Wilhams Lake Tribune

NEWS EXCHANGE

OF THE CARIBOO

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Volume 21 --- Number 45.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, November 19, 1953.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

OF THIS
AND THAT

The outdoor atmosphere of the].

Cariboo is catching.
Latest example of the above state-
ment leaves tomorrow after three
weeks with us. When Edward Sulli-
van, the director of the recent United
Church fund campaign,
town he was the picture of city ele-
gance, compiete with blue flannel
blazer, grey slacks and bow tie.

But that has changed. When Mr.
Sullivan came into, the office yester-
day afternoon he was wearing a Cow-
ichan sweater and wide brimmed
‘Western’ hat. The only badge of the
city left was the bow tie. But le has

arrived in

taken more than our casual, outdoor;

dress to heart. On another page you
will see by his ‘letter to the Editor’
that he has been with us long enough
to be impressed by the typical friend-
jiness of a Cariboo town.

Just to make sure the Cariboo
doesn’t slip away from him, he has
applied for permission to purchase a
summer homesite on Quesnel Lake.
We might have a future citizen there.

‘The weekly editors held their usual
quiet conyention in Vancouver last
week and instead of the guest speak-
er being properly impressed with the
honour of the invitation, he clouted
us collectively around the ears.

Willard Ireland, provincial iibrar-
fan and archivist thinks we are los-
ing that stamp of individuality that
marked the old time weekly news-
papers, and thinks British Columbia
is the worse for it,

Could be that Mr. Ireland is tilting
at changing times. To my mind the
greatest individualist in Canadian
newspaper history was Bob Edwards
of the famed Calgary Bye Opener. |
But he got away with his pointea digs

at the stuffed shirts of the day be-|

cause people still knew how to laugh
at themselves in the first 20 years of:
the century. Let an editor exhibit the
same carefree attitude today in his
published thoughts and he would be
spending more time in court than at
his desk. The old-time weekly that
often fell into the category of pub-
lishing ‘“‘this week, never — next
week, maybe” is getting as hard to
find as the innocent country hick or
the cracker barrel session atmosphere
of small town stores. Just signs of
the times, Mr. Ireland.

Going through the files the other
night I unearthed the information
that first ice flooding at the Arena in
1951 was done November 23, It
wasn't until the first week in January,
1953, that there was playing ice in
jhe Arena lasi season.

Readers will remember the story
we ran last July when a family re-
union was held at the home of Phil
Coxon, with Phil’s two brothers and
sister from England here for the oc-
easion.

‘The other day we received a letter
from Cooper Stone, editor of the
Rapid City Reporter, Rapid City,
Manitoba, enclosing a clipping from
his paper that related a similar re-
union between four former neighbors
jn the English city of Derby, About
the same time Mr. Stone received a
clipping of the Coxon story from his
sister in California and promptly sat
down to write about the coincidence.

It appears that Mr. Stone and his
yisitors from the United States had
been neighbors of the Coxon family
in Derby. Jack Coxon ana Cooper
Stone sat next to each other at school,
and when the boys all started work,
Phil Coxon became Mr. Stone’s helper
jn delivering bread. States Mr. Stone
“We worked afternoons and evenings,
six days a week, for which we receiv-
ed the princely combined wage
four shillings—Phil 1/6, self 2/

Clive Stangoe.

Re-union At Soda Creek

sisters are enjoying a. re-
ee the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Rankin of Soda Creek. From
Langley Prairie is Mrs. Mekelian
whose visit to the Cariboo is her ee
in 50 years. From Vancouver is eae
Feliz Dessault and Mrs. beets =
Carthy. The fourth sister is Mrs. Ra
kin, hostess for the occasion. ne
Mrs. McKellar’s son, Kenneth ‘a
Kellar, is also visiting and getting
some hunting. peers

Star of this picture

is the 1200-ponnd
prize Cariboo steer that Quesnel g:
Jim Lorance came to Williams Lake to claim
last week. At the head of the animal is Marie
Pigeon, who showed it as a calf in the big
annual sale in 1952 and won first prize in the
non-calf club members’ grouping. At the right

is the lucky wi
same warden

ing

behind the steer,

1200 Pounds of Prize Beef

nner of the animal, Jim Lorance.
Benny Abbott, who bought the animal at the
2 sale, donated it for a raffle to raise money
for the Bella Coola Road Fund. Benny, stand-
seems to be saying
“that’s where those juicy sirloins come from.”

Photo by Blackwell’s

Forward For

With civic election day just about
a month away, only one candidate has
announced his intention of standing
for one of the two vacant seats on
the Board of Village Commissioners

Commissioner M. F. ‘Mac’ John-
ston, whose term of office expires
this year has ed that
in the running again in the Dece
election. Mr. Johnston told T
bune that one‘of his chief reasons f..
running for office again is to see the
Job through on the proposed sewer
system. Mr. Johnston has served for
two years although his term was not
his first in village office. He was a
member of the village’s first electe
commission.

Commissioner A. ‘Tony’ Borkow-
ski, whose term also expires this year,
has not made up his mind about the
coming election. Although he states
that there are several jobs he would
like to see through, chiefly the sewer
system and the park site, the Commis-
sion’s youngest member is not sure
that he will have the time to devote to

Borkowski ran for office two years
ae i the first time.

A total of $38,166.50 has been
pledged to St. Andrew's United
Chureh budget and building rund,
the committee reported last night to
40 church members who attended the
campaign Victory dinner.

There are still a number of pros-
pecis to be contacted and it is expect-
ed the amount received will top the
, $40,000 mark when Edward F. Sulli-
van, campaign director, makes his
-final report-to the board tonight.
General chairman Roderick Mae-
Kenzie, canvas® chairman Dr. S.
Wood and Rev. Jack Colclough ex-
pressed their appreciation for the
splendid work done by the canvas-
sers and for the sacrificial pledges
made by church members and iriends
of St. Andrews.

Highlight of the evening was a
presentation to Rev. and Mrs. Col-

Trade Group Wants
River Road Improved

The condition of the Williams Lake-
Soda Creek road (River Road) and
what measures should be taken to
improve it occupied the main inverest
of the Board of Trade last Thursday.
The subject was brought up by
Ray Hargreaves, who contended that
the government should allot money
to the Department of Public Works
to do the necessary work to put the
road in first class shape. Mr. Har-
greaves said the River Road would
always remain as an alternate route

to the main highway and would be
heavily travelled.

The meeting agreed that the
amount of traffic on the road war-

ranted consideration to more than
maintenance work being done, and
instructed the road committee to con-
tact the District Engineer with a view
to giving him support in asking for
a special grant if he decided the work
was necessary.

New Firm Contemplates
Sash & Door Manufacture

A small millwork business, which
its partners hope to develop eventual-
ly into the manufacture of sash and
doors, has started in the premuses of
Cariboo Machine Shop on Railway
Avenue and Yorston Street.
Partners in the firm, which will be
known as Cariboo Millwork, are R. C.
Hyde and Jim Lorenz. Mr. Hyde has
had 80 years’ experience in millwork
with the exception of six years serv-
ice in the army and operated the
Silver Sash & Door company in Van-
couver before he sold out two years
ago to move to the Big Lake area. Mr.
Lorenz originally came from Alberta

and has worked in this distr for
the past yearanda half. He has work-
ed as a finish carpenter

of Seattle is visit-
ine with her son and.daughtey-in-law
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hosey, :

clough of a Sunbeam electrie mixer |
in appreciation for the work done in
the canvass drive.

Dr. Wood; Don Mars, chairman of
collections committee; and Don Bing-
ham, chairman of the follow-up com-
mittee, will continue the canvass
after the departure of Mr. Sullivan.
It is expected that the $45,000 set as
ihe goal of the canvass will be met
within the next week.

District Man Kilied
By Falling Tree

James Dongias Tetreau, 68, was
killed instantly last Thursday morn-)
ing when he was struck by a falling
tree as he was clearing land on his
property 10 miles north of town.

According to Information given to
police by his wife, Mr. Tetreau left
the house about 9:30 with a horse
and his equipment, including a power
chain Saw. He was working about a
quarter of a mile from the house and
although Mrs. Tetreau’s view of her |
busband was obscured by a small hill,
e could hear the noise of falling
trees. The last tree she heard fall was
just after 11 o'clock.

At noon the horse came home by

itself and Mrs. Tetreau started out
to search fer her husband ond dis-
covered his body under a large tree.

She went to the closest neighbor for
help and police of
ed to extricate the victim.

In falling, the tree had struck a
snag and bounced back and to the
side of the stump, pinning Mr. Tet-
reau to the ground. He was killed
instanuy. _

Funera) serviecs for the victim
were conducted Monday trom St.

Andrew’s United Church.
Born in Grand Bend, Ontario,
Tetresu moved to the prai
1881 and then to British Columbia
in 1920. Although Mr. Teatreeu had
maintained home here for the
past 30 years, during that time he
was engaged in the logging business
from Prince George to Princeton.

He leaves to mourn his passing
four daughters; Mrs. D. Luloff
(Madeline) of Demming, Wash., Mrs.
H. Olson (Ida) of Princeton, Mrs. B.
Thompson (Nellie) of Penticton and
Mrs. Albert Beckman (Janet) of
Williams Lake. Two sons: Francis of
Francois Lake and William of Ques-
nel. Sixteen grandhildren and one
great-grandchild also survive.

Mr.

his

FIRST HARD FROST BRINGS
PND TO SPRING-LIKE WEATHER

First hard frost of the year struck
Sunday night, bringing an end to the
prolonged mild spell that saw gar-
dens starting a second growth and
pussy willo starting to bud out.
With the wind shifting to the north, |
the mercury dropped to 12° above. |

Last night the wind swung around,
again, bringing clouds and a skiff of |
snow. Rising temperature has been
offset by raw winds. i

pitscod. .
A \itpted to

| would leave about

Church Fund Drive Near $40,000 HOSPITAL To SEEK

GRANTS: FOR X-RAY

MACHINE PURCHASE

Directors’ of War Memorial Hos-
pital last Friday gave authority to
Administrator Walt Thomas to apply
for government grants to handle the
purchase of a modern X-Ray machine.

Details in regard to the purchase
have been negotiated for some time,
Since it was learned that Dr. H. K.

Dr, J. Bi Ringwood
spose of the machine.

rom tentative information receiv-
ed from Officials of the B.C. Hospital
Insurance Service, it is believed that
two-thirds of the cost of the machine
will be forthcoming in grants. This
$2000 for the
hospital board to find to swing the
deal, including installation,

When the machine was installed in
the Avery Clinic building, it was the
first of its type to be placed in oper-
ation in British Columbia. It was in-
stalled in September, 1952. By use
of a simple control, the machine can
be changed from deep X-Ray work
to fluoroscopic viewing.

When Dr. Atwood first decided to
dispose of the unit he approaclied the
hosp’ board to ascertain whether
they would be interested in purchas-
ing. Directors decided that the dis-
triet should continue to have the ad-
vantages of a full X-Ray service if it
Was at all possible to handle the deal.

LOST ANYTHING?

Lost anything recently? If you
have you might try the local RCMP
detachment where a number of un-

usual articles are waiting to be
claimed,
The items consist of a suitcase

(containing clothing); tricycle;
wheel of a car or light delivery truck;
a packsack and contents,
usual lot of keys.

If yon can identify any of these’

articles as your’ own, you can take
them ‘away.

Construction Crews
Werk On Highway

The highway stretching south from
Williams Lake is taking on a shorn
look as crews from the construction
firm of W.
the work of clearing the right-of-way.

Working from town, where the
company’s base camp will be estab-
lished, the crews have rounded ‘Cape
Horn,” just this side of S. N. Sutton’s
home on the lake. Two ‘eats’ are
working on the allowance at this
point.

According to general foreman
Steve Mintenko, work will be con-
Jined this winter to clearing and ma-
jor construction will start in the

C. Arnett continue with

spring.

Vie Crosby, former car salesman
here, is now working at Vernon,

and the;

spective candidates will have
wad noon‘on December 10th to inake
up their minds whether they will of-
fer their names to the electors or not.
The second Thursday in the month.

Kamloops Publisher
Heads B.C. Weeklies

Ronald-B. White, publisher of The
Kamloops Sentinel, was elected presi-
dent of the B.C. division of the Can-
adian Weekly Newspapers Associa-
tion at the. organization’s annual
meeting in Vancouver last Friday.

Mr. White, 49, replaces Lew. Grit
pith, publisher of the Gériboo Obsery
er, Queshel, as president of the news-
paper association.

Engineer Rules Cui
One Airport Site

Department of Transport engineers
have washed out the airport site on!
Springhouse road as impractical, but
continued good reports come from
work on the site above the cut-off
highway about six miles out of town.

Engineer Eric May states that work
on the Springhouse road site showed
that cuts of 15 feet in depth and 500
feet wide would have to be made to ex-
tend runways. On the other site, which
is reached by turning off the highway
about a mile north of the present end
of the pavement, lines have been run
for the east-west runway and are
presently being run from north to
south.

Mr. May thinks the site shows every
indication of being satisfactory, but
it will take another four weeks of
field work to come up with every
engineering answer on its worth.

Former Brand Inspector
Thanked By Ranchers

Joe Smith, well-known figure in
the district cattle industry who re-
tired last month as brand inspector,
was the recipient this week of a gift
from the Cariboo Cattlemen's Asso-
ciation.

Directors of the association gave
Mr. Smith a purse of $100 in recog-
nition of his service to the cattlemen
of the district and to the members of
the association,

village affairs if he were elected. Mr. |

Only One Candidate Comes

Civic E ection

of December is set aside as nomina-
tion day and papers must be filed by
12 o'clock noon.

If there are three or more candi-
dates for the vacancies, the election
will fall on December 17

In case there mig B
owners who are
ning for office, he-¢
tions necessary: The candidate mus
be a British subject, 21 years oi ale
and owning property with an assessed
value of at least $500 over and above
the amount of all charges registered
against same.

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Photo by Blackwell’s

Commissioner M. F. ‘Mac’ Johnston,

who will offer his name in the coming
Civic election.

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j Photo by Blackwell's
| Still undecided is Commissioner
| A. ‘Tony’ Borkowski.

Manslaughter Charge
In Accident Case

On instruction from the Attorney-
General’s Department, a charge of
mansiaughter has been laid against
John Terry Johnson of Aleza Lake,
who was the driver of the car in which
Mrs. Susan Hampson of Prince George
lost her life September 6 when it
plunged down a 25-foot embankment
near Lac La Hache.

Mr. Johnson was brought down
from Prince George last night and
appeared in police court “where bail
was set at $1000. The preliminary
hearing of the case will be heard
November 26.

The other occupants of the car, Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Hampson and the Hamp-
sons’ two children were not seriously
injured in the fatal accident.

Infractions of the liquor act involy-

ing beer parlours usually involve the
! publican as well, but last week Sam
| Barrowman of Chilcoten Hotel at}
Alexis Creek reversed the order of
things when he laid a complaint)
against a would-be patron.

Last Thursday night a young In-
j dian stepped into the beer parlour
jand asked for service. Certain the
: lad was under the required 21 years,
jSam asked him his age and was in-
formed he was 22. Then he asked
the customer’s name and wheu the
youth hesitated before giving what

|later proved to be a ficticious one,

Minor Charged On Hotelman’s Complaint

;Sam was certain he was diuting s so
jhe asked the patron to leave.

Twice on the way to the door the
youth picked up bottles from the
|tables and these were removed from
| his Possession as he was escorted to
| the door. This procedure seemed to
| rile him and once ouiside he offered
to take on all comers. Constable Hub-
bard answered a call from the hotel
and ¢onfronied with the law,
the youth gaye his right name
and age of 19 years. Brought up in

court Saturd on a charge of enter-
ing a beer parlour under the age of
21, the minor was fined

Stipendiary Magistrate G. Ba