Williams Lake Tribune

NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

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Volume 20 — Number 18.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, May 1, 1952.

Single copy 10c, $2.50 per vear.

OF THIS
AND THAT

Any writing I have done this week
has been Strictly from necessity —~I
would far rather be sleeping.
Monday night some 40 friends of
those local young businessmen,
Bert Lloyd and Ralph Woodland ga-
thered at the Elks Hall to drink
their health and offer a lot of un-

SASK ATCHEW AN TOWN

Cloverdale Contractor

~ Low On School Jobs

Lowest tenderer of six firms submitting combined bids on

the addition to thé Williams L:

ake Elementary- School and the

school dormitory building was still $5,913.95 above the esti-
mates prepared for the two jobs, according to advice released

from the School Board office t
Cioverdale Construction Compa-
ny’s bids were $81,470.25 for the

his morning.

NOW $8.60 PER DAY

would be $2 million spent on the

Speaking briefly following the el-

northern Trans-Provincial. Highway| ection, Dr. Avery thanked the mem-

and $2 spent on other secondary

Toads. Someone passed the unkind}

bers for their confidence and prom-
ised to give unsparingly of his time

| tora the members the fact that had
; bad impressed him about the plan
vas that the Aluminum Company

had not come to British Columbia-

gies will remain as director.

A heavier business agenda will be
Placed before the next general meet-
ing of the branch.

work, but that the saving can prob-
ably be realized in the dormitory,
mainly in the interior finish work.

when they had the new iength of
track ready for travel on Tuesday.
Company officials had stated pre-

| E t : PRE-FAB viously it might not be until the lat-
peat Be wondered wht hedlto make the coming year a succes. | because it contained the best site for Trustees are also examining a|te? Part of this week that traine
been done with the two dollars. | ful one. His remarks were reiterated|@ Plant, but because the company - would be travelling again beween

ON FISHING :

To those of you who are fisher-
men, the following information will
not be required reading, but their
wives might be interested in know-
ing that the annual pilgrimages to!
favorite ‘spots’ is about to begin.

Fishing opened in the Northern
District (that's us) today in lakes
only and streams will be open on
May 24th. |
THE WINDS CAME

We have been plagued with more
than our usual share of wind storms
this spring, but the worst one as far|
as town is concerned occurred yes-
terday. Our main problem at The
Tribune office was trying to keep the
front door closed. Ordinarily the
mechanism works quite well, but
evidently the building would twist a
little with each high gust of wind
and the door would come bursting
open and every piece of paper in|
sight take off. Finally had to use the|
lock to hold it, which of course ne |
cessitated a rush to the door when-
every a customer hove in sight.
CONGRATULATIONS

Should say a word about Joe Bor-|
kowski’s new store on Oliver Street. !
Major moving job was done - last
Wednesday and the following morn-
ing everything was in place. The
store presents as bright an interior
@s you'll find in town. Joe deserves
a lot of credit for maintaining the
steady growth of his menswear ‘busi-
ness in keeping withthe town’s ex-

ansion.
2 —Clive Stangoe.

TELEGRAPH SERVICE
OFFICE TO QUESNEL

QUESNEL—Final transfer of the
district office of the Government
Telegraph Service from Ashcroft to
Quesnel was made last week. J. F.
Edwards, district supervisor, accom-
fFanied by Mrs. Bdwards, arrived
here Tuesday.

On the trip north Mr. Edwards
brought all remaining records ‘and
other material required for the

by Mr. Esler.

The short annual meeting was the
only business on the night’s agenda,
which took the form of a chinese
dinner and smoker, sponsored by the
club's membership committee. Twen-
ty-six members and guests were
present.

Highlight of the program was a
showing of a coloured film on the
‘Nechako Survey,’ dealing with the

Two Major Affairs
Planned For Same
Day This Month

Some consternation on the part of
officials of two town organizations
was felt this week when it was dis-
covered that they had both planned
major affairs for the same day.

Saturday, May 17, was planned as
“Pound Day” by the Women’s Auxi-
liary to the War Memorial Hospital,
and the Parent-Teachers’ Associa-
tion have also set that day for their
first “Monster Carnival”, which they
hope to make an annual show.

At a special meeting called Tues-
day night, representatives of both
organizations met to see if anything
could be done about changing the
day for either affair, but due to ad-
vertising arrangements this was
found to be impossible and the de-
cision was made for both groups to
go ahead with their plans.

Tentative program for this year's
“Pound Day’ includes a public in-
spection of the hospital and a tea
served in the board room.

The P-TA Carnival program will
extend from the afternoon to an
exening program, with the entire
affair being held in the old school.

A ‘gayway’ will be set up in the
classrooms complete’ with games of
skill and a novelty booth featuring
many articles, including work done
by the Industrial Arts and Home We.
onomics classes. A cake-baking con.
test will be held among the school
girls and tea will be served in the

transfer.

Mrs. Geo, Mableson is spending
the week 2t the coast,

afternoon, with the school choir ada-
ing to the program.

In the evening the main attraction
| will be a ‘jitney’ dance, ,

had weighed physica! advantages of
j other possible sites in the worla
against the stability of B.C.’s politi-
cal and economic life and decided in
favour of ovr province. He mentioned
| that the company’s engineers in
travelling throughout the world
looking for possible sites had found
one on the African Gold Coast where
an abundance of water power was
) available, where it could be harness-
ed cheaper mainly because of cheap
labour, and where world
were more readily serviced.

Telephone Operators
Try ‘Educating’
‘Local Subscribers

Operators at the local switchboard
discovered for themselves last Fri-
day just how resistant people can he
to any changes in their habits when
they staged a campaign to get sub-
scribers to ask for numbers instead
of wanting ‘Joe Doakes

The operators received every re-
action from indignation to the ‘you're
kidding’ routine when the girls in-
sisted on numbers.

Several subscribers got extremely
annoyed and insisted they hadn't
the time to look up numbers. One
man advanced the theory that the
operators were trying to spoil the
friendly atmosphere of the Cariboo
by making people use the impersonal
numbers.

Toughest subscribers to try and
educate are evidently those who have
come from the city where they had
to use their telephone book. As one
| oPerator put it, although these peo-
j Ble are prone to talk about the lack
of city advantages in a small town, it
| doesn’t stop them from being annoy-
| ed when they are asked to go back to
their city habits as far as telephon-
ing is concerned.

-Most business houses have co-op-
erated with the operators however,

|

Miss Iris Blair, senior operator says, Junior Chamber of Commerce, hold-| anticipated the Department of Mum-|

m:
subscribers t

3 se Numbers and it
Sets a little ®asier each time,

Home Budgets Hit
As Milk Goes Up

Housewives received another jolt
to their home budgets this week
when two dairies serving Williams
Lake announced the price of mill:
would jump three cents a quart, ef-
fective today.

Lionel Singlehurst, owner of

markets / Primrose Dairy, said the price riso| START PROJECT

Was necessitated by rising costs of
production. The price set now
parallels that on ‘the coast.

Milk went up from 22 cents u
quart to 25, and from 11 cents a
pint to 13. Table cream will now
be 25 cents compared to 22. The
smallest rise was set in whipping
cream, which moved up from 35
cents to 36.

LAWYER TO OPEN
‘OFFICE IN TOWN

Announcement was made this
week by Walter L. Nisbet that he
will be opening a law office in town
within the next two weeks.

| bet, a 1951 graduate of the
; Law School at the University of Brit-
| ish Columbia, has resigned trom the
local law firm of J. A. V. Cade, where
Ihe has been employed for tne past
|nine months, to start bis own
practise.

Son of the lata W. A. Nisbet of
Nelson, Judge of the County Court,
| Walter decided to follow in his ta-
| Mer’s footsteps and went on to com-
‘plete his legal training following his
ldischarge from the RCAF. During
jis service, he was awarded the DFC
in 1945 for his action in satuly
landing his Mitchell bomber when
| he was shot down over Holland. H
was in the airforce for three years
j 48 a-F.O. pilot, including a year with
| me 2nd Tactical Airforce in France,

Since his arrival in Wilhams Lake,
Mr. Nishet has been active in the

yea s of ege.

Mr. Nisbet wil: op-n his office on
the main fioor of the Burkowsx
| Block.

new pre-fabricated building suitable
for schools, before proceeding with
these rural projects. The pre-fabs
are made by the H. R. MeMillap
Company, and according to firm of-
ficials, a supervisor can come into
the district with the building sec-
Uons, take two carpenters and two
labourers on the job and have a one-
room school erected in two days.
Foundation for the structures would
have to be put in place by the Board.

Williams Lake and Quesnel.

First freight to come over the line
from the north on Tuesday was also
what is believed to be the longest
string of cars hauled over this sec-
tion of the line. Two diesels brought
the 62-car train down the line.

Today’s passenger was the first to
80 to Quesnel since the slide occur-
red two weeks ago. Tuesday's pas-
senger did not go ihrouga.

Company officials were unable last
weck to give an estimated cost to the
railway in lost revenue due to the
slide, but it will be high. Traffic this
year has been unusually heavy. Gen-
erally a comparatively slow month,
this March traffic volume reached
last August's figure.

More yard work to assist. in moy-
ing trains is going on in Williams
Lake now. A steel crew is currently
laying three spurs in the south yaras,
below the stockyards.

GOLFERS IRETURN
CLAUDE BARBER

Claude Barber was returned as
President of the Williams Lake Golf
and Country Club at the annual meet-
ing of the organization Tuesday
night.

Other officers are A. E. ‘Bert’

Par
For Commission
A A h f Levens, vice-president; Bill Margetts
f $ cro t secreta) ‘treasurer, and Wilf Moore,

ASHCROFT,— J. Bundus, w. M, | ‘lub captain,
Huston, S. Kincaid, W. Steed and T.| Fees have taken a jump this year
¥. Scott have been recommended to | With memberships now heine $10 toc
the Provincial Government as the | ™€2, $6, for women and a $15 mem-
“interim commissioners’ of the vil- | Pership for a man and wife. Student
lage Corporation of Asheroft, They | Membership is one dollar. Fees last
were chosen at a public meeting last | ¥€@" Were $8 for men and $5 for
Wednesday night at which R. V. Me- _
Hallam was chairman and T. J.)
Richards clerk. R. S. Fulton and|
| Milton Peters were scrutineers of
the balloting.

The landowners recently voted in
favor of incorporation. The Letters.
Patent are to be issued shortly by
the Provincial Government. It i

Students of the local high schoo!
Indutsrial Arts classes are starting
this week on, their major project for
the year, an addition to the present
school board office. Site has been
levelled and forms will be started to-
morrow.

The students have already com-
pleted sash and door frames for the
building.

REPLACEMENT

Miss A. C. Humble has been ap-
pointed to the staff of Forest Grove
school, replacing Mrs. A. Forbes,
who was forced to resign because of
ill health.

Five Suggested

women,

eens committee reports the

in excellent condition this

The meeting was informed that
the annual Cariboo Championship
will be played this year in Prince
George. The tourney is
Labor Day.

slaged on

Last Thursday AOTS members had
as their guests members of the choir
at their ‘ladies night’ meeting. The
group then adjourned to the lakeside
home of Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson for
a singsong.

appoint the five
|chosen on Thursday night to be ad-
ministrators of the village until the
first Village Election is held next

| December.
Ss

called for advice prior to their en- aes eee ee ae a
ae ea eee by the School Board yesterday af- DAILY HOSPITAL SS ==
marrying each other). It was a won- ee ld. sca es schon was RATE CLIMBS =
mamieegs ca tt Le sethat nate hn auveel 0
i sun came up. This experience was ed in the by-law for this work, oa Effective today, daily rate for ip-
repeated last night as well. with no the dormitory figure was $10,963.70! sured persons at War Memorial Hos-
long evening’s sleep in between to above that allowed for this building. | pital will be $8.60 per day, accord.
prepare my system for the shock. It Only one: local contractor rendered |. 5 \t5 ‘a: wire reeéived “this morning
Was another smoker — this time the : : Central Press Canadien on the work. "W.-K. Neleon submit py: woenival séeretargaW. 7: Thomas
= =r Engingers and hundreds of workmen saved the Dam, 30 miles away. The.dam held back a reservoir ted a tender of $70,500 for the dorm-| from the B.C. Hospital aneizahes
Jaycees were endeavoring to hold town of Swift Current, Sask., from destruction when of water 16 miles long and 35 feet deep, which was i did not figure the school 4
forth until dawn, and i y rei the spillways, circled, of Duncairn poised to sweep down on the bu a mighty wave, itorys! se did not Mg e Service.
rather well. -_| Job. . The co-insurance rate also jumps
Don’t think I am asking for sym- ¥ HFADS CLUR |. dhe Otlier ‘arma, tendering..cn the | to $2.50 per day. This means that in-
pathy. There was no one holding me - RESORT OWNERS Wonk @nd “whe aiguves, submitted | 5524 persons will pay $2.50 per day 7
at either affair, I could have gone were: ,{for the first ten days of hospitaliza-
home at a fairly reasonable hour. I : Gillis Construction Company, New) json Bainnée is paid by the B.C.H.
Paeet fone wic (aeEeGre a cees edi ate RETURN OFFICERS Westminster, school; $82,800, dor-|t¢"
bunch of other characters who out- 5 as ~ 7 altar: 80,705:, Bennett @: Whitey Ne ce haw abawee “TeSe set for
lasted everyone else Tuesday morn- ~ Williams Lake district resort| Vancouver — school $96,565, dor-| unineured persons, ‘rive will be Jone
ing, it just seemed like a good idea : Owners started the 1952 tourist sea-|™itory: $77.029. Hasting Construc-|4) tne iocal Hospital Board and is
; at the time. or oming ear Son off by holding the annual meet-| tion, Vancouver — school, $107,221: | ysuany higher than the rate paid by’
i That's the trouble with me. I in- ing of the Williams Lake and Dis-| dormitory, $80,740. Howden’ Con-| tne Incuranee Service. 5
variably take in these events with Four charter members of the Williams Lake Junior | tet Branch of the Auto Courts and | Struction, Vancouver — school, a Last year’s rate for insured per-
my mind made up that this time ; ive | Resorts Association of B.C. at the] 985; dormitory, $74,970. Topping &| son was $6.95 per day and since
things will be different, this time| Chamber of Commerce were named to the club’s executive Lakeview Hotel, Monday. Son, Oliver — school, $89,962.50; January of this year an interim rate
E Till excuse myself and quietly slip| POSitions at their annual meeting in the Elks Hall last night. | Poor road conditions kept attend-| dormitory, $68,383.11 _. | Of $8 has been in effect.
' eWey {0 eet some needed shuteye.| “Dr Larry Avery became thé upd ~~ Jance at the meeting down, although] Acceptance of the low tender is
t But when the hands of my watch are . i |vast Aluminum Company project|one new member was welcomed, | €XPected to be made official within
t mutely warning me that the hour to |from-the time the eastern firm first|Duncan Herbert, new operator of | the next several days. CREWS BRIDGE
{ Jeave is here, my frame of mind has and Jack Esler was named new! decided to look over British Colum-| Chilcotin Cabins. Before work can be commenced, A
changed completely. By this time vice-president, bia’s possibilities as a plant site, to] ° Speaking Prior to the election of| architects, trustees and the contrac-
it couldn't matter less it there was a| Boy Kyte is club Secretary and| the summer of 1951, when survey| officers, Rea Hance of the 1. H, | tor will have to agree on some chang- Pp G.E LIDE i
} stack of work for a clear mind on| preq Specht. wasenaiied. treasurer. | parties in the field had proven the|Guest Ranch at Hanceville said that] es in the plans of the dormitory eVeoke
tie morrow — let tomorrow worry! pirectors ‘for the year are Walt Nis-| Practicalibity of the present site. as the branch was just getting on its| building in order to bring the cost
about itself has become my motto. ket, Clive Stangoe, Stewart Smith Films were shown by Joe Phillip-| feet, he did not favor changing the| down.
/ THOSE POOR ROADS . |and Don Wright. son, and Ed Gasard, who has been| charter slate of officers, Apportioning the discount loss
Didn’t see this, but Eddie Gaspard| Dr. A. H. Bayne, instructor of the| Working for the company this past} This suggestion was approved by|¢aused by the sale of the by-law
youthes for its authenticity. A few] Gavel Club who has taken an active| winter, spoke briefly on the small } the meeting and Ken McKenzie 02| bonds to the two Projects, a total! Racing against time to put Pacific
days aeo one vf the coast dailies put| interest in the club since its forma-| Part of the project he w: iar | ‘Silver Horn Lodge at Big Lake re-|shortage of funds for the jobs! Great Bastern trains in motion
P ©ut an industrial expansion edition i o See aina président; Ajex: Drumfiond| amounts to $7,743k: Trustees feel again, bridging. crews cuif days of ————
f ane Uider tie Soverumient road pro-\ rch or t#ammond Lodge wiil carry 6n | that’ no saving can “be made-in the the estimated time it wouid take to
gram an article stated that there! sistance. speaking material,| as secretary’-treasurer, and ‘Mr.|school without omitting necessary | repair the damage at Whiskey Creek