INSIDE EDITORIAL ........................ Page 2 SPORTS ............................ Page 4 CLASSIFIED........................ Page 6 COMICS ............................ Page 7 WOMEN'S, SOCIAL .......... Page 8 Dedicated to the Progress of the North WEATHER Cloudy with occasional showers, today, cloudy with sunny periods Wednesday, little change in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and high tomorrow 35, 45. Phone LOgon 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 203 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1959 �Y OARHIEn !5e PSR WEEK District Conference The eighth annual conference of the Parent-Teacher Associations in the North Central District of B.C. will be held in Prince George Thursday and Friday. The conference will be held Thursday evening and all day Friday in the Civic Centre here. The Prince George Parent-Teacher Council is the host body for the conference once again. They are responsible for making all local arrangements for the conference. Delegates from as far west as Burns Lake and Houston and as far east as the border of the province are expected to attend the conference. Mrs. H. L. Horan, vice-president of the B.C. Parent-Teachers Federation, and Mrs. D. \V. Bentley, an executive member of the same body, will attend the conference from Vancouver. They are expected to arrive i:i Prince George Thursday afternoon. The conference is open to all members of I'TA organizations and to anyone interested in the PTA. The genera] public Is in-vited to attend any of the sessions. Registration is only 2"�c. The annual meeting of the John Howard Society will be held Wednesday evening in the back dining room of the Prince George Cafe, at 8 o'clock. Frank Lewis, provincial president, and Mervln Davis, executive director, will be in attendance. ONE OF 42 British Columbians to draw a horse in the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes is Woo Zing Chong, wife of Dick Wong, head cook at the Embassy Cafe here. She holds a ticket on "Polar Way," a horse not favored in the Cambridgeshire handicap on which the sweepstakes are based. The field of 40 horses takes to the track Wednesday. The local ticket holder (ticket number EKM 4D1U2) ay. stands to win as much as $140,000. TicklisEi Coliseum Max- Prince'"George's ticklisri Coliseum " mix-up was the object of a meeting slated in Vancouver today. Representatives of the city, the architects and the contractor were to meet, along with Fred Uiry, the engineer who designed the roof trusses of the building. Architects Underwood, McKinley and Cameron called the meeting after .the city took positive act inn to have safety tests conducted on the trusses in question in order to speed reopening "I" the half-million dollar building. City council moved to follow a suggestion from the architects that, they be asked to appoint a firm of consultants to carry out the tests. The suggestion was contained in the architect's first letter, which oast doubt, as to the building's safety and which resulted in the closing of To Stand Trial �NELSON ten � The murder trial of Richard A. Huculak, formerly a resident in Prince George, was adjourned Monday until the next assizes at the request of crown counsel Leo S. Ganser of Nelson. Mr. Ganser told Mr. Justice Thomas W. Brown that Huculak is undergoing treatment at Essondale mental home and is unable to stand trial. lluculak is charged with the murder of Linda Townsend, 8, of the Trail suburb of Park Siding, found dead last summer with her mother on the family farm. the Coliseum September 22. Underwood, McKinley and Cameron were expected to prc/ceed with action on safety tests at today's meeting. A 1 d e r m e n Ken .lack and "Spike" Ehemark, along with 1). .1. Parker, town planner, represented the city at the meeting. A press tlvn it wa not ps e known how long the meeting was expected to last or when results of the gathering "would be known here. However, the city representatives are due to return to Prince George tomorrow and a special meeting of city council has been called for Wednesday night. The three could report on the Vancouver meeting at this gathering of city lathers, providing the coast meeting is concluded today. Another matter that might have been thrashed out at the meeting, besides who is to conduct safety tests on the doubted trusses, could have been costs of the tests. This is a point that was holding back testing. The three parties concerned � the city, architect sand eonraetor� all maintained.they were not responsible for costs. Under the city's latest move costs will fall to the city initially but where the cost will eventually fall is not known. Alderman Charlie Graham, who was put of the city when councillors took action on safety tests for the Coliseum, last night expressed bis disapproval of the way business was handled In his absence. At Monday night's city council session he said he wanted the clerk to record his expression of disapproval with council action. He said the city had originally disagreed with the architects because they "Jet us down" and, he continued, "council turned right, around" and asked that safety tests on the building be handled under supervision ,ol Underwood, McKinley and Cameron. Three Prince George men, charged with robbery with violence in connection with an incident in which a sleeping motorist was pulled from his parked car on the Vanderhoof Highway, have been sentenced here. Joseph' Ripple, 2(>. Donald Dawson, 23, and Roger Owens. 2.">, were each given two-year .sentences. Only one man had any previous record. They were also sentenced to one day in jail and a fine oi $400 or, in default, two months on an identical charge laid In connection with an incident at Vanderhoof. They had pleaded guilty earlier to the charges. For E. S. Shaw Funeral service for the late Ernest Samuel Shaw was held on Monday, October 2G at the Assman Funeral Home. Service was conducted by Key. Newton steai y, or Knox United church. Mr. Shaw was born at Wa-pella, Sask, July 27, 1903. He was raised and received his education at Wapella. He brought his family to Prince George from Bowsman, Man in 1912. During the time be lived in Prince George Mr. Shaw was active in union work, having served as recording secretary of the local Carpenter's Union No. 1!)9S, for several years. He was also secretary-treasurer of the Joint Labor Council and had just recently returned from the Carpenters' Convention in Victoria. lie leaves to mourn his passing, his wife Pearl, two sons, Marley Samuel, Williams Lake; John Allan, RCAK, Greenwood, M.S.; and three daughters, Mi's. George Hall iWilla), Hixon, B.C.. Evelyn, Edmonton, Aha., ami Marie at home: seven grandchildren, also lour sisters, Mrs. E. F. Redman. Carlyle Sask., Mrs. ]�',. !�'. Holmes, Napanee, Out.. Mrs. .). Blake, Regina Sask, and Mrs. W. Harper, Kingston, Out. The Prince George Chapter of the Order of DeMolay will In.Id its installation on Saturday, October 31st at S p.m. in the Duchess Park Junior High School, when Ron .lanakka, as Master Counsellor, and his officers will be installed for the ensuing term. An Invitation is extended to all those who are interested in boys' work. SCHEDULED for dedication tomorrow afternoon is Bride, superintendent of missions, who will turn the the new St. Giles' Presbyterian manse at 20G0 Nechako keys over to the first occupant. Rev. Bruce V. Will. Drive. The dedication ceremony will take place at 3:30 The dedication ceremony will be followed by a con- o'elock and Will be conducted by llev. William Me- gregational dinner in St. Cjiles' Church hall at 1 o'clock. Used To Pave Street EAGLE PASS, Tex. (AP) � .Just how sticky is 275 000 gallons of molasses? This Texas town found out Monday. A molasses tank truck popped wide open and gummed up three blocks of a dirt street. Mayor W. A. Hewatt estimated that 275,000 gallons of the heavy syrup, used in cattle feed, spread over the street and oozed into a dry creek. "It was the fastest, sweetest paving job Eagle Pass ever had," quipped one city official. For the molasses firm, the loss was estimated at SI00.000. City employees couldn't wash away the sticky molasses. They used a dump truck to haul in rocky soil and cover the syrup. Returns To Ottawa as Secretary OTTAWA (CPt� Esmond Butler, the first Canadian to serve on Queen Elizabeth's personal staff is returning to Ottawa as secretary to Governor-General Van-ier. The appointment of the ^per-sonable 30-year-old bachelor as head man of Gen. Vanier's household was announced from Government House. Mr. Butler, whose breezy manner belies his efficiency, returns with a promotion to the household he left almost 20 m o n t h s ago to become the Queen's assistant prows secre* tary in London. ROVAIi TOUK LIAISON His work at Buckingham Palace included liaison work in the planning of Princess Margaret's visit to Canada in the summer of 1958 and of the Royal Tour last summer. At the time, Mr. Butler was assistant to Lionel Massey. then secretary to former governor-general Vincent Massey. The younger Massey left bis post-when bis father retired Sept. 15 to be succeeded by Gen. Va-nier. in Hit-Run No new developments have been reported today in the search for a motorist who struck down a man and wife near diet-w.vnd, killing the woman. Mrs. Elsie Napoleon, 35, was killed late Friday or early Saturday morning after being struck by a light pickup truck in the community 150 miles north of Prince George. RCMP at Dawson Creek reported Monday that the truck was 'believed to be a 1032 or '53 International, red and cream in color. Reports today state that part of the licence plate number of the truck is also believed known by the RCMP. However this could not be confirmed by press time. Mrs. Napoleon's husband. P.ill Napoleon, is reported to be in fair condition in Dawson Creek hospital. The Indian couple was believed to be walking towards Chet-wynd after attending a dance in the centre's Community Hall about midnight Friday. The northbound truck smashed into the couple as they were walking along the side of the road�fatally injuring the woman�and continued on its way. Roadblocks set up by the Dawson Creek and Prince George detachments failed to turn up any tract1 of the truck. An RCMP mobile unit is continuing its investigation in Crietwynd today. , TORONTO�Stocks generally maintained earlier gains in quiet action. Cons. Smelt. l!)'i>. up \\\ Stan Paving 2-l]2. up .'i: Alum. .'11. up >s: Walkers :W 2. up U: Ma h\-:z. 12%, off %; hit:. Nickel 92:i4, off %: Unit. Oils 190, up C; Elder 143, off 5; Place Gas SO, off 1; Pac. Pete 12. up %. Provo 257, up 2; Unit. Keno 475 up 10; H. G. Young 101, off 4; Gunnar 11V6, unch.; Orchan 123, up 5; St. Rock lie, off W, Cons. Den. JiVfij uy Vu The Government House announcement said Mr. Butler's appointment is effective Nov. 15 and that "Her Majesty has approved Mr. Butler's release to allow him to take up his new appointment towards the middle of November." MA XITOI1A NATIVE Mr. Butler, a native of Waw-anesa, ;Man., is the son of an Anglican minister, the Rev. T. 13. Butler and Mrs. Butler who now live at Weston, Ont. He served in the navy during the Second World War and Holds the rank- of lieutenant-commander in the naval reserve. Before working in Ottawa he was a newspaper man in Geneva and was assistant secretary-general of the International Union of Official Travel Organizations there. Two Injured In Car Crash Two members of a Prince George family of four were injured Sunday when their car was in collision with another vehicle, .several miles north of Hixon. The car, driven by Jim Stilt, 1003 Carney, collided with a vehicle driven by Jim Best of Hixon. Mr. Stit.t's wife, Jean, .suffered two broken bones in her left loot and the couple's 2V�-year-old daughter had her front teeth and li'ps bruised in the impact. Thirteen-year-old Edna and her father were not injured. Both cars were travelling north, towards Prince George, when the mishap occurred about 1 p.m. Sunday. Fined $300 Or 60 Days Douglas Wipfli of Giscome pleaded guilty here to a charge of theft, involving two auto-mo'bile hub caps, and was ordered to pay a fine of $300 or spend GO days in jail. The hubcaps were stolen from :i car owned by city resident Ronald Redding, He informed police of the theft and later reported seeing (he hubcaps on Wipfli's car. Wipfli was then charged with the theft. Safety Idea RED DEER, Alia. (CP) � 'Fluorescent tape or paint on shopping bags carried 'by youngsters is one <*f the 'tips given by the Alberta Safety Council. The bags would ibe more easily seen by motorists in darkness. Administrator Leaving PENTICTON >CP) � E. F. Mac-Donald, hospital administrator here for the last nine years, has been named assistant administrator of the new Burnaby hos-�Jital'. Defence Contract VERNON icn � The Department of Defence Production has awarded a $12,4S0 contract to Bui mans Products Limited for canned goods- Accused NELSON (CP) � John Franklin McGee, charged with attempting to murder a woman with whom he was living June 20, released his counsel and sought a plea of temporary insanity when his trial opened in Assize Court here Monday. The accused is formerly )f Prince George and Dawson Creek. He was charged after a woman called Mrs. Beatrice Elsie McGee was found in a Ftossland afe with a bullet wound in the ibdomen anil a deep throat cut. Rossland is (SO miles south of acre. He told the court before the rial opened he was dismissing lis counsel, R. D'Andrea of Trail, and would conduct his own defence. McGee said lie wanted to enter a plea of not guilty by temporary insanity. Mr. .lustier T. \V. 15rown did not rule on the plea but told the accused he would be given assistance in conducting liis defence. Dennis J. Smith, a store clerk, testified he was beginning to eat lunch in the cafe when McGee came in. He said the accused walked up behind the woman and pulled a gun from his pocket. Smith tried to take the gun away but was chased from the building at gunpoint. Mr. Smith said soon after he left he heard three gunshots. When he returned he found Mrs. McGee on the floor bleeding from the head and abdomen. He testified th.it McGee was standing unarmed beside the injured w'oiiisin. The ncrtisi'ri's sou, Dennis, II, was also nearby. \)i: L. H. Nixon of Itossland said he had to remove one of the woman's Kidneys because it had been shattered by a gunshot wound. Her throat had also been cut within half an inch of the jugular vein. The doctor said Dennis McGee had been shot once in each hand and the right knee. His wounds were not serious. Const. R. K. Somerville of the RCMP identification branch at Nelson and Const. S. .1. Kirby of the RCMP crime detection lamboratory at Regina also gave evidence. The trial, which is being heard by an all-male jury, will continue today. Rustlers Active DUNCAN, B.C. (CP>�Cattle rustling is still a problem and the local agriculture society is being urged to set up rewards for conviction of livestock thieves. Mrs. George Whitiaker reported several cows have been taken from her pasture. TRAVEL HIGHWAY 97 OKANOGAH CARIBOO Mil. "0" PRINCE Caravan 97 to Arrive Here Next September Prince George cars are expected to take part in Caravan D7, an organized motorcade that will travel from Bend, Oregon, to Dawson Creek next September. The Prince George cars will join the Caravan here. Alex Bowie, vice-president of the Fort George District of the Okanogan Cariboo Trail Association, made the announcement here today. _.....J..".?/r:^.Alo.l