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Vol.  3;  No.   182
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,  1959
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Editorial
In an average day, close to 1,000 cars travel the road which runs from Prince George to Sinclair Mills. What tins travel represents in broken springs and other repair bills resulting from the condition 'of the road we would not care to hazard a guess but it is a stretch of road which i.s regarded as the greatest boon known to the garage business.
The provincial highways department ma}' have its reasons for treating the communities on this road like poor relations but whatever they are they cannot lie sufficient to justify- cheating the motorists using it out of what they are paying for.
Drivers of cars and trucks on the Giscome road are paying exactly the same gasoline and other provincial taxes as everyone else and are entitled to as much for their money as others get.
Tp get an accurate comparison of traffic patterns, The Citizen during two weeks in the month of August conducted a traffic count on the Vanderhoof and Sinclair highways. The results of this count showed there were during that period 7.'!.2 per cent as many vehicles on the Sinclair road as there were on the Vanderhoof road. And this at the height of the tourist season when more than half the cars travelling t'he road between here and Vanderhoof were visitors. The number of tourist cars on the Sinclair road was negligible.
From a business 'point of view, ii is up to Prince George to take a stand alongside the communities between here and Penny in demanding a usable road to link those communities with Prince George,
The CNR has 15 way stations between here and Penny and the residents of each of these communities all travel to Prince George to do their shopping. On the other hand, there is not a single community between Prince George and Vanderhoof to provide shopping dollars for this city.
The comparison is made between the Vanderhoof and Sinclair highways because we have watched millions of dollars being pumped into the westbound road to create a new wide highway parelleling the presern road while the road to the east has been qornpltely neglected. During the past summer while millions were spent on building a new road to the west, a grader made a once-weekly trip over the Sinclair road as far as Six-Mile Lake and even less maintenance was carried out on the balance of the road.
The Citizen traffic count, in August showed 2~> per cent more traffic on the Vanderhoof road which means that during the 10 months of the year when there is no tourist travel, the Sinclair road traffic is i;.ore than'tlotible that using the road to the west.
The hit-and-miss program of road building we have witnessed in B.C. over the past few years has completely disregarded the actual traffic and business needs of the various areas.
It is time a strong stand was taken to remind thf provincial government that it is the people's money being spent and thai it should be spent where it will best  benefit  those who are paying the hills.
A hard-surfaced road from here to Penny would bring a lol more dollars into Prince George and help in tin: expansion and prosperity of our city and ;it the same lime give the chain of 15 communities between the two points (he kind of service thev have been paying l',ir hut  not gelling.
It is up to Prince George to give the leadership.
The first annual meeting of the Crooked River Protective Association Safety Clinic was held last Saturday evening al the Summit Lake Community Hall. The meeting, attended by over.
The Safety Trophy, awarded to the Gillorn Lumber Co. Ltd., was accepted on behalf of the company by Laurie Rustad. The trophy was presented by Reg Hilton, past president of the local Lumbermen's Association. The trophy was awarded to the mill with the safety record for t,he least numiber of accidents throughout   the year.
After the presentations, supper was served in smorgasbord style and the enjoyable evening concluded with dancing.
!)fi meimbers and wives, was officially opened by Allan Stevens, 'president of the Association. From there, M.C. .lock Whitelaw introduced the three guest speakers: .lack Corner, inspector-supervisor of i h e workman's safety board in Vancouver; Doug Watlts', Inspector of the workman's safety hoard in Vancouver; and Fred Dann, safety director of the Phillips Petroleum in Fort   St.  John.
The three men spoke of safety de\ ices and   measures  in  mills.
HOLDING a prized trophy are Gil and Laurie Rustad. The prized trophy is the Crooked River Forest Protection Association Safety award. C-illorn Mill the award behalf.
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High School PTA
WONDERING where to start in this mass of (>00 pairs of new telephone wires is Carl Bramnier. lie was sitting atop a telephone pole in his cable tent when visited by the photographer. All these new, cables will service the new Nechako Subdivision and surrounding areas. The Telephone Company will be installing about 50 new phones and will be taking many party lines off and switching them to the straight single lines.
(Editor's note: This is (lie first  fi: a series of articles on retarded children and the work being done to help them). By  JJOX  WAUvlSK
Through the efforts of parents and  friends of menially retarded children  the handicapped need no longer spend their lives in the shadowed land of the past.. Throughout   Canada,   and
mentality to learn simple tasks which   enables   them   in   later life to earn a living. I'l III.IC  CHANGE
On tlk> other hand, experience has shown that children capable of learning but receiving no training will almost certainly become a public charge.
It is accepted the world over that prisons hold a good many criminals who, because of lack of training, started life with terrible handicaps. Born misfits,   they   found   themselves  on
indeed   the   entire   world,   groups are being  formed with  the dedicated aim of educating to a degree   of   usefulness   these   children formerly condemned  to spend a completely wasted life. Through   efforts  of   parents and   friends   of  retarded   children,   and   children   otherwise handicapped,   societies   Ii a v e been  formed to assist chillren in  (raining and rehabilitation, These   societies  also   serve   to advise    and    counsel    parents with  tlieir problems.
societies life is made easier, better and more usolul for those who are destined to remain at the  merotal  age of childhood.
Here in i1 rinc e C, eo r g e, a school for the retarded has been established at the public school rounds on 12th Avenue, where it is hoped mentally handicapped will be taught useful crafts, according to their ability, by a [ualified   teacher.
A visit to the school, still in its'infancy, cannot fail to arouse interest in the work being carried out by the Prince George and Distrlo'l Society for the M'entafty Handicapped.
Efforts of the local society and its school are beginning to hear fruit though the organization is hut a littie over one year old. It lias been shown that when under the care of a teacher mIh> understands their needs, it is possible    Tor   children   of   rcUired
With   the   growth   of   these   th(' wrong side of the  law  and
appeared bofore juvenile courts and later behind .bars,
Many   will  say  it   wasn't   the handicap which resulted in their
'becoming a public charge. However, few realize that because of their rejection the youngsters chose to hate society. Being mocked as different and having had too much time on their hands, proved the cause of their trouble.
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Kealixing the need foe par-cuts' education also, a school in Ontario, as far bad, ;is live years ago, began Ii o 1 <1 i n g monthly sessions to meet this need. Kxperts, knowing that teachers could not he expected to accomplish the needed training in a few hours each day, decided to instruct parents on how thc.v might continue the training at  home.
The goal i.s quite evident, I'.y giving a retarded child the opportunity to learn, we are aiding that child to an ultimate goal of usefulness, whereby he Hains al least pantial independence.
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The gathering elected executive  for the coming President.   Mrs.   Irene   McLebd: vice-president.   .Mrs.   P> a r b a r a Murray;   secretary.    Miss   Amu Poje;   treasurer,   Miss   Norraa Smith.
South Fort George PTA ings will be held on the Duesday of every month.
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Council  Meeting
City council is scheduled ncet ihis evening.
Meeting begins at S p.m. the city hall.
School for retarded children is rapidly becoming a reality in Quesnel.
Quesnel and District Retarded Children's Association has gained permission from the school board of District No. 2S to use one room in the Quesnel Ele-menitary School.
The association has also ob-itained the services of Mrs. Hazel Anderson us a regular teacher. Classes will be held five day's a week, Monday through Friday, from  0:30 a.m. to  11:30 a.m.
Only delay now is the awaiting of approval for the school from Dr. K. I. G. Benson, head at the Cariboo Health Unit. Dr. Benson must look over plans and give his approval in order thai the local association will �:et provincial government as-tjisfanec.
mu.-; also he set up. This committee will handle the screening of children enrolling in the school and will consist of Dr. Benson, or an appointee; (I. Nelson, superintendent of School ;' (District No. 2S: Jim Girvin, (.Ju'-'^-. nel Elementary School principa and two p:".-'ivts. Mrs. Con Reyse and  Mrs.  Clark.
Ii is hoped that the school will get underway by Octcber ."). with an enrolment iA' at least three pupils.
Xe.vi meeting of the association will be on September 25 in the Quesnel E lement a r y School at S p.m. lit is expected to have definite approval of the
school from Dr. Benson by that time.
Between now and the opening of  the school   here  .Mrs.   Anderson   will   spend   some   time   in i Prince George  observing  the I teaching   methods   used   in   the highly  successful   retarded  children's school there.
.mi informal gathering, held last week, marked the first meeting of the Senior High School Parent Teacher Association.
The meeting, held in the home economies lab of the high school, opened with the introduction of the new members of the Senior High School staff to members of the PTA.
Following the introductions^ a presentation was made to Mrs. R. B. Carter, a retiring member the teaching stallf who lias >een here for many years. She was presented with a gifit of black diamond earrings by Victor Beirnes on behalf of the PTA for her untiring eflfprts help throughout the past years.
Alktn Stables, principle of the high school, then gave an outline of t'he plans for the forh-coming year.
Officers elected for the year are as follows:
Victor neirnes. president; Mr. L. Iiunton. vice-pre.si,dcnil; Mrs. W. King and Mrs. R. 10. Lons-dale, program; Mrs. A. 1. Booin-hower, ways and means; Mrs. L. Strom and Miss Sieverson, publicity; Mrs. R. A. .lanakka and Mrs. H. G. Kennedy, Corresponding section; Mrs. M. C. Nesbitt. historian; Ann Huble, membership; Mrs. F. Snow.sell, social convener; 'Mr. H. Zarek, treasurer; Mrs. A. Engstrom and .Mr. 10. Fan, hospitality,
The nexit meeting will feature a smorgasbord and reports by the two student d e 1 e g a t e s, Roberta Box and Michael Crowe, on. their visit to UBg^tPp'r the Nations Seminar.
PENT1CT0N �<'� Social Credit cabinet ministers are "real duds" and "incompetent."
Addressing a public meeting, he said Agriculture Minister Steaeey is "the worst minister of agriculture British Columbia has ever had."
He said Labor Minister Wicks is a "real dud" and Aitorney-General Homier isn't vvortth his salary."
Mi'. Strachan made his com-.ments at t'he first of a series of public meetings which he has scheduled throughout the province1.
"The Minister of Agriculture is so incompetent and so had for agriculture that s.>me of his own members can barely stand it." he said.
"There are some good ministers in the cabinet. But there are some real duds, too, and the minister of agriculture is one of them and the minister of labor another.
"We didn't think Mr. lionner was an adequate attorney-gen-eral and felt he wasn't worth his salary," Mr. Strachan said.
He said the CCF voted wi'tfli the government on all but two of the '.i'l separate votes in the 1!>3!i estimates. One of the voles opposed was Mr. Bonner's sala-
The only survivor of the August 30 plane crash at Dunkley that claimed the lives of two Prince George residents. 35ryearrold Ivan Percy Kent of 1159 Carney Street, died during the night in Vancouver hospital.
Kent   was   severely jured    in    the    mishap    in      ^'^.Kent^as in Vancouver
'            when  her husband died.
which   his  seven-year-old       Tnc    Kon,Ls   ,,�,   UU)   othcl.
son,  Chris  and   pilot   Allan   young boys
Elmer West, 1 (I 1 2 Ken- icing is believed to have caused, or contributed to, the crash of the two-seater I.uscombo aircraft, owned by Rustad Brothers & Co. Ltd. Kent was a salesman for the company.
An inquest, was opened in'io t.hi' deaths of Chris Ken!, ami Allan West, hut was postponed pending outcome of Kent's hos-pitalization. No report, was avail-able at press time concerning re-opening of the inquest.
wood, were killed instantly.
He was taken to hospital hero, suffering severe shock, 'two bro-�ken, vertebrae, a broken leg and bruise.-:, after the light plane in which the three were travelling to Prince George from C-'hilliwiick went down at the sawmill community of Dunkley, 50 miles south of here.
September :!. four days after the laHe Sunday evening crash, Kent was flown Ito Vancouver for further  medical  treatment.
Funeral arrangements complete.
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Living Room learning To Begin Fall Season
"Living room learning"�popular discussion groups
under direction of the extension department'of LTBC__
will get under way for the fall season in Prince George: during the first week of October with five groups to be in operation under direction of local co-ordinator. Mrs. G. C. U. Kellett.
Applications for participation in the groups are now being received by Mrs. Kellett and those attending will have as a choice of .subjects: World Politics, Ways of Mankind, Great Religions of the World, Economic Reasoning and Canada in World Affairs.
This will be the third season for "living room learning" in Prince Cit'orgsc, which was one of the uarjy certtjers to take .part in the program which was started only two years ago. When it started a year ago, there were two {jroup's, and during the spring session there were three. Mrs. Kellctt states thai indications are there will be little ilif-ficuty in filling five groups this �term, with between 10 and 20 to  a  group.
Members of the Prince George advisory committee for "living room learning" are Phil Mac-Gregor, Mrs. Ran Carson, Mrs. Dennis MacDonald, Harry Green-hut, Bob Graccy and Bruce Thompson,
Each member of a group is supplied with books on the chosen subject and the group meets one evening a week for 10 or 11 weeks to exchange opinions on the portion of the book assigned by the leader for reading. Each session lasts two hours, starting and stopping ex-acttly on  time.
Bert Curtis of UBC Extension Department will be in Prince George on Sept. 25 to conduct a workshop tor group leaders and will be guest of honor at a coffee party in the Civic Centre on Sept, 28, when he will meet with prospective "students" to explain  the program.
The leaders in the program are trained only to keep the discussion on the track and no one tries to supply answers to all the questions raised. The purpose of the groups is to draw basic information from books and visual aids and to stimulate participants to think better for themselves,
In the two years the program has been in operation, it has he-
program stresses the fact that participants do not have to have a college background to take part and nearly half of those who have taken advantage of it to date have no college education. One of the important features is (hat it gives participants an opportunity to share their thinking with others of a wide variety of educational aifd occupational backgrounds.
The objeots of the study-discussion program in the liberal arts is to help the meiivhers to understand the culture of which they form a pant; to think in dependency, critically and objectively; to develop a tolerance for opinions and ideas which differ from tIn ir own and to develop skill in communicating with others.
$1,051  Realized From Tag  Day
The Women's Auxiliary to the Prince George and Di.-Hrict Hospital, held (jhe-ir 'tag day Saturday under the conveiii.T.-hip of Mrs. W. T. Murdock, Total sum contributed was .SI,051.
Money from tlhis fund is used to purchase furniture and equipment for the children's ward.
Special Prize For Fair Artist
Kail Fair officials have announced that Thelma Cornell has been awarded a special prize in division 10. section three under landscapes, oil paints.
Officials previously announced Thyra Madeen, as |jhe winner of this section.
Social Service Study For Mrs.  Hawly
Mrs. C o n n i e Hawly, past president of the Retarded Children Association in Prince George, has left to further her studies in Social Services ait come established in 17 centers U.Fi.C. through the province, with aibout j Hugh Hill has now taken over 1.200  people in  !).">  groups. The  as president of the Association.
AURORA SCHOOL for handicapped children was constructed in 17 and a half hours by 100 volunteers. The Prince George Contractors Association handled the dawn-to-dusk effort backed by the local Kiwanis Club
and supported by private individuals. The school is presently being run by the Prince George and District Association for Handicapped Children.