WANT ADS Buy or Sell Everything Phone LO 4-2441 The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia WEATHER FORECAST Low -5, High 20, Cloudy Crown Life Insurance Co. Wm. J. Shockey District Representative Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 48. PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1960 -, — BY CARRTER 7 c a Copy 35c per week TO PRINCE GEORGE Some 27 young teachors-in-training will travel to Prince George during the next two months to practice-lcach in district schools. The student teachers will come from University of B.C. and Victoria College. Four of the number, who arc in the first year of a two-year training course, will have two weeks of practice teaching in early May, while the remaining number, who graduate this spring, will practice teach for three weeks, from April 25 to May 13. Of the teachers in training coming to the district 11 have already been appointed to city and district schools for September. Local school board will pay transportation costs of student teach-irom UBC who will be teaching at the secondary level. For Schools Newly-created position of property manager of School District 57 was filled last night at a meeting of school trustees. Appointed to the post was W. C. Ditmars of White Rock, a real estate salesman with wide experience in maintenance work and related fields. Mr. Ditmars was chosen froih among some 64 persons who applied for the position. Starting salary for the new job was set at 9500 a month plus car allowance for a probationary three-month period, with the amount to be revised upward after that time. Mr. Ditmars will be in charge of the operation of hie entire pjiysical nssets of.- Uio school board. Appointment of the property manager will take a heavy load from the shoulders of District Superintendent K. F. Alexander, who until now has been overseeing the physical operation of the district's eight city and 42 rural schools as well as looking after the educational situation throughout the district. CAUGHT IN A PINCH were an oil tanker and an automobile at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday when the narrow old Nechako Bridge was once again the scene of a collision. There was no damage to the truck driven by John Richet, but $350 was the estimate of damage incurred to the car driven by Joseph Martin. —Hal Varidervoort Photo SCHOOL BOARD PROPOSAL A unique experiment whereby the University of British Columbia would send a professor to Prince George to work In residence for a full academic year is under consideration by university officials. The proposal for a winter uni-VL-»bity eowvde here was made ii} Chairman 11. G. Atkinson on behalf of the local board of school trustees, in a letter to university president Dr. N. A. M. Mac-Kcnzie. I!' approved, the experiment would be the first of its kind in the interior. A similar scheme, hut on a much more limr'ted scale, is currently being tried in Nanaimo where a university The second fatal shooting in as many days in the Prince George district was being lnvesti-uattu" today by RCMP. Found dead of a gunshot wound Tuesday near Hansard, •IS miles east of here, was James Kristian Hanson, 10. Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anund Hanseri, long-time residents of Hansard, was reported missing early Tuesday. His body was round Tuesday afternoon by a railroad section hand in bush-lanci near the tracks, about three-quarters of a mile east of the Hansard railway station. The1 youth, who would have been 20 in May. was employed at. Church's Sawmill. 'The wound in his chest was caused by a bullet, from a 30-30 1 rifle found near the body. Body I was found about a mile from his home. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother and three; sisters living in Prince George. A coroner's jury will view the body tonight but the inquest will he adjourned to a later dale as another inquest has already been scheduled. Earlier, a 17-year-old girl, Anita Cassel, died in hospital here at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, 20 hours after suffering a gunshot wound in the abdomen. Police said they believed the fatal wound was self-inflicted. Inquest into her death will also be adjourned tonight after vie win;,' of the body. RCMP told The Citizen today there was no connection between the two fatal shootings. professor com mules once each week to give lectures. Under the local scheme a senior member of the UBC faculty would work in residence here for a full academic year, offering courses in his special field similar to th.os(Lhe would be of-I'fering at the university. A professor from the department of English was suggested for the coming winter session, and in the following years professors from other departments would he invited. Students for the course would he drawn from the community and lecture time would be scheduled to allow those with jobs to attend. Major interest is expected to come from teachers and other professional groups working toward degrees. It is not yet known what portion of the costs of such a course would have to be borne by the school board. Mr. Atkinson said trustees were not anticipating a big bill but they hoped to make the position as attractive as possible. Classroom and research facilities would be offered by the board and other expenses would be known after discussion with the university. In his reply to the school hoard, Dr. MacKenzie said he found the proposal a "most useful and interesting" one. He said he had asked a group of his senior colleagues to discuss the plan and would reply to the board after it had been considered by them. Dr. MacKenzie outlined several problems which he fell might be involved in the arrangement. He said it might be difficult to persuade a senior member of his staff to undertake the experiment Now Hear This... and it would be essential to provide substantial library facilities if the work was to be carried out on an appropriate level. SOLVE DILEMMA The proposal for a winter university course in Prince George was suggested by trustees as a way for UBC out of its "dilemma of junior colleges." Establishment of a junior college here has long been advocated bv school trustees but all overtures to the university for its formation have so far failed. University officials maintain a strong central body will be of benefit to more students. They are reluctanl to divert university funds and staff to interior centres for colleges jvhich, they claim, would prove almost as expensive to all students attending except those who lived in the towns where the colleges would be located. Three candidates chosen by the nominating committee were i elected to the board of directors j of the Prince George and District | Hospital last night at the hospital society's annual meeting. They were named over four nominations from the floor. Given two year terms were Mrs. II. B. Ruse, 1959 hospital auxiliary appointee to the board, and past president of the board of trade Kay Janakka. Former board member and mayor Gordon Bryant was elected for a one year term to fill out the term of retiring board chairman John Powers, who resigned because he had moved 50 miles from the city and said i it was too difficult for him to maintain the position. The other two directors elected replace vice-chairman Milton Burt and Canon T. D. H. Allen whose terms expired. A chairman and vice-chairman of the board will be chosen by board members at a meeting next Wednesday. Commonly the chairman and vice-chairman are selected from the four elected members of the board but society bylaws do not forbid naming of any of the four appointees to the board. L. L. King is the fourth elected member. Nominations from the floor at last night's meeting were pharmacist Jim McMurphy, dentist Dr. Bill Aitken, insurance adjuster Lome McCuish and lawyer Kay Cullinanc. Changes in formation of the board of directors will be studied by the new board. The board will study feasibility of increasing number of elected members from four to six to give elected members the majority suggested in model bylaws. Outgoing chairman John Powers suggested also the new board consider appointing a member to act as society secretary, a job now held by the administrator. Outgoing board chairman John Powers Tuesday night told the new board of directors of the Prince George and District Hospital to press completion of the new hospital and to secure more itaff to alleviate bed shortage and understating problems at the institution. In his annual report he said he felt the incoming board had necessary statistic from 1959 hospital operation to seek provincial government approval "to proceed with the immediate completion of the unfinished areas in the new hospital." Mr. Powers said also he felt the new board would be "able to secure financial assistance in order that out staff may be increased to service the hospital adequately." MOKE PATIENTS More patients were treated at at the hospital in 1959 than any previous year and the situation has been alleviated to. only a "very small degree" by the move into the new hospital, he said. "We have improved facilities and the type of accommodation needed but still a very serious shortage of beds and finances exists," said Mr. Powers. Since the new building was planned need for additional facilities was brought about by a number of reasons, said the chairman, and he listed nine. Likely the most important reason he gave was, "The increase of hospital responsibility due to more benefits under the new Federal-Provincial health agreement." Two interesting points made by the chairman were: "Unwillingness of some patients to leave the hospital just as soon as able," and "Pressure of some patients to be admitted to hospital for investigation that could have been clone as an out-patient." FINANCE ItEPOUT Financial situation, as outlined by verbal finance committee reports of directors Hill Ferry who .said he #uhvt have complete written statement, has the hospital operating at a deficit of about $3i),000. He said he fell the about $15,000 each required from city mid district for completion of the hospital from its current 125 beds to 1(55 would be available. Mr. Powers said he thought financial situation would improve when the new hospital settled into a stable operation. The retiring board chairman outlined three responsibilities of trustees for new members of the board. They were, responsibility to community, administration and patient. k-in fiefs About $20 in cash was netted by thieves who broke into Judy's Dress Shop, 1270 Fourth, late Tuesday. They broke a window in the front door, reached through and opened the door latch. Thieves were thwarted in their attempt to break into the Royal Produce store on Seventeenth when they failed to remove a pane of glass to gain entrance. Eaglet Gravel Ltd. at Willow Pviver reported the theft overnight of a drum of gas and a I barrel .pump. "l'would be interesting to learn, in view of the present squabble betwixt city council ami local taxicab operators over street stands, why there's still a taxi zone on George between Second and Third. Taxi office moved away a year ago . . . History in the making: Citizen classified ad clerk Joyce Wilde got a no; iip from back home two weeks ago that the Princess Margaret-Armstrong Jones wedding dale would be May (i. She gave the News Editor Len Walker what would have been a world scoop, but he didn't believe her. So now it's been confirmed officially and Lcn's burning . . . Bonspiel palter: Vince Giles' rink won their name Tuesday in spite of scven-ender against them by Mel Nunweiller, but Giles wasn't so lucky today. A six-end-ei' thrown against him by George Clioban was enough to knock him out of the A event ... It was the same old "we all came out even" story today after Mayor Garvin Dezell, Curling Club Boss Harold Pretty and veteran curler Gordon Baillie held tlieir annual bonspiel game of roll-em-bones . . . Harold Pretty is squint- ! ing this-n-that way about the item 1 which found it--, way onto the back of the official 'spiel program, in spite of careful efforts to avoid publicity. Tells of today's Cariboo Brewery tour . . . Spiel Drawmaster Harold Aloffat has missed more sle:>p than he'd have wished. He had to get up :it an odd hour to straighten out errors which could have resulted in 4!? rinks in a real time schmozzle if it hadn't been caught in time . •. . Set fer fev 6 1.OX DON1 IAP) — Princess Margaret will be married at Westminster Abbey May (i with the Archbishop of Canterbury officiating, Buckingham Palace announced today. Prince Philip, husband of the Queen and Margaret's brother-in-law, will wive the bride away. It has been generally expected that Margaret's fiance, former society photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, will 'be elevated to the peerage before the wedding lakes Seven rinks were still unbeaten early this morning in the 40th Annual Prince George Bonspiel, now in its third day. The rinks all advanced to the eights in the A' primary event this morning. * • • Only Alberta and Saskatchewan were still unbeaten in the Canadian curling championships, Both have won tour games. B.C. is among the next group with two wins in three games. * * • Detroit whipped Montreal :3-0 to move into a third place tie with Chicago in the NHL and all but end Boston's hopes of a playoff berth. * * • FULL SPORTS COVERAGE ON PAGE 4 Authority of "press reports" concerning trouble at the hospital here was questioned last night at the hospital society's annual meeting in a discussion provoked by weekly newspaper editor Gordon Crockett. Mr. Crockett said he was "wondering" about the reports (originating in The Citizen) and wanted the hospital board personnel committee to comment. This brought support of The Citizen stories from former assistant administrator Ben English and Dr. R. E. Brown. Retiring board chairman John Powers, while failing to discount the reports, said "The board certainly regrets the unfavorable •publicity the hospital has received." He said troubles at the hospital, including those pointed up by this newspaper last full, were of "an administratibnal nature and would have been re-solvetl quicker without, undue publicity." Mr. English said staff resignations reported by The Citizen could not. be denied. "And there are quite a number pending in various departments." Quoted as saying hospital conditions were chaotic, the former hospital employee pinned the resignations on the understaffirig oblem, admitted by the hos- pital board for the first time in Mr. Power's annual report. MASS PROTESTS Mr. English said ho didn't think anything would bo done to coinnleto the hospital and ease the bed shortage situation until there was a mass protest. And he said the hospital board was quoted as saying Health Minister Martin did not advise completion of 'the hospital before its opening. But this was reported in hospital board minutes. Mi1. Powers said the minister had said the building should have been completed before opening. But he quoted the minister as saying completion plans would then have to bo studied by his department. And he pointed out the board had made three unsuccessful trips to Victoria since that, time seeking completion of the building. (Sec 'IMIKSS KNPOKT' Cugo 3> VANCOUVER ini—The Prov-nce says the British Columbia government has twice been invited to make use of the facilities of the government-owned Canadian National Railways in opening up a new rail route to the Yukon and Alaska. In an Ottawa dispatch the paper says the offer of CNK president Donald Gordon, made to Premier Bennett twice, would mean a saving of $30,000,000. Premier Bennett declined to comment on the story Tuesday night. » The CNR has no intention of building a northern line itself, but believes a co-operative arrangement might cut the cost of the line," the paper says. "The CNR made the proposal last September on the basis of reports that the new line might start from Prince George and run westward near the existing CN line to Prince Rupert. "It was understood by the CNK at the time that the provincially-owned Pacific Great Eastern Railway might .bo undertaking the northern extension." Highways Minister Gaglardi has confirmed a Citizen report iHtit construction would begin this year on a new bridge over tne i' raser River here. Interviewed in Victoria, the minister said tenders would be called shortly for a bridge which would cost $1,500,000. Details of the structure will have to wait a later official announcement by the government, he said. The bridge will be part of a highway bypass skirting the city on the south, much of which has already been constructed. It would cross the Fraser just down river from South Fort George. Total bypass project is expected to cost $G,000,000. Mostly c 1 d it d y t o d a y and Thursday. Colder. Lighi winds. Low tonight and high Thursday at Prince George and Smithers, -5 and 20; Quesnel, 10 and 25. Peace River Region Cloudy Thursday, continuing cold. Low ton-lKht and high Thursday at Grande Praire, -5 and 10. Lost 21 Hours Lo Hi Precip. Prince George.. -1 .'!2 .07 Terrace .......... 25 39 . — Smithers 9 ."?