a gerrer © Williams Lake Tribune NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO Volume 21 — Number 43. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Th ursday, November 5, 1953. Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year. St. Andrew’s Receives Pledges Of $11,346 Before Drive Opens Pre-canvass pledges amounting to $11,346.00 have already been made to St. Andrew’s Church for the proposed building fund, accordifig to™&-release from canvass lead- quarters this morning. The actual general raise $45,000 for a Sunday School and Youth Centre commences fol- lowing a Loyalty Dinner to be held at the Elks Hall at 7 p.m. this evening. Reservations for 150 have been re- eeived and the event is expected to be the largest gathering of members, adherents and friends of St. Andrew's has had in its existence. Lee Skip will be master of cere- Curlers Investigate Means Of Financing Artificial lee Plant A whirlwind drive to try and se- « eure adequate financing to install an artificial ice plant is being under- taken this week by members of the Williams Lake Curling Club. Cost of installing a plant at the curling club is estimated at $18.000, and a finance committee is busily set- ting up a financial plan that would feature the issuance of ten year bonds to swing the project. Although the plant would only service the two sheets now in use, the equipment would be large enough to hand'e an- other two sheets if and when the club tackles a building program. With the prospect of & five-month eurling season with the use of ar- ticial ice, curlers at a well-attended meeting Tuesday night enthusiastic- ally endorsed the plan in principle. Another meeting will be held next Tuesday at the high school to re- + esive a report from the finance com- mittee and a second committee that j ts looking. gre problems of instal- lation. lf the plan is undertaken, curling fees will probably jump from the present $12.50 to $25 for the season. Equipment committee .consists of Fred Graham, Herb Gardner and Bob Kelt. Finance committee members are Tony Woodland, Clive Stangoe and Dan Rottagker. Bank Manager Will Leave Soon For Vancouver Office Len Hellyer, manager of the local branch of the Bank of Commerce since March, 1950, announced this week that he will be leaving around the end of the month to take another post with the bank in Vancouver. | Replacing Mr. Hellyer will be N. J. F. P Nicholson, formerly manager of the West Vancouver branch. Mr. jHellyer is being promoted to the bank’s superintendent’s department as an assistant inspector. Since coming to Williams Lake irom Vernon, Mr. Hellyer has, taken an active interest in community af- fairs, particularly the Board of | Leavit, canvass Slee) at the dinner this evening and a full program of speakers will outline the need for accommodation and the manner in which the canvass will be carried out. Heading the speakers will be Rod- erick Mackenzie, pioneer town busi- nessman and chairman of the first church board, He will speak on “A page from the past.” Another mem~ berof the first board, Bob Blair, will speak on ‘Our Church.” Other speak- ers will include Dr. Stan Wood, Les Cantell, Don Binghan and Rey. Jack Colclough. Canvass organization members are Mr. Mackenzie, general chairman; Mr. Blair, initial and special gifts chairman; Dr. Wood, canvass com- mittee chairman; Mrs. Bill Smith, ar- rangements chairman; Mrs. Jim Stitt, hostess committee chairman; Chet canvass treasurer. Canvass training is in charge of Mr. Mars, and Rev. Colelough heads the publica- tions committee. Canvass committee members in- clude Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Blair, Mr. Cantell, Dr. Wood, Don Bingham, Mr. Mars, Mrs. W. Smith, Mrs. J. Stitt, Jack Esler, Mr. Skipp, Tom Hawker and Jim Stitt. At a special dedication service at St Andrew’s Sunday evening, the guestispeaker will be Hdward F. Sul- livan of Woodstock, Ontario, canvass director for the Wells Organizations of Canada, who will take as his sub- ject, ‘An Adventure into Faith.” Don Mars, t Manslaughter Charge aan? ee iia Laid in Accident Case A charge of manslaughter has been laid against C. B. ‘Chuck’ Maequeen in connection with the fatal accident on the night of September 25, when the truck he was driving went off the road. A passenger, Frances ‘Tres- siera, lost his life in the accident. Mr. Macqueen appeared in police court Wednesday morning for the preliminary hearing of his case, but by consent of defense counsel and the Crown prosecutor, the hearing was adjourned until November 7. Ap- pearing for the defence was J. A. V. Cade. No Change Reported In Lumber Picture As far as the current lumber strike is concerned, no news is certainly good news, and that’s the way the picture looks locally this week. Refuting a never-ending flood of rumours that have pickets on their way from Quesnel, the production of lumber is proceeding normally. there is also Trade; which he has served as direc- tor and secretary. Mrs. Hellyer has! also been a hard worker with several town organizations. At present she is serving as president of the Hospital Auxiliary. 2000 HEAD ON OFFER AT TODAY’S SALE Although an accurate count on lable yet, there cattle the stock is not av: are around 2000 head of going through the ring and back to the scales for weighing. Last year it tool two days to handle the 1400 head offered at that time. Although by noon today only about 25 per cent of the stock had been sold, prices paid by buyers seemed to indicate that classes will be down two to three cents from last month’s sale Checks of what bad been sold showed steers selling from 14 to 16.35; heifers around 12.50 and cows from 6.00 to 9.00. was in last week. Major development was the formation of the Cariboo Lumber Association by i Local Teachers Receive B.A. Degrees Two teachers on the Williams Lake High School staff received their Bachelor of Arts degrees at the Fall Convocation at the University of Brit- ish Columbia October 30. Owen Kerley, mathematics teacher who has been on staff here for the past six years attended the exercises. Social studies teacher Miss Margaret Grubb, who joined the local staff this September, received her degree in absentia. Firm Presents Skin Grafting Kit To Hospital Marking completion of a year in business in Williams Lake, Bruce Magoffin, owner of Williams Lake Pharmacy, has |girone skin grafting knife to War | Memorial Hospital. | In making the presentation, Mr. Magoffin said the gift was intended as a tangible gesture to the people of Williams Lake and district in appre- ciation of their patronage. The grafting knife kit includes gauges and. extra blades and is car- ried in a smart leather case. Seguin Sentenced To Hang For Murder Of Ontario Man A year ago this December the name of Williams Lake was plastered over the front pages of newspapers throughout the country when a powerfully built stranger attempted to rob the Bank of Commerce and in failing, started back along a road of evidence that has brought him to the shadows of the gallows. Thursd: i enri Se; ing taxi driver Leonard Hurd. He was sentenced to hang January 19. The Supreme Court jury deliberat- ed two hours and 45 minutes. Seguin protested his innocence but showed no emotion when Mr. Justice F. H. Barlow pronounced sentence. Hurd, 41-year-old businessman, was found robbed and shot to death of Cornwall. Although police knew who they were looking for in connection with the shooting, Seguin dropped out of sight and might still be on the ‘want- ed’ list if he hadn’t decided to rob a bank. He had been working close to Williams Lake under the name of Henry Godin and on the night of December 15 he forced bank man- ager Hellyer to enter the bank after hours to open the safe. Fortunately the intervention of accountant Don Mars and businessman Tony Kallaur spoiled the robber’s plans, althougli before -he escaped into the night he wounded Mr.. Hellyer. Picked up the following day after a gun fight near Sugar Cane Reserve, Seguin was eventually identified, and was serving 20 years for his robbery attempt here when he was taken back to Ontario to face the murder charge. operators, which hopes to be in a position to bargain locally with the 1WA after the present strike is set- tled one way or the other. This organization has asked the union to call off the picket lines and re-open negotiations with them, but the union answer been that the association must first agree to a six- cent-an-hour raise, a union shop clause and check off system. At present union picketing is only a token gesture along Two Mile Flat, where the majority of mills are lo- cated. men. Lines usually consist of four Here this week to conduct an ex- ploratory oil survey of leases in the Beaver Valley district are Dave Gil- more and Merril Wardell of Seattle. The Seattle men and several associ- ates hold oil leases in the area. Local businessman associated with the group is Clarence Singer. Mrs. Gordon Gibson and son of Rockhaven, Sask., has been visiting with ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray j Curtis. Local Lawyer Appointed Official Administrator According to an announcement in the B.C. Gazette, Walter L. Nisbet, local barrister, has been appointed Official Administrator for this sec- tion of the County of Cariboo. Government Agent Jessie Foster has held the appointment in the past. presented a Calta-|) ‘Remembrance Day Plans Handled By Legion Branch Plans for the observance of Re- | memberance Day, November 11 are being readied by of the loca} banch of the Canadian Legion. members | Dhe aay’s program will follow that of previous years with the parade ot ex-servicemen and women assembling at the Fire Hall at 10:30 a.m. From there the parade moves to the Elks Hall for the public service and fol- lowing this will form up again to march to the Cenotaph at War Mem- orial Hospital. After ‘the ceremony there, the parade will moye to the ‘Arena to lay a wreath at the memor- jal plaque and then.will return to ithe Elks Hall, Refreshments will be served at the ‘hall to Legion members and other ex-servicemen and the annual meet- ing of the branch will follow. At 6:30 p.m. the annual banquet will be held, which is open to all ex-service personnel and members of the W.A. to the Canadian Legion, each of whom may bring one guest. Widows and mothers of deceased ex-servicemen Snay also attend. The day's program will wiad up with the annual public dance at 10 p.m. All town organizations are invited to take part in the Rememberance Pay parade. St. Joseph's Mission Boys Band will take part in the par- ade again this year, and a detach- ment from the 917th Squadron of the U.S. Airforce will also be in the parade. The principal speaker at the ser- yice this year will be Rev. J. R. Col- clough. Readings will be given by Rev. Father J. Boyle and Rev. C. Faweett, with Rev. G. J. Fielder yeading the names of The Fallen... "FIREMEN ANSWER TWO FALSE ALARMS For the second time in four days, firemen were called out Wednesday by a false alarm turned in at the switeh at the corner of Oliver Street and Second Avenue. e The first call was turned in at :30 Sunday morning probably as a Hallowe'en prank. | Wednesday’ alarm was sounded in broad daylight just before one o’clock as Oliver | Street was starting to fill up with store and office workers returning to work. But in neither case have the po- |lice been able to discover who was responsible for the alarms. One office | man was within a few feet of the |alarm box Wednesday when the siren | sounded, but he was just around the ;corner from the telephone pole hold- ing the mechanism and didn’t see anyone running away from the scene. If the pranksters responsible are jcaught by police and charged with |turning in a false alarm under See- tion 516A of the Ci ‘aye liable to imprisonment up to,one iminal Code, they year, without option of fine, if con- victed. . Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Stan Sloan is the latter's mother, Mrs. R. Barnes of Vancouver. —o— J. T. Beckerleg, accountant at the fontreal's Kelowna branch, ng at Williams Lake while ck Purser is on a month's Joe Borkowski left for Vancouver by train Tuesday to undergo medical i treatment, Decision on whether a new airport site will be developed near Williams Lake will depend in a great measure with the Department who is currently conducting tailed survey here. of Transport, Mr. May arrived in town last weelt and is concentrating is work on two possible sites, the one about miles out on the Springhouse Road, and a new location on the hill over- looking the present landing strip. five Engineer On Airport Survey of Canadian Pacifie Airlines, looked over several possibilities on the lat- ter location. They were accompanied to the findings of Eric May, engineer | by Tom Brent who lived on top of |the hill for a number of years, Bert a de-| Levens, chairman of the Board of Trade's airport committee, and Clive Stangoe, board v following day Mr. May and Mr. The site by village clerk E. H. Gibbon. will be carried out by Mr. May during inspector Predicts Need For More School Construction Paraphrasing Sir Winston Churchill's famous quotation, School Inspector Wm. Mouat told a record turnout of rate- payers Friday evening that all he could see ahead was “‘blood More detailed engineering surveys sweat and more taxes’. Mr. Mouat was referring to a re- cord of statistics his office had com- piled on the birth rate trend over the past several years which indicated that school enrollment is due for continued increases. This year there were 262 pupils in the elementary school (grades 1 to 6) in Williams Lake and the in- spector said that next year he an- ticipated this figure would be around 300. Rural school accomodation ap- pears adequate, according to the speaker, but more buildings are needed in town. He said it might be possible to provide more accommo- dation and avoid a money by-law by pegging the mill rate at 18 for sev- eral years. Referring to the amazing turnout of 42 to the meeting, Mr. Mouat said he would like to offer his congratu- lations to the Parent-Teacher Asso- ciafion on the response obtained to its campaign to interest ratepayers in eduation. “It is the best school meeting I have ever been to,” he said. Lending emphasis to his com- pliment, he went on to say thet last week at Quesnel a similar meeting drew eight persons. had a good deal of Mr. pra Board for trustees have improved the second-} ary education program in the past Mouat WITHDRAW PICKETS UNION, OPERATORS AGREE AT QUESNEL Picketing of all non-certifled mills in Quesnel ended at 1:30 p.m. today. In a joint announcement by Quesnel local 1-424, International Woodworkers of America, and the newly formed Cariboo Lumber As- sociation, it was stated that an agreement had been reached be- tween the operators’ group and the union. Normal operations of these non- certified plants will resume tomor- row morning. It is understood that this does not affect the dispute between the union and the two certified plants at Quesnel. Employees of one of these, Quesnel Sawmills, voted for strike action and the plant is idle. At the other mill, Pacific Western. employees voted against strike ac- tion and the company obtained an injunction restraining the union from picketing. Former Residents Involved In Car Accident Mr. and Mrs. Cam Hooper of Princeton were involved in an acci- dent October 24 when Mr. Hooper’s car went off the road and rolled down a steep embankment near their home town. 3 Mr. Hooper escaped with cuts and bruises but his wife has been hosital- ized with a broken wrist and cracked shoulder. Mr. and Mrs. Hooper are former idents of Williams Lake. No Extensive Damage By Prangsters No extensive damage was reported following the Hallowe’en observance in town, according to police. three or four years, and raised stand ards generally. The rural classrooms have beea improved, the inspector asserted. By experimenting with different meth- ods of building, the board has brought the cost of rural classroom consruction down from $9,000 to be- tween 4 and 5,000 and have “put something in the classroom to teach with.” Maintenance of school ‘uild- ings has been improved with the em- ployment of a full time maintenance man, ‘Touching on the school dormitory, Mr. Mouat said its establishment had proved to be sound reasoning, and had become so popular that the ex- tension had to be constructed last year. The dorm has adequate accom- modation now to look after the needs of rural high school students for the next five years, the inspector pre- dicted. BOARD REPORT A detailed report of the activities of the School Board from June 1952 to June 1953 was read to the meet- ing by board secretary C. B. Mac- q chairman Herb Gardner spoke briefly to the meeting, but did not touch on activities, which he said were adequately covered in the fo! press on behalf of the board his thanks to the P-TA for promoting such a good attendance, and in wel- coming the ratepayers he urged them to continue their interest in educa- tional matters. During a brief question period, Mr. Mouat was called on to answer the question of “why students here are not going on to university?” His answer was that he was well aware of the situation, but that improve- ment would be noted as a result of the additional program of education available locally in the high schools. In Quesnel where the program was instituted a year earlier than District 27, Mr. Mouat said this change had already been noted with 22 graduates moving up last year. “This change will be repeated here,” he asserted. Board officials and the inspector took a firm stand on the question of why trustees would not pay boarding assistance to a high school student who would rather stay in Rosary Hall than the school dormitory. ‘Whey pointed out that before the dorm was constructed, many rural students could not attend high school. This picture had changed once the dorm was built, but in order to oper- ate it at a reasonable cost it is nece sary to ‘Insist that students receiving assistance stay there in order to build BOARD CHAIRMAN RESIGNS AS AREA REPRESENTATIVE Only town trustee whose term of office is up this year, School Board chairman Herb Gardner refused to let his name stand for election as an area representative at last Friday’s meeting. Mr. Gardner said he had been with the board for five years and although he liked the work, re-organization of his business next year would not allow him time to spend on school affairs. New area representatives named for Williams Lake were Bill Sloan, Al Stewart and Ken Cameron. | The usual number of gates were removed, fences knocked down, and some sections of wooden sidewalk moved out on the street. Just about jevery stop sign in town was pulled |up and the air was let out of a num- ler of tires on parked cars. Highlights of the evening for the ters were the annual party at play that followed. Firemen had one ‘casualty in operating the latter show {when a burning fuse twined around Last Friday Mr. May and ‘Bus’| his stay here. He expects it will take Deputy Fire Chief Bert Levens’ neck | Gordon, from the president’s office | about six weeks. and inflicted a painful burn, The meeting tendered a vote of thanks to the School Board for the past year’s work and especially to the retiring chairman. Trustee Bert Levens, who acted as chairman of the meeting, called for a vote of thanks for Inspector Mouat, ‘the hardest worker we have on be- half of education,” which was heart- don were taken to the Springhouse) the Elks Hall and the fireworks dis- ily approved. | The area representatives for the entire district meet here November 21 to fill vacancies on the school board. Second town trustee Mr, Levens has another year to serve, mal report. He said “ie wanted to ex. 43-65 % yO AS >