Tou get a barrel of flavourin Carling Pilsener BEER say 7Tpi Vol 9 No 11 1 case THE WORLD TODAY SMITHERS CP Abel Nick -al 19 appeared In magistrates court here today on a charge of capital murder In connection with the shooting death Sunday night of Ted Dennis 17 A date for preliminary hear hearing � ing was not set and Nickal was remanded in custody Police said Dennis was shot In the chest at the Morlcetown Indian reservation about 20 miles west of here Police have not released any details of the alleged shooting which occurred at 930 pm Sunday Big Success SAIGON CP US marines have scored their biggest suc success � cess of the Viet Nam war kill killing � ing 80 Viet Cong and wounding 60 others with artillery fire But eight US marines were lost Sunday in a helicopter collision over the South China Sea Protest Ends COMOX CP A sitdown demonstration by a group of pacifists who planned to march onto an RCAF station near here ended Sunday without incident About 40 demonstrators spent Saturday night in light bedrolls unrolled outside the main gate of the Comox air force installa installation � tion protesting Canadas ac acceptance � ceptance of US nuclear war warheads � heads Predict Outbreak SANTO DOMINGO Reuters Followers of rebel leader Col Francisco Caamano Deno pre predicted � dicted an outbreak of violence today if the rival junta govern government � ment of national reconstruc reconstruction � tion goes ahead with plans for a meeting in the northern cof coffee � fee -growing town of Moca Rebel sources said the sup supporters � porters of Gen Antonio Imbert Barrera intended to hold a Christian rally in the town against the wishes of the local priest Storyteller Dies HAMPDEN Mass CP -Thornton W Burgess 91 who created the Old Briar Patch series of stories for his sons bedtime and saw them develop into an imaginary world of na nature � ture enjoyed by millions of readers died late Saturday night Burgess wrote thousands of stories about Peter Rabbit and his friends in the Old Briar Patch but he created them originally to delight his son who loved to be put to sleep with a bedtime tale Durocher Caught MONTREAL CP - Four morality squad police officers carried out a lightning raid Friday which netted them Andre Durocher who scaled the wall of Montreals Bordeaux jail March 2 with narcotics suspect Luclen Rivard Feather In the bonnet of Aid Carrie Jane Gray was her election as vice presi president � dent of the North Central BC Municipal Association at its annual meeting in Quesnel Shes the only gal on the exec executive � utive headed by Tom Smith of Kltlmat who was unanimously returned as president Prince Georges all elec w trie display home located at 1625 Gillette St attracted 2200 visitors during the week weekend � end The house built by Tony Construction Ltd even fea features � tures an electric furnace This week it will be open from 3p m to 8 pm weekdays and on Sat Saturday � urday and Sunday from 1 pm until 8pm INDEX Weather ----- T 3 Betty Conner 5 Women 5 Classified 9 10 U Comics w - 4 Coming events - 4 Editorial - - 2 Markets 3 Sports 7 8 This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia Mummery Missing An RC MP tracking dog sent to the scene Saturday failed to turn up any trace of a Prince George man who Is missing in heavy bushland east of the city Bill Mummery who operates a car wash was re reported � ported missing Wednesday and a search Thursday lo located � cated his car parked on the Foreman Road eight miles east of Prince George The tracking dog was brought in from Kamloops Friday and searched the area Friday night and all day Sat Saturday � urday without success A foot search by RCMP and civilians Saturday found footprints leading to the Fra ser River 200 yards from where the car was parked but there vanished Mr Mummery is married and has a family and is the leader of a Cub Pack A 34-year-old truck driver was killed when his gasoline filled tanker truck exploded after going Into a ditch 20 miles south of Quesnel Saturday The dead woman was thrown from the small foreign model car in which whe was a pas passenger � senger after it went out of control while passing another auto Police said she is believed to have drowned in the creek An RCMP spokesman said the car driven by Wesley Gemmall of Victoria hit a soft shoulder while passing another car hit the other car and flipped down the embankment Mr Gemmall was not Injured in the accident which occurred at 8 pm Sunday Killed In the tanker explosion was John Alexander Mcintosh of Coquitlam BC A Quesnel RCMP member said he didnt have a chance to escape when his truck which was carrying between 5500 and 6800 gallons of gasoline turned over In the ditch after leaving the road The cause of the 5 a m acci accident � dent Is not known The truck burned five hours after tho explosion The accident was oneof seven In the Quesnel area during the weekend In Vancouver a car struck and killed Reginald Thorpe 79 as he crossed a corner Dennis Carpenter 19 was killed Sunday when his car rolled onto him while he was working on a wheel The car apparently slipped off a ramp when one of the supporting logs gave way A companion barelv escaDed injury by rolling away seconds before the car pinned Carpenter A head on collision three LOOKING FOR A CAR This Want Ad appears under Cars for Sale 218 1961 ANGLIA W Good condition phone 564 9468 after 7 pm C3109 This is just one of many bar gains to he found in the Citien Classified Section No matter what you need shop and save through Citi en want Ads rifi4244 PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY JUNE 7 1965 miles west of Quesnel at 130 am Sunday sent five persons including four from one family to hospital and wrecked the car and pickup truck Involved In poor condition in Quesnel Hospital is Ronald Inscho of Quesnel who was the driver of the pickup which collided with a car driven by Charles Garland also of Quesnel Mr Garland received facial lacerations bruises and a broken leg in the accident while his wife Lillian and their two children received multiple 3 Juveniles On Probation Three juveniles who led police on a bullet punctuated car chase and manhunt In early March have been put on proba probation � tion for two years The youths two 17 and the other 16 will be returned to their parents on the Lower Mainland They have been held In custody since they were cap captured � tured In heavy bush near Fort St James The judgment was handed down Friday by Magistrate J H Kenney in Prince George The juveniles faced 10 charges each ranging from armed robbery to shooting a firearm while escaping arrest They were sentenced to two years probation on each charge but the sentences will run con concurrently � currently They stole three cars in including � cluding a police cruiser while making their escape to the Fort St James area They were forced into bushland after aban abandoning � doning their hostage and re mained in the bush until they ff rtnfff 1 fre captured the next day J CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Granny Seymour sat up In bed Saturday and talked of trapping for furs between Fort George and Six Mile Lake back in the 1870s She was a young woman in her 20s a mother and although she didnt know It then she someday would be become � come a living history book Granny as most people affectionately call Margaret Seymour wascelebratingher 113th birthday Saturday More than 60 friends and relatives dropped aioundto the cozy bungalow where Granny lives with friends In South Fort George Among well wishers were Prime Minister Lester B Pearson and Queen Eliza Elizabeth � beth They sent telegrams of congratulations tothewomnn believed to have been lorn at Fort St James June 5 1852 almost 20 years be before � fore B C became a pro vince However only three weeks ago some doubt arose to Grannys age A woman who claims she is Grannys half slstei said Granny is really between 115 and 120 ye rs old The Prime Minister In his telegram told Gunny Permit me to join with youi family and many friends In extending warm congrat congratulations � ulations on the celebrating of your 113th birthday May peace and contentment be youis in abundant measure Kindest personal regards And from the Queens pri private � vate secretary The Queen is much In Interested � terested that you are cele celebrating � brating your 113th birthday and sends you warm con congratulations � gratulations and good wishes on this remarkable oc occasion � casion The grand old lady whose mother was an Indian prin princess � cess attributes her long life to eating the right kind of food and good outdoor living Good pure food such as wild meat and fish which Granny still liks toeitonre In a while is the secret of her long life said Ml s Edgar Richatd the woman who cares for Granny Mrs Richard also sild Granny uses wild roots to keep her health and con continues � tinues to wash her grey eyes with juice from the bear berry bush It clears her eyes right up Mis Richard said Granny distrusts modern medicines and claims mo modern � dern preparations spoil the puie medicine from roots and lieibs There must be something to it for Granny was up at 730 am Satuiday to start receiving her friends and shaie a piece ofblithdiy cake with them Despite a lecent bout of flu the grand old woman was lively and she couldnt teslst talklngabouthertiap ping days Phone 564 2441 Mcculloch Boats and Motors Motors from 3 h p So 75 hp Boat from 1 1 ft to 1 9 ft Aluminum and fibreglatt Interior Power Saw Sales Service Ltd 140 Quebec 563 3678 1 O Conw I ft MONTH Area District Municipality CITY JUMPS GUN Tanker truck carrying gasoline burst into flames when it left the highway south of Quesnel Saturday incinerating driver John Alexander Mcintosh of Coquitlam Reidie photo POLICE KEPT BUSY 2 Killed Others Hurt In Rash of Accidents A rash of serious traffic accidents in Central BC during the weekend killed two persons and injured sev several � eral others A Vancouver Island woman whose name is being withheld by police was killed when the car In which she was riding flipped down an 80 foot embank embankment � ment into a water filled creek 20 miles west of Prince George on Highway 16 Sunday Boys Drown Southbank BURNS LAKE Correspond Correspondent � ent Two teenagers were drowned Saturday in a canoe accident on Francois Lake Dead are Peter Morris 16 and Leonard Walter also 16 The body of the Morris boy was found Sunday and an in inquest � quest opened today at South bank The youths went out in their canoe Saturday It was found floating in the lake by search searchers � ers The Morris boy is from Uncha Lake while young Wal Walter � ter is from Grassy Plains The special car at the PGE siding during the weekend had some very special car cargo � go It was the private car of Sir Ralph Perrlng a former Lord Mayor of London who Is vice - chairman of Britains Committee for Exports to Canada With him was PGE general manager Joe Broadbent who today were guests of PG Pulp touring the site 0 Did jou know your insur insurance � ance rates high as they are and going higher wont cover you leyond the United States and Canada One local driver whos planning to go to Panama about the end of September found this out and has had to apply foi insurance from Lloyds of Lon London � don Manager BlUGrauwilerand 9 the crew of the Simon Fra ser aie having a hectic day today preparing food for the guests at tomoi rows official opening of Endako Mine The Simon got the job of catering lor the ocaslon and the good goodies � ies will I sent west in a num Ijct or vans Cant Have Vague Ideas About Merger Campbell Prince George is jumping the gun in its plans to establish a district municipality says Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Camp Campbell � bell Mr Campbell attended the annual meeting of the North Central BC Municipal Association in Quesnel Fri Friday � day In an interview he said there can be no vague ideas about amalgama amalgamations � tions in any area Each proposal must be compact and state precisely what advantages such amalgamations would bring Jo the residents con concerned � cerned In the case of Prince George the minister said the area is not ready for a district muni municipality � cipality and city hall has jumped the gun He praised the way city of officials � ficials prepared for the mer merger � ger by calling Information meet meetings � ings but added that all meet meetings � ings have dealt with vague Ideas and nothing concrete Mr Campbell said his de department � partment favors such mergers and will give as much assis assistance � tance as possible to bring them about But first of all Prince George must reach a pattern of what is proposed One cannot go into this amalgamation on a vague basis the minister said He pointed out that a 60 per cent vote in favor of a mer merger � ger must be established and all opposition must be over overcome � come before the plans can go ahead In Prince George things are anything but settled Mr Campbell said He added that it is difficult to obtain a 60 per cent fav favorable � orable vote but his department is prepared to try to resolve the disagreements Mr Campbell favors mer mergers � gers either into regional dis tricts or as in the case of She was employed by the old Hudson Bay Fort and has watched Prince Georges growth from a small cluster of log buildings to the mush mushrooming � rooming city of today At 113 Granny is believed to be the oldest living wo woman � man In BC However doubts about Grannys age walked in with an old Indian woman named Theresa who visited Granny only three weeks ago The woman who claims that she herself is 111 said that Granny was quite a few years older She figured Granny was between 115 and 120 Mis Richard said The woman from New Hazelton claimed Granny at attended � tended her baptism In 1877 and at that time Granny was between fivetolOjears older than she was Among visitors at the Ri Richard � chard home was Margaret Hubbard of South Fort George who Is one of Grannys gianddaughters She Is collecting anecdotes of the old days as told by Granny in her own language They ate taped when Granny is in a talking mood and later translated by Mrs Hubbard one of the few people today who speak the dying language Theie is a wealth of his history � tory in Grannys stories said Mrs Hubbard They aie the history of this noith country Prince George a district mun municipality � icipality It Is ridiculous to control more than 90 per cent of the province from Victoria he said One of the primary flnctlons of his department Is to con control � trol land use and the minister said It can be done more ef effectively � fectively by local administra administrations � tions It Is fundamentallyand mor morally � ally wrong to have Victoria run the show Mr Campbell said Mr Campbell suggested that If It Is Impossible for Prince George to convince rural resi residents � dents of the need for a dis district � trict mlnlclpallty the alter alternative � native administration would be a regional district Mr Campbell said until a package agreement can be reached In Prince George it would be better to forget the Citys Not Jumping Gun City manager Arran Thomson today denied Prince George is jumping the gun with Us proposal for a district muni municipality � cipality Commenting on remarks by Municipal Affairs Minister Campbell he said the city hasnt even applied to the provincial government for a change in sta status � tus We are strictly doing what council has proposed namely to hold Information meetings This Is the fairest way to go about the situation Mr Thom Thomson � son said There Is no gun to be whole Idea of amalgamation lumped he said US Astronauts Splash to Earth HOUSTON Tex AP Astronauts James McDlvltt and Edward White plunged safely back to earth from thelrfour day space flight at 1013 am PDT today right on time and just a shade off target despite loss of a computer used for precision landing Their Gemini IV capsule splashed Into the Atlantic 390 miles east of Cape Kennedy and about 40 miles short of the previously calculated landing area Both astronauts quickly re reported � ported they were feeling great The marathon journey which space flight officials already termed 100 per cent success successful � ful covered 62 circuits of the globe a total of 1609684 miles and lasted 97 hours and 57 min minutes � utes The computer which went haywire during the 48th orbit would have been used to exe execute � cute automatically a pre entry manoeuvre Its loss meant that ground controllers rather than the pilot would have to perform the manoeuvre somewhat less precisely than command pilot McDlvltt could have done When mission director Christopher Kraft radioed in instructions � structions for the new man manoeuvre � oeuvre McDlvltt said I just think its old fash fashioned � ioned A helicopter confirmed It had the capsule sighted virtually as soon as it splashed down RELATING MEMORIES 60 Friends Visit Granny Seymour Shl w 1 a a dk 2Hk GRANNY SEYMOUR 113 YEARS WA