YOR, 30 THE OMINECA. HERALD,

NEW HAZELTON, B, C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 1938 -:

“NO. 8

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Hospital Pai rons:
‘Hear Reports —

Hockey Teams

_Banqueted by |
‘Elect Officers Smithers Fans

Thea patrons of. the Hazelton: Hos- Smithers, Feb. 15—At one of the
‘pital learned ‘Tuesday evening at the most enjoyable functions of its kind
wamul meeting. of that body, that : the | lever held here the citizens of Smith-
Hospital had come ‘through one of the ers welcomed back the touring hockey
most diffleult years, in. good shape.iteam atfer their trip to the Cariboo.
There were over fifty at the. meeting | The occasion was celebrated by a ban-
which was held in the United Chureh, queet in the Hotel Hudson dining
This was one of the largest attendan-'room. Some ninety rabid supporters
ees for a nunrber of years and showed of the puck game sat in to a sumptu-
that the interest in the hospital is still ous feed whie had been prepared by
keen, : oo. i Mrs. J. P. Downey. All hockey play-

ih. 8. Sargent. chairmen of the as-lers in the town league were guests of
sociition, presided, and while the last‘ ‘honor, and the boys demonstrated that
uf the people were. gathering. he called ; :they packed as good, maybe a wee bit
on Mitehel Newman for a- teading and hetter, punch when it came to spoiling
Mra, M. a. Myros.and Rev. Berling a chicken carcas as they do on the ice.
for vocal, solos.:: Mrs. Berling aceom- In fuct.chicken was by no meaus the
panied them, and also provided mus:: only thing they stored away in falrly
while refreshments were being served, larze  yuunrities. “Bui, i. give the

The minutes of the. last - aonual boys credit, ther behaved well ad
necting - were rend: and - sippreved. ‘and cleaned: their plates up nicely. TT,
then Mrs, Mailing ‘rear. the’ teport from Warner wasa: genial: toust master aud
the W. A, to thee: -A. A This “proved opened the. proceedings by calling on
to bea very satisfactory document and Dr. Bruminitt to ask a blessing, Im-
hrought forth expressions of apprecia- mediately following the gourmandis
Con'front the chairman nad the medi- assault by those assembled the -toast
ca] superintendent, master, in a few well chosen ‘words,

Dr. i... Wrinech, medical -superin- (the sume old stuff) expressed ap-
tendent -and secretary to-the hoard--of. preciation of the people of Smithers
directors, presented the annual report at the record compiled by the boys on
of . the Hospital: “Phig showed quite their recent trip (not on the chickens)
an increase over the previous year, and wnder most adverse conditions. The
for ‘several years. Also, that'in spite team, he stated, had won fifty per
of increased expenditures, the ‘institu- cent of their games and came out very
tion was able to meet its obligations much ahead ou points scored, whilst
and did not increase indebtedness, its members were suffering from ev-

Printed copies of the reports _ will erythiug from. sprained ankles to the
be reuly in a few days and will be mensles, Not only had they set up a
mailed to the patrons. | and others in- record as clean sportsmen but ‘as real
terested miy secure a copy upon ap- gentlemen as well, which fact was
Whe aha to the seeretary. > funpir testified ito by, letters sent from

he ehiir = ryt Eee
ly. ta ihe titi of Der Les me: “others

viet for “other” “fields..’- ihe ‘éhai¢man Ew en. ‘Re ‘Seurle,.
had Koown-‘the doctor’ since“he- was a- Geo. Raymond, “The diner was final-
baby. and’ had- thought highly : of. him: ly. - ended “with: the, singing: of ‘God
wll ibrough the years. “He‘had hoped, Save the King.” ‘Then ‘the crowd re-
when the son had succeeded the, fath- assembled at the C. C.F. hall for a
er, fant the son would make the Haz- dunce until the sma’ hours.
eltun Hospital his Life work also, At!
the suine time the chairman wished |
the doctor all suceess in his new field, '

The members to the board of dir-'
vectors appointed by the patrons, were |
then ¢hosen as follows:—lR,  S. Sar-|
Beal, M. A. Myros and C, A. Writch. |

Mr. Sargent wus re-elected chairman |
of the patrons’ meeting,

Rev. D, W. More, on behalf of the
yatrons, noved a vote of appreciation
of Che services rendered by Dr. L, B.
Wrlneh-and wished him every success-
in his new field. This’ was seconded
hy Donglas Lay and earried wank he re-clected chairman 6f the board of
mously by applause: iAirectors, This carried. Dr. Oster-

Rev.. Dr. Osterhout, D.D., superin-: bout then told of Dr. Williama of Na-
tendent of injssions and mission hog: {Haima who was willing-to come, and
pitalx in. B; C. for the United church, ‘from what he could learn. he’ believed |
Was present and: ‘addressed the gather- the Naniamo doctor would he - a ‘good
ing, He is one of: ‘the’ hoard of direc. ;20. After . discudsion “the board
tors at the local: hospital and’ spoke: as “authorized Dr. Osterhout* and Dr, L.
ove of them ‘representing the Mission B, Wrinebt -to wire Dr. Willlams ‘to
Koard, He snid that he was greatly come for a month, after, interylewing |’
shocked when Dr. L, B, Wrineh walk- Dr. H. ©, Wrineb, who is in Vaneou-
1 into his office recently and  ten-'|‘e! at present.
dered his resignation as medical super-
“intenilent of this hospital. Dr. Osteér-
haut regretted the -decision of. Dr, lL.
ie oWrineh, who,. during his tea. years.
service under “his. father and a‘ Hetle.

Mrs. KF Parker ‘end

‘Superintendent
For the Hospital

Following th patron’s meeting, Dr.
{Oxterhout asked the members of the
hoard of direetors to meet him for a
few minutes afterward to discuss pos-
sible esuccessor to Dr. Wrinch.
this meeting R. 8. Sargent moved and
M. A. Myros seconded that C. H. Sawle

_ NEARLY LOST AN EYE"

At'|

‘|disappolating, The entertainment of-

Smithers, Feh, 15—Ralph ‘Delter of.
Delftwood had the misfortune to fall:

aw ork a8,
“The speaker paid. quite a tribute. to the;
* «leparting, .superintendeat,

awuore than: a year as superintendent:
oimself, bad rendered a erent service
to the hospital, the people of the dist-
viet aud to the church, He had. hoped
Mr. Leonard would make this: hig life.
g,. had: bis. father. before’ him..

and. as it,
wus his ‘Intention to leave, the seaker |
wished. him: al succeesd: in- his: dew
surroundings, "Dr: Osteerhout “then,
gave a talkon., .the. work:the. “United

chureh was doing. in. the _Wway;, of hos-
{ uitals, medical. WOH, - hoats, a
providing men tor the mission field. “|.
“sérved by ©: the}
. Staff of the. honpital, and. 1 noel: hour.
Was: spent.’

as: ‘well. ag

- Refr eshmenta. were,

Reeak

whilst ski-ing on. Sunday, and narrow-
ly, escaped) ‘loosing the: ‘sight ‘of one aye:
in his. fall the ski-pole ‘whipped around
and. the sharpened point entered the
corner of hiseye,..The sight will not
he * impaired acgording to the doctor, :
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The C. G 1. g. of: New Hazelton had.
a “trip to: - Hazelton : On ‘Dhursday even
ing Taat ‘where they were ‘the guests ‘of.
the Hazelton group at a party,. held: in
the. -chureb, ‘A very, enjoyable evening)
‘wag’ “spent playing. various games and:
at: “thie” veffeahinent: hour. a

“A shinwer. wis Sheela Et. the. home of,

Mrs. .S. Martinson, Jost
of Mra. D ow. Mor

5 -|in: Hazell ‘arr
noon and : will ‘Shona: ‘some’ tine ‘there. Bt! Dury

awoek: in. honor: =

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Prince Rupert
- fhe’ Garden City by the Sen
By Our Own Correspondent

Peet Ce ee OCS EL ELS CS A a 8 8

To interest loan ond trust companies
in the possibilities of building. new
dwellnigs in Prince: Rupert, under the
Dominion government ‘housing scheme
Commissioner Alder is making a visit
to Vaneouver.. Terms are considered
easy, auid- its a fact ‘that desirable
dwellings in this city are- not: plentt-
ful. And, still better, the. demand is!
apt to inctease within a yenr.

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Bids for the construction of the new
hospital are to be: in- ad the 81st of
March. The board, © last week's
meeting, decided to 0 ‘ahead amd: ask
for tenders, ‘nithough at the present |
time the financing required to raise.2,
matter: ‘of? $80,000 "has' stilL-to = lie “per-,

formed. The estiniated cost of the.
hospital is $100,000.

are.

George W. Johnstone, since pioneer.
times nective. in, the life of the city, is
slowly. recovering from an attack of
illness that has kept him at home pra-
etically. all winter. Mr. Ji ohnstone. has
been suffering from 4 severe. attack of
arthritis. He is now able to. be up
and abant, but it may be another year

before he is himself again.
ee

The city of Trail, however, similar in
size to Prince Rupert, was recently

santed convenience
Sant SNE xe —_

dD. Stenich, for the past year or 90, ac-
countant in the Stirling Market here’
sniled- on the last northbound boat. He
isa local boy, havng grown up here.
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As the muskeg is stripped from the
site-of the new hospital building It is
heing discovered -that there will be
plenty of rock to Femove. Befure ex-

Young Folk 0

"i Yonng Peoples’ Soctety ‘had:

Smithers,

success when the payish hall was. fill-
ed to capacity to bear speeches, a de-
Date and. to see a gymnastic display.
Rev.J.E, Birchall was in the chair and
the program opened with’ 0‘, Canada”
Miss Yateve Arthurs at the piano..
Following this was. an interesting
nddress by, Mr. Vernon Crockett, prin-

Terrace Man i is -
Forced by Gun __

Mot

‘Terrace,. Feb. 16—About 7.30 last. ev-
eating James Smith, general merehaut,
heard a noise in the store down stairs.
He left his. brother Fred asleep and
went down to investigate. As he got.
out. the door at the foot of the. stairs
be noticed a man disappear. ‘around
the north east corner of ,the building.
Mr. Smith found the door’ of the store
open ‘-and.a key was still in the lock.

cipnk of the Smithers high school, on
the topic “What's wrong with the
world”. The speaker suggested. that
us a result of carly expansion several
ambitious countries had acquired most

of the natural resources of the world.’
The other countries were so busy fight,

ing that they had no time to establish
empires. Thus it is that the world
can be divided. into two groups, the
“hares yond. ‘the. havenots,- “As. B result
of; their. limited natural resources, the
have-10ts have indicated their inten-
tious of using force for the purpose of
helping themselves to other countries’
posessions.. The solution then is for
the haves to re-arm and re-arm until
such. time as the have-nots will listen,
to reason. Then all the cowatries of
the world can get. together around the
table and. pursue a. policy of compro-
mise—or redistribution of raw mater-
als. ;

Then followed a debate between the
AP.Y.S. and.the Smithers High School.

world’s wel-

their represeatatives Joe Cunliffe,
Mildred Rife and Harold Tanner. Re-

- ~s Dresentini | ‘the! ALPS: avere-am: Sol.
q. Having ‘taken’a. position in Dawson,.

ness
cess. and. “many. strong arguments, were
developed. byboth , sides. Messrs. Cro-
ckett, Jones and Rey. Birchall acted as
judges and gave. a. unanimous decision
in favor of the affirmative.

During an intermission Alf. Howell
' yeudered. a. vocal. solo, accompanied by
Miss Arthurs. A gymnastic display

cavating commented - the outcropping
was clear enough, and as the carpet of |
decayed vegetation was torn away the |
rock zone continued ‘to expand until
now it is quite evident that more than
men handy with a pick and-shovel will
soon be called upon,

Mrs.. Daw MeKerxte left on Tuesday
for, Halifsa: where. she will take ‘ship
for Seotliand to visit: her old home.
She wili:not be back before the middle
of May or Tipst of June.

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- The New Hazelton: C.G.ET. group |
and. Miss: Goard -wish to thank every
ene for thelr. co-operation in. making,
ihter tea and siule of ‘work go success-
ful.

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The attendance at the ° cabaret
dance given in Hazelton last Friday
evening by the W. ‘A. {o-the’H. H. was

fered was: good ‘and everything: was
there | except the’ crowd.:: “Phose who
did attend. report having had a first
class times. :

on Thursday afternoon laat ‘at: ‘the resi-
dence of -Mrs.. Peter: §

business was. frajaate ted. 4

aes é

suffering from his, old. trouble. ; -
1 7 “ae ‘pe a “Lt a

on’ Bue ay: atter-

She. hag See eae with a h son’ in ‘in

|developed for the.purpose of making

that. held the audience spell-bound was
the next. part of the program. Under
the leadership of Rev. Mr. Birchall
the young athletes, Harold Windt,
Tom Graham and Tom Collison certi-
fied by their graceful movements that
grent. progress was being made in the
organization along . this. line.

Rev. Birchall then outlined the pur-
poses of the, organization, He explain

healthy body,” nnd expressed the hope’
that heenlthy bodies. were not being

good. soldiers, but. for. the purpose of
co- operating with soumd minds in con
tributing . to the welfare of the world.

FIRE IN THE REAR

Capt. G. C. Mortimer. had o slight
taste of the-hereafter on Tuesday 8.m.
At an early hour the janitor arrived
to light. the office fire and. the Capt.,

DEE athe house in

ed their. moito, “‘A-healthy mind in. a;

{with the natives:

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“ohe: New. ‘Hazelton. Ladies : ‘ata met

ath, ‘and routine

Hugh McKay 5(! Sourdough). Hazel-
ion has not been: feeling’ “too well. ‘Tate: |
ly. and: had: to gO" ‘to: Vancouver. je. ar)

Lab feeling £

‘Victoria, mother. ot
‘tin the public ‘schoo! |

and it waa able, so the
tanding. with his
iD ptumbcorbing, all

til a sgtove: and,
landed. on his own. which

enthusias- |'

theallys:: ThE. |
consumed: befon

eure to fin

As he was examining the key he felt
'n gun pressed to his side and-he was

‘ordered. to -returm, up ‘stairs. and attend

to any other business, except the one
in hand, Jim avent, np stairs, ‘put Mrs
Smith opened a window. of. the. apart-

Kemncy was notified and and ‘started
out to get- hig men... He. found @ couple
nt. the evening train who ‘looked rath-

er suspicious and: he. -picked. thera; up -
“At present :

for further investigétion.
Mr. Smith does not know of amy loss
in the store. :

J. A. Macdonald
Died Sunday at
| Prince George

“Word was received in Smithers and

all along the linee on Sunday that J:-

A. Macdonald, “Joba - A.” had: passed

Prince Rupert is not yet’ populous The resolution was:—That democracy pway in the Prince George hospital to
enough to have a mail delivery, so the | contributes more to the
llost office department at Ottawa rules fare than Fascism. The high school ted on Saturday suffering from an
‘had. the affirmative and offered as

which institution he had- been admit-

alscessed ear. His passing was a
shock to his many friend all over the
ditrict.as he was known far‘and wide.
eT oba: pe -Maedonbliwis- a=resident= uf

“years was’ tie inspector on the CNR.
and for a year or two was road: fore-
man on the new construction west of
Skeena Crossing. He frequently . was
in all parts of the district along the
(railway In the performance of his
duty. He was a returned man and he
made his headquarters in Smithers.
Jobn A. was well liked by all who
came in contact with him. He was it
quiet fellow, but had many good qaul-
ities. The remains were sent to Smi-
thers to await interment upon the ar-
rival of his brother from the east.

The public works equipment is now
already for spring—-another, coat - “Of
paint has beeon applied. ,

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Game Warden Martin of Prince Ru-
pert paid a visit to the Indian Agent
at Hazelton last week. Some of the
Indians at Kitwanga and neighborhooil
Were arguing over trap lines, Friday
the game warden and the indian agent
took the waytfreight to Kitwanga and
at night had a seven hour conference
Before | ‘the way-
freight was. due to pull out on the re-
turn trip the diffleutties had beea iron
ed out and all were happy.

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Mrs. Sibley ‘was a patient in the hos;
pital for a few days last week,

sak

Miss Dorothy Casa” ‘has: heen vist.
ing with, friends in. Kitwanga. . :

a a a a

have been having”: ‘heavy snow and in
parts of: the country Tain followed.
The Canadian “prairies: have'i a ‘reecord

crop. co

deere ‘the | Pieiitet ad the: Tendeet
of tlie’ if) sition, at “Ottawa . are in

favor’ 6

Ser ve AR a at

eto an

ment and gave the alarm. Cons Me- ‘

: Many parts of Canada and the U8.

fall and. the farmers have. taker fresh. -
|hope for: ‘the’ long” looked for pumpe 7

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