BAA Williams NEWS EXCHANGE Lake » Tribun Volume 21 -- Number 18. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Th ursday, May 7, 1953. Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year. Seventy Attend Annual Jaycee Installation Night Seventy persons attended the fourth annual installation night of the Williaiis Lake Junior -Chamber of Commerce last Friday at the Columbus Hall. S Since retiring president Dr. Larry Avery is leaving Williams Lake short- ly to make his home in the United States, the function also took on the nature of a farewell party. Village Commission Chairman Alastair Mac- kenzie, Board of Trade President Bert Roberts and Dr. A. H. Bayne, honorary president of the Junior Chamber, all paid tribute to Dr. Avery's value to the community, and wished he and Mrs, Avery the best of luck in their new venture. In reviewing the year's work of the chamber, Dr. Avery said the club had handled around $4000, inciud- ing the $2500 that was collected for flood relief. The remaining $1500 was raised at various functions and spent in town. Dr.,Avery said the installation was one of the last big functions that he would be attending Williams Lake Motors Wins Bus Contract Williams Lake Motors Ltd., has been awarded the contract for supply of a school bus for the new 100 Mile area bus route. Seven local and coast garages ten- dered on the bus, which is the first to be purchased ‘by School District 27. All other busses on the routes | of the vast district are privately owned: In making the selection, the school board points out that it was their final decision not to consider the panel converted bus type due to its smaller capacity, lower head roomj and reports that children. tend’ to, he- come fick Strom ridai= sideways. Tue trustees also decided that the bus to be purchased should be equipped! ‘with dnal wheels. | The vehicle to be purchased is a GMC, ward body, 24-passenger modei | with duals. Price is $4,310.95. Local garages tendering were Neu- feldt Bros., McKay & Laverdiere, and Cariboo Truck & Equipment Lid. A tender was received from Beath “Motors, Quesnel, and two coast firms. Delegates Select here and he was glad it was with the members of the Jaycees. = Mr. Mackenzie brought greetings from the commission and told the members not to try and do too many Projects at once, but to carry tne ones they had on to a successful-con- clusion. Mr. Roberts wished the incoming executive every success and said he hoped the spirit of co-operation be- tween the Jaycees and the senior The incoming executive was install-| t ed by charter president Clive Stan-| t goe. Esler, president; Stewart Smith, t vice-president; Lee Skipp, secretary- treasurer, and Leo Glynn, Bob Court, Doug Adair and Gordon Rowand, directors. Stangoe gave the club’s official} ‘good-bye’ for Dr. Avery and Dr.|¢; Dr. Avery had been one of the Cham- ber’s charter directors through the untiring work of he and li his fellow members on the executive Start. He said the club would also miss Dr. McDougall, who, although A new member, had shown the quali- ties of leadership that would have Placed him in the executive in short time. Following the banquet and instal- lation ceremonies, the guests danc- ed to the music of Vic Imhoff’s or- chestra, oN Ceremony Marks Flag Raising At Airport board would continue in the future.| dates for the forthcom These members include Jack] Malcolm, Quesnel, who was be stimulated the club had got away to a successful prior to the arena’s busiest season. Pictured here are two of he left is Gardner Boultbee he Progressive-Conservative banner, and at the right is Earl picked to contest the seat for he Liberals. 22 HEAR WELLS. SPEAKER CCF Candidate Leads Off In Pre-election Meetings The new CCF candidate for the Cariboo election battle made his first visit to Williams Lake last night and found himself faced with a public meeting that he didn’ know was ing provincial election in Cariboo. At on his itinerary. The CCF standard-bearer, Joe Me- Connell from Wells, came to town to attend a party organizational meeting, but somewhere along the line a party worker became confus- ed and advertised it as a public meeting. Fortunately, Mr. McConnell is no newcomer to the public platform, and he acquited himself well before the audience of 22. It was obvious that he was not prepared for the meeting as he stayed closé to the party platform planks and seldom —Photos by Blackwell's the recently nominated candi- of Bridge Lake, who will carry Arena Society Moves Following the installation, wr.| Date Of Annual To Fall Fourteen members of the South ‘ariboo War Memorial Arena Society Alex McDougall, who is also leaving] attended the second call for the group’s annual meeting Tuesday and » Stangoe told the guests that|decided once more to postpone it, this time until November. The action was taken with the be- ef that more active interest could in the society just South Cariboo Resort Owners Name Slate Some 40 resort owners and visit- ors attended the annual meeting of| district. He has been active in the the South Cariboo Branch of the|/ oy Scout movement and the local | leaving Vancouver Monday, Wednes- uto Coukts and Resorts Association |; neieentefiay att on Green Rake. Flying Bran Clinton men George Keeling ana Fred Hoad were named president and secretary, respectively, of the iteq| PT@nch for the coming year and D. Spee oe Coneda end MeWialted acon of Bridge Lake was namn-- tates were raised over Puntzi air- “ e vice-president} port last Thursday in a short cere-|°4 Vice-presid: mony that was attended by civilian and military dignitaries. Attending the meeting trom Wil- liams Lake were Mrs, A. H. Bayne, iff, Stipendiary Mapis.| YicePresident of ACRA and Ken Me- G7 4. Baylift, Stipendiary Magis:| y ate, president of the local branch, trate of Redstone raised the Cana- dian flag and Staff Sgt. Martin Gla Hewson, USAF, raised the Stars anid | Stripes of the United States. Men of the 917th Squadron, (USAF) paraded to the front of the Administration building for the cere- Mr. cial parent group and Mr. gave a report on his branch. and Mrs. W. D. Herbert were so inthe party. During the meeting Mrs. Bayne ce “3 reported on activities of the provin-| 24ks Hall at 10:30 p.m. eKenzie ventured into the needs of the Cari- boo, particularly this section. The only time he referred direct- ly to the district was when he was speaking on the CCF agricultural plank. He said he believed that one of the problems facing ranchers was transportation of livestock; a candi- tion the CCF intended to alleviate PASSENGER SERVICE TO PRINCE MONDAY Through passenger and service on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway to Prince George will be in- augurated Monday, May 11 with the train leaving Squamish at 2:50 p.m.{ and arriving at Prince Tuesday, May 12 at 1:30 p.m. The service will be tri-weekly, RCMP Constable Leaves Force Friday Constable Lon Godfrey, senior constable of the local RCMP detach- ; ment, leaves the force Friday to take a position in thé general insurance business. Mr. Godfrey will move next week to Quesnel where he will be manager of the office of F. B. Bass (Quesnel) Ltd. This spot with the business re- cently purchased by directors of the local firm of F. B. Bass Ltd., was or- iginally accepted by Vancouver sales- man Andrew Waddell, but subse quently plans were altered. z Stationed here for the past four and a half years, Mr. Godfrey has become well known in the town and express unior Chamber of Commerce. He/is reteruh @ the last war and ee | leaving Prince Géorge on the return” por three years with the Royal Can- on Tuesdays, Thursdays: and Vadian Navy. Saturdays. Coronation Day Program Drawn Up By Town Committee A tentative program has been drawn up for the local Coronation Day celebration June 2 that will run from 10 o’clock in the morning until the dance gets underway at the the Kamloops music festival. School students will give the reading of the prayer for Her Majesty the Queen. The program gets under way at ten with a parade assembling at the Game Resolutions For Provincial Meet Three resolutions were approved by delegates attending the Cariboo Zone convention here Friday for sub- mission to the provincial game con- vention in Chilliwack at the end ot mony under their commanding offi- cer, Major J. Reding. Witnessing the. ceremony were Mrs. Bayliff, Constables Robt. Turn- bull and Eldon Terry of the RCMP Alexis Creek detachment, Mrs. Turn- bull, C. BE. Demerrit, resident Central Housing and Mortgage Corporation official, and visiting civilian depend- The meeting saw the appointment! @lementary school. The parade will of the first accredited delegates from! b€ Made up of RCMP officers, a color the resorts association to the commg Party from the Canadian Legion, rep- provincial Fish and Game conven-| ésentatives from the Boy Scout tion. Bert Gammie of the Flying U| Troop, Cub Pack and Brownies, In- was" elected, dian Chiefs and the St. Joseph Mi. Also attending the meeting were Sion’s Boys Band. These will be fol. Game Commissioner James Cunning-|10wed by children of 12 years ane ham and representatives of the Kam-| der in faney costume and with loops Board of Trade. decorated bicycles. High school and and the address of loyalty. Follow- ing the official program, judging of the children’s costumes will take place; with prizes offered for best comic, best fancy dress and best dec- orated bicycle. The ‘grand out-door party’ in the afternoon will be held in the elemen- tary school grounds and will include races for school and pre-school echil- this month. Two of these resolutions concern- ed the question of moose. The first pointed out that it is now apparent that nature has amply reduced the moose herd in the Cariboo to a point well below thé available food supply} ents of military personnel. As the ceremony closely paralleled the first anniversary of the squad- ron’s formation last April, Staff Set. Stanley Demkowski baked a three- tiered birthday cake for the dinner | se: which followed the flag raising. sil Staff of War Memorial Hospital honoured Drs. L. B. Avery and Alex] added to the program at McDougall at a farewell tea and pre-! fray) following the parade, when nted the guests with souvenir ver letter openers. other children will make up the bulk of the parade. An international flavour dren and a novelty ball game be- tween the boys and girls of the high chool. Adults will take part in a tug- of-war duel with four teams entere iremen, Public Works Department, Lignum’s and Kohnke’s Mill, will be the Etks ections are sung by the male choir from the 917th Squadron, USAF. and that as a consequen¢e it is rec- ommended that no open season on cow moose be considered for this district in 1952. The second resolu- tion states-that since there has been much misinterpretation of the state- ments of biologists concerning lack of feed for moose, the zone recom- mends that any further biologists’ reports he more explicit and designaté the definite area that has heen in- spected and reported on. The third resolution calls on the Game Commission to organize a pub- lic relations office and film service similar to the Forestry Branch, and further, that this office includes a traveling lecturer to carry out an ed- ucational program among game clubs, civic elubs-and schools The convention marked the first appearance of a delegation from the Quesnel Rod & Gun Club; ¢. op Dogherty and Howard Harris were the representatives. From the South Cariboo clubs was C. Cleveland of agan Lake. Mr. Dogherty and my, Cleveland were later named zone delegates to the provincial conven- s Herb Gardner, president An experiment in decorative wood that should prove a boon to home builders and local lumber producers, is being ‘conducted currently by the local firm of Argus Lumber Company on Railway -Avenue. The product is a ‘V-joint’ board in fonr and ‘six-inch widths with one very similar to the plywood how on| side sti . familiar striated the market. But the surface is all that is simi- lar. The local product should rare much cheaper than plywood for al though to the man who is building his own home or doing his own wood finishing, this would-not be a factor. Argus Lumber official Joe Falcon- er is carrying out experiments now with different woods and hopes that the lowly Jackpine will prove suit- (8ble'as well as fir. The new product tion, as wa of the zone. : Delegates from the Williams Lake ‘lub were Benny Abbott and Dan Rottacker. FIRST TIME IN BRITISH COLUMBIA New Lumber Product Tried Also appearing will be the School Dormitory Choir, recent entrants in University Graduate New CCF Candidate Joseph McConnell, candidate for the CCF party in Cariboo riding is a graduate, a practical min- nd he has heen a worker in-provincial labour circles since the would provide a market for produc- ers of narrow one inch material that has hitherto had little value. Lumber for the product is air dried before it is run through the Planer. The boards are surfaced in the usual manner, but a special set of knives in the planer head cuts the : arly thirties. striated s ard leaves i ‘ted surface as the board leay es He graduated from Queen's Uni- the machine. The knives were origin- Z . versity, Belf . Ireland and came to Ganada in 1929. Since 1934 he ha lived ‘on and off’ around Terrace and has been in Wells for the past ally designea by a Seattle man. According to Mr. Falconer, this marks the first time in British Cole! Mr. McConnell has been active in d has 1932 and i Mine Mill Union at Zinc- and as secretary of the Woodworkers — sub- dent of the Mr. Faleoner, who {s conducting a 3 . the experiments with the new pro. Bternat duct, isn’t prepared to say when it! : ; ‘ Jocal at Terrace. will be in production. Lumber stocks, ts, saya nn joined the Royal Can- are down and he ls not. certain yetiopyers, a Artillery and was discharged the Jength of tinie that tt WAGE miowing the war with a commis- to air dry the rough stock sufficient. ly, A lot of wrinkles have to be iron. ed out in the production ena too, sion. - McConnell is married and has three children. He is 41 years of age. A lot of excitement will be provided by a ‘catching the greasy pie’ con- test, open to boys of 16 and under. The porker is being donated by Phil Coxon, who is also in charge of the contest. The boy who catches the pig can either keep the live pork chop or turn it back to Mr. Coxon for $15, The Rube Band wil) also be in at- tendance during the afternoon. Nothing definite has béen receiy- ed yet on the fireworks display for the evening, which is scheduled to star Coronation Day committee The pproved the program Monday night, subject to possible ¢ eting was t donation of $100 had been received. LOCAL CCF BRANCH NAMES PRESIDENT Mrs. S. G. president of as 4 McBurnie was named Williams CCF party at a short the Lake [branch of the eting beld last night following the m address by the party’s candidate. Other officers of the group will be elected at an organizational meeting | to he held next week. by improving roads and by-ways so that cattle may be trucked in. SNIPES AT INDUSTRY Mr. McConnell sniped at the large industries of the province when he was speaking of the CCF plan to abolish the three percent sales tax. His party would take up the slack in the provincial treasury by “taking a little off the fat men.” The “fat men” he interpreted as meaning companies like the MeMillan interests and Con- solidated Mining and Smelter. This his party would do by “con- trol,” the speaker later explained to plain “‘control,” Mr. McConnell said the CCF believed in guaranteeing to the worker a fair wage and fair hours, and to the owners of these large corporations, a profit “we feel hé should have.” He went on to say that C.M.& S. had shown a profit of $84 million last year and he thought the province of British Columbia should have ten per cent of that. SASKATCHEWAN BLUEPRINT Much of the speaker’s time was spent in showing the benefits accru- ing to. citizens of Saskatchewan un- der a CCF administration. He quoted figures on Saskatchewan’s car in+ surance scheme and said the profit element of car insurance: should be removed in B.C. On hospital insurance, Mr. MeCon- nell assailed the Social Credit gov- ernment’s. failure to live up to pre- He did not eet Cer pians e:the province but’ left listeners with the impression that it would parallel the Saskatchewan health scheme. He did say that his party was in favour of exemption from premiums for those in the low income brackets. On the Rolston formula on educa- tion he said that under this plap, the one that defeated the govern- ment, the province would. assume 25 Per cent of the cost of education and the municipalities 75 per cent. “You can’t afford that,” he stated. Chairman of the meeting was R. E. Harris of Wells. = Hotel Employee Found Dead At Foot Of Basement Stairs Wm. ‘Bill’ Roberts, 54, resident of the district for 30 years and of Williams Lake for the past two years, was found dead Wednesday morning at the foot of the basement stairs in the Ranch Hotel, where he was employed as night clerk. According to police reports, Mr, Roberts’ body was discovered about 9:45 am. by a fellow employee, Arthur Miller, Mr. Miller had gone into the beer parlour, and finding it had not.peen cleaned up by Mr. Reb- erts the night before, went looking for him. At the foot of the basement tairs he came across the night clerk slumped on the floor and a .22 auto- matic pistol beside him. The Millers’ room is next to that occupied by Mr. Roberts, and Mrs, iller thought she heard the night clerk go to the desk around 5:30 a:m. It is believed he had been dead about two hours when he was found. Previous to moving to Williams Lake, Mr. Rob had worked for years in the Forest Grove-Lae La Hache area. When he came to town, he purchased the undertaking busi- ness of Alex Clark’s and operated this as a part-time business, He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Roberts, Surrey sister, Mrs. Angus McLeod, loops. A brother at the coas survives. Funeral serv; 'S Will be conducted Friday afternoon. The Elks Lodge will be in charge. The inquest into the cause of death will be held next Wednesday after- noon, a questioner. Asked in turn to ex-.