Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
Thursday,
January
4,
1951
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rjECHNJCOLOR
NO
PLACE
FOR
WORKERS
Lack
oi
Housing
Holding
Employment
Down
In
City
Shortage
of
proper
housing
remains
the
fly
in
he
ointment
in
Prince
Rupert's
employment
situa-ion,
according
to
National
Employment
Service
officials
here.
"The
housing
situation
is
a
factor
that
will
become
more
vital
than
at
present,"
E.
V.
Whit-"ng,
manager
of
the
Prince
Rupert
office,
said
yes
Out
goes
the
old
year
.
.
comes
the
new.
And
mum
we
JOY
TO
THE
i
lunnt
wh
U
Evenings
7
-
it:t)5.
bat.
Mat.
4
-
4;2n
hope,
with
full
sincerity
that
it
brings
nothing
but
health
and
happiness
to
you.
LONDON
(CP)
"Tim,"
the
LONDON
(CP)
The
London
speaking
clock
used
in
London's
County
Council
has
erected
mem.
telephone
system
to
give
auto-
orial
plaques
over
the
workshop
malic
time
signals,
had
66,000
slur
of
two
great
British
crafta-calls
one
day
recently
when
a
men
Thoma
Chippendale,
cab-power
cut
stopped
operation
of
lnet
maker,
and
William
Caslon,
household
electric
clocks.
type
founder.
tne
plant
will
be
a
source
of
8teatjy
employment
lor
a
class
rir
who
will
be
resident
In
1.
Wallace
Department
Store
2.
Rupert
Peoples
Store
3.
Rupert
Men's
and
Boys'
Store
I
y
j
ift
Career
Woman!"
This
advertisement
is
not
published
or
displayed
by
the
Liquor
Control
Board
or
by
the
Government
of
British
Columbia.
0
a
START
the
New
Year
with
o
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
WASHER
with
pump
control
T
The
C-rrpc
Mittrifw
Ams
Stnkc.
Inc.
C
.
PRICE
terday
afternoon,
"because
trie
permanent
employees
of
Colum-
of
jia
Cellulose
Company
will
have
"o
have
homes
which
do
not
exist
o
it
the
present
time.
i
Speaking
of
the
1950
season,
Mr.
Whiting
said
It
had'
been
exceedingly
good.
All
local
skil-'
led
men
were
employed
during
the
working
seasons
and
It
be-
came
necessary
to
import
a
number
of
skilled
workers
for
Columbia
Cellulose
Company.
Looking
to
1951,
he
said
it
was
expected
the
Columbia
Cellulose
plant
would
be
nearing
completion
in
the
early
spring
and
a
lay-off
of
Feyera!
hundred
men
was
expected.
But
the
operation
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Solo
Guest
STERN
COMMAND
BRISTOL,
England
(P
A
loud
"beep"
was
the
cue
for
silence
at
a
banquet
of
motor
car
agents
here.
They
used
an
automobile
horn
instead
of
the
traditional
chairman's
banner.
$159.50
ft
SCHOOL
COLOR
SCHEME
(Cont'nued
from
paie
1)
In
a
generous
mood,
the
board
approved
several
expenditures
at
the
meeting.
Among
them
were:
Authorization
of
the
red-ecora-
tion
of
the
music
room
at
Borden
Street
School.
A
grant
up
to
$750
to
the
si
u-dent
council
to
be
expended
for
band
instruments,
expenditures
to
be
met
with
equal
amounts
by
the
council.
Purchase
by
Mr.
Hurst
of
surplus
laboratory
equipment
from
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
from
the
science
allotment
for
the
year.
Purchase
of
door
closers
and
necessary
benches
for
Conrad
Street
School.
Tlw
board
decided
against
in
suring
members
against
accident
while
travelling
on
school
busi
ness
as
suggested
by
Robert
S
Day
and
Co.
In
answer
to
a
request
from
T.
Norton
Youngs
for
a
share
in
the
insurance
of
schools
or,
failing
that,
having
his
name
on
the
list
of
locai
compan:es
sharing
premium
commissions
of
a
blanket
policy,
the
secretary
was
instructed
to
write
Mr.
Youngs
informing
him
that
the
division
was
for
those
who
had
been
in
the
business
here
for
three
years
or
more.
The
secretary
was
instructed
to
apply
to
the
district
engineer
for
permission
for
BC.
Bridge
and
Dredging
Co.
to
take
grave!
i
from
pit
on
nigiiway
for
fill
purposes.
,
:
REPORT
ON
SCHOOLS
!
Reporting
on
schools,
A.
Bruce
Brown
said
King
Edward
School
heating
plant
had
been
convert-
ed
to
coal
over
the
Christinas'
holiday,
as
had
been
agreed
j
upon
if
further
trouble
developed.
J.
Knudsen
said
the
shed
at!
niuhu
Tslnnri
Rehnnl
hart
been
'
filled
with
sufficient
oil
to
last'
the
winter.
The
secretary
reported
that
the
paint
job
on
the
Booth
School
lavatories
and
approaching
corridors
had
been
nearly
completed.
It
would
be
finished
at
the
week-end.
A.
Bruce
Brown
reported
a
contract
with
Lee
Wing
for
supplying
electric
power
to
light
tlio,
Port
Esslngton
school
had
been
signed.
The
secretary
was
advised
to
proceed
with
having
the
school
wired.
The
appointment
of
Mrs.
NORTHERN
B.C.
POWER
CO.
Prince
Rupert
Phone
210
Stewart,
B.C.
'.'Good
evening,
Mrs
Dr.
Large
Again
School
Chairman
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
was
re-elected
chairman
of
the
board
of
school
trustees
at
the
first
regular
meeting
last
night.
Secretary
Mrs.
M.
M.
Roper
took
the
chair
during
the
election.
W.
J.
Scctt
welcomed
the
reelected
trustees
and
Trustee
J.
Knudsen
from
Digby
Island.
Dr.
Large
welcomed
J.
Knud
sen
as
trustee
for
Digby
Island
and
Mrs.
E.
W.
Becker
and
A.
B.
Brown
who
had
been
re-electei
to
the
board.
The
following
standing
committees
were
appointed
for
the
yea-:
P-ioth
V
mc
-ial
School
Mrs.
E.
W.
Becker.
King
Edward
A.
Bruce
Brown.
Borden
Street
W.
J.
Scott.
Conrad
Street
A.
J.
Dominato.
Finance
W.
J.
Scott,
Mrs.
E.
W.
Becker.
Personnel
Mrs
E.
W.
Becker,
A.
Bruce
B"-own.
Salaries-All
members
of
the
board.
p
ounds
A.
J.
Dominato,
W.
J.
Scott.
Building
All
members
of
the
board.
Resolutions
A.
Bruce
Brown.
W.
J.
Scott.
Union
Board
of
Health
representative
:rs.
E.
W.
Becker.
SHIPS
and
WATERFRONT
Activity
on
the
harbor
is
beginning
to
pick
up
again
after
the
Christmas
lull.
Fishing
boats
are
moving
about
once
more.
Some
are
searching
the
seas
for
the
schools
of
herring
that
have
generally
not
been
kept
track
of
since
closing
of
the
season
before
Chnstmas.
It
has
been
reported
in
the
areas
where
the
record
catches
were
made
before
Christmas.
Freighter
Northern
Express,
Cant.
Cwtn
Sorensen,
was
in
rcrt
this
morning
unloading
freight
from
Vancouver.
The
vessel
arrived
last
night.
MERTHYR
TYDFIL,
Wales
Santa
Claus
is
recovering
from
the
shock
he
got
when
ne
ar
rived
here
to
illuminate
the
town
council's
Christmas
tree.'8
The
cotton-wool
"snow"
decorating
his
horse-drawn
sleigh
suddenly
caught
fire
and
bystanders
beat
out
the
flames.
'
Fortune
is
with
us,
my
CARE
FOR
GRAVES
(Continue!
from
page
5)
Second
World
War
now
have
been
erected
or
are
in
t:anv.l.
Each
bears
the
bad;;e,
name,
rank,
unit,
date
of
death
arul
age
and
beneath
is
engraved,
if
desired,
a
religious
emblem.
'I
here
is
equality
of
treatment
regardless
of
rank,
based
on
equality
of
sacrifice.
The
Commission'
has
its
heait-rmarters
in
London
and
there
are
agencies
in
Ottawa,
Melbourne
and
Cape
Town.
District
headquarters
are
in
Bvucseh,
Aras,
Some,
Cairo.
Alexandria,
Tunis,
Palonika,
Bagdad,
Delhi
and
Singapore.
Cost
of
its
work
is
borne
by
the
Commonwealth
Governments
on
the
basis
of
the
proration
of
wa-
dead.
Canaca
retributed
$400,000
this
yea?
i
find
will
contribute
$600,
Oil
in
'.;n51.
'
,
Secretary-General
of
the
Can-t
dian
agency
is
A.
L.
Watson,
59.
1
f
Ottawa,
a
native
of
England
:
v.bo
rose
from
nrivate
to
.sera
j
'
-"t
in
the
Circrtipn
Armv
du--
dear.
Not
a
scotch."
EXPORTS
STRAWBERRIES
HALIFAX
h
A
new
item
in
Nova
Scotia's
list
of
exports
is
strawberry
plants.
More
than
2,000
plants
were
shipned
recently
to
Bermuda,
second
annual
shipment
in
what
Is
expected
to
become
a
regular
item
in
trade
with
the
West
Indies.
PRISON
REFORMS
ST.
JOHN'S,
Nfld.
m
First
o:
a
series
ot
reforms
in
the
penitentiary
here
will
be
daily
periods'
in
which
prisoners
may
smoke.
Each
prisoner
will
be
provided
with
a
weekly
issue
of
ciaarct
tobacco
and
papers.
ing
the
First
World
War.
His
main
job
is
overseeing
the
care
of
war.
graves
on
this
continent
about
17,000
graves
in.
2.500
different
cemeteries
in
Canada
and
at
500
different
places
in
the
United
States.
These
a:e
the
graves
of
the
men
who
died
or
were
killed
before
they
went
to
w?r
and
those
who
died
of
wounds
or
disabilities
after
thev
came
home.
tne
cilv
Many
of
the
men
who
have
been
engaged
'Jn
construc
tion
left
their
families
behind,
partially
because
of
the
difficulty
in
finding
proper
housing.
FAIR
TO
GOOD
On
the
whole,
Mr.
Whiting
said
the
tmployment
picture
here
for
the
time
of
the
year
was
"fair
to
good."
About
the
usual
number
of
men
employed
in
fishing
are
drawing
unemployed
benefits.
There
Is
still
a
shor
tage
of
stenographers,
he
said,
but
this
again
he
blamed
par
tially
on
lack
of
housing.
It
is.
getting
worse,
he
said,
and
there
is
no
place
to
put
workers
when
1
they
get
here.
j
The
run
of
herring
before
Christmas
supplied
some
em-:
ployment
at
the
Nelson
Brothers
j
plant
at
Port
Edward
and
bait
at
the
fishermen's
co-operative.
There
has
also
been
a
certain
i
amount
of
employment
in
freight
handling
with
shipments',
of.
fish.
Holidays
plus
closing
some
ofi
the
higher
camps
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
wet
weather
in
the
Terrace
area
were
given
as
causes
for
the
slowing
down
of
logging
operations.
The
November
scale
was
over
that
of
November,
1949.
Markets
for
wood
products
are
holding
well.
Mining
is
good
with
a
demand
for
labor
near
Hazelton
and
Smithers.
Most
requirements
for
mining'
labor,
however,
are
being
filled
from
Alberta.
.
Telkwa
mines
have
started
shipping
coal
to
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Watson
Island
plant,
The
normal
number
of
men
are
employed
at
the
shipyards.
Merchants
report
a
good
Christmas
season
and
the
employment
office
had
no
difficulty
supplying
extra
Christmas
help
to
stores
and
post
office.
Neighbors
Honor
Midwife
of
North
THE
PAS,
Man.
It!
Midwife
of
the
North
Is
Mrs.
William
Mer-credie's
title.
She's
been
delivering
northern
Manitoba
babies
for
more
than
30
years.
And
at
her
home
town,
the
little
settlement
of
Thicket
Portage,
185
miles
north
of
The
Pas
on
the
Hudson
Bay
railway,
her
neighbors
soon
will
honor
Mrs.
Mercredie
and
her
husband
on
their
60th
wedding
anniversary.
Mrs.
Mercredie
was
born
in
Edmonton,
the
daughter
of
Joseph
Chartier,
a
boat
captain
on
the
Athabasca
River
in
the
days
when
freight
was
transported
by
land
from
Edmonton
to
Athabasca
Landing
and
from
there
down
river
by
barge
to
Fort
Mc-Murray
and
north
into
the
ter
ritories.
It
is
estimated
that
Mrs.
Mer
credie
,
has
brought
into
the
world
more
than
200
babies
and
that
is
not
counting
the
children
of
her
own
relatives.
Of
these
she
can
count
at
least
70.
Mrs.
Mercredle's
reputation
as
a
nurse
and
midwife
spreads
throughout
the
north
country.
She
has
tended
the
sick
at
Grand
Rapids,
Cross
Lake,
Ticket
Portage,
Piwitanei
and
Glllam.
Moving,
Packing,
Cratinir
.Shipping
a.vl
General
,
Cartage
and
Storage
Complete,
Rellaole
and
Ef
ft
cient
Service.
Also
agents
fur
Canadian
Liquid
Air
Co.
LV.
k
for
Oxygen,
Acetylene
and
all
welding
supplies.
LINDSAY'S
CARTAGE
&
STORAGE
LIMITED
Cor
2nd
and
Park
Avenues
Est.
Phones
6fl
and
fiR
Prince
Rupert
Florists
Flowers
for
All
Occasions
.100
3rd
Ave.
Box
516
Tel.
777
BROADWAY
CAFE
Best
Food
1
Finest
Cooking
Hours:
7
a.m".
to
1
a.m.
orders
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200
dixiverfu
reetings
Experience
Versatility
PHONE
231
ORMES
The
Pioneer
Druggists.
Year
in
year
out
quality
has
always
been
and
will
always
be
the
first
consideration
ivith
PRINTING
Highest
Quality
nnsunt
worsiey
10
im
a
uru.ie
vacancy
on
the
Booth
School
Dibb
Printing
Co.
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DIE
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Alwoys
Get
Their
Man!
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without
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back
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THIS
fArji
teaening
stair
was
approved.
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Ads,
Sure
Results!
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