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Volume 20 -- Number 15,

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, April 10, 1952.

Single copy 10c, $2.50 per year.

Around Town

Boyce Capelle’ is spending his
‘Easter yacation at Harrison Hot
Springs.

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Mr. and Mrs. W: Wiedeman and

Stuart McBurnie were in Vancouver
last week on business.

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Alastair Mackenzie left for Cali-
fornia Tuesday for a month's. visit.

Sa
Earle Brown, formerly manager
of Eaton’s store in Chilliwack, is
now manager of Cariboo Home Fur-
nishings,
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Wilf Lowden .of Kelly-Douglas,
Quesnel, has been in town for the
past week making the rounds of
commercial houses with Bill Snyder.
Wilf will be taking over the terri-
tory formerly covered by Mr. Sny-
der as Kelly-Douglas salesman, but
will reside in Quesnel. Mr. and Mrs.
Snyder will leave this weekend to
take up residence at their new home
in Nelson. They have resided at
Williams Lake for the past two and
@ half years. S

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Among town residents who will
spend the Easter holidays at the
coast are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cunliffe,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nisbet and Mr.
and Mrs. C. Huston and Miss Joan
Huston. >

So

Jack Esler and Fred Specht are
holidaying in the Okanagan and at
the coast. at

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Mrs. John Anderson and son .Gor-

don left Tuesday for W innipeg

where Mrs. Anderson wiil visit with
her sister.

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Ralph Woodland left Wednesday

to spend the Easter Holidays at
Kelowna.

Ben Clarke has received a letter
from Richard Kinvig who was for
years a prominent figure in local
agricultural circles, but who has
since veturned to pis naj Tsle of,
Man. He wishes to know if we have
a Fair Association yet and wants to
say ‘hello’ to his many friends, too
numerous to be all mentiontd in one)
létter. Although now in his eighty- |
third year, Mr. Kinvig reports that)
he is still able to do chores and is
having a new chicken house built
for 100 hens and a new piggery for
40 hogs.

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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Purser are holi-
daying at the coast. In Mr. Purser’s
absence, J. W. Stewart of the Sup-
erintendent’s Department of
Bank of Montreal is releiving
branch manager.

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Mr. and Mrs. Keith Fifer will
spend the weekend at the coast.

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District Agri€ulturist Joe Walsh
reports that Warble fly control ma-
terial is now on hand at his office
and can be picked up anytime.

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J. M. Stohl, shoemaker and har-
nessmaker of 40 years experience is
now working for Tony’s Leather
Shop. Mr. Stoh] comes here from
Kelowna.

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Ed. Gaspard Jr., former B.C.
Power Commission employee here
who is now working for the Alumin-
um project at West Tathsa Lake
near Kitimat, arrived home Monday
for a holiday

Incidentally, wedding bells will be
ringing for Ed and his fiancee, Miss
Norah Morrow of Vancouver, on
July 7th, Miss Morrow is now teach-
ing at Quesnel.

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Mr. and Mrs. A. Fogelquist and
Mrs. James Fogelquist of Redwood
City, California, arrived Tuesday
for a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Christie. Mrs. A. Fogelquist is
the former Mabel Christie.

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Dick Marbry is Jeaving Friday for
the coast to spend the Easter week-
end. Mrs. Marbry, who has been vis-
iting in Vancouver for the past week.
will return with her hushand.

STORE CLOSING

“BIG TIME” LURES TWO CANADIANS TO U.S.

Boe Se ee eae
THE WEATHER

Min.
Friday, Apr. 14 43° 55
Saturday 53 64
Monday 30.38
Tuesday 33° 46
Wednesday $3> 52

Social Credit Speaker
Outlines Party’s Policies

Proof that the Social Credit party is gaining strength in

Temperature at thé airport at
9 a.m. today was 33°.

the rural areas of the province could be seen in the first meet-
ing sponsored by the group here Friday night when some 60
people attended to hear at first hand the policies of the party

Two attractive Canadian girls have finally hit the biz.

U.S. To Joan Fairfax, “Miss
happen to her since

er wedding se:
the 25-year-old CBC re

Central Press CaLacian
le in the

ig-tims
TV of Canada,” it’s the biggest thing to

ven years ago. From Oakville, Jnt.
I has been summoned to appear

ongst a 3
.on Arthur Godfrey's “Talent Scouts” t2lev: ‘ion program in New York

As for Suzanne Cloutier, she is the 23-;

who recently creshcd the
second trin to the U.S. mu. @ captial
and it was only aft - he } 4 estab:
she was inv Holly:

gctss of Hollywood. This is Su:

ear-old actress from Ottawa,
anne’
‘The first time Suzanne didn’t click

ned herseif in French movies tha’
‘wood.

DRIVER UNHURT
IN "DOZER ACCIDENT

Henry Harder, employee of R. H.
Chureh, Big Creek rancher, had a
miraculous escape from serious in-
jury last Monday when the bulldozer
he was driving went over the bank
on the Big Creek hill, turned over
twice and came to a shuddering ston
against a big tree at the bottom of
the 30 foot drop.

Mr. Harder was preparing to go
to work with R. Church’s bulldozer
near Norman Lees. He had reached
the lower half of the hill when the
“Cat’ skidded on an icy corner and
tipped over the narrow bank. ‘Hank’
was knocked unconscious, but was
still in the seat when the TD9 land-
ed, right side up, at the bottom.

Regaining consciousness, he walk.
to thef Chilco Rebel to prone for
help. The only apparent injuries sut-
tered by Mr. Harder were bruises on
one leg and about the face. His
glasses, thrown a few feet beyond
the bulldozer, were unbroken. An-
other pair which had been in his
Pocket, were picked up from under-
neath the machine and were also
intact.

Main damage to the TD9 has been
repaired, and it should soon. be
ready to go to work.

| Cut-Off Completion.
Favoured By Engineer

The Board of Trade’s recent hope
|of having the money allocated for
jthe ‘lake-Mountain House cut-off
switched to the highway south were
dashed last week by N. M. McCallum,
chief engineer of the Public Works
Department.

Mr. McCallum, making a tour of
[Central Interior roads, stated that
after seeing the Deep Creek diver-
sion, his recommendation would be
that the cut-off'be completed as soon

{Car Parts Plentiful

as possible.

\ “The Deep Creek road has been
[badly cut up during the break-up
and a mud slide added to mainten-
ance troubles on the steep grade.

Quesitel Hospital Betiels “Sesto ecm aro

For 1951 Reaches $4300

Overcrowded Quesnel hospital
showed a financial operating deficit
of 34308 during 1951. according to
[the report filed at the hospital as
sociation’s annual meeting last weel

The board is considering plans for

|a new 40-bed hospital to relieve the

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j overcrowding that has resulted from
| Quesnel’s sudden population growth. i

*:/ Subdivision Owners Want Water

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Line Extended Along Yorston

Village Commissioners were faced with their first request.
for increased services this spring from prospective home build-
ers when a spokesman for a group of property owners in the
new subdivision asked for an extension of the water line that

now ends at the top of Yorston
In presenting his case, the spokes-

Street.

man, Ralph Woodland, gave some in-| ime proposed redistribution of we

teresting facts. Last year when the

S.S.& M.A. Tax as recommended by

water line hadn't entered the sub-|the Union of B.C. Municipalities. |

division, there were only a few of

the 81 lots sold, but it is a different] government had set up a committee
story now and there are only 15 lots, to study the cosfs of education and

left in the hands of the PGE, origin)
owner of the land.

Mr. Woodland had interviewed a
number of the property owners along
Yorston and 14 had indicated their
intention of building. Seven of these
needed water to get on with plans
for immediate construction and were
willing to put up $200 each against
future water pills.

After their experience last year
however, the commissioners wanted
more time to study the problems in-
volved. A similar delegation a year |
ago had the same proposition and |
the total deposits would have amount-
ed to a thousand dollars. By the time
the line was in however, several o
the lots had been resold, ana or the
five who had indicated their inten-
tion of putting up the deposits, only
two came through.

Water Chairman Stan Goad ex-

pressed some doubt as to whet lengths
he could go in recommending expen.
ditures for more linés when he was
already faced with replacing the old

Stores in Williams Lake will
be closed tomorrow (Gooa Fri-
day and also Easter Monday.
according to an announcement
py the Williams Lake Retail
Merchants’ Association.

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wooden main along Third Avenue

| trom Oliver to Yorston. This line hag

‘sprung one major leak and several

| smaller ones.

STUDYING COSTS ies
‘A letter was read from the Minis-

ter of Finance answering an official

| protest lodged by the village against

The Minister explained that the |

a more equitable form of taxation, |
and that this committee would con-|
sider the commissioners’ case.

Only one letter was received by
the commissioners on their sugges-!
tion to break aw from the UBCM |
and form their own association. This
leter came from Qualicum Beach and}
the commissioners there stated that
although they agreed in principle,
with the suggestion, they did not feel |

the time was opportufe to break | J

away from the Union. |

ELECTION DATE P

SET FOR JUNE 12

| Premier Byron §. Johnson an- |
nounced today from Victoria tha
the provincial election will be held
Thursday. June 12th.

In Williams Lake
day y probably
in the dates of this ye
pede, due to open June 12th.

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jof the rink and excavating and fill
ing the sheet bases with gravel. Thé
club room had also been practically
sheeted in and all that remained was
to complete the locker room. He said
a great deal of the credit was due
Wilf Moore for his work and the club
later tendered Mr. Moore a vote ot
j thanks,

the election

Stampede Association president
Benny Abbott stated

to the following week. Ir the as-
Sociation decides to do this, the
1952 show will be heid June 19,
20, 21.

‘HOLDS BANQUET

After the two-and-a-half hour ad-
dress was over the audience dwg
into its pockets to pay for the hall.
indicated the desire to hear more
speakers on Social Credit, and came
forward in fair numbers to take out
dollar memberships in the party.

Aside from the party’s monetary
policy, the speaker named four main

On Cariboo Highway

garageman Art
Evans is still telling concerns that
noted stretch of highway when it
was at the worst a couple of weeks| Principles of Social Credit.
ago. The first policy, Mr. Paynter stat-
rom the car parts art and ston| ed, was-that “the individual is the
Waite saw between here and the be-| ost important thing on this earth,
sinning of pavement on a recent trip| He went on to explain that his party
to Kamloops, they began to wonder | Delieved that no government should
if an enterprising traveller couldn't | force through any reforms without
collect a complete unit if he con-|@ue consideration for the fact that
tinued farther north where the noles| We @re not all construtced. alike —
were even bigger. that we should have the right to ex-

According to the two men they saw| Press our wishes. He said he also
one grid splash pan, one complete| felt that every person should have
muffler, part of a car frame and part) the right to pursue his own life in
of'a cars’ shock absorbers, all in the | the way that he would wish and not
Iniddie of the road where they nad| De compelled by social conditions to
Deen jarred loose. work at something they were not
suited to and did not enjoy.

The second principle was that gov-
ernment gives the results that people
want from the proper management of
their affairs. That this was not hap.
pening in oun democratic govern-
ment, the speaker blamed mainly on
the citizens themselves, who had for-
gotten how to accept their resonsi-
bility. He sounded a warning that
this failure had resulted in many
countries of Europe forfeiting their
freedom because of this very apathy.

The third principle was that we
must have security and freedom to-
gether. Either one without the - ther

PUBLIC INVITED
TO HEAR ANSCOMB

The executive of the local “Pro-
gressive Conservative Association
lave issued an invitation to the pub-
lie to attend the afternoon sessions
of the Conservative party’s Cariboo
nominating convention here next
week to hear guest speaker Herbert
Anscomb, M.L.A.

During his talk, Mr.
party leader and former Minister of

Anscomb,

= A He referred back to the ‘hungry
Base SE aN Im neice Gee people of Canada|
poitance to the Central Interior. had freedom to do anything — to
= Me afternoon sessions of the con-| ose they wanted te. Scourity
Wednesday.| aione was just as perilous Mr. Pagne
and will be held in the

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Elks Hall.

CURLING CLUB

jails.as being the last word in se-
curity, but woefully short on free-
dom.

His final principle was that any-
thing physically possible is financi-
ally possible. This theory ties in
strongly with the Socred belief in
monetary reform.

MONEY BELIEFS

Cutting through the speaker's
long discourse on how money is made
and destroyed by the banks at will,
his party's main belief in monetary
reform came to light when he stated
the government should make and
issue the country’s money and not
the banks. The present government

Top Curling Club officers were re-
turned for a second term last Satur-
day night as town curlers gathered
at the Elks Hall for their anne]
banquet and meeting.

Returned were president Ken Rife,
vice-president Doug Stevenson and
secretary-treasurer Owen Kerley.
veteran player Tony Woodland was
again named honorary president of
the club.

Directors for the 1952-53 season
are Bill Margetts, Jack Dobie, ‘Tom
Bishop, Roy feaman, Perry Scott
and Len Hellyer. Club chaplain is
Ted Ewing.

Highlight of the evening was the

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Group After Meeting
presentation of trophies. The Wood-

consisting of John Ander-| 4 J0cal Social Credit group that
th Ewing and George Me.|W#S formed following Friday night's
took the Gardner trophy, |PUPle meeting already has a mem-
Jack Smedley’s rink of Bob Lees, won| Pe"Ship of more than 50 interested
Kelt and John Borkowski the Cari-|P&°P!€-
boo Home Furnishings trophy ana| The group elected a steering com-
Joe Walsh's rink of Murray Fairley,|™ittee to arrange furthér meetings.
Bill Harding and Geof. McRae the| Chairman of the committee is Bert
Central Service trophy. Lloyd and other members are Joe
The men present on Dan Rottac-| Borkowski and Tony Woodland.
er’s mixed bonspiel winning rink, | Harris Wilkinson is recording sec.
Frank Rimmel and himself, were | "etary.
presented with individual cups. The Once the local groups in the con-
women players, Mrs. M. Lunn and|stitueney are formed they will hold
Mrs. Bill Smith received theirs last |@ district nominating convention to
Wednesday at the ladies’ club han-|choose the Social Credit candidate

Socreds Form Local

year,

quet. Merchandise prizes went to, for Cariboo.
Dobie and Mars Poirier of the
second place team.

Dan Rottacker was presented with \ONE-NIGHT CANCER
the Mackenzie Challenge Trophy for
the second year, and in making the
presentation, Doug stevenson con- |DIRIVE PLANNED
ratulated the skip on successfully
defending his trophy five times dur-| For the second canvassers
ing the past season, Other rink mem-| for the local Conquer Cancer drive
bers are Wilf Berglund, George Mor-| Will concentrate their appeal cam-
ris and Frank Rimmel. Daign, April 21st.

Tn giving his review of the year’s| Assisting the local unit, which is:
work, president Rife said a lot of attempting to raise $1000 in the
work had been done last summer town and district, will be represen-|
and fall by club and non-club mem- tatives from various town orgeniza-|
bers in tearing out the side and end , tions. Total receipts from last year's |

drive, which included $98 from the

hildren's operetta, amounted to
$738.

In charge of the town canvass are
Frank Lee and Don Bingham.

The 1952 Conquer Cancer Cam-
paign in British Columbia started
April Ist, with a proyinelal objec-
| tive of $250,000,

| Washed. out.

from provinical organizer Peer V. Paynter.

Policy was only adding to the nation-
al debt, the speaker said, with Can-
ada giving the banks the right to
issue money and then borréwing it
back from them — with interest.

That the Socreds have not lost
sight of the original dividend scheme
was Teyealed by the speaker when
he answered a question ‘on the cure
for depressions. These deflated
periods were caused by the country
Producing more goods than it can
sell, the speaker stated. The Socreds
would take this extra accumulation
of goods and divide it among -the
people to bring the level into bal-
ance once more.

PGE POLICY

Although the party wasn't com-
mitting itself on local issues during
the campaign, Mr. Paynter did come
out in favour of the PGE extension
when he was asked about his Party’s
opinion on this controversial sub-
ject. The Social Credit group was in
favour of extending the line south
to Vancouver and north to the Peace
River country, he said.

Asked about the comparative
cost of administration of British Col-
umbia and Alberta, Mr. Paynter said
last year ft cost $126 million to run
B.C. compared to $75 million for
Alberta. This comparison would have
to be made though with the realiz-
ation that B.C. has 200,000 more
People than its neighboring proy=
ince, he pointed out.

Finance in the Coalition government, | ‘5 Just as useless, the speaker 7 P.W.D. Foremen Meet

In Area Conference

Town ana district Yoremen of the

ter Pointed out when he referred to Publie Works Department me: here

Monday to talk over works problems
with District Engineer Ray Cunliffe
and Divisional Engineer ©. D. Grigg.

Mr. Cunliffe stated Tuesday that
the conference, first of its kind here
and possibly an annual affair, was
a success from every viewpoint. Econ-
omy of operation in isolated points
and better relations between depart-
ment representatives in the field and
the public were two of the results
that could be expected from the
conference.

The seven men represent a dis-
trict that spends $17,000 a month
in‘ maintaining roads and bridges.

Foremen attending were Ben
Gruhs and Bud Barlow of Williams
Lake, F. M. Bell of Bridge Lake, 0.
H. Gibson of Lone Butte, F. G. Jarg>
of Buffalo Creen, B. J. Odian of 105
Mile and P. J. Yells of Alexis Creek.

Hottest Day Brings
Trouble To Dog Creek

Saturday was the hottest day of
the year with the temperature reach-
ing 63° at the airport, and outlying
districts reporting similar high
readings.

Hottest spot in the district was
Dog Creek where the temperature
hovered in the eighties and brought
nothing but grief to the valley.

Melting snows started waterfalls
along the valley walls ana private
bridges, roads and culverts were
Y Several washouts on
the main’ road that climbs ont of

Dog Creek isolated the valley from
this end.
District Engineer Ray Cunliffe

reports this morning the Dog Creek
road is impassable beyond the air-
Port. One public works bulldozer is
werking on the mountain road from
the airport end and a Circle S ma-
chine is working from the Dog Creek
end.

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ROBT. TRESSIERA
BURIED SATURDAY

Requiem mass was celebrated at
Sacred Heart Church Saturday morn-
ing for Robert Tressiera, who died
suddenly here last week.

Pallbearers were Antoine Boitano,
Dave Lines, Magnus Meason, Alfred
Bowe, Joe Smith, and Dave Pierce.
Interment was in Williams Lake
cemetery,