INSIDE
EDITORIAL ........................ Page 2
SPORTS .............................. Page 4
CLASSIFIED ........................ Page 6
COMICS.............................. Page 7
WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ Pago 8
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Vol. 3; No. 109
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1959
The "bingo in your ear" the old airport here Saturday bingo presented by the Holy
Thirty-three went homo happy, two of them the proud owners of ne\y cars.
A 1959 Ch'eyi'6'let was won by a Mi-. Takeda from Giscome and Chris Mater drove off in a brahd nuw Vaiijehall;
T;he Society ))air| out $li3G5 in pfisses, in addition to the itsi. 0; h'rnesf Simpson, $;5.">; Mrs. I,. Ivpoh, $35; Mike Hlie-wchdik,- $3;"); Mrs. .Mapper, $35; Mrs. Scoi'ielil, $25; VVes I!. AuRUstine, $25; Alice O'harl-vi'ihfi, ci25: S. Lindstrom, S25; 'P. WaWvogel, $L'O; Mrs. M. George, $25: Mi'iiv Schniaus; $25; Andy (iaol, $25; Mrs'. II. Northey, $25; Mrs. Agg'? George, $25 and Mrs. Hughes, $25.
idea brought huge crowds to night for the second outdoor Name Society.
About so members .of his congregation and friends gathered l-lsl night in St. Giles Presbyterian Church hall following service for a farewell party 'honoring Rev. Donald ,1. M. Cprbett who leaves tomorrow for Vancouver and then later for Edinburgh where he will take up advanced theological studies. Mr. Corbett was presented with a portable transistor radio and a purse of silver. Presehation was made on behalf of the congregation by Mrs. L. H. F. Uittrel;.
The rainy weather discouraged some people and the crowd was slightly smaller than last year. Attendance figures are not available .says the Holy Name Society.
Bus transportation was pro-vii.ed Cor people who wanted lo attend but did not have a car. Threatening .skies and shosv-ers turned many of bhese away, however.
Tlie number of cars was greater than last year's first outdoor, bingo .
The bingo Saturday wraps up a heavy round of bingos Staged here during he winter thd spring months.
Bursary Winner
Intelligence has paid off for one young lady, in the Prince George Senior High School this last week Miss Barbara Gough 15 years old, iias been awarded the" Canadian Legion Annual Bursary for outstanding achievements during the last year.
In makinu the presentation. Mr. W. C. Kiinmel, commented on her outstanding showing in both sports and academic fields.
The qualifications for the awjufl��connlUutc -high marks in tVio academic field na well as' taking part in the exrta-eurricu-lar activities offered at the school. The only other qualification is that the student be the son or daughter of a war veteran.
Miss Gough will be using one half of her $200 bursary for her grade XIII year in the Prince George Senior High School. The last half will go towards her second year university in any accredited university.
It was noted that the winner held top honors in three fields, maths, sciences and languages.
This is the third year the award has been made and it will be awarded every spring to
some deserving person.
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Represents City In PNE Contest
Prince George's 1959 Aurora Queen was chosen
Friday afternoon at the Senior High School Awards Day.
She is Jill Ewart. !7. a Grade U .student at the
Senior High.
The pert Miss Ewart was picked over r�ve other candidates by .� i.a..i_i oi jiKiges, whose identity was not revealed.
Dorothy Proppo and Karin Strom were picked as Princesses. Oilier finalists in the contest wore San.Ira Hoff, Bente Jeppe-son and Leola Reimer.
Miss Ewa'pt succeeds Lynn Alexander to the title of Aurora, Queen of the Evergreens.
She wili be officially crowned at the Prince George Day celp-
WHO, ME? seemed to he the first thought to come to pert Jill Ewart's mind when Connie Hatch read out her name as Prince George's l!).r)!) Aurora, Queen of the Evergreens. Stunned by the announcement, the new Queen could only stand gasping while the other candi-
dates�and the large audience �applauded. Also shown in the photo above are Bente Jeppeson, left, and Karin Strom, who-was chosen as a Princess along with Dorothy Proppe. �Vandervoort photo
T w o n e w d r i y e - i n theatres will be built near here this summer.
One will be built west of the city, at the foot of Craii-brook Mill, and the other is to be constructed on the Hart Highway.
Construction is already underway on the drive-in west of the city limits.
Being built by Huska Enterprises the drive-in, to be located at the foot of the hill on the road which joins 5th Avenue, will accommodate 500 cars.
George Huska and his nephew arc joint owners in (lie project.
They expect construction to lie completed next month. The official opening is set for in iii1 of Miss Bwa'rts selection was made before a tension racked audience (li.it packed the High School I iild House for the Awards Day.
Mushed and breathless, the audience waited on the edge of their scats for Connie Hatch, p..ast-president of tin.' Rptary-Annes, to open the sealed envelope containing the judges' | choice.
When Mrs. Hatch road pill tlip selection of Jill Ewart; panda-mo. ium !)i"oKc loose in me auut toriuin.
Proba-bly Uie most surprised person in the audience was Miss Ewart.. When (.he verdict wa� imiounceOiViii" coyere.0 ner tace in her hands and tears appeared in her eyes.
She stood in a d:�ze while Mrs. Hatch reatl the two Princesses' names to the wildly applauding crowd. When the three girl's stepped off the stage, the crowd swarmed around them and almost buried them.
For (he t:iH sll.Tielv. sundv-
haired Miss I-]wart Friday was �i dav siic'li rover forget.
' It would be a sight to see � a tug-of-war between municipal councils of North Central B.C.^
But, if the Prince George Dav Committee has its way, that's what will happen during one oj the days,in the two-day celebrations.
A committee has recommended to City Council that an official challenge to tjie,other inu-�Tftfclpalities. in ^iti* region be is-sued..v.'; � .-'^ ';
The committee feels that' the Mayor,(Keev'c or Chairman of each municipality would act as honorary coach of their respective team.
The committee has decided to underwrite the cost of the Queen's float in the Prince George Day parade to the amount of $ 100.00. The committee is hoping that some organization will take on this project.
Alderman Charlie uraham of the City Council is to act as Chairman of a committee to ar-. range for entertainment of visiting dignitaries.
It is the hope of the committee that Eric Kamsclen of the Vancouver Province will be one of the judges of the Parade and Floats.
The Civil Defence organization has agreed to conduct the barbecue, with Alderman Marry Loder to supervise the making of the barbecue sauce ami ordering of the meat and required buns.
There is still no word from the Seattle Agency concerning the prices of the entertainment, which is in come from Seattle. It is still not known if the professional entertainment will perform
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The W.A. to CARS will hold their annual garden party Wednesday at the hottie of Mr and M--. \\'.H. Steel, 2410 Ross Crescent.
Mis. H. Munro will display work done by the CARS Handicraft group and a hand-carved coffee table made and donated by Mr. George Doc-little will be raffled.
The garden party will be �held from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
A Prince George singing
group � the James Johnson Singers � hit the provincial limelight Saturday on a half-hour CBC radio show heard throughout 13.0.
Tiic- group was the sole attraction during Kio 30-mIriute broadcast o*i the "Parade of Ghbirs" scries.
Ton numbers were performed by tiie singers�2,s vocal enthusiasts.
The scries is designed to pro-j mote singing groups throughout 'be province that the CiJC | feels are i\uc for recognition.
.lames Johnson Singers were recorded bore last week by .lack ningham of the CBC and they were heard on Saturday froni 10:30 tt> 11 p.m. on radio stations across Lhc province which ca'T.v programs from the nationally owned network.
The Cariboo chorus and the 1 lager Memorial Young Peopl< ? Choir were also recorded here and will be featured on the program later this year.
The Cariboo Chorus, under the direction of James Johnson, was featured on the program twice before in recent years. A large group, the chorus has �IS members.
LEADERSHIP AWARD, was presented to Gail Tessovitch by Dick Bond during the Awards Day ceremonies at Prinee Georg e Senior High School Friday afternoon. Mr. Bond presented the trophy on behalf of the Kiwanis Club. Mrs. Tessovitch watches as her daughter receives the sil vervvare, (Story on Page 3).