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Vol. 3; No. 198
PRINCE GEORGE,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA,  TUESDAY,  OCTOBER   13,   1959
BX   CARR1SR
350 PZR WKEK
Two More Polio Cases Reported the Cariboo
Two more cases dXpolio have heen reported in the North-Central region of the province.
A Quesnel milkman, 29-year-old J; W. Black, is in hospital there in satisfactory condition and an unidentified -lO-year-old Williams Lake woman has been taken lo Kaniloops in critical condition. They are the  IGth and I7tl
are the   Kith and cases of polio reported in Ii.( this year.
Prince George residents an becoming increasingly aware <> the polio menace. Pr. K. 1. (! Benson, medical health office! for Cariboo Health Unit,-say the next regular Salk vaccine clinic is scheduled fo!- Thursday. Because of the Quesnel and Wil. Hums Luke polio cases he says a large turnout is expected.
free vaccine is available at tin health unit office Thursday from 7 t<> !) p.m. for all adults under �]() years old. Persons over that age are required to pay one dol-lar per shot for their three vaccine injections.
A 40-year-old pqlio-stricken woman was in critical condition in an iron-lufng in Kamibops Monday night following a dm-'lnatic 210-mile .ambulance trip and an IICAK mercy flight.
ROMP in four patrol cars began the bid to keep the unidentified woman alive early .Monday �when they relayed a portable lung to Williams Lake in north-central British Columbia, so she could be moved lo Kamloops hospital.
Hut after 110 miles of the 210-mile ambulance trip the batteries supplying power to the lung rail put. Dr. ,1. B. RIngwood and ambulance driver Ted Leavltt operated the portable lung by hand as the ambulance travelled the remaining distance.
An ROAF air rescue plane, which was prevented by bad �\vrather from lanrlirlg" at, Wli> liaiits Lake Sunday to fly the �woman to Vancouver, landed at Kamloops shortly after the am-Imlanee arrived.
20 Courses Being Offered
A complete syllabus of the Prince George Night School is Included in this issue of The Citizen. In it all questions are answered as to type of course, name of instructor, length of course, where held, registration date, fees, summary of objectives and actual hour of registration.
In brief, more than twenty courses are being offered, with all instructors highly qualified in their special subjects. The two secondary schools Ln the Duchess Park area (Duchess Junior High and Prince George Senior High) will be used exclusively for all classes.
Fees arc based on the well-accepted principle that any night school in British Columbia  should be self-supporting.
A minimum of fifteen registered students is required to guarantee thai a course will be in operation. In the case of a few academic subjects a minimum of ten registered applicants may prove acceptable.
Doctors ha'd previously decided however, that the woman had become too ill to be moved. Instead, the Dakota flew in an extra iron lung for emergency use at the Kamloops hospital.
The victim is the -47th polio c.i.se reported in British Columbia this year. Nine persons have died, including two who had received Salk vaccine shots.
The province's IGth case was .1. W. Black < '. Quesnel, lit'., i\ "29,-year-old milk man. He is in satisfactory condition in hospital there and is reported suffering no paralysis;
A group of SO Lower Main-a'nders spent a day in Prince ieorge as the highlight of "The Ireat Hinterland Tour", sponsored by the Grey Line Tours.
The group arrived here Satur-lay at 7:00 p.m. and began their return trip to Vancouver Sun-lay at 8:00 p.m.
A special PGE train was used "or the trip.
Men Await Sentence Assault, Robbery
Road Block Nabs Men At Qu.esn.et
FRANK MARX examines broken' toe, suffered when he was attacked by three men on the Vanderhoof Highway. He was dragged from his car by the men after he had pulled to the side of the road and gone to sleep. Three Prince George men pleaded guilty to robbery with violence in connection with the incident.
May Ask Arbitration On Coliseum Dispute
The Coliseum tangle is on tie jigenda again as* city :ouncil meets tonight. It vill be the third time in ess than a week that alder-nen h a v e discussed the jroblem.
A letter is slated lo he read I'oiu the building's architects, :ndenvood, McKInley and Camion, of Vancouver and councilors hope to receive correspond-nee from the B.C. Professional
lgineers' Society.
Ari'an  Thomson,  city clerk,
ys Hie architects are expected
o make reference to contractor
J. Oliver's refusal to conduct
afety   tests on   t'he  Coliseum
rustics.
A recommendation from the ngineers, as to the next step the ity should take to clear up the it nation, is anxiously awaited, it
as not known at press time if he letter would be here for to-light's meeting.
Two special meetings were eld last week on the Coliseum assle. Tuesday, councillors re-eived C. .1. Oliver's refusal of he request to conduct safely L'sts. Friday, City Fathers ex-ccted t'he engineers recom-lundation, but it did not arrive.
Hay Cunliffe, local engineer ep resent nig t'he society, appear-d before council Friday in lieu if the recommendation. He will
act as liaison between council and the society.
Today, Cunliffe said he did not know if the recommendation �would be forwarded from Vancouver  in  time for   tonight's
Local Oldtimer Dies af Coast
Alexander Nash, founder of Nash Engineering in Prince George, was buried in South Burnaby on Saturday.
Nash died in Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster after a lengthy illness. He was 80-years-old. The former Prince (leorge resident had resided in South Burnaby.
Nash came to Prince George in l!)1(i from Edson, Alberta,"as a locomotive foreman on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad. He held the job for a number of years and then became the engineer at the city powerhouse.
Nash founded his engineering firm about 25 years ago.
He is survived by his wife, three daughters. Mrs. Catherine McKlnriori, South Burnaby, Mrs. Jessie Snowden, Prince George, Mrs. Evelyn Gemmill, South Burnaby; one son,- Gordon, Prince (ieorge; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Interment was at Valley View Cemetery, Newton.
meeting. However, the society is expected to ^advise- the city to engage an arbitrator to settle the Coliseum problem.
The man for the job would be recommended by the society.
Bet'oro such action -would be taken an agreement would likely bo sought ivU'li the architects and the contractor. They would he asked <<> agree to linvc tile arbitrator's decision made binding on all concerned, thus putting onus for any necessary repair to the building on (he INirty found responsible by the independent consultant.
The city closed the building September 22, declaring it would not be reopened until the architects declared it safe. The architects don't want to conduct safety tests, saying this is the responsibility of the contractor. C. .). Oliver has refused to conduct tests and the city says the tests are not his responsibility. This would also be the job of the arbitrator � to determine responsibility for tests � as well as place blame for any faulty construction.
Each building truss would have to be submitted to 111 tons pressure to determine the building's safety.
I tegular meeting of the Auxiliary to Prince George and District hospital meets in in nurses residence Wed.. Oct. 1 1, 8 p.m.
FOUR CONSERVATIVES at a meeting here Sunday    Henderson, MP, and John Coates, association presi-oi" the Cariboo Federal Conservative Association. Left    dent, tu yjght are; Bill Ferry, Mrs. Walter Kininiel, Gus
Yul Brynner be Popular
Male residents of Prince George are starting to feel a shade of envy for their bald-headed brethren.
The bald-headed men won't be affected by the hike in the price of haircuts in Prince George.
Members of the local barbers union decided Thursday to raise the price of haircuts from $1.25 to $1,50 for adults. Students and children under H years of age will irxl their haircuts at a lower rate: Students $1,25; under 14, 70 cents.
i he local bariiers are following"the example of their Lower Mainland counterparts.
The. change in price will come into effect on Nov. 15 in all the local haircut emporiums.
ixceZlent Convention' Say CIF Delegates
Delegates from across the nation to the big 5lst annual Canadian Institute of Forestry meeting here last week gave local foresters a huge pat on the back Friday at the business session of the week-long meet ing A special resolution was passec expressing the institute's thanks for the "excellent" convention.
Following is trne resolution:
WHEREAS, the Annual Meeting Committee of the Cariboo Section, a Section of very limit ed membership, has been responsible for the excellent arrangements for this, the Institute's Gist Annual Convention, and,
WHEREAS, the greater than customary emphasis on field trips has introduced a commendable and desirable feature, which might well be emulated at subsequent meetings, and
WHEREAS, the members of this Section, and the people of Prince George have extended to ill delegates a most hospitalbe reception; therefore,
FJK IT RESOLVED, that the
grateful appreciation of the In-
titute be extended to all tho.se
who have contributed so gener-
)tisly of their time and energy
owards this very constructive
ind enjoyable Annual .Meeting.
The other resolution passed at
the convention wind-up was, as
ollows:
BE IT RESOLVED that, the Canadian Institute of Forestry irges  its  Sections  to  arrange
Meeting Tomorrow
The general meeting of the tidies Curling Club'will be held >n  Wednesday,  October 11 at
p.m. in the curling rink.
Anyone interested in this meet-
g is requested to attend.
meetings 'between representa tiyes of the administrators of Crown lands and representatives of the forest industries, the principal users of Crown timber, to discuss and formulate ways and means of restocking cut-over lands, formerly carrying healthy, vigorous timber stands, but not now adequately restocked; and in carrying on these discussions and formulating procedures desired therefrom, that all representatives give due consideration to ten ure of the land, economics of financing restocking projects, and the necessity of maintaining a competitive and profitable forest industry in Canada.
Annual Meeting
Wintery weather on the Thansgiving Weekend forced a postponement of the annual meeting here of the Cariboo Federal Conservative Association as members from outlying centres failed to reach the city. Twenty-two association mem-
jers, all from the city, turned up at the Civic Centre Sunday afternoon for the meeting. But about �!()_ were expected, from widely scattered points In the riding, and the annual meeting was put off to an indefinite date. The weather was blamed for the absence of many association members.
A general meeting was held In lieu of the annual gathering,
nd the association members lieard an address by Gus Hen-lerson, MP for the Cariboo, In which he spoke on a wide var-
ety of subjects.
Three   Prince  George   men   today   are  awaiting sentence for the unusual assault and robbery of 35-year-old  Frank  Marx  mid-way  between Vanderhoof and Prince George late Thursday evening. 'I lie  trio, Joseph
Ripple, 2(i, Donald Daw'son, 2;{, and Roger Owens, 25, appeared in Police Court here Monday. They plead-c.i guilty to robbery with violence and were remanded lo Oct. 20 for .sentencing.
Marx oaine to Prince George from Hums Lake over a week ago when the logging camp that employed him shut clown.
He left Prince George Thurs day evening for Vanderhoof to inquire about a sealer's examination to be held in Vanderhoof this week.
About 25-oniles from Vanderhoof, Marx pulled off to the side of the road to "get some sleep." He stated he covered his windshield with a newspaper to pre vent it from frosting over and took off his shoes.
Marx told the Citizen that he �was awakend by "an authoritative voice" telling him to get out of the car. When he asked why, the speaker told Marx what they were ROM!' on an investigation.
Because of the convincing tone of the speaker's voice, Marx said, he was willing to get out of the car. But to make sure he asked for identification.
Marx stated that the trio then tied to dragjiim out of the car, and in doing so fractured one of his toes. The paper spread over the winUshiekl prevented Marx from trying to escape in his car.
In the battle that ensued outside the car, Marx sustained a racturea riu ana a gash on the iack of his head as well as bruises.
However his quick thinking >robably saved him from an even worse beating.
During the fight Marx stated ie called out to an imaginary )erson sleeping in the backseat )( the car to wake up. The ruse vorked long enough for him to "red himself, and lie ran about 00-yards down the road in his locking feet.
The trio then started ransacking t'he car as the darkness effectively hid Marx.
While flic trio were ransack-
g t'he car, Marx said, he lieard one of them suggest that they 'get him." On hearing this Marx tated, he threw his wallet into t clump of bushes at the side f the road.
Hut the trio got into their own utomobile, a 1951-52 Buick, and rove off. Marx was picked up
by a passing motorist before he could reach his- own car and driven to Vanderhoof Hospital.
Vanderhoof ROMP notified Prince George of t'he incident, and tlie iiio was apprehended ne'eir Quesnol; Toey wore flown to Prince George Friday morning.
Marx, who had been brought to Prince George , by RCMP, identified a sleeping bag that had been found in the possession of the trio. A suitcase was also recovered by RCMP.
Prince George Thanksgiving Very Quiet
The RCMP
local detachment reported   one
the the
quietest thanksgiving weekends on record.
There were no serious accidents.
Police cells accommodated only 10 persons. They had been celebrating a little too strenuously.
Traffic accidents claimed six lives in Western Canada during the Thanksgiving weekend. Five persons died in Alberta, and one in British Columbia.
Fire took two lives and Peter Eskildsen, eight weeks, suffocated in a crib at hio home in North Vancouver.
No accidental deaths were re-port'ed in Saskatchewan � and Manitoba.
In Alberta, Stanley Lynch, M. md John Allen Clarke, 11, both >f Bowness, near Calgary, were dlled Sunday night when struck )> a truck while walking along i dark road. HIT IJV TRUCK
,arry Bouyette, 19, of Kaw-cett, Alta., died Saturday when struck by a passing vehicle on a snow-shrouded highway near Vestlock, Alta.
Mrs. Bertha Street of Hussar, Mia., was killed Saturday when he car in which she was rid-ng plunged into a ditch near, iVayne, (H) miles east of Calgary. Near Cardston, Samuel lofer, 17, was run over by u. railer at a Hutterite colony.
Georgia Clarke, 11), of Haney, J.C. was killed Saturday when the car in which she was riding left the road and hit a ditch.
SEEN WORKING with one of the arthritis patients in Prince George and District hospital, is Miss Rachel Daggert, local physiotherapist for C.A.R.S. The local branch, of C.A.fC.S. will be soliciting funds, Mantjay,,
October 19, to continue with work, aimed to help those crippled with arthritis and rheumatism. There has been a total of 4S7 patients treated to date this year and the number aee^m^ aid from C.A.R.S. is still