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No. 4; Vol. 109.
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1960
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SECOND INSTALMENT
lJy GRANNY SICV.MOL'K
as told to JlJli'jflirite lliil)li;n�I
Lady Douglas, the Scottish wife of Monsieur Vacon Bouchey, who Margaret barely had little knowledge of as a small child, visited Margaret's father at Stuart Lake and remain there until later years. Lady Douglas Bouchey, Margaret's grandmother, also acted as school teacher for Margaret and her sisters. Their teaching was mostly based on the way of Catholic faith and religious knowledge by speaking; no reading or learning to write took place, although Margaret knew how to.
The ones present at Lady Douglas' Sunday school were Sophie, Filamcn, Nancy, Angela and Margaret. Angela turned out to be the clever one of the Bouchey girls. She learned reading and writing in English well enough to of help to her father in the store room. She was the smallest girl in the family, the only one determined to gel ahead.
All Trace Lost
She was nothing but a fresh upstart with big flashing blue eyes to grandmother Bouchey and a thorn in her sisters' side. Later in life, Angela married white man, Sam Sinclair, and by him had a son. She then left Stuart Lake with her husband and child, travelling down the Nechako River to Fort George, where they visited friends and relatives. They also had a short visit with Mr. Reid, who was the Hudson Bay manager at Fort George. They then continued their journey down the Fraser River to Quesnel. From there by stage coach to Vancouver, where all trace was lost; we wondered what really became of her.
Mariya, the eldest, married a Crec French Scottish breed, Miv
.Inim-s Bird; who had worked �or
the H.B. Co. outpost at Stuart Lake. Mr. Bird, as Margaret was taken to understand, was educated at Saint Paul, Quebec.
The Proud One
Mariya also took leave of Stuart Lake with her husband, as they . left by the Peace River route. No one had ever heard of them since they left the H.B. Co. at the fort. Mariya�the Indians named her the proud one for she was the prettiest and haughiest in ways. This proved her undoing later, as she left Stuart Lake in the early spring on her honeymoon. She met some of her (Continued on Page li)
AT NULKI LAKE
B.C. ELKS, in Prince George for their 32nd annual provincial convention, today paraded in a heavy rain to the cenotaph in front of City Hall to pay respects to those who lost their lives in defence of freedom
during the two world wars and the Korean conflict. The convention has brought about 350 out of town delegates to the city. �James Meadows Photo
Cloudy with sputtered shower.; today urid Tuesday. Chance of ;i lew thunder showers, winds light. Low tonight and high Tuesday at Quesnel, 10 and (i."i. Prince George, 10 and (>(), and Sm libers, 10 and 05.
I'c.kc Itivcr Ui'gioii
Cloudy today and Tuesday, scattered showers. Little change in temperatuiv, winds east. 15 becoming light this dve'ningi Low tonight and high tomorrow at Grande Prairie. 15 and 00. bust -I Hours
Prince George �lu- 02 Trace
Quesnel ll 07 Trace
Terrace �12 5-1 �
Sinithcrs 39 51 .02
Kamloops 5 1 80 Trace
Dawson Creek 43 59 _
Furt St. John 43 55 �
Fort Nelson 3-1 55 Trace
Whitehorse 41 51 Trace
WOODWORKERS OPEN TALKS WITH NILA, EAGLE LAKE
Negotiations between International Woodworkers of America, Local 1-424, and Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association and Eagle Lake Sawmills Ltd. opened here Friday.
The union is demanding a 25-cents an hour general wage increase.
Eagle Lake Sawmills, the area's largest, is negotiating independently of NILA this year. Talks between the company and union will resume June 15.
Current contract expires Aug. :J1. Present basic rate for the lumber industry in the 1>.C interior is & I .()!� an hour, '!'�) cents below the coastal rate.
The IVVA -NILA talks are expected t o resume this week in Vancouver.
Rapist Gets 4 Years
Henry Bigcharles, 25, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment Friday for raping a 58-year-old woman in a city hotel room. '�
lie was sentenced by Chief Justice Sherwood Lett after an all-male jury brought in a verdict of guilty.
Now Hear This...
Two RCMP constables were out at Six Mile Lake Sunday during the fishing derby, checking boat-erists for safety equipment which is Must, Must, Must. Boys in brown said they had to warn a lot of anglers. Next time, however, the pinch will be on, or at least they'll issue back-to-thc-dock orders for offenders . . .
Several visitors to town recently have been dropping in to this office and remarking, My, how the place has grown since we were last in PG. So let's hope they take this message back home, and also tell everyone how good the opportunities look here . . . Taking a peek at the Legion, which he had heard was a good spot to peek in, was Jim Taylor, new manager of the local Elks establishment. He was latterly manager of the Legion at Lillooet, and says he isn't missing those confining mountains one iota . . .
Jake the Fake, needless to say. already has dubbed the new
brew from Caribou Breweries with a nickname. Old Dublin ale. its official name, is now Old Dobbin, according to this Barber-ism, but he adds this is absolutely no reflection on its excellence . . .
For the information of hundreds of people who waited in the rain for the Elks big downtown parade this ayem, the Elks were cozy inside the Civic Centre waiting to have their pix taken before venturing out into the weather ... By the way, although this is the second convention recently which ran into foul weather up here, we must inform visiting Elks that This Isn't Normal in our land of sunshine . . .
A local MD has given up his longtime stamp collecting hobby and has started instead manufacturing grape jelly. Before his first batch came off last night, however, he had friends scouring the town for ingredients as he ran out ci them one at a time ...
350 FROM OUT OF CITY
George
Prince George is playing Host to the two-day 32nd annual conference of the B.C. Elks Association today and Tuesday.
With an estimated 350 out-of-town guests from all over the province, the convention is the biggest event held in B.C. by the Elks.
Highlight of Monday's activities wbh H pBrridc-~tTirou�;h clowii-
town Prince George.
On U.S. Rounds
OTTAWA lOV-Primc Minister Diofenhaker plans to report to the Commons today on his three-city, 3,250-mile round of W ecken d consultations and Speech-making, having committed Canada to support an early start on the slow hard climb back to a new summit meeting.
In the U.S., the prime minister charted this course for the future:
� The NATO powers, working through their foreign ministers and ambassadors, should start Lniineidately to consider a detailed program for NATO's next 10 years.
9 At the same lime, the Western powers should try to establish business-like relations with Russia to case tensions heightened by the failure of the Paris .summit conference.
The failure of that conference should not be a source of recriminations but should be a lesson in the past. � The NATO powers should work towards a heads-of-govern-ment meeting, similar to the one held in Paris in December, li)57. � An East-West summit conference, dedicated to real negotiation and consultation, is ,the ultimate goal, but the path to H is slow and hard.
A start must be made now, in careful preparations.
Tuesday's itinerary is as follows:
$ 9 a.m.�Conference �reconvenes.
� 12 noon�Luncheon for O.O. K.P., Elks and guests at the Elks lodge.
% 1:30 p.m.�Conference reconvenes.
� i":�o plm.�-yurpriBc trip for visiting ladies.
� 6 p.m.-7 p.m.�Cocktail hour at the Civic Centre.
� 7 p.m.�Banquet and presidential ball.
WEDNESDAY
$ 10:30 a.m.�One for the road at the Elks Club.
Police Here have identified Ihc Prince George man who died as a insult of j. car- accident at Sheraton, 15" miles west of Burns Lake Thursday as Carl Gustiv Carlson, 2260 Upland.
The victim died when the car in which he was a passenger failed to negotiate a corner and crashed into the Endakn River.
The driver, Louis Stranbers of Prince George, escaped injury.
MANUFACTURERS TOLD:
Buyers Would Scream They Knew Tax Story
TORONTO (CP) � Most consumers would "Wow their stack" if fhey knew ihow much of their income i.s rcai'ly going in taxes, W. II. Evans, {^resident of the Canadian Man'UPacburei's' Associr ation, told a he association's annual meeting today.
"Far too many Canadians," .\I;\ Evans stated, "are under the delusion tin* various forms of corporation taxes � not only those on profit.;, but. sales taxes, excise luxes, taxes on matemals, and a'll the re~L of it � are a k%ritiuuile imposition w'liieh should lie borne by any concern in 'business to .make a profit.
"We should spare 'ho effect to get i>t across to 'the general public that these faxes � all of them � merely become a part of the company's operating expenses and, as .such, are inevitably reflected in the price |pald by consumers . . ."
"We can never, I think, hope �for any significant and tasting moderation in taxation levels
uivtil Canadians generally better understand the real Weight of the tax 'burden they 'are carrying.
They do not do so aL the mo-meii't, 'because of Iho �formidable role 'Played by those- indirect � or hidden � taxes, ostensibly paid liy some vague and -faceless corporation hut in reality paid by themselves."
"We should be pursuing a consistent arid deliberate ipoMcy of supplementing our present 'population with selected new im.im-grants. I'nU'ortunately, ourle evidence that the right kind of immigrants do not, take jolxs from native Canadians so much as make jos for them."
10 .IOKLKKS AFTER F1KE
BURNABY; B;C] CPi�A four-alarm fire destroyed two large manufacturing firms here Sunday night and left 30 to -10 employees out of work. �
JEWS DENY SUICIDE TRY BY EICHMANN
TEL AVIV (AP) � A police spokesman today categorically denied press reports that Adolf Eichmann had tried to commit suicide in the jail where he is held pending trial. All measures have been taken to prevent a suicide attempt, the spokesman added.
In London, the Daily Mail reports that Eichmann, who has been accused of complicity in the deaths of 6,000,000 Jews, tried to take his life by dashing his head against his cell wall.
First of Four Provincial Votes Tues.
By The Canadian Press
Nova Scotians vote Tuesday in the first of four provincial elections in a busy election month in Canada.
Saskatchewan goes to the polls Wednesday, Quebec June 22 and New Brunswick June 27.
Premier Robert L. Stanfield of Nova Scotia seeks to increase the Progressive Conservative party's 24-man representation in the 43-seal legislature. He has campaigned mainly on his past record and a program of "good works based on goodwill for the future."
Liberal leader Henry Hicks, who headed 18 members in the last Nova Scotia legislature, offered a 10-per-ccnt rebate on the municipal taxes of homeowners up to a maximum of $50.
The CCF, led by Michael Mac-Donald, contended neither old-line party is offering answers to Nova Scotia's problems. The CCF proposed a planned economy.
Mr. MacDonald was the lone CCF member in the last legislature. MEDICINE AN ISSUE
In Saskatchewan, the CCF, in office 16 years, stakes its future on one main issue � a compulsory prc-paid medical care plan. Doctors generally oppose it.
The CCF held 36 scats in the last Saskatchewan legislature, the Liberal party had 14 and Social Credit party, 3.
Progressive Conservatives had none.
The three Saskatchewan opposition parties have new leaders. Rosjj Thatcher, a former CCF Member of Parliament, now heads the Liberals. Martin Ped-cr'soh is leader of the Progressive Conservatives and Martin Kelln heads Social Credit.
The four main parties have full slates of 55 candidates in the field. TWO-PARTY FIGHT
Only two main parties, both with new leaders, arc campaigning in Quebec.
Premier Antonio Barrctte, 61, seeks re-election for his Union Rationale party which has been in power since 1944.
The Liberals, under former federal cabinet minister Jean Le-sagc, are urging that it's "time for a change."
Both parties have named candidates in all 95 Quebec ridings.
The Union Nationale held 71 scats in the last legislature. Liberals held 17 and independents three.
HOW NOW, BROWN COW ?...
ear' or 'Austra'dyd?
SYDNEY �CP) � Recordings of 25,000 different voices, plus Sydney University's fabulously costly electronic computer, will combine to determine whether. as is alleged against them, Australians as a race pronounce the name of their country "au-strylcar" instead of phonetically "Austrailya."
With every 10th person in the population now "new Australian,'1 interest in languages and speech has widened.
Although primary education is compulsory in all Australian states, visitors to Australia frequently comment that vowels are corrupted in local speech or readily dropped altogether to keep company with discarded aspirates and G's at word beginnings and endings.
But the survey aims at more
than the revelation of minor slips due more to indifference than lack of teaching or knowledge.
The average Australian will claim the ability to tell what make of beer he is sampling in unlabcllcd bottles but he cannot tell where a fellow Australian hails from merely by his speech.
Docs he fail to distinguish a Quecnslandcr from a Wnst Australian or a Victorian from a Tasmanian because his car is not sharp enough to detect differing nuances or is it because there are no differences to detect?
Science is about to answer that one but advance betting is heavily weighted against there being any difference. Australian fighting meu brought to-
gether in two wars were wholly unaware of any speech contrast.
Vast thought the Australian mainland is, distance of one aggregation of population from another has seemingly had no readily detectable effect oil speech uniformity.
Putting any opinions aside, science will establish the pattern of Australian accent from the 25,000 recordings taken in city, suburban and country high schools. All will be from fifth class to ensure that all children participating will have reached uniform education standards.
Although there will be "set-piece" sentences involving the use of key words such as "beat, boot, say, so, high, how," main evidence on speech
manner will come from recordings of informal discussion between teacher and student on hobbies, home life ahd holiday jaunts.
The recordings will call for analysis, markings and tabulation to indicate, among other things, voice quality in categories such as "spectrum," "aberrations," "speed," "nasality," "assimilation" and ."intonation."
There will be notings on "broad" Australian and "educated" Australian; also normal, slow, drawl and fast tempo.
When all data is ready for processing it will be fed into the electronic computer and within a predetermined number of minutes, Australian speech will stand naked to,the world.
Two Prince George men drowned Sunday when their boat overturned on Nulki Lake, 10 miles south of Van-derhoof.
Dead are:
Arthur Wache, 53, of 125 Burden, a sewer utility man employed by the city. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and two children.
Edward Avastilc, 64, of 582 Winnipeg, lie is survived by his wife and five children in Estonia.
Accident was discovered when a farmer spotted the capsized boat and reported it to RCMP. The two men had been fishing. Mishap was believed to have occurred about noon.
Avastik's body was found by skindivers Sunday. Police today were dragging the six-mile-long lake in an effort to find Wachc's body.
They were the first clrownings in the Vanderhoof area in over two years.
Following Mishaps
Five persons were taken to Prince George Regional Hospital following two separate traffic mishaps on the Vanderhoof highway over the weekend.
In "good" condition today is Orville Brown, who police said is about 35, of Fort St. James whose late-model car was virtually demolished 16 miles west of Prince George Friday night. Complete details of the accident were not available.
A woman passenger, also taken to hospital with what was believed to be minor injuries, was not identified.
In another accident Sunday near the Cluculz Lake outlook, 40 miles west of here, a car ran into a bank sending three persons to hospital with cuts and bruises. Paul Wright of Vancouver is in "fairly good" condition today. The driver, Dorrington Thacker, and his 11-year-old son Brian, were released.
DWIGHT EISENHOWER
. . . talks back
U.S. Fires Back At Criticism from Russia and Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) � The U.S. has fired back at increased salvos of criticism from Russia and Cuba.
Within a period of a few hours, the slate department:
9 Said it was disgusted with Premier Khrushchev's bitter attacks on President Eisenhower. It accused Khrushchev of trying to degrade international relations and confuse the issue of the Paris summit conference collapse.
� Protested to Havana that the Castro regime was waging an intense official campaign of slander against the United States. It said the Cuban government was trying to sow distrust and animosity while claiming to seek friendship and understanding.
President Eisenhower, without naming Khrushchev, also hit back at personal criticism of him which has been flowing out of Moscow.
But the Russian attacks on U.S. political leaders were extended to include New York's! governor Nelson Rockefeller.
MAN OF MANY IDENTITIES is "P.G.," the wooden man in front of the Hotel Simon Fraser. He was born a.Rotarian about a month ago and has since been a Shriner and now an Elk as successive conventions are hosted here. B.C. Elks are holding their 32nd annual provincial meeting here now. The two-day convention opened today. ' �James Meadows photo