WANT ADS Buy or Sell Everything Phone LO 4-2441 The Only Daily Newspaper Serving 'North-Central British Columbia WEATHER FORECAST Low 5; High 25; Cloudy Crown Life Insurance Co. Wm. J. Shockey District Representative Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 34 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1960 7c a Copy BY CARRIER 35c PER WEEK VICTORIA CPi�Health .Minister Martin Wednesday announced expansion of the province's home nursing care services, using a "partial partnership" between the Victorian Order of Nurses and public health service nursing services. Speaking In the budget debate in the legislature, sometimes against the heckling of CCK members, the minister also announced: A superannuation plan for which all permanent hospital employees will be eligible and which will cost the government $1,000,000 a year initially; A program of grants to nonprofit agencies for construction uf nursing home beds; An intensive survey to ascertain the number of nursing home, beds available to establish area requirements; That $12,050,000 worth of hospital construction now is underway and $24,945,000 worth is on the draughting board. The CCF members jeered and guffawed while the minister was making the last point. IWKT OF SERVICES Also on hospitals, Arthur ner (CCF-Vancouver East) Tur-said RANGOON, Burma (Reuters) Soviet Premier Nikitn Khrushchev Wednesday nighl offered '�visas" to the moon to Burmese Premier General Ne Win and his family. Khrushchev made the offer during some bantering corner-"sation at a lavish reception under colored lights he threw f llurme.se leaders on the ground. Of the Soviet embassy. He presented to Ne Win am Burmese President U Win Ma im;-; copies of the metal pen nant sent to the moon by Rut sian rockets. "This is only a copy and yoi �will have to go to ttia moor to "at a iook at (he rjriffirial)' quipped Khrushchev. Said Ne Win: "1 suppose this moon." Said his wife: "1 suppose I'l have to go lo Moscow for mine.' '"Not at all," grinned Khrush Cliev. "This is a visa for you and all your family to visit the moon." T3UHNS LAKE � Chuck Hi>- rls. of Burns Lake, had a nar- i escape late yesterday when the propane gas tank truck he was driving failed to stop on an icy highway and was hit by an oncoming CNR freight train. The accident happened at a level crossing on Highway lb" near Priestley, 16" miles east of Burns Lake, about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. Robert saw the oncoming train and applied the brakes but the tanker skidded on the icy road with the front end coining to rest on the tracks. The train knocked the tanker sideways bid the propane tank itself was not hit. although the skirling around the tank ripped off the handles on the doors of the freight train. Roberts jumped from the truck after it had been hit, bruising one leg but escaping serious injury. Damage is estimated at approximately .$1,600. Roberts was driving home from Le Jac with the Canadian Propane Co. truck when the accident occurred. ambulances should be part of hospital and health services and should not. be operated for private profit. Speaking of the home nursing "partnership," the minister said by following through "on these two important nursing fronts, wo are hopeful that 1960 will be a year marked by expansion of of the home care field." "This will undoubtedly have an effect upon the utilization of out hospital and rehabilitation facilities in the province, and will bring a great benefit to the people concerned." At present there is expanded home nursing care in nine B.C. areas. This y e a r's estimates show home care services costs are to be increased by $102,000 to $114,000 to institute similar programs in other areas. STAY IN HOME TOWNS Mr. Martin said he hopes decentralized nursing assistance will enable patients who do not come under the categories of rehabilitative or responding to treatment to stay in their own communities. He said the government's chronic care program, announced in the budget, will be called the "Rehabilitation Chronic T re a t ment and Convalescent Plan." Mr. Martin said the details of the superannuation program have not yet been worked out, but that it will he transferable from one hospital to another as an employee moves. Participation would be voluntary. Me said ihe program of grants for nursing home beds will follow the survey, The grants would lie similar to the present government grants of DO percent of the cost of hospital construction plus one-third of the cost of removable equipment. Sail Set Bail w;k set at. $1300 in- police court today when Oscar States, charged with the theft of a chain saw valued at $200, was remanded eight days for trial. Remanded to Feb. 24 were Rene St. Pierre, Charles Gauthicr and Harry M. Chew, charged with keeping liquor for sale. Bail of $300 set Saturday for St. Pierre and Gauthier was reduced to $100. Daniel Emile Vandall was fined S10 for intoxication after he was nicked up near the police station at Fifth and Quebec. Fined $50 for a faulty muffler and $25 for not having plates on iis car was Robert Sihdia. Failing o have the load on his truck secured by chains or cables cost Robert McGuire S10. The Motor Carriers Act requires a load to be secured by a I least three chains. A sawmill worker severely injured in an accident at work early this morning was in "critical" condition in hospital at noon today. Bill Johnson, 28, was badly cut on the right arm and side when he fell into the trim saw at Martin Brothers Sawmill on the Buck-horn Lake road, 5S miles southeast of* here. He was driven to hospital by mill operator John Mail-in. At noon today, he was in the recovery room after undergoing surgery. Originally from Lloyd-minster, Alta., Johnson has a brother, Gus, living in Prince George. The injured man has worked here about five years. � * * Wallace Turner is reported in "fair" condition in hospital after his car left the road late Tuesday night near the airport, shearing off a hydro pole. His doctor and the hospital refused information on the nature of the man's injuries. Mr. Turner, an employee of Northern Dairies Ltd., is a volunteer fireman and lives at the lire" hall. Damage to the car was $1,400. STARK SHABBINESS of the old hospital is even more noticeable now it is deserted. The converted army barracks housed the local hospital since 1945. Fate of the rambling shacks hasn't been decided yet. �Hal Vandervoort Photo POSTAL SPRUCE-UP Mailmobile Has Successful Trial WHITEHORSE, Y.T. (CP) � ICMP constables today seized he complete stock of i(J publi-at ions from news stands in six Whitehorse .stores. They were acting under a search warrant signed Tuesday i.v Mr. Justice ,1. Parker, judge the Yukon territorial court, mil authorizing seizure of the lublications." The Holy Name Society of a Ionian Catholic church here lid a complaint alleging the uhlications were obscene under ection 150 of the Criminal Code f Canada. Mr. Justice Parker is expected o summons proprietors of the tores within seven days to how why the magazines should ot he confiscated. OTTAWA (CPJ�Plastic mailboxes and three-wheeled mail delivery vehicles will appear next month in several Canadian Cities. ' The post office announced today that the vehicles, called mail mobiles, will begin operating in Toronto, Ottawa, IMont-real, Quebec, Halifax and Vancouver after successful British Columbia trials last month in North Surrey and New Westminster. In Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg, postmen also will try out a four-wheeled version of the vehicles designed for mail delivery in outlying suburbs where homes are far apart. The plastic letter boxes are to be installed in busy locations in 22 cities during the next two months. They will maintain the traditional letter-box red but will have a new design. The de partmont said it is interest^ not. only in how practical thej are but also on the public's reaction. CUT IWIXTIXG It, is hoped the color-imprt nated iplastlc will eliminate the need of frequent repainfin especially in coastal centres. The boxes are expected to have more resiliency; than the present metal boxes, 100 of which arc damaged daily by cars or trucks. Only a small number of mail-mobiles will be used in each city, following .policy of tryin out new machinery before adopting it on a large scale. They will be tested in all seasons. The four-wheel machines, built of Canadian and British components by Gamalin (Canada) Limited, Preston, Ont., get about 5D miles to a gallon of gasoline SIGNING UP SUBSCRIBERS Now Hear This... First Wednesday afternoon opening saw 50 per cent more customers stocking up as normal weekday afternoons at the local liquor store. Mcbbc the banks should try longer hours . . . Judging from the number of people turned away from full houses at the first two ACT Sunday evening charity shows, opening of a second theatre might double the take . . . Youngster phoned today lo say he's fond of music and would love lo join the junior band being sponsored by the PG Jaycees but can't afford to. Said he'd have to look, up the meaning of sponsorship in the dictionary after reading it would cost him $5 to join the band, plus S2 a month dues, plus the price of buying his own instrument . . . Francois Lake Oldlimer Ed Nolan, who's been battling the game department for years because they won't let him trap beaver which Jflood his farm by building dams, writes from Victoria that a pow-wow with Conservation and Recreation .Minister Eaiie Westwood "in his big plush office" has settled the trouble � he hopes. Said the minister agreed to send up a man to settle the matter to Nolan's satisfaction. But Ed, who's been watching proceedings in the Legislature since the session opened, said he wants the settlement in writing before heading home . . . Theft of a new linen bed sheet from her clotheslines was reported to police by Mrs: 31. C. Hip-penstecl, 941 Freeman. Mebbc the thief was three sheets to the wind and required a fourth . . . Well-known hairdresser (Beauty Lane) Toby Timberlake and husband are still collecting � express collect � pieces of luggage they left at various stopovers during a recent vacation trip lo Vancouver Island, Portland, et al . . . A $00,000 transmission line will likely be built this year into the electricity-starved community of Willow Hiver, 25 miles northeast of here. The B.C. Power Commission is currently signing up subscribers for 17 miles of line extending from the end of* the wire near Six Mile Lake. With sufficient subscribers and commission approval, construction should he the first in the area this spring said BCPC District Manager Basil Gale. Willow River's only power now comes from several small light plants in the settlement. Mr. Gale said the commission's rural electrification assistance Bitten by Dog Henry Lafrenicre told police his glasses fell to the ground and broke after a man struck him as he was entering the Embassy Cafe about midnight last night. He said there was no apparent reason for the attack. No charges were laid. A 12-year-old boy, Arthur Erickson of Old Summit Lake Road, was bitten by a large black dog as he walked in a lane near the McDonald Hotel. The dog was pulled off the lad by an unidentified man. program is being well received in the area, and if the rural areas being polled approve the plan an area with a 20 mile radius surrounding the city will be served with power. Preliminary surveys of the 350 potential customers in that area are now underway in all but several districts. A total 130 miles of new transmission lines would be needed to serve the area. Cloudy with sunny periods and a few snow flurries today and Friday. Little change in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and high Friday at Prince George. 5 'and 25; Quesnel, 10 and 30; and Smithers, 13 and 2u. Peace Hirer Region Clear and cold tonight and Friday. Light winds. Low tonight and high Friday ut Grande Prairie, -lo and 10. 2-J Prince George Terrace ............ 2S Smithers .......... 13 Quesnel .......... 9 Kamloops ...... Dawson Creek Fort St. John.. Fort Nelson... Whitehorse .... Hours Lo Hi S 30 Precip. 34 � 19 3 -6 -14 35 34 19 17 5 19 .04 .01 .QS tr. and carry up to 500 pounds of mail. The U.S.-built three-wheel ma chines get ()() miles to the1 'gallon and carry (i(>0 pounds. Both have one-cylinder engines and top speeds of about 30 miles an hour. Planned modernization also involves experiments with electronic sorting and handling of mail, including a trial run Winnipeg in 1!)(>1 of a machine that will automatically separate parcels from letters, arrange envolapes face up, cancel stamps and separate local delivery letters from those with out-of-town addresses. ISLECTliOXIC COMPUTER Also in the experimental stage is a money order imprinting machine that might make it possible for an electronic computer in Ottawa to handle accounting and auditing of the 300,-000 money orders completed daily in Canada. Postal authorities also are tudying use of a commercially developed, Ink-impregnated- plastic stamp that would eliminate the familiar rubber stamps and ink pads from Canada's 11,270 post offices'. It is expected that by midsummer that Ottawa computer will be used to make up the payroll of 14,000 employees in small ipost offices. They would be paid twice a month instead of nonthly � a chan; ees have sought. e the employ- Local trades and businesses are parading new techniques and equipment for home building before the critical public eye today and Friday at the first annual Home Show and Trade Fair here. Being held in the Civic Centre, the fair is sponsored by the Prince George Builders' Exchange as part of the campaign to promote winter work. Various businesses and trades have booths set up to display their wares and talents. Entertainment is provided as well to make a tour of the show a good several hours entertainment for Joe Citizen interested in building a new home or improving his current dwelling. A tea is held each afternoon in aid of the Catholic Women's League and there is junior and senior boys' boxing presented each evening by the Lions' Athletic Club. BULLETIN DIFFICULT CHILDBIRTH REPORTED FOR QUEEN LONDON (AP) � The Queen is reported to be in labor tonight in an apparently difficult childbirth. John II. Peel, the gyncacological surgeon who is delivering her baby, remained at her side in a day and night vigil. deadline Now March SEVBKE TEST EDWARD AIR FORCE! BASH Calif. (AP) � The rocket ship X-J5 made its first steep power dive Wednesday, a nearly vertical descent that subjected test pilot. Scott Crossfield to pull-out pressure more than six times the force of gravity. The sleek black craft, expected ultimately to soar 100 miles high at speeds up to 1.00(1 miles an hour, was travelling about 1,400 miles an hour at the time of the abrupt (Hill up. which gave Crossfield the sensation of weighing six times his normal 100 pounds. CLOSE CALL I'A IMS. Out. KB�Earl Moore was startled by a big black spider he found in a bunch of bananas in his fruit store here. He carefully placed the spider into a box and science specialist Norman Calvert of the Paris High School identified it as a tarantula. It has been picked for tudv in the school lab. Closing date for the $75 "Au rora, Queen of the Evergreens" legend writing contest has been extended one week to March 4. This was announced today by the Simon Fraser Day Committee which is sponsoring the competition to produce a legend that will explain the origin of Aurora, Queen of the Evergreens. WRITERS ASKED Committee spokesman said the original closing date of Feb. 26 has been extended at the request of many entrants, who said the February deadline did not allow them sufficient time lo work on their submissions. The winning . legend will be adapted for stage presentation by Mrs. Beryle Siddons, producer and director of theatrical entertainment for the Simon Fraser Day celebrations at Prince George July 1. Mrs. Siddons proposes to gel off to a flying start with training dancers for small ballets, and has asked that persons interested in taking part of helping, telephone her at LOgan 4-4754. TOK.NAim LEVELS HUMUS LAFAYETTE, La. (AI') � A mall tornado howled oveV five houses in the nearby small outhwest Louisiana town of Breaux Bridge Wednesday. No injuries were reported. STAMPS BRIEFS VICTORIA (CPJ� The recently-formed legislative committee on trading stamps and other retail M'omotional devices will hold a neeting today to hear the first of eight briefs which have been >repared for it. ACCUSES ISItAEL DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) � Maj.-Geri. Jamal Faisal, commander of the United Arab Republic's First Syrian Army, Wednesday charged Israel still is massing troops on the tense Syrian-Israeli f r o n ti e r. I Iis charge came 24 hours after the United Nations Syrian-Israeli mixed armistice commission condemned Israel for what it called aggression on the southern demilitarized .sector of the border. She . is particularly interested at present in hearing of children four or five years old who wish to be trained for the dancing. The $75 prize will be awarded to the writer who submits the most imaginative and adaptible legend explaining how the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) came about, and how Aurora became queen of the evergreens. Entries must be mailed by March 4 lo the Simon Fraser Committee, City Hall, Prince George. More government financed housing is under construction in Prince George this winter than at the same time, last year, Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation in its latest report said 54 homes were under construction here Jan. 31, as compared to 49 at that dale last year. A total 20 new homes were completed here in January. Only one was finished during .January, 1959. No construction was started during the month. Last year building of two dwellings began in January, The report shows home construction here to be on a par with that in other B.C. centres of similar size,. Purse Snatcfier Chased By Local Housewife VANCOUVER (CP) � A Prince George house-Mile enlisted the aid of a passing cab driver in downtown Vancouver Wednesday to pursue a thief and recover her stolen purse. Mrs. C. Allanl, visiting this city, was confronted by a well-dressed man who snatched her purse, containing $40 and ran. Mrs. Allard hailed a cab driver and together they chased the man until he disappeared into a hotel washroom, out of which he threw the purse � still containing the money � and fled. Police were still looking lor the thief. ESTIMATED AT 20,000 By JARVIS WHITNEY How many people in Prince George? \n interesting question in view of the continual near-boom tere during the past decade. But nobody knows the answer with any great degree of accuracy� the last official census was 1956. \ good estimate, however, is about 13,500. And considering the icavily populated areas immediately surrounding the city the district would have a population around the 20.000 mark. Population of the city would appear to be slowing down from he earlier part of the decade. POPULATION INCREASE It has jumped only about 3,000 ince the last census. But the 10.593 figure of 1956 was a terrific jump from the previous official census in 1951 which put the number of people in Prince George at 4,703. The 13,000 figure used by the City as a correct unofficial census is based on light and water connections. The current rating is up about a thousand from this time last year. City officials figuring the population give Prince George people credit for being slightly more prolific than their pale skinned bothers to the south. Each household is assumed to have four members, slightly higher than the figure of 3-poinl-somclhing used nationally in estimating populations. A greater transient population here also comes into the picture. SURROUNDING AREA Figures from the B.C. Power Commission put population " in surrounding area at 6,650. Added to the city figure the district population comes out to 20,150. The Hart Highway, heavily populated for some seven miles north of the city, is the area surrounding Prince George with the highest number of residents. Considered to have about 2,600 residents, the Hart would be followed by settlement on the Van-derhoof Highway housing some 1.600. Another 1,200 live near the city along the Quesnel Highway and in Pineview. A rough estimate of the population strung along the three highways, yet close enough to the city for residents to work in Prince George is 5,400. TOTAL 1,000 South Fort George and the VLA Subdivision on the outskirts of Prince George add a total of about 1,000. The island Cache flanking the city on the opposite side is populated by about 250 people. Natural increase in population i here is about 1,000 a year. The crop of newborns is split about evenly between the city and surrounding area. . The latest boom here began about 10 years ago. From 1942 to 1951 the population of the city only grew from 3,500 to 4,703. By 1956 it had climbed sharply to over the 10,500 mark. And, although it slowed some in the last half of the decade, population is still on the rise at a great pace. Here is the census of the past five years in Prince George, excluding the rapidly developing surrounding areas: 1956�10,593 1959�12,500 1957�10,850 1960�13,500 1958�11,535 The next official census is due in 1961. And with the continuing development of the North you can bet your bottom buck Prince George, heart of the thriving North, will register another whop-piug population increase.