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- Williams Lake Tribune ~~

NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO i

Volume 21 — Number 24,

WILLIAMS LAKR, B.C. Thursday, June 18, 1958.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

TO INCLUDE RURAL REPRESENTATIVES

Meeting Sought With Minister
On Road Maintenance Problem

Last Rural Polls
Submit Returns.

Late results from the five remain-
ing small polls in Cariboo yiding
made no change in the overall pic-
ture here that saw Hon. Ralph Chet-
wynd go in on a first count victory.
last: Tuesday.

Final totals for the riding were
Chetwynd 2373; Malcolm, Liberal,
928; McConnell, CCR, 843; Boult-
bee, Progressive-Conservative, 465.

Results from the five polls were:

D

from surrounding centres Will be/opinicn that “something should be
asked to attend to bring their indi- done,” since everyone in town was
viduai problems to the attention of/complaining about the situation.

the minister, and any solution they | PUBLICITY 33 =

might have. In the* meantime, the| suggestion emanating from the Pon eS

board will prepare a brief on the! p.snoe George Board of Trade that : ie cmeig ee

subject. would result in paid publicity over 6 f= 8 Irak
Road committee chairman Tony |) + tile (zteNlons met with We! | Gene Renal <1 0: eae

Woodiand told the meeting that he meeting's approval. The board of the ahi pate oe ee

had found the sideroads in terrible Nortaern centre has secured infor- Sea Re eee

conalt ppocuaing: Ble erele as ae mation on the cost ofia series of radio Black Creek 73 4°29 |hea

aa AEE sok tHe sprovinetel | eeveriscenieate’ cal broken the:-Cobt|: Bacar “Greek 8 0.0 :

down among the boards in the dis-
WATER SUPPLY , tricts participating from the upper
in response to a suggestion trom|end of the Fraser Valley to the Peace
the Junior Chamber of Commerce, | River. The cost to Williams Lake
the board will ask the village com-|would be $50 and rather than take
missioners to study the cause of the| this amount from the board treas-
bad teste of the town’s water. ury, businessmen at the meeting of-
Bert Levens, who is employed by! rerea to put up the money.
the village to. look after the water The short time Sane |
system, told the meeting that in his | would give road information and

telephoned us this week to let us: new
Know that our summary of the re-|  §
sults in last week's issue, as they
Clive Stangoe, chairman of the! pertained to Quesnel, was incorrect.
Trade & Industry committee, told] f we checked our 1952 returns
the|the meeting that an eight-man com-| from Quesnel again, My. Fraser
mittee bad -been formed and was|told us, we would find that -our
now gathering information on town|neighbor to the north had not been
and district for inclusion in a small|the ‘glaring exception’ to theaver-
brochure that will be published this|age ‘good’ turnout at the polls re.
summer: ; corded by other. Cariboo centres.

Several members yoiced

Alice Meets New
Friends In British jaxsuexoxn

5 The need for improved telephone
House of Parliament | service was aceim wren ene

floor, and it was decided to contact

Three Canadians met in the|the Department of Transport to see
Houses of Parliament in London last |if it would be: Possible to install the
Weduesday because they all had a]new switchboards in the present
Special interest in the Cariboo.

In the 1952 Provincial election
Quesnel yoters cast 1553 ballots.

Fraser, local high school student | areararr,
from 150 Mile House, 'xho ts ne Ee ein an a ortat aueech
the 50 Canadian girls now touring déc.iheasterm, -Gauade up sare
the United Kingdom as guests of|™2de in easi = eaters
Gerald Weston, Canadian-born jn-|Lionel Chevrier, minister of traus- ing one.

dustrialist, Port, brought up the subject of air-
ae
Only Nine Bids

> Gur ‘apolo; My
iown should have beey quoted as a
‘shining’ example, instead of a glar-| M

ie

A
lub

i : il again. The minister is reported
Alice first met Erie S. T, Johnson, |™!

ap es resident of the 141 mile|i® the Financial Post to have said
Wouke and a noted race horse man,|that every small centre in Canada
who Was known in the Cariboo as|that is on a commercial airline route
“41 Johnson,” the MP had read in| iS Serviced by airmail. The boara will
: ite to the minister pointing out

the paper that a girl from his old|¥™! e - 5
aes territory es on her way to that Williams Lake is not yet in that
London. He wrote and asked her to|¢@tesory.
let him know when she arrived at
the Houses of Parliament so that

he could have the pleasure of show- Hospital Shows Profit

ing her through the historic buildings

himself, and in turn, hear some news F *h? 0 e:

of his friends in the Cariboo. or = peration
Alice has still another friend in

Parliament, Commander Max Donal-

Only nine persons submitted vids |

have
being opened up by the Pacific Great

Eastern Railway Company.

day in the court room.
ed with one bidder losing out by |!ands
upset price to $30 over.

The eight lots sold were 1 and 9
in block one; 1, 2, 23 in block three;

Final figures for the operating Wad

since

Hugh W. Fraser, in the Navy ana|the institution madea profit. of
as a Boy Scout when they both lived |$911-83 during 1952,
Te Veneonver. Added to this were donations of
z cash and
While her companions were being
shown through the House of Com-|#980.71 an amount of $127.60 for
and the House of Lords, Alice |TO™ differentials, which is 40 per
ea = wn Special tour aid “owas cent of the amount eollected for pri-
ad her o
ped tales with her new friends on tie | Yate ne ke yards: The
terrace just outside overlooking the| total of the operating surplus, in-
Thames River and reserved only for |¢luding these amounts is $2,026.14,
members of parliament and their] I the hospital's ‘plant account,
= dominion and provincial government
guests, z
After yisiting Parliament, Alice |6Tants oes pe eee
and the other girls on the Weston|#2d equipment amo: E
oy the Queen open the Royal|574-52. Interest revenue amounted
Pourkaneen & Earls Court in Lon-|to $74.77, with building and equip-
Aga and watched while the Duke of|ment allowance from B.C. Hospital

four. The unsold lots will now ve
available for purchase through ap-
Plications made through the two
local real estate offices.

supplies amounting to
given
In

POPULAR PRIEST
LEAVING FRIDAY

After six“years in the Cariboo,
Rey. Father Bernard Johnson,
C.Ss.R., leaves Friday to take charge
of the large city parish of the Re-
demptorist Fathers in Edmonton,

Residents of Catholic and Protest-
ant faiths alike will miss the ser-
Vices of the popular priest, who took
an interest in all community azfairs,

The vast parish of Sacred Heart
was Father Johnson’s first rural one
when he came out here from Mout-
real in 1947. It has been hig auty
during this time to administer to
a parish that takes in all of the
white people of the Catholic faith
from the Bonaparte River on the

with

name

the Anahim.
here, the local parish has construct-| erans

purchased and Rosary Hall was com-

pleted. Lord

transferred from Nelson.

alli 866.30.
Edinburgh inspected the troops there epee aay ee see
for the annual program of games and EtG Suet Gee ee
display of skills presented by Her sheet tami = Fe rat
MN em tees, . Unfortunately,as was brought out
at the board meeting last Friday, a
: lot of the hospital's assets are tied
P-T.A. Names New  ['°' o(.2s.mers sees sos dea
to cut down this figure, the board ap-
Slate Of Officers proved the recommendation of a spe-
ial committee that was struck to ia-
Mrs. Fred Graham was “elected | vestigate the situation. A system of
president of the Parent-Teacher As-|collection, using form letters and
sociation at their annual meeting] persistent follow-ups will be insti-
Tuesday. She succeeds Mrs. E. G. tuted, with a part-time stenographer
Woodland who has filled the position | hired to handle this part of the ad-
since April when Mrs. G. Gibbons re- | ministrative work.
signed from the chair. J. Drinkell, well-known resi-
Other officers elected- were Mrs. | dent of Dog Creek was welcomed to
A. Halleran as vice-president, Mrs.|the board by chairman Clive Stangoe.
C, Stangoe as secretary, and Mrs. B.] At the annual meeting this spring
Halfnights’ as treasurer. Committee|there was only one rural resident
chairmen named were Mrs. C. Mac-|present when the election was held
Intosh as social convener and 4A.|for two rural seats on the board.
Halleran as program director. When this happens, the society’s , North te
“The treasurer's report showed] constitution calls for the board to| Vancouver, accompanied by her| with
that the sum of $355.81 had been|appoint 2 member, and Mr. Drinkell
realized at the annual Carnival held|had been approached and accepted
in May, _ the directorship.

and Randolph Mulvahill of Chezacut.| bring

For h short time Saturday morn

dng into the air.

page from the stadt ignited th
tad roof, and in a matt

e by, Fish
Quesnel Voting Total],,2°7¢, = tadaey 13 N A
anal Vor nearest | QPENING PARADE
Not Glaring Example fhe firemen took overlwith thelr sat
. | 1@¥Be ‘hose and haa the blaze ex ONE OF BEST IN.
Just to keep the voting record: /Uitguished in a couple E

Plght, Alex Fraser, chaitaian of|(N@ damage was done to ‘the Com- RECENT YEARS
the Quesnel Village Commission [Mission's equipment, aifouss a

Cattlemen Discuss
Gar hee and Mr. Fraser Fall Sale Plans

field, ee nome ke every inch of it, stretehed com-
White and fielaman Slim Dorin.

: ; : the truck stopped suddenly.
Z ivision |JUBiOr calf entries, which will now
on the lots in the new sub-division
2 the new Brownie’ P:
accepted up to show time as has been

The meeting approvea a motion
Of the nine bids, only two confiict-| Calling for all matters pertaining Al of the Pack marched behind. Most place was lost out by Wade's T:

100 Mile House and the northern
boundary at Soda Creek,

The directors went on- record as lof a group of 25 men, women and
opposing the practice of using the children who formed a mounted

Sociation for political purposes. An] group prize went to Alkali Lake Re-
incident of this nature occurred dur-| serve with the only entry in the
ing the recent campaign.

Local Soldier
Returning Home
From Korean Fron

Happiest person
south to Quesnel and as far west as|is Mrs. J. W. Ferr 7
ed word that her son, Trooper R. J. C.| ular addition to the parade, the ola/Popular coast league.
While Father Johnson has heen|Lioya is one of a drat of

ed Columbus Hall, the rectory was|in Seattle yesterday. year.
Trooper Lloyd, who is with the

His place here will be taken byladians) RCAC, has been in Kor"
Father Joseph Boyle, who is being| just over a year. He has been wouna-|
ed twice and it was one thou

Pierson that he would los
Mrs. J. W. Mulvabill of North} resuit of his injuri

young granddaughter Kathie Mur-| yy,
phy, is visiting with her sons William| Vancouver to meet th

Showers Mark

pening Day Of Annual Stampede

/e001, cloudy weather with the odd sprinkle of rain failed

‘ofampen the enthusiasm of the crowds who attended the open-
| it day of the 26th annual Williams Lake Stampede yesterday.
jarting off with a record parade
A morning that stretched for| Beatty, Oregon and Tuscon, Orizona,
ight Cty blocks, the Stampede was ‘showing up.

‘f/to @¢ood start, and by the time Promptly at 1:30 the Stampede
he last wrone- had been released|was officially opened by association _
rom the shytes into the dusty arena, | honorary president Judge Henry Cas-

+
fer Plant Roof '
jaged In Fire

foreed black-out. as d burning ex4 association ‘9fficials were congratu-|tilloy. Before declaring the show
haust stack at the loca) B.C, Powe, lating themselves on another succes- open, he praised the work of the cow-

Commission plant set of the plani{ ful show.

boys who he termed as indispensable

The number of-contestants in the|to the cattle industry, and told the
main saddle brone-busting event was| visitors to the Stampede ‘that he
down to 19 from last year's record of | hoped they would find Willians Lake
(64, but it made for a faster show, Cow-|a hospitable place. He then turned
boys’ were still travelling long dis-|the microphone over to Benny Ab-

and sent clouds | smoke swirl.

v x
i bott, who handled the announcing
‘tiface. When firemen arrived on | 9Nces to Bit Williams Lake, as was

Ae BS the| evidenced by the entry sheet with|for the: remainder of the day in his Re
p|#ddresses ike Holden, Atherta; |own inimitable manner.
~ While the opening remarks were
being delivered, the Mission Boys
Band were playing martial-airs in
front of the grandstand.
No resiilts of any consequence in
the area events* are available yer.
The three-day show this year is he-
ing run on a “two go-round” basis
and up to yesterday afternoon, only —
two thirds of the first go-round had

was being kept dampened down
neighboring businélsman Jan

o minutes,

roofing fol will Te xi cessary.

th 40 floats, decorated cars

As a result of the fire, workmen and commercial equipment units|been completed.
1 tie ew addition to ‘he plant taking part in it, yesterday morn-
added a tempo:
ego uP COR abave lene sucet, iced adel da nee de Gee name6, - with’ the
the roof line,

Only seven entrants in the -saddie
'y extensin to the| ines ‘Stampede: parade was one of |brone event yesterday - qualifigd in

years, points won are Harry Burris 330,
Leading the parade was one of'| Percy Minnisbert 333, Gilbert Bowie
the old stage coaches bearing Judge| 236, Gene Curtis 236, Sammy Spahan
and Mrs. Henry Castillou, Benny Ab- 343, Jack Sherman 345 and Stoney
hott, vice-president of the Stampede Simla 280. _
association and Constables Fred | Bareback @htries with qualifying
Wallace and Jack Groves of the Tides were Bill Paterson 324. John
RCMP in their dress uniforms. Hoover 324, Ray George 339, Stoney
Behind the coach came the Mission i Simla 340, Dave Perry 350 and Auny

This time their total was up by 26] to the. annual Cattle Sale this iall,,| Boys Band and then the units of the|Eddie 326. Steer riding qualifiers

main parade stretched out along, |Were Robert Boh 332, Stoney Simla
Oliver Street. 230, Dave Perry 323.

_ Best commercial float prize was| Best time for the day in calf rop-
wejIng was turned in hy Freddie Louie
on. who had. his animal ted ,

is, Thehext closest tine
te by teen chaap of Quilchena™

Manager again this year pales an unusual entry of
once’ With ‘the sale ease,,L¢rinoljpe comm. ‘The
consists : oe

Isnardy, Ru.

Winners of the spectacular wild
3 cow milking event, which started off
Most comic float went to the|the arena program were Abe Willis

combined bull sale and calt es z
Junior Chamber of Commerce for | from Princeton, first; Bill Twan

committee consists of F. 3s.

Macalister, Stan Wright, R. A. Moon,|% 20Vel ‘bucking horse’ made trom|second and Pike Anderson third.
Harold Edmunds, Dan Lee, Willie |?” Oil drum and suspended from the

Made On Town Lots <:°*;

Esler, whose steed bucked every time | w:
One change In ruies concerns the

Four flat races were run off during
3 : ing % mit
Mrs. Harold Cripps and |f0U" sides of a truck frame. Ridiag|the day. The opening % mile open

Winat © the horse was Jaycee president Jack | was won by Bill Twan’s Sage Queen

; 3 rly instead of |. Best. fraternal entry was that of
to be made early instead o} ack. Some of the|took an early lead in the six furloas

little girls, all in their, brown uni-/Chilco Stakes and was never serious-

‘acti ii ears, ems Fe
The bids were opened at noon to-|‘® Practise in former years, ee Nere riding on a colourfully!ly threatened as it crossed the wore

decorated float and the remainder | several lengths in front. Secoad

r
in the Lillooet District to be original prize went to War Memorial on the home stretch as Bill Pulvey ’s

$16.50. Prices ranged trom $1 over | Published in the local newspaper of hospital staff with their entry of a Luck Rolly, with local businéssman
the district concerned. The decision goat depicting an operating room Spike Hannah up, made a driving

made in view of the fact that ‘scene, complete with patient and finish, Tuscar was ridden by Mr.
most people living in the north-| nurses, Best decorated went to the| Wade's daughter, Beverley, who

8, 10 in block two and 1 in block |€™ part of the Lillooet District do! High School Students Council for|rode the Same horse to a series of
Not subscribe to the Lillooet paper, their entry of a ‘fashion parade’ wins last fall on the Prince George
it was thought that legal notices af- float with the students as models. |ang Vanderhoof tracks.

fecting the outer areas should be

Bill Twan’s Sage Queen took its
wider publication. i

the matter of a Brucelosis tree

wvea it was decided there was no ob-|The decorations carried out the ence Twan’s Chief Alkali and the
jection to including Dog Creek and Coronation Year theme with the third place Goldie, a Rankin entry,
Alkali Lake in the Cariboo area.|town's only purebred English bull.

The boys’ and girls’ % mile yace
was won by David Anderson of Ver-
Best dressed cowgirl award went |non on Tobsy, with Gwen Pulver
jto Mrs. Frank Overton who was oue!second and Kenneth Wotzke third.

the southern boundary at the dog being used as a ‘prop.’

of. the B.C. Beef Growers As-|group in the parade. Largest Indian

Jaycees To Spensor
Young Ball Players

Tbe local Junior Chamber of Com-

parade,
Best costume prize for youngsters
went to Wayne Borkowski and Mar-
ilyn Smith with their rickshaw entry. |™erce has agreed to sponsor an ex-
“& lot of the other entries showed | hibition baseball game here some
originality. The Cariboo Ramblers|time in July that will feature two
old-time musie artists, had a nay|teams from the Vancouver Futurity
rack in the parade and played {league composed of boys trom 11 to
throughout the route. This Wwas|14 years of age.
duplicated in the Lakeview and] Much of the work of organizing
Ranch Hotels entry with two musi-|the trip will be done by Jim Waters
n town this week|cians playing Western airs from a|0f the staff of Twilight Lodge, who
» who has receiv: [decorated truck float. Always a pup-|Was one of the originators of the

vet-) BX stage coach owned by Mackenzies| The trip will be arranged for a
of the Korean war who arrived| Ltd. was again in the line-up this| Weekend with the boys stopping off
at Lac La Hache Saturday for a game
Other firms entering floats and/and coming on here to play the fol-
Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Can-|equipment were Lignum Ltd., Cari- lowing day. Object of the exhibition
(Continued on back page) is to try and interest boys in this
district in baseball. The Vancouver
youngsters are smartly turned out in
are visiting with Mr. andj ‘egulation baseball uniforms and
been! Mrs. W. Sharpe. play a top-notch brand of ball.
the army three year: | Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Singer| Tatroduced to the last Jaycee meet-
and Mrs. Ferris will be in/ travelled to the coast by ‘plane gat-[ing was Elmer Carswell, formerly of
son and/urday, where Mrs. Singer will under- Vernon, who is going to make his
him home for his 60-day leave,/go further medical treatment, hone here,

this hearing
He ha