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Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
Monday,
June
11,
1951
I
Co-ordinated
Big
Project
REAL
ESTATE
INSURANCE
RENTALS
Watson
Island
was
used
as
a!
-
The
Columbia
Cellulose
plant
storage
point
for
high
explosives'
on.
Watson
Island
is
located
tnroute
to
Pacific
theatre
for
about
nine
miles
from
Prince
?he
United
Stales
Army
during
Rupert
by
railway
and
13
miles
World
War
II.
I
by
highway
DR.
RALPH
BALL
When
Dr.
Ralph
H.
Ball,
Man-)
ager
of
the
Cellulose
Division
of
(
Celanese
Corporation
of
Ameri-j
ca,
came
to
British
Columbia
last
January
to
head
up
the
1
Columbia
Cellulose
Company,
he
was
coming
home.
A
native
or
Keiowna,
Dr.
Ball
vas
a
member
of
the
first
gradu-;
CoiHjralufalionS
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.
Prosperity
and
Success
to
the
Columbia
Cellulose
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upert,
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ating
class
at
the
University
of
1
I
"Vitish
Columbia
in
1926.
In
1928
1
I
lie
received
an
M
A.
from
U.B.C.,
i
and
with
a
National
Research
,
!
Council
scholarship
went
on
to
j
J
mere
graduate
work
at
McGill
!
j.iiveisity.
Working
under
Pro-
fessor
Harold
Hibbjrt
in
the
i
Pulp
and
Paper
Research
Insti-
Lute,
specializing
in
cellulose
chemistry,
he
received
a
Ph.D.
in
1931.
.
i
Immediately
after
graduation
D.
.
Ball
joined
th
Development
and
Research
Department
of
the
Celluloid
Corporation
which,
at.
J.
Jl.
jS.
J-ttrher
SKEENA
RIVER
hat
time,
was
stock
controlled
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LADIES'
READY
TO,
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PRINCE
Rl'PERT
by
Cclanese
Corporation
of
America
and
subsequently
merged
with
Celanese.
From
the
Develop
-,cni
and
Research
Organization,
Dr.
Bail
PILEDRIVIN6
CO
became
division
head
and,
in:
1941,
Assistant
Technical
Dircc-
I
I
tor
of
the
Plastics
Division,
.1
Celanese
Corporation
of
America.
!
In
1942
Dr.
Ball
spent
a
year
,
,ith
the
Chemical
Branch
of
the
1
ci
to
tjrvvl
COLUMBIA
CELLULOSE
CO.
V.
ar
Production
Board
in
Washing!
on.
DC,
organizing
expansion
of
plastics
production
and
distribution
of
supply.
At
the
end
of
this
time
he
returned
to
his
former
post
as
head
of
Celancscr'
Plastics
Division.
When
I..!
Central
Research
W
Development
organization
of
Cclanc.c
was
established
at
Bed
WJieS
for
the
OPENING
of
your
Pulp
Mill
i
Summit,
N.J..
1947,
Dr.
Ball
be
on
the
opening
o
the
new
pulp
mil
COMMERCIAL
SPORT
Fine
salmon
like
these
are
caught
by
the
hundreds
of
trolling
boats
which
operate
In
the
teeming
waters
contiguous
to
Prince
Rupert.
Taken
with
lmok
and
line,
catching
fighting
spring
salmon
like
this
would
be
considered
high
spun
by
the
amateur
fisherman.
Meet
At
.
.
.
MACEY'S
For
Quality
es
came
Assistant
Director
of
Central
Research
and
Development.
In
March.
1948.
he
transferred
to
the
New
York
office
of
Celanese,
to
lake
charge
of
co-ordinating
(.
h
e
engineering,
construction
and
organization
of
Columbia
Cellulose
Compa
ny.
Shortly
after
assuming
direction
of
the
British
Columbia
project
Dr.
Ball
became
Manager
of
the
Cellulose
Division
cf
Celanese,
his
picsent
liost.
Dr.
Ball's
wife
Is
the
former
Marion
Bmith,
daughter
of
Oren
B.
Smith
who
was
a
prominent
mining
engineer
on
the
Pacific
Coast
from
1900
until
his
death
in
1926.
Mrs.
Ball
is
a
graduate
of
U.B.C.
From
LUNCHES
COFFEE
PltS
ond
Our
Own
SOFT
near
the
Capitol
Theatre
Jf
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'if'"::
Operating
Two
Pile
Drivers
At
Your
Service
SKEENA
RIVER
PILE
DRIVING
CO.
I'O
llox
1281
.
Prim
Kupfrt
A.
Kristuiunson,
Proprietor
filllHIP
rrnrtti
mtif
I
As
many
as
600
men
were
used
on
construction
of
the
Columbia
Cellulose
mill.
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,m
JjSj
1
doiiqraluic
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no
nd
a
rn
Lrh
.a
.alrh
For
Adding
To
SPARKS
COMMERCE
CHAMBER
P.
H.
Linzey,
active
secretary
of
Prinre
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
has
been
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
for
37
years.
Born
in
England,
he
was
engaged
in
the
retail
grocery
bu.siness
for
several
years.
In
1932
he
turned
to
Insurance
and
during
the
war
was
local
administrator
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
Then
he
went
back
to
the
insurance
business.
He
has
been
secretary
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
three
years
and
is
also
manager
of
the
Princj
Rupert
Credit
Bureau.
Expansion
In
Prince
Rupert
GEORGE
COOK
Jeweller
Construction
of
the
Columbia
Cellulose
mill
commenced
in
1948.
C.
H.
Klotz,
project
engineer,
has
been
on
the
job
ever
since.
Excavation
Contractor
whose
equipment
played
a
pari
in
construction
of
the
great
new
plant
which
has
contributed
in
such
large
measure
to
the
new
era
of
development
and
prosperity
of
Prince
Rupert
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Bell,
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Rupert
and
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and
Operating
Personnel
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