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NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARI8CO

Volume 20 — Number 29

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, July 17, 1952

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New WNiairon Appointed
For War Memorial Hospital

Hospital Directors Friday night approved the appoint-
ment of Mrs. Marie J. Johnston as Matron oi War Meioriz!

Hospital, replacing Mrs. Y. J.

Mrs. Johnston, a graduate of La-
mont Hospital, Lamont, Alberta
(1926), comes to Williams Lake
from Coqualeetza, a large Indian
hospital at Sardis in the Fraser Val-
tey. She has been matron of that
hospital for the past four years and
prior to that was matron for 18
months at Penticton hospital. Shé

* $5 expected to arrive here avout the

241% of the month.

“With the local hospital oceupancy
gouring to 72.7 percent in June, the
is appealing to the B.C.H.IS.
“Ser permission to hire an additional
ed in the budget last winter for
B52 was 52.2 percent. Average for
thiscyear to June 30 is 66.3 pe:cent.

With the jump in occupau-;, hos-
pital finances ‘are looking better too
The statement of operating revenue
and expenditures prepared’ by Admin-
strator Walt Thomas shows « healthy
surplus to June 30 of $5,394.
TENDERS RECEIVED

Tenders for the commercial saundry
unit for the hospital ‘were opened at

Lockwood.

the meeting and turned over tc Direc-
tor Wm. Christie for tabulation. ff

No figures were released at this
time, as firms tendering had quoted
on machines with varying capacities.
CONVENTION REPORT

Mr. Thomas gave the Board a report
on the recent combined convention o”
hospital administrators and tae B.C
Hospital Association that was held
in Vancouver recently.

Mr. Thomas said that one of thc
most important items dealt w'th at
the hospital convention was the re
vent case of suit in Vancouver thar
was brought against St. Paul's Hos-
pital following the discharge and
death of a man with a broke» neck.

The speaker said the fina, judg-
ment had been in favor of the plain-
Ui because the interne who had
read the X-ray film had not. :n the
judge's opinion, had sufficient train-
ing to make au authoritative opinion
Mr. Thomas said the verdict was in
teresiing because it placed ti: onus
oO! ility on @ hospival rather

. PREMIER ELECT

W, A>C. ‘Cece’ Bennett,
ojt Okanagan hardware siore chain
operator, who was életed leader of

the Proyincial Social Credit narty
Tuesday night at a caucus of eiesied
and defeated Socred candidates.

POLE CONTRACT
SECURED AS TEST

In yarious spots in the dictrict,
about 20 men are working to fll a
9900 pine pole order that could be
the forerunner of larger similar
orders in the future,

Whe order was secured by Cole &
Clear, operating from the Anton
Pole Yard, from Canada Creosote
Company in Calgary,

To the sub-contractors who are
cutting and peeling the poles ready

for pick-up by the local firm, the or- |

der is worth $30,000,

The contract marks a small tava-
sjon of the hitherto tight prairie
supply market, and was secured as a
test Jot because of the extension of
jhe PGE trom Quesnel to Prince
George, Eventual freight costs on

“tie poles and success in air drying

them here prior to shipment, “will
tell the story on whether more orders
will come this way.

Should Gordon Cole and Herman
‘Clear, the partners in the local firm,
prove successful in finding a strong
market for the poles, an mechanical
peeler might be set up in Williams
Lake, giving the town a small in-
éustry.

This first contract is expected to
be completed by the end of Septem-
ber.

than its staff.

Local Rube Band
Travels To Vernon

Unofficial ambussadors of the
town, the zany members-of the Rube

.| Band; returned Monday from « week

end at Vernon where tiey helpea
that north Okanagan centre get its
Diamond Jubiiee underway.

| The band iook part in the mam-
loth parade last Saturday that

i 3
(Speed tse week-ong program end
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“Gavorted along the parade route with

their exploding automovile irom one
; O'clock uniil 5:30 in the~aiternoor:.

end “Williams Lake Rube Band”
emblazoned on the car.

The band received one oer aur-
ing their visit. Aw official in charge
of the M 24 celebrations ut Port
Alberni asked them to consider mal:
ing the trip to the Island next spring
The band met up with a former ‘iake
resident at the celebrations. Norm
Schroeder, former Bank of Gon.
merce manager here and now with
the Port Alberni branch, was in
charge of a girls’ drill team trom th:
Island centre.

Band members who made the trip
;were Bill Sharpe, Vie Imhow. R:
Laverdiere, Archie Pinchbeck and
Jack Woods. Tommie Meclougall
went along for the ride. and did just
|that. He managed to hold his seat
lin the bucking car throughout the
| parade.

This might be the last trip the
band makes because of the expense
involved. This time the truck used
to transport the car blew a tire, and
one band member figures it cost him
$60 im incidental and car expense$
to make the trip.

WELLS. BALL TEAMS
HERE FOR WEEKEND

There is a full softball program
lined up this weekend for local fans.
| Two teams are coming down from
l wens, with the men’s squad taking
(on the Power Glides in one game
| Saturday night and a double-header
Sunday. The visiting girls’ team
will take on their local counterparts
jin a double-header on Sunday also.

It Happened This Way...

Village business came to a halt this week because Clerk

EB. H. Gibbon went fishing.

is i yveen-meeting W' Comp:
Although this is a between-meeting W eek, the
ai little extra work on the Trades|

sioners had decided to doa

License: By-Law and a special meeting was called for Tues-

day nig!

For a job like this a lot of village papers are needed

and Chairman
the comb‘nat‘on of the safe

Tackenziesuddenly realized he didn’t know

Not too

in the village offi

Lumb

So

™®embers of the Intsrnational
costing the lumber ind

estimated the strikers we!

when
increase asked by workers.

er Strike in B.C. is Casting a Million a Day

Lumber Industry Faces Economic Disaster in B.C.

amount the union estimated the operate:
tion. Each party refuses to budge from its stand in strike which started
anagement, union failed to reach an“agreement on 35-cent hourly

i.

Visitors Think Cariboo
‘Natural’ For Air Travel

A “natural” country for private air travel, is how six
members of the B.C. Aviation Council described their re+
action to the Cariboo when they stopped here Monday on

a goodwill tour.

The council members, who arrived
in a three plane ‘air caravan’ of two
Seabees and a Cessna, were treated
to lunch by the Village of Williams
Lake and spread the good work on
air travel among the 12 members of
the Board of Trade present.

This was the second tour the
Council had undertaken, according
to Leslie Bryce, secretary-treasurer
of the group’ and the prineipsl speak-
er. He went on to say that the
purpose behind the tours was to let
people know the place air transport-
ation has jn the country’s economy.
He referred to the tours as a mears
of spreading ‘air education’.

Mr. Bryce went on to say that the
objedts of the council itself is to
promote and develop air transporta~
tion and to stimulate public interest.
The Council numbers among its
members, operating companies, pri-
vate individuals and 28 municipal
bodiés. f

Among the accomplishments of
the Council listed by the speaker’
were the removal of the provincial
tax from aviation gasoline (prior to
this individual pplication had to be!
made for refund), establisament of
an aviation branch within the De-
partment of Trade & Industry; per-
suading the Department of Transport
to undertake marking of emergency
strips; presentation of a trophy for)
efficient pilot training. |

The members of the Council pres-
nt, all from Chilliwack, received a
‘erbal bouquet trom Dog Crevk Air-
wrt manager Ernie Eve, himself al
aga —

said he had heard Mr. Bilea speak-
ing on the importance of sir trans-
portation. :

Mr. Eve went on to say that these
men by their: operations at Chilli-
wack had done much to ensure the
enviable position of the airport there
today. It was the first airport iu
B.C. to become entirely self-support-
ing.

Referring to our own district, Mr.
Eve said there was a large job of
aviation ‘selling’ to be done herc.
Ranchers, he maintained, wouid find
the-use of light planes for their trips
to town would more than pay for
themselves.

The thought that air traxsporta-
tion in the Cariboo would lave a
definite place in the Caribou's devel-
opment was also voiced vy Frank
Lee.

COsTs

During the question-and-answer
period that followed the prepared
talks, several interesting facts on
cost and maintenance of private
planes came out.

Council members told the meeting
it was possible to buy a sound used
aircraft for around $2000 and it
could be imported into Canada duty
tree if the same plane is not manu-
facturéd here:

Mr. Eve said he purchased his
first plane in 1929 and sold it in’
1938. “During that time”, he stat-

ed, “it only cost-me §78 in renlace-
ment parts’. -- pee

st of “Obtaining your
tasiplaced: by Ba

pilot’s

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‘tick fat =

—Central Press Canadian Photos.

The coastal lumber strike in British, Columbia, affecting 32,000

I Woodworkers of America, CL, is
$1,000,000 a day.
lo $500,000

, CIO-Ci

The lumber operators
a day in wages, the same
were dropping in lost produc-

Thee will be no is:
day, July 24th.
In erder ta giv

July 28.

NO TRISURE NEXT WEEK

our staff their annual vacation, the
plant will be closed from Saturday, July 19 to Monday,

BOARD OF TRADE
STILL HOT ON ROADS

Members of the Board Trade
again blasted the Department of
Public Works at their meetin,

Thursday, but their remarh e
somewhat tempered by whe fact
their committee on road conditions

hasn't started moving yet. |

Herb Gardner

by Ray Hargreaves, who brandeé
the condition of the River Ruad as
a. ‘disgrace’. Mr. Hargreaves s
there were sections of the road
round the edge of the river cli
| that were full of chuck holes and a
‘constant menace to motorjng He
cited the case of the young Ameri-|
| can men who went off the rogd two
[x ago because of this condition.
(Graders have been on this roa
since last Thursday . . . Bd. Note.

President Bert
would get together with the
commijttes to formulate a proper
brief on district roads
| GAS LINE

Roberts said he

road

A new interest took the attention
| of the Board with the mention of the
proposed gas pipeline throvgh tle
Cariboo and the question of whether
distribution local!y could be handled
hy local capital rather than an out-

worried about this, he called up former chairman Jol side firm.

Anderson. He didn’t know

away at Charlotte Lake.

the combinaticn either.

Finally the meeting had to be called off, the only man pany that had original
who had the ecmbination was fishing... about 229 miles communities along the proposed

| It was pointed out that the com-
approached

i (Continued on back page)

THis WHATHER

Min. Max.
Friday, July 11 ...56 9 79
Saturday 57 82
Monday 90
Tuesday gs
Wednesday 3
Reading at the airport this

morning at 8:30 was 54°.

CPA May Inaugurate
New Eastern Flight

There may be a possibility tha:
nadian Pacific Airlines may soon
have a direct flight schedule between
Kamloops and Edmonton, according
to Leslie Bryce, B.C, Aviation Coun-
cil secretary.

Mr. Bryce was using Jack Barher
ales manager of CPA as his author-
ity. Mr. Barber had told the coun-
cil members this when they siopped
at Kamloops.

At present, if a resident of Winli-
‘ms Lake wants to fly to Edmonton
he must take the regular CP.4 flight
to Vancouver and then transfer to

the trans-continental flights, or use
the northern route via Prince
George.

John tsagonis, former employ.
of the Bank of Commerce here is

Since leaving here over a year
John has worked at Forest
Grove and latterly gt Springhouse,

aro,

ng in the Government of-

id that few knew of the hereulean
ask performed for aviation in this
province by the pioneers in Chilli-,
wack. As far back as 1927 Mr. Eve

B. of T. Committee
Started At Dog Creek

Members of the Board of Trade
visited Dog Creek last night and
spoke to an attentive audience of 15
residents ofthe valley on the pro-
posed rural committee set-up the
Board is organizing this year.

As had been the ease several weeks
ago at Horsefly,\thé visitors iound
their listeners had a poor opinton of
the past attitude of Williams Leke
towards the country but were willing
to be convinced that a new period of
district solidarity was ahead.

Board president Bert Roberts
stressed the need for a true ‘district’
Board of Trade that would gain ad-
ded strength to its voice by the addi-
tion of active rural committees. He
promised the audience that such
committees would be backed fully
by the central board and their prob-
lems given every consideration and
support they merited,

Set-up .of the committees in the
overall administration of the board
was described by Clive Stangoe, who
told the group that although the
basie principles of operation had
been settled, there were many other
problems -of proper representation
that would’ be incorporated after the
committees had been formed, sllow-
ing all district members to have a
voice in the eventual organization.

Several listeners offered sugges-
tions and> expressed their concur-
rence with the Board’s efforts to es-
tablish a representative organization.
It was decided to follow the pattern
laid down at Horsefly and a steering
committee was appointed to drvm up

made by the government as
the ticket was procured.

One of the members of the visiting
party was I. F. Corbett, new Social
Credit MLA for Yale. A hoider of
@ pilot's license, Mr. Corbett also
spoke on the-advantages of air tra-
vel. 3

Introducing the speakers was G.
H. Clarke, who also gave some idea
of how the fiying club at Cailliwack
had struggled through the years to
provide adequate ‘port facilities.
The visitors. were welcomed by
Commission Chairman Alastair Mac-
kenzie.

Seon

Look Into Formation
Of Local Flying Club

Appearance of the Aviation Coun-
cil members Monday has brought,
consideration of the formation of a
local flying elub, according to Con-
missioner Alastair Mackenzis.

A meeting of those who might he
interested in such a club will be held
next week to go into the question.
Little is known here about tia? actua!
set-up of such a group, but other
clubs will be contacted to obtain
this information

Horsefly Organizes
Trade Committee

Add 16 names to the membership
roster of the Williams Lake aud
District Board of ‘Trade,— Horselly
has organized. — ,

Last Friday’ the residents ct
Horsefly held their first general
meeting since the trip last month of
a delegation of ‘lake members, and
‘decided to form the first rural
committee. ° .

Harry Brown js the committe's
first chairman and becomes a mem-

interest in the plan and shen call u

ber of the executive of the central

general meeting to form the perma-! board. Other committee members

nent Dog Creek committee.

Hilary Place, who acted as «-hair-

man of the meeting, was named
steering committee chairman and
other members are James Syme,

Martin Russ, Charles Place and Wal-
ter Olson. '

Others in the Williams Lake dele-
gation were Jack Purser, Len Helly-
r, Bruce Magoffin ani Bd. Follis

Following the meeting, the visitors
were served refreshments ut the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Place
before returning to town.

elected were Rod’k. McLeod, Wilt
Patenaude, Jack Wynstra, Glen
Walters, Shelley Nichols, ‘represent-
ing Beaver Valley, and Ken Robert-
son representing Mjocene.

Reporting to Board president Bert
Roberts, Mr. Brown said the meet-
ing enthusjastically enJorsed the
idea of working for a central hoard
of trade. He went on to say that
the area around Horsefly Lake has
hardly been touched yet and there
are great hopes of gaining morg
members from that area,