SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
\randerhoof Bears break losing streak with 5-3 victory over Mohawks.
Jackie Parker, star quarterback, named outstanding football player in Canada.
Bathgate notches hat trick as Rangers upset Boston Bruins 6-3. (See Pages 4 and 5).
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REFERENDUM
Schools
A $GG0,000 school building rcfqrcndum has been given final approval by the board of school trustees at a special meeting.
The referendum will be submitted to the education minister for further approval.
Ratepayers will have from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 8 to vote on the proposed building program, which would include construction of a new two-storey wing to the senior high school, a new administration building, and classrooms at Blackburn Road, Van-derhoof Highway, Red Rock and Peden Hill, together with furnishings and equipment.
In addition to the polling station to be set up in the Civic j Centre, polling stations for the purpose of voting on the referendum will be set up in 26 j schools within the school district. Bob Gracey was appointed returning officer.
Teacher Training
An- in-service training program designed to introduce new teaching methods and techniques em ployed in various fields of study is being conducted here for the first time by the Prince George Teachers' Association.
School trustees heard a report on the new program at their meeting Tuesday night from in-service training chairman Tom Wheeler. GO TEACHERS
First of the workshop series got underway Saturday with some 60 teachers watching an experimental science lesson for primary grades conducted by primary teacher consultants Miss Kelly LaVoie and Mrs. Margaret Clark.
Further science programs have been scheduled for successive Saturdays, with a lesson for intermediate grades discussed by Bob Moss and for senior grades by D'Arcy Reddyhoff.
A representative from the Association of Visual Services in Vancouver will demonstrate ne apparatus material in .the fina program of the science scries. A DEVICE
Other workshops have bee scheduled to demonstrate the us of the controlled reader, a clevic used to assist in the teaching o reading; and to discuss the Cuis enaire method of teaching arith mctic which is being experimen ed with in Vancouver. A nnisi . , workshop will also be held ii conjunction with the UBC Ex tension Department.
30 MILES FROM CITY
Story
OK, Teach! You Take Day Off
The report of a possilx '""mining boom" in connec tion with explorations be ing carried out 30 miles eas of Prince George was term ed "premature" today b the mining firm's presiden
He was commenting on a Canadian Press story Wednesday which said 100-foot shaft being sunk near the Bowron Rive holds possibilities of
CLASS IN MAP READING is observed at annual inspection of the First Scout Troop here Wednesday night. The inspecting party is composed of Ralph Buckley, Scout leader; Ted Williams, district commissioner; Dennis McDonald, Legion president; and Harvey Milne, group chairman. �Vandervoort photo
IN VANCOUVER NEXT MONTH
WEATHER
FORECAST
Mostly cloudy with a few snow flurries Friday. Not mud change In temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and high Friday at Quesnel and Prince George, 2.j and :J5; Smlthers, 23 lo 32.
Pence Itlvci*
Cloudy Friday with occasional Ifght snow. Continuing cold.
Winds northerly 15. Low niglit and high tomorrow Grande Prairie, -5 and 5. Lust -I Hours Hi
Terrace .......... ;)2
Smlthers .........2G
Prince George., 34
Quesnel .......... 40
Kamloops ...... 30
Whitchorse........ 8
Fort Nelson ... -I
Fort St. John.. 20
Dnwson Creek 20
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Plan Talks Slated
HENDKIK VERWOERD
... no senators
PRETORIA Prime Minister
(Reuters) Ilenclrik Vcr
voerd today rejected a policy of limited integration" and sait olorcd mixed race persons would ot be allowed to become sen-tors and members of Parliament i South Africa.
Verwoerd said that to have olored persons sit in Parliament s was asked by the opposition nited Party "would mean al->wing limited integration, which ould not satisfy the outside orld."
Verwoerd said "parallel devel-jment" presented the only eacefiil solution as far as South frica's colored persons wer mcerned,
Proposals for a wood chip ii dustry in the Prince George are will be discussed at a meetin in Vancouver Dec. 10.
Mayor Garvin Dezcll and repre sentatives of the Industrial De velopment Commission will dis cuss plans with coast pulp oper ators. THE AMOUNT?
Harold Moffat, IDC chairman said today 'he.',1s awaiting respons from, local'mill operators as t their participation in the projec and the amount of chip produc they could produce..
Six or seven of the operators those whose mills are on railway lines, are expected to take part said Mr. Moffat.
"We figure if we can go dowi there and say we can supply 60, 000 or 70,000 units a year we're in the position to argue for a better price," Mr. Moffat added. MOST OPTIMISTIC
As a result of investigation into waste wood industries in other areas and other sources of nformation, Mr. Moffat said the IDC is "most optimistic that a pulp mill for Prince George is on the horizon."
Now Hear This...
Apparently we lose the four bits we bet against the hole in a donut yesterday. The Legion execs HAVE remembered that Friday is the 35th birthday of the Canadian Legion. They've remembered it so well, in fact, they've decided to do something out of the ordinary in honor of the occasion.
Plans call for a torchlight parade Friday evening about 9. Route for (he parade hadn't been figured out at last word but it ought to be a spectacle worth taking in ...
No word yet from Victoria on how John Morrison made out He was to see the cabinet Wednesday ubout winter work assistance for the Senior Citizens' Association development here and also plead for some action
was done than the filing-for-con slderation procedure . . .
John Itelmer has been re-elect ed to a second term as chairman of the Christian Businessmen's Committee
Bet the Moose and Deer hiding just off the highway where the hunters never see them think the humans are really for the birds now. Tlie flock of football fans and otherwise, mostly otherwise, whizzing by on the way to Vancouver for most anything but the game must look like the waterfowl migration in the fall on a slightly different scale . . .
Need something to keep your mind working? Anywhere you go, count tho poppies still clinging precariously to lapels. One lad claims he- spotted five the other day within the space of several hours, We've come a long wuy
on construction of the proposed 18lnce the days when standing-on-new Fraser bridge here. But, the-conierwatching-all - the-girls-then, knowing tho cabinet's hab-1 go-by was the favorite pastime its, it's doubtful anything more I � . �
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$16,820
CityBuys 2 Blocks For ByildiRg Sites
Development of the � area of the city west of Central between Fifth and Fifteenth received a boost by city council at a special meeting Wednesday.
Council approved a resolution to purchase blocks 80 and 110 District Lot 937, for $16,S20 from the crown.
Purchase of the two blocks will give the city 20 to 22 addi-:ional building sites in the new y developing area.
Council had originally planned o only purchase 21 lots in block 80 for $8,400;
A land grant trust bylaw had iceii prepared to cover the pur-hase.
However, the bylaw was mended to include the second )lock and given Its first three eadings by council.
The blocks will be purchased ith funds from the land grant "list account.
By ELSIE GARDNER
School teachers in the district will be able to attend future pro fessional conventions with the knowledge that the resultant ,-,�.
school holiday for the district's jackpot for Victoria mai near 6,000 pupils really is justi- Fred Garraway. fted [ In a telephone interview fron
The teachers, who came under his West Vancouver office, Dave | heavy fire from trustees last Oc- rOss, president of Tanar Gold I tober when they required a two- Mines Ltd., said the report was ! day school closure to enable them "news to us." to attend a teachers' convention rOss said his firm has an op in Quesnel, were exonerated in a tion on the B.C. coal license report to the school board by granted Garraway by order-in District School Superintendent council covering . a section of K. F. Alexander. ham| on whjch the shaft is locat-
AN APPRAISAL ccj.
Mr. Alexander was asked to |g UNIQUE
make an appraisal of the North The sl based on an inter. Central District Teachers' As- view with Garraway, said there soeiation convention to determine were possibilities of a mining whether its program warranted boom for the Prince George area closure of schools for two days if the shaft � s the indica. In his report to trustees, Mr. lions of a rather unique coal> Alexander said he found many uranilim and vanadium deposit of the conventions sessions very in thc shale and sandstone for-good. He said he felt that in gen- matjOn.'
cral teachers' conventions serve
"We obviously think it (the
a useful purpose and that many mine) has v good possibililies teachers derive a great deal of or wc wouidn't go in there," Ross benefit from them lold The CiU ,,but � too
If teachers derive benefit soon t0 say we have a uranium then undoubtedly so do the or vanadium deposit." pupils in the respective districts " Work at the site has been go-Referring to closure of schools ing on since August but .�CCF leader Ha en Argue contended Wednes-ay that the government's plan o ease unemployment by stimulating house .buiditig and .help-ig municipal improvement proems: fails to'meet the "einerg-icy situation."
convened Thursday evening rath- knoVm said Ross> er than afternoon and the time of the convention be extended to include sessions all day Satur-
day. "TnirWuifl "eiiaHle �"schools' to"-.'remain open Thursday and close for a single day only. HEARD REPLY
Trustees also heard a rcpl rdm lawyers of the B.C. Schoo Trustees Association, who hac been asked to investigate the section of the School Act dealing with conventions.
The board was advised that a board of school trustees canno deduct any money from a teach er's salary because of his absence from duties when he attends a teachers' convention which has
HARD COAL
He said there is definite indi-
been approved by ment of Education.
the Depart
NEAR BREAK-IN
A s o.c ii I1 i t y patrolman frightened off two mm who were attempting to nmik into Sl.idn jiikI Stewart Ltd., 1660 First, lato Tuesday.
TIip would-be thieves had .succeeded in prying u padlock off the door, but run away -when they spotted tho patrolman.
MARINE HIGHWAY PLAN
GARVIN DEZELL ... to talk plans
SATELLITE'S TV CAMERA OUT OF WHACK
WASHINGTON I/PI�-The little television camera was outperforming the big camera aboard the orbiting Tiros II weather-eye .satellite today. Mm space sc re.nt.ists were hopeful thai the larger camera's pictures would Improve.
Officials hadn't decided what Is causing the trouble.
The large camera takes pictures covering an area about K00 miles square. Tho little camera snaps a 30-rnlle zone in the cent re of the area covered by the wider angle,
Photos enlarged from the little camera enable weathermen to Identify cloud types.
els to Port Angeles, Wash., and on to Seattle.
CANCER SOCIETY MAN WARNS:
Ferry Men to Talk New Rupert-Alaska Service
VICTORIA (CP) � Ferry officials from Alaska, Hawaii and" Washington States will meet British Columbia government representatives here Monday to
discuss start of a proposed new coast service linking
Prince Rupert and Maine.-;, Alaska. The service, approved Nov. 8
when residents of Alaska voted
$23,000,000 for construction of
two coastal ferries, will form a
major northern link in the proposed "marine highway" from
Washington to Alaska.
COMMITTEE MEN
Delegates attending Ihc one-clay conference include members
of the Hawaiian State Transportation Committee and State Ferry
Authority officials from Washington and Alaska. B.C. representatives at the dis-
�ussions will be Provincial Comp-
roller-Gcneral C; j. Ferber,
Monty Aldous, manager of the
government ferry service, and
japt; O. J. Williams of B.C. Coast
steamships. The Washington Slate clelega-
ion includes I. D. Ilirsc, general
nanagcr of Washington Slate
?erries, and R. J, Acheson, presi-
lent of Black Ball Transport In-
orporated,
J.C. VIEWS Delegates will board the Wash-
lglon Slate Ferry M. V. Coho
londay afternoon after hearing
J.C. views on the new service
uring the morning session. The afternoon session will be
eld aboard the ferry as it trav-
caUons*-�r-- a�good�q-uality--hafd coal, and that his firm w,puld:.be: going alidad with the develop ment. Extent of the operation would be known "sometime ncxl spring." . ..
Garraway and another man are at the mining site now.
The. wire service story quoted Garraway as saying the coal "is almost certainly a commercial venture," but that he was most excited about the vanadium possibility.
(The mineral is used in making certain types of steel and brings about $12 a pound on thc present market.) MUCH HEAVIER
An assay of samples from thc Bowron River mine showed the uranium to run at about 2.8 pounds a ton and thc vanadium at 5.6 pounds a ton, said to be a commercial proposition.
A much heavier concentration of vanadium would be needed to nakc refining a profitable busi-less.
Ross said his company was pro-ceding mainly on the coal pros )ecls and was adopting a "wait nd sec" policy in respect to thc ther minerals.
He said it was not sound to base hopes of a boom on the results of a single assay. COULD BE FIRST
Garraway was quoted as saying "this could be the first commercial vanadium find in North America," although the mineral is commercially mined in several sections of thc U.S.
"Mr. Garraway was possibly referring to Canada," Ross commented.
Ross said that work has boon carried out at the site in past years, "but for various reasons" discontinued.
IIAZEN ARGUE
. . . not satisfied
He demanded an assurance from Works Minister Walker n the Commons that the proposed measure is not just a 'fleabite."
The CCF leader wanted to snow just how many jobs can )c created hy the proposed ma-or reyamping of the National Housing Act announced in thc House' Tuesday night by Mr. Walker.
Replying later, Mr. Walker said he was a cabinet minister and not a prophet, and could not make such an estimate. He repeated, however, his statement
of Tuesday night that the program offered tremendous scope for increased employment.
There is. no greater way of creating employment than by building houses, the minister said. Every unit kept a total of five men occupied for six months.
The debate took place on a resolution, subsequently approved, paving the way for introduction of a bill to give Mr. Walker's proposals effect. The bill itself received first reading, and debate on second reading, approval in principle, was scheduled to begin today. \
Bump Under Fire From Hart People
The provincial government dump in the vicinity of thc weigh scales on the Hart Highway came in .for bitter criticism at a Hart-way Community Club meeting Wednesday night.
George MacAndrew called the dump a "real disgrace and a health menace. Thc government promised to bulldoze the dump once a month and I know they've only done it twice in about a year," he said.
"They haven't even dug a proper hole that garbage can be thrown in and thc stuff is scattered over about seven acres," he said. "This is thc only clump we have "and it's a rat-infested, bear-attracting disgrace," he added.
'.'H's about time something was done by the Department of Highways. They've fooled around long enough," he charged.
Mr. MacAndrew was unanimously supported by the 36 people attending the meeting.
It's Turkey, Trimmings In United States Today
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today marked the 339th United States Thanksgiving since the observance began at Plymouth Colony in 1621.
As of old, it was a day for prayer and feasting, parades and football games, family reunions, and a hope of better things to come.
Smoke? Make It Cigar or Pipe!
By BARRY IIAMELIN
Citizen Staff Reporter
"If you must smoke, smoke a cigar or pipe," can lions II. R. King, executive secretary of thc B.C.-Yukon division of the Canadian Cancer Society.
"The average person doesn't inhale when smoking a pipe or cigar the way they do a cigar-et," he said. "They, therefore, have less chance of getting lung cancer."
Mr. King said, "Except for cancer of the lung, cancer is on the way down in number of patients and deaths,
"But lung cancer is making astronomic incrcuses," he said. "On our grapli, the lung cancer lino is rising at a 45-degree angle," Research Into the relation of
smoking to lung cancer is being undertaken in Vancouver by a team headed by Dr. Philip Vasser, he pointed out,
"We are also putting on an all-out campaign in thc high schools against smoking," Mr. King explained. "And the research team is trying to find out why kids do smoke."
"We aren't trying to scare thc kids about smoking. We slate the facts and expect them to be intelligent enough to draw a conclusion," he said.
"The longer you live, the greater chance you have of getting cancer," he explained, "Thc greatest number of cancer cases breaks out in tho age group above 40,"
Mr. King said the cancer society was currently engaged
in a campaign to have women get yearly physical checkups where tests for cancer of the cervix would be undertaken.
"This is one of thc deadliest forms of cancer for women," he said, ''Although lung cancer is climbing rapidly."
Major King said cancer of the cervix claimed 05(1 lives in Canada in 1059. "And the disease can be so easily detected," he said.
Major King was in Prince George for the annual meeting of Cancer Society unit here.
Officers of the society were elected:
Mrs. Jessie Ainliffe, president; Mrs, Kay Averill, secrc-tury; and past-president Hill-iard Clare, treasurer.
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