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Volume 21 -- Number 12.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, March 26, 1953.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

‘Lake Players Fail To Win |
Any Trophies In Interior Tourney

Although they adyanced to the finals in three divisions,
Williams Lake shuttle stars were unable to come away with
any titles in North-Central B.C. championship play at Prince
George last weekend. =

Ralph Woodland, holder of the
Singles crown last year, was one of
the finalists in all three events that
the locals edged to the top.

Don Currie of Quesnel took the
singles crown from last year’s cham-
pion. :

-Ralph Woodland took the open-
ing game of the men’s singles as his
smashing drives kept Currie on the
defensive to the conclusion of a 15-10
score, but Currie, whose cagey place-
ment of shots had failed to click in
the opener, came back strong in th
second game “defeating the fast-
tiring 1952 champion 15-7.

Currie retained control of the play
through the third and final game
while Woodland, near exhaustion,
was repeatedly caught off-balance by
the veteran Quesnel player’s slashing
returns. Currie took the third game
by an easy 15-2 margin.

Yn the women’s singles a sister
-duel between Lorraine Carruthers

*of Kamloops and Mrs. Embleton of
Prince George saw the hard-playing,
younger Nonie capture the crown in
two straight games, 11-5, 11-1.
MEN’S DOUBLES

With the exaustion of the men’s
singles still written on their faces,
«Currie and Ralph Woodlana,
teamed with Avery and Roy Wood-
land respectively, renewed their duel
and again it was the powerful play
of the Quesnel player which turned
the tide afrér.the Williams Lake pair

the opening game

Street Signs and Fire
Alarms Considered

Two signs that our town is grow-
ing up have been in evidence at re-
cent village commission meetings.

One “of these actually concerns
signs, street signs. The commission-
ers are considering several types f
street signs that would be erected
along Oliver Street and Railway
Avenue at each intersection.

They are also considering the
Placement of additional street fire
alarms in various parts of town to
augment the single alarm on Oliver
Street.

Teachers Will Attend
Provincial Convention

Five delegates the
branch of the B.C. Teachers Feder-
ion will attend the annual provin-

from local

cial convention in Vancouver April
8, 9.

The teacher delegates are Dyne
Kyall, principal at Forest Grove, Ww. |
O. Oscienny of the 100 Mile staff and
Mrs. M. Sharpe, J. Macrae and L,
Caniell from Williams Lake.

Also attending the convention will
be local high school principal J.
Phillipson, who is a member of the
provincial executive of the B,C.T.
ULF.

Mrs. Rife’s Mother
Buried at Vancouver

had captured

Lorraine Carruthers and her sis-
ter Nonie Embleton teamed up for] umeral services. were conducted
the women’s doubles and°defeated|in Vancouver Wednesday for Mrs.
a hard-playing Fort St. Jamesepair | Alice Peatrice Smith, mother of Mrs.
im straight games, 15-12 and 15-2.|Ken Rife of William: Lake, who
ans GA passed a at Squamish March 21

d with veteran court-master |" Ner 86th year.
@emmed with iyelean ‘ She fs also survived by two other
Roy Hurdle in the mixed doubles,

fi ae third daughters, Mr: _A. Peyton, Swan
Se een neuyed ina Raipn |River, Manitoba, and Mrs. ¢. V.
Prince George victory over Ralp nell, Squamish. Hight grand.

Woodland and Claudia Barber of
Williams Lake.

Hurdle, who was knocked out of

children and six great grandchildren

also survive. i
“Mr. and Mrs. Rife were in Van-

couver for the funeral services.

(Continued on back page)

EARNED THE LOVE OF FOUR GENERATIONS

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zi i Centra; Press neqe
One of the Last Publie-Appearance Photos Taken of Queen Mary
Court mourning has been proclaimed for one month for
Queen Mary, who passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday.
She was 85 years old. Four generations of the Commonwealth
were familiar with Queen Mary, first as Duchess of York, then
as Queen, then Queen Mother and then as Dowager Queen
Raised in the Victorian era, she became a symbol of the dignity
of the age. She was known as kindly yet unyielding, gracious
but reserved. To many Britons she, more than any other, was;
the true symbol of Britain’s monarchic continuity.

Government Defeated Count Shows Moose
Not ‘away back’ Either

E on moose in the
0. comes from B.C. Fish and
{Game Council president Avery King
of Penticton who spoke last week
fo the Lower Mainland game dele-
gates in convention at Mission City.

In Gang Ranch owner Bill Stud-
dert’s plane, five members of an in-
formal ‘moose count’ party, includ-
ing Pat Martin, game department
biologist, flew over Gang Ranch land
West ofthe Fraser for four hours
last. week. They counted only 26
moose, 10 deer and six bighorn sheep.
) Bill said in a similar count at the
Same time two years ago he counted
127 moose in one hour. King said he
is, convinced — and said Pat Martin
; too — that there just aren’t any
mréose, and never mind this previous
belief that the moose are still “away
back.” Where they were IS away
back.

Fined $100 and Costs
On Assault Charge

Lioyd Stafford was fined $100 and
[costs in police court this morning

est report

The defeat on the floor of
Legislature that Premier W. A. ¢,
Bennett has been daring the opposi-

the}.

‘ion to inflict since the start of thig.
The
controversial Rolston formula on. ed=
ucation financing was defeated by a
28-17 vote.

It is likely that the house will
wind up its business tomorrow and
then Lieutenant-Governor Clarence:
Wallace will either call on Harold,
Winch to form a government or call.
for a general election,

Since the CCF would have to get
the support of either Liberals ow!
Conservatives to form a working of assault causing grevious hodily
Sovernment, it is thought unlikely] harm to the person of Lionel Single-
that Mr. Winch will meet with muen| nurst,

Suecess in his quest for the Premier's} ory Constable Lon Godfrey, who

Dost.
appeared for the Crown, and defence

}lawyer Lee Skipp, emphasized that
1952 Stampede }during the events of that evening
Made Profit

that preceeded the fight on which
he charge was based, Mr. Single-
burst had been the aggressor,
@mstable Godfrey told the court
é »

The 1952 Stampede put fhe -aboinee chee women. Han peer arguing
sociation ahead for the first time in dul ocdl Veen parlour and the acen,
four years, according to a report pre~, wat shad reached. the ‘seudling’
Sented {o last Friday etmeetmg by Ste They’ thel Went Outsae ai
t YW: e
Ste ae a fight ensued, which was finally
Sua Ze oe 2 broken up by bystanders. Stafford

B Boreas yént back to his hotel room and then
an putstanding bank Joan, $420 stil Euamned, Wp town. to. inal) a letter
~Mains u sf oT Y = £ ©
fedeors These eet EM cine ERE to the hotel he again
edger. The association though tias Eo GEE Saas arene
three outstanding loans of $50 each t bain, ile ams bette Woven ce
owing to the Ca i apn eee t ie Urge
ae See es ane Soe ey #y Constable Wallace who placed

Beane euicl ie 1°” | Stamord underentrest Ge Ka veaca
him in possession of a hammer.

session, came Tuesday night.

when he pleaded guilty to a charge

\ In his summary of what happened,

perating

advanced. two years ago when fin-
ances were ata low ebb,

On the revenue side of the 1952, In pleading extenuating circum-
show, membership fees accountea|*t@uces, defense lawyer Skipp said
for $64, donations for $448.34, con-| M8 client had not obtained the ham-
lestant entry fees, $2,629.76; ad-|™P With the intent of revenge. As
mission to grounds $2700.07 ana] the night was chilly he had gone to
share from operation of concessions, his truck to get his overcoat. Snd:the.

s1aThor. hammer, which he had been working

Largest item of the total expendi-
ture of $7,419.75 were prize money,
$4,685.5 arena, judges and gate-
men's wages $517.30; rent of stock,
$92 feed $477; advertising,
$219.17 and stampede manager $250.
Although there were about a doz-
out to the first meeting- of the
year, it was decided, since partici-
pating organi: ations had not had
enough notification, to postpone the
annual meeting for a week,

It was Suggested that this year's
show be held June 10, 11, 12, but
dates and the question of running a

en

two for three-day program will be
left. to the annual meeting this
Friday.

Vancouver Firm’s Bid
Low On Quesnel P.O.

Quesnel — Narod Construction
Ltd., of Vancouver, submitted the
low tender for building of the new
Federal Building in Quesnel, accord-
ing to a report issued Jate last week |

from Ottawa. The Narod bid rap}
$327,103. :
Tenders were also submitted by

Mutual Construction Co. Ltd ($331~
950); Bennet & White Ltd. (333
219) and Baynes & Manning Ltd.
($549,357 All firms submitting
tenders have their offices in Van-
couver,

The tenders were opened on Wed-
1esday of last week and so far there
has been no announcement regarding
iwarding of the contract. It was
stated from Ottawa that tenders had

seen referred for tabulation and
report.
Mr. and Mi Gordon McLean

spent last week at the coast. Return-
ing with them on her first visit to
the Cariboo was the latter’s mother,
Mrs, -W, Severson of Sardis.

with that morning, was in the coat
Docket. Mr. Skipp emphasized that
his client had nevér been in trouble
with the police before and had been
“goaded” all evening by Singlehurst.

The Crown argued that the accus-
ed had used more force than neces-
sary in striking the other man with
a hammer.

59 ATTEND AN

Sewer Money By-law Still
Far From Final Form

Instead of bein
to the taxpayers, Vil
farther ahead with
last fall.

Following intensive research, yil
lage solicitor Walter Nisbet forward-
ed a bylaw to B. C. ‘Bracewell,
deputy minister of municipalities,
which was promptly tossed back as
unsatisfactory. E

Main objection was to the method
ising money to pay back the
principal and interest on ‘the bonds
issue that would be necessary. The
commissioners had intended to do
this mainly by a tax levy on land,
a method which Mr. Bracewell evi-
dently doesn’t agree to when it comes
to a sewerage system.

According to the deputy minister’s
letter, the plan must be self-liquidat-
ing. This would entail a users’ rate
structure, much the same as is used
in the case of the village water sys-
tem. It would also mean that the com-
missioners will have to provide Mr.
Bracewell with a detailed estimate
of the number of users and the rate
that would be charged, so that he
could satisty himself that the system
would, in fact, liquidate itself.
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE

In discussing this problem previ-
ovSly, commissioners felt that it
would be impossible to estimate the
number of users or the cost of opera-
tion of the system, since they had
been unable to get information from
other municipalities on a similar
set-up. Most of the comimunities witb
sewer systems are municipalities
with different powers than villages,
and -can use more elastic ~forms of
financing.

In the case of villages, the depart-
ment of municipal affairs keeps
strong rein on the local govern-
ment, since the provincial goyern-
ment backs their bond issues. Backs
them, that is, provided ‘the village
lives up to the department’s regula-
tions. A village could ignore this
and borrow without the govern-
ment’s backIng but the issue would

CANAMA LUMBER
MILL PURCHASED

The big mill on Lae La Hache,
formerly owned by- Canama Lumber
Company, will be operating again
under new ownership inside of an-
other two months.

The assets of the former company,

which went under in November,
1951, have been purchased by
Blackwater Timber Co. (Cariboo)

Ltd. Principals in the firm are An-
drew Devine, W. F. Tucker Battle
and J. H. Houghland.

It is reported that. the new company
has also purchased the timber rights
in the Lac La Hache area of Tudor
Forest Products.

VNUAL BANQUET

Local hardware man Fred
of the Williams Lake Curling
banquet Tuesday night.

Although playing his first season
this year with the town club, Fred is
a veteran skip. In his acceptance
speech he told the 59 members pres-
ent that he had curled throughout
Canada but he had never been as-

Ignores School Patrol,
Draws $25 Fine

Ignoring the flags of a
Safety Patrol on a pedestrian cross-

school

walk cost a district. man and
costs in police court Monday. !

Driving down Oliver Street ar|
noon the same day, Gilbert Mont-|

gomery of Enterprise, went past one
school patrol boy who had his flag

ised to stop traffic, made a |
nd again passed over the cross-
k. This time his car touched the
flag being held up by the boy trying
to stop traifie in that lane.

The youngster took the licence
number of the car and reported the
incident to police. Montgomery was
charged with driving without due
care and attention,

a

vail

j the ‘absence of pres:

Curlers Name Graham President

Graham was named president
Club at the curlers’ ‘annual
a

sociated with a better group than
he had found right here.

Ted Ewing was named vice-presi-
dent for the coming year, and Mur-
ray Fairley, secretary-treasurer. Di-
rectors are Ken Rife, D. Herbert,
Bob Lees, Perry Scott, Tom Bishop
and Dan Rottacker. Chaplain is Tom
Hawker,

Oldest, but one of the clubs most
enthusiastic curlers, 85-year-old
Roderick Mackenzie was named the
club's honorary president.

Last year’s vice-president, Doug
Stevenson conducted the meeting in
ent Ken Rife,
A vote of thanks was tendered to
Matt Latin and Dan Rottacker for
their work for the club and also to
retiring president Rife,

In the presentation of silverware,
the Gardner Trophy went to Jack
Smedley; the Central Service Trophy
(o Fred Graham; the Cariboo Home
Furnishings Trophy to Ted Ewing.
Third Bob Lees accepted the Mac-
kenzie Challenge Trophy on behalf
of Ken Rife’s rink.

Out-of-town guest at the banquet
was former club member Jack Dobie
from Quesnel,

g nearly ready to present a money by-law
lage commissioners fee] they are not much
their sewer system plans than they were

not bring the price on the open _
market. ~ Sees, ae
PARKING PROBEEM  ~— AS

On busy days, the town has a park-\
ing problem along Oliver Street and
Railway Avenue, one that
helped by businessmen and
employees, who drive to
morning and leaye their cars ps
in front of their places of business,

Rather than place a two hour
parking limit on these streets, the
commissioners decided Tuesday night
to send a letter to the businessmen
concerned, asking their co-operation
in seeing that these cars are parked
on the side streets,
PERMIT

A building permit was granted to
E. H. Commo to erect a dwelling
with an estimated value of $8,000.

OUTLINE DISTRICT
ROAD PROGRAM
FOR THIS YEAR

Various areas in the South Cariboo
will benefit from specified projects
that will be undertaken by the Pubs
lic Works Department, it has éen
learned from authorative source

In addition to the annual approp-
riation for road maintenance, which
this year totals $170,000, the fol
lowing amounts have been set aside
for individual works programs.

To continue the rebuilding of-+
Horsefly road that wasot published
Year, $10,000 heal Liguor, Goatrol

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Hone) Butts isn columbia
marked 7,

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isn’t

home, the Williams Lake-Moy

House cut-off will have $110,000
Spent.on it, which should complete
this connection.

In and around Williams Lake con-
siderable paving is contemplated.
The highway from the village boun-
dary to Herbert Lodge will be paved
as will four miles of the Mountain
House cut-off. Railway Avenue, which
is a will be
Paved to the village boundary and
beyond to the bridge crossing San
Jose Creek.

secondary highway,

To continue the program of elim-
inatirfg small bridges in the district
and replacing them with culverts,
$6,700 has been set aside. For gen-
eral bridge maintenance. $35,000
has been allocated. This will include
rebuilding of the dam bridge south
of Riske Creek.

Work will likely start tomorrow
on preparing the ‘Railway Avenue
stretch for paving later in the sum-
mer,

New Service Station
For Railway Avenue

Stan Rushton, owner of the small
gas station on Railway Avenue who
was the object of criticism last win-
ter by the local garagemen’s associ-
ation, will soon have a spanking new
station on the site of his present

pumps.

A spokesman for the Home Oil
Company in Kamloops said yesterday
that construction on a small service
station would- start before the end

of April.
Last fall Mr. Rushton approached
the Village Commissioners with

plans for a temporary building ana

id a new garage Would be built in
the spring if the PGE Railway com-
Pany would renew the lease on the
land. With this understanding he
was given a six-months’ permit,

The station again came into the
news during the winter

f ‘as turned down
in view of the temporary nature of
the building bermit,