Modelling Hats Or Are They Can Be Fun WEATHER ACROSS CANADA Record Snow at Va An unexpected breakaway storm paid a visit to Vancou Vancouver � ver overnight dumping a record snowfall which reached a depth of 15 inches in some sections of the city It completely surprised the weather forecasters after break breaking � ing off from a larger storm which had swung down from FORECAST Clear and cold is the official forecast for the Cariboo Prince George and Bulkley Valley re regions � gions for Saturday Winds will be light northerly Low tonight and high Sunday at Prince George -15 and 10 Quesnel -10 and 15 Smithers -10 and 15 Weekend outlook continuing clear and cold PEACE RIVER Variable cloudiness Saturday and continuing very cold Light winds Low tonight and high Saturday at Grande Prairie -30 and -10 LAST 24 HOURS Prince George Terrace Smithers Quesnel Williams Lake Kamloops Whilehorsc Fort Nelson 23 11 13 3 23 21 15 -7 -7 -16 3 -19 -12 -11 02 11 -19 38 trace Fort St John -30 Dawson Creek -8 -37 Hi Lo Precip OVERNIGHT LOWS Edmonton -27 Calgary -21 Prince Albert -50 Saskatoon -3G Regina -31 Moose Jaw -34 Winnipeg -3G Brandon -47 Toronto -G Monti eal -5 the interior around the west coast of Vancouver Island and hovered over the ocean The rebel cloud moved in at 5 pm and by the time it abat abated � ed early today deposited 138 inches at the airport 37 inches more than the previous record set Jan 25 1950 and up to 15 inches in suburban Burnaby and South Vancouver areas Lions Gate Bridge spanning Burrard Inlet was closed for 2 hours Thursday night as cars became stlandfil on Ihe Stan r ipiuirkPfimeiHxrTTiLmcx re routed over the new Second Narrows Bridge Hundredsstay ed overnight at downtown ho hotels � tels BC Electric put on extra Face IDrivii Elected president of the C A RS branch here is Mrs Nora Elphicke She succeeds Mrs Kay Yardley Announce Announcement � ment of other executive posi positions � tions will follow Now Hear This A city woman who is suffi sufficiently � ciently interested in Prince Georges future to find out what other people think quietly con conducted � ducted a telephone poll to de determine � termine public opinion on the pioposcd Victoria Stieet shop shopping � ping centre Of 20 people sho called 18 were in favor of the development two against Allan Spragge exec assistant BC Teachers Fed will address a public meeting at 8 tonight in Duchess Park aud in connec connection � tion with the North Central Teachers district conference It will be pancakes sausages ami steaming coffee at the Elks Mall starting at 830 am Sun Sunday � day sponsored by the Kiwanis Neehako Club with piocccds going to community piojects The Legion can breathe a sigh of jelicf now that Murray Car bert has got rid of his bosses who demanded much of his time in the last couple of days Murray has been particularly successful in his drive for Le Legion � gion members Members of the winter work committee really rushed through business at las nights meeting Reason The Defenders was scheduled on TV at 9 oclock Service stations are still doing a land office biz with licence plate in installations � stallations Seems pipe clean cleaners � ers paper clips etc have been holding up many 1952 licence plates since Wednesdays dead deadline � line Social welfare pro provincial � vincial type phoned to say yes yesterdays � terdays item about a govern government � ment chap getting a welfare cheque along with his pay cheque put the blame in the wiong place Twasnt us scz welfare tvpe The post office federal erred in sending their benefit cheque to the wrong man of same name Woman who drove blue Volks Licence 443 702 through red light at Quebec and Third this acm should be moie caieful So should Hockey Coach Willie Schmidt who Ignored the stop sign at Fourth and Vancouver Heard about town Takes until April to get over Christmas spending then until Xmas to get over income tax payments If income tax were dropped for one ear maybe eveiybody could catch up TH Phone tOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 Ho 44 BHHy Wffyff - ilrmtw t You dont have to be crazy to wear Chapeaux like these you just have to be married to a member of the Prince George Kiwanis Club And you have to have a sense of humor like these models from the Kiwanis Ladies Hat Show They are left to right back row M rm Po Po from Paris modelling the Chamber ra tIrs Mildred Atkinson Miss Dont Strain Yourself from Down-the-Drain Mrs Alice Patient Miss Soap Opera from Lover Brothers Mrs Fran Hitchman Miss Pie Face from Pastry Place Mrs Allison Morrow seated Madam Hold in from Garter Gully Mrs Doreen Jeffery Miss Betty Burp from Bed pan Alley Mrs Sally Beattie Miss Light-o-Love from Trilight Terrace Mrs Loraine Watts and Miss Fanny Privy from Out back Mrs Norma James See story on Page 3 Vandervoort photo ncouver buses on its metropolitan routes today as hundreds of motorists abandoned their cars or were unable to dig them out of snow clogged driveways Taxi com company � pany switchboards were swamp swamped � ed with calls A private light aircraft en route to Renton Wash from Fairbanks crash landed on the highway near Mission 50 miles east of Vancouver The pilot blinded by the driving snow new tiie plane into a power guy wire tearing off a wins Up Mapie valley wasn crawled away fiom the wreck uninjured His nephew Alvin Johnson 14 suffered minor back injuries and is recovering in hospital Former District Man rge A 26-year-old former Prince George district lumberworker has been committed for trial in Vancouver on a charge of crim criminal � inal negligence arising from a fatal car accident last Sep September � tember V l n c e n z o Capparelli was charged following the Sept 23 death of Jospi Kotarac 31 of Vancouver when the car in which they and three others were riding went out of control in Vancouvers east end and slammed into a telegraph pole Capparelli sustained minor leg injuries Novae Milozavic 32 of Fort St John said he allowed Cap Capparelli � parelli lo drive his car after a dance I think he was drunk he said of the accused at the preliminary hearing Capparelli has been working at Bralorne Mine Best Education School Board Aim The following statement was issued today by the board of School District 57 In answer to numerous en enquires � quires regarding the school boards plan to proceed with the provision of higher cduca tional opportunity in this area it is the boards policy to give the best education to students in the aiea The board has stiongly sup supported � ported the establishment of the vocational school which will open in September It has also actively promoted univcrsity level instruc tion through a well established Grade 13 program and fully accredited university at the second third and fourth jear levels given by a resident pro professor � fessor and other qualified staff This program has been can led on in cooperation with UBC and full credit is given Cuncnt planning is to extend this program to the second- ear level as soon as possible under the direct supervision of UBC Land for future campus dcvel opment is being held in reserve LANDMARK DESTROYED ALDERGROVE CPU Fire has destjoyed the Williams Machine Shop on the Trans Canada High Highway � way the towns oldest and best known landmark E CITIZEN The Only Daily Newspaper Sctving North Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY MARCH 2 1962 DIEF TO OPEN TRANS CANADA OTTAWA HI An official opening ceremony for the Trans Canada Highway with all 10 premiers attending is planned for September Works Minister Walker said after Prime Minister Diefenbaker opens the highway in the Rogers Pass BC section of the Rocky Mountains it will be possible to travel the 4719 mile route from coast to coast PjnXFJqckJoJC For Jobs Union VANCOUVER CP The United Brotherhood of Car Carpenters � penters and Joiners today warned workers not to flock to BC in the hope of getting jobs at the Peace River power project Spokesmen for the unions Vancouver Local 452 said many inquities have been received but warned there will be no demand for workers for some time So far no contracts have been let for any building The union said hiring when it does occur will give wiot piefeience to local men in Dawson Creeksecondly to men north of Prlnfe George and thirdly to BC residents Any outsiders must have been in the piovince GO days before they can be hired The basis of hiring has been set out in an agicement with Peace rower Contractors Ltd BRIEF TO GOVERNMENT 7e a Copy jfr fa tr Mont Better Forest Science Uroed to Save Woods The Prince George Industrial Development Com Commission � mission has urged the provincial government to change silviculture methods and press for establishment of pulp mills to provide better forest utilization Details of a brief prepared for the Legislatures committee on forestry were released today by IDC Crealive Fields Viial in Fuurer Says Educationist The 1960s may well sec a change of direction in the edu educational � cational sjstem with creativity replacing intelligence and aca academic � demic achievement as the basic value in education Speaking to the North Central District Conference of the BC Teachers Federation today Dr C E Smith of UBC said this may be the beginning of the end of the IQ era We are faced with an era in which high IQ and high aca academic � demic standings will not be the flower of the schools but will be replaced by the creativity of the student An educational system with the emphasis on learning can turn out bright people Dr Smith continued but there is no assurance they will do any original thinking Albert Einstein failed Grade 7 mathematics and Winston Churchill could not pass his uni university � versity entrance High intelli intelligence � gence docs not mean an in individual � dividual will contribute to so society � ciety On the contrary education of often � ten inhibits originality and knowledge is valuable as a tool used to make men dangerous if it is used to make conform conformists � ists Dr Smith added University of Chicago research has shown that creativity and intelligence are not necessarily related and students often have high ratings in one but not the other Jsychologically creative per persons � sons arc not different from non creative people Creativity can be taught and it develops in the individual he said IUOIII SOUGHT ARMSTRONG CP Farm ers Union Local 202 has call called � ed for an investigation of the dairy industry Farmers at the locals anual meeting said they aie not getting a fair leturn for their Jabor and Investment A resolution seeks provincial government action to increase the farmers income CHAIC1TV APPEAL KELOWNAl CP The Match of Dimes campaign here collected 2GG0 Prince George College Gets 50000 in Gifts Two gifts of 25000 each to Prince George College were announced today by John Morrison chairman of the com committee � mittee raising funds for the non denominational development Donations were by the Morrow Educational Foundation in Ontario and a friend in Boston Mass A month long campaign gels underway in Prince George Monday to give local business firms and individuals an opportunity to participate in the project at Pcdcn Hill four miles west MMMMHMMMMaMMMMMiMiMaMMMiMMM I Chairman Harold Moffat We feel that the periods of fire devastation experienced this last and previous summers are serious losses that could be greatly overcome by better utilization of the forests and by a change in the theory of gov government � ernment in respect of applica application � tion of the present silviculture methods the brief states Present logging slash is so heavy in this area it consti constitutes � tutes a serious fire hazard the IDC claimed It is also a deterrent to any method of regeneration because the effective work tractors can do in scarifying is greatly re reduced � duced where slash is heavy and the cost of planting decreases rapidly with less slash on the ground Every silvicultural method tried to date has been largely unsuccessful the brief con continued � tinued The best silvicultural treatment certain to result in good regeneration will be clear cutting and planting The values which we pres ently receive from each acre arc not sufficient to justify this cost and the cost is of course much higher than it would be if we could recover more wood volume from the area It is the opinion of this com commission � mission that some type of dol dollar � lar value per acre return should be the deciding factor of ma maturity � turity and not the present method of potential spruce pro productivity � ductivity Establishmentdol a pulp mill and its resultant waste market would the brief maintains re reduce � duce slash in the bush four ways Trees which are too small for sawlogs less than 11 inches in diameter and are large enough for pulpwood over six inches in diameter would be removed O All trees cut would be used to a four inch lop instead of the present eight inch top O Balsam trees presently left in the woods because they make poor lumber would be harvested for pulp Standing and downed dead timber which was sound would be salvaged Most of this is left under a lumber economy because of serious checking and worm holes With the amount of invest investment � ment in a pulpmill and the an annual � nual profit that would accrue the brief contended these peo people � ple by necessity would have to take a far greater interest in the most progressive methods of conservation and regenera regeneration � tion of our forests than is now exhibited by cither government or industry The brief concluded We recommend most stiong stiongly � ly that a change be made in silviculture methods and strong strongly � ly urge the government to use every influence at ils command to press forward the establish establishment � ment of a pulp mill or pulp mills to utilize the waste of the aiea so that the changes in silviculture can take place with a profitable yield to all con concerned � cerned SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Record number of rinks begin the annual Prince George bonspiel tonight Bobby Hull is eight goals shy of the record 50 set by Richard and Geoffrion Ina Hansens BC rink captures the womens curling title with nine straight wins See stories on Page 4 Bennett Ready to Hurl Power Gauntlet at Dief By PETER BRUTON Special Correspondent VICTORIA The provincial government is prepared to de develop � velop the Columbia River power project on its own and sell the surplus power to the US in open defiance of federal govern government � ment policy it was learned yes yesterday � terday This blunt provincial approach to the long simmering power impasse will be made known to Prime Minister Diefenbaker when Iremier Bennett attends the conference of provincial premiers in Ottawa March 19 Diefenbaker will be told Ot Ottawa � tawa has only a month or so longer to capitulate to BC de demands � mands that Columbia down stream benefits be sold in the US on a long term basis or else the province will go it alone even without Canadian ratification of the international treaty BC government legal experts say there is nothing Ottawa can do to stop the province but arc nevertheless prepared for any II Ottawa uoes una a way to thwart us if they find some something � thing weve overlooked the government will call an immedi iate provincial election said a top BC source Apparently this possibility of Ottawa finding a legal loophole is what Premier Bennett was referring to when ho said his govern lent ws prepared lo call an election if there were any fuither federal obstruc obstructions � tions It was also learned yester yesterday � day O Premier Bennett in meet meetings � ings with US power officials this weekend will attempt to get a written commitment that the Americans are prepared to buy Columbia downstream benefits for five mills The Social Credit govern government � ment is prepared to stand or fall over its policy of simul simultaneous � taneous development of the Peace and Columbia projocts O Government determina determination � tion to press on rcgarless has been strengthened by frequent public opinion polls which re reportedly � portedly show that Social Credit is now more popular than at the time of the 1960 provincial election The government is ada mant that actual construction of the two multi million dollar projects must start by this sum mer It is understood provincial of officials � ficials are convinced Ottawa is desperately trving to find a way out from its often repeated firm stand against BCs power policies And theyre equally convinc- vxki i a3euHB9I99mSskSc9KuC eP flHJBffpK a JEjjjjSgggjggggyjaijjSHBaBBBlMllf l 5 VS69nSsviH WAITING FOK THE WINNERS in the Prince George Curling Clubs annual bonspiel are these prizes seen on diplay in the window of Northern Hardware Round-the-clock curling starts at G pm today and continues through the weekend Hal Vandervoort photo ed that Diefenbaker docs not want a BC Ottawa showdown on the Columbia before the com coming � ing federal election unless the Ottawa policies triumph They therefore feel that Dief Diefenbaker � enbaker faced with the latest BC ultimatums will give in just as soon as he can find a way to do so without losing too much face in the eyes of the voters Government officials here said yesterday Ottawa would be making a mistake if it felt BC was merely making idle threats Premier Bennett is not bluff bluffing � ing said a top official And hes determined that this mat matter � ter will come to a head in the next month or so Diefenbaker is more sensitivcito public opin opinion � ion now with an election com coming � ing than he would be after the election The fact the joint US Canada treaty on the Columbia has not and indeed might not receive Canadian ratification would create J no 1 stumbling blocks If BC proceeded with the de development � velopment on its own accord according � ing to officials here BC would then make a sep separate � arate deal with the Americans to carry out the terms of the treaty The treaty has been signed by both Canada and the US said a spokesman Ratification in our opinion is not really necessary But it could be that the Americans in order to avoid offending Ottawa a fear which developed after the federal au authorities � thorities protested the inter intervention � vention of US officials in the Ottawa - BC dispute last year is partly behind the myster mysterious � ious trip to the US this week weekend � end by Premier Bennett The premier has stated Bon Bonneville � neville power administration will buy Columbia downstream benefits for five mills Ottawa has stated there is no proof of this Premier Bennett therefore hopes to get a written com commitment � mitment from the US power people that they will buy down downstream � stream benefit power from BC at that price Top Socrcds admit nine out of ten BC voters do not under understand � stand the power question that theyre confused and that pow power � er development would not be the prime issue Opposition par tics arc in general agicement with this The government believes an exceptionally strong case can be made of the claim that dual development of the Peace and the Columbia will bring great economic expansion and pros prosperity � perity to the province Anyone who argues against such a- program they charge is trying to hinder industrial do vclopment and growth in BC Slash Job Refused For Winter Work Hand slashing of approaches to the nqw Frascr River bridge would picsently serve no use useful � ful purpose a provincial cabi net minister has informed the Prince George Winter Employ ment Committee In reply to a request for the work Lands and Forests Min Minister � ister Ray Williston wiote that slashing Is not called for in the present contracts He said only the piers had been designed to help provide work during the winter WKC member Bob Lonsdale said Wllliston has said only what ud expect It was further suggested that it might not be too urgent to have the slashing completed be cause the Neehako bridge might bo considered as a precedent It took two years to get ap approaches � proaches completed