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smear momsr tut ON ONTARIO POLITICAL SCENE umamxzmomsu roar NeuoN 130 is still essentially frontier town but the postwar rise of the areas petroleum industry has spurred on construction boom oldstyle slores and office buildings upper photo contrast wlththe modern lin 40BELOWZERO WEATHER with TORONTO CHRev Downer la vigorous partly man of 57 with flair for home spun stories He is the first to attribute his success to keeping his praieuion as clergyman and politician distinct and separate As practisingpolitician be has represented Duiferin Sim coo for the Progressive Conser vatives since 1937 with comfort able majorities As an Anglican minister he has guided the par JsbnfDuuiroonJor years hill next his aim istawin the Ontarioparty leadership as successor to Premier Frost lie is one of seven announced can didates going into the leader ship as successor to Premier Frost lie is one of seven an nounced candidates going into the leadership convention here Oct 2325 es of the recently conslnicted Conuck Hotel lower photo 20room building with cock tail bar and dining room 101 Photo Fort Nelson Anxieus Put On Red Flannels By JIM PEACOCK Fometxmgt Fort Nelson is anxious to put on its red fiannels Frankly its residents dont like the cold but wintertime economies are much better than those of the summer since the petroleum boom came this far north Ii so below zero weather comes early the summertime population of 3000 will jump to 3000 as hundreds flock to the area with survey seismic and drilling crews seeking oil and natural gas The search has spread explora ationanddevdopmenpriches throughout the Peace River Block of northeastern British Columbia as it moved progres sively northwar ace the first gas well blew in near Fort St John in 19 Todny its centred in ythe area north and east of Fort Nelson an Alaska highway community 250 miles north of Fort St John and less than 100 miles south of the Yukon boundary And it reaches its peak when the chill oianorthern Mazes the muskeg bog beneath the bush and timber that cover the provinces northeast corner nurse GAS FIELD jigging is relatively safe Most ontheeastemand southern earn as much as $1000 Most squid found off Newfound land shores are between six and 14 inches long jiggers or hooksrare all the Itively short men and boys tish much as $25 in few hours But catches vary moonrno 1958 This area is proving one of the most prolific gas fields in the country and it is drawing more and more exploration which brings new population and prosperity to Fort Nelson As result the faceand facesof the community are changing more rapidlythan at Squid ligging BURIN Nfld CF Squid jigging in Newfoundland is more than schoolhoys meansof making adollar During threernortth season ending in October some men Squid softvbodied creatures with long slender feelers are used as bait for catching cod Unlike most fishing squid are taken in sheltered harbors and coves from dory or smaller boat few feet of line with lead weights and few equipment needed The squid season being rela hard Sometimes they earn as The 1060 season was consld ered successful one especially coasts Squid brought centev pound delivered to bait depots In 1950 total of 1600000 pounds was caught the lowest yield in recent years In 1959 any time since 1942 when the Alaslu+ Highway was built giv ing the present settlement its reason for existence initially fur trading post across the Nelson River and three miles from the present site Fort Nelson became highway and communications maintenance centre after the United States armed forces moved out with the end of the Japanese threat to Alaskain 1945 Payroiis of the Canadian de fence departments highways maintenance staff the transport departments airport personnel and the Canadian National Tele graptrm have playedand still playa majoripart in keeping the com munity alive increasing tourists traffic on the highway is adding to the economy each year but nothing has affected the community like the oil boom which struck with force two years ago CALLED ZOOMTOWN This hasprompted weekly newspaper editor Bob Angus to make frequent use of the nick name Zoomtown for Fort Nel son which he believes someday will grow into prosperous firmlybased centre of 6000 or 7000 Some of the older residents however are not fully convinced of permanency of this new foun prosperity Agriculture may he needed to give our economy firm foundation said Earl Bartlett electrician and postcard photographer who camehere in 1944 dont eason In Nfld Pays Wallis Relatively Sale is record 6200000 pounds was taken European squid were im ported in 1958 to offset the poor catch in Newfoundland How ever they were big and tough and Newfoundland fishermen finding them poor bait got book and line catches that yall Squid are considered so im portant in Newfoundland that several years ago the govern ment began program of as tablishing refrigerated bait de pots at strategic points along the coast itrerenow are do ens of such units and the pro gram is being expanded yearly Sour when excited maysud denly lose all body colorby contractingthe red pigment in their skin They move by jet propulsion and when evading en ies or when any from the wvtcr they emit blinding black sut harm less fluid Meat of the Newfoundland squid are small but in the depths of the sea they are said to grow to giant proportions Severai big ones have been seen floating on the Grand Banks The biggest ever reported was said to be 72 feet long nlcationsh think its too well hosed yet Some of the newcomers admit being here to cash in on the boom Ill stay this winter if everything goes well then go on to Alaska or someplace said Jimmy Moreland an Irish im migrant from Belfast who came north 15 months ago seeking work and found it as bar tender in hotel where his wife now works too There is nonetheless an un derlying hope evident through the whole community that the boom will turn to solid growth as ithas to the south MANY CHANGES sons whose lives centre around LIKE FAIR days my yard is like fair Wally Downer as he likes to be called would rather wear shirt and tie than clerics col lar And he would rather spend meotng people than sitting behind his desk at Queens Park or at his monsc His popularity at the local le vel was evident last year when the parish celebrated his 25th anniversary and some 1000 per tte parish ch chLaJLDunv troon Bntenu and Singhampton turned out for the feast when go home on Satur grounds he says Many peo ple want me to draw up their will although he has no legal training and my biggest prob lem is to keep from being named executor llfr Downers personality has enabled him to retain theat fcotion of his rurnl parishioners even though it is common know ledge he enjoys good ci gar and game of cards of ten funeral is postponed few days until Mr Downer can return home to conduct the service He is the youngest of sixchll dren born on farm near Pene tanguishene At 14 he worked REV DOWNEB on farm for month then sold ice to put himself through the University of Toronto and Wycliffe College from which he graduated in 1930 lie was ordained in 1929 Before going to Duntroon he served the par ishes of Erin and Cataract and served at church in Scarbor ouch With an easy laugh and fiarn bouyant manner Mr Downer was an instant success in pot itics In 1937 he took Duffcrin Simcoc from the Liberal incum bent in 1043 when he was over seas as an army chaplain his wife conducted his campaign and he retained the seat with large majority aARRIs HEATING FUELS Phone PA 65531 Combines Ministry Career Of the so members elected to the 1907 legislature he is one at only four still there The others are Premier Leslie Frost Parquhar Oliver Liberal meld her for Grey South and Harry Nixon Liberal for Brant BECOMES SPEAKER Mr Downer began to be no ticed outside his riding when he was named speaker of the leg islature in 1955 fora fiveyear terin Last year he was ap pointed member of the Liquor Control Board 7A heavyset wideshouldered man with only fringe of hair liir Downer is apt to forget to smile when counselling an alcrr hollc He says there is no sense appealing to their reason Youve got to be tough present challenge to them You have to give them new vi sion and new hope because theres place for everyone in this world Although Mr Downer is con sidered by many to be the dark horse to the leadership race pm iiiicai observers see him In con trol of large bloc of rural votes Mr Downer married the foe mer Phyllis Palmer of Tomato They have three children Harry 27 an lnsuranea agent at Collingwood John 24 farmer at Singhamptoa and Wally la high school stude lie is partner in an insurance agency with his sons WRECKING Military Buildings At Comp Borden All materials priced for quick sale Acres of dress ed luinber varnished plywood doors windows gyproc tentest masonite hardwood flooring white asbestos siding roofing shingles wash basins toilets toilet partitions bathtubs laundry tub1 pipe modern radiators vainished plywoodcloth oflfig cupboar and utility dressers our dem light fixtures etc See Salesman at used lumberyard Angus Ont National Building Demolition Limited lWED MORNINGSPECIAL OnSale at 10 am LADIES FULL FASHIONED HOSE Wed Morning Special LIGHT AND DARK SHADES SIZES MI Eel 30c pair filhlrhopeirshuwing sliiWI but surely in Fort Nelsons physical features Neihconstnictionlstakin place Two new hotels were opened last spring and an older one added new section to cater to the increasing Alaska 1iigh way touristJrade and the oil influx new elementaryschool is going up to meet the increase to 550 from 450 in the number of school children this fall new Hudsons Bay Company rev tail store has opened and an automatic laundry nnd dry cleaning plant is building few expensive modern houses are appearing and the first apartmentblockpwhere four twobedroom units rent for $165 monthly plus utilities now is occupied Community electricity was in stalled in September 1960 and water andsewage service went in last spring although many in the unincorporated commun ity are reluctant to meet the high costs of hooking up OLD REMINDERS For all this progressy Fort Nelson remains afrontier cen tre Itsstreets are unpaved and many are ungravetled Side walks are airnost unknown Many of its residentsJontinu to live in Ira Mauy more reside in tiny housesJ quickly erected to meet an urgent hous ing need but not so expensive they cannot be abandoned it the boom should die Across the river the past is vividly apparent Old Fort Nel son is picture of log cabins and broken down buildings whore Indian trappers and feltaged whites still live Fur trapping has declined from its heyday ofthe 1940s but handful still earn their livelihood this way in winter About one third of todays permanent population of 3000 it was 900 five years ago and 1500 three years agonow are employed directly bythe petro ieum indust CZECHS PLAN EXHIBITION WINNIPEG CPUThe Czech oslovakia national team will meet the senior Winnipeg Mar oons in an exhibition hockey game here March it was an nounced Thursday The Euro pean club will stop off here on its way to the world champion ships at Colorado Springs Colo tr BUFFALO DETROIT tsHonrH BAY PHILADELPHIA 3200 suoaunv 4iSARASOTA 8320 SAN nuromo 8310 mums 2190 SAULT STEMARIE an 5er kodlvb TRIP raises ARE Low OTTAWA MONTREAL 7W rmi See Phone lefroy ARll 975 hflhlirellli Jaclrsonsfieoerai Stan Strand 00 ourasc Sablna General Store Phone or yaw local Agent 26 Bus Weicl Informafibn GRAY corrali 1795 955 235 3080 2685 2270 Bme Agent Barrie Bun Terminal Maple and Simone Stsq Phone PA 85571 In