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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAK®, B.6.

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You would think when a person
only had a seant week for holiday-
ing, that the weatherman wouli co-
operate and turn out some aecent|
weather. But no! The week betore
is lovely; the week after is lovely:
but the week in-between is lou:
That was the week we closed down
and took a holiday.

Fortunately we did not plan a
week at the beach or at a fishing re-
sort. There is nothing so miserable
as rainy weather at a resort, cooped
up with nothing to do. With a baby
to consider this year, we (Elaine
and I) decided that we should go

We went to Theatre Under
Stars and saw a very enjoyable
Suction of The Wizard of Uz:
went fishing for almon off Hy,
shoe Bay and never caught ;
thing; we went
drive-in for a

hamburger;

ing development
envy at the beautiful

homes;

ruddy
to a White spet|Asheroft Hospital on Sunday for an
| 0Peration for appendicitis.
Tubber-necked like a couple of aicks| Ashley did the driving.

at all the new juildings and hor
I drooled with | took a trip to. Vancouver to atterd
and | the wedding of Ralph Durot.

We picked out the new neon signs—
she huge Arrow Transfer trnek that
Seems to be suspended in the air hut
chugging right along, a huge dragon
before a Chinese cafe, and a cup and

Saucer over a china shop.

iLowe Butie News

WE HEAR that Rita Watson is in|

Ashcroft Hospital undergoing an
operation for appendicitis.
HARRY WILLAIRD has been ia

ivg|A8herott Hospital for an operation
re
Han

y will be home July 29.

AMI MATSUD. rushed, to

A was

MR. and MRS. MAURICE BATKI
Every
happiness, Ralph. ”
JOAN LARUM is on a holiday in
the U.S.A.

PERCY -WILL‘ RD was forced te
lay off work Friday afternoon with

down to the Coast to visit our par-
ents, relatives and friends—and in-
cidentally sit around with no dishes
to do, no house to clean, and even an
automatic washing machine to do

we

We climbed a cherry tree
sorged on fruit ripe from the source;

slept late in the morning; we talkea| hospital

blood-poison in his left foot. He

was back to work on Monday.
DICK ASHLEY was in Ashcroft

last week for an operation

and

napped in the afternoon and

the diapers. ‘That's the life! with people without pencil and paper| to have his appendix removed. He
So at approximately 3:30 Friday| handy. is expected home this week.
afternoon, we hit the highw: _in other words, we had a good] BIRTHDAY PARTY was held
After making a trip to the Coast,| time! at the home of the Willards July 19
T suppose I should join the ranks of] Atd then it was time to come] tor their nephew, John Watt. who is,
the indignant travellers of the Cari-[0Me. The holiday we had looked | oe old. Johnny reesived |
boo Highway and denounce its ver-|#2FWard to, had come and gone in a| sven Yet presents, ‘Those ‘preseit
rible condition. But actually we| 92Sh- : at the party were: Mrs. B. Laruan, |
encountered more trouble after leay-| _ We made the trip home in two easy| with Ralph, Ruth and Nan; ~Qola
ing the Cariboo Highway and em.|St#8eS, staying at Spences Brid DeVries; Janis Granberg: Jimmie,
barking upon the Trans-Canada] Veright. = The motel did not Susumu and Sorgi Matsuda; Mrs
Highway. Provide a crib for the baby, so we Dick Ashley with Ward, Clarke,
Between Spences Bridge and Ash-|!™Provised a bed with the car seat Linny and Judy; Patricia and Mi-

croft, the Public Works are doing a
magnificent job in blasting clifls of
lid rock to Make a solid roadbed
in place of the former trail that wen-|
ded its way over wooden trestles up

our

over chairs, and wedged it beside

chael Batkin; Carl Peterson; Billy
Haines; Marlene and Carolyn
Brower: Rannie, David and Louisa

own bed. This worked fine up
but I spent a restless

ae = pate jeaded zoom nen. | Banks: Mrs. Len Gonehel with Mari-
ny. Stemaeb’ approximately. “every lyn, Robert, Gerry, Gaile, Jo’Anna
hour whenever she rolled off her a

the sheer mountain sides. But in
toiling our way over sharp granite
stones, we ruined a perfectly gocd
tire and came to a halt approximate-
ly 100 feet from a garage at Spences
Bridge. Purchase of a new tire put
quite a dent in our finances for the
trip.

Our second minor disaster came
when a small boulder bounced up
and dislocated our muffler. Due to
the late hour, we were unable to get
2 garage to fix the damage, and-so
we had to limp into New Westmins-
ter sounding like an outboard moter.
We followed one car for about ten

bed.

was

new
and

suit

And then. we arrived home and un-
packed -for another year of work. 1
even found my red hat finally! Clive
vowed it was not in the car when J
wanted: to wear it in Vancouver; I

We finally decided it must have
len out of the car.

But I
mashed under a huge spare tire. 1
never knew a pancake style would

amd Anita; Mrs, A. Couche!
Glen. Miss Catherine Larabee, Mrs.
M. Watt, Doug Hawley, Jim Ruther-
ford and Norman Price assisted with
the refreshments. F

ON FRIDAY EVENING Dyan
Kemp and his Trail Riders enter-
tained at the Community Hall with
a floor show and dance. It was one
of the biggest crowds yet. E

ON SUNDAY Maurice and Mrs,
Batkin drove the Willards and Mrs.
Watt to Ashcroft where Harry was
admitted to hospital for an opera-
tion.

#!

sure I had taken it with me. So

It was a brand
hat... I hadn't even worn it,
it almost spoiled the trip.

found it today,

nicely

me!

miles through the canyon in the
dark, and it was quite evident that
the passengers were more than mild-
jy curious about what was trailing
them. It must have been quite a
surprise to find that it was merely
the Hot-Rod Stangoes instead of the
Greyhound Bus when we finally
passed.

Before I get off the resume of our
trip, I might comment that we pas-
sed through half-an-inch of snow a
few miles out of Clinton. July 18!!

And so we arrived at the Coast,
and went through the usual motions
of people having a good time. With
@ handy grandmother for lWaby-sit-
ting we went out every night... and
together too! With Clive spending
five nights in a week either working
on the paper or covering a meeting
every other week in the year, you
can see that such carrying-on was

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From the Files

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the roof off the building formerly
occupied by Roberts Dairy above
town— |

TWENTY YEARS aco

The midsummer dance at Big
Creek was enjoyed by a record
crowd— The Village Commission-.

ers, in co-operation with the BPOE
and Masonic Lodges, have made ar-
rangements to improve the cemetery,
with fencing, an ornamental gate
and twelve-foot driveway— at a
meeting of the business men of Wil-
liams- Lake it was decided unani-
mously' to continue to observe
Thursday as the half holiday— Dr.
Ross and Sgt. Gallagher breught in
a man from the 150 Mile House to

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