W fr Man found shot Woman knifed In brawl Dljhtherla scare In area New Yoik0 Los Angeles No the above are samile headlines one reads In the Vancouver paters bearing the llace llne PMNCE GEORGE Is the Vancouver pi ess lock out a i art penalty for past smears on oui fair city9 In any event this rei oiter cum civic booster has long Ixen bothered b the treat treatment ¬ ment Prince George receives from the metropolitan Van Vancouver ¬ couver dallies News originating here Is in invariably ¬ variably of a violent dlsas trous or somehow unpleasant nature This has tended to preserve our Image as a rough tough hard drinking tow n on the edge of the northern frontier It s an Image that had more foundation In past decades but Is this the wa residents want our city to be regarded Drunks e probably have more than our share of these unfortunates Violence Alright some of our beer parlors are not the most genteel of establish establishments ¬ ments And some of our hot rod jockeys confuse city streets with that brickjard In Indian Indianapolis ¬ apolis In other words Prince George is not lily white But surely the city s com composition ¬ position has altered from its earlier days as headquarters for free booting wild west characters looking for excite excitement ¬ ment I don t need to elaborate Prince George Red Cross of office ¬ fice at 1401 Sixth Ave will close March 31 Decision was made at the local branch s annual meeting Branch president Keith A Douglas said todaj thattherewlll be ro reduction in Red Cross service to the comminlty despite the office closure He said volunteer chairmen would take over functions of the Red Cross office The repre represent ¬ sent committees for blood donors disaster aid and loan cupboard and home nursing The increased strength of our committees has made it eas easier ¬ ier for us to close the office Douglas said Mrs Eva Szmek executive secretary who currently op operates ¬ erates the office will take calls for the Red Cross Membership drive Branch president Dauglas said the main reason for the closure was that the office is not used as much as the cost warrants lie said that sometimes the of fice would not receive a phone call in a week We receive public funds and we have the obligation to use our funda as efficients asposslble he said Douglas said that the Red Ci oss in Prince George was now going to launch an Intensive member membership ¬ ship drive He said there were currentlj 14 members with adrawlngfoue of up to 50 volunteers for special projects Offiteri named Ojuglas was re elected presi president ¬ dent of the Prince George bianch at a recent annual meeting Ohei officers elected Include Do i Mothers vice president Mrs Eva Szmek executive sec retarj and Llojd Irwlntreas uier Committee chairmen In A somewhat anxious examina examination ¬ tion of the prellminar 1970 bud budget ¬ get of the Regional District of Traser Fort Geoige was made by several Piince George city council members Mondj Maoi Harold Moffat noted I several Inci eased expenditures in the budget and said he was concerned that the are getting into a great conglomerate of overhead The city Is a participating member of the C0000 ropulation district covering a large area of I east central BC Expenses totalling aboutC43 1 000 are listed in the district s preliminary budget up about 87000 over 19C9 The districts authority was growing by leaps and bounds said the mayor wondering are these monies being spent to best advantage It behooves us as a partici participating ¬ pating member n the regional district to give them co-operation and guidance It was generally felt closer j Citys image too violent the puioly phslcal amenities that hae marked our gtowt But Vancouver editors per persist ¬ sist in lelleving in the old stereotype Prince Geoige A mnntion that one works In Prince George when In Van Vancouver ¬ couver draws a knowing shrug ficm southern soj hlstlcales Prett wild town I hear the 11 tell you What are vou doing up there anyway they ask Mother won t admit It but I think shes afiald to visit Anyway so broods a Prince George booster I should mention that the civic development committee nwl appointed b Major Moffat wants to jab local media into reporting happier hapitnlngs up here They ve got a good point The press could do one heckuva PR job for the city And I don t mean by dressing up the truth eltl er Some of the stimulating things harpenlng here need I more Intensive treatment i A little more co operation and I m thinking of city hall would be a big help By the way Vancouver Sun we re having a Rose Festival sometime soon Care for the story if ou ever publish again Jolt In Joe Ter Heide pops up again He s running for a scat on the Prince George Re Regional ¬ gional Hospital Board Joe goes against the school board s special services whi Henry Lunn incumbent Harold Mann and unknown BC Tel man Peter Mel can City Red Cross to close office clude John van der Geest blood donor Rollle Nelson disaster and loan cupboard and Mrs Jean Ostrowskl home nursing In his annual report Mr Doug Douglas ¬ las said the Prince George di division ¬ vision collected approximately 2700 units of blood at two clin clinics ¬ ics operated at a cost of about 300 The regional hospital used 1829 units to transfuse 557 pa patients ¬ tients during 19C9thellfe glving blood being prov lded free by the Red Cross which absorbed the cost of 704 per unit Services In other services provided by the branch last jear nine fam families ¬ ilies were assisted by offerings of food clothing furnishings and dry goods from the disaster com committee ¬ mittee The loan cupboard was responsible for providing 47 per persons ¬ sons with wheel chairs crutches and other medical supplies Home nursing classes were held In the fall for 13 registrants and during the summer Red Cross instruc instructors ¬ tors co ordinated standards and provided badges for approxi approximate ¬ mate 1000 children in the Prince George area A highlight of the ear re reported ¬ ported Mr Douglas was the ap appointment ¬ pointment of Mrs Louise Lambert as field supervisor to supervise the establishment of the Red Cross outh movement He said that last ear school children throughout the province alsed 60000 for aid to under underprivileged ¬ privileged children In the prov province ¬ ince and overseas At present he added two schools in the Prince George area are raising funds to provide the bnnch with a child s wheel chair Total value of all services pro provided ¬ vided by the Red Cross to the comnunlt affecting more than 2000 persons amounted to ap proxlnntel 17500 about two thirds of which represented the value of blood services to the regional hospital Moffat checks district budget consultation with the district would Ixjieflt both the clt and district and aldermn api roved a motion bj Aid Elroy Garden tliat a Joint meeting be arranged Aid Gaiden said the city and school board have nude gieat grounds from holding joint meetings and felt the samewould result Horn a meeting with dis district ¬ trict directors Major Moffat noted that bulgetary provision for build building ¬ ing Inspection in the district has Increased from 19000 to 35 000 Has anjone approached the city to take ovei their building Inspection on a contiact basis asked Moffat We re losing 25000 a year in our department Couloj we make it up in the region by add adding ¬ ing a limited staff wondered the major Still rankling over the budget Increases Major Moffatwonder ed aloud do we give tlem our five ears warning that were going to get out of the district Fifty local members Radio CBs serve the community By Max Le Breton Citiren Staff Reporter Some 50 local citizens use their Interest in radio to serve the community To say nothing of enjoymnt of an out-of-the-ordinary hobby They belong to the Cariboo County Citizens Band Radio Club ou can call them CB s but never ham The 50 club members use eith either ¬ er a mobile or base station to transm t messages regjlarly to their friends CB operators boast Oi being members of the largest fraternlt club In Canada The CB Club Rjy Delane public relations officer for the Cariboo County CB Radio club ji Prince George said man of the activities per- Sawmill destroyed by fire A sawmill located just east of Bear Lake was destroed by fire shortly after 1030 am Monday Jim Rustad general manager of Rustad Brothers and Co Ltd said today there wasnochanieto fight the fire He said the main building col collapsed ¬ lapsed within half an hour as strong winds whipped the flames through the whole building Rustad said the fire may have been caused by a faulty oil stove Damage Is estimated at about 130000 The mill was insur insured ¬ ed He said he did not know whether the mill will be re rebuilt ¬ built A full crew of 21 men were at work at the time of the fire The sawmill v as producing about 55000 foot-board-moasure per shift The loss may also affect about 50 loggers suppling the Rustad sawmill number two Damige caused by another fire w hlch destroyed a Lloyd Brothers dry kiln located at Isle Pierre has not et been estimated Earl Lousier manager said the fire which started at 8 am was extinguished by the com companys ¬ panys own water supply Lousier said about 150000 foot-board-measure of lumber was in the kiln at the time Cause of the fire is not et known Vancouver 28 and 45 Victoria 25 and 45 LAST 24 HOURS HI Lo Pr Prince George 24 12 Terrace 38 20 - Smithers 30 5 - Quesnel 28 -5 - Williams Lake 22 -8 - Kamloops 33 12 - Whitehorse 21 3 01 Fort Nelson 14 3 01 Fort St John 14 -3 - A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Whottvtr you do do it with oil your might -lalm Proverb Presented is i Public Service Every Day by ScWtzPofltMcBukkLM Your Now OM DooWr at Mil Control Strtot Phone 562 1679 WHATS NEW UNDER THE DOME Our Sorvlco Department li largo and woll oquippod and wo are reedy lo lorve youl lei Gray and Mi efficient courtooui itaff are willing and able to give you the lervice you have been wait waiting ¬ ing for So phone 563 0271 for belt tervlce formed b local members aie In the public service We have assisted In providing communications during the win winter ¬ ter carnival the Ma Dj Pai ade transportation for the Red Cross Clinics assisting the RCMP In patrols at Halloween and during the annual Rotary Auction he said Other social activities Include transmitter hunts road rallies scavenger hunts and sochl dan dances ¬ ces Delane said a prospective CB operator can start with a base station or a mobile unit or both Installing the base station Is easy he said All ou have to do Is Install the antenna which Is similar to installing a television antenna run tne lead cable from the an antenna ¬ tenna to the operating position and plug the transceiver Into an electrical outlet Delane said after purchasing C B equipment the operator can onl listen until he Is lic licensed ¬ ensed He ma not transmit Installing the mobile unit Is as The mounting position depends on the vehlele but bas ieallv it is mounted in the same manner to that of an interior car warmer The antenna Is usually mounted on the rear fender Dplane said CB units operate on the 27 megaccle range and the band spectrum has over 23 channels The average set operates fiom four to eight channels and a used set can be purchased for about 50 Later on the CB operator I can purcnase a 23 channel set for about 200 He stressed the point that resi residents ¬ dents interested In joining the club can purchase used sets and trade them If a change Is desired Usually the odd set Is avail available ¬ able through the club he said Operating such a radio sta station ¬ tion Is eas he said There is nc thing a person has to learn except to watch his language and follow the Depart Department ¬ ment of Communication s code of ethics THE CITIZEN Tuesday March 3 1 970 3 I 11 1 I II I roc MJgwttil MIBiilM 1 11 V 111 f id j x II lH 111 ill r w v7 A flKSHmBB 11 m 1 if 1 El Mk WH- M m wHUk I 151 wQs ici w 2l Citizens band radio booster Ray Delano transmitting CBs also can operate from their automobiles Citizen photo by Dave Milne N mitter where the CB operator goes assistance and Information Is onl a mitter of picking up the mike and asking for it said Delane DONT WORK SO HARD Call John The Window Cleaner He II clean all windows at home business office or warehouse Quick clean and inexpensive PHONE 563 6067 Beautys more than skin deep its expensive B C Tel spent more than 9 million in 1969 to put telephone cables and other installations underground We II spend as much doing this in 1970 Even more in 71 We hope as you do that eventually all overhead wires and streot side poles in British Columbia will be eliminated without increasing the cost of your phone service New techniques and machines haie made it practical to install underground facilities in new communities and subdivisions when we re brought in on the early planning Witness many such instances throughout British Columbia among them Gold River where all cables went underground when the community was built or Prince George where phone facilities are buried as each new subdivision is developed Damages appeal denied Cit council on Monda denied a claim foi damages to a re retaining ¬ taining wall in front of his home asked for by Cecil Bellamv of 405 Kelly St Bellamy appeal ed before coun council ¬ cil and alleged that a sewer line excavation In front of his pro port last eai caused the re retaining ¬ taining wall to sink and crack He showed colored slides of the wall In suppoi t of his case I don t believe we did an damage to the wall said clt engineer Ernie Obst In reply to Bellamv s complaint Obst said the foreman in charge of the excavation project had discussed the matter of the wall enck and depression before con const ¬ st uctlon began Aid Lome McCuish moved that Bellamy s damage claim be denied The cit howevei has agieed to patch any cracks In the wall foi Bellamy Burning Rectal Ilch Kclimd In Minnies Exclusive Healing Subntnnci Kchcvcs lain As It Shrinks Hemorrhoids If you wont snlmfactory relief from Itching 1ilcs licro s good ntws A renowned n search laboratory has found n unique healing sub stinco tint promptly relieves the turning itch nn 1 pain actuilly shrinks hemorrhoids This sub sluice Ins been shown to produce n most effective rate of healing Its germ killing properties nisi help I re vent infection In one case after another very strikingimi rove mint asrep rted and ride I An 1 most important tins improvement was main lamed ovir n period of months All this was accomplished by a healing substanci liio Dyne which quickly helps heal iniured cells an I si muhle growtli c f new tissue N v linOjne is offered in ointment an 1 sui posilory f rm ealledl riparatidilf Ask f r it nt all drug stores satisfaction or money refunded mmma But make no mistake it s a costly affair to put existing overhead installations underground in an already developed area The cost is enormous so it can t be done overnight without a tremendous increase in costs to telephone users But it can be done providing we do it on a step-by-step basis as resources permit In this way we re making real progress in preserving British Columbia s beauty And we won t stop until the job s complete1 BCTEL