a ene sites Sg Serene et ESR te od eRe eae aes erate ees s i . Peachers Association failed to’ $2,600 (2,350); Elementary ad= | oa ys e a PR OOS pe eed ate ee Daily Delivery . e DIAL 2151] —— DRUGS VOL. XLV, No, 31. Pe Ne ttle np es ote Ob ae pe ag gt the te he Bey PE Peat ee EW ME Ly HES WI ET a A de ET EER RT PTB ee are ne FRINGE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1956, : Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port _~ And Key to the Great Northwest : PRICE FIVE. CENTS ro PROVINCIAL LIBRARY, . Teachers’ Pa Hearings Start ‘Salary Boosts Said Needed To Attract, Keep Teachers _ Teachers in School District 52 must have their salaries raised to compare favorably with those of other local occupations if qualified teachers are to be attracted and retained in the city, J. A. Spragge, executive assistant to the British Columbia Teacher's Jederation said last night, | This observation was brought” mm, val Ae out by Mr, Spragee as he began ens the Teachers’ Assacia- submission of the teachers bricf. Mr. Spragge also sald that the at an arbitration board hearing Mvare wena ne between Prince Rupert Teachers’ or ining Me lowene” Bee tne and the Board of School Trus-: 45 their basle wage scale for the lees for Districh 52 on a 1956 various teaching categorles wage scale that got underway as which are’ based on qualifica=. the Court House last nig". tions. Starting salaries asked by Teachers .u,uesied an arbitra- the teachers with present salaries tion board be set up after three: jn brackets are as follows: meetings between trustees and; Elementary conditional $2,- members of the Prince Rupert; 430 (82,220); Elementary basic wee eos TWO CANADIAN SOLDIERS | manocuyres near Fort Churchl Manifoba. Left to right: Gur. 1 bring about a salary scale set-; yanced $2,800 ($2,500); Secon- tlement. Teachers are asking an: dary conditional $3,000 °($2,- . overall increase of 10.9 per cent. §50); Secondary basie $3,200 rave or while the board has countered: 53,000): Secondary advanced with a 4.5 per cent increase. | $3,400 ($3,150). Teachers and trustees also dif-' On principal's allowances no fer on the subject of anfual in-‘ changes are sought on one, two, erements, with the teachers ask-- three and four-room schools, but | ing $200 yearly and the trus-:on larger schools a $300 and | — tees offering $150. plus an ad- $400 administrative allowance is: - ditlonal three increments, one. after two years continuous ser-- vice, the second afler four years - and the third after six years, | The hearlng is being conduct- ed before J. D. McRae, arbitra- tion board chairman, TT. W, Brown, QC, school board repre- sentative and EB. P. O'Neal, rep- more than eight, Larger Increments Sought * Three'extra Werements of $200" hd. 3du-secondary schodt téden=: are sought for each year of the: principal's experience after re-: celying his appointment Instead: of $150 as at present, The teach-.: ers also ask that principals of. elementary schools of more than four rooms with juntor bigh school grades, be paid $3800 ad-’ niunistrative allowance for ele- mentary grades plus $50 for each srade above six (oa total al- lowanee of S400, Other benefits asked by the teachers are automatic payment, Of luerements unless written res, ports Indiewte unsatisfactory sere views teachers with) elementary eorifienes teaching Grade 7 or hither ta be paid on the seeon- diary conditloyal basis aeeord. | Ing to their esxperienees Girl inedical examination and x-ray: for Cearhine Job be paid for by, (he sehoal board, : Mr, Spragee traced a pirad ual slarkenine in deaeher quilifiea. Gravel for Highway i ondary school principals In place of the present $200 and $300. | Also sought is a supervisory al- lowance of $75 per teacher super- } vised up to and Including 12 and | $25 per teacher for more than 12: Mr. Kraupner said he had ing [te will come wp for preliminnry with Gine and a hall for over. ftithve for the WC, sehool Trus> henrtiy " @ A city outade worker of! THeurhig wus adjourned uh! e \ For Liquor Sale 0-howe, Hee day week, double: tomate, | @ A tahoritory ae dstint, Moore, Harold George and Gar tserve sb months dn hdl today ayertine, plits travelling allows aubmibted by RoW, Long, and tale of Tiquer, He pleaded Yonentiry education wis carming bong, with, the assbstanee OF goo, Weight elected trial by jury, Cie and treevelligy adlowines | tees Assuelation, be cour eharged wlth) he dle: Raper, Aree Lay of the Toard ut Quy il seCOnd eharge, of (heft. -. VICTORIA (CP)— ‘trailroads and mining . commit- torlay as Mines Minister Sor Mr. Sommers, who moved that: the: issue be placed before .the | te¢...after it was raised by. op- position. members .in the legis- lature, will reappear at the next six'sittings for further question- ing. Lo . - He gave’ evidence. today ‘after tent and head for ll on Hudson Bay in northern George Olaric. Kayville, Sask, eave their and Bdr, Jim Septon, Tracadie, N.S. (CP from National Defence) Highway 16! Ready By End Of June 16 belween Prince Rupert a base for black-topping ny the end of June, Hugo 'Kraupner told the Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting last night. | ning to sct up camps for erush- ‘likely. In view of the new fig-! iMr. So al . d would; efrment also: expects help oe ont the Mrobisher™ interests: _ “The plans are how in Victoria; and Columbia Cellulose. “T think we can rest assured 87d Tam hopeful that something; Mining companies in the dis- .Will soon be started,” he added.; trict have already given. assist- t ’ the r Lo gh “OULD BE CARRIE , jance, About 448 miles of the WOULD BE CA RIED oUt , /planned 300-mile road have been Reporting for the airport completed. conunittee, J, T. Harvey said he had a “great deal of confidence” * (hat the project would be carried oul, He observed that while the erecently announced federal grant of $50,000 for an engineering survey was small, it was a neces- sary preliminary step since there were Incidental features of the project sueh as road construe- Won and docking facilities which had net yet been studied, , Reeatling comments mide at the fast Chianber meeting aver the possibility of (he ‘Perrace dirport becoming the centre of | air operations for Prinee Rue pert, Mr, Vheevey sid he had, bo inlention of “hel(tling™ (he | Terrave jirport in discarding > (his: possibility, “TP qayéhing Tosaid appeared: to be eritien! of that airport, 1 hope the impression will be re- muved,” he sald. PhACK IN DEVELOPMENT “The ‘Forjwe nirpark has a place tthe development. of out’ north county while bo had ngs Intention of underestimating in: any way, and ie may be that the reporton what L said did not give, an aceurate daterpretation of my: views, 7 personally did not wish! to leave the idea Chat there ts: anything wrong with the ‘Ter- raee cirpork and Pom sure that in this To have the agreement of the Chamuer as ae whale" BUSINESS TAN Thoather business [was agreed that a committee should be aps pointed fa tavestigate the feas.; IDMtY of a city bushvess tax to {inane the operation of the tomb tourdnt burea, Orne Stel pointed awk that previons efforts to support the Durean hy ohtaalag pledges roms lord) merehiits had net. proved successful, Te sald that were comprradively small, the Dire had an dmportint fine jtlon In onsslsling operition af jhe misery well us pulting SOU pubielty material) and main Hinds a seerelry to handle Visitors’ Inquires, He added (hat since JE was boo: hate (hts your to help the burs! Cu through a bushes day, (he mity had been approached fora ahink af Sh000 to eover Tht operations, He supsested thal in wddb ton Ge dntroduetlon ef a Wuishiieas Cay, ane indttril rele Hons vonmilttee might be seb up On whieh the city and Chamber Would be jointly represented, He added Ghat the need for SHED in committee had been made | evident by recent: developments seh as the Frobisher proposuy red. Brice Brown. .(Lib-Prince Ru- pert) said the minister should i withdraw from the committee iduring the hearings because. it ‘directly affected his department jand should be called only as a witness. LO |, The minister said. “by and; ‘Jarge” he was satisfied with work onthe mining assistance road-in. :the northwestern corner of the. ‘province. but that he was “a little ’ uneasy” at one stage.” : The road was under the diree- tion of the department of public ‘works witil the ‘spring of 1955, with the department: of mines ipaying the bill, Mr, Sommers ‘said. He felt the “division .of ‘authority was not too good” and} up: smce: revurming: Jan, 90 {the work was then placed direct-| what he termed “the full. duty ‘ly- under the department of] or the presidency.” CS mines, -instead of $75 per teacher up to’ been advised by R, S. Cunliffe cost of the work was now esti-! Department estimates brought eight teachers and $25 for all; that a contract for the work had mated at $60,000 per mile as,down last week show $1,500,000 :been Iet to the Columbia Bitu- compared to $30,000 per mile ; allocated for the. road in. ‘the iHthle Company which was plan-,; Which was originally thought ; 1996-57 fiscal year, fe . WEATHER Cloudy with a few showers to- ‘day, More frequent showers ‘Wednesday continuing mild, Light winds beeoming south 2u thie afternoon and sautheast 26 early Wednesday morning, Low tonight and high Wednesday at Port, Hardy and Prince Rupert isenhower Vital Check iday. J Ee ' Doctors expect’ the. study to’ Sommers. said ‘the gov- |. CCC To Aid In Plan The Cassiar-Stewart road). Was given its first airing by a legislature committee : mmers outlined the history | of the controversial project since 1947. oO “t "WASHINGTON Four ‘doc- tors will complete, a long-await- ed’. physical . examination’: of)... President ‘Eisenhower . a week: from today. On the outcome} could :hinge his decision wheth- er to: seek re-election. ee jo. The first’. full-scale - medical check of . the. president “since mid-December, it. will“ come a more than 434 months after. his |. heart attack Sept. 24. The White ; - House sald Monday the findings may be made public the sime show how. Eisenhower has borne ‘HOW TO'EAT A TOWEL -ball coach Peté Newe Two Ships Unload atson Islan: “Watson Island dock of Colin 4 bids cdittiiose-Vompany jLtd « : 3h oo a < AtW pulp, The Karron riveg yesterday is unloading 3,- v00 tons of sulpher from Texas ahd this afternoon the freight- ar SS Berg began unloading 65,- 000 barrels of of] for the pulp mUl's powerhouse, Due In early tomorrow morm- ng is the Saguenay Terminal sreighter SS Feggen whieh is xpected to start loading 3,500 ons of pulp for ‘the United 28 and 42, Sundspit $8 and 45,