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WEATHER
Variable cloudiness, and warmer. Winds southerly 15. Low tonight and high tomorrow in Prince George, 40 and 60.
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Vol.  3;  No.   189
PRINCE GEORGE,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA,  WEDNESDAY,  SEPT.  30,   1959
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Town
A cross-section survey of local residents was under, tnken by The Citizen to determine the layman's point of view on the Coliseum hassle.
Following are some remarks of Prince George people, picked at random from on-the-street interviews with a large number of local citizens. Absence of comments by city women is explained by a seeming disinterest in the problem among the distaff population.
I).  McINTOSH
Motel    10in ploy ei' "How  come,  they  suddenly decide it's unsafe right before hockey season?"
BILL  JAMES Radio  Newsman
"1 feel the same as every one else, if it isn't safe now . . . then it probably wasn't safe last winter, when 1, along with thousands of others en tered the Coliseum. If it was not safe last winter, why, anc whose fault was it? There are going to be a lot of highly a n n o y e d hockey fans and players come hockey season.
ted McCarthy
Machinist
"Looks like a lot of money �was wasted. It was built too small to start with, and now it Isn't even safe. l't will definitely lie a loss to the community if it is closed for the �winter as hockey is the area's favorite sport."
A I, HOLLKY Guragoman
"It is a shame that the building is closed. If it is the fault of the architects, things should be repaired Immediately. The city, by the same token, should, rather than just sit and find faults, get out and have the building tested. It seems right now that everyone is just sitting and making all sorts of statements without having any real ground. If it is declared dangerous, then let's have the darned thing fixed as soon as possible."
"It is going to .prove costly to local hockey groups to have to miss out on a year's revenue due to the building being closed. It will also effect the future hockey situation."
HARTLEY KAWCBTT
Businessman
"1 fuel that the city is in the position that if they leave tin- (.' o 1 i s e u m open it just wouldn't be safe. We all buy insurance �but if we leave the Coliseum open, we would be taking a  risk."
"1 think everyone, fan or not, would like to see hockey played here this winter."
A proposal for a 512,000 water pipeline to the new Bonnet Hill School was brought forth with Trustee II. A. Moffat presenting the plan to the school board.
He said they would hookup from the Experimental Farm and follow the existing roads for a total distance of 5r700 feet.
He also stated that they would be using four-inch pipe which would takt into account the slower pressure on top of the. hill. He said that this should be sufficient to supply enough water to  the school.
Along .'with the estimate for the laying of the pipe are epiotes for the diguing of a drainage ditch. This would involve about $2,S5<).
If the smaller three-inch pipe were used the board would save in the vicinity of $1)710,
RICHARD   N'OliLE Bookkeeper
"Something is wrong somewhere, when something that costs as much as the Coliseum has to be closed after only one winter of operation, lie-cause it is unsafe. A lot of people will really raise h . . . if there is no hockey here this winter."
Power Blackout
A one hour and 35 minute power cut between 5:55 p.m. to ?:;>() here last night left many local residents fumbling for matches and candles.
B.C. Power Commission officials report, that the cut was due to a'collapse in the generating unit with water leaking into one of the main cylinders.
ichcol BEsfricI >Ians Warehouse
The Prince George School District 57 has proposed the building of a $40,000 warehouse for the storage and distribution centre for all schools in the immediate area.
Last evening, Trustee H. A. Moffat brought this matter to the attenion of the board as he presented his weekly report from the binding committee.   �
He said the 'building would be* built of concrete blocks and would have a cement, basement and heavy wooden planks for the main floor.
To clarify his statements he said the building would be two stories high with one wall up against a high bank. This,. he said, would give an accessible truck ramp to the main floor.
He also remarked that his estimate would not include any fancy "office-like" fixtures. "This is only the rough warehouse type building,"  Moffat said.
HANS ROINE'S answer to a recent claim the Prince George climate is unsuited to vegetable growing are these eight-inch spuds representative of the crop he is producing in his Patricia Boulevard garden. "Faith and the Irish will be wantin' me to change me name to O'Roine when they see these," boasts Hans in a crazy mixed-up Norwegian-Irish dialect.
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(Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles on retarded children and the work being done to help them.) BY KEN  WA1/KKK
"Good has scattered among us�rare as the possessor of genius�the idiot, the blind, the deaf mute, in order to bind the rich to the needy, the talented to the incapable men to each other, by a tie of indissoluble solidarity.'
So said Dr. Edourd Seguin, a
Frenchman and the first great teacher in the mental deficiency field, one hundred years ago.
Proof of the value of schools for the retarded can be realized when one hears of work accomplished at Woodlands School Vow Westrrunscer, now in its 28th year of operation.
Throughout those years (lie School lias had continuous programs that have made it outstanding in its work of bringing happiness and light (o blighted children and heart ease to sorrowful parents. N TUSKS,   IHHTOItS   HELP
Throughout the "school is a small army of nurses and doc-ors who see to the comfort and iid of more than 1000 patients rom infants up. 'Realizing the need for affec-ion. teachers, besides being aca-lemically qualified also have he quality of having patience, indei'standing and kindness.
The school, lieinj; a large one, is naturally equipped to teach and train all ages. It consists of playrooms for preschool age children as well as kitchens for cookery classes and industrial art workshops.
Students are encouraged to keep their clothes ironed and mended. Cooking has become a highlight 'for many. Students have been taught to bake cookies and cakes for their teas as well as preparing full course dinners, a standard practice every Friday afternoon.
One of the surprising thin about the school is the fact senior student-patients have advanced to the point of taking all the usual subjects with the exception of science.
One program enjoyed by many is the gym classes which are important in life of the school. It is through this medium that dances are held along with excursions to sporting events and theatres. BEST OF CAKE
Behind the 'building of the mental process is the modern hospital of the school. The best of card is taken of the patients even.to dentistry which is in-eluded in the bodily care.
The welfare department also
takes  ;i  great  interest  in   the
school   and   it   has   been   said
once   admitted   to   Woodlands
Conservative  Assoclatlon Annual Meeting Oct. 11
Gus  Henderson,  M.P.  for the Cariboo  Riding,  will e the guest speaker at  the Annual  General  Meeting f the Cariboo Federal Conservative Association to be eld in Prince George 2:00 p.m. October  11. This   was   announced   at   the
was
ist executive meeting of the As-ociation held June 7 at Nukko ake near Va'nderhoof. At this meeting a committee �as set up to study the Consti-ition and recommend any hanges considered necessary, he constitution requires that le Annual General Meeting be eld prior to the Annual MeeU if the British Columbia Con-ervative Association, which this ear will be held in Harrison lot Springs October 23 and 21. John Coates, president of the ssociation expressed sencere opes that members of the As-iciation from all parts of the iding will be able to attend the inual meeting In Prince George. Those executive members Iiv-lg in North Peace, South Peace, uesnel and Vanderhoof are re->onsible for notifying their eneral membership of the Octo-er 11 meeting.
John Coates stated, "We urge ese membera to get out noticed
without delay. We have had a vuvy active year in this association and we urge members to do everything to try to get out to this final meeting in Prince George to help make it a huge success."
New Commitiee
A new committee has been formed to look into the situation of teacher recruitment.
President will be H. A. Moffat with Doug Weichcr from Duchess Park, Phil MacGj'egor from Conriaught, Al Stables from Pr. Geu. High School and it. G. Atkinson.
They will be responsible for; finding new teachers for any vacancies in the roster of any vacancies                   N
school in the district,
School you have a friend for life in  this department.
ReaJizfife the importance of educating the public, the welfare workers inaugurated open house and have found it to help immeasurably in locating employment for patients who through the school have been able to find a place in the world for  themselves.
.� Much credit for the wonderful work accomplished at Woodlands School is due to Dr. Louis E. Sauriol, medical superintendent and Mrs. A. I. Rhodes) principal of the school, who have geared to the individual capabilities of the pupil.
It has been because of the fine work accomplished by Woodlands that many centres throughout the province are today attempting to give more thought to the welfare of these unfortunates.
This and the fact that according to the western way of thinking, happiness is the birthright of every child, that lias brought citizens realization of the nerd lor such .schools. Citizens of Prince George are now included in these groups.
director lamed
Ralph Gordon of the Duchess Park Senior High School has been appointed to the position of  Night  School  Director.
Gordon is by no means new to this game as he has had a wide and varied experience with night school work. He has set up night schools in the Frasei Valley and has been a teacher of the various schools in the Van couver and Lower Mainland area. He is presently teaching senior English and Drama ir the Prince George High School having come from Ritsrlano High School in Vancouver this year..
With this appointment it was suggested that the night schools would be getting under way as soon as 'possible,
A motion was passed which put into effect a ruling that no member of the school board may teach for more than one night a week at the school. This is to give the daytime teachers a chance to keep up on their original job with the children through the day.
The board felt that to ask a teacher for more than one night a Aveek would degrade his daily work.
Drive Was Success
A grand total of 1,555 boxes of mixed nuts was sold' last night to local residents in a door to door sale by the Prince George Elks Club.
The local service club sold the nuts for one dollar per box, with the money being used to aid the Cerebral Palsy Association of B.C. with its research and treatment of the disease.
The canvass was held last night between 6 and 9 p.m. A canvass held last Saturday drew only $500 due to the poor weather condition.
"The drive was extremely succesful and wo are deeply grateful to aH those who helped us in any way at all," stated club officials last night.
Today's Markets
TORONTO�Prices were mixed to lower in quiet action.
T. C, Pine. 34%, off Hi; Abi-tibi 3614, off V\\ Unit. Tele. 185, up 5; Imp. Oil 3694, unch. A. V. Roe 714, unch.; Inter,Pipe. 53V4; St. Law 16%, off %; Ventures 22, unch.; Can.-Erin 142, unch.; Orchan 105, up 5; Cons. Den. 13'/i, up %; Gunner 11V6, unch.; K. A. .Still. 100, off 5; Unit. As-best. 440, off 5; Waite Am. G25, ofif 10; Sullivan 80, off 4; Petrol 110, off 13.
With opening of Prince George's new modern hos-)ital only a couple of months away, critical staff problem which apparently has been  building up  for some line,   has  suddenly   errupted   with   the   resignation   of :i\ members of the nursing staff. At the  moment,   board
moment, hoard mem jers, medical staff, hospital administrator and nurses are all eluctant to discuss the situa-ion and nobody is willing to .tale exactly where the prob-em lies, other than to imply it is a supervisory problem.
In an effort to come to grips with issue, an investigation has been launched by Dr. E. Bouch-ar of Victoria, chairman of the administrators division of the British Columbia Hospital Association. Since Dr. Boucher arrived here Sunday he has conducted a series of meetings with hospital board, medical staff, nurses,' and others involved in the operation of the institution. Reasons for the resignations of six nurses have not been advanced but Bruce Thomson, hospital administrator, last night �".�on firmed they had been received but would only state they arose from "supervisory problems". Of the six, two were from supervisors and these resignations have already been iccepted. The other four were .mder consideration.
Regular, hospital board meeting scheduled for last Wednesday was postponed until tonighl so that Dr. Boucher could be present and it has now been postponed until next Wednesday night to give opportunity for further  investigation.
Board chairman John Powers has declined to acknowledge the existence of the staff problem and even when leaving a five-and - one - half-hour marathon board session with Dr. Boucher at an early hour this morning stated the meeting was just a routine supper meeting honoring Dr. Boucher on his annual visit here. He said the visiting BCHA officer did not make any report to  the meeting.
The hospital administrator, however, acknowledged t h e loctor had been invited by the hospital board to study and report on the situation at the institution. He also said Dr. Boucher was not here representing the BCHA but was here 'just as a favor to the hospital joard."
Mr. Powers, however, claimed the   invitaion   to   Dr.   Boucher
was extended by the hospital administrator about six months ago and that no invitation has been addressed to the doctor on behalf of the board.
The hospital administrator stated the two supervisors who resigned had appeared before a joint hospital board medical staff meeting recently to air their grievances but said he had not attended the meeting and was not at liberty to disclose the nature  of   the  complaints.
The board chairman on the other hand denies any such ap-perance was made.
It is understood today that Dr. Boucher will have recommendations to make to a meeting of board members and medical staff tonight and a .statement regarding staff dissention may be forthcoming  tomorrow.
Thomson says that, because of a nurse shortage, one eight-bed private ward was closed in August.
Doctors, too, are reported not" happy. Tneir displeasure is said, by medical men who will not be
oied, to. centre on lee-tur-ser-yice difficulties experienced by radiologist. Dr. R. Miller Tait. One doctor says he "could tell quite a story" but chooses not to.
Dr. Tait, who invested a considerable amount of money into equipment, was apparently to get a fee from the hospital fur doing hospital work. The local hospital's medical staff is steamed up over the fact that Dr. Tait has not received this fee for a number of months and alsu had the payment reduced recently.
Businesses Close
in deep respect for the death of Ing'a Mensina Andersen, Andersen's Lumber Yard will be closed for the entire afternoon on Thursday, October 1.
The employees will attend the funeral   from   St.  Michael's  and
1  Angels  Anglican   Church.
Prince George Building Supplies, in'respect, will also otP serve an hour closure from 2:30 inti 1   3:;i0   p.m.
PLAY TIME at Aurora school is a gay time for the      children. Throughout the school day such breaks from youngsters who gather around the sand box where      the usual work are appreciated, they construct castles and other items that interest