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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

Thursday, February 19, 1953.

THE TRIBUNE

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Generous and Sensible

It is unfortunately true that the benefits of trained minds
are often denied our civilization because a certain amount of
coin of the realm is just as necessary as mental ability when
it comes to seeking a higher education. True, there are some
bursaries and scholarships available for the prospective
University student who isn’t too endowed with worldly wealth,
but there are still not enough to go around.

For this reason the decision of the Williams Lake and
District Teachers Association to establish a fund to help such
students locally, is at once a generous one and a sensible one.

The generous aspect: of the move is self-evident. We
believe it is also a sensible one because no one else in the
district is more capable of evaluating the ability of individual
students than the teacher who has directed their enquiring
minds along the corridors of learning for ten months of every
year. With their knowledge of other available funds in the
form of bursaries and scholarships, the teachers are also in
a good position to assist students with a counselling service.

- The teachers cannot be expected to keep dipping into their
association purse to keep the local fund going however. If any
town or district organization finds itself with a few extra
dollars in their treasury they would be well advised to take
out a few shares in the future of some worthy student. It would
be a~sound investment.

The Old- Refrain.

The word that at least one member of the Social Credit
government is making sounds that might be interpreted as
, Promising action on the Quesnel Hydro project, leaves us
somewhat cold. We think this is a pardonable reaction, since
every year of the life of the last coalition government the same
sounds, with even louder accompaniment, arose from out of
the west.

When, and if, the project ever gets underway, we will
join in the cheering from this part of the Central Interior.
Until.that happens, we are no straining our vocal cords.

Old as the refrain is though, it still finds us listening
attentively. Perhaps the Honourable Ralph Chetwynd would
like to take time out from contemplating various routes of the
proposed PGE extension long enough to venture an opinion
on the fate of the Quesnel Hydro project.

They ‘Built Welk -

The Board of Directors of War Memorial Hospital will
miss the services of Fred Bass, who, after four years service,
declined to run for office again. During his years’ with the
board, the last one as chairman, Mr. Bass gave a lot of his time
and effort to ensure that the hospital had effictent administra-
tion. There is no doubt that this aim was attained, due in a
great measure to his work and the work of his predecessor in
the chair, George Renner.

With the Hospital Insurance Service still far from pro-
viding the answer to the problem of hospital costs, the present
board will have reason to thank these two men for their part
in building the. firm foundation of efficient administration that
the hospital enjoys.

Still ‘Time To Give

The town canvass for the European Fiood Relief Fund has
been virtually completed, but there is the chance that certain
homes may have been missed. If you are one of those who did
not have the opportunity to contribute at your door, don’t
let that deter you from helping the flood victims in England,
Holland and Belgium. Your bank will gladly accept your
donation.

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From the Files

ONE YEAR AGO
February 21, 1952

The people of Williams Lake ga-
thered at the Elks Hall to take part.
in the public service of mourning for
the passing of the late King George
VI— Several of last year’s problems,
including the Cariboo Highway ques-
tion, were considered as the Board of
Trade started the year’s work—
What was probably the largest crowd
ever to jam into the Elks Hall was
on hand to see the touring show pre-
sented by Cariboo Truck & Equip-
ment Ltd.— Two week-end losses to
the Lumbermen forced the local
Stampeders to bow out of the sea-
son’s North Central Jeague play—
Village Commissioners approved ‘the
purehgse of a “taste remover" Ab;
atus{for thé Village Wwatef orf
which should be set up before
summer months— Ralph Woodland
regained his singles crown to bring
back the only badminton title this
year as a result of the tournament
at Prince— Drusilla Penelope Dev-
ereux, younger daughter of Mrs. V.
Cowan of Onward Ranch, became
the bride of Wilfred James Hodgson,
Williams Lake— The Dan Rottacker
rink retained the Mackenzie ¢ghal-
lenge trophy when Tony Woodland
went down to defeat 15-10— The
Fair Association set aside a fund to
be used towards hardsurfacing the
arena floor. Les Pigeon was elected
president of the association for the
second straight year— A son was
born to Mr. and Mrs, Sam Mitchell
and also a son to Mr, and Mrs. Arthur
Maxwell, Williams Lake—

FIVE YEARS AGO
February 19, 1948

A blizzard with 12 inches of snow
driven by a hard wind filled nearly
every road in the district completely
traffic— The PGE was}

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blocked by slides and could not pro-
ceed past Lillooet— Hospital bridge
and erib created considerable inter-
est during January, Prize winners
were, Bridge: ladies high, Mrs, A.
B. Mackenzie 7390; gents high, Dr,
L. B. Avery 7020. Cribbage: ladies
high, Mrs. C. MeClennan; gents high,
Wilf Moore— Hospital directors held
their first meeting of the year. 8,
Sloan was appointed president and
Bert Roberts vice-president— At the
annual meeting of the local branch
of the Red Cross Society, Fred Bass,
president, informed those present
that §1000 had been set as the quota
for Williams Lake and district—
Five daughters were born this week,

the proud parents being Mr. and
Mrs, Charles Faessler, Fawn; Mr.
and Mrs, Frank Maddocks, 70 Mile

Dr, and Mrs. J. W. Neville,
Williams Lake; Mr, and Mrs. Robt.
Kyte, Williams Lake; Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Buckle, 150 Mile House— The
inaugural meeting of the Catholic
Women's League was held—

House;

TEN YEARS AGO
February 18, 1943

The weekend hockey play on very
soft ice due to thawing weather, re-
sulted in two wins trom Quesnel by.
the ‘lake players— What is probably
a new record for killing wolves was

established by Henry Gadbois, Pea
Vine Ridge district trapper, when he
killed 13 black timber wolves in two
days— Mrs. Francis Weetman, pion- |
eer of the Cariboo, passed away at
Vancouver. Also word was received |

of the Tribune

of the death of a former resident of
the Chilcotin, Mrs, Blizabeth Ross—
A refueling airport has been estab-
lished here by installing a gas pump
and supply building at the runway—
At least 300 persons enjoyed the
Cabaret presented by the Cariboo
Comfort C]ub— Several persons and
dusiness houses have pledged an an-
nual sum to the Volunteer Fire
Brigade to cover injury, or damage
to clothing—

TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 16, 1933

Reports reaching Williams Lake
testify to increasing interest in the
gold mining areas of Yank’s Peak,
Keithley Greek, Likely and Horsefiy.
Many local residents are staking
Maat A cold snap; wéth the locai
thermometers reading” 32° — below
put the fee in good shape for a hoc-
key game between the 150 Mile and
Williams Lake married men— Mac-|
kenzfes advertise men’s dress shirts, |
collar attached, selling for 85¢ each, |
and ladies rayon plated hose, per)
pair 35¢.

Nature
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by W. F. Myring

Difference Between
Hardwoods and Softwoods

Generally hardwoods are broad-
leaved trees; softwoods are needle
bearers These terms have nothing}
to do with actual hardness of the
wood. Most hardwoods are decldu-
ous, meaning that they shed their
foliage annually while most soft-
woods are evergreen; i.e. they re-
tain their leaves for more than one
year.
All Broad-Leaf Trees Hardwood?

No. There is a broadleaf tree, call-
ed the ginkgo, which botanically is
not a hardwood. This tree has the
unique distinction of being the old-
est remaining species of a prehistoric
order of trees. It is used as a street
tree in many cities.

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" From Another Viewpoint

“IS ARBITRATION REALLY WORKING?”

\
(in The Abbotsford-Sumas-Matsqui News)

Municipal taxpayers of the areas
comprising School District 34 are
going to pay teachers something like
a six per cent increase across the
board this year. The rate of pay hike
was set by an arbitration board, one
of scores of similar boards which sat
in recent weeks throughout British
Columbia: -

Such boards voted literally hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars in sal-
ary increases, and we think the ma-
jority of board members “knew sur-
prisingly little about the conditions
governing ability to pay of the tax-
payers on whom they assessed the
increases.

‘In the first place, we are not
against fair pay for teachers. Nor
do we suggest that some measure of
increase was out of order this year.

We do think however, that some
overhaul'of the machinery of appoint-
ing arbitration boards is necessary.
The people who are appointed to
them, all too often are professional
pleaders rather than unbiased arbi-
trators.

In at least half a dozen arbitration
cases we can think of, the same
Queen’s Counsel “represented the
teaching staff on successive boards of
arbitration. He rushed from case to
case at breath taking speed. Many
school boards employed equally dis=
tinguished legal talent, which work-
ed at an equally accelerated pace. In
addition each side had a paid lawyer
or a teacher's federation representa-
tiye to argue its case

More than once another lawyer
was chairman of the board.

.In no ease coming to our attention
could it be said that the parties to
the question, the local teachers and
the local school authorities, had very
much to do with it. Both were repre-
sented by such eminent help that
the affair rapidly lost any very inti-
mate touch with its principals.

Such an atmosphere makes for

decisions influenced by the previous
decisions with which members of
the same board have been associated,
whether circumstances of the speci-
fic cases coincide or not. It also
makes a rather hollow mockery of
the idea that either local trustee
boards or. their own school teachers
have very much to say about their
relationship with one another.
_ Provincial labor authorities should
take steps to overhaul the machinery
of arbitration to the end that it may
bring about decisions more definitely
related to local situations,

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