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EDITORIAL ...................... Poge 2
SPORTS .............................. Pago 4
CLASSIFIED ........................ Page 6
COMICS.............................. Page 7
WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ Page 8
WEATHER
Cloudy and cool Wednesday with scattered showers in the evening. Winds light. Low tonight and high tomorrow, 40 and 65.
Dedicated to the Progress of the North
?hone LO 4-2441
Vol. 3; No. 129
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1959
BY OARKIEH
35c PER WEET
LOOKING Lift*, a stockade made of steel, this is the start on a $150,000 sanitary sewer pumping station being installed near Victoria and 9th Avenue. The station will lift sewage from an area including 9th and l.'ith avenues and Edmonton and Brunswick streets, which is being serviced this year, and dump it in the
gravity system on Quince street. The steel pilings here are being driven by Howe Construction of Vancouver to provide a base for the pumping plant. The plant and the system feeding it should be ready in about three months. �Vandervoort
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V e rd i c 1 was brought down today by city magistrate George Stewart in the controversial Peter Guenin case.
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driving without due care and attention, was found guilty and ordered to pay a firie of $50 and costs. He said after the decision was announced that he "definitely intends to appeal" the decision on "the principle of the thing."
.Magistrate Ste.warl had been considering the case for several weeks to determine if, ii; his opinion, simple negligence constituted an offence under the Motor Vehicles Act.
He brought in a decision which he said was based on a study of simkir cases heard in Car via.
The magistrate said (lie cases .showed there lias to be more than simple negligence (a breach of respect to the public generally) to warrant a conviction.
An error in judgment should tiol Ijo i� fcj>rc'acn bi �hc law where simple negligence is shown, continued the magistrate. Reference was also made to the arrest of (iuonin at the time of the incident in the early morning of May 2(i, which IVIag-istrate Stewart questioned at the time the case was heard.
He had asked then if if was common to arrest a man on such a charge, and was told by an ROMP constable, testifying in the case, that it was not unusual in cases where the accused was difficult to deal with.
Today tlie magistrate said thai, lawmakers surely didn't Have this in mind when the section of the act was drafted or else the jails would be full of
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motorists arrested for simple negligence.
"Perhaps the arrest was uncalled for."
Magistrate Stewart, also referred to apparent annoyance on the parts of Guenin and the two police constables at the time of the arrest, before passing his decision.
tie said Quenin was obviously unduly annoyed beyond reason by the routine check of the policeman and treated the check as a personal affront. The Moun-ties were also unduly agitated, he said.
However, they can make any check they feel necessary and they believed the car had come out of an alley in the middle of the night.
The 'magistrate termed CJuen-in's actions "silly" on the date of the incident, and he saiil it "might lie alleged" that the teacher violated the Motor Vehicles Act.
He said (he lire plug that was involved in the incident was "beside the point" and that bis decision was based on the teacher's driving habits. Cuenin �DacKed into a fire plug [n front of the Strand Theatre, while he was backing up .(at what police say was a high rate of speed for reverse gear) to get an explanation of remarks inside , by a constable when he was i Stopped for a "routine check."
He was arrested then, after he ! refused to comply with a police-i man's suggestion to leave his
Winner
WINNER of the first Fix-The-Mix-Up contest being run in the Citizen was Dale Lattman, 875 Vancouver Street. The winning entry showed painstaking work and a lot of originality, which is a big factor in the judges' decision. Mrs. Lattman is now eligible for the grand prize and receives a chest of silver for winning this contest. �Vandervoort photo
'Tiie first week of the Fix-the-Mix-l'p Contest has drawn to a conclusion and the first winner has beeli 'chosen.
Mi's, Dale Lattman of S75 Vancouver Street, received the first privco. ci beautiful chest of silver.
Second price was won by IUis--�ell Allen of the Prince George Hotel.
Russell received a coffee percolator wit ii jus original entry of a ship with the different merchants names on the ship.
Doreen Balaski of Victoria street, came third in ihe contest and won an electric steam iron for her towel with the merchants names sewn on ft'.
A cartoon won the fourth prize for Mrs. Anna Marie Walcl-vogcl of 11010 Spruce street.
Mrs. Waltlvpge! will receive an SklO self-portrait by \V. I). West.
The response to the contest has been good.
People sending in entries are urged t;i have them in before 5:00 p.m. .Monday as there were quite a number of entries that arrived too late for this week's contest.
The different prizes can be seen in the side display window of Allan and Hawthorne at Fourth Ave. and George street.
car and find other means of getting home. His car hail not jumped the curb but police said there was evidence of liquor on his breath.
Originally, the car was stopped, for a check and the teacher's driving hQ'bUs at the-time �(during which he vigorously tested the brakes on the vehicle) constituted the basis for the magistrate's decision;
Guenin, agitated by the entire incident, said today, following the magistrate's decision, that he will appeal the case on the principles involved, The entire matter has been placed in the hands of his lawyer, Ray C'ul-liriane.
Tickets for the civic banquet to be held July 23rd, on the occasion of the visit here of the provincial cabinet, are selling like hot cakes�at $2.50 each.
They went on sale yesterday, and the first customer scooped up 10 tickets for a local service dub.
Only 400 tickets are being sold and alderman Harry Loder, in charge of prepartions for the banquet, says he expects a sellout in the next few days.
There will definitely be no ticket sale after July HI if all ue not taken by then, in order to give caterers some idea of the number of people attending.
TicUct.s are selling sit the following places; City Hall, Ihe Hoard of Trade office; Morrison's Men's Wear, Northern Hardwire, Perry's I'liariMicy, Hell's Coffee Shop. The price might seem a little sleep to some, says Aid. Loder, but the city is not making a cent on the tickets. "It Is well worth it."'
Included in the program Is a cocktail party preeeeding the meal, to be presented by the Rank of Montreal. Premier YV. A. ('. Bennett will also speak at the civic u.nne:. to be held in the Civic Centre.
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Solicitor
The latest report on the McLeod Lake murder is that RGMPin \ ai;ci>uv .r an-.-,.,.,.. n^ tuj .. .....
be an East Indian, in connection with the slaying of Galifornian Bruce \V or lino. :;0-ycar-old University ol Alaska student.
The report from the Coast is that the man is believed to be about 1)5 years old, five feet ten inches in height and weighs approximately 175 pounds.
� paullng Icit atoenur.n: saw die man leaving YVnrline's truck which he drove to Vancouver ami abandoned after the shooting.
I [(.: was woai.ng a hat and a dark overcoat when Dbserved.
A S2.000 reward has been offered by Worline's father-n-law for information leading to the arrest of (he person responsible for the death (about June 26) at a picnic site at McLeod Lake, about !)() mil's north of here.
The truck was found abandoned in Vancouver about a week after the brutal shooting.
Only One Vote Cast i
Ad
vance
Poll
Only one vote was cast on the first day of advance poll balloting in the city's aldermanic by-election. k travelling s a 1 e s m a n,
who will be out of the city on election day tomorrow, was the only voter to mark a ballot in the 12 hours the poll was. open yesterday, (8 a.m. to S p.m.).
Unless the ballot was spoiled either businessman Spike Enemark or union official Howard Webb topped the polls last night on the strength of a one-ballot vote.
The advance poll is open again today from 8 to S in the council chambers at city hall.
Tomorrow the city's 4,000 eligible voters will elect either Enemark or Webb to fill the position left vacant when George Stewart resigned his seat on council to become city magistrate. If the vote follows the trend of most summer elections it will be light.
In an attempt to bring a good percentage of the voters to the polls Wednesday, the local Junior Chamber of Commerce will he supplying transportation.
Anyone wishing a ride to the Civic Centre, where the
election day polls will be lo,cated, is asked to phone LOgan 4-5544.
Balloting will be conducted between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m. bear rides 8 p.m.
Wednesday, but the hunters will supply only from 2 p.m. to
The Prince George Light Opera Society has begun rehearsals for its next presentation�"Tiie Goniioiicrs."
Although Ihe production will iTot be staged before late Tall, the group has already started work on it, showing the tremendous effort put into the society's presentations.
TIh> cast named is as follows:
l,Mike or Plaza-Tore, Fred Bradley; Duchess, Barrio Atkinson; Casilda, Valerie Wrack-ham; Lulz, Gerry Rannie; Don Alhambra Del Bolero, Hill Clad-win; Gianet.ta, Kay Bell; Tessa Shirley Joy; Marco 1'aUiiieri, Dick Howes: Giuseppe Palmier!, Jack Lunden; Vittoria, Marion Merringion; ti'uilin, Dorothy NoDberg; Gebrgie, Hill McOul-loch'; Francesco, Hugh Hill; Inez, Joan Ridley.
Another round in the battle between City Council and the people against the Rainbow Drive-In Restaurant, owned by R. L. Hater, is underway today.
This round may decide the whole affair. City Council, last night, instructed city solicitor H. It. Fret-well .to � advise Hater that the � itv Is prpceedii g with court tciion.
The situation, which is con onfusing ut best, started last year.
a meeting was held between uuncii members, private resi dents of the area and H.iler In ,tn attempt to settle the affair
ir good. Hater was requested tf
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the Drive-In by erecting a wall between his business and the motel next door; to put in deodorizing equipment to prevent the odor from bothering private homes on the hill above the Drive-In and to re-locate his sign to a position where it will not disturb home-owners.
Bater then asked for a written agreement that should he make these modifications the city would re-zone the area. (The urea in which the Drive-in is located is zoned for motels and private' residences only.)
Hater was told that the City could not make such an agreement but was promised that when 'he fulfilled his obligations the city council would give third and final reading to a by-law re-zoning that area, so he could legally continue operations.
Bater, the public and the city agrecrt to the -mollifications, and u deadline of June 1 was set NOTHING DONE
As of today nothing has been done by Bater � hence the reason .for Mr. Fretwell investigating the possiunity of court action.
Mr. Fretwell is studying the Municipalities Act in an effort to assess responsibility in the situation.
Hater got a building permit from D. C Fraser, who was Building Inspector at the time, through an error on Kraser's part, .says Aid. Charlie Graham, chairman of city council zoning committee.
The city solicitor will then make a decision on what type of court action to take and will then do so.
Residents o'f the area in question are lined solidly behind "the city council.
In a public hearing to decide the question of rezoning the area held last year, the residents came out solidly against Hater's drivc-in.
Now iiie liiy has no choice but to enforce the city 1/y-law.
Hater is out of town, and was not available for comment.
I'm his continual charge that the city was persecuting him lias been branded "i onsense" by Alderman Charlie Graham',
"The people flying hi the oven have certain rights," said Mr. Graham, "and we must consider them."
Graham, further stated that, "we have done everything to effect settlement of this prob-k ill. bin Hater refuses to cooperate. That is why we have iivstfuuted the city solicitor to investigate what form of action we should take."
Serious
Lumber production in the Prince George Forest District was down in June, but still shows signs of registering a record year in l!J5i).
The regular B.C. Forest Service monthly report shows 'billing for last month at 3,935,600 cubic feet, as com parcel to 7.3U7,-012 in June last year.
FNorest Service people say the drop this June is likely due to a combination of many factors but is not important.
June is a month in which lumber production is so slight as to anake little impression on the year's 'total. In other words, the billing for last month shows i\ drop oj[ nearly 50 per-, cent, bifi "it Is 50 percent, of nothing," �ays Ed Knight, B.C. government forester.
He adds that "We are definitely heading for a record year" in lumber 'production in the 'Prince George 'Forest District.
Output during the winter months�the critical portion of the year for t/he industry, where low production can spell fiscal failure for the entire year� was far above average.
To the end of June billing for the year in this forest area bad reached 90,QG5;!l'8] Cubic �feet as compared to ()O,2ljr),85l) for the first six months of 1958.
Tlie lion's share of the billing for the Prince George Forest District�which covers nearly the top one-third of the province �comes from lumber operations in the immediate Prince" George area.
�jail terms of three months and two months respectively 'have been invposed hero on Henry Jerry Anderson and Law-rence, Mernani Brewer on cna'r-gi s oi perjury.
The two pleaded guilty to giving false testimony in court last September when Brewer was charged with attempted thuit- of gasoline at Summit Lake.
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Prince George merchants will observe special closing hours (hiring this' year's celebration of Simon Fraser Days � July 17 and 18.
The merchants committee of the Board o( Trade has announced that "in co-operation with the holiday" stores will close at 0 p.m. Friday. July 17 and between 12 noon and 2 p.m. Saturday. July 18.
The two-hour closing on the .afternoon of the eighteenth is in conjunction with the Simon Fraser Days parade.
ADULT swim classes began last night in the Municipal Swimming Pool under the direction of instructor Maria Pappeft. The classes, which are held every Monday and
Thursday, begin at 7 p.m. Poor weather kept the turnout down for last night's class, the first of the year.
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