illiams Lake Tribune.

: NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO :

Thursday. February 14, 1952. Single copy 10e, $2.50 per year.

($252,958 School Budget Approved
Cost Of Operation Climbs

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* Mouat Warns
Of Mounting | THE WHATHER |
School.

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: oasis Min. Max.
mot = = $57,000 Over Last Year
ic A flat warning to District 27/{- Friday 17 as av
Area Representatives Saturday that Saturday, a) 2 Oi “alll -cost” i 259 ;
inouliting educabioual cone waesas Monday" $6: dh it will cost a whopping $252,958 to operate schools in
Kept within’ reasonable bounds. a Tuesday 26034 sprawling District 27, Area Representatives learned Saturday
sounded iy Inspector Wii. Mowat In Wednesday 1 30 when they spent the better part of a five-hour session Jearning
reviewing the overall provincial pic-|| Temperature at the airport at 9 || JUSt where ‘dic educational dollar gees, beiore putting their
ilture. (ge Of e o'clock this morning was 30°]| ‘PProval on the budget presented for 1952.
The inspector was particularly|} above. There is more to the budget than /——
conceriiéd ‘about’ the operational ceprational accounts. There is the| The board will get a basic sovern-

New town directors of the Board of management of the
War Memorial Hospital are Jack Purser left, manager of the
Bank of Montreal and Clive Stangoe, publisher of The Tribune. i
Also named to the board was Mrs. Wm. Stafford of Springhouse. Moree aa eee

, which would cause ranchers to ~
leave the country in droves if it were
all sadled to the land. But there is
the 8-mill limit to consider. The
government each year has approved
this limit on taxes for operational
use. To district 27 it means that the
land stands $32,000 of the cost of

results that would be forthcoming GRANT $2 000 FG $20,991 to pay off by-law deben-| this will be dormitory and boarding
a
public puree to pay: the -ainevenee taxation. There is the capital account| teacherages and dormitory fees that
Mr. Mouat warned that this tax| the Minister of Transort through the| ¢@wipment, of which $9,592 must be
e pee e eee seni
‘ mi oue, but was approved each year.| the supplementary estimates for|is just what the name implies. It
perates Within 222
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specilically earmarked for two jobs.| "epairs and maintenance and that
broken by the cost of education.” he:

costs of the school districts and the debt services account that will take| ment grant of $67,000. Added to = 3
if the legislature should flatly re. tures, interest and bank loans, of| assistance grants, grants for trans.
fuse to continwe dipping ‘nto the which $17,421 has to be raised by| portation, school board rental of
between the total raised by the $- AIRPORT WORK which calls for an exenditure of| will be collected. The total amounts
mill le¥y and-the actual costs. Word has been received here from| $20,000 for sites, buildings and| ot $106,648.
formula that protected the land to a| office of B. D. Fulton; M.P., that| '#ised by taxation.
great extent, was not a permanent] the sum of $2000 will be placed in The operational part of the budget
work on Williams Lake airport. covers cost of administration, in-
tained, districts like Williams Lake, The money, if forthcoming, is|Struction. operation (janitors. ete.)
. : | Quesnel and Peace River, would be
= Half of it is to go towards providing| heavy conyeyance of pupils account.
nnud U ge Gs ear open ditching for drainage, and the The figure of $252,958 is up

stated. Operational costs alone in

: [pe Br wetlias tae a 36-mill levy Hen Inte Tor improvement of the Deane operation. The remainder comes out
With a total operating expense of $41,215 for 1951 Wears | to scover chem. - ,| pert lighting system. i ;-.,| 0£ the provincial purse.
# On transportation, Mr. Mouat A further amount asked for by|Concetnrated in teachers’ salaries

Memorial Hospital showed a surplus of $941, members of the
hospital society were told Monday night at their annual meet-
ing by Secretary Walt Thomas in presenting a financial report
that provided some interesting sidelights on the B.C. Hospital
Service as well as the facts of dollars and cents.
The local hospital kept its-expense | ——————_

last year under the estimated bud- on because the amount of uncollcet-

able accounts, that were always a
cess uy ee aoe major bugbear in successful financ-

Another estimated four mills is
levied to pay for debt services -and
capital expenditures. This is always =
an estimated amount because of the
manner of charging half of this ex-
pense each year. For example, this
year’s budget sets an amount of
$17,421 in debt services accouut to
be raised by taxation. Half of this

Commission Chairman Alastaiz Mac-| and conveyance of upils.
kenzie to provide adequate fencing! It will cost $143,980 toay teach-
around the port, was turned down by ers in District 27 this coming year,
the minister as not a “necessity.” | a jump of $28,000 over the previous
‘The one-man hattle carried on by 12 months. Transportation of pupils
Mr. Mackenzie to get a sum of money, Will rise from $40,102 to. $46,000,
for the airport started last spring , cording to the budget estimate.
when the break-up saw the runways! For comparative figures, teach-
out of use for some time due to water | rs’ salaries amounted to $43,425)

said thé Board hopes to be able to
keep.future bussing costs within the
Present budget allowance. Provinci-
ally, bussing was another spiraling
cost that had the department ex-
tremely worried, Mr. Mouat stated,
in revealing that the department
costs on transportation had increas-
ed proximately 500 percent since

pointed out, is important in view of| M& Of a hospital, were in a iarge| (940) covering the ground. in 1950 and transortation costs were/ is charged to the land this year, and
“the new policy of the Hospital ger-|P@!t due to the manner in which 4 $32,440. half in 1953. But to the present
BCHIS has failed to deal with per-| DORMITORY WHERE MONEY FROM year’s tax levy is added half the

vice, commencing in 1951, of pay-.

ing hospitals on the basis of the

budget as approved. Under this

policy any deficit resulting from the

, vests operations would nol be made) Concerning the tirstsor.-Phomas
mood py the BCS as war the case)! <aid that efforts of the BCHTS to

i FRO SENS = [catch up with-non-registered persons
Total operating expenses of this|had been. practically non-existent.
hospital, omiting depreciation, have| The number of cases taken into

Speaking on the proposed dormi-
tory for Williams Lake, the Inspec-
tor said that althongh costs or
boarding the students were only es
timates, he believed the Board would
not be keeping faith with the rural
areas. if the cost to the individual
student were not kept within the
$21 a month rate agreed upon prior

sons not registered under the Act
and with persons delinquent in pay-
ment of premiums or late in mak-
ing payments.

Where does the money come from’ amount set aside in this account in
to pay for this operational budget? 1950.

CHARGE LAID IN
STABBING CASE

Abraham “Nelson, Sugar Cane In-
dian, has been charged with inilict-
ing bodily harm with a weapon, fol-
Jowing an affray. that took place

The capital account in this year’s
budget amounts to $30,000. Of this
amount, $700 has been set aside to
purchase the site of the proposed
100 Mile school; $21,300 is to go
towards the buiding of the same
school, which will be a two-room

Trustees Abandon
Local Bond Drive

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increased from $30,191 in 1948 to
$31,215 last year, an imerease of
36.5 percent. At the same time, Mr.
Thomas said, the total operating
expenses of all hospitals in Britisi:
Columbia inreased from 16 million
in 1948 to an estimated 25 million
in 1951, %0r an increase of 60 per
cent.
SALARIES INCREASE

Another interesting comparison is
in salaries and wages, Mr. Thomas

Pu7ken cases, and ijt appears that“

court could olny be described as

non-registered person stands about
one chance in a thousand of being
prosecuted. - z

With regard to treatment of BC-
HIS of persons delinquent in _pay-
ment of premiums, Mr: Thomas said
the combination of the quarterly
billmg. system and the 30-day pen-|
alty for late payment -has *fesulted|
in a large increase during the past
year,-in the number of patients be-

stated. These have increased locaily
from $18,156 in 1948 to $26,208 in
1951, or an increase of 44 percent.
The increase in this expense for all
hospitals in the province for that
period was 70 percent, although this
is largely- accounted for by the in-
crease in number employed by many
hospitals.

Donations in equipment, supplies
and cash to the hospital last year
amounted to $1,162. Of this the Hos-
pital Ladies Auxiliary made or re-
paired linen supplies valued at $348
and purchased new articles valued
at $114. Cash memberships, dona-
tions and miscellaneous donations

coming self-responsible for hospital
accounts. It is obvious ,he said, that
the billing system was designed with
no knowledge, or consideration, for
mailing conditions in rural areas,

Stamps Nosed Out
In Fast Series

Although -the’ hustling Stamps
Played their hearts out last night
and Saturday in their final regular
oop fixtures against Quesnel. the
score sheets recorded two more loss-
es as the locals were edged out by a

stall,

to offering the
cost .of ving
any extr:

fidex- rose. Sh:

y-law. Unless ith

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cost should pe borne “by
ihe school board he stated.

The budget -the representatives

were, considering was one of the best
presented to the department finance
officials at Prince George, Mr. Mouat
said.

ELECT TRUSTEE

The representativés elected Her-

Largest exenditure of the

ital Board in 1951 was in connection
with the completion of the sewage
line project that took $3,331 to in-
F. B. Bass, vice-chairman of
the board told a record turnout of
the War Memorial. Hospital Society
at the-annual meeting Monday night.

bert Weaver of Forest Grove to fill
out a vacancy from that district.

Laying New Sewage Line
Was Major Hospital Project

Ho:

Of this amount $1300 was recov- |

res teas

ide the Nugget Cafe about 2 a.m

(Released from hospital tallowing
tveatment, was Ronald Beamai, who
suffered a knife wound in his chest.

Nelson, who was held in custody.
pending trial which was set for to-
day, was admitted to hospital Wed-
nesday suffering from a sprained
neck.

The charged man will come up for
trial as soon as he is released from
hospital, although it is thought that
an eight-day remand will be sought.

said.

On behalf of the board, Mr, Bass
nid he wished to express his appre-
ciation to the doctors, staff and to
the members of the Hospital Auxil-
iary and the Legion Auxil
their co-operation during the past
year,

About 40 members of the society

“tees that -would™Be necessary to.

Lack of time on the part of trus-

duct a successful drive, has resulted
in abandunment of District 27
School. Board’s plan to sell bonds
locally to finance the building by-law
program.

This decision was -made by trus-
tees as their meeting last Friday and
the bonds will now be offered on the
open market immediately. Tenders
for the sale are to close February 29.
If the sale is successful, tenders will
be called for the addition to the ele-
mentary school in Williams Lake and
the dormitory building.

The bond market has not improv-
ed any since last fall. Latest school
board to sell their bonds was Agga-
iz in the Fraser Valley. The board
received a bid of 90.2 cents on the
dollar for four percent. bonds.

Architects have been asked by
the local board to design a much
simpler plan for the Forest Grove
addition than had been previously
considered. Reason is strictly a fin-
ancial one. The architects’ estimate
on the original plan ran to almost
double the $10,000 allotted for this

for the addition to the school board
office; $2000 for new desks, and
$1800 for equipment contingencies.

To pay for this, $13,500 will be
received in government grants:
$9,582 from taxation; $3005 from
the balance in the building fund, ana
$3,903 which was recovered from

the moneys raised by By-law No. 1,

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work in the bylaw.
At Friday's meeting, H. J. ‘Herb’

Gardner was elected chairman of the

school board for 1952,

e-chairman is Hilary Place, and

E. G. Woodland has been named to

slim one-goa]_ margin “in both tilts.

Last night at  Rivertowii™ the
Stamps opened the scoring with a
goal by Reg Norberg, from Gary
Hutchinson. Quesnel scored two in
ihe same period and Ulveland tied

of supplies amounted to $219. The
Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary
donated a B.M.R. machine valued at
$349 and -the Hospital Auxiliary

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eved from property owners on the
line that stretches from the Hospi-
|1al to Second Avenue, but the dif-
ference took just about all the spare
money the board had at its disposal. ;

Three new directors were elected
to the board. to fill two year terms

an electric vacuum cleaner and toas-
ter valued at $130.
HOSPITAL SERVICE

Referring back to the new system

up ‘the game in the second frame on
an unassisted play. It Wwis"¥he* only
score of the period and early in the’
final 20. minutes Reg-Norberg again

tion

Besides this

in line with

work however,

Mr. |

Bass said the board had to at the|
same time keep the hospital in repair
and complete work for fire precau-
recommendations

of office.

Representing the town will be J.
R. N. Purser, manager of the local
branch of the Bank of Commerce

the finance committee.

Growth of the student population
at the 100 Mile, resulted in consider-
ation being given the construction of

Roy Wheeler, comedy magician, 1s
one of the headlining artists for the
Cariboo Truck & Equipment Com-

of insisting. the hospitals operate On| yuiseq the net to put the locals in made by the Fire Marshall. This lat-| and Clive Stangoe, publisher of The|® ‘two-room school there. The com- rany’s big show here Saturday

~ a strict Dudget"instead of on the old] tye lead for the second tinie. ter work had included an outside| ‘Tribune, Country representative | Mittee that conducted the student | night. :
per diem rate allowance with the! at the ten-minute mark Grons- sive escape, relining of the .linnen elected wis Mrs. Wm, Staftora of| P°PUation census recommended that} Something new in public relations,
slack being taken up-gt the end of| xey and Hutchinson were. wavéd off vee. widening the fire! exit door in| Sprinchonee, * an allowance for the cost of this| the big road show is being played at
the year, Mr. Thomas said it was not] ine ive for fighting and theoof fel iy. ehitaren’s wara and installation | : school be placed in thi8 year’s bud-| centres throughout the province
i Jat the BCHIS was using| jn on the visitors-in the-form af one of a fire alarm system, The three directors replace town| get. where International Harvester deal-

this as-an ax to arbitrarily slash at
individual. hospital costs. 2

This had not been his experience
in dealing with the service. He statea
that the Service had been fair with:

the loca} hospital and its inspectors| Quesnel. : tee I stig? in ithe, el alles , 2 ¢ > . s
Pore en TB Meinl A salar | pettormance. between. rshing over the meeting in the) 2 faces on che board. Two weeks S@ryice® WHHL Mar Day Of Mourning
work. the “pipes was turned in--by. Fred absence of retiring board chairman| #° Commissioner Tony Borkowski

“I think they have the welfare of
the hospitals at heart,” he said.
. “After all the Service needs the hos-
pitals just as much as the hospitals
need their money.”
BUT NOT WITH PUBLIC
“But if the treatment of hospitals
under BCHIS has, as it appears to
me, been fair and reasonable, that
certainly cannot be said of its treat-

of “their

‘ex-teammates;
Allan tied up the scoré oi
from Young, and with a’ mina
to play.came .roaring in .on.,an
assisted play to hand. the.

Hutchinson, “whd stopped 30 shots
in the game. His counterpart m the
Quesnel net had 21 shots directed
athim. ..~ Pe tae

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Quesnel banged in the only score
in the first period of Saturday’s 1
fame to go into an early lead. lu was y.
also their onjy paying effort until |
well into the third, as the Stamps!

ed
heating
erating room a

Contemplated work for 19

last year;
tem

ogee led to the meeting.
| SATURDAY» |uip to the United
ner wrote that he was extending the
‘st real holiday he had had in 40)

cludes completion of the work start-
new

installation of a
redecorati

At present
tates, Mr,

member of

2 in-

orge Renner and Mrs, B.
G. Woodland, who declined a nom-
ination, and country member Mrs.
P. G Ogden of Lac La Hache, who

The opening of this school will re-
sult in a saving on transportation
costs for the present conveyance of
these students to Forest Grove.

ers are located. Other headliners are
Barney Potts, neted orchestra lead-
er, and Lorraine MacAllister, popular
vocalist.

was not present at-the mecting.

brings to four the number of |

George Renney, Mr. Bass said that
Mr. Rennér haf asked that his regret |
at being unable to actend be express-

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on 3
Ren-

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Speaking of the chairman, Mr.
Bass assured the members that he|

the

was named to repr

sent the Village

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PRINCE TOURNEY

Four badminton players from Wi
liams Lake and Lone Bute witl be|
ntering in comp-tition for the Nort |
Central B.C. badminton champion-
ships at Prince George on February
16 and 17.

Ralph Woodland and Claudia

Stores and business houses in Williams Lake will close
(omorrow as the town observes the official day of mourning

for the pas

ng of King George VI.
A public memorial servic

e will be held in the Elks Hall

at 11 a.m. under the sponsorship of the local branch of the

Canadian Legion. Taking par

t in the service will be repre-

sentatives from all town churches.
The Department of Education has announced the schools

will be closed on that day, and

schools are gathering in the Elks

of th

own.

afternoon students of town
Hall for a special service

this

ment of the public,” Mr. Thomas as-| ‘00K over control of the play for the
serted. _ lintervening time. j

The secretary said he believed! Early in the gecona period John
this fact could be commented upon| Gibbon tied up the same on an un- |

in connection with his financla} re- (Continued on back page)

had been a good
board, Last summer he had devoted
a great deal of his personal time to. bers
the work on the sewage line, which

‘had been a major project, Mr Bass,

Barber will be the town club mem- Dances scheduled for tonight will close at midnight. The
taking in the tourney and Mr,| local theatre will open as usual tomorrow night in line with
and Mrs. Roy Woodland trom Rone the policy set throughout the province of theatres closing

Butte, throughout the day and opening after six p.m.