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Vol.  4;  No.   99
PRINCE GEORGE,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA, TUESDAY,  MAY  23,   1961
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;P VICTIMS
Isons injured Fri-|o-car collision on ?hway 140 miles here  were  said |jn "fairly good" the    Dawson kl.
fhe  mishap- was Dnrau,   29,   ot
r34-year-okl hus-Fed rib and pos-jial injuries and |.!ar-old   son,   Roy,
injuries.
flidigcr, 57, of Win-V of (he other car, In arm injury.
Ll Weekend Activities
By BERNTCE ROBERTS
Citizen   Staff  Reporter
Ireds turned out for a host of events here on ncl as the Elks sponsored their annual Vic-weekend celebrations.
with music, color and holiday spirit, events om a huge parade to soap box racing and a oe race.
s were awarded  best floats in  the  various the parade which wound through the downtown area Monday.
The Seventh Sea Scouts, with their lifeboats and tent, won the $25 first place award.
(lf\r\[\r           Second prize of $15 went to
\j\J\JU          (he Second Prince George Scout
Troop, which had Scoutmaster Ben Pickering mounted on a rocket aimed  at the moon.
The Junior Forest Wardens, with their "protect the forests" float, placed third and received $10. A $10 prize,was also awarded, with honorable mention, to
the - "Ladies' Concert Grand Piano Drive" float.
Prizes were announced "by Charlie Vaughn, past-Grand Exalted Ruler of No. 1 lodge, The plaque for the 'best commercial float was presented by Acting Mayor Frank Clark to Joe Voglcr for his B.C. Homes scale model.
Approximately 40 groups and businesses were represented in the parade as wcfl as five bands, the Lester Pearson Girls Band from New Westminster, tho Lejac School Band, the KMR Band, the Rotary Pipe Band and the Kiwanis Junior Pipe Band.
The   Saddle   Club   was   commended   for   its   100  per   cent participation. Also in the parade were last
PRECAST
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year's Queen Aurora party, the candidates for Queen Aurora IV, cadets, Elkctlcs, Scouts, Shrincrs and Elks. The parade was followed with flag-raising.
Following     the     flag-raising ceremony at City Hall, Exalted Ruler Howard  Lloyd  called On Acting Mayor Clark to officia y open  the Elk's day festiv ies.
MLA Ray Williston was o hand to participate in the con nony.
Honored    Royal    Lady    Jea Sales  introduced   the   past-Ma Queen    Darlene   Peever,   wh crowned     Gwen     Badham Queen of the May
BOTH SIDES of George Street were crowded as hundreds watched Monday's Victoria Day weekend parade here. People turned out in droves for the parade and other weekend events as the weatherman favored the city with temperatures in the 70;; and 80s. In bottom photograph. May Queen Gwen Badham is crowned by last year's queen, Darlcnc Peever. Mrs. .Jean Sales, Honored Royal Lady of the Royal Purple here, looks on.�J. Meadows photo
Now Hear This...
Local belle had an experienc
in the hotel at Endako recent
ly which  has  since  been  fiooc
for  many   a   good-nalured   bu
awfully   embarrassing   remark
Seems  she   Jeft   her   party
the  pub  to  go  lo  the  powtlei
room just  before closing time
While  .she  was  powdering  Die
innkeeper   was  closing   so  hei
friends went out to the car W
wait   for  her.  Their  wait  was
a long one. The innkeeper had
locked her in and it took a
of pounding and yelling on her
pail lo keep from spending the
night as an unpaying guest . .
Lady at Twelfth and Edition
Ion    is    having   dog   problems,
Slit" claims she got a letter from
Ihe city a couple months back
Idling   her   to   keep   her   dog
quid botsauie i< w�s waking (he
neighbors. Then, the other day
police dropped In and informed
her   again   that   the   dog   wns
bothering neighbor*.    Problem
is this:  she  doesn'l  ovon  have
a  (log,   let   alone  a   noisy  one
A group <>r revellers in n IoimI house went for unexpeclod lilies latfl Friday when police raided the establishment. A number of Hh'IH were detained lor a slioi't wliilu in the JiCMl1
station but no charges had beei 'laid  by  today.  Apparently   th
net failed to close on the lad
of  the  house  on  account sh
wasn't in ... And  the  boys  in  brown  ap
parently shut down a couple o the carncy games when things got a little bit tough for the marks . . .
A western-style, drive-in church service has been slated for next month, advises the Salvation Army's Capt. MavMil-Ian, It's set for June 2.9 but Ihe site hasn't been arranged as yet . . .
Allan Stables will be making the big announcement at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow when Queen Aurora IV and her two princesses arc named. Announcement will be made at n coffee party it  the Civic Centre . .  .
Barber shop man Ted Knlbb ays he's willing (o pay a re-vurd to the person who catches i fish wearing glasses in Clu-lull lake. Wile Alberta lost liem Monday when a rambinic-Ions (log wagged his tail and ent her spot's overboard . . .
One of the nicest yards in own Is boasted by Tom iMiilllns t 027 Third. He's got an apple rce up there just  loaded  with
By IWA, Hoist
PEACE RIVER AREA
re on 10
DOCTOR, WIFE DIE IN BLAZE
TERRACE CPi � A pioneer doctor and his wife died Sun-f'iy when their home near here was swept by fire.
The remains of Dr. Gordon Mills, 73, and his wife, Edith, were found in the gutted home.
It is believed they were trapped in their bed. Cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
WADS
estrictions Lifted Here
Load restrictions on all highways and secondary roads� except for the Chief Lake road and its feeder roads � have been lifted in  the area.
A 75 per cent load restriction will remain in effect on the Chief Lake road until Monday at least, Al Park, department of highways district su-jlhere    for    the    next    several
A giant torest fire in the Peace River area was raging out of control on a 10-mile front today after getting away from suppression crews which had checked its progress Monday.
The blaze, burning over a 23,000-acre area in the Stewart Lake area, h a d been brought under control Monday by a crew of 56 men and eight bulldozers which were brought into the area after the fire broke out Friday. But high winds late Monday pushed the flames over fire guards.
The blaze has destroyed an estimated 500 acres of valuable timber, including spruce and pine. Remainder of the growth was "scrub" timber.
Dennis McDonald, local B.C. Forest Service protection of-"iccr, left here this morning "or Fort St. John and the fire, 40 miles west of Dawson Creek. The hazard in the Peace liver area is still high to ex-reine," District Forester Al 3ixon said today. "Expected hunderstorms will aggravate he situation.
"We are expecting trouble up
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Bob Buchanan and  Herb Brady win 40-mile Isle Pierre-Prince George  canoe  race.
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Roger Creuzot wins Elks' Soup Box Derby by inches, edging Ron Boehler in championship final.
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Prince George Macs win Softball tournament with help of nine home runs by Alex Ballas.
FINED $10. $5
Slaughtered
Woodworkers' union president Jacob Hoist said here today his organization is investigating a charge that an East Indian, acting as a hiring agent, is making1 75 cents an hour from each man he finds job.-. for In the Williams Lake area
He was commenting on statements made by Dick Lair-sen, president of Kamloops and District Labor Council, charging that East Indians are being Imported Into Canada a.^ cheap labor for lumber mill operations.
No similar situation In the Prince George area has been nought to the union's alten-ion, Mr. Hoist said.
The Williams Lake case Is toing investigated by the jnion's regional council.
"Most of them (alleged cheap aborors) can't talk English nd it's very difficult to clarify ho situation because they're olUOtant to discuss it," Mr. lolst  added.
He said the mill pays $1.7( union rate) an hour for tin len of which 75 cents is pock ted by tlnv agent,
He added that those employ ed In union mills gel the going wage but "kick back" part ol their income.
Larson told the council he had evidence that hundreds of unemployed men are offering their services at Interior saw mills at $1 an hour, instead of �the union scale of $1.75.
He charged that mill operators arc making a killing "on these poor, half-starved" people (the East Indians) and that something should be done.
perlntendent, said today.
All limits' have been lifted on the Cariboo and Hant highways and Highway ](> West.
Legal load restrictions arc in effect on all other roads.
"Gravel roads are pretty dusty now," Mr. Park warn/ ed. "It's best to travel slowly
on .thorn."
He said construction was l>i ing done on the Hart Highway from Crooked River to th Parsnip Bridge, and is startln at Sweden Creek on the Van derhoof Highway.
days."
The  Peace dotted    with
River  district  is more    than    100
fires. Many are burning In low
The two owners of three dogs which killed 07 sheep at the Dominion Experimental Farm May VI pleaded guilty to charges under the Sheep Protection Act in magistrate's court SaLurday.
Albert Fewster and JKenneth Baird were charged with allow ing   their dogs  to  pursue  an kill  sheep and  with  failing  t have their dogs licensed.
Fewster, owner of two of th dogs, was fined $10 on th licence charge while Bairc owner of the other, was fine $5.
Magistrate G. O. Stewart sai he would adjourn sentencing o Lhe other charges to May 2 "to consider the matter."
The slaughter occurred whe
the dogs cornered the sheep i a pasture. The dogs were sub
l\y Tlic Cunmiian  Press
As the Victoria Day week end came to an end, accidents
n road, river and lake, inclining a spate of multiple deaths n Ontario, pushed national atallty figures steadily up Lo
redicted lolls.
A   cross-Canada   survey   by
Canadian   Press   showed from  6  p.m.  local   times
he lat
?riday to Monday midnight at east 5G persons were killed� (j of them on highways. The reported traffic toll fell ust short of the 40 rfctie Canaan Highway  Safety  Council �odicted would die in holiday cklents,  Late reports couk nd it over the mark. Brownings accounted for 1 eaUis, Five fire deaths were ported, and one person was ectrocuted. Ontario .suffered 23 accident deaths, 22 on the roads and e drowning.
Other provincial totals with iffic deaths bracketed: Manila 10 (5); Quebec B (0; Novu nia -1 (2); Saskatchewan
to   building   up    the
priority areas and arc not be:   sequently shot. ing fought.                                      Value of the sheep was plac
"Spring was delayed up cd at $1,375, but a farm spokes there," Mr. Dixon said, "The man said it was even mor new grass isn't up yet in the of a loss in time and effor timber and tinder-dry dead devoted grass is carrying the flre until   flock
U .Slts ,spruce-                                 "There  are  a  lot  of  people
Most  of the  fires  are  just   in Prince George who care les burning scrub timber, bush and | about   a   dog,"   the   magistrate
, commented. "They feed it once Mr.  McDonald  said  most  of  a day and that's it" the  blazes  resulted  from  fires -set  lo  burn  rangeland  getting out of control. "We always have this problem," he said.
A total of eight fires are burning in the Dawson Creek area of the Peace River, includ-ns a new fire that broke out Boundry Lake, north of Dawson Creek, Monday night.
However,    it    was    brought inder  control   this  morning.
Nine   blazes  are   burning  in he  Fort St. John  district. All re   under  control   today,   Mr. Dixon said. A lotal of 55 men re battling the blazes. A  1.200-aere blaze at Grave-ard   Creek   in   the   Chetwynd rca is still out of control. The 3laze,  near the  Pine  River, is i
RIVER DRAGGED FOR MISSING MAN
SM1TJHERS (CP) �RCMP Mohday were conducting dragging operations on Bulk-Jey Iliver for the body of Arnold John van Lieshout of Smithers, presumed to have drowned after his boat was found overturned.
MAN OUT ON BAIL IN WOUNDING
John Thomas McNeil, 71. of Lillooet, charged with wounding a city jewelry store manager in an attempted robbery May 12, was released on bail  over   the   weekend.
He was remanded to June 29 for trial when he appeared in court today.
Albert Edelman, manager of People's Credit Jewelers, was discharged from Prince George Regional Hospital Saturday.
He suffered a/bullet wound in  the1 groin. -' '   f*
In Child's Deafh
DAWSON CREEK (Special) �A 16-year-old boy, Avas ac-[Uibted at the spring assizes n Pouce Coupe of a charge of nurderin! a five-year-old Fort kelson girl.
Romeo Testawitcli was barged with the Keb. 25 death E Joanne Gairdner, killed at \>rt Nelson when she w a s truck in the back by a bullet.
An all-male jury bmugM own its verdict after 45 rain-tes'  deliberation.
Millworker Fined $275 For Hitting Policeman
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Alberta  -I wfoundland
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(2);  B.C.  �!   (2); 1    (0).    Prince
ward Island and New Bruns-ck reported no fatalities.
berly Lake, was brought under
control  Monday by  10 men.  It'
has /burned 500 acres.                     ,                ...  .   .
The Moberly Lake fire which   6har*es of flRlltinS and assaul broke out Friday, and the Jack-   inR ;l ?oll^c'"an>          .    ,
fish   Lake  blaze   were  brought!     LoLUO   Kollar   pundiCl1   a" under   control   Saturday.     Th