aaghoe atrhage ey Prince Rupe be / he oe gd eli he ao rt ey tinge fen OR Re Pe ene yu EB ee gee, ee ~~ F BE fet the te eeytyctee one MP oleae eitngh POO Mer gat ee gee eg set " PE EE BPE WE EE BE EE PEG ELE A BEAVER EE Re OPE EE i go Gh ED EAE EAE GERRI Ge Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port — And Key to the Grea oS OTE I PF MB YE Ee RM we SO pepe eg oe GD ee OE PRP SP ee ene epee ep err PROVINCIAL LIGRARY victo Baba de yy Ria, BC 45 DEC 31/62 The vessel Elsie A, owned by Canadian Fishing Co, Ltd. and operated by Phillip Auckland of Port Simpson caught fire about 5 p.m. and all eight persons im- mediately boarded an eight-foot skiff, a ~The skiff was about 300 yards away from the burning boat where tne occupants were taken | Two youths charged with robbery A case, involving two youths charged with armed robbery was being heard by Magistrate E. T. Applewhaite in police court ‘this morning. . Matthew Frank Gurney, 618 Sixth Ave. West pleaded guilty to the charge while Elmer Rod- ney Valpy of No. 5 Rainbow rooms pleaded not guilty and elected to stand trial. The case continued this afternoon. The two youths were charged after John Makaymyshyn of Pio- neer rooms said ne was grabbed by both arms between » Second and Third Avenué-on Fifth Street: on August 25 and’ forced to’ give. the two’ accused. $2. each... “They looked like they were drinking because .they were happy”, Makaymyshyn told court, a A. A. W. Macdonell is prosecu- tor in the case, while W.N. Poole is defence counsel for Valpy,. Woman jailed for abandoning six children A woman was sentenced to 30 days in jail today In police court for: abandoning her children, “Louisa McKay of 459 Ninth Avenue West was charged jointly with, her common-law . husband Atexander Geske for abandoning the six children on September 2 and 3. Both appeared before Magis- trate EB, T. Applewhaite and the woman pleaded guilty, Geske pleaded not guilty and had his cise’ adjourned until September 20, Court learned that children ranged = from months to nine years old. When police investigated the enbin one of the children was critically sick in bed, there was no heat in the cabin, and no food, - The children have been taken into custody by the Department of Social Walfare, Fined $25 For failing to stop at a flash- ing red Heht Kenneth Lawrence Murray of 1169 Bleventh Streot Taist wos fined $25 and costs re- cently when the appeared in pollea court befora Magistrate Kf, T, Applewhaite, the six el@ht cnr Prince Rupert has now gone 181 days without a fatal traffic accident und 602 days without a ifite fatality. | ~~ ORMES DRUGS LTD, " DIAL 2151 TOO Pagal oe ae RP ere Boat scuttled b e e _ by police officers Avight persons escaped injury yesterday when a raging fire destroyed a 30-foot gillnetter in the nar- row waters of Metlakatla Pass, about three miles southwest of Prince Rupert. Service. vessel operated by A. P. Crawley. Mr. Crawley sped the some- what shaken group back to Prince Rupert and they were then transported to Prince Rup- ert General Hospital for obser- vation and immediately released. Aboard the Elsie A, along with Mr, Auckland were, his son Clar- ence, Mrs, Laura. York and her five children, Anthony 5, Keith 4, Lyle 3, Thelma 1 and a one- and-a-half-weeks-old baby, FOUGHT FIRE While the .group was being taken to. Prince Rupert, the RCMP patrol vessel PB Nanaimo reached the scene of the burning boat and, together with the large Nelson Bros. Fisheries gillnetter Gosnell, attempted to fight the fire. . Sgt. Wilson Drew, skipper of the Nanaimo, said his boat and the Gosnell fought the blaze for about half an hour “but couldn't bring it under control because it was burning severely.” The two boats used fire hoses on the burning vessel but the water had. little effect, |... starting a forest: fire if it drifted line. explosion, Sgt. Drew decided tled. — . BOAT SECURED | The floating inferno had drift- ed to less than five feet from the shore when police officers ‘chopped holes in the hull and the boat sank. Police then tied a line on the bow of the sunken boat and se- cured the other end of the line to a tree on the shore so the ruins wouldn't drift back into the channel. Location of the occurence was just past the Prince Rupert Air- port ferry landing on. Digby Island, Mr. Crawley said it was a “flash fire” and felt it had been caused by gasoline vapors. Police said they are still investigating the cause of the blaze and were time today. Hospital offielats said = Mr, Auckland had been treated. for a minor burn to his hand, Because: of the ‘danger of the burning hulk should ‘be scut-" aboard a Prince Rupert Ferry ‘too close to. shore-and also be-. cause of the possibility of a gaso-- to talk with Mr, Auckland some- | Business, Classified 3203, Advertising 3201 feet of water below. The urea approximately 30 by 50 fect was supported by four cement pilings, five 16 by 12 timbers and 16 four by 16-inch stringers. The whole shed was rebuilt two years ago. W, F. Wright, branch man- ager of Northland Navigation Said that the floor was con- structed to hold 500 pounds per squire foot. He would not make a finan- cial estimate of the danvauge or the shipment that was Jost un- ti} the shed was inspected by H, He ‘Hal Wartford, managing on TIME SAVE a th * r . abe be oh Sat Rules lotes W— Kdotenay Base Metals Company, in. movo do- signad to save timo.and monoy, alriifted almost 20 fiona of equip- mont,,dynamite, fuel oll and food to tho 4,600-foot level of Bon~ vor Mountain, about 30 milos north of Torrance, Inst week, Above Okanagan Hollcoptor's 8-68 Sikoraky honads for the company's drill site ‘with © 2,600-pound motor, Company onginoers and minors Ave prosantly conduating underground prospecting and if bho results aro favornblo, thoro's n good possibility a mine will be oatablished in tho gold and sllver bearing proporty, ' «~ Photo by Max Patzolt ‘ ' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1962 AN AREA of about 30 by 50 feet in the main: shed of Northland Navigation collapsed either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Pictured top right, the firm’s branch manager W. F. Wright looks over the damage which was not estimated to press time today when insurance and company officials were expected from Vancouver. Forty tons of brick and concrete blocks went through the floor into close to 100 feet of water underneath. — Staff phcto by Ozzie Zbitnew director of Northland Naviga- tion from Vancouver, J. S. Da- vidson, marine superintendent, and an insurance company rep- resentative. Company officials were ex- pected to arrive in the city on an afternoon flight. Mr. Wright said everything looked normal when he left the sheds and he discovered the mess about 8 o'clock the follow-:- , |The Daily News that the house ing morning, Sidewalk causes trouble for firemen Firemen are always asking the question “where's the smoke coming frame?” but they call yesterday afternoon, The call resulted frank an Alarm that there was smake coming aut of the sidewalk Jn front of the old Empress hotel, Firemen went through a thor- ough investigation and found that the smoke was originating from. a plece of charred wood smoldering near the back alley Sixth Street between Second and Third Avenues. The smoke was seeping into a hollow: In the sidewalk about 100 foot up Sixth Street, Then it burned down Third Avenne and found an outilot 100 feet further Mong in front of the old Em- press Hotel, WMromon said this morning the hollow in the sidewalk acted us & flue bocause It mada a con- stant up hill climb, One flreman crawled the wholo distance un- der the sidewalk to ensure that thore- was no other fire, (wavenenneeensr: Boat lost Wilfred innos of 137) Third Avonuo East lost a 12-foot ply- ‘Wood «skiff with an 1-harsd- powor Outbonrd motor recontly. Tho boat {ts brown and his spots of bluo paint on {ta side, Ib ts In poor condition, Anyone know- Ing tho whoreabouts of (he boat is faked to phone the RCMP at oe were | more baffled than usual on one: win 8 WELFARE OFFICER CHARGES ‘Bay and devoting all of her life ; to them.” PRICE TEN CENTS Mirs. Lucille Cifton dies at age of 86 Mrs. Clifton, patriarchol chicf morning at Miller Bay Ho a patient for three weeks. Born Lucille Buekston in Klemtu, Mrs. Clifton fived there and at Kitamaat until her mar- riage, to Mir. Clifton in Port Simpson on September 1, 1891. The marriage, performed by the famous Methodist mission- ary Thomas Crosby, was his- toric in the fact that it was one of the first Christian wed- dings. ‘The 70th anniversary of the wedding was celebrated on April 4, 1961, when more than 200 descendants of the couple ga- thered at Hartley Bay to honor them. At this occasion, Mrs, Clifton was lauded as “bring a mother to the entire tribe at Hartley - Tributes were paid to the Local Native iamily JuPhe — Department. , of : Social Welfare is seeking 2 héme for-a man whom an officer says is a “victim of discrimination”. tis wife and four small children, was evicted from his house at 524 Seventh Avenue West, which he rented from Frederick Hen- rich, and had lived in for the past eight months. On the first of August Mr. In- nes was given a month’s notice by the landlord, who could fur- nish no explanation for the eviction, Mr Innes has tried to rent another house or apartment but was refused because he was “a Native”. The Welfare Department was aware of his situation because the Innes family had boarded a} welfare child. R. T. Verris, an! £ t € I t i Was official of the department, told always spotlessly @lean whenever he made his routine calls, and the Jirnes family were as goed tenants as anyone else, Mr, Ferris also said he hae cheeked up to sce if Mr. Innes Ce at "~| ciserimination victims as dock area collapses A huge portion of Northland Navigation Co., Ltd.’s main shed collapsed either Wednesday night or Thursday morning and a 40-ton. mass of bricks and concrete blocks dropped out of sight into 100 date. “ “pe Sa ay Mr, Ferris said that when he answered advertisements of lodg- ; ings to rent, on behalf of the family, he was accepted. But when Mr. Innes called to see the place, the landlord refused to rent the ‘house or apartment to him giving the explanation that they did not rent to Na- tives. Mr. Ferris stated that he has gone into this situation very thoroughly and he was sure that Mr. Innes had made “every rea- sonable effort to help himself. Places are available’, Mr. Innes wenton, “but not to Natives". Ile asks that anyone who has | suitable lodgings for rent to eall; him at the Social Welfare office - Innes | the: wb 2'2). At present, the ebildren ure sleeping in family car waned are unable ta at- tend school until lwas in arrears with the rent, but tled. i THE LARGE SAFE % (Above) In the Shop-Basy Stores (.C.) Ltd. v : Skeena Agency in ; bert, Guy Williams, president of the Native Brotherhood of Brit- lish Columbia, Rev. they are set-: couple by R. H.S. Sampson, who was then superintendent of the Prince Ru- R. A. Bur- rows of the mission boat Thom- as Crosby IV, Rev. Dr. R. W. K. Elliott, and their five sons and four daughters. ' The Clifton band sctually ‘numbers 217, for besides the nine children there are 51 prandechil- dren, 115 great - grandchildren ‘and 39 in-iaws. Mrs. Clifton is survived by her husband, Heber, at Hartley Bay, sons Lewis of Hartley Bay, but presently ill in the Prince Ru- pert General Hospital, Robert, ‘Lucille (Lucy) Clifton, 86, wife of Heber of. Hartley Bay, died this spital where she had been now a member of the Comox band, near Courtenay, Vancou- ver Island, Edward of Hartley Bay, and daughters, Mrs. Am- brose (Violet) Robinson of -Hart- lay Bay, Mrs. William (Edith) Robinson of Hartley Bay, Mrs. Charles (Emily) Douglas. of Sunnyside, and Mrs. Herbert (Mabel) Ridley of Hartley Bay. A memorial service will .be held at the First United Church here at 8:30 Saturday night, and the funeral and interment will be held al Hartley Bay at 2'p.m. Monday. Dr. Elliott will officiate at both services. Photographer FOX a that he was, ‘right up. wo\ a : ' He said that the family could blocked | . ) / provide character references as The man, Harry Innes, with /to Mr. Innes’ stability and trust- “worthiness. ‘by police ; An RCMP constable this | afternoon blocked «a Daily News staff photographer from taking a picture when they , were unloading two suspects , Mvolved in the Shop-Easy B.C.) Ltd. supermarket. rob- bery here last weekend. The incident took place be- hind City Hall where the pho- tographer waited for the two suspects and the police es- cort who bad arrived by air- eraft: about 1:30 this after- i Noen from Vancouver, The men walked the or so feet into the police station with RCMP stetsons over their faces, Kenneth Cawherd chael Coullier have been charged with breaking, entering and theft and are seheduled to appear in’ police 1 court shortly. a wand Mi- ilready j vas the victin of safeerackors last woekond., Ls spindle seon Inylng on top of it was knocked off, The left hand corner of its faro was ripped off, and a& amall compartment broken inside, An estimated $21,000 was stolen, Police have arrested two mon ht connection with the theft and have charged Ing and entering and thoft, . : ' 3 ty Ge Gara TN Ui LTD Ara RARE PAP Ah te NPG cen g TPN Pet tan meaen nis Sopccia lg ah hg EI acuta bbb Ea a TATU RM AD IIT EN ag AMAR UGA ALAS them with break- ix pe caesee ticle napabae i cpgaede nvr bee , MRS. LUCY CLIFTON wet. es, in hespital Two accidents occur in city Two accidents involving $100 damage and over were reported to RCMP Weanesday. A car driven by Erno Istban Roszaheygi was in collision with the left-rear fender of a car driven by John Wallace Martin of 1702 Atlin Avenue. Martin was making a left turn at Eighth Avenue and McBride Street where the accident occurred. Time of the accident was 11:30 pam. and the road surface was wet at the time, Damage was estimated at $100. | A car driven by Carl Halverson fof 1125 Eighth Avenue East was in collision with a car driven by Losjeves Normunds of 801 Bor- den treet. The accident occurred in the 300 block of Second Av- enue West abl 3:15 p.m, ‘ Police reports show that Nor- munds was backing out of a parking fot anc Halverson's car collided with the rear of Nor- mind's car There was approxi- mately $200 damage, No charges have been laid. reer nae re ae Soblen weakened LONDON (im —- Doctors fisht- ing to save the life of unecon- scious Dr. Robert A, Soblen said today the fugitive spy's heart has weakened and his condi- lion “is giving cause for anxi- ety.” Soblen still was uneonseiou: more than 24 hours after he drugeed himself in another ate tempt to escape being sent hack to a Hfe sentence in an Ameri- ean prison, . cae ee WEATHER Mainly cloudy tomerraw With occasional Heht ram or dylvzlo in northern sections. Littio change In- temperi- ture, Winds Ueht occasion- mMly north 16, Low tonight nnd high Saturday fo and 2. Dally News readings: Temporature at noon Baromotor, rishur TIDES Saturday, Seplomber 8, 1008 (Pacitle Standard Thine) hh SOU Migh wn. O80 14.8 fuoal 20:00 17.4 fect Low wn. O16 7,2 foot 13:63 0.0 fret BAS WA Bs ite be ae bead "RABE LeT ENE pre speny