4 d Willian NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO s Lake Tribune .« Volume 22 --- Number 5. WILLIAMS LAKBE, B.C. Thursday, February 4, 1954. Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year. New RCMP Quarters Designed For Maximum Working Efficiency Men attached to the local. detachment, RCMP, who moved inte the new Federal Building over the weekend, feel their present working and living conditions are second to none in the service, and after a tour of inspection Tuesday, we are inclined to agree with them. The entire second fioor of the building and the third floor, which does not run the full length of the structure, is given over to police quarters. The second floor contains living accommodation for six con- stable, private offices for the con- stable in charge of detachment and the patrol NCO, and.a large general office. At the rear of the building on the #ame floor is the main cell block, capable of handling 16 male prison- ers. Adjoining this is a ‘reception’ cell room which will be used mainly to accommodate drunks. Between the reception cell room and the main block are the washrooms. Work is still being done in the cell block, where steel ‘tanks’ or cells are being erected. New ones were not available in Canada and these cells were purchased from the City of New Westminster. Before being used they will-have a coat of paint, cover- ing up the names and legends that have been written and scratched on the walls. Past occupants have writ- ten their names, addresses, date and nature of offenses. Along the hall is the women’s cell, something new for Williams Lake, and off this neat room is a washroom, complete with showers and smail Jaundry tub, that would be a credit to any hotel for convenience and con- struetion. : All of the cells are serviced by an automatic air conditioning system. Quarters for the single constables are plain and neat. Bach room has two single beds, dressers, chairs and large wardrobe closets. The rooms are also equipped with telephone plugs. to that the constable on call can take the phone from the office and have it beside him at all times. The third floor section is given over to an apartment for the con- stable in charge. The living quarters consist of three bedrooms, living- room and large kitchen. With the puilding reaching higher than those in the neighborhood, a sweeping view of all the valley is seen from the apartment windows. Abbott Wins Village Seat B. J. ‘Benny’ Abbott was elected to the Board of Village C i 9 PRESIDE AT PARLIAMENT OPENING , vee CREE Rises a —Central Press Canadian ™ Queen Elizabeth, wearing her jewelled coronation gown, the Duke of Edinburgh, leave Parliament House, Wellington, after the state opening of the New Zealatid parliament by the Queen. last Thursday in a close*win over his opponent, Elmer Carswell. Results of ballotting was 54 for Abbott, 43 for Carswell. i Voters showed only slight interest in the contest. The total cast repre- sents only 29.3 percent of those eligible. Figure for the December voting was 43 percen’ Mr. Abbott will serve one year on the ission, filling out the term BAR ASSOCIATION ASKS FOR RETURN — OF ASSIZES HERE A motion requesting the return of the Assizes to Williams Lake was passed unanimously at the annual convention of the Cariboo Bar Asso- ciation at Prince George last Satur- day. < The’ custom of holding Assize sit- tings in Williams Lake was discon- tinued several years ago following complaints made from the bench that size of the courtroom and noise from the street made it difficult to con- duct cases properly. Since then ef- forts have been made by local groups to have the sittings returned, par- ticularly after complaints about the courtroom at Prince George, similar to those made about Williams Lake were voiced from the bench a year ago. Prince George barrister H. B. King was elected president of the bar as- sociation, succeeding Douglas McNeil of Quesnel. Guest of the association was His Honor Judge Henry Castillou, who was also one of the dinner speakers. Members of the association attend- ing the convention from Williams Lake were J. A. V. Cade, Walter Nis: bet and Lee Skipp. Gas Pipeline Chances ‘Never Looked Better’ Possibility of West Coast Trans- mission’s application to serve the Pacific Northwest states being ap- proyed ‘never looked better,” ac- cording to B.C. News Letter. ‘The semi-monthly commentary on the provineidl scene states that the Federal Power Commission staff has reported that San Juan field has not more than three years’ supply assur- ed; that it would have to drill 1950 wells to prove supplying gas is in existence, and one of these wells re- cently cost $156,000. This suggests that proving economic supply from this source would cost hetween 200 and 300 million in drilling. Thus it would seem that EPC is not accepting evidence of adequate supply offered by San Juan field inte! ests who have been opposing B.C.- Alberta natural gas supply for U.S. Northwest, states News Letter. Pros pect for British Columbia getting a new major pipeline carrying vital, low cost fuel supply down the heart of the province to the populous south- west region has brightened -consider- ably. Suggestion is that decision may come in early spring. of Alastair Mackenzie who resigned early:in January. Quesnel Rink Takes Possession of Xelly Cup ~ Lloyd Harper's strong rink from Quesnel] took possession last Thurs- day of the Kelly Cup, symbolic of the curling championship of central and northern B.C. . Harper defeated Harold Hatch’s rink from Prince George in a two-out- of-three series to decide the cham- pionship. The Harper rink won the first game 9-4, dropped the second 7-10 and won the final 15-6. On the Harper rink were Ken Thibadedu. George Allen and Bill Willis. Stamps Take 8-5 Win Over Clinton Playing their first game with the local Stampeders last night, former Vernon men, Peter Genier and Tony Spelay showed up well as the locals downed Clinton Bluebirds 8-5 at the south Cariboo centre. Spelay hit the ‘scoring column three times in the game. Play opened up fairly even on the heavy ice as the Stamps took a 2-0 lead in the first period. Opening up in the second frame the locals widened the margin and looked to be on the way to a top-heavy win as they sagged the twine for four counters, with Clinton held to a lone goal. Far from being out of the game though, the Bluebirds rallied in the final period and came within two goals of tieing up the score before Spelay added the final Stamp counter. Groups Consider Joint Pregram Possibility of a combined building program for the local Historical So- ciety’s museum; the library and art society was discussed when directors of the three organizations met yes- | terday afternoon. | Nothing definite came out of the meeting, although, agreed to first decide what space it each group | | would need if such a building- wai | considered, before again considerix “the proposal. | First meeting of the historical ‘society since before Christmas will be held Monday night when Judge |series of lectures on early North | Henry Castillou will continue his | American peoples, UNITED CHURCH TO CALL TENDERS SOON ON FIRST BUILDING PROGRAM UNITS Construction will start.soon on the | move the manse on to the new prop- first units of the new home of St.|@ty. but Mr. Cantell said this plan Andrews United Church, members | 244 been abandoned and a new manse were told last night at one of the | Will be constructed. The manse will be built by the use of day labour and largest congregational suppers tl s = coneresotional suppers: (he. meemain hall will-be let to’ tender: church has ever held. Work will be undey direct super- A family affair, children joined | vision of ‘Stuart MeBurnie. their parents to sit down to the an-| ~ an rough lumber for the two build- jth.the exception of 10M feet ise ult taasoscention of 100 tee nua] supper, Approximately ee Stamps Continue Winning Streak At Prince George Stretching their win streak to four games, the Stampeders scored two victories over the cellar-dwelling Prince George Lumbermen on the weekend. | —————— ——___ Scores were 4-2 and 8-5. Im the first game Saturday night, Lumbermen forced the cow town crew into an overtime period before dropping the verdict. Norm Schnepf put Lumbermen in the lead five minutes after the open- ing whistle when he took a pass from Mike Biziki and blazed the rubber past Hutchinson in the Stamps net. Lumbermen, who seem to function better when short-handed, made it 2-0 midway through the period when Mike Church scored on a long pass from Fred Andrew. Two of their team-mates were inthe penalty box when the goal was scored. Lumbermen appeared headed for a win until ten minutes of the second period when the visitors struck for two closely spaced goals. Reg Nor- berg got the first on a long shot that fooled Don Young, and 30 seconds later Ramsay Blair tied the score on a pass from Garry Hutchinson. Both goalies had some close calls Curling Stops With Mild Weather Club curling play came to a halt Menday night. The following night's draw was cancelled and curlers must wait for cooler weather to take up their brooms again. In play for the Cariboo Home Furu- ishings trophy, Tom Hawker’s rink moved into the fours Sunday with a win over Dune Herbert. The win also brought T-bone steaks to the other members of Tom's rink as he paid off a pre-game promise. Bred Graham's rink continues to for the balance of the period, but there was no further scoring. The third period was scoreless. At the four-minute mark of the overtime session, Carl Buchholtz was left uncovered in front of the Prince George net and he took a pass from big Gordon Smetanuk to score the winning tally. Don Quesnel got the clincher 90 seconds later on a pass from Frank Latin. The teams battled to a 1-1 tie in the first period of Sunday’s tilt. At the 4:30 mark Reg Norberg put the Stamps ahead with a long low drive from left wing. Two minutes later Andrew passed out from behind the net and Ron- Backman got the equalizer. Williams Lake took charge as the second period opened and Frunt Latin beat Young < pute of play. R. Norberg and G tehin- son made it 5-1 before Andrews counted on a pass from Bud Gourlie at the 15-minute mark. The Stamps kept up the pressure in the early part of the final session and Buehholtz and Doug Norberg ran the count to 7-2 before Church linked the light behind Hutchinson for the Lumpermen’s third tally. atin, one of the best of the visiting squad, then shock loose from the Lumbermen defence to slide the rub- ber behind Young. Before the game ended, Church got his second goal of the period, and Backman added an- other with one minute to play. r iwe m Kamloops, Pontiacs Tie Best Juvenile ance Will be donated by Word on the building progr Lignum the highlight of the program and| Ltd. Planing will be donated by J. building committee chairman L. E.| Falconer of Argus Lumber. Cantell, who is also chairman of the| Ten reports were given to the meeting by those in charge of the de- partments of the church. Commenting on the Cariboo Youth Camp at Lac La Mache, Rev. Jack Colclough, who was chairman of the meeting, said that last year 118 boys and girls attended the summer camp. Added to the church board of stewards were Roderick Makenzie, Mrs. Owen Kerley and Mrs. V. Imhoff. The Session of the church was in- board of stewards, didn’t disappoint his audience. se Mr. Cantell revealed that tenders for the church hall will be called in the very near future and the buildin will be rushed to accommodate the congregation as soon as possible. A bid on the present church property has been received and accepted sub- ject to the consent of thé presbytery. If this is forthcoming, the church and manse must be removed trom the | creased by the addition of Wm. Low- property by June 1 den, Dr. S$. N. Woods, and L. Cantell. It had been originally intended to} Tribute was paid by Mr. Cantell to Miss Wrightson for her work ‘as choir leader and the organist and to the work of former organist Miss V. Prendergast. He told the meeting he would like to see a new organ in the chureh hall as a more tangible form of thanks to these two women. Town Group Provides Material For Radio Program On P.G.E. Seeking information on the town and district and opinions on the pro- posed extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railwa KANGAROOS DOWN BEARS Quesnel Kangaroos maintained their hold on the top rung of the @ producer of the | senior league ladder on the weekend oe radio program a ed j when they downed Vanderhoof two _ viewed a s 7 : ‘omment interviewed a small | saient, Scores of the hockey fixtures group of businessmen and rancher were 8-2 and 12. Saturday night at the PGP station. The conversations were recorded on tape as the southbound pa: train waited at the platform. Accompanying Dick Batey, the pro- ducer, was Ralph Rashley, comment- ator on the program, and railway company official Bill Stewart. Those invited for the inte: Ladies’ Rink Loses Out in Prince Play Downs Unsuccessful in their bid for zone curling honours last week were the jew in- cluded Mel Mayfield and Pudge Moon, |f¥r members of the local women’s directors of the Cariboo Cattlemen’s | rink that went up to Prince George. Association; Chet Leavitt, secretary jue rink was knocked out in four of the association; Stan Goad, chair-| straight Jo: man of the Village Commission; Bert | The curlers also had some criti- Roberts, president of the Board oi | n of the way the play-downs were Trade, and Clive Stangoe, publisher si. sitnoneh there was plenty ot of Fane. Tribune. ‘room and time to handle th mes The stop was one of a RI Der ae een aesclves. ruched along the line as the interviewers on the ice as soon as they got off the tr: Another right next to gathered together opinions on the sSuthern extension from each local- ae ity. The tapes will then be edited and~ /\" the substance of one or two programs ‘ Kelly Cup comy e from the material 1 : ed. This latter n for their first played on a shee: one the final games for the men’s tition was being de- ame, match draws spec- It is doubtfut that the program will Fe ae ont the datnibe be |be heard in Williams Lake, where ‘tors right out on the catwa ¢ + + tween the sheets, and the ends radio reception usually cuts out the toe private stations of the coast. The pro: d. the fans would walk down F rried by about eight private the women were playing on stations throughout the province. An At the same time there were four other empty sheets that could have attempt will be made to get CBC to carry the ones dealing with the PGE. duests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. | Stan Goad recently were Miss Lynette Munro and Miss Del Squamish, been used Mr. and M Tony Borkowski left | couver, rs downed were . Graham has sue- the trophy three AM . Last two challeng Scott and Gardner cessfully defended times. - In Gardner cup play, Hawker and Herbert are now out in front with five wins registered. Spring-like- Weather Turns Snow To Slush Dull weather Tuesday morning was just right for Groundhog Day. Ac- cording to the ancient superstition, if the little animai comes out and sees his shadow, we're in for another six weeks of winter. If he doesn’t, spring | is just around the corner. In Williams Lake, the thermo- meter was doing more concrete prom- ising than the groundhog. Since last Saturday we have been enjoying an almost unprecedented stretch of warm weather for this time of the year. Saturday the mercury climbed up to 40° above and it has hovered around that mark during the day, dropping down to around 30° at night. Yesterday the mercury rose to 50° above in the shade. With the warm weather and light winds, the snow is rapidly being cut down and road surfaces are begin- ning to appes Streets in town are churned up with melting slush. Not so happy about the turn of weather events are those who like their winter sports. The arena has heen closed to skat- ing and curling as high night temper- atures prevent flooding. - Arena officials are worried about this week-end’s scheduled senior hockey game between Prince George and the Stampeders. The ice is holding up well, but no jattempt has been made to flodd since | the weekend go . A drop in tem- ‘perature by Friday night is what everyone is hoping for. Feeling is that the games should be played if at all possible. Cancellation of this weekend's fixtures would put the league Schedule two weeks behind Stamps still have to meet Vanderhoot tom for cancelled three weeks ago when weather was too cold for travelling. ke up games TO DISCUSS SCHOOL BUDGET The 1954 educational budget for District 27 will be considered Sat- urday afternoon by Area Representa- | they meet in Williams Lake, | s Series-of Season Fans were treated to an unusual- ly smart brand of juvenile hockey here on the weekend when a fast- moving Kamloops club split a two- game series with the local Pontiacs. Up against superior individual players, the "lake boys played their best game of the season Saturday night and came from behind in the third perio@ to take a 6-5 win, They were unable to hold up to the pace for Sunday’s tilt though and the visit- ors poured on the pressure for the entire 60 minutes, blanking the Pon- tiaes 11-2, With only nine men in uniform, the Kamloops club used few straight line changes, sending men in where- ever a weak spot showed. But of the individual players, the opposition soon found the three they had to watch closest. The three boys, Gaber Kusomoto and Oiski, would 1 looked good in semor company Gaber is the outstanding skater, with a style reminiscent of Camponi. The three accounted for seven of the Kam- loops goals Sunday and three of Saturday's total. : Sunday the locals were just out- ed all the way, with Kamloops ng a three-goal bulge in the first period, adding four more in the se- cond and four in the third. Pay-oif time for the Pontiaes came mid-way through the second period when Bel- anger of Kamloops was banned for two minutes for tripping. Pressing the play into the visitors’ zone, Crés- ina took the puck behind the Kam- loops net and passed ont to A. Mac- Dougall who made the first goal. Half a minute later Scott brought the puck back on the wing and pass- ed out to Buchholtz to make the second and last ‘lake counter. Saturday night the locals took a first period lead of 2-1 with Purjue and Buchholtz scoring, but Kamloops look the initiative in the second 20 minutes and blinked the light four times to go ahead 5-3 as Scott added the lone ‘lake counter. The travel- lers shot their bolt in that frame though and the Pontiacs managed to hold them scoreless in the fina? period, at the same time rappin home three counters to salt the > away. Scott scored two of the *? goals and A. MacDougall other. pla ta The pontiacs missed the services of Walter Richardson, who twisted his ankle at a recent basketball game. Back in uniform is Omar Crosina to bolster the ‘lake defence line. Following the game, Quesnel and Tatlow of Tuesday on a business trip to Van- tives from throughout the area when Williams Lake Peewees battled to a 1-1 draw,