: Gaglardi yeghy debates — 4 “KAMLOOPS. (CP) Highways - Minister glardi, | driving for three. months, “says he has:a ‘week to de- _cide whether he'll. sit chew-|° ing: his nails: in the:back’ of |. ‘a chauffeur = driven .ear; ity, a ay “horse or. take. the : : i: EL. wouldn't: be: very happy : with a chauffeur,” he said Thurs- ' day after Kamloops’, magistrate. “Donald: ‘McDonald : handed out the three- “month, licence. suspen-. : gion -and added » a’ $5 fine: for. _ careless . driving... as “There: aren’t® ‘very many per- °. sons: who. ‘can ‘beat. me. at ‘driv- Ang,” » ‘the: minister: said. * peen driving since I was 14. I’m / a ‘most.’ meticulous :. and. very é ‘pareful driver =~" ‘always courte- Ga- ) “prohibited fr’om|:§ % “lve | down on the. arm with the gift-giving season:at its: height. The- * excitement ‘Of. mail ‘day to see who will get presents or cards is much the same for both. Grandpa John Steckle of Kitchener, Ont. eat holds: his youngest grandchild,, Davie... to give him. first ee CP Wirephoto a ‘Villag gers may move’ _| Christmas presents were. being: ‘ part of November.. PRINCE. RUPERT, B: C., FRIDAY, ter day. Some stores’ gia the - teinpo" ‘) shopping picked up after Dete ber 15 and: the proprietor.: book; record... shop reported: shank - Other store clerks last.. Friday. they. had only,.:... M more shopping» ‘days befor : big day, even ‘though it Was, von: December 22, as Sunday” was holiday. De “Then,” went on one: manage ruefully, “everyone and his: pro- ther, I-am_ sure, “was: “in. ou store. We closed ab 6 p.m. ‘Sat- ing feet. m Stores ‘around ‘the post “offic: reported | people - just seemed. to. ‘reali te MRPs a |nasketballs,’ “dolls, ‘guns - and books: were © "sold out. With no cold -weather* ‘for ‘skating in sight as: yet, this’ winter, there is still ra ‘good ‘supply ‘ ‘of: skates. in the © |stores: ‘it“was* ‘reported. ee : {Records sold ; resley’s “Blue well, *One book store. owner said that ‘though ‘they had a- huge stock “fof . children’s. -books:..on’ hand, r /parents , were -asking, ‘for. a more rvaried: Selection: of: ‘story: travel r. ‘and educational books | which = ewould ° “stimulate . a‘ child's :{mind. moe : By far the most popular ‘series e ‘sold was the ‘Hardy Boys” series FOR THE the festive season . has. arrived. : 6,000. PERSONNEL on . duty” with- ‘Canada’s N TO ‘For some -it: means ;Christmas ‘shopping Nick. but’ ‘for’ others it’ will mean ‘another’ routine day in’ “the: Western*Europe.’ (1) Sgt. Mel Younker .of Calgary,:. Laurine, five, : and son Jamie,< ‘three, as*: nsider . : Fighter Wing, 2 Zweibrucken, German dian school, .at Metz, France. 434. “Bluenose” San. eats his Christmas. dinner.’in: the Zulu alert; ‘served: to. him” by: Leading Aircraftman, room of-61: Aircraft Control. the ‘darkened operations - (3) ‘Flying: Officer. Don Boyd ; g ock Gra gui irdin . ous: on the ‘road.’ “The lcence: ‘suspension, which dates ‘from: January 2, is Mr, |. - Gaglardi’s third in: ‘six. traffic convictions in the. ‘last five years: "Prosecutor « -gobn 2 Spence hr i m th Callioux: 0 ‘Wild py. Franklin® W... Dixon, with: as Leading Airwoman Catherine | f. ila Many - as* 80:.of. those: being sold ‘inca: ‘Single day. the manager re- ported. Following this. was the “Nancy Drew” series by Carolyn Wells. . Stamp .and report the most. trade,as. -shop-, pers were -hantpered © by” snow,’ wind and rain, and did’ not’ ven- ture, farther than’ they. had -to. The largest trade by far’ was. dotie at the government. liquor “store, which did a: ‘tremendous to avoid flood wa ters Special to The Daily News . “Repor ts this morning by. radiophone fron Stew- art. said: that residents.in Hyder, B. C.; menaced by floodwater: s‘of the’ Salmon River, are inno immediaté' coin ‘collecting horsepower ‘autom feet a sécond, the: automobile in itself is problem enough for any-. one and “that it requires his com~ plete’ attention,” he: added. | ‘“The public have fot to. realize ‘that thelr first responsibility in an.-automobile is“ ‘to the other users of the highway and if they are going to‘ carry’ out this: re- sponsibility they’ ‘cannot, ‘be in- volved | in other matters,” Five day sentence given two youths Two city youths. were scnten-. ck to five days in jail and ordered to. post $500" -honds to Kéep tho: peace for two years to- day when they appeared in police court on charges - of... breaking, ‘enlering and theft, | John Theodore Mutch, 19, of 728 Third Avenue. West and ‘David Murray Ronson,. 17, of 817 Iraser Street. recelved the sen- idiices from Magistrate E, T. Applewhalte. roy Maglstrate Applewhialte also ordered the pair, “to: report to ROMP on the first ' Monday. of cagh month for two; years. The youths. ploaded guilty: to. thé charges which involved a break-in at the Canadan. Legion Branch 27. during. th iOheistmas speaking of tha’ inoldont, ‘aald “ht wits a damn. fool ° ‘thing but Jater remarked that: they: had gone along with the Jdon’, but vat Joust (hoy didn't: (hink of i" Crown prosocutor:, a ‘N, Cumming said: tho: ‘LO youths had plenty, of ime, lo: Torgot thon Idlon, . Phillip Polen” lp Bibwark ‘of " Norkly Paetfle, waa tied $10 'to- day when he ‘appearod:in: police court before Magistrate @, T. Ape plowhalte on a gtyarge. of per- Wituing ane uniiconced: minor. tol: — his ca.) | "SEASON'S _ | " GREETINGS - ‘ ; » ROMP, Constable At Mile: Nine. on: the: northern {highway ice: shas* dammed the river: at a steel: bridge which Constable. Stewart ‘Said. .is .ex- pected: to carry. away ‘shortly. At ‘)present, he said,’ villagers will have to be moved.to high ground if the water’ continued to risc as it is now flooding basements. ‘STEWART ‘@-— Hyder is sit- uated on tidal’ flats at the head of the Portland Canal but at the lower end: of the Salmon River, some 90 miles north of Prince Rupert. Stewart is just a few miles to the cast. Hyder found itself in the path of, the rising waters of the Sal- mon, ‘fed by a glacter- -fed lake which normally ‘drains .north- ward ‘to Bowser Lake bub ‘which now is pouring Its outflow south- ward into the river. The situation ‘hasbeen wors- ening sinco before Christmas. Water rushing down a road from the overflowing. river has closed out operations at the. Silbak. Premier Mines, RISING FLOOD ‘ Reports from the Hyder area reaching here said it was feared the river would widen out. to about a mile and continue a rising. flood: for seven miles fo the north of its normal course, complotely inundating the. Al- aska state highway on thd onst { bank, isolating, Hyder.. Excessive’ snowfall during No-’ vember and Decembor 1s blamed for the floods, Snowfall at both Stowart.and Hyder were meonsur- od ‘ab approximately. 220 indhos, With (600 inches botig recorded nt Promior, BO—a record for the. nyen, Aftor. the snows cane ‘mild spol which — pormitted molting of the glacior, ROAD WASHED OUT Mining ‘crows attempting to vonch .Promier. Thursday were forced. to turn back when they found. the road -washed out anc under the ovorflow of the river, Radio reports: from Hydor sald the flood waters have ‘alroady “Whig through : ‘bhe Hygor-Blowart highway. a A ‘ erence reeeermermererirnanttnnnererenenett - VANCOUVER @ — Appolnt: mont of BoM. Hoffmotater as Proaidant and I 8 Mahood ax vico=proxicdant of the Council of Toroat Induatrics, was announcoad today by T, N. Bonupro, chalr- mnanaf the counell represonting tho. major foront Induatrios: in tho province, pe J J. T. ‘A. Stew: rt said this business right: up to Saturday ‘evening. HEAVY FOOD.TRADE " ek ‘Tees Next, the grocery. “stores. re-| SINE ‘ported “an ‘advanted: | Turkeys and: hams. were “cheapl “The funeral ‘of. ‘Grace Hudema, 58, of 1241, Beach -Place, who died Thursday, will be held Sun- day at 2 p.m. with the. Rev. Dean G. T. Pattison: officating. Mrs. Hudema had lived in this city - .for seven years, marrying David H. Hudema four years ago. She had worked during this per- iod ‘at the Miller Bay hospital. Prior to her marriage here she was a Mrs, Carmichael ‘who had come here from Pembroke, Ont. She was born at Sturgeon Falls; Ont. She is survived by her hus- band, one daughter, Mrs. Doro- thy Bryant of North Bay, Ont.; three brothers: and two sisters. Ships expected after New Year ‘The tanker MV - Collier from California is due