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NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

Felker, G. 4

12-55

Volume 21 --- Number 4.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, January 29, 1953.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

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BHighty-five people turret
Board of Trade’s
of officers for the 1953 term.

In a short ceremony during the
program, Rey. Geo. Fielder installed
C. F. ‘Bert’ Roberts as president for
his second term of office. and Clive
Stangoe as board vice-chairman.

Greetings from the Village of Wil-
liams Lake: were extended hy Com-
uid the
commissioners particularly weleom-
ed outside visitors to the banquet.
Adding a note of humour to the pro-
ceedings, Mr. Eagle said it was a
great privilege to have worked up to
the head table at a gathering like
this after so many years in the vi!-
lage.

The congratulations of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce to the incom-
ing senior board officers were ex.
tended by Jaycee president Dr. Larry
Avery, who said it was his hope that
the board would enjoy a successful
year in 1953

Predator Animal
Hunters Take To Air

For the first time in this district,
Game Department men are spreading
wolf bait by air to cut down the pred-
ator population in the back areas.

Ernie Samann, assistant supervis-
or of predator animal control is in
charge of ihe work using a Central
B.C. Airways plane piloted by Jim
Marshall.

Pattern of the flights out of Wil-
liams Lake airport is to pick out a
fair sized lake in the area to be cov-
ered; bring the plane down to within
a hundred feet of the frozen surface
anda drop ‘draw bait.’ This bait con-
sists of frozen horsemeat, and around
We bait is dropped about Yo poison
pills. Low level flying must be doue
to get the bait as near the centre of
the lake as possible, a spot wher2
other game animals are unlikely to
venture out to.

Flights are being made to the
south Horsefly country; around Ques-
nel Lake and out to the Nazko coun-
try. In this latter area 14 draw baits
were dropped.

The predator animal control branch
of the game department started this
type of predator control work last
year, covering an area south of
Prince George. Each year other parts
of the province’s inaccessable ‘hack
country’ will be treated in the same
manner.

Along on the aerial trips is Game
Department Pat Martin. who is con-
ducting ‘strip counts’ of the moose
population. Mr. Martin's reaction to
the question of ‘where are the moose
is that the big game animals are still
plentiful, but are still around and
above the 4000-foot level due to the
mild winter. A strip count in tae
country from Timothy Lake to Bona-
parte Lake, and taking in the Green
Lake country, showed six moose to
the square mile. Mr. Martin stated.

In a flight from the area around
Quesnel and west to the Nazko, tne
biologist counted 137 moose al-
though there were practically none
in the lower altitudes of the Chil-
cotin.

This aerial method of conducting
counts of the moose population is also
a new venture for the game depart-
ment. Last year was the first time
strip counting had been done in this
manner.

3

‘Tribune’ Suggestion
Taken Up By Village

A suggestion emanating from an
editorial in The Tribune was taken
up by Commissioners at their Tues-
day meeting when they approved ap-
pointment of one of their number to
take charge of building inspection in

town,

The matter was brought up by)
Chairman Alastair Mackenzie, who |
said he believed the suggestion was
sound. The chairman appointed Com-
missioner Alf Eagle for the job. It
will be his responsibility to see that
tradesmen on construction work
have the necesary trades license and
puilding permits. He will also have
to ensure that new construction con-
e building by-law and

y-five Attend Annual
Board of Trade Banquet

annual banquet

out last night to take in the
and witness the installation

Is his brief annual report, Mr.
Roberts said that he hoped more
people would take out membership
in the Board of Trade. Of the 102
members in the board now, 22
from Horsefly, and he said consider-
ing the way the town was growing,
he thought the local membership
should be doubled

One of the first projects of the
board in 1952 was to send a delesa~
tion to Victoria on the question of
the PGE extension and an appeal to
have the Cariboo Highway trom Wil-
liams Lake to the 150 Mile complet-
ed immediately. The latter demand
had not met with much success, Mr.
Roberts stated, but the present Min-
ister of Public Works had promised
to consider the matter.

The Board took over the organiz-
ation of the Cattlemen’s annual ban-
quet last fall Mr. Roberts said, ana
plans to continue this sponsorship.
In addition the trade group will spon-
sor an agricultural field day thi
year in conjunction with the Caribco
Cattlémen’s Associativn annual meet-
ing.

The board was instrumental in
having the government set aside a
park on the shores of Williams Lake,
that will be of value to the tourist
trade.

Successful jaunts to ‘the district’s
rural points have resulted in the
formation ef a committee of tre
board at Horsefly and interest beinz
sparked in a similar group at Dog
Creek, Mr. Roberts stated. He said
the board would be making similar
excursions to Alexis Creek and Soda
Creek the spring.

Active participation by board
members.in the inangnral runzon the

PGE to Prince George had helped te
Mr. Rob-
He made particular

publicise Williams Lake,
erts asserted.
reference to the part played by the
St. Joseph’s M
PRESENTATION

A presentation

ion Boys Band.

in appreciation of
his work for the board was made tc
Len Hellyer by
Stangoe. In making the presen-

retiring secretary
Mr.
tation, the vice-president elect said
that it was a known fact that behind

very good organization was a good

secretary. “I think we have a good

organization,”’ he said, “and I know

we have a good secretary.”

Weakened Stamps
Drop Two Straight
To Vanderheof

When the word was out last week-
mps could only mus-
for

end that the st
ter eight players
Vanderhoof, no one
come to be any-different’thian it was,
the powerful Bears took two
straight wins, 7-4 and 9-4.

Actually the local club took nine
men along but Carl Buchholtz’s ankle
injury that he sustained in the Ver-
non game last Thursday forced him
out of play after one period. Malas.
his first appearance in the Stampeder
uniform was George Begg of Lac La
Hache, who is registered with the
locals and makes a welcome addition
to the defence department.

In Saturday night’s game the
Stamps were in control of the play
until the final 20 minutes, when their
one-goal lead was blasted by four
big Bear tallies. Down one goal go-
ing into the second period Keith
Norquay put the Stamps into the lead
with two goals in two minutes for
the only scoring of the middie
frame. The score stood at 4-3 as the
final whistle opened and the Bears
took over to rap in four goals with-
out a retaliation from the Stamps.

the

The first period of Sunday’s game
killed the visitors, as the Bears ran
up a 4-0 lead. This was stretched to
5-0 as the second period got under-
way, and although scoring honours
were evenly divided throughout the
remainder of the game, the margin
remained. Gary Hutchinson scored
the only Stamp goal in the second
frame and Camponi, Norquay and
Gary added the three remaining ones
in the final 20 minutes.

Juveniles Drop Two
Games At Quesnel

Wiliams Lake duveffies dropped
{wo games in Quesnel over the weekf
end to register six straight losse:
the Clinton-Quesnel-’Lake loop play
Scores of the games were 5-4 and

for the Rivertown boys.
The local Pee Wees fared better in
winning their

the northern jaunt,

game 4-1. Terry Buchholtz scor
the first one on an assist from Paut
Mackenzie and the combination was
reversed on the second score. In tne
third frame McDougal and Macken-
zie each scored on unassisted effo:ts
and Quesnel just averted a shut-out
in the last few minutes of play.

Water System Provides Problem

As Commissione

Commissioners “approved. a defin-
ite budget of $19,500 at their meet-
ing Tuesday night and have commit-
ted themselves to an additional ex-
pense of around $2500.

The items making up the first total
consist of allocations for the usual
departments, but in addition the vil-
lage will have to foot the bill for
laying and backfilling the mains in
the new PGE sub-division. Cost of
this is expected to run around $2500.

If the latter figure is correct, there
is a leeway of some $4000 betweea
revenue and expenditures. Estimated
revenue amounts to $25,900.

This figure is made up of taxes:
$12,000; licenses $1,500; building
permits $200; Motor Vehicle grant
$2000; Share of S.S.& M.A. tax
$9000; airport fees $1,200.

The commissioners estimate their
expenditures will run something like
this in 1 Streets $3,000; Side-
walks $3,000; Drainage; $1,500;
Administration § ; Comm
ers’ Indemnities $1000; Street lights
$1590; Garbage Collection $3000,
Grants (library, War Memorial So-
ciety. Pair Association) $550; Parks
$1000; Cemetery $500; Beach $300:
Pound $650.

The mar

gin between expenditures
and expenses seems a good healthy
one but that expensive Village water
system has a way of spoiling the best
planned budgets. Although the sys-
tem is worked on a separate financial
identity, it has a habit of running
out of money and dipping into the

forms with th
zoning by-law.

village general revenue account,

rs Set Budget

Estimated revenue from the wate
system this year is $18
known expenditure estimate:
$11,445. This leaves a mars’
$7,055 for maintenance, which last
year cost $5600.

When the subject of the
system arose, some discussion ensued
on the relative merits of borrowi:
money to replace the worn-out mains
that are eating into the surplus, or
trying to replace this pipe block by
block each year out of revenue. No-
thing definite was decided.

water

STAMPS WILL MEET
PRINCE ON WEEKEND

aztrve| complainant said he had

Williams Lake Stampeders meet |
Prince George here this weekend in
the first two of the four-game
between the two clubs. If the Stamps
are back to anywhere n rath
strength they shouldn't too |
much trouble in passing Lun
bermen, who are currently in the
zue cellar.

ries |

have
ihe

Engagement

nd Mrs. E, N. O’Dell, Williains |
Lake, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Anne Blizabeth, to
William Basil Gale, Williams Lake.
Mr. Gale, who is manager of the B.C.
Power Commision plant here,
and Mrs. W. H. Gale of |

Mr.

is t
son of Mr.
Vancouver,

blended in with its
q

| museum before the board.

Pioneer Lac La Hache
Resident Passes On

es were conducted in
Williams Lake Monday for Ray
Hamilton, pioneer resident of the
Lae La Hache district, who passed
away in War Memorial Hospital last
Friday.

Mr. Hamilton, who was 76 years
of age, was born at Fort St. James,
theson of the Hudson Bay Company
‘actor-there. In 1878 Mr. Hamilto:
‘ather moved his family south, pur-
chasing the 150 Mile ranch. In 1891
the: in moved, this time making
their home at the 115 Mile. When
the elder Hamiltons died, the ranch

Funeral serv:

was split among the boys of the
family
Mr. Hamilton is survived by two

sisters Miss Margaret Hamilton, Wil-
liams Lake and Mrs. (Katie) Parks,
Ontario; five brothers, G. G. Hamil-
ton, Beaver Lake; Ike, Ted, Charlie
and Willie, all of Lac La Hache.

Funeral services were conducted
in St. Andrews United church and
burial was in the family plot at Lac
La Hache. Pallbearers were Tommy
Mart, Tommy McDougall, Leonard
McCarthy, Hope Patenaude, R. Bea-
man and Antoine Boitanio,

Ask For Meeting
On Mill Fire Hazard

Commissioners will ask represen-
tatives of Lignum Ltd..to attend
their next regular meeting in order
to fully discuss the question of
stalling a burner at the planer mill
to eliminate a fire hazard.

in-

his decision was made following
4 complaint laid by F. B. Bass, who
appeared at Tuesday night's meeting.
Mr. Bass told the commissioners that
he believed the burning of the huge
sawdust pile at Lignum’s was con-
trary to the Fire Marshall’ Act.

found ‘live’ pieces of wood two or
three inches long that had fallen
between the Elks Hall and Williams
Lake Cafe when the fire was at its
height. He stated that he would have
complained last year but he thought
that stories. he had heard then of
such occurrences were only ‘gossip.

Commissioner Stan Goad asserted
that he had found ‘live’ chips on his

property that had floated over from
the burning pile.
“We néed industry, but we need

the town too,” Mr. Bass stated. He
went on to say that in one congested
business block alone (on Railway
Avenue, south of Oliver Street) the
value of commercial buildings would
run in excess of $800,000.

Mr. B id The Tribune had ‘hit
the nail on the head’ in an editorial
on the subject when they stated the
issue hoiled down to one essential
question, whether the sawdust pile
was a fire hazard or not. If it was,
Mr. Bass said he agreed that the
installation of a burner should be
insisted upon. -

Museum May Be Built
On Town Park Site

Commissioners have indicated that
the idea of a museum located in the
park at the head of Oliver

Street, will receive their approval.

small

Henry Windt, président of the
local Historical Society and Jack
Esler, appeared before the Village

board Tuesd: to seek permission

the erection of such a building.
Mr. Windt said
for an organization with 75

for
he was speaking
members,

who had enthusiastically endors

the idea of sponsoring a
|The s
club’s intention to bring in an old
buildi
ts that would he donated to the

museum,
okesman said it had been the

log to house the historical

ob.

society or collected by its members.

Commissioner Bagle advisen
against an ‘old building,’ and sug-|

gested that it would be better to con-

struct one of new logs. Commissioner
charge of

had no objection to

Borkowski, who is in

parks, said he

the scheme provided the building

surrounding. It
s agreed that the matter would be
iven further consideration when
the society brought plans for the

Teachers Granted $100
A Year Raise By Award

Of the 48 teachers in Williams Lake School District (27),
40 will receive $100 more in 1953; four will remain at the same

salary, three will receive $250

more and one, $200, according

to the new salary schedule award handed down by the arbitra-

tion board that.considered the

Of the eight principals in the dis-
trict, five received an extra $100 in
one received $80 and
the remaining two received $35 and
$33 respectively.

The decision will add an addition-
al $5526 to District 27 annual salary
expenses.

The original demand made by the
teachers would have meant an in-
crease of $19,560 in total salaries.
This original salary schedule offer

allowances;

was withdrawn however when arbi-
tration was decided upon and the
schedule presented by the teachers
to the arbitration board upped the
individul teacher’s salaries by an-
other $300. According to a school
board official, this latter demand
would have meant an inerease of ap-
proximately $28,000 in total salaries
if it had been granted.

The- teachers whose salaries re-
main the same, were caught in a low-
ering maximum salaries in certain
categories. In one of these instances,
the maximum salary a teacher with
an elementary conditional certificate
could receive was $3250, reachea
with nine years experiende. Maxi-
mum now is placed at $2900 at the
end of six years. There are several
teachers in this class who would,
according to the schedule, receive a
cut in salary as they had far more
than the necessary nine years experi-
ence but a clause in the new agree-
ment states that “no teacher will re-
ceive a reduction in salary as a result
of this award.”

™ addition to the above exception
to¥the general eeale. teachers How
employed by the board who are pres-
ently classified as ‘elementary basic,’
will receive a further increment of
$150. In this classification the maxi-
mum was dropped from $3950 to
$3900.

A comparison between the sched-
ule asked for by the teachers; the
schedule in effect in 1952, and the
one. included in the arbitration
award follows:

Elementary basic (1 yr. exp.’

2,700 - $2,150 - $2,250. Elementary
basic (6 yrs.) $3.450 - $2,900 -
$3,000. Elementary basic (12 yrs.)
$4,400 - $3,800 - $3,900.

Secondary basic (1 yr. exp/)
$3,450 - $2,850 - $2,950. Secondary
basic (6 yrs.) $4140 - $3600 - $3700.
Secondary basic (12 yrs.) $5500 -
$4500 - $4600. (‘Elementary’ refers
to elementary school teachers and
‘secondary’ to secondary school teach-
ers)

The award as handed down is ef-

Oil Line Important
To B.C.’s Economy,
Board of Trade Told

‘The oil line now being constructed
Alberta and the British
Columbia coast will mean much to
the economy of our province and
Canada as a whole, G. L. Miles, B.C.
Sales Manager for the Imperial Oil
company told members of the Board
of Trade at their annual banquet last
night.

Mr. Miles who was guest speaker
at the banquet, chose as his tovle
“Oil for the Coast.”

Terming oil as the ‘glamour in-
dustry’ since production was stepped
up so tremendously in the past six
years, the speaker stated that never
before in our history has so much
interest been shown in the industry

But the interest is more than im-
aginative, according to Mr. Miles,
who showed that British Columbi:
has a real economical interest in tne
subject of oil since Ganadians rank
second only to Americans in the rate
of oil consumption, and B.C. is the
highest consumer in Canada.

To reach this market and a future
refining market in the United States,
construction of the 711 miles of pipe-
line from the Alberta fields was
started. Some idea of the vastness of
the project could be gained by com-
parison the speaker stated. He went

between

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question here last week.

fective until December 31 of this
year. If the teachers do not wish the
agreement to remain in effect into
the 1954 school year they must lodge
an objection, in writing, sixty days
prior to December 31, 1953.

The demands of teachers in Ques-
nel district were heard by the same
arbitration board the day after the
sitting here and an identical award
was handed down.

BUSINESSMEN ‘TAKE
TO ICE’ IN GAME
WITH FIREMEN

“ Although it bore little resemblance
to the real thing the alleged hockey
game Saturday night at the arena
practically brought the house down
as town business men literally ‘took
to the ice’ to take on the Firemen.

The talent assembled by the busi-
nessmen ranged from those stalwarts
like Hank Neufeldt, who ‘thought’
the last time he had skated was
around 1928 or ’29 to more recent
graduates from actual hockey com-
petition like big-Fred Bennie. It also
included several players who man-
aged to convey the impression that
they had never seen a pair of skates
before.

But what the businessmen lacked
in ability they.made up. foxiv-apm-—
pers, manager Sam Sloan Mg
thered 17 players for the fray. Even
with one string on the ice, the rest
of the club had trouble squeezing
into the players’ box.

At the other end of the rink, tne
Firemen had a team composed main-
ly of more recent hockey graduates,
who also appeared to have consider-
ably more wind.

Short one goalie stick for the game,
the teams had to compromise and
custodians Wilf Moore and Stu Max-
field appeared in front of their re-
spective goals with brooms. Stu, who
was the busiest man on the business-
men’s line-up, fortunately turned in
the best performance.

‘The businessmen only ran into ref-
ereeing trouble with whistle tooter
Claude Huston once. With one Fire-
man serving time’in the sin bin, the
commercials enthusiastically poured
out a new line that was.one in num-
ber over the prescribed limit. They
might have got away with it too if
they hadn’t held up play to argue
about who was supposed to be play-
ing whére. The lull gave Claude an
opportunity to count noses and Biil
Edwards was removed to the penalty
box to even up the teams.

Just to make the game look like
the real thing, Don Bingham and

Mars Poirier started a wrestling
watch at one point in the proceedings
and most of the remaining players
piled on top. All except Firemen
Hank Fourt and Jim Blair who took
advantage of the lack of activit
get down on the ice and start rolling
the bones.

In case you, dear reader, are won-
dering about the score, the Firemen
collected four goals to the business-
men's two. Bert Roberts, who
handing the announcer’s job,
he never did find out who scored the
Firemen’s goals but we do know, that
Bill Margetts got one of them. Hank
Neufeldt and Ralph Woodland se-
cured the businessmen tallies. Ralph,
of course, was playing for the Fire-
men, but his effort was appreciated.

Manager Sloan has protested the
game on several counts. He objected
to the Firemen using an ‘import’ for
the game. Bill Margetts now belongs
to the 150 Mile community. His other
objection was that the Firemen used
men who could skate. When the bus!
nessmen have got their wind back—
probably sometime in 1954 — Mr.
Sloan says he will demand a re-
match.

Playing on the businessmen team
were Maxfield, Frank Overton, Carl
Kennedy, Bill Pulver, Fred Patter-
son, Bill Edwards, Don Bingham, Vie

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