liiVIOltlV
iAtli.t.
Ml..iil,,
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Moscow,
founded
in
1147
be-1
""'
.,,
Tr
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
lienor
I
ame
the
religious
capital
or
;
apprenticed
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.
",cu
i74.
rom
to
a
rtv.
in
Russia
In
the
14th
century.
I
youth.
Thursday,
December
24,
1953
4
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A
Gunman
Nabbed
For
Ho!ding-Up
City
Detective
VANCOUVER
(CP)
Lloyd
Yeo,
32,
who
was
arrested
late
Sun-i
day
after
holding
city
detective
,
Barney
Du
Hamel
at
gun
point
for
Jiiore
than
an
hour,
has
been
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I
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in
charged
with
possession
of
an
offensive
weapon.
Police
said
Du
Hamel
talked
him
into
giving
up
the
gun
after
Prince
Rupert,
particularly
aniline
the
old-timers,
wili
be
joining
with
many
of
us
down
here
in
regretting
the
death
of
Mrs.
Simmons,
mother
of
George
Simmons
the
pioneer
Yukon
aviator
and
of
Anbrey
Simmons,
MP
for
the
Yukon.
"Ma"
Sim
The
story
so
far:
Santa
Claus
has
just
returned
Steve
and
Nancy
to
their
homes.
They
have
been
helping
him
at
the
North
Pole.
Steve
and
Nancy
were
asleep,
pointed
shoes,
such
a
deep
and
peaceful
sleep.
"See
there,
the
footprints,"
They
both
had
smiles
on
their
Steve
said
in
excitement.
"They
faces
for
they
were
dreaming
prove
that
Santa
Claus
was
here
iflrrrg
(Eljrtstmafl
the
rran
had
fired
several
shots
y
d
Ji
(In
vt
A
nto
th?
celling.
mons
as
she
was
aitcrtionateiy
;
SWOPt
dreams.
last
night
and
took
us
away
with
The
sun
had
been
up
a
long
him."
i
time
before
they
awoke
and
when
!
"Yes,
you're
right,"
Nancy
they
did
they
found
they
were
'
Ugreei'.
And
as
they
watched,
the
falling
snowfiakes
slowly
filled
in
the
prints
in
the
"snow
until
In
a
in
oca.
oteve
streicneu
nis
arms
and
looked
around.
Why,
he
was
In
his
own
bed
at
home,
lie
looked
over
at
Nancy.
She
was
known
by
thousands"
was
one
of
the
rial
pioneer
women
of
the
Yukon.
There
are
not
too
m..i:y
of
her
contemporaries
le.'t
ahve
today-hut.
there
are
many
who
have
met
her
and
wm
km
w
hi
r
Wonderful
personality
The
p:i.st:iu
of
"Ma
Simmons
of
tils'
Yukon"
is
the
closing
of
another
chapter
of
tlie
history
of
Caiuuia.
I
few
moments
they
were
gone
and
just
waking
up
she
said.
"We're
"Why,
Steve
To
VANCOUVER
RUPERT
RADIO
&
ELECTRIC
the
lawn
outside
was
flat
and
white
once
more.
Turning
from
the
window,
Steve
said
to
his
sister
"I
guess
we'll
never
be
able
to
make
anyone
else
Jielleve
that
we
really
went
to
the
North
Pole
with
Santa
Claus,
but
we
really
d'.a.''
"Yes,
we
did,"
Nancy
replied,
as
she
..tarted
to
put
on
her
clothes.
The
l:ml.
home."
i
"You
mean
that
you
thought
you
had
been
away
from
home,
too?"
Steve
said.
J'Where
did
you
think
we'd
been?"
"To
Santa
Claus's
house,
of
course,"
Nancy
replied.
"You
were
there.
Don't
you
remember?"
"Yes,
I
remember,"
Steve
said,
"but
are
you
sure
we
really
were
there?"
"1
think
so,"
said
Nancy.
"It
seems
so
very
real."
"Do
you
remember
the
telephone
tree
and
the
big
office
that
Santa
let
us
use?"
Steve
asked.
"Yes,
I
do,"
Nancy
said.
"You
know,
if
it
was
a
dream,
it
was
the
nicest
dream
I've
ever
had
and
the
queerest,
too,
'cause
vou
inA
tVio
noniA
rlrOfim
na
T
Hid
"
via
Waypolnls
FRIDAYS:
SS
CAMOSUN,
8
p.m.
SUNDAYS:
ES
Coquitlam,
8
p.m.
To
Stewart
and
Alice
Arm
Coquitlam,
Saturday,
0
a.m.
To
North
Oueen
Charlotte
Islands
Dec.
16
and
30
Cainosun,
Thursday
6
a.m.
To
South
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Dec.
9
and
23
Cainosun,
Thursday
0
a
m.
I.KS
SMITH
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Rupert
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511
Third
Ave.
Phone
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Try
Doily
News
Classified
Mi
Tilings
lire
moving
along
-slowly
towards
the
opening
of
a
post
cliice
at
Old
Masset.
My
understanding
is
that
the
Haida
Co-operative
is
building
a
new
store
and
that
seems
to
be
tin
logical
place
for
the
new
post
j
office,
so
I
am
trying
to
work
with
a
view
to
hiving
the
post
:
office
ready
to
be
opened
at
the
same
time
as
the
new
store
is
S
opened.
I
The
re-opening
of
the
Metla-:
kalla
post
office
is
a
different
i
matter.
There
we
were
all
ready
I
to
go
ahead,
but
the
Depart-
men
l
has
not
been
able
to
get
J
any
bids
which
it
considers
rea-I
sonable,
for
the
transporting
of
itlie
mail
to
and
from
Metla-I
katla.
However,
I
am
assured
I
that
efforts
will
continue
to
be
;
made
to
obtain
such
an
offer,
tiiid
if
they
are
successful,
Met-lakatla
post
office
will
be
re-1
opened.
Fred
E.
Dowdie
OPTOMETRIST
New
address:
303
3rd"
Ave.
Phone
Green
960
Sincere
uism
The
tpiril
of
our
uiuinnt
h
friendly
wit
-so
heo
twirr
than
now,
during
l
lie
ioyout
Yuleiiile
tenon,
io
oiend
our
hcjriirsi
Hhe
for
Happy
Clirixiiui
unj
Si:cc.-is(ul
New
Year,
W
f
f
"Say,
that's
right,"
Steve
said,
!
tt'K'(ttt'twtf;,rtiti'w'tf'tiiti'i,
TO
EVERYONE
IN
SKEENA
jumping
out
of
bed.
The
whole
world
seemed
white
and
sparkling.
And
it
seemed
HI
;
the
whiter
because
new
white
j
snow
flakes
were
lallii
i,
through
the
sky.
j
This
white
new
world
took
!
Steve's
mind
away
from
the
events
of
the
night
before
for
j
W.
H.
MALKIN
CO.
j
In
these
days
when
so
much
;
ialking
is
done
about
trade,
one
:
sometimes
wonders
why
industry
doesn't
do
more
for
itself.
LIMITED
!
,
Although
it
is
an
old
newspaper
custom
to
offer
an
inspirational
Christmas
message
at
this
time,
ve
fee
inclined
to
make
our
words
few
and
personal.
;
,
The
fact
is
that
our
family
of
readers
is
not
,so
large
that
it
has
become
a
crowd
of
strangers.
Ve
can
still
regard
the
newspaper
as
a
sort
of
daily
Jetter
to
each
member
and
can
be
sure
of
quick
and
definite
opinions
in
return.
So
let's
keep
it
on
that
level
and
eliminate
the
f
hristmas
oration.
In
its
place,
we
would
like
to
thank
you
for
your
interest
ami
to
express
the
hope
that
your
Christmas
will
be
everything
you
wish.
i-i.
!
For
instance,
Detroit,
fifth
i
a
moment,
so
that
when
he
look-
f
n
city
of
the
U.S.
in
size,
has
nearfied
outside,
down
below
the
win-
ly
3.1
million
people
living
with
BEST
WISHES
for
a
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
TED
APPLEWHAITE,
M
P.
FOR
SKEENA.
in
its
metropolitan
area
and
it
is
right
on
the
Canadian
bor-
dow
he
did
not
realize
at
once
what
it
was
he
was
seeing.
But
:
in
a
flash
the
memory
of
it
came
flooding
back.
I
"Nancy,"
he
shouted,
"see
that,
below
the
window."
;
And
sure
enough,
as
Nancy
looked
down
she
saw
it,
too.
For
der.
Our
Canadian
Consul
an,l
Trade
Commissioner
in
Detroit,
drawing
on
his
experience
in
several
U.S.
ports,
makes
sug-
j
gestions
as
to
how
Canadian
j
m'inilf'JPtni-OrE
fnr
mnlra
fmnl
pi'
-
I
v.
of
the
U.S.
market-and
he
rec-
in
"e
snow'
j"8,1
beinS
coyp1
emmends
that
Michigan
and
by
tne
new
,lakes'
were
three
REFLECTS
and
REMINISCES
Hoy
,Viiii...i.li.ki.
.,
Si
.,.;,
.,XXikllJ
Ohio
are
promising
areas
in
sets
sels
01
of
lootprinis,
leading
irom
mi
-
i
the
window
around
the
corner
of
wheh
to
go
prospecting.
1
the
house.
Why
do
the
160
million
Am-1
There
were
two
sets
of
small
encans
buy
less
from
Canada
!
than
the
15
million
Canadians'
1
prints,
made
by
children's
feet,
loomed
through
the
mist
and
moisture,
and
her
distant
whistle
sounded,
the
birds,
looking
so
clean,
so
wet
and
so
spotless,
I,anQ
rlRnt
Between
tne
two
sets
tuy
from
the
the
United
United
Slates?
Slates?
I.
We
.
may
have
no
Canadian
t
flag
,no
national
anthem
that
we
know
wel
.ejoough
to
sinsv
and
no
distinctive
Canadian
culture,
j
comments
the
Farmers'
Advo-!
i
of
small
footprints
was
a
set
of
See
Report
Page
7
,
j)jgj
heavy,
prints,
made
by
long,
"cttitTtttTtttt
r.tftTff.'T.frfrf'tft'T
tx
t
multiplied
swiftly.
There
must
rate,
but
we
do
have
the
Royal
i
have
been
a
hundred
sitting
in
Canadian
Mounted
Police
Musi-
j
an
orderly
row
on
the
edge
of
cal
Ride.
(
j
the
CN
dock
overlooking
the
har-
i
!
bor.
The
gulls
seemed
every-!
where
perched
on
warehouse
roofs,
filling
the
salty
air,
flying
rnd
fiaDing
as
they
inspected
the
big
boat.
MONSTER
RACKET
What
plenty
of
hard
boiled
folks
call
the
Yuletide
nuisance
started
in
London
away
back
in
1842.
.
It
was
not
until
1875
the
M'M
WISHJ
ay
yur
Holiday
season
i
k
lie
enriclied
with
the
Mefsingt
ST
l'lat
c'on8
10
Christnias.
V
Here's
Wishing
You
a
lot
of
Christmas
Cheer
And
also
a
Very
Hoppy
New
Year
idea
hit
this
side
of
the
Atlantic
!
und
25
years
ago
it
became
a
I
racket.
Today
,it
is
estimated
I
UNHEARD
OF
NOW!
There
used
to
be
a
time
when
three
billion
Christmas
cards
are
anV
one
wh0
managed
to
save
:
exchanged
by
the
people
of
this
-money
was
called
a
miser,
but
continent.
i
yu
don't
hear
it
today.
And
j
you
don't
hear
the
word
"won-
X
wnlth
if
health,
hipiiniii
M
Mntlntnint
lr
lur
wihl
Itr
III
lur
fritnii
ifi
lifkM'l
in
Uiil
nut
jayiM
ailiday.
KNUTSON'S
TIRE
SALES
&
SERVICE
4cl
.4;y-
der"
at
all.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
no
one
is
called
anything.
There
;
is
what
amounts
to
a
perfect
:
silence.
Manager
and
Staff
The
Belgian
wives
who
sailed
in
Canadian
vessels
dressed
as
men
say
they
rather
like
wearing
men's
clothes.
But
then,
hundreds
of
Canadian
wives
are
already
wearing
the
pants.
RUPERT
BAKERY
Jf
It
was
in
1945
the
first
atomic
,
S?
destruction
of
a
city
took
-place
r.A.MAiJkXiliij.itii,Miia.MiiiiiiliiibkM.ii;
ft
.
.....
i
i
1
i
I
-r
i
i
ri
.
te
t
...
(
The
bet
curr-
or;thelftyt
to
quiet
the
'mlftKNapoleoif.
2S
The
average
gambler
never
worries
about
dying
broke.
Practically,
that's
the
way
he
lives.
u
Japan.;?
K
M
f
"gut
Jul
ive
thofcght-ueida
!as$
f
re'dentj
Eisenhower
in
his
radio
address
I
j
said
the
destruction
today
would
I
be
25
times
worse.
Well,
Old
.
i
Timer,
how
about
it?
The
reason
it's
so
hard
to
believe
that
all
men
are
created
equal
Is
that
it
isn't
true.
Honors
Hero
DEVONPORT,
England
(CP)
This
ancient'
seaport
will
name
a
street,
after
Lieut.
Philip
Curtis,
posthumously
awarded
the
Victoria
Cross
for
gallantry
In
the
the
Korean
Korean
war.
war.
PERHAPS!
Wonder
if
seagulls
are
possibly
"sensing"
at
is
Christmas
time?
Wednesday,
as
the
Prince
George
...
from
your
I
NEWS
BOY
DAILY
PAPER
.
i
i
0
Mau
all
the
jous
Ml
2
WITH
SINCERE
i
,
BEST
WISHES
FOR
A
i
HAPPY
PROSPEROUS
1954
'
5
of
Christmas
ifyg
J7.
loots
like
it'i
going
to
lie
the
happiest
I
7
i
i
V
the
New
Year,
pill
holiday
ever
filled
with
the
pleasures
that
only
the
Yuletide
season
can
bring...
a
deep
down
glad
spirit,
warm
and
loving
heart.
-
.
May
you
enjoy
this
Christmas
with
unlimited
good
health
and
good
spirit.
r
tr
-
I
From
Bee
and
Alice
ot
THE
STORK
SHOPPE
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