~ meray Page i THE TRIBUNE, WILLLAMS LAB, 8.6, Thursday, May 45, 205 Published’ svery‘Tuuveday at williams diane, Bic. By The Tribune Publishing Co. Clive Stangoe, Editor y the Post Office Department, Ottawa Established 1931 Authorized as Second Class Mai] Soe ee esl ne ae The Seven Loaves saty {ound Day’ will be observed in Williams Lake this Saturday and its main observance will take the form of an ‘open house’ at the familiar building on top of the hill. Visitors Will be served tea by the ladies of the Hospital Auxiliary, and the hospital staif and members of the Board will Show them the wards and equipment. Traditionally, the visitors will bring a donation; the ‘pound’ of food from which the old term ‘Pound Day’ is derived Of course it is not always food, sometimes the gift is money or towels — and whatever torm the donation takes, it will be Welcomed by the hospital administrators, not only for its monetary worth but because it will help to refute the increas- ing belief that since the inception of the British Columbia Hospital Insurance Ser ice, people are beginning to shirk the responsibility that their hospital presents, It is still evidently not too widely known that what dona- tions our hospital receives are not treated as operating receipts that will be offset by decreased funds from the BCHIS. These donations are the inviolate property of the hgspital and give the administrators the opportunity to provide the added little services to the patients. Services that loom large in the hospital life of those contined to bed, but under ordinary cir umstances would have to be deleted from an annual budget. Seeking to cut costs, the BCHIS experts would make short thrift of such ‘frills’ if they weren't. t It was just last week that an Indian woman came through the hospital doors to visit her injured husband. The matron directed her to the ward but instead of moving away the Visitor hesitated, and in her shy, hesitant voice told the matron that the hospital could expect six loaves of bread which she had ordered, just because she ‘felt the hospital might need them.’ The next day the bread arrived, but the Indian woman had made a mistake — she had ordered seven loaveS, not six That's the way it was in the old days. People didn’t wait for Pound Day, they gave whenever they could, This relation- ship between the hospital and the peopie still exists in the gountry, but townspeople seem on the whole to be too busy to remember. War Memorial Hospital. This change in our attitude towards simple helpfulness and the other fine qualities of neighborliness that marked the lives of the old-timers was blamed by someone the other day to the fact that Williams Lake was becoming too ‘citified.’ Well, we are growing up and we must accept some oi the ills that beset city life along with its benefits, but it would be uniortunate indeed if we should ever stray from the lesson 0: ‘the seven loaves of bread.” Worth Considering There was a lot of merit in the suggestion placed before the War Meimorial Arena’s governing body last week by Gordon Blackwell. One of the two men who are coaching the junior hockey club, Mr. Blackwell asked that consideration be given- to Placing the clubs, senior and junior, under a three-man com- mittee of the society who would have, along with other powers, e authority to suspend players who insist on making the fmes away from home an opportunity to mix liquor with ckey. { eee \ Mr. Blackwell’s contention that this behavior was hardly BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL ge 5 _ Nature Scrapbook .. . by W. F. Myring ee The Regenerative Crab We know of a great many animals that can regenerate a new part of their body, if it is torn off, but of these types of animals found in brit- ish Columbia, the crab and its allies are very interesting to study. These animals periodically cast their shell and grow a new one and if they happen to lose a claw another one will arise to take its place. But a claw always breaks off where it is deeply furrowed and no loss of blood takes place, when it is discarded. The new claw does not start to grow until the animal moults its shell, and it commences is development as a smali bud-like excrescence. It increases in size every time the animal casts its shell, but takes several years to reach its full dimensions. Another interesting feature about the crab is severed just below the he crab is severed *just below the eye itself, a new eye will grow, but From Another Viewpoint “FREE HOSPITALIZATION” (in The Chilliwack Progress) British Columbia voters can~ be pardoned for being in a terrible-state of confusion over their hospital in- surance scheme. Practically every party has decid- ed what it would do with the scheme if it were in power and in the case of the Liberal party, it has decided on astand against the wishes of the party leader. a Premier Byron Johnson has quali- fied the politically attractive pro- m of his own party to abolish co- insurance charges by saying, in his first public speech after the Liberal convention, that additional taxes might have to be raised if the co- insurance charges are to be dropped. In this contention, he has a strange ally ... the CCF which states that it should be recognized that “hospital insurance, like any form of health in- surance, cannot be self supporting but that it must be assisted by. pro vincial revenue.” The CCF, like the Liberal party, however, would abol- ish the co-insurance feature. The So- cial Credit party would take the com pulsion out of the insurance sclgps The Conservatives will probabl. if it is severed at the base only a feeler will grow. 4 Ql : 7mON HART displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. ee Se Stem ens ol ele Columb las Sree wit % Whatever happens, the taxpayer is going to pay the bills. Premier Johnson says co-insurance makes two million dollars a year. That kind of money isn’t easy to find and even the taxpay is from ass thook, is likely any additional efforts to pry money out of him. There is no “free” hospital ization. One of the objectives of co-insur- ance was to discourage people from ng the hospitals except when it essential to do so. Unfortunate- ly, it has not only achieved this pur- pose but is also discouraging people who need hospital accommodation but who can’t afford to pay $35 for the first ten days, as well as their insurance scheme premium of from $30 to $42 a year. Indiscriminate use of hospital accommodation jshould be discouraged but some-| |thing less than the $35 assessment , should do the trick. A token pay-| ment of $10 would be far moxe ac-, eptable than the present unpopular | impost. SPACE MAKERS --MONEY. SAVERS po holding up a shining example for the juniors is only one side of the picture. It isn’t doing anything for the game that is expected to bring in the lion’s share of the arena’s revenue. Hockey took a-definite slump last year and the turnout at season-end games proved this beyond any argument. And any slump in revenue should be alarming to the society. So far it is keeping its head comfortably above water, but the margin between profit and loss isn’t great enough to overlook ways of increasing receipts. From the look of the junior club last year, it can be expected to turn into a revenue producing bunch of youngsters who will provide fans with a good:brand of hockey. But the senior club set-up is going to need an overhauling right from From the Files May 17, 1951 An era of future prosperity for | the Cariboo and North-Central Brit- ish Columbia was outlined by At-| torney-General Gordon S. Wismer | to the 60 persons who attended the | public meeting in the Elks Hall. The | extension of the PGE from Quesnel will be completed by this time next of the Tribune’ The local Rod and Gun Club is spon-. soring a three-month long istrict fishing derby— Still uncertain about where the by-pass is going to be lo-| cated, the Board of Trade has issued | an invitation to the Hon. BE. C. Car- TUCSON the start of the 1952-3 season paying customers. to get back into favour with the | year, and the southern extension to| (6 ——~ pelt 1941 DODGE Coupe . 1934 OLDSMOBILE, excel 1948 FORD 3-ton Truck . HOW MUCH? Let us appraise your car for trade- in value on a new 1952 PLYMOUTH suburban 4-door Cranbrook Cambridge model 1947 FORD Fordor sedan .... 1946 FORD one-ton Truck, good , 1 lent shape . $275.00 $995.00 $1500.00 North Vancouver will be completed | if capital can be secured Mr. Wismer | revealed— Lord Martin Cecil was again elected president of the Ca | boo Cattlemen's Association at the annual meting which was attended Loy. 60 district ranchers— Two alter- | natives face the government in: re- | gard to the proposed hydro develop- = on the Quesnel River, Angus MacLean, MLA, told Friday’s public meeting. Wither the project can be carried out now on the North Fork of the river, or it can be put off un- son to appear in Williams Lake to talk the problem over— Mrs. George Renner entertained at the tea hour in honour of Mrs. Gordon Wisrmer— Miss Irene McGarva was honoured ac| a farewell party prior to her depart- ure for Abbotsford— Daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Al Stew- art, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wotzke, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pinchbeck, and Mr. and Mrs. G. @. Woods— FIVE YEARS AGO May 15, 1947 ttle to ~the Value of $860,207 have been sold during the past trough the Cariboo Cattlemen's | Association, and $43,248 worth of. grain, seed, hay and salt have been | PATTERN Bates Bedspread, $14-95 +++ All the romance and color of the Southwest, in Rose, Aqua, Slate, Beige. Breezy, casual, easy to live with, it doesn’t show wear and tear and comes out of the wash looking as good as new. Sizes 74 x 112 and 86 x 112. An.extra spréad is easily made into a beautiful set of matching drapes. Other Bates patterns in large variety $9-95 io $42.50 Cariboo Home Furnishings Agents for Connor, Mayfair, Norge, Gilson and Climax = Gas and Electric Washing Machines “oy t the Store with the Friendly Door” (Continued on page 5) til 1953 when may be allowed on the main stream— Over a hundred businessmen of the town and district attended a stag party in the Elks Hall in honour of A, ‘Bert’ Wilson, local Bank of Mont- |real manager, who is leaving for | Cloverdale— In ‘fairly good’ condi- jtion at War Memorial Hospita) ig | Murdock Harper of Likely, who was | seriously injured when a jeep! in which he was riding overturned on the road about two miles from Hy- draulic— Fred B. Bass has been | elected Legion zone Commander of jthe Northern B.C. Zone, which in- [cludes seven Legion branches— jStructural plans for an ‘addition to jthe present Provincial Building nere |have been completed, Angus Mac- Lean revealed in giving a report on [bis actions during the past year— nthe highway. Cl t. 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