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Vol. 3; No. 134
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY. JULY U, 1959
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Old-Time Newsman Dies in U.S.
Weliahd Gordon, old-time Prince George newspaperman and former holder of a controlling interest in The Citizen, has died in Los Angeles after a long and colorful career.
Mr. Gordon was 7ti years old at the nine of his death.
John Danlelt of Santa Monica, California Informed the Citizen by letter of Mr. Gordon's pass-nit,' and he gives a brief account of the career of the veteran newspaperman,
"Gordon w.is, ;or some little time, a co-publisher in the newspaper field at old Fort George, way hack when!"
"In company of Waller Play-fail', of the Associated Press, Gordon made ;i trip over the C'l'l' (Granil Trunk Pacific) construction line, about 1912. Their interest became aroused in the Fort George field through Geo. J. Hammond, promoter of the Fort George townsites, then just Beginning to boom through lurid coa^taj newspaper advertising."
"They took over the Fort George Tribune, as co-publishers as 1 recall It, after Hammond bought the paper,"
"I met Gordon In Los Angeles, where he was in charge of the Associated Press in 1023. shortly lifter coming to California from Prince George, and sifter soiling control of the Citizen to [Job Rcnwlek."
Wetland Gordon was also one of the founders of the City News Service of Los Angeles.
Joint Service Club Council will Institute a new attraction at. their monster bingo slated for the Civic Centre on July 25 �a '[Jack-pot" .game with a � fMilo&iW $100 in be increased �y a HkcToiTlOuni every blr�K& SUH^ Blot! until there is a winner.
The "juekpot" gumc is played �with a pro-detemiined number of numbers being called. If there is no winner. .SI00 is added t-i the jackpot prize to be played lor at the next program ol bingo.
Prizes for the July 2."i monster bingo will total $1,000 with a prize or W00 being offered for the feature game. The program will be conducted jointly by the Lions and Gyro on behalf of the Service Club Council.
The merchants in Prince George are getting right behind the Simon Frascr Day celebrations.
Over 20 local merchants have joined forces to plug for the success of the gigantic two-day celebration.
The merchants holding the Sale-Abration sales, this Friday and Saturday, are working together with the idea oT promoting more tourist trade Into the city.
Large Sale-Abfation sale signs will l>e posted on tbe different stores in town which are holding the sales.
"MAN, but am 1 bored," seems to be the expression on the lace of Bing, black labradbr owned by Mr. anil Mrs. Bill Fleming. The old dog was with, from left; Pat Fleming, 15; Marion Dtipre, 10: and Penny Fleming, 12, when they became lost at Ness Lake Sunday. The girls are all right now alter getting considerable sleep, but ping is still a 'pooped pooch.' Mr. and Mrs. Fleming and Mr. and'Mrs.
Ovt\�vi3,,i'uWi Uko.to arcttTH^A i,Viavvkwito, th-e���many pebx>ktj who1 oi'fo�-L-t( -"their" time "to i for the mtsr.ing girl?;.' � . ' �Vnnclcrvoort photo
Work of "Kix-the-Mix-rjp" judges reached weighty proportions yesterday.
They were laced with a flood of entries, topped by more than a dozen which reflected considerable imagination, talent and hard work, in the second week of the popular contest being sponsored by The Citizen aiid 5S co-operating ad-' ;ers.
Tup prize of a man's wris! watch was awarded to Mrs. David Toombs, HISS Ingledew, for her entry which drew on this week's canoe, race theme. The contest answers appeared on 11 tiny canoes, each equipped with a tiny paddler, all arranged be-fore a backdrop of a river scene dune in oils. The entry was mounted on a plywood base.
Second prize of a combination
waffle iron and sandwich toaster was awarded Mrs. Audrey Swift. 253 Douglas, who hammered the 11 answers into a large sheet of copper, a well-created scene of welcoming guests at a doorway being worked into the centre of the sheet,
Mrs. T. J. Bailey, 705 Alward. placed third and receives an electric frying pan for a beautifully-executed Afghan lap rug, 22" x .'!()", with the answers and a canoe theme worked into the design.
Her entry was accompanied by 58 entry slips, one from each! of the participating advertisers. |
Fourth prize of an 8" x in" photo went to Mrs, 1). .Johnston, 1223 Gth A.V0. for another model| dI this week's canoe race. In her entry, 11 birch bark canoes, each hearing a contest answer", | were mounted on a simulated stream banked on either side by forest.
Although only four prizes are I offered each week, judges award-'
ed honorable mention to four more and to each of these The Citizen will present a pair ol theatre tickets. The four are Peter Thompson, 1543-7th Ave., Mrs. lOster Mueller, 1071 Freeman, I'. Burgess, llox 717 and .Mrs. K. C McLaren, 1100 Al-wai'd St.
Peter Thompson, a 13-year-old cartoonist, provided the most humorous entry with a cartoon which not only gave the contest answers but also wove, through his version of Prince George, a delightful satire on local events.
A beautiful garden scene with a period china doll with her dogs under a trellis and the answers on stepping stones before her was the entry of Mrs. .Mueller.
The Burgess entry was in the form of a pin cushion while Mrs. McLaren showed lots of imagination in her cardboard replicas identfying each of the merchants named in the contest answers.
Saturday is not a civic holiday.
The Citizen has been receiving a number of 'phone calls during the last lew days from local people who ask, hopefully, "Is Saturday a civic holiday?"
Although Prince George Simon i'Yaser Days are this Friday and Saturday no holiday has been declared.
Committees are "almost finished here," "Hearing completion there" and, generally, working bard on the separate events planned for the second animal Simon fraser Days celebration.
The forest fire hazard throughout B.C. is climbin'j
The hazard crept from "low" to "low t<> moderate" in all of ihe province's fi\e forest districts during the week ending July 10.
B.C. Forest Service people say the drying trend is expected to continue during the next few clays and they urge campers to use caution in the woods,
The province's record for the 195,0 fire season continues to be better than the fire-filled season of last year, when heavy stands of timber vanished from the map of B.C. like sandwiches from a plate.
There have been 1,017 fires to date, as compared to 1,325 for the.samo.jjerigd la it year, and
Inspector Engel Gets New Posting
The man who has guided the operations of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Prince George and district for the past year, Inspector G. H. Engel, is leaving.
The Inspector has been ad-vised that Ills command here will terminate In about three weeks and he will be transferred to RCMP headquarters in Ottawa.
in August, the Knge.s � inspector, Mrs. and the two chil-
p
dren�will leave for the nation's Capitol city where the RCMP officer is slated to become the senior personnel officer at headquarters.
Ottawa will not bo new to the Kngels, who'have lived there before!
'Inspector Engel was put in
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J from S8Ji
!t>10SS,SUO so fl
'.-in in inns this year.
Prince George Forest District has had 1 IS fires so far this fire season. Last year, to the same date, 20(! fires had been reported In this area.
Klre-fighting costs in this forest district have reached !>(i7,l!>2 ihis year. For the same period in 1!)3S costs had reached $(S!)7,-6-19.
During t;ie weeK ending last Friday, 47 new fires were reported� 111 of which were in the Vancouver Forest District and l<3 in the Kanildpps area.
195'J
Forest Fires E stimated
District To Date Cost To Date
Prince George 1 IS $07,102
Vancouver 1582 487
Prince Rupert :u :m,;'>70
Kamloops 388 47,831
Nelson <>5 2,080
Totals 1, 017 152,800
195S
(For Corresponding 1 'eriod)
Forest Fires Estimated
District. To Date Cost To Date
Prince George 20G f>(>!)7,(M0
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Kamloops
Nelson
Totals
2 i(> 17,!)(�(i
120 40,84]
17!) 02,0,00
154 14,355
1,325 802,791
INSPECTOR G. R. ENGEL Gets Posting to Ottawa
Prince George holds its own in the home construction field in British Columbia with cities of similar size. Central Mortgage a n d
The Central Mortgage Housing Corporation reports that this city is ahead in "housing starts'ra'nd "dwellings under B.C. centres with populations in the neighborhood of 13.000 poo-
construction" over five othei pie, for the first six months ol this year.
Kamloops was the only one of the five cities to top Prince George from January 1 to the end of June, and that was in the category of "housing com-I pletions." �
Besides Kamloops, Prince George was compared with Kel-pwria, Nelson, Prince Rupert; and Dawson Creek.
HOUSING CONSTRICTION
S C u
Prince George GO 11 72
Prince Rupert 10 .'i5 61
Dawson Creek as 24 �10
Kamloops 2:\ �I!) 2;\
Kelowna 37 31 60
Nelson __ �) �1
FIX-THE-MIX-UP WINNER Entered by Mrs. David Toombs, 1DSJS Ingledew
SECOND PLACE ENTRY From Mrs. Audrey Swilt, 25a Douglas
S�starts: C�Completions; U�Under Construction (.Itute o0>
Figures for the January 1 � June 30 period in l'JoS siiow almost an identical picture.
Prince George led the field of six in all categories in that year, except, once again, in he housing completions category. Daw-son Creek took the honors in completions in the first six months of 105S.
Starts, compietions and dwellings under construction at the end of June this year in Prince George are listed as (j0, 11 and 72, respectively.
Last year, at tjiis time, comparative figures were SI, -12 and SS�a bit higher than this year.
However, building permit figures here show that the city is likely heading for a record this year. Commercial construction accounts for the lion's share of the building in tim city.
charge of Mounted Police In this area on July 25, 1058, when he was transferred here from York-ton, Saskatchewan.
Me had been stationed in B.C. twice before prior to coming to Prince George and also had three appointments In Saskatchewan.
Inspector Engel, who joined the RCMP on June 2, liKM, has a command here that covers the entire northeastern part of British Columbia � Prince George city detachment, district RCMP and sub-division police.
He controls a force of approximately 100 of the world-renowned policemen.
Tbe well-liked senior officer of the RCMP here was notified late last week of Ills forthcoming transfer to headquarters.
Inspector ICngel will be replaced here by RCMP Inspector I. C. Shank.
Inspector Shank is currently in command or tho Mn;:>\ Cana-di;>n Mounted Police sub-division at New Westminster.
With the termination of !:he command here of. Inspector Engel, Prince George loses a Moiuv tie who has made many friends in the comiriuni'y.
More
Parade
Entries
The giant Simon Kraser Parade, to be held this Saturday, will be at least one mile long, it was announced Monday.
It is reported that, there are now just over 10 entries for the big prade.
Chuck Ewai't, head of the Hoard of Trade Parade Committee, reports that he is pleased to see thai, there was a little more interest shown last week.
"We could still do with many more entries though," he explained. "We want to make this the biggest parade Prince George has ever seen."
In spite of the sudden flurry of interest in float entries this week, he mentioned that he was surprised he had not received more entries.
"1 imagine there will be a few handed in late." he said, "so we are extending the closing date for entries until Wednesday."
"But if we don't have all entries handed In by Wednesday, they will have to be excluded, as we must know by then who is in the parade and who isn't."
For information regarding the . parade and entry forms, inter-ted persons are asked to contact Mr. F.wart at LO-1-71 )!)."> or the Board of Trade at LOl-55-14.
Among the many floats and marching units entered, there vlll possibly be six out of town bands.
Those will include: the RiMR's from Kamloops. the DawsoTi 'reek Letlipn Pipe Hand, the siwanis Drum and Bugle Hand Yd in Williams Lake, the Legion Mpe R'uid and the Fireman's 3and from Qitcsnel,
A baton-twirling drill' team 'rom Kamloops. the Ktarleites, vvill also be featured in the par-ide and in the evenings at the ' Simon Fi'ascr Park.
The Queen Aurora float, esli-natcd at costing approximately �MOO, and the Teen Town Sweet �leart float will be among the nany floats being entered in his gigantic parade.
Erie Ramsden, writer for the Vancouver Province, and Barry Mather, columnist with the Van-ouver Sun, will be judging the parade*