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THE VANCOUVER SUN: Feb. 4, 1054 Bennett Won't ike I I I'- I ll I House Salaries in There na thought of it (raising indemnities) at this time.the premier said. There may be a time when they should be considered." But the premier made it clear that time was not now. "It has not been discussed." he stated. Any such increase would e-qulre an amendment to the Provincial Constitution Act.

which sets out rates, of remuneration to MLAs. By Sun Staff Reporter VICTORIA, Feb. 4. Premier W. A.

Bennett said today cabinet ministers and MLA's don't get enough pay, but quickly added his government doesn't plan to boost its wages. The premier dashed hopes of MLA's that they might get a boost in sessional indemnities which members of Parliament in Ottawa will soon receive. Silk Specialists Since 1903 2S-S2S Granville TAtlow mi OUR SPRING SUITS are THE BEST EVER Why Not Make Your Choice Now While the Selection Is So Good? 69.50.. 110.00 A Budget or Charge Account Is Easy to Open Part of the crowd of 5000 who gathered on the new -Span as it opened' today and were among the first io cross the structure, are gathered at the crown of the bridge just after the ribbon was cut. Motor traffic is crossing bridge today and first irolley busses will be routed over it Friday.

Bruce Moss photo. Fashions 2nd floor Woman Helps Open Bridge Second Time Silk Specialists Since 190S e2628 Granville TAtlow lttl By JIM HAZEIAVOOD Sun Staff Reporter ly arranged for her to attend the opening of the new bridge. Mis. Robinson, who identified Mrs. Sidney F.

Annoot drove a Cadillac over a new Gran her friend in the old photo, wasil ville Street bridge today for the second time in 45 years. Friday is The first time Mrs. Annoot drove across a new Granville bridge was in 1909 when the first span was ooened. Today, the spry septuagena rian slipped behind the wheel of a brand new Caddie and piloted it over the new invited along for the ride and was almost overcome by emotion at the historic event. "This sure brings back memories," she said.

CAME HERE IN J891 Mrs- Annoot came to Vancouver from New Brunswick in '1891 and has lived here "since. "Our first home was at Bur-rard and Robson," she recalls. "It was practically tfnlderness then. There was only a path down to the beach at English Bay. "It's certainly a thrill to be one of the first people over the new bridge," she said.

"But it was a much nicer day when I did it. the first time." REMNANT DAY On Sale at 9 a.m. Tomorrow Remnants of British woollens In coat, suit and dress weights, silks, rayons and cottons short ends and odd lengths left over from our daily selling of the most popular fabrics and our finest quality materials useful lengths up to 3 yards wonderful values for the woman who sews. Be down early for these. 000 bridge which towers like a monster centipede over the old structure.

Mrs. Annoot's picture appeared in The Vancouver Sun Wednesday in a remarkably clear photo of the original opening. She was recognized, even behind her heavy veil and dust jacket by a lifetime friend, Mrs. Grace Robinson of 1210 llarwood. "1 was so busy driving the car back irt 1909 I didn't even see the photographer," Mrs.

Annoot said today. GALA OPENING "But that original opening was a gala affair. There wasn't much but bush on the other side, but a tremendous crowd turned out." Mrs. Annoot was then Mrs. Arthur Brydone-Jack, wife of Woollens Rayont Cottons Silks $100 Million Paid In ITU Pensions INDIANAPOLIS, Feb.

4 (AP) Total pension allotments paid by the International Typographical Union to retired union printers and mailers have reached the $100,000,000 mark. The ITU fund, begun in 1908, Price and less Reduced Fashions by the Yard Third Floor was the first old-age pension a noted Vancouver lawyer. system to be established by a labor organization. iimiiiitiiiiiifiniiiiiiiiimHiiHiiiHiiiitniiiiiitiiiitniiiimHfiittiutiuiwuiiiiit4niniiiutif When The Sun learned thai Mrs. Annoot was still driving her own car daily, it was quick- TOPS FOR WOOLLENS COLD ffDBDOS- WATER Weather in Pleasant Rut Driver of 1909 Cadillac (left) is Mrs.

Arthur Brydone- Jack, one of first two women drivers in Vancouver who 1 was also one of first to cross old Granville Street span when it opened in 1909. Mrs. Brydone-Jack has re OH ARTHUR MURRAY SOAP married since death of her first husband and today, as Mrs. Sydney F. Annoot, 1433 Burnaby, she was one of first across new Granville span 'and in another Cadillac.

Charlie Warner photo. Cut SAC-PAC 33c The weatherman says we're. DAIICE LESSOIIS in a rul. "But it's rather a pleasant, rut from Jast month's weather," he said as he read off the fore iiiiiiiiHiiiiiniiiiiHiiiHiyinniiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirninffliiiniifflnri Thousands Witness Opening Of New Granville Bridge cast which hasn changed in the. past three days.

Low tonight will be 35 and high Friday 45 degrees the same as Monday, Tuesday and blared out the first words of Ihe ceremony, he came out of his "little building, looked up and then retired into the house to eat his lunch. First animal across was a huge brown police dog which slipped under the rope barrier and roamed aboitt the vacant area until his master called him back. At noon today, car and truck traffic was allowed to cross. B.C. Electric busses will make thtir first runs early Friday morning.

FOUR LANES ONLY Wednesday. A few showers can be expect RUM ed Friday as a tongue of cool, moist air licks in off the Pa cific. Sou'll be thrilled and amazed howxeasy it is to be a popular, sought-after dance partner. Even if you've never danced before, your dormant ability will be discovered by an Arthur Murray expert, who will teach you the shortcut to 'popularity, Arthur Murray's "Magic Step." So come in or phone now and see what fun it is to learn to dance. And, for a limited time, 2 can learn for the price of 1, so bring your favorite partner Skies today will be generally overcast with the odd sunny period predicted.

safety and will tie in with any freeways as they become necessary, and they certainly will," he said. He said, "The bridge will be ready before the British Empire Games are underway and will eliminate a great deal of our present snarled and snail-paced traffic." Only a small percentage of the 5000 who made the long trek to the centre of the bridge actually witnessed the ceremony. Only those in the first few rows saw the program as the bridge deck sloping away from the centre served as an in Initially, only four of its Orders From Company Directors eight lanes will be used. The cloyerleaf tentacles which will sweep into the heart of the city to the north and the Kitsilano district on the south will be finished next June. To tackle the.

job, which gives Vancouver its fourth bridge over False Creek, the firm of 10 with you. ARTHUR MURRAY 646 SEYMOUR TA. 2477 STUDIO OPEN 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. I Dawson, Wade and B.C.

Bridge was set up. Construction began This tdrertisement is not published or displayed by The Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. son spoke briefly, the dedica tion was given by the city chaplain. High credit was 'given by Charles Thompson, under whose administration the bridge was started in 1949, to the progressive thinking of Vancouver citizens. A JOB He said, "It is a tribute to our growing self-reliance to know that the steel was fabricated in B.C., BC.

cement was used, local contractors did the job and local labor was employed throughout." Before, during and afler the ceremony, dozens of press cameras flashed as photographers recorded the event for newspapers, news reels and television. A score of radio men also attended. At the Hotel Vancouver luncheon, Mayor Hume said, "We have accomplished this feat single-handed. No formal assistance was given by any other government." He then introduced representatives of the city, designers and contracting firms who tackled the largest job in Vancouver's history. Speaking for the general contractors, Dawson, Wade and B.C.

Bridge, W. G. Mackenzie, president, of B.C. Bridge and Dredging, emphasized that the new span was a masterpiece of co-operation, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE He reported that the whole project is far ahead of schedule. "It is designed for the' future Continued from Pape 1 who opened the Granville Street Bridge on February 4, 1954." The shears were later presented to the veteran construction man at a luncheon of civic and provincial dignitaries and other guests at a luncheon in Hotel Vancouver at woon.

Official opening of the slate-grey span was set back from January 28 after heavy snows made any dedication virtually impossible. The ceremony was over at 11:27 a.m. with the snipping of the ribbon. But it was nearly an hour before a long line of non-official cars were able to move lrom south to north and into the city. The 5000 spectators had to be directed onto the wide sidewalks for the long walk toward the streets shrouded by midday mist and fog.

Once traffic began, il moved easily directed by a squad of traffic officers who were on hand to unsnarl tie-ups and congestion. In his short speech, Mayor Hume paid full credit to the de signers, city officials and construction companies who completed the huge span two months ahead of its target date Then he said, "Like all huge modern projects, Granville Bridge stands today bp-cause of the active co-operation of the many men of different capacities. It is a structure of which they are proud and which will serve them and their fellow citizens for many decades." After ex-mayors Alderman J. W. Cornett and Charles Thomp verted ampilheatre.

FIRST TO CROSS However, many were there just to be one of' the first to cross the bridge on foot. Present among the thousands were a group from a boys' private school. Mothers pushed children in strollers. Fathers boosted children to their shoulders 1o see better. On hand, also, were many of the men who had sweated out the construction while working with the major construction companies.

Also present were many of the corps of sidewalk superintendents who followed the bridge's progress from the old Granville Street Bridge. Far below the rails of the gleaming new structure, traffic rolled as usual across the ancient span, built in 1909 to serve the needs of the expanding city. One disinteresled spectator was the lender of the old The -directors of Sterling's Men's Wear have ordered the management to dispose of 2000 garments of rlothlng! We must admit that we are loaded to the extent that we had to buy fixtures and hangers to accommodate the spring goods we just received. The reason why we find ourselves tn this position Is lhat this last snow storm has Interrupted the normal sale of goods. We know of no other way to dispose of the colossal stock we have on hand other than making it so tempting that even if you don't need clothing now, you will buy for later, Imagine lhat you are offered goods at the beginning of Ihe spring season at prices that cannot be equalled at the end of any season, To mention only a few of the fine garments we handle there are Cromble, Wilson (ilenny of Scotland, Aquascutum, New-Burv of Knglaml, Harris Tweeds, Worsteds, Pic 'n' Pics, Cashmeres, Camel Hairs, (tabardines, etc.

$20.00 discount on any suit or coat of your choice, $10 discount on all wool sptirts Jackets of your choice, $5 discount, on any pair of slacks of vour choice. Sport shirts regular to $4.95. now $2.89. All-wool, reinforced nylon heel and toe diamond socks, regular $2.50. now T-Shirts, regular to $2.95, now $1.89.

Our ads are small your savings are great. See our windows and you, too, will be convinced that the values offered are unsurpassed. A deposit will hold your purchase. Sterling's Men's Wear Ltd. "Where Quality Costs More." Kfifl Granville SI.

fnext toDrpheum Theatre). WOMEN WANTED to train as Physicians Office Assistanfs A 4-month evening course of study is offered to train women for positions as physicians' office assistants For complete information, phone or write September 10, 1951. But the bridge was a dream for visionaries as far back as before the Second World War. Under ex-Mayor Cornett's administration the city began the groundwork in 1944. In 1947 under ex-Mayor Thompson, the green light was flashed.

The thousands of tons of steel, purchased in Britain, was fabricated on the West Coast. Not as long as the new 5290-foot Halifax, Nova Scotia, bridge, the Granville span outweighs it by 500 tons of steel. The designer was Major J. R. Grant, the man who designed Burrard Consulting engineers were Pearson, Phillips and Barratt.

Project, engineer was Chris Jukes, at 28 one of the youngest men ever commissioned in Canada for such a job. The bridge is the largest built in B.C. since Lions Gate was opened in 1938. 'M CARLYLE SCHOOLS Phone: MA. 9825; 110 Birks Mn.

Betty Martin with a tremendous factor of bridge. As the loudspeaker.