Thursday, September 18, 1952 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LARE, B.C. ~ Page 7 Ranch Hotel Features Finest Accommodation Possible For The Comfort of The Travelling Public This shows- the main entrance to the new ‘addition of the Ranch Hotel looking from Oliver Street. The:use of fieldstone adds.much to this modern entrance. On the right is a portion of t the building. :- old hotel that: will house the coffeé shop on the Railway Avenue side of Finished Building Much Larger Than Originally “With the recent opening of the Ranch Hotel’s new ,the travelling public has the finest accom- $130,000 addi modation placed at their dispo: Construction on the project of building 2 large new addition to the former building and completely ren- ovating ‘the portion of the original structure that remained? started in the spring of this year. At that time the owners* of the hotel‘ set aside $60,000 for the work and planned on a two-storey addition. Since that time the original plane underwent-a drastic change and at- ter construction was well underway. it was decided to adda third floor to the building and smaller addition to the old building. Costs spiralied with the change but the owners felt the prospective business warranted the additional investment. According to managing director Stephen Demicoe, the business the hotel is aow doing has justified the optimism of himself and his part- ners with the hotel operating to capacity already. Z Townspeople too, are proud of the handsome white stucco building that dominates the corner of Oliver Street and Railway Avenue. Its pres- ence has transformed what was onc? one of the town’s dingiest sections into a well-lighted termiaus of busy Oliver Street. 3 Entrances to the hotel beer par- lours and lobby are of the recessed type and feature the combined decor- | ative use of knotty cédar and rough fieldstone in effective contrast to- the remainder of the building. A wide panel of knotty cedar’ screens the step-down from the new addition to the old building and a hugé neon sign draws the eye of the traveller | To make the entrance of the new | addition level with the street the builders were faced with the prob-| lem of raising the former sidewalk | level. With the village bearing: part of the cost, the contractors filled in the steep grade and laid new conerete sidewalks along Oliver and. Railway. Entering the lobby of the new ad- dition, the visitor is struck with the use of wrought iron and liberal use of wall-to-wall carpeting. The- Wrought iron ballustrades are used on the stairs and green ferns resting on rustic benches add to the attractiveness of the stair landings. Planned sal in Williams Lake. wrought iron is used to form the balustrades of the stairways, and is repeated effectively in the lounge furnishings. “Off the lobby is the single corri- @or leading to the roomis in the: old “section of the building and two large self-contained suites that occupy a smaller addition to.the former hotel One of these suites has three rooms and bath and the other two roonis and bathroom. Both suites are wired for use of électric ranges. Off. the lounge. is the hotel en- mee to the coffee shop which will be located on the ground floor of the old building facing Railway Avenue. This will he leased by the hotel to a-private individual to operate. The ground floor also houses Don Wright's barber shop, which was moved from the Lakeview Hotel. The two floors of the new addition above the beer parlours are similar in lay-out. Each contains nine rooms, six equipped with baths and each room with a self-contained lavatory, clothes closet and wash basin. In ad- dition there is a public lavatory on each floor. Every room has wall-to-wall car- peting. and Hollywood style beds. Some of the rooms have double beds, sonie twin beds and some three- quarter size. Walls of the rooms are finished in two predominate colors of rust and green. Modern occasional chairs and blonde-finish bureaus and night table complete the furnishings. In addition to furnishing the new addition, the owners have completely renovated the seven rooms in the old section of the hotel. First part of the new addition to be completed and opened to the pub- lic was the beer parlour. Racing against time the contractors.and sup- }liers managed to open the doors for this year’s Stampede. The two sections of the beer par- ‘our have a seating capacity of 275 with an atmosphere of spaciousness created by the use of recessed fluor- & escent lights and bright colour com- binations used in the decorative scheme. The, bar is finished in ply- wood panelling and is floodlighted | vy wall spots. The dispensing equip- ment is the most modern and saui- tary that can be purchased. Heating for the hotel is supplied by a hot water system that features three separate distributing units to allow for heat control in different parts of the building. An -oil-fired furnace is housed in a fireproof furnaceroom. MANAGER... Stephen Demcoe, managing direc-' tor of the Ranch Hotel Ltd. New Hotel Manager Started His Business Career In Manitoba A native of Kenora, Ontario, the Ranch Hotel’s manager Steve Dem- coe, started his business career in Ostenseld, Manitoba, where he pur- chased a general store in 1934. He operated this business for nine and a half years and then sold out to go into the army, Two years later he was back in civilian life and headed for British Columbia. In 1946 he purchased a store in Grand Forks, selling out in 1950. From Grand Forks he went to Van- couver where he engaged in real estate work for a while before buy- ing out the Clinton Hotel in partner: ship with Jack Chapman. This ven- ture was short lived and Mr. Démeve again sold, moving back to Vancou-| ver. Five months later the opportun- ity presented itself to "go into a frur- | way partnership deal to handle the purchase of the Lakeview and oy as manager of both establishments. been here, Mr. Demcoe has become well known among town busineys- he has! construction is completed. hotels and Mr. Demcoe came’ up here] greater interest in community af- fairs now that the major work of Mr. Demcoe’s one son, Allan, is 16 years old and is attending Vancou- . He is an active member of the|ver College this year taking his Board of Trade and hopes to take a grade ten. Congratulations to THE RANCH HOTEL LTD. on the opening of your modern addition Fuel Oil For Heating AOILAGENT — supplied by Fred Cardwell WILLIAMS LAKE With The Completion Of It’s New Addition ‘The Ranch Hotel Offers the Finest in Accommodation We Are Proud of the Part we _ Played in its Construction and~ ie Extend to the Management BEST WISHES Columbia Sash & Door Ltd. 261 -12th Street, New Westminster, B.C. SUPPLIERS OF MILLWORK ee 2 ~. Our Best Wishes To the management of the Ranch Hotel Ltd. For the continued success of the operation of this modern addition to the business district of Williams Lake It has been a pleasure to have been associated with you on this project as general contractors — Thos. Greenall Construction Box 1499 Prince George, B.C.