project, deyaled because of cold, wet weather, is expected to resume next week. City Engineer, VV. E. "Bill" Jones, says the weather forced crews to stop oiling after they had sprayed four truck loads of oil on city streets. The truck load.-; represent about 8,000 gallons of oil and about three miles of street were finished before the weather stepped operations. Main arteries are being spray-lmI first in the campaign to reduce the choking dust that has bothered local residents every summer for many years. Spraying to date has included parts of 3rd, 5th ami 10th Avenues and some of 'Carney Street. Motorists arc blamed for hindering the oiling campaign. "They don't want dust bu they don't want, to slow down either," says Engineer Jones. They drive too fast and stop too quicky, tearing up the oil surface and destroying the dust cover they have cried for. "That black stuff isn't pavement," he says. TREMENDOUS EARLY RUNOFF waters on the Fraser River could flood parts of Prince George if the level increases much more. This old river channel at Pine Street is one area where the swollen river is Backing up into the city. The Fraser Bridge Trailer Court is the area most likely to flood. Trailer residents are keeping a watchful eye on the river water, which is creeping up to their dwellings at a gradual, but nevertheless alarming rate. Reward Offered. Reward is being offered by Citizen staffer Joan Joseph, for the return of properly she had stolen in two break-ins during her first week in Prince George. Her handbag containing about $100 was taken in the bresk into her motel room and her typewriter and record player wero taken when her car wajs broken into. Reward on the return of any of these articles, or for information leading to their recovery can be claimed at The Citizen office. HEADING for Quesnel and the annual Northern Interior Track meet is a 30-member team from the Prince George Senior High School. They will leave Saturday morning to take part in the meet later in the day. The team is coached by Miss A. Syverson and Mr. Bill Murray. Several members of the team were absent when the picture was taken. (Sec story, Page 5.) �Vandervoort ervice, man City states The city of Prince Geoi called for lenders for the tion of its ambulance s which is currently being ned by men from the Engineers Department. The Invitation to tender that the ambulance must be operated on a twenty-four hour basis, seven days per week. All operating.and maintenance costs are to be supplied by the operator and he Is to be responsible for billing and collection on a rate schedule to be approved by City Council. �Tenders are to be in the hands ;e has | of City Clerk Arrari Thomson ipera- j before r> p.m., .Monday, June 1. A clause in the call for tenders states also that, "Ambulance to he operated within the Municipal limits of the City of Prince Ucorgc only." The city, since beginning ambulance service at the end of March; 'has refused1 to hccchho-dale residents surrounding the city. City crews have bp&Vated the ambulance since it was put into service; Prince George Ambulance has since resumed operation to servo district people. Professional b n t, 6 r lainmenl may be featured at this year's Simon Fraser Hay Celebrations. The Celebrations coniinit'tee has asked a Scat He agency to sen.] quotations on the cost of professional entertainers'to put on acts of one and a half to one an,) a quarter hours duration. "The committee, at a meeting Wednesday, night, expressed the belief such entertainment could bo obtained ror approximately Si.500. The committee felt professional entertainers would be "in the best interests of assuring a good crowd-drawing enter tainment! PORTSMOUTH, England (CP) � Mel McConaghy of Prince George, B.C. has taken a 29,000-mile trip with Prince Philip and. he says, "as far as 1 can see he's a pretty good fellow." Able Seaman McC'nnaghy, one of six Canadian sailors serving on the royal yacht Britannia when the Prince made his recent round-the-world trip, also has admiration lor Philip's ability at deck hockey. "I won't say he is rough," says the 23-yearj-old engine mechanic, "but he sure ioesn't hold back __ he's a tremendous player." The ship's team, which also included Leading Seaman Ron Eldridge, ,">(), of Halifax, was defeated by'the Prince's household squad as the Britannia steamed through warm south Pacific seas. BEER FOR LOSERS The Duke presented the losers with a case of beer. "That's the way it is on the royal yacht," says Eldridge. a seaman on the boat deck, "you are treated very well and most of us have nothing to complain about." The Canadians are the first of 17 to join the Britannia for the forthcoming Royal Tour of Canada. Two others have since joined the ship and nine more will go aboard about the end of May. The first six. who went aboard in January, actually had little contact with their royal passenger during most of' the 100-day trip. Occasionally he would roam over the ship and take an active interest in its operation but none of the Canadians had any conversation with him. "But," says Eldridge, "it is not hard to tell the Duke is a very keen sailor and knows a lot about ships.?' The local vvoman flown ti> Vancouver by an RCfAF mercy aircraft, Mrs. Phyllis Clement. :f5, is reported in "fair" condition today in General Hospital there. Mrs, Clement, suffcrin.il from i brain hemorrhage, was flown n the care- of a neurosurgeon after an accute attack in hospital lere early Wednesday. The plane was summone from Vancouver by her local doctor; Prince George and D i s t r i c t Hospital doctors did not know the cause of the hemorrhage when the woman was rushed to Vancouver. The hospital there refuses to release further information on the cause of the woman's condition. At the time Ihe mercy flight was called Mrs. Clement was described as being "dangerously ill." Swimmer Braves Ice-Water Most people would turn a ghastly, shivering blue just at the thought of .swimming in the icy runoff waters of the Fraser just now but fearless Ray Cardinal, 23, of South Fort George reports that "the water's fine." Getting impatient for a dip, now that the Ice is gone and the weather is warming, Ray plunged into the cold waters of the river near the fish traps on the weekend and enjoyed a swim out to a small island and back. He reports a thoroughly enjoyable swim in waters that most local residents don't care to swim in now or at any other time of the year. The Infant daughter of a J'inoview couple that was flown io Vancouver recently for immediate, treatment of a severe cast; of meningitis has died. Wanda Lewis, 2\ y-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis, died in Vancouver General Hospital when extensive treatment failed to help her overcome the meningitis tittack. The child died the day following the flight to Vancouver May 1 I, and word was just received here of the infant's death. The baby was flown to Vancouver by a new jel-prop airliner that touched down here mi a demonstration lour just in time to perform the mercy flight. Dedicated to the Progress of f/je North PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA. FRiDAv MA> >? 1959 Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 93 Speed Runoff The Fraser River is threatening to flood low-lying areas of the city. An unusual amount of early runoff water has swelled the river to within inches of the point where it will flood the area near the Fraser bridge. Residents of the Fraser Bridge Trailer Court are anxiously watching the gradually rising waters as they inch their way into the court area. If the waiter HI 12 inches rises another people will be forced to move trailers out of the court until flood waters subside. If the trailer court floods it will be the most serious flooding expected. But South Fort George and other areas of the i;v. where <>hl river beds cut through residential areas, are also In danger of flooding. Water has already reached a considerable level in tht; channel it Pine Street and a trailer court next to the Hudson Bay Slough channel near Qucensway is in a precarious position. No Arrests Yet Mounted Police report no arrests yet in connection with the early morning .smash-and-grab robbery at National Credit Jewellers here May ID. Roadblocks at Vanderhoof, Quesnel and Dawson Creek following the robbery tit the Third Avenue store failed to turn tip anything and LVdico have continued investigations, Thieves made off with 11 rings and eight watches, valued at a total of about 51,300. The City Kngineering Department reports that the river has risen faster than usual. "We expected some flooding of low-lying areas but wo didn't think it would be this early." No figures on tho increase In the river level are available but it has risen considerably in the last few days, And more is to come. However, it is difficult to estimate how much more the river will rise, says City Engineer \V. 10. "Hill" Jones, Flooding Is not expected to be serious but some is definitely expected in low areas in the LSust End and the two trailer courts. The river bed is very wide here and this lowers the chance of flooding. Howeyer, serious flooding was experienced here in 10-18. While the Fraser roars past the city at a tremendous clip the Nechako has risen only slightly. Engineer Jones is worried more about mosquito control than flooding. With the rapid increase in water level, mosquito larvae that have been under close observation in the old river channels are beginning to spread. Kfforts to made much control them are more difficult. lions' Eyeglass Drive Tremendous Success A campaign by Prince George Lions Club members, last night to collect eyeglasses for people in India met willi such tremendous response that plans are being made to continue the drive. Twelve members of the service club held a house-to-house canvass from (3:30 until dark bst evening and collected nearly 200 pairs of eyeglasses. One canvasser reports collecting seven pairs in one home; another reported five from one house. The Lions say milkmen In the city will be contacted in efforts to have (lu< campaign continued. The response was so good that tho service- club members couldn't complete their canvass and if the milkmen will cooperate it Is planned to have them continue the collection of discarded glasses. The "Hank of Light" drive, being conducted by Lions across Canada, is designed to supply glasses to thousands of people in India suffering defec-Live sight. The condition of the spectacles Is immaterial as necessary repairs will be made, if possible, or parts will be taken from smashed glasses to repair ot hcr.s. Eyeglasses collected here will be shipped to Eastern Canada, At tiir recent meeting of the Simon Fraser Day Celebrations committee it wa.-j decided to "order an official tug-of-war rope and to press for organization of this sport, at once." We've heard of official cars, official insignia and, in the sporting field, official clubs and balls but an official tug-of-war rope-s-ijieverl THREE PROUD MEMBERS of the Prince George Lions Club are shown here with 200 pairs of eyeglasses collected in a door-to-door canvass of the city last night. The Lions, 12-strong, collected the glasses to help people in India suffering sight detects. Left to right here are Doug Brown, Bill Ridd and Bill Woycik. Plans are being made to continue the campaign here, being staged in conjunction with a cross-Canada canvass, due to the tremendous response to last night's drive.