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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

Thursday. August 12, 1954,

New Mile House
Scene Of Dinner
For Pioneer Lady

Mrs. George Forbes, who with her
late husband operated the 122 Mile
House in the early days, was guest
of honour at a dinner held in the
new lodge at the old homesite on Lae
La Hache, cn August 6. :

The old stopping place, which in
Pioneer days, was hostel to the
freight team and stage coach and
jater to the automobile, is gone. It
was forced-to make way for the new
highway.

Mrs. Forbes, who is in her 94th
year, is not one to reminisce and pine
for “the good old days.” She has ad-
vanced with the times and the new
122 Mile House with its modern and
excellent accommodation, is to her
just a continuance of what she and

Manhattan
Beauty Shop

Margaret Blenkinsop

Phone 15-R-4

her husband started at the turn of
the century.

Mrs. Forbes was accompanied to
Lae La Hache hy her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Forbes from Grimshaw, Alberta.

The dinner guests included “Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Forbes, Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Forbes and daughter
Elizabeth, Mr. W. EB. Walkden and
Mr. B. C. Daugherty of Vancouver.

After spending two days at the 122
Mile House and renewing acquaint-
ances with old friends in the Lac La
Hache valley, Mrs. Forbes returned
to Brunson Lake, where she makes
her home with a daughter, Mrs. B.
F. Weetman.

Town Businessman’s
| Mother Dies at Coast

Mrs. Sara Emily Blackwell. 71,
mother of local businessman Gordon
Blackwell, died at her home in Van-
couver Monday after a lengthly ill-
ness.

She also leaves to mourn her pa:
ing her husband and two daughte
Mrs. J. Stobart, Great Falls, Mon-
tana and Mrs. R. T. Thomas, Vancou-
ver.

Mr. Blackwell attended his
mother’s funeral at the coast.

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_.. WITH IRENE

Many people have enquired as to
how the battle for names for “baby
brudder” is coming out, whether it
is Ward or Ian. So far it is still not
definitely settled and the poor little
like is over two months. A friend
made the humorous remark that he
will probably grow up with a split
personality! 4

But I think “Ward” hag a slight
edge. Grandmother Ward is really
in there rooting for the family name
as this is her first grandson... A
cousins writes
from England
that it is such a
grand name; nat-
urally her maiden
name was Ward.
And Elaine in-
forms everyone
that Ward is baby
brother’s name.
*  So00000, it looks
like it is more or less settled.

It he gets ‘‘Wardie” when he gets
older, I'll seream.

The editor's first.attempt at feed-
ing the latest addition during the
night was marked with humor. In the
morning I found wads of cotton bat-
ten in the waste hin and enquired the
reason. It seems that he had left
Ward uncovered tor a moment, and
then had to mop him up from the top
of his head to his waist. “I forgot we
had a different model this time,” he
said.

Me had evidently lost his knack of
flushing a diaper too. He fumbled,
and even though he plunged his arm
halfway down the drain, all was Jost
and the diaper was seen no more.

Writing of babies reminds me of
baby-sitting which in turn reminds
me of a visitor from California tell-
ing me that her daughter paid $1.00
an hour for a haby-sitter down there.
It usually costs them about $6.00
just to attend a movie, she said,

Ancther reason to thank our lucky
stars we are living in Williams Lake.
Not much use living close to all those
glamorous night clubs, theatres and
restaurants, and not be able to afford
a baby-sitter to go.

I'd like to know why some new
mothers are inundated with—titera-
ture from baby food companies, cei=
set'companies and the like, while
others receive nothing. When Elaine
was born, not a smidgin of free offers
of cereal, baby foods, and baby
spoons.

Where did they obtain her name,
and why didnt they get mine too??
This time I have received an offer of
a free hox of cereal from one com-
pany, but that is all. Does anyone
know the reason?

Although I enjoyed the time that
I worked in the office, my days were
further complicated by the fact that
Elaine spent little time upstairs with

| Mrs. Goffin, and even less playing in

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the yard. She wanted to he with
Mummie and Daddy in the offic

Her favorite sport was removing
all the cash from the drawer, and
filling her pockets. This necessitated
looking for Elaine whenever a cus-
tomer hove into sight, if she hadn't
already generously doled most of it
out to the men in the back shop. A

friend who took her off my hands
one day, phoned later to say she had
fortunately found $6.85 in her poc-
kets before it had been lost forever.

Naturaly the cash book did not
balance for several weeks

Other favorite sports were pulling
the ribbons out of the typewriters,
strewing hundreds of paper clips on
the fldor, stamping all available
papers with “Paid,” pulling the
scotch tape off the roll, and of course
etting liberally smeared with print-
e’s ink. Topping everything though
was her perfect timing and embar-
rassing insistence in wanting to go
to the bathroom when I was busy
with a customer.

Many people, as they tripped over
kiddie-cars and assorted toys, must
have wondered what kind of an office
they were coming into.

The difference in children’s na-
tures and personalities is a source of
wonderment. A friend’s little girl
plays with her dolls constantly and
wheels them around in her buggy.
Our gal rarely looks at her dolls,
and her baby buggy was filled with
beer and pop bottles the other day.
She probably has a mercenary streak
ané figures on going into opposition
with Huston’s and Interior Whole-
sale...

For Sale: Half-a-dozen assorted
childs sunsuits, size four, like new,
hardly been worn. (Hasn't this been
the crummiest summer yet??)

Visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Blair is Bonnie Blair,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Blair
of Quesnel,

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Murdoch McLeod, Optometrist,
will be at LaReview Hotel, Williams
Lake, Wednesday, August 18.

Supplemental Exams

A centre for Department of Education Supplemental
Exams will be established in Williams Lake frorm
August 16th to 21st inclusive. Any person interested
should contact the Presiding Examiner, Mrs. W. H.

Sharpe, as soon as possible.

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Service - - - - 11 am.

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