Thursday, November 5, 1953. THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Page 7 Committee: A group that keeps minutes but wastes hours. ~ = SCRATCH PADS Newsprint 25c per Ib, Bond paper 35c per lb. Political War: One in which every- THE 'rHIBUNE one starts shooting from the lip. Ride In Comfort - Repair Broken Truck or Car Cushions We handle Cushion Repairs from replacing torn covers to Complete Remodelling TRUCK TAR Truck Tarpaulins Made to Order Jan Mikler - SEASON'S END Fishing Tackle Bargains == ee Fly Rods at 14 Price! Our Complete stock of Fibre Glass - and Steel Rods at 50% discount. SAMPLE BARGAIN —- Fibre Glass Rod with Lifetime Breakage Guarantee Regular Price $31.85 - SALE $15.90 .. ~ Split Bamboo e WHIRLAWAY REELS - Regular 29.95 - Sale $24.95 e 50% OFF ON ALL STEEL BAIT CASTING RODS! LAKE HARDWARE LTD. Agents for Fairbanks Morse - Evinrude Motors - McClary Ranges Youngstown Kitchens - Servel Refrigerators Lene Butte: News ON THURSDAY morning Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McLean and Donnie left Lone Butte for a two-weelt vacation tip to the Peace River Country via the Hart Highway. They will visit friends who live 50 miles north of Grimshaw, Alberta. Mr. McLean used to farm north of Grimshaw. ON HALLOWE’EN the children of Lone Butte and district had a real good time, what with hand onts and roasts. Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson gave a weiner roast to all comers. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wood- row served cocoa and doughnuts and marshmallows. Costumes were vari- ed. No damage from tricks has been reported. THE Lone Butte Hotel displayed a huge pumpkin Jack-O-Lantern in their window. JOHN WATT, eight years old, was dressed up as a ghost on Hallowe'en, but young John got scared and fell over a rock, doing considerable dam- age to his chin and mouth. SUNDAY MORNING a sudden storm gave Lone Butte nearly two inches ‘of snow. The hunters are happy. ON SUNDAY, November .15. the Lone Butte and South Cariboo Hos- pital Auxiliary will hold their annual meeting at the Outpost Hospital at 2 p.m. Everyone welcome. weiner Annual] Méeting War Memorial ~ Arena Society will be held in MUNICIPAL HALL FRIDAY, NOV. 6 8:30 p.m. - DISCUSS e AG. in the U.S. district engineer's MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR LINE —Central Press Canadian L. Adams, Canada’s special commissioner, right, confers office in Anchorage, Alaska, with Col. Carl Y. Farrell, for the Haines-Fairbanks multiple petroleum products pipeline. The big fuel channel will run from Haines, in southeastern Alaska, to Fairbanks in the interior, a distance of 615 miles. with 284 miles passing across Canadian soil through British Columbia and Yukon Territory. During construction, Commissioner Adams will have headquarters at White Horse, the multi-million?dollar project or*tact for will be awarded in the near __cure by the Alaska district corps of engineers. RATEPAYER LOOKS BACK ON PREVIOUS SCHOOL MEETINGS OF 30 YEARS AGO IN RETROSPECT At last week’s well-attended school meeting, this ratepayer was compar- ing the gathering with previous ones going back a full thirty years. I have heard the gentleman himself claim that the first school secretary at Wil- liams Lake was Alex Henderson who pre-empted the property now occu- pied by Nick Richards but at the first meetings that I attended, the secre- tary was Walter Slater and the chair- man. was the late Dr. Agnew. One of the experiences of the secretary was to have an irate lady who neither paid taxes nor had children going to shool invade his place of business on a busy train day to deliver a personal The minute you take the wheel of an Oldsmobile your lesson in pleasure starts ! You'll sense that you're driving one of the finest cars of your lifetime..:the finest Oldsmobile ever built! Both the Super 88 and Classic 98 represent a pinnacle of automotive achievement! They’re packed with horse- power! They're deep in comfort! They're bathed in beauty ! Thrill... . to surging Rocket power. The famous Oldsmobile “Rocket” engine sets the pace in power standards with a 165-borsepoy rating, an 8 to 1 compre and a high-capacity volt igni- Q stronger — more durable! At every vital point, ball or roller bearings reduce friction, provide extra assurance I toke the wheel of an GSHUL,; A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE f And Oldsmobile offers you a world of optional features, plucked from the future by the industry’s most forward-looking research and design men. Visit your dealer soon and get acquainted with Oldsmobile. From the moment you take the wheel you'll agree that Oldsmobile is the “Big Feature” car of the year! ear, e-free service. This rugge ee tion tem. Here's all the power you'll ever need, for low-cost, trou! balanced with brilliant operating economy. deep-h } fra unmatched for b: eel...the spectacular response Bas in. Flashing is yours at the touch of a toe, thanks to the perfection and efficiency engineered into ol S a transmission that makes light work of even the heaviest traffic. me is t | If anything can equal Oldsmobile erformance, of a ance, stability and comfort. in Oldsmobile's new beauty it's There’s a Oldsmobile new “power ARRANGE FOR A DEMONSTRATION TODAY...YOUR TRIAL SPIN WELL TELL Yeu THESE “BIG FEATURE” CARS ARE THE avane OF THE YEARS 0.15538 reprimand over the outdoor toilets. Up until 1930 the meetings were held in the waiting room at the rail- way station. At the time of meeting in 1924 the smoke from forest fires was so thick that it was diffieult to see the Log Cabin Hotel across the road. Ir that smokey atmosphere, the secretary demurred at reading the minutes while it required quite an effort to either make or decline a nomination to office. The following year the secretary made a personal canvass to induce enough ratepayers to gather to authorize the paying of |the teacher's salary; as most citi- zens had erected homes on leased land, just 9 residents of the town- site and 17 of us outside were legally entitled to vote. It was quite differ- ent three years later when a petition to Victoria had the first meeting set aside. At the second gathering, I was one of those who sat on the floor while others leaned through the open windows and the overflow stood on the platform listening to the pro- ceedings through the open door. After an effort to elect a different chairman had failed, and a govern- ment official had remarked, “We have a secretary elected by every Tom, Dick, and Harry who has no vote,” our scribe muttered ‘thanks,’ resigned on the spot and started for home. While he was being pacified and brought back, the chairman pro- duced a list of qualified voters that separated the 37 ratepayers in the assembly from those who had con- tributed complaints in lieu of taxes. Following that we elected the same man secretary for the third time that month, The first meeting held in the new school was also hectic when a group of temporary residents stampeded others into voting sums in excess of those recommended by the trustees. This of course raised the mill rate so at the next meeting the school board mentioned a fixed sum ander which they could operate. This we accepted with alacrity before any- body could conjure up new ways of spending our money. Even as late as 1934, the mill rate was 8.44. —Ben Clarke, In 1951 Canada’s slaughtering and meat packing industry produced goods to the value of $892,090,641, a new high. Average capacity of Canadian raul- way freight cars rose to 45.961 tons in 1951 from 45.564 in 1950.7" Winter is almost here Are your winter clothes ready for wear when the thermometer drops? Take them out of sum- mer storage now and send them to us for cleaning and pressing. “Look Your Best” in Winter Wear too- Williams Lake Dry Cleaners CHECK THIS ONE! As is, f.0.b. Prince George RECENTLY OVEKHAULED! Allis Chalmers HD-10 tractor, As is, f.0.b. Prince George FX Caterpillar D-337W As is, f.0.b. Prince George DON'T MISS THIS! As is f.0.b. Prince George Finning Tractor & Prince George, B.C. Caterpillar D-6 tractor, 4R series, with Isaacson angledozer, Cater- pillar cable control and Hyster winch. logging winch. Repairs completed in our shop. CELLENT SAWMILL POWER! Lower unit with 13-inch, 13-groove pulley. Model B2 6 KW Petters diesel light plant, mounted on steel base. Good appearance and good running condition, $7,100.00 with Isaacson dozer and Carco $10,500.00 $7,000.00 $1,050.00 Equipment Co., Ltd. Phone 535 es ‘ RYE Aristocrat Anniversary Viscount mel JLab Melchers Special Reserve GIN London Club London Dry chers es 8 years old 5 years old 4 years old 3 years old This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia, Williams Lake Motors Ltd.