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illiams Lake Tribune

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Volume 21 - Number 11.

WILLIAMS LAK®, B.C. Thursday, March 19, 1953.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

Moving Dog Creek Airport To Coronation . . - LEGION TO PLAN

To Williams Lake Would |) =
Save $40,000 Annually

Construction of an airport on the hill overlooking town
and moving the Department of Transport range station from
Dog Creek to Williams Lake, would result in a saving of
approximately $40,000 a year operational costs by the Federal
Government, according to a comparative cost table that has
been submitted to the Village Commission and the Board of
Trade. a

The name of the person respon-| experienced at the present airport,
sible for the research has not been|It would also permit the safe opera.
made public, but he is said to be an|tion of larger and faster type air-
aecepted authority. eraft which, it is believed, CPA in-

Maintaining Dog Creek airport|tend to put into service some time
With its associated radio aids to air|in the future. Bes
navigation is stated to cost approxi-] The report was read to last Thurs.
mately $65,000 annually. This is bro-| day's meeting of the Board of Trade
ken down into $10,000 for fuel oil] by airport committee chairman Ber
for diesels; $20,000 for water, which Levens. He pointed out that the Vil-
has to be hauled at a cost of 4 cents| lage Commissioners had sent the
B gallon; $30,000 for a staff of 10;/Tecommendations along to the Fed-
men. The heavy equipment required| eral Government and asked the
is worth $35,000 and costs arouna| Board of Trade to add its weight.
$3,000 a year to maintain, He also said that much of the credit 5

To operate the Williams Zake|for pushing the government in con- 1) f T
airport, costs run something like| nection with the proposed airport ean 0 own s
this: fuel oil, nothing (power sup-| Should be given to Alastair Macken- e °
Diled by B.C. Power Commission}: |fle, chairman, of the commicicn,/ BUSIMESSIMER Retires
water, after installation of well, Who manages the present town ‘port.
pumps, etc, maintenance would be
negligible; staff of seven men,
$21,000; heavy equipment requirea
would ve worth around $20,000 vin {FLOOD FUND FIGURES

i cost of app y
$2,000. The total approximate cost
would be $25,000.  *

PAY FOR MOVING

The report goes on to say that’
“therefore in less than five years,
the saying would pay for the cost
°f moving the Dog Creck range |

PROGRAM IN TOWN

“The local branch of the Canadian
Legion is taking the” initiative in
ofganizing a program in Williams
Lake for Coronation Day, June 2.

“At the branch meeting Monday
night, E. G. ‘Tony’ Woodland wag
named chairman of the committee
with authority to choote his own
committee members. The committee
has been instructed to contact other
town organizations with the object
of co-ordinating a suitable program.
The day's activities will probably be
< : détigned to entertain the district’s

= ye | Cuildren,. with sports events follow-
Photo by Blackwell's ing an appropriate ceremony to mark

Shown here is Migs Alice Fraser, the historic occasion,

Williams Lake High School Student| ;A suggestion that the Legion
Who “was notified last week that she mike a tangible expression of ap-
has been chosen as one: of a party of | piseidtion to the Williams Lake high
50 Canadian school girls to make the} School student who was chosen to
‘rip to England this spring to see| mike the trip to England, met with
the Coronation, enthusiastic support. As a result, 17-
year-old Alice Fraser will have an
extra $50 for spending money, a gift
from the veterans of the branch.

Pruce Magoffin hasbeen appointed
Legion representative on the Stam-

Roderick Mackenzie, dean of the ‘uae

== town’s businessmen, stepped down
from active management of the firm

of Mackenzies Ltd., this week.
Seated behind the small table at

B.C. Products Show
the back of the grocery department e: 7
of the family department store mon- (COMING In September

day afternoon, Mr. Mackenzie told
The Tribune reporter that “this 18
the last time you'll see me here.” will sponsor a B.C. Products Show

But you had the idea that this was|1- Williams Lake sometime in Sep-
a statement that was not to be taken | tember, according to a letter receiy-

Final figures on the donations lo-
cally to the European Flood Relief
Fund show that Williams Lake and
district people contributed $2,725.

‘The money will be used to aid
victims of the disastrous floods this
spring in England, Holland ang

The Vancouver Board of Trade

: 5 Fe Belguim. 4 too literally. After talking about|€d by the local hoard.
station to Williams Lake, includ- | [nee he would do with his time now, According to the plans. the show
ing the cost of dwellings for stai, Mr. Mackenzie said he would be|Would be displayed in one of the

administration buildings, etc."

Besides the money saving angle,
the report lists several of the argu Se ree ee
ments in fayour of moving the range
in to Williams Lake, and construct- DIES IN HOSPITAL ¢
ing a new airport. =

1, At present Williams Lake air-
Port is the weak link in a chain of
airports extending from Vancouver
to Prince George and northward.
2. Any airport constructed at Wil-
Mams Lake would have commerciel
yalue. 3, The construction of an air-
port on the hill would permit airline

roma the store from time to time| town halls and would feature tabloia
WILLIAM HAFAILTON “7a that he would be available in paisley submitted by 50 manufac-

Sarthe man now responsible for the] Moux#™ iso De aFTaREEr TSP og
operation .of the business is the|™&nufacturer who wished to tuke
*& |founder’s son, Alastair. The other | Part in the show.
Funeral services were conducted | airector is his daughter, Mrs. Doug| The evening program would also
‘in St. Andrew's United Chureh yes-| stevenson. include the showing of an industrial
terday for William Rae Hamilton of)" yrr Mackénzié started out at the| lm on the development of British
Lae La Hache, who passed away M| 495 o 12 to earn his living. For Columbia. The coast trade group
War Memorial’ Hospital “March 141 years ne has followed the retail sel}
after a lengthy illness. ing business first in his birthplace of
Mr. Hamilton’s death was the! Seotiand, in South Africa and finally
second to occur within the pioneer] jy Canada.

cash and additional merchandise
prizes to be given away during the
program. They also offer cash prizes
of $15, $10 and $5 for competition

3 a iods| district family in the past two
eS aes ore, perloes months. His brother, Rae, passed . among local merchants in making up
away January 23. Red Crass Meeting window displays of B.C. product
William Hamilton was born ag In addition to the evening show-

SEGUIN’S SENTENCE

Poorly Attended ing, a special afternoon program |
would be arranged for the hovel
children, - |

The Vancouver Board will put on
the display at Quesnel and Prince
George as well as Williams Lake, |

Fort St. James on Christmas D:
1882. He is survived by two sisters,

UPPED TO 20 YEARS) ics sssvearer, winssne Taxe ave

ig, | M78, Ketie Parks, Ontario. Four group's recent annual meeting.

Oe eg an Henry Sesuin. | brothers, Gavin of Beaver Valley, Last year's officers will serve again

Peay eenast Joeel Yank ‘maneser| rye, Tea and’ Charlie of Lae La and include Mrs. W. B. Bellmond,

Only five members of the local
branch of the Red Cross attended the

PGE OFFICIALS. VISIT DAWSON CREEK

River

= CORONATION pay. |Through Freight Rates To Peace
Will Result From Talks

soon ‘be able to offer

shippers a through. rate on goods from Vancouver to Dawson
Creek, following a deal completed by railway officials at the -
Peace River centre last weekend. :

Word on the new tie-in was passed
on to The Tribune this week by Ron | of buildings

on the prairie. ‘The

Waite, agricultural representative of second showed the town in 1942

the party.

An agreement has been reached
with the large Dawson Creek truck-
ing firm of Northern-Freightways
Ltd. This company, which operates the Dawson Creek of today, a wel
a fleet of 31 large transports, will
handle the freight shipments from
Prince George, present PGE termin-
ve, to Dawson Creek over the Hart] Peace River country séemed to lean

Highway,

At present only freight is in-
volved, although it is understouid
‘wn _agreement on express ship-
ments may be in the wind.

The railway company party, head-
ed by J. Roy Drage, freight traffic
manager, included J. A. Kennedy,
former manager of the line;

the railway company, who was with/ when American armed forces had

laid out, model’ town of around 5
population. 2
Asked if the businessmen of the

towards Alberta, Mr. Waite said he
had gained the opposite impression,
that these men were looking forward
to developing trade with the remain-
der of British Columbia and‘ the
completion of the Hart Highway will
make this a reality.
On the highway itself, Mr. Wai

Paul| said-he had been impressed with the

Star, western freight manager of|New provincial link. Snowplows had

the Great Northern Railway Com-| kept the route clear

through .the

pany of Seattle, and Alfred Hebb,| Winter and his Party had made the

Great Northern freight
Vancouver,
@ . railway

agent at] trip from Prince to Dawson Creek in

seven hours. There are no grades to

company officials| SPeak of on the highway and in My,

Tl
travelled to Prince George by train Waite's opinion, when the road is
and

were driven over the 260-nile

paved jt will be the finest in the

Hart Highway by Roger Forsythe, a| Province.

partner in the trucking company. At
Dawson Creek they were the gues!

ts!
2 tue Bosra or rage ot « sec LOCAL MAN FAILS
banquet in their honour.

Mr. Waite said he had been im-
pressed by the-look of Dawson Creek
and the Progressive attitude of the
businessmen in the centre that is
Mile 0 on the Alaska Highway .as
well as being the eastern terminus
of the Hart Highway.

COUDGrn wae un | San eee
nified the phases of Dawson Creek’s
progress, Mr. Waite said. One was
taken in 19 and the village was
nothing more than a small collection

Planning To Start
On 1953 Stampede Show

Plans for the 1953 Stampede will
be the major item onthe agenda
when the association holds its first
meeting of the year Friday night at
the Lakeview Hotel. President Ben-
ny Abbott has sent out the call for
all former Stampede workers and
any newcomers who would like to
take part in the organization to turn
out that night.

Tou deliver in an attempted’ bank Hache, also survive. president; Mrs.-L A. Moxon, treas-
Bo ewe cre eet December and Wally einent: was 4 the family plot] urer; Mrs. A, E Levens, se
later captured in a gun battle with] yo 7, Sage
RCMP officers, had his five-year sen-

tence increased to 20 years in Van- e
couver Monday,

Court of Appeal allowed the ap-
peal of the attorney-general in the
case of Seguin, who is also wautea
in connection with the slaying of a
Maxville, Ontario taxi driver last
August.

Deputy Attorney-General rie
Fepler, who appealed the sentence
on behalf of the crown, pointed out
that Seguin had a long criminal re-
cord dating from the time he was 16.

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committee and act as cam-
manager for the annual can-| 4

ast
paign

hear capacity audience turned
Night
staged by' the Elks Lodge and the
0.0.R.P. Friday night.

The contestants, who ranged from
poised performers to stage frighten-
ed ‘first timers,’ provided an inter-
esting and varied program for the
appreciative audience. The predom-
inance of children who exhibited
their enthusiasm by whistling and
foot-stomping made it difficult for
the judges to decide on the winners,

Tied for top place in the junior
section, composed of ten small girls,
were Mardell Ferrier and Norma
Fairley whose charming songs paid
off in cash dividends. Other small
competitors were Rosemary Hosey,
Linda Greening, Lynn Marbry, Di-
anne Friesen, Judy Murray, Marion
Robinson, Dorrie Rigby, and Audrey
Friesen.

‘The dormitory choir took top
money in the senior division. As weil
as group selections, several mem-
bers, rendered individual solos and
They had been trained by Mrs.
L. Boyce, matron of the dormitor.

Spring officially appears on the)
March 20, at

out for the first Amateur

Receipts from the drive in town
so far amount to $191.

calendar tomorrow,
2:07, p.m,

New B-unswick !s Scene of Staking Stampede

Hospital Committees
Named For This Year

Committees to handle the opera-
tion of War Memorial Hospital were
named by chairman ©. Stangoe at
the board meeting last Friday.

On the staff committee again this
year is J. R. N. Purser; house coim-
mittee consists of J. D. Smedley and
-Wm. Christie; finance committee,
Mrs. J. Stitt and T. A. Borkowski;

Tom Deny wit agate head he o-| ALITA TQUE'S Play To Full House

guitar duet by Frank -Purjue and
Bill Friesen; Irish songs by Bill Don-
ovan; and an hilarious hula dance
by: Honolulu Bob Moore, suitably
equipped with grass skirt and stra-
tegic padding.

Miss Betty Wrightson provided
piano accompaniment for many of
the numbers, while the Cariboo
Ramblers orchestra entertained dur-
ing the judging intermissions.

Master of ceremonies was Stan
Goad, assisted by Mrs.~S. MeBurnie,
In charge of make-up were Mrs. G.
Place and Mrs. Boyd Halfnights.

Judges for both sections were
Tony Woodland, Les Cantell and
Tom Hawker,

breast with a .22 calibre rifle.

IN SUICIDE TRY

A local man who attempted to
{ake his own life here last Thursday
evening, has been sent to the coast
for mental treatment.

A resident of Williams Lake for

Aceording to a statement by his
brother, the victim had been in a
melancholy mood for some time since
his wife moved back to her parents’
home. He had threatened to commit
suicide on several occasions. =
Last Thursday evening he haa
driven to town from the house where
he lived with his brother, about three
miles out. The brother and a neigh-
bor were sitting in the kitchen tali-
ing when the car drove up and then
the sound of a muffled shot.

The brother rushed to the dour
in time to meet the woundéd inan
coming up the step holding his hand
over the wound in his chest. He took
the car and rushed into town to
notify police, who returned with bim
and took his brother into the hos-
pital. Fearing that he would again
attempt to take his own life, a guard
was maintained at the hospital until
he was removed to the coast.

DISTRICT MAN FACES
ASSAULT CHARGE

A further remand was granted to-
day in police court on the hearing of
a charge of assault occasioning bod-
ily harm that was laid last Thursday
against Lloyd Stafford of Spring-
house.

The charge was laid as a result of
a fight the night before between Sof
ford and his brother-in-law, Ti
S st.

Annual Firemen’s
Ball Well Attended

Over 400 town and district resi-
dents were out at the Elks hall Tues-
night to join in the festivities
of the “Seventeenth of Ireland,”
marked here annually by the popular
Firemen’s Ball.

Second place was awarded to Miss
Halleran whose imitations of
well-known singers was an instant
hit with the audience,

Mrs. L. Godtrey’s lovely soprano
Yoice won her third place, while)
Marlene Gardner and Beverly Huw.
ker teamed up for a piano and ac
cordian duet which won them fourth

public relations, C. Stangoe. Rev.| |
Geo. Fielder will take charge of ee 3 s ‘ : :
hospital fire equipment, regulations From Bathurst, Doug Buraglia’s Family Got Caught in Stampede
and general fire preparedness.
In a move to clean up old out-

standing accounts due the hospital,
a special committee has been nained
to review and act on these collec-

ae 5s Kay

A mine-staking stampede is surging across the moose pastures

Brunswick which may develop into one of Can-
major mining camps, and “do for New Brunswick what oil
Gid for Alberta.” “The Bathurst rush could mean the Canadian
boom at Jong last has caught up with this neglected “have-not”
province. where pulp is king. But government-~mine officials warn

tions. those suffering from get-rich-quick fever that “a mining claim prize |
Resignations of Mr, and Mrs. Carl isn’t a mine.” Past experience has shown only one mining com- 7e. sto piesa’ nich on theven=

i s in every 20 becomes a producer of metals. However, undis- Others who placed hig
Kemmler from the hospital statt pany in every oF P wo, placed, high on the -en-

uraged by the 20-to-one chances against them, prospectors are ter
flocking to the area from as far away as Alaska. Since copper,
Jead and zine was discovered in mid-January 25,000 to 30.000
claims have been staked, and many more are expected as the
stampede continues,

were accepted. Mr. Kemmler has
been employed as janitor and Mrs.
Kemmler has been in charge of the
bospital laundry,

recitation of ‘Sam
a squa
students; a

ardson with h
Small and his Medal";
dance by high school

Winners of the old-time waltz
contest were Fire Chief Claude Hus-
ton and his partner Miss G. Eieh-
nann. A ham donated by Roberts
curing plant was auctioned off by
Benny Abbott and was finally knock-
ed down to Bill Sharpe of Cariboo
Home Furnishings for $18. John
Cade won “Paddy's Pig.”

Mrs. ‘T. A. Borkowski is recover-
ing in War Memorial Hospital fol-

According to police
stable Wallace was making his rou-
tine rounds when he saw the two
men grappling on Oliver Street. Ee
broke up the fight and found Stafford
in possession of a hammer. He was
taken to custody and released the
following day on $1000 bail. Single-
hurst was removed to the hospital
and was released to bis home follo-v-
ing treatment.

No plea has been entered in the
case so far. Lee Skipp of the firm of
Cade & Skipp is appearing for
defence.

n
BIRTHS
At War Memorial Hospital
ABBOTT — To Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Abbott, Williams Lake, a
born March 13.
EVANS — To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald

sou,

lowing 2 major emergency operation
Sunday evening.

Evans, Williams Lake, a daugh-
ter, born March 17,