.nDAT.
FEBRUARY
23.
1942.
A.R.P.
AT
SMITHERS
One
lluntlrrd
l.nruiied
Tor
Civilian
Protection
iuiy
F!iITHER3,
Feb.
33
The
fiml
u,
,.in
vanous
department!,
war-Cc
,
denny
wardens,
firefighters
j
i,m
aid
attendants.
A
a
pubi.e
meeting
In
the
Wg
in
Smithers
on
Friday
eve-ti,-,f
t.e
chairman
of
the
commit
oe
L
IL,
Kenney.
presided
and
those
taking
part
were
J.
W.
Tur-
chief
warden.
Constable
W.
Tl
Jd,
H
B.
Campbell,
F.
M.
Dock-.
and
A,
N.
Dando.
The
hall
was
ft'
filled,
nearly
200
citizen
of
-
vn
ben
out
to
hear
the
tjo.i
ot
progress
made
by
the
i.mi?
e
ani
to
see
the
dem
nitrations
that
were
to
be
ghen.
T.!
chairman
called
attention
fei..
:.
betn$
rea-
it-ed
by
A
B.
Washbern
In
train
-'
the
flri
aid
attendants.
Dur-Z
the
winter
these
elaes
had
Seen
'arrled
on
regularly
by
Mr.
V.'&thbern
and
In
trie
examlna-;ns
he
d
unC?r
Dr.
Oreene
last
fck
nineteen
applicants
took
the
ximina
j
these
being
flTe
s
l:
1
fourteen
men
and
high
hool
I
Every
one
of
the
ap-
I
Iran
pa-"
wnn
gooa
maru
.zxh
alt.-?
loudly
for
the
cap-
aaru
:
Mr
wasnoem
in
mat
The
chairman
also
displayed
a
.
...
1
.
n.
.
-1
1
J
win
':.e
location
of
first
old
i'j
u
i
warden'
poata
In
.each
x
f
of
these
maps
will
be
-..-v.
;
..round
town
so
that
i
:
may
become
acquaint-
them
and
know
Just
f-t
in
caw
of
emergency,
v
-
uxJ
ary
fire
service
has
i
art
ice
and
will
continue
-racUcrt
with
how
etc.
when
v
sr
get
milder.
Palls
of
j.-'
been
distributed
to
7
'
jsohoid
and
buslnea
j?
,
town
to
be
used
to
com-l
,c
,'jry
bombs,
f.
-a
Todd
gate
a
demon-
Jiow
lhte
incendiary
,d
be
handled
and
lec-
:i
.?
audience
on
the
proper
1:1
approach
ret
r
.
1
Dockrlll.
vice-chairman
ry
Loan
campaign
for
i
spoke
on
behalf
of
.
x:t
L
id
H
11.
Campbell,
gov-"
o?ent.
and
A.
Dando,
:
r
the
Royal
Bank,
also
;
jpport
of
this
campaign.
V.
Tamer,
chief
warden,
gave
i
.
'dress
and
lecture
to
the
"t:.
on
the
war
situation
and
r.c:
ly
of
not
taking
things
nd
and
pointed
out
the
r
f
thu
part
of
the
In
the
war
zone
In
operations,
r
.
?
the
speeches,
the
T5.-13
cleared
and
a
demon
-
:t
ot
first
aid
administered
a
badly
Injured
clUzen.
Al.vi
'.rca'ment
of
a
gas
casualty
.'
"
.
wn
Tie
audience
heard
?
rrr.osi
m
ot
"bombs"
and
saw
p
flxOies,
A
warden
clothed
In
rr
pe.
cas
protection
clothing
and
'
a
gas
ma&k
brought
In
a
y-'-r.
"
and
he
was
given
the
1"
:;cr
treatment
by
Mrs.
Oreen
1
Mr?
Dando.
twp
Hod
Cross
This
demonstration
was
3c
the
charge
of
Mr.
Wash-
while
Dr.
Green
gave
a
f
:f
Uf
and
it
showed
the
clU
c
,
of
8mlthers
what
urozress
SEND
TOHITIcd
j
..
..
uni
maae
a
long
ine.se
lines
?V
ric
Civil
Protection
Committee.
FISH
FOR
BRITAIN
Tra-thirda
of
Canada's
total
Ev.T.ort
production
for
194L
was
'If
marked
for
nrltnln
MX
1
I
'
ffW
Nar
fV
J
HE
NEW
f
VICTORY
BONDS
Mi1?.
CONSOLIDATED
J'lNlNG
&
SMELTING
OF
CANADA
LTD.
Men's
New
Vests
Maybe
Unmatched
New
York.
Wear
Council
Hint
One
will
Be
Lucky
to
Get
One.
fcw
YOltK,
Feb.
23:
O
-
With
a
war
on.
weU-dreascd
Amer
ican
tnu
sproig
won't
wear
a
vest,
at
least
not
one
that
match
hi
coat
and
pants,
according
to
the
1
clothing
industry
leaders
at
the
1942
spring
style
clinic
of
the
New
York
Retail
Men's
Wear
Council.
This
rest
business
is
really
serious.
There
also
has
been
much
talk
by
me
international
Association
of
Designers
of
taking
the
euffa
off
r
mens
pants.
That
may
come
with
i
the
fall
line.
Spring
styles,
how-'
ever,
are
fully
equipped
with
cuffs,
i
SMITHERS
For
the
first
time
a
Department
of
Transport
plane
landed
ai
the
new
federal
gorernment
airport
at
Lake
Kathlyn
near
SmMhers
at
the
first
of
last
week.
The
plane
carried
a
crew
of
four
and
eon-ducted
tests
In
connection
with
the
radio
beam
station.
An
Air
Raid
Protection
meeting
was
held
in
the
town
haM
at
8ml-thers
Friday
mht.
It
wws
followed
by
a
Victory
Loan
rally.
Dr.
L.
M.
Greene.
A.
B.
Washbern
and
Constable
W.
Todd
gave
lectures
at
the
A.
R.
P.
meeting
and
speakers
at
the
Victory
Loon
rally
were
F
VL
DockrUL
II.
B.
Campbell
and
A.
N
Dando.
The
Northern
BrHtah
Columbia
Livestock
Association,
at
U
recent
annual
meeting
In
Teikwa.
catted
upon
the
government
for
an
Increased
bounty
on
predatory
animals
such
as
wolves
and
coyote.
Given
favorable
weather
condition.!,
it
Is
expected
that
vegetable
production
In
the
Bulkley
Valley
wtfl
be
doubled
this
year
although
the
prospects
for
prices
are
not(
any
too
encouraging
as
yet.
Close
to
two
hundred
tens
of
timothy
seed
were
marketed
from
the
Bulkley
Valley
this
year
at
a
price
almost
fifty
percent
beller
than
last
year.
The
co-operative
has
made
an
Initial
payment
to
growers
of
thlry-flve
percent.
Mrs.
Ernest
Bradley
and
two
children
of
Prince
Rupert
are
vis
iting
at
Teikwa
wHh
Mr.
Bradley's
parents.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
P.
Du
stinger.
Pilot
Officer
Joe
Dockrlll.
who
recently
won
hW$
wings,
has
been
spending
a
few
days
vMUng
at
Teikwa
with
his
pVents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
F.
M.
DockrUl.
A
Co-opcrame
Farmers'
Exchange
ir
being
wtabltshod
in
the
central
Interior.
It
will
be
comprised
of
farmers
of
the
SmHhers
Teikwa
aud
Quick
dUtrrcU.
Leading
Aircraftsman
Walter
Syrnyk
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
U
home
at
SmHhers
on
Wave.
Returning
East,
he
will
proceed
to
Halifax.
Gordon
Hethertngton
has
returned
to
Prince
Rupert
after
a
visit
with
his
parents
in
Smlihere.
then
on
business.
J.
W.
Schroeder
of
Prince
Rupert
has
his
knee
in
a
cast
as
a
result
of
a
fall
on
the
slippery
streets
here.
Woman
Is
Cuba's
London
Attache
Rosa
tiurlaml
Is
Sure
She
Can
Do
This
Wartime
Job
As
Well
As
Any
.Man
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
23:
&
Even
American
top
career
women
produce
few
matches
for
Latin
America's
latest
offering
Rosa
Durtand.
The
dashing
dark-eyed
Cuban
recently
left
to
become
attache
of
the
Cuban
legation
In
London.
One
of
the
few
woman
career
diplomats
in
the
world.
HEAVY
DRINKERS
One
hundred
laying
hens
will
drink
about
five
gallons
of
water
a
day.
TO
FINISH
FILM
CURLING
IN
!?HE
DAILY
NEv73
3k
Today
in
Sports
TfinTT
rn
1
fT
ttllhoun
many
Quebec
curlers
J
pert,
Sheddon
made
three
point
J,
i
Hllirl
II
At
Vm
m
ute
lrons
agreed
a
few
,
Vuckovlch
two,
Scherk
two,
and
J
1VJAX
M.
AJI.JM-i
,,.
rr.
to
use
granites
,nnlt
in
in
the
fhpfnth
Fitch
tan
two.
In
In
the
the
third
third
quarter
Quarter1
Scottish
Winter
Game
lias
Been
Played
in
Tills
Country
200
Years
BY
SCOTT
YOUNO
Canadian
Preas
Staff
Writer
TORONTO.
Feb.
23:
O
On?
hundred
years
ao
Queen
Victoria
and
her
consort
Prince
Albert
saw
their
first
curling
on
an
oaV
floor
at
Scone
Palace
in
Edinburgh,
with
the
Earl
of
Mansfield
uhlng
the
stones.
.
Then
as
now,
Scotsmen
took
their
curling
seriously.
Lord
Mansfield
then
was
president
of
the
Grand
Caledonian
Curling
Club,
cormed
four
years
before,
and
hU
fellow-members
of
the
club
had.
jrged
him
to
commend
the
game
.o
the
Queen
and
her
Prince
Consort
during
a
visit
to
Scotland.
Roval
In
the
club
name.
The
"Grand"
later
was
dropped,
and
the
Royal
Caledonian
Curling
Club
today
is
the
governing
body
for
curling
throughout
the
world.
Curling
Army
Canada,
with
about
150,000
curl
lan.
(At
least,
since
there
has
been
no
announcement
of
Oer-manlzatlon
of
the
game
In
France,
It
seems
safe
to
assume
that
the
French
clubs
still
maintain
allegiance
to
the
parent
club).
Curling
rules
have
been
uniform
since
1853,
when
an
anonymous
curler
Inserted
an
advertisement
In
the
North
British
Advertiser
calling
for
a
meeting
to
be
held
In
the
Waterloo
Hotel,
Edinburgh
to
"make
the
mysteries
of
curling
more
uniform
In
future."
Scottish
curlers
liave
travelled
to
Canada
several
times
and
a
few
Canadian
rinks
have
visited
Scotland.
Canadians
now
outcuri
the
Scots
by
a
wide
margin,
mainly
because
Canadian
curlers
can
depend
upon
several
months
of
curling
each
winter
while
the
Scots
sometimes
get
only
a
few
weeks.
Irons
lrons
At
First
.....
..J
Canadian
Canadian
curlers
cuncrs
first
mat
used
uavu
years
ago
Canadian
curling
championships,
which
will
be
held
in
Quebec
this
year
beginning
March
2.
Only
once
before
in
the
15-year
history
of
the
event
have
the
championships
been
held
outside
of
Toronto.
In
1940
they
were
held
in
Winnipeg,
and
in
1943
will
be
held
in
Calgary
SPORT
CHAT
He
presented
a
pair
of
curling
I
Wednesdays
and
Saturdays.
granites
to
Prince
Albert
with
considerable
ceremony,
and
a
short
time
biter
the
oak-floor
demonstration
was
given.
The
Prince
Consort
consented
to
become
a
patron
of
the
club
and
I
the
following
year
the
Queen
rcr-.aentary
all
through
the
dem-1
John
A.
Barman
of
Terrace
has'nave
permission
to
use
the
prefix
a?
-
-t:on,
The
meeting
was
very
been
Spending
a
few
days
In
Sml-1
Dry
Dock
is
now
leading
in
the
Intermediate
Basketball
League
standing
with
Barons
and
High
School
tied
for
second
place.
In
the
latest
game
last
week
Barons
defeated
High
School
by
a
score
of
46
to
28.
Intermediate
League
playing
nights
have
been
changed
from
Tuesdays
and
Saturdays
to
The
Smithers
Curling
Club
held
its
fourteenth
annual
bonspiel
last
week-end.
Besides
ten
Smithers
rinks
there
was
also
a
"Woodcock
Special''
in
the
competition
this
yea'rT
Many
fine
priies
were
put
uo
lor
competition.
Last
curling
toorVuimeiit
in
Smithers
prior
to
the
holding
of
the
Bonspiel
was
the
Lucky
Lager
competition.
With
cool
weather
prevailing
again,
ice
conditions
have
been
Ideal
for
curling
at
Smithers
recently.
ers.
Is
the
most
Important
curling
Tommy
Burns,
bom
Noah
Brus-
country
in
the
world.
About
800
so,
at
Hanover,
Ontario,
June
17,
curling
clubs
in
Canada,
United
1831,
won
a
20-round
decision
States,
Scotland,
England,
Austra-
front
Melvln
Hart
in
San
Fran-
11a,
New
Zealand,
China,
France,
Cisco
36
years
ago
today,
and
held
Switzerland
and
Sweden,
are
af-
the
title
till
Christmas
Day,
1908,
filiated
with
the
Royal
Caledon-
when
Jack
Johnson
in
Sydney,
N.
S.
W.,
whipped
Burns
so
badly
that
police
jumped
In
and
stopped
the
fight
In
the
14th
round.
LOCALS
WIN
HOOPPLAY
Dry
I)oek
Defeats
Smithers
Again
to
Take
Series
Four
Games
to
One.
Winning
by
a
score
of
31
to
15
on
Saturday
night,
the
locai
Dry
Dock
team
captured
honors
In
the
basketball
series
with
Smithers
All-Star
team
with
the
complete
verdict
three
games
to
one,
the
locals
having
lost
the
single
game
at
Smithers
a
few'
weeks
n
rrn
The
averaee
Droductlon
record
I
i,
t(l,.fu.(
.wv
a.
M.-w
..
.Mo
It..
4i
.
i
u
larger
,
"
in
I
rons
molded
from
meUed-down
half
Saturday
night
was
9
to
2
lan
e'leht
hoZ
Say
Sh
cannon
In
the
winter
of
for
the
shipbuilders.
Smithers'
j
Pavillkis
made
six
and
Sheddon
and
Fitch,
two
each.
Cunliffe
and
Watson
netted
two
points
each.
The
last
quarter
showed
the-visiting
team
in
a
much
better
light
with
Kilpatrick
breaking
through
for
six
-
points
and"
Mayer
for
three.
For
the
shipbuilders
Sheddon,
Fitch
and
Vuckovlch
shared
scoring
honors,
making
six,
four
and
two
points
respectively.
The
individual
scoring
was
as
follows:
Smithers
Cunliffe,
3;
Kilpatrick.
7;
Warner.
1;
Evltt,
Dunlop,
Watson,
2;
Mayer,
2.
Total,
15..
Dry
Dock
rltch,
8;
Sheddon,
6;
Vuckovlch,
4;
Montsano,
Scherk,
2.
Total,
3L
InThe
Dreliminary
game
of
the
evening
the
local
High
School
de-
feated
the
Canadian
Scottish
by
j
a
score
of
35
to
29.
.
Santerbane
j
did
best
for
the
collegiate
quln-1
tette
with
15
points.
Top
scoring
honors
for
the
Scottish
were
shared
by
Hope.
Lann,
Knight
and
Billsky.
The
local
H!ih
School
co-edir
showed
up
the
Smithers
'
girls
by,
I
defeating
them
12
to
5.
In
-tills
victory
an
improvejhmLiXAJU
shown
in
the
local
girls'
playing,
j
In
previous
years
the
girls
from
the
interior
town
had
been
able
to
wallop
anything
the
locals
had
to
offer.
Sharing
top
honors
for
Rupert
were
Betty
Payne
and
Nancy
Owens
with
six
points
,each
while
Hazel
Peterson
netted
tMee
points
for
her
team.
The
games
were
refereed
by
Johnny
Comadtna
and
Angus
MacPhee
looked
after
the
score-book
with
Don
Eastman
keeping
time.
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I
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Dally
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before,
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there
to
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and
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spaced,
if
possible.
However,
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iRANGERS
IN
LEAD
-yl
Apps
Scores
Winning
Goal
In
Ding
Seconds-Canadiens
Stay
In
Running
TORONTO,
Feb.
21:
Syl
Apps'
goal
twenty
seconds
before
the
;
end
of
the
game
gave
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
a
4
to
3
victory
over
Brooklyn
Americans
In
Saturday
night's
National
Hockey
League
;
game
and
put
the
Maple
Leafs
into
a
tie
with
New
York
Rangtrs
for
first
place.
It
was
a
rough
and
tumble
game
with
twenty-
i
four
penalties
called.
i
At
Montreal,
the
Canadiens
kept
in
the
running
for
a
playoff
berth
by
winning
5
to
3
over
Chicago
BlJck
Hawks.
The
Caq-dlens
scored
four
goals
in
the
first
period.
last
night
th
Rnsers
went
brrk
into
the
lead
by
winning
over
Chisago
white
oronto
lost
to
.
Detroit's
win
over
Toronto
last
night
put
the
Red
Wings
Into
fifth
place
ahead
of
Brooklyn.
Tomorrow
night
Detroit
will
olay
Brooklyn,
and
New
York
Rangers
will
be
at
Boston.
Week-end
results
were
as
fol
lows
Saturday
Chlcaeo.
3:
Canadiens,
5.
Brooklyn,
3:
Toronto,
4.
Sunday-Toronto,
0;
Detroit,
3.
Chicago,
2;
Rangers
3.
The
league
standing
to
date:
WD
L
F
A
Pts.
New
York
..
25
Toronto
23
Boston
21
Chicago
20
Detroit
14
Brooklyn
....
14
Montreal
....
13
1
3
5
3
3
1
2
14
150
120
13
125
100
13
122
90
17
122
116
23
109
123
25
111
141
25
100
149
SOLD
GOLDEN
EGGS
51
49
47
43
31
29
28
EPSOM,
Eng..
Feb.
23:
Oi
At
a
warship
week
auction
which
1759-60
by
Wolfe's
soldiers
at
Que-
points
in
this
half
were
made
by
,ralsl
about
$22,725,
a
bottle
of
bee.
But
the
ue
of
granites
be-
Cunliffe
and
Warner,
each
of
'h5skey.
twice
auctioned,
brought
,-ame
standard
n
later
vears
and
whom
sank
a
personal.
For
Ru-l"-1"
U"Q
a
QOZ
eees
.u
Twenty-Five
.
Years
Ago
February
23,
191"
Important
structural
changes
arc
belns
matte
;o
the
steamer
i
Prince
John
at
Vancouver
follow
ing
her
Tecent
stranltag
rn
Wran-',eli
NaTrows
a
few
weeks
ago.
Scricus
consideration
Is
being
tlvcn
to
the
possibility
of
byproduct
from
the
fisheries
at
Prince
Rupert.
Brigadier
McLean
gave
an
Interesting
inustrated
lecture
at
the
local
CUadel
last
night.
There
were
scenes
from
Newfoundland
to
California.
U&
defence
work
13
providing
a
greater
boom
to
Alaska
than
did
the
gold
rush.
Household
Furnishings
of
All
Descriptions!
STOVES,
COMPLETE
ENAMEL
BEDS,
COUCHES,
CHESTERFIELDS,
OIL
BURNER
KITCHEN
RANGE,
just
like
new.
B.
C.
Furniture
Co.
PHONE
BLACK
321
For
Your
Baby's
Welfare
J
&
J
BABY
OIL
60c
and
$1.10
J
&
J
BABY
TALCUxAI
30c
and
55c
J
&
J
BABY
SOAP
15c
J
&
J
BABY
CREAM
55c
MENNEN'S
BABY
OIL
GOc
and
$1.20
BABY
PANTS-rolIed
edge
40c
PYREX
NURSING
BOTTLES
25c
PABLUM
1
lb.
pkg.
45c
DEXTRI-MALTOSE
1
lb.
tin
..."
65c
5
lbs
l
$3.00
MEAD'S
COD
LIVER
OIL
8
vjzs.
75c
12
ozs
'..
$1.00
MEAD'S
OLEUM
PERCOMORPHUM
10
c.c.
75c
Vitamins
A
and
D
50
c.c
$3.00
Dris
dol
(Vitamin
D)
5
c.c.
65c
PARKE
DAVIS
VIOSTEROL
5
c.c.
,.w
-
65c
Vitamins
A
and
D
50
c.c.
$3.25
KEEP
YOUR
BABY'S
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IN
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OF
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FREE
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Canadian
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Steamers
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Prince
Rupert
Wednesdays
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3:00
p.m.
for
Ketchikan
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Stewart.
Thursdays
at
11:15
p.m.
for
Ocean
Falls,
Powell
River'.
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Vancouver.
Trains
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Rupert
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the
East,
Monday,
Wednesday
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p.m.
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