INSIDE
EDITORIAL ........................ Pogo    2
SPORTS .............................. Pago    4
CLASSIFIED ........................ Pago    6
COMICS.............................. Page    7
WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............  Page    8
WEATHER
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Dedicated to the Progress of the North
Vol. 3;  No.   114
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, JUNE 15,  1959
Engineer Enters
GETTING READY for their debut   as ballet dancers    co-operation with Miss Arlene Ballentyne, who runs the when thev hr'pftpt-W thn "Mntcro/iW g,,u�>> �*     -         �   -         �.,.,..
when they present the "Nutcracker Suite" at the High School Fieldhouse Friday are these students of the Northwest School of Dancing. The ballet, the first ever presented here, is being sponsored by the Kinettes in
dancing school. Front, from left, are; Sheila Ramsay, Eileen Chance and Dineen Wall. Back row, from left, are; Diane Turner, Tessa Warburton and Heather Pax-ton,                                               Vandervoort Photo
Youth Insid
Two Prince George youths appeared nx Police Court today on chaises of breaking and entering and theft.
The two arc IS-ycar-old Leslie Warren Paul Brick-er and 17-year-old Brian Thomas   Lund mark.
They are charged with breaking and entering Mc-Cullagh Jewellers eati# Saturday morning.
Caught Red-Handed Local Jewellery Store
Lundmark is also charged  in  connection  with, the theft of  approximately   $2,-'00   from   National   Credit Jewellers on June 7th.
The pair were apprehended while still inside McCullagh Jewellers.
When questioned, RCMP state, Lundmark admitted being responsible for the National Credit Jewellers break-in.
The Prince George L'ions are on the prowl again,
A big hunt is planned for tomorrow night. The game?� eye-glasses.
This Is ilu1 .second canvass to be hold here, in conjunction with I/ions across the nation, to help provide glasses for people in India suffering deficient eyesight.
Response to (lie initial canvass last month was beyond all expectations and (lie dozen men who set out on the campaign were soon swamped with answers to the appeal. Only about one-i|iiai'ter of the city was canvassed as visits 11) each household took longer than expected.
The entire L'ions Club here� .".,') members�will take to the field Tuesday night from 7 p.m. until about dark.
District Governor Ray Williamson says the club expects to complete the canvass in tomorrow night's operation.
The initial canvass, and other volunteered donations, brought about -100 pairs of old eyeglasses.
"We expect about 1201) pairs" in all, said  Williamson.
Any old pair of glasses that residents can donate will be appreciated, regardless of condition.
Thousands of old glasses will be collected throughout Canada by local Lionls Clubs and ship-lied to unfortunate people in India who suffer poor vision. classes collected here are shipped to Vancouver.
The "Dank of Light" project has been well accepted across the nation.
Mrs. E. I. Hall, owner of I McCuJlagh^iJavi^l^s-'-iietu-d,} the   two    prowling   around the store at approximately 1:00   p.m.   Saturday   morning and immediately phoned the RCiMP. Mrs. Hall has her   living   quarters   above the store.
RCMP Constables Dickie and Jenkins were cruising near the store, and arrived in time to catch the two inside. AWAIT SENTENCE
Also in Police Court today, three men were �charged w i t h breaking into Spec-Dee Printers on June 4th.
The three, Henry Ilerve Ducharine, Allan Stuart and Allan Bonner, are awaiting  sentence.
Spirit Is running high among members of the Prince George Hoard of Trade.
At the regular monthly meeting last week, board members voted to break precedent and meet during the slimmer months of July and August to "keep abreast  of  the work."
Usually meetings are called off for the "holiday months" but board of traders apparently feel that a growing city needs their full-time attention.
President John Morrison expressed pleasure with the "interest and enthusiasm" displayed.
The trio  were arrested t Ptidjay   a� *tbe   result   of
investigation      by      the RCMP.
About $250 w or tli of equipment and $25 cash was taken from Spec-Dec Printers. Among the stolen goods were a tape recorder and a typewriter.
Police recovered everything except for $25 in cash, which the trio had spent.
Society
Watches
Film
Members of the K o r t George .section of I lie B.C. Historical Society filled the RCAF Filter Centre to overflowing Friday evening to view the film "The Legendary Judge."
The film depicted the life of the famous Judge Begin1, the "Hanging .Judge" of the Cariboo.
After the film was shown, the society held its last executive meeting until fall. The society adjourns for summer months.
The .Museum, situated in the Civic Centre, is now open to the public. It is open Monday to Friday each week from 2:00 p.m. until -1 p.m.
With a collective sigh of relief foresters throughout B.C. report that "All is relatively quiet on the fire front.' Fire-fighting costs so far
this
year, as reported to last Friday, are only about 20 per cent of the figure chalked up to this date last year.
Cost estimates rose *fl,211 during the, week to $101,824. This compares to last year's recorded $493,734 spent by June 12 on fire control.
The Prince George forest district has reported 127 of the 7.'!7 fires across the province this year, as compared to 207 of the 81!) registered In the period in 195S.
Costs in this area are down from  $372,7'ID  to $57,G33.
In spite of the fact that this district has bad fewer fires than the Vancouver and Kamloops districts, it has had the highest fighting costs of the year. This is due to fires in remote areas, which arc difficult, to fight, and stubborn sawdust fires.
Kamloops and Vancouver arc 11ip only centres with more fires reported than last year, but costs arc less than the terrible fire year experienced in  1958.
Kamloops has had 3315 fires� 313 last year�but costs have fallen to $-10,186 from last year's $75,000 to this date. : Vancouver, with 141 fires to mid-June last year, has 'had 200 blazes In the' 1959 fire season, �^Hilcn<1'>egan"ftTay" 1   Costs^tharc
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have     fallen,     however,     from 19!3S's  $7,130   to  $201.
Nelson and (Prince Rupert forest areas Join Prince George in reporting fewer blazes than during the first part of the previous   fire  season.
Of the 95 fires reported last week over GO were small railway fires, previously unrc-ported, in the Vancouver district. This accounts, in part, for the drop in costs.
Foresters gained ground during the week. There were 95 new fires reported but 113 were extinguished during the same period.
The Friday report of the B.C. Forest Service stales that only 40 fires are now burning In B.C., ns compared to 58 at the end of  the  previous  week.
The fire hazard is reported low throughout the province as rains continue to beat down almost daily in the Northern Interior.
No increase'in the hazard Is anticipated in the next few days.
With   rain   streaming   down,
and the tourists cursing it, the forestry men are in their glory, enjoying every minute of the wet stuff from behind grin-filled faces.
Tourist
Booth
Opened
Tourists, have no fear! The ladies of Prince George have come to the rescue.
With maps, pamphlets, weather and road reports and what-havc-you 32 of them today are opening a tourists booth on George street � the first ever for Prince George.
Visitors from other provinces and the U.S., who know where they're going but not quite how to got there, can get all the information they need at the bootih.
The booth was due to open at 4 p.m. today and remain open for business until 8 o'clock this, e von ing.
-These � 'hpuPH ' �will � bo� maintained until at least, the end of the month. Plans call for the booth to f Mr. Alex Philip from the post of Citizenship Chairman. -Mr. Philip is leaving Prince George for Victoria.
He is succeeded by Mr. H. W". (Bill) Tidy.
HEADING INTO the home stretch, crews were all but finished putting the blacktop surface on the newly laid stock car racing track out on the Vanderhoof High-
way. Also nearing completion are the impressive hleachers at the new speedway. There is room for better than 1,300 people in the stands.
THE FINAL LINK was laid down on the stock car .racing track late Sunday afternoon. A section of the track had been kept open to allow trucks to get into the
infield. It was the last part of the track paved.
Citizen Photos