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4Sfor: business on May 16, 1910.
; Ems bank’s first office was lo-

: enamine k em a

  

Local |

mths: when the Bank of

Mr: ‘Melville said the young city,

& was. still a rough pioneering com-

unity with a population of only

 

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ated inva small frame building

‘on Fourth street and the branch.

remained there for two years un-
til the completion of its. present
substantial office: on. Third Av-

». venue west.

x05 During the. bank’s

at

When. the B of M started here,
the city. was dotted — with the
stumps of. hundreds of trées, and
the streets and sidewalks were
planked.
fishing. and trapping, there were

‘no local industries, but railroad

- workers and construction gangs
building the western terminus

for:the Grand Trunk Pacific pro::

vided a’solid nucleus for the fu-
ture growth of the. city. +
* Although the B of M has. been

” located for 48 of its first. 50. years
here in ‘the same building: - "on
Third: ‘Avenue’ West; it has: con-
tinually ‘expanded its” facilities
and «modernized: its premises to
keep. pace with. the. constant: de-
velopment of the city.
‘SUCCESSION OF MANAGERS
50 “years
“Here, there has been a succession
"Of capable managers in charge of
"the*office. The :first manager,

c+ Mi: Clancey, remained in. the

 
 

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‘4 served:

F post until 1918 when he was suc-

Mia pene by Henry. St. G. Lee, who

30; F. A. ‘McCallum, 1930

ne George R. S. Blackerby,

fe)
Jo. 0 to 51; Ernest, Paulding, 1 1951. ns

. yymoe C. Melville, who assum-

the post in 1957. °° :

anker: for 31. -years, ..Mr.
elville:joined the B-of-M at‘a

ranch . ‘in ‘Vancouver. and later
- branchés |

at. many.

  

‘branch mar _
~ 50th anniversary ©

Prince Rupert had-been a city. for:

Apart from .a little}

. formerly: .been’ manager of.
a the Jocal branch of. the Bank of:
cy British © -North’ “America which |

only | two

Montreal established here, |
A , Melville, local B of M manager, said today |
Of the occasion of the banik’s 50th anniversary here. —

 

throughout ‘this province before
taking: over the management of .
{the local office three: years ago.

- Like his predecessors, Mr. Mel-
ville takes an active interest in
community organizations. He is

a: director of the Chamber of:

Commerce. ‘and. the. Canadian

Arthritis and Rheumatism So-:
ciety; a director and treasurer of.
the Conquer. Cancer Campaign; -

treasurer. of the Prince Rupert

Golden Jubilee’ committee and a:

member of the Rotary Club. |
FOUNDED IN 1817

of M is only a ‘youngster’ com-
pared with the parent institution

which’ has.-founded. in. 1817. .by~

nine Montreal. . merchants . and

which has had an important role .
in the development, of Canada’

ever since. .~

The B of M issued Canada’s
first native currency.
founded the branch- banking sys-

tem—considéred to be one.of the _

finest in the world—when it
opened a second office at Quebec

.. | City, two weeks after its open-
Branches soon..

ing in’ Montreal.
followed at York (now Toronto)
and at other outposts and trad-.
ing centres across the country. |

Today, with more than 800

branches: throughout the ten:
provinces, the B of 'M also’ has
United ‘States,..

offices in® the
England «and: France, and at
Canadian: Army. and RCAF.
bases in France and Germany.

' In conjunction with :the Bank
of London. and South America,

= the B of M in. 1958 founded the

Bank of London and Montreal
Limited, now operating in: “Latin
America and the ‘Saribpea®

 

KEEPING COUNT
MONTREAL @—The CNR._in-
stalled.’ teletype. machines: -in

| bowling alleys ‘to conduct a 30-

team. tournament. with partici-
pants °:.in. Winnipeg, : . Toronto,

 

‘Montreal; ‘Moncton, N, B., and. St.
John’s; Nfld.” :

.

Prince Rupert Daily News
“Monday, May. ; -16,. / 1960.

“Although it completes its 50th -
year. today, ‘the. Prince Rupert B.

It: also”

 

 

 

 

 

SPAN 50 | YEARS. These two. buildings have housed, the ‘Prince

Rupert. ‘branch of. the Bank of

Montreal during its 50. years

here. The B. of M. observes .its 50th anniversary ‘today, The old

building Cleft), ‘was located On '

 

T. ©. MELVILLE.

... present manager.

Fourth 5 Street, opposite the

 

“WELDON. ‘STEEL |
... here 1955 to 1957.

  

    

Skeena Health Unit, prior to being demolished early in 1959.

It served the bank from its establishment on May 16, 1910, until
1912, when the present BofM building (lent) on “Third Avenue

“Was: occupied,

RJ. ALLEN
ene here 1953 to 1955-

 

Five companies to develop vsilway

VANCOUVER |) — Premier
Bennett of ‘British Columbia an-
nounced Friday. five. companies,
three of them» Canadian, will
participate equally” ‘in’.a... pro-
posed 700-mile railway to the
Yukon border.

He said in a press conference
the « Pacific. - Northern” Railway
will extend west. and northwest
from. Summit Lake, ‘about: 50
miles..north of ‘Prince. George.
provincially- owned Pacific Great
Eastern”. railway.....will connect

 

   

 

 

WILF DELLOCH ‘
Phone 2303 or 2978 ©

(>. can be made.

ae Neo +

BILL McCHESNEY
Phone 2308 or 4363

OTTO KNIEPKAMP
Phone 23038 or 6510

Contact any one of the sales staff who will be pleasod to help you choose the. car best.
suited to your requirements and. who will explain how easily Financial arrangements

‘

by: the. ‘Wenner- Gren

with it at: the lake. .
He said the five companies
each will hold-a° 20 per cent of
the stock. of. the PNR, now being
registered - as -the. company. to
build the northern railway prom-
ised by. the: interests of .Swedish
financier Axel. Wenner-Gren in
an agreement signed with the
province three years ago...”
The railway is part of a vast
development * the . Rocky
Mountain ~ enh: area’ planned
‘interests.

          

 

Another part of the develop-
ment, is the proposed $6,000,000,-
000 Peace River dam of tne
Peace River Development Co.

The companies. involved
the PNR. are.

in

(B.C.) Development Company, ‘A. |,
V. Roe. (Canada) Ltd..of Mon-:

treal, Perini’ Ltd. of Toronto.
Associated: Electrical Industries
Ltd. of London. England, .and’

Cleveland. Bridge and. Enginer-

ing. Company, Ltd. of Darlington,
England.

 

Wenner-Gren.

NOOPOLERELEOEDEDLEEELILE OPED ernei
.

Civil servants
get pay boost |

OTTAWA @) —_— Salary.

mission,. They.

included
cleaners,

in. the inereases
elevator

about 1,600 - are, employed
the capital.

we PORTO ROO ODEEIOLT woreeereeree é

BACKACHE
May be Warning

Backache is often caused by lazy
kidney action, When kidneys get out of
order, excess acids and wastes remain
in the system. Then backache, dis-
turbed rest or,that tired-out and heavy-
headed feeling may soon follow. That's
the time to take Dodd’s Kidney Pills.
Dodd’s stimulate the kidneys to normal
action. ‘Then you feel better—sleep
better—work better. Get Dodd's
Aidney Pills now.

in-
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servants were announced Fri-
day by ‘the. civil service com-
range between
$120 and, $170 a year. Greups
are
operators,
packers and helpers, slation-
“ary engineers,
‘ers and security guards, Only
in

fireman-labor-

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By BOB THOMAS. ... |

‘HOLLYWOOD (Here's food
news for parents: The new
heartbeat of the teen-age set is
a elean-cut young man who
neither wiggles nor mumbles,

and who fecls deep responsibility
about his new-found fame,

The latest of a long string of
scream-evokers is handsome,
siv-fout-three Troy Donahue,
whose appeal ts more genuine
than his manufactured name,
Born Merle. Johnson and re-
dibbed by the same agent who
gave you Rock Hudson, Tab
Hunter and John Smith, Troy is
getting a. big lide out Warner's
way.

“No. 1 on the .fan. mail list eet
the studio.” he reports with, a
degree of humillty. “No, 2 or 3
in all of Hollywood right now. It
amaves me.” :

it shouldivl amaze the stu-
dents of the teen-age idol pheno,
menon, Troy played opposite an-

New. teenage heartbeat
doen’t mumble, wiggle

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ped by the critics as a dolorowy"

audiences.
AN ACCOUNTANT'S MIND

‘No. 3 In the country last year,
right after Ben-Hur and Pillow
Talk,” said Troy, 23, who has an
nccountant’s mind for figures.

Next season promises an even
greater Troy Donahue satura-
tion. He has a starring role in
“The Crowded Sky” with Dana
Andrews, Rhonda Fleming and
Efrem Zimablist Jr. He gets top
showcasing in the tithe role of
Parrish, one of the studio's big
efforts of the year.

And he'll be appearing In a
weekly TV hour, “Surfside 6.”
Unlike some of the other Bur-
benk actors who claim overwork,
Troy has no qualms about TV
series and two films yearly that
will keep him working constant-
ly. “Hard work doesn’t bother

 

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Arrive 1:45 p.m, — Kit

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HEDULE

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