Centar DP TP PE eT ae eee beet Pe be fee gD Pee ep pie ee ew be ey GP woe re ay i # ree Pe Ree ee es Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port — And Key to the Great Northwest Mrs, A. L. Bell,. school trustee; Mrs. Arthur Logan, Back row from left to right are: Owen Erwin, Association; Mayor P, J. Lester; W. Long, city administrator; K. F. Harding, school superintendent of. schools. the Prince Rupert Senior High school, representing Parent-Teacher Council; president of the Prince Rupert Teachers W..J. Scott, school board chairman; W. H. Murray, MLA; R. trustee and J. M. Phillipson, Not in picture is Seal Cove principal B. F, Greenhough. Also present at the Prince Rupert Senior High school opening were Mrs. O. R. Green, president of the Secondary’ schools PTA; R. F. Lucas, principal of Prince Rupert Senior High school, OF FICIALS ATTENDING opening ceremonies at openings of Seal Cove elementary school and are shown above, Front row from left to right are:. Mrs. Leslie Peterson; Minister of Education Leslie R. Peterson; Mrs. -L. M. Greene, school trustee. district sary prior to planning and indus~ ’ Prince Rupert pioneer, Hugh Mc- for urba The federal government has made a $14,250 grant to Prince Rupert to assist in. the city’s $25,000 three- year economic survey, it PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, MAY 9, 1960 n study has been announced in Ottawa ust that a full survey of the city’s assets and liabilities was neces- trial development. The survey is divided into three |- parts: economic prospects and { future development; conditions of the urban area; and planning. This grant from the federal government wiii.ve used in the | “eonditions of the urban area’’ part of the survey. City pioneer H. McEachern dies aged 88 An 88-year old bachelor and Eachern died Saturday at Prince Rupert General Hospital. — Born in Antogonish, Nova Sco- Chirlstopher Harvey, president, of.the Students’ council and A.'J. Dominato, school trustee: —Staf{ photo by Gary Oakes. TWO SCHOOLS. OPENED. ane schools compare favorably a “The sehdo S. in’ Prince Rupert compare ~ favorably to schools’ anywhere ‘in the world, Education Minister Leslie R. Peterson told parents and students at the official opening of Prince Rupert t Senior High school Friday night. Mr. Peterson was speaking at the end of day which had seen the official opening of $736,500 worth of new schools in this city. Jn the afternoon MLA William H. Murray had officially opened’ the $93,500 Seal Cove. elementary school and at night the minister of education declared open the $643,000 Prince Rupert Senior High school. At the same time, Mr, Peterson said, there are more important things that mere buildings, What also counts are the stu- dents and what they do with their education and the excel- lence of instruction within the school, He told PRSHUS principal R, F. Lueas that it was on him and his staff “that we will have to rely.” “The most important factor in our education system today Is the teacher that stands at the head of the. class.” He urged students to work for everybhing they gel, adding: wl nssure ‘you that you will be till burnt Prinee Ruperbl Morest. Disbriet reported thab for the frst week of the fre season there wore ay fires which cost $246 Lo Meht. During the same period last yoar eight fires ware, reported which cost $708 to. fight, As of Inst Friday forestry workers had extinguished 10 of the fires while aix wore still burmming. Throughout B.C, the total cost and the numbor of fires wns down from. Inat your for the aime period Thore word’ 142 firos reportod in B.C. it a dost of $10,082, Laat year thore wore 860 fron ab a coat of $14, 208, 100 oy ge € mune mem nen GRRE! te ORMES. DRUGS LTD. DIAL | happy to acquire all the educa- tion you can. Get the most out of your school life.” The education minister said that while “other countries can teach us a lot,” Canada ‘educates a larger proportion of children to a higher degrec. W. J. Seott. chairman of Dis- trict 52 school board who thank- ed. Mr. Peterson, said in his opening remarks that the of- ficial opening of Prince Rupert Senior igh school was the seventh such occasion in the city in the last nine years and the second time that two schools had been opened on the same day. Mr. Scott also thanked James White, School District 52 music co-ordinator and the Prince Rupert High schools band which played three selections during the program. R, WF Lueus, prineipat of the senior high sehool pointed out the growth of the elty's school system, which was in its 48th year since the city’s first one room sehool had accommodated 10 students, Lem has paralleled the growth of tho clly," Mr. Lueas sald, J. M. Phillipson, district su- perintendent. of education sald that one outstanding Inpression ohtained at Prince Rupert Bentor High school was that ib was “a happy school, the students en- joyed thelr alnsses and the staff was coing an outstanding Job.” Mr. Phillipson introduced the minister of education, ' After the sehool was declared opened guests had refroshmonts and thon toured tho school, Prior to the oponing Mr, and Mrs, Potorson wore guosts of tho achool board at a dinner in the Canndinn Legion banquet room, At Sonl Cove school, Mr. Murray anid he and many of his friends: had fond momorios of the days whon thoy nattendod the old Son) Covo achool. By taking care of your achoo| Driver fined Joxoph Nagy of 41) Fourth Av- onue Bast was fined $16 and costa or In dofault. of payment sontonced to 10 days In jail when ho ploaded guilty in Port Rdward police court Saturday to 0 charge of driving contrary to Jieonco ro 2151 . atrictions, “The growth of the school sys-|o-- in the present, you will have}. great pride in it in the future,” he told students. He also said that education taxes have gone down in the last 10 years, “If. you are living in the same style. home now as you did 10 years ago, then you are paying less money to educate our youth now then you did 10 years ago.” After Mr. Murray had opened the school, Mr. Peterson arrived and was able to meet with parents and officials, Also speaking at the Seal Cove opening was school board chair- man W. J. ScolL who was Intro- duced by principal C. F, Green- hough. acer snenpey SE Se -erneerne REE Sep Supplier fined Bdward Maylor of no fixed ad- dress was fined $50 or in default of payment sentenced to serve 30 days Jn Jall Saturday when he pleaded guilty in pollee court, ba- | fore Magistrate &, T. Apple- whalte to a charge of supplying an Indian with Hquor, NEWLYWEDS | Princo , Buckingham Palace attornr tia Mr. McEachern came to Prince Rupert in°1906 and con- tinued his trade as.a-carpenter. He lived at 1109 Beach Place. He is survived by a niece Mrs. D. A. (Mary) Delaney in Prince Rupert and a sister Mrs. Cathar- City Council decided last Aug- “The city’s consultants, Asso- cialed Engineering Services, will conduct the study. Halibut boats bring in 106, "5 00 pounds A total of 100,500 pounds of halibut was brought into Prince Rupert today by five vessels. ‘Three independent boats, the Oslo, Relief and the Connie Jean brought in 62,500 pounds while two Co-Op boats, Convenant and Ingred H brought in 38,000 pounds. The Oslo. brought in 30,000 pounds including 19,000 pounds of medium which sold on the Prince Rupert Halibut Exchange at. 15.9 cents per pound; 1,000 pounds of large which sold at 16 cents a pound and 10,000 pounds of chicks which sold for 13 cents a. pound: B.C. Packers Ltd. bought. the load. “Atlin Fisheries Ltd. bought the Relief’s 11,000 pound load which included 8,500 pounds, of medium, sold.at 16.7. cents. per nt urvey Federal. funds set vw rer ew eee ee ywrvvy vrs pv w Night Calls—Business 6768, Editorial 6769 ANTONY -ARMSTRONG- JONES © walk hand-in-hand from Westminster Abbey Friday noon after — . their wedding. and bride Princess. Margaret, ' —AP wirephoto. " ine McDonald of Briley Brook, Antigonish,’Nova Scotia. Prayers J for Mr, -McBacher. n, will} be ‘said’ at the: ‘Ferguson Funer aly Home. ab: q: "30. p.m. ‘Friday: while Requiem, High Mass will. be sung J ames” ‘Tracey will officiate. Ex-city woman. Mrs. Hi. R. Grant dies in south» VANCOUVER ()) — Mrs. H. R. Grant, wife of the late Moder- ator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada who died Friday, will be buried here Tuesday. Mrs. Grant, 83, and the Right Rev. H.R. Grant, DD, were home missionaries when they Winnipeg for Pincher Creek in 1898. Dr, and Mrs, Grant came to British Columbla in 1904 and served in Rossland, Fernie, Van- couver, Prince Rupert and Fort William, Dr, Grant died in 1944. A private plane which became losL in a storm Jast night had to Jand at Seal Cove Sea plane base, - James Rockman of Ketchikan, Alaska was piloting a four- passenger amphibian Seabee from the south to his home in Ketchikan with a passenger aboard when the storm came up, vet and Noly woddlyiy Friday, at the Church. of Annunciation Tuesday at. 10;a.m. Rev:: Father left pound; 1,000 pounds of large, sold ab 17 cents per: pound; and | 43500 -pounds of chicks, sold at - €'eents: ‘per. ‘pound... pounds. to Babcock. Fisheries Ltd. Included in the load were 15,500 pounds ‘of medium which~ sold at 16.6 cents a pound; 2,000 pounds of large,. which. sold at 117 cents a pound and 4,000 chicks which sold at 13. cents a. pound. Co-Op’s Convenant brought in 26,000 pounds . including 16,000 medium, 8,000 large, “1,000 No. 2 and 1 ‘000 chicks. H. brought in 12,000 pounds in- cluding 8,000 medium, 3,000 large and 1,000 chicks. John J. Stack funeral held Funeral services for John Jos- eph Stack were held from the Church of the Annunciation Fri- day. Mr. Stack died April 30 at Dundas Island where he operated a fish camp for Pacific Canner- ies, Rev, James Tracey sang Req- wien High Mass while Father Christopher Diamond officiated for interment at Fairview ceme- tery. Pallbearers were Duncan Mac- Rae, John Gurvich, BH. A, Wil- llamson; Donald = MacInnins, Gerald Robinson and Aloxander Giske, Py Aymatrongdones wave happily from balcony of —AP wirophoto, The Connie Jean ‘s ia 2, 500 “ | Leslie R. Peterson, who said: The other’ Co-Op boat, Ingred ents, students and officials ‘Addressing the public gather- ing was Minister of Education “The Government is not talk- ing costs but speaking on behalf of Eric Martin,. Minister of Health Services and Hospital In- surance, I want the public to realize that the government does approve in principle the hospital alterations. The renovations include a new kitchen, operating room and other improvements. Mr. Peterson was taken for a tour of the hospital earlier that day by MLA William H. Murray. Longtime teamster dies aged 72 Well known city pioneer, David McCulloch of 2045 Crraham Av- enue, died in.Prince Rupert Gen- eral Hospital Friday at the age of 72, Mr. McCulloch was born in Steveston, Ayr, Scotland, Mr, McCulloch Immigrated to Victor- in asa child and came to Prince Rupert in 1012, He went into the cartage bus- tness as a ‘teamster with the Moore Brothers Cartage Co, Ltd. Later he joined Lindsays Cartage and Storage Ltd. and worked as a..truck. driver: and was Inter promoted to dispatcher at the docks, ‘He workad for tho company for 40 yours hofore taking a job as a watchman for the, Savoy Hotol and retiring’In 1068, Ho went overseas with Cann- dian Expeditionary Force during the Wirst World’ War and on his return jolnad thea Yukon gold rush, Later ho rojoined Lindanya,| | ‘A widower, Mr. MeCulloch, ts survived by: two. slop-daughters, Mrs, ©. J, (Winifred) Currie of Princo Rupert, ond Mrs. Jd, (¥volyn) MnoMe of North Van- couver, Ho has a atopson Willlam White of Vancouvor, two brothors Samuol of Ottawa and Gann at Viatorin, and ono lator Mrs. Badio Mndiay of Victoria, Yunoral sorvices aro sot for Tuoaday from Perguson Punoral Homo, Rov, Ivan 8. Gamblo will offlainto, - Hospital renovations — The govertiment o of ; British” “Columbia: : has - -ap- proved in principle the alternations in the renovation program of the Prince Rupert General hospital, par-|* the opening the the Prince Rupert Senior High School. | Imsurance Service release from were told Friday night at/: In a British Columbia Hospital Health Minister. Martin this morning, The Daily News learn- hospital had been awarded $41,- 705.75 towards the cost of stand- ard ward in-patient care incur- red by British Columbia res- idents. The grant was among $3,400,- 000 distributed between 86 public hospitals. Impaired drivers fined, jailed ye ve { Provriiorar, VICTORIA, B. Ca: ster. abba was: ‘som out from ‘Cap: ‘Finist today, ailing: due. west ed that Prince Rupert General]. Chinaware cost. | . Two tmpaired drivers ‘found out Saturday morning that it is costly to step into, their cars when they’ve been drinking. A city man was fined $75 and a Vancouver man was given seven days in jail without option of a fine, when they pleaded -gullty hefore Magistrate Applewhalte in police court. John W. Rennie of 139 Fourth Avenue East was fined $75 or in default of payment sentenced to 60 days in jail after lie ad- mitted belng impaired while In control of a vehicle. John Devlin of Vancouver was sentenced to seven days jin jail for driving while he was impaired, Police found Rennie slumped over the wheel of his car Friday after recolving a complaint thata car had struck another car owned by Dr, William Hicks of 320 Second Avenue Weat, Both drivers were prohibited from driving for three months. (Smapermnenan® |i Arrests made VANCOUVER = @) Police onrly today raided tho second sting party ina week, arresting 50 mon on gambling offences. A strip tonse artist dopartad just as they arrived, thoy sald, Thoy said soveral mon osonpacl down a fire oscapo or onto. the roof na thoy entered tho sccond- Noor room in the Elks Olub In cae Be vm rcithe eameee utente LIBRARY | 1A a0 Dae: thee 12 cot A Cres Seemed es PRICE TEN CENTS Meanwhile, ing nearly — B5, 000 “has. arrived from London: at the Jamaican estate of Sir Harold. Mitchéll where Margaret and Armstrong- Jones were expected to ‘spend part of .their “honeymioon:;. The gardens of the house will be in full bloom early. next |month’ andthe princess would have a choice of nine horses to ‘ride’ around the 1,000-acre. sea~ side estate... . Sir- Winston Churchill . stayed in an apartment on the. second floor’ in‘ 1953. The bedroom,:in yellow damask with twin. beds, overlooks the sea 400 teat below. ‘Weman driver. escapes injury: Mrs, Robert Murray éf 221 Eighth Avenue West nt aped with slight bruises rsday when the car she was. qgriving turned into a ditch on“High- way 16 seven and one-half:miles enst of Prince Rupert, ‘ROMP at Port Edward estimate damag- es to the car at $1,000, Prince “Rupert . “hae now gone 481 days without a fatal tratfle accident, coat Tuesday, Intermittent rain spronding to the north= ern part by midnight. L Little change in temporature. Winds onaterly 30 frequontly yeaching 40 in exposed: parts, Low tonight and high Tucs~ day 46 and 523, | oa ‘ “bakin eat fe TID ‘ : 1A hea AY a, sages W, spuosdny, “May to, 1960" (Pacitlo Standard Time). : Falrviow ceniotory, ’ Intermont will ba at downtown Vancouver, High” vee 00520 82,1! fat 18387 , Oe feat Low anvnananne 06; 40 18:53 — WEATHER Guile warning. Mostly... over- ; went out of control and:: over= | 18 -téet a 4 GBs fe.. 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