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3; No. 153
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1959
BY CARRIER
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JUST IN CASE anybody had any doubts about their union status, steelworkers on the new Simon Fraser Hotel job, before starting work this morning, all checked their union cards and reported all paid up and in good standing. This was their answer to a report published in Prince George last week that they are
non-union men brought in to circumvent the steel strike which had been delaying construction. Pictured with their union cards are Rudy Berchtold, Bill Han-sen, Jim Griffith, Lyle Carlson, Dave McAfee and Frank Jerema.
.,., "Steel-workers. on....the hote|Jp� a'*?,2^aJ.l .yvlpji members in good standing and R. and A. Steel Erectors who now have the sub-contract for steel erection very definitely have a. contract with the i/nion."
Thls'was the comment of Vic Stagg president of Cloverdale 1 C ops t ruction, contractors for bui/dlng the Simon Fraser Hotel, in answers to a report published in Prince George last yreek that workers erecting the structure are non-union men
Itill H'ojcik is faced with a problem of plenty in the Coliseum.
Tivo local firms linve volunteered to erect a timing flock ut iin- rink in return for the i'ljjlil to place advertising on it.
To in.iKi' Die �lra) fair nil wjiy Jironml, the civic iiroiuT. lies cojii mission has invited everyone who would like to have the same advertising op. pin (iinii.v to submit their proposal. Then one iiamu will lie drawn to decide who gets the opportunity to get this advertising spot.
Cost of the Mining clock is about $1,000.
and that the sub-contractor ,do-
Ing the job ha*. np...agree.meut with the" union.
"These people had the cor-" rect information," said Mr. Stags,-' "but apparently are just trying to stir up trouble." He said he would place the article in the hands of his lawyers for whatever action they1 believe is indicated.
Mr. Stagg explained that oiit of about 14 companies engaged in the business of erecting steel in B.C., about six of* them have
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The Navy League of Prince George is moving to establish a Wrenette Corps in the city � the female equivalent of the Sea Cadet Corps. u' building oj
I' trst step in
the corps is now underway, with Navy League searching for former armed services women to act as officers for the planned corps.
Three women who qualify and want to take charge of the group will be selected from applications to Pucl Sawlcy, at LO l-l IS1, and will be commissioned as sub-lieutenants.
L e a d e r s h i p qualities arc stressed as the main requirement.
The Wrenette Corps will be for girls between the ages of l l and IS years and will provide training in all phases of naval work, as stipulated by the Itoyal Canadian Navy for the regular Wj-en brancii of the armed services.
If throe qualified wpnien can be obtained to act as officers for the corps the unit Will be set up on a one-parade-night per week ba.-^is. Parades will bo held in the RMIl armories.
R e g u i a tion Wren uniforms will be provided Tor the group and the YVrenettes will be provided with all naval equipment available to the Sea Cadet Corps.
Sawlcy stresses: "This group will not be run op the same basis as the girl guides or other .:...;!.,.. ,,j,.;^ groups. They will have the same discipline as ex-uui on a naval establishment."
The corps will be established a.s soon as officers are obtained; ho says.
worker's' union. It is against Itfila remainder that workers arc at present on strike.
Mr. Stagg said the steel erection was started by Brittain Steel Fabricator and came to a halt, when this company was struck. Last week the contract was turned over to R. and A. Steel Eredtofs, one of the companies which has signed with the union.
"There was never any thought of. bringing in non-union workers." said Mr. �tagg, "and anyone who stopped to think at all would know that the other trades would walk right off the job if we tried to."
Vancouver Province over the weekend headlined a report thap an R.CMP investigation is lining conducted into some features of a $1,000,000 Trans-Canada highway
-�-�fr-riion irrovcf and thai a mechanical superintendent with the department of highways has been placed >ti leave of absence. ,
The story written by Tom Hazlitt, Province staff reporter, itates Vincent L. Gresty of Karri: loops. regional mechanical superintendent, has offered his "esignatlon aid Is on leave of absence.
Centre of much of the talk. according to the report, is highways project which covers 12.S miles of difficult work from Craigellaehio Id Twin Bridges; near Revelstpke.
.Also mentioned in the report is local {contracting finn, Ken
To Theft
A Prince George man has been sentenced to eight months in jail for theft of between !>2,7()() and $3,000 from the Alessa Lake General Store.
David Johnson appeared in court here this morning and entered a plea of guilty when charged with taking up to ?3,000 in cash from the store .sometime on the evening of Friday, July 31.
Another man has been charged in connection with the break' in and theft. Don Kennealy, 21, of Vancouver and J'rinee George appeared in court today and was
Bail for Kennealy was set at $3,000.
It CMP say he was arrested in Burnaby Saturday and brought hero yesterday.
He was picked up on a warrant issued by local police.
The entire sum taken from the store at Aleza Lake � 50 miles east of Prince George � was in cash. Largest bills were "twenties."
Dial on the store safe had been manipulated to open the door and get the cash.
The unusually large amount of money In the store was composed of a Week's receipts and extra cash kept on hand to take care of pay cheques of local people.
Pressure Problem Solved But Cause Still Mystery
City Engineer Hill Jones is still scratching his head, .wen though the water problem experienced" last week in the area bounded by Irwin, Moffat Streets, Fifth Avenue and the river has �
Gintoi" Construct Ion <'<>. Ltd. "There has been criticism of the government's handling of :i new 30-mile road from Lillooet to Brnlorne,
"The criticism is tiint this job is handled by day labor, and too large a portion l>:is been fanned out to I*�'ii Gintor Construction Co. l-td., a Priii'ce George giant which l;:st year iTCofved over H -|,0(>�t()�fl In payments from tin* provincial govern in cut.
�Highways Mil Ister Gaglarc �nlcr.s 'he fray himself at thi: loint to explain thai the roac. replaces a road which will be flooded when the Il.C. Electric �ornpietes its Mission dam on i he Bridge River,
"The job is being done by the department's own forties, but the million dollar bill will be paid by the B'CE.
'"Mr. Oa�lardi said: "While 1 was in Europej a controversy arose about the equipment being used. I flew into the area and told them (local businessmen) that we would hire all the local equipment which was available and would meet requirements; Equipment hot available would be hired on the outside."
According to the Province report, (Jrrsty li:is financial interest in .Mid-Cit.v Construe-tion Co. which has. handled sub-contracts fronu firms which ItuVp been awn riled highway building contracts.
-A"V>out'3 p.m. onSimd�y afternoon the fire department was called out to the duplex residence of E. W. McKeller, at 745 Harper Street.
It was reported that a small electrical fire had started in the wall joists of the living room.
When the crew arrived they quickly extinguished the small blaze and reported that the dam-ige was very slight.
WEATHER MAN must have had his wires crossed on Friday evening when it started to hail maddly about (>:30 p.m. Ten miles south on the Quesnel Highway the hall was coming down too fast for windshield wipers to remove it. Stu Fraser, Citizen circulation driver, is seen as he tried vainly to remove some of the excess "trouble" from the windshield of his car. Hooper Photo.
A modern duplex is being built for school teachers at the lumber mill centre of Giscome.
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Eagle Lake Sawmills is building the duplex, which it will rent to school district 57, be-ctiuHo. .atcomnioilatjon is .(.Uffl-cult- to find In the company1 community.
Trustees of Hie school district approved a S75 per month rental, per unit, at its last meeting.
There was a good deal of discussion about the goodwill shown by Eagle iJako Sawmills in its efforts to assist
Mail and rain storm Friday evening kept Power Commission line crews busy over the weekend. They answered 25 calls to repair or replace broken lines.
Although there
were no serious breaks, the crews were out until 1) p.m. on Friday night and then again most of the day on Saturday.
A total of 25 calls wore answered from troubled residents who bad small breaks in front of their homes.
About 7 p.m. on Friday night I he crew was called to Duchess Park School area to 'replace a primary line that had been broken by a falling tree limb.
This disrupted power for about 10 minutes.
the Imaid in'providing living a c C o in m o dntiuii for school teurhi'i-s.
V.-fv -Atl-.;n.,< w, -,-^-m1 bua-d i-JKiiruian, says "We certainly appreciate Kaglc Lake providing city-type accommodation. It helps us in getting and holding better teachers. Eagle Lake sure cainc to the rescue."
A full complement of six teachers is ready to begin classes at Glsconie when the fall term opens. Five of the teachers are hold-overs from the 1U5S-5U term.
Decision to construct the duplex for teachers was reached several months ago, when it was decided by tlie company to sell homes at Gisjcome to the employee-occupants. A r e p o r t published at tha.t time*that Giscome was in danger of being without teachers this year because of a lack of accommodation was entirely false.
Tlie duplex provides very desirable accommodation and (!is-ers on hand while school district ers on hand while scl:ol district 57 searches for 30 teachers required1 in other schools in the area.
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CROWNED Hixqn Spruce Queen I! iast g^iirdfay morning was pretty 14-year-old Darlene Johns, grade ten student of the Hixon Superior School. Darlene received a- wrist watch as a prize. She \Vas caoscri as citieen over M contestants. Her two princesses, Elm a ittwobd, 15-year-old student of the Hixon Superior School and Helen Thompson, 13-year-old gra(je sjx student of the Hixon Elementary school, both received Alaska black diamond necklace and earring sets. The remaining eleven contestants all received earrings. The queen and her two princesses \yere#chosen by ballot.
A six-year-old boy is in hospital here following an accident at Mile Three on the Hart Highway yesterday.
Police say Theo Plieger, Jr.j was struck by a car driven by Alois Kxenberger about ?> p.m. Sunday.
The driver said the boy darted out from behind a car into the path bit his vehicle.
Exenberger and the boy both live on the Hart Highway.
No report of the child's condition was available at press time but he is not believed in I serious condition.
,>een solved!
Wiih hprneowrcrs screairiiri.s Hi' help city crows were rushing iroun'd frantically searching for the key to, trouble in the water Uries, which made the water riyuddy and caused pressure to Irop and stop completely at times.
The problem was finally solv-id when a valve, in the area of Vancouver Street and Thirteenth Avenue, was Turned back on. It had been shut off while men were working on the water main.
Jones says that the trouble was cleared up when the valve was opened but he is still at a loss to know why this one valve should affect the entire area.
He says there is no oxplatia-ion for the weird behavior of he water in spite of the fact hat the mess has been cleared
The valve that turned water on again shouldn't iffectcd the large area that roublcd. he adds.
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Signs warning motorists of Prince George's temporary 20 miles-per-hour speed limit on gravelled thoroughfares will be eroctod in a few days.
Hill Jones, city engineer, says the signs are to be put up on approaches to the city "in a clay or two" to inform tourists of the speed law, put into effect to protect gravelled streets in the city that were being chewed up due to dry weather.
The limit is not in effect on paved streets.
TEACHERS AT GISCOME are getting more accommodation. Eagle Lake Sawmills is building a duplex for teachers, which it will rent to school district 57. Gordon Brownridge, sawmill general manager, views
construction with Bob Gracey, school board secretary, and Mrs. Kathleen Noble, a teacher at Giscome. The company community is all set for the school term with construction of the building. �Vanclervoort Photo.