vg general meeting to‘pick a perman- NEWS EXCHANGE Lake OF THE CARIBOO Volume 20 — Number 27 WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Sday, July 3, 1952 Thur: Rain Fails To Spoil —by. Gerry Moore Despite intermittent rain the three day show Starting June 27th, came off on schedule. Visitors, some of them partici- - ants, came from distant points,| riding and finals had ella Coola. being represented by, | Sunday. Final results among other, Mr. and-Mrs. Mathews,| _S2ddle horse race, by Dominique Timothy on Tommy and several parties of young folk Joe’s bay horse, who hiked up the twenty streteli between transportations; Jack | by Isadore Timothy. Weldon rode up from the Precipice| Men's track Raneh; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Butler | CSamiel Pyper; and family, including Anita and Bil-| © ly Gibbs of Alexis Creek, drove from | porsey. West Branch; Grahams came from mile 2nd, and Terry Nicholson trom Sucker | Scotty Greg (riding Cre the Moore family, Gagne] Smith for Scotty, who family and Mr. and Mrs. Harry|his back riding “Black Haynes “drove up from Tatlayoko; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Paxton put infrom| ton and Lewis Holtre. Alexis Creek; Jack Cade, Sam Sloan amd ‘Slim’ Dorin -represented W vacant garage others, including visitors from | time’ orchestra and Johnny Webb do- actually have closed the road to4- poe he Perdet In Washington. | ing anexpertijob of calling for the’ neavily loaded trafic under these Accommodation being limited, |sauare dances. ‘Shorty’ Harrington conditions most everyone came fully prepared, | kept his new “Hitching Post’ opular Anchim Stam Saddle relay race, 2-3 mile: won Bareback bronc riding: 1st, Steve Saddle Brone riding: ist, Maxine -Tatla Lake, and the Dave Wilsons| Mack. 2nd Dominique Judges were Andy Holt, Alex Pax The dances held each night in a were well liams Lake; and there were-many| and very good, with a first class ‘old ENGINEER SUPPORTS| HOSPITAL MATRON BOARD SUGGESTION Formation of a Board of Trade committee to investigate condition ads had his full support, ede at Anahim District Engineer Ray Cunliffe told The Tribune in an interview yesteis day. ( Mr. Cunliffe said such a committee Would receive every assistance from his office in gathering facts during their investigation. He went on to say that present criticism on the par: ‘“{ Board members would not mevit he serious consideracion of the pub- Ne until such a committee had con- ducted an investigation to lend weight to its recommendations. to be run off were: -3 mile: won % mile: 1st, Gordon Wil- Timothy. 3rd done by Bob had wrenched Diamond’’). ogging operators who insist on put- ing héavily loaded vehicles over oadbeds that have become soaked ith the recent steady rains. The ‘Yorsefly Road, particularly that por- ion of it which is under construe. ion, is just as bad now as it was in spring break-up time, and Mr. Cun- iffe said that his department should lunch| As operators have to go farther with tents und camp equipment,| counter running day and night for back to find timber, this condition 1s pitching camp beside the Dean river| the convenience of all, and intends intensified through the district, the or nearby creek. Provisions could be| to continue operating it. bought very reasonably at any of the three well-stocked stores. | engineer stated. He mentioned one Reasonable admission fees added toad that had stood up well since it to entry fees made up the prize.mon- was built in the ’20’s, but now a mill Local cowboys and ranchers gen-|ey, colourfully presented during the| was going in at the end of its 15- erously contributed their time and| final night by Alfred Bryant. Stock to the project, working out de- Skies had cleared mile length, and Mr. Cunliffe pre- by Monday| dicted that this road would soon join tains with the Anahim store-keepers morning, allowing campers to pack| the many others that have been bro- to assure their annual informal get-|up and depart amid sunshine, with| ken up with loads they were neyer together being a success. onstration of a Ferguson rotovator | tains. brought in by Bill Graham. Its effic- ient convérsion of a brushy, hum- mocky meadow into a well-tilled field Local Doctor Brings” was appreciated by all onlookers. Steer riding took up all the first A =e F day, with Oggie Capoose winning| ASSOCIGTG FOr ret) gxsine a7a4L, second, and Seine ag *Happy’ Jack Thontpson, third in the men’s class; Steve Dor: = —to some of them—their first view] built to carry. 2 The first day opened with a2 dem-| of Anahim Peak and the Itcha Moun-/** BALL PLAYERS Distri svobsored” by Dif ellex *MeDorgall; who will be|‘Lake Motors. lost one and won.one was first | @Soeiated with Dr. Lin. Avery, will{'when they travelled to Welle 4 take in the boys’ class, winning a hand-,2'Tive in Williams Lake this week- part in a Dominion Day sports pro- some trophy belt, made and con- tributed by Rose Turnbull of Alexis A graduate of the Creek. Toronto, 1951, Dr. racing comprised the second day, Tunning well into the evening with| pital in Vancouver. Dr. the result that the saddle brone rid-| home is at Han TO FORM HORSEFLY doctor, Dr. Avery will outlying districts. end to start in practise, McDougall has Bareback bronc riding and flat/spent the past year taking a post-' John Dunn handled the graduate internship at St. Paul’s Hos- chore for the team in the first game - MeDougall’s and Gord Smetanuk pitched the win- He is not married., ner. With the assistance of an associate Position to hold regular It was with this No. 1 team (which will probably be gram. University of] The locals dropped their first game In the town league the Firemen now be in a lost two straight in their last two clinics in the games to drop into second place. The - ITTEE thought in mind that he first laid his called the Maple Leafs from here in) B. OF Ty. comm Plans for bringing in an ‘assistant|took a narrow 7-6 win from the - last. October. First step in the formation of a rural committee of the Williams Lake and District Board of Trade was made Thursday when five mem- Suggest Remedies bers of the board travelled to Horse- fly to talk over the plan with resi- For Liquor Condition dents of that centre. Headed by Board of Trade presi- dent Bert Roberts, the five-man dele-| jay pignt, gation impressed their listeners with | 1,46 outiined several Following a special meeting Mon- —- Village Commissioners smokeaters last Friday and the No. 2 team duplicated the decision Wed- nesday night. The No. 2 now heads the league with 2 wins and 2 losses; Firemen have 3 and 3 and the Maple Leafs are holding down the cellar position with 2 wins and 4 losses. points which E | 4 the fact that the board was ready to] «hoy helieve may help the eusrent Scapes hurry make the ‘district’ part of its name) iiquor situation in town. mean what the word implies. Operators of the two Asa result of the meeting. Harry |yaoye been asked to see that care is to serve beer to per- Brown was appointed chairman of a steering committee that will drum up added interest in the idea and ca} exercised not ons whose ‘condition’ ent committee. According to those who spoke Thursday night, these committees in the rural areas, of which Horsefly will be the first, will elect a chairman who will be a member of the.execu- tive of the parent body. The general ‘© in the rural centres will be members might be observed. ing the verge of drunkenness. At the| Sunday afternoon when same time the police will be asked ¢ if it would*be possible to have a con-| main highway a short distance out stable on duty at each beer parlour at| of town and plunged down the steep ‘ ; the closing times of 6 p. bank towards the lake. jand is also part of the integrated Dm. to keep drunks off the street. The commissioners. suggest that this) upright and it ended up against a latter experiment could be carried | large tree. The Atwoods were taking out for several weeks so that results their family on a picnic when the veer vartours i Car Accident Dr. and Mrs, Hugh Atwood had a is approach-| Darrow escape from serious injury their car slipped” off a soft. shoulder of the m. and 11:30 Fortunately the. car remained ‘aecidéht occurred. iffe laid much of the blame for their | vresent condition to the mill ana|, American group. | LEAVING STAFF ~ ‘ON YEAR’S LEAVE fs: 11.G. Lockwood, R.N., matron at War Memorial Hospital’ for tne| Confirmed pist-four years, has applied to the Board of Directors fora year aie leave “bscnce because of ill-health. — aA the secretary to advertise tor a 'S. h the hospital occupancy rate Staying above 70 percent, the board lorized the hiring of another full- tiie nurse for the hospital. SCHOOL DENTIST. WANTS PATIENTS Dp (Eleeted) x registered voters. one not '| Chetwynd 8. praetically a gift. 3 rT. Yeo has been in town now for- well. Weeks doing examinations and wg. ag but good. The dentist mows | received 22 ® children are here, he knows they | voting against it. ed work done on their teeth, but ¢an't be expected to'go from house house rounding them up. @harge to the parents for each chHd is $2, which is collected by the ip-every other centre from Prince: gv, se south, the selfool Besilist has” .oyyq een swamped with patients, but in Williams: Lake-evidently few people + Counting of the absentee vote & the fact that. Social Chetwynd is our new MLA. The result of the absentee. totals went fairly well true to form and the counting aroused little interest after ta special meeting of the board the upset of June 12. The new ballot Monday night, the directors granted| gaye Chetwynd 284 votes; MacLean | Mrs. Lovkwood’s request and autlior- 164, Thibaudeau 79, and Riley 86. — a Chetwynd's total vote now stands at 2712, giving him a ma the combined totals of his opponents ‘of 221. The final counts are: MACLEAN (L) — 1029 -~ THIBAUDEAU (PC) —%75 RILEY (CCF) — 689 CHETWYND (SC) — 2712 argin over Total yote cast in the riding was 65.06 percent of the total number of ‘The vote at the Big Ceek poll, only |: reported previously - went MacLean 2, Thibaudeau 3, Riley 0:1 5 @here were 216 spoiled ballots in D. J. Yeo, school dentist, has this riding as voters used the single ® Complaint about the people of Wil- tansferable system for the first time. ligms Lake — they don’t“want to One of the commonest faults was in| Was, E uv tale advantage of a service that is ‘placing numbers on tue ballot, start-, for Social. Credit. Liberals and Con- a ing at ‘1’ and then using an -x’ as’ Seryatives in the main gave their Voting on the plebiscites. sliowed | 5 Bilge ‘treatment to pre-school chil-/ 3790 in favour of a liquor change @84:-CCF parties have announced dng and the response has been any-|ind 1354 against. Daylight waving that tiey will not be a party to a f 5 ‘yes’ votes with 2840, COalition of the two groups so which- every On the overall provincial election Scene it has become apparent that the fight for power is strictly two= BS By noon today the Social RETURNED TO PRISGN Credit party had 11 members elected. and were leading in six ridings. The ‘ON: SECOND APPEAL CCF had nine elected and are leading| ~~ in 11 ridings. The old line parties are far behind with the Libérals having | trict man C. H. Kelham, has resulted one member elected and leading in| in his dings and, the Progressive Cass ives with one member ‘elected and leading in three ridings. Labor | ing to juvenile delinquency, was sen- has one member elected, veteran|tenced to one year’s imprisonment want something for nothing, or prae- om Uphill trom Fernie tically nothing. If you have a Dre-| school child you wish to have exam- Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1U.S. Hirtoree To Man Radar Post lations being constructed in Canada as part of the North American radar system to be located in the Williams Lake area will be manned by United States Air Force personnel. day afternoon. Major John A. Reding of the : és the second choices went in the elec- to Quesnel 6-4 and took Wells 6-5./ ined, just telephone the new school iis ¢ : j tion. The majority of those who vot- 3 pitching] and arrange. for an appointment. ed first for the CCF gave their second | Farris quashed the original sentence. choice to the Socreds and the reverse |The case was then appealed by the Seriously Injured One of « nitmter ot reaar natar| MM Freek Accident Reported in ‘serious’ condition at VISITOR RETURNS War Memorial Hospital is Chester Bullock, local truck driver, who was AFTER 7 YEARS involved in an unusual accident Mon- According to sketchy reports on in-Cariboo riding Thursday redit candidate Raplh as-true-with those who voted first sécGnd choices to exch other. =OMiefals of both the Social Credit arty goes into power will have to run:the government on their own strength. A-sevond appeal in the case of dis- F inal conyiction and sen- . tensy being upheld. , i Sis Réinam, cnatecd™ with oat when he appeared before Stipendiary It was interesting to note where | Magistrate J..D. Smedley February 27. This decision was appealed and last month Chief Justice Wendell B. Attorney-General’s Department to the B.C. Supreme Court, where the decision of the first appeal was re- versed. BIG CREEK Mrs. Constance Grey Swartz of ; — Vancouver last week made her sec- USAF, in company with a-group of | the accident, Mr. Bullock was driving oa ta enamine eee RCAF officers from Ottawa, visited ‘ ond trip to Big Creek and the Wil- =: rom i “la truck along Railwey Avenue when i Lake's Saturday with Village Commission- the door swung open and he fell out, ams Lake Stampedé. The first was ers, clergymen and a representative of the press to discuss the future use of the new installation. Major Red- he rear wheels of the vehicle passing over his legs and thighs. The heavy dump truck went on a few feet and 27 years ago when, in 1925, she and her sister visited the 5th Annual Stampede at Williams Lake and ng will be officer commanding the| came to a stop against the bank on ‘2&2 SPeBt a month’s holiday at the Limited numbers of USAF person- nel are scheduled to begin arriving at the stations concerned early this fall. Tie manning of these stations by USAF personnel, is in line with long term plans for joint Canadian- | US aerial-defence of the continent, Lignum Ltd. brought man to hospital. internal injuries. training scheme between the two countries. The stations to be manned Constable Stevens Moved To Vernon by US personnel are primarily intend- ed for the defence of=-localities in | the United States. tral board. members of the cen i The local committees will work on mate area, ena owe or TAY FO Tough In The West Country y will also be ex- assistance. They w is e tremely useful in gathering Blea information for the Board Selves ne parent body takes up any Dros e matter of general concern to the trict as a whole. compound fracture of only a crude splint easing the pain.it A jarring 40 mile ride ina wagon horse. She rolled over, crushing his' comfortable. She then went to An- isn't pleasant at any time, but when leg beneath the cantle of the saddle. the passenger is suffering from a When the rider tried to stand he the leg,with realized the leg was badly broken. After the first wave of nausea berts told the meeting that} takes a lot of plain guts to finish the Passed he felt down his leg and found Mr. Roberts trip in good spirits. ard of Trade the members of the Boar the Anahim felt the time had come to finite Ti Carthoo in order to take its riit!™ place in the future of this part of the province. : Fe Members of the steering comnt tee are Mrs. Bert Gibbons. presi e) of the Horsefly Community Club: Wilf Patenaude, Jack Wynstra a0 Rod. McLeod. : The visiting delegation the members that the central board From week Mr. Thompson, with and Allen, were erence to the w: in p: assured her to rear, the Horsefly general meeting ist in organization. | clear, but was unable 8 in 0 5 came the stor Thompson, Blackwater endured the experience June 24. enroute to family dog dashed out of the bush hight. under the horse’s nose, causing RN, and her lose her footing in the camped five miles out of will have another epteeontation a mud and fall. Mr. Thompson jumped -that route. June anni te |@ piece of shattered hone had wedged country this sideways. He set this in place and y of Arnold then his sons made up temporary rancher who splints from a kerosene can, fitting jthem around their father’s logging his sons, Jack’ boot. From the point. where the the 2ccident occurred the party travelled Club. | Anahim stampede when the accident in the wagon, making the 40 miles occurred. He was riding a frisky mare throneh swamps and over the rocky gon when the trail in 25 hours. Fortunately, Jane (Bryant) Lehman hushand Bill were Anahim on tered mor- ured man to avoid the phine and made the inj police office, and then returned to set the leg. the upper side of the road. A truck of, the The victim is suffering from a com- pound fracture of the left thigh, frac- ture of the right ankle and possible There will be several familiar faces missing next week around the local Leaving Monday for a new post with the Vernon detachment of the ahim for suitable boards for splints| RCMP is Constable M. Stevens, who has been stationed here for the past By morning the swelling had re-|three and a half years. duced and the remaining five miles] Stevens came here from Smithers in was made in the Lehman truck,| October, 1948. | stopping at ‘Shorty’ Harrington’s made comfortable. take “a | Friends dropped in to marvel ,at| course. Arnold Thompson's fortitute. Later ‘stampede from his stretcher on the, ment up to strength. floor of the truck---his stampede. top 'em off. parture. By the following day a Central Air- Way seaplane arrived to take the Saturday Constable Lon Godfrey house where the cheerful patient was| leaves for Vancouver, where he will six-weeks’ special RCMP Two new constables are expected j that day he “took in” part of the) here next week to bring the detach- A number of friends gathered at a He had been coming out to see his; steak dinner last night to honour boys ‘Happy’ Jack and ‘Shag’(Allen) Constable Stevens prior to his de-| iting his Church home. Mrs. Swartz drove from Kamloops with Mrs. Dolly Richardson of Best- wick, who is a guest of her brother, Dick Chufch. injured MR. and MRS. TOM WiLSon drove to Kamloops last Saturday where Mrs. Wilson will be staying for the next few weeks, HUGH McDONALD left Big Creek recently to go to work at Chilanko Forks. EILEEN HUTCHINSON, who has been convalescing for the bast week went back to Alexis Creek Saturday to participate in end-of- | term activities. GRAHAM WATT and David Hogg, both of Montreal are visiting this week with the former's cousin, Bruce Watt, at Breckness Ranch. The two boys plan to go to work at Banif this summer cutting out ski trails. An enthusiast for winter sports, Graham admits that the length of his stay there depends on the skiing. BOB RIVETT, Vancouver boy, ar. rived here last week to work his way through the holidays on R. Church's ranch, Constable Dan Edwards of Vancouver is vis- son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bil Edwards. He will accompany Mr, Edwards 'y Monday on a three Mr. and Mrs. Alf Smallenberg left} When they leaye injured man to Kamloops. He is in Wednesday for a six weeks’ motor | Weeks’ trip to Okanagan and—coast ‘good’ condition. trip through the United States, | Points,