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Vol.  4; No.  122
PRINLE GEORGE,  BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23,   1961
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TWO-DAY PROBE
JUDGE C. VV. MORROW (LEFT) ADMINISTERE D OATEIS OF OFFICE TO JUDGE W. D. FERRY.
COUNTY COURT
Ferry Sworn in as Judge
William D. Ferry was sworn in as judge of the County Court of Cariboo al a brief ceremony in llic court house Thursday.
The oaths of office were administered to the Prince George barrister by County Court Judge C. W. Morrow.
The ceremony was attended by members of the Prince George  Bar  Association.
Judge Ferry's appointment was announced in Ottawa Tucs clay. He succeeds Judge Henry Castillou who retired due to ill health.
His duties will require him to move from Prince George to one of J.he centres in the southern part of the county.
Congratulations on his appointment   were   extended   by
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Cowell Replaces terry As Chamber President
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City    1 u m b c r m a n
George   Cowcll    is   the
,ne\v   president   of   the
Prince George Chamber
of Commerce.
Flo was appointed president at Thursday night's executive council meeting to succeed Bill Ferry, who resigned the presidency after being appointed to the bench. Completing the shuffle, the council appointed chaptered accountant Alex Clark firsl vice-president and lawyer John Coutes second vice-president .
Vacancy on I he council will be filled al the July (i   meeting.
H. B. King, Q.C., senior mem bcr of the Prince George bar Austin Howard-Gibbon, prcs ident of the Prince George Bar Association, and Magistrate G.  0. Stewart.
"Your appointment was one we were all hoping for," said Mr. King. "We felt a .sense ol pleasure and satisfaction that a member of our bar and prominent citizen of this city was- ettrtfated."
While he regretted that ill health had forced the retirement of Judge Castillou, Judge Morrow said "I was pleased indeed that the government, in its wisdom, chose you to succeed him."
Judge Ferry, in describing the event as "a very important occasion to me," said he had wo regrets. They were the" ill icalth of Judge Castillou and he necessity of his leaving 'rince George.
19-Year-Old Found of Murder
HUBBY WANTED A LITTLE HELP
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. M1) �When Mrs. Robert Winter saler got ".that feeling" 1ier excited liusoana called a few people to help. In addition, to the doctor who delivered-Mrs; Wfoitersaler's healthy, eight-pound baby girl at her Ihiome Thursday, on hand were: Twenty-five firemen, one fire chief, 'two policemen, one ambulance driver, one moUier-iu-Jaw, one neiffh*
bar, one  letter carrier, and one worried father.
Hospital Survey
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Buster Black breaks up pitchers' duel to give Tilers 2-1 softball win.
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Canoe  race  officials  expect  there  will  be  a total of 15 'boats entered for race.
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Roger Mavis neat's record for homers in one month after hitting No. 27.   (See Page 4.)
NO SHOWERS FORECAST
Big Fire May Spread If Rain Doesn't Fall
Anxious B.C. Forest Service officials were nerv-usly watching the huge Went Fire, .'<0 miles south-vest of Quesnel, today as continued warm weather icreased chances of the 'blaze jumping fire guards.
Fidel Rejects Committee Offer
Now Hear This...
Friends are saying goodbye to Ivan Dumas, Ovcrwaltca's popular1 manager al PG since 1057, -Who leaves Saturday lo take eonnnand dl his company's Store al Williams Lake. His successor is due here today from Kaniloops . . .
In this country where hns pitality is loudly touted an.I where it's an unwritten law thai people in trouble don'l have tii a1-!* twice for help, the follow in;: story told by a traveller leave- a bad laslo 111 every- j onv'> illou111 . . . For some years this chap in his journcy8 between l'(i and Da\vs.on Crock has slopped al a hostel-cafe-service Blallon set-up a few mllca north Hi McLcdd'a Lake, and often during Ihcso 8tO|)> offs be lias Icnl .< helping ii mil
W hen tliin;:> w ere bllSJ . SU< h 88
pumpiiits ' !�� wlpins windows,
hmiI  gcucrill}   iii.iNni'  him icli useful So t'other evening when
this eh i;'. his  v\ i!e.  fiiur  \ hum::
childi<'ii .iii'i 1 in ir do 1 had car trouble nearby, ihc) quite iia-
lurallv   w ill,11I   in  I'll .  ho lei   lit �ilion     (ll     ;'.i'll|li:;       Ofllfl
iimI   shelter   To   their
iiiii.i/euicnl   they   were   turned I away with an nbrupl rcfuial of either   food   OP   iholtor,   "DIo enl'e Iss elos.sed uml ve vill not npiin   open   It,"   the   liindlord Mini   Tin1 travollor ukod nboul a room, "Vc boll' only two ami vc me silin.! dein lor der road erew,"    Iho    landlord    nplicil lln.11  cuji  you  yka-c  iusscit
Mime alternative foi wo have no ear, children arc in tin
clothi's a Mi
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s because  wife and lightest of It's getting
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cold, and we haven't any food, said the traveller. "I suehesl nuddingi vo're full, and I'm busy," .said the inkecper, thereupon turning and walking away . . . This operator may be in-lorcstcd lo know that our travellers Inter go| a lift lo Me-l.ood's Lake MnlH, obtained warm food, stayed overnight, pii ihcir ear repaired and iv-turned lo I'U. lie also mighl realize he's lost a good friend and steady customer, who In turn has plenty of other travelling friends who will he inter-I cstcd in his story , . .
Mcut.   Doiiglaa   Warren   of Fort   Frances,  Out.,  has  been
I  named to succeed ('apt. A. I). MuclUlllan  na  Salvation   Army iir ul   here.   Lieut.  Warren,  his wife and four children  vull  arrive in July. Cipl. Mao inovca lo Edmonton at the end of this
[ month . . .
Kor   two   lnl:�.   .'�nineoiio   tin-
cveiiiiis can walk oul of Llic Lesion wiih another of Iho e iii Icctablo   10 pound  Tliriflwny
IlillllS    ,    ,   ,
RCMPi who are usually adept al providing iieeoinmodalion. are iiskinu for some this time Anyone who has n IIiitc bi'droom house for rent should phone the loeal itrl(it'llnit'iit. The)  need
II   for a corporal with lw�> kid-1 dlei who u. brim; iran.sfenvd j here ill only , . ,
QUESNEL CD � Ronald Dennis Wilkc\icli, lD-ycar-rtld mill worker, Thursday was. found guilty of murdering his former employer and sentenced tu be handed.
A jury deliberated seven hours hefoic returning a verdict of gtiiHy in the shooting but the amount isn't known ,al present.
Nine new fires were reported in the district Thursday as the hazard continued to climb in the face of the warm weather.
"All the new fires are small and most are being mopped up today," the forestry spokesman said. "They are scattered throughout  the district."
The   new  fires  bring   lo  42
he   number   now   "jurnins   in
ho district. A total of 337 men
and  17 bulldozers  arc  battling
the blazes.
Brings Credit Terms to Kitimaf
KITIMAT (CD � Merchants icre are extending credit' terms to customers affected by an eight-week .shutdown of the Aluminum Co. of Canada smel Lor.
'I also understand there wil no collections on car pay nenLs," Kitimat Chambqr of Commerce B c c r clary John Gray said Thursday.
He said r e s i d e n t .s liavc iumchod a palnt-up/ clean-up �ampai^n and are 'also plan-ling   lo   build  a   new
 diamond    uud
-lul�,     suIU ootball   field   during 'the   lay off.
"The community is far from being a ghost town," he said.
The smelter will be closed until mid-July while a rock blockage is cleared from the 10-mile 'tunnel carrying water from Tah'tsa Lake to power, Kon era tors at Kcmano, 10 miles  from   Kitimat.
A team of three doctors from the Lower Mainland has been appointed by the B.C. Hospital ' Insurance Service to conduct an independent survey of bed requirements at Prince George Regional Hospital. Their appointment was disclosed Thursday at a hospital board meeting. The team is scheduled to arrive here July 5 and will spend two days touring the hospital and speaking with Officials.
It will be their Ui.sk to determine if the hospital's re-(iiiost for cornptelipn of the unfinished sections is warranted by 'the district's requirements and recommend die extent of such a  project.
The hospital has been pressing for completion of the areas, which would provide space for 3S beds in addition lo the present 125, since the institution opened in February, I860 Approval of BCHIS is needed for 'the "project.
"I am snre the l>esL results will come from their assess-ifiens of the hospital," Chairman Gordon Bryant told the meeting.
Hospital admiMiislirator Gordon Towncnd ^va-s instructed to prepare written recommendations for presentation lo the investigating team, which Is comprised of Dr. John Halfour, \)v. E. C. McCoy and Dr. Allen Eraser.
Mr. Townend reported the hospital's corridors have been cleared of beds since June 12, deadline   of   a   fire � marshal's
ELECTIONS
Honorary
John Morrison was named hioriorary president of the Community Arts Council at the annual  meeting.
Directors are: Brian Tapp, chairman'; Mrs. C. E. Strom, recording secretary; Mrs. Don Douglas, secretary - treasurer; Mrs. George Gibbins, Alf Burton, Mrs. Gordon Larson, Mrs. George Buchan, Miss Nancy Richardson, Sven Johansen; Matt Briggs, representing the Civic Properties and Recreation Commission; and John Barlce, representing the chamber of commerce. Representatives from the city and the school board are yet to be named.
A festival of, arts is being planned for early fall with such groups as the Light Opera Society, Rainbow Choir, Prince George Players, 'hands, choirs, western music groups and dancing clubs participating for a week of varied entertainment.
order   requiring   it   1o  tlo   so.
rior to t'hat date, as many as 35 beds were placed in 'hallways for lack of ward space.
The administrator expressed Ills appreciation to lihe medical staff for its co-operation accomplishing the clearance. [jt required strloter observation >! the degree of necessity for iospitalization of patients. (Continued   on   Puyc  3)
STRICT WATER USE ENFORCED
COMOX CD � Police and water works crews are pa;-trolling 'the district to en-force sprinkling regulations. Village council called for strict enforcement after the. reservoir reached a critically low level.
Thursday's low of '�'�2 equalled Hie record low for that date sel In lfu."i. However, hours of sunshine in June to date total 211.0,  well  above  the  normal
of    ,
; hcii
is  in ninny
Sunny
smaller | winds.
testified he had gone to sec Janzcn about a dispute over unemployment  insurance.
In a statement made to the RCMP and admitted as evidence, Witkevich described a halUiour battiti with Jaiizcn after which ho said he shut his former employer three times with a .22-qallbrc pistol.
in his testimony the accused said "1 don't remember .shooting him � I  had a blackout."
tractors, hut  he
would have them,
to receive
said   he 1,000 of
!!>..�> and  precipitation 1 far this month is wel the normal 2.11 Inches.
KOKKCVST No Immediate changi view. Saturday  will  be with some cloudy periods,  re nalnlng   warm.    Light    window ,�:! Quesnel mid  I'rin cc George, 45 and S5; al Si nit hers, 1.1 and 75.
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very warm. I.ij-'ln tbnlghl  mid  liich Grande   I'ratrle,
SHOOT  FOIt   MOON
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MODioiiN VERSION of the old wogon train rolled Into Prince -George Thursday afternoon on a trip llmf is taking il frorh l'milanil, Ore,, to PrinCQ Hiipci t and return. The I <>� trail or cui'iivan is licaikd by "W'a^/jin Hoss" Hill I'ii'i'ci- of Si'aiiIc, Wash. In tliu above photo Mis, I'jrii.v, left, her hu.sband and Goorge Cowell, wcw charnbor of conitnprce in't'tiidcut, unfurl tho Canadian under the U.S. ilag displayed on the lead trailer's flag pole.
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