Phone GREEN 392
@ BOAT LUMBER
@ MILL WORK

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GENERAL CONTRACTORS
INBOARDS AND ROW-BOATS

P.O. BOX 1218
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Phone 470

521 Fulton St. Prince Rupert

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518 Third Ave. West

PRINCE RUPERT B.C.

COMMERCIAL HOTEL

FULLY LICENSED
Newly Decorated

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Prince Rupert, B.C.

Phone 676

OCEANVIEW HOTEL

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64 ROOMS, ALL WITH HOT AND COLD
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Phone 71

Ist Avenue West

PRINCE RUPERT B.C.

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At The Big Bend Hotel
FULL COURSE MEALS
Steaks and Chicken Dinners
Home Cooking Away From Home
THE BEST AT MODERATE PRICES
Special Attention Given to Tourist Trade

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Cranbrook Sash & Door

Co., LTD.

Manufacturers of

LUMBER and MILLWORK
Phone 65 CRANBROOK, B.C.

W. PENNER GROCERY

Dry Goods — Hardware
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Spencerhouse, 1951 Cook Street, in
Victoria.

Funds for the Vancouver Island
branch are made available by a
donation from the Community Chest,
a federal government annual grant,
as well as private donations.

Ed Bergeron, at Spencerhouse in
Victoria, is the only paid employee
on Vancouver Island. In his capacity
of Executive Secretary, his work in-
cludes that of case worker, adminis-
trator and office secretary. A board
of 12 directors is chosen annually
from the membership, which last
year totalled 35 members.

Each branch of the John Howard
Society has its own constitution and
by-laws, operates independently of
other branches, but co-operates when
referrals can be made of a case from
one area to another.

Objectives of the Society are mani-
fold; the prevention of conditions
con‘ributing to delinquency; to push
for further prison reform; and to
assist discharged prisoners. For the
main part, funds are not available for
the John Howard Society of Van-
couver Island to help ex-prisoners
financially to rehabilitate themselves.
However, a counselling service, job
placements, probably room and
board for short periods, and many
other services, are routine.

By the Ticket of Leave License
Act, which is administered by the
Remission Service of the federal de-
partment of justice, a first-time
offender may appeal parole when
half of his sentence is served. If the
applicant is considered likely to re-
spond to a program of rehabilitation,
he may be paroled under the super-

vision and responsibility of the John
Howard Society.

Chronic drug addicts and_alco-
holics, not likely to respond, can be
given little help by the Society at
present. It can be understood readily
that such complaints are medical
and therefore the person concerned
would not be a normal case.

During 1953, 104 individuals ap-
plied for assistance from the Victoria
agency. Every two months, visits are
made by the Victoria representative,
Mr. Bergeron, to Oakalla provincial
jail and the federal B.C. Penitentiary
for consultations with officials, as
well as prisoners due for release.

And so, the great work began bya
man in England over 200 years ago,
is not forgotten. That man was John
Howard. The Society bearing his
name carries on his humanitarian

work today. * *

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H. SEEL’S MILL

The Oklahoma
village of Copan
has torn down its
jail. There hasn’t
been a “customer”
in it for ten years

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