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Parades, Merrymaking Mark Shrine Ceremonial
PRINCE GEORGE
Shrine Club
May, 1960, will be remembered for many a year as the time Prince George looked more like a Turkish city than a northern timber town � the effect being achieved by the fez perched on almost each and every head.
And remembered for bringing about the change will be some 3.000 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, here for their annual ceremonial � first ever held in the city.
There'll be horns blowing and bells pealing and all sort of fun and games during the four-day
annual ceremonial which will see visitors from th& entire northwest live it up in this convention-happy city.
These fez-bedecked gentlemen of merriment, whom this city will be proud to have as guests over the weekend, contribute more to this earth than gaiety, however.
For it is largely through the efforts of Shriners that thousands of children have once again been able to run outside to meet Dad returning from work, to join the other kids in fielders, and to spend a day at the beach.
The Shrine has opened the doors of, and maintained, 17 hospitals for crippled children in Canada and the United States.
The doors are open to children who need help, regardless � of race, color or creed.
This is remembered wherever Shriners may gather. As they welcome the kiddies, so do the children � and their parents and aunts and uncles � welcome them.
The story behind Shrine and its many works will be found in a special 14-page supplement in today's Citizen.
Official celebrations start at 8:30 tonight with an eye-popping parade starting from the Government Building. It'll go down Third to George, thence to the Coliseum.
And at 9 o'clock in the Coliseum, perhaps the most entertaining evening ever offered the Prince George public will be presented � the Shrine Pageant.
There'll be two hours of outstanding entertainment including at least five bands and seven uniformed units.
Saturday at 2 p.m. another
big parade steps off from the Civic Centre. It will follow along Seventh, down Victoria to Third, on Third to George, terminating at the Coliseum. All Shrine units will participate.
A non-denominational service in the Coliseum Sunday will be preceded by a church parade at 9 a.m. Public is invited to attend the service at 9:30.
And when the convention is over, these 3,000 visitors will leave for their homes with a hearty invitation to "come again � and stay longer next time!"
PRINCE GEORGE
Shrine Club
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EYES WERE AGOQ Thursday when this gargantuan it's a mobile spar tree, manufactured in Nanaimo, and mechanical monster passed through the C-rR yards , en route to a logging operation' in Prince Rupert, at Prince George. \VhaTte it? Well, it's'not *a missile They'r launcher, and it's certainly not a cannon. Nor does it have anything to do with Shriner's hi-jink.s. Actually,
're not allowed to be used in this forest district, tlal Vandervoort Photo
Cloudy with showers today. Sunny with cloudy periods Saturday. A little vyarmer, light winds. Low tonight anil high Saturday at Qucsricl, :\:> and OS; Prince George ami Smit'hers, o~> and oo.
Rain expected late Sunday or Monday, otherwise sunny with a few showers.
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U-YEAR-OLU GIRL INVOLVED
Man Admits He's Bigamist
A man currently serving 18 months for false pretences, pleaded guilty in police court Thursday lo bigamy.
David Jamison was remanded five days for sentencing.
The 29-year-old man was convicted May 11 for paying for a, wedding ring and flowers with
Local Contractor Gets Nod for Road Job
VICTORIA ten � A low bid of $1,508,983 was submitted by View Construction Ltd., of Prince George for the completion of the Salmo-Creston cutoff of the southern Trans-Provincial Highway.
The department of highways is studying a total of nine bids for tlic job.
Highways Minister P. A. Claglardi said a contract will be awarded soon for the 12.7-niile project which runs between Summit Lake and Blazed Creek.
Now Hear This...
Memo to Highways Dcpt.: Take note of condition of Blackwaler Road. There'll be some very angry people if that stretch of gumbo isn't improved for the people heading out Baldy Hughes way Saturday . . . Here's a switch to end all switches: .an accused phoned up this ayem to let us know he'd like some coverage of his case when he appeared in court in the p.m. . . .
^ Old Wooden Head, the wooden man Rotary built for their wing-ding here lias a new chapcau. A fez. of course . . . Speaking of the plant pot headgear one local type commented today that he hadn't seen such a sea of fcz-bcaring noggins since his one and only jaunt through the Middle East way back when . . .
Wonder if Fire Chief August l>ornbicTris being carried by the rushing waters.
Queen Mother Not Planning Marriage Man In Picture Says
LONDON (Reuters)�A report that 59-year-old Queen Mother Elizabeth contemplates marriage lo Sir Arthur Pcriri, 71,, was officially denied here today.
The report was carried by the New York newspaper. The Daily News. The denial was issued n ;i statement by the London aw.vers of Penh, treasurer of the Queen Mother's household. It said:
"As solicitors for Sir Arthur Penn we are authorized to state on his behalf that the story published in the New York Daily News, as reported in certain newspapers in this country this morning, that ;i marriage is contemplated between Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and himself is wholly without foundation."
The news had said protocol decreed that the widow of a monarch should not remarry and that the Queen .Mother's plans "have created a tense situation in the Royal family." The report quoted "s o u v c e s close to British Royal circles."
The Queen Mother is at present out of the country, touring Southern Rhodesia in central Africa.
Rumors that she wanted to re-iiarry have buzzed around society salons for weeks past.
Sir Arthur is a bachelor. Ho is groom in waiting and extra equerry to the Queen as well as treasurer of the Queen Mother's household.
SIX-MONTH SUSPENDED SENTENCE
Aged Shoplifters Meet Justice
By PAT DENTON
Citi7.cn Staff Reporter
To look al the little old couple silting at the back of the courtroom one would think they were there only to say a good word for a wayward grandson.
One would little suspect the elderly gentleman and his wife wer.e shortly to appear on a charge of theft.
But such a contradiction of judgment occured Thursday in city police court when the wispy-haired lady stood in the prisoner's box and pleaded "not
guilty" lo theft of a 33-ccnt light bulb from a supermarket.
Then came her husband's turn, and he, too. entered a plea of "not guilty" on a charge of taking a pound of sausage meat without paying for it.
According lo three store employees, the elderly pair left the store with 9.96 worth of groceries which they had purchased.
But, said two witnesses, they spotted "Grandmother" take a light bulb from her pocket then and place it in one of the two bags.
Subsequent invest igation round the sausage meat in the other bag.
The police were called and thus the wheels of. justice went into motion.
Questioned about the sausage meat. Grandmother, 66, told the court, "Thai's stuff as we never eat."
But a few minutes later, when "Grandfather," 72, was also asked about the sausage meat, he said, "Why should we take that, we already had sausage at home?"
And Grandmother said there was no need for them to take
light bulbs because they could gel them wholesale.
However, as most law enforcement people agree, shoplifters will take most anything if it isn't nailed clown, regardless of need.
Magistrate George Stewart found them both guilty.
lie granted them each a six-month suspended sentence.
"You won't have to report to anybody though," he told Grandmother and Grandfather.
"At your age you hardly need supervision, and I'm quite sure I won't see you here again."