A half-page ad in the April 5, 1934, edition of the Citizen asked readers: “How smart is your husband?”
Use Borden’s Evaporated Milk instead of fresh cream, the ad urged, and see if he can tell the difference.
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In the April 6, 1944, edition of the Citizen, readers were told about a man who was lost for three days east of Giscome but managed to survive.
S. Cregar, an oiler at Eagle Lake Sawmills, was rushed to Prince George on the night freight train to receive treatment from Dr. Carl Ewert for exposure and mild frostbite on both feet.
Cregar apparently was working at night oiling some tractors and got turned around in the bush trying to make his way back.
He told his rescuers that he fell through some ice into a creek and lost his boots, which surely would have been fatal, had he not located a trapper’s cabin for shelter. That’s where a search party found him.
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The late Pete Miller, whom I had the pleasure of working with at the Citizen when I first moved to Prince George in 1999 to become an associate editor at the paper, took this great photo of Bob Marcy using a bright light to check for fractures in a slice of agate.
The photo appeared in the April 3, 1964, edition of the Citizen along with a story about the 18-year-old was planning to share his expertise in cutting and polishing rocks and gems with a six-session night school course in his home workshop.
Bob Marcy became the manager of the Prince George Rock, Coin, and Stamp Shop, the Citizen archives show.
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How much have things changed in 50 years when it comes to drug convictions? Plenty.
In the April 4, 1974, edition of the Citizen, readers were told about 25-year-old Jean Topouzis who was sentenced to two years less a day in jail for the crime of selling wholesale marijuana to several local dealers.
Judge W.D. Ferry said the fact Toupouzis had a clean criminal record before this and that marijuana was not a “hard drug” contributed to the sentence.
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Judy Christianson, 17, was letting John McPherson, 21, do the work on the tandem bicycle as they made their way on the streets near Rainbow Park.
The photo appeared on the front page of the April 3, 1984, edition of the Citizen.
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Dave Milne took this great front-page photo for the April 5, 2004, edition of the Citizen of Keylan Norum of the Prince George Gymnastics Club performing on the rings during the Levil 1 men’s competition at the 2004 PGTV B.C. Gymnastics Championships at the Civic Centre.
Norum took gold on the rings and silver overall in his division.
For more from The Citizen archives, go to www.pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca.
Neil Godbout is the former editor of the Prince George Citizen and a current member of the Prince George Heritage Commission.
