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EDITORIAL ........................ Po9o 2
SPORTS ............................. Pa9a 4
WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ page 9
CLASSIFIED ........................ Poge ,2
COMICS ............................ Poge u
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WEATHER
Sunny with cloudy periods Friday. Scattered showers. Winds light. Low tonight and high tomorrow, Quesnel, Smirhers, Prince George, 38 and 68.
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Vol. 3; No. 102
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA,
BY CARRIER S5c PER WEE*
It's A Tough Way To Make A Living
Meter-minder Jack Nicholson discovered yesterday that sometimes it doesn't pay to be too tough on the customers.
Editor of The Citizen drove up to a meter being checked by Jack. There was one minute left on the meter.
"I'm only going to be two minutes," said the newsman.
"If you're gone two minutes you'll have a ticket when you get back," Jack told him.
The editor searched his pockets. No change.
"Okay, lend me a cent."
Jack, muttering observations about indigent newspapermen, dug down and produced the cent.
Begin Survey On 'Nowhere Bridge
Motorists who stare balefully at the new bridge on the Nechako River as they travel over the narrow wooden structure currently serving as a crossing, will be pleased to hear of work towards a road to the "bridge ~ i !.o nowhere."
BOB HAMILTON . . . .layece president
Jaycee Election
The Prince George unit of the Junior Chamber pf Commerce organization elected a now executive Tuesday night.
Bob Hamilton is t lie new president, replacing Art Murray.
First vice-president is Ernie Hill and Kon Anthony is second vice-president.
Kloeted as secretary was liol) Johnson.
Henry Erigclsjord is the new treasurer.
Directors elected are Milch Koshciff, Al Nc-vison and Ian MePhio.
Survey work is underway to determine a route for the road, which will follow the current highway partway down the I Nechako River hill.
M. C. Nesbltt; construction j engineer with the department I of highways, says the surveying should he completed in a "couple of weeks."
Although the now road will follow Hie general route of the present highway, as far as the motel situated partway clown the hill, it will have fewer curves.
Construction crews will be required to straighten the section of highway by cutting into the hunk, especially at two., slide areas wi'ki; rough" spots Have developed. \
The. new section <>f voa�I will follow tlm side of the river It if I. above the motel, and eventually curve down to tho ;ir\v bridge, which has stood tin used for about a year.
The contract for the road to the "bridge to nowhere" has not been called but, on a recent visit here, Highways Minister P. A. Gaglardi"indicated that action will be taken -sometime this year.
Special Award Presented At First Meeting l
The Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association began us big tmee-uay convention here yesterday with about :J00 lumbermen, machinery men. and wives attend inp.
The convention � the 19th annual � was officially opened at noon yesterday r>y R. G. Me-Kce, deputy minister of lands and forests, following the morning registration.
First business session of the
Correction
Dan Gallo is not a part-owner of the new D & G Discount House as reported yesterday on page four of The Citizen. And D & G does not represent the names Gallo and Dynamic Sales of B.C.
TALKING THINGS OVER during yesterday's NILA Convention occupied most of the 250 delegates as they renewed old acquaintances or discussed various aspects of their job. Above are T. H, Dilworth of North-
ern Spruce Co. Ltd., Fred Wade, T. R. (Terry) Watt and Gorden Brownridge of Eagle Lake Sawmills:
�Vandervoort
Hunters
If anybody has a surefire method lor catching bears, the Prince George Jaycecs would very much like to meet them.
The Jaycees lag behind Tim-mins, Ontario in the war to fit Buckingham Palace Guards with new busbies.
Tlmmlns had collected IS skins up until yesterday while the local group only had 11 skins.
To rectify this difference the Jaycees .sent out a hunting party of about 15 men to catch some wore bears.
They returned empty handed.
The intrepid hunters spread nut from the city in every dircc-lion early yesterday afternoon determined to succeed in their quest for hear skins.
Reports of bear sightings had been' received from many areas and the Jaycecs were, confident of catching- something.
'nfortunately somebody had tipped off the bears and they took immediate evasive action. This time the bears proved to be smarter than the hunters and :amc through the hunt without a loss.
Hut tho (lay wasn't a total loss for the brave hunters. They did get the two hear hides.
The bears had been shot by men working at logging camps �one came from Lloyd Brothers and i lie other from Martin Brothers.
This brings the Prince George total to IS skins collected. Jf (he Timmlns group drew a blank .yesterday, Prince George now only trails by two skins.
The local . band of Davey Crockett's will take to the hills ami woods every night this week and have a big hunt planned lor the weekend.
A hunting party will ho sent up the Fraser � River during the weekend � as- bears are more
plentiful along the isolated river hanks north of here than in the more settled areas.
For many years the local group has supplied the bear skins used for the busbies of the Royal Guards.
But. this year the mayor of Timmins � Leo Del Villano �
organized a.hunt for the same
purpose.
' This Instituted a war of words
between the two cities, Avith the
local Jaycecs charging that Del
Villano was interfering with a
sacred obligation.
Hence the frantic hunting being staged here.
Claims Upheld By Arbitration
An arbitration board, in a split decision, has upheld union � charges that Modern Decorating and Painting Co. of' Prince George exploited workers through violations of four contract provisions. A three-man arbitration board
sat May ID to hear grievances against. William Key aiid com" pany by tIio Painters, Decorators and Papcrhangers of America local.
The decision was announced yesterday, in favor of the union.
The union based, its grievances on'the case of Jerry Lang-ner a German Immigrant, who claimed, along *ith �m<> fellow workers, that Key was paying
Parking Problem
PRINCE GEORGE Old-Timers held their yearly meeting last night in the Prince George-Banquet Room. Over SO people attended1 the meeting. The old-timers are mude-up of people who came , to Prince George
before 1918. Children born of old-timers who were here before 19 IS are eligible to join the Association when they become IS-years-old. �Vandervoort
expropriation pro to -ain additional space at tho local T
Negotiations l�vp ried on for some liaie
homeowners adjignt building, but ^ prices have not !'<* in the talks.
parking o!isoum.
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room, he "said. ,-teu." "Steps should be <*eu
one dollar per hour less than provided in the collective agreement.
Back pay and overtime pay in the amount of $1,038.90 was awarded to Langner by the board, composed of chair-man George Stewart, union representative Jacob Hoist and onipany apnontee E. Nelsoji-Kcnt.
The pay was for seven months work during which time tho union claimed Lanyner was underpaid.
Tho charge of exploitation by K<\v was upheld by a vote of two to ono, with Nelson-Kent, company representative to the board, submitting the ouly support for Modern Decorating and Painting.
Bert Savage, Secretary of the Building Trades Council, who represented the union before the board, at its sitting in the <"ity council chambers, says the decision of the arbitration board �'upheld the charges as proper grievances and establishes the agreement in full force and effect."
Me said other workers, who also claim back pay and overtime pay, can now complain to 'he union and, providing their ca�c is sound, tho precedent bus been established for them to receive retroactive pay without :ain resorting to arbitration.
convention got underway in the afternoon.
Outgoing president R. W. Hilton reported on a busy year's activities in his annual report, after an address of welcome to the many delegates and visitors.
"A successful year" was the gist of his summation.
"One of the must mo men-tons this association has had" wan the report given by Hob Gallagher, secretary-manager.
Fred Wade, NILA safety di-rector, and safety committee chairman H. H. Bachand also presented glowing reports.
The Safety Week was described as "very successful."
A special presentation of an award to Donald Godfrey of Fort St. James was one highlight of yesterday's meeting.
Arthur Francis of Vancouver, accident prevention director of the Workmen's Compensation Board, presented me certificate to Godfrey, an employee of the Vanderhoof Lumber Company.
It was presented to the lumberman because of his valiant, but unsuccessful au�m\>t to' save, the life of Jack Petcvs', a logger who was injured in a logging operation north of Stuart Lake on July 20, 1958.
The certificate, presented for the first time in British Columbia, -reads: "For conspicuous first aid service Donald Godfrey is hereby commended for outstanding action in the application of first aid under unusual circumstances performed on the 2f)th day of July, 1!).j8. His demonstration of skill, initiative and presence of mind exemplifies the admirable qualities of British Columbia's industrial first aid attendants in the province.
Godfrey worked continuously for Hi hours to keep Peters ajiye after the man had siif. fored a fractured skull and other serious injuries.
Tho efforts were in vain as Peters died after arriving in hospital.
Reports at the convention's boslness session this morning included the report of the membership committee.
Ten new members were secured during trie year bring-
ing totai membership to 73.
Guest speaker to the convention was l;. li. Bradley, president of the International Harvester Company of Canada, who spoke today at a noon luncheon.
Accuses Brother
Assize court was the scene of family tragedy this morning as Freddie Augustus siood in the witness box and accused his brother Joe of killing their younger brother, Fraser, on; bee. 17.
In .spectator seats, two sisters', deserted by their native stoicism, sat weeping as Freddie outlined the events that preceded the shooting.
He told of waking in tho night after doing considerable drinking during the day and finding his face covered with blood. He went downstairs, he said, and saw his brother laying on the floor and somebody, standing in the door holding a rifle.
"1 figured it was Joe," he testified, and said the rifle went off as he look it away from him.
Only other witness this morn- ' ing was Jasper Casimer, a councillor of the Stella<|iio Reserve, who told of Freddie Augustus coming to his bouse about 2 a.m. and of driving to Fraser Lake to telephone the police.
He said Freddie had a lump on his head and cuts on his face which were bleeding. He was carrying a rifle.
Freddie in his evidence said he had gone hunting with bis brother Joe and "a white man named Joe" and they started drinking after ttie latter paid them Sin for a moose which Freddie shot.
Freddie looked straight at the jury while Riving evidence and not once did he look toward his brother, who sat in the prisoner's box.
At one time the two stood shoulder to shoulder iri front of the jury while Freddie indicated positions on a photograph, but hot once did their eyes meet.
The trialjcontinues this afternoon and probably will not* go to tho jury before Va{\i tomorrow,; afternoon.
Power Off
Power will I"" off in JYiitce George and I)fstrict for two amj a half hours early Sunday morning.
The B.C. Power Co in mission will turn off the power at -1:15 a.m. Sunday to install two new generators. This will increase the plant's capacity by 30Ct to 18,000 kilowatts pcy hour. > �
DONALD GODFREY of Fort St. James was awarded a eertiiieatc by the Workmen's Compensation Doardj fou outstanding first aid service, at a ceremony yester/ day. at the JOth annual convention here of the Norther] Interior Lumbermen's Association. Godfrey \vorl< in vain for Iti hours to save the life of fellow loggc Jack Peters, who suffered a fractured skull in arf cident near Stuart Lake last July, while working the Vaiideyhupf; Lumber Coinpany.