Here is Throwback Thursday for the week of May 2.
Pic 1: Hey, Ken Pendergast! Remember being on the front page of the Citizen 50 years ago this week? You and George Neagle had to wear your snowshoes to put up the Forest Fire Hazard Rating sign at Summit Lake. Sadly, forest fire season was well underway in April in north-central B.C. in 2024.
Pic 2: When Curtis Roszsahegyi appeared on the 1984 Prince George Telethon and mentioned regular wheelchairs were too difficult for him to use, Prince George residents responded. The Prince George Shrine Club kicked in $600 and the Prince George and District Telephone Employees Association provided the rest of the cash to buy a $2,026 ultra-light wheelchair for the 10-year-old, seen in this photo with his caregiver, Sister Elaine from Catherine’s Home.
Pic 3: There was plenty of news on the front page of the May, 4, 1944 edition of the Citizen, from a military parade, talk of building a new school and, most curiously, a burglary at city hall.
Neil Godbout is the Citizen’s former editor and is a current member of the Prince George Heritage Commission. The Citizen archives can be found on the Prince George Public Library website.
